The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, December 02, 1891, Image 1
I LYOL. XXYL " " WINNSBQRO, & a, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1891. NO. 16.
TEE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE jtl;aJ proTis on be mad?for it:
rceui or land next year. la this
lion I would urge the necess
TIL N*AN GiYEt* AN ACCOUNT OF HIS c^an?e ;u '.e county governmt
| tbe mode of assessing property.
STEWARC-SniP. \ COUNTY GOVERNMENTS
j The office of county co?ti
. . 1 should be abolished, and m plac
Tk? Condition )b which h? ax: jrovemcsent by tOWnshlDS 5Ub;
? ? .v. - hn'.hns Done ! Thr^fl? in:*.' :ioror?f n-,?n in cor-li ir
to improved m.m~His Advice in Re-j elected br the voters thereof, 8l
entrusted with the managemei
f ^rd to3f?rd?d LeciMidoD. I roads :tad bridges, schools, and
Columbia, S.C., Not. 23.-Thc fol-1 ?e?t of property in the sam
, , , vrQ. chairmen or these local board:
lo?:n? synopsis o!(,.,v lillman S Me, cona[!tulo , b d
lfc "S* * ? ? sooi idea of the uocu- count fffi ^
7 Bent n?d contain it most important | ^ .xpenditares_ XhesalailM.
feature--; paid these town?h!p commissioi
Gei.aemeii of the General A?semolT. s,lectmen cimbe (le.erBined
Another je?r has come and gone, Tottn or ^ fc b The t
brmgiBg toe period for the ?PrM.nta- u be chaI)- d koi;sh .
tires o the people t? meet ancI i*rfo;m school commissioner, a
their ia.ct.ons as a pfrt of the jerern. J
meut; and, as require-- or theconstitu- J
U?n it is a <mt? imp-i.fd. upon the ex- ^responding increase in ??
a. ecntirseito srrvs to the Geserai Assem- n ^ . n u j ..
? 7r.;- *r^ "ropertv trill be assessed at
?k blr lBiormatiC!! of the condition 01 toe , r - , .ir ,.,,
- j v?tue, ana millions eo?t bidder
8 Sta e and recotnmend for their crowd- h
I erat.oa.nch measures as he shah judge ^ should ais0 CODSti
' "nTrepo^f the MTtral heads of de- f?:Bt-T ?*? orequai moo, id
partments and executive boards will fur- DC'y? appointed as at prcson.
t nlshfull information and details concern- -U1 5*. ... T
| in* all State institutions aad the ?everal ^ tnis connection I suggest
' departments of the State government. Pnet* ?- reQU1^? notes, etc
But I will briefly condense such ic !orma- s?xmPec^ county aadi
^ tion as I deem most important, and ? ?u to make tl
which will aid your honorable b*?dy to ^7 :a^* Make tee note
grasp ihe general situation in toe State or lender pay taxes as well as I
and condition of its institutions. ?'ner wh,osev Pr0P?rlL7 stanas
Pjvaxces name, wmie he perhaps owes i
m-- . T,?o,-rOP as It is worth. Equity would
_L Utf CBU'-UIC Ci luc ciato nwuibt ,, , , , . , . , ,.
and Comptroller General are rerv full "l;a * nan deduct his oebts
and caprebenrfve, aud an .xamm'ation W?? 811,1 ??T toc ?. the ten
of them Will give a clear understands lhls ? ??>Ie; ? ? "I
of the State's finances. The condition foperty ?haU to treblj toe
of the treasury is better than it wa? last f. . Kt ! J
f J ear, but is far from o.int satisfactory. lb= dt,b,tor, mus' do,u,bls'
tIh' v ? n obliged to do, aud Ue creditor ps
I will o*1_t gi<r<I a br?: summary .0 - ft
that job can aattor tee g.neral .;tua- defaulters.
"RECEIPTS AND EXfEXDITCP.ES. , V*
Cash on baud Oct. 31, 1890. S 77,943.93 ,th,e -T"- JJ?Tf. brou?ht
[ Raceipts, all sources 1,073,752.9$ the .act that ..ae lucipien., rotti
I charged last year as existing 1111
I Total 81,151,696.91 eminent was not a mvtli. A s
| ?.?1 ol $5,528 was discovered in the
I Expenditures 81,087.081.89 the Acj utaafc and Inspector Ge
Balance Oct. 31,1891 64,015.02 like deficit of $930 in the accour
, Clerk of the Penitentiary, and Ihi
B Total ?1,151,690 91 troller General has found sborta
H The foUowing tea comparative state- uxiseli led ia the treasurers' ol
I :syu arH! isyi?113 ro casfl I Charleston. Sumter and Union a,
jgc^ !ng $9,608. That officer says ic
i Cash balance ()e*.. 31, IS90 877943.931 Port ^at t!?er? />ee,n. \ soc*
Outstanding warrants 4* 802 82 Ei0ne-Y niauo goou of Trhich no :
is made, and that in nearly erei
S Net eash balance 836,141.11 l? irregularities ana error? exis
?fcI&rrc*Yed mo^ey oO'cOO.OO amouats aggregating upwards of \
^Mpverarawa on uanks 22.8UO.OO fnich he collected aud turned
B treasury. These are the fruits
Due ty Stat^ Oct. 31,1S90. .$73,300.00 examination of the book? for c
?&e;s cash 36,141.11 only. What w?uld be unearta
lliill-r ? _ ( ? Investigations were carried back
net ^ek:t Oct. 31. years, is left to conjecture.
|g|| 1850 S37.lag.39 THE ASYLUM. '
1891 At your last session a speci
,? j An/ mjftcp was annointed to investl'
iggp Oil Otiau UCC. 01, ioyi. . . .COi,Oig.Ui ?~~ r?
we outstanding warrants... 14.250.83 affairs or this institution. This <
tee began iis labors in April, ar
Bget balance 850.864.19 taking voluntary testimony fro
mi balance p.iid for 1390 ? 37.158 S9 of the employees of the institui
difference In favor oi 1891..887,52308 journed without compltting Us
d C01~parat Te statement ot They found, as I afterward learn
rWh indebtedness, one 0j the iemat-es had been all
??r oe Ism07 307 retaia ? P'5to!. to his possess!,
ash liabilities, Oct.31,1890..8459,107.33 ?'fcerrePrebcns;b!e:rresularit!ts
ash in treasury 77 943 93 afterward this same patient
* ' caurder-us assault on one of th
Net debtor 8411,253.40 dants, aDcl tfce matter being c:
189]. ' my attention I immediately sut
ash liabilities I^ovi-mber the commktee to come back ?
,1,1891 ; 8 428,232.83 elude its labors. Two of the m
acK ocoa.o ^r- i r> Ktrsit-. Spnafor fiom Lancas
.o V/ r . fJL Jkf *"9 v->t vx. r. -_
|||^* 64,615.02 Dr. Goodwin, member of the
HI . . , , . , Irom Greenville, responded; ar
,,n<*?'bz* .$ 363,617.81 am. uncer the Constitution.
HSBi a , rs??X\vE? 1S ;i i ft^tra^ of liabil- with the appointment of all offi<
flplloi r^ond deb*V ^ ^ eaaber' employees of the institution,
^ otalliabilitiesNov. 1,1891- *ith the committee and vre j
&sb liabilities 5! 48^ 197 33 tli0r0u2:i and searching lares
Sf.abilities,other thin cash. 6,433'51772 mt0 its management. A stenc
|?|g||f ' I i was employed. who took down
86,922,715.05 jportant testimony, a part of vrl
ISpsh assets, 1st Xovfmber, ' ? be printed for your informatio
1S90 77,943.93 company the report of the con
_ We found that there had been 1
W e" iodfibtedress, 1st Xo- discipline and negligence, attr
vember, 1890 -?6,844,771.12 to the superintendent, Dr. P. E.
I w?, i,.WMMjb ^ and after ^irin-^that gentlemai
k .uwu ^ iiouuuiw, ^W- I ponuuitj to UISptTUve wc tuaij;1
1 IwPrfx-r? o ,0000000! against him. which he refused to
K Attl'-thk'ni.'-h Vfil"iKw-as removed and the ins
J -liabilities, othe* than cash. 6,406,606.00 p;aced temporarilj in charge
$6 834 838 83 Thompson. The correspondent
ash assets, 1st November, eas? is on file in the executive c
1891 64,01502 '-Jie inspection of any member
I t I General Assembly who desires
|j_?j/ret"Tfidebl edaess, 1st Xo- it. My insight into the condit
ff / vember,l891 $6,770,223.81 workings of the institution an
f-i' The act of December 22. 1886, creat- lease of its wants was largely it
t , in* the treasarr reserve fund, set apart by this personal investigation, ai
[ ? (272,121.33. and required "that said reiterate, with confidence, the <
. fond shall be held tv the Treasurer of aud advice given in my inaug'
p of the State of South Carolina, to be dress as to changes in its mana
L: ; used in payment ot ail interest dee upoa The present supcrindcndent,
fc? the bonded deb: of liv State and appro- Y7. Babcock, an accomplish
fii pr;ations made bv the General Assem- tuoroughly educated specialist, y
bh: Provided, There be no other funds appointed -njulf las:, andassor
B in the ireasurj applicable thereto. And irol on August 15, has made so
whft> iorcft ?r.> am] nai<3 into ooRfmns in whic.h I heartily CO
f4 the State Treasury. t: 3 treasurer shall reference lo the admission of
f at oru e, from said collections. replace aud to other matters couutcted
i tbe amount of said r^erre fuad *hich institution. There are now 738
jp-^'iias "been used. * * * iiaid fun to be in the asylum.
nsed and replaced as hereinbefore, di- the penitentiary.
rected in each succeeding liscal "f ear." j The report of the board of c
}*ow, these n^ures either represented i aud supenntendant shows this
eash or they did not; and if the n:oney lion to be in a healthy conditio]
was there, has : een si;:ce spent. :r. excess i,umber of cosvicts tn.s year is
of th<. receipts irotn taxation, it siivuld compared with 791 last rear,
appear. If the tr.on.-y can be :.uuestlv tioa has hven paid to thesamtar
accounted for. it wiii be a source of sat- tiuu aad the proper dieting of the
i?tact:cn to know it. Therefore, I cur- j ?r?, the goo-i results o: which an
dia.ilv i-.in in the revOannen a! ion that j ia the decrease in the death rate
*tep? belikei: to thoroughly in vesicate ! frets are v*t? gratifying. The 1
t.h.^ niflttpr. I r k iiialft to continue i . r.nrtil.inn w as f?liow?:
to seep this ' mythical" fund cm the I Total amount received P
book.s of the treasury, and the a.jt creat- j Total amount paid out i
inj it should N1 repealed. I . A?
will be ?eeu by the Comptroller; Cash balance paid out f
General's report, th?re is au increase oh : by CCD tractors
ths assessed'yulue of property this year j ~?-L0:i ?n>0iu
ever last of <17.660,218, and that officer | Tota1-?ssets ^
deserves commendation for the zealous j L * 1 1
ard unflinching Mauser m which he has This result, which is not satis
endeavored to ierrec cut tax dodgers and is in no wise attributable to the
make them share the burdens of support-j i aana^ement, which has accon
ic^ the government. The ':w provides J all that was possible c?ns:dering
that property shall be a^seaed at its j verse conditions under which ti
"real rcark?t value.'* And, while this J tatiou has labored the wbol
is difficult ol aceorn?; shment, the comp- 'Vhen the present management ?
trailer ana his saber.-' nates are none the j control it found contracts existu
less bound by their -..iihs tocarrr it out, j the canal trustees and the ownei
at !?mi pract cable. It cannot be done I farms worked on shares, whii
in oi.e yen-, or iu Sve. and there is | *.-ere obliged to fulfill. Experier
ni irh^r kabo rtnr 1a?. fnr 'Kfl claim fha* I tK ir tV>* MimmiiM tinn
it mctt bedore "all n one year" or not !or the w^rk on the canal was
at jill. It is tike ; quiring a child to j enough to nay for the maintena
w ilk oefore it .uwi-, jt remain lor?ver i guarding ct the prisoners engajs
ip the cradle. The*. 5. and always will land although a littl.3 advance
b*-, jreat ineq^alit* :u iaxa:ion. Much ;rates was obtained, the work has
1 property will si^af.- -icapeentirt-ij; bnt j rerv little or no pro Lit.
w'-.es it can * * sh<. rc that *ny one i The farming operations, ovrin
?i*ec:.:e of proj-ertj * placed on th? tax iremciy unfarortibls >easons and
book-* at iu*'seli:n<; value," <re have Iprice of cotton, hav? also left
g?.iae a lor j >.ir to* Lrds bringing it all j: mall Eargin. The canal is c?.u
up tc ihat -stat <-:ard. VV e buve be^ua on j and it is safe to say that it has 1
the railroads -nd -.arks. Justics dt-j State of South Carolina aot le
c-suds that go tuC.-Ujjb ihe v- U? :e iist.; $300,000. This amount she h
aad I )>oia tne Comptroller in asking j seated to the city of Columbia h
cassess- 500 horse-power developed at the peni- handsome a;
connec-1 tentiart; bat we will hope that the in- Cedar Spriag!
itj of a ! crease in property values, which are tx- the State. I'
nts and j peeled to result from the development of love and
j of the water power, will in time rem- does one goo(
j burse the State. There is one contract nlen;'
lissioner for a jear sail to be fulfilled, the work
:eofita feeing or shares, but the directors have can ,
stituted. decided that in future they will onlj n0ney 83ked
rvwahin fnrm ?m tliA cnnrii'lB fnr # npt R!im Tiftf
? ?"v. ~ -- ? r-- ujw asjuiauu
lould be capita to contractors, and they will bend ciously.
it oi the all their energies, ia farming to the de* The Govei
assess- velopment of the State farm in Sumter College and t
e. The county, known as the DcSau?sure place. Wom^n, out
5 should phosphate commission. marks on the
iase the jQ accordance vrith a precision of the J"
1?idT ?,ct cre-at,a!! th,e s?^' ph0'!>ka^ school for wo
. ? aaJ- Commission, of which the executive .s an act ^ a3J
cers, or ex-ofiicio a membwr, was organized in ^atioa and
"T tke January last, and we made an extended state Industi
oustitu- aaj thorough lcresti^atioa of the phos- for Women, c
a ai a a i , rn i i _ + ! * . 1 , * ,
j pnate lncustrr. j ne amount ?-i cap.uu ceptance ana
ndthese \ invest8d in this business is r^.y large, the offers rec
a Srcat j ant] D0 conception of the Ingenuity dis- cities and tow
lere will j pjave(] jn adapting means to ends and in that after tL
lioiency. | eve"ryomlQg difiicuiiics (at first glance have gotten v
its real j geeminslr insuroiouutable) can be oh- pea, in four o
i w... Ds ; Gained without a personal Inspection of ^^ ^?nj
\ This |i v tii&t school to
tate the on the' 1st of March to accordance sch00?
sLcadof with ti,e instructions or the net crcatto; j-)|S GoTer;.
by tnc tjie commission, we took possession of cvrimiuai
Coosaw river and itsued licenses to mine uances are gr:
the pro- therein to three companirs. Two ol pretext. Apf
to be these entered the river, but were en- pretext at al
tor and j0ined in t"0 United States court by when backed!
leaa col- judae Si ronton. lie took advantage of ride or break'
i sharer the lact that the Phosphate Commis- law with suet
:he land s;oaers were treated as individuals rather wonder that (
in his than as Slate officers, although he knew forgotten th<
is much theT were Siaie officers, to grant the in- ml? eir
requi e junction. ~ sumr-soi jua
:rom his public nrmts have jiven full ^ur?er
to f'at ??ountsot.a" '"bWqc.nt litigation and Jo*
, rinai tl e presen? ?tatus of the Coosnw case, whif.h r rip(?-r,
id, both j sban not mentiori it further than to jurje? ^hich
ita that $ay that while there has keen a decrease believe now
as he is in tl,e reTfcnue Cons?qurnt upon the with or "fixe
ty nota- stOppa?0 of the Coosaw Company of drawn in opei
$52,630.60, we feel that the State is to after the judg
be congratulated apon the present sta- ainrned the b<
^officers tus^ as there [s every reason to expect thins is corre
to light t^at United IS-atcs Supreme Court criminal cases
snnes3 vrill sustain the ri?w already expressed a disadvantag
the gov- in the decision of Chief Justice Fuller by the able
office^ ?n4.d,# suit ,enDinated ear,T "ext wit"wftoesse
neral a -ear* difficulties are
if of thp The Price of phosphate rock con- verdicts obtai
?f vlmn ^aues high, and as soon as work can be main reason
_ omp* resumed in (joosaw rivsr there will be "unwhipt of j
sun | Hn increase in tne income 01 me estate are not propel
Sees of from royalty more thaa sufficient to re- tor by the trie
jgregat- C0UD us for the little loss we have sus- the office o? c<
l his re- tained in maintaining; the ri'ht of the the salary or 1
i deal cf state to eoatrol her own property. It so as to make
mention would be wise, in my opinion, to gire were filled t
t coun- the Commission the power to Impose a whose duty it
iid the graduated royalty to correspond with all deaths cv.
ion'ono the prices of rock, and also to permit it evidence, pre
'nfco tl*e to fix the royalty on rock in streams assistant pre
.ato tne otber t^aa Ooosaw at a less rata than we would ha^
0 an for that river. Some of the rock Is of wbo now goei
me year ]Qw gra(je, an<i some of the deposits are justices were
edifth? very hard, making mining difficult, and help the
sever*! Therefore,'a fixed royalty for every they have hel<
locality pen-hides profitable minicg in tion.lt would
many streams if concessions are not convictions.
;al corn. made to the miners. It would also be stead of a pri:
?9r? thp better when Coosaw river Is opened t? in whose cast
anportion that territory among the being require'
j (v different persons applying for a license at the next ft
id, alter rc~a!re them to mine over the entailing expi
m some wbole allotted territory. We have maintenance,
;ion, ad- found *oy the report of inspector Jones. executed as si
trnrV ' - - - * ? v," 1 Ji
mat under tne mau^cjitrui, uj. cue saaii nave ais
ed. that 3uriau 0f Agriculture, Commissioner there should
owed to Butler and Mr. liche, the different legislation pi
>n, aad companies, notably the Coosaw, have continuing <i
. Short- been paying less royalty than the law continued, exi
made a requires, by reason of not making1 due circumstances
e atten- allowance for the moisture expelled in obligatory upi
a.led to drying the rock. How much of this, if disbar any a)
nmoned any, can oe recovered vrill have to be peal on frivol'
ind con- determined by the courts, if the Attor- to the pass t
embers aey G"ner?tl shall desrn it wise to enter matter of cou
suit. The loss to the State thus dis- ingS follows.
Trr p covered has amounted to $132,351.61 liq
xicuse gince miDin8: operations were begun, I desire toe
, as ; and $86,373.59 since the establishment question of
charged of lhe Agricultural Department in which the w<
;ers and jggQ^ -?he Qifference, 6.45 per cent., be- economical a
I went tween the amount of moisture actually ernment are
made a expelied and that which the companies the matter of 1
? i ii ?.m.ihTitc fnr fiscal ontoi
iUfcAblVU uav? &UUWCU, Q Uivuuw av* TT ItUVUb guwi
igrapher year to more than $11,000, and as the theprohibitio
all ioct- present officials cannot be held respon- attention to <
nch will sible for any quasi agreements or neg- justica to a pa
a to ac- lect- oa the part of their predecessors, by tha presen
ncaittec payment of this sum will be demanded, the General Si
"ervlax and,if necessary.enforced in the courts, forthe3aleof
ihntohip while we will in future require payment be granted by
rr,ffin: on the i-asis of $1.10 per'.on for dried in any city, to
i on n-rl rock- except upon t
i an op- ]38fore leaving this subject I desire to son applying
e3 maris mention the importance of some steps urer of the co
accept, being takan to prevent the damage now town is situa
Jtitution resulting: to the State's Interests in the dition to the
ot Dr. Ashley, Stono and Zdlsto rivers by the city, town or
e in the dumping of the debris or tailings into county, to be
>Gke for those streams from the works of the expenses of t!
of the iand miners. Some time ago I ad- it will be 8f
to read dressed a communication to Capt. F. of law, only a
ion and V- Abbot, U. S. Engineers, at Cnarles- tax derived fx
d kaow- ton' asking for information as to the to the genera
filling up of these streams by reason of not believe th
-.i t this debris being emptied therein. He desirable, to <
uu j. urn ron,1>ri r.h^t he had reported to the hibition of tl
T?10u* authorities at Washington in regard to state, no sens
ara* aa- river, bnt knew nothing of ob- one-half or tl
gement. gtruction to the other streams men- committed in
i)r- J* iioned, and informed me that Congress, directly to th<
ed and last December, had passed aa act pro- order to puni;
rho was hibiting the dumpiDg of such material chinery of th
Dedcon- into navigable streams. The State's The courts a
me sug- interest is to pre rent her phosphate taxation, and
ncur, in beds from being buried so that thoy people, and j
patieals cannot be prolitabiy mlnert, and the nicipal corp*
with the United States seefcs to preserve the c?nse what n
:nmates navigability of rivers. But for fear th? sances and br<
1 United States authorities may not press thirds or threi
the matter, I call it to your attention, crulng therefi
educational and colleges. porations. T
uroctors, Governor says: "Our free is presented
mstitu-1 SChools are not in a satisfactory condl- lowing itself 1
s. The tion, and never will be until tne prcs- whole for th
793, as ent unwieldly, irregularly shaped dis- produced by
Alien- tricts are subdivided, and small, com- tax beinglarg
-j! n?v.ofifntoH in wiil??h ?ha!l hn th? jhnw> i?i <r
T COIiUl- ! pact UDC3 omi)?n?v.U| -? T """" I v,"~ ? o
pr:so"- permanently located one school honse country not <
? shewn for each race. This is the bxsis upon who sell liqi
' Vn-Vh I which local taxation supplementing, the towns are
^nanriai the two-mill tax can erect * school i but they pay
system that will accomplish tne ends [ crime produce
, desired, and until it is done, little or no these barroon
-i'wni progress will be made except in the equal, and oug
towns an(i thickly populated sections of fore strongly
"7 the coantrv. I would urge you not to cipal corpora
?-43,6S adjourn again till you take up this levying any 1
matter and perfect the law. tax derivable
io.uw.oO jn Speaking of the South Carolina shall go into t
College th? Governor says: I cannot uries, leaving
refrain from expressing regret that ao as at present;
factory much money has been wasted in the poration desi
present P?sf. three years for the salaries of pro- liquor, let it i
inli?hi?d fessors and tutors who had no pupils, from it. The
v. J to the neglect of the buildings and between TOO s
u f- library. There is dilapidation every- State. How m
tie instl- . 0,,a14 fna iriat.it, a lion, and a rftllnouish th<
p TPar I " _ t ^ ?
- : weeful lack of modern books in the rived no raos
lS8Um?? library. It is to b<? noped tha General not even gues:
ag wit* j Assembly will act liberally, so as to put low the enac
s 0i the j *he building* in repair and sapply the equaliy unkn(
;h they f more pressing needs of the library. In imposed on ee
ice soon ! this connection I wronld direct your at- either at who
allowed ! tention to the feasibilityyftBd desirabili- this fund goi
s barely i ty of lighting all the StaU institutions county Jgorer
nee and j in the city, the State house, the asylum, we would hai
;d m it, I the South Carolina Collage, the exKru- enue, as wali
in thp. I tire mansion and the penitentiary, j crim**, with a
yielded frora one Plant> located eitner on tae j court expence
canal or at the asylum. i tion of taxes.
,T t I hare during "the year Yisitod the ; ox;
r~~ Citadel Academy, College and In referenc<
L w the C?dar Springs institute. Aii of the Governor
a rerJ these insulations are in good condition, tion of theei
a>ileted, 3^ so far ^ j could sse. admirably r things in a ve
cost the conducted."'.The Citadel has recently j factory conail
iss than had the burnt wing rebuilt, and has | and duties of
as pre- b^en put in thorough rt-p*ir through- Iter of remnral
a lieu o: [out, and has laid the foundation o? a
, ,c,fl1 ,11. Th. trie J an-, so that the general assembly
t V: 4i 'can see thr importence of legislation
r Ir, and sa?s: ^?neral Asst-mbly have
i-i^nicc cKrtif-'Tr tha* i? a ciloi'e between two evils; giving mora
kindne. s <vjouo it that it p0^er t^e Governor, which power
.8??iiV ^ +v,mav^7^ mr.y be abused as against a few men, or
nlr* ^A L .rSinno tn permitting things to remain as they are,
t ti'irt th?r?ni?af Ac" t0 thelnJur7 of the public at large, and
^ nf oli ia producing discontent and a demoraliz\
fu S[aDt the g(j condition of the public service. If
by these gentlemen with given authority to correct these evils,
' ^ w1^ use Judi- x wjQ (j0 it fearlessly. If it Is thought
- ? I better to trust to juries drawn by the
nor speaKs of Clemson aen w^0 are j am content,
he Industrial ^chool tor Sjnce attention has been called to the
as extracts irom nis re- matter and the people can understand
former has already been wherethe blame rests.
tb^se columns i. is not fn the matter of the Charleston Surepubush
them. Of the pervisior case the Governor argues at
men he recommends that some length against the decision of
yd providing for the foun- ju(ige Wallace in the Cantwell case,
future liberal support a ?je concludes that there was a grave,
rial and formal College ^oubt as to whether his construction of1
:onditi?ntd upon the ac- the law was wrong, and he beileves
fulnlment of some one oi ^e Executive should be given the ben- '
ently made by dmerent efit of tbe (j0U5t> jje say.; j am aware
ns. I.ie governor thinks f ^at in thus commenting on a judge's
te Clemson college shall action I ma} be accused of committing
rell under way and equip- t.he verv offence with which I am chargr
lire years a^ most, there jCg jUCfge Wallact, riz: an Invasion
jh money now going to of t{ie domain of a co ordinate departi
run it and also this girls raent of the government. The General
rmvivAT t i w Assembly enacts laws, the judges con.nSmmmllr.
-y. etrue them, and the governor executes,
tor comments at length on To say that a governor sbould not criti}^'A
, ? r?u ? else a juu^e, even on the Supreme bench,
anted upon the slightest When t^e rights and powers of his office
jeals are taken upon no are at issue, is absurd. Judges are but
1 sometimes, and crime, meD) aiK| they are neither infalliable
?>yr ,?S^aPT^^cs3J? fVftr" nor immaculate. For the Executive
ff ?<l J?? aud Legislative Departments to sub
i impumby, 0x1*1/ ii. xo uu mit In slavish silence to unreasooauie
Kir citizens have at times decisions would be a betrayal of the
smselves and taken the trusts reposed in them by the people,
own hands. I give as in- Governor in speaking c? rt?iltlce
long held at bay, the roads gajs: Owing to a difference of
Uun caste iu opinion betwean the Legislature and
I8tm (friin^?n' an ^?e ?*?cuuw at the last session, the
Edgetield. One remedy raiiroad law failed ~aad it was too late
; to suggest is, that the t0 amend the *ct so that I could cuusciI
have every reason to enUously approve it. I may be allowed
are sometimes tampered t0 eXpress the hope that the differences
'd beforehand, shall be 0f opinion which then existed will be
1 court for the next term amicably adjusted and a proper bill
;e in person shall have ex- passedt There are some points in the
>xes and seen that every- proposed law to which I desire to direct
ct. In the prosecution of uttAat.inn and commend to vour earnest
5 the solicitor is always at consideration. One is a provision pre;e.
He is often confront- Tenting the consolidation of competing
ist lawyers at .he bar who iine;J> The absorption by lease or othmty
and ara acquainted erwiae has gone on until virtually
s, jurors, etc. iJut these there are only four railroad systems in
5 frequently overcome and ^e .State. As fast as new lines are
neu in spite of them. Ihe constructed, they are bought up or
so m<*ny crimes go leased by the older corporations, and
ustice Is that the case; m?.ny communities in the State which
rly prepared for the solici- are stafgenng under a heavy debt c-ontl
justices or coroner. If tracted to aid in the building of compeljroner
were dignified and jng. u^es are without the benefit of
fees made commensurate competition. He recommends that asit
a desirable omce; if i? aessmeRts on railroads be made by the
)yv a I lawyer, Railroad Commission, as i? the nature
ka trt <r.ttoftfii*oto . , , . j , , j ^ u. f
Biiuuiu we w wiraugaK Or yill.gS tney WOUld KJ1UW iJUUie rtuuut
1 lu v*?*ence> 'collect it than anvbody els*. There has been
piire^ the case, and act as an i!lcroas. during; the year in the valuideciucr
In his county, tjon 0f railroads of about ?8.000,000,
-e many a man convicted NVhich will make the increase in the
i scot tree, lnen, if tna. taxation which will have to be paid by
required to atr.end court them 8100 000.
solicitor in cases where ^he Governor strongly urges a State
la exhibit at the World's Fair, lie says
add largely to *he list of not t0 m8ke one would be a crime
Another abuse is, .hat m- against ourselves. With Ciemson Colsoner
under sentence^and jege materials an appropriation of SI5,3
appeal has been ta^en, 000, supplemented by voluntary contrii
to be brought into court buttons a most respectable exhibit
ei m for resentence, thus canid be made. < Xot to be r?prweuted
3n" ?nnn th? mnnfu fnr u- t:,at
"It" v~- .YOU 1U yC UU ?LU Wl jJWniuvu; m..v
the sentence should be would canse us to blush. He urges the
3on as the buprem* Court appointment of a commission to take
missed the appeal. Then charge of the matter.
u-w^ct *Dd mandatory -jhe Governor states that a bill has
rohibiting a judge from been prepared appointing a commisi
case that had been oace sioaer who shall obtain necwsary infor
3ept under extraordinary uiation about direct taxes in the archi.
Another Is to make it ives 0f Washicgton, who shall act as
on the Supreme Court to the state's agent in payment of claims,
jtorney who takes an ap- amount to be pale i3 8222,000.
dus grounds. It has come The Governor recommends that the
hat an appeal is almost a "black district" shtll be abolished. "It
rse.and a stay of proced- was never seen before and should never
be seen again." "We have no reason
lUOit licenses. to dread the return of neyro rule in the
t'nn r atf.PTlt.inn t.n ft. ^-r^r\ fKara 10 r^o^rin ut*hv nnr
*vww j . Vj la CO OUU i>l uv AVWUV44 ?. ..^ ~
yreat importance, with Congressional districts should not be
jifare 01 society ana the arranged in reasonably compact shape."
amlnistration of the gov- The Governor recommends that the
closely connected. It is County Boards of Medical Examiners
lcensmg the sale of liquor. )je abolished and says: I do not think
ring into any discussion of any person should b? allowed to pracn
question, I will call your tice medicine who has n?t taken at
i gross inequality and in- least a three years' course, and who
rt oi our citizens, entailed cannot stand an examinatien b?fore a
.t system. brction 1/-32 of competent board of physicians. A
tatutes read: "No license county board Is objectionable because
oV>?ll I ; 11 ?. nt
iUWAltflLlUgi 1 R|UUL Ci-IOAA XXI a SIU&U &ICil 11/ liilXUu UC rtll'Mtu vri
any municipal authority rejecting applicants from jealousy or a
wn or villag* in this Htate, desire to cut off competition. This ob,he
payment by the per- jection could not hold against a State
for the same to the treas- board, and I therefore recommend the
unty in which said city or re-enactment of the old law with such
ted the sum of 8100 in ad- modifications as will prevent abuses or
license charged by such ryranical rejections.
Filiate, for the use of said in the report of the Adjutant and
applied to the ordinary Inspector General, he suggests that a
he county." small fund be provided for the publi:en
that,by this provision cation, in pamphlet form, of the rolls
' omoll r?r?rNr\Arf i An r\f f'hfi ~ C /sAr^T\nr\i a o A rAftl lYiOOta Q Q
L cuiaii oivu v/i. SUV/LI L/U Lli pa jLI I^O auu ivgiLij\,uww
om the sale of liquor joes are not complete. The purpose Is that
>1 fund. Now, while I do these may be distributed in the terriat
it Is practicable, or even tory from' which the men were enlisted,
ittempt the absolute pro- so that the survivors may hive some
le sale of liquor in this data to be guided by in supplying the
sible man will deny that missing names. It should be a matter
iree-fourths of the crimes of State pride, and of justice to the
i the State, are traceable dead and ilvin? alike, that everything
; drinking of whiskey. In reasonable be done to put on record in
jh these crimes, the ma- the archives of the goverment at least
e law is set iu motion, the name of everv man who wore the
-re supported dj general gray. JL therefore urge consideration or
.largely by the country the Adjutant General's iecommtndaet
the State permits mu tion. He Is a zealous and efficient derations
to maintain or II- cer, acd, being a gallant Confederate
lany men regard as a nui- soldier himself, will use every reasonseders
of crime, while two ble effort to finish this necessary work,
e -fourths of the money ac- The Governor refers feelingly to the
:om is retained by the cor- death of Chief Justice Simpson,
he anomalous condition conclusion.
then of a community al- Iu conclusion, I beg to remind you
;o be unjustly taxed as a that the present General Assembly and
9 suppression of a crime the present State administration were
the action of a part?the elected on a olatform of reform, and
ely for local benefit, while that the people are c onfidently looking
enera!. The people In the j to us to redeem our pledges. Many of
jaJy pay tribute to those the reforms contemplated nave ne^n
ior,?by nivalis of which consummated or are in a process of conbeautified
and adorned? summation; but there are other que3tax
for the suppression of tions of vital importance which I hop*
*d by the maintenrnce of will receive your careful consideration,
is. it is unjust and un- The present deplorable condition of
fht to be stopped. I there- our people, which I have more th:;ii
reccomend that all muni- once alluded to, caused by the poor
tions be prohibited from yield of our staple crop and it* low
icense at all, and that all price, make it obligatory upon you to
from the sale of whiskey cut off every possible item of expendihe
State and county treas- tur* not absolutely necessary; for it is
the matter of local option possible, and altogether probable, that
and if any municipal cor- there will be a considerable deficit by
res to license the sale of reason of inability of the people to pay
derive no special benefit their taxes. A bill to substitute salaries
re are, as 1 am informed, instead of fees in ceunty officee, pntmd
SOO barrooms in the ting the fees Into the treasury, and
any aaunlcipalities would making a reduction of salaries all along
? sale of liquor if they de- the line to a figure.corresponding with
i?y benefit from it, I can- the increased purchasing power of
3. What decrease may fol money and the decreased ability of the
:tment of such a law is people to pay, seems absolutely neces>wn.
With a high license sary. The saving may be little, but
ich dealer in the article, we "have reached the point where even
1 -? ' *. -it j - 1 ' ? ~?? " z A ^ J
xesaje or retail, auu an ui a siuau evuuuujj is ui. uiavtnai imyvvrig
to support State and ance.
nments, it appears to me Relying upon jour patriotism and
e a ltrga Increase of rev- wisdom, aDd assurinff you of my corL
as a large decrease in dial co-operation, I invoke the blessing
correspondingdecrease in of G?d on your labors.
is, and consequent reduc- B. R. Tillmax, Goveraor.
Fasted Too Loos.
hkr matters. is ew Yokk, Nov. 19.?G. Henry Strat;
to removals from office ton, one of a dozen men who betjan the
savs: In my administra- fasting contest in the Fourteenth street
icutive office I have found museum and who lasted longer than all
ry muddled and unsatis- the others, and who was taken to Belie:ion
as regards the powtrs vue Hospital on Tuesday in an exhaustthe
governor in tie mat- ed condition, died this morning. An
I. Hi? t.heo briefly outline autopsy will be lield to determine the
his death. ^
r,? TALMAtiE IN ATHENS LA 1,ttle Mac- Ph?8lCal|i
I'll. lALfiiliiuLi lxi ^iiuLJu, ^.g rhetoric described by
contemptible, had by his ser
WONDERS OF THE ACROPOLIS AND Athens with commotion, ;
summoned either by wril
ITS SUGGESTIONS. hearty invitation to come
pulpit of rock and give a
The 21iirk?t 'Where the Athenians Daily ^18 theology. All the W
Athens turned out and ti
Mot to Eotir or Teii Seme New Thins? hear ' im. The more vener
st. peui on man hiii?a city wholly set la an amphitheater,
seats oi which are still vis
Given to i?.!oi*try. other people swarmed on
T) cn ti - the hill and at the base o
Brooklyn,2s ot? 1 hecongrera- this man, whom some call
tinn st (hp. Tabernacle, led cornet and others called a madcac
an-'orca^, sang this morning with great a blasphemer, and others
povrer the hymu of Isaac Watte, begin- temptuously this fellow.
5: Paul arrived in answer t<
?* ^ invitation, and confrontec
Oar God, our help in ages past, gava them the biggest dos
Our hope for yean to come. tals ever took> fig was s
The sermon, which was on the Aero- nothing could scare him,
polis, is the sixth oithe series Dr. Tal- Jupiter and Atheaia, the ;
mage is preaching on the subjects sug- godtiess, whose images \
ge3ted by his tour in Bible iands. His sight on the adjoining hill,
text was taken from Acts xrii, 16, 60 much regard for them a
''While Paul waited for them at Athens tbe ant that was crawling
his spirit was stirred in him, when he under his feet. In that au
sa?fe SiSK
It seemeu as it morning would never passiyf and llke trumpet?
come. We kad arrived after dark m were aroused, and I think t
1 ' ni?hf TTT ? O cUon. __ 4.1
alucus, vxtccuc, auu iiub liujuu a,a jjj tiie aiecvea ui uicu &uvyi
163S with expectation, and my watch significant looking man rc
siowly announced to me one and two In that audience were Set
and three and four o'clock; and at the knew everything, or thong
first ray ?f dawn I called our party to aDd from tre end of the Ion
look out of the vrindow upon that city the top of their craniums t
to which Paul said he was a debtor, and the nail on the longest to<
to which the whole earth is debtor for stuffed with bypercriticisi
Greek architecture, Greek sculpture, leaned hack with a supercil
Greek poetry. Greek dequeue, Greek ^ ^d'st^'and ^s!
prowess and Greek hatorj. . I brought from Athens bj
_ That morcmg m Ath'vss we sauntered [be tl)rough Mr ^
forth armed w" ^ost genets? *?nd r,rime minister, and bad ph
lovely Icliers from the president of ther-^gr xremorlal^ra^J reac
Lmted States and his secretary of state, story, Bible in hand.?
and during all our stay in that city those What I have so far said
letters caused every door and every gate course was necessary in or<
and every temple and every palnce to may understand the boldm
swing open before us. The mightiest auce, the holy recklessness
jeographical name on earth today is nificence of Paul's speech
America. thunderbolt he launched at
"Rnf ihi?? mfirninc we dqss through hill?the Acropolis?that^
where 8tcx>d the A-.cra, the ancient agMter _ wita laois ana u
markat place, the local,tj where philo- wh?,?they thought" that
aepuan used to men their disciple., it >hat M|rcnry mJ
waikiuj while they talked and where Apollo made It, that Poselc
Paul, tue Christian logician, flung manj tnat Eros made it, that Pan(
a proud Stoic and jot the laugh on manj it, that Boreas made it, tha
an impertinent Episurean. The market the sods of the Parthenon,
place r;as the center of social and politi- gods and goddesses of thi j
cal lite, aud it was the place where pee- make it, and here stands a
pie went to tell and hear the news. out any ecclesiastical title,
The market place was a spa e three D., nor even a reverend, de
hundred and fifty }ards Ions and two t^ie world was made by tl
huadred aad fifty wide, and it was siren heaven and earth, and henc
ud to yossip and merchandise, and f^cesplendid
lounging and phiiesophizmg. All this
Too need to know m order to understand couW hfar ? /d^t
the Biole when itsaja of Paul. -Tuere- a a i,iasplieinj. L,
iore disputed he in the market daily with f^ces of his auditois; they
them that met him." lou see it was pale, and then red, and th(
the best place to get an audience, aud if There had been several ear
a man feels himself called t? preach he that region, but that was
wants people to preach to. But before shock these men'bad ever f<
we make our chief visits of today we The Persians had bom
must take a turn at the Stadium. It is Acropolis from the heifti
a little war our., but go we must. The Hill, but this Pauline be
Stadium was the place where the foot- was greater and more terril
rar-o r.rrnrrpf] said nls bearers, "have we b
Paul had been cat there no doubt for ^XLfrom the?<^
he frequently aees the scenes of tha Pentellcun). and haveqwe a.
place as hjures when he tolls ua "Let itects putting up those struc
us run the race that is set before us. pareileled splendor, and h
and again. "They do it to obtain a cor- greatest of all sculptc
ruptible garland, but we an incorrupti- with his men chiseling a*
ble." The marble and the gilding have wondrous pediments and cu
been removed, Dut the high ^mounds at these friezes, and bare v
against which the seats were piled are nation's resources to the i
?iiii t.hprfl. The Stadium is six hundred to be told that those statu*
and eighty feet long, one hundred and hear nothing, know no
thirty feet wide, aad held forty thousand Oh, Paul, stop for a mom<
spectators. There is today the very these startled and overwh
tunnel through which the defeated racer tor? ^m.e catch their bre
departed frem the Stadium and from the ?a?se' fJ ? a
hisses of the people, and there are the
stairs up which the rictor went to the ge does not make even a j
top or the hill to be crowned with the much asa colon orsemicolc
laurel. ches the second thunderboli
in this place contests with wild beasts the first and in the same
sometimes took place, tand while Had- on to say, God"dwell?th no
rian, the emperor, sat on yonder height made with kands." Oh, P
one thousand beasts where slain ia oae deity more in the Parthem
celebration. But it was chiefly lor foot in the Erechtheium, or I
racing, and so I proposed to my friend temple of Zeus Olymplus
that day while we were in the Stadium open air, raore than on thi
that we try which of us could run the ^*e ar? sitting, more than
fr/im snH tn enH nfthis historical IiyniCotuS OUt JOndej, froi
ground, and so at the word giTen by the ?, ^ ^lletb
lookers on we started side by side, tat D^s made wjth bands."
before I got through I found out what - Bnt aur,ly the prtacller
Paul meant when he compares the 0f rock on Mars Hill wi
ipiritual race with the race in this very His audience can endure no
Stadium, as he says, "lay aside every thunderbolts are enough.
weight." My heavy overcoat and my same breath he launches th?
friend's freedom from such incumbrance derbolt, which to th?m Is
s' owed the advantage in any kind ol a more terrible, x*ore demo]
race of 'Saying as'de every weight." the others, as he cries out,
We come now to the Acropoli3. It one blood all nations."
is a rock about two miles in circumfer- -ou forget you are spea
ence at the base and a thousand feet in P^dest and most exclnsi
circumference at the top and three bun- IS1 ?
j , e . ~ .. i ou cannot mean that. H
dred feet huh. On it has been crowded and piat0 and D5m03th,De
more elaborate architecture ana sculp- Lycmgus 3nd Draco an
ture than in any ?tuer place under the and Euripides and ^Eschyli
whole heavens. Origisally a fortress, cies and Phidias and Milt
afterward a consxerralioa of temples and iust like th? Persians, like
statues and pillars, their ruins an en- like the Egyptians, Jike ?
chantment from which no observer ever herd of humanity? "Yes,"
breaks away. Xo,wonder that Aristides "of one blood all nations."
thought it the center of all things? Surely that most be the c
Greece, the center of the world, Attica, ?raPh of *b? sermon. H
the center of Greece; Athens, the center UP fr?m tbe n?r
of Attica, and the Acropolis, the centcr "aul has smashed the Ac
of Athens. Earthquakes hare shaken 1?^
if Tfft.-fta r.'nnz^ro,] if VjrC?i?3. find Vfllcit DIOrC (
it. Verres plundered it. Those Grecian orators, stan<
Lord Elgin, the English embassador j al closed thei
at Constantinople, got.i-ermission ot the with 80mething sublime ;
sultan to remove from the Acropolis fal- trie?a peroration?and Fa
len picces oi the building, but he took to giv# theai a peroration
from the building to Englaud the Onest eclipse in power and maj
statues, removing them at an expense ol he has yet said. Heretofore
eight hundred thousand dollars. A storm ed one thunderbolt at a ti
over threw many of the statues of the ^il' close by burling twe a
Acroooiis. M?rosmi. the seneral. at- little old man, under the p
w -- -I r*7-t f Art ?*kA
tempted to remote from a pediment the 1,ao
scuiotured car and horses of Victory, *Qd the strop has gone oat <
butlhe duo,*, toacliiDor* dropped i,
"flit u hadcwi,g wonder of al. Sjj* SSW A&W
dinnities; centaurs m battle: weaponry introduction, now dep:
frmu Marathon; chariot of night; char;ol wjn(j cf emotion as h? tl
o! the morning; h >rscs of the son, the thunderbelts together with;
fates, the furies; statue of Jupiter holding consumable courage and hi
in his right hand tha thunderbolt; s'lrer the crowd now standing
footed chaii In which Xerxes watched aghast?the two thunderbol
the battla ofSalamis only a few miles rection and Last Judgmenl
a*ay. in^ words were, "Because
Here is the colossal statue of Minerra pointed a day in which h<
in futl armor, ejea.of gray colored stone, world in rlgnteousness t
Hmipft or ? Knliiux on her head, trruSae ."horn he hath ordained.
T3 'J /" V- u -.u\ UrtCU uivni aocui?ub< uuiaj
by her side (which are lions with ea^Ie s |hat ?e hath raised him
beak), spear in one hand, statue of liber- je&f1 ?
tj in the other a shield carred with bat- 1{;'memfcer those th h
tie scenes, and even th. slippers sen D- them norel and provocate.;
lured and t.ed oniv ith thongs of gold, the despised >"azartne, wo
Far out at sea the sailors saw this siatu? tbeir judge, and thev she
oi Minerva rising high above all the tern- get np out ot their c< mtter
pics, giitteriiz m the sua. Here are before him and take their e&
statues ol equestrians, statue of a hon- Mightiest burst of elocutio
ucss, and there are the Graccs, and jon- aver heard. The ancestor
der a horse's bronze. those Greeks had heard JD
" " -? *- lLI ? ?' ^ ^ UJ? aw
l'fte ivrsians easuy ana temoiy as- iu uiauou Vu me v-wr.^
saulted the Acropolis from this hilltop. -Eachines in his speeches x
Here assembled the court to try crimi- archus and Ctesiphon, had
nals. it was held in the nignttime, so In his great argumenJ for i
that the faces of the judges oould not of tha soul, had heard iSoc;
be seen, nor the facas of the lawyers deathbed, suicidal cup of
who made the pi&a, aud so, instead of a hand, leave his haarers iu <
trial being one of emotion, k must grreai to bear; had in th<
have been one of cool justice. But Dionysus at the foot of th
there was one occasion on this hill .(the ruins of its pilad up at
memorabj^aboye all others. . [and the marbla floor of it
i weak, and still there) seen enacted the tragedies
himself as of ^Eschylus and Sophocles, but neither
mons rocked had the ancestors of these Grecians on
and he was Mars Hill or themselvs ever heard or
i of law or witnessed such tornadoes of moral
i upon that power as that with which Paul new
specimen of whelmed his hearers. At those two
ise-acres of thoughts of resurrection and judgment
lrned up to the audience sprang to their feet. Some
able of them moved they adjourn to some other day
the granite to hear more on the same theme, but
ible, but the others would have torn the sacred orator
all sides of te pieces.
f it to hear The record says: "Some mocked." I
ed a fanatic, suppose it means that they mimicked
iuiu vi/uoti) txie solemnity or nis voice; tnat iney
3tyled con- took oil his impassioned gesticulations,
and they cried out: "Jew! Jew! Where
) the writ or did you study rhetoric? You ought to
1 thtiB and hear our orators speak! Youhadbette
that mor- ter go back to your business of tent0
Duilt that maklDg. Our Lycurgus knew more ia
and as for a minute than you will know in a month.
god :nd the Say, where did you get that crooked ?1
rere In full back, and those weak eyes from? Ha! y
he had not ha! You try to teach us Grecians! What
'j h? had for nonsense you talk about when yon
in the sand speak of resurrection and judgment.
dience were $0 w. little old man, climb down the side
Id, and they 0f Mars Hill and get out of sig&t as
1 they were 8oon as possible." "Some mocked."
1 when they ^ut that scene adjourned to tke day of
hey laughed which the sacred orator had spoken?
is as this in- the day of resurrection and judgment
>se to spea?j. as in Athens, that evening in 1889,
iollasts,who we climbed down the pile or slippery
ht they did, rocks, where all this had occurred, on
fcest on our way back to our hotel, I stood half
0 the end of way between the Acropolis and Mars
;, thfy were ia the gathering shadows of eveitida,
ii, and they i seemed to hear those two hills in subious
look to iitae aQ<i awful converse. "I am chief)n
that rock iy 0f the past;" said the Acropoiis. "I
ab of whicn am chiefly of the future," replied Mars
consent of Hill. The Acropolis said: "My orators
rlcoupis, th? are dead. My lawgivers are dead. My
iced in yon- poets are dead. My architects are dead.
1 the whOie My scuptors are dead. I am a monument
of the dead past. I shall never, ^ ^
in this fws-v^ver again hear a song suag. I will
ier that you neve*???ain see a colamo^firted>-.I_ i I
?ss, thf cleti- vriil nevi^r-a^aln behol^a goddess f
i, the mag- crowned." LJ"-"1
J16 Mars Hill responded: "I too, hare a ^41
mnmpn?San hist0I7- * 011 my lights warriors
rninfps Hp who will never again unsheath the
, th? wahh ? sword, and judges who will never again
TWnpthlns utter a doom and orators who will
rrt?'Tt*"7w never again mase a piea. uu& my influence
is to be more in the future than
Wnc martP it ever was in the past. The words that
t it tnnb oii missionary, Paul, uttered thai exciting
via. allt-hi day *a ttie hearing of the wisest men
AornnnlU tn and 1116 POPala<^ <>& mJ rocky shoal- ^
mT^th ders have only begun their majestic
Litw o n role; the brotherhood of man, and the
Aiorfifl fw Christ of God. and th? peroration of
hfltnrH nf resurrection and last judgment with
thl < nfor which the Tarsian orator ciosed his sereL
mon that day amid the mocking crowd
tv,. shall yet revolutionize the planet. Oh,
a Parthenon Acr0P?1Is: 1 ha?e stood here long
enough to witness thai your gods are
a laisenooa, no g0(js at au# your Boreas could not
Vrt f!,nL! control the winds. Your Neptune could
>n wrathSi not manage the sea. Your Apollo
in never evoked a musical note. Your
fh?upv2-(*5 Boi. Ceres never grew a harvest. Your
cne severest g^ess of wisdom, Minerva, never
, . knew the Greek alphabet. Your Jupitf
rtf M?! 161 could not handle the lightnings.
SkSLSJS But the God whom I proclaimed on tne
VI!What" when preached before the
~v astounded assemblage on my rough
heights is the God of music, the God of
or centuries God of power, the God of _
love, the God of storms, the' God of sou
shine, the God of the land and the God
avTwe had of th? sea'tbe God 0Ter aU'blcS3ed for" i
>rs, Phidias, ever* ?
'ay at those Then the Acropolis spake and said,
tttingaway as though in self defense, "My Plato
re taxed the for the Immortality of tbe soul,
ltmost, now and ~~fes praised virtue, and ifiy
as see noth- Miltlades at Marathon drove back the
thing?" Persian oppressors." "Yes,"said Mare>
snt and giva Hill, "your Plato laboriously guessed at ^
Bimed audi- the immortality of the soal, but my
>ath! Make ^aul> divinely inspired, declared it as a
look around fact straight from God. Your Socrates
dscape and praised virtue, but expired as a suicide.
cover'' X? ^onr Miltiades was brave against
)eriod or so earthly foes, yet died from a wound
in butlaun- ignominionsly gotten in after defeat.
t right after m7 ^aul challenged all earth aad
breath goes a^ hell with this battle shout. "We
t In temples trestle not against flesh and biood, but
aul' Is not against principalities, against powere
dd or more against the rulers of the darkness of
nore in the this w?rld, against spiritual wickedthan
in the ness 111 pla-ces, and then on the
5 hill where 29th ?* J1111?* In the year 6<J, on the
on Mount roa<i to Ostia, after the sword of the
a which the headsman had given one keen stroke,
? more'" re- took the crown of martyrdom."
not in tem- After a moment's silence by both
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on the pul- darkness. "Alas! Alas!" and Mars Hill
11 stop now responded, "Hosannah! Hosannah!"
more. Two' Ttien the roices of both hills became
2sTo in the indistinct, and as I passed on and away
> third, thnn- in the twilight I se#med to hear only
more fiery tw0 sounds?a fragment of Pentellcon
[isbinsr than marble from the architrave of the
"hath made Acropolis dropping down on the ruins
Ob Paull of a shattered idol, and the other sound v
king to the seemed to came from the rock en Mart
re aadience from which we had just descend'oneblood"
ed- we were by this time s* far
ad Socrates ttiat fragments of sentences
s and Solon wer? smaller when dropping from Mars
d Sophocles than were th? fragments of fallen
is and Peri- marble on the Acropolis, and I coull
lades blood on,y bear P21^ disconnected senthe
Turks tences wafted on the night air?"God
be common wtl? made the world"?'"of one blo?d
' sa*s PiuL all nations"?"appointed a day in which
he will judge the world"?"raised from
losing para- dwd."
ia nr)itr?r? A* that. nirht in Athens I DUfc m*
pons strain, tired head 011 my pillow, and the ex* ^
ropolis and citing scenes of the day passed through
de of the my mind, I thought on the same sub;an
he say? ject on which, as a boy, I made my
ling on that commencememt speech in 2s'ibio's thear
addresses ter on graduation day from th6 New
and ciimao- York university, viz, ^The moral efifectt
iuI is going of sculpture and architecture," but
which will further than I ceuld have thought in
esty all that boyhood, I thought in Athens that
he has hurl- night that the moral effects of archltec*
me; now he ture and sculpture depend on what you
it ence. The do in great bailings after they are put
oirer of his up, aad upon the character of the men
himself up, whose forms you cut in the marble.
afhisahoul- Yea! I thought that night what
:ee feet tali- struggles the martyrs went through ia
ad his eyes, order that in our time the Gespel might
two flames have full swing; and I thought that
nas calm in night what a brainy religion it must be
Lets a whirl- that couid absorb a hero like him whom
!es the two we have considered to-day, a man the ?n
a cord of in- superier of the whole human race, the
iris them at infidels but pigmies or homuncnli com
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ts of Resur- rapturous consideration it is that
i. His clos- through the same grace that saved
he hathap- Paul, we shall confront this great
t will judge apostle, and shall have the opportunity.
>y that man amid the familiarities of the skies, of
whereof he asking him what was the greatest oci
all men in casion of all his life.
from the He may say, ''The shipwreck of
Melita." He may say, "The riot at
ts were to Ephosus." lie may say, "Mv last walk
thai Christ, out on the road to Ostia." Sut, I think
uld come to he will say, "The day I stood on Mars
iuld have to Hill addressing the indignant Areales
to stand pagites, and looking off upon the towerernal
doom, ing form of the goddess Minerva, and
nary power the majesty of the Parthenon and all
i of some of the brilliant divinities of the Acropolis.
?mosthenes That account in the Bible was truft. &
, had heard My spirit was stirred within me when
gainst Tim- I saw the city wholly ?iven up to idolPlof
a of rt?
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rates on his w*n??d t? Ha&c t* Mute.
hemlock in Abilene, Texas, Nov. 20.?William
smotion too H. Frizzle was hang?d here to-day for
s theater of the murder of his wifa in Comanch*
e Acropolis Ounty last June. Two days a^o he
ophitn?ater requested that the A^ikae Cornet Baad ,
5 orchestra be permitted to play at hanging. ^
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