The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, May 21, 1896, Image 4
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ove s Grea
Ny brother Hugh and I woro twins,
an'd loived each othber with a fervor
thati -t ew in intensity as we advanced
in v.' rz; Perllaps the Peouliar aflec
titln w hich is sald to exist between
v wInl, was strOnig In us.
Our home, at I ittle 'ottago of row.ugh
hewn stoe. w"s sitlated in one of the
vild but. beautiful vales that lies nort,h
of Blati.
WeO played togetther, Hugh and I
ei limbedt the rocky hills togethor
boated on the .tiny lakelot together,
anId, when we were old enough,
tramped over the hille to school to
get her. We were Inselarable. The
danvers of one were the dangers of
Ie other ; his sorrows were mine, and
ly joy4 wiero his. So our lives palsed
in Cimple, childlike happiness, until
WO wro IS, when a thing happened
I bat trained th .reng t.h even of our
love to its verel utmost tension.
We would either of us havo willingly
aenm cheerfully died for her- -the girl
we loved : but we would also, if there
had been need, as cierfully and wil'.
ingl.: died for Caeh other.
Many times wo walked togethber to
her home at Bala and pulled across
the lake. Somet'imes Iug-h rowed and
le lnd I sat. side by 'ide in the stern
n --tLe.ered the lit-tle boat ; someti imes
t,e In t in wla: reviersed. ail1 I pilled
hllil'' hi F'at by .1Jennic'S side And held
be rudde' lines. I 't it could not go
on soalwI.yvs. We knew that she could
not make us both happy. Ahough, so
1a'. a1.' we thought it. over, she had
srhown no preference for eitlier, unlss,
as, 1 sometimes fanicied, her eyos rested
longer. and with difforent expression.
ou m1e than on hIm. Yet it Illust come
to an end, anl so, one g loriously bright
summer day we strolled atrin in arim
up thbe mou ntain side and sat down at
tle turn of the footpath. from whence
w& Could see the w hite Cot.taL-e and the
ieaut.'lul lake behind it.
It waS tlheiC she lvd. and ch1, for
.011g did we gaIze lovingky. with full,
trem2lious hea1 t2,at the dear p1hwe C.
I hai ' ne: the 1:0., ii- wavelets
hjineinl an spark iite. IkK- diarnon011ds
n h ,unii h : the ;;Tes tuon tain
which t ell'Ie.'Ct it its with i rmitipart t
nay, rather. as at gem is ciiireled by
i).- 'netal winclh prot.e'ets1 it: and the
ccitage, withli its cliniving ivv and
tiSafmll. 1111d Setd honysieie, the
Iir rox< wich shie--fairer even 01han
the hdv-- i tented : how it spoke to us
: ;a't dLy. et it wvs not iof spair'kling
t:ake. nor of swelling hills, nor even of
the emubowed Cottage that we thought,
ilt of wha3t. we knew wasI that cot
tage : to us the CeItre of the whole
reenec. the% Owe in its ensket.
.111.' at 11.t Said I ll' brother. and i
Iin voice sounlded far away. to faint
wa !, and eioked with emotion
.iin. ~e antt :iwa -, e tgeher.
..litit -J~ll Vt one of \it. I 'rom iseI
mie 0, whiher f u sl takes. I
VOW 1r1i0 alnd \N w i w t j ,ake n11 Jil
htir adt .'!t , onl ov r th th r
r I e metLA tha -t yo wiO I still hie friend~
nd b) ot' h1 I. -:0 tnat nothing 11 the
wo ha ci.il: et% wtC:I, Us."
id.t no''' l1-13 otell to speak,
h1l .''l:'h d rough
e lt e n2. Then. eich
w s ti e *r..: 'is ,oWit" nto the oth r''s
fac '' n-.'"ehace th? hionorin ,v
n itt a :l:-eneding 1Zof a great -orrlow",
we' wer 'A owII. the mountain arm in1
*anuI.. 11 wc LaU 'dne up.) .\nd so. for
I:. >2 it',.'' ne\V'l' went tao see her.
premt-n d".:t i dys:. and necver'
id echet:'' :itr witImu~t the other
m~e'ettir'' 1 him or1 1 way tose by hiis
fare whe~iither i ': ~ ende.
ihit the'-eCV" w e thi'i '"Un:air. noth
ook), oCe "a'lether --tra. ''i lr.t'fc
dn e. .lni.' e P1Ill '. - ' t T he.'i
nteed 1 P pain - 1m4'. '. 21 w~
aweil an tru - I
the .IightCt 1.'w ual ' E..- n .
lmy tnougt-- aV t- I
mine -t.'.1 li ' w.' C . '~w
whIich I hc:.u n.' 't1.est .-V. s
110211k iig It'r : 1yio t .1 'o1t.t t
aloveypo e and w , . -a -e. tr
tI'lli !?J a ti r eh' n(' 4.14 t. '. n
thn>Ming -md wt a E
.' u lrlt, (j thu 'il ''n I s i ' ': -
fround her,~ 'n - - .'
a mcun .'owar- ..'.-v -
Iil-fd .1 ypa n :'.' 2'. .- '1
(ham. Fo . r- t - 11 .
'a.rIt- h.': C :a" l-l
face 2 t .c- : -a - - -1> .. p
t') J51( -W ~ v.'). . I hi'. J.. t ',91 a
b -J
w i:'hwro e .* yc it ' ai fI . i f) I
80 Jh~a r; Ew ;,,atn. I1I, lL' a . c'nC.
hw-k. tIi I knnow.
years mo nn hapn e y onr r'inb the
memory of thabto atsot-Acrte,'n ci re
membthatd bsraey, -, saw ovm-o an't h
Weover ain hihing os'~on:l o
nw ot tou thave the tre hap4-.
1 e4 mnenhvecmsfo
do- af a o ls-rten cin
e, L ...1
est Sacrice....
any address, a'nd his letters were posted
at widely separated places. He was
an enigine drivor, and that was all We
knew.
But, there Was One thing he nevor
oinitted in his letters, and that, though
we know it Was there before we. saw
it, always Inade our eyos fill : Gio
my lo j to . onnic."
Wo were going to he married early
in the spring, and I was looking for
ward with ardent longing to the con
summation of my hopes. IIL))y times
they were, and to-day was happier
than that in the suminer, when, the
farin worc being done, she and I weit
for a holiday to Glester.
On our journey back a strano,
awful thing happened. I was close to
enni0 : her hand wis in mine, aud we
wore dIranCIling of thO hakIpi)Y tjin to
coni, when suddenly we were aroused
by the shrill whistle of the engine,
and a few seconds after the carriage
began to rock violently from side to
side. .1 cannot say that I was not
alarined, but when Jonnio put her arm
around m110 and clung to mo for protoe
tion, as tcrustfulIly as a child to its
mother, my courage returned. For I
wits proud of that implicit trust, so
that Iforgot my fear in a feeling of
sweet responsibility. Almost im
mediately the train began to slackon
down in Sleed, and at last came to a
standstill, and at the same instant we
heard a fearful Crash. Then all was
silent.
I lot down the window and looked
up the line. GrCat soft clouds of steani
were rolling silently toward us, their
under surfaceo glowing a dull red as
hough dyed with blood. Our train
wVas without engine, and, as the steam
;lowly drifted away, and our eyes got
ieustomed to the gloom, we made out
&bout a couple of hundrcd yards up
,he line, two engines locked together
is in a death embrace, while the frag
uents of the goods train lay scattered
troll 110.
We huri edl toward the .eene of the
,eeident. The heavy gouds engine lay
m its side. aid jamninel between it. and
he rocky hanic was the passenger
ogine. Thu fire had Deen shaken
mt and the (lying embers glowed with
dull red light, as they lay spread
alt on tho ground, among fragcnents
f w1heels and twisted rods. Fron
inler the goods engine we dragged
nUo poor fellow with many groans., for
Is leg was broken, and the escaping
team bad scaled hiin fearfully, and
lien, with half his body crushe hope
essly under a tangled inaiss of iron and
teel, we found aoothcr with hil eyes
loied.
Oh ! 'twas a horitd nigci. It t.urned
ne sick, and 1 t-led to ptevetit .lennie
ecingr it.. B1ut she. eager to be of
erviee, pushed me atide, and gazed at
lhe ptor, ti wounded tigure ly iri. t te
o helplestly. and thell gave i ieam
>f anguish and elung coe ehely to
" .lim, Jim '' -he exclaimed. don't
you see W ho it is? It's 1 ugh :"
And 1H ugh it was. in his rough, oi
gine driver's Clothiez. with a deadly
paleness showing througi the.soot oil
his face, and great drops of persira
tion on his brow. We thoc4ght, him
dead at Ii rst. hmt at Jeni e's e~lciamal
tion he opened hiis eyes and smiled
faintly at, us. Wec were poweries to
heh p him: .we could not muove that great
man of steel, nor could we draw him
itiway fromt it. for, even as v; e touiched
him. with a vague idea of saving him,
he groaned in agony. And so. thlough
it made us faint with horrot,. we knelt
by his bide and watched the tide of life
quickly ebbing.
HIis right hand wa,-, cru-hedl under'
hin. iat his left was free, and as
. Ienni tenlder:. and genitey strok~ed it
-- v ges and .-ooty ias It was -is
:Guger-e osed over her1s andl held thlen.
It CIIItnd to give im f relief, for a
-nmile *n >r beautiful than I have ever
-eeni on the face man, eithler before or'
-nee . t up h'is face with a great joy.
." he pancted, and his voice was
St ran low. so low that 1 had to
nT y ear close to his lips to catch
:-ed wiords, "I cannot last
.steirav (;od -- it may be
-t - for vour -sakces. I saw
g o : ustron K iss me, J1i
ce na b~tieonly once--the first,
.oI.. .ut -- : .nng home again."
I .: IIn' r: v'- l [Ti riri Imng over.
w' i~r--:e *: L .a pa. and, gently
v tp:nr '4ot to a.. m; !p romn his fore
to asv~aae iu: t to. lt was not
'A e e.' uw Et f-t d iming
i 0'i ' i- e:e 'a r:n.ly closing.
-.nsv ':a ;.: c twuey onl his face
k'ueuah : -,i., .; Li'. panting of his
her~t - e'. t'~ to that the end
erue------:-:----..-:--:na which it
I ' li. -C -..' --(ne) last eon
n - 10p 1..'..; Jennie's hand
:0' v a- t. ':.'- poorf. bruised
'ci.'. . . :-'.- ep 1i had iIownI.
')t c V , i : '.> .t. LII II e pW~ak bu t,
tI e c,: --m e t leec.:> i Jeranie'd
hNe ani' e vii ,(cuti ' t o awaytlte)e.. ,-tmx
, t( i~do' I';; t.tl /l- is jet L0 i, 2 1. ai
I.IA1, i1..' ' b.. ijs ilsi .e,) AA ,.. t** loh
-he'r I' 'oe l it~n 0M )( .;p e :..f ii it I
ei. 1i t al si ..' ?1 i e't iy44 a.t. ai child
ts lii I:'a vhis lia Or woud have
I*er We'v W ul(ta, " r bcn thh. ine t'b:e-.f
forvii'x .coXI W hoult I w C ben to- a
night' , onl .,Jhl f. ae the i . or-; gr.ting
on wont ol h ve tun-t~w e soe, for
other an4.je'dhe r o~e tow lofe
hku ilu n~w ivr fe
whnh ate -e M uyIv
and -his head hurt. Of course, you
wouldn't hear of it, sir, there's many
a hundred accidents that people nover
bear of, becauso a railway man's life
isn't of much account, and if one's killed
they can easlly get another. At any
rate, that's why we were told to take
the excursion back.
" We didn't like it. it's very .awk
ward, you see, sir, when you are on k
strange line, because you don't know
exactly when to look for the signals,
nor where the eurves and inolinQes
como. Hiowever', it had to ho -done,
and so we backed down in good time
and waited for the signal. J ust about
two minutes beforo wO wore due io
start. you went up the platform, and I
saw you and the young lady get into
one of the carriages. I didn't know
how it was, but somehow your faces
seemed strangely f ,miliar. and I was
wondoering who you weto, when sud
denly ho saw you and gave a great
start, and the blood rushed into his
face. Then he looked at me with such
an apIpealing, miserahle look, that I
felt q itre scared.
" till.' lie said. in a hoarse whisper,
'it's them.' I knew in a mninuto who
yo were then, but I didn't like that
look . it was juit a'v thougi hte was
going tiad. Ilowever. therm wasn't
much time to think of it: for just then
the signal was given and wO wore oil
Wo went splendidly and rattled past
the station in fine style, until, just, as
we got onl the single line, wo saw this
goods train si pping along toward us
at a fearful rate down the incline, and
knew that in two minutes at most
there'd he a mash. She was long way
oJT, but, then, you seep. a good.4 tint ,
has no brakes. and we hadn't, any worth
,,peaking of.
"It'm awful, sir, when a thing comes
to you like that, just when you are
least expecting it. You feel choked
like-as though you must do some
th ing, and don't know w hat it is. Hugh
turned off team and whistled. whilo
scrowed down the brake until I hoard
the whuels grinling on the rails, but
we both know that vecould never stop
In time, cr, if we could, the goods train
would be smashing into us befoe we
Could reverse.
Suddeuly H ugh svrang on the tender,
yelling out. like mad : 'I ill, she's in,
she's in '
" I didn't know what. he meant, but
I saw him fling himsoll o.tir the hack
of the tenlder. in front of the carriages,
and a few seconds after I heard the
clank of iron and know he had un
linked the couplings. How he did it,
s'r. I don't know. lie must have laid
himlwelf ovor the buffers somehow and
leaned over, lifting the heavy links.
" In ton sceonds he was back, shout.
ing madly : " OT with the brake,
Man. off with the brake.' I began to
understand what lie wanted to do, and
unscrowed the rtake : and then. under
a full head of steam, the engine left the
carviages hohind. * Bill,' ho shouted.
'juI p or, junip off' ! ( )f course. I
woulhi't.. and said so. Ho didn't stop
to arguo, hut turned to attend to the
lever, pushing it as far open az it
would go, still shouting. .Jump off
jump tiT!
"I thioutghit. of tny little 01nies at home,
Fitr, and tall in a twinkling like a flash
of liglitning. I saw them fatherless
und Imly wife weeping bittorly for ine
and, for an instant. I thought of jump
iI, o!). I Itt it was only for an instant,
for &%qen as the titougl!t camie, some
thing told tme my duty was to stop.
..\nd there I stopped. and now I'm glad
1 did.
"Hill,' he cried, tumrrning to tme with
Ia wiki light of trtiumiph Irn his eyes,
' lhi, we shall save the pasengors
Iand - Jenlnic arnd d imt. ilon't you -.ee,
lad, how it will bey We.shazll stop theL
goods train by throwing it oti the line:
aind the carriages are tnearly stopipod
now-hiok !' I glanced behirnd. The
train of iarriarzes was a hundred yards
away and slowing down rapidly :th-e
pasener were saved.l
"In silence, save for t~te panting of
the enagi n', we gripped each other's
hami and waited. Oh, that wvaiting
I feLt nay he'ardl--my, hear't thump
irng Ihke the engine its elf. I tried to
p iray, but liy brain was in a whirl. I
longed for the tension to cease :for the
endl to coe. Jlust then the good,
train r"*appeear'ed r'oundl the curve.
IThey hadnr't seen us, for the steam wan
onlbut, instantly we hear'd the sharj;
whiistle' arid knew they wore doing
their best to stop. Isaw H-ughi glanice
quickly fr'om the goodis tirairn ti) thc
o ueriag'e-', and hais eyes lit up once
mnor'e w ithi a great, tr'iutmphanlt joy as
be gtaed up to the sky ; then, before I
conuhl say a word, or lift; a fing'r, he
seized hold of me. and cr'ying, ' It's
your only' chance, lad I' lifteod me clean
off the engine and swung me on to the
hank. I r'emiember faliing and heat"
in g a duill crash, a fearful scream, and
then all wats silent.
" Thti all sir," he continued,
under the engine. " He gav'e his life
for you."
Then kneeling dlown, he took Hugh's
cold hand into his own, and tenderly
caressed It, the teat's-no shamoetc
him---rlling down his cheeks,an
"Giod bless thee, Hugh, my best arid
oinly friernd. GAood-bye !" arnd walked
slowLly away.
UiohondStar :On the 30th o1
noxt onthlticmondwill tneisthe
Confederate ar'miestht as ve
takeni plac since thoso soldiers sepa
ratad to thaeir' homes. Never agin
wil it be piossib'o for such a number
of these ol soldiers to he gathered
Into one encamtpmoent. Elach suceed
lng year sc'es a large number of those
who woire tire gray crossing the river
to join their comriados who are " rest
ig. under tire tre l'' on the other side.
The comrinrg mieeting will have the
element-s of bndness mingled with the
plea.sures and joys of the r'eunion of
old comnraidos who will know that they
':anl nieer agaLin clasp hands and live
.er' againr timo sseences in which they
.rned that they could trust one an
uort' or al that there~ was in.pet'fct
-. l'oodl.
Ti: i lpprotpriation committee of
* il.,',of lt-.prsent.atives of the
-:f the lInited States has re
S!:1 t,t 00l fur a govern mont
f:'tud exhiblit at the Tennessee
x/I pos'~ition the colebra
Tenn*J r rmo'~'s ad misrioin into the
2 er'ei I niieo. T1he people of Ten
'' ste havsu givon haltIf a million of
" ' lar'.. tbhus gura 'nteei ng an oxpendi
I i:o tof at least *l.000,000, for the per'
Jh"ting of demonstration. The T1en
nessoo (Ce'rnitial l'x position Is a
mtr'iotic ete.rpr~tise, intended to celo
w-)te a gr".aI.t oceasionl, to encourage
the arts and industr'ies and to promote
sen r'e oO,.-di at rotations between the
dit1ferent~ parts of the common country.
*---Taking~ the young rnd the old to
gether, it Is found that twmuty-sIX
years is the averago at whIch pop le
dIe in Lo/ndon. it' lngt'mrd and Wales
only, mre.'~ that a humrlaid tthousand
poerLoi are always slowly dying of
o amptutn.
........ .... N
LOW DOWN TIJIBK8."
A Prdmlient 1erorme - als nto
Governor Ev-ans Voir Orderig is
Beer 8(eL.ed.
Mr. Leon .1. Williams. of Ed geileld,
is one of th most noted and Intonse
Reformers in the State, and Is now a
member of tle State board of control.
Not long ago a barrel of bear was
shipped to his address at Elgoileld,
and it was seized by the dispensary
constables, which led him to mate the
following statement:
"I was at Edgelled'o last Monday,
and, much to my surprise, I learned
that a barrel of beer, shipped to we as
a member of the State board of con
trol, had been seizod by the consta
bles. It had been shipped without my
knowledge, I suppose as samples,
since I am charged with buying beor
for the Stato dispensary. It had been
%t Edgeflold for two weeks.
" G avernor Evans went over to Edge
field, and learning that the boer was
there. ordered the constables to selze
it. All this happened without ny
knowledge. At the same time the
boor was at Etdgofiold a keg of contra
band liquor was shipped there to
another party and seized by the con
stables, which was released. Why
this ditieront treatment? I am charged
with purchasing beor to supply the
people and should of course j now what
I am doing, and assort that it is pro
pe' and legiti'tO for me to receivO
samples.. lven if it is improper, I am
not reslpOns ible for shipments mado to
me without my knowledge.
"Now the Governor has frequently
ordered selzed liquors released (som3
of it consigned to his relatives), which
was shipped contrary to law and
clearly contraband and forfeited to the
State. lie has frequently petitioned
the boar d of control to release seized
liquor. and all these releases deprive
the State of valuable proporty; besides
it is nearly al ways consigned to enemies
of the dispensary law.
' 'le has made an arrangement now
whereoy he can nullify sections 25 and
:I of the dispensary law and retain to
himself the tight to keep contraband
liquor out of the hands of the board of
control so that he can release it, for no
other Iurpose, in ny opinion, than to
make votos for himself for the United
States Senate. i have a caso in point
wher b-- h., tr; d som of his bitter
est enenues.
I. understand the Governor is the
frequCn6 recipient of gratuitous liquors
himself. Now isn't it obvious (with a
view to all thCse factsi that he Is
prompt.ed by utner reasons than a
desi.'e to strictly enforce the lavi '
Now what are those reasons ? Eviden
tly to vent his spleen on 'ie and to
pulish me if possible, for n, other
reason than that I have refused to -ur
render my convictions and m1anhoou
and to.ady to him. I shall always "c
fuso to go to any man or set of men
for orders, but shall always excrcise
my bet, judgment and profer to be
honest in politics and refuse to perjure
myself according to my construction
of the -aw) to got any man out of a
hole, even though he be Governor of
the State.
" llKspcially did I refuse to do this.
as ia part of those unlaw fully appro
priated funds for a State exhibit at
Atlanta were used to have a steno
graphic report made of his speech its
an advertisement of himself.
Whlie i reg ret the necessity for
those statements. I shall always be
dlefeno ' i myself. I des~ire to say that
1 sh6i resort to no such low dLown
tricks to pun ish the Governor, but will
be found holding uip his hands and as-.
sisting him so far its it Ilies in my"
power in the enforcement of all the
laws. With these statements I wash
my hand~ls of the w hole mtiitetr."
\\ hllA TGO~v. V A Ns :AY..
Whena theo Governaor had read the
above he s:mid :"I am soarry Mr. WNil
Iiont s tamke so ntehw to hear. the bar
iel of heet imit-perly shipped to him
and sei, ed at F. ige Ii ild(. VTe conasta
ble ealled my at tentLion to the seizure
while I was itn lddgetiold, and he was'
inistr'ucted to mtake t lbe 5CeiKuI e as~ the
law perm its nl nutih shipmttents. The
beer is in the pJossession of the State
and if Mr. W'illiam.- feels that an in
justice has bien done him. he hats the
samefl remedy as any other citizen
whose goods havo. heen impr~oper~tly
seized. N *imber0 of 'the I Iartd of Con
troi, uander the law, will be treated as
other citiz :nO are~. 'Tie hiwt is nto ie
specter of persons, and an enforcing it~
I certainly have the right to expect,
the heartj coJ-operation of the State's
oililers, patieu iar'y thuo.,e entrusted
with the ad minibtration oif this law.
that 'at the saun time the heer was in
Edgefield a keg oif cotrabatnd was
seized and released.' is without, fotan
dation. Thme facts are that ia ship.
rnent was muade by a party of a keg of
whiskey to K hgeliel int t~he name of
a negro. T1he conatstaible reported to
me, whtile in lEdgelield, the fact and
stated he htad released the same on the
statement of tihe r-eal ow ner that it
was intentded for his owtn use and not
to evade the huw. The constable was
piublicly censurod by me and instruct,
od never- to retuitrn Iiq wt )rmitoer sucht
circumstance$ a-s it catm specially
under the order of -1lmadge Simonton.
"The statement that. I have frecq ent
ly ordered packaiges rele.i-ed i:n true,
andl I amt~ continuJiing to doi so, undert
the advice of! the Attornoey General,
as the order of .1 udge Simajnton will he
carrief. out until the test (enso now be
fore him is decided.
" [ have, as stated, pietitionled the
State Hoatrd, of which he is ia metmber,
to release packages in eases w here I
was of the opinion the seizures could1(
nota ho sustained. If the Staite ha-i,
been deprived of valuable propemrty, as
Mr. Willis ms states, the responsihmulty
is on the State Hoard and not, myseto f.
Gov. Ev'ans, continuing, said: 1
am utnawaire that I have pilacatted atny.
of muy enmies by the Pme'nes~ of pack
ages. If such had been imy o'>jict, I
certainily wotuld not have 8 :1 z - Mir.
Williams' beer.'"
Gov. Evans said furthber, that ho had
never yet releasecd any satinument tn
loss advised by the Att >rney General
to (d0 so, and unless the p.irtiles, regard
Less of personual or othor toes, had1( mfad~e
allidavit, that tihe shipanent was in
tetnded and woouh ihe us ed strictly for
personail utse.
it ought, to lbe st~ated in justico to
Mr. Wiliams that lie did niot, order
the hi-or nor was lho aware of the fact
that It, hadl beer. shipped to him. It
wams sn rt as a sample by ai brewery.
--The Wiscontin I 'rn'iibitionists have
ad pot. 4 a latformu iect aulug : First,
lor' pi miibition: stecond, for sulfrago
tbased uj on in oll ignut citizenshi,
rathertthman upoa0. se x'; thtird, forpuablio
tobot~ : aught in the English language
sudl to aippropiation for sectarian1
peps:atnd fourth', that silver be
roustOo d to its position prior to 1873.
I'his Jfr', phank wvas gIven a vote of 69
to 69. Tnoe chairnan gave h Is vote for
.nivot1iiimid great excitement,.
THE CLOSING EX[RCISES.
Of the Southern Baptist. Convention
Iati a Stormy Debate on Tem
perance.
The 51st sessIon o! the Southern
Baptist Convention adjourned at n11n
on the' 12th inst. to meet next year at
Wilmington, N. C., the first Friday
following the first Sunday in May.
When tho convea.tion convened, but
few delegates were in their seats, but
the auditorium was soon comfortably
filled. Tho reports from the com
mittees on young people's work, and
finance, and business of the Sunday
school board woro road and accepted.
The committeo recommen-led that
arrangements for printing be left to
the discretion of the Sunday school
board. E-nrollnent committee report
ed that 811) delegat.4 ott of a total of
1,162 accredited to the convention had
attended. A long and heated debate
was precipated by the introduction of
a totiperance resolution by J. B. Cran
fill, of Texas. Dr. Cranfill was vice
presidential candidate In 1892 on the
prohibition ticket. The resolution
took advanced ground against the
liquor tratlic in all ramifications, and
advised the eximulsion by the churches
of members ongaged in the business.
Frank I-,ton, son of Dr. T. T. i'Xttoa,
pastor of WalInut street Iltaptist Church,
now traveling abroad, objected to it
first. as a political manoervre. then
denounced it as an ofrwt to reflect on
hij father, whose church has had as
membore for many years, two weil
known distillors. Ife referred to the
late D.ctors Manly and Broadus, the
pillars in the church. as upholding Dr.
lEaton's past action, and the debate
became qfite acimonius. Pinally
young liton, failing to) secur -post
ponement of action. offered a com
prormise aiondment, which expressed
the hope that the action proposed by
the resolution, might in timo be taken
by the churches, and added, as a rider
that we hope the time is coming when
Baptist churches will not retain in
their fellowship members who fail to
render account for mission money hold
in trust. This was a back-handed slap
at Dr. Cranfill, and referred to an un
pleasant incident of past history in his
relations with his State convention.
It reopened an old sore, for Iactors
Eaton and Cranfill have been at odds
for years. Aitton's amendment was
tabled, and the resolutions finally
passed almost unanimously. A resolu
tion was carried. recommending to
the Foreign Mission B.)ard the estab
aishment of Bap'.ist missions in 'ales
Line, with headquarters at Jerusalem.
After thanking the press and peo
tile of Chattanooga, the convention ad
journed.
WILL UPE A 'NARROW MARGIN.
Senator Hill Figures a Close Fight
on Silver at Chicago.
Senator 11111 has been doing some
fihuring on the possibility of the silver
1)cnocrats controlling at Chicago, says
the Washiugton L'ost, and has comne
to the conclusion that the result will
depend upon a very narrow margin.
In fact, he figures that it is (uito pos
sible that the sixteen votes of Nebras
ka, one way or the other, may decide
the contebt. As is well known there
w ill be two delegations fron Nebraska,
one alleged to be composed of -ederal
ollice-holders and other souud money
men, and the other being the p
sentatives of the silvce faction of the
party. The National committee, w hich
wilL make up the temporar-y roll o[ the
conventiont, has majority of gold stan
dar-d men, it is said, and upon its de
cision as to the seating of oneO of the
Nebi-aska delegates the wholu outcome
of the convention may hinge.
T1he Post recently, in esitimaiutes of
the bilver- outlook, placed Illinois fir-st
in the bilver- and later- in the doubtful
co'onn. Senator Hill puts it dowvn for
silver- en the ad vice of S- natoi- Palmer-,
who treluctantly admits that the siiver
men ha, e the miachincryv of the Stato.
It is now said that the gold meni canniot
even g.t, the ('ook county dlelegation,
which they hop1)ed to control. In other
Stattes the fre si:'ver maon have b~een
given the or-gaizai'ttionl without a .-trug
gle, hu:, Senator H-ill says that he does
not believo that this oue-ht to he the
case at the National coz,vuntion. He
etxlpect-; to go to Cnicago at the headl
of the No.v Y'ork deslegation, but even
should the ilvur-o men seem to be in
the majority he wIll not rabandon the
fight until it is evident from a Vote
that they are intrenched in their- posi
tion0.
It seemns to ho gener-ally admitted
that thec fr-ee silver- delegation ft-oum
Texas will be accor-ded seats in the
convention wvithout qfuestion. Sena
tot- Mills says the D)temcats with a
few ssxceptio~ns, arc with the ft-ce sil
ver tide, and that the regular or-gani
ziation of the State is certainly for
sil vet-.
Ex-Speakoer Crisp said yesterday
that ho thought the unit r-ule would
be enforced in all the silver States. in
c:lding Georgia, since the gold men
had forced the r-ulo on the silvetr men
in Xl ichigan.
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The 1'rtench say "'It is the impossible
that happens." This has prioved to he
the caseC with the Mount Lc banon
Shstkers. The whole scientific world
has bee-n labioritng to eurt- dlyspepsia,
but ver-y e-ffort seemedi to meet, with
de fea-t. The sufflrntg ft-em stomach
trouit ls has beome almiost universal.
Multitudes bave no desire tot- food and
that which they do eat causes them
pint't and distr-ess. Sleepless nights
at o the i-ule and not the exception, and
thousands (of suffer-ers have become dis
coutraged.
Th~e Shakr-s of Mount Lebanon r
ce-ntly came to the fr-ont with their new
Dige~stivye Cor-dial,- which contains not
only a foodl already digested, blut is a
digester- of food.
ft, priomtfly~1 relicevos nearly all for-ms
of indigestion. Ask your druggist for
one oIf theft- books.
Faxel, thte new Castor- Oil, 18 beIng
used in htospitals. It is as sweet as
hone.
-As anl evidlence of the' gr-cat, impetus
the coitton millingr Industry has taken
in thte ttate, It may be mentioncd that
application was tmade to the trailr-oad
commtfl'ssion~ by soveralt different new
cott on mill enter-prises for the special
two,-thlids rate allowed on uuIiding
tratot-ials shipped to such conerns.
The i-ate Is allowed in such cases by
aigree-ment, with the sever-al railroads
mif the( State. 'rThe applicatIons wOe
till giranted.
-'rThe high seas includie tile whole
xtent of eea so far as it not the ox
slusivo pi-operty of any particulac
youtntry. The rule of international
awv is t.hat every country bordering on
ho sca has the -exclusive sovereignty
>vor the sea to the extent of three
niles from its shora, but all beyond
,nd which Is not within three miles oi
omoe otht r c ,untry, is open or common
o all Countrits.
ALL SORTS OF" PARAGRAPHS.
Cul led 11-om1 Various Sources and Ie
tafing to Numerous Subjects.
--Oving to IlI health Dr. Atkiuson
will r% sign the presidency of the South
Carolina College for Women.
-Thue free public library of Colum
bia, the best work yet undertaken for
) actical progress, is now an assured
fact.
-D,-. A. N. Tally, who for years has
served on the board of regents of the
State -hospital for tho insano, has been
succe !cu by -Mr. .1. P. Glenn. of Ander
son.
* -The cannery at Prosperity will place
an ord.r for 600,00) cans for .1une ship
mont. They have about -Io0 acres
planted in tomatoes or will have, and
they expect to pack -I,i00 or 5.000 cases
this season.
-The Supreme Court of I ilinois has
decid(d that a druggist his a rilht to
declino tosell soda water to a n re
if lie ptl(eases to do so. The negro gets
knock--d out overy time he raises a fool
issue of this kind.
-The earicors around Rock liill
have decided Lo plant about, 165 acres
of tolacco. The leaf rabed in 1.his
county is exceptionally fino, solling
much in advance of the tobacco raiset
In the lower part of the State.
-R-:v. Alexander Sprunt' of Hocl
11111. leaves New York, Saturday mot n
lng for England. After a bicycle tou1
through the country he will attend a
a delerate the Pan Presbyterian etun
cil at Glas-gow, Sco!,land.
-Tho annual Alliance er.campmren
and olenic Is to take place at Tir:z.d'
in York county, on July 30 and 31. Th i
gather ing is an unusual affair, a(
there tire always prominent speakers
Two days and nights will be spent ir
the camp.
--Rev. A. .1. Dirz. the R'aptist mis
silonary recently expolled from1 Cuba
has gonc to Atlanta to live and con
nected hhnself with the Second i3ap
tict Church of that city. lie let
Thurirsoay night for a ten days' trip tI
New York.
-ft is stated that the Spanish gov
ernment has addressed a note to the
powers on the subject of the allegc(
use of Cxl-osiVe bullets l contrary Pt
the i ntelrnat,ionial usa ges of wVarfare
Which it is claime-d have been obtain
ed in thle United States.
--A company has been organized ic
prospo.t for silver and copper ii
Wayne county, lennsylvania. Ther'
are indications that these ores exis
in paying (Iluantiti(-s in the region
about South Canaan. and the compaiam
has paid $55.000 for an option on 5:
a ras of land.
--In a magazine article just publish
ed M r. A ndre w Cat negie says " W<
should he qaite willing t.o abolish lux
ury, but, to abolish poverty would be k
destroy the only soil u)on which mal:
kind can depend to prodnetc t.lee virtu:
which alone can enabio our race I<
reach a stiLl higher civilization than i
flow poisesses.."
-1hie ivy is never, used for Christ
mas decorations. It was on1ce sacre<
to Bacibs and. constituted aino.t, th<(,
sole leaf'y decoration at the R nati
Saturnualia. The early Chi stian elerg
desiring to wean the ipl)'oron
their pagan practice as far as possi ble
forbade the use of ivy, and the pr-o
h ibition has lasted unutilI the presen
age.
.--The city of Montpelier, in 1,'ane
is said to be the firt, to regulate tiec
kind of wrapping paper in which arti
eles of food shall be (ei Ivered. Color'u
paper is absolutely forbidden. Pr'cin,
0(d paper and old mlanncripts ma:
only hO used for' dried vegetables
l'or all other articles of food new papei
'oither white or' straw colored, mue.
be used.
-In the Demnocratic National Con
v'ention of 189:' there wer-c till delegate:
and under the two-thirds rule 01 vote,
wero neccessary to a choice. Clovelam(
received l'Id Votes on the Ii rst ballot
The add ition of Utah to the list o
States will add four delegates th is year
making a total of 9141, and 1hi0 will b<
neccessary to a choice if the the tw<
thirds rule is maintained.
--The Co'orado R.epublican Conven
thon haus declared for b~Imletal li-sm um.
priote'ction). wvith fee silvar as the pr'a
mount issue. Senator 'relicer wve
chosen to hea:l the delegation. Ne
instructions wVero given, except, obe
d ience to Iris dlirections. E'arly in the
evening a telegram was received fron
Senator Wolcott dceclinin. to go as
delegate, wvh ich simpl ilied meatter;
and averted the expected light be
I-Tre Commercial Gazette son
letters to all members of the Hopubli
can national committee stating the
the nomination of McKinley at St
Louis being conceded, it was desirem
to gather prefer'ences for' Vice l'resi
doent. T1he r'eplir S ar'e puIblishe~d amfl
show that with the exeiptin of the im
pr'eferences for Hobart of New Jersey
the members of the national commeaittet
favor T1homeas B. Rhod for Vice Pre'si
(lent.
[A $25 COOKING STOVE
SWi en? A court.ETE OUTWrrT 1O3
Only$12.00.
I~iveeil vryur railroad depot, all
b i e~ht carer c pai. IteadI this desorip
a t in cariu b 'l is splendid Cooking
'iove la. No. .'; has fouer 8 Icinpt hoe;
lt'nx it6 tic?. oe.is Sl.ch lire beox.24 inohes
y ih ; v'ix'25 lnc- I op; nco'e sinootlh casting.
I lehave lead c hii stoieo niadle for my trade,4
iralte-r iny o'wn id -a. comnleineg allt b ie good
aontofall mc -dium picede storus, and
5liingett then o 'ject li~o features.
* t:.c- on all clu lt tlhe best No. 8 .Cooking
5I pece, I pt co'v, ra, '1 skIllots, 2 grlddtes,8
Slar, I Ii er, 1 seriIay er. I cke polish 1I ron
p tea kettle, I shocve-l. Wioeint to mio ous
* tomdern aned fri-eds in overy part of the
0 South, for thce pucrpose-M of intr'oducing our
p busineess to new poceI.', anid to renew our
aoquitance wic ih c-i c frlfondsl.
mi rttoir~We wiliahip thIs kecinldid 'ooking Stove
Sand the above dlesor *bed wareto any depot
Stove inc a ge'..: oee, well ecado, and will
g ive entire 4aifc o.ou lutae
loatalogieof Furnitu ree8tovcs and Baby "
LeJF. PA DGET T,'I
640 3eoad Street, Auguta, G .
-Mr. J. B. Cleveland, preshiCit of
the Port Royal and West.i-tr C.-rolilni
Road, )ats appea-rl behli c U v ail
road Comintrl6ison ail -ucl em:u.u it. gt
ting the old p -seg.r rates to be .f
force on his 111I,!. Asidlu fe'<'n o '' n 'I
conditions, VIr- ("h v%!iaril zob. wied tliat
the I'rIc erh-Ifl s .Ls bnd fitiin bidehinud
those of last year $6 00!) '(1dh r. 1 h
circl~ustance8 bheb tvmi e fl it jut'
tilled in 13ot en forcing the uced
rates.
--Mru. U. F. Giant, widow of the
General, has writ tell a letter t. Seln
tor Squire, thanking him for the re.
solution which b hats introduceit in
the Strate providing for a Grant
s'atue. "1 have long lookel isild hopeu
for an - xpression of uomo kind fr'om
the government," says Mrs. Grant,
" anta mim k your thought, if VLrierdt
out, would be a grand fulillment of
t'iat hie-w. I thank you, 8 nator."
- 'TLo two. biggest fire engiln. in
the we rid 1e 11n laive p:Ol. T e
IM10I00econt spOcimnsOn of wor-kman -
ship are the most powerful lire engin a
known, throwing I 800, gallons Of n% ate.
ill I 1111i te. itl itl j't 110 fee h ,b I i.
T['he force vithe wlich tho w ;eA
ojoect d 1ronm thelni mII:Iey b e :h i-tedj
fromn tho fate that the j j - w rr' 'It d
to kill a mnji at 3.50 feet.
- Mandy,'" said I..n.ne,, re ' !,
" wouldn't. you like to bol a 'nare'pat I
Woman 11'' go to. tilm, 1 :.11 \ *
SNo, si r." was t I: e po.i Liv -I 'y. - - I
d mn't think it is fair --r 1 - 111. ee fior'
W line 11 ti v b-- trvin 'to g rbt 1 the m ."
" Why not?" "-Bectinto it %vo-:.an l;
allus sieet ilt. enloughl telT I lI I11. i' | in I
to s uvti i-T! thizt cms 'n.'s e. bat
po'it ics is all someI(. men101 t-o fitl l.
SoulwiRN RAILWAY.
PIEDMONT AIR LINE.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trianrs.
Ves.Ft.h
Northbound. No.38 No 36 No. 12 No. to
Jan. 8, 5896. Daily iDaIlly h;aiy Esuit
Atlanta, C. T. 12 00Wn 1115 p 7 60 a 4 33o
" Atlanta. L..T. 100 p 121., a I 60a ,35.
" NorurodA ............. 12566 a 1) 3S a U 26 is
S li lotid ............ -.--.-.. 10 16 a 7 08p
" GaisavillO.. 225P 201a 041 A 743p
" 1 ................. 223a i1104a a121p
* Cornelia .................. 11 26; a.
M i. Airy..... ......20 a 11:30 a
SroCcoA. ........... 3 15 a 11 z3 a
West mite.tor ........ 3 66 a 12 .7 p
0 I * e *.......... 4 07 a 124-2 .
Central. ..... 4 45 43j a 1 20 p).
" Greenville .. 530 p b 19ia 2 It;p .
" Spartanbuirg. 6 181) i it a 3 2 p
" allneys............. 653a t10 p
" ak rg. 706p 7'Ja 430 p
" King's M.. .... .... 7 32 a 6 00 p.
( Gaist.iiu .... ........ 7 .53 a 5 s p
Ar. Cimrlotto . 820 p b J a 6 20)p
"t Danville . 12 00 a 1 0 y 11 25 p
Ar. Iliclmeond.. .. 6 00 a 640 Ps 00 a
Ar. WastluIgto . 6 .12 a! 9 4o y .....
'4 lBaltil'e. P' UH; 8 0:> it 11 -.l..'; p .. ....
o Pniaitelia.! 10 25 a (0 a.............
" NuwYork.. 1...E .2.a
Southbound. N*. 37 No.,5 No. ii No. 17
1-4k.) DiAlly 'ully E sun
Lv. N. Y., I' I R . 4 30 p 12 15 n.
o I'll ~i1,I'5 Ilila. 0 63 p. 30 ai
a lh t ia . ... 020 p .322 a
"W hiAii.ouu . ' -03 p 1115 a.............
Lv. livbuiendi. ..I 2 00 at2b5p 20a.
Lv. DianvilIo..6 .0Oa 605 P '2 00a .
(5Ciarlutto .. 9 35a 106t 1. ' 20j;.
" Kinig .\t ........... ....... ggp .
n a~cisbrg..10 42 a 12 10 a 2..0 .
" alny ....... 12 23a 2 i8 p .
" pa etian birg. 11 37 a 12 h9 a 3 vo
" fieemiil.. l225p 150a 4 l p .
" ('etl...1114 235a 5040 o
" \ 'inster........... .......... g p.
".T............ ........ 350~ a O.8 p'
" Lt. .\iry.... ........ ....... -;1go .
"('srnelia............. ........ 7 4, y.
" lAela ...... ....4 41a 8 12p p 5
"Oinlesll .. 8 ''31'p' 4 5in a 836 p2
"' Nore','es. ... . .1.... g4.1 p 2
.ar. A'-lania, 1'. T1.~ 455 p 6 Yi) a 1( 30e p 134
l v \ -.('5' T. 3 55 p 5 20 a , 833
.-a .4.1,.. S' p. mI. *-.\t- nloonl. "N' night.
Nos :i.. i 3 -Washinagton and tlouthawestorn
Vestibmu Limited . T'hrotugh Pullman sileepers
between New York and New Orlcers, via Viash
ligton, Atlanta andi Mont gomeory, andi also be.
tween Now Yeork and Meimphia, v ia washington.
Atlanta aad BIrmingham. Dining~ cars.
Nos. 85 and 36--United States Fast Mail. Pull.
mnan sleeping cars between Atlarta, Ncw Or.
loans and New York.
Nos. 11 and 12. Pullman steoping oar between
Riohmiond, Danville and Greensbono.
W. H. GREEN, J. M1. QULP,
Gon't Suept., 1.Trantoc M'g'r,
Washington, D.0. Wastinrgton, D. "'\.
W. B. ItYDJCR, Superintendent, Charlotte
North Uarolina.
W. A. TURK, 8. Hi. IIARDWICK,
Gen'1 Pass5. Ag't Ass't Gem 1 Pass. Aa -
Washi ngtnn. o . Atlanta, G~
SO U TH ERNRAl~LWAY.
Ooendensedl solaeule In ErrToe
FEIRUAltY 23rd, 18t0e.
STATIONS. I '1haft7
Li. Columabia.............. ij 10 a E
" - o~ rlty. .. ... . . . . ~ 1 2 , i i
Hodges ._.2.~
XAr io - tp ~
STATIONS. J a
Plodmnt~ ... . n 00 a ise
W iisto . ... I I a cm
Avnlorsoni ....,0a
A r. Doialds 0. ..
Liv._IAbs .. ......~~ -t1
"(Greenwoodl ... ~
"' Ninet___-SIix....
1, roper ity.------ .....- ..2 9 11 m)i
DA ly ebia irc
Ar.............nht.........408i
7 ,25 ....~.!on..... " 255p 1250a
lea 125!!I " ......Ftu n ....... " l 15a lL42
14'/ :e-- -- ,iUio......." 12 5p 11 2.5
,-:, '. " .... .l oewill .1" l. p 1: 0 , 4
P 4.: 400l Ar.. Sp r t anlmurg. ..Lv it1c la ]U 52p
p4:110 Spb .. 13part:eiaug. . .Ar ii21a 10 25p
.ir.li;A.A . Ashvill to L 20a' 7 1j
"P.",s p. mn. "A," a. mn.
TrI' 15. i~ and 16 carry ogant. Pullman
Sh ePo.: cars~ bot.wcenn Coluiaui and Ashovillo,
Ohi.uii eldilly betw~oon Jacksonville and (Jincin.
Truai leave Spartanburg, A. & 0. division,
nlorthh',und, 6:18 a. im., 1 :'2 p. mu., 6:18 p. im.,
'~mble~ i edl) ; aouthbulound I :00 a. in.,
U..p. t.117 a. mu., (Vestibulo ~imit od.)
'rniln4, leave Glrceenvillo, A. ad 0. division,
norut b bo~unid, 6:26 a. mn., 2:10 >. mc. and 5:'J0 p. mn.
I oeiibclied Limited)'s eontlebcmnnd 1:50 a. mn.,
10 P. ut.. 1 2:;' p. mn. (ei osibuted Linuited).
Pullman Service,
Pulluman palace sleoping cars on Trains 35 and
001. "IL):!88, *oin A. and C. diivisionu.
Ge u or'intendent, Tlraille M'Vg'r,
K ohiungton, D. . WasbIgion. D. Ol, t
Gena. P'aus. A.g't. As''tt Gon. Pnnu. A g't.
WashngteaD.O. A imjs 'I