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V" . \? \ ^ ^ * 4 k A i J I A i A 1 T ', ; vl o w if Or*i ter 1 \>cl /s ? .! 'Vis' A Ci FKT Svn;i:i>\^ M vkcii _'h IM>7. * * rNl'lUlPAUKP. Of nil 11 jo foolish jmlixmoMt t!\:lt Ulill) psissus upoa Iiis follow itmn tho most foolish i ; that j)lao oil upon a brother*- death hod o "unprepared.** Aud yot it is th< most oommoii of all judgments although so utterly m?\ousabl that one wonders, as ho hoars it that 'liuito urn sliouhl so thought lessly and fiojiirti.t ly usurp th ptvro ativo of tho intinitc (?od. "I .it- judgment i-., of ooursr poo >!hir to Ilia* large class o ohui'.'h people who. while t!is? wor-hip <;<! ! ;i;i | assume to k*o; hi- o uui.ruolinoiits a!>s:ilutoi\', pi 1 IJO!!' hope of inunorln11. v on thoi s-t lit "i'-i'rvamv i form an< \ ore. A titan -lit.' IPs i?yo are : > o I in tho supremo uj ?jo>t ot ilw tii. ami :: >1 range, swoo I'o'-ts upon t!! ? colli, dom lip-. W ith face turuoil lownn tho .'kios tho iload man is buried an.; how often <lo wo hoar th judgment. "What a pity that h was ungrouarod!*' Why wns ht? 4'unprepared" Boraiise ho soldom or never *1 tended church or Sunday school lie merely read the Bible, and hu< at tinias bean heard to expres sonic doubt* as to eertnia vcr; iaunateriul passages. He wa never seen at prayer meet iairs 01 revivals, and very often he tool his wife and children out into th< country of a Sunday afternooi where they could rest and he Imp py i a (did's beautiful suashin and hear the melody of His bird and catch the fragrance of 11 i. woaderful flowers. His nann was never seen on the public roll ..f 1 ... . .no o ? , itliu, WI1VI1 r?<jlJC'HttM to contribute to the cause o foreign mission, his roplv na a rather blunt refusal. Tksre. fore, he died outside the order o sanctity. lie was "unprepared* for d atli, unfit to enter the pro senee <?f his Maker. This judgment is no lest* faulty and unjust because it so oftn comes from ?;ood ('heist ian lips, it spoken ia tones ?,f inlinite pieti and i-- followed by tender, heartfelt prayer in behalf of the pool departed, unrepentant soul. Ton oflMi, however, this judgment eomes from the lips of Seribo> ..i d 1 'iiarisee>. who merely keep the outside of the platter clean: who mike broad their phylnctsrie-, w e? have .ts-u :> ! t ie robe of Cbri itanity without the slightest 1 rue i i' !c to t a.' p i * isioii, and who uc .sceretly serving tie-devil -t ?l?n li verv of heaven. M iat is it that constitutes a pre. -ition f >r d--a.o' It it) heir 1 i !? OI|1 \\ ;l !'< i form of llolv livin;*. To 11?v tluc attention to a.l wu.1 ariril o'i crv.'ifc. < of rituals :m<! books .'to I confessions of fait lit To merely believe in < "In*;-1 instead of living in Him.' 'In ! ill man whom these >coplc lii.? dared to sentence to the eternal wrath mar have been imii-ii closer to the < ?od of love than those who held their j/ar meets hack sis as passed them on the street. Those closed eyas may have beamed with the lif?ht of love and charity tmd pity for all tin.* world. They may have cheered me neggar at tku gate. the ironisin moaning in her sins tprodigal son fainting amid the l>itter husks of defeat. Those now deaf ears may hava always been open to the cries of the poor, the sutreriag, the grief stricken and those in pain. Those pallid lips may have carried words of joy to many a broken heart and helped to make a brother's or a sister's liie less tlrerry than it was before. Those s "pale feet, crossed in rest," may have Ikm'u very swift in merry's" rail, an?l those silent, n?>rveh\ss \t hands ma have always >een open to the pool, the homeless and the! friendless. Love is the. fulfillment of the! law, and our neighbor is the man f, I who went down to Jerieho and <| fell anions thirvrs. | si Let us not be too hasty in our j f< judgments. Let us leave the till - ) R apposition of the dead t.? the live v * and compassion ami merrv of the u t* . t " 1 one eternal (?od. i? The brightest rronu in heaven c mtv not always lie reserved for p " the loudest shooter ia the tahcr- ( ' nnrlr. nor the most j?or?jjeous rohe y of li^ht for tbo Lcvite who passes I lor on the other side. Perhaps the dead man whom we 7 i so peremptorlh eomi^ti to dark * tK's-. may have appeared before ' itlio judgment seat with his arms Si II piled up with ifillci sheaves, a Perhaps as hi- ev . were el?sed s 1 . in the on3 i,re . 1 ndess sleep : n ti v saw lievond the smiiiuy of h the river, the waivii^of ion fade r less palms. New York Ad.er r | tis-r. 111-2 1T.L A. Ql'ICKLY. ii ! (lov. l-illerhe Removes a Lhpior " I 'unstable for 1 h unkemiess. ti V -1 J When (iovernor Lllerbe rfor-|w j jjnni/.ed the constabulary a few I' davs as*o lie announced that he w s ! ?' would u>-e [lis oinciai uroadaxe to feho? otr tli** head of the verv lirst * - ' i< ^ appointee who got drunk. I'nder such eirc nnstances he littlodrcam- tM ^ \ led that he would have to use his ; c . n sxe in lass than a week. Hut be. a 1 ! r did all the same. One of the ( mem hers of the nun force got on *( ^ a spree after getting his rotnmis- '* sion. It was promptly reported |(1 ^ to (iovernor Kllerhe nad venter-^ dav he chopped tka offender's i11 s I I a . official bead off without a word, i ^ Another man will he selected to j till the place. The man was tine I of the members of the former force j. who had been retained. ' H (iorernor Kllerhe ssys that lie! xpeeis io laKc similar action in *' " k j evurv ease of such diameter that >n-??u?r!11 to his attention and the 'v r " s( i eotistahles limy as well uhder?t*nd ! it. Tim Stat*. j n' r< Tuit ion at ('lemson. ; " . I 8( . \1 the last session of the traner-, , . . IV' a! afisemttlv provision was made in , 1 tci . a special amendatory net for Ihe . * n< . < ') u/iu" of a tuition fee of SI" . t!i oer p ip ! at ( teinson college, pro II | in \ \ linj* however, that the trustees at r in rcfunil the amount to students . in ' una'.le to p.iv who certify to that i at fact. TWe act was approved on Ma v 'Jnd and it has heen a 'piest iou with the trustees as to what thev I I" should do. the act becomes! ... eiTcctive Oil the 'Jet illst. The , ?!? matter w., s referred to the attor C( nev general's otlice. The result .. is that on and after the ii2d tuition I n* fees will l>e charged at the college i<M upon the conditions named in the act. The amount will la* prorated i . 1 a? as a portion of the session has al 1 w rcadi expired. State. 11(1 \ IIoiisoliold Treasure . h: l> W I* ult. r, of Cii'mjoliMrie, N \ Hiiyn tlitl In1 fllwayi* keeps I)r King's ^ New I) hcovery in the house ami hi* di family has always fnun.l the very host r? sill's follow I'm use; thai h? woulil not h? witliout it, If p'ocurable. (I A j Dykeman Druggist, f'atskill, N Y., in smvs that i)r King's N??w Discovery is In undoubtedly t lie heat Cough remedy; . that he has used it in his family for , eight years, ami it has never failed to 1? do all that in claimed for it. Why not j or try a remedy so long filed and tested. ; Trial hottles fr? e at Crawford Jlr??' 1 Drug Store. Regular size 60e, and r2'?.> pc, an No man hns any liettor religion (j( than that whi h ho actually exhibits in his daily life. % J II H r P K i; SON'S SOUND SKNSF. I'unls mi Felly of Overproduction of Cotton Which Will Full on Deaf Far*. Amjusla, (lit.. March l.V The Hewing letter in reference to rcrca-ine the production of food applies is -cut out for duct ion of ?od supplies is sent out for the iformation of cotton planters, 'oniiiyo from an expsrt statistician 11 the proihi" tion and consumption f cotton it emphasizes the coiilusion :im>i justitias the action ike* 1 > the American Cotton i rowers Protective association, diich met in convention in this itr today: New York. March 1 *2, I SOT. \> lion Patrick Walsh, IMitor ('hronicle. My Dear Sir: Though our ore1'iit cotton crop will prohuldy * >\ tcet 1 - ..Mm.I'I ' hales ami p.f, locks in the worM's markets an 1 ii! 1 s at Lac end ! tie* season in*>\ 'c even I ad on the moderate liiy,u cs at it- c 'inmeuccnient, the i?ict emai* thai cotton is half a cent pottB I lower than a yeni a:.", i 'he coll on ijoods trade is exceed- J Ufl \ dull an 1 prices at about t W . 1 west. Many American mills' re running ou short time. My 1 idend. Mr Thou. Fllison of Diver-1 ool, thinks the HuropeitM mills ill consume no more cotton the! recant aanson than during last ,'uwon. In view of the injury to ritish trade from the plague and i imine in India, it it, in my opinio, even doubtful If last season's! msuinption will bo actually main-j lined. In Homhny the cotton tills are practically ehmed, thus J ( leasing more cotton for export i Kuropo thaa had been estimat : d. It is to he added that the! niton crop in India will he larer than the estimates of several , ninths Our coiigrcna is hout to meet in cvtrs .? iseuss 11 goaeral revision of thy' iriff ami the uncertainty us to lie outcome of the matter will tie- J rass every kind of business. The ssion m?v he a lonir one and it ' ts i hy no means certain that any! ind of a hill will he passed us the lopuhlieans do not control the! mate. The depression in httsi : ess on account of uncertainty in pud to the tariff would then j mtinue into lhtts. There are j ic conditions which confront thoj inthern farmers upon the eve of lant t ime this sprint;. It sccm.s ! ? mo they indicate with a dear- j s.s wlre'i admits of no <pic tion int aveiy fanner sli nil i lirst akc provision for tui;?i-? food id foru jo crops before consider- > the matter of cotton a ;njf. In .1;i \ ia~t when t'nw crop pr icts r? so favorable that many *""1 ople p: ode. tod a yield of 10, 10,000 hales the price for Nov. J divei^ declined to ncarlr *5 I * nts, while middling cotton 0111 ic s i'?t s.?|d at 7 1 -1?! cents. 11 id it t ie severe drouth oceure I the! op miu'ht easily have reached ,.500,000 to 10,000 < M>0 hales id this addition to the sopplv ouhl proi.ahly have resulted in aver prices by fully 1 I 'J eon to r pound than are current todav. think middling cotton won hi { jvc sold at 5 1-2 cents in Now ork and tliis would have been sastrous to southern farmers id a serious isjury to the entire nintiT owing to the disturbance foreign exchanges which would , ive boon caused by so great a I inkage in tlio vsluo of our cotn exports. 1 do not believe tliat iw planter in a thousand can proice cotton so cheaply that ho can II it on a basis of 6 1-2 cants a mnd for middling in New York id gat back even the cost of proiction, to say nothing of any proIt is well for our southern far mers to remen1I>er that the cost of promotion experts no influence whatever ou the immediate market value ef anv eommodity. The presMit price is governed almost < oti^Sly ijy'^i" e'.v ->1 ing conditions ?t supply and dumand. When eonii iod;i ies are sold for lcssthan r.hc average cost of luoductiou ttint fact will necessarily curtail production and a diminution in i supply will follow later on which j v. ill then cause an advance iu price. Tni'inrrs, however, cannot wait for these processes as they are generally compelled to sell their crops prompt t in order to meet their obligations. It is true that corn is considerably lower in Chicago than it wa* a year ago, while oats and provisions area tville lower and wheat and tlour a little higher. The reduction in the price of some of these articles, however. >hould he no reason for planting more cotton and less grain, fer of what avail to the) southern farmer would tie the i? w pi 'C of grain and provisions if I hi cotton hud to he sold for so ! lil le as t ? leave him go surplus money wdh which to buy those' thi'igs. The world dor-* not need as m leh American cotton as can lie grown on the present acreage. It' rdl southern farmers would i*jiiso their own food r.nd foraga crops ^including meat and farm animals) and make of cotton a surplus or "money oi.ip" they would lmvo in their own haeds the amplest protection against low prices for cotton, inasmuch ss the over production of the staple would he avoided ami thov would not he forced to *ell their cott. n oil ie the periods ? f its greatest depression. Yours very truly, Alfred It Shepperson. SCHOOL MATTKRS. Of Interest to Touchers ami Others. The State, 1 1th. State Superintendent <>f Kduaa ti?>n MnyfleM is at work preparing to j^et things in ship shape for the coining year's management of the public seho-ds of the State. The dates fo'-t! " meeting of the State board of X itninors and the comity ?xamination? have heen lixyd. In th?'sneaatiaae topiea of the new net# r< luting to the public school lavr are beino printe?l for distrihution anions the school authorities of the State. \ est. rd t\ the followin ' circular I letter was .t to each of the several county sup' rintendents of education in the Slate : Dear Sir: The Mate hoard of j education \vi ! meet at (olumbin April and will examine applican's for te.n? hers' State certilicate? on April d, bc^inuino at ? oh ' ?-it n m. At this meeting the c.?nnly hoard of education will lie . _ ....... .. . . I XI 1 i ' I " \ liu1 e i IK't .i.MSf'l ?! t!l?* l**t - 3SJOI1 of i tin- li'^Hiatui . If you have any matte:'to submit to this hoard nl this merlin" j>1, n-? -#nd them in. time. The re^rula cxuuiiuut'on of up. > p!ir:mtj for teachers' county cor-| iIii 11 will Ik; held bythecouaty boards of education on April 16. 1 >rc ide where the county examination will be held nad give ample public notice of the time and place of both the State and county examinations. The questions for the county examination will be prepared by the State Imard of education and senl to you, by mail or express, in due time. Tours very truly, W. I). May Held, State Swpl. of Kducatioa. Wanted- An Idea S-ria CW4rm Sff fir PUdar1* , Good Roads In Spartanburg. I ll** supervisor of Spartauburg county is agitating u proposition to issue S?-00?000 worth of bonds for the purpose of improving the roads. 'l'ho supervisor claims that first class macadamized roads may la* had for 91."00 a mile, and the aggregate sum proposed will macadamize 200 miles. Cultivate the habit of always seeing tLit? best in people, and, more than that of drawing forth whatever is the best in them. A NEW TRIUMPH. The Dreaded Consumption Can Be Cured. T. A. s>lo miiii, ili?> (trout Clicmbt ami "<oiooti>l, Will t > SUiflrrets, 'I In..- Kree liottle* of H!s* NciVlv Pis. ov? r <1 llcitit?!i.-s i<i i-ine ti<in atiil All I tiotr Trouble*. ^ othinif eon <! bo fairer, nore j-11i!iiofItr.>|?!?> or cirry more joy |-> tlio J.nt'eloii. III.ill (lie irelieroil* ullVr ol tin; honored s.nd i|i>iim?ui ? I chemist T A Sli I'titn, M (' ,?>f Now York City. 11 ' h:i? di covered a reliable ami iImoIii'c curt* I" o consumption, ami atl bronchial, tlirou', Inn* ami cheat !? -i'Hii-8, catarrhal all' c<inna general iU? flint* nml weakness, lo?a of (loah and nil conditions of wasting nw*> ; ami In make i*s tr??at mor.ls known, will send three fri*t* bottles of liia newly discovered ren.ediea to any slllieted reader of Tiik Lkikjrk. Already ha "new anion I Hie system of medicine" hna permenantly euretl thousand*i>f apparently hopelesscases. The Doctor consider* it not only hi* profcHsional, I hi t his religious duty?a duty which he owe* to stiM ring hu inanity?1?? donate hia intaliihle cure. lit ha* proven the "dreaded con* sumption" t<? he a eu'abte dinoane liejoint a donld, in any cliiuate. ami has on li e in Ida American and European laboratories th?-uaamla of "heartfelt testimonials of g'ati ude" from those benefited and cured, In ail parts of the worm. Catarrhal and pulmonary trouble* lead to ooiiHiimptloo, u? interrupted, ineanh hpeedy ami crr'nin death. Don't delay until it in too late. simply write T A Slociiin, M Pine at reel, New York, giving expreas ami postnttlce ndilreHtt, ami the free medicine w il! he | r >mptly Kent. Please ted the D-x'tor you raw hi* oiler in TltK l.klKiKK. K. IV Allison T. S. Carter. ALLISON & CARTER, liKAI. KSTATE ACKNTS, Lancaster, S. C. J JKKHONrt DI HIItINO lo sell Ini1 pro*- (i or unimproved town loh , or lam's of any description ate Invited I otter us. AI.USON &. C Alt IKK. i ri T~; ESTRAY HORSE. \ I<IfiHT I! \ Y IIOKHK, nhout .'V ten//ears old. was taken upon inv premlsv* on the IPs' day of Deri-other la-t When liken up there Wat on him a hoy's so-Idle ami the hvadst > II of a h it.d bridle I'l.c awi.t-r can m-t same by | r..irj* property and ptyinylhc i xpi i.-o ?.f keeping and ndvt rt'.-h k the said h i-.VV I). il Y AI T. I'.e air, .S'. Keh M, JSh7. SOUTH I'tROLItV! COLLKGU COLUMIUA, s c. Session hrjfins September .'lot h. Ten regular Course-, with f hphnins. Special t 'ours.?i, wb li t 'ert itleules. Hoard $S a month I Pel I appointed /.a b<>ra torh-s. Chemical. t'liysical, Biological, etc ciymnastam. Total mcessary expert Mrs for Ih year (excluwlve of irav?ling ami i lothing), from "fll-i to ."flHi. Womenadmitted t-? all <'lapses, / 'or further information, catalogue, etc., nililrnw the President, JAMKS WOODKOW. CLEMSON COLLEGE. 'PHK FIMM MKSHION of Clemson 1 A grleuItiir ?l Col I cue wifl begin Thursday, Feb Ihth 1H97 To the two regular four \ear course leading to th* d?gree of Bachelor n Science, a special two j ear rournr It Mechanics and Engineering ha* beei added. The course of Instruction include the following subjects :?Agriculture, t'liemiatry. Horteuiture. I>cirylng, Veterinary Feience, Rotif^Sfc Geology. Mineralogy, Mechanical/' Electrical and Ciyil Eninecrli g. English, Malhematicnaiid History. Hoard, washing, fuel, lights for sea Vdon of 40 weeks, $A9 tub For Catalogue containing full parti* oular* address E. B. CRAIGHEAD. PR?"SDT. Clemson College, it Cherokee, Greenwood, Ilnuibercj and Dorchester are to he the new counties. If the territory could he.proi?erly distrilmted there is rouM for (10 counties of 500 sf|uure ?ilcs-eiu-k in this state. hohto find out. Kill h tioitio or coi)ini')ii g/.*s s with uiitw- mill lei. it stand .uenty-f< ti r hours; a sediment or settling indicates it ilici'Dfeil Coiiilitioii of the kidnexs. When urine stains lint n It is positive evidence of k iilney trouble. Too frequent detlire to urinate or pain in tlie back, is also convincing pi oof (hut the kidneys ami bladder are out of order. WHAT TO HO. There >s comfort in the knowledge so often exprtseod, that Or Kilmer's swamp- Knot, the great kidney ri medy fu fills exery wish in relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder 1 a d every part of the uriuaiy pissagc. It corrects it at iiitx to liold urine and sealilii g pain in passing it, or I-ail elf els following u-e of liquor, wine or i beer, ami overcomes that unpleasant Ium \ of cotllpelletl to get ?ip mmi.v tim? s during the niglit to utinafe 'I li<- inihi and ext ramihnaiy I Feels of .Swamp-Hoot is ko<?ii icali/.eil It -tun-Is tin- liiglic-t for i*s wonderful i-ii es of i lie tiKet ilistit ssit g eases I f i veil need a medicine you should nave the h-st Sold hy druggists, priee , ' fifty cents u? ti one dollar. For a . 1 sample hot t'e and pamphlet, both sent ' : fiee by niai it I. l-.UfsKIt | and send your full piisl-eflieo address j to I>r Ivilmer A: f'<? , Hlnghniii'nn, N ] V. The proprietor of this paper guar* I ' atilcu the gei illness of 'bis i HVr Relict in Six Honrs. i Pi?treaslng Kidney ami {'ladder ?tIm ' a-e* relieved in *ix liour* by ?ne "New Ukeat South American Kidnuy | cukk " Thin new remedy Ik a greatsurprise on account of it* exceeding 1 promptness in relieving puin in (lie I bladder, kidneys, back and in every i part of the urinary paH*uges in male o* l fe*ma!e. It relieve* retention of watet* and pain in pu-wing I* most inimedit atelv. If you we- quick relief and cure till* is yom reined* s??|.j : j K >'nru iiti .*, i>rug w i-l * I* . MONEY TO LOAN. i mtve mane arrangements with broKerain New VorkCity through whom am Hhle to place loaiiH. secured by a A i. r -1 mortk"tfe on Improved furras, for M five > ? m , i a able In instalment a of t pei Interest annum 'I'lie brokerage and the clinr^^^^H for a' atract ami Inspection are an I at the expense of the horrowJ^^^H^D .V. IIarry Foster, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will practice In all I lie (Vuitu rtiate. S|H'olul ait* ntlon ^iven to cnU^^^H lection or Cl>iais. HijrOtttoe in old (Vnwla Hnu??e, over Kit zpat rick Itro., store. Itoofn No I. Jany. Htl, 1893.?1 yr. Mutual Fire Protettiou Association. J. ('. MrDOW, AGENT Foil I,ANCAffi Kit COUNTY. ! I y I!?S( > N PK**! It I X O lic?p i n*ur? I I aoco on town or C"i/ritry property I 111 i? end hifo /to liiMiriince i CoiiU'H' V. apply I ? M.Dow, A pout, Lancaster, S. (\ Dtr 12 ll. lSlMJ?3Ul. a Registration Books Open. I N ACCOltDANl E with the Act of J 1896 providing f.?r the registration of electors, the liooks of the Supervisor* of ItcKUlration will b?* open at the court Iioum on the first Monday in each month for the registration efelectorn entitled to registration and k< |>t open for three sneer ssive days in ra.h month until the general election of 181)8 W. CI. A. Porter, It. M. Kirk, It. J. Flyi.a, I ..r n.~i ? ? ?'M,u ui in gi-irn ion. Nov 18. 181X1?tf. LANDS JBJALE! AH AOKNTH for Mortgage ('onii*niea w? will well nt private h*I?* * number of v ry (fp*imhU> plantation* In Lanc<.Hter ounty belonging to Mid Companies, ui low ratea *n<| on ?*any lermB MT* For further particular* apply to K. E. ALLISON, Attt, La a -aater, 8. C.# or E. K. PALMER. i:oltmbia, 8. C. Kov. 24. H 8aa.