The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, December 29, 1897, Image 1
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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 -
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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
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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
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ut 9rV?~ C.i -_;1; y. 0Y ~ arny ed
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?P4s iced. i son , s .:ans .:p; ::1c
<:ivnsec: te: coer 'i~ p!
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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
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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