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THE _EOPLE'SJOURNAL \OL io.---No. -l. ICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, AUG;USTI 2, 19. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR JAMES A. HOYT. INTFRISTING STORY OF J WE'I,, SPENT ,IFE. SOI C.I)tI1, (II I'/41N, CII I1lN1'tIAN OUCNTI&DIAN. Tile War iecorl ol a Holk1ier- 1Th Political Licord V ia laat'-bIinle anil Mineetre Patr-aio- T1i1o 511it't analt iceligiouiN Rgecort of' a (?tm'iN tian Gent.it-nao -The Dians Wi11 Ilepretents i, lo 'rinciple ofl tht P1roIihilatinlbit ol' Somulia (Jarolinla Writteni for The Yorkville lkminirer. James Alfred lloyt wts born Octobe 11th, 1837, inl Waiyesboro, Virginia Him fatier, J. l'rkints lloyt, was a na tive of New Iitit ilislire atnd4 a jeweler b trade, wito lail com outti for hi: health, atd locatilng inl Way ntelisbOrt, m11C an(i maltirriea M isis .ltite . lt1h4n0on, I laI of the Virginoia faui ily of that nl Colonel .1. 1. klOUyt, wts I highly cut11 tlleil ilant, lad flot a titie was (d1itaOr 01 the Lautrentvillte Hleraihl, lnd of Lilt Anderson Intelligencer during tie aba rence of his sotn it tihe atrmt~y. Froin Virginia, the Iloyt family tito ve to Clarksville, (leorgia, where the) lived for a few yeats and tience went it Laurens, H. C , wlere yountg Itoyt grewN to maniiood. rth: exigencies of lift (omIlledi tttL. seeHI su)Iort for Iiti self, and whena only 14 years 44.1 he en tered the oflice of the Latrensville Herald as8 tin ip)IrielItice, and fromn tha time has been engaged a n1 saewspape: work, witih the exception of his tatrmty service. Whetn Ite wtia 18 years old it went to Anderson and became foremtau of the Anderson Gazette. In less that a year he was editor of that palier. H( conti aied Us editor and part proprietol until August, 186u, wen ie begatn tit( publication of tite Antderson Inltetli gencer, wlich has ever since been ot of the leading weekly 'papers of tnL State, except for a -teilorary suspen sion while its editor-Jlants. A. loyl and W. W. llumphareys.- w.Cre in the army. In 1800, Hoyt was a leand * g spirit in the organization of a Imil.tia copilpant.y in Anderson,' kpo.W it s the "I 'a itmitt Ritlenwx", and 'wlien'the comipanty vol unteed thei next fear,'he wits its orderly sergeant. The 'almetto iitleen baiter tcred the 8tate's service April .1, 1861, itn the Fourth Souith'Carolinia regiment, under Cotionel JT. It. 1.1. Sloian, anad is about, six weeks wais mustered into tlt Confederate service. The regiment wa at the front early and participated inl tLI first battle at Matnassas Hoyt was witih the regimnent in its .memrable and lie roic defenise of the Stoie Bridge, and subsequently was i'n all the principal battles of tLI Army of Northern Vir gilia, except Chanicellorsville and (ret tysburg, in which his command was not engaged. At the reorganization inl 1862, tly company becace a part of the Palmnetts Sharpslhooters under the gallant Jenik ins, atid after General Jenkin's prono tion, the commander was Colonel .1 osepl Walker, of Spartanburg. During tei second year of this service, lloyt was "promoted to t licutentaicy for gallant and meritorious conduct on the ield, and afterwards served as adjutant ofI his regiment Ile was slightly wounded at Williamsburg, and more seriously al Frazier's Farm. During tisig time li also contracted a severe case of siall pox and came very near dying. Itn 1861, while returning from a sick firlough to tihe army, lie was placed in contund of ilt extemporized expe.dlition of wotidited and convalescent soldiers sent out from Danville to check Wilsol's. Federal cav airy at Stautinton river bridge, whi4h wa an important, point in Lee's linte of com-ti munication witlt his batse of supplies al Danville. The tight was a desperatt one in whticha hoyt shtared the responasi. bliity of commltanda witht Captain titidd ie< and C.olonel Coleatn. AlIthIougha that Feiderails htad a vastly superior forice the sald tand unlorganaized hanid of Cona federates defenlded the bridige unltilI Gen oral W. II. 1". Lee's caivalry camne upj. E.arly itt the tighat, IIloyt was badt' wounded and disabled ;butt hte refuser to leaive thec scene of act iont and a remuaini ed in1 commnditt of hais detactimenit unati the end1(. Hiis caoitness undt aer tire wn:a exhibited by the faict ttat tafter he war disabled, itn pain altnd leeSidinatg, lie cahnil ly smaoked his pipe, which he no0w te tinsl as a imemenitto of the daiy, hiavinj lonig since giveni up the habiit of smoa k ing. (Colontel liloyt's wound i was ini Ihis efi leg, the salal bone1 beitng so btadily shmat tered that it, wais resectedl, three inchie: beinig takeni out. F"romn this wound It still suIfors ahanost constattly, atnd hii contirol of the left, foot, beiing imperfect lhe niow uses a crutch. Whlen the suirrendaer' catte, IIloyt, wit in Aindersoan recuperatintg, antd like se manity soridiers ina his sitiuatioun sit Lha timne, 110 wasU prolfered t numerous inig. negro garrisona which wtas sent Li) Ans derson. As soon tas Ite wvas able Lto work, h resurrected 'Tile inttelligenicer iad biegin the tmote peaicefutl duties of life whert they had been interrtas1edt. it .Janaryitt I1860, lie was mnarried La) Miss Itleece ( WVebb, diaughiter aof 1Elijala Webib, wI 'was one oif thle miost promiiietit citizenm and politicitans of Andersonis Conty Colonel anad Mrs. IHoyt, have rout clil dren. Thme tett years followinig thme was foundi Editor lioyt still tightintg fc what lie eonceived tao be the best iti ests of the State, andi( he was very aictiv ini thae Itecontrutctioir :erai. lie rant fo tile Staite Senate ini }&79 as a vicairioui saicritice and was dofet~ta b~X 200) vote: lie was a memaber of1, te coplventib that anintated Cp~rpentusr -and' Butler bitt spoke against (Carpeinter's tnomtims tin, btelievinig it unwise. Ina 1871 an 1871 lie was a rhemtbe'r of the Taxpa' e' conventioins frotm Anderson, anda I 1811 lie was a tmenter 'of the exectiv cotmmiittee of the conivenltion anda was delegate fraom tlihatebody to, Washainigtos anid .assistedh in jlie preparation of LI famnotus miemtotiail to gongress.. Inm 18.8 hie Stitumpled hais countty fa Beymnour and liir ; in 1873 te suipporte UGreeley, ati, itt faict, htas al ways suj ported thie Deamocrattic Licket, in tnatiott as well as St~ate conitest~s. Ini 1874, 11 carried his con ty for (iteena, i m oppor tion to Chamatberlinm. lie was vehtetme ini his criticismn of Chambilerlaint's cours< atnd an coun tty chtal iman of the A atdo sont Denocracy, was active in organiizir tor the battle of 1876. itn whtich ha d and eiijoyed the conildence, of that L leader tifroighout, his catpaigis antid adnirIII ,inttoII. 1ia bold stand at this time caused him to be heartily hated by the ltadicals, who frequently threatened his life; bilt without cIfeet upoi his Course. Hlln service up)on1 Lhe State ex cetitive Committee was equally vigilant antid active. iHe was assistant sergeant at-Iris of the Walaee House, and was Wit~h duddre IIaskell1 Whenk he0 discovered the means of enterilgL the State capitol. in the early part of 1877, Colonel i1 oyt became editor of the Coimbia Rueyter, wlich was the chapinion of the unterri lied I)em Ocracy while it was under his Control. A ftertwo years in this worik, he left The legitter and purehased The Working Christian, which lie transformt ed into The Baptist Courier and removed to C reenville. The itpaper was enlarged anid imiproved, and under his manage ilment as chief editor antid proprietor, it L iecam one of the leading denomin ai - tional papers inl t lie Bouthi. 'lis coiiec tioni with ''he( Baptist Courier made him Icuiinttied throughout the State, and as lIe hits the excepttionl fatulty of reiemii herii ng nmes antid faces, he enjoys a re mutark ably wide range of friendshi ps. During his editorship of 'hle Haptist Couiier. le cott inuned to take an interest, in politics, antd utItil 180 hie represeted G'reenville County in the State I)eio ratic executive committee, anid in that year was electetd its chaliram, as one wllo was not an extreiist, on either side Of the factional fight then brewing, and wilo had the colidence of both factions. As ehtirman he refused to rule out tihe itntii ees of the famous MI arch coniveni tion, though lie did not approve the Methods ised to inaugurate reforms in the Sttate government,. While opposing itose Methods, lie deprecated strife and bitterness and was one of the first to appeal for the obliteration of factional lines. In 185, Coonel hloyt was tunanimous ly elected pre ident of the Baptist State Convention and was re-elected for nine successive ternms, when he deelinued to serve longer. For over twenty years lie wats a trustee of Furman University, and was at onle time vice president of Lbe Southern 0aptist, Convention. For the last several y(;ar-s he has been a vice president of the American Baptist i'du cAtkinal society,' and hau delivered an address hefore that iody and also before the American Baptist Publication sto 6ivty. In .1 lne, 1-891, he sold his interest in The Baptist Cuouriir and contei plated a linal retirement from the newspaper business. For a time le was hi nancial agent Of Furman I'niversity ; but the habits and associations 'of a lifetime were to strong. and in .1 anunary, 12, lie assumed control of the Greenville IButerprise and Mountaineer as editor and propriettor. The name of the paper was chauged to its original form, The Mountaineer, and Colonel Iloyt lits since Colti nued as its editlor and )ropri etor until the opening of the preseit camnpaigi, when he relinquished his edi torial duties to devote his tine to the can vass. laving been so long active and proili neat in State politics, it is natural that Colonel Hoyt should have been often solicited to become a catndidato for Gov ernor : but lie has always steadfastly de clilned until this year, when the demand upon him wias stucli that lie could not refuse. Ilavinig always been an out spoken advocate of prohilbitioni agiust every othber method of controlling the litiur trallic, and having repeatedly favored makinig the fight for that priii. ciple in this State, lie felt that lie could not decline the iominiatioii Wihicl was given him by the Prohibition Democrat4: in May, and accordingly lie accepted the responsibility and hits taken the stunmp' as the can didate for (ItOvernor. Besides his advocacy of prohibition, le possesses other elements otf strength in his ac kntowledged ability, hiis respected hiigh chairacter, hiis long e x perience and ser vice in public life w ithuoti rewardt, hiis success~5 ini buiniess andit hiis repu tat iin as a imani anti a (Christutat. As a Il'rohibitinist, Colonech litoyt is strictly co nsistenitt. lIe has never used whIiiskey himusel f notr has lie ever perii. I trdl the use oif wine oir litgnors tof any - kintl ini hiis litome, lie was a mtenmber of I a teimp ernimce so ciety w heni a youth , and litter jtoined the Gootd Tleimplars. whotse Sprnipl~es lie has al ways exemplified in - his tdai ly li fe. As an employer, (Colot nch - hloyt has mtadie it a rule not, tto allow any onie whoiu din ks to remiain it hl iis p ay -ioll, antI iiy thins iniglinig irmniess wit~h kimntdness he lhas hldped many a mian to give up the habit. (Colonzel lloyt is it Alatsoni of high tde 4 ree, auid hefor ie lie hiatd been ten years -a member of t.hat, oirder, lie was chtoseni j (Griand Mlaster o f the Anucient, lereemta ,soins in Sthl aril inami, succeeti ing (Geni eral J1. 11 Kercshaw in that oflice in 1X'l. . sle hits also held mtembershipils in the ( Grange anti the (O)ho l'ellows, ile wits prom inentL in torganiin ig thne South -.Carolinua State l're-ss Association ini I 8'75, oif whiich lie wais electeud presidient,, -anti lie is now on the e xecutive conunimit, tee of thitt bodly. Am''Ilriu A ItiNilD A\Ni SliCaN'TV \ CA Ius.-- A movemlleit is on fottu t~o1ako ,up thie remtai ns tof Cul. J amos Wiiliants -antI bury them ton f KIn Vs NI ountaini b attle ground. Cohi. Williamsu com-t 5atantded the Sou th Carol ia forces at -thebo attle (If lK ing's Mtountain. lie was mortally wounded and diledI a short Li mo after the htattlec. H is mitn bur ied r him io(n the road, abou t three miiles r from the plresent muonuinent. The -grave is oni a plianttationi no(w (owned by e Capt. John1 i S. Mintz. It, has long beeni r neglectedl. ln a comm unleattion to the 5 lduitlrer, a prom inent citizen seutds a t. dotliar. ant( daggests tho opin Itg oif a ft -uub'se'iptibn for the purpos ~ot3if tiIgging iup the ,bonos of C~ol. Williamns and a- bufrrying thoem undeir the shmadow'o td the King'sMountailn montujnent. It Is -also sug-gested In' the co'umunleattion a that all arrangents b1o imade by thte e 'ith day of October next, thie lib an at nlvcersary of the battle, and thiat this 4, date ho made the occaslon for proper e coretmonies In connection with the un dortaking. The. Idea has tak-en well. ur So far there have -benn a numbher ofi d, subscriptdons and thore- Is reason to he -'lofve thet the necessary funds will be il forthcomIng wIthout, the least difliul C 1,y. .Lt h:as. asiso. hoon suggested that i- the King's Mountutlo Chapteor of the it D). A. li. take ehargo of the alarii L, This suggestIon also mcots wIth favom r- and the ohapter 'wIll .hold a meetin~ g for the purp'l)(sQ of givIng the mattomg id ,iua onnern.atln. T1111JMAN ANI) TilE RitEIcaU(i,;gt. Tho Senator Iteloratos H is Ihargo of an Unuholy Allianee. Dr. John 0. Willson, editor of the Southern Christimn Advocate, wrote to Senator Tilluan and asked him if he was correctly quoLud as saying at .iennettsville that, " the preachers and tho bar-koopors are In an unholy al lilnco led by Hloyt to destroy the dis pensary." The Henat,0r's reply Is as follows as published in tihe Southern Christian Advocato : itv. .1. 0. Willson, Columbia, S.C. I)oar Sir : - I have your lottor of iuly 22, asking if lly speecl at 1ionnett ville was correctly reported. I do not recollout the exact words Usedl at Bionnet0tsvilI, but they are in effuet true as Iuoteor ; and ilasmillucl as tb DiLstrict Conferenco of the MthO di1st church, under th leadership of lishop I)uncan, has taken tLie matter up, and tihe I lishop is reported to have "4 nalled " my utterance "as a lio" while the report of the comm itt oen tempo11 r3-111)01 anco " dnouncend any insinuation that tibo elfort of tite Ch ristliin miiistol 5 and other citizon to r id tibe Stato of this gigantic evil is at sought or voluntary combination with tihe saloon olument as a base slandur, that is itself an at ttompt to strengthen ,biu power of this most damnnaniv iniquity," I will take tbo occasion olfored by your inquiry to make an ailnnounm(elt ovr lily own signaturo of what, I said tl( mount at eIonnettsvili. Of course the re.port er gave only tihe barust Outlines. I have no (utarreI with tlhe uinisters of any churbc or denomin ation and have no purpose to give ( Olonso Lo any of them. I have always borno testl mOny to the high characteir and purity of purpose characterizing the ministry, but I holieve they aire wrong in lighting the diispensary law as they do, and I cbll ti-o right to say so, acknowledg ing at tihe saie ti Me their right to freedom of speeh an( freedom of )oli tical action o1 this and every othber subject. I mentioned the attitude of the min liters incidentally as an illustration of thbe anoimalous political situation. The ministern attack the dispeneary because it (o3s lot go far enough, and tibe high license people and tho blind tigers whom 1 designated ts the " old bar k eepere," attack the dis8,Cnuary because it goes too far. They are thus found lighting side by side in the campaign. There is only one candidato in the field for governor opposed to the dis pensary, and that I Col. 13oyt, and all tihese elements are allied in Is sup port, and the proof is that Ciarleston in the last gubernatorial election voted for Mr. Iotherstone and prohibition, when It is notorious that the whiskey element of that city it; predominant and that the dispensary law is not en forced mainly by reason of the lax morals of the grand jurors who have failed to discharge tneir duty under their oaths. Colonel Hoyt, last winter in his paper, The Mountaineer, urged coalition be tween the high license peopl and the prohibitionists in the General Assem bly in order to repeal the dispensary law. Colonel Iloyt seeks the gover nor's ollice and of course wants votes. I am opposed to his election solely oin those grounds and called attention to the elements supporting him. There may be no open1 ", alliance "and techni cally I may have been in error lit as serting it, but I think it permissible to declare all the supporters of any one candidate " allies," and if tile Metho d ist ministers who accused mn1 of "slan der '" will show that they do not intend to work to the same and as the bar keepers for the overthirow of tho dis pensary, I will then conbiu' the pirO lriety oftil an apology. Ui ntil such lpirf is givein me1 1 shall stand by my guns. I f a Methodist ishop3 chlooses Lt) call mue a liar aind the churchb temaperance commilittee feels constrainedi to de nounecu my 4op)inionl of existing 0(on(d1 tLions as "' slander '' the 1CeoplO (If South Cai-olina will ju~dge botween ius. If they can stanil it, I can. I long ago learned "'i Iv ii is wroughItt from want (If thoughlt as well as want, of heart."' Whlen) good)( mlon find1( thtemselvyes In bad companJlUy they uisual ly pause to conIsidler htow they got, thbore, and w hetlthi rthbey are not In fait, to some1 ex tent. the edlitor o~f T1he State, who Is the spokesmant~i of tuhe lieense ollment,, has announcI ned ithis pos~itionl ceai-ly and open1ly . Te dii ial by the preachlers Lthat Lti0b0t combinatioin is " SOught, I" ' cuits nto higire. ItL exists, and1( that, is all I asserttCd, and( Lto my mindm it Is "uinhtoly"' and(1ii tunt, ma11ke every goodt mlant fool un~comiafortalble. If the d isulensary Is overthrown every practIcal man11 k nows that saloonts will lbe ustablisedt In less than live years. I wouthIl deploro such a resul t, as a great, 14)5 to society anti I know piatny preachers aie of the same opin ion. I yet, shall hope LI) see all good men01 (f ll classes un11itecd to make te dIls~ensary the success it can beocoime. I bol luve proh ibitLion is a Trojan horse b~y which tihe saloons want, to ag~,ainl enter our State. The whIskey men01 believe the same thing. I am against, the saloons and ail (If their frIends, whether they lie goo.l men wilo are bIlind fanatics or schtem i ng pioliticlans. Yours truly, ' Trtmtfon, S-. C., July 23, 11900, 'ld i toriallIy The( Ad vocate siays :'"It ne4gd 5 not, muany wordsa to ch aracterize tils matt'er.' Senator Tillman's letter does not, mnotdify hits chatrge. Indeed lhe ex pilins it, and actually argutes to sua tain) his' balseiess statement,-and 54) add! s to the insul11t. WIheronupon it is 4our1 dutly to) say that, his statement, is an. inexcus'ale outrage-tie groater because mlatde by aI man11 whtose pJositionl demiands particutlar rega-rd for trut~h and att -least, ordInary resplect for re putattble plel. Ills high oplInion of religious peopIle ' euts no ligutre ' when they ditlior withi hIm !I'hen thbey are 'A blnd fanatic't, etc.' ieo seems to think lhe cairr'es allI thec wisdom of our cominonwealtht anld to difer with him Is folly. il1s entire coturse In tis alfair 'deseives rebuke' by all relIgious peoplo. Ulls abuse of g iiod menW wIll not hly ils pet mnonstirosity, thu dispensary. 'That shame to our State and damage to our citizens will go. And bairrooms will not come back altithar." THI, NIWS FROM CHINA. A G[LOOMY VIEW IN ICtOI'K. Idittle Ilopo 'or the Foroignora in Pokins asiu Itoliei' Must, to Proaapt. While the latest impression derived from the conilieting tolograms from the far east is that a portion of the foreign colony at Pekin may have es called slaughter until a recent dato, the genera consensus of the heAt informed opinion of I'urope 00111 to continuO to favor the acceptance of the worst news and the prompt action theroon, the contention being that the only possibility of definitely obtaining the truth Is by the allied commanders in giiiring at Pekin. .ludging from news from Tien Taln, however, recording divisions among the admirals there, the jWospectS for an early advaneO sem to be endangered unless the go' ornimtints spoodiliy agree upon a su preime leader. Tolograns from Shanghai report, that L li Hung Chang has taken up his abode at the arsenal, as a measure of precaution. It ia not stated whether the attack by the Chinese or the at tempts of the powors to curtall his lib rtios cans d it. A pparently, the foroign consuoi at, Shanghai have informed the viceroy that U1nless he obtained deli1nite d is patchue from Pekin within live days they woul concluded that thb minis ters had been mur'dered, and act ae cord ingly. Iteports are recurrent that a numher of missionaries, elther Amerlean or Enlglish, have been murdered in Shan Si. One of the dispatches from Shang hal, says : ".lhe Canadian misslonarios from lionan had a terrible xperience en route here. The natives every where were hontilo. The rabble attacked the refugees, beat them and tore the clothes from their backs. The women stiffered cruel Indignities." The d ispatches continues "Canton remains compl)aratively quiet,. The na tives, however, are beginning to fear that the reinforcements arriving at IHong long intend to attack the Hogue forts and occupy the city. The milita ry mandarin has asked the colonial secretary at Hlong Kong for assurances thbat Great Britain does not intend to take Canton. A dispatch from Yokohama stated that the Jlapanese division will all be landed at Taku by Jiuly 31st, and will reach Tien Tsin August :1. The following cablegram has been received at the navy department : C11twIoo, July 21. Navigation Bureau, Washington : Written message, signed Conger, dated .uly -1th, received Tien Tsin 21st says : "Been besleged two weeks Brit lah legation. Grave danger general masacre by Chinese soldiers, who are shelling legation daily. Relief soon if at all. City without government ex cept by Chinese army. )etermined massacre all foreigners i'ekin. Entry relief forces into city probably be hotly Coltested. " THOMAS. The receipt at Tien Tsin of ani un doubtedly genuine and autographic message from Minister Conger has dono nothing to dissipate the doubt as to the situation at i'ekin. The mes sage, which was forwarded by the na val ollicers at Tion, Taku and Chefoo, has indeed served only to deepen the darkest mystery of the century. The oflicial conclusion remains unchanged, of course, but It, is aimwitted that a careful scrutiny of the autograph ms sage from MInister Conger admits of the belief that the two messages were indited by Mr. Conger at about the same time. The situation at the Brltish legation is represented to h the same in each case, and as Mr. Conger declares that relief must, come quickly i a~t all, there ls ground for the aupplosition that conditions could not long have remain ed unchanged in such a crisis. The assumption that, this reaso .inrg is cor reoct, involves the further- conclusion that Mr. Conger's cipher' message, if genuine, was redated as of the 18th of July, two weeks later than the dlate of actual writing and of course, if redated at all, that was done b~y Chinese 0oth cdals. On the other hand and In support, of the State department positIon, came a message from anothber of thbe groat Chinese viceroys, Tak, at Canton, ho who took charge after [4 Hung CIhang's dleparture. This also aillrmedJ solemnly the s-afety of the logationers and coming from so many dihferent sources and froum such important, Chli nose ollieials, these d ispateches do clalin attention. A pessimistic vlew of them, however, attrlb~utes Li) all a comiimon origlin, namely, somlme onme hxigh Chinese lper sonaige at I'ek In. IL, Is noted tha} Tak's assurance brIngs the ministers dno day further towardls ultimateo rescue than has any proccding message. Thie fact that it allows only three days to cover the transmission over. the great, dis tance between l'ekin andI Canton has attracted attention bere, and appears to demand explanatIon If tbe message is to bie acceptedl as genuinely of Pekin origin. I ord Salisbury has notiied the Uni tced States ambassador that it was im possible to accep~t the evidence so far submitted by the Ch inese or that trans mitted by the United States regarding the safety of the foreign mrinitteraj at, l'ckin, and that until their safety was thboroughly established the British govern ment woulId be umnable to d1iscuss any question of mediation or kindred ima tters. The Canton correspondent of The D~aily Telegraph, wIring Tiuosday, senids the followIng immportant, news: "Viceroy T1ak Sn to-day piublishes tihe following mandate "'A n important Imperial decree was issued on the 23d day of the si x Lii imoon. It says: " 'We have lost TIen 'Tsin and great precaumtions are taken in Peokin. No peace can hie obtained without, going through a wan. In the tilme of Chuing an agreement was made that no mrur den can be inllleted upon ministers from abroad. it Is a month since the minIster of Germany was assassInated b~y Boxers andl strict orders have been given for the arrest of the murderers. We are trying our utmost to preserve the lives of the other ministers an~d they are st~ill in l'ek in. We fear that the vieroys and governors may mis understand the intention of the decree, ralving on the safety of those minis tors, as a ground for making peace, and taking r.o heed whatever to pro pare for attack and defence. The noglect to fortify the districts under their jurisdiction will bring endless calamity. Viceroys and governors are to Iay all attention to and to urge on preparations for coast attacks and do fonso, and they are to take the conse quences in case of any territory boing lost entirely through their delay and imismlanagement.' "luropeans hore understand thor oughly the last part of the edict, which means that the vicoroys and governors are commanded by the ompress dowa ger to prepare for a Chinese war against tho allied forces. Viceroy Tak Su is bitterly anti-foreign, and ho Is increasing his army and armamients, nillitary and marino. He has lodged an objection through the prefect of K wang Chou to four small gunboats, two i'ronch, one American and one iritish. that are here to safoguard the lives of foreigners, and he asks that they be moved beyond the liogue forts." lt1IOtM MOVICMEN'T IN OIIlNA. Homo oft I o Advanced l'olletos Atdvo vateot by iho I'aam poror. (l. . leiadland (i'ekiin 1'iiversIty) in the Outlook.) The i'tmperor then began to issue a series of reform odicts, the most re markable that have ever been issued, perhaps, by any ruler in any country in the same length of ttime. Grant, that they were too hasty, it must be ad mnittod by every careful student of tihem that there is not one that would not have boon of tho greatest possible benefit to the country if they had boon properly put into operation. Lot me summarize them : . The establishment of a university at, 'okin. . a. The sending of imperial clansmen to foreign countrios to study the forms and conditions of l'hiropean and A mor icani government. :. The encouragementof art, science and modern agriculture. .1. The 1Emperor oxpressed himself as willing to hear the objection of the conservatives to progress ant reform. 5. Abolished the literary essay as a prominent part of the governmental examinations. 6. Censured those who attcmpted to delay the establishment, of the I'okin imperial University. 7. Urged that the Luae-lian Itallway should be carried on with more vigor and expedition. 8. Advised the adoption of western arms and drill for all the Tartar troops. 9. Ordered the establishment of agri multirld schools i the Ioviinces to toach the farmers improved methods f agriculture. 10. Ordered the Introduction of patent and copyright laws. 11. The board of war and the foreign olice wore ordered to report oin the re form of the military examinations. 12. Special rewards were oefored to inventors and authors. 13. The olicials were ordered to on courage trade and assist merchants. H4. School boards were ordered ou tablished in every city in the IEm pire. 15. A bureau of minos and railroads was established. ii. Journalists were encouraged to write on all political subjects. 17. Naval academics and training ships were ordered. 18. The ministers and provincial au thoritios were called upon to assist the Emperor in his work of reform. i9. Schools were ordered in con noction with all the Chinese legations in foreign countries for tho honelit of the children of Chinese in those coun tries. 240. Commercial bureaus were order ed in Shanighai for the encouragemen' of trade. 21. SIx utterly useless boards in l'e kin were) ab~olished. 22. The right to mfemtoralize tih thironie by sealed memorIals was grant ed to alli who desIred to do so. 2:3. Two presidents and four vie' presidentsa of the board of rites wer d ismnissed for disobeying the Imperor' orders that, memorIals should he pro sonted to him unopened. 24. The gover-norships of Tiupoh.i Kuangtung, and Yunnan were abeolishn od as beiag a useless expense to thnt country. 25. Schools for instruction in the preparatlton of tea and~ silk were or dlered estailishied. 2(1. The slow courier post'i were ab~ol ishled in favor of the Ijipri al customs 27. A system of budgets as in wes tern countries was applroved. I have given these decrees in tis oipitoized form so that all thbose w ho are intereste I in the character of this reform movenment in China may see the influenice the young Emperor's studly had upon him. I'here is not, one of the decrees that would not have been a most useful move for the Clhinose gov enment, to make, andi if the I'rmperor had been allowed to proceed, putt1ing into operation all of tlibii, as he ud somie, China would at, present, he close upon the heels of Japan In thbe adoption of westeorn ideas. -We cannot remember a day so dark as to have hindered the approach of coamiing (day, nor a storm so furious or dreadfum as to prevent, the return of warm sunshine and a cloudless sky. " 'I would have you to know," said i'omponlous, '"that I ami a self-made man." "Well," said young itasper, "there'si one thing certain, you needn't waste any mionoy securing a patent." OUlt O)LKEATICST ICUIAI1I'T. llor :20 years lir. J. Newton hiathaway las 8o successfully treated cthronaic diseas es that lie is acknowledged today to stamd at the head of his profession in this Iiline lIIis exclusive method of treatmenit tom Varicocele and Stricture, without the aid of knife or cauttery cures in 90) per cent. ol all cases. I n the treatment of the loss oj Vital lForces. Nervous iDisorders, K idney and Urinary Complaints, P'aral ysis, lhood Poisoniing, RItheummatism, (atarrhi, ando dtin eases peculiar to womenm, lie is equially successful. I)r, i- athaway's praictlce ii more thiani double that of anty other spec. lalist., Cases proniounced helpless by other phaysicians readily yield to his treatment, Write him today fu.lly about your case. He makes no charge for consulhtationa or advice, either at, his of1ice or by mail. J. Newton liathaway, MI. 1)., 22% South Broadi utreot. Atflai t a (a. i'o teReaderis ot' We invite you to and boys. wel Our line of Mdet )ur Bioyls' linee CIeu'm 1'ais fioi A completo lite felt, anld stra The he-it $3.50 Every thitng, in) lineu of' unlau knItowin lito th We will take ph bes.t 4tockI 4of sectionl, an~d Yoiir truly, SMITH & I GREE TIIl TA I' ALIIlAN'CE. Atnnual MnIaelingt leebles to (C4ontttune The 14(alo Exhanigo. The tbtuonth an ital sess ion of th Stato illiance wIas hold In Cohumbia on Wedineiday. At 10 It. mli. the trusteou tockholders of the Stato alliance excitiage mot In th hall of thI flousexO of I eI)reHOnta t11vyos and hold a sessionl Inating untatil nearly I p. i. At this sessi0on they carofully went, ovor the financial reportsuibmItted by tho oard of di roe tors. Thent a committuo with Mr. Kulth, W'lo wisled tho tmotnoy divided, a chairman, wai appointod to recomU tmxotid to the StLtIo ailI f orno101114.3 anII looking to the diltposition of tihe mon ey. ThIis commkittoo tit during tlbo afternoona. The0 fol lowin IS at roster of the OldO gat promeset : Abbeville-.1. It. lilako. Andersion-J. It. . outhLIt. Ibdgolloid - W. If. T1 im mxtterman. l'loreneo-A. C. Stewart. llorry--Jas. A. kowli. liershaw-J. A. Malaftoy. Litauaster-J. F. Noshitt. LIoxington-.Jamos It. Addy. Newhurry-W. It Counti. Uconeo--J. IS. I'ickuet.. O()angeblirg--S. C. Kiennedy. Itichland-- I. C. I)ul'ru. linton-.. G. . iles. York-.J. F. Ashlo. Greonwood-.J. 1,. ilughoy. trom the ub-allitance wor tho following : 1). I'. Itlird, 0. 1 '. Clark, A. S. Irlck and '. 0. Counitts. The presdiunt,. Senator Alextadur, delivered hik annual addrotis, whch was abort and contal tied stomo good I y communl and advic , and wasi well re0 colved. ll spoke axa followi : "Tia11 li tIac thirtooth annuaxil taoet Ing of thu South Carolina Stato atif arnco. It givoxi me grout plotistro to ho horu with you and to foot and know thtt I itand to-day ati I titood 13 yuari ago, Iin full followIly witih all true and triod brothron of tho greateit or dur, outuxld the church of Christ,, now In exixtotnco. 1 claim thxero are nao Ioo plo, tnor organaIian, nao ordert or atl Ilied forces tht wIll doi maoro for tibo up~huildltng of mankitnd, in every voca - tlona of lIIfe, thxan the 4)neo and. ntow muach loved ordor, Llbo xi alinco. "While~~ our ordor hasi decrieasedl, - tnaumrcally sipeakinag, yet 11, lis as xitr'ong in tibo faith andl tlbo princd iuls tias on theo day of Iit d nciiny. Th'iore 3 shxould bo no laggIng, no desiortlon fromx thew raxnks ;thxe hoavlior tho load, -ix thexardor weoa must pumll. We mta t. draw the atlliance charIot up outi, oft the Piat, and putt It on the hlih mxacad axizexd road to suaccoess and prospeprlty. 'Yes, tot usx hold to Libo old alyi ; lot, use lay a saafo fouxndlat.ltn and build onx thxe principles laidi down in x our ri tals atnd contxtit utxuxns, andi work for tibo hxottormexnt, of mxank indx, mtoral ly, 14o elatly andl Iintaneialtly, and in part~lcular work for every hxoneit, intorot, of tihe brothrnen of tibo atillance. Thu groat, trutsa and. combi )natloons wichol su r round t.Ibo laboring e clases and thxroxat ena to engulf alI of our sutrplusx tmutst ho watched with anx eye xintglo to to Iin. teroxitt oif theo assesixo. "Thoure la only one way to dofenad ottr boaxrthxstonesi, our i wi vOI and outr clxild reni, and that, li to li ghat fite wi th tire. Axi some0 1 one has aptly saxid , 'Y''oux ennx eut dlainaondl only with dtamaonad.' We musxxt huild up) thu waxito placeas, re hianld atxd royeviify our~ sub -atlIianes, and141onced .noro- becoittn a powver in L~is x Souxitland, and theta wo cana lIve as monux-tivo hxonexst,, hxappy and pxroxiper oui livoit.' Afitor tibo addressix a tecessi was. taken to allow the( hoard of triusteosi of the Stato exchange to conatinue itxi x dicus elona ovor the $ I ,000 and try ,o diater mine what wasi heost to hao doneo with It. At about 12 :10 o'clock 'Thu arxday amornlng the lighat over tixboexchxango and its fuxnds. en .1ed. it had waged warmly alt tibo eveninag. Col. I)xxncan and Mr .II K 1.t hbatih muado vigorous spjeece. A thxrou-f axrihhs veo was re quiiredl in order to witxdrtaw thte capItal stock from the exchanxge. WhIent thxe propaosition to withdraw the money and return it to itti original subtiscrliburs wasi finailly brouxighut tox a Voto, about $8,00a0 wortht of the sitock votedl for it and thec otixor $ 10,001) votedl agalinlt,. Thuas was. it doterine ad to contInue the exchanage, wiclh hasi beeni suspend 0(d for abaouxt oneo year. Ai to) thbe de tallls of the managettnent, theoy will be deeided upon later by thxe board of dlirectors. T1he hoard oft directors of t.ho State alliance exchange wasi elected as fol Iows : l''romn the State-at-I .arge-.-J. it. Axihe, York, and M r. lIlako, A bhevilio. Second l)lxstrlct-- W. ii. Timmiermuan. TIhird 1ixtriet- ..inu. b. irtt. T1'io Jonl: come to see us for any thing that men j's Suits run from $4.00 to $25.00. i'ant Suits $1.50 to $6.00. n $1.00 to $7.50. of Mcni's and Boys' Hats in both IV goods. Shoe made for men. Jnderwear, among which is the best idered white shirts and colored shirts h trade for 150 cents. amaure in showing you through the goods in our line in the Piedmont the prices are all right. RISTOW, NVILLE, S. C. Look it Over Again? lake another look through our store, ,ouir delight over some of our bargains nay have caused you to skip others. In ' melsliess it is deeds like ours that win, not OrdsH. DiIities. Dimities. We will relenish our Dimity counter ,li" week, add ing new ones that have not ieen offered yet. livery thing on thte coun er will ie at. the small price of to. Dimi ies iii while aid colored, Organdies in xlite anld colored and many othes good al Iues. Our 7c Counter a Hot Number. We have had such a big run on this uotuter that it nearly cleaned it up, so for lie voming week we will freshen it up with nany desirable goods that you canuot ,Twki "k) minS seelmg. Remnants. Remnants. In hibbsi, Organdies, Lawne and many other kinkds of goods that we will close ouf. cheapl. Shirt Waists. Wc have added many more to nur large stock on cetier coniler, all to gro at cut prices. They arm ioiijg fast. call and get yours tbefore they are a gone. Wash Silks. Wash Hilks this week at 20c--get a nice waist or full dress before they are all sold. We will here meition a few of our spec ini for this week, all hot numbers. Our Summer (orsets at 2fic, worth 40c. Our dropped stitclied fast black Hose at 264, worti 36c. Our Uhamoic Kids at to, worth 36e. Our (atuze Vests for ladies at l5c, worth Our tiaize Veste for meii at 25c, worth Pu r Tlowely at .ie, 12%c4. 15e ajid 5c. Ajnd manyi othier things. A tr ial of oulr goods will conlvinice you, a test of our lrices will eiithue you. Kei yur eye on thIs house and your mimi on our bargains aiid you are sure to ~e~t big jjnterest oin your monecy. I WA hit tle lietter Tihan Thle lIest,% I ic why we sell thiem.-a I The A meriicant hadty Corset, all styles. Ou r Irish I imit ies at i8c. Ilioni ''. lIeeynoldls Iinie Slhoes for meni. iHentz Shoes for ladies and children. Ituatterick l'atterne. R. L. R. Bentz, Cashi Dry Goods and Shoes. J, MITJON KINGJ, Manager Easley Branch. Gr'eenviilo Store, .. .... . ..Corner enitranco, 201 Main St. EWAgent for Btutterick Patterns.-g It'ourth istrict-A. C. Lyles. le' fth D)Istrct-S. T. McKeown. Slxth l)lstrict-Charles Crosuland. Heventh Distriot.-D. F. Etird. T1he allianco then resumed Its see clonsc, re-electing its present officers-. Senator Alexander, president, and Mr3 J1. W. ituld, secretary and treasurer. M r. K oitt's term as executive conm mlttoomian having expired and he hay ing opp)osition, an election was necessi Lated. Mr. Nesbit, of Lancaster, was chJiosen to succeed him. TIhie otleecra of the board of directors of the State alliance exebange were thou selected as follows : l'resident-A. C. Lyles. VIce l'resident--J. L. Keitt. Secretary-Dr. W. H. Timmerman, Tireasurer-Charles Crossland. The alliance elected 0. P. Goodwin of Laurens, delegate to the national alliance, which meets in Washington, D). C., in l'ohruary, 1901, installed the nlilcors and then adjourned sine die. --The IUited States is likely to have a new customer for its corn and corn meal. OwIng to the failure to a large extent of the .lapanese rice crop, com mission merchants in the Far Elast have been making inquiries for American broadstuis, and an effort is being made to make the initial shipment of corn. - -An inspection of Chicago's divorce records since January 1 shows that for six months 1,922 petitions for divorce were tiled. During the same period 9,240 marriage licenses were issued. T1he percentage of divorces is more titan onne-fitth.