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TDIVIME COMPANIONSHIP." %he 1;?t. Ctosrlti E. Benedict MaKes a Beautiful Commentary on the Briefest Tet Most Comprehensive Biography Ever Wrtiten?Ketain God's Love. Bkooklyx. N. Y.?The Rev. Charles E. Senniiit, pastor of St. James' M. E. C&urch Eighty-fourth street and Twentieth avenue, Bensonhurst, preached SunJbv miTi !ng on "Divine Companionship." *1..- te::ts were from Genesis v:24: "Enoch paikrd wiMt God. and lie was not. for God Bok him," and Hebrews xi:5: "Before his feransla io.i he had this testimony, that he pleased God." Mr. Benedict said: . Th is ia one of the briefest vet most com- I ?rchem,ive biographies ever written. These JBKsagc?. containing twenty-three worths. #ell u* about all v:e know concerning this mh K? och. Imagine the storv ot your told in three sentences! He walked 4 Gcd. he pleased God and he was kaasU'jed. This is the record of Enoch's iie-. It reads more like an epitaph than a eegraphy. yet I would rather hare those Arsl two statements true of my life than have the most eloquent tributes or eulojpsli/ praises ever written or spoken by men. To walk with God and to please Himl Do you know of anything more desirable? It is said that a man's walk is indicative ml bis career. Manner and gesture are an index to character, ^t is possible to make w estimate approximately correct of the Jjype of men you meet on the street by notnit the poise and bearing of the average fRdestnan. One walks with a firm, quick ( sfop, head erect, shoulders back, and you iiert instinctively that he is an energetic, resolute. self-respecting man. bound to sucneed. Another shambles by with shiftless fit, dragging his feet rather than lifting em. s id you put him down for a loafer, third glides along noiselessly, threading L7i i it* or?rJ Anf amrtner Ko orrtn'fl Ann you know intuitively that he is a sly. .acheruing trickster. Another walks with Vtteaoy gait, stepping carefully, as if the pavement were rolling and bumping against lis feet, ar.d as with pitying glance you watch him stagger along you say. "The poor fellow is drunk." So a man's gait be- | ftravs him. His walk signifies the manner ?f his h fr. Or.e is likewise known bv the company ke keep?. We are largely what our friends ? ?! companions are. Tell me the sort of persons with whom you associate, in whom yoa coniide. to whom you go with all your trouble* and with whom you share your <xvry joy, and I will have no difficulty in ?*fimatuig your character. To retain purity of character if one's associates a>e ha*e and ignoble is an impossibility. And it "would Mem equally impossible to live au impure, vicious, wicked life if all our asxo?iatrs are noble and virtuous. We are inMoew rd unconsciously by the words and -actions of our friends. Like the chameleon. we take on the hue of our surroundings and reflect the likeness of our companions. The human heart under normal conditions craves companionship. From the bejtmniug it was so. God saw that it v as not apod for man to be alone, so He gave him -a companion and helpmeet. Wc are so constituted that we must have some one with whom to share oug happy hours. ICHnilt UUC 11 ICUU ? HV VIIVW40 UllV ?ur experience? with sympathetic appre<iation, whose heart aches in our sorrow and rejoices in our joy. % The strangest truth contained in all <2odV. wonderful volume of truth is that Tie who created the universes, the Lord <Iod Omnipotent, whose wisdom is omniscience, whose goodness is perfection, whose same is love, that He should condescend < become the companion and associate of Htao, His creature. I said that this is the strangest truth. Let me take it back. There is one truth more astounding yet. "Ttt this?that man should refuse the friendship and disdain the companionship ?f Jehovah, his God. Of all the divine humiliations what could lie grater than this, that He should seek toe friendship of mortal man and find it wot? That He should offer Himself fbr the closctt and most intimate relationship, as a companion for life's pilgrimage, a comrade for life's struggles, an associate and confidant amid all life's changing scenes, and yet be rejected,' The trouble is and has ever been when wen have rejected God that they love ihe darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil. From the opening eJnptera of human history until now it Ins been true that man. the creature, has been out of harmony with God. the Creator. ' It is refreshing, therefore, to find in the ynspired record, amid the genealogies of ancient nobodies who lived long, bore chil-dren, ard eventually died, the storv of one holy life, a man who walked with God and who niched God. From this fragmentary sketch oi Enoch's life, reading between the lines and penetrating beneath the surface of the words which contain his biography. we may discover some helpful truths concerning divine companionship. To walk with God implies, fifst of all, reconciliation with God. Man bv nature is not on good terms with his Maker. Time was when the most loving intimacy and harmonious relationship existed between tljem. "Adam walked with God in the ?arden in the coo! of the day." Not before Him as a herald, nor behind Him as a slave, but beside Him. as His companion, and I had almost said His equal. Hut something came between them. They had falling out. As one has. expressed it. "'Bin came and opened the mighty chasm of reparation, and since then the carnal mind has been enm'tv against God." The Father's heart has yearned for reconciliation, but how could reconciliation be made? The heart of man was wholly estranged. An impassable gulf yawned between him and his Creator. He had ninned against Divine Majesty and forfeited the Divine favor. But The love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mind; And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind." Therefore, "God, who is rich <n mercy, for Hi? great love wherewith He loved us. even when we were dead in sins." determined to bridge the chasm, to heal tlife breach and win back the affections alienated by sin. He sent Christ into the world as Mediator. And He, who is our peace, "Hath made both onev and hath broken down the middle wail ofpartition between us. having abolished in His flesh the enmity," and reconciled us unto-God by His death on the cross. Acceptance of Jesus Christ is the basis of reconciliation with God. On no other terms can our estrangement be healed. The trouble began when men insisted upon turning every one to his own way. The difTirii't-pc ar.i nprfpcftv find oliefjctnrilr adjusted when man is willing to turn back into Goa's way. And whenever one reaches the point of willingness fo accept Jesus Christ, then he begins to walk in newness of life, and walking thus he makes a discovery. He discovers that "Old things are -passed away, and all things are become JM*W." Patrick Daley, of Boston, had the right idea vf the new birth. lie wa; a Catholic t>y profession, but a drunkard by practice, lie attended an evangelistic service and for the first time in his life heard the gospel. Ee made a complete surrender to Christ, and was delivered from the bondage of drink. A few weeks afterward lie approached Dr. A. J. Gdrdon with a problem which had perplexed him greatly. Said he: "You see, your reverence, I know a good thing when I get it. and when I -found salvation I couldu't keep it to lily's |^BJMB^^WpJrMiv^mrstaira in the PSrootFirement with me. He wu a worse drunkard than I, if that could be, and we had gone on many a spree together. Well, when I got saved and washed clean in the blood of Jesus Christ, I was so happy 1 didn't know what to do with myself. So I went up to Murphy and told him what I had got. He was just getting over a spree anji felt pretty sick and sore, and was ready to do anything I told him. So I got him to sign the pledge and told him .Jesus alone could helo him keep it. Then I got him on his knees and made him pray and surrender to the Lord as I had done. You never see such a change in a man as there was in him for the next week. I kept watch of him and prayed for him and helped him on the best I could, and aure, he was a different man. Well, come Punday morning. .Joe Healev called around to pay his usual visit. He used to come every Sunday and bring a bot|jp of whisky with him, and them two won'.ospree it a!! dav until they turned the whole house into a bedlam. Well, I saw Healev coming last Sunday morning, and I was afraid it would be all up with poor Murphy if he got with ^him. I went down to the door, and when 'he asked if Murphy was in I said. 'No, Murphv is out. He don't live here any longer.' So I sent Healey off and saved Murphy from temptation. But what I want to know, your reverence, is this, did I tell a lie? I meant that the old Murphy did not live there any more. You know Mr. Moodv told us that when a inan is converted, he is a new creature: old things have passed away. I believe Murphv is a new creature, and that the old Murphy does not live any more in that attic." "If any man "be in Christ he is a new creation. Old things are passed away; behold all things are become new." After a man makes this discovery he begins to learn important truths. He learns that he .must now walk, not after the flesh, but af er the spirit. This is by no means an /tn T wonder how man7 Mve mastered this art? 'lis one that canbe acquired in a single lesson. I sometimes think we shall never know perfectly how to walk after the Spirit so long as we bear this body of flesh. There is much misapprehension on this point. Not a few have been sorely perplexed, and some have been quite disheartened in their attempts to make the plain facts of their experience fit certain doctrines taught from the Scriptures. Here is a typical example. A young man entered upon the Christian life. There was no doubt as to the genuineness of his conversion. He accepted Christ intelligently, and with an earnest purpose to give Him a loyal service. He had run the whole gamut of sinful indulgence, but the change in his life was a radical one. He ceased to do evil and tried to learn to do good. But he was hindered by old habits and tendencies which still lurked in his flesh. The struggle was fierce and he faced it heroically, until one day more severely tempted than usual lie went to his pastor and said: "it's no Use. I miglit as well give up trying. I have been guilty of some of the same old sins that I used to indulge in. and I won't be a hypocrite, so you can take my name off toe record." The pastor made use of his Master's method, and answered th?young man with a parable. It was the old story of a farmer who was plowing in a meadow lot. He kept bis eye* fixed on a tree at tlie farther end of the field, and determined to make his firs: furrow as straight as possible. That was to be bis guiding l'ue. and it was his Intention to make each furrow as straight a? toe first. He succeeded fairly well for uv file, until a bird flew close to his face a> i startled him so that he jerked on the rei.i with the result a crook in his furrow. Several times in the course of his plowing he got off the line, hnt just as soon as he discovered bis deflection he pulled back and got on the straight line again. Hovr aptly this illustrates the initial ex"* ' '? ? -P /> -J TT, penence 01 a cnun or uoii. ne xum? nut with the determination to walk in the footsteps of his Master. That is the central purpose of his heart. His new nature throbs with a single motive of lovalty to Christ. But in his immature condition he blunders, he flies into a nassion perhaps, or indulges some old sinful habit, forgetting his new relationship with God. and he makes a crook in his furrow. Bin in the instant when he comes to himself lie repents of his deflection and. fixirg his eyes unon Jesus, he gets back on the line and tries again. Such deviations from the line of rectitude often dishearten young Christians. Their blunders of iminnHwty are mistaken for tokens of insineentr. Walking with Christ in the school of exp?v rience thev will learn that the evidence cf their loyalty to Him in whose footstens they seek to follow, is not found in the ah l-.i- frlifiir U'flll* Thp t'PJll W1UIC pci ICVilVU V/4 vuvn <?.?. * ... test lies in their immediate repentance and taming hack to the line when a deviation or deflection has been discovered. A soul-inspiring truth that one ought to grasp at the beginning of the Christian life is that walkiiy; with God leads ultimately to God's house. A beautiful commentary on this point was that made by a little girl, as related by Dr. Morgan, of London. Her mother questioned her about the 'e?son learned at Sunday-school. She had been studying Enoch, and to'd her mother that he was a man who used to take long walks with God. And one dey they went for an extra long walk, and God said to Enoch, "You are a long way from homo. Enoch, and you had better come in and stay with Me." It has been truly said that: ''Heaven is sometimes spoken of as a place, admission to which is gained by some lenient act <?f divine amnesty. People speak of going t? heaven as though it were a concert room, to enter which a ticket only is required. Nothing could be more unscnnlural. Heaven is not a olace into which we are admitted, but a place into which we grow. It is little short of foolish the wav some talk of going to heaven when the? die. They exclude God from their life on arth. They find no love in His presence pre. Heaven would be a place of painful imprisonment." The felicities of the heavenly country will be conditioned largely upon our capai a?,J liv 10 mrnc. .iuu *? -.! .v. ceive will be determined by our ability to serve. The service of heaven will be n service of love. I think we should stifle in the atmosphere of heaven's love unless we had learned to breathe in its purity and live in its beauty here below. One must learn to keep step with Jehovah here and row if he would enter upon the joys of the divine presence hereafter. Learn to love what God loves, and hate what God hares. Get in step with Him to-day and let Him be your companion for life. "They Shall See Go<l." A mighty twofold fact runs to and fro through all the earth and under the earth aud over it high and far. Many do not see it or hear it and therefore do not feel it. hut nevertheless there is no otner thought so real, so vital and overwhelming known to science or lji?tory or revelation. This mighty fact is the immanence and the providence of Almighty God. in all things, through all things and for all things. He has created man and put Himself under universal and ceaseless obligations and responsibilities to His creatures. To know this is an indescribable privilege. but to ignore it or treat it as a mvtf is the acme of idiocy or perversity^ ' see the divine presence and power ir d things that we see, and to discf"-- iin wherever we go and wherever ? " to discern the revealed secre* 'ii Him we live and move and he ^ontinued existence." And so it t pass that the King's children^ . see "Books in the nning brooks Sermons fn s nes And good (G d) in everything.'* ?Christian Centiuj, % * PALMETTO" AFFAIRS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent Drices paid to wagons: Strict good middling 7 1-2 Good middling 7 1-4 Strict middling 7 1-8 Middling 7 Tinges 6 to 6 3-4 Stains 5.to 5 7-8 General Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston, steady 7 1-16 New Orleans, steady 6 7-8 Mobile, steady 6 7-8 Savannah, steady 7.00 Charleston, firm C 7-8 Baltimore, nominal 7.25 New York, dull 7.25 Boston, quiet 7.25 Philadelphia, quiet 7.50 The Good Roads Association. Columbia. Special.?The South Carolina Good Roads Association assembled in annual session at the court house last week. The following were the delegates present and the counties from which they came: Abbeville. Supervisor G. W. Nickles, J. C. Lomax, and J. R. Blake; Anderson. Snpjrvisor S. O. Jackson. J. W. Ashley, jaR. Watson, John K. Wood, J. A. Hp, A. C. Latimer, M. P. Tribble, Bonham and M. Perrin; Berk?ev. Supervisor J. H. Harvey, and J. W. B. Brcland; Charleston. Supervisor Wm. P. Cantwell. T. W. Bacot and Earle Sloan; Chesterfield, Supervisor Smith Oliver; Clarendon, Supervisor T. C. Owens; R. E. McFaddin; Darlington. C. 0. McCullough; Dorchester. Supervisor H., H. Gross; Florence. Supervisor James B. McBrlde, W. R. Langston, W. B. Gause; Greenwood. Supervisor J. M. Major, J. B. McCants, R. L. Lyon; Horry. Supervisor J. L Boyd. E. F. Todd, W. I.. Mishoe; Kershaw, Supervisor J. M. Sowell. D. M. Bethune; I,aneaster, Supervisor. M. C. Gardner; Marion. Supervisor J. P. Stackhouse. J. C. Sellers: Orangeburg, Supervisor Olin M. Dantzler, T. D. A. Livingston. J. A. Banks; Richland, Supervisor w. D. Starling. P. J. Garrick, L. Rabon, Wm, Douglass. N. Rawlinson. W. H. Sligh. F. H. Hyatt; Spartanburg. Supervisor D. M. Miles, M. F. Turner. W. T. Brown; Union, Supervisor T. J. Bedenbaitgh. R. L. McNally, James P. Vinson; Williamsburg, Supervisor John J. Graham: York, Supervisor Thomas W. Boyd; Barnwell, Supervisor J. B. Morris; Marlboro. Supervisor M. E. Coward: Laurens, Supervisor H. B. Humbert. President F. H. Hyatt called the meeting to order. The proceedings were opened by prayer by the Rev. J. W. Daniel. Mayor Glbbes. on behalf of the city, welcomed the delegates Thl following officers were elected fcr the ensuing year; F. H. Hyatt, president; Earl Sloan, secretary; 0. M. Dantzier. treasurer. President Hyatt read his report for l~st year, which is full of interest. A learned and highly appreciated address on the subject of improved roads in Canada, the United Staes and Mexico was delivered by Dr. C. M. Niic-s. Gov. Heyward sent a message expressing regrets at his absence, caused by teraprorary illness, but pledges his warmest sympathies and most earnest efforts in the interests of the South Carolina Good Roads Association. State Bar Association. The first session of the twelfth annual meeting of the South Carolina Bar Association was called to order in tne nan or me nouse or represeumuvca by the president. Mr. H. J. Haynsvorth. of Greenville. The opening address was delivered by the president upon the subject, "Lynch law in South Carolina." The address was most interesting and instructive and was listened to with marked attention. On motion, the Association requested that it be published in the papers of the State, and it will also be published among the proceedings of the Association. The following new member? of the Association were elected: Messrs. J. Wright Nash, Thos. S. Sease, W. A. Holman, D. J. Baker. John R. Cloy. W. S. Smith. W. H. Wells. T. J. Mauldin, J. Harry Foster, Lawrence Orr Patterson, Z. T. Kershaw, W. P. Conyers, C. P. Sanders. Camden's New Court House. Camden, Special.?The contract for the building of the new court house for this county was awarded to T. C. Thompson & Bro. of Birmingham, Ala. The firm's bid was between $31,000 and $32,000. that being the lowest bid out of seven. The exact bid was not obtainable tonight. Work will commence at once. To Meet at Marion. Marion, Special.?The farmers of the coun v have determined to organize for the purpose of reducing cotton acreage. A call, signed by some of the most prominent farmers of Marion. has been published in the county | papers. lucsuiig uii wuuu jjjuw.v.1 o i to me at their respective vot1 i prccin next Friday, organ 17^ elect . gates to a cotton ..ofS* meetini o be held at tl?- art house next M< 'ay to form .on growers' county socialne purpose of the a* ' . be mainly to rec'uee i of cotfon produced by a j _ ^ of the acreagae and of the a ^linr"o? commercial fertilizers used,v South Carolina Items. Flank Leslie Morreil, age fifteen years, died at hit* home at Wellford Tuesday afternoon. He wa3 operated on last Thursday for appendicitis and it was thought that he would recover. Complications set in and he soon passed away. Leslie Morreil was the son of Henry Morreil. He was popular in his county and gave promise of developing into a good and useful citizen. His many friends are grieved to learn of his death. COUNTY FINANCES Defects in Their Management Pointed Out by Comptroller General. Columbia, 3. C.?"The need of an eiaminer for the books of the various counties is clearly set forth in the report of the Comptroller General, which was published in the Greenville case," said a member of the House. An examination of the reports made by that office showed that the statement waa correct. The report made by the Comptrolled General shows that at least seven counties are very much out of balance, end that with the small appropriation of $500 on hand the Comptroller cannot begin to check up the books of the 41 counties in the State. The total shortage will amount to about $43,000. and while there is no intention of reflection' on the county officers, it seems from this report .that there is need for a yearly examination of every office in the State. The last annual report of the Comptroller General made the following recommendation: "The investigations made thus far reveal the grossest carlessness in the management .of the people's money While no actual dishonesty has been brought to light, a general looseness of methods obtains which amounts practically to the same thing, so far as the taxpayers' interests are concerned. "It becomes absolutely necessary to prescribe a uniform system of keeping accounts for county treasurers, county supervistor and county superintendents of education, together with a system of reports whereby the misappropriation of the public funds will b? iicxi u IU ai:uytu|iuou. "Experience of many years demon- ' strates that it is Impracticable for the Comptroller General, who is charged with the supervision of the assessing and collecting of the State's revenue, to leave his office and visit the counties in person and examine into the details of the work of the county officials. who are charged with the receipts and disbursements of public funds. When an error is discovered in the annual settlement, it often becomes necessary to check np the accounts for several years back; this'requires a great deal of time which cannot be given by the Comptroller General. nor can he spare one of his clerks for this purpose. "To introduce a uniform system of bookkeeping would require an ppropriation sufficient for the books and blanks necessary to be used by the county officials collecting and disbursing the public revenue. The Comptroller General should be allowed to appoint an expert accountant. To pay the expenses of an accountant, to visit the counties at all seasons of the year, would be trifling compared with the value of his services to the State; the correction of the present loose methods would alone save thousands of dollars to the State and counties every year. If the fiscal affairs of the State aTe to be conducted on a business basis, business methods must be adopted. These matters I call to your earnest attention and consideratioin: it ntfw rests with your honorable body to take such steps as In your wisdom you may deem necessary." Commisaiooner Wat sort Endorsed. Greenville. SpeclaL?At the quarterly meeting of the board of trade here a resolution offered by Lewis W. Parker was unanimously adopted endorsing the work of Commissioner Watson and the bureau of commerce, agriculture and immigration. A memorial to that effect will be handed the Greenville county delegation to be presented to the legislature. Addresses were delivered by Commissioner Watson and Capt. Ellison A. Smyth, president of the Pelzer cotton mfHs. and Thos. F, Parker, president of the Monaghan cotton mills of this city. A Hot Supper Homicide. Saluda. Special.?ueorge smun snot and killed Will Bostic at a negro fiolic near Culbreath's gold mine in this county Saturday night. It appears from the testimony at the coroner'a inquest held Tuesday'that Smith and Bostic had a little dispute erer "capping a quarter" and Bostic went off, armed himself and was on the hunt for blood. After searching for Smith, he Anally came upon him and without any ceremony fired upon him with a gbot gun, sprinkling him considerably. Smith, turned and emptied his gun into Bostic's body, killing him in3taniljr. Both are negroes ? Ten Sailors Drowned. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?A special from Miami, says the Spanish bark EI Victoria with a crew of IS men from Tampico, Mexico, to Fernandina, Fla*. went ashore near Palm Beach Wednesday afternoon. It states that the cap tain ana ten mm vi iue view nu? drowned while attempting to reach the shore. J. K. Breazite Hangs Himself. Belton, Special.?Mr. J. K. Breze^' a prominent citizen here_^ ^^mitted suicide by hang'- . ..u'self Monday evening. ureazealc had been in ' " J health for a month or more and A become very despondent and the supposition is that his sickness was such a mental strain upon him that, rather !**an endure it he decided to put an end to his life. Ho left his home this morning and when his family missed him search was made for him which resulted in finding his body in his bam. News of the Day. Governor Hevward has announced that he will retire from active politics j at the expiration of his term as Governor. An alleged bigamist by the name of Belk was shot near Fort Mill on Tuesday while trying to escape from officers who wero attempting to arrest him. Details of the new Seaboard Air Line financial plan wero announced in New York. AMERICAN^^ Review^ The mere Magazines 9 ^dispensable The W ** Indispensable." "The one mafl H world under a field-class," "An 9 current literature,"?these are some 9 people who read the Review of Review 9 more necessary is the Review of Reviews, 9 is in all the moA important monthlies |J periodical literature that nowadays peop | with it is to read the Review of Reviews. ing section, it has more original matter am 9 the mc:t timely and important articles pri 9 PrsLabiy the moA useful section of all 0 rets of the Y.'orld," where public events < B c"v' " J >a every issue. Many a subscr 1 worth more than the price of the magazh fl depicting current history m caricature, i 9 Uevicws covers five continents, and 3 Men in public life, the members of Co 9 captains of induAry who must keep " up women al^ver America, have decided u H THE REVIEWOFRE S 13 Astor Place As a result of a pistol wound, tht source as yet undetermined. Scot' Clegg. son of Policeman John fclegg j of Greenwocis dead. The ypunp man was ooout 16 years old. H? was buried Tuesday. There are man) rumors in regard to the cause of tht young man's death. The facts a: brought out are that John Clegg, tht boy's father, the dead boy, and ? younger brother. Pierce, aged about ! eLeht vears. went from Greenwood tc J the house of a relative ten miles ir j the Callison section. They returnee J to> Greenwood early Sunday night wit! ' the boy, Scott, nearly dend The board of in<ruiry at Reading, Pa., decided that they had no canonical authority to put Bishop Ethelbert Talbot on trial. Brodie L. Duke fought his guards as ho was carried back to ait asylnm after an examination as to? his sanity in a New York court. A. G'. Loomis resigned the rice-presidency of the National City Btak, New York. ,J Dr. A. G. Carr, a prominent physi- ; cian of Durham, N. C., committed suicide. 5 v Death of Dr; Hntcfrer. Eeaufort, Special.?This community ' was shocked Tuesday afternoon By the 1 sudden death of Rev. Harvey Hatcher, ( D. D.. of Atlanta, which took place 1 in the lobby of the Sea Tsrand hotel about 4 o'clock. He had just entered i the hotel' from the street and stood r.i-ar the office railing when he suddenly fell forward and" renmfned nn- ( conscious for about seven mfnutes until he breathed his fast.. Messrs. J. Q. Gilkey and James F.. OdeTI were the , only persons present. They Immediately ran to his assistance and sent tor Dr. Guffin. The doctor oulckly arrived but nothing could be done to ! revive the dying man. Drs. H. M. Stuart and M. Gregorie Elliott were aiso present Vote to Impeach- Swajne. Washington, Special.?The House of ( Representatives adopted the 12 arti- j cles of impeachment against Judge Swayne, of the District Court of the ! northern district of Florida. which 1 had been presented by its special committee of investigation. The Speaker * was authorized to appoint seven managers to present the case to the Senate and conduct the impeachment proceedings before that body. ' More Tharr 150 Biffs. t During the first week's session of the ( general assembly more than 150 bills have been prepared for consideration J and the mo6t of them have been in- ^ trodnced and are awaiting the action of committees. This represents prac- *J t'.cally three days' work, since f< were introduced on the first day and Satur- 4 day was practically a dies non. ? ^ o Railroad From Wards to Saluda. a Wards, Special.?The railroad commission, accompanied by Supt. H. A. * Williams, of the Southern Railway, 'J visited Wards for the purpose of looking into the mattsi of building a new c passenger statiog at this place. Plans -j were agreed upon, and it wa3 stated f. by Mr. Williams that the work would <inmmonr>p At fin t>arlv date. It is learned from a very reliable railroad * official that the contract for building 8 the railroad from Wards to Saluda 8 has been given out and work will begin on the giading within 60 days. d Farmers Pass Resolutions. Macon, Ga., Special.?A special from y Lincolnton, Ga., says that the farmers n of Lincoln county have pledged themselves to sell no cotton and buy no fertilizers till after the New Orleans convention. They will also reduce t acreage, a special from Decatur, Ga., says that the farmers of f)eKalb county ' have agreed to hold the cotton they have at present and to reduce acreage and the use of fertilizers. ' / \ Reviews there are, the mote Review of Reviews raziae I feel I muit tal e," "The education in public affairs and : of the phraxs one bears from noted k The mere magazines thrre are, the because it brings together the best that of the wer!<?. Such is the Hood of >le say that the only way to keep up Entirely ore* and above this rcviewd illustrations iha mod magazines, and ntcd in any mcclhly. is Dr. Albeit Shaw's illustrated " Prtvtnd issues arer authoritatively and lucidly iber writes, "This department alone is x." The urmpae cartoon department, t another favorite. The Review el ye* is.Aroerinai firfc and foreraoA. I ngress, professional snru, and the great > with the tunest*"nrtdrigc?t ncn and ut it? "indkpq?Mr. , S VIEW^COMPANY 1 New York- J SPORTING BREVITIES. The Mildred won the third ice boat*, race on the South Shrewsbury for the Went* Cup. There was a record attendance at the nntomobile show lu Madison Square Garden. 1 The American I.?en"gTTe has signed ft . npw nmnire for next season. His nam# is "Toss" Kelle.v. Mr. W. K. Vnnderbilf* horse. Brleht. won a hurdle race on the opening day of the Nice race m be ting; Pitcher McGinn'ty advocates th* sohstitntion of vaseline for saliva iu the mpnnfactnre of the spit ban. The champion Wanderers defeated tlic Brooklyn Skating CToty fn an amitenr league hockey game hy 7 to 2. > One hundred and flftr thousand dollars' worth of automobiles have been snbl at the Importer*" Automobile Salon. Walter .T. Travis defeated W. C. Fownes. Jr.. in the final round of the midwinter golf tournament at Pinehurst. N. C. At a meeting of tlie Harvard-Yale Joint Athletic Relations Committee, it was resolved to renew the agreement now In farce. ? The Chicago White Sox wiTl not train In Texas for the coining season. President Comiskey lias decider npou New Orleans as a place for preliminary practice. II. lu Bowden drove .life irfnety-home power Mercedes car one mile at Daylonn, Fla., in 37s. This is two seemds under the record lieitl by W. K. Va?ilerbilt, Jr. The Automobile CM> of 'Qyeftt Britain ana ireinna.. sty? ? special cable dispatch, has protested against the proposal of the Automobile C!?ib of France to hold ihe Grand Prix race tit Die same .ime and frlace as tlie International Cup race. COLLEGE. NOTES. A dairy school' haw been opened n? connection with the- University of California. Some additional' features of Ihe Yale Summer School win ??6a be announced. Plans are under way foe tlie work t? "?e carried on in the New York Unirersity Summer School. The Columbia University catalogue 'or VJ04-'0T> sliowa an increase over nst year's registration of 27G student*. The sound fropt which the east and >homs of the annual Columbia 'Yariity show are to be selected lias been hosen. Professor T: A. Jargnr. of Harvard, ntpnds next summer to make a tripo Ieeland for the purpose of studying rolcnnie phenomena. It was announced at the chapel"of rufts College. Medford. Mass.. that Andrew Caroegfe had given the instlutlon $100,000 for a library. A Yale Divinity School alumni assoiation has- been formed for the Statef Vermont, making altogether ntn^ lumni associations of the school. The coorsr of afternoon lectures on he "Literature am! Antiquities ovinia and Persia," by Professor A. V. W. noL'CAn traro vaciiiiiiwI o niKin The report nni register of th<? assolale alumnae of Barnard College. 000-7004. has just appeared, and conlins much interesting information. The Alumni Dormitory C?Mnm!tte^ nd the trustees of Princeton Fnlrer* ftr have accepted the plans for the lumni dormitory drawn by Benjamin P. Morris, Jr. Exercises were suspended the other ay at the College of the City of New 'ork in honor of the late Professor ames Weir Mason, for twenty-four ears head of the department of pure lathematics. A t JUDGED BY THE SOUND. "What name?" asked the man who iras introducing the callers at the disJnguished politician's reception. "Kloppengehaugenbaum," replied he next man in line. "Mr. Gigmun, allow fne to present 3err"?here he coughed?"the cele3rated pianist."?Chicago Tribune. \ I ^