The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 29, 1900, Image 4
JOSHUA'S BATTLES.
Talmage Draws from them Lessons
in Christian Warfare.
ENCOURAGING WORDS
For Those Engaged In the Battles
of Life. God's Soldiers
N vaf Turn Back
ward.
In this disoourso Hr. Talmago follows
Joshua on his triumphal march
and speaks cnoouraging words to all
who aro engaged in the battles of thiH
lifo; text, Joshuai, T>, "Thero shall not
any man bo ablo to stand boforo thco
all the days of thy lifo."
Moses was dead. A beautiful tradition
says the Lord kissed him and in
that act drew forth the soul of the dying
lawgiver. IIc had boon buried,
only ono person at tho funeral, tho
samo ono who kissed him. Hut God
never takes a man away from any plaoo
of usefulness until he has some one
ready to replaoe him. Tho Loid does
not go looking around amid a great varioty
of candidates to find sotuo one
especially fitted for the vacated position.
He makes a man for that place
Moses has passed of! the stage, and
Joshua, the hero, puts his foot on tho
platform of history so solidly that all
tho ages echo with tho tread. He was
a magnificent fighter, but he always
fought on tho right sido, and he never
fought uuloss God told him to fight
Ho got his military equipment from
God, who gave him the promise at tho
start, "There shall not any nun bo able
to stand boforo thee a 1 iho days of thy
lifo." God fulfilled this promise, al
though Joshua's ti :t t battle was with t ho
spring freshet, the next with a Htoue
wall, the next leading oq a regiment of
whipped (towards and the next battling
against darkness, w heeling the sun and
tho moon into his battalion, and tho
last against tho king of ttrrors, death ?
fivo groat viotorics.
As a rulo when the goneril of an
army starts out in a war he would liko
to havo a small battlo in order that ho
may got his owu ooura;eup and rally
his troops and got thorn drilled for great
er oonfiiots, but tho first undertaking
of .Joshua was greater than tho Icvoling
of Port Pulaski, or the assault of (Jib
raltar, or tho overthrow of tho Pastille.
It was tho crossing of tho .Jordan at
I Vsn Jimn af i 1 w? n %?>? ?.? f'I'l .
%uu %iuiu ui mo n|'i iu^ iiuroiui. i IK.'
snows of Mount Lebanon bad juHt been
molting, and they poured down into
tho valloy, and tho wholo valloy was a
raging torront. So tho Canaanitcs
stand on one bank, and they look across
and soo .Joshua and the Israelites, and
thoy laugh and say: "Aba, they oannot
disturb us until the freshets fall! It
isiuipossiblo for them torcachus." Hut
after awhilo they look aorossthc water,
and they seo a movement in the army
of Joshua. Thoy say: "What is tho
matter now? Why, thero rnuHt bo a
panio among thoso troops, and thoy arc
going to fly, or perhaps thoy are going
to try to march aoross tho river Jordan
Joshua is aluaatio." Bui Joshua, tho
ohioftain, looks at his array and orios,
"Forward, march!" and they s art for
tho bank of tho Jordaa. Quo mile
ahead go two priests carrying a glittor
ing box four feet long two foot wide
It-is tho am of the oovcn&ut. And
thoy oomo down, and no sooner do they
just touch tho riui of the water with
thoir foot than, by au Almighty fiat,
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uuiuuu jiitiiti. i 110 army 01 ooBnua
marches right on without getting thoir
feet wet, over tho bottom of the river,
a path of chalk and broken shells and
Eebblos, until thoy get to tho other
ank. Thon thoy lay hold of tho oleanders
and tamarisks and willows and
pull themselves up a bank IK) or 40 foot
high, and having gained tho othor
bank they clap their shields and thoir
oymbals and sing tho praisos of the God
of Joshua. But no sooner havo they
reached tho bank than tho wators bo
gin to dash and roar, and with a terrific
rush thoy broak loose from their strango
anohorago.
As the hand of tho Lord God is
taken away from tho thus uplifted waters?waters
porhaps upliftoi half a
mile?thoy rush down, and some of tho
unbolieving Israelites say: "Alas,
alas, what a misfortune! Why could not
those wators have staid parted? Bcoauso
CirhapB wo may want to go b?ck. (J
ord, we aro engaged in a risky busi
noss. Those Canaanitos may oat us
up. How if we wanttogo back? Would
it not have boon a more oomplotc mira
ole if tho Lord had partod tho wators
to lot u8 oome through and kept thorn
parted to lot uh go baok if wo are dofoated?"
My friends, God makes no
provision for a Christian retreat, lie
oloars tho path all tho way to Canaan.
To go baok is to dio. Tho samo gate
koopors that Hwung baok tho nuiothystino
and crystal lino gato of tho Jordan
to lot Israol pass through now swing
shut tho amothystino and crystalline
gato of the Jordan to kocp tho Israolitos
from going baok. Viotory ahead, but
water 30 foot doop behind, surging to
death and darkness and woe. Bit you
say, "Why did not those Canaanitos,
when thoy had such a splendid ohanoo,
standing on tho top of tho bank 30 or'
40 foot high, completely demolish those
pior Israelites down in tho river?" I
will tell you why. God had mado a
promise, and ho was going to kcop it.
"Thoro shall not any man bo able to
stand boforo thee all the days of thy
life."
But this is no plaoo for tho host to
stop. Joshua givos tho oommand,
"Forward, march!" In tho distance
there is a long grove of troos, and at tho
end of tho grovo is a city. It is a oity
with arbors, a oity with wallB Booming
to reaoh to tho heavens, to buttress tho
very sky. It is the great metropolis
thatoommands tho mountain pass. It
is Jerioho. That oity was afterward
oaptured by Pornpoy and onoo by Herod
fie Great and once again by tho Mohammedans,
but this campaign the Lird
plans. Thoro shall bo no swords, no
battering ram. There shall be only one
weapon of war and that a ram's horn.
The horn of the slain ram was sometimes
taken, and holes were punoturod
in it, and then the musician would put
the instrument to his rpe, sod he would
run his Angers over pris rude musioal
instrui nent and maty a great deal of
sweet 'i^mony for ihe people. That
have soovneu the , ...
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?h tho only kind of weapon. Savon
priests were to take these rudo, rustio
musical instruments, aud they were to
no around tho oily every day for six
days onco a day for six days?aud |
then on tho Hovcuth day thoy were to
go around blowing these rule musioal
instruments seven tunes and then at
tho closo of the seventh blowing of the
ram s horns on tho sovenlh day tho
peroration of tho whole socno was to ho
a shout, at whioh those groat walls
should tumblo from capstone to baso.
The seven priests with tho rudo musical
instruments pass all around the
oitv walls on tho Grst day and sooro a
failure Not so much uh a piece of piaster
broke loose from the wall, not so
muoh as a loosened rook, not so muoh
as a pieeo of moriar lost from its place.
.mm ii i ii*
i ncro, say inounoouoviDg israciitos,
"did I not till you so? Why, thoso
minislorH aro fools. Tho idea of going
around the city with thoso musical instruments
and expcc'ing in lhat way to
destroy it. .)oshua has boon spoiled. Ho
thinks bocauso he haH overthrown and
conquered the spring freshet ho can overthrow
tho stone wall. Why, it is not
philosophic. Do you not sec thcro is no
relation botwecn tho blowing of thoso
musical instrum >nts and tho knooking
down of tho wall? It is not philosophic."
And 1 Euppeso there were mmy wise
aoros who stood with their brow knitted
and with tho forefinger of tho right
hand to tho Ion linger of the left hand
arguing it all nu' and showing that it
was not possible that suoh a cause ooaid
produce suoh an cHoot. And I suppose
that night in the oueauipmnt there was
plenty of oaricaturo, and if .Joshua bad
been nominated for any high military
position ho would not have rooeivod
uiauy votes. .Joshua's stock was down
Fho sooond day tho priests blowing tho
uiusioal instruments go around the oily
and again a failure. Tho third day and
a failure, fourth day and a iniluro fifth
day and a failure, sixth day and a failure.
Tho soventh day oomcs, tho olitn
aotorio day. .Joshua is up curly in the
morning a id ex unions the troops, walks
all about, looks at the city wall. Tho
priests s'artto make. the. e.irmiii nf ?^
oily. Thoy go all around onoo, all
around twice, three limes, four times,
live times, six times, seven times and a
failuro. There is only ono more thing
to do, and that is to utter a great shout.
I soo the Israclitish army straightening
themselves up, lilliug their lungs for a
vooiforation such as never was heard bofore
and never heard after. Joshua feels
that lho hour has oorno, and ho orios
out to his host, "Shout, for tho Lord
hath given you tho oity " Alt togothor
tho troops shout: "Down, Jerioho!
Down, Jorioho! ' Aui the long lino of
solid masonry begins to quiver ami to
uiovo and to rook. Stand troui under'
She falis! Crash go tho walls a id tciup
les, tho towors, tho palaoos, tho air
blaokoncd with tho dust. The huzza of
the victorious Israelites and the groan
of tho conquered Canaanitcs com
mingle, and Joshua, standing there in
tho debris of the walh, hears a voice
saying, " There (hall not any man bo
able to stand before (bee all the days of
thy lilo."
Only one homo spared. Who lives
there? Sjuio great king? No. Some
woman distinguished for groat kindly
deeds? No. She had been conspicuous
for her criuios It is tho house of Kahab.
Why was her house spared? B :o auso
she had boon a groat sinner? No, but
becauso she repented, demonstrating to
all the ages that there is moroy for the
chief of stnnors Ttie rod cord of divino
injunction reaching from her window to
tho ground, ho that when tho pooplo
saw the rod cor 1 thoy knew it was tho
divine indication that they should uot
disturb the promisos, making us think
of tho divino cord of a Saviour's dolivo
rauoo, tho red oord or a Saviour's kindnoss,
tho rod oord of a Saviour's moroy,
the red cord of our rosouo. Moroy for tho
< -!
i3iiiui ui sinners. rut your trust 111 that
God, and no damage shall befall you.
When our world shall bo more terribly
surrounded than was Jorioho, cveu by
tho trumpets of the judgment day and
Lho hills and tho mountains, tho metal
boacs and ribs of naturo shall break,
thoy who have had Kahab's faith shall
have Kahab's dolivoranoo.
When wrappod in lire the realms of ether
glow
And heaven's last thunder shakes the earth
boiow,
Thou, uudismaytd, shall o'er the ruins smile
Aud light thy torch at nature's funeral pile
Kut .Joshua's troops may not halt
hero Tho command is, 'Forward,
march! ' There is tho city of At It
must bo taken. How shall it bo takon?
A soouting party oomes baok and says:
".Joshua, we can do that without you.
It is going to bo a vory easy job. You
must stay hero whilo wo go and capture
it." Tltoy march with a Hinall rogiuunt
in front of that oity. The men of Ai look
at thorn and givo ono yell, and tho 1h
raolitcs run like roindoor. Tho northoru
troops at Bull Bun did not make suoh
rapid time as theso Israolitos with tho
Canaanitos after them. Thoy novor cut
such a sorry ftguro as whon thoy woro
on tho rotroat. You who go out in tho
battlos of God with only half a foroo
iustcad of your taking the men of Ai
tho men of Ai will take vou Look at
tho ohuroh of God on tho rotroat. Tho
BorncBian oannibals ato up Munson, tho
missionary. "Fall baak!" said a groat
many Christian pooplo. "Fall baok, O
ohuroh of God! Borneo will novor bo
takon. Do you not hco tho Bomosian
cannibala havo oaton up Munson, tho
missionary?" Tyndall dolivors his lee
turo at tho University of Glasgow, and
a groat many good pooplc say: Fall baok,
0 ohuroh of God! Do you not seo that
Christian philosophy is going to be ovoroorno
by wordly philosophy? Fall baok!"
Geology plungoi its orowbar into tho
mountains, and thcro aro a groat many
pooplo who say: "Soiontfio investigation
is going to overthrow tho Mosaio
acoount of tho oroation. Fall baok!"
But friends of God novor havo had
any right to fall baok. Joshua falls on
his faoo in ohangrin. It i9 the only timo
you ovor soo tho baok of his hoad Ho
falls on his faoo and begins to whino,
and ho says, "() Lord God, wheroforo
hast thou at all brought this pooplo
ovor Jordan todolivor us into tho hands
of tho Amorites, to dostroy us? Would
to God wo had boon oontcnt an dwolt
on tho other sido of Jordan. For the
Canaanites and all tho inhabitants of
the land shall hoar of it and shall
environ us round and out off our namo
from tho earth." I am very glad Joshua
said that. Bofore it soomed as if ho woro
a supernatural boing and theroforo
oould not be an odample to ub, but I
find he is a man, hi is only a man. Just
ae sometimes you) find a man under
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sovore opposition or in a bad state of
physical hoalth, or worn out with over
wo'V, lviog down and sighing ah">ut being
dcf a'oJ. I a n eu -ouragod when 1
lie .r iIrs or / of Jo >hu . at ho lios in tho
f'u.t (J >d "oiuoh and routes him How
d ?. ft he rou o him? Hy o uupliuiontarv
?po8'ropieV No . Ho says, "(Jot thoo
up Wnero )ou licsi thou upon thy
f ia jo?" do ihu* risos. ami, I warrant you
wi h a mortified look. Hut his old oourBiio
e >mot b ick. The fact was not hiH
1 attlo
If ho l.ul boon in it ho would havo
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?,vruu <JU IU viuvury. 110 gtinOTH niH
troops around him and says: "Now,
let us go up and oapturo tho city of Ai.
Let us go up right away." They march
oq. Ho putb thouiaj irity of tho troops
behind a lodge of rootcs in tho night, and
thou ho Bonds oomparitivcly small regiments
up in front of tho city. Tho
uion of Ai ootno out with a shout. Tho
small rcgimobtH of IsraolitioB in strat
agem fall back aud fall haok, and whon
all tho men of Ai havo loft tho oity and
aro in pursuit of tho Hoattorod, or
seemingly scattered, regiments, .Joshua
stands on a rock I boo his locks
Hying in tho wind as ho points hisHpoar
toward tho doomod oity, and that is
the signal. Tho moo rush out from
bohind tho rocks and tako tho oity,
and it is put to tho torch, and th^n
these Israelites in the oily march down,
and tho ll>'ing Israelite! roturn, and
between thcao two waves oi Israclitish
prowoBB tho Dion of Ai aro destroyod,
and tho Uraolitos gain tho victory; and
while I see tho ouning smoke of that
destroyed oity ou tho sky. and while I
hoar tho huzza of tho Israelites and
tho groan of tho Canaanitos, Joshua
hoars something louder than it all,
ringing and echoing through his soul,
"There shall not any man bo ablo to
stand before thee all the da)8 of thy
lifo."
Hut this is no pla""> for tho host of
Joshua to stop. "Koward, march!
cries .Joshua to iho troops. There is
tho city of Giboon It has put itself
under the protection .Joshua Thoy
send word: "There are live kings aftor
us. Thoy are going to destroy us
Send troops quiok. Send us help
right away," .Joshua Jus a throe days
march, more thai doublo quick. On
the morning of tho third day ho is be
fore the enetny. There aro two long
lines of battle. Tho battlo opens with
great slaughter, but tho Canaanitos
soon discover soiuothiog Thoy say:
"That is Joshua. That is tho man
who conquered the spring freshet and
knooked down tho stono walls of J or
ioho and dostroyed the city of Ai.
Thoro is no uso fighting." Thoy sound
a retreat, and as thoy begin to retreat
Joshua and his host spring upon them
like a panther, pursuing thorn ovor tho
rocks, while tho catapults of tho sky
pour a volley of hailstones into tho valioy,
and all tho artillory of tho heavons,
with bullets of iron, psund the
Canaanitos against tho ledges of Ujth
horon. "On," says Joshua, "this is
surely a viotory! ' "But do you not sec
tho sun is going down? Thoso Atnorics
are g ?ing to gjt away aftor all,
and then they will ooino up some other
time and hither us, and perhaps dostroy
us. Seo, the sun is going down.
Oh, for a longer day than hasovor beon
scon in this olunato!" What is the
matter with Joshua? Hat he fallen in
an apoplot o ft ? II) is ia prayer.
Ltokout when a good man makes
the Jj)rd his ally. Joshua ranos his
faoe, radiant with prayer, and looks at
tho dcoending sun over Giboou aud at
tho faint orosoont of tho moon, for you
know tho queon of tho night som jtimjs
will linger around tho palaooB of tho
day. Pointing ono hand at tho docending
sun and the other hand at tho
faint orosooat of tho moon, in tho namo
of that God who shaped tho worlds and
uiovos tho worlds ho ories: "Sun
stand thou still upon Giboon, and thou,
moon, in tho valloy of Ajalonl" Thoy
halted. Whothor it was by rofrajtion
of the sun's rays or by tho stopping of
? L L .1 - - 1 - ? *
iiiu wdoio pianoiary system l (lo not
know and do not otro. 1 loavo it to
tho Christian Soon lists and thoinfilcl
soiontists to settlo that <iuostion, whilo
I toll you 1 havo noon tho samo thing.
"What?" say you. "Not tho sun
standing still?" Yos. Tho Hauio miraolo
is porformod uowadayB. Tho wicked
do not livo out half thoir day, and
their Bun sots at noon. But lot a man
start out in battlo for God and tho
truth and against sin. and tho day of
his usefulness id prolonged and prolonged
and prolongod.
But it is timo for Joshua to go homo.
Uo is llOyoarsold. Wasnington went
down tho Potomac and at Mount Voraon
olosod his days. Wellington died
poaoofully at Apsloy ilouso. Now,
where shall Joshna rost? Why ho is
to havo his groatost battlo now. Aftor
110 years ho has to moot a king who
has more subjeots than all tho prosont
population of tho oarth, his throno a
pryamid of skulls, his partorro tho
gravoyards and tho oomotorios of tho
world, his ohariot tho world's hoarso ?
tho king of terrors. But if this is
Joshua's groatost battlo, it is going to
be Joshua's groasost viotory. Ho gathers
his friends around him and givos
his valodiotory and it is full of roininisoonoo.
Young mon toll what they
aro going to do. Otd mon toll what
thoy havo dono. And as you havo
heard a grandfather or groat-grandfaorsoatod
by tho ovoning firo toll of
vi .?u v?1.. j > ? ?
muuiuuuvii ur i ursiuwn ana moo lilt
up the orutoh or staff an though it woro
a musket to fight aod show how tho
old battles woro woo, bo Joshua gathers
his frionds around his dying oouch,
and ho tolls thorn tho story of what ho
has boon through and as ho lives thoro,
his whito locks snowing down on his
wrinkled forohoad, 1 ask if God has
kopt his promiso all tho way through.
As ho lios thoro ho tolls tho story ono,
two or throo timos?you havo hoard
old pooplo toll a story two or throo
times ovor?and no answers: "I go
tho way of all tho oarth, and not ono
word of the promiso has failed, not
ono word thoroof has failod, not ono
word thereof has failod. All has oomo
to pass; not ono word thoroof has failod.*'.
And then ho turns to his family,
as a dying paront will, and says:
"Choose now whom you wiil serve.
tho God of Israel or tho god of tho
Amorites. As for mo and my houso,
wo will serve tho Lord." A dying
parent oannot bo rookless and thoughtloss
of his ohildron. Consent to part
with them forovor at the door of tho
tomb we oannot. By tho oradle in
whioh their infanoy was rooked, by
the bosom on whioh they first lay, bv
the blood of the oovenant, by the God
4 few iuvrf
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of Joshua it shall not bo. Wo will
not part, we oaouot part. Jehovah.Jireh.
wo tako thoo at thy promise
"1 will bo a Uod to thto ai d thy seed
after thco."
Dead, tho old chieftain must bo laid
out. Handle him v<ry gcotly. That
saorcd body is over 110 yoars of ago.
Lay him out, strotoh out those feot
that walked dry shod tho parted Jordan.
Closo thot-o lips wli'oh holped
blow tho blast at which the walls of .Jer
ioho foil. Kold tho arm that lifted up
tho spoar toward tho doouic 1 oity of Ai.
Kold it right ovor tho hoart that oxultod
when tho fivo kings foil. Hut
whoro shall wo got tho burnished granito
for tho hcadstono aod tho footstono?
L bothink myself now. L itnagino that
for tho head it shall bo tho sun that
stood still upon Gibcon, and for tho
foot tho inoou that stood still in tho
valley of Alalon.
SUGGESTIVE FIGURES.
A Hindsome 8howiiu! for tho Capital
City.
In 1880 thcro woro 18 cotton mills in
South Carolina capitalized at $2,993,- ,
000; in Columbiu today thoro are six
mills capitalized at $1 150,000 In
18H0 all tho mills in South Carolina
had 95,938 spindles: in 1000 tho mills
in Columbia havo 210,000 spindlos.
In 1880 all tho mills in South Carolina
had 1 925 looms: in l'.KX) tho mills in
Columbia havo over 0,000 looms. In
1880 tho mills in Sjuth Carolina had
2 000 operatives: in 1900 tho mills in
Columbia will havo over 4,500 operatives.
In 1880 thcro was only ono
mill in South Carolina with ovor 13,000
spindlos, and that was Granitovillo,
with 24,000: in 1900 four of tho six
Columbia mills avoragc 55,000 spindles
caoh and ono of thorn has four times
as many spindles as Granitovillo had
20 years ago. Only by suoh comparisons
us those oan a just idea ho had of
the extraordinary growth of ootton
n,.n..r<.fi?ii? - j
vi.t..ju>?uiui iu? in uwuiu vyttruiimi, Him
especially in this city. Tho inorcaso
in tho efficiency of tho mills in pro
portion to their capital in tho last two
decades is hardly less marvelous. At
illustrations wo may oito tho fact that
in 1880 (Jranitovillo and Vauoluso with
only 84,000 spindlos betwoon thorn,
were capitalized at $1,1)00,000, while
in 1000 tho Oranby mill of this oity,
with (55,000 spindlos, represents an in
vestmont of oulv $900,020; and tho
further faot that 20 yean ago tho Piedmont
mill, thou having only 10,024
spindles, employed $8151 000 capital,
while in 1900 tho K chland mill of this
city, with nearly 27,000 spindles, has a
capital of only $800,000. The present
ability of our mills to opotato from
two to thrco times as many spindlos to
the thousaud dollars invested as thoy
used to do is in a measure tho bucocss
of South Carolina's preeminent suocess
in oottm iuanu'aoturc. Its great manufacturing
deVt lot lucnt has beon re
cent and no old factories can compete
on <| i*l t r ns with its new and su
porbly m|-lipped cotton mil s. Columbia
State
Talking Through His Hat.
Capi K b ri .J Ijo*ry, one of the
loading bankers of Atlanta, in atalk with
a No* Y< rk Tribune reporter a few
days ago, doolared, iu elLot, that the
majority of tho peoplo of Georgia aro
lb publicans at heart, and would have
ujttoh preferred voting for MeKinloy
but for tho fear of Negro domination.
Tho Atlanta Journal explains, that
"ho has mistaken tho views of a small
oirolo of unoomptoinising gold men liko
himself?bankers and hoads of big
business ontorpriscs?who placo tho
monoy issuo above all othor questions,
for a univorsal sentiment in favor of
11 'publioanism This oloinont has
brushod asido uvory other oonsidoration
ignored all tho other groat questions at
issue, in their oagornoss to havo tho
man ro-clootod vhoui thoy regardod as
representing tho safest policy for tho
man of woalth." Tho pooplo of tho
South, it adds, "aro not blind to what
MeKinlcyism and llannaism inoan and
they aro just as unaltorably opposed to
ine polioios whioh thoy rcprosont aa
thoy woro opposod to tho Republican
party iu tho days of reoonatruotion.
And thcro ia nothing acotionnl in thin
looliog. It ia opposition haaod on
prin liplo."
Will He Do It?
Tho Washington correspondent of
tho News and Courior says it ia suggoatod
that whilo kooping faith with his
party Prosidont MoKinloy will "oxoroiao
greater independence of thought
and action whilo doaling with national
prob'.oms, and atrivo to ropreaont tho
ontiro nation with a view to a rounding
out hia othoial oarroor as a patriot
rather than a politioian. Ilia oloao9t
and boat frionds conocdo that ho owca
hia ro olootioo, not only to tho llopub
lican party, but to a largo army of indopondont
Domoorata and praotioal bus
incaa nion, and ho ia cxpootod to framo
hia fnturo polioy on tho broadoat and
moat liboral linoa of statesmanship.
Suoh a oourao will not bo ontiroly aooeptablo
to tho averago Hopublioan partisan,
and itromains to bo aeon whothcr
tho cxporionoo, ability and oourago of
President MoKinloy is sufficient to
originato and oarry to a suooossful issue
an Administration whioh tho wholo
world will pronounoo indopondont and
just."
Row's This?
Wo off or Ono Hundrod Dollars Howard
for any oaso of Catarrh that oannot
bo ourod by Hall's Catarrh Curo.
F. J. CHENEY &C0. Props.,
Tolodo, O.
Wo, tho undorsignod, hayo known F.
J. Chonoy for tho last 15 yoara and beliovos
him porfootly honorablo in all
? * "
vuDiuuBtt iruHHuuuuuH ana nnanoiaily
ablo to oarry out any obligations in ado
by thoir firm.
West & Fruax, Wholosalo Druggists,
Toledo, O. Waldino, Kinnan &
Marvin, Wholosalo Druggists, Toledo,
O.
Hall's Catarrh Curo is t&kon internally,
aoting direotly upon tho blood
and muoous surfaoos of the system.
Prioo 75o. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists, Testimonials froe.
Hall's Family Pills ar best.
Whon you want pr 'He
pills that never gripe
tie Eaily Risers. \
Dr. l|J. Norto^ V ,
WEYLER1AS A SATIRIST
He M<tk?s a Good Point on hU Former
Critics.
Tho August* Chronicle says: Goo*
We) lor has not had to wait very long
for what he dooms his vindication. Ho
haB issued a oharaotoristio statement,
and it has largo olomonts of truth to
substantiate tho position takon. Ho
rofcrs to tho faot that his military oon
duet in Cuba brought him luto execration,
ospooially among what aro oallod
Anglo Saxon peoples. Ho profosscs
to havo aotod as a soldier, who has
bcon ordered to surpross rohollion, and
took up tho only oourso likoly to suooocd
in dealing with a wongrol foo.
Ho now rather derisivoly points out
that tho British government has commanded
Lord Kitohoner to adopt his
polioy in tho Boor country.
"Ho might have taunted the Washington
administration for not holding
tip Kitohoner to public shame, as it
did him, but ho may reserve that for a
socond lottor. This administra'ion is
no longor in tho business of oondomningWoylorism
whon praotiood by tho
British or of sympathi/.ing with republics
in any part of tho world whon
thrcatonod with dostruotion by Kuro
poan imperialism. We, as a nation,
arc about to introduce Woyloriam in
tho Hhilippino islands, and aro hold
back, consequently, from a roproaoh of
Great Britian in tho Tianfevaal. This
looks like a monstrous depirturo from
tho polioy of tho fathers of tho ro
public, hut what aro you going to do
about it?
"At prosont, however, General Wcy
lcr is "tho man who laughs," and whon
ho comes to tho Philippine question,
in another lottcr, ho may mako "Anglo
Saxonism" look moro hypocritical
than othcrwiso. It in not olton that a
cruel man gets such uwift, ho oallod
"vindication," but Woylor, oven if ho
is not to bo oxousod for bin atrooity,
may be pardonod for having somo ex
ultation whon ho sees llnolo Sam and
John Pull following his Cuban plan in
South Afrioa and Luzon. Wo think it
a rathor lamcutablo andpathotio thing,
but Woylor has some right, in the
prcmisos, "to grin horribly a ghastly
stnilo."
If you havo ovor aeon a child in the
agony of croup you oan rcalizo how
grateful mothers aro for Ono Minuto
Cough Curo whioh gives roliof as soon
as it is aIministerou. It quickly oures
ooughs, oolds and all throat and lung
troubles.
Dr. K Norton.
The Vote Declared
Tho State board ot oanvassors met
Thursday in thootfioe of tho seoretary
of state. Tho mombers present were
Treasurer Timuierman, who prosided;
Seorotary of Stato Cooper, Attorney
General Bellinger, Comptroller General
Dcrham and Anjutant General
Floyd, Mr. Jesse T. Gnatt acted as
seorotary.
The board met to doolare the vote as
cast in tho State and had not there
been two oontests prosontid to and
heard by them the session would have
been of a routino oharaoter, for the
official vote has alroady bocn tabulated
and given in full dotail to tho public
through Tho Stato.
Tho contests wore from the first and
seventh congressional districts. In
tho fir^t, W. W. Bcckot, who opposed
Col. William Kiliott and was dofeatod,
protested against tho ocrtifioato of
ukctiou being given Col. KUiott. In
tho seventh A. D. Dantzler, colored,
mado a protest against Dr. Stokes being
clootod.
Tho grounds upon which thoso dofcatod
llopublioan candidates made
thoir contest havo already boon published
and tho wholo matter was gono
over again Thursday. Bookott was rop
rcsontod by John D. Kdwards, a Negro
lawyer of Charleston, and Dantzler had
I as his attorney, Jaoob Moorcr, a Negro
lawyer of Orangeburg. Congressman
Elliott was roprosontod by Mr. William
Elliott, Jr., and Congressman Stokoa
had as his attorney Mr. B. II. Mobs of
Orangoburg.
Both oontosta woro dismissed as
thoro was nothing to sustain oithor of
thorn, and tho certificates wero awarded
to Congressmen Elliott and Stokos.
DoWitt's Witoh lla/.ol Salvo will
quiokly heal the worst burns and scalds
and not leavo a soar. It can bo applied
to outs and raw surfaeos with prompt
and soothing offeot. Uso it for piles
and skin diseasos. Bowaro of worthless
oountorfeits.
Dr. E. Norton.
A Fishy Story
A dispatoh from Jacksonville, Fla.,
says tho most daring and unique highway
robbory in tho history of tho south
was oommittcd in thooontor of tho oity
on a prinoipal thorough faro lato ono
night. John 8. Smith, a young business
man, was on his way homo, whon
at tho oornor of Monrnn
v VV MU\k 14 HU1 A
stroets a woll-droHHod whito woman
Htoppod in front of him and help him
up. Flo did not know, howovor, ho
had boon robbod until ho had loft hor.
Than ho found that in tho cleverest
professional mannor sho had extraotod
throe (100 bills and fivo $20 bills, a
total of $400, from his pookotbook.
Thcro is no ploasuro in life if you
droad going to tho tablo to eat and
oan't rost at night on aooount of indigestion.
Honry Williams, of Boonvillo,
Ind. , says he sufforod that way
for yoars, till he oommonood tho use of
Kodol Dyspepsia Curo, and adds, "Now
L oan oat anything 1 liko and all I want
and sloop soundly ovcry night." Kodol
Dyspopsia Curo will digost what you
l)r. K. Norton.
A Figuring Idiot.
Tho Atlanta Journal says somo ohoosful
statistician has figurod out that in
tho Unitod States somebody is murdored
every 20 minutes during the night, and
that one out of ovory 200 Amerioans
moots doatb at tho hands of an assassin.
What an acquisition this fellow would
bo to tho funny story department of
Harpor's Weekly!
Many people worry beoause they believo
they have heart disease. The
ohanoes aro that their hearts are all
right but their stomaohs are unable to
digost food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di?osts
what you eat and prevents the
ormation of gas whioh makes the
stomaoh press against the heart. It
'^^ureevery from of indigestion,
^Norton.
{iTb i
Tarn Them Down.
Nine young colored oanididatos for
holy crdors were turned down by Bishop
Tanner. ?>f the African Methodist
church, io Memphis, the other day, because
they did not koow the date of the
tlood. Kght of them failed to mako
any reply whatever to the quoetion.
Tho ninth said he thought tho Calves
ton flood ooourred this vear.
You can't afford to risk your lifo by
allowing a oaugh or a oold to develop
into pneumonia cr consumption. Ono
Minute Cough Cure will cure throat
and lung troubles quicker than any
other preparation known. Many doc
toiB uso it as a specific for grippo. It
is an infallible remedy for oroup Children
like it and mothers ondorso it.
Dr. K Norton.
Atlantic Coast Line
RAILROAD COMPANY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CONDINBID SOU KIJULK.
Trains Going South.
Dated Nov 19, 1899
No.65* No.At
P. M. A M
Leave Wilmington 8:46
Leave Marion 0.-84
Arrivo Florenoe 7:16
Loavo Floronce *7:46 *2 34
Arrive Humtcr 8:67 8 66
No. 62
A M
Leave Humier 8:67 *9 40
Arrive Columbia 10:20 1100
No. 62 rune through from Charleston via
Central K. K., leaving Charleston 7:00a. m.
Lauee 8:34 a. in., Manning 9:09 a. m.
Trains Going North.
No. 64* No.6s
A. M. P. M
Leave Columbia *6:40 *4 16
Arrive Humtor 8:06 6 86
No. 82
P. M.
Leave tjumter *8:06 6 06
Arrive Florenoe i 9tt
Leave Florence 9.60
Leave Marion 10:30
Arrive Wilmington 1:16
Daily.
>o. 63 runs through to Charleston, 8. C.
via Central R. K., arriving at Manniug 6:04
p. m., Lanes 6:43 p. rn., Charleston 8:80 p. m.
Trains on Conway llrunoh leave Chad
bourn 6 86 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p m,
returning leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrive
Chadhourn 11 '20 am, leave Chadbourn 11 60
a m, arrive Hub 12 26 p m, returning leave
Hub 8 00 pm, arrive Chadbourn 8 86 p m.
Daily exoept Sunday.
J. R. Kealy, General Manager.
T. M. Emerson, Traffio Manager.
H. M. Emerson. General Paaeeaper Agent.
Wilmington and Conway
Railroad.
Daily except Sunday.
Southbouud.?No. i)7.
Leave Hub 3 00 pm
Leave llions 8*10 pm
Arrive Chadbourn 3 36 pm
Leave Chadbourn 6 36 pm
T .... ni.. 1? "
uvow O LHJ pDl
Leave Ml Tabor 0 16 pm
Leave Lor in 0 35 pm
Leave Sanford 0 60 pm
Leave liayboro 7 00 pm
Le.ve I'rivetls 7 00 pm
Leave Adriau 7 1*2 pm
Arrive Conway 7 40 pm
Northbound.?No. 98.
Leave Conway 8 30 am
Leave Adrian 8 66 am
Leave I'rivella 9 00 am
Leave Bayboro 9 10 am
Leave Sauford 9 '20 am
Leave Loria 935 pm
Leave Ml Tabor 1010 am
Leave Clarondon 1140 aui
Arrive Chadbourn 1120 am
Leave Chadbourn.- 1160 am
Leave llions 1*216 pm
Arrive Hub 1226 pm
Ortman Pays
the EXpress
Htearn Dyeing of every
description, bteam, Nap
tha, French Dry and
chemical oleanslng. Bend
Cor oar new price list and
circular All work guar
anteed or no charge.
Ortman's Steam Dye Works
1810 Main Street
Columbia, B. C
A. L. Ortman. Proprietor
PITTS'"
ANTISEPTIC INVIGQRATQRI
Cures La Gr'ppo, dyspepsia, indigestion
and ail stomach and bowel troubles oolio or
oholera morbus, teething troubles with
ohildren, kidney troubles, bad blood and
all sorts of sores, risings or felons, outs and
burns. It is as good autiseptio, when looally
applied, as anything on the market.
Try it and you will praise It to others
If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to
MUKRY DRUG COMPANY,
COLUMBIA. 8. O.
WAOCAMAW LINK STEAMERS.?The
Steamer will leave the wharf at Con*
way every Monday and Wednesday morning
for Georgetown at 4 o'olook, touching all intermediate
points; and will leave her wharf
at Georgetown every Tuesday and Friday
morning for Conway at 4 o'olook, touohlng
at all intermediate points.
D. T. MoNoill,
Gen'l Agt. and Treaa., Coaway, S. C.
John S. Beaty,
Agent, Georgetown, B,G.
NOTICE,
Conway Lodge, No. 90. Knights of
Pythias will meet regularly the first and
third Thursday nights of each month until
otherwise ordered.
V. a.arivkt
Chan. Com.
j. C. 8piv*y
K. K. A 8
May 14th, 90. ly
H. H. WOODWARD,
Attorney and Counaellor at Law,
Conway, 9. C.
M^Office up stairs over Herald offiee
opposite Bank.
DR. H. H. BURROUGHS,
LORIS, 8. 0.
Calls promptly answered nigh
or day.
R. B. Scarborough,
cokwat, 8.0.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Saw Mills,
Corn Mills,
Cane Mills,
Rice Hullers,
Pea Hullers,
Engines,
Boilers,
Planers and
Matchers,
Swing Saws,
Rip Saws,
aid all other kinds of wood
working machinery. My Sergeant
Log Beam Saw mill is
the heaviest, strongest, and
most efficient mill for the
money on the market, quick,
accurate. State Agent for H.
B. Smith Machine Company
wood working machinery.
For high grade engines, plain
slide valve?Automatic, and
Corliss, write me: Atlas,
VVatertown, and Struthers
and Wells
V. C. BADliAM,
1820 Main St., Columbia, S. C.
A Pointer.
Money saved is money earned.
We can save you money;
Let us eafn Borne for you.
WHEN YOU
want MACHINERY or APPURTENANCE*
of ANY DESCRIPniT/wr
* ? -
i luiN , consult us. We can furnish
you thobest value the market
affords, at lowest nrices consistent
with high quality.
SPECIALTIES.
Engines, Boilers, Saw and
Grist Mills, Brick Machinery,
Rice Ilullors, Wood Working
Machinery.
The Murray Cleaning and Distributing
Ginning System?simplest
and most efHcient. Liddell
High Speed Automatic and
Plain Engines.
Erie City Iron Works Boilers
in stock for immediate delivery.
Car load of Wood Split Pulleys
just received.
W. H. Gibbes & Co.,
804 Oervala Street,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THE LEADER INDEED.
The New Ball Bearing
Rnmectin
VUIIIWIIU
Sewing Machine
It Load* in Workmanship. lloauty,
Capacity, Strength, Light Running.
Kvory Woman Wantfl One.
Attachments, Needles and
Parts for Sewing Machines
of all makes.
When ordering needles send
sample. Price 27c per dozeu,
postpaid.
Agonts Wanted in Uncoupled Torrij.
tory.
) L. 8HIILL,
1219 Taylor Street,
COLUMBIA, 9. G
1^2 Sag
r OLD NORTH STATE OINT
MENT, the Oreat Antiseplio
Healer, cures Piles, Eczema,
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Carbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruises,
Old Sores, Burns, Corns,
Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails,
Inflammatory Rheumatism.
Aches and Fains, Chapped
Hands and Lips, Erysipelas*
It is something everybody
needs. Once used always used..
For sale by all druggists and
dealers. At wholesale by
THE MURRAY DRUG CO., <
Columbia, 8. 0
Murray's
Aromatic
Mouth
W ash >
Whitens the Teeth
Cleanses the Mouth
Sweetens the Breath
The?
Murray
Drug Co.,
COLUMBIA,8. O.
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