The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 23, 1901, Image 4
FO1B GOD'S CHILDREN.
A Warm Welcome Awaits Those
Who Faithfully Serve Him.
Or. Taimage Tells SI'** the ''*
Disciple of Christ MaY Expect
fa the Next World-R0
ward of Self-Smriloe.
(CepyrISt. 1X0. by Louis Klopsch. N. Y.)
W'ssington. Jan. 13.
In a very novel way Dr. Talmage in
this discourre describes what may be
expect#A is the next world by those
who here bend all their energies nr
tae right direction; text. 11 Peter
1, 11: "For so an entrance shall he
ministered unto rou
Different styles of we:core at the
gate of Heaven are here '
We all hope to enter :at siperr.1
capital through the gri:e tea i
ready to save even the chief of s
ners. But not now-. No man hea thy.
of body and mind wants to go now.
The man who hurls himself out of
this life is either an agncst:c or is
demented or finds life insufferab.e
and does not care where he lards.
This is the best world we ever got
got into, and we want to stay here
a. long as God will let ut stay. But
when the last page of the volume of
our earthly liif is ended we want en
rollment in Heavenly citizenship. We
want to get in easily. We do not
want to be challenged at the gate and
asked to show cur passports. We do
not want the gatekeeper in doubt as
to whether we ought to go in at all.
We do not want to be kept in the
portico of the temple until consulta
tion is made as to where we came
from and who we are and whether
-ts--& care to aema e. i we be a
discord in the eternal harmonies c
lower the spirit of Heavenly worship.
When the apostle Peter in the text
addresses the people: "For so an en
trance shall be administered. unto
you abundantly," he implies that
some will find admission into Heaven
easy, rapturous and acclamatory.
while others will have to squeeze
through the gato of Heaven, if they
get in at all. They will arrive anx
ious and excited and apprehensive and
wondering whether It will be "Come!"
or "Go!" The Bible speaks of such
persons as "scarceiy saved." and in
another place as "-saved as by fire."
and in another place as escaped "by
the skin of the teeth."
Carrying out the suggestion of my
text, I propose to show you what
elasses of Christians will get into
Heaven with a hard push and those
who will bound in amid salutations
aimnite. In the first class I put that
man who gets into the kingdom of
God at the close of a life all given
to worldlless and sin. Years ago he
made the resolution that he would
serve himself and serve the world t
til body, mind and soul were exhaust
ed and then, just before going out of
this life, would seek God and pre
pare to enter Heaven. He carries out
his resolution. He genuinely repents
the last day or the last hour or the
last minute of his life. He takes the
last seat in the last car of the last
train bound Heavenward. Ilis re
leased and immnorta: spirit ascendcs.
Not one wing bears down toward him
with a welcome. No sign of g'adness
at his arrival. None there obligated
to him for kirdness cone or alms dis
tributed or spirit ual help adminis
tered. He will find some place to
stay, but I do not envy that man his
Heaven. IHo got in. but it was not
an abundant entrance.
Sometimes in our pupits we give
a wrong turn to the story of the
dying thief to whom Chtrist said:
'"'his day shalt thou be with me in
Paradise." We ought to admire the
mercy of Christ that pardoned him in
the last hour. but do not let us ad
mire the dying thief. When he was
arrested, I think his pockets were fu:l
of stolen coin, and the coat he had
on his back wasa not his own. He
atol, right on until he was arrested
for his crimes. He repented, and
through great mercy arose to Para
dise, but he was no example to fol
low. What a gigantic meanness to
devote the wondrous equipment of
brain and nerve and muscle and bone
with which we are endowed, these
miracle, of sight and hearing and
speech, to purposes unworthy or pro
fane, and then, through hasty repent
ance at the last, enter Heaven!
Cheating God all one's lifetime and
then taking advantage of a bankrupt
law and made free of all -abilities.
I should think that some men would
be ashamed to enter Heaven or would
prefer some medium place in the wide
universe where the palaces are not
so effulgent and the trees bear not
more than six instead of twelve man
ner of fruits and the social life Is not
so exalted.
Again, the bigot will not have what
my text calls an abundant entrance.
He has his bedwarfed opinion as to
what all must believe and do In order:
to gain celestial residence. He has his
creed in one pocket and hIs catechism
in another pocket, and it may be a
good creed and a goo. catechism, but
he uses them as sharp swvo'rds against
those who will not accept his theories.
You must be baptized in his way or
some to him through apostolic succee
sion or be foreordaine. of eternity, or
you are in an awful way. He shrivels
up and shrivels up and becomes more,
splenetic until the time of his depar
ture is at hand. Hie has enoug~h of
the salt of grace to save him, but his,
etrance into Heaven will be some
thing worth watching. Wh'at do they -
want with him in Heaven, where they:
have all gone Into eternal eatholicity,
one grand comminglirng of Methodists
and Baptists and Episcopalians and'
Lutherans and Congregationalists and:
Presbyterians and a score of other de
nominations just as good as any I
have mentioned ? They al.1 join in the
His Stomach Removed.
A rematkable surgical operation was
performed several days ago on A'bert
flandsdorf, a german, livinr on Cherr;
street. Handsorf had been hurt intern
ally while at work in a machine shop.
At Erlangcr hospital, after long stuiy
of the case. Dr. Berlin, with Hlansdorf s
cons ont, decided upon heroic m'asures.
Tne whole stomach was rcmon d from
the man's body, and his entrails wer:
put upon a marble table, where they
were wo-ked upon. The sargeons dis
covered the wrong arnd cut several en
trails from the stomach, and, wsshing
what was left thorougble. placed it
back in the maus bydy. Thepait
was then reeto:el in co:sciousnlessHe
remaine d ina critic al eon di:i >n for sev
eral eats, but is now impr.ovir g and will
in all .prbability rtcover -Chatta
ntoga Tires
Rural Deliverv.
The h. u e committee on pastoffice
and , ree post rosds practically ecm
pleted tbe pstefie appropriation billa
The ar-propriat ion f'-r rural tree deliver e
is increased from $1.750.00Ot~ a 3 000,
000 The usual prvision for speiial
facilities between New York and New
Ostea ; is iade.
s.1.1s1,I e2~orn., .eoemfpan!.d by
harper. ox their harps and trumpet
era on their tr;mpets: "Worthy 'a
the Lamb that wag slaia to receive
biersing and riche a.nd nonor a.nd
glory and power!"
The bigot ascends rith just enough
grace to save him. As he comes up
to the shining gate he sees standing
inside of it some whom he used to
meet every Sunday morning on the
street going to some other church of
some other denominat'on. and he
cries ott: "Are you tnere? I never
expected to see yn i i ,ch a glorious
place. You were a': wror.g :n your
religious :tdories on earth and in
your form of chu.rch gt'vernment.
how did yo: get i-?' 'saved by
grace," is the llenvenly re;Ky. "ted
by grace"' 'The bigot is embarrassed
and feels for his creed and his cate
chism. ard. :o, they were left on the
barks of he River Jordan as he
passAi ,hrourgc, and he cries cut:
-I think I wi:l have to enter on the
same tern:s Saved by grace: Saved
by grace!"
Again, the penurious Christian wil
not have an abundant entrance. I'C:
haps he was not ccnverted until a:: his
habits of tight-fistedness "te-e fixed
beyond recovery. The prop:e who arc
generous were taught to be generous
in childhood. You can tell frcm the
way the boy divides the apple what his
characteristics for generosity or mean
ness wi: he for the next so years, if he
lives as" :org. if he eat it a:: himself
while others look wistfu::y on, he w:l
be a Shylock: if he give half of it to
some one who has no arpe, he will be
an ordinari:y generous man; if he give
three-fourths o. it to another he will
be a Baron Eirsch or a George Pea
body.
For 30 years this man has been prac
ticing an economy which prided itself
on never passing a pin without picking
it up. and if he responded at all in
church would pui on the collection
plate so ins;nificant a coin that he
held his hand over it so that no one
could discover the smallness of the
denomination. Somewhere in the fif
ties or sixties of his life, during a re
vival of religion, he became a Chris
tian. He is very much changed in
most respects, but his al.-absorbing ac
quisitiveness still influences him. To
extract from him a gift for an orphan
age or a church or a poor woman who
has just been burned out is an achieve
ment. You and I know very good men,
their Christian character beyond dis
pute, and yet they are pronounced by
all as penurious, and they know it
themselves and pray against it. We
all have our bad habits, and yet expect
to get to Heaven, and this skinflint has
his mighty temptation. The passion
of avarice well illustrated Its strength
when in one of the houses of exhur-cd
Pompeii was found the skeleton of a
man who was trying to escape with 60
coins and a silver saucepan. For tho.
valuables he dared the ashes and
scoria of Vesuvius which overwhelmed
him, and many a good man has been
held mightily by avarice.
But that brings me to the other
thought of my text, that there are
those who will, when they leave this
life. bound into Heaven amid saluta
tions infinite. "For so an entrance
shall be administered unto eou abnn
dantiv." Such ex:ant admission will
await those who enter Heaven after
on earth living a life for others and
without reference to ecspleuity. On
the banks of the Ohio or the Tusealoosa
or the Androscoggin is a large famity,
all of whom have been carefully cnd
reiiiouslv reared. In the earlier
stages of that fam!!y there were mrany
privations. The mother of the house
hold never had any amusements. Per
haps once in a year a poor theatrical
play was enacted in the neighboring
schoolhouse or a sqtuawking concert in
the town hall. and that was al: the di
version afforded for the winter season.
I asked the manager of an insane asy
lum in Kentucky: "Fromn what class of
persons do you get most of your pa
tients?" and he said: "From farmers'
wives." I asked the same question of
the manager of an insane asylum in
Pennsylvania. and the same question
of the manager of an insane asylum in
Massachusetts. and got the same reply:
"We have on our rolls for treatment
more farmers' wives than persons
coming from any other class." That
answer will be a surprise to some; It
was nosurprIse tome. Theuimpierea
son Is. farmers' wives as a general
thing have no diversion. It Is break
fast, dinner and supper. sewing. scour
ing. scrubbing, krnitting, mending.
year In and year out. That mother is
the milliner, the mantua maker, the
nurse, the doctor, the accountant of
the whole family. She pans the ward
robe of spring, of summer, of autumn,
of winter, outting, fitting, completing
garments. out of which the children
soon grow and mist have something
else. The newspaper does not come, or.
I coming, there is no time to read it.
No selection of good books. The neigh
bors calling in are full of the same
grinding routine. No wonder so many
of them go into dementia!
Now, the mother of whom I speak as
living on the banks of that river in
Ohio or Alabama or Maine has gone
through all the drudgery mentioned,
and her children have turned out well,
good and useful men and women, orna
ments of society, pillars in the house
of God, and that whole family. after
the years have passed by and their
work is done. will meet in the Heaven
ly country. From such a family some
will certainly have preceded her, and
the time of her expected arrival will be
announced to all the members of that
family already glorified and to the old
earthly neighbors who put down their
toils a little sooner than she did, and
she will have the warmest kind of home
coming.
There is another kInd of spirit who
will have radIant admirsion to the
upper' demlnien. There Is a fact
whih ought to have most emphatio
pronouncement. All over the world
to-day there are men and women of
A Hot Fight.
Cnitions are rips ia Karse for
re of the botts: p-litical fights that
as been pulled off there in many a
lay A bill has been introduc'd in the
gi-aure to rereal. the woman't snf
rge law. The bsders of the bill say
at the woman vote in Kan-as City,
K(an., iP one of the most corrupt in
hEnees in that city's polities as the
omen insist on being hauled to the
p.olls in carriages. This exoen'e, it is
leared, is g tting to be burdernsome.
Vht "new" women of the stite are at
ne up in arms, ani pweio e grinz to
[opeka and making things hot for those
>;samtuousi nen.
Cani't Fight Here.
The governor Thursday afternoon re
ived the following from Cinsinuaui,
) , in regard to a prize fight in which
great many are interessed: "P.eaae,
nrre us whether you will allow Jeff ries
d BR ulin to Egha a limited number
i rounds in your state in 05se the figte
revented her." Goverr or MoSs'pooyl
wn.p-ly answere.a as follow-: "Under
a circum ancea would Jeffries and
egams ateo wea-th. They ar malt!
plying by the day and hour-people
who feel themselves t. L.rd's ;o :t
ards, and from their opu'enco they
are making a distri .:on which
pleasea the Heavens. Th: check
book in the omeiie drawer ot that
man has on i!s st:is a story of be
nefcente c:ear up i: to the subhime.
In nll the round of the world's suf
fering ar.' igrnorance and woe you
cannot mention one worthy object
to which that prosperous and good
man has not made contribution. lie
is not irritated. as many are, by s
licitations for alms. 'n some poor
woman in thin shawl. ho:ding in her
arms a child with rheum in its eves.
this good man sees the Christ who
said: "Inasnr.uch as vi hW.te done it
unto one of the lcast of lese. ye have
done it unto me."
Well. this man of concerrated manu
ence is about to go out of this world.
He fees in br^!r. and :erve the strain
of the early strugzges by which he
won his fortune, and at 6: or -"1 years
col'apses tiner the exhaustions of
the twenties and thirties of his life
time. WYhen. the mrorrir.g papers an
nounce that he is gone. there is ex
citement not only on the avenues
where the mansions stand, but al
through the hospitals and asylums
and the homes of these who will
herneeforth have no helper. TBut the
excitement of sadness on earth is a
very tame affair compared with the
excitement of gnaness in Heaven.
The guardian angel of that rood
man's life swept by his dying pillow
the night before, and on swift wing
upward announced that in a few
hours he would arrive, and there is a
mighty stir in leaven "Hye comes:"
cries seraph to seraph. The King's
heralds are at the gate to eny:
"Come, ye blessed," and souls who
were saved through the churches that
good man supported and hundreds
who went up after being by titm
helped in their earthly stru~le will
come down off their thrones :nd out
of their palaces and through the
streets to hail him :nto the lar.d which
they reached some time before
through his Christian phianthropy.
"Why. that is the man who. when I
was -a-hungered. gave me bread!"
"Why, that is the man," says another,
"who encouraged me when I was in
the hard struggle of business life:"
"Why, that is the man." says another,
"who paid my rent when 1 had noth
ing with which to pay!" "Why, that
is the man through whose mission
ary spirit I heard the Gospel call in
Bombay!" "Why. that is the man,"
says another, "who helped send the
Gospel of Christ to toe aborigines of
America and caused me to exchange
the war whoop of the savage for the
song of Christian deliverance'"
"Stand back," commands the gate
keeper of Neaven. "all ye throngs re
deemed through this man's instru
mentaities: Make way for him to the
feet of the King. where he will cast
his crown. and then make way for
him to the throne. where he shall
reign forever and ever!" Now, that
is what I call an abundant entrance.
You see, it is not necessary to be a
failure on earth in order to be a suc
cess in klearen.
But I promise that al' those whu
have i!ved for others and been truly
Christian. whether on a large or a
small sc'ae, will hve i::striouIs in
troductiona r.:o the imtpo:-ted gatieWay.
Here and there in soate iarge famnly
you see an attractive daughter who
dec:ines marriage that she may take
care of father and mother in cid days.
This is not an abstraction. I have
known such. You have probably
known such. There are in this world
womrnniv souls as big as that. They
ceerfu:.v endure the wvhimsicalities
and querulousness which sometimes
characterize the aged. arnd watch
nights when pneumonia is threatened,
and are eyes to the blind, and sit in
close rooms lest the septugenarian be
chiled and cour t out the right rnumber
of drops at the right time. The mother
of a ittle child has her barnds fu:l, but
the daug'ter who stays home t-> take
care of an aged father or mothter has
er hands just as full.
Wh~ile I thus discourse 1 am aware
that some have not taken the first step
toward Heaven, an d they feei like Jaco b
Strawn, who took some ministers of
the gospel on the top of his house to
show his farms, reachirng in every di
rection as far as eye could see. lie
was asked how many acres he owned
and he repied 40,000). "flow much is it
worth per acre?" was asked, arnd he re
plied: "Fi fty dollars at least." "Then."
said the mi'nister, "you are worth $2.
000,Q09." "Yea," said Strawn, "and I
made it all myself." Then the minister
said: "You have shown me these vast
earthly possessions, and now w'ill you
look up yonder. (pointing. to the heav
ens)-how much do you own up there ?"
And Strawn answered with tears in his
eves: "Oh, I am afraid I am poor up
there." Alas, how many there are who
have acquired all earthly prosperities
and advantages, but have no treasures
in Heaven! They are poor up there.
But I am to-day chiefly addressing
those who are started for Heaven and
would have them know that while we
are apt to speak of a Lanphier, the
founder of Fulton street prayer meet
ings, as having an abundant entrance;
and Alfred Cookman, the flaming evan
gelist, as having an abundant en
trance; and Thomas Welch and Fletch
e.r the glorious preachers of the Gos
pl, as having an abundant entrance.
and John Rogers and Latimer and
Ridley ascending, like Elijah. in a
charit of fire, as having an abundant
entrance, you also, if you love arnd
servetheILord and fulfill your mission,
whether it be applauded or unknown,
will have, when your work on earth Is
ended and you are called to comte up
Ihigher, an easy, a blissful, an enrap
turing, an aburndant entrance.
Though the Hawaiian delegate in
congress has no vote in the house, he
draws $2,000 miieage as a consolation.
prize.
A Bad Showing.
M:ne i- a riguid Prohibition S-a'o. of
my years st..aartar. The v~ew sheriff
of Portst-d is a prescher the lHey ir.
Pea~rson. who, is~ internt on enforcting the
law, to which he niedged himnsel befor.
his election. "He has di-covered that
in order to make the city dry he must
stop liquor selling at thirte'en hotela,
eighty-eight saloone, sCeeteen' kit'hen
bars, three wh'le ale drug ctot ca. fists
drug storec, four bot tling estY isa ments
and about fity otier rlaces which can
not b-> res'iilv chsdified
Killed Himself.
Mr Pirekney .Vyatt. aged 47 year<.
ommitted 'suicide Thursday at neon
a his home at Greers. Mr. W~s att
was a w~ll known citztn of that place.
He has for several vests past been in
ery bad health and this n sturally made'
him gloomy and despondent and was
perhas the incentive which led to this
Burned in a Flat.
T~o lives were ' t in a tire Thursday
mcraing in the Aberden flys Chicag>,
11l nis. Hundreds fled lortlecir lives
... o tlA frcz' air half e'ai
SUCCEEDS HIMSELF.
M. es B. McSweeney Was Inau
gurated Governor Thursday.
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
Tr' Interesting Cerem'ny In
the House of Representa
tives Witnessed by a
Large Crowd.
Thursday at noon the inauguration
of the recently elected State officials
took place at the State espitol. The
oath of effice was administered to the
et..vernor and lieutenant governor-elect
is :he hall of the house of representa
tv S.
Although the day was inclement, a
la-ie crowd assembled to witness the
c: r( monies, and the 200 South Carolina
:oc'ete students who formed the gov
cr. nrs escort were not ab'e to crowd
:rr the ball.
The Columbia orchestra in the gal
'e-y rendered several inspiring selec
tii.'s while the crowd was gathering
+: I during intermissions in the exer
cs.
At 12 o'clock Mr. Wilson, the ser
,a't at arms cf the house, announced
ti-.t the honorable, the senate is in
.ta:ting." The speaker commanded the
he-:se to rise and receive the senate.
When the senate had gotten seated
the joint aseembly was ca led to order
' the president of the senate. Imme
ihicly afterwards the sergeant at
,r:s snt.ounced the governor elect and
ri. ecort in waiting The j int assem
h areso to rcceive the distinguished
.a-r-y. The order in which they came
.c : Chief Justice Henry Mlcver and
Rv Jno 0. Wilson, D. D ; Hon Y
.1 Pope, associate justice, and Col.
i .e Jones, chairman State Democrat a
xe..utive committee; Hon. Ira B
J.n.s, associate justice, and R p-esen
tataie T. H Rsinefrd; M. B. McS wee
ney, governor-elect, and Senator Louis
A eit; James H. Tillman, lieutenant
vernir-elect, and Representative W.
H Parker. Then followed the other
utw State fiials: G. Duncan Bellin
cer. attorney gxneral: M. R Cooper,
secretary of State; Jno. P. Darham,
comptroller general; Jno. J. McMahan,
Sa- e superintendent of education; R.
11 Jennine, State treasurer. Capt.
.iainings was aceomraniedby the retir
t g treasurer, Dr. W. H. Timmerman.
.; an ec >rt for the State officials were
r nators J. S. Brice and Representa
ves J U. Campbell, W. H. Wells and
.1 W. Crum. The faculty of the South
Ct..rilina college were also in the party.
Ttie gcvernor elect and his escort
were seat(d on the rostrum behind the
,, akcr's desk. It was an impressive
ac e. H.>n. R ibt. B Scarborough.
c.earetiring lit utenant governor, gowned
: the hardsome new heliotrope silk
r' e of the president of the senate,
c.- k charge of the c x"rcises. By his
-:de sooc the speaker of the house,
c..ned in royal purple. Grouped
a nd them were the men who are to
e uct the afhirs of S a'e, white con
*eituous in all this array were the jurs
es of the supreme c.'urt, Mclver,
*Ja~CS and Pvpe. The exersss were
o;ccd with prayer by Dr Wilson.
he preacher rd erred feelingly to the
I ess of George D l'iliman, father of
e lieu; etant goveracr-elect.
M!r. Scarbrough then announced:
Pe Hon. Miles B. McSteeney, gov
eror (lect, is present and ready to
udit~y." The governor stopped for
w.ird and give assent to the oath of
elic:e administeeed by the venerable
Gaif Just ce Melv~r.
GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
After he had taken the oath the gov
ernor addres:ed tioe general assembly
a j.oilows:
In taking the oath of t-ffice for the
econd time as chief exeeauva of this
errat State I feel more keenly than
v.r the responsibilities which rest
u'on me. I real ze thbe poverty of my
wec'abuary whben I endea.vor to expretss
y appreciation to this people for the
lrtialixy which they have shown in
eivatng me to this cxdlcd position
e.d when 1 think of the dutie's and re
.gosibities which the position carries
with it 1 am brought face to face with
m; own weakness. I beg that you will
enrvey to the people whom you repre
s .-t uwy hi artfelt a~ p-eciation of the
h nor which they base conferred upon
i: and that you will also carry to them
my pledge to give them the best scrvire
of my head and heart in the adminis
ration of the dfie to which they have
elected me
It wa5, I believe, the greatest genera
of modern times who said, the grandest
~. d moet iapressive word in the Eng
ih lanuage is duty. Dorirg the'
t me that 1 Eave hdld the dffice of g'v
erner my main purpose has been tc dis
c a ge my duty hontstly and consei
nti iusly and without fear or favor.
Dung the term upon which I am now'
eti ring all that I can say is that this
ame purpose shall charaocnza my
every action.
But the same responsibility which
rsts upcn the <xecutive is also laid,
o. ly with a greater degree, upon the
meubers of th~e legislature. My prov
occis only to txecute the laws. You
re cloth d with powver and authority
o hneexisting las ard to make
.ewlas a~dbyyour acinyou can
ier clog the wheels of progress or
aiv them new impe'us.
Our forefathers builded wisely when
.hey provided that the three depart
ients of government should be forever
. parate and distinct, it has been my
hr est endeavor and purpose to recog
nze this civision of our government
ad to let each department discharge
e duties belonging to that depart
mnt. In comploing with the mandate
)f the constitution to lay befere the
geeral ase-embly a revie v of the differ
ent departments of government and to
make su~h suggestions as ma~y seem
propr to the enief executive, I have
nor. presumed to dioxate or undertaken
to control lepislation but have simply
made such suggestioins as seemed to
mn- just and necessary. By wise and
cariui and prudent action on your part
y ou can do much to advaoes the ma
terial grasperity of the State and can
tribte to the happiness of the people
l can only ple dge you and through you
thc people whom you represeus my best
ff3rs in the faithful execution of the
;aws as they may be interpreted.
"We stand here at the end of mighty
years,
And a great wonder rushes on the
heart.
While cities rose and blossomed into
dust,
While shadowy line. of Kings were
blown to air
What was the purpose brooding on the
world,
Through the larger leisure of the cen
turies?
As you stand bore in the dawn of this
century much depends upon your ac
tions whether the end shall be failure
or victory. We should lay the founda
tions broad and deep, for there are
great possibilities before us as a people
It might be well, however, for every
one of us to ask himself the question:
"What hast thou wrought for right and
truth,
For God and man,
From the golden hours of bright eyed
youth
To life's mid span?"
The last year of the last century is a
recard unsurpassed in the history of
this State and pissibly of any other
Southern State in industrial develop
ment. I call your attention to the fact
that during the past year some $15,000,
000 have been invested in this State the
greater prdon of which has been put
into inaustriestfor the manufacture of
our great staple crop. Something over
200 miles of railroads have been built
and received for tarflie during the past
year.
Any proposed legislation touching
these great arteries of trade and com
merce should be wisely and carefully
considered. These industries derive
their right to life and existence from
the State and you as the representa
tives of the State have a right and it is
your duty to see that they do not op
press the people. But in guarding the
interests and rights of the people it is
your duty to see that they do not op
press the people. Bat guarding the
interests and rights of the people it is
well also to remember that these cor
porations have rights and it shcu d be
your duty to see that the strong do not
oppress the weak and that justice and
equity are meted out.
Our ecucational interests have also
ma:e remarkable sovances and there
is a great awakening in alt sections on
the subjects of education. It is a grati
fying evidence of our progress, for witb
the material development of the State
and the building of factories and mills
there is constant demand for men who
know how. Whatever you may do to
fit our young men and young women to
fill the position which are constantly
opening in view of the wonderful de
velopmentof this section will be s'
much wisely contributed to their hap
piness and prosperity. But while we
train them for these positions and sup
ply the demand fr men who know how
we want also to train them to think
noble thoughts and they will then pt r
form noble deeds. One of the crying
needs of these times is an elevated
manhood. "Sublimity of character must
come from sublimity of motives and the
humblest man walking in the most cir
cumscribed place can and ought to live
sublimely. Disraeli said truly, "eir.
cumetances are beyond the e*ntrol of
man but his conduct is in his own
power." No man should be calld away
from "plain work and common duties"
but he should be made to understand
that he can breathe "while in the midst
of them inspirations from the heights
of manhood."
But in all these matters we should
not forget those who have the burden
to bear in furnishing the means neces
sary to carry on these institutions; and
their rights and interests should be
carefully guarded. This century upon
whirh we are now entering holds for us
achievements and opportunities of
which we can not even conceive. It
should be our high privilege "to show
how intelligence, enterprise and relig
ious freedom, and respect for the ma
jesty of the law, may constantly in
create comfort, intelligence, prosperity
and happiness."
Mr. Tilman was then presanted and
sworn in. The retiring lieutenant gov
ernor doffed thxe beautiful silken robe of
office and placed it upn the shoulders
of his successor. The pretty tableau
evoked applause.
Mr. Tilhman then took the gavel and
announced: " the pur pose for w hich thbe
jinmt assembly met having been accm
plshed, t he j int assembly is dissolved.
rhe s enate will return to the chamber."
This closed the exercises.
The governor received a beautiful
bouquet of pink carnations, and each
mewoer of the escort wore one of these
flowers as a bouttoniere.
There were a number of distinguished
people from all over the State in the
e ty and several of them witnesased the
ceremony.
The right-hand corner of the hall was
.reserved for the family of the goverrror.
Mrs McSweeny, unusually lotely in a
purple go wn, was the recipient of much
attr n tion.
A bevy of young ladies from the
Presbyterian College for Women, the
ent're stulent body of the Columbia
college, and Miss MeMaster's grade
from the city school witnesssed the in
auguration.
The innovation introduced on this
occasion was the orchestral music. It
was furni-hed by the Columbia orceri
ra, which organination tendered its
services for the occasion. The orrohes
ra was stationed in the main gallery
and played the inaugural maren and
many other selections.
Another feature was the a'tendane
of bodies of school children from the
city school -'he State
bUFFERING VETERANS.
An Appeal for Help for Confederate
Soldiers in Texas.
The following circular letter has been
issued:
New Orleans, Jan. 12, 1901.
To all Commanders, Camps and U. .3
Veterans:
The general commanding invites your
r~npt and earnest attention to cirdu
ar in..!oaed dated October 22, 1900.
which~ is for the second time sent out
to all the camps and re quests that it be
placed at once upon the camps, asking
help for our old comrades whose homes
were swept away by the great storm at
Galveton and vicinity.
Another urgtent and pathetic appeal
which will touch the hearsa of veterans
everywhere, comes from the John A.
Wharton Camp, No. 286, at Alvin,
Texas, in the sake of the Galvestion
storm, saying that the small amounts
received so far are not sufliient, and
ca'ing for immediate help.
Folimg is an extract from Ad jt A
iwards' letter:
"We would not trouble you again,
but the veterans in this vicinity are
in pressing and immediate need of every
litle mite they can get. They are gen
erally truck farmera, owning from five
to 15 acres and depending upon straw
berr:es as their principal money crop.
Te storm not only demoliahed their
homes and barns, but in many instances
completely ruined their berry plants,
and all of their fall truck patches, which
th y expected to tide them through
until berry tims in the spring.
'They are now without money, pro
visions, clothing sufficient for the win
ter, or food for their work stock, many
living in littie huts erected out of the
detris of their once comfortable homes,
and they and their fam:ltes shivering
over fires made in such broken and de
lapidated stoves as they could save
from the wreck.
do not see how they are to liv3 through
the winter. Sh uld they live through
the winter, spring will find them in
debt for supplies, and more than like
ly with larger medical and drag bills
that will more than consume all that
they will realiz ; from their spring crop,
and leave them in as bad condition as
they are now.
"1 cannot see my old comrades who
so bravely, for their country, bore the
hirdships of 1861.1865, in this condi
tion without making an tffbrt to relieve
them.
"I am proud to inform you that
though they are now aged, with gray
heads and bent forms, the spirit of ofi
days is still in them and they are now
fighting the battle of life with the same
vim, energy and courage that carried
them through our great war.
"If these veterans can get suffiient
of the actual necessaries of life to carry
them through the winter, leaving them
their springs crops intack with which
to rebuild their homes, they will again
become independent and self-support
ing tax payers, as they are now an
honor to their country."
These ole comrades are from nearly
every southern state and fought upon
nearly every battlefield of the war and
are now in such dire distress that the
general commanding deems it his sa
cred duty to lay the condition of these
grand old veterans before the U. C. V.
camps and our comrades everywhere,
and ask fotr such help as they feel able
to give. Only a very small amount
from each would buffic), 50 cents and
$1 amounts will be thankfully receiv
ed.
Contributions sent to these head
quarters wdl be receipted for and
promptly for aardtd, the names of donors
published in lul in the proceedings of
the next reunion or can Do sent d rect
to John A. Wharton Camp No. 236,
U. C. V., Alvin, Texas.
By order of John B. Gordon
General C mmanding,
Geo. M~orman. Ac jlnt G n ral and
Chif of Staff
Our Sohool System
State Superintendent of .lducation
3M1ahan is dissatisfied with the pres
ent sy tem of allowing the voters to
choose county superintendent of edu
cation. lie evidently thinks that, as a
rule, the kind of men the voters are
likely to choose are not up to the re
quirements of the position. According
to his view, effizient men can be secur
ed by indirection; and at his instance
the following bill has been proposed to
toe general assembly:
Section 1. Tnat in July, 1902, the
state board of eausa.ion, upon tne joint
recommendation of the governor and
the state superintendent of education,
shall appoint for each county in the
state, a county board of education, con
sisting of five members, two to serve
for two years, two to serve for four
years, and one to serve for six years,
and until their respective successors
have been elected and qualified. The
successord of she said member: of the
saia county board snall be chosen by
the electors of the county fUr a term of
six years each, two at the general elec
tion in 1904, and every six years there
after; two at the general election in
1906; and every six years thereafter;
and at the general slec.ion in 1908, and
every bir years thereafter: Provided,
however, T1hat canaidates for these
posi-ions shall not be assessed in any
primary elections. Vacancies shall be
faied by the county boardi of edneation
itself, until the next general election.
dec 2 That each memoer of the
county board of education snall receive
for attendance on its meetings, $3 per
diem. and 5 cents for each mite or nec
esaary travel going to and from the
meetings, for not mere than ten meet
ungs in any one year, the per diem and
mil-age to be paid by she county treas
urer out of she ordinary funds of the
county, upon the warrants of the chair
man of the board, audited and approv
eas ether county claims.
sec 3 Taat the county beard of ed
ucation of eaocn coucty, appointed as
herein provided, shall meet and organ
isi by ehteting one of its memoers
cnairman and another member secre
ary pro tem , and shall therea~ter ex
ercise ail the rights, privileges, powers
anti dutis new devoived by laW upon
the present county board oi education
and county suiperintendent of edueation
of said county, severally or jointly, and
may use the seal no a used by the county
superentendent of edueation until a n.:w
seal snail De providsd by the board of
county commissioners.
sec. 4. ?nat the county board of ed
ucation of each cour~ty shail provide
expert supervision for the schools of
tine county, and for this purpose shalt
employ a man skiliud in trne science
anu art of teachiug and of sec~ool man
agement, wno snail superviuc all the
scujois of the county, instiuct the
weacaers, cuunsel the trti:taes, assign
teachers to tine schoOls for wnich tne
barus of trus:.ees have not employed
teacuers by duly 1st Of each year, and
ausa.l turiner seive as secretary of the
county board, make ior it its rerts
rtqu red Dy the state superintendent
of euuaauion, and perform sucn Other
duties on nenalf of the said b-oard as it
sn imipose.
deo. 5. e hat the said superintendent
of sonoois eimpioyed by the cauL.ty
board ot ediucanion, shall devote his en
Lire timne to the inspection, supervision
care and management of the schools
and tile school interests of the county.
un-ier the direction of the counry
boud of education, the state board of
eau a-ion, aati the ,state superintend
eat ol education, and in compensation
for his services snail receive such sal
ary as Lne county beard of educa'ion
may hase fixed, net to exceed $1 500 a
year, to be paid by the county treas
urer upon warrants of t'ue chairman of
the county toara or education, audited
and approved as other coounty claims.
8ec. 6 T[hat that present county
boares i f eaucation and county super
iutendents of education shall be su
t erceded and their offices ab. lirhed as
soon as the beards herein provide for,
shall meet and organize: Provided.
however, That the county superinternd
ent ef edunation of each county shall
make to the state superintendent of
education the annual report required
by law for the school year 1901 and
1902 and upon a certificate from the
state superintendent of education that
such report has been made satisfacto
rily, shall be paid by the board of coun
ty commissioners the full salary for
the remainder of the the term for which
he was elected.
St e 7- That all acts and parts of
acts incornsistent with this act be and
the same are hereby repeal d.
A Fosi Camel.
Among the fossil animals that have
recently figured in geological litera
ture is a fossil camel from Roumiania
which enjoys the unique distinction
of being the only one so far known
in Europe._______
Lo.. of Work.
*It has been calculated that the loss
from illness averages 20,000,000 weeks
of work in the year, or 2% per cent.
of the work done by the whole popu
lation between 15 and 65 yearsa of
THE COTTON OUTLOOK
What Mr. Shepparson Says About It
In His Cotton Facts.
The little annual publication by Mr
Alfred S'iepperson, of N-w York. en
titled "Cotton Faots," has come tobe re
c )gn:zed as a leading authority among
cotton men. H s figures are accurate
and his deductions conservative. His
review of the last season and prospects
for 19001901 set forth that the last
crop (1899 1900) was 9,422,022 bales,
and his estimate of the current crop
(1900 1901) is 9,900,000 bales. He
comments upon this as follows:
At the close of the European cotton
season on September 30, the stocks of
cotton of all growths in European mar
kets were only 280,000 bales, being the
smallest recorded in 58 years, with the
exception of 1863, when, in consequence
of our civil war, the European stocks
ware redu .ed to 250,000 bales. Con
sumption however, was on a much
smaller scale then. and the stocks, on
September 30, 1863, represented six
weeks' consumption of the mills;
whereas the stocks last S !ptember were
not enough for two weeks' consurption
of European spinners. The consump
tion of American cotton last season by
American and foreign mlls was about
11,000,000 bales. My friend, Mr.
Thomas allisan of Liverpool, calls it
10.900,000, being 566,000 more than
the estimate published by him at the
beginning of the season. In his cireu
lar of October 20 he estimated a reduc
tion this season in American and Jap
anese cnsumption of 378,000 bales (of
500 pounds net) and an increase in Ea
rup:+an consumption of 90,000 bales
(Of 500 pounds net), and, with the ex
pectation of larger supplies than last
season from countries other than Ameri
ca. stated that an American crop of 10,
382,000 bales would be rt q'ired in or
der to keep the stock at the end of the
season from falling below the limited
supply at its commencement. Oa Da
cenab!r 18 Mr. Ellison cabled that he
thought an American crop of 10,150,
000 bales would meet the requirements
of the spinners. This was due to the
expectati3n of larger receipts from In
cia than his estimate in October of 800,
000 ,biles, or 500,000 more than last
season. In this conection it is, well to
remember that while 217,000 spindles
were added to the mills of India last
season, many of the mills were not con
stantly at work. It is probable inview
of the better crops and improved con
dition of affairs that considerably more
cotton will be spun in India than last
season. The commercial crop of India
last season was 2.613,OC bales against
an average of 3,200,000 for the four
previous seasons, but the actual yield
was probably not over 1,300,000 bates,
the balance being cotton held over
from previous crcps.. It is thought
that littie or no old cotton was left in
the interior of India last season, so that
the present commercial crop will not
Exceed the growth of this sessan. The
quantity available for ezport to Europe
is therefore not likely to exoecd 800,
000 bales, and may not be as much.
The largest shipment from Iud a to
E.irope ot recent seasons were 899.000
bales in 1896-97, but there are now 900,
000 m ire spindles in India than stIen.
Abiut twcthirds of the cot-o2 grown in
iaissnow contunid thr-, an it is
only the surpius which is exported. The
Eg,ptian crop is expectea to be less
taan last season b; thi cequival.ent of
250 000 bales of 500 p aunds and the
quality is beloi the average. I have
breea informed that about 600,000 new
spiocles have been etarred in B rtish
mills since Oatober 1st. Of the addi
tional spindles started in the United
States last season quite a large number
were not in cp ration until -the latter
part of the sea~on. All of the new mills
everywhere were eree edi to be operated
to their full capacity and the additions
to the nAiils weis for the same purpose.
With the settlement of the Chinese
compnca-ions and a renewal of trade
wit taat country, I eonfidently look
for tush activaty in cotton manufactur
ing taat tue consumption of the worla's
miuls will aDsurb all of this season's
e:ops. In that cvent the stocks will be
reduoea to very small propoitias every
where, and the coming summer may
witrness e xceedingly acuve and specula
tive markets at full prices. It is must
likely that there will ne a considerable
increase in the cotton acreage of this
contry next spring. Wnile this fact
wou.d doubtless depres3 to some
degree, the prneo of "luture deliveries"
for the next crop it would not relieve
the na ket for spnteo'ron. Italy agree
with alr. iElison shat there would not
be any plethora of cotton even if the
crop should exseed 10,750,000 bales,
as the distribution uui be spread
over such a wide area that there would
be no groat secumulation of stocks any
where.
As to the probable price that the re
mainder of tne current crop will com
mand, M1r. Shepperson makes no pre
diotuun and throws our no hint unless
it is to be 1ound in she following sen
teuce:
"II is perfectly evident that the pre
sent comzt.orelai cropecannot well e~Zaer d
the yieli or this season and, unless
very hih prices prevti in the sumi
mer, may be considerab.y less than the
yieilt trom the fact that some cotton
will be heid back, in every sect~ion* for
h.gatr prne.s.
This hint may be in either dir.e!.ion,
and we leave the reader to me his
choice of the twso poesswle constructions.
(1) A great deal of cotton is being
held br~eit b r higher priees, and if they
are not real.zed it will be carried over
to n--xt year, and there may to "consid
eraoly iess" cotton in the commercial
crop than this year's yield. (2) Tais is
probable "unless very high prices pre
vail ini summr. Whethier Mr. Shepper.
son thinks that the very high piices
will reva.1 or that they will not and
the cotton which is being saved fur
high prices wilt wait in vain and be
oarried into next year, thus making
this commercial crop considerably less
than the yield, each reader may deeide
for himself.-Augusta Chronicle.
THE Newport, Va., Herald
give us this conumdrum: "Sup
pose the grip should be fatal to
the President and a mountain
lion should eat up Teddy:
Where would we be on the 4th
of March?
THERE comes a story from
Cleveland that a rheumatic in
that town who could - barely
walk took to his heels and ran
like a deer when he was held up
by footpads, and since then
that he is free of his malady.
THERE is a tramp in a New
Jersey jail who is a Philospher.
Recently he fell heir to a legacy
of $75,040, but he declines to
take the money; says he has no
use for it, as the.out of doors
life of a tramp suits him and he
IN WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Memorial Tablets and Inscriptions
That Line the Interior of the
Great Shaft.
Few of the thousands of visitors to
the Washington monument have the
disposition to climb its 900 steps. It
is much easier to ride on the eleva
tor, which makes the ascent of the
tall column in about eight minutes.,
But visitors who walk one way, either
up or down, are well rewarded by a
near view of the inscriptions on the
memorial tablets, says Youth's Com
panion.
One hundred and seventy-six of
these tablets were contributed by
various societies, lodges, cities, states,
foreign countris and private individ
ua Is. The variety of their inscrip
tions attest the wide reach of the in
fluence of Washington.
The Association of Journeymen
Stonecutters of Philadelphia, under
the emblems of their trade, inscribe
on their tablet: "United We Stand."
Westmoreland county, Va., describes
itself simply as "The Birthplace of
Washington." Greece; the "Mother
of Ancient Liberty," sends from the
Parthenon "This Ancient Stone as a
Testimony of Honor and Admiration."
The Turkish inscription, it is said,
was written by the court poet,. and
bears a date in a "year of the He
gira." One of the longest inscrip
tions appears on a stone presented
by some Chinese Christians of Che
Heang, China, in 1853. It declares
George Washington to have been
braver than Tsau-Tsau or Lin-Pi.
A likeness of Shakespeare stands
out on a stone at the twenty-sixth
landing, as the short level spaces be
tween the flights of stairs are called.
bearing these words above: "All that
live must die," and below: "A trib
ute of respect from the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Dramtic Profes
sion of America."
SLEEP IN THE CIGARETTE.
Lethean Compound Used by an Expert
Spanish Thief on Pas
sengers.
Prof. de Gubernatis, the well-knows
Italian orientalist, has been the victim
of a crime often read of in lurid tales,
but seldom experienced in real . life.
The other day he was traveling in a
first-class carriage in which there was
one other individual. He went to sleep
and on arriving at Parua found himself
without his purse, containing 1,400
francs. He immediately complained to
the station authorities and not long
after a certain Spaniard, Alfreddo Gar
cia, of Barcelona, who described him
self as a silk merchant. was arrested,
says a London paper.
In spite of his protestations of inno
cence his baggage was examined and
was found to contain, besides a knife.
money and scissors used by thieves for
cutting out pockets, a case with some
cigarettes. This last object in the pos
session of a Spaniard is not a suspicious
circumstance, but. one of the police
thought he would try them, and to his
astonishment the room full of people
were soon all soundly and peacefully
sleeping. An examination proved that
the cigarettes contained a substance,
the smoke of which acts as a narcotic,
while the smoker experiences no in
convenience after having become ac
customed to it. The arrest of the pro
fessor's traveling companion was soon
effected, but Prof. de Gubernatis has
not recovered a penny of his lost
money.
THEY WERIE ALWAYS HERE.
According to This Account Cock
roaches and Bedbugs Are of
Very Ancient Lineage.
In the very oldest fossil-bearing
rocks no insects are found. The very
oldest fossil is a kind of polyp. making
reefs of limestone, when as yet the in
sects had not appeared, and it "flour
ished" in Canada, says the London Spec
tator. The first insect known to have
existed, a creature of such vast an
tiquity that It deserves all the respect
which the parvenu man can summon
and offer to it, was-a cockroach. This,
the father of all black beetles, prob
ably walked the earth in solitary mag
aiicence when not only kitchens, but
even kitchen maidens were undreamed
of, possibly millions of years before
neolithic man had even a back cave to
offer with the remains of last night's
supper for the cockroach of the period
to enjoy. His discovery est ablished the
fact that in the silurian period there
were insects, though, as the only piece
of his remains found was a wing, there
has been room for dispute as to the
exact species. Mr. Gross in his preface
to the second edition of his book notes
says that what is probably a still older
insect has been found in the lower
ilurian in Sweden. This was not a
cockroach, but apparently something
worse. -If the Latin name, Protocimex
Silurius, be literally translated. It
means the original silurian bug.
An Were Safe.
An earthquake, lately, in Caracas,
Venezuela, borught ruin and terror.
The city was in a state of chaos fore
days. The keeper of the jail, which
always has inmates confined there for
political offenses, issued the following
notice, which ought to have aniused
as well as reassured those wh,> read
It: "To the public: I have the sat
isfaction to Inform the families of
those who are detained here that this
snorning's earthquake has happily
caused no accident within this ee
tablishment."
Swallows as Carriers.
The question of employing swal
lows instead of pigeons to carry diD
patches has been seriously consid
ered in France. The aptitude of the
swallow for the work is by many held
to be even greater than that of the
pigeon. ________
THE Philadellphia North
American declares that Kansas
City is distinguished by the pre
sence of the most enterprising
thieves of the world outside the
ranks of the allies in Pekin.
They have stolen bodily a large
number of houses from the city
park, cut down trees for fire
wood and carried away nearly
all board walks. The police have
nailed down the remamnmg
planks and hope to save a few
houses.
THE Washington Post in
timates that the Democratic
Congressional membership is so
badly disrupted it cannot agree
as to whether Jefferson hitch
ed his horse to a tree upon the
occasion of his inauguration or
paid a small boy to hold it.
QUEEN Victoria was a grand
woman, and the English People
have a right to be proud of her
as a queen.