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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY HIS NAMES-THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. [8? aRV. H. K. WrLLL&XS.) "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mightv-God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." isa- 9:6. This prophecy was spoken by Isaiah during the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. Ahaz was one of the most wicked kings that ever reigned over the kingdom Judah. Perhaps, I would be well within the truth to say that he was the most wicked of all the kings of Judah. "For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for Balaam. Moreover be burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinson, and burnt his chil dren in the tire, after the abomina tionof theheathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Isreal. He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the bills, and under every green tree." It could not be that God would let him go unpunished. Sin must be punished in the individual, andthe nation as well. "'God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; ani they smote him., and carried away a great multitute of captives, and' brought them to Damascus. And he also delivered into the hand of the king of Isreal, who smote him with a great slaughter." "There were slain in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in ond day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord of their fathers." The nation is bowed in great shame, and is in fear of foreign invasion, and further conquest. God sends Isaiah to comfort Ahas by assuring him that the confederacy formed on the part of Syria and Ephraim shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass- God's promise was condi tioned u'on the fact whether or not Abas would believe in him and trust him for deliverance, which thing Ahaz silently re fused to do. Then God spake again unto Ahaz, saying, "Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth or in the heighth above." "But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will. I-temnpt Jehovah." But what he does do is, "to burn incensenuno other gods, and provoke to ang er the Lprd God of his fathers," believing that if he can win their favor, he will be able to drive back the threatening enemy. Ahias forms an alliance with As syria, but the prophet points out to him that punishment from God can not be averted. The prophet declares unto him that the "very power whose aid he is himself bent on invoking shall be the scourge to chastise both king and people.' The propliet tells ofa day of darkness and .anguish that is full of threaten ings and scourgings. In the chapter in which our text occurs the prophet strikes amore hopeful strain. He seems to awaken to a glorious vision, in which he portrays something of the blessedness of the Mes siah's rule. The words of this prophecy give hope and buoy ancy to the nation. They shall be overwhelpned, crushed, and laid low by Assyria; but "at length the darkness shall be dis pelled; a -great lhght' shall shine forth over all the land; the rod of the oppressor shall be broken; a child shall be born, who shall bear marvellous names, and shall rule over the full kingdom of David in justice and righteousness for ever." The prophecy of these verses go far beyond its immediate ap plication to Judah under Ahaz. They speak of him who is "the light of the world." They tell of him who is "the true ligbt which lighteth every man that cometh into the. world." They tell of the coming of the "Sun of righteousness, who shall rise with healing in his wings." They speak of the Word that "was made flesb and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from tbe Father, full of grace and truth." They speak of him concerning whom the angels sang, "peace on earth good will toward men." AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED - Wonderful, indeed, is our God and his ways past finding out. Ever since the advent of Jesus has he been the study of man, and never has he come within the compass of the finite mind. Daniel Webster, when asked whether he understood Jesus, answered: "No, how could I ? I could not believe in him if I ur~derstood him." Wonder con fronts us in the very beginning, when Jesus .sleeps upon his mother's breast. That God should become a babe and nurse at its mother's breast. is a mystery "the angels desire to look into." "Great is the mystery of godli ness, God was manifested in the flesh." Wonderful is he in his nature as God-man. That God should take upon himself the .form of a man is the wonder of wonders, and yet he did it. Jesus said, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." Jesus is wond erful in his life. Whether we see him in the carpenter's shop or -walking upon the bosom of the deep- Wonderful in his teach-j -ne he ~ey der - D COUNSELLOR. He is our guiding star. When we are baffled, and scarcely know what to do, he points the way and the end is right, be cause his leading is unerring. He guides us with his own dear hand, for we are dearer to him than the apple of his own eye. The fact that we .must travel life's pathway is sufficient rea son why we need his counsel and guidance. When we are de pressed and weary "Why not take all to the Helper Who has never failed us yet ? Tell him aboat the heartache, And tell him tile longings, too: Tell him the baftled purpose When we scarce know what to do. Then, leaving all our weakness With the one divinely strong, Forget that we bore the burden, And carry away the song." "We are floating on a raft upon an open sea." said Plato: "whence we came or whither we go we know not." Plato was a heathen, and it might have been fitting that he should say such a thing; but it is not so with the Christian. for as he sails upon the sea of life, with Jesus as his pilot, he will come at last into a haven of sweet rest. None have ever sought his counsel in vain, neither has any ever had reason to regret following it. "AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALL ED MIGHTY GOD." Here is the doctrine of the oneness of Jesus with the Fath er. The Jews are rigid mono theists-they hold tenaciously to the doctrine of one God. Jesus' claim of divinity was the pri mary cause, of their rejecting him as the Messiah. That he made himself equal with God was one of their chief accusa tions against him. Jesus is God himself. "I and the Father are one." He that hath -seen me hath seen the Father." Isaiah must have believed in the divin ity of the Messiah. It does not seem reasonable that he would have called a mere man. "Mighty God." He evidently shares in the same belief of David when he said: "Thy throne, 0 God, is for ever. and ever: a sceptre of of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom." The same is true of Jeremiah, he proclaims the Messiah as "Jehovah our right eousness." "AND HIS NAMES SHALL BE CALLED EVERLASTING FATHER." Jesus is Father in the sense of being our creator. He gave us our being and it is unto him that we owe our life. "All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that bath been made." John 1-3. "Have we not all one Father? ~Hath not one God created us?" Mal. 2: 10. He is also a Father to us in that he is our protector. In his life on earth, Jesus rarely ever pro tested against any evil or dis courtesy shown him; but he stoutly defended and protected those who put their trust in him He protected Mary, who anoint ed his body against his burial with precious ointment. He de fended her against the covetous ness of Judas, who was a thief and a hypocrite. He defended the woman against the criticism of Simon, who washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. When they came to arrest him in the garden, his one request was that his diciples be allowed to go awa'y unmolest ed. His love and preserving care is ever over us. He "will not fail us, nor forsake us." He is our "everlasting Father" and ever liveth to make intercession for us. "AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALL ED PRINCE OF PEACE." The Christian's peace passeth understanding: it is a joy un speakable and full of glory. "My peace I give unto you, not as te world gives, give I unto you." No, "'s does not give as the world g. . The prince of this world sa never given any thing but.- shame, misery and wretchedness. The ,world can not give: it has nothing to give. "Every good and perfect gift comes from God." Wbat . satan puts off on us is counterfeit. Through the atoning grace of Jesus man has come to have peace with God. "Being there fore justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Our sins have been washed away in his blood, and we are reconciled to God through the sacriticial death of his Son. Jesus gives us peace with ourselves. Sin has so marred our nature, and set up such a disorder in our lives that we are not at peace with our selves. Nothing but the grace of God, as it is in Jesus Christ, can calm the savage breast, and restore peace within. Passion, self and temporal interests rule within us, and we move at their biddings. It is not known what sxtreme biddings of these things nian can be made to obey. Men some times are so obedient to the iemands and allurements of tnis world, that the temptation comes o commit suicide, in order to scape the inevitableness of sin. When Jesus speaks peace to the soul, passion, self and temporal interests give place to conscience reason and holy aspirations. We are made new creatures, and all hings become new. All who ome to Jesus, the "Prince of Peace," find rest unto their souls. Having peace with God and :urselves, it is natural to sup pose that we would be at peace1 with one another. One of the evidences that we have been re generated is that we love the brethren. It does not indicate much spirituality, to say the least, where there is bitterness existing among members in the same church. As we make progress in the Christian life we become more patient, courteous, generous and loving in our attitude toward one another. "If a man love not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen." HAS THE STATE THE RIGHT TO MURDER HUMAN BEINGS? The Governor of Arkansas is being severely criticised for his recent action in liberating pris oners from the State peniten tiary. He characterizes the Ar kansas penitentiary as a "burn ing. seething hell," consuming human beings, who are "being fed into it in a manner which re sults in nothing but making for tunes for contractors." The con ditions in Arkansas must be sim ilar to those in the State prison in South Carolina which Governor Blease has been striving t o relieve, and, unless there is something done to relieve the condition it will be up to the leg islature to determine between the fortune-making contractor and humanity. Governor Blease appears to be in earnest to re lieve what he regards the inhu man conditions in this State. and unless the legislature comes to his assistance he has threatened to exercise his powers under the constitution, which in a case like this, means the liberation of pris oners who have long sentences to serve. As we understand the matter there has been made an investi gation of the hosiery mill in the penitentiary by a body of ex perts, doctors of high repute, who said the conditions in that institution are not wholesome and dangerous to the health of those who are forced to work there; the Governor being back ed up by the expert opinion of these gentlemen certainly has strong grounds for the action he has threatened if the law making power continues indifferent to his appeals we hope however, that Governar Blease will not act hastily in this matter, as it would be a very serious condition to turn loose upon the State a large number of convicts-it would be exceedingly unfortunate did not the general assembly make some effort to prevent a repetition of the Arkansas incident. T h e Newberry Observer in discussing the hosiery mill alleg ed threat of the governor says he has the power to abolish the hos iery mill b~y pardoning the con victs, but he has no right to do so. There may be a difference in having the power and the right, we thought that the power given makes it his right, and should he1 pardon every convict the consti tution gives him the power and hence the right; if in the exercise1 ot that right or power he has abused it, it would be up to the general assembly to call him to account, but when his conten tion is endorsed by a body of ex perts who made a special inves tigation of the situation, in our opinion, the general assembly would find it difficult to convict him of abusing the power given by the constitution.. The whole sontention simmer ed down means one of two things, either the Governor and the board of eminent doctors are wrong or the hosiery mill is a pest house unfit for human habi tation, if it is unfit, the monetary consideration should be considi ered only alter the mill has been abolished. LEVER WORKING FOR TBE FARMERS. Congressiman Lever's agricul tural bill has met with the unan imous approval of the Ban.ker's Association of the District of Co lumnbia. Mr. Lever was present at the meeting and made a speech explaining his bill, showing to them to that he proposes to have trained men for the farms, who will be to farmers what the phy-1 sician is to the family. Congress man Lever is without doubt one of the most active men in con gress, and it would not surprise us if heis tendered by the presi dent elect the position of Secre1 tary of Agriculture. He has done a great work for the farmers and his present extension bill, if it becomes a law,-it has fine pros pects of going through, will give an additional impetus to the pro fession of farming. We take the following summary of Mr. Le ver's speech delivered at the Banker's Association meeting, from the Washington Post of the 17th: "DOCTORS" FOR THE FARMS. His bill. Mr. Lever said, is built upon the idea of furnishing1 to every agricultural county mi1 the United States a trained man1 who will be to the tarmer what< the physician is to the family one to whom the agriculturist may go for advice as to methods to pursue to correct the evils which beset his land. To accomplish this purpose, the measure proposes a Federal appropriation of $8,000,000, to1 be expended over a period of ten years, with the States of the Union subscribing an equal amount. Belgium and other Eu ropean counties, the speaker de clared, through the introduction of intensive farming methods, t are producing from two and one-< half to three times as much per acre as America. Were this coun ty to approach this European scale, he added, it would be equiv aent to the discovery of a colony equal in size to the present terri- t t-nry of the TUni States. President-elect Wilson is no hurrying himself to give to th public the name of his appoint ments for cabinet positions, ant the probability is that he wil not disclose the names of hi cabinet until a few days befor he takes the oath of office. I the press dispatches are to b relied upon Col. W. J. Brya will have a large influence in tb making up of cabinet selections and should this be.the case, hi opponents will soon dub him th Mark Hanna of the Wilson ad ministration. There is no doubt that the I cense system will be best for cos mopolitan Charleston. and tb coming legislature will have bill of this nature to consider We cannot see how any man ca oppose a license for the sellin of intoxicants in a city that ha demonstrated for the past sevel al years it will not accept the di: pensary or-prohibition. The pe pie of Charleston do not ask fc the abolition of the dispensar in the counties where such a sys tem is in vogue, but they are ear nestly pleading with the la makers to give them a syster whief they can respect and whic will'put a stop to a growing lav lessness. Deafe Cannot be Cured byiocalappiieations, as they cannot reach tl diseased portion of the ear. There is only or way to cure deafness, and that is by constit tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an i flamed condition of the mucous lining of t Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infiar ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hea ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness the result, and unless the inflammation can 1 taken out and this tube restored to its norm condition.hearing will be destroyed forever: nim cases out of ten are caused by catarrh. which nothing but an Inalamed condition of the m cons surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for an case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that ca not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send f< circulars. free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Ball's Family Pills are the best. Servian Women. There is no country in the worli where women occupy a more dignifies or honored position in the home tha: Servia. The Servian idea is quite dii ferent from that of the Turk, wh keeps his women behind shut doors, o the German, whose ideal woman is good hausfrat. In Servia the woma: is the companion of the mn. A ma: Is responsible for his unmarried sisters and throughout the Balkan states it I tonsidered rather a breach of etiquett kr him to marry before his older sis ter. No Servian girl would feel sh could hold up her head in society un less she could speak four languages There is hardly a Servian woman wh cannot play some musical instrumen1 Embroidery, painting, drawing an sculpture are all studied. Politics i a popular feature among women. Sei Sian women are very domesticated, an the highest ladies pay personal atten tion to trivial matters of housekeeping -London Tit-Bits. When the Wormi Turns. "But the point is, my dear sir," th father asked In pompous tones, "ca; you support my'glrl in the style t which she has been accustomed?' "I'm afraidi not." "Then what the" The young man waived the remar) aside. "She has assured me, however," h added. "that she will not expect me t buy so many gloves as I have beel providing or to take her away from home whenever she wants anythin, good to eat. Nor does she expect t ride in a taxi, as we have alway done, when a tram will do. In short we are going to live quite sensibly and" "Oh. all right!" growled the fathei "If you are going to he mean abon the business take her!" Gladstone on the'Balkans. The traditional opposition of Bulge ria to Turkey constituted, according t Mr. Gladstone, one of the chief fac tors of European progress. Speakina of the Balkan peoples, he once said: "They are like a shelving beac: which restrains the ocean. That beacd It Is true, Is beaten by the waves; It I laid desolate; it produces nothing; I becomes perhaps nothing save a mas of shingle, of rock, of almost useles seaweed. But It Is a fence behin< which the cultivated earth can sprea and escape the incoming tide, and suc) was the resistance of Bulgarians, .0 Sevians and of Greeks. It was tha resistance which left Europe to cli the enjoyment of her own religion an' to develop her institutions and he laws."-London Chronicle. Origin of the Cigarette. The Aztecs, It is believed, are respol sible for the cigarette. The Spaniard first got a whit of the cigarette whie: they Invaded Mexico under Cortei The Aztecs then used tobacco in n other form. and the Spaniards learne< from them how to roll the little pacli age into smokable shape. They intrc duced the cigarette into Euroue, and b; that route it found its way into Amers ca. though it was nearly 200 year reaching here. The Aztecs were als using cocon and Its product, chocolate when Cortes conquered them, and I was not long until the whole of Europ was eating the various preparations 0 this bean. When the Spaniards firs tasted it they named it theobromus from the two Greek words meanini "food of the gods." Trousers, Miodern trousers came into fashion ii 1812. yet the column of Trajan showi a group of Sarmatians clothed In trous ers that aire just like ours. As early a~ A. D. 60 a Roman general created greai scandal by goIng to war in trousers which were regarded as "barbarian.' When the Bulgarian King Boris was converted to Christianity in the sev enth century. among the 106i questions he propounded to the pope was wheth er It wasq lawful for Christians to weal trousers. The explanation of this lf that the BulgarIans had long beer among the trousered peoples, but a! conversion was coming from the flow lg robed Greeks they teared thal robes instead of trousers might be es sential to ChristIanIty. All About Stealing. "Why do you call your story 'ThE Thieves' Roman.e'r" "Because It is nil about stealing." "How?" "Well, the story of the romance goes this way: 'She stole a look; then hE stole a kiss. Next they had stolet meetings, they stole a march on theli friends and both stole away.'" "I suppose the next thing they will ha staling baecr." "AGRICULTURE GREATEST AS SETS." "Agriculture is this nation's greatest assets." be said, "the agricultural capitalization is ap proximately $41,000,000,000, or practically four times as much as the capitalization of the na tion's railroads, and brobably four times as much as the total capitalization of its national banks. "Should the farmers of the country determine to go upon a strike for twelve months, every bank in the nation would be com pelled within a few brief months to close its doors; not a railroad would be able to turn a wheel, and every city in the land would be, within six months, upon the verge of starvation." "This problem of agriculture," he continued, "which many of the unthinking are inclined to laugh and sneer at, is the most important up for solution at the hands of the American people. The high cost of living is a vital question for the people of the city. It will never be solved un til we have solved the problem of production of food and rai ment, and reached a more direct route for the passage of these products from the man who pro duces them to him who consumes. CONDITIONS NEAR WASHINGTON. "How many of you bankers are aware that within a radius of 500 miles of the National Capital there are living 44,200.000 peo ple-48 per cent of the country's population. More than 65 per cent of this vast number are non producers of food and raiment. You bankers are the intermediar ies by which the producers are made to produce, and the con sumer to secure his necessities at prices within his reach. "In 1880 more than 70 per cent Df t e nation's population was living in the rural districts; today but 53 per cent of the population is rural. In other words, nearly half of the population is not pro lucing food and clothing. The Farmer struggles to educate his boys and girls, and they in turn go to the city. Our political doc tors are telling these young peo ple to go back to the farms. I do not agree unless you are going to guarantee that farm conditions ire going to be just as good, just is wholesome, and just as at tractive as the conditions which maintain in the cities. "We sent out bulb-tins to teach the farmer, but about 99 per cent af them are thrown away, or us ad to kindle the fire on cold morn ings. We then sent out speakers to eqplain. The farmers did not in many cases take the advice of fered. It is not that the farmer is a fool, but that he has been the worst humbugged man in the land. Now to convince the farm er you must demonstrate to him right on the farm. That is what we mean by extensive teaching, alking, writing and demonstrat iag. "The Department of Agricul ture has shown through its dem stration work that we can double production. On 8,000 one acre plots in South Carolina, cultivab. ad under improved methods, 1, 580 pounds of cotton were pro inced per acre, whereas the av arage acre yield under the old methods was 720 pounds. On 5000 acre plots scattered through aut the State an average yield of :orn per acre was 38 bushels, whereas the average State yield was 18 bushels. This shows that the time has come when the farm, er needs more than strong soil strong mules and strong plows. He needs a trained brain. The revision of the tariff, the refor mation of the currency are no m o re important problems-in fact, they do not approach in their possibilities of benefit this problem of agriculture. POINTS TO EXODUS TO CANADA. "Last year 60,000 able-bodied armers from the Northwest emi grated to Canada. Do you real ize the economic loss? In ante bellum days a negro was valued it $1,000. We must place a val mation of at least $5,000 on each >f these farmers. Figure up what ~he nation lost. The men moved >ut because Western farm lands were too expensive. Under the >ld system of agriculture they :ould not secure a proper return yn the investment. But why do shey go into Canada, I ask, when ight here under the dome of the papitol land may be secured for Erom $30 to $50 per acre, which squally as good as any to be ound elsewhere?" America. Mr. Lever declared, las, through its Department of Agriculture, its State agricultur il colleges, aua its experiment stations. collected more agricul ural data than any nation on the arth. It has failed to get it to ~he farmer, however, he added. E i s demonstrators will select plots at diffeeent s e c ti ons broughout each county, and here show to the farmer what ~utivation under the methods hich their experimenting has eveated will result in. SEES MNTACE IN IDLE MEN. In making his appeal for the uppors of the bankers in the "Athens of America," Mr. Lever yointed to the fact that recently Wadison Square, in New York, e found one morning probably t,000 men asleep on the benches. ['he men, he said, he was told vould not work. "I could see in those idle men he greatest menace to the safety >f tbe country," declared the ~peaker. "When the red flag of ,narchy goes up, and the rumble >f revolution resounds. it will not >e the cities, but the hills and alleys, the home of conserua ism, that will supply the defense or the nation." t Ancient Glass. 3 In the Slaue collection at the Britist museum in in.ai'ond the most ancien specimen of pure glass the date of which can he apprnImately fixed is E small lion's he:ul. hearing the name o1 an l yptiam l:ing of the eleventh dy nasty. Th::t is to say. at a perio4 which may be :'d"rately place' a, e more than Z.00 years B. C. glass wa: a made with a skill which shows thal e the art was far from new. s Through the Earth. e If there was a tunnel through the center of the earth and an iron hal was dropped into it where would the ball come to rest? rnless it was re tardpd by the resistance of the a;ir the ball would an through to the other side and then fat hack to Its starting point e repeating this operation forever. If re e tarded by the resistance of the air i awould ultimately come to rest at thi center of the earth. Why They Preach. S The distinction between a good preacher and a bad preacher has no changed much since Archbishop Whate ly declared that "a good preache r preached because he had something t say and a bad preacher because he hai to say something." Pure Malice. "The boys In my neighborhood brok Swindow last night." b "The playful exuberance of youth. o: r. course." "Nothing of the sort. It was m window."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her Dear-Friend. e Miss Homeleigh-Perhaps you won t believe it. but a strange man tried t n kiss me once. Miss Cutting-Really . Well. he'd have been a strange mai r- If he'd tried to kiss you twice. [s . The Choice of a College. i Knacker-Do.es your son want an ed 1 ucation? Rocker-He says he is will y ing to be a quarterback in the elec n toral college.-New York Sun. ir EMAI BCEL] AT MANNI1 With becoming spirit and Clarendon County will conduct 1 Race in America. We expect to have with n R] the noted orator of South Caroli MAJOR tThis celebration should si Every negro should come and b2 do more in the future. Music. t Prayer............... Singing........... ... Introductory........ Reading Emancipation Pi Poem............... i Addresses. Benediction.. .... ... -. Commiti I John Brown, Chairman-] - Tharlie Watson, Gibson Ragin,, - avn E. W. Hatfield, Eilerson rHarvin, Richard Miller. Charley - Lhomas N. Miller. The Bands of the County: The Ladies that usually m Mrs. Mittle Garrick, Mrs. Minnie Burgess, Miss Ethel Bra 'dis. Eudie Walker, Mrs. Marga Fin Calvin Johnson, J. D. Wa Alex Tindal, Jim Witberspoon. e d. D. WASHINGTON. DeLaine, Edward White. C. C. WASHINGTON. A C. L. NELSO Tr JOHI A The Eid You Have Always Bought, and which has In use for over 30 years, has borne the sg and has beenmadeunder sonal supervision since its r Anlownovne todeceive yonin Al Counterfeits, Imitations and"Just-as-good" are Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health a Infants and Chidren-Experienco against What is CASTORI Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor O, goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasnt contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other NarcotiO substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms - and allays eeverishness. It cures Diarrham and Win. Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipationk and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural s . The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. CENUINE CASTORIA ALWA Bears the Signature of The KiId You HavY Mays BoR In Use For Over 30 Years. ICIPATIO1 EBR ATION! TG, S. C., JANUARY 1, 1913. great pride the regular Emancipation Proclamation Association o be 50th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Liberation of the Negro; s to speak, EV. M. D. LEE, na, and J. FORDHAM, ESQ., one of our leading lawyers irpass all others, it being a half century since we have been liberated ear what the race has tried to accomplish in the past and resolve to ROGRAMME. ................ ............. ...... ....By Rev. G. J. McCoy ................My Country 'Tis of Thee-Led by Sumter Burgess ................... ................By A. B. Jenkins. -oclamation......... .........Mrs. Sarah C. Cie. ...... .....(Original) By Miss Gertrude Johnson. . ... ......................... ........Rev. R. F. Gaymon. ee on Arrangements. Buis Johnson, John Dow C. C. Washington, Carolina McFaddin, Tohn Preston. W. G. Henry, Joe Brunson, C. L. Nelson, Wade Tindal, Tucker Mellett, Warren McFaddin, Charles Mack, Louis W-ilker, Sam Spann, June Walker, General Burgess, Rufus Boyd, re expected to report to R. A. White as usual. ake up the Choir to sing will report to the Chairman. Lizzie Washington. Miss Octavia Frazier, Mrs. Lula Covert, Miss wn, Miss Beatrice James, Miss Stela White, Mrs. Viola Hatfield, ret Gill. uncial Committee. ;hington, John Gill, John Brown. E. W. Hatfield, E. D. Walker, hief Marshall. ~ssistant Marshalls-Oscar Davis, Simon Evans, John Ragin, Pete hief Musician. ssistants-Waymfan2 Smith, Dozier Burgess. 'N, R. A. WHITE, easurer. Chairman. \ GILL Secretary.