The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 11, 1894, Image 4
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>.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,