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I.HIE E. R VOL ---NO24- PICKINS S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 618 AR DR. 3SAT-DUUS WEST. . WItAT O.. ATION TO TUP E ORATOR -His Ispeeighflatidto be Clie Best Ever Scollege. SAssiciate jieform Pre'abyterianl.. Dr.- 'T. Do'Witt Talmage, the noted dliinedWa#-the-guest of.honhor at the re opri'd'omminc.meitnt of Ersjkino Uollege, Junie- 20.'- Accompanied by -Mrs. Tal mage the 0listinguished visitor reachd the towd'abolit- midday anid -.as driven. at once;Wh-tho..home -*of Dr. G 6'6or, th'e president of the collego. Th4gM*4natihg class were gueosts of ,Dr. Grier s at the dinner table with Dr. Tal mage. By half..pa'st one dld and young and middle-aged 'were eagerly moving to ward the college grounds and the com mencimntu hall, wher'e standing room would .soon be at a.premium. Every one was on the tiptoe of expectancy to see and hear the man whose name for a generation had been a household .wvord, adid -wh'ose bei-mobs were every where road and talked'about. HySa quarser past two the ushers had Ahled eYery scat, and people were rg mhe walls and pressing forward -into the a Tsaes, while the Anderson dInperial Orchestra, ensconced over in one corner of. the stage., .continueo to giVe forth enlivening a.y r It is an I mspiring Kcene to look out over aebmmtencement audience at Dhe West. . M ,en have remarked upon it who.have epoicon before audiences in vedey-part of the cointry nd In nearly every State. They have tben thrilled as they looked out and around and caught the inspiration of th6 surround ngs ; and when the large door atthe rear was thrown open and Dr. Grier and De. Tamae mtpped ueon the plawor and advned t-o woe sery wered andm thied imhoe ut. nc burtin quarto astr two tppeauseit. *waigthwls andtta Dresainge forardh 'cthe nipiraioniof the Anment,. imer Ochetraenoced or in mae lcedf hmel ,ontinood tm with hist audienein hi eyfiat tean Ihnprn expeno thanks odr over coil' greet -udenc :.at just Wiet himn he rered Uponelig hvemt coe theWasinto and enl evey cate. .Toymet he enhead as hnadey aokdtouy and aroundoked aundt tamed Ilato thf .vas numrsd who8 werd whseninge larg doon't como read-lie was thon rapenr adDr oncean ahnd ar ltlenae beppeced uponmsef anupftini ino- hstwole boin hue, old -havs acareti thtDr palme cudred ohf facs incdn elration. Formnt the nehor n a at words haand himy huor oteadianhce. wr. deal -mau'e -placed hinsief .hond good te pr.with sade inll -wors veyfirstrut ternandof wenxsing r tha onks men thehcodio gspeciall tho adsst Nov~~ one, aparccfroted bysoa re-n enothe spe~o ashingolnfr andwe adequamto e cofte tobhsouse, andl w ie.h e,i aoly apns h ooeds aomnd avoaled at ter vast numbersl fawho-rcilnicg, wast n'ethcoms aeliet on olmcutinr pelite His adesse was enrvallors anthi rnegand. an ntletnan 'prn-e1-18 who bei d hearo d bo haegb inothe inarkheofprimosads; "~ Talmoe ha coic rin dram-aticn poer theane houvr a ea hnaloth."n fac and whoey huorh addpates, n.Do dealt Jou lI doutted stoower ofd iter sPrebytl intea, wos ofinsruc stind arh~ nd ofwrnnnfr tequment ,be: hav~ret awayc by toi address. " .banceof po'moneakepr, utI fold adetae''iedf h abglte ork100. Sm - 1hve aidnyasat that al-wa gaehingd voice, wtaths neerthees w ere-behtind hlocutionars physer. ap arace wnase marvllu in thiceregnr, i gn;then -scaeset, oet and harde o'i aeee Both man. thoi prace id;h T" hyscal ontio has moruIrtch oe could t dot the ong prodcited ryand ovne audenleman a Adwllinowof thplid yreasstandind an omeloingen .hmanneru ofeDhat critiage was othe mindede to taid:n' Iecnfessha inav... vered David P. Pressly, who preached for over fifty years In Mississippi and was married three times. When asked how his health was Mr. Pressly always throughout his life made reply "1 never better," " never better," until after he had got his third wife, and then en thusiastically he always said when In g Aired of, it was " better than ever," "better than ever." The number of country folks who crowded upon the platform after the speech to shake hands with the great preacher whose sermons they'had been reading for so many years, must Lave been specially gratifying. Such hom ago 1s always sincere. They wanted to see Mrs. 'Talmage, too, and the Doctor wvas asked to call her up beside himi-" ElKeanor " he callm her-and she, not Iees than the Doctor, by her gra cious smiles and pleasant manner, won the hearts of the people. We heard a gentleman who was on the same train with him from Green ville speak of the respectful deference with which the country people oyl dently regarded Dr. Talmage. Num bors in Anderson County had left their farms and were at the rail way'stations -no rudeness, no disturbance of the man whiose presence they honored, only the quiet, respectful lookI at one another and at the cars, their faces a study. At IHonea-Plath one young man, bolder evidently than the others, rush-. ed Into the car, a slight embarrassment in his manner but great heartiness, and said, " Is this Dr. Talmage ?"1 "s Come out upon the plath ,orm of the car, Doctor"-" just to~ the platform," he pleaded, " 'the people want to e you." As Dr. Talmage stood upion the platforin the earnest expression In their faces, visible as the people, with a si~ce or sinil~a t hanwod/ loke upon th antawr spkn waIneoqottiuttsi vers hlvd whs wrordsy o goodcheer ro er dowy an in hmilssihomi-pife wan mth edtretms.We se hTwhi eorthra for.Abel Pre las ad Banne wrhiw thirdwie advent en Thaa e alwaysRe saide Day'' ior Duied Wof., it was-abttrd thatrer,"a iThe numendr of cuntr flst ndalo ohDro TakeT hav wh the gra rding for. somaygeadrd, andt have belence peialy crakerin Sucho horne ate is awayslinoceroak aTey wanted towee hase ald-e, triump aof he Daoo mas akdvo callker up eiseg thousnshe te arts of the people. We-o hordeagntleand wo wcrond theame rin withlads him fre areen-r vilese of the asnespctsulhi deere mwry, wais he ookntryk willpbe ei dengt regardhdny. dlae. aNuol Erskin Andteo outhad lef thehir farms aony wof Atbvo the caytounty -not gavenetoh dalmtrbnc Soat the mnmwose parhouncue, hevhonord oPlythegrqu--tesdapeunl, at one aks tht and ters ater fhe ae astuy AtVlotthjeauyth e neman, boler ent the atre wochgtherss adt the carmanclient emarraofsenot inehi fondnned by groatecertiofesh, Sauth sad I thrisaa Der. Tabeedc "Cmt tuon whn he ent.~ fr o h you. T. Dr.t Talmage, od. uD., the 1832;orwas the earngest of12eshildon in looks gauatonr the ntawYord sUnes n elo3unt ribute teti Brnstoith regN. J.) Thoica the mn Is3eldiN. who rs hf gorovd chee racue don. Y., thermbes home-ifed for tho ylra;nhndnP.ldlpi he rephorec for sobvin yess; ahn Banne rotey don thi, adent ho forifour yas."e etrDy o in bl the drofDest radkalo ofaDr.gTamagh. Tondhave wopu'arity wice ba Dronahae didoynd have silenpe ever croerain hit-y ne Theat Hwilnry to crady afte Aevana, weekaseltasei anrumpr of whicon raye mabmy welhe roudo Dr. Tal mage may hav es thaOkn to,000,000ng anyouan inthar pars Grady's countr andmo fi orgnsl and publishednto one-onte leasan sep--ot inl hi me Unotyd as andook Enand, wil ther traknaed intealluthlanuagteshiof thatp gae tosoef the AtoSate1th oakn tat aund rnd abou.. heme Calcutta, India, and in all the Euro. pean Capitals. In addition to his labors as a sermo nizer, Dr. Talmage has boon active as an author, an editor and a lecturor. He has preached and lectured in all the largo cities of every English speak ing country on the globo, including Calcutta, Bombay, and the cities of Australia,. Now Zealand and Ceylon. In England on one of his tours he spoke 96 times In U-4 days. In the United States there are Rome 1241 Chatauquas and he is annually asked to lecture at about 100 of them. Since 1885 he has been the editor of the "Christian Herald," of New York, whose list of subscribers mounts up to a quarter of a million. Before 1885 he had served as editor for the "Christian at Work," "The Advance," of Chicago. " Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine," and other publications. He is the author of some 30 books, many of them containing sketches of character and descriptions of scenery in countries lie has visited. One of them, "The Farth Girdled," contains an account of the tour, some eight or nine years ago, on which he made the personal friendship of the royal family of lIussia while a guest at the palace of the Czar, and gained information about lussia and its institutions which he incorporated in a lecture entitled " Russia and the 'zar." In this lecture, delivered in the larger ciles throughout the country, lie corrected many erroneous notions which had passed current concerning Russia, its rulers, institutions and the condition of its people. (IENEltA [ M ERR1r's N 1FxIEC.-Sovcn years ago Miss May Berlin, a niece of General Wesley Merritt, was married in Chicago to a young Hebrew, David Weinberg, then a student in a local dental college. Their marriage was opposed by the families of both the man and the girl, race prejudice being apparently as strong on one side as on the other. Weinberg began the prac tice of his profession there and was moderately successful. His young wife assisted him and later on took up the study of dent stry and became a more skillful practitioner than her husband. Weinberg considered himself a sport, and the money he earned was rapidly dissipated in backing the wrong horses on the race track. His wife became the money-maker of the' family, and when sher refused to provide him with funds, after he had pawned her dia monds and other jewelry to gratify his passion for " playing the races," his affection waned, and Weinberg det. r mined to get rid of his wife and re sorted to a shrowd trick to do it. He told her that thetr marriage-a civil ceremony-bad greatly displeased his parents, who were wealthy, and that if rhe would embrace the Ilebrcw faith and consent to an orthodox marriage it would be greatly to their advantage. rho wife, who vias very fond of him, agreed to becomui a Jewess. Weinberg then suggested that she ihould get a divorce and that they ,ould then be married by a rabbi. ihis the confiding wife agreed to ; she iled a bill alleging that Weinberg, who for the past two years has been manager of the Boston dental parlors in Racine, Wis., had deserted her. No lefense was made and the divorce was granted. Weinberg celebrated his newly ar.cquired freedom by a visit to Jhicago, and called upon his divorced wife. She asked him about the mar riago which was to reunite them, and be replied that once was enough for Liii1. SoME BIBLICAL F"AcTS.-In the Bible, Old and- New Testaments, there isre 3,586,473 letters, 775,693 words, 11,373 verses, I1,189 chiapters and 6 Dooks. The longest book is Psalms, which has 150 divisions. The shortest is I I John, whieh has one chapter of thir been verses. Trhe longest chat.ter is the I 19th Pealm, which has 176 verses. The shortest the 117th Psalm, which has two verses. The longest verse is the ninth verse oif the eight chapter of Esther. -It has ninety words. The shortest ia the thirty-fIfith verse of the uleventh chapter of John. It has two wor'i.lu The eighth verse of the 118th Psalm is the middle verse of the Bible. The thirty-sBeventh chapter of ~isalh and thenineteenth chapter of ii Kir gs are alike. In -the 107th Psalm, the eighth, fifteenth, twenty-first and thirty-first , verses are alike. Each verse of- fthe 136th Psalm ends alike. Esther is the only book in which the name of God is not found. The twenty-flret verse of the seventh shapter of Ezra contains all the letters| af the alphabet. The Bible contains no word of more| than six syllables. -Who was it said "Cotton is King?" [t was Gen. Quitman, of Mississippi. [n the early fifties, when the agitation >ver the Clay compromise measure, known as the omnibus bill, was high ind hot, in a debate in the Senate, QJuitman said, " Cotton Is king of ex ports," and lie proceeded to show that but for our sales abroad of the fleecy taple our foreign trade wouldl be pretty nideed. And, in the sense the orngina ~or of the expression used It forty-seven coars ago, it is still true. Except, in thbe years of the civil war- and a few years lirectly succeeding that contest, cotton rta steadily held first place in the list f exports. Last year's exports of cot son and manufactures thereof amiount Md to $147,4166,307, which was more in vabluo, worth more in gold, than the 30mbined ex ports of corn and cori'noal, wheat and wheat four, the four being alassed under the head of "' bread ituiTs." So, as a matter of fact, cotton 4111 wears the crow n.-Ohicngo T1imes. -A widow went to the oliee of the insuraneo company whcre her late hiusband had I nsuried hImself in or-der' to receive payment of her claim. D~urlng the conversation which ensued the clerk remarked symnpathetically that he wias very sori-y to hear of liar husband's death. Whereupon shbe fairly staggeredi himl b~y r'earking; "Yumen are all thie same-always sorr~y when a poor woman gets the chancn of a littla monne. OTIS NEEDS MORE TROOPS. T1ild MISTAKES MADIE IN MANILA, An Early Call f)r Volunteerm Said to bo Imiflunent-Ariny filoors Are Wanting a Big Standing Army. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier writes as fol lows: It is becoming painfully evident to a number of pomitiont oflicialh here that President McKinley will be obliged.to issue a call for volunteors, in spite of his reluctanco to do so. Some of the very best friends of the ad ministration do not hesitate to say privately that they fear Gen. Otis has made the same mistake charged against Gen. Shafter at Santiago, that of underestimating the strength and lighting capacity of his enemy. Under the circumstancos Gan. Ois hesitates to ask for additional troops, hoping against hope that the Filipinos will throw up the sponge. Such an oc currence is not at all likely, judging from the daily reports received from Manila. In conversation with the inmbeirs of the cabinet yesterday, I learned that the President is anxiously watch. ing levelopments, not only in the Philippines, but he is also interested in watching public sentiment in this country. Patriotlm and love of the [lag suggests that the administration's foreign policy should be sustained at any reasonable cost. In spite of the desire in every section of the country to uphold the I'cesident In putting down the " rebellion " in the Philip pines there Is undoubtedly a growing feeling that distressing mistakes are being made at Manila, owing, princi. pally, to an inadequate force. Up to the present time both Dowey and OtLs have been allowed to plan and carry out their campaigns without interference or suggestions from Washington, and the daily reports have indicated a succession of victories. Under the circumstances the 'resl dent has been strengthened in the be lief that everything was progressing in a satisfactory manner in the Philip pines, and that the Insurgents, under Aguinaldo, were practically subdued and about to sue for peace. With the gratifying official and unoflicial re ports, backed up by private correspon dence, this cabinet officor said the President was justified in supposing that Otis had ample force at his com mand. The slighteet intimation from Ois now would induce the President to issue a call for volunteers, and it is probable that a call for volunteers will be made before we celebrate Indepen dence Day. Representative Livingston, of Geor gia, says he does not believe there will be any diffliculty in securing all the volunteers required, If the President comes out with a general and un qualified call. He says there are thousands of men through the South and West out of employment, who would be glad of an opportunity to go into the army. Then there are a num ber of bright young men who are anxious to obtain volunteer commis sions, and they have influence enough at their respective homes to induce other men, less aspiring to enlist as privates. Mr. Livingston says the lack of interest displayed in the recent order of the President, increasing the force at Manila by 5,000, is due to the fact that all the ofcluers selected for the new regiments are to be men who are now serving in the Philippines. Among regular army ollicers the idea of cailing for volunteurs is not received with enthusiasm. They clan that the volunteers will not submit to the regulation dis-.ipline, either at home or abroad, of the regu!ar troops. I Is claimed that, in view of the (level opnments in the PhilIppines it, would have been wiser had Congress provided for the iucrcnoe in the regular army suggested In the original II ull bill1. The agitation and the uncertainty about the calling for volunteers would not exist. Some of the oflicers who talk this way are frank enough to ad mit that had thbe original Hull bill prevailed they would have been ben elited by a promfotion to a higher rank and an increase in their pay. it is too late now to speculate upon what mIght have occurred had certain legislation been enacted. 'Tho fact re mains that, Gen. Otis has mnore work on his hands than he is able to attend to, and the sooner ho is substantIally reinforced the botteor it will b)0 for this government. There are so many con II icting rolports received from Manila that it is diflicult to decided which arc accurate. I was talking to liresentative llitt, of linois, on this subject a few days ago. Mr. lHitt has been chairman of the committee on foreign ailairs dur ing the lHeed regime, and he is one of the best, posted men on foreign alfairs in either house of Congress. I10 was one of the commissioners sent to Hawail upon the annexation of thbose islands. . Mr. llItt says it is unreason able to sup pose that the "rebellion "' in the P'hilippines can be put dlown with the small force that, Gen. Otis has at his command. I f the Filipinos could all be rounded up and placed in front of the rapid fire guns of the brave American soldiers we might make qfuick work of It. Unfortunately the enemy is scattered all over those is lands and they will not allow them selves to be rounded up, nor will they fight in an open field, as our soldiers are in the habit of doIng. Uoe recalls the fact that, the United States was able to conquer Mexico with neatness and dispatch because we managed to got the Mexicans all together. in other words, they concentrated their forces so that we coald get at thbum. In such a contest the superior- lighting qualities of the Americans were too much for the Mexicans and they were (defeated. Mr. ilitt says It is extremely doubt ful whether we can call for enough vohinteers to put dlown the rebel lion In the I'hlllippines withbin a few weeks or a few months. At best it will be a long drawn out contest, for Spain has for a number of years mualntained a large army, both in Cuba and also in the Philippines, trying to accompl ish what we are now engaged in uolng. Spain had an ar-my of over 150,000 men in Cuba and in the P'hilip pines she had over 100) 010, and yet the insurgents were able to pro long the struggle for an indelinite neiod. Wit no intnton of ert ing the administration, or those who diffor with the President as to the i'hilippine war, Mr. Hitt says it will rcquire a great deal of patience, a large increase !n our army, oud the exPeriiture of many millions of dol lars before the Philippine rebellion is put down. Those who are watching this sub ject closely predict that the day Is not far distant when the country will wish that we had a larger regular army, free entirely from contact with the volunteers. There is no dliscount on the lighting qualities of the volunteers, but it is well known that they are not so amenable to diocipline as the regulars, besides they have political sponsors, who are continually on the alert to secure for them special privileges, all of which go to create a spirit of dis content in the ranks of the regulars. You seldom hear of a Senator or a ilopresentative in Congress going to the war dopartment in the interest of a regiment of regulars. Tihe politi clans devote their best efforts-and properly so-to their own boys near home. Every regiment of volunteers has a number of "our special corros oondents," who keep the home folks well advised as to what their partleu lar regiment is doing in the field. IThat is all right in its way, but there is no one to taRe simIlar Interest in the regulars, who probably do just as good fig hting as the volunteers. 'The Washington correipondent of the Atlanta Journal reports an inter view with (len. Corbin, who declared that it makes no dilforence what con ditions miay come about there will be tAo call for State volunteer organiza tions. ".1 wish, ' ho added with cm phasis, directing a heavy blow at Is desk, " that I could make the public understand or believe this fact. "The department has a well matured plan for raising the provisional army, or as much as may be needed. But the provisional army has not yet been -alled for, and It is not proper to dIs cuss the plan. One thing is certaIn, however, the voluutuer organizations will not he called. The misunder standing on this point Is most remark able. The country soms to have gone crazy iad on soldiering. It is in the air. T here is a fever. Clerks are leaving good places, boys are leaving good homes, to enter the army as privates. There are ton applicants for every one we accept. Last week we enlisted ten hundred and twcnty-sovon men. There is no question about rais ing the provisional army or getting as many men as we would want in the Philippines or anywhere elso. The problem is how to stop boys and men who have responsibilIties at home from onlistig. I never remember the time when there was such a run on the enlistment olllcers. Wo are very strict now, as we have to be. The army we send out to the IP hi lipp0nes, to Cuba or to Porto Itico must he made of men who not only can be developed into good material later, but who mut be good, strong men at the time of their onlistiment. " If we were at all lax we could get an indefinite number at any time. The fact that. the mon will be sent to the P'hilippines Is no obstacle. It seems to be an incentive for enlistment. There id a fever for soldiering going over the land which will wear-itsolf out, I suppose, and then we will enlist fewer mon each day. If It becomes nozos sary to enlist the provisional army it will be done very quietly, just as the regular army Is enlisted and as tibe Immunes were enlisted during the war. Only the best men will be taken -men who want to make soldiering a a business and not an experience. We want men who are willing and able to remain In the service the full term of their enlistment andl who will not have their Senators and Rtepresentatives bothering the department, to get them dIscharged. We can't, have this ofilce crowded with mothbers, fathers, rela ~IVes and friends of the boys who want to get out. We will take the pick of the men in a mental, moral and puhysi cal way. When once they go in, they will have to remain. I want that un doerstood, and I have tried to impress the enlisting ollcers with this and to get them to imp~ress it, on the men who apply for enlistment. No organiza tions will be received, and there is no use for gentlemen who are looking for commIssions to get excited. There is a very mistaken Idea throughout, the country of what will happen when it ia decided to raise the provisional army. When it, becomes necessary It will be done before the fact is hardly adver tised." .1 A PA N ES R A cRISTS -Th e reason J1 a panesespainthings present, such a curious appearance to our eyes, says the Ci cago News, is that In them shadow is omnitted. This gives the peculiarly fimst appearance to figures and land scapies which everyone has seen who has l'oked on at paper fan or- wall Idiraw Ing. lForm andi color are what the Ja panels artists aim att. in Japan thme artIsts dlo not use easels. '1 he man wIth the paint. either sits on the floor with hIs work soread before him or at a small table. Jsually If he is as im portant, artist ho has a helper who stands by, fills his brushe with color as desired and takes all the tiresome drudgery from the shoulders of his prlaclpal just, as the plumber's assist ant in this country does the heavy work Instead of a palette little bowls contain the colors, rho trouble with Japanese artist, is that they do not originate. They can make beautiful copies, but do not care to let their own fancy depIict now scones. The most noted .Japaneso artist, Is LHokusal, Who was born last, century. lie lived ninety years and was so devoted to paintIng that besides his picetures he illustrated 160 different publications. ie was so busy that he never counted the mooney he wa-i given for his work and never cleaned up is houso. Wh en on0 house became full of rubbish he would move into another. -Among the most interestIng paIrs of twins in the country are Wihbur F. and John ii. Stites of W Ich ita, Kan. T1hey are 54 years old and look so much alike that only intimate friends can tell them apart. They married twin sisters, the Mlsses Alico and Carrie Worth. The two familles live to gether in the same house. -Some peop)1)1 can't even tell the' truth withoutmexag..raig EXECUTIVIW OLEMENOY. Governor Mc8weenOy JHas Acted Upon a Large Number ot Petitions for Pardon. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says that when Gov ernor leSweeney went into oilce ho fpund quito an accumulation of pott tions for pardons. There wore cases that deserved attention, and Governor McSweeney took them up and has acted on most of them. Governor Ellerbe, during the last months of his life, was unable to consider petitions of this character, and, therefore, there are more than usual on the list for consideration. Governor McSwooney had pardoned General Jvans Davis, a negro from Clarendon, who was convicted of man slaughter in 1890 before Judge Bonet. It appears that Davis was at a hot s'yper and that there was a general fracas. The man who was killed hit Davis, and )avis used lile knife on his assailant. )avis has now served over three years of his sentence. Solicitor Wilson wrote to Governor Ellerbe that he would recommend the pardon after )avis had served two years of his term. Judge l3enet ro commended the granting of the par don. All the members of the jury signed the petition, and several hun dred citizens joined in the prayer for pardon. Governor McSwuoney has refused to pardon T. Ezoll Thackston, who was sentenced to iml)risonment from G reen vlll*3 County. Thackston is a young white man, and his pardon was recom mended by the directors of the l'eni teutiary and others. Governior Mc Sweeney has received letters frome the home of Thackston suggesting that he do not grant the pardon. It is stated by one of the parties who signed the application that Thackston had pro vlous to this affair killed a man in a house of ill-fame, and that the woman ho killed, for which he was convlcteid. was also in a house of Ill-fame, and that there was no special reneon for the pardon. Governor McSweeney has refused to grant, a pardon to Iobert Crockett. of Lancaster County. It was urged as a ground for asking the pardon that Crockett was wanted as a witross In a case soon to lbe tried. Solicitor hlenry stated that he did not need Crockett as a witnos, and the pardon was not granted. At, the, instance of J udgo Iluchanan, Solicitor Thurman and Cashier Sawyer, the Governor has commuted the en tence of young Erwin Williams to six ionths on the chain gang. lie has just been convicted of forging a check on the Central Bank for $12 and con fessed his crime. lie was given the lightest possiblo sentonce. 110 is a mero lad and is a cripple. A pardon has been granted to David Murdock, of Marlboro County. Mur dock was convicted of assault and bat tory, and was sentenced to two years on the chain gang. His sentence will run out in Octaober of the present your. Solicitor Johnson, eleven of jurors who convicted him, the county ollicers and the delegation signed the application and reconmend the pardon. Murdock is in had health. Murdock &ot into a difliculty with his father-in-law about domestic troubles and the case excited considerable comment at the Lime. Governor McSweonoy has granted a pardon to Robert WItherdpoon, of Lancaster County. Solicitor lienry re commended that the pardon be granted. There is a long petition, but tho prin cipal reason for granting the pardon Is that Witherspoon is in bad health, and his term expires in October, and he cannot got well by that time. There will be a delay in issuing the pardlon, beCcause Ihoejmppl iI't.ion, and pap~ers on illo do not show of what cr ime Witherspoon was convicted, be fore whom he was convicted and the dates of lisa sentence. A pairdon can not be Issued unless this information is available, and when the prisoner-s are on the chain gang and the data is not to be had here there is a delay In getting the information, and it is re mnarkable that such in for mation shtoul d not be incorp~orated in the applica tions. John Dill, of Spartanburg', killed seime one in Spartanhurg in 18Ui. lie has, therefore, spent over half of his term of seven years in pirison. There was a long petition for his pardon flied, and with the endorsement, of Solicitor Schumpert, Judge Witherspoon and theo Jurors who tried the case, Gover nor McSweenoy granted the pardon. A Novir. WAY TO CATcH A iii. --A Paris letter to the Londion I'ost gIves the followineg curious Incident: A rich American, resIding in the St. George's quarter hero, had been for somefl little time past the vletim of sys tenmatic thefts. B ank notes and money noit left under lock :and key disappear ed regularly. Mi. Cornette, the com milssary of p)olico, was informed of the robberies. He found it would be im possibo to keep an effective watch on the bed room where the theftisoccurred, but hoadopted a stratagem which turn ed out successfully. A uimall vial con taining a mixture of plcric acid and fusch ine was placed in a metal ease for holding gold and a few Napoleons were plaed on top). in order to get out the gold the metal case had to be held up side down, and thben, of course the chemical preparation would run out and stain tho thIef's hands a bright and indelible yellow. As soon as seine of the gold was mIssed M. Cornette sum moned all the servants to his presence. 'Tie valet's lingers betrayed him. Itcal izlng the uselessness of denying when caught yellow handed, he confessed and was duly locked up. -Th''le hIstory of the family of Wim. Mann. of Norfolk, Va., 's a tragic one. Tb'lc eldest soai of Mr. Mann was kIlled in a shingle mill ten months ago. Last Saturday two younger sons, aged re spectively 14 and 10 years' were killed while in a buggy and in the act of creasing the Norfolk and Southern Italiway, one mile from Ililzobth City, N. C. At the same time Charlesi i3aker, another boy who was seated in the buggy, met his death in like manner. A foe to pain, a symp'athietic friend anid aaclintille lighter is th e won derfuld Alli gator Liniment. -it lights to wina anc .oes win ini relieving andi curinmmgitheumma tism, Neuralgia, Backache, Rpraiins, Jiruis em and all pna 'ry. no um o........o.. The More People Know -oF' THE NEW ST ORE. The hotter they like it. They like the fair and square way we do business. We havo only been before the people about three months, and in that time The Now Store has made many friends through its money saving polley. You like to trade where every thing is now; whero prompt, polite and courteous saleuent servo you; where you have plenty of room to trado. There are untold advantages in tradi ig with us. ILast but not least, here you can at all times buy the best for the least money. Some Special Values. 1100 yds Standard Calicos on1ly :lCe. 1000 " li 'led miUnt D rills 4c. 1200 " good heavy Bileching only 5C. 600 " good cheek Nainsook only 5c. 500 " 10- Shooting only l0c. I lot large ready made Sheets only -l9c. I lot ready made Pillow Cases only 5e. Genuine Dongola pat. tio shoe only $1. 1 iot two yards wido all Linen Diamasc only 419c. I lot larno Linen Towels only 10e. I table 32 and 10 inch Lawnts only 5c. I ease Ventilating Corsets only 25c. Come to Tle Now Store to do your trading. A Word About Shoes. During tile past tell (lays we have received a car load of shees. When our stock is completcd there will no nothing to e(ual it in ,ho State. We are going to tiavo the business. EUW- Remember we are agen(s for the Clebrated MdcCall B5azar J'attorns, price 10 anld 15 een 1ts. Make it a point to visit tle New Store at the first opportunity, at J. 11. '1 organ & Irother's old sa.arid( MAHON & ARNOLD, 211 Upper Main St. GlWE"1NVILE. LAS'r M l'?I'1 N (l '111 E CON Fl.:DIgIt. A'1i CAUIN-I'T.-Sidney llerbert writus a'1 follows to tile Savannah Morning News: " I am glad to so that my suggestIon to U1'J Daughters of tile Confederacy to aI)peall to Cx-lPostalznstor GenOral teagan, In Texas, to decide where tile last Confederateo cabinet -meeting was hdwas adopteod, and that, this dia tinguished gentleman gives that honor to the Heard House, at Washington, Ca., and not the Hurt, House, at Ab bevillo, as I have so persistently claimed to h)o the casu. Hion. Armis toad Ihrt was aL member of Congres from 18.'3 until l852, and was, there fore, well acqjuaintc(d with President D~avis. it was rnost natural that the home of Hurt, shlould he select( l by D)avis on his journey to Washington, GIa., as a stop-over. So he sont Col. 11arrison aheadl withI a letter to that effect. In the famous D~eltonno col lection of manuscripts can be found the original of the A bbeville order and tho Washington order, the dates of which ought to setto the question withbout any dIoubt,. They are the last ollicial documentse IsSuod by the au premo authbority of thle then Confeder ate rovernmount,. "fho A bboville order is dated April 27, 1865, andi is addressed to Birig. Gon. Burkett D. IFry, in command of the Augusta station, and signed, " by or der of the President,, Burton N. liar rison, private secretary," and reads thus : "You w ill send at once to Wash ington, by railroad, two Lrood ambu lances, with four good mulos for eaoh, good harnless and good drivers, to be held there by the post qIuartermnastor, subject, to my~ Orders." T1his outfit, which Gon. Fary immodiately forward ed, was especially designed for Prosi dent Davis and family, who evidently saw that the collapse of the Confeder acy would occur at Washington, from whichl point they could escape to the I'lorida coast and sail to some foreign country. Thle linal meeting of cabinet oflicors, Quartermaster General Law ton and Commissary Generai St. John, was held at the Hleard( House, i.nd the last order of the Confederate govern ment there issued, bearing (date of May 5, 1805. There is no Abbeville order of later dlate than April 27, as aboye cited." --1dgar Di. Crawford, who was re cently admitted to the bar at Atianita, Ca., is the youngest lawyer in that State, if not in the country. Ho is not qluite 17 years old, but was recently graduated with first honors from the law school of Mercer University. Under the laws of Georgia, no matter what may be the age of thle applicant, he is entitled to admission to the bar if he has been gradluated from one of the recogniaed law schools of the State. -It is estimated that 500,000 gallons of strawberries have been shipped from New Albany, Ind., this season, principally to Chicago. -It is an unexplained fact that glow worms are much more brilliant just be fore an approaching storm than at any other time.