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F> ^ TALMAOI'S SERMON In Which He Corrects False Notions About Religion. In this discourse Dr. Talmago corrects some of the falso notions about religion and represents it as being joy inspiring instead of dolorous; text II Chronicles ix, 9, "Of spices groat abundsnoe; neither was there any such spice as the quoon of Shoba gavo K ng Solomon." What is that building out yondor glittering in the sun? Have you not hoard? It is tho house of tho forest of Lebanon. King Solomon has just taken to it his bride, tho princess of Kgypt. You sco tho pillars of tho por tioo and a groat towor, alornod with 1,000 shields (of gold hung 011 tho outside of the tower?500 of tho shields of gold manufactured at SoIouiou'b or dor, 500 wero captured Vy David, his father, in battlo. Beo bow thoy blaze in the noonday sun! Solomon goes up tbo ivory stairs of hiB throne bctwoon 12 lions in statuary and sits down on tho back of tlio golden bull, the hoad of tho huge boast turned toward tho peoplo. Tho ft.uiily and tho attondants of tbc king are so many that tho catorcrs of tho palaoo have to provido every day 100 Bhcop and 13oxon, besides tho birds and tho veniBon. 1 hear the stamping and paw ing of 4,000 fine horses in tho royal stables. Thcro woro important i-fhcials who had ohargo of the work of gathering tho straw and the barley for theso horses. King Solomon was an early riser, tradition says, and used to take a ride out at daybreak, and when, in his white Apparel, behind the swiftost horses of nil tho realim and followed by mounted arohers in purple, asthocaval cade dashod through the streets of Jerusalem I suppose it was something worth getting up at 5 o'clock in tbc morning to look at. Solomon was not like somo of the kings of tho present day?orownod im beoility. All tho splendors of his palaoo and rotinuo wore eclipaod by his intolleotual power. Why, ho soemed to know everything. Ho was tho tirst great naturalist tho world ever saw. l'oacocks from India strutted tho has- j altic walk, and apes ohattorcd in the trees, and deer etalked the parks, and i there woro aquariumB with foreign full and aviaries with foroign birds, and tradition says these birds were so well tamed that Solomon might walk clear across tho oity under tho shadow of their wings as thoy hovered and flitted about him. Mnrn V>? r? f liio H a reputation for the oonundrums and riddles that ho made and gusscd. Ho and King Iliram, his neighbor, used to sit by the hour and ask riddles, oaoh one paying in money7 if he oould not an swer or guess tho riddlo. The Sjlomonio navy visited all tho world, and tho sailors, of oourso, talked aboutthe wealth of tboir king and about the rid dies and enigmas that ho made and solved, and tho news spread until Quoon Balkis, away off south, heard of it and sent mossongers xith a few rid dies that she would like to havo Solo mon solvo and a few puzzles that eho would liko to have hiui find out. She sent, among other thit,g?, to King Sol omon a diamond with a hole so small that a noedlo oould not penetrate it, asking him to thread that diamond, and Solomon t/ook a worm and put it at the Ip tho diamond, and the worm uirough, leaving the thread in diamond. Tho qucon also sent a ^^goblet to Solomon, abkiug him to fill it k with water that did not pour from the sky and that did not rush out from tho oaith, and immediately Solomon pnt a slave on the back of a swift hcrso and galloped him around and around the park until tbo horso was nigh exhausted and from tho perspiration of tho horso the goblet was filled. She also sent to King Solomon 500 boys in girls' dress and 500 girls in boys' dross, wondering if he would bo acuto enough to find out the doooption. Immediately Solomon, when ho saw them wash thoir faces, knew from tho way they applied the water that it was all a ohcat. How any woman koops house without tho religion of Christ to help her is a mystery to mo. rlo havo to Hpend the groatcr part of one's lifo, as many women do, in planning for the meals and Btitehing garments that will soon be rent again and deploring break agos and j supervising tardy subordinate* and driving off dust that soon again will set tie and doing tho ?aiac thing day in and day out and year in and year out until tho hair silvers and tno back stoops and tho spectacles orawl to tho | eyes and the grave breaks open under the thin solo of tho shoe?oh, it is a long monotony! Hut when Christ j comes to tho drawing room and ooincs to tho kitchen and ooincs to tho our* cry and comes to the dwelling, then how cherry bcoomo ail womanly duties! She is never alono now. Man ha gets through fretting and joins Mary at tho feet of JCcus. All day ior g Deborah j is happy booauso she can help Lapi doth, Hannah because she c?n make a ooat for young Samuel, Miriam because aho can watch tier infant brother, j llachel because .the eau help her father water the stock, tho widow of Sarepta because tho ciuse of oil is burg rC( len lHoeu. kj woman, liavicg in your pantry a neat of boxes containing all kinds of oondimcnti!, why havo you not tried in your heart and lifo the apiocry of our holy religion? 'Martha, Martha, thou art carolul and troubled about many things, but ouo thing is needful, and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her." I must confess that a great deal < f the religion of this day is utterly in sipid. Thero ie nothing piquant or elevating about it. Men and women go around humming psalms in a minor key and cultivating melancholy, and thoir worship has in it more sighs than raptures. Wo do not doubt tuoir.1 piety. Oh, not Hut thcyaio sitting at a feast where the c?ok lias forgot ton to season the food. Kvcrything 1 is Hat in their experience and in I thoir conversation. Emancipated from sin and death and hell and on their way 1 to a magnificont hoavon, they act as 1 though thoy wore trudging on toward ?u uvcnaBuug uumny nay. itengion doos oot Hoeui to agroo with them. It ' scorns to oatoh in tho windpipo and booomo a tight strangulation instead of an ' exhilaration. All tho infidel books that 1 havo been written, from Voltniro down 1 to Herbert Sponocr, havo not dano so 1 much damage to our Christianity as ' lugubrious Christians. Who wants a f religion wovon out of tho shadows of ' tho night? Why go growling cn your * way to oelestial onihronomont? Come 1 out of that cavo and sit down in the t warm light of tho Sud of llighteous ( noss. Away with your odes to molan- i oholy and Hervcy's "Moditations 1 Among tho Tombs." i s Then let our songs abound v And every *ear t>e dry We're marching through Kmmanucl ? ground To fairer worlds on high. 1 havo to say also that wo ncod to I ? pot moro tpioo and enlivenmout in onr t religious teaching, whether it ^e in i the prayer meeting or in the Sunday 1 Bohool or in the ohuroh. We ministers i noed more fresh sir and aanshino iu our ( lungs ir.d our heart and our hoad. Do i you wondor that the world is so far from f being oonvortcJ whoa you had so littlo e vivaoity in tho pulpit and in the new? t Wo want, lik? tho Lord, to plant In our < sermons ard exhortations moro lillios i of tho field. We waut fowor rhotorioa! t elaborations and fewer so?quipondalian ( words, and whon wo talk aocut shadow- i wo do not want to say rdumbration, and < when wo mean queornoss wo do not \ waut to talk about, idiosynorasises, or if t a stitoh iu tho baok wo do not want to I talk about lumbago; but, in the plain i vernacular of tho groat massoB, proaoh i that gospel whioh proposes to niako all i men happy, honoet, viotorious and froo. I la orther words, wo want more oinna- j moo and loss gristlo. Lot thiB bo eo in I all tbo difforont departments of work to i whioh tho Lords calls us. Let us be | plain. Lot us bo earnest. Lot us bo ; common sonsioal. When wo talk to tho p >oplo ia a vornaoular thoy oan under- < stand, they will bo very glad to oomo ( and receive tho truth we prcsont. i Would to G od It at Q toon UalkiB would ] drive her spioo laden dromodariCB into I all our sermons and prayor meeting ox- < hortationsl < More than that, wo want moro life i a ad spioo in our Christian work. Tho I poor do not want so muoh to be groaned i over as suDg to. With tbo bread and i mcdioincs and garmonts you givo them j lot there bo an accompaniment of smiles j and brisk encouragement. Do cot stand i and talk to thorn about tho wrotoht doess i of their abode, and tho hunger of their ' looks, and the 1 ardncss of thoir lot. Ah, | thoy know it better than you ran tell thorn Show them tho bright side of the thing, if there bo any bright sido. Toll ' them good timoswili coma. Tell them that for tho children of God thoro is immortal rcsouo. Wako them up out of their stolidity by an inspiring laugh, i whilo you eend in help, like tbo queon of Shooa, also send in tho spiooB There aro two ways oF meeting tho poor. Ono is to oomc into thoir huuso with a noso elevated in disgust, as much as to say: "I don't poo how you live hero in this n<:iibhhnrhnnd. Il antuallv rnnton m ? sick. rhoro is that bundlo. Take it, you poor, miserable wrotoh, and m&ko the most of it." Another way is to go into the abodo of the poor in a manner wbioh seems to say: '"The blessed Lord scut mo. Ho was poor himself. It is ] ; not more for tho good I am going to try i to do you than it is for tho good that i you can do mo." Coming in that spirit, tho Kilt will bo as aromatic as tho spikenard on tho feet of Christ, and all tho j hovels on that alley will be fragrant i with the Bpioc. We nech more 9pioo and enlivonmcnt inourohuroh musio. Churebos sit discussing whether thoy shall havo ohoirs or precentors or organs or bass viols or oornots. 1 say tako that whioh will bring out the inoBt inspiring musio. If wo bad half as rnuoh zeal and spirit in our churohcs as wo havo in the songs of our Sunday sohools, it would not bo long buforo tho whole oarth would qu*ke with the coming God. Why, nine-tenths of the people ia ohuroh do I not sing, or thoy sing so feebly that tho poopio at their elbows do not know they are singing. Peoplo mouth and mumble the praises of God, but there is not more than ono out of a hundred who makes a joyful noise unto tho Hook of Our Salvation. Sometimes, when tho oongregation forgets itself and is all absorbed in tho goodness of God or the glories of heaven, 1 get an intimation of what ohuroh music will boa hundred years from now, when the ooming generation shall wake up to its duty. Why did you look so sad this morning when you oamo in? Alas, for tho loneliness and tho heartbreak and the load that is never lifted from your soul! Somo of you go about fooling like Macaulay when he wrote, ''If I had another month of suoh days as I have been spending, I would be impatient ta get down into my little, narrow orib in tho ground, like a weary factory child." xVnu there havo been timos in your life when you wished you oouid got out of this lifo. Vou havo said, "Oh, how sweot to my lips would bo tho dust of | the valley!" and wished you could pull over y ou in your last slumber the oovorIot of greou grass and daisies. Vou havo sa.d: "Ob, how beautifully quiet it must bo in tho tomb! 1 wish 1 wan there." 1 see all around about me widowhood 1 and orphanage and childlessness; sadness, disappointment, perplexity. If 1 . nnnl/l aulr I I in ?.) - ? ? L wu.a nan nil UiUOU 1U a 11U AUU1UUUU WUU ( Lave felt no Borrow any bean buffeted ] Dy no disappointment?If I oould aak j ail buoh to rieo, bow many would rise? \ Not one. i A widowed ruothor, with her little e child, went went, hoping to get better wages there, and nhe was taken eick and < died. Tiio overseer ot the poor got her : body and put it in a box and put in & ( wagon and started down the street to i ward the cemetery at full trot. The little cinl<l?mo only otuid?ran after it t t :ougu the streets bareheaded, crying: k "Bring mo back my mother! Bring tus 1 baoK my mothei!" And it was said mat i as tlie pcopie lookjU on aad saw bur cry- 1 leg alter that willed lay in the oox in t tlio wagon, all cue loved on earth?it in t said the wnole Vliiagowas in tears. And ti at is wuat a gfeat many of you are t umng?ohuB ng the dead. Dear L ,rd, g is there no appeaB.mont lor ail tnisbor- > row thai L ?oe aoout me? Ves; the f ih ugiu o( resurrection ami reunion lar b b< yentl this soene of struggle and tears, t "i'ney shall hunger no more, neither o thirst any more, neither shall tho sun ngiit on them nor any heat, tor the Lamb wlnoh is in tho midst of the ? tnrono shall lead thorn to living foun- ,r. tains ot water, and God shall wipe away ail tears from their eyes." Across ihe ? couches of your siok and across tho graves of your dead ' Hicg ihis showor of bwoe' ap:coo. 'Jsccn Baikis, driving up to tho piliared uf tho house of cedar oarnod no buoh pungency of perfume as exhales today from tho Lord's garden. It Ih peace. It is sweetness. It is cjmfort. It is infinite satisfaction, this gospel 1 commend to you. U, l-i * 1 . a ? ft I >. niii: uuii ouuia not unuersianu w ny an old German Christian scholar usod h to be always so oalra and happy and " hopeful whon hi: had so many trials and 11 sicknesses and aileuicnts A man wcietcd himself in tho h mso. ilo said, f( "I mean to watch this old soholar and 01 Ukribtian." And ho taw tho old Chris- 0 tiaa man go to his room and sit down >n tho chair he aide tho stand and opon ,ho Bible and begin to road. He read >n a-,d on, ohapltrafter ohaptor, hour iftor hour, until his faoo was all aglow with tho tidings from hoavon, and when ho clock struck 12 ho arose and shut lis Itiblo and said: "Blessed Lord, hi v. aro on tho pamo old torms yot. di iood night. Good night." Oh, you sin larcliod and you trouble pounded, hero h( s comfort, hero is satisfaction 1 Will K< 'OQ come and got it? 1 cannot tell you w rhat tl ? Lord offers you heroa'torso I'1 n il as 1 can toll you what ho offers vi iow. "It doth not yot appear what wo lb hall bo." St llavo you road of the Taj Mahal, in W< ndia, in home rospoots tho most majos io building on earth? Twenty thousand men were 20 years in building it. .t cost about $16,000,000. The walls ire of marble inland with oarnelian rom Bagdad and turquoise from Tibet ind jasper from Punjab and amethyst rom Persia and all mannor of preoious itones. A traveler said that it Boomed o him liko the shining of the onohautsd oastlo of burnished silver. The w.lle iro 245 feet high, and from tho top of .heso springs s dome 30 more foot high, .hat dome containing the most wonder ral coho tho world has known, bo that )<rer and anon travelers standing below Aith flutes and drums and harps are .osting that coho, and tho sounds from aolow strikes up, and then oome down, is it were, tho voioos of angles all iround about tho building. There is iround it a gardon of tamarind and Danyan aid palm and all tho floral glorios of tho ransacked oarth. Bat that is only a tomb of a dead ompross, and it is tamo compared with tho grandeurs which God has buildod for your living and immortal spirit. Oh homo of tho blessed! Foundations of gold! Arohos of viotory I Capstones of praise! And a domo in whioh thoro are oohoing and re echoing tho hal loluiahs of tho agot! And around about that mansion is a gatden. Tho gardon of God, and all tho springing fountains arc tho bottlod tears of tho ohuroh in tho wiliness and all tho orimson of tho flowors is tho doop hue that was caught up from the oarnago of earthly martyrdoms and tho fragranoo is tho prayor of oil tho saintB and tho aroma puts into uttor forgctfulnoss tho cassia and tho Fpikouardaod the frankiuconso aud tho world renowned spices whioh teen Balkis of Abygsina tluog at tho Lot of Ktcg Solcmon. When shall theso eyes thy heaven built walls And pearly gates beheld, Thy bulwarks, with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold? Through obduracy on our part and through the rejection of that Christ who makes heaven possible 1 woDdtr if any of us will mifs that spoataoloV Tuo paecn of tho south will rins up in judg ment against this generation and oon flemn it because she oame from the uttermost parts oT tho earth to hear tho wisdom of Solomon, aid, behold, a grt ator than Solomon is herel May God grant that through yot.r own practical experience vou may tied that religion's ways nrc ways of pleasantnets aud that all hor paths are paths of poaot?that it is pcrlumo now and porfumo forovcr. And there was an abundance of spioe; "neither was there any suoh spioo as ino qncen of Shebr gavo to K'ng Solomon." HIS LAST REQUEST. Tell Them I Was Not Crazy. His Letter. A special from Bremen, Ga , Thurrday sayB. It now develops that .J E. Jollio, tho agent of tho Ceotral railroad thcro who committed suicido Tuesday was worried by fioancial troublos, having been dealing in futures. It is not thought, however, that ho is stort in his accouuts as tuo nionoy ho used was borrowed Daring tho funeral Thursday afternoon all tho stores of Bremen were closed and the Methodist church was crowded to the doors. Mr. Jollio was one of tho most popular and beloved residents of the town. That ho had deliberately planned tho rash deed and counted tho cost is sho wn by fho following letter left to his wife: ''My Dear Precious Ella.?I rogrot to tell you that io au iffjrt to get back what 1 lost last 'all i havo lost every dollar I had, and all 1 could borrow, and now I am ruined and havo debts staring at mo everywhere I go. I havo not tho oourago to meet them or to mako it known to you whilo lam alive, knowing you will for give mo when 1 am de?d. ''Now, 1 ask that you pay, as soon as you can, tho following amounts that 1 owe." Here follows an itemized statement of indebtedness, amounting to $854, $45'f of this consists of notes duo on house and lot and $ 151 is principally borrowed money, all ol which was used to buy futures in sugar, rubber oto. "1 told Mr. llunter thu othor night 1 had paid tho land note, which was my first lie. Ask him to for givo mo and 1 also ask yours. ''1 also owo $20 oq tho piano noto and tho part of tlio noto due September 1st. 'This statement is mado for your pioteotion after 1 am go io. You can lo as you like about paying for tho borne. ^ ou know there has only been f85 paid. It would not bo much loss o count off the rent, though it is a lice, cheap place, and you might get lomo discount to pav it. "I leave jou $1,750 insurance. Of souree there will not be vory much left Fou to pay my debts, and tho plaeo. hut inough I hopo to keep you from wortcng too hard at too rough work. "1 havo prayed Hod to forgive mo for he taking of my own li'o, but L don't ;aow .ow it will bo. Eternity looks ong and I can't say how it will be with no, though 1 hope to uioet you in icavcu. Now gootl bye, njy aaect, ruo love, and uou't think took hard of ue. "Tell peopln 1 am not crazy. Dra't ell anyone why, it might injure you in ;ctting your insurance. I gtvo Proe-sor Holland my notes for a policy a ew days ago. Don't suppose they will ic any good now, but 1 had no id?.a his would happen then. Hot tho notes r policy. "Jim." Depfxieaa Cannot be Cured y local appl:< attons at thoy cannot each tho ciisea-'ed portion of the ear. 'hero is only one way to cure deafness, nd that is by constitutional remcdios. >jafo69s iN caused by an inflamed conition of tho raucous lining of tho lustaohian Tubo. Wnon this tube is aHauied you navo rumbling sound or uperfeot hearing, and wheu it is onirely closed, Djafnees is tho result, Dd unlf.es tho inflaiamatioQ can be aken out and this tubo restored to its ormal cond.tiou, hearing will be do Lroycd forever; nino oases out of ton ro oauicd bv Catarrh, which is nothig but an inflamed oondition of tho iucous surfaces. Wo will givo Ono Hundred Dollars )r any oaso of Dcafnoss (caused bv atar.h) that omnot bo ourod by Halt's atarrh Curo. Ssnd for oiroulars, froe F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.O. Sold by Druggists, Tbconta. Hall's Family Pills arc the bott. A Suicido's Secret lievealed. The boding of tho body of Mm. Soth ivis, agod 49, at I'ottHvillo Pa , with ar skull crushed 10 is regarded as inioatiDg that her husband, who hang- I 1 himself last Saturday, murdocred I ar. 1 ho oouplo woro last eccm to- < sther by thoir daughter on Friday, ' hon supposed to bo on their way to o.tivillo. Only the man rorohed l'otts* lio, and thoro was strong suspicion 1 at ho had made way with his wifo. i ispieion was strengthened whon tho t oman did not put in her appearaneo i tho funeral of her husband. i t POLITICAL MEETING Democratic Drctrlnos Expanded and Pounded. TILLMAN WiLL BE HEARD. They M aot for !ho Purpose of Letting th? Pecpla Hear Ihe Discussion of Important Issu is. A spcoial from Tho State correspond ont at Union Friday says: The South Carolin Summer School of Domooraoy opened its session here on I ho rolling sides of tho Piedmont foothills Toursday. Practically tho cntiro opening session was devoted to tho toaohing of the prinoiplcs of tho old time Democracy. Prof. D. K. Tillman, thb dean of tho sohool of engineering, did not roaoh Union Thursday, but will bo hero Friday. Prof. John L MoLaurin, who is in charge of tho oommeroial sohool, likowiso failed to get to Union and will not oooio. From tho Jctferson school thoro woro such lecturers as Daniel S. llondcson, John .J. Hemphill, Joseph T. Johnson was at Uniou to address those attonding tho school on tho subject of philosophy. Prof. A. C. Latimer, iu o'nargo of tho department of mining and metalurgy, according to recent announcements, was heard Thursday as was the Hon. Kobert Aidrich in ehargo of tho departments of agricultare and literature, and Mr. (Jlevci&nd, tho head of the textile do partmont. Theso alono wcro heard Thursday, but thoro are others cf iho faouity hero Prof. John Gary Evaus in ohargo of tho department of fine arts; Prot. W. J. Talbort, instructor iu oratory and oivios; Prof. G.orgo Lcgaro, trainer of tho ohorus; and Col Gcorgo Jobnstono, Icoturer in political noionoo and expounder of tho plain English languago. The studoats listened intonsoly to the lootures on tho opening day and seemed much impressed with what was heard. Tho pupils wcro rcooptivo and well behaved throughout. Tho oomuiorotal school was not mush in ovideaoo on tho opening day, but the sole lecturer in that department was full tf enorgy. llis delivery was improssivo and noao interrupt! d to ask questions. Ho prcsoniod views and doctrines in a plain, straightforward manner, and frequently ho answered arguments in opposition to them previously made. Tho politioal mooting Thurdav was 'or the avowod purposo of lotting the I people htar tho discussion of great issues by publio men in a calm manner when no heat ot osiupiign outers ia to interfere. L'ho spocchos Thursday vero of a high orlur all boiug better than cxpootcd. Thoy oonsumod all the day from 10:45 a. m. till6 p. m.. save 45 minutc< lor dinner. Congressman Johnston's effort was regarded as a splendid one,' and many compliments wero paid the &b!o addrcssos of Messrs. Henderson and lleinphill. Col. Aldnoh aloO made a good imprcsBion. The crowd was respeotful throupho'it and vory undemonstrative till Jon g.essnian Latimer begsn bis spotch. Up to tbat time it had been impos.-iblc to toll whother it was a MoL.utin or an antiMoLaurin crowd. Wt.cn Mr. Latiiuer opened, however, he aarrod the boys up and it was not many moments beforo it was mamtest from the endorsement of tho severo handling ho gave tne ' senator with tho ourls" that .ncre wtro was precious few, if any, MoLautin sympathizers in the orcwd. Thero were no untoward incidents dur ing tho day. Tne speaking took place iu Gage's grove, a now joli.ioal battleground iu Union, a picturesiiuo shady and pleasant place. The stand was beneath the bows of oak trees. It was well arranged. Ail tho invitod guests acoupied seats thereon. Tho crowd numbered about 5UU, there being fully 150 ladies and girls id tho audicnoe. Tne grovo was only ono block from Main street and from down tho hill beyond tho stand came the appetizing odors of the batDceured meats iu course of preparation 1'robaio Judge J. M. Grjcr, tho chairman of the eommittoe in oharge, was horo, there and everywhere making all visitors feel at home. It is hard to tell how many of tho 11,500 voters of Union county wero preson , but those who were there wcxo eiosc listeners. it was arranged that tho speakers of tho day would bo Senator I). S Henderson, Congressman J. T. John ston, lien. J. J. Hemphill, J. 1J. Cloveland, Congressman A. C. Latimer and Uol. llobort Alarich, Muyor MclJcth Young and opening with ia addreBs of wcleomo. There wcro 12 speakers iu vned, tlio others, which eauio Fnuay Woro A3 f'JllOA'a: S.DAlOr 1'liiln.tn, Congressman Talbcrt, who wains ii ua hiuoi that hu id a ciudica'o ior govtr uor and not for tho senate; Col. Ceo. .Johnstone of Newberry. Kx Governor Juo. Gary Evans ot irpariautu-g; Fx Coiigrct.3U.au thanyarno VNuoon of Sj.a'.anhurg and Mr. George 8. Ljgare ot Ctiarlca on exposition. O. these all but ihe senators. Mc-srs. Evans, Wilson and Lagaie were at Union be.ore the meeting Btarlci. 1'rchininary to llic mceiiug a band discoursed musio, playing a warm oakowaik just be>ore the meeting was called to order. As the speaking progressed the orowd rapidly inerca?od iu sizj. it was a remarkably orderly one. Many had oirno f.uai other towns with tho hope of seo ing and hearing Tillman and MoLaurin, but they wero disappointed. Neither ot tho senators were here. 'Tillman will bo tomorrow. Mr. W. 1) May held of tho MoLaurin advisers, oamo up from Columbia this morning to stay through tho mooting Many expootcd that if tho sonators met there will bo somo spectacular variety work of ao interesting oharctor. During tho progress of tno meeting a telegram was received by Mayor Young from Senator Tillman baying that ho would arrivo tomorrow morn<ng via Columbia ol the early train. It was 10.45 whon Secretary VV. W. Dixson, in charge of tho mooting, called tho gathering to order and introduod tho Kov. Crosswcll MoBco, reotor of the Churoh of tho liodeomer, who in vokod tho D.vino blessing, asking that anger, prido and projudico bo taken out of all assembled. Mayor MoBath Young was thon introduced and welcomed tho visitors to ibo tho oity in a noat spocoh. 11 ih wul some was most hearty. lie referred to Iho growth of Union, lie thon said: "This gathering of tho oitiznnship of Union oounty is tho outoomo of an iu vitation extended to onr oratorical giants who aspire to represent us in tno icnato of our Federal congress; or, rather thoso who havo boon more prominently spoken of by tho people and tho ^ V # > t prcrn of the Sate for that groat and exalted honor. "Some of as thought it no bad idea id inoso piping times of peace' to reoeivo our political learning and lesssons in the duties of tlo oitziu from the lips of possible candidates in an off year. Kjcoive it without the rancor of partisan strife, wbon our blood is ai ocol as conditions will permit dur irg tho mid-Hummer after the great strain of making and laying by the oiop?when feeling at peace with all world and with love for all and malice toward none?and not wait until tho battle in on and the Bparks aro fanned to flimo and.each havo taken eidos in political fuel, and forgetful of all plat forms and issues, fight for cur man And as 1 havo said, wo thought it a good idea to invito our groat patriotic statesmen to oome and speak to us and to givo us lcoiurcs on the great issuos? Federal issue* that havo bcon fought over since the days of the great JeCerson on down to tho issr.es t>run of cur war war with Spain or isiue* tho Spanish war his revitalized. Wc do not want vituperation, mudslinging, insults or uugentlomanly epithets hurled at any man or men or any man's motives impugned ' Wo aik for enlightmont of you as our professor in S'.atooraft?wo as your s udonte. and I beliovo you all will observe tho request. 'To you my follow oitizons, oaoh sposkcr desires you close undivided attention, and knowing you aB 1 do, f i guarantee to them that they will get it." llu closed with somo remarks about the Charleaton exposition. THE COTTON JEBD PROBLEM Farmers Advised to D-mand a Fair Exchange for Them. To the Editor of the News and Cou riei: The farmers of this State aro more interested in tho oolton ec d question that they aro ir the Tillmin and McLaurin wrangle as to the purity of tht'r Denr.ioraoy and tho degoneraoy of their manhcol. TUcso two men, important as they scorn to be, will soon pass and be forgot .on but ootton see i in here to stay and pla> an important part in tho business problems of the farmers. Tho purohaso of m ist of tho largo oil miils in this and adjoining States by tho Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company may not tend to a monopoly of the business, but it has a eortof leaning in ll at direotion. Even before this or pcration came into existence thcro wero o.nain combinations amongst mill men that ondoavored to fix tho oriao of nn-rd. It stands to reason that tho Virginia Carolina Chemioal Company will keep up tho saino plan. That leaves tho far titer io tho condition that he has to so 1 at tho fixed prico or held his seed So> d is worth as much for manure when not crushed as crushed. At the Mississippi experiment station actuily cxpenenc and chemical analysis demonstrate that the raw seed fed properly is worth c<1 laJly as much as the meal aLd hulls. Tho farmers by keeping and properly usiDg their seed got full value. Mil s generally charge toll for grinding (roduotsoc tbe ftrm. They charge one tenth or oao twelth for grinding wheat and corn. Even tho rollot flour mills, that cxchango Hour and bran for wheat, place the exchange on the basis of on-a-tenth for toll. In grinding sorghum and making syrup th" toll is one fourth or perhaps ono third in some oat es. How is it with crushing cotton seed? Lot us uko reoont quotations of tho products: A ton o" sound ootton seed will iuake about 750 pounds of meal, 050 pounds of hulls, 25 pounds of dirt and iiutcrs, and 275 pounds of oil At present prices tho product of one ton of setd will bo as follows: 750 pounds of meal $0 37 050 pounds of huils 2 38 25 pounds of linters 25 275pounds of oil (57 gallons) .... 14 80 Total $20 80 Now, oce third of that amount, or $8 03, wou d be largo compensation for t'"e oil mill, which would leave $17 87 for tbe farmor'9 ton of seed. That is equal to about 27 conts a bushel. The mill meu will say that is too much to pay for seed. But consider how it works: When the tanners bu>s in the shape of fertilizers ho will pay tho manufacture $15 t?3 for the ammo nia in ono ton ot seed. Besides this he will pay about $4 to $?? for the potash and phosphoric aoid in a ton. When the farmer sells his seed to the mill at $10 to $14 a ton aud buys from the fertilizer manufacturer the nlint. food iu a ton bo will pay at least $20 for it. No farmer oau afford to trade that way. What can lie do about it? in the first place, ho is not obu^od to sell his seed. The oil in it docs not injure it as a fertilizer or fctd. l'roperly and carefully applied, nine lushcls of 6eod is worth moro to tho farmer than 100 pounds of meal. It requires that amount to make 100 pounds of meal The remedy is to dooi?ud a fair ex change iu hulls and meal. Let the unit uien uuderstaoa at once' that they are to root-ivo lull value for their seed or they will not sell. At tho proseni prices of ammonia, potash and phosphoric acid quite i at Olcmson (lo.lage, one ton of seed is worth all $20 as a fertilizer. That i?, tho farmer will have to pay that much for the samo plant-food in any fcrtbzsr ho may pur ohaso, no odds what is tho souioe of these elements. Lot tho farmers of theSiato consider this question from a rational stand point. Lit them d.iuind full value for their seed or Icoep thim at home. The only loss will bo in the oil, but the farmer will Dot suffer in that roiprct, for ho gets no benefit from the oil. Pno figures given above are only ap proximately oorroot, but thoy arc near nnAlli; il in /t*#rtfr?fiuo ^ * - ?0 ? -w v-wmuu.'n tu 1VMI11 A l/BD 19 I I figuring a little on tho j roblom. leading farmers oould even call a mooting and a>k rupreaoniativo mill men to bo present and in a businoss way talk tho problem over. It would do no harm. The mill men bavo thoir meetings and oover invito farmors to attend and disouss tho prioo of seed. C. 1*. Spartanburg, July 20. Killed Ilia Daughter. Clcmonts Buohtcr, a ohairmakor, at hiuibville 1'uursday shot and killed his daughter, Ircno, aged I'd, and wouoded his wife. It is alleged that Buohter, who it is said had boon making improper advanoos to his child had triod to foroo hor to aocodo to his demands, when sho nailed her mothor. Togothor tho woman tried to restrain tho father, who drew his revolver and bogan shooting. Tho daughter was shot through the heart and instantly killod and tho mother was shot through tho hand. Buohter was arrostod and refused to talk. - . tov ^ J THE I - f urove s The formula know just what y< do not advertise th their medicine if y Iron and Quinine p form. The Iron malaria out of the Grove's is the Or Chill Tonics arc ii that Grove's is s arc not cxperimen and excellence h only Chill Cure s ihe United States. BUSHELS OF GOLD 8tchn frem the Strong Ro?m of Smelting Woikt. NO CLUE TO THE THIEVES. Cleaned Up About Seventeen Thcusard Ounces of Gold, Worth Over Three Hundred Thousand Dollars. Gold brioks valurcd at $!i40,000 wero stolon during Tuesday night from tho Solby Smelting works at Vallrjo, Col. The robbers evidently had been working on tho job for two or throo months. They had dug a tunnel from outs:do j the heuso, beginning with a shift ibout three foot deep. Thcnoe they worked i iin^nvnnath 1 KA ? ? J ?? ? ? I MUwtMv<iw? ? uu ?auin aru atll&.ILlg U wards, bored a hole ia the strong room tloor. The hole was shaped like the manhole of a boi'er. Fart of the holes wero bored two months ago, it is thought, and the last one was completed during the night. Through that hole they took the gold bricks and near the mouth of the tUDnel east of i the works, whore they wero evidently pltcod in a boat, la their hurry tho robbers loft two of the br'ekb on the bank. During the night one of tho workmen reported to one cf his follows that ho heard a noise in tho etroog room and declared it was a ghost. Tho oth era ridiculed him for his euperstition, but no investigation was made to Bee what caused the noise. Too entrracc to tho tunnol wasoovered with a frame, over which the omployes of the smelters passed every day. but no one seemed to no'.ioe anything out of the way. Shoriff Vealo of Contra Costa connty, his deputios and Chiof of Police Sanford of Vellrjo have been notified and : aro now at the works. The police of j San Franci-co and all tho bay cities aro : all at woik on the ease, but so far there i is not the sl'ghtcst oluo to tho robbers j The work was that of skilled men and their elaborate plans were carried out : without a hitoh. Taey got all tho bui- j Iiod in tho vault, leaving behind only tho two brioks which were dropped on ; the shore. Only one day s aooumula lion of refijed gold was kept at the works. The tunnel that the robbors excavated was about three feet in diameter and gave thorn plenty of room in which to work. It is supposed tho dirt ftom the tunnel was taken out at night and dropped in tho bay. First reports stated that tho tunael was two or three hundred feet long, but according to lato adviooa it is only about ten foot in length. The shaft was s'.ar'ed olose to the wall an 1 was sunk below the foundation. Thence it was only a short d jianco ucdor tho floor of the vault. Ilia thought the men who committed tho robbory took their plunler away in a launoh and made off directly for San Francisoo. There arc plenty of plaoes, | howcv.r. to which thev mav hava p->nn ?either np the Saoramento river or to the shore of any cf the numerous bays. Following is a list of the property stolen: Four fine gold bricks, all uuoibor?d and containing as fol ows: No. 1236 ? 1,191) ounces aud a fraction. No. ! 1237?3,300 ouucos. N). 1238?1,123 ounces aud a fraction. No 1239?i4,037 ouroes and a fraction. Also 10,000 ounocs of gold in varioui shades ao . a liulo silver. Tho gold in the brioks is worth f-0 an ounce. ! fchort Cotton Crop The monthly report of the statistician of tho department of agriculture shows tho average coociiinn of cittou on duly 25 to nave been 77 2 as compared *ith 81 1 on the 25ih of the preceding month; 76 oi Augus* 1 1900; 81 oa August 1, 1899, aid a 10 year average ot 84. Tocro was an improvement of oondi 1 tioo during <Ju y amounting to 6 points in Georgia, 5 point:, i j S >uih Carolina, 2 in .\lab?w? and Mississippi and 8 in Virginia. Oa the Oiher hand there was a dcoliao of 19 points iu Missouri, 15 in 1 Arkansas and ronoessei, 13 in Okia ; homaaid lneiaa Territory, 12 in Texas, i in norma, t id Carotin* ana in Louisiana. Tho impairment in condition is largely duo to drought, but in a portion of the eas'cra section of tho cotton bolt it is attributable to tho prevalence of czofstivo rain during a largo part of tko month. While tho condition in Mississippi is 5 points abovo thoS'.ato's 10 years average, every other Si*te reports a oindition below auoh average, Virginia being' 1, Louisiana 2 Alaba n* 3 r< xis 7, <J uirgia S, S iuih Carolina and Fioriaa 9, North Carolina 12; Atkansas, Ten ' nesst'O and Missouri lti points bolow their respootivo 10 year averages. Tho averages of condition in the dif- ! ferent States aro roportol as follows: Virginia 8t>; North Carolina 73; South Carolina 7b; Ooowia 78; Florida 79, t Alabama 82; Mississippi 88; Louisiana 82; Toias 74; Arkausas 09; Tennessee 70; Missouri 71; Oklahoma 79; Indian | Territory 75. The Country Merchant. 1 Tho country morohant is making a groat talk about tbo mail order houses in tbo big oitios who aro getting his trade away from him, but with his out cry ho is really making no serious ef-1 I V, .'- "ij| ? - '. <;1 /s Tasteless Chili Tonic. is plainly printed on every bottle?hence you du are taking when you take Grove's. Imitators leir formula knowing that you would not buy ou knew what it contained. Grove's contains ut up in correct proportions and is in a Tasteless acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives the system. Any reliable druggist will tell you that 'iglnai and that all other so-called Tasteless riitations. An analysis of other chill tonics shows uperior to ail others in every respect. You ting when you take Grove's?its superiority aving long been established. Grove's is the old throughout the entire malarial sections of No Cure, No Pay. Price, 50c. 1851 1901FURMAN UNIVKRSITY, GREENVILLE, S. C. A. P. Montague, Ph. D, L. L. D., President. Two oourece are ottered leading to ibo degrees of Baciiblk* or A.ets (ti. A. ) and Mastkr or Aets (M. A.) Library and Heading-Room. Physical, Chemical and Biological Laboratories Jm>bon-Am-mni Hall, containiog ArnToiucM and 8o-ixtt Halls, just completed and furnished at a cost of twenty thousand dollars. Nxw Foktt Room Dormitory Expenses reduced to a minimum by the Mess system. Catalogue and circulars of information on request. Address Lit A. P. Montague. For rooms apply to Prof H T. Cook, Greenville, 8. C. Greenville, 8. C. m Presbyterian College of South Carolina. Next Session opens Sept. 26, 1901. Special tates to boarding students. Limitel number can be accommodated In Dormitory. $100.00 will pa7 for boa-d, too n-rent matriculation, and tuition, f>r i.ollegiate year. Fire professors and one instructor iu 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. 81'E^CER, Clinton, 8. C. fort to prevent it, rays A. E Sweet, in I the Advertising World. You oan't "WANTPlV*-! C ' lA stop people buying whero thoy think *?1 tbov can bay th cheapest, simply by c?lteT*NTOPrtAToa J*" L the use of invective. Tne only way vt tho country merchant can hope to com- /"A ploti- with the mail order heu es is by y A mooting them on their own ground?by cc*oeti"~ \J[ Oj adveitihiog There is abao utcly no hope for tie eountry rroTchaot until ? ? 1 bo corrects a few of his timeworn views Hvrr ? ') y/, //^f| about advertising. Advertising is % \7 simply telling what you havo to sell, lyf/'' W^Br and tho prior. It mtkeB no d;ffj.renoo ? Y^Pa' a if you ads are tot written by an expert \\x.' 3 or illu?trated by a high priced artist, " i you can make them effeotive and ret>uli producing, if you boar in mind tbe one \ j point tbat an ad should tell about what i you have to sell and not simply your- YcJsI Thpv'ra WnntPrt self. The advertising done bv tho X"SI iney F6 Wanleaavtrago country mcrohxnt is usually Business activity creates a demand for something frightful. Ho docs not aon ?u8iDe9s experts, and those who hold diplosidi r advertising a force by whioh ho f'om ?yr 0011 ege are business experts. | is to directly icore.se bis business, but t . * it- ... ' no trouble keepiow; them. Such diploma* asakindof legpulhng proposition en are gu,railteJ ft?ne?. 1Vb not p Ihe part of tho local newspaper. Any W0Tk, and the postibiiUy of disappointold thing will do him in the way of ?n mint in the new xiwfrtyee, announce mett, and the smaller ti c ; te<? irom us i^your ability. ' space tho editor will let him down with, ) Formal information, send now the better the b.rgain he imagines be Columbia Business Colleger has made. Some merchants carry COLUMBIA, 8. C. Dot hi ng but a B.erootypo oard, year to _T ? ' ^ and year out, yet if they stop to think, W. H. NEWBERRY, President. tboy find thoy have dczsns of things cucum a ai tbey could sell at less than re^ulrr ontKlllAN prices and whioh, if made known would 'lOClcherw A.gency9 attract many buyers from their custom- Greenwood, 8. C. era who would other wiee send to the departments big cities fcr Tito secret cf Tkachees Aoency?We s?pply sohools, the mail oroe r bustm ss is 6imp!y be- colleges, ?nd famines with teacoers, without c .use their advertisement eli some- charge. We aid competent teachers in eetbirg. Any kind of advertisement is curiag positions. Tnose wishing teachers of course better than nono. All ad- and teachers wishing positions saould write vsrtiaing pays in tome way or another, 119 at 0,rcebut the merchant who does no adver- tl'*!,ITrHK ?Desks, .Maps, Charts, tising at all, because he is not able to Glo,b?1 &c ' ,ftt 1,0W8al P,not8 W?T are Gen: j V - ' UUU"UD" 7 w eral Agents tor largest factory in U. 8. Local afford big pages, makes one large mis A w<iDt,d Kverything strictly firsttaka If you can t do the bo;t adver- C!ass. Using, do the best you cm What tbo School and College Books by mail at best is that yen can do m my seem Vity publishers prioes?new and secondhand, small but advertisirg is somethirg that We take old books in etchauge for new or pays for itself, and it increases right swondhanded ones, earing half the cost _t__ to you. We a'so supply books recently ? adop'ed by the state. South Carolina Leads WILL SAVE YOU T1MF, TROUBLE AND South Carolina leads all the F. M. dhendan, Mgr. states in the increase of cotton tut vni ikipdi ddn spiiulles during the year ending YUUIMbDLUUU June 30, ism ?i. Georgia also made lumber company a very line showing as did North ????????? Carolina and Alabama. Thelat- augusta. oa. ter state was slow in taking ad- office ani> Wobks, North Ai-gusta, 8. C. vntltniro of hop onooptii?.!?I--? 1 cotton manufacturing, but she ^gors, sash, blinds and builder s has at last gone into the busi-j hardware. ness with a vim and during the flooring, biding, ceiling AND inpast two years has made re- S1DE finishing lumber in markable strides towards greatness in textile production. Ala- GEORGIA PINE, bam a now has mills which turn All Corresponded J giTea prompt atten out as high class cotton goods as t?0n. July 2?ly any that are made anywhere in - the south and the number of gre0|jyj||0 ||jff|| Sq||Qo|. | her spindles is increasing very '"b" VWI,*W" fast. More than <11 per cent of tigervillb, s c. all the new spindles in the Unit- Thorough, cheap, autl beautif illy located. I ed StatC8, that is spindles which , Mount tin Scenery; Good Water: Military have been put in sinoe .1 uly I.' I J00, are to 1>C found 111 th6SOUth. | No high rchooi given a more thorough South Carolina has not only led courre. Dip'oma* aw?rde tograduates. One in recent CCtton enlargement, hundred and fifty dollars* worth of scholarbut in the extent of her eottjm , * ??.? ot to manufactures is excelled by f-,>6 oo a y**r. only one state, Massachusetts., An i.luttrated Catalogue will tell you all. In 1900 Rhode Island stood se- Smhou cpsns teptcmber \i 1901. cond but South Carolina has pas- 10 ?"?'1 telephone to Tigerscd her. South Carolina's 1,- ? 794,657 spindles in 1900have in- r 1 creuseain one year to 2,185,020, J i rir-</ a rate of growth which tie t. -\ |Jliel|j f .i}WI, ^VlF I til? industry of oth.tr statu BUSIN f* hot, ever shown. The inotvasc, of, cotton spindles and looms tor >f. ? " "V\Jr" J? 7r/^ , i 4.Cheap Board jatsiiuattons secured. i the whole country during the p. r ?** *-?? ' ' J past twelve months was 7 1-2 ? ~? per cent., hut the increase in Great Floods in China. the south was 10 7-10 percent. G.c? uoods oatuad bj .ho owt.tb.iag I ho south says the Atlanta of ibo Vans 'B0 tta.o earned the Qeath .Journal is marching steadily 0f many thousands m China. The rivor to the fulfillment of her mani- has risen 40 feet and for hundreds of fest destiny in cotton mannfac- miles the country is a great lako with taring. It will not be long he- only tops of trees and an oooaoional fore she will leave New England of showing. At Asking tho town is behind in this great industry. , flooded, R0^? of ti.e houses to their With such facts, as the above f?? * , !u, .rg' nfttive tow.n , e ... . i? . is Hooded and two feet of water stands before us it .8 nonaense to cla.m ,h? (orejs? ?u)omcIlU. ,,owcr that booth ( aroltna ' till (J0wn l[i0 rj?r toward, Swa Hoe, tho bouth needs go over bag and destruation was greater and boatmen baggage with the Republican ostimate that 20,01)0 were drowned in part y to prosper. South Carolina the district. Cheng Tho was wiped and the whole South has pros- away by fliods sad 10.000 drowned pered marvelously under Demo- there and many other points have been orotic doctrines, and we see no inundated involving awful loss of life j need of her following McLaurin jnd 8"?t destrootiou to property. It i? c.,,1 v. reared an embankment built by Cbone and other pie county politic ians 0hoh T ne>r Wu 0h ffomW bje^ mto the Republican camp. Md oause tbo drowning of thousands. I