Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Barbecue at Seneca.

Barbecue at Seneca.
Columbia State, Friday: Great prep
arations are being made for the Ali.
ance picnic and barbecue to be held
under the auspices of the Oconee
County Alliance at Seneca on the
Fourth of July. Reduced rates have
been allowed from all points on
the Southern and Blue Ridge railroads.
The 'cue is to be served at 6 p. M.
The speakers for the occasion Will be
Senator Tillman, Thomas E. Watson,
of Georgia, President Wilborn, of the
National and State Alliance, and J. K.
Blake, of Abbeville, vice president OF
the State Alliance.
Insurance Men Organize.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier, Wednesday: The insurance
underwriters of the state tonight effect
ed an organization, which will have
for its purpose the closer relationship
of the underwriters, and also to bring
insurer and insured into close touch.
MIR. I. L. Withers called the meeting
to order, ard, in the name of the local
underwriters, extended welcome to
their visiting friends. Mr.. S. 5. Frazer,
of Georgetown, was made temporary
chairman, and Mr.. A. H. Walker, of
Columbia, secretary. The constitu-
ton and bylaws of the association
were drafted by J. B. Reeves, of
Charleston; Allen Jones, of Columbia,
and A. H. Walker, of Columbia. The
permanent officers elected were: j.
B. Reeves, president; Allen Jones,
vice president; A. H. Walker, secre-
tary and treasurer. Executive COM
mittee: J. B. Reeves, Allen Jones,
A. H. Walker; ex-oficio, w. M.
Propst, Yorkville; James Cofeld,
Spartanburg, and Sanborn Chase,
Florence; B. A. Rawls, Columbia. A
general discussion as to the benefits of
the association was held and it was
the express desire of the association
to let the public know that they have
not formed this association to increase
any insurance rate, but to protect in
surer as we'll as insured, and get full
Justice from the insurance companies.
Talmage at Erskine.
Bryan has been here, Lentz has been
here, other good orators have been
here, but the greatest of them all ad-
dressed US when DR.. T. Dewitt Tai
mage spoke Tuesday afternoon says
the Due West correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer. At exactly 2.3O
DR.. Talmage entered the hall on the
arm of DR.. Grier, and was greeted with
tremendous applause by the audience,
which numbered fully 1900 people,
some of whom had been patiently
waiting in their seats for over two
hours. Every seat in the auditorium
was taken and the aisle crowded, and
Notwithstanding the heat, this large
audience gave the speaker its undivid-
ed attention for two hours. The doc
tor began his speech in jocular man.
ner, thanking Erskine and the literary
societies for the honor which they had
bestowed upon him. He said he had
not come to make profound, deep,
speech, but only to give some whole
some advice, which they all could, he
hoped, profit by. His first piece of ad-
vice was to avoid multiplicity of oc-
cupations, or don't be jack-of-all-
trades; you will be the real master of
none. He illustrated this by the law
yer who dabbled in politics, by the
manufacturer who desired to manufac-
ture shawls, when he already had
aourishing carpet business, and so on
through all the vocations of life. He
| illustrated so as to prove conclusively
that all that had not concentration OF
mind toward one object, were failures.
In the second place, the advice was
Cultivate equipoise of temper. Good
humor titled the soil better, sold more
goods, cured more patients, plead to
save more lives, and preached better
sermon than did bad humor. Mr..
Merryman and brother, he said, were
two poor lads when their mother told
them goodbye, as they started to the
city but through reason of their good
humor and accommodation, now were
the largest merchants in the. city had
the finest carriages and were the most
respected. The next piece of advice
was: Choose the right kind of COM
panion for yonr life. This he develop.
ed in a most striking way, illustrating,
to the amusement of the audience.
The last head was: Have the spirit
of enthusiasm and enterprise, for, said
he, man to succeed must have this
spirit in the world of today. This, he
said, was a grand age; but that of all
times this was the best time, and of all
the nations of earth, ours was the
grandest one. DR.. Talmage closed his
address by referring to the Cars peace
conference, saying that he believed the
Car to be in earnest about the disarm-
ament; that he believed the day of
universal peace was soon coming. His
reference to the peace conference took
him to Russia, where he drew COM
harrison between Moscow of the time