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"Thoa Shalt M Kill" SYNOPSIS OF SERMON BY ?HAW. v>< At St Michael's Church yesterday morai D g the Rev. John Kershaw preached to a very large congrega - " t?os. Summing op, be said, the figures were? approximately. 5,250 cases of homicide tried in the Coarta ; 2,695 cases of assault and battery with intent to kill, tried io tbs Courts; probably 1,000 other cases of hom? icide, ?Dc?ading lynchings, justifiable and excusable killings, cases thrown Inft by the grannd jory, by the soli? citors, or otherwise, since the ter m i nation of the civil warr 2. the causes : These Mr. Ker abaw arranged ss follows: First, drunkenness or execessive use. of liquor ; second, carrying concealed deadly weapons ; third, laxity in the administration of justice by Courts and juries, including the efforts of counsel to acquit, ever* in cases where the guilt isl cear ; "fourth, the spirit bf lawlessness abd disregard of the agedness human life, engendered bj contempt of ?aw, the abuse of the plea of self defence, the law's de? lays, the abuse of the pardoning power by the Executive, and result iug in disregard of the rights of society, which is surely as much entitled to consideration as the cruni Bat' who sets these rights at di fi ance. 3. The remedy :. This, said the : spesker, is nothing more nor less than the adoption' and practice of tte Solden Eule. Herbert Spencer's egoism and altruism is essentially the same as the "doing unto others as you would have, others do unto yoo," of the authorial! ve teacher, "come from God/' There ie a difference ia motive, however/ Christ bases it on love, in it motive, however. Christ bases it on love, in its nature unselfih The philosopher bases it on ?elf interest, in its nature, selfish, it lacks motive power. It is alto? gether centripetal It sacrifices the ^good of the individuaf, . for never (SL,,:- has self interest h ei pea itself except . *t the expense of others. The Gospel of Christ proceeds on the principles of unselfish love, working for God and our fellow men in the spirit of Christ, and therefore furnish es the only cure for our illa and the only preventive bf bur disorders Legislatures may tinker at and patch up our regulative system, but to no avait The adoption and practice of the Gospel alone is the regulative system that will regulate if men realst and refuse to adopt ghat, they must suffer the consequences, and see the social organ ism drift from criminality to anarchy, with all its attendant horrors, fie who falls in _with and works for the Gospel, is a co-worker with God fie who does not, must beware lest haply he be found fighting against God. We are obliged to be for God or against Him. Neutrality is impossible May He direct our choice. $5r Kershaw^ took for his text Exodo?, 20th chapter, 13th, vers? : '.Thou shalt not kill " After a brief introduction, io which be stated the necessity of having public opinion behind a law before it can become operative, and of the creation or stimulation of public sentiment against homicide before a change of existing conditions can be expected, Mr. Kershaw proceeded to treat his subject under these three heads, viz : The facts; the canses ; the remedy. He stated that the fasts ?ere furnish? ed, by the Attorney General's cffioe, covering homicides ease? disposed of by the Courts of State from 1887 to 1897, and by Red field's, .?Homicide North and Sooth," published in 1883, .nd by the col a m ns of newspapers Froo these sources ic appeared that fifteen hundred homicide cases bad-been disposed of in the Courts during the last teo years ; that of other homicide* not disposed of in the Courts, there had been probably one thousand in the State since the civil war ; that there had been in the same period twenty seven hundred cases of assault and bat? tery with intent to kill; thar this state . of affairs did not originate in and with the war : that it bad been going on far seventy years and more ; that as a role whites kill whites and blacks kill blacks ; that tbe types of "difficulties" were the same in 1&40 and in 1880 or 1890; that allowing one hundred and fifty cases of homicide per annum in the State for the last thirty-five years, more men bad been kilted thus than of Sooth Carolina soldiers during the war. though not more than half as many as were lost to the State io the war by deaths io battle and by disease or in prison, aggregating twelve thousand, according to close estimates. Tbe Coming Woman Who goes to tbe ciao wh?ls ber husband tends the baby, as well as tba good o?d-fash iooed woman who looks after ber home, will both st times get ran down io healtn. They will be troubled with Joss of appetite, bead aches, sleeplessness, fainting or dizzy spells The most wonderful remedy for those women is Electric Bitters Thousands of sufferers from Lame Back and Weak Kidneys rife np and call it bless, d. It is the medicino for wo men. Female conj plaints and Nervous trou bles of all kinds are po:>n relieved by the ate of Electric Bitter?. Del ?cate women should keep this remedy un hand to build up the sys tem. Only 50c per bottle. For saie by J. F. W. De Lenne. 1 A SPY SIOT. Official Statements of the Shooting of Coi. K?lz. Washington, Deo. 19 -The follow? ing cable adrices ?ere received at the Spanish legation to-day : " Habana, Dee. 19 -Absolutely trustworthy reports permit ns to affirm that Ruiz was shot with Araogoereo, Friday, by order of Alexander Rod? riguez.. After several letters were ex chaoged between Ruiz and Araogoereo} Ruiz left Habana on Monday to meet Ar aogueren, not upon official mission, and only as a friend It is not knowe bow Rodriguez arrived, but the fact is that the leader ordered the shoot i og of both. "The ferocity of each act and pro? ceeding indicates better than anything else the faith in autonomy, tbe insurg? en is being obliged to resort to terror to prevent the disbanding of their bands. Snob ta tbe general indication, and pub lie opinion unanimously qualifies such act of savages as unworthy. CONGOSTO." Habana, Dec. 19 -Thc official statement as to the execution jy tbe in? surgents . of Lieut. Coi. Joaquin Ruiz says be was Voot oo Friday last by or \ der of the insurgent commander Ale? jandro Rodriguez with the aprovai of the insurgent commander Araogueren. The general opinion is that it was a barbarous act. A Spanish detachment at Guamo, on the Canto river, north of Manzanil? lo, in the prOviooe of Santiago de Cuba, was besieged, according to the official account, from Nov. S to 12, last and valiantly repelled the insurg? ents. On Nov. 2?, a fierce attack was mace on the fort, by a large body of in? surgents with two camon More than J50 cannon shots made a sieve of the forts and destroyed a factory Finally the insurgents got ioside the wire fence arouod the fort and called oo the garrison to sur? render. The garrison officer, accord? ing to the official account, refused to listen to the demand and "winn heroic pride" continued the defense until Deo. 10. The insurgents left 26 killed inside the wire fence, and a' quantity of arms and ammunition, which the garrison nsed, according to the official account, to prolong the desperate defence. Gen. A Ida ve, while reoocooiteriog in the -neighborhood, found the bodies of three other insurgents and as many, graves. Duriog the attack on the fort, the insurgents lost, it is officially as? serted, 200 killed and wouoded. The garrison bad only 6 killed and 31 wouoded. But the fort was completely destroyed and the garrisoo was without water, with pestilence all arouod aad only a little pork for food. Gen. Bianco will recompense toe members of the garrison for their losses. Gen. Pando and the column under CoL Bruna, assisted by the gunboats Dependiente, Louisa, Centinela and Velasquez/ found io the Canto river three large torpedoes and also many sunken vessels. They destroyed with dynamite a quantity of the effects of the insurgents at Ci?naga del Buey and Caimeo. Gen Aldava, who left Canto del Amboscadero about the same time, had an engagement on Deo. 8. at Laguna de Ytabo, losing 20 killed, among them two captains, and 93 wounded, among them a doctor and two officers The insurgent* were compel!- , ed to abandon their trenches and retired with large loss. While reconnoitering the extensive zones in that district. Gen. Aldave had one soldier seriously wounded and , a captain slightly wouoded. CROOKS IN CHARLESTON. Bold Robbery of Allan & Co.'s Jewelry Store. Charleston, S C , Dec. 19-Ooe of the boldest and nerviest robberies that bae ever occurred io this city was com? mitted here Saturday afternoon io broad daylight. Two baodaome, well dressed i strangers walked into James Allan & Co 's jewelry store on King street aod asked to see a ohioa teasel. While ooe i of tbe meo was tn the rear of the estab- i iisbment with the clerk, the other re- < maioed at the front, near a showcase : whiob contained a small tray of diamond rings. After the stranger had finished 1 his transaction with the olerk, tbe two < men walked leisorely out into Kiog street and were seen no mor<\ I About ten minutes after their de- i parture, the pioprictors missed tbe < tray of diamonds, which ?xas valued 1 at $2,500 Both Allan & Co aod tlc police, for ? fear that a publication of the robbery would seriously interfere with tbe de? tectives at work OD tbe case, made a < dilligent effort to keep the affair quiet, i Somehow or other, the news leaked 1 out, and to-day it is tba general topic j of coaversatioo on the streets and in i the hotel lobbies. < The perpetrators of the bold deed < are evidently professional crooks, judg- > in g from their careful plans of opera? tion They chose a time wheo most of i the clerks were at dioLer and when tbe ' strre was almost empty of customers i Telegrams have been sent to all the ] neighboring cities, with the hopes of capturing tbe crook? before they sue- 1 ceed io placing many miles betweeo them and Charleston -Columbia Regis- | ' ter. Christmas Cards, Booklets, and Calendars, j 1 a choice assortment, at H. 6. Osteen k Co's j ; Book Store. COTTON GBO WEBS' PBO TBOTIVB ASSOCIATION. Ten Cents Per Day the Daily Earning of tbe Cotton Grower. Memphis, Deo. 20.-The American Cotton Growers' Proteetive association was called to order at 10 o'clock this morning by Presidcot Hector D Lane of Athens, AU. Many delegates were present, including prominent planters from Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Ala? bama, Louisiana, Georgia and Mishis eippi Immediately after the delegates were oalled to order, President Lane delivered an address, ic which be ex? plained why the convention had been called? "Cotton to-day is selliog at less than ?3 cents," he said, "and this means the insignificant sam of 10 cents a day for the :abor of the man who is distinctive ly the cotton grower. I make this statement deliberately and defy a sac oessfol contradiction." President Lane made a strong plea for a redaction io the cotton acreage, saying that over-production fosters manipulation By destroying the an? nual surplus the law of supply and demand will pre rail, competition will intervene and the cost of the produc? tion of th is commodity, which is a fair standard, of its value, will be the bafis of its price mark. Continuing, Mr. Lane said : "Under prevailing conditions the product of oar toil ia no longer adequate to oar subsistence. Prevailing prioes are be? lo* the obst of production. With a surplus of several millions ^annually, which is an able coadjutor of the cot? ton 'bear' the law of supply ?nd de mand has been displaced and io its stead interposes the result attained hy this commercial fakir aod Aim flam artist Statistics show that there has been a great falling off in speculative gambling in cotton futures in the last several years, consequent upon the small crops, for as the visible supply diminished the1 power of manipulation decreased " After the president had delivered his address, the usual committees were ap? pointed and the morning session was devoted to the reception of delegates and to organization. Among the more prominent delegates present were the following : Governor F ?gie, of t Arkansas; J. W. Pratt, Huntsville. Ala ; Capt L W Leves? que, Arkansas; Capt Jerome Bili. St. Louis; Col. W. W. Stone, ex auditor of Mississippi ; Col. Charles Scott, Mississippi, and McNeil Bond, Ten? nessee The sessions of the convention are being held in the convention ball of the Peabody House. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, this vi ein i ty having been visited by a sleet storm, which later turned tuto a cold rain, the attendance was a representa? tive one. After President Lace's ad? dress had been discussed, tbe followiog permanent officers were elected : Chair mao, Hector D Lane, of Alabama ; sec retary, J Cbeatbam. Tennessee; as? sistant secretary. Sol Coben, Missis? sippi A committee on resolutions, consist ing of two delegates from each State, was appointed. The meeting then ad? journed until 2 o'clock this afternoon At the afternoon session general dis cushion of the situation was bad, in which all of the delegates took part Dr. D M. Crossen, delegate from the recent convention of cotton growers, which was held in Atlanta, was intro? duced and addressed the meeting, after wbicb an adjournment was taken until 8 o'clock to-night. When the delegates were oalled to order at the night session, the com? mittee on resolutions presented tbe fol . lowing report, which was adopted : Believing that the best thing this meeting can accomplish will be a per? manent organization of American cot? ton growers, your committee respect folly reports as follows : First, we reaffirm the principles an? nounced by the association at irs meet? ing in Memphis io Jaooary, 1896 Second, we respectfully submit the following constitution and declaration af principles and urge their adoption as thc basis of a permanent organiza? tion to be extended to ail of the States and counties in the cotton country Article 1. The name of ?bis associa? tion shall be the American Cotton thrower's Protective association Article 2 The object of rbis associa? tion shall be to edocate the cotton grow ?rs of America as to their rights and iuties, and to devise ways and mcaus for the improvement of their coudi'ion Article 3. We adopt the principies announced by the assooiation at its meeting ac Jackson, Mis* , Jan 9 and 10. 1895, and Memphis, Tenn , in January, 1896 in order to carry them out we shall strive by the thor? ough organization of all the cotton growing States, counties and districts, io uoife all cotton growers in an earnest effort to reduce the acreage of cotton 3aoh year to such a point as will insure a fair average price to every grower. This organization shall take no part io r ational, State or local politic* ard will permit no persons to use it for per ?onal advancement or purely political purposes. This association shall aim above all ! Lo teach the American cotton grower : i Fir*t, to reduce the cost of produc j ion of cotton. Second, to practice the principles ef i h ri ft and economy which f-hall enable ! nim to escape debt and u.ake his exton i real money crop. Third, to maek all bis own supplies at home, to the ead that the orop when produced, may be ail his own. Fourth, tc bold his orop caeh ye r until be can sell it to the best advan? tage. Fifth, to build factories for manu factoring cotton goods near the cot ton fields so that he may receive the largest returns for each annual crop, and that the' home markets may be built up for all other farm products Article 4. This association shall elect a vice president from each of tbe cotton States, who shall be the president for his State. It shall be the duty of the State president to effect a thorough organization of all the cotton growers iu their States, counties and districts To this end the State presidents shall call to their assistance the commissioners of agri? culture, the professors of agriculture and the directors of agricultural ex p?riment stations of their respective States, using as far as possible exist ing organizations and farmers whose aims are not antagonistic to this as sociation. Article 5. The presidents of the State associations shall constitute the executive committee of this associa tion, of which the president of this association shall be ex officio chair man. It shall be the duty of said committee to assist the president in promoting the work and objects of the association, to advise the State presidents with regard to the work in their Stats and to direct the ope? rations of the secretary of the asso? ciation. This committee shall also prepare the constitutions and by? laws of the States to be submitted to it at its next regular meeting, and it is authorized to prepare, publish and disseminate literature in advocacy of the objects of the association In order to do this the executive com mitte is authorized to raise by sub? scription or otherwise as it may deem best sufficient funds to pay the ex penses of thia publication and distri bution and a reasonable salary to the secretary of the association. All va cancies on the executive committe shall be filled by the president, and his appointees sbatl be acting presi dents for their respective States until the next meeting of the asso? ciation Article 6. The secretary of the na? tional association shall be secretary of the executive committee, shall work under its direction and receive such compensation as it allows He shall be elected by the executive committee and shall hold office for one year Article 7. The executive commit tee is authorized to elect a treasurer to hold office for one year and tu re port to it and through it to the as sociation. Article S There shall be no initia tion fees from the members of the association and no officer except its secretary shall receive a salary. The State association shall decide as to the compensation to be paid their own officers and shall determine the means to be used in raising funds This association suggests to them the advisability of making a levy of one cent for each acre of cotton put in each year by each member, the funds so raised to be expended for promoting the objects of the asso ciation within each State or county where it is raised and shall be deter mined by the local association. After further endorsing the anti option bill introduced in congress by Representative Stokes of South Carolina, a resolution was passed suggesting the farmers iu each State meet on the first Monday in February and proceed to organize The following officers were elected : President, Hector D Lane of Ala bama ; secretary, Richard Cheatham, editor of The Cotton Plnnters* Jour nal, of Memphis The convention then adjourned sine die. subject to the call of the president AU Immigrants Must Read. Washington. December 18 -A pro pnnition is beios discuss-d to make a thorough reform rf the naturalization laws on the lines of the i m JD i <?raf i on educations! tefH bill That measure has been favorably reported by the House immigration committee and wii' be taken up in thc Honst after thc h >ii days The committee concede S!:.T?!? opposition to it. but believe the majority, recognize the necessity for some essen? tial chances Its effect is to rrooirc all immigrants to read and write either the E^gli*b or some other language To Register Under "Under-i standing Clause." Although it was generally suppos ed that the last chance ior registra tion under the understanding clause of the new constitution expired with the days set apart, in December for the books to be open, it develops that there is yet one more day upon which voters can secure registration certificates under that clause At? torney General Barber has received recently numerous inquiries as to whether the tim? had expired. Yes teiday he examined the law and stated th;it there was yet one mon day-the first Monday in January The present hoards will conduct the registration on that day ; then they will close their books, make up the lists and file them away The act sayR that voters may register upon i the understanding provision "up to! and including" the first Monday in j January, 1898. He Will Leave The State Board of Control. The Pressure of His Business Makes the Step Necessary Letter to the Governor. Col Wilie Jones.Tosigned his mem? bership in the state board of control this morning. The public will be surprised at this resignation, as only a few of Colonel Jones's friends were aware that it was coming. Colonel Jones announced his inten? tions in the following letter to Gover? nor Ellerbe : To His Excellency. Wm H. El lerbe, Governor of South Carolina. My Dear Sir : I hereby resign as a member of the stat?- board of con? trol, to take effect January 6, 1898, upon which day the board will meet. 1 resign because I have not the time to spare from my business to give this very important branch of the State government the proper atten? tion. 1 have served the State for the past twenty- one months on this board as faithfully as I knew how Thank ing you for the many courtesies you have extended to me in our official relations, I have the honor to remain most respectfully, Your obedient servant, WILIB JONES, Chairman State Board of Control! Columbia, S. C., Dec 20, 1897. At the session of the legislature in 1896, Colonel Jones was elected a member of the state board of control, his term commencing in April of that year When the board met and or? ganized, it being the first elected by the legislature, Colonel Jones drew the four year term, so that it lasts until April, 1900. He bas served twenty one months During that time he has served as chairman sixteen months When the board was or? ganized, he was elected chairman and served a year. When the time for election came around again, there was a deadlock, as Colonel Jones would not vote for himself for chair? man He held over as chairman for two mouthe, and then the deadlock was broken by adoption of the rotary chairmanship plan, under which he h as served as chairman two months, being chairman this month. Throughout the state the fact that a man of Col Willie Jones' standing in the financial world was connected was the dispensary management has strengthened confidence in the insti? tution, and it will be generally re gretted that he deems it necessary to resign. His resignation is due entirely to the pressure of bis business. As cashier of the Carolina National bank, he has an immense amount of business to attend to Besides that, be has private business interests of importance that demand time and attention Membership on the state board of control required that he be at the dispensary three or four days each month, and when he was chairman, his presence was required there oftener. This was more time than he could spare Even while he would be iu attendance at the meetings of the state* board of control, people would call him out of the board room to see him on business matters Colonel Jones is a thorough be? liever in the dispensary system, and he feels that il. ia the duty of every good citizen todo all in his power to make the institution a moral and business success But having served faithfully for twenty-one mouths, he thinks he has a right to retire now and put the burden he has been car? rying on other shoulders. He leaves the board with the very pleasantest relations existing between himself and the other members, and wilt at ail n'aies do anything in his power to aid them in their work. It is his opinion, after an eight months trial of the plan, that the ro? tary chairmanship idea bas worked and should be continued in operation It gives each member a familiarity with the affairs of "the institution which he could not otherwise enjoy. As ColoneS Jones's resignation goes into effect just prior to the meet? ing of the legislature, it is not likely the governor will make any appoint meut to fill the vacaucy, as the ap? pointment would only hold good until an election was held by the legislature Friends of the dispensary who knew Colonel Jones would resign* are of the opinion that the legislature could not do better than to fill the vacancy by the election of W il. Lawrence, of Darlington, who served as clerk fer two. months and whose ability is generally recognized and whose integrity is unimpeaceable. Columbia Record, 20th Mobile's Plucky Postmaster. Mobile, .\U, December 18 -Second Assistant Postmaster General Snallcn berger wa.s bere to-day to ger Post- t master Rapier to surrender office to the ippoiotee, Mr Barker. Rapier an < ?wered that he is standing as an Amer? ican cit zen for the enforcement of the i aw of the land, and that if Mr. Bar < ber has any rights he has his legal re- i 3onrse for enforcement Mr. Rapier ? jaid that under the law Barker is not postmaster until confirmed by the Sen lite, Rapier's removal not having beeo >rrected in due form as per Statute < 3,830. - j i Young Astor's Fag. A Grandson of Queen Victoria Waits on an American Duties Performed by a Fag. Loadon special ia the St. Louis Globe-Demo? crat. Something very much like conster? nation has been caused among the more loyal subjects of the Queen by the discovery that Prince Arthur, of Great Britain, only boy of the Duke of Connaught, who is the favorite son of the Queen and now being educat? ed at Eton, is forced to do bis share of fagging, and that the senior boy to whom he is forced to render menial service ia no other than yoong Astor, son of the American multi million? aire, who bas established his per? manent home in England. The idea that a prince of the blood should be called upon to fag at all is horrify? ing in the extreme. But that he should be called upon to fag for an American is simply dreadful in the eyes of the vast na ase ea of English people. Fagging is a form of servitude from which no boy at Eton, or indeed at any other of the great colleges of England, is exempt, no matter what bis rank, and it may be looked opon as part and parcel of the course of ed? ucation, since it teaches the fag the meaning of the word democracy, and that there are considerations which are of more importance and weight than mere rank, ancestry and birth. A full-fledged duke, when he joins Eton, may oftentimebe found fagging for the son of a brewer or of a city merchant As a fag he is expected to attend to his master's clothes, to heat bis shaving water-the senior boys always are fond of shaving, since it betokens their manhood-he must fill his master's bath and empty it, run errands for him, make and serve his tea in his study, and may be ask? ed even to brush his master's boots. Moreover, in bis spare time, when his master amuses himself with cricket or with tennis, it is bis duty as a fag to do the fielding and to hunt for the balls. Of course, there is no ques? tion of his being permitted to use the ball himself unless his master wishes to practice bowling In one word, he is to all intents and purposes the slave of h is master, who has the right to chatiee bim across the shoulders with a stick if be declines obedience, and if that is not sufficient to reduce him to subjugation he is sent op to the head master for a birching. Fagging and birching are time honored institutions ot the British public schools and colleges, and have been so for hundreds of years. They have been abolished in the middle class and board schools, as well as in schools of a municipal and charitable character, but the schools of the aris? tocracy and upper classes retain both fagging and flogging, which they ap? parently regard as a privilege be? longing to their caste. In fact, they pride themselves in the marks made by the birch, which they regard as constituting a sort of retrospective evidence of their blue blood. Lord Salisbury, now Prime Minister, was birched at Eton no less than seven times, and on one memorable occa? sion the headmaster at Eton flogged a whole party of thirty candidates for confirmation, the paper with ?heir names on it being mistaken by bim for the list for punishment sent to him every day. He would listen to no remonstrance, but went consciec? tion8ly through the whole lot Young Astor, who is very popular at Eton, aud has received a good deal of renown on the river as an oarsman, has received his fair share of birchings along with the rest, in spite of bis rights as an American citizen. But- the English people have yet to learn that a castigation of this kind has been inflicted upon "yoong Connaught/' the grandson of their Queen. A Boy Drinks Himself to Death. Greenville, December IS -A re? markable death occurred hero last night. Odell Turcer, 13 years cid. was found dead in a wagoo ioaded with coro. Yesterday morning the boy. in company with bis uncle, Joseph Terc? er and bis cousin, Elgin Turner, isft. bis home, four miles frcuj Marietta, on a wagon loaded with corn. At Mariet? ta the boy dr?ui: a considerable quan? tity of whiskey, and it is presumed oo the road ht; drank more. Ile ate nei? ther dinner nor supper. The uocle drove to one of the stables in town, and put up Tbe boy was ly ia e on his face wben the wagoo got to Greenville, and bis little cousin tried to arouse him. but failed, aod the uncle left him in the wagon lying as be was when they got here. This morning, wben Mr Turner at? tempted to arouse the boy, he fouod that be was dead The coroner held an inquest, and. ifter bearing the evidence, rendered a verdict that Odell Turner came to his ieatb from intoxication. It was not developed who gave the child the whis? key, bat it is presumed that his com? panions had the liquor Senator Tillman and Senator Mc Laurin,, who have been sick since the convening of Congress are reported epoch better.