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VOLUME XIV CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL to, 1903 HEAD Olf CHRIST. H. Hofmnnn, 1S24. THE FESTIVAL OF EASTER WHY AND WHEN WE OBSERVE IT ASTER Day, from which all others are ?eckoned, is al ^ ways the llrst Sunday after the lkst-Xuil ?>oou happens ( v next after the One and Twentieth (21atl day of March, and If the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easier . DiULiS.tlifi J3uu<lay after. . Advent Sunday Is ahvnys the near the Feast of St. Andrew, "?whether before oi?r after. Uogatlon :s ttvr w^lrg-^tor Tiraft^ei'r riftloh Day is forty days afttv Easter. Whft Sunday Is seven weeks After Easter. Trinity Sunday Is eight weeks after Easter. - Hot Easter Sunday Is the great Fes tival of the anniversary commemora tion of otrr Saviour's Resurrection, Which for its antiquity and excellence .efcitlieiigea precedence of all other fes? tivals. > ^ jo observation of this festival is lest as the times of the apostles, ?S isVlenr to those who are conversant lathe affairs of the prlmitiy^1 churcli. *-? --Hin those purer times, th? pnly dis pute. being, liot about ilic firing, but the particular time when the festival "was to be kept/ A controversy between the different ' retnstCtieKnrtJOUt tire fceoplnjrofKAiirer I) ay was kept up for quite a while: the Asiatic churches kept their Easter ~^rttfK>n the same day that the .Tews ob served their Passover, viz., the four teenth day of their first month, chiefly _ Answering our March; and Ibis they J,J ""'-n whatever day of the week and from thence they were Quarto-Declmaus? keeping Eas upon the fourteenth day after the r: eppcrirance of the moon. v The other churches, nspfcclally those of the West, kept Easter upon* the Lord'a Day following the Jewish Tass over. These latter churches, pleaded "Apostolic tradition; the Asiatics ? claimed the practice of the apostles themselves. ? * Th? great controversy was finally determined by the Ecumenical Council - Bf ^jWirf assembled by the Emperor ^..Gbutantlne, wherein it was ordained that Easter should be kept npon one ; and the same day throughout the world: not according to the custom "of the Jews, but upon the Lord's Day, rWhkh decree was raiified and poh^| nfced by the Imperial Jitters to all the churches; therefore. It became the tmt>cr*Uvj? duty of all Christians throajbont the world at that -time to observe Easter on the day aet apart Imperial Letters, -r - - r. ? Tliv limn iff ulmm anun of ttye has not been changed alnce, and the Christian world ha? for nearly six teen centuries. without controversy, observed the |}rst Sunday after the lewish anniversary of the Passover as Bavter Monday, and continues to do Id tip to the present day and time.) WJomttve of the yesurrecHon of Christiana mast be God.who died for onr slas, . ? .MeMI t tna lajra say, sjr terfrs uli f ho . aaaae wUch waa borM; LlHfe ?etiwr, art igr i at . i - ' ' the struggle or the soul brooking loose from whnt Is perishable nnd at testing her eternity, nnd \vlien the eye of the mind la turned upon OhrWit, delivered for our offences nnd rnlsed again for our Justiflcntlon, the uusuh stnntinl mid deceitful character is tak en away from- hope.- ? It is good. then that lie hope; It If good also that he quietly wait. There Is much promised in the scriptures to th<T Waiting upoifGoTT ^Teh wTsli uTKl^ really e.xpoet immediate answer to prayer, and think themselves forgot ten unless the reply or answer bo in stantaneous. This is undoubtedly a great mistake; the delay is often a part and a great part of the answer. It exercises. faith nndtaope nnd pntlence, and' whpt better thing can be done for us than streugtbtti those graces to whoso growth shall be proportioned the splendora of Immortality? It is good, then, that we wait. It 1? not good Uu't a nimi hopo for wealth, since "rich1'* pro lit not In the day of wrath"; and It is uot good that Ito hope for worldly things, slnco the mean and mighty go down to the same burial, ltut It is good that lie hope for salvation; the meteor then gut hers like a golden halo round hid head, and as he presses forward In the battle of time, no weapon of the evil one ean pierce through thwt helmet. "They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall nji) and not he weary."? Atlanta Journal. "I'm a Bunny that's made of two eggs, With a tail of white cotton. And legs That are glaed on a place That were ne'er meant to grace, But tor Rabbit a like me each child begs.' i'FUESH EASTB%EGGS TO-D^Y." ?From a German postal cnrd. hna^twtt <V^%3|^ Onli|uo f+iiKff<'?tlon? For nn Ki?*t?r Party Tlu? invitations should bo wrlltou on a heavy quality of light, ol*l rod car tridge paper,'1 and tied with willow green rope silk, and scaled at the place of tying with dorp mahogany Healing wax. lOx tending from the upper left hand corner to tho lower right-hand corner In fancy lettering should l>o tho words, "Who will slug an ICastor carol? O pussy-willow 1" At tho left Hide, a little above the centre, should extend a row of b1x or seven cats, dono In cray on or water colore, with their barks .showing and long, straggly taiftfh'ang Ing doton, every sueeeedlng eaWkn the right growing smaller, Below this "In the open space tho Invitation should bo written There should he a border of pussy willow and cat tails done In oils or water colors around the Invitation. The paper should/ then bo folded over to nbotit the size of a very large postal curd, tho silk cord put in place, tho wax put on, and tho address written on the outside of the invitation. The lioiisw decorations should consist of pussy willow and cat tails, witlj lilies bailed or in jat'dlnleres. There should also he nests of colored eggs, soino down chickens and rabbits (cotton flannel ones) In unexpected places. He. freshnients may be as for any party.? Cl^uovu March, In. the -Woman's Home Companion. The P. rst Way to Color l.ntlor ? Procure packets of anallne dyes of various colors you desire; pink, light blue, palo green, yellow, crimson, and pmrple or nuiuvq are effective, pis solve the dyo In hot water and boil tho eggs in It until they are colored the shade desired. Make a large nest of moss, or of green" crepe paper cut in strips, If you cannot obtain moss, and place the eggs in,. It as 11 centre* pleco 011 tho breakfast- table. If you w'Ish to give each child one cj?g as a keepsake have a little nest by each ' ' jg In It.? -Ladles' Homo Raster-time is n/)t complote for Ger man little folk /without an "Osier Uase's ngst." I tf holds many a favor and "present, serving the same purpose that Christmas stockings and wooden shoes do at Christmas-time.? Mrs. A. O. 1 40 wis, iii tho Woman's Home Com panion. ? ? ? Tho <)*tcr Jltiae'a Nest A Ilutl IuvratuiRiit, "Guess I was stuck when I give up thirty cents for dls rabbit. It ain't laid no colored eggs yet."? New York Journal. ,> . ' . < ' > x i im? ?? i The philanthropy of/fcome men con sists of giving a dollar to charity and spending ten to advertise the fact. fllnor Events of the Week In ? Brief Form. Through 0i? Mouutelnt, Anderson, Spcciad, > It was leatneu June that a parly of engineer* were at work at Wallmlla yesterday surveying the lino of the Tennessee, South Caro lina and Georgia Hallway company. The engineers startod from Walhalla yesterday morning, and are wording their way In the direction of Anderson. They are expected to reach the city within a y/ebk, This is the railroad that is be?ng promoted by Mr. W. 1J. Frlnlc of Chi cago and Mri M. Skinner of lilne Ridge, Ga. Mr. Hklpuer 1b lu charge of the engineer corps row at Walhalla. These gentlemen, with several of their associates, were in Anderson some months ago. They declared nt that time that the road would be built from Knoxvlllo to this city, and ulti mately to the sea. They seemed to be very sanguine about it, but did not make public any of their plans for financing tho enterprise. Tho company has secured a charter in.,Georgia, but has not ! ' done so in this State. Million Dollar Investment, Blacksbifrg, Special.? A c-alled meeting of tho directors of the Chero kee Falls Manufacturing Company was held at the company's ofllcos at Chero kee Falls last woek. The full board was present, composed of the follow ing gentlemen: F. J. Stacy, 8. Ross find J. A- Carroll, aaffney; Jf. C. Plout and ft. P. Roberts, Cherokee Falls; John F. Wilson, Gastonia; M. Faulk ner, King's Creek, and J. F. Wallace ?and S. M. McNeel, Yorkvlllo. The special object of the meeting was to take steps preliminary to the annual meeting of the stockholders on the 13th of May to - Increase the capital stock of the company* to $1,000,000, with a further view to enlarging and building up their dam across Broad river and building another cotton mill at the slto of the old Cherokee Ford lion works, one of tho finest water powers and most eltglble locations for a manufacturing enterprise in the Stato. SJate News Items. In^ihe ?curt of common Spies si Charleston Monday Judge Wattslssued an order requiring a negro lawyer named Twine to show cause why lie should not be debarred from practice In the courts for unprofessional con duct. 'i'he attention of the court was called to Twine's methods In the re cent. presentment of the grand Jury. It was chargod that Twine had endeavor ed to get a number of negroes who were accused of stealing terrapins to 'swear that the oversefer of the terrapin farm had stolen the turtles. Twine will have to show-'causevht tho opening of the next term of the\ court and if he cannot satisfactorily defend himself there will be one colored lawyer less at the Charleston bar. The United States training ship Buffalo has left Port Royal naval sta tion for New York with jabout^tO men^ including apprentices, seamen And ma lTnes. All of those afflicted with diph theria symptoms have recovered^About 35 of those who' have been ill' were given short furloughs and left for their respective homes. Th$ experience of the Buffalo has demonstrated the fact that Port Royal is a good place at which to quarantine -en affected crew, where, under careful medical treatment rapid recovery was made. There are- no new developments whatever in the big suit for 952,000 against the Spartan Mills and a similar suit against the Beaumont Manufac turing Co.. of Spartanburg.. .The hear, lng Will take place next Tuesday in Newberry. There was a report current Tuesday that a compromise might be effected but thfs is denied positively by tho attorneys interested. Wednesday night about 12 o'clock Annie Dixon, a colored girl about 16 years of age living in Epartanburg, notified the police that she had been assaulted by a white man, who After wards made his escape. The deed, she on the C. & W. C. railway in that city. The man has not been arrested. J. M. Cantey, tho assistant secretary of the State Faljr Association, says that the fair will come at a most sat isfactory time, Oct. 30. It follows the one at Raleigh, N. C., and precedes the Georgia State Fair. Parties heading southward with their side shows will have a continuous line of big fairs from the grain country, where the fairs begin the tatter part of August, to the cotton belt, where tho fairs 'tre ar ranged to follow each other in nice order. The winter season at Aiken Is about ov(? and the northern people are turn Are \iheir faces and. their belongings homeward. Tho fine stables of Mr. Whttary trt Atkmr will M broken "up and trie horses sent back to New York. They Aril l he shipped by express and a special train will be run to carry this valuable consignment. The S5 splendid horses will be stabled -In the cart with particular care. Col. William Elliott, of Beaufolt, re ceived the following report as the re ! suit of the examinations tor the An impotts midshipman's scholarship, held , In Charleston on Saturday; Geo. C. La- [ .W. M. Bostock. Beau fort. Tim alernate; Theodore C. Hey ward, Beaufort, seoond- alternate; Ed ward M Oaffney. Charleston, third al ternate. There wore eight emaMlhon. Uet?. T. w. CarwHe. 'iwiMlifler or the South Cinlln division. United Confederate Veterans, Wednesday 1 nlgW seSt the la vTtntiMr aslctnt the veterans to asseaihle la Columbia la Msy for their annual reunion. i ?$!?: SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Co lull i inn a Otvcn Jn Wecklj Bulletin. The week ending 8 a. m. Monday, April 6th, averaged about 2 degrees p?r day cooler than" usual, due to low ?temperatures at Its beginning and again at Its cloae, whlhi during the middle of tho week a few days had about no mal temperatures. There whh slightly more than the usual amount o t rtomttrnm The winds were light until the night of the 3-4lh, when easterly galea prevallo.*. i^rost occur icd on the morning of 'the 5th, light In plates and generally heavy to kill ing, especially over tke western coun ties. Thd rcslilting damage to fruit, tobacco, grain, gardens, truek and len der wgetatlon gene ally, cannot now be accuiatcly determined, but was mot serious as far as known. Heavy rains on tho 2iHh of March, rendered the ground unlit for plowing, and filrmwork jvttu furthar delayed by rain on the night of ,th? 3rd, that caus ed (he p:\2paraiIon of lands to be rub pended for the remainder of the week. Th<? weather conditions since early In March have been favorable for the rapid growth of vegetation, owing to that month having been unusually warm/ In fact the warmest March on record, but U wao also unusually wet, aud had au exceedingly small percent age of Jiunshlne, and light winds. These letter conditions caused lands to dry out slowly, co that plowlng*and preparation of lands in general, wore delayed, making the season, to date, a late one,, except ever tho 'uplands of tho eastern counties whoro tho condi tions were more favorable* and where planting operations arc almost as far advanced as usual. Hiee Is an excep tion, as the low lying lands have been continuously too wet to work. In tho onstern counties corn plant ing is well underway, in places Hear ing completion, and Hom? corn Is-up to stands. -Some cotton has been plant ed, but this work Is not general. To bacco plants In beds, avo ready to transplant, and some have been set out. The acreago devoted to tobacco is being Increased and the territory ex tended well into tho central and west em counties. To the westward of a north andsouth lint] through the middle of the 'State, little planting has been doueT and pre paration of lands scarcely begun, ow ing to theVvt condition of tho sell. Labor Is scarce in some sections. The oats crop suffered severe injury from a grain loiuc that infests fields hi the eastern, central and a few western ,CGu nti?9; Thf piuiiuj tarn rod and" soon wither wUe:e Infested by the louse. The wheat crop look? fairly promising. Tho fruit prospects are good, with tho exception of reglAaid In Jho central. Savannah valley, waefe nej>vly nil peaches are killed, and the crop will be a small ou? at best. The t;uck season Is ahoHt two weeks esrllef- than usual, and heavy shipments of strawberries, asparagus, peas, cabbage, lettuce and beets are being made, but the recent cool-wcathor affected tender vegetables unfavorably, necessitating much re planting, With the exception that the soil contains plenty of mclstnre, the conditions at the opening of t&o crop season aro not entirely favorable. Ten T.gjrs Conv'?ted f Charleston, Specif- In the clt t of violating the dispensary law, one was acquIRetr and & mlflfrlaT'was en tered In the twolfth case, under pecu liar circumstances. This was the case against R. E. MeManus, ' 1|| was to have been tried at the last term of the court, but the case was deferred 011 ac-* count of hl? alleged indisposition. When tlwevldewe had been submitted and the jury "retired. It was deter mined that the majority would- rule and on ballot the jnrors stood in favor of conviction. With the exception of ouc man. The jury returned to the court and handed in a verdict of "gull- j ty." Juror Slfwald arose and an nounced to the court that the verdict was not his, and a discussion of the > matter was entered into by tho court, corporation connsel and attorney for MeManus. Recorder Jervty Anally de cided to enter a mirtrlal on the docket, &h tho best way ou?. of the trouble. Mc Manus recently achieved considerable notoriety by the pitting of placard* In tho windows of his blind tiger, at tacking Chief of Police Boyle.. Tlrt case against him was made out, how ever, previous to tho posting of the .lndcccnt and offensive placards. ? Ha. will be tried at tho next term of the court In May. Admiral Belknap E;ad. Washington, Speclal.-^-A dispatch was received at tho Navy Depart ment from Key West announcing tne death of Jtear Admiral Oeorgo E. Belknap. U. S, N., retired. Death oc curred of apoploxy. The deceased wa? detailed for duty in the execution of certain plans proposed by: the gen-; eral board for establishing a naval base. He will be burletffat Brookllne, Mass. Will the Mills Have to Pay, Spartanburg, Special. ? Oft nextTuee 8jw afternoon before Chief Just Ice "Y. j. Pope, at chambers in Newberry, the motion to compcl the city council of Spartanburg and the two Spartan mills and Beaumont mill of this city to show cause why; taxes have not been assessod and collected from the mills above mentioned will come. up. Scase & Hoke are >he attorneys for the rtttaens who btoright about the actioa' ? J. H. Mllster and A. JL Abbott IO? claimed that Ihe amount of duiLthojUy^-Whlch hnn hum nwni ainca lttfi hy ordinance of the .co?a*M, | by the mllle above mentioned,: ; will amount to about 165,000. TM* eeawel or fur mutating ntigatissTa interest- 1 Ingly looked forward to. Df??craU Carry St. Loals. .St. Louta, Special- A light wae FOUND TRUE BILL The Slayer oi Editor Gonzales ft Appear in Court . - GRAND JURY CHARGES MURDER, the Witnesses for tlu Proiecutloa Summoned to ' Appear Monday . Columbia, 0. C., Special. ? CoU James U. "Tillman .Is expected to up pear In court Wednesday morning, for the first time, to &n$ww: -Krr the killing of BdltOr NT-G-.-Conralea. This is kvnnewhat of an unexpected tufn in the ease. The general understand lug has been that the case would be tailed for trial on Monday and that both sides would auuounce their readiness for the trial to proceeds tJpon the expectation that the trial' would begin on next Monday, the; State's .witnesses have been itin*, moued fur that and a? arrange ments have been mado with tfel&: view. . ? . The grand jury of the county lug returned a true bill againat James 11. Tillman for the killing of Mr. Gonzalez Tuesday morning a$ the opening of court Solicitor Thurmond, ' so as to comply with the letter v>f the law, paid that as he Haw couj#<j forf Col. Tillman* in court tha^ he would suggest that the arraignment of the prisoner take place Wednesday, ten der the law tho defense ctfo claim three days for preparation after the, arraignment and so that thin time would not bo claimed next week Bolfi cltor Thurmond made the suggestion. As a usual thing, the arraignment 1* waived. Col. George W. Croft., ?ug gested that' the arraignment tye fixed |,upon tha assembling of the court. This was agreed to. a' The request of counsel for a formal arraignment and fixing an hour.wae generally regarded as Indicative ofc'* purpose to makfe a motion In conne^r tlon with the cjiso. When tho hearing occurs counsel for Tillman may rim*" ply announce ?hat their client hr ready to go to trial at ?uch time aa th? court indicates or counsel may mako any one of several melons, whl'^li would be barred unless I'aignment bo ordered. The ,t can make a motion. Jol . attjk validity of tho drawing 6f the , Jury. It can matre tt 'motKarTf change of vetiraa 'to flTOfcg; ty. It can movetoquasht ment on which tho ttuc btrt^ -or It can simply obIc for II ? trial. What,|he defense wlH do : known - -r Counsel, when' asked what^ templated,, stated thai.n ra wvrtild be held and that, the ? WfMllfl tl>?m V* KM J not likely. that publicity waii as to th# decision. No Intfmatt given as to what, if any, move be made. BaH having been ... by Chief JustlceI*oper _ was that he wa# anxious case go to trial. .. ? Senator B. R. Tillman I and Visited, the office i: case for his nephew< The 8Ute haa announced . ness to go to trial and wlIM sented by former Attorney Belllnger. Col. Andrew State Solicitor Thura fense will be repn. George JW. Crhffc Coir- .. former Judge Buchanan Congressman George Job "The. owe & ientlctt. , May Cotton Up. \ New York, Special. -,-Tbe rise to oo ton which bogan 'nlraoat four most) ago was conttnuei when 10.40 and July 9.00, new high racort Jfor tho .present movement . TZk-MM, jiret opened active notl Rirqjftf a around, but tho ?1ioiU v?re U buy ?rs of May, tho bull element hoi Ing off and taking only ao-iy^jMl^ri necetisary to strengthen their, poeitioi Advances tended from-i to TtKaBliUfi the bulk of the trtdlng wm in July. Offerings of July cottro #&JM were libera! and galea at that -SjgN were moderately largo. '-""-I o'rlork May suld off luutfti* gn4-"^fj to 0#3. May closed lp.2*T>I& lO-WfjUl ed ; July 9.SA Wd, 0.01 asked, _ 4 J ii n i h I 1 1 Ii i'i ? ? Telegraphic Brief*. - v . 'i ?? . . ?? i ? ? ? . 5 . There has been renewed on the N? York cotton exchange the agitatK? t< a system of delivering of coUoatoc* rylng out contract* made tra-the-#?! of the New YorltTCttO^ number of Southern porta ttflftaaiTi New York only aa at present, * ?<M pany has been aelocted to work in-law of tho plan to which 1l 1*lTBfl4t able opposition. A ixmdoti dispatch . : fisir . ne Mabel Townaend, forawrty ?<- 2ti