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Annexation Treaty With United States Endorsed. ? HH9 BU fe A Pretest From Opposition. Senator Morgan There Es I I jf. BBB KB I San Francisco, Sept 22.-Although the steamship City of Peking, which ar? med last Dight from Hoo ol alu, brought the news that the annexation treaty bad been ratified by the Hawaii* aa senator on the 8th ?DStant, DO de? tails were obtainable until this morning, tbe sails having been delayed in quar? antine for 12 hours. From advices she brought under date of the 14th inst., the following particulars are obtained : The Hawaiian senate met in extra session on the 8th instant, when the senate was ?ailed to order the presi? dent's mes sage argie g the ratification of the treaty was read, aa was also protest on behalf of the Hawaiians who opposed the measure. The presiden t's message stated that under the authority conferred upon him : by tne boustilotion, and with the approv? al of the cabinet, he had negotiated a fcreaty of political union with the United States of America and the republic of .Hawaii, which was signed by ?be plenrpoteotaries of both governments io Washington June 16, 1897. He trans* mined the same to the senate for coo* stderetion of the ratification thereof un? der its constitutionality and called at? tention to' certain significant events which bore upon the matter. He fruched upon the adoption of the policy of snoextarioo by the provisional gov ~ eminent on June 17, 1893. and stated that the reasons which then necessitated that policy still existed and that subse tpi quent events had emphasized their im Both papers were referred, with the text of the treaty, to the foreign re?a ti ODS committee for consideration. On the fellowing day that committee re porteci favorably and upon its recom? mendation the senate adopted the , following resolution by unanimous ^.vote : "Be it resolved, by the senate of the -epublio of Hawaii, that the senate hereby ratifies and ad vises and consents to the ratification by ?the president of the treaty between the - republic of Hawaii and the United States of America on the subject of mo? deration of the Hawaiian islands to the United States of America, concluded in too. Jooe 16 1897. SITE FOR ARMOR FAC? TORY. The, Board Visits Sparrow's Point - Will Come South. . Washington, Sept. 22.-The armor factory board made a visit of inspection to the targe plant of the Maryland Steel company of Spartow's Point yes? terday, with a view to ascertaining what advantages it offered for the mao nfacture of armor for naval vessels The mern bets left here io the morning at 10 o'clock and returned in tho even it 5 o'clock well pleased with their visit. They were well entertained and were loaded with arguments in favor of the establishment of a government armor factory at yarrow's Point. The members pf the board who made tbe trip were Commodore Howell. Civil Eagineer Eodicott. Lieut. Fletcher, Liejot Chambers and Mr De Knight Captain McCormick and Chief i?ogi ; neer Perry of the board are in Bethe Iehem. Pa , a: present. _ Within the next few weeks, proba? bly the latter part of November, the board will make a tour of tbe south and will visit the steel works at Bich mood, Birmingham acd other points. At present the board is engaged io con? sidering the cost of the establishment of an armor plan* and will make its report on that r*i,,r- by DecemOer 1. Tba question of 1< cu?on will be subse? quently considered Its consideration will necessarily include a trip to the steel producing districts of tbe South. The beard b?<* already inspected the steel plan; at Bethlehem, the Carnegie works* asd the plant of the Illinois Steel company of Chicago. The ques? tion is a big one and will bodoubtedly come op tn congress at the coming ses? sion. Decree Against City of Green? ville. Special to Tbe State. Greenville, Sept 21 -Judge Watt's decree m the ease of W L Mauldio vs the City of Greenville was filled here yesterday, sustaining tbe conten? tion of the plaintiff that tbe city should be enjoined from collecting an assess? ment of two-thirds of the cost of the paving of the sidewalks on Main ?treet. Judge Watte holds that tbe act under which tbe assessment was made is un? constitutional, and that even if it were not, that the assessments were impro? perly made. The decree is voluminous and discusses tbe recent acts of tbe legislature will reference to street im? provements and tbe new constitutional limitations as to tbe power of muoici paiities to contract debts. The case will go up on appeal to the supreme court. Johnson9s Chill and Fe? ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever in A Debt-Paying Religion. BY EBV D H. TUTTLE. Jost a.t rbis time our country rjcede a religion that will make a man pay his debts. Shouting don't settle old notes and acoouots with God and man Cash up We want to poonce right oo a fellow aad put bim out of choren if he goes to a bali, or theatre, or gets oo a drunk, but never say a word to the pious scamp who never pays his debts. Preachers aod poople who never pay their debts are doing the Church more barm than dance and creoakrds-- there are more of them io the Cooroo. Reader, am I getting close to yon? Theo lay down the paper aod go aod pa? op, aod theo you can lead oo with ease And don't you stop paying becaose the "statute of limitation'' excuses the open account yoo made for your bread and meat ; God's law koowa oo such statute, lou pay it io cash, or God will make you pay it io fire aod brimstone. God koowa oo euch ex? cuse from pay io g as "homestead ex? emption." You raise that excuse to keep from paying your debts, aod yeo can stop singing, 44Wheo I can* read coy tides clear to mansions io the sties''-you've got cone op there Too may say: *'l would pay if I coald.w Pow hard have you tried? If trying, at this moment, could you say: "I have dougall io my power?" Have you tried to save a little each week or mooth for debts? Are yoo epeodiog oo money for things to eat and wear that yeo could not do with? out? How much do you speod per year for cigars aod tobacco ? Make your calculation. Pot the amount to your debts. Do you ?eat dainties aod luxuries ? Plainer diet would keep you from makiog dootors's bilT that yoo won't pay, aod bring op baok acoouots. Do yoo strut about sith ao umbrella over your bead, while yoor creditor walks io the broiiiog son ? Don't yoo cut shjoes io hired turnouts (maybe they are oot paid fdr) when you might waft, aod ose the money to make yoor creditor smile. A plaioer suit would be more becoming till you cao pay for those worn out last season. When ex? penses oot necessary for the feeding and clotbiog of the body are cot off aod applied to the pay meo t of debts, theo you will grow io favor with God. and not till then does God excuse you. ; Bispeotasoe oo this point must be of that godly sort that oeedetb oot to be | repented of. Reader, were you sorry" | that you bad not paid your debts when you made a profession of , religion ? If you were ?. .ot that , is jost why you have uot trot | a debt payiog religion. True repent- ( ance has a retroactive as well as a pro spective effect oo the life of the be? liever. He will as far as possible make ? good his past wrongs Many new con- j verts sing, "Jesos paid it al!; il to Bim lowe." No such thing! Jesus ltd oot pay it all ; neither do you owe it all to Him. If the week before you were converted you owed ten dollars ; and you were able to pay it, and you . owe that neighbor ten dollars yet, , Jesus did oot pay that for you. If yoo ? don1: pay that debt it will meet you at your judgment just as sore as yon are a sinner It is mean in you to expeot Jesus it? pay debts for yon that yru can pay . yourself. If you have a Christian heart in you, tbir.k bow mocb Jeso8 paid for you that you never could have met at God's bar of inflexible justice Some people think that the cleansing stream of Jesus'* blood washed Sinai away and" deluged the law No such thing ! Jesus aime not tn destroy, but to fulfill and gave grace that we through Him might fulfill. Jesus everywhere enforces the Commandments as the role of life * At the ciose of our great revival at Fifth Street Church two years ago, a number of young men came to me to know if they ought to go and pay billa that they had made at barrooms for whiskey, &o. 1 told them to "owe them nothing "let cot yoor good be evil spokeo of"- give the devil his does AU of those young meo, save ooe or two, went aod paid op those bad debts, and have bad r.o more. Those who could not see that it was their duty to pay those deb::?, have returned to their old paths, and their second state is woree than the first Then let the whole Church pray for a revival of the debt paying religion In every revival let prayers be made that tbe new converts may have grace to pay up old debts, ?nd not contract new ooes without goon probability of payiog them. Let tbe ministry enforce this duty publicly and privately (with dis? cretion) and great good can be aocom plisbed. If the preachers would look after this matter of debt payiog among their congregations, their owo debts might be more promptly paid Chick eos come borne to roost. Both preach? er and people need 'o be more cautious, prayerful aod payfal about this line The great necessity ot the present time is confidence among the peopie. Let the Church demand and oomraand h jr membership to live up to their promi? ses and contracts, and soon present financial darkness will give way to a brighter morn of prosperity to ail busi? ness circles. Keep tho amen coreen and front seats clear of members who j can and won't pay their debts (the pu!-j pit too) and the word preached wili \ reach sinners. May God give iocrease ? to these words which arc written for j the promotion of His kiodom in the practical dealings with meo. Habana, via Key Weet, Sept. 22 - Word comes from Santa Clara that ! General ?omez has ordered a new I invasion of western Cuba, with a view I of-?fi?fi?jijys bythe rainy season, v i From thc Wires. City of Mexico, Sept. 22 -Senor Don Eduardo Yelasqoese, late chief of police, to day confessed that he directed the killing of Arrojo, the assailant of President Diaz Velas quese was removed from office and placed in Belem prison on suspicion of having acquiesced in the killing of Arroyo Hamburg, Sept. 22.-Torpedo boat No. 26 'ias capsized and sunk near tbe first lightship ot? Cnx Haven, eight of her crew, including her commander, Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg Schwerin, were drowned. The duke was boru in 1871. held the rank of lieutenant in the German navy, and was a brother of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin A salvage steamer has gone to the scene of disaster. Wilkesbarre, Pa , Sept 22 -Sher? iff Martin and his deputies were to? day held for ttial after a number of j witnesses had been examined The defendants were released on bail in the sum of $6,000 each, $5,000 for murder and ?1,000 for feloniously wounding A bond was provided by a Philadelphia trust company Augusta, Ga., Sept. 22.-Fire started in the Commercial Club build ing to night and badly damaged the beautiful interior of the building Jt is one of the handsomest club build ings in the south and has entertained thousands of northern and western visitors. Georgia pine was used most elaborately in its interior finish I)ay & Tannahill, wagons and hard ware, who occupy the stores beneath the club, suffered severely from wa ter Entire loss about $10,000, fully insured Orangeburg, Sept. 22 -Policeman J. D. Wolfe, who was shot in the neck last week by a negro whom he was attempting to arrest, died last night at about 10 o'clock. Orage burg feels his loss deeply, for he was a brave and trusty officer and a pop ular gentleman. He leaves a wife and children and has several brothers and sisters living here. He was a member of the Knights of Honor His slayer, known as John Washing ton here, elsewhere as John Butler, has not yet been arrested. It seems to be understood that be will never live, if captured, to see the inside of | the jail Cincinnati, Sept. 21.-Reports from all parts of the Ohio valley indicate that the frost did much damage last night, especially to tobacco and late corn Thefro8l was general in south? ern Ohio and in Indiana and northern Kentuckey. The quarantine against yellow fever was raised here to-day m account of last nigh't frost S-ptemher 24. The attitude of the United States in reference to thn Cuban situation bas created a great sensation in ?pain and the people are uneasy, especially as the government refu?es to give out Full information . A million dollars in gold will reach New York from France this week. Gov. Russell, of North Carolina, has removed railroads comtuiesisners J^W. Wilson, (Dem) and S. Otho Wilson, (Pop) They were charged with irrgularity. Rev. John Lake, of Batesburg has been elected principal of the Johnston school to succeed Rev. H. L Hartzog, who was elected president of Clemson College a few days ago. The Spanish are said to have cap? tured the last filibustering expedition 6ent from Florida. The tobacco crop in Kentucky and Tennessee was severly damaged by frost on Tuesday and Wednesday nights The price of burley tobacco has advanced in consequence Benj. J Tracey , former secretary of the navy, has been requested to be the regular republican candidate for mayor of Greater New York. Two prominent merchants were killed in a fire at Bainbridge. 0 , yes tei day by an explosion of benzine in in a* drug store An exchange gets off the follow? ing : A new fad is to place on the bottom of wedding cards these words : "No children expected " An old citizen reading one of these cards for the first time, exclaimed : "Well, they may not expect 'em, but dollars to dimes they have 'era !" That's no joke ! Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. Electric Bitter?. Electric Bitters as a medicine .?usted for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when thc languid exhausted feeling prevails* when tho liver is torpid and sluggish and tho need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has ottcn averted l?;ng and perhaps fatal bilious fever?. No medi? cine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing thc system from malana] poison. Head ach.-, Indigestion, Constipation. Dizziness yield to Electric Hitters. 50c. and $1.00. per Lottie :<t J. T.V.". Del.orine's Drr- Store. 1 ._ .?Hl .?.? . -ICM! - I. yon have lu-u'luche try Glenn Springs Water aird yoo will eet relief, at Dr A J BABY'S SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter Tells all about Her Troubles when Baby Broke out with Scrofula Sores. " At the age of two months, my baby began to have sores break out on his right cheek. We used ali the external ap? plications that we could think or hear of, to no avail. The sores spread all over one side of his face. We consulted a physi? cian and tried his medicine, and in a week the sore was gone. But to my surprise in two weeks more another scrofulous look? ing sore appeared on baby's arm. It grew worse and worse, and when he was three months old, I began giving him Hood's Sarsaparilla. I also took Hood's Sarsaparilla, and before the first bottle was finished, the sores ? vere well and have j never returned. He is now four years cid, j but he has never had any sign of those j scrofulous sores since he was cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, for which I feel very grateful. My boy owes his good health and smooth, fair skin to this great med? icine." MES. S. S. WKOTEN, Farming? ton, Delaware. Get only Hood's. ww rv if are prompt, efficient and nOOU S PlllS easy in effect. 25 cents. BEAUTY HATH CHARMS and all the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would en? hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. Like personal loveliness, they conquer admiration on sight ; they score new victories at ev? ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina? tion. Beauty may now be made easily irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. v L. W. FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician, SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH, Oct. 16. Tie Larpst ai 1st Compl?te Estaisiieit M Geo. S. Eacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, If killi/wig Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, Kirip, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ??f~ Pnro?HFf our niake, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and thereby pave money. Window and Paney Glass a Specialty October 16-o This is Sure to Interest You Because it is a good od portimity to get a good bicycle cheap. Not only cheap, but very cheap. I will sell for the next two weeks ; All of my high grade bi? cycles at ACTUAL COST. Enough said. I have some good ones to sell and you know I mean what I say. Give me a call and see whether you want to buy or not. Respectfully, H. Barby Sumter. S. C , September 8, 1897. S E ll 232 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C. STATE AGENTS FOR SALE OF Heaters Tin Plate Sheet Iron, Tinners' Supplie0 Galvanized Gutter and Pipe. Over 200 different Pt;les of Cooking and Heating Stover. Alto Oil Cookers a?d Heaters. We want the leading merchant in every town in the State to sell our lines of Stove*. We guarantee full protection in bis territory to eacb agent we appoint If not Hold in yoar town send direct to os for cuts ano prices. Oct 27, THE BIGGEST AND BEST Tablets for 5 Cents EVER SOLD IN SUMTER. Also a full line of better grades at corres? pondingly low prices. H. G. OSTEEN & CO. McCormick's ^^^^^^^^^jp THE BEST, ^^^^^^^^^j^^ Don't you want a good Mower and Rake ? There is money in saving your Hay, and it can. be done at a very small cost. The McCormick new No. 4 Steel Mower is the best all around ma chine on the market to-day. It has all the latest improvements. The gear of the McCormick I is wonderfully improved this year. We certainly have the finest, most durable, simplest, and the lightest draft machine on the market, and will run where others stop dead still. The cutter bar is furnished with steel bearings. One knife in a McCormick Mower will last longer than two in most any other mower made. Write our agent, Geo. F. Epperson, Sumter, S. C., for descriptive catalogue and price list, winch will be mailed you free. Remember, we keep on hand a full and ^complete line of repairs at Epperson's Stables Sumter, S, C.