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ti * j'~ ) ~I ' VOL. XII I. ; l, t:::N 741I)T _NO 3 REV. D ' T LMA:E ON TH GEOLCG OF THE 2.E. A Seymon o ZDer a: to '. r :ha. Geolhy CO- -ma . ter h n :1 the We:d of Gd-hRoc tA g cninr g to Dr T r 1!ei services &t ie Frs P 1rb* teriar eb ur e' s.r ..n ::a e : ti _ i-'rrisiig a nd far beyc2: o !d ti esil Of his curch tol hoi. IT thiw a edcse a sub'j- et i_:?c::;' ll vi. Th Geolky .'h he Eb e: Or, God Among the Rocks." The te-xt is II Samue! vi, 6, 7: '"nd hen thee- came to Na chcr's tnresbir S'cr Ut zz nut forth his 'ridt "h rt c'- Gd Srd tooh Doll ef 't; fo4: o0" sck. 1_. And the ser o he.. od s e agfairs: Uzrz .n GCd m thcre for Ls ( .rd there 'e d'22 by the al. of GCd.' Abanc o' sie isc ino oon the road, cor*e's t ow, tibret s struck, harps trrunr d and cymz s clapp ed. alha or by D.cd, who :s bif self .^ rusiin The : E a i l:,.a o a wagon cn ulin is the stad bcx called the sa. 'Le o ncke cf oxen draw:, ?he v-se ' n on~p cd it. Scne crics sa: bat ' b C xen kicked, being s:rck by the dr.ver's goad, but my know.lede of cxern *eads meto say that if Cn a hot day the see a shbd dow of a tre o wal, ty are apt to suddenly shy cif to get tbe ecolnes of the sbsdow. I t~hmk these oxen so suddcniy turnrd that the sacred bcx seemed :cout to upset nd be thrcw. to the p rourd. Uiz-h rushed for warc arid laid held cf the srk to kee it up right. But he had o ridt to .o so A special command iad been given by the .ord that uc o e save the prie.t under any circumstatseesshould touch that box. Nervcus and exeited ard irrevere-t, Uzzah disebpyed when he took hold of tue ark, and he died as a consequ nce. In all ages, and never more so than in cur own day, there are good peup' all the time afraid that the Holy Bible, which is the sa cred ark of our time, will be upset, and they -have been a long while afraid that science, and especial'y ge oloPy, would overthro v it. While we are not forbiiden to touch the holy book and, on the contrary, are urged to fondle and study it, any one who is afraid of the overthrow of the book is greatly offending the Lord with his unbelief. The oxen have not yet been yoked which can upset that ark of the world's salvation. Written by the Lard Almighty. he is going to protect it until its mnission is fulfilled and there shall he ro more reed of a Bible because all its prophecies will have been fulniled and the human race will have exrbanged worlds. A trumpet and a violin are very differ ent instruments, but they may be played in perfect accord. So the Bi ble account of the creation of the world and the geological Feouut are different-one story written on parch ment and the other on the rccks snd yet in perfect and eternal sccord. The word 'day," repeated in the firstchap ter of Genesis, has thrown into parox ysms of criticism many exegents. The Hebrew word "yom" Of the Bible means Ecmetimes v hat we call a day, and sometimes i. merns ages. It may mean 24 ou s or 100,000,000 years. The order of creation as wrtuen in the book of Genesis is the order of creation dizcovered by geeoo'ists'crv~bar. So many Uzzahs have teen nervously rushing about fcr fear the strong ox en of sctentific discovery would upset the Bible that I went some what appre hensively to lock inin the matter, when I fcund tnat the Bible arnd geol ogy agree in saying that first were built tte rocks, then the plants g~reen ed the earth, thien marir e creatures were createa frcm ininnow to whale. then the wings and threats of serial choirs were colored and tuned, and the quadrupeds began to bleat ard brllow and r.eigh. What is all this fuss that has been fi lirg the churcn and the world cor carning a fight be tween Moces and Agassiz? There is no fight at all. But is not the geolog ical impression that the world was millions oi yeatrs building antagonis tic to the theory of one* wee-k's creation ia Genesis? No. A great house is to te built. A mm takhm years to draw to the spot tbe four dation stone and * the heavy tiim bers. The house is about done, but it is not 15 :ishe d for comi fortable residence. Suddeuly the owner cajs in upholstors, plumbers, gas fitters, paper iangers, arnd in one week it is reacy for occupancy. Now, it re'*uires no stretch of imag ination to reaize that God cou'd have taken millions o. years for the bring irng of the rocks and the timbers of this world together, yet. only one week more to make it inhabitable arnd to jurnish it for human residence. Re n~e mber also that all uu and dowsn the Bible the language of the timies was used-coimeon parlance-and it was not al'.sa s toi be sken interally. Just as wesay every cay that the world is roarnd wres is not roun~d. It is spheredai-fitiened at the poles aied protuberent at the equator. Professor Snelj, with bis chain of triangles, and Professor Varin, with the- horter-ed pendulum of hs O~ca, found it was not round. B.a we do i-o breem crtc.1c se ynewo says th world Mos~es Cr Jo t as we do wit escu othe r. But for years gotd people feared geology, snd witbcaz ary irpog on their part appare' ended that the rocks and mnouen~si s would falo them until Euyh .lillr, the elder' of St Jehn's P:esby ter'an church n Ediinburgh ar d paish oner of Dr. Gutbr:e, came for ard told the wcrld& that theae t.-. ..o. &onraicio betr een the m unisins ando tc e church, arnd O. .1. fatec , 7.sie P-ectur er be ire he ti.<car tri ai r eerl din W Bt u~ t. ., dLn ur 'g u sraLi ug cf:the tea ki fi rest iz-ci ,-e;au~tas r cPros r ex:. 0 e Winel od Ech-r ign t trm u Pr'eso TA t f or' together aoL 0 .. -mt u h cuins into 5.et hec i 7.n. book of tee 1L e th t wiui ma1 coetir.et- 'e naim yo vabo uma e, T Dia ..a, ta Liercgi* pA> t.: tryii' oL ia h ears e: t~.e w a..: "l ni A thina, not only confirming the trurs -t the cr gnal crn ec resi LT C& cani o ~1 . Bu)v't yca do r:liral b themcutisu:a e us som'ew::n: we c?.n l - ate tat. osuts t: e sec cf Vou; eo urt f"or ti -, heis2 Si'rti.C c cro nd rine tot: e:. i-tGo:rti .? is did n t c.'t o et:i..: s c ..e I pt- Lts. tr. -.o C; a1,r~d teac-ed: ird eers; et .here? D id 3 eu pai. hi j,,Bat, now, vyou do not ryahyoue that story about th sTm f fire and briemstone: hli o E m and Gcomorra. ard ce-.rap pwi."g Lo-t's "fe mr su^samms tations that she hale a :.'t For the c-%i-rtatio< Story the geolo s goes to tht r'- , ~~~~~f e. ttr~ ~ . : i-, t - anda ::er tryina- in v:' .;t"_ sw:'im in1 1:he ikC, co thick wi cannct swim i-the w;ca Badem ardGomrr'h r - i -.eo drp of the vwate:-s:fllo a S .r and r ize-:r" t "at i: r.::" ongue, Td ;.r Ous t \Cu ca:: c. r i o the o nf .rop-thC Su phu onDal to-p of suli. a L, brim t on top of bri :tsem , ilie a.: u ?here are jts arnd cras ad . salt. scd if Cre -f t:em come the sarcopna st c f L' - they show you how a um !might in that tempest hae rm r a and packet into a whit: r: u:. = that would d. fy t e a . But, now you do ot ' tr-et New xa'm:t S': y 1 r. Searthquake at hien -a _ crucifi-d. do vru? G o s - into Mcun2t Calvry a--,, rocks ruptured a:.d , the Fors of a:. e:pca eerq for that nountin, a nd an er g :f which did not touch th ur : region. Go a oko s f. ad tsee there a dip and cl f- .> .s nowhere else on the pinet. ge c :-> hhbus Cnunlcinga esp cile -. & s for the grea:est traged: of al th- o turies-the assassieaticn of th e.m 0 Gcd. But you do not rcaiy bel-7 iha: story of the burniuz of our -rorl :. the last day? Geology digs don a.d firds that the world is air- iy o.: fire snd that the center of tb s e is incandescent, molter, voics ic a burning coal. burring out toad th surface, and the inferrnal no-s hav- so far reached the outside ri:n that I do not see how the worli is to keen from Scomplate conflagration until Aurophecies concerning it are fuifiltd The lava poured forth from the mout b of eauvius. Mount E:na and Co opaxi and Kdauea is only the re-ur-itatiot. from an awful innfimmrtioa thous .nds of miles deep. There are mines in Pennsylvania and in several par of the world that have beer. on fi for many years. These coat miles burring down ;.nd th-e inter-al S er of the earth b-rairg up, af:er a-bile these t:wo tires, the descending --d the aseding, will meet. and tan will occur the universal confisgrztion of wbich the Bible speaks witn is says, "The elenents shall melt with firv n C eat. the earth also. and the :-rc.ks teat are therein shall be buried up." instead of disbelieving l-e Bible story about the final coruagratic:, si~nce~ I hate looked a jitie iuto ge3 logt', finding thst its explora ti. 's are ? i in the~ line of conrmionf t *t prophecys, I wCnder hlo wthis old ersf. of a world4 can keep sailing Ca macr longer. It is like ashi pon nre at sea, the only rasone that it does not be c'me one complete blaze-m'sts en bre, atlins on fire, eve.rihing from cutevater to taifrail cn Ire. Aftt geology has told us he. . ear h n ternal fires have already burneda hir way toward the surface, it oughtno to be a surprise -.o us t anLime to hcear the ringing off the fire Uvs c usnive'rsal conf..rati~n. U3 I ans ~gad that geology has be d b:u!A trcoomy :-s grand becase it telsu shout other w'orlds. Bt I must sa Ithat I ama t1cre interEs~eU in. ou'wrl Ithan in any other wored andi ce' "y ~tells us all about whati i...s, isea a nd what wilt be its grv.An l giotious geology is pi ovn telf moe and more the iriend or hooy IThatk God for the teatimer~ .yf d rcks, the Ten Comm adments - rnounced amoicng Ine ''-crees Sittsi, the greatest gr.ma of Car orezihed on the bOaitCicre of 0 rmount cf bratitudes, the Savour ?y igon the rocas of Gogoh and buried amid the Jimneston rocks o IJoseph's eepulcher, the h.st Cay to: ushered in with a rndig's ok and our blemd. Lord s-mgtively en titled the "Rock of Age " I thi d~ prcclaim the banus of a marr~g be tiween geology and theoicgy, th~eru I ed bridegrcora and the fairet brides. Let them jci er handr arad "whom God batu j ined toges e ilet not man put asuoder. If anything in tre history or coni tion of the earthi setm fe: th" ta comtradlictory of anth3 in ;zoly I oumust rememboer th.at:elg i all the time correc-ing *itl e r and more coi:.:g tohaonzar Iwith the great bok. InTelace tury the Fren ch Sci.me ass.camn. Iprinted a lit ofr80 theor s'gol:; which had been adopaiau wsrdi rejected. Lyeucs~~ announced 50 hres -, okyh had been b-li'ved in *~ a: ard thrownc ovrcr.*awd ~ story of the Ble c as. ot-- e *edat alana if eeolog ,e rcases '"' co:::sideed es.. -~d-x a ie Now, in thisdico ::/eup>" 'te : Let n.etcee For sva u~ .ears the ex' ave bo jGial ovr rougi p c=. S.a. o ase si. .li Co o-ro: tm: :G t . ve ;.jo .):pa t o yca~as2212 - : i. yi tue beginning (io" an ciom wt .Tnenh'M rcntt'a. h rc e . -.t Joshua St "C :h.i '1a Ct""-.: C s*C ( -1:'1 o o u i he rc 7ac het ry; of . rdc - e'i U t a z .i. : C ' ^ e r_._p' 'Ct C(.hee L.L.'b ,' .a :-,e' Y rdl c a..e 1 "f in: ' t 1 ~ ' ..' ' t " ". ' n 1:r , ;" ii. a _1; u kI o 3 the j c I j. (J, ,cA: L c%': ~i r qn:A:' Z'e12 g t~r v : r n; i_:'e o.! the- de'.vi a %gesf 3 . l- in au .tce ?:3o :1S ;C" i aresaoni yer ; s'; 1 1 S n : h- ii.c, :h KerkoJeGz3 i'a i't Cr r:_.. 1:C. ti'p. 'f j ' c t ,sd ' -+ I- )C~e n al Gc o-1 th - g'x . n 'o e 2.'r 0;, ve jk a aa -l -1.C s- end? Oa.c bs a ?r'ceam t> L 0-cd of te r .. ..an~gh Coatjidtff."nc, ?. c~a~'r U :uu tI ii a C fodb e t'\ ;r- _o :" r C... rczi n "n " CUF -Q nt 7 -17 o ' F '. r C, e 71'C o~o .1.'.. ' . '... G ung . dsp'r 7 c r f', t';ca !'s ,t b c '1 y:: U- t'a, ill:i i:9! D. ro. r" - .l'e fciiyc u t,:e 'n' _. ~cha tr: Sh i- r " A .p'r h i :i i." te p .r :1:' :. .- " 1.ULi. ? i 5 :1'? *)A) LJf 2: ' t h " i ' . A i z C'. L 1 . t h e u " s: - c 1a.1: '.\a n 50 :astta ,; D, rot u.; s- , Grid~ ~ e t'aE? 'Ler:? *'s ofa' rlvf, syit h ? ~ y -h.h L..' !,Ord. is as a ILL~U :'_-' Tasant a thoussad v as : reiiver : _ they~ n ot shy ouff ,lr.':-'n an': d, can keep upw' B' that w s aic a slp' tCt:)D'i1: said t'tha i God i s -lv rtnU!, ii- Le rep "i!trit s:"?er and cornc2rt a u:ra-;:ig mol2rcltr. '-,"e one divine hur ry ,:.. sct fortii; the parabl of the --.uch as he c0'Jld do to walk, but ~.e ss ht of L bad t o ccuii 4 e ain'yreil the :tiff briaes and i: ' ht 'a d te s..or' flt? ;%':.e cf th mni'e.r ot ~ie .i .:: a.: P'tt it into your cr,c ;i . Szud dis witht 'u lorchaestra. t. i.ere it ;bou--it all h ave:: rru . 'i l a_:s Cu,4 _ 'm b c?, a rd G d, youir Fathe~r. cutie ' to .et "ai at full ru' , ,~ atro~uble S"'a Calls for taJ0t. Thea: th~e Bb !e rrpr:.:tit .:.e divine g~ait and swhi" an v~eloci~y a roe or a you~ng ha;rt on the m~oue" ::in 01 Be h-r." Tihat parenthsi I Put in th'icaing that trierd may7 be vi tF M.ST- iR. c:COPER. G *..u i't~v". :h 'c;:,:y StLcr~b, :O J M. cr. iia crty "" ::i;. overo or L.:c(d Wv edrie'Ja to t the uDr. T-yr'(r ' .i e[1.a ,: a;" b.t r: Fc" i; ct b e G.'. C :1 .ai U 117._"c; mu: ~l,. ! 1 -: S l ". - I (j.d Eo.Tnuu-d l Wut 1i.delL: "ei L U~ i'u'V' ry j i 'rL to~ Cf l. r. R o-rn chief c erk of tiiP se, L..? o; st chii~v and M:r. W. II. N~ 'wod ~nca v i i r~c~ iS as to x:11 was to be don ' . .rs^emns l -'cu a ~:a ie1 eid of at Ua'.^?c"e reand nt-, facJ unat" ~ o and gae to Mr. Harris. as b_. a ec :_, f C iu'nl 'ir' i .e m st(e _f e o t 0 1'nz.aa c:aC v r, d''-e~ . 't ij~atur e?u ojt vaan i co a u '- v le "C'iub '-a3 :. 1, ..(:cu: eight ut 9rV?~ C.i -_;1; y. 0Y ~ arny ed } ,;v:'i~hro, and S'Mr at.J:ri -~ ~r r e ?P4s iced. i son , s .:ans .:p; ::1c <:ivnsec: te: coer 'i~ p! H ase o o'. air.a WI:: C" p 11u ia: ~ e-ribrh~ n \i thop oi, ad Sr Co *ovr 'ul yl afechon wizl pan v~ 12' K I -Us. dt th colg TH e islt thr~~ ~Kii ..,12 iledatis 0 th T.3 sd e:iz al: touY. im eiiy e c re IL is, Mr: cou mdes iqe -. houi ll to ii- s--or s: ord t ! , -n::.y d if :'t.E rr.3y 0"c _d him Hes wii fhor arrt r~t.. oi~ _t~ en da s o d by ii e.hhaa d woudimeitl tak cham~r; e Ii 'cd thas among th 'e previsions j o ccu iLy to awil her hd a~i c drt too - c .r 'si told~ b~ ~~:y r .~~icec of Bost~aweick, v~ Lne;, n 'saur d.ed InaC. lavst rH o : r d ::ve-:.s tC cfe '4iernt ealh wa~ nd was ti c.aortb1 i. c ionmae cd O_,~1 eL thondyi 4d1 Lia, he ti en '- nte fie:u" o-mmd . S ~ a ? it. au t b e a a b e i r T"_. _'lit ui ..^n I 'a! :'Iam.Iug. pary in ta. c;:y is bgwatched 'be cause K'; 2: a ten thousa d dollar packaze of c c i p U or Ar us . i - r' - .4 ta;e C d:t) adR~t !;..f ) c,.: 1 ~C_ 1u: d toi; Take an_ li s rt in rg:.nl, _s ry ore ' d. eemny diep :. i l vi s - . L'. inrs i::clsla rnd ECG e-r. nuu e exr s o - V t t1 .. r - et T d - e rJ Is? bi s .u e i io a r;t. .,i t oi ks dLJ '.t h wr" i:. atin e vt-r. N" of th't ferce, ni thed re or rom. .e.r oen, a..:nd b uat:r I:0: in t es am::. Iat as tea :n '., hoevr " . i.e omends~ nad en sa(e Pi'c ac "ctvs to ferret out th at rt or the. Th _ere e o. d mn.y so: e -oart abouth case, but as the oiiais ru Ne tot te, nhoing ce cu?t c c o'tat.r C ma. cad o co'e p. tat the Ira woney ?dcre from te -owe, and by -rs 0ro -he u: part o- tt a ti, nd it' ad-u ben dd- itered t an emplo of e otte 'out aur e eici-is si t>r publicatio teat heyhe s ro cs. is n t co i.cta :na: t"Our la-t poyes, it i Snw ":? hmc-uu ?e ,were Wc-i.:-v'.c-ao'e and pjs oi~eykn ar- w ho : ::ee 'ui .y e, a bas cu A tty s q in. it u d o Te cA a-7 1ic :n has ir to ay a'y?.iUg aout i. Szperinterd AteSter e to hie c.:y Mo sn 'ncrntag andu imedaty o af as ovest "irsocn Ah ts and iocal e pyts we csored buy wast astfound ou is noS -ac-:no Atda late bour last ini t was ennunced that4 rio arrfts adc beeenf me, but t at .ite w roa d W to a :ay. A f L' h is to paants The A.Sth C ot Lnhas ied a cireclr bi remarc to t- - shc'nat o & :quers. Among tae regtrcucats are i0mfla3 of hne o5onom=: Agents are r-qcired to nfycl shi-p oes that ali sip aents of al ho-ic .q-ors to prints wi'hin ins tt will -7. :-.A the owns;'s risk o-f se~'- tryte auth r es c1it-ee :ate acm ' uraer e c.fs :ftnssiry saw, Agcts of the road withi' the :te we i:us:rue:ed noct to acce"- 'o- shi'o ment from thei. slations to paints in or beod the Stare of uth Carolna a:y intoxicating .iquors un less paccom anied by the fo-mal c-r?inecita or the State Commissicuer a::~c d to cach a:.d every pncekge as requi ?d by e cor.e.s i cas 1id 1f elase 20r .2 a-yle A C l ,aref An es oe ri pno rae ?ny account to- -id or'abt know (~o .~lc~i Li -V ingbrs, any clrson i1 te as c ci causs Aqu or a ro :-' 1 Noli liur ppymth ao I&S to 1. A nissey, in g""l's; 'pac m'brrel 10sU clasnhea 1; CreQaC, 2 ~yI aresdcias.i?- 1 N.> 3. Whi,,cv, ?. alai~0s o ie, No 4S ":r la 1. a;?. t S elas is noC"t&iken. Nff.s-5, Wsey i N-:sr Xsone, Ur this circul- t certsaiyloes :n?:o w te htc Cost' ine :0 2wil1-di irf-y i r: t0? i .L t?e im.?e - Sraer -- me Co Lme. Or cics say th-e :r es obe::.enl r ac --ogp:.ols Vot- c.f. So - " E fe th frm r o o . -3. is*in 1. \ y :. 1 .. t i-13 n: a '. en r:m s :; e. .:. ao Lk a eme a o: e, u PRCCEEDiNGS OF THiEiLR ME!:TNG N MEMPH!S. TENN. . if s of R:esointtar~s is 3-apec Setti::g FTorth the Obijsc:s of tht Organ:z :ticn a::c Oms of the ,cimion ar, :'c T Ae 2 iau Co G:ro wr's Pro etive Assoc.tio;n was called to order .it 1 eck Tuesdy norninz at Ve"'ph'is, Te"n., by President Hector D. Lu" n, Li : 'r, Ala. m~syme~gtes re pre-era, melu dig r :es from Arkan S1s, .n ee, :?,ea,.I Jabams, L ui siV s " crz '*' nd 31s's.sipzti Im Se yarates were e,..d. t ,".r P - ede.t IL _n deliv wh the cal :erat i:t had baea cafled. "ctior cdsy is selliag at esssthan ire ceSs," he said, "and this means the mainie.t suam of tea cents a day for te labor of the t:aa vho is isnctly the co;.tcn gcower. I make this statement deliberately and defy a suc^cessful con tradiction." Coirnuin, Mr. Line said: "Un der prevailing conditions the product o our toil is no longer adequate to our subsitraccA Prevailing prices are be lo' thOe cr s: of prcduction. With a surplus of -everal iillions annually, whi'h is an ahle coadjator of the cot ton 'ber the law of s'oplv and de ma'd has been displaced and in its sed interposes result attained by his comm'ercial bkir and im-lam rtit. Sttistics show that there has ee e a creat falling cff L specu'ative r in cotton fu u-es in the last s al ::eas, constquent upon tie manJl cr"ps, 2Jr as the visible supply iinishcs the por-er of rmanipuiaticri dec rer-es. Prei drc t Lane made a stron pl-a for a rJ.ciden of tac cotton acreae, s.,yi. tiat over production fosters m ipul ios. By destroying the an nus.1 surpins the law oi sunply and a r n w l p, !vail; compethion will tervene and the cost of the produc uan or tnis commoa. h,wca is a fair stanoar4 o its value, will be the basis of it. rrica mark. Afir the president h d delivered his a-idress the saal committees were apoin~ed and tae recr'ing session was deot- d to the reception of delegates d to organ:zttion. A ong; the more prominent delf trs present were the following: (4.2v-rnor E gie, of Arkansss; J. W. Prao, 'untersvilte, Ala.; Cant. L W. L :vesque, Arkansas:Capt. Jerome Hillet. Louis; Col. W. W. Stone, -x-auditor of Miesssippi; Col. Chaff. c~tt, Mississippi, and McNeil Bond, T- sessions of the convention are bei. held i1 the convention hail of he Peabo:y H::se. Notwithstanding e mency oi the weather, this ei:y havin. been visited by a se re sleet storm, which later turned t- a cold rain, the attendance way 5 _p:ese-ntative one. r dPresidnt Lane's address had ,_n: tiicusedi the followving perms. ea c.ui .rs we re el c ed : Chairman, Hctor D. Line, ft Al atna; secre i.ay, J. C"-atia n, Tennessee; assist s scretary, Sl C oen, M'ississippi. A co m itee on r:s .utins, consist - i Of two dele-a ts IfoX e.ch State, :asn' rppor mc "asaeitd :h rcen Convetion of Cotto--cn Grom er wic. s heloi Ao t wen Artucd asiu ddrs ai th c byi~ Whe te dleats wsts cale to crie at the nihts-ectsion the nn: e . ~ong utons presen thei fol ollerrng tat the bes thigei neat o s~tio s rcan at ulvrp:tas olo : Fistow dir the pri:.ecs annncd by ~ o .3?OC is inJry: r,166 e ~ room ens:eAtion~ anu cc Ir a o iaste Asis ofavi ann or:aiz.on, to be tendedci coto c -.uu d otry:ree -a "a b the Amerrieson Clon 3 sva Prote:::iv Asoito. 1ri s to uei rigtsanddu a S Jai.o, ':1- Jur 1 i.5 av a-n:.s Ten ,i 1 5 . orrt c.. y h a c ral CIChe ct roib coutie an ditrits o vit we e i a e~- es effr3?t r da heses~a c co.to ech ca e;ais toev 3 gowr. - :1.1 sallta e :> or1 S at o:-0:::1 poi ic, an ub3 ~commutt- to assist the president in promo'i::- the work and objects of the Assci tion, to advise the State presi enis w ith retard to the work in their State and to drct the operations of the see;m.ary of the Asscciation. This csn itee shall also prepara the con situtio.s and by-laws of the State,to be emnitted to it at its next regular m.eet , and it is authorized to pre p. publish and disseminate litera ture in advocacy of the objects of the In order to do this the e committee is authorized to ri.:o by subscription or otherwise, as it m-y deem best, sullicient funds to pay t expensas of this publication n d:. rbution and a reasonable rsalry to t'e secretary of the A sciation. Vacancies on said com ;i:e: shall be filled by the presi ent and his appointees shall be Rc pre idents for their respective e until the nex meeting of the Associatiou. Article 6. The secretary of the Na tional Association shall be secretary of the executive committee, shall work under its direction and receive such ccmreasation as it allows. He shall be elected by toe executive committee and shall hold office for ele year. Article 7. The executive committee is authortzed to elect a treasurer, to hold office for one year, and to report to it and through it to the Associa uon. A:ticle S. There shall be no initia 'ion fees from the members of the As sociation and no officer except its sec retary shall receive a salary. The State Associaton shall decide as to the co~mpensation to be paid their own officers and shall determine the means to be used in raising funds. This As soc ation sugests to them the advisa bility of making a levy of one cent for each acre of cotton put in each year by each member, the funds so r*ised to be exoended for promoting tLie objects of the Association written each State or county where it is raised as shall be determined by the localAs sociation. Af ter further endorsing the anti-op tion bill itntroduced in Congress. by Representative Stokes, of South Caro fina, a resolution was passed sugges ting that the farmers in every county in each State meet on the first Monday in February and prcceed to organize. The following officers were elected: President, Hectors D. Lane, of Ala bama; secretary, Richard Cheatham, editor of the Cotton Planters' Journal, of Memphis. The Convention then adjourned sine die, subject to the call of the presi dent. A VERY CLOSE CALL. Live Persons In alon gomery Were oar1ied to Their G:ave Daring Panic. The most remarkable feature of the recent yellow 'ever epidemic in the south was the number of narrow es capes from being buried alive. In Montgomery Ala., there was more than one instance of a live person be irg carried in a coffin to the cemetery. Oe of these experiences is graphical .y related by George W. Arberry, a motorman, in that city. "I was in a house," he said, "away ef to itself and my family and my self were entirely cut off from com munication with the cutside world. I was very sick for several days, and for most of the time unconscious. My 'ife hd exhausted herself in minister ig to my wants, as she was only aided oy a faitaful negrc nurse. One nigh afterdar I was in one of those un cosios comatose conditions, said :o b usual mn yellow fever, when my wie was taking a much needed rest. Th ego who had been nursing me zal been away for some time, and when returning he was joined by a friend who was anxious to know my condition. When they reached the roomi where I was, they called me re peatedly, and receiving no response decided that I was dead. The friend hastened cif and so reported. Prepara :ions were made at once for my buriaL. A box was prepcared and I was dumped mi~o i: and my body placed in the wagon and the march to the burial ,;rcund begun, only a white man and two negroes forming the procession. ?he mournful procession passed along the pablic high way, when a high bill was reschedl. The mules became fright ened, and dashing up the hill at rapid gait, the box slioned cut of the wagon h'd fel1 to the ground, the top roluing cif and I empted out on the ground. Tsey were. trying to put me back in :.n box, and one of them had hold of :ny arm' when it struck the side of the nox. d a.roused me to consciousness. [ygelied out, 'What are you trying to dor' and a moment I was in the bi road all alone, my atten dant taig to the woods and the ceerest houase being a mile away. I a'naged in some way to get to the hom and securing help was soon ba at :'v bed quarters again. I was .ick for ~several days after this all est unto deta, I suppose from the exoosue of the night's incident, but I w cs deeriseli not to die and am - ,hie ad nesarly again." A zour1 the world. T. Ce Q ny writes us from Mar .N. C , a: he will be in L ancas -i ev days and will give a free cat re wzite here. IHe is making a est uiq.:tr i3 around the world as *~C ear Lantern thus explains: 3.~ a 'cd to marry an Arkansas - ndhr father consented at last 6 on ar~aa very p'cuh~ar condi t oe yr -c'pal of which that he cud .Mart nenilekss, make all ex e s la a i hooa e way and make 'vw'rld on a black i enac accompanied by ~~ night. The e iln s route is ucare the 5 sg* - a de-iaOcLedf of of the Spanish a o yain the signs the postmaster u a a s e taraugt, also - e'. an the president c a. of euantry he vis nu.to but for - e rd -g e su forfeit u-~ e, 72 sears ofage, a -No Y a sock ex d-:a. in his room he H~otel Win - .a .t Mr. Maurice's c si y a blow and ear OVer oae of his .1: Lub' near where he c a ar-e as.ad to have b-.en a a use ith blood stains n . Maurci a lived at the p~ vat his wife and