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FIELD OF LABOR. Dr. Talmage On Relation of Em ployer and Employee. A TIMELY DISCOURSE. Aimed to Bring About More Friendly Relations Between the Two-Remedy For industrial Troubles. At a time when in various district labor troubles are existing ur finpending the effort Dr. Talmage makes in this discourse to b.ing abDut bet ter feeling between both sides of this difficult question i; well timed; texts, Galatians v, 15, "But if ye bite and devour one another take h. ed that ye be not consumed one of another," and Philippians ii, 4, -Ljok not every man on his own things, but every man also on the thing of others." About every six months there is a great labor agitation. There are violent questions now in discuion between employers and employees. The present "strikes" wili _o into the the past. Of course, the damage doae cannot be re paired. Wagcs will not be so high as they were. Spasmodically they may be higher, but they will drop lower Strikes, whether right or wrong, always injure laborers as well as capitalists. You will see this in the starvation of next winter. Boycotting and violence and murder never pay. They are dif ferent stages of anarchy. God never blessed murder. The worst use you can put a man to is to kill him. Blow up tomorrow all the country seats on the the banks of the liuioa and the Rtiine aui ail the fiwe hvures on Mad iton qu .re ani Brookl) n liights and Rittennou,e tquare and beon street. and all te bni atd tiwberand stones wil just fal back un the bare hands of American and Eur,>pean iarur. The worst tn-wies of the working classes in the Uuited States and Ire land are tneir demented coadjutors Years ago astasaiatiou-the asasina tion of Lord Freicrzck Cavendish and Mr. Brke in PL Xix park, Dublin, Ireland, in tue atteUpt to avenge tae wrongs of Ireland only turned away from Lat afficted people millions of sympathizrs. The attempts to blow up the house of commons in London had only this effect -to throw out of employment tens of thousands of inno cent Irish people in England. In this country the torch put to the factories that have discharged hands for good or bad reason, obstructions on the rail tracks in front of midnight express trains because the offenders do not like the president of the company; strikes on shipboard the hour they were going to sail or in printng offices the hour the paper was to go to prets or in the mines the day the coal was to be de livered or on house scaffoldings so the builder fails in keeping his contract-all these are only a hard blew on the head of American labor and cripple its arms and lame its feet and pierce its heart Traps sprung suddenly upon employers and violence never took one knot out of the kneckles of toil or put one farthing of wages into a callous palm. Bar barism will never cure the wrongs of civilisation. Miark that! Frederick the Great admired some land near his palace at Potsdam, and he resolved to get it. it was owned by a miller. He offered the miller three times the value of the property. The miller would not take it because it was the old homestead, and he felt about as Naboth felt about his vineyard when Ahah wanted it. Frederick the Great was a rough and terrible man, and he ordered the miller into his presence, and the king, with a stick in his hand -a stick with which he sometimes struck the officers of state-said to the miller. 'Now, I have offered you three times the value of that property, and if you won't sell it I'll take it any how." The miller maid, "Your ma jesty, you won't." "Y.es," said the king, "I will take it." ':Then," said the miller, "if your majesty, does take it I will sue y ou in the enancery court." At that threat Fiederick the yielded his infamous demand. And the most imperious outrage against the working classes will yet owver be'fore the law Violence and delianee of t.au las wil never accomplish anything; but rigtiM eousness and submission to the laa ei accomplish it. The benavior of a multitude of la borers toward the their empiovers da~r ing the last three moinths may have in duced some employers to neglect the real Christian outies that they owe to those whom they employ. 'The refo.re I want to say to yon whom I confront face to face and those to whom these words may come that all shipowners, all capitalists, all comm iercial firms, all master builders, all housewives, are bound to be interested in the entire weliare of their sabordinates. Years ago some one gave three prescriptions for becoming a millionaire: "Fir, spend your life in ge~toeg and keeping the earnings of other peopke; secondly, have no anxiety about the worriments, the losses, the disap'pointments, o! others; thirdly, do not udad the fact that your vast wtealthi implies the povert y of a great many people.' Now, threr, is not a man here wilo would consent to go into life with those three principles to earn a fortune. it is your desire to do your whole duty to the men and wo men in your service. .First, of all, then, pay as large wages as are reasonable and as y our business will afford-not necessarily what others pay, certainly not what your hired help say you must pay, for that is tyranny on the part of labor unoearable. The right of a laborer to tell his employer what he must pay implios the right of an employer to compel a mana into ser vice whether he will or not, either of those ideas is despicable. When any employer is allowed to say what he must do or have his business ruined and the employer submits to it, he does every business man in the United States a wrong and yields to the priaciple which, carried out, would dissolve society. Look over your affairs and. put your selves in imagination in your laborer's place, and then pay him what before G~od and your own conscience you think you ought to pay him. "God bless you" are well in their place, but they do not buy coal nor pay house rent nor get shoes for the chil dren. At the same time 3 ou, the em ployer, ought to remember through wham straits and strains you got the fortune by which you built your store or run the factory. You are to remem ber that you take all the risks and the employee takes none or scarcely any. Y.ou are to remember that there may be reverses in fortune and that some new style of machinery may make youi ma chinery valueless or some new style of tariff set your business back hopelessly into conaidertion, and the pay wzat is reasonable. Do not be too ready to cut down wages. As far as possible, pay all, and pay promptly. There is a great deal of Bible teaching on this subject. Mala chi: "I will be a swift witness against all sorcerers and against all adulterers and against those who oppose the hire ling in hiswages." Leviticus: "Thou shalt not keep the wages of the hireling all night unto the morning." Colos sians: "Masters, give unto your own servants that uhich is just and equal, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven." So you see it is not a ques tion between you and your employee so much as it is a question between you and God. But, above all. I char4: y-u, 0 em ployers. that you look ait.r the moral and s piritual welfare of your employees. First. know where they spend their evenings. That decides everything. You do not want aound your money drawer a young man who went last night to tee "Jack Sheppard." A man that comes into the qtore in the morn ing ghastly with midnight revelry is not the man for your store. The young man who spends his evening in the so ciety of refined women or in musical or artistic circles or in literary improve ment is the young man for your store. Do not say of these young men, "If they do their wcrk in the business hours, that is all I have to ask " Gcu has made you that man's guardian. i want you to understand that many of these young men are orphans, or worse than orphans. flung out into society to strugele for thems-elves A young man is pitched into the middle of the Atlan tic ocean, and a plank is pitched after him, and then he is told to take that and swim ashore. Treat that young man as you would like to have your son treated if you were dead. Do not tretd on him. Do not swear at him. Do not send him on a useless errand. Say "good morning*' and 'good night" and "goodbye " You are deci.ing that man's destiny for two worlds One of my earliest rewemberances is of old Arthur 'lappan There were many differences of opinion about his politi... but no one who ever knew Ar thur Tappan, and kiew him weIi, doub'ed his being an earnest Christiau In hib store in NOw Yoi k he had a roow where every m..ruing he called his ema ployees to-gether, and he prayed with them. read the Seriptures .o them, sang with them, and then they entered on the duties of the day. On Monday morning the exercises differed, and he gathered the young men together and asked them where they had attended church, what had been their Sabbath experiences and what had been the ser mon. Samuel Badgett had the larieg-t business in the west of England. lie had in a room of his warehouse a place pleasantly furnished with comfortable seats and Fletcher's "Family Devo tions" and Wesleyan hymnbooks, and he gathered his employees together every morning and, having sung, they knelt down and prayed side by side the employer and the employees. Do you wonder at that man's success and that, though 30 years before he had been a partner in a small retail shops in a small village, at his death he bequeathed many millions? God can trust such a man as that with plenty of money. And then I charge you not to put un necessary temptation in the way of your young men. Do not keep large sums of money lying around unguarded. Koow how much money there is in the till. Do not have the account books loosely kept. There are temptations inevitable to young men, and enough of them, without your putting any un necessary temptations in their way. Men in Wall street, having 30 years of reputation for honesty, have dropped into Sing Sing and perdition, and y on must be careful how you try a lad of 15. And if he do wrong do not punce on him like a hyena. If he prove himself unworthy of your confidence, don'tecall in the police, but take him home. Tell why you dismissed him to those who will give him another chance. Many a young man has done wrong once who will never do wrong again. Ah, my friends, I thinzk we can afford to give everybody another chance when Gjod knows we should all have been in per dition if he had not given us 10,000 chances. Then, if in moving around your fac tory or mill or barn or store, you are in exorable with young men God will re member it. Some day the wheel of fortune will turn, and you will be a pauper, and your daughter will go to the work house, and your son will die on the scaffold. If in moving among your young men you see one with an ominous pallor of cheek or you hear him coughing behind the counter, say to him, "S&ay home a day or two and rest or go out and breathe the breath of the hills." If his mother die, do not demand that on the day after the fun eral he be in the store. - Give him at least a week to g.'t over that which he will never get 0' er. Employers, urge u;>on your em ployees, above all, a religious life. So far from that, how is it, young men? Instead of being cheered on'the road to heaven some of 3 out are caricatured, and it is a hard thitng for you to keep your Chri,tian integrity in that store or fac tory where there are so many hostile to religion. Ziethen, a grave general un der Frederick the Great, was a Chris tian. Frederick the Great was a skep ti. One day Ziethen, the venerable, white haired general, asked to be ex csed from military duty that he might attend the holy sacrament. He was ex csed. A few day s after Ziethen was dinirng with the king and with many notables of Prussia when Frederick the Great in a jocnse way said, "-Well, Zethen, how did the sacrament of last Friday digest?" The venerable old warrior arose and said: "For your majesty I have risked my life many a time on the battlefield, and for your majesty 1 would be willing at any time to die; but you do wrong when you in suit the Christian religious. You will forgive me if I, your old military ser vant, cannot bear in silence any insult to my Lord and my Saviour." Fred erick the Greait leaped to his feet, and -he put out his hand, and he said: "Happy Ziethen! Forgive me, forgive me!" Oh, there are many being scoffed at for their religion, and I thank God there are many men as brave as Ziethen! Go to heaven yourself, 0 employer! Take all your people with you. Soon you will be through buying and selling and through with manufacturing and building, and God will ask you: "Where are all those people over whom you had so great influence? Are they here? Will they be here?" 0 ship owners, into what harbor will your crew sail? 0 you merchant grocer, are those young men that under your care are providing food for the bodies and fami 'lies of men to go starved forever? 0 you manufacturers. with so many 1wheels flying and so many bands pull in and so many new patterns turned out and so many goods shipped, are the spinners, are the carmen, are the dray men, are the salesmen, are the watchers Iof your establishments working out ev .:7yhing but their on 17atr n Ca it be that. having those peopie Uider yaur care 5. 10, 2? years, you ha7e made no -verlasting impression for good on I their immortal souls? God turn us all back from such selshlness and teach us to live for others and not for our selves! Christ sets us the example of sacrifice, and so do many of his dis O e sutmmer in California a gentle man who had just removed from the Sandwhich Islands told me this inci dent: You know that one of the Sand which Islands is devoted t> lepers. People -getting sick of the leprosy on the other islands are sent to the isle of lepers. They never come off. They are in different stages of disease, but all who die on that island die of leprosy. On one of the islands there was a physician who always wore his hand gloved, and it was often discussed why be always had a glove on that hand un der all cireumtances. One day be came to the authorities, and he with drew his glove. and he said to the effi. cers of the law: ' You see on that hand a spot of the leprosy and that I am doomed to die. I might hide this for a little while and keep away from the isle of lepers; but I am a phy sician, and I can go on that island and administer to the sufferings of those who are farther gone in the disease, and I should like to go no4. It would bo selfish in me to stay amid the luxurious surroundings when I mil't be of so much help to the wrctche'd. Send me to the isle of the lepers " They, seeing the spot of leprosy, of course took the man into custody. He bade farewell to his fam ily and his frien Is. IL was an agoniz ing farewell. le could never see them again. He was taken to the ible of the lepers and there wrought among the sick until prostrated by his own death, which at last came. Oh, that was mag nifient self denial, uaiuificent sacri fie. only ,urpas-ed by that of him who exiled himn!., lf from the health of heaven to this lepr)us island of a world that he miaht physician our wounds and weep our grinfs and die our dtaths, turning the ile of a [-prous world into a r.-at, Womoin . glurious garden! Whet her eeploer or employee, let us catch th a ':Ilit. THE Ca1?a1GN X1MEETINGS. They Open at Orangeburg and Close at Columbia. Wednesday night the sub-coImittee of the State Democratic executive com mittee met in Columbia with all the members present and arranged the schedule of this year's State campaign mcetings for this year. The schedule has been prepared with the most care ful consideration, the closest attention being given all railroad schcdules. it calls for the opening of the campaign the same as two years ago in Oranze burg, and fizes the closing meetin- nt Columbia. It also allows time for the South Carolina delegation to attend tbe national convention at Kansas City. This schedule is to be laid before the full State committee for approval at an extra meeting called for the purpose to be held on'Wednesday night of this week: Abbeville, August 11. Aiken, August 13 Anderson, August 10. Bamberg, June 23. Barnweil, June 22. Beaufort, Jlune 19 Berkeley, June 2S Charleston. June 16. Chester, July 26. Chesterfield, .July 21. Clarendon, June 27. Colleton, Jute 18. Cherokee, July 3') Darlington. July 19 Dorche-ster. June 15 Eigefield, August 16i. Fairfield, July 27. Florence, July 12. Georgetown J dly 10. Greenville, August 6i. Greenwood. August 13. Hampton, June 20. Horry, July 16. Kershaw, July 23 Lancaster. July 25. Laurens, Augtust 4. Lexington, August 21. Marion, July 13 Marlboro, July IS Newberry, Auzust 3. Oconee, August 9. Orangeburg, Juno 14 Pickens, August 7. Richland, August 22. Spartanbunrg Jily 30. Sumter, June 26. Saluda, August is. Uion, August 1. Williamsburt. July 11. York, Juily 23. THE CROPS. Weekly Balletin Issued by Section Director Bauer. The following is the weekly bul ,- i of the condition of the weather and crops of the State issued Wednesday bey Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the United States weather bureau's weather and crop service: The temperature was seasonable dur ing the week ending 8 a m , May 21st, with a maximum of 93, and a minimumn of 46 degrees, both reported from theI northwestern portion of the State. The rainfall ranged in amount from one-fourth of an inch to nearly thr. e inches. The least ainount fell in the extreme north western counties, and the heaviest occurred over the central counties. Although the nights continue too cool for rapid growth, and crops are hack-I ward over the western prtions, the weather conditions were favorable and caused imnprovement in the cindlition of all crops. The raius were b.eneticial, and brought up late all planted seeds, and put bottom lands into condition to be plowed and planted, except in some western counties, where more rain is needed. Corn looks well and has good stands except where worms have damaged it on bottom lands. While planting is far from finished,.some corn is receiving its second cultivation. Cotten is practically all planted. It is making slow growth, but either has or is coming up to full stand, which are, however, somewhat irr gnltr in size. Cultivation and chopping is gen eral. Some fields are grassy, and grass hoppers are destraying cotton in one county. Sea island has a good stand and is thriving. Rust continues on wheat to the detri ment of the crop. The recent rains have improved both wheat and oats the lat ter being now particularly fine o rer large areas. Oats will soon be ready to harvest in the southeastern counties. Tobacco has fairly good stands, and the ground is in condition for replant ing. The plants are small but vigorous. Rice improved with the warmer nights. Planting continues where pre iously hindered by freshets. THE NEW CONiTITUTION Of the Democratic Party of South Carolina Recently Adopted. The following is the text of the new party constitution adop+ed at the State convention Wednesday: Article 1. There shall be one or more Democratic clubs organized in each township or ward, each of which clubs shall have a distinct title "The Democratic club," and shall elect a president and one or more vice presi dents. a recording and a corresponding secretary and a treasurer, and shall have the following working commit tees. of not less than three members each. viz : A committee on registra tion, an executive committee of such other committees as to each may seem expedient. Article I. The meetings of the club shall be frequent after the opening of the canvass, and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an ad dress at each ne eting, if practicable. The club shall meet on the fourth Sat urday in April and the county conven tion on the first Monday in May, re spectively, of each election year: Pro vided, That the county executive com mittee may name any other day with in the same week for such club meet ing by giving at least two weeks' no tice by advertisement in county pa pers: And provided, further, That in case any existing club shall fail to re organize on the day fixed for reor ganization, the county executive eom mittee may fix a day for such club to meet for reorganization by giving two weeks' notice as provided in this ar ticle Each county shall be entitled to double the number of delegates in the State convention as it has members in the general assembly. Article IlL The president or five members shall have power to call an extra meeting of the club, and at such meeting one-fourth of the members .hall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business A:t'cle IV. The clubs in eachcounty shall be held together and operate un der the control of a county executive committee, which shall consist of one member frm each club, to be elected by the respeetive clubs. The executive committee. when elected, shall appoint its own officers (except the chairman, who shall be elected by the county con ventiora). who shall not necessarily be . .ers of said committee, but a va 42%y in the membership of the com 'tmittee shall be filled by the club. zhrough the loss of whose member by dr ath, resignation or otherwise the va cancy occurs: Provided, That in case the office of chairman of the county executive committee shall become va cant by resignation, death or otherwise, the committee shall have power to till the vacancy by electing a chairman to oerve until the organization of the next ogular county convention: And pro vided, further, That any officer so elected who is not a member of the committee shall not be entitled to a vote on any question except the chair man, and then only in case of a tie vote. The tenure of office of the ex ecutive committee shall be until the first Monday in May of each election year, at which time the county con vention shall be called together to re organize the party. Every presidential election year county conventions shall be called by the county executive com mittee to meet on the first Monday in M1ay, which shall elect delegates to a State convention called for the pur pose of electing delegates to the nation al Democratic convention and to elect a member of the national Democratic executive committee from this State. The State convention shall be called by the State executive committee to meet every presidential election year on the third Wednesday in May, and every State election year, county and State conventions shall meet on the first Monday in May and the third Wednesdav in May respectively. Article V. County Democratic con ventions shall be composed of delegates elected by the several local clubs, one delesrate for every 25 members, and one delegate for a majority fraction there of, with the right to each county con vention to enlarge or diminish the rep resentation according to circumstances. The county conventions shall be called together by the chairmen of the re spective clecutive committees under such rule, not inconsistent with the constitution nor with the rules adopted by the State Democratic executive committee, as each county may adopt. and when assembled shall be calkd to order by the chairman of the executive committee, and the convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary andl a trea-urer. Any county conn~ ntioon may piermit or recognize the formation of a new club er clubs by a majority of its members In all cities with a popn lation o'f 5.000 and over there may b3 two clubs in each ward; they shall be organized in obedience to this constitu tt)fn, as are the clubs elsewhere in this w.t' and in organizing said clubs they sulI1 have representation in the county convfn'ii r..pectively as said conven tiotns sikI d :tr' in accordance with the provisions of this constitution. Article VI. For the purpose of nom inating candidates for gove rnor, lieu tenant g..vernor and all other State of tiers, including solicit'ors in the respec ive circuits and congressmen in their respective districts, and Unedi States senators and all county offietrs, exceptL magistrates and masters and suptrvis os of registration, a direct primary election shall be neld1 on the last Tues day in August of eaeh election year, and a second and third primary each suc essive two weeks thereafter if neces sary: Provided. That the county exece tive committee of any county shall be at liberty to order a primary election for magistrates or masters. At this elections only Democratic white voters who have been re-idents of the State 12 months anid the county 6t0 days pre eding the next general eletion, and such negroes as voted the Democratic ticket in 1876, and as have voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. to be shown by the certificate of 10 white Democratic voters, who will pledge themselves to support the nom inees of such elections may vote: Pro vided, That ino peZaoIu shiall be allowed to vote excerpt his name be enrolled on te prticular club list at which he offers to vote at least five days before the first election. Each club shall have a separate polling place for primary elections. The club rolls of the party shall con stitute the registry list and shall be pen ta inspection by any member of the party, and the election under this clause shall be held and regulated under the act of the general assembly of this State, approved Dec. 22, 1888, and any subsequent acts of the legis lature of this State. The State execu tive committee shall meet on the Fri day after each primary, or such other time as may be designated by the chairman, to canvass the vote and de care the result as to all State officers tors. All contests fc7 all nomnationE at primary elections shall be heard i rat by the county executive committet of the c(unty in which such irregulari ice may have occurred, and may be re viewed by the State executive commit tee, whose action shall be final: Pro vided, That no vote shall be counted for any candidate who does not file with the chairman of the State execu tive committee, or with the respective chairmen of the county executive com mittees, a pledge in writing that be will abide the result of such primary and support the nominees thereof, and that he is not nor will he become the eandidate of any faction, either pri vately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Democratic nomina tion: Provided, further, That no candi date shall be declared nominated un less he receives a majority of the votes cast for the otice for which he is a cad didate: Provided. That the pledge of such candidate shall be filed on or be fore the day of the first campaign meet ing of the county or State respectively. Article VIL The offiers of the State convention shall be a president, vice president from each cougressional dis trict, two seeretaries and a trea,urer. Article VILl. Tne State execative committee shall be composed of' one member from each county, to be elect ed by the county conventions on the first Monday in May of each election year. When elected, said executive committee shall choose its own officers, not necessarily member. thereof, prior to said elections: Provided, That any officer so elected who is not a meuber of the committee shall not be entited to a vote on any question, except the chairman, and then only in caae of a tie vote. The State executive commit toe shall meet at the call of the chair man or any five me~ubers, and at such time and place as he- or they may ap point. The member of the national Democratic executive cornittee from South Carolina shall be e'ected by the May State convention in 1896, and every four years thereafter, and when el-ted shall be ex officio a member of the State executive committee. Va. cancies on said executive committee by deatn, resignation or otherwise, bhall be filhd by the respective county exec utive committees. The State executive committee is charged with the execu tion and direction of the policy of the party in this State, subject to this con stitution, the principles declared in the platform of principles and such instrue tion, by resolution or otherwise, as a State convention may from time to time adopt, not inconsistent with this constitution, and shall continue in of fiee for two years from the time of elec tion, or until their successors have been elected. The committee shall nominate presidential electors, ani if any vacancy occur in the State ticket of electors or of the national executive committee, by death resignation o. other cause, the committee shall have the power to fill the vacancy; all by a majority of the whole committee. Article IX. The vote in the respect ive counties for all of the State officers, congressmen and United States senator shall be transmitted by the chairman of the respective county executive com mittees to the chairman of the State executive committee as early as prac ticable after each primary, who shall proceed to canvass the vote and de clare the result. Article X. When the State conven tion assembles it shall be called to or der by the cbairman of the State execu tive committee. A temporary chair man shall be nominated and elected by the convention, and after its organiza tion the convention shall proceed im mediately to the election of permanent officers and to thte transaction of other business. When the business has con cluded it shall adjourn sine die. Article XI. Before the election in 1896, and each election thereafter, the State D~emoeratie executive com-nittee shall issue a caLl to all candidates for the dates of the meetings, and also in viting the candidates for congress, United States senate and for solicitors, in their respective districts and cir cuits, to be presernt and address the people. At such meetings only the candidates above set forth should be allowed to speak. Article XII. It shall be the duty of each county executive committee to ap point meetings in their respective coun ties to be addressed by the candidates for the general assembly and for the different county officers, all of whom except magistrates, masters and supeCr visors of registration shall be elected by primaries on the last Tuesday in August of each election year under the same rules and regulations hereinbef ore provided. Article XIII. .lach county delega tion to a State convention shall have power to fill any vacancy therein Article XIVT. This constitution may be amended or altered at the regular May convention of the State or at any convention called specifically for that purpose, the call for which shall spe cify the changes to be made. Article XV. Any county failing or refusing to organize under the provis ins of this constitution shall not have representation in the State Democratic convention. Gift to a College. By the terms of the will of Prof. Vincent L. Bradford, a di~itingui-hed jitrist who died in Philadelphia in 1884. leaving an estate worth over $20i0 000, one-half of the estate and ohier smaller legacies will now revert to the WVashington and Lee university of L~xington, R.,ckbridge county, Va , by re-a-on of the death of his widow, Juliet Bradtord. The latter died re cently at her home in Philadelphia, leaving an additional bequest of $3,000 to the university and through her de misc Prof. Bradford's bequest becomes operative. The will provides thtat this library shall go to the war department of Washington and Lee universitv to be known as the Vincent F. rad ford law library. An annuity of $4et) is left for the maintenance of his library. All of the oil paintings possesed by Prof. Bradford arc devised to the same insti tution, and an annuity of $5u00 is left for the miaintenance of the gallery, w hich is to te known as the Vincent F. Bradford collection. Fought About a Widow. Two well known farmers, John Hays and Charles Bergan, met at the resi dence of a widow residing at the foot of Missionary ridge, Tenn., to whom both have been paying attention, each without the knowledge of the other. A fight ensued and flays stabbad Bergan with a dirk, the wound being regarded as fatal. Hays fled and has not been arrested. A Hard Hit. A man was arrested in the house of representatives a few days ago and the charge preferred against him was that he was making a silly speech. This man happened to be in the gallery. If this law should chance to reach down stairs, we tremble for the result. There would be no prospect of getting a uornm .-Rnarianbr hnral~md. PUBC 80 0OL YUNDS. Apportionment of the Dispensary Profits Made to Each County. At last the dispensiry profits placed to the credit of the school fund in the State has been apportioned among the several counties. A few days ago The State published the statement showing the deficiency -required to make up the $3 per capita in each county and the amounts required from the profits to pay up those d< fiencies. Thursday the rest of the protits were apportioned ac cording to enrollment. The following table sho-v in the first column the amount that cach county gets and in the second the enroliment by counties upon which, under the !ax, the appor tionmtent i5 mahe: Amuount S c h iool to each enroll county. ment. Abbeville... . 2 19:3 61 7.879 Aiken ....2. ...2. 92 48 8'231 An derson... ......3 517 76 12 599 Biamberg .......... 956 6 3 4 6 35 B aufort ......... 1.918 56 6891 Barowell.......... 1.541) 75 5.531 Bcrkeley ......... 1.547 99 5,56) Charleiton....... 327S63 11.776 Cherokee.... .....1226.14 44114 Chester...... .....174372 2643 Che.,terfield ....... 1.o8S 6o 3,910o Clarendon. .......1 616 48 5 8t'6 (',dl, ton.... .. 1.394 31) 5 w 8 D riirgt on .... .. 1.927 47 6 923 D >rehester... . ... 746 15 2 6tS E itield..... .... 1671 89 6 1115 Fairtld.......... 1.797 10 6347 Florence.......... 163792 58S3 Geor.etown . 1176 o3 4 2-4 Greenville ........ 3 369 39 12.1(12 Greenwood........ 1.71504 6,161) Hampton......... 1 16767 4 194 Horry ...... ...... 152574 5.481 Ker.haw .......... 1.293.52 4646 Lkncaster......... 1,465 64 5 262 Laurecs........... 2.122.08 7622 L--xingtuon........ 1 664 19 5,977 2,!(19 56 7 577 Marlboro.... .....1,436 l17 5.158 Newberry ......... Z!7t 98 7.160 O:onee ... ...... 1,33-9 21 4 810 0 -ange burg.. . 3 52S 4 12 675 PickeDs ..........127741) 4568 Richland.......... 1,91661 6884 Saluda............ 1391 54 4998 Spirtanburg ....... 3 993 34 14 343 Sumter............ 265082 9.52L Uuion.......... 1 39186 5 Ol) Williamsburg ..... 1,773 79 6371 York......... . 2,69395 9,676 Totals ..........$75 137 63 269,875 FREE BLOOD CURE. An Offr Providing Faith to Sufferers Eating Sores, Tumors, Ulcers, are all curable by B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm.) which is made especially to cure all terrible Blood Diseases. Persistent Sores, Blood and Skin Blemishes, Scrofula, that resist other treatwents, are quickly cured by B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm). Skih Eruptions, Pin, ples, Red, Itching Eczema, Scales Blisters, Boils, Carbancles, Blotches Catarrn, Rheumatism, ete., are all due to bad blood, and hence easily cured by B. B. B. Blood Poison producing Eating Sores, Eruptions, Swollen glands, Sore Throat. etc., cured by B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm), in one to five months. B. B. B. does not con tain vegretable or mineral poison. One bottle will test it in an ease. For sale by druggists everywhere. Large bottles $1, six for five $5. Write for' free satwplebottle, which will be sent, prepaid to Times readers. describe simptoms and personal free medicaf' advice will be given. Address B.lood Balm Co.. Ar.dant-1, Ga. T wa Sheriffs Killed. A special fromt Thomp-on's Spilogrs. Utah, sa~s: "S.tu:'day at ricon. .ier~fl l'ayhor of Grand caiuty. and Sam Jeu kir s a cattle ownur. werem not and killed by outlaws of ihu~ Creek, fifty miles north of here. TrLo sto3ry of ktal ing as told by lie-rbrt Day, deputy s'aer iff, wlo was with them, is as follows: 'The three men uncipectedly came upon the camp of the ou:laws. Shcriff Taylor and Sam Jenkins dismounted and started to walk up to them. When a short diatance from them the sheriff spoke to them, saying: "iljejlo, boys." They had left their guns on their horses when they diamouuted, arnd as they turned to go to their herses they were shot in the back. Day at once started for assistance and came here where I e told his story and telegraphed Gov. Wells for assiatance. The dead officers were fearless men and the people are greatly excited over the killing.' Will "Fool" With Strange Women. James Lee, who claims a residence at 33 Emerald street, Boston, made prep arations for a vii to England. and in anticipation of his voyage drew out of the bank $850. This he put in a hand bag. With the hand bag still in his posses sion, he wandered about town, taking a last look at old and familiar objects. About 10:30, while standing at the cor ner of Washington street and Temple place, a demure young woman, whom he describes as 32 years old. aft. 4in. tail, light complexion, wearing dark clthes and weighing 225 pounds. passed along. She turned and looked at him and he returned the admirng glances. She stopped, and he advanced to meet her. Soon both repaired to a hostelry on Hayward place. Here he lavishly entertained his newly-made friend, af terward escorting her to a Brookline car. He then returned to his home, and while there something Impelled him to open his handbag. There was still money there, but It amounted to only $30. He rushed down to station 4, reported his loss, and the police are looking for the woman. Edna May's Divorce Suit. Edna May TItus, the actress, under the name of Edna May, who is suing Frederick Titus, the bicycle rider. forI an absolute divorce, obtained a comn mission from Justice Scott of the su preme court, New York, so that her ev idence may be taken in London. She married Titus in New York on April 14, 1896. She ~accuses Titus of intimacy with a chorus girl in "The Belle of New York," in which play the plaintiff took the part of the Salvation Lassie. Patrolman M. P. Brown of Boston dropped dead recently. He had been on the force 35 years. Jerusalem Is about to be cleansed both inside and out by a sanita ryj committee. Engineer and Fireman Kille d. The engine attached to the westbound mail train of the Lake Shore road went into a ditch at Westfield, N. Y., Thurs day, Engineer Reagau and Firemani William Leigh were killed. The train for some reason was taking the side track at Westfield when the accident occurred. The train carried carried no passengers. Reports froui every section of the county indicate that the young cotton has been considerable damaged by the col nig-hte of the past week. 47 BM OWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL SAKno Mown ., Co.. t4oEc. BIRD FLIGHT I The Stork as a Model for Aerial . Navigation. The latest flying machine Is the In vention of Herr Arthur Stenzel, of Enormous Investments in Uti Hamburg, Gerimany. Like many of his predecessors, especially Lilienthal, he has made a special study of the flight of birds to guide him in his construc tion work. The grace and power of THE GIGANTIC FIGURES the stork especially appealed to him, and the resemblance which his ma chine bears to that bird is easily noted. Capitalization of $3,000,000,000 Based One of the chief problems In aerial on the Use of Their Po'r-Sorn navigation has been that of alighting gently and at will. and this he has Will Get Rich and Others Be Ruin learned from the stork as it hovers ed-The Railways Are in the Lead. over his nest. It rises and moves for ward by the action of the huge elastic In the twenty-four years which have wings, which imitate faithfully the ac- elapsed since the moder development tioi; of a lying bird, of electricity Investment in It has bee swollen to the almost fabulous sum ov $3,000,000,000 In this country, by the capitalization of four or five branched of electrical industries alone. Thern are various other brancheS whoe stocks, bonds, and obligations reach total of at least $250,000,000 moe. i this list is not included the manufac. /tore and operation of the automobile, elcthe youngest application of electrict Sl i These figures, telling the story of a growth unparalleled in history, from f financial standpoint, are given in a pamphlet written by T. Comerford Martin for private circulation. mW is even more astonishing is that the th eegate earnings of the various d spartments of the industry are suffcient 1r-~ ' ~ to pay dividends or Interest of from 4 d to 5 per cent, and even more, on th whole mass of securities. LATEST FLYIICG MACEINL Mr. Martin is editor of a semi-tech. These wings are made of hollow ribs nical electrical paper. He draws most of steel covered with very fine linen, of his material from official reports. renderem air-tight by a bath in liquid and In the instances where these rubber. They spread nineteen feet on not available makes estimates. earh side and are five feet broad. In point t capitalization, electric t he motive power or force that wade- railways are by far the most import. the win s up and down and forward ant branch of the Industry. Electri is a Small, but very Powerful. motor railways are the growth of ten year. driven by compressed, carbonic acid. That it to say, in 18 the electric mile he machine is steered by the tail, age In the United States was insignifi which consists of two interacting cant. In 1899 the proportion of street' blades which can be turned to right railway service which is not based on r left, up or down. electricity is so small that Mr. Marti The motor, which generates tree- dismisses it as unworthy of notice. horse power, weighis but eighf pounds. At the close of 1898 the capital 11a The carrying power of this machine is bilities of the street railways of the most remarkable, for If the wings flap country were $1,621,820,000, a gain of but seven times in fime minutes it w nearly $150,000,000 in a single year. bear a man weighin 150 pounds UP There were about 900 roads or systems Into the air. It is easily guided and de- Of these 220 earned $1,000,000 In 1M scends gently at the will of tfe oper- Estimates made by several authorities Qtor. working fr~rm different bases placed the Hitherto experiments have been con- gross earnings of the roads outside ot I ducted merely to show the corectess the 0 at $45,000.000, or $175,000,000 for of the principles employed, but the in- the whole number. If the net were es vent r is now engaged In constructing I timated at around 40 per cent. there a still more perfect and lighter machine was thus yielded a sum between 6, with aluminum frame covered with 000000 and $70,000,00, or sufficient te Asilk, by which he hopes to take longer Pay from 4 to per cent on the whole flights, remaining In the air as long as capitalization. he pleases and going In any direction, with or against the wind, Just ste ance. There are upwards of 2,400 cen stork does. tr-al station lighting companies operat. ed by corporations. They have a gross A Blessed Stamp. capitalization in stock of over $275,000,- - "It used to make me mad,"1 said a 000. 'WIth bonds, floating debt and le t e a othr obliations the investments Mr. pyeicl daisfiure bygazie alely ssrs tadntlesta sntop of atphe of erdial. "Whaten ,0000 right,"d use to n said, "haExcuese fe,- Teepat nld aaiyo madam, tobrit thei havergton ts pay ,0,00hrepoe neie n forly Iht mabout. thuhy a vst 2e0trclgt ndoe 000.0 n ithr, I pid. antgrty stte. cadsetlms'Ir sacptl had maineithe n e d aend hlate-ing neadgnrtosithsain on, wn y as upltwn tIme.'Ascasionan aloteapueacs.Tth osteptl Itue an lare deprtmcentre. caiaiainhoteqai-ulccm Ad ushey arud atheo counter, onda- isM.Mri ds$0,0,0o dicted looin at ance. m 'tat caugh sh ltdadeuiia lat.Tkn myi beahes la y'h maain't carlesld reingt$0ayereesiae onytoplf pit of therodicals hen nInrapfle,50!0"syiled e I wtssedkin tawa myel, stagema ide s 3,0,0,a h rcesfo tiowalke rt 'meadm sasd probabsy mef nanenolmsr-d$,0000a gotten.b youadded orgo tnnopaieigdeiedfomtelaeyfpoe for thout aain. Whyld fain t t rdivnuacieyo-ttlo itn he,'s rplied gretly statld. Of 6,5,0. h ot hrgdaant haduirwit mcou d ove beinoenc bydn hsh pae t6 ercn. evn then my an al heo btm. tAs woul $6000astentpoitftecn In ol te Iscandael tha at an'try-astioInuryorheeiven trbaly true andrest-ind somerk wole ~ prcnt ntefevleot woud bratlesy. hae was'ts olng muiiatlathehoeondb tiher hand! Iamn swod her pac ituppivtn-ner yelfigt of guithe toaffair pouled Icer-atroferinsteee tainsetha myself,' ad btihet hn ae azigehbt hr my chraerforead r.e hpol for- th e oe ,0 d net opne mgoten'zie adedanically. n hr n tecuty u h eladiscn one anduh I shyou faint.d thouatve ntcmais r ae it r wstned th abushemnt my tmind flr- con b i.MatnTels waokr!e g ol roveed The inocery rllanlreotgv 23,000a tehe ma a wfe depot ildren.a wa enmerooovestosxhne inolethe whcanda tof the linqry Into ,adtecsta ewe n dohat. Has anguesh-andsom pole cshAatensa esgeti woud melfrom hveterues. The te wudyed$4,4,k.Th elln wother' ea r pamnt wulde. a ctreatdisac evc atya mutdt tessm both guithe affrnI woudr-d 500.I h erig f h e them.os Whe my poitihome and blightpednco aiswch prtet pmnt charate foever.t esdealer."- raeofcagsaeplcda magainemechnicllyandteron ole $to00,he0 ormost abuelpone, aumno stap o th dale. W al sw i atat$3,00,000,000. nhi consi ry, les thn once an, o, I ishyoucoul hae ctepttalszationofu thr iv breaze2. witnsse th absemet othflor. 000000astr picabluses lovdnds, aher cameoutof hs mstahe. e tld e foriu others oforahes, hs me h hada wie ad chldre, a s rftscks, sbondsinogtito ns 5prent. a moherwhic I toktelierty totaon o aptalizasto of50,00,00,000or. or doub. Hs anuis was~i th thi doubl and morthncue thre manufah shedmaulintear an 'oedteldy ur. atn opesno the Iauetomntie wouln'tbearno alie.Itreted teeryn s plcaonr at ntleicts them oth ith corn.Isprned These $2igures00, telling tha tr of th them Whe I ent ome o g Werot Unnparanee in thiPstaly from peanus ofthe epot ewsdalfr" nmecial comanpis, ad thosen of th NewMarwn foy ivtemR e iy rlargen Wht hs itsvon eaoreat oicegi tlgaphe A Scalp ~Iaseaggresy te anears of 750 caiies ad A n~ oma In roolynh astownts ote eipdustry fre suflcien mad aplae or erelfasa s wlhtleass fscuiis massuse Sh gos fom atint o IMth Matnusaetrgba of a eiteh paten. o smetme ses evealpa-elcical Inustry papr. Ma rin st' a feat er on roms. he o. of The concersal fom ia represn tasp of he reamen isto rret treaene itaiain the $50,00,00.es een hears baldess.wheher f mn orwom nt vi aemks estimatedtacoers.egae Themsene' usiesshasso n- ant logr sanche thedr ltrn isso creaed hat or ne onts ofth ailways t reh e maufctrewth oeyao. yea sh Isoccpie mot o th da ofeletic misanin applianes avei mIle and pat ofhenihtae secntes agredgSating was00ns0gn0f0 Thewor ofn~'I~don chef Thrant. over1899 telropting se withthelvth-~ ' I~ ~ histadisisses ts noth cory withce. par oftherrcti~':l its weny m- AIvete cpita of $898000,000. ita. Ma cti~it~f orth ll.od rh- S~t~. ) iliitso hepr tnreeraly milons.h tha rh hir ayi~emcorse~ll~ep. cour ere nvest ,20,000 ectial gaenof shapoo te h,.ls i' pit~~t ~ lnearly 150000000in telephnes yad andin heeas o al s:' *'" l i Tanenres wereot 900 miseadsous sysems lotios, te prs~rit~On of ~u Of thanese 22llearned $10,000,000 for these pra('trEsioratpslmadces byd teveleautrolyties plan fr.m Mairnt maes thecedthe How Ho y grosspanaing of the elrca ous "She saysthe 220 at $45,000.000, orvtr$1$3,260,000,000 obliging. Tie vats thetowholeinumber. If thisfgrn cont taere eo thatis St b~orc ~i'~~~ ~themated developnt of percetomobiles it f t ~ ,"the~inl im ce-l juras thyeed a beem buitweend ar0, to epaaftm tond er cntuc n t. es thn 40,ole ghei'-Phl~l~~''' Puletin ____capital_____zation.__ Wil VEiterctr.Ic Olhtin as Ceek.nipot Gov.Mc~eeecy~ui-5aY adethe ne. Thr e irl rd of k 2Hl,40 cen bo ofth laie bengteahes i t ed byi atteprtins. To e drive agrossi Colmba c~l Mis eogieL.Nacaeitarzatio wi tck was oer $275,000, bank. WThe bondishv foat bebt, and Fothernoblogationserheoinvestmentt, Mr. teachiTggofedrawing innthedcommonpacitreof schoolsof Frane. Mr1,u00,e00 Gainse-power Ga. De.ne 8, nd9 Matiso. ~m1iSiO~ t ivesigte iate Awh etwich areigconnected tbe opornite of omanfor2ig 5,0bee ared ightsai anddove am00,0 per eductionin rat e. feycandesietas itr is all adpil denglnyo aim feeor i Youe tuly, A kingdomaor otcure.AurenaC. Do he Younee nt py s m h.Psolate ad musnit plnts.myselfg A tent-fie cni~botle f L L. anK Itsdingeae oo2275,00-s ye d byT eu Wll dive al illsawayr druvig oCma ier, S. 0a toald of See6,500.000dasrthetnetverofits ofdthe cen