The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 30, 1901, Image 4
A WORD OF MIGHT.
Great Meaning Contained in Tezt
'of Dr. Talmage's Sermon.
Is Composed of But Four Letters Bat
In the Quzeen of Wor-Vo*%O
of Christian Fazitlh-Two
ThinaS to Uei'e.
{opyright, 1901. by Lous K:opsch. N. T-1
In this discoursz Dr. 'Taimage calls
all people to gladness and opens all
the doors of expecta-ucy; te xts. Geu
esis vi., s. "Come;" Revelators xx-,
17, "Come."
Imperial, tender and all persuasive
Is the word "Come.- Six hu a
seventy-eight times it is : i
Scripture'. It stands at l: "y't
gate of the ie as it x
inviting atedi:uaVans ju* Nm i
and it stand- at the 1t-0
Bible as in =yiy 'eod tec .
-the postd -uvian- ol. later ae
into the ark of a Saviour' -
"Come" is only a word of four -
ters, but it is the queen or w'oras,
and nearly th'e entire nation of Ja0
glish vocabulary bows to its scept'r.
It is an ocean into v.-hih enptles 1-,
000 rivers of mcang"9. Other wors
drive, but this beck us. All moods of
feeling hath that word "ome."
Sometimes it veeps and sounetimes it
laughs. Sometimes it pray. somc
times it tempts, and someti mes it de
stroys. It sounds from the door ot
the church and from the serag oS ot
sin, from the gatrs of leaven and
the gates of hell. It is conuent and
accrescent of all power. It is the heir
ess of most of the past and the al
moner of most of the future. -Come:"
You may pronounce it so that all the
heavens will be heard in its cadences
or pronounce it so that all the woes
of time and eternity shall reverberate
in its one syllable. It is on the lip
of saint and profilgate. It is the
mightiest of all solicitants either for
good or bad.
To-day I weigh anchor and haul in
the planks and set sail on that great
word, although I am sure I will not
be able *to reach the farther shore.
I will let down the fathoming line
into this sea and try to measure its
depths, and. though I tie together all
the cables and cordage I have on
board, I will not be able to touch bot
tow._ All the power of the Christian
r.ligion is in that word, "Come." The
dctatorial and commendatory in re
ligien are of no avail. The impera
tive mood is not the appropriate
mood when we wonld have people sav
ingly impressed. They may be
coaxed, but they cannot be driven.
Our hearts are like our homes; at
a friendly knock the door will be
opened, but an attempt to force open
our doors would land the assailant
In prison. Our theological seminaries,
which keep young men three years in
their curriculum before launohing
them into the ministry, will do well
if in so short a time they can teach
the candidates for the holy office how
to say with right emphasis and into
nation and power that one word,
"Come!" That man who has such
effciency in Christian work and that
woman who has such power to per
mude people to quit the wrong and
b'egin the right went through a series
of losses, bereavements, persecutions
and the trials of 20 or 30 years be
fora they could make it a triumph of
grace every time they uttered the
word "Come."
You must remember that in many
eases our "Come" has a mightier
"Come" to conquer before it has any
effect at all. Just giv, me the accu
rate census, the statistics of how
many are down in fraud, in drunken
ness, in gambling, in impurity or in
vice of any sort, and I will give you
the accurate census or statistics of
how many have been slain by the
word "Come." "Come and click wine
glasses with me at this Ivory bar."
"Come and see what we can win at
this gaming table." "Come enter
with me this doubtful speculation!"
"Come with me and read those in
fidel tracts on Christianity." "Come
with me to a place of bad amuse
ment." "Come with me in a gay bout
through the underground life of the
city." If in this city there are 20,000
who are down in moral character,
then .20,000 fell under the power of
the word "Come." I was reading of
a wife whose husband had been over
thrown by strong drink, and she went
to the saloon where he was ruined,
and she said: "Give me back my
husband." And the bartender, point
lng to a maudlin and battered man
drowsing in the corner of the bar
room, said: "There he is. Jim, wake
up; here's your wife come for you."
And the woman said: "Do you call
that my husband? What have you
been doing with him? Is that the
manly brow, is that the clear eye,
is that the noble heart, that I mar
ried? What vile drug have you given
him that has tuerned him into a fiend?
Take your tiger claws off of him.
Uncoil those serpent folds of evil
habit that are crushing him. Give me
back my husband, the one with whom
I stood at the altar ten years ago.
Give him back to me." Victim was
he, s many millions of others have
been, of the word "Come!"
Now we want all the world over
to harness this word for good as
ethers have harnessed it for evil, and
it will draw the five continents and
the seas between them-yea, It will
draw the whole earth back to God
from whom it has wandered. It is
that wooing and persuasive word that
'wHI lead men to give up their sins.
Was a~epticism ever brought into
love of the truth by an ebullition of
hot words against infide'lity? Was
ever the blasphemer stopped in his
oath; by denunciation of blasphemy?
Was ever the drunkard weaned from
his cups by the temperance lecturer's
mimicry of staggering step arnd hic
sough? No. It was: "Come with
SheRaised the Money.
r A poor couple livirng in the Eme~rald
Isle went to the priest fo: narriage,
and were met with a demand fer the
marriage fee. It was not forthcomirg
Both the contracting parties were rica
in love arnd in their prospecte, but des
tittite of financial resources. The
father was obdurate. "No me::ey, no
marriage."..,
"Give me lave, ycurriyerenec,"' sada
the blushing bride, "to go and get
the money."
It was given, and she Erec. forth on
the delicate mission of raising a mar
riage fee cut of pure noting. After
a short interval she returned with
the sum of money, and the ceremony
was completed to the estisfae'.ion of
all. When the parting was taking
place the newly made wife seemed a
little uneasy.
"Anything on your mind, Cstherine ?"
said the faiber.
"Well, your riverence, I would like
to know if ihis marriage eculd rnot
be spoiled rnow?"
"Certainly not, Catherine. No man
can put ycu asunder."
"Culd yu not do it youslfher?"
me to chauch to-day and hea our
singing;" "Come and let me intro
duce you to a Christian man whom
u will be sure to admire;" "Come
w: th me into associations that are
chteerful and good and inspiring;"
"Come with me into joy such as you
-tever belore experienced."
NVith that Nwc d wbich has doneu SU
iuch for others 1 aptro-h yeu :o
.day. A.e you right w-ith Iodl "6e.U
vou v Ithi::ki a it
1 w~ ' be rey " 0mec m In
he ty y heart is not right with
C e hen, and have it made
. ou;;h he 1hrist who died
tave yvu, come! Whiat is the use
wai? '1ne longer you wait the
r 1:r o you are and the deeper you
Ire dowa. Stcre out forlHeaven! You
-eneber iat a few years ago
.mer called the i'riucess Alice, with
a crowd of excursionists aboard, sank
in the ihatues, and there was an awful
sacrifiee of life. A boatman from the
nore put out for the rescue, and he
had a big boat, and he got it so full it
wou.U not ho.d another person. ana as
he laid hold of the oars to pull for the
shore. leaving hundreds helpless and
drowning. he cried out: "Oh. that I
had a biggrer boat:" Thank God.that I
1ni not thus limited and that I can
promise room for all in this Gospel
boat. Get in; get in! And yet there
is room. loom in the heart of a par
Cuaing God. Room in Heaven.
I aso apply the word of my text to
those who would like pranctical com
fort. if any ever escape the struggle
of life. I have not found them. They
are not certainly among the prosper
ous c'asses. In most cases it was a
struggle all the way up till they
reached the prosperity, and since they
have reached these heights there have
been perplexities. anxieties and crises
which were alrcost enough to shatter
the nerves and turn the brain. It would
be hard to tell which have the biggest
fight in this worl, the prosperities or
the adversities, the conspicuities or
the obscurities. Just as soon as you
have enough su:ccess to attract the at
tention of others the envies and jeal
ousies are let loose from their kennel.
The greatest crime that you can com
mit in the estimation of others is to
get on better than they do. They think
your addition is their subtraction.
ive hundred persons start for a goal
of success; or.e reaches it, and the oth
er four hundred and ninety-nine are
mad. It would take vo:umes to hold
the story of their wrongs, outrages
and defamations that have ecne upon
you as a result of your success. The
warm sun of prosperity brings into
life a swamp full of annoying insects.
On the other hand, the unfortunate
classes have their struggles for main
tenance. To achieve a livelihood by
one who had nothing to start -with, and
after awhile for a family as well, and
carry this on until children are reared
and educated and fairly started in the
worfd, and to do this amid all the rival
ries of business and the uncertainty
of crops and the fickleness of tariff
legislation, with an occasional labor
trike and here and there a panic
thrown in, is a mighty thing to do, and
there are hundreds and thousands of
such keroes and heroines who live un
sung and die unhonored.
What we all need, whether up or
down in life or half way between, is
the infinite solace of the Christian reli
gion. And so we employ the word
"Come:" It will take all eternity to
find out the number of business men
who have been strengthened by the
premises of God, and the people who
have been fed by the ravens when other
resources gave out, and the men and
women who, going into this battle
armed only with the needle or saw or
ax or yardstick or pen or type or shovel
or shoe last, have gained a victory that
made the heavens resound. With all
the resources of God promised for
every exigency, no one need be left in
the lurch.
But the word "Come" applied to
those who need solace will amount to
nothing unless it be uttered by some
one who has experienced that solace.
That spreads the responsibility of giv
ing this Gospel call among a great
many. Those who have lost property
and have been consoled by relgion in
that trial are the ones to invite those
who have failed in business. Those
who have lost their health and been
consoled by religion are the ones to
invite those who are in poor health.
Those who have had bereavements and
been consoled in those bereavements
are the ones5 to sympathize with those
who have lost father or mother or
companion or child or friend. What
multitudes of us are alive to-day and
In good health and buaoyant in this
journey of life who wou'.d have been
broken down or dead long ago but for
the sustaining an d cheering help of our
holy religion! So we say, "Come!"
The well is not dry. The buckets are
not empty. The supply is not exhaust
ed. There is just as much mercy and
con dolence and soothing power in God
as before the first grave was dug, or
the first tear started, or the first heart
broken, or the first accident happened,
or the first fortune vanished. Those
of us who have felt the consolatory
power of religion have a right to speak
out of our own experiences and say:I
"Come!I"
What dismal work of condolence the
world makes when it attempts to con
dole: The plaster they spread does
not stick. 'The broken bones uncer
their bandage do not knit. A farmer
was lost in a snowstorm on a prairie
of the far west. Night was comning on,
and after he was almost frantic from
not knowing which way to go his
sleigh struck the rut of another sleigh.
and he said: -1 wili follow this rat,
and it will take Le out to safety." He
hastened on until he heard the bells
of the preceding horses; but, coming
up, he found that that man was also
lost, and, as is the tendeney of those
who are confused in the forest or' on
the moors, they were both moving in
a circle, and the runner o~f the one lost
Codi you not spoli the marriage?"
'No, no, Catherine You are past
me now. I have nothing mcrc to do
with sour marriage."
"That aises tme mind," s2ud Cath
crin, "and God bless your rivf rence.
There's the ticket for you': hat. I
rikd it up in th~e lobby and pawned
it.-Tit Bits.
A Sad Accident.
Mr. George Eiwards of Greenville
ws aceidentally shot We dnesday morn
is by Richard Jenkins while they were
h-untig rear Ccx's bridge on Saluda
river. Jcnkins had fired his gun and
was reloading, and in some way the
gun was discharged, the load of squir
rel shot ,entering the left leg of Ed
wars' above the knee. Jenkins ban
atd the wound as best he could and
Ibrcught his companion to the west End
arug store where physicians were sum
ontd immediately, but it was too late.
Eiwrds died in a few hours and his
cy was taken to his home on And er
ot' street. The young men were very
ntmt" friends. Edwards leaves a
ife. Jenkins is unmarried, a eon of
Mis. A. H. Jenkins, and until recently
:skigh was foi-ciing th *rer of
the other ,st s',- h rd.
At last it uocc;d i ie a ok at
the ourthi . u
throusb :ih tL -ad 3 dreto
'fo th U Crec o e: hgain
w1 ;1 p rait - i a
fe riu. e u' fr t m ison 'euided
bvu! foLwing another b vixd
so.l, and only thoe n,) have in
time got ther e :1h mormi:: ar
of our CLr: a::n faith c1 n fnd their
way out or bsrng en uh to :Cad
others with an al-jrmuosive inita
tion.
"But." says s(ne oue, "you Christian
people keep te..ig us to 'co.'C yet
you do not tell us how to come." That
charge shall no: be true on this occa
bion. Come behioving: Come repeut
ing! Core praying: After al; that God
has been doing,," for six thousItnd years,
sometimes through patriarchs and
sometimes througtrh proplhets and at
last through the eu:mi::ation of all the
trageu:es on Golgotha, can anQne
think that God w:ll no: welccme your
couing.' Will a father a- vast out:ay
corstruct a mansion for his sun and
lay out parks white with s:atnes and
green with fo:age and all a sparkle
with fOunains and then Uo: a:Ion his
son to live in the house or walk in the
parks? Es Gd built tLis housS of
Gospel mercy and will He then refuse
entrance to Eis children? Will a gov
ernment at great expense build life
saving statios al: a'oug the coast and
boats that can hover unhurt like a
petrel over the wildest surge and then,
when the lifeboat has reached the
wreck of a ship in the o:ig. not allow
the drowning to seire the life line or
take the boat for th ! shore in safety?
Shall God provide at the cast of 1is1
only Son's assassination escape for a
sinking world and then turn a deaf
ear to the cry that comes rp frem the
breakers?
"ut," you say. "there are -o rany
things I hare to beliere Paa su y
things in the shape of a erced tIrL I
have to adop: ti; I am Lept hack."
No, no: You need believe but two
things-namel., that Jesus Christ
came into the world to save sianers
and that you are one of them. "But,"
you say, "I do believe both of these
things." Do you rea::y be:ieve them
with all your heart? "Yes." Why,
then, you have passed frwm death inte
life. Why, then. you are a sen or a
daughter of the Lord Almighty. Why,
then. you are an heir or an heiress of
an inheritance that will dee:are divi
dends frcom now until long after the
stars are dead. Rallelullahi Pri ace of
God, why do you not come and take
your coronet? Prinoess of the Lord
Almighty, why do you not mount your
throne? Pass up iato the light. Your
boat Is anchored, why do you not go
ashore? Just plant your feet down
hard, and you will feel under them the
Rock of Ages. I challenge the uri
verse for one instance in which a man
in the right spirit appealed for the sal
vation of the Gospel and did not get it.
Man alive, are you going to let all the
years of your life go away with You
without your hating this great peace,
this glorious hope, this bright expect
ancy? Are you goiug to let the pearl
of great price l"e in the dust at your
feet because yon are too indolent or
too proud to stoop down and pick it
up? Will you wear the chain of evil
habit when near by you is the hammrer
that could with one stroke snap the
shackle? Will you stay in the prison of
sin when here is a' Gospel key that
could unlock your incarceration?
No, no!
As t'he one word "Come" has some
times brought many souls to Christ, I
will try the experiment of pilirng up
into a mou:tain and then send down
ir an avalanche off power many of
these Gospecl "Comes." "Comec thou
and all thy house in to the ark." "Come
unto me alil ye who labor and a re heavy
laden, and I will give you rest." "Come,
for all things are now ready." "Come
with us, and we will do you good."
"Come and see." "The Spirit anad the
bride say 'Come,' and le t him that hear
eth say 'Come.' and let him that is
athirst come." The stroke of one bell
in a tower may be sweet, but a scare
of bells well tuned and rightly lifted
and skillfully swung in one great
chime fill the heavens with music al
most celestial. And no one who has
heard the mighty chimes in the towers
of Amsterdam or Ghent or Copenhagen
can forget them. Now, it seems to mte
that in this Sabbath hour all Heaven
Is chimiing, and the voices of departed
friends and kindred ring down the sky,
saing: "Come!" The angels who
never fell, bcnding from sapphire
thrones, are chanting: "Come:"' Yea,
all the towers of leaven, tower of
martyrs, tower of prophets. tower of
aposttes, tower of evangelists, tower
of the temple of the Lord God ar~d the
Lamb, are chiming: "Come! Comte:"
Pardon for all and peace for all and
Heaven for all who will come.
When Russia was in one of her great
wars the suffering of the soldiers had
ben long and bitter. and they were
waiting for the en-d of the strife. One
day a messeng"er in great excitement
ran aniong the tents of the army,
shouting: "Peace: Peace.'" The sen
tine1 on guard asked: "Who says
peace?" And the sick mamn tutrned on
his hospital mat tress and asked: "Who
says peace?" and all up andi down tihe
encampmnent of the Rui:ars we n th
question: "Who says peace?" 'tlen
the znessenger re-ponde': "Th"'C :
says peace." That was e~mi." a
meant going hcmr.. Tha r:ent:'
war was over. No mre nid :a
no more iong marc'hes. 'o tdy as
one of the Lordi's me~serrs I m'ae
through these grt ait encampmflrr.:'s
souls ar d cry: "Peace he';'een e"':h
and Heavea: Peance beinecui GUa.
man: Peace between ya reper. .2
sul ad a pa'roning Tor: : y
ask a.e: "Who say s pe n ' I :
swer: "(hrist cur i:. e~~sei.
"My pgace I givc utmt y:""'ce
of God that pw~seth u ~e a
ingl'"Everlsting pacneI"
The Charloot Obse:ver, which has
decided leaing to the Rep-tblieo
party. says: ''One ofthe first raeuts1
to be noted in Nartet Caralias of a rI'
cent dirniot at the White House is a
comuication in the Concord
Tribne signed 'One Who. Had Al
most Left the Danmocratic Ship but
is In Again.' The character ci the
communiation can be it~fcrred from
the signature. Another is that Mr RI.
T. Carlyie, a fortser Democrat but who
enlisted in the recently organize d Busi
nss Mlen's Re'publican lesdue of Lo'u
:sville hnas resigned fram ;t giving the
White Hou-e irncident as his rcesn, So
far as the south is concerned it wili
take the Republican party ten year3 to
reover from that circnnrtsr ce, even
if it is not repeated, as it is likely to
be any evening." In this Rs~te one
meets every day men who woro gra.vita
ting toward the president's prry tut
have draern brek in disgust at this
manifestion of Republiecn bobn
is~ on the negro question.V Tc tlie
eekers will not be discouran~d, 1---ving
stomachs not ealily tureed irama
as they are hungry, but the party loces
many men who would have aided it to
THE GREAT BATTLE
Oi Saii*!3go Describec by the Man
Who Won It,
GALLANT ADMIRAL SCHLEY.
An intensely intresfrg Story
Lf the Fight irom First
to Last Told to a
B g Audierc .
Tie following in the testimony of
Admiral Sahley before the court of en
quiry describing the battle of Santiago:
"Oa Jane I Admiral Sampson ar
rived. He brougLt with him the New
York, the O:dgon and the Ms fnower,
and steamed cown to the westward a
little inside of the line of blockade.
He f and us at thiat tiaie jast in mik
iig the turn and I went on board. He
was vers cordial, vay glad to see me,
at, I explained 1.0 him the situation
tind the fat of the reconnoissance.
l seemed to be very glad to fiad out
the situation there, and-1 .ointed out
to bim the Colon y in the entrance."
Capt. Lzwly: "It the court p]ease
we are geLig beyond the court's con
structiorn of the seop, of the p-ee-pt "
Admiral D.ey: "As I undeiswnod,
Le is turnig the Lommad ovsr to tbe
srander-i-hief. I want to hear
that. I vwotud li e to he ar 2'a. ,,ar-"
CetiuigAdmira*. Suhley s;;id: "I
ha icd hm a LuwLber of dpa-ons,
-phin; d to him the uitton and tAd
h ' th form ol blockade zLat I had
maintained, and I heaid no word of
-o i1.)am hita, In fact, ia vieav
C the td.elgam c. gmulation I
sua cre sturaly eve vthing wis
(ov d. Aoerai S mpson's reia:iois
re wer aiwaz crdial. I never
ha 'y ciffxwee. wi..h him."
"I tured the ocmmand over to Ad-.
mirn. Samp.on a.d my equadron was
not irok n up until tae 1ii or 19;h
Vf June. 1 ns still in thm command
of lhe sing Equr; ron aid composed
th-e left hal" o' tho blochauing line at
Santiago. Of course, I htve no criti
Cie sms to off:r, merely a plain, straight
atory to teii of what its operations were
up to that time."
The adriral at the rzqaest of Mr.
R.Tnor stated his ioserva ion of su
piocs circcistnces on land and in
the harbor at Sautiago on the evening
of July 2. El said Ohat the ouilyitng
land Iorce waro at that time being
pressed into Le city by the American
r.Ld insurgent fcrces, and he had notic
ed that reveral of their block houses
urnsd that e-enir:g.
H3 had tt the same time observed
smoke ct m g from over Socapa hill
and he thouaht tte army was prepar
ing fur a sormie. Of this circamitance
he hd notified Acmiral Sampson and
he the ult the admiral ha.i act( d up
on th,. r.otice sa the b.iockading line was
movd ci cloeer that night.
Aie i.2 Schley began his description
ot th_ -!ale of July 3, about 2 30
o'cock. He Esid thes dayr broke fair
with a pleasant land breeze. "-After I
had easta my breakfast. ' ontinued
the idzi:al, "I came up to see what
could be cxserved wibh glasses. We
,iere lissg at that time possibly three
miles or a little ever from the land
and I remember to have wondered
why the entmny permitted us to remain
so ciose without firing at us. At a
quarter to 9 o'clock an orderly reported
o me that a uinggl had been made by
he flayhip to dieregerd her move
ments and that she had gone eastward.
I. did not, cf course, trnow where she
had gone."
Describing the coming out of the har
bcr of the Spanisha fleet, the witness
said: "I was sitting on deck on a hatch
way when I heard a call from the
oidge to the commodore that the fleet
is coming CUs. That was some time
aiter the men had been catied to quar
trs, ab~out 9.35 o-c.ock. The ship was
lying at that rime with her head in
oward the land in the direction of Ca
banas, a little cove to the westward
and one of the marling points we used
in maintaining our position 1 looked
over the star board side and sw the
enemy ecoming out of the entrance of
the iaarbor, I looked -eastward to see
the order of the ships. I saw the Texas
aparently a point or more abaft the
starcoard Desm. The Texas appe..red
to me to be heading on same one of
.he easterly course3. .to the left cf her
was the Iowa. The Oregon was to the
eastward of the Iowa. The Indiana
was to the eastwa: d of tr.at position
and the Giouchester was lying in under
te land. Thle ANew York was out of
gIut and out of eignr.1 distance wita
glasses. I iooked ior her in order to
eeimine what my position in tneaa
ion was- to be. Or cjurne, if the New
Y ri had not been out of distance I
cudnot have g-ven or m:de a singal.
"i hc. in the a~eanumen gone foriaaru
on a ldie platform that Ia iic oa
s-uttd arnu..d taeu ba.l t'uon as
m; p~csiton in th0c ftigu I L-ad on.I,
Den thezeafimmint or two WLLL U.-t
tl.Q40o, hoW was on (Lu up,:r tor ce
C-itd. oti, so;,au to suu c 300.
ba iLeu z ~ sse up nio' le.
-, i, I- si, so e- tor c..m and
as. ie aL..i fiira at pertaps ii:.?
p,.e. I ~o:: t reeCiA..Ot tha~t. on cook
hr ny gaieJy a.d I azma to Co.as,
-neist tie ig;:.ai eioso in for actica~.' "
iien fol-o.ed. tn siguai Cie~o up,'
asi the Baok en as weil as il the
oter sip. oa..r6~d in fur the entrace
acodtgto the ai.;ias plan. We ali
;mova d.rectl. fr t e head of the col
umn, the idea b ig to aret and knock
tifm to pie - as 'uey er on.
"We conti..aed on our course for ten
or twlvo mi ue," he said "and I
saw all Lhe siapa l tur f:ec closing in.
.io thuca ad sid is the liit of a
trpeda rangs and as we were ap
prorAng ab' at tr. distanee I men
onA soastnin on that sort to Capt.
Cojx, at tae -:n time ii. ing to him,
-M w iti de nd upon this ship' to
day ' Caos rI-ied tint we would soon
b. within tac css fire of the ships. I
saw Lsca:. Sampton's frst shot and
then i 2.-J the fint vessel in the Span
ih lte :. a rank sheer to the weet
wara. ixz~ig th3 Visc aya coming
strath: a. l'hen the latter also
tu ' othe westward. It was now ap
parent tot the original plan of the
Spai.rL 5:ad failed and that the
Spanisu I: c:, in order and apparently
at di"e, had succeeded in paising
th batu--sip liue. A new feature of
the fidht be came immediately apparent.
Cat. JLc niotgav the crder to port
t~e helm. I did not. I should have
one wo in a stecnd. I eaid to him 'is
your nelmi sport,' and he replied, 'its
sport or hard aperi, I think the lat
t-."
Cming to the turn of the Brooklyn
Admiral Schley speaking clearly and
ever hesitatin for a rd, aid that
he had never seen a ship turn more
steadily. "The turn," he said, "was
absolatey continuous; there was no
easing of the helm, and I never saw the
starboard side of the Texas. I am sura
wa were never closer that vessel than
600 ysrds: We were never across her
bow. She never entered into my hcad
at sll as a menace or danger."
He said the closest range given was
1,100 iards. "We were so close," 'be
went or., "that I remember I could see
:nen on the Spanish ships running be
tween the supes trueture: I could even
see the daylight between their legs.
"Daring the turn Lieut. Commander
Hodgson very properly made the ob
servation that we should "lookout for
the Ters," but there was never any
colicquy between us-never any collo
quy uf any character between Hodgeon
and myself, first because he was too
go cd an offioer to have so transgresse d,
and second, because if he had under
tken it I would not hive permitted it.
TIhat is fiction; thero was no colloquy."
At thia period the admiral raid the
leading one of the Spanish ships was
on the Brooklyn's starboard bow, and
that not only all of the enemy's ships
but the forts as well were firing ap
jparently at the Brooklyn. "That mo
ment and for the next 15 minutes, were
the most serious of the combat," he
said, and he told ho# jets of water
were seen on all hand3 and how deafen
ing was the noise of the guns. "The
roar of the projecti-ea," he said, "e
buch as can only be heard once, and
once heard never forgotten. Ali four
o1 the Spanizh vessels were firing on
the Bnookiyn, and none of the Snist
vcssels at that time showed any iL jury.
Then the thought passed t;-rough my
mibd that they might get away, sna I
fearcd we should have most of the figh:
as I did not kn.ow that the barlis
culd k3.p up their peed. I said -o
Co: k that we would 'stay with thi3
crew.'"
Tellig of the coming uo of the O e
gon du-ng the Onai, Admili Sc'.; v
said he had never b.tore reahed t"ra'
luoh rA;iId fire waS posaitule as was
emitted from these two ve-aels. Bo h
look to him, he said, like sheets of
flme. When the Maria Ter-sa went
ashore the admiral said he had in
structed Capt. Cook to notify the men
below and to keep them informed of the
progress of events. "They can't sea
what is being done," he said to Cook,
"and they want to know." The captain
hsd obeyed his injunction and the
messages were rece.ved with cheers
from below.
Describing the going ashore of the
Spanish ehips in succession, he said he
knew the following American chips
would take care of them and protect
the Spaniards against the insurgenis;
and the fire on their own ships. As
the battle proceeded at this time the
admiral said he was very anxious about
the rarge as he did not want the Teresa
and the Viseays to get beyond range.
'I feared the ships were gaining and
asked E li, who was very expert with
the stadimeter, and he replied, after a
use of the instrument, that he thought
we were holding our own. I thought
differently at the time."
At this time the admiral paid his
tribute to Ellis, who he said in the
magnificent performance of his duty
had lost his life. His voice lowered
as he spoke gently of the shocking sight
when the sailor was deoapitated by a
shell which splattered his brains and
blood upon the deck. "Some of it
reached me," he said. He maw Lieut.
Mc'Jaulet and the doctor pick up the
bcdy and carry it .to the side an if to
throw it overboard. He called to them
not to do so, that one who had fallen
so gallantly deserved a better burial.
Continuing the story of the fight proper
the admiral described how the Viscaya
bad turned toward the Brooklyn just
before she went ashore. As she turned
he distinctly saw the efeast of a shcu
which then entered her bow where
upon she wheeled back and headed for
thie shore. As she did so he saw her
raked fore and aft by a big shell and
she listed so far over that he thought
she might turn turtle. "I signalled the
Texas to look out for her, but receiving
no asser," Admiral Sohley testified,
"the Texas was tco far back probably.
I remarked at the time, 'it does not
matter, Philip is always Eensible. He
needs no instruction.'"
Speaking then of the effect of the
Spanish fire on the Brooklyn he said
it was so heavy that all the rigging of
the Brooklyn had been cut, even the
sed cdnes had bin shot away, one
of them nearly striking him as he stood
on the bridge. After the Viscaya hauled,
down her colors the chase of the Colon
continued. She edged in shore and ap
peared to be following the contour of
the coast. He thought she was locking
for a soft place to go ashore, but she
kept on. She wts then out of range
and be told Cook to have the men come
up and get a breath of air and some
thing to ca t. He himself went into the
on ning tower and sang out to those
belo w through the tube that all ha.nds
excr pt one had gone ashore and that
he woul~d depend openn tthem to get her.
ih~re was much jabb;stioa among the
mnan, he nid. but the B-ockiy:'s ino
non Feemel elotv and he-avy ann the ad
mal a ho dire:ed -Xp:. (A.-k :o
m in a:c exa-ni in T..e re .uL.3
Sdo-c v r; ta a n;er : l cxI
t a~%-t ao itul H . ri sr
ma~w th o" -h rp h-w i cea . u
c-i't .: c he o . - sa. .... Alc
gr-,2 h;y vr ti an- e s k
1:ne Qegoe i try o.e kfe-r 13 :a
.~6r ecquto J-d. 1
The Ore.gonh g a id wa aft e
bam oitio Brokhs up iorki.ng up pa
litte to easiqa:.en d?i;The eGaeo t
grath thy Ocv~rnu ad he stead.
the 0:do tho ryne wif h.,r 13 :nc
adThe lregn wh ed wSic ,bsth
bL ~eam fr of the 13yn wrinhgupna
he didtinotl shin thai bota Cor
bn o ohe Oeo the B roos Sl
dpenld, the foonre i hr 13s in
and dhe lae h her8-nc gns
Te adeirom oned ohe t onc sgne
andat oeo the en8 ihch gurrnds. Hed
mentioned ths fact that there was dif
ficulty in getting a boat cut to board
the Colon. "We steamed into po~ition
should eay 1,000 yards. I remember
distinctly Capt. Cook asking me if he
should alow up. I said 'no, continue
on' "
"At the time the Cclon hauled down
her flag I think she was about four
miles from us. Were running then in
the neighborhood of 15 knots. I think
it was about 1 30 p. m. when the sur
render occurred. I looked for the other
vessels of cur fleet. I saw three vessels
astern. I could see the masts of two.
I could see only the smoke of the third
one. When Capt. Cook started for the
Colon after the surrender he said to me
'Cmmodore wat are the terms of
surrender?' I said to him 'uncondi
tional. These are matter3 the com
mander in-eief mus: arrsage.' "
About 2 23 o'clock the New Yerk
came up. I made a signal to h. r.
When she cne up I made the Eignal to
her that it a glor'ous drr for cur coun
try. As soon as possible I went on
board to pay my roepects to the com
minder in chief. I repior:.ed substan
tirly what had occurrcd. W 1hile trlk
ing with the c5crs of the N-w York
the chaplain of tbe ship orMMe uo to me
ard said, 'Com..ore. your wo!k iL not
over yet The ReIlu" has j't a
rived and reports a Spansh Eh"p on the
cOas, at d the admirat wants to tee
yon.' I iound Capt. Clat-k w-th the
commander-in chirf. I made eome
suggestion to him about hoisting the
flag on the Colon and said to him that
I was prepared, if he had not come up,
to nave sent a force of 50 or 60 men on
board to take possession and avoid any
thing like 'mcrkey irg' with her.
"When he mentioned to me to take
the Oncgon and go azstward to iL.ct
this ship I mutt say I fel some little
delight becaute I thou;ht th-t after
tho admirable work of the quadron en
tha- day and the patt the 0:.goa ard
the B:ooklyn had in it, that there was
nct an' thing that carried the Spanish
colors that we should have hesitated to
meAt."
The witne.s then iold of starting for
the supposed S asisn ship, havin
ade signtl to ti Oregon to fellow the
flZgship. He joid Cf mee:irg the Van
arid beir izfcr trn-. t the Spscirh
s'ip was tte PJl-o Th, -itne.:s .hen
described the overhallir; of trne
strn~c~:, which proved to be an Aun
traa cruaer
Admir! S hley told of psssing the
l.ws wen ha was haile l by U:.p:.
E:ns, who ifor:e him ihait Adz,
ai Carvera was on bad and wculd like
very muca to see hi!.
"I ft u.d the S.anih admiral greatly
deje:::ed, aL t V wine3. "I s..id to
i.a I krw 're h d lost ever;hig,
as well Zs Monk7, saa ioM
dhm -hi my w :dbe a well as my
parse, ar far is th t would go, was at
nis tervice."
Admiral Cervera, the witness ssid,
thariked him for his courtesy, but de
cined the proffer, only askirg to be al
lowed to svnd a dispach to his govern
ment announcir4, the fate of his equad
ron. "I tOld him there would be no
ot.jction to that wha:ever," said the
wicness.
"And that," the admiral said, clos
ing his narrative impressively, "ended
the battle of thP 3rd day of July, 1898."
"I wish to aid," he continued, "tai
I was very much impre!Eel on that day
with the fact that the cfficars and the
men who were engaged in that struggle
fulilled in the very highest and in the
very noblest degree the traditions of
the American navy."
The admiral said he was unable to
recall a coversation with Capt. M all,
on July 5, when the latter had said to
Admiral Schley that there was "glory
enough for all." Admiral Sahley said
he htd first seen this sentiment as form
ulated accredited to Senator Hale.
"Senator Hale," he said, "ezpreszed
my feeling at the time and that feelieg
I still hold. A controversy wAs not
thought of at that time."
A PLAN THAT FAILED.
Mr. Rasynor reminded Admiral Sahley
he had stated at the beginning of the
brattle the bhips cha:ged in aecording to
the original pinn. "Now," he asked,
"with whom did that plan originate?"
"Thrat was the geneal order of the
commarnder in chief during the timo of
the blockade, but that failed, bccau.se
the enemy sunceeded really in parsing
the battie line," replied Admiral
Schley.
As Admiral S80L y ie ft the court room
he was given quite an omuin. A
large number of persons had hashed
outside the court room- door and many
insisted upon shshing hana with him.
The assemislage eortd him up he
hill from tho~ gunner's wortshop if
which the cour. bits to the outer gates
of t.he navy yad.
Found After Nine Years.
Nine years ago the ten-yoar-old
daugater of Peter sell, a miller 1:ving
at St. Mary-s, Mercer county, Ohio,
failed to return from schooi. T'he be
lief was general that ehe had been
drowned. Her fathier,' however, re
fused to believe the story and spent his
magre eavings searghing for her. Ho
fically became convineed, however, that
the girl was dead. A band of gypales
camped near the Bell's mdl! last Aug
ust and one of themi, oit of revernge,
told Bell that his chita hadi been ao-.
duted by a gang of gypsies nine years
ago. He saii he had cotne ali ta3 way
Irom 31exio, bio., to~ mnorm the sa,.her
of ihe waereabou.s of h omla.
B,:11 at onCC mane preparations to go
in sealce i et ha cailu, saa emihl 1:s.
Belt ad their otaer dagater, --r-.ed
ur kd-anagoils by wasoa. ?nere -.aey
sol~a thie wagon a basate oure
irom thaere t> Q. aincy w Kn iau, Jh.,
saa5 fis.;- traec., LaJ b.toe gpe
to CUna?ae.
Amy :..g there3 ast S rday, th
Be..2 .ot a.d s oVn inmp W Aea
?.s rmr
Buirned at the Stake. I
Th~ e r. Bd.. :'rria, who asmulted
bundat use s..k.: ur.,d.a. -iner
b:inz c:ptu.m2i hem. s if.'rt t~o
irpia o:i..5s, A 0-a sy~ ; gr d Jter
s4e.e of his ca..a .--:4' ctsai..ed to a
p'ee sap.g H'. hans ad feet were
c.u.a to hi bay ..i os auc
.i.: sLrSZW w~r * licdtt L.. ? ud
u:cry vwtaema i..e fi u e
hima andi only we.i 1.e /:.- patycn
sused dAd n ept c.ar cn any
mavezent on the p re of t.e wretch
le madec no r a~s. hn boi;
bound to tihe lskn :.a d that ho de
sered hi5 fa o . *riso bushis vi
um on the h~a with a ione ku -. an
Lthgnt ae ha~d kuled *a r. Going~ back
to Bal-ls store he toek adi the an.:ge in
the cash drawer. e hen put cosi oil
on his feet and also cn his tracks when
leaving tiue store. Mrs. Ball, hosever,
recovred conseicutness and crawl.ed to
her father-ir,-aw's store. He at once
gave the alarm and the neigoorhood
commenced a search for the negro. He
was round at his Lomeo about four miies
rom the scene ci tte tragedy and in
t~rying to esaespe was shot by one of the
posse and wounded in t~h ti;.
Have you paid for ycur paper yet?
If not do so at once. The money is
AN APPEAL TO VETERANS
General Gordon Asks for Funds to
Complete the Davis Monument.
Gc-n. Johrn B. G :rlon, commanding
the Unittd Confederate vetcrani has
issued a general order to camps of the
Confederate veterans requesting iuads
to compile the Davis mcmorial monu
meat. Gen. Gordon asks that each
camp give $1 for every member and
that the money be turned over to the
ladics' central committee of the Jeffer
son Davis Monument association. Fol
lowing is Gen. Gordon's order, which
has jast been received:
"Hzadgaarters U. C. V.
"New Orleans, La., Oat. 12, 1901.
"General Orders No. 263:
"I. With ' pride t-qe general com
manding again calls attention of the
veterans to the patriotic and success
ful cfbris of the ladies' central com
mittee of the Jfferson Davis Monu
.ment assceiation, directed by the great
ability and untiring energy of their
splendid chairman, Mrs. N. V. Ran
dolph, of Richmond, Va., supplement
ed by the ceasciess work and most
vsluable assitance of the nob!e Daugh
tera of the Cunfedcracy, in cach Con
federate veterans' divizion, all united
and bendicg their energies toward the
c.cemp ishment of the glorious work
they have so willingly undertaken.
tha; of raLing the balanceof the fundi
nscessry to complete the monument
to the memory of Jefferson Davie, the
bo-Aved president or the Conf.dracy.
"II. TLe repozt made by the chair
man, Mr3. N. V. RiLdolph, and that
of ti: ire-sirer of the assomoaion at
,.e Mempis reunion, sho 's that taze
bnded trasurer o' the assrciation
nad tan on hand~ $32,672 06, incaud
mg intereat, uith a !&.ge number o,
sue.scrritins unlcolleed ane unpai.
"1L W aJie they make Lii encour
agin, showing, tLey .ate lat much
more) money is need..d, and ney ask
u?C veteras to aisius %aa s utain them,
and tie general comm ntiug hojpe.
LIat their appeal willmeat wita a hear
ty response.
"IV. The general commieding calls
the atten~dein of the veterans to the
iact that it is their bounden duty to
assist these noble wcmen in 0heir pa
triotic endeavors, and requests of them
and urges each Unitea Confederate
Veterans' camp to contribute $1 for
each member of the camp, to be ccl
ected cf those who are abie to give in
dividually, and where this mannot - be
done, for the camp to forward the
amount callectively, for ali the mem
bzrs, which ever is most desirable.
"Of course, under the constitution
no assessment can be levied upon any
member or camp for any purpose; this
is, therefore, only an urgent request
for voluntary contributions from the
members of the United Confederate
Veterans' camps which the general
commAnding prays and hopes will meet
with an immtdiate and gentraus re
ponse.
' V. The general commanding sug
gests that all moneys raised in response
to this rt qest shall be sent direct to
Mrs. N. V. Randolph, chairman Jeffer
son Davis monument rund, Richmond,
VA. or forwarded to her through the
JDaughters of the Confederacy in each
ULitied Confederate Veterans' division,
and the Daughters of -the Confederte;
arern q-iested to put themselves in cam
mEunicationl with tne camps so as to as
5ist in tis laudable work.
'By order of
"J. B. GORDON
"General Comhaaing.
' GEORGE MOoRMIAN,
-&ojc. Gen. ana Chief of S.?ff."
k CHLEY ALONE~ DIDN'r' DODGE.
So Says Boatbwain Hill of the Cruiser
Brooklyn
In the Schley court of itqairy Wed
nesday Boatswain Hdll gavo a thrilling
secount of the battle cf Santiago and a
glowiz~g dercripiion of Cormodore
Schley's bearing, which aroused enthu
sistie applause. In his testimony of
the battle the witness gave the details
of .Eilis' death. He said: "It was on
the ran with the Visoaya. There were
fourteen cf us standing together. The
commodore at~hed in a matter of fact
tne, 'What is the range?' Eilis raised
the stadjimeter to his eye, and as-he did
so a shell took his head off, As he fell
to the deck dead, young McCauley
said, 'Let's throw it overboardi.' The
commedore said, "No, don't throw that
body ovetboard. He dird like a brave
men, amd we are goiing t~o bury him like
one.' He directed me to look out for
the body. I:: Li:. iwrap;,ed in blankets,
lanid in the shade, and that evening it
wAs gotten ready for buriai. The Vis
caya was pu;;.ig up the best fight of
ac7 of th~e ships there. She fought
vil, and her Dig seells were goleg
oer u.., and a gr~a many of us cuea.
as ae~ s~ensei ne haif a deczn
a.L us~fin under way. As te.-,
w re a ar gn;g .aroaga the att, do
T A- as a .res& O'~. t of 54p
... si, -- e w. ass re r t ms u.
e:- a. .a ua D,-57 Io- u- fica
* -e in; aue to admai"m '~ adi
.en-.iwm, the witniess said "He
a, a- 01:1, ocoi and collee ed as he is
at tis, nm.ontnt. His onigy thought was
*e as tea. He was earstatly, as
diffe--zm. even s eeerurredC, ssyiej, 'D).
Lfhe rulies know (5K.? Do they know
shoic idea semed to be thaat hc want.n
hepeoplo baio.s to knas ac much
a'ouit i: es tdo.c of us on dec'."
In thei casso of the Colon later, the
wies s -d, Capt. Cros had pus his
ind out o a e o icg tower and said
tzo ZeeaL.'..r :"''Dn't y~u think
we h:. betc- close ian a ljric?"
'Ann," said the- witnes3 parenthetical
ly, "'I thought eo m self." The comn
medore topi ed: "No. Don't you see
tht iet ahcaa? Jt as sogn as that
fellow starts to come out I'm going to
head him ofi I il get him yet, damn
hire. I's follow him to bpsain if [(have
o." This testimony was, hks the
rvus statemen', receiv-ed with a
burst of applause, but thre demo'stra
ion was q-ickly supp'lressed by Ad
mr.1 Do ey.
Murder in Union.
At Urion Wednesday night Simon
Eii, colored; shot and instantly killed
his first cousin, Chas. Bird. The de
cessed was shot twice with a shotgun.
Some time during the evening the two
had a quarrel about a woman and
E As waited home a mile, got his gun
andi returned to Byrd's h-su e. Co~ring
upo b,:hied the house shoi. h in, and his
fttcr staing naa 7ias a s.2 shot,
ut ncsr sasel E satte-pted to
escrpe. bar was a:cesud by a negrol
a1 brgs. in jil Il
KOBSTE'S APPOINTMINT.
Capt. Capers' Version as to How it
Came About.
T1.e appo.intment of George B. Koes
t.r as interLal revenue collector con
tinues to be generally discussed and as
was told Wednesday,the comment of the
politicians and people generally is not
favorable to the Columbia newspaper
man. The eyes of the Republicans
generally are now turned on the ap
pointments to be made by Mr. Koester
and his general conduct of the office.
Dr. V. P. Clayton, who was recently
spoken of as the probable candidate for
the omee, has not returned to Charles
ton from his plantation. in Fairfield
county.
Capt. John G. Capers declined to
.discuss the matter in detail, but an
nounced mcst positively that he knew
notairg wta ever abaut the Selection
and appointmient ot MLc Koester. On
the oumrary, he htd been operating
upon the supposition that Bialook
could not be appointed. He earnestly
endersed Dr. Ciayton and had also
given Major Jones of Blacksburg, and
Mr. Huggins of Columbia, strong letters
of endoraement as to their character
ar:d fimneEs fLr the c0fioe, so as to be
a s:lutely sure that the emae would be
filed by a RePnlican ia any event or
change as to eitntr B alock or Clayton.
COpt. John G. Capers stated, how
.ver, that he had been aavised that
Mr. K;esner had bjen in correspond
aace w ith the President for some time
as io routical conditions in the South
&a-d in this State, and that some of the
editorials in K-ester's paper, notably
one on "1te Necessity for 'we Parties
in the S nth," anr one on "President
R.;ozeveit's Earnest Parpose' had par
iguia.riy imprea-,id the President. So
;Luen so in iae, that h,. had sent for
Ar. Kots.er anu aner a long talk with
,-am ti..d decd.sd to appoint him, al
though Koester was not an applicant.
Lo this benator MoLauria aequiesced,
ahhouga in no way withdrawing his
cdersmeint of Dr. Uiayton as the best
simoa-pure Repaoiiaan in the State for
.he pcanin.
Capt. Capers expressed himself very
hopefully, stating that he was disposed
to take a philosopioa view of it and
iook for the best results po-aible. He
stated that he had assurances from Mr.
K.)ester that no radicai policy would be
adopted as to ohanges ia the office, and
(hat he would cooperate with Mr. Oa
pers wherever and whenever he could
coaaistently do so.-Clisrleton Post.
Some Iniquities of Printers.
Pzinaers are rerponsible for many
charming mistakes, and some of them
admii the fact. Witness the volume
of sermons recently published which
contained the startling admission:
"Printers have persecuted me without
a cause." Of course, it should have
been "princes;" but no- doubt the com
positor was satisfid. Parsns are the
eepeoial batts for the jokes of the mer
ry typesetter. A Methodist. minister
is reported to have said: "Methodism
is elastic, expensiva and progressive."
Was it sheer wickedness that made the
printar substitute e for , altering "ex
pansive" to the more Shoeking term?
'The bishop-of Ss. Asaph, addlreesing
the old parishioners some time ago at
Carmarthen, referred to his "younger
and rasher days." He was naturally
repoited as having spoken of his
"'younger and masher days." No won
der John McNeil said that when he
took up the daily papers and read his
reported utterarneas be always sighed,
--Veriiy, we die daily!1"-Chamiber's
Journal.
Better if Ke Na&.
Coming home rather late one night,
olId Jones discovered a country yokel
with a lantern standing bythe kitchen
door.
"Young man," said he, "what ares
you doing here?"
"re come a-courting, sur.".
"A-courting? What do you mean?"
"Well, rm a follower of. Mary, the
kitchen maid, sur."
"Do you usually carry a lantern
when you are on such errands?" asked
the old man, sarcastically.
"Yes, sur, always."
"Don't tell me such nonsense. You
had better be off quickly- courting
with a lantern, indeed! In my young
days I never used such a thing."
"No, sur," replied the ydkel, sidling
off, "judging by yer missus, I shouldn't
think yer did."-London King.
Turns Flank on Konitress.
It was at an exclusive South side
boarding school and the young women
pupils in the institution were at din
ner. The preceptress was a task mis
tress of the most rigid sort and al
ways paid special attention to the
manners of the young women at the
table. She laid down the strictest
rules and she compelled her pupils to
obey them to the letter.
On this occasion she espied one of
the young women wiping her knife
with a napkin.
"Would you do such a thing as that
at home?" asked the preceptress,
sharply.
"No, indeed, I would not," replied
the young woman. "We have clean
nives at home."-Chicago Chronicle.
Swedish Land Arrangement.
In Sweden they have a land arrange
ment of this kind. The :farmer will
give a tenant so many acres of ground,
provided the tenant will give him so
many days' labor for so many years,
the labor to be paid as wanted.-N. Y.
Sun.
Warned in Tim.
Tired Treadwell-Hold on; don't go
to dat house fer grub.
Samitering Sim-Why not?
"I seen a delivery boy tnkin' a snow
shovel in dere yistady."-Chicago
Times-Berald.
One Mian's Wisdom.
She (after the proposal)-Are you
in favor of a long or short engage
ment?
He-If you can cook rm in favor
of a short one. If you can't we had
better make it long enough to enable
you to learn.-Chicago Daily News.
Like Your Shadow.
False friends are like your shadow
-only with- you in aunshine.-Chc..
o Daily News.
Pretty Mand.
Clara (after a tiff)-I presume you
would like your ring back.
George-Never mind; keep it. No
other girl I know could use that
ring, unless she wore it on her
thumb.-N. Y. Weekly.
Woman's Tact.
Rev. Cassinlgt on-Honestly. Miss
Deering, do you think rmy sermons are
too long?
Mfiss Deering-Oh, dear, no: I mere
lV think that life is too, short.-Puck.
A (Cheaper Method.
Knicker-Jinks has been ordered
abroad to take the mud baths.
Bocker-Whty doesn't he stay at
hme and rn afor office ?-Judge. -