The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 27, 1897, Image 4
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."