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ONLY & FRIEND Only a friend-yet a year ago I loved you with eye and heart and soul, I thought the skies had no stars as briit As your beautiful eyes, as black as night, I thought the gleam in you.r gypsy hnI r Defied the moonlight shining fair. On some crystal lake, I loved you then Yet now-only a friend, more. -Nothingmoe Only a friend-yet can It be That a passion so deep, so tender and true, Could die in a year, leaving no trace On my mind of your beauty, your woman ly grace? How could I forget the dreamy nights Illumined above by the heavenly lights And below by love. Ah, I loved you then, X et now-only a friend, Nothing more. Only a friend-how cold it seems To write those words of you-my d-,am. Every thought was a poem, a beautiful song Full of love, sweet love-s deep. so st:aug That I swore it would last till the world was old; Till I and you, dear, in death were eold. Only a .ear ago. I loved you then, Yet now-only a friend, Nothing n:ore. Onlya friend-we can meet each day, And my hand does not tremble-1 love y ou not. A year has rolled over, the fire is dead, And all the sweet thoughts of love have fltd. Did you know that I loved you-who can tell? I thought that I hid my secret well, Yetperhaps you knew. Ah, I loved you then. Yet now-only a friend, -Not#hing. more. Only a friend-how sad it is That a love as strong as mine should die In one short year. Other men love, And their love is blest by the gods above, But I-ah, well, the dream is past, What folly to hope that suc1 joy could last For morethan a year. Iloved you then, Yetnow-only a friend, Nothing more. A NARROW ESCAPE. What Job NXw About DeEtrlt1ty ard the Eimsel of Teeth. BRocrLYN, July 29.-Rv. Dr. Tal mgge has selected as the sub iect for his sermen for today through the press "Narrow Escapes," the text being taken from Job xix, 20, "I am escaped with the skin of my teeth." Job had it hard. What with boils and bereavements and bankruptcy and a fool of a wife he wished he was dead, and I do not blame him. His flesh was gone, and his bones were dry. His teeth wasted away until nothing but theenamel seemed left. He cries out, "I am escaped with the skin of my teeth." There has been some difference of opinion about this passage. St. Jerome and Schulteni and Drs. Good and Poole - and Barnes have all tried their forceps on Job's teeth. You deny my interpreta tion and say, "What did Job know about the enamel of the teetL?" --He knew everything about it. l-Dznfal sur gery is almost as old as-the earth. The mnmmi -thousands of years o!Lolound today with eold fillig _. o 'eir teeth. Ovil and Horace and Solomon and Moses wrote about these important factors of the body. To other provoking complaints Job, I think, has added and exasperating tooth ache, and enttng his hand against the inflamed face he says, "I am escaped with the skin of my teeth." A very narrow escape, you say, for Job's body and soul, but there are thous ands of men who make just as narrow -escape from their soul. There was a time when the partition between them and ruin was no thicker than a tooth's enemel, but as Job finally escaped so have they. Thank God! Thank God! Paul expresses the same idea by a dif ferent figure when he says that some people are "saved as by fire." A ves sel at sealiai lmes. You go to tne stern of the vessel. The boats have shoved off. The flames advance. You can endure the heat no longer on your face. You slide down on the side of the vessel and hold on with your lagers until the forked tongue of the fire begins to lick the back of yonr hand, and you feel that you must fall, 'when one ot the lifeboats comes back, andsthe passengers say they think; they have room far one more. The boat swings under you; you drop into it; you are saved. So some men 'are pursued by temptation until they are partially consumed, but after -all get off, "saved as by fire." But I like the figure of Job a little better than that of Paul, because the pulpit has not worn it out, and I want to show you, if God will help, that some men make nar row escape for their souls and are saved as "with the skin of their teeth. It is as easy for some people to look to the cross as tor youto look to this pulpit. Mild, gentle, tractable, loving, you expect them to become Christians. You go over to the store and say, "Graet don joined the church yesterday." Your business comrades say: "That is jusn what might have been expected. He always was of that turn of mind." In youtie this person whom I describe was always good. He never broke things. He never laughed when it was improper to laugh. At 7 he could sit an hour in church perfectly quiet, looking neither to the right hand nor to the kft, but straight into the eyes of the minister, as though he understood the whole discus sion about tie eternal decrees. He never upset things nor lost them. He floated into the kmngdom of the God so gradually that it is uncertain just when the matter was decided. Here is anothsr one, who started in life with an uncontrollable spirit. He kept the nursery mn an uproar. is mo ther found him walking on the edge of the house roof to see if he could balance himself. There was no horse he dared -not ride; no tree he could not climb. His boyhood was a long series of predica ments. His manhood was reckless; his midlife very wayward. But now he is converted, and you go over to the store and say, "Arkwright joined the church yesterday." Your friends say: "It is not possible! You must be jokin2!" You say: "No, I tell you the truth. He joined the church." Then they re ply, "There is hope for any of us it old Arkwright has become a Christian!" In other words, we all admit that it is mare difficult for some men to accept the gospel than for others. I may be addressing some who have cut loose from churches and Bibles and Sundays, and who have at present no intention of becoming Christiens them selves, but just to see what 1s going on, and yet you may find yourself escaping, before~ you hear the end], as "with the skin of your, teeth." 1 do not expect to waste this hour. I have seen boats go off from Cape May or Long Branch and drop their nets, and after awhile come ashore, pulling in the nets without having caught a single fish. It was not a good day, or they had not the right kind of a net. But we expect no such excursion today. The water is full of fish; the wind is in the right direction; the gospel net is stra .. O thou who didst help Simon and Andrew to fish, show us today how to cast the net cn the right side oi the ship! Some of you mn coming to God! will have to run against skeptical notions. It. is useless for people to say sharp ana cutting thimgs to those who reject the Christian religion. I cannot say such things. By what process of temptation or trial or betrayal you have come to your present state I know not. There are two gates to your nature-the gate of the head and the nate of the heart. The ate f yonr had is locked with confou;.ded and frenzied and n'santhrop ic, Ezahorate argument to prove to theni Lha tiuth of Christianty or the truth of anythinz else touches them no where. Hear me, all such 'nen. I preach to you no rounded periods, no ornamental discourse, but I put my hand on your shoulder and invite you into the peace of the gospel. Here is a rock on which you msy stand firm, though the waves dash against it harder than the Atlantic pitching its surf clear above E ldystone hizhtl?ouze. D) not charge upon God all these troubls of the world. As long as the worli stuck to God God suck to the world, but the earth seceded ~ :?m h govr m2nt, and herce all these - r s and all these woes. God is F!r m.uy hundreds of years he be c. nr the world to come b11ek to i:, hut rhe more he has coaxed ;he i e violrit hatve men been in their Is c, an! they have stepped back and sted back until they have drorpd into ruio. Try this God, ye who have had the bloodhounds af Cr you. and who have thought that God had forgotten you Try him ano Fee if he will not help. Try him and see if he, will not pardon. Try him and see if he will not savt. The fl)wers ot Epring heve no bloom so sweet as the ilrerica of Christ's affac tions. The sun hath no wormth com warmth comoared with the clog of his heart The waters have no ref.esbment like the fountain that will slake the thirst of thy soul. At the moment the rein deer stands with his lip and nostilil thrust into the cool mountain torrent the huiter may be caming throuth the th:cket. Without crackling a stick under his toot he c-mes, close by the stag, aimt his gu-, draws the trigge. and ,he p' r thin. reas iq its death agony and falls backward, its antlers crashing on the rocks, but the panting heart that drinks fr*-m the water brooki of Gd's promise shall never be fatally woundsi anid ehall never die. THE WEATHER AND CROP3. The lereslng We;kiy Raniltin ot the State Rareaa. CoLUnIA, Auz. 1.-State Weather 0Mserver J. W. Bauer yesterday issued the following interesting bulletin of the weather and crops for the week ending 3esterday: The temperature was much below the normal on the first two days of the week and ranged nearly normal on the remaining days. The highest temper ature for the week was 9G reported from Aller.dale, and Greenwood on the 27th and from Spartanburg on the 28th. The lowest was 60 reported from Lees ville on the 231. There was a marked deficiency in sunshine the first of the week and partly cloudy to clear weather generally the latter part. There was less rain during the week previous, although showers were nu merous, and in some instances heavy, and well distributed over the entire State. It should be borne in mind that the rainfall has not been excessive over the entire State, there being min my lo calities in the central and western .counties that have not had the normal July rainfall and to such localities the adverse reports due to too much rain do not apply. These localities are nu merous, but of too limited areas to specify each by itself; their aggregate extent is however, large, and in these places all crops are in most encouraging and promising condition. In fact the croAs are good over the entire State with the exception of cotton, and possi bly peas. Cotton on sandy soil has turned, and is turning, yellow and shedding too freely with indications that growth has stopped; on richer soil the plant Is growing too much to weed and fruiting too lightly. On those two pdints the reports are more pronounced than on the previous week. Considerable rust is also note:1. -The continued wet weather has made it impossible to keep down the grass and it will be necessary to lay by some fields in the grass; the corn needs more cultivation for its root development. Those are the sources of impairment which the crop has en countered during the week, but the damage is as yet not very serious ex cept in some counties where it is said the crop has fallen off from one-fourth to one-half since July 1. Corn has not suffered much, if any, impairment from the wet weather ex cept that some corn of quite late plant ing on bottom lands poorly drained, Is not looking very well; but in general the crop is considered made. T wo cor respondents think it is over-estimated, but the preponderance of opinion is that the yield will be very large. It is firing some in places and earing high up the stalk, the latter inclined to be small. Fodder stripping has already begun, or is about to begin this week, in the eastern counties. The wveather was favorable for grass es and pasturage and the condition of farm stock has improved greatly dur ing the past month. It is thought that the wet weather has injured peas to some extent, but not seriously. Pea forage and crab grass promise a large yield In the nor theastern counties. Sweet potatoes doing finely, although possibly growing too much to vine. In ICharleston county the third crop of .Irsh potatoes is being planted. The northern shipments of melons continues heavy and the quality as well as the size of the melons is better. Gardens continue to floarish and the markets are kept well supplied with seasonable vegetables at reasonable prices. Ne w sweet potatoes are on the market. What few apples escaped the March fre~-e are dropping badly and matur ing a small stunted fruit. Early varie ties of grapes a complete failure. No ine native fruits in the markets. There were a few vind-storms In various portions of the State that did slight damage and some bottom lands submerged with trilling damage; other wise crops suffered no physical injury worth mentioning. A Shocking Crime. P'ARKERSBUJRa, W. Va., July 23. The news has been received here of a terrible crime which was committed in Lncoln county the other day, the de tails of whichi are so shocking as to be almost beyond belief. Franklhn Talen tine, a married man with a respected family, living not far from Grantville, Calhoun county, has been keeping up an improper intimacy with a widow named Mary Trader, hvinz in the same vicinity. On Sunday last Valentine and Mrs. Trader decided to leave the coun try, the neighbors having made it no comfortable for them. Thematter was discussed in the pres ence o Mrs. Trader's 4-year old child. The little girl did not want to go and ran away from home, goirg to Valen ine's bomne, where she told Mrs. Valen tine that her mother and Talentine were gomng to take her away. Mrs. Talentine broke up the intended elopement, which so enraged Valentine and Mrs. Trader that they decided to take revenge upon the child. They tied the little one to a tree in the woods. piled brush around her and set it on fl e and left the child to its fate. Fortunately Ira JThhnson, who was hunting, heard the child's screams and arrived in time to tear away the blazing wood and release the~ child, but not un til she had been horibly burned fromn her knees to her head. The child's clothing was burned away, her hair burned ofl and the skin over her whole body burned so she can not recover. The countrv people arc. aroused arid are huntang the guilty couple, and will wreak vengeane upon them if found. They are supposed to have made their way to the Ohio 0s and b :rs o: an arehan!e: could not break. but tIe gale of your heart inus easily on its hiuqs. If I assaulted )our boy with weapons, you wculd meet me with weaponr, and it would be sword stroke, for sword stroke, iud wcund for wcun, and 'Iood for blood, but it I come and knock at the door of you house you open it and 4-ve me t'-e -otst seat in ycur parlor. If I sbou'd come at you today withn an ar - gument, Nou -,ud answer me with an tm i w n , cu would a - h r for blow, r:o ? Wr e''y k tome F' v..e :' k.a.' a h -ad i ch -a was t u es n, von and dy Stie fth o th ste- Wou-d yoU not n ie o live the s.Me qiet life : h samie piace!u. dea'? I re ceiva i a htter st vt me by cne who has reicte d( the Chisia re' in.I:sas I am el Etougih to know that the j p :-d peau o lie are evanescentaind to rea! z t e fact ilat it mutt b3 com f.rta'le in old a'e to beheve a sonie thi' relalv - to the future and to have a fai:h in some system that proposes to save. I am free to confess t at I wculd ue happier if I could exercise the simple and beautiful faith that is possessed by many %bom I know. I am not willing ly cut of the church or oat ci the faith. 9y state of uncertsinty is one of unrest. Sretimes I doubt my immortahty and look upon the deathbed as the closing sctn'. after which there is nothing. What ehall I d3 that I have not done?' Ab, .kepticism is a dark and dolefu;! Let me say tbat this Bible i; either true or false. If it be false, 7e are as well off as you. If it be true, then which of us is safer? Let me also ask whether your trouble has not been that you confou2ded Chris. tianitv with the inconsistent character of some who profess it. You are a law yer. In your profession there are mean and dishonest men. Is that anything against the law? You are a doctor. There are unskilled and contemptible men in your profession. Is that any thing against medic:ne? You are a mar cbant. There are thieves and defraud ers in your bu3iness. Is that anything asainst merchandise? Behol, then, the unfairness of charging upon Christianity tke wickedness of its disciples! We ad mit some of the charges against those who profess religin. Some of the most gigantic swindles of the present day have been carried en by members of the church. There are men in the churches who would not be truated for $5 without ood collateral security. They leave their business dishonesties ia the vesti bule of t-he! church as tey 2o in and sic at At4ecommunion. Having concluded the sacrament, they get up, wipe the wine from their lips, go out and take up their sins where they left cf0. To serve the devil is their regular work; to serve God, a sort of play spell. With a Sun day sponge they expect to wipe off from their business slate all the past week's inconsistencies. You have no more right to take euch a man's life as speci men of religion than you have to take the twisted iro.s and split timbers that lie on the beach at Coney Island as a specimen of an American ship. It is time that we drew a line between re ligion and the frailties of those who pro fess it. Again, there may be some of you who in the attempt alter a Christian life will have to run against powerful passions and appetites. Perhaps it is a disposi tion to anger that you have to contend aainst, and perhaps, while in a very se rious mood, you hear of something that makes you feel that you must swear or die. I know of a Christian man who was once so exasperated that he said to a mean customer "I cannot swear at you myself,'for I am a member of the churca but if you will go down stairs my part. ner in business will swear at ycu." All your good resolutions heretofore have been torn to tatters by explosions of temper. Now there is no harm in getting mad if you only get mad. at sin. You need to bridle and saddle these hot breathed passions, and with them ride down irnustice and wrong. There are a thousand things in the world that we ought to be mad at. There is no harm in getting redhot it you only bring to the forge that wh~ch needs hammering. A man who has no power of righteousness indignation is an imbecile. But be sure it is a righteous indignation and not a petulancy that blurs aad unravels ano depletes the so21. Thiere is a large class of persons im midlife who have still in them appetites that were aroused in early manhood, at a time when they prided themselves or being a "little last," "high livers,' "free and easy," "hail fellows well met.' They are now paying in compound in terest for troubles they collected 20 year ag. Some ol ycu are trying to escape, and you will-yet very narrowly, "as with the skin of your teeth." God and your own soul only know what the strug gle is. Omnipotent grace bas pulled out many a soul that was deeper in the mire than you aie. They line the beech of heaven--the muititudc whom God has rescued from the thrall of suicidal habits. If you this day turn your back on the wrong and start anew, God will help you. Oh, the weakness of human help: Men will sympathize for awhile and then turn you of'. If you ask for their par. doi they will give, it and say they will try you again; but, filling away again under the power of temptation, they cast you ogt forever. Bat God f~rgives seventy times seven; yea, seven hun dred times; yea, though this be the ten thousandtn time he is more earnest, more sympathetic, more helpful this last time than when you took your first misstep. If, with all the, influences favorable for a right life, men make so many miss takes, how much harder it is when, for nstance, some appetite thrusts Its iron grapple into the roots of the tongue and pulls a man down with hands of de struction!. If, under such circumstances he break away, there will be no sport in the undertaking, no holiday enjocyment, but a struggle in which the wrestlers move from side to side and bend ana twist and watch for an opportunity to get in a heavier stroke, ntil the one fi nal ei'>rt, in which the muscles are dis tended, and the veins stand out, and the blood starts, the swarthy habit falls un der the knee of the victor-esesped at last as by the skin of his teeth. In th~e last day it will be found that Hugh Latr'ner ad.John Knox and Huss and Ridley were not the greatest mar tyrs, but Christian men who went up incrrupt from the coniam'inations and perplexities of Wall street, water street Pearl street, Broad street, State street, ThIrd street, Lombard street and the bourse. Oa earth they were called brokers or stock.jobbers, or retailers or importers, but in heaven Christian he roes. No fagots were heaped about their feet, no inquisition deman-'ed from them recantation, no sldier aimed a spike at their heart, but they had men tal tortures, compared with which all physical consuming is as the breath of a sprin; morning. 1 ilod in the community a large class of men who h:ave been so cheated, so lied about, so outrageously wronged that they have lost faith in ev erything. In a world where eve-rything seems so topsy turvy they do not see IO E"S IN UNION. ONTiNUD FI:OM 'AGE FIrST } right now, and you don't." The yelling for Tillman continued. I did not re gard it as a formal attempt to howl Butler down, but as an expression of the feelings cf the people for Tillman. It was at least :nnoying to General Butler and he shouted to the crowd: "I undtertand this thing. You have been put there to howl me down, but you ca't d ii." The crowd vehutmently eai-d this, but cantic aed to cheer. lButier: "If you will meet me one at a time I w-: Lettle it with you." This caused more confusion, a variety of noises and a number of verbal shots at Butler on vnrious subjects. With flushed face and powerful voice Butler velld: "Come at me one ata time you blackguards, and I will give you all y ou want." At this point "hell broke loose in Georgia" sure enough. Three or four men shouted to Butler that they would meet him. Men pushed and scrambled to the front, cursing, sweating and fuming. All kinds of noises rent the air and the excitement was at fever heat. From way back in the rear a man named J. M. Mobley, an executive committeeman, and a candidate for Su pervisor. came pushing to get to the front. He was stopped. Another man put his hand to his pistol pocket and held his hand on it. He was a Butler man, however, but did not pull his gun. The four marshals were powerless to stem the crowd and to allay the excite ment. Governor Tillman advanced to ask for quiet, but Butler peremptorily told him to sit down. Cnairman Lyles made earnest efforts to restore order and these efforts were liaally successful. Before order had been restored. however, General Butler was shouting above the noise that he came here as an invited guest and that he intended to speak if he stayed there all night. Voice: "Go ahead, we are going to listen." Butler: "No you are not. You didn't come to listen. You come here to howl me down." General Butler shouted that he had not said anything that he wouldn't stand by and he was going to stay there. "There are not men enough here," he said, -to frighten and intimidate me. I thought the men of Union were re markable for their courtesy and chiv alry and I believe a majority of them are, but some of them have acted the blackguard here. I want you to un derstand that I see men in that audi ence when times were more dangerous than now, when bullets whistled around heads and cut down men by our sides." Voice: "We would stick to you now if you were all right." Butler: "That shows what you are. I sat and listened to him (Tillman) and said nothing when hz foully slandered me. When I come to reply his hench men try to howl me down." Voice: "Did you call this crowd thieves?" Butler: "I did no such thing. I want to say this to you, some of whom have stood by my side when it took brave men to do it and I am going to say it. In 1876 and 1877 I took my life in my bands a hundred times to redeem this State. I thought that when we got rid of those thieves we' would have free speech, but now when a man gets up to express his honest sentiments he is howled down. That don'c work in this country or anywhere else and won't win. It will bring untold woes if it is persisted in." Then General Butler continued his speech talking on nation al issues. Cheering and counter cheer ing broke loose and there came near be ing several fights. There was never perfect order from the time Butler began until he finished and the gubertfatorial candidates be gan. OTlHER SPEECRtES. . General Ellerbe opened his speech by repudiating the charges which have been made agaInst him by papers friendly to Evans and refuted them. He said that they are foul slanders. He did not believe his opponent had anything to do with these slanders, but it was low and mean that such schemes were being resorted to to defeat him. All he wanted, he said, was fair play. Gantt ought to prove the charges he has made or apologize. While talking on these subjects a man said: "You wrote too many letters in favor of T. C. Duncan fcr the Legis lature." Ellerbe: "I am glad you mentioned that. I did write several letters and I am not ashamed of it. Duncan was my friend. He said he would support the Reform administration and Governor Tillman, and pledged himself to that." Some interlocutor: "Did he prove to be a Reformer'.?' Ellerbe: "I don't know. You can set tle that among yourselves, but he was my friend and I never go back on a friend." (Applause.) interlocutor again: "We are going to vote for your cousin Johnny." Ellerbe: "I'll tell you how you can do that. The next Legislature will elect two judges. lie is a lawyer. You can elect him one of those judges and vote fr me for Governor. (Cheers and coun ter cheers.) General Ellerbe said he was going to be ellected Governor and is going to en force the Dispensary law. Voice: "I thought you were weak kneed." Ellerbe: "No man can accuse me of being weak kneed, Governor Tillman and I are both i-1 favor of reopening the Dispensary, although I differ from him some time. If am elected I will en force that law," (Applause.) After the men with plenty of mouth got through speaking General Ellerbe discussed Al liance demands and national issues. Senator Evans who followed said he did not pay any attention to the pitiful little newspapers and inkslinger. There are measures of importance and they ought to be discussed. Senator Evans told what lie had done for Reform and said he was going to be the next Gov ernor. Voice: "There is a report around here that you will disfranchise the poor man and ke.3p him from voting." Evans: " That is a lie and is intended to hurt me, but they can't fool the peo ple." (Appluse ) Ellerbe says I have got all the poli ticians on my side. Well they are, but they see that the people are going to elect me and they want to be on the winning side. (Applause.) While discussing the Dispensary Senator Evans said The Columbia Reg ister jumped on me Sunday and said prove or retract because I jumped on It for criticising Governor 'Tillman for re openng the Dispensary. Haven't I got as inuch right to criticise it as it has to criticise me? I was simply defending overnor Tiilman." le took a hand primary on this ques tion: "All who think that the Gover or is right in reopening the Dispen sary and that I had a right to criticise nellegister and stand to the Governors back hold1 up your hands." On this louble headed question in which Gov rnor Tillman was mixed the crowd oted overwhelmingly the way Mr. Evans desired. None voted the other way when that side of the question was put. "That is vindication enough for ae," exclaimed Senator Evans, and he went on with his speech on the Dispen sry, arousing a good deel of enthusi ism. Evans begged the people to vote for a constitutional convention. Dr. Sampscn Pope spoke in favor of Si stand for a 'Reform primary. Hie alked to a small crowd which did not seem to fully understand all he said. Dr. Pone declared that he did not ex ect any advantage from the Conserva :ives by the position he had taken. On :he Dispensary Dr. Pope said the Su preme Court, which was composed of onorable men, had decided the law un onsttutional. Governor Tillman was not cting according to lawu in reopen ieg the Dispensary now and the people should not follow him when he - was wrong. He apmitted that liquor can be bought anywhere in the State but said the Governor or no other law of ficer has made any attempt to enforce probition. Dr. Pope insinuated very strongly that ignoble ambition is guid ing some of the candidates for office and that they are freezing with fear ful tenacity to Tillman's coat tails. Tillman at Aiken, he said, declared that be would get a coat tail big enough for Evans and Ellerbe but never said a word about Tindal or Pope. He (Pope) was glad of it as he did not hang to anybody's coat tail. All four of the Congressional candi dates, Farley, Wilson, Duncan and Johnson, were here to-day and spoke, belaboring each other and discussing issues the least of anything else. Col. Collards Caughman attempted to speak this afternoon from the balcony of the Union Hotel but the crowd would not let him. They took especial pleasure in cheering all he did't say and for this reason he didn't say any thing. le stood on the balcony over half an hour with a colored man hold ing an umbrella over him. It was hotter down below than it was above. NEW CHIEF CONSTABLE. Be Says Force Will Not be Uied Unless Absolutely Necemeary. COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 2.-M. T. Holley, Sr., ex-Sheriff eft Aiken County, received his commission yesterday as chief of the Dispensary constabulary force. Mr. Holley is a nfie lboking man of about 55 or 60 years of age. His re cord as Sheriff of Aiken County is a suffiient guarantee that be will discharge the duties of his new position in a most acceptable manner both to the adminis tration and to the citizens generally. In speaking of the work connected with his position Mr. Holley said: "It Is my desire that I may be able to conduct my offize so that I may command the respect and receive the co operation of all good citizens. I wish to put the oflice upon the plane of a high police office, and my policy shall be to d, nothing that may arouse animosity or resentment so far as the personal conduct of myself and my cfliaers are concerned. I filled the offi.e of Sheria of Aiken County for twelve years and those who know me wili say that in the discharge of my du ties, while strictly adhering to the letter, and unswerving in my purpose to enforce the law, I gave no man offense or ever aroused pesonal fieling against me. I intend to carry on the business of chief constatle in a like manner. I ask that the people will look upon me as a gentle man and I wish them to feel assured that in my dealings with them I shall 'ertain ly conduct myself as such. I hope that all good citizns will d:scourage the fomentation of strife and trouble. Whatever may be the individual opinion as to the law itself it is the first duty of all gooi men to endeavor to check any thing thatmay tend to bring about vio lence and disorder. I hope that the press may take this view of the matter ani that it will use its power and influence to allay irritation and iLo abitain fcom the expression of inflammatory sentiments. I have no idea that there will be any trouble if this course is pursued, and if there should be trouble it will be brought about by a disregard of the voice of peace. "I shall go to Charleston today and will probably be there for some time. I shall see the men who hava been en gaged in the whiskey business and I think after I have talked wfth them we will understand each other better." It was clear feom the tone of Mr. Holley's remaks that every effort would be exhausted to enforce the law before anyth'ing like actual force would be re sorted to it. It was equally clear that when It should be deemed necessary to employ force that the step would be taken with promptness and effect. r oth ing as far as possible will be done to irrI tate and erery opportunity would be given to those who were in the business to get out without loss. Mr. Holley wears his badge upon the lapel of his coat and it is understood that all the constables will be required to do like wise; thus doing away with the obnolous appellation of "spy" and appearing in public like any other police officer. Mlnlions In Lumber Barned. CHIcAGo, Aug. 1.-F ire broke out to night in the lumber yards of J. S. Mar tin & Co. in the heart of the lumber district and spread In all directions. to 9 p. m. the fire had burned J. S. Martain's lumber yards containing six ty million feet: the yards of 1'erly, Lowe & Co., about the same amount; Brown & Richards Lumber Company, Wells & French Company, car builders; Siemens & Halske, electric company plant; John Spry, lumber company; Whitecom Cedar Post Company; WV. C. B. Palmer, dealer In cedar posts. The loss will run into the millions, but as the fire is still burning and not under control it is impossible as yet to give an intellegent estimate of the loss. The territory barned over was bound ed by Ashland avenue on the Eiast, the South branch of the Chicago River on the South; Blue Island avenue on the North and Roby street on the West. The fire was the worst which the dc partment has been called on to fight in the last twenty-two years. T1here were many casualties among the firemen and spectators. The only death, so far as heard, was that of a boy who fell from a lumber pile in a river slip and was rowned. Among the principal losses are these: Siemens and Halske eletric company of America, works completely destroyed, loss $800,000, well insured; Wells & French, manufacturers of car wheels, freight and refrigerator and street cars works, loss $300,000; Perley, Lowe and Co., lumber dealers; yards adjoining Wells, French & Company's foundry, ifteen million feet of lumber, chiefly soft pine, destroyed, loss $300,000; S. K. Martin Lumber Co., Blue Island Avenue and Lincoln street, known as the largest lumber yards in the country 35,000,000 feet of lumber in and the of ices consumed, loss $700,000: R. F. onway, cedar posts and blocks. mill ad wagons, almost completely, loss $150,000; Barber Asphalt Co., .Paulina street and the river; asphalt stock, t wo story brirck building and machinery estroyed, loss $150,000; Chicago Stove Works, addition to May Foundry des royed, including patterns and stock in advanced state, loss $250,000, Long ley, Lowe & Co., lumber yards, Wood street, loss S100,000; Shoe maker & Hligbee, heav lumber ards, Paulina street and Blue Island avenue, one-quarter saved, loss 100,000; Keystone Lumber Co., Roby street and Blue Island avenue, yards artly destroyed, lose $150,000; E Iward Eines Lumber Co., Roby street South f Blue Island avenue, yards destroyed loss $200,000. Stiniin Force. COLUMBIA, S. C,, July 20.-Habeas :;pus proceedings were brought before upreme Justice Pope, formerly attor aey general under Timan, in a case of be state against Silver, of Orangeburg, hared with violating the dispensary aw in June last. The justice, i:1 a ver al decision, held that the act of 1803 ivas still in force, and that it had not een acted upon by trie supreme court. n appeal will be taken to the whole upreme court, and the case will be beard as soon as Justice-elect Gary, for nerly lieutenant governor, takes his et on the bench. It is a case made up y the state arnd was devised to give ome color of right to Governor Till nan's issuing his proclamation. No in imtion was given that the case was to e brought and the public heard nothing f it until Justice Pope's decision was ade knon. GREAT FORES FIES. MILLIONS DESTROYED ANJ THOUS ANDS MADE HOMELESS BY jr. Three Tow-s Wiped *at if Exhite3nce Miraculous Escape of the Inhabt%nts from a Fiery Death-Rain Frayed For Comes and the Flamss are Qaenchod. MILWAUKEE, Wis , July 28.-Ge eral Manager H. F. Whitcomb, of the Wisconsim Central R)9d. ihis noon made the !olirewing cuLntie statement with reaard to the forst fi--s in the Northern part of the Stae: Trains from the Siuth have rr-ched the South end of %he Piillips vard. Trains from the North have reached the fi-st bridge North of Phillip3, about one mile North of the station, this bridize havimn been damaged by fire. Nearly the whole city of Phillips is destroyed, including the saw and planing milie and box factory of the John R. Davis Lum ber Company and Shaw's tannery. About thirty houses are left standing in Phillips. Aside from the people reu dered homeless by the destruction of the city of Phillips a great many settlers along our line have lost ther homes and all of their belongings. The tires in the forests are still burning but some rain fell last nizht and the Ares are not spread'ig. The loss is estimated at sev eral m ilions of dollars. The town of Phillips, the courty seat ot Pine Countv, Shore's Crossing and the village of Mason, in Baylield Coun ty, are whiped ci the map. Phihips was a town of 3,000 inhabitants. Most of these are homeless. Vbe loss at Ma son will reach nearly $1,000,000, that at Phillips three times as much. The en - tire Northern portion off the State, the lumbsr region, is full of forest fires which are doing immense damage to standing timber. It is reported that many lives have been lost, but of these no authentic reports have been received. The total destruction by fire of the prosperous town of Phillips. in Prince County, as a result of the devastating forest conflagration during the week, brouget quick and generous responses to the appeals for succor from all parts of the Badger State today. The bare news that 3,000 men, women arid chil dren had been suddenly rendered home less and destitute of the necessaries of existence was sufficient to awake prac tical expressions o& sympithy in which the State authorities and the business men of Milwaukee were leaders. The escape ct all the unfortunate victims from death or serious burning was con sidered most miraculous when they were surrounded by the t iming for-st and buildings of the town. The Big Elk River which runs through Phillips afforded a haven of refuge to mahy of the inhabitants. The destruc tion of Phillips was followed by the prayed-for-rain, which very soon quench ed the forest fires along the Northern Pacific, 0 naha and South Shore Roads between West Superior and Ashland, as well as the destructive conflagrations to the South on the line of the Wiecon sin Central and in the Michigan Peninsu lar in the Gogebic Range region.-Fifeen car Ci.ds of provisions,. clothing and tents are either In the hands of the Phil lips v sims tonight or will be to-moriow. The reports from Mason, in Bay field County, and Shores Crossing, which were partly burned, show that the peo ple are not in want of necessaries of life. Quartermaster General Aner today re ceived the following dispatch iro-n the Governor: OcoNoMoC, WIS , July 2$ -Meet me at the St. Paul depot, Mllwaukee, at 3:30. Arrange for two or three cars on the Wisconsin Centrial Road to send re lief to Paillins tonight. Buy 100 bar rels of flour and 2,000 pounds of bacon, hams., etc. Buy 1,000 loaves of bread. Get the things under way and we will arrange the rest on my arrival. (Signed) GEORGE W. PECK. The following disnatch was received by (Governor Peck from B. W. Davis, chairman of the county board at Phil lips. and repeated to General Aner: "PHIILLIrs, WIs., July 28.-To Gov ernor Peck: Send tent and blankets for 1,000 people. (Signed) B. W.:DAVIs. The following message was received and read on the Exchange to day: P;HILLIPS, WIs , July 28-Oar city is entirely destroyed by bire, leaving 3.000 people without food, clothing or shelter. Please take immediate step3i to send relit. (Signed) R. W. DAVIs, Chairman of Relief Committee. The Mayor received an appeal from Phillips and immediately notified Pcesi dent Hanson of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association and a call for a meeting of that organiz tion at 11 o'clock this forenoon was issued. It was decided to send three carloads of provisions consisting of bread, crackers, meat and other articles donated, on the 8:35 passenger train over the Wi sconsin Central. The first contribution to the Pilps' sufferers today was a carload of flour from the Milwaukee millers. Rports from Paillips received at the Centeral oflice this afternoon stated that four ca-s ot provisions have already been received for the fire sufferers. Wausau, Asland and Portase each sent a car load, while a carload of meat in transit at Fairfield was also turned over to the relief committee. Eight care of provi sions are already on the road to Phillips. IRONWoO~i, MICH., July 28.-The disastrous forest lires, which have been ragng in-the Gogebic Range this week, were extinguished today by a heaivv pouring of rain on the lames. MILWAUKEE, WIs., Jaly 28.-The following is a summary o1 the fire losse s. The city of Phillips entirely wiped cut; the ctty 01 Mason practicaliy destroyed, with the White River Lumber Company and 30,000,000 feet cf lumber; head uartera of the Ashland Lumber Com pany, near Shore's Crossing, entirely wiped out; a special train for ChicEg), on the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omana, :onsisting of sixteen cars and two loco motives, were all burned, the train broke throrugh the burning bridge near A sh land Junction; camps of the Thomoson Lumber Company burned at White ver; two bridges on the main hne of the Chicago, S:,. Paul, Minneapolis and Dnaha Railroad, one near Ashland Junction, and one near Mason; the bridges on the Wisconsin Central out at Chelsea and the other near Niillips, both on the main line South o1 Ashland. Several parties of barrypickers from Ashland narrowly escaped with their lives, and it is almost certain that sonms f the Joae homesteaders scattererd through the burning district have perIsh ed in the flames unles they have in some arvelous way escaped through the mfocating 11ames and smoke. About noon refugees and homesteaders began to arrive at Ashland. Three thousand people have been made homeless here by the forest fices at Philhip3. Not a building is left staading in the town. When the fire had the city, it swept from house to house and in a hour had wapped the entire village in flames. The people fled to the railway, where rains were starited and they were hastily onveyed to neighboring towns. Noth ug but a few personal ciffcts were saved.: Phillips, Wzo.. July 28.-T welve peo ple are known to have lost their lives. Among the dead are: Frank Cliss and a to-year-old child, James Lock, but her, wife and five children, Mrs. Davis Brydn and tam children. WAR D'CIAR EO. J-pan a7d China t-, Fiht i D:i Ea zust N- w. LONDos, August 1.-The Exchange Telegraph Company says war between China and Japan was formally declared at noon today by Japan. Lord Kim. berly, Secretary of State for Foreigr. Affairs. immediately upon receipt of the notice from the Japan(se govern ment that war had been declared wired all British representatives abroad to warn captains of mercbant ships of the fact in order that they might flrn. their cargoes and act accordingly. SUANOiuAT, A!ust 1.-At 11 o'clock in the morning of July 27.the day after the attack on the Chinmse transports which resuited in the sinki ng of the Kow Shung, the Japanese warships Takachiho and Iliyi made an attack upon the Cinnese ironclad Chen Yuen. After a longz and desperate fight the Japanese vessels were beaten off, the Hliyi being disabled and rendered help less. The Chen Yuen, though badly damaged, succeeded in reaching port in safety in company with two gun boats which also toot part in the en gagement and immediately went into dry dock for repairs after her two days fighting. The damage to the Chen Yuea is so great that some time must elapse be fore it can be fully repaired and the vessel be sent out to the scene of ac tion. Six Chinese transports packed with troops sailed on Monday from Chee Foo. They were convoyed by three warships. Advices from Yashan state that the Chinese are strongly en trenched there and repeated attempts have been made by the Japanese troops to dislodge them. In every instance, however, the attacking forces, after hard fought engagements, were re pulsed with heavy losses. A portion of the Chinese soldiers engaged in these battles were the best troops of the Northern army of Viceroy Li Hung Chang. The Chiness losses were small. The North China News confirms the report of lighting at Yazhan. It says that the Japanese brought up for the attack every available man almost de nuding Seoul of troops. The successful defence made by the Chinese was di rected by European ociCers. A letter from Han Kow says that the outbreak of hostilities has revived all the native fanaticism of the Chinese, Foreigners are insulted openly and violence is feared. Nine heavy'guns have been added to the artillery at Taku harbor in the last three days and submarine mines have been laid in ex pectation of an attack from the Japa nese fleet. Alarm is felc at Taku, as people there believe that any day may bring several Japanese war vessels and a bombard ment. The steam launches of the Chi nese custom service are scouting along the coast to ascertain whether or not the Japanese are approaching. Their officers report that several Japanese cruisers have been seen in the gulf of Pechili. The ability of the Taku forts to withstand a bill bombardment is doubted. The fort works were not built to resist the fire of modern guns. Stands by Gantt. GREENYILLE, August 2 -L a r r y Gantt's local Alliance, which goes by the name of Encamament Alliance. No. 485, stands by him and has passed res olutions announcing that in spite of his expulsion by the State Alliance they will continue to recogniz3 him as a member. The following are the reso lutions: "Resolutions of Encampment Alliance No. 485, of Spartanburg, S. C. Whereas, the rumor having reached our ears that the late State Alliance has, on the recommendation of the ju diciary committee, expelled brother Gantt from the order ; and believing that said body acted unjustly in that our brother was not given notice of trial; and, Whereas, we believe It exceeded Its jurisdiction and that its action cannot be sustained by the constitution of our order, in that brother Gantt has always in his editorial utterances sustained all the demands of the Alliance both State and National, and has never In our knowledge expressed himself as oppos ing any of the principles or demands of the platform of our order, and that there !s indicated in the criticisms, as uttered by many In our county and voiced by brother Gantt In his paper at their Instance, only the welfare and suc cess of our organization; and, Whereas, we feel that we want to see each of our brethren receive just and fair treatment on all occasions and especially at the hands of brethren, and believing that the present instance is not wholly free from bias and preju dice, now therefore be it Resolved, 1st, TChat if the repor*. be true that has reached us that brother Gantt has been expelled from the brotherhood, tor.t we~ diff -r v-ry much with that Alliance and cos.dsr broth er Gantt In good standing until he be reglarly tried and found guilty of some charge, and we believe him to be as sincere in his allegiance to th'e Al liance as any member of thait boe. Rtesolved 2nd. That we shalt con tinue to recognizs brother Giantt as a regular member of our sub-Alliance until he is proven an unworthy Alli anceman. Resolved, 3rd. That these resolutions be published in the IPiedmont Ihead light and that the other papers of the State be requested to copy.--State. Free Scholarehips. On the same line as the scholarships allowed the girls of the State in the Withrop Normal College, the Legisla ture at its last session arranged for scholarships for the young men of the State In the South Carolina College. he following circular l'etter in regard to these scholarships has been prepared by President Woodrow and is being ent out to the various school commis noners: - Dear Sir: In accordar'ce with a re ent act of the General Assembly pro rision has been made for the admission to this college of two normal students rom each county, without, the paiyment ,f the annual fee (S10) or the tuition ee ($40). It h as been resolved that the ode of examination and admission hall be similar to that provided for ;he Winthrop Normal College except hat the examination questions shall >e prepared by the faculty of this col ege. The ion. WV. D. Maylield, State superintendent of E lucation, has sug ested Friday, August 2Lh. as the day m which these competitive examina ;ions shall be held in all the counties. NIay I beg you to take charge of the whole matter in your county, as the mfer entitled to do this? This, I saip ose, includes making known through sut your county the fact tnat such ex mination will be held; appointing an xamining committee; making known he result and whatever elss may be iecessary. The questions which haive >een prepared by my colleagues, will be orwarded to you in due time, before he date fixed for the examination. Trouble at Clemson . SLEMSON COLLEGE, S. C., July 28. 'or some time certain parties, not stui ets, have been trying to remove l'resi ent Craighead. For several daue the eport has been going~ round that all the tuents but abcut six had saned ape ion asking the Ibard~ to rcm--ve the cresident. Prestdent Craigheali met he issue squarely at elapel >erciscs y asking those students who: wished im for Pcesident to r se. Atu~ust thn ntire body, over ;}50 arose. A few, roably twenty-!i ;e, did not rise, sonme .f whom gave as their reasou that they id not care to vote -as it belonged to he Board to diecide. The parues who ppose the P'resident are enemies of the ollege, and their eilorts to remove him iil ba in vain. YA POW'vDER AbsoluteLy Pure. A cream or tartar Darng powder H ighest of all in leavening strength.-La test United States Government Food Re port. Royal Baking Powder Company, 106 Wall St., N. Y. Three Children Suffocated. HARTFORD, Conn , July 29.-The three Guinan children who strayed away from their home on B:oad street, this CiLy. Thurs by afternoon have been ,cund, but all three are dead. The chief cf police gave orders this morning that all cars about the depot and the freight yards be thoroughly searched. A few minutes after 10 o'eiock 1:>licemen-who hai been searc'iing cars in the yard of the New York., New Haven and Hart ford for about two hours came to a ca noose from which sickening odors came. The v burst open the door and the stench which bad been strong before became' almost overwhelming. Keeping on at their work of investigation the officers trecid the smelt to the closet which the trammen use as a clothes press and breaking open the door they found the three little bodies naked and mangled by rats. Freddie, the four year-old, lay al, the bottom; on him waa Raymond, 9 years old, and on top of both was Le roy, 7 years old. Under the three bodies here the few garments the boys wore when they left home. At the antopsy this sfternoon nothing was found to in dicate violence. The condition of the wings indicated death by suffocation and tue absence of contusion or other marks on the neck precludes idea of stran gulation. The theory is that the little fellows ran into the car to hide from a pa'simg policeman Thursday afternoon antl that the door of the closet swung to and caught them in with the spring lock. The closet is five feet high and its fi or space is 28 by 15 inches. It is impossible that the little boys could have lived long in such a confined space and the doctors think they became uncon scions in about 15 minutes and they did not live more than 50 minutes after the door was locked on them. It Is sup. posed that the three boys had taken off their clothcs to play golng in swimming, as that idea was in their mind when they lef t home. The Chicago Fire. CHICAGO, Aug.2.-Tod-a evision of the results of last n f - 'ire in the lumber district place h .-I -as 24t $1,190,500. The totid own'r f mea thrown out of emploa3ail. by the fi -e is 2,200 and the destraut-. - > vax e: ea. plete that it will be V.' ks :ctore " at of them can be given work hv the fi ms which suffered. The ! & of caanai'. so far as known is as felli-i: Dead: Lieut. John McGinn, e-f th s fire boat Geyser, burn d died at county hospital. Willham Wcllenfel, 1 063 Ellen ave nue, struck by cap ble vni Iromn en.ine 35, knocked in.o the rive r and drowned; body rec v-ed. Unk:, . ., mae iuso river and dr- nted. Unk.- ia boy, 17 years old, burned to deati The I jared: Edward Burns, pipe man, v. in recover. Capt. Byrne, Eagine Company 15, s';ruck in the eye by stream of water, will losean eye. Capt. Barce], fire boat Yosamite, over come by smoke. will recover. John Gary, pipeman, badly burned about face, body and arms. Peter Poelan, rnipeman, overcome by heat and burned. Lient. Danmel Merpy, hook and lad der company, knocked insernsible by fiy ing brick. J. P. Flaherlty, fireman, hit by swmng ing hose, knocked into the fire and bad ly burned, will recover. O;to Richter, fell front lumber pile, two ribs broken and injnred internally, may die. The Gayden Murderers. SUSMTER, Aug. 3.-Trial JuStlceMose ley of Wedgefield has for a long time been on the trial of the Gayden murder ers, and has at last succeeded in fdaret ing out the matter. Yesterday he ar rested Jackson Taylor, colored, charged as being an accomplice, and Rosa Polk, who claims to have been an eye wit ness of the killing. These parties are in j ail here. Kate Brown, another eye witness, has been arrested in Charles ton and is in j ail there. R sa Folk says that the night the murder was committed, her and Katie Brown were returning from a party in Wedgefield about 12 o'clock. They met C. 0. Wheeler, Jr., (a white mat.) and Tom Frierson (colored) and they all were go ing up the railroad track towards the junction. After going some little dis tance, she and Wheeler went to one side and sat down to talk, the others goimg to the opposite side of the track and waiting for them. She and Wheeler saw a man coming down the track with a lantern and Wheeler said he would cross to the otther side of the track as he not wish to be seen there with her. When Wheeler had crossed over the man approached to within about twen ty liae pre f n a' t-. I r tired three shots, and a ?ta~ unnutes seven other shots were tired, but she did not know who fired them. The man who was ired at walked a littlj further, spit several times, and went a little off the track and sat down. R~osa says that Jackson Taylor was also in the paty who tired the last seven shots. C. 0. Wheeler, Jr., is still at large and it is said has gone to Alabama. Tom Frier son is also at large. it looks now as if this mystery is about to be explained >nd the murderers brought to joustice. -State. An Archduke Killed, VI.NNA, .Jnly 29.-While the Arch uke William was riding this afternoon in lladen. near Vienna, his horse bolted, >elng frightened by an electric car. The Archduke was thrown and his foot caught in the stirrup and he was ragged more than a hundred yards. He was insensible when the horse was stopped, and he died at 7:30 without aving recovered consciousness. The >hysicians who attended him said that eath was caused by concussion of the >rain. The Archduke was born in 1827. lie never married. He was master of rdnance in the Austrian army. Killed. Corucncs, G3., August 1.-Young 'ham blish, stenographer at the Empire dills, this city, and Jim Corbett, col ector for the Bee Hive store, ha~i a leasant tussle this afterncon at the ills. Chamblish struck Corbett rath r severely in the eye which nettled im and he dealt him a blow over the eart with all of his power. Chamblish fell to the ground and expired in a few oments. The deceased was about ighteen years old and it stated suffer