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STORMl ON GALIE.; Lessons From a Memorablie Inci dent in the Saviou's Life. DR. TALMAGE DESCRIBES The Rcugh Places in Human Ex perience and indicates the Best Means Cf Getting Over Them. Dr. Talhage, who is now in Europe preaching to uimmense congregtio n a the great cities, sends this Ierm' in which I e describes the rough places c life and indicates the btt ne::s ol getting over them and shows how-S people fail to underztzand thir blessings; text, Mark iv- :ie arose and rebuked the unto the sea, l'eee, stil. Here in Cap~ernauW. the seashore vil lage, was the temporary home of that Christ who for the most of his life was homeless. On the site of this village, now in ruins, and all around this lake what scenes of kindness and power and glory and pathos when our Lord lived here! I can understaad the feeling of the immortal Scotehitn, Robert M, Cheyne, when, sitting on the banks of this lake, he wrote: It is not that the wild gazeile Comes down to drink thy tide, But he that was pierced to save from hell Oft wandered by thy side. Graceful around thee the mountains meet, Thou calm, reposing sea. But, ah, far more the beautiful feet Of Jesus walked o'er thee. I can easily understand from the con tour of the country that bounds this lake that storms were easily tempted to make these waters their playground. This lake, in Christ's time, lav in a scene of great luxuriance; the surround ing hills, terraced, sloped. groved; so many hanging gardens of beauty. On the shore were castles, armed towers, Roman baths, everything attractiye and beaLildi-al' -L)es of vegetation in smaller space than in almost any other space in the world, from the palm tree .of the forest to the trees of rigorous climate. It seemed as if the Lord had launched one wave of beauty on all the scene and it hung and swung from rock and hill and oleander. Roman gentle men in pleasure boats sailing this late and countrymen in fishing smacks com ing down to drop therir nets pass each other with nod and shoat and laughter or swinging idly at their moorings. Oh, what a beautiful scene! It seems as if we shall have a quiet night. Not a leaf quivered in the air, noz a ripple disturbed the face of Gen nesaret. But there seems to be a lit tle excitement up the beach, and we hasten to see what it is, and we find it an embarkation. From the western shore a nlotilla pushing out: not a squadron of deadiy armament, nor clip per with valuabic merchandise, nor pi::tic vessels ready to destroy every thing they could seize, but a flotilla. messengers of light and life and peace. Christ is in the stern of the boat. His disciples are in the bow and amidships. Jesus, weary with much speaking to large multitudes, is put into somnolence by the rocking of the waves. If there was any motion at all, the ship was easily righted; if the wind passcd from starboard to larbeard, or from larboard to starboard, the boat would rock and, by the gentleness of the motion, put ting the Master asleecy And they ex temporized a pillow made out of a fisher - man's coat. I think no soorner is Christ prostrate and his head touched the pillow than he is sound asicep. The breezes of the lake run their fin gers through the leeks of the worn sleeper, and the boat rises and falls like a sleeping child on the bosom of a sep ing mother. Calm night, starry night, beautiful night! Rush up all the sails, ply all the oars, and let the large boat and the small bea? glide over gentle Gen nesaret. But the sai ors say there is going to be a change f weather. And even the pasaengere 'n hear the me.an ing of the storm as it co~mes on with great stride and ani un~ :m-r of hurri cane and darkness. The 1arge b:'. trembles like a deer at bay aumit clangor of the hounds; great patches ai foam are flung into the air; the sails of the vessel loosen and in the strong wind crack like pistols; the smaller boats, like petrels, poise on the cliffs of the waves and then plunge. Overboard go cargo, tackling and masts, atnd the drenched disciples rush into the back part of the boat and lay hold of Christ and say unto him, "Master, carest thou not that we perish?'' That great personage lifts his head from the pillow of the fisherman's coat; walks to the front of the vessel and looks out into the storm. All around him are the smaller boats, driven in the tempest and through it comes the cry of drowning men. By the flash of the light ning I see the calm brow of Christ as the spray dropped from his beard. He has one word for the sky and another for the waves. Looking upward, hie cries, "Peace!" Looking downward, he says, "Be still!" The waves fail flat on their faces, the foam melts, the ex tinguished stars relight their torches. The tempest falls dead, and Christ stands with his foot on the neck of the storm. And while the sailors are bail ing out the boats and while they are trying to untangle the cordage the dis ciples stand in amazement, now look ing into the calm sea, then into the calm sky, then into the calm Saviour's coun tenance, and they cry out, "~What man ner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?" The subject, in the first place, im presses me with the fact that it is very important to have Christ in the ship; for all those boats would have gone to the bottom of Gennesaret if Christ had not been present. Oh, what a lesson for you and for me to learn: What ever voyage we undertake, into what ever enterprise we start, let us always have Christ in the ship. All you can do with utmost tension of body, mind and soul you are bound to do; but, oh, have Christ in every enterprise! But my subject also impresses me with the fact that when people start to follow Christ they must not expect smooth sailing. These disciples got into the small boats, and [ have no do'ubt they said: ''What 3 be:autiful day this is! How delightful is sailing in this boat! And as for the waves un der the keel of the 'c'e, why, they only make the motion of our little boat the more delightful." But when the winds swept down and the sea was tossed into wrath, then they found that fol lowing Christ was not smooth sailing. So you have found it; so I have found Did you ever notice the end of theI life of the a3pestles of Jesus Chrit? You won'. say if ever men ought to have had a smooth life, a smoott de parture, then those men, the disciples of .iesus Christ, ought to have had such a departure and such a life. St. James lost his head. St. Philip was hung to death on a pillar. St. Matthew had his life dashed out with a halbert. St. Mark was dragzed to death through the streets. Si. James the Less was beat en to death with a fuller's club. St. Thom.as was struck through with a st'ear. They did' not tind foll Christ smooth sailing. Oh. how they were all tossed in the teujrest' John Hluss in a ire; lugh 'le'ail in the hour of mart:rd: the Albigcnse. the XVOldeuses. the h (oveianters -idi th~ vind it sroth saiivg? Bit w w hir . we can draw remory iiusitations of 1 m'an xu a store trying to SN: (01. while his cmploer scofs at l-.-t; anity;the young men in the same tor , antagonistic to the Christian re lgiou, teasing him, tormenting him about his religion, tring to get him mad. They succeed in getting him mad and say, "You're a pretty Chris tian'" Does that young man find it smooth -ailing when he tries to follow Christ? Or you remember a Christian girl. Her fathcr despises the Chris tian religion: her mother despises the Chri.tian religion: her brothers and sisters s;eff at the Christian religion; she can hardly find a quiet 1lace in whieh to say her prayers. Did she find it suoo:h sailing when she tr:ed to fol :ow Jesus Christ? Oh, no! All who would live the life of the Christian re ligion must suffer persecutio)n. If you do not find it in one way, you wil get it in another way. But be not dis heartened! Take courage. You are in a glorious companionship. God will see you through all trials, and he will deliver you. 11y subject also impresses ine wAh the fact that good ecoplc sometimes get frightened. In the tones of these disciples as they rushed into the back part of the boat I find they are fright ened almost to death. They say, "Master, carest thon not that we per ish?" They had no reason to be frigh tened, for Christ was in the boat. I suppose if we had bten there we would have been just as much affrighted. Perhaps more. In all ages very good people get very much aifrighted. It is often so in our day, and men say: "Why, look at the bad lectures. Look at the various errors going over the church of God. We are going to foun der. The church is going to perish. She is going down." Oh, how many good people are affrighted by iniquity in our day and think the church of Jesus Christ is going to be overthrown and are just as much aff righted as were the disciples of my text! Don't worry, don't fret, as though iniquity were go ing to triumph over righteousness. A lion goes into a cavern to sleep. He lies down with his shaggy mane cover ing the paws. Meanwhile the spiders spin a- web across the mouth of the cavern and say, "We have captured him." Gossamer thread after gossa mer thread until the whole front of the cavern is covered with the spider's web, and the spiders say, "The lion is done; the lion is fast." After awhile the lion h~as got through sleeping. Ile rouses himself, he shakes his mane, he walks out into the sunlight. Ie does not even know the spider's web is spun, and with his roar he shahes the mountain. So men come spinning their sophistries and skepticism about Jesus Christ. i-fe seems to be sleeping. They say; "We have captured the Lord. He will never come forth again upon the na tion. Christ is overcome forever. His religion will never make any conquest among men." But after awhile the Lion of the tribe of Judah will rouse himself and come forth to shake might i!y the nations. What's a spider's web to the aroused lion? Give truth and error a fair grapple, a.:d truth will come off victor. But there are a great many good people who get affrighted in other re spects. They are affrighted about re vivals. They sm: "Oh, this is a strong reiesets gale! We are afraid the church df God is going to be upset and there are going to be a great many people brought into the church that are going to be of no use to it." And they are aifrighted whenever they see a revival taking hold of the churches. As though a ship captain, with 5,000 bushels of wheat for a cargo, should my some day, coming upon deck, ~Throw overboard all the cargo!" and the sailors should say: "Why captain what do you mean? Throw over all the cargo?" "Oh," says the captain, "we have a peck of chaff that has got i:to this 5,000 bushels of wheat, a~od the only way to get rid of the chaff is to throw all the wheat overboard!" Now, that is a great deal wiser than the talk of many Christians who want to throw overboard all the thousands and tens of thousands of souls who aie the subjects of reviv-als. Throw all overboard because h r' are brought in to thc king-doin of God through great revivals, tbecause there is a peek of chaff, a quart of chaff, a pint of chaff! I say, let tr'mn st my until the last day. Te Lord wzli ci-,ide the chaff from the whe at. Again, my subject impressed me with the fact that Jesus was God and man in the same being. Here he is in the back part of the boat. Oh, how tired he looks! What sad dreams he must have! Look at his eountenance, he must be thinking of the cross to came. Look at him; he is a man bone of our bone, flesh of our flesh. Tired, he falls asleep; he is a man. But then I find Christ at the prow of the boat; I hear him say, "Peace, be still," and I see the storm kneeling at his feet and the tempests folding their wings in his presence; he is a God. If I have sorrow and trouble and want sympathy, I go and kneel down at the back part of the boat and say: "0 Christ, weary One of Gennesaret, sym -pathize with all my sorrow! Man of Nazareth! Man of the Cross!" A Man, a ManI But if I want to conquer my spiritual foes, if I want to get the victory over sin, death and hell, I come to the front of the boat, and I say, "0 Lord Jesus Christ, thou who didst hush the tempest, hush all my temptation, hush all my sin." I learn once more from this subject that Christ can hush a tempest. It did seem as if everything must go to ruin. The disciples had given up the idea of managing the ship: the crew were entirely demoralized; yet Christ rises, and the storm crouches at his feet. Oh, yes, Christ can hush the tempest! You have had trouble. P~er haps it was the little child taken away from you-the sweetest child of the household, the one who asked the most curious questions and stood around you with the greatest fondness, and the spade cut down through your bleeding heart. Perhaps it was an only son. and your heart has ever since been like a desolated castle; the owls of the night hooting among the fallen arches and the crumbling stairways, Or all your property ssept away, you said: many governtuent securiie: I hL-d so many houses; I had so many farms all gone, all gone." Why, sir, all the storms that ever trampled with their thunders, all the shipwrecks have not been worse than this to you. Yet you have not been cowpletely overthrown. Why? Christ says: "i havc that little one in ny keeping. I can care for him as well as you can, hctter than you can, ( bereaved mother!" Hushing the temp-t. When your property went away. God said, "There are rreasurcs in heaven in barks that never break. Jesus bushing the tempest. There is one storm into which we will all have to run. The moment when we let go of this world and try to take hold of the next, we will want all the grace possible. Yonder L see a Christian soul rocking on the surges of death. All the powers of darkness seem let out against that soul--he skiriing wive. the tiunder of tie sky, the shriek of the wind, all seeu to unite togetlcr. Bat that soul is not troubled. There is no !ighing, there are no tears; plenty of tears in the room at the departure, but he weeps no tears-ealm. satisfied and peaceful; all is well. By the flsh of the storm you see the harbor just ahead, ani you are makiez for that harbor. All shall be well, Jesus being our pilot. Into the harbor of heaven rov we glide; We re hoiie at last, h'ome at last. Softly we drift on the bright, silv'ry tide; We're home at !ast. Glory to G.d. all our dangers are o er; We stand sceure on the gloridied shore! Glory to G od, we will shout everaore, We're home at last. THE C&NDIDATES The Names of Those Who Have Filed Their Pledges. Col. Jones furnishes the following list to date of candidates who have iled their pledges and paid their assess ments: STATE. For Governor-M. B. McSweeney, J. A. Hoyt, F. B. Gary, A. H. Patterson. For Lieutenant Governor-Jno. T. Sloan, C. L. Winkler, C. L. Blease, J. H. Tillman. For Attorney General -G. D. Bellin ger, Jas. H. Moore. For Secretary of State-M. R. Cooper. For State Treasurer-W. H. Tinmer man, R. H. Jennings. For Comptroller General-J. P. Der ham, N. V. Brooker. For Superintendent of Eiucation J. J. McMaban, Ellison Capers, Jr. For Adjutant and Inspector General -J. W. Floyd, George Douglas Rouse. For Railroad Commissioner-W. D. Evans, J. G. Etheridge, J. H. Wharton, Thomas N. Berry, W. D. Mayfield, B. B. Evans, J. G. Pettigrew. For United States Senator-B. R. Tillman, A. C, Jones. CONGRESSIONAL. First District-Win. Elliott. Second-W J Talbert. Third-A C Latimer, E E Verner, C T Wyche. Fourth--Jos. Johnson, Staryarne Wilson. Fifth-P E Finley, T J Strait. Sixth-Jas. Norton. RI B Scarbor ough, J E Eilerbe. Seventh -J Win. Stokes. -.UICcIAL. Fhr Seli.aitor, F:rst. Distriet-B 11 Matthews, W H1 Thomas. P T IHilde brand. Second-J) E Davis. C C Sinuins. Third-Jn-> S Wilson. Fourth-J M Johnson. Fifth-- Wtn. Thurmond. Sixth-J K H enry, Thos. F Me Diw, WV C Hough. Seventh-Thos. S Sease. E'cghth-Ji E Bogs. J A Mooney. Furnman Graduates. The commencement exercises of Fur man U'niversity at Greenville took place Wednesday niett in the new alumni hal. IDc. D). M. Ramsey, p'resident of the trustees, made the speech of wel come, after which the Orations were delivered. The graduating speak ers and their subjects were as follows: "National perpetuity"-Wiliami Cox A lien. "Unremembered Worth"-John El gar Nunnery. "Echoes of Life"'-Samnuel Alexan der Agnew. "The Decline of Spain"-George Monroe Hlowerton. "A Vision of the Future"-Hlenry Mlten Fallow. "Out of the Ashes"-George Smith Bryan. Diplomas were delivered by the pres ident to the following graduateb: Bachelors of Arts-Samuel Alexan der Agnew, Saluda; William Cox Allen, Free S:ate; D.'catur Lee Bramlett, Simpsonville; G orge Smith Bryan, Greenville; Robert Albertus Dobson, Yorkville; Henry Melton Fallow, Gas ton; George Monroe Hlowerton, Green ville; Charles McKay Mc~ee, Green ville; John Edgar Nunnery. WV~ li. s Mill; Robert stonewall Rogers, G ade ; Richard Furman Watson, Ridge Springs. Bachelors of Science-James Daniel Coker, Hartsville; George Albert Tfray lr, McCormick. Bachelors of Literature-Louis Mil ledge Bonham, Jr., Anderson; Lorenzo Starr Brown, Jr., Washington, D. C.; Abiah Whitmire Bussey, Peilzer; Jesse Eulie Crim, Johnston; William Lwndes Daniel, Daniel; Jacob Aquilla Hunter, Bamberg; Barham Foster Kien nedy, Jonesville; Eiward Allison Mc Dowell, Monticello; William LeRoy Newby, Bellevue, William Fletcher Scott, Mitford; John Farman rhomna son, Greenwood: William Carl Whar ton, Waterloo. 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Address Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. A kingdom for a cure. You need not pay so much. A twentyfive cent bottle of L. L. & K. Will drive all ills away. STATE CAMPAIGN. [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.] more right to do this than the treasurer of this county has to take money from his office to pay for his paper. Here is the list and form of voucher. Not only does he pay fvr all the other papers in the State out of your money, but he paid for his secretary's paper. Governor MeSweeney: "This s3s tent of taking papers was started by GovernorJohnson Hagood and has been iu vogue ever since, and it would do you good to read these papers." Mr. Mitchell: "Why censure him alone?" Mr. Patterson: "Two wrongs do not make a right. is it customary to buy photographs cut of the enntingent fund. Here i- an item of $20 for piceturcs front Reckiing" Governor MeSweeney. "That was a picture of all the Governors." H:! said Governor McSweeney should hiiself pay for such pictures. Mr Patterson said he was not de peniing on any newspapers ir politici ans to support him, but he counted on the voters. He coneiuded by saying he favored enforcing the dispensary law in every part of the State. There was much applause and Mr. Patterson's jab's at Col. Hoyt, and particularly at G v(rarr MeSwieeney, seemed to ex cite applause. either of concurrence or for the liveliness he affected. A!ter the lively fusillade of Mr. Pat terson the cool, yet incisive, speech of MR. FRANK B. GARY was not so fiery by contrast. It took welL le said in substance: lie had not come to indulge in per sonalities or mud-.-linging. If any have eyme to see umud-slinging so far as he was concerned they would be dis appointed. le did not come of his own motion, but he was urged to make the race f'or the good of the State. They have urged him to make the race be cause they knew he would not see the dispensary law wrecked by lax enforce ment. He favored enforcing the law, but did not believe in forcing it down the throats of unwilling counties. The dispensary is a local matter. It is lo cal in its good, local in its evil and lo cal in its enforcement. He then went on to explain the opera tions of the law and distribution *of the profits. If a county does not want a dis pensary then there was no use to force it sa each county now gets its own profits. It i- Jeffersonian Democracy to favor ..unty decision. Col. Hoyt advocates .nondescript system. He wants the 'lispensaries run and the constables lone away with. Under Col. Hoyt's plan the blind tigers will sell the liq aor used for beverages and the dis pensaries will sell liquor fo. medicinal and scientific purposes. Now Col. Hoyt is willing to join hands with anyone to get the dispen -ary out of the way. Then what need Iu expect oLher than open tigers? Mr. Gary read the same editorial romn the State that had been read by dr. Patterson. Mr Gary said Col Hoyt had a son on the State and it very likely koew his views. .He wanted to know if Col Hoyt repudiated this editorial in the State, and read this: "We have already said enough to indicate that as between Col James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, and the other candidates for Governor now in the tield, the State favors the. election of Cccl Hot-Col Ho~yt is a Prohibi tionist., but not a fanatical one. He will pupport his cause as long as there is hope for it: but if in the Legislature a coalition should be necessary to the overthrow of the dispensary system there is no reason to suspect that he would be less willing to recognize the requirements of the situation than was last winter when lie favored concessions by his side. 'There is nothing in his candidacy to make useless the running of local option candidates for the Legis lature or such combinations between Prohibitionists and local optionists as may be necessary to overcome the dis pensary majority in the present General Assmbly."-Thie State, May 28, 1900. Col Hoyt emphatically said he spoke for himself and Mr Gonzales did not speak for him as he was here to speak for himself and always did his o~vn speak ing and writing and not by proxy. Mr Gary asked Col Hoyt whether lie repudiated the views. Col Hoyt said he spoke for himself. Mr Gary said the dispensary law suited his people and all who wanted system ought to have it, as those who favored prohibition or a license system under constitutional restrictions ought to have what they wanted for their countics. There are two candidates, he said, who will enforce the law better than at present. lie would try to get all the votes he could, but he would allo e rio law to go unenforced to get a lot of votes. He would enforce the law in Charleston and elsewhere. It is a r ng. What is he doing? Reducing the con stabulary force, and then comes and prates about reducing expenses. Voice: "Who is the other man who .3r 'ry: "I believe Mr. Patterson wii txriorce the law." Hiurrabs. Mr Guty tb'n went on to say Col 11o3 wats an of the dispensaries kept open, but let the "tigers" sell the drinks, lie was a friend of the dis pensary law and favored its enforce ment. He then said he had to hurry along and favored more liberal support of the Confederate Veterans. lie pie tured beautifully the trials of ihe~ old soldiers and why the State ough; to take better care of them. Some say there ought to be a second term for endor-cment. There is not a single record where a Lieutenant Gov ernor has taken the place of a Governor and then succeedc d himself. 'This is the time which precedent marks for a change. Hie cited how Simpson and Jeter and Sheppard did not succeed thmselves. lie has to get some stronger claim than that he is entitled to endorsement. lie asked no favors because of his kinship to others. All he asked was to he measured by the same yard stick as others. When his father and fiye brothers went to war there was no one who objected to the seventh brother going. The seventh went and yielded up his youog life. AEi he wanted was fair atnd hon ;t trea' - ment. He was n'Ping the race on his own nerirs anid wanted to be judged as a mn oi 434 lie spoke and acted for himself and had always done so and would continue so to do. Hie was given hearty applause. Messrs. C L Winkler, Jno. T Sloan. C L Blease and J H Tillmnan, for Lieu tenant-Governor were then introduced in the order named and addressed the audience. Messrs. Jas. 11 Moore and G D) Bellinger, for Attorney-General, next spoke. Mr More said the enforce ment of the dispensary law is a lamen table failure in large cities, hypocrites citizens. lie had endeavored to do his duty in Charleston and had issued tt0t warrants for violation of the dispensary istrate had issued but four. But how could they enforce the dispensary law when members of the board of direc tors patroniz2 blind tigers in Charles ton. There were cries "Who, who?" Mr Moore replied, "Hub Evana? Ile was treed in a blind tiger with two quarts of champagne, a quart of liquor and other wines. Mr Evans in the presence of Mr. Moore subsequently issued the follow ing deial: Who ever says or allcgt's that I wal ler or lay with blind tigers or orders champaien to Charleston is a Dam Liar. ~ H H Evans. Witnesses: Ellison Capers, Jr.. T .1 .'lcLaurin. Mr Bellinger, the incumbent declined t, spk "in view of his practical lack of oppoIition. Ile was a favorite. Mr Cooper also yielded to the speak ers. Dr Timmerman male an earnest ap peal for reelection to the office of State treasurer. Capt. it II Jenningi of Fair field brifl; announced his candidacy fur that jib. Dr. Timmerman's home liness was thc cause of much merri ment. Mr Derham and his opponent, Mr. Brooker bad a spirited tilt over issues in the race for comptroller genera. Col. . W Fioyd had the crowd with him in his appeal for reelection as adj u tant general. His opponent, Mr George Douglass ouse, made a nice little speech. Then followed a coloquy between Messrs. MeMahan and Capers in which neither won. Mr McMahan with evi dent earnestness avowed his allegiance to common school education and to State colleges. Mr. Capers taxed him with overstepping his rights as State superintendent of education. The several candidates for railroad commissioner presented themselves. Maj. B B Evans, the last speaker, won some applause by his attack on the present commission and upon w ) Evans, who is up for reelection. Mr A C Jones, candidate for United Senator, then addressed the crowd. Then came Senator Tillman, the man for whom the crowd had been waiting for hours, and he was received with the old-time enthusiasm. Senator Tillnan's speech will be found on the last column of the first page. WEATHER AND CROPS. Weekly Bulletin Issued by Section Director Bauer. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops of the State issued last week by Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the United States weather bureau's weather and crop service: Favorable temperature prevailed dur ing the week ending S a. m., June 11th. The average for the week was about normal, with no unusually high or low temperatures. There was rain over the whole State, heaviest in Ooonee and Pickens coun ties, with a maximum fall of 5 69 incbes at Walhalla. Seattercd locali ties, in other portions of the State, had from three to over four inches. 'Wash ing rains occurred throughtut the Sa Ivannah valley, also in Colieton and Chesterfield counties. The rainfall was gener.d.ly sutlicient and beneficiial, but more rain is needed in the Waterte river basin. The rains interfered with farm ;ork over the northwestern coun ties, where acIds are becoming grassy. There are few complaints of grassy fields in other sections. Uail fell in Barnwell county, doing slight damage. The week's weather was favorable on all crops, arnd a marked improvement is noted over thc entire State. There was a lack of sunshine during the week. Corn continues small, but is healthy and is growing fast: so-ne has been laid by. Worms are less troublesme, and better bottom la;:d stands have becn secured. Cotton is now doing well. It is un dersiz:d for the season, and some is not up, and in the northwestern coun ties chopping to stands is not finished, where the crop also needs cul~ivation. Some sections report the prevalence of lice. The'crop now needs sunshine and hot weather. It is fruitiog well in the southeastcrn counties. Wheat harvest is nearly finished, ex eept in the northwest portion, where it has just begun. The indications are for the best yield in years. Oats har vest weli under way. The conditions are variable, and the crop rather below the average. Tobacco worms continue troublesome, other~vise this crop is doing well, but shows the effects of the previous cool, dry weather. Rice planting is finished, except in the Georgetown districts, where rain and high tides delayed the work. Mel ons are very promising. Peaches, plums, and apples are ripening, the lat ter are very scarce. Minor field crops and gardens are doing nicely. The whole crop outlook is very promising. Belle Boyd Dead. BI -le Boyd, famous as a Confederate spy, cied suddenly at Kiillbouine, Wis., Wedues-day-. With the passing of Belle Boyd there goes another of those pcturegu'e figures which were a result of the diaruption of the Union and the taking up of arms by brother against brother. In the fifty-seven years of her life there had come more adventure, more excitement, more romance, more danger than a score of lives possibly, of other ae oe of modern times. When "&~Sonewall" Jackson was cam paigning in the Virginia Valley with his "'Stonewall" Brigade, Belle Boyd was one of his most useful spies. She was a standing menace to the integri ty of the Federal army; her tact and skill did possibly as much to aid Jack son as that of any other spy in the ser vice; she passed in and out of lines with apparent ease and a dare devil recklessness and coolness carried her through many places where another would have failed. A Horrible Death. A special from El Paso Texas, says: A iiii man who reached here from the state of Jinaloa, Mex., Wednesday tells the story in detail of horrible punishment recently inflicted on a pros pector named Wilson by Mayo Indians. Wilson freqaently visited the villages snd finally won the affections of a hand anme young girl. Instead of marrying the girl, according to the rites of her tribe, he is said to have decoyed her to his camp in the mountains and kept her there against her will. He was over t ':en and carried back. As a punish ne nt for his crime it was ordered that he be put to death by a method com mon with the Mayos. I' he prospector was stripped of his clothing and bound across an ant hill infested by large red ants. After many hours of horribile suffering the inrects slowly gnawed away his flesh Wilson expired. Wil son reputed to be a fugitive from jns NOTABLE CONVERTS To The Demccratic Party and Its Candidate. THE COUNTRY IN DANGER. Rich Men Who Think Hannaism and McKinleyism Threatens all Things Americar, Rich and Poor. Recently in the Atlanta fournal, Alfred Henry Lewis, 7riting from New York, stated that James R Keene. the King of Wall Street, would this fall vote for Bryan. Mr. Lewis says: The present Republican trend-this march of McKinleyitm, threatens all things American-rich and poor, the rights of property ai well as the rights of men. Wealth is not necessarily either a traitor or a foul: and M1r. Keene, aware of the new meaning of McKin leyism, like many other honest Ameri cans of bonest millions oppose it and will fight against it. the setting forth of this significant intention on the part of Mr. Keene has excited the dissatisfaction of the New York Sun. At first that excellent im print said nothing of the matter. But observing that Mr. Keene's views were receiving wide quotation and thought, and fearing the result, The Sun was driven to a retort. It states in effect in explanation of Mr. Keene's position that he's "a great bear specla tor; that a bear speculatoi is ever active and hopeful of disaster, and that nasturally being a bear, Mr. Keene would support Bryan, who, of course, is an enemy of prosperty; and so on and so forth ad nauseam." Doubtless The Sun is great and with al able paper. Were it not for its halt ing, stumbling politics it might well rank abreast of the greatest. But it suffers from the pink eye of Republi canism. The Sun sees not the truth, and imagines all who adopt Democracy and Bryan to be impelled to those mo tives mercenary which are so common among the leading Republicans as to become fairly the mainspring of that party. Mr. Keene has been a central fgure of the American Bourse far fully a quarter of a century. All his life he has been a Republican. He isno more what The Sun calls a "bear" to day than he was four years ago. Then he sup ported McKinley with voice, vote and treasure to the tune of $40,000. 1i there was aught of pith or moment in the "bear" thery of the The Su,, Mr. Keene would have been as warmly op posed to the Republicans in 1896 as he is at this pinch of 1900. The Sun should seek a better explanation of Mr. Keene's disaproval of McKinleyism or oier none at all. Also Mr. Keene is not alone. Just as the Rev. Parkhurst shoved from shore the other day, bound Europe ward. he pronounced for Bryan and de. Bouaced MeKinley. Is the Rev, Park hurst a 'bear?" Does he, too, seek disaster to our trade? There's a huge department store of thito wn bigger than Wanamakers,' big ger than the Bon Marche of Paris. Its name is "'lacy's." The head and con trolling spirit .. "Macy's" is a gentle man ot millions Beyond that, he is of character, the highest for honesty and wisdom. Like Mr. Keene, too, he is not only a cool, wise head for basi ness, but he is a philanthropist, and each year gives tongueless, silent thousands one never hears of, and but seldom sees to the poor of this town. flowever, this last is a side from the point of politics aimed at. This owner manager of Macy's i-s for Bryan. Hlis name-as well known in Nesv York as is the city hall-is Nathan Strauss. Is Mr. Strauss also a "bear," seeking the annihilation of our commerce? Of still another sort is M1r. Oliver II. P. Belmont, also a multi-millionaire, but not in business, and living on his income. Mr. Belmont never bought or sold a share of stock in Wall street. He keeps no bank, no store. Fvery dollar of his millions is investcd in those interests of which Hanna and The Sun declare McKinley is to be the last refuge and Bryan the inveterate foe. Moreover, Mr. B3elmont, who is a gradun ite of Annapolis and served three years in our navy, and has been awake and alive every moment of his existence is perfectly capable of seeing his in terests and protecting them. And yet Mr. Belmont is for Bryan, and has been for two years one of that gentleman's most notable advocates as against the evils of McKinleyism in New York. Is Mr. Belmont a "bear," striving to pull down and destroy those very interests in which he has his fortune invested and from which his whole income is de rived? Let The Sun answer. And when it fails to answer as it will, then to preserve that character for fairness and high motive which has been its owon for years-let The San apologize to Mr. Keene. There arc four names, Belnmont, Keene, Strauss, Parkhurst. Each is type of a strong and cogent class: and a highest type. Keene for years has pre vailed on the field of etocks, the un conquered champion of speculation. Strauss, among the merchants is what the other is in Wall street, the tallest figure and a land mark. Parkhurst is of practical force and brains, and the most notable of our pulpiteers. Bel mont, inheriting vast riches, and never in active business, still has vogue and leading celebration among those who, without axes of their own to grirnd, form the wiser, truer and more thought ful element in American politics. E ach of these gentlemen is for Democracy and its candidate. Each comes to his decision by his own paths and by no light nor glimmer of self- interest. Anad each, be sure, is a sample of thousands whose names you have neither the time to hear, nor I the space to rehearse, but who will vote for Democracy in November. Peculiarly, for McKinley poses as the def'endcr of the business interests, whatever that may mean as against all other interests, should the example of Keene and Strauss have sincere effect. Each is a past master of ficance, a doctor of commerce as it were. Each is the archbitect of his own fortune, and can make his millions and count his millions and keep his millions with any on the list. And each, in theC tilt-yards of trade, has for years kept saddle and stirrup against the strongest who ever rode lance in hand to the barrace. A Fatal Fire. Six men were killed, eight so badly burned or maimed that they are in the hospital, and three other men are miss ing as the result of a fire in the cooper age establishment of Paul Weidemann at North Eleventh street and Wythe avenue, Willamsburg, Brooklyn, Wed nesday night. 'The property loss is variously estimated at from $75,000 to AmoLTELY ' Makes the food more del ROYAL 8AXINO PO't HER REQUEST. There Was Only One More Thing Needed for Complete Happiness. "Listen. my darling." The youthful millionaire drew to his heart the beautiful girl who had prQm ised to share his wealth and happi ness, and in simple language began to recount what the future had in store for them. "It has been my great wish," he said, "that you should have a home. not only commensurate with your po sition and my own, but one which will be a fit setting for your altogether sweet and delightful personality. And so for months now I have been en gaged in a search after the best that money can buy, and the house I have had built especially for you is now complete throughout. Nothing has been omitted. Decorators and artists have bestowed their services, and all my resources have been taxed to pro vide our home with a suitable interior and with the most costly furniture. What do you say to this, my- dear?" "It is lovely," replied his betrothed, as she heaved a slight sigh. "There is only one thing more, dearest. that will make me completely and utterly happy." "It shall be granted," exclaimed her enthusiastic lover. "Only tell me what it is." The girl at his side stirred raptur ously. "How good of you!' 'she said. "I was only going to say that when we have moved into our new home I would like the privilege of furnishing It all over again to suit myself."-Life. Just Getting Warm. An East Indian prince, on his first visit to this country, suffered so con tinuously from cold that he contracted pneumonia and died. He was cremated, and, after being some ten minutes in the crematory, an attendant opened a small slide in the side of the furnace to note the re sult. The prince was sitting bolt up right on the slab, and shouted: "Shut that door '-Life. The Bubbling Caidron. The Chicago actress, seized by the Cannibal horde, struggled appallingly. "Unhand me, villains!" she shrieked. "Not on your life!" observed the royal presence. "Chop off her toot sies. They would only keep the cover off, anyhow." From which it appears that the vo cabulary of the footlights is not un susceptible of unsophisticated miscon struction.-New York Press. The Charge Denied. First Passenger-That is what you might call a musical conductor, eh? Second Passenger-Naw. He's whistling ragtime. In the meantime the car whirled merrily on, bearing Its human freight toward home and hot sausages, joy ous greetings of happy little ones and complaints about the delinquencies of the grocer and the cook.-Indianapolis Press. One Thing in Their Favor. "I'll give the Boers credit for one thing," remarked the engineer of the armored train, as several more shells banged against the armor, "their gun ners would make ideal suburban citi zens." "How's that?" inquired the fireman. "Why, they never miss a train!" re torted the engineer, as the baggage car left the track.-Puck. Had Lived in the City. Conductor-"Your ticket Is for Lawnville, and we don't stop until we get to Trenton. This is the lightning express." Surburban Resident-"All right. When we get to Lawnville I'll jump. I've got off of street cars many a time when the driver was homeward bound on his last trip."-New York Weekly. Terrible to Contemplate. "Fate has drawn us together!" he cried passionately. "Then it is not so bad," she said, with a sigh of relief. "I thought you were going to say some amateur cray on artist had drawn us together." Chicago News. Hence the Expression. The Cliff Dweller had returned home intoxicated, and, making a mis step, slipped off the crags and been dashed to pieces on the rocks, hun dreds of feet below. "Alas:" said a neighbor, "he has fallen from his high estate!". So He Did. "Did you hear the verdict that fool jury gave on the death of that man who was drowned?" "No; what was it?" "They said they had come to the conclusion that he had died with water on the brain."-Philadelphia Bulletin. A Feminine Exception. "Well, 'ignorance is bliss.' you know." "Indeed it isn't. When I want to know something about somebody, and can't find out about it, I nearly lose my mind."--Chicago Record. Suspiciously Docile. "Is the little Jones boy bright?" "I don't think so; he minds every 'word his father and mother say to him."-Detroit Free Press. Specific. "I wonder how he was cured of the political fever?" "By the mud-bath treatment, I be lieve:!"--Detroit Journal. Wonderful ,Jsmes 13. Ireland of Hancock county, Kentucky, celebrated his 105th birthday anniversary the other day. The Min neapolis Tribune wonders how he was ever able to live so long in Kentucky without being shot. Gainesville, Ga.. Dec. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator has been used in my family and I am per fectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you claim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorsey. P. S.-I am using it now myself. It's doing me good.-Sold by The Mur ray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C., and all drugg'sts tf FOWDER UE icious and wholesome ER CO., NEW YORK. WHY HE WINKED. The Misapprehension Under Which a Drug Clerk Labored. The well-groomed, middle-aged man with the plug hat walked into a down town drug-store on Sunday afternoon last and winked his left eye violently. The young pharmacist standing be hind the toilet articles show case smiled wanly. "Sorry," he said, "but It can't be done. They're mighty particular In this man's town about that sort of business, and-" "But I-" the plug-hatted man start ed to say, still winking his left eye industriously. "I know, maybe you do need It pretty bad and all that," said the cheerful young pharmacist, "but if I give It to you and got nailed, why we'd have to go out of business in a rush, and-" "But isn't it queer that-" "Yes, it's darned queer, sir, of course, but this is a pretty blue-lawish sort of a burg, you understand, and a man can't even get a shave here on Sunday, no matter whether he's got a hobo's growth of beard on his face or not. I'd like to sell you a good, big hooter-s'pose you were out with the bunch last night and need a good eye-opener in your business but I wouldn't dare take a chance and give It to you. The boss 'ud-" The well-groomed man, still wink ing, and blinking his left eye as If he were doing it for wages, cut in right there with emphasis. "Look here," said he, "are you wound up for 24 hours or what the dickens ails you? There's a lump of gravel in my left eye and I came in here to see If I couldn't get some conversationless clerk to blow or drown it out for me." - Then the abashed apothecary dug the rock out of the man's eye and forced himself to the conclusion that all winkers are not necessarylly booze grafters.-Washington Post. Knew What She Liked. The grocery man on the corner re lates that a couple of days ago a little girl entered his emporium and timidly laying down a dime asked for 10 cents' worth of candy. "It's for papa," she said. "I want to 'sprise him when he comes home." The grocery man proceeded to dig out some of his stock, when the little girl interposed. "Don't give me that kind. Give me caramels. I just love caramels." "But I thought they were for papa," the grocery man remarked. "I know," explained the little girl, "but when I give them to papa hell just kiss me and say that 'cause rm such a generous little girl he'll give them all back to me. So you'd better give me caramels."-Memphis Scim Itar. Bungling Marksmanship. The surgeon examined the injury, laid aside his instruments and called for some bandages. "It is only a slight flesh wound," he said. "If the bullet had gone an Inch to the left it would have severed an artery, In which event I could have used my new appliances for the tak ing up of lacerated blood vessels. It would have been a beautiful case," he added, with a sigh of mild disappoint ment.-Chicago Tribune. Scandal. The British, you understand, always advanced with the sword In one hand and the Bible in the other. Hence the scandal in the War Of fie, when it Is discovered that the troops at the front are being suppied with an archaic edition of the Scrip tures. The country clamors ominously and a parliamentary inquiry impends. Puck. The Reason Why. Sh-Iwndrwh yug.ahed wearsa moocle e -Irl oder i whe young aeddea wearsl ar oolev ou t h hast, he caomprneed, Ife supoet' -'ut". leddiaap eis ore. les Not Necessarily Heard. "Of course, you hree heard 'Lohen But what a question is this to ask a woman who mov'es in the best so <iety and subscr'ibes for a box at the Metrooitfn OprW:1 a :- seso She Fooled Many The adoration of the young girl at .Acqui, France, who claimed to have communication with the Virgin in a vision and had attracted troops of de 'rout believers wh came to worship, has met an abutend .At her.first public communication, which had been announced bpforehand and had-gather d a crowd of 30) 1)0, she declared that the Virgin declined to appear and would appear rno more. The people in their disappointment had the girl ar re.te and placed in a reformatory.