The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 20, 1901, Image 4
He Bh.ws How a Min Can Ova-COMe
Evil.
In this discourse Dz. Talnage de
picts the Btruggle of aman vho desires
liberation from the enthrallzent or evl
and shows how he may be s_ Er:e;
Prov.rbs xxiii, 33: 'Wiea sO.ll I
awake? I will seek it yet aan."
With an insight iamo h-nan nature
sach as no othcr man evr haa Slomon
in these words is sEtthAng the mental
processes of a man who has stepped
aside from the pa.: of rectitude ana
would like to return. Wishing for so)ne
ting bstter, he says: "Wen s:-na I
awake? When shaii I got o-mr thi;-1
rible nightmare of iiqit3 ? -Br, se z
ed upon by uneradieted speoye ili
pushed down hihi by his .
cries out: "I will see it ~ e 1
will try it once morc!'
- About a m: from FriThn -
there is a Lkating potd. InI a
when t.e ice w-.s ve~y tem, a r
living near by t - - g m
the da:ger of sk g a . '.
all took the w.ri:g ;': cr O - :^lg
man. He, in the sprit of brvsdo,
Said, "Ba,3e,omo ruaa more." :--.2
StLuck out oi his 1a 0e 1O6 brO
and his 1M.less bcay vs brozht U7
And ii all matr o, t a":
allurement it is rct a pl .e h
is proposed. but cnly jaet or VOC i
dulganoe, jast one m .r siu. I en
comes the l &lity. Anw3. vor th on:
rou;;d more! ''I pill s.ei
again."
Oar libraries are adrrned wish cle
gant literature a idreis d to ycuzg mcn
pointing out to them - thz er
and pesils of life-emple:e n Lsf
the voyage cf-hle-the ti : th
rooks, the quicksa:.,s. Bu. suppoc a
}oa:-i maa is a:r .d .h--i'.;-ek: , s.ao
pore L is already -.ff t e . ac, .upC
he h h r-a-y gc a-rav, Low .-n :e
get back? Taa. is a qi.tao? L a ru
mains unanswered, anza a.1 Il-e
booki of zae hoie I fiA ot ono
word on that s: j ct. To -.t Ce:S of
persons I aiiis day :d ress sye .
Yo.u cam,.re wbat .s a:re tow wish
what you were three or four y:a-az ae,
And you are greatly disearte d, Y.u
are ready with every pa-s:oa cf y ur
soul to listen to a dimszien like ,h:s.
Be of goo3 choei! Your best ca-? are
yet to come. I offer ytou the . o:
welcome and rescue. I put the siivec
trumpet of the gospel to my lip2 andi
blow one leig, kud bhst saa5ig,
"Whosever wii, lt im come, and la
him como n;w." The curcL of Gad is
ready to .,pread a banqtiet upon y.ur re.
turn, and all the hitrarchs of heaven
fall into line of bannered procession
over your redemption.
Years ago. and while yet Albert
Barnes was living, I preachod in his
pulpit one night to the young men of
Philadelphia. In the opening of my
discourse I said, ' 0 L:>rd. give me one
soul tonight!" At the close of the
service Mr. Barnes iutroiuoad a youag
man, esying, "Th a is the young man
you prayed for." But I see now it was
a too limired prayer. I offer ro euch
prayer tediy. It must take in a wider
sweeps "Lord, give us all these sonls
today for happmness and heaven !
So far as God may help me I propose
to show what are the obstacles to your
return and then how you are to surmount
those obstacles. The fist difficly in
the way of your return is the forca, of
moral grvitation. Just as there is a
natiralaw which brings down to essh
anything you throw inio the air, so there.
is a correspond~ig moral gravitation. I
never shall forget a prayer I heard a
young man maze in the Y~unig ,Ien's
Christian Aisscistion of New Yo-k
With trembling~ voice and streamiing
eyes he said: 'O God, thon knowest
how easy it is for ms to do wrong and
how hard it is for ine to do right! God
help me!' That man knows not his
own heart who has never felt the power
of moral gra.v.tation.
In your boyhcod you had good aseoc:
ates and had associa-.' a. Which most
impressed you? Daring the last few
years you have heard pure aneede:.es
and impure ancdotes. Which the
easiest stuck to your memory ? You
have had good habits and bad habibs.
To which did your soul more easily
yield? But that moral gravitation may
be resisted. Just as you may pick up
anything from thre earth and hold it in
your hand toward heaven, j at so,, by
the power of God's grace, a fallen soal
may be lifted towara peaco, to vara par
don, toward saivatioa. Aoe force of
moral gravt. son is in every one of us,
but also ye .. In Goa's gce to over
come that force.
Tne next thing in the way of your
return is the powir of evil habi. 1
know there are those who s-.y it is very1
easy for tneon to give up cvii hrits. I
cannot beie.ve si.m. He~e 1s a man
given to intoxiecatio-., w..o kuws it i
diagracing h.s famtiy, asuruyL~g id
propensy anl iuis m-.&, mm
and oul. ]f u.at rian, betg an un 11l
gera man ana iz.g h.a LEnztaiz, coulr
esaty y.ve up ma~ naar, iem .o
ao ho? .iu? 14.e,. eO.es not -a
up L 1 a vary c;a.- a~ga a
wth gre.a. f.ra 1u si>' -e *(e :u
th to u?,s~: .--2, ii a
A panician .iL ?h
nuse quit ui. a
hauu , t up i e o ' -s :
bu s a skua rat .- U ..
a comapie.e n..ga.. - 0erl
tha-, has roLi. d va'eo woo i..,.r:ti.,
ear~h and shaken ponce is~ d c.;
ens? He nras quit ebaao. Afte
awhile he says: --. am wiang to ao as
I plesse. 'ilue doctor aces not uner
sand my caie. I am goa bae to
my old habuls." Anid he CLur.
Everything assumes is uan:-l coa-Po
ure. His t~e:e seem t~o he.
The world betonmcr an mrUtve pla-o
to jive in. His chiidren, seeirg tne
difference, haii the ra:ura of thiri
fathers genial dispositon, V- hat
wave of color has dashed ozue into !u
sky, and greeness into the maaroaain
foliage, andl the glowv of esphAie into
the sunset? What enca ntzn~t has3
lifted a wodd of beauty ani jy cq n ais
sou? Ho has resume.. tobacco.
The fact is, we all know in our owvn
exprence tuat he.-it is a ~assadr.
As long as we coy ia it docs ..c. et.s;
tise us; bur jet us reA:, artd we n
that werare l'.Lod anha scarj?3on Wf4s
and bound was ship cr.tde an} tnrown
into the track of one breaking Jugg. r
. a man 0 ve tenor Lweun
tv ver3 of cv iolog r..solves to da
b.y are all the fo cas of dark
ness Pllied against him? He gets down
o7 his knees in the midnightand cries,
G h c! m-!' He bites his lip. He
gr~id his teeth. He olinches his fist
in a duminatimn to keep to his pur
o Ha dare not look at the bottles
in the window of a wine store. It is
ono larg, bi:ter, exhausiive, hand to
har d fight with iMa smed, ttutahz:ng,
mereil.-s halbit. Waen he !.h*'nks ho
is entirely free, the old i:elinaon
p.:uaos u.,on him lk a pack of hounde
all their muzzle tarinog away at the
flanks of oue poor reinds3r.
In Paris th is a seuiptnrzd repre
m t cl i of cas the god of revelry
S is g o-. a p at fall eap.
1h gsive!, Let every one
Who0 i sDa rg ou oi ways undei
S e i n ding a d~oile ind well
n s d, bat thit he is riding a
. t d zd 1oodzhirsty and go
inz 3- a deh L.ap
a a" yo say if a man wints to
retur.n iom Evil prac ices scoieiy re
.s s r The prodig-I. wishing to
-II, trisa to aka so..a pr-ieasor of
ril n h The professor of
rlo l.2oo at 'n, O" o t tt fadid
-r asi~' t-e mirks or di-sipation.
d iustd Of Oirg him a fi:-m gzrp o
hioda rsL io daln ond of the
I og-r r of the left hand, wh:i
n (q-n. to snikir a msn in tne face.
3, f- few (:rrsyan people under
e . a mnos go:pel her3 is in a
I ',, h--. ed i:g! S2:e 1m -S
-'n y ou h..v i feit the r-ced ofc
t .d some Christian an
t ..tn you hSartiiy by the h.nd,
;.,a YOU 110L fast th-ri*-Ling tro
evev n ,er o' your body, mind an i s.ul
al enouzvg'ment that was j-ist Whw
'i rre i, wishing to get int
, rd's;-e. ty. enters a prsyer meetine.
i 0. a man wiSouz muh ese
S h a b, saying: W-y, ary
r? You are , t the jast person
: ge d to -ec -n a prayer mat
in. Well, the iyng nief w-s ,ve,1
a. d sere ; have or you." You do
:o-. knw aa-yhing ab ;ut this unI a
1ou !,.e zn i t when a man mries
:.W :Iu- from ev'1 coursrs of concuo
I ruas against rupu s oas iniaora
I Ie.
bisey of som3 man, "He livs a
blec or tw- from the eburob, or half aI
ra the chroa." I2 r.lt our great
ctLu-s t ere are men who are 5.000 miles
frAL .huren.-vast deserts of inciffer
enea be-ween them and the house of
Goa. Tae f At ib we muct keep our re
spectabilizy though thousands perish.
Christ sac with publican3 and sioner,
but if there ome to the house of Goi a
man with marks of dirsipation upon his
peoplo are almost sure to pa., up their
hsnd in horror. as much as to say, "Is
is not shocking?"
Bow these dsinty, fastidicus Chris
Lis in all our chute* es are goirg to
gv; into heaven I d3 not know, unless
they have an especial train of cars
cushioned and upholstered, each one a
car to himself. They cannot go with
he great herd of publicans a:d sinners.
0.2,~ye who curl your lip of scorn on
the fallen! I tell you plainly that if
y ou had been surrounded by the same
ifluence instead of sitting t-adsy among
the culhured, and the refined, and the
Crisian you might have been a crouch
ing wre~ch in stable or ditch covered
with filth and abomination. It is not
because we are naturally any better,
but because the mer ty of God has pro
teted us. Those that r.re brought up
in Chritan circles and watchr~d by
Ca tian parentage should not be so
hard? on tne fallen.
I think also, that men are often hin
d::red nom returning by the fact that
chuches are anxious about their mem
brshi, too anxious about their de
nomratin, and they rush out when
they see a man about to givo up sin
and return to God and ask him how he
is going to be baptizd-whether by
spriking or immersion-and what
kind of a churca ho is going to jAin.
It is a poor time to talk about Pusby
teian ottehism and Episcopal litur
ges and Methdet love feasts and
Baptist immersions when a man is
about to comne out of the darkness of
sin into the glorious light of the gos
pl.
Some of you, like myself, were born
in the country. And what glorious
news might these young men send
home, to their parents that this after
noon they had surrendered themselvs
to God and started a new life! I know
noa :t is in the country. The night
4: on. The eaitl stand under the
r&k, thrzoughi -:hich baut the trusses
o: hay. Tnie horses have j~is: frisked up
frnthe readow brook a: the night-fal?
a t.d kie deep in tha bright straw
tat, in:es themn to 1:e downi and -ren~.
Te pierch cf the hovii is full of fowi,
tait ftt wsarm under their feethers.
Wzn the tights gec. cold, the fum.es
c.:p Lhzir h'onas a .ove thes great br.
los and shake the sheaow of the grouip
mmr tere for i.alf an iiut say
.g :oivz. I woze what the~y ars
- on e- re o-ur t-y is ln t:-W. tO
-r ?' ,A w: : .ar a-sO r- "l
n 1a. n .a wen
y e. 3. nUa pr,;.. s -
e etGA a:a bcoIu bt;r.a- ~
uswl can we ~.:u wi
C.S. Sh 0 ur an0 to Ge .2da rom th dp
Und so f.. ao nei alood. Cry
* i ?a 0 forgie:m as u may ove:~
a: modi th er iyar, they
cnn-: auswer. I) i! D~ad! And
r. yo i.i~ t ke (,ut the wai-e look
of -or ma: we Lon o mother's rbro
j.ebfr h.y buried. her, and y oul
iu .; tLe can-e with which your
rsder used to walk, and you will think
nd tir.:k and wish that you had done
j sac as iey wanted you and w auld give
the 'nodd if you had never thrust a
pag drough their dear old hearts.
GAd pity the young man who has
bought disgr:ace on his facher's namel
Gdpity the yourng man who has
br oknis mother's hear t! Better that
5. :ver te:n born. Better if in
u - E i: eu f his lire, instead of be
isy 2 n:: th r-.a bcoom of ma
t n-i .ar:.ess, he had been o-affined
ada u cared. There is no balm pow
era na to heai the heart of one
graf 7and who wanders sbout through
the disor.1 cemeterv rending the air
and rirgirg the hr-d3 and eying,
"Mother, moJLd!' Oi, that toda,
by all the memories of the pa.t and
by all the L!ces of the future, yoa
would yield you, heart to G>.! My
your fabher'3 U A a -d your mother's
God be iourG;d forevo:! This hour
the door of mjrney swings wide open.
HEsitate n:t a moment. In many a
csse hesitatio is the 1-o3s of all. A;
the corns a a street I saw a tragedy.
A young man evidetly daub ed a3 to
which direction he had bettcr taki.
The young man hesitated at a tm3
when ittion s ruin, aad the baI
angel smote the po I aIgl uifil it de
parmd, spreading wiogs through the
starlight, upr:i.rd .-d a :ay, u.til a
door tiung cpcz ia the sky, end for
ever the wirgs vanished. Tat wag
the turai' g poin0 in th-t young man's
his tory,, ior, ta, - i angel fbs--n, he
heditadno lc e, but star ed on a
Pathway wh icih is beautiful at the
opaning, bat l-aD1' at the lat. The
h-d aral led 6ie way thrcugh gte af
ter gaTe, aUd at ca . gat t.e rotd ne
e!m= rougher and h 'a.y mole iur,
'nd was %7s peculi: r, is Ihe gato
sl 4 r u eam to wtL a jar that
initse n Vr d never opn. Pas t
e1eh p ai t re3wera a g Widng o
10A.. and % :.-oving of th- bolts, and
the eaenery on cn side the road
chans d from g_rcens to d:Eerts, a id
thJ JuLe air bee:Im= S Cut:;ig Dcein
bar blaa, ani the btight ;ainy of tte
bad cSgel tweed to !c."", and thz
ba:re t t the s'stt had tssd
wi-h wi.~e ued ci r.h bubblhag tease
oi foa&xing *d, ar'd cn the rghct sie
cf the r.-d t"'rc wa a s:rpent., and
the m-en s;ai n he had angel, "Wnat
i; th: serant?" And the answer was,
'Tha: isthe rrent of sti:.g!ng 1r+
m r.e." a -he f sids o thi road
tnere w A , d the s a -k-* d
:ba s etumr wes "I .at i, th ii.>n d
: devu ui A va tem fa
tarocaZu Glt tki. a'.d the. a " s,( is
t-e o d a i '-lti; ttt v6itu ?'
Tne a weer m, ' L'u: is E1' va.tIe
wai i-,z for thie c ets of the s aiu."
And' Lhan ae 1;, sa d :o the bad
an : " at does all ia moa? I
uns:e i wha. Iumu said a: the street
coer: I trutd it a.l. Why have
Su thu:, d r.o:ere me?" Th'n tthe lant
i-capsiOa fell off the charmer. atd lie
s id: "I was sent fom the pit to de
s roy y ur soul. I watched o c iaoce
for manzy a long year. When you hiei
tazed :at riglt at the s:reet opraer, I
gnined my tr'umph. Now ou are her';.
Ha, ha! Y u .re here! Ccme. now,
let u. fi I the chalie aid drink to dar
ness a:d woe and death. Hil, haii"
Oh, young m;n, will the geoi angel
sent forth by Uhrist or the bAd angA
sent for;h by Ein ;et the victory ovir
your sou.? Their wiuga are interlockisd
this momeni above you, contending for
your soal, as above the Apenninas
eagle and condor fi-hs in midsky. This
hour decided eternal destisies.
Letter from Capt. Kidd.
A letter 200 years old, from Captain
K-dd, the notor.ous pirete ciief to John
Bailey, E q , of ieN Y erk, which from
ev:idesce contained in iL is beieved to
be genuine by those to whom it has be
come an heirioomn, has been dep.,il.ed
for safe keeping, with other pae3 in
the cffi 4e of the recari commissoners
cf Providence, R I.
ThPie letter is the property of Edward
Field, ciera of she munto pal court of
Providence, and hiatorian, a decenant
of tne Warner famIly. which was among
the first to settle in* what is now tao
town of Waen. it was fond among
family papers.
Apparenty the cormunication was
wrtten after the capture of Captain
Kidd:. It 2 dated Batn 170.0-1, and
sx says, in part: ,
'I fear we are in a bad situation.
We are tuen to: pirate3 and you met
come to Boston as soan as you get this:
there is r.o oneo I can 4iepmnd upon. If
I do not see you, 1 wAlI teii youl where
my money is It is * * * *
a beried oni * * * * isknrd in Boston
harbor on the * * * * * island in
two chesus, containing from 15,00J0 to
20,000 pounds steriir g in money, jew
els and diamonds. eb~y are rou:ied
abou; four feet dee;, wmoh a flut btone
on tnem and a pile of stone nearby.
There is no one who knows where it is
but me now lhvu g
"it is about * * * * up the hill
Eide. Den't fail to come to me a8 Soon
as you receive this. If [ aa gene to
E:,gland be there as soa as po.i:iile.
eSaore the money and diamonts bef~re
oa come as money wi do n great deal
Zor us."
The letter conta.ins much more mat
ter and refers to maany incideuts which
hava been f iand to be his toricidly cr
ret. The 30:4ta3 whica would itell .z
actly where the trsare was buri.d ar
om.tted and their piaes ar.: take by
croets. I: is cjn:,ierezi likosy that
aieog with tue ietuer went a..other
ar.sg in wl?Ic wa~i given tac icy to
Rescued, Half Frozen.
i...h E , taps i$ ., sicI, uom51 i'ert
Jtacon ~'r ib.....a., AL , 1i..:: a
m j .. *... - .:l . cr. O pt.
e eo, . rD. l.rG j
d~ ~ a *d L ... .,
Ly nehed In ludiana.
LI:..e 0.d La tedy( was p~ca in a
weij fr&Om wLi i ir. &s e~ken by Kei I
whens~ ix cie..: aierm d at th-e.s ofI
ea:ch, .-n s ta..;n i1. a creek
mlany miles isn tc:c wel. Ti.he cr.
onstarc:a of meC mu-doer rave beenA
vve~dly recalled by an sru:der of tw.o
w.men, also at E;aasvitie w::hin the
pu ow days.
NLi D.svis and a wom~zan ling with
ini on a shiimty boat at Tiptoaville,
enn., ha&vo mys5.eriously aa.;:r,.d
inn it is b-l ed they naveom me ur
'ered. Tneu* b~at was foand a suor;, di~
ace b-lon town on ;tv Meissinpi
iver. Blood closi a r.: found ali over
tacnaaor and ca the now of thie boatI
hee the Lboiime are suposed to have
been thro-vn tuzo the river. DLavir was
i miserly fishercman arnd reputed to
bave saveid a cooaid :cable sum of money
GOOD ROADS TRAIN.
Prac ical Instruc -ion in the Arc
cf R a ! Bu Id ng.
ORE %T NEED OF TAiE sou ri.
Greenviiia Invites the People cf
the State to the Oood
R >ads C nvantion in
December.
Oa behalf of the citizens of Gren
Ville an invitation id extended to be
people of Sau h Carolina to visit our
city during the week beginning Mon
day, Dec. 16.h, when the "Good Roatds
S)ecial" of the Southern Railway rill
ba here for the purpose of building
sample roads and holding meetings
with the view of teaching the people in
practicai road building. This i3 the
only point in the Picdmont sction
where the train will stop to do a.ny
work, and everyone who cAn do so ought
to take the opportunity of learning for
h:mielf what can be done in the mak
ing of roads with neoeEBary machinery
handled by men who are experts in the
bu inos.
S) much has been said and written
ia roga:d to this subj?&: of good roads
th.at the people of une South ara prac
tealiy in txorcugh accord with the idea
that good roads are an acqini'ion and
3eonfic to any community. Every one
is convinced that the lack of good roads
is one of the greatest drawbaeks to the
growth and pr.apriy of the South, and
to r-uoply this 140k :S one of the mos:
eriuw problems before us to-day. &
n3( wora of miin roads built undar
cni di:otion wiah durable and
p rm.ient material will aione'mcet the
urg-:n &mad of our rural ci stricts.
a d market toias. The lines of com
pctton are baing drawn more olose-y
v ry year and ti margin of profits ire
grown g m:'re s! . er in consequence,
s) y ta; L is impirativa to employ every
e'emsnt looking to low-priced prodae
z.on and cheap dis-ribaion of tie crop;
taan are growa on the farms, and waich
are to be consumed by the non produc
ers. The ea.ure populatioa of any sto
tion is interested in whatever clay con
trioute to this re-uit, and ic it c!early
iemonnra'.cd that good roads are a
prime factor in the development uf the
country, while providing the gr6atest
econcomy ia bringing the produce and
conteumer together, Eo that both clasee
will profit by easy and cheap transpor
tation over our publia roidi.
How can we secure batter roads in
the South? This is the question to be
dIscussed by practical men in tha Good
Raads onventioni which widl be held
in this city while the road-making is
being demot.s:rated on the r)ads and
streets. Organized and practical lines
must be laia down to secure the results
aimed at, and it is necessary that every
eizzn shall give his moril and finan
cial eupport to measures which are in
tended for the. beafii of all. Good
roads mean a direct benefi: to evers f ar
mer, as there is no plan that wi.l do
more to enhance the value of lands and
develop rural communities than perma
eas and well-oonscrczeted highways.
Nothing can be found to c ;ntribute
more to the contentment * ad b appiness
of a farming population, and whatever
conduces to this state of aflaira on the
farm confers lasting benefits upon
towns and cities, for the prosperity and
advancement. of the farm.ers are qik
ly rt f!.cted in the growth and waih
producing character of th sir neighbars.
While there is groat unanimity upon
the advantages of good roads, there is
in reality very little practieal knowledge
as to the means and appliar~ces for
securing this desirable reslit, tind hence
ie proposed conventioa caghit to at
tract men from every walk of life, espe
cially thote who are engaged in making
and executing the laws of the esate.
The burlen of constructing and main
taining good roads must not fall upon
any particular class, and while the
woik of road building ii a tractical ne
cesity, there is also an imperative re
q arement in providing the way. and
means for constructing roads upon an
equitable and j2st basis. This can be
ascertained by diecussing and demon
tration, and hene th s propriety of
organizing Good Roads aseociations
while giving instruction in practical
road building. Both of theso of j:cts
will be attained in the coming of mh3
"Good Road Special" next month to
Greenvie, and sach an oppo:tunity is
rarely given any people at so moderate
a cost.
The citizons of Greensi'.!e are arak
ig tull preparation for the accommodi
in of hundreds. and thousands who
are expected from every quaiter of the
state, and in addi~ion to th~e hotels and
boarng houses, the private families
are asked to take boarders for tho week
in order to provide for any extra de
mana on this eccnion.
J F. kt:c was n,
A J S Laomas,
J Ri Hetn
Jas. II. Wi~hams, Jr.
t're~ C . m.e9.
Greetivlla 8. C, Lv 15 19u1.
A Petty Case.
..t ue - ar :.a.d .e. nd :
A. New Enine.
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d a *aa :r.i esp ta. driv
ra atL p *i ar, whc vnie ais ay
pui t y _n___pr__ TheA__ o
Aur New Edr ongie. o si ur
:tas no sta.ionary iarur oher ithan
he j .u:nais and fouacation fr:see
whia carry it. The osu:.g of rhe tur
binie revolves aa wll as the elhaft, but
nan oppositoe direction. While the
bar t ropels one propeller, th~e O'ise,
'rlirg in the op~posite direenioa,
o a sod e.ewv, both scras driv
g the veieel.
Death Ends Hunt for Gold.
Attorny Qcnueral John M. Sneers of
Jhio, heard irom Tacoma, Wash., that
Hus Es na Seou who was M.ra. Sheet's
deter, has p:obaly died from sta~rvation
aid cold in t ao ittrior of Alaska. She
mer t to Cape Nome last ysear to try for
uns in the gold fi-:lds and later joined
a party going to a new region in the
.terir. Tfne members dropped out
intil only Mias Scott and George Dun
san were left. She gave Duncan all
,he money she had to return to Nome
A GRE &T SCHME.
It Rtlates to Apple Trees aid Iffe rs to
ladies
"We get four letters a eay, o- aa
aversg4, a idressed t> that party," said
Mr. G adien Coleman, the aff.b.e reg
ibtry derk at the postoffije. The ad
dress on the envelops rcferred to rea
"Reuben Amos Apple Tree Company,
Troubletown, N. 0.," or words to tha
eff cot, "Each one of thoze letters con
tains $12, and at an average of four
Ietors a day that fellow t u ,ht to go;
$300 a month out of the registered lot
t:r from Columbia-not to mention bie
checks gnd n oncy orders that he geis
All this is in return for an offer of
employment-for ladias to do writing
at home. They send $12, buy 60 apple
trees at 20 cents each, and become
ageats. They are then expce.ed to
# rite a fe w letters each day to friends,
telling of the apple tree buijes,, et*.
For this Mr. Amos agrees to pay $20 a
month. A great many people who nav.
tried it report that they are getting
their money regularly. The schome
sounds like a fake, but there are no re
ports of anybody being hurt yet. 02e
gentleman in speaking of the novel ar
rangement said he could not iee how
there could be money enough in the
world to pay all these agents, but where
in the diokens are all the apple trees
coming from?' If there are four lettera
a day from Columbia sent for apple tr.es I
thrn there wonid be due to arrive hero
1,680 aprile trees per week, 6.720 p.r
moo..h, 80,640 a year-provided busa
ness doesn's grow slack. E-ghtv thous
ar,d apple trees for Columba! Wha
must is be for Charloate, for other citie
for the Ststes of Norih and South
Carolina where the Mr. Amoa has his
agenis. Tne number cf treaa he selis
mazs aggregate hundreds of thousans
a . ear.
T'ia scheme was started in this cun
try by a newspaper man in Fiorida. He
h.s& fis oded the state with thousands oi
papers which are 'ead by nobody, an4.
ne aceds na circulation liar to unake his
tsbeription li-it one of the largest in
the south. Yet there are not many
peopie who could off hand giva th.
name of the paper. A man up in Normr
Carolioa niow eff -s to employ agents ia
this way to seii deyley rngs. Anosher
wan-s to.sell Iadian relies. And there
may be o~hers as ye- usheard of.
Same who may be disposed to con
demn this as a iottery periaps overlook
the fact that some of the mos; reputa
ble and most suba.ancial firms in the
souih :nave worked the same plan, the
only difference being tha& the paper and
apple tree men have had nerve to run it
on a big calc. Many people remember
that a year or two ago they were urged to
buy a crupon which would entide them
to a book containing several coupons.
By the time this book was exhausted,
the holder was entitlad to a suit of
cloihes, hat, pair of shoes, or some
thit g of tha kind. Ba5 there's excite
mmnt in it, and that is what the vori
wants.
Found in the Woods.
Last Friday week ago a negro, Jo3
Jonnson, who lives atout three ar~d a
half miles east of Bawmnaa, reported
there that he had fund o2 the pre
ceding Monday, near his father's home,
a horse and buggy in the woods. The
buggy was in good condition and comn
paratively no yr. It is a top baggy,
painted black with oak panelled body
and red runnir-g gear, which is -very
light. No part of the buggy is n jared
and it does not seem to have expieri
enced a runaway. ][t was soid by
Oscar R. Lowman of Ceangeburg. The
find did not occur until after the horse's
heath, which was caused by starvation,
as is seen from the ondition of the
trees and shrubbecry within its reach.
Some good sized trees are nearly out
down, being eaten somns distance into
the wood, Joe Johnson claims that
the harness was all on the horse, but
the bridle, hamas, and collar were loose,
the lines being folded up and stock
through the saddle ring. He was out
hunting, he said, and came across them.
Further he says that he missed a dog
from his place, and, seeing the buzznrds,
went to try to find out if it was the dog,
when he ran up on she vehicle about
400 or 600 yards from his home. Nnl -
ing has been heard he'o about a lost
horse and ba'ggy, ant nhe otuizona are
trying Lo ir.vestigate the mystery. J.
Diversity of Crops.
This is a text from which the
farmers have heard many a ser
mon, but they dont seem to
do much good, but, as the
Augusta Herald says, "there
has ne ver before existed a great
er necessity for our farmers to,
realize The importance of plant
ing grain as well as cotton. The
high prices cotton has been
bringing have aroused hopes
that have all too slender a
foundation, and so the planters
are less prepared than ever to
meet financial demands that
cannot be met on seven cent cot
ton. Now we can do without a
great many thiugs, but we can
not do without food, and when
the planter tbarely covers wi
tile proceeds of is cotton crop
the running expenses of his
farm ise is in raLti a bad fix if
he cannot supply from his own
acres the fooni necessities for the
family, hands and live stoek.
Our Southern farmers have,
wnhl a very fe w exceptions never
reamzed the importance of rais
ing wnat they needed for home
consumptious, and have steadi
ly spent all their profits from
cotton and gone in debt for what
mnighit just as well have cost
them nothing but labor and~
space. With the increased de
mand for grain in all the foreign
markets and with tihe short corn
crop in the West, our farmers
will find that their corn wvill cost
them no less than a dollar a
bushel. It does not require a very
accomplished mathematican to
realize that at this rate the cot-:
ton will not pay for the corn.
We do not urge our planters to*
give up cotton, nor do we advise
them to attempt planting grain:
for the markets, but we do
plead for a crop sufficiently
diversified for it to be unnec
essary for the Southern farmer
to send to the West all of the
money he earns.'' Will they do
It is said that not only will the Coast
Lino through trains be ltted with steam
heating apparatus, but the improve
ment will nold good over the entire sys- |
tr., on all main line trains. The stoves I
il not be removed, but will be kept|
EA NEGLECTED FINE ART I
Woodcarving Is a Handicrft Suitable
for Women and Girls.
One of the subjects of great itterest
to the public now Is that of occupa
tions for women, and the question,
"What shall our girls learn to do that
will make them self-supporting and
comfortably independeut" is asked
on all sides. Among the callings sug
gested that have been tried or follow
ed by women, little attention so far
has been paid to the industry of wood
carving, which must be classed under
the head of art.
In considering this general topic Cd
the advantage offered by the various
classes of artistic effort commonly pur
sued by our students, surprise has
often been expressed that there has
not been established in this country
years ago and properly equipped school
or master teaching woodearving or
wood sculpture as a fine art.
"In Europe," said one of the workers
In this art, "this delicate handiwork
has for centu.-ies been one of the
favored forms of artistic pastime
among the women of the nobility, and
to -y it counts as its devotees many
of ,.he most exclusive and most highly
cultured women on that continent.
Lessons are as generally ta-ken there
in this fascinating art by the young
women of the uppar classes as are.
music and painting by the daughters
of families of like social rank in this
country.
"It Is Indeed strange that this craft,
adaptable in its application to so wide
a range of use and ornament, has
never heretofore been properly pre
sented to the cultured classes here.
The work is far more cleanly tha~a
painting, either in water colors or in
oil, and the implernts require less
attention and care. The simple and
most exact principles upon which true
art is based are from their yery na
ture susceptible of more ready com
prehension and mastery than those ute
derlying many other branches com
monly taken up.
"The skilful handling of the few
tools required is quickly attained. and
in a fe v- lessons the average scho!Rr is
able to execute excg:site work at once
a surprise and a delight.
"In addition to the rare pleasure re
sulting from kuown ability to create
beautiful things, there are greater
benefits accruing to the scuiptor, not
to mention others. There is the fact
that he has learned the better to ap
preciate and value proportion, form
and delicacy of outline. and this
knowledge, aside from the personal
satisfaction it brings, enables him to
judge with true accuracy the artistic
merits of all things, naturai or manu
factured, having form as their basis.
This essential sense can be secured in
no other way so readily. Indeed, the
artistic faculty, the aesthetic taste it
self, can be perfected only by a fair
knowledge of the truths which a
course in wood sculpture supplies.
"This fact is being recognized in this
country now, as It has long been
recognized and observed in the centres
of high art in Europe, and even in the
Far East. Wise masters of the chisel
now bring their dainty craft to the art
loiers of our Nation, and the void that
has been felt in the art -education of
this young country will not long con
tinue. Art In every form Is but the
expression of a refined sense. Indeed,
nothing more surely marks the spirit
of true refinoment than the degree in
which an intelligent love of the beau
tiful is manifeet. Hence it is that
cultured persons are not only constant
patrons of art, but seeit themselves to
become proficient in sozine one or more
of Its branches.
"Music, sculpture, painting, ceramics
and various other familiar forms of
hile endeavor have furnished ere
slon to men's increa'.ed and increasing
culture, and given broad opportunity
for the development of individual
faculties and tases. Great as have
been the benefits to mankind from the
achievements of masters In the several
lines mentioned, it may be well assert
ed that the chiefest good has come
from the attention given thereto by
cultivated men and women, who
sought only further self-improvement,
and not the mere making of fortune or
a name.
"This chaste love-for the refined has
become markedly dominant in recent
times with the better classes, as is
evidenced by a large number of such
persons who, in every department cf
aesthetics, seek such scholarships un
der the great masters who have un
selfishly relinquished the broadening
advantages of public service for the
restriction of studio or instruction
room.~ Tnder the gnidance and in the
companionship of such tutors our fa
vored youth have grown in technical
knowiedge and proitiency along se
lected lines, until now it is by no
means rare to find among our women
and men those who work with brush,
pencil or pen. or whose ability as
vocal or instrumental musicians vies
with the best p)rofesionals in the re
spective directions. And yet in every
such case, the only end sought w~as,
as before stated, the high culture of
self and the increased means thus a&
cured of contributing to the pleastire
of others. The perpetuity and the pen
fecting of our civilization rest, and
safely so, upon such a citir-nship."
New York Tribune.
Ha't Pin~s.
Now that hatpins are selling for $1,
00 downward, the minds of Inventive
geniuses are turuiug toward a pin that
will stay in the hat, past all dlanger- of
falling out. Recently there was a
patented split that was provi~ded with
a little spring which worked by pres
sure.
A very nice hatpln, w~lh a head of
amber, had an amber fastening accom
panying it and fastened by a gold
hain. The fastener was stuck in the
at so that to lose the hatpin you must
ose the hat also.
A very ultra little piece of Jewelry
s a band of pearls connected with the
atpin by a gold chain. The pearl
band Is used as a broach or as a pin
rpon the breast The gold chain
angles from the hatpin and makes a
pretty piece of finery for the womans
who likes "fixings." The band may
:atch the hatpln, and be of any jewels
r plain gold.
Any device Is good so long as it
holds the pin; and when you reflect
hat every year there are hundreds of
ollars lost in hatpins, the economy of~
a little fastener is easily computed.
When a man has mairried a charming
woman, if he doesn't continue to make
ove to her some other man wvill!
"A discussion has been star t
d in the West," says the Ne .v
ork Tribune, "by a sermon o~fJ
a minister of Spokane, in wh ih
e made the unqluestion ably -rue
ssertion that athecists, infidels
nd agnostics have built n >in
titutions for the relief of suffer
ag and need. There are no' i-ux-.
[ey' hospitals, 'Robert G. Iiger
ol orphan asylums, 'S -uart
lil' maternity and lying in
omes or 'Haeckel' refuges for
the aged and indigent. It is the
pirit of religion alone which is
ble to establish and maintain
uch institutions."
A dispatch front New Haven,
onn., says Carl Stoeckel, of
iorfolk, Conn., has given ab -
olutely to a board of trustees
the birthplace of John Brown,
an Torrington, Conn., including
house and farm." Oid John
rown was the original anarch
Lst in this country, yet these
~anatical NewEngland people
ono his meory.
HOW MEN MAKE LOVE.
Some Do It In a Grandiloquent Maa
ner and Fall to Make an
Impression.
All sorts of men in all kinds of
conditions have made love to me.
While I won't say that I loved them
all in return, they-that is those
who sent me fruits and flowers and
bonbons, not diamonds and gems,
succeeded best with me. Stage wom
en don't want big things; it is the
trifles that touch their hearts, says
Marie Dressler, in St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Handsome men have never succeed
ed with me. They are generally too
overbearing and make you feel as if
they did you a favor by making love
to you. The little gentlemanly things
a man does win a woman's heart.
I like a zian who takes his hat off
in my presence and the cigar out of
his mouth the moment I come neai
him; who rises from the table and
remains standing while I am being
seated.
I like the man who divines when I
feel a draft and gets up to shut the
window even if.it is in a garden.
The man who wants to win my
heart mustn't do these things only
for a few weeks, while I am getting
interested in him, but keep right on
I doing them.
i The straightest way to a woman's
heart is by snmall and gentlemanly
courtesies. It never fails. The man
I who showers diamonds and costly
Ipreserts upon a woman is usually
very ostentatious about it. The fel
low who comes along with a bunch
of flowers or a bonbon box makes
you feel as if you did him an honor
to accept. his present. He'll win
where the other will get the cold
shoulder.
Love-making is an art which wom
en understand much better than men.
-Marie Dressler, in St. Louis Post I
Dispatch.
Fighting Yellow Fever.
If the ship enters the mouth of the
Mississippi with a clean bill of health
ana no sickness on board she is al
lowed to . proceed to quarantine.
There the quarantine officer and his
assistant physician go aboard. The
reports of the master and -physician
are received first. Then the crew is
mustered, the roll is called, and, as
each man's name .is reached, he steps
out of line and extends his arm to
the physician, who feels his pulse,
and if the slightest abnormality is
aetected indicative of fever the clin-!
ical thermometer is used at onco to
get the degree of fever.-Earl Mays,
in Leslie's Monthly.
neavy hainris.
Exceptionally heavy rainfalls often
occur, sometimes with disastrous ef
fects. For periods of five minutes rain
falls have occurred at Bismarck. N. D.,
at the rate of nine inches per hour, at
Jacksonville, Fla., at the rate of seven
inches, and at Galveston, Tex., at the
rate of 61% inches. In periods of 60
minutes rain has fallen at these three
stations et the rate of over two inches
per hour; at Galveston at the rate of
2/, inches. One inch of rainfall isequiv
alent to 27,154 gallons of 226,000 pounds
on each and every acre of the wetted,
area. Rainfall at the -rate of nine
inches per hour represents a falil of 33,
900 pounds, or 4.073 gallons, per min
ute per acre. In five minutes, such a
r-anfall would cover e.ach area of fo-at
square ,miles with 51,000,000 gallons-a
quantity miuch in excess of the daily I
consumption of the city of Washing- I
ton.-Washington Star.
An Unexpected Result.
An amusing episode occurred-at a
political meeting at Lavendon dur
ing the general election. After hear
ing the speeches of the candidate and1
his.-supporters an aged conservative
from Wolverton mounted the plat
form and caused some mystery by dra
matically holding aloft a walnut,
when he proceeded to say:
"This is a political walnut. Tho
rough shell represents the radicals;
the next, the thin, bitter skin, is the
liberals, and the kernel represents
the good conservative."
A man in the audience cried out:
"Now crack it."
The Wolverton tory did so, when,
lo and behold! the kernel was rot
ten! .The admixture of laughter and
chagrin that followed may be imag-1
ined.-London Spare Moments.
Chinese Fun.
A man asked a friend to stay and
have tea. Unfortunately, there was
no tea in the house, so a servant
was sent to borrow some. Before the
latter had returned the water was
already boiling, and it became neces
sary to pour in more cold 'water.
This happened several times, and at
length the boiler was overflowing, but
no tea had come. Then the man's
wife said to her husband: "As we
don't seem likely to get any tea, you
had better offer your friend a bath!"
-History of Chinese Literature
Like Your Shadow.
False friends are like your shadow
-only with you in sunshine.-Chica
o Daily News.
Pretty 31ad.
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. Cassington-Hlonestly, Miss I
Deering, do you think my sermons are
too long?I
Miss Deering-Oh. dear. no! I mere
ly 'think that life is too short.--Puck.
A Chenper 31ethiod.
Knieker-Jinks has been ordered
abroad tco take the mud baths.
Bocker-Why doesn.'t he stay at I
hoec and r-un for oflice?-Judge.
Merrick's Head Comes Off.
It seems to be wdtten that the "old'
iie" Republien.ns must go and cne by
one ihur heads arc droppcd by the
owers that be. The hitest is that Mr. .
A C. Merrcek has been remov,.d as
deputy coletor in the int cas reve-.ue !
eprimat of thisi State avi Mr. Ha- ~
par, of Ron-a Path. is named ashi
snecssor. H pr is a "CJommercial
)encrt" sad hiq appomn'ment is re
ei~d as such. the Republian afhori
tld isclaimine anr crdi' for his sun
s a-d amiting that Coilector Koc -
er male the appointme-nt without RB
inblian sliaitsion.
T HE Chicago Chronicle says:
The Chicago and Kansas City
platforms are still responsible
for disorganization and defec
tion." But how does it account C
for Ohio? The Chroni<cle was
hilariously happy when the -
uhio convenation refused to in
orse the Kansas City platform0
nd happier still when it gave
rominence to Democrats bear t
ug the private brand of thell~
Chronicle
~NF~AP FOM BNDA
This Man Says He Was Trick.
ed Into An Insane
Asylum.
WILD RACE FOR LIBERTY.
Through Tennessee Swamps, Cut By
Barbed Wire Fences, In a
Strange Country.
Story Told Dy a Man Who Says He
Was Put Out of the Way For His
Little Fortune-is Escape From
Louisville-The Utmost Limit of
Endurance.
Moses D. Morris tells a thriling tale
Df his escape from the Great Western
Insane Asylum, in Bolivar, Tinn., in
which he was incarcerated for several
weeks, although, he declares, he was
perfectly sane. He was tricked into
the asylum, he says, and the object of
those who had him placed there was
is little fortune of $35,000.
Mr. Morris's favorite among the un
fortunate inmates with whom he was
locked up was "ike" McDermott, who
Lad been educated for the priesthood,
ind who was at times entirely rational.
The two talked over plans to escape
from the asylum, and finally consulted
with another patient. Dr. B., who had'
become isane through drink. -
"To-night." said the Doctor to them
ne day, "there is a baWhii the North
Eall. You will file over from here,
and on the way will traverse a long
aarrow corridor. At the left of it and
midway there is a winding stair down
to the ground dioor. At the end of the
lower corridor is a door. For an hour
every evening it is unlocked, but you
must pass the watchman's door. If he
sees you all is lost. If you reach the
door you may succeed. Try- it, and.
God save you." - -. -
Mr. Morris and "Mike" decided to
dopt the Doctor's suggestion. When
ight came Mr. Morris put on his even
Ing dress suit, even to patent leather
shoes, in order not to excite suspicion,
though it was storming hard and he
knew he ought to have heavier cloth
ing If is plan to escape succeeded.
"When the warder marched'us over
to the hall," said Mr Morris, "I was
walking as In a dream. Down the long,
dimly lighted corridor we snafed like
a company of flagellants. I looked
ahead with blurring eyes. There was
the spiral stairway-my heaven of-es-,".
:ape. I slunk behind the unfortunate
in front of me, trying to make myself
smaller. I reached the head -of the
strarway, gave a glance around,- and
then down it I dashed-like'a madman
In reality-down, down, down, reach
Ing the ground floor with my head in a
whirl.
"I looked forward. - A .food of light
pored through the opening of the
watchman's door. How could -ever
get by it? My blood froze with the
thought of capture now. I tip-toed
long, then made a sudden dash
through the blaze of light like a spec
tre. I reached the door unseen. My
rain was on fire. I seized- tlie great
Latch and threw my strength Into the
ast stroke for liberty and home. Thank
God, the door yielded. That gust of
'ind-swept rain, enveloped me like a
:housand angels 'sent for my deliver
me. Into the darkness I plunged, not
snowng, not caring, possessed only
ith the colviction that I was free
ree, free!
"On and on I raced. I was hundreds'
>f miles from home, In a strange con
ry. The December rain pelted me In
orrents, the mud was- almost to -my'
nees. I did not know a single road,
yut plunged on and on, with the hope
f finding some sort of a path-any
here on earth, so long as it-was out
f sigh of that accursed place. I
lared i~okback, still breahlessly
pan d from a dfstant bill,7I
awthe tarrets mluminated by
he lghtn sflash, and then tliey fad
K from uly sight forever.
"I,.found that in tearing- through a
arbed wire fence in my flight I had
:orn one of my fingers almost fromi
ny hand. It bled profusely, but, bind
g it up as best 1 could, Leet my ice
~rom the scene of my miseries, sesn
ing the darknes's for one evidence of
he habitat of civilized man. Knowing
hat they would soon bee after me, I
ared not lapse into a walk, but kept
ip a fierce gait, over ridges, through
~reeks, surmounting every olistacle,.
:he mud of 'the Tennessee valleys often
:o my knees, falling into ponds whose -
:hin ice cut me as I plunged."
F!nally when almost totally exhaust
d, Mr. Morris heard dogs barking in
:he distance, and, following up the
;ound, came to a little csin.~ The
egro who owned it took him in and
'ared for him for two days. He was.
'ourteen miles from the asylum and a
indrd miles from home.
"Afterward I offered my watch for
rare to Nashville, but the young man
f the house said, "The lightning ex
ress stops for water just a half min
ite down here about a mile. Conceal
ourself nearby and board the blind
$aggage car. You are safe till you get
: IouisvIlle.' I thanked him, bade
hese good people adieu with tears of
rattude, and, with the help of my
~riend, an hour later boarded the blind
aggaae car of the mid-night express.
God bless you all!' I screamed out as
sped away through te darkness
oward home and my dear ple, plt.
id with cinders, stifled and strangled
rith smoke, but with my heart beat
g fast with triumph. I arrived at
Zouisvlle at daybreak to face my ac
~usrs, who saw the miracle of my es
ape from the prison asylum with con
ternation and terror. How I ever sur
yed it I do not know, but here I am.
afe, sane and sound, proving that
rhere there Is a will to break from un
ust bonringe. with right on your side.
here is no limit to human endurance."
They gently chid the poet in that he
iways took ihe gloomy view of things.
"Do you ever write on an empty
tomach?" he asked.
The poet glared up at them with
~lssy eyes.
"Often there Is no stationary in the
zouse" he moaned, for hehad now be
ame delirious.
nie delirious.-.Detroit Journal.
The if-inv'e li. n regard to
h recor i of in e of the cirourt
om o S-nta C" - faruied Tbe
ee ite New 5:; Ah~a C. Wellbo:n
rm the las two b uned velame, N-,. -
8 adi No. 59, o' ihe' Socuth Carohina
otte wil ibr 'd wa n erest by the.,
riends of iAot. dme t jait,
An md. Rmvrsed.
7atsS 6-13 11 7-13
'oo~xd 73 4-7 21 3-7
rv 73 4-7 21 3-4
J- 72 2-9 27 2-9
l uth 66 2-3 33-1-3.
. 62 1-1 37 l-2
e'et 58 1-3 4L 2-3
|u3 aen 5,8 1-3 41 2-3
Bseies the abova tho following were
ifid: B.;.h-na 1; Gary 1; Qage.
; ow:S.ad 1.
Deamw 19 h" been fired as 8->uah
rira College D.,y a't the Charleston
cs-n L 1a expeeed that day
> sve a b ,g rally of the alummi of
a o to c.debts~e ..ha centennial
THE State of Georgia paid-out
he~r Con federaite pensioners
tst year $77,000O and has a comn
rtable home for them in At
mnta urrah for Georgia.