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H'S -NARROJW S' JOB DID T W .Tr - Dr. Taimagecho sat - a Powerfut : . tu . Those Who Oc,.ir- r -t"e - less. In the diso e day is mghty ence :e consider tneir own e isJob xx. '. - v o: nmy teet. Joh had~ it h::r-i. \. . ". bereavements an, a wife he w'- ,e ,r . bllame i, bones wer until not lie cries out my teeth There has 'een about this passa'e - tens and a _ have all tried Job's teeth. You den and say, --Whu I1 enamel of his teeth . 'e about it. Dental s crge .. the earth. The mumn ands of years old are f our fillings in their teeth. t' . Solomon and Mo-es wro portant factors of t:h- b coking comp' ints . _: , an exasperating tooth:ah hand against the in::me am escaped with the oki A vry rarrow escape. body and soul. btt their .r. men who mah: just a2,r. - their soul. There wajs tition between them an er than a tooth's enamel, escaped. so have they. Tasa < God: Paul expresses the .::ie Sea e ent figure when he says tha 50 "saved as by tire.' A Ie flames. You go to the The boats have shoved . vance. You can endure the he- no ger on your face. You slide down oa the side of the vessel and hold on with :eur ngers until the forked tongue of the fre beis to lick the back of your hand and you feel that you must fail. when one of the li:eboais comes back, and the passengers ay they think they have room for one more. Te boat swings under you. You drop into it you are save i. So some men are ursuec by temptatior. until they are p r:i.' n sumed, but siter all get o:f- : a b" fire." But I like the figure of Job a 'i::' met r than that e Paul. because the t' i: a. t worn it out, and I want to show G will help, that some men make narrow es cape for their souls and a, v sated as "with the skin of their teeth." It is as easy for some people to Ik tot cross as for you to look to this pu.. Mi-i. gentle, tractable, loving, you ex ee: them to become Christians. You go over to store and say, "Grandon joined '. e y . Y:i yesterday." Your business ce:::ade ~ "That isjustwhat might have been er c: e t: he always was ofthat turn of tind." is youth this person whom I des c" e wa: a. ways good. Hlenever broke thir gs. lie neve laughed when it was improper to laugh. At 7, he could sit an hour in church. nerfoctl" quiet, looking neither to the right hand nr the left, but straight into the eyes of the minister, as though he understco- the whole discussion about the eternal decrees. lIe never upset things nor lost them. lie float ed into the kingdom of God so grad:'ally that it is uncertain just when the mua:ter was de cided. Here is another one who started in life with an uncontrollable spirit. H e kept the nursery in an uproar. His mother found him walking on the edge of the house roo: to see if he could balance himse.:. Th ere was no horse that he darel not ride, no :ree he could not climb. His boyhood was a ln series of predicaments: his manner was reckless, his middle very way ward. Bunt now he is converted and you gt over to the store and say, "Arkwright joined the chur:ch yesterday." Your friends say: 'It is not possible: You must be joking." You say: "No; I tell you the truth. Hie joined the church." Then they reply, '"There is hope for any of us if old Arkwright has become a Christian I" In other words, we will a':uit that it more difficult for some men to acept the gospel than for others. I may be preaching to some who ha-ve cut loose from churches and Bibles and Sundays, and who have no intention of becoming Christisus themselves, and y et you may tin d youirselftacaping before you leave this htonse as "with t.ne skin of your teeth.'' I 'do not expect to waste this hour. I have seen boats go off from Cape MIay or ILong Branca and drop their nets and after awhile come ashore, pulling in the nets without having caught a single fish. It was not a good day or they had not the right kind of a net, but we expect no such excursion today. The water is full or fish, the wind is in the right direction, the gospel net is strong. '. thou who didst help Simon and Andrew to 1t, show us how to cast the net on the right side of the ship. Some of you in coming to God will have to run against skeptical notions. It is useless for people to say sharp and cutting things to those who reject the Christian religion. I cannot say such things. By what process of temptation or trial or betrayal yo" hrne come to your present state I know not. There are two gates to yotur nat' re-thpe of the head and the gate of the hear:. Th gate of your head is loeked with bolts and~ bars that an archangel could not break. u the gate of your heart swings eas'ily o" ~ hinges. If I assaulted your body with weap ons, you would meet me with weaosa it weld be sword stroke for sword stroke ad wound for wound and blood for bloo L 3 :i I come and knock at the door of your house you open it and give me the best seat in your parlor. If I should come at you no w w:th an argument. you would answer nm wtha argument; if with sarcasm you would answer me with sarcasm: blow for blow, stroke for stroke, but when I come and knock att the door of your heart you open it and say, "Come in, my brother, and tell me all yu a know about Christ and heaven.' * Listen to two or three guetstions. -\ you as happy as you used to be when yo. believed in the truth of the Christi~are ligion? Would you like to hare youe cil dren travel on in the road in which y-'.r now traveling? You had a relative wopr fessed to be a Christian and was thorj"'uin consistent, living and dying in the fh.a' the gospel. Would you not like to liveth same quiet life and die the same 1'e~eful death? I hold in my hand a letter sent :me by one who has rejected the Christimn re ligion. It says: "I am old enough to kucow that the joys and pleasures of life a.re evae cent and to reali::e tihe tact that it.:.:b comfortable in old age to cetteve in s:.e thing relative to the future and to ha've a faith in some system that proposes to - te. "I am free to confess that I woulid ea pier if I could exercise the sitmpleandbau ful faith that is possessed by many wae~" know. I am not willingly out of the churc. or out of the faith. My state of uncerto n is one of unrest. Sometimes I doubt n' immortality and look urpon the deanheda the closing scene, after whoih there i o5 ing. What shall i do that 1 have no: eg Ah, skepticism is a dark and do'efu la d Let me say that this Bible ise~er:uea false. If it be false, we are' as we'1r you. If it be true, then which~ uf s Let me also ask whetirya not been that you confe-:nded~ with the inconsistea: c''aract.'- ': profess it? You are a law-e.I fession there are meanadd Is that anything agansttei doctor. There 'are unsim a ble men in your professon s' against medicie: Yo' a There are tahieves ndd business. Is that-yh dise? Behold, th' .th ing upon Christiai.y disciples: Wea:: the most gigant'ic~ swn.e day have been carried o y:. church. There are me a a front rank in tho ciuurches won be trusted for iK wi~ht security. They leave:ter ai esties in the vestibuleoftec - . -. ie s b ..,reaied pa-ions nd 'I & tde d n ''t '..! Ui .: we wnthetn tide dw injusti ce ad wrong e are tne or. we _", o __...'i at. T ore is no ha:': in ttin' :'e .,, " f y ,. on'ly bring to t e f r='' thtv ~i :ne i i h~nuering. A man who has not 1'owelr of richteous in:.licuation is an i^_1be.ci~e bt be sulre it i; a3 right:eous indi: - naton ndnota p~uanc tat 1+u1rs and Ther persC' ons n '1td le who have 3:ll t i thetr:ap e::es :',a: were aroused~ in efl ~sh~ iat a ti:,e --li:e . - - :i : ive"r-,' . ree and em.. . \'.:w e'" t '' Te are ne''' -'" payl i::. - a : . ,.n in tere-t for itro:ubes thy o-.ctl-' ear^ ag:o:. me l' 7 o" :re trylug t:o sge nd youwil, yet very S:.:rrw'ir. --a wi:n he 4in ofy :ur tee:. ;;i n i :.a ownsou onynow what th e ,::g' i _ . :. otent grace has pulled t:: :.. y a _ u: that was deeper in tue rmire 'are. They lihe the beach of heav eni t ..- :.tt~d w.c.hom God has rescued .r.., the' th1rall of hats. If vou thd.. t'r m e the wrong and start . m hwa: s f h:::an heip Men w". i.'e frawh:.e, and then turn k fortr pardon. they w1' S ie 3t: a Pr \c;y :he wi -tr -Ou again: 41, aa:: me:y ~a~n incr the rowe rofl terpott".y thee. y t c_ forever. at G .i forgives seventy t im seven: yea, seven undred times: ve, tn " this be the ten thousandth tie, he is "more earnest, more s :yrpatne'ic. rcre helpful this last time than when you took your irst misstep. If w1th all the in:iuences favorable for a right i'e men make so many mistakes, how much harder is it when. for instance, some appetite thrusts its iron grapple into the roots " the tongue and tulls a man down with aands of destruction: If under such circumstances he breaks away. there will be no sport in the undertaking, no holiday en jcy-ent, but a strucgle En which the wrest er ruVe fro silt to side and bend an~d 'wis: ad vatcb for an opportu~nity to get in a "eav'"' stroke, until with one tinal e::ort, in w"ith muscles are d:i-ten*:ed and. the veins :an i out. cndl the blood starts, the swtr:ur hnirul funder the knee of the vtctcr-erscapted at last as --with the tkin of The ship Eltnma, bound fronm Grcttenburg h: liarwich, was sai'.n~t or. when the man on the lookot saw something that he pro nouncd a vessel bottom up. There was somethi: on it that looked like a sea gult. but was afterward found to be a waving handkerchief. In the small boat the crew rushed out to the wreck and found that it was a carstzed vessel and that three men had been digging their way out through the bottomn of the shin. When the vessel cap sized, they had no ntearns of escape. The captatia too& his renknife and dug away through the pans untiu his knife hbroke. Then an old nail was found, with which' ther... :tteei to serare their war uo'ouz of t'e daraness, eoa one working 'unt'ilhis antw-- well nigh paralyzed, and he sank oaca tant and sick. After long and tedious wer . h lct 'broke throurh the bottomn of th \hn.' handkerchief was noisted. Hep iae.Ter wer e taken on bo'hrd the veI 3nd saveA. Di I ever Lien comne so nrawa- grave without dropping into I: liw L"row- th ey escaped-escapsed on.v.-w.t...e sv~n o' taer teetn. Irere are.'men whohave beencapsized o evi lpas -in -and earizd mdocean, and they are I .U i'e- awar frota any -hore of hep. yhey- hae for yr-been trying to d' their wa out. They have been dig"ing away and distr-". Howeve" weai and febl itmty -e''"ri' wil -eet I:: *ea 'lown upon u*e'e ve--crata: aeieno :a and it wK! e known on earth on:z in heavenI w:ta :t: ::u 3: t.:etr teeta. There tar ether- wiho i.n.. .tping to coeto Co I m::st ru::a reen a great mau'y :ss~ns at/o'eeek n th :o'-n'ng 'ad er::eawy : oclckin 'he ier noI eha 02 ture for re.:un cut ho ha. 'o w'e d x'tin for r'i"iou urie .n-et and hbve seen for e year. g...i be.di iunes- and are "re :Iy d..W.anei by creditorV whou 'otu cun ''yl ucralui., ha tae ketgcu r'i on. :.. f te atv :rt ea s::.;was es -:r~sness:r.a.es ia yetua d::- en~w wn ce.. D e . .. e! , w th h c e C.: C ever: :: ner n Fance ' M ny ii: .,.e ex e - he t'-u-lt t .' w e o:ve ' . .:1:e our ' ". pec . i " :1h = n 'l' i'i1 .t. '.t. .. .'. 'V strong~ pu'i or heoven. N'' halfwy wo;rk wil ,o t.Tier s~ "tine cme atit:e on ia when" e*(Vr~hng*:u tsari ce d t i:-e :' 'ae Vase '(r ' 'T C 'ca Otis n t . :ct "01 1 .t V"' 2'V U Cc ~ ": 1r ut t . ... i l. t 'Pa ie: - . of e yo ha ve a:cn e:n r t o bi e ;?p t~ c'i ;f w a o we :hi::.e'd'ou sou.i. luil. yo her deihe thi c re ofe e ever y th1 in I' CI hi r1 i -ith c wm hel l l'aul out of the bTrakers of eli: ta, nd' w ,j above the shril islast of the wratnie : te::o.iet at ever co es.:Ceen. the sky or o the ceau,. can hear the faint et t:::poration for :ner. I thll close t::S e r::. 2 fee'ine t:d . t Su . e of vou who h've c:ri. fVo:r c.e eve ho0pee5Ss w,: t:ake hear: ar:tnaud that with a hco- r.1 earnesnesS. s::ch as you have nover xperienced before. you wil start for hae oo.t an.t of the ysrel, at ri: to louk L.ek s-el::: -What a are::t risk I ran: Ar:nost 10ot but nt Jtst got thr iuth and no nre: s:a ped by the 1kin of my CONFESSES SEVEN MURDERS. Remarkaible Stcry o! a Negro in Nr w Orleans. Aacnio Richard, alias "Creole," the negro arrested on the Ellington plantation in Charles parish, a few miles above New Orleans, charged with the robbery a mu'er of Louis Z igler, is actually staggerg 'ig the au tborities with the extent of Lis confe sions. Creole was the leader of a gang which included two other men, na med Monia and Washi ton, and tro wo men. named O.tarie an Lavinia Al exander Ther were arresea because some of Z tigle'r's property was found in their possessicn, and they wcre sus -ecei of the murder. Crole confessed tlhe crlia e and to; a how Z igler was rcobed and murdered. Yesterdar he confessed to a secozd murder,~saying that he had RIiled Charles Constantine, a peddler, who as been missing for some time. Cre ale told how he 'id and robbd Con stantine and hid the body in the swa . Ho pointed ou the lace of brial, antd the remaixns were found there, with proot teat ine body was Constantine's, and that ' ta b en murder in the manEr is wic Cra. ole staTed. Ciec e renewed td confesins o .ud dmnitted ti n'e' mre urders. - He :nurdered. be sai a '-: n named Pat terson inSt. Landry, and a ae a!-' terward a tram p at uelvilie, in the same parish. The ma n de itco hot for him i2 St. Lanry~ and he mnoved to S:. Caares In 25 he kiled a nego woma~n at the Lone Star, the ::m near Ellington plantation, were he was workirne also Alexander Jonon coloreat laborer on that panaion: so an Old Waniard ofj the name f Alexis. Tnle murder of Alexs, which, oc c'u"red last June, caused a 2reat sen saina h time, and was atributed srit nwn icn 11 pa 's::. Tue Ital .ns werecn- ns.mta oc*m -rn Ah c' Jefern- Tne U.'.ed States Stt deparment paid .niaages to tue I alia go'--an'n on wtnrs wo,~ roe novr ~ eear's, er- innocent, h" bein: the :.rue ""ur erer of Aleis Iceluding th" Z 'igler and Co)ns tan tine crimes, he cGoie~s it: all to ser n mures al oing co'mmited1 with he idea o roomn~g ms vctis .m ? en csse the murder "'ielded hun oLy 325. Crec'le". cofssed 0 n"ner . oi ament~ he has' "vr re 'ra~ ( r:2 Ther "'"s toi~~e t;: sacre:a.o h ;7ra ! u PfteCiedSut: cur -rv c : -4i'g'P 'ai very );;st c I ':n 3 )verc st preted':i~ in dr.ay and a :npe :i rat r 's Thle extremeis t.m atLhar eston, erh an ta:erae of r7 fur t'.' IState: the nor maxl for :1 e sam e . eriod is approxi ma*tely 7 ti r aoi nL. O:er is fag p ?tmti of the State. b'einng ith E'liel conty in the Z avauran viiley and1EC re an thenm' 10 the' co. and including the central and:> noriess:ern counties the rains were almuos: cor.tinuo us during the week, atd L' ac ' e:: essive OveJr e cort.hestern couies no rain of any seccrunt fell until at'ur day, when that section1 had a generous and muen needed rain, so tnat no v thetie .:ats is wel: watered with posb~ya uite ara.in Pickenas needin n..LOre r.Eeseld councounty ras tCe center o heaviest ringall with measurements o S -7 and 7 3at Poverty Hill and Tr:!:ton respective ly, were meas*remn ts of more than roar inc';s at varicus other points. SIX pmaces renorted measure nents of less ;han. one inch, 13 of from cae to two inches, 23 from too four inches and eight over four iches. the average of these avotunting to 2 71; the noun i for he : eek is aboa 1", Lands were badly w2 sihed in E;e ield and Orageburg cTunties, while in many ptaccs poorly drained lo w lands were under water, and country roads were renderd: wellnigh impta Cicad ines prevailed during the week with intervals of sushine esti mated at 20 per cent. of the possib.e, for the State, ranging from 8 to 10 in eastern portions to 60 and 70 in the extreme northwes:ern portions. Heav. inds occurred in Berkeley on the 14h an d 15:h. G ENERAiL R E31AR S The past week was cool, cloudy and rainy, in places to the extent of bring ing all farm work to a standstill. Correspondents in the eastern coun ties, and the middle and roer Savan nah valley report the eat per very unfavorable. Reports of injry to grass by caterpillars were received from Bamberg, Beaufort, Hampton, Wiiliamsburg and elsewhere. The army worm has disappeared from por Teons of Forence, and has made its appearance in Clarendon, Hampton, Sumter and Kershaw. Boll worms in Edgeield, Abbeville and O:angeburg. Grasshoppers numerous and destruct ive in Williamsburg and Hampton. CROSr. The condition of crops are less uni foprtan ieretofreo, especalyof Sumwter and nrtersnBl setons in thedStat, Abuteteraed rapidlyrg ovrsshoernumeru and dnstcts formn toan heeofe espeisally of absence of sunshine, which caused oren boils to sprout, crsch~ed boils to rot-'and the plant generally to shed young bolls and squares. Practically no picking was possible during the week, and~ but few boils opened ex cept in places where it is reported that cotton is opening rapidly. Rust is common and reported from nearly every county. Blooms are still num erous except cn light soils where the plant is apparently dying. Sea Island cotton remains in good condition generally and is heavily fruited, b-ut is shedding alarmingly in pi22es. The condition of corn has steadily improved and the estimnates of yield are iecreassd by correspondents, ex cept on syne lands where it is too wet aixd where it is turning yellow. I'oddter pulling made slow progress and m:uclh fodder was spoiled by the rates befor-e i: could ne cured and housed. Laite corn continues to look very nrotnising undl wil soon be made. ~Tcbacco caring practically finaished excepa very late fields This crop is recortedi to be of high o'ality, gener aly; ihe yiel was1 lrge and sales satisfactory of that portion of the crop whiaca has been marketed. Peas we e iLjaredin places by the heavy rat us, but- "enerally are vary promising. Peavine hay cutticg wil oei Wwenk. Sweet potatoes are looking well and d-m: has beguzn with excellent yils hs crop promises to ba a Tuni sowing continues and the seed~ is co-ning up to goo tands. 'duchi g-rss for ua-y Was5 destroye&d by wrms- in th e south sv stern coan ties. Pa~s "res continute in e :ze: le? cton diton. t'al veg.etables are b-ing planted in 'the t-ucking districts. Late frui sca~rc, exc-p: peas. wnich are plentif a and o fine gqaaliity. Grin1d inc canae and ao -i'g syr'-io in prog ress. o can ":L:: to Oe tuo sOp py. Eior cros geneally are very jew;eovereot valuame deposats of p:.:s i lakes andr-r in - kaus.s ha-e : d d:rul toh e ex-~ di~oeiesandthosa~dsof peo~ p est p:--. ei~h Saes-aci-g fr th aree~os a~n. Thelates and mos 2:ss~u!:na 2::co-ris wr ~~ei TOt o-~rs we.~? oVertl succadc andi 7 :o esned unurt. The mtachine THAT TL'.VAN WEDAL e:-f' t?' : ' the sFa . k ow A if: crd : 1_:.t i. m e j at the ,r pr ' nie the ee m, c'.rv ut rises of tis vai.nt nlitia man F1or ths purp'se I ask your in d ilce r ce f r a fe . parar.aphs. I shall tot urak th bandy epitheis with him, for i ':ust codes , albeit pril. tMat I i:av- never b' n tr ::ie irn thei sebool of btillin g ate. Morover II ot a concerned wioi w aa'k ind of a~n opinion C o!. Ti!1man my have o' me s n' re l.s p.ren hrmself that kir of aman icr w:o^ i tould not have proprr re Spec: and in whon I could not pace any confidence wha:e ver. Iam tere fore uttrly indi:'erent as to what he may -ay or think, as fortunaately my reputstun can neither be made nor blasted by anythig he i y say ordo. But I cannot herruit his assauis on my- name to pass without exposing their true in wardress. Tobecin with, ric -nt cr.nten in which C. I Ii man vas dLfcat,.d by Major Claif of Fort Matte is still fresh in the minds of the public. His conduct since the contest has that he is still very sore over his d!feat When Col. Hull resigred, ierai. Col. Tiilu'an was the ranking c:il:or and naturally ex pec:cd pronotico. That his regi ment should go outside and select an other man as colonel was a little to> much for him. The Elisto Riil:s, of which company I am a member, cast its entire vote for Major Clatfy, against Col. Tillman, and he of course has not 'he kinduiesi feelings towards this company. Noiw, as to the medal part of the story: Ccl. T?ilman offered a medal to be awarded to the best drilled sol dier in the regiment, the contest to be h'sd at the encampment at this place. I entered this contest as did many otihers. Tne judges were named by Col. Tillman, and were his brother, Capt. B. R. Tillman, Jr., and Leut. M. B. S:ckes, U. S. A. The dri:ng was conducted by an cfllcr of the United States army. Men were dropp ing out from time to time for various errors until two others and myvsei f were left. After some further drilling the two judges consulted, but failed to agree. They then called in the drill master, who promptly decided the contest in my favor. Col. Tillman then directed me to come to his tent at 9 o'clcck p. m., and saying at the time that he would <-ive me the medal then. I did so, and was informed by him that there was opposition raised by members of the other companies based on the fact that the E listo Rities, of which company I am the li:st :er geant. was not in the camp. Strauge Colonel Tillman did not think of this before he allowed mermbers from this company to enter the con test. It was Known several weeks before the encampment that the Elis to Rills would net take part in it. And yet Col. Tillman offered his med al for the best drilled man in the reg iment. When I called to see Col. Tillman at 9 o'clock at his tent he also said that there would be another drill on the following morning. He no doubt would have insisted on another competitive drill, as he was evidently disp!eased with the award made by the judges of his own choosing. But early next morning three companies left camp, and as Col Tillmaan's pets w-ere among those to leave, I beard no more about another drill. On the contrary Col. Tillman came up town to see me and informed me that be de.cided to 2ive me themedal. He said: "I would stay and deliver it myself, but have an important murder &ase to attend to, and will go by and get Capt Moss to present it to you for me." He also said that he would get Capt. Moss to go up and get it out of the postoffice. NowI, if the medal was in the postoi~ce, how could he have directed me to come to his tent at 9 o'clock the night before, say ing that he would present it at that hour? One cannot reconcile these t wo statemenats. As I could not do so, I unwillingly began to suspect something wrong, and then and there determined that 1 would never do mnyself the honor of wearing Coi. Tillman's medal.- After the lapse of tIso weeks Capt M'oss de livered the medal to me. There was not a letter on it that would indicate for whcm it was int'ended or for schat it had been awrardedl: in point of fact there was nct a sgle letter on it. It was, therefore, us a badge of merit, utrerly worthkcss, and I certainly would not p)aSseSS it otherwise. Tnis Hxed me in my resolution to return it to him, which I did accomp'anied by the following letter, every word of which is justined by the foregoing "-Dear Sir: Under all the circum siances concec with the asarding of the medal, and the later develop acents. I rez to return the medal sent me with thantks. Please tindi same in c'osed. "Very resr ecifully', "A. W. Hocdfman. Pe-it me to add, Mr. Editor, the folloi~ng testimonial which I have iaa rece-ived. from the secretary of the Ejiisto Riles, Mr. R. C. Mose-ley, with a no~tice saying that tne resolution was ased at a~ meeting of the company held on the 20th of tbe month. "Whereas Licu:. Col. J. H. Tillmnan, in2 an interview at Saluada, S. C., is re ported as using abusive epithets aga i-'st te honor and integrity of F- s rgeacnt A. W. Hloil' uan of this B3e it resolved, That the Edisto ifles do hreby testifv that Serg'eant Ikod charcter Hi reputation in ouar com -munity is s'a''less an'd hi character above rep~ro ch A. d be'ng~ fully in forned as to a-hecircumstances preeeding C. Tillarns letter we. deemi t e same si o Iy uawar an*ed and um ca~r L :or. ''~'uW*;J di.srniing voe. .t.set i-'a'ins the sla-----ou---angae of Co!. Tiliman. U~~ hego pep. 00 f the' State nlaay aco ' b oCeiler r. te w' r de oa0e.t, th rs nlsted strength~ -fte -'rmy is'nowv nearly upn to the fulinum : aowe by Ja-v'ancan 3e easily mitaied withoutany Un ua'c:' 'y...t.ar of "h re the~ a-av h'as e ver bad, and- owing~ to -h r caa-os desi-nsd for the .om f.,:. ~yd hap ines o enis - r en. c. Fers.Sno h na, v 1ue are -ar- ci h i-tr';o has n enMd tn an intnv'r-tod man T,. Cr E e ri.:! A ' Mh wto Illx d cee 1 skcd to r e, "' z o e h -e-Ji tnboir heads. Gn - -r said t.at Le had ex pected ancd d"ir' d t. ). way to some-one else in the h1ora r of con rn:ng t C nftd-rate \etersrns. Tien ca, tn.e h con of U-i-ion S-t rils. I! was thought that Gin. Cowar-i' and G .Carwie had ben re elected, but it :s hebi that they had :o be elected by the del-gates fro:n thir divisions, and the motions sere pu:, and (n. A \ury Coward was ehcted to thecommacd of the 1st division and Gen. Car wile to the 21. It was he-re that Chairman Elwell put in more work fcr the monument to the Confederate women, and an nounced the chairman of the work of raising subscriptions for the several counties He announced the follow log names with the consent of the Convention: S. '. H. Elwwell, chai:-man: Charleston. James Arm struon: C"-Weton, C G. Henderson: Clarendon, D. F. Braharn: Chster tield, J. A. Craig: Banibrz, F. M. !B.am3b'.r ; Baruel1, F. H. Creech; ie ufort, H M. Stokes; Abdevide, J F. Lvons; Anderson, Col. J. L Maul din: Aiken, B. H. Teague: Hampton, J. W. Mocr : Oconee, V. F. Martin; Pickens D. F. Bradley; Greenville, W. L. Mauldin: Laurins, B. W. Ball; Newberry, J. W. Gary ; Lexington, A. D. Harmon; Richiand, R. S. Des portes; Orangeburg, Samuel Dibble; Sumter, T. V. Walsh: Chester, J. W. R-led; Berkeley, D. P. Smith; Ker saaw, C. C. Hay; Lancaster, L. C. dough; Union, J. E. Douglass; York, Adj': . C. Breckham; Spartanburg, D. R. Duncan; Cherokee, J. L. Strain: Darlington, W. E. James; Marlboro, J. P. luason ; Marion, E H. Gasque: h~orenace. John Scott; florry, B. L $zattle; Wiliansburg, Louis Jacobs; (G.reret/oll, T. M. Merrim-n; Green woud C. A. C. Waller : Saluda, W. S. A n: Dorchester, G:o. uoier; Edge iid, Taos. W. Car i!e. (Gea. Walker said that Mr. Elwell ha I mudestly le't his name off the izt, but he would insist that he tske the chairmanship, and with a unani mous vote the Veterans seconded this suggesion. As soon as the Veterans got down stairs they began forming in line to go to the picnic grounds. The; form ed just as rapidly and prettily as they did before drawing up in battle array, and were impatient for the escort, the Batler Guards, to arrive. Witt the Graded School Band at the head of the column. and the Batler Guards as escort, the Veterans began their march to the picaic grounds. It was rather mtich of a walk, too much for a great many, but it was surprising how many of the bat tle scarred soldiers kept ranks to the end of the march. The march was from the convention Hall to the Man sion House, then back to the picnic grounds, beyond the Confederate monuments in the grove where the campaiga meeting are generally held. A great many more avoided the tedi ous march by getting on the side Waks. 0..hers took carriager, and a good many more did not c are to go at At the nark before dinner several speches were made. Dr. Elwelil paid a glowi~ng tribute to them. He was lustily applauded. He argued that truly were Lee and Jackson great soldiers ard leaders, but had it not been for the soldiers whom Lee and Jackson led their names would never have been handed down to history. It was the brave men whom these generals led who made tne Con federate army what it was, and while he- would not take away from the generals one iota of their glory, he would not have the privates forgottL n, for tuey sutiered the greatest of priva tions, and they met death unilinch ingly. The recepin to the sponsors which was a most pleasazat affair, closed the meeting, and tne veterans adjourned sine die to meet i i Oharleston next year. ___ CROPS OF THE C2UNTRY(. Fhe Weekly Re port ofthe National Weath er ]Sareau. The weather bureau in its report of the crop conditions for the week end ed August 2:3 says: Tne weather conditions during the week in the states of the central val leys, lake region, New E igland and over the greater part of tne Gulf and South Atlantic states have been favor able tocos more particularly the ipratstaples, corn and cotton. ~LC wee has been marked with ex cetinally low temperatures over the ~reater part of the c~untry east of the R~ acies, wvith light frosts in thie lake regicn &ad upper Mississippi valley. Drought continues over portions of the Virginias, North Carolina, Ten nes-ee, -issouri an d South west Texas and is begianing to be felt in portions of Nebraska, Iowa, llinois, Indiana and Ohio, while excessive rains have caused damage along the Gulf and Suutn Atlantic coasts. On the Pacinec coast and in the Rocky mountain re gion the week has been generally fa vorable, although unusually warm in Oregon and Washington. Tuie condition of corn in Kansas has improved ; in Nebraska it is maturing :icely: in South Dakota it is filling we:l la Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and io, the crop, besides suilering the e:e c:s.3 fabnormaily cool weather, is ~enerally needing rain. General ruas have impro'red cottcn n. Txas except portions of the south ern parts of the State, where drought continues. Cotton also needs rain in Mkissouri and p'ortions of Tennessee and North Caroliua, bu~t over the areater part of the cont4 and east ern sections of th e co-ton belt the crop h-as ben seriously injured by exces ierains. and coml.aints of rust and Toe prwewhea harves continu-es iNorth-Lt Moeo.-an in theDa mus -tr sting has continued~ un di e r mcontions in Oregon and Washington ; it i.s well advanced in Oregon ar.d will be completed ia Washi g"n in about ten diays. Toba-cc cuitting continues is the more norther~v tonacco states. Tne crop in K'intucky will be short, but in Uarviand, P'ennsylvania and Ohio a good-x crop is promisedi, much already IMiteporo'g- for i:ali seeding a beS dne n te S~ue ofthe en Iral Miilppi an over (Jhio and ESouri v- eys but favorable pr'o :-s 'has bee , e i Txas5, Otmia namav a-nd -sas, an d geteLrally on Le* Atlaat-e coat, except iti Virginia. Tl Bi ish steame'r Cairio-.bou)Tnd -a ta: miles.north of? Cape m.~ Aberdeen, and her ownyrs ra-re J. C. THE W'SK Y QK'P Y ~~ (ti ~ ll tal C 7&S~?( '. ;~ e i i'-' ce int- tvery f{.'rily, cnm' - 'iI., poiical orgauz ion. ain(: U :s the pythons that slew Laccoon and h:s sons at the very aliar of their deity. it ernters the p)rtals of the churches and defiles those who minister in sa cred places. The story of Laocoon is no fiction. Jt was a startling fact thirty centuries ago It is Equally horrible today when some hi:h priest is d. irg slowly, terribly, from the ever tightening fold of th s fearful serpent. It is time that our best and wigst people were taking counsel to gether so that some plan might be evolved by which the evil may be re pr: s eJ as much as possible. While whiskey is made by the million gal Ions in our country, people who de sire it are going to have it and drink it. That much is settlea. "Another thing is settled. Whis key is going to be sold by the diepen sary, original package shops, blind tigers and blockade wagons for some time to come. The recent decisions of the Federal Ccurt have injected new life and activity into the trade When private gain depends on the sale of whiskey the sellers are going to be active in soliciting trade. They will be uns3rapalus in selling E ;ery one may not do this, but the tendency is in that direction. The consumption of whiskey will be doubled by the opening of these pri vate shops. It was a rare exception in the old days of barrooms when a seller of whiskey observed the law. Most of them were law breakers from the start. Never has there been a town in this State in which the barkeepers did not sell whiskey on Sundays. If they violated the law when they could keep open till Saturday midnight and open at one o'clock Monday morning, how much more ready will they vic late the law now when their hours are restricted? All may not do that. Some will certainly do it. Tinat is a I conditioo that cocfecnts us "Blind tig rs and blockade wagons will become bolder. Mcst urscrupu lour men will go into the business. They will endeavor to carry out the advice of one of the leading delegates at a recent whiskey and bter conven tin. His words wete nearly as fol lows: 'Create appetite, r<:cruit the ranks of drinkers from the young. Tae old customers are dying off. Whiskey has depleted their pockets and shorcened their days Crea e ap peti'e. Induce the boys ti begin to daink. Give them 5 cent treats Begin in that way and keep up 3 our iu-nbers or our traffic will go into a decline. Above all, create appetite amongst the boys by treating them." Now we have the dispensary, package stores, blind tigers, blockade wagons and every fa cility for securing whiskey. The de sire for money-making will induce men engaged in the business to "create appetite," to solicit trade, to persuade men and boys to drink. It is a most und-sirable condition. "The L'gislature at its next session will be compelled to amend the dis pensary law, provided Senator Tillman does not get his bill through the House. They cannot let matters go on as they are They will have to pass a prohibition bill, which will abolish the dispensary and package stores, or they will have to continua the dispensary and impose a liense con package sellers, or they will have to abolsa the disi~eosary and let all whiskey be sold by IPc mnsed p 4ckage dea'ers. If Senator Tillman gets his bill through it will settle the psackage business in short order. It is a grave q'iestion and our Legislators cannot atford to trifle with it." A fier the swir d ters. The Charleston Sunday Ne ws says. "The Orangeburg cit-z mn who came to Charleston last winter and bought a gold brick that was not a gold blick, and paid $3,000 in cold hard cash, is still very anxious to have the swin dler captured. A gold brick s windler was arrested in New Orleans and it is thought that he is the same man who operated with "his whiskers" in this State. Another Orangeburg citizen has written to the Governor of Louis iana asking for a description of the rogue. His name is Juan Antonio Miaran, alias Miartinez, who, with the asesaace of four other pals who have not yet been arrested. c'cpated Mr Pascal Listetle out of $1,000 on the gold brick scheme. Magan was ar rested in New York, carried back to INew Orleans and is now in .iail in that city. Saturday Chief of Police I tr~ia reive-i a einmmu-ication from the chief of police or Ne~ 0:O leans, enclosing the photograph of Magan, together with a full descrip tion of the swindler, which the New O:leans chief req iested to be forward ed to the Orangeousg vieti:n of Ma gan. The most int-resting parto' the photograph is the Bartill~n system of measurements, which the s viadler has been subjected to. Chief. Martin il immediately forward the letter adphotograph to the Orangebourg cizon, and within a day or two it will be learned positively whether or not Magan is the individual who ope rated here." We hope the swincler has been caught a.nd that he will be sent to the penitentiary. The Prices of Cotton. We kcow nothing whatever about the cotton mare:t*-have no idea wha t the staple will bring a mmnth hence and doubt very mnuch :f a one can prophesy about it with an.y d ree of ac uracy. The following, ho sever, will be cf interest to the farmers :;rnd others anod we t ablsh it trusting that the opinion expressed may be i il founded. It is from the Auo.-a Chronicle: The indications point a fair prices for cctton fcr the nexi. ~ffy days at least. The mivs aro siarting up0 everywhere. . ii th, d mand for SpAs cou u o - so rest tna: abcut pres~nt prices wil be main tained. This appears to b' the opin ion in New Odleans and Nav Yor. Tnose wio are lot king for a shary de c~ioe in co:tont rr ait to he disap doi-ed Tne fact tzw are is no: rcgec old cat'oa : . pl th mills that base iten.a su an those that are resu-rnicg every day New Engisd wvili prezseat acy ~ae diate slump in tie price of ni -ot tou. If there is a 10,0U Ct:i cron or orer, the best prices vi:. e obtainedJ for cot ton at the commer ce ment of the season. Senator Tilmin made a speech in Lt~ncaster ecuLnty rce:. ty, and as usuai dealt in ..n' me l sit tat Irby bai n.imore tio'aoe the di'snensary thaa a a ihr about the st...in...thats the *)uar white se - bin disfrasahisedI it is ot tre la medoinMca ri* id,ey say Mcl. usrin is a 1'pu' e'.. I 'co:ed as nec did an wenta sep urther. but they, don't so i a p ublicani." Acmerding t eof thos:: who say Mciari - a Reunj can. th~er shoulId cal Till Royal makes the food pure, wL lesurne aund delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure rOYAL DAM's OWrEF R CO., EWY 'ORK. Sad F. ci a Way ward Boy. T; News and Courier, of Saturday ah-d' the following particu'ar; of ii sad frte or a wayward boy of (Chiraston: Friday morning thie re. mains of young Arthur Dingfelder, tb, ii3 iJhn ran away from his home, at No. 77 Soin rlreet, several days 990. and was fatally injured v:hile s'eaiirg a ride on a S- u.h Carolina and Gearei. freigb train !as Thurs day rnorning, near Denmark. were bro'n.ht to the city. and Friday after r con tht bebdy of the lad wa.s laid to rest in t:e S Larecce cemetery. It was only when the body was brought to the city Friday morning at 11 o'clock that the particu!ars of the vcuth's tra~ie death were obtained. Is seems that young Dingfelder was nassionately fond of running away frcm home and stealing rides on freight trains. At home be er j'yed e very comfort and it dulgerce that his p,.rents could bestow upon him, but :e hs a morbid desire to spend a tramp's life, and every few months he Would leave home. This became to be of such common occurrence that when his parents learned that Arthur had left the city last Wednesday night on a South Carolina and Georgia freight train in company with Robert Lines ar d Ollie Davis they were not surprised. The three lads left on the freight train about 9 o'clock Wednes day night and when the train reached Denmark Arthur in some way fell be tween two cars while the train was in motion. One of his legs was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated as soon as a physician could be sum moned. The lad succumbed to the shack of the amputation Friday moraing an inquest was held over the remains and a verdict was rendered to the efftct that Arthur Dingfelder had been accidentally run over and killed by a rireght train on the South Caro ling and Georgia Railroad. Young Arthur was an unusually bright boy and the pride cf his parents. The lad was q iite well known in Charleston and the news of his ceath will be ra ceived with much sorrow. A Fatal Joke. Mr. Robert Dixon, who was shot in Charleston. S. C., by Mr. William Addison o'? Tuesday night died Thurs day morr~ing. At thae inquest, which wa - id Thursday,young Addiscn was exonerated frcnm all blame. The tragedy was one of the saddest and most deplorable that has taken place in a long time. It was the result of a seneles jkewhich Mr. Dixson and afinatempted to play upon the Misses Alphonso, on Asbley avenue, with whom they were well acquzaint. ed. Dixon and his friend cailed at the Misses Alphonso's residence, but not finding them in they decided to a wait in the yard near the piazza and startle the young ladie as they enter ed. The story of the tragedy is best given in the words of Mr. Addison, who, witn a Mr. Connor, was ou. Iwith the Misses Alphonso when Dixon an d his friend called at the house. Mr. Addison said in substance Thursday w aen seen by a representative of Tne tzate: On cur way home with the young ladies they told us that thaey I ad been robbed several times recen t land on more thian one occssion had teen suspicious characters in the yard at nights. Wh?en we reached mne gate we stopped artd were talking aucut robbers and the placa beine robbed. When we entered the yard I heard the bushes rattle, and looking around expctirgto see a do!, as the yard, but instead sa w tiqo men aamp up and run. I then thought of roo b.ers and pulled my pistol and fired, and fired the second time as tVey j imped the fence." Addison was not acquaute~d with Dixon, bit there is no( on'? who regrets the sifsie mcre iso e doe Add:son was released or $t 000 ban to aopear at the Nov. mn tor t r n of court of teneral sessions. Ria Body da.rned. A soscialr !o dha Gaz -te from Bi.x was kiled anda b me r p . his horn th~ee miles no~rtn & tii pa:e 4bout 3 o'lcck yesterd ay norxi'mg. Ancu'. a month ~ago Wiilsr c-amioit-d an ostr.>.e on a colored nwoman a4~ the-n sent word to the deputy sherid resid iag here that he woulo kilt hi-n if he u- dei-ook to arrest him. Why an eiert was not made sooner to arrest hitr is not st. d. bout sa urlJay Depu ty Soerits Will Hamsek ar rivrd from Morticello and began m aime prepa rations for the arrest. A b aut 9 o'clock &aturday nig ht a start we~ made and about 1 o'cl c2 8an.'sy .ening ine house was surr,.mace-i by -ha posse. A demarnd was m;.de ut~at Williams comne out and sa: rer cer. bui this was .tn omplied with Afe r yxhausting Fee. metans &f penr i -:.nd rrn-~ en uf pre'tcctuon alta has y ma a * i'e enrfor to break do-"'s co'r. the house was set on: :i -. Nt until the roof was f 'lr" 'a . "*d 0 open ard de woran is ed out, buic ecai of tire f': m1 he- d A s -oon as -cedcor v~ss e-.r W andas e riadit o l- i 0,one of t;e squod. .-ho forun e y haa goit he~r first ic r cve hpfid be fo r Wim 0 is(ri i -rpoilr10n A:'vis -.~fim the dr. Iiif l rr, saysuio -s'a hotiad Jr c i-. A' pr::a i t s f2 p - riwegt ~ m~'~ i r' rvtr runs short. fre *,,e.. o M: I' o wa p. *.. *- famrous B-i'sh~ ussavs ,a Grea: Britan's cyai ~ ai' ~n' ~46 i' 000100.000 tons.