The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 31, 1901, Image 4
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I In Which He Shows theTtndency to
I Excuse Brilliant Faults.
| In this discourse Dr. Taluiage shows
I that there is a tendency to oxouso bril
liant faults booaufo they are brilliant,
I when the same law of right and wrong
I ought to be applied to high plaoeB and
I low; text, Daniol iv, 33, "The same
| hour was the thing fulfilled upon NebuI
ohadneszsr, and ho was driven from
I men and did cat grass as oxon."
Hero is the mightiest of the BibylonI
ish kings. Look at him. Ho did moro
I for tho grandeur of tho oapital than did
I all his prodeoossorsor suocotsors. Hang
groat conqueror, lie strotohcd forth bis
npcar toward a nation, and it surrender
cd. But he plundered tho temple of
the true God. Ho lifted an idol, Bel
Moredaoh, and compelled the peoplo
to bow down before it, and if they re
fused tbey most go through tbo rodhot
furnace or b? ernnohrd by lion or lion
t-4 - eeB. So God pulhd him down.
Ho was smitten with what physicians
call lyoanthropy and fancied that he was
' a wild beast, and he wont out and pas
tnred amid the cattle. God did not excuse
him beosuso he had committed tho
sin in high plaoes or bccau:o tho transgression
was wido resoundiog. He moas
urid Nebuchadnezzar in high places just
as he would measure tho humblest esptive.
But in our time, you know as we'il as
I, that thoro is a disprsitiou to put a
halo around iniguiiy if it is committed
in oonspiouous plaoo and if it is wide re
bounding and of largo proportions. Kvcr
and rnon there hae been an epidemic of
, crime in high plaoee, and there is not a
stato or oity and hardly a v.llago which
has not boon called to look upon astounding
forgory or an absoonding bank
oashior or president or tho wasting
of trust fund or swindling mortgages.
propose in carrying out tho suggestion
of my text, as far as I oan, to scatter
the fasoiuatioDH around iniquity
and show you that sin is sin and wrong
is wrong whether in high plaoo er low
plaoo and that it will bo dealt with by
that God who dealt with impalacod
Nebuchadnezzar.
All who proaoh feel that two kinds of
sermons are ncccessary, tho one on tho
faith of tho gospol, tho other on the
morality of the gospel, and tho one is
just as important as tho other, for you
know that in thin land today thoro are
hundreds of men hiding behind the oommunion
tables and in ohurohcs of Joeus
Christ who havo no business to bo there
as professors of religion. They cxpoct
to bo all righi with Cod, although they
are all wrong with man. And, whilo I
want you to understand that by the
deeds of the law no fli-sb living can bo
justified and a mere honest life cannot
enter us into heaven. 1 want you as
plainly to understand that unless the
life is right tho heart is not right Grace
in the heart and graou in the lifc;so wo
must preaoh sometimes the faith of tho
gospel and somotimes tho morality of
the gospel.
It seems to mo thcro has net been a
time in tho last 50 years when this lat
ter truth ceedcd more thoroughly to bo
I pysented in tho American ohurohos. It
tho
Sabbath on
on ho
stylos goods
had lie
it a nativo
us to
God you
od heaven
against these
the goods do
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and wo want you to
^B^^BQflnBf^^^^^Bbate them among their rightful owner
|^BV3BB|^HVbd ^ i? &U tho pulpits of tho United
^BBfl|^^^fl^P^L3taics today rousing sermons could bo
preaohed on honesty and the evils of
dishonesty and tho sermons were blessed
of God and arrangements could bo made
by which all tho got ds which havo been
improperly taken from ono man and appropriated
by another should be put in
the oity halls of the oountry thoro is not
a oity hall in tho United Sia'.es that
would not bo crowded from cellar to eu
pola. Faith of the gospel; that wo must
preaoh and wo do preaoh. Morality of
the gospel we must jus' as certainly proclaim.
Now, look abroad and see the fasoin.lU..
.1,-. .V '
imbiuun umi ?ru turuwn nrouna tlin.rent
stylos of oriuic. Tho question that
evory man and woman has been asked
has been, Should crime bo excuse! bo
oauso it is on a largo scale V is iniquity
guilty and to bo pursued of tho law in
proportion as it is on a small scaleV
Shall wo have the penitentiary for the
man who steals an ovcrooat from a hatrack
and all Canada for a man to range
in if ho havo robbed the publio of millions?
Look upon all the fascinations thrown
around fraud in this country. Vou know
for years men havo been made nerocsof
and piotorializod and in various w&yG
prosentod to tho publio as though some
times they were worthy of admiration if
thoy havd scattered tho funds of banks
or swallowed great estates that did not
belong to thorn. Our young mon have
been dazed with this quick accumulation.
Thoy havo said: ' That's tho
way to do it. What's tho uso of our
plodding on with small wages or ineig
nifioant salary when wo may go into
business life and with somo stratagem
aohiovo such a fortuno an that man has
aohiovod?" A diiioront moasuro has
been applied to tho oriino of Wall street
from that whioh has beon applied to
the spoils which tho man carries up Kat
alloy.
So a peddler oamo down from New
Kngland many years ago, took hold of
tno money markot ol New York, fliunted
bin abominations in tho sight of all
the people, defied public morals ovcry
day of his life. Youogmcn looked up
and said: "lie was a peddler in ono
decade, and in tho next decade ho is
one of tho raonarohs of the stock mar
kot. That's tho way to do it." To this
day tho ovil intluonco of that profligato
has been felt, and within tho past few
weeks ho has had conspicuous imita
tors.
Thero has boon an irrosistiblo iinprossion
going abroad among young men
ihat tho poorest way to get monoy is to
oarn it. Tho young man of flaunting
oravat says to tho young man of humble
apparel: "What, jou only got $1,800 a
year/ Why, that wouldn't kocp mo
in pin monoy. I spend $.">,000 a year."
"Whore do you got it?" asks tho plain
young man. * 'Oh, stocks, enterprises
--all that sort of thing, you know."
Tho plain young man has hardly onough
money to pay his board and has to wear
olothos after they aro out of fashion
and deny himself all luxuries. After
awhilo ho gots tirod of his plodding,
and ho goes to the man who lias aohicv
od suddenly largo estate, and he says.
"Just show mo how it is dono." And
he is shown. Ho soon learns how, and.
mg gardens, reservoirs, aqueducts, palaces,
all of his own planning. Tho
bricks that are brought up today from
tho ruins of Babylon have his nam."! on
them, ''Nehuohadmz/.ar, Bon of Nabo
polassor. king of Babvlon*" Ho was a
?)though h^walmost all tho time H
now and has resigned his position
the bank or the faotory or the stored'
he has more money than be ever had,
trades off his old silver watoh for a gold
one with a fleshing ohain, seta his hat
a little farther over on tho side of his
head than he ever did, smokes better
cigars and more of them. He has his
band inl Now, if ho oan escape the
penitentiary for three or four yoare ho
will got into political circles, and he
will got political jobs and will have
something to do with ha-bars and pavements
and docks Now he has got so
far along ho is safo for perdition.
It is quito a long road sometimos for
a man to travel before ho gots into tho
romanoo of orimo. Those are oanght
who are oniy in the prosaic etago of it.
If tho sheriff and conetablos would only
lcavo them alono a little while, they
would steal as well as anybody. They
might uot bo able to steal a wholo railroad,
but thoy could mastor a load of
pig iron.
Now, I always thank Qod whon I
find an ostate liko that go to smash. It
is plague 6truck, and it blasts tho nation.
I thank Qod when it goes into
suoh a wreck it oan nover bo gathered
up again. I want it to beoomo so
loathsome and such an iosufforablo
slot oh that honest young men will tako
warning. If Qod should put into
money or its representative the oapaoity
to go to its lawful owner, thoro would
not bo a bank or a safoty deposit in the
United States whoso walls would not
bo blown out and mortgagos would rip
and jnrebments would rend aud gold
would shoot and beggars would got oa
horseback and stock gamblers would
go to the almshouse.
So thcro has been a great deal of fas
creation thrown around libortinisci.
8oc:oly is very severe upon the impnn- I
ty that lurks around tho alleys and low
haunts of tho town. Tho law pursues
it, smites it. incarcerates it, trios to do
dtroy it. You know as well as I that
8cc:cty bocomos lenient in proportion
as impurity becomes affluent or is in
olovat d oirclcs, and finally society is
silent or dispoBol to palliato. Whero
is the judge, tho jury, tho polico officer
that daro arraign iho wealthy libortino?
llo walks tho streets, ho ridoa tho
parks, he flaunts his iniquity in the
oyestf tho pure. Tho hag of unlcanness
looks out of tho tapoatricd window.
Where is tho law that dares take tho
brazen wretches and put their f&cos in
an iroD framo of a state prison window?
Sometimes it seems tome as if scoioty
wore going back to tho stato of
morals of Ileroulancam, when it sculptured
its vilencss on pillars and temple
wall and nothing but tho lava of a
burning mountain oould hide tho immensity
of crime. Atwhattimo Qui
will rise up aud extirpate thoro evils
upon sooiety I know not, nor whether
ho will do it by firo or hurrieano or
earthquake; but a holy God I do not
think will stard it muoh longer. 1 believe
the thunderbolts are hissing hot
sod that when God oomo3 to chastise
the community for these sins, against
whioti ho has uttered himself more bit
trrly than against any other, the fato
of Sodom and Gomorrah will ho tolerable
as compared wit h tho fate of our
modern society, which knew bettor, but
did worse.
We want about 10.000 pulpits in
Amcrioa to thunder, "All adultorers
and whoremoDgcra shall hava th<-ir
place in tho hell that burntth with fire
and brimstone, which is tho scoond
death." It is hell on earth and hell
forever. Wo hive got to understand
that iniqnity on Columbia heights or
Fifth avenue or Beacon hill is an damnablo
in tho sight of God as ii is in tho
blums. Whctncr it has oanopiod couch
1 of eider down or dwells amid the putridity
of alow tenement honso. God is
after it in his vcngcanoe. Yet the
pulpit of tho Chrslian churoh has been
so eowed down on this snbj ;ol that it
hardly dares speak, and men are almost
apologetic wlion thoy read the
Ton Commandments.
Then look at the fascinations thrown
around assassinations. There aro in all
communities mon who have taken the
lives of others unlawfully, not as executioners
of tho law, and they go soot
freo. You Fay thoy had their provoca
tions. God gave life, and he alone has
a right to tako it, and he may take it
by visitation of providonoe or by an cxcoutioncr
of tho law, who is his mossengcr.
Bat when a man assumes that
divine prerogative ho touches tho lowest
depth of crime
Sooirty is alert for cortain kinds of
murder. If a citizen going along the
road at night is waylaid and slain by a
robber, wo all want the villain arrested
And executed. For all garroting, for all
boaticg out of lifo by a olub or an ax or
a p'uog shot, the law has quick Bering
and heavy stroke, but you know that
when men gittllluent and high position
ard they avenge their wrongs by taking
the lives of others, groat sympathy is
exoited, lawers plead, ladios weep,
judge halts, jury is bribed and the man
goos free. If the verdict happen to be
agaimt him, a new trial is called on
through some technicality, and they
adjourn for witnesses that never 001115,
and adjourn and adjourn until the community
has forgotten all about it, nud
thon the prison door opens and the murderer
goes free
Now, if capital punishment bo right,
i say let tnc life of tho polished murderer
go with tho lifo of the vulgar assassin.
Let us havo no partiality of
galiows, no aristocracy of electrocution
chair. l)o not lot us float back to Darbarism,
whon every man was his own
judgo, jury and cxocutiouor, and tfcat
man had the supremacy who had the
strongest arm and tho quickest step and
the etcalthicst revenge, lie who willfully
and in hatrod takes tho life of
another is a murderor, 1 care not what
tho provocation cr tho circumstances,
lie may bo ole&rcd by an enthusiastic
courtroom, ho may bo sont by tho government
of the United Statos as ministor
to somo forcigc court, or modern
literature may polish tho crime until it
koks like heroism; but in tho sight of
God murder is murder, and tho judgment
day will so reveal it.
Thero aro hundreds of young men
who havo eood blond t
or four plain questions? Aro your
habits as good as when you left your
father's house? Have you a pool tiokot
in jour pookot? Ilavo you a fraudulent
dooument? Ilavo you boon ex
p? rimcnting to soo how aoourato an imitation
you oould niako of your orn
ployor's signature? Oh, you havo good
blocd. Kemombor ycur fathor's prayers.
Homembor your mother's example. Turn
notrin an evil way. Ilavo you bjen
going astray? Coino baok. Ilavo you
ventured out too far?
As I stand in pulpits looking over
audiotcos sometimes my heart fails mo.
There aro so many tragtdios prcsont, so
many who havo sacrifiiod thoir intogrit
/, so many far away from God. Why,
my brother, tboro havo boon two -many
prayers offered for you to havo you go
overboard. And thero aro those venturing
down into sin, and my heart
aahoi to oall thorn baok.
At Brighton Boanh or Long Branoh
you ha\o soon men go down into tho
surf to batho, and thoy wadod out
far*her and farthor, and you got anxious
about them. You said, "1 wondor if
^ 4._ yon
than
|^^-Como Come
^IB^PII^rill bo drownedt" They
waved their hand back, saying, "No
danger." Thoy kept on wading deeper
down and farther oat from shore, antil
after awhile a great wave with a strong
uodrtow took them out, their corpses
the next day washed oa tho besoh. So
1 see men wading down iato sin farther
and farther, and I osll to them: "Come
baokl Comeback! Yon will bo lost I
You will bo lost!" They wave thoir
hand back, saying, "No danger; no
danger." Dooper down and deeper
down, until after awh'.lo a wave sweeps
them out and swoeps them off forever.
Uti, come bao'il Thoone farthest away
may oome.
"Ob," you 8\y, "You don't know
where 1 oomo from; you don't know
what my history has been; you don't
know what iniquity I havo plotted. 1
havo gono through tho wholo oataloguo
of Bin." My brothor, I do not know
tho story, but I tell you this?tho door
of meroy in wide open. "Though your
sins bo as Eoarlet, they shall bo as snow,
they shall be as wool." Though you
had boon polluted with the worst of
crimes, though you have boon smi.ton
with tho worst of leprosies, though you
havo been fired with all ovil passions,
this moment on your brow, hot with
iniquiteui indulgence, may ba sot the
tUshiog coronet of a Saviour's iorgiveners.
Pleased with the news, Ihe saints below
In songs their tongues employ;
Beyond tbe shy the tidings go.
And heaven is tided with joy.
Nor angels can their joy contain,
But kiudle with new fire;
The eiuoer lost is found they sing,
And strike the sounding lyre.
THE WEATHER AND CKOP3.
Tne Weekly Bulletin of General Crop
Condition.
Tho following is tho weekly bulletin
of tho condition of tho woathor and
orops issued last waok by Dircotor
B?Uf r of the South Carolina section of
tho olimato and crop eorvioo of tho
United Siates weather bureau:
Tho averago temperature for tho week
cndiDg 8 a m., MomWy, July 221,
was 80 degroos, or practically normal,
with a maximum of 07 at Bstesturg,
auu s minimum oi o<> at urtonv Ilo.
The averago sunshiLO was bolow nor
mal, and moro sunshino would have
bcca beneficial in tho north border
counties. High winds broke down muoh
oorn in a few counties, on tho 14th.
Tho rainfall ranged from less than
half an inch to over ti7o inches, the
formor in tho central portions of tho
State, and central Savannah valley.
Tho largor amount foil in Marlboro and
Nowborry counties, while over tho
eastern, northeastern, northern, and
cztremo western oountics the rainfall
was generally excessive, tho damaging
to crops by Hudmg bottoms and lowlands,
and by preventing much cultiva
lion. A few points had insutfijient
rainfall, and there orops aro suffering
and did not improve, but over the larger
portion of tin State the weather was
favorable on growiog crops, causing a
general and in places a marked improvement
in their condition.
(Jotton improved throughout tho
State, and, whilo still very bin*11 is
growing fan and in most piaoes is
truiticg satisfactorily. In a few sections
it is heavily lruitod, while some
young cotton has not begun to bloom.
Tho outlook for this crop is deoidely
better than heretofore, although some
fields remain grassy, and ail of it needs
moro cultivation, but over tho eastern,
northeastern, and portions of the
northern oouutios the ground was too
wot lor cultivation. Sea inlands oon
tinuis to blight in spots.
Ktrly corn is a failure in many
plates, and, although somewhat im
proved, is very poor generally, it is
maturing rapidly in the ca->tern pur
tiona of tho State. Yuucg corn, especially
that planted ou stuhblo lands,
looks quite promising. Oo river hot
turns, where usually the finost corn is
raised, tho crop will amount to practically
nothing.
Tobacco shared in tho general improvement,
and in places has started
uow growth that will delay cutting,
but cutting and curing made fair progress,
and some has been marketed.
daect potatoes look promising, some
i-lins mill tie.inir wnt nut urhiln ... <' I, ? -
leston county somo ti >lda are ready to
dig and to market, K'.ce is excellent,
but caterpillars are destroying upland
rico in Hampton county. I'cas catno
up to good stands: some sections report
moro than the Uiual acreage sown
to peas, others less. Sugar cane and
p'astures are go:d Melons arc generally
poor. Tnero is widespread com
plant of poaohen and grapes rotting.
The Mouth of August.
The following data, covoring a period
of 11 years, have been compiled from
the woathor bureau records at Columbia
for the month of August:
Moan or uuraial temperature 80 degrees.
Tho warmest moDtli was that of 1000,
with an avtrigc of 85 degrees.
The coldest month was that of 1800,
with an average of 70 ddgreos.
The highest temporaturo was 106 degress
on August 2Uth, 1000.
Tho lowest temperature was 56 degrees
on August 30th, 1806
Averago dato on which first "killing"
frost orcured in autumn, November 5
Average date on whioh first "killing"
frost oooured in spring, March 23.
Averago for tho month, 6 85 inches.
Avorago number of days with .01 of !
an inch or moro, 12.
Tho greatest monthly prjoipitation 1
wasO 85 inches in 1808
Tho loast monthly precipitation was '
0.61 inohos in 1000.
Tho greatest amount of prooipitation
roootdod in any 21 conseoutivo hoars
was 1 30 inches on August 27th aod 1
28th, 1803.
Avorago number of dear days, 11; ,
partly olousy days, 12; cloudy day3. 8. ,
The prevailing winds havo boon from (
tho southweBt. ,
A Foxy Skipper.
A tug boat, wliilo oru'.siDg oil Sandy ,
Hook Monday, foil in wilh tbo Harkentino
Mannio Swann from Sin .fuan, i
Puorto Kioo, with about 1,200 tons of
sugar on board. The tug hailed the
Swann, whioh declined to bo towod into i
port. Capt. Iliggins explained that
ho would stand "on and of!" this port
until Friday, when ho will enter with
his vossol. Ho said that in remaining
outside ho wculi savo tho consignees of
his cargo many thousands of dollars because
tomorrow I'rosidont MoKinloy's
proclamation declaring tho cs'.ablishmont
o;vil govornmont in t lio territory J
of l'uroto liioo goes into < H cot and this .
tnanifosto will institute free trado botweon
tho Island and the I ailed
States. t
A little fivo jcar old boy was killed ?
by lightning in Chester last Saturday. v
Tho bolt canio in tho opon window. 1
Had tho window boon closed down thero a
would have boon no danger.
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H w tha Bltasof Rattfasnakts ard
Mid Drga May
BE RENDERED HARMLESS
Tha R?t. Hugh F. OHvar Talla of a
P??f*ct Antidote, Cors'st
irg of Salt, Onlont
and Tobacco. ,
To the Kiitor of The Sunday News: *
About fivo years ago tho Atlanta ConBtitution
published a letter from an i
educated Indian residmg in Indian
Territory, whioh was inspired by tho :
philanthropic dosiro to make generally c
familiar the Indians' immemorial
remedy for the bite of a snake or mad t
dog. 1
The claim war rnado that a porfeot r
antidote oxistB in tho combination of *
salt, onions and tobaooo beaten togetbor c
and applied to the wonnd. If used im- a
mediately and renewed every half hour }
no swelling would ensue and reoovery c
would bo rapid atd oompleto. llo stated a
that this history of treatment had boon c
uniformly true, the observation and r
reoollcotion of no Indian being to tho r
contrary. v
Aooordiog to this Indian tradition, c
going baok to rcmoto generations, in c
those homely simplos a pcrfeot remedy t
is provided against death in two of tho r
most awful formj that can distress and c
destroy us. Not all tho plaoes of hu \
man habitation are marked by the trail <j
of serpents, but tho bark of iho dog is I
coterminous with tho voioo of man and j
his ever possible is an over-present
threat of an uuspoakablo calamity to t
every human be;ng. t
It is peculiarly fortunate that tho in- ]
gradients of this infallible euro sro al- \
most always oloso to the hand of evon j
tho poorest among us. livery humble a
kitchen may thus become a Pasteur in- a
stituto and tho most unoulturod can t
roadily bo a staff of skilful and success- 1
ful praoti-.ioners. t
Sinco wo arc soicntifi:ally euro that t
the poisonous, dcaih-aeaiing soorotions j
whion infect tho animal bitten are e
strongly aoid in their nature wo have c
euggiBtcd immediately tho free use t
locally and intornally of strong alkalis
Soda, salt, borax, ammonia, sweet and
olive oils havo boon usod with marked
success in oases of suako bite. Nor
should.we forgot the common people's
absolute faith in alcoholic liquors and ,
4-1 1! ' * '
iuu?coi? as romoaicB lor Hualce bite.
Dr. .JaincH K.'ins informs tho writer,
who records ii as a curious fact which
will doubilesily intorost many, that tho
poison of our rattlesnakes has boon }
found to bo tho efficient aud most ro'.i- (
able antidoto ?o thopoi ;on of tho ccbra.
For tho bite of iho ratt lesnake in localities
naturally infested, thoro grows a ,
plant vulgarly named rattlesnake roaster <
which indicates tho purpise of itscxist
eoce by a fluwcr bearing tho shape of a
rattlesnake's opened mouth, with faugs
ready to strike. A tea is made of tho
entiro p!aot and g'vou frcoiy to tho un
fortunate sufferor. 1
A PREVENTATIVE OF HYDROPHOBIA.
But this prolonged prologue must
cemo to an end that wo may give earnest
heed to a proposed plan, a suggested
possibility, of a world wido pv^v^ntivo
of hyd oplnbia. Dout tlerely Vome ;
reader is ready to surmise the'refptition
of tho rcoemmondation to cut off every ,
dog's tail immediately behind thfa dog's
cais. Not bo, for the writer rcoogn us i
that that recommendation is ?s lm
praotiblc as it is rupromtly wiso. If
poople will not have laws to limit tho
txjansion of dogdom and so enlarge the ,
domains of tho harmless and helpful
sheep, which touoh dircot'y tho Tiookot
nerve, it is vain to hopo that decrees of
extermination against tho dogs will j
over issue from any law-making body oi
men for tho protection of tho bipeds of
whom, in theso strange, faithless days, .
evory new born bipod's father and
mother with true cynical Malthusian en- i
thusiasm, is ready to say that the world
is even n w too full.
Tho subjeot matter of tho proposed
preventive will prove to bs an oxompli
fication, but of tho most extraordinary
kind, of the often quoted, but oftenor i
forgot and seldom piactioed maxim: An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of '
oure. Not to delay longer, in plain
words it is credibly dcolarod that a dog
can bo sterilized by an easy and almost J
painless surgical operation, so that ,
never a germ of hpdrophobia will bo 1
bred in his boiy. Should this allega
tion bo proven then tho imagination of
tho greatest poet 01 painter oould not <
properly portray, with hrush or pon, '
tho reliof from anxiety of tho most dis
tressing kind that would be giver, to tho ^
raoo of man. Woro it mado only by ?
degraded savages, oven then tho most ]
eminently learned should vio with one
another in asc rlaiuing even a possi
bio inediouui of truth therein oon- ^
taincd. Hut it is mado on tho basis of t
indubitable proofs by souio of tho most
m? 'ootablo people in Srnth Carolina. ;
. heeearo the Lmgsinns, whoso farni
ly has lived for a century and a half ^
four miles from Kiirn Church, whioh is
throo miles west of Effingham on tho j
Northeastern Railway, and is the hai- L
lowed spot whero Luther Rico, the
oomi anion of Adoniram Judson and {
founder of Columbian University,
proachod his last sermon. Erwin ^
Langston, a meiibrr of this churoh,
when ho died in Dccimbor, 18S-8, had
rcaohed tho great ago of 8(5 years and 8 a
months. His nnnd was unoloudod to
tho last and his remarkable memory
had ncvor been known to loso its grip a
on a faot. Tho respect of all who t
knew him grow w.th aoquaintanoo to ii
veneration, which bocaino ovontually n
blended with tho tenderness of devoted s
iffeotioa. o
A fow months before bis death bo
told his pastor, tho writer of this and
itill the pastor of his children and
grandchildren aud great grandchildren, f
that ho rcgardod it a oriuio too groat to o
bo dosoribcd or denominated that huoian
beings should bo exposed to tho
langor of hydrophobia when every dog J
jould bo easily roudorod porfeotly harm- li
ess in that rogard. Having worn, as b
lid 1'riooo Alborl, through his long a
,ract of years, "tho white flowor of a b
...vi, ?uu UUlbg KllOffC lO V
fOHBcsH raro powora of observation and T
coollection, ho could mako do atato- V
nout an to fao.a oomiog within hia per ai
looal koowlodgo that would not comriand
tho attention and court the faith 1]
>f any who know him. This testimony u
i (Mrporamd within itsolf that of hia ti
;rcat grandfather, hi* grandfather, hij tl
athor, and through tho family tradiiona
evon that of remoter ancestors, aa
roll aa that of ovory one of hia aona,
ona in law and many of hia neighbor.*, (.
o tho effeot that an operation upon a ^
iog'a tonguo, when proporly performed,
rould protect tho dog himaclf a<ainst ^
.11 other doga, and all other auimala
.gainst him, in tho mattorof hydropho- r
na. tt
TUB M0DC8
" I? has always been the custom of I
>ur family and their eonneetions," said il
he venerable man with front emphasis
ipon the note of time, to operate on
ivery dog we had, and when a young
cllow got permission to marry one of
>ur girls he was told at the same time
hat he must learn how not to have any
cad dogs around before the housekeepng
started. And when a made d< g
ame along our way wo just set our dot<?
tfter him and they didn't take long to
cako a good, safe dog out of him."
' liut some of them must hivo got
)it wlule they were killing him."
"Didn't amount to a row of pins. Wo
u?t put tar and grease on tho bit spo s
vhen they came biok home and g%' e
htui an extra tine dinner that day be
ides."
"Hut were ytu not afraid of thorn
iiivi w ?iur i
"Why, nol for wo know thai every
iloseed, sweet mouthed son of a bitch
tad had tho worm taken out from unler
his tongue."
Then hedesoribed tho operation with
ho grcatost minuteness and it is greaty
to be regrotted that his words were
lot written down immediately after. A
take is made firm in the ground. Tho
log is grasped by the back of tho nock
md by tho hind leg*, and thrown on
lis bido. His mouth is then pressed
pen and kopt open by means of the
take. Tho tooguo is lifted by tho
operator and "at the bottom," near the
oot, and in tho centre bo finds a "a
idgo," whioh ho "slits" lengthwise
vith a sharp knife. This slitting disdoses
what is called "tho worm," wh ch
ilosely resembles a yollow hammer's
ocgue. Under one end of this he
una a shoemaker's awl, seizes tho loos
mcd end and deftly jorkB out "tho
vorm," the head and front of all tho '
log's possible offences in tho mattor of
lydrophobia Unlike tho Bcrpent's
toison sack this "worm" never returns.
Erwin Langston's testimony, tradiioual
and experimental, covers at least i
wo hua red years. His sons, Spenoor, ,
dsn and Joe, livo atand around tho old
iom< stead, and tho oxpprienco, whioh
s bv no nuans limited and embracas
in aveiago of forty years, corroborates
tnd oontiniH in ovcry particular tho 1
estimony of their honored father.
L'hry are not muoh accustomed tn tho
tse of the pen, preferring to "hitoh up
ind pay a visit" rather than write a
otter, but they wou'd cheerfully an
twor, for the sako of humanity, any
lueBtiocs in reason that may be a-iked
ihcrn. Their postoffi jo is Eiim. S. C.
Hujh F. Oliver,
-Ploronca, S. C.
A MURDEROUS MADMAN.
3e Kills One Man and Wounds
Five Others
Miohael Kclley, an insane man,
Wednesday at the office of tho Robert
jlarrctt Lumber oompany, in tho busi:css
district, of Leavonwortb, Kansas,
luui. ma iiuupio, Killing o30, probably
atally wounding another, and moro or
esa teriously wounding four other*,
lie was hiuisolf liaaily killed by officers
who tried to over power him. Thu violins:
J ohn It. Qarrctt, aecd 40, junior
uembrr of tho firm of Robert Garrott
Lumber o mipany, diod a', hospital.
Dr. McUaco, aged 30, shot in baok
ind probably fatally wouuded.
Police Sergeant Win Dodge, shot in
3eck, wound serious.
Michael McDonald, dctcctivo, shot
u leg; (-light.
Jos. Falthager, polioeman, shot in
land; wound slight.
Ike Ueahy, a laborer, shot in tho
land.
Kolley had lived in Leavenworth for
rears and at different times had er;agod
in minor business enterpriser',
tie was arrested and adjudged insane,
jarrrtt and four othirs testifying
(gainst him. After a year in the Toxkn
asylum Kelly was released He
lad been acting queorly again and had
Icetarcd that he would kill tho five
nm who sent Lirn to tho asylum. For
wo weeks past ho has been practicing
iheotiog with a revolver daily at tho
fort Leavenworth range. Wednesday
light hedrauk heavily.
Soon alter 12 o clock Wednesday ho
ippeatcd at Garrcti'soffice and without
warning shot Garrett as he sat at his
1-sk. Garrett foil to the 11 ior and
Ivei.y dtlieera oly firci fcur more shots
uto the prostrate form. L aviug his
nolim for dead, Kelly ran to the rear
>f the company's lumber yard and be;an
ri 1 lading bis revolver. Pre-oully
in returotd to thu office to fiad Dr.
HcUee, who had bean attracted by the
ihontin* hnnrtini* I ?1
og his revolver, Kelly look aim at the
ihysioiau and tired. The bullet struok
il.Uso io tbe epino and he toppled
?vcr near where Garrett lay.
Tnoa i'o'losvc i an exciting street fight
ictoicu the mad uiaa and offi)ers who
lame upou the tceno. Kollcy, flourish 1
ng his rivo.ver, dashed through tho
umber yaru. He met Iko ilealcy, a
aborcr, and shot him in the hand. A
ew yards furthor on ho onoountorod
?vg ant Dodgo. The two exohatgo'.
iocs as they ran. Ono bullet from
volley's revolver struck Dodce in tho '
>eek, but not before thai iflioir had
hot him in tho shoulder. K-Uoy kept
unoiDg and was soon oonfrontod oy i
>stoolive McDonald and Oflaor Fil- ]
hagor. McDonald dropped Kelley with
bullet in the neok. Dodge raised his j
ovolvor but it failed to work and t
atohing up with tho murderer, ho
rushed his skull with the weapon.
Kelly was carried to tho station in ]
n uioontoious condition. Ho diod
oon afior his arrival thore.
Garrett did not regain oonsoioo9Dc*s
nd died an hour after boing takon to 1
ho hospital. Dr. MoGce is still suffer- '
ng soriously and it is boliovcd he can- '
iot rooovor Dodge's wonnd is not oon- 1
idcrcd fatal, whilo tho wounds of tho s
there aro slight.
How a Thia?
ia-n~? t
,, v vuu* vuu ituuuii'u ujuar ivowara
or any case of Catarrh that oanaot bo
urod by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J.CHEN KY A CO., Tolodo.O
Wo ttio undoraignod, havo known F.
. Choncy for tho last 15 years, and boiovo
him porfootly honorable in all
usinoss transactions and financially
bio to carry out any obligations made
y their firm.
Yest & Truax, Wholosalo Druggists,
'olodo, O.
valpino, klnmanifc marvin, Wholoalo
Druggists, Tolodo, O.
Hall s Catarrh Curo is takon intornalr,
aoting directly up)n the blood and 1
iuoous surfaoos of tho system. Tcs 1
menials sont froo. Frioo 75o. per boto.
Sold by all Druggists.
Hall's Family Fills arc tho boat.
]
A man in Tonnosaeo got four
ortla of wood, three gallons of
oney and five coons from a sin- r
lo tree. "Take care of tho for- '
sts if you want to get rich," '
ommcnts tho local paper which (
nnounces the man's good luck. ,
* i
l
THE B
Grove's 1
The formula i:
know just what yo'
do not advertise tht
their medicine it yc
Iron and Quinine pu
form. The Iron
malaria out o f the s
Grave's is the Oe*l\
Chill Tonics arc i-1
that Grove's is s?,
are not experiment
and excellence ha
only Chill Cure so
the United States.
We Feed the WorldThe
failure, or even the serious
cutting oir of any staple crop
of this country is a calamity not
to our own people alone but to
the world. Other nations are dependent
upon the United States
for a large part of their food
supply and are becoming more
so every year. Agricultural
production in this country is so
far in excess of our domestic
needs that many million of foreigners
look to it for their supplies.
No other nation ever had
such a great surplus of food products
every year. Twelve countries
each bought over $10,000,000
worth of our farm products
last year.
The United Kingdom alone!
took of them to the value of
$40S.ooo,ooo and Germany $1:14,- j
000.000 worth. The amount of j
our sales ot agricultural products
to other nations was as follows:
France, $4,000,000; Belgium,
$.'11,000,000; Italy ,$24,000,000;
Canada, $21,000,000; Japan.
$15,000,000; Denmark. $15,000,000;
Spain,$10,'500,000; Cuba,
$14,000,000; British Africa, $10,
300,000. Europe is by far the
largest purchaser of our agricultural
products having purchased
last year $739,000,000
worth.
The importance of American
agriculture to the outside world,
is impressively illustrated this
year. We have the greatest yield
of wheat ever known in any
country. Our combined crops
of spring and winter wheat will
exceed 700,000000 bushels vastly
more than we can consume and
Europe will have to import more
wheat than ever before. The
wheat crop of France isneaily
100,000,000 bushels short. Germany
has an even greater relative
shortage. The crops in Russia
anil the Balkan countries
have also suffered severely.
Europe will pay us an immense
amount of money for wheat and j
other agricultural products this'
year probably more than we
ever received from her before
on that account.
Bryan a Position
In view of the persistent declaration
that MrBryan is back-:
ing the Ohio Democrats who
propose holding another convention
and putting up a bolting
State ticket we <piote his own
Wni'da .... 1
t..- mmi in me i iu n.'iiL
number of The Commoner: "Mr.
Kilbourne, the nominee for governor,
is an excellent man, a
life-long Democrat ami an active
supporter of the national
ticket in both 189i> ami 1900. He
is better than his nlatform. lie
deserves an should receive the
vote of every Democrat in Ohio.
If any of the Ohio Democrats
feel aggrieved because the re-1
organizing element of the!
party triumphed at the convention
let them not visit their disappointment
upon the State
ticket but rather see to the nom- 1
nation of senators and representatives
who will select a turst- 1
worthy senator. Let them see to 1
it also that the Stat" platform !
is made the primaries next time '
rather than at the convention. '
If the voters at the primaries had! i
instructed their delegates to insist
upon the reaffirmation of the!
Kansas City platform the result
would have been different." |
This shows where Mr. Bryan '
stands, and should silence those
who have so presistently misrepresented
his position in reference
to the Ohio election. If:1
ic was a resident of Ohio he
would vote the Dmocratic tic ket ]
straight.
Knohred.
"Eliphnlct," suid she, reproachfully,
*1 do not. approve of such extrnvapanee.
Now. when Alfonso calls, he i9
sensible. and does not come loaded |
down with expensive flowers."
"Henrietta." said he, calmly, "it ll.l
generally understood that n knave I
can't win a queen unless ho is one of
the bowers."
"You nre both knaves," she murmured,
coyly, "but you are the ripht 1
bower and he is left," and with these 1
words she melted into his arms.? !
Town Topics. t
In flie Chl!<lren'| I'lnjuronnd.
Muriel Mullipnn?Rupert RafTerty !
wanted me ter elope wit' him yestiddy j
afternoon.
Fifl Flannipnn?Why didn't yer?
Muriel Mullipan?1 wuz afraid I
ivo-jldn't pit back in time fer supper.? i
['own Topics. ,
In Krntnckr.
The Colonel?It's amnzin' how the
"hildren prow! It seems like yester!ay
when that boy of yours was a
jaby.
The Major?That's so! T can hardly
ealize that he's carryln* his own corkicriwI?Pnok.
laaicicss villll I UI1IL.
s plainly printed on every bottle?hence you
11 arc taking wjb^n you take Grove's. Imitators
rir formula knowing that you would not buy
>u knew what it contained. Grove's, contains
t up in correct proportions and is in a Tasteless
acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives the Y
stem. Any reliable druggist will tell you that
fifnat and that all other so-called Tasteless
litatir is. An analysis of other chill tonics shows
per- to all others in every respect. You *g
ing when you take Grove's?its superiority
ving long been established. Grove's is the
>ld throughout the entire malarial sections of
No Cure, No Pay. Price, 50c.
Presbyterian College of South Carolina. 1
Ne*t Session opens Sept. 2tf, 1901. Special rate* to boarding students. Limited
number caa be accommodated in Dormitory. $100.')0 will for boa d, room-rent
matriculation, and tuition. for oliegiate year. Ft re p-of-morn and one instructor
in faculty. Moral influences good. Courses of study leading to degrees of B. A. and
M. A. Fine Commercial Course. Write for catalogue or information of any kind to
A. E. SPENCER,Clinton, S. C.
An Important Ruling "Vf j I I ?
Rural mail carries must attend
strictly to business. They Corn Mills, I
will not be allowed to have any
side line as has sometimes been 1 vtlllC 3Jl lllSy
the case. They must carry mail
and nothing else. The post- lCIGB JljL11I|BFS9
master general has made, the rj tt 11
order in regard to the traffic car- -F t>c? XlllllGlOj
ried on by carries in the rural
free delivery service more dras- rillyliCqf
tic than was at first supposed. n n I
Every form of outside work, -DOliGrSy I
with one single exception, is - J
prunumea. uarriers win be per- iiriaiiers ana I
mitted to take subscriptions for _ _
newspapers and periodicals, and pg
if any commission is allowed for *
this they may enjoy it. A strenu- StWIYIGr SflWtt
ous effort has been made by o
publishing houses that enjoy T^IH
the pound rates of postage to ililji loaWoj
have their circulars and adver- ? - ,
tising mather also classed as an an vai other kinds of wood
exception, but the department working machinery. My Berlins
ruled against this on the R?ant Log Beam Saw mill is
ground that to permit the car- the heaviest, strongest, and
ries to distribute such circulars most efficient mill for the
in the hope of getting some com- money on the market, quick,
pensation for themselves is accurate. State Agent for H.
working directly against the re- jj. Smith Machine Company
venues of the postoflice depart- wood work, machiiery.
Ek thahtel!Xmpubthin?
houses want to distribute adver- ~ .e. va*ve Automatic,
tising matter they better do so Corliss, write me: Atlas,
through the mails in the regular W atertown, and Strnthers
and legitmate way. The reports and Wells.
coming to the department from V. C. 1JADHAM, ,
inspectors detailed to look up 1326 Main St., Columbia. 8. C.
special cases of excessive activ- ^
ity in outside work by carriers
in the rural free delivery show
also another flagrant violation ^ *
of the policy of the department.
It was found that many carriers STtNoisTp??
had made an arrangement with ik>
express companies and had small ? \ Jf WL
signs nailed on their mail
wagons, such as "Adams Ex- '
press Company," "United Mj) (f IsSA
States Express Company," etc. ->
The arrangement in such cases <?ooi> ?o?*_.wun*
was to make the carriers feeders VWvi * I
the express companies and they L - \V_ ^
were allowed usually a commis- V^jlr
sion of 15 per cent, for all busi- \
ness originating along their
routes through their agency. Ycsl They're Wanted.
1 his, agaill, works directlj Business activity crc&tffl a demand f>r
agaillSt the interests of the de- business experts, and those who hold diplopartinent,
patrons often sending nnw from our college ere hosine-* experts,
articles by express which might Th^ h"e ll.u,et.rouh,1? nndi"* p1"68; "d
. i -i a do ir^ahie keeping them hach diplomas
Otherwise go bv mail. bo everj are guirantee* fitness. It's not guessCtass
of business has been rilled work. and the possibility of disappointOUt,
with the single exception Of raent in ,be to** tmployte, but a guaransubscription
for periodicals. u,ih.
lhisis justified on the ground
that the postal service is intend- I Columbia Business College,
ed to disseminate knowledge, j Columbia, s. c. *
In North Carolina a man | W. H. NEWBERRY, President.
claimed a pension because a _
twelve pound cannon hall pass- 1901.
ed between his legs and shatter- ? u
od his nerves, and a woman dc i lirillSH UDlVCFSlty.
mauds a pension because she is qreenville s c
widow of three Confederate A p Montdgae, Pb. D.', L. L.' D? PreS.
soldiers whom she married dur- ?
. I Two courses are offered leading to the deing
Hie war. grees of Baobilox i>? arm (0. A) an?l
= ?1 1 - ^-=rr Mastrr or Arts (M. i) Library and Read
i , p. I a ^m I ,?, p. ing 11 oom pbyrical, Chemical and Biologi*
I nt. I UUINuDLUUU cal Labors brie* J cdson-Ai.i'mni Hau,
oontaiuicg Auditorium add Society Halls,
LUMBER COMPANY I just comp eted and furnished at a cost of 1
twenty thouran-i dollars New Forti Room
AUGUSTA, OA. Dormitora Expenses reduce! to a minimum
by the Mess system. Catalogue and
Office and Works, North Avoitsta, 8. C. circulars of information on re'inest.
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS AND BUILDER'S Address Dr A.JP. MonUfne, ;
' Ureenv me, S, U. ,
HARDWARE. For rooms apply to Prtf H T.Cook,
FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING and IN- Greenville, 8. C
SIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN SHERIDAN
GEORGIA PINE, | Teachers Agency,
All Correspondence given prompt atten ' Greenwood, S C.
iqu. July 2?]y DEPARTMENTS
??????????????-? Tka< ii?> Aoim'V?We supply schools.
North Greeuville High School charge. We aid competent teachers in se- I
curing positions. Those wishirg teachers
TIQERVILLE, 8. C. and teachers wishing positions should write
us at once
thorough, cheap, and beautifully located. SruooL Ftirsrrrwi:?Decks, Vaps, Charts,
Mountain Scenery; Oood Water; Military Globes,&c , at lowest pnos We are GenFeature,
under auspices of Citadel graduate. eraj .\gents for largest factory in U. f. Local
Students front eight counties Agents w?nt J. Everything strictly firstNo
high school gives a more thorough c[ft8?.
tourse. Diplomas awsrde i tograduate* One t>ciiooL am. Coluov Ro. ks by mail at
lundred and fifty dollars worth of scholar- , publishers' prices?new auu secondhand,
ihips awarded annually. We take old books in exchange for new or
Board $<> 50 a month. Tuition, $9 00 to ??condhanded ones, saving half the cost
(26 00 a year. J t0 j0u. We a'so supply books recently I
In illustrated Catalogue will tell you all. ; ftjop-ed by the state. I
Season cpens September 1*! 1901. WILL SAVE VQl T1 VIF, TROUBLE AND 3
Come to Greenvilleand telephone to Tiger- ! MONET . F. M. Sheri an, Mgr.
ShjiW SCHOOL SHORTHAND I
BustnTsVy tr/iUGVST/? (,;, I
{Cheap Board Mv-situatiows sreuRto. i ; Address, B. W. Gxtsinokr, |
*?"** ' > ' Box 106, Spartanburg, 8. 0. 1
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