The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, December 24, 1890, Image 1
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VOL, XLVI. v . . . WIXXSBORO, S. C? WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1890. NO. 19.
THE TK-KKS UP I'ALKSTLN'K
SUBLIME LANGUAGE OF THE SCRIPT
UP.ES ON THE CEDARS.
^kl>r. Taiuts^c I>tscri!if> the Scc;i*?s o;
^Momit I.cbuuon uu-l J? Morn
gj|E.e*s6i:H T!n-rei"rojn--The l'r?-j?U?ts Loved
Ro (?azo I I'or< >ts.
jwr x, IJcl-. 14.--To-ilny Dr
^Talmage preached the t-\e;uh sermon
cf his series on I'alp.-tirie llie mljoining
countries. Dr. Taimaarc anT!fllir>r?f!
fi ! riv lti "The
cedars of Lebanon which he hath
planted." and preachrd thti following
sermon:
In our journey wechang e stirrup for
wheel. It is 4 o'clock in the morning
at Damascus. Syria, and we arc among
the lanterns of the hostelry waiting
for the stage to start. A Mohammedan
iaJhigh life is putting his, three wives
on board within an apartment by
themselves, and our party occupy the
main apartment of one of the most uncomfortable
vehicles in which mortals
were t-ver jammed and half .-.iraiigulated.
But we must not let the discomforts
auuul or disparage th? opportunities.
We are rolling out and
up the mountains of Lebanon, their
[ lorehead under a crown ui' snow, which
coronet ilie fingers of the hottest, sum,
mer cannot t-?i?t down.
CLIMBING I T LKUANON.
We tire ascending heights around
' which is garlanded much of the finest
poesv ol'the Scriptures, and :'.re using
^toward the n:ightif*^t dominion that
Sbotanv ever recognized, reigntd over
gby the most imperial tre-i that ever
Riwared a leafy scepter?the Lebanon
Kedar; a tree eulogized in my text as
Shaving grown from a nut put into the
Hground by God himself, and no human
sgfeLpri hud anything to do with its
gating: "'['he trees of Lebanon
Bh he hath planted.''
rale aveiajre height of this mounseven
thousand feet,.but in one
I.'ts 10 an of"
piousand. Xo higher than six
?jnd feet can -egetation exist, i
relow that line at the rigfh't season J
'in (.-yards and orchards "and olive
es and I lowers that dash themounsice
with a very carnage of color !
liil the air with aroniatics that'
k, the prophet, and Solomon, the '
lei:ruled ;i> -'the smeil of Le- =
1.'' At a height of six thousand j
la grove of cedars,; the only de? j
nt* of those- vast forests "from i
B&Iomon cut his timber for the j
g of Jerusalem, and where at one j
H^ro were one hundred thousand
suir
BgWEes"ihe tervidftf; thus tree Clauds in i
Bfexuriance, defying the suiu.mer sun. i
^nd when thesrorms of winter terrify I
BBte earth and hurl the r:eks in a.V;i-.
Knche down this mountain side, this j
Rree grapples the hurricane of snow in !
I-uimph ant! leaves the spent turrat;
s feet. From sixty to eighty feet j
|eh are they, the. horizontal branches |
[great sweep, with Iheir burden of I
aves needle shaped, the top of the |
[ee pyramidal, a throne <>f foliage on j
ihich might i:nd splendor and glory |
I. But so contiguously has the ex- j
jrmination of trees gone on that fori
fe mcst part the mountains of Le- j
|non are bare of foliage, while, I am j
ifry to say. the earth in all lauds is t
|ng iikev. ise denuded.
t. BE SPACING OF GOD > TltEE^. ;
she ax is slaying the torests ail;
pad the earth." To stop the. sFar.gfr- j
IEUod opened U:e coal mines oi j
K and Scotland and America- and I
[world, piacticallv saying by t hat, |
ire is fuel; as l'ar as possible let my !
Is alone." And by opening for- the j
pan race the great quarries of I
pite and showing the human fami- j
tow to make brick. God is praciily
saying, "Here is building mateklet'iny
trees alone." We had betstop-the
axes among-the Adiroriks.
We had better strip the ax?s in
our forests, as it would have Iteen
ter lor Syria if the axes had long
- been stopped among the rnounis
of Lebanon. To punish us for;
ireckless assault 0:1 the forests we:
re the disordered seasons, and now |
[droughts because the uplifted arms j
re trees do not pray for rain, th^ir ;
jecce according to all scientists dis-;
jgg the descent of the shower?, and j
liiC au'i- iuy j
multiplied in nunii-er and j
:itr p^^ethere is iiutMng; to
rearymayi:?.^ l".,r-'
|hen iiij-.do u:;?n to lookout them.!
t * hen: along the bn-r-ks. that u frpc-ui
tlie chilor. ri h::\y I'r.ty. i'iant
I in your gardei.s. thai as' :
ft t;il bow .*); wrote "i.e.:.: s::;: i. i*p;;re
ftin* verses v" hioli li jirsyuf
have I'd!, like -ti: ^ i:i b< H'C^nn?
:rit, w hm i.riiirr the stroke >1 .
C aUi.iiUt o: te:: ; ii Wr iUW l'.
Woodman, span* that tin-:
Twirl! r.ot a si;ic?t *-?;-ixuli!
In youth it >helteiv?l mo.
And i'ii protect it !!ow.
*Twas my forefather *s hand
That placed ir near his o<>t.
There, woodman. let it stand,
Thy ax shall liana it r.ot.
When hut an idle hoy.
I sought it* -trutotui shade: *
l:i all their .uushhv.: joy
|lp My father j>ivs>\l iiiy hand ?
|?1 My heartstriiii:< vui'.r.ii thiv t'iinj,
|||g C'U>M? as *h> bar*, old Irii'iM!
H? LI'ic shall the vriid bi:?l
jg|[ .Mid >tii! thy > bend.
sal Old tree.' the>tom! 5till brave!
|j|| And woodman leave the >pc>t;
f?j| While I've.a hand to >ave,
fUjg Thy ax snail ha nu it
|B^ we roue alosg: on Hies** thr rucnuigB|sot
Lebanon, we bethink how its i
HKBSi ; m
Hvrhirs sp.re;id their tranches ant
i reisthe thei- arum:; and cast th?ii
shadows all through the J?:l>lo. soh>
. mon discoursed about them in his bo
i tardea! works, when he spoke of tree.5
| ' fro'.n ih<* cedar that is in Lebanon
: even uiito the hyssop that sprinjreth
, out of the wail."* The Psalmist says,
. ' '!*!.i- ri.fhtfoiis ?h:i!! irrow iikf a cedar
' i;: i'.ul'.-tnon," an;! in one of his magnii
t'.i-i-u-, doxoloaries calls on the -.-edars to
p'rai.if the Lord. And .Solomon says
the count -nai'Cft of C hrist is excellent
as the cedars, and Isaiah declares. "The
' dav of the Lord shall be upon all the
: cedars of Lebanon." Ami Jrremiah
: am! E/.ekM and Amos and Zephaniah
i and Zechariah weave its fotiasre into
! their suh:imrst utterances.
As we rid" over Lebanon to-day there
! is ahowling wind sweeping past and
j a dash of ram, all the better enabling
| us to appreciate that description of a
' tempest which no doubt was suggested
by what David had ?e?n with his own
eyrs anion? these heights, for as a sold'.~r
! *' carri(-d his wars clear up to
Damascus, and such a poet as he, I
; warrant, spent, many a day on the Lej
banon. And perhaps while he was
j seated on this very rock against which
our carriage joits, ne tvntes tnat won;
(ierl'iil ('scription of a thunder storm:
"The voice of the Lord is powerful.
The voice of the Lord is full of majesjty.
The voice of the Lord breaketh
) the cedars of Lebanon. Ye t, the Lord
breaketh the cedars of Lebanon, lie
lTiakelh them also to skip like a calf,
Lebanon and sirijn like a young unicorn.
The voice of the Lord divideth
itic names c>l nre.
J. As the lion is the monarch of the
i Ih-ids and behemoth the monarch of
[xhe waters, the cedar is the monarch of
i the trees. And i think one reason why
: it is so-glorified all up and down the
I iiible is because we need more of its
{characteristics in our religious .life, j
! We have too much of the willow, and j
j are easily bent this way or that;'too J
j much of the aspen, and we tremble un- j
| der every zephyr of assault; too much of I
the bramble tree, and our sharp points !
; sting and..wound, but r.ot enough ot* j
: the cedar, wide branched and heaven i
I aspiring and tempest, grappling. Hut |
the reason thrse cedars stand so well is j
that they arc deep rooted. They run j
thdr anchors down into the caverns of |
the mountain and fasten to the very j
foundatious of the e;irth. and twist
around and clinch themselves on'the
other side of the deepest layer of rocK |
they ciin reach. And that is the differ-j
( nee between Christians who stand and j
v urisiKir.s jmi. it I? me- cuiisreuce
bc-tv/een a superficial character
and one -.that has clutched-its., roots
deop.d^wn around and unde-r the-Hock
of Ages.
tin: hock p.ootld christian*.
One of the Lebanon cedars w3s examined
bv a scientist, and from "its
concentric circles it was found to be
thirty-live hundred years old and stiii
standing, and there is such a thing1 as
ovorv oeHnrr cfrcnrrtVi one? onrtk o nfnnnl,
V I W JH.KIUq CClViinyUlj C?U14 OltVsIl l\ 1
m:ss ol Christian character "'that all
tinie anil all eternity instead of being1
its demolition shall" be its opportunity.
Not .such are.- those vacillating Christians
who'are so pious on Sunday that <
they have no religion left for the" week '
clay. As the anaconda gorges itself ji
with food and. then seems for ^ |
while toh-u^tiww*^*>,^rusensible^ so"WE-it???e
men who will on Sunday get |
such a religious surfeit that the re3t of !
the week they seem thoroughly dead to j
till religious e ryot ion. Phey \v<?ep in '
church imcler a .charity sermon-, but- if
on -Monday a subject of want presents :
itself at the door the beggar's safety
will depend entirely on. quick limbs
?>? *.I >im nn/\V*cf ?ton?iforr T K i
ri.i uuuooci U'i/irv; owe*ii ?a?, 17
takes all the grace they can pet to keep
them from committing assault and j
battery on those intruders who come i
with pfiie faces and stories of distress
and subscription papers. The reason !
that God planted tlieso c?ilars in the
Bible was to suggest to us that we
ought, in our religious character, to be
deep like .th?cedar,'high like the cedar,
broad branched as the cedar. A trav-1
eler measured the spread of the boughs :
of one of these.trees and found it one [
hundred and eleven feet from branch'
tip to'b'rauch tip, and 1 have seen ce- j
dars oi Christian charities put out one
branch to thu uttermost parts of Arne-1
rica. and another branch to the uttermost
parts of Asia, .and these wide)
branched Christians will keep on mul-!
LipiyilljJ lllltii (III IUC SfiUUI lb U\t.'iSUil- I
dowed with ruercv.
Uut man; you, these cedars of Leba- j
r.ou could not grow if planted in mild j
climates and in soft air and in care-j
fully watered, .gardens. They must
have the gymnasium-of the midnight
hurricane to develop their arms. They
must play the athlete with a thousand
winters before their feet are rightly
planted and--their foreheads rightly
iVtvd arhj tlu-ii- arsis rightly muscled. 1
And it there beany oth?r way for developing
strong Christian characters
cxcrpt by storm". of trouble, I never
heard of it. Call the roll of martyrs,!
ca!i thy roil of the prophets,call the roil {
of the apustles an<i see which of them!
had an easy time of it. Which of these]
cedars srew in the warm vaLey ? Not j1
one of them. Honeysuckles thrive i
best on the south side of the house,
but cedars in a i>vrian whirlwind.
Tin; school ron iikkoks. .. j
.\ Lebanon cedar! J.ohn Milton on-;
his u as-1:p to.the throne of the world's |
sacrcd poesy ;hust sell his copyright'of j
"I'aradsse L^st" f;*r $72 in three' pay- M
nnr.ts. And William Shakespeare on '
hi? r.*;:r up to he acknowledged '^.the 1
dramatist of all ages nVn^t
hold horses at the d"or of the London' I
for a sixpence.- 'and Homer p
i;:-:-t .-tri'^frle through total blindness ; 1
immortality, ami.iohn JJunyan must j !
i r himself or. the way- up by ni'ak-j5
a duteout i?f his prison '
the seld nf'1-, v.vuSt toil ou ?
:iroHt*h orplianajj!' moaennpr a non m i
i.efqro he couM-?eut his statues M
ini:;:?-r.le. A:i?l the 2rent Stephenson ;
un-st watch cows iii trie Held for a few 1
then hecotue a stoker, ar.d'
iil- rv :-?nl mend clocks before he .puts j1
!!;< hvmiotn'e on its track unit -calls ]
!< ;:!: plaudits i'rcm parliaments ard
n:?.':h!s l'ros:: kui.-?. Abel Steven- is J
!' ! "it up a nesrl-cted child of the!'
street. and rises through his coasecra-i
in! rceutic? lo ! e one of th(i most il!u?
1:-. rl-T-:;'!;: n and historians of the
-.r.\ \-.lanes of the
I'l'UrC'i: '<>_* h ??j'I worked his
li;-' imiji Irri.n.'ii to America. and
on Jo where. in the* bishopric.
he was >eeond t->-no one who evvr ;
a'iorr-'d it. j
Whiie in l:ani?lin;ent Xenophon j
wrote his "Anabasis" and TliueyiJi<ies i
his "I Ii?tory . <?i" the J*e!opouRi*5>an
\Vnr."at:u Victor IIujjo must be exiled ,
years to the. island of" (im*rn-;
^. v iy;'ni> ? !> come to that height i
is: ifu- affections of-his countrmi??n i
tiir.t- (Tnwils Champs Elysres ami th*i
aiijoinintr boulevards with on." milium :
n.-urnefs a& 1:1s hoar^o rolls down to.
the reh ?: J h<. Madeleine. Oh, it is .
a t.-ujth ' ' d world, and it will'keep you
:-;:c-k and keep Vt-u down and keep you
oj.dor as lor::as it can! llail so-is and
daughters os the tirv!
Sta:ul. as the anvil whoa the strokb of stal- iwart
men fa!!? tierce and f??t.
bat more deeply rout the-tttk whose 1
brawnvatni.s embrace the blasft;
Stand like a*n anvil: noise and heat?t-oborn
of earth and die with tiflie;
The soul, like God, its source and seat, is
solemn, still, serene, sublime. I
I! Thirty years froai now the foremoi:
! menih all occupations and'professions
| will bethose who-are this-hour in an
ful struggle of early life, many of them
:! without five dollars to their name. So
i in spiritual life it takes a course of
. bereavements, persecutions, sicknesses
,; and losses to develop stalwart Christain
! charatker. I crot a letter a few davs
j ago saying: "I have hardly seen a well
! day since i was born, and I could nut
j write my own name until I was ";!>
i years of age. and I am very poor; but I
j try- trre grace o?Go(I, the happiest
I man in Chicago."
Tiie Bible speaks of the snows of
Lebanon, and atthis season of the year
' the snows then* must be tremendous,
j The deepest. sno-.r ever seen In America
wnulH h? i n ci ?n i rir-r? in /?nm na*v?f1 \r-iHi
the mildest winter of snows on those;
Lebanon mountains. The cedars catch j
that skyfull of crystals on their brow j
j and on their long arms. Piled up in j
i great, heaps are those snows, enough to :
; crush other trees to the ground, split-:
! ting the brandies from the trunk ieav-:
j ing: them rent iiiicl torn, never to ris?.
i 15ut what do the cedars care for these;
! snows on Lei-anon ? They look up to the|
winter skies and ?uy : ''Snow on ! j
! Empty the white heaver;.-* upon us, and i
! when this storm is passed let other j
processions of tempest try to bury us j
! in their fury. We hare for hve hun- j
i dred winters been accustomed to thi-.. |
| and for the next five hundred winters
j we will cheerfullvtake all you have t o |
! send, for that is the way we develop |
; our sireugtn, ana mat i?< me way we
serve God and teach all aires how to endure
and conquer." S"< 1 say : Good
cheer to all people who are snowed
under ! Put your faith in God and you
will come out gloriously. Others may
he stunted growths, of weak juniper? I
on the lower levels of spirituality, but
! you are jjoing to be Lebanon cedar*.!
At last it wifl be said of such as you : {
"These are they who come out of great j
trilinlftHnn un/l horl rr?koo i 1
4-11414. 11 IV 11 I UU?0 M UOitVU 1
and made white :n the blood of the j i
lamb." i
TIIE GREAT MAN'S FALL. |
Jjut while crossing over these moun- i
tains of Lebanon 1 bethink myself of i t
That an exciting scrne it must be when j
one of the cedars does fall. It does not J ?
go down like other trees with a slight j f
crackle that hardly makes the woods-ij
man look up, or a hawk fiutter from a J,
nAUl,KAM'n^ W'U^r. ~ ? 1 i
uyugn, n iicu a tcuai
falls it is the great event in the calen-1 1
dar of the mountains. The axmen tly.' *
The wild beasts slink to their tler.-s. ''
The partridges swoop to the valley for ^
escape. The neighboring trees go down ^
under the awfnl weight of the descend- *
ir.jr monarch. Tho rocks are mored
out of their places, and the earth trem- t
bles as from miles around all ravines e
send back their sympathetic echoes. n
Crash .' crash ! cra?h ! So when the rr
rrrAMf JV"3 o rr Af PViriefion i ?s V*
p.*vilv 1/WftlO V/4. VI U1 V/iil OCl(iU iij- /
licence fall it is something terrific*. ^
Within the past few years liow many 1j'
mighty and overtopping men have J
?o:;e clown! There seems now to he}?
an epidemic of moral disaster. The j"
moral world, the religious world, the it!
political world, the commercial world, j '
ire quaking' with the fall of Lebanon v
cedars. It is awful: We are compelled
:o cry out with Zechariah, the pro- li
When some great dealer in stock goes j {
down the small dealers clap their hands \ \
and say, "Good for him!" When a c
great/'.poliUcal leador goes down the j
.small politicians clap their hands and ! t
sar, "Just as I expected!" When a L
great, minister of religion falls many | '
littlc'minlsters laugh up their sleeves j)
and think themselves somehow ad- j1
vantaged. Ah, beloved brethren. iio j one
makes anything out of moral ship-. 1
1- ~i.rm *i.^ ^r < t
wrrcK. ;i umuu wv ujc innsui
Damascus, not r. sycamore on the I
plainsfof Jericho, not an olive tree in c
all Palestine is helped by the f-.il of a j
Lebanon cedar. iletter weep and pray s
and tremble and listen to Paul's advice I <_
to the Galatians when he says, "Con- j ,
siderinjr thyself lest thou also be temp-1 ^
ted." Xo man is safe dntll he is dead j,
unless.' he' be' -divinely protected. A '
greater thinker than Lord Francis 15a- (J
con the world never saw. and he changed
the world'? aiode of .thinking for.ull 1.
time?his ".Novum. Orearium" a mir- j
acle of literature. With S38.000 salary "
anu. esi&irs worm minions a:iuiiumi<the
highest judicial bench of the world, 11<
he goes down under the power of bri- t
I'ery and confessed his crime and was j t;
sentenced to the Tower and the scorn j fj
of centuries. IIowl, fir tree, -or the 0
cedar is fallen!
ALL NATIONS TO KlvST IX IIIS SHADOW j j,
In my journey up and down Tales-I
tine and JSyrianothing more impressed i
me than the trees?the terebinths, tlm |
sycamores, the tamarisks, the oleanders, j11
the rnulbenrys, the olives, the myrtles;ll
the palms, the cedars?all of them ex-1
planatorv of so much of the Scriptures.
And the time is nomine when, throusrh
an improved arbon-culture, the round b
world shall be circumferenced, en^rid- 1
led. embosomed, etnparadised in shade (
trees and fruit trees and flower trees. o
Isaiah declares in one place,"Theglory d
of Lebanon shall b? given unto it;" and ti
in another place : "All the trees of the 0
lield shall clap their hands. Instead of
the thorn shall come up the !5r tree, j;
Instead of the briar shall come up the n
myrtle tree.'-' Oh, grandest arbore1.
A/.fVM.. s* V ? 1 1 4 If??A . !)?/ ! ? ' P A<vi fl * T I
!truuo ui ci 11 l1.11c. ; jjtkiii . j -
: Uh, I am so glad thai the holy land
df heaven. like the holy land of i'aiev I (
tine and "Syria, 5s a great place for j r<
irees, an orchard of them, a srrove of! 1.
ilicrn, a forest of.them. Sr. John s;it j
hem along the street*, ;md on both
?id>s of trie river, and every mnrij.iiit)
:hey yielded a great crop ofi~',TC- !''
<no\v what an impo5irrST appe?ira:s;*> 11.rees
give to' a ciir 1 pari!'., hut h--.rr it,::
=xaiw iu-> H?ea of he.iven nlien >t. j
Jolin describes Iht* citT en hlyh a* hav-! c
ins its streets and its riv-s iin"d wi-n , d
them. Oh, the trec.s ; ?ii? tr-M.' i'iie i I'
jasper wall?, lisfountain*, tlie temples i <!
were not enough. Th?*re wouhlharejd
been something wanting ret So to I ^
complete all that pomp and splendor I j 11
hchold the no branching trees of life.
X >t like those stripp-rd trees now;
around r.s, wiiich like banished mins-1
treis through the lonir winter night |
u* trr their dolorous lament, or in the i
h!:ist moan like 1 jst syiri's nanderin? !'
ii[> and down the ?;dr. their leaf shall' V
never v.ither. Whether von nalkoni*
the har.k.s of Ihe- river you will he !0
under trees, or hy the homes of mar-j ~
tvr.s under tree.*. <>r hy the heavenly i *
temple under trees, or along t.'ne palare j'
of the King immortal nmlrr trees. |.
"IJicssed are they that do his com-j ,
maU'iments tliat thry may hare right | ^
to'the tree of iife." Stonewall .Tack- :J
son's dyini-r lUternaee >ras f>?'*i:tifuily ;
supr^esiive, "Let us ?,ross over *ud lie [,
ilowii under tiif* trres !" ' *
XIi?* Interest on i:?r,<ls. . i
Ci!aki.kstox. Dec. 17.?SiatoTrc:is-' 1
uivr Date? was ::i the city to-day utul.'
had au interview with.the bafik ]>rc>5- (
(lent*, jl ne onjeetoi uievjau u;isn> iiyt ,
mouey to pav the Interest of the State : {
debt due Janurarv 1st. Treasurer' j
Dates was leartui that in view of thai
postponement of the time for the pay- j
ment of taxes till February 1st he mi.-ht; i
not have sufficient money in the treas- j j
ury to meet the .January payments, jj
The Charleston batiks came promptly ! ]
to his aid and agreed to furnish the state | ]
with all the money it needed. i i
)
j END OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
; Senator Kenna Gives Graphic IJrscrjp
tion of the Uai>;>y Kvent.
Washington*. Dec. 17.?In the Sen
ale yesterday Keuna addressed that bod
in opposition to the election bill. Tin
country was about to witness, he said
: ?I.n 1 ,.i ,iu. I
i:uai vi l:j*j icau I'l'UbiCa
druniii which the liopubliean party h:u
. been playing at the rate of star i'or ;
| quarter of a century.
j The play had beeen loner. It had pai(
well. lis receipts had been enormous
The last preceding scene had closed if
muttering disgust. Whether t!ic performauce
should end in comedy or inured\
remained to be seen. Awaiting paitienly
the final culmination of the play, the
interval inurht be devoted, he said, nut
without profit to a somewhat casual review
ot the "eticral piot and general
performance.
Kenna procee ded to sketch the history
of the Republican party. be^innin_r with
the reconstruction period, much to t!ie
disadvantage of that party. lie dc
nounccc the policy ot tiie uepuOIican
party in regard to the Mormons, public
lands, tanll'. navy ami Indians, and
then addressing himself to the bili. said
that there was no mistake about what it
meant. There was no mistake that it
was a cunning contrivance to place in
the bancs of the minority the control of
the institutions oi the people with a
hnvoncl.for o.vrrv Imllnl _
The Senator from Massachusetts
(Hoar) had told the Senate that no time
should be wasted in debate as no one's
judgment would be allected by it. Ife
(Iloar) had a desire to have the bill
passed without discussion, as there
was, perhaps, evidence that that desire
was concurred in by the other side of
the chamber. All that had a tendency
to impress on his mind at least the idea
that for some good reason it was considered
wise for party reasons to smuggle
.he bill through Congress; wise to have
t invade the statute book, silently as
I,/* f.. .1
11V IIUHI KJl CI V.WH.1 u\
Was the bill, lie asked, the producet of
i felon or of a fanatic':1 of a Solomon or
i fool? Its terms and provisions were,
)efore the Senate. Its objects and its
mrpose were stamped on its face. 11
vas understood that John I. Davenport
vas its author. It sounded like him,
ooked like lsim and read like him.
Zvery section, evcrey clause and every
etter, from one end to the other, spelled
uavenport."
Its cliief promoter in the Senate was
lie distinguished Senator from Massachusetts
(Hoar.) and the second in comlaud
seemed to be the equallj* distmuisiied
Senator from New York
Kvarts.) It seemed to be meet and proer
that those two distinguished gentleicn
should be selected (either by others
r by themselves) to lake charge of the
ill. One of them had made a part of
!C electoral commission and the other
ad been the chief Republican counsel
efore that tribunal.
Keun-a gave a highly graphic descripOIl
of the SceilPS hf->fnrn f lip nlp.rfr-,il
oflleprepunting
in which Evarts was the cental
figure addressing the tribunal and in
vhich Iloar appears as a member of the
:ommis?iou.
That picture, lie said, ought not to go )
lown to posterity solitary and alone,
n.ere should be a companion picture
jainted for it showing an extemporized
jastile in which some of the G.300.000
American citizens for whom Davenport
iad issued war .ants were packed,
xowding each other to look out through
>ars. and showing Davenport as the
. ? . 1 l!? T L' " * i. / _ _
leiurai imure. j.i au iiouesi man ^as
J)av<niport was represented to be) could
natch the liberties of 1.000 American
itizens by the strocke of his pen, what
vas to be the fate ol' the voters when
here was to be a bayonet behind every
mllot, and Davenport behind every baymot.
(Some applause in the galleries.)
11' a scanning of the bill from the title
lage to the conclusion alibrded no obection
on which to cast a vote against
t, its authorship and its source would
ondemn and damn its every line and j
etler tureycr. It liad . never been inended
t-> promote the honesty of elcc- j
ions. It had never had associated with j
!, any design to promote the honesty:
r purity, or freedom of the ballot.
After occupyiug some three hours,
leuna said that there were other
:aturcs of the bill which he would like
0 discuss, but he did n.~-t feel in view of
Is health that it would be safe for him j
1 fnn1inni> sncpci'
A Lynching Prer?nt??l.
C'oLVMr.iA, C., Dec. IS.?The Kegjtfrof
to-day says on the night of ti>e
5th instant .Sheriff II. II. Lesesne of
larer.don County telegraphed (jovernr
Tillman that he li3d Edward Ilolliay
in jail for killing John DuI'ose,and
lint he had reasons to fear that his prisner
would be lynched and asked tlie
lovernor whether he should guard the
lil or remove the man to some other
lore secure place.
(iovernor Tillman at once replied as
allows:
"II. II. Lesesne, Sheriff Planning. S.
Use your own judgment as to the
?moval, but there must be no lynching.
>efend your prisoner at all hazards.
"B. H. TILI.max."
Sheriff Lesesne then wrote informing].
It"* V.\U> llliil i!f INH L--US1MW V iru [ a
r:s?>:ic*r jTtif arui tire <;>v- ~
r,*??ir yesterday wrote liimtlie l'oliw-jf
letter commending his action.
II. II. I.esesne ? iiy Dear Sir: Y'ur 0
uiirse in regard to the prisoner 11 Hi- ..
ay is heart sly approved, and if allmr j11
eace ollicers shall act ;is promptly .nil J *
ecisively our State will be sparedthe '
isgrace of any more lynchings. Ion- 1
-atulate the people of Clarendoi 011 ri
riving so ellicient and active an oicer. ^
Yours respectfully,
"15. K. Tillman. (lovernor. 0
The Third Party Srhrine. jo
Talt.aiiasskk. Fla., Dec. 17.?t a {e
letting in Jacksonville last nigh at-1 a
&nded by (Jt-neral Master Wurman j li
'owderiy and John Davis, membei'h'ct i tl
f Conirrcss from Kansas, on bt-lri f <?f ' ir
lie Knights of Labor. President'oik,
- i _ . . _r ! .
National Lccturor \\ metmenu <;i i "
he executive board, Wardwe'll of urtli! l>
iakot.i, and others of the Farmo' Al- h
iance. it was decided to have i con- t!
ention at Cincinnatti on l'ebrua' -3d, j n
s had been arranged. j P
It was decided ihat the call *' the j o:
'incinnati convention shouKl >t be i n
brmally issued, but that in its pad. a . ti
onference composed of live fro each j
>f the organizations appointed.hould J w
;o held some time in Februaryvhich ; w
ih'ould go over the ground caret i.v and j
vithout taking formal action pr; icaliy
!?-fTrie what, course of action si dd be ,,
ir.rsuVd. This is a decided vie1'}*
he conservative element m? the j c'(
bird party men. - j
by Nfj;roe\s. ! r(
.Tacksoxvillk. Fla., Dec. ?pan hi
iViiliams. an old negro, livii eight j a]
niles from Quincy. 1-Ta.. was lyhedby ; et
jegroes last uiglit. IT ousts. id out-j p
xiildings of several negroes ha'recent-: s;
y been burned, and it is tbght be j cl
>vas the guilty party. , I w
j
i
j WINDING IT THEIR WORK.
| THE LEGISLATURE FINISHES I TS ANNUAL
TASKVj
i Important Measures rostpoiied as L'snal ?
i The Kubli of Private and Local Matters?
j | Sume Notable KunctineuU.
x 1 Coi.L'3i uia, S. C., Dec. 20.?Special: i
i The Legislative session mav now he
1 j said to have ended. The work of the'
j three davs of next week will he of ai
I very formal and, indeed, perfunctory j
| character. Laws will be passed at a
j speed limited only by the voc-d capacij
ty of the reading clerks. The opportu
ililtv f.ir i<? r.imt. Alt th-.it i
;! the"most keen-eyed legislator may now
!hopetodoT lies "in the amrudment of
pending latvs where their deficiencies
are of the most glaring character. The
merits of the case cannot now be considered.
This haste, incident to the
i; rush of business In the last days of th?
: j session has bren one of the evils of our |
law-making ever since the Legislature)
| restored the old rule of adjourning be-i
| fore Christmas, "whether jor no." The |
I serious aspect of the thing appears in
the fact that some?frequently most?
of the Important measures go throu rh
their last stage* in the closing hours of
thesession. Under such circumstances
there is constant danger of some clerical
error or some informality of procedure.
just serious enough to render
worthless a very important measures.
I iuc yicsciJt scsaiou, <15 ?in nave
| been observed by the readers of this (
| correspondence, lias formed no excep ,
j tioa to the rule that the minor matters j
of law-making absorbel the attention ,
of both branches of the General Assem- .
bly for the first two weeks at least. ,
Something different appears to hare
I been expected of the present body, but ,
the circumstances suggested in this
correspondence, as inducing delay, have, t
been more than usually operative upon
the members. There have, of course. ;
been numbers of bills passed. These, '
j however, as already indicated, have t
j been cnieny or local interest?measures | r
I determined. really, hy the wishes of i,,
| the members representing the pa.rticu- | *
j lar community affected. The matters [
' of general interest will now be noted. +
NEW" MEASURES. L
Among these were the following:
Kill to punish frauds or misrepre-11
sentatlons in the manufacture, analy- L
sis or sale of fertilizers and commer- L,
cial manures in this State. (House.)
I.: 11 It - ?: - -1 '
j. ms urn miiKt-s n a rmsuemeanor 10
violate any of tiir regulations as to the n
manufacture and analysis of commer- *
cial fertilizers, punishable with not
more than SuOO lino or one year's im- P
prisonment, or both in the discretion a
of the Court. n
13111 to provide for the redisricting c
of Hie several counties of this State ^
and to provide for the election of '!
school trustees. The bill relate* tn the 81
reformation of school districts through- ^
out the State. (House)
Bill to regulate the sale of intoxicating
liquors m this State. ]j(
The purpose of this measure is to }J(
prohibit the sale of spiritous and malt
liquors within this Sta%e^the bill fs a hj
| j i
i ty m 1 ? ao unaer very
I rijfid conditions. They must give a p
I bond in the sum of SI,000 to carry out
! the terms of the permit, which cannot {
j be granted unless the druggist seeking
! it is a man of good moral character aad f
lias not engaged in the .sale of intoxi- q
eating liquor for so many y^ars. lie is
required to keep a book in which shall \
be entered the amount of liquor purchased,
where from and what f-r, "and e
must account for its distribution before
he can purchase more. The railrnnds
nrfi forbidden to fr^nsnnrt, liminr t
c 1 v
to any one except druggists, and only u
to them upon a permit from the county \
commissioners. r
In the event of a violation of the ri
terms of the l;ivr the bond will be for- r
feited and a portion of it will go to the c
parties injured by the violation and the c
remainder to the school fund.
Mr. Norton, from the House commit- n
tee on mines and minning, submitted o
with a favorable report r.nd with s
amendments a bill to create a phos- t
rommis.sion nnil fl?linf? its nnvr
ers and duties. The bill has been fully
described, but the amendments proposed
by the committee change it ma- ^
terially.
The committee recommend that the P
phosphate commissioners shall consist ?
of the Governor, Attorney General and
Comptroller General aid two citizens
to be*appointed by the other three com- 'j
missioners for terms of four and six "
years respectively. Also that no in- r
crease of royalty be made by the com- t1
missioners without six months' notice.
Also the commission is empowered to *;
inake .contracts with phosphate com- ^
panics on such terms as they see fit for C(
periods not exceeding seven ye.nrs. I
Next follows a provision for the res- tc
toration to the State of the phosphate
territory now worked by the Coosaw w
Company. s\
TIIE 11AILROAD BILL. C?
Mr. Yeldell, from the committee on
railroads, reported favorably on the (1j
railroad bill with a large number cf
amendments. The most important are
these: ^
The three commissioners are to be |
elected bv the Legislature for a tewa-^Vie
(j^crfetlovernor. Only two commis- fj*
ioners, however, will be elected at this ^
ession, as the committee has decided
hat under the law Mr. Jt-rvey will hold se
'Vt-r for two years longer.
The (lovernor is given the power to inc
ill vacancies occurring between sesions
of the Legislature, such appointee .
o hold until the following meeting or
he (leneral Assembly, when an election ret;
uist be held to (ill the vaeancv. Onn ! inn
f the two commissioners to be elected ,
t this session h for the unexpired term '
f Commissioner IJonham. per
Tlie commissioners are to be paid oft
ut of the State treasury $2,100 a year ,
ach, and they are to b? furnished with j '
clerk at a salary of $1,200, and an of- j ot :
ce and equipment to cost not more 'j
lau SuOO, also to Ik* paid by ihe State jnc]
istead of by the railroads. | san
The board"is given fulljpower to make j '0p;]
P a schedule of rates fur freight and I '
aom-iigtl ijuiu 1U1 i' 'IJ?. rtUll ,
auis. and for joint hauls over more 1'
laii one road, and to prevent dlscrimi- l,C1^
aiion. Flie paople are griven an ap- ^
eal to the Courts l'rom the decisions cu'
f the board. There aro a number of j nnv
liriur ainrndni'-nts looking to conform ; auc
ie h.il to the (Georgia law. ! <pie
The fate of these different measures ces:
ill have heen decided in some way pos
hen this paper readies its readers. tiic
THE LA1JOU BILL. Till
This bill, which was the lirst intro- due
need in the House, was laid on the ma<
tide and tiie substitute reported by tlie j pro
mimittee n-.-is taken up for considera-; por
on. The bill is entitled: A bill tojniai
:?Uia-e me nours 01 iauor ol i-nimren j lender
J6 year? of acre and lemales inj?un
ii cotton and woollen mr.nufacturmg i ?
itablishments in this State, and to
rovide remedies for violation of the ,
ime. It limits the time of labor for bce
lildren under 16 years of age and for 003
omen to eleven Lours a day, and it son
| allows operatives to make up lost tirm
: noi exceeding one hun-'red and tei
j hours in a year. After som? debat(
I the bill was passed and sent 10 th<
j Senate.
TIIE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
w nen trie menace resolution :o rar. i\
; the amendment to the Constitution
| abolishing boards of county commissioners
as constitutional orticvrs electI
ed by the people came up in the IToi^
; the friends of the amendment pushed
the light.
Mr. Ernest- Gary opened the debate
with a strong speech favoring the passage
of the bill. He took the ground
mainly that the people had adopted the
amendment at the ballot-box and there
r. tK/> O rs ~.*r. a?
waa iiui'iuu^ n/i me iv" |;i > rs ui
the people to do but- i:> ratify their
action.
Mr. John Gary Evans also favored
the bill, taking pretty much the same
line of argument.
Mr. Tim merman favored the bill
both on the ground that the people had
declared in favor of the amendment
and because he thought the counties
could manage their affairs much more
satisfactorily under some other system.
Mr. Brennen opposed the biil on the
ground that the aaiendment would
take away from the people the right to
elect officers to manage their own
county affairs.
Mr Finley opposed the bill. lie took
the ground that the adoption of the
amendment at the recent election had
not been a fair expression of the will
of the people. The amendment had
been adopted by a vote of 24,000 to 1S.[)00
out of a total vote in the State of j
232,000. As there was strong probability
of a constitutional convention short-1
!y he thought it very inadvisable to!
Linker vvith the Constitution in the!
way proposed.
Mr. Ira l>. Jones favored the bill.
Ele said thai the fact that boards of j
lounty commissioners was a constitu-1
;ional"office had been an obstacle for j
."ears in the way of county reforms. |
L'he county commissioners had enorm)us
powers and while it was true that
hey did submit the levies they desired
o the county delegations in the Geueril
Assembly, yet it was not at all im>robable
that they had the rijjht residn#
in themselves of levying aov tax
heysxwfit. Tne people had declared
t the recent election that they wanted
his office removed from the Constituion.
and as Their Representatives he
houjjht they should carry out, their j
wishes. I,
The vote was then taken by yeas and !
ays and resulted in tha ratification of I
he amendment by a vote of 97 tn 20.
The joint resolution hiring du^i
assed the Senate, the ammendiig?
waits but the signature of
or to be of force. Thid^gP
ourse receive. The
mcndment is to lea^^
ree to adept anxg|
jvernment wh^fl
The
en Iwfil
oth^
jjfl
tsieacase in
ncumbent.
The House iudiciarv committee re
icrted unfavorably oa the folio wing :
The Charleston" metropolitan police
>ill. Report unanimous.
Bill to prohibit express companies
rom transporting matter for lottery
:ompanies.
Bill to empower the Governor to re- j
nove sheriffs.
Bill to provide for the election of an
xtra Circuit .JncUe.
Each of the above was killed.
The joint resolution extening the I,
iraefor paying taxes without penalty |;
ntil February 1 lias passed both the |,
louse and the Senate, and has been ! (
atified and signed by the Governor, j
'he State ollicers hold th ;t the joint j ]
fhUlULiUii uriuy pi annual?iia?t tug j ;
ounty treasurers will continue to re- j.
eive taxes without penalty. ,
The pupply bill levies a tax of i\$ j]
nils for State purposes. To this must, | j
f course, he added the constitutional j.
chool tax of two mills, the county j \
axes and the special taxes. !
PENITENTIARY OFFICES. i
The two houses met la joint assem- *
lv on Wednesday to elect a suDerin
indent and three directors of the'State
enitentiary. The following named
entlemen were placed in nomination: ]
[enry Massey, of York, X. W. Brook-11
r, of Edgefield, J. T. Gaston, of Aiken, j
. 11. Earle of Oconee, and W. J. Tal-1*
ert of Edgefield. U
Mr. Talbert was easily elected on the j 1
rst ballot by a vote of 112, the remainlg
vote being divided as follows: J. I
'. Gaston, 17; A. W. Urooker. 10; J. R. (
iarle, U; Henry Massey, 4; T. J. Lips- t
)mb, 1. " ^
The joint assembly next proceeded ,
) the election of the board of directors. I
The following named gentlemenj J'
ere placed in nomination, with brief
jeeches setting forth the litnees of v
uh for the duties of the position.
W. A. Xeal. of Anderson; Thos. An- a
srson, of Fairfield; T. J. Cunningham, t
I Chester; J. G. Gulgnard; of Lexlng- 1:
>n; J. L. Kamsey, of York; Henry
liver, of Charleston; Absalom Home, ;t
I Edgefield. Messrs. Oliver, Cunning- Ji
'fcOuuLJS'ral were declared duly
;cted on ~?n*c_iirst ballot their reectlve
ballots as Pe-^ows, 10S, yy and
rho election being over the joint as- j n(
nbly then dissolved.
Messrs. Anderson and Guignard are ! j
:umbents. I,.
I A
New I'roce>s. tV
rVASiiiXGTON. Dec. 17.?'The annual -1
>ort of t!ie chief of the chcmi al divis- u_'
s of the agricultural department conis
an account of the process recently selected
at the department as a result m
,he experiment in the chemical laboory
with reference to the raanufaclucr
sorghum sugar.
7he chemist claims substantial!v an
reuse iu the yield of sugar per thou- I ,1
ri galions of juice of from an average '
ibout 10.000 pounds to au average or!
r 21.M?7 at ail increase of cost of pro- i
tion of for the alcohol which en-'}'']
:3 into the new process.
.'he report recited some various dilli- '''
ties hitherto found in the economic \;
nufacture of sugar Irom sorghum,: ] '
I indicates that t!?e solution ot the !!?j
stion was to be toum' in some pro- ra'
3 which would separate, as nearly as .
sible, gummy amorphous bodies Irom j
juice without precipitating sugar. |
i known property of alcohol to pro- j ],,<
c precipitation in the juiee was! {n.
tie use of in the further study of the m;
blcin. The diilicullies. sa_\ - the re- j
t. winch have been encountered in : 0lj
Dufactunng sugar from sorgum juice ,j;l
e been solelv due to the presence of i pr,
us. Not only has the removal of the ' na
us been efi'ected by the process evolv- I cu
Jurini: these experiments, but it has m,
n shown that this can be ell'ected at a j t[!(
t comparatively trifling by compari- i
with the results obtained. i ca,
?; THE ALLIANCE B^NK.
*iA !Vvv Facts About It TSmf Will I Jo <>
j Coi.r;>n:iA, S. 0. Dcr*. IS.-?Tlur
I tee stockholders oi ihr v. ili
' | meet in Columbia 0:1 I ho iis-h ut-xt
11 January to ps-ri'e.?1: ;>rr:ir..u*"i:vrits i. r
' ,. ? . I.I. I : - t .. 1.' ' < :
. ' ' i.i*; i .-i; i:i r>
i | :t!i<! it is 1* viimp that
{ every cent of sMb-s-.-ri: <! stshou'd
jiie paid ir: on <;r i :r?* tiiut ti:ue.
i Brethren. r!tf s>?"stl opera! ion of
I the Stale h-trier-*^ ? !' liif .Farmers'
Alliance of l'::roii;s:i ii;*pt ud.s iii
a great measure r;ur; lh>* prompt payment
of this >tr?ek. 1 'aa we not hope
that this will b?* doi::\ ami that ot'it-r
sub-Aiii;:nces. who Jm-.v do-.- nothing
in this direction, wiii m like manner
i send in fhw??ninfriii*i.!-iiV
The State Kxehanny. desiring to be
| just to sub-alii:;i!c*es i;: it:> c-o:;i:ecli\>n.
! at its meeting in fVutud*!:-} urjaninious
ly adopted rh<- folio :is resolution:
Resolved. That sub-alliances which
j have subscribed one or more shares of
I 4-r\ 4-W/v 7 " ?r ..U-v ? ? *
otuvn. IU uir Olrtic illl'i liilVli
paid a part of the same. and have, since,
making such payment, been reduced in
membership below the constitutional
number upon which said subscription
was based, that a!i sub-alliances shall
have the ben-lit of such reduction in
membership and nceive credit from
tiie Stale Exchange on tm-ir stock l\?r
any amount thus overpaid.
At, a meeting to bo held on ti:" liSth
of January. liWl. n??r only will the ]
I banking biiMiirss '>, discussed, but this
will l e discussed in connection with
i the future management of the State
Exchange, and ir, ii highly probable
that many changes will be ma.le in the
rules which.have heretofore governed
tlie management of the Exchange,
i'he whole business will iu? discussed,
and a:i effort will he made to reach the
wsesL conclusions, every member
of the Alliance regard the subject as
one in which he is most deeply interested
and send in ?nc*h suggestions to
the meeting as will in his opinion most
likely lead to the be.-i results.
But, oyer and beyona e'.vry other
consideration. let every true and loyal
member of rTi^J^to^put forth nis
best ih^rno^^*
alliance i>>ufl
on or Itcior^H
With tjifl
bright i J|
:mu
wild clamor for credit, every intellij^^S
person must admit. That no system
could be devised or its operation be so
guarded :is 10 prevent partiality and fa
> VI 1 liOUl 111 A CO UisllllMUViVli . IV J/v.i sonal
friends of the loaning ageht, next |1
to iiis political associates, every thought-1!
ful man must foresee.
That it would create a feeling of help- j
less dependence upon government aid by I j
those whom it. is designed to benefit* <
thereby relaxing their individual effort,
destroying their energy and sell-reliance .
and rendering them helpless mendicants ^
of government charity, every observer
uf human nature .must know. That it '
would lead to thriftless improvident*, j
relying upon government aid or govern- i(
rnent" forbearence by those whom it!
seeks to benefit, and prove a curse in- '<
stead of a blessing, is so plainly evident 1
that we are surprised that the National |i
Li range should allow itself to be carried j 1
iwav bv the clamor of those who hone ! r
:o gain for themselves public preferment i
oy holding out a scheme so enticing to
:ne ignorant or improvident debtor and (
scheming specula! or.
Death on the Itail. t
Xewderkv. S. C., Dec. 13.?There =
vas a fearful accident on live cons true- v
ion train of the Columbia. Xewbcrry i
tud Laurens liullroau about o;:c mile
ibove here this afternoon, by which con- l
lac tor Walling and two negroes were kii- '?
ed and several others injured.
The engine was pushing several ilats j
oaded with iron and crosstics and one I
iftlie cars loaded with crosstics jumped i
he track and in some way shoved under i 0
he car loaded with the iron rails and J,
uriicu u over. vju iu:s car were con-i
luetor .James T. Walllu-j: a:id several or' j
he hands. Wallinir nr..I two negroes :1
rerc instantly killed. Another negro I0
lad liis arm crushed bv the hoavv iron 1
nd was otherwise injured and will pro- ' =
>ably die. Several other* were slightly )'
:urt.
Walling is from Columbia and leaves s
. wile and one child. The inquest was ^
icld this afternoon.?Columbia ueirister.
- V
Throe of a ICtsi'.l :i:ul Two 2'.sir. \
Pnr.sHUiUr. l5a.. Dee 17.?Mrs. ti
ilurne of Allichenv has surprised her .
jiiiWvtrs mil her husband liuriui; t!:a | J
i>l two years oy giving seven! c
lildren. A few day- since Mrs. DliinTb i trl
esented her husband wish triplets?j be
.'o strappim: hoy babies and a healthy J re
tl. Not quite a year a^'o Mr. Blunio j
;is .surprised by twins, and during t!*o
eceding year her !:r.-t tw<? children
ere horn. The Iripieis. wh are de- ,l
rihed as chipper, and ihoir prohli-- jc:;
oliicr arc donn: we'd. Mrs. jJiumc ;s i wl
woman ofordinary build an ;vr did- !M
en are all well tunned and healthy. j n.1
Twelve }Iiinilr<Ml Miners < :> S: rik.-. 4|:
Cukykxxs;. \Vy<>:nin_'. Ij.-c. 17.? ; w]
rnlvn l.iindi"...!
e Hock Springs mine <>: i .: L*niori i jit
icific Uailaoad on a
:ike and a:v !ili Mir. The cow.- ; il,
nv travc 11 oiico S.il:ir?!:iy ;l:;il thev j
nposcd p.ivini tiiC vv.>r;::i .i ijv- the
ur. A mass w;;> in ;.! vi-s*i!av
ami the. 1 vi--1 ;i;. It 1?*'
believed il.a:. r.-mpauy in:.-n^-I; \;1]
oslallhl^ t!i?; C!??vi t!:*: v 1 _r*>. L hour I
v. introduced ;;i :!;< | t :
L'ishuuiv. win -h ;> likely t : p;iss. j*?
\ !?]isoiSv 'l r:w>!y.
Foi:t smitir. ai'ic.. 1 'oc. il.?( liar- ,\'t
*.Joplln shot and killed iivo ner*ou? '*
lav at ilio .Jonnv lead mine, twelve '
!es from he:v. at;?! I!.? :i r.'i.-.mitlcd e^[
iciuc by shooting himsr);'. i*h"se
were .Jol u Miller. i:.s v. ;;'r. !ii> ^rir.vn
u^luer. "Lou I>r. Stewart,
omment physician. and a man whose !
me is not known. The shooiinir ocred
iate in the dav and dirtxis are fu
airrc-. The <m:v c!ue to the cause of] i>$
2 killing lies :n a report that I)r.; vVc
2wart intiiuated iliat Jo;>lin was the j it
use of JSiiss 3Iiiler?s trouble. j a (
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I BETTER THAN GOID.
j A DISCOVERY THAT MEANS MILLIONSFOP.
AIKEN COUNTY.
| T'ib in veil lion o! au Amateur Chemist
ihat r.'ill Brinshim Immence Wealth?
A Process for Transforming Kaolin Into
| Aluminum.
Columbia. December 14.?A ?en,
iiemnn who registered at the Grand Cenj
iral Hotel to-uiijlit has knowledge of a
I discovery which when'fully developed
! wil1 make the kaolin beds ol this State
j iaiinitely more valuable than the phosI
pluue deposits. lie asked the represea- ~N?
! tuLive ol" The Xews and Courier if he
| knew Mr P. A. Emanuel of the Aiken
| Bar, which be inn answered, he went on
| to relate the following facts:
It is known that a fortune not to be
I reckoned by millions awaits the discoverer
of a cheap process for the manufacture
of aluminum. About a year ago
Mr Emanuel applied himself to this'prei
blem. and it is believed that he has ar|
rived at its correct solution. The material
which he used is the kaolm of
1 Aiken County, the basis with which he
i mviavu vu mo
discovery Mr Emanuel went to Wash-'
ington and submitted his processes to
the scientists there, and now has his discovery
secure from attack by the proper
letters, patent and caveats.
Not very lousr ago aluminum was sold
at about $20,000 a ton, but by a process
which was considered Goal the price was
reduced at Pittsburg to two dollars and
a half a pound or about $5,000 a ton.
The startling announcement is made
now that by the ingenuity of Mr Emanuel
aluminum can be freed from kaolin
at a cost ot about two dollars and a half
a ton. being a price two thousand times
less than by the Pittsburg process. A.s
there is now more demand in fh?
for aluminum for mechanical purposes
than there is for gold. the immensity of
the held and fortune for the discovered
will be apparent.
tiflBSBflS dollars
allocation
H&hli6 a
Ml^^^on^BristoM
BM^eking accident occujjj
refffWBraul Street railroad crosslng^^^^
this afternoon, by which four persons
were killed, one fatally wounded and
one seriously hurt. The accident was
caused by the safety sates at the crossing
being raised just before the New
York westbound train was due.
A number of persons had been waiting
for a freight train to pass, and as
soon as the -rates were raised, started to
- ross. John Mcllvaine, a teamster
started across with his wagon, in which
kvcro liis 13-year-old son, ]S'ea. Mcllvaine
Jos. Huessay. about the same age, Hugh
Devere, a storekeeper on Pine Street,
ui'l -Tno. McGee, about fifteen years old.
The express train, which was running
it lull speed, struck the wagon instanty
killing Xeal Mcllvaine, Jos. Hussey
uu: Ilu^h Devere. ,Jqo. Mcllvaine had
lis shoulder and leg broken, ribs crushid
and was otherwise internally injured,
le is not expected to live.
Two boys were struck with such force
hat they were thrown into the canal,
fas. Johnson, who was crossing the
rack-afoot, was also struck by the enfine
and instantly killed. John McGee,
vi'o wn? nlso in Ihp wacrnn was hadlv
tijured.
The gatekeeper claims that the clatcr
of Uie freight trains injpassingdrowned
he noise ofthe bell so that it could not
>e lu-ard. lie will probably be arrested.
A Heavy lilow to Darlington.
Daklixgtox, Dec. 17.?About 10
>'clock to-night fire was discovered in
he two story frame building of A. C.
pain & Co.. occupied on the lower floor
iy Mrs. J. S. Swygert's millinery, with
he oiiice of the Darlington Harald and
ihers up stairs. The flames spread so
oiMflltr thof fir;* nnf Vio ovfin.
:uished until eight stores and residences
t*ere burned. One of the buildings was
irick. The burnt portion is on the East
iile of the public square. The fire was
mly arrested when it reached a large
srick building with thick walls. The fire
vns extinguished about 2:30 this morn- /
ag. The loss is about $35,000 ; insur
iiice will cover most oi me losses, j.
Boyd, J. J. Ward. 1\ C. Beck & $?3
Jro.'s losses will far exceed the insurnice.
Florence was wired for assissm-r.
which was gallantly qiven, their^N!^
>ys couim'i^ria with cheers, and'were
ceived withcltee'i^. at 12 o'clock. A
He Wanted toSWifiigp.
A rr. \ vr \ t)pf>._ 19 a -qp%2t0 stoai
pair of shoes from a merchant Bk
ti:r street, and carried them home-: J||
ilii him. When he reached his house
id tried them on he found they were
unber eleven, v. hen lie wore the small
of thirteen. lie very kindly carried
e shoes back to the merchant fiom
liory. lie had stolon them, and offered
exchange them for a size which would
him. The merchant recognized the
>k-s. a policeman was summoned and
t ne^ro was soon in the lock-up.
V."ou:uIc<l by Highwaymen,
t'on'MiJiA, s. C., Dec. 13?A few
since, Mr. If. Clamp, a wealthy
i ii.er living near mythewood, mFairIit
county, was. while going home af
selling cotton in Columbia, beset by A
rang of desperate highway robbers,and
ing rendered unconeious by a blow on
l* head was robbed of $400. with which
_ robbers made off. He was found
er by friends and it is now thought
will die from las severe wounds. xso
iv to the perpetrators has been secur- A
Duel IJetween Father aud Son.
[;.\ini:sville, Tex., Dec. 11.?Afatal jffw
"i took place on Tuesday night in Jm
line's Valley, Indian Territory, be- Jb3L
1 T} 1 JH
L'Cll OCUdLUi OalilUCX X ttUX VL
lickasaw Legislature and his son, Jajfl
luL The father received a dangero^j
>und in his thigh, but will reco?
is said that the difficulty grew
juarrel over a woman. ?&?&?&>?i