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1 ?' V,-;* (?l F i.; , VOUME. VII. and Our Nativo Lund. CAMDEN, S. FRIDAY, APRIL 18%. 'n. ?y ISO. 12. GET READY * TO REGISTER. .. , ? ? ? ? - v y HOOKS OPKNKD ON MONDAYS ? ? Al'Klli (fill. Jf Full Details of tho Law as Set Forth In tho Instructions Jimt Iwued to tlio Hoard# of Itoulstjravlou. V ? ? Tfyo following oircular of instruc tions has just boon install to boards of registration: 1. Tho members of tho boards,.^ registration, or boforo the>etuay of April, 1896, will meet and organize by the eleotion of ono of their numbor as oliairman, and one of their number as clctfk. Boforo organizing eaoh member will subsoribo to an oath, fur* hishod by tho Soorotary of State, be fore tho clerk of tho Court. ? The ofllco of tho boards shall bo at tbo county seats. A record must bo kept by tbo clerk of all the offloial acts and proceedings of; the boards. Any two of tho boards constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 2. Tho books of registration shall bo opened by the boards on . tho first Monday in April, 1896, at the Court House in onch county, and kept ojou for a?*ueast six consooutive weeks. They shall bo oponod again at -tho Court Houso on tho first Mondays in June, July, August and September, 4 A. D. 1896, aud kopt open continuous ly for. at loast ono woek in each of said months. Thoy shall bo closod thirty days boforo the geuoral eloctiot' in 1896. After tho geuoral olootion in 1896 tho books of registration shall bo opeucd on the flirt Monday of each month at tho Court Houao and kept open for throe successive days in eaoh month until thirty days beforo the elootion in 1898, when thoy shall bo closed until tbo said general election shall havo taken, place. The oflices and books must bo kept open from 9 o'olock in tho forenoon until 3 o'clock in tho afternoon. 8. Tho board of ^registration is tho judge df tho qualifications of all ap plicants for registration up to Janua ?' ry 1, 1$98. Up to January 1, 1898, every malo citizen of this Stato and of tho United Statos, 21 years of ago, who is not on idiot, is not insane, is j not a pauper supported aMhe public exponas, and is not confincd in any public prison, and who has not boen convicted of burglary, arson, obtain ing goods or money under false pre tences, perjury, forgery, robbery, ^bribery, adnitory, wife-beating, house breaking, receiving stolon goods, breach of trust with fraudulent inteut, fornication, sodomy, incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscogenation, larceny, or crimes against the election laws, and who shall haVo been a roSf^" dent in this State two yoais, (except ministers in charge of organized churches and teachers of public schools, and they after Six months roBidenco in . the State,) a resident in tho oouoty for six months, and in the polling precinct four months, and . _who caij. read any section in the Constitution of 1895, or oan understand and explain any bco-J tion of said Constitution when read to him by tho registration officer or of ficers, shall bo entitled to registration and becomo an elector upon applica tion for such registration. Xf*? per Bon hQp been .convicted or ^y of tho orimes above mentioned, a pardon of the Goveruor-renjoves the disqualifi cation* .^1 The boards 6t registration ip judg ing of tho qnaljficatioos of applicants for registration aro authorized tS re quire of evpry finch applicant aatiu fac tory proof of his age, rcBidonoe, etc. In determining tbo intelligence quali fication of tbe applicant the boards se leot the section of tho constitution to be read or explained and -understood by tbe 'applicant. Applicants denied registration should be promptly noti-> fled, so as to allow them tho right of appeal. 4. Tlie books ^ registration must bo ? kept opon at least ?ix weeks, when opened ou the first Monday ci April, 189G, land at least one week when opened on first Mondays in June, July, August and September, 189(3, but the boards of regictration can keep them open longer if it is deemed necessary. After the books are closod thirty iUrys before tho eleotion they cannot be opened to register any elector be fore tho election. Minors and othors entitled to register must bo registered before the boo^s aro dosed. 4. Any pefson denied registration shall have tbo right of appeal to the Cirouit and Supreme Court Tho appellants must file within ten days after the decision of the board of registration a written notico with the board of his intention to appeal. Af ter the expiration of the ten d%ys in ease a notico of appeal has been filed the board must file with the clerk of the Court of the county the written notico of intention to appeal and any papers in their possession relating to the rase and a- repprt of the . ease if they deem * it proper. If the appellant desires the appeal' to jb* heard by a Judge at cfaanfbers ho iqrust give every member of the board four days' written notice, of the time and j place of hearing and the board must, appear at the bearing. If the appel lant appeals to4he Supreme Court be most serve upon every member of the board of registration a copy* of * notice of intention to appeal within ' ten days after the decision of aJudge of the Court of Common Pleas, and fhe said board may appear at the hearing. ft. In oripany minor who will be ooom 11 year* of age alter tbe elofiag of the books of; registration and .be fore the election J?4d is otherwise qfrgP; . lied la wnlitti -matenapplgalion (un der oath showing be ie qualified \tb register the boards shall register such ; applicant bcforo the closing of tho l>C>t>Vs. Any person whoso qualification!} an an elector will bo completed after I Lro closing of tho registration books uut puioro tho noxt election bhall have 1 1 iVj if right to apply for and scouro a r<gis tration certificate at any time within ?-ix ty days immediately preceding tho olosing of tho registration hooks, upon an application under oath to tho facta cntitliug him to mien ' w^nKt ration. Tho ttftinQ right of appeal in allowed ^appel-'' lauts who. are tumors or whoso quali fications shall to completed before tho cloction as in other cases and tho samo kiud of notices must bo servod upon ufembcrs of tho board, x ^ 0. All persons registered bjNthe board nro entitled to regiatrfttiou cur tvfioutos of the form prescribed in Sec tion 13 of the Aot. The cortifieuto must lie signed by at least two mem* borsof the board, unci \>j all of them if praotienblo. * 7. In oaso of the removal of aa elector from ouo county to auothtiv] Section 14 provides the manner in 'whioh the certificates can. be obanged. Itt case of the Iorh or destruction of a certificate of registration, or the muti lation of eamb, Section 15 prescribes the manner in wliioli oilier certificates can be obtained*- \ 8. The board of registration shall review the lists of registered electors at least ten days preceding each elec tion, and ahall %raso therefrom the names of all registered electors who m?iy havo becomo disqualified, or who, upon satisfactory evideucc, may ap pear to have died or removed from their respective countios, or who may have been illegally or fraudulently registered. Persons whoso names are thus erased havo the right of appeal to the Court of Common PleaB, ? or a Judge thereof, as in case of persons furnished by clerks of Courts and mag istrates shall bo prima fncio p'toof of disqualifications, etc., to authorize tho board to oraso names. Parties wHoso namcrtjiave been thus erased shall have ?ho right to produce' a pardon from tho Gov or nor, or othor proof, to show that their names wero improperly erased, and the board shall restore tho names. 9. Eaol^^o.wnship as now laid out, and in those counties where there are no such townships, tho parish ae for merly known and dofiued is a polling precinct. In cities and towns contain ing five thousand inhabitants or more, where tho same is divided into wards, each ward iB a polLimr preciuot. and in cities and towns' of lees than five thousand inhabitants tho city or town is a polling precinct. In tho city ^bf Charleston the polling precincts art tho same as tho voting precincts afc now established by law. Tho territory in the township in which Columbia is situated, in tho county of Richland, outsido'of tho city of Columbia, is de I olared a polling precinct. Tho Registration of -voters milst be by polling precincts. There must bo a book f registration for each polling precinct, .t^at is, for each township, or parish, or city, or town of less than five thousand inhabitants, <*t ward of cities of more than five thousand in habitants. Each /elector must, vote in the polling precinct in whioh he resides. If there is more ' than ono voting place in the poll ing precinct the eteotor mnj vote at any voting pDtoo desig nated on the registration certificate. Tho boards must designate in the reg istration certificate the voting place in, tho polling preoinol at whieh the elec tor is to v<*to . If there is more than one voting place in tho^polling pre cinct the boards shall droignate on tho certificate the voting plMe selected by the elector. r Section 20 prescribes the maj L?cr in which an elector can hayelhe voting' place designated in-4rfs certificate chacgcd . ^ . 10. The books and other records of registration mnst be deposited by the boards of registration in the office of the clerk of Court of Common pleas. They shall be kept in said office, ex copt when used by the board of regis tration in tho several polling precincts as required by law. They shall bo publio records, open to tho inspection of any citizen, at all times. 11. Immediately proceeding * any general or special election tho boards of registration shall furnish tho-com* missioners of election* with two regis tration books for each voting place in each" polling precinct, containing in each the names of all electors entitled to vote at suoh voting place. The commissioner shall turn over said books to tho managers ot elections at each voting place in the polling precinct, who shall bo responsible for the care and custody of said books and tho ro~ tarn thereof to tho commissioners^ within three days after suclyiflectioim/ Tho commissioners shall rrfftm mi riff books to tho board of registration within twenty days after such eleo- | tiou. 12. The board of registration, on or before the 1st day of February, A. D. 1898, shall enter into two books fur nished by the Secretary of 8tate, tho names of all electors registered up to the 1st da y of January 1898, and sub scribed on oath in said books that the said boods contain all suoh names, one of which^aball be filed by the board in tip* office of the Secretary of State and lone in the oflee of - the Clerk of the Court for eaoh county. 18. The meetings of the board for hearing applieationa for registration, or for all other business, may be either Srivnte or .public, as the members may eem best for the proper dispatch of bniiaMs, etc. The boards of registration fount keep their offieee open on the days re quiredby law fbf registratMtof elec tor* from 9 a'eloek In t he forefcooa Lpnttt 8 o'efadr to ttitf Filimijere of boards of rag**ratioji are entitled to *360 each for Ike year 1808, and *126 each for the year 1*7, ami until thwir auocesaora qualify, ami they go qj&i of olHoo on tho ?! ?t of February, 1808, but oanuot register uh'ofttt^A^Uir tho 1st of January, 18U8. nalatiefck oT "member a of boards of reListratioiv aro payable quarterly by thtf^tato Treasurer, upon tho warrant of^ho^tHn ii^|i)ller General, 1<L Tho boards of registration are requjroil to Vurnitth any doctor, who luyt'been regXaLlyred up to January l,y 4898, a oertitloaTe^at ho is^lul^-reg-' ?istorod, upon applitrattoTTof nui?t elec tor, iu? order to entitlo liiiu to veto when hia name does not appear upon tho registration book furnibhod the managers of eketion. THIS VIKTYp CONCUtKSS. A Synopsis <>t tho Proceedings of lloty Houses, THE SENATE. / TUESDAY. ? X The Cuban resolutions woro ?L?eussed in tho Senate <iu Tuesday. Senary Miils, of ma(l? ftu eloquent speooh/iu support 01 Cuban Independence. Tho /inalndor of th? day was given up to tbo Jonsldorntlon of tho executive, legislative an/ Judioial at*, propriation biliy but no final fisposition was madooflt. / WKDNK8DAY./ A move in tho direction un an early nd journmont of Congress wa/mado in tbo Hi>n ato Wednesday by Mr. Plt/t who o (To rod ? resolution to fix tho t lino of ilnai adjourn mcnt for tho*2d of May next. Tho resolution took tho usual course? a roference to tho committee on appropriations. It will prob ably not bo reportod hack until all tho an nual appropriation bills have passed both houses. Aftor tho executive; JtuJfolai and legislative appropriation bill, whfel/has boon before tho Senate for tho lust threo cays, shall havo boon disposed of thuro will t>o only two others loft for notion by tho Senate* Those aro.tho Indian and tho\jiostofl|jw npiiropria tl?n bills, neither of whie.li is likely to occupy more than one day. " ' ?> Jsearly nil tho dlseu^slous Wednesday was on tho subject of changing the foo rfystom of United States district attorneys and marshals to a salary system ? tho amounts proposed in the bill being Assailed as extravagant i>y Bonn tors Allen and George. In all eases, howovor, tho propositions for tho higher amounts woro agreed to. A joint resolution to amond the constitution by prohibiting Congress and State Legisla tures from using public moneys in aid of any institution controlled wholly or in part by any sectarian or religious associate n, was introduced by Mr. Qalllngor and laid on tho tablo for the present. THURSDAY. Nono of tbo matters that camo up before tho Son nto,. Thursday was of much public in terest and importance. One-third or tho time was consumed over a joint resolution "ppoinling Bernard It. Green successor to General Casey In tl o fritter oMho construc tion of tho new Library building in Wash ington; nearly as much ft mo on at; amend ment to tho legislative appropriation bill allowthg a third clerir to tho Sonnto commit tee on pon*iooB,r and all tho rest of tho lime ou a motion mado by Mr. Sherman to s'ri co oift of tho legislative Mil all tho sections in relation to? tho compensation of United States district attorneys, clerks and mar shals. This latter subject was not disposed of. > Tho joint resolution reported from tho committee on foreign relations authorizing Benjamin Harrisou to accept certain medals presented to him by tho governments of Brasll and Spain during his torui of sorvico i as President of tho United Slates was taken up and passed. FRIDAY. Tho legislative appropriation bill passed ' tho Senate Friday. It appropriates in round numbers, twenty-ilvo (tod a half m.'liiou dollars. No other business of importance' camo be- | fore Senate, and that body adjourned until Monday. * Monday. ? -.The bill to approve a compromise ?Ld set j Moment between tho United States and tho State or Arkansas, arfsing out of mutual claims for tho principal and interest duo on State bonds h?ld by the United States and tor- lauds claimed by tho Stato under tbo f,2Vrn'> 'auds Act and other acts, was taken up in the Senate Monday and was passed af ter a debate lasting a couple of liours. No0 other business was transacted oxoept the passage or dome bills on the calendar that were unobjected to, including ono for a pub lic building at Indianapolis to oost $2,000. 000. ' i ' tiie house; [ ' ? TDEtftAT. - jj-3v . , Tho .unflnishod business when' the IIouso met Tu?iday was tho bill introduced by Mr. Curtis, of New York, to reduce <tho number" of crimes subject to capitul punishment, rtyd it was passed. '? Tho IIouso ngreod to tho Serate request for a further conference on the Cuban reso lutions. ? ' Mr. Itoutcllo, chairman of tho committee on naval affairs/ reported the naval appro priation bill for tho years 1800-7, it W(M or dered printed. It carries an appropriation of #81,779,138, of which 9l2.Gll.0a4 Is for the increase of tho navy. ? WEDNESDAY. Ou Wednesday tho House addressed itself in committee of tho whole, to tho considera tion of tho naval appropriation bill. All of it, savo tho pnrrigraph providing for now ships, was disposed of by tho committe. with a single amendment, appropriating frCO.OOO for building the quay and wiog ,wails of tho Brooklyn dry dock. Besides a fow porsonal matters nothing else was done. THURSDAY. Tho House on Thursday passod tho naval appropriation bill, after considerable discus sion. Tho sundry civil appropriation bill for tho year ending June, 30, 1897, wns roported. FRIDAY. In tho IIouso Friday only pension ana privat' relief bills rCportod from tho com mittuo on Miiitry affairs were considered. Tho IIouso adjourned until Monday. MONDAY. ' ~ ? In tbo House Monday tho Scnnto Joint res rotation was agreed to lippolntlng Bernard 1 R. Green as successor to the late Oen. Casey as superintendent of tho new Congressional , Library. The sundry Civil appropriation bill was then taken up in committee of the whole, after notice had been givon by Mr. Hitt, that whon the appropriation bill had been dis posed of ho would present a conference re port on the Cuban reaolutkra*.. After pass log over twelve p?&es of the bill the IIoum adjourned. "UKN." WALKKR COJiDEMNICD. By the Commander of the Georgia De partment of (he <1. A. R. The Oeorgfa department of th-> Orand Army of the'Republio met in Atlanta. Com mander L. B. Nelson addressod the on cam p ment and condemned Orand Commander Walker for iMdiaji the order forbidding the Mae aad gray parade in New York. Com mander NeUon sabKlhat .the moat cordial relations *xM betwew the veterans of the two, armMe here la the Booth. They and their sens and daughter* bare Intermarried and there Is no reaaoa why these men should not parade together If they wish to do so. Carlisle to Speak la Chicago. J. O. CaxUeie, Secretary of the Treaaury, wfll detlrer a afla-psHlesa address Hon Hf nilnifni III | .Ayill .If nest. Mr. OarUAawns last fall lavtted to Luke aa sTdisaa oh the ilhw qwsstloa bat BlhMMadt eoiae at that Ume. Re aew esSswofd that he wtttfre aMe te apeak ea the data glrea ml Tjre. Complications That Threaten Her African Possessions./ ? ? ? / THE LAST MATABELE UPRISING. The Von of l.o llenyuln Kfturni to Mtttntilr iH'.O iwuT Malt-' :? Knoll As>ln*t tho I'liitjlltiW OiiloiillU-'The UncN f:* l>ccl ?Jl Invasion and Aro I'reparlng to ltoyn? Tho BrltUh. Town, South Africa, March 85.- F. Soloutf, tho explorer, who stnrtoj/ from Rulqwayo at tho head of a forco of moty to put down tho revolt of tho Matabelea axninst tho liritish, htw^ui'l nu engagement with tho native?, many or whom wore killed. More murdora of whites by tho Afatnbcle* aro re ported. The transport ridora aro abandon ing their wagons and hurrying into the town for safety. The rebellious Matabeles havo raided almost ovary estate in tho dial ? rood district audearriod off all tho cattle. THE IOWA LAUNCHED. Th? Monttrr tit'do* Safely 1 - ( <> tho l)(llUTAI'?> * Tho aoa-solus t'nitol StaUw batthMhlp Iowa, whioh, whon complied, it isolaiatod j will bo tho host equipped i) K?)it inw; v.wol afloat, was launched at i riuup'a ihipyarJ, Philadelphia, Ponu., in tho proaonoo ot tvvonly thousand persons An army ?">t workmen b:\rjan at a quarter to ouo p. in, t!u> work of sotting*, up tho pomlorous hull. This was ncooinpllshed in twonty-l'va minutes. Then tho two solid oaken shoos whleh hold t!?> vo.v I on tho ways wtno f awed apart, and at tweuty inlnuUs to two tho town vrace ul glided into I ho waters of tho Delaware. Just as tho shnpoiy mass of steel loft Ivor oradlo Ali-^s Mary Lord Drake, the daughter of thotlovornor of tho ytuto w'nioh gave tho formidable battle.shlo its name, broke n botflo of wine over its prow, aayin?, "I christen thee Iowa." In tho party t > witness tho luuueh w?'io Vieo-Presldent Stev enson, 8eer?tnry of tho Nnvy Herbert, Naval Constructor Uiohburn, Assistant 8oe? rotary of tho Treasury Tiamlin, Uoorg?? G. A. Kftsaoo , Knglnoer-ln-t-hiof G;?>rgo W.Mel ville, Uommodoro Phythian. 11 -ar Admiral Ramsey, Paymaster General Stewart and Roar Admiral Walker. low? was also rej>. resented by Governor l>rak/', Secretary of Stato McFarlaiul, Stalo Auditor McCarthy and hftato Troafnm\? Harriott. Tho Iowa Is tin) last battleship that will bo UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP IOWA. A forco of British troops, uudor command I of Oaptnin Sproakeys, defeated a large body of Matabtsle?. killing a large number of them. ! The British forcealost no men. A despatch from Buhfwayo ropresoats tho situation as being of tho gravest character. A thousand women and chlldron are In tho ItUMjer at Bnluwavo. Tho Mataboles burneil a sloro forty mi Us out from BQluwnyo and dcnced around the Many murders, of whlte.^,, of tho most fiendish character, aro roported. It is learned ' that tho native police induecd.tho Matabolos lo revolt, and joined ikemyWlth 753 rifles and a lar.\;e quantity of ammunition. Kir Hercules Robinsons-Governor of tho Cape Colony, bus tolegrtiph>d to the British Colonial Oflhco that the r?nor(s of tho mur der of Police Inspect or Jackson and tho <1 (portion oftholnatlve police to tho M.it .ibple.4. lading tlAir 3Iartinl rlfle3 wit)\tbem, is oonitrmed. Uovcrnor lloblnson also snys GKNKK AIj KIT fimKXlX. f.on lcr oi" tbo Hiltistf force* Invading the gou-inu.) kh.it the lancer arouud'tho ijmipfet in Bulu wayo is greatly Iii need of araisaud ammuut lion. The despatch says that Mubalo, son of tho W.o Mntabclo klni?, Lo Beugula, who was ?nniih'j t in 1835. hnn rutucnod to MatnVJe ftiud, aud that it wm he So Incited tho up rising.' All of tbs Matabmk>, Including the women, number only IBO.w 0. B3SP.5 PRIPA^E TO FiGHT. Tticy l^xjipci a Co fl c": for U?o Iiutcp^n- 1 ?? . ?!t nc? of Sunlit AfrJcH. London, .March 83,? Advices coo firm tho tmnort.mcj o?*,thi Dutch agitation for tho 'uaejK?nde^o o" South AfrlcM. A letter /roni ?\ mortiber oT tho Cnp'b Parliament pays i hat ihe Jincjlish and Dutch political lo.i'.l?!r.* ???oncur in thw ballu^rtat t"n< position was 'jever no thrcaicnur,' in tho Transvau'. daily r.?weonvir^v'ti*ho t ?ro ceen In l'.v oria r.ro Irnowjf' to bo German soldiers. Svory steamer^niling to Cf?:;e Town, Dar on n, nn<l Por^TJHza'oeth brings crouj.s of fio ??a'ln l |?ro?re:iror5 who are unable to con ???.tl tho stamp of tho disciplined soldier who i I* still umlcr military command. Tho letter concludes with tho statoau'nt that nvery.. oo&y knows that t<i*ro is war ahe.-W, and j tli at plenty of ltritishiVnnd Dutch blood will ua she ! or.i tbo summer's grapes ripen. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Secretary of 8t*to to? tho Colonics, recently aetnnntfM of Preit Jont Krusjerof tho Transvaal that he iintne iiiat?.ly r.iccpt o.' reject the iniritallon totlslt r<ondon. In tuspon** President ttruger hm telegraphed that tho Yoltaraad will only u '?scut to his golnc to London on condition liint the Auglo-Botr convention of 1884 bi? amended that tho full independenco of thri t'ratiHvaul will be r?: 'ognlro l and guaranteed by Groat Britain aud the other Power*. Tlic DrUisti at }V..<iT Haifa. Cairo, E/vpt. March 30.? General Kllch onvr. thw Bri|ish military lender, Sirdar of :ho Egyptian Army, and his stair, arrived at Wa?iy Haifa. The Hecond column of the ex msjJHIoji for the conquest of the floqdno, un 'vr Major Mac Jonald, la approaching kk ia )<?'??. Sixty d?'rviehe? reconnoitred ths :olamot but were* flrel upon by the artillery, whorenpon they rapidly retired. ? TJio report of tho defeat of the Egyptian uivence mnrd l,y dervistes. near Akoshetf, turc? out to bavu been untrue. Oxford'* Aqaatle Victory. Ox.'ord University added another victory to hor longrtrliig over Cambridge by Win ning the annual olght oared boat raee on tho Thamer. Londos. Cambridge, which startoJ a slight favorite, having ahown ? ho greater speed in fter final train ng, led by two lengths at Barn's, bat 'rom that point Oxford e parted and eventually won by a quarter of a ?WMIsIImpm euafiii standpoint and gaiety cot? ted, sittw rfw ean be regarded as nbdfbaMML As he rival eight* represent the best wtoatsnr eremea fn JBng aad, Americans seed mot be fearful of lbs rank of tale's adreat ftp r ? - ? rl i - ? ~ 1 '[ lauuo'iod for at least two year*. Conttets hiwa been made for tha Kentucky iml ih?> Kwurearge,' Vut they have not boon laM<!own yot. The Iowa Is tlse llrst of a now chss of sea-going battleships us dlytingpis'rvl from tho coast lino battleships of the Indiana elals. 8!rt Is 801 feot long, 72 foot brum, IJ'J fed deep, and draws 'H feet. H*t display 'inrnt will bo about 12,000 ton?. Nho will hivo twin scrows. and her engines aro oxpcMo.i to ?!?? volop 11,000 horso powor. Tho guaranteed speed is 10 knot*; jiiBt a lit t lo bit b;?; t<?r tliau tho rate ;;t which she wont olY tho ways. 8ha will bo protected by lt-iiv'i llar voylaed nlokel-ateel armor, aid in h*>rtw> 14 incb turrot.i wilt mount four 32 iii"!i gmw. Basldos tbeso tho will eavry eight 8-inch KUhs, Mr 4dnch guns. and t wontydw) rapld flro nnchluo gun?. Hho hni a eon I capacity of 8J00 tony, enough to cruise 10.0 0 kno s. Her full complement wi 1 1 ba 512 ? ? f H i V3 aa 1 men. Tho contract prico is $-3, 010/03. ? __ Or" ROCKS KILL THR?E PIHSONS IN 3EO. liuomious l.ed;{0 Ci'iilitnTiiMujli a (loose lit Kclti), >V. Vn. Jainos aud Frank Tftinan nu-J Lucy Law wore instantly killed by a rock araMhl iir through tho house whore they Woro s!o 'ping at Echo, W. Vn. Tho other monabers or JJio family woro seriously injured. Tho house was situated at tho foot or tiio mountain on tho banUs of tho Now River. An enormous ledge of rocks brokoloos'J on tho mountain's side, passing over, coko ovens anil tearing up tho traak. of iho Chesapeake aud Ohio ll'illroud and breaking through tho house/ Hetrrv < Law. ono of On occupants who escaped had tho presence of mind to' run out rind flag an express train, which was Just duo ant which *}rou Id* have otherwise toon wreakod on tho rocke. ? r YAMACATA IN THIS COUNTRY. V. Ths Japancfo Fie'il Mutlitl on Tito Way (u tlio C t ir'a Cor nm:lo>i. Tho Oacldontal and Oriental steamship Coptic arrived at San Francisco, On'., from ^'oiohama, having on board Field Marshal Ynmagata, Commander-in-Chief of tha Jap anese Ariny, nccompanled'by l?ls ntafT. The Marquisjs onioutetoKussin to atjendthocor OI'.NEIUI. YAM AO ATA. (Commander-in-Chief of I l?o Japanese Army.) onation of tho CitHr. Thero can bo little doubt that his Bxoellonoy will discuss tho Korean problem fretdy in Kt. lVte.ivburfj. It js.'in, It Is said, is ahr.plng lior policy to piacnto Japan, and it in tiioupht Hint a dofl nltoundcrMandln.^ mayporbapshu formulat el regnrd'n<? Korci?. t OeuoraJ^amaKat i wns Kreoted by a depu tation o^CHtlotiai Guard oITIj'tj, represent ing Govornor Itudd, to. jjrtRcowi-s him lo "America. ? ? t-, Dead In a Firo Trit^f.* / A flro wa.* dte.'overo I in tlWoW/fjishlonetJ brick building, No. 874 Hudson street, Now York CMy. owed by Trinity Cburch. Tho building Is an old, tumbled down affair, not provided with flro cseaprs. ? Thertt wero eighteen pfrjonn asleep In the building at the tlm?. Four %of theso wor?? killed and ono injured. Oao 'of .tho fire men* who camo to th? rescue foil from A ladder and was fatally hhrf. Tho dead are Archibald Grogao, Mart M-Mahon, Thomas Molloy, Margarrt Ilyau. Kdwatd Welch, * flrgniKO, was fatally hurt. .r' Rh.1t While Comin:ti;n,' Tlioft. City Marshal jt, J). Trent *h:>t an.-l kill* I at Athens, Id., Albert Bv.torfon, son of E. C. BattertOo, ? prominent citizen. Balt'jttoa was eonmittlag a bursary In Haun A Cola ad's re atoarant. Ths Marshal, woo knew of the. project, was la concealment there, nod called on tho young m m to sur nXKr. Batterlon star.ol to run ao1 th% pftew flred, wotmding him fa the back. _ M ??lllf I Cm ?s?MI? Aetleeo j Tbne lf gnmt ?ctlrM* la railroad ear )Mlldt*f this jear, *> fpr 12, #00 ears bare bmm Wk omI Ml ot the builders hate BILL A BPS LKTTKU. TH1C DAliK AM) T1IK llllKUU SII>1C UK I ho IMillosophor Adiit^nUlion I's to 1 to Calm and S?creno. -Oatiudo of revolution, there is uuro* fy sufileirtut proof of original sin and' moral turpitnda.in Luiun kiml. It a man oould ho lifto 1 up in a balloon high enough In son the earth roll nn der him mul oonhl kot?p his position until it had turned a timo or two upon ilH axis, tho fioono that would pass hie vision would lio proof enough. Willi a horrihlo revelation of war ami blood shod und tmlYoring would pass beneatn him iu almost every part of tlm earth 1 Wo boast of modi- in civilization, bu lias ovorv advanoo to l?o baptized ii blood? Bnjiposo a man oonhl hi o a ono time HI the present misery of tho world ami nil the orimo that- caused it. could ho endure tho awful picture? Would it not paralyze his turn I and ob > literate his power of vision nnd makt him a maniac? I. very day wo read to thoso horrors and shuddnjr, but they an afar off and wo have bocomo alniOMi hardened to them by thoir duly ri?pt? lition. Jf fainilliarity wiUi danger breed* ?ou tempt, for it so does, a daily reouri'vneo of orimo and Biiffrring ami it-f breeds inditVoror.oo, Tlnbss w< koo it with our own eyes wo aro no groat ly n Hooted. Tho weeping prophot exolaimed: "Oh, that my henfl woro waters and uii no oyo? a fountain of tears!" but there in no prophet to weep nowadays. We have uo time to weep. Tho poet says : "Mftii'i inhumanity toman Makes oouii l.bi llr>ustn Id mourn," nnd if wo ooul 1 aotutdly see every bit tlellehl and all tho blood and agony, nnd into all tho prisons and chningnngt nnd into every hovel and g.irrct ami dark alley whero tho poor do congre gate, and iuto tho hearts of all th< mourners nt all tho funerals, wo would novor unilo again. Tho memory of them would haunt us and wo Would be more than willing to quit this liorribh world nnd take our ohaneos in another. Hut wo will lot tho pronohcrs talk about this. Wo must look on the brighter side. There is no oomfort iu pondering and lamenting what is going on in Turkey and Abvssinnia and Cuba, or over the long-oontihued qnar^ rels at Washington, or tho shnmofui L$oilH in Kentucky, or tho daily crime* aud murders and niicides and lynch ings that fill tho newspapers. Now is tho Hpriugtlmo, when all ua ^uro is uniling upon u?." . Wlion tha flowers are blooming aud tho graeH is springing and tho birds nn\ bingiug. Even tho beasts of tho fluid and the fowls in tho yard nro happy, and cverv created thing savo man seems to re joioo in tho goodnoss of tho Creator. What in tho matter with man, anyhow? y' 'Every -prosj oo p!ca :oa And only man is v;b." But aftor nil, thero iu comfort in knowing that thero nro Homo good non. Yob, lots of them. Yoa can p ck them out iu town und city and country, and a great traveler who ha?, Uoen all over tho world and mingled ttith Qoutilos aud Jews, and Arabs and Hpttent6ts, and (ho hontben Cbinoe, nays ho found good, kind-hearted peb plo of evory tribo and nation aud reli gion on tho globe. Ho said that ? traveler coujd never bo a Hcerotariar or ho intolerant, liko many of our no. called Christians aro. Last Sunday I wont out in (ho conn, try with a friend to vi^it an old lad\ wbo'is on her last bed. Who has lived eighty- tbrco years and I reckon never had an evil thought in her life. She was pleased to see us and tho nearness of death gavo her no alarm. "For the a.iko of my grandchildren," kIk\ said, 4,I would liko to live a little longer to to help them /nnd guido them in tbo right jKny. " Her Biblo waif printed away before tho frar aud had been pnfebed and posted nnti mended 11 11 1 i 1 it would hardly hold tr> gether, but she knew agood deal by heai t and told us what portions of it wen her greatgwt comfort. 'Huso old fashioned mothers are tho best^peoph on earth nnd wlunPthey have jroaid tlirongh nil (ho pi rils of motherhood they seem to outlive (ho men. There aro three times as many old women in tliis towu as old mon and they u re mots' all of them widows. I had rather 'in suro tho lifo of a woman of forty-five than (hat of a man of thirty. I would got tho premiums longer. The old^ fashioned mcu livod longer than they do now. They had simple habits and limited desires. I mean tho woll-to? do men who lived in comfort. The old presidents, leaving out Washing ton, whoaa doath wan not froj?- old age, outlived tho moro modern ones. John Adams lived tc ninotyode and his son to eighty -on o. Jefferson was eight^Mt&pe, Madison eighty five, Monroe "v?^venty- tbreo and Jackson seventy -eight. This makes an average of eighty-nro years, which is very uncommon. Ihe/ avorage of all tho presidents is amy sixty-eight years. In looking over their records | f was surprised to Ond that tbree'^f | them died oh the 4th of Jnly nnd that Adams and (Tenon expressed a de sire to die on that day. Whether Mon roe did or not the boigrapby does not say. I have no donbtlMt be did, forthatday was very deer to Jfae patriot* of that time end their wiafi was father to their fate. Ift amonoted almoei io will power, foe the ehaoee for a matt to dig UB IIUU Uy wolo&ly oae la aodtbe ohanoe for three praefcfleats <mt of six to die on that dajie ahaoat beyead eompoiatib*. Goald it kav* ^ M ii ilaair ataitiA ? - ~ u devotion to tho day ami tho deolara tiou that gave birth to a groat nation? Neither i'olk nop l'ioroo nor Harri son nor Johnson uor Grant saw hia throe Mioro ami ten. lint e\or since King David in ado tho doolaration that tho days of our years aro throe score years ami ton that haw boon thq, allotted ago of man. It is still tho average age of a prudent man whatever may bo his occupation. Man is very muoh likc^a wagon. A If it ia kept greaiod and painted and under sholtor it will last twic'q as long au if it bo neglected. Of oonrse, the miml has tuuQh to do with tho health of tho body. Trouble will ehorton life and bring the gray hairs soo|er to tho grave and that is why a farmer's life is tho most oondu oivo to hyigovity. It in the most inde pendent all occupations. It sub- ^ joot to les'A temptation, lesn hazard, leas worry, an\it is a littlo closer to God in ita dailySgoiniuuniou with nature. Tho acooptod tables givo to laborers forty-four yoars, to mechauios forty noven, to mcroli^uts forty-eight, to proftsuional 'mon fifty-two, and to fcirmors sixty-four yoars. If long life is an index of good health and pros perity then the farmor is blessed above all othor people. Thore is foroo and truth in tho old maxim that "God made tho country and maif made the town. " lint after all tho crimo and misory that wo read of this ago is a- great im* p'rovement ton Bodom and Gomorrah. Abraham cortld fiiwl more than ten gooil men in any town cr oity iu this . country, I boliovo ho oould find fifty ia ?? Cartersvillo and a hundred and fifty women. Tho Lord's pity and con sideration for sinuors is very wonder ful, if He will save a whole oity full for tho sake of ton good mon. Maybe that is why Ho dosont rain flfo and brimstone on tho wicked now". It might do barm to tho righteous. Tho ungodly ought to givo Christians oredit for that. If tho wioked peoplo of this world wore all l uujjfhod in ono coun try and not a good man in it how loner, I woudor, would tho storm stay oflf? llow loug would the wicked etay there if they could possibly got out? It is a redeeming trait lu human nature, how-*^ ever wicked aud depravod, to rospeet virtue nntl good people. Thero are but fow 'vl, the ungodly who would aboliah t btJ' churohoa if thoy could, or who would rear their ^children in any but K Christian country. ? Bitiii Art, in Atlanta Qonsti'nUon. ? TIIK CHICAGO KX POSITION. drive* ncroe the V- ? DM* Commissioner Itocho Issues n Circular - ^ lu Hefjurd to An Kxhtblt, A oon vontion composed of delegates from the Soul horn States and cities was held in Chicago in February to considor tho advisability of holding an exposition of Southern resources and prod nob? in that oity this yoar, and to do vise ways and means for covering tho cost of suob and expositton. The convontion resolved without a dissent iog voice that tho Exposition should bo held. . The city of Chicago pledged itself to uudertako tho whole expense of organizing and maintaining the ex position, _ ?The several Southern States under took, on the part, to provido t J?e ex hibits, aud to pay tho expens^ olf col-, looting, arranging and organixinglheir ' exhibits. When the delegates from South Car* olina met in Chicago, it was deemed lidvinublo that if the Legislature L^led to make an appropriation to pla of be fore tho world the products and re-" sources of our vuiouf cotton and oth er industries at the Exposition in Chi cago, a trial should be mado to raise the necessary funds from other sources. ? Tho Legislature your "*oro aware, did nothing for tho endf in view,, and- it now bcoomcs my duty, by the authori ty of tho Governor of the State, to in-* vito you to atlcud a_Convention to b4 held at Spartanburg, on Wednes djft ? evening, Aprit lfrth, 18U0. tor tbeptfr pnso of providing a plan by whioh an Exhibit of tho industries of the State shall bo mado at Chioago. It ir hard ly noce.Hsory for jno to place beforo you tho imperative reasons why we, of this State, should make the best - ex hibit. Tho groat dovolopmont of* our cot ton factories, tho natural ^vantages wo have of climate, water power - and cotton raised around the mills mast invito the attention 67 capita), thereby, making our Stato not only foremost in agriculture, but also in cotton fsbrio iftdiihtriort. " In no other way can our farmers ho moro judiciously helped than by giving them a market, wo might say, pear to each and every farm, thereby linking together agriculture, manufacture and commerce. (J <:\ I request, thorefore, that tho mayors and intendafits of towns in tbo State attend tho convetion at Spartanburg, and appoint throe delegates from eaoli of the cities and towns to represent thoir several municipalities in this con vention for the purpose of insuring an < exhibit by South Carolioa at Chioago. . Jt" request that each of the Cotton manufacturing enterprises in the State appoint ropresentativee to attend the Convention at Spartanburg. ; r/yf I also request that each of the rail road companies doing business in "the State wilt appoint a representative to attend tho Convention. I shall be obligeirtt- yon will inforn^ mo at your earlie t convenience the names of. the delegates $o? have ap?' E, p. flommistioner from Be?tfc< platee it since: