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OIL ON \R UtBLEI \V urtiS. BAPTIST MINISTERS AND LAYNEN HOLD A CONFERENCE And Consider the u h1-itt M tier- The Confererce Tbirks Di. V1Itt "a.-r Misunderstood ard Sugg-ots Thy Co: dtmnatory Riscntions Ce-ce. In the interest of barmrcny .r, Baptists, a r,umber ot rr;- a\ pastors ard haymen frorn he 6 11. soutoern States, it el _ '" as Joshua Leva , p-' board of trustees or h rn Baptist Theological s- -).J B. Hawthorne, of N s l-e- r x Governor Norther of Ge ri met at Nashville las:. Week to c:a the Whitsitt contr:versy, are issad an address to the der.omit s icm u! ing a cessation of co.ndzmnatory r s, lutions, and a temperate considr t: of Dr. Whitsitt's uttra:cs on tism which have been the subjec much heated controversy. These aon tlemen take the piosition that D Whitsitt has been misunder: t ,a they ask to be besrd on a r-r's: of the case. Tre co: trover; s:> has been, in rri , as M&iows: In May, 1St, Dr. Whitsitts article en Baptists in Johnson's cyclopedia was lished in denominational papers. The e c's pedia had been in print two years, b:it fur some reason the statements which erward caused so great a controversy were u::no ticed. When the article was puKisedi s- t prior to the meeting of the So.thern -. tist convention at Chittanooza. the shie mnere by Dr. Whitsitt that the Eg'i-h I.p tists did not practice itmer:in prior to the year 164 L was immediately chalenge-i. There was alarge element of thelenomination known as "Landmark Baptists," who believed and still believe that baptism by immersion had been continuously practiced from the times of the apostles. The assertion to the contra ry by the president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, which educates nearly all the Baptist preachers in the south was a great shock to these members of the church and they began to express their disapproba tion in very emphatic terms. In the meantime more subject matter was added to the controversy. Sonmebody charg. ed that Dr. Whitsitt had plagiarized the work of Dr. Dexter, a Congregationalist, in the cyclopedia article. In defending him self from this charge, Dr. Whitsitt referred to editorials he had written for the New York Independent twelve years before, con taining the same statement. Forthwith those editorials were printed, and to the surprise of everyone they were written from an unde nominational standpoint and sounded more like the cold and dispassionate statement of a historian or critical student of denomina tional literature. This did not help matters and the controversy raged more violently than ever. The leaders of the opposition were Dr. T. T. Eaton, of Louisville, pastor of the Walnutstreet Baptist church. and e.1 itor of The Western Recorder, and Dr. B. H. Carroll, of Texas. Dr. Whitsitt supported his statements with extracts from historical records in the Brit ish museum. The contention of Dr. Whitsitt and his friends was that the truth of history should not be gainsaid, and that the article was the only rule of faith and practice for Baptists, and the question was not aflect ed by practices of the English Baptists of the seventeenth century or anybody else. This was not satisfactory to the opponents of the Whitsitt theory, and the matter was discussed in various associations and conventions and came before the trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary at Wilmington, N. C.. during the meeting of the Southern Baptist conven.ion. Dr. B. H. Carroll. of Texas, introduced a radical resolution which looked to an emphatic pronouncement against Dr. Whitsitt's position, and would, if adopted, have possibly led to his re.noval from the presidency of the seminary. The resolution was rejected by the board and the following substitute was adopted: "The trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, assembled in their an nual meeting, in Wilmington, N. C., May t, 1897, desire to submit to the Baptists of the south the following statement in rega~rd to the institution whose interests have been committed to their care and management. That we account this a fitting occasion to re afirm our cordial and thorough adherence to the fendairental articles adopted at the time when the seminary was established, and to asure those in whose behalf we hold in trust and administer the affairs of this insti tution of our steadfast purpore to insist that the fundamental laws and scriptural doc trines embodied in these articles shall be faithfully unheld by those occupying chairs qa teachers. "That we cannot undertake to sit in judg ment on questions in Baptist history which do not imperil any of those principles con cerning which all Baptists are agreed, but concerning which serious, conscientious and scholarly students are not agreed. We can, however, confidently leave to continued re search and discussion the satisfactory solu tion of these questions. "That. believing the seminary to hold an important relation to the prosperity and use filness of southern Baptists, we consider it our duty-while demanding of those in charge of its departments of instruction the utmoa: patience in research and the greatest diiscre tion in utterance, to foster, rather th an re press, the spirit of earnest and reverent in vestigation "That, being fully assured that the tendet affection which we cherish for this institu tion, founded by our fathers and bequeathed by them to us, is shared by the Baptists of the south, we can safely trust them, as we ask them to trust us, to guard its honor. pro mote its usefulness and pray for its prosperi Dr. Whitsitt was invited to make a state meat and the next morning read the follow ing: *Wilmington, N. C., May 7. 1897. "To the Board of Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Semainary: "Dear Brethren-I beg leave to return sincerest and heartiest thanks for the nobie and generous treatment which you have be stowed upon me. I have only words of af fection for every member of the board. A ter consulting with the committee, I have the following to say: "1. That in regard to the articles written as editorials for The Independent, I have long felt it was a mistake, and the generous action of the board of trustees makes it easy for me to make this statement. What I wrote was from a pedobaptist standpoint, wtth aview to stimulating historical research, with no thought that it would injure the Baptists, and with no intention to disparage~ Baptist doctrine or practices. "2. That the article in Johinson's Ency clopedia has probably passed beyond my control, but it will be very pleasing to me if I can honorably procure the elmination of what is offensive to any of my brethren. "3. In regard to the published statement about my advising that a kinswoman of mine ought to follow her husband into the pedobaptist church, it was never my inten tion to indicate a belief that the family cut ranks the church of Gdod. I believe that obedience to its commands is above every other human duty, and that people in every condition of life ought to obey God rathet than man. '4. On the historical question involved, I find myself cut of agreement with some hon ored brethren, but what I have written is the outcome of patient and honest research, and I can do no otherwise than to reatiirm my~ convictior. and maintain my position. Uut if in the future it should ever be made to appear that I have erred in "my cocuso0 I would promptly and cheerfuly ay so. I am a searcher after truti, ar. will '1l hail every helper in my work. . "5. That I cannot more .rongly asure the brethren that I am a Bapt- thain by' what I have recertly decla'-ed wit rr ence to the abstract of the principl es of 'ha board in the fundamental laws ot the semi -nary. I am heartily in accord with n.o Baptist brethren in every distinctive pria ciole that they hold. My heart an i Li are bound up with Baptists. and I have n< higher thought on earth than to spend m days in their fellowship and service in tin name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -'Respectfully submitted, 'WLLTAM H. WHIT~tTT. These proceedings of 4he seminary trus ts, with The_ Whitsitt's statement, wer CC)-trovers; enI eve mre acrlnu ious S:i ! ' e. n .1 . um er of loia .a p [ lt i arious southern states h : c . "lre.s'a:iens de:anding llr. u.al from the presidercy of - nr. ilssz-:aci)n is nore or e-p.eaI, espetl ily in Kentucky and nU het +U~twe-t, Dr. 1::on keepin up the :-r a:n throughc his editorial: in The Wes terni hecordr at Louisville. and Dr. Car rnl hliing up his end of the tight in Texns. Tne :tatter has cne so far that leaiding Ba:'is are anxious to end the controvert: and s:op the :U.itaion. ileace the Na-h v' e conference, which was the voluntary c: Or: of lea'liu met to brin about htter uuderstauding hetween the oppo::ents in the controversy. The to lowing is the a'dress I cf the conference: Dear lUretren: We the u erzne-i tDa-tti ts, for the-:e 0:'oeacee andi good :el ic-whip and in :he hope of glort fylu God by pre:uoting te ,eS inoeets of our derv {;;atio:. addre-s tae fi-. . s wi t tat ement to our bre:area in th-- ath: First--We call on all ;:is : j nIus in da:ily prayer for tee peas " and pr:' eiy of ou:ir Zit. We h've fith in the presence and rower of he 11' to :uard anud cide us a-: a -eople. in :hese 'sl s of hurt _ al c, i:.tion tlet .s avoi l intemperate d'. cu-,_in as i ce-hse the i::troduction of resolu t r. pv ing :versies in tsScations a IC -ivetitoLS:: i .et Us hetake ourselves to daily pray er. as One man, that the soverei n Spirit ay ret:ore peace according to the divine wi:.. Second-We re;ard Dr. Whit:itt as a corn re:eut historian. but we -houll not, in this s:aten":it, shield him from any -air criticism that the Engiish Anabaptists first adopted immersion for baptism is or abent the year 1!.: and we protest that it is unbaptistic to criticize him as a Baptist for this opinion. For, if we accept said. opinion as a test of Dr. Whitit'.s orthodox , we thereby make a new test of orthodoxy and surrender the time honored Gaptist principle of the Bible, and the Bible alone, our only guide in all matters of faith and practice. And as we depart from this old landmark into this new tes', we come to the violation of another honorel Bantist principle-freedom of speech. For Dr. Whitsitt is avowedly in "hearty accord with his llap:ist brethren in every distinc tive principle which they hold." le has not uttered one word contrary to the Bible or Baptist faith: he has simply expressed his opinion about a matter of history. If then. hle be displaced for his opionion, it will not he Dr. Whitsitt who is sacrificed, but our old Baptists principle of freedom of speech. We do not intend to argue the merits of the case, or to express any preference for Dr. Whitsitt, but to call the attention of our brethren to the fact that these two great Baptist principles of appeal to the Bible only and freedom of speech are in danger of being lost to us by this attack upon the presi dent of our seminary, if it be successful. It would be a calamitous error to condition faith and fellowship among Baptists upon post-apostolic history or tradition rather than upon the pure word of God, and to re strict freedom of speech by the command ments of men. We are aware that many brethren. honestly grieved at Dr. Whitsitt's utterances, are proceeding against hire in all good faith, and do not intend an attack upon these two ancient Baptist principles. We deeply sympathize with their earnest spirit, but we deplore the fact that their actions will reach beyond their intentions, and if they strike down Dr. Whitsitt, for the causes alleged, they will also strike down these two old landmarks. What is true with reference to the history of English Baptists in 1641 will coon be brought to light, if it be possible to get at the real facts. We would accord brethren on either bile of this discussion full freedom of speech; but we are opposed to either side making their opinions a test of Baptist faith and fellowship: we depre cate the passage of such resolutions by our associations and conventions as tend to es tablish this test of fellowsnip; and we call on our brethren to stand with us as we stand by these old landmarks. Tnird-We do not take up Dr. Whitsitt's opinion to the prejudice of any brother or set of brethren, nor will we adopt their: opinion to the prejudice of Dr. Whitsitt. Neither he nor they cease to be our brethren in full, loyal fellowship because of what they respectively believe about the introduction of immersion in England in 1t341. We in voke all parties en both sides to realize afresh that we are brethren- In his state ment to the trustees, published in the con vention minutes, Dr. Whitsitt says: "In re gard to the articles written as editorials for the Independent, I have long felt that it was a mistake." As to the Johnson Ency clopedia article: he say': 'It will be very peasing to the if I can honorably procttre the elimination from it of whatever is offen sive to any of my brethren " Again: '-Re garding the charge that I expressed a con viction that a kinswoman of mine ought to follow her husband into a P'aedo-Baptist church, it was never my intention to indi cate a belief that the family outranks the church of God. I believe that obedience to Gods commnand is above every other human duty, and that people in every relation of life ought to obey God rather than man." Again, in his book on -'A Question in Baptist History.'' he says: "Immer:-ion as a reli gious rite was practiced by John the Baptist about the year J0 of our era, and was sol ennly erjoined by our Saviour upon all of bis ministers to the end of time. No other observance was in use for Baptism in New Testament times. The practice, though some times greatly perverted, has been continued from the apostolic age down to our own. As I unierstand the Scriptures, immersion is essential to Chri:-tian baptisur' These ex panations, tocether with the statement that he would correct, as soon as he cout-t all that was offensive in his expressions seems to "- to challenge the full, hearty and comn .ete acceptance of the most exacting of his '-ethreo. Vn e deeply sympathize with those wtz hav-e been wotunded or pr'ejuliced by these c ntroversies, on whichever side they may 1e but, for the sake of the Lord and H l' cause, let them '-seek peace and pursue ."The masses of our people, who are not involved in these unfortunate personalities, can easily and promptly respond to this ap peal. Fourth-We invite our brethren to a con tinugd confidence in the board of trustees of the seminary. At a meeting of the board in Wilmington last May, after a full and free conferencee with Dr. Whitsitt, a satisfactory settlement of the trouble was affected with nracical unnimity, and the following state ment was made to the convention. (See zanutes.) First--That we account this a fitting oc casion to reaflirm our cordial and thorough adherence to the fundamental articles adopt ed at the time whetn the seminary was es tablishel, and to assure those on whose be half we ho'.d in trust and administer the af tairs of the instituttionl of cur steaudfast pur poe 'o requnire hereafter. as we have in the past tat the fundlamental laws and -criptii ral doctnes embodied in those artcls shall be fathfull1y upheld by those ocupying chieas teachers. Second --ihat we cannot un lertak~e to -i 'na ud::mnt ou uinestions in Baptist his tory whiciido not imperil tiny of those prin ciwies concerniuc which al 'aptitst are agred au concerning which -er'ous, con sciti~ous and schioiahy :dents are nut a:reed. We can co::tidenty leave to cnn:dresearch arnd di-'-us sion the sat isfacory solution of these questons. Third--Tha: believing the seminry to ho'd a-n itiportant relation to th-e prosperity and usefulness widouthern lU-pti-ts, we con sder it our duty, whi e de a nding of those in chare of the dep-artmnt of in tructton the utmo: pattence in resea and the re .e t dicretion tn utterance, to foster ae h-m repress th-e spirit of earne-t and Fourth--hat being ftull ass~ured that t3e tener atiection which we hheri-h fo this inttto ounded by our fathers an1d te .:ue t-- L them to us, 's -"hared by the Ia tt -'--he soab, we can -afely trust th-m a we-ask thetn to trust us. to guaird its h'nor, prno:e its utsefulnevs and prayv for t pro-per y. "Letus e~ive ta: hes tru-:eeCs. mten :n hir---e:-'w- e:: piety :tni sound ne'-s in te : Ih ~lpo~tly and fahthful ir iscare te ':Ntins set zurtie the - ave :-ta:I e t U: ethrU. let usbeiv n our bre""ren. Th manner tnwhe ther report was receiv-d by the Soutihern Uaptt Lonve-nt'on ed--no:,t of the trutstees toc s ppoe that' tue matvter was settledi: and i!t ;. S~i', :1.. hCe ti i i .rI l' ine nrtiai a "1u istmeut -i it in :e:r : those trustees, who are s :n-l' I 1 au. cUr - germs :'iti ts. inl who will de the right tain, in tie r ght p . Fifth-We prayerfaily exhoi our lirthi rai to join us u tiup port (f the -tninary. !t has d ine au i il i et do :i gre-t work tior us We have po-itive knowledge that Dr. \Liitsi iees and teach s every ite:n f l in p-t fait h :as set :ortn in tie fun-Imental l:ws, of the semiinary 'rid the P'hiladelhiaconfes -iou ef faith. In this cour-ection, as Dr. Whirsitt has been reatt!y t::'srepresente.1 in var ous pubLieattons oI all the points at iSUe, we respec:fully :-t for the careful consideration Lf the :c 'oi paining paper from his, prepared at the re itest of this cnf rece. 1u deep love an :si ection, witiiout a hi1tth thought or :u un ki'd word for any 1r-ist in t.is brca I 'e1:a . we e, cc ' a Icur be iii" re : t> tt t in pr::ytr, sympatby an~l support for the_ :niua we feel We easure.i tha if this poli cy 1- alopted, it will sxL2.n ring :li that every bone:-t loviu. heatt ong -.r. At the succestion1 of brthren \orthe, in i Hawttorne, t i ' uniersi'ne m in N is h Ville, Septembeer ', 1 : , :t i a iopt(li the forepoiog p:aper: SJ. Nurthen, Georgia. C.t'. G; iner, SlauthI C.:Lrolira. .! S irleyr, Arkainsas. A. J. Irtris. Tenne--ee. . .i'rove::e . Fioril':t. % . C ly, Kentucky. Jnshua Livering. Mary :nl. .lI lawthorne. Tenresee. 11. 11. Acr e, Tennessee. wV S. Ryland Kentncky. .1. Mirvin, Kentucky. T. D. Thames, Virginia. J (. Itast, Tennessee. SV. Y. Quisenherr. Tennessee. Carter Helmu Jones. Kentucky. A. J. S. Thomas. Scuth Carolir. e. W. lt. L. Smith. Missouri. G. A. Lofton. Tennessee. .. W. Thoinas. Tennessee. 1. N. Prestridge. Kentucky. A MISSION OF LCVE. Carotune Thor36n Trivels the Werikt Over ;n Qrst of I it Sweetheart. Fr four years Caroline Thosn his traveled Amur.-ca cvr scarching for her s aeetheart, E icJohn-on. Thurs day s .e reachedi A!ant t, jast five weekr behind the m st:e 1o7s s madly. The story she told to Stadon Serg.ant Braseltcn this morning at p ice -eadqtarters is inde ed a sad one. Just after the sergeant came on duty a wogmen, tall and handsome, entered the office. Her skin was fair, her hair light aud her figure as perfect as an artist's model. She was dressed in fashio.able attire and wrs a woman who would attract attention wherever seer. Magnidcent diamonds shone upm her fiazers and her appearance was that of a person of hint birtb. When she spoke it was plain to see that she was a foreigner and a Swede. She told her story as plainly as possi ble, while a tear cccasionally fell from^ her pretty blue eyes. Fcur years ago Eric Johnson, a young Swede, had proposed aid been accepted by Caroline Tnorsen, and the marriage ceremony was s)on to be solemnized. He was a man of wealth, and she, too had a fortune in her c n right. Toree weeks before the mar riage was to have taken place Johnson was forced by the death of his father to visit London, where he had large business interests. There was a sad good bye, anid the lover left his bride, that was to b-, with many assuranc:s of a sipeedy return. In London he was detained beyond the expected time and wrote to his girl s weetheart that as his stay there would be inded nitely prolonged she must come to him. Carolice wrote, telling him she would co'me, and a few days later lef t her home for London. When she ar rived there she was almost paraly zed by the information from his business assciates tha t he had gone to Ameri ca. Her letter had not reached him. and believing that she cared for an other, he had, in a fit of j :alousy, lef t L'ndon, taking with him a large sum of money and refusing to tell any one of his intentions. The next steamer brought as a passenger to America Caroline Thorsen. Sae baond whe~re nr sweetheart had stopped in New York city for a few days, and had then gone to Buffalo. She follomed and there secured a clue that took her to Pniladelpbia. Again she was too late, and we yi t to Bahimore, Richmond ad Louisville. Johnson had been in alt of these cities, but had lef t before te sorrowing wo-r:en reached them. Sne heard he nadl gone to Indianapo ls, and went immnediately to that place, but he had, as in oth:i:r instanc es, left 'cefore she came.. She next traveled over Michigan, and then went to Madison, Wis., onis 'to learn that he had been there but had gone. Ini Madison Miss Thorsen was told that he had gone to Des Moines, Iowa, where she went only to ascertamn that he had gone to Nebras ka. She searched that state over wiih out finding any trace of him, and then went to Denver. From there she went to Salt Lake, then then 10 San Francisco, and later thrcugh Arizona and New Mexico. Tne next sate vis itd was Texas, arnd then, nil!d with sorrow, she journ.ey ed to Ne w Orleans. Weary witth her travels, Caroline de cided to rest there, and remained in that city until three days ago, when she started for Atlanta. Sne stopped in several smal?er towns on the way and reached here Tnursda~y. Shae had in all there places visited the police au thoities, the hospitals and ministers in search of information. Thursday morning she went first to police head uarters and told of her mission There was no clue to wcrk on and Station Sergeant Braselton was about to refer to the chief when she suggest ed looking over the dockets. The sergeant did this, but the namne of E:ic Johnson did not appear on any of them. Finally the booia known as the -sleeper's book," where the names of .ersotns are entered who are given Todgings, was taken up, and there on September 10th, was the name-Eric Johnson. The woman gave a scream of delight and seizing the book aissed the page where the name was written again and again. She sobbed ar d lauhe.d and pressed the book to her bosom in hysterical delight, but suddenly the j )y ga.ve way to sorro . "Where is my Eric now," she aked The sergeantculd not teli her. The man, weary and without means-a waderr- nad come and asked for a night's lodging. It had ben given him and the next day he had iear to begin agate his journey. He had been here, though, and the fact thlat 'he was alive five-weeks ago gave thle woman who lov:d hini hope. 'I will ind him," she said as she turdt tMarfully from the ur,rsn s desk mnr'i w::ls'Vd slotyi ntu the clce-Atlanta Journal. T res additional survivors of! th:e wreck of the coasting steamer Triton, which went ashore betwieeni Dominica and Mariei, on the north coast of the provm cC of Pinar del Rio on Saturday morring las!, have arrived at Havanam. The scoramble among the men, women and children when the sitamer went ashore, the survivors state was terri ole. When the Triton fcundered there were 230 persons aboard her, passengers and crew and so far only 9 of this number have been heard frm. CURnOU I:.LG CU .T3N NEW YOK ST T5. -ery J: v-ra :n i---- s Ilaccdt Fer; Wa-h't'.:: T~ r I'1? Immi rwcre Fiue Fa.rmer st A D: .'. Aga. tot L . During the two - ears ft lo:tIg fi: ri:.i. in Isis t.e Arr.ish religion hi d /:. r:.UM Unealfn akl orV'a: zL . : ' c as'r t Eight w1 :e e < ; '1;i".p- e. The: u :.b o A i - :m .reases i ear y y'' II 'geat wh until the v -t :: c: '. a sect w i e a e:at:- c f '5-ry tniy. The fet reai+?i. g O o.h l'sr edti!d th amiJa 1theolo-ry to er'- .! as t: :. he thie or'i.a i i U": eCoJ z a ole . Tnia .:i- ... . e y -1 l". posed toal: p\x oworldiira "s. and f -ivoli:y they a !aur oy ok up on m' d:rn :deis s a de iue t to the i e we; e of m'ir.d, and all G~rt for28 dva:ce . ofcivili 'Z..t ti t.ey id i- in c D" m'.l On.e of ~t e chie a:d s~r c'est dee ' . t wear the planest kind Of clhth iu', anid woe to the believer who io la': tn teac2 Lgs of the c urch. Alo g t :e piceuresoue banks of hef :Se r rvr. in C" couty, No . Yk, ":tifs Yu A 'isn co..mm jit Tu !n l. re pics . .*ly mre rie idy enforced in tis c Oi:oy than any other i exseLce. L is a brar.ch o: the o'riginal ste-, C 'ich Letiled in the s->utheastern par" tc f Pen nsyl vauia i2 181S' Thy :'re unable to senre posession u the entire Botfalo V.1. ley, in L ccaster cour;y, ,:ere uthey tad hoped to establish a co:nrcunity! of their own, and as a result small ar mies of them emigrate.d to d:tferent parts of the country to care cut their own kingdoms. Tne L wrerce cunty branch took up i:s present abode riore than forty years :go, and their only cccitpa:ion siace thrn has been the cultivation of :ie soil. Tneir neigbors confess that thcre are no bet-e: farmers in the state. Thev are skilled in ail the arts of agricuhnure and many of them have be ome wealhy. Any person who will visit L twrence county colony will and a tnrifcy, honest, temperate and industrious class of peopie, who are progressive in s;:ite of their un worldly methods. The men's and women's clothing is as piain as it can be. Their attire :s drvoid of buttons, hooks and eyes beinz us2d in their place. The men never shave or cut taeir hair . Their coats are shaped in a style which their neighbors call shad bellied. The women dre-s cccording to Qia kcr simplicity, wor.ng suabonuets and loose, tio.vin., homespun gowns. f Is considered a brea:h of eignette to gear o'naments of any kind. Recent ly the church diviuea on the qietion of hooks and eyts, and a faction of the congregation becaoe worldly k enough to wear buttons. The more picus brothers and sisters still hold up their hands in horror when this breach in :he Amish gates is spoken of. An idea of the rigidiiy of the Amish laws in reference to dress can oe gaired from the following litle episode, which for a time tus:d a sensation in the community: Somie 3 ears ago Jonathvn Keatcer moved from Lawrence to .i'ha coun ty. Turee years ago he died, leaviag a son, who inherited considerble pr-op erty. Ine Luvrence etunty A-aiah knew very little aboutyoaag kratcher, whose Christian name isA ram, for he left the colony when a smalt child.I Several weeks ago a fine-looking young man, dressed in the height of fashion, ai~peared in the colony. He was aoout 26 y ears old, wore a mus tache, a long cutaway coat, black trousers, a wnite shirt, redi necktie, a suininig silk hiat and :moked eigars. He passed unrecogu~zed at fi-st, but final y introduced oimself 1.s the heir ot olet Jonattaa Kratc-her and c!aimed relatiouship with a score or mcore in the neighborhood. Not one of tia :ela tives would recogniza himn and be was avoided generally. So cold didI the treatm.ent oecome that he was obliged to leave the colony. But Abram thought that by donning the typical dress of tne Amisa he1 Ivould be welcomed with open arms. he went to Ne .s Cast le, ann after con siderable ditfieuity, obtained, a reguia ion catm, then retur-ned, uad adopted the nmethofs of the colony. B~a it u; is of no avali. He was 'oin ished without ceremaony. UHe returned tc Miflin couaty, bout b.:fore he went he tr.ed to convince the Amisa mien that he was only trying to play a lit tie joke on the n with his worldly clotaing. The j >ke didn't go. After a person has once renounced the Amiish faith he can never return to the fold again, as the crime is con sidered too grave for forgiveness. Ac cardicg to the ideas of the Amish, this country could get along very well without agovernmemt, if toe people adopted an~d lived striediy upo to their doctrincs. Tluev have no use for courts, and not since the colony was est ablisihed, half a century ago, is there a record of an Amishmnan having beenI before a tribunal for a misdemeanor. They are rigidly set against law and war processes. They exbaust all means to arrange any dispute with their neighbors, and if they fail they bear the loss that mnight otherwise have been avoided by legal recourse. y ar rels and contentions, however, are al mnostunknowu. Ths Amish re'igion was a form of the German Baptist, but in the cere many of bap ismn it is a peculiar feat ure of their function thiat there should be three imnmersions ins-ead of one. Every Sunday gr'at c-o wds assemnble on the banks of the bhenango to wit ness ceremaoni-s. Thr is no regular ly constitutedl chi-rch, re-igious ooserv ance being held in the nomes of the community alernaely. An imopor tant ceremacny during the love feast which is held in tne last three or four: days of the yea is the :assing of feet. Tue men sit on one side of the room arnd the wo:nen on the oter, The men wash the feet of th.:ir brothers and the womeu the .ed of tinir sisters. While this is going on, t aey keep chanting some gospel hymn. Tae men and womxen to not hive apart, as with the Dunkanrds.I Ccu~dn't A tl.rd to Take a i'aper. O..e of cur excbanges describes the man who c >uld not atford to take his Lomne paper as follovs: Py getting hold of a foreign adverisng sne-the spent il writing to ilLd ut how to keep sooer, the answ~er being~ to take a pledge. lHe also sent 1liny 2 cent staps to fnd out ho-v to rais tur u in rd r* e-:ived a pass c rd~ pi")v: "T'ake Lhl of the tops and pul. It was the same person that sent 50 cents to a fellow in the East for twelve use ful houtebold articles and recej red a package of needles lie is a near rel atis e to th'e mani who sent it to 'ind out how to get rich and rec::ived the reply: "Worli like the devil and nee er spend a cent." He is also related to the man who sent 65 to tiad cut how to write without pen er ink, and the answer was: "Try a lead pencil." lie is a twiln brother to the man who sent $5 to find out howv to lhve without .work, and received the reply printed in one black line on a postal card: e article _, a t t. Smon t'e arc- ' es cott) ys nc *.dJ'ro cd in yj.. 11s vaaout cone: ary . sd c C *s t C, the d~o ,n ward mo.is: 1:ei t h L--:g pr;: vxi ed for a loeir i wina.Jt re C ear:iele no resting wi-him three qu rter: of a c:Lt a puund of the low b gure reccraid. Lower prc s thari th_ prs r.t price have teen kno.vn but o -ce in trhe history o' cotton rowirg, St-hi cpte the fa.t tiat the cut icoe for ;he buzine s o_ Co'.on mata au in i2 this country is exc:lent, to t o,:ks of cstou goods on hanr' ha:v oeen greatly reduced and that . h t is known as the sta ieal pes'tion of c )!on is v.-ry '"sr". The}: wold's visile sUlyi of s , s cnmphd last week ",y the r inaj c i Chroside, w s 7U3,79 baks kss :11 en t.e yam wre n Utcb r, 1S{t'; 994 G4S a:aies le:, than on t!-e c'rrp' dJioLg date 1S95. and 5'7.576 bas le s it-an in 1S91. As the Unit:d States produces nearly all the cotton i*r the world, about six sevenths of this deficiency is to b_ credited to the \A1ericar. sltcks. The decline in the price of cotton has been caused prima rily by the belief that the crop which v il come into sight during the cotton year, begun on September 1, will oe an enormous one. It is known that the land devoted to cctton growing in this ccuntry this year is 24,000,t00 acres. an increase of 1,000,000 acres over last year. While the weather conditions have not b.:en entirely fa varable during the season, they have been generally so. Nearly three fourths of the crop has been picked, the operation having been facilitated by the unusual warmth and dryne:s of the fail months, and there is no doubt whatever that a very large amount of cotton will come upon the market before September 1, 1893. The estimate of its quantity now having the greatest irifluence upon the trade is that of Mr. Henry Neili, the head of a prominent cotton exporting firm in Liverpool, who has been remarkably fortunate in his crop estimates for the last two or three years. Mr. Neill's house is an English one, having banches in Liverpool and London, and his estimates have weight with Enmlish buyers of cotton. He declares that this year's crop will be at least 10.300,000 bales and many run into something like 11,500,0 bales. If ay such unprecedented figures are to be re.dized, the present Ic w price of cotton is reasonable. another de pressing inflaen:e equally as great is the hard times that have come upon thle English spinners, this being due to the plague, famine, and financial troubles in India and other countries where the product of the English looms is said. As two thirds of the American cotton is sent to Europe, the condition of business tbere has a much more important bearing on the price of cotton tnan does the condition of business here. On the other hand, while it is certain that the crop will be a large one, conservative men in the cotton trade are skepti~al about its reaching any such vast quantity as Mr. Neill predicts. The amount of cotton that can be raised from a given gaantity of land varies with the ch~er ater of the ioil. In some bottom lands of exceptional fertility in Louis iana and Texas a bale of cotton to the acere can be grown. Tfhis is practically tre miaximum amount per acre, the minum being very remote from this. It is established that the aver age growth throughout the whole of or cotton belt varies between a bale to two and four teeniths acres and a bale to three acres of land, the first named firure being that of a year when the weather conditions were un iormly farorable. Assuming that the average rati o' produc~:on this yrwili tce the highest on record, a crop would b:: gathered of barely 10, 000,000 bales. Ellison, a Liverpool statistlici of great prestiue. who :s a leading authority on the consumptio n of cotton atnd the world's cotton stccoas, estimates the Anme~ican crop tais y ear at 9,410,000 bhles, otuer esti-I mates cn this aide of the w.ater oeiue from S,000.000) to 1",000,00;0 bale.s. If the crop meets Mtr. .Neiis expectatioLs it widl not only be the areatest of cc' ton crepe, but wvillhave been prcduced' ith a tar greater average yield to the are than has bren sho,vn in the past.! It must o said, also, that the amoun t of cottoi which has come into sight duriug the present year thus far does not jastify the nrophecy of a yi~id of foma 10O,00000 to 11,000,000) bale s Since the beginning of the cotton year 325,000 fe er bales have come intoI sight than isast year in the ssme period wnen the whole year's crop reached bu. 8.75000 bales; thout-h it should be sdde d that the early movement is often deceptive, a'ad that thle move ment this year is about equal to that of 1S34, when 9,90.000 baies of cot ton, the record crop, was grown. There is ao doubt that the government has been retarded by the yellow fever quarantining at New O:leans and in many other southern cities. Frosts will probably end the yellow fever, however, within a month from now, and then if the amount of cotton com ing for ward does not increase consid - erab.y and remain increased, we be lieve that there will be general dis credit of Mr. Neill's estimate. Sooner or later the lucky crop guessers at the beinning of the harvest, whether of otton, wheat, corn, or any other sta ple, whatever tneir c.>nservatism or howeer good their means of forming~ an opinion, meet their Waterloo. The - Financial Chronicle, our moast accu rate and trustworthy commercial pub years of esti-nating the cotton crop at the beginning of the season, anna hai a tine record of succlsses in this regard. But the time came when its annual prediction turned out to be ex tremely incorrect, and, very wisely, it stopped committing itself to such carly estimates. Whatever he the state of the catton manufacturing business abroad, foreigners are taking as muon of our cotton thmis year as they did last, and the Eagiish spinners are really taking more, the exports up to the end of last week amounting to709,628 bales, as against 71,'499 bales in the same period in 1S96, o: which 331.731 bales went to England, as compared with 376,7t;2 bales in the forme~r sear. It is conceded genenrally that the mnimum amount of American cotton which the world will consumnti th c~i::g year -is 9 3u00.000 balis. To meet this consu motion and to niake up the ceiciency in the world-s nor ma) reserve stoeks of cotton wili re qiure, obviously, an American crop tu s year of not less inah 10J,000.00 baits. Assuming that the crop reach es that figure, holers of cotton ought to consider whetter the price at which cotton is now selling is not pretty low for a situation in which demand andl supply w:ll be evenly balanced, withi the hszsrus of the new crop yearyet' to encounter, and with the weliknow n law in operation to the strong iudlat ence of Iao.v prices to vard an increas ed consumption is so commonly usedl a saple Ind, the q,:stion may m h r d .. t.a s o-v a ?ic r tre 7 1' t -' I1 in t r :"rLu ib> l?ter part of the cot:tr year the p ice iocre s d more ;ran 2 cents er puurd, ev-n with tie iar~cist crop ou recoid ard befo;re t%:e prospects of an othe-r cron were krown. As *he suc cteding crop itared its bavtst it was seen to be a short or P. and anothei tro cent rise -c.ured There is mic matter ht r for cotton plant ers' .hinkin g. THE EASTERN MILLS tAc BeIng Piuh-'1 to :re WJI by seuthern Mimle. In v'ey of the prcp.:ed visit of New England cotton rill manufacturers to tne south the first of nxt month at the ivi:ation of the Southern and Se-.doard Air Lne sy-stems, and fot lowine the ?gurcs relating to the cot ton mill ir.(ustry in this courtry pub is'ed ii Th- Sote of a fetv days ago, the foilowing ar:4cle on "The mill situs Ion, whico a~pysed in the' B:s ton News Bureau cf Wednesdav last makes interesting '-;rdiic: 'Ie declinc in print ck;th b:in:s to light a -very unsettled c-mdition in cotton .:9ic:.urirn,: Factors in the case are lower priced cotton, souhh ern mill competition and the failing ctf of trade. Since July print cloths have declined 14,. per yard, while cotton has declined from . 1 2 to 61 2c. per pound. The cotton decline is due to the large crop and the fact that the Manchester and other English cotton manufacturingcentres are exporting but few goods to India and other coun tries, ard hence are not large consum ers of cct:on. "The greatly increased production of the s-utberu mills is a disturbing factor. It miv cause difficulties in Newr Eigland as, unless there is a change in the situation, wages will have to be reduced in order to meet the southern competition. "The latter part of July and the month of August showed great trade activity, and large amounts of goeds were moved, but in Seotember there was a marked falling off in ousiress which continues very dull. "The opposite, however, has been the situation among the woolen man ufacturers, who are running their mills full. They have secured large advances in prices, due to favorable protection' under the Dingley tariff and tre oig advance in wool. "Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge, treas urer of the Amoskeag Manufacturirg company, say.: 'The boom has not eacned us yet, but I do not see how the west can b: as prosperous as it is without a demand for our goods some time. The:e hs been no reduction in prices of our goods, for the reason that we did not advance prices during July and August. The reason for the weakness in the prices of cotton goods is due to the fact that the consump tion of goods is not equal to the prc duction. 'My own feeling in the matter is that this situation is due to the enor mous prcduction of the southern a ills, as they make their goods much cheap er than we can, and consequently can sell lower. The bad feature of the situation is that they will continue to increase their nroduction under these circunmstances. " 'There is no use trying to shrink from this fact. People shut their eyes at d try not to see the true condition of affairs. '"'The labor question as affecting the mill situation is one which may have to be taken into consideration if the south continues to increase pro duction ; wages will either have to be r duc:d in Ne w Englar d o:- be ad vanced in the south. "r-here is no profit in selling the export trade, at present prices, but ex ports will continue large, as we have to gtet rid of our goods on account of the great production. "1-o vever, there will be an im provement in business, as I cannot see how the great prosperity of the west can help but :ncreaee the con sampt ion of our goods.' 'Mr. Howard Stockton, treasurer of the Merrimack mills, says: - -The decline in cotton is of course largely responsible for the decline in prut cloths atd c::tion g~ds Bu-i ness is qadet, but this is not a month wheni we exp ct to make large sales. " Suthern mill comnnetition has a serious affect upon New England en-tton mills, as southern production has increased at an alan ing rate dur ig the past year, tlhey consumed double the amount of cotton of tue previous year. "'The wage questien has become a factor and reductions may have to be considered by New England manufac turers. It was thought that pssibly the increas? in prod uction by southern mills would require an increase in labor and wages would be higher, but such has not been the case yet. "'The decline in print cloths natu rally atfects cotton goods, as print cloths are taken as a standard in many cases. A great many odd counts are sold on the basis of print cloth prices, especially goods used for print ing and converting. "Goods now beirg marnufactured are sold in December and January. Actual jobbing doEs not begin until January and goods ordered now by the jobbers are bought on speculation. Tne trade believes that by January there wili be a big demand for goods.'" Is e a Lunatic or Rt 'ga. A peculiar case has developed at Matthews, N. C., a few miles frcm Charlotte. Several years ago Pleas ant Hill church, near the village, was burnei. T(he origin of the fire was thought to be accidental. About two months ago, the barn of James B. Williamson was burned. And be tween the tr'its of the rarniag of the :hurc nd b'ra, a store' bel)Bngin to Fank A'erL:-ny son of a welnow.n preacher. was aso desroyed by tire. A benatty go u p considerable excit' aent ab is strcaming- that ne lost over $L COJ, and the riho got uip a liberl su.,eription for him. Litwe Aer hycned taat awas respon-it fo all th -ie an waed :.. Oay for a~ ha ~ th --twa ora.d in Wvii a-uson' barn Ale rand no obje'-tin~ to hits conflsilo bel g -ai u tc. Tae confessions were made asthe result of religious eeenand tw: people are at i toss as to wna:her to prosecute tac fel tow crmi-ly, or ave him sent to a was beli0' i-i'd before Judoe Bca id u, brella fo t'-e courtrooan, ne -siaiete a-ono e'v hat, whch as li .?is dpcste in t-'he same Oi .ce fronam r whc- :1E.mne T :rrible U:>mr',ic rragd37. norninir, Georg~e YDung. a faranr. esiding two mniles south of Blue Earta ity, Minn., shot a:nd killed his wife, is two boss, age-d 2 and 4, and then iself. All died instantly. r s bu'd -r i y N s nd e:- cam n the coult" ." ec t' ed ti airs rite , :'e la r, ile e r-i': . s - ? f r thV rco-'- hit- tr "i rRi lv thP Columbia legister publitbed a ju-t And thoughtful article en the suj -ct, s ich is worthy the c, eful conside r ation of the people of Charleston The R-gister sibs "the Negs and Courier in justifying its pcsition holds that at prsmt the S OU.c0C0 negroes in the South are of a pauper class; that fild labor ro longr r furushes a living for that number c I persors, at d that the natural iocrease of the race has far ou-numbered the demands cf h':use hold emplry-ment in the cities From t.is the deduction is drawn that the ne ro must be given employ ment, and if he can be utilized in fac tories he should be. It express sym pathy for those white men and women who may thus have their living snatched frcm them, and extends the c-ld com.fort truat it will not take long for white l1bo.r to adjust itself to a change.' Passing by for the instant this heartless, cold- blooded suggestion that hungry men could wait until things adjust themaelces, we take ex ct ption to some of the News and Cau rier's statement of fact. It is not true that the fields cannot aive employ ment to negroes. Any farmer will certify to the fact that at times when most needed hands cannot be obtained. They are so scarce that a law was on statute books for years prohibiting emigrart agents from enticing farm hands away to Arkansas and Missi sippi. This law was passed, not so much to prevent the 'jumping' of a contract as to keep laborers from leav ing, for when they went no one could be found to take their places. The same holds good today, and right at this time of the year when farmers want all the labor they can possibly get to gather the cotton crop. There is, therefore, plenty of room on the fa-m for the negro. Tnere is; not, then, so far as we can :ce, any necessi ty of emplcyng negro labor in mills simp'y because they must be given employment to keep themjfrom being a burden. On the other.hand, we can see the greatest.. necessity of giving honest white people something to do. Doubtkss there are many of that kind in Charleston who are willing and ready to work if they had the oppor tunity. It is true, probably, that they would demand more wages than negroes, but skilled, honest and in telligent labor pays better in the end, though it may cost a little more, than unskilled and :? aorant workmen Charleston is, indeed, proving her self a pioneer in an important and may be danerous experiment, and even if it proves financially successful, it will be at the expense of her white population. White men are not going to locate in a city where negro labor is preferred, and Charleston will not only lose the white workingmen she has, but will not gain any new recruits-something she ought to desire, for she now has a colored 1 oulation far in excess of the whites. 1 she is to open her factories to colored men, they she will be flood ed with such workmen, and Charles ton's progress will be retarded for years to come A Dangerous Occopation. Tht. Kansas City Times says the re markable number of fatalities among railway mail clerks in recent wrecks, call fresh attention to the extreme hs zards taken by those public servants It is claimed by those who have taken some pains to gather statistics that the death rate is greater in proportion to numbers than in actual warfare. This seems almc-st incredible, yet it is ap parent to every one who investigates, that of all the positions in the railway service, that of mail clerk is accom panied by the greatest risk. Ii is gen erally supposed that the engineer and fireman have the most dangerous posts; but they always bave at least a moment's warning and are often able to save themselves by jumpiug. Ac tive preparations are being made among the mail clerks to petition con gress for better protection. Those who have the matter in charge are considering various suggestions that may take the form of recommenda tons. One re form that will p-o bably be asked is that the mail coaches be phaced af ter, instead of be fore, the bar gage. cara, the th-oudi baig'ge coaca, which is usually unoczupied oy bag gagemen while the train is in motion, to take the place next to the engine, now invariably assigned to the mail coach. It is also probable that the governmienlt will be asked to supply i's own cars and to make theai o1 s:eel, and without platforms. which? facile tate the tescoping proc-se anid ins f~gh tiul results. A Tt-rr bie Tragedy. A t-:rible trag-edy ccurmred n'ear Hurst, the 1t6 sear old daughter of a weathy plauter, went out driving witni a you ug maa uaL-ed MIack Le is. Lewi; brought th.? ycuag lady backt dead with a bulet through her hart. He told a story to the e treet that after driving see miles he and Miss Burst got out of the nuggy to amuse themselves at target pr-actice with a 1-volver. They nad fired sev eral s:.oms each, wben-in the sct of handing the 'istol to Miss Hurst ready for de-. ing, Lui accidentally shot her dead. Ine young ladyv was very beauti fuli and qj i'e a belle. S-me of. the p~ople of the neighborhocd are ssid to bo::ve the story, while othe:s ar~e doubt . ..- to waetn er it is ex stly true. Bey.-?.i L mviss statement, however, there is .uasi dence. _____ How To SAVE ONIONs -. cn ';-e sponden: of Tne Progress.ve F-.r gives the fellotwing as a sui e na dI of keepi:e onions from spr-outi h:, Any time after the oniorrs have been dra en and cured for say t a as o. take a sharp k-lie and r av. tue hard prej cu :ca on t..e o ttoai tcat contains tne roos. It may to tetrr to ex uvate this hard~ substtarce slig t~ y belo.2 ailevel but care should he1 taken not to ir jare *he surrounding parts. Oaions tus tre-atoi will not sprout and will keep - d cond-i to- long aftor onera :.0 trested~ C HiE OLD $ILVER DoLLAR.-. . Edi tr nas bnen inspired, a't:r . a ontr his :i2: of delinguent su)-s::. -rs. :o comps:se he follo-xing: 'Hs--e to ur n~art is the old eilver 'doll:r, vh-:n so-nie hind sutscribe'r prets 1e:.cie er codiar, arnd all tne train~e thigs whic-h to us seem so new; the wde~ spreading, the sxras I elw it. :e stars and~ the words, with the strange things they tell: the cia of or tathers, we're glad that we knowx it, for so-me timeu or other 'twill come i right well: the spread eagle dollar, the star spangled dollar, the old silver dollar we all love so well." TiHE Calumbia Rlecord says that ti e "origin al package" shops, upheld by the decisious of Judge Simonton, must ji.ide their pronts with the State and the torns where they operate as the Ji:-p usary does. But Judge Simonton Forgot the e quities as red as the law af case, v.-hen the liabilities of these :hops wae braoght before him. Royuz1 uak.-, the food pure, who: ome and delicious. AKIN POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL rAKING OWER CO., NEW YORK. All a Hoax. The r:ceent illsess of Senator Till man in Columbia has given rise to much speculation regarding his health. Some of the allusions to tbe Senator are raher unkind. In one dispatch we are told that he has a complication of diseases and among them Bright's disease, which carried off the late Senator Earle. The dispatch, after stating that the South Carolinians at Wtshington are much concerned ab.ut the Serator's hel h, indulges in the following speculations regard ing politics in this State: "With Tillman out of South Caro lina politics," said a pro ninentDemo crat of the State, "the reform party is dead. Without Tillman's leadership it will soon disintegrate, and the old Hampton regime will again dominate State politics. The Conservative fac ,ion has been praying and waitng for the climax that now seems imminent as the result of Tillman's retirement from Active public life. The immedi ate effect will be seen when the South Carolina legislature meets next winter. Ii McLaurin is elected, according to the primary mandate, and in view of the interv ning conditions suggested, it will mean the end of the Reform party as a distinctive organization. His election will unify the party, and result, in the event of Senator Till man's death, in the election of a Dem ocrat of the old regime. Among the most prominent names mentioned in this connection is that of Col. J. C. Hemphill, editor of the Charleston News and Courier." The person who wrote the above knows about as much about South Carolina politics as a donkey does about Sunday In the first place there is no possibility of Senator Tillman getting out of politics as he has been almost completely restored to health. In the second place the old Hamp ton re. ime will never again dominate South Carolina politics. It is not desired by any in the State. In the third place there is no more probability of Col. J. C. Hemphill be ing elected Senator than thee is oi his flying to the moon. Col. Hemp hill is a gold-bug of the gold bugs, and five cent cotton does not tend to increase the popularity of that class of our citizens. In the fourth place Senator Tiliman has no idea of mak ing room for any one. As we said above, his health has been almost en tirely recovered, and we predict t bat he will be at the it aarura.ioni of W. J. Bryan in 1901 as the next President o' the United States. The Mjstinled Co emporary. The Anderson People says: "We don't pretend to understand the cor ton business or cotton market. In fact there are a great many ttaings about it that we don'L understand and that it looks like "no feller can find out." We don't understand why that fellow, Neill, down in New Orleans must make a cotton estimate every year lcng before the gathering season opens, whichi estimate is always a high one, of the probable number of bales that will be made and that he does not never see fit to revise it when later reports show that the crop is off: We don't understand why it is tha.t. the price went down in September when the government report was pube lished sho wing a loss of over eighkt: poir.is in the condition of the crops A.,d the tame thing occurred last. week when the October ieport. was published sho wing a furth er loss. of over eight point and there was an other decline in the price. We don'b understand why it ;s with over 600,000' bales less in sight than a y ear ago and more tnan a million less than two. years ago the price should still decline. The loe ic of the cotton situ ation points to higher miced cottoa. There is less, cotonin sigait, the pirospec; is for a sforter crop than Int year, the stocks. of the mills are a bout exhaus~ted, cat ton goods have advanced in price but cotton has rne down. We don't un dentani i:, unless it is that the specu tors, the men who o wn and control ~ the money, have elimnitareJ the law of supply and demand ard are mak ing a foot bail of the co tam market for their own seldsh purposes. And we more than half suspect that that i what's the matter. We verily be ieve that the man who has cotton to sell after Christmas will get more for it. But at the same time we don't know anything about it nor do we believe anybody else does outside of the large cotton ring in New Y'ork and elsewhere." They should Be Taxed. - Guenville has imsposed a tax on the original package estaolisha~ents doing business in that city. Coin menting on the action of the city cxuncii the Greenville News says: -lhe imposition of a tax on original ackage gencies by the city council of Geeaville was a proper measuue of course. These agents are carry ing On a legitimate business but it is only just than hev should contribute t> the sup ort of the city government as ao thtese ei~gaged in otner kinds of busi ness. At the same time, it may be that the courts will not sustain the ac ion of the city council. That re mains to be seer. The purpcse of the cou~cil is to ecollect the tax or else to let the que stoia go before the courts to i~e determined." Let the City Coun cii of Orangeourg revolve this matter ver in their o wn minds. As things now are original package agencies pay 1?0 tax at all, and it is nothing but rignt that they should do so. limat ters not what the cour:s may do, Greenville has set a good example, which should t follo wed by every town where original package estab ishnents are d~ing nisiaess. IT is said that the daisy was never known in the south until after the war. Now every part cf the south visited by the union army is covered with daises. "sherman brougat themi to us," it is said, "and the march to the sea can be follo wed in the summer tine by keep n; phere trhe daisy grows. ?ue seed stems to nave been transport ed in t::e hay that was brought along to feed the hows This is the only explaiauon that has ever been made of it."