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tlan detiaea - in! beg'ed, he had Jaredany N oCluei) shOw :uivthing wrong witil his omee. 'hank God, such was not charged against him, Covernor Tillman had not charged it. Ile had been fair in his dealings With him and he had been fair to Tillman. No brave man would condemn him for entering that campaign and making the con test. In 1890 he had gone down a a candidate, but li had stood up as a man. He did not coiue before Lhe people saying to any man. Save me or I sink!" he would not say itif there was such-a man. The people were the ones to exercise their sacred right: to vote witi their conscience. It should not be in the po er of any imnau to say, ''give this nian tha: ollice," or "that man this oie. He rejoiced in the n:hievements of the Reform party in that it was the Democratic parLy; he rejoiced in what the white people had done, bt-eause it was his party. 1i, hoped he was not so narrow, not so little as not to praise any man. from whatever fa-tiou, who made an able, just stand for the right. Ife had comii-inded Senator Tillmau's etfort in the Senate. G;eneral Earle devoted t .e remain der of his time to a recital of tiuancial history, making an able presutation of the rights of silver. General Earle made the first allu sion in the senatorial discussion to Cuba when he said England had treat. ed India as Spain had Cuba, and that it -was a shame in each case. He would not have the government buy silver to coin it. He would not restore the Bland-Allison act or the Sherman act. He would say, let the people bring their si'l-r to the mint, coin it and the government pay the seigniorage. The eloquent young attrney gen erat had spoken of the increased capi tal in our railroads, binks and facto ries, but did lie think it was capital from the nioney centres, not from us. WXe did not have it to invest. General Earle said that an income 'ax must be passed. If it is unconsti tutional, as the supreme court says, the people Qhould demand that the Consti'.ution be amended. The colos sal fortunes are a menace to the gov ernment. This is no longer the coun try of Washington, Jefferson or Madi son. Now let us come together and we of the south work hand in hand with our friends of the west and north. If the people of Aiken voted for either of his competitors no complaint would come from him. He always bowed to the will of the majority. At the conclusion of his speech Gen eral Earle was cheered, and immediate ly there were calls for Evans. GOVERNoR EVANS. Governor Evans declared that he was always willing to come before the people and be criticised. He was will ing that his public record should have light turned on it. It was healthy for public officers to be criticised and each candidate had a right to criticise the Dublic record of others, but no man had the right to state facts that were not facts, nor to tell as truths what were untruths. It was unnecessary for him to notice some things that had been said here today. These people in Aiken knew him; they had, knowing him to represent them in the house, then in the senate and had helped to make him governor. Thesame old story had been told here that had been re cited in other counties and it fell as flat as that speech of Judge Earle in 190, which Tillman had characterized as -Peter's wife fell sick with a fever." (Cheers.) Assertions had been mid 3, and in-' sinuations were plenty. He had asked, he had demanded proof, but none was given, and now he did not propose to be pulled away from the line of his speech on the issues of the day. Hie desired to enlighten the people on cer tain subjects so that they might vote intelligently for their senator. He knew in advance what the result would be. T wo years ago he had predicted the result of the gubernatori al race, and now he was convinced1 that the next senator would be from Aiken county. Goveonor Evans then talked comn missions-bond commissions. His position had been known by Gover no Tillman, and stated in his recent letter to Duncan. Here in Aiken every man knew his connection with Rhind. Has not honest Ben Tillman told the people that the commissions wvent to the syndicate, and if Rhind loses this suit not one dollar would go back to the people, but all would be swallo wed by banks in Baltimore. He hoped Rhind would not lose, because he wanted to get his fee out of it. There was another matter Governor Evans felt obliged to touch upon; not on his own account, but in justice to others who had been brought into it. This man (Dancan) yesterday made some reference to dispensary rebates; had told some tales about what Mix son had said and had intimated that Mr. Hubbell of the Mill Creek Distill ing company had offered rebates as bribes. "Senator Tilman." said Evans, "will tell you that Mr. Hub bell is a gentleman." As for what IMixson said, he would have to get it from Mixson, not from Duncan. When Mixson said so he would have something more to say, but he would never have anything to do with "this man," indicating Dancan. (Cheers.) But Misson had said something yes terday to Mayfield and he would re quest that gentleman to make a state Surintendent of Elucation May field said that yesterday at Barnwell, towads the close of the meeting, he was seated on the outskirts of the au dience, when Mr. Mixsoa came by and asked where Governor Evans was, saying he wished to see him on im portant business. Mr. Mayflield di rected him in the direction the gover nor had gone. Presently Mr. Mixson had returned, saying he was unable to find the governor, and as he was about returning to Columbia, asked Mr. Mayfield to say to Governor Evaus that Mr. Duncan's statement came to him like a clap of thunder froma a clear sky, and was wholly "unauth orized." Evans-That's all I need say about Duncan arose and endeavored to question Mr. Mayfield, but was not pernitted to do s:>. Then that old disnensary chestnut which has been talked about since the opening of the campaign,. was taken up by the governor. This has been learly explained but once. Mr. Bar her is the only material witness out side of Duncan and E~vans, and his memory is defective on an important ont but he has seemed to sustain Mr. Duncan in the particular that there was some understanding about the outlines of a dispensary bill: which bill was never drawn. Duncan claims that the outline was prepared by Evans and was to keep himself on the dispensary board, but when Tompkins kicked at being dropped while Evans tuzk, a new bill was drawn, keeping them all on, but this bill the senate knoced out. Today when the goveruor took up D)unca's charges: on this lhne, the latter asked G~en. Barber to make a tatement. Barber repeated a portion If his former sttemenit, but Evans iter-upted him, taking up th~e story and finihing it himself. . TME WHISLEY RE[ATE DUNCAN REPEATS WHAT HE SAID AT THE BARNWELL MEETING. Governor Evaqa Says the Statement i False-M[r. Mixson Says It Was Unauth orized, but Does Not Say It Was False. AiKEN, July 29.-There were no sen sational features in yesterday cam Daign meeting here. It was Governor Evans' home, and he had a strong "pull" on the boys. Senator Tillman was nere yesterday and made his ap paranee in the court house during n. Barber's speech. The building was packed, and as soon as Tillman entered the door there was a tremend ous cheer. Governor Evans had en tered a few minutes before and been welcomed with applause, but the vol ume of sound was but half that which filled the building when the senator came in. Mr. Duncan again made his statement as to conversations be tween Col. Mixson and( Governor Evans on rebates. Col. Mixson was absent and Governor Evans pronou nc ed the declarations false. 31r. May field publicly repeated a message sent Governor Evans by Mr. Mixson, say ing Mr. Duncan's statements were unauthorized. Governor Evans seemed satisfied with such refutation of Dun caa's statenients. At 11.10 County Chairman B. F. Holley called the meeting to order. He hoped that there would be no interruptions, and that when this meeting was concluded the candidates could say it was one of the most orderly that had been held in this State. DUNCAN ON THE STAND. Attorney General Barber was the first speaker. He was followed by Duncan. He said he was glad to meet for the first time time the people of Aiken-the home of the governor. He hoped a generous people would hear him-he was running on his merits alone and asked for the pr ple's votes. He spoke eulogistica., of Senator Tillmar who, he said, he had introduced to Pudiences in the past. years in the upper counties of South Carolina. Senator Tillman was praised for his efforts in the senate, where he had, against senatorial dignity, stirred up the corruption and rot. In the Demo cratic convention Tillman had more envious darts thrown at him than any other men there, but he had triumphed in that he bad proved himself greater than a President-he was a maker of Presidents. He had great hopes of Democratic success even in New York State. Mr. Duncan said he would like to discussthe financial question at length, but time did not permit and besides Judge Earle made that theme the sub ject for his speech. He thought Gen eral Earle, who was a Conservative in 1890, had been sufficiently paid by the Reformers. Judge Earle's state ment that he was neither a Conserva tive nor a Reformer, but a Democrat. was an insult to both, because they were all good Democrats. A Voice-He was neither one. As to himself, Mr. Duncan said he took a backseat for nobody and could give as good authority as Ben Tillman himself as to his refo-?m record. As to his other competitor, no man who was a lawyer could know the people's needs ashe did. He had been afarmer and knew what they needed. Neither of his lawyer competitors could be in touch with the people. He has studied law simply to be able to present the nne of his people in the most efrec tive manner. Mr. Duncan produced the house journal and, as on yesterday, showed that in 1888 Evans had voted against Tillman and other Reformers as mem bers of the boardof agriculture. Evans talked about Earle being a recent con vert but he should not be. in the band wagon himself according to his own ruling When this young man had been looking out of his office door in this town to see whether the Reform pro eeion was large enough for him to join, he (Duncan) was making the fight, introducing Tillman an dad voca ~. Duncan then turned to the bond refunding. Evans had been told by Tillman, when thel former had asked for a fee for conducting a suit in the bond case, that he should, as a member of the administration, do the work for nothing. Governor Evans abould have resigned from the senate before accepting the position of attor ney for Rhind. The people could not justify it. They had Evans own state ment, second-hand that he would re ceive a fee of $15,000-altogether too large for an honest transaction. Why had he not thrown himself on the mercy of his friends, owning up his mistake or sin and ask for forgiveness instead of following the course he had? Duncan. said he had been forced to call on unwilling witnesses, but some of them had told hthe truth. He then named Editor Gantt as one of his wit neses against Evans. Here there were cheers for Evans, but quiet was estdenby a etre from a white Tompkins and Norton, said Duncan, when put upon the stand, had contra dicted Evans statement that they had delegated him to carry out a policy as as to the dispensary. Yesterday at Barnwell, without previous notice to any one, he had brought out a matter when Col. Minson was on the stand. Neither Evans nor Mixson had a word to sy. He asserted, giving Mixson as -his authority, that Evans had ordered liquor purchased from Hubbell after the latter had offered Mixson big re bates and Mixson had treated him with contempt. Evans, in-an undertone--It is false. Duncan-Oh yes. Mixson has gone now and you say it's false Why didn't you deny it yesterday? The people should thank CoL Minson for being an honest man and standing between them and disgrace. Voice-He is a disgrace himself.. *When Evans had insinuated Mix son had taken rebates, and Mixson was angry, Evans had said that Till man lined his pokets with rebates. The other ay when we put up a man to contradict him he said he was satisfied. Gentlemen when you prove a man tells a falsehood, and he says he is satisfied, what do you think of him? He had carried his county for Evans because he thought he was Tillman's candidate, but many people who had voted for him thought it was a mis take to put this little lawyer on them; and there were many who would un der no circumstances vote for him again. At the conclusion of Mr. Dun can's speech there was a cheer for Evans. "Now, John," said a voice, "tell us about the rebates. " JUDGE EARLE ~But the next speaker was Judge Earle. It was proper, said (General Earle, that those who came~ before the people asking for office should be like theloman senators, robed in white- - willing to show the people their re cords were clean. General FEarle re peated what he has several time!:stated as to how and why lie entered the r-ace for governor in 1S90. The 7he1l Manfesto" charged there was corrup tion in office; he declared suchecharges were false, and he said so still.RHe had gon befoe the people facing cer Evans Yon can ak him tomorrow. Sit down. l:arber i will nol be :1 Edgilid tomorrow, governor. Evans talked on. Duncau-.L think I should in fair ness be allowed to ask a question "Sit dIown," said Evans, and the crowd cheered while Durcan sat down. So Duncan did not have tn oppor tunity of questioning in this high court of equity, either Governor E van's witnesses, Mr. Maylield, nor his ova witness, Mr. Barber. Governor Etvans read from his mes sage where he had advocated taking the board of control out of the hands of politicians. The sole grievance of that man was that the board bad been taken out of their Tomipk ins is his father-in law hands. Why did lie object IDaneau I Wi h to mut - a CCar-ro tion; toshow yoa lip. dvans Nchif fxoM VdU, -V.brs. laI reftrenctt' to tihl diSpensary he asked why, if lie had not wanted to put the dispens:iry out of politics, he had not held on to it and used it ai a political machine to get into lie sa ate. Gvernor Evans then proceeded to discuss "national issues." lie praised the Shell Manifesto. IL hasd been de clared in 1890 to be a lie f rom begin ning to end, if it was a lie then it was a lie now, but as it has been inculcat edin the Chicago platfori somlie :mo ple had to eat crow. ,hetrs for tile Alliance.) The sub tr.asury plan had do.ie more good than anything else. It showed the people were desperate and would go to extremes and ram it down the throats of their oppressors if relief was not given. On that they had won. NV .uld it be right to put these men in the lead who had been against the people then? Where were the silver tongued orators and the silver men then? (Cheers.) "You farmers," said the governor, "are not going to turn out the old horse after he has worked faithfully to be eaten by the buzzards. (Lively cheering.) He brought the people good tidings. They were going to win; the demands of the Alliance that held its meetings not in court houses or banks, but un der the shade that God Almighty gave, wei-e going to be honored. (Cheers.) When they went to Washington next March to inaugurate Bryan he was going to take some of the old Alliance leadeas with him. They were not go ing to take new converts, except on back seats. He would say of the men who are fighting this movement, "God pity you, you have no brains. Fel low citizens, it is God's fault, not mine." (Scattering laughter.) Cleveland has issued $265,000,000 i:1 gold bonds, and what was the result? H-e could not hold it in the treasury long enough for it to make a yellow streak in passing through. The re serve was again below the limit, and Cleveland would issue more bonds to day if he was not afraid the people would rise up and sweep them off the face of the earth. Senator Tilhuan, said Governor Evanis, deserved more credit for writ ing the Chicag) platform than any other man in the United States, news pipers to the contrary notwithstand ing. That platform was the sa'ne as the platform adopted by the Damo cratic convention of this State, "with the writing of which I had something to do" David B. Hill had said, "I am a Democrat," bat today he is a Repblican because he stands on the Republican platform. Governor Evans asked the people to stand firm. He did not believe they could be fdoled. Thgey would put in the U nited States senate with Ben Tillman the man who had been by his side from the start. (Cheers.) i~e would like to embrace every man here - -he would not speak of embrating any others-he loved them all. As soon as Evans took his seat there were cheers for Tillman. Calls for him were loud and long. The sena tor responded as follows: "Fellow citizens, I need not say that I appreciate fully this greeting. My being here is purely an accident. I am on my way to Orangeburg, and having to remain here until 3 o'clock, came in to see how the circus was get ting on since I left it. (Laughter.) I have really enjoyed listening to the able speeches. You know the rules of the party do not permit one not a can didatd to make a speech at these meet ings. Good-bye." Whe-n Senator Tillmian was talking the crowd was on their feet, and at his conclusion the cheerin g was enthusi astic. When Mr. Ellerbee was introduced the crowd was standing, taking a look at Senator Tillman who was making his way out of the hall. The worst of it was -as the cand idates saw it was that the crowd went out with him. "We will vote for you, Ellerbe," shouted a man as he departed from the hall Eller-bee said that unless there was a different arrangement of the program, the candidates who came after the senatorial runners would have to devise some means, such as story-telling to hold the crowd. The other candidates then spoke. Dring Mr. Maylield's speech, Mr. Duncan asked him aoout what Misson had said as to rebates. Hie asked whether Mixson had denied to him that those statements he (Duncan) had made were urntrue. Mr. Mayfield re plied that Mixson did not, and repeat ed what Mixson had said, just as he did during the governor's speech. The meeting was quiet and orderly except when Whitman attempted to criticise Tillman and the crowd howi ed him down. TheStorm'5 Mad ork. ATans, 0., J1uly 30.-The most destructive storm in the history of the Sunday Creek valey at Glouchester, a mining town 12 mile north of here last night, which resulted in the al most total destruction of one of the principal streets of thetown and doing damage in other places to the amount of thcuands of dollars. The storm which came from the north west, struck the town without warning. The fury of the wind is indiscribable. Buildings were toppled over, Lrees torn from their roots and the town this morning is a scene of desolation. J. La. Daugherty, who was struck by a section of a plank walk, which was lifted up by the wind, and instantly killed. Fiour others are reported dead and several others seriously injured but the details arec meagre and it is impossible to learn names. A livery stable with six horses and a number of vehicles was blown into the creek and swept av ay. Nearly every building in town is damaged and many are comnhd~y domolished. The streets are beyond description, being covered with broken timbers and debris of all kinds. To add to the horror, Sun dav i-reek is sweeping everything be fore it. Several houses have been washed away and two people are re ported drowned. Later-, word has reached hier'- that the lis. of dead will reach 15. AVANNan, a., J uly 30i. -A num ber- of prostr-ations from the extreme heat were reported today, some of which are fatal. The present hot spell has been one of uniiusual severity. The thermoneter at the weather bureau recorded 100O j this afternoon. In priv ate offices and stores the record was a hig-h a 104. VOWER OF HEREDITY. REV. PP. - ALMAGE ON PROCLIVITIES LUE TO ANCESTRY. It, No )1atttr whtt ()I irlrtlhriglt May lee We Cati i.1 s i-i and i:iiigiter-s of God aud H.etr 4-f Immorinlity --A loril ons I itheritance. WA sLMN GT.X, July 2G.- --This ser mon by Rev. Dr. Talria-e on heredity will bring alI the familv records into requisition and lead people to stady thi-ir own proclivity toward good or evil. The text chosen was I Samuel xvii,, "Vhose so)in art thou, thou young man?" Never was there a more unequal figlit tlian that betweeu LDavid and Go lia:lI Iavid 5 feet ligh, (Goliatl 10; D avid a shepherd boy brought up amld1 rural scenes. Goliath a warrior by profession ; GAiatl a llloli untaiU of braggadocio, iLhvid a ijarvel of hu militV; Goliath armed with an iron spIar, David arnied with a sling with smooth stones from the brook. But you are not to despise these latter weapons. There was a regiient of slingers in the Assyrian army, and a regiment of slingers in the Egyptian army, and they made terrible execution, and they cuiald cast a stone with aq mucI ascu racy and force as now cin be sent shot or shell. The Greeks in their army had slingers who would throw leaden plumiets inscribed with the irritating words "Take this!" So it was a mighty weapon David employed in that fam ous combat. A Jewish rabbi says that the probability is that Goliath was in such contempt for David that in a pa roxysm of laughter le threw his head oack and his helmet fell off, and Dav id saw the uncovered forehead, and his opportunity had came, and taking this sling and swinging it around his head two or three times and aiming it at that uncovered foi-ehead crashed it in like an eggshell. Tne battle over, behold the tableau: King Saul sitting, little David standing, his fingers clutched into the hair of decapitated Goliath. As Saul sees David standing there holding in his hand the ghastly, reeking, scaring trophy, evidence of the complete victory over God's ene mies, the king wonders what parent age was honored by such heroism, and in my text he asks David his ped igree, "Whose son art thou, thou young man?" The king saw what yoa and I see, that this question of heredity is a mighty question. The longer I live the more I believe in blood-good blood, bad blood, proud blood, humble blood, honest blood, thieving blood, heroic blood, cowardly blood. The tendency.may skip a generation or two, but it is sure to come out, as in a little child you sometimes see a sim ilarity to a great- grandfather whose picture hangs on the wall. That the physical and mental and moral quali ties are inheritable is patent to any one who keeps his eyes open. The similarity is so striking sometimes as to be amusing. Great families, regal or literary, are apt to have the charac teristics all down through the genera tions, and what is more perceptible in such families may b, seen on a smaller scale in all families. A thousaud years have no power to obliterate the differ ence. The large lip of the house of Austria is seen in all generations and is called the Ifapsburg lip. The nouse of Stuart always means ia all genera tions cruelty and bigotry and sensual ity. Witness Q aeen of Siots, witness Charles I and Unarles If, wi.tness James I and James II and all the oth er scoundrels of that line. Scottish blood means persistenca, Enaglish blood means reverenca for the aocient, Welch blood means religiosity, lIanish blood means fondness for the sea, In dian blood msans roaming disposition, Celtic blood means fervidity, Rhman blood means conquest. The JTewish facility for accumulation yout may trace clear back to Abraham, of whom the Bible says "he was rich in silver and gold and cattle," and to Isaac and Jacob, who had the same characterist ics. Some families are characterized by longevity, and they have a tenacity of life positively Mathuselish. Others are characterized by Goliathian stat ure, and you can see it for one genera tion, two generations, five generations -in all the generations. Vigorous theology runs down in the line of the Alexanders. Tragedy runs on in the family of the Kembles. Lit erature runs on in the line of the Trol lopes. .Philanthropy r-uas on in the line of the Wilberforces. Statesman i ship runs on in the line of the A'.damses. You see these pesculiarities in all generations. Henry and Cath eine ofN avarre religious,all their famn ilies religious. The celebrated family of the CJasini, all mathematicians. The celebrated family of the Medici, grand father, son and Catharine, all r-e mark able for keen intellect. Tbe celebrated family of G ustavus Adolphus, all war riors. This law of heredity asserts it self without reference to social or po litical condition. for you sometimes find the ignoble in high place and the honorable in obscure place. A de scendant of Edward I a tollg-atherer. A descendant of Edward IIL a door keeper. A descendant of the Duke of Northumberland a trunk maker. Some of the mightiest families of England are extinct, while some of those most honored in the peerage go back to an ancestry of hard knuckles and rough exterior. This law of hieredity is entirely in dependent of social or political condi tions. Then you find avarice and jeal ousy and sensuality and fraud having full swing in some families. The vio lent temper of Frederick William is the inheritance of Frederick the Great. It is not a theory founded by worldly philosophy, but by divine au thority. 1l0 you not remember how the Bible speaks of a chosen genera tion, of the generation ot the right eous. of the generation of vipers, of an untoward generation, of a stubborn genaration, of the iniquity of the fath ers visited upon the cnildreo '!nto the third and fourth generation So that the text comes today with f 2e force of a projectile hurled from mightiest catapult, "Whose son art thou, thou young man?" -"Well," says some one, "that theory discharges me from all responsibility. Born ~of sanctified parents, we are bound to be good, and~ we cannot hlvdp ourselves. Born of unrighteous parentage, we are boud to be evil. andl we cannot help our seles. " T wo inaccuracies -As much as if you should say, "The centripetal force in nature has a tendency to bing everything to the center, and therefore all come to the center. The centrifugal force in nature has a ten dency to throw everything to the pe riphery, and therefor-e ever-yth ing will go out to the peripery." You- know ag well as I Luo~e that you can make the centripetal for-ce overcome the centrifugal, and y ou can make the centrifugal ov'ercome the centripetal, as when there is a maighty tide of good in a family that may be overcome by determination to evil- - as in the case of Aaron Burr, the liber tine, who had for- father President Burr, the consecrated ; as in the case of Pierfepont Ed war-ds, the sc.our-age of New York society8 yO'ears ago, who had a Christian ancestr-y - white, on the other hand, some of the best mien and women of this day are those who have oe of an ne tr of which it would uiot be courteous to speak in their Vrenee. The practical and use - ful bjc.of this, sermon is to show you that, If you have come of a Chris tian ancetry, then you are solemnly bouuid to p)'serve and develop the glorious inheritance, or, if you have come of a depraved ancestry, then it is your duty to brace yourself against the evil tendency by all prayer and Christian determination. And you are to find out the family frailties, and in arming the castle put the strongest guard at the weakest gate. With these smiooth stones from the brook I hope to strike you, not where David struck Goliath, in the head, but where Na-1 than struck DAvid, in the heart. "Whose son art thou, thou young man ?" There is somiethng in all winter holidays to bring up the old 'olks. I thiuk imany of our tLoughts at such tues are set to tune of "Auld Laug IyUe." The old folks were so busy at such times in making us happy, and perhaps on less resource made their sons and daughters happier than you on larger resour:es are able to make your sons and daugliters. The snow lay two feet above their craves, but they shook off the white blankets and mingled in the holiday festivities-the same w inkles, the same stoop of shoulder under the weight of age, the same old style of dress or coat, the same smile, the same tone of.voice. I hope you remember them before they went awvay. If not. I hope there are those who have recited to you what they were, and that there may be in your house snme article of dress or furniture with which you associate their memories. I want to arouse the most sacred memories of your heart while I make the impassioned inter ronatory in regard to your pedigree, "Whos i son art thou, thou young man ? First. I accost those who are descend ed of a Christian ancestry. I do not ask if your parents were perfect. There are no perfect people now, and I do not suppose there were any perfect people then. Perhaps there was some times too much blood in their eye when they chastised you. But Irom what I know of you, you got no more th in you deserved, and perhaps a little m-re chastisement would have been salutary. But you are willing to ac knowledge, I think, that they wanted to do right. From what you overheard in conversations, and from what you saw at the family altar and at neigh borhood obsequies, you know that they had invited God into their heart and their life. There was something that sustained those old people super naturally. You have no doubt about their destiny. You expect if you ever get to heaven to meet them as you ex pect to meet the L-rd Jesus Christ. That early association has been a charm for you. There was a time when you got right up from a house of iniquity and walked out into the fresh air because you thought your mother was looking at you. You have never been very nappy in sin because of a sweet old face that would present itself. Tremul ous voices from the past acc.sted you until they were seemingly audible, and you looked around to see who spoke. There was an estate not men tioned in the last wilt and testament, a vast estate of prayer and holy ex ample and Christan entreaty and glori ous memory. The survivors of the family gathered to hear the will read, and this was to be kept and that was to be sold, -and it was "share and share alike." But there was an unwrit~ten will that read something like this: "In the name of (God, amen. I, being of sound mind, bequeath to my children all my prayers f or their salvation. I bequeath to them all the results of a lifetime's toil. I bequeath to them the Christian religion, which has been so much comfort to me. and I hope may be solace for them. I bequeath to them a hope of reunion when the partings of life are over. 'Share alike' may they ihherit eternal riches. I bequeath to them the wish that they may avoid my errors and copy any thing that may have been worthy. In the name of God, who made me, and the Christ, who r-edeemed me, and the Holy Ghost, who sanctifies me, I makelthis my last will and statement. Witness all you hosts of heaven. Witness time; wit ness eternity. Signed, sealed and de livered ia this our dying hour. F~ather and Mother." Y[ou did not get that will proved at the surrogate's office, but I take it out today and I. read it t.) you. [ take it out of the alcoves of your heart. I shake the dust off it. I ask if you will accept that inherhisei, or' will you break the will? Oh, ye of Christiau ancestry ! You have a r-espousibility vast beyond all ni'easur'ement G d will not let you off with jast beinig asgood as ordinary people wnen you h'id such extraordin ary ad vautage. Ought not a flbwer plante:d in a hcthouse be more thrifty than a tlower planted outside in the stormy Oai ht not a fantory turned by the lunsationic do more work tha-m a factory turned by a thin and shallow mountain stream. Oaght not you of great, early opportunity be better than those who had a cradle un blessedi A father sets his son up in business. de keeps an ascount of all the expenditures-so much for store fixtures, so much for rent, so much for this, so much for that, and all the items aggregated-and the father ex pects the son to give an account. Your beavenly Father charges against you all the adre~ntage of a pious ancestry -so many prayers, so much Christian example, so many kind entreaties all these gracious intiuences, one tre mendous aggregate, and he asks you for an account of it. Ought not you to be better than those who had no such advantage? Better have been a foundling picked up off the city com mons than, with such magnificent in heritance of consecration, to turn out indifl'erently. Ought not you, mj brothers, to be better, having had Christian nurture, than the man who can truly say this morning, "The first word I remember my father speaking to me was an oath ; the first time I remember my father taking hold of mc was in wrath; I never saw a Bible till I was 10 years of age, and then I was told it was a pack of lies; the first 20 years of my life I was associated with the vicious; I seemed to be walied in by sin and death?" Now, my brother, ought you not I leave it as a mitter of fairness with you --ought you not to be better than thbase who had no early Christi an in tluence: Standing as you do between the generation that is past and the generation that is to come, ar-e you going to pass the blessing on, or are you going to have your lire the gulf in which that tide of blcssng shall drop out of sight forever? You are the trustee of piety in that ancestral line, and are you going to augment or squander that solemn trust funds Are you going to disinherit your sons and daughter of the heirloom which your' parents left you? A b, that cannot be possible- it cannot be possible that you are going to take such a position as that! I ou are very cireful about the life insurance, and careful about the deeeds and careful about the mort gage, and careful about the title of your property, oecause when you step off tbe uage you want your children to get it all. Are you miaking no pro vision that they shall get grandfather s no grndrlmother revli sin: Oh, what a last will and testameat you are mak iug. mv brother! "lU the niame of God, amen. I, being of sound mind, make this my last will and testament. I bequeath to my children all the money I ever made and all the houses I own, but I disinherit them, I rob them of the ancestral grace and the Christian iniluence that I inherited. I have squandered that on my own worldliness. Share and share alike must they in the misfortune and the everlastiug outrage. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of God and men and angels and devils, and all the generations of earth and heav en and hell, July, 189G." Oh, ye of highly favored ancestry, wake up this morning to a sense of your opportunity and responsibility! I think there must be an old cradle or a fragment of a cradle somewhere that could tell a story of midnight suppli cation in your behalf. Where is the old rocking chair in which you were sung to sleep with the holy uursery rhyme? Where is the old clock that ticked away the moments of that sick ness an that awful night when there were but three of 3 ouawake-you and God and motherf Is there not an old staff in some closet? We beg you to turn over a new leaf this very day. Oh, the power of ancestral piety, well illustrated by a young man of New York who attended a prayer meeting one night and asked for pray er and then went home and wrote down these words: "Twenty-five years ago tonight my mother went to heaven, my beautiful, blessed mother, and I have been alone, tossed up and down upon the billows of life's tem peituous ocean. Shall I ever go to heaven? She told me I must meet her in heaven. When she took my hand in hers and turned her gentle, loving eyes on me, and gazed earnestly and long into my fa!e, and then lifted them to heaven in that last prayer, she prayed that I might meet her in heaven. I wonderif I evershall? My mother's prayers! Oh, my sweet, blessed mother's prayers! Did ever a boy have such a mother at I had? For 25 years I have not heard her pray un til tonight. I have heard all her prayers over again. They have had, in fact, a terrible resurrection. Oh, how she was wont to pray!. She prayed as they prayed tonight-so earnest, so importunate, so believing. Shall T ever be a Christian? She was a Christian. Oh, how bright and pure and happy was her life! She was a cheerful and happy Christian. There is my mother's Bible. I have not opened it for years. Did she believe I could ever neglect her precious Bible? She surely thought I would read it much and often. How often has she read it tome! How did she cause me to kneel by my little bed and put my little hands up in the atti tude of prayer! How has she knelt by me and over me, and I have felt her warm tears raining down upon my hands and face ! "Blessred mother, did you pray in vain for your boy? It shall not be in vain. At no, no; it shall not be in vain! I will pray for myself. Who has sinned against so much instruc tion as I have-against so many precious prayers put up to heaven for me by one of the most lovely, tender, pious, confiding, trusting of mothers in her heavenly Father's care and grace' She never doubted. She be lieved. She always prayed as if she did. My Bible, my mother's Bible and my conscience teach what I am and what I have made myself. Oh, the bitter pangs of an accusing con science ! I need a Saviour mighty to save. 1 must seek him. I will, I am on the sea of existence, and I can never get off from it. I am atioat. No an chor, no rudder, no compass, no book of instructions, for I have put them all away from me. Saviour of the perishing, save or I perish !" Do you wonder that the next day he arose in prayer meeting and said: "My breth ren. I stand before you a monument of God's amazing mercy and goodness. Forever blessed be his holy name! All I have and all I am I consecrate to Jesus, my Saviour and my God." Oh, the power of ancestral prayer! Hear it? Hear it! But I turn for a moment to those who had evil parentage, and I want to tell you that the highest thrones in heaven and the mightiest triumphs and the brightest crowns will be for those who had evil parentage, but who by the grace of God conquered-con quered. As good, as useful, as splen did a gentleman as I ever knew had for a father a man who died blasphem ing God until the neighbors had to put their fingers in their ears to .shut out the horror.~ One of the most con secrated and useful Christian ministers of today was the son of a drunken horse jockey. Tide of evil is tremnen dos in some families, It is like N i agara rapids, and yet men have clung to a rock and been rescued. There is a family in New York, whose wealth has rolled up into many millions, that was founded by a man who, after he had vast estate, sent back a paper of tacks because they were 2 ents more than lie expected. Grip and grind and gouge in the fourth generaticea, I suppose it will be grip and grind and gouge in the t wentieth generation. The thirst of intoxicants has burned down through the arteries of a hundred and fifty years. Pag nacity or combativeness characterizes other families. Sometimes one form of evil, sometimes another form of evil. But it may be resisted; it has been resisted. If the family frailty be avarice, cultivate unselfishness and charity and teach your children never to eat an apple without offering some body else half of it. Is the family frailty combativeness, keep out of the company of quick tempered people and never answer an impertinent ques tion until you have counted a hundred both ways, and after you have written an angry letter keep it a week before you send it, and then burn it up. Is the family frailty timidity and cow ardice, cultivate back bone. Read the biography of the brave men like Joshua or Paul and see if you cannot get a little iron in your blood. Find out what the family frailty is and set body, mind and soul in battle array. Conquer your will. I think the geni ealogical table was put in the first chapter of the New Testament not only to show our Lord's pedigree, but to show that a man may rise up in an ancestral line and beat back success fully all the intluences of bad heredity. See in that genealogical table that good King Asa was born of vile King Abia. See in that genealogical table that Joseph and Mary and the most iil lustrious Being that ever touchea our world, or ever will touch it, had in their ancestral linej scandalous eho boam and Rahab and Thamar and Bathsheba. If this world is to e ver be Edenized-and it will be -all the inflicted families of the earth are to be regenerated, and there will some one arse ineach family line and open a new genealogical table. There will 'be some joseph to arise in he line and reverse the evil inriu ence of Rehoboam, and there will be some Mary to arise in the line and re verse the evil inttuences of Bathshe bi. Perhaps the star of hope may point down to your manger. Perhaps you are to be the hero or the heroine tu-at is to put down the brakes and stop the long line of genealogical tendeueies and switch it off on another track~ from that on which it has been r-an ning for a century. You do that, and I wil promis you a fi ne a palace as the architects of heaven can build, the archway inscribed with the words "More than conqueror.". But what ever your heredity, let me say you may be sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty. Estranged chil dren from the homestead, come back through the open gate of adoption. There is royal blood in our veins. There are crowns on our escutcheon. Our Father is king; our Brother is king; we may be kings and queens unto God forevCr. Come and sit down on the ivory bench of the pal ace. Come and wash in the fountains that fall into the basins of crystal and alabaster. Come and look out of the upholstered window upon gardens of azalea and amaranth. Hear the full burst of the orchestra while you ban quet with potentates and victors. Oh, when the text sweeps bacirward, let it not stop at the cradle that rocked your infancy, but at the cradle that rocked the first world! And when the text sweeps forward let it not stop at your grave, but at the throne on which you may reign forever and ever. "Whose son art thou, thou young man'" Son of God, heir of immortality, take your inlritance. The Farmer' Institute. The Farmers' Institute held here last week was quite a success. Presi dent E. B. Craighead, of Clemson Col lege, addressed those present in regard to the possibilities and scope of Clemson College, telling themn of the aims and plans of the inrtitution and the great importance of the College in promulgating advanced ideas in agri culture. Prof. M. B. Hardin gave an interesting lecture on the importance of pure water both for man and beast and the danger of water contaminated with disease germs. Prof. W. L. Mc Gee spoke in regard to cotton lice and other insects prevalent on farms, both friends and enemies of growing crops. He is thoroughly familiar with his subject and his practical ideas were weli received.- Prof. J. W. Hart in structed those present on the best plans for building silos and of putting up ensilage and gave them a number of practical ideas in regard to butter, milk and cheese making. Dr. W. E. A. Wyman discussed very familiarly on the subject of diseased horses, cows, swine, fowls, etc. The very closest attention was given to his entire dis cussions. Quite a large number of horses were brought here for him to diagnose and treat. The number was unusually large and they afforded him an excellent opportunity to judge of the prevailing diseases among the horses of this section. He says that they were nearly all chronic troubles, and almost invariably caused by ne glect ard disregard of the proper methods of horse shoeing. He gave our people some very valuable infor mation in regard to the shoeing of hores and caring for them generally. Everyone presnt was invited to ask any question that might occur to them and concerning which they desired infor mation, and many responded. This fact relieved the meeting of much useless formality and contributed largely to the general interest. It is generally wished that these institutes will be held every year and the far mers generally interested in 'the lec tures and discussions of such occa sions. Should the institute be repeat ed here next year the attendance and interest will be muct greater than it was this year. The exercises were held in the Court House and a fair sprinkling of representative farmers from the different sections of the coun ty were in attendance, and they express themselves as being well pleased with the information and new ideas they received from the addresses of the in. structors. -O(rangeburg Times and Democrat. A Bad Year for Rings. This seems to be a bad year for poli tical rings, and any man who attempts to ride into office by having himself nominated by a caucus of a few of his followers is apt to be snowed under in the primary by the people. Over in Aiken on the day of the campaign meeting at that place a number of Re formers and their friends met in the Courthouse and attempted to put out a man for the State Senate. Conside~r able talk was indulged in, but a ma jority of those present was opposed to putting out a ticket, claiming that the people had a right to select their own Senator in the primarry without any suggestions from any body. A candi date for office made a very impassioned speech and urged the nomination of a candidate for the Reformers to vote for. Mr. J. C. Everett took a differ ent and non partizan view of the mat ter, and urged that Hon. D). S. Hender son be nominated. There was consid erable confusion, when Mr. R. L. Gunter took the floor. He said he disapproved of the whole business. He very rightly claimed that a few men had no right to meet in caucus and dictate to the people of Aiken County who they should vote for to represent them in the Senate. He fur ther said that every man had a right to run for office, and that the people had sense eneugh to decide in the primary who they wanted in the offi ces without the aid of a caucus coin nosed of men intereste.d in getting cer tain men in office. He therefore moved that the caucus adjourn with out making a nomination. The candidate again rose to speak, but cries of "question,"- 'question," shut him off. Another gentleman tried to speak, when a motion was made to adjourn, which was carried amid much merri ment, and without Mr. Gunter''s mo tion having been put. This ended the attempt to force a candidate On the people of Aiken County. We fully agree with Mr. Gunter. If the people are to have a man thrust down their throats by a little caucus, there is no use to go to the trouble and expense of holding a primary election. We hope that every man who is put out for of fice by a caucus will be defeated.- Let the pveople do their own selecting. They know what kind of a man they ent in office, and they have abundant sense to select him in the primary elec tion without the assistance of a caucus of olli ce seekers. Stands by Sewali. ATLANTA, July 30.-The Constitu tion wilt publish tomorrow a telegram from S.enator James K. Jones, chair man of the Democratic national exec utive committee -as follows: "l can not consider any proposition for the nithdrawal of Sewall, but will enter tain, as f er as I have power, and pro mote to the best of my ability, any just and fair- proposition for fusion on the electoral ticket."8 (Signed) James K. Jones. The telegram is sent to The Constitu tion in reply to an inquiry as to the policy which would probably be adopt, ed in reference to the complication brought about by the nomination of different candidates for- the Vice Pres dency, both the Democi-ats and Popu lists have agreed upon the same can - didate- for President. 1tEPR.~sENTA4TiNa Ne wsland sas "There is no telling what will happen in New YTork'. The other day I had a talk with a protainent Tammany lead er-,. Hie told mue that if he could secure' the Democr~atic gubernatorial nomina tion of New a orik on a frece silver plat form he would sweep the State. HIon. David B. Hill must regret that he did not stick to his Elmira speech a his letter to C1lal- Hwell. POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Hiohest of all in leavening strength. -Zatest United States Govermaent Food Report. RoYAL BAKING POWDER Co., New York City. How It Wonld I.j.rk. Mauy people are asking question about the effect of the action of the Populists convention in nominating Bryan and Watson. In the minds of most people it introduces a confusing factor into the race instead of promis ing help to the Democratic nominee. The general impression is that it will necessitate two sets of electors, and will split up the silver vote instead of concentrating it. The Augusta Chrou icle. says it-does not understaud this to be the idea of the Populists. They mean in good faith to vote for Bryan, and to contribute all their strength to ward his election, but they wanted to fix it in some way that would insure their aid being properly recognized and requitted.' They contend that having a Populist Vice President to vote for, will hold their party together as a partizan organization, while voting for the Democratic ticket, straightout, would have resulted in Poonulist disin tegration. They are willing to help elect Bryan, but are not willing to sacrifice the Populist party in doing so. Just what plan will be agreed upon in voting for electors, we do not know, but here is one that "Coin" Harvey telegraphs to tS% New York Journal, as considerel saL .ctory to the Pop alist: In the booth a Populist would put a cross at the head of the Populist ticket, and would then put a cross at each of the names of the electors on the Demo cratic ticket. In this way te would be voting a straight Populist ticket, but, at the same time, would be voting for the nineteen Democratic electors, three Poifulist eletors, and one Prohi bition elector. The People's partk ballot would have no names of eled ors on it, and would be blank iu thi-i respect, but next following theblanll place for electors would come th'4j People's party State ticket. The sani would be true of the Prohibition tick et. ina case of success, by the election. of a majority in the ElectoralCollege, brought about by this method. there would be, to illustrate it, say 150 Dem ocratice electors, seventy-five Populist electors, and ten Prohibition electors. It being known that this result had been obtained, these electors through out the United States would be e.peet ed to vote for Bryan for President and for the Populist candidate for Vice President. Illustrating the plan with Ohio, the speaker said they would agree probably in that State on niine teen Democratic electors, three Popu list electors and one Prohibition elecr or, and these twenty-three names would be put on the Democratic ticket on the Australian ballot. On the ob jection being urged, that the Demo cratic electors could not consistently vote for any one but Sewall for Vice President, he met the objection by saying: "If the. Democrats- hiavre enough electors in the Electoral Qol lege of their own appointment, with out the assistance of their allies, they would be expected to elect Sewall; but if they did not, then they would have to call for assistanoe from the Popu lists to elect Bryan, ahd in return for that assistance the Populists would re quire the election of a Populist Vice President." On my inquiring of him how this would assist tne Democrats, or give them any additional strength, as to Sewail, they did not already have, he illustrated it again with Ohio, He said: --The Democrat, and Populists together can carry Onio, while the Democrats alone cannot do so. By the fusion the Democrats would secure nineteen electorsof their own vote for Bewall in case of the Democrats having a -.majority in the Electoral College, whereas, without the fusion, they would get no electors in Ohio JInjatuiba fodiied. ATLANTA, July 30.-A copy of Judge Simonton's order restraining the railroads from eutting rates, was served today on Commissioner Haiaec of the Southern States Freigbt associa tion. The court modie tne injuun tion yesterday to allow the Searjard Air Line's cut of 33 per cent Lt r maain in effect until August s. Tais was to allow the road Lrai-s to give the required 10 day's notice belfore ad - vancing rates. As tae situatuu stands now, the Seaboard lii redu..ed rates good for nine dsys LU >re .?ua tu other roads are enjoined i roml ue:uag the cut. The order was also m.>dtaed~ to alllow roads to run excurstoun. The hearing on the restraiuing order is set for August 15. Lighting at sea. RoME, July 30--During the prew lence of a thunder stprmn Ii ghtning struck the coast defense warship Ro ma and set fire to her. The fiauieo. spread rapidly in spite of the etforL'4 of the crew to subdue them tand her esu mander, seeing that they were av proaching the powder magaziue. giv. orders to attach a torpedo to the hual of the vessel and then for all tnauds to abandon ship. Wrneu 'i.uati 0 t containing the ere v w-:r-. e t e e tance, the tor ped aw as a se orged, tearing a great hoe ini uI Om ,znd causing the R~aau to qaiekty si?A. Nobody was hurt. Charleston's Republicaun.. CHARLESTON, July 3u --A McKinley - Hobart ratification meetiug was uei~1 by the Republicans of Guacleston to night. G. I. Cummijugs ori'-ded aud. speeche3 were made by Dr'. D). Cruua, D. P. Chutfield, lE A. Websw:r aid others. There were present about -:300I negroes. several pe~tk-. of ualional reputation had been invited but none of them were present. For Bryan andi xe,, alt. BOISE. Idaho, July :30 -- AL a ee tion given to Senator Du'> ao'A Sr1ton gressman Wilson, Mr l).&a au nounced his suport a, Brias nd Sewall as advocat- of uisetaill*i. In closing he said: 'to >i m the Republican party ad ;isae -i ,ingle gold standard, just i ouv' wi I re fuse that party my suppoirt. buit witl give my adhesion to u t:e nadtionl candidates who most trabk 1eHresent the free coiuage of silver FRaSK'orT, Ind ,o 2a y-1-J B CIeadly was nomniinted r,>r C~ye by the Demaocrnts of t ?t Lisrict to-day. lHe was forto-rm a Retpubli can imemaber of Coge t de is for free silver and will recei~re the enL dorsement of the Populists.