THE SYNOD OF SHUTS CAROLINA - _. Convenes at ?fwraw-The Rev. Dr. lames Woodrow Preaches the Opening Sermon. An Overture. Received- From the Synod of Georgia Related to the Moving of the Colombia Theological Seminary to Atlanta. .". Cheraw, Oct 20.-The Synod of South Carolina was called to order here to-day. In the absence of the moder? ator, tbs Rev. D. N. McLaughlin, tne duty of preaching the opening sermon and ca Sling the body to order . bevolved apon the Rev, James Wood? row, the lase moderator present. Dr. Woodrow preached on "The Work of the Church." The Kev. Robert Adams, of Laurens, . was elected moderator, and the Rev. K H. Wardiaw, of Piedmont,. assis? tant clerk. At the afternoon, session the. moderator announced the com mittes which will serve at this meet? ing. The regular business was immediate? ly-anderteken. The overtire, from a committe of the Synod pf Georgia with reference to the proposed Atlanta University, was read, and referred to the proper committee. Action will be . taken in this impor? tant matter at a la ter session. The over?r?re is as ffoliows: "To the Synods of Tennessee, Louis? iana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida : iK 1 Fathers and brethren : The under? signed were appointed by the Synod of Georgia, atite session in ?901; a board cf trust?es, to establish a male college within the bounds cf Synod. "'Wnile.taking the first steps to? wards carrying ont the order of Synod it- came to cu? ears that a combination of South-western Presbyterian Univer? sity and Columbia Theological Semi? nary, as a University, to be located in Atlanta, might be effected, provided Atlanta Presbyterians would raise $250,000 for housing the proposed in? stitution. f i ^Immediately we made known to Synod what we had neajrd. " * Synod promptly decided such a plan to be desirable if feasible, and ordered us as a board to pause in our work until it could be ascertained if Atlanta would raise this amount ' 'This action was taken at a called meeting of Synod in May, WI " 'At the regular session of Synod, November, 1D02, the same action was t taken, only ihe 1st of April, 1903, was set as a lirai t?. after which,' should the plan fail we were to go ahead in our efforts to establish a synodical college. "'As _is Well known, the Presby? terians of Atlanta, assisted by the citizens generally, were successful in securiiQT bona fide subscriptions for the .amount named? and the committee Jhavingthe matter in charge sp i?form *ed our boards This committee consist? ed of T. H. Sice, S. M. Inman, J. R. <3ray, J: K. Orr, Hoke Smith and Joel Htjt, to. whom all subscriptions were anade pa^&?e as trustees. f 1 ' Acting iii the nt?e of. the Siynod *?f Georgia,, ?nd alter! mature con? sideration, we hereby overture your venerablelSo ?es, each of you respec- ; tivsly to appoint two ministers and one ruling: alder as your representa? tives, to.meat.iiLjfche. Centrai Church, in Atlanta, December 8, 1903, 7.30 P. "M., in an JSducational conference of Synods* in order that a conclusion may be reached (1) as to the feasibility of ?he combination and of the two named institutions, and (2) as to the plan by which such combination may be arriv? ed at if found feasible, The report of ibis Conference te be made to adjourn? ed meetings of theSyncdb, in January, 19C*. '* 'To this overture we invoke your prayerfurconsideration and we earnest? ly bespeak your favorable action there? on. Respectfully, " '.Foard of Trustees of the Synod of Georgia for establishing a College. J. W. Walden, Chairman; C. C. .Carson, L. G. Henderson, D. W. Braunen, C: D. Montgomerv, B. I. Hughes ' " THE WHAM MOBBER T8I?L Last Night the Outlook Was for a Mistrial. Laurens, Oct. 22.-The Wham mur? der trial was concluded and ffiven to the jury at 1.30 o'clock this af ternoon. Judge Benet delivered bis charge just before adjournment for dinner. The taking of testimony was finish? ed yesterday afternoon and argu? ments Wore made by W. B. Knight and O. lu Schumpert for the State and C. C. Featherstone and W. R. Richey for the defense. , This morning CoL J. W. Ferguson concluded for the defense in a two hour's speech and was followed by Solicitor Thos. 2. Sease who finished shortly before 1 o'clock. All the ar? guments in this case were conducted on high ground and so far as a spec? tator could judge the case was tried on its merits and the speeches present? ed fox both sides were along legal and honorable lines. Yesterday afternoon one of the jurors? Mr. John Anderson, had to be excused from duty on account of illness and the case was continued by mutual agreement with the ll men. .At 8 o'clock the jury is still delibe? rating and a mistrial is likely. Confederate Veterans Reunion, Augusta, Georgia. Loar Rates Vi?. Atlantic Coast Line. Tickets on sale November 9 and 10,1903 from all points in Georgia and South Carolina be? yond a radius of one hundred miles of Augus? ta, and November JO and 11th from points within radius of one hundred miles of Augus? ta, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Au Ssta before noon of November 12, 1903. Final ait of all tickets will be November 13, 1903. The rate from Sumter to Augusta and return for this occasion will be $2.80. H. M. Ey^RSOx, W. J. CRAIG. Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent. Confessions of a Priest. Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark., writes, "For 12 years I suffered from yellow jaun? dice. I consul led a number of physicians and tried all sorts of medicines, but got no relief. Then I began the use of Electric Bitters and feel that I am now cured of a disease that had me in its grasp for twelve years." ?you want a reliable medicine for liver and kidney trouble, stomach dis? order ar general debility, get Electric Bit? ters, li's guaranteed by J.F. W. DeLonne. Only 50. Ut D?MAGES WMB. Eight Suits Against the Southern Railway for Damages Aggregat? ing $205,000. Ybrkville, Oct. 21.-Eight com? plaints were lodged with the sheriff of York County last Wednesday and Thursday, all claiming damages agaiust the Southern Railway in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 for the breaking of bones, injury to health and the destruction of life by reason of the Fishing Creek disaster on September 3, 1903. In at least one case M. N. Stokes, the section master of the section em? bracing the trestle that gave way, is made, co-defendant with the South? ern Railway, and in all cases the com? plaints attribute the wreck to gross carelessness, recklessness, etc., of the railroad people and to the rotten con? dition of the structure. . The plaintiffs in the various actions, together with the amounts sued for and their attorneys, are as follows : F. Sadler Love, administrator of the estate of Richard Wagoner Miller, colored, deceased, wants $20,000. Miller was killed in the wreck. The plaintiff is represented by Major James F Hart, of Yorkviile, and Wilson & Wilson, of Rock Hill. J. B. Johnson, as guardian ad litem for Julian Boyd Johnson, wants $50, 000 on account of injuries. The plain? tiff is represented by Wilson & Wilson. Mrs. Eliza F. Buist wants $30,000, on account of injuries sustained. She is represented by Mr. W. B. McCaw, of ?brkville. W. T. Slaughter places his claim at $20,000 on account of injuries. He is represented hy Messers. Lewis & Mc Dow, of Yorkviile. J. W. Rhyne, as adminstrator of the estate of Frederick L. Rhyne, the fire? man killed in the wrack, is asking for $40,000. He is represented by C. T. Ladson. of Atlanta, Ga. Isaac E, Greener, as administrator of the estate of Charles Johnson Smith, colored, the dead postal clerk, wants $20,000. He is represented by Mitchell & Smith of Charleston. Edward Turner, the conductor of the train, wants $20,000 for injuries. He is represented by C. Tt Ladson, of Atlanta, Ga. James L. Moss, guardian ad litem "or Tobe Burris, colored, wants, $5, 000 for injuries sustained by his ward. He is represented by Mr. J. S. Brice, of Yorkvilie. A special term pf Court for this county, with Mr. Jas. E. McDonald, of the Winnsboro Bar, as presiding Judge, has been ordered to convene after the adjournment of the regular fall term, which will consume the latter patt of November, and it is expected that the special term will be in session for three or four weeks during December, and it is possible that some of the suits against the Southern may be heard dering the special tenm THE SREEIiWOOO MMEN?. 3n Memory of the Confederate Soldiers of the State. . (?.reen wood* S._C., Oct. 22.-A monu? ment, dedicated.. to the Confederate soldiers of the State, of South Carolina who fell, in the war between the States, was unveiled here this after? noon. The dedicatory address was delivered by Judge Wm. T. Gary, of Augusta, Ga., who eulogized Southern womanhood and paid an eloquent tri? bute to the part it played in the days of 1861-65. The monument is thirty five feet in height the die of which th? inscriptions are cut being from granite quarries of Vermont. The remainder of the granite is from South Carolina. On the east side of the monument is the following inscription: "Our Con? federate Soldiers." On the north side: " 1861-1865. Patriots, who, animated by the same faith: actuated by the same love of countiy ; beset by the same trials and dangers; endowed with the same fortitude, and who fought as heroically to maintain self-governent as did the Colonial fathers to attain the same and, who with them are immortalized in the same halo of glory. " On the west and south sides of the monument are inscriptions commemorating the valor, and deeds of those who sacrificed their lives to the cause of the Confed? eracy. If troubled with a weak digestion try Chambt rlain's Stomach and Liver Tab let?. Ihey will do you good. For sale by China's Drug Store. STATE FAIR, COLUMBIA, S. C., Low Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line. Tickets on sale October 24th to 26th, inclu? sive, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Co? lumbia prior to noon of October 30th. Final limit of all tickets will be November 2nd 19u3. The rate from Sumter to Columbia and return for this occasion will he 32-04. in? cluding one admission into the Fair Grounds. H. M. EMSRSON, W. J. CRAIG, Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent. A Love Letter. Would not interest you if you're looking for a guaranteed salve for sores, burns or piles. Otto Dodd, of Ponder, Mo., writes: **I suffered with an ugly sore for a year, but a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured mo. lt's the best Salve on earth. 26c at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. EXCURSION RATES TO AUGUSTA, GA. And Return Via the Southern Railway Account Geor? gia State Reunion of Confederate Veterans Noy. 10-12. 1903. The Southern Kailway will sell reduced rate tickets from all points in the State of South Carolina to Augusta, Ga., and return account of State Reunion ol Confederate Veterans November 10tb-12tb, at One Cent a Mile plus Twenty Five cents. Tickets on sale from points beyond radius of 100 miles of Augusta. Ga., November 9th 10th. and po'nts within radius of 100 miles November IO1 h 11th, and for trains scheduled to arrive In Augusta, Ga., before noon of November 12, limited to November 13th, 1903. For full particulars apply to any local Agent of the company or to R. W. HUNT. D. P. A.. Charleston, S. C. Rydales Liver Tablets. Rydales Liver Tablets cure all liver trou? bles. They act specifically on the liver, tbe bile, bladder, and bile duct, the intes? tines and bowels. They stimulate the liver and cause a perfect flow of bile into the bowels, keep the bile duct healthy, increase the peristaltic movement of the intestines and thus restore a healthy action of all these organs. Rydales Liver Tablets are easy to take, being small chocolate coated tablets. They act promptly and can al? ways be depended upon. Price per box of 50 tablets, 25 cents' All dealers. REIEli?S OF TRUST METHODS. Relating Interesting Facts About Defunct Shipbuilding Company -A Mysterious Check. New York, Oct. 22.-Lewis Nixon occupied the witness chair again today at the hearing before an examiner of the United States shipbuilding case, and gave mach vanlable testimony covering the finances and general affairs of the corporation. He testified that he had opposed the Sheldon reorganiza? tion plan and had as a counter pro? position urged that the stock be assess? ed in order to raise the amount neces say to save the combination from de? fault and bankruptcy. His plan of assessment was opposed by Charles M. Schwab, holder at that time of $20, 000,000 of the stock, who, according to Mr. Nixon, declared that the stockholders would not pay the assess? ment. Mr. Schwab, so Mr. Nixon swore, declined to put ap any more unless the Bethlehem bonds were given pre? ference as a lieu upon the shipbuilding plants to the first mortgage bonds. M. Nixon's testimony also develop? ed the fact that there was a wide dis? crepancy as to estimated earnings in letters Witten , by Treasurer Gary to members of the organization commit? tee, and Samuel Untermeyer, counsel for the bondholders, asked if it did not. show that there had been an at? tempt to minimize the value of the shipyards and magnify the value of the Bethlehem plant, but the witness did not say so. Much time was taken np with an unsuccessful effort to get at the his? tory of a mysterious check for $250,000 found at the Trust Company of the Republic. It was drawn to "Lewis Nixon or ourselves" on the same day the checks were made out for the pay? ment of the cash given to the vendors for their plants and property. Mr. Nixon swore that he had never seen the check before and that he knew nothing of its history. Both sides dis? claimed knowledge of its history and the destination of the amount of money for which it was drawn, and the only explanation offered from any source was that it had been made out by mis? take and had simply been pat throngh the banks by the Trust Company of the Republic. The effort to get the history of the check will be renewed later in the hearing Mr. Nixon testified that he knew as early as last April that anless the combination could get some money from the Bethlehem property or else? where it must : fail and warned his associates on the directorate that they must husband resources. It was brought out on cross examination that the share of promotion profits set aside for Mr. Schwab of which Mr. Nixon told yesterday had never .been paid. None of the commitmeiits on account of promotion were paid, so Mr. Nixon testified. The hearing will go on tomorrow afternoon and at the close probably will be adjourned for ten days on ac? count of engagements of counsel. This I adjonrnmentjwill probably prevent the taking of the testimony of Messrs. Schwab and Pam until some time next week. DOME, THE BUSINESS MAN. The Prophet's Ostatatious Es? tablishment in Zion. John Alexander Dowie, the prophet of Zion, is shrewdly up to date in his business, methods, according to I. K. Friedman in Everybody's Magazine for November. "There is probably no business house in the States quicker to adopt modern time-and-money-sav ing inventions than the Christian Catholic Church. The things rendered unto Elijah the Second are shrewdly invested by Elijah the Restorer for the benefit of John Alexan? der Dowie. The man is shockingly human for a prophet. His house in Zion City, built in the English style of architecture, is lavishly furnished ; there is a stable full of costly equip? ages ; a summer house across the lake is maintained in great luxury. Indeed, the man's vantiy and love of ostenta? tion find an outlet in innumerable forms of gaudy and expensive display. By way of justification he is said to have once remarked that the Pope of the Roman Church is surrounded by the best that ear:';h affords, and that there is no reason why the Overseer of the Christian Catholic Church should be left a whit behind." Cause of Lockjaw. Loci jaw, or tetanus, is caused by a ba? cillus or germ which exists plentifully in street dirt. It is inactive so long a? ex? posed to the air, but when carried beneath the skin, as in the wounds caused by per? cussion caps or by rusty nails, and when the air is excluded the germ is roused to activity and produces the m09t virulent poison known. These germs may be de? stroyed and all danger of lockjaw avoided by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely as soon as the injury is received. Pain Balm is an antiseptic and causes cuts, bruises and like injuries to heal without maturation and in one third the time re? quired by the usual treatment. It is for sale by China's Drug Store. CHEAP RATES VIA SOUTHERN R.Y. To Columbia. S. C.. Account of South Carolina State Agricultural and Mechanical Fair. On account of the above occasion, the Southern Railway will sell tickets from all points in state of South Carolina to Columbia, S. C., and return at rate of one first class fare plus 75 cents, which includes one admission to the fair gronnds. Tickets on sale daily October 24th-29th in? clusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Columbia prior to noon of October 30th, limit? ed to return until November 2nd, 1903. For full information, schedules, etc., apply to anv local Agent of the Company or, R. W. HUNT, D. P. A.. Charleston, S. C. -- ? ? - i Stomach Trouble Causes Heart Trouble. Heart troublt is almost always caused by stomach trouble. The stomach fails to digest all ihe food, and the residue fer? ments, forming excess of gas which dis? tends the walls of the stomach, causing a pressure on the neives and -arteries that lead to the heart. 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It staggers the human mind to think that any one could be so fiendish as he. Taking a small boy off up the Saluda River on a Saturday afternoon, pretending to hunt ducks ; filling his head full of buckshot and nails, while on his knees sying his last prayer; hidng his body in the mud among the cat-tails, where it was found a week later, after the communty had almost exhausted itself in searching day and night, and dragging the river. His crime makes all decent society stand aghast. But the noted twelve say : "Such a tragedy is no crime, its a clear case of self-defense". ;The young man had done nothing, but steal a pistol from the small boys' uncle and he had told his uncle about it. This, of course, involved "the young man's .reputation for honesty, and was damaging to his good (?) name ; besides the small boy was med? dling where he had no business. You may say, in reply to this peti? tion, that the young man should have gone into the courts and sued the boy for slanderous libel and have gotten redress in this way. In the days of small men, like Wash? ington and Jefferson, that would have been all right, but it is out ?f fashion now. Besides it was the truth that made him smart, and to have had the matter investigated would have established the truth. Seeing there was no recourse in that, his only vindication was in kill? ing the boy. The truth was a more ghastly thing to him than the lifeless form of the boy. And, so, after sever? al months, he disposed of him in the way that I have told you. But this is no crime, says the "not? ed twelve." He needed a witness with a tale made to order, who could hap? pen to be in the right place to see and hear everything at the right time. He needed a hired jury with a ready made verdict. He needed that class of legal talent which owes nothing to the pub? lic good, but can be hired to defend the dirtiest scoundrel and to use all the tricks known to the trade. With such, sir, he could have proved that that boy, while on his knees, saying that last prayer, "wriggled his thumbs" in his pockets in such a way as to strike terror to his brave (?) heart. Now, sir, with this clear case of "self-defense" before you I appeal to your sense of justice and ask, is it not fair now that all cowardly crimi? nals be treated alike and that this young man be given his liberty? Citizen. INSOLENT PHLLMAM PORTER. Passengers Put Him Of a Train in Georgia. A special from Brunswick, Ga., says: Because of his insolence to a lady from Spartanburg, S. C. a negro Pull? man car porter was put off train No. ; 14 of the Southern railway in the woods yesterday. He was left there to meditate how much better it is for a negro to be polite even if he is in the uniform of the Pullmans. The negro spoke to the lady some? thing about transferring to another train. She did not understand him and asked him to repeat what he had said. He did it very insolently. George H. Smith, the treasurer of the city of Brunswick, was on the train, and, observing the manner in which the negro spoKe to the lady, gave bim a thrashing. The porter appealed to Conductor T?ngale, bnt got little sym? pathy. As soon as the conductor heard how the negro had acted he stopped the- train and hustled the insolent darkey off. He wouldn't let him stop to even change his uniform. The negro who was taught a lesson in man? ners is from Milwaukee. Many Mothers of a Like Opin? ion. Mrs. Pilmer, of Cordova, Iowa, savs : ' One of my children was subject to croup of a severe type, and the giving of Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy promptly, alwaj s brought relief. Many mothers in this neighborhood think the same as I do about this remedy and want no other kind for their children. For sale by China's Drug Store. Everybody's Magazine for November. A mission, is liable to swamp a magazine. So mach zeal is developed that the real function of the publica? tion, which is to entertain, is forgot? ten. In this excess Everybody's Maga? zine, which has recently undertaken a crusade against the idolatry-of-riches habit in America, is obviously not to be led. The November contents-table makes almost inviting showing, pre? senting as it does stories and sketches by such amusing writers as Alfred Henry Lewis, 0. Henry and Eugene Wood. There is no intrusion of a policy at all, and the reader is likely to find himself in the midst of Francis Bellamy's article about "Successful Men Who Are Not Rich" without dreaming that there is a serious moral to it. Mr. Bellamy avers that the nation is losing its ideals and that to-day success only means wealth. The millionaire is the modern hero. The newest creed is, he says: "Brains may be more important than money, but nowadays the best way to convince the world that you h?ve brains, is to make money." The smart set of New York is frank in its exclusion of people who are not rich and has no place for statesmen, authors or scientist unless they have money. On the other hand, he instances important men in this country whose position is a splendid protest against the prevailing craze. Their careers, as stated here, are cer? tainly inspiring, the article will set people thinking about certain signifi? cant tendencies in modern life. Alfred Hodder, who collaborated with Josiah Flynt in his series of studies of ' ' Graft in American Cities, ' ' describes in "Reform that Reforms" what has been accomplished for de? cency in New York by an honest ad ministation. There is also an authori ative summing np of the career of John Alexander Dowie by a man with the analytic capacity for the task-I. K. Fiedman, the disinguishebd Chi caog vonelist. Confederate Monument. It bas been brought to the notice of Dick Anderson Chapter, D. of C., that the Confederate monument to the soldiers of Sumter District, does not contain all the names of those who were killed or died in service. This omission they desire to remedy and request information on the sub? ject. Aynone knowing the name of any aoldie whose name was omitted will please communicate the facts to the President, giving when possible, name, command and date of death. Mrs. Altamont Moses, Mrs. Agnes M. Bogin, President. Secretary. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Boston rendered a decision in favor of the appellant in the case of The Western Union Telegraph Com? pany vs. The American Bell Telephone Company. 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