The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, October 18, 1899, Image 6
Of HORNETS
?ormons by ftev. Dr./talmft?e ?n
Sma?l.'?nnoyances.
MINOR-TR?U?L?? OF UFE.
They T??t Christian Fortitude
and Patience. The Lesson
of Trivial Irritations.']
This sormon byDr.? Tainingo deals
with a Bubjeot whioh appeals to all
olasses and conditions of men. His
toxt is Doutoronoroy vii,'20, "Tho Lord
thy God will send tho hornot."
It Booms ss if tho insootilo world
woro dotcrmincd to oxtirpato tho hu
man raoo. It bombards tho graiuliolds
?nd tho orohards and tho vinoynrds.
Tho Oolorado bcotlo, tho Nobruskn
grasshopper, tho Now J orsoy locust, tho
universal potato bcetlo, seora to carry
on tho work whioh was boguu ages ago
whoa tho insoots buzzed out of Noah's
ark as?tho door was oponod.
In my?text tho hornot flies out on its
mission. It is a Bpooios of wasp, swift
in its motion and violon* in its sting.
Its touoh is torturo to man or benst.
Wo bavo-all soon thooattlo run bellow
ing undor tho out of its lancet. In boy
hood wo used to stand; cautiously look
ing at tho globular nest hung from thc
troojbranoh, and while wo woro looking
at tho wondorful ?oovoringj wo wore
Btruok with Homo tin it g that Bent us
shrieking away. Tho homet goos in
swarms. It has captains ovor huudrods,
and 20 of thom alighting on ono mun
will produoo oortain donth.
ThoPorBians attempted tu conquer a
Christian oity, but tho olophauts and
tho boasts on whioh tho Porsians rode
woro assaultod by 'he hornet, so that,
tho wholo army was broken up, and'Wi o
boaiogod oitywaB rosoucd. This burn
ing and noxious 'insect stung out tho
Hittites and tho Canaanite's from their
country. WhajL^gVeaining sword and
ohariot afufar could not accomplish
was^fono by tho punoturo of an insect.
^Tho Lord sent tho hornot."
My friends, whon wo are assaulted
by groat behemoths of troublo ,,wo bo
oomo ohivalrio, and>wo assault thom.
We'get on thc high mettled [steed o?
our oourapo, and wc mnko a cavalry
ohargo at thom, and if God bo with us
wo oomo out-stronger and' better than
whon wo wont in. But alas for these
insootilo annoyances of life, thoso foes
too Bmall to shoot, thoso things without
any avoirdupois woight, tho gnats and
tho midges ?nd-tho flies and tho wasps
and tho hornets! In other words, it is
tho BIII?11 stinging annoyances of our
Hf? whioh drivo us out and uso us up.
In] tho beBt conditioned life for, somo
grand?and glorious purpose God lias sent
tho hornot.
?I romarkj in tho first place, that theso
small stinging annoyances may come in
tho shapo of (a norvous1 organization.
People who are prostrated under typhoid
fevora'Or with brokon bones'get plcntly
ef sysmpathy, but who pities anybody
- (?hat ?8??orvouB? T\\<i doctors pay and
tho family say and ovcrybody Bays,
"Oh, ?he's only a little norvous; that's
alli" Tho Bound of a heavy foot, tho
harsh dearing of a throat, a discord in
musi?, n want of harmony betweon tho
ehawl and tho glove on the same person
? ourt answer, a passing slight, tho wind
tho from tho east, any ono of ten
thousand annoyonocs, opens tho door
./for the hornot, ?Tlioj faot is that tho
* vast majority of tho people in this coun
try aro overworked, and their nerves
aro tho first to give out. A groat mul
titude aro undor tho strain of Leyden,
who, when ho was t lld by his physician
that if ho did not stop working whilo
ho was in suoh poor physical health he
would die, responded, "Doctor, whether
I live or dio, thowhool must keop going
. round." Theso sensitive persona of
whom I speak havoablocding sensitive
ness. Tho flies love to light on any
thing raw, and thoso pcoplo aro like
tho Canaanites Bpokon of in tho toxt or
in tho oontoxt-they havo a vorv thin
I oovering and aro vulnerable at nil
points. ^"And tho Lord sent tho hor
not."
Agata* tho small insect annoyances
may oomo to us in the shape of friends
and acquaintances who are alway* say
ing diflagrocablo things. There aro
Borne people you cannot bo with for half
an hour-but you foel ohoorod and com
forted. Then tluro aro other people
you cannot bo with for live minutes
before you fool miserable, lhey do
hot moan to disturb you, but they rting
Vou to tho bono. Thoy gather up all
the yarn whioh tho gossips spin and re
tail it. Thoy gather up all tho adverse
oritioismfl about your pprson, about
your business, about your'home, about
your ehuroh, and they mako your car
the funnel into which thoy pour it.
Thoy laugh hoartily when thoy tell you,
as though it woro a good joke, and you
laugh, too-outside.
Theso people are brought to our at
tention in tho Bible, in tho book of
,'Huth. ?: Naomi wont forth beautiful
and with tho finoat worldly prospects
into anothor land, but after awhile sho
I oame baok widowed and sick and poor,
t What did her frionds do whon sho carno
to the oity? Thoy all wont out, and in
stead of giving lier common sense con
solation, what did they do? Bead tho
hook of Ruth and lind out. Thoy throw
up thoir hands and said, "Ja this
Naomi?" as inuoh as to say. "How
awful bad you do look I" When T en
tored the ministry, I looked vory palo
j for yoars, and ovory yoar, for four or
five yoars, many times a year 1 was
asV.ed if I had not consumption, and,
passing through tho room, I would
sometime^ hear nooplo sigh and say,
"A-ah, v.v long for this world I" 1 ro
Bolvod in thoso times that I nover in
any convocation would say anything
depressing, and by tho help of God T
have kept tho resolution. Thoso peo
2Io of whom I speak roap and bind in
ho groat harvest fiold of discourage
ment. Some day you greet thom with
hilarious "Good morning," and thoy
ome buzzing at you with somo doprcss
ng information, "Tho Lord sont tho
ornot."
It is astonishing how somo pooplo
refer to write and to say di?agrocnblo
' inga. That was tho oaso whon Henry
Stanloy returned aftor his magnifie
nt exploit of finding David Livings
ne. When Mr. Stanloy stood boforo
e savants of lOuropo and many of tho
mall oritios of tho day, under protonso
if gotting goographioal information, put
\o him most insolent quostions, ho
'olded his arms and refused to answor.
t tho very timo whon you would sup
O?e all dooont mon would havo np
?laudod the heroi?ni of tho man thorc
ore thoso to hiss. "Tho Lord sont
6 hornot." And whon aftorwerd that
sat down on tho wostorn ooast of
?a, siok and worn out, with perhaps
rando nt achievement of tho ago in
'"Wy of geographical disoovcry, thoro
Amall oritios all ovor tho world
tfSvi and bu?,/, and oarioaturo and de
ni o him, and whon aftor awhilo be got
o London paporfl, as ho oponod thoro,
t flow tho hornot, Whon I soo that
'm , . ww;, m
thoro aro ?0 matty p?bblfi io thd tali
who Uko tO bay disagreeable1, thingl and
wrlto .dlflftgrooablo tilinga^ I ooJhb' ql
moat in wy weaker moments to b?liovo
what a mau said to uio ia Philadelphia
ono Mouday iiiomibg. I wont to
got tho horso at tho livory stable,
and tho hostler, a plain man, said
to mo, "Mr. Talmago? I saw
thai you proaohod to tho young mon
yestorday." I said, "Yos." He said:
"No uso, no uso. Man's a failure"
Tho small inscot annoyances of lifo
somotimos oomo in tho shapo of local
physical troublo which doos not amount
toa positivo prostration, but which
bothers you when you want to foil tho
best. Perhaps it is a sick hondaoho
which has boon tho plaguo of your lifo,
aud you appointsomo ocoasion of mirth
or sodality or uscfulluoss, and whon tho
olook strikes tho hour you cannot niako
your appearance. PorhapB tho troublo
is botweon tho cai* and tho forehead in
tho shapo of a neuralgic twig. Nobody
can seo it or sympathi/.o with it, but
just at tho time whon you want your
intellect clearest and your disposition
brightost you feel a sharp, koon, dis
conocrnmK thrust. "Tho Lord sent
the hornet."
Porhaps theso small?inscot annoyan
ces will como in tho shapo of a domes
tic irritation. Tho parlor and tho kit
chon do not always harmonics. To got
good service and to keep it is ono ni tho
great questions of tho oountry. Some
times it may bo tho nrroganco and in
considerateness of om plovers; but,
whatever bo thc (aol, wo all adu it thoro
aro theso insect annoyances winging
their way out from tho culinary depart
ment. If tho'graoo of Ood bo not iu
tho heavtof tho housekeeper, she oan
not maintniiji her equilibrium. Tho
men como homo at uight and hear tho
story ol' ' hose annoyances and say, "Oh,
these houio troubles aro vory littlo
things'.0 Thoy aro small, small as
was^s, but thoy sting. Martha's r.or
ves wore all unstrung whon sho rushed
in asking Christ to scold Mary, and
there arc tons of thousands of women
who arc dying, stung to death by those
pestiferous domestic annoyances. "Tho
Lore sont the hornot."
Theso small insect disturbanoos may
also como in tho shape of busiucss irri
tations. Thoro aro mon hero who wont
through tho 24th of September, 1809,
and thc panics of 18711 and of 181)3 with
out-losing their balanco who are every
day unhorsed by little annoyances - a
clerk's ill mannors, ora blot of ink on a
bill of lading, or tho extravagance of a
partner who overdraws his account, or
tho underselling by a business rival, or
tho whisporing of storo confidences in
thc street, or tho making of some littlo
bad debt which was against your judge
ment; but you wanted to please some
body else.
It is not thc panics that kill tho mer
chants. Panics como only onco in 10 oi
20 years, lt is thc constant din of these
everyday annoyances which is sending
so many of our host mcrohants into ner
vous dyspopsia and paralysis and thc
gravo. When our national commerce
fell flat on its fuco, these men Btood ur.
and felt almost defiant, but their lifo if
going away now undor tho swarm ol
theso pestiferous annoyances. "Thc
Lord sent tho hornet."
I have noticed in the history of sonic
of my congregation that thoir annoyan
ces aro multiplying and that they hav<
a hundred whoro thoy used to havo ton
Tho naturalist tells us that a wasj
sometimes basa family of 20,000 wasps
and it does soom as if every annoyanc<
of your lifo brooded a million. By tin
holp of God, today I want to show yoi
tho other side. Tho hornet is of n<
uso? Oh, yes! Tho naturalist tolls u
they aro very important in tho world'i
economy. Thoy kill spidors, and thc;
clear tho atmosph?re Andi really be
licvo God sends thc annoyances of ou
lifo upon us to kill tho spidors of th
soul and to clear tho atmosphcro of ou
skies.
Theso annoyances aro sent on us,
think, to wake us up from our lethagy
There is nothing that makes a man s
lively as a nest of "yollow jackets," an
1 think that those annoyances arc in
tended to perfilado us of tho fact tho
this is not, a world for us to stop in
If wo had a bed of everything that wa
attractive and soft and easy, whn
would wc want of heaven? Wo thin
that tho hollow trco sends thc hornol
or wc may think that tho devil send
tho hornet. I want to oorrcot you
opinion. "The Lord sent tho hoi
not."
Then I think those annoyances com
ou us to cultivate our patience In th
gymnasium you lind upright pf ral h
bars with bolos over each other for pej
to bo put in. Thon tho gymnast take
a peg in each hand, and ho begins t
climb, one inch ata lime or two inohe
and getting his strength oultivatoi
roaohes after a whilo the coiling. An
it seems to mo that theso annoyance
in lifo aro a moral gymnasium, cao
worriment a peg with which wo arc I
climb higher and higher in Christin
attainment. Wo all love to seo pat
onco, but it cannot bo oultivatcd i
fair weather. Pationco is a ohild i
thc storm. If you had ovorything d
nirablo and thero was nothing moro i
get, what would you want with pat
once? Thc only timo to oultivate it
whon you aro lied about and sick ar
half dead.
"Oh," you say, "if 1 only had tl
circumstances of some woll to do man
would bo patient too." You might
well say, "If it wcro not for this watc
I would swim," or. "I could shoot th
gun if it wcro not for tho cartridgo
Whon von stand phiii docp iu annoya
ces is tho timo for you to swim out t
ward tho groat headlands of Christii
attainment, so as to "know Christ ni
tho power of his resurrection and
have fellowship with his sufferings
Nothing but tho furnaoo ?ill ev
burn out of us tho clinker and t
sing. I havo formed this theory in i
gard to small annoyances and voxatior
lt takoB just so much troublo to fit
for usefulness and for hoaven. T
only question is whothcr wo shall ta
it in tho bulk or pulverized and garn
lated. lloro is ono man who takes
in tho bulk. His bank is brokon or 1
ovesight put out, or somo othor awl
calamity befalls him, whilo tho vi
majority of pcoplo tako tho thi
picoomoal. Which way would you rat
cr havo it? Of courso, in piecomo
1 Jotter havo fivo aching tooth than o
brokon jaw; hotter 10 fly blisters th
an amputation, bottor 20 squalls th
ono oyolono. Thero may bo a difforor
of opinion ns to allopathy and bonn
pathy, butin this matter of trouble
liko homeopathic dosos, small pell
of annoyance rather than somo knoi
down doso of calamity. Instead of t
thunderbolt givo us tho hornot. If y
havo a bank, you would a great d
rathor that 50 mon would oomo in w
ohcoksloss than $100 than to havo t
depositors como in tho samo day, er
wanting his $10,000. In this lat
caso you oough and look down to t
floor and you look up to tho ooiling
foro you look into tho safo. Now,
friends, would you not grathor hi
theso small drafts of annoyance on yi
hank of faith than somo all stagger
demand upon your onduranoe? .But
mombor that littlo au well as groat
pW cqtlftily ruiiuiro ?/oill? trust In
Ohrisfc For sucotir" and foi' uollvora?oo
frm? ? impatience l nod ul irritability.
"Th?U wilt koop* him in perfect poaoo
who&o iniud is nt ny cd on theo."
In tho villago of Hamelin, tradition
says, thoro was aa invasion of rats, and
theso small oroaturos almost devoured
tho town and throatcnod tho lives of thc
population; and tho story is that a
pipor carno out ono day and playod a
vory swoct tuno, and all tho vormin lol
lowod Wescr, and thon ho blow a blast,
and they dropped in and disappeared for
ovor. Of oourso, this is a fabio, but I
wish I could on tho swoot Auto of tho
i Gospol draw forth all tho nibbling and
i burrowing annoyances of your lifo and
play thom down into tho dopths forev
er.
j , How many touches did Mr. Churoh
givo to his pioturo of "Cotopaxi" or
1?B "Hoart of tho Andes?" 1 supposo
about 50,000 touohos. 1 li oar'tho-can -
vas saving: "Why do you koop mo
trembling with that poncil so long? Why
don't you put it on in ono dash?"
"No," says Mr. Churoh; "I know how
to moko a painting. It will tako 50,
000 of theso touches." Andi want you
my friends, to understand- chat it is
theso ton thousau'1 aunoyancos whioh,
under God, p-.u making up tho pioturo
of yoi*"" life, to bo huug at last iu tho
-g-liorics of hoavon, lit for angols to
look at. Cod knows how to mako a
picture.
1 go into a sculptor's studio and BOO
him shaping a statue. Ho has a chisel
in ono hand and a mallet in tho other,
and ho gives a very gontlo stroko
oliok, oliok, oliok! I say, "Why don't
you striko harder?" Oh, ho roplios.
"that would shatter tho statuo. 1 can't
do it that way. I must do it this way."
So ho works on, and aftor awhile tho
features como out, and ovcrybody that
cntors tho studio is oharmod and fasci
nated. Woll, God has your soul under
process of development, and it is tho
little annoyances and vexations of lifo
that aro chiseling out your immortal
nat uro. It is click, click, click! 1
wonder why somo groat providonco docs
not como and with ono stroke proparo
you for hoaven. Ah, no! God says that
is not tho way, and so ho koopa on by
strokos of littlo voxatious until at last
you shall bc a glad spootaclo for angelfi
and for mon.
You know that a largo fortuno maj
bc spont in small change, and a vas!
amount of moral charactor may goawm
in fliuf.il depletions, lt in tho litt <
troubles of lifo that aro havihg moro i f
foot upon you than great ones. i\
swarm of loousts will kill a grainiic'i
sooner than tho inoursion of thrco o
four oattlo. You say, "Hinco I lost rn:
ohild, since I lost my property, I hav<
been a diiferont man." But you done
rcoognizo tho arohitcoturo of littlo au
noyancos that aro bowing, digging, cut
ting, shaping, splitting and intcrjoin
ing your moral qualities. Hats ma;
sink a ship. Ono lucifer matoh ma;
send destruction through a block o
storehouses. Cathorino do' Medioi go
her death from smelling a poisonou
roso. Columbus, by stopping and ask
ing for a piece of bread and a drink e
water nt a Franciscan convent, was lei
to tho discovery of-a now world. An
there is nu intimato connootiou botweo
trillos and immensities betwoon not!
ing8 and evorythings.
Now, bo caroful to let nono of tho.?
annoyauoos go through your soul unai
rainged. Compel thom to administer t
your spiritual wealth. Tho soratoh of
sixpenny nail sometimes produces lool
jaw, and tho clip of a most infinites
mal annoyance may damngo you foreve
Do not let any anuoyanoo or porploxit
como across your soul without its mal
ing you bettor.
Our national government when
wanted money did not think it belitt
ing to put a tax on pins and a tax c
buckles and a tax on shoes. The ind
vidual taxes do not amount to inuo
but in tho aggregate to millions an
millions of dollars. And I would ha
you, O Christian man, put a high tar
on every annoyanoo and voxation th
oomos through your soul. This mig
not amount to much in single oases, b
in the aggrogato it would bo a gro
rovonuo of spiritual strongth and sati
faction. A bee eau suok honoy OV'
out of a nettle, and if you havo t
grace of God in your yoart you can g
sweetness out of that whioh would ot
erwise irritate and annoy.
A returned missionary told mo tb
a company of adventurers rowing '
tho Ganges wero stung to doath by iii
that infest that region at cerUin sc
sons. Tho earth has boon strowed wi
tho careassos of mon slain by insect ii
noyanoes. Tho only way to got propi
od for tho groat troubles of lifo is
conquor these small troubles. WI
would you say of a soldier who rcfii?
to load his gun or to go into tho oonfl
becauso it was only a skirmish, Bayii
"I am not going to oxpend myammu
tion on a skirmish. Wait until tin
comos a gonoral engagement, and tb
you will seo how courageous 1 am a
.what battling I will do?" Tho gone
would say to suoh a man, "If you i
not faithful in a skirmish, you wot
bo nothing in a general engagomon
And I have to tell you, O Christ
mon, if you cannot apply tho prinoip
of Christ's religion on a small scalo j
will nover bo ablo to apply thora o
larger sonlo. If I had my way w
you, I would havo you possoss all \i
siblo worldly prosperity. 1 would hi
you each ono a gardon, a river flow
through it, geraniums and shrubs
tho sides and tho grass and llowcr
beautiful as though tho rainbow 1
fallen. I would havo you a hous
splendid mansion, and tho beds shm
be oovorod with upholstery dippet
tho sotting sun. 1 would havo ov
hall in your houso sot with statuos t
statuettes, and thon I would havo
four quarters of tho globo pour in
thoir luxuries on your tablo, and
should havo forks of silver and kni
of gold, inlaid with diamonds and a
thysts. Then you Bhould o./h one
you havo tho finest horsos and your \
of tho quipagos of tho world. Thoi
would havo you livo 150 yoars, and
should not havo a pain^or an aoho u
tho last breath.
"Not oaoh ono of us?" you say. 1
oaoh ono of you. "Not to your <
mios?" YOB. Tho only difforonc
would mako with thom would bo th
would put a littlo oxtra gilt on t
walls and a littlo oxtra embroidery
thoir slippors. But, you say, "\
doos not ?od givo us all theso thinj
Ahl I bethink mysolf' Ile is wi
It would inako fools and sluggards o
if wo had our way. No man puts
best pioturo in thc portico or vesti
of his houso. God meant this worl
bo only tho vestibule of hoavon,
groat gallory of tho univorso toy
wh'ch wo aro aspiring. Wo must
havo it too good in this world, o
would want no hoavon.
Folyoarp was condemned to bo b
od to death- Tho stako wan piar
Ho was fastened to it. Tho fagots
plaood around him, tho Aros kine
but history tolls us that tho flames
outward liko tho oanvas of a ship
stout brco/.o, BO that tho flames, ins
of destroying Folyoarp, woro only a
hotwoon him and his enoraios. '.
had actually to destroy ' him with
pOntor<Lr Tho flant?? wollig h?6 touoh
him, Woll, ihy hoaror, I want you to
undorstand that t by God's gi-aoo tho
flames of trial, instoad or oonsutuing
your soul, tiro only going to Ue a wall of
tlofonao and a oanopy of blessing. God
ia going to fulfill to you tho blossings
and tho pj-omisos, os ho did to Polycarp.
'V/h?u thou wnikost through tho fir'o,
thou shalt not bo burned." Now you
do not undorstand, but you shall know
horoaftor. In hcovon you will bloss
God oven for tho hornot.
THE GOVERNOR AND NEWSBOYS.
A Good S'ory of His Recent New
York Experience.
A good story about Gov. MoSwco
ncoy's visit to Now York rccontly,
whioh has so far escaped tho newspa
pers, has loakodoutiu tholastfew days,
and it sorves to show tho manner of
man South Carolina's Govornor is.
Tho inoidont occurred on tho day bo
foro tho naval parado. Tho Govornor,
accompanied by his littlo son and Cols.
Wilsou, Folk. Rodding, Maulding and
Watson of his stafl had just loft tho
cotton oxohango and had roaohod
"nowspnper row," bound for tho bridgo
togo ovor to tho navy yard, when just
at tho Pulit'/or building corner thoy
carno across a groat crowd of nowsboys
of tho "ccnt-a-world" varioty, gotting
their supplies of tho big afternoon edi
tion just issued.
Thc Govornor saw tho orowd of urch
ins. Ho exclaimed, "Ah, that is what
1 was onco. Just look at thom; Milos,
como hero, son, I want to show you
what your fathor was whon ho was
your si/.e." Roaching back and catch
ing his boy's hand it was only a second
or two boforo thc Governor had forced
Iiis way into tho heart of tho orowd of
yelling, southing newsboys. Ho talked
with them and whon they found out
who ho was and that ho had onco boon
ono of tho "clan," they rallied around
him and thc Governor's faco was all
smiles. Ho bought as many papers as
ho oould oarry and Col. Polk, who got
down in tho orowd, did.likowiso. Tho
boys gavo tho Govornor an ovation in
their own demonstrative way and bo
foro ho could bo oxtrioatcd from his
admiring'host of nowsboys enthusiasts
tho police had to go tolas aid and clear
a way out of it for him.
l'horo was no incident of his trip to
.ho motiopolis that Gov. McSwconoy
i. joy od moro thoroughly than this. It
rocallod to his mind many memories of
tho past and when in tho orowd ho
really seemed to bo a nowsboy ngain
himself.
SENTENCED COMMUTED.
Man Who Slow His Wifo's Insulter
to be Freed.
Gov. MoSwoenoy Wcdnosday com
muted to two years tho lifo sentence of
William Pranks, a young whito man
oonvictcd of manslaughter in Laurens
oounty nearly two years ago. This
means that Pranks will bo disoharged
in Pobruary.
Prom all tho ovidonco, tho state
ments of tho judge and tho jury and all
those familiar with thc ease, it scorns
strange that tho man was ovoroonviotod.
Tho victim, Mason? (?lark, grossly in
sulted tho 3 oung wifo of Franks, making
an improper proposal to hof. Whon
sho wont to Franks and toldJiim of it
ho wished to kill Clark forthwith, but
was dissuadod by tho appeals of his wifo.
Franks and his wife had boon living at
Clark's hor.se; thoy wcro about to loavo
and tho mattor was boibg dis?usso? bo
twoon tho two men, when an alterca
tion ooourrod aud Mason was killod.
Judgo Buohanan recommended that
a pardon bo givon at tho expiration of
two years of tho torin. lOlovon of tho
jurors signod tho petition for a pardon,
certifying that thcro was gravo doubt
as to whioh of the mon fired first, i.nd
adding that thcro would havo boon no
conviction savo for tho lapso of timo
botweon tho dood and tho receipt of tho
information by Frank? as to thc insult.
Tho jurors regarded tho provocation
very groat.
Fx Sonator Irby and ex-Congressman
Sholl wroto the governor strong per
sonal letters in bohalf of tho man, and
stated that his wifo and cnildron woro
sadly in need of his support and pro
tection.
Tho governor, boforo acting, had thc
prisoner brought up to hisofiico and
talked with him. Ho was fully satisfied
that Franks simply acted in dofonso of
his wifo's honor, and tho commutation
was forthwith gran tod.-Thc State.
After County Officials.
Tho State sinking fund commission,
in view of tho numerous cases of ir
regularities and shortages in county
official's tax collection accounts, has
determined to go aftor tho treasurers,
auditors and sheri ifs interested in a
thorough and systematic manner and
endeavor to have all such casos straight
ened out at tho earliost possiblo mo
ment. Already tho papers in several
cases have boon placed in tho attorney
poncral's hands for such notion as ho'
nilly deem proper. Thc following circu
lar letter prepared and sont out Friday
to elli cia I s concerned indicates how thc
commission pi eposes to go about its
work:
Ry certain roportsofN. W. Brooker,
field agont of tho sinking fund commis
sion, thcro appear to bo many irreg
ularities in tho books and accounts of
county officers rolal?ig to tho collec
tion of taxes whioh may rosult in great
loss to thc Stato and ounty.
Tho commission, by recent action,
has determined to makio vigorous ef
forts to adjust theso-mattors. Tho fiold
agont states that ho (has or will) servo
you with notico of oortain shortages
and irregularities in whioh you aro in
torostcd.
I respectfully ask your cooperation
in tho ellort to adjust theso mattors
without further delay.
Mr. Brooker has instructions to ar
rango for a mooting with you and all
others concerned at your oounty court
houso at an carly day for tho adjust
ment of theso matters.
Your prompt attention and action is
most camostly rcquostod.
Very respectfully,
M. R. Cooper,
Secretary of ?tato.
Tho Samo Old Story.
A Negro named Lanham, living on
tho farm of S. T. Woyman, i.-oar Pol
ham's Mill, Greenville County, went to
tho field Wednesday morning with his
wifo to piok colton, leaving his two lit
tle children fastened up in his house.
Tho houso is noar tho vivor, and Lan
ham was afraid tho ehildron would got
out and wander into tho stream, About
noon the houso was burning, and boforo
any ono could roach tho building it was
in full blazo. Tho two ohildron oould
not got out and both woro burnod to a
crisp. It is supposed that tho ohildron
started tho firo.-News and Courior.
A Now Crank,
Kansas has a now orank in tho per
son of W. K. Reemo, who advanoes tho
dynamiting of saloons, distilleries and
browerios and tho lynching of corrupt
oftioial?.
AN AWFUL CRIMET
Vdung Woman Ravished by Num
ber of Black Savages
SOME OF* THEM OAPTURED.
The Law Will Take Them Speed
ily to the Gallows- Shocking
Story of Brutality. Carried
to Columbia.
A horriblo crime was committed iu
Darlington county, uoar Lamar, Mon
day afternoon, for whioh at loast throo
Negroes will pay tho ponalty with their
livos. Two of thom aro now in jail,
aud if thoro is no attorn pt to lynoh thom
made beforo court convoncs two wooks
from now, they will bo conviotod with
out a doubt and hangod, for they have
oonfosscd tho commission of tho black
est orimo that has over darkonod tho
fair name of Darlington. If tho other
party is caught ho will doubtless bc
spared tho suspouso of waiting two
weeks to moot his doom.
Tho details of tho Crime oro too hor
riblo to bo publishod, but thoy have
been told ovor and over again all over
Darlington county Monday. lt is
sulhciont to say a highly rospcotablo
young lady of Lamar has suffered at
tho hands of several black brutes, and
she now Hos in a dangerous condition
fearfully mangled and bruised. Tbo
two Negroes who aro now in jail admit
tho commission of thoir fearful docd
and say that it was accomplished only
after a terrible strugglo with their vic
tim and only after they had choked her
into insensibility, and that whoo they
loft her they thought her dead. Two
of thom only woro prcsont, tho others
having gono away and had not gotten
back in timo to take part in thc deed as
was their intontiou.
Uno of tho blaok brutos now in tho
ouotody of Sheri fl'Scarborough bears on
his clothing stains of blood from his vic
tim, and this Negro nov/ owes his lifo to
tho tact and skill of tho deputies who
secreted him from an angry mob and
carried him to Darlington through tho
swamps under cover of tho darkness.
Tho people are aroused for miles around
and justly so. Thc third Negro, ono of
those who assaulted tho unfortunate
girl, has not yot been captured, but he
will bo if ho is in Darlington county,
and if ho happens to foll into tho hanns
of any of tho present searching party
his hours of life will bo but few moro.
A dispatoh from Columbia says one
of thc principals in tho Lamar outrago
affair-lid ward Luckio, and four No
groes charged with being accessories
to tho foul orimo in that they stood by
and saw tho deed committed and did
not offor to intcrforo, aro now within
thc walls ol' tho South Carolina peniten
tiary for safo kooping. Tho four ac
cessories aro Jim Washington, Daniel
and Ed Mack and Lucius Stuart-an
aggregation of ugly looking, sullen Ne
groes, who look Uko Georgia turpentino
toughs.
Tho other principal, who is at large,
is vory black; is about 18 years old, has
a broad forehead; has high wido ohock
boncs; has a soar over his loft oyo, and
his clothing was spattered with mud
.V;hon lastsoon. When last hoard from
ho was llooing toward Timmonsvillo.
Tho sheriff novcr oxpoots to gos hold of
him if ho is run down nnywhoro in this
scotion of tho countty.
A GREAT DAY FOR MASONS.
Preparations Bein pf Made for the Cen
tennial of Washington's Death.
It is not generally known among
those boyond tho palo that America's
greatest President was a momberoi tho
Masonic order, but tho fact is truo
novcrtholcss, and what io moro, ho was
not 21 years of ago whon initiat?d into
tho .brotherhood, although he had
reached Iiis majority boforo ho was pass
cd to tho fellow craft degrco.
Just in what manner tho illustrious
man succeeded in being admitted to
tho order boforo his 21st birthday is not
rovcalcd by this historian. At tho age
of fib* Washington was a ohurtor mcm
bor of tho Alexandria-Washington
lodgo, and in tho samo yoar ho consid
ered it an honor to accept and faithful
ly fill tho ollicoof worshipful master of
tho lodgo. During this limo ho hold
his momborship in his mother lodgo at
Krcdcrioksburg.
During his cntiro lifo Washington
over showed a devotion to tho causo of
Masonry and Masons, lt was tho feel
ing of veneration for tho Mason and for
tho man that icd tho Grand Lodgo of
Colorado to suggost a fitting observance
of tho dato of his passing into tho ctor
nal lodgo above. Tho Virginia lodgo
was roqucstod to take chargo of tho
ceremonies.
A oommittco of prominont Masons
from Virginia and tho District of Co
lumbia have met in Washington to dis
cuss tho proposed excroisos in comme
moration for tho oomtennary of tho
doath of George Washington. A grand
banquet and reception will ho given on
Dccombor 14th al Mount Vonion and
in Washington.
Thc intention is to mako this banquet
ono ol' tho most suooossful affairs in tho
history of Masonry. At tho banquet
all Masons and thoir wives will bo wol
eomo, and tho Grand Masons and dis
tinguished Masons from all parts of tho
Unitod States will bo prosont. It is
expectod that Prcsidont MolCtnloy, who
is a Mason of high rank, will dolivor
tho address at Mount Vernon, and also
rccoivo with tho distinguished Masons
, at tho banquet.
Winthrop's Attendance
In a lotter to Gov. MoSweoncy Presi
dent Johnson of tho Winthrop Collogo
nt Rjck Hill speaks thus of tho institu
tion: "Wo havo had a vory lino open
ing of tho oollogo this soason. The stu
dents aro hotter prepared for collogo
work than over boforo. Our sub-fresh
man olass numbers only 27. Tho total
onrollmont in ovory department of tho
collogo thus far is -181. If wc had had
dormitory acoomodntions wo would
havo onrollcd 681 easily. A number
of applicants from othor States than
South Carolina woro rofusod admission
bcoauso of laok of room for tho girls of
tho State. Tho Students aro dooply in
carnost and scorn to tako up thoir work
with fino spirit."
Moses' Princess.
An oxohango says that tho mummy of
tho Egyptian prinosss who found Moses
in tho bulrushes is all alleged to havo
boon discovered and placed on exhibi
tion. If tho princoss oould havo foro
soonthat her act of kindness would
havo mtulo hor a museum froak, sho
would probably havo loft Mosos to
bo drawn out of tho water by somebody
oleo.
TO ?rVfiflOHLBY A SUM?T
Endiosa Chain ?chomo Proposed By
Mis-i Edna MoGlellan.
Tho Now York Journal says: "Hoar
Admiral Sohloy may well oount Miss
Edna McClellan among his vory warm
frionds and supporters, and if hor plan
suoocods ho will havo something sub
stantial to bo grateful for.
Miss McClellan, who io young aud
pretty, and tho daughtor of Mr. and
Airs. J. Wolier MoOlollan of No. 105
West Sovonth st root, was muoh im
pressed by tho tremendous applauso for
Admiral Sohloy in tho Dowey day pa
rado.
Sho decided that Admiral Sohloy
should havo a houso in Washington, ?ns
well as Admiral Dowey. Sho saw no
rcauon why Sohlcy's admirers should
not oomo forward with thoir dollars and
dimes. Sho returned to her homo and
laid out a plan for tho work which has
just boon begun. Sho has started ond
less ohains to raiso dimos. Subscrip
tions in all amounts will bo gratefully
roocived.
Mijs McClellan will ask Gov. ltooso
volt and Miss Holer. Gould to bc mom
bcrs of tho committco to oontrol tho
fund. She will ask tho assistance of
President McKinley and mombcrs of
his cabinet, and will go to Washington,
if nocossary, to sook tho aid of ltopro
sontativos of cougrcs9.
Sho is vory busy writing ondlcss
ohain letters to bo sont to all parts of
thc country. Sho is very confident of
success. ._.
Sohlcy's admirers aro legion, sho
knows. She feels like all his frionds,
that ho lias never received duo orodit
from his govornmont for tho splendid
victory oil Santiago, and sho boliovcs
they will wclcomo an opportunity to
show their appreciation by substantial
contributions to this fund.
Miss McClellan has not considered
the prico of thc residence lo bc pur
chased nor thc location, but she is oon
(idout that this present from tho poo
plo of tho nation will bo worthy of his
position as a great naval commander.
Fair Week Rates.
Tho rates for tho Stato fair of South
Carolina, to bo held in Columbia Nov.
Gth-10th, have been announcod as fol
lows:
Tho Southern Passenger association
has granted rates to Columbia, S. C.,
on account of tho Stato fair, Nov. 0th
to 10th, 1899, from all points in tho
Stato of South Carolina, also from
Asheville, Charlotte, Wilmington, N.
C., Augusta and Savannah, Ca., ?nd
intermediate stations at tho following
rates:
A rate of one first class faro for tho
round trip, plus 50 cents for admission
to tho fair grounds. Tiokots for tho
general public, limited to continuous
passage in both directions to bo sold
daily Nov. 4th to 10th inclusive, with
final limit Nov. 13th, 1899, and for
fair officials and stock mon only at tho
samo rate Nov. 2nd and lid, on presenta
tion of cortilicatos signed by Thos. W.
Holloway, secretary Stato Agricultural
and Mechanical sochty.
Also rates ombraccd in thc following
table, which inoludo 50 cents for admis
sion to tho fair grounds; tickets at Mich
ratos to bo sold NOY. 7 til j 8th and 9 th j
with final limit Nov. ll, 1899:
10 milos and under.$ 85
11 niiles'and\indcr 15. 90
lfr miles and undcr 20.1.00
20 milos and under 30. 1.20
30 miles and under -10... 1.40
40 miles and under 50. 1.00
50 miles and under 00.?: 1.80
(50 miles and undor 70. 2 00
70 miles and undor 80. 2 20
80 miles and under 90.2.40
90 miles and under 100.2.GO
100 miles and undor 110.2.80
110 miles and under 120.3 00
120 miles and under 130. 3 20
130 miles and under 140.3.40
140 miles and under 150.3.00
150 miles and under 100.3.8o
KiO milos and under 170. 4 00
170 miles and undor 180.4.20
180 miles and undor 190.4.40
190 miles and under 200. 4 CO
Counterfeit Money.
Tho Atlanta Constitution gives an
account of the capture of a countorfit
ing outfit within three miles of that
oity. Tho "den" contained "a stock of
spurious coins, plating apparatus with
which to mako countoifcit coin, as well
a3 silver." The Constitution says:
"This raid and oapturc, boliovod to ho
ono of tho host and most important that
has recontly ocourrod ir .'nc South, has
solved tho mystery of thc counterfeit
silver with which thc city has boen pe
riodically flooded sinco last Mirch.
For sevon or eight months a lot of
counterfeit silver dollars and half dol
lars have boen floated ovor tho city, and
tho spurious money was pronounced tho
best that had over been put in circula
tion. Tho money, whilo a triflo light
er than tho good coin, had a genuino
ring when dropped upon tho door. In
fact, fchcrc woro lew except tho exports
who could tell tho monoy was counter
foil without a very dose inspection."
Bold Bank Robbers.
Thrco masked robbers ontorcd the
bank at Scviorvillo, Tonn., Friday
morning and attempted to rob tho vault,
containing considerable monoy. Presi
dent William Macmahon threw his looso
monoy into thc safo and soi/.cd a gun.
His first shot killed tho lcador of tho
robbers, Pearl Thurman. Tho assistant
cashier, John Marshall, rushed out of
asido door and shot two of tho robbors'
horsos. Caldoriok, ono of the robbors,
I was arrested after being wounded. Will
Dorriok, tho third robber, got on a horso
and rodo a milo hotly pursuod by a
posao. On boiug surrounded by tho
mon ho flod into a barn, whoro ho com
mitted suicido by shooting himself in
tho hoad. Tho mon aro supposod to
havo como from KnoxvilJo on an oarly
train.
Wohding of tho Blind.
Prob&blyons of tho most romarkablo
woddings over known will takoplaco to
day at tho homo of Mr. Goorgo W. Do
Wocso, No. 0 Vino stroot, Clovoland,
Ohio. Do Wooso, is tho soorotary of
tho blind pcoplo's asylum^ Ho is blind.
Do Woeso has thrown open his houso
for tho wedding festivities. Tho groom
is W. M. Mooro, 33 years old. Ho is
blind. Tho brido is Miss Lizzie Brown.
Sho is blind. Tho knot will bo tiod by
Justioo of tho Peaoo Dwight Palmor.
Ho is blind. Tho host man will bo
Wm. Vandersvyst. Ho is blind. Fifty
guosts havo boon invited. All aro
blind. An orohestra oomposcd of blind
mon will play tho wodding march.
Af tor tho ocromony a litorary and raus
ioal programmo will bo oarricd out by
blind pooplo.
"I havo uBcdyour 'Lifo for tho Livor
and Kidneys' with groat benofit, and
for Dyspepsia or any dorangomont of
tho Liver or Kidneys I rogard it as ho
ing without an oqual." Jamos J. Os
borno, Attornoy ot Law, Boliston,
Honderson do., N. U.
' iMoi ?ie?tio?i,
* A???i'aliig' t? tho Gfi'??livili?
N?ws tho brjcjpld of tho Lands
ford neighborhood of ?h??tor
county have conducted tho most
remarkable election hold since
tiio days of tho glory of Athens,
when there used to be a general
vote every year to determine
what eminent citizens should ho
requested to loave. Tho Nows
says it seems that there has been
a good deal of blind tiger and
othor disorderly business about
Landsford, and last week tho
carnival of crime culminated in
an attempt to assassinate a mule
belonging to a citizen who had
been prominent as a champion
of law and order. Consequent
ly a neighborhood convention
was called and organized at
Fudge's Storo, fifty white mon
being present. Tho secretary
read this notice:
"It you conscientiously bo
lievo tho presenco of any person
or persons in the neighborhood
contaminates our moral and so
cial atmosphere sc that it would
be bettor for him or thom to
leave, write his name or theirs
on a slip of paper and put it into
tho box. If you do not so bo
lievo write it on the slip and so
voto,"
Managers woro appointed and
a poll list of those present was
made the polls were oponed and
tho voting was done. Tho News
says ono citizen, who was
present, carried the procinct by
a largo majority, receiving a
nearly unanimous vote of his
follow citizens on the proposi
tion that ho got away and stay
away. Ho did not appear to bo
gratified and did not make any
speech returning thanks for tho
nattering but undeserved trib
ute It is believed how over,
that ho is a man who can take a
hint. Several others present re
ceived liberal support as candi
dates for banishment, and aro
also expected to depart "as soon
as practicable." The only sug
gestion as to their destination is
that it shall be "elsewhere."
, Tho Fatal Holling llaDit. -
"Apropos of tho hardships of our
boya In Cuba," said nu ofllcor who saw
?v good deal of duty on tho Island, "I'll
tell you a btt of a story. Shortly after
our regiment wont on duty noar San
tiago, at tho beginning of Wood's ad
ministration ns governor, wo began to
bo ablo to take a Uttlo bettor caro of
ourselves than we had dono through
out tho campaign. Ono of our captains
-I won't mention his name, for ho's
sore about this affair-was a groat
irank on tho subject of microbes, and
took extraordinary pains to ayold their
society. Ho had picked np ft raw
Cuban cook, and gavo him tho most ex
plicit orders to "boil all tho wator used
lix tho mess, no matter whero ho got
lt. 'Boll everything we drink/ ho said,
'or I'll kick your backbono through tho
top of your hat.'
"Tho Cuban promised faithfully, and
obeyed tho orders to tho lotter. A weok
or so afterward tho captain, while for
aging about town, was presonted with
a quart bottle of champagne from one
of the ships. Ho was overjoyed, and,
securing a email lump of ice, he
bustled back to camp and turned ovor
bis prizes to tho Cook. 'I want you to
got up something extra good today,' ho
said, 'for I'm going to ask a fow friends
to dinner to help drink this wine.' At
tho appointed hour tho party assembl
ed, and, after serving a repast of stew
ed beet and sweet potatoes, tho cook
stalked in, carrying a steaming sauce
pan half full of a muddy yollow liquid.
'What in thunder is that?' asked the
;aptaln. 'That's th' wine, senor,' re
plied tho Cuban gravely. 'I boll 'Im
good deal, an' 'o most' all go 'way.' The
guests roared with laughter, and tho
captain was so thunderstruck ho
couldn't sny a word. Ho subsequently
recovorcd hlmsolf nufllclently to grab
a cleaning rod and chaso tho Cuban
nearly half a mlle. After that all any
body had to do to get a fight waa to
3ay bolled champagne. When I ?aft
tho wound still rankled."-Now Or?
leans Times-Democrat.
Remembered Him
"There's no uso of your flaying a
word!" exclaimed the woman of tho
house, as soon ns sho ?had opened tho
tloor and glanced at tho man standing
outside. "I know you."
"But ma'am-"
"I recognized yon as soon aa I snw
you. You can't--"
"Ma'am-"
"You're tho man who sold mo a wash
ing machine six months ago for $6.50
that wasn't worth shucks. It would
n't
"All I wanted to toll you, ma'am,
Is-"
"It wouldn't wash anything. Tho
longer you used it the dirtier tho
clothos got. You couldn't sell mo any
thing now if you was to pay mo for
taking lt. When a man fools mo onco
ho won't ovor havo tho chanco to do it
again. I can tell you (that. I'll soil
that washing machino back to you for
fifty cents. It doesn't mako any dif
ference what you've got this timo. I
wouldn't touch it with a ton-foot polo,
and you cnn talk till you aro gray. It
won't do you any good."
"Madam," replied tho man, who had
been dancing about impatiently, "your
kitchen roof ls blazing whoro that Iron
stovepipe runs up and through it.
That's what I stopped to--"
"Good land, why didn't you say so?
What did you want to stand thero talk
ing for when tho house is burning up?
finn over to that grocery otoro on tho
corner and turn in an alarm! Fire!
Fire! "-Chicago Tribune.
A Georgia Amazon.
Tho section of Glynn county around
Sapp's still, near Brunswick, Ga., is ho
ing terrorized by a crazy Nogro woman,
who, stark naked, roams tho woods,
sliooting at any ono sho sees. Alr?ady
ono man has fallon doad boforo a pistol
shot, whilo two othor Negroos, hor hus
band and brother, havo boon wounded
by hor bullots. Tho woman's namo is
Mary Faso n. A fow days ago sho bo
oamo violontly insano, stolo thc weapon
with whioh sho is now armed and a box
of oartridges from hor husband and was
off to tho swamp. Sho is reported to
havo been oapturod by a orowd of hor
own roco, but tho two men loft in ohargo
of her allowed hor to osoapo. l.'orsor.s
?;o armed in tho neighborhood and
muses aro guardod as protootion for
tho wombo and ohildron.
A Remarkable Case.
An extraordinary foat of surgory,
with tho aid of x-rays, is reported from
Chioago. A small ohild WOB tho pati
ent. For two yoars tho little ono Tiad
been blind anda paralytic An x-ray
print showed that tboro was a tumor
on hor brain. Tho skull was trephined
dircotly ovor the cyst, os shown in tho
print, and tho tumor was romovod.
Upon recovering consciousness tho ohild
was ablo to movo hor limbs and in a
short timo oould soe._
.Inrailway building in tho Soudan
thors aro two harp players and.ono flute,
player to ovory gang of forty or fifty
mon. As long os tho musio is brisk tho
laborors do hot scorn to fool fotiguod,
What Would tho Business
World Do Without Us ?
Wo know our bunlnoc? und ITO al ways havo
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most ollcouuil.
Sold wholosalo by
Tho Murray Drug Co. Columbia.
Dr. H. Bacr, Charleston, S. C.
OLD NORTH STATE OINTMENT
IS WHAT YOU?NEED 1
fl Itf cures piles, eczema, cor
bunoles, boil?, sore eyes, si ie?
and granulated eye lids, ol
sored, cuts, bruisos^bums, ery
sipelas, ; inilamatory rheumat
ism, corns, bunions and in
growing toe nails. Taken in
ternally it cures dyspepsia,
bilious fever, stomaoh and
bladder troubles.
"?MsHuTojTost in"m^b^?u7Tn^i??ri^r"*ftil
these affllo?Ws There Is nothing ko equal
it for Klinoy Trouhlo and Collo in hor-.es,
and all it oct li 25o a box.
At wholesale by
MU?r?AY DRUG CO., Columbia, 8. ?.
Macieat's-_
Sohool of
SHORTHAND
TYPEWRITING
COLUMBIA, S, 0.
This Sohool has tho reputation of hoing tho
bett business institution ia tho Stdio. Grad
natos are holding remunerativo positions in
morcantlle houses, banhtyig, ti?uranoe, r?'at
estate, railroad oflioos, Ac, in this and other
otates. Wrlto to W, II. Maofeatj
ographerOoinulbU,. 0. for lorant
To get strong
and healthy use
one bottle MUR
RAY'S IRON MIX
TURE. Price 60? .:?
TH J?RBAU1G KO.,