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VOL. Xil. SALISBURY. N. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 17. 1899. NO. 29V DR. TALIX AGE'S OEIUIOfl The- Eminent DivinV Ounday Discount. S object: "Lovkto Backward" It la "Well to Review the Put and AreM th. Soul to llemlnlieencet of Dangers Es caped and Sorrows fullered. Text: J'WblJe I was musing, : the Art burned." Psalms xxxlx Here Is David, the psalmist, with the forefinger of bis right hand against bia temple sod the tocr that against the world, engaged in contemplation. And It would be well for us to take the time postnrs often, while we fit down tn sweet solitude to contemplate. v - Id a small island off the coast of Nora Beotla I once passed a Sabbath la delight' fai solitude, for I bad resolved that t would bato one day of entire quiet before 1 en tered upon autumnal work. I thought to hate" spent the day 14 taylorf out plana for Christian wbrk, but lhstead.df that it be' came a day bf tender femihiaeenda.- 1 rev viewed ,iri pastorate: lahbbknends with an bid departed frieod. whonl I shall treet Aghiii when the curtains Of life ate lifted: The days 6t m j boyhbod tame back; and I was ten years of age; and Iwal eight; and I was five.': There was bnt one bonse ori the island, and yet from 8bbatb daybreak, when the bird ebant woke me, until the evening melted Into the Bay of Fundy, from shore to shore there were ten thousand memories, and the groves were a-hum with voices that bad long ago ceased. W -A IA la HilL LUU III (it'll III H 1 1 1" 1 1 1 1 M.II II time it. an'AS forward. Old age la apt too much ?o ""l.its time in looking backward. Peop(l tldlife and on the apex look both ways, it . Clld be well for us, I thJnk, however, to spend" Tpre time le. By the constltu.n of spend most of the time 1 'sit our nature we ing forward. And the vast majority of pv' walked around the cradle. You did not pie live not to much in the present aslathtu,4,r the tread, but after awhile the truth future. I nod that you mean to make a reputation, you menn to establish yourself, rind the advantages that you expect to achieve absorb a great deal of your time. But I see no barm in this If it does not make you discontented with tbe present or dis qualify you for existiog duties. It isa uao lul thing sometimes tolook back, and to see tUMangers wo have escaped, and to see the sorrows we hwe suffered, and tbe trials and wanderiogs of our earthly pilgrimage, and to fum up our enjoyments. I mean, so far ns Ood may help me, to stir up your memory of the past, so that in the review you mny be encouraged nnd bumbled and Urged to pray. - Among tho greatest advantages of your past life were nn early homo and Its sur roundings. The bad men of -the day, for the most part, dip their heated passions out of tho boiling spring of an unhappy borne. Vo are not surprised to find that Byron's heart was a concentration of sin when we hear his mother was abandoned and that she made sport of his infirmity and often failed him "the lame brat," lie who has vicious parents has to fight every inch of his way It ho would maintain his integrity and at last reach the home of the good in heaven. Forbaps your early home was in a city. It may have beer, when Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, was residential ns now It Is commercial, and Canal stroet, New York, was far up town. That old house In the city may have been demolished or changed into stores, and it seemed llko sacrilege to you lor there was more meaning in that small house than there Is la a granite mansion or a turreted cathedral. Looking back, you see It as 1 though It were yesterday the sitting room, where tho loved one sat by the plain lamp light, the mother at the evening utand, the brothers and sisters perhaps long ago gathered into the skies, then plotting mischief on tho floor or under the table; your father with firm voice com manding a silence that lasted half a minute. Perhaps you were brought up in the country. You stand now to-day in men cry under tho old tree. You clubbed It for fruit that was not quite ripe, because you couldn't wait any longer. You hear the brook rumbling along over tho pebbles. You step again Into the furrow where yout father in his shiit sleeves shouted to the lazy oxea. You frighten the swallows from tho rafters of the barn and take just one egg and silence your conscience by saying they will not mlsa it. You take a drink again out of the very bucket that the old well fetched up. You go tor the cows at night and find them pushing their beads through the bars. Ofttlmee in the dusty and busy 'streets you wish you were home again on that cool grass, or in the rag carpeted hall of the farmhouse, through which there came the breath of new mown bay or the blossom of buckwheat. You may have in your windows now boau'.ltul plants and flowers brought from across the seas, but not one of them stirs In your soul so much charm and memory - as the old ivy and the yellow sunflower that stood sentluel along tbe garden walk und the forget-me-nots playing hide and seek, mid the long grass. Tbe father who used to come in sunburned from tbe field and sit down on the doorsill and wipe the sweat from bis brow may have gone to his everlasting rest. The mother who used to sit at tho door a little bent over, cap and spectacles on her faco mellowing with the vicissitudes of many yoars, may have put down her gray head on the pillow in the valley, but forget that home you never will. Have you thanked Ood for it? Have you rehearsed all those blessod reminis cences? Ob, tbank God for a Christian father! Thank God for a Christian moth er! Tbank God tor an early Christian altai A, 1 . 1 . t. n .. la-l.l . A 1- ...... 1 1 T 1. 1. God for an early Christian borne! I bring to mind another passage in the history of your life. Tho day came when you set up your own household. The days passed along In quiet blessedness. You twain sat nt the table morning and night and talked over your plans for the future. The most Insignificant affair ia your life became tbe subject of mutual consultation and advertisement. You were so happy you felt you never could be any happier. One day a dark cloud hovered over your dwelling, nud it got darker and darker, but out of that cloud the shining messen ger of God descended to incarnate an im mortal sp rit. Two little feet started on an eternal journey, and you were to lead them, a gem to flash In heaven's coronet, and you to polish it; eternal ages of light and darkness watching the starting out of a newly created creature. You rejoiced - and you trembled at the responsibility that in your possession an immortal treasure waa placed. You prayed and rejoiced and wept and wondered; you were earnest In supplication that you might lead it through lite into the kingdom of God. There was a tremor in your earnestness. There was a double Interest about that home. There was an additional interest why you should stay there and be faithful, and when in a few months your house was filled with the music of the child's laughter you -were struck through with the fact that you had a stupendous mission. Have you kept that vow? Have you neglected - any of these duties? Is yout borne as much to you as it used to be? Have those anticipations been gratified? God help you In your solemn reminis cence, and lt HI mercy tall upon vont soul It your 'kindness boa been VI requ iretH -God have mercy on the parent on th. wrinkles of whose face is written the story of a child's sin! God have mercy on the . mother who, in' addition to her othei pangs, has the pang of a child' Iniquity! Oh. there ar many, many sad sounds in this sad world, but tbe saddeit sound that is ever heard is tbe breaking of a mother's heart! I find another point la your lite history. You found one day you were in tho wrong road. You could not sleep at night. There was just ono word' that seemed to sob through your banking house, or through your omVe, or your shop, or your bedroom. and that word was "eternity." xou said "I'm not ready for it. Oh, God, have merey!" Tho Lord heard. Peace came to your heart. In the breath of the Bill and to the waterfalls dash you heard the voice of Ood'a love. The elouds and the tree! balled you with gladness. Ton came Into the house of Ood. ' You . remember . bow your hand trembled as you took up the cup of the communion. Too remember the old minister who eonseerated It, and yon re member the church officials who carried It through the aisle. Ton remember the old people who at the close of the servlie took your band in theirs in congratulating sym pathy, as mueh as to say, "Welcome home, you lost prodigal!" And, -though those Lands be all withered away, that - com munion Sabbath is resurrected to-day, - - But I must not .'spend any more of my time In going over the advantages of your life. I just put: them la one great sheaf, and I call them up in your memory with one load harvest eong, such as the reaper iug. Praise the Lord, ye blood bought Immortals on earth! Praise the Lord, ye crowned spirits of heaven J ' But some of you have not always bad a smooth life. Some of you are now In the shadow. ' Other had their troubles years "Cos you are a mere wreek of what you once were. I mast, gather op the sorrows of your pair life, but howabaHI do ltr You say that it Is Jtn possible, as you have iiad so maoy' troubles and adversities. Then I will jo"st tike tWo-Mne first trouble and the last trotlbleV As when you are walking along the street, and there baa been music In the dfatanrfetOTl unconscious I r find yourselves keeping step to thcC mu sic, so when yon started life yotir Very life was a musical time beat. The air was full of joy and hilarity; with the bright, clear oar you made the boat skip. Tou went on, and life grew brighter, until, af ter awhile, suddenly a voice from heaven said, "Haiti" and quick as tbe sunshine you baited, you grew pale, you confronted your first sorrow. You had no Idea .that the flush on your child's cheek was an un healthy flush. Yba said it cannot be any thing serious. - Death in slippered feet MiiYjed on you. You walked the floor. t. ou could, with your strong, stout hai? p wrenc.br. that child Avimthe destraraS-o your rSom nd yon bhiu v. -jyiiuui utv" ST " '-'fit A rrl X i in darkness.,) bv can't bear It. V. yS9 put tho long lubXO verrrd bi; never to see tbemagaln sparklet could have taken that little ot arms, and with it leaped the grave, bow gladly you would have done it! (If you , could let your property go, your houses' go, how gladly you would have let them depart It yon could only have kept that ono treasure! But one day there came up a chill blast that swept through tho bedroom, and in stantly all the lights went out, and there was darkness thick, murky, Impenetrable, . shuddering darkness. But God dldiot leave you there. Mercy spoke. As sou took up the bitter cup to put it to your Hps God said, "Let it pass," nnd forthwith, ashy the band ot angols, another cup was put into your hands, It was the cup of God's consolation. And as you have some times lifted tbe head of a wounded soldier and poured wine into bis lips, so God puts His left arm Under your head and with His right hand He pcurs Into your Hps tho wine of His comfort and His oonsoiauon, and you looked at the empty cradlo and looked at your broken heart, and you looked at tbe Lord's chastisement, and you said, "Even so, Father, for so it soometh good in Thy sight." Ah, it was your first trouble. How did you get over it? God confronted you. You have been a better man ever sinoe. You have been a better woman ever since In the jar of the closing gate of the sepuloher vou heard the clanging of theoponlng gate ot Heaven, and you felt an irresistible drawing heavenward. You have been spiritually better ever since that night when the little ono for the last time put Its arms around your neck and said: "Good night, papal 'Good night, mammal Meet me la Heavenl" Perhaps your last sorrow was a financial embarrassment. I congratulate some of you on your lucrative profession or occu pation, on ornate apparel, on a commodi ous residence everything you put your hands on seems to turn to gold. But there are others ot you who are like the ship on which Paul sailed where two seas met, and you are broken by tbe violence of -the waves. By an unadvised indorsement, or by Oon junction of unforeseen -events, or by fire or storm, or a senseless panic, you have been flung headlong and where you once dispensed great charities now you have bard work to win your dally bread. Havo you forgotten to thank God for. your, days of prosperity, and that through your tr lsome of you have made investments w tclf will continue after the last bank of tl i vorld has exploded, nnd tbe silver and g J ire .molten in the fires of a burning w rldr Have you, amid all your losses nud discouragements, forgot that there was bread on your table this morning, and that there shall bo a shelter for your head from , the storm, and then.1 U air for your lungs, and blood for your heart, and light for your eve, and a glad and glorious and triumphant religion for your soul? Perhaps your last troubiowas a bereave ment. That heart wh'ch in childhood was your refuge, tbe parenral heart, and wliCh has bcn a source of the quickest sympathy ever since, has suddenly become silent for ever. And now sometimes, whenever in sudden annoyance and without deliberation you say, "I will go and tell mother," the thought flashes on you, "I have no mother." Or tbe father, with voice less tender, but with heart as loving, watchful ot all your ways, exultant over your success without saying much, although the old peo- Ele do trflk it over by themselves, his trem ling hand on that staff which'you now keep as a famlry relic, bis memory embalmed in grateful hearts la taken away forever. Or there was your eampanlon in life, sharer ot your joys and sorrows, taken, leaving the heart an old ruin, where the 111 winds blow over a wide wilderness of desolation, the sands of desert driving across the place which once bloomed like the garden of God. And Abraham mourns for Sarah at the cave ot Machpelab. As you were mov ing along your path In life, suddenly, right before'you. was an open grave. People lookod down, and tbey saw it was only a few feet deep and a few feet wide. ,but to .you it was a catern down which went all your hopes and all your expectations. But cheer up in the name oi the Lord Jesus Christ, the Comforter. There is one more point ot absorbing reminiscence, and that is the last hour of lite, when we have t look over an our naat existence. What a moment tnai win be! I place Napoleon's dying reminis cence on St. Helena besides Mrs. Judson'i dvlnir reminiscence In the harbor ot 8C. Helena, the same island. 30 rears after, Napoleon's dying reminiscence was one ot delirium "Tete d'armee" "Heaa oi me nrmv." lira. Judson's dvlns reminiscence as she came home from her missionary toil and her life of self saerlflee for God. dying in the cabtn ot the shin In tbe harbor ot 8t. nelena. was. "I always did love the Lord Jesus Christ." And then the his torian says she fell into a sound sleep for an hour nnd woke amid tbe songs of aneela. I place the dving reminis cence of Augustus Ca?sar agalnt the dvlnc reminiscence of the apostle Paul The dvLns reminiscence of - Augustus Cjesar was. addressing his attendants. "Have I plavcd mv part well on the stage of lite?" and they answered in the affirma tive, and he said. "Why, then, dont you applaud me?" The dying reminiscence ot Paul the apostle was, "I have fought a rood flcht. I have finished my course. I have kept tho faitb; henceforth there Is laid uu for me a crown ot righteousness, wlitch the Lordthe righteous Judge, wilt give me in that day, and not to me only, but to alt them that love His appearing. Augustus Cassar died amid pomp and great surroundings, Faul uttered Ms dying rem InUcence looking up through the wail ot a duneeon. Goi grant that our dying pillow mav be the closing of a useful lite and tbe opening ot a glorious eternltv. 111 I I TETERAJfS SAKE SUCH DECISION BT U3AXIH0US TOTE. REUNION BROUGHT TO A CLOSE. Beaolatlon Thaaka MeKlaley d 'Give FenalMtoa For Care of Confederate Craves In the North. The ninth annual reunion,, of the was Fri- United Confederate Veterans brought to a close at Charleston day. --Y :: vV; ;. : : J'-l Y-: General John B. -Gordon, comman der-in-chief, and all the old officers Were re-elected; Couisville, Kj.t was chosen as 'the next place of meeting,' and the question of - federal care of Confederate grares was disposed of by the adoption of a substitute resolution whion declines the president's sugges tion except as to those graves located the north and reserving to the men of the south the duty of caring those in the seceding states and aryland. -" '. " Y , The adoption of this resolution and the report that accompanied it precip itated a debate which verged upon the sensational and at times much confu sion and disorder prevailed. 3 . :. The resolution adopted in lieu of the one offered by General , Stephen D. Lee is in full as-follows: "Your committee to whom was re ferred the resolution introduced by General Stephen P. Xee beg to report the following substitute with the ommendations of the committee reo tbat the same be adopted. "The United Confederate veterans . e in this annual reunion assemoiea ae- 1 ii ire to prace upon recora men sincere appreciation of the utter ances of the president - of the United States in Atlanta in December last, concerning the assumption of the care of the graves of our confederate dead by the national government. "We appreciate every kindly senti ment expressed and we, shall welcome any legislation which shall result in the care of the graves of our comrades in the northern states by our govern ment. , "In regard to our dead whose re- mams are resting in ioe states wmcu were represented in the confederacy, f and Maryland, the enre of their final resting pfaces in a sacred trust, dear to the hearts of southern women, and we believe that we can safely let it there remain." Several very vigorous speeches were made in opposition to the whole prin ciple involved in the matter, but the final vote upon the resolution was practically unanimous and the an nouncement of its passage was cneerea. Another incident was the mention of the southern lynching question by Dr. J. lu M. Curry, one of the surviv- inT niAmhMi of the confederate con gress who, while denouncing mob law, defended the south and declared her neorjle should see to it that the record of Vir- fntnre should De as nnsiameu as that of her past General Stephen D. Lee presented the report of the committee cn histo . . . i i 1 rv. wnicn was unanimously uuuywu. The report, which was one of the most important matters before the conven tion, alluded to the war with Spain as a factor in obliberating the shadows of the war between the states, ond refers to the prompt response of the southern states to the call for troops as showing the whole country the depth of south ern patriotism. Continuing the re port says: . "President MoKinley displayed the spirit of the American ' soldier when he chose from his former foes the gal lant Wheeler, the steadfast Fitzhugh Lee, the chivalrous Butler and many others of our brave comrades to marshal the hosts of the union. We are glad that General Wheeler had an other opportunity to exhibit the ngnt ing qualities of the confederate soldier, and that Lieutenant Hobson, Victor Blue and Worth Bagley in the navy showed the countrv of what stuff our young men are made. - - . . . . . . - "Once more the blood 01 north and south has been poured out together no longer beneath contending stand ards in the bitterness of war between the states, but now beneath one flag to the glory of one country. These dead, at least, belong to all. The laat hateful memory that could divide our country is buried with them. About their graves kneels a new nation, iov inff all her children everywhere the same. Alludincr to the Question of confed erate graves, the report say t: "The generous words of President McKinlev. commending the confeder ate dead to the nation's care,aretheex pression of a sentiment growing every where, that the deeds of the confeder ate soldier are the glory of the whole eonntrv. and that his memory is worthy to be cherished wherever self sacrifice commands sympathy or brave actions strike a responsive chord in noble hearts." MERCEDES OS THE IT AT. Captared Spanlen Toeeol IaToa Santiago For Jforfolk Xavy Tard. The navy department was notified Saturday that . the former Spanish cruiser Beina Mercedes had sailed from Santiago, en route to the Norfolk navy yard. Much -interest attaches to - the com ing of this vessel, as she is - probably the only one of the captured Spanish ships of any size which will be in con dition to be brought to this country. RESOLUTIONS WEBE REFERRED. Matter of Caring For Confederate Graves ' Takea Up at Charlestoa Reanlon. At first day's session of the United Confederate Veterans at Charleston, he following was read by General Walker, introduced by General Steph en D. Lee: "Whereas, in Atlanta Ga., on' De cember 20, 1698, the president of the United States of America gave utter ance to the sentiment that the time has come , when " the United States should share in caring for - the' graves of the the Confederate dead, and Whereas this utterance of the chief executive of the nation demands from us the survivors of our,dead comrades in arms a frank and generous response, to so lofty and magnanimous senti ment; therefore be it Beolved, by the United ..Confed erate veterans; in annual convention assembled, That in this act of Presi dent McKiuTey'f, and in its reception by our brethre48-ffcb9.uorth we recog nize authorataVrmdence tnat we are again a united "people and one in determination to exhibit to the world the gentler as well as the sterner traits of American ' character and that we accept the statements : of .ex ecutive in" the spirit in which it was made, believing that such legisla tion by the general government as he has suggested wonld show clearly the advance that the American people have achieved in those higher virtues that adorn a err eat nation." ' ? ' . ' A motion was made to adopt the re port. Dr. 'J. William Jones moved as an amendment to refer it to the com mittee on resolutions. . A heated and- almost bitter discus sion followed. Dr Jones' amendment was carried, however, practically unan imously, and the resolutions were re ferred.- i . The committee to which the resolu tion was referred spent several hours Thursday discussing the matter, and finally a compromise resolution was earned, to be offered ns a substitute. ' The resolution is to the effect that if the national government desires to care for th.e graves, the Confederate veterans do not object to its taking charge of those in the north and in the neighborhood of the old war prisons. The resolution further states that the south has voluntarily undertaken to decorate and properly preserve the graves in the south, and the associa tion does not feel warranted in' taking from them what they have grown to regard as a duty. --. , : BOOK COMMITTEE REPORTS. "Tacirs tTp-Col. Stahlmtn nnd in 'Pairt"Xe- femla the Book Agenti. A special from Nashville, Tenn., says: ihe book committee of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, regarding the collection of the claim held by the church against the United States government as a result of injury to the publishing house during the war, has been made public. The document is an elaborate one and goes into the defense of the acts of the committee and the book agents. The paper asserts that the committee has no power to return the money, even if it were so disposed. Neither has the committee the right to resign. The fee of over $100,000 paid to Major E. B. Stahlman for securing the collection of. the claim is held not. to be an excessive charce. precedents of congressional acts being cited in sub stantiation. A The report finds that the book agents had not intended to mislead or deceive United States senators, and the demand of several conferences for their -resignations were passed on as not present ing a case within the powers of the committee, the point having been vir tually decided by four high church tribunals as not coming under the rule which permits the suspension of the book agents for misconduct or ineffi ciency in office. The report, which is signed by all the committee with the exception of the member who resigned because he entertained an opposite view from the majority, concludes as follows: Having submitted to our church and the public the foregoing statement, the book committee respectfully and earn estly suggests to all persons interested in these matters and in the welfare of our church that until the next session of the general conference when, if deemed desirable, these affairs maybe passed under review by legislative body of our church, tbe chief source of power and influence among us, all agitation of the subject, especially in an acrimonious and bitter spirit, shall come to an end. PRATED AGAIXST BUGS. A Bemarkable Demonstration Take ric Near Montsyal, Qaabee. A remarkable demonstration took place at St. Hilaiere, Quebec, Thurs day. Bugs, which last year played havoc with apple orchards, seem to be more numerous and vigorous than before. A crusade against them was formally opened in the parish church, where mass was solemnized, after which a religious procession, headed by the priest and choir boys, followed by 150 or more parishoners, marched through the infected regions with fervent pray ers ask in or divine assistance in their battle against the plague. ; EXPEC.f DREYFUS 15 JUKE. Reported That m Onard Has ' Been Beat " After the 'Prisoner. The Petit Bleu (Paris) in its issue of Thursday says that ten members ej the republican guard and fonr gend armea left St. Nazaire, France, on board the steamerJLafayette to form an escort to bring Dreyfus to France, and that his return may be expected by the end of June. nHEElERTOnSTOFTHEHODR DOUGHTY LITTLE HERO AR0U8E3 GREAT E5TUVSI1S3X. ft MEMORIAL TO WINNIE DAVIS. Grtsxlod Havocs Ia Senate Honor Mai ory of JJaaghrar of tho Confederacy. . M onament Committee Koporta. Thursday morning session of the veterans' reunion at t -Charleston General Gordon introduced General Joe Wheeler as the hero of Santiago and the wizard of the confederacy. . General Gordon said; "I need not tell you that here is one of the williest of Confederate wizards ' I need T not tell you of that day in Santiago when he saw the Spaniards flying before him in the wild enthu siasm of the moment he forgot where he was and called upon the men. 'Forward, boys, the Yankees are run ning, if l should tell you any of hese things I -would strike a chord in every heart, but 1 1 am not going to do it. l am going to strike every chord at a single stroke by pronouncing the r&me of that incarnation of Are and courage, Joe Wheeler." The audience went wild with applause .and there were shouts of "Wheeler!" and "Joel" from all parts of the hall. Wheeler Speaks General Wheeler said in part: 'The history of our! country, when- compared with that of all the eras that have preceded us, shows that our civ ilization has produced the highest class of men and the noblest type of soldiers. The very idea of liberty nerves the soul and fires the -heart.1 ' Defeat but exasperates, adding desperation to vig or and energy to determined resolve. "It was the teaching of fathers and mothers who fled, from the oppression and caste of class, braved the unfathA omed oceau and landed upon these shores, confronted by wild beasts and savage Indians, that the highest honor and privilege was to fight for country, its safety and its honor. General Wheeler declared that the military .history of "the southern peo ple has been a 'prominent: feature in history from the first settlement of this country. He cited .' Washington' and the other southern commandoes of the revolution, Winfield Scott And Andrew. JacksoVand the'other heroes' of the war of 1812, the southern- crenerals who won fame in the war with Mexico, and then passing to the war between the states, he said: "While our civil war. was, I may truthfully assert, the most sanguinary recorded in history, it was also the most remarkable, as in it there was no element of personal hostility, and the soldiers as individuals, conld not ua the nature of things, have entertained feeling of hatred for each other. They fought not from revenge, not from malice, not from desire to shed blood, not from ambition, but simply because they felt that there lay the path of duly." . ,:; . Memorial to YVInnla Davis. The memorial to Winnie Davis was one of the features of Thursday's ses sion. The exercises were introduced with prayer led .by Bishop Capers. General Gordon introduced Colonel ii. Dennett, ox JLiouisvuie, wno paid a tribute to the memory of the Daughter of the Confederacy. Resolutions were unanimously adop ted extending tne thanks ox every veteran to the people of tbe north who tenderly administered to Winnie Davis at the time of her illness. Davis HoBiment Committee Reports. The Jefferson Davis monument com mittee submitted the following report of the Jefferson Davis Monument as sociation for the year ending April 80, 1899. "We most cordially endorse the re commendations of that association that the Daughters of the Confederacy be requested to undertake the task of completion of the monument whioh it is proposed to erect to the memory of President Jefferson Davis, and we fur ther endorse the suggestion of the Jefferson Davis Monument association that the amount already collected by them for the monument fund shall be consolidated with the fund to be raised by the Daughters of the Con federacy and be disbursed ulider their direction. BESIGXATIOX WAS ACCEPTED. Dr. Whlultt Dropped From Presidency ' of Thooloaical' Semlaarv-, A Louisville dispatch says: Dr. William fl. Whitsitt, who succeeded Dr. John A. Broadus as president of the Southern Baptist theological semi nary in 1895. was dropped from the presidency of that institution, and also as a member of tbe faculty at a meeting of. the trustees Thursday night. It was done by accepting Dr. Whit sitt's resignation from tbe presidency and from the chair of history as form ally presented to ". Hon. Joshua Levering, president of the board of trustees, last July. SPANIARDS ARE PLEASED Over Proepecta of Karly Peace la ihm l - lS PhlUpplaes. A cable dispatch from Madrid says: The prospecta of peace in the Philip pines is hailed with satisfaction, as likely to lead to the early liberation of the Spanish prisioners in the hands of the Filipinos. . Bellamay Storrer, the newly appoint ed UuUed States minister to Spain, "will present bis credentials to the queen regent Thursday, TT0R1ISU THE OLD SLATES. - ! They 'Are Fleeced Tnroagjh-Promise ef rv,.: i- -: ; Big Peaaloaa. , .- . - . tv-- A Washington dispatch eaya: Thou sands of ignorant colored people in this country are being induced to be lieve that they are to be pensioned by the United States government upon being able to show that they were for merly slaves. The promoters of this scheme, which ha the earmarks or a systematic attempt to . extract money from : credulous colored people by holding out to them false hopes of a government pension have been at work for a.n umber of years, anait is esti mated that over,$150,000 has been col lected by the self-constituted mission aries having the project In hand. The subject 'came to the" surface a few days ago through correspondence between a colored teacher in one of the southern states and a United States tenator. The preacher wrote to. the senator to inquire into the matter, in view of the . fact that so many of the colored people in his state had been assessed to defray the expenses of the proposed legislation. The senator, who is one of the most influential membera of that body," by ""reason of his long service (three terms), and his important committee assignments, in stituted an investigation, and this ia the substance of findings which he re ported to the colored divine who sought information on the subject: ' '. x It appears that there has" been in existence for about ten years.or more, an enterprise under the title of the "Ex-Slave Mutual Belief Bounty and Pension Association . of the United States of America." . This association has its agents in Avery state In , the Union for, the purpose of locating, n possible.' all former slaves, The latter are told that legislation is now uend- iner slaves as follows: ' O 4. ; . i All persons seventy years of age, to receive $500 and also $15 per month during their natural lives. Persons of ; sixty years to receive ' $300 and $12 per month. Persons fifty year to receive $100 .and $8 per month. Per sons less than fifty years to receive $4 per month, etc. It is necessary for all of the supposed . beneficiaries of the proposed legislation to'pay into the association 25 cents as a registration fee. It is claimed thai over 600,000 ex-slaves have been so registered. According to the circular sent out by the association, a copy of which is now in the hands of the senator referred to, the- headquarters or main office is at No. 708 Gay street, Nashville, Tenn. I. H. Dickerson is general manager. The 5 cjrculac ia . : headed "Onward to .Victory." f It also -contains a picture of General Manager. Dick erson . It is addressed: "To All Ijocat kx-SIave Associations in the United States. We come greet ing as general manager and promoter of the movement,! which has had .so much opposition and more combats in its owu circles than . any other organi zation of the present day." Then follows special mention of the membership fee, 25 cents. Also the information that the national delegate in Washington is located at 475 Mis souri avenue, and has secured the ser vices of Attorney W. C. Lawson. The circular further appeals to every ex-slave to send his name, -with the registration fee of 25 cents. ' It also appeals to every local association to send $2.50 for a charter at once, and every ex-slave to send in an additional 5 cents to aid in the movement. These assessments are to be sent to the office of the national delegate, given above. FLTIJCG MACHINE FAILS. Second Experiment of ProfeMor Taaalej . . . Proves Unsatisfactory. Professor S. P. Langley," secretary of the Smithsonian institution, the inventor of the aeriodome, who was gi ve n $25, 000 by the boar d of ord nance to experiment with his flying machine for war purposes, made his first test at Guantico, Va., Thursday. The result was not so successful as were rroiepsor laugiey s iormer ex . -w 1 . periments with the smaller machine. MESSAGE TO OTIS. President AdTlsee Him to Force tbe Fl rat ine In Pkillpplaea. A special to. The New York World from Hot Springs, Va., says:. "Force the fighting. Penetrate far into the interior and capture or de stroy every warring Filipino." That is the pith of a long cipher cablegram President McKinley has sent to General Otis in Manila. It was prompted by several dispatches from General Otis; transmitted by Secretary Alger, which greatly encouraged the president. MORE OVERTURES FROII REBELS. Attainable Repreeentatlva Amis Calls Upea General Otis. .1 Ik. X wt.My.ana -. riluiml that tf. nation. Beyes, a young lieutenant on the staff of (General Gregorio del Pilar, visited General Lawton Saturday un der a flag of truce, - Beyes told Major General Otis that Aguinaldo desired passes for military commission to come to Manila to con fer with the American-Philippine com missioners. 5 SENATOR MORGAX T? RITES. Ataaasnlan Clvee Hie Tlewe Rrffavrdlan SaflTras Beetrlctlons. A special from Montgomery, Ala., ; aavs: Denator Morgan, in reeponee iu , w request that he give his views on the mat ter of the restriction of tbe sunrsge nas written letter which is attracting very ereat attention in the state. It was pub- 1 IS Devi in m nccuu , cu uu v Birmingham Age-Herald, and in view ; of the deep interest throughout Ala bama in the suffrage question is bonna to attract very great attention. ;&Ul.liUi.lUlOliUJ OULhLiF L SUE (J EXT LEADER'S IXDIFFin EXCE ASSOTS GEX. BKOOSE. THE-CUBAN ARMY NOT YET PAID. Vat Trilling; to Place Keenla o' Their Anna .In American Hands Com . mlssloncra nold Block. ; A special from Havana says: Gen eral Gomez is acting queerly regard ing the distribution of the 3,000,000 advanced by the United States gov ernment for the payment of the Cuban ' troops, and the commissioners chosen by him to assist in the distribution as representatives of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth army corpa either refaseto act or fail to appear. As the arranger ments to pay the soldiers have been pending for three and a half months, further delay is especially annoying. Generals Betanconrt and Nodarae were appointed to act for the Eighth army corps, -but the latter declined to serve, and Major General Wilson, mil itary governor of-tpe newly formed Matanzas-Santa Clara . department, asked that Betanconrt be excused on the ground of his holding the post of civil governor of Matanzas, suggesting to Governor General Brooke that Gen eral . Carlos Rojas be selected. "r The governor general thereupon , wired General Bojas at Cardenas, and . the latter accepted, arming at Iiavanv b General Bojsfe called upon the gov ernor general and in the course of a pleasant interview promised to meet' the commissioners on Monday. Bojas IUCU VM1CU ULUU VJCUCislI IUU1CA flULllA . Uam Mall M a ya flAVt aael Iiam an a ot an nour later wrote a note to uenerak Chaffee, General - Brooke's ' chief of staff, declining to serve, but giving no reason for his action. , a " a f - v- a General Francisco Cam Ho, one of the commissioners of the .Fifth, army ( l corps, arrived directly Friday, but did not, visit the American headquarters. - The commissioners did not make their appearance and General Brooke sent 4 Captain Page to inquire of Gomez why none of, tbe generals were on hanev ' In the interview with the governor general's representative 4 the! Cuban commander appeared indifferent, and . CC1UOU Ulfb iu vl nuctvici tus iwutv 1 ..1 t -tl. IL. missioners came or not. He made no. . suggestions. ? As the United States authorities are ' We to begin the disbursement of the money .without ' the assistance of the Cubans, General Brooke is aston- ished at . the indifference shown by -Gomez. - - '-p 5 ' The eve'ning . papers . assert - thai Gomez is dissatisfied with the terms of the governor general's order for payment, and 4d id not consent to have the " arms ' of- the - disbanded troops placed in the custody pi the military authorities. Saturday evening Gen- eral Brooke sent Major Kennon, of his staff, to see Gomez regarding the sit- , nation. ' Gomez declared that he was unable to explain why the generals wonld not server and expressed Ihe ' belief that their action was due to the influence of his enemies. -; v . GREECE SUCCEEDS TTIIITSITT. T Friend of Deposed ' Seminary President t Selected By Convsntloa. The Southern Baptist convention In Louisville unanimously elected Dr. J. P. Greene, president of William Jewell college,' of Missouri, to the presidency of the Southern Baptist seminary, of Louisville. Dr. Greene s unanimous election is due in a great measure to the with- . drawal of Dr. F. H. Kerfoot, who, in a letter to the board of trustees, re quested that his name should not ap pear as a candidate for tbe office. This election is very clearly a suc cess for the Whitsitt faction, Dr. Greene having been a candidate friendly to both sides in the controversy, - but supported especially by the .Whitaltt ites in their effort to defeat Dr. Ker foot. Dr. Greene, Dr. Kerfoot and Professor J. B. Sampo were the only strong candidates for the place. Dr. Kerfoot s letter was received . with evident approval by the members of the board, and bis action in declln- -ing to permit his name to appear as a candidate was highly commended. A HOME FOB DETTET. Gift Propoeltloa Is Appro vod By Secretary 5 of Wavy . Secretary Long has made the follow ing statement in regard to the propo sition to present Admiral uewey wua I Bt IUHuo. . . . , , ! "The proposed ; gift of a home to Admiral Dewey ia not only a great and deserved: tribute to him, but an ex pression of the generous gratitude or the people, it is sometning in wnicn they will all ' wish 4o share, and ia which tbe widow's mite will be as big as the millionaire's cheek. Handsome as is the gift, the spirit that prompts iiia still finer." . K PUDPLERS TO GET A RAISE. Zmnleyes ef Aasslgaasated Assert atlea - Premie A Advance. " A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., w. ... ssys: rudaiers wno are. memoers ox . W .a. . .lea the Amalgamated Association oi iron, Steel and Tin Workers will receive during May and June an advance of 23 cents per ton over;, tbe vases they . - t- : .IE-.. J nave oeen receiving, x mnueri ana hoop mill workers will receive an ad vance of 2 per cent.
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