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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
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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.
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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