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Dr. Brown on Mob Law. The Baptist Church WK s Siled Sunday Dight with a congregation composed of members of all denominations, who were brought togeth? er by the aoncuaceietit tbat Rev. C. C. Brown would preach a sermon, the ?abject of j which would be the work of mobs in history, j Toe large congregation was oot disappoint- j ed; having come expecting to hear a forcible ' and original presentation of the sabject, they ? received all that they expected. The sobjact was-treated historically, sacred and profane history being drawn on to show the work that mob3 have accomplished in the past ; practically, the teachings of history, past and preseot being applied to show the results of mob law to be/ evil immediately and direful in the future legally, showing that wbile a criminal violates the law in bia individual capacity, he does not bring the law aod the State into disrepute, but that when the mob tams itself lopse, violates the law and be? comes criminal in the aggregate^-over-riding the law by mere force of numbers, the law is regarded with contemptuous indifference and it falls into such disrepute that individuals io time do what mobs inaugurated and what was at first permitted only to mobs-the commission of crime without fear of punish? ment. The following extracts, taken from the sermon, given an idea of the manner in which Dr. Brown handled the subject : The mob law is nota thing of to-day only. It bas blackened many a page in the world's great history. The New Testament contains four or five accounts of toe misdeeds of rag? ing mobs. It was a mob that drew Stepben -the man of the shining face-before the council, gnashed upon him with their teeth, and then stoned bim to death, calling upon the name of his God. It was a furious mob that stoned the apostle Peni at Lystra and dragged him out of the city for dead. It was a mob that ress against bim at Ephesus, and for three hours stood in the streets cry? ing, 'HSreat is Dian of the Ephesians !" A mob dragged him from the temple at Jeru? salem, and beat him brutally. Nor most we forget that it was a mob that opposed the re lease of Jeso?, crying, "Not this man ; but Barabbas !" andJSarabbas was a robber; The men of this d?y who wish of resolve them? selves into a mob, take the law io their bands, and inflict the awful death-penalty, may turn, if they wish, to the Bible to see with what kind of company they allied them? selves. * * . ** ? A mub is an assemblage of men maddened by passion andufor the time, devoid of rea? son, bent not so much on executing the law, as upon venting their bate and gratifying their spirit of revenge. - * ? . * Thsmen who advocate the lynch-law io any circumstances, where laws are prevail? ing, are talking unreasonably in heat aod passion, or etee/bey are arguing to excuse a :rime which conscience tells them they have committed. Before any man can sustain the right oftbe lynch-Iaw, he must overturn the work of Him who said, "Thou shalt not kill." The lyncher may escape punishment at the hands of his countrymen : but in the eyes of God, be is a'murder and a fe!on- The fact that he ts io a crowd dees not-sheild bim from the ?yes of Heaven. * * * * The laws of God, tbs laws of our country and our ic uer consciousness tell us that if :here is any sacred thing in this world, it is human life. In the Bible human life is slothed with all dignity and reverence. God aotouiy created the man ; but "breathed into bim the breath of life." To take a life is the most serions crime a man can commit. A, people are orderly and obedieot to law jost in proportion as human life is respected. When life is cou a ted for nothing, anarchy a-nd ruin riot. And yet a meb murders its ' victim amid shouts and yells, just as if they sad bsen commissioned , from o a high to com? mit the deed. * ? * e Mobs disrupt and violate the law, and bring it into contempt. Wheo Socrates was ordered to. drink the hemlock that would pro? duce death, bia. friends urged him not to do it, saying the law was unjust; but the phil? osopher put the cop to bis lips, saying, "aa honorable citizen will oot violate even an un? just law made and enacted by his country." * * * * Our people should remember, that in vio? lating the law, they are sowing the wind and will have to reap the whirlwind. The law is fjt our protection. If we bring it into contempt then we have no means of pro? tection. Ocr State-in a body of its wisest men-has declared that lynching is wrong, and "oas a fixed a penalty upon it. Wheo a body of men take the life of any one without lagal procees, tbey take the law into their own hands, not to carry it out, but to violate it. and tbns they set themselves up agaiust tbe will of their sovereign country and citi? zenship. c,The State is myself,'; and I do riolieucs to myself and all my interests when I trample upon ihe laws of my State. Tbe sentiment of lynchers is agaio3"? the crime when passion has subsided. A man ! never likes to think hi3 children will recall [ his nax-e and memory as the leader of a mur- i J i derous mob. * * * * It too often happens that a mob murders j the wrong man. And when once tbe vital j spark is extinguished, regret and repentance and a thousand compunctions of a gnawing conscience cannot atone for the life wrong? fully taken. * * * e It bas been said that there are three prin? ciples upon wbicb men are governed-bonor, fear and virtnre. Honor prevails in a mon? archy ; men bonor the king. Fear prevails in a despotism, and virtue io a republic. If the virtue of our people is destroyed, we ire no longer capable of self-government, [f oar virtue ie so fer gone that we may jurd er a mao, and no jury be found to con ! viet and punish us, then we need a despot for J our ruler, who may chop off the offender's i head without tri?! aod without jory. I But we are told, the villmn deserved death No one bas denied this. lu fact, ait assent to it ; but uo ooe bad been commissioned tc. in? flict it. Neither God nor man bad given the mob authority, and hence the whole transac? tion was against the peace and dignity of the State. * * * * Lynchers almost always defeat themselves. IQ administering condign punishment, the purpose is to make the criminal suffer at once. J : this tbev defeated themselves. The negro did not suffer. His hell on earth would have been an iron cell in a jul, where the whiskey could die out, and be could become sober. There the furies would have visited bim ia the night vigils, and sat upon his bed and gnawed at bis inmost life. The grinning corpses of bis murdered victims would have filed before bim in awful procession-a wo? man clad in white, an old man bowed under years, all followed by the bloody procession of others whom be bad killed. Conscience would theo have bad its awful carnival, eat? ing at bis vitals and tearing bim like mad dogs. Afterwards would have' cotre the trial and the public exposure before his coun? trymen, followed by conviction in the courts, and the uneasy waiting for the hour of death -all the while, the fires of a horrible bell raging io bis bosom. Last 01 all, the solemn aod mysterious surrendering up of his life in obedience to the command of the law. Thus a single criminal would have suffered and alone, whereas DOW tbere are many who have become partoere in offending against our 8evereign legal decrees, * * * * .'Hang me," said a noble captive American seaman^ "hang me, if you will, to the yard arm of your sbip ; but do not ask me to be? come a traitor to my country." And yet how great is the difference between treachery and disobedience, when so much is involved? * * * * Well, theo, may I quote the words of Ezra : "O mv God, I 8m ashamed, a cd blush to lift up my face to thee, my Ged ; for our iniquities are over our head, aod oar guiltiness is grown op into the beavens " Taking Counsel of His Fears. ST. CB ABLES, Jan. 18, 1897. Mr. Editor: Sober second thought dic? tates the expression of a personal opinion of one who is neither reckless nor blood thirsty. Our religion teaches us to preserve our own lives and tbe lives of others. It never was designed to make cowards of us or cause us tamely to submit to such atrocious and ferocious crimes as Simon Cooper perpetrated. We fee! death in our own hemes much more than we do in tbe bornes of oor neighbors. If some of our editors and som3 others would make a personal application they would call piteously upon tbe their God and their fellow citizens for euch help as would visit speedy justice upon such a fieod, without iovokiog the majesty "bf the law. I am as law-abiding citizen as any man in Sumter County. I be? lieve I have experimentally tested the value of the Christian religion and am willing to be judged by my fruits. Men whose heads become unbalanced, should beware cf the language used to denouce their fellow ci ti? zeos with whom they differ. I do not ap? prove of lynching as a general remedy, but every thoughtful maa approves of the de? served pnnisbment Simon Cooper received. We who live in the country are more* exposed and unprepared to meet these vile characters than our friends in the towns and cities. If in these trying conditions, we yield to inhu? man treatment we will appeal tp a higher tri? bunal where a jost and infallible Judge will preside S. D. M. LACOSTK fIf Hr. LaCoste will take another sober, second tboogbt, be may be able to perceive that be is taking a wrong position, and that his arguments, applied to tbe facts and cir cu m B ta G ces of the killing of Cooper, are sub? versive of governmental authority and con? trary to tbe teachings of the religion be should bave. There is a difference betw?eo killing in defence of one's borne or person, and killing a criminal in the bands of the officers of the law. The whole situation bas been gone over sufficiently for all to under? stand it, apd we have no desire to open a special controversy with Mr. LaCoste ; but in givi-og publicity to such expressioos from a gentleman of Mr. LaCoste's position, we feel it a duty to point out what 6eems to us his mistake. We must have the rule of law and good government, or we are tending toward anarchy and irresponsible mob law. - ED.J Meteorological Record. The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past week ending Jan. 24, 1897-beginning^an. 18: Temperature. 3 2 3 i 72 3D 2, Condition. 18, 57 ? 41 lyi 51 j 31 20| 63 1 37 21 64 j 41 49 41 50 52.5 22! 58 i 33 i 4>.? 23j 54 ' 40 j 47 24! 61 ! 42 S 51.5 N VA ? .00 j *UlOUdy E .00 j Clear E .23 j Cloudy w .00 i ?Cloudy sw .00 ? Clear s E VA 00 j ^Cloudy s w ! .00 1 ?Cto?iiv * Purity cloudy. Wied was variable on the 18tb and 23d. EackJen's Arnica Salvo. The Best Salve in thc world for Cats, Braises Sore;;, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores. Totter '.'happed ? .?> Chilblain?, Corns ar.-.i a-1 3* n Eruptions, and positively cur.s> Piles or no piy required. It \a guarantee:: to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. .?rico 25cents per hox. For ?ale by Dr. J.F. W.De Lorine. CHIEF OF POLICE RAIDED? ! Constables Hunt Fer Contraband j in Mayesviile. i _ i MAYS:VILLE, Jan. 21 -The uousual ha? happened ici *bic place and the people are I wondering what will be the nexf tbiog on j the programme. A few days ago Dispeosary Constables i Ncnnamak^r and Newaao visited this place j in search of contraband liquor. They raided the premises of H. B. holleman, Chief of Police Geo. Parker, and Bill McLeod, col? ored No liquor was found e?cept at Bill McLeod's. Tbe raid on tbs Chief of Police was such an unusual occurrence and the attendant cir cum8taoces caused the Town Council to tai e i cognizance of the matter A meeting was held the nen day and Chief of Police Parker Was suspended. On Tuesday night Mr. M. V. Izlar was shot at by some uuknown person. Fortu? nately be was not bit. Tbe matter will be thoroughly investigated. Mr. E. W. McCoy bas heeo sick with a severe attack of grippe for ten days past. Insurance Paid. With characteristic promptness The Mutual Life insurance Company of New York, through Mr. A: G Flowers, its representa? tive in this city, delivered to Mri. R H. Baker a check for $1,000, tbe amount of the policy io that company on tbe life of the late R. H. Baker. Women Will Get Ideas Here Every woman bas natural curiosity to see bow other women furnish their homes. To satisfy this Tbe Ladies' Home Journal will publish during tbe year interior photographic views of a hundred of the most artistic, cheer? ful and comfortable borne? in America. These will show io detail the construction, fitting and furnishing of parlors, drawing-rooms, balle, reception, music, sitting, dining, bed and bath rooms, kitchens, porches, piazzas, etc. This unique series will be foll of excel? lent ideas for every housekeeper or borne maker. It will present views of the interior, of houses of moderate cost, which are fitted aod furnished with conspicuous good tastes and comparatively small expense. Palmetto Pythian. The first member of the Palmetto Pythian has been received. It is a neat eight pege Journal and marked by the typographical excellence characters tic of the establishment of Mr. E. F. Miller, who is the publisher. Maj. H. F. Wilson, past Grand Chancellor is editor and Col. D. J. Auld, Graod Keeper of Records and Seals is tbebusiness manajer. The first meru ter is creditable to tbe gentlemen who are publishing it and it should be a suc? cess. Three Thousand Dollars for Heads of Chinese. SAN FKANCISCO, Jan* 25 -Sioce the assassination of Tong Ching "Little Pete"-io Chioatowo, Thurs day evening last, that section of the town has been patrolled by a large cum ber of police officers io citizens dress. Gatherings of every description have been quickly dispersed ?nd "tongs,"" or secret societies, have not been permit? ted* to meet. The* Chinese consul ex? presses no concern for his personal safety, the consulate being guarded by a speeial detail of police. Placards have been posted in the Chinese quarter offering e reward of $3,000 each for the head of "Vice Consol King Owang, who is supposed to be ia league with "Little Pete," a noted proprietor of lotteries. An iooaest on the remains of the noted leader will be held tomorrow morning, and the interment will "prob? ably follow ia the afternoon It will be the most imposing of the kind ever held in America. Shall the Game go On ? DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 25.-The Dal? las Pastors' association this afternoon memorialized the legislature to pro? hibit the playing, of baseball games on Sunday. The Dallas Free Think? ers association to-night memorialized the legislature in favor of Sunday games. The fight for and against the sport on Sunday is beiDg waged bitterly all over the State. Senater George Dying. - . WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -Senator James Z. George of Mississippi is lying tonight at the Garfield hospital in this city critically iii. At ll o'clock to-night he is reported as resting slight .easier than he had been duriog the day. His wife and family who are at their home at Carollton, Miss., have beeu summoned to his beside and are expected to arrive tomorrow Senator George came to this city from Missis? sippi on Jan. 5, last and immediately i entered the Garfield hospital. He was j then suffering from a complication of diseases, bronchial catarrh causing him the greatest aocoyaoce. During tbe past week hi* hesrt ha9 become in- : volved in the general complications, | and it is from this source that the great? est fears are now entertained. AIKEN, Jan. 24.-This morning, on Mr. Edward Cl?ckiey'e place, about seven miles from Aiken, Cwo aegroea, camed Lou Robinson and Henry Jack- ! poe, got into a difficulty which resulted ! in Jackson's death, wbi.'e Robinson re- ; ceived dangerous wounds from a knife i in the hands of Jackson. Mr. Clock- j ley undertook to part the combatants j r.ud received several cuts across bis ' breast Sheriff Alderman sent for the coroner and Dr. H. H. VVymac, as soon as he was notified of the trouble and went down himself and arrested Robin? son, and as soon as the doctors could attend to his wounds brought him to Aiken and lodged him io jail to await bis trial at the February term of court, if he survives bis inj aries. Robinson claimij that be did the killing in self defense. M. The Worst Yet. Mercury Ranging From Zero to 40 Below and Grow? ing Colder. CHICAGO, Jan. 24 -The cold wave which reached Chicago last Dight tightened irs grip to-day and at mid oight Chicagoans were shivering in 18 below zero atmosDhere At 8 o'clock tbis moroiug the thermometer register? ed 14 below. The temperature theo moderated somewhat, but at. no time during the day did the mercury rise above 3 below. Shortly after sunset the temperature began dropping rap? idly and to-night promisee to be a rec? ord breaker. The weather bureau promises no relief for four or five days. Tbe suffering among the poor is intense and to-morrow morning Mayor Swift will issue a proclamation calling -for bread foe the starving . Blizzards In the West. ST. PAUL, MINN, Jan. 23-The temp?rature in the northwest has been dropping all day end to night it is excessively cold from Bismarck to St Paul, lt is 12 degrees below zero to-nigbt in St. Paul with the prospect of a further drop of 10 to 12 degrees before daylight. No rise in the temperature is expected for at least three days. Trains are moving irregularly The state treasure of South Dako ta,with nearly $280,000,under a guard of militiia ss tuck in the snow 30 miles east of Pierre. This cash is being taken back to the banks from which it was drawn. Aberdeen, S D , reports the pres? ent winter breaking all records for heavy snow storms and railway blockades Part of the Hastings and Dakota division of the Milwaukee and St. Paul road and the Great Northeastern^ line from Breckin ridge to Aberdeen have been snow j bound since Jan. 13, except for a I very short interval. Nearly 600 miles of the Dakota j division of the Northern Pacific was j blockated by Thursday's storm. It will take days to clear the cuts A dispatch from Wilmar, Minn , says the st?rm cf last night has kept j up more or less all day. The wind reached a fearful velocity and blew the hardest for years. The Sioux Falls train has not yet reached here and the snow plow sent to help it, is stuck near Hanley Falls. ST. PAUL, MINN , Jan 24.-To? night's reports from every part of the northwest indicated last night was the coldest night in two winters. At St. Paul, about the warmest point in this whole section, the thermometer registered 25 below The range was from that figure to 30 below at St. Cloud, 36 below at Aiken and 40 be? low at St. Hilare. Tr?ere are no re? ports in yet of people freezing to death, though suffering in the coun? try must have been very great. The St. Paul relief society has beeu busy all day furnishiug coal and other sup? plies to the needy. The thermome? ter in this city tq-night is 26 below zero, and indications point to a furth er'drop of at least 10 degrees before morning. Railway traffic is every? where greatly retarded, either be? cause of drifts or inability to keep up steam Around Aberdeen, Hu? ron, Milbank and Wilmot, S. D., no effort has been made for two days past to clear the tracks, owing to very high winds, and the cuts are now full to the brim. A Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train is stuck in a drift near Bonilla, S. D. Fuel bas been carried to the train to keep the passengers comfort? able. Reports from puints along the Missouri river indicate that there will be heavy mortality among cattle and sheep in that section. It is clear in central and eastern Minne? sota and the wind has subsided.. ? Gunboat Captured. Cubans Attack the Cometa With Eatcnkiss Gun. KEY WEST, Jan 23 -Habana ad? vices received in Key West are (o the effect that the Spanish gunboat Cometa has been captured and burned by the insurgents. The Cometa, one of the most pow? erful of the smaller Spanish vessels in Cuban waters, has been cruising near Cardenas to prevent the landing .of filibustering expeditions. For some time she has been accustomed to an? chor a<" night off Sierra Mona The place where the gunboat anchored was favorable for an attack from shore and the insurgents determined 'to captare her. Last Thursday eight they opened on the vessel with a 12 pound Hotchki88 gun. The vessel was struck several times and badly damaged. While the crew was in confusion, boats loaded with insur? gents left i ho shore and the Cometa was boarded. A desperate hand-to hand fightHook place on the deck of the gunboat, the Cubans, using the machete with deadly effect Final? ly, after the Spanish commander and half his men had been killed, the survivors surrendered The vessel was then burned. Maj. McKinley has OOt completed the Cabioet aod will not do eo for seve? ral weeks. : The Generai Assembly. The Thirds Week of Session Opens Uneventfully. IQ the Legislature Mooday there was ooly routine calendar business transacted, although io the aggregate the session was of considerable import? ance. The anti-trust bill was passed to a third reading with a few amend? ments, while the bill reqoiring insur? ance companies to deposit ?10,000 in the State treasury passed the House, after considerable debate. Io the Senate a resolution to intro duce a bill to allow the Coast Line Railroad tc consolidate its lines in this State was defeated. The Senate also killed the bill to elect school trustees by a popular vote The calendar of either house was pretty well covered and io addition to the other proceedings a number of new bills were iotroduced. Bravery of Boys in Battle. After Julius Caesar bad conquered Gaul, Britain and Egypt, and bad even overcome the great Pompey at Pbarea lia, be found a viotory over Prompey's two sons, mere lads, io Spaio, a very different enterprise. Eoconntering them at the great battle of Manda, bis army was about to yield before their intrepid leadership, whan he rushed among his meo. exclaiming, "Will you deliver me ?oto the hands of boys?" He afterward said be had often fought for victory, but it was the first time be had fought for his life. Muelbach marrated that at Marengo, when Napoleon gave up the battle as lost, and ordered a drummer boy to beat a retreat, the lad's face saddened as he said: "Sire, I do not know how. Dessaix has never taught mea retreat., but I can beat a charge. Ch, I can beat a charge that would make the dead fall into Hoe! I beat it at the Pyramids. Oh, i*ay [ beat it here?" The charge was ordered,* and victory plucked from the jaws of defeat by the little hands of that heroic lad. During a battle in 1798 a drummer boy was captured The rebels ordered bim to beat the drum for them. With? out a moment's hesitation he kicked a hole in it, and said : "Fm the King's drummer, and wont beat for rebels " ! Headache Destroys Health Resulting in poor memory, irritability, ner? vousness and intellectual exhaustion. It induces other forms of disease, such a3 epi? lepsy, heart disease, apoplexy, insanity, etc. Dr. Miles5 Nervine Cures. Mrs. Chas. A. Myers, 201 Hanna St., Fort Wayne, Ind., writes Oct. 7,189?: "I suffered terribly with severe headaches, dizziness, "backache and nervousness, gradually grow? ing worse until my life was despaired of, and try what we would, I found no relief until I commenced using Dr. Miles' Nervine. I have taken five bottles and believe I am a well woman, and I have taken great com? fort in recommending all of my friends to use Nervine. You may publish this letter if you wish, and I hope it may be the means of saving some other sick mother's life, as lt did mine." _ On sale by all druggists. Book on Heart and Nerves sent FREE. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health, THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository. Transacts a general Banking business, also bas A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annan.. Payable quarterly, oo first days of January, April, Jnlv and October. W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, W F. RHAME, Cashier: President. Jan 13. Estate of R. Harry Baker, Dee'd ALL PERSONS holding claims against said Estate will present same duly at? tested, and all persons in any way indebted io said Estate will make payment withoat delay to MARIE C. BASER;, Qualified Executrix.' Jan. 20- 3t. J aim;. 17 The Fall season is at its close We have finished our stock-taking and find that we have a great many Short Lots, Single Pieces, Dress Patterns, Remnants, &c. We therefore inaugurate our January Sale, and will dispose of them at a Great Sacrifi?e. A word to the wise is sufficient and when we say these goods must go to make way for our coming Spring Stock, every one knows that they will go Tjnfc . Tanarr ? is rc *BL _ itf?t'a ? 9 And the wise will reap the benefit. All the Ladies' Cloaks and Capes that are left must go. We will not a carry over a eno till next Fall. In our Clothing Store, we are offering special inducements. $22 00 Overcoats at ?17 00 $18 00 " " $13.00 $15.00 " " ?10.00 $12.50 " " ? 8.00 $10 00 " " S 6 50 S 8 00 " "g 5.00 S 7.00 ? .< 8 4.25 S 5 00 " " $ 3 49 $ 4.00 " " $ 2.98 Men's Suits at about half price. Children Suits at Cost. ?1.25 Children's Suits at 75 cents, We have a large stock of Men's Red. Grey and Tan un fflen'S Underwear. dershirts and Drawers, all new goods which we will close out at first New York cost. Remember what we say. These goods must move if price will move them as our Spring Stock will be large and be in very early. Yours for business. j. NB k Sumter, S. C"