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Khun mm i i Miii ui tn cinuDHcii 0H1BLE8 K. IIBLDOE '*i JBU aupt," riU Ormmm 4 CHAPTER XH. Alice, with the quickness of thought that always characterised her, planned that all the rest 'should go to church While she remained with Clara. Will was able to go out now. So, for the Ant time In months, Rbbert and his wife and Bess and the two boys sat to gether In the same seat \ George had •ot been to church for a year, and WU1 was very Irregular In his attendance. The opening services seemed espe cially Impressive and beautiful to Mr. Hardy. He wondered how be had ever dared sit and criticise Mr. Jones and the way he had of reading the hymns. To be sure, he was not a perfect speak or, but his love for his people and his grfcat love for men and his rare good life every day were so well known that they ought to have counted for more than they ever did. It Is astonishing how many good deeds and good men pass through this world unnoticed and unappreciated, hot every evil deed is caught np and asagnlfled and criticised by press and people until It seems as tf the world most be a very wicked place Indeed and the good people very scarce Indeed. Mr. Hardy Joined in the service with h joy unknown to him for years. He had come to It from the reading of his Bible Instead of the reading of the morning paper and from prayer in •toad of from thoughts of his,business or a yawning stroll through his library. His mind was receptive -of the best things in the service. He entered Into It with the solemn feeling that it was his last And when the minister gave out the tost, "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that ev ery man may receive the things done In bis body, whether they be good or bad," be started and leaned forward latently, feeling that the message of the preacher was for him and him alone and strangely appropriate for his own pecnllar condition. The drat atatement of the sermon arrested bis attention and held him to tbe argu ment Irresistibly to the end: "The judgment seat of Christ will not be a dreadful place to a man whose sins have been forgiven in this world, but If he comes up to It seamed and acarred * and stained with sins unre pented of and unforglreu because he has not asked God to forgive him It will be a place of awful fear to bis aoul. There are men here In this au dience who are as ready to die now as they ever will be. They have mads their peace with God. They have no quarrel with their neighbors. Their accounts are all square in business. They are living In loving relations with the home circle. They have no great burdens of remorse or regret weighing them down, and If God should cal) them this minute to step up to the judgment seat they would b# ready. "But there are other men here who are not at all ready for such a tremen dous event They may think they are, but they are mistaken. How can they stand before the greatest being In all the universe and have no fear when they are unprepared to answer hlsquire- tions: ‘Why did you not confess me be fore men? Why did you not do as 1 commanded and bear tbe burdena of the work Instead of pleasing yourself 7* What will the man say then 7 "It la true that Christ la all merciful, all loving. But will It make no differ ence with a aoul whether It comes up to his Judgment jgal cat ot a life of selfish ease and Indulgence or out of a Ufa of self sacrifice and restraint? When every possible offer of mercy la held out to men on earth and they will not accept It will It be all the same aa [rnent seat of Christ? Why, that would be to mock at tbe meaning of the Incarnation and the atonement It would be to cast scorn and contempt on tbe agony in the garden and the crucifixion. It would make unnecessa ry all the prayer and preaching. What possible need ig there that men preach a gospel of salvation unless there Is danger of the opposite? "If we are all going to be saved any way, no matter whether wa accept God’s love tn Christ or not what use Is .tha church? And why Ibould we be smxlous any more about our children? ~ And what difference does It make whether they go to tbe bad here-in this , world If In the world to come they will all be saved? For eternity' will be so much grander and sweeter and endur tng than time that we might as well taka It easy here and not pay much at- tentlon to the message, ‘God ao loved tha world’—that is, If we are going to be saved anyway. "Why should wa care very much If It doee say In tha revelation of God’s word that the wicked shall go away Into everlasting punishment if wa don’t believe It? Why, the wicked will •land Just as good a chance of eternal Story as the good If the Judgment seat of Christ does not mean a separation of the good from the bad. Let us close oar churches and go home. Let ns eat and drink and dance and be merry, for tomorrow we may die; and after death the judgment, and after the Judgment glory and Joy and power and peace and life eternal In the presence of God. "It Is £oe we scorned him on earth, but that won’t make any difference; he will receive us Just the same. It is tens we refused to believe in his only begotten Bon after all he suffered of shame and agony. *for us, but that makes no difference; be will say, 'Enter Into the Joy of thy Lord.’ It Is true we made fun of Christians and mocked at prayer and sneered at faith, bat that la not much to be afraid of. It la true we hated oar neighbor and would not for give an Insult, but that to a little thing. It to true when the Holy Spirit pleaded with os a year or six months ago to I Christ In public we told him to were ashamed to do It In of mea, to confeos him oat hto anna on a cross of rUtotf for.ua hot for all that ws feel sure tfist when we march up to the judgment seat of Christ he will treat ue Just tbe same as he treats the disciples who have told down their lives for the Master. “Then let ne tear out of the Bible every line that speaks of retribution or punishment or Judgment—for we don’t like those passages; they hurt our feel ings—and let ue leave only those words that speak of love and mercy and for giveness, for those words are the only ones that can be true, for those words don’t make us feel uncomfortable. "Away with everything that hurta our feelings, that makes us anxious, that sends us to oqr knees in prayer, that makes us confess Christ and live a life of self denial and service, for when "the Judgment seat Is prepared and Christ alts down there and we ap pear before him he will receive ns as we come before him—the pure and the impure, tbe selfish and the proud and tbe humble.and the believer and the disbeliever and Infidels and scoffers and cowards and desplsers of God's love on the earth, all tbe class of men who fell back on weak and Imperfect Christians as an excuse for their own weak lives, and the drunkards and the liars and tbe oppressors of the poor, and everybody who beard a thohsand sermons full of gospel and despised them because of some imperfection in the delivery or elocution, and all those men who went through the earth be trayers of tbe home, and tbe selfish politicians who betrayed their country, and all the men who read tbs Bible and believe only th^parta that didn’t hurt tbelr eensitlve feelings, and the young men who lived fast lives and sowed wild oats because a Wicked and false public sentiment—made them think It was excusable and perhaps necessary, and all the other men and women who lived as they pleased, re gardless of God and eternity. When all these shall Appear Itefore the judg ment seat of Christ, he will behold them all as one soul and with a smile of gracious pardon will reach out his almighty arm and swlep them all alike Into a heaven of eternal bliss, there to reign with him In glory ami power, world without end! “But Is this what Christ taught the' world? Suppose what we have said is true. It turns his whole life into a splendid mockery. Foolishness and absurdity could go no further than to create a life like his and to put luto his mouth such teachings as we have re ceived If at tbe Judgment seat all souls, regardless of their acts la this world, are received on an equal footing and all received Into eternal life. And where to there any room In the teachings of Christ for a purgatory? Do we believe that? Is It not the plain teaching that after the Judgment the destiny of soula Is fixed forever? , “But what could man wish more? Will be not havropportunlty enough to accept the mercy of G5d before that time? Does be not have opportunity? If any aoul appears at last and at the Judgment complains that he did not have a fair chance, will that gracious Judge condemn him if his complaint be true? We know be will not. But the facta of tbe judgment are these: At that time, whenever It is, the aoula of mep will be passed for tbelr acta in tha earthly life, a verdict that will deter mine their everlasting destiny, and that verdict will be Just and It will be merciful. For tbe crucified one could not do otherwlae. But the men who have despised and neglected and disbe lieved and confessed shall be separated from him forever, and the men who hare confessed and believed and tried to lire like him shall be In hto presence continually. "There will be a division of souls. It will not be baaed on wealth or position or birth or education or genius, but on Chriatllkenese—on that divine and ster nal thing ws cell character. Every thing else shall go away into destruc tion, Into death. Into pontohment. into banishment from God. And banish ment from God will be hell, and It krill be a hell not made by'God, but by man himself, who bad an opportunity—nay, a thousand opportunities—every day of his life to accept the bllaa^f heaven oJLhU oneoTthem and! weni to hie own place. But some soul starts up and aaya: ‘You are not preaching the gospel; you are preaching fear, hell, torments. la this your boasted love of God?* Yes; for what am 1 preaching If not the love of world that he gave his only begotten Boo that whosoever bellevetb In him should not parish, but have everlasting Jfe?’ Is there ho danger of perishing? Why did Christ come then? Why did he say the things he did? Why did he speak of the condemnation of the wick ed and unbelieving tf that were not s part of the gospel? "The gospel Is glad tidings, bat what makes It glad tidings? Because of the danger we are in. What la salvation? It Is the opposite of being lost .We cannot have one without the other. So I am preBchlng the gospel here today when f say, ‘We must all appear be fore the Judgment feat of Christ! There will be no fear to us then If wa believe in him, If we have lived hto life •ere. If the things done In the body are good. And, more than that as long as this earth life cmtolnues God’s mercy to with us every Moment. It is possible some soul Is here who for years has lived selfishly within hto own little toys of pleasure. He lodks back on a life of uselessness, of neglect of all that Christ did for him. He this day bears the voice of God. Ho listens, he repents, he cries out smiting on hto breast, ‘God be merciful to me, a sin ner!’ Then what will God do? Will be re; ca When he appears before the Judgment •eat will Christ aay: 'Yon repented too late on earth. Yon cannot bo saved now?* “No! Even If after 100 yoan of shame and sin a soul with Its outgoing breath tn genuine repentance and faith In the Bon of God cries ont for mercy the* cry would be answered, and he would be saved. What lees of glory and pow- er tuch'~k aoul may experience la the raalnui of glory we may not be able to tell Bnt be himself will be saved, "!• not God merciful, then? Let no man depart from this house of God tearful or despairing. The earthly life to full from beginning to close with tto lovo of an jQmifhty Fa men complain because-they cannot have all of this life and all of the oth- or, too, in which to rc|>cnt and lie for given? ’Now la tbe accepted time; now la the day of salvation.’ .Today tf ye will bear bla voice harden not your hearts.’ t - , "Men of Barton, you have heard the Word of God proclaimed from thla desk today. Young men, will you wait un til you are old In aln and ahame before yon will repent and be saved? How do you know you will live to be old men? And what a life to live, even If you were sure of a hundred years, to pour out the dregs at last as an offer ing to Christ just to escape hell! Oh, all men, hear ye this day the message of Christ! He Is a Saviour of sinners. It is not necessary that any man go away from thla service unsaved. You may believe here and now. Won’t you do It? ’Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ’and thou sbalt lie saved.’ Then go home and pray, rejoicing. "And If tbe Almighty call you out and away from this prison of clay luto hto resplendent presence this very night what will you have to fear? Not one thing. You have put your trust In him. Your sins are all forgiven. You can appear before his judgment seat and await your verdict with a calm and Joyful soul, for you know as you gaze Into the loving countenance of your Redeemer and Judge that when he turns and_ speaks to you he. will say, ‘Come, ye beloved of my Father, Inherit tbe kingdom prepared /or you from the foundation of the world.’ Truly God Is love!" The prayer that followed the sermon seemed*to bring all the souls in the church very close to God. The events of the past wdbk had stirred the town deeply. The awful disaster so near them, the speech of Mr. Hardy In the town hall, rumors of tbe experience he was having—all these had prepared tbe audience for Jost such a aermon on Sunday morning. And men bowed their heads and prayed In that house who had not done such a thing sincerely In many years. Robert had many inquiries concern ing himself and Clara to answer at the close of tbe service. He finally went up and thanked the minister for what he had said and spoke as he never had spoken before in encouragement of his pastor's work. But it seemed to him that he must be getting home. The time was growing short. He must have the rest of it with the dear ones in the home. What need to descrll%Abe details of the afternoon? Bobert Hardy bad the Joy of knowing that all his children were with him, and at dark James came over and asked if be might loin the circle. He did not know all that Mr. Hardy had gone through, hut the children had told him enough to make him want to be with tbe family. "Why, come right in and join the cir cle, Jim. You’re one of us," cried Mr. Hardy cheerfully. So Jim drew up bis chair, and the conversation went on ‘ibey were sitting in tbe up stairs room where Clara lay and facing an open fire. Tbe doc tor had called In the mid dle of tbe afternoon and brought two other skilled aurgeuus and physicians at Mr. Hardy’s request. It was a sin gular case, and nothing special could be done. This was tbe unanimous opinion after deep consultation, and after remaining some time the doctors had withdrawn. When it grew dark, Alice started to turn ou the llgkta. hut her father said. “Let us sit tn the firelight" So they drew close together and in awe looked upon him who seemed so sure that God would call him away at midnight. Who shall recount the words that tver* uttered, tbe exact sentences spokeo. the fears and hopes and petitions aad tears of tbe wife, the commauds of the fa ther to bla boys to grow up into tbe perfect manhood In Jesus Christ, tbe~ •weet words of love and courage that passed between him and hi/ wife and daughters? These things cannot be de scribed; they can only be imagined. So the night (Missed. It was after 11 o'clock, when the conversation had al most ceased and ail were sitting hush ed in a growing ^silence, that Clara THEHX’B NOTHING SETTLED. TltOt'HLK IS ALWAYS ON HAND. Bill Arp Bays f ho Whole World is Die* satisfied—He Voted lor. Seven Man In the Primary and Only Two Ware Kleoied. Tbe papers tell ua that there are yet over 300 conventions to be held- this year la these United States. It looks like public affairs, political, religious, agricultural and financial are lo a very uosettled condition. I wish) they would settle something. There ia the Philip pine war, the Porto Rico tangle, the Cuban pos'%1 steal, the negro problem, female suffrage and women’s hats in the churches. There Is the prohibition question, the Presbyterian creed, tbe ( term theory, the strikes among tbe aborers, the trust monopolies and who are to bn the running mates for Bryan and MiKinley. Then there are side shows of many kinds, but nothing gets settled. When our old cook got sick and my wife asked her if she knew where we could get another she said, ’• Nome, I don’t; cooks is glttla’ pow’- ful scacr. Better git a settled ’oman If you can find one—dese young, onsettled niggers ain’t no count sense freedom cum." Looks like there is nothing set- led nowadays, neither labor, nor cooks, nor women, nor men, nor theories, nor great public questions. Well, one thing has been settled at last and that is "the Barbara Frlotchie myth.” The Boston Transcriutof last Wednesday has three columns on the su’-j-ct and gives up and says this is a finality. It publishes a letter from General Henry Kyd Douglass, of Stonewall Jackson’s staff, which disproves the whole ridiculous story and closes by saying : “ We men of the South set no limit to the poetic laudation of a woman, be she old or young, nor are we disposed to bold an admirer strictly responsible for the ac curacy of his language, bit from the Potomac to the Rio Grande the name of our Christian soldier, Stopewall Jackson is sacred. Lift up your monu ments to your own heroes and heroines and you wttl hear-oo woW of protest from ue, but do not cast your ehipptngs and epa* Is on the grave of Stonewall Jsckson.” But that is only one thing settled. Ooe slander nailed and It has taken thirty years to do that. We thought that Ben Hill bad nailed the Andersonville slender in bis great speech against Blaine, but that bobs up every little while and has to be nailed again. I know a lady, and she It a lady in manners and morals, who really believes that the Federal prison ers at Andersonville were made to drink mel'ed lead when they begged for water. She was told that thirty-five years ago and cant get over over it. We cant do abythiog with those peo- ple. They .fought us from prejudice and have since been spending millions of money on the negro from prejudice. Every black scoundrel wbo has been lynched down South was the victim of their false teachings and will continue to be—thank tbe good Lord for His mercies. Ten years ago I wrote my first philippic against the brutes and advocated a summary vengeance and I stand by it and rejoice whenever a lynching occurs for an outrage upon defenseless woman. If there la any thing worth than lynching I’m fur that. L?t the North howl If they want to, the procession will proceed all the same. The farce at Montgomery settled notbtng. The negro [a here to stay and be has got to behave himself at a good citizen or take the consequences. The South needs him and if bit pres ence keeps away the horde of foreign ers that Europe Is anxious to get rid of, It Is a blessing. What is tbe matter with tbe negro? I don't know o^ a racecoifllct in this region except In the large cities, which are a pestilence to good mo-alt; truth and the industry of the race it improving In the rural districts, where the white race Is in the majority. A few months ago there wjm a call from Mississippi for negro labor and aboJta hundred went from this nelgbeerhood and very soon tbey were missed and our farmers began to make a futt about It, but there was no Fegleg Williams concerned in it and nobody to get mad with. Oae of my neighbors who had often declared that he wished they were all out of the country got mad about this sudden ex odus, and said he couldn’t hire a man to break up hit garden. We are'hard to please and lay too much blame on the negro. I read about a young preacher who just spread himself abpslng the other de nominations and he was told that it grief la a bigger thiog..than conquest or imperialism It was just that way with our boys in Cuba. Their mothers could sot hear from them. Tbe pRloers of every company should b« required to make a.senort of every private onee a month to his parents or wife or guar dian Well, our State and county primary la over and now wa will have peace unMj the next ode. I voted for seven county officers and only two of them were nominated. I reckon my little grandchild waa right when I put her dress on wrongaide before. ’’ Gan’ pa, you haveat got very much sense, have you /" But then l console myself with the Scriptural Injunction follow not a multitude to do evil. I’ll go out in tbe garden and pick strawberries awhile and try to be oalm and serene. Bill Arp, P. 0.—As to that hat question In the churches, It can be proven either way by St. Paul, but he had no wife and ad vised people not to marry. I dont con sider him good authority. THE CAMPAIGN MEKTI \ GS. Does this illus trate your experi- e n c e ? tKvVX^l 1 And are 1 \'wk 1 I y° u wor " U A IQ ried far nnm fear you are soon to be bald ? Then cease worry ing, for help is at hand. You need something that will E ut new life into the air bulbs; . A Schedule for the Mase Meetings Id Every County of tha Stats.’ The siib-oommltteoof tbe Damooratlc State executive committee has arrang ed a schedule of campaign meetings for this year, which provides for the open ing of the campaign at Orangeburg ou tbe 14th of June. This schedule is to be approved by the whole committee ot_n special meeting held fgr that pur pose this week. Time is allowed for tbe delegation to attend the convention at Kansas City, which makes a break in me campaign of nearly two weeks. The following is the schedule : Orangeburg, Thursday, June 14. Djrchester, Friday, June 15. Charleston, Saturday, June 1«. Colleton, Monday, June 18. Beaufort, Tuesday, June ID. Hampton, Wednesday, June 20. Barnwell, Friday, June 22. Bamberg, Saturday, June 23. - Sumter, Tuesday, June 3U Clarendon; Wednesday, June T!77—* Berkeley, Thursday, June 28. Georgetown, Tuesdny, JuiyiO. Williamsburg,Wednesday,July II.. Florence. Thursday, July 12. Marlon, Friday,'July 13. Horry, Monday, July 1«. Marlboro, Wednesday, July 18. Darlington, Thursday, July ID. Chesterfield, Saturday, July 21. Korshaw, Monday, July 23. , Lancaster, Wednesday, July 2'». Chester, Thursday, July 20. Fairfield, Friday, July 27. York, Saturday, July 28. • Cherokee, Monday, Juiy do. Spartanburg, Tuesday, July 31. Union, Wednesday, Aug. 1. Newberry, Friday, Aug- 3- Laurens, Saturday, Aug. 4. Greenville, Monday, Aue. 8. Pickens, Tuesday, Aug.”. Oconee, Thursday, Aug. D. Anderson, Friday, Aug. 10. Abbeville, Saturday, Aug. 11. Greenwood, Monday, A u g. 13. - Aiken, Wednesday, Aug. 15. Elgefiold. Thursday, Aug. 10. Saluda, Saturday, Aug. 18. Lexington, Tuesday. Aug. 21. Richland, Wednesday, Aug. 22. You need a hair food, such a s — UffTfW* by it: “Father! Mother! -I been? I have had such a dream! Where are yop? Where am IY" Mrs. Hardy arose and. with lepra streaming down h# fare, kneeled be- God when I say. ’God so loved the !* ,de tbe ^ a,ul ,n “ few vvord *. ^ocal, - etodt him because he to old in aln, be- suae be baa wasted beautiful yean? Father. Shall ed Clara to her anrroiiudlngs. The girl bad come out of i strange uncon sciousness with nil ner faculties intact. ‘Gradually she recalled the past, the ac cident, the dream of her father. She smiled happily on them all and tbey for awhile forgot the approach of mid night and its possible meaning to Mr. Hardy—all but himself. He kneeled by the bed. at the side of his wife, and thanked God that his dear one was re stored. ' . > Suddenly he rose tt* Ids .feet and ■poke aloud, quietly, hut clearly: “Did you not hear sOme one calling?” His face was pale, but peaceful. He bent down and kissed Clark, embraced his sons, drew his wife to him and placed bis hand on Bessie’s head; then, aa if in answer to a command, he gen tly kneeled down again by hto chair, and as his lips moved In prayer the clock struck once more the hour of 12. He' continued kneeling there,- and he waa nearer God than he had ever been in all his life before. Thus Robert Hardy’s seven days came to an end. ^ THE END. •tick to Ono Grade of Wool. It pays better-4o keep a flock of abeep with the wool as near one kind Ot grade as possible—that la, a Shrop shire ram should not be used<t>ne year, a Lincoln the next, a Leicester ithe next, and so on until tbe flock to mixed up with a little of everything.—John Jackaon. , Some gardeners claim that bogs which are injurlona to cucumber and other vines will keep away from onions. Tbey therefore advise plant ing an onion In each hill of vioei, or making onion beds close to the vines; an easy thing to try. * "Tbe cherry,” aays a very good au thority, ‘‘needs less attention to prun- ing than any of our fruit treea. When young. It requires a little pruning to term a perfect bend and an occasional of tee head of tee i —England buys 00 per cent, of all the products which American farmers send abroad, says Consular Agent Harris, at E.benstock, in a report to the Slate Department, treating on the extent ot tbe United Steles’ trade with Great Britain, England, be says, is our best "bustomer for foodstuffs, and tbe British colonies present the greatest field for manufactured pro ducts. Harris provides a- table for the fiscal year 1898 99. showing *hat of the other principal products Eng land bought in round numbers $73,UOO.- 000, or 75 per cent more than all the rest of Europe combined. In conc'u- sion Harris states that Great Britain has never shown tbe enmity toward our homo products of corn, wheat. Dour, beef and pork which has baen evident in other European nations, and that the value of, England’s market can not be overestimated. —A singer in grand opera contra diets tbe statement frequently made that lemon juice is excellent to re lieve a slight hoarseness. It may clear tbe voice at first, but only for a snort time, and the strong acid is extremely injurious to the vocal chords. To soothe and relieve the congestion that produces the hoarseneis, the singer says that nothing is belter than the It brings health to the hair^and the fall ing ceases. it always restores color to gray hair. You need not look, at thirty as if you were fifty, for your gray hair may have again all the dark, rich color of youth. It .00 • bottls. All Sraittsts. - “ I am a barber by trade and hare had a great deal to do with your Hair Vigor. 1 hare found that it will do everything that you claim for it. It has given me tbe most complete satisfaction in my bust- ness." UE.NKV J. (iKOBOV, March 22,1»9». Kansas < 'ity, Xo. MMfw thm Ommtmr. If yon do not obtain all the benefits you expected from the nee of the Vigor, write the Doctor about It. Addreee. Da. J C AVER. * Lowell, Mees. C HOICE Vegetables wifi always fiml a ready market—but only, thafarmer can raise them who has studied the great secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well- balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8% Potash. Send-for our books; which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Si., New York. ^ * — ;— PITT’S CHARLESTON EXPOSITION HOCTH CAROLINA'S I’KOURKMS. Twentieth Century Kxhlhii of the Industries and Resources ol the State. Charleston, tbo chief city of South Carolina, and a plage surrounded with historical remeuisceoce*, is about lo enter upon a new era. It has tired of living on past greatness and determin ed to make a long, sturdy stride to wards the head of the procession of growing and prosperous cities, aud that step Is the holding of a grand Ex position. About three months ago tbe talk of getting up a State Exposition was beard ; it became more prominent as tbe plan was dissected and found feasible, and on March 29, tbe people of Charleston having securod tbe en dorsement of the Governor, of the Legislature, the commercial bodies of Charleston aad other cities, formally announced to tbe world-'that there would be held in Charleston, beginning in 19U1, a great fair or exposition. At amass meeting held in tbe Auditorium, the citizens of Charleston with one voice said to the men wbo had uader- taken the- preliminary work, "go ahead; we are Jllh you." Since that meeting at the close of March, the work of preparation for forming an Exposition company has gone on with remarkable activity. Within less than two months subscriptions of $110,UUU have been received to tbe capital stock and they continue to come In at the rate of five to eight thousand per week. The amount already received does not Include anything from the railroads or K?ger corporations—the Idea being lo leave these large subscribers for tbe last. This is proper at tbe business men and citizens generally should bo Cures dyspepsia, indigestion, and all stomach or bowel troubles, colic or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts o sores, risings or felons, cuts and bums, -t is at good antiseptic, when locally apnliel os any thing on the market. Try tt and you will praise it to others If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to Pitts’ Antiseptic Invigorator Co. THOMSON, QA— m^AKFENTJCK. BKOtL,: G-eenvillt. IL ' • 2 Manufactures. 3. Machinery of ail kinds, including agricultural implements. 4. Transportation Exhibits : lUil-^ way, ships, vehicles, automobilesT bicycles and electrical appliances. .■> Liberal Arts: Engineering, public works, constructive architecture. ti. Forestry and forest products. 7. Horticulture and Floriculture. 8 Phosphate rock and its i>roducts. 9 Mines : Geology and.minerals. 10. Fish, fisheries, fish products and apparatus for fishing. 11. Live stock. 12. Graphic Arte: Typography, litho graphy, steel and copper plate print lag, drawing, bookbinding, etc. 13 Fine Arts : Pain.iog, sculpture and decoration. 14. Education : Special exhibits from Clemeon College, Winthrop Normal and Industrial College and other State institutions. 15. Hygiene. 10. Woman's Department 17. Children’s Department. 18. Military. 19. Negro Department. > 20. United Slates Goverdment Ex hibit. 21. County Exhibits. 22 Good 1 toads : Sections of roads, road machinery, broad tired vehicles. 24. Exhibits from Cuba, Porto Rico and-the Philippines. One of the main butlJings will bo a "Cotton Palace," and In this will be shown the products of tbe cotton seed, tbe machinery used in its manufacture and Improvements of the century. An Ancikit Darkly.—Tbe Oteoge- burg Patriot has this Interesting item: The oldest inhabitant of Orangeburg County, and probably tbe oldest In ths Stele, died last Wednesday nlgbt a week ago at hla borne, near Branch- villa. He was an old colored man nam ed Sibe Joyner. He was born In 1784, one year after the treaty was signed recognizing American Independence and was 15 years old when Washington died, aad Is the only person in this country, so far aa we know, who has Lived during every Presidential admin istration of the American republic. He lacked but a few months of living in three distinct centuries, and according to some authorities, he actually did llyi in three distinct centuries Tbe man always voted the Dsmoora ticket end waa respected by his nelg\h iywj ing great offense. " What shall I fie asked. " I am obliged to abuse somebody or the people ^WHYcome out to bear me.” His friend replied, "Weil, then you had better pitch into tbe Jews. They have gdt no friends and are not kin to anybody but themselves.” Just so, we blami the negro with the sins and corrupt methods of thd politi cian, the politician who buys his vote with money or yrhLkey. The smart man who buys is worse,than the ignor ant negro who sella bis vote. When Stephen A. Douglass ran against Lin coln for Congress he tried to degrade him in a public speech by saying that the first time be ever saw his opponent he was keepings saloon in a one-horse- town. " Yes," replied Lincoln, “ I re member that. I was on one side of tbe counter and you were on tbe other. I was selling and you were drinking.” “ JU' —Miss Jessica B. Peixote, of San Franclaooxfeas parsed an examination Jn the University of California for the degree of doctor of philosophy. She is the fourteenth to receive this degree at Berkeley and the second woman. It is the highest degree conferred by the university and for its attainment are needed at least seven years of univer sity work. That is about tbe parallel between the politician and the nrg 0 I do not fed satisfied with the sweep Ing excljlsiofi f f the present white prl marylUw. I know a dezsn negroes in this town who are morany, intelligent ly and industrially qualified to vote and I know two dozen white men who are not. It seems to me we might have a commission to Select deserving negroes and place their names on the registra tion ilbt. This would etlmdlate others to good behavior. It would have a tendency to elevate good negroes, whereas tbe present law cuts i.ff all hope and all amblUpn^ But I would- ent grins ojrir of them a public pfl^je and no friend of the South would make him a postmaster or a census taker. But there is nobbing settled. The Philippine war has ajmost ceased to be discussed bv tbe American people. We have ceased to feel any interest ln.lt. It is none of our war.^ It is the Repub lican politicians’ war ^and has cost thousands of lives and millions of money. Recruiting officers inveigled hundreds of our foolish boys Into it and their distressed mothers cant hear a word from them and fear they are dead, and I reckon they are. Somo of them write to me, thinking I can do something or give them comfort, bat alas 11 cannot. McKinley dont care so be is re-elected. Here is a letter that came today (roars heart-broken moth er, Mrs. Alice A Kibles, pf Valdosta, whose son. £B. K bier, went to Ma nilla With tbs Eleventh United States volunteer oavalry, troop K Can any body relieve her mind ? She gets no answer to her letters. Oh, these dear, old long-suffering mothers. Their When life's autumn comes, women, worn out by the burdens and obligations of motherhood, yet shrink from that second "change of life " which will banish these burdens forever. -They fear a change in form, in feature, in personal attractive ness, and that the lees of life wrill alone remain at the bottom of the cup of existence. Such fears are largely warranted" by the effects which this change produces in * many r^omen. But no woman need let these fears fret her,; who from the time of tbe first change of life, from girl- hood to woman hood, has taken care to constantly keep her system in vigorous health. Those who have used Dr. Pierce’s Fa vorite Prescription do not suffer from the change of life either in face, form or feel ings as do other tfomen This fact is due to the intimate connection of the general health with the health of the organs pecu liarly feminine. By preserving the health of these organs, and relieving the system from the debilitating drains, ulcers and in flammations w'hicb sap its health, "Favor ite Prescripton" paves the way for this' natural change to come in Nature!* way, without the loss of capacity to please others or the personal inability to enjoy life. / Mr*. M. Barnes, of Balls Ferry, Shasta Co,, Cal . writes: My physician said 1 was suffering from the effect* of • change of life.' I had heart disease and womb trouble and rheumatism. My head was so dixxy I could hardly stand up. 'When I began t*T. Pierce’s medicines I improved right along. I took seven or eight bottles of the ’ Favorite Prescription,’ a Measpoonful three times a day, and the Pleasant Pellets * at night I feel as well as I ever did." There is no alcohol, whisky or other inloV'’ icant in "Favorite Prescription," neither does it contain opium or other narcotics. You may be willing that somebody else Shall.say that their baby is "just as good” i os yours, but you don’t Want that baby sub stituted for vours. Let dealers say what they like about other medicines being "just as good" but don’t let them substL tute anything for " Favorite Prescription " i Dr. Piero’s Pleasant Pellets cleanse the 1 clogged system of impurities. certainly been gratifying to tbe men who have ao far engineered the work. But Cbarlefhup is not elone in teres red. An Exposition such as planned ’Will help every section of South Carolina. It will bring Immigration, increase manafactures and give cause (or greater activity In every branch of business. South Carolina has tens of thousands of arable acres now idle that might well be employed ; mining lands that have never even been prospected; square miles of virgin timber never touched by woodman’s axe. From all records of Expositions It is gathered that Cities, States and sections nave felt the benefits accruing from great fairs, where tbe world has been invited to come and see tbe results already ac complished and to estimaftTwhat may done with increased capital, added en terprise, industry and enthusiasm. The South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition Co. wUl be a chartered corporation wii.Tln a few weeks. .. The people of Charleston have given it strong financial and moral tn dorsemect. The managing committee Ii to Include two or more represtnte live mea from each county in South Carolina and subscription books are about to be opened In' the principal cities and towns. The people of the State will be invited to take stock in the Exposition Company and the sub soriptions will not be " contributions ” but investments. -^ Besides tbe general ? :ood which must result from tbe hold- ng ol the grand show proposed and planned, there will be every reason able chance of a return of all or a por tion of tbe money subscribed. The plan of subscription la that no assess ment can be called for until the total (bona fide) list shows $150,000, which is a majority of the full capital stock of $2fi0,000. When the. point of 1150,- 000 is reached an assessment of twenty per cent will be made, and the re mainder will be collected in equal in stall men ts of ten percent, of the re mainder in ten montbj. Subscriptions will be received in amounts from $5 up,' shares being placed at 16 each. The final report of the treasurer of tbe recently held Exposition at Omaha, •hows that ninety per cent^#as paid back to-stockholders after* the closing of their big fair. Charleston coming later and with the experience of ail before to guide her, should do even better than Omaha. Tne scope of tbe Exposition Is briefly •hown In the following terns: 1. Agriculture.; Coti food and its accessories tton, tobacco, children surviving him and a legion grand and great-grandchildren. Tt above facts were furnished by agentl man who lived near the old man. —Some people are never satlsfie Tbe man who finds fault with Augu heat will complain of cold in Februar Dr. Hathaway Treats AH Diseases. Ills Method Invariably Cures All Catarrhal, Bronchial, Lung, Stom ach, Liver, Kidney and Other Com plaints, as Well aa All Diseases and Weaknesses of Women. ‘ In Dr. Hathaway’s most extensive practice, cov erina a period ol more than 20 years.he has been called upon to treat all manner of diseases of men and women and along the whole line ot hutnan ailments he has been uniformly suc cessful. Dr. Hathaway’s me thod of treatment gets directly at the seat of Plirlflas tl,e troub,e * purifies the blood .. tones up the whole system and ina Hioou. neutralizes the poisons which produce the diseased conditions. 0 All HiaMBAA . Ye » rl y he restores to perfect T , . health thousands of sufferers irsataa. from catarrh. Bronchitis, As- thma. Hay Fever, I.ung Complaints, Stomach, Liver and Kidney Diseases. Piles, Tumors, Can cers, Eczema and all manner of skin affections. niaAAAAAaf Dr ’ HMhaway also treats with’ yT"*** the greatest success all those ‘.. ^ m * n > distressing Weaknesses and, diseases by which so many women are afflicted,’ Elaatrioal Hattewayli offices are fitted AaBlIanaai M and otflp r appliances,'m the use of which, as well as the microscope, ne ha* world u«d hn»Vi? n ,r xp< ‘ rt ’ AU ** the “^fclnas n^i. b vLi?'Jl l hai ! ay *** com Pounded In hi* , under his personal direction, and special remedies are prepared for each In-/' dividual case according to Its requirements. / Examination Hathaway has prepared £ Blanks ikfles of self examination blankE kTu , applying to tfie different disseasesV. which he sends free dn application; No. i, lor 1 **9?\ ot 'Jomen: No. MorSkin Diseases; ' XL 4, for Catarrhal Diseases; No. 5. for Kidneys. Dr. Hathaway makes un charge for consultation at either his rf wa. office or by mall. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. Dr. Hathaway * Co., ••K Sooth Broad Street, — Atlanta. Ha. " xbxtiox this rant* wax* warn**, -