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STONES THAT SPEAK.
DR. TALMAOE PREACHES IN THE NEW
TABERNACLE.
Tb? Imw. ttMcrlflce und Ooapel Sym
bolised 1?t Bocks from Sinai, C*lr?r/
nod Mara mil?An Xartblr Hutui for
J?u?WlMt tie Cbar?k .Meuim.
Brooklyn, April 20.?Sermon oi
Bev. T. De Witt Talmage in the New
Brooklyn Tabernacle on Clinton avenue
this evening, the building having been
dedicated in the morning at 10.30. A
great union meeting in which clergymen
of all denominations of Christians par
ticipated was held in the afternoon. Six
thousand persons were present at each
of the services and many thousands were
turned away. Text: "What means ye
by theso stones?" Joshua lv. 0.
The Jordan, like the Mississippi, has
bluffs on the one side and flats on the
other. Here and thore a sycamoro shad-1
ows it. Here and there a willow dips
into it. It was only a little over waist*
deep in December as 1 waded through
it, but in the months of April and May
the snows on Mount Lebanon thaw and
. flow down into the valley, and then tbo
Jordan overflows its banks. Then it is
wide, deep, raging, and impetuous. At
this season of the year I hear the tramp
of 40,000 armed mcu coming down to
cross the river. You say, why do they
not go up nearer tho riso of the river at
tin; old camel ford? Ah! my friends, it
is because it is not safe to go around
when the lx>rd tells us to go ahead. The
Israelites had been going around forty
years, and they had enough of it. I do
not know how it is with you, my breth
ren, but I have always got into trouble
when I went around, but always got
into safety when I went abeod.
There spreads out tho Jordan, a rag
ing torrent, much of it snow-water just
come down from the mountain top; and
I see some of tho Israelites shivering at
the idea of plunging in, nnd one soldier
? -says to his comrade, "Joseph can you
swim"' Aud another says: "If we got
across this stream wo will got there with
wot clothes and with damaged armor,
and the < 'anunites will slash us to pieces
with their swords before wc get up the
other bank." Hut it is no timo to halt.
The great host marches onward. Tho
priests carrying the ark go ahead, the
people follow. I hear tho tramp of the
great multitude. Tho prlost's have now
come within a stone's throw of tho wator.
Yet still lhere, is no abatement of tho
flood. NOW they have come within four
or live icet of the stream; but thcro is no
nbatemen; ?of tho flood. Bad prospect!
It seoms that if these Israelites that
crossed tho desert aro now going to bo
drowned In sight of Canaan. But "For
ward!" is tho cry. Tho command rings
all along tho line of tho host. "For
ward!" Now tho priests have como
within one step of the river. This timo
they lift their feet from tbo solid ground
aud place them down into the raging
stream. No sooner aro their feet there
than Jordan tlios. On tho right hand
God piles up a great mountain of floods;
on the left, the water flows off toward
the sea. Tho great river, tor hours, halts
and rears. Tho back waters not being
ablo to flow over tho passing Irncliles,
{)llo wave on wnvo, until perhaps a sea
>ird would And somo difllcluty iu scaling
the water chfl. Now tho priests and all
the people have gone over on dry land.
The water on tho left hand side by this
time has reached tho sea; and now that
the miraculous passage has been made,
stand back aud see this stupendous pllo
of water leap. God takes his hand from
that wall of Hoods, and like a hundred
cataracts they plunao and roar in thun
derous triumph to tho sea.
How aro they to celcbrato this passage?
Shall il bo with music? I supposo the
trumpet and cymbals wcro all worn oat
beforo this. Shall it bo with banners
waving? Oh! no; they aro all faded and
torn. Joshua cries out: "I will tell you
how to celebrate this; build a monument
hero to commemorate tbo event;" and
every priest puts a heavy stouo on his
shoulder, aud marches out and drops
that stouo in tho divinely-appointed
place. I see that pile growing in height,
Id breadth, in significance; and, in after
years, men went by that spot and saw
this monument, and cried out one to
another, In fulfilment of tho prophecy of
the text: "What mean ye by these
stones?"
Blessed be God, he did not leave our
, church in the wilderness! Wo have been
wandering about for a year and a half
worshipping in tho Academy'of music,
Brooklyn, and Academy of Music, Now
York. And somo thought wo would
never reach the promised land. Somo
said we had belter take this routoand
others that. Somo said wo had better
go back, and somo said there were sons
of Anak in the way that would eat us
up; and before tho smoke had cleared
away from tho sky after our Tabernacle
had been consumed people stood ou the
very site ot tho place and said: "This
church will never again be built." Wo
came down to tho bank of Jordan; wc
looked oft' upon *tlie waters. Somo
of the sympathy that was ex
pressed turned out to bo snow-water
melted Irom the top ol Lebanon. Some
said: "You had better not go in; you
will get your feet wet." But wo waded
In, pastor and people, further and fur
ther, and In somo way, tho Lord only
knows how, we got through; and to-night
I go all around about this groat houso
erected by your prayers, and sympathies,
and sacrifices, and cry out in the words
of my text: "What mean yo by these
stones?" It is an outrage to build a
houso like this so vast and so magnificent
unless there be some tremendous reasons
for doiug it; and so, friends, I pursue
you to-night with tho question of my
text, and I demand of these trustees and
of these elders and of all wtv have con
tributed in the building of this structure,
"Wbat mean yo by these stones?" But
beforo I get you answer to my question
you point to tho memorial wall at the
side of this pulpit, and say to me. "Ex
plain thai; unusual group Ot memorials,
What mean you by those stones?"
By permission of the people of my be
loved charge I recently visited the Holy
Lands, and having in mind by day and
night during my absence this rising house
of prayer, I bothought myself, "What
can I do to make that place significant
and glorious." On tho morning of Dec
ember tho third we were at tho foot of
the most sacred mountain of all tho
earth, Mount Calvary. Thero is no more
doubt, of the locality than of Mount
Washington or Mount Blanc. On the
bluff of this mountain, which is tho exact
shape of the human skull, and so called
in tho Biblo, "The place of a skull,"
thero is room for three crosses. Thero
I saw a stono so suggestive that I rolled
it dowu the hill, and transported it. It
Is at tho top of this wall, a white stono,
with crimson veins runnlug through it,
the white typical of purity, tho crimson
suggestivo ot tho blood that paid the
price of our redemption. Wo place it
at tbo top of the memorial wall, for
??hove, all in this church for -til time, in
sermon, and song, and prayer, shall he
Sacrifice ot Mount Calvary. Look at it.
That stone was one of the rocks rent at
the crucifixion. That heard tho cry; "It
is finished." Was any church on earth
honored with such a memorial?
Beneath it aro two tables of stono
which I had brought from Mount Sanai
where tho Law was given. Three cam
els were three weeks crossing the (leset
to fetch them. When at Cairo, Kuypt,
I proposed to tbo Christian Arab that
Haid, "wo can easier bring two rockt
than one for we must balance them on
the bock of the camel," and I did not
think until the day of their arrival how
much more suggestive would be the two
because the law was written on two ta
bles of stone. Those stones marked
with tbo words "Mount Sinai," felt the
earthquake that shook tho mouuluins
whoa ibe Law was yiveu. The lower
stono of tho wall is fro -? Mars Hill, tho
place where Paul stood when he preach
ed that famous sermon on the brother
hood of the human race, declaring, "God
hatb made of one blood all nations."
Since Lord Elgin took tho famous stat
uary from tho Acropolis, the hill adjoin
ing Mars Ulli, tho Greek government
makes it Impossible to transport to other
lands any Egptlan antiquities, and armed
soldiery guard not only tho Acropolis
but Mars IIlll. That stone I obtained
by special permission from the Queen of
Greece, a most gracious and brilliant
woman, who received us as though we
had been old acquaintances, and through
Mr. Trlcoupis, tho prime minister of |
Greece, and Mr. Snowdeu, our American
minister plenipotentiary, and Dr. Ma
natt, our Americau cousul, that sugges
tive tablet was sawed trom tho pulpit of
rock on whlc'i Paul preached. Now you
undcrstund why wo have marked it
'The Gospel." Long after mv lips shall
utter m this church thoir last message,
theso lips of stono will tell of tho Law,
and the Sacrilice and tho Gospel. This
day I present them to this church and
to nil who shall gaze upon them. Thus
you havo my answer to tho question,
'What moau you by theso stones?"
Hut you must not divert mo from the
question of tho text as I ?rst put it. I
have inlorproled theso lour memorials
on my right hand but there ure hun
dreds" of stones In thuso surrounding
walls aud uudcrneath us, in tho founda
tions, and rising above us in tho towers.
The uunrries ot this aud transatlantic
countries at tho call of crowbar and
chisel havo contributed toward this
structuro. "What mean yo by theso
stones?"
You menu among other things that
they 8hull bo an earthly residenco for
Christ. Christ did not have much of a
homo when lie was. here. Who and
where is tbut child crying? It is Jesus,
born in an out-housc. Where is that
hard breathing? It is Jesus, asleep on a
rock. Who is that iu tbo back part ot
the tlshing-smuck, with a sailor's rough
over-coat thrown over him? It is Jesus
the worn-out voyager. O Jesu>! Is it
not time that thou hadst a house? Wo
give Theo this. Thou didst give it to us
first, but we glvo It back to Theo. It is
too good for us, but not half good enough
for Thee. Oh! como in and tako tho best
scat hero. Walk up and down all theso
aisles. Speak through these organ pipes.
Throw Thine arm over us iu these ar
ches. In tho flaming of theso brackets
of lire speak to us Baying. "I am the
light of the world." O King! make this
Thine audience-chamber. Hero pro
claim righteousness and make treaties.
We clap our bauds, wo uncover our
ho ds, we lilt our ensigns, wo cry with
multitudinous acclamation uutil the placo
rings and the heavens liston: "O King!
hvo for over!"
Is it not time that he who was born In
a stranger's houso and buried iu a stran
ger's grave should have au earthly
house? Como In, O Jesus! not tho corpse
ot a buried Christ, but n radiant an I
triumphant Jesus, conqueror of earth,
and benvcu and hell.
Ho lives, all glory to his name,
He lives, my Jesus, still tho samo.
Oh, tho sweet Joy this sentence gives?
I know that my Redeemer lives.
Blessed bo His glorious name forever!
Again, if any ono asks the question of |
tho text: "What mean yo by these
stones?" tho reply is, we mean the com
munion of saints. Do you know that
there is notu denomination of Christians
In Brooklyn that bus not contributed
something toward tbo building of this
house? And If over, standing in this
place, thero shall bo a man who shall
try by anything be says, to stir up bitter
ness between different denominations of
Christians, may his tongue falter and his
cheek blauch, and his heart stop! My
frieuds, if thero is any church on earth
Where thero is a mingling of all denomi
nations, it is our church.
I just wish that John Calvin and Ar
miniu8, if they were not too busy, would
como out on the battlements and see us.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings I have
hoard the brethren use tho phrases ot a
beautiful liturgy and wo know whero
they came from; and in tho samo prayer
meetings I havo heard brethren make
audiblo ejaculation, "Amen!" "Ftaise
yo tho Lord!" ai d wo did not havo to
guess twico where they carao from.
When a man knocks at our church door.
If ho comes from a sect whoro they will
not glvo him a certificate wo sav:
'Como In by confession of faith."
While Adcniram Judson, tho Baptist
and John Wesley, tho Mothodist, and
John Knox, the glorious old Scotch Pres
byterian, are shaking hands in heaven,
all churches on earth can afford to come
Into close communication: "One Lord,
ono faith, ono baptism." Oh my breth
ren?wo have had enough of Big Bothel
fights?tho Fourteenth Now York regi
ment fighting the Fifteenth Massachu
setts regiment. Now Jet all those who
arc for Christ, and stand on the same
side, go shoulder to shoulder, nnd this
church, instead of having a sprinkling of
tlio Divine, blessing, go clean under tho
wave, in ono glorious immersion in tho
name of the Father, and of tho Son, and
of tho Holy Ghost. I saw a littlo child
once, in its dying hour, put ono arm
around its father's neck, and tbo other
arm around its mother's neck, and brings
them close down to its dying lips and
given lad. kiss. Oh, I said those two
persons will stand very near to each
other always after such an interlocking.
Tho dying Christ puts ono arm nrouud
this denomination of Christians, nnd the
other arm around that denomination of |
Christians, and ho brings them down to
his dying lips, while ho gives them tins
parlii g kiss: "My peace I leavo with
you. My peaoo I give unto you."
How swift tho heavenly course thoy run,
Whoso hearts, and faith, and hopes aro one.
I heard a Baptist minister onco say
that he thought iu the millennium it
would be all ono great Baptist church,
and I heard a Methodist minister say
' ;il ho. thought in tho groat Millennial
day it would bo all ono groat Methodist
church; nnd I havo known a Prosbyterian
minister who thought that iu the Millen
nial day it would bo nlf ono great Pres
byterian church. Now I think they aro
all mistake i. I thing the Millennial
church will be a composite church; and
just as you may take the best parts of
(Ivo or six tunes, and under tho skilllul
hands of a Handel, Mozart or Bocthovcn
entwine them into one grand and over
powering symphony, so I supposo, in
tho latter days ot tho world, God will
take the host parts of all denominations
of Christians, and wcavo thorn into ono
great ecclosinstical harmony, broad as
tho oarth and high as tbo heavens, and
that will bo tho church of the future.
Or, us mosaic Is mado up of jasper and
agato, nnd many precious stones cement
ed together?mosaic a thousand feet
square in St. Marks, or mosaic hoisted
iu coll ossal seraphim in St. Sophia?so I
suppose God will make, after awhile,
ono great blending of all creotls, and all
faiths, aud all Christian sentiments, the
amethyst, and tho jasper, and the chal
cedony of all different experiences and
belief, cementod side by sldo In the great
mosaic ot tho ages; and while the nations
look upon tho column aud architraves of ]
that stupendous church of the future, and
cry oul: "What mean ye by. theao
stones?" there shall be Innumerable
?
voices to respond---4* We mean the Lord
God omnipotent reigueth."
Still further you mean by these stones
the salvation of the people. We did not
build this church for mere worldly re
forms, or (or an educational iuslilutiou,
or us a platform on which to read esf*a>s
and philosophical disquisitions; but a
place for the tremendous work of ..- ul
lavL?ff. Oh, 1 had rather be the meaus
In tbis church of having one soul pre*
pared for a joyful eternity than five
thousands souls prepared for a mere
worldly success. All churches are in
two classes; all communities in two
classes, all the race in two classes?be
lievers and unbelievers. To augment
tbo number of the one and substract
from the number of tbo other, we build
this church; and toward that supreme
and eternal Idea wo dedicate all our ser
mona, all our songs, all our prayers, all
our Sabbath hand-shakings.
We want to throw defection into tbo
enemy's ranks. We waut to make them
either surrender unconditionally to
Christ or else. i!y in rout, scattering the
way with canteens, blankets, and knnp
sacks. Want to popularizo Christ.
We would like to tell the story of bis
lovo here until men would feel that thoy
had rather die thau iivo another hour
without his sympathy, and love, uud
mercy. Wo want to arouse up an enthu
siasm for him groator than was felt tor
Nathaniel Lyon when ho rode along tbo
ranks?greater than was exhibited for
Wellington when he came back from
Waterloo?-greater than was expressed
for Napoleon when he steppod ashore
from Elba. We really behove in this
placo Christ will enact tho same scenes
that wero enacted by him when ho land
ed iu tho Orient; and there will bo such
an opening of blind eyes, and unstopping
of deaf ears, and ensting out of unclean
spirits?sneh silencing bestormed Gcu
nesarets as shall make this house
memorable live hundred years after you
aud I are dead and forgotteu. Oh, my
friends, wo want but ono revival iu this
church, that bcgiunlng now aud running
on to the day when tho chisel of time,
that brings down even St. Paul's and
tho Pyramids, shall brine tills houso
into the dust.
Oh, that this day of dcdlc ition might
bo tho day ot emancipation of nil im
prisoned souls. My friends, do not
make tho blunder of the ship carpenters
in Noah's time, who holpcd to build tho
ark; but did not get into it. God forbid
that you who have bctn so generous in
building this church, should not. get un
der its saving lnlluence. ?'Come thou
aud all thy houso into the urk." Do you
think a man is safe out of Christ? Not
one day, not one hour, not one minute,
not one second. Throo or four years ago,
you romomber, a rail traiu broke down n
brldgo ou the way t > Albany, ami after
tho catastrope, thoy were looking around
among tiie timber* of the crushed bridgo
and tho fallen train, and found tho con
ductor, lie was dying, and had only
strength to say one tiling, and that was':
?'Hoist the Hag for the next train." So
there come to us to-night, from the oter
ual work, voices of God, voices of
angels, voices of departed spirits, crying:
"Lilt the warning. Blow the trumpet,
give the alarm. Hoist tho Hag for tho
next traiu."
Oh! that to-night my Lord Jesus
would sweep his arm nr.?und this great
audience, aud tako you all to his holy
heart. You will never see so good a
time for personal consecration as now.
"What mean ye by these stones?" Wo
mean your redemption from sin, and
death, and hell, by tbo power of an
omnipotent Gospel."
Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is
erected again. We catuo hero to-night
not to dedicate it. That was doue this
morning. To-night wo dedicate our
selves. Iu the Episcopal and Methodist
churches t he. v have a railing around the
altar, and the people come and kneel
down at that railing and get the sacrc
moutal blessing. Well, my friends, it
would tako more than n night to gather
you In circles around this altar. Then
just bow where you are for tills blessiug.
Aged men, this is tho last church* that
you will ever dedicate. May tho Go 1
who comforted Jacob tho Patriarch and
Paul the aged make this house to you
the gate of heaven; and when, in your
old days, you put on your old spectacles
to read tho hymn or tho Scripture lesson
may you get preparation lor that land
where you shall no more sec through a
glass darkly. May tho warm sunshine
of heaven thaw the snow off your fore
heads! Men in mid-life, do you know that
this is the place where you aro goiug
to got your fatigues rested, and your
sorrows appeased, and your souls saVod?
Do you know that at this altar your sons
and daughters will take upon themselves
the vows of the clirlstiau, and from this
placo you will carry out, some of you,
your precious dead? Between tills bap
tism font and this communion table, you
will liavo some oi the tendorest of life's
experiences. God bless you, old, and
youug, and middle-aged. Tbo money
you have given lo tins church to-day
will be. I hope, the best financial invest
ment you have ever made. Your
worldly investment may depend upon
the whims of the money market, or the
honesty of business associates; but the
money you have given to tho bouse of
the Lord shall yield you a largo per
centage nud declare eternal dividends
long after t he noon day sun shall have
gone out .like a spark from a smitten
anvil ana all, the stars are dead.
The Alliance of the Month.
Nisw York, April 20.?Geo. W. Shell,
Congressman from South Carolina,
was at the New York Hotel Thursday,
accompanied by Captain Dial, a promi
nent banker of his State. Mr. Shell
succeeds Congressman Perry of the
Fourth District. He was chairman of
the committee which conducted Tin
man's campaign last Fall and is a mem
ber of the Fanners' Alliance. He has
been prominent in State politics for
many years, and for several terms has
been Clerk of the Court in Laurens
County. Ho told a New York Times
reporter that he was a Democrat, not
withstanding ho was a member of the
Farmers' Alliance.
"The Alliance is strong and is grow
ing steadily," he said, ''but when it
comes to politics thero are but two
parties In South Carolina, Democrats
and Republicans. Tho whites are
Democrats, tho colored men Republi
cans. I am a farmer, and 1 was elected
ns such over another Democrut who
was a lawyer and so not eligible to
membership. But I shall voto as a
Drtnocrat. I do not endorse all the
principles of the Ocala plntform.
"Senator Irby of South Carolina Is a
.member of the Alliance, but he will
voto with the Democrats. He wouldn't
vote for bis brother for anything if he
wero not a Democrat. This rule will
hold all through South Carolina, and, I
believe, in Georgia and elsewhere in
the South. Tho Alliance will not break
from tho two gieat parties. It will
grow and be of great advantage to its
members. As between two candidates
In tho same party, one an Alliance man
and tho other not, it would support its
own man probably, but that is the ex
tent to which it will go into politics.
Its members are Democrats and they
will remain so. The South is Demo
oratio from necessity. The Kansas Al
liance Is a different thing from tho
Southern Alliance, I think."
Joe Mui.iiatton, the famous inven
tor of sensational newspaper lies and
tho drummers' candidate for president
In the last general election, is reported
to have been carried to an Insane, asy
lum. As the Greenville News says the
trouble sbcut the story is that it may
have come from Mr. Mulhatton,
Tb? OBttta of South Carolins.
The latest bulletin or the census Of
fice gives, among others, ft complete
and dual statement of the population
or South Carolina by races and coun
ties. As the figures are of general and
permanent interest we print them to
day for the public information and for
future referenc e The total white and
colored population of the State in 1890,
as enumerated, was 1,150,967. of whom
458,454 were white and 892.503 were
colored. The total population of the
several counties, and the increase since
1880, were as follows:
Total Population. Increase.
Abbeville.46,847 8.032
Alken.31,820 3,708
Anderson.43,898 10,084
Barn well.44,612 4,755,
Beaufort.84,116 3,940
Borkeloy.55,427 /
Charleston.59,837 \ 12,464
Chester..;.26,680 2,507
ChesterUeld.18,437 2,122
Clarendon.23,233 4.043
Colleton.40,230 3,894
Darllmtton.29,133 (dec) 5,352
Edgetlold.49.258 3 414
Fair field.28,599 834
Florence.25,027 .
Georgetown.20,857 1.244
Greenville.44.307 0.811
Hampton.20.544 1,803
Horrv.19.256 3,682
Kershaw.22,361 823
Lancaster.20.760 3,857
Laurens.31,610 2,183
Lexington.22.180 3,616
Marlon.29,9?S (dec) 4,149
Marlboro.23,500 2,902
No wherry.26,434 (dec) 63
Oconee.18,687 2,430
Orangeburg.49,393 7,998
Pickens.16.389 2.000
liichland.36,819 8,246
Snartanburg.55,381 14,972
Sumter.43,601 6.564
Union.25,383 6.283
Williamsburg.. ..27,775 3,605
York.38,771 8,058
The white population in 1890, and the
increase during tho decade, were as fol
lows:
Population. Increase.
Abbeville.15,120 1,948
Alken.13,576 640
Anderson.25,174 6,327
Barn well.14,010 157
Beaufort. 2,563 121
Berkeley. 7,681 ) .
Charleston.24,637 p 1,306
Chester.8.443 808
ChesterUeld.10,902 1,404
Clarendon. 0.915 633
Colleton.13,870 1,686
Darlington.11,659 (dec) 1,270
K. .Igeli eld.17,055 1.037
Fair field.7,051 163
Florence.10,400 .
Georgetown.,_ 4,020 554
Greenville...'. ...27,371 4,388
Hampton. 6,807 521
llorry.13,639 3,007
Kershaw. 8,440 548
Lancaster.10,338 2,403
Laurens.13,072 1,316
Lexington.13,705 2,809
Marlon.11,334 (dec) 1,447
Marlboro. 8,859 833
Newberry. 8,880 644
Oconee.13,641 1,686
Orangeburg.15.585 2,643
Bickens.12,194 1,621
Itlcbland.11,825 2,840
Sparlauburg.36,729 10.357
Sumter.11,717 1,738
Union.10,874 358
Williamsburg.. .. 9,250 1.492
Yoik.18,038 4,005
The colored population in 1890, and
the increase during the decade were as
follows:
Population. Increase.
Abbeville.31,727 4.090
Aiken.18,244 3,074
Anderson.18,522 3,057
Barn well.30,602 *? 4.599
Beaufort.31,553 3,821
Berkeley.47,766 ) 11 n?a
Charleston.35,200 \ 11 'uy?
Chester.18,217 1,700
ChesterUeld. 7,565 718
Clareudon.16,318 3,410
Colleton.26,410 2,229
Darlington.17.474 (dec) 4,083
Edgefleld.32,203 1,377
Fairfield.11,548 608
Florence.14,027 .
Georgetown.10.887 091
Greenville.10,933 2.425
Hampton.137.37 1,284
Horry. 5,017 675
Kershaw.13,921 275
Lancaster. t.10,422 1.465
Laurens.18,588 850
Lexington. 8,475 1,008
Marion.15,524 (dec) 2,702
Marlboro.14,041 2.070
Newberry.17,554 (dec) 707
Oconee. 5.015 744
Orangeburg.33,808 5,355
Pickens. 4,195 479
Itlcbland.24.994 5,600
Spartanburg.18.052 4,617
Sumter.31,884 4,826
Union.14,489 838
Williamsburg.... 18,525 2,173
York.20,733 4,113
The News and Courier, from which
journal we get the above, says that
"according to these tables, as compared
with those of previous censuses, there
have been somo remarkable variations
in the increase of the population of the
several counties, and in the relative in
crease of the two races in some of the
counties, since I860; but without going
so deeply into the subject at present, it
is interesting to note some of the cu
rious features exhibited by the first
tnble alone.
"Let us compare adjoining counties.
Abbeville had in 1880 a population of
40,800, in round numbers, and Edgefleld,
Bs next door netghoor, had 45,800. Ab
beville increased its population during
tbo decade about 14 percent,and Edge
iield increasod its population only about
7 per cent. Spartanburg had in 1880,
40,400 and Grtenvllle, 37,400. The in
crease in Spartanburg was 37 per cent,
and in Greenville 18 percent Laurens,
which had in 1880, 20,400, and which
borders on Abbeville, Greenville and
Spartanburg, increased only about V per
cent. Union had in 1880. 24,000, and
York its next door neighbor, 30,700.
Union increased about 5 per cent, and
York about 26 per cent. Fairfield lies
between liichland and Lancaster, liich
land in 1880 had 28,500; Fairfield, 27,700,
and Lancaster, 18900. Richland in
creased in the decade about 29 percent,
Lancaster about 23 per cent, and Fair
field, the intermediate county, 3 per
cent. All t liest-, counties lie in the up
per imd middle parts of the State. The
lower tior of counties exhibit like va
riations. Hampton was formerly a
part of Beaufort. In 1880 Beaufort
find a population of 30,600 and Hamp
ton had 18,700. Beaufort increased 13
per cent and Hampton about 9.5 per
cent in the decade. Orangeburg had in
1880, 41,300and Ii u nwell 39300. Or
angeburg Increased about 19 per cent
and Barr, well about 12 per oent. Hor
ry and Georgetown lie side by side on
the coast. Horry had in 1880, 15,500
nnd Georgetown 16,600. Horry in
creased about 23 per cent and George
town 6 per cent in the decade.
"These examples are enough, for the
present, to show how "scattering" has
been the increase in the last decade.
Tho variations are, of course, inexpli
cable on any known ground.-*, but they
aro exhiblte I in the official record, and
are interesting for that reason. Other
examples will be given hereafter, in
carefully prepared tables of percent
ages, which will present the whole sub
ject in the plainest light. Our readers
who are interested io the showing, for
any reason, should preserve the fore
going tables for the purposes of com
parison and for future reference."
Suloltl* ot ? Pro?p?oM?o Brldoflrroom. Q
Knoxvii.i.k, Tenu., April 27.?M,
O. Meredith, a joung man thirty ye art
old, committed suicido this evening by
shooting himself. He was to have been
married Wednesday night to promi
nent young lady of this city. Meredith
came lu re from Baltimore three years
ai/o and lately has been aaent of the
New South Building and Loan Asso
ciation. His aged mother Is now a
roflidont of Baltimore.
W. 11. G ABBES, Jr., & Co.,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
SOLE AGENTS for UDDEL & CO.
Also Deatucrs in
Engines of nuarlall make, Lcoinotivo ana Tubular H ill urn, Traotlon and oth
er Mounted Engines of the host and latest improved style, Saw Mills, Grist .Mills,
Olns, Bos? Cotton Presses, Shmglo Machines, Plainer* and Wood Working Ma
chinery, Brick Machinery. Cotton f*"eed OH outfits, Ac.
a large Stock of ENGINE Fittings, of all kinds and sizes, in Stock for prompt
delivery and at Hock Hottom Prices.
BELTING and PACKING at LOW Figures. A large stock t.t Pumps, of ?11
sizes and styles.
HEARING Mowers, Reapers and Rakes always in stock.
gk9 Oor Mr. K. R. BAUGHAM, Laurens, 8. C. who Is fully couipotent. will be
pleased to oall to see you, or answer any communication dlroote? to blni, and
will sell you as cheap as it you were hero in Person.
We buy for cash aud pay our Traveling Men a Salary, tkerony saving the Con
sumer Agent's Commission?Quick Sales and Small Profits is our Fort.
Write to Mr. Baugbam. or to us direct, and get prices and discounts.
?ir?-old Engines traded tor.
K. ft. BAUGHAM. ) W. H. GIBBES, Jr., & CO.,
Traveling Salesman, >
Laubkns.8. C. ) COLUMBIA, 8.0
KENNEDY BROS
UNDERTAKRS
NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - - ? LAURENS, S. C
i Over KENNEDY BROS., Store.
Keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Coffins and Caskets
oth Wood and Metalic, which will be sold low down. Furnished at
ny hour day or night. Hearse sent when desired,
viyo, KENNEDY BROS.. Successor to J. M Robertson.
LYNCHED BY SOLDIERS.
The Town of Walla Walla la the Hands of
a Mob.
Walla Walla, "Wash., April 25.?
D. J. Hunt, the slayer of Private Miller
on Wednesday night, was lynched last
evening by soldiers from the garrison.
His body fell iu the (Jonrt House yard
riddled with sixteen bullets, four of
which entered his head. I?>rly in the
evening Sheriff McFarland received in
telligence that an attempt would be
made to lynch Hunt, und in company
with Prosecuting Attorney Blaudford
he repaired to the garrison and told
Cel. Compton what was feared and
asked him to ausist in protecting the
prisoner. This he promised to do by
having check rolls called after taps.
The sneriff returned and engaged an
extra number of guards. But all had
not arrived when the crowd, probably
seventy soldiers appeared and demand
ed that the ofllcers open the doors of
the jail, and when the demand was re
fused the soldiers began work on the
door with hammers and chisels. Find
ing this slow work they threatened to
use dynamite. Further resiutence then
being useless, the doors were opened
and thirty or forty cocked revolvers
were levelled at the heads of all inside.
The keys of the cells were demanded
and these were given the crowd, and
when Hunt's cell was shown them they
quickly took him out to the Court House
yard and shot him.
The excitement was intense and the
crowd of two thousand people surged
about the street in front of the jail un
til after midnight. Immediately after
the shooting the soldiers went to their
quarters and it will be difficult to iden
tify those concerned in the snooting,
though many were not masked. The
soldiers actually took charge of the
town and allowed no one to pass along
the streets in the vicinity of the jail.
They compelled merchants to put out
lights.
Hunt, who was a gambler, met Miller
last Wednesday night in a saloon. The
two began drinking and soon became
involved in a quarrel. Hunt drew his
revolver and fatally shot the soldier.
Won't Hecognlxe the Committee.
Charleston, April 24.?A very bree
zy meeting of the Municipal Democrat
ic Executive Committee was held to
night, at which the managers for the
coming primary election for delegates
to the Democratic Municipal Conven
tion were appointed. At the last meet
ing of the committee the presidents of
the recently organized Democratic ward
clubs were Invited to nominate two
managers of elections for each ward.
At the meeting to-night replies were
received from the ward presidents.
Those who represent the alleged reform
i clubs decline to recognize the Execu
tive Committee. Among other letters
received was the following from ex
Mayor W. A. Courteaay, who is now a
ward president:
"Charleston, April 23,1891.?Dear
Mr.McHugh: With all personul re
gards I must decline receiving vour
ofllcial communication of the 22d, as
unauthorized. The same issue was pre
sented in 1870, when Mr. Sales's friends
claimed the old Executive Committee
as 'standard authority, etc' Hut you
know some of the very gentlemen now
claiming everything, in the political
situation of 1801, turned down these
pretensions, and your predecessors got
left. Excuse my writing you, but the
fact is there are so many good fellows
fine, astray with you I am sorry, and so
invite all my 'balliwiok' to'join my
club right off. Yours, Couktknay."
This letter, which will bo published
to-morrow, will doubtless create a sen
sation as it recalls the revolutionary
tucttcs adopted by the Courtonay party
in 1870 when they side-tracked the reg
ular Municipal Democratic Executive
Committee and ran the campaign them
selves. The difference now, however.
Is that the party which elected Mr.
Courtenay in 1870 now constitutes the
Municipal Democratic Executive Com
mittee^
. ?llow Fever In Ursell.
Washington, April 27.?Dr. Ham
ilton lias roceived a report, dated March
1C, from Dr. Cleary, United States san
itary Inspector at Hto do Janeiro, Brazil.
Dr. Cleary says that for the week ending
March 14 there were in the city 58G
deaths, of which 231 were from 3 el low
lever. The yellow fever epidemic, the
inspector says, has increased since his
last report. The greatest mortality from
the disease was on the 14th, when fcrty
three persons died.
Dr. Hamilton in speaking about the
yellow fover, said he thought it could be
kept out of the southern slates this year.
The'authorities were In a better con
dition than usual, thla being especially
due to .ho increased efficiency of the
gulf quarantine stations at Chande'eur
island and at Dry Tortugas and the
establishment of the new station at
Mullet Key, Tampa Bay, Fla., which
was erected by the state, and will soon
bo opened. The greatest danger point,
Dr. Hamilton sa d, was from Rio, where
the fever rages fiercely.
Gun. Van Moltk r, the great German
soldier, is dead. He was ninety-ope
?years q*-je, and was one of the most
l>spm/ I figures in Europe for years;
THE LAURENS BAR.^
~h7y. simpson,
ATTORN BY AT LAW.
LA JKKN8. ? N. o.
av. h. martin,
ATTOKNKY AT LAW. i
LAUttWA.. ? S. 0"
j t. johnkon. w. k. kichk
JOHNSON & RICIIKY
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Okfiok?Fleming?* Corner, Northwes
aide of Public St j uuro.
LAUKENS. II., - - S.O.
BAIL&BALL,
Attoknkys at Law,
LAURENS, - - - - S.O.
Oat. 22, 3ui
W. W. KENNEDY.
at rouN'rt at LAW
Npcciul attention (fiTon t* the invustl
gutiwii of titles.
LaursnsC.H.8.0.
April
The Wtmther aud the Cropi.
The following weekly weather crop
bulletin of the South Carolina weather
service, in co-operation with the United
statcs signal service, was issued Satur
day:
The temperature and sunshine have
been above tho normal and very bene
ficial to all crops. The amount of rain
fall has been below the normal and
badly distributed, but local rains have
fallen in many sections within the last
two days and will prove of great bene
fit to crops where the prospects were
beginning to look gloomy. The plant
ing of cotton and, in fact, all farm
work has been very much retarded by
dry weather. In many, instances there
has been so little moisture in the soil
that the seed planted several days have
not germinated. Hut where the cotton
was planted early it is looking remark
ably well, but this condition is eon lined
to a small area compared to tho entire
crop. On stiff, clay lands it has been
verv ditllcult to plow and to prepare the
soil for reception of the seed. Corn Is
generally vigorous and growing, but
complaints are being made of Imperfect
stands, causing an unusual amount of
replanting. The entire corn crop is
not yet planted, ltlce in low lands is
being planted and replanted where it
was injured by Hoods a low weeks ago.
The acreage in wheat and oats has been
reduced considerably below an average.
But from every part of tho State tho
reports show that both crops are In
fine condition. The early sowing, as
usual, is in a much better condition
than that sown late. The truck farm
ers are cheerful and their prospects for
full crops are very encour iglng. Large
shipments of strawberries and vegeta
bles are daily being sent to tho North
ern markets.
The condition of the farms just at
this time, while a little unfavorable,
are not at all discouraging.' The farm
ers are hard at work aud a buoyant
feeling permeates nearly every indus
try, justifying the hope of a successful
year an 1 a general industrial develop
ment throughout the State.
Plauos and Organ*.
N. W. Thump, 134 Main Street. Co
lumbia, S. C, sells Pianos and Organs,
direct from factory. No agents' com
missions. The celebrated Ohickering
Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightness of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason &
Ilaralin Upright Piano. Sterling Up
right Piauos, from 8225 up. Mason &
Ilamlin Organs surpassed by none. Ster
ling Organ?, $50 up. Every Instrument
guaranteed PM six years. Fifteen days'
trial, expenses both ways, if not satis
factory. Sold on Instalments.
The Importance of purifying the
blood cannot be over-estimated, for
without pure blood vou cannot imjoy
good healh. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash,
Poke Boot and Pottasstum) Is a mirac
ulous blood purifier, performing more
cures in six months than all the sarsa
parlllas and so-called blood purifiers
put together.
Rheumatism.?James Paxton, of Sa
vannah, (Ja., says he had Itheumatlsm
so bad that he could not move from
the bed or dress without help, and that
he tried many remedies, but received
no relief until he began the use of P. P.
P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Boot and Potas
sium;, and two bottles restored him to
health.
Itheumatlsm is cured by P. P. P.
Pains and aches in the hack, shoulders,
knees, ankles, hips, ar.d wrists are all
attacked and conquered by P. P. P.
This great medicine, by Its blood
cleansing properties, builds up and
strengt hens the whole body,
A complete Bedroom Suit for $10.60
freight paid to your depot. Send for
Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett,
August?, (la.
Florid* Fh?i<pli*t.- Iurti ?try.
Baltimore, April 25.?Tiio Manu
luctureiV Record of this weck publislHS;*
the full blMorv of the development oflhe
phosphate inioutg l?lcrfeAl vi' Florida
and South Cnrnliuu.
Since 1889, when one company c?mi
menced to mlno phosphate rock in Plor
Ida on a stnull scale, this iuduslry has
developed with wonderiul rapidity, und
iuvebtmeula in phosphate lands have
been on an enormous scale.
The Manufacturers' Record's list of
companies uow operating there shows
that over $12.000 has beeu luvesled with
in two years, and that lhes? companies
now baye a dally capacity of 2,000 tous
of phosphate nick, whtah will bo In
creased shortly v> 3,000 tons l>y the com
pletion of mining plants now under con
struction. Iu addition to these compa
nies, filty-ono others, with an abrogate
capital stock of over $21,000,000, have
been incor|K)iutcd to dovch p phosphate
lands, but are not yet at work.
In South Carohua there arc twenty
eight phosphate mining companies, with
an aggregate capital of $0,510,000. and
the production last year was 537,140
tons. Thero nro also eighteen fertilizer
manufacturing companies in that state,
having a capital of nearly $5,000,000
NOTICE!
Before assuring your
life, or Investing your mon
ey, examine the Twenty
Year Tontine Policies of
THE EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF TUB
United Mates,
Policies maturing in
1801 realize Cash returns
to the owners, of amounts
varying from 120 to 17<> per
cent, of the money paid in,
besides the advantages of
the Assurance during the
whole period of twenty
years.
The following Is one
of the ninnv actual cases
maturing this year:
Endowment Policy No. 04,025.
Issued in 1871, at age 27. Amount, $11,000.
Premium, $230.00. Total Premiums Paid,
$1,798.
R * B U L T S
at end of '1 online Period in 1801:
CASH SURRENDER VALUE, $8,440.43,
(Kqual to $170-10 for each
$ioo paid m premiums,
which Is equivalent to a ic
turn of all premiums paid,
with interest at 7)., per
cent, per annum.) Or, in
Ueno cash,
A PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOR$10,470.
(Equal to $405,80 for oach
$ioo paid in premiums.)
OR,
A LIFE ANNUITY of $033.55
One fact is worth a thousand theories
There is no Assurance extant in any com
pany which compares with this. The
Equitable is the strongest company in the
world and transacts the largest business.
For further information address or apply
to the nearest agent of the Society, or write
direct to
W. J. RODDEY,
<? 131%'!?<RAIj A 41 B:A. '1%
April 8-3H1 ROCK HILL, S. 0.
THE LAR(JEST~STOUK,
MOST SKILLED WORKMEN,
LOWEST 1 KICKS
Sooth Carolioa Marole Worts,
F. H. HYATT,
I*IIE<>I*KI2:'A'OBt.
Is the best placo in South Carolina oi
Southern States to secure satisfaction in
American and Italian Marble Woik. All
kinds of
Cemetery Work
a speciality.
TABLETS,
tIKADSTONES,
MONUMENTS, &c.
Send for prices and full Information.
F. H. HYATT,
April 8 ly COLUMBIA, S. C.
CHILD BIRTH ? ? ?
? ? ? MADE EASY 2
" Motm!;ks' Friend " is a scientific
ally prepared Liniment, every ingre
dient of recognized value and in
constant use by tho medical pro
fession. These ingredients are com
bined in a manner hitherto unknown
"MOTHERS'
? FRIEND" ?
WILL DO all that is claimed for
It AND MORE. It Shortens Labor,
Lessens Pain, Diminishes Dangci lo
Life of Mother and Child. Book
to " Motiii.rs " mailed PRliE, con
taining valuable information and
voluntary testimonials. ?
Sent t?y express on receipt <>f pi Ice $1.60 pci ln>u!e
BRAOFIELO REGULATOR CO., Atlanta.Ca.
Boi.i) iiv a i.i. nmwoTftTft
*"*-Ask for cntnlojruc.
TERRY M'PG CO. f.'ashville. T?mn
1. " ?II.""???
Pa?eeU Pajs tie Mill
A Um AT Ol V Hl 1 HAT ?JAT NOT AOAIK
UM KVPBATkU. SO DO NOT DELAY, ?I
"SUIIKKWhi! KTHl IKON IP Hot." 9
VftUQ tor Catalogue now, and sa\ wha'S
imwryiniMiw Otto advertisementIn jj
RememU-i that 1 soll everything Ihati
goes u> furnishing a home?mauufactur
iiiH sonie thing.-, and buying other* in Hie]!
largest posslLlo loU, which enable* uu- Xvx
wipe uut all competition.
II KHK AHR A KKW OF MY START
LING BARGAINS
A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full
flze, 18X17 Inch oven, titled wlth:l\ pieces
%uf waio, delivered at your owtr depot,
$nll freight charges paid by me, fin
only Twelve Dollars.
Again, 1 will sell vuu a S hole Cookiu
Range 18X13 Inch oven, 18x24? Inch top, ht
ted with 21 pleeea of ware, for Til lit
TEEN DOLL AUS, ami pay the trelght t?
vuur dopot.
DO NOT PAY TWO PRICKS FOU
VOUK GOODS.
1 will send you a uleoplush l'nrlor suit,
wnlnut frame, either in combination ui
banded, tho most stylish colors for 33.50
7(Hit jailrond Station, freight paid,
will alsosoll you a nleo BedrOUlOo no
consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 Ittgl
head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centn
table, 4 cane seat chairs, l cane, seat am
back rocker all for 1?.6U, and pay fivlgh
to your depot.
[ Or 1 will send you an oU-gant Dodioom
suit with largo glass, full marble top, lui
f 30, and nay freight,
g'NIco window shade on snring roller % 41
Elegant largo walnut b" day clock, 4.00
Walnut lounge, 7.00
Lace curtains per window, l.OOj
1 cannot describe everything in a small
advertisement, but have an immense storv
containing 22,000 feet of floor room, will
?ware houses and factory buildings In othoi
(parts of Augusta, making in all the lar
" gest business of this kind uudur ono man
agement in tho Southern Status. Tbosi
storcssaiul warehouses aro crowded with
tho choicest productions of tho best facto
t ies. My catalogue containing illustration.
of goods will bo mailed if you will knoll)
say where you saw this advertisement, 1
pay freight. Address,
L. F. PADGETT,
Proprietor 1'adgott'a Furniture, stov<
and Carpet Store,
uio-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA
' res?; mssmb
D WOMAN.
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thvil out tt ...<*ni
Chxln ISMilli v M?ht, luku
P P P
yo i nro foollnst b i!y in tho spring
in I out nt sorts, luko
P. P. ?.
:.' your digestive organs need toning up,
P. P. P.
if v mi muTi-r with headache, hullgostlon,
ii.s?.!.!)? .ma wvaknoiu, luk?
P. p. p.
If yon puffer with rcrvotn firostratlon,
' nerves mixming ami a general let down
? ? of tho Byritom, Lako
I P. P. P.
?j For TJIooil i'olRun, ltheumatlam. Sorof.
I nla, < Iii Korea, Malaria, Chroulo Fomalo
H CompUdnts, tuko
Q r> p p
I Prickly Ash, Poke Root
and Potassium.
? Tho best Won i purifier in tho world.
M PPM AS Wholesale Druggist*,
Proprlotoiv,
LtrrMA.N's Ih.ocit, Havanna!), Ca.
V34 'JTOlCY K'OK TIB*: Stll.OK
.TB.tt an-vr.itv.
Exhibited side by side with its leading
competitors at the Slate Fair, lsno.
The Superintendent and Committee of
the Mechanical Department, in inspecting
those features not Included in the. Premium
List, deem worthy of special mention the
Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator. Distributor
and Cleaner exhibited by W. II. Globes,
Jr..* Co.
The system operates most efficiently, and
much improves the sample, facilitates the
ginning of wet COttOll, nnd saves largely in
labor and cost of handling.
Tho Committee rocomhUMld to the farm
cis of the Stat^ an Investigation into the
merits of these, devices.
[Signed.] 1). P. DUNCAN,
lor Committee,
W. 11. (H?DES, JR., & CO..
COLUMltIA, S. C.
State Agents and Dealers in lirst class
.Machinery, 1 higgles, Wagons, &c.
Special-?To test the advertising value
of Thk Static, we will sell to any fanner
referring to that paper one of the best Dow
LawCottoq Planters made for 4.85, cash.
The usual price is 85.00.
W. II. GUIDES, Jn? it CO.
WHY NOT USE OURS ?
MURRAY'S IRON MIXTURE
IS A
GENUINE BLOOD TONIC!
MUHUAY'S SARSAPARILLA
Is a I Hood Purifier anu opring Medicine!
Wo aie the. Manufactures and Sole Pro
prietors of both.
This is the time of the year the system
requires a tonic, and the blood a purifier.
Our Stock Of flings Medicines, Chemi
cals ami Druggists Sundries is complete.
Our facilities for tilling your orders cannot
he ex< oiled, We solicit your patronage.
The Murray Drug Co.,
COLUMBIA, S. C
First Glass Work.
Very Low Prices.
Du ? eies, ('.ullages, Road Carts, Wagon*,
etc., Warranted second to none.
Inquire o.#nearefit dealer in tho&o goods,
or send rot Catuloguo?Mentioning this
paper.
H0 LIER & AN DE RS 0W
BUGUY CO.. BOCK HILL, S, C,
1
JP^SMrt'feGURt FOR
I^HlLLS13 FEVER.
P?MB?GUEJ'. MAtARlA.
UI'nu.N KROS., WholeialeDrnnhU,
Sol* iProprl?tort, Mpitmaa'iRlock. SaTtaB?k,OK