The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 24, 1896, Image 1
VOLUME. VII. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, .JANUARY
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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.
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