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r-*0 The Press and Banner. BY HUGII WILSON . f s. c. BAPTIST CONVENTION^ HOLDS A MOST INTERESTING SESSION IN CHARLESTON. % v\ . A liSrgo titttli?riDg ? A Oenf reus Welcome s. > ) S,! and Bountiful Hospitality-Gratifying a: "* Progress lu Denominational Worls In the C State During the Vear. The following proceeding of the Baptist State Convention, which was recently held in the city of Charleston, "we cull from the Greenville Mountaineer: V The session of the Convention began v- on Wednesday night with the preacher*. * '"ST of the introductory sermon by ' Hev. C. S. Gardner. After the ser'? f: mon delegates were enrolled and the organization completed by the elec t, tion of Hon. J. EL Hudson, of Bennettsville, as president, vice Rev R. %. W. Sanders, who declined re election / Rev. G. T. Gresham was re-elected \ * secretary, with Rev. C P. Ervin, as assistant. Thursday morning's session was X ' .opened with addresses of welcome to the body by Dr. D M. Ramsey, on behalf of the Baptists of the city, and Mavor .T A_ Smtth. on behalf of the city. At the call of the president Dr. C. Manly made response to these ad, dresses. Invitations to the body to visit the Charleston Museum, the oflice of the News and Courier and to ), so upon an excursion around the har bor on Saturday afternoon were tendered and accepted. The body now settled down to business, and the ieading interest of the denomination, the State Mission Board presented through Dr. T. M. Bailey its annual report. The reDort of the .treasurer showed that 19,924 47 had been received and $11 147.73 expended during theyear, and that the Board lM1 * CAA was sun ouraenea wuu aumui Rev. J. L. Vass, as superintendent, presented the fifth annual report of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage show ing among other things that there were now one hundred children in that institution, and that about $S,000 had been received, in cash and donations, for their maintenance. This report was referred to a special committee. In connection with this work came the report of the president of the board of trustees, declining to recommend tbe present superintendent for re election, and requesting that this matter and the revision of the rules for management of the Orphauage be referred to special committees, one of which committees was nominated. The report elicited an animated dis cusuion. after which the whole matter was referred to a special committee, composed of one member from each association. A pleasant talk followed in the in terests of the American Baptist Publication Society by Dr. R. G. Seymour, its representative, in which he spoke of the Society's new buildings, the publishing work done by it, its Gospel car work by Rev. A. J. Diaz, and its general missionary work in distributing literature. A very suggestive statement as to the great work to be done was made to the effect that there were in our country 13,000,000 of young people and cmidren wno were outside of church or religious inilu ences. The report on the Relief Fund for a?ed ministers showed that the inter est in that work was growing, and that twenty two beneficiaries were now being aided by that board. The report of the board of ministerial education showed that twenty-four stu dents had received aid. Heretofore this board has been providing for the support of students for the ministry at both the Seminary at Louisville and the Furman .University. But it was decided to so change matters as to commit to this board the care of the University students only, and give to the representatives of the Seminary the opportunity to solicit direst contributions for its Stndents' Fund on the floor of the Convention. A very gratifying result of this change of method was seen when, at a later stage of the proceedings, Dr. Kerfoot, r of the Seminary, presented its claims and received pledges for its Students' Fund, amounting to somewhat more Kam ii nno uuuu ^i|Uyv? The session of Thursday night was devoted to the interest of the Sunday School and of the Foreign Mission work. The report of the committee on t^e first subject was presented by its chairman. Rev. 0. L. Martin, and woo fnllAwo^ Krr o nf tho TV CUV IVliVTI ^.U UJ a piUJVU bUhiUU VI nuv claims of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, at Nashville, by Dr. J. M. Frost, its secretary. Rev. C. P. Ervin, of Bambsrg, whom by the grace of the board of trusteees of Furman Uni/ersity we must henceforth address asD. D., presented the report of the committee on Foreign Missions. The gifts of South Carolina Baptists to this cause were pointed out as being about one-third only of what had been hoped for from them. Rev. H. R. Moseley spoke on the subject, and was followed by Re?. R. J. Willingham. D. D ., secretary of Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. In connection with the subject the report of the central committee of the Woman's Mission Society was presented and discussed. The body oy a rising vote adopted a resolution to try to raise $12,000 during the invention year to carry on the foreign mission work and to pay off the debt of the Do->rd. Be fore the vote could be annonnced one of the delegates began to sing, "Draw me nearer, blessed Lord," in which he was heartily seconded by the large audience, while standing, f.. The session of Friday was characterized by the report of the trustees of Furman University and the Greenville Female College, and the attendant discussion. After referring to the loss the board had sustained in the death of Rev* J. A. W. Thomas, who had .been connected with the board for many years, the attendance at the University was stated to be 155, and that at the Female College 158, au increase in both instances over the attendance ot the previous year. While in the equipment of the college a debt of $3,5000 had been incurred, the interest on the debt had been regularly " paid, and $1,500 of the principal was expected to be paid by June, 1S97. The pressing demand for additional dormitory facilities at the college was strong-1 ly emphasized. The gratifying success pii attending the work of the linancial agent, Rev. It. N. l'ralt, was noted, j aud the importance of raising the pro I ru->corJ i.io noft for thp endowment of the University was urged Announcement was made that the board had confered th^ degroe of D. D upon Rev. C P. En in. of Bamberg; Rev. ,T. W. Perry, of Hartsville. and Rev. C. S. Gardner, of Greenville. Dr. Rile.y. Rev. R. N. Pratt, Judge Hudson, and Prof. F. W Boatwright, president at Richmond College, spoke to the report. President Boatwright, said that, if any one wished to know why he was here, he would reply, be cause he was at Richmond College with Dr.Ramsey,because he wanted to hear Dr. Gardner preach,and because be wanted to become acquainted with the editors of the Baptist Courier, which was so prominent a factor in furthering the interests of the University and the College. Why Baptists should be educated was urged on the ground that they are the only neople that do not have bridles put on them, and as they are thus turned loose they ought to learn how to go rightly. The increased power of the trained mind j by reason of the enlarged field given it by meins of the press, whereby the words of the orator reach many more than the .'>0,000 persons, whom the | voice of Demosthenes reached, was indicated, and the maintenance of our free institutions, as being dependent upon our being educated christianly, j was strongly urged. Rev. H. R Mossley referred to his work in connection with the building of an alumni hall and the difficulty of enlisting the old students in that { work. He explained this seeming indifference as partly due to the fact that there was an unintentional non recognition of the old students in the appointment of trustees and professors. He, therefore, introduced a resolution, which was after reference to a com mittee passed by the convention, providing for such changes in the charter of the institution as to allow the election of the Irustees in groups of five, the whole number to be elected the f first year, but five to hold office for five years, another five for four .years, and so on. The election to ba by ballot and two thirds of the entire number to be old students of the University. On November 23, 1850, the Citadel Square Baptist Church was organized, and in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of the church it had been decided to hold some special services during the session of the convention. The evening of Friday was partially aevoieu to imiiaiury cAcruuca ^isuu^wu ed with this celebration. Rev. B. L Whitman, D. D., president of the Co lumbian College, Washington, D. C., had been requested to make and address on the occasion, and it was the general sentiment of those who heard him that it would have been difficult indeed for a better selection to havie b*en made. Splendid in physique, imposing in appearance, fluent of speech, profound in thought, Dr. Whitman charmed his hearers as he spoke of "Our Possessions in the Bible." The three points made in treating the subject were that the Bible was the divine word of revelation for illuminating: life and for the interpre tation of nature; that it is the divine power for salvation, and that it is the divine sword for conquest and de fence. Dr. Kerfoot, of the Theological Seminary at Louisville, followed this address with a strong plea for contributions in aid of the Students' Fund of that institution and obtained as before said over *1,000. In connection with this evening's service, Dr. Kerfoot presented to the convenfion a eravel, brought by Rev. R. J. Williams from Palestine. The mallet is made of olive wood from the Mount of Olives, while the handle is of cherry from the banks of Jordan. -President Hudson appropriately received the gavel on the part of the convention The report of the board of Ministerial Education claimed attention on Saturnay morning and over $2i0 were contributed for that object. A committee was appointed to confer with the trustees of the Yorkville High School as to what is best to ba done with reference to 1 liat property. The committee is to report through the Baptist Courier. A deep interest mingled with much anxiety bad been felt as to what the omnibus committee on the Connie Mux well Orpanage would report. Their report was made on Saturday morning and was unanimously adopted, and clinched by singing "Praise God, from whom all blessing flow." The repoit exonerated Superintendent J. L. Vass. and recommended his re-election to that position until July. 1897, when the new board of trustees will elect for themseleves a superiutendent. It sp changes, the rules of the Orphanage that the "fifteen trustees shall be elected on the rotation method, five for thre9 years, five for two, and the other five for one year, and upon this method trustees were named for the institution. Other changes in the by-laws were also made. in response to a request from the Anti Saloon League, "two delegates from this body were appointed to the convention of the league, which is to be held in Washington, I). C., on December 8 10. Congrersman W. J. Talbert and Mr. W. H. Lyles, of Columbia, were appointed as the delegates called for. The committee on hospitality had provided for a free excursion to the delegates and visitors. Saturday afternoon was devoted to that interesting feature of the convention's stay in Charleston, and about 2 o'clock a large party left Accommodation wharf on the steamboat Planter. The weather was tine, a bounteous lunch had been [ provided and the trip embraced a visit to historic eld Fort Sumter, the jetties and a jaunt up Ashley river. To many of the delegates from the upp3r counties the whole excursion was a complete novelty, the scenery along the river something: unique and altogether the trip to Charleston's big mill-nond was a charming episode. And, then, too, on the way back a number of them stepped in to see the big presses of the News and Courier at work on the Sunday edition of that paper, and some of them went thence to visit the historic First Baptist church, the oidest church in the State. During the session of the convention many of the delegates visited the musseum connected with the Charleston College, and the line specimens of the many curious, interesting animals and the other things to be found there were ful1 of charm and instruction. But there is such a thing as weariness of the flfesh, and then, too, Baptists somehow get mighty homesick at these gatherings of the denonmination.! T^is was perhaps the reason why at Saturday night's session tnere was comparatively so small an attendance. I State Missions occupied the time, and was discussed by Rev- O. L. Martin J and Dr. C. S. Gardner. An interesting feature of the occasion was a sensible talk by Rev. E. R. Roberts, colored, who is working in connection with the State Mission Board. He stated that it was the desire of the common-sensed negro to remain among the white peo ? ml. o_..4u fl pje UI LUt! UUuiu, iu yrjjuac juuucutc the negro owed much already and on whose help and friendly guid aDce his future good so largely depended. To the suggestion of the News and Courier the the negroes migrate in a body to Africa, he would repl;.' in the language of scripture, "I would rather be a doorkeeper m the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." The negro, he said, did not want to leave and as they were here with us. he besought for them our continued interest and help to make them better fitted to live among us. A collection, amounting to more then $100, was taken to help in buildin? a church at Summerville. The pulpit of the Citadel Square church was occupied on Sunday morning by Rev. R. J. Willingham, who from the text, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord," gave a practical, impressive and eloquent talk on "Religion in the family." Memorial services were held on Sunday af'crnoon in connection with the report of the committee on obituaries. During the conventional year thirteen heralds of the cros3 passed from this: lower sphere of work to their heavenly home. Remarks bearing on the report were made by Rev. I. W. Wingo and Dr. J. W. Perry. On Sunday night the convention closed its session to meet next year with the Rock Hill church. South Carolina's Delegation. Washington, D. C., December 9.? Representative Strait arrived here to day, and was welcomed back-io the House by his Congressional associates. He has not yet received a formal notice of contest from his rivel, John F. Jones, although he has been informed by friends of Jones that a contest will be made. It is understood that contests are expected from every South Carolina district, and the pleas in every case will fc? based on the unconstitutionality of the State registration Jaws. Dr. Stokes says he is not worried by the Johnston contest at the I present session, nor does he believe 1 ? < *11 .LI. trie contestant win oe aoitj iu matie out a good case in the next Congress. Dr. Stokes has prepared his case, and he will be able to stand upon the returns of the election managers that there were not more than about 3,000 rejections in his district on account of failure to register. Conceding all these votes to Johnston, Dr. Stoke3 claims that he will have a handsome majority over his competitor. E. A. Webster, who is here looking after the political interests of his faction in the Republican party, says he supposes Johnston is making a contest against Dr. Stokes at this session as a test. If he fails to succeed on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the registration law of South Carolina he will probably abandon his contest in the next Congress. Mr. Webster does not claim to speak authoritatively on this subject, and therefore, it is probable that Mr. Johnston has in view the financial allowance in a contested case. He can hardlv hot>o to have two allowances in the same Congress and, therefore, the committee on elections may decline to consider his case at the present session.?News and Courier. Shot Down In Cold Hloori. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 9.?Lsst Tuesday afternoon, about midway between Camden and Bearden, on the line of the Cotton Belt Railroad, occurred one of the foulest and most damnable massacres of negroes that has ever blackened the records of that locality. A gang of section men, composed principally of negroes, with a white foreman, were engaged in their labor of improving the roadbed, when a gang of unknown persons made their appearance upon the scene and without warning began to immediately fire into the crowd oi helpless and unsuspecting negroes, which resulted in the death of five of them. The foreman claims that he did not recognize any of the assassins. Many believe that he knows whc they are, but on account of the probability of personal dancer to himself, he is afraid to eive out any information that would lead to tfceir arrest. The section where these last murders occurred is occupied almost entirely by the sawmills and is filled with lawless characters. The Sheriff of Ouachita county is exerting himself in eVery way possible to apprehend the guilty ones, and the Cotton Belt Company has offered a reward of $250 for the capture of the murderers. If they are captured it is believed that the courts of Ouachita County will mete out swift justice to them. Taxpayers Mast Fay Up. Greenville, S. C., Dec. 10.?Comptroller General Norton was in the city today, and made the first official announcement that there would be no extension in the time for payment of taxes. He said: "The time for the payment of taxes for the year expires December 31st?that is for payment without penalty. The Legislature does not meet early enough to extend the time, and the Governor and Comptroller General will not extend, and therefore there will be no extension. Heretofore, on account of the fre quent extensions, no objections were offered to county treasurers receiving taxes after the 31st of December for a few days. This year the treasurers will be advised to deliver their duplicates on the 1st of January to County Auditors, who will immediately make up the penalty book. In other words, the law will be rigidly enforced and treasurers required to collect without regard to former customs." This will doubtless create a stir, as the taxpayers seem to be relying'on the customary few days' grace, as shown by the small receipts up to date. The penalty will doubtless attach in many cases. Kept Out of the Caucus. Washington, D. C., Dec. 9.?The most noticeable feature of the republican senate caucus which assembled yesterday, was the absence of the men who had bolted the nomination of McKinley because of the gold plank in the platform. The men absent on this account were Senators Dubois, Pettigrew, Mantle, Cannon, Squire and Teller. All of these, except Senator Teller, were in the city and could have attended if they had been so disposed. Indeed, some of them wer& in their commitee -rooms in the capitol while the caucus was in progress. That their absence was intentional was shown by a letter which Senator Dubois sent to the caucus. SOUTH CAROLINA MASONS. THE SECOND DAY'S SESSION OF THE GRAND LODUfc. Col. J. T. ltsrror, of Colombia, Elected Grand Master of Sauth Carolina?A Delightful Excursion Around the Harbor? The Night Session. Charleston, 8. C., Deo. 10 ?The Grand Lodge was called on at 10 o'clock yesterday morn ng. The Grand Master ruled that where a brother was a Knight of Pythias and requested to be buried with Masonic hon ors he was entitled so to be buried, the Masons taking charge of the body after the other ceremonies were over, and not mingling with the other bodies. W. Bro. Dabney, of Macedonia Lodge, requested the loan of jewels and property of a defunct lodge. The Grand Master ruled that the Grand Lodge would lend -the property, but wmiiii not. hft rpRnonsible therefor. R. W. Bro. Sheppard moved that the request be granted, Macedonia Lodge being responsible for any loss or damage Adopted. W. Bro. W. L. Glaze submitted the report of the committee on appeals and grievances. W. Bro. W. A. Giles moved that the Graud Master be allowed to draw a sum not exceeding $150 to pay his expenses in visiting lodges during the comiiag year. Adopted. Bro. Giles moved that a sufficient sum be appropriated to furnish each lodge with stationery. Made special order for 11.30 o'clock. Bro. Mahaffey requested that dues of Williamston Lodge be remitted. Postponed until the Grand Master could visit the lodge. On motion of R. W. Bro. Wither"" ? ? - l oanaIwaJ 4-Vi a 4- a r\nvf on . spuuu 11 wua rcauivcu iuau tuo uu nual communication be held in Charleston. The Grand Master extended a welcome to Grand Representatives from other grand bodies to this Grand lodge and commented on the utility and importanca of these representatives. The following wera present: anada, A.. H. White; Cuba, John R. Bellinger; Delaware, John R. Smith; District of Columbia, Manitoba, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Quebec, Charles Inglesby; England, Ohio; Rhode Island. J. Adger Smyth; Illinois, J. F. Ficken: Maine, Claude E. Sawyer, Prince Edwards Island, D. J. Withorspoon; Scotland, A. W. Marshal; Victoria, J. T. Barron. On motion of M. W. Bro. Ball the rule in the constitution in relation to the election of office at high twelve was suspended by unanimous consent and the election'was proceeded with. It resulted as follows: Grand Master, J. T. Barron, of Columbia. Deputy Grand Master, B. J. Witherspoon, of Lancaster. Senior Grand Warden, Orlando Sheppard, of Edgefield. Junior Grand Warden, W. M. Whitehead, of Charlesion. Grand Treasurer, Zimmerman Dav is, of Charleston. Grand Secretary, Charles Ingleaby, of Charleston. Bro. J. H. Hambleton submitted a report from the committee on unfinished business and it was adopted, f Bro. Whitehead offered a resolution that an appropriation be made for preparing and printing a digest of the laws of Masonry in South Carolina. He moved that the work be done by Bro. Inglesby and the printing given to the lowest bidder. This was adopted and an appropriation of $500 was made for the purpose. At 12:45 the lodge was called off until ? P \T The Grand Lo^ge was called to labor at 8 o'clock P. M. R. W. Bro. Barren submitted the report of the committee on redisricting the State, and it was adopted. M. W. Bro. A. H. White submitted the supplemental report of the committee on by laws. Adopted. R. W. Bro. Shepptird expressed the thanks of the lodge for the courtesies extended by the Grand Lodge and for the courtesies extended by the lodges in Charleston, and moved that the thanks of the bod; be extended to them. Adopted by a rising vote. R. W, Bro. W. O. Miller, Grand Representative of Colorado, was present ; also W. Bro. A. W. Taft, Grand Representative* of British Columbia. The Grand Lodge was then closed in .short form and opened in like manner ou the E. A. Degree. The Grand Officers were then installed. The following; appointments of officers were then made: W. Brothers A. H. Doty, of Charleston a:ad J. C. Watkins, of Anderson , Sarioir Grand Deacons. W. Birothers E. C. Secrest, ol Lincaster, a.nd W. A. Holman, of Barnwell. Junior Grand Daacons. W. Bro. C. P.Quattlebaum, of Conway, Grand Marsnal. W. Bro. L. M. Nettleii, of Foreaton, Grand Pursuivant. W. Brothers J. L. Mickle, of Darlington, and S. E. Moore, of Hartsville, Grand Stewarts. W. Bro. W. A. Winkler, of Charleston, Grand Tiller. All oi: thesa were duly installed. The M. W. Grand Master announced the following committees: Hall Committee?J. Adger Smyth, C. P. Panknm, W. F. Strong, John P. Strohecker. On Cemetery?A. T. Smvthe, R. PEvans> W. C. Miller, W. H. Prioleau. Charity Committee?Joseph Bock, C. S> Bennett, L E. Williams, H. ADeSaussure, I. W. Hir?ch. The Grand Master appointed the following District Deputy Grand Masters: First district, W. G. Mazyck, Charleston. Second district, G. M. Buckner, Ridgeland. Third district, J. R. Bellinger, Bamberg. Pourth district, W. A. Gyles, Granite vi He. Fifth district, S. J.. Watson, Johnston. Sixth district, F. EE, Harrison, Ab beyille. Seventh district, T. F. Hill, Anderson. Eighth district, R? 8. Porcber,Clemson College. Ninth district, Fl K. "Nichols. Green ville. Tenth district,, J. M. Linham, Nes bitt. Eleventh district,. Jos. H. Hamilton, Union. Twelfth district, J*. W. Ardrey,For Mill. Thirteenth district, J. W. Seigler Winnsbouo. Fourteenth district, F. .Leslie Zemp Camden,. . ) Fifteenth district, John A. Kelly, Kingstree. Sixteenth district, W. E. Jones, uaiMington. Seventeenth district, F. D. Bryant, Marion. Eighteenth district, W. L, Glaze, Orangeburg. All were installed except Bro. Ardrey. The new Grand Master then returned thanks to the Grand Lodge for the honor conferred in his election to the office, and made an earnest appeal to the brethren to fully inform themselves upon the secret work and conform strictly to it. He commended "Tidings from the Craft" to their consideration, and advised them to become subscribers to it. M. W. 'Bro. White submitted the following resolution: Resolved. That a committee of three be appointed to confer with the business organizations of Charleston and endeavor to induce them to select as a Gala Week in 1897 the week of the annual communication of'this Grand Lodge. Adopted. The following committee was appointed: Zimmerman Davis, J. Adger Smyth, Charles Inglesby and W. M. Whitehead. On motion it was resolved that, a committee be appointed to purchase a suitable jewel or momento, to be presented at our next annual communication to our honored, respected and beloved retiring Grand Master, Claude E. Sawyer, etc. This was adopted and the committee appointed as follows: C. P. Quattlebaum, Joseph Bock, O. Sbeppard. On motion of Bro. Sawyer all officers of the Grand Lodge who have not been installed were authorized to be installed in any lodge which they may respectively select. ' Bro. Sawyer moved that the foreign correspondence rep art of the Grand Secretary be dispensed with for the coming year. Adopted. The Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form. The Dlfipensary. The dispensary system is receiving a great deal of attention just now from the people and the newspapers. The conviction is very general that amend J Al L-Ai. merits are necessary ior me uotwr enforcement of the law, and that the administration of the law itself must be radically changed in order to meet the wishes of its best friends. The Edgefield Advertiser is a Reform newspaper of the original pattern, and concisely states the situation in the following extract: "A good many amendments to the dispensary law will be introduced at tbe next session of the Legislature. But what good can be hoped from amendments to a law the good features of which are not enforced and the bad ones intensified in their administration? The powers that be have attempted to carry out the law against blind tigers, but not against dispensers who themselves law ns flacrantlv as the blind tigers." We agree with the Greenville Mountaineer that "no amount of discussion will more vividly set forth the actual condition of affairs, and until the administration of the law has been adapted to the requirements of the situation, the defectrof the law will become more plainly visible to the public eye. The failure to prosecute and convict a single official out of a score or more who have been presented by grand juries, or who have been shown to be defaulters in other ways, has done more to weaken the confidence of dispensary advocates than anything else. If the system is to harbor defaulters and produce official corruption, the self-respecting citizens of the State cannot endorse it. ? Times and Democrat. Hoke Smith's Hag. Atlanta, Dec. 31.? Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith appeared in Magistrate Foute's court today as counsel for Mrs. M. L. Henson, who was charged by Dr. F. T. Powell with robbing him of his pocket book. The doctor states that Mrs. Henson had visited his office to get a prescription. As sue was leaving, he asked her if she would not kiss him. He declared that she did kiss him arid at the same time picked his pockets, getting a purse con taining $45. The defendant denied the statement and declared that she ran out of the office when the doctor became amorous. Mr. Smith invited the doctor, who weighs 225 pounds, to hug him and show the justice how the woman picked his pockets. The doctor accepted the invitation, threw his arms around the ex secretary and they hugged each other tightly, but the doctor could not reach Mr. Smith's hip pocket, for he is too stout. Nor could Mr. Smith reach the doctor's gun pocket and the magistrate decided that it was impossible for Mrs' Henson to have robbed the physician even if she had hugged him, and dismissed her. rive Hundred Lost. Bremen, Dec. 11.?The loss of life by the foundering of the North German Lloyd steamer Salier, which sank on the Coronas Corrubeda shoals in the gale that swept the Atlantic coasts of Europe early this week, is now positively known to have been much greater than at first supposed. A dispatch from Corunna to the Cologne Gazette says that the number of persons lost may possibly be as high as as 500. The Gazette's correspondent says that the ship had on board 210 passengers when she left Antwerp and embarked a great many more at the various Spanish ports she touched at. The character of the Salier's wreckage, which has already been washed ashore, indicates that the steamer quickly went to pieces. It is j learned that the Salier was wrecked four miles north of Villagracia on the night of Dec. 7, the vessel being at time less than three miles off shore. i Generous Donation. Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 10.?Mr. Washington Dake, a millionaire and '' founder and owner of the great Duke i cigarette business, today gave $100,' 000 to the Trinity College endowment. He makes a condition of his gift that 'j girls be admitted on equal terms with j men. He has previously given $85,' ( 000 to this institution. Trinity College | is located at Durham, N. C. It is the male college of the Methodist denomination of North Carolina. Calhoun County Defeated. \ Orangeburg, S. C., Dec. 9.?The effort to establish a new county to be , j known as Calhoun out portions of Orangeburg and Lexington Counties t j was voted last Tuesday, and was de feated in both counties. Orangeburg , gave for Calhoun county 460; against, 285. Lexington gave for Calhouc , county, 'il; against, 55. All polU heard from. r.j - t r LtAKtU TO MIS UcA I M. Clerk of Coart for Lancaster County Takes , I His Own Like. Lancaster, Dec. 9.?Clerk of the Court W. W. Perry committed suicide this morning about 10 o'clock by jumping into Bear creek from the Ohio River and Charleston railroad trestle, three fourths of a mile southwest of town. The whole community was shocked when the news came in 1 that Bill Perry had drowned himself. j Mr. Perry was a great sufferer from < dyspepsia and since his defeat last 1 summer in the primaries for re elec* ] tion has been very much depressed. 1 He ate his breakfaft as usual this 1 morning and about 9 o'clock came into 1 his office and asked his deputy, Mr. i Jones, if he was busy. Mr. Jones re plied thai he had some work ahead. 1 Mr. Perry then left the office and went to the creek, on the track of the rail- ; road, but on reaching the trestle tumor! an.4 aqttia hanlr in thn direction of town, but soon returned to the creek. A school boy saw him walking hurriedly on the trestle with his hat off. On reaching the middle of the structure over the channel of the creek, he climbed down carefully to some plank nailed about 10 feet from the top and jumped off into the swollen waters below. The boy who saw him gave the alarm and a man on the public road ran down the creek to render help. He succeedtd in getting below Mr. Perry, who by this time had on the public road ran down the ceek. When he saw Perry he was holding his head above water with one hand grasp ing a bush and had his hat in the other. The man called to him to hold on and he would help. Mr. Perry turned his head, looked at him for a moment, turned loose the bush and sank for the last time. Parties with boats and hooks have been dragging for the body all day but up to this time (8:3U p. m.; me searcu ims been unsuccessful. His hat was found 200 yards below where he was seen to sink. The creek is very full and the water swift. The search will be kept up all night. Mr. Perry was 45 years of age. . He was a cadet at the King's Mountain Military Institute just alter the war. Several years ago he held the office of county auditor and was elected clerk of the court four years ago. He made a model clerk. He was generous and kindhearted to a fault and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He leaves a wife but no children. Mr. W. L. Porter, the newly elected, will take charge in a day or two.?State. A Gruesome Find, Savannah. Dec. 10.?A special from Albany to the Morning News, says: A ferry flat containing the corpses of three negro men and two others nearly dead from cold and exposure was discovered this morning on the bank of the Flint river, about 10 miles above Albany. John W. Burke, a lumber man, and 15 negroes were conveying a ferry boat heavily laden with shin gles across the river near Warwick about 8 o'clock last night. The rear guide rope of the flat was drawn too tight, causing the fl?t to dip water and break the guide ropes, Mr. Burke and six of the negroes clung to the ferry and reached the shoe. The flat and eight negroes drifted down the river. Three of the negroes jumped overboard. Only two of them reached shore, while the third went under. The two surviving negroes state that the negroes fund dead on the flat this morning froze to death after surviving until sunrise this morning. The flat had drifted down the river about 35 miles. Snlclde Does Not Vitiate. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 11.?In the superior court Judge Austin has rendered a decision in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Bertha Buggaber against the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias of the World. This case was made a test case in the settlement of nearly one hundred similar cases Sending in all parts of the United tatas, from Maine to Mexico, and on the Pacific slope. The amount involved is estimated to be upward of $100,000 in sums of from $1UU to $5uu each. In the present case suit was brought to recover $1,000 insurance on the life of the plaintiff's husband who committed suicide in Noyember 1893, while laboring under an attack of insanity. Payment of the claim was refused on the ground that by the terms of the by-laws adopted by the board of control of the Endowment Rank of the Knights of Pythias it was provided that if a member committed suicide, whether he be sane or insane, or the act be voluntary or involuntary, he shall forfeit all bis right under his certificate of membership. Our Congressmen. Washington, D. C. Dec. 9.?The members of the South Carolina delegation responded to their names when Congress assembled yesterday, except Senator Irby and Representatives Strait and Murray. Dr. Strait is confined to his home by sickness, and Senator Irby and Murray are expected 1 j-il? 4V>o incidents rtf nere uuiijf* wuu ox iuv auwmw?>?.?. the day ia the House was the swearing in of Dr. Stokes. It is unusual for one man to be sworn in twics during the Same Congress, but it will be remembered that at the last session the House decided that there was no election in Dr. Stoke's district, so a new election was ordered and the result was in favor of Dr. Stokes. Representative Latimer called the attention of the House to the fact that Dr. Stokes had been duly elected, so he was requested to com9 forward and take oath. Accompanied by Mr. Latimer the Doctor advanced to the Speaker's desk and held up his hand while Speaker Reed administered the oath after which he was a full-fledged Congressman again. Quintuple Murder. New Orleans, Dec. 11.?Miss Lizzie ] Miller, one of the victims of John , Johnson, the negro who butchered the Cotton family near Tickafaw, in Tangipahoa parish two months ago, died this morning at the Touro infermary. Four persons were killed out, right by Johnson, and the death of ( Lizzie Miller brings the number of victims up to five. Miss Miller was frightfully hacked about the head and body with an axe in the hands of the negro, and although she had lost much i blood there was hope that she might i recover, and she was brought here, f where everything known to medical i science v i done for her, but without avail. Sue nas never been able to tell ; how she was wounded. The negro , murderer Johnston is still here coni fined in the parish here. Court will > meet in Tangipahoa in a few iweeks and.he will be carried their for trial. < A A CHERAW Affi SHIR \ REMARKABLE INVENTION OFASOUTH 1 CAROLINA GENIUS. ' I A. Flying Machine With the Power to go "With or Against Air Current*. Upward or Downward, as Directed. Cheraw, 8. C., Dec. 9.?The publicity given by the New York World's account of the mysterious air ship, exciting so much attention on the Pacific coast causes your correspondent to report the work of a Cheraw man in this direction. As yet he has men bioned the fact of his discovery to but * few, and this article will be as great a surprise to citizens of this place as it will elsewhere. The inventor or discoverer or perfector^of this strange mode of navigation oftheair has given considerable time to the study and has shown his drawings to the wriier, and from his limited knowledge, of such things he is constrained to say that the thing is a success, partion!*?* ly since he has read the description of the capabilities of the California ship. Everything claimed by Attorney \ General HaTt for the western ship? \ the speed, the propelling power, the \ the moving against currents of air as j well as with tnem, and the power to I dart from side to side and forward, downward or upward, are all tkmbc#^ J ed by the Cheraw ship. jg The inventor asserts that he would not hesitate to take his family up in his ship and that it can be controlled by a child, so simple are the device* for increasing or lessening the speed, A comparison with the claims made with the rival shows that the carrying capacity of the Cheraw ship is greater and capable of much larger freight and passenger carriage. It is hoped . that he will carry out his idea and soon have a ship constructed to detaonc+wa+a all tVlot hft P.lftimS for it. Fgfr reasons satisfactory to yoar correspondent and the inventor his name is for the present withheld from the public, but will be furnished interested)pa?tiMGirho might be of assistance ' to him in the completion of the irttBc he has undertaken.. When a man sees a thing with his own eyes he knows it and the writer has critically examined the Cheraw ship and if there is a weak point about it he fail* ed to discover it, nor does he beliere that such exists. The Cneraw genius has confidence in it, those who have seen it likeww and a little more time and encourage- ~ ment only are needed to surpriseethe world. That the air will be navigated ere lone: all admit. > Attorney General Hart says: "I > am of the opinion that his air ship^ : . will be a success, and its success is far more probable at^ this time 41nn ~ WniKiii'o <aioi,?iniiT was nt thft time iXJLV/lOVa hVAVgl MJfMJ TT .... _ _ Morse first offered the same to the public." So the writer believes about the one here. Why not South Carolina lead in this? Why not Cheraw lead South Carolina? It can do it?it will do it if the matter is pushed. The inventor here is not on the make, he has not given the subject a thought from a pecuniary standpoint; he is possessed of an inventive mind and has spent much time gratifying it, and today is about ready to astonish the world with the production of a great human need one that is a reality and not an idle dream of one vainly speculating on an impossibility.?News and Courier. THE EVIL OF SMALL C0UNTIE8. The State of Georgia Fin da them Yeiy Burdensome. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 9.?Our Legislature is now in session, and it would like to find some war to lesson the burden imposed on the State treasury by the great number of small counties that draw more money from the State than they pay in taxes. In a long statistical statement published today The Journal shows that the burden of government in Georgia is borne entirely by forty-seven counties. The other ninety counties draw out for schools and pensions more than they pay in taxes. This is the situation with the present year's disbursement*. I When the school fund is increased to I $400 000 as proposed, the number of J small counties which will be burden to the larger ones will be^HHB creased to over one hundred. A9H The following counties now pay W9 than they draw out of the State treas < ury: fl Baker. Baldwin, Banks, Bartow, l Brooks, Bryan, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, i Carrell, Camden, Campbell, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Chattooga, Clay, ClaytOD, Colquitt, Columbia, Crawford, Dawson, Decatur, Douglas, Echols, Elbert, Fannin, Fayette, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Glasscock, ftordnn. Greene. Gwinnett, Haber sham. Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Liberty, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison, , Marion, McDuffie, Mcintosh, Meriwether, Miller. Milton, Mitchell, Monroe, Murray, Newton, Oconee? Oglethorpe. Paulding, Pickens, Pise, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Rockdale, Schley, Screven, Stewart, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor, Telfair, Towns, Twiggs, Union, Up- i son, Walton, Warren, Washington, fl Webster, White, Wilkinson and Woth. The following twenty-eight small counties get more from the State school fund than they pay into the j State treasury for all purposes: j Baker, Baldwin, Burke, Calhoun, J Camden, Columbia, Crawford, Fan- am nin, Gilmer, Glasscock, Greene. Henry, Johrson, Jones, Liberty, LumpflH kin, Madison, Mcintosh, Meriweth6sJ|^| Oglethorpe, Paulding, Rabun, Screv-^S en, Talbot, Taliaferro, Towns, Union V and Wilkinson. fl The six counties of Fulton, Chat- fl ham, Bibb, Richmond, Muscogee ami Mm Floyd pay $696,000 in tax this yea^^H or more than a third of the levy. Ful^9B ton alone pays a quarter of a million or one eighth of the levy. The sm&l^^H counties are riding on the backs tfaHBH larger ones. They are a cursi^HB^^I State. But we have them no way to get rid of them, Cherokee Gaffney, S. C., for the new i very quieily here a great deal of seemed i ever