The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 03, 1894, Image 4
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A.H3SVtXJ PSVYG-t.
Strength fo: thsdiy I hanbV aik,
Faita in thaonwig m >rr.?w.
Bat not one dfjp of wji! or w >;
Fro n future d.iy< t > l>>rc >w;
I'll trust the hint tint :a;i;ure? oat
My ca? of j>/ or sorrow.
. / Strength for thd fight L this day wagi,
rTfae victor's cro vn to wear it;
When woailed ia th3 desperate fray,
Courage I ask to hear it; "
AndThon. dear Lord, to walk beside.
My day'smirch ho; to share it.
And when the day is past and gone,
My grateful heart upswelling,'
A hymn of praise shall joyful raise,
Thy love and goodness telling;
I'll waft it up beyond the stars.
Where all my hopes are dwelling.
y
And when the last hard fight is done,
And death comes to relieve me,
Let not the hope which cheers me now
With mocking gleam deceive me;
But to Thyself, dear Lord, I pray
For Jesus sake, receive me!
THE TAX COLLECTOR.
. fess
T ransfoimatlcn of a Family?The Mv.tbmi
ei'a Prayer.
Brooklyn-, Sept. 23.?Rev. Dr.
Talmage, who is now preparing to leave
Australia for Icdia on his round the
world tour, has selected as the subiect
for today's sermon through the Dress
"The Tax Collector's Conversion," the
text beiDg taken from Luke xix, S,
"This day is salvation come to this
hcuae."
Ziccheu3 wa* a politician and a taxgatherer.
Ee had an honest calling but
the opportunity for ''stealings" was sc
large the temptation was too much for
him. The Bible says he "was a sinner"
?that is, in the public sense. How
many fiae men have been ruined by official
position! It is an awful thing for
any man to seek office under government
unless his principles ot integrity
are deeply fixed. Mmy a man upright
in an Insignificant position has made
' * i- A ?. T
anipwrecs m a ^raat uao. -^.o ?n. ?o ?
can tell, in the city of Jerricho
tills Zaccheus belonged to what
might be called the "ring".
They had thing3 their own way, successfully
avoiding exposure, it by no other
way perhaps by hiring somebody to
break \z and steal the vouchers. Not v.
withstanding his bad reputation, there
were streaks of good about him, as there
? are about almost every man. Gold is
found in quartz, and sometims in a very
small percentage.
Jesus was coming to town. The people
turned out en masse tc see him.
Tia enmes. the Lord of elorv. on
foot, dust covered and road weary, limping
along the "ray, carrying the griefs
and woes of the world. He looks to be
60 years of age when he is only about 30
Zsochens was a short man and could
not see over the people's heads while
standing on the ground, so he got up
into a sycamore tree that swung its arm
clear over the road. Jesu3 advanced
amid the wild excitement of the surging
crowd. The most honorable and popular
men of the city are looking on and
trying to gain his attention. Jesus, instead
of regarding them, looks up at the
little man in the tree and says: "Ziccheus
come down. I am going home
with you." Everybody was disgusted
to think that Christ would go home with
so dishonorable a man.
I see Christ entering the front'door of
the house of Ziccheus. The king of
heaven and earth sits down, and as he
looks around on the place and the family
he pronouEces the benediction of the
"This rJftv is salvation noma to this
MB ___ - house."
H Wf - ~ Zaccheus had mounted the sycamore
Hp tree out of mere fnquisitiveness. Ee
WW wanted to see how this stranger looked
HF ' ?the color of his eyes, the length of his
hair, the contour of his features, the
W height of his stature. "C)me down,"
said Christ.
And so many people in this day get
up into the tree of curiosity or specula"
. tion to see Christ. They ask a thousand
queer questions about his divinity, about
[ (rod's sovereignty and the eternal decrees.
They speculate and criticise and
hang onto the outside limb of a great
sycamoro. Bat they must come down
from tha; if they want to be saved. We
cannot be saved as philosophers, but as
little children. You cannot go to heavby
way of Athens, but by way of Bethlehem.
Why be perplexed about the
way sin came into the world when the
great qnestion is how shall we get sin
driven out of our hearts.
HV>w manv sDend their time in criti
ciam and relisiou3 speculation! They
take the ro3e of Sharon or the lily ef the
valley, pull out the anther, scatter the
corolla and say, "Is that the beautiful
flower oi religion that you ate talking
about?" No flower is beautiiul after you
have tora it all to pieces. The path to
heaven is so plain that a fool need not
make any mistake about it, and yet men
stop anc; cavil. Suppose that, goics: toward
the Pacific slope, I had resolved
that I would stop until I could kill all
the grizzly bears and panthers cn either
side of tie way. I would never have
got to the Padific coast. When I went
out to hant the grizzly bear, the griszly
bear would have come cut to hunt me.
Here is a plain road to heaven. Men
say they will not take a step on it until
they can make game of all the theories
that bark and growl at them from the
thickets. They forget the fact that, as
they go out to hunt the theory, the theory
comes out to hunt them, and so they
perish. We mu3t receive the kingdom
of heaven in simplicity.
William Pennington was oae of the
wisest men of this country?a governor
of his own state and afterward speaker
of the house of representatives. Yet,
when God called him to be a Christian,
he went in and sat down among some
children who were applying for church
membership, and he said to his pastor,
"Talk -jo me just as you do to these
children, for 1 Know nothing about it."
There Lj no. need, of bothering cur3elves
about mysteries when there are so many
things ".hat are plain. Dr. Ludlow, my
professor in the theological seminary,
taught me a lesson I have never forgotten.
While putting a variety of questions
to him that were perplexing he
turned upon me, somewuat in 3ternness
but more in love and said, "Mr. Talmage
you will haye to let God know
some tilings you don't.'7 We tear our
bands on the spines of the cactus instead
of feasting our eye on its tropical bloom.
^ A greEit company of people now sit
swinging; themselves on the sycamore
tree o? their pride, and I cry to you:
"Ziccheus, come down! Come down
out of your pride, ont of your inquisitiveness,
out of your speculation. You
cannot ride into the gate of heaven with
coach and four, postilion ahead and
lackey behind. 'Except ye becomc as
little children, ye cannot enter the kingdom
oi: God.' God ha3 chosen the weak
things of the world 10 confound the
mighty. Ziccheus, come down, come
down!1'
I notice that this tax gatherer accompanied
his surrender to Christ with the
restoration of property that did not belong
to him. Be says, "If I have taken
anything by false aciusation I restore
fourfold"?that is, if I have taxed any
men for $10,000 when he had only $5,000
worth of property and put it in my own
pocket the tax for the last $5,000 I wil]
restore to him fourfold. If I took from
him $10,1 will give him $40. If I took
from him $40, I will give him $160.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars haye
^ atffltsflfl
been sent to Washington daring the past,
fdw years as "conscience money." I
suppose that money was sent by men
who wanted to bs Christians, bat fouad I
they c^u'dnot until they made restitution.
T-iere is no need of cur trying to
come to Chrst a* ions as we keep fraudulently
a dollar or a farthing in our
poss;s?'.oa s^ai. belongs to another. Sappose
ycu have not money enough to pay
your debts, and for tbs Sike of defrauding
ycur credifor3 ycu put your property
in ycu: wife's name. You might
cry uniil the dav ot judgment for
pardon but you ^Ould uotget .it withcut
Qrat ma?ing re3fitut:on. In tunes
of prosperity it i? r;ght, against a rainy
day, to asvgu property to you- wife,
tut if, in time of perplexity and for the
sake of defrtu-hog your creditors, you
raabe fuch assignment, ycu become a
culprit before G'-d, and you mavai well
stop praying until you have m ide restitution.
Or suppos? one man loans another
money on bend or mortgage, with
the understanding that the mortgage can
lie quiet for sevnral years, but as soon
as the mortgage is given commences
foreclosure?*he sheriff mounts the auction
block, and the property is struck
down at halfpric?, and the mortgagee
' buys it in. The mortgagee started to
1 get ttie property at nau price ana is a
i thief and a robber. Uatil he makes
restitution there is no mere; for him. (
You say: "I cannot make restiiu- :
tioa. The parties whom I swinged are ,
1 gone." Then I says. "Take thennney
up to the American Bibl* society and i
consecrate itto(x>d." Ziccheus was
wise when he disgorged his unrighteous ;
gains, and it was his first step in the j
right direction. - i
The way being clear. Christ walked (
, inti the house of Ziccbeus. He becomes
, a different man; his wife a different woman;
the children are different. 0 i, it
make3 a ^reat cQange m any hou?e when
Cbrist come3 into it! How many beauti- ]
ful homes are represented amoog you! (
There are pictures oo the wall, there is
music in the drawing room and luxuries <
iu the wardrobe, and a full supply in the j
pantry. Even if you were naif asleep i
there is one word with which I could (
wake you, and thrill you through and ]
through, and that word is "home!" j
Th&re are also houses of suffering repre- i
seated in which there are neither pictures <
nor wardrobe nor adornment?only one (
room, and a plain cot, or a bunk in a cor- J
ner. Yet it i3 ihe place where your loved j
one3 dwell, and your whole nature tin- j
gles with satisfaction when you think of *
it and call it home. Though the world ;
may scoff at U3 and pursue us and all tbe (
day we be tossed about at eventide, we (
sail into the harbor of home. Though j
xi 1? ?-*-* knon>
tdSr? UD ilU ICiir IVi, UO iU bUO uuoj HViiU)
and we go trudging about, bearing bur- j
dens that well nigh crush us, there is a <
reiuge, and it hath an easy chair in which ]
we may sit, and a lounge were we may i
lie, aDd a serenity of peace in which we j
may repose, and that refuge is home. ]
The English soldiers, sitting on the walls '
around Sevastopol, one night heard a j
com cany of musicians playing "Home, ,
Sweet Home," and it is said that the ?
whole army broke out in sobs and wail- ^
in? greart was theii homesickness. God {
pity the poor, j miserable wretch who has t
no home! i
Now, suppose Christ should come <
into your house. First the wife and the t
mother would feel his presence. Religion
almost alway begins there. It is
easier for woman to become Christians
than for us men, Taey do not fight so
against God. It woman tempted man ;
originally away l'rom holiness, now she
fem-n'a him hao.k. Shft mav not make
any fu3s about it, but some how every
body in the house knows that there is a
change in the wife and mother. She ]
cbidesthe children more gently. Her
face sometimes lights up with an un- '
earthly glow. She goes into some un
occupied room for a little while, and the 1
husband goes not after her nor aBks her i
why she wa3 there. He knows without I
asking that she has been praving. The
hnsband notices that her face i3 brighter '
than on the day when, years ago, they ]
stood at the marriage altar, and he i
knows that Jesus has been patting upon 1
her brow a wreath sweeter than the !
orange blossoms. She puts the children i
to bed, not satisfied with the forinal <
prayer that they once offered, but she !
lingers now and tells them of Jesus ?
who blessed lictle children ana of the 1
good place where they all hope to be at 1
last. And then she kisses them good
night with something that the child feel? 1
to be a heavenly benediction?a some- 1
thing that shall hold on to the boy after 1
I v>oo V\R<*rsm? a man 40 nr 5ft Tears <
of age, for there is something in a good,
Toying, Christian mother's ki3S that 50
years caanot wipe off the cheek.
Now the husband is distressed and
annoyed and almost vexed. If she
would only .?peak to him he would "blow
her up." He doe3 not like to say anything
abcut it, but he knows that she
has a hope that he has not and a peace
that he has not. He knows that, dying
as he now is, he cannot go to the same
place. He cannot stand it any longer.
Some Sunday night as.'they sit in church
side by side the floods of his soul break
forth. He wants to pray, but does not
know how. He hides his face, lest some
of his worldly friends see him, but God's
spirit arouses him, melts him, overwhelms
him. And they go home?husband
and wjfa?in silence, until they
get to their room, when he cries out,
"Oh, pray for me!" And they kneel
down. They cannot sppak. The words
will not come. But God does not want
on-rr rrrnyna tta innva hrtbti flnrl flnswfirft
sob and groan and outgushing tender- i
ness. That night they do not sleep any
for talking of all the years wasted and of
that Saviour who ceased not to call. Before
morning they have laid their plans
for a newlife. Morning comes. Father
and mother descend from the bedroom.
The children do not know what is the
matter. They never saw father with a
Bible in hia hand before. He says,
"Come, children, I want you all to sit
down while we read and pray." The
children look at each other and are almost
disposed to laugh, but they see
their parents are in deep earnest. It ia
a short chapter that the father nad3
Ee is a good reader at other times, but
now he does not get on much. He sses
so much to linger. His voice trembles.
Eyerytingis so strangely new to him.
They kneel?that is, the father and mother
do, but t he children come down one
by one. They do not know that they
mu3t. It. is some time before they all
get down. The sentences, are broken.
JL iiC jJUIcOCO aL^ Ck HUblV? uu^LCiuiiui?vivHA?
The prayer begins abruptly and ends ab i
ruptly; but, as far as I can understand i
what they mean, it is about this: uO i
Saviour help us! We do aot know how i
to pray. Teach us. We cannot live !
any longer in the way we have been li7 ing.
We start today for heaven. Help
U3 to take these cnildren along with us. i
Forgive us lor all the past. Strengthen '
us for all the future. And when the jour j
ney is over take us where Jesu3 is and i
where the little babe is that we lost. '
Amen!" It ended very abruptly, but
the angels came out and leaned ao far
over to iisten they would have fallen off i
the battlement but for a stroke of their
wings, and cried: "Hark, hark! Bahold,
he prays!"
That night there is a rap at the bed~
~ J*'*" llTI7V./\ i ft 4- aOJ) f
rUULLi UWli IV UU iO bueo uuu
farlher. It is the oldest chiid. "What ,
is the mattei? Are you sick?" "Xo; I
want to be saved." Only a little while,
1 anil all three children are brought into
the kingdom of God. And there is great i
. joy in the hous3. Years pa3S on. The
telegraph goes click, click! What is the
news ilying over the country? "Couie :
home. Father is dying!" The children
? all gather. Some come in on the last train
Home tco late for the train, take a car
j-iage across ibc country. They stand
around the dying bsd of the father. The
oldest son upholds the mother, and
saY3: "Doa't cry, mother I will take
care of vou." Tne parting bles?ing is
given. X) long admonition, tor he has,
through years, been saying to his children
all he bad to say to them. It is a
plain "goodby," and the remark, t;I
know ycu will all bs kind to your mother,"
and all i3 over.
Life's duty don9, as sinks the clay.
Light from its load, the spirit flies,
While heaven and earth combine to say,
Ho w bless'd the righteous when he dies.
A whole lamilv saved forever! If the
deluge com5 they are all in the ark?father,
mother, sons, daughter. Together
on earth, tozether in heaven. What
makes it so? Explain it. Z iccheus one
dty took J63U? home with htm. Taat Is
all. Silva-ion came to that hou 53.
What sound is it I hear tonight? It is
Jesas knocking at the d:>$r ot your hou3e.
Behold a stranger at the door!
He gently knocks, has knocked before.
If ycu looked out of your window and
saw me going up your front step3, you
would not wait, but go yourself to open
the door. Will you keep Jesu3 stand'
iag on the outside, his locks wet with
tne aews 01 tae aigavr xms aay 13 svvation
corns to thy hou^e. Tha great want
of your house 13 not a new carpet or costlier
pictures or richer furniture?it is
Jesus!
Up to 40 years men work themselves;
after that, for their chailderu. 3bw,
what do you propose to leave them.
Nothing but doilarc? Alas, what an inheritance
It 13 likely to bs a curse than
a blessing. Your own common sense
and observation tell you that money,
without the divine blessing, is a curse.
Y011 must soon leavs voar children.
Y"our shoulders are no!; so strong as they
were, and you know that they will soon
have to carry their own burdens. Your
ayesight i3 not so clear a3 once.
They will soon have to pick out their
own way. Your arm is not so mighty
is once. Tney will soon hava to fight
Lheir own battles. Oh, let it not ba told
jti '"nd?oa?nt dav that vou letvour tami
[y start without tha only safescuard? the
religion of Christ! Griva yourself no re3l
mtU your children are the sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty. Your
son does ju?t a3 you do. He trios to walk
.ike you and to talk like you. Tha daujh;er
imitates tha mother. Alas, if fitter
md mother m:s3 heaven, the children
will 0:i, let Jesus comi into your house!
Do not bolt the hall door, the parlor
loor or the kitchen door or tha bedroom
Joor against him. Above all, do not
jolt your heart.
Build your altar tonight. Take the
amily Bible lying on the parlor table.
Jail together as many of family as may
36 awake. Raad a chapter, and then, if
?ou can think of nothing else be3ide3 the
Lord's Prayer, say that. That will do.
leaven will have begua in your house,
if on can put your head on your pillow,
eeling that, whether you wake up in this
vorld or the next, all is well. Ia that
jreat, pondarou? book of the judgment,
#*11 fha Irv> Hon f
"'UCIO ttlO 1CWVLUOU Ckl*- bug
s vents ot the earth, you will raa<] at last
ihe statement that this was the day
vhen salvation came iato your houje,
3b, Z iccheus, come down, coma down!
resusi3 pa3siag bj!
A COWARDLY SHOOTINGN?wjbay
Dangerously Shot by
Some Tough.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 27.?Julius
r. Henry, a Union Hews boy, whose
iorae is at Seneca, was shot and danger)U3ly
wounded near the TJaioa Dapot
jrestsrday morning. The shooting was
brutal and uncalled for and if the guilty
nan is found the law ought to deaf with
aim severely.
About 11 o'clock in the morning an
fxcursion train trom Greenwood and
points between here and there arrived
n the city on its way to Charleston. It
vas sidetracked just E ist of the depot to
iwait the arrival of the train on lha
cb Carolina Roa3 before leaving the
iity. There were about 200 people on
;he train, all from the small to r as this
side of Greenwood. A good manv of
;hem were tough customers and liqior
svas plentiful.
Henry, who is about 17 years oid, and
ivho wanted to earn some money for
iimself, secured a basket of fruit from
;he News Company aud went into one
3f the excursion cars to sell it, not thinkng
that there would be any trouble. It
jeems that a man named John R. Skurry
trom Chppell's, had bought the privilege
to sell fruits and refreshments on the
train and he was angered at the boy
pelting on the car. He abu3ed Henry
md stood in the doorway to prevent the
boy getting out, saying that he was gong
to take Henry on to Charleston,
rhe train started to move. Hanry
pushed through the doorway and attainted
to set off the car. Skurry
called to those standing aroaad to help
;hemselves to the fruit in the basket.
Part of the crowd tried to get some
)f the fruit and the boy grabbed at the
iat of a man. Henry got off the trian
ill right, although Skurrv pulled a pis;ol
and tried to shoot the boy, but was
prevented from doing so. Henry walked
iway and was going arouid the end ol
i cir when he was fired at from the platform
of a car, a distance of about a car
ength. The ball entered the left cheekbone,
and lodged above the roof oftin
nouth, between the nostrils.
The foregoing is the atorv told by
Eeriry and is corroborated by several
witnesses to the affair.
Henry was then taken to the office of
Dr. A. B. Kuowiton, on Gervais street,
rnd was attended to. The bullet was
probed for and was located and extracted
hv TV. TCnnwlton and Dr. T. B.
livens. .Dr, Kaowlton says he cannot
jay what will be the result of the wound
is infUmmation may ensue.
Policemen Bolton anet Steele arrested
a young white man named T. A.
Larson, who is trom Edgefield County,
ilong the line of the Columbia and
Greenville Road. Carson was pointed
)ut by several men as the man who did
the shooting. It is said that as soon as
be fired the shot he ran back into the
;ar and disposed of his pi3tol. No
weapon was "found on him when arrested.
Larson would not talk to a reporter,
but it is stated that he denies doing the
jhooting. ke is a young man about 22
omar soma nf his friends staved in the
;ity with him try to procure bail. Carson
was taken before Trial Justice Stack
and was committed to jail, without being
allowed bond, to await the result of
Henry's wouads.
The shooting was cowardly. The
ball wentstaright Into the left cheek,
3bowing that the boy was not watching
the wouldbe assassi when the shot was
Sred. Several men on the train threatended
to shoot Henry if they had pistol?.
The boy may have been impertinent,
but there is no evidence that he even attempted
to defend himselt when he got
off the car before he was shot. While he
was getting off several men kicked him.
Henry saw the man who shot him and
the description he save of the person
tallies with that of Carson. Henry was
too badly wounded to attend the Trial
Justice Court. Two or three witnesses
will swear that Carson did the shooting.
TT?nrw <s?v? f-.hnf. Skurrv did not do it.
bat Skurry may be arrested when he
come3 back through here.
Since the foregoing was written Justice
Stack has granted bail to Carson
in the sum of $500 and it was furnished,
the bond being signed by three*responsible
men.?Register.
i
HILL AND LOCKWOOD
NEW YORK'S DEMOCRATIC GUBER
NATGRIAL TEAM.
The NoDilQatloi: Koicd on Senator Sin.
A powflifal T.'cket, Heine Combination
ol the TwcGre%t State Factions.
Saratoga, 2s. Y., Sept. 26.?Half an
hour before noon preparations of the
old rink building for the use of the
Democratic convention was finished.
The seats were chairs borrowed from
the hotels, and a good sized platform
was erected and telegraph wires run
into a score of instruments. A st<? it
railing enclosed a square space in the
centre of tha hall, waere the delegates
sat, and chairs outside of that were occupied
by contesting delegates and entnusiastic
Democrats who were on the
scene to shout for the nominees and to
applaud the orators of the occasion. A
band to the right of the platform alternated
with one on the left and kept the
erotfdlngood humor while it waited
for the proceedings to begin. The hall
with its ' <ar timbers overhead and
barn-like appearanee, presented quite
a contrast to the new convention hall
in which the Unitarians held swav. Th*
facilities for work were very good however,
when the haste with which the
arrangements were made is considered.
The ventilation was poor and delegates
andshouters were requested to extinguish
their cigars.
Governor Hill called the convention
to order at 1:50. The committee on
contested seats decided in favor of all
sitting delegates, except in Moaroa
county, where a reorganization 13 ordered.
The Shepardites of Brooklyn
left the hall when the report of the
committee on contested seats was r?ad.
The Fairchild Democrats from New
York also left the hall upon the adoption
of the report excluding them from
recognition. "Col. Brown, chairman of
fha r>nm miff-oa nn na?mjianf Armani? a.
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tion, reported in favor of continuiag
the temporary ors:anlz ttion. Thi3 was
adopted and Senator Hill remained
chairman of the convention. Lieutenant
Governor Sheenan, of Ecie. reported
the platform and it was adopted.
The convention then resolved to proceed
with nominations.
Senator Hill said: "rhi3 place looks
a little more Democratic than the one
we occupied yesterday. It is more like
the Jeffersonian Democracy in its simplicity,
and I have only to suggest that
la tuis place were nominated two Democratic
governors, who were elected."
The chairman then recognized Gaylen
R.Hitt of Albany, who, in an eloquent
speech, placed in nomination for Governor,
John Boyd Tbatcher of Albany.
When Mr. Hitt had finished, Eidyn
Reynolds of Alieghaney rose and said:
"The united delegation of Alieghaney
county desire3 to place in nomination
their first and only choice, David B.
Hill."
inai was au ne naa to say. ice
crowd went wiM with enthusiasm.
Men stood ou their seats and waved
their hata for three minutes. Senator
Hill pounded with his gavel. Finally,
Col. Fellows, of New York, arose and
the crowd, thinking that he would say,
something about Hill, subsided.
Senator Hill then, asking the indulgence
of Col. Fellows, said: "I am
grateful to the Democrats of the Empire
State for the courtesy and kindness
of the past, but I must say to you
I cannot be your candidate a^ain for
Governor."
Col. Fellows then moved that the
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was proceeded with. Livingston and
Montgomery named Hill amid cheer3.
Senator Gnyrose when New York was
called, and, standing on a chair, said:
"Mr. Chairman, I rise to perform a
duty which 1 have waited for scm3
older Democrat from this county to
perform. I am about to name for Governor
a man, the mention of whose
name warms the heart of every true
Democrat. He must be oar candidate.
He is the only man with whom we are
beforehand sure of winning. He is the
chief Democrat in our ranks. He must ;
sink his personal views and again become
our standard bearer. We need
his services now and we must demand
that he giye them to us and consent
to lead us on to victory. The situation
is grave. The only thing for thi3 :
convention to do is to assert that we
know the meaning of the term 'I am a
Democrat,' and knowing should pro- 1
ceed to nominate that prlace of leaders,
who presides over our deliberations.
He has told you that he cannot i
accept our nominasion. Bat I tell you,
gentlemen, we owe a courtesy to the
Democracy of the State, which Is
uiguec mail mu cuuxLtrsy wuiuu wcu*vc
to him. 1 nominate the one man who
typifies what Democracy typifies. X
present the name of the cnief exponent
of Democratic principles in oar party? 1
David B. Hill." (Cheers and wild enthusiasm.)
After Senator Guy bad finished,
Bourke Cockran of New York arose,
and, climbing over the reporters' table
to the platform, said in part: "When i
the life of a nation is at stake and the
laws which govern its existence fail to
control its destinies the supreme will
of the people is the only resort. At J
3uch time the right of revolution is invoked.
Such a time has now come to
us. For the first time since the senior
Senator directed the affairs of the
Democratic party o? thi3 State. I am
in revolt against his ruling. I urge
upon him his sense of duty to bis party
and place his name in nomination
against his own desires.
"There comes a time in the history ot
every man when opportunities arise
which summon him to positions outside
of his own desires. We are in a
situation to meet, which requires the
most trusted leaders of the Democratic
party or we cannot go on to victory.
We are confronted with a paraiysis of
industries due to the operation of: Republican
tariff and financial legislation.
It is our duty to prove to the people
that the misfortune which has overtaken
the country is due to Republican
misrule, and that prosperity can be
restored by following our lead and placing
our candidates in power. We must
not take the risk of feeling, 2nd no
man who has lead us as our presiding
officer has lead us will allow us to go
fnrfh crithnnt. thA insnirirnr influence
of his leadership. (Cheers.) By all the
ties that have bound him in tbe past;
by his hopes of the f utnre; by his duty
to his country, I demand that he lead
us, and I now name him for Governor."
Mr. Cochran then put tbe question to
the convention: Will you make the
nomination unanim dus ?
Every one in the hall, delegates,
spectators and all yelled "aye." Turning
to Senator Hill, Mr. Cochran tben
said: "Senator "Hill we summon you
to your duty."
Col. William L Brown also spoke,
seconding the nomination of Senator
Hill for New York county. Half a
dozen delegates moved to susDend the
roll call for nominations, but" Senator
Hill quickly remarked that he had
some experience with legislative bodies
4-V.a wloo foooomhlt? nn^or
Cfci-LU. L1AO JL U.XVO \J L. uuu uuwvuivi; uuvtv^
which the convention was acting
would not permit the suspensian of
roll call, and directed the secretary to
proceed. The counties of Oneida, Orange,
Oswego, Qaeen, Rockland, St.
Lawrance, Schoharie, Sseubec, SaffJlk,
Tompkins, Wayne, We3t Chester ana
Yates, all seconded Mr. Hill's nomination.
Hitt, of Albany, withdrew, the name
of Thatcher and Senator Canton moved
that Hill be nominated by acclamation
A storm of ayes shook the rafters and
there were no nays- Secretary DeForest
declared Hill nominated, but Hill
riPAlarart rhe nrnr.eefJlnzs ont of order
and the roll call of counties was proceeded
with. The yote was unanimous
for Hill. Another noisy outbreack occurred.
Wiien order was restored, Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan nominated Daniel
N. Lockwook, of Buffalo, for-Lieuten
r
*
ant Governor ard he was nominated by
acclamation.
In a similar manner, Judge Gaynor
was chosen as candidate for Judge of
the Court of Appeals. The routine
business of the convention was auickly
disposed of and at 3:45 the convention
adjourned sine die.
THE INDUS TRIAL SOUTH.
Over Flye Hundred New Companies In
Three Months.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Seel. 27.?
Tbe Tradesman in it3 quarterly report
(or the three months en dins; September
30, 1894. ot the new indarstnes established
iu the Southern Slates, reports
520 industries incorporated and orgamz ^d
| la the South in the period named asrainst
! 454 in the third qaarter of 1893. 597 in
ihe third quarter of 1S02. and 759 in the
Lhird ouarter of 1891. Shows, says the
Trades, lan, thit the worst period of the
depre<? on occurred in the summer of
1893, aad that there has baen a distinct
recovery, which is dauy becommg more
marked^ Iu tbe aggregate of new industries
in the qaarter ju*t endsd, Tex*s
leads with 64, Georgia is second with 55,
North Carolina third with 47, Virginia,
45, Alabama and Florida each 44, Tennessee
42, Arkansas 33, Louisiana 36,
Kentucky and We3t Virginia each 32,
Mississippi 24, South Carolina 17.
The most noticeable feature of the
compilation, says the Tradesman, is the
falling oft in companies of a speculative
nature, and the steady increase iu industries
of a more useful character.. In the
third quarter of 1891 there were 60 land
companies organlzad, again3t ouly 13
in the pastj'quarter. Daring the three
months tbe new phosephate industry in
the South was increased by 12 companies
7 in Florida, 2 in Tennessee, 2 in Georgia
and 1 in Virginia. Twenty-nine mining
companies were organized. O ie hun*
dred and twency-niue saw and planing
mms, D)x lactones aaa oiner wooa
working plants were organized in the
three months, Alabama leading with IS,
Arkansas 16, Florida 15. Tennessee 13,
Mississippi 10. Fortythree flour and grist
inilis were established, North Carolina
leading with 10, Kentucky and Texa3 '3
each. Tennessee and Alabama 4 each
and the balance about equally distributed.
Tae Tradesman calls especial attention
to the substantial process in the
cotton mill industry in the South in the
past quarter, and reports 39 new establishments
azamst 22 in the correspendlag
period of 1893. Georgia holds the
llat with 9, North Carolina ha3 7, South
Carolina 5, Alabama and Texas 4 eacb.,
Tennessee Z, Florida, Louisiana 2 eacb.
Arkansas, Kentucky and Virginia 1
each. There were 28 new electric Hgbt
plants established, agaia3t 17 for the
same period of 1893 and were equally
distributed over the S)uth; 33 water
works company were formed, against
27 io the same period last year; 2i fouadries
and machine shop3 were established
in the three months; 13 cotton oil
mills, 10 canning factories, 6 barrel factories,
8 brick and tile works and two
bla3t turnaace companies were formed
notwithstanding the dullness in icon, besides
74 miscellaneous industries.
The Tradesman adds tbat reports from
all sections ot the South point to a substantial
revival in manufacturing industries,
enlargement of old plants and a
very marked increase in orders.
another review.
Baltimore, Sept. 27.?'Tie Manufacturers'
Record in its weekly review of
ihe industrial and railroad interests of
the South save:
Among the operation of Northern
capitalists in the South reported during
the week are the purchase of an important
Florida railroad and 100,000 acres
of adjacent land byNswNork people;
Southern men have purchased large
tracts ofland in Tennessee and West
Virginia for mining purposes, and New
York lumber mea have organized a
$600,000 company and purchased 75,000
acres of land in WesternNorth Carolina.
New railroads include twenty miles m
North Carolina, twenty-live mile3 in
Kentucky and forty-fire miles in Virginia.
The Increased interest in immigration
is shown by the formation of
several immigration companies, A
New Eaglana cotton mill company has
decided to build a $000,000 mill in
Georgia; another company is now lookinor
for a site for a mill of abouS the
?_J
same co3t. Savera! Western banksrs
are looking for good locations for four or
five banks in the South.
Among the industrial enterprises reported
for the week are $100,000 iron
work3, $250,000 invastmsnt cDmpany,
$20,000 wire work3, knitting mill, machine
shops, water works, tope factory,
$10,000 shoe company, tile works, etc.,
in Georgia; $25,000 colonization company,
large planing mills, barrel factory,
lumber mills, gas worke, furnaces resuming,
water works, telephone system,
cannery, etc., in Virginia; 150,000
bushel srain elevator, extensive coal developments,
large marble mill in Tennessee;
$10,000 publishing company, $60,
UUU improvement company, uew uumu
mill to replace one burned, $50,000 importing
company, lumber mill, brick
works, electric light piant in South Carolina;
coal mines, saw mills, cannery in
Alabama; ice plant, saw mill, electric
light plant, planing mill, marine railway,
waterworks m Florida; 1000 barrel
flour mill, $60,000 manufacturing
company in North Carolina. Among
the new buildings announced ars two
hotels in Florida, $30,000 freight sheds
in Virginia, $60,000 company to build a
hniftl in Sonth Carolina, new depots.
bank buildings and others.
Murderer Arrested.
Atlanta, Sapt. 21.?Will Meyers'
arrest has been accomplished, and an
officer of the law is now on his way from
Cincinnati, bringing the fugitive bick to
the scene of the late tragedy, where
Forest L. Crowley met his death in a
lonely 8pot. near this city, at the hands
of unknown parties, the circumstances
surrouading which strongly point to the
fugitive as principal in the bloody affair.
The story of the arrest of Meyers is told
in the following special from Cincinnati
to The Constitution, received since midnight:
William Meyers, charged with
the murder of Forest L. Crowley, the
nraaHhtr atrvlrmnn at. Atlanta, was ar
rested here at 1 o'clock. The police
found Meyers at the Indiana hou3e, on
Fifth street, between Elm and Racs,
with $25 on his person. He is held for
the Atlanta authorities. Meyers had his
hair dyed in Covington bafore crossing
to Cincinnati. Ha admits knowing all
about the murder, but further than to
deny his own guilt, he refuses to talk.
He has consented to go back to Atlanta
without requisition papers.
Cocfi'cited the Vessel.
Columbia, S. C., Sspt. 24.?A report
to headquarters in this city tells of
the capture at Baaufort of a sailing vessel
"The City ot Beaufort," which was
loaded with a cargo of about twenty barrels
of baer. Not only the beer, but also
the vessei lias D3en connacaiea Dy me
State authorities and the whole outfit
bas been advertised for sals. This is
the first attempt to confiscate a vessel
under the 1893 dispensary law. The
law as it stands gives the State the right
to make suih a confiscation.
The constaoles at Florence hava made
a peculiar haul also. It was a haul of
three barrels of export beer in bottlas.
The beer was shipped from a brewery in
Wilmington, N. C-, and is named
".Butler's Choice Export Beer." O-i
the label is the picture of a beautiful
tiger with one eye knocked oat. It was
evidently intended to be symbolical ana
certainly is.?State.
i wiimiinrit imii 11 ?>i?ii?m ?i i
how they fight in the east.
The Chinese ?cd J^paue^e Ve?8fli Cirel.d j
arOQDU jr.* tcu v ixv*~,
London, s-p'. 27 ?The Tiairs tomorrow
morning will pa'jLsi a dls- (
patch from its correspondent at Che
Foo, who sends an account of the naval
battle at Yalu furnished by a naval of- i
licer who was present. The account is ;
mainly a repetition of previous reports, ,
but adds that concussion of the first
discharge of the guns of the Ting Yuen
threw everybody off the bridge of the
ship. The Japenese ships appeared in ,
column of divisions, the lines ahead oi' .
the divisions teing disposed abeam. .
Coming closer they tried to form a line ,
abreast.
The Chinese ships started in sections ^
line abreast at a rate of seven knots an ,
hour. As they cam6 nearer the Japanese
appeared to form in quarter line, ,
to which'the Chinese repl-iea by turning '
two points to the starboard, thus keep- .
ing their bows toward the enemy. Ap- ,
proacning within 4,400 yards the whole ,
Japanese fleet seemed to turn eight ^
points to port, thereby forming a single' j
line ahead and, steaming across the >
Chinese line, turned its starbord wing. .
The Chinese were unable to keep j
pace with the enemy and endeavored ,
U> ionuw uieu uiuveujt?uu? uy ^
bow on them as the Japanese ships,
circled arouod, maintaining the whiie t
a heavy bombardment. The Japanese
fleet that kept in the thick of the fi*nt
consisted of six ships of the Yaen
class.
Tne Japanese ship3, having completed
one circle hauled off to a distance
of eight hundred yards and went
througb an evolution with the object t
of separating into two divisions, the ?
firs'; consisting of seven of their bpst I
known and swifest cruisers and the j
second of five inferior ships, which g
stood off some distance. The battle ,
thus arranged itself into two groups, t
four Chinese cruisers becoming en- ^
gaged with the second division, while c
two ironclad3, the Chen Yuen and Ting .
Yuen, attacked the first dlvison. ^
The fighting in the second divison .
was irregular and difficult to follow. It t
ended ia the Japanese disappearing in j
riin of Uai VAnnnp Tar 'T'na
ViUV Uil^UUiVU VI. ULMV x VUUJ^ JLCOL. 4UV ^
first Japanese divlson carried on the c
fight with the ironclads by circling c
round at a distance of 4,500 yards. *
The Chen Yuen and Ting Yuen kept g
together, following the enemy's move- d
ments in a smiUer circle, the wiiole t
evolution taking a spiral form. Oxa- 3
sionallythe distance between the op- j
posing ships was reduced to 2,000 yards, c
and once to 1,200 yards. !?
The Japanese aimed at keeping a Ion?
distance away so as to avail themselves ^
of their superior speed and make tbe e
most of their qaick flcln* guns, which a
vastly exceiled the Chinese ?uns. j.
The obiact of the Chinese wss to come <;
to close quarters so as to use their slow
firing guns of large calibre with f ull ef- s
feet. d
The firiog continued between the y
Chinese iron clad3 and the Japanese 1st >
am rtwf il nrtft*1n a'aI aaV in f of.
ui viaiuu uuun ucALijr o u uui;a m tuc ar g?
ternoon. Tiie quick firing guns gave r(
the latter an immense advantage scat- f,
tering showers of splinters, occasional- 3
ly setting the Chinese ships on fire and a
riddling everything that was not protec
ted by armor. is
Daring the action one of ths smaller
Jananese ships was seen with her pro- ?
peller out of water and her bow nearly Q
under. Another was seen to be on fire n
enveloped in fiamss and apparently n
sinking. h
The Yashino and Matsushima were ^
burning fiercely, the former, after re- 5
ceiving two shots each from the Ting S]
Yuen and Chen Yuen, was enveloped 1
inaclond of white scnoke, which lay ^
heavily on the water and completely g
covered the ships. d
The Chiaese vessels waited for the q,
clouds to clear and got their port guns t
ready, but before the Yoshino got visibla
their fire" was diverted by a Japa- a
nese vessel of the Matsushima type, a,
which came ou at a distance of 2,200
yards on the port quarter. The guns w
that were laid for the Josninc were p
fired at trie new comer, with the result Q;
that she began to return. Whether C(
these three JaDanese ships received jr
mortal injury is "uncertain.
In the latter part of the battle the w
Chinese ironclads ran short of common p
shell and continued the action with K
steel shot. This was effective as the sc
Japanese vessels had no armor. The w
two ironclads fired one hundred and w
ninety-seven rounds with twelve-inch
guns, and two hundred and sixty-three C(
rounds with six-lncti guns.
About 4 o'clock the Ting Yuen was 3t
badly on fire forward, the smoke imped- w
ing the working of tne fore turret. Ba- ia
fore 5 o'clock the Japanese had ceased h;
firing and the distance between the w
fleets was raDidly increasing. C?
In regard to t&e conclusions to be
drawn from the battle it; may be said
.the Cainese battle ships proved formi- is
dable. The Chinese ironclads stood 0c
tbe battering of the heavy,quick-firing ft
anna admirahlv. Their UDoar struct - I AV
ure were severely damaged bat not a &
shot penetrated a vital part. r
A bullet protection of the twelve inch tt
guns was most effective, very fe w men fC
being wounded within the barbettes. w
The barbette turrets were as intact af- te
ter the action as before. This fact, ia
however, coupled with the fact that pi
the six inch guns at both ends of the &
ships which weie only slightly protected
were also undamaged, seems to indicate
that the destructive effect was
due to the enormous number of project- M
Ues from the quick firing, guns rather
than to tDe skilled direction of the fj
shots. rJ
The mat oe avers of-the Japanese first e3
divisions excited great admiration. ?1
Taking advantage of their speed and tc
the long range of their guns, they always
kept at the distance that suited e
them, maintaining perfect order
throughout the fight, attempting noth- ai
ing sensational and never coming &
within destructive range of the heavi- . jj
est guns. ^
lj
An Important Decision, g
Judge Townsend made a most impor- b
tant order Thursday at Florence, or.e tl
will havfl a most decided effect ^
- x
upon the public scnool system of South C]
Carolina. Briefly stated the case is as f<
follows: The School Commissioner of n
Florence County refused to tarn over ?
to the trustees of the Florence Graded a;
School any portion of th8 constitution- ir
al two mills tax collected in Florence tl
County. The trustees brought suit to a
have him compelled to turn over to a
them a certain portion' of the money st
collected in Florence County under the oi
two mills school tax, such as they had el
received In previous years. The defense p]
not nn hv thfl Sf?hnnl nnmmissioner for n;
not giving any money to the aforesaid d<
trustees was that the graded school t
made charge for tuition and was' not ca
therefore a free school, and was not en- ie
titled to any portion of the constitu- p tional
two mills tax, which is levied for oi
the free public schools. The trustees h;
attempted to refute the allegation that w
they charged for tuition in the graded fc
school. J udge Townsend held that it tc
did not matter whether they did or did cc
not charge, for their charter gave them m
the right to charge for tuition and tt
therefore their school was not a free B
public school in law, and wasnotenti- sc
tied to any of the proceeds of the school tt
tax. In commenting on Judge Town* ai
send's order the Columbia Register very si
iruiy says it is a very miereauiJK cuuu- bi.
ciation of a legal principle and It will pi
have a farre3ching effect as many of m
the graded schools of the State, make
charge for tuition or are authorized by
their charters to make such charge, and
tey receive part of the two mills tax tt
collected in their counties. It is likely K
that an appeal from J udge Townsend's ct
decision will be taken to the Supreme w
Court; if that tribunal sustains his de- pi
cisioa, quite a aumoer 01 graaeu uu
schools will have to mak8 their tuitioa in
free of charge or else do without any to
share of the two mills tax. tt
^ " i
II?IIIIIIM II ! !? II 11 lllllll III I "I ! Ill I Ullll
THE HURRICANE.
Sc-me Done Ti :he SsacossS
CitifB.
Jacksonville, Fia., Sapi. 26.?The
expected hurricane from the West
Indies struck Jacksonville, Fla., to-dav
it, 11 A. M., with the wind blowing: at
a velocity of fortv-six miles per hour
snd rain pouring down in torrents.
Business Is absolutely paraljzsd.
The Everett Hotel the largest in the
city, is unroofad and fl ocded with water
rhe unfinished union d^oot is blown
iown, with a loss of 620,000, and a
lumber of people are injared, but none
rilled. There is no communication
from South Florida, but it is expected
;nat many Indian River orange grow;rs
are totally ruined and orange crops
ire damaged incalculably. The streets
)f this city are flooded; the river is
;hree feet above the normal. The
ivind at the mouth.of the river record?d
sixty miles an hour. Mayport, at
t3 mouth, is flooded and several houses
nundated. No persons lost their
ives there. Two houses In Jacksonville
were blown down, but no persons
siiled. No trains are arriving and departing
from Jacksonville. Msny large
washouts are being reported.
Sivaww att li-a. ?pnt\ ?The
ropical cyclone which has been approtching
Savannah for the last two days
aged here all day and last night. The
yind reached a maximum velocity of
lixty miles an hour. At Tybee it blew
jighty-eight miles an nour. The storm
teems to nave split somewhere south
>f here, and the centre passed east to
;he Gulf Stream. The damage in this
section cannot be estimated with any
iccuracv. Grave apprehensions are
:elc for "the rice crop. The crop is cut
md stacked and the principal damage
yill be by the scaterin? of stacks caused
)v the overflows of the plantations.
rVhether they have been overflowed
:annot jet be learned, No trains have
)aased north on the Florida and Westirn
Riilroad sixty miles south of Sarannah
has caused a suspension of
ravel on that road. No vessels have
eft port in the last two davs. The
hipping in the harbor has been tried
ip and so far no damage has been retorted
to shipping interests.
At Tybee the wind ranges a3 high as
eventy miles an hour. At low tide tolay
the water there was higher than
he usual highest tide. The ocean Is
teadiiy encroaching on the island, and
t is thought that by night it will be
ompletely submerged. Those on tiro"
sland will have to tafce refuge in the
ight house and Martello tower. The
lOtels and cottaajes appear to be doomd.
The wind in Savannah now runs
s hieh as forty-five miles and is steadiy
increasing in velocity. The outlook
j very Dad.
Savannah, September 27.?The
torm has blown over and very little
amage has been done. Few houses
rare unroorea or trees digwo. auwu.
TolDjary was done to the quarantine
tatton. Probably a tew miles of raiload
were washed up near Tybee. No
ears are felt for the Baltimore or New
fork shlp3 due tonight or tomorrow
s the wind veered at the last moment.
To reports of loss of life from the sea
3lands although the crops are da aiaged.
Charleston, Sept. 26.?The West
ndies cyclone struck this city this
lorniQg and has raged all day. The
laximum velocity of the wind up to
ndnight has been forty eight miles an
our, except at times when it was as
igh as 55 or 60. As far as is known,
ut1' little damage has been done to the
lipping in port or the city proper,
'he storm tide wa3 only three and a
aif feet against twelve feet in the Auust
cyclone of 1893. The most serious
amage, however, is feared in the rice
elds and to tbe Sea Island cotton crop,
'he indications are that the city will
et through the night without serious
amage. The electric lights are out
Dd the telephone wires disabled.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept 26. ?A
ind storm with continuous rain now
re vails. Thus far no serious res nits
ave been reported. Indications point
) a heavy storm during tne mgQt or
1 the early morning.
Beaufort, Sept. 27.?The seething
-aters of the bay in front of the town
resented last evening a most terrifyig
prospect as compared with the
jenes of last August's cyclone. As the
ind 3cudded upon the surtace there
ouid be rifts that mounted high in the
x in spray. The marshes were all
>vere$i, and it looked like one vast sea
at ween Beaufort and the surrounding
lores down to Port Royal. Had the
ind shifted to the southeast, as it did
st time, 103s of life would doubtless
ive UU UO ICUVUUWU 1U wc oca loiauuo
hich as far as beard from have esiped
with little damage.
As far as ascertained no-great damage \
as been done to tbe cotton crop on tbe >
lands beyond wbat woald necessarily <
:cur daring the prevalence of such a >
lrions wind and rain storm upon the
jen bolls in the fields. Tue rice crops :
it ween this place aad Yemasee are. |
sported unhurt, and it is safe to say j
tat no great disaster may be looked j
>r, either upon laod or surrounding ,
aters, thanks to our indefatigable :
ilegraph operator, Mis3 Lizzie Poal- j
in, who took the liveliest interest and !
ains to send notes of warning in every j
irection. j
Another Money Crop,
If our people will use onions why not
Lise them ? There is no excuse whatrer
for this country importing onions
om other countries when they can be
lised in abundance and of tbe most
cceilent qualify in a score or more of
;ates in tnis Union. Calling attention
> this matter The New York Sun says:
STet here we go along, enriching the
gyptians and other foreigners by buylg
their onions at high prices. Look
w . 1X7A Worr J 4-K^a rrooT?
J QUILLC UftULCO. TT C uarc uuu gw
t.000 large bags of onions from old
gypt, the ancient inhabitants of which
rorshipped the onion?and very proper\
too, we say; 12,0CX) of them from
[avana, 131,000 crates of them from
lermuda, besides more of the Spanish
lan we can tell of, because the importig
season for them has just begun,
he Spanish sell for a dollar or more a
rate, a good deal more at retail. These
jreign onions cost us millions of
toney, which ought to tie Kept for
ome circulation." Here is a pointer
)r our farmera. We have seen as Qne
ad as perfect onions raised right here
i Orangeburg County as ever delighted
le palate of a Spanish epicure. The
.ugusta Chronicle in discussing this
latter says <:lf the American crop is so
lort as to require tne importation of
lions from Cuba, Spain, Egypt and
sewhere, why may not some enterrising
farmer in this section plant a
amber of acres and help to supply she
emand. Let him, however, before ensriug
in the business on a large scale
lake his arrangements with some dear
for handling his crop. It 'is folly to
roduce a big crop of any product withlt
making arrangements for its rapid
indling by dealers who are faaiiliar
*- ? o? HH/v AMAomh AniAno
JLtil luruciur. xv iaiou cuvu^u vuiviio
>r the city of New York, and expect
> dispose of them in the ordinary
rnrse of the market is absurd, and
.en who have no more practical ideas
tan that will of course lose money. 1
at any farmer who will furnish to w
ime commission dealer a sample of le
onions he can raise, and then make
rangements through him for the
lipping of his'crop as soon as made to
>me wbqlesate dealer, will find it a
:ofitable crop provided he gets it to
arket in season."
Barned tbe Patients.
Warsaw, Sep;. 25 ?Sixty houses in
te city of lilaski in the district . of
altsb. Russian Poland, where the
iclera is making fearful ravages,
ere set on fire last night and comatalc
HixstrrtcpH A nnmhpp r?f in.
uvw?v;vv. " ?,
ates of these houses who were sufferig
from the dread disease and were
to weak to make auy effort to save
temselves were burned to death.
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Appomattox or Sarreodtr*
Washington, Sjpt. 27.?The ind;g.
nation which is said to be felt in Virginia
over the change in the name ot the poetoffice
at Appomattox conrt house from
Appomattox to Surrender has not mini- a
fcsted itself ii the form of communicatirtne
m thp P.v*tnffi *a D *nirtmanL and U
the officials there are inclined to think ^
that there is nothing substantial in it.
It was said at the department today
that the new name was sag?esied by the ^
postmaster, who is a near relative of
Gauersl R">S3er, the noted Virginian,
not yet reconstructed, and other citiz 3ns
of the harolet of Appomattox court- house.
Sotae time ago, b7 reason of
the burning cf the court house and other^ j
buildings at this historic place, a station Oi
on the railroad several miles away was
designated Appomattox by the depart- ^
merit. This did not prove satisfactory
to the people, who bad been in the habit
of getting the'r mail at the old stand and
they asked that they aejain be given postal
facilities. When the qaestion of a
suitable name ;ame up, tbe department
wa3 asked to adopt tbe name of Sirrender.
Iq view of th3 fact that the petition
contained the names of some of the
most prominent people of that vicinity t
the change was made, and nothing more v"was
thought about it until the recent
clamor aross in Virginia. The chances
are that the name Surrender will stand,
unless the people of the village go back
on their former-decision and unite in a
plea for another name.?New York
Times.
. 7 ^
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v time to bay Cheap and Xas?. Six V
V Special Summer Offers'that heat the11 *
V record. .. .. V
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O Piano, $10 on Organ, balance next NSVten- <. >
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NOW IS THE TIME. W
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Lnd I_Sell the Best in the'Market^ Write
to me Before Buying.
jliiogle Machines,
Stave Machines, 2
Brick Machines, M
Planing Machines, Swing
Saws,
Band saws,
Gang Hip Saws, A
- and all kinds of
wood workisg m V;h(a3?
3rist Mills $115 to 8250. M
Saw Mills S190 to S400. J
Watertown Engines and Boilers.
Talbott Eagiaes and Boilers. A
Seed Cotton Elevators.
Cottoh Gins and Presses
HIGH and LOW GRADE.
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COLUMBIA, S.C.