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1 SiSsToTwAC"" DR. TALMAGE PORTRAYS THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTEST. ~ Alleviations cf Oar Hcsiit:t!ea ri lib ?palsy Might atd Right Going Hand In Band? __ No Seom For Baibarfem on tfce Wes'e n pr" ' Contlr ent Most pertinent to the exciting times through which we are now passing is this sermon of Dr. Talmage, in which he proposes to cheer the people who are saddened by the horrors of war; text, Psalms xxvii, 3, "Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident." The ring of battleaxes, and the clash of shields, and the tramp of armies, are heara all up and down the Old Testament, and you find godly soldiers like Moses and Joshua and Caleb and Gideon and scoundrelly soldiers like Sennacherib and Shalmaneser and Nebuchadnezzar. The high priest would stand at the head of the army and sav. "Hear. O Israel, je approach this day unto battle against your enemies, let not your hearts faint, fear not and do not tremble, neither le ye terrified because of them 1" And then the officers would give command to the troops, saying: "What man is there that hath built a new house and hath not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard and hath not eaten of it? Let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it And what y man is there that hath betrothed a wife and hath not taken her ? Let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her." Great armies marched and fought In time of Moses and Joshua all the men were soldiers. When Israel came cut of Egypt, they were 600,000 fighting men. AJbijah commanded 400,000. Jeroboam commanded 800,000 men, of whom 500,000 were slain in one battle. Some of these wars God approved, for they were for the rescue of oppressed nations, and some of them he denounced, but in a" cases it was a judgment upon both vic ars and vanquished. David knew just what war was when he wrote in the text, "Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident" David is encouraging himself in stormy times, and before approaching buttles administers to himself the consolatory. So today my theme is the "Alleviations of War." War is organized atrocity. It is the science of assassination. It is the convocation of all horrors. It is butchery wholesale It is murder glorified. It is ^ ' death on a throne of human skeletons. ^ It is the coffin in ascendency. It is diabolism at a game of skulls. But war is here, and it is time now to preach on its alleviations. First, I find an alleviation in tne fact that it has consolidated the north and the south after long continued strained relations. It is 33 years since tmn ?*?rr?T war closed. and the violences are all gone and the severities have been hushed. But ever and anon in oration, in sermon, in newspaper editorial, in magazine article, on political stump and in congressional hall the old sectional difference has lifted its head, and for the first time within my memory or the memory of any one who hears or reads those words the north and the south are one. By a marvelous providence the family that led in opposition to our government 30 years ago is represented at the front in this present war. Nothing else could have done the work of unification so suddenly or so completely as this conflict At Tampa, at Chattanooga, at Richmond and in many otiker places the regiments are forming, and it will be side by side, Mas A1nk>??no Uaot YAHV aaCUUJSOfctil tUiU. oiauaiua, *i?n and Georgia, Illinois and Louisiana, Maine and South. Carolina. Northern ^ and southern men will together unlim ber the guns and rush upon the forticaticn and charge upon the enemy and shout the triumph. The voice of military officers who were under Sidney Johnson ana Joseph Hooker will give the command on the same side, the old sectional grudges forever dead. ^ The name of Grant on the northern side and of Lee on the southern side r-W* will be exchanged for the names of Grant and Lee on the same side. The veterans in northern and southern ( homes and asylums are streching their rheumatic limbs to see whether they can agsun keep step in a march and are testing their eyesight to find whether they can again look along the gun barrel to successfully ta&eaim ana fire. The old war cry of."On to Richmond!" and ''On to Washington P has become the warcry of 4'On to Havana I" "On to Puerto Rico!" "On to the Philippine Islands!" The two old * rusty swords that in other days clashed at Murfreesboro and South Mountain and Atlanta'are now lifted to strike down Hispanic abominations.. Another alleviation of the war is the fact that it is the most unselfish war of the ages. While the commercial rights of our wronged citizens will be vindicated, that is not the chief idea of this war. It is the rescue of hundreds of thousands of people from starvation and multiform maltreat ment A friend who went out under the flag of the Red Cross two years ago to assuage suffering in Armenia, and who has been on the same mission under the flag, in Cuba, says that the sufferings in Armenia were a comedy and a farce compared with the greater sufferings of Cuba. At least 200,000 graves are calling to us to come on and remember by what process their occupants died. It is the twentieth century crying out to the nineteenth: "Do you mean to pass down to us the rirse with which you have been blasted? Or will you let me begin under new auspices and turn the island of desolation into an island-Edenic 5" i It is a war inspired by mercy, which is an attribute in man imitative of the! same attribute of God. In no other age of the world could such a war have been waged. The gospsl of kindness needed to be recognized throughout Christendom in order to make such a war possible. The chief reason why most of the European nations are not now banded together against us is because they dare not take the the part of that behemoth of cruelty, the Spanish government, against the crusade of mercy which our nation has started. Had it been on our part a war of conquest, a war of annexation, a war of aggrandizement, there would have been by this time enough flying squadrons coming to this country across the Atlantic to throw into panic every city on our American seaboard. The wars of the crusadere were only to regain an empty sepulcher; the Napoleonic wars, with their 6,000,000 oloTirrVi+Qwxr? mart wflrfl rs>Tnprlprt onr) carried out to appease the ambition of one man; of the 25,COO,000 slain in Jewish wars and of the 60,000,000 slain in wars under Julius Cojsar, of the 180,C00,0C0 slain in wars with Turks and Saracens, of the 50,000,000 slain in wars of Xerxes, of the 20,000,000 slain in wars of Justiaian and the 32,000,000 slain in the wars of Genghis Khan not one man was sacrificed by mercy, but in this Hispanic-American will this war free Uuba, Dut nnauy will free Spain. By what right dees a dynasty lite that bland, and a corrupt court dominate a people for centuries, taxing them to death, riding in gilded chariot over the recks of a beggared popu^tioa? There are 10,000 boys in Spaui growisg up with more capacity to srovtrn that nation than will the weak boy now in the M&driu palace ever possess. Before this con flict is over the Spanish nation will be well on toward the time when a constitutional convention will assemble to establish a :'ree government instead of the wornout dynasty that now afflicts the people. The liberty of all nations, transatlantic as well as cisatlantic, if not already established, is on the way and if f??rsnr?t. strsrnpd. Napoleon III thought he had successfully driven the principle cut cf France when on the 21 day of Decernbar, 1851, he rode down the Champs E]jsees of Paris, constitutional gov eminent seemingly crushed under ths hoofs of his steed. But did it stay crushed? Let the batteries on the heights aDove Sedan answer, and the shout of 250,000 conquering hosts, and the letter of surrender to Emperor William tell the story, "Sire, my brother, not having been able to die in the midst of my troops it only remains for me toplaca my sword in your majesty's hands. I am, your m2j ?sty, your good brother, Napoleon. Sedan, 1 September, 1870." ' * ? i.n j, i xna; monarcny naving iauea, iueu the French republic resumed its march. Another alleviation is that the war opens with a great victory for the United States. It took our govern ment four years to get over the fiasco at Bull Bun. A defeat at the start of this present war would have been dis heartening to the last degree and would have invited foreign intervenvention to stop the war before any" ! __ ? j J r :i_ unng practical ior u-uu ana inuuazuty had bsen accomplished and would have prolonged the strife for which we are hoping a quick termination. In the most jubilant manner let this victory of our navy be celebrated. With the story of the exploding battleship fresh in the minds of the world, it required no ordinary courage to sail into the harbor of Manila and attack the Spanish shipping. Tiiat harbor, crowded with sunken weaponry of death?to enter it was running a risk enough to make all nations shiver. But Manilla is ours, and the blow " ' ? * 3-15 i-t i Has snaJien 10 me iounaauon me paxaces of Madrid, and for policy's sake the doubtful nations are on our side. For Commodore Dewey and all who followed him let the whole nation utter its most resounding huzza, and, more than that, let us thank the Lord of hosts for his guiding and protecting power. "Praise ye the Lard! Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord!" Another alleviation is the fact that in this war the might is on the side of the right. Again and again have liberty and justice and suffering human ity Ha<? the odds against men?, it was so when Benhadad's Syrian hosts, who were in the wrong, at Aphek came upon the small regiments of Israel, who were in the right, the Bible putting it in one of these graphic sentences for whicn the book is remarkable, "The children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids, but the Syrians filled the whole country. It was so in the awful defeat of the Lord's people at G-ilboa and Megiddo. It was so resently when gallant and glorious Greece was in conflict with gigantic Mohammedanism, and tbe navies of Europe hovering about the Bosporus were in practical protection of the Turkish government,fresh from the slaughter of 100,000 Armenians. It was so when, in 1776, the 13 colonies, with no war shipping and a few undrilled and poorly clad soldiers, were brought into a contest with the mightiest navy of all the earth ard an army that commanded the admiration of nations. It was so when Poland Tt woo cn mnan TTiinorft. TV <U VI OtUiVMl -L W TTt*.* BW TIMVU ry went under. It has been so during all the struggles heretofore for Cuban independence. But now it is our pow erful navy against a feeble group of incompetent ships, crawling across the Atlantic to meet our flotillas, which have enough guns to send them as completely under as when the Red sea submerged Pharoah's army. It i3 so in these times when only a. few thousand Spaniards at most can reach our hemisphere, and we go out to meet them with 125,000 armed men j to be backed up speedily with 500,000 1 more if needed. We do not have to ask for any miracle, but only a fair 1 shot at the sMds headed this wav and 1 time enough to demolish them. This is one of lie cases in the world's history whei-e might and right are shoulder to shoulder. Another alleviation is in the fact that such an attrocity as the destruction of 266 lives in Havana harbor in time of peace cannot with impunity be wrought in this age of the World's civilization. The question as to who did that infernalism is too well settled 1 to need any further discussion. But 1 what a small crime it was compared with the systematic putting into their 1 graves of hundreds of thousands of Cubans or leaving them unburied for the buzzards to take care of. If Spain could destroy 200,000 men, women ; and children, the slaughter of 266 people was not a very great undertaking. But this one last deed will result in the liberation of Cuba, and the driving of Spain from this hemisphere and the overthrow of that gov- : Iernment, which will soon drop to pieces if it does not go down under bombardment of insulted nations. A ftlloTMofiftw yc? +V?o -fo1 n numcjL aucvuiiiuu aj tuu j?v> uut we have a God to go to in behalf of all those of our countrymen wno may be 1 in especial exposure at the front, for we must admit the perils. It is no trifling thing for 100,000 young men to be put outside of home restraints and sometimes into evil companionship. < Many of the brave of the earth are not the good of the earth. To be in the same tent with those who have no regard for God or home,to hear their holv relieion sometimes starred at, to ba placed under influences calculated to make one reckless, to have no Sab bath, except such Sabbath ss in most encampments amounts to no Sabbath at all, to go out from homes where all sanitary laws are observed into surroundings where questions of health are never discussed, to invade climes where pestilence holds posses sicn, to makeicDg marches under blistering skies, to si ana on deck and in the fields under fire at the mercy of shot and shell?we must admit that those thus exposed need especial care, and to the omnipresent God we have a right to commend them and will commend them. Postal communication may bi interrupted and letters started from camps or iiomes may not arrive at the right destination, but, however far away our loved ones may be from us and however wide and deep the seas that sparate us, we may hold communication with them via the throne of God. A _ shipwrecked sailor was found i floating on a raft near the coast of California. While in hospital he tcld j his experience asd said that he had a companion on the same raft for some i time. "While that companion w&sd ying of thirst he said to him,' 'George, where are you eoiag?" and the dying sailer said, 4*I hope I am going to God." "If you do," said ifce rescued sailor, "will you a?k him to send war every drummer ooy or picset ur guilder or standard bearer or skirm 6 isher cr sharp shooter or cavilryrean or artilleryman or engineer who falls falls in the cause of mercy and becomes a martyr for God and his coun try. Another alleviation of this war is , that it is for the advancement ?. f the sublime principle of liberty,^ which will yet engirdle the_earth. NoJ; only some water r &.;ttir tee oeaia 01 ais companion, the survivor said, the rain came in torrents and slaked his thirst aiid kept him a)ive until he vras taken to safety. Ihs survivor always thought it was in answer to the rnes sage he had sent to heaven askisg for water. Thatik God we may have direct and instantaneous communication with the Lord Almighty through Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, and in that faiih we may secure the rescue cf cur imperiled kindred. Is not that a mighty alleviation? Until this conflict is ended let us be much t? ? 1...1 .i in yrzytr lur uur uciuycu wuuujr. i Do not let rs depend upon the friendship of foreign nations. Oar hope is in God. Oat of every misfortune he has brought this nation to a belter moral and financial condition, and so let us pray that he will lift us out of trouble unto a higher mountain of blessing. It is a mystery that just as tniscoun try was recovering from a long season of hard times so many of cur industries should now be halted; that business men who though4, they could see their way to pay their debts and build up more prosperous enterprises and endow their homes with more advantages should have to halt and wait until the perfidious oppressor of Cuba shall be turned back. But individual ard national life i3 always clothed wish mysteries, and we may make ourselves miserable by stabbing ourselves with sharp interrogation points and plying the everlasting questions of Tht ?>rrl "Frnw?'' ?7vi "What?" and "When?"' While we must of cours3 try to be intelligut on all public affairs, it is a glorious thing to do our duty, and then fully and confidently trust all in the hands of God, who has proved himself the friend cf our country from the time when the Spanish government fitted out an expedition to discover it to this time when the Sp&niaras would like to destroy it Morning, noon and night lei us commend this beloved-land to the care offca gracious God. That ;he answers prayer is so certain that our religion is a hallucination if he/does not answer it. Pray that in reply to such supplication the farmers' boys may get home again in time to reap the harvest of next July, that our business men may return in time to prepare for a fall trade such as has never yet filled the stores and factories with cus tomers, and that all the Jtomes in this country now saddened by the departure of father or brother or son may months before the Thanksgiving: and Christmas holidays be full of joy at the arrival of these who will for the i est of their lives have stories to tell of double quick march, and narrow e?cape, and-charges up the parapets, and nights set on fire with bombard ment, and our flag hauled up to places from which other flags were hauled down. Now that we have started on the work let us make that Spanish government get out of this hemisphere. We do not want her any more,* with her injustices and barbarism and stilettos of cruelty, hanging around the shores of this free land. She must not breath, foul breath on our winds; she must not again redden our seas with her butcheries. There bids fair to o nr. tha oe Kf\J CM ow\>uv V/iJL maw v?v mwmmhavmw wv the Spanish as that which whelmed their armada in 1588. Phillip II, king of Spain, resolved on the conquest of Europe, and already in the compas3 of his dominions, besides Spain, were Naples and Sicily, and the Netherlands, and the Eist Indies, and the Canary and Molucca and Sunda and Phillipine islands, and Mexico and Cuba, and some of the most splendid paj'ts of America- All the nations of the earth except England were to her underlings, and the Spanish king resolved that even England must bow the knee. Although the destructive strength of modern battleships was then unknown, the Spanish armada started for the subjection of England with about 140 great ships, with 2,600 guns, 4,000 cavalry horses and 32,000 men. The battleships were provisioned with 147,0C0 casks of wine and six months of provisions. The com manders ana officers of these war vessels were dukes and. marqu'sss and noblemen. At Plymouth, England, on the 19 *h of July the prominent officers of the navy were in a bowl ing alley, bowling with great glee? ijord Howard, the high admiral; Sir Martin Frobisher, the daring explorer and Sir Francis Drake, the first circumnavigator of the world?when word came to them that the Spanish armada was advancing. The officers continued at the game of- the bowling alley until the game was finished and then want out to investigate the tidings, and, sure enough, that mighty fleet which was considered invincible and wnich was to bombard and overthrow England was approaching, but the invading navy was destrojed, for the Lord Almighty appeared in the fight. A storm sue a as had never swept the coast of England or aroused the ocean swooped upon the Spanish armada. Most of the'ships soon went down under the sea, while others were driven helplessly along to be splintered on the coasts of Eagland, Ireland, Scotland and Norway. Another Spanish armada is crossing the Atlantic, and we are ready to meet them. The same God who destroyed the armada in 1588 reigns in 1898. May he in his might, either through human arm or dumb element, defeat their squadron and give victory to the old flag of Aamirai Farragut and David Port6r! Yet what the world most wants is' Christ, who is coming to take possession r\f oil liflaWc oil Vidmoa oil -no. Vj. MA4 JUWMX kW} MAL MJ.A JJLM tions, but the world blocks the wheels of his chariot. I wouid like to see this century, which is now almost wound up, find its peroration in some mighty overthrow of tyrannies and a mighty building up of liberty and j ustice. Almost all the centuries have ended with some stupendous event that transformed nations and changed the map of the world. It was so at the close of the fcurteenth century; it was so at the close of the fifteenth century; it was so at the close of the sixteenth cantury; it was so at the close of the seventeenth century; it was so at the close of the eighteenth century. May it be more gloriously so at the close of the nineteenth csn tury! "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory." Amen and amenT' Amma: I :ion tor Devrej. Thu cruiser Charleston which started tcda3' on her long j-jurney to meet Admiral Dawey at Manila shculd arrive there in about 24 days, allowing a couple of days at Honolulu for coal. Admiral Daw-y's cablegrams show that he is able to maintain the ground he has gained until reinforcements ar rive in the usual course so that the Charleston will get there in time to serve him. Tne stcck cf ammunition which the Charleston carries is fce lievei to be the great essential just "nm +Vio fia nnorac-pvrripnt fll ("Il-citA iiWTT, .UV j ha.yi.ix consumed a large part of the I American admiral's shot and shell. ? * . J?B NEWBERRY'S ROLL OF HONOR. Th? Ma't-r So 1 oTthe Men Who Fo'm Co. B of tb? Regiment.; B^io-w is given the muster roll of the Newberry Guards, the second company to bs sworn info the service of the United States. This company :s now known as O. B., 1st Regiment S. C. Volunteers, U. S. A. Eere is the roll: COMMISSIONED OFFICES Wm. S. Langford, captain, Newberry, merchant, singleRichard H. Wearn, first lieutesant, Newberry, banker, single. Thomss 0. Stewart, jr., second lieutenant, Newberry, coffin maker, sintie. NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. George F. Wearn, first sergeant, Newberry, salesman, single. William B. Wise, quartermaster sergeant, Prosperity, cotton buyer, siDgle. AIor.23 J. Cook, first sergfant. Newberry, clerk, siugle. Julius G. Daniels, sergeant, New berry, jeweler, single. George B. Boulware, sergeant, Nawberry, c'erk, single. John F. Langston, sergeant, Clifton, weaver, single. Milton C. Lancaster, corporal, Spartanburg, bookkeeper, single. David E. Sheppard, corporal, Higgin's Ferry, druggist, single. William E. Blats. corporil, New berry, druggist, single. George F. Smith, corporal, Glymphville, cierk, single. Robert Norris, corporal, Newberry, student, single. JohnE. Davis, corporal, Swain, primer, single. Harry T. White, Musician, Newberry, painter, single. Landy Wood, musician, Nilleys, salesman, single. CasporC. Stewart, artificer, Newberry, cabinet maker, single. John A McCaffertv, wagoner, Jor.38ville laborer, single. PRIVATES. Robert Aldridge, Newberry, weaver, single. Walter Allen, Newberry, laborer, married. William M. Best, North Carolina, laborer, single. Middle S. Bodie, Newberry, weaver, single. John L. Beown, Newberry, engineer, single. Alsa D. Brown, Clifton, weaver, single. John H. Buice, Clifton, laborer, single. Ed. R. Caldwell, Clyde, N. C., spooler, single. John P. Cannon, Prosperity, farmer, single. James M. Cassidy, Wiener, student, single. Jefferson D. Chapman, Newberry, clerk, married. Frank J. Clapp, Mississippi, weaver, single. Robert T. Coakrell, Denny's, salesman, single. Joseph B. Cooley, Cherokee, clerk, single. Charlton T. Cromer. Newberrv. stu dent, single. Jesse L. Dan son, Whitmire, farmer, single. John E. Dreher, Sail wood, student, single. Joseph L Edwards, Lexington, carpenter, single. William W. Farrow, Newberry, plowman, single. Robert Finger, Maiden, N. C , laborer, single. Lsvi E. Folk, Newberry, farmer, single. Thomas N. Folk, Nawberry, farmer, single. Richard J. Fuller, Denny's, editor, single. Rowland H, Garrison, Clifton, weaver, single. John F. Griffith, Saluda, mechanic, oir> r*ia ElijaS. Grise, Piedmont, laborer, single. James L, H9nderson, Marshall, N. C.. laborer, single. Zic. R. Henderson, Marshall, N. C., laborer, single. Henry H. Hinson, Kinard, student, single. Malcolm D. Hipp, Whitmire, farmer, single. Clayton F. Holmes, Rochester, N. Y? carpenter, single. James E. Hooper, Burton, Ga., laborer, single. Andrew J. Kilgore, Tokina Park coppersmith, single. John M. Kinard, Newberry, farms?, single David V. Kirkpatrick, Newark, 0., machinist, single. William T. Livingston, Single j, carpenter, married. Lewis S. Lovelace, Newberry, flag man, single. Parry M. Marti a, Clinton, farmer, single. Clarence E. Mathias, Saluda, farmer, single. John Mayer, Peaks, farmer, single. Silas L. Medlock, Poverty Hill, teacher, single. Samuel T. McCarthy, Danny's, farmer, single. Andrew T. KcGee, Clifton, weaver, single. Robert A. Morrison, Rock Hill, cotton buyer, single. James W. Nelson, Clifton, farmer, married. John. F. Ou'.z, Oid Town, carder, single. Bam H. Paysinger, Nawbsrry, sawyer, sinerle. Vance V. Pearsoli, Newberry, black?mith, single. James Pool, Spartanburg, laborer, single. Eddie P. Rsdish, Williams, student, siagle. William C. Rjeder, Newbsrr/, ma*>Vi on 1/* cir?r?]o Herbert Rjs3, North Georgia, laborer, single. Theodore Spehl, Newberry, blacksmith, single. Aumerle Schumpert, Newberry, stu- , lent, single. Mil=s Stevenson, Spartanburg, prin;er, single. Thomas W. Swindler, Newberry, aarness maker, married: Geo. B. Suber, Newberry, farmer, single. Jefferson Tribble. Edgefield, farmer, single. William B. Werts, Spartanburg, printer, single. Thomas G. Willians, Helena, ma ULLUiC BgCUW, JLLlttl LlCU. William 8- Wis, Whitney, weaver, ; single, i Marvin "Veargin, Laurens, farmer, , singie. ! c:o jlnglii on a jo. Refugees from Santiago de Cuba, say the insurgent district commanders in Eastern Cuba are moving near- ! er to Santiago de Cuba. It appears 1 that Brig. Gen. Minds z, by crder of Gen. Calfxto Garcia, haa brought insurgent force3 from the extreme < East to the neighborhood of Caimane- ' ro, on the South coast, and Brig. Gen. Castillo of the insurgent army shifts ( his command to within twenty-five . t n i: ^ a 1 lilies 01 o&nnagu ua uuua. ouian. m- ( surgent bands engage in nightly raids . past the outlying garrisoned towns, tc within about six miles of the city oJ Santiago de Cuba. They retire without pursuit, after their forays, the concerted design is to cut off the meat, i vegetable and fruit supply of the : city and produce the effects of a seige. 1 11 "m-*1 tivm^ *.M .W1 CONDITION OF CRCFS What the 0 3> fc ve s *?i Ov?r cat St?t? Bi port to Heediniaitera The folbwirg weekly bu'lstin of the cj/'diiion 01 the weather and croDa of the State for the past week W2s issued Tuesday: la the early portion ci the week the ' nights were caol and the day tempera- ' turss unseasonably low, but duriug the week there was a steady rise in < temperature considerably abGve the normaL The maximum reported was 97 on the 14th at Gillisonviile, while maxi- 1 ma of 90 and above were general over 1 the eastern portion of the State during the last days of the *eeic. The mini- < mum reported was 41 on the 10th at Cheraw. The average for the week wao 70 and the normal for the same period is about 71. The rainfall was generally light. ' Scattered showers occurred on the 11, 1 12 ;h, 14k,h and 15th. The ground is very dry and a drought may be said to 1 prevail along the coast, ma^t severe in 1 Charleston county. The heaviest fall '> for the week was 125 at Riverview, and 25 other places reported amounts : generally less than half an inch. The average amount was 0.31 and the nor- < mal is approximately 0 SO. Rain is '< needed over the entire State, A severe and destructive hailstorm occurred ia Pickens county in the vi- '< cinity of Dacusville on the 11th. The < path of the storm nowhere exceeded : one mile in width and was about five ' miles long. Over portions of this area ' hail fell to the depth of four inches 1 arfd destroyed all vegetation. Hail ] also cccured, but without doing damage, in Greenville, Lexington and Richland counties. There was sufficient bright sunshine ( averaging about 90 per cent, of the possible over the eastern portions and J about 75 over the western. The pre vailing winds were light westerly, 1 generally southwest. ' The warmer weather caused a no- ' ticeable improvement in the appear- ; ance of field crops generally and par- ; licuiarly ia the condition of corn which to a large extent, regained a ' healthy color, and shows improve- ! ment in stand, although stands are ' not entirely satisfactory being much 1 broken by the ravages of cat, bud and 1 heart worms, and uneven on account of much replanting. ' Corn planting continues to a limited ! extent, but may be said to be practically finished, except for stubble corn to be planted, in June. Cotton shows little recovery from the set back of the previous week, caused by the cool winds and reports cf cotton dying were received from various localities. The stand of cottoa Ganges between "very good" and the "poorest seen in a lifetime." That is to say, there is a great irregularity in the stand even in adjacent townships, which differ greatly, some reporting fair stands and others yery poor. But ] almost without Exception, correspond- i ents state that a great deal of replant- I ing has been done and much yet to do beiore full stands can be secured. In many instances whole fields were < ? ? ? ? J ?am1AW4-?/1 1 piOWtJU Up OUU XO^iBUKU. In the eastern portion of the. State, 1 early planted cotton is looking best, while over the western portions late 1 planting has done better except that in 1 places tne ground is so crusted that 1 sprouting cotton seems unable to 1 break through it and some farmers 1 are harrowing the fields to break the ' crust. Sea island cotton is not doing ' well owing to the drought that prevails 3 over the region of its cultivation. Cot- J ton planting is practically finished, al- 1 though in a few localities it is unfinished. Chopping is well under way. < Tobacco seems to haVd responded ' quickly to the better weather condi- < tions mat have prevailed latterly, and 1 can be said to be doing nicely with ] the sets larger than usual for tne sea - ] son. There is need of rain in some to- 1 bacco raising sections, a small wnite ; worm is doing considerable damage in ^ places by boring the pitn of the stem, otherwise the tobacco is in a satisfactory condition. Bice is looking well and growing fast in the coast rice districts, but in Kersbaw the seed rotted in the ground necessitating replanting. The condition of wneat continues very promising. Bust has not increased during the week and is not preva- J * - x ^ I |?? ivtinnA 2 IQUl SJIOU^U IU maiiWiiiiij uijvuq TT UVM W except in portions of Lexington county. Wheat is heading and stands in urgent need of rain. Oats are ripening in the southeastern portions of tne state and harvesting has begun in Ham peon and Beaufort counties, witu a good average yield. Oats are heading well evtry- J where, but, like wheal, need rain. Spring eats will likely be a failure in the low counties, but in the upper portions of the state are looking well, j? but need rain. The general outlook for fruit continues to be good for peaches, eHpJci- ; ally in the counties where most t.:ien* j tion is given this crop, but pears are ? not doing well generally; much blight i is noted and the fruit is dropping too j freely. Apples have sst well in some I localities, wnile others report the trees i barren. Plums are ripening and will t be quite plentiful. Grape blooms in j prolusion in the western counties, and this fruit appears to be doing well everywhere, Attention should be given grapes now by giving the vines not Ies3 thon three successive spraying at intervals of about 12 days. Wild berries will ba abundant in ? pistes, but in Hampton and Barnwell t lie berries appear small and shrivelled . Forest fires during the winter destroyed many wild blackberry vines. Sugar cane is growing up to good t stands. Sweet potato drawers are being transplanted, but the ground is too dry for this work to be pushed. There c appears to ba no scarcity of draws, fc Irish potatoes are not yielding over c one-fourih an average crop in Char- c leston county owing to the drficiency ? of over 10 inches in rainfall since c January 1st Other rotables, in the s same vicinity, have yielded less than i usual by 50 per cent., and shipments i have been correspondingly light. Melons are now doing well, having made marked improvement except in 5 Newberry and Bamberg counties where poor stands are the rule. ? n /* THflll Qnmo TtAQO ^ 1 COU UW UW UUiUg TTUUU K^ViUV , have been sown in Greenville and 1 Lexington counties. J Gardens continue backward, but * looking well. Pastures need rain, Farm work is up with the needs of all d crops and fields are in good condition 1 ajenerally, except that grassy fields t are reported from Kershaw. t Chinch bugs have attached corn in g York, and have appeared on grain in \ Chester. Cut, bad and heart worms a are reported numerous and destructi\ e h over neatly the entire State. ^ X?Ua tke Stoiy. * Spanish 4 per cant, bonds are worth 5 29 i cents on the dollar. That is to j say, a Spanish promise to pay $100 is worth $29.50. United States 4 per y cent bonds are worth 122 ? cents on the dollar, and a promise ol the Unit sd States to pay $100 at 4 per cent, is worth $122.50. That tells the story ol the public judgment as to the cut some of this contest. If the American squadron can meet q ana defeat the Spanish feet that n now in the vicinity of Cuba the w*>r j s wont last much longer, j I BETTER COTTON BALING. 4 M?t nr tba* Should Iatfrest Every Oot'Oi Plait <r. The convention of cotton corppress men held in Atlanta recently adnpted resolutions for a reform which if carried out, will savs tne cotton planters of the south millions of dollars. The resomuons cfciare lor uoirormny ia the size of cotton bales and better covering for cotton when sent to market. The Atlanta Journal says it is passing strange that we should have continued our slipshod methods of baling cotton so long after it has been demonstrated that it cost us dearly. A large part oMhe possible profit from every crop of cotton raised in the scutii is literally thrown away by our manner of preparing the cotton for market. The cDtton excharges of this country and the Liverpool exchange have called attention to this wasta many times and have protested against it. Dnr r>nn?;nlfi at; r>ni*ts whpw Amftriftan cotton is recsived have told us time and time again that it is by far the worst packed cotton that is shipped from any country. I a spile of these warnings and demonstrations we go doggedly on in the same stupid fashion and pay for our folley. A tax is placed upon our cotton which represents more than the actual losiirom bad bailing : or the foreign purchaser makes sure of protecting himself and the farmer is forced to pay more than the ?eal worth Df a waste which he CDuld avoid. Mr. C. Menelas, of Mobile, publishes a practical letter on this subject in the Mobile Register. He says: 4'With our present system, the most valuable product of the south ia handled in the most detrimental manner. It reaches the market more or less ragged and in all sizad bales, exposed tc the sun and air. to the rain and storm, losing in weight in the first itstance, deteriorating in quality in the other, and who, but the planters, pay for all that shortsighted policy? The light bagcing, in the handing and rehandling of the bale?, is generally torn to pieces, exposes the cotton to be soiled and otherwise damaged and causes extra loss in weight, which, of course, comes out of the planters' pocket directly or indirectly. "Then the bale, being of all sizes, ure handled at a greater expense on shipboard and cars and, as they take more space than the square bales, the rates of freight are higner. All these drawbacks form a serious item of expenses which always has to come out af the price the buyer has to pay for sotton, whether it goes to European ports or to our eastern spinners. " What is demanded from the planters and ginners to do is to adopt a uniform box for baling cotton measuring 24x51 inches inside measurement. This can be done easily by my ordinary carpenter and at an expense not exceeding $5 to $S and les3 in monu instftnrA'2 Nflvt tnnsfl hac? ijirg weighing not less than two or two and one-quarter pounds per yard. The latter will pay better in the and. And lastly, to have as near a uniform weight as possible, v:z , 500 to 560 pounds per bale. "By adopting this system, thepropsrty of the planters will be better protected, the loss in weight reduced and wtton will bring to the planters from 50 cents to 75 cents per bale more, through the light loss in weight and the discrimination in price, which trill be made by buyer? next saason ii favor of cotton packed in,the standard bos of 24x54 inchees, inside measurement, "Unless this is done promptly and efficiently, the cylindrical bale trust will profit from the demand by tne :otton consumers for a square Dale to extend its ramifications throughout the south, and with its round bale, well covered md even weight, will try to replace Dur present system and render valueless all our ginut, of which there are in the south over 36,0C0, representing i capital of over $45,000,000. Besides this, the planter will be at the tender mercies of the trust, which don't sell machines, but only rent them out on royalty, and will end by controlling 3ven the price of cotton to the detriment of the producer." The compress companies of Georgia, ilabama and Mississippi have determined to make a concerted effort to establish uniformity of baling and to xi&ke the bales stronger as well as ;asier to handle. In tnis effort they ihouid receive the hearty support ana 5a operation of every cotton produce, :or i; is upon him tnat the expense of rregular and defective baling falls at ast. How XJaeyQ-tla. The following explains itself: '"Wastiin$?ton, May 19. 'Capt. E B. Fuller, Mastering Officer, Columbia, S. C.: "Upon urgent request of Senators Pi 11 man and McLaurin and Capt, 3oyd, in cases of Bobert L. Midaleton Fr., EmmettC. Dibble and Henry ippslt, the adjutant general autho iz3s you to muster former for heavy jattery and others for infantry if vison cf either eye is normal or defecive. Vision will not interfere with * 2\Zs. J-.4.? )roper periormanca ox muiar^ uuij. Ward. "Assistant Adjulant General." Took Away Xholr Ganti Theguns of the National Guards, a solored military organization of Chareston, have bsen taken to Columbia. Che government thinks that ;guns in he hands of military companies are or use, not for show, and when they Till not go to the front when called ipon their guns are to be given to hose who wilL The Oregon Sale* Secretary Long gave out the welome information Wednesday that the lattleship Oregon, the second largest Tan in me American navy, uau auuessfuily completed her long trip from lan Francisco, making the entire circuit of South America, and was now afe. Whether or not she has joined admiral Sampson's fleet, the secretary 70uld not say. In the appointment of the officers if the South Carolina volunteers Governor Ellerbe had a very [elicate and responsible duty to perorm. We believe he discharged it to he very best interests of the service ,nd the Interests of the men as he saw hem. Why is it that one man is old and lecrepid at 45, and another hale and learty at 80? it depends on me care le takes of himself. Often a man's ;odygets out of repair?the trouble ,tows until it lays him out in bed. Whenever a man feels that he is not js well as he ought to ba, whenever le is listless, without energy and without vitality, whenever he finds hat he is loosing weight and that his irdinary work gives him undue faigue, he needs Dr. Pierce's Golden iedical Discovery. If he keeps on forking with his liver inactive and lis blood impure?he keeps his nerves nd hnriv under a constant nervous train. He will not be hearty when he s old. The "'Golden Medical Discovery ures many so-called diseases because learly all illness springs frcm the ame thing?bad digestion and consei uent impure blood, the "Discovery" iiakes the appetite good, the digestion troag, assimilation easy, and the loed rich and pure. AN ESCAPED CUBAN no i>iii or ice jyamigf uone lime uardesaa Fight. Senor Ernesto Castro, a well-known lawyer and president of the revolutionary junta of Card?na?. arrived at Key West Sunday on the United 8tates gunboat Annsfftfis; During the recent bombard msnt at Cardenas Senor Castro was in the bay in a small boat, trying to reach the American vessels and get transportation to the United States on an important mission. He was compelled to return to the shore, where he saw and heard of the results of the bombardment The Spanish gunboats that lured the United States torpedo boat Winslow into the death trap were the Antonio Lopfz, Laaltad and Ligera. During tha fight the two former retreated behind the wharves and the Ligera behind the key. It was the Antonio Lopez that opened fire on the Winslow and decoyed her into the channel. The Spanish troops formed on the public square, not daring to go to the wharves; all the Spanish flags were lowered, as they furnished targets, and the families all fled to Jovellanw. Senor Castro says an American shell exploded in the very entrance of the Spanish casino, shattering the building and setting it on fire. The Casino, winch had been usee, as a military headquarters and infantry barracks, and which was the largest structure .in the town, was utterly destroyed. Other buildings were wrecked. Some of the shots went as far as the Triente sugar plantation, two miles in the interior. Tire Spanish loss of life SenOr Cas tro believes to have been very heavy. It was so reported. After the bombardment csased the military commander pressed all able-bodied men into the work of carrying sand to ' build new batteries, and the next day 1,200 men were brought from Biatanzis and Habana to continue the work. Senor Castro after passing four days on the Piedras key, signalled the United States sun boat Wilmington and was taken off. He savs famine ] prevails everywhere in Cuba. In Cardenas rice is 25 cents a pound, condensed milk sells at $1.50 per csn and horse flesh brings 75 cents a pound. There is no beef or bread. The insurgents are in dire distress. 1 Formerly provisions were smuggled from the cities, but that relief is now impossible, since the cities themselves are starving. The insurgents are try- , ing to subsist on peppery wood and ; palm buds. Senor Castro tasted meat today for the first time in five weeks* AID WANTED IN PHILIPPINES. Span'ardj gafclng Bo aits In Hess SC<W?? Amtticuf There are Uniuy, A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Hone Kong, says: "Spaniards in Hong Kong and Manila open ly boast that a fleet of warships is on the way to the Philippine islands and the bishops Jiave issued pas- . torals to the effect that Spain and God. are preparing to cut oat those social excresences from America.' The pastorals urge the people to give no quarter and they describe Admiral Dewey's humanity in refusing to bombard Manila as due to fear. At the same time money is being spent in bribing the inferior leaders among the insurgent?. "Ihere is some anxiety here because of the non-arrival of American troops and the American consulate is crowded with volunteers. United States Consul Wildmen is on duty day and night. An American miner from Manila, by name of Doeu, has arrived here. Fjr several years he managed a coal mine near Cebu, and the Spanish authorities, fearing { he would supply the American flieet, expelled him." Invading Cabs. A dispatch from Key West under date of Sunday says unless some accident has befallen the United States transport Florida there are now United States volunteer troops on tie island of Cuba or they will be then* within a /. i_ ? & 4TTT- j 3 ir 10 i*s ft uuuxb. vreuucsiutj, mjxy xo, the United States transport Florida left Port Tampa with severalhiradred volunteer troops oh board. The passengers belonged to the regiment of Cuban volunteers organized in the lower extremity of Florida some weeks ago. It was thought best to send these men as they speak Spanish and are more acquainted with the topography of the country, which it is proposed to invade. It cannot be learned what United States officers accompanied the regiment of volunteers. If this ex ptdnion is a success further troops will be rushed into the island as soon as possible/] Some of us were disposed to protest against the heavy appropriation! for ships and armament of the put few years, but in the light of recent events i there are none who would swap our ; naval equipments for twice the money j it cost We hope this war will teach j the country to more closely adhere to j Washington's motto of war prepara- ! tions in pacific moments. Cuba is known in history under t seven names. The first was Aniilla; then Juana, after a Spanish prince. Fernandina came thiiil, followed by < Santiago and the Isla of Ave Mania. ) The original Indian name, Chzbana can. signifying "where gold is found," was finally adopted, and usage shortened it to the first two syllables. rrr\ . */VTe ^ -rrs. way *? \ - to reach ( j;*, 5o<j heart of I <**/, \ \35W| the modem Ml \ \ 2b * ) && yona* maa. it \ ^ ably be expects jBBgafP* . "moTe thau 1m de' #'*V serves. Hewant* good >/ j" * looks, good sense, good nature, good health. They usually go together. An observing man learns that a woman who is physically weak and nervous and incapable, is likely to be ill-natured too. The sweetest temper is ruined by continual sickness. A woman whose nerves are constantly racked and dragged by debilitating drains and inflammation, cannot be a genial companion or happy wife: and she is totally unfitted to be a mothei These troubles prevail almost universally among women largely because of carelessness and neglect There is no real need of them. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a positive specific for the weaknesses and diseases of the feminine organise. It cures them radically and completely. It heals, strengthens and purifies. It is the only scientific remedy devised for this spe- 1 rial purpose by an educated, skilled physi- J dan. it is the only medicine that makes aotlierb'>od easy and absolutely safeMi^ Lauretta MtN'ecs, of Reno (P. O. Box 73j). 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