The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 20, 1896, Image 6
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THE NOTED DIVINE'S SUNDAY
SERMON.
Trxr 1 when ho saw that It^ prevailed i
n< t again't him ho touched Iho hollow of his |
thigh. ;iii.I tho hollow of J mob's thigh was
out of joint as h? tvre?llo I with him. Ami;
lie said, l.i't me go. for tho day breaketh, j
Anil ho .-aid. I will not lot tlioo go except
thou 1 11 ss iuo." - Genesis wxii., 25, 2'i.
There i - n olouil of tiust from a traveling
herd oi utile an I .-hoop au'l gout* aid'
entile!*-. Thoy ar the prosont that .faooh
semis to gain the good will of his offonilo.l
brother. That night Jacob halts by tho
brook Jabbok. lhit tlioro is no rest for the;
weary man, no shining Inililor to lot tho j
nnifi1 - oowit into his dream, hut a severe |
struggle that lasts until morning with an un- |
known visitor. riu*y each Ir.v t<> throw the j
other. I'll unknown visitor, to revon! lit* '
superior power, by a touch wrenches Jacob's j
tliiicti I' >i.c Irom its socket, perhaps maiming
hiiu for life. As on the moriiini: sky the
clusters of |iuri>t" cloud bci;iii to ripen, I
JhcoI> .-its it is an aiiifcl with whom he has i
been oi.utcailini; miJ n. t one of his brother's 1
UOH ljllb>rs. "Let !i|e jjo," cr OS the Alllft'l,
lifting himself op into increasing liKht; "the j
ilav broaketh.'
Veil see, ill the ;Irst pluee. that Goil allows j
i*ood piesonietiiiics to i?ct into a terrible i
struck'1'. Jacob w is a tjood man, but here
ho is left alone in the midnight to wrestle !
with a treinendons inlluenee by til > brook
Jabbok. For Joseph, a pit: for Daniel, a
wild I n-t'sden. for l)avi'l,de>hr<>uei>ii>nt alto I
exile, for Jehu the baptist. a wilderness die* i
and tiie exceutioiier's ax; (or Peter, a prison
for Pan1, sliipwr i<; for John, desolate Patinns;
for <'hrist. the cross. For whom tit
racks, the gibbets, the prison*, the thumb- ,
screw.-? For the sons and daughters of the
I.ol d Almighty. Some one said to a < Christian '
reformer, "The world is against von." ,
"Then.' lie replied, "1 a:?i against ilie j
world '
1 will ., > further and say that every Chris- 1
thin ha- (ns strun*?le. Willi tluaueiai mis- I
fortune same of you have had tho mldii cht i
wrestle, ib-dhol disasters have dropped into j
your st?M roin loft to eellar. What ymi ]
boucht voti conl<! not sell. Whom you (
truste I Med. The help you expected would
not come. Some ci nit panic, with lone j
arms and crip like (h ath, took hold of von |
in an aw.'ui wit.-lie, from wlueli yon have poi
yet escaped, and it is uncertain whether
it will throw you or you will
tlitow it. Horn is nnother soul
in struggle with some l>n<l appetite. 11.>
know u.'t how stealthily it was growing
upon him. Out: hour ho woke up. 11?* suid,
'For tho sake of my soul, of my faintly, of
ray nhihltnn anil of my (Soil i must stop
this'" Ami behold ho found himself alone
by tho brook of Jithlmk, and it was tnidiiig'ut.
That evil appetite seized upon him,
and h > seized upon if. and, wli, tho horror of
the conflict! When once a bad habit hath
roused itself up to destroy a mau, and the
man lias sworn that l?y the help of the eternal
God I10 will destroy it, all heaven drawitself
out in lone line of light to look iroiu
above, and all hell stretches it-elf in
myrmidons ol spite to look up from beneath.
I have seen men rally themselves for a
struggle, and they have bitten their lip, and
clinched tiieir list, and cried with a blood
rod earnestness and a rain a scald inn tears,
tind help me!"
From a wrestle with habit 1 have seen men
fall back definite I. Calling for no help, but
relying on their own resolutions, tliev have
mint into the struggle, and for a time it
seemed as If they were getting the upper
hand of their habit, lint that habit rallied
again its iufernal power and lifted the soul
from its standing, ami with a force borrowed
from the pit hurled it into dnrkunts.
But, thank God, I have often seen a better
tormiuatlon than this. I have seen men
preparo themselves for such a wrest line.
They laid hold of God's help us they went
Into combat. The giant habit, legated by
the cup of mnuy dissipations, came out
strong and defiant. They clinched. There
wore the writhingfl and distortions of a fearful
struggle. But the old giant began to
waver, an I at last, in tho midnight alone,
with n<uic but Goit to witness, by the brook
Jabb .k, tic giant fell, and the triumphant
wrestler broke the darkness with tlm cry,
' L'hanl.s I e unto God, who givoth us the
victory, through our l.or.l Jesus Christ."
There is a widow's heart taut llrst was
desolate.! t.v bereavement ami sineo by the
a it \tet i?*s and trials that came in tho support
of si family. It is a sa I thiug to see a man
cotiicndini; for a livelihood under disudvantnip-s,
I.lit to see a delicate wouiau. with
helpless little ones at Iter hack, Hnhtim; the
giants of poverty and sorrosv is more
aCfcetinir. It wa- a liutnldo home, and
im.--er-i\y knew not that within those four
walls were displays of courage more adtniral?le
than that of llanlhal erossimr
tie Mps. >>r in tin-pas* of riierniopylic, i>r
at llil; ik la va, where'-int i the jaws of death
rode tin- -i\ hutidret." These heroes had
the whole w ,|-|d eheer tllern oil, I ut there
wa- te> ' tie applaud the struifirlo m that
tiuiuM" li". She f oarlit for hi. a I, for
eh>thiin,*, lor lire, f.>r shelter, with .-chilli;
liea ! an : weak Mile and \li nist I strength,
'.tiro . ; Hi in l.\ tie- hro..|; .1 . ' ' .
(Ion el it t,e til at n ae w uld ni v li I p.
lladti ' s' tten to lieora *i?>u N ntoiidi:
*- 'lh-? niidni'-Ci.t air i- .all".
Wit il.n t tile I' She lie.;;-s |,
tciw, in the '.:oh i.f the mold win!, in tic
ripple f 111.' brook .la'ol.ol,, tno prolinema
h- - > ' ana.:-, rniniti*; down tic
-Tll\ la'ln-rl dlildl'ell. I Will pre.?rve
ilicu .. .v -, an I !< t thy widow- tru.-l in i;c!"
Si iici tc -aid t > a vet \ | woman. 11 >w
i iti i; in -ueli di-tr<'-- voit keep .-heerfui'.
She it I- --| .in it Iiv w:iat 1 -all cr-.-- | raver-.
V.'. a I ! i I n:> r. lit t . pa\ a id tiothn^*
to pa> it -.villi and hp-ad to Iiiiv mid noth
inctotn it with, I u-ed to sit down and
r\. Inn :i >-.v I do not net li.-courai;ed. If
I ti' II I' 11^ the street, when I 1-onie t" a '-Oftier
of t'a- -tr. i.lsav'Ihe f.urd In-lp nc!
I lien s-o on until I i- 'iie- to another cr..?
inc tin- -ti . i, and ai;ain i -ay. * i In-1. >rd
e ll \. ,| ... | utter a prayer at ev.-rv
IT.-- I,/, and -lie I have n -t lilt" tile ha'nt
i>f - i\c._r pray r- 1 law t i.
lihh <-p ut> lliy coiiraufe.
I.t-arn ait 'in frotn thi- -ic i- t that p-ople
sot: !re-- ai -nrprisi d t > Had . u ti.a:
what : i y have teen -trunirliiin \\ 11i in the
darkle.-.- is really an '*nn_"'l oi l.;.-s.-niij."
.la. .a. f.niiid in the im-minn tin' tinKtrniiKf
per-, in.n.- wa- not an enmity, hut a
<iod dispatched in.-?enner t" pi.>:in-.- pr.- pent
v I >r In in an t for Ins children . Aa I ->
many a man at tin- t-lose of his trial has
h.-.e t at that In- has I o.-n trviinr t.. ti.. ie
low;. In- i'Wii Mo-slutf. 1i Vou iia
f'hri-tiuii man. I will m* l-a !? in \oiir hi ?
torv aii'l Mini that tin* uramh'.-t tliiim- that
havi**-\?*r lia(ipci,' .l to v>u ham I < 11 your
trial-. N thiiii* -11 11 of airuiiiL', itnprisoiiUi'-iit
ami >iii|avri'i*li, u!.| hnv?* 11.a !
J'liul what In* wa . Wiu'ii Duval 1- il ii.;:
thr .._'! tli" wihi'Tin , | i:p-ih*I I v hi- an
.10:1, '; wa- I '-.n.' I'H'i aro I t" ; 1!
,-w t Uh-'iT of l-rn'l. Tin* |>it ami tin
.1 v r tli" le-l !- at v.iiivi
Jo- * 11 it ' I 1 o I 1 rrn . *i> . a;I
III' ' t?.. t it ami I 'il.' I .1 r 1? j r:
1 : I tl
Ilia ' I; 11 :ii.il yi> 'ill.' I 5':
a.'- -. I . . . n i\ 1 ; . t '. w. . at
v ' t '. ' I i?r:, - Il It. ! i. r<* 1. '
wa v 1 11 if t '1 , 1 i.* t I ttiil. I
lit ill ; | v.i. ham ha I 1'. t . 'ir
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1. - - 1:1 1 'l| | . I i y< ' Wa a' I > hi
I
I ;n .''tli r?\ \ {' 1' .11 lia 1 1
U' : ! * *\ i'.i: 1 a l'i- . 11 1! \ 1. . n . 1 t a
.1 < ' ! a'. ! . 1 .. Il II I. ;w
low i 1 I'nn-ati'l r *i; . |i*?I I i'i'.. i i-v
1 .t tip t j, - I : ?v a i!"i'Ion *T" n I oitvl
i' i t"., I'll! . .1 .! ail 1 ho .ij , I n:- an t mi1.
t. I>' --un t .ri .Iti ti l' 11 1 ali'l 'tii'l,
* I ?V' i '_*i\ all tin- ' rilnalit 11" 'or a
ft*w .!a\-of y. ill tl ali'l nv.' < >i.lta-t tin
ti '!v ! ' i:i.?* i If --.iii. wli liU'l
. itl.-.njfl'ii-w ri l la ,11 ^ii" him, wiili
the joyfui expsrlfiico of Isaac Watts, way so
i sorrows wero ureat. when ho sttysi
1 The hill or Zion yields
A thousand snored sweets
Uefore wo rendi tho lienvenly flold*
Or wuik the golden streets.
Then let our son?s abound
Anil every tear be dry.
We're marching through Irnmaunel's
K round
To fairer worlds on lii;>h.
It is prosperity that kills and trouble that
? ves. Willie the Israelites were on the
niareh amid irre.it privations and lumUhip*
they behaved vvel'. After awhile they piayod
for meat, and the say darkened Willi a (treat
tbn k of ipiails, and ttiose ipiails fed in rjrent
muiiiimn-s all u'">iil thntn, :m<l the Israelites
at" tuiil n'.oaml slulTod themselves until they
ilii'il. Oh. my Irionds, it is not hardship or
, trial or starvation that injuries tin* soul, hut
ubuml'tnt supply. It is not thu vulture of
I rout >lo that oats up tin? Christian iifo. It is
tin? ipiails. It is tin* <|uatls. Yon will ye;
llii'l out that your midnight wre&tlu by tin*
brook Jabbok Is with an ango: of Qod conn*
ilown to bless ami to save.
Learn again that, while our wrestling with
troublo might la* triumphant. \v? mu-t expect
that it will leave its mark upon us.
Jacob provailoil, but tin? ungel touched liini.
ami his thigh hono sprang Irom its sockets,
an I ttio yon I man wout limping on liis way.
Wo must carry through this world Iho mark
of tin* o unbat. What ploxvod ttioso pri'inai urn
wriuklos in your face? Wiiat whitened your
hair boforo it was tun*- for frost'.' What
silonood forever s-? much of tho hilarity of
your liousohoMV Ah, It Is because tin*angel
of troublo hath touohod you that you go limping
on vour way. You nood not bo surprised
that those who have posset thrniglitlu* lire
do not fool as gnv as nnco tlioy did. Do
not bo out ot pationeo with thoso who eomo
not <*ut of their dospomienoy. Tlmy may
triumph over tholr loss, ami yot tlioir gait
hull toll you that tlioy havo been troublo
touched. Aro wo Stolos that we can numovoit
son our oradlo ritlodof the bright ovo.s
and the sweet lips? Can we stand uiiinovoil
and soo our gardens of <atthly dlight unrooted?
Will .bvsus, who wpt llituself, bo
angry with us if wo pourourt*>nrsi..to tlio
graves that opon to swallow down what wo
lovod b".-t? \Vns Lazarus more dear to linn
than our beloved dond to us? No. Wo havo
a right to woop, (lur tours must e*mo. You
shah not drivo thorn lutok to scald tli>< heart.
Tin y fall into Oml's bottle. Afllioti'd ones
hav dioil because thoy could not woop.
Thank God for tlio swoot, th" mystorious relief
i hat conies to us "i tears. Under this
| gentle rain th llowers of hop* put forth
I th-ir bloom. God pity that drv, withered,
I parch d, all con-iiming grief that wrings its
| iinuds, and grinds its tooth, and Idles its
I nails oho the quick, but oaunot woop. Wo
nilv* havo found the comfort of .In* cross,
and vet over after show that in tlio dark
j night and by tho brook .Tabhok wo woro
;rouble touched.
Again, we may take tlio idea of iho text
ami annoum'o tin? approach of tho day dawn.
; No ono was over more glad to see tlio morn
I ing than was Jacob after that night of struggle.
I is appropriate for philanthropists
I and Chri-di.uis to cry out with Ilisangel of
j the text, The <lay breaketh." Superstition
I ba> ha I its strougest props knocked out. Tho
j <*liutvli of Christ is rising it|> in its strength
; to go forth "lair as the morn, dear as tho
I sua and terrible as an army with banners."
! Clap your bauds, till ye people, "the day
breaketh."
As 1 look around about mo I see mauy who
have passed through seas of trouble that
eaiue up higher than their girdle. In God's
nnme I proclaim cessation of hostilities. You
shall not always go saddened mil heartbroken.
God will bring your dead to life.
Go i will stanch tho heart's hleediug. I know
He will. Like as a father pitieth his children,
so the Lord pities you. The pains of
ear til will end. '1 tie dead will rise. Tho
1 morning star trembles on a brightening sky.
The gates of tlie east begin to swing open.
"The day breaketh."
Luther and Melunehthon were talking together
gloomily about tho prospects of tho
church. They could sue no hope of deliveraueo.
After awhile Luther got up and said
to Melanehthon, "Come, Philip, lot U3 slug
the Forty-sixth Fsalm, 'God is our refuge
and strength in every time of trouble.' '*
Death to many?nav, to all?is a struggle
and a wrestle. We have many friends whom
it would ho hard to leave. I care not how
j bright our future hope is. it Is a bitter thing
I to look upon this fair world un<l know that
i wo shall never again see its blossoming
spring, its autumnal fruits, its sparkling
streams and to say farewell to those with
whom we played in childhood or counseled
ill manhood. In that night, like Jacob,
wo may have to wrestle, but
J God will not leave us unblessed.
| It shall not bo told In heaven that a dyj
ing soul cried unto God for help, but was not
I delivered. Tho lattice may bo turned to
j keep out tho sun, or a hook set to dim tho
light of the midnight taper, or the room may
be llllod with tho cries of ornhnnago or
widowhood, or the church of Christ may
I mourn over our going; but, if Jesus onlls,
all is well. Tho strong wresting by tho
brook will cease. The hours of death's
i night will pa-s along?1 o'clock intliomornI
ing. 2 o'clock in the morning, 1 o'clock in
l the morning, ."> o'clock in the morning?"the
I lay breaketh."
So l Woll'd l.ai'i it when f .lie I mi in in
Im te t > l"? 1 w.? .11 1 like t<> stun I li -re
i u iitv year- years and prca *ii this -'asp -I. I
I; tve ii irrml. aifain-t this world. Tim
nlv fan t I liuvii l<> tin I with tlii- world is
! ,;i ii to-si- tut* t-> > v.oli. lint when the
;i |.? 'vi I tru-t t.> hu ready, my
rillyalYiii ail t'. !. If I iiavowrentfe 1
i.; i--, I want tli'ni to lie sure of their h>r.-iv'
i In that ln-t \vr?*~t11iimy arm
i ! .:' ' I.-.I v.tli siekne? an I my head faint, I
wan; ' -us I?*~i 11 ai". 11 there Im luilnl> on
thi- i.|f in tin- tin.i I -tretch" t out to liolit
iin- ! a . I want Ilu> heavenly hands stretched
oil to ilraw mo forward. Then, 0 Jcmis,
li -ip me on and help tyo *i|?! LTnf?* iriirr. miI
iloulitinif. oiav 1 -io|> ri_rtit out into tin- lijfht
ai. ' !" al>n . > look back to my '.iielre I and
fra ud-, who would .b tain me hero, rxalaitn:
inc: * * f-?*t ni'* jfo! Lot m?> po! The day
| iuvaket h."
CORN YIE1.D ABOVE THE AVERAGE.
I
\ . n'lnral I >op i i t meat Itcriirn* for the
>1 .Oil Ii <>i N .11 . lit liar.
, The laiurii- to im. I)i-|>artmoat of.Vuri'ultur'1
lor Novaaih -r a-to rates of yield iniiUo
tin' av.'raoo of a.irn _'7.:l bn-hels. which is
..I >vc th" vicld indicated bv tin- llinires in
o'tolier. I.a-t year the preliminary isitiii
de of yic| I wa- "Jit.'J hush.'Is.
Hi- rate- , f \ odd in t lie Kry and |iriiici|>al
I'or : States arc a- lollnw-:
N- w y..rk, .'11.17: Pennsylvania. .1? I; Ohio,
v.'.'.1: Michis'aii, :17: Indiana. .'i'J.l: Illinois,
la i Wi-consin. '.if? 11: Mimiesota. .1il.fi: Iowa,
7.",. Mi- . uri, tiO.H; Kansas, 27.1: Nebraska,
l'lie avertt'e yield of lui.'kwhont i- IS.7
bu-hel- per acre, aifaimd 'ja. I bushels last
yisiraiid ill i lor ls;M. I h" average vicld
j.cr acre of potat is St", li lilt-he'-, which,
111ou.;11 not |>lieiiomenal, is nevertheless
a' %' t he a vertit^e for t In* ji'isl ten years. The
average y |. Id ot liav a- llldh'll'e I iiv die j.reill'.;
art returns i- I ;> "> to- . a-'aiiot l.f'fj
ii-: year. Tint nviarii|fn yiehl of t ? is
j. im U (e-r Here, ii'^ain t 7 17 i mm I- ia*l
> . hi I 7 ! I i on; I- hi the yi-ar I - 'I.
I r.llio;.'..!'! airent ll'ilo th" I i 'k of
.-i". !:\ .1- o. I',,, i; i-.ia, w' at
r ; a iii i . *h '.
hi i i t . . i.' i : 11.IJr i rn. W>'t
\Y< UIht ill ?''tnlirr thfoil limit (Vlitrttl Ril?
r- i u.i- unfiiv >mi for ilu* |> >tnti> cfop, A
roiilizi-il nil lliti
! > vr I ' Hi .
I.IKI 4 .1 1 l"4 III .111 I llH 1 1(111 lift.
J hi I'. ' i ii r.tilr -:i > tn i'i. nil 1 :?u
ii-i.i-ii.- Ii ti!, tn-i*l?* ii . ! I tly
? i.'.t .it \ii I'T- iii, in I., !? ir li
i. ;111 1 11:11.i ii. i in* i.l i.i- Iniv i" I'.rnUs
i.i- .itnii.-l.il, ii.i I I t! I.- I ii I i r 1111 nil lii- !. > iv
..'i. - i iv11 Ii .i -I r.in^'iT u lmili.l ii : knniv
mi :nIil-11. lii I?*ri''k -!i:j ) I
i i .. ri i li in I ic.r mi I i- in in-1 iiiiM liienn
, U' i -:u it.
WKKKLY TKAI)K KKI'OKTS.
There lias Never lieen So 4>reat a t,
4'linage for the Better lu u Single
Week. |
j II- low if extract.* from K (). Dunn A Co., (
i ui<I Drudstreet's weekly trade reports:
I "No one doubts that the brighter day Is
dawning, and it i.s the common remark that
1 never before has business shown >o greut a .
I change for the better within a single week.
Tothe change of conditions and of spirit de|
scribed last week these have Ix'cn large in>
creases in the working force and in the volume
of trade. Dispatches telling of about i
500 mills, most ol which have opened or j
j have muterialy enlarged their force. though !
they till many columns, give only part of the ,
I fact, for throughout the country the gain I
| has been surprising even to the most hopo- I
i rai. *
I "Foreign need of American wheat contin- r
ik's an importaut tactor and the price has r
i advanced to 8S cents, gaining 0 cents tor one
' week, 10 cents for two weeks and 24 cents 1
. sinew early in September. The price is the n
j highest since June, 1802. e
"Many textile works have been starting or r
i increasing force, mostly on orders booked
weeks ago. I "The
change in the money market is striking.
Instead oI $2.500,hOO going out to tlie
interior, us before. $2,500,000 have come in
! this week; instead of mo cents discount. Now |
I York exchange at Chicago is at 70 cents premillm,
instead of merchants audinanu actur|
ers vainly hunting lenders bunks arc bunting
| for more commercial paper, i omiueecial
( rates arc down to 5 wr cent nil iinner
Toreijth is higher; owutir to the
sales of $4,000.1X10 jfo vcriimeuts tHknii by the
l>unk of England us a member of the syndiente
early in 1S95, to payments of .t'lt.fiio.OOO
loans, anil to foreiirn reulizini* on #2,000,000
of securities, but all these are in efleet Hiking;
profits for confidence in Amerioan honor.
"Failures for th? week have been 270 in the
United States, aualnst 2S.1 last year anil 40 in
Canada airainst 111 last year.
"A partial reeord of the number of men |
iriven einployur'iit in industrial iines sinee I
November 0th shows an ukurebate of nearly
:i0,?l)0. D'-mand lor iron and steel has not
in.Teased alter the aetivitv of a week a^o,
but priees are lirm?in -omo instanees advanced?and
the trade continues confident
of a lunge business during the eomiuK ytnr.
Cotton and eotton itoods eontinue tirm and
une|tatii;ed in prices; print cloths have an
upward tendency. Wool is higher on more
??etivo demand, but manufacturers are not
supplying in e\erss of wants. Other advance*
in prices are for leather, shoes, white
pine lumber, petroleum, lard, sii'ftir and for
wheat, corn and outs. The strength of the
statistical position of wheat is as marked sis
li retofore, and renewed inquiries nr<\ roeeiveil
Irotu Australia. Tho eousptcuous deereases
tn prices are those for Coffee, iiork
and turpentine. Western jobbers report an
inerease in inuil orders, and that bcitiK between
seasons in some lities alone prevents
improvement in demand from jobbing beinK
itencrnl. Moreantile collections throughout
lie- Central Western and Southern States are
easier, hut colli plaints are still heard front
the West.
SKAItOAItl) Allt LINK.
a
The Hitch in the Transfer to Kyan o
Cont iiines. Q
Tito transfer of the Seaboard and Roanoke ^
i w
I.'ailroad Company and its kindred lines to p
the Hyan syndicate has not been accomplished, a:
nor can it be stated that there is any proba- ^
I bility tliut it will he. y
(it'll, c sill, of the Mercantile Trust Company tl
of lialtiti.v re, gave out the following staie- ?
moot: (l
"Mr. Thomas F. Ryan accepted anil paid si
for the stock of tlio Seaboard ami Roanoke a
Railroad Company, covered by Gen. John a
Gill's- options through the Mercantile Trust
and Deposit company, between two nud d
three thousand shares. Mr. Ryan also eulled o
at the office of the company to close the n
Hoffman pooled stock option, which expires r
Saturday, but the committee was not ready y
to deliver the stock or to tell what amount
hail come in undcrthnt option.f<
At tlio ofllce of President Hoffman it was n
said that Mr. Hoffman had nothiug to say, p
except that nothing had bceu done in the a
matter. Mr. Ryan and his attorney, Elibu t<
Root, of New York, arc at the lleuiu'it, l>ut g
neither of them would give any information u
to u lii to tlio statement issued by Gen. Gill. &
?-? ? B
The Weekly Hank Stutemeiit. ^
The weekly bank statement shows the fol- it
lowing changes: Reserve increase, 58,003,- N
525: loans Increase. 53,228,000; specie in- v
crease, 58,200.300: legal tenders increase. 54,407.200;
deposits increase. 51a,019,000; eireulation
i lee reuse. 517,200. The banks now hold
52.1.504.125 in excess of the requirements of
the 25 per cent rule.
Ifaniin's Southern Home.
Mark Hanna's palatial residence at Thorn|
asvitle. <ia? is being put in order for his arrival
. ii January 1st. A private letter says
| Hint he will take Major MeKinlcy with him
there to rest.
iii.ooi>sm;;i> \ t iikssmjikr.
*
J A Negro !!( >". .t> Arn-st ami is Killed.
Another Shooting l-Yaens Kiisiics ^
mm a IN. I ie. ma1'scsa W inch ester, V
A special to 11: * i hariotte ( \. C.) Observer I
irom Ga-tonia l.i.-t M i,.lay sa\s Yesterday 3
ovening news am to tin- town fr- m i: -so- t<
mer City that there was trouble at that place '
between tii" whi?- ? and I,larks. 'J"li ciroum- I'
stances a- learned s.i, are as fmiuvvs: C
A white man i::i:: ?! t.'reushuw was | a?sing 9
through a negro .set'ieine.it, when i. negro '*
nam\?i I-'.phrairn Ranks cursed him and J'
stri.ck him with a ro.-k. llo reported the as- 9
-auit to tl." p.ili- ..an. Manuel Jcnkitit, ami
lenktty, .: '..v ami Sam Moore went to ^
. arte t ir . gr . II" re-isted arrest and at- *
temple . t a rock, or so-.ni cih,-r deadly j
I weai ioi 1 I': en-haW. It is Irons.-I ?l
I nil kill.-.l liiai 'Iin-re With s"V r.'ll shots c
iro.l and o:.v man. Oddl. was shot m tho *
bnuO. ^
I.at?-r hi th--evening the town autlirrities "
leaned Ili'it iI'iti* \v 11 ? threatened up- j
r!."ini; aiiKmT 11 ltoi-s iiii<I tlm> proceedimI
In i. Ii tl.i- Ml-i| i' iimis ones fh litii'aiptiiiL,'
t'i m'iiu'Ii ii iii?irr?? name.) Sum c
Moore, Ii ' resisted ami shut nt Otlieer
.leak in- .li-iikiiis M-turned tIn- tln* Willi [
h VViiii Ii1 r rii'i- :t!nl simt Moore through (]
Mia hip Crenshaw Kiirrcudt-rcil and wmt to
!-*>*- __ ,]
l>r. 1'iirliliiirst Wins.
Tho Supreme Court of kiinta county, Nevt t
; York. has decided in favor "f tin* Society for 1
; the I'rcvi'iitioi of Crime, of which the Kev. 1
i I)r. Park hurst i* president, and against llo- t
Society for tin1 Prevention of Vie . of \\:i: -Ii i
. Anthony i'oinstoi'l, is tin- In-ad. in eoi-tru!
ii;;- tin- will of iIn* lati" Charles llatli^ati*
It .. who il r i al I..' 11!11-I I Sprint:-, N.
ti ! .< * II.:-. it' i. left an est nil- valin d ,
i.t . 1 i.tioo, and a* a residuary irifntra the /
S i v : ! to" i'. venlnui oi t'rime comes in
' for 1 (M 0. 11.-- S defy for the Pro ontion
I \ lairiii-il, ait' r the will was llleil,
that tii - ti -tat..r clearly intended tlie he|
i|tii -i lor tIii-iii. aicl that the lawyers in |
j lira v. mi; tin- will mistook tho names of the
t-v.? societies.
The i'iir|it-ihi l.aiiiieliiMl. i
| 1 .rpeilo I mat No. 10. the second of tin 1
ti.r I !i.-T I '.ult at tip* i >1:11111 tail Iron
\\ >rk- tor tin- I'States Navy, was
I iin 'ln'il I'll lay. hi.' m ss.'I is no ? \a I j
( (ini.tiTpart <>f No :t. \v i i i -11 was latui''lii'<l ai ;
tl.i- lr ii Works Oi-totHT I. T'to laiur'li wit' (
in i v tv way a |ntlei:t euooes.s. j
NiiEDS OF THE AM.
General Miles Offers Suc^stions ir:
His Annual Report.
WANTS MORE MEN AND FORTS.
ItM'ommfniU Tlmt tl.o KnllKtml strenctli
It.. Kixe.l nt Out. SoI.Ii.'r lor Two
Tliotisoti.l of l'opul?tton-.-Co:iKtrurtloii
of Motlrrit War Appllnn.'.'* Not :? Mrn>
Hrrt to l.al.or-?Tlir t'wo of Itlcjrli'H.
.. _ I
Washington, it. t". (Spcoi.il).?In transnittinij
to the Secretary of War the annual
oports of the department commanders in
nonaction with his own report upon the
lilit.iry operations ot thethe past year. Genrnl
Nelson A. Miles, coLamnudihg the arr.iy,
oeomroends that the enlisted strength of the
GENERAL NELi
' fin his annual report he recommends thu
rmy l?o fixed at ono soldier to every 2000 '
f population as a minimum, the maximum
ot to exceed ono soldier for every 1000 of
nn..i . ;?? OH . o. .i-.. I-. :
ithin those limits by the* l'resi dent or the
nitod States, according to the necessities
nd requirements of tho Nation."
Ho renewed his previous recommendation
lint at least two stations west of tho Kooky
lountains and one east bo established for
he accommodation of one regiment of cavIryeneh;
also the recommendations concerniK
the use of bicycles and motor wagons,
nd the promotion of enlisted men who
hall be found competent after thorough oxminatiou
to the grade of Second Lieutenant
fter live years of service.
A consideration of the importance of const
efenses comprises the grenter part of Goural
Miles's report, and is tho subject of his
lost important suggestions, lie renews the
ecommendatious made in his report for Inst
ear. nnd adds:
"Liberal appropriations should dc made
or the manufacture of high-power guns and
aortars, the construction of emplacements,
latform* and fortillcations for the same,
nd the construction of barracks and quar3r?
for tho accommodation of the artillery
arrisons that are to command them: and I
rge that a sufficient appropriation be inado
vailable for the work of Ordnance, F.nineer
and Quartermaster's Departments
uring tho year as follows:
"At Portland, Mo., ?1 .KU.SjO: Portslouth,
N. H., $333,925; Boston. $1,07M,350;
arragansott Pier. it. I., $64*2,825; Long Islnd
Sound, eastern entraueo, $896,925; Now
MON17MEN T TO HE EIIECTKI) ON
ork.
eastern entrance. i!>13.00; Now York. |
nithorn entrance, Pniladciphin, j
025,025; Baltimore, $t>71.450; Washington, |
) $577,923; Hampton Koa?!s, Ya.. $<810,25;
Wilmington, N. 0., .-j 125,525; CharlesDn,
S. $350,925: S ivnnnun, t?a..-?3'.i3,25;
K'*v NVost, I'l.i., f 32.100; Pensacolu.
la.. $150,400; Mobile, Ala., $ 15O.-I00; Now
Irlenns, $-ISO,-100; Galveston, Texas, $157,25;
San Diego, Ciil,, $G 0,025; San Fran- j
ls-o, $0,">2,H50; month of ilio Colnmhia !
Ilvor. Oregon, $560,325: Paget Sound, $701,50.
"An unwise argument," continuos the
ionoral, "li .s boon made against the eontruotion
of mo.lorn high-power gnus, nior- 1
nrs and the modern appliances of war, that
t is a danger and a menace to the laboring !
lassos, and in some instances marked pro- i
"sts have boon ma le aguin-t such a
rational policy. The arguments scorn
cnrcoly worthy of consideration; yet it is
loomed proper to call attention to the fact
hat these National safeguards nro in no
onset a menace to any class of citizens, not
iven to the humblest individual; but on the
ithor hand they uro a protection to the life,
iroperty and welfare of all classes from I lie
dghest to the lowest. They protect not ;
?nly the commercial ports .vith their aeumulatlon
of public buildings and private j
Iwellings, t lie commerce, tbo ship yards, the j
fioiurt' f Ik? f > 111 111 I r* v flii* Wi irbalii I.lit n Lft i
ho s ivintjH lianl; mi'i tlio outlaw. In fu''t,
ho lies', motion of our grout -ominer.jin! nrni i
nnnuln tnrinir <"lti?v-* would bo a National !
lisnsljr far inor- serious mi l appalling to
ho great in..?. - of ;li?? laboring pe ?j?!?> than
t would I" to ::*iy other ela-.s of our people."
AV lioiit "l":iJ. ? ? a lump.
Wheal ma ' :::: iili-i* ro.-or.l pri-- when op
lie N v \ or'. I'ro.Jlviiange ea.-'i via al
wit at fof itiia: liv.i- v-r\ ?ton-boil .
I or m or ( li'el .1 u t i? e lloin'..
l'i>riv: t ''liiof .lu-ti.? w. !'. Mi!!* r li-.l .?
I In homo in !? Molnon, I ?wa. a; Iho ago i
event> *'hr II- w.i- I" rn in IVan-v l. ni'.a.
II- wa- a i : r of ih Siij r-uiJourt
iroin JS7.1to l*:"il. Vft-r.vtird h> -wrote
lUil publish- I a 0C''.o 'n Iuvv i, v, hi '!i i vauio
i standard work.
I>< tl I <> (K.'r I wi'lvi' Millions.
T!i<> (iu\ *.niviit <'"inniitf'-!* <>i Iri'i iir;.
int'> tii" of ntmirs <>I tli<* (^uo'iislainl
S'litionai Hank, "porti'd a of r i 2,1 " <).100,
of \vhi<*li ?.>. !5.000 is p.'ga[ ''?.?I as boing
loal bovoud recovery.
! .LL'- LOYAL TO T.-JE FLAC.
I ^ tv;?p t\t <>pnrral Gordon's f.eetarc on tUc
" I<??t Hnyn ol I!m Confeilmvy."
i There was a touching .who at th?> conclusion
of Senator J. H Gordon's loot ure on the
"Last Days of the Confederacy," before the
Tdneoln Club in Rochester. N. Y. General
Gordon spoke for two and a lialf houra. under
appeals to "Go on; "aon." In coneludiiik'
he said:
"As I stand hero to-tilght, in your presence
nnd in the presence of the great (toil who is
tho judge of us all, us the seleided chief ol
all tho living Confeder^'o soldiers, I want tv>
present t<> you inv honor, the honor of al)
the living Confederates, tho honor of a great
people, that wo are ready to join with you in
waving aloft this proud banner (hero he
eaught up the Atneriean (lag from the table
and held it above his head), and wo join
with you all who love that Hag in saying
that, by God's help, there shall never come
to it one blot or stnin; that us- loug n-s the
ages remnin that ling shall be the most proud
and potent emblem of human freedom in all
this world."
The largo amiieneo arose as one man and
fairly went wild witli enthusiasm. Old soldiers.
witli einptv sleeves aud hobbling or*
eZSFy \\
M ;
/Q '
iON A. MILES. 1
t the United Stntos Army bo incronsod.)
crutches, rushed forward with tears stream- ] 1
itit? down their cheeks and greeted their 1
former loe. G noral Gordon was inuoii af- I ]
fectod.
THE BAY STATE'S TRIBUTE. i
Monument to lie K roc ted by Mnnanrhiisrtta
on tl?? Battleground of Antlctaiii. '
The monmneut that is to be orectod on the j
battleground of Antietam will be a strikingly
handsome tribute to the memory of the '
dead soldiers who fell upon that famous j
field. It will oucupy tho spot where fought
the Massachusetts men, and tho doslgns 1
after which it is to be constructed have been <
approved by the Governor of Massachusetts. I
It is to bo built of grantto mined in tho Back
Bay State. Tho monument itself is to be
twenty-one feet long and fifteen feet high, ]
and will adorn tho top of mound standing i
eight feet above tho surrounding grounds. ;
Numbers of the regiments that wero engaged |
in tho light will bo placed upon bronze tab- |
lets to tho right and left. On tho rear
of the centerpiece will be traced a map
of the battlefield, with the location of each
regiment plainly marked. The coat of arms j
of Massachusetts will be worked into the ,
centre of tho monument. The design is very ,
pretty and will appeal to all lovers of art. It
is expected that the monument will be ready
for unveiling some time next year. The
site is aptly chosen. It is at the fork of the
two Governineut roads uear tho Nicodetnus
house and the old Duuker Church. The land
I
:
*Jir ,!! :
s-v/i/1
Y ?r?Zip-/" . 7 -* f N
??JIII L_
? i
BATri.M(iUt)i;Nl> OF ANTIF.TA.M.
scoured for the purpose is very near the main
lino of battle. The mound on which tho
monument will rest will be surrounded by a
br'ss railing.
AN IRISH SPY.
I
l.ondon's Scotland Yard Drlrrlirm Kvnlv* '
Another Informer.
K?1 ward J. Ivorv, tln> barroom keeper of |
N? w York City, held in London us an alleged j
dynamiter, win confronted in Bow Street
l'olice Court with n British Oovernment spy
known only n> '.Tones," and tie- hearing has
caused a sensation equal to thai which follows'
tin? revelation of the spy Ln Caron a
f-w years ago. Jones's statements art? intended
to show that the "new movement"
which was organized in Chicago is controlled
by a see ret organization, the members
of which have gathered money to carry
out dynamito projects.
The unexpected nppenrnnco of this renegade
Irish spy made ? deep impression on
the prisoner, who fixed on liitn a look full of
angry contempt.
When proceeding* were over and Ivory
bad been held for trial at the Central Criminal
Court, Jones, carefully guarded, disappeared
as mysteriously as ho had come.
Curried to Ocelli Over ISig Snws.
John (trove went to 1 sawmill, at Con- j
fluenee, W. Va., to inspect the works, and |
while passing the log carriage Ids foot !
slipped and ho fell on it. Before the ma-|
d be Stopjcd lie Was earned to
i he large 11.ind -a'.vs. f'!i" buy -aw.*severed I
' .til hi lii- p.g. (r.mi iiis In h1. I)>. was I
ink < I. mi". t-'iA. ?!ie | before r;;> lical aid [
c nil l reach him.
Mori- \i Killi"!.
linn I of Tnrk.i !. . . |>lun?h*foI |in* vll? I
I <>1 l'.\i iv... iii A -1.? U.:i r. liiilim; lOo ot
, il l- Arm* man inhahitui.t - an I setting lira to
an.I ili'-trnvia^ llflv li"U-' -. Not one of the
I ai i.i-ii ii.ara.i'li'r- \\a? kill" ). Kais irieli,
tn a ivii'i'- further say, has i i'"n ilirown iii.
to ustate* of panic I?v* Hi1' outr.i^o,
I'.olivin May Help Culia.
The Committee on foreign Affairs of tin
^iViimln'r of liejuitie, of liofiviu, has ro|iortei|
in favor of tho recognition of the
. C'tl'uu insurgent.s as hellitfereuis.
THE Ji 'VKKTS.
COTTON FITTURR*.
New York?Futures closed stendy.
Opening. Closing.
November 7 80 7 93
l)wi>T)li|ir 7 95 KOI
January 8 06 8 12
*v..ru.uy 8 10 817
March . 8 16 8 23
April 8 20 8 27
May 8 20 8 31
June... 8 28 8 33
July 8 23 8 36
Spot cottou closed steady; middling uplands,
8 3-16; middling gull, 8 7-16.
L.IVKUPOOI. COTTON MAUKKT.
Liverpool.?Cottou?Cloning-?iu fair demand
but business only moderate. American
middling 1 29-32d.
Futures closed steady at the udvunee.
American middling.
November 4 28
November and December 4 !M#4 25
|)pp<?mliMr Mini .luniinru
January ami February 4 112
February and March 4 22
March and April.. .*. 4 22
April **nd May. 4 22(tf>4 23
May and June 4 23@4 24
June and July 4 24
July and August 4 If<v 1 25
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.
New Orleans, La. -Cotton futures steady.
November 7 6l> hid.
December 1 \i'JC'->7 77
January
February
March 7 25(5 7 30
April 7 03(0.7 98
May 8 0i(n8 0&
June 8 011^811
OTHER MARKETS.
Norfolk, firm, 7Uj.
Baltimore, steady, 7%.
Boston, quiet, 8JH.
Wilmnington, steady,7 7-18.
Philadelphia, llrm, it 7-15
Savannah, steady, 7 7-10.
Now Orleans, llrm, 7%.
Augusta, steady. 7 9 10.
Charleston, nominal, 7%,
New York, steady, K 8-16.
CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET,
Middling fair
Strict good middling 7 10
Rood middling 7 80
Middling 7,'?(? 7,%'
l'inges 7
Maius .. 6'>j(g>6%
Market firm.
COLUMUiACOTTON MARKET.
Rood middling 7 5-10
Strict huddling 7 3-16
Middling; 7 1-16
Strict low middliug 6 15-10
Low middling 6 13-16
Market steady.
RAI.EIOII COTTON MARKET.
Cotton selling at 7<fc)7%.
Market llrm.
CUIOAUO GRAIN AND VUODCCE.
Opening. Closing.
Wheat.
November 76% 77%
December 77% 78%
May 8 51% 82%
Corn.
November 24% 24%
December 25% 25%
Mav 23% 29
Oats.
November 18% 18%'
December 19%' 19%
May 22% 22%
Mesa Pork, per bbl.
December $7 15 7 02%
Imiliary $7 95 3 02%
May $8 40 8 37%
Lard, per 100 lbs.
December $4 17% 4 15
January $4 32% 4 37%
May $4 60 4 57%
Short Bibs, per 100 ibs
December $ 3 77%
January $3 92% 8 97%
Muy $4 17% ? 22%
Cash quotations are as follows:
Flour ateady. Wheat, No. 2 spring. 77%;
No. 3 spring, 75(876%, No 2 red 85%(S86%. "
Com, No. 2. 24%. Outs, No. 2, 19% ($20; No.
2 white, fob 21(823; No. 3 white, fob 18(?
20%. live, No. 2, 38. Barley, nomtual, No.
3, f. o. b. 24(o>37; No. 4, 23%(?26. Flax seed.
No. 1, 76(5)76%'. Prime timothy seed, $2.55.
Muss pork, per bid., $7.05(87.10. Lard, per
100 lbs., $4.15(84.20. Short rib sides
(loose), $3.75tir3 95; dry baited shoulders
(boxed), 4(84%; abort clear sides (boxed)
4%^'4'.,. Whiskey, distiller's finished goods,
per gallon, SI. 13.
XAVAI. STORES.
Charleston.?Rosin llrm at $1.40(81.45.
Turpentine llrm at 25 bid.
Wilmington.?Kosin llrm; strained $1.50
good $1.55; spirits quiet. Machine, 25%; irregular
25%. Tar llrm at $1.00. Turpentine
firm; hard $1.40; soft $2.00; virgin $1.90.
Savannah.?Spirits steady ut 26; Itosin llrm;
water white $2.60; window glass $2,30; N,
$2.10: M. $1.90; lv, $1.70; I, $1.70, II, $1.65;
(1, $1.65; F. $1.60; E, $1.50: 1>, O, 11 and A,
$1.50.
COFFEE.
Coffee?Spot Rio. dull: No. 7. jobbing 11%.
invoice, 10%. Mild, quiet. Cordova, 15@17;
KICK.
The rii'fl market was 11 rm at Charleston.
The <|uotnlious are; Prime, good
4' Co 4 ,: lair, lOi 1', ; Common, :i:i;.j.
it a it: 11. ii 'loitAi'co mai:ki:t.
Smokers, Common 3
" Good 5
" Fine l()r?i:
Cutters, Cotnmou lDfo 15
" (iaotl lKCni'JO
" Fine 20,g)'2ft
Fillers, Common 2fo> 3
" (ioo'l 4^|) li
" Fine H(n 10
YV runners, Common, green l()o. IK
" (i< to. I 20tf.30
" Fine 35fr50
Market strong with good demand for all
grades.
Cnxcy Culls Tor a Few IJofornis.
Cominouwculnr J. S. Coxoy li;ut called a
conference of till friends of tlie initiative and
referendum ami other ref rms to meet at the
Llnilell Hotel, St. Louis, January 12, 1H'J7.
At this meeting a platform will lie presented
deelaring lor the ilemoneti/.ation of fcold as
well as silver. State; ownership of all railroads,
highways, waterways and telegraph and telephone
lines; niunieipal ownership of all
street ear lines, waterworks, market houses,
electric; light and ;gas plants, womeu's suf frage
and eleetion of President hy direct vote
of tin; people. Also that national hanks
should loan money to the people at cost.
I try a li Carried South Oakotli.
Nothing hut the official eount will show
positively who are elected State officers ill
South Dakota, hut from the hest information
obtainable from all sources at Pierre the Indications
are that the ilrvan electors will
have a majority in the neighborhood of 100.
'l'le whole iiepuhliean Stale ticket, with the
exception of Governor, will he elected by
small majorities.
( omplr Tor lv d- lr.. dosed the First
s . |; ml. of P <*.,ra;i, |:im capital fflit,aie,
.-..nl fUe-eil p. ink Fxaiiiiner Stone in
..r.re. The ban!, - in !..e| shape, heinglin
I
A ? ri v <; !! :.11 li irm.iii lm.< appointed
*<-11j-i:ititi l'i <1J i li. .Ir.. <>f ( h.ir!*-t >n, W. Vn.,
. i111 Ciiiii-ii M.itcs ilisiri'-t atiorui'y for
vV'v-itVir^ini.i, vii-i-.i. \\ . < '.iiii'h.Jr., itismlsai-d
'IK'' A-.-ofiiitioii of \tn< ri< :m Atf riciiltura
' iil>'>-"an*I l .\|" i ihK'lu StntluliH i.s li'ililiiiK
; i ii iitli annual i-oii v*'iiU<;u iu Washington*
t will last thrro iluvs.