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jtmmt?i, .i n - i ? i , tlELIGlOK Tn'TH A 51? Or. Talmage Shows How Blist ness Trials Refine the Spirit. COUNTING HOUSE MARTYRS. How a Merchant Finds His Office a School of Industry. Pa tience, Integrity and Upright Living. 111 this discour.se Pr. Talmage arguoa that religion may he taken into all the affairs ol life, and instead of being a hindrance, as many think, is a ro on forecincnt. The text is Romans, xii, 11, "Wot slot hi ill in business; lorvcnt in spirit; serving tho Lord." Industry, dovoutness and Christian service?all ooinmondcd in that short text. What, is it possible that they shall ?bo conjoined? Oh, yes. There is no war between religion and business, between ledgers and Uiblcs, between c .urctics nna count rig nouses. < Mi the contrary, religion accelerates busitioss, sharpens men's wits, sweetens acccrbity of disposition, fillips the blood of phlcgmaticsand throws more velocity into the wheels of hard work. It gives better balancing to the judgment, inoro strength to the will, more muscles to industry and throws i nto enthusiasm a more consecrated fire. You cannot in all the circle of the world show me a man whose honest business has been despoiled by religion. The industrial classes are divided into three groups?t rjduceri, manufacturers, traders. Producers, such as farmers and miners. Manufacturers, such as those who turn corn into food and wool and flax into apparel. Traders, such as make profit out of the transfer and exchango of all that which is produced and manufactured. A business man may belong to any one or all of these classes, and not one is independent of any other. When the prince imperial of France fell on the Zulu battlefield because the strap fastening thestirrupto the saddle broke as lie clung to it, his comrades all escaping, but lie falling under the lances of the savages, a great many people blamed the empress for allowing her son to g<> forth into that battlefield, and others blamed the Knglish government for accepting the sacrifice, and others blamed the y.iilnu fnr ilw.ir horKnriut>> The one most to blame was the harness maker who fashioned that strap of the stirrup out of shoddy and imperfect material, as it was found to have been afterward. If the strap had hold, tho prince imperial would probably havo been alive today. Hut the strap broke. No prince independent of a harness maker 1 High, low, wise, ignorant, you in one occupation, 1 in another, all bound together. So that there must be one continuous line of sympathy with each other's work. Hut whatover wour voaation, if you have a multiplicity of engagements, if into VOUr life there entne lrwunu nrwl annoyances and perturbations as well as percentages and dividends, if you are pursued from Monday morning until Saturday night, and from .January to January by inexorable obligation and duty, then you are a business man, or you arc a business woman, and my subject is appropriate to your case. In the iirst place, 1 remark that business life was intended as a school of energy. Gou gives us a cortain amount of raw material out of which we are to hew our character. Our faculties are to be reset, rounded and sharpened up. Our young folks having graduated from school or college need a higher education, that which the rasping collision of everyday life alone can cirect. Knerirv is wrnncrlil mil ahIu ! > i U C A f ? - -? ? vm^ii v vut VJ U I J ill LiiU III U. I m tcr a man has been in business activity 10, 20, 80 years, his energy is not to be measured by weights or plummets or ladders. There is no height it cannot scale, aud there is no depth it cannot fathom, and thero is no obstacle it cannot thrash. Now, my brother, why did Mod put you in that school of energy? Was it merely that you might bo a yardstick to measure cloth, or a steelyard to weigh flour? Was it merely that you might be better qualified to chaffer and higgle? No. God placed you in that school of energy that you might be developed for Christian work. If tho undeveloped talents in tho Christian churches of today were brought out and thoroughly l,Qrn?u0^ I U-l: 'I - ?V I .1 uniucoiibu, i uunuvc ino wnoie earm would be converted to God in a twclvcniontb, There are so many deep streams that are turning no mill wheels and that are harnessed to no factory hands. Now, God demands the best lamb out of every flock, lie demands the richest sheaf of every harvest, lie demands the best men of every generation. A cause in which Newton and Lookc and Mansfield toiled you and I can afford to toil in. Oh, for fower idlers in the cause of Christ, and for moro Christian workers, men who shall take the same energy that from Monday morning to Saturday night they put forth for tho achievement of a livelihood or the gathering of' a fortlinn anil r?r> HoKKoll, ..... __ v| ,.uu v. . (.'ouuitin Urtjrn I'lll it forth to tho advantage of Christ's kingdom and the bringing of men to the Lord. Dr. Duff visited a man who had inherited a great fortune. The man said to him: "I had to be vcrv busy for many years of my life getting my livelihood. After awhile this fortuno came to me, and there has been no necessity that I toil since. There came a time when 1 said to myself, 'Shall I now retire from business or shall I go on and servo the Lord in my worldly occupation?" lie said; "I resolved on the latter, and I have been more industrious in commercial circles than 1 ever was before, and since that hour I have never kept a farthing for myself. I have thought it to be a great shame if 1 oouldn't toil as hard for tho Lord as I had toiled for myscl f and all the products of my factories and my commercial establishments, to the last farthing have gone for tho building of Christian institutions and supporting the church of God." Would that the same energy put forth for tho world could be put forth for God. Would that a thousand men in these great cities who have achieved a fortune could see it their duty now to do all business forChrist and tho alleviation of the world's suffering! ' .'JL".' ^"""A J ' Agaitl, 1 remark that business lilc U a school of patieuco. In your everyday life how many things to annoy and to disquiet! Bargains will rub. ( otn* uiercial men will sometimes fail to meet their engagements. (Jashbooks and money drawer will sometimes quarrel. floods ordered for a special emergency will oomo too late or bo damaged in the transportation. People intending no harm will go shopping without any intention of purchase, overturning great stocks of goods and insisting that you break the dozen. More bad debts on the ledger. More counterfeit hills in the drawer. More debts to pay for other people. More meannesses on the part ot partners in business. Annoyance afte; annoyance, vexation after vexation, and loss after loss. All that process will either 1 teak you down or brighten you up. It is a school of patience. You have known men under the process to become petulant, choleric, and angry, and pugnacious, and cross, and sour, and queer, and they lost their customers, and their name became a detestation. Other mon have been brightened tip under i fltL -- * * 1 * uiu prui'css. i ncy wore lougnencu i>y the exposure, 'l'hey woro like rocks, nil the moro valuable for being blastod. At first they bud to choke down their wrath, at first they had to bite their lip; at first they thought of sotno stinging retort they would lise to inako, but they conquered their impatience. They havo kind words now for sarcastic flings. They have gentle behavior now for unmannerly customers. They art patient now with unfortunate deb tors. They havo Christian reflections now for sudden reverses. \\ here did they get that patience? lly hearing a minister preach concerning it on Sabbath? Olr, no. They got it just where you will got it?if you over get it at all?selling hats, discounting notes, turning banisters, plowing corn, tinning roofs, pleading causes. Oh, that amid the turmoil and anxiety and exasperation of everyday life you might hear the voice of Cod saying: "In patience po*. scss your soul. Let patience have her perfect work." I remark also that business life is a school for integrity. No man knows what he will do until he is tempted. There are thousands of men who havo kept their integrity merely because they never have been tested. A man was elected treasurer of the state of Maine some years ago. lie was distinguished for his honesty, usefulness, and uprightness, but before one had passed he had taken of the pul funds for his own private use, and \ . hirled out of oflico in disgrace. I' stlnguishcd for virtue before. Distinguished for crime after. You can tall over the names of men just like that, in whose honesty you had complete confidence, but placed in certain crires of temptation they went overboard. Never so many temptations to scouudrclisin as now. Not a law on the statute book but has some back door through which a miscreant can escape. Ah, how many deceptions in the fabric of the goods! So much plundering in commercial life that if a man talk about living a life of complete commercial integrity there are those who ascribe it to greenness and lack of tact. More need of honesty now than ever beforo?tried honesty, complete lion osty more than m those times when business was a plain all'air ami woolens were woolens, and silks were silks and men were men. How many men do you suppose there arc in commercial life who could say truthfully, ''In all the sales 1 have ever made I have never overstated the value of goods; in all the sales I have ever made 1 have never covered up an imperfection in the fabric; in all tho thousands of dollars I have ever made 1 havo not taken one dishonest farthing?'" There arc men, however, who can say it, hundreds who can say it, liAtJOon/lo >? 1 MM. u.uup?uui> n>iu u?u nay II. 1 noy iiro more honest than when they sold their first tieree of rice, or their lirst firkin of of huttcr, because their honesty and integrity have been tested, tried and come out triumphant. l?ut they remember a time when they could have robbed a partner, or have absconded with the funds of a bank, or sprung a snap judgment, or made a false assignment. or borrowed illimitable without any etlorts at payment, or got a man into a sharp corner and fleeced him. Hut they never took one step on that pathway of hell lire. They can say their prayers without hearing the chink of dishonest dollars. They can read their Hiblc without thinking of the time when with a lie on their soul in the custom house they kissed the book. They can think of death and tho judgment that comes after it without any flinching that day when all charlatans and cheats, and jockeys and frauds shall be doubly damned. It docs not make their knees knock together, and it docs not make their teeth chatter to read 'as the partridge sittcth on eggs and hatohcth them not, so he that gcttcth riches, and not b y right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." What a school of integrity hu mess life is! If you have over been tempted to let your integrity cringe before | r s cnt advantage, if you have ever wakened up in some embarrassment and said, "No?v, 1 will step a little aside from 1 inu uguv pain ana no one Will know it, and I will come all right again, it is only once." That only once has ruined tens of thousands of men for this lifo and blasted their souls for eternity. I'lato and Aristotle were so opposed to merchandise that they declared commerce to bo the curse of the nations, and they advised that cities be built at least ten miles from the seacoast. Hut you and I know that there are no more industrious or highmindod men than those who move in the world of traflio. 80111c of them carry burdens heavier than hods of brick, and are exposed to sharper things than the east wind, and climb mountains higher than the Alps or Himalayas, and if they aic faithful | Christ will at last say to them: "Well done, good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things. I will make thee ruler ovor many things. Kilter thou into the joy of thy Lord." 1 We talk about the martyrs of tbo I'icdmont valley, and the martyrs among the Scotch highlands, and tho martyrs at Oxford. There aro just as certainly martyrs of Wall street and State street, martyrs of Kulton street and Broadway, martyrs of Atlantic street and Chestnut street, going through hotter tires, or having thoir necks under sharper Iaxes. Then it behooves us to banish all frctfulncss from our lives, if this ll I I I m * l. i ?*1 , ?..M. , g > subject bo true. Wo look buck to the time when we were at school, and wo re member the rod, nnd wo remember the bard tasks, and we complained grievously, but now we see it was for tho best, business life is a school, and tho tasks are hard, and the chastisements sometimes arc very grievous. but do not complain. Tiro hotter tho tiro tho better the refining. There arc men before tho throne of God this day in triumph who on earth were cheated out of everything but their eofiin. They wore sued, they wore imprisoned lor debt they yrcre throttled by constables with < whole pack of writs, they v.ere sold out by the sheriffs, they had to compromise with their creditors, they had to make assignments. Their dying hours were annoyed by the sharp ringing of ho doorbell by some impetuous creditor who thought it was outrageous and impudent that a man should dare to die before he paid the last half dollar. 1 had a friend who had many misfortunes. Everything went against him. lie had good business capacity and was of the best of morals, but ho was ono of those men such as you have sometimes seen, for whom everything scorns to go wrong. 11 is life become to him a plague. When I heard he was dead, 1 said, "Good?got rid of the sheriffs!" Who arc those lustrous souls before the throne? When tho question is asked, "Who arolhoy?" tho angels standing on tho sea of glass respond, "Those are they who came out <>f great business trouble and had their robes washed and made white in tho blood of haiub." man arose in r uiion street prayer meeting and said: "I wish publicly to acknowledge the goodness of (jod. I was in business trouble. I had money to pay, and I hud no means to pay it, and I was in utter despair of all human help, and I laid this matter before the !iord, and this morning I went down among some old business friends I had not seen in many years just to make a call, and one said to me: 'Why, I am so glad to see you! Walk in. We have some money on our books due you a good while, but we didn't know where you were, and therefore not 'having your address we could not send it. Wo are very glad you have come?' " And the man standing in Fulton street prayer meeting said, "The amount they paid me was six times what 1 owed." You say it only happened so? You are unbelieving. (Jod answered that man's prayer. Oh, you want business grace! Commercial ethics, business honor, laws of i.ulo, are all very good in their place, but there arc times when you want something more than this world will give you. Vou want God. for lack of him some that you have known have consented to forge, and to maltreat their friends, and to curse their enemies, and their names have been bulletined among scoundrels, and thev have been ground to powder, while other men you have known have gono through the very samo stress of circumstances triumphant. There arc men here today who fought the battle and gained the victory. People came out of that man's store, and they say: "Well, il there over was a Cluistian trader, that is one." Integrity kept the books and waited on the customers. Light from the eternal world flashed through the show windows. Love to (jod and love to man presided in that storohousc. Some day people going through the street notice that the shutters of the window arc not down. The bar of that store door lias not been (.MM. , - .1 iv.muivu. I uu|'iu nu^r, >> Mill IS 1110 matter?" You go tip a little closer, ami you hoc written on the card of that window, "Closed on account of the death of one ol the firm." That day all through the circles of business there is talk about how a good man has gone. Boards of trade pass resolutions of sympathy, and churches of Christ pray, "Help, Lord, for tho godly man ccascth." lie has made his last bargain, he has sulTcrcd his last loss, lie lias ached with the last fatigue. His children will get the result of his industry, or, if through misfortune there tie no dollars left, they will have an estate of prayer and Christian example which will be everlasting. Heavenly rewards for earthly discipline. There I "the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.-' WISDOM FROM THE NEGRO. Rev. D-Brown of Winston Raps tlio Colored Preachers. The status of the colored race was discussed in Baltimore Wednesday at the second annual convention of the district foreign missionary society of the colored Baptist churches. The prooiI dent, Rev. I>r. W. C. Brown of Winston, N. (J., sounded the keynote in his annual address, from the expressions of approval given by the delegates it becomes evident that he voiced their sentiments in condemning unlawfulness hy Negroes as well as unlawful punishment of their crimes. The president said in part. "The greatest socialogical question before the people of this country is what shall he done wito the Negro. Three alternations have been suggested subjugation, emigration or extermination?but the true solution has not been touched- Christianization. But backbone and grace in the pulpits; put moral power and courage into the ministry, both white and black, let them preach fearlessly the gospel of ponce and universal brotherhood. Let the people be taught to fear God and keep his commandments; let all, both white and black, be trained to respect the majesty of the law and this much-vexed race problem will solve itself. "Lot us condemn rape and rapists; lynching and lynchers. Race preach| era are a menace to the religion of If /n i ? ' .jcsuh v^nrisi ana by canning, ill-advised indoctrination and subtle theories they aro sowing from tho pulpit's tares in suilicicnt abundance to choke the maturing grain. Unco manias may do for politicians, but they will not do for preachers." In endorsing the president's address, Kev. Dr. It. Spillcr, of llampttin, Va., said: "I am as ready as and one to ri?o up and condemn the wrong doer, 1>j ho white or black. I want to sustain tho law, and if necessary for ilio protection of our homes, to exterminate every Negro who dirobeys the law. Delegates are present from iMaryland; the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New .Jcrsoy, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. ir* m ii r hi ' " - ' - - Merited Success. Special attention is called to tlio largo advertiscmcnt of the Columbia business College, which appears in another colutnn of this paper. There is no school in the country that turns out nioro successful graduates, or is more progressive, more alive to the demamis of the times or that has a better business or shorthand course. No young man or lady who is thinking of attending a business collcgo should fail to send for one of their catalogues. The oollogo makoi a specialty of securing good positions for its graduates and it often has more calls than it can fill. hvcry griduatoof tlie collcgo and many prominent business men of Columbia endorse the Hohool as one of the vorv best. A postal addressed to I'rof. \Y\ II. Newberry, the president will bring full particulars. A Fatal Wreck* The Krio accommodation train from New York was wrecked shortly b fore U o'clock Wednesday on a bend just cast of Arlington, N. .J. Two frieght cars which had broken from a preceding feight dashed into the engine, which was smashed ami derailod and the smoking ear loaded with passengers was crushed and thrown up into the air. Turning over in the air it?fell to the side of the track and rolled down a 110-foot embankment. Win. Nurio of Arlington was killed and .1. !. Conncll of llloomiield was fatally injured. Ton persons were seriously and many slightly injured. Lost, a Husband Mrs. lames K. .Jolly, K2 Oak ridge street, Norwich, Conn., writes to Cost master I'lnsor at Columbia for information of the whereabouts of her husband, formerly of the Third Connecticut, stationed at Sutnmcrville. She states that she heard of him in Columbia last. "Our baby was sick for a month with severe cough and catarrhal fever. Although we tried many remedies she kept getting worse until we used One Minute Cough Cure, it relieved at once and cured her in a few days."- B. K. Nance, I'rin. High School, Blufl'dale, Texas. For sale by Dr. II. Norton. Times arc; getting better. Six Pianos sold in the last three; weeks. Four for cash. Those in want of Pianos and Organs have found the place to get tlie best makes for the least money. A nice Mathushek Piano now completes the furnishing of the new Odd Fellows ball, for the use of societies that meet in hall. Call at my olliec or write me for circulars and price. I >. A. Preshloy, Manager Columbia, S. C. If Hamilton Clark, of Chaunecy, (la. says lie sulfcred with itching piles twenty years before trying DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve, two boxes of which completely cured him. Bewaro of worthless and dangerous counterfeits. Mr. 10. Norton. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspepsia because its ingredients are such that it can't help djing so. '"The public ean rely upon it as a master remedy for all disorders arising from imperfect digestion.'' James M. Thomas, M. lb, in American Journal of Health, N. V. Dr. 10. Norton. Kodol Dyspepsia < hire thoroughly digests food without aid from the stomach, and at the same time heals and restore* the diseased digestive organs. It is the only remedy that doos both of these ti ings and ean be relied upon to permanently euro dyspepsia. Dr. 10. Norton. "DeWitt's Kittle lOnrly Bisers did me more good than all blood medicines and other pills," writes (Jeo. II. .Jacobs, of Thompson, Conn. Prompt, pleasant, never gripe, they cure constipation, arouse the torpid liver to action and give you clean blood, steady nerves, a clear brain and a h.vililiv >.. petite. I Dr. 10. Norton. Irritating stings, l>ites, scratches, I wounds and cuts soothed and healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve,?a sure and sale application for tortured flesh, beware of counterfeits. I>r, 10. Norton. One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures obstinate summer coughs and colds. "1 consider it a most wonderful medicine, ?quick and safe."?W. \V. Merlon, j Mayhew, Wis. | l)r. 10. Norton. j Quickly cure constipation and rebuild and invigorate the entire system ?never gripe or nauseate?DeWitt's Little lOarly Kisors Dr. 10. Norton. "I have used your 'LirrTor the Liver and Kidneys' with great benefit, and for Dyspepsia or any derangement of tho Liver or Kidneys I regard it as being without an equal." Jamos .J. Os- i borno, Attorney at Law, Boilston, Henderson Co., N. C, * Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUG US 1'A ItAlLKOAl). CON I > K N8 EI) Sc 11E DUI, E. Trains Going Soutb. No.66* No.36 1*. M. A. M. Leavo Wilmington 3:46 Leave Ma/ion 6:84 Arrivo Florence 7:16 Leave Florence *7:46 *3 26 Arrive Snmtcr 8:67 4 29 Leave Sumter 8:67 9 41) Arrive Columbia 10:20 11 00 No 62 runs through from Charleston via Central It. I{., leaving Charleston 7:00a. m , Lanes 8:34 a. m., Manning 9:09 a. m. Trains Going North. No 64* No.63 A. M. P. M. Leave Columbia *G;60 *4 00 Arrive ?Sumtor 8:15 5 13 Leave Sumter *8:16 5 00 Arrive Florcnco 0:30 7 20 Leave Florence 10.00 Leave Marion 10:40 Arrivo Wilmington 1:25 *I)aily. No. 63 inns through to CharlcHton, S. C., via (h*nival It It., arriving at Manning 5:41 p m , Uuvs0:17 p.m., Charleston8:00p. m. Trains on Conway llranch leavo Chadhour u 6 35 p m, arrivo Conway 7 40 p m, returning leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrivo Chadbourn 11 20 am, leave Chadhourn 11 60 a m, arrive lluh 12 25 p m, returning leave Hub 8 00 p m^ arrive Chadbourn 3 36 p m t Daily except Sunday. J. It. Kenly, General Manager. T. M Kmcrson, Traftio Manager. II. M . Emerson, General Passenger Agen II I I III I ... Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Digests what you eat. It artificially d Igcsts the food and olds Nature In strengthening and reconstructing the exhausted digestive organs. It is the latest discovered digestant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It Instantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Ileadache.Gastialgia,Cramps,and all other results of imperfect digestion. Prepared by E. C. DeWItt A Co.. Chicago. For sale by Dr. K. Norton. Wilmington and Conway Railroad. Daily except Sunday. Southbound.?No. 07. Lrtva Hub 3 00 l.e&re Iliouv 3*10 pm Arrive Cbadbourn * 35 i>m Leave Ohadbourn 6 86 pm Lea*? Clarendon tl 00 pm Leave Mt Tabor 0 16 pm Leave Lorin 6 85 pm Leave Hartford 6 60 pm l/envo Bayboro 7 00 pm Le*ve Privette 7 00 pm Leave Adrian 7 12 pm Arrive Conway 7 40 pin Northbound.?No. 'JH. Leave Conway 8 80 am Leave Adrian 8 65 am Leave Priveltj 0 00 am Leave Pajbaro 0 10 am Leave Aanford V 20 am Leave Lorii 0 85 pai Leave Mt 'labor 10 10 am leave Clarendon 1 40 am Arrive CbadWoura It 20 am Leave Cbadbouru II 60 ain Leave llionu 12 16 pm Arrive IIill 25 pm J. 11. Tolar. J. H. Han 'J'. II. Blaohly. TOUR. HART X CO., 160 FRONT STALEST, N E W Y () R K , l Commission Merchants and i .Jobbers of Naval Stores. Liberal advances on oonaign ' menu of Naval Stores and ' Cotton. j ' Member* of the New York Cotton and Produce hlictiaufft. R. B. SCARBOROUGH, Attorney at Law, Corfwat, S. C. Agent Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. NOTICE, Conway Lodge, No. 00. Knights of Pythias will meet regularly the first and third Thursday nights of ?aeli month until otherwise ordered. i). a.SIMVET Chan. Com. J. C. Srivky K. It. ?fc S Mhv 14th. 9t> ly emajwe?????wwmcw?i??mp???i ?ri II. II. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Conway, S. C. fteY'Oflioc up stairs over Herald ollicc opposite liauk. A\T ACCAM AW LINE 8TE V MER.8.?Tho ft Htearner will leave the wharf st Conway every Monday and Wednesday morning for Georgetown at 4 o'clock, touching all intermediate points; and will leave her wharf at Georgetown every Tuesday and Fridsy morning for Conway at 1 o'clock, touching at all intermediate points. ^ 1). T. MoNoill, Qon'l Afft and Tress Cnnm** ? <' 1). A. Munnerlyn, Agent, Georg?town, 8. (5. KIDNEY~ BLADDER, URINARY AND LIVER DISEASES, DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION POSITIVELY CURED BY THE USE OF 1) it. HILTON'S LIFE FOR THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS. A vegetable preparation, wherever known the mofit popular of all rcmetlieB, bee .n-e < he most effectual. Sold wholesale by? Tho Mmrray Drug Co. Columbia. Dr. II. Tlaer, Charleston, S. C. Macleat's School of SHORTHAND ?AND? TYPEWRITING COLUMBIA, 9. C. TkU QaUaaI I *i- - inio B?nwi H'V? ?.u<: repuiHUOn 01 OQina too bett business institution in the Slate. Graduatc8 are holding rerauaeratiTe positions in mercantile bouse?, banking, insurance, real estate, railroad offices, &e., in this and other otiites. Write to W. II. Muofeat, Court StenographerComulhia, S. C. for terms,toe ' To get strong and healthy use one bottle Murray's Iron Mixture. Price 50c TH MURRAY DRUG 68. 1 Morphine ?AND? Whiskey HABITS CURED. HON. W. H. CHOUGH, Ooveruor of Mlunerota. "I have always said thnt the Keeloy Institute of this country had done more good. in my judgment, than any oliier institutions or organizations in tbo country. I have said it many times, uml 1 want to repeat it here, that Dr. Kooley hat done more for the conn try, baa saved moro nnfortnna'e men than any one man in the United States." (Kxtract from an ttddress delivered in Minneapolis, August, 18V7.) Addrc?s Communicutions to *1 < .... ine iveeiey institute, 1'2G Smith Street, Corner Vftmlerhornt, CHARLESTON, S. C. It is the=? --Custom Dut ft very poor one, to wVit until the gin. nlng season >s on before looking to see what fix the gin Is In Now is the time to HURRY YOUK UIN T ) T'lE ELLIOT GIN REPAIR WORKS. Do not liolftV nn.l iKnn nab ..o I r. j ....... un iw 1 VV JU" have it at onco, for thorough work cannot bo done in a hurry. Tho attention giver this matter now will more than repay you when tho cotton is whilo in tho fields ind tho gin house orowdod. Tbo workis somiug in already, so ship at once to tho tiudcrsigned, looated at tho old electric light sngino house. R.?' i i v on h f ti jr n'usi > \-? V 'I (Jib & Co , V. 0. ltudhum, J no. A. Willis. jj^-Mark your namo and shipping point >n work eont and prepay tho freight. The EH Gin Repair Works, W. J. ELLIOTT, Proprietor, No. 1314 Gates Street, COLUMBIA. S. C. vJdefyco ill our BUSINESS COURSE, been practical; in our SHORTHAND COl ami easiest learned; in the SUC( cause they arc hotter and more 111 Ask any one who known any thing of (In we leach, nnd see if they do not say it is the h We secure positions for our graduates, supply. Our catalogue gives full information as to curing positions and other inducements. Scrn Aadrcs9 Columbia W. II. Ncwl Merits of the WINTiIROP NORMAL ANL Mr. 1). A. Pressley, Colur two Mathushek pianos which w Music House last year for our C satisfaction. The Mathushek piano is a v which 1 can cheerfully recomme Yours truly, Director Departmen MUSIC 1)11 Mr. 1). A. Pressley?llavin both in concert and in teaching, strument; thoroughly well made in tune. And do not hesitate t.c piano to those wishing a high gi Very truly, Director Music Dept COLUMBIA FEM To Mr. I). A. Pressley.?]) thushek piano in use at the c( rho instrument lias a pleasing t sive touch, and is in all respect! pacity for staying in tune is ^ passed by none. Very respec 1 JW1 Three more Mathusheks s< Address, D. A. Pi Manager Ludden & Bates it COLUMBI !> ...... .. HurlBinning Machinery. o? ? The Smith Pneumatic Suction i' Elevating, Ginning and Packing System Is the simplest and most efficient on the nmrkot. Forty-eight complete outfits in South Carolina; each one giving absolute satisfaction. Boilers and Engines; Slide Valve, Automatic and Corliss. My Light nnd Heavy Log Beam Saw Mills oannot be oquallod in dosign, efficiency or prioo by any dealer or nianu cajturer in the South. Write for priooe aud oatalogues. V. C. Badhan), 1B20 Alain Street. COLUMBIA, S. C. All We Ask of ' HTYOU l\71,'f?ANYTHING In tho Machinery or Mill Supply Line Is that you givo us an opportunity to subruit our priwos and niako comparisons. Wo ftsk this becauBO tvo boliove *vc can inako it to YOUR advantage. TRY US. Wc make a specialty of equipping IMPROVED MODERN GINNERIES OF ANY CAPACITY WITH THM SIMPT.MQT AVH ' -? M ?- ??. UI/VJJL i VH I' MOST EFFICIENT COTTON HANDLING {APPARATUS IN EX ISTE NC E ? TtlE MU R R A Y SYSTEM. Correspondence with iutending purbcasors Rolicited. W. H. Gibbes & Co.. COLUMBIA, S. C. SOUTH CAROLINA AOENOV Liddell Co., Charlotte, N. C. A. R. FarquhurCo., Ltd., York, Pa. Englo Cotton (Jin Co., Bridgcwater, Mass. Straub Machinery Co., Cincinnati, O. iMPETITION use it is tho most thorough and JRSE, because it is the simplest :ESS OF OUR GRADUATES, beloroughly qualified. e T'KUNIN 8/8TEM of shorthand, which est system published. The demand for them often exceeds the course of study, rates of tuition, hoard, sa1 for it, and name the course wantcl. Business College, jerry, Brest., COLUMBIA, S C. - / V Mathushek. INDUSTRIAL OOLLKUE Roc k 11 ill, S. C. Tibia, S. C.?Dear Sir: * The e bought of Ludden A Rates Jollege have given excellent >rell made instrument and one nd for hard and constant use. \M \ >! .< 1 > l > * t j\ i / IV. J ) Iv" W IN ^ t of Music Winthrop College. tECTOR, Cot.tt m hi a, S. C. tg used the Matliusliek piano 1 lind it a most excellent in>, wearing well, and staying ) recommend the Matliusliek rade instrument. G. 1\ McCoy, . of S. C. College for Women. ALE COLLEGE. Columbia, S. C. >ar Sir: We have had a Madlege during the past year, one, an even, light, respon3 a well made piano. Its ca/ery great and, I believe, sur tfully, Eknkbt Bkockman, )irector Music Department. M<1 to this college. V ressley, Southern Music House, A, S. G.