The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, June 09, 1897, Image 4
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.