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VOLUME. VII. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, .JANUARY BEAR TESTIMONY. / IjKT TltK KKI>I?iKMKI> "SAY SO." * 'v,. j-, l)r. Tuliuftgc Mattes An Kloquent A;? poalfor An Outapokeit ttellfctoiw Tk*tj "'Let tho rodoqmod of th? Lorvl say 8u." Vsaljy^ ovli., 9, ' < A? oVertm-ty, mi antlphon, a doxology Is Ibis ehaptor, and la my text David calls for hq Outspoken religion aud request* all who have been roscued and blessad no longer to hido the splendid facts, but to reoite them, publish thorn and us mr as possible let all the world know about It. -"'Let the redoomed of t he Lord say ho'." TIRro 1* a sluful reticeuco which has been almost eano.nlr.eJ. * Tho people are quite as outspoken as they ought to be on all subjects of pollTta andaro fluent twd voluble on the Venezuelan question and bimetallism < and tariffs high and low and remodeled and female suffrage, and you huvo to skilfully watch your ehanoe if you want to put into the native ? oonveraatlon a modest suggestion of your own, but on th? eubjoct of divine goodness, rell glott^r experlenoo and etefual blessedness they are not opily silent, but boaatful of their ?Vetloonoe. Now, if you have boon redeemed of the Lord/ why do you uot say so? If you havo in yoiir heart tno peail of great price, ? worth more tnau tho Kohiuoor among Vic torian jewels, why not lot others see ltV If you got off the wreck in tbe breakers, wby not tell of the crow and the stout lifeboat \Atthut hafcly lauded you? If from the fourth story you nro rescued iu time of contlagra* tion, why not toll of the fireman and the lad der down which ho carried you/ If you have a mansion 'in heaven awaiting you, why uot show thy deed to those who may by tho SATnQ Itl'OOftSS L'lt) mi itmnralri naulit nn tho same boulevard'/ liy tho last two wd^ds of m/ text David calls upon all of us who have received any mercy at tho hands of God to stop impersonating the asylums for the dumb and iutheperbencoof men, woraon, JUigols. dovlls find al| worlds "say so." In' these January di.ys, thousands oft min isters and private Chrlstinus arc wondering about Iho best ways of starting a revival of religion. I can tell you a way ofi-tarting a revival, continental, hemispheric ami world wide. Yon say a revival starts in heaven. yto\f> It starts In heaven just as a prosperous 'narvest starts iu heaven. -The sun must s^tiri> and tbe ruins must descend, but unless' you ' plow and sov and cultivate tbo earth you will not raise a bushol of wheat or a peek of eorn bntween uow and the end oftbo world. 5^ . How, than,- shall a universal revival start? By all Christian poyp'o" tolling tho story of ' tholr owu conversion. Let len nion and wo men got up next week in your prayer moot ing and, not in a convention*' or canting or ?loloful way, but In the same tono they em ploy In the family or place of business, fell how they crossed the Jiue, and the revival will begin then and there, It Iho prayer mooting has not been so dull ao to drlvo out all ' except those concern Jug whom it was foreordained from al eternity that they should b? there. Thore are so many different ways of boing oou vortod that we want to hear all klnds.so that our own caso may bo helped. It always puts mo back to bear only one kind of oxtHurieriec, puch as a man gives when ho tolliiof his raullno conversion ? how he was knocked X r-e.nseless, and then had a Vision and heard ' volors, aud aftor a cortaiu number of days of horror got up and shoilted for joy. All t that discourages me, for I was u^vorkuocltcd * senseless, and I, never b#d such a sudden burst of religious rapture that I lost my; equilibrium. Hut after *flwlille a Christian man got up in somo mooting and toldusliow ho was brought up by a devout parontage, aud bad always been thoughtful about re ligious things, /and gradually the peace of tho gospel came iuto his soul like the dawn ?>I t^e morning ? no peroeptlble diflforwnco botwoou moment and moment? but after awhile "ill per' urbation settled down Into a hope that1 had consoled and strengthened him during all the vicissitudes ofa lifetime. I said, "That is exhilarating; that was my experience." And so I was strengthened. ,.Iu another jtrnyer meeting a man got up and told IK now he ouee hatad^ChfxJ and wont through all the round oKiniaulty until wo wore all on nettles lest hetshonld go t6o M much Into tho pnttlefllarif, *|(iit one oay he ] was by some religious power huYlod flat and then Kot up a Christian and bad ever since \ buon going around witha Bax-er Bible with u largo daps under his arm. a floating evange list. Well, under this story many_arn uot helped at all, for they know they never hatod Gou, aud ?hoy wore never dissolute. But af tor awhile some Christian woman arises and says. "J. have- nothing extraordinary to tell, yet I think the cares of life, tbe anxieties ' about my. children aud two graves opened in out family plot made turf feel iho need of God. and weak aud helpless and ^ heartbroken 1 flung myself upon His mercy, and I" fowl what the Bible calls tho 'peaco of God which passeth all understanding.' and 1 ask your prayers that I mnyitvonearor/TO" fio- Christ who lisB done so much for to e.1' deolaro that before that woman got thifough we were all crying, uot bitter tears, but tears of joyful emotion, and in throo days in that neighborhood all tho ice had gone out of tbe ifiver in a springtime freshet of salva tion. "Let tho redeemed of I ho Lord say so." I have bui little interest in what ]*eop1e s;iy about religion as an abfttratlon, nut I h'avo illimitable Interest iu what people say about what they have personally felt of re ligion. It was nn expression of his own gratitudo for personal salvation which led Ohnrles Wesley, after a season of great de spondency about his soul and Christ had spoken pardon, to write that Immortal hymn: ^ Oh, for rf' thou Mind tongues to sing My grent lleduoiner'a praise! .It was after Abr.ihnm Lincoln hail been 1 eomfortcd in tho Jos'i of Tad, the bright boy of tho White House, that ho said, "I now see na nover before the preciotifinivo of God's love in Jesus Christ nnd how wo aro brought uoar to Ood ns our Father by Mm." What a Hi rill weut through (ho meeting In Portland, Or., when an ex -Attorney-General ??f tho Unltod Mtatex roao and ?dd? "La?t night I got up and axked the prayers of God'w nebplo. 1 feci now perfocly satisfied. Tho burden is rolled ofT and all gone, and I feol that I could run or fly intothe arms of Jesus Christ." ^ What a record for all timo and eternity was mode by Goliaclu*, tho play actor. In tho theatre at Hellopolis. A burlosquo of Christianity was put upon the stage. In de rision of the ordinance of baptism n bath tub filled with wafer was put unon the stage, nnd another actor, in awfui blasphemy, dipped Gollncht*, pronouncing over him tho words, "I baptize thee in ttoe name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." Hut coming fort# from tho burlesque bap tism he lookod changed and was changed, and ho cried out, "I am a Christian. I will <11* as a Christian." Though ho was dragged out and .stoned to death, they could not drown tbp testimony made under such awful o.i rc u ro stance: "I am a Christian. I will <lio ns n Chlrstian." "Let the redeemed of the Lord *ay so." V What confirmation would oome if all who had answers to prayers whld sneak out; If nil merchants In tight plaoee because of bard timoa would tell how *?-?*e*ponse to eappU ??atiou thevgot the money to pay the Dote; if all farmers in time o( drought would tall how in answer to prweff the rain'oame just in time to the jfcropj If allMlMta who prayed for a wande^i^'son to <^pe hoaae would tall how nor 1st* iRirl the boy's kind on t&e latch oltfo frost door. '' ' '? "Samuel Hiok, an EncU li V<*6o4fct preacher, soli cited aid lor West J ladle mla slons from a Hob and fatf?l. Tfcea the mliilater dropped on his knees, add the miser said, "t will glv? :hw # Wttlttca If ] thou wilt giveow.* Bat the miaiatsr ooa- i tlnued to pray. uaUI the mteer said, "I.wlU.1 give thee two guiaea* if then wtlr! Sire over." lie* the mmmqt *m! taken to tha mfcrtttary mMm the power of p?|? ileUnhtbcrm. aud he came back, saying, "Brethren. take tMmmgo; tho children ore praying for us." Nothing caivalaud before prayer. An inQdol eamelnto alnblo oli vss to ask pususllng ques tions. Many of the neighbors came iu to hear tho dlsoufuilon. Tho iufUtel aro&o and said to tho lender of tho Bitye class. "1 hoar you allow nueMlo'ns asked." "Oh, . yeS," ?aid the leader, "but nt tho start lot ns kneel dovvu and ask God to guide us." "On, no," said the Infidel. "I aid not come to pray; I eame todiaouas." "But,'' said tho leader, "you will/of nourae, submit to our rule, and that is always to begin with prayer." The leader knelt in prayer, and then aro*o auW.ald to the)nf)del, 4,Now you pray," Theintldel re plied, "I cannot pray, I have no tikod to pray to. Let me go! Let me gol" The spectator#, who expected fun, found noth ing but overpowering solemnity, aud a re vival started, and among the Anrt who were brought in was the lnlldel. That prayer did It. In all our Uvea (hero have boon times whew we folt that nraver was nuswerod. Thep? let us nay so. " There linger* on this side of tho river that divides earth and hoaven, roady at any time to cross over, the apostle of prayer for this century, Jeremiah Calvin Lanphier, the founder of tho Pulton at rent prayer meeting, and if he should nut on hi&^peotaoles aud road this I salute him as more qualified than any man since Blblo times iu demonstrating what prayer can. do. Dear Brother Lan r>bier! Tho big!) heaveiiH aro full of his fame. Having announced a meeting for 12 o'clock, Beptoraber.aa, M?57, he sat in the upper room on Fultou street, New York, waiting for people to conue. lie waited for a half hour, aud then a footfall was heard on tho steps, and after awhiio iu all six per* sons arrived, but tho next day twenty, and the next day forty aud from that tlmo to this, for over thirty-olght years, every day, Sab bath excepted, that Fultou street prayer meotiug has boeu a plaoe whero peoplo have asked uravor and nuswora to prayer have been auiutt&nooil, and the throb of tnut groat heart of supplication h:is thrilled not only tnto the heavens, but otear around the world, inoro than any spot on earth. Thht has beon tho placo where tho ro.leemod of the Lord Htiid so! 1 Lot tho samo outspoken 110*8 bo employed toward thoito by whom wo htiyo boon poraon ally advautaged. Wo wait until tnoy aro dead boforo wo say so. Your paronta havo planuod for your best Interests all theso years. Tboy may aonv.'timos, tholr norvous system used-up by tho cares, tbo Iosaos, tho disappoint mouts, tho worrimonts of llfo, bo more irrltablo than tboy ou^ht to bo, and they probably haVo faults which havo be come oppressive as tho yours go by. lint those eyed, lonij boforo they took on spec tacles. were watching for your welfare, and their hands, not as smooth and inucu more deeply lined than once, uave dono for you niauy a good day's work. Life has boon to tlmm tnoro of a struggle than you will evor know about, and much of the strugglo has beon for you, and how much they aro wrapped up in your welfare you will never appreciate. Have you by word or gift or behavior ox prossod your tbaalte? Or if you eaunot quito get up tosky it face to face, havo you written, it in some holiday salutation? Tho time will soou pass, and they will bo gone out oT your ?tght, and tholr oars will not hoar, and their eyoa will not soo. If yox\ owe thom any kindness of deoi or any words of apprecia tion, why do you not say ho?' How much we might all of us save ourselves in tho matter of regrets tf wo did not delay until too late an expression of obligation that would havo made the last, years of rarthly llfo more attractive. Tho grave is do;\f, and epitaphs on cold marble cannot make re- , partition. In conjugal life tho honoymoon is soon past, ana the twnlii take it for granted that j each Is thoroughly understood. How depen dent on each other they become, and tho yeiys go by. and perhaps nothing is said to tnako tbo otuer fully understand that sense of dependence. Impationt words sometimes come forth. and motives aro tailsinterpretedr] and it is taken as a matter cf courso that tho two will walk tbo path of? llfo side by side until about the same time their jourriev shall bo ended, but some .sudden and appalling ill ness unloosens the right hands that wore clnspsd yeare at boforo tho altar of orango blossom?; tho pnrttug takes place, and among tho worst ot all the sorrows is that you did not oftoner* if ytiu evor did at ail, tell her oc tell him how indisptmsablo she was or how indispensable I10 whs to your happiuoas, and that m soir.u plain, squaro talk long ago fo\i ? did not ask xor forgiveness for infirmities and neglect*, and by some unlimited uttor ahco make It understood that you fully ap preciated tho fidelity and reinforcement of many years. A'as, how many su.-l^ bavti to lament the rest of tholr lives, "O'o^, tt I had onl vaStd so!" t Mysubject takos a wider rongtt. The Lord has hundreds of thousands of people a*uong those wbo Imve never Joined His army be cause brsouie htgh tdoat of what a Christian should be or because of a fear that they iyay not hold out or bwauao of a spirit of pro crastination. -Thev have tney?r j>\i,blicly I professed 'C u-lsTi THeyTiwo as much right | to the sacraments and us much light to all tho privileges of the ehurob as thousands who have for yeanj .beon enrolled in church ineinlmrship, and yet they nave made no positive utterance by which tho world may know they love God and are on tho road to henven. They are redeemed of the Lord and yet do not say so. Oh. what an augm?w?to tion It would be tf by some divine impulso all those outsiders should become insiders. I tell you what would bring them to their right places, and perhaps nothing else will ? <luy* of persecution. If tboy were compelled to take sides betweenJChrist nni His ene mies, they would take tho sido of Christ, nnd tho fagots and tho instruments of torture aud the anathemas of all oarth and hell would not make tlicm blanch. Martyrs aro pmde out of such stulT nr> they are. But let them not wait for such days as I pray to God may never come. Drawn by the sense of fairness and Justico and obligation, let them show their colors. Let tho redeemed of the Lord say so. Tbia <?haplor from which I take iny text mentions hoveral classes of perwons who ought to bo outspoken, among them all those who go on a journey. What an opportunity you havo, you who spend so much of your tlmo on rail trains or on shipboard, whethor on lake or rtjer or sea! Hpread the glory of God's KOflfhtfeks aud your own redemption wberovcr you go. You Will have many a long ride besido some one whom yon will nover see again, domo one wbo Is watting for one word of rescue or consolation. Mako every roil train.and steamer a moving palaco of saved souls. Casual conversations have harvested n great host for God. There are many Christian workers In pul pits. in mission stations, Sabbath schools, in unheard of places wbo are doing their best for God and wlthoat any recognition, they go and come, aud no one cheers them. Per nape all the reward they got Is harsh orltle Ism, or repulse, or their own fatigue. If you have ever heard of any good they have done, let them know Qboot it. If you And some one benefited by their alms, or their pra verts, or their cheering word, go und tell them. They may he almost ready to give up their | mission. They may be almost In despair be cause of the seeming lack of results. One word from yon may he an orditfalion that will start them on the oh(ef work of their lifetime. A Christian woman said to her pastor: "My usefulness Is done. I do not Know why my Ufe Is spared any longer, be omwf 1 can do bo good." Then the pastor tMHM: .'?Touxlo roe great good every Sab bJrt^V Sfeeaaksdt _!'How do I 4o y ou spy goo dP' and he replied: "In the Arst place, yoto are always In your seat (a the ehaseh, and that helps me, and la the seeotol ptqtoe rou are always wide awake sad alert, lock ing rigtt tip into spy face, a*d that helps me, agd to the third plaoe I pftea see tests *ua slag 4&w* your cheeks, asd that hstps tse.' Wbat^oM thfsg he did sot watt uattl As wan aeaa hefoes hs sold sot - Tseve are knadrsds of mlalstec* who k(? j *0 1 ? fs>*o?0?B<??dt?ey 1 cm. PsihMsl t T& sought for the* right text. and (hw *tl*\ his be#.t to put the old thought into some now shape. Ho had praye I that It might go to the hearts of tho poo pie. He had added to the argument the most vlvi*l Illustrations ho could think of. He had delivered ull with a power that loft him nervously exhaust* d, Ftv^lttin'drod peop'o way havo boon blessed by*4t and teaolvod upou a higher life and nerder purposes. Yet ail he hears in tho wauk of the pow door, or tho shuffling of feet In the aisle, or some remark about the weather, the last resort of inanity. Why did not that roan oorae up and ssv frankly, "You have done mo goo ^'V^Why dldinot some woiu&n come up and ?a$vrl shalKgt^ homo to take up tho burdou of Ufo more" cheerfully?" Why did not some professional manoomerup and says "Thank you, dominie, for that good advleeV I will tako It. God blesa you." Why did they not toll him so? I have known ministers, in the uervous reac tion tnat comes to some after the delivery of ft a*ttmon with no seeming result, to go hoih^ nnd roll on the floor in aaony. \ But to make up for this laok of ou' spoken rollgloa there needs to lw aud will ben great day when, amid the solemnities and grandeurs of a listening universe, God will "say so." No statistics can state how many mothers havo rooked cradle* and hovore l over infantile sicknesses and 'brought up their families to mauhood and womanhood and launched them upon useful and success ful llvos, and yet rievor rooolved one "Thank you" that amounted to anytlilug. Tho daughters became oueeos in social llfo or were affianced in highest realms of pros perity, the tj..> the first honors of tho university and.beoame ra tlant in mone tary or professional spheros. Now the secret of all that upllftod maternal influonco must ccmo out. Society did not sav so, tho ohurcli did not say so, tho world tlld not say so, but ou that day uf all other data, I ho last day, God will say so. ? Thoro are men to whom life Is a grind and a conflict, hnrodltary tcBd^cJ-s to he. overcome, accidental environments to bo endured, appalling opposition to bo met and conquered, and they uever so much as had a roso pinned to their coat lapel In admira tion. They never had a song do lloatod t< their name. They noy<>r had a book pre ficntodtothcm with a complimentary wor.' on the fly-leaf. All thoy havo to show for their lifetime battle 19 soars. But In tno las' day the story will como out, aud thnt life will bo put in holy aud transcendent vhythra, and tholr oouratfo and persistence and faith and victory will not only bo- an nounced but rewarded. "The<?o are they that camo out of great tribulation and hu<l tholr robas washod and made white in; tho blood of tho Lamb." God will say so! Wo miss ono of tho chief idrua of a last judgment. Wo put into the pictnro tho fir*, and tho thnoko, and the earthquake, and tho d os (lending angels, and the uprising dead, but we omit to put Into tho picture that which makoe tho last judgment a magnificent opportunity. Wo omit tho fact lhat it is to be a day of glorious explanation aud cotu mendntlou. Tho first justice that millions of unrewardod^anU uureoognlzod and unap preciated and women get will bo on that day, when sorvl-es that never cailo > forth so muoh as a nowspnper line of finest pearl or diamond type, us the printors term it, shall bo called up for coronation. That will be tho day of enthronement for tho^p whom tho World callod "nobodies." Joshua, wtio commanded tho sun and moon to stand still." needs no last judgment to get justice done him, but thoso men ^o iumkI a last judgment who at times in all armies, under ,th? most violent assault, in obedience to com* mamittiemsolvos ftood still. Deborah, who encouraged Barafc to bravery In battlo against tho oppressors of Israel, needs no last judg? wont to get . Justice done her, for thou sands of years have clapped her applause. ; But the wives who In all ages have enoour aged tholr husbands in the battlos of life, women whose names wore hardly known be yond the next street or the next farmhouse, must have God Ray to them: "You did well. [You did gloriously. I siw you down In that dairy. 4 watched you in tbo old farmhouse mending those children's clothos. I heard what you said in the way of ohoer when the [ breadwinner of the household was in des pair. I remember all tho elok cradles vou have siflifr tol I remember tho biokachee, the head'tohes, the heartaohes. I- know the story of your knitting needle as well as I know tho story of a queen's acoptor. Your nastieou the heavenly hill is all ready for vou. Go up and take it." And turning to the surprised multitudes ofhoavou Hp will say. "'She <lld what she coultj." God will sfly so. Apd now I olose with giving my own per sonal testimony, for I must nottfnjoln upon others that whioh I decline ?tfsel? to do. Born at Bound Brook. N. J., of a parentage as pious as the Wor id ever saw, I attest be fore earth and heaven that I have always felt the elevating and restraining influence of having had a good father and a good mother, and if I am. able to do bat f as well formy tthPdreneetheoW f^ke-dtd for I will be thankful forever. ?e years of my , life passed on until, at ubifut elghtcon years of ago, IXe* the pw?*ur?of Vernal r?a Hies and after prayer and religious counsel I passed into what I took to be a saved state and joined the church, and I attost before earth- nud hoaven that I have found it a. -anoat helpful and inspiring association. > I like (bo com panionship so well that I cannot be sat isfied if I nave a day less of it than all eter nity. After graduating at eolleglate and theological institutions I had tho hands of ten or twelve good men put upon my head in solemn ordination, at Belleville, N. J., and I attest before earth and hoaven that the work of the gospel ministry has been de lightful, and I expect to prea;;h until my last hour. Many times I have passed through d?ep water of bereavement and but for the divine promise of heavenly reunion I would havo gono under, but I attest boforo earth and heaven that the comfort of tho gospel Is high, deep, glorious, eternal. Many times have I been maligned and my work mlsrepreeerttod, but all such falsehood a*it persecution have turne&out for my advan tage and enlarged my work, and I attest be fore earth and heaven that God has fulfilled to in'ethe promises, "Lo! I am with you al ways," and "The gates of hell shall not pre vail against you.'' n For the choer of younger men in all de partments let me say you will como out all right if you mind your own business and are patient. Tho assault of the world is only be ing rubbed down by a rough Turkish towol, and it improves tho circulation and makes one more vigorous. While the futuro holds for me many mysteries which I do not pr^ tend to solve, I am living in expectation when my poor work is don^> I shaUfgo through the gates and meet mf-Iajgfd arfly^ll my kindred who have preceded me. CRAZY HORSE'S MEDICINE. Sai<i It \9m * Ballot Proof, and Faith Coat His H roth or* ? Life. Pawnee Bill, who bw returned to P*rry, i Oklahoma, from the four banda of 1)10 Thw nue tribe, nrlnga word that the Indians havo all left their farms and move! Into tepe?** on Blaelc Bear Creek and have gone to ghost dancing and making medicine. Crazy Horse claimed frrbare madoa medi cine that was ballet proof, but. when tried as an /GxperithSat on hie brother la /rent of the council of chief*, the ballet penetrated his hkart and tawri < net ant death. All of Crazy BWi "teattla 4hd pontes wer* taken from him a* h penalty by tbeehlofe. nnd there is talk aril ontf IV* Tedttfel oMCert v>f Indicting Mm Ofc the cMfcfce cfl mur'der. ( . S?w Holaaet for ft eras aa Mdltn. Emperor Wtiflom. aatrta4 % the MiaJcter otWt, General voa Schelleadcfrf, a&d aided S-a bady oC military ?zpWta, la coneldotlns e introduction of a new beUnef lot tie Oermaa army, la view of the teat llat the metaltte ofaament* of iheMMta* holeaot are ?Uibieat a great dl??oo*.^ WWnisg f? for Wi>?.lt?atw?. Ha Qw?I JtolMttaow, >?);. hwareo ooiiaearto . IM tk* wirtp9*a?-,K>oi for iMa> beawif Kimmrwjffmm m .v . - PALMETTO C POINTERS. ITKMS FltOM Alili [K STATK. and riurlor's I'rlxe Contest y* in\18fW. T JdS Oharh>ston N>waand Co.jrjer-i^ so'Xvoll satisfied with its^pti&w't'o tho moat successful hog growers in tho State of South Curoll uh last year that it will extend them this year to all branches of agrioulturo io tho State. It proposes to after amounting to $51)0 in all, divided iut<}4?f00 aud $50 prices, nnd also two gold medals. These awards are to bo given to the most quo cessful hog grower, for tho host oxhiUr? ?it of hay, tho moHt profitable, oronVof tobacco, for tho bent results from versified crops, for the boat refjdfts in sheep raining, to fruit grower/ and e>H) for tho best sliowiug mad(wu wo man's work on tho farm. Tflxo eon tustants must be subaoribttr/ to Nows and Courier. *7*" ? * ' ' A ltnllroad Deal The negotiations whioj/ have been pending tor tho past three weeks be tween tho Greenwood, Anderson & Western liailroad and tho Carolina Midland liailroad for tho lease and option tu puichivM.', have been eon eluded. The parties who have leased tho road and who oontemploto purehasing it aud extending it westward, are said to bo men of largo n^eana ajid oon ?dderablo railroad experience. It" is stated that immediate^ arrangements will l>e mado to extend tho road in tho direction of Greenwood. # Another Kccolvcrto Bo Appointed. Judge W. C. Bonnet, of tho circuit of the State, filed a decision iu the ease of certain stockholders of tho Palmetto Browing Company against t'reHulent ?T. II. DHsbev, in whioh a. re cci\er. was asked for. Tho United .States Circuit Court had already ap pointed a receiver, but Judge Ben net takes jurisdiction, sustains some of tho charges uguinst President Dasher and announces that ho will appoint a receiver. ? Interesting developments aro expected to come out of tho con flict between Stato aqd Federal Courts, HI/; H<>ac Conteb^Knded. Tho Nows and Courier's hog oontest closed on Decern lior 17, and the win ners lmvo boen announced as follows. Tho' first prize, "tor tho heaviest hog," was won by Mr. W. J. Bichardson, of Abbcxillo county, for a hog which gained 501 pounds in 297 days, at a Cost of $22.16; or at the rate of 1.09 pounds per day, at tho cost of 3.75 conts per pound. Tho, second prize, "for tho next heaviost h^g," was won by Mr. J. M. Looch, of York county, for a hog which gaiucd 529 pounds in 273 days, at a cost of $16.55; or at tho rate of .1.93 pounds a day, at tho cost of 3.11 ctouts a pounds ? Rcoiioiulzliig.. . Attorney Gonoral Barber has deter mined to mako an effort to run tho en grossing department this year on a much more economical basis than be foro. He hjw appointed only five clerks for tfce first of the session? four ladios and ono young man. He prtposcs to increase and decrease the force from time to time during tbe( session according to the necessities of the general assembly. Ho expects to save tho State at least a thousand dol lars in this way. Dr. ltavencl Chosen President. Tho annual meeting of- the corpora tion of the French Frotestapt Church, of Charleston, founded by; the li u genot refugees from France after the revocation of tho Edioi of l3?aiitt&, and tho only church of tho kiiid in America, was held Monday and Dr. Wm. C. Bavenel, a deseendent of Fastor Prioleau, tho leader o( the emi grants, was chosen president. ?o The Wreck Near Columbia. 30 miles from Columbia, the north bound Now York and Florida vestibnle struck a ear of piles which had broken loose from n freight train and stopped on the trestlo over North Edisto river. The engine, mail and baggage ears went through the. trestlo. s The engin eer aud mail agent were injured, how serioitsly is not known, v j Attorney General Harmon' has ap pointed .Joseph W. Barnwoll, of Charfoaton, a Bpecial assistant United 'States district attorney for South Car olina. Tho Camdon Mesflenger contains the following item: "Mr. O. W. Stafford killed'a hog last woek whion netted 330 ?pounds. Thia porker was 18 months old, and w?h of Portland China and Berkshire breed. Mr. Stafford got 70 pounds of lard from it." A xvhito man by the name of Win. L. Sanders, was shot and killed by Wra. Robert Cade, also a wliito man, at Cade's depot, a. station on the Northeastern railroad, between Char lcnton and Florence on Saturday. Twenty-fivo immigrants from Chi cago and other Northwestern point* ar rived in Barnwell Friday, whore homes have been prepared for them by Col. Mike thrown. Col. Brown has estab lished several colonies of those people iu Barnwell connty daring the last tlfree or four mouths. TLePope WfluH to Arbitrate to ttta Venezuelan I>l*pntlB. Th< London Cbronicts Will publish a dj^ patch from Home that the pope, through Cardinal Satalll, has made a semi* official off?r tr. Vroaldeat Cleveland to aot aa arbitrator flroat Britiaa and the Ualted 8(a(<*>*. Th?? ad da It la be lieved that the Pop? will i Detract Oardlaa) Yaagn to Isrjte L*>rrt Haifabuty ia the matter, thouali tr.e ivpr wa? m?? ?l? hurt bj (kw Britain's refusal of his offer to artttMlf bf> jfffftksr M4 Veoen?el? ta Iff* ? LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. : GLKANINGS I icon many POINTS* j Important Happenings, Hoth llomo ' ttiul Foreign, UrloUy Tolil. Noway Southern Notes. A student named Rimes, of tho MisaisHippt Agricultural uml Mechani cal College / Stutkovillo, has iho ! email pox. / OupjuiUfon two hundred and eighty six thoprfnnd eight hundred and sixty thvptr pornons visitod the Atlanta ^position. b The Treasury' gold rosorvo stood nt the close of bnnuicss Saturday at $3!), 762,678. The \rnntffa wals for tho day an reported nmouutod to $1,^051,000. The Chester and Lenoir Nat row Gauge Railroad has been pnt in tho Hands of a receiver, Maj. (1. W, F. Harpor, ita president having been ap pointed roeeivor. ^ Two farmers of Blmrpiiburg, Ky., bought $20 worth of law afl||oo in try iiig to settlo in court a ?lmj>ytcd debt pf twenty cents. Th&t they took tho matter out of eonrt aud compromised. Tho Soabohrd <\ir Lino Railroad will erect a freight do pot in Atlanta to cost $75,000. Tho NaUivillo, Chattanooga and St". Louis will occupy half of it. Work on tho buildings has begun. Mrs. O. Shields, n young woman liv ing near Toccoa, (la., died in horrible agouy. Sho watt billon by a mtuvdog lasfc Cfetohor. lly\irophf>bia dovo*op ed a fow days ago and caused hoi death. L. E. Wilson, agent of tho Boutliorn Express Company at Entontou, (la., has disappeared. An examination of the safo showed thai, tho money pack ages had been rilled. A shortage of 8(500 hftH been found. ' A special to tho Charleston News k Courier from Walterlioro, S. C. , says: Seven negro laborers oo the Walter boro and Western Railroad, who were sleeping iu an under-ground camp near Williams, this county, were killed Friday night by the eufth falling vn them. Northern Kcws NotM. Tho Morgan Bond Syndicate, of Now York, has been aissulvod. N. B. Smithers. ox-secretary of State, of Dolowaro, is dead. Ho had also rcprosontodiDeleworo in Cougrest, Chicago has/ been selected as 4 tho place for tho meeting of the National Democratic Convention, and July 7tn tho tiuio. / * Mrs. Martha E. II olden, better known to tho world of newspaper readors as "Ainbor," died in Ch.o.igo on Thursday. Tho factory of t he Woonsocket Rub bor Company at Millville, Muss., em ploying 1,000 men, making rubber boots, has been closcd indefinitely. ? The coinpauy is a branch of tho United Statoa rubber trust uud has not been running full capacity for some time. ? Washington. Tho IIouho committo on Territories is considering bills which propose tho admission of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma as Htittos of tbo Union. Forolffii. The six Canadian cabinet ministers whp recently resigned were sworn into office agate ^Wodncsday at Ottawa. " The weather at Sydimyy N*** Month ?Wales. Tuesday, wm tho hottest on record and there Were a number of deaths from sunstroke. ? M. Ernilo Tioubet, forftWrly Primo Minister of Franco, Minister of the In terior and Minister of Public Works, has been elected Precident of the Frenoh Senate. ^ lit. Hon. Arthur <J| Balfour spoke at Manchester, Eng., Wednesday. A reference to Emperor William was greeted with groans. He said England would maintain her suzerainty over tho Transvaal at all hazards. Ho dep rccated war with tho United States and did not believe it would occur. w SOUTIIKHN TOBACCONISTS. Col. J. S. Ca'rr Klccted President of tfle Organization. A nurflbor of tobacco manufacturers of the South met at J)Hiivillo, Va. , on Wednesday, and organized tho South ern Tobacco Mfiuulactiirora' A*?ocia? tion. The rcpoat of tho committee on object* nud aiiaH, . as adopted, seta forth "that the (\bjeotH of the associa tion shall be tho betterment of our several businesnes,. mutual protection, inteichaugo of ideas, mid the geucrul good of each and every tobacco manu facturer in tho South." Tho permanent organization whs'cT fected by the eleetion of tho following officors: President, J. 8. Carr, Dur ham, N. 0. ; first vice president, E. H. Miller, \ Dan villo, Va.; second vice president, "J. W. Hanes, Winston/ N. O. , third vice president, C. Ford, Lynchburg, Va. ; fourth vice president, J. H. Spencer, Martinsville, Va, ; fifth ?ice president, A. H. Motley, Jieids ville^ N. O.; secretary and treasurer, 0. P. Talbott, Danville, Va. ; atten tive committer?, J. D. Spencer, Dail vill*k VfciBrJk Patterson, Richmond, Va, ; Vr. W. It. Brown, Winston, N. C.; J. H. Hargrave, Jr., Chatham, Va., B. J. Hancock, Lynchttarg, Va. j J. B. Sptrgar, Ut. Airy, K. C. ; S. 0. Paon, lUidaviUe, N. 0. ; J. T. Whit ted, Durham, N. C. ; P. P. Wataon, Mar. 1.Mvtll?r, Va.; U Harrill, Walatvjll^ N. C. ; WT. If. 0*?aosiH>ro? K. O.; J. M. Gr?*antleld, K?rn< nrrillts N. ' 0.;aa4 ft O. Davea, Ho tt<Wr*oo, R. 5s V ,' ' * - * ry\ SALVAT.OM ARMY CilAUitS Til* It. cull ta ??f llii'tlu?tO'l I ? J 0 1 1 Hit 1 His Wife, li.illlnRfon Booth, Commander of t(\o 8?K vnt ton Army In i his country, who Uvea in Montololr, X. J., hu>? l?o?n rooallol by h (it iHihor, (ionerul Uooth, (?ownau<lor?in-('hlef, on tli<? uroun I thnt (lift local comma no >r ii loo muoh inoHnml to depart from tin) ? rlic* inal llnM of tho organization n* i? i <1 ?1o\mi In Kmjlaiul. Tho report has It that un KnftllVo. l nun will bo to roplnoo Datliu (.'ton iiool^ N\>ll<? > o( thoordnr wrti p^stcil In tho varloiM lioariqunrttfra of th? army. ? ORNKJUIj UAliliINOTOK BOOTH C<>mmiiiuit>r Booth wa* coat flr*t to Am si iM'.iu by bis tythor, tho (unora!, ant ft. tor working for sovornl yours, rotnrnol to liCpiton. Jloioro for An?*riM, in April, 18S7, bo ami Mrs. Booth woro nmrrlod, and t.M CWO. on arrtvmt; in Now Yorn City, fjvi up hwuhpmrtors lu Stato snoot. Thoy we/e gorioualy hunrtloMppml by tuo tibsutuso or funos or Mquipmont, vaus?*<l by thouo M'oiullui; of Major Mooro. T hi* mnu au<l boon ?n ooiamiiml In Now York City, it ml, on hearing of tho Ootnio in or'w npprotioh, tloi uj> nil iho nunx-yd and loft tho eoumry. JIo has uuvor i>c?a mnr<.l of Blnoo, Wits. BAI.MNOTOX UOOTH. Commander and Mrs, Booth had but a handful of workers nt Jho oufSMt, but rnan h?oJ to tratlier to^othorliuouuh recruits nnd money to warrant taking new and larger ouarters in lleado street. F <m 1837 uutll 18i)0 they wore compelled to re .'or support on tho nioue.v t hoy received fro London. By their liidufatignblo work new life was injected Into fli? Ha vatton Army, tholr of forta culminating in the erection of tnejrrent building 1n Fourteenth street, which has Just nei'W completed at a coat of #350, OiW, nnd 1b i he American headquarters. This buildlug is tho t^opertv of the Commander. He also controls th? trade department. tho oroflts from wlilch amounted lost year to 110,000. There arc at the present time elcvA corns oft e army in New York City, which lii clndes aboul 400 men. Chlougo stands Ibst, with Twenty-three coin*, including abont 10,000 soldiers. ptli'u- strongholds aro Han Franoisoo, Buffalo; PntladHpiilu, Bos ton, Kaunas City and* Minneapolis Tho whole army In the Unl.cd State* include# ??i bo ut 80,000 offioeri and aoldlera. This means oniy the members of tt?o army who wear-uniforms o*ni tU?ir live* to tb* work. There aro 2000 paid officers. Ouo of tb? most important features of ^Commandnr Booth's work In Netf York QJty . >uis been the organisation of ij? auxiliary teatine, which has G *00 mom bur*, contribut ing * H each a year. Tho league includes many pernors of wealth and protfiincnce who do not confine their contributions to their annual subscription, however, an i this has enabled the army to support ita members well and accumulate a wood balance in ..the treasury Tho amount on han I Inst March, rtoeor tins: to tho Treasurer' s report, vthh *159,027.01, and tho sum has lnoroasfld slnuo then. * THE TRRMS MOIXFIF.D. After tho First 20 I'rrilcnt. Payment for BoikIh thflJ{n^Hlu<lu)i May He I'uM Jht 10 Per Cent. uiHtallinrntfl. Secretary Carlisle has issued the following additional circular regarding tho subscription to 4 per cont. bonds i .. TnBABUIl* DEPARTMENT, ) OFKli:r OV THK HKCUJCTAny, > Washing ro?c, I). C., January 15, 1896. J Treasury circular (So. 3, 1896,) dated Jan nary 0th, 1890, inviting proposals for the purchase of ? 100,000,000 of United States 4 per cent, bonds, is hereby so inodiOod that i after tho payment of the ilrst instalment of I 20 porccnt., with accrued interest, a? re n in red ia said circular, tho remainder of tbo j amounts bid may l>o paid in Inhtollments of 10 per cont. each and accrued interest, at the end of each fifteen days thereafter; but all accoptcd bidder* may ay tho whole amonnt of their bids nt the time of tho first Install ment, and all accented bidders who have paid ail installments previously maturing, may ijay tho whole amount of their bids at any Wine not lnt?r than tW maturity of the 'lOrft installment. tw Accepted bidder* who n&fc the whole amount at tho time of tbe/Brs^installment or at any date thereafter, Of nb^ve provided, will be <*ntitlQd to receive, atlPe dalo of the payment, the whole amount of the bond* awarded to them, and accepted bidders who pay by installments will tx? entitled to re ceive at tho dates of such payments the amount of bond* paid for. [tbgnei] * J. a. Ca Secretary of the Treasury. Increase ia tfte As*r?sea Value of Property In th? Soothera Htatea. In Its weekly review of bnslness Interests of tba South, the BalMmoi* Manttteetnrers' &??*>*& shows ftini th? ??fnffil Tallin nf properly l? th? Southern States from 1890 1 > 1h!'5 Incroase A >857,800,000 or 7.03. perenutit while tho increase {n ten Wast?nx States-^ (Xulo, Hli?pl?, Michigan, Wligeesla# H'lir ?ota, lows North o^d Sonth Pako?a? IflhW ka and l&nm was e90,13Bjtt$o f U per eent., and the tocrwaae la FaefSa ^Go*?4' State* and Tonttorfs* Was ?M0MW?U pereeut. ? ? ?? . ?* . at . , _ TrwoWo aad perpleafty 4Hf* aa ^prayir, ^way u+f+ CiPITOD M CHICAGO. National Democratic Convention to Be Held I here July 7, OECIDED BY NEW YORK'S V 01 E, \ Curonty-ntue 1l*llot? Neceisary to Make a Cliolr.iuoYiia Coutcatants W?r# YuHi CAt.v, Chicago, Cincinnati, ??tl St. Y.ouU? The jtlUsouri Metropolis Nwwly Won th? Prko, ^ . Aflor h desporato aurt unprecedented ?tniggle among Now York, Chicago, Sf. . Louis aad Cincinnati, tho National Demo cratloCoimnlttoo, iu session at Wiishlngtou, decided that tho next Democratic Couyeu* tion BhnU bo hold in Chicago on July 7. On tho sur.'aoo It was a contest among four ambitious cities. Undor tho surfnuo it wiuj a trial of strength l>ytwo?" sound money and froo silver and sound money wou. Tho National Oommitteo mot iu th? ban quet hall of Die Arilngtou Hotol, and this was elaborately decorated w.th National flags, bunting, shlolds of tb? States and streamors of rod, white nnd blue. s/ At 11 a. m. tho National Committee .Jield ft soorot session, Fifty membors woro pVfcewpt, awl Chairman Harrlty proplded, Tho vote ob tho date for holding tho convention re- , milted 32 to 18 in favor of July'/ M opposed to Juno li. Tho resolution ol ratrlok Col lins, of Movaehusotts, offered in tho oonven t ion ol lay*, turn i "no noxt Naliuual Conytma tiou bo holu behind nliised doors waafjportfld adversely by tho sub?comm ttee to whoh it was rofouNf), and tno roport was adopted mmulmouf.y. Tho committee took a rooosa until 8 o'clock. m Tho cnmra;ttoB reconvened at 0 <voloolt in tho parlor# of tho Arlington, The roonw wero profns-iy doooratod with Anterior ilacs, and thero was a vast throng of visitor?, including a few indies, admitted by ?. ti<-kot. Quit o a number of Democratic S'mators and uimosi half tho 'Doinoeratlo membership Ol tho Lower House wort* pre- en*. Chairman llnrrlty said a roll of tho States would bo cmiod to determine whioh had edlos denizens of having tho D.-moeifatid Convention. Thoso whioh rpapoudod, he do. Oi&rud, would take their turns a phabwtieal- ? ly, and would bo assigned one-half nou* each to prosent their arguments. Chicago, Cincinnati, Now York aud Rt. Louis worn duly plnoud in nomination ?m d tho ohoers of' thulr respective pnvtl><nus. Thirty minutes was allowed eaoii city in which to present its claims. Tho balloting .beirau aoout 6 o'c'oek, and from tho tlrut a long struggln was indinifd. The first bn l"t resulted: Chica o, 0; Cin cinnati. 11| Ht. Louis, 1 9( Now Yoi-if, 14. Tiieru w in practically no change, tacop. a Alight fluctuation of a roto or two, until tho tentft ballot, wnen Chicogo began gKtuualiy to increase her voto at tho expense of Now York. At the twentieth ballot Now Yurie a eirongth wia rapidly disintegrating, her vote ? going almost hodlly to Chicago. /. Bui Ht. Louis, which hud clung tenaciously to her nlnetuon votes, olso captured several of Cincinnati's votes, and on the ballot be. foro tho last led Chioogo by one vote. On > the last baltot, the twenty-ninth, which was ^ taken shortly before 11 o'o ook, tho four n*r * mining votus of Now York wore thrown to uTileago, aud she obtained the necessary plurality. Senator Brioe votod for Cincin nati to the last. - The detailed vote on the final ballot by , States was: > , . , Cincinnati? Ohio. Chicago?Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, In dlaoa, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Ma?su?Hus<9tt*, Michigau, Minnesota, Ne braska, Ne w Hampshire*. New York, Nbrtb ? Carolina, Oregon, i'ennsWvanla, Rhode IsU and, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin/- Florida, Alaska, District or Columbia.. Ht. Louis? Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia. Kansas, Lou isiana, .Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ne vada, Jifow Jor?i:y, Norih.. 2>akot<t, South", CarolMia, Texas, Virginia, Wasntngton, Wy- ' oralflg, Arizona, Now Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Indian Territory. New York had the satisfaction of control!- . ing tho choice, and It was her votes that sent the oonvention to the city by tho lakew The final light between St. Louie and Qhtoagu was a warm one. An ana ysis of tho votes r by States shows th'i sliver elemeat stood by V/ St Louis, wiiile the sound money Statu*, voted for Chicago* ? GENERAL V()LUME^OPTB|DB Bank Clearlnga Btiuw a Decline. Th? Probable Mx? of the Cotton Crop. ' : T, Brad?treet'?> report for isst week' Mjnt While general trade has not shown ft wide- / spread tondency to revive from the holiday -r depression, there are favorable "feature* in a V, revival In iron and stoel prices and oontinued heavy oeroal exports* ' * ^ Except a* Baltimore, New Orleans, Buffalo and in oortnia-Unoa st Chicago, St. Loaia. CC - -- I'uul aud Mitfceapoli.% ioboers in atHple,linee report business alow. Travelers are On Che rood, but return s are irregular, in only* few InAtanoeA indicating the usual volume of orders fa>r spring delivery. Cottou good* makers report having,ehaded ?, - prioes of aooM^-goods on band, ? but b<d*l < quotations firm in orders for future delivefy, tho udvuuue in raw oottons stiliftwing above a parity with that of other products. Baw wool is stronger, tfiough the volume of ? business is Hinall. Wnlle bides are nominally ?' < ?: firm at unchanged prices, offerings Of leather v . have boon free ana quotations have w?iak- . cued, clrtmiiiatandes which buvo shown: -y-' themselves in the wholesale prloes for shoe . The feature of the, week is the sdvenoe fa iron and steel and Ibe revival of eneoorage - - ment at tho outlook. Bessemer pig and.l>U- :; lots are up from 65 cents to 7S cents per ton ' vfl nt Pittsburg aud *1.65 at Chicago with-tbo ? - o tlook for a further ad vanoe; ^ Other ftj-:- igj? vubccs Include Iboee for tobuooo, <H#? to ue ourrencea In Cut>n? llank clearings totals begin to record the ' decline in t??o volume of geuerai trade whloh 1 ha* made i. .1 apparent bow tor more ttMW . : , a moutn. total of clearlnga throf*^"'"*'* the Uuited States was *1,0*0,000,(00 14 per coot. Ices than last w ?ek Sad ft.* cent, less than the third week qf J*a? 1?93. 7. 1 Uomcatio trade, abown by payments, is 8.6 per cent. ' year, but 27.8 per oaot. leas . in iiieadjckil trades tbers is much Cotton receipts stiU indicate ~ - ai small as Mr. N?1T? ???? 6 ,?00, 000, nor as large eatimntedby otbere^t __ whether sbMlfes held for belter ] coDBequenco? i prtos with accounts of mrrow-di aoroad and doclioia^prisas lor \ country. THe The b dbI H gfcj rl>!