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Rev. lehftbod DwrreU »h<m*h4fulL»
•liokad hie quill peu uad ad jueled hfi
ghuMS «or# UTenly oa hi# uoee end
proceeded to write hie eermon, in
whloh he wne poinUnf oat the error oi
allow inf merely temporal thlnf# to In-
Serfere with thoee of eteranl eidnifl*
nnnoe. lohabod wfee a plala, eerneet
■an. Who worked feithfullr et the pro-
la ooloniel Virginia,
pare muon like those of ererj
parish treryw here, only that he had
some into eloeer touch with his people
than hare many ministers before and
einoa his day. .
lohabod bit his pan la hope ofln-
sptration, bat his thoughts would turn
from his thmne to one of the younger
men in whom ho was deeply interested
aad of whom lately he had seen but
little, aad ha found it diffloult to select
tests in Genesis aad Rerelatlona ex
actly to illustrate his point. So he tat
at his square mahogany table absorbed
In thought and drew the plume of his
quill pah book and forth la a reteotlre
way across his nose. ' V
James Hopkins cams in through the
tor and patiently waited for the
to finish the sentence which he
wps writing. This lohabod finally no-
fished and became aware of Hop-
standing near.
"I didn’t hear you,
matter, 1 * answered Hopkins,
aad both men sat down beside the big,
book-indea table.
"Parson, I’m in trouble,” Hopkins
began. " aad I want your help."
n AnvtMng j gap do,” seid lohabod,
hesitated. Then he took
lunge. " It’s about Sally Dares.
I suppose you’ll laugh at mcefor com
ing, ’ aad an fumbled the hat in his
hand, "but I can’t make her listen to
me, and I don't know what to do. She
promised to marry me and now she
says that she nerer will.'’
The parson waited for him to go on,
but Hopkins seemed to hare finished
ell he had to say.
"Aad yon want mo to speak to
A VICTIM OP PNEUMONIA.
fee Cuban
Lite ft* Out
Gen. Cali
Part or Bin
Libre.
edOubaa wi
of throomi
Assembly 1
died la Wi
moral
Hotel
its
oarcla, the d
Istlngo
ir and h
ish-
seek the interference Of the ohuroh
lohabod 1 stoned patiently to his Into,
end then b id him kindly, bat firaly,
that, la rlew of his many duties, be
simply oould hot undertake the eare of
^•^utwhe maeSteifma why," Hop
kins persistod. " I’d feel better atout
It If.T only knew her reaeoa. I re
asked her time and again, aad she only
ekes fnn Of me. Won’t you ask her
tat much? Please now, just as a
frlaod of ua both.” . ^
lohabod hesitated. It was such a
bather. “ Yet, I’ll ask her,’’ bs said,
at the tame time feeling angry with
himself for saying that be wounx.
The next afternoon found lohabod
riding slowly along the shedy summer
lanes toward the Dstss’ plantation,
aad wondering the while why a woman
couldn't be frank and outspoken In
eueh matters and tare her kindly dis
posed friends to much seedless labor.
As he oame near the house be saw
Sally sitting on the low plasaa, her
work basket beside her bending oxer
some bit of tewing in her band, a pic
ture framed la the green Tines which
grew over the porrh, aad lohabod
ooald not find It in bis heart to blamo
Hopkins.
Sally saw him aid stood ap, drop-
ting her work about her la pretty cob-
usion.
" Thank ybu. father’s not so sick wc
should be bothering you,” the ta
coming down the first step to greet
him.
"I didn’t know he was slek at all.”
answered lohabod, in bonnet surprise.
"He’e a little slek,” seld, Sally. _ _ _ . ^
"He’s gone orerto theriter meadow ,tohlssoa, who is on his staff, for the
i elected by the Oubea
left the United Statee,
lag too, D. C., Sunday
ly after 10 o’oloek at the
h, where the eommleetoa
douartere. The sudden
ehhnge from the warm ollmata of Cuba
With tbs hardships he bad there en
dured to the wintry weather of Mew
York end Washington is responsible
for the pneumonia which reunited la
hie demise.
He contracted a slight sold la Mew
York, which did not aseaaae an alarm-
lag stage aatil the early part of last
week. On Tuesday night Gen. Oarola.
in compeer with toe other members of
the eommlssloa, attended a dinner
S iren la hie honor by Gen. Miles, end
is exposure that night brought on aa
attack of pneumoaia which
la hie death. During the twelre hours
or morn preceding dissolution Gen Gar-
sla was unconscious moot of the time.
At Interrals he recognised one or more
or those about him. In his dying mo
menta, as all through his busy aad ae-
tlre Ufa, his thoughts were for his bt-
lored country and its people, and
among his last words were Irrational
mutterings lu which he gare orders
lit CffiEB) Of 8BDUL 6MKM HOSED
Meoeo’s death Gereia was elected ueu-
teaaat general of the Caban army,
which poeitioa he held to the eioee of
the war. Daring this command ha
assealted and took by siege Tubes,
Galea aad Guatmaro, and oleared the
Interior of bis department of Spqaipb
traops.^-;"' * %
After the daolaratloa of war be
tween the United Statee aad Spain,
Gaa. Milas commanding the American
army, seat bis rsprsseatatlrs to Gaa.
Garcia and subsequently the American
aad Oubaa general! cooperated la
their moreateat against Santiago. All
the oSoars who participated la the
aetlre work around Santiago bear tee-
ttaway to the great aid, ssslstanns ****
loyalty maalfested by Gaa, Garcia
daring the campaign. ^ When the
Cuban amsmblr mat at the oloee of
the war Gaa. Garela was one of the
principal ad risers aad was sleeted
chairman ofthe oomahlmtoa directed to
oome to the United Statee aad confer
with the aathoritias hare with refer-
enee to the work la baad.
TAB LAST FLAG OF TRUCE.
OeL H. M.
Bade* Lite's
Slag el Trace
he said, epolo-
r Aaythlag 11
"yon know I wll
Hopkins
tha pluage.
her f” lohabod inquired, looking at bis M^lala my reaseu to your
embarrassed oclier with tome emcee- asked,- looking squarely at Id
~ Tr Tee.’ T ' rmiwerefi, feeii
" Yes," said Hopkins,
you to ssake her naarr.
" and I want
me. Yon
ry i
oould do It. You know r<f be a good
husband, and you oould talk about It—
and axplain things,” be ended rather
*lohe&>d was silent. He considered
a moment.
" Well, James,’ 4 hr answered, " I’ll
speak to Sally Dares for you, but she
has many men to choose from, you
know that, nod I’m but a poor pleader.
Still I’ll try."
Hopkins looked appreolatlre end
offered the parson e plnah of snuff
Than he rose aad the two mew shook
hands and Hopkins went out Into the
summer world.
lohabod looked after him with some
oomplaoenoy. So it was thld that had
baaa heaping him away. He would
straighten - out matters with Sslly
Dares. The girl whs a fool not to keep
a ssaa Ilka Hopkins if oaoa she had the
laek to get aim. Meantime, there
was bis sermon ; so he went beck to
the table and again gently rubbed his
aoee with his feathered pea aad tried
onoe more to get the drift of his argu
ment.
Tha next afternoon lehabod rode
orer to the Dares’ plantation, where
he found two of his younger brethren
tbeauelree in M1m Sally’s
With patleaoe and long
he waited until they reluo-
now. but I couldn’t think what else
would bring you again so soon.' Mot
but you’re always welcome," she
added, seeing lohabod’s erldent em
barrassment.
He dismounted and sat down oa tha
broad plassa bench. Ha might as well
get through with his fool’s errand and
be done with It, so he said :
" 1’ra oome on behqlf of Hopkins.” .
Sally smiled la enjoyment of the
situation, but she kept silent.
Irideatly she wouldn’t help him, eo
lohabod continued, " He wants me to
aik you why you won’t merry him.”
Sally hesitated end stroked her work
with her needle.
“ Do you think I ought to tell him,
parson T” she asked.
" Yes, I do," seid lohabod, with paro
chial firmness.
"Will you promise to tell him, If I
m^feiJelly
lobabed—<*
feeling much
reltereu and emlllog beck encourage
ment at the fair girl before him.
11 Well.” said Sally thoughtfully^” I
think. I'd be willing to tell you my
reason : but you see, It’s not wholly mr
own. Suppose we leare it this way. I
will think about it and I will send you
word what 1 decide and we won’t talk
about it any more, pleaae,” she ended,
rising.
lehabod judged that he was expected
to go, and so ne took bis leare. His
rislt was most unsatisfactory, but he
had done what he eould and he was
glad the business was ended, so far as
he wee concerned. He wee sorry for
Hopkins, poor ohap, but perhaps he
would be eetisfied with Sally’s reason.
No f’lwbt it was a good one, for the
girl seemed Terr sensible, and so
lohabod rode bask contentedly to the
parsonage. ju - - -
S he eext morelag, as lehabod was
ting at hla big table, Sally’s little
black boy brought him this note .
r—I would be frank in
I purpose to marry
Bee II Samuel, chapter,
MJ Uam BViUs w a*v am van anem ■ ■■■« | —— ■
battle which be supposed was about to
ooour, and in which be understood
there were only 400 Spaniards to com
bat. . Just before he died he embraced
his sou. ” ^ *-
Her. Father Megee, of St. Patrick’s
ehuroh. was with Gen. Garela tn the
end, administering the last rights of
tbeCatholio ohuroh. Other members
of the commission and Mr. Reubens,
their counsel la this country, were also
la the bed ohamoer when the end
oame.
The remains were ham dlatelr pre
pared for burial aad were plaoed on a
bier la the «oom in which he died. A
large Cuban fisg serred as a oorerlng,
and the head rested on one of smaller
dimensions. The face wad bust were
left exposed to public rlew. The fea
tures had a remarkably life-like ap
pearance aad gare no indications of
the sufferings which the deceased bed
as! tee
Battery
under com mar d of
body
By direction of Major General
a detaohmeat of soldiers from B
& Sixth Artillery, under
eut. Oex, was detailed
guard for the remain*. , .
After Goa. Garela’e death steps west
taken to notify the gorernment officials
here, aad also the rxeoatlre commit
tee of the Cuban Assembly, which has
Its headquarters at Marlaqio, Cuoa. '
President McKinley maalfested his
sympathy by sending a suitably word
Tha Columbia State says that Col. R.
M. 81ms died at his reeldeaoe near that
olty un last Saturday after aa lllaees of
a fortnight. For some time he had
been la declining health, but he
brarely battled against disease tUl the
last. Surrounded by his family and e
few friends he entered tranquily Into
reet.
Robert Moormen Sims was bora De
cember Ith, 1834, aad was reared la
Lancaster County, and graduated at
the South -Carolina Military academy
la 1860. He had scareely settled In
business when the outbreak of the war
are the signal for him to rally la de-
i of his State. He roluateered ai
prlrato la Capt. John D. Wylie’s com
pany of the Ninth South Carolina rol-.
unteer regiment oommaaded by James
D Blending. It was not long before he
was appointed adlutsnt and Inspector
general of Brattoa T s brigade,and la that
capacity ha saw hard fighting and
bore his full share of U. He wss of
that eooPuBohtruslre courage thffl
stops act to think ot ostentation in the
performance of duty, but seems simply
to ignore danger. After passing
through sereral desperate campaigns
’ Col. Bhbs rose by promotion to the ad-
f:
MOBY OF A
eff-ia
CAROLINA
A quiet business ssaa, a
oily in Ontario, related
lag expartenee f
“ My father was dead, and had been
dead some year*. My 1 mother aad
youngest sister for sobm time after his
deetAUredwithme» Oath*approach
of my slater’s wedding dny my mother
was unexpectedly taken from ua by the
of death. Tha aad ereat poet-
my sister's wedding till a year
that time, aad heir lorer want
away again to resume hie business
affaire.. But the wedding aerer eren-
Before the year wee eaded 1
CBABLierox Distkict — Presiding
1 dor—A J. Stakes. *-
Allendale—A. J. Oeaihen, Jr.
Beeafort—A. 1. lofts. • /'
Berkeley-W. H. Thrower,
Hheell.
year
one of tha bitterest looses of
my Ufa la tha death of my farorlte
sister, who had Hred with me for
years, aad to whom I had become
almost a second father. Her death
oame late In the fall of the year, with
in a faw keeks of Christmas, tasked
tha ana who was to barn been my
brother-in-law to oome aad spend that
day with me. He promised to come,
feeling that from a common grief we
would derlre mutual comfort.
4V Cfaristmar ere arrlred aad I ex
Oeoted my friend' that night. But I
did not look for him till late, as he had
to oome quite a distance oa horse
back and might not bd able to start
until late la the day; la fact, I felt that
I would not be surprised If I did not
see him until 1 or 8 o’clock la the
morning. The other members of
household retired for the night, hut
sat up awaiting the arrlral of
geesl. Reclining in my chair by
leader in the family sitting room
commenced to beguile the time with
the Christmas Globe and other la
ter eating reeding. matter. Half an
hour or so passed aiway; when I put
aside the papers, feeling that I did not
care to reed any more. This was rery
unlike myself, as I had been la the
habit of alttlng till midnight some
times iperusing, with interest polities
discussions of the day or poring orer
my business affairs, and nerer l
hard to concentrate my tb
powers. But this night I felt restless
and apprehensire, aad at ’ tha same
time a litle despondent. 1 glanced at
my watch; It was 10:46 o’clock. The
time seemed rery heary. The house
seemed quieter than It had for years
Placing my elbows on my knees and
renting nij faoe la my hands, I oom
menoed to think, or, father, to muse
Praseatlr thwelaek la the next i
•truck IT and somewhat aroused me.'
Its last stroke had scareely done ribrat*
lag when I bead a rustling sound at
ipatbj by sending a suitably r
ed letter, aad Vice* President Hobart
sent his card- Amoo
enjoying
company,
•suffering
tently had gone, and the
at once to oellrer hla m
and then he proceeded
" R;rerend
this business,
somebody else.
12 Terse 7.
" With rtspect, lam
” Y’r obed’t,
• " Sally Daym.”
lehabod opened his Bible to the
second book of Samuel, the I8ta
ohspter, and ran his finger down fcrthe
serenth rerse and read. "And Nathan
said
V
_ roung man. and
be ashamed to treat him to
whom you’re betrothed in such a
fashion/’ he ended.
listened attentlrely anfT er-
her neokerohlef.
"It’s no different from the way I
bar* treated the others,” she answer
ed at last, with no attempt to seem Im
pressed with her own faults. "If James
Hopkins would oome a-wooing, let him
bespeak himself aad not go bothering
tha
•I
ed said unto Derid, Thou art the min/’
—ffhef then lohabod eat raoantly looking
at the table for e long time.
"Miss Sally told me to fetch an
answer,” said the little black boy at
his elbow. , ^
" Tell your mistress that I will bring
it orer myself,” said lohabod.
who
quantity,
oerstand
[fa ao suoh Treat bother/! replied
, eandldiy/Wttb thealr of one
walres the , point merely of
" oaly you don’t seem to un-
what your actions mean to
James Hopkins. He’s no man to be
ferersr chasing after a woman. •'There
are ssaay girls la the county who’d be
glad of him.”
"They’re welcome to him, and you
may tell Jaatee Hopkins the same, and
giro him my beet good wishes,’’ replied
■ally, with all •weatnoee.
So the Interriew ended. It seemed to
lehabod ueslees to disease the subjeet
farther. He had done hie duty, end It
wee Bearing supper time, so he took
his leare and rode away, amused aad
rather eorry, aad wondering which of
the other young men was to marry the
> girl la the parish. Her plo-
baek to him as she had
geettiest
Still at thb Front.—Io Riehard
Harding Deris’ description of the
Rough Riders’ Fight at Guaslmas, la
Serioner’s Magsslne, there Is a story
of aoowboy good te read end remember.
One trooper. Rowland, oi Demlag, was
shot thmugn the lower ribs. He wss
ordered by Lt. Col. RooeereU to fall
book to the dressing station, but there
Surgeon Ohuroh told him there was
nothing he oould do for him then, and
directed him to sit down aatil he could
be taken to the hospital a* Slboney.
Rowland sat down for • minute aad
then remarked restlessly, "I don’t
seem to be doing much good here,” and
picking up his carbine, returned to the
front. There Roosorelt found him.
'I thought I ordered you to the
fQfef 11
"Yee sir, you did; but there didn’t
seem to be much doing bask there," he
replied.
He was seat te Bibouy with the rest
of the wounded and two days later he
appeared la oamp. He marched aa
hill all tha way from Slboney,a»4l0'
stood oa Gt* low plassa, one arm rest-
rln
ae-oorered
the
a
which
. d post,
ob her fair hair,
little
the
a little orer her
brows eyes, so filled with mischief.
She oertalaly was the prettiest maiden
la the parish, lehabod thought. Mere
oaador compelled the admission, and
said
•dor compelled the admi
wondered if the tea eakeo would be
.ji:
?
f|S&j
orerdene, aad aooordlagly applied hla
riding stick aad hurried oa toward tha
P *Ihuriag*th* Sunday nooning Hopkins
same to ••• tbs parson, aad when he
laaraed the result of the interriew. he
was much disappointed.
"Didn’t the tail yoa why t" he asked,
looking dubiously at lohabod.
" I don’t beliare she has nay reaeon,
lehabod answered. "Perhaps she
needs tobeodattA. OdtOSoahOryenF
' maa. and don’t come bother-
«tlt>
id the next day Hopkins rode orer
tha Dares’ plantation aad again
himself, with aome doubt, it
i true, aa to the wisdom ot his coming,
was aot to be coaxed aad the la-
short aad much to the
point.
“ Aad hare I a reaeoa?" Sally asked,
sharply. "Aad harea’t I told you
these twenty times that I don’t lore
As If that weren’t
i like somebody else/’ retorted
" Per haps you’re
i to Ed Clark, row."
i ballke I may hare, though I
iher thorn,” answered
.with ao sign of resentment.
you tell why?" again de-
T was, but I didn’t seem te he doing
any good there.”
They rare him up as hopeless after
that and he continued his duties and
he wont Into the fight at Baa Jana
Hill with the hole still throagh hie
ribs.
Grn.,Lbr Has Gonr to Cuba.-
Gen. Fltshugh Lee aad staff salted for
Cuba Sunday afternoon on the trans
port Panama. Crowds of people lined
the wherres at Sarannqh as the trans
port passed down the riror.' As the
tug boats eut loose, the siren taken
from tha Spanish orulser Almlrante
Oquendo after the battle of Santiago
and now on the tug Cambria, screeched
the Panama a parting salute.
Gen Lee. will remain outside of Ha-
ana until January 1, when he will an-
tar the eity.
The Panama will land at Marianao,
where Gen. Lee will establish his
headquarters on tbs oamp site selected
by Cm. Hecker for the Serenth corps,
aad will remain there until be enters
HsbBna.
With Gea. Lee oa the Panama were
the members of his staff aad other
army oQesrs. The psrhr numbered
about 100, Including oirutaa clerks,
orderlies and couriers. * The corps
headquarters wagon team was also oa
The Paaama earridd no troops out
side of Gaa. Lee^ gtaff aad other
offloers aooom
churches of
Norway are fully 700 years old, aad are
still Is aa excellent sials of preeerre-
TheTT timbers here saooetefully
ed the frosty aad almost arotio
wiatars, beoause they hare beea re-
-- my.
og those.who
ed were Senators Foraker, Mosey,
Proetor aad Ohandler, aad Major Gen
erals Lawton aad Wheeler.
Gea. Garela left a Targer family, only
one of whom, Justo, a captain on hie
staff, wap with him when he died. His
widow aad Mercedes, a daughter 17
years of age, ere at Thomasrilla, Ga,
where the girl Is quite 111; Mariao, 19
years of ago, is with the mother at
Thomasrllle, and Col. Car loo Garela,'
aeotber eon, is in Cuba. A daughter,
Leonora, who married an American,
Is bow lirlag In Parts. Gen. Garcia’S
mother is still allrs aad resides la Ha-
I utant generalcy of Longstreot’s
le was serfral times wounded. In the
trenches abound Richmond he saw the
eorpe gradually dwindling under the
hammer strokes of orerwhelmlng num
bers, and It was his sad duty ta bear
the flag of truce at Appomatox that
led to the capitulation of .Lee’s shat
tered columns. This flag, a simple
towel, wee borrowed by a Federal
officer oa the field and wee hot returned.
It la now la the poeoeosibn of Mrs. Gen
eral Ouster, who proeerrea It as-a pre
cious sourealr.
Charleston
Bethel—8.
Cumberland—J. M.
Oollstaa—H O. Mousoa.
N. Rountree. .
■R. L. Holroyd. ,
>—H. W. Humphries.
Herleyrllle-I. M. MeKimf'
HendersonriH*—D. Hooks.
MoClellaarille—J. F. Way.
Port Rorel—B. 1. Tumlpseed.
Ridgsrius—J. L. Ray.
Bound O—B. K. Moore.
BL George’s Stetloa—W. B. Duaeea.
St George’s Circuit-W. T. Petriekf
St haul’s Mlsstoa—W. R. Buehenaa
St Stephen’ * Mission—D. A. Patrick.
SemmerrlUo—G. P. Watson.
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is,
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Gea. Garola, whose name will be
erer linked with those of other patriot*
whQhare fought against urequal odds
for the freedom of his country, has had
e moot aetlre end reried life, much of
which has been spent in fighting for
the cause of Cuban liberty, which he
had the satisfaction of seeli
satisfi
seeing ecoom-
S,
lithed eo short a time before his
eath. He was a man of ealtur* aad
reffhement, of splendid education, and
came from a distinguished family in
Santiago de Cuba prorince. He was
born la Cogquln, Oct 14, 18M, and wee
therefore In the elxtleth year of his.
age. Gea. Garela was educated la Ha*
bana aad la apaia—laJLfM he was
married to Isabel Vales.
Gea. Garela wee the original
epirator la the uprising of the Cubans
against Spain la 1808, and la that war,
under Gomes, he attained the rank of
brigadier general. In October of 1861
he captured the towns of Jaiquanl and
Hal re and recruited many hundreds of
patriots. He had oommaad of the
eastern departments during that rero-
lulon after 1871 and won many notable
rlotorles. While the rerolutioa was la
a critical state lu other prorineee and
its outcome woe uncertain he main
tained it with rigor in the territory
under hie oommand.
In 1886 whlla reooanolterlug with
his escort, he was (suroounded by 1,000
Spaniards. Preferring death to cap
tore and subsequent execution at the
hands of his enemy, he attempted oal-
elde by plnelag hla r*rol>er nnder his
ohln aad firing.
Returning home Col. Sima waa elect
ed to the State Senate by the Demo-
ore te of Lancaster at a time when the
Legislature was orerwhelmnlngly Re-
publicAtfa| Finding that he wee power
less he iwTused to serre longer.
! He wee engaged la busintse la Rook
Hill when the year 1876 opened la the
midst of a political storm. Whipper
and Moses had been elected judges aad
Gor. Chamberlain refuted to Issue
them commissions. In an Incredibly
short time the whole State qulrered
with excltomment. Mass meetings
were held erery where to declare stern
resistance to this attempt at debauch
ing the judiciary. Out of this turmoil
arose the new born Democracy. All
ere* In two worlds were turned to South
Carolina. The whole Union was In
suoh a state of polUloal ten.
seemed ai If our Palmetto State would
again inaugurate a contest that would
end la elril war. Northern Demo
crats, especially Mr. Tlldea, (eared the
hot temper of our people. But Demo
cratic politics were under prudent
guidance. The eggreaslre end conaer-
ratlre element closed hands in compro
mise, nod la August nominated an en
tire State tioket, repreeentatlre In
character, eomooeed of men of whom It
oould be truthfully said, they eou. ht
aot the positions hut the positions
■ought them. On that ticket Col. R.
M. Sima was nominated for secretary
of State.
Col. Sims serred as secretary of Stele
for tkree terms and rolunterlly de
clined reelectlon, although a re nomina
tion was reasonably assured. Daring
Clerelend’s first administration Col.
Sims was boarding oBoer of the port
of Charles too. Since then he hat been
the door of the sitting room. Think
log that my rlaltor had oome upon me
unawares, I looked up expeetently and
was fully awake. The door swung
mysteriously, back, and four persons,
or, rather, shadow*, glided toward me t
adranolnk abreast through the apart
ment. They were my lather and
tpother. ei>d my slater’ leaning on the
arm of her lorer, whom I had been ex
peetlng la the flesh. They looked as
natural ss when in life, and their faces
were rery happy. This I obserred as
they drew near my chair and l felt ao
fear. Presently they paused, and my
sister, with a rery bright smile, said
‘ George, we are all. together now
The rlslon paeeed. I eat in contempla
tion for some time, and then retired
I knew my guest would nerer arrlre
“ In the morning a messenger oame
with the Intelligence that about ml'
night my friend bed been found by tt
roadside deed. Bis horse bad remali
ed near the spot where the rider lay
proetreted, end to all appearances the
eauae of death had been the stumbllni:
of the horse aad throwing of the rldei
orer an ugly heap of stones. -I asked
at what time did he think the accident
happened. He answered that those in
attendance had concluded that death
that It kad-takirpTace about an hour before
the finding of the body. Just the time
of my rlslon, ! thought. 1 went away
with the man to look after the i-emalae
of my friends. I found that a person
known to us both had seat the mes
sage. After the funeral rites were
orer I told some of my nearest friends
the story of that night. I seldom tel
It now, but thoee happy faces are often
In my mind and are always an Inspira
tion to me.”—Toronto Glob*.
la prlrato life.
Col.
firing. Tb* ballet oame out
between his eyebrows. For moaths
be ley between life and death, but wen
eared finally by Spanish surgeons who
had owed their own Urea to El* mercy.
The Spaniards, bettering he was about
to dir, gare him B pardon. The hole
whleh the bullet mad* when It entered
the obla and oame out between the
eyebrows was alwayj risible aad show*
plainly la the calmness of duth. For
hls partlolpatlon la the rerolutloaary
morement, Gen. Garela was seat to
Spain, where for four years he was
eonflaed la castles and fortresses, re
maining there until ton peaee of Saa-
jon. He then returned to the Halted
States nad together with Jose Marti
attempted another rerolutioa. Ha
landed la Cuba with a faw followers,
bat the country wee tired of war and
wanted to try the home rale offered by
Spain. He eapitalated Is the Spanish
oroee la order to sare his few
followers aad was
Spate la 1880 where he remained
under surrelltenoe until IBM, when the
last rerolutioa broke out in Cuba
Then he escaped to Fraao* aad later to
New York.
His morements sine* that time aad
hie aetlre participation la the war are
familiar to many newspaper readers.
After ooming to this country ha endoer-
ored to got aa expeditkw to tba Island
of Cuba te the steamer Hawkins, bat
this met with shipwreck te a storm
aad the eergowas lost. Gea. Garela
was the test maa to leare the ressel.
Sims wes a brare man, aa honest
a true man sad a Christian. Duty
with him wes lor*, he nerer shirked It,
Wkea la the storm of battle, the riels-
sltudes of politics, or the trtels end
temptations of prlrate life, his pleas
ant, genial, unaffected manners made
him mends eren where. la him passes
away another of the Old Guard--reli
ant In arms, patient end courteous 1a
CM. Sims was first married to Mies
Catharine 0. Luoky, of Mecklenburg,
N. 3., who bore him two sons and died
1a 1867. In 1869 be married Mice Ada
Sims, of Colombia, who with sorer*!
children eurrlre him.
S',
of Olympia, Wash.. Is
»a oommempretlre tablet
Uadaueted by his tellurs Oea. Garela
made m "
another atteai
for the 1m urgent*,
(Bern
&
to ship stores
■■ ip time obtata-
tag the ship Bermuda. Ha was later-
oepted, howerer, by the United Statee
author!ties aad was arrested oa tha
charge of filibustering, bat was re
leased oa 88,000 bail. He forfaited
this bate aad la a final attempt tended
on tha sastera coast of the islaad with
ooa of the temei expeditions that erer
reached OubaT —
—A eat was fousd oa the wreck ef
the Maria Tereea at Its present resting
pteee, aad had to "be removed by fores.
This brings to mini the foot that when
Fort Sumter fell late Union'bands,
after the eraeuatlea of Charleston,. 1a
Febraary, 1808, the only occupants of
the battered pile of masonry were a
oat aid alltter of kittens. TAs sailors
took them away, and they were dis
tributed as mascots among the govern
ment reesels.
—The elty
going te piece
rret of the Olympia,
the flagship of Admiral Dewey during
the Meella fight. The design will be
done te relief on copper, the central
attraction being a figure representing
Fame. Suspended from tb* arms ot
the figure and falling across the friwt
of the body will be streamers, on which
will be inscribed Dewey’s order: "Grid-
ley, you may fire when reedy.”
—The peaeaetdrees worn by the quees
ef Italy when ebegeee moustalaeerlng
is beeomlag to her aad b aa Idealised
edition of the aettoaal costs me. The
bodies le ef red, embroidered with
gold, aid beneath this some* a short
red pettleont aad a blaek silk apros.
la addtttes she wears a blaek allk gold-
embroidered jacket, a red keed cover
ing tied with a yellow bow aad round
her neck her well-kaowa pearl*.
—All the flags te Gloucester were put
at half mRt^ip day last summer whoa
the body of a soldier who had died te
Cuba was brought horns for burial.
He was oaly a privets, add in bo other
eeuatry la the world would saeh honor
ham been done te eae of saeh humble
Welterboro—IF. M. Duncan. '
Chaplain lad Reg. S C. V.—P.
Murray.
Assistant editor Southern Christian
Advocate—B. A. Weber.
Oousbuxt Disyuict—Preetdiag *11
der.G. T. Harmon.
Abbeville—J. W. Daniel. -
Antreville—8. W. Hoary. ~
Butler—W. O. Winn.
Ookeebury—J. C. Chandler.
Donalds—W. B. Wharton.
Greenwood—R. A. Child.
Kinard’s—J. J. Stevenson.
Lowadeaville—W. 8. Stokes
McCormick—W. T. Duncan.
ML Camel—Henry Stokes.
Newberr/ St—Welter I. Herbert, ,
Newberry CHy Miaeion—J. W. Speak*.
Newberry Circuit—D. Tiller.
Ninety-Six—W. L. Watt.
Perksvillo—Supplied by J. C. Holley,
Phmalx-M. M. Brabham.;
Princeton—1. G. Price.
Prosperity—W. H. Arlatl.
Saluda -A. 8. Lesley.
Yerdery—G. R. Shaffer.' -
Waterloo-S. T. Blackman.
Rector Cokesbvry School—Peter
Itokee.
Colombia D larmier—Presiding lldcr,
B. T. Hodges.
Columbia,
RtebatdsuB.
Columbia,
Washington W.-1
MoLurs—L N. Stone, --m-*-
North Pickeae—Supplied By 0. W.
aad Bateaville—B. M. Hebert-
SOB. '
Pelaar—T.G Herbert..
-A. -fi, Watson,
f. &, Porter.
Piedmont—T. C. Ligoa.
Reidville-O. H. Clyde.
Seneca aad Walhalm—J. L. Daniel. «
. Starr and Iva—O M. Abney. One to V,
be supplied.
Townvllle—L L. Inebinet.
Traveler’s Rest-J. P. Attewsy.
WalhallaOt. end Newry—H. W. Whit-,
aker. One to be supplied. - . .
Westminster—R. R. Dagnell.
WOliemston end Belton—P. F.KIlgo.
WUlieauton Ct—Supplied by R..G.
Martin.
West Pickens -J/L. Mulllnix.
Assistant Sunday School Secretary—
L. P. Beaty.
WUliamston Female College—S. Lea
der, President.
Mamon Distbict-Presiding Blder,
W. C. Power. -
Bennettsville—C. W. Creighton. .
Beanettsvllle Ct.—A J. Ceuthea, Sr
Blenheim—R. S. Stackhouse.
Brtghtsvin*—W/HTBaker. —'
Britton’s Neck—T. B. Reyaelds. ^
Buckrvllle—G. W. Gatlin.
Bayboro -B. M. Merritt.
g entenary—G. R. Whitaker.
lio-T. M. Dent.
Conway Station—J. W. Blklns.
Coaway'Clrcuit—W. 1. Barr*. *
Dillon Station—O. *0. Herbert.
Latte-J. I. Beard.
Little Rock- James A. Campbell.
Loris N. L. Wiggins. —r—
Marion—T. 1. Morris.
McColl Mission—Bap. T. L. Belvln.
Mullins—S. J. Bethea.
North Mullins—J. K. McUsla. -
North Marlboro—W S. GoodWlu.—
Waccamaw—D. A. Celhoaa.
OnaaeiBoae Distbict — Presiding -
Blder, H. B. Hrowne. -
Aiken—A. J. Stafford.
Bamberg—T. C. O’Dell.
Branchvllle—W. A. Bert*.
Barnwell—W. A. Wright.
Boiling Springe—J. 07Frierson.
Denmark -W. W. Williams.
Idisto—J. O. Yeung*.
~ wer Bt. Matthews—M. W. Heok.
ngeburg, St. Psnl’s—B. O. Wstsee.
mgebarg, City Mission — 1. Z
J '■ "" r, ""' rrr ’'■ '• '• • ' *
geburg Clrcnll^IT P. H«t»#n. _
je—E. A. Wilkes,
denes—G.-D. Mem.
iiinywiiimmiii
Mela Bt.—8.
H. jllmmer-
Columbla, Green Bt. and Brooklaad—
,aff#V and J. W. N<
T. E: Mahaffey a
Colnmbia, Richland and Granby-J.
0. Abney.
Sdgewood—N. K. Melton.
Hyatt’s Park—To be supplied.
Idgefleld—R. C. McRoy.
Fairfield-M. L. Banks. Jr. •
Fort Mott*-Supplied by J. C. Welsh.
Granltevlllo-N. G. Ballanger.
Johnston - John Owen.
Lenglev—J. H. Nolsnd. - -
Leeevule—J. F. Anderson.
Lexington—W. M Harden.
Lexington Fork—Supplied by J. N.
Wright.
Lewiedele—J. R. Sojourner.
Ridgeway—A. R. Phillips.
Upper St. Matthews—J. W. Ariel]
Wlnnsboro—J. D. Groutf i
Sonthern Christian Advecete—John O.
Willson, Editor.
^_Oolumbin Femals College-^. A. Rice,
President.
Xpworth Orphanage—G. H. Weddell,
Baperintondent.
Payne Institute—G
President.
Flokbxcb Distbict—Proeidiag’Blder,
Marina Darma.
Cheraw—H. J. Can then.
Cheraw Ct-J. B. Walden.
Claussen-M. H Footer.
Clyde—J. S. Abercrombie.
Darlington—0. B. Smith.
Darlington Ot—Q. W. Davis.
Florence—P. L. Klrtou.
Georgetown—J. L. Stokes.
Georgetown Ct—J, A. White.
Hartsvllle St—J. W. Humbert.
Johnsoaville—G. F. Clarks*a.
Kingetree—W. 8. Martin
Wsu. Welker,
•-r*
ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEHBUT.
", * r 'ct ———
—Revoage is the oely debt it is
wrong to pay.
—The way to get rich is to spam
lets than you earn.
—Japan 1* about to have built thq.
most powerful battleship afloat
—An inereaeed use of crude rubber
threatens to exhaust the supply.
—Civility Is the lowest prlee we pay
for things, and repentance the highest
—Some of the string beans which
grow In Peru ere as Tong as a tafia's
arm.
—Aa average of 606 vessels dally
leave tb* Thames for ell part* 0 f the
world, ; ——v-— ^
—la Havana there was a street
named after General Weyler. Its name
has been'bhanged. '
~ —In Belgium there ere 183,000 ilquor
establishments of all kinds, or one
•very 89 of the population.
—Jobe Waanamakar carries one mil*
lion five hundred aad fifty thousand
dollars te life Insurance policies
—It Is estimated that the pensions
from the Spanish war will amount to
fifteen or twenty million dollars per
aaaam.
—Hx-Amtstaat Postmaster General
H. G. Rethbone, of Ohio, has been ap
pointed to take charge ofthe postal
eervlee la Cuba.
—The real name of the eovoliet who
Is known to the world as Jules Verne
is Glohswlts. He le a native of Warsaw
aid Uvea at Amiens, Fraao*
—The pleasure that some men feel
at being able to borrow money, lee’t
a circumstance to the j ly of the other
fellow when he gate It back.
—Mrs. Leland Stanford has a collec
tion of je weir valued at 88,000,000. She
has complete sets of diamonds ja colors
—white, pink, blue aad yellow.
—The City of Pekin whleh reaehod
Francleoo recently had among its
cargo 161 bale* of Japanese raw silk,
valued at ulna hundred aad tweaty-ona
thousand dollars.
—Callforalahas forty mountains, the
heat peaks of which are more than
feet above the see. Colorado
he* fifty-nine peaks, which ere more
than 18,000 feat in altitude. - _
—A priaoeae^ a oouutesr, a daoheee,
aad the daughter of a reigning prince
were amoag the 4,000 thieves, profes
sional aad unprofessional, who were
arrested In Paris during tha past year.
—It la said that tha first watch of
whloh there le nay record, weighed
two pounds. The smellest bee just
bmn made by a Swiss factory. Its dial
Is about oae quarter of aa tech in dia
meter aad it would taka Ivs huadred
of thorn to walgh a pound
tkgMiEmmJ JaIIam r
wmermmwm ^uevAA^EX E•
Lqks City-W. H. Klrtou.
Lamar—G. M. Boyd’.
Lana—O. L. Durant.
Salters—R. 0. BoulWart.
Scranton—J. M. Lawson.
South Florence—R. M. Du Bees.
TbamonSVllle—R. W. Berber.
Union—A. 1. Holler.
Ganna vi uls Distbict—Presiding 11
Jar, J. B. Wilson.
Anderson, Bt. Joha’s—W. W- Denial
Anderson, West Bad—8. B. Harper,
leeleyaad Betheeda—J. 1. Nushtoa
Fountain Inn—J. W. Shell.
Greenville, Buncombe Street—W. A
^nwavtll*. St. Peal’s—M. B. Kelly.
Gre«BYiIl*, City Mills—D. W. Ksllez.
Greenville Ct—J. O. Counts.
Greer’s-J. 0. Roper.
It is s blweed peiied
In e wemnn’a Hfk when
e deer little stranger
comes driving down (
oat ef ctattUend te
ranks its home is her
heart end cell her
mother. Yet the m
jority ef womes ep-.
h this time wiih
end miagiviag
for themeelvee
end the ranectefi. little
see. The mother’s
hlghee
ifi,000
It eoets two
hemelf of the
propertiee of
ecripbon. It gives
enderanee to tae ot
heart fore
bodes seme,
weakness or
imperfection in the
be by while the wem-
aaly netnre feet* its
own sufferings; nad per*
heps e little mice ef veal-
ty about bar figure makes
her dreed thet its ettreo-
tivs contour may be de
stroyed by sMteniity.
hut a* e matter of feet
when • woman is la per
fect health and condi
tion, motherhood should
only serve to enhance
and accentuate her phy
sical attract!van sea. Bv-
' ary expectant mother
should know end avail
health-giving, nerve-toning
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
specific etrangth aad
ef matsrmi
OfBMtmsvaM wa aaausemnmnu^ «
promotea thorough, noalthy, constitutional
vigor and rccupcrati
motherhood sms am
fortable; insure* the baby's perfection and
it's bs
ve eoargy. It make#
and comparatively com
pet serves the mother'
ily ettractiveneae.
kUaabrth Kull. n 1
fi. L, writes:
moyant spirit end
. Merrick Street, Pew-
I have Uksa Dr. nerce’s
crtptiou sad cmaaot spsak too weU
I have had fifteen babies, end always had
etimee I had to have two doc
king year 1 rrsacriptioa ’ last
-July, and In September Vgnve birth to two little
gina, and I never had audC aa easy time. I had
no docter, and was not in psi w half U the
SS bAes. Mr weight is aboet two hand red
pounds. My twins when bora weighed ten
fWrajh each. - They arc fine girls, now fear
la many cams where constipation is one
the agfravating ceuaes of dt tease, Dr.
e neeaant PeUeto should be need la
naetioe wife the ‘ 1 Favorite
They or* the
■ <
uth Bfenchvllle—D. Z. Deatzlor.
Springfield—G E. Stokes.
Swenewee Mluion—Sep. by J. T. Me-
Far lane.
Wegener—Sup. by I. E. Smith.
Wegener—Sup. by 1. E.
WllTieton-J O. Davit.
Rocx Hill Diarnicr—Presiding XI
der, J. B. Campbell.
Blacksburg—D. M. McLeod-
Blacketocks—P. B. Ingrehem.
Chester—J. S. Grier.
Chester Circuit—J. B. Treywlek.
Chesterfield—A. F. Berry.
Best Chester-W. H. Miller.
Fort Mlll-R. A. Tongue.
Hickory Grove—B. M. Grier.
Jefferson—L. L. Bedenbeugk.
Lancaster—J. X. Carlisle.
Lancaster Circuit—G. O. Leonard.
North Rock Hill—J. Barr Harris.
Richburg-J. C. Stoll.
Rock HiQ Station—J. 8. Beasley.
Rock Hill C&c ' - -
J. H. Thacker.
Tradeevllle—Allan McFarlane.
Van Wyck—R E. Mood. '
YorkTille—A. N. Branson.
York Circuit—S. H. Booth.
JPAKTANBDfta Distkict — Presiding
Elder, W. P. Meadors.
Belmont—8. D. Vaughn. -
CampobeRo -ft. H. Beet.
Cherokee—W., J. Snyder.
Clifton—R. W. Spigner.
Clinton—J. L. Harley.
Xnoree-J M.Fridy.
Gaffney—W. H. Hodges.
renit and Laurel Street —
Gaffney Circuit—Snppliad bfl 1. ,T.
Creech. .
Jonesville—X. H. Beckham. „
Kelton—J. N. Isom.
Laurens Station—R. H. Jonee
Laurens City Mission—Sapplled by.J;
M. Shell.
North Laurent—D. P. Beyd.
Pacolet Mills Station—1. S. Jenes. '
Pacolet Circuit—8. A. Nettles.
Sentnc-C. B. Burnt.
Spartanburg, Central—M. L. Carlisle.
Spartanburg. Duncan—W. A. Falrev.
Spartanburg, City Mlmloa —1. B.
IlljlEi — •
Unloa Station, Grace Ohureh—W. A.
Maasebeeu.
Union City Mission—F. H. Shuler.
Whltmir*r-W. B. Justus.
SoMTaa Distbict—Presiding Elder,
T. J. Clyde.*-
Biahopville—E. P. Taylor;—'
Bethany—G. H. Poo**r.\
Camden—J. Thornes Pete.
Camden Circuit—W. B,Yerdia.
* Forreston—Foster Speer. r
• Heath Springe Station—D. A. Phillips.
Jordan—W. A. Pitt*.
Kerahaw—J. G. Beckwith. t
Lynchburg—E. W. Meson.
Manning—P. B. Well#.
New Zion—W. B. Wiggins.
. Oswego—N. B Clarkson.
. Richland-T. J. White.
Santee—A. T. Dunlap. —^
Sumter Station- -J. A. Clifton.
Sumter —Magnolia Street Mission—
W. A. Kelly.
Snmter Circuit—Supplied by 8. 9.
Bailey.
Smithville—J. H. Graves.
Weteree—J. E. Strickland.
Wodgofleld—J. R. Copelaed.
—Why do men beoome bald ^ Bo-
eauaa tEoy wear oloe* hate end caps.
Women are never bald except by dis
ease, aad they do aot wear close head-
gear. Men never lose hair below
where the hat touches the head, not if
they have been bald 20 years. The
close cap hold# the heat and peraplra* ■
lion ; thereby the hair glands beoome
weak, and tke hair fall# out.
—A 6(10,000 equestrienne status of
Gdoerftl Sherman li just beirff oom-
E leted by tha sculptor, Augustus Bt.
'softens, to be erected in Boston.
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