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BL]ES]S 0 F W !, DR. TALiMAGE PORTRAYS THE B:GiT SIDE OFT HE CONT EST. Aieviattors cZ our B< w i- t'e - ih ! palr; 31i t at d R'ght, G51r g Hard I a Bar d No EcOm For Ba bssn on it e w es e ' or tz e:-t Mcst pertirent to the exci:ir g times through which we are new passimg is this sermon of Dr. Temsge, in wich he propcses to cheer the people who are saedned by the hrrcrs of war; text, Pslms xxvii, .Tbeuh war shculd rise 9gaiust me, in t' is will I be connident.' The ,ing of bIa",xEss, and the clash cf shields, and the tramp of armies, are hEald all up and diwn the Old Testament, and ycu find gcd]y scidiers like Mcses atd Joshua and Caleb and Gideon and Eco,'ndrelly s:diers like Sennacherib ard bShalmaneser arnd Netuchadneizzr. The high priest would stand at the head of the army and say, "Hear, 0 Israc!, ye approach this day unto battle against your ere mies, let rot your hearts fain', fear not and do not tremble, neither te ye terrified because of them!" And then the cfficers would give ecommsd to the troops, saying: "What man is there that hath tit a :ew hcuse and hath not dedicated iti Let him go and return ;c his houte. 'tst he die in the battle snd another nran dedicate it. And w:hat mn is he that bath planted a viteyard and hath not eaten of it? Let him also go and return un to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife and hath not taken her? L-t him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and rnother man take her." Great armies marched and fought. In time of Moses and Jost.ui all the men were soldiers. When Israel came cut of Egypt, they were 600,000 fighting men. Abijah corm manded 400,00. Jeroboam ccm manded 800,000 men, of whom 500, 000 were slain in one battle. Some of these wars Gcd approved, for they were for the rescue cf oppressed na tions, and scme of them he denounced, but m all cases it was a judgment upon both victors and vanquished. David knew just what war was when he wrote in the text, "Though war should rise against me, in this will I be coafi dent." David is enccuraging himself in stormy times, and be fore approaching battles administers to himself the con solatory. So today my theme is the "Alleviations of War." War is or ganized atrocity. It is the -cience of assassination. It is the convocation of all horrors. It is butchery whole sale. It is murder glorified. It is death on a throne of human skeletor s. It is the coffin in ascendency. It is diabolism at a gane of skulls. But war is here, and it is time now to preach on its alleviations. First, I find an alleviation in tne fact that it has consolidated the north and the south after long continued strained relations. It is 33years since our civil war closed, and the violences are all gone and the severities have been hushed. But ever and anon in oration, in sermon, in newspaper edi torial, in magazine article, on political stump and in congressional hall the old seCtional difference has lifted its head, and for the first time within my memory or the memcry of any one who hears or reads those words the north and the scuth are one. By a marvelous providence the family that led in opposition to our government 30 years ago is represented at the front in this present war. Nothing else could have done the work of unifica tion so suddenly or so ccmpletely as this conflict. At Tampa, at Chatta nooga, at Richmond and in many other placES the regiments are form ing, and it will be side by side, Mas sachusetts and Alabama, New Ycrk and Georgia, Illinois and Inuisiana, Maine and South Carolina. Northern and southern men will together unlim ber the guns and rush upon the forti cation and charge upon the enemy and shout the triumph. The voice of mili tary cfficers who were under Sidney Johnson and Joseph Hooker will give the command on the same side, the old Eectional grudges forever dead. The name of Grant on the northern side and of Lee on the southern side will be exchanged for the names of Grant and Lee on the same side. The veterans in northern and southern homes and asylums are streching their 1iauatic iimbs to see whether they can again keep step in a march and are testing their eyesight to find whe ther they can again look along the gun barrel to successfully take aim and fire. The old war cry of."On to Rich mond 1" and ' On to Washington!" has become the warcry of 'On to Ha. vana!" "On to Puerto Rico!" "On to the Philippine Islands !" The two old rusty swords that in other days clashed at Murfreesboro and South Mountain and Atlanta are now lifted to strike down Hispanic abominations. Another alleviation of the war is the fact that it is the mcst unselfish war of the ages. While the commer cial rights of our wronged citizens will be vindicated, that is not the chief idea of this war. It is the rescue of hundreds of thousands of people from starvation and multiform maltreat me-it. A friend who went out under the flag of the Red Cross tWo years ago to assuage suffering in Armenia, and who has been on the same mission under the flag, in Cuba, says that the sufferings in Armenia were a comedy and a farce compared with the greater sufferings of Cuba. At ieast 200,000 graves are calling to us to come on and remember by what pro::ess t'heir cccupants died. It is the twentieth century crying out to the nineteenth: "Do you mean to pass down to us the 'irse with which you have been blasted? 0: will you let me begin under new auspices and turn the island of desolation into an island Edienici" It is a war inspired by mercy, which is an attribute in man imitative of the same attribu:e of God. In no other age of the world e s ' such a war have been waged. T.o gospel of kind ness needed to be recognized through out Christendom in order to make such a war possible. The chief reason why most of the European nations are not now bane'ed together against us is because they dare not takse the the part of that behemoth of cruelty, the Spanish government, against the crusade of mercy which our nation has started. Had it been on our part a war of conquest, a war of annexa tion, a war of aggrandizement, there would have been by this time enough flying squadrons comning to this coun try across the Atlantic to throw into panic every city on our American sea board. The wars of the c:-usaders were only to regain an empty sepulcher; the Napoleonic wars, with their 6O,000 slaughtered men, were projrcted and carried out to appease th9 ambiuion of one man; of the 15,&;J00 slain in Jewish wars and of the 60,000,000 slain in wars under Julius Cos;ar, of the 180,C0,OCO slain in wars with Turks and Saracena, of the 50,000,000 slain in wars of Xerxes, of the 2000,000 slain in wars of Justiin and the 32, 000,000 slain in the wars of Gonghis Khan not one man was sacrificed by! mercy, but in this Hispanic-American war every drammer boy or pictet or o~r arti 11krvir af 1,kr ~~ierif alsi fais in. th cau.. cf Irercy i b"* conts a martyr -or God and i cean L try. c Anoth(r a0!eviati-n of this wr.i that it is for tite adva! cemer t it: e sutlime principle of h'br-y, yhi will yet engirdle the earth. No t cry will this war frte Cuto, but fiol will free Spain. By w bat r~ght does c a dyrasty like that stand, atnd a cor c rupt court dominate a prope for c-n turies, taxing themn to dealh, riding i- t gilded chariot ova-r *n- - ec':- of a be cared psuad:o::? - .-re are 10, boys in Spain gio r up ih more capacity to Rom I t! I a!in th ae r will the wtak bo- :." is - Madd palace ever posne's. B r this con flict is over ihe S..a!.in "in wi!! be well on toward the ti: wihen a e n r tituticnil onsentica w'm assemb.e to establish a free g wvernr'n :rs'-fd , the worzou dytt in . the ptople. fte Aibtriy of all 1 transatlantic as well :s not alead? e- tablie,'s ire a and it cantot be stepp'd NePoleon ItU thougnit he h d suc cesfUlly driven the principle cut -I Franc- when on the 2-1 day of Decem bir, 1351. he rodb down the Ciarnps L Ey sees of Paris, constitutional gov ernment seemingly crushed undetr the hoo!s cf his s'eed. But did it S'ay crushed? Lst the batteries on tle heights aDove Sedan answer, and the i shout of 250,000 conquering hosts, and s the letter of surrende- to Emperor r William tell the story, "Sire, my c brother, not having been able to die in the midst of my trcops it only re mains for me to p!ic. my sword ir. your msj sty's hands. I am, your i msj sty, your good brother, Napo- r leon. Sedan, 1 September, 1870." s That monarchy having fallen, then the Frerch republic resurced is i marc . Another al;eviation is tha t te war opens witu a great victory for the Uaited States. It took our govern ment four yesr; to get over the fiasco at Bull Run. A defeat at the start of this present war would have been dis heartening to the last degree and would have invited foreign interven vention to stop the war before any- f thing practical for God and humanity had bzen accomplished and would have prolonged the s:rife for wh.ch we are hoping a quick termination. In the most jabilant manner 'lt thi - victory of our navy be celebiated. With the story of th3 exploding bat tleship fresh in the minds of the world, it r(quired no ordinary courage to c sail into the harbor of Manila and at tack the Spanish shipping. That har bor, crowded with sunken weaponry of death-to enter it was running a risk encagh to make all nations shiv er. But Manilla is ours, and the blow has sbaken to the foundation the pal aces of MadriJ, and for policy's sake the doubtful nations are on our side. For Commodore Dewey and all who followed him let the whole nation ut ter its most resounding huzza, and, i more than that, let us thank the Lord C of hosts for his guiding and protecting power. "Praise ye the L:rd! Lct. everything that hath breath praise the Lord!" Another alleviation is the fact that c in this war the might is on the side of the right. Again and again have lib erty and justice and suffering human ity had tne cdds against tnem. It w as so when Benhadad's Syrian hosts, who were in the wrong. at AphEk came upon the small regiments of Israel, who were in the right, the Bible put ting it in one of thcse graphic senten ces for which the book is remarkable, "The children of Israel pitche d before them like two little flocks of sids, bt' the Syrians filled the whole country. It was so in the awful defeat of the Lord's people at Gilboa and Megiddo.C It was so rezently when gallant and gloio~s Greece was in confict with gigantic Mohammedanism, and the I navies of Europe hovering about the Bsporus were in practical protection of the Turkish government, fresh from the slaughter of 100,000 Armeniars.c It was so when, in 1776, the 13 colo nies, with no war shipping and a fecx undrilled and poorly clad soldiers, were brought into a contest with the I mightiest navy of all the tadih atrd an army that commanded the admiration of nations. It was so when Polands was crushed. Ii. was so when Hunga ry went under. It has been so during all the strugg'es heretofore for Cuban independence. But now it is our pow erful navy against a feeble group of ~ incompetent ships, crawling across the Atlantic to meet our flotillas, which have enough guns to stnd them as completely under as when the Red sea submerged Pharcah's arny. It is 9 so in these times when only a fe w 1: thousand Spaniards at most can reach our hemisphere, and we go cut to meet them with 125.0010 armed men a to be backed up speecily with 500,000 C more if needed. We do not have to ask for any miracle, but only a fsir a shot at the ships headed this way and C time enough to demolish them. This a is one of the cases in the world's his tory where might and right are sht u' - 1 de to shoulder. Another alleviation is in the fact a that such an attrocity as the destruc tion of 266 lives in Havana har bor m time of peace cannot with impunity be wrcught in this age of the world's civilization. The question as to who did that infernalism is too well settled C to need any further discussion. But s what a small crime it was compared with the systematic putting into their graves of hundreds of thousands of Cubans or leaving them unburied for the buzzads to take care of. If Spain could destroy 200,000 men, women and children, tae slaughter of 2t66 people was not a very great undertaa ing. But this one last deed will re sut in the liberation of Cuba, and the driving of Spain from this hemis phere and the overthrow of that gov. einent, which will soon drop to pieces if it doss not go down under bombardment of insulted nations. { Another alleviation is the fact that we have a God to go to in behalf cf all those of our countrymen wno may be in especial exposure at the front, for we must admit'the perils, It is no trif-: ling thing fir 100,000 y oung men to be pu'. outside of home restraits and sometimes io evil c~mpanionshis. J Many of the brave of the earth are not the good of the earth. To be in the same tent 3it.h those who have no re gard for God or home,to hear their ho ly religion sometimes starrted at, to b: placed under influences calcu'z. ed to make one reckless, to have no St'b bath except auch Sabbzth as in most encampments amounts to LO Sab bath at all, to go cut from homes where all sanitary la ws are observeds into surrcundings where questionsof health are never discussed, to invade climes where pestilence holds pcssts sien, to make iorg marches under bli terirg skis, It c'r-i o:m deck a:id i the nelds under fire at the mercy of shot and shell--we must admit that those thus exposed need especial care, and to the omnipresent God we have a right to commend them and will com mend them. Postal communication may ba interrupted and letters staried from camps or hcmf s may net arrnve at the right destination, but, he mever far away our loved ones may be fr-m us and how~ever wide and deep the seas that sparate us, we maty hotd communication with them via the throne of Gcd.2 A shipwrecked sailrer was fcund p n I, 1.i t 0:, Ser -V.- ut -- aL a oea Us f z. isu In 1UL ry ;ea -u ; y . i L t:' I VV 0 le uE_ a1h1-u'iy c' f1:7", t m.: --t,.hu m andt wc, . a'-C. makyin"kA - eves niise.-atIe by S'1"cu -_el.S boI rIo bV,;I ia vt hhug it er: 01a pn.:ts t.i' 1viirg tLc ? vqr as2:1; *q-'X_'S of rVL-to s d wiclei dbidu uid prVLu 'ter1re s d On Owrq: t::C:- e s wit m rp ade 2, ue suldy to -.. ad i:U ae py trust ap en fe ub- :h o d, eho ha Drov d b n t Individ e d4 ucur- L, i 11ys e ote w .t e U S . ar_ c-i4 I c d it bieVd aanna I. Lae car I' a ~-Cr-s GO-'n .['a* *c anr~sr rI s s eran th ur reliqoen is hr- i--rar,. o a p is- d s t a dser t. ry 1' - " 4P. " u, r ' ~U l s pi &L1io the earlis b ys i of tome agair. in time to rc~p tha ba--v 1. of nex J..1 at :?ur b usins na-m - el n - im eto pepre fo.r .f'11 ;*-c'a s 'c" ss has never yet till d te str-a and e ccys witn cu e s tirs, i_ iI a -%1 e zgoori s in t s -u;r u cy sa"end by thl depar tre of f!,:her or br-oiher r son ms, eontiS htustalcre tine hniu ofGd, hrsmas hoveds b f ;u:ena cr e rrival c f, thcse tmo wh, nur te cst of thdEr livt-s 'h ve storics to tel'! pis double qudck d ot an ; x ditp, and c ies it th 2mape:s, hent, aid our , 'ules uc to plce^ rc-1m TX -_'a o ih er 1kig rc La.z 1auc eN.3w tbat we have d rana en the . rka let us mak-r that g.uch sov tion irj1the~ farmr b.:ys r.aay geti tome again in tim tov' re.a han st ofs nt July, that our srss it en macrer intme to prp'r or falleCo trL uc res has er yet til d he storeh and tatorhies with cus :-mirs ani ta i t5Se P omes I.Is tuntr of sadd, ened oy te cepn are~s of hrso brothnersn mayde :pnh wefre the~ Tankts:Civi', and :e aerria ftos an the will iorithe *stno their aivrs ae soes tod tel d doubaeqi ac, and naro__ icpd ch~fArge u3p~l the prapens sente ardou flag 1-auled p to tlc Ler whihs o t ings wereis kaulg Nsawc that weve startd ons thew enkle us make that Sash grov rnmrtget uo o thes bis oferuisaer rit adout t 140 g mretss with Q unr 4,00 jsisa'noras n ard stil-9 tnwtcs147 crue.'ty, oanging aronde re moftas f reesland. The must andbrsahd ficreathesn car wids ishwere dba'' ris n-ar oid f tod e ee n the coup aI rts diatcst 2er pnf a theat whih eeme iii ary, bwing 158 Phli I inrd oSain, tresolad o ice cSn ut: ofroser, thr da'reayi thx~oe ompds of Fraics dakeons, esides pan, were Nales an SliCci, an oeNthedlathe gamdte E th bldies, ndy tite aman Maouccasand Sun ogs ad, Psiire eslau4d. :a: Meicot nd Caba, adsom to themestspdioer idp Eir ndwo Aeia Allth~ baions f he arth~n ex-p E an wee toiL tie knee. Alhug thev desrciv reat of modern'- ba"esip -'as osn ouatnown, th Sanih rmd :artedS~ foh sbton of Ecgland ith andu 140 re.a ships.e witan260 uns,,00c'su 1ay hose an-i hs00 en Then batlesi' wre pqiroi med ith170C ak ofc ie an landers, and C'icer o tese a p ons werel duks, ald rerii ad a oblme. A; oy a , e n te n:hof am po ni icersd of thenav er in a uni x g~ alley bowing wit- ga..-e ord Hoad hehg-derdi a 'naiatr cfi ewrdwn mada was ?~vni:.Th l~r >nnd attegmc* h oln !lyuni th am asfnihd n ienwet : o nvetiat the t igs, anIr> nu b btmgt e-It wich was cosdrdivni A~ som'- 0. a ee u h 1opd uo n th * .' a .is armada. iplessl along to: be :liered on le cas~ of agara Ir>3 , ea lN :RY'S R ILL OF r'O.NO -,' u t R Ho 10't.ie Mel WoO 10 In co w -. i , i tr'e mu'ter roll of .he N-berrv Guards. tle ccnd ern::y to besworn in-o the service of ,h United Staies. This company s:w kno 3 a CO. B, 1st R-viment S C. Volunteers, U S A Eere is the roll: C131IISSIONED ()FFICRS Wo. S. Lng'ord,eoptsia. Newhber 'Rchard H Wea i, ? st li-ul- ant, 0 Sa r:. j., s coud 1'eu ux N twer.-Y, coi-ia msier, sin NON CO13ISSIONFD OFFICERS G orge F. Wearn, first sergrant, salesman, sir gle i 3im B Wtce, g ar:e rate: ' Pro peri, e-'tan? buyer, .' z . J Cokd r .0' rag.NL Ju s . DJ C i rsev-ant, N w Mrr.je Weler, sin; e Ge:>rze B Boulware, serg-ant, N)w .. ry, c'erk. siogle. J ihr F La,gston, sergeant, Clif:ou, T,ver, sing le. Miltou C. Lincaster, caroora., Spar a- ur., hcokkeeper, single D.tvid E theppard. corporal. ag gaFerry, druzgist, single. Wlliam E B!ats. crpr>, N r berry, drugist, single. Gecrge F. Smith, c:rporal, Glymph vile, civrk, single. R bert Norris, c~rporal, Ne w berry, stdnsingle. John H. Dwvi. corporal, S .vain, printer, Single H,%rry T. White, Musician. N w 'cerry, paint'r, single. Landy Wood, masi-:ian, Nileys. silesman, sirgle. Caspor C. Stewart, artificer, N' 7erry, cabinet maker, siogle. John A McCatferty, wagoner,Jones -ille laborer, single PRIVATES R .bert Aldridge, Nevberry, weaver, -inre. Waiter Allen, Newberry, laborer, married. William M. Best, North Carohaa, laborer, single. Middle S. Bodie, Newberry, weaver, sing!e. John L. Brown, Newberry, engi aner, single. Al;a D. Brown, Clifton, weaver, single. John H. Buic=, Cliiton, laborer, single. Ed. R. Cild 7ell, Clyde, N. C., spoo.er, single. John P. Cannon, Prosperity, far m er, single. J-mes M. Cassidy, Wiener, student, single. J;-fierson D. Chapman, Naberry, married. Fr-ank j. Clapp, Mississippi, weaver, single. R~bert T. Co-krell, Dnny's, sales man, single. Jc-seph B. Cooley, Caerokee, clerk, .,ndze. Charlton T. Cromer, Newberry, stu dent, single. Jesse L. D.nson, Whitmire, farmer, John E. Dreher, Salwcod, student, Jostph L Elwards, Lexington, car penter, single. William W. Farrow, Ne wbeiry, plo wman. siogle. IR~bert Finger, Maiden, N. C , la borer, single. Levi E. Folk, Ne wherry, farmer, sic -d e. Thomas N. Folk, Nmberry, farmer. s2iad. Richar~d J. Faller, Danny's, editor, single. R~wland H. Garrison, Clifton, wea ver, single. John F. Gritilkh, Saluda, mechanic, single. Ehija S. Grise, Phedmont, laborer, singie. Jazmes L. Henadersn, Marshall, N. C.. laborer, single. Z .c. R. Henderson, Marshali, N. C., laborer, single. Henry H. Hlinson, Kinard, stud.:nt, Malecom D. Hipp, Whitmire, farm er, smngle. Clay ton F. Hlme.s, R >chester, N. Y., c.arpenter, single. James E. Hooper, Burton, Ga., la borer, single. Andrew J. Kilgore, Tokina Park cootpersmith, single. Daid Y. Kirkpatrizk, N wur., 0., machiunist, single. William T. Livingston, Singley, carpenter, married. L~e wts S L ovelace, Ne wherry, fl. man, single. Parry M. Martin, Cliaton, farmer, single. C.arence E. Mathias, Saiu ia, farmer, single. .lonn M .yer, Peaks, farmier, single. Silas L. Medlock, Pdverty Hi, teacoer. single. Satmuel T. McCarthy, Danny's, far~ mier, singte. AnLdre-v T. McGee, Clifton, weaver, sia;ie. R'ooert A. Morrison, Rck hiil, cot ton ayer, single. nJas W. Cesn Clfton,frm, bi l. aysioger, Niibarry, saw a ace . Pearsoll, Newaberry, black mith., singie. Jae Poo2, Spartinbuirg, laborer, E ii-P I Rdishi. Wilias s'.udent, Wila 2 . R ashr, Ne v berj, m3 H:: br R ass, N.>rth Georgia, la T? coore Spehl, Nowberry, black Aunierle Scumnpart, Ne wbetry, sta M i .s S eeson, Spar:.nburg, pnin. ;tr, SIngle. Inomai's W. Swvindler, Newberry, :ar'ess maker, married. G' 1. B.ber, Nevwbsrry, far mtr. Jeffer o" Trioble, Eigelield, farmer. WAlliam~ B. Werts, Spartanburg. (printer single. TassG. Willianm, Helena, ma ch e at, married. \<llum'i S. WNix, Whitney, weaver, V~ei an, Lramrens, farmer. O;ougnon a-.t ao. Ri .ae from Santiago de Cuba, sa tre inu:gent district command iril Easte-rn Caba are mov~ing near a S ic de Cuba. It appears toa rg. Gens. Mind.z. by crder o& Gen Calix~o Garcia, has broughi insurent forces from the extreme E 's- to the neighborhood of Caimnane mo, on the South coast, and Brig. G-en. Catillo of the insurgent army shifts als co'nmand to within twenty-five miesa Santiago de Cuba. Small in -'urgem~ 'oands engage in nightly raids "Cd o-utiying garrisoned towns, tc rVi inabout six miles of the city of Sanao de Cuba. They retire with c-ut nrsuit, after their forays, tht cocradsg is to cut off the meat, vegetable and fruit supply of tht eND:Ti0N4C7CR N Wha t.e o:.e V8' - xli use - toc 8..o R, p ,rt to HcetC cqrat-re Tie f.l w; g w2 tkly bu'laii of the crci io .e wtatter and crops of the State for the past week was is sued !uts;-y: I i tie early poman of the week the nights were col asa the day tempera tures ucseasonaly lo v, but durir g the week tl ere wrs a steady rise in temperature csrside a'ly above the T-e mainnum rep( rted was 97 on the 14-.h at G.Ni ;vi 1, while maxi uwa ol 90 and aove wt e entral over Lthe eastern prt n o' tr 0S-ate durirg the lIast diays _ f t eg. The mini mum reported s 41 Ln the 10i.h at Cirera. Ta;e axve-a e for the week -. 70 d ih, normal !Lr the sime -:eriod is about 71. Tne rainfa!i w4.s ertrally ight. Stterz:d .h wri occArred on the 11, 12:. 14 11 and 15:h. The ground is very Cry sod a drought may be said to *1r.vaii along the coas:, most severe in Charleston cuunty. Tne bea'jest fall for the week was 1 25 at Rilverview, and 25 other places reported amounts generally less than half an incb. The average amount was 0.31 and the nor mal is approximately 0 20. Rain is necded over the entire State, A severe ard destructive hailstorm cccurrea in Pickens coun'.y in the vi cini-y L f Dacusville on the 11th. The pa'h of the storm nowhere exceeded :,-e mile in width and was about five Lmies long. Over pcrtions of this area nail fll to the aepth of four inches ard destroyed all vegetation. Hail also occured, but without doing dam age, in Greenville, Lexington and Richiard counties. There was sufficient bright sunshine averaging about 90 per cent. cf the posile over the eastern pcrtions and a bjut 75 over the western. The pre vailiug winds were light westerly, genera'ly southwest. The warm-r weather caused a no tic:ble mprovement in the appear ance of field crops generally and par ticularly in the condition of corn which to a large extent, regained a hesltby color, and shows improve ment in stand, although stanAs are not entirely satisfactory being much broken by the ravages of c it, t u-1 and heart worms, and uneven on account of much replanting. Corn planting continues to a limited extent, but may be said to be practi cally finished, except for stuoble corn to be planted in June. Cotton shows little re.overy from the set back of the previous week, caused by the cool winds and reports cf cotton dying were received from varicus lccalities. The stand of cotton ranges between "very good" and the "poorest seen in a lifetime." That is to say, there is a great irregularity in the stand even in ad jacent townships, which differ greatly, some reporting fair stands and others very poor. But almost without exception, correspond ents state that a great deal of replant ing has been done and much y et to do beore full stands can be secured. In many instances whole fields were plowed up and xeplanttd. In the eastern portion of the State, early planted cotton is lcoking best, whiie over the we:.tern por.ions late :lanting has done better except that in phcas toe ar:,und is so crusted that eprouting cotton seems unable to break through it and some farmers are harrowing the fisids to break the crust. Sea island cotton is not doing well owing to the drought that prevai~s over the region of its cultivation. Cot ton planting is pracially finished, al though in a fe w 1localities it is unfin ished. Chopping is welt under wsy. Tobacco seems to have responded quickly to the better weather condi uaons that have prevailed latterly, and can be said to te doing nicely with the sets larger than usual f or tne sea - son. There is 'need of rain in some to. bacco raising sections. A~ small white worm is dotng considerable damage in places by boring the pith of the stem, otherwise the toca::co is in a saisfan tory condition. Rice is looking well and growing fast in the coast rice districts, Out in Kersba w the we d rotted in the ground necessitating replanting. The condition of wheat continues very promising. Rust has not increas ed during the week and is not preva lent enough to materially in jure wheat except in portions of Lextngton coun ty. Wheat is heading and stands in urgent need of rain. Oats are ripening in the southeast era portion~ 0t tnce a .d harv:at ing has begun in HamnptonL and Beau :ort counties, veita a good average y ield. Oats are headwng well every where, but, like whear, need rain. Spring ca'.s will likely b., a failure in the low counties, but in the upper portions of tne state are looking well, Dut need rain. The general outlook for fruit con tinues to be good for peaches, especi ally in the counties where most atten tion is given this crop, but pears are not doing well generally; much blight is noted anid the fruit is cropping too freely. Apples have set weil in some localities, wnile others report the trees barren. Paumrs are ripening and will te quite plentiful. Grape blooms in pro.usion in the western counties, and this I ruit appears to be ioing well ev ery where, Attention should be given grapes now by giving the vines not tss thon three suicceisive spraying at itervals of about 12 days. Wild berries will be abundant in places, but in Hampton and Barn well the berries appear small and shrivelled Forest fires auring the winter destroy ed many wild blackberry vines. Sugar cane is gtoiving up to good stands. Sweet potato drawers are being transplanted, but the grouad is too dry for this work to be pushed. There appears to be no scarcity of draws. Irish potatoes are not yielding over onefourth an average crop in Char leston county owing to the dr ficiency of over 10 inches in rainfall since January 1st. Other vegetables, in the same vicinity, have yielded less than usual by 50 per cent., and shipments have been correspondingly light. Melons are now doing well, having made marked improvement except in Newberry and Bamberg counties where poor stands are the rule. Peanuts not doing well. Some peas have been sown in Greenville and Lxington counties. Gardens continue back ward, but looking well. Pastures need rain, Farm work is up with the needs of all crops and fields are in good condition generally, except that grassy fields a -e reported from Kershaw. Chinch bugs have attacaed corn in Yrk, and have appearedi on grata in hester. Cut, bad and he art worms are reported nui~erous and destructive over r early the entire State. Telle rt e st2xy. Spanish 4 per cent, bonds are wvorh 29 cents on the dollar. Theat is to say, a Spanish promise to pay $103 is worth $29.50. United States 4 pr: cent. bonds are worth 122 cents on the dollar, and a promise of the Unit ed States to pay $100 at 4 per cent, is worth $122.50. That tells the story! of the public judgment as to the cut come of this contest. IF the American squadron can meet and defeat the Spanish fleet that Is now in the vicinity of Cuba the war won last mu~ch longer. BE'TERCOTON BdUIG. &k ..er tha 1oaa In3tet Every Cot 0 Flat t r. Ths- c rVention cf cotton compress men leld in Atltta recently ad'opted resoltiojs (or a reform wbich if car ritd out, will san the cottoa planters of the south millions (f dollars. The resolutions declare for utiformity i the s-z of cotton bales ar.d better cov eing for cotton when sent to market. The Atlanto J :urnal says it is pass in- strarge that we should hzve c-n inued (ur slipshol methcd i o' b!ling ,etion so lag a-r i. has ba.nO dt.m unstrated that it et us dearly A arte pirt o _ pcs-ile irodt from very c p of c-V to i rit-d in the scuti is Pte:aly tr-rvn aivay by our crare p ari'g th co.tcn for The e ,ni e:cfhai gez of tjis c#U trV and the Li'erpo t'xcange nave a!.ad awrnit n to thi wast many times and hav, prottsted againt it. Da, cosuls t porms xrtr American :31ton is r e'ircd Lav-e t ld us time and tim.e agai- that it ii by fair the worAt packed cotton that is shippd from any courtry. I spite of thtse arnings arcd derrcnstrations we go doggedly on ia the same stupid fashun nd pay for cur folley. A :ax is placed upOn oar cotton which reprt sents more than the actu al lcsl from bad bailirg or the fcr eign purebaser makes sare or protect ing himtelf ar d t'ie fa.-mer i fo-rd to py more tuan toe real worth f a waste which he c )uld avoid. Mr. 0. Menelas, of MoAle, publishes a practical letter on this subj-ct in the obile R ,oiter. He says: "With our present system, the most aluable product of the south is bar. died in the most detrimental manner. [t reaches the market more or less nagged and in ail sized bales, exposed tC tne sun ar d air, to the rain and torm, los:rg in weight in the first iL tance, deteriorating in quality in the other, and who, but the planters, pay for all that shortei.,hted policy? The light baeging, in the haniing and re handling of the bales, is generally torn to pieces, exposes the coaton to be woihd and otherwise damaged ant :auses extra loss in weignt, which, of ourse, comes out of the planter. pocket directly or indirectly. "Then the bale, being of all sizas, ire handled at a greater expense on hipboard and cars and, as they take more space ttan the Equare bales, the rates of freight are higner. All these draw backs form a serious item of ex penses which always has to eome out of the price the buyer has to pay for cotton, whether it goes to Earopean ports or to our Eastern spinners. " What is demanded from the plant ers and ginners to do is to adopt a niform box for baling cotton meas ring 24x54 inches inside measure ment. This can be done easily by any ordinary carpenter and at an ex pense not exceeding $5 w $8 and less in many instances. Next, to use bag ging weighing not less than two or two and onc-4uarter pounds per yard. The latter will pay better in the nd. And lastly, to have as near a uniform weight as possible, viz, 500 to 560 pounds per bale. "By adopting this system, the prop erty of the planters will be better pro teed, the loss in weight zeduced and cotton will bring to tne planters from 60 cents to 75 cents per bale more, through the light loss in weight and the aiscrimination in price,, which will be made by buyers next saason n favor of cotton packed inthe stand rd box of 24a54 iuc~iees, inside meas urement, "Unless this is done promptly and efficiently, the cylindrical bale trust, will pratic from the demand by tnej cton consumers for a equarel bale to extend its ramifications throughout the scutb, and with its round bale, well covered and even weight, will try to replace our present system and render value less all our gins, of which thers are' in the south over 36,000, representing a capital of over $i5,000,000. Besides this, the planter will be at the tender mercies of the trust, which don't sell machines, but only rent them out on royalty, and will end by controlling even tile price of cotton to the detri ment of the producer." The compress companies of Georgia, labama and Mississippi have deter mined to make a concerted effort to establish uniformity of baling and to make the bales stronger as well as easer to handie. In tis effort they souid receive tne hearty support ana :, operation of every cotton produce, tr itus upon hun tinaL Lhe expense of irregular and cefective baling falls at Laa. AID WANTED IN P1ILIPPiNES. Span'ardS flak~og B3.ast in Rouzg KDZn AmmiicaL Ciiere arc Uneasy. ] A dispatech to the Lndon Daily Mail from Hong Kong, says: "Srlan ards in Hlong Kong ana Manila open ly boast that a tie- of warships is on tae way to the Pnilippine islands and ne bishops have :smued pas torals to the effect that Spain and God, are preparing to cut out rihose social excresences from Amern :a.' Thie pastoials urge the people to give no quarter andt iney aescr-ioe Ad nia. 1Dewey's humanity in refusrng o oem bard alanila as aue to fear. At he same time money is being spent n bribing tile interier leaaers among ne insurgents. "Tnere is some anxiety here because f the non-arrival of Aaierican troops tnd the American consulate is :rowded'- wi volunteers. United :hates Consul wilaimen is on uty day anci night. An American :ner irom Manlia, oy name of Doeu, ias arrived nere. F Jr Eeveral' years le managed a ccal mine near Gebu, md tine spaniin autnorities, fearing :ie would iupply the American flieet, xpel him." Haw Tbey O~t 1a. The folio img explains itself: -Wasaington, May 19. Capt. E~ 13. Fuller, Mustering Offi " Upou urgent request of Senators tilman anua McLaurin and Capt, Boy d, in cases of Rtobert L Midaleton Jr., mmett C. Dibble and Henry appeit, tnme adjutant general atno -:z you to muster former for heavy attery and omners for infantry if vis on e i eitiber eye is normal or defec ive. Visionz will not interfere with 2roper per: ormiarce of military duty. WARD. "Assis~aut Adjaat General." 2cuk Away Tneir Gana. The guns of the National Guards, a1 tolored military o;-ganizatuon of Char eston, have been taaen to Columbia. I he government thinks that .guns in I .he hands of miliuary companies are 'or use, not fcr showv, and when they, will not go to the front when called aon their guns are to be given to ,icse wh:J will. The O.~goL S die Scrtary Lmng gav~e out the ',ei :ome irnformation Wedieaday toat the attleship Oregon, tthe sec-on-d largest :raft in the Am-erican navy, had suc :essfuly co:e pteced Ler Iomng trip from] 3an Fra-cisco, m .lg inte entire cir-t tuit of South AniZc-, and wat nlow afe. w atier or not she has )oined ,' diral Samnproz-s flect, the secretary fl 11e Ro)al Is the hsghest grade baking powder known. Actual tests show it goes oe - third fatbr then r' tbr .briod. pOYA bAKIlI POWDER Absolutely Pure AOVAL LAA. rS-SER CO., %:w 'I.y O COUG4T BE TWEEN IWO FIRES. gampson and Schl-y Ordercd to Cap up e or D:s-roy tbe ppanlah Fieet. At the navy department it is believed that the Spanish flet caunnt escape Sampson and Scbl y T- w Ameri can squadrons art. a. aui on the enemy from opposite d - ctfo-s, their object being to he-i i- in Tne ri, rent opinion at tb. . 1 p - -.-At the Spaniards will try W ciaii aa eI gagement until they have been grad ually reinforced from tne Cadiz fleet. Certainly, up to this time, they have been successful at their hide and seek game. Both Sampson az~d Schley have the same orderz-"Cipture or destroy the Spanish fleet." This order will be obeyed, bat whether in 24 hours or in as many days is a matter of speculation, though the navy au thorities express the belief that tne meeting on the water must lake place within a short time now. Ine ritablea destruction awaits the fleet unless it turns back to Spain, a thing the navy departmert does not expect. If it is the intention of Admiral Carvara to come io the relief of General Blarco and undertake to break the blockade at Havana, he will be met by SeLley ; if he continues to hang abodt the Caribbean sea then our squadrons will make a joint counter, movement on it. Every day sees our navy net woven closer round the Spaniards. From now on the movements of cur ships will be kept as secret as those of the Spanish. The Sinews of War. We have hereto'ore .referred to the fact that war is a most expensive at fair, and whether it is waged in a just cause or not it requires the out lay of an encrmous amcuatjof money. Ser ator Al1 son estimates the t os; of the present war at $100,000,000 per day, or $379,000,000 for the flszal year. The war revenue bill has not yet been paszed, but some of its mcst prominent features, as deciled on u.j to date, will be of interest. The House bill would raise about $105,000,000 a year. In addition to this, the bill authrizes the issue of $500,000,000 3 per cent. ten year bonds, and the issue of $100,000,000 t f 8 per cent, one year treasury certifi cates. Material changes in the House bill have been recommende-i by the Senate finance committee. The Republican minority cf that committee in its report on the Houte oil drops the tonnage tax inicreas?, adds other stamp and misellaneous taxes Eufficient, as estimated, to b:ing the additional annual revenue up to $150,000,000, and authorizvs the istue of $300,000,000 of 3 per cent, bonds and $i00,000,000 3 per cent, treasury certificates, or so much within these limits as may be needed. It provided that at least $50,000,000 cf the one year treasury certificates shall be is sued before the reei.rt is mnade~ to the bonds. The anti Republican maj ority of the Senate committee have added on to the bill a corporation tax which wLud bring its revenue-producirg capaci ty up to the estimated sum abaive $200, 000,000.000 and they further would provide for the coinage of the seignor age and the issue of treasury notes not bearing interest, in place of the prc posed bond and treasury certificate ssues. Ea irs to th e Frons. A gentlemnan called the a t ention of a Reporter for The Ne ws and1 Courier to tne following editorial in the Ashe ville C~izen Monday: "One editor has gone to the f:ont count him; one-and pernaps there are more to follow. N G. Got zales, of the Columbia State, is now wi:n1 Gen. Nuntz, the Cu-aan Uflicer, and both expect to be in at thie death of Havana. Mr. Got zates will cer:t.idy oe a success in the !t la i: te is as good a fighter as he has been t ditor. it we mistake not his s.tner w as a no. able figure in the Cuba~a Te ak Years' W ar.' "That is corr ect so lar as i ,:oes," he said, "but there are otrers. Ia taie first place two of Mr. GJtLzile& Orotn era are in the army, and South Caro lina has furnished t wo oter ecitorr. Editor Louis J. Bristow, of the Kn stree Record, and Elitor Parrot:., of the Harry Republic. Batt are ..oud men. "Two of the circuIt stenograph'ers have also volunteered: Giau . E Sawyer, of Aiken, and D) Wa~tt Aiken, of Abbeville. Trnis is a good showing for the men wnc i:?e ey t~axr pens." Ihwading cubs. A dispatch from Key West under date of Sunday say s uni? ss soLme acc - dent has befallen the Uaited~ S'ates trasport Florida there are no v Uui:ed States volunteer troops on toe is'an~d of Cuba or they will be thre within a fev hours. -Wedaesday, M-ay 18, the Unitta States transport Fatriaa left Port Tampa with seve~ral 1 u idred volm~.~eer troops on board TL?. pas se-:gers belonged to tne regimnent of C' can volunteers organzed is ie, lo.;er extrenlity of Fioridame~rn we '; ago. It was thought test to st~d thise men as they speaa Span;ah 4Ldse more acquiainted w:th the .o, rsptby >f the country, which it is er, pwe to ivade. It cannot be letanJ 'Wat [Jnited States otlicers acconp to el hars regiment of volunteers. li ths ex pedition is a success :u-ther troops will be rushed into the iliaud a.s soon s possible." THE FIRsT MASTRa -Corpal WafTe Eampton Parker, of the .Bu 1-r uards, died in the bospital in Co lumbia on Monday wt af ter ao ill ess of four days from pi.m utonia. He is the first martyr in deawh t. aroli :a to he csu~e of humany and freedom on Cuban soil, lie v. t s nome in n Greenville Lthue neks ago in plendid health but c:>miracte.2 ccid last week and the end came speedily. Te State mourns the death of a val iant young soldier. AN FStAPED CUBAN R,. T.Us or the Damage Done I % the Car desas Fight. Senor Eenesto Castro, a well knowm awyer and president of the revolu ionsrv jnta of Cardenaq. arrived al KFy West Sunday on the United Statel )unboat Annapolis. During the re .ent bombardment at Cardenas Senoz Jastro was in the bay in a small boat, rving to reach the American vessels ky d get transportation to the United States on an importan; mission. He was compelled to return to the shore where he saw and heard of the resulL yf 1he bombardment. The Soanish gunboats that lured the Joited Stales torpedo boat Winslow nto the deattt trap were the Antonic Lp: z, Lealtad and Ligera. Daring ha fight the two former retreated be Aird the wharves and the Ligera be Iund the key. It was the Antonio [apt z that opened fire on the Wins law ar.d dec iyed her into the channel. 1ie Spanish troops formed on i e public i q iare, not dario to go to the vharves; all the Spanish flags were owered, as they furnished targets, ind the families all f&ed to Jovellano. Senor Castro s %ys an American -bell Exploded in the very entrance of .he Spanish casino, shattering the building and setting it on fire. The Jasino, which had been used as a military headquarters and infantry barracks, and which was the largesit tructure in the town, was utterly de troyed. O.her buildings were wreck d. Some of the shots went as far as he Triente sugar plantation, twc ni'es in the interior. The Spanish loss of life Senor Cas ro believes to have been very heavy. [t was so reported. After the bom bsrdment cased the military com nander pressed all able-bodied men nto the work of carrying sand tc auild new batteries, and the next day L.200 men were brought from Matan is and Habana to continue the work. Senor Castro after passing four days in the Piedras key, signalled the [Jnited States gunboat Wilmington ind was taken off. He says famine prevails everywhere in Cuba. In sardenas rice is 25 cents a pound, :ondensed milk sells at $L50 per can xnd horse flesh brings 75 cents a pound. There is no beef or bread. The insurgents are in dire distress. Formerly provisions were smuggled rom the cities, but that relief is now mpossible, since the cities themselves re starving. The insurgents are try ng to subsist on peppery wood and alm buds. Senor Castro tasted meat oday for the first time in five weeks. ALL WANT TO GO. Che Sold iers Take a Vasnimous Band Fr: mary o: Going ;3KanJla. A dtspatch dated last Sunday from an Francisco says 10,000 United Rtates troops are camped there, 9,000 )f them being volunteers. All the troops from Nebraska, Kan jas, Colorado and Minnesota, whicb were ordered to San Francisco are aow here, but many more troops wil rrive from other sections during the ext few days. The Washington volunteers quar tered at Fontana barracks want to gc o Manila. Sunday night Lieu'. Col, Fife assembled the two Washingtoz battalions in a hollow tquare and sked every man who did not want tc go to Manila to hold up his hand. No hands were raised. "Those who want to go to Manilt at once," said he. There was a reply that made the blood tingle in the hearers' veins. The growing dark ness partly obscured the field of hand: shot into the air, but there was nc mistaking the yell that made the room ring. "Manila or bust!' w'as tiie burden of the cry. The First California, the Oregon regiment and 25 men each from Comn panies A and D of the heavy artillery, under the command of Captain Geary, may break camp Monday morning and sail from San Franciseo Monday night on the city of Peking, the city of Sidney and the Australia, with the Monterey accompanying them as e convoy. The two detachments from the heavy artillery and Ooonel Sum mers of the Oregon regiment have been unofficially notified that they are xpected to break camp Monday morning. The official orders will loubtless be received by Colonel Summers and Captain Geary tomor row. General 0;.is all slong has been lhting to hare the three transport 'esels sail together and it now looks is if he has carried his point. General Otis said today: "The first regiment of California troops will be loaded on the City of Peking early Eonday morning." Further than his General Otis refused to be quoted, aut it is understood that the Oregon rops will sail on the Peking. SEVEN LIVES LOS'. Ete Sae of Arkanaa VLaltsd by a Tor. nade. The tornado which passed through portion of northwest Arkansas Fri ay night did immense damage to ~roperty and mused the death of ai east seven people. The storm came fram the southeast, assing through the great fruit belt f the Ozark region and tore its way ~hrough the southern end of Benton ounty, spending its force in the White river valley. Everything in ,ts path was destroyed, the greatest lanage being done near Elm Springs, Elo well arnd Multown, the latter place eing entirely swept away. At Elm Ipring houses wecre ol-o vn do wn, or :nards destroyed aie stock killed. 2ne man who had soug?ns safety in a :eller was killed by falling timbers. Two miles east of Elm Springs a nan named Killingsworth and his wife were killed. Their he. m was mtirely destroyed and the weye :rushed to death in the deb?:s. A nile away a farm house occupied 0y m Italian family was wrrcek u and tr e nmates were instanti) k lho. Tne esidence of W. H. Holcomb and W. B. Pierson were destroyed. T wenty zouss are reported blown aray in ,he vicinity of Elm Springs. Tne storm was less severe in Craw ord county, bat ony li fe was lost near iort Smith. A & Neibtt died 'rom fright while tiLe a~ was at its iercest. The home of W. S. K -ubrough, ear Springdale, was L, -- i down md Kimbrough instan :. killed. 3everal other farm houses Wt.' tlown lown near Springdale and six or eiaht ersons were more or less s' riously you rded Some d amse- w .s frci e prings._________ TaE ONLY IMPoRTAN~T CHANGE. [he only important change in the :onstitution of the democratic party is he plan for the foriration of the :unty conventions. Here'.ofore rep -esentation has been on the basis of he poll list used at the last election, me delegate for every twenty five roters. The change is that the club o is to be used instead of the poll list. his is the cld plan, and except when here is some distracting issue willwork t well enough. But in contested cases ill cause great con fusion and wor y in wording out the padded club ele.