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KEW YONGUE FELL IN HARNESS After Y etti's ot Harnest Labors He Answers .Master's Cull. (Picken* Journal. July 28.) For several months Rev. ,!. C. Yongue, that Godly man. faithful servant and beloved paster of the Plckens Methodist charge, had boon a paralytic, an uncomplaining and cheerful sufferer, ile suffered three .strokes. Ill May he had a severe attack and had aol really fully re covered from it, when he was fatally stricken Sunday, while In tho pulpit delivering the message of his Master to his Hock, it hoing the first at tempt at preaching since Ito had been suffering. lt was Ills desiri' to preach, and he did so, with Hie stewards and friends begging him to abandon Hie idea. He saul he felt that he must deliver Iiis message. As he stood in tile pulpit he faltered. Capt. T. .1. Mauldtll went ami stood by his Bide, and, as he saw he could not go on, begged him to stop. I ".rot her Yongue, realizing his condition, managed to pronounce tl benediction on his friends and congregation. These were the last words he ever spoke. Ile lingered until I o'clock, when his soul was wafted to the Cod who gave it. lt was Brother Yongue's wish that he die as be did, and be buried Where be fell. His wishes came true. His was a beautiful life and a triumphant death. How few of us, who read these lines, can hopi for such ii glorious ending of Hine and happy her'niling ol' eternity as he experienced! At ."> o'clock Monday evening, af ter appropriate services hy Revs. P. C. Crawford, of the Baptist church; A. H. Ces', of Hie Kasley circuit, and W. M. Duncan, thc presiding elder of the Greenville District. Hie solemn cortege took up its measured march to Hie city of the dead. The burial service being there read hy Revs. Duncan and liest. Seldom has i: been our dlltj to record so sudden a death n death fraughI with such Import. A dark gloom spread over the whole com munity '. hen il was whispered from one another, "Rev. J, C. Yongue is dead." 1 ?!< was a daily beauty about the life of (his Codly man which won every heart. Ile exemplified, by his pure and honorable life, the teachings of the Golden rub', and unfailingly evinced tl practical piety thal will long be remembered as the best of professions. in tempera ment he was mild, conciliatory and candid; and yet remarkable foran uncompromising ll rm ness, lie gain ed confidence when he seemed least to expect lt. Ile believed that "men and women, youth and children, seek the friend ship of the sunny-faced;" that "all (loot's ure open lo those who smile;" that "all social circles welcome cheeriness;" that "a sunny face is the open sesame to hearts and homes." He was ti firm believer in the fa therhood of Coil and the brother hood of man: lie believed thal tho man who scallers (lowers in the pathway of lils fellowmen, who lets Into tho dark places of life (he sun shine ol' human sympathy and ?lu man happiness. is following in the footsteps of his Master. was a bea rt ol' gold. I le ivus one ol' n a - tine's noblemen in its truest sense brave, generous, manly. Mis was the soul of honor, and his friends and friendships were sacred lo 111 iii. Rill the siher cord ls loosed, tho golden bow is broken: the dust bas returned lo tho earth as it was. the Spirit (0 tho Cod who :;;ive il. This man, who. as a devoted boy, remem bered his Creator in tho days of his youth, ere the evil days came, or the years drew nigh when he should say I have HQ pleasure in them, bas finished his course and reached the heavenly goal willie yoi tin infant In the ?ace ol' life. Sketch ol' His Life. In "Twentieth Century Sketches of the South Carolina Methodist Conference. M. K, Church, South," bj Kev. Watson R. Duncan. A. M., issued in 1.10 I. we find i h,. follow - lllL' -ketch Of tills beloved Chlisli.lll geilth man : 'Manies Carson Yongue, second son of Robert Aiken Yongue and Margaret Richardson Yongue, was born Iii Columbia, S. C., October I .'., lv ..">, and was dedicated to God 111 baptism hy Kev. Dr. Shand, rector of Ti lolly ( Episcopal i church, In thal city. When tho boy was four and a half years old his fallier died. The mother with lier two boys, the subject of this paper and his brother, Robert A., entered tho family of her brother-in-law, the late Rev. Dr. Francis A. Mood, who was at thal lime a member of thc South Caro lina Conference, and who afterwards became regem of Southwestern Uni ve rsl ty al Georgetown, Teva;. Tims the boy ha,i nn early training in the Itinerancy, His first efforts at Christian work were made ui. mg these boyhood days as a missionary to tho little negroes on the planta Hons, leaching thom the Scriptures ami catechism and exorcising his gifts as a singer. This last fact, doubtless, accounts for the ease with which our friend to this day charms bis congregations with song. After a ft'.v years, tho boy left bis native State and went lo Alabama. and lived willi bis uncle, Dr. Thomas M. Logan. ?le returned to South Car olina in 1808. From this time till ISSI. Mr. Yongue resided in various places in the State, and at one time lived in Philadelphia, Pa., for a While. During these years he had a varied experience in occupations going to school, farm work, teach ing, reading law. etc. "The subject attended school for a while at the Porter Academy. Charleston, and at a Cern?an and English classical institute, the prin cipal ol' which made an everlasting impression upon our friend in mind and body. "Cu October l "?. I NTS. Mr. Yon gue .vas married to Miss Caroline Juliet St roman. Rev. X. K. Melton, performing the ceremony. Ile ami his wife ihen united willi the Meth odist Episcopal Church. South, at Rocky Swami?. Wishing their home to bear the marks ol' ?heir religion, the young couple established 'he family aller. The death ol" his mo ther. February S, issn, was used of Cod to Hie good ol' the son. leading to his conversion that year duringa meeting conducted hy Kev. George H. Pooser at Rocky Swamp church. Shortly afterward be was divinely called to preach. Mr. Yongue was first licensed as an exhorter, and in I .lune. I SS2, was licensed ?o preach. In Issi he served as a supply as junior preacher on the Boiling Springs circuit. Kev. \v. ll. Wrolon. pastor. In the fall ol' tba; year he was admitted on nial in the confer ence, since which time he has served, many charges. "Mr. Yongue has live children living on earth -Robert Miller, Charles Stromnn, Selina Moss, Mary Carolina and Samuel Marvin. One Mule Maggie lives in Heaven. "Mr. Yongue is a zealous pastor, a stron:; preacher, and an excellent niau. Ile has had much trouble, hut bears il silently ami patiently labors on." Ai all limes, under all circum stances, he walked the well-beaten paths of righteousness, and when fully conscious that he was nearing Hie end of life's journey, ami that the las! of earth would soon recede from his sight, he was fully impress ed with the idea that at the end of lime eternity h.'gan. and that Hie bright faith timi sustained him dur ing those trying hours of suffering would only grow brighter and brighter as he journeyed toward the Infinite, and the final gloom of death be dispelled by the radiance of Hod's love. Could all live the just and upright life that .lames Carson Yongue lived, and died in Iiis trust ing faith, death could no longer he called " The King of Terrors." for lie Inspired no terror mere. This man of Cod looked upon the temporary separation as an eternal reunion, where the Hosts of Heaven sang llosannahs to tho King. Besides a wife and one brother, the deceased leaves live Children, three sons and two daughters. Wo can only remind these chief mourn ers thai he is mn dead; he ls only asleep, resting after a long and well spent life here in the Master's ser vite. He cannot, and would liol if ho could, return to us; we cnn, If we will, go to him. Behind Ibo storm clouds always lurks the rain bow, and when the storm |s past it weeps upon the Howers of the land and the pearls ol' the sea. Darkness precedes the dawning, and out of Ibo blackness of night comes the sun shine and Hie joy of tho dav. And SO, from the beauty ol' his life, take an inspiration and go forth to live as lie lived, so that when the sum mons comes, you may say as he did. "lt is well with my soul." They Have a D?duite Purpose. Poley Kidney Pills give quick re lief in cases of kidney and bladder ailments. Mrs. Kose ( Maser, Terre Haute. Ind., tells tho result in her case. "After suffering for many yeats from a serious case of kidney trouble and spending much money for so-called cures, I found Coley Kidney Pills the only medicine that gave me a permanent cure. I am .main able t,o be up and attend to my work. I shall never hesitate to rec ommend them." J. W. Bell. engineer Pincher Dies al Post. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. "?. .!. C. Pincher, engineer on thc Western of Alabama Railroad, was instantly killed near this city just before noon yesterday when his train, a heavy freight, crashed into a switch engine of the same road thal had backed onto thc main line. Hilbert Pace, negro fireman, .lohn Williams, negro brakeman, and a ncgl'O deadhead named Reese Dixon, wore hurt, bul not fatally. COMMON BLANDIOlU?ll, UK SAYS. McGuire Doilies Connection With Iti ilu-i y-Gore Test liles. Muskogoe, Okla.. August 1.--Vite President Shernian was named by Senator T. P. Qore in connection with what are kn ?wu. as the Mc Murray ludan land contracts, an in vestigation ol' which was begun hen' to-day by a special committee of the I louse of Representatives. Senator Core, alter declaring that he had been approached by Jacob llam?n, former chairman ol the Ok lahoma Republican Territorial Com mittee prior to Statehood, with an otter of a bribe of $25,000 to re move al! Congressional opposition to the contracts, asserted that Ham on had said a man "higher up" in the government was "Interested" in the contracts. Senator Core at first said he was reluctant to name the man mentioned as "higher up." but later on. being pressed by Congress man Hu i ke, chairman ol' tko com mittee, declared Camon had used the name of Vice President Sherman. Cribe Raise?! lo $50,000. "When I scoffed at the ofter of a bribe even, it was raised io $50,000, as llam?n suggested it might be." testified Senator Qore, "My visitor illanion). in my olllce at Washing ton, went on to say that other mem bers of Congress were interested in ? the contracts. Ile said Senator Cur tis was interested and Congressman McGuire, of Oklahoma, was interest ed, and then he mentioned Hie name Of a man higher up in the govern ment. "I was appalled when I heard t hat name." said the Senator. "What was Hie name of thai mau higher up?" asked Chairman Burke, j "Well, as thal is true." responded ! Mr. Hore. "I will tell all I know, j The man mentioned l'y llam?n as| being higher up and interested in ! the McMurray contracts was Vice President Sherman.' \o Mon' Ouest ions About Sherman. No further ri nest lons wore asked j concerning the mention of Vice Pres ident Shernian. On cross-examination by H. H. j Ames, counsei for Mr. McMurray, j Senator Hore testified as to tin1 rela-l Hons existing between himself and llam?n. He said Hie relation had always been extremely friendly, and he frequently had business deals ' with Hanlon which entailed loans of' money. "Bo VDU regard llam?n as a truth ful mail?" asked Attorney Ames. "In most cases I do. but 1 think he would deviate a little on occa sions." j Senator Core said Congressman C. IO. ,C rea ger. representative of Ibo ' Third Oklahoma District, had also ? been approached in connection with the bribery offer. "Mr. Crea ger told me so." said Senator Core. "Ile also told me to go ahead and make those (barges and he would stand by me. giving his testimony." ; The bribe was offered at Wash- ! Ington, the Senator testified, on Ibo j .;t h of May. The Man Higher l p. Senator Core declared that win n he frowned upon the bribery offer, j llam?n said the amount might lio, raised to ?50,000. "llam?n also told me I lin I Senator Charles Curtis, of Kansas, and Congressman B. S. Mc Guire, of Oklahoma, were interested ? in the McMurray contracts," lesli- | lied Senator Hore. "And while I am 1 ii bou I it. I might as well tell i hal he said an olllclal higher up in tho govern ment was also interested in tho deal." "When he named persons higher | up. i held up my hands in astonish-1 menl and said: 'ls it possible thal a person so high in the United states government could lay himself open to such tin imputation?' " "Well," replied llam?n, "this is lots of money, you see.' The bribery offer, Senator Hore explained, followed his opposition to the approval by Congress of what are known as the McMurray con tracts, wirri affect the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes Of Indians. Millions for Syndicate. By those contracts, he said, J. C. McMurray, an attorney, and associ ates were tO receive 10 per cent Ol' thc profits on tho sale of 150,000 acre- of coal and asphalt lands, be longing lo thc Indians. As a Now York syndicate stood ready to pay $30,000,000 for tho lands, the IO per cent lo tho McMurray interests for "attorneys' fees," would realize $?{,000,000, sai'' Hie Senator. in 1008," said Senator (?ore. "President Roosevelt refused to give his approval lo certain contracts which McMurraj had secured with the Indians as tribes. Inder the j law the contracts made with tribes I of Indians were not valid until ap proved by tho President. In the same year McMurray procured con tracts individually with about 10,000 Of the Indians whereby the Indians were to give 10 per cent of tho , . . ?? , ?'i men gross receipts In the sale ot*\ lands. s* McMurray Said (?ore. "MoMurray c-ame to my office at I Washington and wanted mo to sup port his contracts. 1 told him 1 would not do so, hut, on the other hand) I thought it would he absurd tor the Indians to pay that vase sum of money for services which the gov ernment was io duty hound to per form. "The MoMurray Interests then went to Presiden I Roosevelt and I sent a telegram to Presiden! Roose velt urging him not to approve of Hie contracts. Mt was notable bow active were the McMurray Interests. When I called on the Secretar; of the Inte rior. Ballinger, to protest against the contracts, 1 was told not to talk so loud, as ex-Senator Long, of Kan sas, was present and he was Inter ested in the contracts. "I had Introduced in tho Senate a resolution requiring that all con tracts made with Indians should be approved by Congress before they became valid. On May ."> last the committee having it under considera tion Instructed Senator Hughes, of Colorado, to report it favorably. Charges Denied by McGuire. Guthrie, okla.. Aug. lt-Repre sentative Hird S. McGuire, of Hie first oklahoma District, in a state ment here this afternoon denied emphatically that he had now. or ever had any interest in Indian con tracts with McMurray or anyone elsi-. He said lie would go to Mus kogee at omi' and appear before the Congressional committee now in ses sion theil'. "1 don't know what was said to Senator Hore."' asserted Mr. McGuire to-day. "or whether anything was said to him by any persons, hut this much is true: "No living man who is honest and responsible will say that I have now. or have had any interest in any In dian contracts with McMurray or anybody else. "A man who would base a state ment in the United state.: Senate on what some person may have told him ?ti a matter like that is nothing more or less than a common slan derer." Acute or Chronic-Which? No matter If your kidney trouble is acute or chronic Foley's Kidney Remedy will reach your ease. Claude Brown, Reynoldsville, III., writes us that he suffered many months with kidney complaint which baffled all Ireatynent. At last he tried Foley's Kidney Remedy and a few large bot tles effected a complete cure. He says: "lt has been of inestimable value to me." J. W. Boil. Rebuked Prisoner for Wearing Cross Savannah, Ca.. Aug. ?.--S. S. Bes singer, a Confederate veteran, was found guilty of voluntary man slaughter in Chatham Superior Court Wednesday at the end of his trial for stabbing Came Payne to death on Hie evening ol' May 13th last. Bessin ger wore a Confederate cross of honor in court during his trial. Xo objection was made to this and Judge charlton, in sentencing Bes slnger to two years in the peniten tiary, in regard to it, said: "1 (io not like to see a veteran wea rim; a cross of honor in court when he is on n ial for a crime. Von could have worn it for only om- pur pose, to work upon the prejudice of Hie jury. Practices of dis nature would tend to make the Confederate badge a common ?bing." Bossinger and Payne formerly were ?iart tiers in a grocery business. They quarreled over money and Res singer killed Payne in the presence of Hie latter's wife. Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, laborers rely on Dr. Thomas' Eclec tic oil. Takes the sling out of cuts, burns or bruises at once. Pain can not .-tay where it is used. Fought Duel, Coes to Prison. St. Petersburg, Aug. ii.-Alexan der Guchkoff, who temporarily re signed his functions as president of the imperial durna in order to serve a sentence of four weeks' imprison ment for lighting a duel with Count Uvaroff, a rival leader in parliament, began his term in Hie fortress of SI. Peter and St. Paul to-day. lu the duel, which was fought November 30, M. Guchkoff, then a private member of the durna, wounded Count Uvaroff slightly in the shoul der. The duel resulted from a con troversy in which M. Guchkoff gave Conni Uvaroff Hie lie. M. Guchkoff occupied the same casemate in the fortress in which Gen. Sloessel serv ed his sentence for surrendering Pori Arthur to the .Japanese. When Hie digesti?n is all right, the action of the bowels regular, there is a natural craving and relish for food. When this is lacking you may know that you need a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Ta bo I ts, They strengthen tho di gestive organs, Improve the appetite and regulate the bowels. Sold by L. C. Martin, Clemson College; Se?i oca Pharmacy. I Has since 1891 given "Thorough Itu influences at the lowest possible c RESULT: lt is to-day with Its fae its student body of 400, and its plant THE LEADING TRAINING SCI $150 pays all charges for the year, ir heat, laundry, medical attention, phyi except music and elocution. For cu BLACKSTONE FEMALE IN JAS. CANNON, Jr., M TIIOS. R. REEVES, 1 THE BRUTALITY OF BASE I IA LL. (Ji'iiv, in Atlanta Journal, Compare* (Jame with Prize Fights. 1 tun surprised to hear that 20, 000, more or less, men, women and 1 seat to witness the Jimmie .Jeffries-? Johnnie Johnson fight, when they could have seen more brutality by paying two bits for a bleacher seat j at a ball game. This statement probably will rock the sporting public to the founda tion and by writing this I am sound ing the death knell of pugilism. How can a tap with a pillow at the end Of it be as exciting as the things I am telling below? Perhaps the .?al) of the glove will start the claret from the receiver's beak. Not very exciting, is it? Perhaps after hugging each oilier for t bree rou. luis one of the lighters slaps a jolt lo the other's jaw, and the light is over. Hut base ball- glorious liase ball, ?he national past line-isn't tame !il<e that. j lu the Hist inning Smith conies to bat. The li rs t two balls sent upare strikes; the next ball is a spitter. an in-shoot. Smith braces himself, the curve breaks just as Smith swings and the hall cops Smith on tilt! beak. Just like hilting a cow on the head wit li a sledge. Smith is carried from the field with his nose smeared around on the badi of his neck. Jones comes to bat and bingles to ?eft. The crowd yelps in glee-it's good for two liases. Jones gives thc eight-pound bat (not an eight-ounce glove) a mighty heave as he beats it to first. Drown, the catcher, is carried from the Held with a broken skull. Doesn't a padded knock-out sink into insignificance in compari son willi this lovely brutality? In the excitement Jones has made second and decides to go on to third. Look, be starts! See his lovely spikes (not eight-OUllce gloves) glisten in Hi, sunshine. Creen is blocking third so he can tag Jones. Just as the ball reaches Creen's milt, there is a cloud of dust-the ball rolls to the bleachers and from the cloud Jones emerges and sprints' for home, witli the calf of Creen's left leg hanging onto his spikes. Oil, I could-go on and on describ ing the beautiful, bloody brutality of our nal ional pastime, but I have not time. Unless prize lighters usc plaster of paris in theil* gloves or pickaxes to maul each other with, I prefer a base ball game, because for mauling and maiming, breaking bones and bread baskets, lhere ls nothing out side of a passenger train wreck that can claim the victims like a good old game of base ball. Don't think that piles can't be cured. Thousands of obstinate cases have been cured by Doan's Ointment. 5 0 cents at any drug I store. MAKES LIFE'S '7\ * _ SCHOOL FOR GIRLS itructkm under positively Christian oat." lllty of 32, a boarding patronage of 328, worth S110,000 IOOL FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA (eluding table beard, room,lights,steam sieal culture, and tuition in all subjects taloguo and application blank address, ISTITUTE, Blackstone, Va. I ^'j Associate Principals. DIKD FOR SPARS AM) STRIP10S. South Carolina Roy, in Naval Soi' vice, Meei* Benth in ( ape Cod Ra"\. ProVincotoWll, Mass., Aug. 4.--. Thirty fathoms deep lu the waters of Cape Cod Bay. in search of a sunken torpedo, George W. Fairey, a gunner's malo on the battle ship Connecticut, whose home was al Orangeburg. S. C., lost his life yesterday, according to word brought ashore here to-day from the lleet. The Connecticut was engaged in torpedo practice when one of tho missiles was lost and Fairey was sent out with a boat's crew and diving ' apparatus to recover it. On bis way to {.lie bottom of the bay hi? signalled "o. iv." There was : a pause for a moment when lie ! reached bottom and then came a ! taint signal of danger. ills COin ! rades pulled tile diver to the surface as quickly as possible. Hurriedly opening Hie armor they found bini unconscious, but still breathing. All efforts lo resuscitate him failed. Tile cause ol' the accident, is not known, but it is presumed there must lune been trouble in the trans mission of air. The body was ship ped to Fairey's sister, Mrs. H. lt. Pauling, of Orangcburg, s. C. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature An Airship Combine, New York. Aug. (1.-An airship trust, controlling aerial machines and air lines, is the subject of the Standard Oil interests, according lo a report current in Wall street. The Hist move is the formation of a company to compete with the Wright brothers. William S. Routine, a .Wu Inventor, is supplying the planes. He is president of Hu jinny, and the directors are Harold McCormick, son-in-law of .lohn I). Rockefeller, and .John H., .lr. lt is believed there will be a bitter struggle with the Wright Company, which is backed by Byan Belmont and Vanderbilt. York aero com "Generally debilitated for years. Had sick headaches lacked ambi tion, was worn-out and all run down. Burdock Blood Ritters made me a well woman."-Mrs. Charles j Fro!toy, Moosup, Conn. Cincinnati's Population ?RM,4Ott. Washington, Aug. G.-Cincinnati, Ohio, has a population of 364,4(Ri, according to ligures made public Thursday by Census "Director Du rand. This is an increase of :ts,r>c? 1, or ll.s per cent as compared with (ho population in Him). " Well-tliat fccl9 bcttcr" Ever say that when you toke off your shoes at night? lt's a bad sign-means there's Something wrong with your shoes. Next time you feel like say ing that, Just ask yourself "what is that shoe they say ' Makes Life's Walk Iv.isy?'" Next morning look for thc ' Crossett dealer. He will sell WALK EASY" you shoes you can wear all clay and he sorry lo part com pany with at night. $4 to $6 everywhere. LEWIS A. CROSSETT, Ino., MakcrS North Abington - Mnss. ECB? WA?tKAM??#