Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Away From Yon. ? spent ft day away from you A pouuauoo hi a louoly pla?o; I Said i 4,I will forgot hor faoo, Tho raouth'B roflo-red, tho Oj OB* bold blue; I will forgot a Httlo apaoo " Ab mel Lo YO grants uo holiday I I sought my lonoaomo bold, nud thor o Your nappy lau gb tor filled tho air Your footsteps followod in tho way, Tho sunlight tangled lu your hair. You whisper thrilled my hoart (mew; I saw1 your oyes-I watched your emile Oh, mockery of milo and milo! I spout a day away from you And you wero with mo all Ibo whllo. -Thoodosia Garrison in Ilarpor'B Hozar. Ttfi TALMAOE SERMON. Th? Noted Divino Proaohes on Stock Gambling. In this diooourso Dr. Palmago arraigns tho spirit of wild spooulntlon and glvos somo account of tho financial ruin of other days; Proverbs xzil1, 6, "Hiohos corla?nly mako thoraaolvos winga; thoy Hy away aa an eaglo toward hoavon." Money 1B a goldon broasted bird with eilyer beak. It alights on tho oflioo desk or on tho parlor oontor table Mon aud women stand and admiro lt. Thoy do not notioo that it has winga largor than a ravon's, lar 8or than a flamingo's, larger thaunu eagle's, 'no wavo of tho hand of misfortune and il ? spreads its boautiful pluinngo and ia gouo "asan eaglo toward hoavon," my text says, though sometimes I think it goes in tho oilier dlrootion. What a vorifi>allon wo havo had of tho Hying oapaoity of Holies in Wall et root! A >id Btam lim*, sti'oot is ono of tho longest streots in MpWfti' world. It doos not bogia al tho foot of ^^^^Trinity ohuroh, Now York, aud end at tho East rivor, as many eupposo. It roaches through all our Amorloan cities aud noross tho eon. Eacouragod by tho rovival of trndo and by tho lao I that Wall sired disasters of other years woro ao far baok aa to bo forgot ton, speculators mn. tip tho stocka from point io point until innocent people on tho outside suppoao that ?bo stooks would nlwaya con tinue to ascend. Thoy gathor iu from all parts of tho country. Largo sums of monoy aro takou into Wall street aud small sum? of monoy. Tho crash oomoa, thank Clod, in limo to warn oft' a great many who woro on their -nay thithor, for tho sadness of tho thing is that a groat many of tho young moa of our oitloa who save a Httlo monoy for tho purpose of siariiug themselves in u?tdil?iS, and who havo $600 or $1,000 or $2,000 or $10,000 go into Wall street und loso all. And if th oro ovor waa a limo for tho pul pit toapoik out in rognrd to certain kind j of nefarious enterprise!! now is tho limo, Stooks roso and foll, and now they begin toriao again, aud thoy will fill again until x. thousands of young men will ho ruined un leas tho printing prcas and tho pulpit givo omphnlio uttornnoo. My OOUUBOI ia to coun trymen, so far as thoy may hear ot tliis dil oourao, if thoy havo surplus to invest it in first mortgages and in moneyed institutions wbiob though paying comparatively email intoroat, aro sound and sato beyond dispute, and to stand oloar of tho Wall strcot vortex, whoro so many havo been swamped aud swallowed. What a compliment it ie to tho heul thy condition of our country that thcHO recent disasters havo in nowiao do pressed trade I 1 thank God Hint Wall strcct'a oapaoity to blast thia couulry bsa gone for ovor. Aoroas tho leland of Now York in lll8r>a wall made of stone and earth and cannon mounted was built to keep oft' tho Bavagea. Along by that wall a .street waa laid out, aud AB tho strcot followed tho lino of tho wall it 1 was appropriately called Wall street, lt ia narrow, it in unarohitcoturnl, and yet ita his tory ie unique. Kzeopting Lombard Btrcot, London, it ia tho mighticet street, on this planot. Thoro tho government of tho United States was horn, Thoro Washington hol.I hie lovoos. Thoro Mrs. Adams and Mrs Caldwell and Mra. Knox and other brilliant women of tho Revolution diapla)0d their charm?. Thoro WithorBpoon and Jonathan , Edwards and Ocorgo Whitefield sonic times preached. Thoro Dr. Mason ohided Aloxan dor Hamilton for writing tho constitution of tho Unitod Stales without any Dod iu it Thoro negroes wero sold in tho slavo mart, -^"^^?bor-e. -6rimt?mlS" ?rer-o- hsraeaaed to wheel barrows and, liko beasts of burdon, com polled to draw or woro lashed through tho strcot bohind carts to whioh they woro fas tened. Thoro fortunes havo como to corona tion or burial since tho day whoa reckless speculators in powdered bair and silver shoo buoklOB dodged Dugan, the go ? or nor gonoral of bis modesty, oloar down to yesterday at 3 o'dook. Tho history of Wall stroot is to a oortoln oxtont tho financial, commoroial, agricultural, mining. Htorary, artistic, moral and religious history of thia country. Thoy aro tho host men in this country and thoro aro tho worst. Evorylhing from un eworving integrity to tiptop acouudrolism ovory thing from hoavon born charity to blood less Sbylookism. I want to put tho plow in at tho ourbstono of Trinity and drivo lt dcor through to Wall strcot forry. And ao it shall go if tho horses aro strong enough to draw tho plow. First of all, Wall street stands as a typo in thia country for tried integrity and tho moat outrageous villainy. Farmers who havo only n fow hundred dollara' worth of pro duoo to put on tho market havo but Httlo to test their character, but put a man into thc uoyon times heated furnace of Wall strcot excitement and be either cornea out a Shad raoh, with hair unsinged, or ho is burned into a black moral cinder. No half wey work about it. If I wanted to find integrity bombproof, I would go among tho bankers and merohants of Wall afreet, yd booaueo there have boon suob villainies enacted thoro at different times some men havo supposed that it is a groat fmanoial debauchery, and tboy hardly daro go near tho street or valk up or down it unless thoy have buttoned up their last pockot and bad their lives insured or religiously orossod thomeclvos. Yoi if ? you start at either end of the street and read tho business signs you will find tho samoa of moro men of integrity and Christian bo novolonoo than you oan find in tho samo ?paco In any strocl of any of our citioa. Whon tho Christian commission and tho sanitary commission wanted monoy to eond r v'ioino and bandages to tho wounded, < \ broadatuft'd woro wanted for famish : .fc Ireland, when colleges woro to bo ou dowod and churches woro to bo supported and missionary societies woro to bo equipped for their work of sending tho gospel all around tho world, tho first stroot to respond hos boon Wall street, and tho largest ro spouses in all tho land havo como from Wall Btreot. - But whilo that sired is a typo of tried integrity on ono hand ii is also a typo of un* bounded Awindlo on tho other. Thoro aro the spiders that wait for innocont llioa. Thoro are tho crocodilos that orawl up through tho slime to crunch tho calf. There aro the anacondas, with lifted loop, ready to crush tho unwary. Thoro aro financial wreok ora, who stand on tho beach praying for a Caribbean whirlwind to sweep over our com mercial intoroata. Lot mo soy ilia noplaoo for a man to go into birnie 'HS unless Iiis moral principio is thoroughly settled. That io no place for a manto go into business who doos not know when be is overpaid $5 by mistake whether he bad better uko it back again or not. That is no plnoo for ft man to go who baa largo funds in trust and who ia all tho limo tempted to speculate with them. That ia no place for ft man to go who docs not quito know whether tho laws of tho state forbid usury or patronizo it. Oh. how many mon havo riakod themselves in tho vortex and gone down for tho simple reason their integri ty had not boon thoroughly established, lto mombor poor Kotoham. How aoon tho Hy ing hoofs of his iron grays clattorcd with him to hia dcatruotlon! Itoinombor poor day, at 80 years of ago astonishing tho world with hi? fortunes and bis forgorics. Homomhor that famous man whoso steamboats and whose opera houses could not ?tono f jr his adulterous rides through Central park in tao faoo of deoont New York and whoso behavior on Wall strcot by its oxamp'o baa blasted tons of thousands of young mon of (his gen eration. I hold up tho pollulod memory to warn youngman whoso moral principies are not thoroughly Bottled to kcop ont of Wallstreet, It ls noplaoo for aman wlnshlvors under tho blast of temptation. Lot mo say also to tho ? who aro doing legit?malo butinoei on that or I similar st roots of whioh thai la a typo to stand ' firmln Christian principio. You airo tn a groat oommorolnl battlefield. . Do courageous. Thoro is mich a thing as a horo of tho bank and a boro of tho Stook Hxohango. You bo that boro. I havo not BO muoh admiration for tho tfronoh omproBS who stood iu nor bul oony in Paris and addressed an oxoltod mob aud quollcd it as I havo admiration tor that vonoinblo banker oo Wall strootwho in 18(34 Blood on tho D?opso?bUmonoyod Institution and qui et od tho toa vu or depositors aid bado pcaoo to tho angry wavo of oommorolal ox oitemont. do t did not allow tho lions to hurt Daiiu?l, and ho will not allow tho "hoare" to hurt you. Uoiuoinbor, my frloud, timi all tboso SOOUCB of business will soi havo pnssod away, and by tho law of God's otornal right all tho alVilrs of your buslnoea lifo will bo adjudicated. Houosty pays host for both worlds. Again, I havo to romark that Wall strool 1B a typo throughout tho country of 'ogitimnlo spf dilation on tho ono hand and of ruinous gambling on (ho other. Almost ovory mor ol?ant is to Bomo extent a speculator. Ho do pen dil not only upon tho ditl'eronoo bolwocn tho vrholcsalo prioo at which ho gota tho goods and tho rolail at whioh ho disposes of thom, but also upon tho lluoluaUon of (ho iuurkeis. If Ibo markets greatly riso, ho greatly gains. If tho markois greatly Bink, ho groatly loses. It is as honest to deal la stookH as to deal in iron or ooai or hardwaro or dry goods. Ho who oondomns all stook dealings ns though thoy woro iniquitous simp . ly shows his own ignoranco. Stop all legiti mate spooulation in this oountry and you ?top all banks, you slop all faotorios, you stop all storehouses, you stop all tho groat financial prosperities of this oountry. A stook dealer is only a commission merchant under anothor name Ho gots his oomiuissioii on ono stylo of goods. You, tho grocor, got your commis sion on another stylo of goods. Tho dollar that ho makes is .just na bright and fair and houost a dollar as tko dollar caroo l by thc day laborer. But, hore wo must draw thc liuobotwcoa legitimate speculation and ruin ous gambling. You, a Btook oporator with out nay proporty behind you, ft .lnnoially rrrespaiisiblo, sell $10 ) of notlfng ?and gel paid for ii. YmiBoll 100 shares at $10,000 ni 30 d ?ya. If at tho ond of 80 days you OMI gol tho B?rip for $9,000, you havo nuidua thous and If at tho ond of 30 dayr you hnvo tc pay $11,000, thoa you havo lost a thousand Now that i? irallioking in (lotion; that is bet ting ou ohancce; that involvos tho spirit o1 gambling as muoh an anything that ovor goo. on iu tho lovroit gambling hull. At cor tai ii timos almost ovory prosperous morohnut wakes up, ami ho says: "Now, 1 havo boon suooossfil in my lino of trado, auc 1 havo a tolorablo income. 1 think I shal go down to Wall slroot aud treble it in throi -l._ mi_?- ", .. .. .,:"!, k"" ||" ?..ia I. rrucivo. Auv.uo .?j ..v.6S"8r. ?12 '.VHS ll tho Ham-? lino of business. Ho has his $300, OOO or $400,000 from tho siniplo faot that lu wont into Wall street. I think 1 shall gi too " Horo thoy como, retired merchant: who want lo got a HM lo oxoitomont in (hoi i lothargio voins. Hero thoy oomo, tho trus Ices of great pnporly, lo fool ovcrythin. j away, Hero thoy como, mon celobrntod fo prudonco, to trillo with thc livelihoods o I widows and orphans. Do you wonder lim sometimos thoy hecomo insane? It is in sanity. Do you known there aro hundred of young mon who oro porishing undor th passion for stook gambling? Do you knoi thal in nil Christian lands this is ono of th greatest oursob? lt is not peculiar lo mercurial American Oh, uol Almost every nation has indulgo in it. Tho llolhuidors, tho most pMogmati pooplo in tho world, had thoir gamblin sei/.uro iu 1083. It was called tho tuli mania, lt was a spooulation in tulip Proportion worth $000,000 turned into tulip! j AH tho llollani nation oithor buying or sel ing tulips Ono tulip root s lld for $20( anothor for $'2,000. Hxoitcmont rolling o and rolling on until history tolls us that on Amsterdam tulip which was supposed to I tho only one of tho kind iu nil tho worl actually brought in tho markets $1,810,00 That is a matter of history. Of courso, tl crash carno, and all Holland wont down u dor it. Hut Franoo must havo its gambling o pedi ion, and that was in 1710. .! dui Law Missistippi sohomo, it was called. Tl French hid hoard thal this Amorioin coi linnont Wtis built out of solid g>l 1, and tl projoot was to take it aorons lito oocan ai drop it in Franoo. Kxoilement boyond an thing (hat had yet boou sceu in tho worl Throo hundred thousand applicants f shares. Kxoilomont so groat that soinetim tho mounted military had to disporso l crowdB that- had oomo to buy tho stock. Fi hundred fotnporary tonis built to noooi modato tho pooplo until thoy oonld have o bortunity of interviewing John biw, A la< of groat fashion had her coachman upset h near (hoplace whoro John Law was passii in ordor that eho might havo an mtorvh with that benevolent and Bympathotio gout iran. Hooks wont up to 2,000 peroonl, u til ono day suspicion got into tho mark and down il all wont-John Law's Miss sippi sohomo-burying its projootor and soi of thcto latest flnanolors li all Franco a was almost ns bad ns a Fronck rovolution. Sedate Kagland took its ohanoo in 17; That was tho south ?ca buhblo, Thoy p posod to transfer all tho gold of Pom a . Mexico and tho islands of tho sea lo Hi land Fivo millions' worlh of shares wi put on tho market at ?300 a shire. 'J' books opon, in afow days ?tis ali lakon a tu ?co tho nmountsubsoribed. Thoro was a largo oompany formed w groat capital for providing funerals for parts of tho laud. Anothor company w largo capital-.C5,000,0i0 of capital develop a wheol in perpetual moil Anothor company with n capital of X-l.Otl OOO to insuro peoplo against loss by servar Anothor oompany with $2,600,000 capital transplant walnut tre?s from Virginia England. Thon, to oap tho olimax, n oo pany was formed for 'a groat undo rt ak ii nobody to know what it is." And, lo, .CtiC OOO in sharos woro ollorod nt C100 a shs Dooks wero oponed al il o'olook in tho mo ing and closed at 3 o'olook in tho afioruo and tho first day it was all subscribed. groat undertaking, noboby to know w it is." Dui it was left for our own county to s pn3B all, about 37 yours ago. Wo havo highost mountains and tho greatest, ot rnota and tho longest rivers, and, of oom wo had to h ive tho largost swiudlo < would have thought thal tho nation lind B onough in thal dirooiion during tho mo multicaulis excitement, when almost ev man had a bunoh of orawling silkworms his home, out of whioh ho cxpeotoJ to m afortuno. Dut all I Iiis? oxoitomont was nothing oomparod with what took plaoo 1884 whon a man noar Til us vi) lo, Pa. ? ging for a woll struck oil. Twolvo bund on companies call for a billion of ste Prominent members of ohurohos, ns soou a oortain amount of stock was nssignod th saw il was thoir privilogo to booorno pr donts or seorotarioB or members of tho bo of dirootion. Somo of thoso oompmioB ni had a foot of ground, never ox pooled to lu Their ontiro cquipmont was a map of a rof whoro oil might bo and two via s of gro: crudo an l clarified. Pooplo rushed d< from all paris of tho country by tho train and put thoir hard earnings in tho y A young man carno down from tho oil nu of Pennsylvania uttorly domontod, na' sold his farm at a fabulous prioo beoaus wau nupposotl thoro might bo oil thoro-o ing to a hotel in Philadelphia at tho tin was living thoro throwing down a $5 check to pay for bia noonday meal and ing ho did not caro anything aboul ohangel Thou he stopped baok lo tho burner lo light his oigar with a #1 0C0 r Utterly insano. Tho good Christian pooplo said, "' oompany must bo all right, because H So-and-so is prcsidont of it , and Hider Ho-i BO is secretary of it, and then Ibero aro t or four highly roftpectod professing Cl tims in tho board of direotors" They not know that when a professed Chria goos into Btook gambling ho lies like flin, alas for tho country I lt became a trag and a thousand million dollars wovo awn ed. Thoro aro familles loday silting in sk ?low of destitution who but for thal g national outrago would havo had thoir tugos and thoir homostoada. I hold up foro tho young mon t beso four groat 8 gambling sobemos that they may BCO to 1 length mon will go ainitton of this past and I want to Bhow thom how nil tho intorcBta of aooioty aro against it, and O' against it and will oondomn il for limo omdomn lt for otornP.y. I do notdiroll i Ibo fronded spcoulattons in Wall Btroot month, You nil havo onough romombr of that financial horror, I only want y< know that lt waa In a prooosalon of mone tary (Yon/leu, lomo of whloh havo passo 1 and others aro to como. O mon of Wall street and of all atrofia, eland haok from nefarious ?nterprluos, j ola that great oompany of Christau mon who aro maintaining tholr Integrity, notwlth ui i mai H g HU iuo pressure oi temptation, in tho morning, whoa you opon buslnoea In tho brokors olhoo or in tho hanking houtjo, oBk God'e blosHlng, and when you oloso lt pro nouuoo a benediction upon it. A kind of busliCBB that mon onnnot ongogo in without prayor lo ni buBlno98 for you. I wish that tho wovdB of Goorgo Poabody, uttorod in tho hearing of tho people of his nativo town Danvers, Mass.-1 wish thu*, tkoso words oould bo uttorod in tho hoarlug of all tho young mon throughout tho land. Ho Btld: "Though Providonoo has granted mo un varied and universal suooas ia tho purault of fortuito lu other landB I nm Billi lu heart the humbli boy who loft yonder unprotoml iug dwelling, Thoro i? not a youth within tho Bound of my voioo WIIOBO carly opportu nilicB and udv.tntagos aro not muoh grcntor than woromy own, and I h wo sinoo achieved nothing that is impossible to tho most hum ble boy among you." Goorgo Peabody's BUO cedB in buuiiues waa not moro remarkable thaa hi? Integrity and his groat heartod bouoYoknoo. ? pray uno? ye? God'fl pro tooling and prospering Moaning. I hopo you may all mako fortunes for .time and fortunos for eternity, .Somo day when you como out of your plaoo of husiuoju and you go to tho oloarlng houso or tho plaoo of custom or tho bauk ur your own homo-as you ootuo out of your plaoo of buB?ncBB jiiHt look up at tho olook in tho towor ami BOO hy tho movemontof tho hands how your lifo is rapidly going away and bo reminded of tho fdot that boforo God's thfono of Inoxorablo ju ?gmont jon must yet givo nco)uut for what you havo dono uinoo thc doy you Bold tho first yard of oloth or tho first pound of sugar. 1 pray for you all prospority. Slaud oloso by ChriBt, and Christ will stand closo by you. Tho groalor tho temptation tho moro mignitioont tho re ward. Hut, n'as, for tho Btook gninblor what will lie do iu tho jiulginonl? That day will Bettlo everything. Teat lo tho stook gambler will be a "broak" ut the "first cull " No smuggling into heaven. No ' 'collaterals" in which lo* trade your way in. Go in Ihrougi Christ tho Lord oi you will forover stay ont. God forbid that ?flor you havo dono your last day's work on earth and tho hushed nsacinbly s and? around with bowed hoads nt your obsequies-God forbid lhat thc most appropriate text for your funeral oration should bo. "As a partridge sittoth on eggs nud hatchet h them net, so ho that gottcih riches, mid not by right, nh al I lonvo thom in tho nddsl of his days, and at tho end ho nluil I be n fool," or that tho most appro ?riate funeral psalm should bo tho wf,i-il? of the poet: 1'rloo of many a orhno untold Gold, gold, gold, gold. PESSIMISTIC BUT TRUE, filr Bauer's Suniinsry of Crop Condi tions for Week Just Ended. Mr. ?J. W. Bauer, tho woathor bureau man, is porsonaly very olovor, but ho oortainly is pessimistic in his official oapaoity. But if thoro should bo good weather and flourishing crop J all tho timo, thoro would bo no nood for a weather buroau In his regular weekly orop bullotin Mr. Bauor says: Tho wook ending Monday, Juno 10, waa DOtnowhat warmer than tho prooodiog ono, but tho avcrago tomporaturo con tinued bolow tho normal. Thoro waB a maximum of 93 nt. Yoroassoo on tho 5-.h, and a mininura of 55 at Greenville I on tho 4th. Ovor tho wcbtorn nod I northcra oountios, tho nights wo~o mu<?h too oool for ootton, and thoro was a general dofioicnoy of sunshine Gonoral showors ooouved on tito 3d, and again on tho 6 h, nnd7.li, light ovor tito greater portion of tho St ?.tc, but hoavy in tho middle and lower Sa vannah valloy, tho southeastern, aud portions of tho wost ooutial oouotioa, Whore tho ground were kept too wet for gonoral oultivation, and whero only from two to throb day's ploughing was praotioablo. Ovor tho western, oontral, northern and northeastern oountios, tho woathor conditions woro favorablo for farm work, and oultiv.Uion mado fair progrofls. Ootton is unfilially finial 1, lacks cul tivation, and somowhit lomy in plaoos whilo graapy Hold aro tho rulo. It has ?ot all bcon ohoppod to stands. 1 n tho tho eastern and southoastoi'n sootions its growth is at a standstill, and tho plants aro turning rod or yellow, show ing an unhoalthy oondition, but ovor tho romaindor of tho Stato it is grow ing and improving slowly and haB a healthy oolor. Sea islands looka bet tor, but blight ia still provalent, Oom has begun to tassol and is hoing laid by in tho southeastern sootions, whero its oondiiion is, however, vory poor, owing to la.k of oultivation and an cxooBB of moisture lu other soo tionB upland corn haB improvod and looks healthy, but bottoms aro still too wot to roplant. But worms and orows aro damaging bottom land oom in tho oxtromo wott Luto whont has rusted badly, whilo oarly is hoing harvostod with tho aver ago result only fair, and not up to ox peotations. Oats harvest is woll ad vaoood, but tho rains havo damaged nomo in tho shook. Yiolds arovariablo, but avoragod fairly good. ? Tobacoois oxtromoly poor, and dy ing from laok of proper oultivation and oxoossivo raoisturo in Williamsburg oounty and vicinity, whilo in tho other toVaooo distriota, it has improvod slightly, but is still poor. Worms aro numorousin plaoos. Upland rioo ii tine, and somo rivor rioo also, but in tho Goorgotown dis triota freshets have dono much damage and prevented a full acreage of Juno sowing. Melons uro a failure in pla JOB, and poor gonorally. Poaohoa aro droppiog, and oarly varieties aro rotting. Pas turo;) and gardons have improved. Truok is growing and yiolding well. Many coi respondents report a BOatoity of farm lahorors. Hoavy on Carolina. Oil Inapcotor E. B. Hook, of Augusta, Ga., eoi/.ad a oar of dofootivo oil in that city a fow days ago, and sont a sample of it to tho .nato Oil Inspec tor at Atlanta. Aftor tosting tho oil tho Stato Oil Inspootor wroto tho fol lowing lottor to Mr. Hook: ''Stato of Georgia, Dopartmont of OUB, Atlanta, Gi, Juno 3, 1001.-Mr. 10 Bi Hook, Augusta, Ga-Dear Sir Tho ?amplo oil arrived and was tostcd hy pe. MoOandlotn; in tho prosonco of n rospoaontativo of tho Standard Oil Company. You wero oorroot in rejoot ing it and not allowing thom to unlop.d it. Thoy havo ngrood to traosfor this tank to Carolina. " 'Glasoook Barrett, V 'Stato Oil Inspootor.' South Carolina hoing ICM partioalar about tho quality of oil furnisbod her oil)/ma lins def ..Olive oil was prompt ly shipped into this Stato. Thoy Oome High. Tho pro?ont oxpenso in salarios for tho judiciary is as follows in Now York City: Soproino Uourt, Now Vork ooun ty1*192.000;sutrogato'a oourt, $169,000; oily oourt,$ll9,0U0; oily magistrates, $327,000; spooial sossiona, $122,000; gonoral sessiona, $182,000; muaioipal, oourts, $380,000; aupromo oour ;, Kiugs oounty, $159,0U0; surrogato'a oourt, $00,000; Quoons oounty oourts, $28,000, and Hionmond oounty oourts, $1'*J,000, a total of $1,750,000. . THE OLD VETERANS, Bill Arp Writes of tho Great Gather ing of Bravo Mon. Porty yoarB havo passod BIDOO these soldior boys first sbouldorod arras and burriod to tho front. No suoh array of patriots wcro over soon, for thoro j was not n toiy among thom nor a | foreign birding, and ovon tho North-, orn-born oitizonB of tho South volun to o rod with ono aoocrd and oast thoir livos and proporty in tho oommon poril of thoir adoptod Stato. To that olass wo owo all tho IT oro honor for it was" a groat ht art strugglo to sovor tho bonds that bound thom to thoir kindred and tho placo of thoir birth. Forty years havo not e Aiocd nor dimmed tho mo mory of thoso four long y oars from tho minds of tho vetorans who gathered at tho Momphis rcuaion. As timo rolls on thoy scorn tho moro ongor to con gr?galo arid communo togothor; and happily, thoro aro noao no ff to molest <v mako thom afraid. Happily tho H ol di o ra of ?ho bluo and tho gray aro boooming ovory yow tho moro oonsidorato of tho toolings and priuoiploB of oaoh othor. Tho sol diers. I say-thoso who fought against us-tor tho bravost aro tho tondorcst. lt is tho politioiaus who raw tho battlo from afar, ,vho still rofuso to givo us baok our flags and aro still worrying over tho rebol brigadiers whom wo havo sont lo Congres*. Dut timo is a good dootor, and sofl words tako away wrath. That was a grand oonvooation that paraded tho drools of Momphis. Hoarts beat rapidly aud eyes woro moist with tears . While memory llngored o'er tho sad review Of joye that faded Uko tho morning dow" That was a beautiful prayor sent up to beaven by our beloved graod chap lain, lUv. J. William Jouos, and faith ful bulwark of Gonfodorato history. J know that tho bluo and tho gray olasped hands and hearts as ho invoked a blosB iog upon Mr. and Mrs MeKinloy and aakod for her ro?toratiou lo hoalth, I toll you, my brotheron, there ?B noth ing email or selfish or mean in tho hoar ts of our groat loadors. Ia war and in peaoo thoy have boen and aro gentleman. There WM not a Nero ora Duko of Alva among thom nor a hoart 1O9B dostroyor of tho innooout nor a i violator of tho laws of kiudoosB to wo mon and ohildiou. Our soldiers fought a good fight, on patriotic principles, and it rojoiocs us that tiny havo kopi tho faith and aro as truo now to tho na tion as they wcro then to tho prinoiplos for whioh thoy fought- Thoso priuoi plcs aro not dead; and wo bolicvo that if this ropubtioan govornmonl is pre served from tho domination of imperial ism, with whioh it ia throatonod, it will bo tho conservative spirit of tho South that will do it. Tho spirit of constitu tional liberty is yet alive with* us and will be transmitted to our ohildrcn. It is high limo (hat tho Northern preachers and tcaohors and oditors were learning a salutary lesson from thoao annual reunions ol' tho old Confederates. If I had been a Federal soldier and livod up there, it seems to mo thal I would Bey, "My brothron, tho. o rotools must have been tremendously in oarnest Thoro is no let up or abatement in their faith* Foity yean bas uot bumbled them ono iois. Wc had botter make friouds with snob a pooplo and divido honors and ponsions, too. They havo carried an awful load for all those yoars. They k\c io pay a good psrb of tho pensiopf- fie our soldiers and all of tho pensions of their own and a big tax to oduoato thoir negroes; and thoy had to onduro thornv-igos and stonlagos of tho oarpot-baKgers for years, but thoy novor complain, Tnoy fight baok and dofond thoir honor, but, lik<? tho sons of Alno mok, they novcr complain. Su roly thoy aro a groat pooplo. Thoy suffer, and aro strong, and when soldiors wore wanted for Cuba and the Philippines they oamo at tho first oall. Brothron, let's stop all thu anti Southorn sentiment and mako our preach crt) and oditors stop it. Thcro is no good in rubbing an old eoro. Wo don't know what may hap pon, and wo may noed thoso boys to savo tho oountry. Tho old votorano aro dying out, but thoir sons aro tho samo old stock. Tho South ?B fast oomiigto tho front, aud is destined to bc n groat power in tho land, and if wo keep on aggravating thom with abuse it is possiblo thoy may get fighting ma somo of thoso days and got up another oivii war and-and-and whip us again or oomo pretty near it," That's what I would say if Iwasout a fool. Thoso aro alarming limos. Wara fires, floods. Awful calamities on Und and on tho soa, explosions in minos wrooks on railroads, murders, suioidos robborioB, abductions of ohildron, am worse than all, thoro soomB to bo no stop to thoso borriblo outragos of brutal negroes. Thou ibero is tho insubor dination of students in our collogo and tho infamy of lubing is still going oo. It distroBsod mo to soo among thoso oxpollod from Wost Point tho nanios of two Soutuornors-ono from Alabama and ono from Toxasi Edu oation and disoiplnio Boom to bo divorc od. Timo was whon Mr. Beaman boasted that ho had subdued ovory big boy in his sohool-subdued him by tho rod. Old man Ishara did tho samo thing, and so did Di'. Paltorson Ihres out tho worst boys at our Manual Labor sohool; but now it is tho boys who rulo tho toaohcrs and mako demands, an the oonsoquonoos is our collegos havo no disoiplino and hazing seems to bo as popular as o vor. I thought that this hazing business was a modern invention, but in tho eooond volumo of "Amorioan Litora turo"! findalottor of John Lawson a Sootohmao, who livod for yoars among tho North Carolina Indians. Ho is writing to his folks at homo 171 about tho oustoms of tho?o Indians and says tho way thoy mako warriors of thoir young mon is to husquodaw thom in oarly manhood. Thoy are Bbul up in a dark log houso for six weeks, and kept half starved and mado to drink a deoootion of pollitory bark whioh renders thom raving mad. Thoy mako tho most dit-mat, hellish orio-i an ho.vlings over hoard. Whon givon little moat it is mixod with nasl loathsomo, filthy stuff. Aftor six wooks they oomo out as poor and mis orablo as oroaturos ovor booomo. Somo of thom dio under this diabolical treat mont, and some young men ma" away to avoid it. Tho savages told mo that this bardons thom to tho fatiguen vtar and kills off tho weak and infirm and oowardly who would bring' dis graoo upon tho nation. Husquonawing That's it that'd whoro hosing started, and Wost Point is whoro it matrioulatod and flourishedt This insubordination of oollogo socras to havo oropt into our own South om institutions, and has wollnigh d moralist id Oxford and Tusealoos What dooa it moan? Wo had n Uko it in our day. Wo feared fathers and wo fearod and ro-fpe tho faoulty. Tho Tcoh boys oaught infootion not long ago; but that don mattor vory tnuoh, for if thoso boys y thing'* oltto booidcs play ball, tho wepapor? don't publish it. Hall Hooms bo the only textbook in tho ourrlou Win. Their aoooinpliehiuonts iu that lirjio may bo Batifaotory to tho boya and lh|o professors, but tho patrons and fiends O? tb.O in?t't"tinn urn Riirfeited. ai?d would adviBO arooos?sl Ball play ; ia-'another Indian game in which tho I savages exoollod. BILL Am?. I COTTON 18 GRASSY. Tho' Stands aro Fair But Somewhat Inregular, Tho oondition of tho growing cotton orop is of groat epcoulativo intorcst at this timo, and tho general improa sion prevails that it ia in an oxtromoly poor oondition ovor tho ontiro Cotton Bolt. Mr. J. W. Bauer in his wookly summary deolaroa that this is not uni versally tho oaro, although tho orop aa a wholo is probably two to throo wooka lato, and in many looalitios quito grassy, ospooiaiiy ovor tho Atlantic States, and portions of tho Gulf, and Mississippi volloy States. S.tando aro fair to good, but aomo what irrogular, owing to tho uuusual amount of planting that was ncoossur). Insects aro not moro numerous and destructivo than usual, and in Texas tho wcovil is not looa th route oin g than heii'otoforo. Atafo/r points only has thc*plant bogun to fruit. A fow wookB of dry and warmor weat lier in tho Atlantic States, nod a continuation of tho prc sont favorable weather to tho wostward, would put tho growing oot ton orop into a vory promiaing condi tion. Tho following abort statomonti iu dicata how tho orop is in tho principal cotton raising Statos: Tn'North Carolina all reports indi cato that tho past weok has boon vory favorable both for farm work and for growth of oropB. Chopping ootton pro ^rossod vory rapidly, but is not yoi finished. Whoro fluids havo boon oleanod tho orop sluws ?rood stand and hotter oolor, but largo arcas aro all vory grassy, and some fields havo boon abandoned or will bo plowod up for oom. Cotton soo ins to bo al molt tho smallest for tho Benson on rooord. in South Carolina ootton is unusually small, Koks cultivation and is some what lousy in plaoos, whilo grassy fiolds aro tho rule In tho eastern and southoastorn aootions it) growth ia at a standstill, and tho plants aro turning rod or yellow, showing an unhoalthy oondition, but over tho remainder of tho Stato it is growing and improving slowly, and has a hoalthy oolor. Sea island looks bottor butjblight is still provalont. In Goorgia tho wookly roports con tinuo to bo gonorally of a dis)ouragiog oharaotor. Crops havo Buffered from exoossivo rains in noarly all oountios; and aro muoh in need of cultivation. Clio oondition of ootton is on tho wholo poor, and Humorous correspondons consiior tho outlook gloomy. In Alabama ootton has noarly all hoon chopped; and, whilo tho gonoral oondition of this staplo IIRB improved very slightly, it is beoomiag quito grassy in many fluids, and oontinued dry woathor is nooilod for its proper cultivation iuaoots continua damag ing in a few looahtiea, sud boaio in dy ing Irom effootj of previous oold; oot t0U'itiju8t beginning to form tquaros in southern and middle counties. IQ Mississippi over a groatcr portion of tho Stato farm work has boon o?n sid-?fcbly delayed on r.ooouat of tho woff oondition of tho soil. Crops on lowlands havo hoon damaged by ovor ?on and laok of cultivation, whilo on uplauda all orops aro generally grow ing rapidly and aro in a fair state of cultivation. Cotton ia from two to tinao woeks lato, and in some oouotios has bOOA materially injured as A result of tho eool woathor during tho last docado in May ; chopping out has not boon oomplotod in many northern oountios. IQ Louisiana reports oocejrning tho improvomont ia crop conditions aud prospcots aro almost universally favor able and in soino oases onthusiastioally onoouraging. Tho oondition of tho oot ton orop in tho Stato, as a wholo, liss groatly improved. Hail injured it in localities in tho central ana northern parishoo; so badly, in faot that somo holds havo boon plowed up and rc planted, or abandoned, hut tho acreage thus dostroyod is not largo. In somo of tho nor thorn parishes, too, tho orop is boooming foul with grass, booauso tho ground is too wot to work. But, as statod above, tho oooditions and prospoots gonorally havo improved ma terially. Cotton in Bienville parish is roported to bo forming squaroa rapidly, i In Tonnoaaoo tho paat woek was chara o tori/, id by highor and moro soa BOnablo temperature and timely show ers--conditions very favorable to tho growth of orops. Cotton mado good progross during tho woek, and though tho planta aro small and stand poor in many localities, tho tono of roports is muoh moro onoouraging than for sovoral wooka. Thoro aro quito a nuai b?r of oomplainta of out-worms. In Arkansas fairly woll d?Btributod rainfall and dooidodly warmer woathor havo improvod orop oooditions to a groatcr oxtent. Cotton is Lom 10 to 20 days lato, tho stands aro poor to fair hut rapid growth was mado during tho woek. In Toxas tho past wook has boon tho most favorable ono of tho season for tho growth and dovolopmont of orops. Sufficient rainfall has oocu'rod ia most sootions for tho immediato nooda of orops, and tho tcmporaturo, ospooiaiiy during tho latter portion of tho wook, has boon oonduoivo to rapid growth. In somo localities tho growth of oot ton Was somewhat retarded hy tho cold nights during tho first fow days of the wook, but tho orop gonorally has mado good progroas. Tho orop ia fruiting ovor tho Bouth portion. Tho boll wooyil in becoming loss numerous, but still doiog oonsidorablo damage. . In Oklahoma fairweather with worm days and modoratoly cool nights, oauscd slightly drouthy conditions until tho 7th and 8th, whoo gonoral raios roliov od and holpod tho oropii. Farm work progroBsod rapidly undor favorablo oon allions, oxotpt ovor tho Chiokasaw N.Uion and Greer county, whoro tho ground waa too wotto oultivato. True Hills Found. A dispatoh from Anderson says tho grand jury roturnod truo bills against J. 8. Fowler in four oases for oonspi taoy, falso imnrisonmont and assault and battery or a high aud aggravatod nature Truo bills wore roturnod against W. O. Hammond in four oasos, on the samo ohargoa, and againat Wil li* MoGoo, Goorgo Thomas, Jamos Cook, Miko Robins, Jamos Martin and :,W. M. Bailoy, ono oaso oaoh. Tho grand jury has not oomplotod its work. j A leoal woathor prophot says thoro will bo no drought this cu mm or. Wo ?opo this prediction will provo truo, (ind that tho farmers will raako big popa. x. gl;:. Grove's I The formula know just what ye do not advertise th their medicine if y Iron and Quinine p form. Tiic Iron malaria out of thc Grove's is thc Or Chill Tonics are ir that. Grove's is s are' not experimen and excellence h only Chill Cure s> thc United States. Who la Wiling to Bet His Ox on Bon T.llman AGAINST ALL COMERS Except Rev. 8?m Jones, Wio He Says Ran th% "Debbie" Out ot the City of Qauan?oh. To tho Editor of Tho Nows and Courier: Negro politioians, Onoo so plontiful, aro boooining soaroo in thia part of tho ?State, as I supposo they aro in all othor parts of tho Stato. Now and thou, however, youstumblo on ono of tho "hai boen?" and, strango as it may bo, most of thom admiro Bon Till man. Why this is tho oaso it would bo hard to nay, uoloss it bo as one has said, "?o muoh ob do big buokra no'r liko um ton yaro gono." Old Soipio (J idsdon olino up to tho "willage" a fow dayB sinoo to mako somo small purohnsos from ono of tho two stores whioh . old Qillisonvillo now boasts. Soipio is gotting old, but is a groat fiddler and politioian, aud novor fails to liston attentively to tho roading of a nowspapor-himsolf not knowing B from tho proverbial bull's foot. An old "bruddor" first ospiod Soipio coming around "Morrison's oorner," ridiug on a forlorn looking ox, whoso horns wero tho thriftiost part to look upon of his woathor-boaton anatomy. Bohind Scipio's anoiont roinaiodor of a saddle, aud across Jorry's emaaiatcd baok, fluttored a half dozan ohiokens, about half grown, whioh woro to bo "ourront money" with tho uiorohant in payinont for his small purohisos. Tho morolian*, knowing Scipio's in terest in things political road a portion of tho Tillman-MoLaurin-MoSwoonoy ombroglio and askod him if ho had hoard it and what ho thought of it. "Xcs, sir," said Soipio; "I binnor yorry Mr Potterman road 'bout dcm to 'Ooosyhatohio,' on ono wi to man binnor git oft do oahr da da, on o bin stand round wid aogah cnn a mout won Mr. Potormau dor road 'bout dom, on o say: MoLaurin sho boat Tillman, o say. En Tillman nor gwino bin eon do raoo, o say. En don Mr Itowol speak up on o say, o say; 'Do dobblo nor boat Tillman, muss less Mclaurin.' But I nor say nuttin; nono tall. I dor yorry wuh all mon.' hay, En Mr Pororroan ax dom how 'bout MoSwiny, on do wito man pull i> Bogahr out o mout on blow de smoako on s voll up liko, on o say, o sa; : MoSwinny brat .Tillman, o say. Don Mr Powell spoak up gin on o say, o say: MoSwinny boat MoLaurin mobby, but o ont boat Tillman.' D.n Mr. Potor man road somo moro on o ax mo wuh I der tink? En now you ax mo, on I toll yunnor all wuh it is. "I tink say wuddor Mr. lirowol say, e do Qawd'struto: o ont no man wid two logs der boat Mr. Tillman wid o ono oyo; o ont no nouso talk 'bout boat Mr. Bon Tillman, 'oauso obblo body dun try on o ont no man kin boat um " "Soipio, you Boom, to bo stuck on Tillman. Why is it you do not liko MoLaurin and MoSwoonoy?" "No, sir, I nor struck on dcm, on I nor say 1 nor liko Mr. MoLaurin cn Mr. MoSwoonoy. I ont know Mr. Mo Laurin on I nubbor shoum, but I dor yorry o borry nioo man. I dor Uss talk politic. I cor tink all two boat dun kin boat Mr. Ban Tillman-daddor wuh I tink, on I bot dat olo Jorry Ox on wuh I dor way." "Well, Soipio, do you think MoSwoo noy will boat MoLaurin if ho rons against him noxt yoar?" .'Well, lont know rightly, sir. Mr. MoSwinny bin try bill o fonoo borry high, but o bill wid MoLaurin rail on o bill wid Tillman rail, on o ont lay woll togoddor. All two boat dom. Ea o half climb pun top domonstraddlo dom fur niok dom lay still, but o small man on o leg short, on ont no foot hit do groun.' Ea Mr. MoLaurin stan' pun ono sido on Mr. Tillman stan' pun tarror sido. Ea e hab watoh boat dom fur koop dom juokin rail out o fonoo. But 1 tink Bay o binnor watoh Mr. Till man do mount ob do timo. E know Mr. Tillman bin do boll run, ono bab pitch fork on o bend for horn, on wondodeb bio git con do, o ont no dein' nuttin' wid dom, nono tall. Jiss haff lot dom leno on leh dom but till o butt null. Lawdl o ont nobody kin boat Mr. Bon Tillman. Soop'n o bin Mr. Sam Jonos, I yorry say o bm run do dobblo round Savannah, on of o bin tinto, mobby so, him kin stan' foro Mr. Tillman, oause Savannah der bin do dobblo home, on I tink say o binnor koop e host pitohfork con Savannah.". ' SJ Soipio, you would not bot on Till man if Sam Jonos was a Carolinian and was to run against him?" "IUI Hal Hal No, sirr ru, I nor bot 'gainst no man kin run do dobblo oon Savannah, no sir ru." "Woll, thon, in that o?no would you bot on Sam Jonos?" "I ont know rightly 'bout dat, slr. I nor tink, no, sir. I nor bot on one, nor tarror. I nor bot none tall," "Thon you aro willing to bot on Till man against all eomors, ox jopt Sam Jonos?" "Daddor him! Didder himl Rn you kin toll anybody. Soipio Gadodon ro?dv to bot dat Jorry Ox Mr. Boa Tillman is plainly printed on every >u are taking when you take ieir formula knowing that y< ou knew what it contained, ut up in correct proportions a acts as a tonic while thc system. A.ny reliable druggis Sginat and that all other nitation9. An analysis of oth< uperior to all others in ev ting when you ' take Grovi aving long been cstablishe ?ld throughout thc entire J No Cure, No Pay, Price boat anybody Boop'n Mr. Sam ?Ionen." Lawton Lamar. Gillisonvillo, Hampton County, Juno 10. A Student Killed. H. S. Bigelow, of Buffalo, N. Y., a froshman at Harvard, waa instantly killod by a o homier* 1 ongiuo of tho Cambridgo firo dopartmont. A fir o waa found among a pilo of boards noar tho Harvard agrioultural building by ono of tho Harvard professors. An alarm was aont in, but boforo tho bromen re sponded Prof Hollis and tho studonta had put oui the fire. Tho alarm caus ed tho under graduates to assomblo and as tho fireman carno thoro was much leering. Thc ?kc'sica! esgine was very lato and tho crowd hooted tho mon. Tho accident is described diffoioutly, tho firomon olaiming that tho horsoa on tho ongino booamo exoitod at tho how ling crowd and dashod forward, Boattor ing tho orowd. Tho atudonta olaim that tho drivor, JohbDowdis, dolib oratoly drovo hie oDgino into tho orowd of students. Btgolow was caught under tho whoolB and other students woro knookod down, but only ono had an in jury to speak of. As soon as tho stu don ts roalized what bad happonod thoy mako a wild demonstration. But eool hoads maintained control and tho firo mon woro allowed to return to their stations._._ Five Murderers Hanged. Fivo bodies dangling upon tho samo gallows, fivo soul? launched into eter nity at tho Bamo niomont, market thc triumph of tho majesty of the law and tho ond of what is believed to have boon an organizod gang of murders, at | Sylvania, Ga., Friday. The viotima of tho logal tragedy woro Arnold Augustus, Andu w Davis, Riobard Sanders, Wil liam Hudson and Sam Baldwin, ali no groen. Tho victims of their orimo woro Constablo Moars and Fillmore Herring ton, whom they ambushed and shot to death, and Capt. Wado, whom thoy se riously woundoa in tho shooting that] killed tho two first mon noarlv a year ago. On at 1 .ast two ocoasiona o ff or tn wore mado to ly nob tho murdorors, but by tho prompt aotion of tho offioere j of tho law thoy woro frustrated. On ono of these oooasions the governor; found it nooosBfiry to order out throo companies of tho State militia. $100 Rftward. $100 Tho readers of this papor will bo pleased to loam that there is at least ono droadod disease that soionoo has boon ablo to ouro in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Ouro is the only positivo ouro now known to tho medical fraternity. Catarrh hoing constitutional disease, roquiros a con stitutional troatmont. Hall's Catarrh Curo ia takon intornally, aoting direct ly upon tko blood and mucous surfaoos of tho Bystom, tkoroby destroying tko foundations of tko diaoaao, and giving tko pationt strength by building up tho constitution and assisting naturo in do ing its work. Tho proprietors havo ao muoh faith in ita curativo powors, thal thoy offer ono Hundred Dollars for any caso that it fails to ouro. Sond for list of testimonials. AddroBa. F. J. OH RN EY & CO., Tolodo, O. Sold by druggists, 76o. Hali's Family Pills aro tho boat. A Sumter Killing. A dispatch from Sumter to Tko I Sba to Baya Frank H. Winn was shot and killod Friday afternoon by Edward Edwards, both young mon being na tives of this city. Charles Smith, who I attomptod to eoparato tho mon, was1 shot and soriouly woundod. Tho facts | loading up to tko skooting aro aa fol lows: Winn suod Edwards in tko1 magistrate court Friday for an old dobt | of $3 30 wkioh ho olaimod was duo kim Edwards doniod tko account. Winn won tko oaoo. Tko two mon mot Fri day afternoon in front of Barby's livory atablo and aftor tko intorokango of a fow word J Winn struok Edwards in tko faoo. Botk drow pistols and firod BOV oral timos witk tko rosults abovo stated. Winn was struok twioo, ono ball omsk ing tko skull, tho othor enroling his body noar tho hoart. Edwards was I not bitv Tho affair has created ooo fiidoriblo oxcitomont in the oity. Ho May Change. Tho Columbia State Bays "aftor all, it may bo a niistako to tako President MoKinloy's declination of a third term Boriously. Tho Toller resolution recog nizing tho faot that tho pooplo of Cuba 'woro. and of right ought te bo, freo [and independent,' and plodging tko United States to withdraw its for JOB from tho island as soon as its pacification should bo aooomplishod was quito as ex plicit and oomprobonsivo in its tormo Mt President MoKinloy's declaration that ho will not bo a candidato for ro olootion-but Mr. MoKinloy found a way to "got around * that. Wo would not wagor two oonts on tho virtuo of Prot lont MoKinloy, adviaod and con trilled as ho is, wkoro poraonal and par ty intorosts aro i a vol ved, Man; 'Bled. An explosion in a oartridge faotory situated in th? suburb of Los Mouli noaux Franco has rosultod in tko loss of 15 livos and tho injuring of about 20 porsons. Tho viotim* woro horribly mutilated. A majority of thone injured woro womon. , m i. William J. Samford, Govornor of Alabama, di jd Wcdnosday night at Tuscaloosa, Ala,, where ho has boon Ul fer some timo, Diuoano of tho hoart was tho roal ea uno of do a th, ?i, i .i : V bottle-thence you Grove's. Imitators DU would not buy Grove's contains nd is in a Tasteless Quinine drives the t will tell you that so-called Tasteless ir chill tonics shows cry respect.. You c's-its superiority d. Grove's is the nalari?l sections of . Soc. Grand Lodgo Rescinds. Tho grand lodgo of Masons of tho Stato of Washington havo rosoindod tho rosolution Adopted two ye nra ago recognizing nogro M*fJonry. Tho no tion of tho lodgo at that timo was BO* voroly oritioiaod nil ovor tho United States and as a result tho next session of tho grand lodgo atiomptod to return to tho old ostabhshed prinoiplos, but tho rosolution was so artfully drawn that sister hodgon refused to oonatruo it as an honost oxprossion. Tho lodgo has now in unmistakable, language mado its position known. Throe Boys Drowned. Arthur Baokman, 19 years old; Arthur KalbfldBh, 13, and Edward Shoots, 13, w'oro takon dead from a wator holo in Loonaid's steno quarry near li Uti moro, Friday. Tho throo boys loft homo Thursday accompanied by two dogs. Whon tho dogs roturnod without tho boys a soaroh was made nod tho boys wore traood to the quarry. Leonard's quarry is aa old ono which has lain unworkod for a long* timo. Its dopths are UBually tilled with water and it was a favorito HwioimVng plaoo for tho boys in that looality. Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea Hullers, Engines, Planers and Matchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My Ser geant Log Beam Saw mill ia the heaviest, strongest, and most efficient mill for the money on the market, quiok, accurate. State Agent for H. B. Smith Maohine Company wood working machinery,. For high grade engines, plain slide valve-Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown, and Struthers and Wells. V. 0. BADHAM, 1826 Main St., Columbia, 8. 0. Plenty of Places Are Open to graduates of tho Columbia Bu?lneea College, and every graduate is thorough ly qualified to AU a.rooponslblo position in this busings world. We fit young mon and woroon for buslnoss oavcorH, and assist thom lo secure good positions. For spooial simmer ra'cs, and catatoguos giving full information, send at onoo to Columbia Business College, COLUMBIA, ?3. 0. W. H. NEWBERRY, President 1 ??ft Bu Gs.RoAeH B5. AwVfi .R?** CROTON DUGS.. ?PI0BR6, mtb, MBAS, AND ALL INS?CTLIFE: U\RMIW nEMn?0|tJ4EtT)5 IO AND ?3 CENTJ?V. Tue. CA??on TON CHEMICAL Co. ' . {?AL7/MO?E}' MP. ? ? If Death Dust ls hot for sala by your dealer, we will upon receipt of 25 e*nt? Bend you the largo paokago by mall post paid. Aprll-10. 8t. Addvou?, Box 105, B. W. GlSTSINOBR, Spartanburg, & Q? i'X?bt.dssi^SHBiS?!?