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THE RIGHT OF RIGHTS [CONTLNUED FRO)M PAK ONE. "officer" in the 14ti line. After some debate the amendtment was rejected. 31R. PARROTT S PLAN. Mr. Parrott'samendment came next: "All electors otherwise entitled to the right of suffrage by action of this convention, and pay taxes on proper ty to the amount of .200 or more. and who represent a family, as the head thereof, sha 1 have the right to cast two votes in all elections of this State. This was rejected also - after a very short discussion. BY GOV. SHEPPARD. When the tollowing amendment of fered by Gov. Sheppard came up, Senator Tillman accepted it on the part of the committee: Add the following as subsection "a' to wit: "The general assembly shll not impose any qualification's upon the right of registration not pre scribed by this article." Mr. Patterson thought that there was something objectionable in this. though the committee was willing to accept it. Senator Tillman stated that there was no objection to this provision whatever. Governor Sheppard then stated that it was simply carrving out the plan of the committee. They should make the matter plain. Mr. Wilson stated that this amend ment prevented the legislature from providing for changes of r esidence. Mr. Sheppard said that was provided for in the article. Dr. Smith then moved to table the amendment and it was done. Mr. Lee offered an amendment dis pensing with the requirement that the voter present his certificate at the polls. He stated that this amendment would put a stop to the practice, said to have prevailed in the past, of issu ing certificates, contrary to law, up to the very day of election. After a brief running debate the amendment was killed. The convention then took a recess till 7:30 tonight. IRBY'S S.RPRISE. When the convention reassembled tonight Senator Irby moved that the further consideration of the suffrage article be deferred; and that the Con vention take up the article on educa tion. He thought it well to let the delegates have time to think over the various suffrage schemes. He thoug ht too that before the convention fixed an educational qualification, proper provision should be made for the eau cation of the masses. Senator Tillmon said this looked like an effort to stave off his speech. Senator Irby-Mr. President. I have not had the member inthe bacic of my head for a very long time. Senator Tillman moved to table Sen ator Irby's motion. The motion to ta ble was lost by a vote of 74 nays to 63 years. Senator Irby's motion to postpone was then lost by a vote of 87 nays to 51 yeas. TILL3IAN SPEAKs. Senator Tillman now rose to sneak. For nearly three hours he commanded the wrapt attention of his auditory. The report sent to the Southern Asso-. ciated Press at Washington, and by it distributed over its territory, charac terizes Tillman as "the speech of his life." The first hour and a half of it was a review of the grtesque saturna lia of crime and robbery in this State under Republican rule. He gave a mass of facts and figures which he said he intended should go to the world, as a justification of what this Convention was about to do. Thiat government, while largely composed of native and carpet-bag whites, was based on black votes and sustained by them: and one purpose this body was ~ oelimiate that vote as far as the o nth and fifteenth amendments would aQ3. H~e then explained the suffrage clau'lin length. "When he began to reply sensational speech of his fellow ( . Satr Irby, of Laurens, delivered this morniT ing t e fireworks began. Tillman was saying that 'Irby had charged that Gov. Evans had fled the State in a po litical emergency and that on all occa sions of moment when the existence of this geonvention was threatened by fierce opposition to its being calle~d Irby had failed to appear. "Irby started up from his seat and explained that o::tha nccasion referred to he was detained at home by family reasons, and then went on to charge that at the crisis of the last campaign Gov. Evans had disappeared beyond the reach of telegraph or mail, and had reappeared when the fight was over, with the story that he had bken to see his girl and that he was afraid he would be called on to make pledges which he could not perform. "There was another sensational scene when Tillman turned to Mr. Patton, one of the leading Conserva tive delegates from Columbia, and ac cused him of having drawn the cloak hypocrisy and Phariseeism around him in attacking the suffrage plan suggested by committee of which Till. man is chairman. "South Carolina legislative bodies follow precedent Blritish parliament by allowing members to sit hatted. Patton was just behind Tillman with hat on head. He sprang to his feet, baring his head as he did so, and challenged the Senator to make good or retract his words, Advancing to within arm's reach of the Senator, Patton, leveling his fingers straight at his antagonist's face, declared that whatever mig'ht be said against him no man could charge him with hy poc ris, and that no man should 'do it. Whatever sins had been committed by the white people of the State he was willing to bear his share of it. 'Tflan said that last fall Patton had kept the wires hot in telegraphing Gov. Evans to remove Republican commissioners of election in his coun ty for fear he could not get to the con vention if they were allowed to hold office. "There was another sensation when McGowan,Conservative delegate from Abbeville a participant what is known as the Tillman-Barnwell conference of last spring, rose and in effect charged Tillman with a breach of faith in hav ing repudiated the action of that con ference. Another lively scene followed when Ex-Congressman Smalls, colored dele gate from Beaufort, on a question per sonal privilege, made a sweepisg de nial of charges against him made by Tillman and urged the Senator, while he was applying the lash to his once white colleagues, for God's sake to spare the six poor negroes who sat there in a miserable minority and had tried to refrain from otfending any body." Senator Tillman made a brief re sponse to Smalls, reiterating his charges against tne Republican ad ministration in South Ca olina. Miller of Beaufort rose to reply. He had not proceeded far when M1ajor Barker of Charleston asked him to yield for a moti m to adjourn . Thereupon the Convention adjourn ed till this morning-M1iller having the floor. EXPLANATIONS. CoLmBIA, Nov. 1.-Spe-cial: To days session was consumed chiely questions of personal privileg." Miller of BRanfort made a long andj strong speech. in vindication of the' course of the colored people in Recon struction times. Whipper followed in the same strain, devoting especial attention to his own coreer-which he claimed had been throughout proper. Governor Sheppard (who had been ol the committee that investigated the frauds) showed the grounds for the committee's charges against different R1epublicans-including Smalls and Whipper. The speech of Senator Tillman is re garded as altogether unaffected by any statement of the Republican mei bers. TO PAY AS WE _00. THE PROVISION TO PUT COUNTIES ON A CASH BASIS. The Scheme of 31r. lenterson, of Aiken, for Matking Up for the "Lost Year." What the Conve:'in Did A bout i. CoIoA (.t. 2s.-Soeci-l: Mr. Henderson's proposed ordinance, look ing to a scheme to put the counties on a cash basis, came up in the conven tion this morning. It called forth quite an auimated debate. Before reaching that subject, how ever, the convention handled a few other matters very rapidly but very satisfactorily. The anti-lynching sec tion, offered by Mr. BeLlinger, was then passed, without discussion, as follows: Sc . In the case of any prisoner lawfully in the charge, custody or control of any officer, State, county or municipal, being seized and taken from said olicer, either by force or strategy by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons, and at their hands suffering bodily violence or death, the said oflicer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon true bill found shall be depo3ed from his olice pending his trial and upon his conviction shall forfeit his otlice and unless pardoned by the governor shall be ineligible to hold any ollice of trust or profit within this State. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney within whose district or county the offense may be committed to forthwith institute a prosecution against said otficer, who shall be in dicted and tried in such county other than the one in which the offense was committed as the attorney general iny elect. The fees and mileage of all material witnesses both for the State and for the defense shall be paid by the State treasurer in such manner as may be provided by law. The section as to change of venue caused a short discussion, but the whole article was passed to its third reading. MR. HENDERSON S PLAN. Mr. Henderson's ordinance to au thorize the issue of State bonds to the extent of about half a million dollars, to enable the counties of the State to do business on a cash basis, was then taken up. It had been unfavorably reported by the committee on finance and taxation. Mr. Ira B. Jones moved to indefi nitely postpone the ordinance so as to hear something about it. Mr. Headerson said this was a plan to remedy a great evil in this State. There were not five counties now run ning on a cash basis. The legislature had started the matter by extending the time for the paymnent of taxes. In consequence, in a great many counties they were running one whole year be hiud. School teachers had to work in November and December of each year and wait until a year had passed to get theii money or else shave their paper1 at 10 or 15 per cent. off to get the cash. This was an unbusiness like manner of doing business. This was one of the worst evils in the State. Does this ordinance meet this trou ble and remedy it ? Can we pass it ? Ought we to pass it: This ordinance allowed the issuing of bonds to be turned,. into the county treasurers' hands. He threw around them every safeguard. Mur. Clayton asked him had the con ventiois-the power to pass this ordi nance, because the, old Constitution and the one they were adopting had a provision wvhich did not permit the public debt to be increased without a vote by the people.I Mr. Henderson said that his answer was that this convention was the peo ple. They were the representatives of the people. The Mississippi convention had passed such an ordinance and the people had sustained the convention. The people wanted this relief. If the convention failed to give it, it would defeat one of the greatest desires of the people of the State. The an.ount would be about a half million dollars and the relief would go to abouit 30 counties. They could float these bonds at 4j1 per cent. and great good would come to the people of the State. You cant blame the oanks or the money lenders. This ordinance can't effect the counties now on a cash basis. There is a provision in the ordinance which requires the several counties who receive the benefits to pay the money back to the State. He had been asked why it had not been prov,ided that the counties should issue the bonds instead of the State. The dif ference would be in the interest re quired to float the bonds. If the re port of the committee was tabled,then he proposed to amend his ordinance in several particulars. Hle said that he would be glad to meet and arnswer questions. lHe did not think that it was a matter to be lightly considered. It was a very serious matter and some thing that meant a great deal to the eop'le. He had not introduced it merely to be introducing something. Mr. Connor said lie was in favor of the genera~l purpose but he thought each county could do as Orangeburg had been doing. The legislature could allowv each county to act on the Or angeburg pian. Mr. Henderson said if the legislature had done this it would be all right, but they could do it right now at one stroke. He placed this ordinance on a high ground and wanted to settle everything at once. Mr. Connor was in favor of the gen eral scheme, he reiterated, but he thought it could be settled in otherI ways. Mr. Jeremiah Smnith wanted to know' how were they going to help taxing' counties on this new de bt, who wouldl receive no benefits, if an issue of State bonds was to be allowed. Mr. Jone'--Can the State levy a tax on a part of the State to pay the inter est on a debt for the whole State? Mr. Clayton stated that so far as Florence was concerned this would save Florence 83.000U a year. After further debate section 1 and 2 were adopted, as follows: *Whereas in most, if not in all, of1 the counties of the State the taxes are never realized until a year after the evy, and consequently the contracts for ordinary county purposes and for the running of the schools have to be made on a credit instead of a cash basis: and whereas this is an evil which ouight to be remedied. | Therefore be it ordained by the peo pie of ihe State of South Carolina, i n convention assembled, and by the au-I thority of the same: Section I. That a couilnissIin be.i and is hereby appointed, consisting of< the governor, the comptroller general1 shall be to ascertain what amount of money would be necessary to place the various counties of this State on a cash b-*-is as to their ordinary coun ty and school expenses. Section 2. That said commission, when it has ascertained said amount, be.and it is hereby,authorized and em powered, in the name of the State, to prepare and have issued coupon bonds payable to bearer, which may be reg istered with the State treasurer, ac cording to the custom in such cases, to the aniount necessary to raise the money needed for said purpose and the nece.sary expenses of floating the bonds; that said bonds shall be in such denominations and due at such times as said commission may deem expedi ent, subject, however, to the provis ions of the Constitution of this State, and shall draw a rate of interest not to exceed 4L per cent. per annum; that said bonds when prepared shall be signed by the governor and secretary of state, and sealed with the great seal of the State,and the credit of the State is hereby pledged for their payment. Section 3 caused some debate, par ticipated in by Messrs. Henderson, W. D. Evans, Rogers, B. R. Tillman and Sheppard. That section and the next were adopled in the following shape: Section 3. That said bonds, when so executed and issued, shall be sold at not less than par by said commission, and the money derived therefrom, af ter paying the expenses of the issu ance and sale: shall be paid into the State treasury; that the same shall be paid out by the State treasurer to the various county treasurers whose coun ties are not now on a cash basis, as soon as practicable, in the amount ascertained by the commission to be needed by such counties to run the county and school business on a cash basis, and when so paid said funds shall be subject to the check of the county and school authorities to be expended for said purposes. Section 4. The general assembly is authorized and required in hereafter dirceting levies for taxes for ordinary county and school purposes, to base the same upon the intention of this ordinance to keep the counties on a cash basis. Mr. Breazeale moved to strike out the next section, which read thus: Section 5. That on and after the time the State treasurer shall have paid into the respective county treas uries the proceeds of the bonds, as provided for aforesaid, all contracting officials of their respective counties, whether for ordinary county expenses or for school purposes, shall be held responsible for all contracts entered into by them over and above the cash they may have to their credit to meet the same, and their official bonds are hereby declared bound for the same. Senator Tillman stated that he hoped they would allow the amendment to go in. Later they could vote out any thing they wished to. Mr. Sheppard said that the scheme was to raise money by taxes this year to pay the tax in the next succeeding year. He thought the section would cause trouble incalculable. Tillman-Well, let us have trouble, and help these poor women school teachers who have to shave their sal ary checks. Mr. George Johnstone took the floor and spoke for some time against the idea of allowing the governor to be the sole judge of the sufficiency of the evidence to remove these of licials. It was wrong to let a grand jury take an exparte statement without one element of trial, with no notice to the official and ask the governor to remove him. It was against the rights of the Ameri can citizen. It was robbing a man of his dearest pcssession,the right of trial by jury. Snator Tillman did not want to at tack magna charta. He simply wanted to put ini a clause that would create a public sentiment which would make county oflicials be more careful. He could see no great bugaboo, or any hing vile in it. Mr. Derham wanted to know if those county oflicials were not appointed by the governor. Mr. Clayton said there were only two county officers that this could reach,-the county school commission er and county supervisor. "Then, if the whole board is wrong, kick them out," said Senator Tillman. Mr. Johnstone stated that he, too, wanted to kick them out, but only upon conviction. Mr. Johnstone said that Mr. Till man said it was presumed that the grand jury would not go wrong. Had the gentleman never seen a petit ;;ury acquit a man against whom the grand jury had found a true bill.' Haven't men boen discharged after a present ment unon the filing of an answer. The governor had more appointive power in this State in proportion to population and territory than any other of licial in this country. He then dealt with the matter of impeachments for some time. This was clothing- the governor with power tbat should be given to no man. These of fices were appointive ollices and not elective of fices. Senator Tiiz~an maintained that these men had to be recommended by the members of the general assemboly and were virtually selected by that body. Mr.- Johnstone reiterated that they were appoint ive purely. This system of gubernatorial power was brought here by the Radicals for a purpose They were trying to preserve it now. Mr. J. D. Montgomery then said they had gotten into an argument which really amounted to nothing. As a matter- of fact the county officials had no power to do anything towards increasing the public debt of his coun tv. The hour of recess having ar-rived the discussion was at this point sus pended. THE MILITARY ARTICLE. The article on militia was then pass ed to a third reading without change or amendment and was sent to the eonmittee cn style and revision. Another Terrible Massacre. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 28.-Another terrible massacre of Armenians, ac companied by the outraging of wo men, is supposed to have occurred quite recently in the Baiburt district, between Erzeroum and Trebizond. According to news received here, a mob of about 500' Mussulmans and tile Lazes, the great mzajority of whom were armed with Martini-Henry rifles made an attack upon the Armenians Lhabiting the government villages >f that vicinity, and set tire to their, ouses and schools.- As the Arme aians fled in terror fr-om their dwell ings, were shot down as they ran, and t number of men and women captured ad by the rioters, it is added, were fas :enedl to stakes and btn-ned alive. Tile rmienian women who fell into the lands of the miob, it is also asserted, were outraged and brutally mutilated. Three ChiRdren Burned, Unl:nIzura.i Ala., Oct. 28.-The xife of G ranville Lancaster. a farmer iving live miles north of Livingston, 'a. locked her three children, the dd(est 5years of age. in the house. vie went aftersomze water at a well a ile~ aa at* the home of a neighbor, he well on the Lancaster land being iry. W\hen she returned she found. he housre and children had been burn NEW FIELD OF LABOR. DR. TALMAGE'S FIRST SERMON AS A WASHINGTON PASTOR. An Eloquent and Picturesque Discourse On **All Heaven Looked On"--Paul Standing in the Amphitheater. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Those who know that no church in this or foreign countries has been able to hold the audiences that have assembled when it was announced that Dr. Talmage would preach will not be surprised that vast multitudes attempted in vain to hear his first sermon as pastor in Washington. The subject of the opening sermon at the national capi tal was, "All heaven looking on," the text selected being the famous passage from Hebrews xii, 1, "Seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses." In this my opening sermon in the national capital I give you heartiest Christian salutation. I be think myself of the privilege of stand ing in this historic church so long pre sided over by one of the most remark able men of the century. There are plenty of good ministers besides Dr. Sunderland, but I do not know of any man except himself with enough brain to have stood successfully and triumphantly 43 years in this conspic uous pulpit. Long distant be the year when that gospel chieftan shall put down the silver trumpet with which he has marshaled the hosts of Israel or sheathe the sword with which he has struck such mighty blows for God and righteousuess. I come to you with the same gospel that he has preached and to join you in all kinds of work for making the world better, and I hope to see you all in your homes and have you all come and see me, but don't all come at once, and without preliminary discourses as to what I propose to do I begin here and now to cheer you with the thought that all heaven is sympathetically looking on. "Seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses." Crossing the Alps by tne Mont Cenis pass, or through the Mont Cenis tun nel, you are in a few hours set down at Verona, Italy, and in a few minutes begin examining one of the grandest ruins of the world-the amphitheater . The whole building sweeps around you in a circle. You stand in the arena where the combat was once fought or the race run, and on all sides the seats rise, tier above tier, un til you count 40 elevations, or galleries, as I shall see fit to call them, in which sat the senators, the '-ngs and the 25, 000 excited spectators. At the sides of the arena and under the galleries are the cages in which the lions and tigers are kept without food, until, frenzied with hunger and thirst, they are let out upon some poor victim, who, with his sword and alone, is condemned to meet them. I think that Paul once stood in such a place, and that it was not only fig-uratively but literally, that he had "fought' with beasts at Ephesus." The gala day has come. From all the world the people are pouring into Verona. Men, women and children orators and senators, great men and small, thousands upon thousands come, until the first gallery is full, and the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth-all the way up to the twen tieth, all the way up to the thirtieth, all the way up to the fortieth. Every place is filled.- Immensity of audience sweeping the great circle. Silence! The time for the contest has come. A roman official leads forth the victim into the arena. Let him get his sword with firm grip- into his right hand. The 25,000 sit breathlessly watching. I hear the door at the side oCthe are na creak open. Out plung te half starved lion, his tongue, athirst for blood, and, with a roar that brings all the galleries to their feet he rushes against the sword of the com batant. Do you know how strong a stroke a man will strike when his life depends upon the first thrust of his blade? The wild beast, lame and bleeding, sinks back toward the side of the arena; then, rallying his wast ing strength, he comes up with fiercer eye and more terrible roar than ever, only to be driven back with a fatal wound, while the combatant comes in with stroke after stroke, until the monster is dead at his feet, and the 25,000 people clap their hands and ut ter a shout that makes the city tremble. The fact is that every Christian man has a lion to fight. Yours is a bad temper. The gates of the arena have been opened, and this tiger has come out to destroy your soul. It has lacer ated you with many a wound. X ou have been thrown by it time and again, but in the strength of God you have arisen to drive it back. I verily believe you will conquer. I think that the temptation is getting weaker and weaker. You have given it so many wounds that the prospect is that it will die, and you shall be victor through Christ. Courage, brother! Do not let thie sands of the arenadrink the blood of your soul. Your lion is the passion for strong drink. You may have contended against it twventy years, but it is strong of body and thirsty of tongue. Y ou have tried to fight it back with broken bottle or empty wine flask. Nay, that is not the weapon. With one horrible roar he will seize thee by the throat and rend thee limb from limb. Take this weapon, sharp and keen, reach up and get it from God's armory-the sword of the spirit. With that thou mayest drive him back and conquer, But why specify when every man and woman has a lion to !ight? If there be one here who has no beset ting sin, let him speak out, for him I have offended. If you have not fought the lion, it is because you have let the lion eat you up. This very moment the contest goes on. The Trajan cele bration, where 10,000 gladiators fought and 11,000 wild beasts were slain, was not so terrific a struggle as that which at this moment goes on in many a soul. That combat was for the life of the body; this is for the life of the soul. That was with wild beasts from the jungle; this is with the roaring lion of hell.1 Men think when they contend] against an evil habit that they have to fight it all alone. No.- They stand in the center of an immense circle of sympathy. Paul had been reciting1 tie names of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Joseph. Gid eon and Barak and then says, " Being] compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses." Before I get through, I will show that you fight in an arena, around which circle, in galleries above each other, all the kindling eyes and all the sympathetic hearts of the ages, anid at every victory gained there comes down the thoundering applause of a great multitude that noman can num ber. '"Being compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses." Onh the first elevation of the ancient amphitheater, on the day of a celebra-] tion, sat Tiboerius, or Augustus, or the reigning king. So, in the great arena of spectators that watch our struggles, and in the first divine gallery, as I shall call it, sits our king, one Jesus. On his head are many crowns! The Roman emperor got his place by cold blooded conquests, but our king hath come to~his place by the broken hearts haledand1 the tears winpedaway, and the souls redecned. The Roman 'im peror sat, with folded arms, inditftr ent as to whether the swordsman or the lion beat. but our king's svmra thies are all with us. Nay, unheard of condescem.ions: I see him come down from the gallery in to the arena to help us in the fight, shouting. until all up and down his voice is heard: "Fear not! I will help thee! I will strengthen thee by the right hand of power!" They gave to the men in the arena, in the olden time, food to thicken their blood, so that it would flow slowly. and that for a longer time the people might gloat over the scene. But our king has no pleasure in our wounds, for we are bone of his bone, ilesh of his flesh, blood of his blood. In all the angidsh of our heart, The Man ot Sorro v bie a part. Once, in the ancient amphitheater, a lion with one paw ca'ught the com batant's sword and with his other paw caught his shield. The man took his knife from his girdle and slew the beast. The king, sitting in the gallery, said, "That was not fair; the lion must be slain by a sword." Other licns were turned out, and the poor victim fell. You cry, "Shame, shame!' at such meanness. But the king, in tais case, is our brother, and he will see that we have fair play. He will for bid the rushing out of more lions than we can meet. He willnot suffer us to be tempted above that we are able. rhank God: The kin is in the gal lery : His eyes are on us. His heart is with us. His hand will deliver us. "Blessed are all they who put their trust in him!" I look again, and I see the angelic gallery. There they are-the angel that swung the sword at the gate of Eden, the same that Ezekiel saw up - holding the throne of God and from which I look a way, for the splendor is in sufferable. Here are the guardian angels. That one watched a patriarch; this one protected a child; that one has been pulling a soul out of tempta tion. All these are messengers of light. Those drove the Spanish ar niada on the rccks. This turned Sen nacherib's living hosts into a heap of 1S5,000 corpses. Those yonder chant ed the Christmas carol over Bethele hem until the chant awoke the sl: ep herds. These at creation stood in the balcony of heaven and serenaded the newborn world wrapped in swaddling clothes of light. And there, holier and mightier than all, is Michael, the archangel. To command an earthly host gives dignity, but this one is lea der of the 20,000 chariots of God and of the ten thousand times ten thous and angels. I think God gives command to the archangel, and the archangel to the seraphim, aud the seraphim to the cherubim until all the lower orders of hea-ven hear the command and go forth on the high behest. Now, bring on your lions. Who can fear? All the spectator3 in the angelic gallery are our friends. "He shall give his angels charge over thee in all thy ways. They shall bear -hee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tram ple underfoot." Though the'arena be crowded with temptations, we shall, with the angelic help, strike them down in the n ime cf Go. and leap on their fallen car casses. Oh, bending thro of bright. angelic faces and swift wings and lightning foot, I hail you today from the dust and struggle of the arena ! I look again, and I see the gallery of the prophets and apostles. Who are those mighty ones up yonder? Hosea and Jeremiah and Daniel and Isaiah 'and Paul and Peter and John and James. There sits Noah, waiting for all the world to come into the ark, and Moses, waiting till the last Recd sea shall divide, and Jeremiah, waiting for the Jews to return, and John of the Apocalypse, waifing for the swear ing of the angel that time shall be no longer.- Glorious spirits! Ye were howled at; ye were stoned: ye were spit upon. They have been in the fight themselves, 'and they are all with us. Daniel knows all about lions. Paul fought with beasts at Ephesus. In the ancient amphitheater, the people got so excited that they would shout from the galleries to the arena: "At it again !" Forword!" One more stroke!" "Lookiout!'' "Fall back: "Huzza, huzza!" -So in that gallery, prophetic and apostolic, they cannot keep their peace. Daniel cries out, "Thy God will deliver thee from the mouth of the lions !" David exclaims, "He will not suffer thy foot to be. moved :" Isaiah calls out: "Fear not I am with thee! Be not dismayed!" Paul exclaim. "Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ:" That throng of prophets and apostles cannot keep still. They make the welkin ring with shouting and halleluiahs. I look again, and I see the gallery of the martyrs. Who is that? Hugh Latimer, sure enough ! He would not apologize for the truth preached, and so e died, the night before swiging from the bedpost in perfect glee a t the thought of emancipation. Who are that army of 6,666? They are the The ban legion who died for the faith. Here is a larger host in magni ficent array-SS4,000 -who pershed for Chist in the persecutions of Diocle tian. Yonder is a family group, Feli itas of Rome and her children. While the were dying for the faita she stood encouraging them. One sonL was whipped to death by thorns; another was flung from a. rock; another was beheaded. At last the mother became a martyr. There they are, togeher a family group in heaven! Yonder is John Bradford, who said, in the fire, "We shall have a merry supper with the Lord tonight !" Yonder is EHenry Voes, who exclaimed, as he diedi, "if I had ten heads, they should all fall off for Christ!" The great thronig of the martyrs! They had hot lead poured lown their throats; horses were fas tened to their hands, and other horses to their feet, and thus they were pulled apart; they had their tongues pulled ut by redhot pinchers; they were ewed up in the skins of animals, and hen thrown to the dogs; they were aubed with combustibles and set on lre! If all the martyrs stakes that he martyrs stakes that have been ~indled could be set at proper dis ances, they would make the midright, 11l the world over, bright as noon lay! And now they sit yonder in he martyrs' gallery. For them the ires of persecution have gone out. The. words are sheathed and the mob ashed. Now they watch us with an dl observing sympathy. They know il the pain, all the hardship, all the tguish, all the injustice, all the pri ation. They cannot keep still. They1 ry: "Courage ! The fire will not. con ~ume. The floods cannot drowvn. The ions cannot devour ! Courage, down her'e in the arena." What are they all looking? This aight we answer back the salutation hey gave and cry, "Hail, sons and laughters of the fire" I look again, and I see another gal ery, that of eminent Christians.I What strikes me strangely is the mix ng in companionship of those whto on ~arthicould not agree. There I see ~Iartin Luther, andl beside him a Ro nan Catholic who looked beyor.d the uperstitions and is saved! There is lbert Barnes, and around him the I resbytery who tried him for hereto loxy!: Yonder is Lyman Beecher and he church court that deanonnced him ! Stranger than all, there are John Cal vin anid James Arniinius: Who would have thought that they would sit so lovin!ly togethee? There are George Nhit-tield and the bishops who would not let him come into their pulpits be cause they thought him a fanatic. There are sweet singers Toplady, Montgoniery. Charles Wesley . Isaac Watts and Mrs. Sigourney. If heaven had had no music before they went up, the would have started the singing. Atlthere the band of missionaries David Abeel, talking of China redeem Ed, and John Scudder of India saved, and David Brainerd of the aborigines evaugelized, and Mrs. Adoniram Jud son, whose prayers for Burma took beaven by violence. All these Christ ans are looking into the arena. Our truegle is nothing to theirs. Do we. in Christ's cause, suffer from the cold? rhey walked Greenland's icy moun ains. Do we suffer from the heat? rhey sweltered in the tropics. Do we get fatigued? They fainted,'with none o care for them but cannibals. Are we persecuted? They were anathema ized. And as they look from their allery and see us falter in the presence $f the lions I seem to hear Isaac Watts ddressing us in his old hymn. only a little changed: Must you be carried to the skies On tiowery beds of ease. Whi'e ottors fewgt to win the prize, Or sailed through bloody seas? Toplady shouts in his old hymn: Your ha; ps, 5e tremblinz saints, Down trorn the willows take, Loud to the praiie of love divine, ' Bid every >tring awake While Charles Wesley, the Methodist. breaks forth in his favorite words, a little varied: A chirge t keep yoa hav.a, A God to glorif); A never dying soul to save And fit it for ihe sky! I look again, and I see the gallery )f our departed. Maa of those in he other galleries we have heard of, but these we knew. Oh. how familiar heir faces: They sat at our tables, yd we walked to the house of God in company. Have they forgotten us: Those fathers and mothers started us on the road of life? Are they careless as to what becomes of us: And those hildren, do they look on with stolid indifference as to whether we win or lose this battle for eternity ? Nay, I see that child running his hand over your brow and saying. "Father, do not fret; mother, do not worry," They remem ber the day they left us. They remem ber the agony of the last farewell. Though years in heaven they knew our faces. They remember our sorrows. They speak our names. They watch this fight for heaven. Nay, I see them rise up and lean over and wave before us their recognition and encourage ment. That gallery is not full. They are keeping places for us. After we have slain the lion they expect the king to call us, saying, "come up high er." Between the hot struggles in the arena I wipe the sweat from my brow and stand on tiptoe, reaching up my right hand to clasp theirs in rapturous handshaking, while their voices come ringing down from the gallery, crying, "Be thou faithful unto death, and you shall have a crown." But here I pause, overwhelmed with the majesty and joy of the scene. Gallery of the king: Gallery of angels! Gallery of prophets and apostles: Gal lery of martyrs! Gallery of saints! Galery of friends and kindred: Oh, majestic circles of light and love! Throngs: Throngs! Throngs! How shall we stand the gaze of the universe? Myriads of eyes beaming on us! Myri ads of hearts beating in sympathy for us How shall we ever dare to sin again How shall we ever become dis couraged again ? How shall we ever feel lonely again ? With God for us. amd angels for us, and prophets and apostles for us, and the great souls o f the ages for us. and our glorified kind red for us. shall we give up the fight and die? No, Son of God, who didst die to save us! No, ye angels, whose wings are spread forth to shelter us! No, ye prophets and apostels, whose warnings startle us! No, ye love ones, whose arms are outstretched to receive us No, we v;ill never surrender ! Sare I must fight if I would reign Be faithful to my Lord, A nd lear the cross, endure the pain, Suppor ted by tby word. T1 hy saints in all this glorious war Shall con ctuer, though they die, They see th6 triumph from afar, And seize it withl their eye When that illustrious day shall rise, And all thine armies shine In robes of vi::tory through the skies 'I he glory shall be tharce. My hearers, shall we die in the arena or rise to join our friends in the gal lerv? Through Christ we may come off more than conquerors. A soldier dying in the hospital rose up in bed the last moment and cried: "Here: Here !" His attendants put him~backon his pillow and asked him why he shouted "Here:- "Oh I heard the roll call of heaven, and I was only answer ing to my name." I wonder whether, after this battle of life is over, our names will be called in the muster roll of the pardoned and glorified, and with the joy of heaven breaking upon our souls we shall cry: "Here: IHere!'' CoIuituI, Oct. 31.-Gov. Evans has issued the followiag circular letter to the mayors of cities and intendants of towns, making inquiries as to the increase or decrease of drunkenness since the dispensaries were reopened in August, 3894: 0 tice of State Board of Conltrol, Columbia. S. C.. Oct. 29, 1895. Mr. Mayor: Dear Sir: You will greatly oblige me by answering the following ques tions at your earliest convenienee. This is important: F'irst. H -as dr'unkenness and crime lecrased in your town and county since August 1, 1S94. to the precsenit time. If so. by what per cent! Second. Has the number of plain ases of drunkenness tried before your mayor or intendant increased or de :reased since August 1, 1894, and if so, by what per cent? Third. Has the consumption of whiskey increased or decreased since the establishment of the dispensary, and. if so, by what per cent? Fourth. What has been the etiect of the dispensary law upon the general roodor-der and peace ofyvou.r town or ::ity? Some time ago we had replies to ~hese questions from your board of ~ontrol, but the letters have been dis ~osed of and it is important that we zear from you. Please number your mswers to conforni to the number of. ie questions above. John Gary Evans, Governor. 3inrderous Mixture. New Haven, Conn., Oct. :30.-Wmn. exington. eniployed in the fulminate nixture of the Winchester Repeating Xrms company, was blownl to pieces md instantly killed this morning by m explosion. He had been at work ut five minutes when the accident oc urred. The shock of the explosion .vas felt throughout the part of the :ity where it occurred. The roof of the >ullding in which Lexington was vorking was torn away. Ths is the econd fatal explosion in this depart nent in four months, Lexington suc ;eeding Jeremiah Splain. who was iown to pieces in similar a explsion THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION. The Viit of the South Ctrolin:a State 're-; A sociation. Ass well known to our readers the South Carolina State Press Associa don recently made a visit to the thriving city of Atlanta and spent several days inspecting the great Fx position. The editors on their arrival in the city wrere royally received by the South Carolina Society, a social organization composed of natives of South Carolina now living in AtlantO. The Society has a large membershi.p, and is one of the prominint social clubs of the city. The Society tend ered a reception to the South Caroli na editors on Wednesday evening, and headed by their president W. P. Calhoun. formerly of Abbeville, a committee of reception escorted the editors to their spacious quarters on Marietta street, where an informal welcome and most delightful hosipi talitv awaited their guests. Tie editors were invited to register their names and residences in a book kept for that purpose. and soon there after punch was served, which led to' the remark that this proceeding made every one feel at home, as the rules of the dispensary were being carried out, where every man is supposed to sign before lie can get the chemically pure. President Calhoun opened the debate between South Carolina and Georgia, chiefly Atlanta, with anL admirable address of welcome, in which he told us that South Caro linians held every position imaginable in Georgia except quarters in the enain gang and penitent.ry. Presi dent Aull, of the Newberry Herald and News. on behalf of the editors from this State, responded in fitting terms, and assured our generous hosts that their courtesy and kindness were highly appreciated. Mr. Thad E. Horton, of the Atlanta Journal, gave a welcome on the part of the Atlanta newspapers, to which a response was made by Mr. J. C. Garlington of the Spartanburg Herald. Other speeches were made during the evening by Col. Hoyt, of the Greenville Mountaineer, W. J. Elliott, of the Winnsboro News and Herald and others. For some time a cross fire between the resident and visiting South Carolinians was kept up, while a corps of waiters were continually passing around with an adequate sup ply of punch, which seemed to be inexhaustible. South Carolina can feel justly proud of its representatives in Atlanta, and it is a good thing to find them organized, as it not only keeps them in touch with each other, but cements the ties, which bind them to the old State. After staying at the club rooms until about two o'clock, the editors retired to their hotel, hav ing speut a most pleasant evening. Next morning vehicles were secured and the Association went in a body to the Exposition grounds, some three miles out of the city. On arriving at the grounds they went at once to the Agricultural building to inspect the South Carolina exhibit, which is in charge of Commissioner E. L. Roche, who received the editors most courte ously, and invited them to make them selves at home. The exhibit was not yet complete, as neither rice or liquor had been received. In some way the rice mills had failed to get their speci mnens to Atlanta, and the State dispen sary had been dilatory in sending its miniature reflection to the commission er. Both are now corrected, and visi tors will find these familiar products in sight hereafter. It was the unani mous verdict of the editors that the exhibit is decidedly creditable to the State, and its arrangement is not sur passed by any other exhibit in the Agricultnral building, which is only a short walk from the main entrance. The Exposition has been in progress more than a month, and there is work yet to be done. The finishing touches are being laid upon many exhibits, and additions are constantly received. The managers are criticised for lack of push in getting things in readiness, but this is a great injustice. As the Greenville Miountaineer says they have accomplished wonders in a short time. Preparations for the World's Fair were making for years before it was known that Chicago would get the prize, and it had the backing of the United States and many other nations. Chicago achieved a great success, but it had almost unlimited -resources. Atlanta has brought to fruition within less than two years a complete and satisfactory exhibit, which has been only surpassed in this country by Chi cago. Its pluck, energy and per severance are worthy of all praise. and only witlings of a very narrow gauge will hereafter deride her pretensions as the most progressive city in the South. No one should miss the oppartunity of visiting the Exposition where it is possible for them to do so. It will be a revelation to the best informed men and women in our section, whose re sources and produe'iouis are so care fully presented to the admniring gaze right alongside with the exhibits from the North and WVest. The pro gress of the last thirtv years can be seen to great advantage, and those of us who remember the sad and sorrow ful days of '(5 cannot fail to rejoice at the outcome and recuperation of these long years of toil and hardship. Here is the fruitage of honest industry and patient labor under adverse circum stances, and the Atlanta Exposition is worth all that it has cost in order that the outside world may recognize the progress and development of "ixie," an unconquerable province of these United States. The paincipal buildings are the Government, Liberal Arts, Forestry and Minerals, Agricultural, and Ma chinery Hall. These attract the most attention from the male visitors, but the palm must be yielded to the Wo man's Building for beauty in architec tural design and supe.'ior taste in air rangemnent. As this building was de signed by a woman, the greater cre:lit is due to the sex, and as mien had naught to do with its plan and ar rangement, so the interior is filled with the handiwork and ingenuity of women alone. The elegant, graceful and queenly women f:om all parts oj the country, dressed in the most fash ionable style, form no little part of the attraction inside the building. Women's congresses are in session ev ry day, and charming speakeas are on the platform almost every hour. The suffrage question was on tihe tapis when we were there, but there are hundreds of other matters discussed by those bright and interesting women. The exhibits in this building are end less and bewildering to the sons of Adam. The Midway isalmost a duplicate of Chicago. The Ferris wheel, the Streets of Cairo, Hagenbeck's trained animals. the congress of alleged beau ties, the Sioux Indians, the Chinese, Japanese and other outlandish tribes constitute the principle features. Thme scenic railway and, " shooting the ehute" are quite exhilerating, so they ay. The P~ullman palace car exhibit is the same as at Chicago, and is won defully rich and luxuriant. Califor nia has a neat building tilled with fruits of all kinds and vegetables of an stonishinmg girth. One pumpinu is labeled 175 p)ounds, and it was not a ~ood yea r for pumpkimns in California, eiter. The hotels and boarding houses in the city are not tilled with guests, and here are aceommodations for many| POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream or tartar Darmg power d Highest of all in leavening strength.-La test United States Government Food Re port. 0oyal Baking Powder Company, 106 Wal St..N. Y saw no signs of extortion in the city or on the grounds, and Atlanta will be delighted to have an influx of visitors from every section of the country. The crowds are not very large as yet, but a great overflow will be there later on. All who can should visit the exposition. It is a big thing. and well worth seeing.-Times and Demccrat. BURNING OF A BRUTE. Horrible Fate of a Negro Rape Fiend in Texas. NEw YESTON. Toxas, Oct. 29.-A special to the News from Golgore. Texas, says: At a point about four miles from Tyler, a Mrs. Bell, who had been visiting her mother, a short distance from home, on her return met a negro named Henry Hilliard, who outraged and then murdered her. The grounds show that she had strug gled for her honor, and the condition of the body told of the cruelty that has only been equalled by "Jack the Ripper." After outraging her, the ne gro deliberately cut her throat, and then, takiug :iis knife, ripped up her body. A posse was quickly formed, and aided by a hound, tracked the negro to within four miles of this place, where they found him asleep in a cot ton pen. The negro's clothing was still covered with blood,which he had attempted to wash out. Soon after the officers had him handcuffed, a mob of some 20 men heavily armed, arrived on the scene and demanded the imme diate surrender of the prisoner, which was readily given. The mob then left for the scene of the murder, where they arrived this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The crowd continued to gather at the scene of the horrible crime until nearly 2,000 citizens of Tyler and vicinity were there. A few moments before the fiend was brought to the place, a meeting was held and a com mittee was appointed to investigate his identity. Witnesses were sum-. moned and closely interrogated. The result was a thorough identification. In a few moments an officer ap proached from over the hill, followed by 300 determined and well armed men. When near the scene, the offi. cers were overpowered and disarmed, and the negro, Henry Hilliard,brought before the committee. He made a full confession, in substance as follows: "I was coming down the road, and. saw Mrs. Bell inf the road. She was - scared of me, and I knew that if I passed her she would say I tried to rape her and I concluded that I would rape her and then kill her. I cut her throat and cut her in another place. and left." He wrote a note to his wife and gave it to the sheriff. It read as fol lows: "I am arrested by 'Wig' Smith. You know what they will do with mne/ If I do not see you any more, good bye. Henry." After his confession and thorough identification, a vote was taken as to the , mode of punishment. It was unanimously agreed to burn him, and it was also agreed that he should suffer the penalty on the public square. The line of march was taken up towards Tyler, and at 4 o'clock the line en tered the main plaza, where no less than 7,000 people were assembled. Large crowds of ladies and children were congregat ad on the awnings sur rounding the public plaza. Wagons, carriages, trees and buildings were converted into grand stands and were thronged at 4:30 o'clock. A scaffold was erected in the centre of the square. Wagons laden with kindling wood, coal oil and straw were driven to the scene and placed in position. The negro was then given an oppor tunity to speak, but his words were inaudible, but when he offered up his last prayer his words could be heard for several blocks. Ee was then lash ed to the coon rail that extended through the platform. Mr. Bell, hus band of the murdered lady, applied the match, and the liames shot up ward. enveloping the brute in sheets of fire. He begged for mercy, and it was meted out to him just as lhe was merciful to the innocent woman whose soul he had sent to Heaven at this hour yesterday. It was determined to burn him at once, but the fire was quenched. and me~n, after a few momrents, it was started again. From the timie the match was applied until his death was exactly lifty minutes. Hundreds of negroes witnessed the execution, and representative znegroes expressed their endorsement of the punishment. The ollicers werrpowen' less, and the sheriif wired the'gover nor, but his message was too late. All business houses and factories and the big Cotton Belt shops were desertad. COLLmI:A, S. (.. Oct. 32.-Lieuten tenant Governor Timmer'mau receiv ed a telegram yesterday morning fromi his home at Timmerman's, stat ing that his house and contents were totally destroyed by fire during the morning. No particulars of bow the Ere originated were heard, but it is supposed that it was caused by defect ive flues. This will be a severe blow to Dr. Timmerman at this time and the-e was no insurance whatever on the builing. He was receiving the sympathy of his friends yesterday at his great loss-Register. PickedI. Qt'ARANTINE, S. IL. Oct. 29.- The American schooner Star of the Sea ar rived from Chisolm Island, S. 0., had on board Benjamin R Weeks of Wilmiington, N. C.. a seaman of the American schooner Harry S. Lord .Jr. The Lord was wreck-ed by a squall on Oct. 23. and Weeks took refuge on the top of the cabin whence lie was rescued by the Star of the Sea in the open ocean on Oct. 25. Weeks was in water Up) to his waist and waved his coat as a signal when Captain Hopkins of the Stat of the Sea discovered him. THE women of Colorado, according to the Denver Times, are not taking their newly secured righits of suffrage seriously enough. Last year, when the privilege was novel, it claims, it was the~ fad to be interested in the election:3, but this year on every side women are dcclairing they do not in Lend to vote. They proved themselves last year. says the Times, capable of exercising the franchise, and now they have it they should consider it Lheir dunty to use it