The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 06, 1899, Image 4

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Religion in trade" : Dr. Talmage Shows How Busirtess Trials Refine the Spirit. BjSSj; * p COUNTING HOUSE MARTYRS. J % How a Merchant Finds His Office a School of Industry, Patience,, Integrity and Sv Upright Living. Iuthis discourse Dr. Talmage argues *AKin/?n WOTT ho tatpn into all the I MLlCkU lgilgivu vv v?! affairs of life, and instead of being a hindrance, as many think, is a re-enforcement The text is Romans, xii, 11, "Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord." Industry, devoutness and Christian service?all commended in that short text. What, is it possible that they shall ?be conjoined? Oh, yes. There is no war between religion and business, lurtarooTi lpdfrprs and Bibles, between wvwnvvM -v-0" ? c lurches and counting houses. On the contrary, religion accelerates business, sharpens men's wits, sweetens aceerbityof disposition, fillips the blood of phlegmaties and throws more velocity into the wheels of hard work. It gives better balancing to the judgment, more strength to the will, more muscle? to industry and throws i rto enthusiasm a more consecrated fire. You cannot in V all the circle of the world show me a man whose honest business has been de-r f spoiled by religion. The industrial classes are divided in to EHTC6 gTCIipfS plCTU uauiuuv turers, traders. Producers, such as farmers and miners. Manufacturers, such- as those who turn corn into food and wool and flax into apparel. Traders, such as make profit out of the transfer and exchange of all that which is produced and manufactured. A business man may belong to any one or all of these classes, and not one is independent of any other. "When the prince imperial of France fell on the Zulu battlefield because the '1 strap fastening tne stirrup to tne sautue broke as he clung to it, his comrades all escaping, but he falling under the lances of the savages, a great many people blamed the empress for allowing her son to go forth into that battlefield, and others blamed the English government for accepting the sacrifice, and others blamed the Zulus for their barbarism. The one most to blame was the harness maker who fashioned that strap of the stirrup out of shoddy and imperfect material, as it was found to have been afterward. If the strap had held, the / prince imperial would probably have been alive today. But the strap broke. No prince, independent of a harness maker! High, low, wise, ignorant, you in one occupation, I in another, all bound together. So that there must be one continuous line of sympathy with each other-Is work. But whatever wour voaation, if you have a multiplicity ?f engagements, f nto your life there come losses and annoyances-and perturbations as well as percentages and dividends, if you are pursued from Monday morning until Saturday night, and from January to January by inexorable obligation and / duty, then you are a business man, or you are a business woman, and my subject is appropriate to your case. In the first place, I remark that business life was intended as a school of energy. God gives us a certain amount of raw material out o ? which we are to hew our character. Our faculties are to be reset, rounded and sharpened up. Our young folks having graduated from school or college need a higher education, that which the rasping collision of everyday life alone can effect. Energy is wrought out only in the fire. After a man has been in business activity 1U, ZU, 30 years, Jiis energy is net to De measured by weights or plummets or ladders. There is no height it cannot scale, and there is no depth it cannot fathom, and there is no obstacle it canx not thrash. Now, my brother,'why did God put you in that school of energy? Was it >. \ merely that you might be a yardstick to measure cloth, or a steelyard to weigh flour? Was it merely that you might be better qualified to chaffer and higgle? No. God placed you in that school of energy that you might be developed for Christian work. If the undeveloped talents in the Christian churches of to day were brought out and thoroughly ! harnessed, I believe the whole earth would be converted to God in a twelvemonth. There are so many deep streams that are turning no mill *Theels and chat are harnessed to no factory bandfl. Now, G-od demands the best lamb out of every flock. He demands the richest sheaf- of every harvest. He demands the best men of every generation. A cause in which Newton and Locke and Mansfield toiled yon and I can afford to toil in. Oh, for fewer idlers in the cause of Christ, and for more Christian workers," men who shall take the same energy that from Monday morning to Saturday night they put forth for the achievement of a livelihood or the gathering - P _ J OAL.A J .J. oi a iorcune, ana on oaDDam uays uuu it forth to the advantage of Christ's kingdom and the bringing of men to the Lord. Dr. Duff visited a man who had inherited a great fortune. The man said to him: "I had to be verv busy for many years of my life getting my livelihood. After awhile this fortune came to me, and there has been no ner?oaaift7 T fnil ainne prA f>9rnp a 1 time "when I said to myself, 'Shall I now retire from business or shall I go on and serve the Lord in my worldly occupation?" He said; "I resolved on the latter, and I have been more industrious in commercial circles than I ever was before, and since that hour I have never kept a farthing for myself. I have thought it to be a great shame if I couldn't toil as hard for the Lord as I T 1 i IP 1 H il naa. toiieu ior mysei r ana an cue products, of my factories and my commercial establishments, to the last farthing have gone "for the building of Christian institutions and supporting the church of God.'f Would that the same energy put forth for the world could be put forth for God. Would that a thousand men in these sreat cities who have achieved a fortune could see it their duty now to do all business for Christ'and the alleviation of the world's suffering! Again, I remark that business life is a school of patience. In your everyday life how many thiDgs to annoy and to disquiet! Bargains will rub. Commercial men will sometimes fail to moat tVioiT on cro from An fa POCIIKAAI-O V ILUVU VM>JMk/VVa^ and money drawer will sometimes quarrel. Goods ordered for a special emergency will come too late or be damaged in the transportation. People intending no harm will go shopping without any intention of purchase, overturning great stocks of goods and insisting that you break the dozen. More bad debts on the ledger. More 'counterfeit bill? in the drawer. More debts to pay for ; "* . . * . ' j ?y / ? __ - /_ other people. More meannesses on tfte part of partners in business. Annoy ajce after annoyance, vexation aftej vexation, and loss after loss. All that process willeither'breakyor down or brighten you tip. It is i school of patienfce. You have knowr men under the process to become petu lant, choleric, and angry, and pugnaci ous, and cross, and sour, and queer - - * - - j il and they lost their customers, aou mei. name became a detestation. Othe: men have vbeen brightened up unde: the process. They were toughened b] the exposure." They wsre like rocks all the more valuable for bein* blasted At first they had to choke down thei: wrath, at first they had to bite thei lip; at first they thought of some sting ing retort they would Use to make, bu they conquered their impatience They have kind words now for sarcas tic flings. They have gentle behavio now for unmannerly customers. Thej art patient now with unfortunate deb tors. They have Christian reflection: ? rorarcus VV here die uyn ivi duuucu AV'WWWW. they get that patience? By hearing! minister preach concerning it on Sab bath? Oh, no. They got it jus where you will get it?if you ever ge it at ail?selling nais, aiscouimuj notes, turning banisters, plowing corn tinnihg roofs, pleadiag causes. Oh that amid the turmoil and aniiety an< exasperation of everyday life yoi might hear the voice of God saying "In patience poisess your soul. Le patience have her perfect work." I remark also that business life is i school for integrity. No man kaow what he will do until he is tempted There are thousands of men who havi kept their integrity merely becausi they never have been tested. A mai was elected treasurer of the state o Maine some years ago. He was ais tinguished for his honesty, usefulness and uprightness, but before one yea had passed he had taken of the publi funds for his own private use, and wa hirled out of office in disgrace. Dis tinguished for virtue before. Distin guished for crime after. You can cal over the names of men just like that in whose honesty you had complet confidence, but placed in certain crise of temptation they went overboard. . v'Never so many temptations to scoun arelism as now. Not a law on th statute book but has some back doo through which a miscreant can escape Ah, how many deceptions in tne lao ric of the goods! So mnch plunderini in commercial life that .if a man t^I) about living a life of complete commer cial integrity there are those who as cribe it to greenness and lack of tact Moire need of honesty now than eve before?tried honesty, complete hon esty?more than in those times whei business was a plain affair and woolen * ? I eilVa on/ were wouieue, auu bu?o y?cac duuo ?u. men were men. How many men do you suppose then are in commercial life who could sa; truthfully, "In all the sales I hav ever made I have never overstated th< value of goods; in all the sales I hav ever made I have never covered up ai imperfection iu the fabric; in all th thousands of dollars I have ever mad' I have not taken one dishonest farth ing?"' There are men, however, wh can say it, hundreds who can say it thousands who can say it- They ar more honest than when they sold thei first tierce of rice, or their first firkin o of butter, because their honesty am integrity have been tested, triejl an> come out triumphant. But they re member a time when they could hav robbed a partner, or have absconder with the funds of a bank, or sprung snap judgment, or made a false assign ment or borrowed illimitable withou any efforts at payment, or got a ma: into a sharp corner' and fleeced hiir | But they never took one step on tha pathway of hell fire. They can sa; their prayers without hearing the chin! of dishoneat dollars. They can reai their Bible without* thinking of th time when with a lie on their soul i: the custom house they kissed the book They can think of death and the judjz ment that comes after it without an; flinching?that day when all charlatan and cheats, and jockeys and fraud shall be doubly da lined. It does no make their knees kno<;k together, an' it does not make their teetn chatter t rrad {as the partridge sitteth on egg and hatcheth them not, so he that get teth riches, and not b y right, shal leave them in the midst of his days and at his end shall be a fool." What a school of integrity busmes io I I -P T7/->? Viotto array Keen tomnbi to let your integrity cringe before pres ent advantage, if you have ever waken ed np in some embarrassment and said "Now, I will step a little aside fror the right path and no one will know it and I will come all right again, it i only once." That only once has ruine< rvP fTirmsands nf mpn fr>r tins lif andblasted their souls for eternity. Plato and Aristotle were so oppose* to merchandise that they declared com merce to be the curse of the nations and they advised that cities be built a least ten miles from the seacoast. Bu you and I know that there are no mor industrious or highminded men thai those who move in the world of traffic Some of them carry burdens heavie: than hods of brick, and are exposed t< sharper things than the east winl, an< climb mountains higher than the Alp; or Himalayas, and if they are faithfu Christ will at last say to them: "Wei done, good and faithful servant. Thot hast been faithful over a few things. " will make thee ruler over many thinss Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.' We talk about the martyrs of thi Piedmont valley, and the martyrs anions the Scotch highlands, and the martyr at Oxford. There are just as certainly martyrs of Wall street and State street martyrs of Fulton street and Broadway martyrs of Atlantic street and Chest nut street, going through hotter fires or having their necks under sharpe: axes. Then it behooves us to banisl all fretfulness from our lives, if thi: subject be true. .-'We lock back to th< time when we were at school; and we re member the rod, and we remember th< hard tasks, and we complained grievous ly, but now we see it was for the best Business life is a school, and the task; are hard, and the chastisements some times are very grievous. But do noi complain. The hotter the fire the bet ter the refining. There are men before the throne of G-od this day in triumpl who on earth were cheated out of every' thing but their coffin. They were sued. TTAra "P AT + fVtAT tULOJ " Viv iUX UtUl were throttled by constables with i whole pack of writs, they were sold oul by the sheriffs, they had to compromise with their creditors, they had to make assignments. Their dying hours were annoyed by tne sharp ringing of the doorbell by some impetuous creditoi who thought it was outrageous and impudent that a man should dare to die before he paid the last half dollar. I had a friend who had many misfortunes. Everything went against him. He had good business capacity and was of the best of morals, but he was one of those men such as you have sometimes seen, for whom everything seems to go wrong. His life become to him a plague. When I heard he was dead, I said, ; ........ v. r *"' ' ' "' :v jd^ ' - ?a - - ?\ - - - \ ''Good?got rid <if the sheriffs!" Who < are those lustrous souls before- the 11 rt Trr-t .. jT , . . TL _ n ' j tnrone: w nen tne question is assea."Who are they?" the angels standing t ! on the sea of glass respond, ''These are i they who came out of great business i trouble and had their rebes washed and - made white in the blood of Lamb." A man arose in Fulton street prayer , meeting and said: "I wish publicly to r acknowledge the goodness of God. I r was in business trouble. I had money r to pay, and I had no means to pay it, 7 and I was in utter despair of all human , help, and I laid this matter before the . Lord, and this morning I went down r among some old business inenas 1 naa r not seen in many years just to make a - call, and one said to me: 'Why, I am t so glad to see you! Walk in. We have . some mosey on our books due you a - good while, but we didn't know where r you were, and therefore not having 7 your address we coold not send it. We - are very glad you have come?'" And s the man standing in Fulton street i prayer meeting said, "The amount they i paid me was six times what I owed." - You say it only happened so? You are t unbelieving. God answered that man's t' prayer. g Oh, you want business grace! Com, mercial ethics, business honor, laws of , trade, are all very good in their place, 1 but there are times when you wan t som ei thing more than this world will give : you. You want God. For lack of him t some that you have known have consented to forge, and to maltreat their a friends, and to curse their enemies, and s their names have been bulletined among . scoundrels, and they have been ground e to powder, while other men you have e known have gone through the very same n ctrflcj /vP rrinm nbant. f There are men here today who fought r the battle and gained the victory. Peo, pie came out of that man's store, and r they say: "Well, if there ever was a c Christian trader, that is one." Integris ty kept the books and waited on the - customers. Light from the eternal world - flashed through the show windows. 1 Love to God and love to man presided i, in that storehouse. Some day people e going through the street notice that the s shutters of the window are not down. The bar of that store door has not been - removed. People say, "What is the e matter?" You go up a little closer, * .r 3 J r ana you see written on tne cara 01 mat . window, "Closed on account of the - death of one of the firm." That day I all through the circles of business there i is talk about how a good man has gc;>e. - Boards of trade pass resolutions of sj '.n - | pathy, and churcfces ot unnst pr-y, . "Help, Lord, for the godly n.an r ceaseth." He has made his last bar gain, he hag sneered his last loss, he i has aohed with the last fatigue. His s children will get the result of his in1 dustry, or, if through misfortune there be no dollars left, they will have an 5 estate of prayer and Christian example y which will be everlasting. Heavenly e rewards for earthly discipline. There 3 "the wicked cease from troubling and e the weary are at rest." e WISDOM FEOM THE NEGEO. e 0 t> -r? r *TT- i. T? XT &ev. jj Drown 01 w insrou j&aps uie '5 0 r Colored Preachers. f J The status of the colored race was i discussed in Baltimore Wednesday at the second annual convention of the | district foreign missionary society of the a colored Baptist churches. The preaii dent, Rev. Dr. W. C. Brown of Win^ "i- ? XT n JaJ ilkA in "kia X DtUllj \J*) SUUUUCU due iu uxa q annual address. From the expressions l of approval given by the delegates it ,t becomes evident that he voiced their y sentiments in condemning unlawfalk ness by Negroes as well as unlawful i punishment of their crimes. e The president said in part. q "The crreatest socialogical question i r i_ _ o xi_ x Dei ore ine people 01 t-ais cjumry is what shall be done wito the Negro. j Three alternations have been suggested s subjugation, emigration or exterminas tion?but the true solution has not it been touched?Christiauization. Put d backbone and grace in the pulpits; put 0 moral power and courage into the mins istry, both white and black, let them r preach fearlessly the gospel of peace 1 and universal brotherhood. Let the i, people be taught to fear God and keep his commandments; let all, both white a and black, be trained to resnect the i majesty of the law and this much-vexed i- race problem will solve itself. "Let us condemn rape and rapists; |} lynching ana lynchers. Race preacha ers are a menace to the religion of I, Jesus Christ and by cunning, ill-ads vised indoctrination and subtle theories thev are sowine from the nuloit's tares e in sufficient abundance to choke the maturing grain. Race manias may do , for politicians, but they will not do for * preachers." " In endorsing the president's address, ' Rev. Br. R, Spiller, of Hampton, Va., * said: "I am as ready as and one to rise up and condemn the wrong doer, be he e white or black. I want to sustain the 1 law, and if necessary for the protection * of our homes, to exterminate every Ner gro who disobeys the law. ^ Delegates are present from Mary* land; the District of Columbia, Penn? sylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, West | "Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. I ? A GIGANTIC FRAUD. a Three Quarters of a Million Men Still = on Pension Rolls. 3 7 The annual reDort of Hon. Clay ' Evans, commissioner of pensions, will 1 show that during the year there were , added to the pension roll 40,991 names r and 43,186 were dropped, 34,345 of i these by reason of death. There was s expended for pensions $138,355, 52. i The annual value of the entire pension - roll amounts to $135,617,961 being i $649,496 more than it was ever before, - due to the higher average value of pen. sions. The roll is made up of 753,451 s surviving soldiers, 237,415 widows and - dependent relatives and 653 nurses. t The total disbursements to pension ers since 1866 were $2,389,910,974. i During the same period $15,490,986 l ?:?; ? ai9 noo L WfLto tu CAa,UIiUJLU? SUigCUUg, - 178 to pension agencies and $52,237 228 , for salaries and other expenses of the r pension bujeau. i The total number of ongical applications filed during the year, including those on account of the war with Spain, was 48,765. The number of original claims allowed was 37,077. During the year 107,919 claims of all classes were rejected, a large percentage rvf t.hAsp beinp claims for increase. The ! report will state that the delay in the adjudication of claims is in nearly every case the fault of the claimants or their attorneys. i In order that the prensent complexsystem of pensioning may be simpli; fied and to secure a more uniform praci tice in the future, the appointment of a commission on the laws, rules and regulations is recommended. ?-TM..I '"" ''til 'Trii .V'n m.. Ill I . I'm I ll ""hotand"diy: A Heated Summer Follows a Cold and Rainy Winter. The Columbia State says the month of August just past was a record breaker for heat and drought. Since the weather bureau was established 11 years ago, the month of August has never-presented as many consecutive days of heat as it has this year. The mornings and evenings have been pleasant for the pa3t week or so, but the heat during the day has been severe. The whole summer has been warm, and in July abnormally so. Mr. J. W. Bauer, director of the weather bureau, has given some interesting facts in connection with the Iods: drv snell. The hottest dav this year was .July 15th, when the thermometer reached 105. The coldest day was 1 degree below zero, showing a variance of 106 degrees at this station since the year began. While the summer has been remarkably hot and dry, the winter was colder than usual.. The average temperature for January was 1 degree colder, and for February 6 degrees colder than the normal. March, however, was a trifle warmer, and April was colder than v* mi ?i n oramaruy. JLne average aenciency in temperature for the entire winter was. 4 degrees per day, or in other words, each day this past winter was 4 degrees colder than the average for the past 11 years. The deficiency in temperature was 252 in February and for the entire season 273 degrees. 4 The precipitation this year has been abnormal. When the growing season h^fan in Marfth tlierp wa? an nP 5 inches in the rainfall. This continued until about the middle of April, when the excess reached as high as 5-} inches. The "dry spell" then began, and has continued uninterruptedly. The average normal precipitation between March and September is 25.75 inches. This year it has been but 16.30 inohes, showing that while the rains of the spring ran the average rainfall Siinches in excess of the normal, the hot weather has teduced that excess until it has* become an actual deficiency of 9.45 inches for the summer months, or i , i i -r aDouCi mcnes since January l. There have been 84 days since 5Jay 1 when the mercury ran over the 90 ^gree mark. May 3 was the first day a hen the maximum temperature was over 90 degrees. There were 14 days in May when that maximum was reached. The rainfall in that month was but J inch, reducing the previous excess to 1* inches The hot weather record kept up in June. There were 22 days in that month when the thermometer registered over 90. Five days showed a maximum of 100 degrees and oyer. There wa3 but half the usual amount or ramiall and tne previous excess in precipitation became a deficiency of 1-10 of an inch. It was abnormally hot in July. There were 23 days when the thermometer registered over 90. For four consecutive days there was a record as follows: 102, 105,101, 103. July 15th was the hottest day recorded since the weather bureau was established 11 years ago. mi.. i" n it:. it. _T a xne raimau ims lauuui was auoui uuxmal. But the real drought commenced in August Of the 25 days so far recorded, there has been for 23 days a maximum temperature of over 90, and the other two days the maximum reached over 88. Teis has been the hottest and dryest August recorded in 11 years. The average normal temperature for this month for the first 24 days has. been 78.6 but the mean temperature for August, 1899, 24 days, has been 84, over 5 degrees in excess of the normal. A TEBRIBLE EXPLOSIOK. Ffr * Killed and Seven Seriously Wounded By It. A" boiler explosion at the Republic iron works on South Twent-fourth street Pittsburg Pa., shortly before daylight Friday lolled five men and seriously injured seven others. A fire which broke out following the explosion added to the horror. The mill was partly wrecked and the entire plant was compelled to close down. The explosion occurred just as the night force was leaving and the day a ? A a/v f o + lurue w&a uuiuxug vu u.u.uj', ov ^uau there were only a few men in the mill at the time. If it had happened a half hour later the list of dead and injured would have been ap^lling. It occurred in the 14-inch department snd the concussion was terrific. BuildiDgy were shanken a mile away and dust ? 17 A J iliA AT? WaaI'O JLiliCU UX1C ALL lUi irru \J*. Vxiauu ujiWAOi It entered open window;? and nearly suffocated persons who were aroused by the roar and the shock. Immediately following the explosion the wreckage took fire and this added to the difficulties encountered in rescuing the burned and mutilated victims. When the boiler burst a section of it weighing four tons was blown through the ruof iu'."! crushed into the side of the house of Gregory Sanders, on Wright's alley, about 200 yards distant. The building, which was of frame, was wrecked, but the occupants escaped with a bad fright. This flying portion of the boiler tore down the central sop ports of the roof, which fell in and partially buried some of those injured. The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. The damage to the plant was heavy, but the firm can not estimate it at this time. Merited Success. Special attention is called to the large advertisement of the -.Columbia Business Coliege, which appears in another column of this paper. There is no school in the country that turns out more successful graduates,- or is more progressive, more alive to the demands of the times or that has a better business or shorthand course. No young man or lady who is thinking of attending a business college should fail to send for one of their catalogues. The college makes a specialty of securing good positions for its graduates and it often has more calls than it can - fill. Every graduate of the college and many prominent businessmen of Columbia endorse the school as one of the very best. A postal addressed to Prof. W. H. Newberry, the president will bring full particulars. ?'I have used your 'Life for the Liver ana J&.ianeys witn great oenent, ana for Dyspepsia or any derangement of the Liver or Kidneys I regard it as being without an equal." James J. Osborne, Attorney at Law, Boilston, Henderson Co., N. C, Lost, a HusbandMrs. James K. Jolly, 82 Oakridge j street, Norwich, Conn., writes to Postmaster Ensor at Columbia for information of the whereabouts of her husband, formerly of the Third Connecticut, stationed at Summerville. She states that she heard of him in Columbia last. EIGHT CEBTTS FOE COTTON. That is the Estimate of a Reliable N" York Firm. TIT-. I _ 1 _ . , vve iiupe every man wuo iias uuu to sell will read and remember the f lowing letter from a reliable New Y< cotton firm to the Columbia Reco: and which was published in that pa] last Monday: "For the past two years nearly ev< section of the United States has he enjoying the most remarkable prospe ty. The producer of cotton and the s< tion of which he is a citizen have be almost the only exceptions to this sta ment. The price of cotton for two ye; has not exceeded the cost of productic if, indeed, it has realized that, wh iron, copper, wheat, wool, dry goc and nearly every other staple commo< ty have advanced, notwithstanding increased supply and a probably low< n 2,-L i. j i.* _ eu ugure in tue uuat ui pruuuuuuu. "The reason for this is not far seek. The cotton crop is the one cr of American production of which pre obly 75 per cent, is consumed abroj The great bulk of it is marketed wit in three months, and must bo soldi cash. To a certain extent, therefo: the sellers are at the financial mercy the buyers, and this advantage is o that is naturally used to the utmost.! when the crop commences to move t impression can be created that the si] ply is likely to exceed the demand c< ton must decline. Recently the clos< observers of the crop development cai to the conclusion that the promises this year's production were not brilliai Cotton commenced to advance sharp in price and it looked as if, for the fi: time in three years, the Southern far: er was going to realize a fair value i his product. "This was the situation on the 12 of August, when Mr. Henry M. Nei of New Orleans, an Englishman birth, and the representative in N< Orleans of a London firm whose bui 11CD3 AL 13 tU UUJ V/UtlUUlUJL lUlCI^U ners, issued a circular iu which w widely promulgated both by cable ai telegraph and was calculated to cteja the impression that the crop which about to be marketed promised to be large if not larger than any previo crop. The effect of this has been lead foreign buyers to belive that th could, by holding off, secure the cotti they have to buy at practically th* own price. "We have not believed that Id Neill's predictions were justified, ai with a view of arriving at a sound conclusion we have, during the pa few days been telegraphing to eve section of the South, asking our vario friends there to report- to us by tel graph the condition of the crop in th( locality. The result of these inquiri we enclose to you. Unless the peop who have sent us these telegrams a omilfw f-Tio YrnsrATvrAS#>rif,al.i< the cotton crop cannot be a large on and there is no reason why the Sout em producer shonld be stamped* through misrepresentation into sellii at a loss. "We therefore ask you if, in yo opinion, it is legitimately your fur tion as a journalist to use the colum of your paper to correctly inform yo constituency as to the real outlook ai keep them from misleading themseb to tneir^own financial loss? The pri of manufactured Cotton goods has co tinually advanced during the past yes Spinners can pay, so we are informe ?\A?I ATI iS ' eJLgilL VJCUW J^Cl yuuuu 1U1 WvtVU] a. yet make a profit in the sale of th< product, and we are convinced that Southern cotton holders can be broug face to face with a realization of t strength of their position they c command at least a share of the cou try's prosperity in which they have e previously been participants. "We would especially request writing you this letter that you not use our name. The isformati that we give you, coming from t various parties who have sent us t telegrams, you are at liberty to use, 1 gether with their names, but there i those who may misconceive oar pi pose in thus addressing you and thi 'that in so doing we may be seeki some self advertisement. Such is n the case. To a considerable extent c business and interests are with t South, and in a broad way anythi that favorably affects that section to our advantage, but we seek wnVUni+Tr ir* nnrno/ifinn TuifViia 1, AJU wuugvvivu Tiiliu UU1U *< ter." ( The Record says the firm issuing tl letter is one of the most reliable in tl country, though in deference to wishes its name is withheld. What says is so. Other reliable estimal if ?a/?nrmf. "MVnlT'a to bear the cotton market. The cr is short and if cotton is not rushed market prices must and will rise. T firm in question ha3 received repl: from 61 responsible firms and individ als throughout the cotton states, whi indicaie that the crop production I suffered a reduction of about 20 j cent. Their correspondents report reduction or damage of anywhere frc 10 to 50 per cent. Drowned While Bathing. One man and four children, thi girls and one boy, were drowned Black Rock Friday while sea bathii The five victims with Andrew KoehL father of the drowned boy, ar I Lot Hitt, father of two of the drown girls, were spending the day at Bla Rock. Conn. While in bathing th all got beyond their depth. Koehl and Hitt succeeded in getting ashc themselves, but the others perishe Three of the bodies were recovered. } Times are getting better. Six Pian sold in the last three weeks. Four i cash. Those in want of Pianos a: Organs have found the place to get t .best makes for the least money, nice Mathushek Piano now complet the furnishing of the new Odd Felio' Jtiall, tor tne use 01 societies tnat me in hall. Call at my office or wri me for circulars and price. D. . Pressley, Manager Columbia, S. C. tf To Neill the Cotton Crusher. A Fairfield county farmer, who h read in disgust Neill s cotton crop es mate of recent date, sends to Columt; a cotton stalk which is not over fo inches high and has its single bloo and boll exactly three inches above t' root. He says: "Inclosed I send y< a sample of Fairfield cotton. Cai you send it to Neill with my comp ment?" Three Men Killed. The boiler in Chapman & Sargenl bowl factory at Copemish, Mich., e ploded Friday afternoon killing thr men and fatally injuring four other The dead: Charles Handy, George E tabrook. Perry Melafont. The fatal injured: Oliver Sanders, Robert Pete son, Charles Taylor, Howard Ketchur ' George Rice was severely but not fata ly scalded. The building was total] wrecked, debris being scattered for ? rods around. Water was immediate] thrown on the ruins and fire prevents > - -- v i 11 i i i n? 'in ilfi TO HOSTOE DEWEY. ew South Carolina to be in the Picture a New York. :on The indications are that Gov. Mc '0j. Sweeney, the majority of the member! , of his staff, a number of the State of }j* ficials, and a number of military com IU? panies from various portions of th< ^er State will go to New York to partici pate in the Dewey festivities: The ex iT? act date has not yet been fixed, bu e.n the event will take place about Octobe: n" 2d, and no time is being lost in makinj ec" preliminary arrangements. 'en Adjutant G-en. Floyd is how lookinj into the cost of transportation, etc irs The governor and stafi and state offi cers will probably secure a Pullmai H6 sleeping car for the entire trip; th< J,, cost of tickets to those going in it wil be about $20 for the round trip, accord an ing to the special rate sheet issued Fri er" day. Of course the cost of the car wil have to be added. Gen. Flojd is now endeavoring to ascertain the exact cosi so that the information can be forward }ed to the members of the governor'! \ ' staff. Incidentally Gen. Floyd urges i " each member of the staff to secure his or uniform at once, as it is proposed foi rei the entire staff to go fully uniformed. 0 The uniform to be used by Gov. Mc Sweeney's staff officers will be th< , ' same as that worn by the members o: e the staff of the governor of Georgia? lP~ the regulation United States fatigue 01 ^service uniform. 5,0 The New York Dewey Day commit tee has notified Gen. Floyd that the ? committee will furnish each militarj I' company that comes with comfortable ' ^ quarters free and that each soldier wil] rs be allowed $1 per day by the commit' F*" Thi<j t<3 ar> inf?nr>PTnont. tn nnm-nan or ies to visit the metropolis at a mini i mum cost to the men. So far only one ,, company has accepted?the Greenville j~' Light Infantry, and the members arc ^ making all necessary preparations. Gen. Floyd is in communication with a S1" number of company commanders and n~ expects to hear in a few days that at a| least half ?a dozen organizations from ^ South Carolina will be in New Tort "e to help the governor and his staff wel"s come the hero of Manila bay back tc as his native shores. The. opportunity is a rare one and the adjutant general feels certain that the citizen soldiery ey will not be slow to take advantage of it ?.u A very cheap railroad rate will be al5ir lowed for soldiers traveling in bodies.? , The State. Lr. l aQ NEW STYLE. OF MONEY OEDEE. ,er ist ' , Z TtedtangeWill Take Effect on Sep?" timber 4. sir ?s The United States government will after September 4th issue a new form 3n of money order which.' will be used to e, gradually supplant the style of order k" now in vogue. The new form is smaller ^ than the old, being in the shape of a bank check. There will be a stab rear ceipt for the remitter, and a manifold lc- copy will be sent to the office upon ns which the order is drawn as a notificanr tion and to prevent fraud. On the nd back of the order a space has been pro, es vided for the stamps of banks through ce which it may be passed for collection. a- In color the ord$r is blue, having 2 ir. light blue ground, with fine, closely inid, terluced, tinted lines of geometrical ad lathe-work, of darker shade. In the jir centre is an escutcheon bearing th if words, "postal money order, "in shaded fat tcapital letters of the same two tints oi he /blue. The tint of the order and lathean work will serve to prevent imitations: tn- but as an additional safeguard againsi lot counterfeiting, a horizontal water-mark, composed of the initials, U. S. M. 0., in in broad, capital letters, lias beet do wrought into the paper on which the on new forms are printed. he Through the process mentioned (the he carbon, or manifold process) the orderto and the advices are produced simultaire neously. By the same operation the it- essential particulars of Dame of payee, nk date, amount and place of payment, as ng written in the order, are duplicated, 01 ot reproduced, and made to appear is the >ur advice precisely in the order. The liahe bility to mistake is thus greatly lessenng ed, and a saving of time eSected. Di sis crepancies between order and advice, no which, by entailing additional correet spondence and causing delay in payment, have heretofore been a source ol iat annoyance to the department and postlis masters, as well as to remitters and payits ers, are prevented, and absolute uni. it formity between the order and advice tes iDSured. The dispatch of advices, ipt which hitherto have not been made out op and until after issus of the orders, wil1 to also be accelerated. he The receipt, which is to be furnished 1 : ICS uy tiltJ ISbUliig pUOtJLLLitatCX IV CJJLC its.LUJ.u~ iu- ter,-showing the number and date ol ch the order and the amount for which islas sued, is also, in the main, a reproducer tionby the carbon process of the writ a ing and stamping on the order, hence )m must necessarily agree therewith. The adoption of a receipt has not hitherto been practicable. It will tend to popularize the postal money order, >ee supplying more than all else what was at needed to make it, in the estimation 'g- of the public, a perfectly satisfactory vehicle for the transmission of small u| sums. e(* The postal money order system, from ck a small beginning in 1864, when the ey number of money order vostoffices es'er tablishei in the United States was 419, )Te has grown to be one of the great indispensable agencies of exchange. There are now about 30,000 such offices. ;0S The number of domestic money orders "or issued in the United States during the q(J past year was over 30,000,000 amoun:be ing in value to $240,000,000. A ^ jj Ginning Machinery. as ti- o ur The Smith Pn'enmatic Suction m Elevating, Grinning and be Packing System )U l't Is tke simplest and most efficient on li- the market. Forty-eight complete outfits in Sontli Carolina; each one giving absolute satisfaction. t's x- j Boilers and Engines; Slide 2e Valve, A aromatic and Corliss. 'S. ;s. My Light and Heavy Log Beam Saw ly Mills cannot be equalled in design, efr. ficiency or price by any dealer or manu D> cajturer in the South. "Write for prices and^catalognes. jg V. C. Biidbam, ly 1326 Main Street, 1. COLUMBIA, S. C. / mmSSUt , Morphine ?AND? / Whiskey ; HABITS CURED. \ Host. W. H. CHOUGH, D Governor of Minnesota. n I ; "I have always said that the Keeley Insti I . tute of this country had done more good, in . my judgment, than any other institutions or j organizations in the country. .1 have said it 3 many times, and I want to repeat it here, j that Dr. Keeley has done more for the country, has sa?ea more unfortunate men. than any one man in the United. States." (Extract from an address delivered in 1 Minneapolis, August, 18970 7 Address Communications to | The Keeley Institute, 3 126 Smith Street, Corner Yanderliorst, 3 CHAKLESTON, S. C. All We Ask of ; * P BSS fUU r ; K?ANYTHING ;lDthe Machinery -orMill Snpply Line i t Is that you give us an opportunity ; to submit our prices and make i comparisons. We ask this be: cause we believe we can make it to YOUB advantage. TRY US. ' We make a specialty of equipping * IMPRuVED MODERN G-DT KTJTRTTES T?T? ANT rAPAOTTY WITH THE SIMPLEST AND MOST BFFICIENT COTTON HANDLING- [APPARATUS IN EXISTENCE?THE MURRAY SYSTEM. n/vrroannnrJ?tj<?a wif.Ti intflfldincp imr ' hcasers solicited. W. H. ?i&&es & Go.. COLUMBIA, S. C. 80TJTH GABOLDTA AGENCY / Lidieil Co., Charlotte, N. C. A. B. Faxqnhar Co., Ltd., York, Pa. Eagle Cotton Gin Co., Bridgewater, ' ' Mass. oj v M.A: A Obrauu imaumnery vu., viiiuiuuaw, w. To get strong and healthy nse one bottle Mur! T> A v'c Tt)A\T 1UtV_ L -LW3L A O XXVV11 /> i TUBE. Price 50 c j TH MIHG ee, ' V-.i mm^ in our BUSINESS COURSE, bee; j practical; in our SHORTHAND CO and easiest learned; in the SUC [ cause they are better and more t; Ask any one who knows any thiog of tl ^ we teach, and see if they do not say it ia the 1 We secare positions for onr graduates, supply. Our catalogue gives full information as t< curing positions and other inducements. Sei Address Columbia W. H. Ne* lk/r i-1- _ iTxents oi me WINTHROP NORMAL AN! i i If- T\ a T? 1 Jin-, u. jrressiey, v;oiu two Mathushek pianos which \ Mnsic House last year for our 1 satisfaction. The Mathushek piano is a which I can cheerfully recomm Yours truly, Director Departmei MUSIC DI Mr. D. A. Pressley?Havi: . both in concert and in teaching strnment; thoroughly well mad in tune. And do not hesitate t piano to those wisliing a high g Very truly, Director Music Depi COLUMBIA FE^ To-Mr. D. A. Pressley.?D thushek piano in use at the c The instrument lias a pleasing sive touch, and is in all respecl pacity for staying in tune is passed by none. Very respe* j^Three more Mathusheks s Address, D. A. P Manager Ludden & Bates tf columb: I BLADDER, U3INA.RAND LIVER 1 DISEASES, DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION ' M AND CONSTIPATION POSITIVELY Jg? CURED BY THE USB OF M De. HILTON'S Jjk LIFE m FOE THE V HO IHP KIDNEYS. ' A yegetable preparation, wherever known the m"8t popular of all remedies, bectnae ibe '-*k most effectual Jv Sold wholesale by? ^ The Mnrray Drug Co. Columbia. \ |? Dr. H. Baer, Charleston, 8. C. It is the - J =Custom | Bat a ~ery poor one, to wait until the gin mug season is on oeiore loosing w ore what fix the gin is in. Maw fa the timp In liwn MI ***** ?w i " '**? . HURRY YOtTB GIN TO THE aiii npnian iiiari/a turn ii win was. m Do not delay and then ask us to let yea have it at once, for thorough, work eaauot be done in a hurry. The attention gives this matter now will more than repay jw . when the cotton is white in the fields vgfeg and the gin house crowded. Toe worki* coming in already, so ship at once to 'tba -$^0 undersigned, located at the old electric light ^ engine house. ';^?s|i Rsh-ii of oaraUiU i;? V. I dp & Co, V. C. Badham, JFno. A. Willis. H^Mtrk yoar naine and shipping pointon work rat and prepay the freight, Tiie Iffiotl Sis Ispair Works, 1 W. J. ELLIOTT, Proprietor, . No. 1314 Gates Street, :'M COLUMBIA, S. (3. | MacfeaFs . | School of snmmum msmms COLUMBIA, s. C/ M This School has the reputation of being lie . be?-t baaiceas instifiitToii i8ft6eT5tj3e. aates are holding reTioneratiTe poeitient ia mercantile houses, banking, i&surwwe, re?l estate, railroad offices, &c., in this and other e tales. Write to W H. Maefieat, Co art StenoprapherComalbrv 8 C for terms, IMPFTITIflN 1 rim w w ause it is the most thorough and URSE, because it is the simplest '-Ujb CESS OF OUR GRADUATES, behoroughly qualified. le PERSIN SYSTEM of shorthand, -which. best system pablished. The demand for them often exceeds the > course of study, rates of tuition, board, ssid for it, and name' the coarse wanted. Business College, 'berry, Prest., COLUMBIA, S. C. ! Mathushek. D INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE Rock Hill, S. C. mbia, S. C.?Dear Sir: The *| re bought of Ludden & Bates College have given excellentwell made instrument and one end for hard and constant use. Wade R. Rbowit, at of Music Winthrop College. - Jll RECTOR. Columbia, S. C. g used the Mathushek piano : _ T find it n mn*t. ayi?a! 1 atifc in- 'c3p e, wearing well, and staying > ; V-?jj5 10 recommend tie Math.ush.ek Jj%L ^rade instrnment) G. P. McCoy, fc. of S. C. College for Women. [ALE COLLEGE, | Columbia, S. C. 11 ear Sir: We have had a Ma- | ollege dnring the past year. I tone, an eveB, light, respon- :.h :s a well made piano. Its cavery great and, I believe, snr- J ctfully, Eenest Beockmajt, Director Mnsic Department. -J ;old to this college. ressley, 1 Sonthern Music House, V Jp IA, S. C.