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THE eAMDEN VOLUME X. CAMDKN. >S. KRI [Col. Wm 1, Bryan Speaks in Co lumbus, 0. HE DELIVERS AN ADDRESS On the Subject of Democrat) ? No Retreat from the Stand Taken in 1896? The Mon ? pn Question not D.ad. CotfMin's.O. , Special. --About 10,000 people attended t ho dollar dmner^'iveu by the louug Mou'a Dtnuoeratio Club, of Columbus, iu t ho auditorium. It was the largest banquet which the local Democracy has had since that givon on iho ?7th b.rthday of the lato Judge Al len Thuiman, iu tho same hall, ten years ago. The affair was strictly Dem ocratio iu iu simplicity, all olasses bciug represented. The chief guest ivas Colonel Win. J. Bryan, at the table with whom woro also coated flou. (J. T. Callahan and George Fred. Williams, of Massachusetts; Judge Tarvin, of Kentucky; Hon. Allen W. Thurmau, of Columbus, the toast-mes tor, and a number of others prominent in State politics. The outrauco of (Jol oue: Bryan was greeted by an outburst of applause, which lasted until after he had become seated. llou. Christopher T. Callahan, of Mafcsuiiuutiotta, was iho first speaker, ro.tpbudiug to the toast "The Tssuoa. " Ho dwelt particularly upon imperial nun, trust* and free silver, as tho load JUL' issues in 1000. Judge Tarvin, o! Kentucky, responded to the toast "Party and Principle." When Colonel Bryau was was intro 'lined there was another outburst of applause that continued for several minutes. When quiet hod been re stored Colonel Bryan launched upon a discussion of the issues of tho day iu respouse Id' tho toast ' Democracy." Ho f>aid in part: "1 congratnluto iho club upon having declared in emphatic terms that there Bhall bo no retreat from tho position taken by the Democratic party in 1S9G. The Chicago platform applied Jefl'or ?oniau principles to tho question then before tho country. Sometimes we hear a suggestion that the silver plank should bo droppod orammonded, but as n rule those who threaten to get off the platform are really the porsoUB who wero never on tho platform. The money question is noithor dead nor sleeping. Every argument made in favor of an international agreement is a condem nation of tho gold standard. "The trust question is not a new one mid yet it has thrown in interest and im port an co becauso tho trusts have grown in number. - Tho Federal government must deal with tho trusts as soon as its pernicious influence extends beyond t.bo limits of tho Stato in which it is Y>'rganized. If that law is uot suflioient ho eau rccommeud laws ?which are suf ficient. The Republican party through its administration could extinguish its trusts if it desired. " The latter half of Mr. Bryan's speech iviis devoted to imperialism, with this conclusion: "Let us give to the Fil ipiuos the same assurance of independ ence that we have given to theCubans. hut us asHiiro them that w<Fxstand by them like an elder brother, and say to other nations, 'hands oft. ' Lot this re public work out its destiny." A Week to Think it Over. The Hague, By Cable. ?Tha third committee, sitting Friday morning at tbo liululon Boacb, diacuseed the fichemo for the mediation and arbitra tion convention drawn up by IheCom ito d'Kxainen. Many of the delegates have only been acquainted with the proposals sinco Thursday, and they navo not had time to consult their gov ernments. Consequently it has been decided that when tbe committee ad journs it will be until July 17, in order to al!ow tbo delegates a week in which to consult tbeir governments and re ceive final instructions. Mrs. Dickins Burned To Death. Washington, D. C., Special. - Offi cial and unofficial Washington alike woro shocked Friday by the tragic death, from an explosion of gasoline at her home, iust west of the British em . bassy, of Mrs. Marguorite Dickins, ojyv of the bent known women in social, lit erary and charitable circles in Wash ington, and wife of Capt. Francia W. Dickins, of the navy, who received the first official news of the blowing up of tbo battleship Maine, in Havana har bor. The Yellow Eever Patient*. New Yokk, Special. ?The health of ficer of this port. Dr. Doty, and his assistant, passed Thursday night at Swinburne Island, in attendance upon tha yellow fever patients of the United States transport McClellan, from San tiago, Cub*/ ' Of Miss Clendenin, whose father,. Dr. Paul Clendenin, medical officer ia Charge at Santiago, died of yellow favar after tha departure of tha MeOlellao, Dr. Doty said: "Miss Clendenin la snfferiag with a mild at tack of yellow favar,- and is improved this moraiag, having a lower tempera ture. I have every hope that she will imprava right aleag. "J 19,090 AppfkuUwjmr Ciwlisleas. ' WjLSJICfQTOF. U Or. Special. -It hat bean stated at l)wWw JI)eparlieat that almost every ofloer who served la the vol an tear army dariag tha war with Spaia aad who had beea honor ablj IBWi llfwWw pp^aewww^^^ si?a? ia the mw ****** amy aaw ha v? beea iiwlwfl at the War gjfcgBfigaas I WHfFI FK orr FOR MANIl A. Hi r vpeils to Sup (or General I an- ion and Mc Vrthur. Washinoton, D. C. , Speoial. ? Gon eral Joseph Wheeler left Washington Tuesday afternoon. on routs to tho Philippine islands. He goes via I Chicago, . Our aha. Peuver and Salt j Lake, hut a* he is fcheduled to reaoh Han Francisco on Saturday, he will , not h to p loon at any place on the way. Ho will sail for Manila on the 30th. "I have no plans of campaign," he said to an Associated Pross reporter, "and shall not kuow what I am to do until I receive my instructions from Gou. Otis. 1 should liko to have it understood," ho continued, "that I go to Mani'a in an entirely subordinate capacity. Not only (Jen. Otis, but Gen. Lawtou and MaoArthur will rank me, uud it is proper that they should, for while Gcu. Lawtou and MacArtbur veto my juniors, t hoy have beou in the iield, while 1 have not, and deserve to liavo places superior to any assignment that may bo given mo." He said ho would not resign his snst in the House. Medal Si nt to Dewey. WAsniNrtiroN, 1>. C. , Spooial. ?The 1 Navy Department has dispatched to Admiral Dowey tho medal awarded to him by act of Congress, to commemo rate tho battle of Manila bay. The ad miral's medal is identical with thoso sent to each man in the Hoot, with tho exception of 1i:b own name engraved upon tho edge. It was sent to Dispatch Agent Stevens, in London, for de livery. , - -V r Rer resentaiittt Sinjtletery Assassinated. Macon, Ga.. Special. ? A special to the Telegraph from Lacrosse, Sumter county-, sayt : "The representative of this county, Hon. Henry Siugleter3*, aged 60, was assassinated Tuesday night, while going from his 6toro to Uis house near by. The body waa Jound a half hour after the killiug. Tho head was crushed in ns if by a bludgeon. " Alabama Coal Miners Go Out on a Strike. Birmingham, Ala., Speoial. ?Tho coal miners at the Milldale Min<*s and the mines of the Standard Oil Company, at Brookvvood, Tuscaloosa county, went out on a strike Tuesday. They claim the miues are not paying the wage schedule agrood upon at tho con vention of July I. Five hundred men a'. e o fleeted by the strike. The output of the miuos is clomostic coal. The Crises Approaching. San Francisco, C'al. ^ Speoial. ? Mail advices from Guatemala confirm the reports of an approaching crises in tho Central American roj ublic. That tho dissatisfaction will lead to a revolution against tho administration of President Cabrera seeuu hardly likely, in view of the fact that there is no money in the country to orgauizo against anything approaching n formidable insurrection. Artillery Ordered to the Cape. London, By Cable. ? -The Seventy third Battery of Artillery has been or dered ta'South Africa, making the fifth battery of Geld artillery now under or ders for the Cape. All the ^in car riages of these batteries are being painted to match tho local colors. Thirty machine guns -were shipped to the Tranevaal. News Notes. i Tho annual meeting of tho managers of tho Froodman's Aid and Southern i Education .jSooiety of tho Methodist ! Mpiseopal ("Tinrch, was hold at the Methodist Book Concern, in Cincin nati, Tuesday. The English House of Lords Tues day eveniug pasaod tho second reading of tho bill requiring shop keepers to provide seats for their assistants by a rote of 73 in favor, to 28 opposed. Three months' court mourning for the death of the Czarewiteb, Grand Duke George, of liuaaia, brother of the Czar, who died Monday of con aumption, at Abbas Tuman, in the Caucasus, has been ordered. SI2J.000.000 Wbitkev Trust. Trkuton. N. J. , Special. ?The Dis tillery Company of American with an authorized capital of $125,000,000 has .?fcefta incorporated to manufacture and deal in whiskey, spirits, alcohol, gin and all distillory products and by-pro ducts. Of the oapital stock ?.55, 000,000 ia prefererred stock, with 7 per c?ot-. cumulative divideud. Alger Has Not Resigned. WAftHJNOTON, T>. C. , Special. ? It may be authoritatively Mated that re ports that (secretary Alger hat tendered hi* resignation ar? without foundation. The Secretary has taken no auoh ao tion, nor haabia resignation been aaked for. O'Brien Sacceed* President Plant. Nb^ Yonm, Special.? Ai a meeting of tbe board of directors of the Southern Express Company, held Monday, Mr. M. 3. O'Brien waa elected president, to aneceed the late Henry B. Plant. Mr. O'Brien waa formerly vice- provident Mid general manager of the company. f be Ytflew f?f*r la Cabs. Washikoton, D. C.# Special. ? 8?r geon General, mernt or* bM ru<lT?d two cablegrams from Major O'Reily, obief a^rgeon at Havana, regarding the yellew fever ntntioi. ' !? tbe firat be aaya: "Harvard, at Heatiaget teie gnpbi revised liat abowiag ISS eaaae wHb f4 drathft, inolaJfag foar oMaaia. ?eLoarbha, Cleadeni*, Fabfieaaaad Batlwoi*; aJao Su civil tea eeeee aad flr?4eatiHi. Ne^wiia earn? is laat three day*. HeaJqeeriof* erdared to ??! | nvtrioi j rb* Closing Irenes Were Very i Impressive !A VERY LARGc AT tfndance * rck'gfiihs ,-tnU Cablegrams Road in Rotli Tents - Mr. Anlr.* White's Message ? rom fh? Mapne Recei\*d A it h Storms of Af p!au*<?. ? 1'F.rnoiT, Mich., Special. - -The eigh teenth annual convention of Chris linn Cndeavor closed Monday night amid scenes of impressive sol emnity. The following telegrams and cablegrams were road in both tents, tlio rending of the cable gram from Hon. Andrew D. "White, prosidont of tho American poueo com missioners, at tho Hague, bringiug out storms of applause. "To tho American I'eace Commission, Tho Hague "The '28,000 American and Canadian Christian I ludea voters now assembled in international convention* at Detroit, represent 2,500,000 people enthusiastic for i eace und arbitration. Great poaco meet i nc hold. All wish 3 011 God-spoeil. ISiguedi "Fuacir E. Clai:ke, Pi esidout. " "John Wilms Baer, ' Secretary. " "To President Win. MeKinlj', Wash ington, IX C. : ' "Twenty-eight thousand Americau nnd Canadian Christian Endoavorors, assembled in international convention, received with hearty enthusiasm your kind message, and pray for God's rich est blessings upon you, in your adJ ministration and the great repubhe of which you are the chief magistrate." "To Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, Windsor, Kngland; "Tens of thousands of Canadian nnd American Christian Endoavorors, in international convention assembled, in Detroit rejoiee iu your long and glori ous roign and pray God's constant blessing upon you. Thousands of Eu doavorors nuxt July will cross thoocoan to convone iu Loudon 'with love and reverence in their hoarts for you." "T. Clark, President Christian En deavor, Detroit: "American commission to the pesro cojtferonce eouds sincere thanks for mossage and congratulates and all friouds of t eaoe for the great success achieved providing for a permanent tribunal or ar. itration. [Signed! "Whitk, President, "Holl.18, Secretary." I Telegrams were also read to and Ifrom the governor geueral of Cauada, liord Minto, Tho following statemont shows the attendance, as given out by Secretary Baer : "Without doubt the attendance at this convention has very much exceed ed that of any other Christian Endeav or Convention ever held, in the mat ter of those present ut the various meetingo. This estimate takes into account the great convention at Bos ton in 18'J.V That is to say, that out of the 28,000 Endeavorers registered, Tvhich is tho estimate of the reception committee. and including De troit members, there have been mere who attended meetings than at any previous time. The estimato of attendance at raeotings gives a total of 208, 500. Thirty thous and five hundred persons simultane ously attended strictly Christian En doavor meetings. Thcso figures do not include the <'><> noon evangelistic meet ings which had a total atteudauoe of 15,000, and too professed conversions. " Secretary Baer stated that the attond nnco was 2^,000. 9gaiust 50,400 at Bos ton. The closing address in Tent Willis ton was made by Bishop Johu H. Vin cent, of the Methodist .Episcopal Church. Dnet Not Intend to Resign. Ne-w York, Special. ? Ex-Oovernor W. L. Stone, of Missouri, who has been for some time the controlling figure iu the Democratic national com mittee, says that there is no truth in the reports the* Senator James K. Jones, at Arkansas, intends to resign the charmanship of the committee, and thflil Senator Martin, of Virginia, is likely to succeed him. Bryan on Pike'* Peak. ?Sr.MMiT or Tike'h Pkak, Col., Special. ? Hou. Wm. .T. Bryan cam? up Monday from Colorado Springs. The entire as cent of ibe peak was one continuous ovation, camps being deoked out in the national colors and scores of pleasure seekers from all over tlie country being liueu up along the track to cheer sil ver leader aa the train paased. At the Summit House, he received the follow ing dispatch from J. J, Diokty, super intendent of the Western Union Tele graph Company, dated at Denver: "I congratulate you upon your elevation. " Mr. Bryan aent the following reply: * 'Ibankf. We reeobod the top is aafe ty, the average grade of the road be ing one foot to sixteen. 4 Hanged Nfffe Cat Nva a ad Rc vie ved ? Ami*, ? Kan., Mpeefal. Diek Wil I llama, a negro eharged with the mur der ?if two white , men, wan lynched here Hnaday algkt by n mob of wbito | men. The mob left the negro banging I to a telegraph polo, m4 iix alintee j later bo wee cut down h# tbe toWn marahal and takes boek to tbo oonety jail, wbeso bo fee food eeeaeiownaae. Tbe ^>eo*b ie etill aliye, tat ennnot liro. , V ? t THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 1 he South. The cigar makers held a monitor mass meeting in Tampa. Fit., Monday night. Fifty of them loft Inter on tLo stoamor for Havana A directory of Durham, N just issued, j<iven the population at though 1 1)6 Herald says it it. w illing to knock off tlio odd thousands. Oov. Savors imd a corps of assistance spent an entire day working hi' behalf of flood sufferers u;> am) di wn ihe Mra/os rivoi bottoms. t he rendition i of tho rtood^u Oerera in impiovio^ verv j little.' V ? The Comptroller of theCuiroiuy has declared a "V per cont. dividond in lav.u j of the creditors cf tho Moioluuiia' \a tionul Bauk of Ooala, I'l l A drunken colored man, l.cnineit Holmes, was ruu over by an o'.Ci irio (rain on the Ocean View Hallway at Norfolk, V?. , Monday night and io^s badly loanglsd. One of Holmes' logs was amputated, and a foot, which had been partly oiu oft', mhi dressed. fctonator Bacon and Iteprosentatire 1 nWrtlett, of Georgia, callod at tho! White House Monday and presented to tho President a list of about 50 iuon from that State who are eligible under tho President's call for appointmcut as officers of the iu>w volunteer regi. ments. The North The Alleghany Coal Land Company, with a capital stock of Si 00, 000, has boon organized at Roanoke, Vr Fllyson, of Sichmond, is prosidont Lieutenunt Frauk C. Holies, .Sixth Infantry, liav boeu assigned as an aide on Gouoral Wheeler's stall, and order ed to report to tJio geuotnl at San Franoisoo. Tho report of Capt Wafkins on the stranding of the American Line stoarn- i or Pari#, lias been made public Capt, Watkins makoH no attempt to evade responsibility for the accident, but on the ooutrary, says frankly that J the straudiug of Iho >-ltip was the losnlt of of au uu accountable on or on his part. A Burlington special train from St. Louis to Los Angeles, loaded with teachers for too National Educational Convention, crashed into a freight train near Newuiau, Col., Monday. Miss Addio Harris, of St Louis, aud Mrs. Lena Thomas, of New York, wore in stantly killed. Secretary Alger is very anxious to have tho now regiments recruited as far as possible from men who served in the Stato volunteers, d> ring tho Spanish war. He has received infor mation from a number of officers in dif ferent States that if there was an op portunity afforded, probably 00 per cent, of the new regiments would be composed of these men. Of course un der the regulations the recruiting offi cers cannot discriminate between tho mon who have been in the volunteer service and thoso who have not, and men will ho onlistod an they apply, without rogard to their previous reo ?rd. - foreign. At Bavnmo, Cubu, 5,000 men are waiting payment. About 2,000 weap ons have bceu delivered to tho mayor. Aguinaldo, according to a dispatch foceived at Math-id from Manila, re fuses to libevato the Spanish military prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos. Five artilery men wore killed by the explosion of a powder magaz ne iu Magtoland, KontU. Africian Ito public. It is rumored in Paris that as a re sult of the revelation of the inhuman cruelty practiced upon Dreyfus while on Devil's Island, M. Eebon, the Min- { ister who was responsible for the orders sent to M. Daniel, while ia cbargo of the penal settlement whero Dreyfus was oonfined, will be prooeeded against, tho government not oonfining its ac tion to the dismissal of denial. Miscellaneous. Eight thousand teachers have already arrived at Los Augelen for the conven tion of the International Educational Association. . Tho following have been appointed lioutonant colonels in the new volun teers: Major .T. E Bell, Capts. Her bert il. Hurgont, .1. J. Brereton and E. II. Plummsr. The now floating dock from N??w Vork for Peit?lcola naval utation, by the government tugs Pot ??? and Pisoataque, has arrived al 1 urula. Twelve thousand teacher- s o i i at tendance at the National Educational oonventioa now in eession at Eos Angeles, Cal. Cardinal Teodolfo, Mertel, vice chancellor of the Holy Boman Church, who was raided to the cardinalate in 185^, diod 1 tic ad ay in his (18 rd year. It is reported from the Hague that Sir Julian Poncefort will retire as British ambassador to tho I'nited States. An order has been issued by the President extending the privileges and protection of the American flag to the shipping of Porto Itioo and the Philip pine*. All ships owned by residents oi tbesa islands at the time of the ex obange of tho ratification of. {he treaties are inoluded in the order. Interest in tho Shamrock's trial has been greatly increased by the aathen tio report that Emperor William is Bonding his yacht Mqteor, to partici pate in the trial spin?,vexpected to take place early next week. . Madrid, By Cable. Admiral Cer vera and the other commander s of tho Spanish fleet destroyed in the battle of Santiago, whose conduot has been the subject of inquiry by special court martial, were acquitted and formally liberated. Manganese ore production )o this connttT for the calendar -yenr 18J8, ? 16^937 long tons, *m the largest ntnee f Halea of postage stamps throughout the coaatry during tho fiscal yeai* just efeeed were largely Is exeesa .?v?r pre vious veers, eeeordiag to ofBoiel fix wee. Ther aalee of ordinary stars pa afcntste4 9,490,09^,890, with a total valaetl fee of Thie U as taeroaeo of more thee 190,000,093 in Maker, aod $2, 000,00# ia value ove. lest year. obp's iirni is m Over the Recent Death of Two Good i Old Friends ? HE PAYS A T R:BUT E TO THEM/ Simon Peter Richardson ait J llenr* P. Plant He Speaks of .is the Host '>1 vot, 1 h -? Ol.i Mu<t Pass \\?a> Simon Peter Kichardsou aud lloury H, riant, two more of my frUtuds, have fallen asleep They were ik t my near aud dear fliends, but t hv.y were frieuds to humanity "<id i am human. 1 know tin in well and whs always pleased with their presence It ?a n good sign when you are glad to j meet oven an acquaintance ? a good 1 sigu for him an?l it is a good one foi j you whou youi uuquaiutaucuti uieot \ou gladly. Simon Peter Kichnrdson min istered hero several years ami 1 wan always cheered with hid presence and learned something 1 did not know, lie was a walking educator, a mau of wit and wisdom and ofgreat philanthropy. Sometimes ho out to tho quick, but his knife was sharp aud loft no ragged edges. 1 recall au incident that illus tratod his earnest readiness to reply to a man who refused a liltlo charity to a very poor blind woman who wished to go to Atlanta to have Dr. Calhoun re move a cataract from her eye. Simon Peter vary earnestly relatod her con ditiou and her extreme poverty and paid, "Please give mo half a dollar, only half a dollar." The merchint ro plied, "No, 1 can't do it. We merchants aio bled to death bv these j country people and wo have got to j stop. T tell you, Uncle Simon, we are bled to death, you must excuse me." Simon Peter looked at him as if ho were umaZed. After a brief silence he said "Hied are you l.ot me *ho\\ j you something. He took oil his long linen duster, then unbuttoned the wristbaud on his left aim, i oiled tip the sleeve aud pointing to two little eoaro near the elbow tjaid. "A long time ago a fool doctor tried to bleed me and made thoso scire, lie missed the vein and got no blood, but the scars are there. I am afrsid that is the experience o? a~good many poo* pie who at>k a little charity for thoj poor. They get no blood tint leave a i scar. " We who saw the point smiled audi- j bly. The merchant's face reddened under tho sarcasm. Ho suddenly pulled out the money drawer and handed a dollar to tho old mau, and said: *\>ive thiB to her. I don't want auy of your scars about mo." The last ytjftr of his sojourn hero Uncle Siuion took a vacation and vis ited his old home on the Pee Dee liver, iu South Carolina. When he returned he told me exultingly of tho good time he had and about a won derful revival that occurred in his old homo church ? tho great- , est revival he said that be had witnessed for many years. "How many couverts did you take into tho church'V" said I. "Tho first week," said he. "we never took in uary one, but we turned seventeen out uu 1 purged the church. After that the Lord blessed us, aud there is many a church in this part of tho country that needs the same medicine. " Uncle Simon left his impression upon the people in every community in which he lived. Ho was an honest man, a strong man, a man of convic tions. and was perfectly fearless iu maintaining them. Woe to tho infidel or sceptic or agonistic who oucounter ed him. Woe to tho mau who d?? clined to go to church because be didn't feel tho need of religion. No doubt we have as good men now, I ul the preachers aie rare in auy denomr nation who aio his equals in convine ing and converting force. With Paul he could say, "I have fought a good fight. I have kept the faith," 'Mr. Plant's photograph is before me. What a broad, attractive, hu .nan like face ' There is noth'ng ol awe or solemnity in his feotnre? that would intimidate tho approach of the humblest of his lace. "Kiuwiifp that thou Wast an austere man" did not' apply to him. Always dignified, al<i?t?yf self-poised and <arnest, lie seemed at ! much concerned for othois as for him j Htlf. Il? was frank l)ii t curt' fill u npeech, gonial, uncomplaining an." never over IJusinefta ran a or diaup pointmcntn. Hia last letter to ue written iu February, wa? uti autogrupl and is n model of good old-fat-htonct peumannliip. T' i? a large, open, lion est hat?U without a Mot or eranure, tb< i'a all dotted, tht* t'r? all croftucd an* quotation maikf where they bhouid be. lu epeuking of hid btultli, ho an ya: "1 have been suffering, but am yet 01 deck.. and prepare*! in a moderate wax to attend to ray duties and in ?onn measure be of benefit to tho people.' I have taken note of him for noarly half a century aud know of no greatei man iu the liueof public progret-a and pnblib benefaction. Many miiliooariei have Acquired fortunes Ironi *p< oula tioo ? speculation that robbed other*. Many have built ou the foundation* that other* laid a*jd soin? have wreekec railroad* and private enterprise* 01 purpose for their own profit, but Mr. Plant marfo Lor.c*t plant* in carlj life and ha* by *!?w and sure decree expanded I and matured them. Ho haw added to values not oul of hi* own property, but to that commnoitTe* "V?d *tat?*. TTa Lai proved himself an unselfish friend to the south and won the love and admir ation of our people. Dbakeapcnrt say*/' "Ihe evil that men do live* af ter them. The gOi>d is oft interred with their bone*. " That is not alway* true. In fact, he night aa truly bate 1 ?aid. "The good that men do live* after theft." Oood deeds are like the ' etrcltbft wavoa that gently a ova to Dl. i tho ahoro wUou a stone is oust into a pool. TlleV liCVl V h>80 llil'lt Wlllllt!lK\V iho good lh.nl Mr. I'iunt has done fbr the people has u.d been buried wilh hiin, nor will ho ' r forg qton for hod orations lo ooiuo. Mut tho command i? to "Close 11 ) > ' Cloao riio old toon <i i o ami others step it. to tht'U places and tho world moves on. ' ( ! >f,o up" it heard all along tho I ? no. Friend alter friend departs, Who li?S I. i t U.St fllOUll!- ? I litre IX ! (I Dili 11 III TO of tieaib I hut has lit t l:ot o ill) (<ml , Mill A I !' i>, \tl ..,r? ( Vlislilutlnh i\\i miito nhws. ?r Jrlteil h\ a I ai log I imh Mr. (/ Mm ris Font, of Ooorgotow i\ county, mot with a fatal accident at Dirloton plantation Wednesday. Having returned from tin* iieo fields about 1*2 o'clock, ho, will) Mr. lb tSptu kuiau uu I two ncijio irten, f?-it dowu niul or thn shade of ? tree to tool olV. Mr. Kporkmau soon loft and wont to tho family dwelling, whilo on? of tho men was sent to bring a pitohor of oool water. Whilo waiting for ttio wa for. Mi. Ford remarked that ho woul 1 go into his garden and gather Rome vegetables to tako out to his summer house. ! Tho othor negro man hud Matted lor tho uegro quarters, but had gotten only a short distauoo whoa a crash caused him to look back, and ho saw Mr. Ford lying on tho ground. As ho entered tho garden goto a huge limb from a treo fcdl, striking him on tho ride of tho head and fracturing tho skull. lie was insensible, and tho two negroes tit onco notified Mr Spirk man. As quickly as possible a mearu.go was soul to tho Chi m>Jalofl Rico Co.'s store and a telephone message ?ont to town tor Dr. Hpurkmuu, who, with Dr. (soman, b ft for Hrookvillo, wheto ho hail boon taken, arriving there just as Mr. Ford hud breathed hift last , .< * ? ? Chief Pitting li jiii Shut. Hot w een !> and 10 o'clock Friday night Chief of Polieo' I >illiughain, of Anderson, wont to tho honso of Suiuiy Humphreys, ? negro suspected of sell iug liquor. Humphreys was not in, but eight quart bottles of whiskey were in a saok in the chimney. Tho chief waited f.>r tho negro, who eanio in at midnight, and quietly submitted to arrest. Whilo oil tho way t<> tho guard honso tho tiegio, who wrh carry ing tho Fark of bottler, suddenly grabbed tho obiof around tho waist. Dillingham struck him over tho head with his pistol aud Humphreys thuu attempted to turn tho weapon against tho ofiioer. In tho struggle tho chief pulled tho trigger, and tho nogro drop ped tho wi<?key aud ran. The chief dis covered that ho had shot off tho lit tle finger of his left hand, only s thread of skiu holding it on. Mood hounds wore sent for aud put on llu.n phrey'a track, but this failed to work. The pluoky chief kept up tho hunt all night, but without auccess. Two Shot on an recursion. Tho people of McOormick and com munity wore shocked and grieved to hear that Dr. Torn .Jennings had bees I shot and probably fatally wounded ou j the 4th of July excursion to Atigusta. | Tie is reported to be a little better. He , ie reported to bo a littlo better. I>r. Jenuiugs graduated iitSewanee.Toiin., j a Khort timo sinco and located there to ? practico medicine. IJc was populai J and was building up a good practice. ( A negro man by tho name of dasper Harris was shot twice on tho same ex oursion. Tho doctors say ho is fatally wounded. Ho has been taken to th< hospital in Augusta. Hot Scrap With Moonshiner*. Town Marshall (Jo* and Conntabh Lyons of Pelzer had a great mix ii| with throe moonshiners Wednesday J night. They,, undertook to capture the men and a wagon loud of liquoi near that town and succeeded in board ing the wagon. Thuu a flKbt occurred and ono or the whiskey men wat badly wounded. Mr. Cox had hit aim broken and the others were more or less battered. Tho moouRhinert succeeded in getting awuy with th< team and fill gallons of liquor. 411 - Work on CheMcrfield ami Kershaw. Work in earnest linn begun on tb? Chostorliold and Kershaw railroad. A Iar#e forco Ijun begun cutting th< right of way out, and other work will commence at once. A large lot n: mules have arrived and quitb a num ber of contractors and workmen. A meeting of tbo stockholders of thi road has been called for July KHfc, tc bo held in Chtraw. Husinesa of im portance will lio tiansacted at thii meeting ( 'ongressrnan Nortr>?^,iroccnti,v had ? conference ?ilh President McKinley ubuut array Bppointnjeuts. A? a result, ti ?> hftyn Col. Henry T. Thompson, lat? of the Second regiraont, will receive an appointment in one of ihe regiments to be raised. This Htate is to bare ? lieutenancy, aud this appointment is to bo given to Mr. Bristow, Mr. Wood* or Davis, eaoh of whom were oAoera io tbe Becoud regiment. OreenTille get* another atrong en terprise Tbe Carling Hopply oom pany, which baa been organized, will locate in that ejty on account of ill proximity to the larger portion of the cotton mills of tbe State. k oirvr* "" "???? ? 1 ?? ?? ? WAa*5<Jf<5?C^*>r C., Hpeciab ?The first batch of cletae against the Unite* fttatea gover nmenf oa aecoant of dam ages sustatfwd by rcakUtU of Wa*na thrwagk thb boaUrdaMK^kf Ike sop* bleed BflQah aad Aanrlaaa aaral fax?*, htm Dai of all m. * IWHi RECRUITING Illf REGIMENTS Then Will He No Delay In th^ Work ? ? NEW MEN 10 BE ORGANIZED -+ ln|o Recruiting yqmp.mies and Made ln(r? SolJters at Ongp lach Colonel to Bft Made Chief Recruiting Otfker for His Regiment Wasiiimuon, D. C. , Kpooial. Tho details for i It o recruiting of tho volunteer regiments nro being ar ranged by the colouo'a of the leguuents and officers of tho War Department I'be lecruitlng will be conducted so t h n ! tho now mou may ho organized into couipaniea ami made Into soldiers very soon, Kaoh oolouol is chief rccruitinc oflloor for his regi meut, fin will at first send a uou -com missioned oiHcor to tho ditYereut towua in hia district, where recruiting ata tlons are to he established, to post no ticoa and advertise tho coming of the recruiting party, Thero will ho several of these non-com missioned officer* and several rocuriting parties, so that tho entiro district will ho covered. Aa soon as a squad is onlisted at any uno place it will ho rout at ouoe to tho regimou tal headquarter a, whero dnlling will hosiu aud company formation bo pro ceeded with. MoRt of tho officors for the difforeut regiments probably will he coiumissioudod and roady for aor ? vice before tho enlisted men bogin to arrivo. 0 Tho authorities believe that tho reg unouts will rooii bo raised. that there are rIiot', ?mohk? men leauylpisod to till all quotas in the logular army, and that the quotas will ho complete when the recruiting for tho new regimontsbo gins, next w.ek. In addition to tho re 1 entiling p,ut:es, which will bo Rent out by tho regimental coin mandore, the stations whero recrutta are eulieted from tho regular at m^r, willreceivo mon for tho new regimenta. Tho Adjutant Clotieral of tho army Saturday night gave out tho following: "i ho Serrotrry of War Saturday gave instructions by tolegraph, confirming inntructioue previously given by mall to rocruitiug officors throughout the couutry, to begin recruiting for the volunteer* on Monday, As fast as en- ; ? listed, the mon will be Rent uuder In structiouaValroady published to th? rendezvous designated for therogiment to which tliev aro aasipnod. " Ind.aior "I'. ate jubilee." Detroit, Mich., Speoal.? A deoid Iv Anglo Saxon aspect waa imparted to the speeches at tho (Tirintian Endeavor "peaco jubilee, " held on Hollo Isle Saturday afteruoon. All tho speakers wcro representatives of Engliah-speak iuf? countrios, Ainorican and British, and all Rontimonts favored friendship and closer relations between Great Britain and the United Statoa and were heartily cheered. Wot weather during the day interfered with tho oxeroisea, hut when tho sun broko out late in the day, soveral thousand persons had grouped about the Bpeaker'n stand. Fewest f aitHres in 2H Years. H. O. Dunn ArCo.s. Wookly Review of Trade published , on Saturday sayi that for the second quarter of 1899 the numqer of business failures was th? smallest known for 20 years. -The av 6i age per failure, 81,672, was the small est over recorded for any quartor. Twcntv Cijfar Paciories Clnjed. Jackson vi i,i>b, Fla. , Special. ? A special to Tho Times-Union and Citizen from Tampa says: "A general lock out of tho cigar makora occurred heri Saturday aftornoon. Four thousand people are thrown out of emplo3-men1 by thia notion of the leading factories of the city. It means -ibat fully SSO.OOC weekly will be withdrawn from oircala t ion while 1:0 lock out lasts. yjfled Arms Seiied. V ADRtr* By Cable. Tho prefeot ol N srre announces the seizure of four ca a of arms smuggled from Franoe for the use of the Carlisip. Brief Mention. Kov. Dr. E. Y. MuIIIjs, of Newton Centre, Mass., ban accepted, the* ftoeei deucy of tho Southern Baptist Theo logical Sominary, at Louisville, Ky. Assistont Secretary Spalding has de* cided that animals imported in bond for exhibition purposes under tbe act of 18D7 may be exported at a port other %han that of importation. Tbe cbeeqnies of Bishop John P. Ifewman, of tbe Methodist Episcopal' elmrcb took place in Saratoga Saturday r.nd tbe remains were conveyed to Me dian icsville, Saratoga county, for in terment. At Pretoria Saturday, after an all day eecret assiiov, tbe Volksraad appointed a committee of five to draft a (rsiebto* reform bill. 1 be government proposal* eompriiee revieion of tha regi at ration act^nd rrd^ide for the Uittaudera 6b tiinra^vtlM mnehiw by nine y tare* residency or flv^ years after- tkp tew tskes fore*. _il they have been seven year* ip the rtpnblia ^ Tbe sever#, i . ?! rented drooght in eonthero Jamaica is cansrng viis *pfeA4diatreas nd itsra.? Tk* failiwg water enpply of Kii aTratf aiTmsaToT Tfie ioarelsily. 'ike cuAm, corn, ttsns an almoat it t co desurnetioB sf Us native* pToviren ?rot-* ie eeasiag n /oasiae. < ^ Hl<la?iwi k Ih>m *r? ecekiag relief in Aetretkk kMiimMd by Week <1 ? kr* fki nM v** !