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___ THE PEOPLE'SJURAL VOL. 5.---NO. 47. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 95. ONE DOLLA CANOLINA DAY IN ATLANTA. THE PALMETrO ARMY MAKES A PEACEFUL CONQUEST. South Carolina Carried (lio Day and Stormed the Expositlons Gates. ATLANTA, Nov. 28.-To-day was set apart at the Exposition as Atlanta and South Carolina Day combined, and the sun had ,hardly risen before the prediction that it, would be the greatest day in point of attendance in the history of the show was a cer tainty. Over one hundred thousand vislors were in the city, more stOngers than were ever in Atlanta before. The streets wore moving masses of humanit-y throughout the early morning hours, and before 9 o'clock the capacity of the ;urnstiles at the Exposition entrances, towards which the multitude flowed steadily, was being; taxed, while tct- were laid that th3 paid admissions to the grounds would reach the hundred thousand mark before the gates closed for the day. The combination of the Thanks giving holiday, the Palmetto State celebration and Atlanta Day, were resporsible for this eno.:mous atten dance. South Carolina covered herself wi: glory, excelling all other States t','; had special days at the fair in the number of visitors contributed and in the military display made. Since yes terday morning a score of trains loaded with South Carolinians have rolled into the,city, and a fair estimate places the number of Carolinians in Atlanta from 12,000 15,000. The eloquent speeches in the audi torium and the oratory of her distin guished sons filled the audience with unhounided enthusiasm, and every s, aker was given an ovation by the thousands who crowded the vast build ing and cheered almost every word that escapeul the lips of those who ap peared on bne programme. In cordial words the citizens and oflicials and military of the Palmeto State were welcoued to Atlauta and t her show, and in language burning with eloq nence Governor Evans and ( Senator Tillmwan replied. Mr. Sam Inman, in behalf of the exposition, addressed those who have aided so materially in making the Southern show so successful, and thanked them for the encouragement given those who I had asked for aid. Though every State in the cotton belt was represented, it was decidedly a South Carolina audience. The Palmetto badges predominated and were to be seen on almost every one who occupied., seats. Standing room was at a premium and several minutes before the exercises were commenced every seat had been taken and hund reds were cla: oring for entrance. The aisles were filled by those who stood and at the doors many tiptoed to ,,catch the words of the speaker. When Senator Ben Tillman entered the auditorium and was conducted to the platform at 2 o'clouk. h was greeted with an ovation that must have assured him that the audience was composed of his friends. He en tered at the rear duor and had almostI reached the steps leading to the plat form before the crowd saw him. 1rom that moment until he took his seat the applause was deafening. From every throat in the building cheers and yells proceeded and the sea of up turned faces smiled and beamed with pleasure upon the man who is almo::t worshipped by the masse,. Mr. Tillman stooped the minute he t saw he was recognized an I tut n ng bowed several times to the audience. Amid prolonged cheering he took his seat on the stage. He was among the firat to arrive and the audience de *manded his whole attention. At fro quent intervals his name would be4 called by some one in the building and . then the cheering wvould break forth anew. This was continued until the other speakers came in and the cx eroises were commenced. At 2 o'clock Governor 'atkinson, arm in arm with Governor Evans, walked upon the platform. This was a signal for more cheering and as the two governors took their seats the audience went wild with enthusiasnm. Governor Evans name was called and he was forced to bow in ac-1 knowledg ment. Some one called the name of Governor Atkinson, and Georgia's governor cams in for his share of the applause. "Tillman ! Tillman !" cried the audience and Senator Trillman r'ose and bowed while they cheered. F"or some reason there was a delay in the beginning of the cxeises after' all the speakers were scated and the time was passed in alternately calling for the speakers and csher-ring in genciral.1 The last one to reach the stage wats Mr. Sam M. Inman. As he camne in through the stage door everyone looked at the badge they wore, on which was his picture, and when they had made certain that he who had done so much for the exposition stood before them, they rose as one man and cheered with all their strength. Mr-. Inman walked straight to his chair, but the aud ience confltined to cheer him and he stood and bowed in recognition Governor Evans graspe~d the hand of Mr. Inman andh then G'v ernor Atkinson and Senator Tillman shook hands with him. After being introduced to those on the stage, M r. Inmnan took a seat just behind Governor Atkinson. Goverinir Evans sat on the right of GeorgIa's governor anid Senator Tillman sat next, to Governor 10vans. Lady members of the South Carolina board occupied seats on the right and left oif the governors. Officers of the governors' stalfs at back of their commanders-In chief. Just before the exercises were begun a tall countryman walked down to the stage. " I want to shake hands with lBen," he said to an oficer who stooped hin. " You must wait until ~after he speaks," said the officer. "I can't wait," replied the country man, and without further ceremony he made for the stage. Walking up to the ex-goveirnor, he stretched out his hand, which was warmly and cor dially accepted by Mr. Tiliman. He patted his ideal of a man on the back and left him only to return with a friend. The countryman and his friend occupied seats on the platform Auring the exercises. It was after 2 o'clock when Commis stoner Roche stopped to the edge of the platform and rapped for order. "We will begin the exercises with p.ayer. Rev. Dr. A-. T. Porter, of South Carolina, will offer prayer." Dr. Porter delievered an impressive prayer while the audience stood.. Dr. tVorter is an eloquent minister and is widely known taroughout the length and breadth of Sou(h Carolina. He was followed by Governor At kinson in an address of wolcome. His opening remarks were a tributa to the virtue and beauty of the Carolina wo men. Referring to Governor 1Evans' bachelorhood, he humorously romark. ed that if he did not aplpreciate the heauty of the women of South Carolina, Georgia stood ready to do so. He spoke f the bonds that, united the two States from colonial time and how the sympa- i thy and aid of Georgia was so nobly Lind generously tendered when South i Uarolina freed herself from negro rule. i H-1 said the large audience present i showed that the people had attested i their higher opinion of the worth of i bho two leaders present than that of the P'resident of the United States. He a spoko of the development of the South i and Fouth Carolina and Georgia es- i pecially, and said that this develop ment was not the result of foreign I 3kill, money or enterprise, as many I would have it. But that no foreign 4 apital has put its foot, on Southern I o1 until Southern energy and enter- i )rise had first pointed the way. Mr. Inman was then introduced and I velcomed the Carolinians on behalf of .he 1Exposition. He was surprised at he excellent military display made by l he State, and he had been amazed at I ,he variety of its products and the im nonse possibilities of the future de relopments. Governor 1vans replied to the we)- I ,ome given by Governor Atkinson and 1 dir. Iniman. He said that to sin,"i hank the people of Atlanta and tc state of Georgia for the kind welcome )estowed would be cold and unfeelin.; vords for a mother to say to her daugh or. Governor Evans said Georgia was ,he noblo and virtuous daughter of I south Carolina, and that he was proud >f her. He thanked Georgia for p:-. i ecting hit State from the Indians I Pears ago, and said he would always be I rrateful for every service rendered. I -le resented the words of Governor i \.tkinson about South Carolina not t >wing abio to appreciate the beauty of vomen. " The governor of Georgia surely i loes not know me," said he, and tY c 3 mdience applauded. He thought 1, state had brought the prettiest wo- E non on earth to the exposition, and ( eit his own unworth'ness when he i tood in the presence of a South Caro- ( ina woman. "South Carolina is proud of the i vomen of her State. Proud of what ,hey have been in the past, and proud >f what they are now at the present t ,ime. ] "This is Thanksgiving day. Georgia Ind South Carolina could exclaim with ( )0 particle of hypocrisy that she a vas not as other people. South Caro- k ina is different from many States, but 1 ,here is no difference between her and I ler daughter-Georgia. Though we i we sepurated by the Savannah, I I elieve like our lamented and im- I nortal Grad3, that the river is more I f a bond than a boundary." He spoke of of the days when the i wo States marched side by side to I rictory and to defeat, ind was thank- 1 ul that those days were over, and over a orever. South Carolina had always i lone what she thought was right, and I he had no apologies to make. Though t he conflicts sonetimes were severe I Lndt bloody, the grand old State had I iever been compelled to withdraw for i -eliairs, and never would. Governor' Evans spoke of the effect I >f secession, and believed that the day 1 vould soon dawn when the South I vouild get what it wanted. He tharnked )od that things were no worse, and loped to see them much better' before< nany years.t His speech was delightfully de ivered, and he was liberally applauded vhen he sat down. SENATOR TLLMA N'S A DDRiESS. & " Mr. President, Ladies and Gentle enon-The good book tells us that there t s a time for' all things, but. 1 doe not t hink that this is a time fez' long peaking." A voice: " Hurrah for~ Till man !hei Ilas sense."t T1illman :" They say that hungry t >eople have no ears, I laughter) and I I m surie that I can see a good many of a ou her'e whlo would like to have a a andwich about now. I shall, there- t Ore. not treOspass on your attention too I ong. This is not an occasion for long peaking. I have no set speech pro- I )yared. I don't know how to make set< pecches. 1 have been in prompt at ondance upon our constitutional con-t rention feor ten weeks and I didn't cnow until about six (lays ago that ,here was the slightest chance for' me ,o come to Atlanta and see what she Lfnd the South hatt to show. Our eon- f ti tutional convention adjourned on l'uoesday after'noon, after' eight days' il :onstant wo'k for ten hours a day int >rdler to get through in time to conmo I zer'e. I got, to A tlanta ycator'day even-t ng at () i'clock and, being wor'n out, I vent to bed, and I hwi no time to have ixedi a set speech if I had wanted to,t Lnd besides, whiat do I conmc to Georgia I o talk to South Carolinians for', any siay, for' it seems to me that every man meet is a South Carolinian and has I >)Cnl saying all day, * Ilowdy do, Ben?' mdl - Howdy, Governor,' all up and lown the streets to such an extent that< thoughit I was amt a State fair, and I iee so many familamr facos here and I realizo so clearly that. probably two- I thir'ds of you have hoard me befoire that I knowv it would he imposing upon< you to make more than a very fowli brief remarks. " I came here not to brag. I leave that to our young Governor. Ile is< young andi~ green and besides he has such an acute realization of interpre-] t~ation of our State motto . ' Animus, Oberbusque Arati.' The only thing that I know that hem hasn't any sense about whatever is wvomen. With as young and handsome a face as he has got and a reasonable amount of braini and a pretty fair character, for him to got up here aqda tell those ladles that lhe, in contemplating their beauty, has such a realization of his own unworthi ness that he-can not afford to put him self on one, is very good.1 He knows that every woman heem h i.sn'tmar further by adding that if at of the war there had been th there was before the war reasonable treatment of the people if the uniquitous tariff beon coDtrived to rob the far all the money had not been coi ed into the hands of a few banks; if the war on silver come up by which Georgia h leastfifty, or sixty or seventy ions in the last three years-I to you that if we had had t showing with our Northern b if we had had an opportunity our money at home, what ki exposition could we have give are not ashamed of what we h and of what we are doing. V up and say to the world that the most glorious country on of the earth and we prove it fixed facts and figures, and this pension robbery, this fina pletion, if we had had a fal we could have had an expositic lanta that would have eclip cage. This may apppear to iw combe; but the tribute we hav pensions hits b-een a mere bag what we have paid as tariff ai cial tribute in the way of into in other ways by which th depleted our country for the I national banks. It could b< that with a reasonable tariff a: distribution of the banking ca. country of the South wou moved forward more rapidly t| other section of the union, what other sectiou could ha' stood this drain and to-day pi the evidences of progress; the of railroads ; the building of ft the increase of wealth that around us? Who will deny the gold goes North and stay It does not return to beautify ai the South. They are enrichin selves at our expense and who there and see their palaces a1 wealth and their luxury, su Roman emperor ever dreamt o that it iN not th-A country t propuced it. butl4Xitut it is ti whkeh the South has paid f< conquered. It would be imi this is not the occasion or th. to follow out the thought in r the future policy of the countr, would be trenching on which should not intrude the on occasions of this chara will simply say to you, fellow come from w hat State you in with the ncg-o problem in th< with the immigration problen North ; with the great burden ant and debased foreigners wh there living in the very drog gredation and ignorance and ism and communism and all ti isms that go to pull down ; 1 time will come when the . farmers will be the saving s will keep this republic from over and becoming a military isin. Those Southern farmers a chants and bankers-though those bankers don't seem t( that the man who drives. the the man who runs the count have come to believe that W knows all there is about fini nobody can teach them anyth they must say * Me, too,' 1v Tte Now York World and Cleveland grunts. If your hadn't alluded to old Grover have not said anything abc and I am not going to say I about him here, because I % a better opportunity to use n fork upon him when I get to \ ton. But it does my soul good your governor say that t, bobtail Refor mers from Sou lina havt attracted more atten1 causedl more applause than ti dont of the United States. least a confirmation of the that a prophet is not witho save in his own country. I I: realization, and I thank yoi you-w ho have Come from Soi hina to do this honor to the and myself. in r'egard( to thao nies which have been hcal me by such papers as The Journal, Macon Telegraph ani nah News, I wish to say tl have gone from me like watc duck's back ; because the South Carolina have in two put mec in the governor's oficlt unexamplled majority, and fetr o lr the dl h~iiensy law imtit d they elected tme 1t th itLtes Senate by a vo'te of 1:'1 thbe Gehn'iral Assenmly . P'. for th is personal anlli n. I k moat to got somflethinig to ert and se t.he fair, so I wil jup you for this meeting. Thos who~. are going back to Son tih will bear with a better' awol ii reeui lection of this day if dtluttin you any longer. I ~will groernor of Georgia, and the t~hbe Unitead States, that we, t'i or South CJarol ina. arc and inu aheaad of anybody in the fiet I erial priogr's. T1ha nk iing hiis excel lenny for this oppor mooet yua (atce to face andal junve huad t~o say, I will now ci THE B3APTISTS fIN GR8E A IiARGE GATIIItNG FRI P'ART8 Ofe THE I]TM~ (Greenm vi lie Mountaineer, Nov. Not TIhme Mlnister.'s Conf.re Tihe tirst meeting in connee the B3aptist State Convention of time Minister's Oonference day night. Trho meeting waa over by Rev. N. N. Burton, of ton County. Rev. D. M. Ra CharlesHton, preached( the ani mon. His subljet was "Th rule of faith and pra'ictico." being fou nd in 2d TIimiothy. 3ld 10th and ihth verses. The which was listened to with tention by the large audience was a very interesting and l production. A ter the seermoi were elected for the year. Ri F~zell, of Spartanburg Couni chosen president anal Rev Brown, of IDue West, seretar On Wednesday morning, th once first listened to a strong J. N. Booth, of Union, the at lng "IDevelopment of our C] Dr. 0. B.'Moore, of Furman sity, then read a pa per on"] which he road a week or 50 8 ried wants a husband. Its 'agin natur' for woman to do anything else, and they say and I say for him that if, by reason of his unworthiness, he has been unable thus far to induce any of our fair daughters to take him and try to cultivate those little looks of hair that are growing so thin, that ho aught to do like I did. I came into your State when I was a boy before I was twenty-one years of age and In luced one of your best women who has been my blessing and my pride ever since to join hands with me. If lie man't induce any of our awn daughters o take him, thon I am sure that if he, will come to Atlanta some time in the Iuture that some of these Georgia la lies will-well, I think he might per uade them. I am a sort of a half 3eorgian, anyhow, for as soon as I got >ut from under' my mother I got under ny wife, who has controlled me ever ince, and I am glad of it. If I have nade anything of *a name for myself md have come to be anything and .onsidering the amount of cussing I ret, I think I must be a pretty grod ort of a follow, I attribute to the fact hat the women have had charge of ne all my life. "I come to extend to you brotherly reeting. Wltile my friend claims hat Georgia is the daughter of South jarolina, I rather look upon her as a Preat, big, handsome sister. Double is in area, nearly double us in popula ion and more than double us in taxa >le property. , " But go into any county in Georgia 'ou may; go into any county in any ftate west of the Savannah river to he Rio Grande and you will find South "aroliniaus, or the sons and daughters if South Carolinians ; and I never have eon one of them who was not proud o acknowledge the relationship and o send back the greeting that we love iur mother, and are proud of her. " Mr. President. I have had no op iortunity as yet to look at your expo ition. I have been only able to get a ilimpse around the grouidb in driving hrough them in a carriage, and in oming in on the train yesterday after ioon, and to read the account of the iapers and hear from my friends who kave been here and looked at this rand collection of the resources and nanufactures of the Southern people, which you have here. rho most atural thing for a person who visited he Chicago World's Fair is to make a omparison between the two, and I say o you, sir, that from what I have been ,ble to see of what you have done that 'ou have come up to their magnificent nd most glorious exposition ; and I ay here again that no city except the ;hicago of the South could have done L. To whom is credit due- Your lovernor says that Southern mea did t, Southern genius and Southern cap tal. I don't think this Is altogether vell, I won't say that he has not given ue credit to some outside help from hose men who have come from the Torth and cast their fortunes with ou, and are today as good Southern irs as I am; and I want to call your ttention to one thought, and then I hall stop. It is this: We hear and ve read a great deal nowadays about. winging Northern capital and induc ng Northern brains to come among us md develop our wastu places. The iewspapors harp on this in the South, .d Northern netwspapers twit us with lur incomnpetence and lack of progress, nd laziness ; and too many Southern oapers have become the echoes of this inworthy thought.' But pause and an .lyze the conditions which have ex sted here since the war and consider or a moment, to enlarge upon the hought which ,ny friend, the Gover ior of South Carolina has just touched tpon, the pension tribute which we >ay and you will see that .ve have not ceived aick from that source or comi any other so)urce thian a lithe of he money blhat, the Souither'n peCole atve (lug from the earth and sent orthward to remain there. Now I will ~ive you a few liguries and this is the inly thing~ I took the trouble to look IIp to tell you about. Trhe entire mount p~aid by the United States gov rnment since 1861 for pensions has ceen $1,861,000.000. Of that sum the imount, paid to the veterans of the var of 1812 and the war of Mexico and he indian wars, $59,000,000, so that he Union soldiers have received $1, 00,000,000 from tde United States gov ement. Trho number of pensioners ni the South all told, I mean the cot on States, is (i5.000. ThIe numbe a'r in he iJnited Stat--s k it 000. s , you see hat loss than on''-s'x'eerth of is iloney comes book to thli Sout~h. 11(ow nuch do we pay ? Stati .tic4 will l)-.Jv hat these elevon cottet Stat~e- cot t in 'any shape yo.i pleas,.. :,Ii) fne.a ure it by any yar'd st~ick yonu wmnt, >ay not less thai one- fourtbh au- I nearly 'ne-third of it. If you de duet, a ro'a enable amount for tue o -um paid b ack o the Southoen prusiners ant'h the nest of that is p~ id in tbh- Sta:tes of trkansas, Virginia andl T.'nneswo, I a~y to you that the total s'un t.hot is oming to the Sout, since the w.ar rom pensions fromi any somi..ee has nti i *xcededl $15.000 000: that will leave 1,650,000,000 tha ~ltilns bee'n pid to lbe Northern .-oludi rs and yo u have >aid one-fourth of that, whieii aml~ounts o mnore than $400,000,000~ of tribute to 'ur conqluerors. A m I getting uip '- new revolu ttion in alking about lis ? Not at all. :now full well thtt the Southern cleo ile as a peCople wvi never govern this mien any more. W'- only want to hold he balanceof po~wer' hetween-the giant Vest and toe greedy North that arc iow marshLiling their- forces for the ontrol of this country on the tarilif mdt flnancial Issues, andl we must look o natural allilances ;to those whose nterests arc lidentical with our- own mud idientif~y ourselves with them and mdeavor to bilg back the conditions hat will give us a fair chance. So hat our farmers can receive some comn )ensation forthelr labor besides a bare ixisutenice. "' lut to car-ry out the thought wvhich have just touched. Ihow many mil ions has tine North invested in the south. Comning here for their own oellish pur poses to get large returns 'rin their intvestmelnts. I would make in even guess that it does not, exceed 1400,000,000. Therefore, when you salk about Northern capital and brains 3oming down here I say that they are :mly sending back to us some Southern capital which they have taken froma us as plension tribute and that we have not received In all as much as we have sehat away : and I will elaborate that the close the Baptist Congroess in Providence, 1 e quality Rt. I. It Is needless to say that this I and the paper was scholarly and profound, I iouthern since Dr. Mooro was the author of it. I had not While the subject is not one which i 'nors ; if the general run of people are well ac- i acentrat- quainted with, still a good deal of dis- 1 'national cussion followed it. had not The afternoon was taken up with a t as lost at debate upon the que"y: " Resolved, i -live mil- That women should speak in mixed t just say public religious assemblies." On the 6n equal allirinative, Rev. Q. C. Brown, of Sum- i rethern ; ter, was the speaker and Rev. J. E. to keep Covington, of Landruin's, on tho nega- E nd of an tive. Mr. Brown's argument was ox- ' in? We coedingly able, showing that the N ave done speaker had made a careful and con To stand scientious study of the subject. Mr. t we have Covington vigorously uphold the or- I the top thodox doctrine that a women should i by these keep silent in the churches, where t despite there are mixed assemblies. His ( nclal de- speech was not written, and lie was at ' chance a disadvantago in this respect, because r )n in At- his argument was not close and coin ied Chi- pact, as he undertook to follow his op- t me bun- ponent. t a paid as Tie congrogttion and especially the c atelle to ministors agrood with Mr. Covington id finan- that the women should not be brought I rest and into mixed assemblies. ey have WeInesday Night's Session. t ionefit of The first session of the convention 3 proven was called to order on Wcdnesdiv ud a just night by Rev. RI. W Sanders, o(f iltal this F-ornce, the resident of last year. ld have Rev.i J. H. Boidridge, of Lancaster, han any preached the convention sermon from because Luke 17th chapter and 21st verse. The t re with- subject was the kingdom of Christ. 'oscnted After the sermon, the election of building ofiklers was gone into. ,Dr. A. J. S. I mtories; Thomas, of Greenville, nominated we see Rev. R. W. Sanders, D. D., for re-eloc it? All tion to the ofilee of president. There s there. were no other nominations, and on ad adorn motion of Col. J. A. Hoyt, the secre g them- tary was instructed to cast the hallot a you go of the convention for Dr. Sanders. ad their Rev. W. D. Rico, of Denmark, and 0 oh as no Judge J. H. Hudson, of Bennettsville t f, rclect were chosen vice-presidents. Rev. G. hat has T. Gresham, of York, was re-eci,ed 5 le price recording scretary, with Capt. A. B. t ir being Woodrulf, of Woodruff, assistant. Dr, proper- C. H. Judson was re-elected treasurer. o I tim-- Rev. C. S. Gardner welcomed the egard to convention to Greenville in a neat c V. That talk which was responded to by Rev. politics, John G. Williams, in one of his char. ,msclvos acteristic speeches. eter. I A committee on order of business citizens, was appointed, with Rev. L. T. Carroll a., thati as chairman. This committee an South; nounced that sessions of the conven I of t"1 tion would be held from 9:30 a. m. to Uf IgnOr- 1:30 p. in. and from 7:30 to adjourn o are up ment at will. The convention ad- v s of do- journcd with prayer by Rev. Fred. 1 anarch- Jones, of lillenton. ea the Thanksgiving Day. outhern . The convention on Thursday morn-.a alt that ing, was opened with devotional ex- t topling creises led by Rev. M. McGee. The de'spot- first business taken up was the report of the State Mission Board, which was ,nd mor- read by the secretary and treasurer, some of Dr. T. M. Bailey. Mention was made realize in the report of the death of Rev. J. L. plow is [olns, tho veteran imissionary. The ry-thoy report showed that the debt which all street was $6,000 at the beginning of tile year tnce and had been reduced to $3,000. The rc ing, and port was referred to a committee, of ry time which Rev. A. C. Wilkins was made Grover chairman, governor A committee on co-ope-ation in the I woul(l work among the colored peo le was ut him appointed with Rev. W. T. Dorieux Inything of Spartanburg, as chairman. Thy ril have report of the board of trustees of ty pitch- Connie Maxwell Orphanage at Green Vashing- wood was presented by 1ev. .1. L. Vass, to hear the superintendent and treasurer. ,vo little Twenty-niinc orphans have been r th caro- ceived during the year makin' a total ion, thea. of 75 now in the institution. One new e pres'- building has been orected this yea-r It is at and another will be finished before thought spig which will make the c-apacity utt honor- 100 children. T1he report was referr-ed iave this to a committee, with itev. N. N. Bu u-all of ton, chiairmian. ith Car-o- T1hc r-eport of the committee on Aged goveirnor- Minister's Relief Pund was read by the 0 calum- chairman, [1ev.C. C. Brown, of Sumnte )ed upon T'her-e ar-c now fourteen ministers aided~ Atlan ta by th is board. Savan- Wheni tihe houir for the Thanksgiving hat, they ser-mon arriived, the chur-ch was fillled r fromi a to over-Ilowing, both in the gallerieos >e')ple of and on the floor- below. Dri. W. 1i. 1 elections Whitsett, pr-esident of the Southern , and by3 Baptist Theological Semninar-y preciif-1 hat last 0(1 a maigniticentsermion, taking as his wa vntext 1st Samnuol, 7th chap. 12th ver'se. e United Afteor the sermnon, the report on t21iiIfor-eign Missions was ircad by Dr. W. .don ni C. Lindsay, of Columbia. The indica now youi tions' in the East seem to be hopef ul, as-t L and go recent events in China point to a bet-i Sthak tetr opening for- tho missionar-y effor'ts. of you lany Eastc-n powers ar-c thiroatened Ca-,iawith destruction. In Cuba, Br-izil apim-aind Mexico tihe outlook is also bright ( e ot(ning. in Italy, the progress is slow, aty to the but in Africa theiro mare gleams of light. vwholo of T1he discussion of tie repoirt was made o people thle special or dler for Frmiday night. md to be T1he presidenit duri-in g 1 ho mornmg I of ma- anniouniced I-lie fo lowImig commiiiittees : 1 you tmid To nomn ate Ibiard of Truistues for . Orphanage, .1. A.- Hoyt, chairmuan. OnSunday S.enools, Rlev. 0. L. Mar. o.On Hlomoi M i-ssions, R1ev. . W. Perr-zy, chairiman. NVIL~LE. On P'oireign Missions, 11ev. C. P. Ervin, ehairiman. AIA ~u On pm-aching for this meeting, R1ev. zL C. S. Gaid nei, chair-man. Tro nominate delegates to the South hi ' t-in Baptisty Convention, Rev. A. C. Wilkins, chalirman. no n time and place of next meeting, .io wihRev. L. C. Ezoll, chairman. n w To nominate Executive Board, R1ev. wasi that4 G. A. Wr-ight, chairman. onT - To nomInate Board Ministerilal jee Education, R1ev. 1). W. Ramsey, chai misy o tan. n ea sw- Committee on obituaries, 1Rev. C. T. m c~-en Seal to, chlairmnan. t o text The ConventIon Pr-oceedings,. chiapter-, On Thursday night -the convention eirmnon, wasu opeined with the singing of the oldi Lrent at- famniliar- hymn : " How 1irm a founda pr1esent, ion," after which a pr-ayer was olfer-ed ceholar-ly by .Rov. A. C. Osborn, of Benedict insti , ollcer-s tute, Columbia. Thue special order of ev. L. C. busiiness was then called uip, which1 ~y, being was the consider-ation of the r-aport of, . .1. A. the committee on the annual reopor-t oif y.the State Mission Boai-d. R1ev. A. C. e confetr- Wilkina, the chairinan of tils commit paner- by tee, submitted thle r-epor-t, wvhich was tiject be- shor~it tand to the point. T1he repor-t turcehos." commended the work of the board and Univor- urtged thaL more missionarioes be put in M1onism," the field next year'. go befoi-n IRmarks on the ennnet. woen marie )y several: Mr. Wilkins being the irst speaker. He spoke cf the Impor ance af the work and its success so ar.. Glad to know that the debt was lot so large a8 it was expected to be. .t first of the year, the debt was $6.000, >ut had been reduced now to $3,000 ome of which would be paid before he end of yuar. The speaker closed vith an earnest appeal to the people o do more next year. Rev. Fred. Jones, of Aiken County, vas the next upoakor. He told of his ixperionces when he first came to bouth Carolina as a missionary of the itato Boatd at Beaufort. Outlooks vas gloomy then, but has brightened reatly since. H urged the pas o's to present this ausde to the >cople and that the people should be nore liberal. Duty of Christians and heir privilego to give to the cause of brist. Rev. C. T. Scaifo, of Woodruff, a Lomber of the Board, was the next peaker. Mr. Seaife said the work in his State was better organized than hat of any other State. No advorso riticisins could be made oi it. Dr. T. M. Bailey, the eflicient sce etary of the State Board, spoko next. lo said that by order of the conven ion, the board had each year extend d the work, but the 43ontributions had lot increased propprtionately. It w as iocessary to go in debt as no one ould tell at the beginning of the year vhat the income would be. Rotrenchuient had been mado where he work would suifor loss. Missiona 'les of the board made its great sacri ices as those in foreign fields. Ap leals were constantly coining from all >ver the State to send missionaries. [hough contributions were not sc arge this year as in sone past years here were more contributors than vetr before. Dr. Bailey closed his poech by calling for a colleition. ltev. Lucius Cuthbert told the story f the almost miraculousrejuvenation of be old First Church in Charleston. Dr. luthbort Is one of the most eloquent peakers in the State, and for some ino he. 1old the audience spellbound y his graghi description of the re pening of this church. On Friday morning the devotional xorcises were conducted by 1tev. B. 1. Robertson, of Gatney. The first ubject taken up was that of the co-op ration in the work amoug the colored loople by the Northern and Southern laptists. The principal speech on his subject was made by llov. 1-1. L. doorehouse, D. D., of New York. iu lade an earnest appoal foe' the liap ists of South Carolina to take up this iork more vigorously, saying this wpsa ne of the greatest opportunities that aan had ever had for advancing the ause of Christ. A special committee ias appointed on this subject. The ubjet of ministerial education was akOn up, the flrst talk on this being nade by Dr. W. H. Whitsitt, Prles. lent of the Southern Baptist Theologi al Seminary. Dr. Whitsitt bogun b3 icaking :>f the time when the Semi mty was located in Greenville. H( mook3 oncouragoingly of the work o Aho institution. There are now 1 stadents from this State in the Somi nary. The report of the standing commit bee on Sunday Schools was proseitt by the chairman, Dr. A. J. S. Thomas leho first speaker on this report wat nado -by Rov. T. P1. Bell, secretary of ,he Sunday School Board of the Louth wn Baptist Convention, located at .ashville. iO urged upon the con rention the importance of using the iterature ptlishod by this board and )resented its clalins in a stirong peech. Rev. 1). M. llamsoy, on the bohall >f the trustees of L4urmznan University, n1,d0 the opoening speech when the ubject of education wis taken up. He itt tihe generiai intereists of education vere being considered ias never' beforo ni South Car'olina. Ourm dienoination s in the work. and wVo ought to) do the )est we can for' oui' institutions her'e n Greenviill. Tiheo institutions are nquippcd with the best management tnd as good teach ing force as atny cot eres in this State. There ari' neceds >f these colleges wichl should be mtet. smaill deficits for a few year's arc atc mujtating. No one0 fools anxious tbout, these deficits, hut we ought not o allow thema to increasoe to any extent. Ne must meet thec ncessit ies, and to) do .his weoimutst, ha. e a plain to wvork upon.11 iiubscripJtionis paiynle OI in '' thr anil ivye carst' wore sutggestAed. iandl the lii,.'.e' tat'od with $ 1,-100. Tihi pla or' some' ili thert'J phin ouight to be5 conideredCI'i ight now, and the brethiren shtoul d atlk fr'ioly abiut, this matter' Mr'. tnamacy alluded to the fact, thait he irst, saw the light, on the banks of the teedly, and lhe know the Baptists o1 boith Caro'l inat too well to exp~ect any~ telp backwards. Rev. C. S. Gardner said there were btree ways before usa. Cut down ex. senses by reducing the teachling force .nd fall behind in the educationa vor'k. We must go forwar'd, and mee0 he exigencies upon us. T1he State il 1,dvancing along this linle, and th< leoninations in tils and other State tre iuoving iactively, too. We muts mot e3xpet others to do tile work, bu nu ist hiel p our'selves. Rich mocn are mct going to give money unless the oorer men show a reial Intorost. Tihit .s a cr'itical moment ; we can not, g< rorwar'd without, mioro money and w< ianlnot stay where we are withoiu noroe money. l'urmain University wai roundied in the tears, pr'ayers, at uao'l icos of dlevotedi mn go( havi ~ono home to glory. Mi. Gardner' closed his spoc~h withi 'epetition of his appleal to tile Bap-tisti A)>contri bute money to lFurman. . tudgi Joshua H. Hutdson, of Bennettsville Mwas tihe next speaker on this subject [le said he was a friend to the Souti Jarolina College. The State shouli naintain an institution of higthes Iducation. lie wats a friend of Cleom ion, of tihe Citadel with its gloriou 'ecord, of Clalin, and thoughlt ti stato should support these colleges But the advisability of denominationa sol leges had boon decided ion g hago. Trh Miethodists have WolYord a great ir ititution, and the Methodists are gein to sunrpor'ted it. The Presbyter'ian have Clinton and are going to suppor their college. Tile Baptists hay F'ut'man and can not atford to let decline. Here in Greenville, all ar protud of Furman since it is a source material and inteiloetual progress t tile citizens of this city. At the la meeting of the trustees in .Juoe las an nant was put in thn field. le. T N. Pratt, than whom there is not/in the State a more prog' 9its," edr" gotic, or wiser mn ' as 20464 the agent. At that timeo- t n6rewi o money in the treasury to pay is Wal , but the trustees had confidence in the Baptists of the State and depended'on them to contribute his salaryi The Greenville Female College' and Fr man University are necessa'y parts of the church work and the denomination can not afford to let them languish and decline. Judge Hudson's appeal was one of the most eloquent speeches made dur ing this'3sosion of the convention. Rev. Hartwell R. Moseley, of Rook Hill, made an earnest appeal to the alumni of Furman to do more for their alma mater. Mr. Moseley, as president of' the alumni association, announced that at a meeting of the executlue board of this association, it had been deolded to go into a more thorotagh organiza tion. Vice-presidents would be ap pointed in every association The spoaker mentioned the terrible con dition or the grounds of the University and said something should be done to nut these grounds in better shape. He Introded a resolution calling upon the trustwes to make an effort to in croaso the endowment fund. This subject called up perhaps greater die cussion than had any other subject. LRov. D. M. Ramsey, was called on to take subscriptions for the endowment of Furman, and they wern given with a good deal of enthusiasm. Subscrip tions were secured to the amount of $4,005 and after this good news was annou.nced the convention adjourned until last night. The Woman's Meeting. The Union of Woman's Missionary Societies, connected with the State Baptist Convention, is holding its meetings in the Washington Street Presbyterian church. At the first meoting on Wednesday morning, Mrs. C. H. Sloan, of Greenville, was re olected president, and Miss Mary L. Coker, of Society Hill, secretary. A number of interesting papers were read. On Thursday morning a Thanks giving sorvice was hold, and one of the most intoroesting papers read was one by Mrs. M. 1E. Honderson, of this city, her subject being " Causes for Thanks giving in Foreign Lands." Another mootieg was hold yesterday afternoon and the last mneting will be held this afternoon at :1.30 o'clock. ''his body is one of the best working organiza tions in the State, being composed of consecrated Christian women who devote much of their time and atten tion to this work. There is one vice president for each association and their reports which were read at the moting on yesterdaw, were very en couraging and showed that a great in terest was being taken in missions by the Baptist women of the State. Mrs. II. it. Mosoloy, of Rock Hill, a former missionary to Mexico, and Miss Lillian McDavid, now a worker in Mexico, were expected to be present, but were provented by bickness. A letter was r read from Mrs. W. E. Entzminger a m wissimnary to Brazil, who as Miss - Maggie,Grifllith, was a resident of this laco. Baptist Teachers. A meting of the Baptist teachers of this State was hold on Thursday afternoou at the Greenville Female --ollego. A. P. Tia lor, of the Welch Neck High Schoo, was elected presi dent, and Giles B. roole, of the Wood ruff High School, secretary. The object of the meeting was to take steps towar(d seouring greater co-operation between the Baptist High Schools and Furman University and the Green ville l0omalo College. The following schools were re presented: Ftirman University, Greenville Pem'aie College. Welsh Neck High School, Cooper-Limestone Institute, Y'ork Baptist High School, Orange burg Collegiato Institute, North Green ville Hligh School, Campobello High School, Woodruff High School and Leibanon High School. Dr. Moore house, of Now York and Dr. Osborn, of Hocnodict Institute were also pre sent. Resolutions were adopted favor ing : (I) more thorough prepartery work for Furman University ~ Greenville Female college, (2) send U pupils from the high schools to the colleges named, and (3) building up of the high schools. Steps were taken to organize an association of the Baptist techersci~ of South Carolina. GE'N. JORDIAN D)EAD. A Well Know~n Soldier Passes Away and Leaves ani Honorable Record. General Thomas Jordan died on the 27th inst. at his home. in New York. The members of General Jordan's fam ily and some of his intimate personal friends were present when ho died. General Jordan had been suffering a long time from tubercolosis. I General .Jordan was born in Luray, 1. Page County, Virginia, in 1819. At 16 li entered West Point where he was Sa roomnmato and classmate of William a Tr. Shermnan. General Jordan served I, all through the Seminole campaign. L A ftc--wards hie was in the Mexican w:ar. 3 He was also with the troops in Califor nia and Oregon in the Quartermaster's i Departmont. The highest rank that ho attained in the United States army was Captain. SAt the outbreak of the civil war he m-resigned and joined the ,Confederacy. Il e was madoe Brigadier General and served as chief of staff with General IBeauregard and fought at the first bat tle of Manassas and Shiloh. At the c lose of the war he took the side of Gen. Beauregard in the latter's quar ,irol with Jefferson Davis and wrote an .article for a magazine denouncing Davis. For this he was oritioised I severely in some quarters. He was L connected with the Memphis Appeal - for some time after the olose of the B war. 3: When the first Cuban insurrection .broke out General Jordan enlisted and I fought during 1869-70 against Spain. t Ho eventually became commander of - the rebel forces in Cuba. A~t Lad Me i nas do Tana on Christmai day, 1810, s with nearly 600 men, he held in check t thirty-flye hundred Spanish soldiere c until his ammunition gaveout, t He came to the United States in 't871 c to intercede for Cuba and Andeavored if to have belligerent rights granted the o island. lie was arrested on thlicharge t of violating the neutrality late, and L, held for trial. He was never tried, L. howeven