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SOUTHERN BAPTISTS Meet in Annual Contention in Tonne?, see’s Capital, 4 Resume of the Ifiisiness Transacted. Sotcs of the Meeting:. The Bonthern Baptist convention met Friday in the great tabernacle at Nashville, Tcnn. Judge Haralson, of Alabama, former president, called the convention to order at 10 o’clock. The devotional exercises were led by Dr. Riley, of Kentucky, all the great throng joining in singing the old hymn, “Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound,” etc. Dr. Lansing Bur rows, of Georgia, called and corrected, with marvelous dispatch, the roll of the .several states. Judge Haralson was re-elected president; Governor W. J. Northen, of Georgia, Dr. S. H. ■ Ford, of Missouri, Dr. W. H. Whit- A sitt, of Kentucky, and Joshua Lever- ^Bing, of Maryland, vice presidents; Dr. ■ Lansing Burrows and Dr. O. F. Greg- yLorv, secretaries. i Joshua Levering, of Maryland, of fered a resolution which was adopted raising a committee of one from each state <jn devising methods and means for flip increase of missionary work in the beginning of the new century. j HOSPITALITIES EXTENDED. Dr.j Frost, of Tennessee, on behalf of the churches of Nashville, address ed thIc convention, extending hospi- ^ talit/es. Dr. Henry McDonald, of Wf V«oqgia, on request of the president W' of the convention, responded in a most felicitous and happy manner. A large number of distinguished visitors, including a delegation from the colored organization, were in at tendance. One of the episodes of the convention was an address by Brother Bob Burdette, of “The Burlington -HawitCje.’" A message was received from Hie triennial conference of Ger man Baptists, in session at Milwaukee, containing fraternal greetings. FOREIGN MISSIONS. At the evening session tho report of the foreign mission board was read by Dr. Tupper, of Virginia. The board ut of debt. The contributions for jjrnr show a large increase of work Tioney. Among the points of in- 't reference is made to the work in Tho foreign board extended Tvmpathy to the Chinese residents is country in this language: Solved, 'ilia- tlio lioard is in sympathy ft all Jo.to do justice to tho Chinese 1 to prevent any retaliatory kssionaries in China by tho un'ry. the home mission Dr. Tichenor, of Itrd is out of debt Ilerable arnouut on Iporty nt a low esti- . It has 308 mis- 155 churches have and ninety-two Juilt, and 412 Sun- ed during the year, jtreb, 9,004. Iichool board ese reports rttees. Dr. preached the fht to perhaps ’assembled in i proceedings. jventionmet in thetnb- llock a. m. Saturday, lthe committco on tho ! submitted. Speechos fru. Eaton, McCall, El la Ford on the report, Rted. The report of the 1st Theological seminary jby Dr. Broadus, of Ken- Iter addresses by Drs. f Whitsett, it was also feen hundred dollars was Jiately for the seminary, res on the various subjects t in the report of the foreign ipard made reports which to by several members of jion. The Woman’s Mis ses met at the First Bap- y) o’clock in tho moru- Ipnents of woman work pprovemeut. This is fie nnxinnrv oi ine con tent mass meeting was day in the interest of fcns, in tho tabernacle, then, of Georgia, presi- nvroll, of Texas, and Dr. fun., ail^ri’ssed the meeting, pilthut in south China the rk is s| reading largely pmmentality of the na- list as it spread in tho the ' Christian era. Infenmal year tiion- poured into the !Trd, but no mission 's services for labor Rev. J. B. Hartwell, rin California, has been t oi all the mis- More than for ►preaching Sunday •turehes were dis- Jeadiug preachers PROCEEDINGS. Iassembled at 9 a. m. the opening exercises Lott, of Atlanta, by. lit, offered a resolu- Le sympathy of the Clr’uese residents Mr efforts to secure Ids of our national Gambell, of Mississippi, leport of the committee on ftanee of home missions. An pg report which alludes to the aitions and the- new. Dr. addressed the convention the importance of providing (he exigencies of the new or- I things. Dr. Cranfield, of lioke to. the report, after which [loptod. J interesting reDort was read Fommittee on work among the people. Tho report was dis- l>y Dr. -J. L. McMannaway, of la, chairman of the committee; most earnest and intelligent ad s’ Kev. W. H. MeAlpin, thecol- Issionery of the home board in afternoon session a resolu- Ifered by Dr. Eaton, of Ken ans adopted, protesting against aing of the Chicago exposition Jays. The eommittee on basis esentation was continued until The special order for 3 p. port of the committee on. , and methods. It was ^evering, the chairman, thy report and con- f recommendations. Each tion was discussed and bailments made and the re port adopted. At night a mass meet ing was held in the interest of Cuban (missions. Addresses were delivered by Governor W. J. Northen, of Geor gia ; Dr. A. J. Diaz, of Cuba, and Dr. I Montgomery, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who [baptized Dr. Diaz. Dr. Montgom ery's address was closed with the pre sentation to the home mission board m thirteen hundred dollars from the faptist ministers’ conference, of New jjrk city, for the beginning of a fund for a female school in Havana. He pledged himself to canvass Philadel phia and other eastern cities in the in terest of the same cause. Tuesday’s session. The convention met at 9 a. m. Tues day and opened with the usual devo tional services. The report of the committee on the resignation of the assistant secretary of the foreign mis sion board and retired missionaries was read by the secretary of the conven tion. The report was discussed by Dr. Burroughs, of Georgia; Dr. Pick ard, of Kentucky; Dr. Ford, of Mis souri ; Dr. Hawthorne, of Georgia; Dr. Pritchard, of North Carolina; Dr. Harris, of Virginia; Dr. Owens, of Virginia; Dr. Cranfield, of Texas, and others. This was the most spirited discussion of the convention. The board was attacked by Dr. Ford for its methods in dealing with its mis sionaries. He was immediately re sponded to by Dr. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, who sustained the board in an able speech. This report was still pending at 10:30 a.‘ m., at which hour the special order was the report of the committee on the re port of the Sunday school board. The report commends the literature of the board, and recommends that the board be directed to foster and encourage Sunday school work in the destitute fields; also a special children’s day is favorably mentioned. Dr. Kerfoot spoke in support of the report. His address was one of the most eloquent and forceful of the convention. It wag also discussed by Dr. F. M. Ellis, of Baltimore, in a speech of magnificent eloquence and power. The report of the committee was adopted. A resolu tion offered by Dr. McDonald, of At lanta, expressing the thanks of the convention to Dr. Frost, tho retiring secretary of the Sunday school board, for the efficiency with which his duties have been performed, was adopted. At the alternoon session Dr. Cranfil read the report on development of our young people, which recommended di recting this development along Baptist lines. After considerable discussion the report was adopted. The report of the vice president of the board was ordered printed without being read. After passing resolutions of thanks the convention adjourned nt 5 o’clock p. m., to meet next year at Dallas, Texas. The grent tabernacle in Nashville where the convention met was the gift mainly, of one man, who became a convert to the Christian religion dur ing one of Sam Jones’ meetings. It is a huge brick structure with sufficient architectural variety and finish to re lieve it from being considered too plain. It will seat 5,000 people. The platform will accommodate 250 sing ers, besides having ample room for others desiring to occupy it. The seats in the auditorium are arranged after the manner of a great amphitheater. THE WORLD’S FAIR. Georgia Makes a Slight Addition toHrt Display—Visi ors Going Early. Chicago, May 16, 1893.—The more one sees of the World’s fair the proudei he feels that he is an American. No other people could have built such a city of paluces aud made such a won derful exhibit of all that goes to make up modern civilization. While all lands are represented here the states surpass in almost everything. The exposition is truly a wonder land. The visitor can trace the history of the world in going from building to building. In many respects the build ing in which electrical devices are ex hibited, is the most interesting. After looking carefully through it one can readily believe that in the course of a few years we will be doing everything by electricity. City folks who know little about the country, take a deep interest in the Agricultural building. The displays of farm products are calculated to in- duco all visitors who are not farming to buy one aud try it. People who are interested in county fairs ought to spend all the time they can spare here and study the way exhibits are display ed. Some of the Western states have obtained unique effects in decorating their buildings and exhibit space with grain, and especially with corn on the cob. Ohio has a railing around her space in Agricultural building suppor ted by large and thick glass tubes fil led with various grains and seeds. These tubes resemble solid columns of grain and are very odd and attractive. Georgia’s next state fair can be made much more interesting than it ever has been by borrowing ideas from the Exposition. The only addition which Georgia made to her exhibit here last week was the presence of the bicycle riders from Atlanta. They were objects of inter est, being the first riders to reach here from a long distance on their wheels. Plenty more are on their way, hut Durant and Howard got here first, as Atlantians boast that they always do. These young men came a round-about way. They could have saved a full hundred miles if they had come up from Chattanooga and Nashville by Evansville and Terre Haute. They followed the Western and Atlantic, or old state road, from Atlanta to Chatta nooga, and then the Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis to Nashville, but instead of continuing along that line, for some reason they struck off in an other direction. The rock ballast which makes riding in the ears so easy and smooth is not so comfortable for bicycle riders to travel over. By the way, The General, the State road’s historic engine, has been moved into the transportation building. The dis play of old engines there tells the his tory of railroad development in graph ic language. Now that the weather has become pleasant and the fair has got in full blast, the number of visitors is grow ing every day. Hotels and boarding houses found that they could not get high prices and are very reasonable in charges. Many people from a dis tance are coming early so as to be sure that they see the fair. If cholera comes this summer the fair will proba bly elose, and it is well to go as soon as possible and not run the risk o! missing it. Never again in the lifetime of this generation can we expect to see Bueh a magnificent exposition. WILL OPEN SUNDAYS. The Fair Directory Decide Not to Close the Gates. Monday afternoon there was an in formal meeting of members of the World’s Fair local directory and com missioners, at which the Sunday ques tion was thoroughly discussed. It was announced at the conclusion of the meeting that a resolution revoking the Sunday opening rule recently adopted by the local directory will be submit ted for the concurrence of the commis sioners. First Vice President Peck,of the local directory, stated that the management of the fair was deter mined to open the gates on Sundays. The people demanded it and the peo ple were all powerful. Everybody should read the paper and keep up with the times. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. Ttie News of \k World Condensed Into Pitliy and Pointed Paragraphs. Interesting and Instructive to All Classes of Iteaderg. The Norwegian building at the World’s fair was dedicated Wednes day, aud at least 10,000 citizens of that nationality attended. Advices of Wednesday from Aus tralia show that the financial crisis is still acute. A dispatch was received announcing that tho Royal bank of Queensland, limited has suspended. An explosion occurred in the Citi zens’ coal shaft, at Lincoln, 111., Sun day night, about fourteen thousand feet from the entrance. The night boss and five miners, it is believed, were killed. At New York, Tuesday, Erastus Wiman made a general assignment to Lawyer David Bennett King. Mr. Wi man wonld not make any formal state ment. He merely said that the assign ment was without preference. A Washington special of Monday says: Captain Higginson has been removed from command of the steam ship Atlanta, for dilatoriness in sailing for Greytown, Nicaragua, and ordered home. Captain Bartlett succeeds him. The general synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church in America, dow in session in New York city, has sent telegrams to President Cleveland and President Palmer, of the world’s fair commission, requesting that they de fend the Sabbath law. Frank Almy was hanged in jail at Concord, N. H., Tuesday morning, for the brutal murder of Christie War den, July 17, 1891. The execution was a bungling job. Almv’s feet touched the floor when lie went through the drop aud he was strangled to death. The biennial session of the Order of Railway Conductor s ut Toledo O. .closed Wednesday evening. A large number of amendments to the bylaws were adopt ed, hut none of general interest. Reso lutions in regard to Sunday observ ance, were adopted. The convention adjourned to meet at Atlanta, Ga., in May, 1895. The First National bank of Cedar Falls, Iowa, suspended at close of business Tuesday, being involved by the assignment of William M. Fields & Brother, importers of horses. Tlie liabilities are estimated at from $100,- 000 to $150,000, while the personal liabilities of Fields will be nearly as much more. The Citizens’ bank at Monroeville Ind., Closed its doors at nodn Satur day and much excitement prevails there. It was organized ten years ago by Dwiggins and Starbnck, but about a year ago, was reorganized and a lar ger number of local stockholders were added. It was thought certain to pull through, but it stopped business en tirely. The Plankinton bank, of Milwaukee, Wis., upon which there was a run Sat urday, opened its doors at 9 o’clock a. m. Monday, one hour earlier than usual. There was only a small crowd waiting and no excitement. The flurry seemed to be completely subdued. The •cashier said the deposits in an hour were five times greater than the with drawals. A meeting of the board of directors of the Columbian National bank at Chicago was lield Monday, all but one director being present. After a full discussion of the affairs of the bank, it was unanimously resolved to resume business at an early day, and commit tees were appointed to perfect the plan outlined and to immediately carry it into effect. The Aldine hotel at Philadelphia was badly gutted by fire Sunday night. The loss is estimated at $140,000. The 120 guests and the servants escaped uninjured after an exciting experience. The Aldine is one of the largest hotels in the city. Of the guests, there were many prominent business aud profes sional men. Tho furnishings of the hotel were valued nt $112,000, the damage on which is estimated at $90,- 000, on which there is $60,000 insur ance. A Chicago dispatch of Thursday says: Johu D. Rockefeller has given $150,000 to the University of Chicago in order that Martin Byerson’s gift of $100,000, conditioned on the raising of $400,000 more, might become avail able. About $100,000 has been raised nlready, so that there now remains but $150,000 to complete the half million dollars needed as an equipment fund. The money must he secured by July 1st, or tho Ryerson and Rockefeller gifts will be lost to the university. Advices from London are to the ef fect that the second clause of the home rule bill, conferring authority on the Irish legislature to enact laws, was passed Wednesday in committee in the house of commons, as amended by the adoption of Sir Henry James’s amendment to the fact that the su preme power of the imperial parlia ment should remain undiminished by any proviso of the home rule bill. The clause as amended was adopted by a vote of 287 to 255. The debate pre ceding the division was both testy and bitter. The firm of N. H. Warren & Co., at Chicago, closed all ■ its deals on the board of trade Thursday. It is esti mated that 600,000 bushels of corn were sold on the firm’s account. Nath an Warren attributes the suspension to the tying up of his money in the de funct Columbia bank. The suspension was precipitated by a bondsman for Warren & Co., with the Columbia Na tional, notifying the hoard of trade that he would no longer agree to ideminify traders against losses on margins occassions by the fluctuations in the market. Over 400 employe of the Overland Cotton mill at Denver, Col., went out on a strike Monday morning owing to the new rules requiring sixty-six hours work each week, instead of sixty, as heretofore. Ninety per cent of the workers were brought from the north by the company. The company pays twice the wages paid iu the Clifton mills, in South Carolina, but owing to sharp competition is compelled to ex act more labor from its employes, tion. The bill provides that the gov ernor shall appoint a commission to expend this money, provided the rail roads and other corporations contri bute another $55,000 in cash. The bill will probably pass the house in a few days, and there is no doubt that the railroad companies will raise the .requisite amount to make the appro priation available. A Charleston dispatch says: The doors of the Bank of the.Carolinas, with home office at Florence, closed Tuesday, with a notice of temporary suspension until a meeting of the di rectors. The capital stock of the bank is nearly $60,000. It has branches at Kingston, Conway, Williston and Yarn- ville, in South Carolina, and several towns in North Carolina. It is be lieved that the bank has assets to cover all indebtedness. Stringency of the money market and consequent inability to realize on securities held by the bank is the cause of the failure. Bids for the construction of the monster lock on the proposed Colbert shoals canal, below Florence, Ala., were opened Tuesday by the engineer in charge of the Tennessee river im provements. The bids called for esti mates on a lock 575 feet long, SO feet wide and a 25-foot lift. There were ten bidders and the bills ranged from S305,767 to $624,033. The three low est bidders were Tere A. Clark, Quincy, 111., $305,767; Dunn, Lallande & Co., Birmingham, $320,119; Professor M. Y„ Henry, Birmingham, $343,342. The canal when completed will cost $3,000,- 000, and the money for the work is all available. THE CHINESE MUST GO. The Geary Exclusion Act Snstained by the Supreme Court. The United States supreme court, Monday, through Justice Gray, sus tained the decision of the New York courts in favor of the constitutionality of the Geary exclusion act. The announcement that a decision in the ease was expected attracted a large attendance and the fact that it was the last day of the term accounted for the presence of an unusually large array of attorneys within the bar, in cluding Attorney General Olney, So licitor General Aldrich, Sena tors Pugh, Dolph and Cockrell. Ex-Justice Strong and several members of the diplomatic corpse were interested spectators. Justice Gray said that the question involved was the constitutional effect of the sixth section of the act entitled “An act to prohibit the coming of Chi nese persons into the United States.” The justice sketched the provisions of tee law rapidly and proceeded to say that it was perfectly well settled, it was one of the fundamental principles of the law of nations that every inde pendent nation had the inherent right to keep aliens out of its territory and order them to get out of its territory. That right public welfare demanded. A REHEARIXG ASKED. After the court had concluded an nouncement of opinions, Mr. Hulsey Ashton, of counsel for the Chinese, moved a rehearing of the case and an argument before a full bench at the next term. At present the court stands five to three in support of the law, Justice Harlan being absent. The court took the motion under advise ment, the effect of which is to post pone, until the motion is acted upon, anyjiroceding under the judgment of the court thus announced. No orders had been issued at the treasury department at the close of business Monday as to the deporting of Chinese under the Geary act. The instructions under which collectors of internal revenue and United States marshals are now operating direct them to make no arrests of unregis tered Chinamen until further orders. These orders may be given them after the cabinet meeting or deferred for a longer period. Secretary Carlisle, soon after be heard of the decision of the supreme court, went to the executive mansion and had a conference with the presi dent on the subject. He remained for an hour or more. Attorney General Olney said until the line of action to be pursued by our government was mapped out he could say nothing on the subject except that the depart ment of justice had no money available for deporting Chinese. At the Chinese legation the Chinese minister courteously declined to ex press any opinion upon the decision of the court or to giv:, any intimation as to the course his government might deem proper to adopt under the cir cumstances. Conservative estimates place the amount necessary to deport the unreg istered Chinese at $6,000,000, with only $16,806 available for the purpose. Intimations are heard that congress may he convened to consider the mat ter. The suggestion is made in offi cial circles at Washington that Chinese unregistered may now go to the courts aud be allowed to register and remain iu this country. In any view of the case treasury officers expect to expe rience great difficulty in carrying out the mandate of the law that the Chi nese must go. They look to the cabi net to solve the problem at its next meeting. TO GO FROM GEORGIA As Delegates to an Interstate Con vention at Chicago. Governor Northen is called upon to appoint a number of delegates to an Interstate convention at Chicago. Governor Nelson, of Minnesota, has called upon all the governors of the country to appoint ten delegates to go to Chicago on the 5th of June to at tend an interstate convention, the purpose of which is to put down the coal combination and other offensive trusts that may come under popular condemnation. On Thursday Gover nor Northen appointed the following to go from Georgia: 1st district—P. A. Stovall, Savannah. 2nd district—Wm. Harrisou, George town. 3rd district—C. C. Duncan, Perry. 4th district—Bod Leonard, Talbot- ton. 5th district—F. H. Richardson, At lanta. 6th district—Richard Johnson, Clinton. 7th district—W. R. Rankin, Cal houn. 8ht district—Thomas Olive, Lex ington. 9th district—W. P. Price, Dah- lonega. 10th district—R. Baxter, Sparta. 11th district—Thomas W. Lamb, Brunswick. FOR DIRECT TRADE. An English Ship Owner Prospecting in Port Royal. J. A. Welsford, of Liverpool, rep resenting William Andeward Johnson, of Liverpool, is visiting Port Royal, S. C., for the purpose of negotiating for their line of ships to enter Port Royal harbor and to give that town direct trade with Liverpool, Havre and the Mediterranean ports. The probabilities are that Mr. Welsford will succeed in making arrangements which will ba mutually acceptable to the owners oi Port Royal a>d Hie ship owners. Smallpox in Yirginia. A Petersburg, Ya., dispatch of Sun day says: Information has been re ceived from a prominent citizen of Lunenburg county, Ya., that there are twenty cases of smallpox in the vicinity of the county courthouse and that there have been several deaths. Owing to the presence of the diaease, there have been no sessions of the court. Lunenburg courthouse is about sixty miles from Petersburg. Startling Figures About Tobacco. Some time since, a clergyman of Montpelier, Yt., in gathering statistics for a lecture on tobacco, brought to light the fact that in the last ten years more than double the mousy had been expended for tobacco in Montpelier than the cost of maintaining the six Christian churches in that place during the same number of years; and that for the year 1876 the retail sales in the village proper and the smaller one of Wrightsville were found to exceed $27,000; and that this was in no way an exceptional year, further than the biennial session of the legislature made it so. The gentleman who gathered these statistics stated that if he eould have at his disposal the amount paid for this weed he would pledge himself to pay the expenses of all the churches in the village, wholly support both union school and seminary, foot all the bills for the poor farm, and have left for himself a fair salary. He further states that the cost of supporting the six Christian churches iu Montpelier for the last decade was $100,000, while the amount expended for tobacco in the same time was more than $200,000. In 1890 the population of the entire town of Montpelier was 3,220. And who dare affirm that the capital of the Green Mountain state is an ex ception to all other locations in tobac co using. Bright Prospects. Old Gentleman—“Little boy, why are you idling around the street dur ing school hours, and, still worse, smoking and chewing tobacco, and acting like a young tough generally, instead of studying your lessons and trying to be a little gentleman?” Boy—“Wot yer givin’ us?” Old Gentleman—“Remember, the time is not far distant when you will have to earn your own living. ” Boy—“Thas all right. I’ll live in a Fif avernoo house au’ have a steam yacht. I’m goin’ inter poly ties.”— Street & Smith’# Good News. How Drinking Makes a Man Poor. Basing our calculations on savings invested annually nt six per cent inter est, we find that at the eud of fifty years the following schedule of drinks amounts to the following: One drink a day $ 9,504 Two drinks a (Jay 19,006 Three drinks a day 28,512 Four drinks a day 38,016 Five drinks a day 47,520 Six drinks a day 57,()23 Seven drinks a day 66,528 Eight drinks a day 76,032 Nine drinks a day 85,536 Ten drinks a day 95,041 The most heartless jokes are those made which bring into ridicule the “typewriter girl.” No woman should he made to feel ashamed of an honora ble occupation, and no man, with the feelings of a man, should make light of it. Au Appeal for Assistance. The man who is char table to himself will listen to the mute appeal for assistance made by his stomach, or his liver, in the shupe of diverse dysp-ptic qualms and uneasy sensa tions in the regions of the gland that secretes his bile. Hoste t r's Stomuch Bitters, my dear sir, or madam—as the case may be—is what you r< quire. Hasten to r.se if you are troubled with heartburn, wind in the stom ach, or note that your skin or the whites of your eyes are taking a sallow hue. Higher education i* dangerous only when it crowds out the practical. For impure or thin Blood, Weakness Mala ria, Neuralg a, Iudigestion and Biliousness take Brown's Iron Bitters—it gives strength, making o.d per.-ons feel young—and youug persons strong; pleasant to take. The eagle on the dollar signifies that riches have wings. Mr. Geo. IF. Ticist Coloma, Wis. All Run Down A Puzzling Case—How Health Was Restored Gained From 135 to 176 Pounds. “ A few years ago my health failed me, and I consulted several physicians. Not one could clearly diagnose my case and their medicine failed to give re iof. After much persuasion I commenced to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Have taken several bottles and am much improved. From an all run down condition I have been restored to good health. ! ormerly I weighed HOOD’S Sarsaparilla CURES 135 pounds, now I balance the scales at 176 pounds. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has been a great benefit to me, and I have recommended it to friends, who realize good results by its use.” Geo. V’. Twist, Coloma, Waushara Co., Wis. Hood's 1*7ils cun* liver ills, sic k headache, jaun- diee. Indigestion. Try a box 25 cents. " Perfect Baby Health ought to mean glow ing health throughout childhood, and robust health in the years to come. When we see in children tendencies to weakness, we know they are missing the life of food taken. This loss is overcome by Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, with Hvpophos- phites, a fat-food that builds up appetite and produces flesh at a rate that appears magical. Almost as palatable as milk. Prepared by Scott Sc Rjwm\^L_V._AiGlHigeist*^ tiyelj cui*fe Bilious Attacks, Con- ition, Sick-Headache, etc. :ents per bottle, at Drug Stores, te for sample dose, free. . SMITH & CO f^-New York. THROUGHOUT THE SODTH. Notes ot Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And Important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told. The general assembly of the South ern Presbyterian church convened in Macon, Ga., Thursday at the First Presbyterian church. This is the first time it has met iu Macon since 1866. The Florida senate on Wednesday passed a bill forbidding railroad com panies to make runs of trainmen longer than thirteen hours each and compell ing at least eight hours to elapse be tween runs. The annual contest of the Southern Oratorical Association was held at Columbia, S. C., in the presence of an immense audience. The committee awarded the medal to Martin D. Har din, of Kentucky. The supreme court of South Caro lina rendered a decision, Monday, sus taining the validity of the state bonds recently issued. The question raised was, that the new bonds had not been voted upon by the people. The establishment of the Yonkers, N. Y., Hat Manufacturing company was almost totally destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The loss is esti mated at $100,000. About six hun dred hands are thrown out of employ ment. News was received at New Orleans that the Grand Lake levee in Arkansas broke'at 9 o’clock Monday night. This is two miles above Carriola, Ark., and about ten mile6 from Lakeport. The break is widening rapidly and will prove serious. Messrs. Robert J. Lowry and H. M. Comer were, on Monday, appointed receivers of the Savannah and West ern railroad by Judge John A. Pardee at New Orleans. It is thought Judge Pardee’s decision is favorable to the Richmond aud West Point Terminal company. A Raleigh, N. C., special of Sunday says: The railway commission has notified the telephone companies that on and after June 1st, it would have supervisions of them as of railways, with power to revise rates. The com panies are informed that they will be given a hearing that day. They strong ly object to the new law. At Savannah, Ga., Tuesday morning, Judge McDonald rendered a decision in the demurrer to the three million dollar debenture suit of the Mercantile Trust company. He overruled the demurrer on every point except as to the interest, which he held was not collectable except by the party hold ing at time interest falls due according to the contract. The sixty-second annual session of the diocesan council, Episcopal, of Alabama, convened at Montgomery Tuesday. The venerable and beloved Bishop B. H. Wilmer presided with dignity, and his able coadjutor, Bish op H. M. Jackson, sat upon his right. Twenty-nine clergymen and lay dele gates, representing nineteen parishes, were present. At Charleston, Thursday, Clerk Haygood, of the United States circuit court, commenced taking testimony in the famous railroad tax cases in which the South Carolina and the Richmond and Danville roads are involved. These issues arose in May, 1892, when the state board of equalizers assessed the properities of these roads for tax aud the roads refused to pay the as sessment. A decision in the South Carolina dis pensary law case was filed in the supreme court at Columbia Tuesday adverse to the liquor men. It is sign ed by Justice Pope, and other justices concurring. The case came up on the petition of Charleston barkeepers for a mandamus requiring the city council to grant them license for the full year, the grant huving been made only until July, the time of the inauguration of the dispensary system. A Raleigh, N. C., special says: The agricultural department is advised that there were frosts Wednesday morning and again Thursday morn-, these being the latest on record in this section, cotton being very serious ly hurt by the prolonged cold and is dying on sandy lands, particularly where brought to a stand. Tobacco is also seriously injured by cutworms. The outlook for crops is for the first time unfavorable and farmers are de pressed. A special from Greenville, Miss., says: The fourth crevasse in the le vees in the Arkansas side of the river occurred Wednesday, one and one-half miles below the Grand Lake break. The last crevasse will not do much damage except add to the volume of water already overflowing the territory. The plantations near Gaines’s Landing, Ark., between Greenville and Askansas City are overflowed with back water, except in very high places, and the damage to planters is terrible. Attorney General Martin has insti tuted a suit in the city court of Mont gomery, Ala., in the name of the state of Alabama vs. the Hartford Fire In surance Company. The suit is for the collection of the sum of $250 as fee or license under a law of the last legisla ture. The complaint sets out that the defendant is a foreign company doing business in that state without having paid the fees or license fixed by law. The suit, it is thought, is a test case to determine the constitutionality of the law fixing the license tax. A special of Tuesday from Tallahas see Fla., says that the senate has just passed the Marks bill, appropriat ing $25,090 for maintaining exhibits in the Florida building at the exposi- Xhe manager is determined to stand by its ruling or shut down the mill. The annual address of Grand Chief Ramsey, presented to the convention of railway telegraphers in session at Toronto, Ont., Wednesday, reviews the work of the order during the year just closed, refers with pleasure to the increased membership and expressed confidence in the future prosperity and success of the organization. The finances of the order are in good con dition. A federation had been formed with different railway organizations, which is proving satisfactory, The re port of the grand secretary showed the membership to he 26,000 and that there was a substantial sum in the treasury, with a protective fund of $50,000. An Enormous Air Ship. Hon lo Save Doctor’s Bills. A large dirigible baloon, intended to make headway against air currents of tweDty-eight miles an hour, is being made in France. It will be similar in form to the La France of 1881-85, but larger—230 feet in length and forty-three feet in its greatest diameter. It will weigh sixty-six pounds per horse power, and will be propelled by a screw in front, with arudder behind.—[New York Press. / Never go to bed with cold or damp feet. Never lean with the hack upon any thing that is cold. Never begin a journey until the breakfast lias been eaten. Never take warm drinks and then immediately go out in the cold. After exercise of any kind never ride in an open carriage or near the window of a car for a moment; it is dangerous to health and even life. Never omit regular bathing, for un less the skin is in good condition the cold will close the pores and favor con gestion or other diseases. Never stand still in cold weather, es pecially after having taken a slight de gree of exercise, and always avoid standing on ice or snow where the per son is exposed to the wind. When going from a warm atmos phere into a colder one, always keep the mouth closed, so that the air may be warmed by its passage through the nose ere it reaches the lungs. Keep the back, especially between the shoulders, well covered; also the chest well protected. In sleeping in a cold room, establish the habit of breathing through the nose, and never with the mouth open. •Losing Faith in Edl ors. Old Lady—“I don’t believe t Sure Cure Tonic is a-goin’ to do any good.” * Friend—“It is highly spoken of the papers.” Old Lady—“Yes* bnt I’ve taken ty-seven bottles, and I don’t feel a 1 j better. I tell you wliat it is, Sara I’m beginnin’ to think these newsp ] per editors don’t know everything, j New York 1 Vcekly.” ' Father Was Willing. Daughter—“Mr. Nieefello wants m to play duets with him. ” Father— ‘ ‘Well?” “Have yon any objection?” “Of course not. It will please me to death.” “Will it, really?” “Yes, indeed. I’ve just been aching for a chance to get even with those neighbors next'cloor. ” Just Like a Man. When Traveling Whether on pleasure bent, or business,take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acta most pleasantly and effectively on tho kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50 cents and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Mrs. Stocks—“If wc move into that cheap house, we’ll lose caste.” Mr. Stocks—Don’t care if we do; it’s the best we can afford without running hopelessly into debt, and, besides it is a comfortable place anyhow.” Mrs. Stocks—“Huh! Just like a man. Only so you can be comforta ble, and pay every little bill as quick as it comes in, you don’t care what the world thinks.”—Xew York Weekly For DyspepMa, Indigestion and Stomach dis orders, use Brown's I«on Bitters—the Best Tonic. If rebuilds the Blood and strengthens the muscles. A splendid medicine for weak and debii tated persons. M. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists^ Couders- port, i’a., say Hall's Catarrh Cure is the best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold. Druggists sell it, 75c. Beecfcam’s Pills cure indigestion and consti pation. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box. r#- Housekeepers Should Remember, f Tt I The Government Chemists, after having analyzed ^ all the principal brands of baking powder in the *{ market, in their reports placed the “Royal” at the *^j r head of the list for strength, purity and wholesome- > ness; and thousands of tests all over the country ^ b have farther demonstrated the fact that its qualities ^ ^ are, in every respect, unrivaled. 1$. Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift or prize, £ 4 or at a lower price than the Royal, as they invariably $$ 4 contain alum, lime or sulphuric acid, and render the $j # food unwholesome. 4 -X 99 “German Syrup I am a farmer at Edom, Texas. I have used German Syrup for six years successfully for Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Pains iu Chest and Lungs and Spittiug-up cf Blood. I have tried many kinds of Cough Syrups in my time, but let me say to anyone wanting such a medicine—German Syrup is the best. We are subject to so many sudden changes from cold to hot, damp weather here, but in families where German Syrup is used there is little trouble from colds. John F.Jones. ® DIAMONDS, WATCHES and SILVERWARE. Scud (or our (-ataloieuc. «T. 3r*. Stovens «fc Bro., 47 Whitehall St.* Atlanta. Ga. THE BEST Is the best Blood Medicine, because it assists nature to throw ofT the im parities of the blood, and at the same time tones up the entire organism. This is just contrary to the effect of the various potash, mer cury, sarsaparilla mixtures, which bottle up the impurities in the system, thu3 producing much sickness and suffering. Therefore, for a BLOOD MEDICINE you cannot do better than take S. S. S. “As a physician, I have prescribed and used S. S. S. in niv practice as a tonic, and for blood troubles, and have been very successful. I never used a remedy which gave such general satisfac tion to myself and patients. ’ 44 L. B. Ritchy, M. D., Mackey, Ind.” Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. flnllfil Hatoits Cured. At your home without pain or confinement. Patients continue business while under treat ment. Whisky and all other drugs stopped immediately dn beginning treatment—do not need them. No treatment yet discovered to compare with it. Have given sjiecial study and practice to these diseases for the past twenty years, with continued and successful increase in practice. Write for my book of cures, free. B. M. WOOLLEY, M.D., Office, 104-X Whitehall St Department A ATLANTA, CA. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE nor 1 hVp. " , Do you wear them? When next in need try a pair, they will give you more comfort and service for the money than any other make. Best in the world. f $ 5.00. 14.00 §3.59 §2.50 §2.25 $2.00 _fe .00 §2.5 0 $2.00 FOH LADIES , ,..2.00 l i §1.75 FOR BOYS W. L. Douglas Shoes are made in all the Latest Styles. If you want a fine DRESS SHOE don’t pay $6 to $8, try my $3.50, $4 or $5 Shoe. They will fit equal to cus tom made and look a id wear as well. If ycu wish to economize in your footwear, you can do so by purchasing W. L. Douglas Shoes. My name and price is stamped on the bottom, look for it when you buy. Take no sub stitute. I send shoes by mail upon receipt of price! postage free, when Shoe Dealers cannot supply you. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Sold by LEARN TELEGRAPHY & RAILROAD BUSINESS. Pleasant work, pays well, ea^y to learn, leads to highest positions. 50 Railroads employ our graduates. Leading school of the South. Send for Catalogue. Couch & Lugen beet,. Sonata, Ga. BLOOD WILL TELL, but to tell favorably on the sys tem it should be pure. Now is the time to purify the blood aud thus guard against diseases incident to the Spring and Summer season. For this purpose no medicine answers so well as nr. c. Mars liver pills. Other pills have attained a transient popularity, but after a few years have passed out of mind. Imita tions and counterfeits without number have been put on the market from time to time, but fail to give satisfaction. The genuine Dr. C. 3IcLane\s Liver Pills have stood the test of more than GO years,and sell to day all over the civilized world. Money refunded in oil cases where they fail to give satisfaction. Sold by Druggists generally. Sent by mall to any address on receipt of *23 CENTS. Fleming Brothers’ Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. T All T Homes | Need T TA11 l Dealers {Sell for all home uses a carton of Home Nails ail sizes, a carton of Home Tacks all sizes for all home uses Do Hot Be ] with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the bands, injure the iron and burn red. The Rising Sun Stove Polish is Brilliant, Odor less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin or glass pjick&ge with every purchase. IAN IDEAL FAMILY MEDICINES ■ For Indigestion. Biliousness. " Headache. Constipation, lisa i Complexion. Offensive lirenth, land ail disorders of tho Stomach, = Liver and Bowels, I RiPANS TABULE6 j i net gently yet promptly, perfect I i digestion follows their use. Bold I by drnggista or sent by mail. Box = (6 vials), 75c. Package (4 boxes), $2. I For free g&xnplee-aodress MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS WITH |] THOMSON'S! jf| SLOTTED CLINCH RIVETS. No tools required. Only a hammer needed to drive «n l c inch th.-m easily and quickly, leaving the clinch auao'ntely smooth. Requiring mo ho e to be made in he :ea r her nor r.iirr for the Rivets. They are strong, ouch and durable. Millions now in use. All en-.'ths. uniform >r asi-.rted. put tip In boxes. Ask tout dealer for them, or send 40c. in stamps for a oox of 100, assorted aizea. Man'fd by JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO., WAL7ITAH s MASS. BBCYCLES. Complete line of hign. medium an i cheap grad? Bicycles. Sun dries of all kinds. Iinmenet* linrcrnitia in Sec ond llnnil Bicycle** Pneu matic and Cnsliioii Tired. Write f-r catalogue and prices. The on’y exclus ve!y bi- ycle house in the south. Ad»re*s, BICYCLE DEP , T* LOWRY HOW. CO., V P. rhauant, Mnxr., No. 26 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga, • free samples ad ilrei» _ _ ? KIPAXS CHEMICAL CO., NtwTori. = DROPSY •oonred imtlm. From tet iote jrmploas t.p-:d! lad intro diyi»tle»5!rro-tkird*of,11 lymptonui BOOK Of t«timoni*is sf mineulous cure, seat FREE. bUKWHBJmSESS.X Treated free. FmIUoIv CLKIP with ▼•(•table tUnedlM. Have cured many thou- HOMES FOR THE POOR AND RICH ALIKE Large ar.d small farm* in Alabama, South Caroli a and Georgia, for ^ale on long time. Special advantages offered to ten o- more pur chasers 1 orming a co ony. Write for particu lar s to T. J. FELDER, Atlanta, Ga. Morphine Habit Cared In 10 to20dav*. No pay till cured. DR. J.STEPHENS. Lebanon.Ohio. OPIUM Consumptives and people | who h&ve weak lungs or Asth- ma. should u3e Piso’s Cure for I Consumption. It has cared j thousands. It has not injur- | ed one. It is not bad to ta It is the beat co ugh syrup, gold everywhere. ZSc. ^ Twenty, ’93.