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65514 I? ?VSH'H S timi na?mm?l * WM^^W.^lai?.t?.i^~ri^.>?tt^* Oe Its Forth a 81 tomey>QaMral Bollinger. WHAT HE HAS TO 8AY. Protont Most Vigorously Against Certain 8 tatt) m a nt s That Hava Boon Mada About tho Cas?. AttornoyGonoral IJollingor protoBts most vigorously against oortam olato ments that havo boon inado in oonnoo tion with tho pardon of Ooh Neal. Ho (loos so bocauao of his hoing tho ohiof ofiloor in ohargo of tho prosecution of Colonel Noah Horo is his etntcmont: "Whilo tho O?BO of tho stato VB. W. A. Noal was still within the oontrol of tho courts I folt that propriety, if not justioo, dictated that tho proaoouting offioor should romain silent ns to certain statomonts m ado in behalf of tho do? fondaut through tho publie prints, oritioising tho motivos of tho prosecu tion, impugning tho impartiality of tho prosiding judgo and touding to misload tho uninformed publio M to tho faots of tho oa?o; but inasmuoh as tho gov ernor has grantod a full, unconditional pardon to tho defendant, justioo to tito ftooplo of tho stato, whoso sorvants pub io oihoislo aro to tho oauso of ttuth and to tho integrity and ability of ono ol' tho purost mon over houorod with thc ormino, impels mo to spoak, while tho proprioty of my oouroo tho futuro must d?oido. "Kor tho past fow day numorous statements and predictions havo boon mado in tho daily press, as to tho primo responsibility for which it is not nooos sary to inquire It has boon said, 'tho attornoy gonoral, it ia said, gavo Ooloool Noal'a bond sinon a roooipt, for tho amount duo by him to tho stato.' No suoh roooipt ovor was givon, for tho-reason that it had boon hold all along by this ornoo that tho bondsmen woro Hablo for only a part of what Noal wac duo tho stato. and only for this part was any roooipt givon or any money paid. Communioatiou was bogu? with Noal immodiatoly upon tho roooipt of thoroport of tho committee, oarly in August, 1899, and oontinuod from timo to timo unprofitably until August 29, whon warrants woro sworn out against him and his arroBt followed. "Dornend was mado on his bondsmon on Soptombor, 4, 1899. and tho sum of $2.812 41 finally paid by thom on tho 29th day of tho ?arno month, aftor com plaints' wore propared, roady to bo sorvod in tho suit against tho bonds men. Tho roooipt givon distinctly statos tho itoma of tho shortago inoludod in tho sum. "It was also said in Wednesday's Stato, by ono apparontly 'speaking with knowlodgoi' 'During tho hoaring (on potition for pardon) tho governor ask od Mr, Nolson somo questions as to what amount Colonel Neal still owed tho stato, or whether by his aots tho state stood in danger of losing auything. * * * Offhand roplios were given to tho quest ions asked by tho governor, but lator on written explanations will probably be filed,' and 'tho govornor will first rofor tho potition to tho trial Judge and tho solioitor beforo going timber in tho mattor.' I am justified in .?Aying no roforonoo of tho mattor waB ^?'d*ihfdo and consequently tho prosoou tionuow has tho first opportunity lo bo hoard; and did no ono now spoak in bo half of tho stato it might reasonably bo inforrod that tho statomonts of faot oontainod in thc petition romain un ohallengid. "Inasmuoh as the govornor, on tho 15th of August, 1899, in transmitting tho report of tho investigating oommit too, said in his ofiioinl lotter to tho at tt moy gonoral. 'I ask that you tako suoh aotioa as tho law requires and pro toot tho intorosts of tho stato to soouro tho administration of juatioo. I would ask also that you advise me what furthor stops aro nooossary to bo takon by mo to carr*, out tho findings of tho oom mittrj, as oontainod in tho report.' (lloporfc, p. 4), ?nd aa ho furthor said to tho legislature: 'Tho whole matter wan thon plaood in tho hands of tho attor ney gonoral with full powor to not and protect as far as possiblo tho intoroBts of tho state,' (lioport, p. (>), it is roa sonablo to supr.oso that tn at oihoor hnow botter to what extant tho stato wab to bo aflootod than defendant's at torneys. Had ho honorod mo with request for information I should havo shown him, from tho oopy of tho ro port which his offioo had printed and sont to tho gonorai asaombly, .that tho joint investigating Oommittoo (lioport p. lb) reported to him ollicially that in addition to tho itoma for winch tho bondsmon subsoquontly paid tho stato Noal was Hablo for oonviot biro for throo yoars, amounting to $7,400, and that tho attornoy gonoral reported, in addition to tho amouut for which tho bondsmon, woro ohargoablo, that 'on "?Ko '??oount of tho loaso of oonviots. Jfnv throo yoars tho stato hi.'/, Aosf" $2,600, (lioport, p. 7,) and I should havo shown him, by tho testimony printed in said roport that (pages 08-107) Noal ao knowiodgod that tho notos which ho had takon from tho ItagsdaloB woro disoountoi at tho bank in order to raino moiioy to pay his personal dobts duo the penitentiary on account of oonviot hire; that tho Kagsdalos wero not ovon morally rosponsiblo for tho amount; that ho received tho benefit? arising from tho loaso of ?ho oonviots and that tho ponitontiary authorities now hold ono of thoso notos, amounting to$2,000 for tho hiro of oonviots for tho yoar ?897. And I should havo romindod him that in his roport to tho gonoral assem bly ho unod this languago: 'It will not bo impropor for mo in this connec tion to commend tho thoroughness and of?oienoy with which this oommittoo has disohargod tho diflioult duties thoy had in hand, as you will soo from tho reporthorowith sumittod.' 'Tho attor noy gonoral has disohargod his dutios in this mattor faithfully and I recom mend his diligonoo.' " Having boon confined, as a souroo of information, to oommon rumors and to tho artiolos publiohod in tho newspa pers as to tho faots presented on behalf of tho dofondant, 1 am not informed of any cvidonoo laid boforo his excellency to mako him ohango his oonolusions as to tho faots established by tho oommit too'? roport and I roitorato that aftor taking advantago of tho law to savo tho loss of $2,000, which tho bank now sustains, and aftor collection from J. B, Watson for tho bonofit of tho b?uk that amount duo for oonviot hiro for another year, tho stato has lost on ac oount of tba official misoonduot of W. A, Noal at loast $2,600, as formerly re ported, I notice in today's Stato a statement of what, by way of euphomiom, wo may oall his exoollonoy fl roasons for granting tho potition of pardon. Thoso npp oar,, gonoral ly spoak i ng, to bo throo; Ftfat. That tho petitions weVo u\ orouflly slgnod "by aontloi?eti of tho " "??hf^rorj?tati?n ana standingl" This _.SBOD is forooful posBlbly bnoau*? "tho voioo of tho pooplo fc?tjiavoio ) of God" to tho auditorwl?bflo worship is diroot od in A oortnin d?rootion. Booond? Tho Burotios of tho ofl'oial bond of Neal urgod tho pardoo upon tho ground that tho dofondant h?\d_ re paid them what ?hoy woro oompoitod to pay tho. Btato on account of his de falcation. This roasou would itBolf ho conclusivo if tho proBooutiooB had boou brought by tho stato for tho bono?t ol' thoso bondenion. Third, lt sooms to bo takon for grant ed that humiliation and ropontanoo for tho doods dono in tho body aro satis fnotion hoforo tho law for tho violation of (ho criminal Statute? of tho stato. Woro tho govornor,, under bur voon htitulion, olothod with tho piiostly pow or of absolution on aooount of a chango of hoart aud a proiniso of a hotter lifo, this roason would porhaps havo woight, but ono ona soarooly throw oil tho con viction that had this ponitont boon I friondloss aud wonk ho would havo boon loft to tho ohain gang to "bring forth fruits moct for ropontanoo." AB it would bo an injustioo to oom eludo that tho roasouB for granting tho pardon aro fully Bot out in tho Btato mont abovo nnaljzjd, 1 shall look to tho allegations of tho petition and tho Btatomonts contained in tho lottern handed out by tho govornor for publica tion and inako Buch running oomment as appers to mo pertinent. Tho petition states that: (?) "rhooilonso of which Neal was convicted was a toohnioal violation of tho law." In addition to saying that all orimos under staiutos aro toohnioal vio lations of tho law I o.dl attention lo tho tostimony of tho dofondant boforo tho joint investigating oommittoo and upon his trial iu oourt, in whioh ho con fessed that at tho timo of tho col lection of tho funds in quostion ho inado faino Btatomonts to tho book keeper as to tho amounts oollootod, statod thal ho had expended tho funds for his personal uso and finally, in con tradiction thoao oonfoBBiona, sworo on tho stand that ho had properly ac oountod for thom, and this is referred to in tho potition ns a "full and frank Btatomcnt." (h) 1 k At a former torm of oourt ho was tried and acquitlod of broach of trust with fraudulent intent aa to tho samo funds for whioh ho waa indicted and convicted for not turning over to his Buooosaor." I havo boforo mo all of thoso indiotmonta in tho oasoB. Tho in dictment upon whioh ho WA? acquitted ohargod tho fauculont oouvoroion of only $2dd. Tho indiotmonb undor whioh ho was convicted ohargod tho failure to tura ovor sums aggregating $1,5 44. Bo that for thrdo scp&rato suma, which ho has converted to his own use, has novor boon acquitted of, even triod. There is still uadiBposod of against him in tho oourt of gonoral sessions an in diotmont for breaoh of trust for tho convention of $300, but inasmuch as his humilation and ropontanoo iu expected "to redeem his lifo and roinstato him solf in tho good opinion of his fellow oitizons," it would probably bo an un juguli a ole expenditure of publio funds to pross this prosecution at tho next torm of oourt. (o) "This tun of money was paid, as hereinbefore statod, prior to trial and with no idea of compromise." As boforo stated, tho money was paid only after tho d?tendant had boon arrested and had givon bail, and thon by tho bondsmen, against whom suit was throatonod. (d) "Aa tho law has boon vindioatod and ?ho amount found duo on hie bond paid. * x " If this Btatomont is not intended to imply that tho Btato has boon hold harmloss in full by this pay? mont, thou it doos moan that tho re imbursement of tho bond .unen should be oonsiderod full satisfaction before tho law for Noal's misdeeds. (e) "Such hoing tho statuto and tho lao LO bhowing that ho had not tur nod it over within thirty days, tho jury oould not but lind a verdict of guil ty." Surely his Exoollonoy oould not so soon forgot that on tho motion for a now trial bolero Judge Gary on July 1 his Honor -was subjeotod to tho painful or deal of having statod boforo him as grounds for a now trial: "Booauso tho oourt refused to ohargo tho jury in io gard to tho authority of tho superinton dent of tho penitentiary. "Booauao tho oourt failod and re fused to ohargo tho law ns sob iorth in Section 551. "licoauso your honor's rulings during tho progross of tho trial woro not a fair and impartial opposition of the law and wore prejudicial to tho constitutional rights of tho defendant." At last tho a mondo honorable has boon modo to his Honor, Judgo Gary, and tho potition boars evidence to tho impartiality of tho judgo and to tho? performance of duty by tho jury. Alas, justice has como on laden wings and reparation's generosity is linotuiod with a suspioion of oxpodionoy. Among tho lottor? which his ICxool lonoy has boon ponsidorato ouough to givo to tho papers for publication, along with his reasons, and proBumably as mooting with his approval in nonti mont, aro nomo oharging that "tho poo plo believe that thoiprosooution against Col. Neal was actuated by political pre judioo and was simply porsooutlon. Now if anyono doubts tho proprio ty of my eonduot in appoaiing in this mat tor boforo tho public, lob him road oaro fully tho words quoted, lob him vernon bur that thoy rorer to ollieors of tho state, and that publication of thin slan der was inado with tho approval of tho ollioor to whom those loiters woro ad dressed. So gonoral in its oharaoter is tho ohargo that common fairnoss would demand apooi?oations. Who wore "actuated by political prejudice;" Was it tho gonoral asBombly who ap pointod tho oommittoo, the oommittoo who investigated tho ohargos and re poned to tho govoroor, tho govornor who instraoted tho attorney gonoral to bogin proooodingsandroportod tho find ings of tho oommittoo to tho gonoral as sombly, tho judgo who prosidod ovor tho trial, tho jury who pasaod upon tho fAOts, or tho attornoy gonoral and solici tor who oonduotod tho prosecution in tho faots of tho oaso? If tho govornor was a party to tho no fanous oonspiraoy ho has made amonas and will douotlofls havo that moroy ox tendod to him that ho has BO frooly bo ntowod. If all tho othoru remain sub joot to tho ohargo I doom it fortunato for mysolf to lo found in suoh com pany. REPLIES TO THE LETT KR WRITERS. In roply to thoso lottor writors to tho (iovornor who Bay that "tho stato has not lost ono cont by Neal, ho paid tho amount ho was asoortainod to bo owing in full," I Bay thoy spoak from absoluto ignorance and I ohallongo thom to pro duoo tho o\id?neo to sustain tho Btato mont; and to thoao who say that "Col. Neal did not turn ovor his money whilo tho mat tor was still in tho hands of the investigating oommittoo, but as soon AB tho oaso was nettled ho did BO." and that "thoro was not ono ?oin til la of )vidonoo showing Any criminal intont to defraud tho stato," I would put tho PAULI IN A BA?r.J Dr, Talmago Draws Hie Sermon from This Bible Incident. fltoiy ot ?ho Ulnolplo'M Providential from mo lururlntoil Hob ?ua tho Loason lt %'enultc*. [CopyrlghUa, 1901, by Louis Klopsch, N. Y.] Wuehint'ton, AUB. 2?. A Hiblo incldout not of tcu noticed i? hero used by Dr. Talmago to ?ot fortfc praotlcnl aud beautiful truth; text, II, Corinthians ll: 3fl: "Through a window in a baskot was I letdown by tho wall." Sermon? on Paul in jrril, Paul on Mara hill, Paul in tho shipwreck, Paul before tho sanhedrin, Poul before Felix, are plentiful, but in my text we bave Paul in a basket, Daniasous is a oity of white and glis tening- arohltecture, sometimes called "tho eye of tho east," sometimes called "a pearl surrounded by emeralds," at ono time distinguished for swords of <lio best material, called Damascus blades, and upholstery of richest fabrio called-damask. A horseman of tho name- of Saul, ridiyg toward this city, had been tbrowu from thc saddle. The horse had dropped under n flash from the sky, which at the same timo was so bright it blinded tho rider for many days, and, I think, so permanently in jured his eyesight that his defect of vision became tho thorn in the fleskho afterward speaks of. Do started for Damascus to butoher Christians, but after that hard fall from his horse ho was a chauged man and prcnohed Christ in Damurons till tko city waa, shaken to its foundation. Tho mayor gives authority for his arrest, aud tho popular cry is? "Kill him! Kill him!" Tho oity is surround ed by a high wall and tho #ates uro watched by the police lest the Ciliclan proaehor escape. Many of the houses aro built on tho wall, and their balco nies projected clear over and hovered above tho garden outside. It was cus tomary to lower baskets out of theso balconies and pull up fruits end flow ers from the gardons. To this day vis itors at the monastery of Mount Sinai aro lifted and lot down in baskets. De tectives prowled.around from house to house looking for Paul, but hdt friends hid him, now iu oao placo, LOTT i JU another, Ke is no coward, as ou in cidents in bl? Ufo demonstrate, but ho feels bis woa-k ls not dono yet, ond so ho evades assassination. "Is that preacher here?" the foaming mob shout at ono houso door. "Is that fa natlo hore?" th? polico shout at anoth er house door. ?omottmes on thc street incognito ho passes through a cloud of clinched fists and sometimes he se cretes himself on tho house top. Atlasttholnfurlated populace geton sure track of him. They have positive evidenco that he is in the houso of one of tho Christians, tho balcony of whose homo reaches over the wall. "Here he isl Here he is!" Thc vocif?ration and.1 blasphemy and howling of the pursu ers ar? at tho front door. They br?ale In. "Fetch out that gOBpelizer and let tis hang his head on tho city gate. Whore is bc?" The emergency was ter rible. Providentially there was a good ?tout basket in' the house. Paul's friends fasten a rope to the baskot. Paul steps luto it. The basket ls lifted to tho edge of tho balcony on tho wall, and then, while Paul holds the rope with botbudtands his friends lower away, carefully and cautiously, slowly but surely, farther down and farther down, until tho basket strikes the earth and tho apostle steps out and afoot and alone starts out on that fa mous missionary tour tho story of which has astonished earth and Hoav en. Appropriate entry in. Paul's diary of travels: "Through a window in a basket waa I let down by the wall." I observo first on what & slender ten ure great results hang. Tho ropo inaker who twisted that cord fastened to that lowering baskot never knew how much would depend upon the strength of it. Howif it had bern brok en and the ?postlo's lifo had beon. dashed out? What would have become of tho Christian church? AI), that mag nificent missionary work in Pamphylia, Cappadocia, Calatta, Macadonia would ?over have been accomplished. All his writings' that xnako up BO indispensa ble and enchanting a part of tho New Testament would neVor havo been, written. Tho story of the resurrection would nouer have been so gloriously told at ho told it. That cxamplcof hero in and triumphant euduranoe at Philip pi, la tho Mediterranean Euroolydon, under flagellation, and at his behead ing weuld not hero kindled thc courage of 10,000 martyrdoms. But that rope holding that basket, how much depend ed ou ttl So again and again great re sults h&ve hung on slender circum stances. Did ever ship of many thousand tons crossing fhe sea havo such an impor tant pastecger as had onco a boat of leaves, from taffrail to stern only threo or four feet, the vessol being water proof by a coat of bitumenand floating on the A'ilo with the infant lawgiver of the Jews on board? What if some croc odile should crunch lt? What if some of the cattlo wading in for a drinii should sink it? Vessels of war some times carry 40 guns looking through the portholes roady to open battle, but the tiny craft on tho Nile seemB to bo armed with all the guns of thunder that bombarded Sinai ai tho lawgiving. On how fragile croft sailed how much ?f historical importance! Tho parsonage at Epworth, England, ls on lire in the night, and the father rushed through the hallway for the rcsoue of his children. Seven children are out and safe on the ground, but one remains in the consumiug building. That one awakes, and, finding his bed on Are and thc building crumbling, oomes to tho window, and two peas ants make a ladder of their bodies, one peasant standing on tho ?boulder of the otho*, and down the human ladder ?juosition: Did you hoar tho trial, havo i you road the report of tho investigating i jommittoo, aro you proparcd to say that : [rou have any knowledge whatovor of tho oaao. ! I am awaro tho pardoning power is 1 Ma prorogative of tho chief oxcoutivo, ?mt I am mindful that it is a dologatod 1 md roprosentativo power, to ho oxor lised for and on behalf of tho people it is not to be a personal forgivonoss, mado full and bounteous by an ofhoinl lot. Morey is of many kinds; wo of ton bear: 'Tho quality of morey is not utrain'd ; [t droppith as the gent?o rain from Heaven Jpon the plaoo honealh: It is twloo bless'd: " Ah, yes, 'It bloaseth bim that gives, and him that takes; Tis mightiest la tho mightiest; it becomes Tho throned mouaioh totter than his orown. dis Booplre shows the foroo of temporal powor, i'he attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings." It would at leant bo a wiso precaution 'or tho oriminal who oomou upon tho I y < fm, W?h?y 4o4?n4?~0r<>lm Wsaiay. ti .you would know how much dopor.dod .n that ladder of poaaanta, ask tho mil* Mons of Methodists" on both eldo? of the sea. Aak their mission stations all .round the world. Ask their huudreda of thousands already ascended to Join, their founder, who would have per ished but for the livinsr stair of peas ants* shouldors. ? An Knglish ship stopped nt Pitcairn Island, and right in tho midstf of sur rounding cannibalism and squalor the passengers discovered a Christian col ony of churches and schools and beau tiful homes and highest style of reli gion and civilization. Fir 60 years no missionary and no Christian influence had landed there. Why this oasis of light amid a desert of heathendom? Sixty years before a ship had met dis aster, and ono of the sailors, unable to save anything clso, went to his trunk and took out a Bible which his mother had placed there and swam ushore, tho Bible in his teeth. The book was read on all sides until the rough and vicious population were evangelized, and a church was started and an enlighctened commonwealth established, and the world's history has no more brilliant pago than thatwhlch tells of tho trans formation of a nation by one book. It did not seem of much importance whether the sailor continued to hold thc book In his teeth or let it fall in the breakers, but upon what small circumstances depended w?iat mighty results! Practical Inference: There are no insignificances in lifo. Tho minutest thing is part of a magnitude, infin ity is made up of infinitesimals; great things an aggregation of small things. Bethlehem mauger pulling on a star in tho eastern sky. Ono book m a drenched sailor's mouth tho ovnn geltzation of a multitude. One boat of papyrus on tho Nile freighted with events for all agos. The fate of Christendom in a basket let down from a window on tho wall. What you do, do well. If you make a rope, xnako it strong and true, for you know not how much may depend on your workmanship. If you fashion a boat, let it bo waterproof, for you know riot who may sall In it. If you put a Bible in the trunk of your Loy aa ho goos from home, lot lt bo re membered in your prayers, for it may have a mission as fan-caching as the book which tho Bailor carried In his teeth to tho Pitcairn beach. Tho plainest man's lifo is an island be tween two otemiticB-eternity past rippling against his shoulders, eter nity to como touching his brow. Tho casual, tho accidental, that which merely hnppenod so, aro parts of a great plan, and tho rope that leen tho fugitivo apqstlo from tho Dainasous wall is the cabio that holds to its mooring the ship of the church in the storm of tlie centurion. Again, notice unrecognized and un rsoorded service? Who spun that rope? Who tried it to th? basket? Who steadied tho illustrious proaohex as he stopped into it? Who relaxed not a muscle of tho arm or dismissed an anxious look from his face until tho basket touched tho ground and discharged its magnificent cargo? Not one of their names has come' to us. But thcro was no work done that day in Damascus or in all tho earth compared with tho importance of their work. What if they had in their agitation tied a knot that could slip? What if the sound of the mob at tho door had led them to say: "Paul must tnko care of himself,! and we wiU tako caro of oursolv?a,'^ No, nol They hold tho rope, and, irv doiug so did moro for tho Christian , chnroh than any thousand of us wilj ever ac complish. But God knows, and lias made record of their undertaking. And thoy know. How exultant they must have felt whon they read his letter* to the Cornaus, to the Corinthians, to the Galatians, to the Kphosiana, to the Philippians, to thc. Colossians, to the Thessalonians, and When they heard how he walked out of prison, with tho earthqunko unlocking- tho door for him, and took command of tho Alexandrian corn ehlp when tiio sailors wero nearly soared to death and preached a sermon that nearly shook Felix oh? his judgment seat. I heur tho mon and woman who helped him down through tho window and over the wall talking in private over the matter and saying! "How glad I am that wo effected that rescue I In coming times others may get tho glory of Paul's work, but no ono shall rob us of th? satisfaction of knowing that we held the rope." Something occurs to me quite per sonal. I was tho youngest of a larg? family of children. My parents wer* neither rich nor poor. Four of the sons wanted a collegiate cduoation, and four obtained it, but not without great home struggle. Wo nevor heard tho old people say once that they were denying themselves to offeot this, but I remember now that my parents always looked tired. I don't think they ever got rested until thoy lay down in the Somerville cemetery. Mother would ?lt down in the even ing and say: "Well, I don't know what makes me feel so tired." Ter ther would fall immediately to sleep, seated by the evening stand, over oome with the day's fatigues. About 86 years ago tho ono and about 37 years ago tho other put down tho burdens of this life, but they still hold th? ropo. But there must come A time when vre shall lind out who th'oso Damascenes were who lowerod Paul In tho basket, and groot them and all thoso who have rendored to God and tho world unrecognized and unrecord ed services. That is going to be ono of tho glad excitements of Heaven, the hunting up and picking out ol thoa? who did great good ou earth and scot no credit for it. Hero tho ohurch has boen going on 19 cen turlcs, and yet tho world has not recognized th? services of the people sood fortuno of Uol. William A, Noal ns a prooodont to bo followod in tho futuro to look woll to his sooial posi tion, the numbor and standing of his frionds, and his sensitivo disposition to ni d'or humiliation and ropontanoe; for Dthorwifio nomo poor dovil who has aold his orop undor lien, and failod to pay tho debt sooured thoroby within ton days, may wako up to find that whilo ho slept in tho davknorm of his iriondless despair, so nholtorod that this "bounteous rain of Hoavon" had run oil the oavoa and had failed to wet trim. ? It is to be hopod that tho future will aot rocall that- c "Meroy ls not itaolf, oft looks oo; \ I'ardon is still tho mano of seoond woo." Will It Pay? A dispatoh from. Atlanta Bays tho aotton growors will hold thoir cotton 1 this yoar until thoy oan got 10 cents a t pound. Ofiioials of tho ootton growors ( isaooiation dooid?d on this plan for the i plantare at a mooting tn tho Kimball 'J IIOUHO Friday and they will work to 1 havo tho plan adopted In all tho naso ola- i don throughout tho south. 1 la ititi i)amt?ou? balcony, Charie? G. Finney naitl to a dying Christian: "Givo my lovo to St. Paul when you ?moot him." When you and I moot bim, as wo will, I ?hall ask him to In troduce mo to thoso who got liim out of tho Darnnsceno peril. Wo go into long sermons to provo tliat. wn xviii be nhl* to recognize peo ple in Heaven, when there*is ono rea son we fall to pr?nent, And that ia bet tor thnn all-Clod will introduce us. Wo shall liavo them nil pointed out. You would not be guilty of the impo liteness of having friends in your par lor not introduced, and celestial po liteness will demand that we bo made acquainted with nil thc Heavenly household. What rehca; .?al of tfid times and recital of stirring reminis conccsl If others fail to give intro duction, God will tako us through, and boforo our first JM hours in Heaven if it were calculated by earthly j time pieces-have passed wc shall meit and talk with moro Heavenly colobrlties than in our entire mortal state wo mot with earthly celebrities. Many who made great noise of usefulness will sit on tho last sout by tho front d</>or bf tho Heavenly temple, while ri Wit up within arm's reach of the Ho.wchly throne will bo many who, though they OOH ld not reach themselves or do great exploits for God, nevertheless held tho ropo. \ Come, let us go right up and ifscost thoso- on tho circle of Heavenly thrones. Surely they must hnvo IM* ?V"" in battle a million men. Surely nth of must have been burled with ullp wide cathedrals sounding a dirge nu monti) tho towera o? all tho cities tolllu| thorn national grief. Who art thou, mukeut tl ono of Heaven? "I lived by cholc?[oua j-, unmarried daughter In a humble luA that I might take caro of my paiW in their old age, and I endured "?dntci,t.! out complaint all their quoruloutlj? miu' and administered to all their wig on t for 20 yonrs." Let us pass on r(a by i tho circio of throngs. Who art tMnuvy mighty ono of Hoavon? "I wao&iocci 80 years a Christinn invalid nndpj fered all the while, occasionally vy lng a note of sympathy for tl -, wono oft than I, and wo? goncralR"8, fldant of all those who had trog-v-? and once in awhile I wa? stj| enough to make n garment for j| poor family in tho buck lane." j? T? on to another throBQ. Who art tl P mighty one of Heaven? "I ?"'nil' J~4 mother who raised & whole faml-lj /-N-r-r children for God, and they are O^J{Q tho world Christian merchants, c|? tian mechanics, Christian wives,fl-O' X have had full roward for all my vi Lot us pass on in tho circle of thrj "~ "I hud a Sabbath school ?lasijfj they were always on my henrtkOl'l]'1 they all entered tho kingdoijj God, and X em wafting for thea iii c rival." Hut who ort thou, tho m\j ono of Heaven on thia other th$ "In time of bitter persecution 1 o"*vM<nr* a house in Damascus, a house on tho wall. A mon who preached Christ waa hounded from street te street and I hld him from the assassins, and when I found them breaking into my houso and I could no longer keep him',safe ly I advlsod him; to fleo for IUB life, and n basket was let down over tho wall with thc maltreated mnn in lt, and I wriR ono who helpod hold tho rope." And I sahl: "Is" that all?" And he answered: "That is all." And while I was lost in amazement I hcnrcl 0 strong voice that sounded as though it might o.uoe havo been hoarso from many exposures, and triumphant - ns though it might havo belonged to, ono of tho martyrs, and it said: "Not many mighty, not many noble aro called, but God hath chosen the woak things o? tho world to confound tho things whiob oro nighty, and base thtngii af tho world and things wh?oh are despised hath God chosen, yea, nnd things whioh are net 'to bring to naught things which are, that no flesh should glory in His presenoe." And 1 looked to see from'whence tho voice came, and lot lt was tho very one who had said: "Through, a window in a basket was I let downjby the wall." Henceforth think of nothing as in significant. A MUlfe thing may deoldo your all. A CuT?a?dor put out fron\ England for New York. It was weir equipped, but in putting up ? stovo in thc pilot box o nail wao driven too near the compass. You know how that nail, would affeot the compass. The ship's omoevs, deceived by that distracted compass, put the ship 300 miles off her right opurse, and sudden ly tho man oil the lockout cried: "Land hoj" and tho fi???p waa halted within a few yartla of her demolition on Nantucket shoal*. A sixpenny nail ?ame noar wrecking e> Cunarder. Small ropes hold mighty destinies. A minister seated TnjBoaton at leis tablo, lacking a word, puts hi? h.?md' behind his head and tiita back hts chair to think, and the ceiling|fnlj? and crushes tho tablo and wov.'id'bave crushed him. A mtuUter in Jo/malca at night, by tho light of an inseot called the candle fly, la kepi) fronitstep ping over o preoiploo n hundred! foet. 1)\ W. Robertson, the, celebrated! Kng ll8h clergyman, said that ho ewtereS the ministry fronj. * train of circum stances started b.^ the barking of a dog. Hod tho wind blown one way on a certain day th? Spanish inquisi tion would, have boon established ia. England. But it blew the other way,, and that dropped the accursed institu tion, with 75 tona of shipping, to tho bottom of tho sea or flung tho splin tered logs on the rocks'. Nothing unimportant, in your lifo or mine. Three aaugata^ placed on tho right aide ot the figure one makes a thousand, and six naughts on the right side of the. figure one a million, and our nothingness plaorol on the right ?Ide may,. b? augmentation illim itable. All th? ages of time and eterni ty affected by the/baoket let down from a Damascus bbloony. ' lu thonuNlneii, Church--I see a hum milliner tip town han gone into ?politics. Gotham-Well, he?? a trimmer yei. .-Yonkers Statesman. \ Drownocljat goa. *>.?w ! Tho navy dopartmont Thursday ro loivod a oablogram froinfCapt. Craig, of ho Albany, dated at Ado?, announoing hat Frank Sohilz ?nd Timoth Mc carthy, whilo Blooping on tho poop look of tho Albany on last Sunday light slid overboard, buring an oxoop lonally hoavy roll of tliojvonuol. Capt. Craig's cablegram fcstntod that ho ro oainod In tho looality vrhoro tho ao ildont ooourred all Sunday night and inti! after daylight Monday, but tho son woro not again soon, ?nd thoir ?odios oould not bo rooovoreo. On tho ollowing Monday Goorgo Perkins wont ?vtrboard and was drowod. but his body vas rooovored and will bo bnriod ?ahora it Adon. Four Mon Killed. In an aooldont Monday at tho now iridgo whloh tho Southom railway ia mildiu g a oro ott tho Con g aro o rivor, near Columbia, four mon were, ki Hod. three, njurcd, ono fatally and two seriously, rho aooldont ooourred at 8:30 o'olooi' donday morning and was oaudod by tho ailing of two stool ?ir do rs about 70 'oot long, woighing f one toon tonn eaeh. RFSUMES ITS WORK. Th? PulU cal Summer School Opens Once Mor?, SENATOR MCLAURIN ABSENT A Mill Preiidant Presan's tho Commmclfcl D-?inrcr?cv's 8ldo tf ?he A'gumpnt 1 ho Ohio 8pe? ker?, Tho Bute Politio?! Summer Sohool tv HU mod operation at Spartanburg on Tuofday of last wock. Tho mooting was dovoid of sensational features. Ti;c?o wore prosont Montra. Momphill, Johnstone, Hondornon, latiaier and Evana, hut a now volunteor locturor on tho textile in<? U3try-Col. Caroy, a mill president, entered tho aron?. HON J J HEM PHILL Tho lirat apeaker introduocd was tho Hon. J. J. lien phill who dolivorcd a rattling good sjpooo^^ . l d with j J*8!'four weeks, o? month of four weeks, four weeks, except wboro thoro aro li ease it shall ho $2 50 por month ly in advance to the Seorotary and upon issue- a Oortifloiito dlrootcd to mt snob tuition has boon paid and or tho timo that hue beou paid for Ranted for eaoh Buooooding month, utation of bill at tho oud of each t, of tho School Dietriot und owning hoir tuition bil's in tho Literary Do Lhom roBpeotlvoly during tho Sohool bc bad ou application to tho Sooro? from tho Seorotary and Treasurer lt. FORD, President. I5d. Trustees. icto *sy tho Ifor tod -to 18O >Ut tal le LISA?* m 9 ?IO 5 4* -FRESH DAILY. rs (illod on short notice, lize OAK KS made to order Mi AV 7 io 8 o:j 9 ?* 4< AT s-\ T~> yr% -r-\ T 7 ?0BBRY. t LBA'd 8 th 2rt . do .ame fcod /roigu 1 V^ddine Oakes 7J w\\h 11 i ( onVlu-ill& .^r^t.^c/T?ir?ea with five_^ population did huadrods of times moro businobs with un than Ohina. Ho v, anted iiuo expansion 1 pushed but. with tho pooplo who had 1 somothiag lo txpand. Ho went on to t ?how that? Spa n had all along been a t wo*k oation aud if any ot tho big powers had wanted tho Philippinen the.v oould long ago have taken thom. I ] Ho waa oppotcd to tho ahip subsidy j f absolutely and wanted all laws putting roBtriotions upon ubipa ?oating thu I 1 Amoticau Hag lopcalod. They should bo built and owned in this country. Thou bo enter?.d into thu muoh vaunted ship bubsidy of Groat Britain and showed, th ht she had nor ely paid for the oairying of tho mails as wo do, bud she waa paying only 40 cents port?n against our $1.23 for tho samo Bctvioo. HENDERSON PLAIN 8FOKKN. Hon. 1). S. Henderson was thou intro duood and ho made a foroeiul apocen, thoroughly commanding the attention of his noarers. Ho oallod attention to tho fajt that today was the anniver sary of tho ditto of tho primary for United Statoa senator to bo hold ono year Uenoo, 'lhero was on foot a de liberate eliott to ovorturn tho prinoi picB of Damoornoy, rhone principio? aft old as tho country linell'. Ho had every faith in the people and believed that thoy would stand to thone principles and kill out this offort now in its vory ittoojp&ion. Senator MoLaurin had told them at Charlotto that it was about timo for them to nbondon thone prin cipios and embrace those of llopubli oar.imn Ho was sorry tho junior senator waa- not present. Ho wanted to 60o him on tue atump in order towt those issuos ho has raised might bo fully dis cussed. MoLsunn had shown a dispo ! aition to avoid thone mootings. At Gatinoy Tillman had taken lum una wares. Whon tho opportunity oamo to dibousa theso thingB MoLaurin was al ways unavoidably detained. Ho would not miaatato tho sonator's position. Tho sonator lad been oalliDg ior llopubli onn principles-what huadvooatod was morely Democratic in uamo. Mr. Hen doraon read copiously from Nona tor MoLaurin'a speech delivered a fow days before tho ratifioAlion of tho Paris treaty, in wbioh ho hold that a colo nial polioy was unconstitutional and that il wan not \ roper to spiO&d ro ligion at tho point of tho bayouot. Mr Henderson ohllod attontion to that po j sition and that now assumod. Oould ! thoy take suoh a man as a loadoi? If later on wncn it carno to the State oon vontion to oloot delegates to the K\a das City convention ho hold thone VIOWB ho should have oallod on tho people ot Marlboro to Bond him to thut oonvon tion BO ho could havo presented thoso viowB boforo those ohargod with tho nuking, of tho party platform. Mr Henderson paid high tributo to Qon. Wade Hampton, hoing heartily ap plauded, and read from tho general's rooont intorviow. Tho Bpoakor thon ran over tho political history of tho country showing what woro tho fundamental priuoipiod of Homooraoy and oontiaat ing, Hum with llspublioan principien. COL, JOHNSTONE. Col. Goorgo Johnstono mado another oharaotoristioally strong spoooh and by his oxprosbivo dolivory and forocful way of putting thing ho won frionas junr, a? ho did at Union. Ho said it was tho imminont poril he oonsidorod South Carolina to bo in just now that brought him boforo tho pooplo. Ho ?*y?? ?f* ?t Union, tho roasoning by whioh ho had rcaohod his oonoluoion on tho issues now boforo tho people Ho had obsorvod South Carolina's onward movomont sinoo 1876 and holioved that South Carolina would soon bo tho load ing toxtilo Stato in tho Union. Ho had lookod oarofully at tho mon who advo cated thoso now principled and found ?orno who had voted for Bryan expresa lng publioly tho hopo that McKinloy would ho olootod. Tho prinoiplos in volved in all thia woro tho30 of our forefathers, thoso Jcfforson had fought for. Thoy woro oalling it Uornmoroial Homooraoy. Ho didn't know cxaotly in wnat it was oommooeial uni?os lt was in fedora) patronago This was the artiolo of oommoroo and tho post office tho oxohango of small trade. Ho dwolt upon tho faot that tho Domo oratio party had always hoon the broad P?rty; that it had always had tho tr no expansion polioy. But this is a very different expansion from that wo aro QREENVIU A. P. Montague, Ph. D., L, L. J)., Two ?ourse? ovo ofl'?ed leading to tho d< MABTBB or Ami (M. e.) Llhiary and Readl oui Laboratories. JPD?O*-AMJMIU HALI., I lust completed and furnished nt a oout of Do H ti ITO m. Expense? rodiinod in a ??1??? ilroularaof Information on request. For room? apply to Prof. H. T. Cook, Greonvlllo, 8. C. Presbyterian College Noxt Session opens Sept. 2?, 11)01. Spool nulabor oau bo ?ooominodated in Dormitory, matriculation, end tuition, for Collegiate* jr? in faoulty. Moral influonoes good. Cours* M.A. Fino Coiurueroial Course. Write fo DOW ordlcd upon to adopt. Ho said bhoro had boon no expansi?n from tho older Adama on down whioh the .Domo oratio party had not originated; like wiso ibero had boen no treaties It did nnd doe? stand for these things. It was pioposterous now to twit tho Djmo orAtio party with stagnation and luna tion. Col. Johustono thon oloatly pointed out tho difioronoo botwoon tho oxpantion of thoso days and tho im perialism of the present day. Tho oon tost wo aro now ongagod in, ho said, ie DO ordinary ono. lt is a dont h grapplo of tho foroos of Froodomand Monr.rohy ind in it is tho gorm of dostruotion of the institutions whioh wo havo built op and stood for. Col. Johnstono thoo iook up tho religious dostioy id ja, and liuolaiming any intention to bo irrovor >nt a uk od as at Union, how Christ vould look in tho uniform of an Amo/i mn gonoral marohing at tho hoad of an. evading army, oarrying roligion with iftos to 1 o thoso who did not want it. ANOTHER MILL PRESIDENT. Congressman Latina r was prosontiod AS tho noxt spoakor. lt jf oro ho could say anything a man in tho hall wantod io ask him something about a Populist sonvontion. He tola his quostionor ho would answer later and proceeded to say Lhat thoro had boon an idoa afloat sinoo .ho Union mooting that como attaok Iud boen mudo on tho cotton mill prosi lents and ho wished to givo a portion )f his timo to ono of them to make a :oply, Ho thoroupon prcsontod Col. Ino. B. Carey, piuBi?uut of the ujok iiart mills. Mr. Caroy. was grootod with rigorous applauso and was giyon a noBt rospootful hoaring. Ho uiado juitoan oloqaont dofonso of tho cot on mill presidents. Hu said an honor kblo olasB of mon had boon attaokod at Inion and their oharaotor had boon BB ailed. Ho was not a politician, bub noroly wished to proaent a fow faots. Id gave an interesting aooount of who lioso mill men were, most of thom truo iouth Carolinians; Confederate soldsers ind GODS of Confederate soldiers. Others vero thoso who had oomo and oast their ot among us. Ho pioturod what thoy ?ad dono for tho State. Ho donounood .ho politicians for having brought on bia war, and said that now it was on ?yo ought to aocopt tho oonstquonoos ind do tho bout possiblo. Thu mill jro?idoutn Vt oro all mon nf peso?, He gave an outline of expansion as tho nill mon saw it-an expansion of trade, rio said, "Expansion au tho mill mon indoratand it is tho roaohing out from >urown shoros and oxtending into tho narts of tho world, with our ships sail ng undor our own flag, ladon with \morioan produots of thu loom, of thu hop, of tho mino and of tho fiild." LATI M ER, HITS HAUDr - Mr. Latimor thon took tho stand igain and mado a very vigorous spcooh vhiob took well with tho crowd. Tho nan in the audtonoo who questioned lim when ho first aroso accused Lui nor of having boon in a Populist lonvontion at Kansas city. Mr, Liai ncr donied this, and said that aftor ? .lio Domooratio oonvontion in Kansan Jity had oomplotod its businosB am nhor had a>t>omblcd, but bo bsd not noon a member of it; nor had ho had anything to do with it. Thou tho con gressman divod into Senator Mc L m im with tho gloves off, and vigorously denounced him. Ho said MoL&urinhal betrayed everything bo had ever liad anything to do with. Ho had star tod out opposing tho lioform movement.. Ho bau undortakon to ran tho oain paignof W. D. Evans and oleotod him toll. Ho bad boon opposod to tho dis pensary, after tho Darlington trouble. A year or two ago in Washington Mo Laurin had oomo to Congressman ?Strait an 1 Wilson and himsolf and had tried to got thom tu sign a proclama tion with him to lead tho people into tho Republican party. EVAN? TELLS A TALE. ICx'Covernor John Gary Evans was at his new boma today. Ho wai givon hourly uhoers when he was prosentod. Ho uiiitod that ho had not naomi od to niako aspoooh today; that ho had ex pouted tu givo his time to othor speas orn. Ho did tay a few things of in tcroBt, however. Ho assorted that ho had known all this timo, and claimed credit for predicting it, that Mo Laurin would do ai ho had dono. Ho had boon in Washington onoo ani had gone to Tillman and our oongross.'non and told thom that McLaurin wat? a Itapublioan at heart, and asked them to watch him. Ho had told Latin or about it and told Latimer to go ahead and op - poso him; that he ifould step asido as ho had just boon dofoatod and did not oaro to run again just then. L ?ti mor had said ho had plenty of doou monts that would beat bim, but ho did not run. E. J. Watson. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications aB tuoy oannot roaoh tho diseabod portion of tho oar. Thoro is only ono way to ou.'o deafnoss, and that is by constitutional romodioa. Deafness is cairned by an ihflamod eon dition of tho muootiB lining of tho. Eustachian 'Aube. Whon this tube is inflamod you navo rumbling sound or imperfect hoaring, and whon it io en tirely olosod, DeatuoBS is tho result, and unloss tho inflammation oan bo taken out and this tubo rostorod to its normal condition, hearing will bode stroyed forover; niuo oasos out of ton aro oausod by Catarrh, whioh is noth ing but an inflamod condition of tho muoous surfaoos. Wo will givo Ono Hundred Dollars for any oaso of Deafness (oausod by catarrh) that o minot bo ourod by Hall's Catarrh Cure Bond foroirouluve, free. IT. J. CHENE ? & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 76 cents. Hall's Family Pills are tho bost. Mus. Garrie Nation, rofonffng* to hor husband's application for divorce, says she thinks David isn't a bad follow, but "ho is too slow for mo." And,' looking back ovor her lifo with him,, ?ho is resolvod not to surrondor her liberty again "for tho host man that ovor otrotched shoo loather," David was right in. asking tho courts to release him . President, igreos of BVOUBLO? O? A tve? fi?. A ) turd ng*Hoorn. l'hyeloal, Chemical and Ji?olo^l ooutatnlog AupiToaiuM AND HOOIKIX" HAM-S, iwouty thousand dollars. Nsw Four* Koon Add rc un ojfoiuin. vnisiujjiM) ??u Dr. A. V, Montague Greenvale, S. 0. of South Carolina. lal ratos to boarding Bludonts. Ltmllod $100.00 will n?7 for board, rooui-roat oar. Firo professors and ono instructor ia of etudy loadlug to degroos of D. A. and r oataloguo or information o? any ?lad to A. E. Bl'ENOKK,Clinton, ?. C. ^S^iT ' ^^^^ ^ YdSl They're Wanted. Builno-a aotlvlty oroatcs a demand, for nualueaa exporta, and tho?o who hold dildo maa from our oollego ar? buelaosB exporta. Thoy haro Hui? trouble Anding places, and no iroablo keeping them. ?Jnon diplomas aro gu *r ?ut eos ftiaoas. It'? not guess* work, aad the poaalblllty of dlsappolnt mont la the ?ew employee, but n guaran* to? from un to your audit/. For full Information, bond now to tho Columbia Business College, COLUMBIA; B. U. W. H. NEWBERRY. President. 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