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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-06-14
Ir WIFI NOS .EgNTksENExT,

The public viii await with much
interest Mr.. Cleveland letter OF ac-
capis,i ce OF the denomination for
President. There will be a great
dest.e To see how he will exp ain
the radical change in his views re-
garding a second term. 1t is safe
to say, however, that the coming
letter will not contain the following:
When We consider the patronage
OF this great office the Presidency |,
the allurements of power, the temp
tation to retain public places once
ga .,si, anu, more than all, the
availability party fluids in the in
cnmhent whom horde o. office
holders, with a zeal born Of benefits
received, and fosiersi by the hopes
OF favors vet to come. stand ready
to aij with money aHd trained po-
litical servire. W. recognize in the
eligibility os the President for re-
election "A most serious al n .er to
tdat calm, deliberate AMI intelligent
political acton wiich must charac-
tef;ze government by the people.
the sentiments there expressed
appeared to be the honest Judgment
of Mr.. Cleveland four wears ago.
He has never disowned them, or
indicated since that he WAS mistaken /
then. But he has quietly ignored !
them. and forced his denomination |
by use of the very methods which
he deprecated then. Consistency
at least might have led him to send
q letter to the convention declining
q denomination, with the under
standing that as soon as it was read,
his managers should do the sponta-
neous act and renominate him by
Perhaps he was afraid
they wouldn't. One such exper-
fence as Conkling had is a great
to other men.
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The Proof Of the Pudding


Until ten years ago Sweden pros
pered under a Protective tariff
Then doctrinaires began Free
trade agitation and finally succeed.
ed in getting their theories adopted.
During the decade of Free-trade
Swedish prosperity has declined.
Manufactures and agriculture have
suffered greatly. Popular discon-
tent has grown. until the chief issue
in the recent election was the ques-
ton of a return to the principle of
Protection.
The leading champion of the
Protection;sts was Archbishop Sonn-
berg whose powerful influence and
wise counsels were OF the utmost
service. The result Of the election
was an overwhelming victory for
protection. There is great rejoice
ing in Sweden. The editor OF the
New York Nordsjernen, in q recent
interview, said:
For the first time IN . number OF
wears Sweden seems to have
awakened from the absurdity of
her internal revenue position, and
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Resolutions Presented by Mrs. J. W
Humbert.

Whereas in all we do for Christ we
need the'guiding and quickening pow
er of the Holy Spirit; and whereas we
believe that the Father is willing to be.
stow the gift on all who ask for his
presence, and have proved by expe-
rience the efficacy of stated hour OF
prayer for the outpouring of the Spirit
in the furtherance of our work; and
whereas the week of prayer and self:
denial appointed by the Wdman's
Board of Missions resulted in much
grace and growth to the work; there
fore,
l. Resolved, That we, as Confer
ference Corresponding Secretaries, ask
the Woman's Board of Missions to fix
the evening twilight hour as a time
when the entire membership of the
Woman's Missionary Society, as far as
practicable, shall unite in prayer for
increase of faith, love, laborers and
offerings. and above all for the bes-
towal of that gift whereby the
workers at home and in foreign fields
may be consecrated, without reserve
to the work of the Lord.
2. That we ask the Board to ap-
point a time when offerings of self
denial and thanksgiving shall be made,
and recommend the week in Novem-
ber including Thaksgivlng-day. We
also recommend that a programme of
religious services for the week be pre-
pared and widely distributed.
To insure the observance of the
daily concert Of prayer and the time for
the ingathering of offerings, we
pledge ourselves to keep the subject
before the Auxiliaries within the
bounds of our respective Conferences.
MRS. J. w. HUMBERT.
MRS. s. S. PARK.
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it reduced, and the landlord must &C.
cept this reduced rent. It would be
a violation of the Constitution of the
United States for any State to pass
such! q law. In Ireland tenant who
can agree with his landlord for the
purchase of his holding, and in most
cases this. has been done at twenty
years purchase or under, gets the
whole of the purchase money from
the State, and is allowed forty-nine
years in which to repay it, only pei
cent. per annum being charged for
the outstanding loan. In America
the Government gives no assistance,
and If a tenant borrows to purchase
his farm he has to do 30 at from to
percent, and has to repay the pur-
chase in twelve or fourteen years at
the most. These are facts which peo-
pie who talk of "lelonious Irish land
lordism" might fairly be asked to
take into their respectful consideration.
Prom the British american Citizen,
Boston Mass.
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Observation-Disclosures

In the matter of tenant laws we
want to call attention to the following
facts, taken from an English exchange,
showing the difference between Ire
land and the United States -
The section of Irishmen who call
themselves Nationalists are never
weary of describing America as the
home of freedom and beneficent laws,
very elysium where the sovereign
people administer justice largely di-
Iuted with mercy, and landlords and
land laws are unknown. One or two
commonplace facts may be allowed to
intrude themselves into the domain
of this delightful dream. To begin
with a comparatively small matter.
In Ireland trees planted by the ten
ant of fourteen years or upward be-
long to him. In America an outgo-
ing tenant could not pluck flower
planted by himself. In Ireland agri-
cultural improvements made by the
tenant belong to him, and in most of
the States they do not. In Ireland
landlord is bound, under EGO penal
ty, to give forty-eight hours notice
to the relieving officer Of the nearest
Union of his intention to evict, so
that the evicted tenant shall not be
shelterless. In every state in America
the evicted tenant is thrown on the
roadside without more ado. In Ire
land tenant evicted for non-payment
of rent has six months in which to
redeem his holding. In America he
has not six hours, In Ireland even
an evicted tenant can sell his equity
of redemption-and substantial sums
are often realized for it-during the
currency of this six months period.
In America he has no interest to sell
and no rights whatever. In Ireland a
landlord can only distrain for one
years rent, no matter how many are
due. In most of the American States
he can distrain for five or six years.
In Ireland if landlord serves notice
to quit upon his tenant it has practi-
cally twelve months to run, and the
mere fact of serving it entities the ten
ant to claim compensation for distur-
bance. In most of the States the
longest notice given is three months,
and the tenant does not get farthing
for disturbance. In Ireland an agri-
cultural tenant who thinks his rent
too high can apply to court to have
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RattIing Riley.
RILEYs. s. G.. Aug. 13. Is

RILEYS. 5. T., Aug. IL, lSsS.
Our neighborhood has been blest with fine
rains, and our famers are feeling good. The
river and creeks have destroyed good deal
of corn. Turnip sowing is the order Of the
day. Cotton Is beginning to open.
w. T. Jones, left on yesterday for Knox.
Vile, Tenn, to attend directors meeting Of
end Of the road will be built.
J. B. Sullivan, OF Jackson Tenn, has been
visiting his brother P. w. Sullivan, he left
Alexander, will leave in O few days, for La
Grange, Ca, where he intends making his
future home; his many friends wish him sue.
cess.
days, he goes to Union, s. C.,
Mrs. Mary Mathews, OF Williamson, S. c..
is visiting the family Of ]. B. Agnew.
Miss Jennie sullivan, left last week FOL
eral months
Mrs. NJ. B. MCGEE, has been quite sick for q
week, she is improving now.
The bridge over Turkey Creek me- near odT Dr
dition, it is dangerous crossing 1t, and unless
fixed soon we predict an:accident. This Is q
new bridge, but the builders did sorry
A few days since the good people of Mul
bury and surrounding country, gathered al
Hart's mills on Saluda, to have their annual
picnic BY o'clock % they began coming IN IN
bent on having good time. The young peo
pie soon began wandering up and down the
banks OF the river; the older people. gathered
at the spring; all seemed In good humor;
Sounds of laughter were heard ringing and
echoing over the old hills. Nice fruits were or
hand, which all enjoyed. 1t was now time te
| begin thinking OF dinner. We had 96lbs. OF
| fish to cook and eat. Two good cooks were on
hand. by ] O'Clock they had piles, stacks, and
cart loads" Of fish ready. The long table
near the spring was soon loaded down with
good eatables, such as our good women know
how to fix up. Every one partook freely and
still the table groaned. A few hours In the
afternoon were spent very pleasantly; at
o'clock the crowd began leaving, every one
feeling that they had spent day OF rest and
enjoy yment. and will long be remembered by
every one there.
The 10th, August, has passed. With 1t, the
hopes OF some are buried. While others are
than kful they are living and elected. some
must stand the fight q little longer. How close
to victory, yet how far. Most people are
pretty we'll satisfied with the candidates elect
The second race promises to be pretty warm
Our own candidate for Solicitor, we feel is az
solid as q rock for the second race. His vote
out OF the county 10 certainly encouraging
Two strong men are In The field, but we fell
that Will McGowan.is equal TO the emergency
NAVLLUS.
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One of the laws of these United
States that is systematically violated is
the Naturalization Law. If it's pro-
visions were honestly conformed to
there need be nojust apprehension in
reference to immigration. Not only
must the applicant have been a resi-
dent of this country five years, but
during that time he must have behaved
as q man of good moral character. A
faithful enforcement of that provision
would have prevented a very large
proportion of those foreigners who are
now American citizens from becoming
such. 1t is well known that the .tur.
bulent and disorderly element of our
cities is largely foreign and it isjust as
we'll known that the corrupt and cor
rupting element in our politics comes
from the same class. The Naturaliza-
ton Law in some of its most impor-
tant features is a dead letter.-A. r.
Presbyterian.
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The Bills OF the Bank Of the State.

Several weeks ago we asked the Comptrol'
ler-General about these bills, and day OF
two afterwards thought we had asked too big
q question. and withdrew 1t. Later, we
thought 1t would not be great trouble fol
him to tell US about the bills in SO far as con-
cerned the G. & G. road, and hence wrote him
the following letter to which he has not re-
piled:
ABBEvILLE. S. C., August lsSS
Hon. u s. Verner, Comptroller. General:
DEAR SIR:-The Register and the NeWS ana
Courier having failed to answer my enquiries
es to the redemption of the bills of the Bank
OF The State. trust you will pardon me fol-
facts:
Did any County Treasurerer along the {. &
G. road account for the money which Gener'
al Connor paid at either Columbia, New
berry, Laurens, Greenyille, Anderson OF
Oconee In redemption of the bank bill?
II there Is any evidence In your office that
any one Of the treasurers has accounted 70
the State, the county. and the school iund
will you kindly give the dates OF sucn ac-
eonntings, and the particular amounls SO re-
eeised by each of the treasurers Tor State
county. and schools, and returned over 10 the
proper authorities.
You will observe that have omitted the
name OF Abbsville. The Press and Banne7
published facts in reference to this county
some six weeks ago. and again since then
and recently the Neus and Courier and the
Register have repeated PatS the information' SC
II the books or settlement sheets In your
ofiee show that any OF the treasurers In the
above named counties. have accounted fol
your while to correct any doubt which may
exist in the public mind. on this subject,
will thank you to give me the the desired in
formation, SO that may publish the same In
fuly, your HIGH J IVY @Ls6S lssPsc'
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DR.. w. B. Platt, of England, con.
tributes to the Popular Science Mon
thly, for August, avery interesting
and instructive paper. on the "In-
furious Influences of City Life"
These influences, he believes, ''lead,
sooner or later, to degeneration of the
individual and his off spring by pro.
ducing progressive feebleness, and to
ultimate extinction of such families
as are long subjected to their force u
Among these influences he names
three, which he thinks specially harm.
full: 1. Disuse of the upper extremi'
ties for any considerable muscular
exertion. Arm exercise is considered
as having most important bearing on
the general health. 2. The incessant
noise of large city. Noise is an irrit.
ant to the nerve centers, and produces
an opacity of the crystalline lens Of
the eye. 8. Earring of the brain and
spinal cord by continual treading upon
stone and brick pavements. In walk.
ing, the jar of the fall of the whole
weight Of the body comes entirely
upon the heel. These influences
workingItogether with other causes
produce nervous exhaustion. He
makes the statement that there are
few families now living in London
who, with their predecessors, have
resided there continually for three
generations
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Extracts from Christian Neighbor
Vaufty-WisdOm .

Without contentment there can be
no real happiness. Without godliness
there can be no solid contentment
The pursuit of happiness is a race in
which "run ALL"
The happiness which class of peo'
Pile seek is in the Entertainment or graf
ification of the senses-in something
that titillates unto sensual pleasure
something pleasing to "the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes or the pride
of life." The sensual dominates the
spiritual. The poor slave-soul is kept
in subsection, being made to provide
with inventiveness, ingenuity and in
dustry for the indulgence of the desires
and passions of the:beast part of hu'
manity. "Sowing to the flesh" seems
to be the prime service of the seuls OF
some people: they "live after the flesh" "
As they live so near like the lower ami
mails it may not be very hard for them
to believe that after death there will
be no more of them than "the spirit Of
the beast that goeth downward 10 the
EARTH"
For this class of people to be happy
they must ever be seeing something
hearing something, feeling something
smelling something, eating ana
drinking something. Cut them of
from these sources of happiness and il
may be said they are of all animals
most miserable. Indecent exhibitions
OH the stage, immodesty in women's
dressing, "hugging to music" in mod
ern dances, tables with varied meats
and drinks tempting to gluttony and
drunkenness and such like are occa'
sions of high happiness to sensual peo'
pie "a nice time" they have. All this
lis of the world. And the world pas.
seth away, and the lust thereof" leav.
ing the deceived pursuers of happiness
to cry with the two daughters ofhorse.
leech, "Give, give!"
Wisdom's way of seeking content
ment is this:
But godliness with contentment is
great gain.
For we brought nothing into this
void, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out.
And having food and raiment, LET
us be Herewith content.
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Two Sabbaths.

Bro. Dargan, our Marion street pas
tor, is not yet entirely free from the
whooping cough-soon will be, God
willing.
Last Sabbath week august s. I
preached in his place, and with his as
sistance administered the Communion
to the obedient disciples present.
Last Sabbath (August 12) went with
my family to the same place and heard
Bro. J. A. Elkins discourse psalm key
on the brevity of life, the certainty of
death and the necessity of immediate
preparation to meet God in peace.
The babe of brother and sister Dar-
gan that had been quite sick for some
days past, was, Sabbath morning last,
much better.
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Detectives in Chicago have arrested
three men, belonging to gang of about
twenty, it is thought, who were
pledged to avenge the hanging OF the
Anarchists. These men were in house
where were concealed twelve dynamite
bombs, large revolver and dagger.
They intended using the dynamite on
Judges Gary and Grinnell and In
spector Bonfield. The plot was to ex-
plode the bombs under the residences
of the Judges, about midnight of Sat-
urday last. One man was detailed to
study the premises of one of the in
tended victims; he became appalled, at
the probable results of the fiendish
work, and eased his conscience by re-
vealing the matter to friend, who in
turn "gave it away" to the police.
Hence the capture.
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STONY POINT, August IL, 1888.

STONY POINT, August II 1888.
The prospect for good crops has been
enhanced by good rains.
Mr.. G. P. O'Neall has been quite sick but IL
now better.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Major and sons. have just return
ed from weeks visit to friends in Anderson
Misses Turner, Of Greenwood, are spending
sometime with their aunt, Mrs. Rampay.
Mr.. David Aiken and family, have been vis
iting friends in the mountain city.
Mrs. w. r. Smith, OF Laurens, has been q
recent guest in Mr.. Caldwell's family.
Mr.. F. NJ. Godbold, Of Cokesbury, was al
Col. Laws O few days past.
Mr. l.. K. DantZler will remove with his
family to Coronaca this fall. MIR. Dantzlel
will act as salesman for Mr.. j. 8. Anderson.
The patrons Of the Stony Point school are
In need OF teacher for the fall term, and
have appointed Tuesday, August 2lst, to con-
slider the claims of the applicants. Any ona
desiring the school who cannot personally at'
tend the meeting, should address Mr.. J; N
Major, Coronaca, 8. Z. We have Q live littie
town, which impresses all who see IL oy lts
beauty. and thrift and we want live
energetic teacher.
Our charming young belle, Miss Minnie
Pinson has our thanks for an invitation to
her birth day dinner. We wish her many
happy retprns.
! After an absenSe of few months In Spar
tanbntg, Miss Lil|ie Jones is at home again.
DULC1O.
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In the course of the discussion fol-
lowing the proposition to make DIR.
Abbott permanent pastor of Plymouth
Church, the New York Times says:
deacon Ferris arose and said, IF I
had 10000 votes I would cast them
against DR.. Abbott. Applause and
Kisses. Since he has been with us the
church has run down. We want a
magnetic preacher. If an angel came
down from above and filled our pulpit
for six months, and the congregation
diminished, I would say. Shoe! fly
away. (Laughter.) I would vote for a
man I hate if he was in the pulpit and
could fill the church. There are per-
sons who have pews here who will go
away if DIR. Abbott is elected"
Deacon Ferris is q specimen brick.
We are sorry to believe it, but alas; it
is so. This is proven by the partial ap-
plause with which his remarks on the
occasion referred to were received. He
did not stand alone. There were others
who thought as he thought, whose
standard of judgment was the same as
his.
What is thus true of Plymouth con-
gregation is true of many other church
es. They have their Deacon Ferrises,
men whose highest estimate of pastoral
worth and usefulness is a capacity to
fill the pews, no matter how.-E1.
change.
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At the meeting of the Township
Democratic Club at Wedgefeld the
following resolutions were introduced
by Rev. E. o. Watson:
Resolved, 1st. That we most posi-
lively discountenance the practice of
treating to intoxicants by candidates
for votes.
I'd. That we as a club endorse no
candidate for office who is known to
try to secure votes by treating to intox-
icants.
Sd. That we as a club endorse no
candidate for office who is known to
drink to excess.
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Rev. John A. Brooks, Prohibition
candidate for the Vice-presidency, is q
Campbellite preacher.
Madam de Stael is buried at Coppet,
within sight of the city of Geneva,
and Calvin, tombless, somewhere
within it's old cemetery.
In Boston q committee of 1000 has
been appointen to take steps looking
to the abolishment of sectarianism
from the public schools, Catholic
teachers prohibited, and public
appropriations to sectarian schools
cease.
For Cash great bargains in printing
material can be had by personal ap-
plication at the office of the CHRIS
TIAN NE1aHBoR, Columbia, s. c.
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Yellow fever has created a panic at
Jacksonville. Almost every outlet
has been quarantined. Macon, one
of the last to close her gates, did 80
August 13. On that date the only
means of egress from the stricken city
was by Atlanta. The "concussion"
theory of killing fever germs will be
tried-cannons being freq continuous
ly for several hours. Number of cases
up to date, August 1S, 2l; number of
deaths, 8. All are advised to leave the
city, though at present the disease is
of mild type.
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Italy is ahead of the United States.
! She has just passed law which makes
| it criminal offence for the Pope or
any of his cardinals orpriests to oppose
in any way the official acts of the gov.
erment. Violations of this act are:
to be punished by imprisonment for
from three months to a year. There is
no possible exception made.-ES-
change.
The 23eth article in the new Consti-
tuition of Spain says: "Any person
using threats, violence, or any other IL
Legitimate means to compel any citizen
to perform any religious act whatever,
or to attend a worship not his own, will
be punished with Imprisonment and a
fine of from five to five thousand dol
lars"
Whenever sheep are afflicted with
ticks or other animals with vermin, 1t
indicates low condition of the system,
caused either by the vermin in the first
place, or by improper feeding. The
better the condition of the animals the
less liability to attack. They will not
improve until relieved, and the longer
this be delayed the more difficult 1t will
become.
Galvanized iron pals are not desir.
able receptacles for drinking water.
The zinc coating is quickly affected by
water, forming a poisonous oxide of
zinc. ,
A SUaGEsTIoN.-We notice. that sew
erall contributions have been sent to
Ireland lately for political purposes
amounts ranging from $1,000 to SIC, 900.
Two facts may be stated in connection
with these: First, that the money
comes largely from rumsellers, and
secondly, that the American people
are supporting thousands of paupers
made by these very rumsellers. The
money that goes to Ireland does not
60 to the poor, but to political agitators
men pronounced by the head Of their
own church "immeral. ."-Erch hdnge.
DoMEsTIC.-The total number of
immigrants who arrived in the United
States during the 12 months which
ended Sixth mo. 30th, was 539, ,8l8,
against 4s3, ,116 during the preceding IL
months.
The onlyindication of warin Europe
is the fact that large standing armies
are maintained by all the powers.
There is isnothing to gain but everything
to lose by great conflict.
The New York Herald says that
whenever and wherever there is pull
pit on fire the people always 60 In.
crowds to see it burn.