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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
H. 0. SMITH. EDITOR.
POULAN
r\i r\i
Tie Mfflttrim Cily
Was thought to be a false
report , but was found to be
true.
Fews broke out among the
people of Worth county that
McGirt &
McPhaul
Were selling Goods cheaper
than any other merchants in the
county , which was investigated
and found correct.
how we ask the people of
Worth and adjoin’ng counties
to come and examine our line of
YY'c Carry a Side Line of
Wash Pots,
Dinner Pots,
Stoves,
Stove Furniture,
Plows,
Plow Gear
Ail All Fanning. Utensils.
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
CroolLery
—AND ALL—
Heavy Groceries.
CLOTHING!
We have a large lot of
Clothing selected for the Fall
Trade , and we want to sell
them rapidly. We have put
them at very low prices. We
can save you enough of money
on one suit of Clothes to pay
you for coming to Poulan.
When you want Hats, come tc
see us.
When you want Shoes, come tc
see ns.
When you want Suits, come tc
see us.
When you want Harness, come to
see ns.
When you want Groceries, come to
see ns.
Wheu you want Stoves, come to
see us.
When you want Furniture, como to
see us.
We have good and polite salesmen,
»o that when you come to see us,
goods will be thrown down to you for
your examination.
We carry everything in the HARD-
WARE LINE from a handsome File
to a Grind Rock.
tob acoo.
Everything from a pinch of Snuff tc
a box of Tobacco.
Call and examine our Goods and gel
prices. We will take- pleasure in
showing you.
We have one of the best RICE
MILLSin the country. Bring yout
rough rice and let ns hull it.
Have your corn ground here.
We will gin your cotton for yon and
then buy it or ship it from our ware-
house free of drayage.
Turn your face this way and make
our store headquarters for trade.
McGirt & McPhaul.
WHOLESALE LYNCHING REROUTED
A. the Aftermath of tho Drown Family
AftffnPuinatlon.
Later dispatches from Wesson,Miss.,
state that a party who left tho scene of
the murder of the Smith family at 2
o’clock Saturday afternoon aud had
just reached Wesson says a mob of
1,000 men formed and that a whole¬
sale lynching was taking place in that
neighborhood at tho time lie left.
Additional details of the murder of
Mrs. Brown Smith and her four chil¬
dren aud the subsequent lynching of
the supposed murderer were received
during the day.
After capturing Charley Lewis, the
alleged murderer, the mob placed him
alongside of several other negroes and
asked the little girl, who was spared
by the murderer, to pick out the one
who killed her mother. She ut once
pointed to Charley Lewis. This strong
evidence to the mob made it difficult
for Sheriff Gassel, of Monticello, to
induce the people to turn Lewis over
to him for safe keeping. He assured
them he would have the Negro at
Bankston Ferry Friday morning for
trial.
As promised, lie arrived there oil
time with Lew is, and another mob of
two hundred men armed with shot¬
guns and winchesters met him on the
opposite bank of the river. Speeches
were made by the cool-headed men,
among them being Hon. A. F. Weath-
ersby, senator from Lawrence county,
and Rev. Drummonds, a Methodist
preacher, who pleaded eloquently for
the negro's life. The mob for a time
was quieted and a:i attempt was made
to hold an improvised court.
After parleying for some time, the
mob, under the leadership of a few
determined men, made a rush for the
negro and succeeded in getting him
from the deputies after a hard struggle.
They then put a plow lino around the
negro’s neck and ran up the street
with him. He was put on a big horse
and driven under a tree. After tha:
the rope was made fast to a limb ami
the horse was driven from under him.
His feet touched the ground, but lie
was strangling, and Mr. Arrington,
one of tbe lawyers, and another man
cut liim down. He could not speak.
The crowd allowed him to be revived
and then bung him in earnest.
A report that the negro committed
the murder at, the instigation of Smith,
which lias gained currency, is discred¬
ited by bis neighbors, but tho fact"
and circumstances connected with the
affair will all be sifted to tho bottom.
The three negroes arrested iu the
Monticello neighborhood in conjunc¬
tion with Charley Lewis, the negro
lynched for the quintuple butchery of
the Smith family, were, after a long
trial, declared not guilty, but given
until Monday to leave the country.
TO INVESTIGATE CIVIL SERVICE.
Republican Representative** In Congress
Hold a Special Meeting.
A Washington special say": A largely
attended meeting of republican repre¬
sentatives in congress was held Sat¬
urday night at the river aud harbor
committee room to devise means for
securing a change iu the present civil
servico law.
About sixty members were present,
representing most of the Gates having
republican delegations in congress.
The discussion took a wide range,
but in tbe main was temperate and
conservative. It was finally deter¬
mined to name a committee to devise
a plan of action and the following reso¬
lution was adopted;
“Resolved, That the chairman ap¬
point a committee of seven, the chair¬
man of which shall be Representative
Grosvenor, of Ohio, with the chairman
of this meeting as a member, who shall
examine the bills pending before the
committee on reform of tho civil serv¬
ice and report to a subsequent meet¬
ing of this conference by bill or other¬
wise.”
PRESIDENT’S MOTHER DEAD.
Succumbs To Stroko of Paralysis After a
Remarkable Struggle.
A special from Canton, O., says:
Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley died
Sunday morning at 2:30 o’clock.
Mother McKinley was stricken with
paralysis two weeks ago and her death
had been constantly looked for since.
The end came after a day of marked
sinking. It was quiet and peaceful.
Life went out without a struggle.
The piesident and the members of
the family had been around the bed¬
side all night, knowing that the final
struggle was near.
SAYS LUETGERT’S WIFE IS ALIVE.
A St. Louis Editor Declare* That the Ho-
man Was in Boston.
The Boston Globe, in its issue or
Thursday says: supposed
“Mrs. Luetgert, the vic¬
tim of the sausage manufacturer mur¬
derer, so-called in Chicago, is alive
and well.
“Mrs Luetgert was seen in this city
during the month of July, acknoyvjtf giving
edged her identity, beside*
more or less explanation relative to
the reasons which caused her to leave
her husband, who is again to be tried
for bis life.
“Such is the startling declaration
made by Editor John H. Schofield, of
St. Louis, to a Globe man.”
BIG DEAL IN PETROLEUM.
OU » , '-odarcr,> Tr..»t of California Dl»-
P «*e of 30,000 Barrel.
± dl ?P ato £ IT u°" Ange1 ' M ' Cal 'i
states 4 that L. Htrasbnrg manager of
Producers trust has just con-
f lded two larK «* a f" 0 California pe¬
troleum, one of 30,000 barrels, to be
delivered iu San Francisco.
The sales were made at $1 a barrel,
and Strasburg expects to see this price
, as there is
ASllBURN. WORTH CO.. GA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER IT, 1897.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTE EX¬
PENDITURE OF $141,2(18,880.
DINGLEY DEFENDS THE TARIFF ACT.
He Dcclnros In a Speech Tlmt Next Year
Will Show a Surplus of Something
Like Si 10,000,000,
A Washington special says; Tho
house at Friday’s session passed tho
appropriation bill without amendment
and adjourned until Monday.
The : in ndments offered by tbo
democrats to correct alleged existing
abuses were nil ruled out on the point
of order that they were new legisla¬
tion. As passed the bill carried $141,-
263,800.
The debate covered a wide range.
It touched not only the question of
our pension policy, but that of civil
service reform and the receipts and
expenditures of the treasury under the
Dingley law. On the latter question
Mr. Dingley made an important state¬
ment, in which he expressed the opin¬
ion that the receipts would equal the
expenditures before tho close of the
present fiscal year and predicted a
surplus of $10,000,000 next year. it
At the opening of the session w r as
agreed that when the house adjourned
it be to meet on Monday.
Ou motion of Mr. Foss, republican
of Illinois, Saturday, December JHlli,
was set apart for paying tribute to the
memory of the late E. D. Cooke, of
Illinois.
Tho house then resumed the con
sideration of the pension appropria¬
tion bill, which wms debated Thurs¬
day.
Mr. Sullivan, democrat, of Missis¬
sippi, in support of an argument
against the payment of pensions to
those who were wealthy and did not
need them, quoted at length from an
article recently written by General 11.
V. Boynton, whose testimony against
abuses in the present system, he snid,
was entitled to respectful considera¬
tion by tbe other side.
Messrs. Carmack, Gaines and Sims,
democrats, of Tennessee, spoke briefly
in favor of retrenchment in pension
expenditures.
Mr. Dingley contended that the
maximum pension expenditure was
readied in 1893, when tho pension
payments reached $198,000,000. In
1894 they fell to $141,000,000; 1895,
$141,009,000; 1896, $139,000,000, and
in 1897, $141,000,000. If the expen¬
ditures for pensions during the next
fiscal year should be $148,000,000, as
had been estimated, the increase, Mr v
Dingley said, would not bo due to new
legislation, but to more rapid admin¬
istration of the present laws. It
would, therefore, involve no addi¬
tional expeuse in tho end.
He said the secretary of 1 lie treasury
and the president were confident the
receipts next year would exceed ilio
expenditures.
Mr. Dingley said the estimated de¬
ficit for the present year, not counting
the money obtained and to bo obtained
from the Pacific railways, was $28,-
000,009. The anticipatory importations
hud placed in the treasury before July
1st $38,000,000. Those importations
had reduced the deficit last year from
$56,000,000 to $18,000,000.
Mr. Dingley figured out a surplus
of exactly $10,000,000 for the coining
fiscal year. He described the steady
manner in which the revenue had been
increasing at the rate of one or two
millions a month. Although Decem¬
ber was generally a bad month for im¬
portations, be said that if the increase
for the first nine days of this month
were continued, tbo receipts this month
would increase from $25,000,000 in
November to $27,000,000 in Decem¬
ber.
When he predicted that Ihe effect of
the anticipatory revenues would all be
overcome during this fiscal year and
that after May or Juno, 4898, the rev¬
enues would exceed the expenditures,
tire republican side broke into repent¬
ed cheers.
Mr. Allen, democrat, of Mississippi, with
concluded tbe general debate a
humorous speech.
The bill was then reported to the
house aud passed.
STEEL MEN CONSIDER POOL.
Thi*y Hold a Mooting In Now York, But
Aro Rot I co ut.
A meeting of the representatives of
nearly all the steel companies - in the
United States was held Friday in New
York city, at which the harmonizing
of their interests and the division of
the territory are said to have been the
chief subjects of disccussion.
Among those present were Presi<
dent Stackhouse, of the Cambria Iroi
Company; Linderrnan, of the Beth¬
lehem Iron Company; Fellon,-of tho
Pennsylvania and Maryland Steel
Company, and Secretary Kenney, of
the Bessemer Steel Company.
None of those who were present at
the meeting would dsseuss the matter.
the torture was useless.
Two Soldiers Frustrated In Attempt On
Rite or Sulti&n.
The Athens correspondent of The
London Daily Chronicle says that two
soldiers in the imperial service at the
Yildiz Kiosk, the palace of the sultan,
made an attempt on the life of the
sultan, which was frustrated.
The sultan had the rnen tortured in
the hope of extracting the names of the
instigators, but both succumbed with¬
out revealing anything.
FOR NATIONAL (Jl ARAN TINE.
A 11111 Is Introduced In Congrcaa Uy
Senator CaflVry, of LouIhIuiia*
Senator C’aflVry, of Louisiana, in¬
troduced a bill iu congress Thursday
for a revision of the quarantine laws,
the distinctive feature of which is the
placing of the quarantine regulations
uUuttSfii ,ll ° lmm,s ° f th °" ati,,u '
The secretary of the treasury is an-
thorized to make regulations to pro-
vent the introduction of infectious or
contagious diseases into oue state from
another, and such regulations to be
enforced by the sanitary authorities of
the state or of municipalities when
these authorities will undertake to en¬
force them, but. when they fail the
president is given authority to exe-
elite and enforce them and to adopt
“such measures as in his judgment
shall be necessary to prevent tho in-
troduetion or spread of such diseases. ”
He is also given authority to detail
or appoint officers for that purpose. It
is further provided that whenever yel¬
low fever, cholera, plague or typhus
fever has passed the quarantine of the
United States or in any manner ap¬
peared within any state or territory
“the quarantine regulations of the
secretary of the treasury shall be su¬
preme and have precedence of stale or
municipal quarantine authorized laws,” and tho
president is to enforce theso
national regulations, to control the
movement of trains, vessels, vehicles
or persons, to prevent the diseases
spreading from one state to another.
Violations of these prohibitions ie
made punishable by a fine of $1,000
or imprisonment for one year.
Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, pre¬
sented a petition signed by 21,260 nil-
live Hawaiians, protesting against the
annexation of Hawaii.
After a little routine business the
senate considered private pension bills.
Senator Gallinger, republican, of Now
Hampshire, chairman of tho pensions
committee, sounded a warning against
inconsiderate pension legislation.
The senate agreed to adjourn until
Monday. introduced
A bill was in the house
by Mr. Fleming, of Georgia, and ro-
ferred to tho Pacilio railroad commit¬
tee, authorizing the president to ex¬
amine at his pleasure the book of the
government aided railroads and in case
the liens of the government are en¬
dangered by a forced sale under a prior
lien, to bid in these roads.
MRS. FIT/ IS WILLING
For Her Hubby to Tackle Mr. Corbett
Again.
A dispatch from Milwaukee, Wis.,
says: It is almost it certainty now that
Robert Fitzsimmons, champion pugil-
ist of the world, aud James J. Cor-
belt, will meet in the roped arena to
again battle and decide tho question for
all time.
For the first time Mrs. Fitzsimmons
has given expression to her thoughts
4n tho matter ( inco the affair at Carson
Cily last March.
Before tho contest last March, Fitz-
simmons promised his ring wife again that with- be
would never enter the
out her consent. While Mrs. Fitz-
simmons does not come out openly
and say iio there will be another battle,
it can readily seen that she is not
anxious to put a block in tlio way of
her husband as regards his future
plans.
FORGOT THE MONEY ORDERS.
Former l.lbrnrinn Hpoironl’s Hlmrlueo May
•So Cleared Up.
A Washington dispatch says: An
investigation now being made between
tbe officials of the congressional library
and tho officials of the postoffice de¬
partment promises to throw a great
deal of light on the recently discussed
shortage of Former Librarian Ains-
worth It. Spofford.
It appears that a large part, if not
all, of this deficiency, which Spofford
promptly made good out of his own
pocket, will be recounted for by a
great batch of old money orders which
tho absent-minded librarian forgot to
cash.
|{IG CHICAGO FIRM ASSIGNS.
Wholesale Hardware Dealers Oo Under
With Liabilities at *300,000.
At Chicago, Thursday, Horton, Gil¬
more, McWilliams (r. Co., wholesale
hardware dealers, -171-176 Lake street,
assigned to tlio Illinois Trust and Hav¬
ings bank.
The liabilities are $300,000 and the
assets $210,000.
CLEVELAND COMES SOUTH':
Ex-President Visits HI* Old Uai.nt* On
n Duck Hunt.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland, ac¬
companied by Gen. Anson G. McCook
and Captain Evans and Captain Lum¬
ber ton, of the United States navy, ar¬
rived in Georgetown, S.C., early Satur¬
day morning as guests of Gen. E. F.
Alexander.
They were immediately conveyed to
South Island on the government
steamer Wistaria. Their sport will
probably last several weeks.
The Palmetto club and the citizens
of Georgetown have dispatched a mes¬
senger to the party tendering them a
banquet.
HAITIAN MINISTRY tJUITS.
Peace Jteign* and Port-au-Prince AuHiiinen
Sorrnul Ahj mat.
Advices from Port-au-Prince, Hayti,
state that the entire ministry has re¬
signed. As yet tho composition of its
successor has not been definitely set¬
tled, but several well known names
are mentioned that will command the
confidence of Haytians and foreigners
alike.
The city has now resumed its nor¬
mal aspect.
and won the great six-day
BICYCLE RACE AT NEW YORK.
.
* GETS GOOD MONEY FOR HIS EFFORT
Gvor One Hundred Thousand People,
First and hast, Witnessed the
Mritgglu of lCndurunee,
One of the greatest crowds that ever
filled Madison Square Garden, New
York, wove collected within its walls
Saturday night. It had surged into
the vast ling to seo 0. W. Miller, of
Chicago, cross the tape winner of the
great six-day bicycle rnco with a roo-
ord of 2,09.1 miles in 142 hours.
From start to finish tho race was tho
most interesting ever witnessed.
Thousands upon thousands had
poured into the place day after day
and night after night until it is safe
to say that from first to last 100,4)00
people saw' the remarkable contest.
Tho race was a success from every
point of view, from the sportsman’s
standpoint and from tho business
man’s standpoint. The gato receipts
will easily reach $60,000, leaving the
management a good profit.
The following is tho final score for
the 142 hours:
Miller..... ......2,093.4
Bice...... ......2,026.5
Hehiuneer. ......2,000.7
Halo...... ......1,920.2
Waller.... ......1.883.1
Fierce ......L 828.0
Golden .... ......1,778.0
Gannon... ......1,760.0
Entermnn. ......1,753.7
Ellies..... ......1,660.7
Kinz...... ......1,616.8
Julius.... ...... 1,503.5
Bencom... ......1,350.8
Johnson... ...... 1,279.4
Grey...... ......1,229.0
Rivierro... ......1,7-16.7
Mooro... . ...... 1.195.4
llest previous record 1,910 miles 8
laps, by Halo.
As a reward for their week of pain
and torture in covering hundreds of
miles awheel, Miller will get $1,600,
aside from presents from wheel and
tire concerns; $1,300 of this is the
winner’s share of the purse, and $200
more goes for breaking the record.
Joe Rice’s share of tho purse will bo
$800 and Holiineer wfllget$500; Teddy
j Halo will receive $350 and Waller $50
j less. Fierce gets $200, Golden $150,
J $100 Gannon and $125, Elkes Entermnn $75. and Itivierre
All tho riders who covered more
Ilian 1,350 miles will receive a jirizo,
probably $50 apiece,
i’ho managers of the contest now
admit what lias been alleged since the
second day of tho race—that the track
was short. Sunday, surveyors went
over the conrso, and although it was
officially announced that the riders
had not traveled a full mile for every
nine laps, just how short each “mile”
was lias not been given out.
When Miller finished winner of tho
race 2,093 J miles had boon chocked up
to bis credit. From what can bo
learned, it is believed the track was
something like 200 feet short, to the
mile, and, therefore, the actual dis-
lance traveled was about 2,014.
BAD FOR ANNEXATION.
Kx-Hfliiutor Dtilml* Declares Hawaiians
Arc Against It.
Former Senator Dubois, who lias
j, lK t rcachod home, after and extended
visit to Japan, China and Hawaii, says
the United States will not annex
these islands against the bitter oppo-
H ition of the natives,
Ro nays there are no less than 1,200
male Americans on the island over
twenty-one years of ago, and nearly
half of them are opposed to annexa-
Ron, while nearly all the balance of
the population are against it. Said
Mr. Dubois:
“Nothing but the support of tho
United States government keeps the
present oligarchy, misnamed a repub¬
lic, in power. They could not sustain
themselves a day if the United States
should withdraw its support. It will
require a large armed force constantly
to maintain any government the United
States may establish there. The na¬
tives will never consent to the de¬
struction of their national life.”
ROCK HILL IS EXCITED.
A Lane of Small Fox Develops In South
Carolina Town.
A Columbia dispatch states that a
case of small pox has developed in
Rock Hill, where there are 450 young
women from all over the state attend-
ing Winthrop college, and considera¬
ble anxiety is felt.
A twelve-year-old son of J. B. John-
son returned to Rock Hill sonic days
ago from Atlanta, where he hail been
for treatment to his eyes, and a day or
two later became ill with smallpox.
The board of health and city coun¬
cil have ordered that every person in
the town be vaccinated.
ESTERIIAZV TO BE TRIED.
A C'ourtmartlal Is Ordered To Jnveatitfuto
the Preyfu* Matter.
The military governor of Paris,
General Haannier, lian ordered a court-
martial to examine into tbe charges
brought against Count Ferdinand
Waidin Esterhazy, the retired major
of the French army, who is accused of
writing the letter which brought about
the sentencing of Alfred Dreyfus to
imprisonment for life.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Many Now ImliiHti'leM Koporloil nn ICHtab-
Unhurt tlii' 1 'iihI. Wooki
Despite the near approach of tho
holiday season, which is usually the
dullest time of tho year in industrial
circles, trade shows but little decrease
in volume and southern correspond¬
ents report continued activity at tho
mills and factories.
Manufacturers are still busy with
orders booked earlier in the year and
are rushing matters to catch up with
orders that'they may be ready to take
care of the heavy trade expected early
iu 1898.
The iro i and steel market is Arm
and structural material and railway
supplies are in active demand. The
export trade is good with prospects of
greater improvement, Southern iron
is moving steadily and several idle
furnaces in tho south will be put in
blast at an early date. conditions
Southern lumber are moro
favorable than for several years and
the coal mines are being worked at
full capacity to keep up with tho in¬
creasing demand.
Among tho new industries reported
for the past week are the following:
The Atlantic Chemical company, capi¬
tal $1 09,000, Norfolk, Va.; the Long
Island Improvement and Construction
company, capital $50,000, Charleston,
S. (’.; the Southern Bridge and Con¬
struction company, capital $25,000,
Houston, Texas; electric light pluuts
at Fernandina, Fla., and Danville,
Ky.; flouring mills at Codnrtown, Gn.,
and Gato City, Va.; ico factories at
Spartanburg, S. 0., and Dennis, Tex¬
as; machine shops at Corsicana, Texas,
and the International Machinery com¬
pany, capital $100,000, at Wheeling,
W. Va.; tho Golden Star Mining and
Milling company has been chartered
at Huntington, W. Va , and the
Fastcrn Arkansas Land company, cap¬
ital $50,000, at Little Hock, Ark.; a
$100,000 oil mill will be erected at Me¬
ridian, Miss.; a rope and twine mill at
Anderson, S. C.; a barrel factory at
Texarkana, Texas, and W. F. Zim¬
merman Lumber company, capital
$5,000, has been organized at llands-
boro, Miss. Other woodworking Aduirsville, plants
will he erected at (Is..,
Uniontown, Ky., and Florence, S. C.
Tradesman (Ghattauooga, Tenu.)
GENERAL ORDER ISSUED
lii IiDtfiii’d to (/OiiftMlcruto Kminlon By
Gun. Gordon.
Ry order of General John B. Gor¬
don, commander of the Confederate
Veterans, Adjutant General Moorman
lias issued n general order as follows:
“The ihat general comm Hiding nn-
nounces under t ho resolution
passed at the Nashville reunion, and
under the custom established by tlw
association leaving the date of the
next annual meeting and reunion,
which is to be held in Atlanta, Ga.,
to tho general commanding and the
department commander, the next re¬
union will be held at Atlanta, Ga.,
iijioii the following dotes: Wed¬
July 20, 21, 22 ami 23, 1898,
nesday, Friday and Saturday respec¬
tively. Our host especially urged tbs
dates of July 20th, 21st aud 22d, be¬
ing anniversaries of tbo battles of
I’eaclitree Creek, Mammas and Atlan¬
ta, respectively. command¬
“With pride tho general
ing also announces that 1,070 camps
have now joined the association and
applications received at the headquar¬
ters for papers for at least 150 more,
lie urges veterans everywhere to send
to the headquarters for organization
P“1 icrs for camps and join the associa-
lion, su as to assist ill carrying out and
participating in its benevolent, praise¬
worthy and patriotic objects.”
“The rapid growth of tho associa¬
tion has caused such an accumulation
of business, which demands urgent at¬
tention at the coming session, that it
is absolutely necessary to give ample
time to dispose of all the matters to
be submitted to the delegates, there¬
fore four days limit will bo given for
this important session instead of three,
as heretofore.
GERMANS EOll It I META LISM.
PrcMltluiil of l.uaguo Nay* tho Meitmra
Will Vet Bo AccoinjillHliofL
A special from Berlin states that
H.,r Ki.r,Wir. at
tlm Bimetallic League of Germany,
presided Monday at. the meeting of
the league, at which it. was resolved
to , take .... steps to promote , the objects , • , of ,
the league in other countries, as,
though Knglaiifl’H attitude might delay,
it could not permanently prevent bi-
metal lism,
RECEIVER NOT WANTED.
Asheville llank Will Lluiildote With Cash
Hurrawc<l Hy Stockholders.
The shareholders of the National
bank of Asheville, N. C., which failed
in October, having borrowed money on
tlieir individual guarantee sufficient to
pay all demand obligations, the comp-
troller has permitted the bank to close
iij) its affairs by voluntary liquidation
instead of through a receiver.
The plan was outlined by Deputy
Comptroller Coffin, who visited Asliu-
ville for the purpose ufter the failure,
and by disbursing about $60,000 cash
to depositors, was intended, it is said,
to relieve the hardships resulting from
tlio bank failures in that city.
VAN YYVCK QUALIFIES.
Tammany Candidate Take* the Oath a*
Mayor of tlreater New York.
Robert A. Van Wyck took tho oath
of office Monday as mayor of Greater
New York before Justice Fitzsimmons
in the city court, to assume the duties
of the office on January 1st, 1898.
Mr. Van Wyck is already familiar-
iziug himself with the government of
the greater city, and it is believed the
new Tammany regime at tire beginning
o the year will move off smoothly.
VOL. VI. NO. 19-
THE SABBATII SCHOOL,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 19.
I.csHon Text: ‘MoIih'h MeRHUffo About. Slit
and Salvation," I John i., f» to ii., <*—
Ooltlon Text: f John i., B.l.cgson
Commentary by the liev. 1). M. Stearns*
5. “This thon is the message which wo
hftvo hoard of IUm and dcelaro unto you,
t hat God is light and in Him is no darkness
at all." John wrote his gospel that wo
might believe that Jesus is tho Christ, tho
Son of God, and believing have life in Him
(John xx., 81). He wrote this epistle that
wo who believe might know that we havo
eternal life, be full of joy and not sin
(Chapters v., 13; i., 4; ii., 1). Knowing Jesus
personally, having heard and seen and
looked upon and handled Him, ho declares
Him as tho Word of Life, that wo, too, may
havo fellowship with him, and with
the Father, utul with Jesus Christ.
fi. "if wo say that we havo fellowship
with Him and walk in darkness, wo lie and
do not tell the truth.” From tho beginning
of the Bible story light is suggestive of God
and darkness of sin and satan. The waste
and void and dark condition of things in.
Gon.'l.,*2, scorns to havo been the result of a
Judgment, which must have come upon tho
earth, for, according to Isa. xlv., IS, It. V.,
compared with Gen. i., 2, God did notoreato
the earth waste and void. Isa. xxxiv., 11,
and Jer. iv., 23, are tho only other two
places where wo have the same combina¬
tion of Hebrew words as in Gen. i.,2, and
in each case a judgment is manifest.
7. "But if we walk In the light, as Ho f3
in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and tho blood of Jesus Christ His
Hon cleanseth us from all sin.” Light
shines, discovers, God. beautiiles, did Jesus purifies, Christ for
light is of Not only
suv, “I am the light of the world,” but Ho
also said to His own, "Ye are tho light o£
the world; let your light so shine before
mon Xhat thoy may see your good heaven’' works
and glorify your Father which is in
(Math v., 14, lfi). If we walk with God, wo
cannot but walk in the light, but walking
with God implies at least two tilings—-viz.,
humility, Hindi as is not natural to us, and
perfect agreement with God about every¬
thing (MU*. vL, H,margin; Arnos Ul. f 8).
8. "If we say that we have no sin, wo
deceive ourselves, and tho truth is not in
us.” There are those who conclude from
the previous verse that all sin, root and
branch, Is removed from their beings, but
Hindi a thought is contrary to tho teaching
of Scripture, and surely tiio Holy Spirit In
placing the statement of this verso just
where He lias sought to correct any such,
false leaching. While we are in these mor¬
tal bodies the flesh or old nature remains
in us and lusteth against the Spirit, but
the Spirit, is also in us as children of God
ky faith in Christ Jesus and keeps us from
the things which otherwise wo might do
(Gal. v., 17, U. V.).
!*. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and to
idealise us from all unrighteousness.”
While in the mortal body always delivered
to death for Jesus’ sake i. e., tho death of
self or the flesh or sinful naturo (II Cor.
iv., 11), if we sin against God, ns all are
liable to do, here is our comfort, that in¬
stant confession of sin brings instant for¬
giveness through tho blood of Christ, and
t'hou we must go on more watchfully and
prayerfully. sinned,
JO. "Tf we say that wo have not
we make Him a liar, and His word is jjofc
in us.” John is writing to those who are
children of God by faith in Christ Jesus,
for only such as have received Christ are
children of God ( John i., 12). Others are
children of tho devil even though they may
be very religious, according to our Lord in
John viii., 41.
2 I. “My little children, these things
writo I unto you that ye sin not, and if any
man sin we I avc an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." Our
marching orders day by day are to fcin not.
Wo have been redeemed by the blood of
Christ, that the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us who walk not after
the flesh, but after the .Spirit (Horn, viii., 4).
•Surely God has made full provisions for us
to live this life which He would have us
live to Ills glory by our advocate or para¬
clete with Him, Jesus Christ the right¬
eous, Spirit; and by our paraclete in us, the Holy
yet so weak are we and often so un-
watchful that notwithstanding the abun¬
dant provision we grieve both Father, Won
and Spirit.
2. "And lie is the propitiation but also for for our tho
sins, and not for ours only,
sins of the whole world.” Propitiation
here signifies atonement;, reconciliation,
sit rifiee, and that provided by God through
Christ is sufficient for all the world. There
is no forgiveness of sins apart from Him
and IHs great work, but In and through
Him there is sufficient for all who will ac¬
cept Him, even for every soul on earth if
they will come. How Khali they come If
they do not hear?
3. "And hereby wo do know that wo
know Him if we keep His command"
innntH.” Not faultless conformity, for
there Is none such on earth, nor ovejr was,
except In Christ, hut a hearty iiis acceptance
of and willing subjection to whole re¬
vealed will. He Himself said,‘ He that
hath My commandments and keepetU
them, he it is that lovotii Me."
4. "He that salth, I know Him, and
keopetli not His commandments, is a liar,
and the truth is not in him.” Ho skillful in
satan in perverting the truth and in blind¬
ing people that he loads some to say, "Oh,
it does not matter very much how I Jive.
1 believe in Jesus Christ, and therefore I
am saved. If my life works.” Is not quite Now such correct,;
I will only lose my are
evidently deceiving themselves, and aro (
liars Believing about Jesus Christ save# 1
gjjfc “|, ffriSSSffiJSf&Si# 12)
w j n p, keopoth Ills word, In him
r, "Hut whoso perfected. Hereby
vorfly Is love of God
^" know ^vYlotters we that we are In Him. When WO
from those whom we love,
treasure them and read them many
times, and live ou them. A more casual
^Ydno/indleate much lie said lovo for to the lovo writer, Ood
Ilow, thon, cun those
who care not for Ills word? Him,
(i. “He that salth ho abldeth In
oiiirht himself ulso so to walk, oven as Ho
walked." He could say, “The Father hath
sent Me, and I live by the Father.” But
lie also said, “As the Father hath sont Me,
so send I you," and “He that oateth Mo,
oven lie shall live hy Me” (.John vl„ 57; xx.,
21 ). Now He was here wholly for God,
speak lug the words of God, doing the wilt
of God, always pleasing God. There Is no
other way for ns, and we must Vie willing
to renouneo self, dopy self, die dally unto
self that Ills Hf‘1 may he malnlfest In us, or
else prove ourselves unworthy of Ills name.
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GARDINER HU KBAUD DIES.
Director In Hell Telephone Company and
Well Known Among Public Men. -
Gardiner G. Hubbard, a director in
the Bell Telephone company, and well
known to public men, scientists and
financiers, died at “Twin Oaks,” bis
suburban residence, a few miles from
Washington at an early hour Saturday
morning. His death was due to a
complication of diseases and to age, ba
being iu his 76th year. He had been
in poor health for some time, but it
was not until Friday that his condi¬
tion became alarming.