The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, April 28, 1897, Image 4
A BLESSED MISTAKE, j
MARY MAGDALENE BY THE RIFLED j
SARCOPHAGUS.
Rev. Talmage Picture* the "Working Day
Christ in Common .3i>parel?The Scars
of Earth?Glorious Thoughts Inspired by I
Resurrection o" Christ. j
Washington. April IS.?This sermon of
Dr. Talmage "will set its readers to thinking
on new line.- and trill make this season of
Easter more inspiring than ever. The text J
is John sx. lo, '-She, supposing him to be j
the gardener."
Here are Mary Magdalene and Christ; just
after his resurrection. For 4,000 years a
grim and ghastly tyrant had been kiilicg I
people and dragging them into his cold pal* j
ace. He had a passion for human skulls, j
For 40 centuries he had been unhindered in 1
his vrork. He had taken down kings and
queens and conquerors and those without j
fame. In that cold palace there were shelves
of skulls, and pillars of skulls, and altars of
skulls, and even the chalices at the tabic
"were made of bleached skulls. To the skeleton
of Abel he had added the skeletnn of all
the ages, and no one had disputed his right
until one Good Friday about 1,SG7 years ago,
as near as I can calculate it, a mighty Strang-;
- * - .i? a'im: awful nalace. j
er came to tae uyui .
rolled back the door and went in, and, seizing
the tyrant, threw aim to the pavement,
and put upon the tyrant's neck the heel of
iriumph.
Then the mighty stranger, exploring all
the ghastly furniture of the place and walking
thrcugh the labyrinths, and opening ;he j
dark cellars of mystery and tarrying under 5
a roof the ribs of which were made of hu- j
man bones?tarrying for two nights and a
day, the nights very dark and the day very
dismal, he seized the two chief pillars of that
awful palace and rocked them until it began
to fall, and then laying hold of the ponder- j
ous front gate, hoisted it from its hinges and j
marched forth, crying, "I am the resurrec- j
tionThat event we celebrate this Easter j
morn, Handelian and Beethovean miracles j
of sound added to this floral decoration j
which has set the place abloom.
rt7. fnnT. things which the j
JLiiCIC ax IU1VV v.*. 0
world and the church, have not noticed in j
regard to the resurrection cf Christ. First, 1
our Lord in gardener s attire, Mary Mag- j
dalene, grief struck, stands by the rit'eu sir- i
cophagus of Christ and turns around, hop-1
ing that she can find the track of the sacrilegious
resurrectionist -who has despoiled j
the grave, and she finds some one in work- j
ing apparel come forth as if to water the J
liowers or uproot the 'weeds from the garden j
or set to reclimbing the fallen vine?some
one in -working apparel, his garment per-1
haps having the sign of the dust and the I
rtvrr. nr nr/mnntion.
Mary Magdalene, on her face the rain of a J
fresh shower of -weeping, turns to this work- [
man and charges him with the desecration J
of the tomb, when, lo! the stranger responds
flinging his whole soul into one word which
trembles with all the sweetest rhythm of
earth and heaven, saying, "Mary!" In that
peculiarity of accentuation all the incognito
fell off, and she found that instead of talking
"with an humble gardener of Asia Minor
she was talking with him who owns all the
hanging gardens of heaven. Constellations
the clusters of forgetmenots, the sunflower
the chief of all, the morning sky and midnight
auroia, flaring terraces of beauty,
blazing like a summer vail with coronation
roses and giants o? battle. Blessed and glorious
mistake of Magdalen:"She supposing
him to be the gardener." What does
that mean? It means that we have an everyday
Christ for everyday work in everyday j
appareL Not on Sabbath morning in j
our most seemly apparel are vre more at- j
tractive to Christ than we are in our every- j
day work dress, managing our merchandise, j
smiting our anvil, plowing our field, tending t
the flying shuttles, mending the garments
for our household, providing food for our
families or toiling -with weary pen or weary
pencil or weary chisel. A working day
Christ in working day apparel for us in our
every day toil. Put it into the highest strain
of this Raster anthem, "Supposing him to be
the gardener."
If Christ had appeared at d&ybre^K with
a crown upon his hoad, that would have
seemed to suggest especial sympathy for
monarchs; if Christ had appeared in chain }
of gold and with robe diamonded, that would
have seemed to be especial sympathy for the
affluent; if Christ had appeared with soldi
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er s sasn aim sworu. uangung at nib s:ue, j
thai "would have seeded to imply especial *
sympathy for -warriors: but when 1 find j
Christ in gardener's habit, with perhaps 'the |
Hakes of the earth and of the upturned soil!
upon his garments, then I spell it out that 3
he has hearty and pathetic understanding I
with everyday work and everyday anxiety j
and everyday fatigue.
Roll it down in comfort all through these I
aisles. A working day Christ in -working I
day apparel. Tell it in the darkest corridor f
of the mountain to the poor miner. Tell it [
to the factory maid in most unventilated |
establshment at Lowell or Lancaster. Tea
it to the clearcr of roughest new ground in
western wilderness. Tell it to the sewing
woman, a stitch in the side for every stitch
in the garment, some of their cruel employers
having no right io think that they will
get through the door of heaven any more
than they could through the eye of a broken
needle which has just dropped on the bare
rioor from the pricked and bleeding fingers
of the consumptive sewing girl. Away with
your talk about hypostatic union, and soteriology
of the council of Trent, and the
metaphysics of religion which would freeze
practical Christianity out of the world, but
pass along this gardener's coat to all nations
that they may touch the hem of it and feel I
the thrill of the Christlv brotherhood. Not I
supposing the man to oc Ctesar, not supposing
him to be Socrates, but "supposing him
to be the gardener."
Oh, that is what helped Joseph Wedgwood,
toiling amid the heat and the dust of the
potteries, until he could make for Queen
Charlotte the first royal table service of
English manufacture! That was what helped
James Watt, scoffed at and caricaturcd until
he could put on wheels the thunderbolt of
power which roars by day and night in every
furnace of the locomotive engines of America.
That is what helped Hugh Miller, toiling
amid the quarries of Cromarty, until every
rock became to him a volume of the world's
bioCTanhv and he found the footstens of the
w i. * ~ "JT
Creator in the old red^andstone. Oh, the
world wants a Christ for the c?ce, a Christ
for the kitchen, a Christ, for the shop, uChrist
for the banking house, a Christ for the garden,
while spading and planting and irrigating
the territory.' Oh, of course we want to
see Christ at last in royal robe and bediamonded,
a celestial equestrian mounting the
white horse, but from this Easter of IS'JT to
our last Easter on earth we most need to see
Christ as Mary Magdalene saw him at the
daybreak, "supposing him to be the gardener!"
Another thing which the church and the
world have not noticed in regard to the resurrection
of Christ is that he made his first
post mortem appearance to one who had been
the seven deviled Marv ()nr
-would have supposed lie would have made
his first posthumous appearance to a woman
who had always been Ulustrieus for goodness.
There _are saintly women who have always |
been saintly, saintly in girlhood, saintly in j
infancy, always saintly. la nearly all our j
families ;here have been saintly aunts. In j
my family circle it was saintly Aunt Phcbe. j
In yours saintly Aunt Martha ov saintly j
Aunt Ruth. One always saintly. Hut not j
so was the one spoken of in the text.
"While you are not, io confound her with j
the repentant courtesan who ha-' made her j
long locks do the work of towel at Christ's
foot washing, you are to forget that she was
exorcised of seven devils. What a capital of
demonology she must have been.' What a
chords of ail diabolism! Seven devils?iwo \
for the eves and two for the hands, and two ]
for the feet, and one for the tongue. Seven
devils. Yet all these are extirpated, and
now she is as good as once she v.-as bad, and
Christ honors her with the first phosthumous
appearance. What does that mean'.'
Why, it means for worst sinner greatest
grace. It means those lowest down shall
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v-uiuc i'craiius aiguesi up. n means in.'it tae
clock that strikes 3 2 at midnight Kay strike
12 at midnoon. It means that ;iie grace of
God is seven times stronger than sin. Mary
Magdalene the seven deviled became Mary |
Magdalene the seven angeled. It means j
that 'when the Lord meets us at last he will j
not throw up to us what we have been. All [
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he Sf.i'i to her v.-as <;Mary! ' Many people i
hnvin? met her under such circumstances j
would have said: '-Let me ^cc, how many
devils did you have? One, two, three, four,
five, sis, seven. "What a terrible piece you
were when I first met you.1' The most
of the Christian women in our <1ay would
have nothing to do with Mary Magdalene
e'*-:n after her conversion, lest somehow
they he compromised. The only
thing I have to say against women is
that they have no' enough mercy for Mary
Magdabne. Christ put all pathos, and all
reminiscences, and all anticipation, and all
pardon, and all comfort, and all heaven into
one word of four letters, "Mary!" Mark you,
t-i - i l-'Tivrt
; V^risi Q1U :;vt. w CVU'V
; he?h, or Bible Hannah, or Bible Esther, or
j Bible Deborah, or Bible Yashti, but to Mary;
i not to a Mary against 'whom nothing was
j said. not to Mary, the mother of Jesus, not
10 Mary, the mother of lames, not to Mary,
the sister of Lazarus, but to the seven deviled
Mary.
There is a man seven deviled?devil of
avarice devil of pride, devil of hate, devil of
iadoleace, devil of falsehood, devil of strong
drink, devil of impurity. God can take
them all away, 7 or 70. I rode over the j
new cantalever bridge that spans Niagara? !
-> iiviiiw 00ft Inn?. 8-jO feet of chasm !
from bluff to blulF. I passed over it without
any anxiety. Why? Because 22 locomotives
and 22 cars laden with gravel had tested
the bridge, thousands of people standing
on the Canadian side, thousands standing on
the American side to applaud the achievement.
And however long the train of our immortal
interests may he, we are to remember
that God's bridge of mercy spannning the
chasm of sin has been fully tested by the
awful tonnage of all the pardoned sin of all
the ages, church militant standing on one
bank, church triumphant standing on the other
bank. Oh.it was to the sevenjdeviled Mary
ilia: Christ made his first post mortem ap
pearance.
There is another thing that the world and I
the church have not observed in regard to J
this resurrection, and that is, it was the |
morning twilight.
If the chronometer had been invented and
Mary had as good a watch as some of the
Man-s of our time have, she wonld have
found it was about half-past 5 o'clock a. m.
Matthew says it was in the dawn. Mark
says it was at the suniising. Luke says it
was very early in the morning. John says
it was while it was yet dark. In other words,
it was twilight. That was the o'clock
at which Mary Magadalene mistook
Christ for the Oardener. What does that
mean".' H means there are shadows over the
grave unlifted, shadows of mystery that are
hovering. Mary stooped down and tried to
look to the other end of the crypt. She gave
hystcric outcry. She could not see to the
other end of the crypt.
Neither can you see to the other end of
the grave of your dead. Neither can we see J
to the other end of our own grave. Oh, if
there were shadows over the family plot belonging
to Joseph of Arimathea, is it strange
that there should be some shadows over our
fomiiv int.? Easter dawn, not Easter noon.
Shadow of unanswered question! Why
were they taken away from us? Why were
they ever given to us if they were to be
taken so soon? "Why were they taken so
suddenly? Why could they nor- have uttered
seme farewell words? Why? A short
question, but a whole crucifixion of agony in
it. Why? Shadow on the graves of good
men and women who seemed to die before i
their work was done. Shadow on all the i
graves of children because we ask ourselves
why so beautiful a craft launched at all if it
was to be wrecked one mile outside of the
harbor? But what did Mary Magdalene
have to do in order to get more light on
or. -L _ j ?1? :* A
tnat grave: one auu uay iv n<uu
awhile the Easter sun rolled up. and the
whole place was flooded with light. What have
jou and I to do in order to get more light on
our own graves and light upon the graves of
our dear loved ones? only to wait.
Charles V of Spain with his servants and
torches vent down into the vault of the necropolis
where his ancestors were buried,
and -went deeper, farther on until he came to
a cross around which were arranged the
caskets of his ancestors. He also found a
casket containing the body of one of his own
family. He had that cosket opened, and
there by embalmer s art he found that the
body -was as perfect as IS years before it\ras
entombed. But under the exploration his
rxvlv find mind nerished. Oh. mv friends.
do not let us morbidly struggle -with the
shadows of the sepulcher. What are we to
do. Wait. It- is not the evening twilight
that gets darker and darker. It is the morning
twilight that gets brighter and brighter into
the perfect day. I preach it today. Sunrise
over Pere le Chaise, sunrise over Greyfriars
churchyard, sunrise over Greenwood over
Woodlawn, over Laurel Hill, over Mount
Auburn, over Congressional burying ground,
sunrise over every country graveyard, sunrise
over the catacombs, sunrise over the
sarcophagi, where the ships lie buried. Half
past 5 o'clock among the tombs now, but
soon to be the noonday of. explanation and
beatitude. It was in the morning twilight
that Mary Magdalene mistook Christ for a
gardenerAnother
thing the world and the church
have not observed?that is, Christ's pathetic
credentials. How do you know it was not
a gardener? His garments said he was a
gardener. The flakes of the upturned earth
scattered upon his garments said he was a
gardener, ilow do you know he was not a
gardener? Ah' Before Easter had gone by
he gave to some of his disciples his three ere- 1
uentials. He showed them his hands and :
his side. Three paragraphs written in rigid
or depressed letters. A scar in the right
oaim. a scar in the left t>alm. a scar amid the
ribs?scars, scars. That is the way they
knew him. That is the waj you and I will
knov,- him.
Aye, am I sayiug this morning too much
when I say that Trill be one of the ways in
which you and I will know each other by
the scars of earth: scars of accident, scars of
sickness, scars of persecution, scars of hard
work, scars of battle, scars of old age? When
I see Christ's resurrected body having scars,
it makes me think that our remodeled and
resurrected bodies will have scars. Why,
before we get out of this world some of us
will be covered with scars all over. Ileaven
will not be a bay into which float summer
yachts after a pleasuring, with the gay bunt
ing and wuh the embroidered sails as when
they were first unfurled. Heaven will be
more like a navy yard where men-of-war
come in from Trafalgar and Lepanto, men-ofwar
with masts twisted by a cyclone, men-of
war struck on all sides by 71 pounders, menof-war
with decks scorched cf the shell. Old
Constitutions, old constellations, tioating in
discharged from service to rest forever. In
the resurrection Christ credentialed by scars.
You and I will be credentialed, and will recognize
each other by scars. Do you think
them now a disfigurement? Do you think
them now a badge of endurance'.' I tell you
the glorious thought this morning, they are
iv uc iiiv iiiuuua yi ueuvviuj* recuguutioxi.
There is one more thing that the world
and the church have not noticed in this resurrection
of Christ, and that is that Christ
from Friday to Sabbath was lifeless in a hot
climate where sanitary prudence demanded
that burial take place the same day as death,
and where there was no ice to retard dissolution.
Vet, after three days he comes up
so healthful, so robust and so rubicund Mary
Magdalene takes him for a gardener. Not
supposing him to be an invalid from a hospital.
not supposing him to be a corpss from
the tomb, but supposi".~ him to be the gardener.
Healthful by tiiv, breath of the up
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LUiUCU 3UU, UUU mb? c. uvrpuiuui llitf in uxu
sunshine.
After Christ's interment every celullar tissue
broke down, and nerve and artery and
brain were a physiological wreck, and yet
he conies up swarthy, rubicund and well.
When 1 see alter such mortuary silence such
radiant appearance, that settles it that whatever
should become of ths bodies of our
Christian dead they are geiug to cume up,
the nerves restrung, the optic nerve reillumined,
the ear drum a-vibrate, the whole
body lifted up. without its weaknesses and
worldly uses for which there is no resurrection.
Come, is it not almost time for us tu
pot, [
you not hear the lifting of the rusted latch'.'
Uh. the glorious thought, the glorious consolation
of this subject, when 1 ami Christ
cutning up without; any of the lacerations?
for you must remember he was lacerate.! ami
wounded fearfully ij the crucifixion?coming
un without one! What does that make
me think'.' That the grave will get nothing
of us except our wounds and imperfections.
Christ went into the crave exhausted and
bloodless. All tiie currents of liis life had
saaegdBSiaa am . 'KM
poured out from his woun<ls. He b:s ! lived
a life of trouble, sorrow and privation, and
then he died a lingering death. His entire
body hung on four .spikes. No invalid of "J" ;
years' suffering ever went into the grave so
white and ghastly and broken down as j
Christ, and yet here he comcs up so rubicund
and robust she supposed him to be the gar- j
dener.
Ah. all the side aches. and the headaches,
and the backaches, and the leg aches, and !
the heart aches we will leave where Christ
left his. The ear will come up -without its
heaviness, the eye will come up "without its
dimness, the lungs will comc up -without op- | 1
pressed respiration. Oh, what races we will :
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run'V?.aen ? uccuuiv imuunm iiiuitivs. vli,
what circuits we 'will take 'when, all earthly '
imperfections substracted and all celestial J
velocities added, -we shall set up our residence
in that city which, though vaster than [
all the cities of this world, shall never have 1
one obsequy! j t
Standing this morning round the shatter- ! 5
cd masonry of our Lord's tomh I poiut you j t
to a world without hearse, without mutfled is
drum, without tumults, without catafalque
and without a tear. Amid all the cathedrals j i
of the blesse' I no longer tne .ueaa .uarcn in .
Saul," but whole libretti of "Halleluiah Chorus-'*
Oh, put trumpet to lip and finger to s
key and loving forehead against the bosom ^
of a risen Christ! Halleluiah, amen, llal- /
leluiah, araen. j
"the war in the east. ' '
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THEGREEKS AND TURKS DCINGSOME ?
HARD FIGHTING. S
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Both Sides Claim the Advantage of the '
C
Fighting;?Brief Report of Several Bat- f
t 1
ties Fought Up to This Time. J
I
The war declared between Greece c
and Turkey about ten days ago has t
been waged with vigor by both sides.
Both sides claim the advantage of the i
fighting ar d our readers will have to j j
f/Nt? HicmcftlfT-oc nc fn Vinw fhA !
conflict stands after reading the news c
concerning it printed below. x
Early last week the Greeks captured r
and burned Damasi. Another division
of the Greek troops, it is reported, c
has traversed the Reveni Pass and ?
captured thr<?e block houses. This di- j
vision has; almost reached Damasi, c
where it will effect a union with the -c
force that captured the town. The >
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^U,UUU iroops unaer u-an. ouuoiejunz. >
displayed the s reatest bravery. Reve- >
ni lies twelves miles northwest of La- j
rissa. Edhem Pasha with a force va- j
riouslv estimated at from 10,GOO to
14,000 troops led seven assaults against ^
it. but ail were repulsed by the Greeks. }
THE FTGHTDsG NEAR ARTA. j
An official dispatch from Arta says f
that after crossing the AractLos, at | y
Bam*, the Greeks occupied the villages j e
of Neokhori and Sakhikalama, where j1
they strongly entrenched themselves, j t
Col. Manos is now advancing north- {^
ward in the direction of Paraskevi. 3
The Greeks repulsed an attempt of the J j
Turks to cross the bridge ? 5 o'clock j v
Wednesday morning. A number of s
Greeks, among them several ofllcers, j ^
were killed and others were wounded, j c
A TURKISH CLAIM. ! jr
Edhem Pasha has wired the Sultan j v
that he p-ained several notable victo-! t
ries Wednesday, occupying all the ?
fortified positions commanding Tyr- _
navo. Ee reports that the Greeks {
evacuated their entrenched camp, ^
leaving behind thirty cases of cartridges
and many rifles. The Turks, ?
he says, have retaken Velitzko, which j
the Greeks surprised and captured on >
the first day of frontier aggression. ?
The Turkish commander at Janini an- j.
nounces that the Greek fleet, which ^
has been bombarding Prevesa. has +
been compelled to retire, one division
withdrawing to the interior of the v
gulf and the larger iron-clads outside t.
sailing for the islands of Paxa and 'a
Sancta Laura. An official telegram a
from Zanthi asserts that the Greeks E
who landed at Eleuteropoli and reach- ^
ed Gojral, near the railway, were at- a
tacked and defeated by Turkish troops a
and peasants, and that one hundred v
Greeks were killed. *(
The Greek posts at Milouna pass and j >j
Tyrnavo were captured today at noon, j E
it is estimated mat me u-ree's iorces f
now in the Thessalian plain id front ^
cf Edhem Pasha and between this c
point and Larissa number at least s
60,000, but the Greek prisoners say jthat.their
reserves are exhausted. 0
Fighting has been renewed at Da- 0
masi, which is being cannonaded by a v
Greek brigade advancing from Boug- p
hasi. The Turks have occupied the a
posts cf Ligaria and Karaizo, which
are strategically important, while the
Greeks have advanced and occupied
the Sloti Hii. A dispatch from Arta j a
says that the Turks have abandoned j
birevica, cevona & liippiana, niter n
burning it. The bombardment of 0
Prevesa continues with is creasing ~
damage to the forts. After bombard- r(
ing Platamono the squadron will pro 0
ceed to Katerina. c
the Greek fleet at work. t<
The last series of the Greek reserves a
have now been called out and fresh a
troops have been sent to the frontier, ti
The Dom'oardment of Preyesa, at the
entrance to the Gulf of Arta, has been n
very heavy since early this morning, tl
i'iie Turkisb. garrison mere nas ceen a
completely isolated by the advance of a
the Greek troops. The report that the y
Greek fleet Wednesday bombarded p
Platomona, on the west shore of the *
Gulf of Salonica, is confirmed. The ii
Greek fleet also bombarded the town a
of Lepthokariaadjoining Platomonia. r:
The powder magaz'ne of the Turks at C
Platomona was exploded by a Greek v
shell, causing much damage ana loss tl
of life to the enemy. v
A dispatch received here from Arta fj
MiiftiirifP? that TVTflinr Snn/zo. with 6'
two squadrons of cavalry has captured j n
three villages which were occupied j d
by two Turkish battalions. ? n
The estimation in which the Turks i1
are held is shown by the stampede of j a
the whole population on the frontier, it
The viJlages and roads to Larissa are J s<
Hterally blocked with fugitives, herds I ji
of cattle, horses and donkeys, women a
and children on foot, old women carrying
chairs, beds and household a
gear on their backs, on donkeys in ox S
wagons and in every conceivable sort o
of vehicle. r:
The scene is heart-rending and reminds
one of Pliney's description of tl
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tion of Mount Vesuvius. G
Larissa is overcrowded. Food is ! i<
scarce; the hospitals are full, and there S
is an urgent appeal for nurses and ]
surgical assistance. The wounded j a
are arriving hourly and all the surgi- v
cal operations must be performed j e.
ncifnont r'Vif?lrvrr>fr>r,nn t.VlPrfi is riOfift I t)
be had. j o
OFFERb OF HELP. i k
A special dispatch from Athens u
says that offers of help are reaching T
the Greek government from all quar- r
ters, and the military authorities ex- tl
pect to have 40,000 volunteers enroll- n
ed under the Greek flag before the be- j o
ginning of next vreek. The Epirotes
at Athens are preparing to leave that n
city in order tc assist the G-reeks in I v
capturing Enirus as far as the Berlin! o
nrv-~ t i h
ueawv JyLLC. -Luc iictiiiuuai uc ui % ~
Greece has advanced the passage j c
money for a thousand Garibaidiands, | a
who are expected at the Piraeus ira- t]
mediately. a
HELD THEIR OWN.
A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle |
from Athens says that the Greeks j ti
h^lH fhpir r>nsit.inr> and a
destroyed the Turkish cavalry at o
Mali. German officers were seen t si
fighting with the Turks in German [ 1
uniforms, fn
QftTTf'TI?P\r T7 A r^TAD f DO
Cl/l iiiLti-S i?xLf iUfukij, |
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W'LAURIN'S P.EViEW OF OUR REMARK- i
ABLE PROGRESS.
~scts and ZTigures of Great Significance? !
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The South's Advantages and HerSplen- j
ilid Future?Good Reading for Every- '
, _j_ . i
ucuy. ;
Much notice has been taken of the
-acent speich cf Congressman John
Li. McLaurin, of this State, on the new
ariif bill pendis^ in ihe House of |
Representatives. Mr. McLaurin said: j
Mr. Speaker: Tbe provisions of this i
till tak?n as a whole disclose such, a i
;vgnl of fairness toward the South j
hat a detailed statement, as far as i
possible, of the condition, rare cppor-1
nniripe 5>r:ri vssf T>i";c<;v '.ifipc r>f t'onf !
.ection appears necessar?.
As a rule, the people of other sec- j
ions know but little concerning the j
eal situation in the South, and are j
ipparentiy willing to draw conclu-1
lions from a certain, amount of misin-!
'crmaiion, obtained through prejudice j
)r error. If I can successfully place j
before them the true condition of af
;air?, and at the same time dissipate j
ivhatever of error cr prejudice that j
nay have obtained, I shall deem my- I
eJf extremely fortunate.
For more than thirty years past the j
South has been making a courageous j
ind desperate struggle against great i
;dds. It was compelled to meet the j
lestruetion and disasters of war, to \
'ace new business, labor, and social j
problems, and in addition rebuild and 'j
eadjust its entire economic fabric to \
:onform to radically changed condi
ions. |
During tho first twenty years of this
rying period the reopie of the South
truggled almost unaided and alone.
Business investments were denied,
:ommercia] credits were diificult and
mcertain, and immigration was finest
at a standstill.
In fact, the unprecedented growth
>f manufacturing industries in the j
North and East, together with the
apid development of the great West, J
:aused, duriogthese twenty years, the j
i ^ : >?niy?#v5 &r>75fh in ?
>usiness sense, to be neglected.
Meanwhile her people, with heroic j
levotion,continued the work of build- s
ng up the waste places and stimulat- {
ng lines cf productive industry.
All labored, all economized, and all!
>ent tbeir energies to restore their be- j
oved Southland to its proper position j
n the nation. Slowly, but surely, a j
orwara movement obtained. Hard i
7ork, rigid economy, and a determin-j
d spirit at last turned the tide, and |
he South began to attract the atten- j
ion of the business world. Immigra
ion. cegan siowiy ana ciiuuuusiy. *
?he timidity of capital was overcome, j
n vestments in various enterprises j
Fere made, a.nd a new era of progress j
rss inaugurated. The dark clouds j
rhich had hung so low threatening
iver this beautiful and fruitful section j
>egan to lift, and the sunshine of -i I
srighter future forced its v. . through |
he rifts. Gee morning the news was
Lashed throughout the country that a |
roung Georgian, filled with love for
lis section and her people, burning ]
?ith a desire to see her wonderful op-;
icrtunities improved, had stood amid S
he brains and enterprise of New ]
iagland ami declared there was a j
i"ew South, and in the name of sound j
msiness judgment and safe financial >
investments demanded that her ad van- j
ages, opportunities, and material in j
erests should be recognized. :
With an eloquence never surpassed, j i
rith facts and statements incontroverible,
Henry W. Grady electrified and j1
stonished his hearers at the progress j i
d standing of the South. While I
aaking no apologies for the past, but!
ssenting lovaily to her traditions ana j'
memories, he proclaimed a new South j:
nxious lor aevelopmem;, reaav to ;
relcome immigration, and prepared :
d protect ail iu life and prope-ty. f
'browing aside sentiment, casting be- <
eath his feet ail prejudice, he man- ]
ally declared that the South should :
.enceforth be considered a part of our i
ommercial system; that she had '
aown herself competent, had proven !
erself worthy, o? the consideration i
f those who held the power to devel- <
p her incomparable resources. It
ras a wise act, nobly and eloquently i
erfcrmed, and earned him tne love ?
nd everlasting gratitude of every J
rue Southern heart. i
hie: true policy. i
With far less eloquence, but with
li ibe earnestness 1 possess, I desire )
} reiterate the sentiments of the la- <
lented Grar'y and supplement his 2
lorious efforcs ?7ith the feebleness of 1
ly own. Mr. Speaker, the longer I <
emain in public life, the more I learn 3
? other sections,the more firmly I am 1
onvicced that the South shoull strive i
5 extend her material interests. It is ]
duty she ovres to herself, to the balnce
of the nation, and to the genera- <
nnc rrof- to, crirriA I
iVUM J WW WUJIV* I Some
may contend thai such ssnti- j1
]ents are sordid and do not appeal to j I
le nobler instincts of our people. To I i
11 such I would reply that disguise it 2
5 we roav, deprecate it as we should, (
et the fact remains that the surest j ]
arsport to individual independence,! t
rith much that this term implies, lies j ?
1 a well-filled pocket bock. Love in j 1
cottage, wii.i one's neighbors luxu- 1
:atiug in a palace, is usually a myth. {1
Contentment with a crust of bread, i
hiie others ara living upon the fat of 1
ie land, is a delusion, and the indi- <
idual independence said to come 1
'ora poverty and want is seldom, if 1
7er met. Tiie world is becoming J i
lore practical and bardheaded every j
ay, and as a result theory and senti-} i
lent are retreating before its aggress- 51
m advance. To get on, push along, j ?
nd do something-, no matter whether t
i be in religion, politics, business, j 1
nence, or upon any other lines, are j i
ist now the .standards by which men j1
re judged. j J
la my opinion, the future happiness i
cd contentment of the people of the J
outh will be measured by the increase ] ]
p decrease in the value of their mate- j J
.al interests. <
From the Potomac on the North to 1
ie great Gulf on tae South, andj:
fetching from _Ei Paso on the Rio j 5
rraade to (Jape Henry on the Atiant- j
j, lies what is usually termed the j i
outh. | <
Between the blue grass of Kentucky 11
ndthe orange groves of Florida, the j ]
ast plains of Texas and the pine for i
sts of the Carolina*, is found an ex- j
anse of terri-iory which for fertility ;
f soil, variety of productions, and '
indiy climate can not be duplicated 1
a any other portion of the srlo'oe. j ]
'here is scarcely a tree, plant, or ce- j1
2ai tnai car. noi ds grovvu nere, ana j ]
ae wants d? mail are more nearly :
let by native production than in any j <
tfcer section of the world. ; i
For the past decade this sectioa. has ]
iade apparently rapid strides in de- i
eloping its resources, but this devel- j <
pinent "is not a tithe of what should ! i
kve bsen accomplished. Yet it dis- !
loses what c*n be done even under
averse circumstances, una points to
tie magnificent results which should 11
wait the future. ? j
FURTHER FACTS. j <
Mr. McLaurin then produced ex- i S
racls from various industrial joarn-1!
Is, to show Ihe character and extent I s
f the progress in the South. He J i
bowed, among other things, that in | i
oriL? 4 it a u . cco rr ,
ozv mere were xii me quulu: ooa,i-?v i v
lore cotton spindles than there were' l
in 1894, and continued:
What is true of cotton is true also
of woolen mills. since I am informed
that the largest woolen mill in America,
if r.ot in the world, is located at
Knosvillc, Tenn. Other industries,
such as iron and steel, wagon and
carriage factories, tanneries, etc., I
can not describe in detail. I sincerely
u^^^ u. +
u sue v j;uv/ctiT, llc iilu^ win
come when Columbia, Atlanta, and
Birmingham will be lo America what
Birmingham, Manchester and L<; cs
are to Jil&gJand. When that day
dawns. tJ .e supremacy of Fall River.
Lawrencii. and Lowell vvill be lost forever,
and Charleston a?d Ks^7 Orleans
will be rivals of New York ard Chicago.
I crish to say further, if the
science mining is ever per^ecrcd so j
that the gold in Georgia and the Car-;
liaas can be separated and secured, j
there ~ill be as wild a rush for the]
mines in these States as there vc^s for
the gold fields of California. I desire
to call attention to my cv7n native
State. South Carolina. Li contains
3-1,000 square miles of as fertile
land as the sun shines upoo, and
1,151,000 of as kind, brave, and hospitable
people as cau be found on earih.
Its geographical location brings it a
genial, healthy climaLe, luscious
fruits, beautiful flowers, bountiful
harvests, and ail the comforts of life
which attach to such a favored region.
We have what is known as the coast
section, the middle section, and the
Piedmont country, each adapted to
particular lines of production. Our
staie :s traverser 07 numerous risers,
many of which are navigable. It is
otherwise watered, and the annual
rainfall is abundant for all agricultural
purposes.
In 1890 the American Agriculturist
offered prize of $1,000 for the largect
yield of corn from a single acre, and
Mr, Z T. Drake, of the county of
Marlboro, secured it. Mr. Drake I
gathered 255? bushels or corn from 1
acre. This seems impossibles except
for the fact that Mr. Drake gathered
two crops the same year. He planted
his first crop in season, and by the
time that bad matured he? had a second
crop ready to cultivate be.ween
the rows. In this manner he made j
two crops of corn in one season, arid i
secured the premium. Marlboro j
County, I may say, is one of the ban- j
ner agricultural counties of the South. i
FIGURES ON" FAR31ISG.
In 1S95 the News and Courier, of J
Charleston, S. C, with its usual liber- >,
ality and foresight, offered a prize for j
the best all round farming in my
State. This prke was also secured by j
a citizen of my home county, Mr- j
John C. Fletcher. With but 100 j
acres under cultivation Mr. Fletcher i
produced at market prices $3,726 45
worth of farm -products, ranging
from 4S bales of cottoa to 400 dozen
eggs. Let those who are seeking new
homes remember that in South Carolina
nearly ?4,000 in various farm products
were made on 100 acres of land.
In my opinion, a S:ate wilh such a
record should not want for the very
best class of emigrants. Farmers out
West have become rich chiefly through j
the increased value of their lands, j
Now, when the manufacturing industries
increase in South Carolina, population
will increase also, and an increased
value in our lands will surely j
follow.
The crops of 1893?the figures are j
lasen ircm agricultural reporis?
were: Wheat, 1,732,S24 bushels; corn,
29,261,422 bushels; oats, 4,767,S21 j
bushels; rye. 23,641 bushels; potatoes, i
349,264 bushels; cotton, 747.471 bales;
rice, 30,338,895 pounds (this is about
one-fourth of ine product of the en j
tire country, in which respect South j
Carolina stands second); tobacco, 222,S9S
pounds.
South Carolina has 115,008 farms, j
^ OrrUT OO^* a Awnn ^ f I w\ nvA?rA ^ 1 ^ ft V"? fl I
0,400,&ot awca u* lLLiyiUYCu iauu, auu j
7,929,415 unimproved. The value of j
its Il.ius and farm improvements is
f>99,104,600; value of farm implements i
imd machinery, ?4,172,262; live stock, |
1)16,572,410; estimated annual value
:>ffarm products. $57,337,9S5; 59.S39 |
horses, 86,306 asses and mules, 263.-1
[393 neat cattle, 494,696 swine, 79,421 j
;heer? (producing 157,707 pounds of i
wool); the product of milk was 23.333,60
L gabions; butter, o,/3/,oo7
pounds, as well as 690,478 bushels of
::cw r>eas, 8.018 bushels of beans, and
32,767 bushsls of peanuts. From this
it will be seen that South Carolina, as
;:n agricultural Scate, makes an excellent
showing, and that it is admirably
adapted for ail who desire to engage
;n farming.
Apples, pears, quinces, plums,
Deaches, nectarines, apricots, and 1
berries grow in abundance, and all ?
ilong the 300 miles of coast oranses, j
5gs, lemons, olives, and pomegranites
ire raised in perfection. S:rawber- 1
:ies, raspberries, whortleberries, and
slackberries grow spontaneously and
n such quantities that they are largely
exported to northern markets. '
Grapes grow wild in many sections, (
md can be successfully cultivated in <
ill portions, and wine making has <'
rery natural facility to make it a
eading and profitable industry. The 1
'orests are full to repletion of the 1
nost valuable timber, there being 10,)00,000
acres alone of superior yellow [
Dine, which produces immense quan
ities of lumber, tar, pitch, turpentine |
me. rosin. There are also the magio!
is, sweet and black gum, white- ;
;vai.er, r?d, black, and live oak, black
walnut, elm, hickory, maple, svca- !
no re, ash, cypress, chestnut, bsech,
ocust, persimmon, dogwood, poplar, 1
in fact. about all varieties suita- <"
3le for ail the purposes of the lumber
nao, shipbuilder, and manufacturer,
md all in great abundance.
There is no lack of mineral wealth
.n South Carolina, as is well known
;o all who are familiar \r'th the re
sources of the State.
Ia building stones are granite of
beautiful colors, and porphvriticgran- i
fp rwpmhlino' t.hft (Jjiinnv pranite. IJ
tvhite and variegated marble, gneiss?
Jor Sagging purposes, white feldspath- j
c sandstone, buiirstone, flagstone,
limestone, red and yeliow ocher, and
oorcelain clay of superior quality.
Experts pronounce the glass sand.-.
?qual for glass and crystal ware to
that from which the justly celebrated
Sta tfordshire ware is made. The limestone
of the Blue Ridge is much used
is ?. fertilizer and admirably answers
;his; purpose. There are also the richest
deposits of bone fertilizers to be j
'ouud on the continent. These deposits
extend over many mih-s. and j
* - ? *U. / x.-kw C\ ivkAVi,.i> L. r\ 10 i
range JXI uiJiibkiicaa uum u tuwuco iu Jv :
reet, arid in some cases from 500 to j
1,000 tons are found on a single acre, j
Fhore is a large amount of capital in- j
rested in the development of these de- j
posits, and the output in 1S70 was
palaed at $2,500,000. There are also j
rich deposits of manganese, and pot- J
ish can be cheaply made in the for- j
rsts. Among other sources of -wealth j
is the turpentine industry. There sre ]
nauy turpentine stills m operation, j
ind the value of the annual product j
of this article of commerce, which is
i sed for so rnuny purposes is $3,0u0,-|
300.
advancement in man c fact cues. j
As to advancement in manufactures, j
the State of South Carolina ranks |
imong the first in the South. Tne j
:cnsus shotvs that the increase in j
South Carolina during the period from
1 Q?n * ^ ISOil rtroc Trr5rlrPrt h.'Mnc- I
JL VI V r WA J ? 0
is follows: Capital invested ic. these
Industries ii> 1S70, $5;-?00,41S; in 1S90,
j2G,27d,261, cr neariy 600 per cent, increase.
In number of hands employed
;he increase was over 400 per cent., in
? a ? .'laa
the amount paid for wajres, 350 pei
cent., aod in manufactured products.
?31,926 5S1, or about 359 per cent.
Since 1S93 all manufacturing: indus
tries have increased very rapidiv.
! Our principal manufacturing cities
in bouta Ui.iOi"iaare uoiurnoiaana
Spartanburg, Columbia, the capital
of our State, is beautifully situated
and rapidly beccmicg 'an important
commercial center. Eight railroads
concentrate here a^d hriaar cotton
from all parts of the State to the very
doors of her mills, some ot which are
themselves &lmos surrounded by cotton
fields It is a curious fact that the
Gran by mill was bulk in a cotton
t-nd Its brick foundation in
closed a pitch from which cotton was
i picked the walis were going up.
The Coiuruoia Ca^ai, ouilt by the
State at a cost of nearly $1,000,000,
furnishes cue cf the finest water powers
ir the South. It is estimated at
over 20,000 horsepower, with more!
than 12,000 developed. A power piant
developing 8,000 horse power has just !
been completed for electrical trnsmis- j
sion. This is one of the finest plants
ia the country, and the second largest
operated by water power in the United
States.
Columbia has four cotton mills?ths
j (Jolumoia, witn a capacity or 1,UUU
operatives and 35 000 spindles; the
Richland, with 500 operatives and 27,000
spindles; the Granby, wiih S00
operatives and 53.000 spindles; the
Congaree with 200 operatives and
7,000 spindles. These mills consume
52,000 bales of cotton annually and
furnish iabor for a large number of
people. The Columbia Hosiery Mills
consume about 3t>0,000 pounds of yarn
annually. The Allen Batting Company
consumes about 2,000 pounds of
cotton daily. Taken as a whole t he
cotton manufacturing interests of Columbia
are highly satisfactory.
Among the other industries are cotton
! m111 o r?V>/\cnhoto /-?omnor? iac
V*. Vli. Uiivcyuuiv I
brickyards, ice factories and many
other minor establishments. In fact,
Columbia is fast making her mark as
a business city as wsll as being the
capital of the State.
COMPETING WITH THE WEST.
There are many other manufacturing
establishments in other portions of
the State, of which I have not time to
mention. In fact, the State is being
thickly dotted with them, and in almost
every case they have become
profitable to all concerned. Within
the narrow limits of a speech it is impassible
to touch upon every paint,
and while I have omitted maay such,
it is net because cf a want of interest
in their success. I will make this final
statement to all who may feel inclined
to make a personal examination
of the resources of our State, that
in my opinion fcho 1 _al situation is far
f o ? 1 V> o n T rt i rr^n tic Wait I h
^ wUwi wjjlc&u. j. uu vv -i. ^ uj ujubu j
Carolinians the memories of onr State j
are very dear. The record of its |
statesmen and soldiers are kept bright |
and fresh in our minds. We remember
it vras the home of Calhoun, J
Hayne and McDuffie. It was the I
birthplace of Marion, of Morgan, and |
of S a inter. Its soil has been drenched i
r-r?i f o + ^ a Vvl AAf^ aP f "D^rr-?1 n^T An Ct C I
w iii. tLic uivja <?>,l tiJic u-\*-j v uiauuu ?o
well as that of the war between the
States. The bones of its brave sons
have bleached on every battlefield
from Banker Hill to Appomattox.
Amid it ail the people of South Carolina
have shown a courage, tenacity
of purpose, and devotion to their
State well worthy the emulation of all.
The great West is no longer the
promised land to the swarming millions
of the North and East. Its op...
i I
portumiies ana advantages open to;
the ordinary individual are nearly exhausted,
and the stern logic of events
have shovrn that at first many were
more apparent than real. Not that I
would, attempt to injure or take from
those brave men and women who
faced hardship and danger in settling
that portion "of oui* country even a
fraction of the credit their due. yet I
7 J
can no: escape tne conviction zaat nau
ths time, labor and money practically
wasted or lost in the "West been diverted
to the South is would have
made that section the paradise of
America. As it no w stands, immigration
has reached its limits on the North
and West, and the home seeker must
turn elsewhere to establish his "own
vice and fig tree."
The South, always moid promising,
has patiently waited for this turn of
affairs, and now stands ready to wela
-tin/* hrtnecf or?rl 7 v?irw?-!C frr?m
all ether sections. The reasons for 1
past neglect are plain, and among
them mav be enumerated the prejudices
growing out of the war, political
misrepresentation, and the strenuous
efforts made to people the West. !
The West vras extensively advertised 1
as presenting the greatest advantages .
for the emigrant. Lands were to be
bad both by homesteading and preemp- .
Kr>n fit n/vr?in?l Stafpc Qnr? TV>rri
tories, to say nothing of counties, ,
sities, and townships, were to be 1
organized and the many public places
and positions were to be filled. Here
were oppotunities for all sorts of ambitious
people who had been crowded
jut or turned down in the older States.
Besides these, there were business
:hances which come only once in a
Lireiiois, say notnzngoi xae vriae range
for speculation. Timss have changed.
Ihe good lands of the West have
very largely been taken up or held so
high that men ia moderate circumstance
can not purchase. The alluring
public positions, which called many
to that section, have all been hiled,
and the business chances once so attractive
no longer present themselves.
Because of this, the South is being
thoroughly looked into by those who
are seeking better opportunities or the
advantages of a change. Many of
those who went W est are turning their
attention toward the South, and same
have made it their new home. Does
the South want this immigration? I j
answer, most emphatically, yes; we
want all the honest, industrious men
and women of the North we can get j
to come and settle among us.
WELCOME TO SETTLERS.
We will welcome all such most
kindly, and prove to them what Southera
friendship and Southern hospitality
really mean. We will show them
our opportunities and advantages;
will treat thsm fairly, honorably, ar^
impartially, and endeavor to make t
th=ir new surroundings pleasant and ,
their new veniures profitable. I re- j
peat, we of the South ^vant tc increase j
our material interests j we want to in-1
crease in. wealth and in the influences
which that brings to a people. We j
want Northern thrift and capital to
aid us in this undertaking, and will
grasp the hand cf every individual in
friendship who comes among us for
thai purpose. In making this statement
I voice the sentiment of all true
men and women in the South.
CONCLUSION.
We of the South should increase
cur wealth, stimulate our efforts, and
strive for higher and stronger com
mercial relations. We should neglect
a plain duty in not asking the assistance
of other sections. Are ^e not
of the same great national family, an
integral factor of the same great nation
? Do we not stand in the protectin
i shadow of the same Constitution
and under the same liag ? Why, then, i
should our ad^anta^es be neglected
our opportunities ignored, aud our
material development delayed? For
one I can see no good reason, and I
? * r-r -?! * C-f WfT C. T v"? /?t1 I- (
iiULCi LI uot UJJ' tuu: U Xi-L U^il I
ing attention to these conditions may j
be instrumental in some small degree
[ in flianciro' tVift cif'ialirm T?Ttr Truro
for my native section, rov knowledge
of her struggles and trials, the honest
eiforts she has made to repair her
broken fortunes and regain her status
in the commercial world, her worthiness
and sincerity, and the welfare of
her noble men and women, compelled
me to make this disclosure of her re
sources and plea for justice to her people.
Stormy and Threatening.
Mayjor W. B. Stcckman, of the
United States weather bureau at Cleveland
Ohio, was sent to jail by Judge
0.3g one day last week /or contempt
of court. Stockman had been called
as a witness in a damage case and was"
e. ^ted to tell the jury whether it
rained on a certain day. He did not
appear wher called, and 0ag issued
an attachment for him. The major
was on his way to the court house
when the deputy sheriff met him.
Judge Ong lectured the major severely.
Stockman upheld with dignity
that he was busy with work for the
United Statec government, and added
that he had written orders from the
department to attend upon couris only
when he had completed those official
duties. Judge Ong replied warmly
that he did not understand that gov
ernment officials were above the courts
or that the courts had to wait until
they had leisure. He therefore fined !
Stockman $5 and costs and ordered
him committed until paid. Stockman j
; was exceedingly indignant and an
nounced that he would report the case!
to the department at Washington.
Judge Oag told Mm to do so by all
means. The major left the court room
in a rage without paying his fine.
The judge sect a deputy sheriff after
him and ordered him taken to jail.
Major Stockmun declared that a government
official cannot be compelled
to attend a civil court when busy and
that Jugde Oag will find it out. Judge
Ong held a consultation with District
Atiorney Dodge and as a result of the
interview the judge decided to remit
Stockman's fine. Stockman was accordingly
released. After Stockman's
release Judge Oag directed that he
communicate with the department at
Washington 10 obtain a ruling as to
whether government duties take precedence
over the court's order.
ixie jusw 10 x>? XiiuorctjoTne
Columbia State says the State
authorities have determined to apply
the law to the fertilizer manufacturers
whose goods are found to be below
thp. ffnarantttfthv analysis of the ehem
ist at Clemson college. Gov. Ellerbe
was notified by the chemist of a deficiency
in a sample of the goods of the
Durham Fertilizer company drawn at
Tatum's, S. C. Iu was double bone
fertilizer. The commercial value based
on the guarantee of the company was
$9.10. Allowing 3 per cent, margin
as required by law the value is only
$3.83, which is 59 cents per ton more
than the commercial value was found
to be upon analysis. It is, therefore,
deficient under the law. Gov. Ellerbe
announced that he would order imrvi
o/JiofA nxAfQrtii A? f m o
.LUC-nciLC ?/J. uovvuLiuu ixiAuuiavkMi
ers under the State law.
Tried to Kill th.8 King.
Whik King Humbert, of Italy, was
riding out on Thursday afternoon a
man named Pietro Acciarito, attempted
to stab him with a dagger, Tne
king avoided the dagger by rising
from his seat. - Acciarito seeing he
had failed in his attempt to assasmate
f 1-1 rtrrr^TT Hie O H a I
UAAG J&mg, tJLi.it. V? Cu n CkJ iUO uoggvi*
was immediately arrested by two carabineers,
while his majesty calmly
ordered the coachman to drive on.
Aceiarito declares that he was impelled
to the act by hunger, bat it appears
yesterday he uttered vague
threats of ail intention to kill an exalted
person.
The Piano for a .Lifetime,
The Piano of the South,
The Piano Sold Most Seasonably.
That's the popular Mathash.ee:, sold
for a Quarter of a Century past by
the old reliable Ludden & Bates South
era Music House of Savannah, Ga. .
Its a great Piano everyway, and one
of the many reasons for its popularity
is the fact, conceded, by all, that it is
more specially adapted for our Southern
Climate than any other Piano
made.
JLudden & Bates are now interested
in the Mathcshek Factory, and have
largely reduced Prices on their Latest
Styles. See their new advertisement
in this issue, and write them.
Indigestion.
Froai which springs, directly or indirectly,
nearly every form of headache,
and sick neadacae never sepera- i
ted therefrom, is surely and speedily j
relieved and cored by the use of ]
"Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys."
One 253 bottle will convince
of its merit. Try it. Sold by dealers
generally.
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The trustworthy cure for the vThiak&y,
Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits.
For further information address The
Seeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia,
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IN
EVERY
TOWN.
Postmasters, Railrotd Agent?, Genera
store Keepers. Clerks, Ministers, or any
other person, lady or gentleman, who can
devote a little or all of their time to our
business. We do not want any money in
advance, and pay large commissions to
these who work for us. We have the bea
Family iledicines on earth, and can Droisca
lots o? testimonials from oar home
peopleSend
for blank application and circular
Addres3
BRAZILIAN MEDICINE CC.}
844 Broadway, An? sta, (ia J'
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IS YOUR LIVER ALL RIG -IT?
Are your Sidney* in a'tieilth? condition
If so. Hilton's Life for the Liver and
Kidneys will keep them so. If
not, Hilton's Life for the L'ver
and Kidneys will malre
them sc. A 25c bottle
will convince
you oi una ?E
Tafcen regularly after meals it is an aid to <rS
digestion, cures habitual constipation, ^18
and thus refreshes and clears , 1
both body and mind. i
SOLD WHOLESALE BY
Ths ^Safj^ay Co. >
COLUMBIA, S. 0. ' 1
Dr. H. BAEE. Charleston."!! C.
Adyice to Mothers. ij
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We tafce pleasure la calling yoar attea '
Sen to a remedy so long needed In carrying
children safely through the critical
itsge of teething. It is an incalculable
blessing to mother and child. If you are
disturbed at night with a sick, fretful,
teething child, us9 Pitts' Carminative, it
will give instant relist, and regulate tie } ^
bowels, and make teething safe and essy v IS
It will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea,
Pitts Carminative is an instant ~elie? for
colic of infants. It will promote digestion,
give tone and energy to the stomach and
bowels. The sick, puny, suffering chiid
| mil soon become the fat and frollcicing joy
| of the household It is very pie<*sant to ;
the taste and only cost 25 cents per bottle.
?Id by druggists and by ^
TSE 2TCT5RAY DHTO CO., 'j
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Columbia, S. 0. . . *'
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Machinery *
AND
Supplies]
Engines, Boilers; Saw Mills, Corn Mills, ^
Wheat Mills, Planers, Brick Machines, ??|
Moulders, Gang Edgers.j
And all kinds o? Wood W or& ag Ma " ?
chinery. No one in t&e South can offer
you higher grade goods, or at lower prices. , ,
Talbott, Llddell and watertown Engiaes.
We are only a few hours ride from you*
Write for prices. ~fj
Light, Variable feed flantation Saw Hills
a Specialty. ^
V. Q. Badham,
General Agent, ?i5wll&l|
COLUMBIA, S. C.
firaSnFr;
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pj Tie Piano for a Lifetime, ;
a The Piano of the Soctli, J j
The Piano Sold Most Reasonably. fe
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? The old, original Mathashek, sold by us j
| for over a quarter of a century and the | : fj
g delight of thousands ofSouthern homes, j
| More Mathusheks used South than of |
g a >ther one make. j M
| Lovely New Styles at Reduced Prices, |
| cheaper than ever before known.
Styles once $435, now $325. 1 "^Ejj
1 $100 saved every tuyere ! . lli
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1 How, because-we are now interested In ?
|g the great Mathushek factory, supply g
U purchasers direct, and 6ave them, all in- |
a termediate profits. White us.
LTJDDEN & BATES,
|j Savannah, Go-, and New York City. 5
HOT MISLEADING. M
No Danges, is Citcing On*e Habit, of Foemrso
Another.
OPIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Etc., Cukkd
is raou Foes to Six Weeks.
LIQUOR DISEASE
Cured Usually in Four Weeks. Also Tobacco
Habit and Nervous Diseases. 9
The Cure has been endorsed by the Legis
mure 01 sis oiaies auu vac iciuwi;, uj
the National Government in the Soldiers'
Homes and in the regular army; by many
local authorities in the cure of indigent
drunkards (morphine and liquor); by Miss
Wallard, the W. C. T. U.; Francis Murphy,
Neal Dow and the I. 0. G. T.; by prominent ^
men all over the land; by 300,000 cured pa- - *
tients, more than 20,000 of these being physicians.
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The Leslie E. Keeley Company and the ^
Keeley Institute of S. C. are responsible cor?
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pUI~iiU.UiL3 TY-LLLV/JU. WVttiU uvv w ?/*%? .tv* w* t
any claim that thej are unable to prove.
For printed matter and terms, address,
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE,
or Drawer *27. Columbia o. C.
Mention this paper. t
" BOILERS, '
SAW MILLS,
GRIST MILLS,
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K A A %
PRICES. 4
E. W. SCREVEN, f
COLUMBIA, ?, C. 4|