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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
II. D. SMITH. EDITOR.
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flews broke out among the
people of Worth county that
McGirt &
MePhaul
Were selling Goods cheaper
than any other merchants in the
county , which was investigated
and found correct.
flow we ask the people of
Worth and adjoin dig counties
to come and examine our line of
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Wo Carry a Side Jdno of
Wash Pots,
Dinner Pots,
Stoves,
Stove Furniture,
Plows,
Plow Gear
And All Farming Utensils.
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
Croclxery
-AND ALL—
Heavy Groceries.
CLOTHING!
We have a large lot oj
Clothing selected for the Fall
Trade, and we want to sell
them rapidly. We have pul
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 to
see us.
When you want Shoes, come to
see ns.
When you want Suits, come to
seo us.
When you want Harness, come to
see us.
When yon want Groceries, come to
see us.
When you want Stoves, come to
see us.
W T hen you want Furniture, come to
see ns.
W r e have good and polite salesmen,
so that when you come to see us,
goods will he thrown down to you for
your examination.
We carry everything in the HARD¬
WARE LINE from a handsome File
to a Grind Reek.
tobacco.
Everything from a pinch of Snuff to
a box of Tobacco.
Call and examine onr Goods and gei
prices, IVo will take pleasure in
showing von. of the RICE
We have one best
MILLS in the country. Bring your
rough rice and let us hull it.
Have your corn ground here.
W’e will gin your cotton for you and
then buy it or stjip it from our ware¬
house free of drayage.
Turn your face this way and make
our store headquarters for trade.
McGirt & MePhaul.
THE MEETING OF BOARDS
TRADE AT WASHINGTON.
JTLSNTfl DELEGATION
Delegates From Other Cities Make Vari¬
ous Demands of the United
States Government.
A Washington special says: The
Atlanta, Ga., chamber of commerce
delegation secured unanimous action
Thursday on the resolution for uni*
formity in quarantine regulations.
The regular order of the meeting
was suspended to allow ex-Governor
Bullock and Mayor Collier, of that
city, to present tho matter to the con¬
vention, and after Ibis had boen done
the resolution was unanimously adopt¬
ed. This reads as follows:
“Resolved, That we recommend such leg¬
islation by congress as will unify tho quar¬
antine regulations for protection against
imported dangers to health, in such manner
os to give tho least possible hindrance to
trudo and travel consistent with safety.”
The resolution was worded in this
way, so as to permit, of no clash by
those who believe the states should
control quarantine regulations.
Mr. Elliott, of Philadelphia, read a
paper in favor of the establishment of
a permanent tariff commission. A res¬
olution urging upon congress tho cre¬
ation of such a commission was
adopted.
Mr. Eckert, of Chicago, on behalf
i f his committee, presented a report
intended to correct Ihe evils of tho
sale of mixed floor. Tlio report fa¬
vored the adoption of such legislation
as will define the manufacture, sale,
importation and exportation of flour.
The report was adopted.
Mr. Thurbor, of New York, present¬
ed a report that congress amend the
interstate commerce law so as to per¬
mit pooling by railroads under the
supervision and control of the inter¬
state commerce commission to tho end
that unjust discriminations may he
prevented, and responsible, uniform
and stable rates bo established.
A majority report on this resolution
was presented by Vallandingham, of
St. Louis, in behalf of four members
of the committee, strongly opposing
the pooling proposition. Tito resolu¬
tion precipitated a discussion which
lasted an hour or more, under tho tou-
niinute rule, Mr. Yallaudingliain and
others from tho west taking strong
grounds against it.
Tile l’ooling rrepeeit)<»n Adopted.
Tlio advocates of the pooling propo¬
sition wove practically unanimous in
favor of it only when placed under the
supervision and absolute control of
tho interstate commerce commission
which should have absolute power to
revise and correct excessive rates or
other evils that might come to its at¬
tention.
Tho resolution favoring pooling, as
submitted by Mr. Tlinrbcr, of New
York, was fiually adopted by a two-
thirds vote.
Tho remaining resolutions, that
greater uniformity in the classification
of freight is necessary, and that the
interstate commerce oomminHion
should, if necessary, bo empowered to
formulate and make effective suoli a
classification; that the national hoard
of trade deprecate all movements look¬
ing to tlio government ownership of
railway lines, hut advocate a
wise, firm and continuous
supervision over the operating
and management of these great agen¬
cies in all matters affecting their rela¬
tions with the public in the conduct of
interstate commerce; that tho national
hoard of trade re-aflSrm their approval
of the hill known as the anti-scalpers
hill.
At 2:30 o’clock the hoard, by invita¬
tion, made a call ou the president at
the white house.
M’MILLAN FOR SENATE.
Tennessee Congrtiauman Makes Public
Announcement of III* Candidacy.
A Washington special says: Hon.
Benton McMillan, of Tennessee, in
response to inquiries from representa¬ has
tives of Tennessee papers, an¬
nounced his candidacy for the senate
before the state legislature in case an
extra session was oalled by Governor
Taylor,
OLD WHISKY UNEARTHED.
One Hundred and Sixty-Five Jlarrel* Bur¬
ied Forty Year* Ago.
A Kansas City dispatch says: When
the river steamboat Arabia sank in the
Missouri river near Parkvillc, Mo.,
over forty years ago, her cargo included
165 barrels of whisky. small
For seveveral weeks past a
force of river men have been digging
in the sand bar near Parkville in
search of the Arabia’s valuable cargo.
Late Thursday afternoon the diggers
uncovered the whisky, finding the
barrels well preserved, and they at
once notified the United States reve¬
nue authorities that they desired to
temove their find.
M. DAUDET DIES.
Was An Kminent an<l Well Known French
A uthor.
A special cable dispatch from Paris
states that Alphonse Daudet, the au¬
thor, expired at 8 o’clock Thursday
night. He was dining with his family
and was in excellent spirits, when he
was seized with a sudden syncope.
Physicians were summoned, but ho
died almost immediately.
Alphonse Daudet was horn at Nimes,
May 13,.1840.
ASHBURN. WORTH CO.. GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1897.
nYKNTY.TWO SAILORS MISSING.
Lull Wrecked Simmer In limits nml Are
Probably Lost.
A San Francisco dispatch says:
certainty as to tho fate of tho
steamer Cleveland, which sailed De¬
cember 4th for Seattle, was ended
Wednesday by the receipt of a tele¬
gram from Captain Hall, master of the
ship, to the owner, Captain Charles
Nelson, of San Francisco.
From the rather indefinite details so
far received it appears that the steam¬
er is a total wreck on the west coast of
Vancouver island, in Barclay sound,
twelve miles north of Cape Beale.
Twenty-two men put oil’ from tho
ship in small boats. None of these
boats have as yet been heard from and
it is feared they are lost, although it is
possible they may have landed on the
coast of Vancouver island at some
remote point. The captain, chief en¬
gineer, purser, three sailors and one
fireman, who remained on board the
Cleveland, succeeded in reaching the
shore safely.
The only passengers on the ship
sere W. L. Deittrick and Frank Ger-
than, who are among the missing.
The vessel and cargo were valued at
$75,000, on which there is very little
insurance.
The Cleveland was built in 1805 and
was formerly an Atlantic Liner, run¬
ning between Halifax and Queens¬
town, under the name of Sirius.
ACTOR ASSASSI N YTER.
Stubbed to tlio Heart an lie Was Filtering
the 1 hont.ro.
At London Thursday night,William
Torriss, tho well-known actor, was as¬
sassinated, being stabbed with a knife
ns lie was entering the stage door of
the Adotphi theatre.
Terms’s assassin is supposed to
a former super. Tho murderer rushed
at the actor as he was stepping across
the pavement from his cab, and stab¬
bed him just below tho heart. As the
actor fell his murderer was seized by
people who wore outside the theatre.
Tho wounded man was carried into
the theater and doctors were called
from tho Charing Cross hospital, hut
Torriss expired in fifteen minutes.
The assassin liad the appearance of
a foreigner and wore a long cloak. He
was taken to Bow street police station,
followed by an angry crowd, His
name was given as Archer. Tho mo¬
tive of tho crime is not yet known.
Torriss was tho actor’s stago name,
his real name being William Lewi)).
WORKING FOR UNIVERSITY.
rroumiont Women Hold Important Moot¬
ing I n Washington.
There was a mooting of prominent
American women at Washington Tues¬
day to discuss plans for a George
Washington memorial building in con¬
nection with the proposed national
university in that city. The meeting
was secret,, hut it is reported that the
ladies expect to raise $250,000 for a
memorial building to he devoted to the
administrative offices of the university.
It was suggested that February 23d,
Washington’s birthday, he made a day
of national offering to the fund and
that tho children of the public schools
throughout the country should be in¬
vited to contribute 1 cent each to the
fund.
Among those present at the meeting
wore Mrs. I. 8. Boyd, of Georgi.; Mrs.
Hope 8. Campbell, North Carolina;
Airs. M. K. McNeill, South Carolina,
and Afrs. Alice B. Castleiuan, Louis¬
ville, Ky.
MUST PAY INDIANS.
Kail rout) Tics Arc Seized to Enfoi’co Pay¬
ment of Royalty on Timber.
Half a million railroad ties, scat¬
tered over 115 miles of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad between
South Canadian and lied rivers, have
heen seized by the Indian police to en¬
force the payment of over $00,000 due
the Choctaw nation as royalty on the
timber from which the ties were cut.
Fully as many ties will he seized
along the Choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf road to enforce similar claims.
TREATY IS RATIFIED.
King George Approves Agreement Be¬
tween Turkey and Greeec.
A dispatch from Athens, Greece,
received Thursday announces that the
treaty of peace between Turkey and
Greece lias heen ratified by King
George, atid that it will he dispatched
by a special steamer to Constantino¬
ple.
A later dispatch states that the sul-
tan has ratified the treaty of peace ho-
tween Turkey and Greece.
WRECK CAUSES DEATHS.
Three Employes* Killed and at Le\«»t 8ix
Are Bad I y If urt.
Train No. 3 on the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois railroad, which left
Chicago at 11:34 Wednesday night,
ran into an extra train near Clinton,
I rid., at 9 o’clock Thursday morning.
Three employes were killed and half a
dozen others injured, but none of the
passengers were hurt.
. The dead are: J. D. Rausch, engin¬
eer; G. L. Brewer, fireman; 0. F.
Deiter, fireman.
Both engines were badly wrecked.
The baggage car was thrown down nn
embankment and the mail car smash-
ed.
ACQUITTAL FOR COLLINS.
Florida's Ex-Htat« Treasurer Declared Not
Guilty of Kmbezzlement.
A special from Jacksonville says:
C. B. Collins, ex-state treasurer of
Florida, was acquitted Friday of the
embezzlement of $52,000.
The defendant did not deny that ho
was short that sum, hut declared that
there was no intention to defraud.
Banks iu which he had deposited state
funds failed.
PAIR PFN A LTV FOR I’ll K MURDER
OF MERCHANT HUNT.
SWUNG FROM DOUBLE GALLOWS.
One Tijenihled at Kenlizutlon of His Fate
Wide the Other Was Cool
and Collected.
Grady Reynolds and Bud Brooks
wore hanged at Jeffersonville, Ga.,
Friday for the brutal murder of M. C.
Hunt, the Bolton merchant. Tkomon
died on the same scaffold. The drop
fell at 12:17 p. m. Brooks was dead
in 18 minutes, but Heynokls was minutes not
pronounced dead until three
later.
The Execution was private, but
among the few who witnessed it were
tho three brothers of the murdered
man who had come from South Caro¬
lina to see justice done. Both men
died game. Many expected to sec
Brooks collapse, but ho, seemed to
have imbibed some of his partner’s
courage, and did not break down.
The execution was in many respects
remarkable. Tho Condemned men
rode a quarter of a mile to the gallows
amid a great crowd.
Standing in the vehicle on tho out¬
side of the gallows enclosure both
made short speeches. They professed
regret for their deed, though making
only slight reference to it. Tlio gist
of their talk was that they were pre¬
pared to die, find they delivered many
a solemn warning to the crowd.
Brooks’ neck was broken but Rey¬
nolds died of strangulation.
KoImmI In W hile.
Spotless white robes were placed
around each man as ho stood on the
trap and tlio black caps wore fitted on
their heads. Thus garbed they pre¬
sented a ghastly appearance. 'The
sheriff then asked if they were ready.
From under Reynolds’ mask came the
query:
“Are you ready, Bud?"
Brooks nodded.
“I’m ready, too,” added the man
who was giving his last, moments to
thoughts of his associate in life and
death. The trap was then sprung.
Both white-robed figures shot through.
Brooks’ body was nearly stiffened.
Reynolds seemed strangling, for his
body writhed and drew up for several
moments.
Both bodies wore'allowed to hung
thirty minutes. They were then cut
down and turned over to the relatives
of tho dead men.
From Jail To Gallows.
At 11 :02 o’clock Reynolds and
were taken from their cells and placed
in an open phaeton under a strong
guard. They rode to the gallows
through the principal streets of the
town, to a hillside a quarter of a mile
distant. A largo crowd preceded the
vehicles in which the murderers rode,
while tho people who lined the way
fell in behind, very much like a circus
parade. Fully 1,000 people were in
line. Some of them were on horse¬
back and others in wagons.
As they rodo away Brooks’ face was
ashen and Reynolds’ was pale, too,
hut he seemed lo have good control over
himself. Neither one of them spoke.
Just before the top of the hill was
reached tho wagon tongue broke and
Hie horses had to ho (alien out. Fitly
ready hands caught hold of the traces
and the wheels, and Reynolds and
Brooks rodo on to tlio gallows enclo¬
sure.
Tho wagon was drawn up alongside
the coffins that lay on the ground wait-
ing to receive Ihe outlaw bodies,
Brooks trembled violently at tho sight
of them. The journey to the gallows
had consumed 15 minutes.
Hlierilf Brazletou rose from his scat
and called the crowd to order. Ha
said: “Tho condemed men wish to
rnalto their statements.”
They preferred to address the crowd
on the outside rather than to make a
statement from the gallows.
On tin- iiciiih Trail.
After both men had concluded they
were conducted to the gallows. Not
more than twenty people were admit-
ted to the enclosure,
The condemned men made no state-
ments on the gallows, and scarcely
spoke during the quarter of an hour
that was occupied in religious services,
and in binding their hands and feet.
When these preliminaries were corn-
pleted Reynolds and Rrooks kneeled
together and prayed. It was a .queer
medley. Each spoke words which
the occasion prompted. One mo-
merit Brooks’ voice rose above
that of Reynolds; tho next moment
Reynolds drowned the voice of Brooks.
Whilo the condemned men prayed
the crowd without the iuclosuro was
noisy and boisterous. As they stood
on tiie trap a man in a tree yelled out:
“Good-bye."
“Goodbye, I wish you all joy,” said
Reynolds. Brooks was silent.
Then followed the inquiry front
Reynolds as to whether or not Brooks
was ready. At this moment Ihe fatal
trap was sprung.
NEW SWISS PRESIDENT.
Both FrosliJont and Vice Fre«idcnt t ire
of Kadi cal Baity.
The federal assembly of Switzerland
has elected Eugene Ruffy to he presi-
dent of the confederation. M. Muller
was elected vice president. Both
; president and vice president-elect are
a , ]i( . a | g .
The new president was the vice
president for 1897 and succeeded
Vdolphe Deutscher.
mirnwx <rn< hs cnm.
t'liimix 1 IOS<II<<I WI1011 Trial t'linn* 4 (> I"
UtHMivtb'v'H t’onrt.
At Atlanta, (la., Saturday night,
Solicitor O’Neill, of the city criminal
court, mot Kditor Stein, of the Look¬
ing Glass, in (bo Kimball House and
struck him a blow in the face, when
friends interfered and prevented fur¬
ther trouble.
The attack was instigated by n pub¬
lication in tiie Looking (Hass, which is
principally devoted to sensational shi¬
nes, which reflected on the judge of
the court and Solicitor O’Neill.
Both parties ivero ordered to appear
in police court Monday morning.
The trial resulted in a sensation tin'
like of which 1ms never before moved
an audience in an Atlanta court room.
Tho climax w as reached when Mr. Har¬
vey Johnson, representing Solicitor
O’Neill, uttered 11 hitter, withering
and fearful denunciation of Stein.
Facing the editor of Tho Looking
Glass, wlio was standing near him,
Mr. Johnson said:
“Shall a liar, a forger, a scoundrel
nml a convict lie allowed to besmirch
the reputation of an honorable man
nml go unpunished? Shull such a
creature stalk abroad, attacking the
purity of our women and even laying
liis vile hands upon tho bride at the
altar, and escape tho chastisement he
deservesV"
Stein paled and his hands moved
convulsively when the anathema was
hurled at him. His voice trembled
with suppressed rage. He said:
“Can 1 have tho protection of this
court?”
Detective Looney had quickly ap¬
proached the side of Stein, and Police
Captain Thompson was near Mr. John
son.
The most intense excitement pre¬
vailed. The recorder nodded to Mr.
Johnson to proceed, at tho same time
tolling Stein ho could make a reply.
Shaking a letter which Mv. O’Neill
had received from Savannah, Mr. John¬
son cried out at tho top of his voice:
“This letter proves this fellow to ho
a liar, and there is a picture in Mad-
dox <Y Rucker’s hank which shows him
to be a forger and a convict.”
“That is a lie,” shouted Stoic.
“F.very won! of that is a tissue of lies.
Amt I will hold you responsible for
every word you utter.”
“You can sec me on tho streets
whenever you wish,” replied Mr.
Johnson. “1 will not go through any
formality with such a creature as you,
hut I will protect myself when tho
time comes. ”
The trial ended by the recorder lin¬
ing Mr. (I’Noill ton dollars and costs.
Mr. Orth Stein was seen later and
made the following statement at. his
room in the Kimball:
“Tho attack upon mo today by
Harvey Johnson was so cowardly, so
gratuitous and so unspeakably cruel
that I Jack words to fitly characterize
it.
What I will do about it is another
matter, I beg my friends to bo pa-
tient. Tho course I will take will he
one that will give them no occasion to
ho ashamed. ”
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Many New ImltiHlrieH Bepoiieil »* KhIiiIi-
lihlH-d tin- Flint Week.
Houtliern correspondents report con-
Iiiiued activity in industrial circles for
tho past week. Houthorn iron moves
freely and the demand for lumber and
coal shows a steady increase. Trade
in all lines is healthy.
Among the most important now in¬
dustries for the week are tlio follow¬
ing; Ocala Electric Light Go., capi¬
tal, $20,000, Ocala, Fla., and other
electrical plants at West Point, Alins.,
Greenwood, 8. (!., Winchester, Tenn.,
and Buffolk, Va.; the Crystal Jee Go.,
capital, $50,000,New Orleuns, La.; ncid
works at Alexander, Va.; the Konnu
Oil Go., capital $50,000, at Kenan, W.
Va.; tho Runneymode Phosphate 0.; Go.,
capital $15,000, at Charleston, 8. a
$10,000 cotton mill at Dangorfield,
Tex.; a $50,000 knitting mil) at Kiugs-
ton, N.C., and another at Augusta,Ga.
A $50,000 woolen mill is projected at
Roekwood, Tenn., and another will
probably he located at Hhelbyville,
Tenn. The Austro-American Htoveand
Lumber Co.,capital $100,000,lias been
chartered at Bhreveport, La., and the
Merchants’ Manufacturing Go., capital
$10,000, at Memphis, Tenn. Other
woodworking plants will ho establish¬
ed at Hu inner, Fla., and Elizabeth City
and Hoffman,N.C.—Tradesman (Cliat-
tnneoga, Tenn.)
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>'()W ACCUSED OF FORGERY.
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Note* giv<« i» a<i<» 1 |.i< i.musi-rt Declared
Fradulenl l>y Indorser,
A Chicago dispatch says: Four notes
for $1,000 each, held by ex-Judge Vin-
cent, formerly counsel for Adolph L.
Luetgert, and given by the big sau-
sage maker to Judge Vincent for legal
services, arc said to bear forged in-
dorsements.
The notes are signed by Luetgert
and indorsed with tho name of Paul
M. Jasscliek, a plumber and real estate
owner. Jassehek denies emphatically
that the indorsements are his.
Judge Vincent is said to have ad¬
vanced Luetgert $1,000 in cash on tho
strength of the four notes.
THREE LIVES LOST.
Boll i:r tlio tv* l'|>, MiHtti-rJKg Death ami
Wound* FroiiiUeiioiisly.
. ‘ .. . ‘ , 1 . ’ rn ' ’. Ala 1
i he boiler of the .
says: root engine o
the Bear Creek Mill company buret,
killing three men instantly, fatally m-
juring another and wounding three
wore. Two of the killed are Jack Clip-
per and Monroe Sullivan.
Bear Creek mill is in the lower part
of Monroe county.
II
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF POT-
TON GROWERS AT MUM I’ll IS.
MUCH IMPORTANT WORK DONE.
I’rcdiiliait Lane Fiends For Lulled Action
Among I’luntei’H ol’ All The
Cotton States.
Tho American Colton Growers’ Pro¬
tective Association was called to order
at Memphis, Term., Monday morning
by President Hector 1). Lime, of Ath¬
ens, Ala.
Delegates present, including promi¬
nent planters from Arkansas, Tennes¬
see, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Geor¬
gia and MisNiusippi. I mmediately after
the delegates were cal led to order
President Lane delivered an address,
in which he explained why the conven¬
tion hud been called.
“Cotton today Is selling at less than 5
cents,” he said,''and this means tho insig-
nlllennt sum of 10 emits a day for tin' labor
of the man who Is distinctively the cotton
grower. 1 make tills statement deliberately
and defy u successful contradiction."
President lane made a strong plea
for a reduction of the cotton acreage,
saying that overproduction fosters
manipulation. By destroying the an¬
nual surplus, tho law of supply and
demand will prevail, competition will
intervene and the cost of the produc¬
tion of this commodity, which is a fair
standard of its value, will he tho basis
of the price mark.
The usual committees were appoint¬
ed and the morning session was de¬
voted to the reception of delegates nml
to organization.
Aftor President Lane's add re s had
heen discussed, permanent officers
were elected:
A committee on resolutions, consist¬
ing of two delegates from each state,
was appointed.
At the afternoon session a general
discussion of tho situation was had,
in which all the delogat.es took part.
Dr. D. M. OroBson, delegate from
the recent convention of cotton grow¬
ers which was held in Atlanta, (la.,
was introduced and addressed the
meeting, after which an adjournment
was taken mitil H o’clock p. m.
When the delegates were called to
order at the night cession the commit¬
tee on resolutions presented a report
which was adopted:
“Believing that the host thing this
meeting can accomplish will he a per¬
manent organization of American cot¬
ton growers, your committee respect¬
fully recommend that we reaffirm the
principles announced by the associa¬
tion at its meeting in Memphis in Jan¬
uary, 1890.”
A constitution ami declaration of
principles were presented. The com¬
mittee recommend od:
“The name of ibis association shall
lie the Ann rican (lotion ((rowers’ Pro¬
tective Association and that its object
shall he to educate the cotton growers
of America as to their rights and du¬
ties, and to devise ways ami means for
the improvement of their condition.”
It recoiutnonded:
( ( Wo adopt the principles announced
by the association at its meeting at
Jackson, Miss., January 9 and It),
1895, and Memphis, Tenn., in Janua¬
ry, 189(1, In order to carry them out
wo shall strive by the thorough organ¬
ization of all tlio cotton growing states,
comities ami districts lo unite all eot-
Ion growers in an earnest effort to re¬
duce the acreage of cotton each year to
such a point as will insure a fair aver¬
age price to each grower. This organ¬
ization ahull take no part in national,
state or local politics and will permit
no uorsons to use it for personal ml -
vanccmentor purely potcach American
cotton growers:
( » This association shall aim, above
nil, to teach American cotton growers
“J. To reduce tho cost of the pro¬
duction of cotton.
“2. To practice the principles of
thrift and economy, which shall en¬
able him to cHckpc debt and malic his
cotton a real ‘money crop.’
“ii. To make all his own supplies
at home, to the end that the crop when
produced may lie all his own.
‘‘4. To hold his crop each year un¬
til ho can sell it to the host of advan¬
tage.
“5. To Imild factories for manu¬
facturing cotton goods near the cotton
fields so that he may receive the larg¬
est returns from each annual cotton
crop and that tho home markets may
he built ii]j for all other farm products.
After further indorsing the anti-
option bill introduced in congress by
Representative Btokos, of Houth Caro-
lino, a resolution was passed suggest¬
ing that the farmers in every Monday county
in each state meet on the first
in February and proceed to organize.
The following officers wore elected:
President, Rector D. Lane, of Ala¬
bama; secretary, Richard Cheatham,
editor of The Cotton Planters’ Journal,
of Memphis.
The convention then adjourned siuo
die, subject to tho call of the president.
MILLS TO GUT WAGES.
Print Cloth Maker* Reduce I‘ay of All
Employe* Ten Fer Cent.
Notices have been posted at the Chi¬
na, Pembroke <fc Wooster cotton mills,
makers of print cloths at Hancock, N.
II., announcing a reduction of wages
of about 10 per cent on January 1st.
The cut will affect
and overseers, and all employes,
cluding 1,600 operatives.
The monthly pay roll amounts
about $27,000. It is probable that
cut will be accepted.
VOL. VI. NO. 20.
tiie sabbath school.
international lesson comments
FOR DECEMBER 26.
r.l'DMon Text: “fioil’» T.ovr In tint Gift of Ills
Soil,” T Jolt 11 lv., 9 -l« (Christinas Le»-
mmiUK ra.l I.uko II., 1-20—Common*
Vary by tho Hoy, l>. SI. Stearns.
Tho loflAon oommlttoo bavin# given the
rlioloo of tills at* n rhrlfltmas lesson In-
Htofvl of the quarterly review, doubtless
tlio majority will profor this to the review,
ami ns the quarter lias taken us over the
last, stages of Pan I’m sojourn In the mortal
hotly ami given us his oft repeated testi¬
mony that he was reedy to die for ChrlBt
It Is not aside from the main thought of
the review to turn to Rim who (Red for us
all and was born in Bethlehem that llo
might die on Calvary, the just for the un¬
just. “In this manifested the love of
!). was
fjod toward us, because that God sent His
only begotten Son into the world that wo
might live through Him.” In chapter ill..
Id, It is written, “Hereby pereelve we tho
love-of God, because He laid down His lifo
for ufi, and we ought to lav down our lives
for tho brethren.” In itora. v., 8. It is,
“God eommondoth Ills lovo toward us In
that while wo were vet sinners Christ, died
for us.” At the Christmas time, when all
are merry and send gifts to each other as
they talk and sin# of Him who was born
in Bethlehem, do we stop to consider what
it cost Him to leave His homo in glory and
become a helpless babe in Mary’s arms or
what. Iteost His Father, God, to kIvo Him
up to this humiliation unheard of before
In the history of all worlds as far as wo
know?
10. “Herein Is love, not that we loved
God, but that lie loved us and sent His
Hon to )>e the propitiation for our sins.’*
Oh. the do| Hi of moaning In that Him phrase,
“propitiation for our sins!” Boo In
Gethsomane sweating, as it were, great
drops of blood. Hoar Him on Calvary cry
out, “My God, my God, why hast Thou
forsaken Mo?” and talk not of Livingstone
for Africa, or Lincoln for America, or a
mother for her eld Id as nn analogy or In
any way Illustrating Ills sufferings for us.
It. is next to blasphemy so to do. His suf¬
ferings for our sins as far exeeodod nil suf¬
fering earth ever saw as heaven Is higher
than earth and God’s thoughts higher than
ours. He who know no sin was made sin
for us. The Lord laid upon Him the in¬
iquity of us all. It pleased the Lord to
bruise Him. He was wounded for our
t ransgressions. Who can measure tho sig¬
nificance of such statements?
11. “Beloved, if God so lovod us, wo
ought also to love one another.” How
often we have read and heard “God so lovod
11 s,” and wo are glad that IIo so loved
us ftsto provide eternal redemption freely
for us even at such a cost. But what do
we know about loving one another and
laying down our lives for the brethren? Do
we not often know more about hntlof? one
another, or at least, disliking one an¬
other? f speak of Ghristians so called.
Ami as to loving tho heathen in Africa or
China or Japan or India, or the Islands of
the sea, or tiie poor Eskimos for Christ’s
sake what do we know of It?
12. “No man hath seen God at any time,
If wo love one another, God dweiietli III
us, am! ills love Is perfected tuns.” It is
also written in John i., 18: “No man hath
seen God at any time. The only begotten Father,
H<»n which, is In the bosom of the
He hill;li declared Him.” We cannot know
God except as we know Him in Christ.
When Philip said to Him, “Lord, show ns
the Father,” He answered, “He that hath
seen Me hath seen tho Father.” God was
in Christ. We who have received Christ
and fire saved by Ills precious blood are
saved in order that God may dwell in us
manifestly and be seen in our words and
works. There is nothing that manifests
Clod quite so much ns love the love that
was seen In Christ find is so fully described
in I Cor. xiii. Lot tho children fit this
Christmas time be taught that He who
dwelt in the JlttJo bubo of Bethlehem will
dwell in them and manifest His love in
them.
13. “Hereby know we that we dwell in
Him find Ho In us, because He hath given
us of His Hpirit.” The ilrst fruit of tho
Spirit Is love (Gal. v., 22), and love seems
to include all the rest, and lovo is the ful-
/lllfng of the law. Notice that «s freely as
He gave His Hon He also gives His Hpirit,
and if wo fire not filled with His Hpirit it
can only he because our hearts are not not
open to Him, and if our hearts are
open to Him It is because we have not be¬
held as wo might find should His great
love to um in Christ; the love that; spared
not His own Hon, but delivered Him up for
us fill, find will with Him also freely give
liff all thi ngH.
14. “And wo have seen find do testify
that the Father sent tin* Hon to bo tlio
Havlour of tho world.” .9 the angel said
to the shepherds fit His birth, “Behold I
bring you good tidings of groat joy, which
shall be to all people” (Luke ii., 10). Tho
Father did not send Him to be tho Havlour
of a few, but of fill who will come to Him.
The time will come when all Israel shall
bo saved, and after that all Nations, but in
this age the gospel is to be given to fill the
world, that fill who will may believe, and
thus His body J»o completed from out of fill
Nations. Jie is therefore calling upon us
who believe to show these things to all tho
world ns quickly us possible. What are wo
doing about it?
15. “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus
is tho Hon of God, God dwelloth in him and
he in God.” According to John x., 33, 30,
the Jews understood the Hon of God to bo
equal with God, and Jesus so taught
find said: “Though ye believe not Mel
believe the works; that ye may know and
believe that the Father Is in Me and I In
Him.” To receive Jesus as God our Sav¬
iour is life eternal, find makes us to bo
ills dwelling place. Our works should
plainly declare that God is in us, and this
should be our constant aim and desire. If
it is really so, Jie will work inns that which
Is well pleasing in Ills sight. How wonder¬
ful tiiat to be saved we only need to be
willing to come to Him, and to live a life
to Ills glory we need only to yield willingly Hpirit
and fully to Him, and He will by His
do It.
Pi. "Anil we have known an<l believed
the love that Goil hath to us. (iod Is lovd,
and he that dwolleth In lovo dwelloth in
Clod ami (tod in him.” Wo certainly can¬
not comprehend His lovo, and we are not
required to, hut we know it from day His word, shall
anil wo enn bellevo It. Homo wo
he able to comprehend with ull saints depth what and
Is the breadth and length and
holglit of It (Eph. III., is), but now wo broad can
each one for himself believe that it is
enough to take in even me; that It Is as
long as eternity; that it Is deep ns from
heaven to Calvary ami high as from of God. my
lost condition up to tho throne
Relieving tills and thus our oneness with
Him to all eternity, we will want to make
It known to all people, and thus hasten the
consummation of peace on earth under
Him.—Lesson Helper.
GAGE MAKES EXPLANATION.
Secretary Gives Senate Hi* Authority Fo»
IJHing Revenue Gutter*.
Secretary Gage sent to tho senate
Friday his reply to Senator Cannon’s
resolution, inquiring about the use of
revenue cutters to prevent filibustering
The McLane, Winona, Boutwell,
Colfax and Forward have been used
for this purpose on the Florida coast,
and the report shows that the course
a’ iopted by the treasury department
was in compliance with President
Cleveland’s proclamation and with
numerous sections of the revised
statues which Secretary Gage quotes.