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WINDS TEAT HINDER, REV. DR TALMAGE T) T.E WEARY AND DISCOURAGED. He Gives Words or Comfort to All who L'1 bar Under Adverse Circusmtances, ' ith Pgysical and Mental--The Overbr.rd ned ana Overworked. Dr. Talmage's serm-:1 S mud y was one of good cheer. It will rie en couragement tomanystraggling souls. The subject is "Contrary W.nds, and the text Matthew xv, 21, --The wind, was contrary." As I well know by experien ce on Lake Galilee, one hoar all may be calm and the next hour the winds and waves will be so boisterous that you are in doubt as to whether you will land on the shore or on the bottom of the deep. The disciples in the text were caught in such a stress of weath er and the sails bent and tbe ship plunged, for "the wind was contrary." There is in one of the European straits a place, where, whichever way you sail, the winds are opposing. There are people who all their life seem sail ing in the teeth of the wind. All things seem against them. It may be said of their condition as of that of the disciples of the the text, "the wind was contrary." A great multitude of people are un der seeming disadvantage, and I will today, in the swarthiest Anglo-Saxon that I can manage. treat their cases; not as a nurse counts out eight or ten drops of a prescription and stirs them in a half glass of water, but as when a man has by mistake taken a large amount of strychnine or paris green or belladonna, and the patient is walked rapidly round the room and shaken up until he gets wide awake. I Many of yon have taken a large draft of the poiso.. of discouragement, and I come out by the order of the divine Physician to rouse you out of that lethargy. First, many people are under the disadvantage of an unfortunate name given them by parents who thought they were doing a good thing. Some times at the baptism of children while I have held up one hand in prayer I have held up the other in amazement that parents should have weighted the babe with such a dissonant and repul sive nomenclature. I have not so much wondered that some children should cry out at the christening font as that others with such smiling face should take a title that will be the burden of their lifetime. It is outra geeus to afmict children with an unde sirable name because it happened to be possessed by a parent or a rich un cle from whom favors are expected or some prominent man of the day who may end his life in disgrace. It is no excuse, because they are Scripture names, to call a child Jehoiakim or Tiglath-Pileser. I baptised one by the name Bathsheba! Why, under all the circumambient heaven, any parent should want to give to a child the name of that loose creature of Scrip ture times I cannot imagine. I have often felt at the bartisma altar, wheu names were announced to me, like saying, as did the Rev. Dr. Richards of Morristown, N, J., when a child was handed him for baptism and the name given, "Hadn't you better call it something else?" Impose not upon that babe a name suggestive of flippancy or meanness There is no excuse for such assault and attery on th'e cradle when our lan guage is opulent with names zr asical and suggestive in meaning, uch ais John, meaning "the graciour gift of God," or Henry, meaning " he chief of a household," or Alfred, meaning "good counselor," or Joshua,:neanmng "God, our salvation," or Ambrose, mening "immortal," or Andrew, mening "manly," or Esther, mean ing "star," or Abigail, meaning "my father's joy," or Anna, meamtng "grace," or Victoria, meaning "victo ry," or Rosalie, meaning "beautiful as a rose," or Margaret, meamnn "a pearl," or Ida, maning "godlike," or Clara, meaning "illustrious," or Amelia, meaning "busy," or Bertha, meaning "beautiful," and hundreds of other names just as good that are a help rather than a hindrance. But sometimes the great hindrance in life is not in the given name, but in the family name. While legislatures are willing to lift such incubuses, there are families that keep a name which mortgages all the generations with a great disadvantage. You say, "I wonder if he is any relation to So and-so," meaning some family cele brated for crime or deception. It is a wonder to me that in all such families some spirited young man does not rise, saying to his brothers and sisters, "If you want to keep this nuisance or scandilizationof a name, I will keep it no longer than until by quickest course of law I can slough of this gagee." The city directory has hudesof names the mere pronun ciation of which has been a life long obstacle. If you have started life un der a name which, either through ri diculons orthography or vicious sug gestion, has been an incumbrance, re solve that the next generation shall not be so weighted. It is not demean ing to change a name. Saul of Tar sus became Paul the Apostle. Had assah, "the myrtle," became Esther, "the star." We have in America, andlIsuppoe it is so in all countries, names which ought to be abolished, and can be and will be abolished for the reason that they are a libel and a slander. But if for any reason you are submerged either by a given name or by a family name that you must bear, God will help you to overcome the outrage by a life consecrated to the good and usefuL. You may erase the curse from the name. If it once stood for meanness, you can make it stand for generosity. If once it stood for pride, you can make it stand for humility. If it once stood for fraud, you can make it stand for honesty. If once it stood for wickedness, you can make it stand for purity. There have been multitudes of instances where men and women have magnificently conquered the disasters of the names inflicted upon them. Again, many people labor under the misfortune of incomplete physical equipment. We are by our Creator. so economically built that we cannot afford the obliteration of any physical faculty. We want our two eyes, our two ears, our two hands, our two feet. our eight fingers and two thumbs. Yet what multitudes of people have but one eye, or but one foot ! The or dinary casulties of life have been quadrupled, quintupled, sextupled, aye, centupled, in our time by the civ il war, and at the north and south a great multitude are fighting the battle of life with half, or less than half, the needed physical armaments. I do niot wonder at the pathos of a soldier during the war, who, when told that he must have his hand amiputateci, said, "Doctor, can't you save it?" and when told that it was impossible, said, with tears roiling down his cheeks: 'Well, then, good by. oldj hand. 1 hate to part with you. You have done me a good service for many years, but it seems you must go. Goodby." '-A celebrated surgeon told me of a ~~ne in the clinical departmient of one .the New York hosi.itals, when a oor man with a wounded leg was )orate-J on. *.Tne slZC)nl '7c p> Y at e ia ouit ties and tl u ) the students xn handl i \c'wunided leg and a vas abo is o pr' _-' to amputation b vh'm ine po)or ma e eip-d from the v ;al aid hob... ,. e door, and e a.ll a-leum I u sord'y to dis s .ovo' Vu -at-b t C p of God It vit l d e ,v ui :1"Wiaat a h errllu loss ,is i.: io 0 ouar phvsicua s acutus: d 'lie tay the battle of Crecy was de. a 'ided agains. the French was by the c V shaien killing the Fren:h horses, C td th-t bro;zht their riders to the s ;round. And when you cripple this t )ody, which is merely the animal ca y vhich the soul rides, you may some- e dimes defeat the soul. Yet hov many satf r feo-n his I >hvsical taking od': Good cheer. my v arther: GAd will make it uo to you t ;omehow. The grace, the sympathy a >f God will be more to ycu than any :hing you have lost. If Gtxi al!ovs part of your resources to be gut oil in u >ne place, h a wili ad it on soaiewhere C ise. As Augustus, th_ emperor, took t ir a day from F,:bruary, niing it v the shortest month in the year, an. L ,dBied it to August, the monta named Y after himself so advantages taken :rom t one part of your u tnre will oi added a on to another. Bat it is amazing noX a much of the world's work has been i done by men of subtracted physical L prganization. S. S. Preston, tre great orator of the southwest, went limping all his life, but tuere was no foot put t down upon any platform of ts day i that res-unded so far as his citu foot. J Beethoven was so dear that he could t not hear the crash of the orchestra a rendering his o~atorios. Thomas Car- c ivle, the dyspeptic martyr, was given t the commission to drive cant out of v the world's literature. The Rev. a Thpmas Stockton of Pniladelphia with I one lung raised his audience nearer v heaven than most ministers can raise them -with two lungs. Iu the banks, s the insurance companies, the commer- c cial establishments, the reformatory e associations, tne carches, there are tens of thousands of men and women today doubled up with rheumatism, or subject to the neuralgias, or with a only fragments or limbs, tne rest of t which they left at Chattanooga, or South Mountain, or the Wilderness, and they are worth more to the world and more to the church and more to e c God than those of us who have never d so much as had a finger joint stiff nedjt by a felon. Put to full use all the faculties that e remain and charge on all opposing ircumstances with the determination of John of Bohemia, who was totally s blind and yet at a battle cried out, "I b pray and beseech you to lead me so c far into the fight that I may strike one good blow with this sword of mine. s Do not think so much of what facul- t ties you have lost as of what faculties remain, You have enough left to e make yourself felt in three worlds, t while you help the earth and balk hell and win heaven. Arise from your t discouragements, 0 men and women of depleted or crippled physical facul ties, and see what, by the special help of God, you can accomplish: t The skilled horsemen stood around e Bucephalus, unable to mount or man- t age him, so wild was the stead. But t Alexander noticed that the sight of his own shadow seemed to disturb the horse. So Alexander clutched him by the bridle and turned his head away from the shadow and toward thet sun, and the horse's agitation was 1 gone, ana Alexander mounted himt and rode off, to the astenishment oft all who stood by. And what you pea-t pe need is to have your sight turned away from the sh'adows of your earth ly lot, over which you have so longt pondered, and your head turned to 1 ward the sun-the glorious sun of gos pel consolation, and Christian hope, t and spiritual triumnh. And then remember that all physi cal disadvantages will after awhile vanish. Let those who have been rheumatismed out of a foot, or cata racted out of an eye, or by the perpe tual roar of our cities thundered out of an ear, look forward to the day when this old tenement house of flesh will come down and a better one shall be builded. The resurrection morn ing will provide you with a better out- t fit. Either the unstrung, wornout, blunted and crippled organs will be i so reconstructed that you will not know them, or an entire new set ofe eyes and ears and feet will be given you. Just what it means by corrup tion putting on incorruption we do not know, save that it will be glory1 ineffable. No limping in heaven, no straining of the eye sight to see things a little way off no putting of the hand t behind the ear to double the capacitye of the tympanum, bat faculties perfect, all the keys of the instrument attunedr for the sweep of the fingers of ecstasy.1 But until that day of resumptioni comes let us bear each other's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Another form of disadvantage under a which many labor is 1scek of early education.- There will be no excuse for ignorance in the next generation.a Free schools and illimitable opportuni-i ty of education will make ignorance a crime.- I believe in compulsory educa- ~ ion, and those parents who neglect to t put their children under educationa] s advantages have but one right lef t, e and that is the penitentiary.- But I there are multitudes of men and wo- a men in midlife who have had no op e portunity. Free schools had not yet a been established, and vast multitudes t< had little or no school at all. They a feel it when as Christian men they t :ome to speak or pray in religious as- t semblies or public occasions, patriotic, r~ or politital, or educational. They are si silent because they do not feel com-I1l petent. They owe nothing to Eng a [ish grammar, or georgraphy, or bellks ettres. They would not know a par-a ticiple from a pronoun if they met it c many times a day. Many of the most a successful merchants of Amenica and t men in high political places cannot it write an accurate letter on any theme. 9 'hey are completely dependent c apon clerks and deputies and t: stenographers- to m'ake tnings o eight. I knew o. literary man 1 who in other years in this city made , ais fortune by writing speeches for -: :ongressmen or fixing them up for u lhe Congressional Rlecord after they b were delivered. The millionaire illiter d cy of this country is beyond measure-I Now, suppose a man iinds himself! b in midlife without education, what is d he to do? Do the best he can. Theli most effective layman in a formerce pastoral charge that I ever heard speak :c n religious themes could within five-I y mnutes of exhortation brcak all the s< laws of English grammar, and if he tl Left any law unfractured he would C :omplete the work of lingual devasta- : 1 ion in the prayer with which he fol- d owed it. But I would rather b are him pray for me if I were sick or inp trouble than any Chritian man I knowj s of and in that church all the people r oreferred him in exhortation an dif prayer to all others. Whyi Becaus elt n as sc thoroughly pious and had 1s suca power with God he was irresisti- ! bl nd as he went on in his prayer t siners repented and saints shou:ed ! for joy. Anid wheu he had stopir ped praying and as soon as I coul dic wipe out c: my eyes enough tears toh see the closing hymn I ended thejr meeting, fearful ibtat some longjtl winded prayer meeting b-ore woul d a n. Not a word h ave I to say aginst curacy of sprechi o' tine elocution or igh mental culture. (Gt all 'ihese ou can. Bit I do say to those wiho ,ere brought up in the day of psor 'hool houses and inn gran! school rs and no opportunity: You may .e so lai of goo In your sou 1ul o mnuc'i of hieaveu in your eve'ry eta oa wv11 be mi -hti.r for otid than a' who went t ro:igv the arriciun:" of HArvard or Yae or )xford, yetl never flr aluI~ted in the :hool of nrist. \Ven you g-" up Sa he Lae of heaven no one' will ask o0 whh ir yot can prse .:- first hapter of Gnresis, bat w vter vou av'. learnel the fear of the L ed, aick is the beginning of wisdom. or whetaer you anov Lo v to square e circle. out whether you have lived sq are life li a round worid. Mount or is higher han Mont Parnassus. Bat what other multitudes there are 'ader other disadvantages' Here is a hristiao womain wnose nusband dinks reli ioa a sham, and while the rife prays tho c aildren one way the m;band s.vears them another. O' ere is a Caristiao man who is trying a do his best for God and the church, nd his wife holds him back and says n the way home from prayer mnet ag where he gave testimony for jurist: "Wnat a fool you made of 'ourseif: I hope hereafter you will :eep still." And wh'en he would be enevolent and give $50 she criticises tir for not giving 5J cents. I must .o justice and publicly thank God hat I never proposed at home to give nything for any cause of humanity f religion but the other partner in he domestic firm approved it. And rhen it seemed byond my ability, ,nd faith in God was necessary, she ,ad threefoarths. Bat I knowv men vho when they contribute to charita ale objects are afraid that the wife hall tind it out. Wnat a witherina urse such a woman must be to a go aan: Then there are oihers under the reat disadvantage of poverty. Who ugnt to get things cheapest? You ay those wno have little means. Bat hey pay more. You buy coal by the on; they buy it by the bucket. You uy your nour by the barrel; they bay t by the pound. You get apparel leap, beeause you piy cash; they pay Lear, because they get trusted. And he Bible was right when it said, "The Lestruction of the poor is their pov rty." Then there are those who made a isa'e in early life, and that over hadows all their days. "Do you not :now that that man was once in pris in?" is whispered. 0., "Do you :now that that man once attempted uicide:" Or, "Do) you know that hat man once absconded?" Or, "Do 'ou know that that man was once dis :harged for dishonesty?" Perhaps here was only one wrong deed in the aan's life, and that one act haunts he subsequent half century of his iistence. Others have unfortunate predomi Lance of some mental faculty, and heir rashness throws them into wild nterprises, or their trepidation makes hem decline great opportunity, or here is a vein of melancholy in their ispsition that defeats them, or they tave an endowment of overmirth that auses the impression of insincerity. Others have a mighty obstacle in heir personal appearance, for which hey are not responsible. They forget hat God fashioned their features and heir complexion and their stature, he size of their nose, and mouth, and ands, and feet, and gave them thei ~ait and their general appearance, and hey forget that much of the world's >est work and the church's best work~ as been done by homely people, and hat Paul the apostle is said to have een humpbacked and his eyesight yeakened by opthalmnia, while many f the finest in appearance have pass. ~d their time before flattering looking ~lasses, or in studying killing atti udes, and in displaying the richness >f wardrobes-not one ribbon, or vest, >r sack, or glove, or button, or shoe' tring of wl. ah they have had brains o earn for themselves. Others had wrong proclivities from he start. They were born wrong, Lnd that sticks to one even after~ he is >orn again. They have a natural rankiness that is 275 years old. It ame over with tneir great grand' athers from Scotland, or Wales, or ~'rance. I was born on the banks of he Thames, or the Clyde, or the Ti er, or the Rhine, and has survived dl the plagues and epidemics of many ~enerations, and is living today on he baniks of the Potomac, or Hudson, r the Androscoggin, or the Savan' ah, or the La Plata. And when a an tries to stop this evil ancestral rocivity he is like a man on a rock n the rapids of Niagara, holding on with a grip from which the swift cur* ents are trying to s weep him into the .byss beyond. Oh, this world is an overburdened ord. an over worked world ! It is an f ally lired world. It is a dreadful' y unfortunate wcrld. Scientists are rying to find out the cause of these arthquakes in all lands, cisatlantic and ransatlantic. Some say this and some ey that. I have taken the diagnosis ,f what is the matter with the earth. thas so many burdens on it and so many fires within it, it has a fit. It annot stand such a circumference nd such a diameter. Some new ~o >paxi or Stromboli or Vesuvius will pen, and then all will be at peace for de natural world, But what about he moral woes of the world that have acked all nations, and for 6,000 years ience proposes nothing but know edge, and many people who know the aost are the most uncomforted ? In the way of practical relief for ll disadvantage and all wos, the nly voice that is worth listening to n this subject is the voice of Almaigh y God. Whether I have mentioned ce particular disadvantage under rhich you laboror not, I distinctly de lare, in the name of my God, that ere is a way out and away up for all f you. You cannot be any worse off can that Christian young woman rho was in the Pemberton mills when cey fell some years ago, and from nder the fallen timbers she was eard singing, "I am g sing home to ie no more" Take good courage from that Bible, l ot whose promises are for those in ad predicament. There are better nys for you, either on earth or in eaven. I put my hand under your hin and lift your face into the light the coming dawn. Have God on our side, and then you have for re arve troops all the armies of heaven, ce smallest company of which is 20, 0 chariots and the smallest brigade 1,C00, the lightnings of heaven their rawn sword. An ancient warrior saw an over owering host come down upon his mall company armed men, and, iounting his house, he threw a hand al of san'd in the air, crying. "Let ueir faces be covered with conf u on"' And both armies heard his oice, and history says it seemed as a'xugh the dust thro in in the air hatd ecorme so many angels of super-natu a deliver-ance , and the weak over au'e the m:ghty, and the immense ost feli back, and the small number 2archedl on. Have faith in Godi, anid aough all the allied forces of discour gement seem to come against you in ttlearraye and their Ianom of diA ance and contempt resounds throug all the valleys and mountains, yo might by faith in God and import' nate prayer pick up a handful of ti: very dast of your humiliation an 'row it into the air, and it shall b c-:'m an"-ls of victor' over all th :eies of earth and bell. The voic or your adversarie. human and s. tanic, shall be covered with confi sion, while you shall be not only coi queror, but more than conqiero throug'h that grace which hf so often made th'e fallen helmet an overthrowvn antagonist the foo stool of a Catris:iiu victory. THE STATE TEACHERS. Int, resting Informatiun in Regard to ti Sammer Meeting. It looks as if a great many of t' members of the State Teachers ass, ciation are to attend the annual mee ing on Pris Mountain, which beg it the end of this month. T'e followin circular has just been issued signed b Prof. E. L Hughes of Greenville. ti local member of the exec itive con mittee, and Proprietor W. E. Joh> stone of the H~tei Altamont: To Teachers and School Offi ers: Te executive committe of the Stal Teachers' association have arranged t hold tne next meeting of the associ, tion on Paris Mountain, near Greet ville, June 30 to July 5. We tah this method of urging you to be pre: ent to take part ia the benefit and en j )yment as well as the duties of tb occasion. Our State association has not ha the attention it should have from tb rank and file of our teachers. W should have a large. representativ inilaential gathering every year and strong, compact, working organizi tion. Both professional and physic: benefit should result from the meetint and the programme has been arrange and the place selected with this i view. The place, Paris Mountain, five miles from Greenville, and pleasant drive of seven miles from th railroad statioa over good roads bring the visitor to the summit and the A tamont Hotel, where preparation have been made to entertain 300 c more guests. A comfortable audit( rium with saating capacity of 50( with a roof garden above has bee: built for the place of meeting; there an unobstructed view in every dire< tion from an altitule of 2,300 fee above sea level; delightful breeze wander c )ntinually among the glister ing leaves of the chestnuts and oak, freighted with health-giving ozrne everything tends to inspire, invigo ate and renew the energies of tire teaehers. It is an ideal place for re: or work. The fare at the hotel wil be excellent. well prepared and wei served. An experienced hotelist, wb has had chaage of the Altamoat fc the past three seasons, with a we: trained corps of assistants, will d their utmost for the comfort of ti guests. The ladies will be domicile in the hotel and the gentlemen in co tages and tents near by. There wi be a freedom and ease, an open a camp meeting element which wi add greatly to the enjoyment of all. Open air concerts by a good ban< and orchestra selections at interva during the daily sessions will enlive the routine of work, and the bros balconies, the wide lawn, the paviio2 sunset rock and numerous beautift nooks near the top will furnish plac and opportunity for those delightfua soqial and conversational groups< t wo or more which are sucen a plea ant feature of our gatherings.. RATES. We have secured the lowest railroa rates ever given to our association one fare for round trip. See tha your railroad agent has his instructior and tickets in time. Doard will beli for five days. June 30 to July 5, in clusive. The meeting will begin c Wednesday evening, 30th, at S8:30 1 m. and close Sunday, July 4, at saix hour. A rate of $L.50 per day will made those who come later or go ea: lier than above dates. Transporti tion, including baggage from static to Altamont, will not be over 75 cen1 for round trip. The citizens' commi tee expect to furnish free transports tion to those who come on the 30t and remain until the 5th. In order to perfect arrangement9 is absolutely necessary for us to kno by June 10 the number and names< those who expect to attend. As soo: as you receive this decide whethe you will come and write at once t Supt. E. L. Hughes, local memtber c~ executive committee, or Mr. W. I Johnetone, Hotel Altamont, Greer ville, aa:.d state that you expect to comn and when. We will then have a de6 nite basis for the work of preparatio and can secure better results. Don neglect this. Notify us certainly nc later than June 15. There will be no dress parade bring comfortable clothing, andi addition to your necessary toilet art: cles bring, if possible, a sheet, pillo case and light blanket. This will it sure your comfort in case of ovel crowding. You may find a heav dress or light overcoat an advantag at night. The matter of a ?ermanent home fo the association will come up at thi meeting and a large attendance is et pecially desirable. Come to seei Paris Mountain is the best place or t suggest a better. Getting worse and Worse. -Mr. James N. Yeazey, represeni ing Frank G. Tullidge & Co., distil] ers, Cincinnati, is in Columbia at th Grand Central. Mr. Yeazey has; Inational reputation as a gentlema: of authority on all matters pertain ing to "trusts"-especially the lat wikytrust. having been calle upon by the United States court tt give expert testimony as to the validi ty of its character an d other matters o importance. Mr. Veszey has jus made a trip throughout Penntsylvani; and, being a student of the politica situation, tells a Record reporter tha the laboring element of that state is al most on the verge of desperation Since McKinley's election, wages haye been reduced, mills shut down in a! directions, and a general uprising i imminent unless times improve. It many instauces laborers are paid11i scrip, which is sold to different store I aeers at a reduction of five to lifteei per cent. Mr. Veazey took occasiol to investigate the deplorable state o atfairs and found the distress so pro noun ced that he is almost willingz t< promise a positive overthrow of Rle publicanism in that state, lie state; further that John R. McLean wil succeed Mark Hanna as United State: senator in Ohio. Mr. McLean hat abandoned his summer home at Ba: Harbor, Maine, and will remain it incinnati and personally conduct thi campaign, as well as tue editora columns of the Cincinnati Eaquirer -Columbia Record. Speedy Just~icemeugla. Tecut's record for swift justic< was broken Thursday at Atlanta, Ga Tomn Kirus shoL Annie Johnson (boti coloredi three days ago and she diet this miorning. Tue coroner held at iruauest and tne verdict said death wa. t result of gunshot wound. Th( grand jury found a true bill and thl prisoner was arraigned in crimia court this afternoon for murder auc wanted to plead guilty. He was giver b GEN. WATTS' VERSION U 1 e 0= T'E UN=ORTUNATE CLASH ON d THE CAMPUS. Ho . k-. Statemfn' And the Public !- N'w if as the whole Ca? In Its IIandA What'1 the V:rdI!ct Be? Although the dispensary situation is occupying the attention of nearly every one in South Carolina just at this particular time, there is stili much speculation as to what will be the out come of the recent clash on the Souta ICarolina college athletic grounds. Af:cr waiting for several days Adju tant General Watts gave to the public ehis version of the affair. I-: is as fol lows: I had hoped that it would not be necessary for me to make a statement s ao the unfortunate occurrence that & took place on the college grounds last t- Friday, the 28th ult., but as there has .s been so much said and written about g the atfair, I deem: it my duty to the y militia and myself to give the facts in e the case, and let the public pass its i- own jadgment. The following orJer i- was issued May 10, 1997: Special Order No. 12. Adutant and Inspector General's Of ,e hlue, o Columbia, S. C., May 10. 1897. i- The annual inspection of the fol i- lowing companies is hereby ordered: e Governor's Guards, Capt. J. M. Bate man, conimandiug. Columbia, May - 25, 1897; Richland Volunteers, Capt. e J. D. Frost. commanding, Columbia,' May 26, 1897. d By order of the commander-in-chief. e . J. GARY WATs. e A. & I. General. , 0 wing to a death in my family. tbe a above order was revoked, and Friday, - the 28th, was appointed for the in I spection of the above commands. I saw Col. Wilie Jones, who was the d colonel of the Second regiment of in a fantry, and who would be in com is mand on this occasion, the morning a of the 28th at the Carolina National e bank. He told me that the inspection s would be held at the usual place, the grounds in charge of the college, s , which are used by the students for r athletic purposes (the time and place e of any inspection is generally left to , the commanding odicer.) Col. Jones 1 told me to take my position in front Ls of the stand which was erect:d for - ladies to occupy in order that they t could witness the games that are usu s ally played on these grounds. Tne i- battalion was formed and the usual , line of march was taken. As I reach ; ed the college grounds I proceeded to r- take my position, indicated by Col. d Jones. but was informed by Mr. Ha t good, one of the students, that a match I game of ball was in progress, and I hoped that I would not interfere, or o words to that effect. I then rode from r the ball grounds and was spoken to by 1 Prof. Sloan. He informed me that o the boys had permission to play ball Le on the grounds and that a match game d was in progress. I replied to him t- that I had no desire to interfere with 11 the game, but that I had been inform ir ed by Col. Jones that he had permis 11 sion from the president to have the inspection on the grounds. I then I, took my position on the left of the Is ball grounds and did not think that I u was in any way interfering with the .d game of ball, as no opposition was s, raised to my position. The review dl and inspection was then started, and e everything was going on very smooth l, ly until the battalion was passing in >f review, when a ball was knocked and - as one of the players was running af ter it he ran into Capt. Bateman and knocked off nis cap, the crowd then d began to cheer, the battallion moved -- on and nothing was thought of this it incident. The batallion then proceed Ls with their field movements, and as 5 they were marching past the inspect L- ing oflicer I requested a policeman to n move oack some of the parties who . were in the line of march, which he e did without any trouble. e At this time I was stationed to the -left of the ball grounds, and as far as - I thought was not in any way con a fulicing with the game of ball. It has s been srte.ted that at this time i ball was -knocked over in that directio a and - struck a horse of a member of my hstaff. I knew nothing of the incident. about this time the marshal of the t college came to me, followed by a v crowd of students and ball players, f and stated that the boys had permis 1 sion to play on the bail grounas. I r told him I had nothing to say as to o that, b;-t only snow tha Colonel. f Jones told me that he had written per .mission from the president of the col - lege to have the inspecition on tLe e grounds. I then requested the police - man to keep the crowd back and he a tried to do so. The crowd refused to t go back and began to defy and a buse t the policeman, who blew his whistle for his colleague who was on another - part of the grounds, but still the crowd a would not move back and continuedj -. to defy the policeman. I turned v round and spore to the crowd andI asked them to move back, but my re -quest was treated in the same manner yas that of the policemen. 1 saw there e was going to be trouble between the policemen and the crowd. for by this r time they had become very much ex a cited, and, seeing that a condlict was Sinevitable, I considered the best solu f tion of the difficulty would be to have the battalion marched forward, press back the crowd to the street, thereby rendering any further con flict possible between the students anid the policemen. At this time there was no game of ball going en. e I then gave Colonel Jones tne order i to move his command forward, which i he did. The men advanced "at right - shoulder arms," and there was no or a der to "charge." as has been stated. I Tne troops advanced very stadily, Sand the majority of the cro wd -.noved -back, but three or four students broke f through the line, near where the col tors were, and ine policemen atteup..ed Stc interfere. The battalion moved on I to the front, leaving the policemen and those students in the rear. Then - a general encounter took place between ,the students and the policemen. SThese are the plain, untarnished l facts in the case, not withstanding the repeated rumors that have been ci-cu lated, many of which have been ab surd in the extreme. - J. GaaRY WATTs, Adjutant and Inspector Genieral. Federal Appont ments. I -The President Friday sent the foi lowing nominations to the Senate: State-Lawrence Townsend ofPen sylvrania, to be Envoy Ex:traor-dinary anid Miuister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Pocrtugal. Treasary-Ellis II. Raberts of Ne York, to be Treasurer of the Umt-d States; Conrad N. Jordan ot Na York, to be Assistant Treasurer of the Unite2d States at New York city; Wil liam E. Andrews of Neoras a, to be Auditor of the Treasury Department;I William F. Brown of PennsylvaniaI to be Auditor for the War Depart-I Iment. Postmasters: North Carolina-Le-~ roy L. Brinkley, Edenton. Mr. Townsend, is a resident of Pc i- I adelphia. He was appointed by Pre I ou at Vienna. Hie is a brother of i Dr. Townsend, superiutendent of the j Pl'nladelphia miat. The selection is not a polit ical one.althoughs he had the endorsement of the Pennsylvania JUDGE SIMONTOYS OPINION ):NTINi'ED FROM PAGE ONE he T:ile .: inspection v not reasonable an! he tile. it is a burden 'n intestate corn merce and in itse' m akes the proviions vii. 1ailroa.1 l o. vs. I sen. 5 . S.. }. W :rv ing v." )Iha n , I (~. S., 4}} . inne-ot:1 -s. lar er. 1 '. S . . - Br in mer vs. ''main. 1: S., ~S. It .. unnifet thevar re that the same con nlu -n ne reaihe-1 with retard to the iispe::sary a. of I ,. wich was reachel h-: -the sup~remre r.urt of the l'nitedl States. as to the. act of i iS, that it is not Within the -r' e :u111 oreration of the Wil-on act: This heiir t he c;-e,t he l:w laid down in Leisy vs. ilar-iin c ntrois this case and the attempt to I t .the imi rtftton and sale df spirituous ' 1i tters is oriinatl packages mustfal The dleesioa of tie suorene court of the Saire. States :nuft cintro' l all circuit courts. By tilis tecision it is clear that so long as the State herself engages in the business of ima portin, an. -elling alcoholic liquors for the purposes of proit. S" lon.as she recognizes that the use of alcoholic li1ors as a bever :ie is awnl and can he encouraged. So long as she seeks a monopoly in surpiying these liquors for that use. and in this way looks tr in increase in her revenue, she can not unier her constitutionsl oblirations to tihe other States of this Union. forbid. con trol. hinder and burden commerce in such articles between their citizens and her own. Let a temporary injunction issue as pray ed for in this bill. Ct.rLes H. SrosNs. Circuit .Judge. 1 May d1, 1%C7. A S -RONG ORGANIZATION. The United Confederate Veterans Have Many Lamps. The growth of the United Confeder ate Veterans has been very rapid. Some figures concerning that growth can be obtained from the following circular letter which we have been re quested to publish: Dear Sir :-gen. J. B. Gordon, Com manding United Confederate Veter ans, respectfully requests the press, both daily and weekly, of the whole country to call attention to the patri otic purposes of the United Confeder ate Veterans by publishing date of the Reunion which is to take place at Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesaay, Wed nesday and Thursday, June 22d, 23rd and 21th, 1897, by publication of this letter, with editorial notice. The interest and enthusiasm in the Reunion is unabated, and Veterans will mingle at Nashville with more of their comrades than they will pro- 1 bably ever see assembled again. Urge Ex-Confederate s-ldiers and sailc:s everywhere to form local asso ciations,and send applications to these I headquarters for papers to organize camps immediately,so as to be in time to participate in the great Reunion at Nashville, and thus unite with their 1 comrades in carrying out the laudable C and philanthropic objects of the or ganization; as only veterans who be long to organized U. C. V. Camps can participate in the business meet ing at Nash ille. All Confederate soldiers and sailors and their families are invited to at tend. Total number of camps now admit ted 973, with applications in for about 100 more. Following is number of camps by States: Northeast Texas Division 81; West Texas Division 59; Southwest Texas - Division 33; Southeast Texas 31; Northwest Texas Division 17: Total Texas.................221 Alabama .................... 91 South Carolina.................. 91 Missouri..................... 72t Mississipp.................... 66 Arkansas................... 62 - Louisiana...................- 53 Tennessee................... -52 - Kentucky.................... 42 North Carohna.................. 7 Virginia..................... 3d Florida...................... 30 West Virginia................ 17 Indian Territory.............. 13 Maryland..................... 6 Oklahoma........:.........- 6 Neev Mexico.................. 3 Illinois ...................... 2 Montana..................... 2 t California.................... 1 District of Comumbia............1 . Indiana...................... 1e Total.....................973c Very resoectfully, GEo. Mooitos, . Adjutant and Chief of Staff. e Henged For Murder. Henry White, aged 20, was hanged at Columbs, Ga , at 1:32 o'clock Fri day af ternoon. He died game. White was executed for his share in the I laughter of three policemen and the I erious wounding of a fourth in Co lumbus on the 14th of last October.t His compinion in crime was his own faiher, J. A.- Waite, a drunken shoe- I maker, who was killed himself whilee resisting capture after the triple mur der. White spent the morning hoursr with his mother and sisters aud hisa iveetheart, Miss Viola Lamnber-t, who I :lung to hin faithfully during his rouble. His couns al made eery pas - r ible effort in his behalf, even going c o the United States supreme court and 1I to the State supreme court twice, the ast Uime Friday morning to seek a andamus compelling Judge Butt to i tay the execution until the newly iscovered testimony cuald be heard. ? The result of this effort was given inp he folhowing telegram received at 11 >'clock: Il 'To Henry White, care Jailer Pfielps: "The supreme court has refused told ~rant a mandamus and tne governor Is efuses to gr'ant a respite. I have iI iune all I can for you and may G-od I ave mercy on your soal. It. U. J. THaNaTON." a When this tele-'rram was read to the Ii rouag anyzn, his fane turned deathly ec ale and nis lips quivered, but he a nade no comment. One of his sisters ci ;re w her arms around him and said: u -Now, Henry, don't get nervous; you ci muo you staid you would nmt" He ept his res>Iution to the last moment. j Hushtt'g It Up. Tue Scnate co nmte to atudit and V on:.i tue conti-agent expenses of the enate. to which was referred the Till nan resolution providing for an in- q a -estigation of the charges that Sent. ors have been speculating in sugar tocks, held a mneeting~ Wednesday .d decided to take time to look intob he charges to a certain extect before eorting back. The fact that Sena or' Smith, tne only member of the ' enate merntioned by nante as havingC ngaged in sueu speculation, Wed-' wsaay made denial in the Senate ofh nei charge. was noted in :rne commit-h ee meeting, and this fact, coupledt e:th denator Airich's general denial - a behalt of the tinance commuttee, astaken into consideratioa in con ection wath the resolution, and there a ras some taik in the comm i:.te of an a aderinite postponment as the wisest ourse. The committee therefore con iued to postpone making any reb oamedaticn for the pr-esent. Onily (Ove Nomlrmation.. Thte Democratic state Con ention u his year- ihad only one noiso to fu take. A'Ler the coni:est bet.seen sev n aspirants was twaged for tw dty s, I' ~a2uel J. ShazimecJord wais Tau sia~ y iernooa nomiinated on the tenth bth alt for Clark of the Appellate ai OUR WOMEN DURING THE WAR. V Word of Ecouragemeut to the "Daugh tern of the Ccnfederacy." I am glad to learn that the scciety nown as the Da.izhters of the Confed tracy has gone to work to build a ronument to the women of the war. H. taaes no persuasion to have me iin heartily in this movement-it lhould have been done long ago. Perhaps this monument should have >een built by men alone, but it seems bat man can do nothing without the w operation of the women. The Con ~ederate armies would have went to iects long oefore they did if it had lot been for the co operation and the ;acrifices of Southern women, and who will not say that these women ave been neglected in all the honors f since the war? They surely had heir share of the suffering and they )erformed their part in heroic sacrifi s, and now the highest monu-ent et built should be built to them. I have been requested to write upon .his subject and to tell some of thbe bings iu which these women were so lutitul. God bless you I could tell ) thousands of things tnat should give these women a place in the nearts )t every American citizsen, but muc a >f it would have had to be seen to be sporeciated. What .ouid tae youcig tneration know of the scarcity o .hose years? What would they kuos >f a biocade that shut us out irom at. ,he world, and of a bat a struggle it was to get a little bunch of thread or :ards to make the bats, or die stuff, or salt, or cc rce. of a thousand of other :hings which a woman of to day rould not pick up in the big road. If they had done nothing more than tpio and weave the pretty hcmsspun rests that Soutnern women wore .t souid be enough to ent.tle theta to he praise of the children wno barve ouioatd them, but they did a great dghlt more than the spinning and seiving of cloth wouid imply. T.s, :uug, nad many more airlicultte. ,hin ever a young man or a yoaung wcman of to day could ever under ;tai d. I might tell about these wo .en "going to the factories' during ne war, but I have told that belore ud have never seen a youth to at uuld understand the trouobe of tae ning. I. nave seen a line o: women at the factory as lung as the proceslon si Aleworial Day, basaing la rte hot un of summer or waing in tn.e cold iubh of winter, as the case might be, :amg their turn to nave a small lucu of factory taread pa-sed out a smuo r to tnem, for wrien ey had ,v pay tae most exorbitant prits. L'ne e women would gather irom a .adius of seventy and eignty milts tn sometimes stand in line for taree lays oefore their turn came. Caere haa niuca suffering in tats, but wnen t is remembered tnat these women lid this ior the soldiers in tne field and lo for themselves, it should draw em mucn nearer to our hearts. Tne rread was needed for clotas for tue t:ilaren, but the greatest delight nese women found was in making it ip for the dear one in wne army and ).caing in little boxes, send it off to erhap. be lost upon the way. Tna lie young people may understand, I vill tell tneisn at it was common turing the war for settlement people o all join together and make up nice >oxes for the army. Eiacn uttle farm y would do up fl-s pacaage and write ne namne of tne soldier tnereon, thna hey would gatner at tue enurcn or he scholnous5e and place ine paca ges in a box and tne ooa was turned ver to some soler wno had recov ied and was to return to nlis com nand. I would not try to explain io sad a soldier woula fei wnen nese boxes woald reacn their desti ition, and all tae company would ;ather around, eagerly awaiting as acn little package was lif ted lroui tLs lace and a name was called, to finad nat his name was not there-no pack ige for him. The acar good women : those days seldom aho wed tmas to i" ppen. some way or otner titey vould have a package for tne box and :en tue chuuaren? would go to bed rungry .tr :1ays and sit by and watcn ne pacnage as it was oeing prepared Ld not a murmier came-It wvas all or papa in mne army and this was nougn. There are thousands of things that ould be mentioned in honor of the d Confederate women. At every tation along the railroads they wait d and watcned to do something for he soidiers. But it was in the homes hat I prefer to spear of tnem. 1 :ne w many of them andl I no w much tne Inings thatrtrou bled them. I call o mind a nmgnL Ispent on a not July ight of 1S63. I heard the horn blow rig from the house of my nearest eighbor and I 'mae ,v that sometning lad was the matter. Tnere were ighty few white men at nome and I :new that this horn was b ing sound d by a lone woman, and I noboled ver as fast as I could. Nnen IL u ived 1 found the morner weeping and pretiy little girl very near to deatn. erhaps it would nioL nave been so ard on the mother but for the memo les that were started by the little ne's appeals. The burden of her de crum was: "Mammna, do tell papa to cyne to is little Anna. Sne is so stek, so So it went: the little girl, bet ween e sobs, kept up tue cry ar lier pa "Dj come, papa, do come; your lit .e Ana is so sick." Tne mother could but cry. the chil re all cried and I cried a little my Sf. The doctor came and said tnat tle Auna had typaciJ. fever and rould linger for suars tine. Tuen le mother wrote to tine s e :er fatner ud told him all the s:ory-na his tde girl was so sick and of no v she alled for him. The father tried ughy haurd to get a furlough, bUt he 3uid not, and little Anna cdien a :-eer derstaning why her paoa di a ame, and wnat that poor mottner ad red during those burning wee~s o: uly can never be measured by words. o- it was. I could teil ol thosaidS 'ho suffered as never Dattle madie ian sutfer. Grieving at home, liv ig lonely and anxious, but never uailing from their duties to the Soath d in thkir love for the soldier in the eld. Gad oless them -I r.oear it the hightest monumest. Z a t built be ilt to them. In tne days after the war tiese wo ten perforined their parts mas never omen did before. I knew -'i old nfederate soldier jost atter t r ho had lost both nis arms cmw t is shoulders. Upson coming~ hoaie found his place swept of every ing. Not a horse, nor t a , nor a :w, nor a hug, nor e-veua i e as his. The wvife ?nd children gath -ed around the armnless old soidier 2d showed that they were ready for 1 sacrifice, and thanked God that it as no worse. The question was to ake a crop, and there was no time to losL. The old soldier at once de ded that he could play the part of a rs. It was a happy thought, for e od man could do nothing else in harniess condition. It was great n for the children wnen the matter as arst menuoned, and they went to or to find some harness and a plow :ck. It was serious to the mother, t she put her own hands to the plo wv indes and went to work as cheerful IPOWDESR AbsoluteIy Pure. Celehrated for its great leavening strength and healthfulnezs. Assures the foo. aainst alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YOEE. old man prance as people pissed oa the road, and though running away I o:casionally, he got all the fun out of it as was possible. Anyhow, the lit tle family made a smart lot of corn in that year, and have been prosperous people ever since, and the children to day, now all grown, like to talk of the time when they had to work a bit in their father's mouth, so j.yful was the prospects about the days of "ay by." This little woman that put her hands to that plow was raised as well and as easy as any of this day, and from such women co.nes much of the prosperity of the daughters of the ISouth. SARGE PLLsKETr. WEAThERL AND CROPS, THE CONDITION 0 F SOUTH CAROLI NA'S FARMING INTERESTS. The Regular Weekly Builletin of the Weather Bureau Isaned Monday by Di rector Baner-The General Oatlook. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops in this State issued last week by State Observer Bauer: TEMPERATURE. There was a wide temperature range during the week, from minimuns of 49 degrees on the 26 27 at L >>pers, 45 at Ciemsn College and Spartanburg on the 26;h, and on the 27th at Lioer ty, to a maximum of 97 on the 23th at Bamberg and Gillisrville. This week as a whole averaged three degrees par day cooler than usuit, wise a mean temperature of 71, wnile tae normal is approximately 74. RAIN FALL. In places intae "up couatry"heavy rain fell oa the 23rd, wasaag lands in Greenville, Spartanburg, Claren don, Kershaw and Union counties, but the area of beneiatal rainfall was very limited. Lignt and iasudicient rain fell on the 29ta o'er tae upoer portions of the State. Twenty-seven places reported measurements of which 21 were less than thaa 0 59, and three of over 1 00. Oaklaad reported 2.52. The deficiency for the week is 0.65 inch, and the deaiteacy for tae month ranges irom L.50 to 3.03 inches. There was a severe hail sitorm on the 23.i in Greenville, in the vicinity of Liceviile, that, over a pa~h 5 to 6 miles wide and aoout 15 miles long, destroyed muea corn, cottoa, frtut, gardens, etc. It was accampanied Dy nigh winds that blewa do en many fruit trees, Tne hail storm extended into Union and Spartanbarg. Hail fell in 'Clarendon, F~atrdield, K srsaaw and C. ster on the same day. There was much more than the av erage sa asnine during me week, the mean of 60 estimates being 81 per cent. of the possiole, wnile the nor mal is about 67. IThe winds were variable-early in Ithe wedk they were cold nortnerly and during vne latter portion warm westerly to southerly. Tney were for 'the most part lignt in force. CROPS. About one-third or this week's re ports, anad embracing sections of near iy every county in Ine State, indicate that crops, especiallycora and cotton, are belo w tbaelr usual or average, for this season of the year, in size, stand and general condition. A fe* reports indicate conditions above Lfle seasona ole average, waile the majority id cate average conditions, certainly not above. Urops are nearly as a staad still for want of rain. A few cool nights during the middle of the week aiho impeded the gro wtn of cultivated vegetation. Insects of various kmnds are doing material injury over portion of the State. Farm worz made favor able progress and fields are generally well tililed and clean. Corn did not maige much if any in iprovement during the week. Cat wvorms and neart worms coaftnue their depredations; chinen ougs have attacked it; consequently tne reporis of oad stands oucaudiber n'oss ot good stands. The continued auseace of rain is affecting crn seriousiy in the iowser counies waere it wilts oadly during Ine day and has mired" ia a few places. In Liurens anu sarrounding counties corn is sietly aid yellowisa, I.; is small for tae sea-son every wnsre. ?Fids are generahiy free fro1 weeds and grass. is being --laid oy" in Berkeley. ICotton is sickly ia placls due to the cool nights, but generally at maae satisfactory growta during the weea. Tne plant has noi atmatued an aver age growta Lor June 1st. aIditional reports of stands dying Oat were tnis weelk received. frm Spa.nbuirg, Georgetowa, Clarendon, Niwberry, dunter and Lexington. B3ad s~ands ia Williiamsourg. Lice iatest c tton over portions of Barnaved, AoeVille, H iampton, Kershaw and O:aaeourg. FLelds are generally free irom grass and weeds and chopping to siands is nearing cCmpieiioni except over the extreme ?sorthwestera caunlties. Fom have been seen on cottoa in idichiand, ina the Congaree valley. Wiheat ripening and its condition is somewhat iess proam:sing owing to rust and damna~e oyiasecia. Oar.s be ing narvested and generally a very fair crop. Spriate oats a Iaaaure ex cept mn Pickens, where, if needed raia comes soon, a tair yleid wiii be ar vested. Irisa potatoes doi e poorly and in a number of places the viCs are being uteraliy destroyed by Colorad> ocem es. Tne weatner has been geaerally i-o dry to set out s weet potato dra ws. Daws are olentiful. Imce is gro wing well. bat birds are reorted to have destrajed macn late planted. From the national bulletin of May 4: "Cotton has expiriencen general iprovemient in Tea antd has made apid advancemeat mn the soutnern art of tne 8:sate, waere squares and >o11s are forming. D'icideai imnprore. ent is ais> rejprti iromn Alsoana, wita favoraai-i reports from Giorgia and Arkansas. Cool nignts have roved injarious in Tennessee, and aut slight improvement is reported from Louisiana, where the plant is ickly and is being injured by lice. Wnile cool nignts nave unfavorably efected the piant in Mhiiippi, it shows improvement.