- : . - - . . i. . " ' ! , '. r-
Grantham & Pittmax, Proprietors.
$1.00, Per Year In Advance.
PiWVfe ALL tHlKtiS A$D HOLD IA8T TO THAT WHICH IS , GOOD."
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VOL. V.
TI(E
Sim I lie Mi
1ST CON AN DOYI.E.
'Ami so am I," he answered, frankly.
'I lon"t believe that I can swing over
the job. I .ffive you ray; word on the
K.ok that I never raised my hand
against Mr. Sholto. It was that little
hell-hound Tonjra who shot One of his
cursed' darts into him. I had no part
in it. sir. I was as jrrievccl as if it had
Ken my blood-relation. I vrelted the
' .little devil with the slack end of the
rpc for it. hut it was done, and 1 could
ii't undo it aain."
"Have a cicrar," said Holmes; "antl
you had Ix'.st take a pull otttolmy flask,
for yem are very wet. How could you
4-xpeotso small and -weak a man as this
Mack fellow to overpower Mr. Sholto
and hold him vhile you were climbing
the rope? :
"Vnu seem to know as much about it
Tis if you were there, sir. j The truth is
that I hoped to find the room clear.
I kn;w the habits of the house pretty
v.-.-H. and it was .the time when Mr.
holo usually went down to his sup
per. I shall make, no secret of. the
..business. The best defense that I can
in;ikf is just the simple truth. Now, if
?t had been the old major 1 woyld have
MV"!';' for him with a lijrht heart. I
would have thought no more of knif
inir him than of smoking- this cigar.
I'.ut it's cursed hard that I should le
la-rrl over this "yomiff Sholto, with
whijm i hud no quarrel whatever."
'Yui are under the charge of Mr.
rAthIney Jones, of Scotland Yard. He
is ir'-ing- to bring- you up to my rooms,
aim I shall ask you for a true account
'-of the matter. You must make a clean
breast of it, for if you do I hope that I
may be of v.seto you. I think I can
prove that .the poison acts so quickly
that the man was dead before ever you
re:n!ied the room.' I
' That he was. sir. I never got such
a turn in my life ns when I saw him
grinning at. me with his head on his
houl.!cr ns 1 climbed through the win
l,uv. It fairl- shook ne, sir. I'd have
h:.lfkilh d Tonga for it if he had. not
scrambled of. That was how he
ram-.' to leave, his . club, and some
of his darts, too. ns 1iq tells me,
which I dare say helped to put
3 ou on our traelc, though how
you kept on it is, more than I can tell.
I don't feel -,o malice "against you for
it. Hut it does seem a queer thing,"
he ndde-.; w ith a bitter smile, "that I,
v' !i Imve a fair claim to nigh upon
kr.lf ;i million of . money should spend
tfe first half of my life building a
ftrcrtkwater in the Andamans. and am
like to spend the othor half diggin'
drains at 1 Savtmoor. It was an evil
day .for me when 'first I j clapped eyes
upon the merchant Achmet and; had to
do with the Agra treasure, which nerer
broe.gh.t anything but a curse yet upon
the man who owned it. To him it
brought murder, to Maj. Sholto it
brought fear and guilt, to me it has
tneunt slavery for life."
At this moment Athclney Jones
thrift his l r. ad face ::im Ivnvy shoul-flen-into
th tiny cabin. 'Quito a fam-
I
"Mt HE A FAMILY I'AHTY," UK BEMAKKKD.
ily inarty." he remai-ked "I think 1
ha!l have a pull at that flask. Holmes.
Well. I think 'we may nil congratulate
each 'other- Tity we tli.ln't take the
oth.-r alive: but there was no choice. I
say. Holme . you mu -t confess that you
cut it rather tino. It was all that we
cmM do to overhaul her."
"All is well hat ends well." said
Hobnes. -Jiut 1 certainly did not
kaou- that tlie Auroral was such a
'oinxr.';
"niith says that she is one of the
fuvt,.st launches on the river, and that
J' he had had another man to help him
vnh the engines we should never have
c;ii:i:ht her. lie swears he knows n'oth
i""' this Norwood business."
"Neither he did," cried our prisoner
"not a word. 1 choe his launch be-c-
iso I heard that she was a fiver. We
b --I him nothing, but we paid him
V.-..!'
and lie was to get something
if we reached our vessel, the
1- ...
h-:rxr:lt!a. at Uravesend. outward
fur th0 lra;.ils."
A ell. if he lias done no wrong we
see that no wrong comes to him
t v, ;nv . . fp.:..i- sn oatchins1 out
not so o,uie!:j in condemn
ii'.g.ther.-.." It was amusing to notice
hovi- tiie eonsequcniinl Jones was al
ren ly beginning1 to give himself airs on
the strength of the capture. From the
slight smile which played over Sher
lock Holmes' face, I could see that the
sreech had not been lost upon him.
."We will be at Vauxhall bridge
presently." said Jones, "and shall land
Dr. Watson, with the" treasure;
hex. I neet hardly tell you that I am
taking a very grave responsibility upon'
toys-elf in doing this. It is most irreg"
but of course an. agreement is an
a7rrenient. I must, however, as a mit
of duty, send an inspector with
.,r, since von have so valuable a
C"'frr- , Ym vriH drive, no doubt?"
es, I shall drive.'- -
"It is a pity there is no key, thati we
Inuy make an inventory first. Y'ou ivill
n to break it open. Where is the
v-hW4. ,1.! si v-ra : 1 tw d
r ' l l i r , rfm T 'T'l ' iliiniTllljatiiH
key, my man r
At the bottom of the river," said
Small, bhortly. !
'Hum! There was n you gir
ing this unnecessary trouble. We have
had work enough already through you
However, doctor, I need not warn you
to be 'careful. Bring the box back
With you to the IJaker street rooms.
You will find us there on our war to
the station."
They landed me at Vauxhall with
my heavy iron box ami" with- a bluff,
genial inspector ns lay companion. A
quarter of an hour's drive brought us
to Mrs. Cecil Forrester's. The servant
seemed surprised at so lata a visitor.
Mrs. CeeU Forrester was Cut for the
t-verng, she explained, and likely to
oe very late. Miss Morstan, however,
was In the drawing-room; so to the
drawing-room I went, box in hand,
leaving the obliging inspector in the
cab.
She was seated by the open window,;
dressed in Rome fcort of white diaphan
ous material, with a, little touch of
scarlet at the neck and waist. The soft
light of a shaded lamp fell upon her as
she leaned back in the basket chair,
playing over her sweet, grave face, and
tinting with a dull metallic sparkle
the rich coils of herluxurian hair, one
white arm and hand drooped over the
r'tle of the chair, and her whole pose
und figure spoke of an absorbing
melancholy. At the sound of my foot
fall she sprang to her feet, however,
and a bright flush of surprise and of
pleasure colored her pale cheeks.
"I heard a cab drive up," she said. "I
thought that Mrs. Forrester had come
back very early, but I never dreamed
that it might be you. What news have
3'ou brought me?"
"I have brought something better
than news," said I, putting down the
1m.x upon the table and speaking jov
ially and boisterous-, though my
heart was heavy within me. "I have
brought 3ou something which is wortli
all the news in the world. I have
brought 3'ou a fortune."
She glanced at the iron box. "Is
that 'the treasure, then?" she asked,
coolly enough.
"Yes, this is the great Agra treasure.
Llalf of it is -ours and half is Thaddeus
Sholto's. You will have a couple of
hundred thousand each. Think of
that! . An annuit3r of ten thousand
pounds. There will be few richer
j-oung ladies in England. Is it not
glorious?"
I think that I must have been rather
overacting my delight, and that she
detected a hollow ring in m3" congratu
lations, for I saw her e3'ebrows rise a
little, and she glanced at me curiously.
"If I have it," said she, "I owe it to
you." .
"No, no," I answered, "not to me,
but to my friend Sherlock Holmes.
With all the will in the world, I could
never have followed up a clew which
has taxed even his anabytical genius.
As it was, wre very nearly lost it at the
last moment."
"Pra3' sit dowrn and tell me all about
it, Dr. Watson," said she.
I narrated briefly what had occurred
since I had seen her last llolmes' new
method of search, the discovery -of the
Aurora, the appearance of Athelney
Jones, our expedition in the evening,
and the wild chase down the Thames.
She listened with parted lips and shin
ing eyes to my recital of our adventures.
When' I spoke of the dart which had so
narrowly missed us. she turned so
white that I feared she was about to
faint. '
"If is nothing," she said, as I
hastened to pour her some water. "I
am all right again. It v.ras a shock to
' irie to hear that I had placed U13' friends
in such horrible peril."' (
"That isallover I answered. "It was
nothing. I will tell you no more gloomj
details. Let us turn to something
brighter. There is the treasure. What
could be brighter than that? I got
leave to bring it with me, thinking
that it would interest you to be the
first to see it."
"It would be of the greatest interest
to me,"' she said. There was no eager
ness in her voice, however. It struck
her, doubtless, that it might seem un
gracious upon her part to be indiffer
ent to a prize which had cost so much
to win.
"What a prett;,- box!'J she said, stoop
ing over it. "This is Indian work, I
suppose?"
"Yes; it is Benares metal-work."
"And so heavy!" she exclaimed, try
ing to raise it. "The box alone must
be of some value. Where is the key?"
"Small threw it into the Thames," I
answered. "I must borrow Mrs. For
rester's poker." There was in the front
a thick and broad hasp, wrought in the
image of a sitting Buddha. Under this
I thrust the end of the poker and
twisted it outward as a lever. The hasp
sprang open with , a loud snap. With
trembling fingers I flung back the lid.
We both stood gazing in astonishment.
The box was empty!
No wonder that it was heavy. The
iron work was two-thirds of an inch
thick all round. It was massive, well
made and solid, likeachest constructed
to carr3 things of great price, but not
one shred or crumb of metal or jewelry
lay within it. It was absolutely and
completely emptj-.
"The treasure is lost," said Miss
Morstan, calmly.
As I listened to the words, and real
ised what they meant, a great shadovf
seemed to pass from my soul. I did
not know how this Agra treasure had
.weighed me down, until now that it
was finally removed. It was selfish,
no doubt, disloyal, wrong, but 1 could
realize nothing save that the golden
barrier was gone from between us.
"Thank God!" I ejaculated from my
very heart.
She looked at me with a quick, ques
tioning smile.' "Why do you scy that?"
she asked. "
(To be c-Etinu- d.l
Stepfather and Son in a Duel.
A duel took place in Galveston, Texas, be
tween Louis Zimmerman and bis stepson. ;
Henry W. Banes, reaultiug in the instant:
death of the former and the fatal wounding'
of the latter. Litigation over property and
domestic troubles were the cause.
UxN,
DISPENSARY
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AS IS ALSO
The Registration Law An Extra Ses
eion of the Legislature Irobabie.
The decision in the registration case of
MiDs vs. Green was read by Judg GoCf In
the United State3 Circuit court at Columbia,
8. C, on W'-dnesday. It vfas very lengthy.
I, bolds that the court has no jurisdiction,
that no official Stale or National, is above th
law; that as to the constitutionality of th
registration law, that citizens -of a State are
citizens of the United States, residing in that
State, and thafc Mills is such and that the
plaintiff's claims are sustained by. the decl
Bion of the .court; that tha registration laws'
requirement of certificates is not warranted
by the law; thai the registration law is un
constitutional in such requirement; that tbe
constitutional act does not cure the defects;
that the whole laws are unconstitutional;
that the proceeding is not against the State;
that this court is a court of the State, as well
as of the United States. Tho court therefor
issues a permanent injunction.
Judge Simon ton next read his decision ia
the dispensary ease of Donalds vs. the State
constables, declaring that th court has ju
risdiction; that provisions of the dispensary
law are in violation of the United States In-ter-Stato
Commerce, and that the issuo it
granted as prayed for.
This deeiHion will either result in an extra
session of the legislature or an abandonment
of the proposed constitutional convention
called to meet in September. The laws de
clared void include the entire registration
system of the State. He also decided against
the dispensary law so far as it relates te
seizures of liquors shipped into the State.
This decision will seriously effect the dispen
sary as the hostility to it leads people to
even pay more for same goods in preference
to patronizing it. The cases of contempt
H2raii:st State commissioner Mixon and two
constables for seizures in violation of Judge
GolT's order: were dismissed in view of dis
olaiiiiers and b .pologies made. ;
The injunction is an Iron-clad one, the
meat of it being in the following: ;
"Ordered, adjudge und decreed that a
writ of injunction be awarded and do issue
out of ihis court, commanding and enjoining
and restraining the defendants, M.:T. Holioy,
Sr., as chief constable of the Stale of Soeth
Carolin;;, and all the other State, constables
of the State of South Carolina nd officers
and other persons acting under him, and
their successors in offlce, and also the de
fendants, J. M. Scott, E. M. Gardner, and
E. G. Beach, aud all other tfte constables
of the State of South Carolina, and pll coun
ty sheriffs and thpir deputies and all munici
pal officers, chiefs of police niid policemen,
and all other officers of. the Stvite of South
Carolina or of any countv, city or town of
the sai 1 State of South Carolina and all per
sons whomsoever acting or claiming to act
under jthe authority of the act of the General
Assembly of the State of South Carolina, ap
proved January 18th, 1895, or under any war
runt issued by or under authority thereof,
from seizing or attempting to seize in transit
or otherwise, both before and after ar
rival in the State of South Caroliina,
and at any place in the State of South Caro
lina, take, carry away or confiscate any
packages whatsoever of ales, winds', beers or
spirituous liquors, or any intoxicating liquors,
the product of any other State or foreign
country,import edinto or brought i uto theSt ate
of South Carolina by any in-ans of transpor
tation whatsoever, by the complainant James
Donald, or any other person whomsoever for
his own use and consumption, aoid' from en
terinsr forcibly, or searching or attempting
to search, the premises or dwelling of the
complainant, James Donald, or any other
person in the State .of South Carolina, or any
railroad depot,, railroad car, or .. steamboat,'
or sailing vessel, or other vehicle of inter
state commerce ot any vehicle whatsoever
within this State for such intoxicating liquors
as aforesaid imported or brought into rhis
State for his use or consumpriou or from
hindering and preventing by any means
whatsoever the complainant, .Janies Donald,
or any other person in the State of South
Carolina, as importer aud consumer of the
ales, beers, wines and spirituous liquors of
other States and foreign countries from im
porting, holding, possessing, using' nod con
suming the said intoxicating liquors as afore
said so imported for his ut-e and consump
tion." "As to the dispensary,"- said Governor
Evans. "It will continue its operations as
heretofore, and the case will be pushed to
the Supreme Court of the United States as
speedily as possible. It is an absurdity to
argue that Congress has the right to pass a
law giving to the State the right to absolutely
control whiskey brought into the borders of
the State as though it were manufactured in
the State and yet powerless if perchance a
perjured bar-keeper may maintain it is for
his own use and consumption."
TIIK BANK STATEMKNT.
Loans Growing But Money Becoming
More Plentiful.
Ti-e New York Financiers-. vs. of the paet
week:
A outinuaace of the boom in ali tt-reet,
which has surpassed the expcctati-.us of the
most sanguine of bulls, has had some efiect
on the statement made" by the A-sot dated
Cmks 01 this city for the week ending May
11th.. Lo ins show a healthy expansion of
over Tt 000 000. bringing the iotal lor two
weeks above :rS,OCO.000. with the chiinc-s
de.-idediy in tavor of a still heavier increase
before the spring reason ends. But while
the volume of loaus is growiug, i money is
also incoming more plentiful, as the inen-a.se
of ?10.824.700 in deposit and 3,?3i.5'25 in
the total reserve shows This fact should
not be lost sight ot in the gvneral satisfaction
exprc-M -I ever the reaction from the nerio-1 of
extrtme dullness which has marked tie- past
yertr.
Tht demand i'-i money luring the week
just ended has been practically : i"r ni the
South, a number of banks having triads loans
at rates believed te be 1.0T far from 4 per
cent. It would be idle to claim that the
country hasthrowi. dT entirely the effects of
the panic, hut the revival in business, judg
ing frorn the reports made by the New York
hanks, has been more tban satisfactory, and
is cause for general i-ongratulations.. Not
less than -?50.000.000 in American securities
have gone to Europe this spring, and the de
cline in foreign exchange rates is tht best
proof that the tide has turned in our favor.
The banks which advanced the 30.000.000
in gold to aid the svndicate in its purchase of
the last bond ioanhad 40 per eentj of the to
tal returned te them last week, although the
transfer, involving at least 12,000.000, was
not made in time to-be reflected in the cur
rent bank statement.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
At Providence, R. I., ail the 01ueyiiie
mills were closed SatunUy for au indefinite
period. The manufacturer? say they viil re
main closed until the ojerativej quit avia
tion and the Atlantic M.i-s strikers s-.r----r.der.
Ten ihousaad working people r idle.
New England interests . ontiriu- to h-c ome
identiSerd more and more .-::u the- South.
An important move has been made by the
Wiiitiu M ichine Company, of Wnitii.sville.
Mass.. au-l the Xttson ila hiii" ' C-jmpauy. 01
Lowell, in creating a g-nera! Soiirhera ge.
cv with boa ' larters in CharloUf. To
com ies wii) b" repr--:-cntcJ iu l:e Sutii
by t'uel). A. Tompkins Coaipaay.
TiorCion'ti population moxf .iso:! at
tlie xate of 105,00-) .i year.
LAW,
! 1
K: :Ci WEDNESDAY,
HOW TO CULTIVATE THE WEED.
Lessons In the Tobacco Farm. Out
lines of the Process.
South Carolina tobacco, as a role, has been
best adapted for high grade wrappers and
for smoking tobaccoi These require the best
grades naturally( and the curing also has
had much to do with the high prices that
have been paid for South Carolina tobaccof
Tobacco can be cured in two ways, by cut
ting the leaves and curing on wires as the
leaves ripen, and also by cutting down the
stalk, leaves and all, and curing differently
somewhat from the wire or steel process. It
had been the rule in Darlington and Florence
counties to cure on the eticts and wires, but
this may perhaps be changed, as the large
manufacturers are now urging that tobacco
shall be stalk cured. This mode of curing
is deemed so much more desirable by the
manufacturers that some of them have in
structed their local buyers to adhere, as
strictly as p-sible, .to purchasing stalked
cured toba v . . "or them. The buyers of
wrappers ha v Jeen particularly instructed
to purchuso stalk-cured tobacco, and the
manufacm . -rs say that a test of this will
clearly convince all of the superiority of this
to the w' re-cured tobacco, and they prophesy
the early abandonment of the "curing by
wire.
If it is desired to cure oa the wires the
leaves are taken from the plant as they ripen,
care being taken not to gather green leaves.
Thse ar placed in baskets and conveyed to
th j curing barns and there strung on the
vires, four to six inches apart, on each point
according to size of leaf. Extra care must
again be taken to avoid bruising or other
wise damaging the leaves. The sticks are
tie n hung in the barns on tier poles, about
twelve inches apart, beginning at the top of
t'ie barn and filling it. When the barn is
lilled. which must be done on the day the
wood is consumed, close the ventilators,
start a slow Are in the furnace and gradually
raise the temperature to 90 or 95 o Fah
renheit. Hold the temperature at this heat
for twelve hours, which will toughen the
leaf, then advance the heat 2 0 an hour un
til one hundred is reached. Again hold the
temperature stationary for twelve hours,
then open ventilators and let the heat remain
at 100 3 for'six hours, when the sweat will
be sufficiently dried off and the tobacco will
be sufficiently colored to again advance the
heat. Then advance the heat 0 per hour
until 140 is reached in a sixteen-foot barn,
and 150 3 is reached in a twenty-foot barn.
Hold at this temperature until the leaf is
killed or cured, which will usually be in
about twelve hours. j
Close, ventilators now and advance at 2 0
to 50 per hour until 170 o is reached, then
hold the ten pratu re until the stemsorstalks
are cured, waich will be about in eighty hours
from the time the barn was filled. Th".n open
the doors and the ventilators and let the barn
cool. When the tobacco becomes soft enough
to fedd the leaf so as not to break the small
fibres in the leaf, then take the wires down,
strip oft the leaves and carry them to. the
pack house and bulk it down, turning the
tips of the leaves in and the butts out. Care
must here be taken not to have the tobacco
in too high "case" when it is taken down and
bulked, and 'that causes it to redden and
mold, winch distracts materially from the
value of the tobacco. '"
The sams process of curing can be success
fully followed in stalk curing. As stated
before, some of the large manufacturers
prefer stalk cured tobacco, but there is no
reason why careful attention should not pro
duce equally satisfactory results by curing
with the wire, process. Careful reflection
and talks with Darlington and Florence
county planters indicate decidedly that this
is the ease. When tobacco is properly cured
it -seems that it is evidently cured as well in
one of these ways as it is In the other, and
the highest prices havp been paid for wire
cured tobacco during the past two seasons.
Stalk curing can only be successfully done
when all the leaves ripen at the same time,
aad this may or may not the case. For
poitis reason, the large manufacturers, some
of them, at least, prefer the stalk cured to
bacco, and when a planter can do so it would
ue v.- .-j! for him to make the experiment for
hhvis.'lf an i test the comparative yalue of th
two pro.v-.s es. Lot him remember, in either
ei.se, tli;j t he cannot be too careful when he
eoniuieuecs curing his tobacco.
Aftsrtho t oba . "co has been cured and pack
ed away or "1 .ulked down" in the pack barn
it should remain in this condition until it is
decided to s-11 it. When the planter decides
to carry Ins tobacco to the . warehouse for
sal-- iiv-should have everything carefully pre
'pared beforehand. While the tobacco is in
the pack baru it should be carefully graded,
and this is not hard to learn. This is done
by carefully assorting the leaves of uniform
size, color and texture in separate piles.
Then the leaves must be tied up in ''hands''
of ft 0111 six to twelve leaves in each hand.
Ii arra'r-ig or as-sorting these different
grades i: is important that each grade be kept
separate i.::d distinct. The different grades
may be hung on the stick) or may be bulked
as the planter may prefer. It is not a difll
clt process to grade tobacco properly, as
t!fe leaves that most resemble each other are
nbt hard to get together.. The colored hands
take to toba--co culture naturally, and seem
tJ like it very much. In several instances
amo;ig the lanters of Darlington and Flor-
a -e counties colored men do the grading
eatirjly alter having had some experience in
enriug and bulking the tobacco.
i Tobacco is not sold as is any other agricul
tural pro tu' t in South Carolina. After the
farmer has graded It he carries it to the
nearest and best warehouse. The proprietor
meets him and his tobacco, along with any
other that may nave been carried to the vare
bbtisx that day. is placed in piles all ever the
floor, each pjfe.' belonging to a different own
et. whose name is placed on it. Wheu every
thing is ready the auctioneer commences
work. the. buvers gather around, and the live
liest kind of bidding is seen. The name of the
highest bidder and the number of pounds of
tooa eo in each pile he buys is attached to a
card, and the sellers may a-jcept or reject any
bid that is -made. The auctioneer continues
until every lot has been sold, and after this
has been done the buyers and sellers get to
gether for a settlement.
lit has leen thoroughly' and practically
demonstrated that tobacco culture in South
Carolina is a success. Tho planters of Dar
lington aud Florence counties have estab
lished this fact, and they have had difficul
ties in doing so. At no time has the work
been easv. and at many stages it was most
discouraging. There is no doubt
tnat great care must be taken in almost
everv "detail of tobacco culture, but, on the
other hand, there is no doubt but that great
rewards are in store for those who make the
efifort. It is, beyond question, the moneyed
crop for South Carolina, and the fact that it
requires great care and attention should only
be an incentive to ambitious planters. It well
repavs every effort bestowed upon it, and for
these very reasons it can never be a common
crop. Small crops of five acres that were
carefully attended to and properly cultivated
hive in several cases yielded much hand
somer results than fifty acres planted in cot
ton. Let what was said in the first one of
these letters be repeated here, and this will
explain, it is hoped, once more why It is best
to be careful. "Now common sense is worth
just as much in tobacco culture as it is any
where else. These letters, it is hoped, have
fchown why tobacco culture should be
carefully done, but they need escite no fears
with any farmer who is willing to take pains
with what he does. Use the right seed, han
riie carefully to keep the leaves from being
bruised, kill the insects to save your tobacco,
cure earefu:!v and properly to get the mon
ev for v. ur work, and the entire secret is be
iire tho? who can a:.d will make the test.
Charleston. r. C. N-waand Courier.
j Income Tax Cases Adjourned.
Mr. Joseph H. Choate, or counsel for the
complainants in the income tax caes now
pending before the United States Supreme
Court at Washington, finished Ids long ucd
piaborate argument on Wednef dr.v, and th
Chief Justice thereupon ordered the criT to
adjourn court until May 20th. j
MAY lft, 1890.
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
CONVENE AT WASHINGTON.
The Presentation of Report.
Interesting Figures.
Some
The first session f the Southern BaptiE'.
Convention was held Friday morning at tht
First Baptist church, ou Sixteenth street at
Washington, D. C;
Judge Haralson was unanimously re-ehos-en
president of the Convention, which ofiice
he has filled since 1889.
Among the most interesting reports were
the following: T. P. Bell, corresponding
Secretary and treasurer of the 8abbath sehoo't
board, presented his report. It showed tha-,
the receipts have been $63,034, as agains;
1 $48,539 last year. This does not include
f 4.975 received from the "Missionary Dav"
collections in the Sunday schools. Aid La
been given to schools in Texas, Arkansdt,
Mississippi, Alabama, '.Louisiana, Florida.
North -Carolina (State Convention), Western
nonn uarouna, sortn ueorgia and Tennes
see! The board recommended the appoint
ment of a committee on young people's work,
and the report was referred to committees
en uabbatn schools and young people'
work.
The work of the foreign mission board wa
presented by It, T. Willingham, correspond
ing secretary, and referred to committees on
Pagan fields and financial policy. The total
amount given for the cause in the past year
was over $129,000,but expenses for collet-tin;;
it in the States reduced the receipts of the
. baard to $125,417. This was more by 20,
900 than tbe receipts of the previous year,
and $15,000 more thau any previous year, ex
cept, of course, the centennial year. Of a'l
the money received. by the board, 9a cents on
the dollar went to the missionaries. Only
8 cents on the dollar was used for expenses,
and this includes also the cost of the Wo
men's Missionary Union in Baltimore. The
Woman's Missionary Union raised $5,397 to-
ward liquidating the debt of the foreign
board, and the State societies contributed to
the general fund 424,933. The debt of the.
board has been reduced from $30,000 to less
than f 20,000. At the close of the year there
were in the foreign mission field 85 churches,
114 out-stations, 91 missionaries, 30 ordained
natives. 59 unordained native workers, mem
ship 3,493, Sabbath school pupils 1,503. 5i2
houses of worship, 15 day schools with 707
pupils. The natives contributed $6,459.
L T. Tichenor reported for the borne
mission board as follows: Missionaries 425,
increase 44, and more than in any year of the
board's history; baptized 5,921, increase 1.
451, and 572 more than have been baptized in
any one year since the organization of the
Convention; cash receipts $88,640. being $15.
899 larger than last year and greater than
any previous year except the centennial.
The board began this year with a debt 01
$6,763, May 1st it had been reduced to $1,100.
The general statistics of the Convention
were given in a compilation made by Secre
tary Lansing Burrows. It showed the fellow
ing totals: District Associations 702: ordained
ministers 9,907; churches 17,803; members
(white) 1,431.041; colored churches 12,838;
membership 1,317,130; aggregate member
ship 2.748,171. r
1
SECOND DAT.
The second dayj proceedings of the South
ern Japtist Convention were begun with
prayer by Rev. Dr. Lofton.
The report of the committee on tithing was
read by Rev. F. M. Ellis, of Brooklyn. The
report among other things said :
''Great as has been the success of the Con
vention for the past fifty years, her discour
agements and struggles have at times been
such as to test the faith and endurance of her
most faithful friends and staunchest leaders
in the very crucible of financial embarrass
ments. These oft-repeated embarrassments
were not caused for want of numbers nor for
want of wealth. We have the numerical
strength, the intelligence and the wealth.
Tiif J oft-recurring embarrassments are evi
dently the natural results of our defective"'
fiua-i -ial system. ' i
xour committee believe that full relief,
nea i not be hoped for until our church mem
bers individually and voluntarily adopted
the scriptural systematic plan of paying to
God at least one-tenth of their income Then
wo believe the means will be available 'for
all tho purposes of Christ's kingdom,' We
are sons and daughters of God, not slaves
and sen's. What duty can be more plain,
simple, just and practical than God's law of
the tenth? AH can give a tenth. no matter
bov,- poor. Is uot this law as important as it
ev-r was? Consecrating wealth is concen
trating power. If a tenth of the Jew's in
come and a seventh of his time was not too
much to ask of him, is it too much to ask of
the Christian? Is ours a lowerstandard than
w us th Jew's? Will the Christian excuse
hunsslf for what was robbery of God in a
Jew? The tenth is sacredly God's before
aught is claimed for ourselves or for others.
'Your committee recommends the adopt
ing of tlie tithing .system, and that our sever
al Sl.;t3 Conventions, district associations,
the pastors, churches aud missionary socie
ties increase their efforts to educate our peo
ple in paying systematically to God not less
than one-tenth of their income."
- The di.seu-S'hm of the report of the com
mittee on tithing Was opened by Rev. E. Y.
Mdlia-s. of liiitimore. He said that hard
time- did not cause depleted missionary
treasuries: depleted missionary treasuries
caused hard tirne-.
Ii'v. George A. Lofton, of Nashville, said
that the adoption of the tithing system was
t h -s one great nead.of the Southern Baptist
Convention at the present juncture. He
stued that the best way to make the system
effective was for the preachers in the con
stituency of the Convention to lead in the
m itt-rof tubings. Of many thousands of
cas-w he. never knew one who made tithing
the rule of Christian giving who was not
abundantly blessed.
The resolution was adopted; also one offer
ed by Rev. Purser, calling. upon the preach
ers to use tb -ir best efforts to secure the
adoption of the tithing system by the mem
bers of their church??.
The report of the Sunday school board was
read by Rev. W. B. Crumpton, secretary of
the Alabama State mission board. The com
mittee commTided the policy and work of
' the Sunday school board. The report was
alot'ted without discussion. Rev. J. L.
White, of Georgia, reported from the com
mittee on Young People's Work, recommend
ing that "hurohes organize Young People's
Societies, to be under the control of the
church-; that pastors hold the societies in
clos--syrnpaf !iy with the work of the South
ern B.iptist Convention; and that the Sunday
s -boot board I requested to furnish such
literature as will be helpful in carrying out
t -se purposes.
A report of the work in Japan and China
Wls submitted in which' it was recommended
t lit money iv appropriated for the transla
tion of the B:bie into the languages' of the
-junties.
Afte r transaction of Home minor and routine
business the Convention adjourned.
- ALL QUIET AT THE MINES.
Soldiers Are Nearly Tired Out with
Their Rough Service.
Adispateh from Roanoke, Va., t-ays- Every-
! thing is quiet in the coal fields. The South
i west company began paying off their men
on Saturday afternoon. Those living in
the company's house? will uot be patd until
' they vacate. Only a few meu bne arrived.
; The troops are Laving rourh guard" service
! and many of them are fitting worn out.
I Moro troops or reliefs are prol-abie unless the
; situation improves. The latter is more likely
! ha the e.ei: s are already very heavy and
j Major Sh'io; i? nti dispo.-! t ask for rein-
i forcerm uts unless it i a'oluteiy :i--cc ary.
tUSAtliESlfiV iioa CHOLERA.
A Remedy Keeomtnended by the De-
Dartment of Agriculture.
in the. treatment of hoar chcf!eM. Dr. D. E.
Salman, chief of the bureau of animal todus-
trv. at Washington. who has been experiment
ing in this line for a long time, says that the
rnnvf fHCti6U formula WMCU Das Dec
tried is the following
Wood charcoal poflde....l
Sulphur -1
Common salt 2
Hyposulphate of soda 7. .2
Eii'j'M of antimony ....1
These inirredienfS frtemld be completely
i n fio 01 inss mixture is a wr muiw
. .... . .
sooonrul for each two hundred Cpniids
W--iht of hogs to be tr?ated, and it should
RTeetsd With tii?e disases(reTerring also to
swine plague) they should not be led on corn
hut tksv chnnl.l t At Uuutt once a
day soft feed. iade by mixing bran and mid
dlings, or mlikilmas and com meai, or grounu
tt .iter, npd then stirring into this the proper
qutiitity df the medicine.
.Animals that are vrry lei; ana will noi
co uatotha feed shouid arer.eueu wuu
tii-medi -in shaken up with tr. Great
care should be exercised iu drenching hogs
or thev will be suffocated. Do not tnrn the
hoi on its ba -k to drench it. hut pull tne
check away from the. teeth, so as to form a
f touch into which the medicine may be slow
v poured. It H-ill flow from the check iuto
the mouth, and when th? hog fiud out what
it i it wiil .wtoo youealinar ana swallow. ! in
our experience hogs which were so fkkthat
they would eat notning nave corameuceu 10
eat very soon after getting a dose of the rem
itv. and have steadilv improved until they
Thi tnwiiniM m.iv aMo ne iieo ns a nre-
ventive of these dise'ascr-, flud for this pur
nose should be out in the feed of the whole
r . . . . . . 1 . j 4 .
herd. C'are snouia 01 course i ceservea 10
see that each animal receives its orowr Share,
in s-nufva Tvh..r. it hiK heen e-iven a fair trial
it has apparently cured most of the animals
which were pick ana nas stopped tne pro-
nrrai nt th fliapna. in the herrfs Tt also an-
. . j v. ...... . .u - - - - - - r
1 . .1 u 1 . hi-. ... i 1 .... f .nndlivdt- ix. i . 1 climn.
yit'tl I tv - '-1 . v v l.v ... - - J . vuv. emu-
lant ot tne processes 01 uigesiion ana assim
ilation, and wnen given to umnrmy nogs it
increases the annetite and causes them to
take on flesh and assume a thrifty appear-
anna
Tturlno Mi flrlminifttrntion of the mediCin
hygienic treatment should be most carefully
. - i mi. i i j i i ... i .... i
ooserveu, iue uugs puuuiu uc nt-yi. uiy nuu
free from exposure to arans 01 air. jine
.uinc in whir-li the rtiyeaie fi rut anriears shonhl
be thoroughly disinfected by dusting wlth-
"drv air-slaked lime" or bv using a 5
per
The diseased hogs should, if possible, be
Kept apart irom uie neaiiuy, auu mrir peijs
should be freauentlv disinfected by one of
the above mentioned methods. As an addi
tional precautiou I would suggest that the
Water giveu Hit: iivn tux uiiuiliu ywi pvojers
be guarded against contamination by the re-
fnao frim triA r.fnx FinAllv liocrft whieh
have died during the prevalence of the! dis
ease snouia oe lmmeaiaieiy ourneu or imnea
very acepiy.
- mviJCmM
DEAF-MUTfC Sl'KAKS AND HEAR&.
Lost Speech
-iml Hearing Regained
.suddenly.
The Charlotte Observer vouches for
the
following: About three weeks ago a yOung
man applied at. 0.iis" Cotton Mill, Charlotte,
f ir work. lie mile his reauest known in
writing, as he was unable to either to speak
or hear. Ha was put on night work, (and
wns regarded bv those working near him as
t.h silent member-. H? took a room at I one
rtf the f.K-torv houses ou Sixth street land
was known to ail that row of flats as the
thp fin hit. rf trad in i? at Alex-
1 11 U - ti ?t - r ,
ftiiHer'K store, and when he went there! for
anj'thing, failing to make them understand
on his hands, he always wrote. Thursday
about 2 o'clock he complained ot headache,
ntirl I.-lv down to take a nan. 11 dreamed
that he was no longer deaf and dumb but
eon id hear and sneak, and that he was at
hr.nfi tid i.-in i? to his mother. II j awoke sud
denly, and the word . "mother" was onj his
l : r.o 'ivie Hnnm bad come true. In tho
sleep his hearing and speech had suddenly
li.-if.k to him. and he talked and could
hear the same as other people. Overjoyed at
the wondrous change, he ran to tell; tue
..owhhnru Tlievone and all looked udou
him with wonder, and some could hardly be1-
lieve that he was tne same man.
, THE COTTON MOVEMENT.
Revised Flsnires Show, for Seven
Months, a Total Crop 9,482,913.
Complete and revised statements furnished
the Department of Agriculture, by all the
railway and water transportation companies,
of cotton movement from the Southern States
to ports and Northern and Eastern points
from the beginning of the season to April 1st,
1395, together with returns made by the de-
.....muntvpnniitrv flopnN r.f thft kmnunt of
cotton remaining onlautations and In infe
rior towns on April 1SI, auu iuit aiuuuuia
reported by mills as bought from September
1st to April 1st, show as follows. j
Total railway movement. 9,49o,137; remain
ing on plantations, -tc , 334.880; bought by
rr.i-ll- t,t- 8QA T..tal . ii.n -IdSQAlS
In additiou to the above mill purchases are
.. . . .... . i i . i ii
tcbe aiKHHi ii,bo uaies oougnt oy Aiauama.
Aticuiiiiir.i Ci'rwrxn Tenrieitufte Nfitth and
-.itli Cnrlum mili frnm states in which
their mills are riot located. 'also 10.001 ; bales
bought by irginia ana 12,206 oaies oougnt
bv Kentuckv mills, all of which are included
in the railway movement, making a total of
616,128 bales reported by the Southern j mills
as bought from September 1st, 1834, to jApril
M UQP. i
' So deduction ha3 been made -f cotton re
maining on plantations and in .interior towns
on beptemier 1st. isj4.
The Cotton Crop Statement
The New Orleans cotton exchange crop
statement irom September 1st to May loth,
inclusive : -
Port receipts 7.791 .435 bales. gain-t 5.721,
772 last year. 4.7B0.5M year before last, abd
b,u,D04 ior me sameium- id ivji; overland
to mius ana oansaa, v4v,io, against bui,oj.
829.712 and 1.103.483, interior etock in exc
ot September 1st. w;im, against 7S,1W, 117,-
anH 1.i SJft- Armtherri mill tab-iniru r.Vi .
799. against 14.554. 583.C28, and 527.114;
date, 9.429,712, against 7,206.217. 6,311.643
and 8,719.510; crop brought into sight for the
week, 35,519. against 32.6C1 for the seven
days ending May 10th, last year, 38,1G0 and
47,f80; crop brought into sight for the first
ten davs in May, 52,354, against 39,816,
39.191 and 53,G45. J
Comparisons in these reports are made up
to the corresponding date last j-earj year
before last and in 1894, and not to the! ulose
of the corresponding -.peek. Comparisons by
weeks would take ii 253 day- of the sejison
lat year. 254 year l.M!cre lstt ami 256 in 1892,
p.gr-.in-t onlv i52 dnys this year. !
. i
Shoes on the Jump.
A number of the largest manufacturers ot
shoes in Cincinnati, O., met and decided to
make increase in prices of all 6ho- and
grades from 10 to 25 cents per pair accc-.ding
- . j rr . tit f . - W . .
to graae. ic new pncea wui go jbio
witnout delay.
. State of Trade. -
Dun's and Bra I.--; reel's re sorts ' for Ia?-t
week loth annouuc distinct improvement
in budnsf. retarded t' some extent by many
rtrike. Dun rerortsi enormous sales of
bonds abroad 50.000,fKX)since iLe lastiisue
I
.oi governments. i
NO. 9,
A SECOND EMAXCIPATIOX. '
So the Negroes Construe the Decisions'
of the Court. !
The two decisions rendered by I united
States Judges Goff and Simonton at j Colum
bia, a. C. the one making a free ballot ami
the ether sounding the deoth-kneU of tbe
disnensarr law. apparently .ha v created a
big stir all over the State, and some pretty
wild talk is being indulged in. Uhe admin
istration is more or less worried. j
Por the Dreent Governor Evans ana inw
BtMe authorities are paying o attention
whatever to the registration matter, as
Governor Evans has already said, I p does
not propose to call any, extra session! of the
Legislature, or proceed further In the regis
tration eases. Ifowever, as yet, nothing has
h AnAiiv do.itai in recrard to this matter.
The negroes regard the matter as a! second
emsoci pauon. ana me juinxwriiu umuu, -recently
formed', of which every negro minis-
. nrminitwl to fiirht ! flCfUnftt
thetr impending disfranchisement, i&sued an
aoqa A 4tiA manv frinrin of tht rieiffOS 111
their fight for emancipation from the cruel
anaiULiawiui registration iw, anu
barred white and black alike from the exer
cise of their constitutional f rancbisej
And proceeds thus: "We beg to say further
that we have always proved true to that fac
tion of White men who protected usijin that
awful regime of negro banishment and cniel
threats wnicn were pourea upon tuq iu-k".
even though he was quiet, and as helpless aw
he was quiet. Now that the clouds are driv
en away, we shall vote for and with our
White mends lor gooa government,: set-nuii,
niif fnr that minoritv reoresentatloh which
any reasonable white man will accord us.
KnrnilM tha fn.e that intelligence
no 7wj . ' - t ' "
'find money must rule, and to which we cheer
fully ruDBcriDc. i.nere snaa nevrr irw, vw
our assii'tance, the condition ot affairs prior
to '76, neitner ao we aesire tne return ui m
ntntitlon of affairs so recently laid ! low by
the decision of the Federal Courts. j
"It is the purpose oi tne niinisters;To can
conference as soon as we can learn the con
inism .nd advise our people to vote only
for our white Wends among the conserva-
Wa An Tint nrnnflM to follow the
defunct
We be-
i, v v. u mv- r r ... .
Republicans nnnerto tuyieu "i
lieve in decent men for State officers, even
among them, and it sucn cant oenau wo
art oil hava a I i nemocrats. It matters but lit-
tie to us at any rate so far as local politics
are concerned. j!
nwa a TtannVilir-nn. which we do not ae-
ny.'but we must live here with our Demo-
cratic white nelgnoore; experience ua i-osus"
us this, and no man, white or black J will ever
be able again to lead the negroes as. they vlld
In former days. i j
"Now that peace nas come uciwrou
races, we mean to maintain it." I j-
The white friends they refer to are not in
the faction which at present has control oi
the State. ! ,
. The administration people are giving all
their attention to their dispensary j decision
.... . j a x i 44 . In
ana lnjunciiorj, &nu eiuuyiuK j
with thoir fHfn? With R VlW
to definitely determining the course the State
would pursue. 1 1
It became Known mat- tue uuiuiisutiuu
thnHtia had decidedto
take advantage of a peculiarity In the dec.-
ion a necessary, peeuwuniy m vvc
evade .the operation of Judge Simonton's
injunction in certain cases, and to1 jsave the
constaoies irom punisumeui iui .-vuwni.
court in cases where such seizures wpre made.
rrha. nrar uvi that no liouor! shall ba
ii .-.-j " t
molested In any way that is brought into tho
State Tor individual use. now mo icuio m
to make the constables seize stuff that is sent
in where they think it is not for personal use,
making them tne juages. j.uu, u uaumu u
for contempt they can set up the defence that
they were convinced that the stuff was for
other than individual use. And the same
scheme is to apply to searchers. This raises
a nice question. This is a plain statement of
the plan. How it will work is a matter lor
Judge Blmonton S COnsiuerauou. ;
nnt thin r.lnn thn follOWlllIT cifCU-
lar of instructions to constables was to-night
Issued : ! f
To Constables. Seize all nqnor coming;
into the State for other than personal use.
Guard and watch "blind tigers" carefully, .
seize all liquor In tne possession oi
"blind' tigers" or of those engage in tne
illicit traffic of liquor. ! I .
The circular was sent out by the Stale
Board of Control, nf which Governor Evans
Is the chairman.
The Cotton Visible. I
V
l.'a ftal viaihla Cllnnll of COttOIl ' ior the
j. i j" ; iu.. . ' t I J
world is .4,005,!?58 bales, of whichl 3,617,058
bales are American, against 3j435b,8lb bales,
nn,1 3 mfi filfl Viales resoectively laM year.
t.,.. r,t r..-.ttrr lat week at all interior
towns, 23,814 hales; receipts from th planta
tion?. 24,475 bales: ci'op in filxht, y,oi,uoi
bales.
The Injunction DIssoIvfd.
At Huntington. W. Va.. the injuhction pro
ceeding against Mayor Neal to enjoin birr
from closing up all th stores and tmsineas
nlaAAa nn fiiinl-iir rfma nn nn it 9 m P ri t s Fri
day, and at noon the Court dissolved the In
junction, and the case wiil be carried to the
Supreme Court. ii
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