The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 04, 1901, Image 4
PARDON OF NEAL
Calls Forth a Statement trom At
torney-General Ballinger.
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
Protest Most Vigorously Against
Certain Statements That
Have Been Made About
the Case.
Attorney-General Bellinger protests
most vigorously against certain state
ments that have been made in ofnnEc
tion with the pardon of Col. Neal. He
does so because of his being the chief
officer in charge of the prosecution of
Colonel Neal. Here is his statement:
"While the case of the state vs. W.
A. Neal was still within the control of
the courts I felt that propriety, if not
justice, dictated that the prosecuting
officer should remain silent as to certain
statements made in behalf of the de
fendant through the public prints,
eriticising the motives of the prosecu
tion, impugning the impartiality of the
presiding judge and tending to mislead
the uninformed public as to the facts
of the cae; but inasmuch as the gov
ernor has granted a full,. unconditional
pardon to the defendant, justice to the
people of the Etate, whose servants pub
lic officials are to the cause of truth and
to the integrity and ability of one of
the purest men ever honored with the
ermine, impels me to speak, while the
propriety of my course the future must
decide.
"Fcr the past few day numerous
statements and predictions have been
made in the daily press, as to the prime
responsibility for which it is not neces
sary to inquire. It has been said, 'the
attorney general, it is said, gave
Colonel Neal's bondsmen a receipt, for
the amount due by him to the state.'
No such receipt ever was given, for
the reason that it had been held all
along by this ofioe that the bondsmen
were liable for only a part of what Neal
was due the state, and only for this part
was any receipt given or any money
paid. Communication was begun with
Neal immediately upon the receipt of
the report of the committee, early in
August, 1899. and continued from time
to time unprofitably until August 29,
when warrants were sworn out against
him and his arrest followed.
"Demand was made on his bondsmen
on September 4, 1899, and the sum of
$2.812 41 finally paid by them on the
29th day of the same month, after com
plaints were prepared, ready to be
served in the suit against the bonds
men. The~receipt given distinctly states
the items of the shortage included in
the sum.
"It was also said in Wednesday's
State, by one apparently 'speaking with
knowledge:' 'During the hearing (on
petition for pardon) the governcr ask
ed Mr. Nelson some questions as to
what amount Colonel Neal still owed
the state, or whether by his acts the
state stood in danger of losing anything.
* * * Offhand replies were given to
the questions asked by the governor,
but later on written explanations will
probably be filed,' and 'the governor
will first refer the petition to the trial
judge and the solicitor before going
further in the matter.' I am justified
in saying no reference of the matter wan
so made and consequently the prosecu
tion now has the first opportunity to be
heard; and did no one now speak in be
half of the state it might reasonably be
inferred that the statements of fact
contained in the petition remain un
challenged.
"Inasmuch as the governor, on the
15th of August, 1899, in transmitting
the report of the investigating commit
tee, said in his official lester to the at
scrney general. 'I ask that you take
such action as the law requires and pro
teet the interests of the state to secure
the administration of justice. I would
ask also that you advise me what further
steps are necessary to be taken by me
to carry out the findings of the com
mittee, as contained in the report.'
(Report, p. 4), and as he further said to
the legislature: 'The whole matter was
then placed in the hands of the attor
ney general with full power to act and
protect as far as possible the interests
of the state,' (Report, p. 6), it is rea
sonable to suppose that that officer
knew better to what extent the state
was to be affeoted than defendant's at
torneys. Had he honored me with a
request for information I shouli have
shown him, from the copy of thie re
port which his office had printed and
sent to the general assembly, that the
joint investigating Committee (Report,
p. 16) reported to him officially that in
addition to the items for which the
bondsmen subsequently paid the state,
Neal was liable for convict hire for
three years, amounting to $7A400, and
that the attorney general reported, in
addition to the amount for which the
bondsmen were chargeable, that 'on
the account of the lease of conviots for
three years the state has lost $2,600),'
(Report, p. 7,) and I shoxld have shown
him, by the testimony printed in said
report that (pages 68-107) Neal ac
knowledged that the noises waich he
had taken from the Ragedales were
discountei at the bank in order to raise
money to pay his personal debts diue
the penitentiary on acco.unt of convict
hire; that the Ragsdales were not even
morally responsible for the amount;
that he received the benefits arising
from the lease of the conviets and ta
the penitentiary authorities now held
one of these notes, amounting to $2, 600
for the hire of convicts for the yesr
1897. And I should have reminded him
that in his report to the general assem
bly he used this larguage: 'It will
not be improper for me in this connec
tion to commend the thoroughness arnd
efficiency with which this committee
has discharged the diffimilt duties they
had in hand, as you will see from the
report herewith aumitted.' 'The attor
ney general has discharged his duties
in this matter faithfully and I recomn
mend his diligence.' ''
Having been confined, as a source of
information, to common rumors and to
the articles published in the newspa
pers as to the facts presented on behalf
of the defendant, 1 am not informed of
any evidence laid before his excellency
to make him change his conclusions as
to the facts established by the commit
tee's report and I reiterate that after
taking advantage of the law to save
the loss of $2,600, which the bank now
sustains, and after collection from J.
B. Watson for the benefit of the bank
that amount due for convict hire for
another year, the state has loet on ac
count of the official misconduct of W.
A. Neal at least $2,600, as formerly re
ported.
I notice in today's State a statement
of what, by way of euphemism, we
may call his excellency's reasons fo:
granting the petition of pardon. Thaese
irst hat the petitions were num
ercusly :yzed "by gentlemen of the
highest reputation and standing." This
reason is forceful possibly because "the
voice of the people is the voice of God'"
to the auditor whose worship is direct
ed in a certain direction.
Second. The sureties of the offiial
bond of Neal urged the pardon upon
the ground that the defendant had re
paid them what they were compelled
to pay the state on account of his de
faloation. This reason would itself be
conclusive if the prosecutions had been
brought by the state for the benefit of
these bondsmen.
Third. It seems to be taken for grant
ed that humiliation and repentance for
the deeds done in the body are satis
faction before the law for the violation
of the criminal statutes of the state.
Were the governor, under our con
stitution, clothed with the priestly pow
er of absolution on account of a change
of heart and. a promise of a better life,
this reason would perhaps have weight,
but one can scarcely throw off the con
viction that had this penit.ent been
friendless and weak he would have
been left to the chain gang to "bring
forth fruits meet for repentance."
As it would be an injustice to con
ciude that the reasons for grantiag the
pardon are fully set out in the state
ment above anal; z ed, I shall look to
the allegations of the petition and the
statements contained in the letters
handed out by the governor for publica
tion and make such running comment
as appers to me pertinent.
The petition states that:
(s) "'he offense of which Neal was
convicted was a technical violation of
the law." In addition to saying that all
crimes under statutes are technical vio
lations of the law I call attention to the
testimony of the defendant before the
joint investigating committee and upon
his trial in court, in which he con
fess:d that at the time of the col
lection of the funds in question he
made false statements to the book
keeper as to the amounts collected,
stated that he had expended the funds
for his personal usa and finally, in con
tradiction these confessions, swore
on the stand that he had properly ac
counted for them, and this is referred
to in the petition as a "full and frank
statement."
(b) 'At a former term of court he
was tried and acquitted of breach of
trust with fraudulent intent as to the
same funds for which he was indicted
and convicted for not turning over to
his successor." I have before me all of
these indictments in the cases. The in
dictment upon which he was acquitted
charged the fanculent conversion of
only $244. The indictment under which
he was convicted charged the failure
to turn over sums aggregating $1,544.
So that for three separate sums, which
he has converted to his own use, has
never been acquitted of, even tried.
There is still undisposed of against him
in the court of general sessions an in
dictment for breach of trust for the
conversion of $300, but inasmuch as his
humilation and repentance is expected
"to redeem his life and reinstate him
self in the good opinion of his fellow
itizans," it would probably be an un
j istifiable expenditure of public funds
to press this proseoutien at the next
term of court.
(e) "This Eum of money was paid,
as nereinbefore stated, prior to trial
and with no idea of comnpromise." As
before stated, the money was paid only
after the defendant had been arrested
and had given bail, and then by the
bondsmen, against whom suit was
threatened.
(J) "As the law has been vindicated
and the amount found due on his bond
pi.* * ** If this statement is not
intended to imply that the state has
been held harmless in full by this pay
ment, then it does mean that the re
imbursement of the bondsmen should be
considered full satisfaction before the
law for Neal's misdeeds.
(e) "Such being the statute and
the facts showing that he had not
turned it over within thirty days, the
jury could not but find a verdict of guil
ty." Surely his Excellency could not so
soon forget that on the motion for a ne w
trial before Judge Gary on July 1 his
Honor was subjected to the painful or
deal of having stated before him as
grounds for a new trial: "Because the
court refused to charge the jury in re
gard to the authority of the superinten
dent of the penitentiary.
'-Because the court failed and re
fused to charge the law as sel forth in
Section 551.
"Because your honor's rulings during
the progress of the trial were not a fair
and impartial exposition of the law and
were prejudicial to the constitutional
rights of the defendant."
At last the amende honorable has
been made to his Honor, Judge Gary,
and the petition bears evidence to the
impartiahty of the judge and to the
performance of duty by the jury. Alas,
justice has come on laden wings and
re a:ation's generosity is tinctured
with a suspicion of expediency.
Among the letters which his Excel
lency has been considerate enough to
give to the papers for publication,
along with his reasons, and presamabiy
as meeting with his approval in senti
ment, are some charging miat 'the pee
pie believe that tnetprosecution against
Col. Neal was actuaed by political pre
judice and was simpiy persecution."
Now if anyone doubts the propriety of
my conduct in appearing in tais mat
ter before the puLio, let him read care
futy the words quoted, let him remem
ber that they reser to offcers of tne
state, and that publication of this slan
der was made wit the approval of the
offcer to wuom these ietters were ad
d.ased. So generai in its character is
thte charge thte. common fairness wouid
demann speccificauons. Wno were
" actuateid by political prejudice?'
Was it the genersl assembly who ap
point-ed the cc .mirttee, the committee
ported to the governor, the governor
who instructed tue attorney general to
begin procedings andreporten the find
ings oithe committee to the general as
sembly, the judge who presided over
the trial, the jury who passed upon the
fctor the attorney general and solici
tr who conducted the prosecution in
the facts of the case?
If the governor was a party to the ne
farious conspiracy he has made amends
and will doubtless have that mercy ex
tended to him that he has so freely be
stowed. If all the others remain sub
ject to the charge I deem it fortunate
for myself to te found in such com
pany.
REPLIES To THE LE rTER WRITERS.
In reply to those letter writers to the
governor who say that "the s~ate has
not lost one eent by Neal, he paid the
amount he was ascertained to be owing
in full," I say they speak from absolute
ignorance and I challenge them to pro
duce the evidence to sustain the state
ment; and to those who say that "Col.
Neal did not turn over his money while
the matter was still in the hands of the
investigting committee, but as soon as
the eas ws setaled he did so," and
that "t-here was not one scintilla of
evidence showing any criminal intent
PAUL IN A BASKET. 2
Dr. Talmage Draws His Sermon
from This Bible Incident. e
Story of the Disciple's Providential i
Escape from the Infuriated Mob
ana the Lesson It
Teaches.
[Copyrighted, 1901, by Louis Klops:h. N. Y.
Washington, Aug. 25.
A Bible incident not often noticed is
here used by Dr. Talmage to set forth 1
practical and beautiful truth; text, II.
Corinthians11:33: "Throughawindow
in a basket was I let down by the wall."
Sermons on Paul in j.i-, Paul on
Mars hill, Paul in the shipwreck, Paul
before the Sanhedrin, Paul before
Felix, are plentiful, but in my text we 2
have Paul in a basket.
Damascus is a city of white and glis
tening architecture, sometimes called
"the eye of the east," sometimes called
"a pearl surrounded by emeralds," at
one time distinguished for swords of
the best material, called Damascus
blades, and upholstery of richest fabric
called damask. A horseman of the
name of Saul, riding toward this city,
had been thrown from the saddle. The
horse had dropped under a flash from
the sky, which at the same time was so
bright it blinded the rider for many
days, and, I think, so permanently in
jured his eyesight that his defect of
vision became the thorn In the flesh he
afterward speaks of. He started for
Damascus to butcher Christians, but
after that hard fall from his horse he
was a changed man and preached
Christ in Damascus till the city was
shaken to its foundation.
The mayor gives authority for his
arrest, and the popular cry is: "Kill
him! Sill him!" The city is surround
ed by a high wall and the gates are
watched by the police lest the Cilician
preacher escape. Many of the houses
are built on the wall, and their balco
nies projected clear over and hovered
above the garden outside. It was cus
tomary to lower baskets out of these
balconies and pull up fruits and flow
era from the gardens. To this day vis
itors at the monastery of Mount Sinai
are lifted and let down in baskets. De
tectives prowled around from house
to house looking for Paul, but his
friends hid him, now in one place, now
in another. He is no coward, as 50 in
cidents in his life demonstrate, but he
feels his work is not done yet, and so
he evades assassination. "Is that
preacher here?" the foaming mob
shout at one house door. "Is that fa
natic here?" the police shout at anoth
er house door. Sometimes on the street
incognito he passes through a cloud of
clinched fists and sometimes he se
cretes himself on the house top.
Atlasttheinfuriated populace geton
sure track of him. They have positive
evidence that he is in the house of one
of the Christians, the balcony of whose
home reaches ever the wall. "Here ho
is! Here he is!" The vociferation and
blasphemy and howling of the pursu
ers are at the front doer. They break
In. "Fetch out that gespelizer and let
us hang his head on the city gate.
Where is he ?" The emergency was ter
rible. Providentially there was a good
stout basket in the house. Paul's
friends fasten a rope to the basket.
Paul steps int o it, The basket. is lifted
to the edge of the balcony on the wall,
and then, while Paul holds the rope
with both hands his friends lower
away, carefully and cautiously, slowly
but surely, farther down and farther
down, until the basket strikes the
earth and the apostle steps out and
afoot and alone starts out on that fa
mous missionary tonli the story of
which has astonished earth and Heav
en. Appropriate entry in Paul's diary
of travels: "Through a window in a
basket was l let down by the wall."
I observe first on what a. lender ten-3
ure great results hang. The rope- 4
maker who twisted that cord fastened3
to that lowering basket never knew
how much would depend upon the
strength cf It. How if it had been brok-i
en and the apostle's life had been
dashed out? What would have become
of the Christian church? All that mag
nifent missionary work in Pamphylia,
Cappadocia, Galatia, Macedonia would
never' have been accomplished. All hisI
writings that make up so indispensa
ble and enchanting a part of the New<
Testament would never have been1
written. The story of the resurrection]
would never have been so gloriously
told as he told it. That exampleof hero
1c and tiumphant epduramee at Philip
p, in the Mediterranean Euroolydon,
under flagellation, and at his behead
ing would not have kindled the courage
of 10,000 martyrdoms. But that rope
holding that basket, how mnuch depend
d on it! So again and again great re
suta have hung on alender circum- I
stances
Did ever ship of many thousand tons
crossing the sea have such an impor
tant passenger as had once a boat of
leaves, from taifrail to stern only t:hree
r four feet, the vessel being water-1
proof by a coat of bitumen and flosting
on the Nile with the infant lawgiver of
the Jews on board? Whatif some croc
edile should crunch it? What if some
of the cattle wading in for a drink
should .sink it? Vessels of war some
times carry 40 guns looking through
the por tholes ready to open battle, but
the tiny craft on the Nile seems to be
armed with all the guns of thunder
that bombarded Sinai at the lawgiving.
On how fragile craft sailed how much
of historical importance!
The parsonage at Epworth, England,
is on fire in the night, and the father
rushed through the hallway for the
rescue of his children. Seven children
are out and safe on the ground. but one
remains In the consuming building.
That one awakes, and, finding his bed
on fire and the building crumbling,
comesto the window, and two peas
ants mnake a ladder of their bodies, one
peasant standing on the shoulde~r of
the other, and down the human ladder:
quetionl: Did you hear the trial, have g
you read the repo-:t of the investigatinga
committee, are you prepared to say that f
you have any knowledge whatever of t
the case.f
I am aware the pardoning power is
the prerogative of the chief executive,
but I am mindful that it is a delegated
and representative power, to be exer
cised for and on behalf of the people.
It is not to be a personal forgiveness,
made full and bounteous by an offioial
act.r
Mercy is of many kinds; we often
"The g'iality of mercy is not strain'd;
It dropp:th as the gentle rain from Heaven
Upon the place beneath: It is twice p
bless'd: "
A, yes,
"I blesseth him that gives, and him that
'Tis mightiest ia the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch tetter than his crown.
His sceptre shows the force of temporal t
power, r
The attribute to awe and majesty, a
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of p
kings."h
It would at least be a wise precaution ~
or th criminal who comes upon the tl
h boy desoents-Bohn Wesley. I it
'ou would knew how much depended
n that ladder of peasants, ask the mil
ions of Methodists on both sides of
he sea. Ask their mission stations ail t
round the world. Ask their hundreds t
>f thousands already ascended to join c
heir founder, who would have per
shed but for the living stair of peas- t
nts' shoulders.
An English ::hip stopped at Pitcairn
sland, and right in the midst of sur- I
ounding cannibalism and squalor the i
assergers discovered a Christian col
ny of churches and schools and beau- I
iful homes and highest style of reli- i
;ion and civilization. Fir 50 years no I
aissionary and no Christian influence a
ad landed there. Why this oasis of I
ight amid a desert of heathendoa? t
ixty years before a ship had met dis- c
ster, and one of :he sailors, unable to c
ave anything else, went to his tru:2k
.nd took out a Bible which his mother 1
pad placed there and swam ashore,the I
tible in his teeth. The book was read t
'n all sides until the rough and vicious
>opulation were evangelized, and a
hurch was started and an enlighetened r
:ommonwealth established, and the c
world's history has no more brilliant I
>age than that which tells of the trans- S
ormation of a nation by one book. It I
lid not seem of much importar.ce C
vhether the sailor continued to
gold the book in his teeth or let it fall =
n the breakers, but upon what small
ircumstances depended wtat mighty
-esults!
Practical inference: There are no
asignificances in life. The minutest =
hing is part of a magnitude. Infin
ty is made up of infinitesimals; great t
hings an aggregation of small r
hings. Bethlehem manger pulling on
6 star in the eas:tern sky. One book I
a a drenched sailor's mouth the evan
relization of a multitude. One boat
if papyrus on the Nile freighted with
vents for all ages. The fate of
'hristendom in a basket let down
rom a window on the wall. Wiat
rou do, do well. If you make a rcpe,
nake it strong and true, for you
mow not how much may depend on
our workmanship. If you fashion a
oat, let it be waterproof, for you
mow not who may sail in it. If you
>ut a Bible in the trunk of your boy
is he goes from home, let it be re
nembered in your prayers, for it may
iave a. mission as farreaching as the
)ook which the sailor carried in his
,eeth to the Pitcairn beach. The
iainest man's life is an island be
ween two eternities-eternity past
ippling against his shoulders, eter
ity to come touching his brow. The
casual, the accidental, that which
nerely happened so, are parts cf a
reat plan, and the rope that lets the
ugitive apostle from the Damascus
all is the cable that holds to its
nooring the ship of the church in the
torm of the centuries.
Again, notice unrecognized and un
'eorded service. Who spun that
-ope? Who tried it to the basket?
Vho steadied the illustrious preacher
LS he stepped into it? Who relaxed
tot a muscle of the arm or dismissed
in anxious look from his face until
;he basket touched the ground and
lischarged its magnificent cargo?,
ot one of their names has come to
is. But there was no work done that
lay in Damascus or In all the earth
~ompared with the importance of
heir work. What if they had in their
1gitation tied a knot that could slip? j
Nhat if the sound of the mob at the
loor had led them to say: "Paul1
nust take care of himself, and we
ill take care of ourselves." No, no!
[hey held the rope. and in doing so
lid more for the Christian church
;han any thousand of us wvill ever ac
somplish. But God knows and has
nade record of their undertaking.
and they know.
How exultant they must have felt
when they read his letters to the
Etomans, to the Corinthians, to the]
alatianu, to the Ephesians, to the
Philippians, to the Colossians, to the
Lhessalonians, and when they heard
iow he walked out of prison, with
;he earthquake unlocking the doer
for him, and took command of the
lexandrian corn ship when the
ailers were nea'rly scared to death
md preached a sermon that nearly
ihock Felix off his judgment seat. I
ear the men and women who helped
aim down through the window and
aver the wall talking In private over
;he matter and maying: "How glad
[ am that we effected that rescue! In
:oming times others may get the
lory of Paul's work, but no one shall
rob us of the satisfaction of knowing
hat we held the rope."
Something occurs to me quite per
jonal. I was the youngest of a large
Eamily of children. My parents were
either rich nor poor. Feur of the
ons wanted a collegiate education,
ad four obtained It, but not without
rreat home struggle. We never heard
the old people say once that they
were denying themselves to effect
this, but I remember now that my
arents always looked tired. I don't
~hink they ever got rested until they
ay down in the Somerville cemetery.
Iiother would ait down in the even
ing and say: "Well, I don't know
what makes me feel so tired." Fa
ther would fall immediately to sleep,
seated by the evening stand, over
ome with the day's fatigues. About
35 years ago the one and about 37
years ago the other put down the
burdens of this life, but they still
b~old the rope.
But there must seine a time when
we shall find out who these
Damascenes were who lowered Paul
in the basket, and greet them and all
those who have rendered to God and
the world unreeegnized and unrecord
ed services. That is going to be one
of the glad excitements of Heaven,
the hunting up and picking out of
those who did great good on earth
and got no credit for it. Here the
church has been going on 19 cen
turies, and yet the world has not
recognized the serviceasof the people
ood fortune of Col. William A. Neal
s a preCedent to be followed in the
ture to look well to his social posi- e
ion, the number and standing of his t
iends, and his sensitive disposition to t
ufer humiliation and repentance; for (
therwise some poor devil who has d
old his crop under lien, aind failed to r
ay the debt secured thereby within t
en days, may wake up to find that (
rhile he slept in the darkness of his r
riendless despair, so sheltered that c
his "bounteous rain of Heaven" had u
an ff the eaves and had failed to wet r
im.
It is to be hoped that the future will f
ot recall tha- c
Mercy is not itself, oft looks so;
ardoi is still the nurse of second woe." a
Will It Pay?
A dispatch from. Atlanta says the
otton growers will hold their cotton I
is year until they can get 10 cents a I
ond. Officials of the cotton growers (
BJociaton decided on this plan for the i
lanters at a meeting in the Kimball 1]
ouse Friday and they will work to I
ave the plan adopted in all the associa- I
LO throughout the south.
a that Damascus baloony. Chares
,. Finney said to a dying Christian:
Give my love to St. Paul when you
Beet him." When you and I meet
im, as we will, I shall ask him to in
roduce me to those who got him out
f the Damascene peril.
We go into long sermons to prove
hat we will be able to recognize peo
le in Heaven, when there is one rea
on we fail to present, and that is bet
er than all-God will introduce us.
re shall have them all pointed out.
-ou would not be guilty of the impo
teness of having friends in your par
>r not introduced, and celestial po
teness will demand that we be made
cquainted with all the Heavenly
ousehold. What rehearsal of did
imes and recital of stirring reminis
ences! If others fail to give intro
uction, God will take us through, and
Before our first 24 hours in Heaven
f it were calculated by earthly time
eces-have passed we shall meet and
alk with more Heavenly celebrities
han in our entire mortal state we met
ith earthly celebrities. Many who
ade great noise of usefulness will sit
n the last seat by the front door of
he Heavenly temple, while right up
ithin arm's reach of the Heavenly
hrone will be many who, though they
ould not reach themselves or do great
xploits for God, nevertheless held the
'ope.
Come, let us go right up and accost
hose on the circle of Heavenly
hrones. Surely they must have killed
i battle a million men. Surely they
ust have been buried with all the
athedrals sounding a dirge and all
he towers of all the cities tolling the
ational grief. Who art thou, mighty
ne of Heaven? "I lived by choice the
tnmarried daughter in a humble home
ha I might take care of my parents
a their old age, and I endured with
ut complaint all their querulousness
.nd administered to all their wants
or 20 years." Let us pass on round
he circle of thrones. Who art thou,
ighty one of Heaven? "I was for
:0 years a Christian invalid and suf
ered all the while, occasionally writ
ig a note of sympathy for those
orse off than I, and was general con
dant of all those who had trouble,
nd once in awhile I was strong
nough to make a garment for that
oor family in the back lane." Pass
n to another throne. Who art thou,
nighty one of Heaven? "I was the
nother who raised a whole family of
hidren for God, and they are out in
he world Christian merchants, Chris
Ian mechanics, Christian wives, and
have had full reward for all my toil."
et us pass on in the circle of thrones.
I had a Sabbath school class and
hey were always on my heart, and
hey all entered the kingdom of
sod, and I am waiting for their ar
ival." But who art thou, the mighty
ine of Heaven on this other throne?
'In time of bitter persecution I owned
house in Damascus, a house on the
all. A man who preached Christ was
sounded from street to street and I
id him from the assassins, and when
found them breaking into my house
end I could no longer keep him safe
I advised him to flee for his life,
Lnd a basket was let down over the
all with the maltreated man in it,
nd I was one who helped hold the
ope." And I said: "Is that all?"
ind he answered: "That is all." And
while I was lost in amazement I heard
strong voice that sounded as though
might once have been hoarse from
nany exposures, and triumphant as
;hough it might have belonged to one
,f the martyrs, and it said: "Not
nany mighty, not many noble are
:alled, but God bath chosen the weak
hings of the world to confound the
;hings which are mighty, and base
:hings of the world and things which
re despised hath God chosen, yea, and
bhings which are not to bring to
taught things which are, that no flesh
should glory in His presence." And
looked to see from whence the voice
ame, and lo1 it was the very one who
ad said: "Throz~i a window in a
asket was I let down by the wall."
Henceforth think of nothing as in-.
iignificant. A little thing may decide
our all. A Cunarder put out from
England for New York. It was well
~quipped, but in putting up a stove
ai the pilot box a nail was driven too
sear the compass. You know how
:hat nail would affect the compass.
ho ship's oficers, deceived by -that
istracted compass, put the ship 200
iles off her right course, and sudden
yy the man on the lookout cried:
'Land ho;." and the slip was halted
within a few yards of her demolition
m Nantucket shoals. A sixpenny nail
igme near wrecking a Cunarder.
hall ropes hold mighty destinies.
A minister seated Tn Boston at his
able, lacking a word, puts his hand
behind his head and tilts back his
hhair to think, and the ceiling falls
nd crushes the table and would have
rushed him. A minister in Jamaica
at night, by the light of an insect
alled the candle fly, is kept from step
ping over a precipice a hundred feet.
.. W.Robertson, the celebrated Eng
Lih clergyman, said that he entered
the ministry from a train of circum
tances started by the barking of a
og. Had the wind blown one way
n a certain day the Spanish inquisi
ion would have been established in
England. But it blew the other way,
and that dropped the accursed institu
tion, with '75 tons of shipping, to the
bottom of the sea or flung the splin
tred logs on the r ocks.
Nothing unimportant in your life or
nne. Three naughts placed on the
-ght side of the figure one makes
a thousand, and six naughts on the
-ght side of the figure one a million,
and our nothingness placed on the
-ight side may be augmentation illim
itable. All the ages of time and eterni
yaffected by the basket let down
from a Damascun balcony.
Stilt in the Busines.
Church-I see a man milliner up
town has gene into politics.
Gotham-Well, he's a trimmer yet,
-Yonkers Statesman.
Drowned at Sea.
The navy department 'Thursday re
eivcd a cablegram fromiCapt. Craig, of
he Albany, dated at AdeD, announcing
hat Frank Schilz and Timoth Me
atthy, while sleeping on the poop
ec of the Albany on last Sunday
igt slid overboard, buring an excep
onslly heavy roll of the vessel. Capt.
rag's cablegram stated that he re
aied in the locality where the ac
ident occurred all Sanday night and
ttllafter daylight Monday, but the
en were not again seen, and their
dees could not be recoveree. On the
llowing Monday George Perkins went
vroard and was drowed, but his body
ass ecovered and will be bnried ashore
Four Men Killed.
In an accident Monday at the new
ridge which the Southern railway is
uding across the Congaree river, n ar
oobi, four men were killed, three
oued, one fatally and two seriously.
hee accident occurred at 8:30 o'clock
loday morning and was caused by the
aig of two steel girders about 70
set logwighing fourteen tons each,
RFSUM1ES ITS WORD,
The Polit cal Summer School
Opens Once More.
SENATOR McLAURIN ABSENT.
A Mill President Presents the
Ccmmercial Demccracy's
Side cf the Argument.
The Ohio Speakers.
The State Political Summer School
resumed operation at Spartanburg on
Tuesday of last week. The meeting
was devoid of sensational features.
There were present Messrs. Hemphill,
Johnstone, Henderson, Latimer and
Evans, but a new volunteer lecturer on
the textile industry-Col. Carey, a
mill president, entered the arena.
HON J J HEMPHILL
The first speaker introduced was
the Hon. J. J. Hemphill who delivered
a rattling good speech; punctuated with
jokes, and made a good impression.
He reminded one of a trained athlete
upon a gymnasium floor, being easy
and graceful as well as displaying the
power he posseesel. He took it for
granted that the people bad assembled
here to discuss issues that were vital to
themselves and the country. These
inucs came as new issues in name, but
they were as old as the fundamental
principles of the great parties. He
held that this necessity had arisen by
r asnu of the efforts of one man to raise
whole planks from the Republican plat
form and put them into the Democratic
platform and then ferce the people to
stand upon them. The leading issue
of course was the question of expansion
-modern expansion. Expansion was
founded, he held, upon Democratic
principles; but this new variety was on
an entirely different plan-one utterly
fozeign to our customs, institutions and
modes of thought. The speaker then
described the Philippine islands and
presented many facts and figures to
show how many cotton goods America
sold them last year. He figured that
the islands bought from us goods
amounting to 7 cents per capita, and
that if th is trade is divided up South
Carolina will get one hundredth part
of a mill. He discussed the small trade
to be secured and applied the same
reasoning to China. Then he compared
the results of trade with these foreign
countries with those of our trade with
Lanada, showing that Canada with
five millions population did hundreds
of times more business with us than
China. He wanted true expansion
pushed but with the people who had
something to expand. . He went on to
show that Spain bad all along been a
weak nation and if any or thie big
powers had wanted the Philippines
they could long ago have taken them.
He was opposed to the ship subsidy
absolutely and wanted all laws putting
restrictions upon ships floating the
American flag repealeil. They should
be built" and owned in this country.
Then he entered into the much vaunted
ship subsidy cf Great Britain and
showed. that she had iterely paid for
the carrying of the mails as we do, but
she uas paying only 40 cents per ton
against our $1 23 for theo aame servies.
HENDERSON PLAIN SPoKEN.
Hon. D. S. Henderson was then intro
duced and he made a foroefui speecn,
thoroughly commanding tne attention
of his hearers. He calied attention to
the fant that today was the anniver
sary of the date of the primary for
United States senator to be held one
year nence. There was on foot a de
liberate effort to overturn the princi
ples of lDemocracy, those principles as
old as the country itself. He had every
faith in the people and believed that
they would stand to these principles
ana kill out this effort now in its very
inception. Senator M1c1aurin had toid
them at Charlotte that it was about
time for them to abondon these prin
ciples and embrace those of Republi
canismi He was sorry the janior senator
was not present. He wanted to see
him on tne stump in order that these
issues ne has raised might be fully die
cused." MrcLaurin had shown a dispo
sition to avoid these meetings. At
Qafiney Tillman had taken him una
wares. When the opportunity came to
discuss these things MicLaurin was al
ways unavoidably detained. He would
not misstate the senator's position. The
senator I aI been calling for Republi
can principles-wnst he advocated was
merely D'mocratie in name. Mir. Hen
aerson read copiously from Senator
McLaurin's speeoh delivered a few
days before the ratification of the Paris
treaty, in which lie held that a colo
nial policy was unconstitutional and.
that it was not Iroper to spread re
ligion at the point vir the bayonet. Mdr.
Rendenson called attention to that po
ition ana that now assumed. Uould
they take such a man as a leader? If
later on when it eames to the State con
vention to elect delegates to the Kain
as City convention he held these views
he should have called on the peopie of
alariboro to sena him to that conven
tion so ho couin have presented those
views before those oharged with tne
making o1 the party piatform. M~r.
lierderson paid high tribute to Gen.
Wade hiamupton, being heartily ap
plauded, anc' read from the general's
recent interview. TVhe spea~er then ran
over the politcal history of the country
showing what were the fundamental
pricipies of De~mocracy and contuast
ing tm with iRepuoiican principles.
CoL. JOHNSTONE.
Ccl. George Johinstone made another
haracteristically strong speech and by
his expressive delivery and forceful
way of putting thing he won friends
just as he did at Union. He said it
was the imminent peril he considered
South Carolina to be in just now that
brought him before the people. He
gave, as at Union, the reasoning by
which he had reached his conclusion on
the issues now before the people. He
had observed South Carolina's onward
movement since 1876 and believed that
South Carolina would soon be the lead
ing textile State in the Union. He had
looked carefully at the men who advo
cated these new principles and found
some who had voted for Bryan exvress
ing publicly the hope that McKinley
would be elected. The principles in
volved in all this were those of our
forefathers, those Jefferson had fought
for. They were calling it Commercial
Democracy. He didn't know exactly
in wat it was commeecial unless it
was in federal patronage This was
the article of commerce and the post
office the exchange of small trade. He
dwelt upon the fact that the Demo
cratic party had always been the broad
party; that it had always had the true
expansion policy. But this is a very
differen expeann from that we are
now called upon to adopt. He said
there had been no expansion from the
elder Adams on down which the Demo- g
ritic party had not originated; like- A
wise there had been no treaties It did
and does stand for these things. It was
preposterous now to twit the Damo
cratic party with stagnation and inac. sea
tion. Col. Johnstone then clearly ani
pointed out the difference between the the
expansion of those days and the im
perialism of the present day. The con
test we are now engaged in, he said, is exa
no ordinary one. It is a death grapple oui
of the forces of Freedomand M ardby i
and in it is the germ of destruction of ov
the institutions which we have built ,
up and stood for. Col. Johnstone then
took up the religious destiny idea, and go
disclaiming any intention to be irrever- to
ent asked as at Union, how Christ ge
would look in the uniform of an Ameri- tii
can general marching at the head of an e
invading army, carrying religion with
rifles to }o those who did not want it.
in
ANOTHER MILL PRESIDENT. Lc
Congressman Latimc r was presented B
as the next speaker. Before he could
say anytbing a man in the hall wanted 15
to ask him something about a Populist fo
convention. He tola his questioner he FC
would answer later and proceeded to say ti
that there had been an idea afi at since 60
the Union meeting that some attack at
he.d been made on the cotton mill presi- to
dents and he wished to give a portion tn
of his time to one of them to make a m
reply. He thereupon- presented Col. PD
Jno. B. Carey, president of the Lock- ca
hart mills. Mr. Carey was greeted with wi
vigorous applause and was given a th
most respectful hearing. He made ag
quite an elcquent defense of the cot- to
on mill presidents. He said an honor- 00
able class of men had been attacked at a
Union and their character had been as- er:
sailed. He was not a politician, but ed
merely wished to present a few facts. 8o
H. gave an interesting account of who 00
these mill men were, most of them true fie
South Carolinians; Confederate soldiers Ri
and soss of Confederate soldiers. Others at
were those who had come and east their 70
lot among us. He pictured what they to
had done for the State. He denounced C1
the politicians for having brought on ha
this war, and said that now it was on fr<
we cught to accept the cons quences of
and do the best possible. The mill til
presidents were all men of peace. He re
gave an outline of expansion as the hi
mill men saw it-an expansion of trade. fe
He said, "Expansion as the mill men N
understand it is the reaching out from Oc
our o in shores and extending into the st
marts of the world, with our ships sail
ing under our own flag, laden with t(
American products of the loom, of the e'
shop, of the mine and of the field."
LATIMER HITS HARD.
Mr. Latimer then took the stand i
again and made a very vigorous speech so
which took well with- the crowd. The
man in the audience who questioned t
him when he first arose accused Lati- of
mer of having been in a Popalist to
convention at Kansas city. Mr. Lati- ti,
mer denied this, and said that after d,
the Democratic convention in Kansas of
City had completed its business an
other had assembled, but he had not .a
been a member of it; nor had he had
anything to do with it. Then the con
gressman dived into Senator McLau r
rin with the gloves off, and vigorously b
enounced him. He said MeoLaurin had
betrayed everything he had ever had
anything tp do witil. He had started tr
out opposing the Beform movement. O
He had undertaken to run the cam
paign of W. D. Evans and ele cted him
tel?. He had been opposed to the dis
pensary, after the Darlington trouble. ~
A year or two ago in Wasnington Mc- -'
Laurin had come to Congressmnan
8trait ana Wilson and himself and hadt U
tried to get them to sign a proclama- q1
tion with him to lead the people into U
the Republican party. t
EVANS TILLS A TALE.
Ex Governor John Gary Evans was
at his new home today.- He was given
hearty cheers when he was presented. d
He stated that he had not intended to
make a speecn today; ta he had ex- a
pecred to give his tia.ne to other speak- r
era. He did may a few things of in- s
terest, however. He asserted that he
had known all this time, and claimed .
redit for predicting it, that MeLaurin ~1
would do as he had done. He had been
in Washington once and had gone to
Tilman and our congressmen and told t4
them that MeLaurin was a Republican '
at heart, and asked them to watch
him. He had told Latimer about it
and told Latimer to go atiead and op
pose him; that he would step aside i
as he had jast been defeated and did V
not care to run again just then. Lati- c
mer had said he had plenty of aoeu
mnts that would beat him, but he did si
not run. E. J. Watson. C
c
The Difference. f
The Savannah News says so far as weo
are able to recall ;nere has never Deen
a riot in a soudhern city for the purposee
of driving the colored element out of
tuo public parks. 1u Savannah, Jack- c
snville, Wilmington. Mobile, Mem- a
phis and New Orleans the public parks 9
are often practically monsopolized by 9
negroes. 'hev come early and stay ~
la:e, and occupy tae choice benches t:
and sit nearest the music when the i
band plays. It is frequently remarked a
that they get the most of the benefits a
of the paris, but the white people
never think of driving them away with
clubs and rocks. But in Indianapolis,
Id., they do things differently. Two
rIots have already occurred there in
Fairview Park because the white people
object to the presence of negroes in tno
pleasure grounds, and other similar t
troubla may occur. In Indiana the
"coored brother" is best loved when ~
he is several hundred mile. away. t
About Right.
The Washingson Post says the editor
of the Savannah News has apen;t he
greater portion of his professional life v
in supporting politicians for office, and a
now thaat he aspiros to the Georgia
governorship, he feels that he has the I
right to expect a little reciprccity on
their part. Or, at least, he did feel g
that way until last week, when he wash
remided moat forcibly that republics C
are not the only things that are un
grateful. He finds himself accused of
all sorts of diahonorable practices, and
the accusers, are the politicians whom
he has supported so sealously in the
past. The Post has always maintained t
that newspapers should be made and
conducted for the people who support
them, and not for the politicians who
expect to be supported. We expect
soon to be able to announce that edi
ton of the Savannah News as a convert
to our theory. d
d
Mas. Carrie Nation, referring
to her husband's application for e:
divorce, says she thinks David p
isn't a bad fellow, but "he is too a
slow for me." And, looking
back over her life with him. she
is resolved not to surrender her y
liberty again "for the best nmanf d
that ever stretched shoe
leather." David was right in 'a
askling th + courts~ torelease him. G
TAH GRUET ODDS.
ainst the Confederates in Noted Bat
ties of the War.
Chose who will take the pains to
rah the offiaial records of the Union
1 Confederate armies, as published by
I government of the United States,
l see that the old veterans are not
ggegrating the wondrous deeds of
r southern heroes, when they talk
.h such enthusiasm of victories won
r immense cdis.
It is not the purpose of this article to
into dry details from the records, but
quote the words t f a gallant Union
neral, Don Carlos Buell, whose
ely arrival at Shiloh saved the
deral army from complete overthrow.
in an article which appeared first in
e Century Magazine acd afrerwards
the third volumn of "Battles and
aders of the Civil War." General
tell said:
"It r, quircd * * * a naval fi et and
,000 troops to advance against a weak
s, manned by less than 100 men at
rt Henry; 35, with naval co opeia
n t'o overcome 12 000 at Danelsot,;
000 to secure a victory over 40 000
Pits turg Landing (Shilol ); 120 000
enfored the retr.at of 65,000 in
;nohed after a monsh of fighting and
neuveTing at Carinth; 100,000 re
iea y 80,000 in the fi. s peninsular
mpaiga agsin t R.c unond: 70,000
ten a poweriui naval 1or de to inspire
e campaign which lasted nine months,
ainst 40,000 at Vicksburg; 90,000 to
barely withstand the assault of 70,
0 at Gettysburg; 115,000 sustaining
rightful repulse from 60,000 at Fred-.
cksburg; 100,000 attacked and defeat=
by 50,000 at Chancellorsville;
000 held in check two days by 40-,
0 at Antietam; 43 000 retaining the
id uncertainly against38,000 at Stone
ver (Murfreesbcrc); 70,000 defeated
Chickamauga, and beleaguered by
000 at Chattanooga; 80000 merely
break the investing iine of 45,000 at
ratanooga, and 100,000 to press
ok 50.000 increased at last to 70,000
nm Chattanooga to Atlanta a distance
120 miles, ant then let go-an opera
:n which is commemorated at festive.
uniors by the standing toast of 'One
Ldred day under fire; 50,000 to do
at the investing line of 30,000 at
ashile; and finally 120,000 to over
me 60,u00 with exhaustion after a
ruggle of a year in Virginia."
In some of the battles thus enumera
d by General Buell the odds were
'en greater than he states them.
General Baelt adds: "Individually
ae northern~Aoldier was in no sense the
forior of the southern. What then
the explanation of this rule which is
nearly invariable as to show that
perior numbers were generally essen
i to Union victories and the success
Union operations? Much was due
the character of the contest. Revolu
on is calculated to inspire bold and
sperate action, and wars of sentiment,
the nature of which this partook
ore in the south thai in the north,
always marked by u iusual energy."
Buell gives as anotaer reason, she
iduct of the southern general. "They
cgnissd that the odds must generally
against them and that they must
dsms means of overc 'ming the ef
et of the fact upon the spirit of their
oops, and themselves set an example
audacity."
To illustrate the implict confidence
ih which the southern soldiers fol
wed their leaders he draws the follow
g comparison:
"At Cold Harbor the northern troops
ho hsad proven their indomitable
ialities -by losses nearly equal to the
hole of their opponent, when ordered
Sanother sacrino, .eve~e under such a
ildier as Hancock, answvered the do
.nd as one ma;, a~salena and stolid
ertia; at Gettystu-g, Pickett, when
iting for the signal which Longstreet
eaded to repeat, b r the hopeles but
umorral charge against Cemetary Hill,
luted and said, as he burned so his
tady column: '1 shall- move forward,
General Buell then speaks of another
ifiance which nerved the heart of the
nfederate soldier to valorous deeds:
"Nor must we give slight importane
>the influence of the southern women,
ho in agony of hears girded the swcrd
pon their loved ones and bade themgo.
was to be expiaeted that these various
bfuences wouid give a confidence to
aership tha; would-tenc to bold ad
ature and leave its mark upon the
antst."
Before closing this artic'e I wish to
y that in my communication on
~ettysburg I inadvertently gave all the
edit of mae f:st day's brilliant Oon
adeisate victory to .Esell's corps. I
ould have said 'the troops of A. P.
[ill and E ueli encounterd the two
arps of Reynoide and Howard, etc."
ho bastaw as com en.ed og Hill's
ops and E weli's troops came to his
sistance am the censis of the engage
ient. I would not do an intentional
ijustice to any olficor or man of that
icomparble host; the Army of Nor
it any of the gallans leaders of that
riy wAlladiy tailed ia any duty on
zy liel.-LneAdianta Jouraa.
Light as a Cure.
At a meeting of the Academy of
ciences in Paris on December 3 1..
. Garnault reported that in cer
ain diseases light exercises a
pecific curative action. The most
uccessful treatment under concen
rated light occurred in cases of murs
ular and articular rheumatism, vari
us kinds of ulcers and chronic ca
arrh of the nose and ear.-Youth's
ompanion.
Taking No Chances.
Hotel Clerk-I am sorry, sir, but you
rill have to give satisfactory proof
bout those scars on your hands.
1am dr Fatte-Why, can't a man
are scars?
"No. How do I know but what you
ot those scars while sliding down the
ghtning rod at the last hotel!"-Chi
ago Daily News.
PonosAttachments are quick
rformed in our profession.
Hamakter-Alas, 'tis true!
"Why that note of melancholy in
ay tone ?"
"I was thinking of my wardrobe
'hich my landlord has this day at
tched."-Ohio State Journal.
But Nothing Is Done.
Mrs. Pettit-Whenever I express a
esire for anything my husband never
bjects.
Mrs. Ig. Nord-Same with me. I cam
press the desire as often as X
lease. It never disturbs him.-Phil
elphia Press.
Cause and Effect.
She-I'd never have married you
I'd have known you would become
af.
He-I should never have become
af if I hadn't miarried you.