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Till: PRESBYTERIANS / Proceedings of ihe Gencrd Assembly at Liule Rock. A PRAYER FOR MRS. ift'KI.UEY, A Good Amount of Business Transact.d Board of Trust.es Appointed Notes. I.i!tie Rock. Ark., Special.?At the opening oi the second day s session , ol Jin. Presbyterian General Asserehiy. Dr. J. C. Malloy. oi O wensbo to. Ky., oiteicd a feeling and touching prayer for Mrs. MeKinley s recovery. Moderator uoous announced tue comuiiktees. including the ioKowuij, iroui states, on Sjnou recoius. Aiauaina, C. E. Paxton. Winiaui Pollock; Florida, W. J. E. Lloyd, B. D. Brantley; Georgia. K. B. Grinnan, D. D., Win. K. .Miller; North Carolina, S, K. Hope. J. M. Biaine; ,South Carolina. M. 1? Smith, K. Hotchkiss; Virginia, K<-v. F. .McKtnzie. T. P. Pyrone, Judg- Jos. W. Martin, of Little Brut, was made chairman of the conn uu bills and overtures. .\iu< h of the day's session was devote.: to reading and referring overtimes I rem the Synods and Presbyteries of the South. The Presbytery cf Brown wood. Texas, asked for a mouitvatiou ol the pastorial | letur in reference to dancing. The ! F1 ii.!r. Pr"sl>ytery ativoeaien a ci:? .liming library for lhe ministry. ! The Presbytery ?f Port Worth ; a(! a deliverance on the question , j. io whether it is constitutional to ! i:v. :*? a minister of a corresponding I ???: r-vinatir.n to offer prayer at in- J staHniicn. There were numerous ; ovej;u-es protesting against the insertion of a foot note to the Confession of Faith on the "elect infant" clause, and they were referred to a spet hi) committee composed of one re;-: tentative from each Synod. i ,\: the afternoon session reports received from several ad inteiitn committees. The executive cin ,-ittee on foreign missions went on i 'ord as favorable to a salary of per annum for the foreign mission secretary, hut reported that the secretary declined to receive mc.rt than $2,500. The board of trustees reported as on hand and in ? n.. .1:i Kv tVw? i!iff<irpnt Vl'Slt'U uur\ icu u.? m.mv. willr for the various causes of the Church $13>-50. Durins the year there was received from all sources $2MM0.32: disbursements. $19.376.4.''. The board recommends the elect inn of Dr. J. R. Hovrerton. 0. \Y. Ontes and .1. R Pharr as menili< n ; ef the home and school a o;h ii >: ; rrg. Va.. for orphan r eh!' ron of Presbyterian missionv ark- .-h ev. d that running expenses hn < been to?? and much of the dcbl hr- ,ic n rail off. Thirty-seven or- phrnr hav<* ! *i uiv n educational a'*"ro'r.vos * 1?? T' -onor of the treasur'T for the i yr~ s " 1 ; 1 a'nn'-e of $2.">02.36 ot> '"o ". ?V\\ T. P. P.ire. I.. D.. of .1 > ' y. p: -ached to the Assembly ton'cht. (i.apt. Evans Dead r-v, pc r.. Special.?Captain j: J'.mes Evans, one of the oldest pilots at this poit and a survivor of the Con- jl federate cruiser Alaliatna. died at his : ho i." here Friday morning. He was > an e\pr-macd n:>viea'or and while j1 sp-vina on the Sumter and afterwards I on fie Alabama, under Admiral S^m <mcs one of his eh'ef duties was to { Five ;r a?1 -.-aii -o the nationality of any app-ra-h.tna vessel. Path Admiral Serines ami Untenant Sinclair, in tt'ir nnhlishfi works, refer to Elans' vacuo hie service. He \\a?- one of th? rfTi-o s pi 'Vrl up by the English ya'h: D hound. off Cherbourg, when the Alabama was sunk by the Rear- 1 saro. He returned to the Confederacy ; J and wes serving at on eof the naval batteries rn the .Tames river whor j: Riir.hmond was evacuated. ""rgliiin Pre~'"v"* c?>*. Washington. I). C.. Special.?Kev. . Ins on 0. Pass, recently convicted of 11 using the mails for puruoses to defraud, was sentenced to three y?ars in the MounusviUe. \V. Va.. penitentiary, j! v and to pay fines amounting iO $1,000. 11 The case was appealed. Judge Bar- I nard in pronouncing sentence scathingly denounced the prisoner. Mr. Bass is I the paStST of two fUurchen in Virginia ? l>uiH iure* viu?~ i'v M. Washington. I). C.. Special.?Mrs. Gage. wife of Secretary Lyman J. Gage. of the Treasury Department, died at her residence here at 9:30 o'clock Friday night. Heart trouble was the immediate cause of her death. Mrs. Gage was a native of Albany, N. Y.. and was T.S years of age. She was married to Secretary Gage in Denver, Col., in 1887. There were no children from their union. The remains will be Interred in Rose Hill Cemetery, near Chicago. Mrs. Gage was an Episcopalian in her religious belief, but during their residence here she and the Secretary have had a pew in the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church, where the President attends. \ - r> ,1, _ 7 - WEATO A'D C25P.S. RI??rtg Temperr.tiin; and Abundant Moisture. Tniring thi w?:-? ending Mnndiy. ' May 13th. rh?* U. \".nre was ln.v^r j than during the previous b t i ave:.i7f(l slightly a?cve the r.-rma . | Tie maximum for tie wosk *'*' - ! .ir Allendal^ ami Bla*-kvil!<? n j the Gth and 7th. respectively, and tit | minimum was 3') <1 'iri-es at Green'.'.I1? | on the 11th. J Jh Sinning on ta^ > h and contini: n : | to the rlcs? of the week, there \v ? | numerous light showers over the . n tire State. ranging fiom a mere trr." to over an inch of rainfall, but no where was there enough tain for the lioeds of crops that in places are suffering for want of moisture. Th' ground is hard ar.d cloddy in places, nnd in sessions there Is not enough moisture to germinate recently planted seeds. The drought is espec'all.' severe in Charle to:i county wh re truck yields have been materially diminished. llail fell at niaay point-, but only in jxirtions of llamberg an I ; rarnwell counties to an injurious r;. j tent, and there in places cotton and melons were totally de;troyed and w.ll have to be replajrtc i. Cotton planting and replanting Is finished. and most of the replanted s coming up to good stands. The fir t plantings, where not replanted, his poor stands. but some of it continu > to come up. Cut worms injured stauds in Marlboro county. Chcpp'ng out. and cultivation have begun over the ea< tern counties. A general improvement in the condition of cotton is noted. Corn has iruprov.d in color, a'.- I mik a.v?? s-rill unsatisfactory. I The plants a*e unseasonably small, but recently have begun t:> grow. Cultivation is now. general, and about all has Inrn planted, except 011 bottoms whore the work is underway. Replantin: continues in places. Tobacco transplanting is pia-tically finished, and the young plants are growing nicely. Rice has come up ,o good stands, nr.d lands, where dry enough, are beung prepared for June piartings. Melons have poor stands, in sections where the crop is raised on a Large commercial scale, but late plantings are coming up better. Cane Is a*so in an unsatisfactory condition. What continues to look well anu is fully headed, but oats have dcterioated in places, have short straw, and are suf fering for rain. Colorado beetles aro numerous on white potato's; in the KHitheastern counties potatoes are being dug. with pcor yields. Sweet potatoes draws are scarce. Peaches ar> dropping in places, but over the wes tern counties the fruit prosper; s coutinue promising. All crops are from two to three weeks later than usual. Textile Workers Combine. Boston, Mass.. Special.?As a result of the textile workers' convention. which concluded its sessions at the Quincy House 75,000 men and women employed in the textile industries of North America, will be members of one great labor organization ! to be known as the United Textile : Workers of America. Representa- ) lives of the International Union of | Textile Workers and the American i Federation of Textile Operatives j were present, with James Duncan, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, acting as chairman. Doth organizations decided to amalgamate and apply for a charter under the title named. After that is secured. the Mule Spinners' Union and the Loom Fixers' Union will adiliate themselves with the organization, which will eventually mean a membership of 300,000 and an amicable understanding between textile' employes in the North and South. In tho past the employes in the South have been members of the International Textile Workers, while the Northern operatives have been members of the American Federation of Textile Operatives, and for a long time a union has been sought by the officials of both. Some New Enterprise*. A commission for a charter has been issued to theHugfces Specialty Well Digging Company, with headquarters in Charleston. The capital stock of the company is to he $25,000. The corporators named are Win. R. Hughes, of Charleston, and Herbert E. Gyles, of Aiken. The company proposes to drill all kinds of wells. A commission for a charter was Saturday issued for the Dun.* oi Spar- j lanlnirg, of the city of Spartanburg, j Mr. J. T. Harris is the moving spirit ; in the enterprise, i no DaiiK i? i? have a capital stock of $101,000. The cori>orators named are \V. S. Gray. <>f Woodruff; J. B. Steppe, of Switzer; II. B. Black J. R. Snoddy. J. T. Harris, B. T. Shockley, and others. A Railroad Chartered A commission for a charter has I been issued to the Augusta and Aiken j Railway Company, with headquarters | at North Augusta. The road Is to r.un between* Augusta and Aiken and the application for the commission states that three of the twenty miles have already been constructed. The capital stock of the company is placed at $10,000. with the right to increase it to $100,000. The charter apks for the rirht to connect the towns of Batab, Langley, Warrenville, Augusta, Graniteville, North Augusta and Aiken. The corporators nanjred are: Alfred S. Elliott, of Wilmington, N. C.. and James "J. Jackson, of Augusta. I L :: o". a T'.:? i .iriii'iii vs ::t Wn!;"?-| Iniry. ( niMi.. ii.;w wo:i. All tl:" window I'.-i.-Iorios in In-! dinn." have luvn cli-.-vd for llu* si?:im?ii. I The do. k 1.mI>o:>ts :it ( cnou who, I have I'i tii i'.i i>n >;iikc h.ivo ivsninnl j j work. <"<.tion mills of ini?ii'i t::j;<v in Krnnivj | wi'l "!! .In':.* ! "< iinlfliiiitoiy, to j j It-;-- -i 111. .. . Tin* tramway sulk". which has contimvd ;n Madrid. Spain. for son ? I weeks, has In t ii declared off. T!i?> ravi^:i>:cti Textile Mills, at l>erI by. ( i nn., have sluit down as the result of a strike of women workers. The pruuiietioti of Alabama coal juiut s for 111:it? amounted :?? S.-7i?.dt>- ' tons airainsl 7. IM.TiS ion> for 1891). All niiiionhlo seitleiiieui lias been reaeheil witii tiie Illinois Central ma- j ehinists wiio lied inrcaten-d to; strike. Striking crrjcub .s at the Kxposition. Ktinalo. A. V.. tune returned to work, tlie ohjec ii iiaole lumber being j removed. riiilatieiphia letter earriers are paid ! Ji'sm for the lirsr year, ssofi for the second. ami siihhi for the third year i ami after ; The strike of the hike engineers employed on ihe boats of the ("nited Slates Steel Corporation is ended. The mm-uniou crews are retained. Leaders of the anthracite miners de- j elare a great war is impending lie-, twe. ii labor and capital, and anticipate a general miners' strike next J January. The Tin Hate Workers' Internal j Prow <iivc Association of America, in ; Session .1 Cleveland, Ohio, has ar 1 ranged a liow wage schedule to affect men. j Olticials of (lie United Stales .jteel ' Corporation do not expect any difll-j <nlty in settling next year's wages si-al" witli the Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers. NEWSY CLEANINCS. Tlie comet seen at l.ima. Pert!, li.nl two tails. Alahasna is third among tin- si;; leading eoke-produeing States. | It is eslitnaled that WOO cities of the United States have eiirfow ordinances. Minnesota lias 1100 less inmates in prisons and reformatories than it had in IS!>7. The waters of the Province of Ontario. Canada, will lie c.\e. usiveiy restocked with fisli tins sprit:..'. Honolulu is keeping tip with the trade procession of the day. It is to have a i.2,000,000 pack in? house establishDiCUt. The Mexican Cloves mucnt is giving encouragement to those undertaking tlie cultivation of grapes and si!., worms. I Timber experts say that California alone has a capacity of lumber in her standing forests of over lott.uoi'.boo,UOit cubic ieet. The municipal budget of Havana. Cuba, for the current year amounts to $U.300.1HM. which is Si it H ,< >( x > in excess of that of ltKK). A United States Naval Hoard has recommended the substitution of wireless telegraphy for the present system of carrier pigeons. Excluding (52.000 small craft, the commerce of the world is carried on by 4.?,000 vessels, with a carrying power of 4y.0oo.ooo tons. New York is building a State hospital in tlie Adirondaeks, to cost $loo.ooo. where patients with incipient consumption will be treated. Ascension Island, tlie British station in the South Atlantic, has just been connected by cable with Sierra Leone and thereby with England. Pennsylvania has a new Juvenile Court law, providing for special hearings and .or Investigations by probation officers in cases of juvenile offenders. Cl-ie.t British Private Soldier. T'.y- oldest private soldier in South i is \v. Robertson, who. though : (:e :'".un seventy years of age. is hale 1 carry r.nd is doing trench duty, "is n rrrved in the Crimean war - " var of 1878. and wears ' '* those campaigns. ,K MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, .WODLDI.liS AND Biiildingflaterial. Dealers in Sash Weij Cord, Hardware, Window glast, etc. We guarautee out work superior to any sold in this ciiyt all being? of our own manuftfo bur?. E.n.HACKER, Proprietor, CHARLESTON, - I 80ELL & R03ERTS' CASH DRY GOODS Sit ?Ve continue offering inducements to cloM out- ur Summer Goods. We cau mention only a few of the many goods reduced! ladles' 8c Uudervests for 5c. 10c Ties and Bows for 8c. 25c lies and Bows f r 15o. initial liandkei chief.-, H. 3., embroidered, 3 in a urn, ior 19c;26cgoods. 15. Bluck Initial bi.k Handkerchiefs f..r 10c. Men's large Wbite Figured, Drawn-Stitch, Japonet Haiidkercblef for 15c: worth 25c. Six Large Wbite Flue H. S. Handkerchiefs for COo. in fancy b> x; cheap at 75c. Three large White Fine H. b. Haridkercniefs, in fancy box, for 40c- worth 5jo. Black-bordered Liuen Handkerchiefs for 12c; cheap at 16c. Uood Mourning Handkerchiefs for 4c. Haudkerchlefs for lc. Handkerchiefs for 3 l-2c. Handkerchiefs for Sc. 38-incb Madras for 7 l-2c; worth 10c. S6-in h Madras for 6 l-2c; worth 8c. LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR LESS THAN COST. Shirt Waists for much lees than It cost to make them. BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. 40c Pique Skirts for 25a. 98c Crash Skirts for 81c. All Summer Goods are being sold at res duced prices. SEW GOODS. One case Lonircloth 5c; no starch. Fine Black Henrietta at 50o. TINSEL DRAPERY SILK ALINE, 3ALL FRINGE. Black Duck at 8 and 10c. J< I'KMTl'KK DKPAKTMICNT. 10 piece Wnlnut Suits $75 to $f00. 10 piece Solid Oak buiU $13, $22, $25, $30, ?S5. 440. $50, $25. Oak Hall Rucks, French Plate Glass, .^7, tH.aO, $9.50. Wardrobes $8 to $25. ? ? mn t. Ail neu 1JUUDK>-? iu tw. Bedsteads $2.25 to *10. Iron Bods. Iron Oribs. Parlor Suits *30 to 150. Baby Carriages 16.60. $7, $7.60. Hour Oiiclotb 80c. Matting 10; 12, U. 15, 18. 20, 28, 26, 27 and to?. 10-piece Chamber Sets 12.19 to $3. Window Shades 11, 15,8'J, 35. 40o to *1.21 Stoves *6.50. *7.50, *10 to $11 Trunks *2.60 to *6.50. II OB Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Itarti ficia!!y (] i?osr s t he food and aids ttintT nnrl r/v*nn. l>avuiu III >ki I'll); ill.-inufi U.WV. strutting tli.' exhausted digestive organs. It is i iie iii?est di -covereddigestant and tonic. No other preparation can approach i? in o:i;ciency. It instantly relic."? and noraianentlycures Dyspepsia. Jridi??--ri??n. Heartburn, Flatulence, t.oiu fitnrnach, Nausea, Sick Headach".(iastrr:lg;a. 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LYMAN ABBOTT will eoetibnte a series of important papers on fundamental political principles as applied to twentieth century problems. It will be called "Thb Rioim or Mais, and will define industrial, educational aoc rnflgjops, as wad as poWetl, rights and duties J ' f> . ' - ^ < * , >; _____v Skin Diseases. ! For the speedy and permanent core oi' ! tetter, salt rheum anil eczema. Chamoerlain'n Eye and Skin Ointment is 1 vithont an equal. It relieves the itch; ng and smarting almost instantly and j .ts continued use effects a permanent mre. It also cures itch, barber's itch, ! scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, | chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and I granulated lids. Dr. Cody's Condition Powders for ! horses are the best tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge Price. P-r? cents. Sold by Atlantic Coast Line. CONDKNSKD SCHRDULS. 1B4INS OOIKO NORTH. Dated Jan. 13th, 1901. TKAINS GOING SOUTH. I No.35 No.23 No.53 No.51 ? ? A M P M AH Lv. Florence 2 50 7 55 3 49 Lv. Klngstree 8 54 10 58 Ar. Lanes 3 56 Oil P. M 1116 Lv. Lanes 3 56 911 6 47 11 16 I Ar. Charleston 6 28 10 55 8 30 1 00 A.M P.M. P.M. P.M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No.78 No.32 No.52 No.60 AM PM AM PM Lv Charleston 6 45 5 22 6 25 4 15 Ar Lanes 8 17 6 00 8 00 6 00 LvLaues 8 17 6 00 .... 6 00 " Klngstree 8 33 Ar Florence 9 30 7 30 .... 7 30 AM P M AM P M Daily. JDaily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central It. It. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayettoville?Short Lino?and make close connection for all points North. Trains on C. it D. R. R. leave Florence i daily except Sunday 9 50 a. m., arrive Darlington 10 15 a. in., Hartsville 915 a. m., j Cheraw 11 30 a. m.. Wadesboro 12 35 p. m. I Tooer* T? nranKO rinllv OTMn( Snndav 8 00 I?_ m.. arrive Darlington 8 25 p. m., Bennettsville 8 22 p. a., Gibson 10 20 p. m. Lear* Florence Sunday only 9 50 a. m*, arrive Darlington 10 15 a. m. 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