The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, August 04, 1897, Image 4
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DR. TA'..M AGE PREAC: UP7"
TURNING P ''S T -
Hi G'v s Thr.m s
Cure of Busin ess D- -r -
U-ges Their Clim toC -
'7oyage of Lif3.
The itscourse of Pr. T
shows how all may het .
of good times and . ta
Lamentations iii i:, *n
ing man cmpnt
A cheerful interroca
ancholy boon ci the lI. .
so many sad ti. t3
named after nI u w"" n
charged with grief a.n ee
jeremial. iut.
a sudden jolt. wakens p....
Our blessing, are so mu" r. re
that our desrts :h: he .n
anybod y shotuld ever. :3'l -. it '._<'
and with it a tt usan-i en a
hush into perpetual Si'.e e eCe' -
criticism of the dealings cf t1., h
doth a living man complin
While everything in our I..io :: tm-.:..
is brightening, for the last
land has been set to the tune ce -.."_
There has been here and there a cheer:
soloist, but the grand cLorus has beeu e..
of lamentation accompnied - dire' ev er
prostrated commerce, silen: t::auuleto' ies,
unemployed mechanism and al th:se .i
ders described by the two short wom,
"hard times." The factiis thu: we : tre
paying for the bloody luxury of war :..e
than 30 years ago. Thera were -ret :+
tional differences, and we hr.i :ot ca
Christian character to settle them i.; art -
tion and treaty, and so we went inta .
expending life and treasure and we': i=h
swa'lin; the na'ional finar.ces. and
and south, east and west. have eve -
been paying for those four years' in : ce
in barbarism.
But the time has come when thie
sion ought to end-yea, when i: w l eni
the people are willing to do two - tr,
things by way of tinancial me.licatuent, f*r
the people as well as congress n:ut t. i in
the work ofrecuptration. The let p'ht"a,
economists tells us that there is no :-ood rea
son for continued prostration. 1enty of
money awaiting investment. The national
health with never so strong an armt er so
clear a brain. Yet we go on groaning.
groaning, groaning, as though God ha-- put
this nation upon gruel and allowed us nut
one decent breakfast in six months. 2.e
fact is the habit of complaining has bee'aae
chronic in this country, ad after all the e
years of whimper and wailing and obju r_
tion we are under such a momentum of sniv
el that we cannot stop.
There are three prescriptions by which I
believe that our individual and national ti
nances may be cured of their present de
pression. The first is cheerful conversation
and behavior. I have noticed that the peo
ple who are most vociferous against the day
in which we live are those who are in co:u
fortable circumstances. I have made inqui
ry of those persons who are violent in thetir
jeremiads against these times and I have
asked them, "Now, after all. are you not
making a living?" After some hesitation
and coughing and clearing their throat three
or four times they say stammeringly, "Y- -s.
So that with a great multitude of people it is
not a question of getting a livelihood. but
they are dissatisfied because they cannot
make as much money as they would like to
make. They have only $2,000 in the bank.
where they would like to have $1,000. They
can clear in a year only $:,00, when they
would like to clear $10,000, or things come
out just even. Or in their trade they get c
a day when they wish they could make $4
or $5. "Oh," says some one, "are you not
aware of the fact that there is a great popu
lation out of employment. and there are hun.
dreds of good families of this country who
are at their wits' end, not knowing which
way to turn?'' Yes, I know it better than
any man in private life can know that sad
fact, for it comes constantly to my eye and
ear, but who is responsible for this state et
things?
Much of that responsibility 1 put upon
men in comfortable circumstances who b-y an
everlasting growling keep public cotntidence
depressed and new enterprises fronm starting
out and new houses from being built. You
know very well that one despondent man
can talk 50 men into despondency, while
one cheeerfuil physician can wake up into
exhilaration a whole asylum of hypochondri
aes. It is no kindness to the poor or unem
ployed for you to join in this deploration. If
you have not the wit and common sense to
thinkr of something cheerful to say, then
keep silent. There is no man who can be
independent of depressed conversation.
The medical journals are ever illustrating it.
I was reading of five men who resolved
that they would make an experiment and
see what they could do in the way of depress
ing a stout, healthy Igan, and they re
solved to meet him at differennt points ir.
his journey, and as he stepped out from
his house in the morning in robust health
one of the five men met himn and said:
"Why you lot very sick today. What is
the matter?'' He said: "I am in excehent
health. There is nothing matter."' Bunt.
passing down the street, he began to examine
his symptoms, and the second of the five
men met him and said, "Why, how bad you
do look!'' "Well," he replied, -"I don't feel
very well." After awhile the third man
met him, and the fourth man met him, and
the fifth man camoe up and said. "Why, you
look as if you had had the typhoid fever for
six weeks. What is the matter with you'.
And the man against whom the stratagenm
had been laid went home and died. And
if you meet a man with perpetua! talk about
hard times and bankruptcy and dreadful
winters that are to come you break down
his cour-age. A few autumns ago, as the
winter was coming on, people said: --We
shall have a terrible winter. The poor wiil
be frozen out this winter:' There was some
thing in the large store of acorns that th e
squirrels had gathered and something in the
phases of the moon and something in other
portents that made you certain we were go
ing to have a hard winter. Winter came. It
was the - mildest one within my :memory
and within yours. All that winter
long I do not think there was an icicle
that hung through the -lay from the eaves
of the house. So you prophesied falsely.
Last winter was coming and the people sail:
"We shall have unparalleled suffering anon;:
the poor. It wiil be a dreadfat
winter." Sure enough it n~as
cold winter, but there were more larme
hearted charities than ever before poured .'u:
on the country; better provision made e
the poor, so that there have been scores e:
winters when the poor had at harder :
than they did last winter.V eaherpr
phets says we will have. ro- hi u~e
which will kill the harvests Now, e u
tell you, you have liedt 'wce abo"t thwa
tiher, and I believe youar yn:tstie
Some people are so cver orne. wit h
dolorousness of the times that they' mywe
shall have communistic outrayesin.
country such as they had in France i
not believe it. The parallel ioes na rn
They have no Sabbath, no lBible, no Go 1l
France. We have all these det'enjes . 2
American people, and public opinion is sae"
that if the people in this country aten
cetthroat expedition they wiil land in'in
Sing or from the gallows go up on zigh re
I do not believe the peo ple of this contr
will ever commit outrages and riot and mur
der for the sake of getting bread, but all thi
lugubrosity ot tone and 'ace keeps peopl
down. Now I will make acontract. I the
people of the United sates 'or one week
will talk cheerfully. 1 'ilopnal h
manufactories; I will give emloym"en: to
the unoccupied men and woe: in.n
a lively market for yourra ::~ h
eating you up wit" tx' i.ls7t
processions on t''e way to te -heaea
the penitentiary, and 1 wilr
ful table from \lain- to Ct '.ai
Oregon to ".andy 'looa th
shall caroland thn r i.
But says somne "'ne.-Iel a
traet, butw anta.am
MIy hearers and rea'r" r
you do all profesti:rs,31i
occupations, if you stl e
again to utter a .oooswr
money marcets, cut e am
voice, and by w:: and c~ieae
all, by faith in God, otyt
national gloom. do your: b
.. v; :- . .. _ m f :- : . 1r it a, 1 .- 1 to
- i , : bwe
a ta : e ilre a" ios atd there a le-s ani
-'e" "- e.rrplestn; ani
a":-.1 it e t deotwn.e dA:nd
I the'e atd t. en t: he o "t ' cheekb-tik
a- i wre a vr-r ceck for a mis_nary
-ety . e l '1:e. UTav t was the tct'unyin
r: v: y Luine Evert-iuce tuhn
k" v -'-- "r-, Isaw the ch':nge."
v'' "''twen: on. anid he gath
c~eo:: sae iveseta- ti a nan can
gieIna it l ol cauo Ie of Art
jf : agierna ueraUndLanlCe. God
:-her e rt. y ...r.. h :5 Messin
-a- i:'a t elve u "li he fel i, if a'"
i : the aood. tic ta every
ai is'.0:: re:1:ge Z d twiery dand
e,1..e unde 1:-it,.y .he:!r" wI et'n ta 'nl .s
ne'.~~ 7rn, u ea il 't p.1d bac 1 '1 n hr
c: " or in c' vet ec u'i'-:le '. c Croen
al n wit thei inve.:ent ver!pon a 1
w L tit. .dey ins tha' an- s itar i
reaoaa euender d~nticcun
in dropat: po his...'~ soul and p:.n is_ bn-i
n'es. Wt is the :matter-: Go i' runish
ingrhi tar h's -"'all.hertednecs. lie tried.
to ceat G(, wild God worite .t So
ta o-e of the cioes tor the cure of ndi
iduO l nI rati 0a ina nces is -'ore gener
osity.;t Wherevou bestowed $1 on the cause
of ist ie Iv God loves to be trusted,
?and he is very at to trust back agai. lie
says: "Tha~t nma knows how to handle mon
ey. He shli hare more money to handle'
kin drp- ~tlt- yoi at i-on tue
And very soon the proterty tht ws on the
rrket for a great whae ets a purchaser.
and the bord tot was not worth more than
30 cents on a dollar goes to par ana die
opening of a new street doul es the value of
blres-es 'attn.
nhe thvenya to ct tht c'ret an lie
cot1 fot.ne. The-e are- '-":1 whomu I
have kThan who fo ten years hane bon
try. ie: shahnave d ,00. neyt have never
been a e~ to gtit pa'a, *'r ju-t as they
were taking cu tfry"-.: one '1 o thi ' ock
etho-' t"''l, mrysteio'sv somtehow' in t-ote
oterfe. o te o o'ce'o h~ etea
- *lrge Tot.Y: tell me that Chrilan gen
erot y pay in the world to come. 1 tell
y ouai pay n'ow, pays in hard cash, pays in
government securities. You do net believe
i? b, t is what keeps you back. I
knew you id net believe it. The whole
world and Christendom is to be reconstruct.
ed on th i sucj.et and as you are a part at
Cnritendo-n, let the work begin in your
own soul. "itu:." -ays soate one. 'I don't
believe that theory, becauce I have been
generous and I have been losing money for
ten years." Then Goed preraid you, that iv
all. What became of the imoney that you
Imale iti other diars.
You say to .1 our son, '-Now I will give you
-'o every year as lon: as von live." .\fter
awatle vou siy, "Well, myc son, vou pro;e
Iyourself worthy of: uty conrience I williuet
Live vou 2 :r,('v0 in a single lump.". At
ouevei to him, and he'1'ars d In tw-'
or hree years he does not cuala."g"ra
-eu n'ater is no: takir e rc of ne. 1
oughUt to have S5O0 a vear. 1 on r-epal
von'- son, ani he does tout coron. n1bere
are- thous-ands of us now wno en tnis year
Qe us nog to supply aur wnts bunt did
not od rovde for us in the past, an-d has
he not a an aud again paid aus 'n ad vncc
in ct-er wo'~is, trutsted yo"'u al a" trust
ed you tor : han von had a ri-it to ask:'
Strike, thn, a balance for I. t Lcononmt'e
iv atin rather tuan in v'ur- Car-nan
charties Tohereis not nmor th one~ out
of d eiyouwhoever gveo e-nogh to d
y-ou -'no -'od, and whe-n mee - ce
Ch~s~aniysome t::itioar ""ocie"' -' or
'me cociety or chrntca or" n'l"'tion. contec
'eng and ts anyhin fromli youa avat do
"' sv- You SaY, -.1 have Uteent hcd, :2x1
there never wa'si" a moesgiiut tgureao:
Yes, yo a en bar ed, and you are spiri: -
ualjy e"'acIated, wnen if you Lad been ceur
age-ous enough'I to goa through your propert;y
and say, -That belongs to God, and this be
longs to God, anda the oiher thing belongs to
Gudt, and no mo re dared to appropriate it to
your oWn use thant s Jnting that Ubelonged
to voutr tegor,"" in'e''d of being 'rled to
dahychinties yeu wouu' n-'ve 'een rein
virted ou tee"eatedl an bul uptfr
ti~ au :ra -n-rue'- G-'Hwin:ep-y
Peoi e~se as j vk w"a' 's a divtne
prai, n :h -'a' u'pcn th-- water,
an~ii:.wi'1 rtur tothe :::'r ::ny dayv.
adam 'are.1:1 yp lwn tey san
crt ti '' : t''e wr-n the Nile is over
c or -nth w'er a'- . : Nl z:
:o rce e :a sed orn:::iin the eaC
our i liva::d ::a t: o
nascia distrges -:7 cr
awkrin ' '"s t-:eei. h
merchats ofthis o~grywere ey
?t-- n --t is} ;
07 T
.:" af ., e an ever las; in
tt.'r a p racti al i:-e in
e~~: ae. ni; t:hit, we ruust
it e nu", :. tfy the soul:
r L i y c :: : . cur :rrii e aeroe:
.m : i t it caunn
nf heavea fr cur i fluor::d
:nen who a: as Iuou h
-' - .ant uortg:1zE couli tc traded
.. 11r :t ken In Ie: 'j:t : :11 Qiog
l C l e -' -:ider i: th t land w here
1 - a. t x .hey make pavements
n 1 Chri: is the cuy
"a.n. T~emres in heaven are the
i e:rrrti le tresures. Have yoIL
ec ' e .i' c.:;t t -it sum in loss and gain.
Vl . i ita man i he gain the
the he -ICYorld' and la his soil: Yo:
nar : Wc:w 1ne 1pprel now. out the winds o
de: :" ll ;er .: lile rag:. omespun
and a lreadar Cu:: h.e sontetins been
te ohtuiow of r es vhit in the blood of
tahe L :: .1All t. e miues of Australia and
i strun in one circmuet, are not
wtI' t' you as i:n-eh a? the Peari of great
pce. Yo ,u rene:ib r, I s:urnose. sonac
yeir ::, the shipvreck of the Central
Amer? .: A -torm came (.1 that vessel.
The ores tra rpel tie deck and swept
dornhrough the hatch-'-s, and there went
u -na l anr-l ael ih shriek. The
ftam en te iw5 of the wave. The
pItci. of tae steamer, as tough it
wouldi l a n noTie gare of IhL
1si; rot ets. Ti e long cough of the stean
pipges. The hiss of extinguished farnaces
' a'Lc i' of Co.1 on the wave. Oh, it
was -apeidous spec:acle. But that ship 1
at go down without a struggie The
rien ers so'l in long lines trying to bail
it t anti unusel to toil tugged until
their his were blisterei and their muscles
were s:raned. After awhile a sail c::me in
sigt. A few p-asseiga'rs got oi. but the
m: wen: dlown. Tne shin gave one lurch
and r, l ost.
J ;Ctr:e : en who go in life-a tine
yiJ they are taking out of it. All is
wei, : :e eurciydo:1 of business disas
ter comes up.:n theta, and they go down.
The. bot:: of this commere;al sea is strewn
with the shattered hulks, but because your
properly goes shall your soul gC: OL, no:
I ere is coming a more stupendcus ship
wreck f :awhile. This world, Gd I
Iauncheel it 6.)00 years ago, and it is sailing
on, lint one day it will s:agger at the cry of
l'ire:"' anl the timbers of the rocks will
1urn, a:d the mountains tlame like masts,
and the clouds like sails in the judgenent
h'rrie:ne. God will take n good many Lft
tae dck, and others out of the berths.
where tiey are now sleeping in Jesus. How
:nany shall t o down' No one will know
urtil it is alngunced in heaven ones day:
--* vec fiwor: Sc many illion
''ye: So :nany mtiflions drowned: Because
;o-ar fertunes gu because your house goes,
because all your earthly possessions go. do
tic tet your sou1 go: May the Lord Al
righty. through the blood of the everlasting
cvenant. save your szu.s.
M'tA URiN BAD ThE CROWDI
mI3Y WAS EXPECTED TO HAVETH
j NUMBERS. TE
It Was a Fine. Snappy Thecting--Gocd
IFee~ing Fr:.valied bat There Was Plentyj
Iof Sparklirg Rf parter- -. Ebash of
OthMier Meetiegs.
Tuesdzs the Sitnatorial candidates
~ddressed the unterritied Daimocracy
o/f'e Old Iron District.
IIt has long been recognized that
~this was an important meetinr. It
'-as corceded on nil sides that Irby's
str nr~ 'h iu this race lies in Spartan
oure. ~Te Piedmont Headlight has
bendevoting all il's space io him for
wek 2n in every issue recently the
ovv''rs IWre 'eteu urgemd to turn
out~i v." force and cheer the great!
It was thoght that a great many
wouht rcp-.nd and while McLiurin's
rends made not the slightest effort,
co:ceding that Irby had the crowd;
there, it developed that of thcse who
came to howl McLauria down, many
-ent hame to vole for him. It prow
led to be a dceidediy McLaurin meetj
e .aMore than half of the cne thu
gsaad urcsent rere strorgly for M
Lauria be ra tim adjourtuzent, and
ra't ceal of this would have heen
a ccompished if Senatoar McLsurin had
not ened~c nis mdouh. The caossira
c- i'caanst him waso so jpatent, the
rers emploved SO ufair, the argu
r ns agains; him so unjust and with
tl te anlra::ecus treatment he re
c--ived at ths hands of the combination
o ing him had its effeet in his fa
v Ur. TLit inherent desire for justiceI
tnd fai play made those who were in
doubt, McLaurin's friends. When
te cndiates attempted to cag
tht cLauria was for putting negro
abr in toe factories, they went one
r'e -oo f;.r~d iteadS Of having th
'a'-ct they desired they made several
unr7a- vots for hi-n. As a whoie
- - textttved :tutifaliv atnd
w:.i al wore ocer fdL, all rcceived
Co -t:irmau Stanyvarreb Wil
'-. 0. Tyi&d was th'e fi's' speaker
"' e ronua ed n's *ie ws on2 fhe
murs si -l an cea lIIe was
a- b-s . oin of the ly cr
-at reserve toe syet
n Nrshi .ii9td al
s -a as.r*' ib-.o Cr di'e'srie
:; '1e tnb:a i atmeka upo
y ola - "C, f exs, the -r:no
cr-I. le > f ne hos:, s'a p-as
i M nilan th-re esean, Whlo
ca ..th -~o nr f t'be lumbelor an
ec .t--u schdl-= and "made s-eera
o-sc- - c'do e- coo
c- - e(ne prty
I * e 'ui .
a: o. 1 :! " - %'' '.i : ting somle
t r. b
er e - san bu.m r :, m
Seye. - to bd
-be
1 n c': E o rs a eetl. I : -..a:
a 't r I _. t:e
bhe ch'~ nx . ::et dI r:aan
n~cr frils c ti ten n~c,
EX GOVERNOR JOHiN GARY EVANS
Mr. E rls repuei d r father
hacd cf by ad caiosem d to occu
the patern rela:k to that gente
man er et :Cifl rthe. t:n otherwse.
:Ie sai t!ii the iopne o S.rtanbu
are resconsible for his pociticai exist
ence. buv t rdate prouder o te
40(oO vOtcf he ct in are race than
anthiaeg in his c ttreer.
Gentlemen. I felt my dereat keenly.
I felt rint _ had b ten wron'ed. but I
didnt suk. I took it and rton vu
are gcin to right the wrong done me.
I bavo the egdorsement of 40000 votes.
but I didn't go to Eerbe eegging fcr
the appointmert. It was all arranged
before the &ad man was cold, bud all
this is ancient history.
I have dared to mo dre this fight. I
want no foctional ight, for the ques
tons affect all, the rerchant, the
fayirer, the factory operatie and the
mi'1 presidents alike. It is rot a per
sonal issue, bat the most iaortant
question that has been sprung in this
State since 1833. McLaurin is the only
man who has departed from the Demi
ceratic faith. :el you Tillman wiil
never come before the people of South
Carolica and advccate this protection
doctrine.
He then puliod cut a newspaper
clipping and started to read, saying
that he would not do as McLaurin had
done; read a clipping and :ay that he
had only seen it that morning, when
he could :rove that he was seen read
ima the proof with Mr. Howell, the
editor. 4cL urin interrupting, "'It is
not so." Mr. Evans read from the
Greenwood Journal an article which
sai that McLaurin was inconsistent.
I am here to advocate absolute free
trade. I am opposed to all tariff. I
would have the United States govern
men run on the same lines as the State
government, by direct taxation
Let every man pay his part for
the support of the national govern
ment cut of his pocket on the proper
ty be owns. If McLaurin had not
been known as a protectionist he
wculd siever have ben appointed on
the ways and means committee.
Thonmas Brackett R~eed and the Repub
licans saw that he was leaning towards
the Renublicans and needed encour
asgement, so they gave it to him.
He then read extracts from northern
papers testi tying to their delight at
McLaurin's appointment.
SENATOR .JoHN L MoCLARIN
Was the ir-st speaker and the only
one who received applause as he cam?e
fcr e:ard. It was expected by every
bcdy that the crowd would be some
what against him, but this spontane
oas ovation coming from every part
of the audience, set asmall coterie of
howlers, chief among them being Ex
Dispensary constable Toland, to exer
cising their lung power. Toland tried
to howl McLaurin down at tue outset
and was very boisterous at intervals
until the sheriff asd chief o-f police
quieted him.
Mr. MaLaurin began by refering to
the statement Col. Irby made in refer
ence to rooters being here from other
counties.
1 don't know what he means, but if
he means to insinuate that I have men
gong around to help vrcttt me, it is
takse-as false as hell itseli.
This sneech brought cinsid
erable confusion. Toland became ob
streperous and for a moment it lcoked
as if-Mr. McLaurin could not proceed.
Col. Irby arose to help restore quiet,
but Mr. McLaurin, turning to him ex
cited and provoked, said he asked no
man to get him a bearing. He was a
democrat, a democratic Senator and
as such demanded a hearing. Chair
msn Wilon finally appealed for ordtr
and when quiet was restored so he
could go on. Mr. McLaurin said:
This campaign has- been pitched
upon the most disgraceful lines ever
known in the history of South Caro
lina, The csmpaign liar is abroad in
the land. These men stand here and
try to prove to you that I am not a
Democrat. (Voice) "What do you
say to that?" "I say, a more infamous
faseood was never uttered. They
tell you that I am in favor of putting
negro 'abor in cotton mills, and I say
tb's is infamous slander, a falsehood
of tbe dee'pest dye. There never was
the leanfoundsation for such a dam na
.ble falsehood. I am in favor ot w-hite
labor in the mills and I amt also in
favor of gi'ing preference to white
labor on the faims. I own the plen
tatioa my people have ownewd since
the re volion-y wvar, and I tell you
that I ha've niver rented my acrts out
to r~earces. I give the preferet.ce to
white mien mnd rent to themn cbeaper
than I c'uld, if I should re t -
*eCti.. the w ie ames
'o! Ir1 his repated again~- tht
If h a f~uiiar ~it th's fat
W. D. Evaus r~ the candidate of the
ri"-' and my"-- o- u-l r--ho was1
hea ad shouil-ers wi~ the ring
Eva s. I maide that tight in !:e in
ty lve ahas sood byme.
th Snae dn a not av
der tir-g Mc~~uri shrcrd tha
er wos nmber of ves tgen in
-he~ S:a-- eurn naor Irby's ter"n
3.3 t a~car t ei:5
nun: e sp: a his fe inwhic
.cfr.go hn bse te Suth Ci arolina.
t ! ere .
The first p r-rti:-n rf Ite t*rc' ^: s
ecoi than usri' the 1r por
: w..mr. TLe aver.ge of 47
'c r..V-an terop. r2ure reports was
. ) le the nora:. fcr the week was
T 1 yest o-cerature reportecd
wss l - on 23 and 2_h at Gilli
sen-"- ar.-e lowst 61 on the 22J
St l a. .Th 9moerature7
ws: ! . : forplait grovth an d
crowpJ dvCdep' ed.'
" RAINFALL.
S ,-rsrcre M iLs.~ e
tors of the ou en the 1Sh, 1ith
2') and 21, o.it. h eavy over the
Lnr" c:unties, and sut~cient g~erer
.l except in Spartanburg c:urty
and se rd leceities ds-r .e-e.
L s w washed and small strearcs
:exrlr"-d their banks in Aiken, Edee
nid*', Abbeville and Fairueld.
Dama ing hail occurred in Auder
son, and bail doing no injury also
no-d in various courties. High
winds, injuring corn and cotton, cc
companied the rains in Lexington
and lower Richland. Showery weath
er again set in since the reports for
t:e week were received.
The average of 51 weekly rainfall
measurements was 1.80, the normal
for the same period is approximately
1.41 E le'en of these measurements
were less than 1 inch: 19 from 1 to 2
inches and 21 over 2 inches with a
axinm measurement of 4 15 at
Hagocd.
Tne sunshine averaged about 64 per
cent, of the posstible, but ranged from
as lox as 32 to 83. More sunshine
would have benefitted some ciops in
portions of the State.
CROPS.
Crops are in very promising condi
tion, and the weather during the past
wcek was extremely favorable for
growth. But few adverse reports were
received in comparison with favora
ble ones, and they related chiefly to
too much rain, although in Spartan
burg county and more limited sec
lions in other counties,more rain would
::rove beneficial. The needed rain
been supplied since the reports closed
The general crop outlook is ;-articu
larly fine in Laurens, portions of Or
angeburg, Anderson, Green wood, Sa
luda, (lnesterneld Greenville, Sumter
and York conties and peer nowhere.
Old crn is practically all laid by
in fair condition with general improve
mcnt noted. Some has put out new
tassels and is shooting new ears since
the rainy weather ret in.
Upland corn is gee orally a full crop.
Late corn, while not yet made, con
tinues in very promising condition.
Corn fired badly in Berkeley county.
Fodder pulling has begun in the
e.astern counties. but not yet general.
Corn is needing rain Jin portions of
Horry and Spartanburg.
Nearly all correspondents report
cotton having made rapid growth, in
places growing too much to weed and
generally continuing to put on fruit;
some fielas are already fruited enough
to make an average crop. Thereare,
however, localities where, on account
of excessive rains, the plant has dete
rio-rated. Such reports were received
fr-om Aiken, Berkeley, Barnwell,
Hampton, Chester, Bamberz, Ker
shsa-. Sumter, Darlington, Dorches
ter, Fairfield and Richland, but gen
erally include portions of those coun
ties only. Excessive shedding of
squares and bolls, is as yet confined
to Edgeflid.,Berkeley, Aiken,Fairfield,
Florence and Lexington although
some shedding noted in many other
counties. Lice are less numerous
than last week, also fewer reports of
rust and honey-dew were received.
In a fe-v limited Iccalities this crop
stan ds in need of rain. Laying by is
argely under way and finished where
the ground was dry enough to plo w,
the lrequent heavy rains hiving hin
dered and delayed thts work. Sea is-1
land cotton continue; to thrive.
T?:e pea cncp is doing well general
ly, having attained good stands. In
the western counties a large acreage
was planted. In places where it is
too wet there is an excessive shediding
of leaves noted
Tobacco curing is progressing rapid
lv and favorably. In Marion and
Horry half the crop has beent gather
ed. The quality of the leaf is superi
or, except in upper Darlington. The
cron is being marketed in places.
Rice has improved with the season
and is doing very well, except upland
which in places is rather poor. More
rain would benefit rice in Georgetown
district.
Turnip and ratabaga sowing is
we:l uinder way.
Sugar cane was greatly improved by
thct rains and is very promising.
Late peaches are better sized tha~n
early varieties, but they rot as they
ripen.
Figs and apples plentiful.
Cnufas excellent in Williamsburg.
Pastures afford excellent grazing.
The August hay crop will be heavy.
The entire crop situation is at this
time exceedingly bright with promise
of abundant harvest.
From the national bulletin of July
19:
"In the souThern States late corn
has been ereatly improved durinz the
prst week, except in portions of Inu
iina and Texas, where rain is need
"A gener al improvement in the con
ditin cf cotton :s reported from the
central and eastern portions cf the cot
ton cdt, and also portions of the wes
tern secti. Picking continues in
sothet Texas."
Pesa~d b~y Or(1Inors.
A 0pecial to the Jacksonville,
Florid, Citizen fron Stak gie
he~ details of the suicida by
poison at that place of Henry
Crsy w.ho had recently come
there, ostentsibly for the purpose
of star:.iog an extensive turpentine
buie-.He neg~otiated for lands
and at nounced tha a iarge saun of
m1otey would -: rec-ived by him
fu:- , .lchfla tou arrive. Credi
i-r frr v-hom had borrowed~
small ums w r prssng im ndi
-. suunt od that desumderc" at the
: lue o hi ln caused the act.
bis .ie a br de, had also taken poi
on. be he lie was saved by pro:nnt
mic al aid.
T - ih grade bi3 c'es hed nt
:u . I rd l. ehai-stre
a ul t bran sld they~ will E:r d
* -s 1- ci a I g- tha te -'-WO bu:
doiir woul feai. a handso~n
Emn~ '- M'cKin- h~ .as been pr.
s--e am is~ m.oest waterineion
Conl 5he soth tis season. TLae
:~ a in ws t e gi~t of the B3altimore
a(d Ohi railroad, which had eoYered
a p. i of $25 for the largest sample of
the fruit
THCUS-D\ RNG
5raddG, o l o(
p* y's orn.. r: ir- came'-' fro:n
a=.r die- u-"-d r-y breas
ban2a L p de - tim .ariEd
f1 m? WVi !"._ki ( t'"envia. FinleJ
ville :d'- ' .h:r r . 'salon; the whee
ing diident Nati al ofthe m car
ry heavy s-icks and some
werp ar-ed. Ture were to threats
of vioer.e'. honTer. and no indica
tios M:ry wcre sup
p!!ed wi. food enou h to last two
dais,
immtedi.:ri upon re chin Os'k
1i: the strikers nrepar d 'cr camp
I-: t0e vally leacij no from Turtle
Crak to one Cf the New York and
Cie7 and mines the company had a
povurful search light. It was kept
Qifti::y about in :ops Of ftl.ukicg
nyv movem>.nt of the strikers to creep
within r ach of the n.:ine unkno vn to
the deputies who guarded every ap
proeca.
Lori before dayligbt the strikers
were up, and after eating their fruzal
meal, prepared for the day's work.
Tie initention was to see as many of
DeArmitt's men befcre they Lot into
the pits as possible.
Abo7ut 4 o'c!cck, 1 500 strikers as
sembled at Turtle Creek and headed
by three brass bands and with banners
flyicg, marched past the houses oc
cupied by DeArmitt's miners. The
miners hooted and yelled and then
marched to the mines where they
planted themselves before the pits.
thus compelling DeArmitt's men to
run the gauntiet to get to work. A
short time later, Sheriff Lowrey. who
had been wired to for assistance, ar
rie-d from Pittsburg wish 50 deputies,
armed with Winchesters. The Strik
ers quietly withdrew and the newr
deputies were placed on guard.
Whcn the meeting was called to
order at 10 o'clock this morning there
were 3,0{0 striking miners in attend
ance, and before it was well under way
there were 5,000 people in the vicinity
of the school house. About 9.30 o'clock
250 miners from the Sandy Creek
mines marched to the meeting and
quite a large number came from Tur
tle Creek. The demonstration had
no effect upon the men at Plum Creek,
and all went to work.
The strikers used all the powers f
persuasion upon the diggers, but none
were molested and no threats were
made. Previous to the meeting Eu
gene V. Debs. District President D
;an, Secretary Warner and M. P. Gar
rick went among the sirikers and
counselled them to keep within the
bcueds of the law and pr:serve good
order throughcut the day. Their ad
vice was received with good grace by
the men who cheered tue officials en
thusiastically.
President Dolan was made chairman
of the meeting and in a short speech
he accused Mr. DeArmitt of incinceri
ty. He said that if DeArmitt's men
did not come out there would be a
sympathy strike all over the United
States.
M. P. Garrick was next introduced
and he said that workingmen all over
the United States were interested in
this strike because it will nave a ten
dercy to raise wages everywhere.
"If you men of the DeArmitt mines
will not come out now we will march
60,0C0 men here and compel you to
come out, not by fore but by shame "
When Eugene V. Dets was intro
diced there was great enthusiasm. He
said in part:
' I am here not to encourage passion
but to appeal to reason. You are in
the midst of the greatest contest the
world has ever known. Whether you
succeed or fail depends upon your
selves. In corder to win you must re
main absolutelv sober until this con
test is over. Whiskey clouds the brain.
robs you of your money and makes
ycu brutal, and also makes you do
just what your enemies want you to
do-."
After the meeting the Sandy Creek
miners returned to work and the stri
kers went into camp and had lunch.
Mr. DeArmitt tonight made the fol
lowing statement:
"A few of our men from the Turtle
Cret k and Plum Creek mines attend
ed the meeting. About 40 of the
younger men in tue Sandy Creek
mines were present. As far as the ef
fect of the meeting on our men is con
cerned. it was a flat failure. All of
our mines were in operation and will
be tomorro V."
A large force of deputies are ond
ty aind developmlents of a sensational
caaracter are likely to ocur at any
time. The men in the camp will be
lupplied with food.
Late at night William Warner, sec
retary cf the miners' union, telepuon
ed that a break in DArmitt's men has
taken place. He says that after the
day meeting another meeting was ar
range-d for 'Thursday night and was at
tended by many of the men who have
been at work. Several local speakers,
he said, placed the matter before them
in such a convincing way that the
men from DeArmitt's Turtle Creek
mine resolved not t~o return to work
in the morning. Secretary Warner
says this is the most imprtant result
of" the big meeting, and it will be
taken advantage of at once to inftlu
ence the meni at the other t wo mines
to come out. Tue miners' otli::ials are
ja bilant over this victory.
Debs left Thursdiay for Columbus on
busmaes which he declined to make'
public. Bdfore leaving he exuressed
aiaiself as greatly encouraged, lie
ex~pects great rssis from EthrAay's
TO BE AFRICAN!Z ED.
wit ber% Yellow and Black Programme
fe:- So uth Caroilna.
The Washington correspondent of
the Columb~ia State sends the follow
ing to tha-. pn er: IV inft rmation ob
tained h--re is ra. iable, it is pertinent
to ask if ragro domination in South
Cato~ina through the appont-'nent 0f
negro postmasters is to be coinciden~t
with the adveot c-f Republican pres
perity in the Sout~h. There are 30 cr
more Presidential offices in the S:.ate,
and if the alleged WVebster progranme
is carried out the post offices will be
black with negroes. The State's in
orain is that accordin~g to thce
Wese programcme WV. HI. Lomax,
ooieied,-will e anpoited postmaster
at bbevile"; E. J. Dickinson, color
ed at Aien; W. S. Dickson, colored,
a anel: J. A Davidso-n, colored,
otB ail: D. \. ElIwarcs, clor
e d.a!.Walsbr.>; R. A ;.e wArt col
rd a t nr; Dr. W'n. Hooker,
evci.d, at Uhr-s-r ;D .Wm. D. Crum,
1ooe: Chre n: \m. Sute,
dard, t re.ce: J. I. B 'ia.
eir Ja ':orae-' wa: E. J . ay
W-i r cl ri- a u:.r Pra. M
D. Ne aan, cooed, at ('neaw- Z
'-.'Nori-,, cel-red, 't Sociel Hil :
J. G.L Coos, eeed at Nub'erry:I
J. E. B3adenbaugh, colored, postmas
OFrFEES~a 1T ,!O i AE IIT ~
FFCPrS' ON MC- BY .v/AANI
G V PNM.NT TOJ P=^.
h.. t.-ct.. \..r I( A l 4 ;-'
C 1.-- !:.r f. 4 ,ar,'v r.;' j.T-. P T Tr
S Frarci.'o T oumd'y. p;er sts 8
i 'hmda. wrich 'er lionohiu
on. 1're 2d instat:
Minister cf Foreign :aairs Henry
E. Coop r -as giv" n cut a synopsis of
t.e correspcdence in the Jap;ise
imriearant controversy. This was
done in deference to the wishesof the
t.ppcrters of Hawaii, who are at a
lcss to know wby this government
made an ciTar toarbitrate with Japan.
Tce letter of June 28th, written by
Minister Cooper, c->ntaining the offer
to arbitrate, remarks:
"R-fcrrirg to the subject of corre
s por.dence between his imperial Japa
ne maj-.sty's government and the
government of Hawaii, relating to the
controversy that has arisen in regard
to the rejected immigrants, permit me
to add to my letter of the 25;h instant
that, while still maintaining the in
tegrity of the position taoen by the
government, yet should the parties
fail to arrive at a settlemyent of the
question I am authorized by this azov
ernment, in view of the friendly rela
tions that have so long existed between
the two countries and the mutual ben
efics of a continuance of such friendly
intercourse, and the fact that imcor
taut questions involved have to do
with theconstruction of the treaty and
the convention existing between the
two countries. as well as a discussion
of the laws of this country, to suggest
that the matter at issue be referred to
a disinterested arbitrator or arbitrators
fcr settlement, and in case such sug
gestion is accepted by his imperial Jap
anese majesty's government to say
that the Hawaiian gove.rament will
abide the result."
The next mail from Japan will be
due on the 27th, when it will be
known definitely whether or not Ja
pan will accept Cooper's offer.
In speaking of Count Okuma's doc
ument, Coocer said :
"Under date of Tekio, April 19. and
received by me at the bands of Mr.
St-imanmura on May 11, was a letter
writen by Count Okuma, Japanese
minister of foreign affairs. in wtich
he recited the fact of the nature of the
emigrants by the Shinshim Maru on
A pril 9. In this communicaion Ok t
ma informs the government that h;e
has given thoughtful and deliberate
consideration to all the questions in
voled, and although influenced 'y a
friendly desire to accord due weight
.o every existing circumstance, the
government considers that ine inhos
pitablc acts complained of were in de
roeation of the conventional rights of
Japanese subjects.
"Dir-ctly under the tre my of 1571
and indirectiy by application of most
favcred nations principal to treaties
now in force between Hawaii and oth
er countries, Japanese citizans are at
liberty freely and severally to enter
with t heir ships and cargoes all places,
ports and ricers in Hawaii which are
open to foreign commerc. .
- 2. They have the right to travel,
trade, reside and exercise every pro
!ession or industry in all parts of Ha
walt.
'3. They are entitled to cns'ant
and complete protection frc m the Ha
waiian government for their persons:
at d property as well as in regard to
the civil righats.
"4 Tney are also entitled to free
and easy access to the courts of j :s:ice
of Ha-vaii in prost cution and oefense,
of their rights in every instance and:
degree of jurisdictic-n established by
the laws,
5. They are at liberty under any and
all circumstances to choose and em
ploy lawyers and solicitors, advocates
or agents from any class wbo they
may see fit to authorize to act for thEm
er in their name. In disregard o
these rights wrote Count Okurna, 4i0
Ja panese subjects, after being c a fi a
ed for some considersble time and
without any j..idicial determination,
without haviug access to the courts.
withcut having pertnission to consult
with our representative, were igno
miniously expelled from the c~untry.
It is not suggested that similar1
treatment would under arny circum
stances be meted cut to Hawaiian ca i
zens. In fact, the action was based
upon the fact that the persons con
c~ reed are all aliens who by statut r;
act-on were deemed to be without the
territorial limits of Hawaii.
Ccunt Okuma said also tihat his
government was convin ced that act 17
of 1895 and act 66 of the preceeding
year, if correctl; interpreted by Haw
aiian authorities, is in contravention
of 'he existing treaty bet veen the two
2overnments. The proper regulation
of imigration, he admits, is the leg isi
mate exercise cf the police power of
the State, the reasonable 1 e~s on the
suij et reasonably administered by
Ha .-.aiians will provoke no remon
strance from Japan. In the present
cate .he laws wtre a reversal of the
existing precedence, arbitrarily andt
capriciously enforced and that extra
judicial proceedings of the Hawaiian
authorities were nt conclusive and
the refusal of the court appealed to. to
intervene was a denial, of justice.
The conclusion being that the Japan
ese government entertained the ex
pectation that this government will
recognize the principle of indemni fi
cation and, further they ask for the
aditional assurance that these acts will
not be repeated
The particu'rrs regarding the
smount of the claim. LIOt OkumaI
would be m-ade the subj te- '.f a fur
ther communication, but I ay bere
c ay, that the communication hase not
been received.
Mr. Cao-per said: "Ycu wilu -er
stand that my first letter was nflun
argument of defense. It was a :-r
statementof facts. Thecorrisponder e -
which has followed, has bre:usht out
other points sond now this trv- , rn
has bten cha-g-- v ith s . 1
icy to suit the o.cCasi "
In the First Dapis ch e'ch oeolored)
at Monteomery Al. We-dnesday a
noon, while the sta'te' "om rst o nis
ters was in sessioui P P H. Pat
trson, one of -he lead hi rac
in the south, a. grade . .e Uni
t-ersity of Micean,'-r a teaebe-r inthe
state normal colreg and a b- i. - e
spected egro, wais mnurdered . 'he
altar. The traged-. grew ou a .t
ter factional fight beutwente :
oegro Baptists over the expu'son of
of abi.z chut' Mr i " o-i e'r e
with a au o- ' ofa i.:k. Fut.er
son led tne fi'g aa aist nim and Rev.
. J. Stokes, ps-r of aobr church.
sidhd with Bru.
Wednesday '-orri w' :hen the state
congress conveued au argument be
:-veen Stokes ead IPatterson over the
Brown case re- te-d it a tisticall',
sie sme urcn~ro frcm the crowd shot
(Ad ki.e Pci. Patrson i.1 front of
1,e svr miuch wrought. up. Wed
m~dsyateroon vosse, composed of
n-r:3 cap'ured Gieorge Pritchett,
w 1h ,.one into the woods. He
ca ie t aingcdone the shooting.
i'reacuer Stokes and other promineut
::egrces have been arrested, and a con
I -
4 1~
NMDER
Celebraed for its -eat leavening Strength
and healthfulness. A-,ures the f)od against
alum and all forns of adulteration common
to the cheap brands.
ROY:L BAUING POWDER CO. NEW YOER.
Str.rg-r than Ev r.
The Peopl's Advocate utters an ac
kncowledd truth when it says "this
age has produced no more wonderful
man !han, W. J. Bryan. He stands
to-day be'cre the American people
their mof-t mferie s cit'zen althcugh
the shadow of defeat is restita upon
him. His popularity, ir.steadi of
waricy. has ir creased and the affec.
tion of the~ reople for him is somethine
remsrkab e, the like of which has not
been wi'cess d sioce the days of Jef
ferson. Jackson and Henry Clay.
Wherever he gces the people turn out
in crowds to hear and see him. And
this is nut all due to the man ^imself,
but to the cause he represents. This
is not local but the cry comes from
every State and Terrritory in the
Union. Not long since A B Will
isi-Ms, late of the Greenville Nets and
a bitter orporent of Bryan, bore tes
timony to the fact that if the election
were held to day Bryan would be
overwhelmingly elec'.ed. AlI the evi
dence from the doubt'ul States, where
the tide of battle was turned against
t: a last year goes to show that the
cause he represented is stronger than
ever. Hon. Champ Clark, who cam
peigned in the First Missouri district
lately and afterwards delivered an ad
dress at Roanoke College in Verginia,
says he found it the same everywhere
that the one thing mest certain to
bring down the house was the predic
tion that Bryan would be inaugurated
1resident in 1901. There has recently
been a coavention of democratic edi
tors of Missouri and Indiana which
was in the r a.ura of a conference, and
the almost unanimous opinion of
those editors was that there should be
no backdo wn from the Chicago plat
form and that Bryan was the logical
candidate in 1900. Tne sentiment
was almost unanimous and universal
in favor of continuing the fight for
silver. One of the most prominent
editors of Indiana said that the men
who worked for silver in 1896
were just as devoted to it Qs ever and
hundreds who opposed it had come
over and if the oattle were to be
fought over now Bryan wuild carry
the State by a tremen4~ss vote. A
Mr. Wolff, who iskipresident of a big~
iron and ship-building plant at Par
land, Oregon, and a Republic an be
sid-s, says "if an election were beid
now for president the whole Pacitic
slope would vote to elect Bryan over
any man the Republicans cLld
name." There is no weakening of tee
lines here in tbis State, as we well
know, and the testimony from all
other quarters is the same. Even in
Ohio the Republicans are quakiog in
their boots for the promised prosperity
upon the election of McKinley which
has not come, and in Kentucky the
Republicans are making no pretence
to a ghost of a chanc= of carrying
the fall elelections. The gold m'n
ai-e fond of hzaging the deution t'o
their bozoxs that the silver cause is
dead and they talk and write glibly
about the "pissing of Bryan." The
wish is father to the thoaght. Bryan~
i-s pussing but not passiog away. H-e
is only passing on to a highe'r place~
of popularity and to deeper deoths in.
the hearts of the peopMe. Thae people~
fee that the argument is ceased and
the istue j ,ined and there is nothing
to be done now but fight it out to a
successful issue.
The report of "a veteran hor.icultur
ist" as to tea raising in South Caroli
na, sent out by the Eecretary of agri
culture, need not be considered as
anal arnd conclusive. Secretary Wi
son may from his Iowan points of
vie v so cor sider it; but to thos'who
understard the labor pecblem in the
Su h-especially the cropshe~riog
pan-the repor t just furnis.ta to the
people is tat si~oto-1r c m'vircing.
The Atlanta Journal si s wh~en the
Southern stts can suc e ully corn
pete with EZ7p', Inli t : 'Cai ber
self in the produe iont . ic in
not see whiy the samte St d'es c monot
succeed al1so in the t-a irrming ird as
ry. The cutiv?!ioni c the mta plant
does not call for !ahor h-.:oud that
needed in the cotton fi-lds 'lhe crop
n each case is picked by nand, and in
esch case it is afterwards treated by
'tachinery. In COgloa, tea is thus.
handled, and s) it caa br beres. I: is.
really a matter cf pi.ng. And
do not believe it has been iet denfnit: -
ly ascer!airad that there is :ct lab~rin
the South taat can b3 nrotValy enm
loed in tes raising. Ouee let it be
deermirud that cur soil imnparts the
needed tilaor-thatsua and mnoisture
:Ie hee as ia the case 'i cottoG -
.id erlypoponined, t te ns.can bM
~ely ift to the e::e-g. :i mil of
h,1eople of the c-tv~n tW - . fec
to these points. he wido mocre to
wards making tea raisie g a home in
dustry, than he will in discussiuig a
labor problem that he may not fully
unerstand. Labor int the far east is,.
*e free' ad very lo pprtced, bu',
se epe, ais not any lower in tr~e
:sa J:ds thtan it is in thecottonfnelds.
If the stier has become a profitable
:nias:ry i2 th~ese S:.ates, we insist that
by a si~nilar application of skill, study
:?d energy the former can becmnse so,
sa'ts urovided our soil arnd sua and
inrall aiford the requisiie ;.rowth
ad~ ilivor. It is these thiugs the de
artment of agriculture shood study,
ad make plain to all the pe' ple.
How vo CrRE UEADACHE -'W
aan's curse, the- ordinary nr~EPcus
nMada-:he, brought haome almnost al
avs as one of the acO'iisitionls of a
ay's shopping cans b -eatiy relieved
mnd generalv car- d a vway nomple
remned-,'' said a physici. ',. Srrutly
na s~ece in . y. ts ht ecs ithea
rek R t e...:s..may !i:123s, also
s-orm oeemd the ears,
cm 112 ag i rwn muscles
ud eeves which have caused s>
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