The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 17, 1901, Image 4
v religion exalted.
Dr. Talmnge Draws a Sermon from
the Words of Job.
Dlt^oari* on thr l.ii(lrr'i CniiiparUoa
, ol Hrllulou and the llenutiful
, Ci') >(ul ? I'oTTfr of till
[Copyright, 1901. by Louts Klopsch, N. T.)
Washington, (Jet. &.
The charm of an exalted rcliglou is
by Dr. Talmagc in this discourse il- i
lustinted and commended; text, Job,
128:17: "The crystal cannot equal it."
Many of the precious stones of the
Xlible ha^ e come to prompt recognition.
Itut for the present 1 take up the less
valuable crystal. Job, in my text, |
compares saving wisdom with a epeci- ,
xnen of topaz. An intidel chemist or
mineralogist would pronounce the lat- I
ter worth more than the former, but
Job makes uu intelligent comparison,
looks at religion and then looks at
the crystal and pronounci s the former
as of far superor vulue to the latter,
exclaiming, in the words of my text:
"The crystal cannot equal it."
New, it is not a part of my scrmonio
design to depreciate the crystal,
whether it be found in Cornish mine
or liarz mountain or Mammoth cave
?r tinkling umone the pendants of the
chandeliers of a palace. The crystal
Is the star of the mountain; it is the
queen of the cave; it is the eardrop of
the hills; it finds its heaven in the din- i
mond. Among ull the pages of natural
history there is no page more interesting
to me than the page crystallographic.
liut I want to show you j
that Job was right when, taking re- !
ligion in one hand and the crystal in
the other, lie declared that the former I
Is of far more value nnd beauty than j
the latter, recommending it to all the
people and to all uges, declaring: "The
crystul cannot equal it."
In the first place, 1 remark that religion
is superior to the crystal in exactness.
That shnpeless mass of crystal
against which you accidentally
dashed your foot ia laid out with more
exactness thau any earthly city.
There are six styles of crystallization
and all of them divinely ordained.
Every crystal has mathematical precision.
God's geometry reaches
through it, and it is a square, or it is
a rectangle, or its a rhomboid, or In
lome way it has a mathematical figure. '
Is'ow, religion bents tknt in the simple i
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*avt tuaw (puiiuai nuyuracy is luoi't
beautiful than material accuracy.
God'a attribute* are exact, God's law
exact, God's decrees exact, God's ma nagement
of the world exact. Never
counting wrong though he counts the
grass blades and the stars and the
eands and the cvoles. His Providence
never dealing with us perpendicularly
wheu those providences ought to be
oblique, nor laterly when they ought
to be vertical. Everything in our life
arranged without any possibility of
mistake. Each life a six-headed prism.
Born at the right time; dying Ht the
right time. There are uo"happen so'*"
in our theology. If 1 thought this was
* slipshod universe, 1 would be in despair.
God is not un anarchist. Law,
order, ayiuruetry, precision, a perfect
square, a perfect rectangle, n perfect
rhomboid, a perfect cirole. The edge
of God's robe never frays out. There
are no loose screws in the world's machinery.
Jt did not just happen that
Napoleon was attacked with indigestion
at Borodino so that ho became incompetent
for the day. It did not just
happen that John Thomas, the missionary,
on a heathen island, waiting for
an outfit and orders for another missionary
tour, received that outfit and
those orders in u box that flouted
shore, while the ship and the crew
that carried the box were never heard
of. I believe in u particular providence.
I believe God's geometry may
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than in crystallography Job wn
right. "The crystal cannot equal it."
Ag aln I remark that religion is superior
to tho orystal in transparency.
IWe know not trlnu or by whom glass
was first discovered. Heads of it have
bean found in the tomb of Alexander
Severus. Vases of it are brought up
from the ruins of Hsroulaneum. There
were female adornments made out of
it 8,000 years ago?those adornments
found now attached to the mummies
of Egypt. A great many commentators
believe that iny text means
glass. What would we do witho\it the
crystal? The crystal in the window to
keep out the storm and let In the day;
the crystal over the watch, defending
Its delicate machinery yet allowing us
to eee the hour; the crystal of the telescope,
by which the astronomer
brings distant worlds so near he can lnepeot
them. Oh, the triumphs of the
crystals In the oelebrated windows of
Kouen and (Salisbury! Iiut there is
nothing so transparent in a crystal as
in our holy rtllglon. It is a transparent
region. You put it to your eye
and you see man?his sin, his soul,
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?,? ubniiuj. iou iook at uod and you
t?e something of the grandeur of Ilis
character. It in a transparent religion.
Infidels tell us it is opaque. Do
you know why they tell us it in opaque ?
It is because they are blind. "The
natural man receiveth not the things of
God, becnuse they are spiritually disconcerned."
There is no trouble with
the crystal. The trouble is with the
yes which try to look through it.
HVe pray for vision. I.ord, that our
yes might be opened! When the eye
alva cures our blindness, then we find
that religion is transparent.
The providence that seemed dark
before becomes pellucid. Now you
find God is not trying to put you
down. Now you understand why you
lost that child and why you lost your
property. It was to prepare you for
eternal treasures. And why sickness
earns, it being the precursor of immortal
Juv?n?aaenoe. And now you
v The Tribute of The Sea.
Lloyd's annual return of vessels lost
and condemned shows in a striking
form the prodigious tributo that is
o'aimod every year by tho sea. Tho
loss of life is not given, but no h bs than
702 voxels of upward of a hundred tons
were reported last year as abandoned,
burned, missing, iu oollision, wrecked
or foundered. To this vanishod fleet
must be added 146 vessels which were
broken up or condemned. Tho total
. tonnage lost at sea. is upward ef half a
,*mtjuviy i - - < ton r./< r-*
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*n<1?rsUnd why they lied about yc?
and tried to drive you hither and
thither. It was to put you in thl
glorious company of such men as lg
lint ius, who, when he went out to b? (
destroyed by tho Hone, said: "I air ,
the wheat, and tho teeth of tho wild
beasts must ilrs't grind ine before 1
can become pure bread for Jesui
Christ." t>r tlie company of suoh men
us "that ancient Christian martyr' <
who, whoa standing in the midst 01
the amphitheater waiting for the (
lions to come out of their envo and
destroy him and the people in the J
galleries jeering and shouting: "Tin
lions!" replied: "Let them come on!' <
and then, stooping down toward the
cave where the wild beasts were Touring
to get out, again cried: "Lei
them come on!" Ah, yes, it is persecution
to put you in glorious com- 1
pnny, and while there are many <
things that you will have to postpone
to the future world for explanation
1 tell you that it is the whole tend- 1
nicy of your religion to unravel and 1
explain and interpret and illumine
utul irradiate. Job was right. It i?
u glorious transparency. "The crystal
cannot equal it."
I remark ugniti that religion surpasses
the crystal in its beauty. The
lump of crystal is put under tho magnifying
glass of tho crystallography
er and lie sees In it indescribable exquisltencss?snowdrift
and splinters
of lioar frost and corals and wreaths
and stars and crowns and constellations
of conspicuous beauty. The fact
is that crystal is so beautiful that 1
can think of but one thing in all tho '
universe that la as beautiful, and |
that is the religion of the Bible, No
wonder this IHhle represents that religion
ilK the flilvlircaU n m the nimle
blossoms, ns the flitter of n 1<i'
banquet. It la the joy of tho whole
earth.
People tulle too mtieh about their
rrosH nnd not enough about their
crowns. l>o you know that the BibTu
mentions a cross but 27 times, while j
it mentions u crown SO times? Ash
that old man what ho thinks of religion.
lie has been a close observer. ,
Jle has been cultivating an estlietia
taste. Ho lias seen tho sunrises ol
half a century. Jle has been an early
riser. Ho has been an admirer ol
cameos and corals and all kinds ol
beautiful things. Ask him what he '
thinks of religion, and lie will tell
you: "It is the most beautiful thing ]
1 ever saw. The crystal cannot
equal it."
Beautiful in its symmetry. When it
presents (lod's character, it does not
present Him as having love like a great
protuberance on one side of His nature,
but makes that love in harmony
with His justice?a love that will ?c- ;
cept all those who come to Him, and a
justice that will by no means clear 1
tho guilty. Beautiful religion in the
sentiment it implants! Beautiful religion
in the hope it kindles! Beautful
religion in the fact that it proposes to 1
garland and enthrone and emparadise
an immortal spirit. Solomow says it
is a lily. Paul says it is a crown. The
Apocalypse says it is a fountain kissed '
by the sun. K/.ekicl says it is a foliaged 1
cedar. Christ says it is a bridegroom
come to fetch home a bride. While
Job in the text takes up a whole vase
of precious stone*?-the topaz and the
sapphire and the chrysoprasus?he
holds out of this beautiful vase just one
crystal and holds it up until it gleams
iu the warm light of the eastern sky,
and he exclaiius: "The crystal cannot
equal it."
Oh, it is not a stale religion; it is not ;
stupid religion; it is not a toothless
hag, as some seem to have represented
it; it is not n Meg Merrilies with shriv- 1
elcd arm coine to scare the world; it '
is the fairest daughter of Clod, heiress
of ail His wealth; her cheek the morning
sky, her voice the music of the
south wind, her step the dance of the
sea. Come and woo her. The Spirit
I and the Liride say come, and whosoever
will, let him come. Do you agree with
Solomon and say it is a lily? Then
pluck it and wear it over your heart.
Do you agree with Paul and say it ia
a crown? 'Then let this hour be your
coronation. Do you agree with the
Apocalypse and say it is a springing
fountain? Then come and slako the
thirst of your soul. Do you believe
with Kzekiel and say it is a foliaged
cedar? Then come under its shadow.
Do you believe with Christ und say it
it a bridegroom come to fetch home a
bride? Then strike hands with your
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I ajuiu a 1114 mug nunc i pronounce J'Oil
e verlastingly one. Or if you think with
Job that it is a jewel, then put it on
your hand like a ring-, on your neek
like a brad, on your forehead liko a
r.tar, while looking into the mirror of
Clod's word you acknowledge: "The
crystal cannot equal it."
Again, religion is superior to the
crystal in its transformations. The
diamond is only a crystallization. Carbonate
of lime rises till it becomes calcite
or aragonite. ltod oxide of copper
crystallizes into cubes and octahedrons.
Those crystals which adorn our
persons und our homes and our museums
have only been resurrected from
forms that were far from lustrous.
Scientists for ages have been examining'
these wonderful transformations.
I Hut I tell you in the Gosnel of thp Son
of God there is a raoro w onderfol transformation.
Over souls by reason of
sin black as coal and hard as iron
God, by His comforting grace, stoops
and says: "Tlicy shall be mine in the
day when I make up my jewels."
"What!" sny you. "Will God wear
jewelry?" If He wanted it, llo could
make the atars of the heaven His
belt and have the evening cloud for
the sandals of His fret, but He does
| not want that adornment. He will
not huvo that jewelry. When God
I wants jewelry He cornea down and
digs it out of the depths and darkness
of sin. These souls are all crystallizations
of mercy. He puts them
on, and lie wears them in tha pretence
of the whole universe. He wears
) them on the hand that was nailed,
over the heurt that was pierced, on
A Fatal Fight. I (
At l'almyra, Lo?tda8 county, Ala., i
l)r. 8tr:oklar.d, a physioian in that loI
oality, and T. K. Batncfl (pianollod and {
Barnon flbot Strickland twioo with a j
pituol. Striekbud them ncourcdalong ,
(mantling on tho ground nearby aud bo
fore Barne* oould get, out of his way bit'
' him over the head, killing him instan
j tly. Strickland is mortally wounded.
1 Both of the men were highly reapootcd. J
\ oitixonp of their community and had (
M Mr. v" Mlfci I. I. UK I . * in
the temples thst wers stung. "Thty
Khali ba mine," saith the Lord, "in
the day when I make up my jewels."
Wonderful transformation! Where <
ain ubounded grace shall much more
abound. rJ'he carbon becomes the solitaire.
"The crystal cannot equal it."
Now, 1 have no liking for those people
who are always enlarging iu
Christian meetings about their early
dissipation. Do not go into the particulars,
my brother. Simply say j
you were sick, but make no display
of your ulcers. The chief stock in
trnde of some ministers and Christian
workers seems to be their early
crimes and dissipations. The number
of pockets you picked and the
number of chickens you stole make
very poor prayer meeting rhetorio.
Besides that, it discourages other
Christian people who never got drunk
or stole anything. But it is pleasant
to know that those who were far- |
thcKt down have been brought high- (
est up. Out of infernal serfdom into j
eternal liberty. Out of darkness into
light. From coal to the solitaire. 1
"Tho crystal cannot equal it." I
But, nty friends, the chief trans- (
forming power of the Gospel will not
be seen in this world, and not until '
Heaven breaks upon the soul. WIton
that light falls upon tho soul, thcu
you will see the crystals. What a j
magnificent setting for these jewels
of eternity! 1 sometimes hear people
representing Jicaven in a way that <
is far from attractive to me. It ]
seems almost a vulgar Heaven as they ]
represent it, with great blotches of (
color and bands of music making a
deafening racket. John represents (
iH-ii*rii as exquisitely Denuiiiui.
Throe cryst als! In one placo he says:
"Her light was like u precious stone,
clear us crystal." In another place
he says: "I saw a pure river from
under the throne, clear as crystal."
In another place he says: "Before
the throne there was n sea of glass
clear us crystal." Three crystals!
John says crystal utmosphcre. That
means lieulth. Balm of eternal June.
What weather after the world's cast
wind! No rack of stormclouds. One
breath of that air will cure the worst
tubercle. Crystal light on all the
leaves. Crystal light shimmering on
the topaz of the temples. Crys'al
light tossing iu the plumes of the
equestrians of Heaven on white
horses. But "the crystal cannot
equal it." John says crystal river.
That means joy. Deep and ever rolling.
Not one drop of the Potomac
or the Hudson or the Rhine to soil
it. Not one tear of human sorrow
to embitter it. Crystal, the rain out
Df which it was made. Crystal, the
bed over which it shall roll and rip
pie. C rystal, its infinite siirface. But
"the crystul cunnot equal it." John
say* crystal ?ca. That tneann multitudinously
vast. Vast in rapture.
Rapture vast an the sea, deep as the
sea, strong as the sea. ever changing
?? the sea. Billows of light. Billows
of beauty, blue with skies that were
never clouded und greeu with depths
that were never fathomed. Arctics
and nntarctics and Mediterraneans
and Atlantics and PaciAcs in crystalline
magnificence. Three crystals!
Cryatal light falling on a crystal river.
Crystal river rolling into u crystal
sea. But "the crystal cannot equal
It."
"Oh," says some one, putting his
hand over his eyes, "can it be that I
who have been in so much sin and
trouble will ever come to those crystals?"
Yes, it may be?it will be. 1
Ileaven we must have, whatever we
have or have not, and we come here to
get it. "llow much must I pay for it V" 1
von sav. You will nnv for it inst n?
much as the coal pays to become the
diamond. In other words, nothing.
The same Almighty power that makes
the crystal in the mountain will change
jour heart which is harder than stone,
for the promise is: "1 will take away
your stony heart, and 1 will give you
a heart of llesh."
"Oh," says some one, "It is just the
doctrine 1 want. Uod is to do everything,
and 1 am to do nothing." My
brother, it is not the doctrine you
want. The coal makes no resistance.
It hears the resurrection voice In the
mountain and it comes to crystallization;
but your heart resists. The
trouble with you, my brother, is the
coal wants to stay coal.
1 do not ask you to throw open the
door and let Christ in. 1 onlj* ask that
you stop bolting and barring it. My
friends, we will have to get rid of our
sins. 1 will have to get rid of my sins,
und you will have to get rid of your
sins. What will we do with our sins
among the three crystals? The crystal
atmosphere would display our pollution.
The crystal river would be befouled
with our touch. Transformation
must take place now or no transformation
at all. Give sin full chance
in your heart and the transformation
will be downward instead of upward.
Instead of crystal it will be a cinder.
In the days of Carthage, a Christian
girl was condemned to die for her faith,
and a boat was bedaubed with tur&od
pitch and filled with combustibles and
set on fire, and tho Christian girl was
placed in the boat, and the wind was olT
the shore, and the boat floated away
with Its precious treasure. Is'o one
n..i i?? i ? -* --
van uuinn iu?i no.ii janurn ai mo
shore of lleaveu. Sin wants toput you
in a firry boat and tbove you off in an
opposite direction?off from peace,
off from God, off from Heaven, everlastingly
off, and the port toward
which you would sail would be a port
of darkness, and the guns that would
greet you would be the guns of despair,
and the flags that would wave at your
arrival would be the black flags of
death. Oh, my brother, you must
cither kill sin or sin will kill you! It
is no exaggeration when I say that any
man or woman that wants to be saved
may be saved. Tremendous choice! A
thousand people are choosing this moment
between salvution and destruction,
between light and darkness, between
charred ruiu and glorious crystallization.
In Catawba County, N. 0., a family
>f five persons died soon aftor heartily
jating boiled dinner. On examining
the pot in which tho vegetables woro
300ked it wan found that two small
zrocn garter snakes had been hidden
in a oabbago, escaping notice, and that
their poi on had caur* d the doaiha.
"Ma," said tho little four-year-old,
"I saw something run aoroes tho
kitohen floor this morning without any
legs. What do you think it was?" The
mother guessed various legless worms
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.. >nwii .lull, ill II I aw^.rniii.i m
A GENERAL PLAN
Of 8y?tam itlc I. %\ uc'ion cf Puolie
School T?< chart
GO.NO TO BE ADOPTED.
Stato 8up?r n'andant McMahan
Erdoraas It and Instruct
all Cc unties to Do
Likt w f.
Slato Superintendent of Kduoatiou
McMahan, who is ovor alive to anything
that will tend to iiuprovo (ho
jenoral condition of tho public sohools
of iho State, in now ondoavoring to
liavo tho oouDty Bupcrintoudonts inauguralo
in each oounty of tho Stato
iho plan for tho training of tho tuaohsrs
that has boon eo buocoBsfuIly boon
put in ( poration in thia oounty by Supt.
Wallace.
Tuesday Mr. MoMahan issued tho
following circular letter whioh ia beiDg
sent to every oounty superintendent of
sducation in tho State, and which is
published in order that the teachers
way tho sooner get a full explanation
3f what is expected of them:
Dear Sir: In order to assist the
Leachora in putting into opeiatioo the
3ourso of study?especially in following
tho suggestion as to classification,
hfAorivninA ai.tl iiFtmaaw *r??L
,'iv^tMuovv Hb\* juiuat j n VI 1 I WUUIU
dc well if you could provide for tlnm
iorno eort of systematic instruction
through the school year ou Saturdays,
incc or twico a month, to begin at
Duco. This system has teen icauguratd
tu eevctal counties, tho tupencuendjuts
and tho.r boards betLg anxious
:o I ring all tfcc schools into a well organized
system, well graded, and vrell
aught. '1 hose teachers to whom the
jcunty scat ?s accessible are met thero
do one Saturday in each month; other
groups of teachers are instructed at
ether points in the county most accessible.
For ir stares: In Richland
sounly, at the initial meeting in Co
umbia last Saturday, thirty five teachirs
were present; next Saturday Supt.
Wallace and his assistants will meet
the teaoheri in the lowti p?rt of the
county at Ea-tover, and the following
Saturday tbey will meet the teachers
in iho upper part of the county at
J amp Gr.und?three groups for this
jcunty. litre the tcaooers are being
mtiucted in arithmetio, Kcglish ano
Lanoon s "Teaching and Class Management."
Spootal attention is given to
he problem of grading the sohools.
^ranging the daily programme, and
icccping the smaller children profitably
yooupicd.
S.x mtclings should ho requited of
nch group of teaohers botween now
and tho oloso of tbe sohcol year. Tho
work should begin this month. Tho
law requites that the new books be
used as eaoh school now opens and tho
gradation bo mvio as prosorib d in
tho oourso of study pamphlet by tho
S ate hoatd Every sol ool must conftrm,
and at tho end of tho session
wo aro to report to tho legislature the
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uuiuuu VI uiiiiuiuii 1U U5UU gTMUO 1U
caoh county.
UcguUr teachers' meetings under tho
authority of tho oounty board not
only atsi?t tho teachers in tho organization
and management of their Softools
as well as in tho better mastery of certain
branches of study, but bring them
undor tho diicotions of tho oounty sup
crintcndent whore ho oan instruct thorn
in tho proper keeping of sohools logistors
anu rondoring of tho reports required,
so that horeaflcr tho statistics
of iho oounty will be moro aocurato
and tho county supenntondont oan
make his anual report with oompara
livocafc. Tho schools of a oouuty are
thus biought into a sjBtom, and the
teachers teel tho holpful stimulus of
ooutaoi with oo workers, all having
moro dofinito ends in viow. Anothor
benefit is that wo follow up tho instruction
of tho last Bummor school
and prepare for that of tho next?
avoid tho loss of spasmodic effort and
build up tho toaohors by continuous
moiiuukivii, uui uuiy uieuroiiuil DUl
practical.
While I havo cot yet assurance of
iho funds to oomponsalo tbo instructors
that will bo needed to assist you, I
can prcmiso to roimburso thom for tho
nooebsary expenses of travel, oto., I aoi
buro that all progressive education aro
bo interested in this work that in your
county as olsowhoro they will g.adly
oontnbuto thoir strvicoi.
(1) Will your beard approvo tho plan
aLd adopt a iulo that tho teaohors
shall attond at tho places designated
by tho oounty superintendent and shall
do tho work as required?
(2) If so, would you approvo tho fol
lowing named as yours assistants?
(3) Can you obtain thoir serviocs
Uiuu tho terms stated in this lottoi?
You will apprcoiato tho nocd of having
bimilar instruotion given to your
negro teaohors. in tome of tho oounties
oomi otont negro instructors havo
Loen sioartd. Can you not find such
a negro icsiiuotor for tho negro toaohcrs
oi your ouunty ? if he oaly in sir nets
thom in keeping tho statistics required
in tho registers and in making a proper
report to you, it would roiiovo you of
tho innumorablo annoyanoos lrom
which, whin yon oorno to mako your
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iu iins tune, you now butter.
As Object Lessons.
Tho Southriu railway hasonterod upon
a bohouue lor tho improvement of
the wa&OQ roads of tho south in pursuanoo
of tho polioy of I'roaident Sponsor
to encourage th i growth and develop
luent of all territory tributary to tho
Southern system. A good roads spo
oral train of ton oars will leave hero
shortly lor the south under ohargo of
l'rosidont VV. H. Moore of tho National
(iood lioads association, and will make
lnuacnt btops at points along tho
Souihorn railway for tho purpoao of
building sample roads and arousiug interest
among tho pooplo on the subjoot.
Tho aim is to educate tho southern poo
plo in praotioal road building and to
lmpross on thorn tbe economy and benefit
to to derived from fine roads. The
all neoohsary maohinory
KILLED FOURTEEN.
Annihilated Her Family, Including
Four Husbands
Mrs. A. .1. Wither, a widow residing
in Daytou Ohio, has been uri.ud by
Iho polioo at tbo instigation of tho
ooroncr and is held a prisoner at ocntr&l
station pending an invoitigat.on into
vory bilious charges. Mrs. Witwer,
tho poliio say, is t>uapcotid of fouvtccu
murdor?, tlio list including four hus
baud?, livo ohPdion, 01 o sister and four
members of d il loot families ia vhioh
she wis employed as houei keeper. Tho
si hui pcm d vio im was her bister, Mrs.
Anna l'ugl, w honied u tvuk ago under {
nij siciious oucuuibtaLOis. An auiop.-.y
poriortLied at tho request of Mn. Witwcr's
mother, who oamo hi.ro from Do
tioit, is said to havo ditoloMd the pro I
srnoo if ar^onio and oopporas ia tho '
stomach. Fo.lowing olob.l/ upjn tho
dobth if her first 1 u band, Fred Sohwegor,
oamo according to tbo polioo d >
partmont data, tho death of her children.
'iho scco:d husband died suddenly
several yoirs after tho welding
and tho children of this marriage died
in rapid succession. Ho: la si hu*. a id. 1
A. J. WitwriT, died last A.rth iu ?aoa
instance dot.h was s.vji-.< ?ha'. ?a do.,
ard all were msa >o!y a;iko.
Ti.e prisoner is forty-seven years of
ace and former y liv?.4 iu Midd otoe .
this state. She has t?o *oc> :a c.e
Philippines and a m tvr, it is s'awd.
in a New Wrk asylum. No tMQtil
able ltolivo for the su pooud erinus
has been disclosed. Drugs w. ioh were
found in the house occupied by Mrs
Witwtr are iu possession of tho police
and wwi ho examined.
Theth.rd l?usb*nd cf Mrs. Witwer
was William 8:owc, who died at Middletown
under su piouus symptom-, it is
stated, of arsenic poiaOuing. Mr.
Slowt s death at that time created a
sensation and- was the suuj .ot of an |
mastication by toe coroner I. was
shortly after Mr, Stow >'a death that
Mrs. Witwer came to Dayton. Sho
shortly afterward assumed the duties of
housekeeper for Chatles F. K her, a
widower. Ktllor died sudueuiy aud
the information since g ined by tho
coroner oonoeruiog Keller's death is
that his ailment was siuiiUr to that of
a porton t tioo11. d by poison.
Sho next noted as housckoepor for
John A. Wetz, an east end uruggist.
Wooz died iu September ouo year ago.
The dec ors attributed hi t cc?.a to
blood poisoning, but now tell the coroner
that they Wvro dissatithjd with
their diagncsisat thetiuio. Twomouthe
before Mr. Woli's dea. h hia louv year
old sou uicd buadenly. Mrs. S*owo nex
resided witn a Mr. and Mis. liablcr, on
Best street, Kiveidwo. TnoaC two petsons
died suddenly, and tho oorour.r
now sa>d that tin ir sickness wls of the
naluro of arsenical poisoning.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with LOCAL APPLIOA1 IONS, athey
cannot roach the scat ol too d s
oa60. Uaiarrh id a Liocd or cjustiiu
tional dijeaso, and in order to cute it
you must take internal rcuiodies. Hall t
Catarrh Cuvo is tak-n internal y, and
acts directly on the bl id and mucous
surfaoos Hall's Ca'arrh (Juro is not
a nuaek med'oino. 1 wae rTcscribed
by ono of tho boat physicians in this
ojuntry for years, and is a regular jroeoriptiou.
it is composed of the best
tomes known, combined with tho best
blood purifiers, aotme directly on the
mucouB surfaces. Tho pcrfeot combination
of tho two ingredients is what
produoes such wonderful rcbtilts in c ir
ing Catarrh. Smd lor
freo.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Ibopa.,
Toledo, O.
Hall's Family IMls aro tho best.
Wilmington and Conway
Railroad.
Southbound.?No. lib Lco.d freight
daily exocpt Sunday.
Lcnvo Chadbourn 0 10 pm
Leave Clarendon 0 Ob pin
Leave Ml Tubor 0 '26 pm
Leave Loris <> 60 pm
Leave Hue ford 7 10 pm
Leave 11 ay bore 7 '20 pm
Le.vo Prlvetta 7 '20 pin
Leavo Adrian 7 .52 pin
Arrive Conway 8 00 pm
Northbound.?No. 20. Looal freight
daily exoopt Sunday.
Leave Conway . 8 00 am
Loave Adrian ! 8 '26 am
neave rnvoiia 8 80 am
Leave Bayboro b 40 am
Loave Ban ford b 60 am
Leave Loria 9 10 am
Loavo Mt Tabor 9 40 am
Leave Clareu Ion 10 10 am
Arrive Chadbourn 10 36 am
Southbound.?No. 97. Pat^oogcr
daily cxo. pt Sunday.
Leave Chadootim 11 60 am
Leave Clarendon 12 10 pta
Leave Mt Tabor 12 21 pm
Leave Loria 12 10 pen
Leave Bant'ord 12 61 pm
Leave Hay nor o 12 6b pm
Leave Pmctts 1 0 pm
Leavo Adrian 1 09 piu
Arrive Conway 1 30 pm
Northbound.?No. 98. Paabcn^or
daily except Sunday.
Leave Conway 3 40 pni
Leave Adriuu 4 01 pm
Leave l'rivetia 4 04 pm
Leave Dnyboro 4 12 pin
Leave Hauiord 4 ly pin
Leave Lorn 4 30 piu
Leave Mt fabor 4 40 pm
Leave Clarendon 6 00 pin
Arrive Chadbouru.. 6 2u pm
INXXLICI],
Conway Ixxlge, No, IK). Knights of
Pythlna will meet regularly the first and
third Thursday nights of each month until
otherwise ordered.
I). A.Hpjvky
Ciian. Com.
J. C. Spivrv
K. U.ioS
May 14th, 9fl. ly
R. B. Scarborough,
CONWAT, 8 0,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DR. H. H. BURROUGHS,
LOUIS, 8. 0.
Calls promptly answered niglit
or day.
P. K. BBTHBA;
Physician and Surgeon,
r rnfi ttT" ii iwi?Mft i3 ^ jjmi.
f The World's Greatest
For alt forms of fovor take JOHNSON'S CI
H ttmos lx-t tor than quint no nn<l doa? Inaslti
I do In 10 days. It's splendid euro* aro In ulr
uiatlo by (juliilno.
COSTS 50 CHNTS II
BAD 0
BLOOD
"CABCARETI Mil claimed for them
m l 11 j .1 trul* wonderful medicine 1 here often
Wished I : :> uu',1i.;uie yi< to '.il n ?inl lit lust
have found 11 m t'Rstiaiets Hlncu taking thorn. in*
blood lia?. eon do rifled end riiy o "i pioxion bus Improved
woo 101 f i\ 1111,1 I foci much better In ?eery
ive j. ' M d. dAU.it h. Luttrull,'l'oun.
Ml CATHARTIC
mdcaimQ
\L TMADi MMIt ?Of*TRMO^^^0^
P" 's?erit Vt'. '.tsMu. Potent Teste Oood. Do
Good, Mover ? teu, Wmen.or Gripe. 10c. Uoc. 6O0.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... J
11* *4 \ - '? i - *, i K j; nlr#tl? 3ew York. 31? ()
li rt Tfl n fi p (Miitrptl bv all drUR- ^
nUMU'DAw . ? t"l ISK Totdtcco UablU a
v
Atlantic Coast Line '
R.VlLUOAO COMPANY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
C0XP*NS*D SCHKDDLV.
Trains Going South.
l>?ted Not. llJ, 1899.
No.erp No.86 I
P.M. A M
r.e*ve Wiloniigtou 8:16
Leave Mr ton 0.81 i
Arrive fiorence 7:16 "
Leave Florenoe *7:16 *8 81
Arrive bumter 8:67 8 61
No. 62
A. M
Leave Sumter 8:67 *9 It)
Arrive Columbia 10:20 11 0(
M . r O - * t ? M
no. os runs inroagu trim vjnarieston via
Central H. 11., leaving Charleston 7:LK) ft. m.,
Lane* 8:34 n. m., Manning 9:09 a. in.
Traina Goiug North.
No. 64* Nc.5>
A. M. P. M.
Leave Columbia *6:40 *4 16
Arrive Sumter 8:06 5 86
No. 8*2
P. M.
Leave Sumter *8:06 6 00
Arrive Florence 9:2t) 7 *0
Leave b'loreuce.. 9.60 r
Leave Marion 19:80 I
Arrivo Wilmington 1:16
JUaily.
No. 63 runs through lo Charleston, S. C.
via O-utrai U. K., arririug ut Uauuiug 6 04
p.m., Lanes6:43 p. m., Chariestoa8:80 m.
J. It. Konly, General Manage:.
T. M hwerson, i radio Mauager.
u M. Emerson. Geoem1 Passenger a g j Gonway
& Sea Shore 1
Railroad.
Daily Except Sunday.
In effect Sopl 2, 1901.
Southbound.?No. 16
Leaves Conway 8 00 am
Leave l'ine Island 8 3!? am
Arrive Myrtle beach 8 45 am
Northbound.?No. 1 4.
Leaves Myitle.Deach 6 30 pin
Leaves 1'ine Inland 5 46 pm
Arrive on way 0 15 pm
1). I . McNeill, Gen. Manager.
A TUa m--1.ll" r> ' - - * ?
[ 'T 1 uc wmms urcaicsi |J
1' Cure for Malaria. j!
11 ?
i . \ For nil forms of Malarial polson\!
ltig take Johnson's Chill and Fever
i onic. a taint of Malarial polson1
ne I n your blood means misery and L
failure. Mood medlcincscan'tcuro
Lev Malarial poleonlnK. The antidote
ftSi for It la JOHNSON'S TONIC,
ffffi Get a bottle to-day. r
iU ?
; ; ;
MBadly? i
Appetite, Loss of Strength, Lick of Clergy,
&o ? Tuko a few dascs of
JIMMY'S IRON KI XrURE,
A Genuine 1) ooi Tonio. /
THE MURRAY DRUJ Co. Columbia, 8. C.,
&sCSS.l"
.iLSCHOOl" SHORTHAND
ycimi Binin??vC sAvcry&fitfQa, .
ftChnp Board Jv;isituations sreunro. j,
A YOUNG MAN i
Should attend ? m.??? - *
nun t?u wwiugneu
reputation. A diploma I'rjoi < oaverso Coin tj
meroiii Soboo u cny ?o sejaro tuo &i
best p anions. Taorougi wjrli; boat equip- ai
rncnt; positions guaranteed. F
Address li. W. GErSISQER,
8pnrtaulmrg, 8 0 ?
-- " * ? p
Educato lor Business ... c
?AT TUB?
Charleston Comrnorcial School. ^
(Y M 0 A building.)
KING Street, - - Ohari-'iton S. 0. ^
Soiul for Catalogue and terms.
\\T ACOAMAW LINE b'i'E VMEtUJ.?The
f hieamt-r will Icate the wharf at Con
ww/ every uunuay and Wednesday morning
for Georgetown at 4 o clock touching all intermediate
pointa; ami will leave her wharf
at Georgetown every Tuesday and Fri?.t ?y 1
morning for Conway at 7 o'clock, touohing ?
at ail intermediate poinU.
D. T. MoNeill,
Gen'l Agt and Treas., Coaway, 8. C. \\
John 8. L'.eaty, R1
Agent, Georgetown, 8,0.
? w
MAt 1' KAT S ^ gfn(j por Catalogue.
BUSINESS 1 Address W. 11. .Macfoat, p!
CoLLKGK, ( (0ffijkl Court Btenogra .
Ooluiu iia, 8. 0. J ^her') P??W?t.
$2,500.00 IN GOLD GIVEN AWAY A
to our agents bosldes tho regular commissions,
for selling our splendid line HOLIDAY
BOOK8 for 1901. No big prizes to a few,
but kvkiiv aoknt gets a ?hare. Fifteen years' "
busi'ieas reoor-l back of thia offer. Handsome
sample oaae outfit only 85 oonts, delivered.
Order outfit and secure ohoioe of territory
Fever Medicine.1
IILL AND FEVER TONIC, it Is 100 Ei
k!?> <l?y wluit slow <|Ulnln<> cannot
Iking coat rust to the fooblo ourui I
3 IT CURBS.
PiuiTT If a LIFETIME.
Our bp oe ^
ui'tl up the largo t business co lego in the
IKK \T SOUTH at once, we mate tueto linear
1 of rates for a short time onlv; allow
bsolutely free scholarships to few ; to others,
re wilt pay railroad taro, furnish < Hioe work
)r part tuition, accept notes, furuigh cheap
oaid and aooure pomtuna.
For full inforiuation, fcend now to the
Columbia Businoss College,
COLUilKI \, 8. C.
* Will Orsc* V?.,
I Will UUdl 1UU
)nly One Cent
to lind out about the "Hex 1
Mattress; the quality, the
guarantee, the prices, and
the sizes. Drop us the postal,
simply say "Hex," and
sign your name in full, giving
address.
lexler Droom &liMaUress Co.
Pelzer, S. C.
I
^ALL bromine STYLES.
! UP-TO-DATE,
1617 Mala Carpet Houge. Columbia,
Street, I | 8 C
MUTUAL CAHPET CO.
Write us fur samples of attyih'ng in _
our lino. Uoods Hhipped anywhoro iu
tho State free of freight. Wo nro alw?
s busy. No dull days with us. When
in Columbia, come and boo ub. Any- j
body can show you tho plaoo.
f_HE YOUNG 3 LOOP
-UMBER COMPANY
' ? I
AUGUSTA, OA.
Okkick ani> Works, Nobtii Augusta, 8.0. 1
>00118, 8ABU, BLINDS AND BUILDER'8
HARDWARE. 1
LOOKING, BIDING, CEILING and INSIDE
FINISHING LUMBER IN
GEORGIA pine,
All J)orrospoiidence given prompt atten
ion. July 2?ly
joIlE^N-WQENER" }
Hardware Company. .
(Successors to C. 1'. Popponhelni.)!
?Wholctale and Keta 1 Dca'crj in?
Lrms, Ammunition, Agricai- 1
tural Implements and I
Hardware '
or K.ery Kin 1 on J Doooription.
t^if'Send postal for Prices.
King St., - - Charleston, 8 C
:e-m medio at hid cigars |
AND 1
:e-m smoking tobacco, i
For uses of tobacco that suiter with Cairrb,
Asthma or Brouohitis. Wo guarantee
a absolute and permanent oare of Catarrh
nd it is tho only known remedy for for Hay !
ever.
If your druggist or grooorn doei not keep it I
rite t E-M ^o., Atlanta, Ga., for the lam
le. Trade eupplled by Murray Drug Co., I
olumbia. H <5 ^? -
. . v.,??u ukkk uauu Co., Char- .
m on, 8. C. ]
\ $50 INVESTMENT li
Tluit will i>ay
25 to $100 DI VIDEO * MONTHLY Ll
is n thorough, practical Basinets or BY
Shorthand training at
Storks' Businkss Ookkkge,
Write or call (or Catalogue and full i
particulars.
RlNQ 8T? Charleston, 8. q. fef
kgents Wasted p-r,h'
..LIFE OF <^jl
T. Booker Washington." 1
fritton by hinmolf- Everybody Iniys; agent# , ?
re now utak.tug over $100 per mouth; best M
>ok to sell to colored people orer published. l
'rite for terms, or sou 1 i conn for onttlt 1
id begtn at once, 1'tease moulion this 1
aper. Address J. L. M ,il M.S. 1
Atlanta. Oft. ,j?a
G. FRED STALVEY,
attorney and ( ounaelor at Law 'flH
Conway, 8. (3.
OfVIOl In Spivoy BnilOing- ?
EL. H. WOODWARD,
Attornoy and Counsellor at Law, t . jS
^^ONWAY, 8. istfB