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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Inerest Con densed Throughout the World. Senator Fulton. of Oregon, an other senators, express much surpris at the recent indictment of Senator Mitchell and Hermann. The affai is causing co ,siderable discussion i: political circles at Washir gtonl. Three alleged bank :obbers wh were arrested ihis week in New Yor city are supposed to be the leader of the gang wh~ch h:>, ca.ed s much recent trouble. It is said tha one of !he nimber is w- d i South Carolina. The application for a writ of erro and the record in the case of Ex-May or McCue convicted of w4e-nuirde at Charlottesville on Novembe: is WerC ecCived by tf-I supreme e1 i ' appeals at Richmond on Tuesda The record is extremely voluminou1 making over one thousand pages. It is probable that the .iani 1n pcachmept case will be 17 the house 1ext week. ani qn C\en( e dli;custion is ctxpCed. t2 eral -,pointed itanagers hav, tin far been r,,vable to agr-:e uj'n : number and the forms oi the arti cie. of the impeachment. William H. Baldwin, Jr.. presiden of the Long Island railroad, is dea, at his home at Locust Valley. L. I Mr. Baldwin was one of the bes known railroad men in the country and had. also been prominently iden tified in many hilanthropic move ments of wide scope. A fire broke out on Tuesday in th tobacco district of Greenville, de stroyed two large warehouses, sev eral smaller buildi:-gs, and over a mil ,'o. pounds of tobacco. The los was sixtv thousard and the insutr ance was forty .'ousand. It is be lieved tkt the fnre was of incendiar origli. The entire family of Frank Now eski, a Polish miner of the vicinit of Morristown, Pa., with the excep tion of one son, were burned to deat] or smothered in a fire which coi pletely destroyed their house. Th family of eleven members hlvued i log hut some distance from an neighbors, and it is not known ho' the fire started. The family consiste of eleven persons, ten of whom per ished. It has been held by the courts tha a ?-e citizen of Texas has no righ to burn or otherwise destroy his ow: farm produce. Some years ago farmer of Texas dumped a load c corn into the river because he coul not obtain as high price as he want ed. It was his own corn, but he wa tried and convicted under a certai law which is said to gcover the burr ing or destroying of cotton, also. Will Harris, a noted riegro crim> nal who escaped from the North Car olina state prison some years agc then serving a thirty year sentene for barn burning, has been at las captured near Salisbu-v, N. C. Fc weeks past the farmers of that sec tion, knowing of his ores5ence in th neighborhood, have bet. in a stat of alarm, and many of them hav staid up at night to guard their barn from the torch. Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, husban of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, arrive in New York city on Saturday, on th steamer Pretoria, and left for Cleve l:nd not as the prisoner but as th guest of Sheriff Barry, who had comn from Ohio with a warrant for thi doctor's arrest which he did no serve. Dr. Chadwick gave the as sociated press a long interview soo: after his arrival in this country. H said he was innocent of all th charges brought against him, an that he could point wvith pride t the clean record he had made. H said he could not believe the thing said in the papers were true. Whel Mrs. Chadwick heard of the detail of the interview given by' her hus band she fainted. -A Groundless Claim. "She claims she's a fine singer. DI you think she ought to see a voca teacher?" "Who, then?" "A claim adjuster." I SOUTH %CARO'LINA NEWS. Items of More or Lcss in.cr> Con densed TOrough3ut the . e state, the noegr11es celebrated Eman s Cipation day on )l nday. For the r mnos- they were an ()rderly cr,w%d and 11 behaved well. Some tracts of land sold in Rich > land county on Tuesday for less than k a dollar per acre. Two thousand and IVe hIundred t people attended the itneral of Col. 1 Charles S. McCall. at flennet. ville. onl Monday. The interment was at Oak Ridge cemetery. Every busi rness house was cil-ed durin :h eral. . C. G. Vii-t. wh rganizet! the n creamry company last year. ;u,it'tIllad re Ind - ifarm at Eas!e. Tihe dec-n of \. it is much regrret-ed by the .tI ci h lders )f the creamery c,mpan. he wvas giving good service. Chief Constable Falm-. ): the Spar anburg division of the state consta bulary. has just compiled and turned - in his annual report for the year 1904. It sh(,ws over 823 gallons of W1hiskeV seized. and a corresponding amount of other liquor also confscated. The report shows 37 cases bound over tor t court. A meeting of the farmers and others interested in trucking and fruit grow ing was held at St. Matthews. on the la.st day of December. The discus sion showed that the farmers were - anxious to free themselves from the . :hralldom of six cent cotton. They - believe a diversity of crops will event s anly effect this emancipation. Tom Smi.h. colored, met a tragic and pectiliar death whi' in company Y with other men doing some heavy walling work in Spartanburg. A - heavy bucket tilled vith rock was V being drawn ip to the top of the wall. - the rope broke. and the bucket. X%;th its massive contents. was dropped up on the head of the unfortina:e man. e producing instantaneotis death. Two freight engines ran together at St. Stephens, on the North-East ern railroad, on Ttuesday morning. with the result that Flagman W. R. Johnson and a negro fireman were painfully but not seriously injured. t It was reported that there wts al c t another small wreck at Hope Mills 1 on the same day. but no details have thus far been obtained.. aMuch interest is centered about Miss Mattie Ingolds, who has recent ly returned to Rock Hill after a ser vice of several years in Corea. Miss Ingolds has been kept in Corean fields by the Rock Hill Presbyter.ian church. She is no w giving interest -ing and graphic talks of her life in -Corea. G. C. Wellbrock, a wholesale fruit dealer of Charleston, aged 43 years, killed himself on Tuesday morning in his private offce. He had just enter-ed the office and locked the door when the report of a pistol was heard. He was found lying upon the floor dead, with a bullet hole in his right tepl~e. Brooding over his troubles is supposed to have ocen th-e- cause for the suicide. eW\hile sitting on one of his mules, near his residence two miles east of Yorkville, on Tuesday. Mr. Napo leon A. Simril had an attack of heart trouble and fell deaC Mrs. Simril witnessing the sad occurence. The deceased ivas one of the most enter prising and successful men of York county, and was highly esncemed by his many friends. aOne of the largest crowds ever seen in Yorkville gathered there on Tuesday for the puirpose of attend ing the cotton growers' convention, w ~hich was held in the court house. Th general sentimen: was to retire -two million b)ales of cotton from the market, place it in the hands of~ a trustee, and hold it until twelve cents can be gotten for it, if it takes several years to bring it about. There was 1also a unanimaus sentiment to reduce the cotton acreage and the use or fertilizers. Delegates were appoint ed to the state convention, to be held later in Columbia A NEW YEAR SERMON. v. J. L. Williamson, Pastor cf th( Aveleigh Presbyterian Church, Delivers Excellent And Forceful Sermon. (ii Stnday mrning. January Re-. J L. \Villiainsoni. pastor of th< \ve!eigh Presbyterian church. thi! Itv. delivered an excellent and force ui New Year sernmon. taking as hi xt Genesis 25:1. lie said in part: S, me 82 vears or more before thes< vrds were spoken. Jacob whil e.ing fr(on home to escape the wratl his brother Esau whom he hat 'be- was periitted to see in ream1 ,- ladder reach*ing from eartl t heaven and the angels of the L.ort I>m there was 'imething awful conul l w\ith tha- ene<mraging and 11l og viin. lIc saw the Lor dingl ab' ve the ladder li kin pA-I 1lp"n him an(d a scene of re ire m1a<ie the plice to him lii place: it to-k it:4 characte r m* his twn g l con science an neh it was a house of God it wa sful to :he man who had just de : ved Iiis father and robbed hi: )r( ther. lut the Lord spake unto him it tenideriess and kindness, extendini mt, him exceeding great and preciou: romises whereby he was greatly en S'*uraged. And awaking out of hi deep, he said "Surely the Lord is ir :his place and I knew it not, Thi s none other but the home of Go< mnd the gate of heaven, and he calle< he name of the place Bethel, th< iouse of God, and there ' vowed ow. saying, If God will be with m< md will keep me in this way that I g( nd will give me bread to eat an< raiment to put on, so that I shal :ome again to my father's house it )ace and the Lord will' be my God hen this stone which has been mi llow and which I set up here foi 1 pillar and tupon the top of which ,,Nw pour the consecrating oil, shal e God's house, and of all that th.t ,alt .give me I will surely give th< enth unto thee." !Pnt 28 years passl away, an< hough God -as all the while ful ling his covenanted promises-go ng with him and giving him pros erity in all his affairs, bestowing 'nuch more than Jacob had dared t< sk, and bringing him back to his na iv e land in peace, enabling him t< ffect a comfortable settlement ther< still for some unrecorded reason o: >erhaps for no reason at all the vov xhich he made at Bethel remaine< mlpL rformed. And this was not until after hi! ons had made their name odiotus it he neighborhood of Shechem an< heir longer stay there unsafe. Th< :ommand to go back was therefor< oth reasonable in p-int of time an< ender in respect to language. Th< lisgraceful and perilous events tha ad recently taken place in Jacob' amily must have produ~ced in him strong desire to remove without de lay from the vicinity of Shechem, an< at Bethel he would not only be re leased but be established in a spo hat woul'd revive the most deligh:u ind sublime recollections. And hov mch he felt the totuchirg nature o the appeal 's evidenced by the imme :liate preparations he made to aris and go to Bethel. And riow I want to take the tex is a message to us today. The firs :lay of the year is cer.ainly a fit tim< For us to go back to Bethel and renev Dur covenant wiLh the Lord. Am eside, this is our commrn:on season time when gathering around th Lord's table we reconsecrate our ;elves to Him. And are not some of us in Jacob' plight? Isn't the old story o racobs forgetting or neglectin ghi rows repeated every day? Isn't it t< ome extent the experience of us all [t so frequently happens that vo~w nade in great crices are forgotten og eglected when those crises are past hat I feel safe in saying that ther< tre some here today who have nol erorm. Ktheir vows: and so th< ords of the text are as appropriate o us today, as they were to Jacol ~hen they were first spoken by the .ord. Are they not appropriate to youl Don't you remember the vow yoi nade to God, years ago when yor irst started out to Fght life's battles 'or yorself? t was all risky bus the~~~~V L-rd Y1u huin1 Iaite seemed*- to be'1 ll going wrong and sai. Lrd iftho witbigm u t L ar y and anie Ali\d (l \,.v,ti rcintllc han I ck7Ls i . xii wlil \-I 'ii ade a 111tut ylcou,. He wbroughtilyou outaof thoe -enae tr) ae ai going cdrongi and III yourtI di ;L res- vot 11 )Ok(i tip) and( Said Lord. if thou wilt bring ma out f thi enarassitent I pili surely henr o thec more maithully. And the Lo r(i he ard v()ut and answered yi. lie bro.wght you out of those enlbarraysing conditions and is even Th"W prospering you. But box about that x- w 1las, it been ppld? Then wi' t \*()u renl"eniber that timec if icns.whe'lYo 'Lii.ght thle Ituie ,f,iii r departure wxas at hiai "Ilhil a-ain1 I I)e(,- vou to recall the -ginning -f th e fi d year that ias .iS: pas-Ied and gone. lave not the 1la1 fcw nointh bnci nmths f bnk a*' v.a aui ttntflied promise-: .\n'( aga let yur ltougit run Ihack z.- that Imeet '.g of the Savior. wh1n x1 rec41 ied tihe riht hand ot Chrtisti fe!!aiwsh1ip and were wl C!'cmed iMo the cliurch. That vow was fUll Of m.eaning then and Vou Cx pre.5ed it fully. But have you per forimed that vow? Or going back further still don't you remember the time of vision when you first found the Christ. when you entered into a solemn covenant with him? It was a blessed time then and you felt as if you could and would cheer fully give Him all. But have you done it? Oh, isn't it time to go back to Bethel. We have all at different times made these vows consecrating ot'r all -keeping back nothing, but since then ever and anon taking back. And surely it is high time that we all 11should go back to Bethel and mrke there an altar and heap fuel upon it again as if the flame had never been kindled before. That is what Jacob did at the di vine command. He delayed no lo'nger. but at once went to Bethel. Nor did he go alone: he called his hosehold with him to repentance and to renewed consecration. With feel ings of shame and remorse at the thought of his long forgotten vow, NOW F Clearant We are taking stock seasonable goods yet ( termined that we will low ,prices mean anyth a "job" department ifollowing: Buggy Robes, Blankets and Comforts, G ents' & Ladies' Underwear, -Woolen Dress Goods, SAnd we are adding eve articles to this departr fmust go regardless of SOUTHERN STHE SOUTH'S GREA TEST S UNEXCELLED DINING CAR THROUGH PULLMAN SLEE TRAINS. CONVENIENT SCHEDULES WINTER TOURISTS' RATES pints. For full information as to rates, Railway Ticket Agent, or R. WTT HUNAT ii ~rr. tj uVL. tile paLaI. let t>return t lietCl re Ie m I a we are perh It ed to return 1n ti., the irst day f the year. F or the lesson to be learned froim. Jacb',s historv is that God does not frown upon returns to Bethel. He always welcomes the returning chil dren of mien. May there be a great renewal of things at Bethel today, as we gath er around the Lord's table.,'and may this be veri1y the home of God anai the gates of heaven. Oh, isn't it time to go back to Bethel. METEOROLOGICAL RECORD. The Year of 1904 Reviewed By Volun tarv Observer W .G. Peterson The Yearly Rainfall. Mean maxinn"111. 4cii .43.f.* .\l axum 75: (1ate 27th. Al1:iiI.11 2r: date 30th. Grea~~te.tdiy range, 38. iecipitationlu-T tal, 3-73 inches. Precipitation-Greatest in 24 hours, 94: date 211d. Snow-Total fall. 2.oo inches; on ground 13th, 2.oo inches; at end of month .oo inches. Number of days with .oi inch or more precipitation, 13; clear, 13; fair, 5; cloudy, 13. Days of killing frost, 9, II, 13, 14, 19 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31. Thunder storm, 27th; sleet, 14th. Yearly Rainfall. January, 3.66 inches. February, i.iS inches. March, 3.18 inches. April, i.6 inches. May, 2.76 inches. June. 1.47 inches. July. 5.96 inches. August. 6.78 inches. September, .30 inches. October. -.37 inches. November, 2.56 inches. December. 3.73 inches. Total 36.11 inches. Average for 17 years, 50.70 inches. Deficiency for 1904. 14-59 inches. V. G. Peterson, Voluntary Observer. OR THE :eSale! and find a great many n hand, and we are de not carry them over if ing. We have arranged mnd placed therein the. SOvercoats, All Winter Clothing For Men and Boys, IAlso Extra Pants. bry day many desirable ent, and these goods cost. QOTEN. R AILWAY! YSTEM. SERVICE. PING CARS ON ALL THROUGH N ALL LOCAL TRAINS. are now in effect to all Florida c'utes, etc.; consult nearest Southern , Division Passenger Agent, Charletn, . C.