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r~\ " * - - ? * v * - . * * .. ' ' ' ^ ' *: V-'"-" r- " 'gl ' < / v "* ^ /. _ * % X. . . . * % . . , . . > * ?* . ^ "... n" * *" ; . ;# ; " y ^ "tT: - . 'i^om . / " 4 ' .^c' sou of a \. _v. 2Gred, but before j ^rustic the Philistines i ^ufa Phoenicians and Moab.rJsmonites and Edomites and j trembled. s was a lawgiver, Daniel was a f' Isaiah a courtier and Dav'd a but Amos, the author of my text, a peasant, and, as might be suped, nearly all his parallelisms are .toral, h:s prophecy full of the odor new mown hay, and the rattle of jcusts, and the rumble of carts with .heaves, and the roar of wild beasts devouring the Sock while the shepherd came out in their defense. lie watched lie herds by day, and by night inhabited a booth made out of bushes, so that through these he could see the stars all owl was mnrp far/iHinr with c~- them than we who have tight roofs to i cur houses and hardly ever see the i stars, except among the tall bnck chim^ neys of the great towns. But at sea1 sons of the jear when the herds were in 1 social danger, he would stay out in the / open field all through the darkness, his only shelter the curtain of the night heaven, with tbe stellar embroideries and silvered tassels of lunar light. What a life of solitude, all alone with his herds! Poor Amos! And at 12 o'clock at night hark to the wolf's bark, and the lioas roar, and the bear's growl, find the owl's te-whit-te-^>ir>, and the " ate PS I ^"PtnTTa hiss, as he unwitfingfr^^?i > too near v?hile moving through the thicS-" : ets! So Amos, like other herdsmen, got : the habit of studying the map of the ] heavens, because it was so much of the * lime spread out before him. He noticed / some stars advancing and others recedJ iug. He associated their dawn atd setJ tmg with certain seasons of the year. He had a poetic nature, and he rend night by night, and month by month, and year by year, the poem of the constellations, divinely rhythmic. But two ^Bttes of stars especially attracted his intion while seated on the ground or ng cn his back under the open scroll "?e mi '"^ght heavens?the Pleiades, - Seven btars, and Oricn. The former oup this rustic prophet associated with ~ spriDg, as it rises about the first of The latter lie associated with the j , as it comes to the meridian in I ^arj. The Pleiades, or Seven Stars, lected with all sweetness and joy; the heral d of the tempest. The "3 were the more apt to study the nomy and juxtaposition of the y bodies, because they thought ' a special influence upon tbe '.perhaps they were ri?ht. If " ? ^fiy-tew^'hours lifis and lets * - glides of tbe Atlantic ocean, the electric storms of the sun, bv ^ientlfic admission, ail'ect the earth, not the stars have proportionate Irolcgy, after all, may have been ? ~ more than a brilliant heathen wonder ;nat Amos 01 me . \ heard tbese two anthems put down the stout rough erdsman and took into his ?d cut and knotted fingers . . ophet and advised the re -us time to return to God, - . him that maketh the - Orion." This com - "\os gave 785 years 15. ropriate for us, 1892 . .Amos saw, as we od. who made the * _ " - 4 God of J \ - V . - -.'star here V5 the in * - . ' iOL.c group > lie" saw ,* n after sea they had .in its own ishing and 'V e. From . eiades the ; and Virgil ,.my Orion" - *ed the order g and going; "* .. luscript that ;ith the hand , ' tie of the sky, ad it Order. . . ? . - ? order. Om'*^ud me, to floBuHS" someTil, and world ^kphazzarc and iistration! The worlds in right vrscan cer'.ain : :ndividuals and : . i adjustment.j iuch, for the 1 jthe text was j <?e of the seven . ud the four chicij a prodaoIytaB^ ? ' e inhabit. ' your mission, s!;you can, and i things are all 3 your brain is .get some one starlight and : . es, or, better observatory, see further the Fiei ed the ' com. ' . ired -?n ? V ? v . * i : V " 'yM: .. */ A. ,v otil ' - St see, . o arch. ' . * . ii'achangchange in . this herds<,ther, a shepaat there had ... ; lifetime. And , SnftusteiS iian^iover the celesarbor now just as thev were the first night that they shc~\ on the Edenic bowers; the same ah-when the Egyptians built the pyramids, lx>m the top of which to watch them; the~j*inie J as when the Chaldeans calculated the eclipses; the same as when Eiihu, according to the book of Job, went out to Study the aurora borealis; the same uarter sv?t(-rr> nrw! i Wrnir>an system; the same from Calisthenes to \ Pythagoras, and from Pythagoras to Ilersciiel. Surely, a changeless God must have fashioned the Pleiades and Orion! Oh, what an anodyne amid the ups and downs of life, and the 11 ux and rellux of the tides of prosperity, to know that we have a changeless God, the same '"yesterday, today and forever!'' Xerxes garlanded and knighted the steersman of his boat in the morning and hanged him in the evening of the same day. The world sics in its char-! iot and drives tandem, and the horse j ahead is Huzza and the horse behind is Anathema. Lord Cobham, in King James' time, was applauded, and had thirty-five thousand dollars a year, but was afterward execrated and lived on scraps stolen from the royal kitchen. Alexander the Great atter death remained unburied for thirty days, because no one would do the honor of shoveling him under. The Duke of Wellington refused to have his iron xence menaed because it had been broken by an infuriated populace in some hour of political excitement, and he left it in ruins that men might learn what a fickle thing is human favor. U13ut the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting to them that! fear him, "and his righteou^j^g"'^ I the of such as keep his covenant, and to those who rememi ber his commandments to do them." ! This moment "Seek him that maketh the Seven Stars and Orion." Again, Amos saw, as we must see, that the God who made these two beacons of the oriental night sky must be a God of love and kindly warning. The Pleiades rising in midsky said to all the herdsmen and shepherds and husbandmen, ''Come out and enjoy the mild weather and cultivate your gardens and fields." Orion, coming in winter, warned them to prepare for tempesu .dm navigation was reguiiaeu by these two constellations. The one said to shipmaster and crew, "Hoist sail for the sea and gather merchandise from other lands." But Orion was the storm signal, and said, "Beef sail, make things snug or put into harbor, for the hurricanes are getting their wings out." As the Pleiades were the sweet evangels of the spring, Orion was the warning prophet ol the winter. Oh, now I get the best view of God I ever had! There are two kinds of sermons I never want to preach?the one that presents God so kind, so indulgent, so lenient, so imbecile that men may do what they will against him and fracture his every law and put the pry of their impertinence and rebellion under his throne, and while they are spitting in his face and stabbing at his heart, he takes them up in his arms and kisses their infuriated brow and cheek, saying, "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." The nther kind of sermon T never want to preach is the one that represents God as ail fire and torture and thundercloud, and with red hot pitchfork tossing the human race into paroxysms of infinite agony. The sermon that I am now preaching believes in a God of loving, kindly warning, the God of spring and winter, the God of the Pleiades and Orion. You must remember that the winter is just as important as the spring. Let one winter pass without frost to kill vegetation and ice to bind the rivers and snow to enrich our fields and then hays to enlarge v.our hospitals Land your cemeteries. "Agreen'ohrisrmas makes a fat graveyard" -was the old proverb. Storms to purify the air. ! Thermometer at ten degrees above zero to tone up the system. December and January just as 'important as May and Tni-io T toll vrtn wp nppd the storms of j life as much as we do the sunshine. There are more men ruined by prosperity than by adversity. If we had our own way in life, before this we would have been impersonations of selfishness and worldlinessand disgusting sin, and puffed up until we would have been Hike Julius Ciesar, who was made by sycophants to believe that, he was divine, and the freckles on his face were ;is stars of the firmament. | One of the swiftest transatlantic voyages made last summer by our swiftest steamer was because she had a stormy wind abaft, chasing her from New York to Liverpool. But to those going in the opposite direction the storm was a buffeting and a hindrance. It is a bad thing to have a storm ahead, pushing us back; but if we be God's children and aiming toward heaven the storms of life will only chase us the sooner into the harbor. I am so glad to believe that the monsoons and typhoons and mistrals and siroccos of the land and sea are not unchained maniacs let loose upon the earth, but are under divine supervision! I am so glad that the God of the Seven Stars is U! t'liUUi jlo nao uuo vt i Dante's suffering: came the sublime "Divina Commedia," and out of John Milton's blindness came "Paradise Losr ?nd out of miserable infidel attack came the ''.Bridgewater Treatise" in favor of Christianity, and out of David's exile came the songs of consolation, and out of the sufferings of Christ 1 come the possibility of the world's redemption, and out of your bereavement, your persecution, your poverties, your misfortunes may yet come an eternal heaven. Oh, what a mercy it is that in the text and ail up ana down the Bible God induces ns to look out toward other worlds! JJible astronomy in Genesis, in Joshua, m Job, in the Psalms, in the prophets, major and linor, in ^t. John's Apocalypse, pracally saying: "Worlds! worlds! 'ds! Get ready for them!" We have little world here that we stick though losing: that we lose all. Afraid of falling oft' this little world. We are afraid that iric iconoclast will some \ and we want everything -d it, and are disappointthat it resolves around f the sun revolving 'uss we make about rld, its existence i en two spasms, j it was hurled! 5 tliij noniY. ! "exts - ? "* _ e ; - ,-T off ixov:- this world 'pilotage. iJon't letus . i about o>:r own going off .rge or sloop or canal boat to get on some Great Eastneavens. Don'c let us persist Jg to stay in this bam, this - " r Vis outhouse 01 a, world v.hen all ~/!g's pakces already occupied bv - or our best friends are swinging open their gates to let us m. hen 1 read, "In iny l-'ather's iiou:ie ; many mansions,'' 1 do not know at that each world is a room, and as nanv rooms as there are worlds, stellar , stairs, stellar galleries, stellar hallways, i Stella windows, Stella domes. How our ; departed friends must pity us shut up in these cramped apartments, tired if we walk fifteen miles, when they some morning, by one stroke of wing, can make circuit of the whole stellar sys tenx and be back in time ior matins! Perhaps yonder twinkling constellation ie fho nf Hip marhvrs- that. group of twelve luminaries is the celestial home of the apostles. Perhaps that steep of light is the dwelling place of angels cherubic, seraphic, archangelic. A mansion with as many rooms as worlds, and all their windows illuminated Tor festivity. Ob, how this widens and lifts and .stimulates cur expectations! How little it Piakes the present and how stupendous it makes the future! How it consoles us-^bout our pious dead, who, instead of bei^ boxed up and under ! the ground, have th^range of as many rooms as there are worlds^and welcome everywhere, lor it is the Father's house, in which there are many mansibo?. Oh. Lord God oi' the Seven Stars and Orion, how can I eudure the transport, tfltJ| ecstasy of such a vision! 1 must obey"! ray text and seek him. 1 will seek him. 1 seek him now, for I call to mind that i it is not the material universe that is [ most valuable, but the spiritual, and j that each of us lias a soul worth more \ than ail thf; worlds which the inspired j herdsman saw from his booth on the I hills of Tokoa. I had studied it before, but theCathe- i dral of Cologne, Germany, never im- j pressed me as it did the last time I saw i it. It is admittedly the grandest gothic structure in the world, its foundation laid in 1248, only eight or nine years ago completed. More than six hundred years in building. All Europe taxed for its construction. Its chapel of the Ma?i with precious stones enough to purchase a kingdom. Its chapel of St. Agnes with masterpieces of painting. Its spire springing live hundred and eleven feel into the heaveus. Its stained, glass UiP jVunm^i -\e ni cncirclrag the pillars and encir ! cling all. Statues above siatucs, unut sculpture can do no more, but faints and falls back against carved stalls and down on pavements over which the kinss and queens of the earth have walked to confession. Xave and aisles and transept and portals combining the Vendors of sunrise. Interlaced, interfoliated, intercolumncd grandeur. As I stood outside looking at the double range of flying buttresses and the forest of pinnacles, higher and higher and higher, until I almost reeled from dizz ness, I exclaimed: "Great doxology in stone! Frozen prayer of many na-1 tions!" But while standing there I saw a poor rnau enter and put down his pack and j kne^l beside his burden on tiie hard floor j fhof Sko t Vkusi-eol A n/1 f-Ofl rQ nf VJL iuau V/amr,uica. ~ ? c emotion came into my eyes as I said to myself: "There is a soul worth more than all the material surroundings. That man will live after the last pinnacle has fallen, and not one stone of all that cathedral glory shall remain uncrumbled. lie is now a Lazarus in rags and poverty and weariness, but immortal and a son of the Lord God Almighty, and the prayer he now offers, though amid many superstitions, I believe God will hear, and among the apostles whose sculptured forms stand in the surroun'ding niches he will at last be lifted, and into the presence of that Christ whose sufferings are represented by the crusifix before which he bows, and be raised in due time out of all his poverties into the glorious home built for him and built for us by 'Ilim who maketh the Seven Stars and Orion.*" Aa Unfortunate Afiair. Pinkville, N.C.,March 1(.>? lirown Rogers, a young man who has been in Pineville about three months attend;~~ 7>*AfAf.?/sr fo cMmnl 1P f f". Slid HI? i. ivicoaci ^ ? denly and unexpectedly Wednesday night, under rather peculiar circumstances. He was from Van AVycke, S. C., and is a son of Turner Rogers, one of the most prominent citizens of gays before he left he received a letter from his ??uTc'r^elfj in? him that be had disgraced his family, and that he never wanted to | see him again and forbidding him to ever come to his house. The" day he left he wrote to his sister telling her ' about getting the letter and that he would carry oat his father's wishes and j that he nor any of the family should ever see or hear from him again. The letter was a great surprise to the fami-1 ly as the father had not written the J letter spoken of above to his son. lie i was overwhelmed with grief and came at once to Pineville to see about his! son. He telegraphed to several points to-day but could not hear from him. The letter young Rogers received was a forge-v, and it is supposed to have been written by some one as a joke on the young man. lie was a quiet, sober young man and made many friends during his stav here. I lis family is : ^ ~ ^ I almost overcome wuu guci uu aauuun of the unfortunate affair- and are anxious to communicate with him. liurglars In Lexington. Lexington, S. C., March 23.?Yesterday morning between 3 and 4 o'clock the large iron safe m the store of \V. P. Koof was blown open by burglars. The safe, manufactured by Ibe Hall Safe and Lock Company, oi Cincinnati. j had its large outer doors drilled and I blown open, as was also the inner door, which separated the outer doors from the vault. The heavy steel vault, secured by an additional combination lock, withstood the heavy attack and remains un injured. Ttie robbers were unaole to rtacii the contents of the vault, but succeeded in getting a small amount of change whi.h had been leu out 01 tue vault. Two chisels, a large hammer, a brace and a drill were left on the scene. The side door of the store house was found open and the drawer in which the change wr.s deposited was found under the wagon shed in the lot, about tweuty yards from the side door. A small stick of dynamite, which could easily be slipped through the hole made by the drill, and the iuse accompanying it, were picked up near the safe. The wrapper of the stick of dynamite may furnish a clur, as there are certain well defined marks on it. l'liiuled by Grip. V K KSBl'liO, JMISS., -Niarcil ii.-iWO cases of sudden blindness resulting i'rom grip have occurred here recently, the sufferers being weil known persons. One lady has consulted the most eminent oculists ia .New Orleans, who unite in declaring her casc;. hopeless, and admitted that thev - > ignorant of the causes that " ' i the loss of sight. Th? ">i" a boy ^ ? * " f. *| TILL31 AM ON PRIMARY. I THE GOVERNOR EXPLAINS HiS POSITION FULLY. j Strong Presentation of the Sitn.itlou and j li^.isop.s Why a J'ritnary is not Wise?It i Would Work <Jrv.:it iujuritlM to liic | Lower Countries. Columbia, S. C. March 24.?In view | oi'the fact that mimbers of anti-Till man meetings, wmen nave eiecteci delegates to the convention which meets to-day, have adopted resolutions demanding a direct primary, a reporter for The Register sought an interview with Governor Tillman to near what he had to say on that subject. The scribe began his probing with the question: Governor, what is your attitude and opinion in regard to'a direct primary? lie answered: "I am surprised that you should ask this question when the matter was fully discussed by me during the last campaign. I am one of the pioneers in theagita'ion in advocacy of ;i State primary, and in 1888, on two oce.-isicns. in both State conventions. I i made speeches advocating the nominaI tion of State officers by this method. Ia j both conventions the matter was over| whelmingly defeated and after careful | analysis and study of the situation I so i far modified my opinion as to advocate I the plan, now in vogue, of electing del| egates by a primarw The demand for | a change was made in the March platwhich I wrote, ana it was incorporation the party constitution in oeptember/^-tMi^pw.* add cry for a direct primary is a piece of political clap-trap by which ray enemies ser'< to place me in a false position. If it were carried out they would be the first to regret it and advocate a change. They don't want it. But I desire to say right here that individually I am willing and was in 1890 to submit my candidacy to a direct vote of the white Democrats of the State. I have every reason to believe that my strength would be more clearly shown and I would have a more emphatic endorse ment uncer tnat plan tnan i couia under the existing one. The Counties of Georgetown, JJeaufort, Sumter, .Richland and Fairfield, which are all debatable and which for the sake of argument 1 will say will sro against me, would in that event be counterbalanced tP t0^^Z7z5uxaj<Ji itj~~ UOtuiii ILL either Spartanburg or Greenville. The demand for the primary arose in the white section of the State and was designed to break up ring rule. It was never intended to take any advantage of the brave Democrats of the negro Counties. "What caused you to modify your opinion and change from a direct pr^ mary to an election of delegates by primary V" "Well the primary system looks to obtaining the popular voice by allowing the individual voter to express his personal preference and the present sj(5Leui jjives ui<tu i urn <iuu onvo^o have been in favor of the people selecting their own rulers." The Governor here put his hand in his breast pocket and drew our, a note book, and said: Here is a table which I have prepared for campaign pui poses. This is my basket of "rocks," he laughingly added, and I will chunk one into the enemy's camp before the campaign opens. It is a table giving the white and colored population with the delegates in the State Convention of fourteen { Counties, and will show very clearly what a disturbing factor in State poli! tics a direct primary would be. Here is the table. The first two columns of I figures show the white and colored population of the counties named in 1SW and the cutside column the number of delegates each is entitled to in State Conventions: White. Colored. Delegates. J iUken 13,570 is,244 s I .Anderson... 25,184 18,522 12 Chesterfield. 10,902 7,5u5 <i Florence 10,400 14,027 (*> r>?ot -?7i 1<: 10 V/IUCIH iilC>*a mI )U< j j a w Hoijy 13,029 5,017 f> Lancaster... 10,338 10,422 ti Lexington... 13,705 8, -475 0 Marion 14,434 15.524 x Oconee 13,041 5,045 0 Pickens 12,194 4.195 0 Spartanburg 30,729 18,052 14 Union 10,874 14,4X9 X York 18.03S 20,733 79 231,015 179,027 114 The totals are as follows: Whites. Colored. Delegates. In State 45S.454 092,503 320 Deduct 231,015 179,020 114 '$ ^^^natfouri ee c Counties jvconkui!ii^only 17(J,02G of the colored population wouiu overuaiauue L?cm,vOjie which are compelled to control 543.*77 negroes; or Spartanburg, entitled to fourteen votes in convention, wonld overbalance Beaufort, Berkeley, Fairfield, Georgetown and Sumter, entitled to lifty votes in convention, and yet have 750 votes to spare. "By deducting the population of these fourteen Counties from the total white and colored population of the State we find that these fourteen Counties, containing only 17'.?,000 of the colored population, would overbalance twenty-one Counties which are compelled to CDntrol 513,000 negroes, or that Spartanburg, entitled to fourteen votes in the convention, would in a primary overbalance Beaufort, Berkeley, Fairlield, Georgetown and Sumter, entitled to lifty votes in the convention, and yet have 750 votes to spare. You perceive at onc? that a direct primary would destroy the political equilibrium of the State. It would do more. Tlie uemocrais in toe uenvy negro Counties who are now asked to adopt this system of nominating State ollicers will be expected to control the colored vote in their respective Counties, and send Democrats to the Legis{lature, although they would never have a chance to obtain any of the State offices by reason of a small while vote. | Is it either reasonable or just? I don't I think so. and hence my change of opinion." "Utit, Governor, if one white man in iierkeley has as much pohticall power in the State Convention as five white men in Spartanburg will not that breed dissatisfaction V" "At the lirst blush it appears to be wrong, but we must take thing-* as we find them. This sauie argument is the stock in trade of the Foraker-Sherman j wing of the Itadical party, which de' mancl that the Southern electoral vote I and representation in Congress shall be [ based on the votes cast, rather than the population. They claim that one [ white man in South Carolina has three times as much political power i as a white man in Ohio or Kansas. ! Now, if we, ignoring all precedent and ; law, recognize 'be justice of their argument in our party management, how are we to expect that they will stop I tViof- lino smrl hnw I 0>1VU^ bunv 11UV) .. j would we answer their orators in Congress and on the stump? Kepresentaj tion in all political bodies is based on ! the legal representation according to population: where the conditions are | so unequal and the equilibrium, that exist would be so violently disturbed ! by a change. 1 cannot believe that | such change would add much to the I harmony and unity of the party which seems so dear to these same patriots. It is a matter for the party to deterj mine, and I am ready to submit to the I verdict of the people." 1 Leap Year Enforced. Pittsburg, March \> j has been inaugurated in'this town ' i well-to-Jo widow, who took a sudden liking to a young farm hand, who has been employed in this neigh borhood lor mouths, says a special from Edgerton, , Kansas, to the Pittsburg Times, Mrs. ! Mary Watson owns a line farm about j two miles west of this place, and, while i she has never given the neighbors cause j to gossip, she has been recognized as a strong-minded woman, and one wbo was perfectly capable of attending to her own business. Her husband died ! about five years ago, and left her worth i in the neighborhood of ?20,000. Her j farm has been kept in a high state of j cultivation, she managing the whole business herself. About a week ago she came to town to market, and when here she met John Xorthrup. who works on the farm of William Johnson, about two miles beyond the farm of Mrs. Watson. Mrs. Watson had never seen the young man before, but appeared to be taken with his appearance, and asked the storekeeper who he was, and when she learned that he worked for her neighbor, asked to be made acquainted with jhim. The young man was much snr| prised when she told him, after being I with him about half an hour, that she i wanted a husband, and if he was will ing to take the position she thought they would do well together as man and %vife. lie was a little taken aback at the suddenness of the oil'er, but as he knew h?r circumstances he concluded that he i could not do better, and accepted witnj out any shyness. Th?y immediately the iiccn.-e and were made raau and I wife. I A Chance for Young Farm* irfl. j Prof. II. A. Strode, President of the Clemson Agricultural College, has written a communication to the Cotton riant in which he says: "I would like to know how many young farmers of the State would take an interest in a short summer session at Clemson of a month or two to receive instruction in ! nrHMir-nl unrl l"ir? t'Mrrr.inc This r*?VV*VW* A.V4MV ? session, if held, would be confined to those over 21 years of age. There would be no charge for tuition and the charge for board would only be what might be found to be the actual cost., L would like to receivel^iJ^g-^^" thofs.e feelipg an suggestion j^ri.-rlirinrin^ length 0f SPS. sion preferred in weeks Irom four to eight." It seercs to us that this is a capital suggestion. It has alretdy been favorably received by the board of trustees of the College and it will again come before the Board for tinal action. It is the duty of farmers feeling an interest in this matter to let Prof. Strode hear from them. The Board in reaching a linal decision will doubtless be inlluenced to a great extent by the letters he receives. His address is: I'rof. II. A. Strode, Fort Ilill, S. C. An Awful Fate. Akron, 0., March IS.?Guy Clifton Wright, of this city, a traveling salesman, entered a saloon here late last niffht and called for a ^lass of seltzer. lie poured into it three' drams of chloral hydrate and cooly stirred the mixture as he laughed and talked. Then he drank the deadly poison. Turning to the proprietor he said, with consummate coolness: "I'll be dead in five minutes. I waDt one more drink. I'll shake you dice for it." Thinking Wright was joking, the saloon-keeper replied banteringly: "I don't like to take chances with a dying man, but I'll go you." "The game began. Wright won the first "horse" and the saloon-keeper the second. The latter smiled as he threw four trays in the final round. Wright's first dasn yielde l a piir of fives, his seoond did not better them. Calmly he tossed the dice the last time. "Four fives," said he: "I win," and placing his hands convulsively to his head he dropped to the floor unconsciI ?r> /J in A J-T i o UU2> rtllU U1CU. Ill a iimiuiw. wile's desertion of him led to thesuiI cide. Joyfully Welcomed. Libau, March 19.?The American steamer Indiana, Captain Sargeant which brought to this port gifts of Hour and provisions sent by Americans for relief of llussian famine sufferers, has since her discharge been lying some distance off shore. Last night she was towed into the harbor by the Concerdia and Vorwaerls. Certainly ed popular enthusiasm j^ofofa? preclation the olUcers^j ?rew of t?e lT&'ffijSTill ^FiTi yfom this country a lively recolectioii of the gratitude of liuss'ian people. When the Indiana passed the Jetty she was greeted with loud and enthusiastic cheering by a crowd that assembled on the Jetty. The steamer was received by the common authorities and a large delegation of leading merchants of the port. After she was moored a number of the nrt.lmdnx Creek clersrv proceeded aboard of her and held a thanksgiving service which concluded with the formal and impressive ceremony of blessing the ship. Over-Productlon of Cotton. Washington, March IS?The March report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture, issued to day, shows that the production of cotton of the world exceeded the consumption more than 1,500,000 bales in 1890, and further greatly enlarges the excess in IsOl, glutting the markets, increasing visible stocks during the past year more than 10O,000 bales, and reducing the Liverpool price of middling upland from 0 1 lGd in January, 181H), to 4 1 8d in January, 1802. It states that in two years this'country has produced an excess above normal requirements of more than 2,(XX),000 bales, and indicates I roHiiotmn in lirAiwlt.h fhfi | LiCCvVj ituuvuivu *** ! only possible remedy; otherwise the I agriculture of the South will suffer worse than Western agriculture ever lias. It declares that the cotton States must introduce new crops, as the agricultural population ha3 outgrown the capacity of cotton to support it. L'ucle George's Creed. Washington, March 23.?In speaking of his position on silver coinage today, Representative Tillman said: "1 am sorry to see the stand that Brawley and Elliott are taking. They are against the free coinage bill, and in | that respect they do not represent their constituents. "I am for free coinage and against Grover Cleveland. I was against his nomination in 1888, and predicted his defeat. Ilill is the man to lead the Democratic party. lie is a true leader, and has never been defeated. lie has given us New York State, and his services should be recognized. "The Bland bill will have thirty majority in the House, and will also pas3 the Senate."?State. Loses a Leg1. .ninety-six, jaarcn so.? xtus turning about 11 o'clock Col. W. B. Utsey accidentally shot himself through the leg about four inches above the ankle with a 44-calibre Colt's pistol. Both bones were completely shivered. Drs. Bozeman and Holland were at hand and did all they could to relieve his intense suffering. Dis. Maxwell and Xeal were telegraphed for and arrived on the 12:30 train. They found that the ]p, -m hare to be amputated, and T\' # - ? , v.. : - \ - ' * , \* * \ \ SHOME. \ ' "REV. CHAS. R. 1^ \ \ . ! Hols CKirced With Xstad Other Crimes?Iu a Letter to th ''?w8 an<i Courier He Explaln-4 Wb. < Kan fc ? Away. ?sLaruuens, S. 0., March 18.?Nofone in the up-country would ever hrbpe thought that the Rev. Charles R. Will>eford, of Union Cou>- v^uldjDej^^fc oi a crime, .tie nas arrays co the utmost respect or everyo*. i knew him and accounts of his a] irregularities have come like a thui bolt to his friends. "What! Mr. Willeford is guilty forgery! That seems incredible.' \Y>he was one of the best men I ev. .'^. knew." They say it has not been more than two or three weeks since the Baptists of Clinton, Laurens County, invited Mr. Willeford to take charge of the congregation at that place. He has been stationed at Santuc for some time, and j ilmner prvn?irlpi'rnh1ft fMiwiifc trnrlr viaif\_ ing points in Union, Spartanburg, Lancaster and other counties. It was about two weeks ago that the first reports of Mr. Wiileford's shortcoming were circuJated. V?ry few persons knew anything of the matter, and since that time several more charges have come out against him, and it is said that others will be forthcoming. The most serious and ugly accusation th*t the liev. Mr. VViliford secured five huEdred uoilars from the Bailev Bank, of Clinton, through the instrumentality of forged endorsements to a note. It is said that the names are those of the very best Baptists in that section. Cashier Bailey thought the note extra good and while in conversation wittj^ one of the endorsers made somesug^gs. tion in regard to it. The suppc^dendorser was dumbfounded at tj?e news. investigation ionowea aoa; as the result, it is said the entire l^st of names was found to be fraudulent. The bank authorities immediate}^ began to arrange with the relates of Mr. Willeford for payment.?r . found to be in [ Lancaster County, at Kershaw. The Kev. Mr. Willeford had been there on a [ visit to his lather, she Kev. A. C. Willeford, had preached there to large audiences and was highly thought of. He went to the bans and had a draft for three hundred and fifty dollars cashed. Advices were received from the bank in Laurens, where Willeford claimed to have an. account, that there was no money-?here t<\ his credit. The Kersl~si man can "^here to-day to see what h' do Protect his interest. 0 ^ .-^ller amounts came ' v~=?-nere for payment and " -ed. ; was waiting in the station fo.- *tor two gentlemen, one or ; thei. . of Court Wharton, of Laurens, * 'talking of the reports, and said tney had heard the report about a 1 week ago. if-would seem rather strange but the gentleman who cashed the draft told me that on the night before he paid the draft Air. Willeford preached an able sermon "on embezzlement and hypocrisy."' Mr. Willferd, it is said, is also engaged in mercantile business, being a member of the J. L. Ray Company, doing business at IIuntir*Jton, on Enoree River. ' Be is "avsou-n law of Mrs Ray, of this county, am. has a wife and children at Kershaw in Lancaster County. There seems ti ">e some uncertainty j about Mr. Will- >rd's whereabouts, f Some say he is at o ituc and his indig- j nant creditors says e has gone to New ] York, via Charlestc *na steamer, jur. ( Willeford's brother Lamar, Sumter y County, and his fat; - the Rev. Mr. ? Willef ord. of Kers ha- are trying to ar- i raDge the shortcomings; which are said j to be growing daily. Gae gentleman said he wouldn't be surprised if this , should aggregate several thousand dollars. It is claimed that Mr. Willtford was in bad health, and that if thtre are irrigularities that was the caus&< It was said that Mr. Willeford had"3ust resigned from the Baptist Church to as to devote his entire time to mercantile business. The above account of the queer do ings of the Rev. Chas R. Willeforl waspublished in the News and Courier of la3t Saturday. In the same paper it was stated that The News and Courier Willeford. dated from the Read House, j | Chattanooga, Tenn., declaring his innocence and asserting: that eternity would prove it, it it couldn't be proven here. The letter was not published at the time of its reception fr?- obvious reasons. Here it is verbatim: Chattanooga , Tenn, March 10.1892. The News and Courier, Charleston, S. C.?Dear Editors: I left my home, Santuck, S. C., on March 9, unexpectedly to all and very much to my regret. I have never before had any trouble in any way, but instead prosperity has I smiled upon me. Troubles have, however, come upon me at last. Last fall I concluded to merchandise, and in order to conceal myself as the owner of the business I associated J. L. Kay and my wife, Sara E. Willeford, forming the firm of The J. L. Itay Company, Huntington, S. C. So far as money is concerned, J. L. ltay nor Sara 11. Willeford has any invested In the store. They are scot free. The business moved along nicely for a few months, until a bill for dry goods */\ c WittbnwQW of flhfirlntte. "N". fell due. He at once began to push me. I gave him, as I thought, satislactory paper?a note lor $1,700, endorsed by one Solomon Gregory. This went on all ruht for three weeks or longer, when Wittkowsky came to my county atd began an investigation, soing to the wrong Solomon Gregory. lie then reported all over the country that I had Gorged the name ot Solomon Gregory, which, I am glad to say, was a lie. Wittkowsky being dissatisfied I went over to Mrs. Kaj's, my mother-in-law, and 1 asked her to endorse a paper with me, which she readily did. I then thought everything all right until October, 1892, but, to my surprise, two oi t^ree days ago Wittkowsky and Jim Lor_, an uncle of my wile, got together in Union, S. C., and agreed to have me arrested on the charge of forgery. Thi3 they could not have proven, but before I would lie in jail for two or three months I would run away, which I have now done, and when I am caught it will make tnac trinmg rascai, dim ?jvu%, i laugh. 1 wish to say to my friends that I shall never return to South Carolina, but be assured every one to whom I owe one cent that I shall certainly pav you. Don't be uneasy, for I have the money in the banks and will pay you. To Heath, Springs & McDonald I wish to say that the $350 gotten from them will be returned w* interest. I had to keep the amoun order to get away is tl.e reason thnr-ra^ check will not be honored. I will pay that, however. I have made these statements, not Knowing that it will be appreciated. However, I state the truth. Now to my friends, I 3ay, farewell. T have a wife, one of the best women in '' --"lino _ WJhon T_ am. Derm?-. , g'r " - * s ' .\ / Electropoise. Why sufl'er 'with sickness or disease when you can be so easily and quickly cured without medicine by the use of the Electropoise. Elco, S. C., July 27,1891. Atlantic Electropoise Co., Charleston, S. C. Gentlemen: It is with pleasure I recommend to the public the Electropoise as an invaluable agency of cure. Eor several years I have suffered from obstinate dysnensia and general debilitv. almost to the extent of confinement to bed, and from several months use of the instrument I have been better than I have m years. Very truly, Mrs. Rachel WillisLancaster, S. C., Aug. 1,1s91. Atlantic Electropoise Co., Charleston, S. C. ' Gentlemen: I consider the Electropoise a ~most wonderful discovery. 1 have applied -t in my family for la grippe, acute sore iroat," neuralgia, and nervous headache nth perfect success. I am also treating a jry severe case of chroncle catarrh, with ..' 3 Electropoise as the only agent, and it ys given great relief, and if treatment is continued I believe it will effect a perfect cur<e. An intelligent use of it carries conVifttl'iAn wifl* Vrmi-e fniltr ITlbU lb. AVUIO v*t**J, ; B. J. WJLTIIERSPOON. l, Charleston, S. C., Feb. 12,1891. Gentlemen: 1 have been using the Electropc^ise for rheumatic pains, uliich, at times,i went through my whole body, causing gre^t suffering; my limbs were also quite s^iff, so that I could scarcely walk. I have txfeen greatly benefited, and am well pleased>wlth the Electropoise. I also suffered w^th constipation and indigestion, which Ijave entirely disappeared, and nave gained *n weight about fifteen pounds. I have, also used the instrument in my family for various complaints with excellent results. On one occasion my son had a very b^d sore on one of his hands, which caused h-is arm and hand to swell up to his ehonide?f. Two hours' application of the Electrojpoise removed all inflammation and swelling and in a few hours he was well. -My/Tittle girl was also cured by the Electropoise of a very bad cold and^coujjh in a fewAours. ^ 1 would not be without the Electropoise 'and gladly recommend it to all sick persons. Yours truly, JOHN H. MULLER, 135 Queen Street. Charleston, S. C.. Feb. 23,1891. Gentlemen: My general health has been greatly improved by the use of the Electropoise. 1 would not be without it. As a tonic it is excellent. It affords me much pleasure to testify to lis merits. Very respectfully, J. WESTLEY SMITH. A 40 page book, describing treatment aLd cor tainiog testimonials from all sections' and for the cure of all diseases, mailed free on application. Address, ATLANTIC ELECTROPOISE CO., 222 King St., Charleston, S. C. Murder in Clarendon. Manning, S. C., March 21?Mr. Butler B. DuBose was killed from ambu3h loot SvatnrrtQT7 nirrht r\n tha tvtiKHa kioH uu mi, -?isuu, about eight miles from this place. The inquest was held yesterday, and the jury brought in the following verdict: "The deceased came to his death from wounds inflicted by a shotgun in the bands of J. Carson Stukes." The only witness was Mr. JDuBose's little nine5-ear-old-boy, who ran to the house and reported to his grandfather that Mr. Stukes had killed his father. Mr. Stukes is one of the best men in the county, being known as a hard-working, quiet and peaceable citizen. It is, indeed, hard for one who knows Carson Stukes to believe that he would waylay i man and shoot him to death without warning. A. Walk-OTer for Mills. Austin, Texas, March 18.?Mr. Culberson has withdrawn from the Sena;orial race. His friends say this is not n the interest of anv other candidate. [t is believed, Mowerer, that a number >f his supporters will go over to Mills, vhlch will insure Mills' election. It is taid that Chilton will come from fVasbington shortly to withdraw from ie Senatorial race. A Gbeat Oefeb that miy not Again be Repeated, so do not delay, "Strike While the Iron is Hot." Write for Catalogue now, and say wha paper you saw this advertisement in. it,3aember that I sell everything thai gees to furnishing a home?manulactur eg some things and buying others in tht largest possible lots, which enables me U wip -^t^all competition O" TJ* A VI?TXT r\V UV CTAP'I A ft h0- -w tf \SX M JL <-l M J. Jr ljSg^abgains ** A No. 7 Flat top 08&58 Stove, ftu size, ] 5x17 inch oven, fitted^"121 piecet of ware, delivered at your o>H depot all freight charges paid by mo, *oi only Twelve Dollars. Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole Cookk | I Range 13x13 inch oven, 1 >4x26 inch top, lit g ted with 21 pieces of w ?*e, for TJdlR-i TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the ircight to ? your depot ? DO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOKB TOUR GOODS. j I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, 1 I walnut frame, either in combination or! I banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50,1 steyeur lailroad station, freight paid, j I 1 will also sell you a nice Bedromos uiti 3consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 highg ihead Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centres Stable, 4 cane seat chairs, l cane seat and* [back r?cker alitor 16.50, and pay freigh-f [to jour depot. 3 s Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom* >suit with large glass, lull marble top, tor* : 530, and pay freight. [.Nice window sliade on sprite roller 9 001 LEnut839il geanvrtarda* aiclock. 4.0 ] IW alnut lounge, .1 ' Lace curtains per window, . t'j 1 cannot describe everything iu a smallj advertisement, but have an immense store] containing 22,600 feet of iiodr room, with; ware bouses and factory building* in other parts of Augusta, making in ail the largest business of this kind under one management in the Southern States* These storesand warehouses are crowded with the choicest productions of th? best factories. My catalogue containing illustrations of goods will De mailed if you will kindlj say where you saw this advertisement. 1 ?ay freight. Address, L. F. PABBETT, Proprietor Padgett's Furniture, Stove and Carpet Store, in.. 1110 AirfiirsTA (Ik CHILD BIRTH MADE EASY! " Mothers' Friend "tea scientifically prepared Liniment, every ingredient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical profession. These ingredients are combined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' FRIEND" WILL DO all that is claimed for it AND WOPvE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mothers " mailed FREE, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Sent by express on receipt of price $1.50 per bottle BKADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atta&ta. Ga. SOLD BY ALL DBT7GGISTS. ' ^ * . . / * ' v "> . ; -A > ' '' . ~ . k j* ' : ~ifT\~ iViii i i' " ' ' . 1 t | Talbot son, I ilanufactaitfis of ENGINES, BOILERS. . | COTTONSEED OIL MAClilN ERl'. and ail kinds of TOB1CCO MACHINERY, SORN AND WHEAT MILLSTURBINE WATER WHEELS. SAW MILLS, | WITH RAPE FEED, 4 or j BELT AND VARIABLE ( FRICTION FEED, IMPROVED DOGS, j AND SET WORKS AND TIMBER GUAGERS, graduated to sixteenth of an inch $200 to SfirtOr Brir.k Machinerv and Wood "Working Machinery a specialty. _ /.J Planing Machines ?200 and upwards. Drying Kilns for Brick and Lumber. Every yard should have one. Plans and drawings for construction furnished, We sell the highest grade of Machinery and at low prices. V. C. BADHAM, A GENERAL AGENT, 'jgl Columbia, S. C. < Feb 19-lv. AND | BLOOD DI5EA5E5 ~ ?r.}*u\*...h aJiTM ?. K $. M a ?pf?ndlJ eo?Mn?SoB^ uJ ]-rMcrib* it wilh^ fr?at wtltfactioa for tha cant ot til GUnlaS' Chronic Uk?r? thu h?v? nwUUd >11 trgUCMV ftfirt (CURES r.Kr. HFoisov)^ IMia wboM lyt'umi ?r? poliosed ud whot* blood M 1a flj ?a hqtrnr* oo^dltkm. <hi? to mtortnutl Irri^TiUrlUw. ?f?_ |ii| CURES I J rlJMkmikl 1 Dwiiwi ?/a T.Innr,.;"<? RWV C&T7iHWlW Al ? -- 'M ^ THE LARGEST STOCK. - ^ MOST SKILLED WORKMEN, LOWEST PRICES* % Soiitii Carolina Marlle Ms.; .-1 'T. B. HYATT, I proprietor/ j Is the best pl&e in South Carolina q Southern States tu secure satisfaction i * - pfl American and'ItalianMarble Work." if- ' fl kinds of Cemetery Work*. I a speciality. \1~ { Sb TABLETS. HEADSTONES?,! ?.v V ' H MO NBMEN'IS,^ .-3 Send for prices andi all information.* ' ^ F. H. 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