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VOLUME XI. TAMDKN, S? C., FRIDAY. DKCKM BKI' 11 WOO. NO. 19. ^ 1 MR. CLAY SPEAKS --?? ?*& Addresses the Senate on the Subsid) ' > ' ? Bill. JAXINO ONE TO SUPPORT ANOTIIKR Tho tla/lng of Cadets ?t West Point Stirs Up Lively Debate In tlif Mouse. JT1R SENATE. Fourth Day.?The Senato trans. actQil no by^lpesH of Importance in open session. Throughout almost the entiro afternoon it was In execu tive session. Tho Ship Subsidy Hill ? thevotore- no consideration. Mr. Hoar presented u resolution ol HigJdjisaachuatstla trr the purchase by the United Slates government o( Temple Faryi an-J Mooro House at YorktownyVa. Mr. Martin (Jyty^fK$??3scd giatlfl i?-?4 th?^^.v'.et had met with P^^tusetts, and said a bill |ntcd at an early day #'y out tne purposo ;.Y presented the credon . O. Bacon, his colleague [the Senato for a term of |nning March 4th, 1001. led. Mont.) gave notice that ixt ho would call up the tion relating to the eon iv scat in tho Senate, A. Clark and Martin hen. at 12:40 p. m., on Lodge (Mass.), went lession and at 4:30 p. Jo Senate committee .rp continued its heai ti-cantcen provision of hearing in addition to ?rt speeches In advo iiaion, a protest agaiiiot Miller, who served 1 i army chaplain in the of New' Jersey, ap jolition of tho canteen inula. Baying that it i eounndeP not only their time, but their ,Mrs. Kells, of Missls o mothers of the sol all of them favored the liquor traffic, he Senate spent al executive session ay-Puiinc; foto treaty, r six speeches made lab orated somewhat S"*. of th, ClaytW^lwer^eafy.. Ho took i;:suo with .Senator Teher as to the purport ? sf tho first clause~of that treaty, claim ing that it only applied to Great ?rl tain's right to fortify the Nicaragua Oanal, ita^'f. Senator Teller replied ?t Home U fetli, asserting that tho pro ' vision was of more general import * ~ ance, as, he said, any one could ns ^ *or himself by. reading Preil Bfeiiixhanan's views upon the sub (V^^Hnahe was minister to F$ngiand. K-j^l PrDay?The first speech in op T position to the ship subsidy bill in tho \ Bon,tto was delivered by Mr. Clay, of Georgia. He 1-s one of me minority mother? of the eom-mitftce on com morce, which conducted the hearings on tho measure, and reported ? -to'ths Senato. Mr. Hanna, who expcctato re l~pJy^to Mr. Clay's argument, i particularly attentive hcarifig. .. In the early u?art Of the /session a lively, colloquylwas precipitated over ---the rofwenco the Great oleomargarine bill, Just passed by the i .House of Repreeontatives. It finally LJvent to tho committee on agriculture. 'Forty-five pennon bills were pussed. Mr_.:ClayTaffloorgia, was-the** recog nized. He contended that the promo tion of cownercc and tho Increasing of foreign trade of the United States, | vtw j jgg-the~gggt: ISSgSftaftl wbj<*^8 ot' tho pending measure, would not follow Hs onactinenL/??*=:.* one definite thing tbat known was that It would take ftodxthe Troasury or the United -^",000 a year for a period of donate that vast sum to ehfajowners carrying the foreign this "eoujjyy. olhter ''one roan's business Is Tto be Utld in order to advnnce and , morE profitable the private m ip? another citizen." Mr. clay trpon an analysis of the pend .tMnf He p^illv>Aa out that 80 nut amount was paid owners ot oc greater speed,. regardless of ,rriera, is only one rfnd a hall be given vessels up to 12 wiW& ?wr .great i Is only one and k hair tottr while the- sutiaUly ; steamer, which carries ?sis ?n'l thrse and eight-tenth* 21-knot ski*." Thus o6ntenffsdrtnat the resHy oari W the would receive <me-tWrd of ft*t w what he publicans for the hill, and Mr. McCaU of Massachusetts, with the Demot-rah against It. Otherwise It was a strict party vote. The passage of this bill was the on!> matter of importance disposed of by th< 1 louse beforo'adjournment. Sixth Day.?Under a special order adopted at tile iiUit dcsiiiour ?b?* h?m*t i devoted to-day after 1 o'clock to pay lug tributo to the memory of the lat? Rnp resentnttve Alfred Charmer, o Pennsylvania. When the house met bill was passed to Include cherries m the list of fruits from which brand} can be distilled under section 3255 (-1 the revised statutes. At the conclu sion of the eulogies thu^ousc, as hi additional mark of respeW; adjourned. Seventh Day.?The first of the grcn supply bill, tho executive, legislativ* and judicial appropriation bills, w.i called In tho House In record time, l'hi bill carries $24,449,303 and has IS: pagvU, but. there was lc'<s than I- i mjntitrs debate upon it. Mr. Blnglfain ?of Pennsylvania, who was in charge o the Ylouso for the confidence shown it the appropriations committe?. l! re quired about throe bonis for the clerl to read tho bill. No other business was transacted. The bill was read foi amendment under tho flve-mlnute ru;e Mr. Bingham said that both p.trties ii the. recent, campaign pledged them selves to economy and retrenchment The pending bill was a stop in that di reel ion. > Mr. Robinson, of Indiana. that clerltp in tbe government set-Vic outside of Washington did not receiv? the same leuve priviiigts receclvid l>> those here, and he thought the unjusi discrimination against the formei should cease. Only one amendment, minor one, was. adopted and the biil was then passed. At 3:10 p. m., tlu House adjourned. Eighth Day?The debate on (he wai rovenuo reduction bill opened in th< House and was confined to speeches by Mr. Payne, of Now York, chalrmai of the ways and means committee, ot behalf of the majority, and Mr Swanson, of Virginia, on behalf of tin minority. The speaker Appointed the follow ing committee to investigate the death of Cadet Booz. at West Point. Messrs Marsh, Republican, of Illinois, cnalr man; Wagner, Republican, of Penn sylvania; Smith, Repuuiican, o- lowaj Driggs, ,Democrat, of New York, anr, Clayton, Democrat, of New Yort^, A tfilxstltute resolution was reported m>m tho military affairs committee re questing the Secretary of War to re port tho result of the investigation lie is now making of the Poo?, case to fhe House of Representatives, togother with such recommendaiions as he may see fit to make. Mr. DrigRS. of New York, the authoi of tho original resolution, protested vigorously against the adoption of the substituto resolution, as It did not in elude provisions for an investigation of the geneial subject of baaing at West Point with a view to putting a perma nont stop to such practiccs. Ho declar ed that the practice of infamously haz ing "plebes" at West Point was noto rious. He cited the case of Whkaker, who w?? hazed In 1880 and whose case led to a oongveasiona- inv??UgatW>i?r Mr. Drigga declared that he would he in favor of abolishing the Academy il these brutal practices could not be stopped. (Applause). Mr. Wagner, of Pennsylvania, who i appointed Cadet Booz, insisted on a 1 congressional investigation. The giost outrage known to have been commit ted at the Academy in tho past, he zeald, Uad aroused tho conviction that tho^nicers of the Academy and oi the -afmy were so Jealous of the fair name* of tho Academy that they guarded it as indiscreetly as the officers al .Franc* did in tho' Dreyfus case. Only a con gression invostiga?on would bring out the facts and lead to action which would forever prevent hazing in the fu ture. Mr. "Wagner had read a lettei from an official of the town of Bristol where Booz resided, which testified tc tho young man's high standing, phys ically, mentAlly and .morally, which re cited the charges of brutal treatment and which*called for an investigation. Mr. Clayton, of New York, a gradu ate of West Point, t>aid the Academy fears no investigation. "The son of a washerwoman and of a millionaire ar? on the same fooling wM%n they enter the Academy." From his porsona! ex perience Mr. Clayton said he knew that the reports of halting were terribly exaggerated. HARVESTING. A lllllQ glii and lior aunt wont for (i AvtUk out on Union street tin? other Jnv^and as they walked the aunt ^flight. her Kkfrt on the sharp edge of ner shoe'liceJ ami tore off several Inches of law. "Won't you tear it off for me, dear?" *he asked. "i cannot mend ft nOw." The accommodating Jjttle girl <lra[>pedr~on Iierkhoe and for several minute* tfcffiT-frfc a sound na of tear ing goods-really much more tearing ?{tftti was necejwary to remove a piece of lace only half an Inch wide. "Haven't you finished yet?" finally ashed tb?4Mwtr?? ~ ?tha. JttUa ? girl, rising wcurllf , M1 WM ?*ktf?fr aif tht* off. I wanted enottgh t6r my doll's skirt while I' was at It, and. thaJWde Jilt? you totaL.'mmldre J. L. M.< Ik'ltV DEAD. A Splendid Pi y?ical Mafi ^ffees Down, FOUGHT BRAVIil.Y AGAINST DF.AT4, A Remarkable Career Haded In tli>> iPrlnio of Life ?* Mis I.lie and ?Vork. LiCV&ns. Special..?tjeto. John L. M. Irby, former United Hates Senator, prominent Hwyer and distinguished citiv.cn of tliia county aud S:atn, died at ills homo in thh< vlty, aged 4tf yertrs iUid u months. The end came Sunday morning a< X O'clock afU'J. ua i>LL**oJf.'*f' t-asfc.* irVas known tluveral days ago that hi* condition waa extremely criti cal and woveiy very doub.ful. s-1 i51 the announcement of his death was a nho -k to a majority In thin section and is the occasion of manifest expressions of sympathy and regret. Col. Irby was ?; man of remarkable lino physical devel opment and battled against the deadly inroads with all the tenacity of his b v iiiK but he had to yield to the griiu monster. , John T?aureus Manning Irby was but 46 years,.old, having boeu born in Lau rens, Sept. 10, 1Sr>4. Ills father was Col. James II. Irby, a distinguished South EX SKKATQlt J. I.. M IHJiY, Carolinian, who for years represented Laurens county in U?m ?State senate an?! was later lieutenant governor, at tli'f time Jolin L. Manning -was governor. On account of the friendship of these two, the lieutenant governor named his son for Gov. Manning. The younger Irby's mother was MIkh Henrietta Earle, a daughter oL another distin guished South Carolina family. Sena tor Irby was thus a near relative of his successor in-the United States Senate the late Judge Joseph II. Earle. Roih of tfcese who immediately Bncc.eerieri Wa<f^ Hampton ' have passed away white the grand old Confederate chief tain survives them. Sena-tor Irby spent his boyhood at the old Irby homestead in Lauren*. The deceased was a man of superior education as weU'jaji-*^ keen judgment and strong intellect. He was prepared for college at the local schools and af terwards attended the University of Virginia and Princeton. ' In 1876, a memorable year in Stflte, his-tory, h was admitted to the bar after reading law uii'ler Hernry M'cf^er of Cheraw.lhc present chief justiee of the supreme court of South Carolina, and Joshua H. Hudson, ex-Judge. . ' His first venture In the pra-.'tiee of law wus in the city of Laurens with W. J/. Cri'Hv. Esq., as -his pHrtii?*r. Late* was associated with Joscpli T. John-, eon. congressman elect. Young Irh/ eriteredr with eVt}?*l**tri!nto the caiiipKTgn whlcnoroke down the rule of the robber hrfrtms of t)ie radical p ?r ty and placed wa'de^Hampton at the bead of the State government. He was a lieutenant colonel on Gov. Hamp ton'*) staff. In 1878 he practically g**ve-up the-law to look after his ex tensive farming inter'eat. Irby took no active part in State pol ities until 1886 when he was elected to the house. This was at a seaon of po Uieal tllequ (etude. Cfto*? B. R. Tillman having the summer before sowed i :.?< seeds of discord In hi?~,jpemorable spcech at IJennettsvllle. In fS?8 Irby was returned to the house, and again In 1890. His political career may b? said to date from that lattpr year. For it. was then that the refoi*n movement was inaugurated and with^pl Irby it could not have been as successful aa it was. . He was the motive power in the March convention oHSflO which nomi nated Tillman for governor. A biographer In writing of Tulg period orhla life says: "All the forces which contributed to fhia political upheaval were $on<Atrated at lfce March con vention! ^ fals cnfaventlon was a prac tical declaration of war upon existing political Institution*. ^sgverythln* that could secure sttc Wd WM prweot wid all that w&a neoded wm that all the ale wale aheuld be fused crystal ixed, It van at (he most critical mothwt in the proceed inn of the March conrvatton that Irby flrot appeared as a matter of fact and organiser of victor*. Ins that ??l?H#i ,w#t the con* cation. H- hat --.jn. J * m' C?j broken ranks which were pra 11 vailv cloft'd Ami reorganize I l?y him moved in from that day to the overwhelming victory In November. Had there been no movement, there might liuv,> ho"u no Trhy. but had there boon no Trhv If Is equally true that there would have ilCJLU iiu organic "Ion." Ho made hlo maiden political spee,li 'n the I'nited States Senate during tiro lebate on the repeal of the purchasing ?'fiuVe of the Sherman law. He op ?josed thq position taken h.v President Cleveland nnd his cabinet on the silver Nem\ In the tat iff light he twice hold the balance of power, and though di* approving of some features of tha measure, he voted with the Democrat? iO save them from ignominious defeat. When Congressmen Latimer and Strait were blacklisted and, classed a* Populists by the postofllCe department. Senator Irby made a stfiMto;! defenco 5f them before William HtUilguell. post master general aud hud tjiow rqgtorai, lo tholr rights as Democrat, irby way but 3(5 years old,when ho took his se;it 7ii*nio'VniTou rf-?tAtSemite on tfii same day that W. J. Hryan was sworn Into the house of representatives, and like Hryan, he was an advocate of the free coinage of silver. In 1 Si?2 he wvs fi delegate at Inrge to the national Democratic convention at. Chicago, which nominated CJrover Cleveland for president. Sonator Irby was a member of the constitutional convention In ISO.".. There, as in the State legislature, lie declined to take purl In partisan and foolhardy legi-dtttion, and was engaged jt times In spirited debates with other leaders in that body. It was his fito to cause the displeasure of Senator Tillmah, and In 189ti ho did not stand fop--wwolectlon. In the summer of that year, there was a heated campaign betwwen Oov. John Gary Evans, Judgo Joseph II, Earle and Mr. John T. Duncan. Judno Karle won the nomination ijj the pal mary. but had. hardly taken his sp'at when ho was cut down by death, and a careor of usefulness ended and a llfq full of promise fell short of Its possi bilities. John T>. McLaurln, congress man from tho Sixth district, was ap pointed by Gov. Kllerbtx to temporari ly supply the.vacancy causod by Sen ator ICarle's death. An election was held. Evans was again a candidate, ah was McLaurin. Irby this time became a candidate, but ho lost and McLaurin was chosen. " . | This was jrby's first acknowledged political defenf. and ho then retired to the practice of law at I/iureni. About four years ago he became in terested in the ancient order of Mason ry nnd at the time of his death was high priest of Rising Sun chapter. No. 0, Ko.val Arch Masons, of Laurens. It was his purpose to go higher in Ma sonry. He was interested In a number of .en terprises in Lnurens an<1 was a whole souled public spirited man. In that community he w?us personally very popular, having a magnetic charm | which brought friends to him and his fidelity toward others kept his friends truo to himself. A friend In writing! of him several years ago said: "The salient characteristics of Irby aje a keen and clear insight into men and measures and the ability to take a conyjreTiensive view 9f a situation or ?in. emergency. Although of an impet uous nature, he is cool and deliberate In tho fam of danger. His sagacity nnd prudence in political emergencies, hie unswerving devotion to Tillman and tho cause. and his ability as a speaker have qualified him both as a cabinet officer and a field marshal. His advice around the. counsel board Is always heeded, and his victories in the field speak their own praises." , Senator Irby married Miss Nannie Macfarland. of Chcraw, a woman or, much grace and loveliness of charac tei^and of raro physical beauty. To tfieni seven children were horn, five sons "and two daughters. The oldest son, Mr. W. C. Irby, is principal of the ,l?auiej)a graded school* Miss Julia, the olde 5>rtaughter. attended school at the IJrsulline T'onvent in this city and afterwards breamjv a trA'Tic-d nnrse. She 1r now devoting her life minister ing to the sick and suffering and Is ?3e V>ved by njany friends over the Statu LABOR WORLD. 17 Spain threatened with n strik**^! sclioolmnsters. Seventy-five motor vehicle drivers o; Chicago have organized n union. Rending (Ponn.) Councils have llxe< T>nrk laborers* wagPfTflt ?l.i50 per duj of eight hours. Onc-fonrtli of the laboring populn tlon of Colorado- Is said to belong t? lahor organisations. Hallway workers In Denmark hav made n demand for a ten-hour da; and an lncreaKc of wages. Several hundred inen have been add ed to the ntrlking forces In the build lug trader* at T?m?>;*, Flu. The Itnrgcss Steel ''tfwd Iron Works nt i*ortFTnoTitTi. Ohio, will be ~ closed throwing 800 men ont of employment I A call has been Issued for the an mini convention of the United Mini Workefs of America to he held at Iu dln{yyp>li* on January 21 next. A movement hns been ntnrteAJn Now York City to"organize a labor union of ?eryaftt* to secure better treatment, nhorttr hwn wnd recreation "for dont estics. 4' The National Executive Board of tbe DpJted Mine Worker* ordered that th* aewnlemtfat of twentjr-lWe cents a for the support I 0f __ Striker* WJU* November. \ ^ ^TBe Pennsylvania Knglneer^^ Com JiMMiatk, Pesa^kaa an state oJ TREATY RELATIONS. President McKiniey Transmits Trea ties to Senate. RECENT RECIPROCITY AliRI EMLNiS Measures by Which the Diiu'.ly Taiill Will Not Be liuforccd Against Cer tain (lovei nnients. Washington. 1>. C, Special. 'nxy] President has sent, to iIn' Senate a number of treaties with (Sroat Hrlia'.u. extending for a vrnr the time fur Hit; ratification of tin' recipfo it> trea.ie* affecting tho British \NVsj UuUan pvv n ?vwRtatis/ wTkit-V\ ^Y'ri'o* sent "to tile Sen ate Inst session hut failed of ratifica tion. lie also has forwarded re. iprobi ty treaties with Ni nragna. Weuador, tho Dominican Kopublie an I tho gov ermuent of Denmark, tho la -1 naineii affecting the Island of St. lYoix only. The reciprocity treaty, with Nk-Jferugaa was sinned October 20, 180i>, but for pome reason was not transmitied to tho Senate until the "?tl? of the pres ent. month. It provide-." for a reduc tion of 20 per cent, from the rates of the Dingloy tariff act on the following articles brought into -the United States from Nicaragua: (Jane sugar, not above No. lfi Dutch standard; molases, hides of cattle and of other animals except sheep with the wool on; indigo, toffee, bananas, rubber, crude; mahogany i?i the 16k ei' rough hewn. Nicaragua agrees to admit the fol lowing articles free of duty: Llvo animals, grains, including whoat, corn, etc.; agricultural seeds, live plants, corn meal, starch, all vegetables and fruits, hay and other forage, cotton seed oil. tar and turpentine, asphalt, quicksilver, trbal, fertilizers, lime and cement, wood and lumber, marble, ni;i,s chinyry, agricultural Implements, Wag ons anil cftius railroad and structural iron and steel fence wire, motor.*, forge.1?, water pumps, hose, sledge hammers, iron piping and lightning rods, galvanized iron roofs, printing materials, hooks, pamphlets, etc., sur gical and mathematical in. truiuents, boats (jf all kinds, gold and silver bul lion, bars or coin. There is to be u re duction of 20 per cent, upon the Nica raguan duty on American cheap wines and flour and wheat. Tho Ecuador treaty provides for the free admission of tho following pro ducts of that country into the United Stales: Hides and skins of all ani mals except those of men: cattle and of bheep with the wool on; coffee, cot ton and eto'iton waste; cocoa,. crude; India rubber, etude.;.- Peruvian bark, hat reeds, ivory nuts. On the follow ing Ecuadorian articles tho United States grants a reduction of 20 per cent, in duties: Cane sugar, not above No. lti Dutch standard, hides of moat caittle, straw hats, leaf tobacco. Reci procity the following articles of Unit ed Stat.03 origin are to he admitted to Ecuador free: AgricuititAi) Implo ments and machinery of nil* kinds; machines for manufacturing purposes, locomotives, cars and materials for the construction and equipment of railroads, iron in pigs or bar*, copper, lead, and zinc in heavy bais, coal, bran and maize, cheap winor, preserved fruits, oil, cake and oil meal, preserv ed salmon. fK 20 per cent, redtuftion is grunted bv' hkniador on tbc following American ~?rMc\cs: Sowing macblnen, wheal, flour. High-priced wires, timber and lumber, cotton seed oil. Case Against Oil Trust Dlsftilssctl Gobi tubus, O., Spcclul.?The Supreme Court i-Tuesday dismissed theptoceed ings brought by former Attorney (Jeu eral Monctt. charging that the corrrpa ny wtw In-owitempt of court tor having failed uo comply with an order issued In 1892 directing a dissolution of tho Standard Oil trust, on -the ground that Its existence was ngilnst public poli cy. Tho six membeis of the court di vided fcOU.il lv. ? iinglisli War Funds Votcd>-? London, By Cablo.?Whrj* the House of Commons went into/Committee at the supply, Wm. St. John Brodrick,-the SpL'retary of State for \Var. introduced the nupplenicnlary estimates of 10, 000,000 pounds ($80,000,000) for tho army, lie admtttoJ tho government's expectations had not been ovcr-saii gulnc and it is anticipated that-the-ex penditure to March 31 would be little shoft of the outlay th# government had Imefr ensuring during the why>ic;4ltwr? cfa year. He said that tbtf govern ment's "policy was to pursue thb war -with the strongest possible force and a continuous streum of supplies 90 that peace may the more quickly be achiev rhe Battle Continues. ^London, By Oibl?.^tb? Kreolof AUnttard My* the battle between Gen, Knox and Geo? D*>wet continue andf tta* t&? f*s<eee ehasss* luce* aaatly. Lack of definite Information tat trftroted to tint atwence or tela graphic eoBwanaioation wttfc ttoa I'KliACIIIRS AT uRIT:NVV001). /taplljst Ministers It >'il Into osthig Convention tlTVMY\W? k). "?p Mu 1 The rfniltIt Car olina Haptist M in i.sIimb' eonfereneo iu? t vhero in Mie Haptlat eliureli Thurs day ??Wiling a. 7 i!" o'eloeK A ft or do vohtniul cxi ioist . thf eonf*reneo was railed to order l>v the VA'1 modera tor. llev. .1 S Jordan. In a good spi'i'-i h Uev. Mr. A .1 S. Thomas noiat ir.ttod |{o.v It. |<\ Corley for president, uiid ho was cl.rtcd. Mr. Corley is Uio oldest in.in atid id.lost, pastor in the Maptist ministry of South Carolina. TIioukIi pas SO years of titfo he is rtlll in at live worker and vigorous thinker, lie s.iy s In- h"M not laid liiin elf on I ho ulitif ;uid will allow nu ono t?lh? u> do ? so. Kev. J. A. lirown of Mint Wi??t was ,^lei.tvd.>Aji rriai y. . - J % . ? v ? ? ? % I 1 \Vv> of Iho topivH on Ino prograinmo <j wore dlfceiissed at IhiH session: "Tho l> votinunl Kl^iiient in the I'astor's Lift'." vjiid 'The lOvaiiKilist as a Knot or | In ('int.i li Idfe." Speoehos wore niado i.y Ut'vs. Uuiyston, .1 1>. 1'ltts, K. \V. ! .Santiers, J. I?. I'arrott and 1*\ C. Hick- I t.Dii. I SKCONU DAY S KI'SSlON. The 1 t>ii^t puslois conference was addressed at 11:15 a. m. by a colored preacher, l{?? v. Kid ward .Stark, who was Introduced to the body by Mi'. VV. 1<. Hurst. 11 o was born in Hanovyr county. \'a.. August 1X, 1800. The conference a rote in a body to welcome the itlil man. and Invited him . to tho rostrum to address them. On motion of Mr. I10. Campbell a collection \w;?i taken for tho old man, which was, p ud to him by Dr. C. C. Drown, president of tho board of aged ministers. Tho collccUon amounud to $117.ir?. Row (JtiX. (Jardner, 1) D., opened the topic. "The Sway of New Testament Principles Over 'the PrcBPUt Trend of Religious Thought." l>r. (lartlner in one of the strong men In tho llaptist ranks, ami made on bin subject a thoughtful, skillful speech. This speech won so good and satisfactory th it it was moved to pass to the next sub jtei, which was "Missionary Trl uiujaUx," to*bo opened by Hov. \V. S. Dorsrtt, of Sunvmervilln. Mr. Doraott is recognized am<>ng his brethren as a diligent, thoughtful student, and a pol ished writer and speaker. All these fully characterized the line paper ho rend before the conference, showing clearly wonderfull work done in spreading and extending the gospel In the world in the present century. An other paper on the same topic was read by Rev. .1. IS. McManaway. The confrnjjico adjourned at l:lf?. being led' In prater by the colored brother, Rev. 1*1 warn Stark. Friday afternoon lin ished ithe work of the Pastors' con ference, ?A)d delegates and visi tors are 11 rapidly the large beau tiful auditorium and Sunday school room of tho llaplist church. Among the arrivals for the convention to night are Dr. A. P. Montague, prcsl dent iof Funnan university; Dr. T. M. Pulley. corresponding secretary of -Stato miaUous; Dr. E. IS. Uowur, as sistant corresponding Secretnry of for eign missions; Dr. W. D. Rico presi dent of (lie convention, and Dr. W. C. Lindsay, ef Columbia, who Is to preach t,ho convention sermon. At 7:.17 President Rico called tho J 'Hcipslst State convention to order and j announced that the convention sermon i would be profiled by the appointee. Dr. W. C. Undsiy. On the pulpit with the preacher \\<*ie Rev. R. M. l<ldo, of Darlington, nu? ? Dr. K. J. Forester* pa*; tor of the church. . J / Tho text for the Ecrmoty'jvaa !yia.t tv?w 10:10. "I give nijto thtfa tTfr> keys or HI"* kingdom of heaven." Tho preaWher said that tho simple meaning of thf^o words is that Christ left IIH work m_thtt,-?rfili<i1s of His servsnts. So the early"Christians uudtrrstemd Hitn and worKfd aerordlngly, unlocking the kingdom to the world. And for three hundred years, they kept the l(ey? bright, unlocking the kingdom, and the result of It was (hey conquered an empire. This Was the missions of these early Christians. All there earl iest Christians wero preacher^. , *-* Then there came a period of decline, Two causes oprrtilwl to Iwing Vbottt tbia fail. 1. The rising up of'a dis trict preaching class, .which caused the g "eat numbers of the followers of the Lord to feel that they had little or nothing to do. 2. The rise ot^the rttl?" t:*ro idea. He woul 1 not be under stood to depreciate culture, but it is secondary and must be kept swoitd. Physical, mental, moral, elhica^f and ac-it helical culture, all fall to make a Christian. It must be Christ In the heart Hrst. Men are putting their money by the fhllllons iiito educa tional institutions and blooding tho great work of mts-iions 6/ -Jesus Christ .almost of the syncope. This wra -ft tennon of ..fQWSn, and TOOft appropriate for the l#ginning of ?^i.i mi'ntlnc of the convention. One ' year ago tho convention rwolvcil .to make this a special missionary moot ing. Tho sermon was considerably more than an hour long, but tho Inter pol of tho congregation did not fag In tho least, nor. did the fervor of jho preacher All. After tho seronon, Rev. Dr. 0. P. ETrvin called the Hot"of dele sates. Tho following officers wer* elected: Rot. W./D. Rice, D.D., of Denmark, wm elected president^ Dr. ja&ei Mcintosh. Of <rst ?Too preirdofiT, Rot. CiTTIrrfDfc W A ILamrlaJc. VlUtW HW rrmt th.1t f'? pons tiuilest rot* H ."St. Tlu? s k o. p t i o stinds on his head and s.iys, "rioo m? hold up the world." I hore nro two ft*\v fiinilhrt whoro Mm I ha hoa a" ihanco to ho on /l ou.-t of Mary. Soino methods of iMiH tig money for RAM'S HORN BLASTS. churches are sueie-sful only In raising imimtnon. Iteligion is a reality, not a rhapsody, | .Spirituality in not a matter of spirTrs. It Is always easier to light the shad ed- v. ?.tc 5 - f one.. The devil >-ays, "Vo i may control ! tho wheels; only let me manage the kliiK-brlt.'1 No man h:is the right. to any, "I have got to live;" lie must live t> Bay, "I h ive got to do right " Higotry places opinion before truth. Innocence may lie hut ignorance, but virtue wins victory after strife. lie who fi:ek? to Warm his hansds at the lire of lust will barn "his whol? hody. Win n a man hlcshts for hard drink ing the effort conc,\nt rates itsfclf in the ' middle of the face. Don't make nu-nl of your seed corn. It i? a guod Ut 11 ea -icr to doir.on-r fitralo that men may Ufcoume monkeya than that monkeys have become men. Evidenco of It, ' U h\ do you say he is a man of !in? atieiieo, fortitude ami endurance?" 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