The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 28, 1896, Image 6
TILE HARYESr FIELD.
IT INSPIRES DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON
ON GOSPEL FARMING.
Noah the First Farrni-r-The Honor tc
Agriculture of the Ages-Daep PlowIni
for a Soul-The Straight Furrow Witl
God's Red Standard as Gilde.
WAHIGTON, 0:t. 1S.-Thissermor
at this season, after mist people havq
had a good, long breath of the coun
try, if they do not actually live there
will revive many pleasant memories
while it deals with great reliiou
truths. Dr. Talmage's text was Johi
xv, 1, "My Father ii the husband
man."
This last summer, having gone i
different directions over between fiv
and six thousand miles of harves
fields, I can hardly open my Ilib?
without smelling the breath of ne%
mown hay and seeing the golden ligh
of the wheatfield, and when I opei
my Bible to take mv text the Scri ptur
leaf rustles like the tassels of tihe corn
We were nearly all of us borl i
the country. We dropped cr in th
hill and went on Saturday to the mill
tying the grist in the center of th
sack so that the contents on either sid
the horse balanced each other, an
drove the cattle atield, our bare fee
wet with dew, and rude the horse
with the halter to the brook until w
fell off, and hunted the mow for nest
until the feathered occupants wer
cackling away. We were nearly a]
of us born in the country, and a]
would have staid there had not som
adventurous lad on his vacation com
back with better clothes and softe
hands and set the whole village o
fire with ambition for city life. S! 'w
all understand rustic allusions. Th
Bible is full of them. In Cihrist's sei
mon on the mount you could see tb
fuli blown lilies and the glossy blac
of the crow's wing as it flies ove
Mount Olivet. David and John, Pa.
and Isaiah find in country life
source of frequent illustration, whil
Christ in the text takes the responsi
bility of calling God a farmer, declai
ing, "My Father is the husbandman.
Noah was the first farmer. We sa
nothing about Cain, the tiller of tb
soil. Adam was a gardener on
large scale, but to Noah was given a
the acres of the earth. Elisha was a
agriculturist, not cultivating a ten aci
lot, for we find him plowing with I
yoke of oxen. In Bible times the Ian
was so plenty and the inhabitants s
few that Noah was right when he gaN
to every inhabitant a certain portio
of land; that land, if cultivated, eve
after to be his own possession, just s
in Nebraska the United States goveri
ment on payment of $16 years ag
gave preemption right to 160 acres 1
any man who would settle there an
cultivate the soil.
All classes of people were expecte
to cultivate ground except ministei
of religion. It was supposed that the
would have their time entirely occi
pied with their own profession, a
though I am told that sometimes mu
isters do plunge so deeply into worl<
liness that they remind one of wh:
Thomas Fraser said in regard to
man in his day who preached ver
well but lived very ill, "When he
out of the pulpit, it is a pity he shoul
ever go into it, and when heisin tl
-pulpit, itis a pity he should ever conr
out of it."
They were not small crops raiaed
those time, for though the .dfs wer
rude, the plow turned 'very ric
soil, and barley an~tn and i1a
and all kinds of ~i~ncame up at ti
call of the hsters. Pliny tells<
one stalk" grain that had on it b
~ween hreand four hundred ear
~ers and the brooks, through a
tificial channels, were brought dow
to the roots of the corn, and to th
habit of tizrning a river wherever
was wanted Solomon refers when I
. says, "The king's heart is in the bar
of the Lord, and he turneth it as ti
rivers of water are turned, 'whithersa
ever he will."
The wild beasts were caught, at
then a hook was put into their nos
and then they were led over the flel<
and to that God refers when he sa
to wicked Sennacherib, "I will put
book in thy nose and I will bring thi
back by the way which thou camest
And God has a hook in every b]
man's nose, whether it be Nebucha
nezzar or Ahab or Herod. He mi
think himself very independent, b
some time in his life, or in the hour
his death, he will find that the Loi
Almighty has a hook in his nose.
This wae the rule in regard to tl
nture of the ground, "Thou she
not plow with an ox and an ass t
gether" ihiustrating the folly of ev
putting intelligent and useful and p.
able men in association with the stu
born and unmanageable. The ya
majorty of troubles in the church
and in reformatory institutions corm
from the disregard of this comma]
of the Lord, "Thou shalt not plc
with an ox and an ass together."
There were large amounts of prc
eryinvested in cattle. The Moabit
pad100,000 sheep as an annual ta
Job had 7,000 sheep, 3,00 camels, 5
yoke of oxen, The time of vinta
was ushered in with mirth and mus
The clusters of the vine were put in
the wine press, and then five in
would get into the press and trami
out the juice from the grape un
their garments were saturated with t
wine and had become the emblems
slaughter. Christ himself, wound
until covered with the blood of cru
fixion, making use of this allusi<
when the <question was aske
"Wherefore art thou red in thine a
parel and thy .garments like one w]
treadeth the wine vat?" He responde
"I have trodden the wine press alone
In all ages there has been gre
honor paid to agriculture. Save
eighth of the peopse in every count
are desciples of the plow. .A gover
ment is strong in proportion as it
supported by an athetic and indust
ouxs yeomanry. So long ago as befc
the fll of Carthage, Strabo wrote
books on agriculture. Hesiod wrot<
poem on the same subject, "The Wee
and Days." Cato was prouder of .t
work on husbandry than of all I
military conquests. But I must n
be tempted into a discussion of ag
cultural conquests. Standing an:
the harvests and orchards and vir
yards of the Bible, and standing am:
the harests and orchards and viu
yards of our own ontylrgrh
vests than have ever before been gat
ered-I want to run out the analoi
between the production of crops al
the growth of grace in the soul,
these sacred writers making use
In tefrtplace, I remark, in grax
as in the fields, there must be aplo
That which theologians oall conyi
tion is oaly the plowshare turnir
up the sins that have been rooted ai
matted in ehe soul. A farmer said
his indolent son, "There are a hu
dred dollars buried deep in that field
The son went to work and plowed ti
field from fence to fence, and I
plowed it very deep, and then coT
plained that hie had not found tU
money. But when the crop had bee
gathered and sold for at hundred dc
lars more than any previous yea
then the young ma~in took the hint
to what his father meant when he sa:
there were a hundred dollars burie
a crop. D.ep plowing for a Soul. He
who ones light of sin will never
amount to anything it the church or
in the world. If a ni sp3aks of sin
as though it were an inac-iuracy or a
mistake, instead of the loathsone,
abominable, consuming and dama
ing thiug that Ga hates, that mi
will never yield a harvest of usefut
Wh Nen I was a boy, I plov.d a l
with a team of spirited horses. I
plowed it very qickly. <>nce in
awhile I passed over some of the so,
without turning it, but I did not jers~
- back the plow, with its rattlng de
vices. I tioait it maide no ditler
ence. After avhile my father camie
a along and sa!: -Nay this will uw
i er do. T-lis isn't p OWed dleep enough.
There You " Lve "is s tis, and .vo1
have nisd th.t. And li plowed
i it over agin diULVuy withl I
e 'reat many peop is that they areonly
t scratchedl wi]th e )rieton, when the
e subsoil plow of Gd's truth ought to
V b- put in p to the beam. -
t My word is to all Sib'uith S oL
teachers, to all parents, to all Chis
e tian workers: liow deep; plow deep
. ,And if in your oxvn personal experi
1 ence you are apt to take a lenient vies
e of the sinful side of your nature, pu
down into your soul the Tel C:n
e nandments, which reveal the holines:
B of God, and that sharp and glittering
I colter wilt turn up your soul to th'
t deepest depths. If a man preaches t<
S you that you are only a little out o
e order by reason of sin and that you
s need only a little fixing up, he de
t ceives. You have sutfered an appall
1 ing injury by reason of sin. Ther
1 are quick poisons and slow poisons
e but the druggist could give yoa on
e drop that could kill the bcdy. A'
r sin is like that drag -- s virulent, s
. poisono.s3. so fatai that one drop i
e enough to 1ili the soul.
e Deep plowing for a crop. De
plowing for a soul. Broken heart o
e no religion. Broken soil or no harv
k est. Why was it that David and th
r jailer and the publican and Paul madE
I such ado about their sins? Had the!
a lost their senses' No.. The plowsharE
e struck them. Conviction turned uE
a great many things that were forgot
ten. As a farmer plowing sometime
" turns up the skelton of a man or th
y anatomy of a monster long ago buriec
e so the plowshare of conviction turn
a up the ghastly skeletons of sins lonu
11 ago entombed. Geologists neve
a brought up from the depths of th
e mountain mightier ichthyosaurus o
2 megatherium.
d But what means all this crooke
0 plowing, these crooked furrows, th
-e repentance that amounts to nothing
n the repentance that ends in nothing
r Men groan over their sins, but get n
s better. They weep, but their tears ar
L- not counted. They get convicted, bu
* not converted. What is the reason?
, remember that on the farm we set.
d standard with a red flag at the othe
end of the field. We kept our eye o
d that. We aimed at that. We plowe
-S up to that. Losing sight of that, w
y made a crooked furrow. Keeping ou
- eye on that, we made a straight fur
1- row. Now, in this matter of convit
- tion we must have some standard t
I- guide us. It is a red stand rJ tha
t God has set at the other end of th
a field. It is the cross. Keeping you
y eye on that. you will make a straig)
is furrow. Losing sight of it, you wil
.d make a crooked farrcet. Plow up t
ie the cross.. Ai~rr not at either end c
ie the.hyrzontal piece of the cross, but a
the upright piece, at the center of it
the heart of the Son of God bore you
e sins and made satisfaction. Cryin
h and weeping will not bring yo
x through. "H~im hath God exalted t
te be a prince and a Savc.r to give r<
>f pentance." Oh, plow up to the cross
B- Again, I remark, in grace, as in th
. field, there must be a sowing. In t b
e- autumnal weather you find the farme
n going across the field at a stride c
is about 23 inches, and at every stride h
it puts his hand into the sack of grain
te and he sprinkles the seed corn over th
.d field. It looks silly to a man who doE
te know what he is d:>ing. Me is doin
3 a very important work. He is scatte;
ing the winter grain, and, though tb
dsnow may come, the next year ther
e, will be a great crop. Now, that
3, what we are doing when we ar
rs preaching the gospel-we are scattel
a ing the seed. It is the foolishness c
~e preaching, but it is the winter grail
." and, though the snows of worldhnes
Ld may come down upon it, it will yiel
d after awhile glorious harvest. Let t.
y be sure we sow the right kind of seet
Lt Sow mullein stalk and mullein stal
f will come up. Sow (2anad
*d triistles, and Canada thistles wi
come up. Sow wheat, and wheL
1e will come up. Let us distinguish bi
lt tween truth and error. Let us kno
o the ditference between wheat an
e hellebore, oats and henbane.
ti- The largest denomination in thi
b- country is the (denomination of Noti
st ingarians. Their religion is a systei
es of negations. You say to one of thei
es -'What do you believe?" "Well,
Ld don't believe in infant baptism
*w "What do you believe ? "Well, I don
believe in the perseverance of saints,
p- "Well, now tell me what you do b
es lieve." "Well, I don't believe in ti:
. eternal punishment of the wicked.
3 So their religion is a row of cipher:
e Believe something and teach it, or, 1
c. resume the figure of my text, scatte
to abroad the right kind of seed.
m A minister the other day preached
'le sermon calculated to set the denom
il nations of Christians quarreling. IJ
e was sowing nettles. A minister 11i
of other day advertised that he woul
d preach a sermon on the superiority <
:i- transcendental and organized forces i
n untranscendental and unorganize
d, forces. What was he sowing? Vv eed~
p The Lord Jesus Christ 19 centuries as
1 planted the divine seed of dOctrine.
d, sprang up. On one siae of the stal
."are all the churches of Christendon
at On the other side of the stalk are a
n- the free governments of the earth, an
ey on the top there shall be a Ilowerin
n millennium after awhile. All frci
is the gospel seed of doctrine. Ever
i- word that a parent or Sabbath schot
re teacher or city missionary, or oth<
2S Christian worker speaks for Chri
a comes up. Yea, it comes up wit
ks compotrad interest, you saving or
tis soul, that one saving 10; the 10, 10(
tis the 100, 1,000;the 1,000, 10,000; tU
ot 10,000, 100,00-on, on forever.
ei- Again, I remark, in grace, as in I
id farm, there must be a harrowing.
e- refer now not to a harrow that g~ot
d over the field in order to prepare tU
e- ground for the seed, but a harro
r- which goes over after the seed is sowi
*h- lest the birds pick up the seed, sinkin
yy it down into the earth so that it cai
ad take root. You know a harrow..
dll is made of bars of wood nailed acro:
of each other, and the underside of eac
bar is furnished with sharp teeth, an
ce when the horses are hitched to it
v. goes tearing and leapinmr across t
- ld, driving the seed down into tI
ig earth until it springs up in the biar~
dd est. Bereavement, sorrow, persect
to tion, are the L.ord's harrows to sin
a- the gospel truth into your hear'
. These were truth that you heard
te years ago. They have not',a~ected yo
te until recently. Some great troub]
a came over you, and the truth was ha]
t rowed in, and it has come up. Whs
n did God mean in this counitry ini 185
1-j For a century there was the gosne
r, preached but a great deal of it prc
ss duced no result. Then (God barnesse'
d a wid hI anic to a harrow of comime
d cial di'ssrr and that harrow weni
down Third street and up Tnird street.
down Stite street and up Sete street,
down Pennsylvfania avenue and up
Pennsyivauia avenue until th' whole
land was tora to pieces as it had never
ben before. Winat followed1 the har
row? A great awakening. itn vhich
there were 5V0,000 soulIts brotght into
the kingdom of our Lord. N hiarrow,
no crop.
Again, I ram-irk, in grace, as in the
farm, there must be a reaping. Many
Christians spe-k of religioa as though
it were a matter or eco1nom5i or in
suranc!. Tiey expect to reap in the
next world. f ), no: Now- is the
timwl to reap. G ather uu the
joy of the Caristian religion this
morning. thi aftvrnom, this night.
I you hayve not as mm-. gra as you
Would like to hllav, th muk ( >d for
what you h iw an. pray for niore.
You art' I - worse ensi iv-:l tht ta
phno wor tr )ubled thau was
D )vid, no worse sourged thtan was
Paul. Yet, amid the rattling of fet
ters, and amuid ti- gloo of da ugeons,
and amid the horror o" shipwreck,
they triumphed in the grace of God.
Tne weakest man in the houe tol ty
has 53J aese of spiritu il joy all rip-.
Why d you not go and reap it
You have beens groaning over your
infirmities for thirty ye-ars No v
give one round shout over your emain
cipation. You siy you have it s)
hard; you might have it worse. You
i wonder why this great cold trouble
keeps revolving thiough your soul,
iturning and turning with a black
hand on the Crank. Ah, that trouble
is the grindstone on which you are to
sh-arpen your sickle. To the fields:
Wake up: Take ol' your green spec
tacles, your blue spectacles, your black
spectacles. Pall up the corners of
your mouth as far as you pull them
down. To the fields! Reap! Reap!
The Saviour folds a 1mb in his hs
om. The little child filled all the
house with her music, and her toys are
scattereL all up and down the stairs as
she left them. What if the hand that
plucked four-o'clocks out of the mead
ow is sti.l? It will wave in the eternal
triumph. What if the voice that made
music in tho home is still? It will sing
the eternal hosanna. Put a white rose
in one hand, a red rose in the other
hand and a wreath of orange blossoms
I on the brow, the wbite- flower for the
3 victory, the red flower for the Sa
iour's sacrifice, the orange blossoms
for her marriage day. Anything
ghastly about that? The sun went
r down, and the flower shut. Tne wheat
thrashed out of the :traw. "Daar
I Lord, give me sleep," s-id a dying
boy, the son of one of my elders;
"dear Lord, give me sleep." And he
closed his eyes and awoke in glory.
Henry W. Langfellow, writing a let
ter of condolence to the parents said,
t "Those last words were beautifully
I poetic." And' Mr. Longfellow knew
t what is poetic. "Dear Lord, give me
r sleep."
'Tw:s not in cruely, not in wrath,
That the reaper came that. day;
'T was an angel that visiteI the earth
r Aul took tile lower awiv.
S> it may be with us when our work
is all done. "Dear Lord, give me
t sleep."
6 I have one more thought to present.
r I have spoken of the plowing, of tlic
sowing, of the hairrowing, of the reap
ing, of the thrashing. Imust now
speak a moment of the garnering.
fWhere is the garner? Need I tell
tyou? Oh. no! So many have gone
out from your own circles-yea, from
your own family-that you have had
v our eyes on that garner for many a
Syear. What a hard time some of them
ohad. In Gethisemanes of su1ferig
they sweat great drops of blood. They
took the "cup of trembling", and they
Sput it to their hot lips, and they cried,
e"If it be possible, let this cup pass
from me." With tongues of burning
Sagony they cried, "O) Lord, deliver
emy soul:" But they got over it. They
all got over it. Garnered ! Their tears
Swiped away; their battles all ended;
their burdens lhfted. Garnered ! The
,Lord of the harvest will not allow
those sheaves to perish in the equinox.
SGarnered1 Some of us remember on
the farm that the sheaves were put on
the top of the rack which surmounted
the wagon, and these sheaves were
piled higher and higher, and after
fawhile the horses started for the barn,
,and these sheaves swayed to and fro
sin the wind, and the old wagon creak
ed, and the horses made a struggle and
pulled so hard the harness came up im
loops of leather on their backs. and
kwhen the front wheel struck the ele
a ated door of the barn it seemed as if
the load would go no farther until tile
~workmen gave a great shout, andl then
with one last tremendous strain the
horses pulled in the load . Then they
,v~ere unharnessed, and forkful after
forkful of grain fell into the mow.
Oh, my friends, our getting to heaven
may be a pull, a hard pull, a very
hard pull, but these sheaves are bound
to go in. Tjhe Lord of the harvest has
promised it. I see she load at last com
ing to the door of the heavenly garn
~er. The sheaves of the Christian soul
sway to and fro in the wind of death,
~and the old body creaks under the load
and as the load strikes the Iloor of the
celestial garner it seems as if it can go
~no farther. It is the last struggle un
til the voices of angels and the voices
of our departed kindred and the wel
coming voice of God shall send the
harvest rolling into the eternal tri
umph, while all up and down the sky
the cry is heard: "Harvest home:
Harvest home !
d Thirteen Timns a Wife.
ther German, a San Francisco woman,
who gains a livelihood by traflicking
in second-hand clothing and husbands,
is probably the holder of the Ameri
can matrinmonial record . She has had
.thirteen husbands, some of whom she
L is said to have neglected to bury or di
vorce before promising to love, honor
and obey successors, but with all of
whom shie has gone through the mar
riage ceremony. Mrs. Germans maid
t en name was Esther Wollf. She was
- born in 3850 in Kempner, Posen, in
German Poland. When a girl she
was married to a man named Frank
elin, but when her parents moved to
;England, a short time after wards, she
left her husband and accompanied
them. In England she married a man
of whom her recollection is so dim that
she remembers nothing but the occur
rence. Her stay in England was evi
deutly too short for her to get well ac
o uainted with her second husband.
$i ith her family she caine to America,
leaving the second husband behind.
In New York Mrs. German lived in
one of the crowded tenements of Es
ssex street, and was known as "Queen
Esther." During her stay there she
was married to three men, the first of
whom, and the one she best remnem
bers, being named Baron. After her
third mtetropolitan venture she moved
- o ica(-go and there married a mian
-namied Barnard. From Chicago her
westward course was continued, and
Iby the time the shores of the Pacific
)were reached four mnore husbands, the
snames of but two o hc re
and Schmtidt--are rmmeeia
been auued to thle goigls.
California M'iessrs. omn, olf
and Germsan were cesvl mr
ed and discarded. The- Last Jinmed,
the thirteenth, however, proved re
ifractory, and has ca:used ";,ueen Es
ther" no end of trouble, havmng sued
. m. %rimvoc and for recovery of
BRYAN TO NEWSBOYS
A PLEASING FEATURE OF HiS SUNDAY
IN DETROIT.
He Talk-; to tho Yuoaiinters at Nawsboy's
I all. Where It tit Few Vi!.itors Were Peres
eit -lIS SixeOCIh inI VFi1.
l)ETttoIT. Oct. 18.- The rule estab
lished by Wn. J. Bryan to avoid any
public iitterances on Sunday was brok
en tonight when he spoke brie Illy to
a ero Nd of n wsbovs at the newsboys'
aIll. 1 [e did it to oblive his friend
and supporter. (!;)l. I. 4. Butler, pres
ident of th" Newsboys' assoelation.
At Mr. Beyan's request the affair
was kept. very quiet and outside (f the
little venders a few visitors only were
present This was his speech:
"D:>ys, I did not com-t to mike a
speech tonight, becaut this is the day
that I rest, and I have felt the need of
having a day of rest more recently
than ever before. Bit I caie because
i never like to decline an invitation to
present at any place where an endeav
or is being made to do good. And I
dont know of any work which is better
than that work which is done for boys.
We were all boys once-and some of
us not so very Ion- ago-and when I
see boys I am reminded of what one
of our Presidents, I think it was Gar
field, said that you could not tell what
possibilities were buttoned up under
the vest of a boy.
-We are not ourselves responsible
for the surroundings of youth. We
ar' born into this world and the sur
roundings meet us and to a certain ex
tent they effect us. Bat beyond that
we have much to do with shaping
our own course. What we amount to
in this world, depends upon the ideas
which we have. Some one has said
that a person who aims at the stars
will shoot higher, which simply
means that those who have the high
est ideas will accomplish most. A
meeting of this kind where they
teach you patriotism, where they teach
you regard for each other, respect for
each other's rights, necessarily ele
vates your ideas, gives you broader
views of life, and those views will
help you to accomplish more. Now,
in this country in which we live, boys
are more blessed than in any other
country on earth, because the boy in
this country has everything open to
him. A boy in this country may ac
complish more than he cin in any
other country. There are times when a
human life, or many human lives will
depend upon the action of one person;
there are times when the welfare of
the community will depend on one
person; there are times when the wel
fare of the nation will depend upon
one person, and when you remember
how influential one person may be
come in the destinies of the nation,
how useful lie may be to his fellows,
to society, you can see that if a kind
word or act should be the cause of
getting that boy started right, leading
him up to take advantage of his op
portunities what results may follow.
"I want you to rem'eektr that no
goodevercomes to boys or men from do
ing wrong and that right always pays.
I know it is hard always to believe,but
if you take the broad view of life and
its possibilities you wiil find that it
always pays to do what you believe is
right. It is always necessary that
you should try to find Out what
right is, and the education which you
receive in the schools enables you to
see things and understand things, and
then the desire to do the best thing
leads you to take advantage of the
opportunities that are offered to you.
I feel interested in you boys who are
starting out so young to make a living.
Scme of us, instead of having to de
pend on our own exertions were car
ried forward by others. I am not
sure that you who begin this life of
independence and of necessary activi
ty so early, have an advantage over
us who did not; but whether you had
the advantage or not, if you improve
every opportunity that comes, antd let
your motto be 'Treat every one as you
should have that person treat you,'
and to make the best opportunity of
everything that comes in your reach
and do nothing that your conscience
will condemn you for when you get to
be old men, you will be able to look and
be grateful to Colonel Butler and to
these who are associated with him in
this effort, to give you higher ideas
and to give you words of enourage
ment in the year of your you th: and
unless 1 am mistaken. the older you
grow the deeper will be your fte'ing
of gratitude towar-ds those who gave
you this kindly assistance when you
were boys.
"I want you to remember this also:
That you are not the only ones who
are benelitted by these things, because
the Creator has so arranged the things
of this world that when we try to help
others, we help ourselves. Those who
have tried to help you,those who have
tried to do you good, find that they
themselves are benefitted by the opera
tion. While they are trying to make
your lives happier, their own lives are
made happier. If I can leave this
idea with you, I think that it mnay be
of use to you. That the highest good
that can come to you is from doing
something for others and you will
find among your playmates that the
boy who does most for the boys around
him is the boy who is liked best and
is the boy who enjoys himself most."
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan attended ser
vices at the Westminster Presbyterian
church this morning in company with
Col. I.G. Butler, Hon. J. R. Whiting,
candidate for the lieutenant governor
ship on the fusion ticket, Mrs. Whit
ing and John W. Tomlinson of Ala
bama. Rev. Dr.- Patterson preached
a sermon about hard times, basing it
on a statement showing that the home
missionary society of the Presbyterian
church was from three to six months
behind in the payment of salaries to
its workers. No direct allusion to p0
litical subjects were made.
In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Bryan,
Mr. and Mrs. Whiting, Miss Whiting,
Mr. Tomlinson and D. J. Camuau
went from the Cadillac House, where
they were Mr. Campau's guest, to
dine at the residence of Mr. George
Moore.
At 11 o'clock the party retired on
board the special car Idles, which will
leave at 4 a. m. for Day ton, 0., where
the candidate is scheduled to speak to
morrow night.
Fuslon to beC Arranged.
Crcs,Oct.-2:3.- Chairman \ash
burn of the Populist national commit
te's Chicago headquarters left Chica
go tonight for Nashville, Tenn., where
ie will meet Candidate Watson and
National Committeeman Reed of
Georgia by appointment. His mission
is to renort the result of his conference
with Unairman Jones of the Demcto
cratic committee, at which certain
proositions fr-om the Watson side
were submnitted as a basis of settling
the war against Sew.all and fuision and
changing the lukewarmx support of
Uryan on the part of WVatson and his
followers who are opposed to fusion.
Mr. Washburn would not speak in
detail of the report lhe had to present
to Mr. Watson, but stated that his
conference with senator Jones had
been satisfactory, and the prosp~ects
were encouraginz for complete har
mong within the silver ranks next
A STRONG APPEAL
MR. BRYANS ELECTION MUST BE PUT
AB'VE PARTY.
This Ni What ColIonel Norton. the Middle
of 11te o nma l'omlist Caalludte for Pret
ilen, sa13s -A Strong A p>eal to liis Fol
lowers.
Was~iInrro., O;t. 21.- CJolonel S.
F. Norton, of Illinoit, who was the
candidate or the Middle-of-the Road
Popu lists at the St. Louis convention,
has written to Chairman Butler the
following communication:
Chicago, OcL. 15, 1896.
lion. Marion Butler, Chairman Peo
ple's Party Committee:
Dear Sir: However mucii Populists
may have dilfered at St. Louis as to
the correct policy to adopt; however
much some of us may still believe that
mistakes were made, under existing
circumstances, there is only one course
to pursue, and that is to loyally and
earnestly support Mr. Bryan-not so
much for the sake of elevating him t
the Presidency as for the purpose of
defeating what may be appropriately
and most expressively termed Mark
Ifanna Republicanism. Although some
of us regret certain fusion arrange
ments which have been made, it is a
noticeable fact that no other man in
the United States is so much troubled
about it as the manager of the ReDub
lican campaign. 1 never realized be
fore how highly Republicans have al
ways respected and honored the Popu
list party. "till I fused with the Dem
ocrats." If any consolation is needed,
however, for this loss of Republican
esteem, it may be found in the fact
that Messrs. Cleveland, Carlisle and
Palmer have become the legatees
thereof.
Our political allies in this campaign
may not have treated us fairly and
justly as they ought. in the matter of
representation of Vice Presidential
electors; and this seems to be the chief
cause of complaint, for I have yet to
meet with a Populist who does not ad
mit that Bryan is the ablest and most
fearless champion of reform principles
that reformers themselves have chosen
in the last twenty years. It is an
event in history to find a man backed
by more than four million voters, who
has the patriotism and courage to
stand up front-faced before the com
bined money powers of the world and
hurl in their teeth the burning words
of defiance: "You shall not crucify
mankind on the cross of gold." Mis
takes may have been made and injus
tice may have been done, especially
in the Southern States whera the
flower of the Populist army is to be
found, but this is not the time to set
tle accounts, adjust wrongs, discuss
differences or to correct mistakes.
We are in the face of the enemy,
we are upon the field of battle, the
welfare of oar cuntry is at stake, a
sacred cause is trembling in the bal
ance, our opponents are dangerously
well equipped and thoroughly organ
ized, and the contest is fierce and re
lentless; all personalities should there
fore be suppressed, all personal griev
ances should be forgotten, and all mi
nor differences should be deferred till
the battle is won or lost. Every gun
should be turned upon the common
enemy.
Whether Mr. Bryan is a Populist or
not, one thing is absolutely certain,
every enemy which reformers have
encountered during the last twenty
years we find today among his bitter
est and most relentless opponents.
Every monopolistic corporation, every
oppressor of labor, every land grab
ber, every trust and combine, every
robber syndicate, every millionaire,
stock jobber, every subsidized news
paper every well paid corporation
lawytr, millionaire coal baron, every
shylock creditor and every plunderer
of the world's wealth-producers-all
of these old time enemies whom re
formers have met on so many battle
fields, are today Mr. Bryan's enemies.
If they are his enemies he must be our
friend. His success is their defeat;
their defeat is our victory.
We, the pioneer workers, have all
fondly hoped that we might have the
satisfaction and the glory of carrying
to victory the time-honored and battle
scarred hlag of reform which the old
guard has held aloft so bravely and
heroically all these long trying years,
and anxious solicitude as to the out
come may be excusable. But let us
not be unneesssarily alarmed about
the future of the reform movement.
It has uassed the danger point. It is
capable of taking care of itself under
any and all circumstances. Traitors
cannot betray it; time-servers cannot
sell it out; injudicious friends cannot
destroy it; defeat cannot demoralize
it; its opponents however powerful
and crafty, cannot crush it; even the
gates of hell cannot preaiilagainst it.
For twenty years. although sub
jected to aH the dangerous pitfalls,
perils and quicksand incident to the
development of a new party, it has
grown to be the greatest factor in the
arena of American politics today. And
if elected, I believe that Mr. Bryan
will not be slow to recognize this fact,
and that he will soon learn to rely
upon the counsels and support of the
new party which has revolutionized
the politics of the country, forced
to the front new and vital is
sues and made it possible for the peo
pleinstead of ollice-reeking politicians
to plae a champion of progressive
ideas at the head of Government I
believe that he will appreciate the fact
that we have placed in the hollow of
his hand not only the unselfish hopes
and patriotic aspirations of the Popu
list party, but the most sacred cause
that was ever entursted to living man,
and that he will not betray the trust.
In conclusion, permit me to say
that if my twenty years of work enti
tles me to the ecnfidence of my co
workers, let me ask them, to lay asiae
every other cnsideration and help
electM'. Bryan-not for his sake, but
for the sake of the principles which
we all hold dear and sacred. If suc
cess is achieved the Populist pai ty
can never, be denied the glory of the
victory. [f defeat awaits us, and our
standard bearer falls, let there be no
Populist arrows found either in his
breast or in his back. Let the re
sponsibility rest upon other shoulders
than our own. Sincerely yours.
S. F. Noaros.
Buried Beneath Debr-3.
Beaver Falls, Pa., Oct. 21.-Mayor
Brothers' pottery was destroyed by lire
at an early hour this morning, entail
ing a loss of $100,000. During the fire
a wall fell and five boys were buried
in the debris. T wo, named Reed and
Wallace, were perhaps fatally in
jured.
Five Roys Huiried.
EA v En FA LLs, ' ., Ocit. 21.-May
er Bros' pottery was destroyed by lire
at an early hour this morning, entail
ing alosof 8100.000. D uring the fire
a wall fell and li ;e b)oys were buried
in the debris. T wo, named Reed and
Wal lace, were perhaps fatally ijred.
lFusion izn Ohio.,
Barr, P residenitiail ele~ctor- for' the
Twelfth Ohio District of the I 'ople's
party ticket, has withdrawn his name.
This secures perfcct fusion of I 'emo
crats and P opulists on the~ P'-ry~au tiek
TWO ARE DEAD: OTHERS DYING.
Piclvd M.uti- Between a FloridLWhite
Ma iand H is Negro Employee.
PENA tA, Fla., 03t. 23.-Single
handed, .J. M. Craigier, manager of
the Hogoenan Lumber Company,
fought a pitched battle late yesterday
afternoon at Hagerman Lumber Com
pany, fought a Chipley, on the Pensa
cola and Atlantic railroad, with a moL
of turpentine negroes, killing two of
them, Amos J:hnson and John Alex
ander, instantly, and wounding a
number of other, four of whom, An
drew Miller, Henry Simpson, .Jack
Nobles and Albert Sesson, will die
from their wounds.
The bloody battle has created the
wildest exeitement in that section ever
known. All the negroes in the vicin
ity of Chipley and Hagerman's station
have sought cover, and the surviving
members of the party that went up
against Craizler and his winchester,
have completely disappeaired. The
white people of that section have tak
en (own their rifles and are preparing
for a race war, which seems imminent
in view of their aroused condition.
Hundreds of people are flocking to the
scene, and with each succeeding hour,
the turmoil seems to incraqse. The en
counter was one of the bloodiest in
the history of the State, and, accord
ing to all reports, entirely unpre
voked.
Craigler was in charge of the Ha
german Lumber company's saw mill,
and reprimanded one of the hands for
idleness. The negro snatched up a ri
lie and fired on him, and the other
darkies abandoned their work and se
cured their weapons with an alacrity
that hinted of pre-arrangement, Craig
ler retreated to the office amid a per
fect storm of bullets, but reached it
unscathed. He barricaded himself and
secured his own winchester. By this
time the negroes had surrounded the
building. They were howling like
fiends, and shooting so rapidly that
Craigler was forced to lie flat on the
floor to escape the dozens of rifie balls
that pierced the thin weather boarding
like pasteboard.
After the first volley, he rose .up,
and flinging open the door, took a
snap shot at John Alexander, putting
the bullet squarely between the ne
gro's eyes. The mob concentrated
their fire on him, but shot wildly, and
in another instant he had sent John
Alexander into eternity and mortally
wounded Henry Simpson and Andrew
Miller.
Craigler dashed to the rear of the
building and drove them back, mor
tally wounding Jack Nobles. The
others charged from the front and
Craigler ran to the open door and fa
tally shot the leader, Albert Lessson.
At this juncture the Pensacola and
Atlanta train came along, and the
crew and passengers, their attention
attracted by the yells and shots, saw
Craigler's desperate plight,and rushed
to his rescue. The negroes broke and
fled, leaving their dead and dying
where they had fallen.
The news of the affair spread like
wild-fire, and from their little homes
in the hammocks and pine thickets the
white natives of the section began to
emerge.
In an incredibly short space of time
a multitude of wildly excited men,
armed to the teeth gathered. They
were bent on vengeance, but the ne
groes had made good their escapr,.
Two hundred and twenty-five bullet
holes were counted in the house -At
lanta Journal.
SPIES OR TRAITORS.
Men lai the Confidence of Cubans in lorida
Inetraye Them.
JACFxsomtuLL, Oct. 23.-No official
repoirt has been received by Collector
of Customs C. RI. Busbee of the firing
on and capture of the alleged Cuban
filibustering tugs Dauntless and R. L.
Mabey off' Jupiter inlet yesterday
morning by the United States cruiser
Raleigh. The revenue cutter Bout
well left Jacksonville for the St.
John's bar this morning to take charge
of the Dauntless and escort her to the
quarantine station at Fernandi na
where she will be fumigated and after
wards brought to this port and deliv
ered to the United States authorities.
The tug Ri. L. Mabey, which was
also captured, did not reach the bar
last night, as she is much slower tban
the Dauntless and the Raleigh. The
Mabey arrived, however, early today
in charge of a prize crew from the
Raleigh and will be brought to .Jacki
sonville and delivered to the United
States authorities. The crusier Ra
leigh left for the South this morning.
It is said she is going to Turtle Hiar
bor to discover, if possible, the island,
on which it is said the Cubans have
stored quantities of arms anid amnmu
nition.
The firing on and the seizure of the
Dauntless and Mabey has caused in
dignation here and is regarded as
high-handed on the part of Captain
Miller of -the Raleigh. Neither the
Dauntless nor the Mabey had arms on
board. The Dauntless had only her
regular crew and the Mabey had on
board a cargo of coal. The coal was
possibly intended for the Dauntless,
but she had a right to take on board
fuel. It is not believed that the gov
ernment can do anything with either
vessel and their seizure is regarded as
simply another case of catering to
Spain on the part of the administra
tion at Was hington.
The disastrous ending of the pro
posed expidition to aid the Cuban in
surgents before it had really gotten
~under way was the subject of discus
sion today, and threats of vengeance
against the traitor who had informed
the oilicials of the plans were heard
in several instances.
The government officials in this city
were fully informed of every detail
and even knew where the arms and
ammunition were shipped and when
the Cuban leaders and the men to
make up the expedition left here. The
Mabey's connection with the expedi
tion was known and it was deemed
time to act. Accordingly a dispatch
was sent to the commander of the
Newark by an official having the au
thority to direct the movements of the
cruiser. According to the information
furnished by the spy or traitor, the
Dauntless was to have taken on two
cargoes of coal and then the arms and
ammunition. This was to have been
done during Tuesday night, and she
should have been away from the New
Smyrna bar before daylight Wednes
day morning. Why no attempt was
made to deliver the first cargo of coal
until sunrise Wednesday morning is
not known, but the delay proved for
the best, as no arms were found on
either the Mabey or the Dauntless
when the steamers were captured. The
name of the traitor is not known, or
at ieast hais not been made publi-:, but
if he a :liscovered it will not be heal
thy for him.
Tragedy in a Courtrooml.
SAetMaEXro, Cal., Oct. 21.- In the
lobby of the police court this morning
.aimes f - we shot and fatally wounded
Addie Schilling and then blew his own
brains out. The woman was reported
to have been intimate with Lowe and
was to have been a witness against
him in a vagr-ancy case. Lowe was
the son of Stat' Senator Lowe of San
.Jose. When he shot the Schilling
woman she had in her hand thre~aten?
ing letters written her- by L'w'e who:
was suspected of aLrson.
THE QUARTERLY REPORT
Of The i.-gId.altive IDispeni:iary Eram!nlug
Committee.
Corfu.ux, Oct 21.-The leaighIative
examining committee, charged with
the inspection and examination of the
b'oks and atfairs of the State dispen
sary, last evening completed its work
and issued its report for the last quar
ter. The reference therein made to
the dispensary scandals and the inves
tigation thereof is significant.
Here is the quarterly renort:
To His Excellency John Gary Evans,
Governor of South Carolin:
Sir-We herewith submit our report
of our examination of the book, and
financial transactions of the State dis
pensary for the quarter ending Sept.
:loth, 18!46. Mr. T. S. Brice of the
committee, was present at the tLking
of stock on the :0th day of September,
and personally assisted in the satae.
The committee has carefully exam
ined the books and financial transac
tions of the dispensary.
We find the assets and liabilities,
according to these books, to be as fol
losws:
Quarterly statement qu:rter ending
Sept. 30, 18'.f:
ASSETS.
Cash in State treasury.....$ 92,917.12
Machinery and otlike fix
tures...... ........... 2,862.47
Teams, wagons.......... 1.291.19
Supplies (inventory)...... 12,753.02
Merchandise at State dispen
(inventory)............. 88. 698.52
Unexpired insurance...... 782 66
Personal accounts, tax paid
and ex-dispensers' defi
ciencies................. 14 468.34
Merchandise in
hands of county
dispensers in
voice.price ...$2:ll,317.14
Less State's profit
added at time
of shipment... 66,090 61
Value of above merchandise
at cost prices............ 165,226.43
Total assets.............$379,032.85
LUIBILITIES.
Personal accounts due by
State ...................$ 58.574.53
General fund............. 192,493.81
School fund.............. 73.865.06
Net accrued profit for quar
ter passed to credit of
State school fund........ 54,099.45
Total liabilities.........$379,032.85
Statement of profit and has for quar
ter ending Sept. 30, 1896:
PROFITS.
Contraband...............$ 3,400.10
Rebates................ 9,422.59
Profits from beer dispensa
ries............... 9,677.26
Permit fees from whiskey
distillers............... 9.00
Gross profits on merchan
dise sales............... 144,687.96
Total gross profits.......$167,267.51
LOSSES.
Breakage and leaiage..... 206 15
Constabulary... ........ 13.980.24
Freight and express....... 18,072.38
Labor..................3,070.43
Expense, request books, pos
tage, stationery. salaries,
etc....'................. 5,712.87
Insurance................. 900.00
License....... ... 125.00
Supplies.................. 47,808.38
Total expenses for quarter$ 89,938.45
Net profits on shipments for
the quarter............. 77,329.06
Total................$167,267.51
Cash statement quarter ending Sept.
30, 1896:
REcEIPTS.
Cash in State treasury, June
0...................$ 50,146 15
July........ ........... 71,138- 44
August................ 68,709.63
September............ 123.676.02
Total receipts for quarter$313,670. 24
DISFL URSEM ENTS.
Jiuly disbursements...$ 76.794.56
August disbursements..46,905.55
September disbursements.. 97,023i.01
Disbursements forquarter$220,723 12
Cash in State treasury Sept.
:.................... 92,947.12
$313,670.24
During this quarter ihere arose some
trouble in reference to the dispensary
management. An investigation was
instituted by the board of control, this
committee being present. In our final
report to you, which will be trans
mitted to the legislature, we will give
th is investigation our special attention.
We beg leave to acknowledge the
assistance that has been rendered us by
Mr. Scruggs, the clerk of the board of
control, whose books are kept with
great accuracy and clearness.
Respectfully submitted,
T1. 5. Brice
C. W. Gaaris,
Francis H. Weston,
Legislative Coimmittee.
The FarmneCr's Cas.
In 188S the following paragraph was
penned by a very prominent man,
who was supposed to be a Democrat
and who had captivated millions of
his countrymen as an honest man and
a patriot beyond all rivalry:
"Oar farmers, long suffering and
patient struggling in the races of life,
with hardest and most unremitting
toil, will not fail to see, in spite of
misrepresentations and misleading
fallacies, that they are obliged to ac
cept such prices for their products as
are fixed in foreign markets where
they compete with thie farmers of the
world ; that their lands are declining
in value, wvhile their debts increase.
and that wiWmot compensa.ing favor
they are fore d b i the action of the
government to pay for the benefit of
others such enhanced price for things
that they need that the scanty returns
of their labor fail to furnish their sup
port or leave iio margi. for acccumu
lations."
The Augusta Chronicle in comment
ing on the above says: "Not to be
mysterious and subj et our readers to
a competitive examination as to the
author of this paragraph, wve will
state that Grover Cleveland is the
man. What are we to think of the
Cleveland of 1896 when confronted
wih the Cleveland of 1S88 An
Eastern far':-'e says: 'Under the
Present condiu :; we farmers have
more to pay than we are able to get
money to pay. We have apples rot
ting on the ground rn a by the bushel.
but by the covered aves for wbich
there is no market, y t millions of
hungery mouths are watering for
them but have no money to buy at
any price.' The W\~ern farmer,
having disposed ;f the larger part of
his wheat crop, will be angered to see
speculators and com-bines enriching
themselves at. his e~x pensec. Much of
the wheat has been bought in EuXrope
at low prices. (>ur Sotithiern farmers.
althlough many of themi are better otr
this year- than they were last season.
are far from enjoying the prosperity
they deserve. But farmers every
where, kin) v that the money que.+
tion is at the root of all their tronbb-s
and so are determined to right the
wronzr. The fine sentiments of Mr.
leveland are contrasted witl: his
acts. They no longer believe inni
sincerity. They know that (Mr. ltry
an will be honest with then a?nd th-dt
KI
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
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Highest of all in leavening strength.
- Ir, test United Slates Government
Fowul R:eport.
RoYAL BAKIN POWDER CO.,
New York City.
NV hat the Figures Say.
The Columbia State says the Chica
go Record's postal card election has
the rare recommendation of pleasing
both sides. It was designed to indicate
probabilities by giving the full vote of
Chicago and 10 per cent. of the vote
of the pivotal States of the cential
west. The Democrats responded so
slowly at first that Chairman Jones
issued a request to them not to partic.
ipate in the election. The result is
that a in poll of one-fifth the vote of
Chicago they cast but one-fifth of the
ballots, and in nearly all the other
States they mnake a grotesquely small
showing on the incomplete ballotiag.
This tickles the Repuoiicans. But the
Democrats are even more tickled at the
fact that the votes racorded show the _
percentage of changes from Republi
canism to Democracy in nearly all.
the States polled to be 50 per cent..
greater than from Democracy to Re
publicanism, over 25 pe ent. of the
Bryan voters having voted for Harri
son in 1892. The national Democratic
committee has issued the following:
"The ballot has proceeded far enough
to enable one to estimate the majority
for Bryan in each of the States. Ac
cording to the percentage of gain and
loss. as shown by the votes in each
State, so far as received by The.Re
cord, it indicates that Mr. Bryan's ma
jorities wil be as follows:
Illinois....................... 75,193
Missouri.......... ....-- 93082
Iowa................ 2.838 j
Indiana................. 65,145
Nebraska........... 42,467
Michigan................-3,44J
Wisconsin.................... 10,099
Kansas................ ..36,646
Kentucky.................... 24,952
Minnesota........ ......26,386
South Dakota................ 7,543
North Dakota........ ....2,988
Fasion Up to Date.
The following table compiled from
information furnishet by the Demo
critic and Populist national commit
tees, shows the proportion of electors
on the national ticket, in states, where
fusion has been effected -
State. Populist Democratic. .
Alabama.............4 7
Arkansas ............3
California.........-3
Colorado...... 4 -
Florida...... .....4
Idaho.............
Illinois...... .....4 2
Indiana............5 1
Iowa..............3 1
*Kansas..... ......- 1
Kentucky...........2
Louisiana........3
Massachusetts .......1
Michigan..........4
Minnesota.........4 5
Missouri.............
Montna.......1 5
Nebrasa. -. 4 6
Ohio......... - 18
Oregon......144 .
Menntana........4 2 -
South Dakota.... 2
Uth.................2 1
Washingion........2 2
West Virginia...2 4
Wisconsin ..........3 9
Wyoming.......' 1
*Kansas Democrats -pledged to vote
for Watson, if it is seen he has most
votes in electoral college.
Calamity at Clemiion..
ChARESTON, Oct. 22.-A special to
The Ne ws and Courier from Clemson
college says: Prof. McGee was fatalh
ly injured about 12::30 today and died
at 5 this evening. He was at the barn
showing the senior class the working
of a new corn shredding mac~hine,
when his coat was caught bythe.saws
of the machine and he was instantl
cut in the side by the saw teeth. I
was soon seen that he was fatally hurt
and he began giving directions as to
his burial and the disposition of his
property. His father was telegraphed
to. and he asked that his old .friend
and preceptor, General Stephen D.
Lee, should be notified also. Th~e lat
ter sent the following reply to Presi
dent Craighead: "Tell McGee that I
am shedding tears that one so belov
ed and promising should meet such a
fate." This message fitly expresses
the sentiment here, for Pr-ofessor Mc
Gee enjoyed the respect and friend
ship of all and his death is greatly de
plored. He was :34 years old, affable
and quick and of commanding pres
ence. He came to Clemson as assist- -q~
ant professor of * ~ ~ izr arch,
1894, and wp /"lected professor in
1896. His remains will be sent to his
home at Lexing ton, Miss., tomorrow,
escorted by two members of the facul
ty. Prof. McGee exhibited remarka
ble calmness throughout, knowing
that he could not live, and died peace
fully. ______ __
.Wors~e than in Uuba. -
Cm~caGo, Oct. 21.-A San~ Francisco
special to a local paper says: The Cu
ban atrocities are mild comparedwith
those taking place in the Philippine
Islands, where the Spanish are trying
to suppress a revolt of the natives.
Some indication of affairs have been
learned frorn Orientaf papers. The
most shocking incident of the bloody
reprisals was the treatment of a Span
ish lieutenant and his family. The
Spanish had captured a number of
prisoners and as an object lesson to
the natives disemboweled two and
hung their bodies on one of the gates
of the town. The infuriated rebels,
eager for vengeauce, gathered a force
ani hurried to the home of a Spanish
lieutenant on the outskirts e& Manilla.
They captured the ollicer and his wife
and 12 year old daugh'ter, and then
began a bloody scene of torture. The
mot savage instincts of the natives
were aroused. 8 dore the eyes of his
wife and daughter, the lientenant's
skin was siit all over- his body. -Then
the torturers crue.ilied him, pinning
him outstretched to a tree with their
long~ knives. They tortured the wom
an and girl, giving the fullest play to
teir animal instincts aud wvreaking
dsgustiug vengeance before the dying
yes of the husband and father. The
Spanishi ar-e doinsg their best to keep
newsit of~ thes at'ocities fro:n leav
n' the islasnds. op.ming and1 inspect
ng all the maL~il. Tnt-y particularly
esired to keent n kuovin the death of
birty-eight prisoners in one night'in>..