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% A WOOD SHOWING. The Progress Made in South Caro Una During Ten Years. SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. . Our MuuufucturiiiK uuil Other In tluHtrleN llave Made ICe.phl Strides lu the I'iinI Decade, iam Shiivvii l?v The revelations of the tenth censt as shown by a bulletin just issue ought to prove interesting to ever eitixcn of South Carolina, for all ar concerned in one way or another i the development of our manufacturin and mechanical industries. A vain; ble compilation of these statistics an summary of comparisons has bee made by the Columbia Stale, froi which we make the following extract: The manufacturing prosperity * the State in 190b .s shown by the fat that while there were 7,930* active c: tablishmcnts with a capital of $7o 056,299 there were only 58 idle one; with a capital of $115,115. The eight leading iinlust rles <>r tli State were cotton goods, fertilizer? flouring and grist mill products, lun her and timber products, planing mi products, including sash, doors an blinds, cotton seed products, rice clear ing and polishing and naval store: These embraced 1,640 establishment or 43 6 per cent, of the total numht in the State; used a capital of $.78 538,373, or 86.9 per cent of the tola gave employment to 39,066 wage-cart ers, or 81.2 per cent, of the total nun: ber; and paid $6,965,935 or 73.7 pi cent, of tlie total wages. The valu of their products was $48.011,840 c 81.8 percent. of tlie total. Some di tails are as follows: The number of establishments ii creased during the decade 1890-100 from 1,169 to 1.640: the capital ii .creased from $21,771,113 to $58,538, 373: the average number of wage cam ers in. from 15,565 to 39,867: the lot;: wages paid increased from $3,008,72 to $6,905,935: the miscellaneous e.\ penses increased from $1,278,079 t 82,472, 263; the cost of materials use increased from $14.301,'.?42 to $29, 272,774; and the value of products in creased from $21,927.09$ to $4S,041. 040. The percentages of gain (exelud ing the numbers of establishments ranged from 03.3 in miscellaneous ex penses to 168.9. During the decade the capital in vested in the manufacture of cot to goods increased from $11,141,833 t $30,259,946; the average number u wage-earners from 8,071 to 30,201 the wages from $1,510,494 to $5,066, 840; the cost of materials used I rot $6,819,320 to $17,263,882: and the val ue of products from $9,800,798 to $29, 723,919. The fertilizer industry showed on! a smal increase except in capital, th enlargement here being from $5,920. 218 to $10,503,043. The number u wage-earners increased only from 1, 102 to 1.772 and the value of product ?m from $4,41 7,658 to 14.882,505. The (louring and grist mills showe contrary tendency as to capital, th ^reduction in this direction being ove % earners increasing nearly two-thirds while the value of products increase from $2,083,126 to $2,247,790. The lumber and timber product showed these increases: Number of e> tablishments, from 352 to 729: capit: from $1,348,155 to $5,187.727; wagi earners from 2.590 to 1.585: wag< from $420,588 $897,899, materials cos from $996,289 to $2.092805: and valu of products from $2,110,750 to $5,20" 184. The value of planing products etc., increased trom $711,838 to $1, 016,328. The number of cotton seed nil mill increased l'rom 17 to 50: t heir capita from $565,372' to $1,959,872: thei wage-earners from Ho to 731: thei wages paid from $50.::'. i to $143,9.32 their cost of materials from $740.oo to $2,302,837: and their value of pro ducts from $927,7 72 to 83.103.425. There was a decrease in the nava stores industry: in the number of es tablishments from 201 to l.32:incapi tal from $005,873 to $208.7l<?; jn wage earners from 2.243 to sso: jn wage paid from $378,76$ to $135,575: ii cost of materials from $077,383 j, $471,201, and in value of produet rrom 81,524,100 to >>7*7.Apptir cntly the naval stores industry is (lis appearing from South Carolina an< with it a good many negro "turpen tine hands" who can weil he spared. In considering tiiese figures one can not but be impressed by the lack o diversification of our manufactures Deduct cotton goods, fertilizers, him ber and cotton seed from the list an. there is very little left. The eottoi mills alone employed in 1000 over two thirds of the capital; three-fourths o v the wage-earners and furnished nearh - 'two-thirds of the products. The fifth table gives statistics o1 the consolidated manufactures of th< ^ 12 leading manufacturing cities ant fe. towns: Anderson, Beaufort, Camden Charleston, Chester, Columbia. Green ville. Newberry. Orangeburg. Iloel Hill, Spartanburg and Sunder. Those 12 communities have 22 2 per cent, ol the number of manufacturing establishments, in the State. 11 2 percent, or the capital, employed 33. 7 per cent, of the wage earners, paid "hi.s percent, of the wages and 7 per cent, of the materials used. Their establishment yielded .'ID.2 per cent. of the value ol products, while they contained lo.J per cent, of Sout h Carolina's population. In the amount <>f capital invested they stand as follows: Charleston f 12,47.'t 187: Columbia !*.*?, 277, 300: Greenville $2,858,3*8; Spartanburg $2, 351,175; Newberry $1,330.025: Anderson $1,280,111; Rock Hill $*20,011: Chester $480,(12-1; Sumter $30*.272: Camden $301,280; Orangeburg *230.635; Beaufort $34,331. The wageearners in the more considerable of these were as follows: Charleston 027; Columbia 3,250; Grc-nville 2,153; Spartanburg 1.375; I lock Hi:l 1 .t?50: ymuerson win: .sewwrry sil. The wn^cs pairl showed these totals: Char: leston $1,489,966; Columbia *7 .' .Jim. Greenville $370,392: Spartanburg $276042; Itock Hill $197,080: Newberry 9175,178; Anderson $166,313. Their products were thus valued: Charleston $9,502,387; Columbia $1,213,030; Greenville $2.221,990; Spartanburg $1,630,275; Newberry $l,200.so2, Aaderson $1,127, 483: i?<?ck Hill $l.oo7.210: Chester $645,444; Sumter $7.90.( 337; Orangeburg $493.moo-. Camden $241,632; Beaufort $lo.osi. Charleston is the largest city in the State wsth 4. 2 per cent, of the total population, and furnishes 16 3 per cent, of the manufactured products. Columbia is t he second citv. with 1.6 L *? ? M1.,"!' ; 1 i percent. of the total population, and , furnishes 7.2 per cent, of the manufactured, products. Greenville Is the third city, with U per cent, of the to* tal population, and furnishes 3 H per cent, of the manufactured products. Spartanburg is the fourth city in the State, with .l? percent, of the total population, and furnishes 2.H j?er cent, of Uio total products. Sumter Is the tiftli city, with .4 percent. oTthe total population, au'i 'urnishes 1 percent. of i- t tic total products. Anderson is the sixth city, with .4 per cent, of the total population, and furnishes 1.9 per cent, of the total products. Hock Hill is the seventh city with .4 percent, of the total population, and furnishes 1.7 percent, of the total products. NewiS berry is tin' eight city, with ..'I per (l cent, of the total population, ami furnishes 2.1 percent, of the total proy ducts, (>rangcbusg is the ninth city, e with ..'t per cent, of the total populan tion, and.furnishes .8 percent, of the total products. The table of manufactures by counties is very full, hut need not lie con (' side red except t show the rank of n certain leading counties. Charleston ,, County lias 117 establishments with $1:1,217.940 invested in manufacturs' ing. and the value af its products is ^ $9,714.4'.?.*i. Spartanburg County 178 't establishments with $11,059,408 in > vesleilcipit.il and i S,.l(is.77s products. , lliclilaii'i has I.'in establishments with $5,422,015 invested capital and $1,-I 154,991 products. Crccnvillc County o has 1S2 establishments with $4,598,- I >, 325 invested capital and $4,551),329 i- products. Anderson County has 1 ??7 11 establishments with $3.022.904 capital d and $l!oo5,52i; products. Aiken has i- 85 establishments, with $3,559,745 i. capital and $2,990,274 products. York s County has los establishments with t $2,129 us.", capital and $2.0150,257 pro, ducts. Cherokee has is estahlishI: ments with $2.374.358 invested capital i- and $l,5ss,25s products. ITiionCouni ty has 51 establishments with $3,287,'r 131 capital and $1,970,387 products, c Newberry lias so establishments with r $1,410,808 capital and $1,330,455 products. Marlboro has 112 establishments wit h $1,129,980 invested capi? tal ;md $1.0155.2 85 products. Darlingo ton has 07 establishments with $1,471. i- 839 capital and $1,181,008 products. - Lexington lias 154 establishments i- with $1.271.491 capital and $923,571 il products. Itcaufort lias 11 cstahlish2 menls with $1,138,332 capital and :- $703,957 products. Laurens has 90 eso tablishmcnts with $540,51515 capital d and $1,027,47-8 products. Oconee has - 133 establishments witli $902,145 capi ital and $775.158 products. Orange burg lias 171 establishments with I- $495,347 capital and $83(5, h>7 products, i- Sumter lias l 13 establishments with v $502,111 capital and $922,230 product s. ,.l ii DEMOCRATS FOR BOERS ?| 'f : | Strong liOsoluiiiiiiN Favoring Thorn ,i I'usseil by (.'mi|;rt>Ni4loiiul ( 'niirHi. I. I The Democratic members of t lie | house at a caucus held Thursday night1 I unanimously adopted resolutions de\ during congress should express tlie ' sympathy of the American people for r the struggling Roer republics and pledging themselves to use their utmost endeavors to "force" the committees to report resolutions expresI sive of sucli sympathy in order that congress might .have an opportunity to r * The Crumpacker resolution to investigate the franrrrtev wa*-not considered at the caucus. Representative Hay of Virginia presided . at the caucus and Representative Robertson acted as secretary. The jl attendance was large. There was no division of sentiment as to the . course to be taken, the question pre* sented being simply one of choice between two resolutions, one offered by 1 Mr. Rundell of Texas and the other by M r. Stil/.cr of New York. The Sul/er resolution looking to the passage of a resolution requesting the president to urge upon <treat Hritain the * ; wisdom ol' stopping the South Afril' can war was voted down .'12-and ''Abe Kaudell resolution unanimously r adopted as follows: : Resolved h\ the Democratic mem'| hers of the house of representatives of * the i nited States of America, in caucus assembled, that th congress of the t nited States should, hy rosolu-I - tion. express the sympathy of the | - people of the l"niled States for the - j people of tin- South African republic | s and the Orange IT< State in their ! i heroic M ruggle to maintain t heir liber- j * tv and indep<-ndenee. s "Resolved, That the congress should ! - iii the spirit of amity and friendship. -1 appeal to t he P.rilisli government, in j I ih?- interest of humanity, to accept! -! overtures for peace, cease hostilities, and endeavor to brinn about a just -land honorable settlement of existing f I dilTerences, to the end that peace may . I be established. - j "llesolved. That the I'nited States i should fairly and honorably maintain ija position ot strict neutrality in this - contest between nations friendly to ; f1 us. and see to it that neutrality laws i ,* {are vigorously and impartially en- i I forced. i r I Resolved, Tl. it we. as Demoerats . j and representatives of the people, will I: u;'c our utmost endeavor to force the I committees now dominated by the | Republican party, having in their :|ehar^e resolutions similar to these, to , report the same back to the house, so > p that tie congress may tfive expression | . thereon, declaring the sentiments and j i will of the American people." Ij i in pursuance of the act ion taken in j j ! the caucus a resolution will tic framed j | , for introduction into the house and . hereafter the Democrats will do every- | > thing in their power to secure action), > j upon it. 1( l.o*i l.rothcr Koumt. ( Lewis J. (irant. of Kalama/.oo has i .1 list h< ird from his brother Alexan- . / 111 Vll.,1... I... I,.... - ? - >. . mmwih mi iKit mil .vuh i'ii m' vt\*irs, t ;i!nl who was supposed to have been ( murdered by the I te Iudiansaud Mor- j inons in t lie mountain meadow massa-! t ere. The family lived at. (flcngary, j < )nt.. and Alexander went, to Call for- \ nia in seareli of gold. After n few years \ had elapsed and no tidingseame from | t him. la wis started in search of him. 'j Then a third brother started in search I < of tlie two brothers, and he is still ; t missing- Alexander, now TO years of i s age. is li v Inn at I tell (?rade, Neh. lie r inserted an advertisement in a news- , paper, and thus his who rent touts he- t came known. It develops that Lewis' < c hildren at tended school where Alex- (; ai der's daughter acted as teacher, s i?ut the identMention never liecame known. ft very effort is now bcinn made to find a trace of the third e brother. t (Ikn. I llusion, who Is on a visit to ;i tii s country from the I'hillpplnes. pro-1 j, poses hannInn for all who differ with v> lilm unless tliey keep their months ^ shut I ill t hi lifts are settled Ids way in a t lie Philippines. 1 low rapidly the ini- jt pel ialist ie idea tfrows. jj "i ; ? >. i i i n BREAKS THE RECORD. I The Charleston Exposition the Best for the Money Ever Known. GREAT ECONOMY IN BUILDING. IK Would lluve Cost Five Timet* an t'.l iv Much to lliiiilleate li> a Vni-ih. """ til ern City. ThcFlnh Hawk n( Arrives. of "This exposition would have oust ai buffalo or any other nothcrn city live jn million dollars," remarked a director n, of the exposition recently to the Char- w leston correspondent of The State. "It doe?s in fact represent an expendi- J* ture of $800,000, but every dollar is represented by full value. In buffalo d< the men who put on the "staff work" 1* were paid from $G to $14 a day. Here m w we secured la1x>rers from 75 cents to I" $(? per day. The saving in the price Q of labor represented a large amount. y< "Furthermore, where they paid as rt f r high as $40 for lumber, we obtained the same quantity of that material jji for $11. We economized in every tx possible way and were able to erect ai buildings which cost us $800,000, but OI w are as handsome and as well tlnishcd ji; as could have been done for $5,000,000 n< in any northern city." cr The seven men who arc directors of this exposition may well feel proud of m the artistic success which they have et wrought. These gentlemen are Capt. y< F. W. Wagener, president; Samuel *t> Lapham, Jno. F. Fickcn, .f. L. David, w C7 S. Gadsden, W. II. Welch, and J. p( C. Hemphill. Capt. Wagener has con- til tributed Uhenilly of the private for- a tune, and he could afford It. Other eti directors have taken equally as much re Interest in the exposition, and all have w ttie assurance, that from an artistic wi standpoint the great fair is a success, ot The buildings are beautiful, the tl Spanish-American style >f archltec- of ture prevailing. The sunken garden of Is of artificial construction and cost of $18,000. It seems almost a sacrilege fo to tear down theso splendid buildings, ii( and yet they cannot long survive the tli attacks of the elements, as the ex- tii terior is of "staff work," a composi- fa tioti of sand and line with other ingre- h< dients. A director of the exposition of said today that Col. Dodge of the Un- at ited States geodetie survey has diseov- w; ercd a formula by the use of which re buildings made of this staff work can us be kept, In a fine state of preservation, us The buildings would also need per- pi inanent nx)fs. The exposition com- m patiy may not feel justified in making of these expenditures, but certain it is he unit. 11 me.se i>nlinlnyn should be pre- Is served and these grounds cared for, gr Charleston would In two or three do years have the most beautiful gar- rl dens in the south. When it Is said lie that the expenditures for grounds and lh buildings approximated $hk),000, this st does not take Into consideration the la cost of the State buildings, which do would run the grand total up to over th Suoo.ooo. These are owned by the wl States or cities which built them. Whatever may be the intrinsic value go of these grounds and buildings in the ho future, they are certainly worth sec- wl This may he tbe lasj. yxpo- fj( sition held in the south for a numlier j lir of years, and South Carolinians now pi have a rare opportunity to visit a to great show. There is no charge to an see any of tlic exhibits. The price of nn admission to tlie grounds lets the visi- T1 toi into every building?even the race E' track?except on the Midway, where sp each att raction has its own charges. G1 The 1'nited States steamer Fish ev Hawk arrived here today and is lying ev otr the wharf at the exposition hv grounds. The Fish Hawk and the cu Albatross are the two government po boats engaged in making scientific all researches. The former plies from in Eastpwrt, Maino, to Galveston and has ov just recently l>een engaged off Key up West where the weather was so bad an that t he tishcrmen could do nothing. inj The Fish Hawk has put in here for fe< two weeks and the sailors are today I to getting the ship ready for visitors on who will Ik; given a hearty welcome ph by Cnpt. J. A. Smith, who is in command. The steamer is supplied with du all kinds of paraphernalia for propa- ti< gating tish, and tlie captain states of that the department is engaged now w? in an endeavor to cultivate sponges Iju Tl.o efforts give promise of success. co The officers of t lie boat will cx- th plain to visitors the method of dredg- soi ing the bottom of the sea. These dy dredges bring up all kinds of creatures st i over which the scientists become T! miu'ii excited at times. The Fish ea llawk bronchi in a number of tisli for soi the aquariaums in the fisheries build- on ing. which is an interesting place for sol visitors. One of the most interesting bU art icles in that building is a rod which fn cost. $2,000. The butt is a topaz, half Sit an inch in diameter, and the joints to are. of gold. To "land-lubbers" a to visit to the Fish Hawk and to the sot liberies building will he quite a pleas- gh lire. "1 spl Lower Kates Coming. Up The Charleston correspondent of tin Phe State says "in order to encourage of ihe people, the railroads have knocked **1 Ihe liottom out of the rates. At a 1 meeting held Friday It was practical- #o y decided to make the rates lower ph than at present, and the existing i ne iclieme of rates is lower than ever spi icfore issued for Charleston. No very sin letinitc statement may he made in re- scl tard to the new rates, hut the w hole Ch natter will he made public in a few is lays. This much Is known here the tin ate from Norfolk will Ik- $?;; from | we \tiantu $.'1.50 (which is cheaper than ; If 1 he ordinary rate from Columbia: w" rom Savannah $1: from Columbia (>n( ind Augusta 12.00 (which Is cheaper Ch ban walking if one had to buy meals nol dong the route.) Tills Is in keeping of vitii t lie rates from other points, so it l?>n vill tie seen that the railraods are de- hlr ermincd to bring the people here. j I'iie midway people were very much blighted when they heard of the rates ha' icing reduced so conspicuously. They ma ay that they have never heard of such lot ates iieing offered to any other ex- pr< ositlon." This is good news, and we wll mpc tlie crowds will now pow into nev 'harleston to see the best exposition for ver held hi the South. Kvorytiody the hould see the exposition. is I ?______ phi The Augusta Chronicle says: "The tor ewspapor is called on to help every in- fou erest in the community; hut does ev- dip ry into resit In the community think oon hqut helping to support the newspa- Wll( ers?" .Not much. We hare had men ... ho never snhserihed or advertised in . ur paper tiring in a half column puff 1 hout something in wliieh they were P?? it <>rested witti a request that we. pub- 'Pi" sti it as a news item, frco of course. "Ti T L L ** ' I 'J 'JT* * *' V TALMAOK 3 SERMON. I f I jtlliuvM* Induces Industry and Is the 1 1 ? Foundation of Good Health. ' In this discourse Dr.Talmage advo- ] ,tes the Idea that, the Christian re- I riou is as good for tills world as tlio ' xt and will help us to do anything ' lat ought to lie done at all; I Timothy ] , 8, "Godliness is profitable unto all I lings, having promise of the life that '> >w is and of that which is to come." ' There is a gloomy and passive way , waiting for events to coine upon us, id there is a heroic vfray of going out ( i meet them, strong in God and fear- , g not hing. When the body of Catl- , tie was found on the battlefield, it ( as found far in advance of all his , oops and among the enemy, and the ( ;st. way is not for us to lie down and , t the events of life trample over us. ( it to go forth in a Chri.st ian spirit itermined to conquer.! You are ex- ! icting prosperity. an<"- 1 am deter- ' Incd, so ferns 1 have anything to do ' ith it, that you shall not lie disap>inted, and, therefore, I propose, as 1 od may help me, to project upon j >ur attention a new element of suc;ss. You have in tlu business firm 1 ugality, patience, indi stry. perseverlee. IWUHimV?? vr?rv >;t ri.mr hiultiDtcl rm?bu; i iirn? needs bo one mem- ' ?r added, mightier th.li them all, id not a silent partner4! either, the io introduced by inv text "(lodliness. hich is profitable untf' all things, ' iving the promise ofl ,110 life that j iw is as well as ?>f that which Is to >mc." 1 suppose you are all willing to ad- ' it that gndlin< s Is h '.port nit in its ernal relations, but pjrha s some of ni say, "All 1 w: nt i- an iportunlr to say a prayer Ik fore 1 die, and all 1 ill be well." There . ve a great many Kiple who suppose ttr tit they can lally get safely out of? is world into better world they will have exhaustI tlie entire advantage of our lioly llglon. They talk as though religion ere a mere nod of recognition which e are to (jive to the Lord Jesus on ir way up to a heavenly mansion: as 1 tough it were an admission ticket, no use except to give in at the door heaven. And there are thousands people who have great admiration ' r a religion of the shroud and a re- 1 jlon of the hearse and a religion of ic cemetery who have no appreciar?n of a religion for the hank, for the rm, for the factory, for the ware- ' >use, for the jeweler's shop, for the lice. Now, while I would not throw : ly slur on a postmortem religion, I int today to eulogize an antemorteni ligion. A religion that will he of no ' e to you while you live will lie of no ic to you when you die. "<>odlincss is otltable unto all things, having pro- ' ise of the life that now is as well as ; that which is to come." And I ive always noticed that when grace very low in a man's heart he talks a ! ' eat deal in prayer meetings about atlis and about coffins and about | lurchyards. 1 have noticed tiiat the ! althy Christian. th? man who is 1 ring near to (Jod and is on the raight road to heaven;, is full of jubitit satisfaction and talks about the ' ities of Mils life, understanding well ' lat if Cod helps him to li' e right lie 1 111 help him to die right-' 1 Now. in the tirst place, I? remark that j dlincss is ginnl for a mnne physical ) 'alth. 1 do not mean to liy that it ' 11 restore a broken dovn/ constitu- ' jjf drive rln inn il ntxs or neuralgia from fn^nnplesor "*j enrisy from the side, l.til I do mean say that it gives one? such habits ( id puts one in such condition as are * ost favorable for physical health, nit 1 believe, and that 1 avow. re ry body knows that buoyney of 1 Irit is good physical advantnnge. 1 oom, unrest, dejection, is at war with 1 cry pulsation of the heart and with f ery respiration of 11* lungs. They ( iver the vitality and lie-ken the cir- ' lation, while exliila at ion of spirit < urs the very halm of iv? t through 1 I the eurrems of lift Tin sense of i t security which so: ti - hovers M er an unregem-rate :an pounces ' ion liini with the bla it n thous- !( d trumpets of terror - in . i depict- ! ' pf and most exhaust ri^. while the ' jling that all t.liitipr^ at working : get her for our x><] now and for j 1 r everlasting welfare > lucive to i ivsieal health. ' t You will observe t ha go- mess in-! ' cos industry, which .s tie- founda- ' m of good health. here is no law .' hygiene that will k -epa lazy man!' '11. Pleurisy will >: him, erysipe- j( i will burn him, iaui lice will dis- h lor him. gout will c nple him.andj-k e intelligent physician will not pre- I rit?c antiseptic or febrifuge or ano- ' ne, hut saws and hammers and yard- 1 rks and crowbars and pickaxes, j1 lore is no such thine as <nww1 iUif.a l< I condition without positive work of 1 ne kind, although yu . should sleep p down <>f swan or ride in carriage of:N 'test upltolstery or have on your ta- 1 ; all the luxuries that were jrourod > ?nr tlie wine vats of Ispahan and ' iraz. Our religion says: "Away 1 the bank, away to lie Held, away the shop, away to tin- factory! Do a nothing that willcnkst alltheener- I >s of your body, mad and soul!" a lillgent in t>nsinesB fervent in i rit, serving tlie thV Lord," while a on t lie hare hack of the idler and e 5 drone comes down the sharp lash s the apostle as lie says. "If any man t 11 not work, neither shall lie cat." h [ )h, how Important In this day. when ! ?, much is snld about' anatomy ailfiT-L ysiology and therapeutics and some <: w st yle of medicine s ever and anou f ingliig upon the world, that you r juld understand that tiic highest t 100I of medicine is the school of b rlst, which declares that "godliness ( p roll table unto all things, having't ? promise of tlie life that now Is as 1 II as of that which is to come." So u ,ou start out two men in the world h Lh equal physical health, and tlien c j of them shall get lie religion of / rlst In Ids heart an , tin other shall p ti get it. the one wh becomes a son a the Lord Alinight will live Die fi gcr. "With long 1 V will 1 satisfy a n and show him mv salvation." li \galn I remark Lh godliness Is o >d for the entelleet. I know some h re supposed that Jir as soon as a w n enters Into the Christian life ids a elleet goes Into a bedwarling pro* d cess. So far from that, religion y 1 give new brilliancy to the Intellect li v strength to the imagination, new ei CC to the will and wider swing to all n ! Intellectual faculties. Christianity yi the great central lire at which losphy has lighted its brightest si ch. The religion of Christ Is the vi ntain out of which learning has 1> ped its clearest draft. The Hell- T poured forth no such Inspiring i w tors as those which tlow from under ai throne of Cod clear as crystal. Y iglon has given new energy to ri sy. weeping In I>r. Young's "Night I f? nights," teaching In Cowpor's! ai ask," naming In (^Arles Wesley's j t< ^ > c ;v, / ; i ' _ ir>-__Ljh _ i lyiuns and rushing with areuungello t iplendor through Milton's "i'aradise <j Lost." The religion of Christ lias li rung in studio and in gallery of art md in Vatican the best pictures? r Titian's "Assumption." Raphael's g 'Transfiguration." Kubens's "Descent I h'rom the Cross." Claude's "Burning i liush "and Angelo's "Lastudginent." d Itullgion has made the lx*st music of 1 the world -Haydn'a "Creation," llan- t lei's "Messiah," Mozart's "Requiem." v Is it possible that a religion whW 1 a Dullds such indestructible monuments c ind which lifts its ensigh on the 1 Highest promontories of worldly power a :an liave any effect upon a man's in- j tellcct but elevation? r Now. 1 commend godliness as tlic t>est mental discipline, better than 1 oelleslettres to purify the taste, better 1 Lhan mathematics to harness the mind ' to all Intricacy and elaboration, better ' Lhan logic to marshal the intellectual 11 forces for onset and victory. It will go with Hugh Miller and show him the v footprints of the Creator in the red ' sandstone. It will go with the botanisind show him celestial glories encampt , ud under the curtain of a water Illy. It ( will go with tlie astronomer on t lie great heights were God sheperds tlie . great ilock of worlds that wander on the hills of heaven answering his voice ' as he calls vhetn all by their names. '' Again I remark that religion is good for wordly business. 1 know the gen- . eral theory is the more business tlie ! less religion, the more religion tlie less business. Not so, thought Dr. Hans J* in his "biography of a Christian Merchant" when he says: He grew in / grace t lie last six years of his life more a than at any time in ills life. During v those six years he had more business crowding him than at any other time." In other words, the more worldly busl- c ness a man has the more opportunity ' LoserveCod. Does religion exhilarate . r?r retard worldly business? is the prae- J tical question for you to discuss. Does ! It hang, like a mortgage, over the ; farm? Is it a bad debt on the ledger? '' Is It a lien against the estate? Does it crowd the door through which customers come for broadcloths and silks? Now, religion will hinder your business if it he a had business or if it be a good business wronglyoonducted. If you tell lies behind the counter, if you use false weights and measures, if you put sand in sugar and beet Juice In vinegar and lard in butter and sell for ane thing that which is another thing, then religion will Interfere with that business, but a lawfully conducted, will find the religion of the Lord * Jesus Chrlsa its mightiest auxiliary. ' Religion will give an equipoise of t spirit. It will keep you from cbulll- , lions of temper, and you know a great . many line businesses have been blown to atowms by bad temper. It will keep K you frem worriment about frequent i; loss: it will keep you industrious and l prompt; it will keep you back from (. iquuuderiug and from dissipation; It . will give you a kindness of spirit which will Ik* easily distinguished from that i mere store courtesy which shakes f lands violently with you. asking about Health of your family, when there Is iiuanxiety to know whether your child ( s well or sick, but the anxiety is to < piiiow liow many dozen cambric pocket ^ Handkerchiefs you will take and pay j ash down. It will prepare you for t lie ( practical duties of everyday life, I do j not mean to say that religion will ( make us thianeially rich, but I do say j Lhat it will give us, it will assure us of 1 comfortable sustenance at the start. j i comfortable subsistence all the way uhrough, and It will help us to direct ' he bank, to manage the trathe, to Ttr.itn'i .iti tmr limine in:, tiers 'L" o make the most insignificant affair if our life a matter of vast smportancc, j floriticd by Christian principle. in New York city there was a mer- c, liant hard in Ills dealings with his j, 'ellows, who had written over his e, tanking house or his counting house S] oom, "No compromise." Then when r, ionic merchant got in a crisis and went iown no fault of his. hut a conjune- c. Ion of evil circumstances?and all the p ithcr merchants were willing to com- c iromise they would take 7.r> cents on s; he dollar or 50 cents or 20 cents?com- $ ng to this man last of all, he said: No ,? ompromise. I'll take 100 cents on the y lollar. and I can alTord to wait." Well. j.. he wheel turned, and after awhile hat man was in a crisis of business, a nid lie sent out his agent to com pro- (] nise, and the agent said to the mer- S( bants. "Will you take 50 cents on j; he dollar?" "No." "Will you take mything?', "We'll take 100 cents on c he dollar. No compromise." And r nr limn wnu wrote mat inscription ( ver his counting house door died in |, lest it ut ion. oh, we want more of he kindness of the gospel and lhe!,j ipirit of love in our business enter- t irises! How many young men have ; s 'ound In the religion of Jesus Christ a 1 tractieal help? How many there are a oday who could testify out of their I & iwu experience that godliness is pro- !s liable for the life that now is! There ' p verc times in their business career n vhen they went here for help and v here for help and yonder for help and rot no help until they knelt before the ! ti a?rd crying for his deliverance, and j lie Lord rescued them. Si in a bank not far from New York? d i village bank?an officer could not b lalance his accounts, lie had worked r< it tnem day after day, night after j ti light,and lie was sick nigh unto death is a result. He knew lie had not tsk- J si 11 one farthing from that bank, but e omchow, for some reason, Inscrutable t.i hen, the accounts would not balance. j f< ['he time rolled on and the morning y f the day when the books should pass 1 p (nder the Inspection of the ot her otlt- I ij ers airfl'f'J, .Iff/i ll himself In aw-To ul peril, conscious of his own Integ- i t< Ity. but unable to prove that Integrl- s| y. That morning he went to the T ank early, and he knelt down before a rod and told the whole story of men ol a: anguisn, and ba said: "<> Lord sj have done right, 1 liave preserved jx iy Integrity, but here I am about to ai e overthrown unless thou shouldst di ome to my rescue. Lord, deliver me." 01 md for one hour be continued the raver Ix-fore God, and then he arose . w nd went to an old blotter that h had C orgotten all atiout. lie opened It, t( nd there lay a sheet of llgures which tl ie only neetied to add to another line si f tigures?some line of figures at e had forgotten and knew not a< rherc he had laid them and the et eoounts were balanced, and the Lord i in ellvered him. You are an Intldel If w ou do not believe It. The Lord de- t< vered him. God aoswered his pray- tl r, as he will answer your pravcr, oh, si lan of business, In every crisis when di uu come to him. { di Now, if this t?e so, then 1 am per-! to laded, a.s you are, of the fact that the ot 1st majority of Christians do not ful-1 n< r test the value for their religion tl hey are like a farmer In California w 1th lfi.ooo acres of good wheat land t< nd cult wring only a quarter of an acre, j ta fhy do you not go forth and make the ik llglon of Jesus Christ a practical af- pi ilr every day ot your business life pf id all tills year, Is-glnnlng now, and 1h imorrow morning putting Into prac- al \ . , v , 1 I r _2TmU leal effect this holy religion uud demnstratlon that godliness is profitable lere tis well as hereafter? Mow can you get along without this ellglon? is your physical health so ood you do not want this divine tonic? s your mind so clear, so vast, so com- J trehensive. that you do not want this I ivine inspiration? Is your worldly u lusiness so thoroughly established J hat you have no use for that religion . rhiel) has been the help and deliver- ' nee of lens of thousands of men in , rises of worldly trouble? And ir what have said 16 true then you see what 13 , fatal blunder it is when a man ad- * ourns to life's expiration the uses of c eliglon. A man who postpones rell- t ion to sixty years of aye gets religion \ ifty years too late. He may net into b !io kingdom of God by linal reponance, but what can compensate him , or a whole lifetime unalleviated and ' incoraforted? You want religion to- -5 lay in the training of that child. You vill want religion tomorrow in dealng with that customer. You wanted elision yesterday to curb your temper. Is your arm strong enough to >eat your way through the Hoods? .'an you, without being incased in the he mail of God's eternal help, go orth amid the assault of all hell's harpshootcre? Can you walk alone cross these crumbling graves and amid hesc gaping earthquakes? Cvii you, vaterlogged and mast shivered, native the gale? Oh, how many there iavc been who, postponing the reli;ionof Jesus Christ, have plunged in0 mistakes they never could correct, It hough they lived sixty years after, ml like serpants crushed under cart vheels dragging their moulded I todies > inder the rocks to die. So these men iavc fallen under the wheel of awful 1; alamlty, while a vast multitude of 0 titers have taken the religion of Jesus (l .'hrist into everyday life and, first, s n practical business, and, second, on , he throne of heavenly triumph, have s Host rated, while angels looked on and s 1 universe approved, the glorious truth hat "gCKlliness Is protitahle unto all '(| hings, having the promise of flie life vhic.ii now Is as well as of that which f s to come." THE NEW TAX LAWS. 'ompt roller-Conoral Sends n Digest ' to County Ofticliiln. C The general assembly at its recent N ession made so many changes in the aws governing tlie operation of the v ax machinery in tlie several counties i >f the State that Comptroller General Jerham has deemed it necessary to ;et up a digest of the new laws, wldch s s valuable information for auditors, < >oards of assessors and county hoards if equalization, showing how these c >oards are constituted and tlieir com. ( sensation. This circular contains inurination of value too to the people t lar^e. It reads as follows: ( Township and Town Assessors and bounty Hoards of Equalization.?1 n ibbcville, Aiken, Anderson. Berkeley, 'hestertield, Clarendon. Colleton, tarlintfton. Dorchester, (leor^etown, Jreenville, Greenwood, Lancaster. " ^aureus. Lexington,Marion. Marllmro. * )conee, Richland. Saluda, Sumter, a 'nion. Williamsburg, and York, the f? ovcrnor, on the recommendation of 1' lie membsrs of the general assembly, hall appoint a board of assessors com- a iosed of three qualified electors in Jacb _ towi^li r J 'r-wi ' : liree discreet electors in each incur- t orated city and town having a popula- n ion of not less than a,000 inhabitnts in any of the above mentioned uunties, except in the city of Colum- j1 ia. where the board shall be appoint- J1.1 d annually by the city council, and u tiall lie composed of three discreet <i, psidents. In llorrv. Newlierrv and Pickens uunties the county auditor shall apoint the township assessors and spe- *( ial 1m iards of assessors. The townhip lioard of assessors shall be paid 2.00 per day for time actually employ- q d. not to exceed live days in any one tj ear. provided, that when real estate ai ? assessed, it shall not exceed ten ii ays. The chairmen of the boards of n ssessors shall receive the same jier c' iem and lie limited to ten days when j erving on the county boards of equal- ? rat ion. In Florence county members of the t< ounty lwiard of equalization shall also c< eceive five cents per mile one way, in a: he most direct route to the court j a louse. In In Fairfield, where the numlier of j ays of saiii boards shall not exceed n hree days, and the members of town- j. hip boards shall have no mileage. h in Snartanbure count v tholmnrd .,f i sscssors shall Ik* appointed l?y tho|n nunty board of commissioners and hall receive as compensation $2.00 er day for time actually employed. 11 ot to exceed ten days in any one || ear. except when real estate is assess- ,, d, and in such years not exceeding %> ftccn days. The chairmen of the n oards of assessors shall receive the h line per diem and he limited to ten *1 ays when serving on the county '' oard of equalization, except when | j eal estate is assesfed, and then to fteen days. ! si In < )rangehurg county the auditor k hall appoint three discreet freehold- T rs in each township or specil tax disrict. who shall receive $1.00 per day * >r not exceeding one day in each ear and mileage, and the same eomensatlon shall he allowed the chairiiJUJKi'er. a- ne-mher of the.! jt ?urity hfTfM> ,.f initialization?limited ? one day. Township assessors and of tecial boards shall meet on the tirst sa uesday in March, or as soon there- f fter as practicable. The chairman j11 r each hoard of assessor.-, and each ; ^ | tecial board in the county shallcom- ! t(1 use the county hoard of equalization | ad shall meet on the fourth Tues- tK iv in March and organize by electing to ae of their number chairman. > In the counties of Kainberg, Itarn- i?l ell. Hcaufort, Charleston, Cherokee. liester. Kershaw and 1 lampion, the . J ( twnship commissioners shall assess { rt, te property in their respective town- > dps or tax districts and shall receive ol . compensation ?::.uu per day while tually employed in assessing propty, not exceeding three days: except i those townships or tax districts in hleh Is situated an incorporated i <tf >wn or city of one thousand and less j dr ian live thousand inhabitants, they at mil lie paid for not exceeding live tc lys: and in t.hose townsliips or tax r stricts, where there is a city or v* ?wn of over tive thousand or less than ! ?>( ic thousand, they shall 1k> paid for j in )t exceeding ten days, and in i lose townsliips or tax districts in hicli is situated an incorporated ri< >wn or city of ten thousand inlmhl- of ints or more, they shall he paid for ei it exceeding twenty days. That no se r diem shall t?e paid unless aeeom- A inlod by the atlldavit of such mem- fo r, giving the number of days actu- w Jy employed, and by the certificate fo 1 w-r- -J? JPj :'M ,k- ' ' \ *' 'i I ?, .HIT- - . ' .T. ft" " . I'!. ' ?. ?? Grow Excelsior Cotton and Get Ricb. j We hope all visitors to the lnter-StHt? un<l We tl.oliai Ex>osition who are interested in Cotton, will s.*e tl <? Excelsior Proitic Cotton Exhibit Thin magnificent- exhibit of Cotton was :rown nn<l contributed from the originator larm. There wo see Cxoolsior Cotton grown in al! its glory; a* tine specimensns 'tis possible to grow. 'I'c see it is but to admire this beautiful exhibit, v? defy competition; seeing is believing Excelsior Cotton Ex- B tibit shows the stalks with their fruit. -i ? -'?A a a a ivn UOVUltll |'U9l IIU1J f J Ubl I is they urow in the field, without any artificial cloring This xhibit cannot but fail to attiact the admiration of (Jotton grow>rs. 'Tie a tine object lesson, which we are proud to present to he V'ttblic. Something new?large bolls, small seed, clusters veil around stalk, with superior lint ami staple. This cotton itood first at Arkansas Experimental Station and also^first'at Jharlesten Exposition. Price: one bushel, $1.50; five bushel lots, >6.25; ten bushel lots, $10. Address Excelsior Seed Company, BENNETTSVILLE, S. C. [The World's Greatest Fever Medicine. 1 For all form* of fever take JOHNSON'S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC. It U 100 I timet better than quinine and does In a tingle day what slow quinine cannot do In 10 day*. It's splendid caret are in ttrlklng contratt to the feeble curet made by quinine. D f t he county auditor that such mem- r? 1-ditle Boy Blue. ier has fulfilled all ttie duties requir- ' belittle toy dog is covered with dust d by this article; that the chairman ?u ^ in^!l^)L^e,stan^s:... f unoti ? " ... , ..v un nuiuiur its reu wun . wniiomp iHmni oi commis- rust ioners, when acting as members of \ nil his musket moulds In his hands, he county board of equalization, Time was when the little toy dog was hall receive as compcnsion for their ; new crvices $3.00 per day for each day I And t he soldier was passing fair, ,dually employed in performing such And thai was the time when our Utilities, and mileages at five cents per ,,!'c Uue idle each way for travel actually per- Kissed them and put them there. ormed, to tie paid by the county "Now don't you go till I come," he reasurer upon the warrant of the said, ounty board of commissioners on the "And don't you make any noise!" ertiticate of the county auditor. So toddlng off to h'? trunulo-bed, The county boards of equali/ati >n He dreamed of yivtty toys. >f the last above meutioned counties And as he was dreaming, an angel fl hall be composed as follows. The A^alfened our Litte Boy Blue- I hairman of the township tioard of Qh, the years are many, the years are J ommissioners and the county super- long' [isor, except In tlie city of Charleston, But the little toy friends are true. fl vhere the city council shall elect six ..... ... . fl itizens of the city of Charleston, who, Av, faithful to Little Hoy Blue they vith the county auditor, shall com- rfSlTw m ..1 . fl . ... . , ,, .. Each in the same old place, M wise the board of equalization. Awaiting the touch of a little hand, fl At the hrst meeting of the county Thesmlleofa litte face. fl >oard of equalization they shall elect And they wonder, .is waiting these fl ine of their number chairman, who long years through, hal lie a member of the State board In the dust of that little chair, >f equalization. What has become of our Little Boy The county auditor shall act as the . ilerk of the board. ? klsst'd them and pllL them '.HEAP FOOD FOR HORSES AND STOCK. ' kuKq"o Field. Told t>y W. .1. Bryan. William J. Bryan found time to tell IlemsoD College Makes an Important a story or two while he was at lnnciieon In the house restaurant at the cap- I HKKium w me farmers. ^^Tnt^u.^Hmadelp^K^-, J To the Editor. The following: com- ^"^1^^ ";!rty TtrtSwffto 1 uunicalion, issued !?> the Assistant Tjsit tlie Nebraska State asylum for I agriculturalist of Llemson Agricultur- ^?,e iosane, I became separated from B 1 College, is of SO much value to the my party and wandered through some fl armers of this State on account of the of the rooms alone. An inmate ap- H resent high price of all Feed products proached me, and seeking to be friend* ar farm animals and stock, that I have iy> said; -what are you in here for?' etermined to get you to publish this 'ueCftUSC \ believe in the free and un- H s an advert isomont. for which our ^w. .? _*t.. H bmpany will beartheexpense. c]ln^c ?{, s -the .nt}? Ase ,.*e of the produt to made up in "f 1.* 'enUcd. thinking t^be he ration as made by Mr.Conner may l&cetiouH. lluh, said inmate, jH ot be available to various planters *1 moving of! in disgust, 'You ain't B jggest that any planter write to Mr. crazy, you're just a plain, dum fool.'" B ontior and state what Food products re available to him, both rough for- Adrllt on the Ocean. SBj ?e and concentrated finxi, and Mr. Capt. Keane, of the tug Edward onner will take pleasure in making Luekenbach, which arrived at Boston 'V1. V.ViV'i' ' ?she has on pji^ay from Newport News, reports Vh P Yours truly the loss of the barge Hamilton, which C. FITZSlMoNS. his tug had in tow. otT Highland light I General Manager the Southern Cotr on Wednesday. It is feared that the I >n Oil Company. barge has foundered and that Capt. H Columbia, S. C. John A. Shoemaker and liis crew of B ?7 four men were drowned. The Hamil- B lo the Editor of 1 he News and ton broke loose from he tug ii. ;i gale IB ourier: Farmers from various sec- , Rfcnrm Hurinir Wednesday B ions of the State have been writing, a"a. ?no2,, ,m ?,^ 7B skingabout the advisability of feed- ; . ! .'! u ,n I ig horses and mules on cotton seed the vicinity until 11. > !:?> aft moon ^mmB leal and hulls, and also asking for a in a vain search for the barge. lieapcr raton than corn. Hamilton was coal laden for The following prices are given in a she was formerly the ship Margerithe^" tter from Scranton. S. C.: Corn, $4o ?? ? i-r ion; oats, *4;~> per ton; wheat bran, | ____ _z; 2o per ton; cottonseed meal, $2S per ,<a 1 in: rice meal, $20 per ton. Of course, }] Th Wft ]rtt rrp'jt#?ct I :>rn and oats are out of the question .{ i??iLEI s a food for horses and mules at t he .j? I hove prices -so something cheaper. , Cure for Malaria. A uist l?e looked for. I j - ? I i The analysis shows that rice meal J ? Por Ui omu or poUoo. I { -lit the s&ine composition J , i kxutke iohMoo'# ciiifti ?nj >. ? M > rn meal, and we have found that it' ? '] ionic a taint of puUon I M > just as good for feeding pigs. We *j 1 ;i\t? u*Cl it to horses W1111 ^OOG results. J S!?laria: pertaining i'Ut- anlKntr I think we are safe in saying that ii I - ? <ohi?$o?'s to?.c lay be used in place of corn, pound fcgi ^?t/ " -' "y _ _ j Wj If no hay or fodder is used in the ra-, ?3 ?0?u ?ifltt ;j ft gBrel J JH Ion and hulls are resorted to as rough-j |R * ** - " M I ^ftBj food. seed meal, must W- used gr>. fll i supply protein. Hulls may he h-d ?ithout any fear of injury k> the ani-jYfll IKIPRI nnn ^^B9b Should t hc\ refuse to the 1 h L YUUribOWUUU ASH u 1 Is .1 little corn meal or bran. irinkled over the surface will help to .LUMBER COMPANY reak t hem ^ A good ration may be made up as fol- ruousta, an. 1 Cents, j Offick and Works, y ix pounds of rice meal, costing fi.fi Nohth VuorsTA S C r our pounds.o('wheat bran, ogling 5.? ( s , d d Huil(^ wo tKiunds of cotton seed meal, 1 ' costing 2.5 1! irdware ^ costh!gdS 0f OOUOn SCOd hU,1S: 3.0' flooring, Siding, Ceiling an-'"Inside Finishing Lumber h? Total cost cf ration per day. .. l".l t rv. ,r?,-i ? i>i v 1 The above is for a hone or mule of GEORGIA 1 l n uuu-uuuj*.i:, live weight. * ll .^rr?cp?.?i..r,.>.' given nromnt at-^ It is evident ihata tuition made up tention. " ? "" .Tl. . corn and fodder and containing the ' ,mc amount of digestible matter as A tvl T Cfl I ic a 1 xive rat ion would cost much more ' OT C"J J fc|| | 1?... ..1 him in* umoc. I ' * The North Carolina Experiment Sta-1 ^ r wont to help the young people on has fed eotton seed meal and hulls of the country In which this paper is i horses with good results, but the published, to honorable and paying ;periincnt& along this line have not positions, u slness men are crying en extensive enough to say that eot- '?r our competent graduates while you m seed meal ean be fed in unlimited are no doubt crying for employment at lantlties for any length of time with- better salaries. We can help you if it injury to the animal. Numbersof yau will help yourselves, rmers, however, have reported that1 W rite at once for full information to lev have fed cotton seed meal and COLUMHIA BLSINESS COLLEGE, ills to mules and horses with good i Columbia, s. c. suits. C. M. CONNER, I W. II. NEWBEHHY, President. Assistant Agriculturalist South Car- ? ina Experiment Station, HEAL THYSELF. Clemson College. You can do BO i?y gettlugone of oar Faru _________________ ly Medicine Cases, and "Tire Home l'Uys,, .. , clan." These are "Active Principle" inoi Bryan Moves In ? Barn. whole Drum Medicines, all Physicians use W 1 llrinn l? nil Innoor i resident theiu for quick ami sure result. No. I Case W.J. itrjfth Is no lonjft r a rtsuu lit $0.00, No. 2, Case book fret* with either the city of Lincoln. Neb., Thurs- case; each Case owner entitled to free conIV v,?s Mr UrvnnV I'm! hlrllidiiv BUltatlon from tills olTlce. Write for free l> was Mr. organs 4~nt1 mruina.Y, j anmplM of our "After Dinner PU1," it cures id he celebrated the event by moving Stomach and Liver diseases. Agents Want1 bis farm four miles from Lincoln. jed home kemkdy co nt.il a handsome country residence ' ?o Austell U'idg., Atlanta. Aa. hicli he is building shall be completI Mr. Hryan and bis family will live ADAbOV t'ured in 30 to 150 dava. i the barn. l/RUTD I Ten cUy Vl? K .... ... ? < .... ? I Would be glad to have names of all i he kmgst nt 1 < * 1 says. gufjor|np vvith dronsv. O. G. OOLwht that every man has L?> run for L(TM dropsy MKDICIN K CO.,312liee. and we like to see them think 13 Lowndes Building, Atlanta, Oa. inugh of themselves to offer their rviees even if all can't get elected. I SEND FOR CATALOGUE? man seldom thinks less of himself i Address W. II. McFeat, (Oflleial r having run for an oillee. and It al- Court Stenographer,) President, ays makes him better known to his McFbats Business College, How citizens." I Columbia, S. C.