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NEARLY A CENTURY OLD. The Oldest Citizen of Atlanta Joins the Chureh?Me la Publicly ln?* meratHl Rehire n Largo Crowd. Atlanta t oiiHtitution. Never before in this city?perhaps never before in the history of this country?has a more impressive scene been witnessed than the one observed at the Central Haptist church yesterday morning. An old man, with the cares of a century upon him, was the central object of the gathering. He had passed his ninety-seventh your, and realizing that his sands of life were running low, ho had formed me resolution, after iuuny years of infidelity. to Identify himself with the visible church of God. Aa an lutroductlou to the Christian life it was first necessary for the aged gentleman, in order to ally himself with the denomination of his choice, to undergo the ordinance of baptism. It w as not until Saturday morning that he finally decided upon this course. As soon as he had formed the resolution no time was lost in arranging for the ceremony. lie informed the pastor of the church, Dr. Gwin, that lie was ready to unite with the congregation in tho fellowship of God's I people, on<t hud made up his mind to j start the year as a member of his flock, i The act of immersion is, atull times, interesting. Even when the younger ones take upon themselves tho responsibility implied in this act it carries with it. to the average observer, a peculiar, though u solo inn, novelty, when the candidate, however, is a centenarian, whose life reaches over the period of three generations of ordinury lueu, the interest in such an ordinance is very greatly intensified. A natural impulse to witness u scene of such unusual interest prompted a large number to bravo tho inclement weather yesterday morning and the consequence was the little church hllildillir wim nivm-iliul nvnn !,.? ........ seats, where the wind came in with a lively snap and caused a shiver to pass over the frames of those present. The name of the aged gentleman, who has thus been introduced in this impersonal manner, is Mr. John S. Prathor, Sr., the father of Colonel John S.'Prathor, who, for a number of years, has been identified with The Christian Index of this city. After the usual preliminary sorvico, which consisted of prayer and songs of devotion, the pastor advanced to the front and made a brief statement to the congregation. Ho said, among other things, that he would have the pleasure of receiving into the church Mr. .John S. Prathor, Sr., who hud reached his ninetyseventh year, and had signified his desire of becoming a member of the church. Ho had conversed with Mr. Prathor on frequent occasions and was satisfied as to his humility and tho radical nature of his conversion. At ono time in his life ho had been a moralist, rejecting the scriptures as the inspired word of God. 11 is views had changed, however, and with penitence and prayer he had become an humble and devont believer in the Lord, lie had written out his conviction of the truth, and his views on the subject of religion and his own conversion wore clear and distinct. The pastor went on to suv that, for nursonal reasons, it gave him pleasure to extend the right hand of fellowship to Mr. Prathor. In days gone by he hud been associated on terms of the most cordial and friendly relationship with the members of liis family. As the pastor concluded these remurks ho indicated to Mr. P ruth or his desire to have him step to the front. From his seat in the corner, in which he had listened to every word as it fell from the lips of Dr. Gwin, the old man steadily arose and with a firm, decided step he moved towards the front of the congregation and stood by the side of the pastor. After a vote was taken, in accordance with the rule of the church, Dr. Gwin extended the right hand of fellowship, saying as ho did so : " It gives mo pleasure to welcome you into the church of God. May your last days be your best, and may your servieo of tho blessed Master be rich in its reward. At another tiino it will bo my pleasure to administer to you the ordinance of baptism." Haviug delivered himself of thiH expression the pastor aseended the pulpit, while the old gentleman quietly resumed his seat in the corner of the oh urch. The sermon preached by Dr. Gwin was specially appropriate to tho occasion. It was based on the words of Simoon, the aged-patriarch who had long waited for tho consolation of Israel, and who, after ho had seen the infant Savior, exclaimed, "Now let thy servant depart in peace." Tho pastor went on to say that Simeon, like the aged brother who was about to bo received into the church, was u patriarch in his country. He had long waited with fond and patient expectation for the consolution of his peoplo, and for the assurance of his own salvation. When ho at last be ^ -v- M .1 ? i uoiu iuu iiiuiuv uiinu nnu Know 11 \v?h tho long-expected Savior, his lips broke forth in melody and ho was then ready to depart in peace. Ilis praise was like the song of tho dying swan, coining with all the borrowed sweotncss of his old age. Applied to the old man who sat directly by the sido of him, the forco and application of tho sermon could hardly bo misunderstood. Like Simoon tho old man had long waited for the ussuranco of his salvation. At last tho hour had come. His lips had caught up the refrain of ths old prophet, and ho was ready to depart in peace, having rounded off a century of doubt and skepticism in the glorious faith of his immorality. At the conclusion of the sermon tho pastor retired from the pulpit and entered a room to his left in which to prepare for the baptism. Mr. Prathor ajso disappeared from the congregation. The pulpit was then removed and the platform lifted, exposing tho baptismal pool to the full view of every one present. A flutter of excitement passed over tho congregation during this prelude of expectancy. Tho notes of the organ, however, soon added their solemn music as tho tune of an old familiar hymn bo^an to fill tho sanctuary, when this was finished the pastor ontcrod the pool to the right of the congregation. At tho samo moment Mr. Prathor, supported by strong arms, and watched by loving oyos, descended the stairs into tho pool. Thero was a momentary hush which scorned to lay upon every hoart tho silence of tho tomb itself. Not a breath seemod to stir the usacmbly, und all the emotions seemed to be fused in the effort of sooing everything that occurred. This spell of silence was at last broken by the solemn words of the pastor. Tho act of immersion was soon oerformed and the old mau, with loring assistance, rc&scended the stairs, happy no doubt in the assurance that he would spend his reiuaioiug days with tho pfeopl? of God. Mr. Prather is perhaps the oldest resident of this city. He was born in Caswell county. North Carolina, about eighteen miles south of Danville, Va., on the 24th of April, 17'J". In 1H24 he moved to Newton county. Georgia, and after remaining a year in that county, moved for a second time to Pike county. Being a sufferer from chills, he was led to proparc a remody which not only brought relief to himself but to hundreds of others to whom it was recommended. In 1S27 Mr. Prat her moved to Alabama. and during the fall of the same year, married Miss Nancy I.. Williams, of Troup county, Georgia. The latter died two years ago at the udvuneed age of eight-live years and after a happy wedlock of nearly two-thirds of a century. During the Indian war. in lS.'HJ, Mr. Prather rendered efficient service in protecting both the lives and property of his follow citizens. In LuGrungc, for four years, ho held the oltloo of justice of the peace. His skill, in the study of medicine, although he never practiced, enabled him to stay the tide of scurlet fever that threatened to become an epidemic. The living children of Mr. Prather are Mrs. S. Y. Harris. Mrs. W. A. Martin und Colonel John S. Prather, I than whom there was not a more gal, luut soldier during the late war, and whose stainless character is above re. proach in this city, where his worth is I broadly known und admired. Til III FOINDIN'G OF 1J1JAI TOUT. An Intercslhia Document from I he Colonial Itecorils??'l lie Ancient Town Was C'liriHteneil in ilnulunil. j Every student of South Carolina i hit*lory is familiar with the story of ! tho founding of Charleston. The British colonization of this Southern country began with the settlement of the mother-city of South Carolina, and as Charleston and its environs for years constituted the colony, it- origin has focused the attention of the historians. But of the birth of Beaufort, the second town to he planted on our coast, very little is popularly known, and the historians, lacking data, have touched but hriclly and imperfect ly upon it. Wo doubt if the Beaufort people them1 selves know where their town was planned and why it was built. The Colonial llecords, transcripts of which have been so lately received j from London, tell the story. In Volume t> the following1 paper, taken from tho minutes of the Lords Proprietors, is transcribed : " 17 January, 1710 11. "William. Lord Craven, Palatine, ilenrv. Duke of Beaufort. John. Lord Carteret, Maurice Ashley, Esq., Sir John Colleton, Hart, John Duuson, ! Esq., and the ltest of Yo True and Absolute Lords and Proprietors of the Province of Carolina; To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: "Whereas, by a Royal Charter, hearing date .'loth day of June in the 17th year of the Reign of King Charles the Second. There is granted to us, I our Heirs and Assigns, full and absolute power and authority to make, erect and constitute within the said providence and territory such and so many Sea Ports, Harbors, Creeks and other places for Discharge and Unlading of Roods and Merchandizes out of ships, Boats and other vessels, and for Lading of them in such and so many i | place* and with such jurisdictions, privileges and Eranchizes as to us shall seem most expedient, and that all and singular ye Ships, Bouts and > other vessels which shall come with i Merchandizes and Trade in the said I province or Territory or shall depart ) : out of the same shall ho laden or tini J lade at such ports only as shall ho i constituted by us, the Lords Proprlo' tors of the province aforesaid, our i Ileirs and Assigns, and not elsewhere, any use, custom or anything to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding: " And, whereas, several merchants have applied themselves at a hoard held at Craven House on the (Jth day 1 of April, ITot), and also several of the ' Inhabitants of that part of Carolina have represented to us tho several and great conviences and advantages that may accrue to Her Majestie's sub| jeets in General by constituting and i erecting a port upon the River called j Port Royal in Granville County, being, us they alleged, ye most proper pluco within the said province for ships of Great Burden to take in meats, pitch, Turpentine and other naval stores for the use of the Mujestie's fleet and which may be purchased by such merchandizes and commodities only as are of the Growth, production and Manufactory of Her Mujestie's Kingdom of Great Britain : " We, therefore, being desirous to render the Province of Carolina as useful as nifty bo to llor Mujestie's Kingdom of Great Britain, and also considering that great tracts of Land are lying upon the said Hiver of Port Royal who may atYord Groat Quantities of Naval Stores, have given directions for the building a town called Beaufort Town upon the said River, and pursuant to the said power granted to us by the said Charter and Patent. have erected, constituted and appointed the said town upon the said River to be a sea port for t he discharge and Unlading of any ships, boats or vessels whatever, and for lading the samo time again, but with such jurisdictions, Privileges and Franchizes as to ye Sea Port of Charles Town or any other sea port within tho said province of Carolina shall in any wise mjiuiig or appertain. provided mill Ul 1 ships and vessels whatsoever coming in or going out of the said port upon the River of Port Royal aforesaid and lading' or unlading any goods or commodities there, and the masters and commanders thereof and their ladings, shall be subject, and liable to the same duties and visitations, searches, penalties and forfeitures, as any ships and their Landings, and any commanders and masters of ships are subject and liable to by virtue of any act or acts of Parliament relating to Trade and Navigation in any other sea port whatsoever in any of Her Majestie's provinces. colonies or plantations in America. 'Given at Craven House under our hands and seals this 17th day of January, 1710-11. ('raven, Palatine; Beaufort, Carteret, M. Ashley, .J. Colleton, Hanson. So Bcnufort was not a growth but a creation, and, unlike most colonial /lUf I.?w1 ? L, L....V t {.... -? 4 1 - vmiiiici, unu Jin iiicllbll'JI IH'I UI'III 1(16(1 II) advance on tho other sldo of the Atlantic. Created and named in Cruven House, London, it hud, although established with a view to a prosaic turpentine trudo, the right to no what it once v;as. tho most aristocrat io und the wealthiest town of its sue in America. There can bo little doubt that tho interesting ruin at the mouth of Beaufort river, known locally as tho "old Spanish fort," was built t > protect tho now town from attuck by sea. It is probably as old ns Beaufort itself and aorvud to defecd the infant creution of tho Lords Proprietors for many years from England's foes and tho piruto jvvurp.?'fbp State. MHMMMlMMtfMIMHaB AN OM> IASHIONI.M MOTH Kit. I Mr*. Ai|t Hohih-IiIiik for Some!King? Talking Alwnit old Times. Tho old trunk was open. Away down in mystcrous reeessok Mrs. Arp was searching for something, and a* I sat in tho other corner with my little tablo and pen, I watched her as she laid tho ancient relies on a chair and unfolded first one and then another, and looked at them so earnestly, and then folded them up again. What are you hunting for, my dear V" said I. "Oh, nothing much," said she; "1 was Just looking over these little dresses to see if there was anything that would do for the little grandchildren. Here is a pretty dress. This dress cost ine many a careful stitch. All these plaits were made by my hand, my own : band. There is very little such work i done now, for we bad no sewing j machines, then, and It took a long, j long time. This embroidery was i beautiful then, and it is pretty yet. Do j you remember when the first daguer- 1 roan came to our town to take pictures? I Well, Hattio wore this dress when her picture was taken. 1 thought she was iiw. H.a I.I iiiv t5n r*;irm u 111 u iiiin? in tuv nui iuf I and so did you, and so she was. Since then wo have hud ambrotyues, | and photographs, and porcelain pictures, and I don't know what all: hut that littlo daguerreotype gave tue more pleasure than anything since, and it is pretty now. Let me seo ?that was twenty-five years ago, and now I think this same dress will look right pretty on llutties child And hero is one that our first boy was christened in, and there is no machine work al>out it either. That was more than thirty years ago, and now there are four grandchildren at his house, and throe more at another one's house, and 1 don't know what will become of the poor little things, but I reckon the Lord will provide for them. And here is a little garment that Jennie made, l'oor Jennie*, she bad a troubled life, but she is in Heaven now, and I'll save this for IVt. She will prize it because her mother made it. And here is a piece of my wedding dress do you remember it? I know you said then that I looked like an angel in it, but my wings have dropped oil long ago. anif now I'm only a poor old woman, a faded (lower, an overworked mother, ton living children, and three more up yonder, and 1 will be there, too, I hope, before long, for I'm getting tired, very tired, and it scorns to me 1 would like to be nursed, nursed by my mother, and petted like she used to I luif tut, ill tli,, liitnr i.ktur uir.i An,I rv v tt,x/ w,,x- ""'H' ,v,,,n "h'" '4|,M hero is a pair of little baby shoes, and the little darling who wore them is in the grave, but be is better olT now, and 1 wouldn't enII him back if I eould. Sometimes I want to feel sad, and I rummage over theseold things. There is not in neb here now, for every little while I have to get out something to mend with or patch or make over again. I wish you would go and see what Curl and .lessie are doing : down at the branch I reckon, and feet all wet, and they have both got dreadful colds. I can't keep them away from that branch." " Didn't you play in the branch, my dear, when you were a child?" said f. "Yes," she said, mournfully, "but nothing couldn't hurt me then: we were not raised so delicate in those days. You know, I used to ride to the plantation, twelve miles, and back again in a day, and br'ng a bag of fruit on the horn of the saddle ; but the girls couldn't do it now. They can go to a party in a buggy and dance half the night, but that is all excitement. and they are not lit for anything the next day. We didn't have any dances?hardly ever?we went to the country wcduings sometimes. You remember we went to Juntos Dunlap's wedding, when lie married Rebecca I Summons. That was a big frolic an | old-fashioned frolic. Everybody was I there from all the neighborhood, and I there wore more turkeys, and roast pig, nnu cuko, man 1 over saw, and wo played every thing we could think of. Koboooa was pretty then; but poor woman?she has had a thousand children, too, just like myself, and 1 reckon she is faded the, and tired." "Hut Jim Dunlap hasn't faded," said I. "I see him when 1 go to town, and he is big, and fat, and merry ? looks a little like old David Davis." "Oh, yes, of course lie does," said Mrs. Arp. "The men don't know anything about care, and anxiety, and sleepless nights. It is a wonder to me they die at all." " Hut I have helped you all 1 could, my dear." said I, " and you see it's telling on mo. Look at these silver hairs, and these wrinkles, and crowsfoot. and my back hurls over and anon, and this rainy bad weather gives mo rheumatism, but you haven't a gray hair, and hardly a seam on your alabaster forehead. "Why, you will outlive me, too, and maybe there will be a rich widower stepping iiruunu noro 111 my hiiocs ami you will have a lino curriago and a pair of beautiful buy horses, and?" "William, I told you to go after Carl and Jessie." " If Vanderbilt's wife should die and he could accidentally see you." said I, " after I'm pone, there's no tolling ?" " Well, go along now and find the children, and when you come back I'll I listen to your foolishness; 1 am not ' going to let you dio if I can help it, I for 1 don't know what would become of I us all. Yes, you havo nclped mo 1 ( know, and have boon a great comfort, and did the best you could?most of tho time; yes, most of tho timo?and I might have done worso, and you must pet me, for I am getting childish." " And you must pet mo, too," said 1. "Oh. of course I will," said she; " am 1 not always petting you ? Now, go along after tho children before we both get to crying and havo a scene ; and I wish you would seo if the bull' cochin hen has hatched in tho hen house." "She has been setting about fourteen weeks," said i, "but she is getting old, and those old mothers are slow, mighty slow." I went after tho children, and sure enough they were fishing in the spring branch, and their shoes were wet and muddy, and they were bareheaded, and 1 marched them up tenderly, and Mrs. Arp set them down by tho lire and dried their shoes and got them some more stockings, and then opened their little morning school. How patiently these old-fashioned mothers work and worry over tho little things of domestic life. Day after day, and night after night, they labor and wateh and wait, while t.hn fnthmv ...... contriving some big tiling to keep up the family supplies. Parents nro very much like chickens. The old hon will set and sot and starve, and when the brood comes will go to scratching for worms and bugs as hard as sho can, and bo always clucking and looking out for hawks, but tho old rooster will strut around and notice tho littlo chickens with a paternal pride, and when he scratches up a bug makes a big fuss over it and calls them with a | nourish, and cats it himself just before ' they gut tborO. iJlIvL AW>. ? - ?gj 1 IIE IjAXII OF It EST. Here lifK an ?>!?) woman who til ways was tired, For she lived in a house whero help . was not hired. Her last words on earth were : " Dear friends. 1 am going Where not him; ain't done, nor churning nor Hewing, And everything there will be just to my wishes, For wiioro they don't eat there's no washing of uishus ! I'll be where loved anthems will always bo ringing, Hut having no voice, I'll got rid of the singing. Don't mourn for me now, and don't mourn for me never, For I'm going to do nothing forever and over , Farm Mortgages in the United State. ; The United States census for 1890 J embraces ll rennet mi till, iinimmt .if I mortgage indebtedness upon tlie farms in every State in the Union. A careful sillily of this report furnishes some very interesting lessons. In the first pluee, wo lind, that l lie mortgaged farms constitute but one-fourth of the total number of farms in the United States, the other three-fourths being owned free of incumbrance. The average mortgage represents one-third of the value of the farm upon which it 1 is given but the total amount of farm mortgages represents but one fourth | the total value of all our farms. Out of every hundred farms, seventytwo are fully paid for and unincumber- i ed. and twenty-eight are mortgaged. Four-fifths of the amount of debt on farms and homes was incurred to buy and improve the property, t'robably no other industry in America carries anything like so small a proportion of indebtedness, and it shows a gratifying condition of our agricultural interests. It shows that there is no danger of our magnificent domain being 44 gobbled up" by the much dreaded capitalists and our farmers reduced to a condition of serfdom, as our politicians so glibly proclaim from the political stump when they are wanting an office. The average amount of interest carried by these mortgages is 7 per cent. In South Carolina, 8 per cent, only of the farms are mortgaged. One-third of this 8 per cent, of farms was mortgaged for purchase money of the farms, leaving only about 5 per cent, mortgaged for other purposes. So we see that ninety-two farms out of every hundred in South Carolina are free of incumbrance. The census bureau states that these investigations luivo been curried out with the greatest fidelity and care, and that the statements can be relied upon as eorret. It domonstrates two things very clearly. First, that the facts about farm mortgages have been grossly exaggerated and distorted : and second, that the farming interest is the most prosperous, because freest from debt, of any other, and that there is no other pursuit so safe and so profitable in the long run as that of farming when properly done.? Yorkville Fiujuirer. i?| ? The Sa i .vatjon A km y. ?The oddest, sincerest, intensest religious enterprise of the present djuy is the Salvation Army. The key to it is its purpose? just to save men; nothing else. It does not want to do anything more and attempts nothing else no schools, no education, no religious training, nothing but to get men into the kingdom . .e r* .-.i i * <>i \11hi, n win get mom in any way it can. It has no dignity to save, 110 conventionalities to considor. Why care for a snoor when there is a soul to save ? It is an army in name, and in reality a church ; but a very strange kind of a church. It is a cross between Methodism, and Quakerism. Like old Methodism it is religion 011 lire or charged with electricity; and like Quakerism, it has no sacraments. It knows and cares nothing about baptism and the Lord's Supper; and yet it : has its confession of the faith, in join, ing the Army, which docs tho cilice of baptism in the early Church ; and every meeting is scarcely less than a communion with Christ and one another. Tho Salvation Army hand-book, " Doctrines and Discipline," in answer to the question, '* Does the Army consider baptism a duty that must he nerformcd ?" says; "Decidedly not! rue Army only considers one baptism essential for salvation, and that is the baptism of the Holy Ghost." It reckons baptism with tho Jewish rites of circumcision, shaving the head, and other ceremonies never intended to ho permanent. All it wants is to save men, and it holds that baptizing them is not saving them. Just so tho Lord's Sunner is recommendod to those who feel that it would help their faith, hut it is not essential to membership in the Army or to salvation. So the Salvation Army knows no formal church. Its members may or may not he members of the churches ; but its theory is that the Army takes the place of the Church. Where the rest of us say Church it says Army. It asks no converts to join the Church, only to join tho Army. Joining the Army does not save any one ; he must be saved lirst, and then ho is asked to join the Army and engage in the work of saving otner people. Salvation is its only purpose, and an army its form of organization, because that is the most effective to save pooplo.?Harper's Weekly. ?? ? A Remarkable Darkey.?A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says that an old colored man named Ralph Steele has died in Kutaw at the remarkable ago of ninety-eight years. His birth is recorded in the family Bihlo of the Steele family of Green county, tho members of which vouch for the authenticity of the record. He has been in the Steele family since lH2f>, not. leaving them after being freed. Several years ago ho bought his coffin and his tombstone and kept them in his house, ready for the linal summons. To the same end ho joined the Haotist church about two years ago. Just before he died ho called his son and gave him sufficient money to defray all of the funeral expenses, saying he wanted to have every cent he owed paid before he died. In 1H.V> one of his young masters bought him a pair of boots and until his death he wore them every Sunday to church. They had never boon repaired since tho day he received them. He wore thorn when he was baptized and was buried in them at his request, lie was known bv most of the of Green county and was held in high esteem by all. ?A report has been current in Washington for several days that the President has been sulTering with some tooth trouble, which rumor naturally associates with the disorder for which he was operated upon last summer. It is said that on two or three occasions he has i oceivod some intimate friends with his face tied up in flannels. No confirmation can l>o hud of these rumors. They are denied by the President's friends, who point to his hunt thy appearance as conclusive evidence of 1 Ins excellent physical cwadition. f * *" i i ii i ill truymmmmmmmrnamm AN APPHAY- TO WOMEN. Honoring the Memory of Washing- 1 (oii'h Mother. Too following appeal to the patriotic women of America has been issued by the National Mary Washington Monument Association, whoso headquarters ; are at Washington City : Too National Mary Washington Monument Association, the working force of which is composed entirely of women, has just completed a too long delayed work, that of erecting a suitable memorial to the mother of Washington. This monument is the finest of its kind in the whole country. It is a single shaft fifty feot high, with appropriate und artistic embellishments and inscriptions, and stands upon u rock near Mary Washington's homo ut Kredcrickaburg, Va., which during the latter yearn of her life wus her favorite seat for reading and meditation, and whore she directed that her crave bo made. There her remains have reposed for over a century, with only the ruins of an unfinished monument ? begun and abandoned lifty yours ngo? to mark the spot. The Mary Washington Monument Association was organized in 188b to end this shameful neglect of the memory of one who is revered as the foremost of American women. It has worked hard, collected money and , secured the erection of the monument, which is the tlrst instance in the history | of a monument erected by women to the ! memory of a woman. The association 1 j is in urgent need of more money to properly complete the work. Though the shaft lias beon erected, the last puymont has yet to be provided for, as it was completed before the time contemplated. Money is also needed to fence, grade and otherwise put in pro- , per order the plot of ground upon j which the tnonumont stands and us an i endowment fund for its future euro. I Altogether fully $!."?,Odd is needed at J oneo. There should be no difficulty in ! raising this amount if every one of the I millions of women who hold the name of tho mother of (ieorge Washington in the highest honor should testify to that feeling by the contribution of a small sum. The object is so exceptionally worthy that every American woman should feel it a privilege to be ! identified with it, by a contribution proportionate to her means. Will not every one at least give something in loving admiration of one who is the i brightest star in the firmament of t American motherhood? if everyone: bearing tho name of "Mary" would send 2"> cents, how soon the money could lie raised. Contributions may be sent to tho general treasurer, E. l'\ ltiggs, liiggs Hank, or to the president of the association, Mrs. M. K. Waite, Washington. ' I). C. KAVOllINU AN IN COM 15 TAX. The Democrats United in Support of i lie Measure?Congress Proposes to <iiVC Kclict'to llio People. ! Special to Atlanta ' oustitution WASHINGTON, .January ?'h?Congress is growing more devilish every day, ; so to speak. It is growing more independent. It is beginning to think for ! itself and it looks like tho will of the people is now going to rule. Tho agreement of the ways and means coin- < mittee to report an individual income ' tax of 'J per cent on all incomes over j | $4,000 is a victory for the great mass i of people of the country, and .Judge. : Turner, of Georgia, deserves credit for I casting the decisive vote of tho com- j mittee on the side of tho people, lie j did this in face of the fact that the ad- I ministration was tugging wildly at his coat tail to pull him on the other side I of the fence. A large majority of the Democrats of the House welcome en- I thusiastically this report of the com- J mittee. Western Democrats claim j that it makes such States as Illinois, j Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan?ure- i ly Democratic vhile it will make the party extremely popular in all tho Western States. Southern men believe it will have the elTect of knocking tho remnants of tho third party in the various Southern States to the fotu* U'lni'u 'IMiouo .??.*? ? Wt.i n.nv.ni X uui I) (VI ?M HJUTHU, (I I few Democrats kicking, but tlioy, with ! tho exception of Representative Black, of Illinois, are almost exclusively from Kastern States. New York and New Hngland men who represent city districts are. opposed to an individual income tax, but it is not believed they will cut a very largo figure in the House. Indeed it is not believed that they have sutlicicnt strength to defeat this featuro of tho revenue bill, although Mr. Rourko Coekran, of Now York, stated some time ago that he would be forced to tight an individual income tax on tho tloor of the House. It is not probable that ho will do so. Mr. Coekran is too good a Democrat to desert a report from his own committoo though he may vote against it. It is not probable that he will make a light against it. There is going to be a hard light in tho House to pass this individual income tax. Tho Republicans will vote nearly solidly against it, and they will have a small following of Democrats, but the l'opulists will probably vote solidly for the income tax. It is generally believed that it will carry in tho House by a fair majority. Tho danger is in the Senate. The Louisiana Senators may vote against it in order to get a tax on sugar, and indeed, already there is a sehemo on foot in the Senate to place a sutlleiontly large tax on sugar to raise all the revenue required, and thus do away with the necessity for an income tex. The bill, as it will be reported from tho committee on ways and means, will tax all incomes of corporations as well as tho incomes of individuals. But whore a man derives part of his income from a corporation, and that income is taxed as tho incoino of tho corporation, it is not again taxed as tho income of tho individual. Members of the ways and means committee say that tho collection of this tax will not rcquiro tho army of collectors that its opponents havo been claiming. Tho tax will ho collected by the internal revenue department and it will rcquiro very few additional clerks to attend to the husinesss. -Archbishop Ireland says : "It is fearful to think of it, hut in this nation of the United States over $1,000,000,000 annually are spent in tho direct traffic in intoxicating liquors besidos its being the cause of the waste of much more monoy. Men arc unable to work because of injury done to thoir appetites by drink. Timo is absorbed in drinking; tho country's rosourcos uro scattered to tho wind. It would bo much bettor if tho money given to drink were taken and cist into tho lake; at least, it would then loavo behind it no barm." - Governor Tillman has sent on tho manuscript for an at-ticlo on "The South Carolina Liquor Law." which is to appear in tho February numb* r of tho North American Review. Tho editor lias been after Governor Tilman for some timo for his views on -tho diypousary. <JHI1? AXI> ITS CAI KlvS. How to ('atoll and How One May Cure i lie I Unease. l)r. Krano.ls .1. (Juinlan, lecturer on diseases of the throat and air )>: siagig at th.c Polyclinic, say a ho has noticed a large number of cases of grip in clinics, und that in talking over the matter with general practitioners, they have told him it hud become quite prevalent in the last few weeks, says the New York World : " 1 have noticed. though,"' suit! Dr. Quintan. 44 that the eases now nroKoinewhat milder and that tlx.' duration ?>f the attack in not so long as in the recognized grip ep.demies of three or four years ago. Of course there always are some cases of grip. These might be catted endemic, hut they are certainly much more common just now than they have been for some t'tne. I think like other disease which sweep over the country, grip is losing its virulence, is running out. is becoming attenuated, so to speak." 44 What are the general and personal conditions which produce it?" 441 think it may he safely called a germ disease. Some have declared they have seen its bacillus. 1 have been a visitor at institutions where some six hundred old people lived a cloistered life, and it is astonishing how few of them suffer from it. It is those who are out of doors a good deal and who meet a great many people who are most subject to it. Those who j uro buuuucd anu uiconoi 10 excess and those who are tinder severe nervous or mental strain are predisposed to it. 44 If it. were not that many people are mouth breathers such troubles as grip and severe colds would not be nearly so common. Tho nasal passages warm and lilter the air; they sift out tho dirt: they keep the throat anil lungs from being inflamed by dry and cold air. If everybody breathed through his nose instead of taking in air by gulps there would he almost no catarrh or sore throat " " I low shall one avoid the grip V" "If anybody wishes to avoid tho grip, let him bo particular to chango all his garments when he goes to bed and keep his skin clean. Let him breathe through his nose, avoid tho excessive use of alcohol and tobacco, and take ordinary precautions against eolds. Don't get your feet wet; don't keep on wet clothing. That's only common sense.'' " But supposing one does get the grip, what shall bo dono V" " Let him live on a light, diet, avoiding meatand rich things which require muscular exertion to digest. Let the food bo simple and plain : of a nature to soothe the stomach while it maintains life. Tho patient should snenil at least twenty-four hours in bed, thinking of nothing in particular. It is of no use to light. Take plenty of warm drinks to stimulate the action of tho skin. It is necessary to take this course at tho outset, for grip has some unpleasant sequels. "If there is a weak beam in your house grip will liml it. It is the ex porience 01 ovory doctor that when ho asks ' how Iont!" luivo you been troubled with this?' the common answer is, ' Ever since I had the g:ip.' There is generally some permanent ailing left. There is a deafness or the eyes are alTected, sometimes the taste gets dull or the muscular action of a hand or arm is impeded, but oftencst pneumonia follows. "So when you have inflammation of the throat and the passages of the nose accompanied by great mental depression, aching bones, stitT neck and iumo back, go to bed and nurse yourself." lMtlHWHM FOIl TI1K .11*l)GMISN'T. Adventlsts Give Not Ice That the Eml of ( he World is Nigh. 13 att Li 13 Crkek, Mich.. Jan. J.?Ellen G. White, the mother of Advontism, says the end of the world is fast approaching. This was conveyed to her in a vision. She cannot toll exact y when the day will come, but only that it will bo soon. The elders here have enjoined all who can to sell their personal otTocts and go out into the world and preach the Gospel. About twenty families, in obedience to this injunction, have sold their homes and gone within the last month, and as many more have their places advert ised for sale. They sell for any price the place will bring. At a meeting held in the Tabernacle last night the elders called upon all those present to donate what they could of their personal effects to edutlx. Ilontlwm 'I'lw... 1-1 v??vvy VKV IVUVIl\>lli X lli;tV ? U I?J lUIll tliut tho end was 110111* and reminded they could not take their worldly goods. Over th roe thousand persons attended the mooting, and excitement ran high. One old man said that ho would givo his house and lot, worth $3,009. This, he said, was all that he had to give. Thisoponod the hearts of tho rest of the congregation, and when tho meeting ended eighty gold watches, sixty gold rings and other personal property to tho value of over $25,000 had been donated. Tho money will be used to send missionaries to foreign countries and to spread the doctrine in this country. The Adventists believe that after tho end of tho world they will sleep for a time, and after tho earth has been purged from all its sins they will come back and reign supremo. They have expended over $50,000 in buildings hero this year, and have made them very strong and substantial , for they believe that after all the sinners have gone they will come back and occupy them. $ - 0m ?Governor Mitchell, of Florida, has sent the following dispatch to a newspaper in Cincinnati: " Tho CorbottMitcholl prize llgbt not take place in Florida unless the supreme court of this State decides there is no law prohibiting such a fight. Thoro will be no necessity of proclaiming martial law to prevent such a fight, but were it necessary, 1 would not hesitat' to proclaim it, as I am determined to prevent this fight by any and all means within tho reach of tho executive. There can bo no doubt as to my position, and people who come here with tho expectation of seeing tho laws of tho State violated by two thugs and their aiders and abetters, will bo disappointed." ?Dr. L. A. Rricklo, one of tho directors of tho Piodmont Mineral Cornp my, of King's Mountain, says that tMo company is prospecting for tin about two and a naif miles from tho town. They have sunk a shaft about 80 foot and will go down to tho depth of 100 feet. About $1,000 lias been already spent in prospecting. The tin is found in fissures. A portion of tho analgam was examined and it contain* ed 2d per cent, of tin. It said tho famous tin mines of Cornwall rosomhlo this one in mnny rospects. The shaft is being sunk about 30 feet from tho vein, and after thov get down a certain depth they will dig over to it and examine. 'lhoro have boon pockets of ; tin oro found on the surfuco which yielded 75 per cent, of pure tin. STATU NKW8 IN BR IFF. fnieia m in*. .Vo. ?>h IVom Various Hour? I'OH. li is conceded that there will be no opposition to Judge Iz'ur should he consent to run for Congr ss. ?Mr. K. K. Lesesno, of Williamsburg county, bus been appoint agent of the Sinking Fund Commission, to till the vueaney occasioned by the death of the late S. C. Cartlodge. ?lion. A. M. Youiuuns, a prominent lawyer and member of the House of Kepreaontptives. died at his home at Luray, in Hampton County, on the 1st in*t. He was 47 years old. ?A suit for foreclosure of mortguge against the l'ort Royal and Augusta railroad has been tiled in the United States Court in Charleston. The suit is brought by U M. Ogdeu of Missouri. ?Tl?e United Status District Court will eonveno in Creenvilie on tho tlrst Monday is February, instead of the third Monday in January as heretofore announced. .Judge Brawley will probably preside. ?Hon. C. II. Sitnonton has boon sworn in as United States Circuit. Judgo, in place of the late fl. L. Bond. Mr. Brawley will not qualify for some time yet. as he wishes to stay in ComrresB until a voto is taken on tho Wilson taritf bill. ?The two candidate-, for Governor of Georgia nro outspoken for tho freo coinage of silver under tho same conditions as gold, for repeal of the lax on State hanks, and for a strict construction of the Chicago platform. ?Mr. Sum Freidham. of Fort Lawn, says that a tenant on his farm has miide twenty-six bales of cotton, averaging 434 pounds each, with one mule, Resides the cotton, tho tenant made six* v-live bushels of oats. ?Tho Anderson Shoo and Leather Company has reorganized and will soon put their factory to work. They have employed an experienced shoo manufacturer as superintendent, and the mill will resume work about tho Kith inst. ?Ingram Wilson, tho town marshal of Yorkville, who soino time ago shot and killed a man named Gladden, in Yorkville. and was subsequently taken to Richland jail for safe-keeping, has been granted hail by Judge Gary in tho sum of $5,000. ? A terrible catastrophe in Union County last week resulted in the instantaneous death of three men and wounding of live others on tho plantation of Senator Glenn 1). IVako. It was caused by the bursting of an engine boilder at the cotton gin. Thomas R. Jeter and another white man named Crouch, with a negro whose name is unknown, were killed outright, and another man was mortally wounded. ?Mayor Chafeo, of Aiken, has sent the State hoard of control a scorching reply to a letter inquiring whether ho would make dispensary spies out of the city police. IIo says ho knows his duties as Mayor and seeks no instructions. His police force has had instructions to report all violations of the liquor law, and he stands ready to punish all proper eases but says he : *' If you expect, mo to become anally of your dirty spies and act the sneak upon my neighbors, I must respectfully decline." 11c then goes on to say that tho game is to rob municipalities of their share of dispensary profits. A Hoax Fkom Rams.?Several weeks ago there appeared in tho columns of The Chicago Herald a lurid story about a Russian princess dying in Raris and being put in a crystal * l oiiui occupying n Handsome vault to herself. The story went on to say that in her will she left $1,000,000 to the man who would spend a year in her j tomb. lie was to have one hour's exI erciso eaeh day. but was to see no one , except the servant who brought his meals. It said that many had tried it, but few stayed in over two weeks. One stayed six months and cuino out a raving lunatic. This story excited several young men ; of Homo, Ga., and it led to a letter be! ing sent to Mr. Clyde Shropshire, of Paris, asking him of the story. Hero is an extract from his reply : " The story which you copy from The ('hicago Herald in regard to the million-dollar prize to be won by tbo i candidate who will remain for one year ! in the tomb of the dead princess, lying j in a cemetery here, is not new to me. i It. ij t.lwi , ... hkv-jmi iiiuvx ovur porpotrati ed upon a credulous people, and not j only to America, but into every tongue ' and to every eliino lias this most i ridiculous and absurd story gone. It i has been published in papers all over J tho world and tho letters received daily ' by tho municipal authorities in tho j neighborhood of tho cemetery in l'aris J are more than one man could read in a month. It requires extra mail carriers to delivt r tho letters and tho annoyance has grown to such pronor- a tions that the authorities have petition ed tho papers to publish and spread abroad contradictions of the hoax. You would be surprised toknow the number of letters I have received from Americans -almost every Stato in tho union ?-all of them 'swearing in the name of all the gods at once' that they will livo a year in anybody's tomb anywhere? 1 for a cool million." ? mtj - For the Protection or Game.? Tho following law was passed at the session of tho Legislature just ended. As will bo seen, its provisions are intended to prevent tho offering of gatno for Hale or exportation, and to prevent non-residents from shooting certain kinds of game in this State : Section 1. He it enacted by the Senate and house of representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in general assembly and by the authority of tho sumo, That it shall not bo lawful after tho passage of this act, to sell, or expose for sale, any partridge, quail, woodcock or pheasant, deer or wild turkey, within tho State of South Carolina. Any person so doing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and nr??n , U|,v/u bwiiviuuon I thereof, shall bo lined not move tlum ten dollars, or bo imprisoned for not more .bun ten days for fcaeh offense. Soetion 2. It. shall not bo lawful to export out of the limits of the State of South Carolina, any partridge, quail, wondooek or bheasant. deer or wild turkey. Any person doing so shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon oonviotlon thereof, shall he lined not more than ten dollars, o^j^ bo imprisoned for not moro than days for oaoh offense. W Section tt. All person* nnt ..,.v > 11 Ki ns oi the State and visit ing in the Stato for tho purpose of shooting game of any kind, shall pay a license of $2."> to tho county treasurer of tho county whom tho visitor may ho, tho money to bo devoted to tho public schools. Any person not obtaining said license boforo hunting or shooting, shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall bo fined not more than lifty dollars, or bo imprisoned not more than thirty days for euoh offense : Provided, that this act shall not apply to any person hunting or killing ou h'i6 ovro lapd,