The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, July 03, 1890, Image 1
VOL.RSAY JULY'3 #180 1
CENSUS LEGISLATioN.
A REVIEW OF THE ACTION OF THI
STATE SENATE.
The Senatori From Charleston Give a l1ix
tory of the Proceedings in That Unidy an
in the Ii-ae of Itepresentativcm.
To the Editor of the News an<
Courier: Capf. Tillman has on sev
cral occasions seen fit- denounc
those members of the itato Seiate
who voted against the census am
reapportionment bills. We hav<
wiited to see whether any one, othei
than ourselves, would give the reasof
for such action. WNe are unwillin
longer to have such reasons unstated
especially in view of the recent at
tack on that uprighC soldier am
gentleman, Judge Izar, whoso po
sition necessarily forces him to keel
silence.
THE FACTS HiE As FOLLOWS.
The General Statutes of the Stat<
contained and now contain the gen
eral provisions for taking the census
About two or three days before th<
close of the session of 1884 a bil
came over from the House to th(
Senate, amending in certain particu
lars the general law, on the subjecl
of the census--principally as to ti<
rate per capita to be paid and it
other minor points. While,however,
is left tie duty on the Governor o:
haviing an enumeration made, neitheli
this bill nor t4e general law appro
priated any money to enable him t<
iave the work done. The bill, there
fore, as it passed the Hous3e, was in
complete, anpd would have effectedn<
result.
On iiquhy it warrasoertained tha1
the probable expense of a State cen
sus would amount ,to some $50,0(
or $60,009. This tras the estimat<
made by careful men, who wer<
supposed to be in a position t
know.
The majority of the Senators, nearl3
all of whose counties were unaffect6'
by the result, did not feel justified ir
puttingupon the people this heav3
expense. And as the House, whiel
was the body whose membership wat
inl questiol, had not deemed it prop
er to take the responsibility of mak
ing the appropriation necessary foi
the work, these Senators, acting or
the bill sent them by the House, re
jcted it.
The counties whose representatioi
would be affected by the censu
were about equally divided. Th
very large majority of the Senator
were entirely disinterested, as it di<
not atect their counties in any way
A majority 6f. these disintereste
Senators voted against the bill, an<
by their votes it was defeated.
i 1885 the amendment of thi
Constitution was proposed allowini
reapportioumnent on the basis of th<
United States census of 1890 al(
thereafter. This was adopted by the
vote of every Senator present excep
one, Mr. Reynolds, of Beatufort. I
was proposed and passed as a fulfil
ment of the requirement of the Con
stitution providing for reapportion
ment, but as saving the taxpayers ol
the State the heavy expenses of tak
ing the consus by the S-tate.
At the samo session, 185, th<
House again sent over a bill for tak
inig the census by the State authori
ties. But as the amendment to th<(
to the Constitution had b)een passet
pIroviding the other method for ire
apportionment, aLs ai men~1sure 01
economy to the State, the Senat<
.did not feel called on to pass thiu
bill.
There was another serious objec
lion, to wit: Whether an extra ses
sion of the Legislaturo could legall
be called to reapportion in time foi
* the election in the fall of 1880. Thi:
had duie consideration. But tha
which determined the matter was tha
ainother method of reapportionmnen
had been provided1, by which th
taxpayers were savedl some $50,000 o
$6i0,000.
The matter then camne before thm
people of the State at the genera
election in 1826, when this amend
* ment was submitted for their deciF
ion1. It was adopted by an over
wvhelming pop)ulatr vote. The peopi<
of the State thereby ratified and ai
Proved thme action of the Legislatur<~.
in subistitutinig this means of reap
portionment, andl saving them th<
heavy tax and expense of taking tie
-census by the State. And the peo
lo themselves having thus actoi
on the question, it w~as settled fin
ally.
Duiring the Ression of 1 886 the bil
to ratify this constitutional amend
ment came before the Senato. It wa
passed by the vote of every Senato
except one.
In 1887 and again in 1888 bills wer
intrgduced into the Senate to real'
portion on the b,asis of the census c
1880. '4 These were opposed as no
beimg within the scopeO of the anmend~
mont, which provided that the fi~
reapp1ortionmenit should( be0 madle i
(der the census of 1890. There wver
also practical difficulties, as for it
stance with. Charleston county, whic:
had been divded since that consu
into Charleston and1 Berkeley. Thi
p)rovented any accurate or p)roper rt
I apportionment on the basis of th
enmsus of 1880. The Senate, ther<
fore, by a decided majority, rejecte<
the bills.
This'is a simple statement of thm
ease. .Who do not propose to ir
dulgo in iteninprato language or t
be drawn into vituperation or recrin
mnation. We desire Solely to give th
,reasions whichi governed the Senate i
Augustino T. Smythe,
Geemao.s Lamb Buist '
SeaosfromA Charleston Countj
(-Dr. J. B. Patrick, a promineE
d tist of Rock Hill,died oin Mona
H a nativn e hi
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
-Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell
is out in an interview in the Charles
ton World, squarely favoring Till
DIan.
-A conunission has been issued to
the Capital City Guards, colored, of
Colhunbia. The company comprises
eighty-three members.
-Alexander Noisette, colored, is in
jail at Charleston charged with the
nurder of John Worthy, colored, by
I driving an iron pin ito his hcad.
-Preparations are being made to
begin the work of erecting the cotton
compress at Sunter, the stock for
which was subscribed a month ago.
-Napoleon Levelle, who killed his
wife and nearly murdered his uncle
in Charleston on Febuary 17th, was
convicted of murder, and sentenced
to be hung September 5.
-One of the census enumerators
appointed for Catawba township,
York county, claims to have found a
negro woman who gave in her age as
114, and is still right spry.
-Steel McLeos, the only son of the
widow' McLees, living ten miles be
low Anderson, was drowned in Bar
ris' Pond on Saturday afternoon. le
was caught in a suck hole.
-Work on the new Cathedral in
Charleston is progressing. The
arched windows on the west wall
have been about finished, and the
'%work is pushing forward all over the
building.
-Newberry has beent selected as
the place of this year's encaiplment
of the Citadel Cadets. The corps
will use the grounds of Newberry
College-these havir g been offered
for the purpose.
--Mr, L. L. Harris, of Chesterfield
county, saw a peculiar looking old
stump the other day, and after close
inspection concluded there i,ist be
something in it. He turned the
stump over, and in the bottom of it
found 93 leather-wing bats.
-The new awl handsome building
erected by the Masonic fraternity of
Anderson was dedicated on Tuesday
with imposing ceremonies. Col. J.
A. Hoyt, a Past Master of the lodge
- there and a Past Grand Master of the
State, delivered the dedicatory ad
dress.
-Tle meeting at. Lexington on
Wednesday was attended by about
1 350 persons. Spevches were iad(
by Capt. Tillnan, Gen. Bratton, Gen
Pope, Col. Marshall, and Col. Gary
a Every thing passed off quietly. Th(
sentiment of the meeting was strong
- ly with Mr. Tillman.
-Judges Bond and Simonton, ir
ithe United States Court, at Charles
ton on Wednesday, decided the t own
ship railroad bond cases in Soutfl
Carolina. The suit was brought by
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chica
go Railroad against the Boston Trust
Company. Thevalidity of the bonds
had been attacked by the townships.
that issued them, but their valility is
uplheld.
-The Charleston World of Wed
nesday says: "Soon after the rain
and thunder and lightning yesterday,
and especially after the severe clap
of thunder, thousands of dead fish
came to the surface on Ashley river.
They were of all kinds, large and
small, and lined tihe shore and float
ed in the stream for a considerable
-distance. Th'le tugs and vessels which
.had to run up and down 1the river
encountered themi in every direc
, tion."
-On Sunday morning, Mir. 1R. K
Tyler, of Aiken county, met with a
fatal accident. After harnessing ni
young pony for tile first time to ai
road cart, he at-tempted to get in,
and got his foot hung in the spring.
The pony dashed off and dragged
him for sonme distance. Aft-er it was
b, stopped and he wvas released it was
found that he was fatally injured, hmis
e~ skull being fractured, withl numuerous~
internal and external bruises. H<c
3 (lied on Monday morning.
A Move Against Chalirimn Br'Ie.
NEW YORK, June 25.-There art
hiits that some influential pe(rsomi
thuink that Senator Calvin S. Bric<
would (10 well to resign his oflice oj
Chairman of the Democratic National
SCommittee, aind that such a mov<
would be of considerable advantag
to the party at large. His raihrona
-and other financial connections ani
is lukewarm tariff sentiments ar<
given as the reason for making e
change dlesirable. The position oj
head of the committee is no sinecure
-andl it may be rather (liflicult to gel
Sany one to fill Mr. Brice's place
*While nlominally favorable to Mr
Cleveland's renomination and re-ee
Stion, he has been accused of really
-favoring the nomination of ex-Secre
Stary William C. Whitney, although
t that gentleman has over and over
-again stated his refusal to be a enn-.
didlate. Tiakeni with othier early indi
c ations of thle camplaigni, such a eon
troversy wvould seem ipie to add a new
. comuplication time many now surround
Sinug th e Deimoratic sit uation her~e.
B An Emiunent Young GecorgIan.
" Pat Calhoun of Atlanta,though bu
-34 years of age, is general counsel fom
a thme great Richmnond Terinaliii systemu
which stretches over 8,000 miles o
:1 roadl. He was strongly talked of fo:
president of thme system. Mr. Cal
e is a grandson of John C. Calhom
-and of General Duff Green wh<
a figured in Washinugton journalimn
during Preeident Jackson's admiinis
0 tration. Both his ancestors were rc
' markable men, and young Calhiom
has the characteristics of bot-h. Hi
advance has been extraordinary. Tem
years ago lie was poor and just be
-gmnin~g his law practice. To-day h<
Sis a lawyer and railroad1 attorneo
the first rank, and wealthy, with
-. creative business capacity of th<
REPUBLICANS SNUBBED.
How Ex-Cosgreamnimn Smalls, Miller m1i
Cusningias, WOere 'Trented by WanIamu1a
ker.
WASHINo-roN, JuneM.-Postiastei
General Wainaaker i isaid not to bc
making many friends for the admin
istration amoig the colored people.
The colored politicians who comc
here from the Southern States arc
particularly displeased with Mr.
Wanamaker and accus< '.* of grosi
incivility towards them on :.. im. 0o
occasions. A few days ago thu
South Car-oliul Republicans, ont
white and two colored, called at th<
Postoffice Department to consult
Mr. Wanamaker on the subject ol
changing the Democratic postiastei
at Charleston in favor of a colore(
Republican. The South Carolinu
trio eonsisted of ex-Congressnaur
1301) Smalls, now Collector of Cus
tons at Beaufort; Tom Mtiller, coil
testant for Coigressman Elliott'
seat, in Congress from the Seventl
South Carolina District. and United
States Marshal CWminghain, one o
the wealthiest and miost populai
white Republicans in South Carolina
Miller was a little shy iLbout callin
upon the Postmaster General be
cause of former experiences. How
ever, Smalls insisted it was desirabli
that they should make al etfort ir
behalf of their colored brother,Crun
who is an applicant for the Charles
ton postilastership.
Arriviig at the door leadilg tol r
Wanamaker's office, they were in
f"rm1ed they must send iii their eard
before obtaining admission to the in
ner chamber. This wias resented ii
lively terms by Smalls. In spite o
protelts, however, he and his com
panions were obliged to cool theil
heels in the hallway f -r more thai
half an hour. Finally Mr. Wanama
ker appeared at the doorway of hi
office, and the South Carolina con
tingent arose, expecting to be ilvite(
to "walk into my parlor." In thi:
they were disappointed, for Mr. Wan
anaker stood directly in the door
way, and informed his callers tha
they might unburden themselve:
then and there. Miller promptly re
marked that he had no business witl
the Postmaster-General, and wai
there simply to accouuodate hi
friend Smalls. Th latter manage
to stammer out something about thl
Charleston postoffice, but was chol
ed off with an emphatic declaratio
that the present postmaster is coi
ducting the affairs of that office in
manner highly satisfactory to ti
business people of Charleston, and
change at this time is not deemne
advisable. Smalls wis disposed t
argue the question, but lir. Waiii
maker cut himli short by intimnat-inl
that if he did not like the ruling c
the Postoflive Department on thi
subject he might appeal to the Pre
ident. Overcomle with rage and moi
tification, Smalls and his companion
withdrew, the former vowing that Ii
would go directly to the Presidenl
and complain of WVituaniaker's treat
ment. Miller who is more diplu
iatic because of hi- pending contes
suggested that the President woult
probably sustain the action of thi,
Postmaster-General, and in tha
event a trip to the White H1ous,
would simply be a double-barrele<
rebu 11. Miller therefore declined
to call upon the President.-B.Ialti
moro Sun.
A DELUGE AT DUBUQUE.
A City SmiStten by ans Elostrical1 storm-5
nain sit thei~ nte oif anE luist ans Hour.
DUnIUQUE, IOWA., June 26.-An ec
trical st oram struck D)ub uque Tuesda;
morning two inches of rain fell i.
two hours and( the wind bl1ew fort;
miles per hour down town and 0]
the hills with greater veloeit y. Tb
lightning and thunder were teri
ble and incessant. Many faumilic
sought refuge in cellars, fearing
cyclone. In lto(kdlale Vailley, sot]
of the city. thme flood1 carried awau
bridges anid drlove t.he( people to th]
hills for safety. At TIhompison's Mi
drowned cat the and horses wer
swep)t through the .first story (wib
dows of Mr. Tit zig's residence ant
the family sought refug.e on thiehill:
Thme bridge at Washingtonm Mills, o
the Chicago, Milwauke~e & St. .Pma
Ibaiway, went down wvith a crasl
On the Illinmois Central two bridg<
woro0 washied away b)etweenl Dubuqr
and .Julieni and 600) feet of track wer
washed out near F'arley. The Chic]
go, St. Paul & Kansas Cit y IRai
way wais washed out for forty miku1
west and north of Dub)uque anmd til
road has not been ill op)erationi excel
east of Dubuque. In the city tia
damage donle was great. Many hous<
in the upper part of the city at
flooded with water. The damiage don
in thus county is estimated at ov<
$100,000.
Trransfixetl b)', a Piccs,O or0ood
Nr.wv Yongo, tJunie 2C.-Johni Hille:
40 years old, imest ai strange deOath t<
(lay in thme laning mill at 306 31
Eleventh aveue, whero hie was en
llye(d ait work. Hie was near a cii
(c1u lar sa which wVas ini operation.
sliver of wood was whirled oil th:
saw. Ithad a sharp point and th
wood passed through Hliller's nec
like an arrTow,(oml uetely severing L,h
jugular v'ein. Hliller only lived a fe'
- i mites.
Tobmacco (Ciiusre In Nor hs C aroullisa.
As anm (vide(nce of how the cultur
-of toha i co has increased in Nas
-county, N. (., where thle culture wa
introducedi in 1884, a local par
Sstates that one thousand tolbacc
barns have alreadly beeni erectedi
that county, and that miany umore wi
be0 orectedl before the crop) muature:
Many of thme farmers of that sectio
have cleared from $301) to $14) a
ac.ro on their tobacco, figures whic
arn rarely nom. eamim nywh-r,.
ORPAIll'S STRU E(.( IA'J*
A LESSON FROM THE STORY OF
NAOMI'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
I)r. Tailmagc',q St rikiig Sorimton ni a Strik -
Ing ( 1atpler In Bible H istory.
Dr. Tanlage took for his
text on Sun1d1day Iti'h i, 12:
"And they lifted up i eir voice
and 'Wept, [t an Orpah kissed her Ioth
f-r-inl-law, but lRuth cliave unt.o her.."
1'ollmwinlg is t1e svi-Ion:
Moab iwas ai hiittliv. hunl. Naoii
is about to leavv it11 and go into the
land of Bellilleil. She has two
daui'ghters-in law, Ruth and OrpIh,
Who cc)IClude to 'o with ler. Naoii
tells them they had better not leave
their native hind and undvi-takv the
hardship of the journey, but they
will not be persuaded. They all
thire it-i.tedl out oil their journey.
I Aft.r awhilv, Naomi. although she
highly prized the company of her two
daughters-in-law, attempted again to
persuade themi to go back because of
thel hardship aild self-denlial through
Which they Would he obliged to go.
Ruth responds in the words from
which I onice discoursed to you: "En
treat, me not to leave thee, or to re
turn from followhig after thee, for
where thou goest, I will go, and where
thoul lodgest I will lodge, thy people
shall be imy people and thy God ily
Ood, whern thou diest will I die anild
there vill 1 be burit-d, the' Lord do
so to Imeo and more :dso if aught but
I blit death part, thee lalid mv. Not
f so with her sister Orpah. IHer do
- teriimination had already bevin shakenl.
The length and peril of tl, journey
I begaln to appeal her, and nie had
- wvorshipped the gods of Moab so long
i that, it was hard to give them up.
- From that pont (rpah turned back,
I the parting described in the words of
i my text: And they lifted up their
- voices and wept again, and Orpah
kissed her mother-in-aw, but Ruth
t clave unto her.
i Learn from this story of Orpah
- that some of those who do not leave
i the Moab of their iniquities. are per
i Sonls of fine susceptibility. It was
4 compassioii for Naomi in her widow
l hood and sorrow that. led Orpah to
I. start With her toward Bethlehem. 1,
wias not because of any laek of afice
ii tion for her that sho turned back.
I- We know this from the grief exhibited
a at parting. I do not know but that
e she had as miuch Nvalrmth aln 1 ardor
a of nature iis Ruth, but she hacked the
d courage anld persistelce of her sister.
o That there are many with as tine
L- sluSceptibility as O)rpaIh wo110 Will not
g take up their cross and follow Christ.
If is a truth which needs but little Ie
s m1onstration. Many of those who
have become the followers of Jesus
have but very little natural impressi
4 bility. Grace often takes hold of the
hardest heart. anild the most unlovely
t character and farelsforms it. It, is a
hiannner that I breaks rocks. Inl this
- Christ often shows His powers. It.
t wants but, little generlship to con
1 quer iL flat country, but, might of Ir
a tillery and ' heroismli to take at fort
t m1aild and ready for raking cln
So1na1de. The great Captain of our
I salvationI has forced his way into
man,111y ani arIIed castle. I doubt. not
- that Christ could have found niumy a
fisherman naturally more noble
heaLrted Luian Simon, Peter, but there
was no0 one by wh' vose conveirsin
lHe couild more gloriously haLve mnag
- niged His grace. I'he coniversioni of
aL score of Johns wvoul not have il
-lustrated thie poe of the Hol)y
v (Ghost as much aLs the conlversion of
one' Peter. It would have been easier
y to drive twenty lambs like JIohni into
ithe fold than to tamet 01n0 lion like
e Peter. God has often miade suome of
- His most (t1tiei(nt servants out (of
s mien nat urally unilimpressionabLhle. As
i men take stifl'and unwieldy timbers,
Li a1nuder huLge-hanLlded miachinery'
y bend themu into the hul1k .of great
C ships, thnus God has oft.en shapLled
Ll and bent inito His service the miost
0 uniwieldly nlat ures, while those natur
ally impressionable are still iln their
1 unchanged staLte.
.Oh, how nmany, like O rpah, have
n wIum affections1 and yet never Ibiecomie
il Christians? Like O ripah, t hey know
I. how to weep. but t hey d1( niot kno1w
s how~ t.o pray. 'Their lineneiiss of feeling
te leads them into the friendhshipls of the
e wvorld, but not, iln (onuniiion wit.h
u- God. They cani love ovefrybodly but
1- Htim, who is altogether lovely. All
s other sorrow rendos their heart, hut
0 they' are unutoucedi 1by tihe woes of a
>t (lying Christ. Good news fills thuemi
je with excitement, but the glad tidings
sa of great joy and saLivationl stir not
oe their soul. Anxious to do0 what is
.e right, yet they rob God. Orateful
r for the slightest favors, they mauke
no return to Hhimi who wrung out thle
last (d1op of blood frgn His hieart to
deliver them fronm gomng dlown to the
r, pit. They would weep at thle door of
>- prison at the sight of a wicked caLp
(i tive inl chiniLs, but nlo comp)assionl for
their own souls, ever which satan,
like a grim jailer, holds thle lock and
i key. WVhen repbullsive, grasp)ing, uni
e s.ympathetic natures resist the story
e of a Saviour's love, it does not excite
k our surprise; bult it is among the
o greautest of wonders that so manLJy
v vhio exhibit Orpah's susceptibility
also e~xhib)it Orpah's impheniitenlcy. We
aro not sulrpr'isedl that thiere is bar
rennuuess ill a de(sert, but a strange
e thing is it that sometimes the Rose of
Ii Sharon will not growV inl a garden.
s On a summner morning we are not
'r Hsurpr'ised to anld a rock without any
o) (1(w oni it bult if, going aimong a tiock
ni of lilies, we sawv in thuemu no glitter
h1 ing drops, would say, "What foll
3. ap)rite hias beeni rob)bing these vases?"
nu We are( niot sutrprisedl that Hierol dlidl
ni not beCcomel a Christian, b)ut howv
hI, strange, that the young man Jesus
1alved for hisa nwoeticss of temper
should not have loved the Redeemer.
iird-iearted Felix treibled, proud
Nebuchadnezzar repented, and cruel
Manlassel turned unto th1le Lord, but
imy a nature, atffectionitte anild gen
tie, has fought successfuilly against
(livile iiiflu(eIce. Many a dove has
refused to comuein the Window of the
ark although finldilg no rest, for the
'olf' of her foot.
Again. thlehistory of Orpah impres
K(- 11ponl ue the truth that there arvE
muanly who0 m1ake a good starting, but
after awhile c1an,1gC t'heir miIds and
turn back. When these three iourni
ers start, from their liomie in Moil
thore is as much probability that
Orpah will reach Bethilehiemn as that
her sister Ruth and her nothier-in
haw, Naomi, will arrive there. Btil
while these continue inl the journIey
they CoIIIeIIced, Orpah after awiklil(
gets discouiraged and turns bacli
This is the ihistory of many a soul.
lnhaps it was during a revival 01
religion they resolved upon a Chris
tianl life, an(d ma111de preparations tc
leave Moab. Before that they wer<
iidiffereit to t lie sanctuary, chiurchei
wer(e nievessarY evils. Tle miiistvt
ah1imst always preaclhedl poor serIions
bucaulse they had iot the heart to
lar them. They thought, the brea1l
was not, good becallse their appetitt
was poor. leligionl did very Well
for invalids ind the Iaged, but thtey
limd no dsirv for it. Suduleily a
chanige Camte upon their Sold. The-N
found that soliethil.g must be done.
1lvery nighlt ther wi a itt thornl in t hel1
pillow. 'Tlhere was it gall in thei
winle. They found that their pilis
Iles we1 (' only false lights of a swilil
that rise out of deciy and(I daitti
Losing their self cointrol they wer<
startled byf their own 1 prayer. "(1ok
be niervifil to me a sinler." The )
lid] not, suspect. it. but the Holb
Ghost, was in their sou. Witlloui
thinking whallt they( w YNere doing thle.)
brusled the dust, off their faiih
Bible. The ground did not feel ai
firm under th( i nor did the air seei
as bright. They tried to dain hal
the flood of their ellot.ionls, bit til
at teilipt failed, aId theV confss,(
theiir iglish of souil efore tie
mueltut to. Thesecret wits wmt. Tle
wianted to know what, tlieyv must, di
to bi. saved.
Alas! Alas! Starting outt for leaivei
is a very diflereit, thing from arrh
ing there. Ifemrieihe i i L lJot s wif<
She lookWd back Widh longiig to ti
place froii Whicb she enlie, itIl wit
destroyed. Half way 1t weei 1odo1
and tie City of lftIge t l It strun
storm111 comles upon her. :du its sa
:LIld brimlstonlo gather on he-r wia
Ilent's Iitil tihey are so stiffnent! .4
cann,11ot1t proceed, nor can she lie tdom
1wentse of this I'ead I wrappinl
aromllild her gtrmlleni s amd limbs: an
long after hier. life its gole she st
stands there so covered iup by tl
strange stormiI that she is callvi
pillar of salt as so1e sa0ilor oI ship
in the wintry teipest, stands covere
with a mail of ice. TVenl Ilholisanl,
tilles ten thoisand men havv beel
destroyed lialf way between Sodo
and the Cit.y of -ilfu.ge. Opal
Imlight is well never. have startedl a
af erwards to turn bak. Yet. muiiii1
tUdes have walked inl her footstep,
O amllolg those the least inlterestel
inl sacrud things ant you will illd t
they were once out of the itland c
right hie-urtily and1( sItudliedl iheir I
but. Lot.'s wvife loo(kedl back wist fll
to Sodom, awil O rpahi rEtreate0
from the comipan~y of' Ihtt lmd4 Naonii
It is ani jt pressive thoughit, that al
ter Orpah hiadi gone so far 2a5 21
tuially to look over inito4 the 1ai1141
BItl(hle- she turn~ied back and die
and10 followinig Jeus bu15 llt thait cro'E
is nott hailf so havy as5 thle burde
whlich the 5inner' c'arri(-s. It is a ver'
solemni thiung to bIe a C~hristiani, h)1
it is a more'( solemnii thing noti to be
Chr1i istian. ThIier'e are muli ft iude
who,e aid oi4l(f the 14elf41 denia o115(f Ih
ChriiistIian, rtush iinito th Imrder1121 stel
dentials of the unlite(ver'. No voIk
but. Ch11rist's, h14owever iiphht :a I gal
ing! (Orpah goe(s bac1(k tol i-r idoh1
triesi, but slhe re tun ls E'' weipin;n a~242
whoi( follow her will Iihil I ie. s;uni
s4t'ro. I alst.it 411 roilt i i as ''41
j)tl ad4vattages have been1 numeron(Ii
will bs' the dhisturbanIce' (If thei4 hi(ru
that will not corn 1 to4 Chr(~l isf.
Agauin: Tihiis subl j ct. teahs i li
aL re ligioust5 chice and41 ihe want 451
fre(quen'itly dlividle families. RubthI ani
O)rpah and14 Naioini wiere' tElilerly it
taclbed. They were' all wVidow111s, an)
their life hod 1b(e E consecra't ed by~
bapt ism (If t(-ars. lItn ie ir'e (If Ii:
their a1ffectionis had14 beeni forged. T<
g('ther the(y wer-1e so1 plealsanltly uni
1(ed, you cani haritdly imagine thle:
sep~araIted. Yet ia fatal line is drawll
divihiing thiem fron (-achi other, pIe.
imps forever. Na(omli cannmot livei
aL11S heath1n (eeunhtry. She4 inuast g
into Bet bzlehiemi, that I ihere- amnong Ib
l)ious1 she0 may worsMhipi the4 true( (Got
O)rpah r''Ieel. "A.iul they li fteE u
thei.r voice and14 wep4t atgin, anid (:
phl kissed hier mot11her- in law, b1i
(If this famidy (of Elimleh is t1:
history oIf many1i famuilies of t his da,
How oIftenl it is thait ini a circole oIf r'
Jlatives, while the'y look alike. an:
waulk alike, andic talkL alikE, there is
tromendous40l1 diTferenice'. Outward:
iuted ini the alffectionald relat ions<
this life, they are sepIart.ed in 11
most imiportant resHpect. Some no
are( thle. chiildrenC of the light, aund ot
eris the chlildren (If dar'kne(ss. The
are alivec in Christ, and1( thiose are dei
in sin. Ruth in the land of Beth1
hem, Orpah in Moah. Of the sar
family are Davidl and1 Solomion, w<
shippers (If the most High G*od, al
Adonijah and Absalomn, wvho live al
die the enemies of all righteo.usno
nelinning to the same fa-n....~
the holy and devout Eli, and tho
rockless Phineas, and Hophni. Jona
thanl Edwards, the good, and Pierre
poit. ElWardsm, the bad, belong to
the same family. Aaron Burr, the
dissolute, had a Most excellent father.
Dying, yet inimortal hearer, by the
solemiity of tho parental, and filial,
atId conjugal relation, by the sacred
ness of the family hearth, by the hon
or of the family name, by the menio
ry of departed kindred, I point out
Ihis parting of Ituth and Orpah.
Agiiiii: This subject suggests to
me Iwo of thv prominent reasons
wly people refuse the kingdom of
Christ. There may have beeni many
other rvasons why Orpah left her
sister and Imlot-her-iin law anld went
back home, but there werev two rea
sons which I think were more promi
nent tianl the rest.. She ha1d beenl
brought ip in idolatries. She loved
th lie heathei gods whic her nIc1s
Cars had worshiped, 11and, though
these blocks of wood and stone could
not, lear, she thought they could
hear, and, though they could not see,
she thought they couhl see, and
though they could not feel, she
thought they could fe'el. A new reli
gionl lad bei'en1 Irought to) her atten
tion. She haid mii'rried a godly Ialn.
Shle msIt often have hiard hii. IIotIh
er-in-law talk of the (,od of 1:real.
She was so much shiaken in her (rigi
nal bwel, thalt she c1icluded toleave
her idolatrics, but. coinilg to tile
nargin of the land (o 1tIIIhAlem, her
deterinalltionl failed heur, alld Spced
ily sihe r4etin1-nel to her-I gods. 'I'lis
is ile very reasoll why Imiltitldeit's of
TrsoS ni e ttVrT e bV P Christiauis.
They vaillot. hear to give iu) t heir
ods. Buisinlesm is the Aiericanl Jug
geriaut that. cruslies mre ikenl thia
tle great, car 4f the Hinldoos. To it
tlcy say thieir morning and evening
praiyevrs. A little of Christ's religion
inay creep into the Sabbath, but
-l1lmlilay,T leitay, N tVedesday.Tiurs
day, Friday and Saturday are the
days diet1vt,d to thiK Anterican itdtl.
-lA-ry llour hiere is it Sacrilice on tile
altar. 1ilme thuties, health of body.
i1iilly Streligth R,1141 iinmortal afTec
tiOl., IMtISt Itll l1111-t ill this it 1'calist.
Mel ati, aI og totgllhey coili take
01(l. holiIs lldi 11ort gages,II ld Haws,
.t1114l tl,(AwvlS, a111l LaXVS, liull d lay
hooks, vith then, into the kiigdom of
TherveII'(' ilIei H witlhl,Ve lt l110
ly thirst for golt, yet. vhoA are dvo
S inlg I Ihemiselves to their worldly te
1, ctipattiols with a lllnls vienit y
v \lii of the kitm-k ex1hnge, ien 0
it tIe yAsiick,4 l men of thie( saw, ilt'l
of the I It wel, ItienI of thIe day V k N.)II
V whalit, vill ho.eeoile of you if inforgiv
, ('n, inl Ile great thy when Ilhere al
110 11ses to blild, aid no gOOds Oi
i possiblv if) devov oneelf even to 1
v lawfil calling Itifl it, hevonic-s siifil
it Thvrv is no excuse <(I card.h or undv1
s the eaurth for the neglect of mir
Sdeathiless Spirit. Lydia was a seliei
1 of pirple, yet shv did nlot, atllow)V hi.
I extesive occupttio1 Ito keep hevi,
1:froml hvemlniing a ChrIi.Alanl. Daniel
I wai secretary of Mitte lin 1 aftorney
g geld ill the i mpire of btylm,
anId vet. 0hree fimeis at day he( found
tiIie it) Ial'iy 'With his face tO\Loward
h.'1-ersalvenk. The mnanl whIo lhas no
I ilive to at ttid to religion will have
i no hnt to 'itr 11aven.
-IheIir woldly occu pation has no 41ar
ilar I fasc(inIation 41otveri them11, are'( t'n
I irely abs 4('i orbed ini the gainus that
1te wvorshipi (of MammounIt. PTe r.ingi
oft Odlar mail (cen1ts is 11he only litarn
tey (evter ut,t ter. Though iln the las
d ayL te eatIh itsoehf will t not he wot]
aL far'ithig, a. hea'tp of as~hes seaLt t'eo
ini te .hlir'lwind, they areo niowgivi1l
s their time and e'trntity for' thet ne
s tjuiisitiont of so mucht'i of it as yoi
in mtighit at last hoh11 iln thit hollow 0:
V onte louLl. The1( Amertieic.I Indiari
I. whio gave enloulgh landito h maIfke i
ia statilt tllt of for' a sting of b)eadts,
I' his otwn soul1. 1 low mtucht tcomtfoi
tilo tt' liI-' taLke whlo died unlforgiver
lii-n yearsit a1go, litntg latrgte fortunle
II to teir' hieirs' Do they te'etncom
Ior wal1k 1i'roght thte luit5onsl 11hc3
Sbuilt IiToughi they'3 'ouihi haLv(
-tbughlt ani emp1ire1', they3 haveo ntt no0w
as8 mucih money10 as8 you hlave' this~ mit
.t tut ini ytour poc'ket. Soiloimon look
I! idipont his palae antl theIt groundtO
td surroudini t i g it, 1pools' riuedl wvithi
LIiat timeits, rushed('t his four'tteen hun
.1tliret 1ebairuiots, whiile uinder the out
il 1branching sycaiilOlme taiil e'edarl'
>- 1te aps1 andit peaScocks, w',hic(h by th<(
n1 fromi TarhishtSl, andio fr'om the window
nt curitaIins with ('mbrot0idIered gold aufo
1)1 purpl through whtic'h ('amo1 out th<(
ii thrilil of llmrps and1( psalteries mhing
0 Iling with thei~ song (of the wvaters
e W'4hten Solomon0 saw that all thies
1. luxutries or sight antd sound hato
I been!P1 ipurchased by his wealth, h,
1broke forthi ini the (exclamiator
"'Mtoy ans1weretth all thingsi." Wu
it we entntnot rec'(ei ve it as4 literal.1
y cannot10 still Ithe voice, of consocone
(' 1t cannollt dro'(wn '.0 sorr'ows of th,
8141ou1. It cainnot puit a bribe in th
hand of deth. it canunot unlock thi
dl gate of Hteaveni, The towver of S
a loami fell and killed eighteen of il
*y admilirersl, but this idol to whose wo
->f ship the e'xchanlges -and bamnks an
ue cust.om houses of the world ham
wV beenl dedicated, wvill fall anid crush1 I
h-~ death its thousands. But I cans~
4e (numerate the idolatries to wvhic
adl men give themselves, They am
e- kept by themi fr'om a religious lif<
tie "Ye canmnot serve Glod andl Mammion
>r'- andi the thiet thing that Christ doE
1(d when He comes into the temple <
d the soul is to drive out thte exchta
4$. ges.
-aa But. it. was not. only the gods (
Moab that made Orpab leave her sis
ter and mother-in-law. She doubt
less had a dread of the hardship to
which they would be exposed on the
journey to Bethlehem; and Orpah
was not alone in the fear. Doubtless
some of you have been appalled and
driven back by the self-denials of the
christian life. The aunt of the world
the charge of hypocrisy which they
would sometimes be obliged to con
front, has kept, mlany away from the
land of Bethleheiim. They spend
their life in counting the cost and,
because i christian life doiands so
much courage and faith, they dare
not begin to build. Perhaps they
are courageous in every other res
pect. They aro not timid in presence
of any danger oxcj)t that of trusting
in the infinite mercy of Christ. The
sheep are mdro afraid of the shop
herd than of the wolves. They shrink
away froim the presence of Christ aR
though le were a tryant rather than
a friend who sticketh closer than a
brother. They feel more safe in the
ranks of the enemy, where they Imust
sutler infinite defeat, than in the
army of Christ, which shall be more
thanl conquerors, through himl that
hatih lold them. Men shiver and
treml. bvfore religio<m as though
they werev coniiaded tothrow their
life awaIy., 3A though it Vel'e a sur
ren<h rof honor ant manliness, and
rIIasonI aId self-r-spect, and all that
is worth keeping.
W .hat has (od eve*r dlone thatt His
ilerey 1hiolhil be doubtedt Was
there ever a soir-ow of His frailest
child that Ite didi not )ity? Was
t'here (e i soul that He left iihelp
ed inl the darkie? Was there ever
a martyi that H1e did not sti-engthien
in the flaimes' WVas there ever a dy
inu an to whose relief Ie did not
come at. the cry of -Lord Jesus re
evive ily ii' :"' Aye, my soul,
what has (1od done that so bXasely
thou hast dollbted himl? Did He
make the wholo earth a desert'! Are
all the skies dark anld storm-swept?
Is life 1.1l sickness! 1 tle air all
plalgu(v Are tOhee nothing but rods
and1 scor-pionls fiwl furnaces? (",>d
knew how ially 4kusp)iCion1s and un
behefs iIen would OlItert aii in regard
to himt and therefore, after imalking a
multituide of plain and precious
promises, He places His hand on
His MyIW hIeIrt, IIit SwaL'RI'S by His
ovi existence: "As I live, saith the
Lord Grod, I have Ilo peasIre inl thy
death."N WIhy thenl tight agaiinst
(isd! Thi; day tihe ibattl r-lages.
.Thou art IrmIledI with thy sinls, thy
ingratitude, thy neglects, and Christ
is ,uiiamd a'gainst thee, hut
ons are t ea is it n:Jo ie'rey, and
the Nittleer.y whieh He this day
seis Over Iby s 'oIl as; le' rushes to
wards the is " s-ve thee from going
down to Ile pit. for I hIave foun1d a
ranlsomil." I w oult t l n y11, v thy vie
t Ory. ( ) hearer, it' t holl dost, coliquer
for what wilt thou do vithi the wea
ols thou hils s1athhed from ih ariml
ed ideemer, whIrtt with the tears,
what. with his dying agonties, what
vith His cnlls for mervy? Would
(I,od th1t, Orpalh w bl gei fired of
Mouh! WVol ( Iod that. Or-pah1
would go to 1e'b"llehei).
THE STATE LXECUTIVE COMMITT"E.
I mnpemicrtut Arth,ne or te IIody, 'r'ouchlng
the l'tenting (Cmpr.igne.
At. the' muer~ig of th l DLemuocratic
Stat( E~xecu2t,ive' CJoimmit.tee, held in
Coluimbia on W\ednesdiay ntight, the
followinug resoh itionis were aLdopted:
"Rtesolved(, That ia convyention1 ot
the D)einoratic party of South Care
lina, is hereby called to meet in thme
hall of the Hiouse of ltopresentatives
-in the city of Cohunhin on Wednes
day, thei 13th (day3 of August, at, 12
mi., for the sole and1( tuelusive purpose
-iof deterimiing whether delegates to
ihle Stale niominating 'oniventionI to
b)e held on thie 20th d1ay of September
thereafter, shall be elected by a
pr1iinmry electionm to be held on a day
c(ertatin throiughout the State, and for
noe other pur)pose 0( whaitsoiver; and the
numbei) r of delegates to be elected by
ech1*l Coutnty shall het equtal to double
the numbel r of representatives in each
bran-h of the General Assembly to
which ea~ch counaty is entit,led."
"I hsolved, Thai, the catll for a
Si ait nioinaiiting convyention hereto
fore ordereud to meet i,n Columbia on
Sept ember I tth, he and the sanmo is
hiereby3 conifirmied."'
"ilesolved, T1hat the several coun
ties of the State be earnestly request
te not to eleict delegates to the Sep
(emmb er conv~enition until the question
of electing by primary election is do
ternimned."
A sub-conmmittee was appointed to
pre'(pare and distributo "su ch printed
mmatter as they umay consider wiso
anmd proper." The sub -connumitteo
conmiprises Colonel Hoyt, Secretary
Jlones, and Messrse. C. S. McCall, John
C. Haskell and J. E. Boggs.
Shoting Affray int CJolumiia.
' CoLUMBIA, N. C., Junei 19.-At toin
lumiutes after six o'clock this even
inmgseveni or eight pistol shots wore
fired ini gick succession in fronet of
the Opera H[oumso in Main Street, and
then t wo mecn were seenI grappling.
e Tlhmey were D)r. W. W. Ray, of Con
garee, this countyj, and Trial Justice
F. HiI. Weston, recently ap)pointed.
'The meni areO cousinis and b'oth are
y'ounig. We'stoni was shot in the loft
d' - de and left thigh. Ray got a scalp
C Wound. Tho firing was at close
0 range, the combatants being almost
t within arm's length. The trouble is
hi rep)orteid to be over a private matter.
-P~rofessor F. N. Crouch, the comn
s poser of Kathleen Mavourneen, is
f nearly 90 years of age, but was able
-to march in the procession at the
unveiling of the Lee monument at
f -ichmond.