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*t ** ? u n n n\ **THE SHADOW** U Of THE tri: **CORDILLERA;** ** Or, The Marjnofia Ffower, $ ?* BY VIRGINIA I.EILA vTUNT?. tt -0 jIT Copviuoht, looo, tt By Kkvim \V a roman. ****'" tt n n n u n u CHAPTER HI. By and by liioccnclo was 18. Tic now stood six feet, bootless, and was, more over, n young fellow of magnificent build. (It wns Iiis ancestors who used to dance the war dance and cry "Oulch 'ka!" nut those who lived in n castle ami umte on crested paper, that ho had tu thank for ihls.) ills eyes were as dark as the waters of tin' Itlo Uraudo under tho cover ??!' n starless night, and they looked out straight luto those of his fellows like the eyes of an animal that dues not know enough to fear. In the puchllto where he lived lie was regarded as a marvel for bravery and strength. Once, when there had been inn- of those rare occurrences in Mexico, a lire, all the town had Hoi ked about to hol? It. thinking It. lor Iis rari ty, better I ha li a fiesta. Then, in full view of every one, with (he Humes Bcorcllltlg him and the smoke blinding lit in. luoceuelo had fetched out from the tire an old woman in one arm. a crippled girl In the oilier, while oil his shoulders was a little boy. Oh, It was a marvelous feat, and beyond doubt ho was n youth of courage, they saltl. Liana, for her part, was fast growing luto womanhood and was withal fair to look upon. To Inoeencto she was very fair Indeed, and his wont was to liken her to the Mowers that smiled, rare, white and wonderful, from among the dark leaves of the magnolia tree. La holla magnolia, he called her. At times she glanced with such favor upon him that he almost thought the beautiful dreams ho had dared to dream were about lo be realized, and old Crlstluo would chuckle in his heavy, ponderous way and, slapping hlni on the hack, say that all would yet be well, that Liana's heart was in the right place, after all. Again clouds would lower and the girl would look at liioccnclo indiffcr ently. tier scarlet inotiili would draw Itself down III a prim, cold manner, and she would call him "the scnor" and ask him in stiff, stilted tones If his health were good these days. IUOCCUClO was as shy of expression as any of his forbears that ever tip toed In silence llloug a dusky trail, and, for the most part, he suffered these ca pricious moods without u word. Hut there came an occasion of a memorable outburst of strength and righteous In dignation which brought tilings rather more to a climax. It was the feast of GuadallipC, and, as usual, both he and Liana were In the merry city with the good padre. And merry Indeed It was. The long, straight street lending to the Santuarlo formed a brilliant vista to the gaze. Nearly every house along Its length was lighted w ith vessels of burning oil and with a profusion of many colored lanterns and made gay with draperies, green houghs and pictures of the "Mother of the Mexicans," is a thou sand banners proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe. The sidewalks were (Hied with a moving throng of men and women, their faces all set In the same direc tion-toward an arch of lire that span ned the street in the distance. The arch was formed of paper lanterns strung on wires across the street, and the brilliancy of the lights Illuminated and outlined like some enchanted structure against the sky the grand old Santuarlo. The plaza In front of the church also was lllled with a mass of humanity, while Hurrouiidiug It on all sides were tbo venders of tortillas and strange fruit? and vegetables w ith still stranger Indian names. The venders squatted on squares of matting and sold their commodities by (ho light of flaring torches. Although not so fashionable a throng as that to be aeon In the Plaza de Ar mas, the crowd about the Santuarlo was composed of all classes. Cavaliers In picturesque, silver laced riding dresa mingled with men whose white cnl aones, rolled up to their knees, showed lean, brown, sinewy legs. There wero grave, stately Mexicans and eager, talkative Americans. As the Padre Antonio and those who wero With him passed from the front of the cathedral across the plaza Ino cencio saw something that caused him to clinch his hand and made the blood surge to his head till the gay scene spun before his gaze in n swaying mist. Ho saw the bold, passionate look of a young American who was devour ing the beauty of Liana's exquisite face, and he caught the quick upward glance of Liana's eyes, the blush upon her cheek and the pout of her lips be foro She drew more closely the folds of her reboZO about her. The next day Old Crlstlno sat under Ida portico, sewing up U rent In a raw hide chair bottom. Presently down tho road came Inoconclo OH a horse?he had free use of tho padre's animal and, drawing up before the house, he called to Crlstlno: "Is Liana within? I would speak with her." When Inoconclo wns mounted for a ride, ho scarcoly sat In the saddiotrec. From the Cnmpooho hat that shaded his face down to the pair of Mexican fjpurs that tinkled their little atoel bells against their huge live spiked rowels on his heels you might havo drawn a perpendicular line. It would havo taken In Hhouldcrs, thighs anr* all. Liana came around from tho other si.! ? of the houRe, smiling and radiant. It made her proud to sco blm there ao fine and aplondld. Sho went up to him with a look of greeting In her eyes and btf an stroking tho big horso's mane. "I've Just been out by the wood shed feeding the cat and dog." "X Udo lA99!^9^' Something in Iiis tone made Liana look at III in l will'. "I missed you last night," slie ob served shyly. "Why did yuu on with your uncle to S:m IVdro Instead of coming homo with tii" rost of usV" "It wns the onslvr way," replied I no conclo gravely. Hut ho attempted no explnunt Ion. Liana caught her underllp with her pretty whlto teeth. "Oh, and you've been home already this morning and nre going oft again with the padre's horso?" she [tursued. "When evening tails, ; shall he back, and then I would speak with you, Lia na. That Is what I came to say." lie only walte?l to see that she con tented, and thru ho was oil down tho road. That evening as they walked In si lence Liana, who had been tiwed by her lover's strange mood ami by the gloom of tlx- night, looked timidly up in Ids face. "Well." she said faintly, "what did you want of me. InocencloV" Tho young follow, who had been do ing battle with himself all of tho pre vious night, turned sharply as though carried away by a sudden ami mighty Impulse. "By our Blessed Lady. 1 can stand this it, longer! Will you marry nie? A ns w or mo. yes or no." Liana had never soon the quiet re servo of hor hitherto devoted worship er give place to ibis abandon of feel ing. She shivered a little, partly from remorse, partly from Par, partly from vexation, ami walked on silently, look ing down at the grass at her feet. "You aro stripplllg me of my self re spect." Inocenclo said hoarsely. "Can you not soo what you are doing? Toll me you do not care for me, Put do not mock mo." He placed his hand under her chill and turned her face toward the light of the sky. What ho saw there caused a low cry to escape III in, "Liana, you have ruined my life," he said solemnly. Then ho sot Ids face |n the direction of home and walked on a few paces. The girl's conscience reproached hor. She knew .she was no) blameless. 11? She vent up to fiiin with n lank n) greet Iii'j In In r ( )/( ?. did not seem to hear her call his name, so she drew near to him and laid her hand pleadingly on his arm as one might who has done wrong and Is sorry. "I can't say Just now. Life is so strange and confused, Inoccuclo. But if - If you'll wait"? She began to cry softly, her bead against his arm. lie had never seen her in tears since she was a child, and he was helpless for words. He stroked her hair instead. By ami by he said. "I love you so much, little one, that I must have you; I must." "How much do you love me?" She was smiling now through her wet lashes. "As the fallow deer loves the forest; as the traveler the pomegranate and orange tree; as the slill night the Sung of yonder COIlZOIltlc so 1 lov e you." Ami all the way homo Liana was as sweet as tin.' last dip of cane juice from the boiling batteries along the river bottoms of tho Ameca valley. From that day on she stood rather more in awe of her big lover. ! * ? ? ? ? ? ? Snn Pedro Is the little summer town of the elite of Guadalajara. Outside of the fashionable quarter lived Juan Oajaca, Inoccnclo's uncle, lie was a BCtllptor by trade ami modeled those wonderful and delicate little figures in clay which may lie soon from the City of Mexico to HI Paso pad San Antonio. Often as children his nephew and Lia na had gone in to see him work and watched him by the hour. On a bit of clay no larger than he could well hold In hlfl hand the modeler would fall to work, ami. lo, there started to life tho toreador in his most spirited, graceful Attitude, springing before the bull; or the aguador, with his water jars; the lenndor, with his fagots; the enrga dor. witli his great pack upon his I Khoulder?every type of the varied trades and occupations of the country. Marvelous was the plastic art which Juan displayed. It was in bis humble atelier one day that Liana met a dear old friend of the padre. She wns an American lady who, with her son, who was a civil en gineer, at that time working on tho lino of road which they wore endeavor ing to survey bed ween Guadalajara and the Pacific const. The padre had brought her to Juan Oajaca for n sit ting. Juan was known to model like nesses admirably and could actually produce a miniature bust with corn n.endablo verisimilitude In features and in expression. Kindly, distinguished looking Mrs. Morris wns pleasing the sculptor very much by examining and expressing her appreciation of his work, when suddenly she threw her head n little to one side nml listened. "Whnt a sweet, puro voice!" sho ex claimed. "Yes," said the padre; "that Is Liana, my capricious protegee. Ami sho Is as beautiful ns her voice In sweet-a slen der crescent of human moonlight. But you Shall see." Then he called her. In order to get to Juan's house you paHsed through a gatewny In an ndobo wall and entered a Inrge, unpnved In closure. llore orango trees grew, and climbing roses rioted over the house and rough wall with an exqulslto plc I turesqueness. Liana was out plucking I some of the flowers wbleb Juan's aeno I rdA was going; to jumft to old OrlaUno, tin- day belli? Iiis feie day. She answered the padre's call, her arms full of the roses bIic bad bcou gathering?perfect buds of pure gold? with airs and graces quite her own. Mis. Morris was Immediately captivat ed, as the padre had Known she would he; ami when Liana left the room sho turned to him, saying: "Something must bo done for that girl. Her voice, at least, must he culti vated.'' The school of music in Guadalajara was a new Interpretation of life to the padre's protegee. As one caught abed by the first sunrise at sea, her spirit leaped into fresh garments :iutl looked out upon a wider heaven aim earth than ever it had seen before. "it ees so vor' tunable, so ravlssant!" she exclaimed to Mrs. Morris In com ment on the-school. Uut in proportion to the ravishment of the new vistas, the old narrower, simpler mode of life gradually began to chafe and fret. Nearly all her life the love of the padre, of her grandfa ther and Inoccnclo had sufficed to fill up ami satisfy Liana's heart. Now it was no longer so. A vision floated before her. It was no bourgeois vision of hap piness; not some <a<a grande. with Stately, arched entrance and spacious court within, like that to which she went so often with the dear A met h au senorn; it was not clothes such as the line ladies seated In family coaches In the l'laza de Armas wore. Of such Stuff was not the dream that Honied before the gitl. It was something vague ami Indefinite, ami the rich warmth of an unsurrendercd nature, longing for outlet surged up continu ally in her heart, like a restless tide against the sea wall. One afternoon, being especially rest less, slu- went into (he little village Church, and there upon the clay floor before Our Lady's shrine she offered a StrtlUgC prayer. She prayed that some thing might happen?something. Any thing, indeed, to give things a turn. After supper that evening she brought the water from the spring as usual, it was (Jrlsttuo's custom to place tho great llnaju close by the open chimney, where through tho chill night the water would grow cool lu the draft. Hut tonight lie did not come to help her. He just sat there by the w indow, his gray head In Ids hands. Liana call ed to him. Still he did not lift his head. Nor would he evermore lift It again. lie was dead. Something had happened - yes, some thing. Indeed. Liana, dumb in the sight of her prayer's answer, sank to her knees under a burden of guilt she nev er had known before. CHAPTER IV. "So mother's going to bring home some hybrid, black little creature to he turned out educated and an ornament to society! What in heaven's name will she do iiex t V" Do Wit to Morris threw down the let ter he had been reading and lounged In his chair lie Witte always lounged. The hnbit sprang from a large minded desire to counteract stiffness and prim ness in others. Votl would misjudge him If you deemed it due to laziness, lie was the younger sou of a prosper ous Wall street broker, and since leav ing college three years before he had been able to Und no calling nicely mut ed to his particular line of ability. Therefore he hud settled down, it ap peared, to a life of gifted irresponsibil ity. it wns a February evening in New York, ami in cheerful contrast to the raw cold of the outside air was the warmth <>f the Morris' heavily cur tained library on I il'ty-seventh street. Mr. Morris, Sr., who had Just come in, Stood on tho rug in front of the open fire, straightening himself with appre ciative satisfaction as the sense of comfort penetrated him. "Certainly Eliza has taken a great deal upon her," he admitted In re sponse to his son's remark. "The girl's education lu Hngllsh alone will be no Blight task." lie ran his lingers through bis gray beard once or twice. "As to her training in domestic and social felicities?ah, well, Eliza always would have her way!" He sighed n little, but somehow as he picked up the evening paper and Settled in his armchair he didn't look particularly unhappy about that "way." "For my part," said De Witte, with a yawn, "1 don't know why the douce mother didn't lot the girl stay in that fair Land of Mamma she writes so glowingly about. Or," lie added wick edly, "she might have handed her over to Robert." Roberl was the civil en gineer ami the elder son. When at Inst, however, tho young man of elegant lasslttitle was confront ed by Liana Miguel's presence he found himself reaily to change his mind eoncernlng the hybrid, bin0'; lit tle creature and to admit that perhaps after all his mot hoi' had Introduced a lively and Interesting clement Into tin monotony of their home circle. The night of their arrival, Indeed, he signi fied the measure of Ids welcome i>y re maining lu the house ami foregoing the French ball. Actually! Liana presently began to lit In admi rably with Venetian water colors, teak wood tables and French bound books. On the whole, there inav have been Eliza alxeaya would have her way!" some foundation for old Crlstlno's hing of relationship with the conqulstn dores; certainly here and there nmong her ancestors must have flushed the i.word and waved the plumes of a Spanish cavalier I By virtue of her re marka.bly^ flpe Intuitions ahe_ learned early (lint to tlu as ethers ilo Is tho golden rule <>t socloly. Thereby she mnnnged to save herself amazingly from glaring blunders. Occasions whh h wen- quite new to her she ob served with outward passivity. Her gravity was ascribed to her lack of tin eut Eugllsb. Ii was in reality tho spccchlcssncss that goes aloug with a Hood of new Impressions at a critical moment <>r growth. To bo qulto honest, she sometimes al lowed herself to be surprised. Such things, for example, as the kaleido scopic Shop windows, polite social lies and some of the very decollete gowns she saw did at lirst call forth astonish ment. Hut every day she learned. She .seldom spoko of the old .Mexican life. She did i">t seem to w ish to spcaU of it. in the beginning there were tho fortnightly letters to luoceucloand the padre. "Hear padre," she wrote, "he cause that you gave me Into the hands of tho sweet American scuorn can l ever say enough nves for you 7" And to luoceuclo she wrote: "Tin- scnor Do Witte does nothing with his hands, und they are white, like a padre's, l like a mail who is strong and has hrown hands, like yours, luoceuclo. But tell this not." By and by the letters became more Infrequent Tho friends who loved her ho did not quite understand and felt hurt. Time moves so slowly and peace fully in that faroff Mexican land that one does not realize the breakneck speed it has in a vast metropolitan center. It was Liana's third spring ill Now York. She was now nearly 10 and WHS considered BUlllclciltly skilled 111 the amenities of civilization to bo Intro duced to society early the following winter. Anna Abbott, dobutnnto of the previ ous year, had teased Mrs. Morris Into allowing her protegee to spend the summer with her at the Abbotts' coun try place in Tw yelVort hy-t he Sea. "It promises to be a Jolly season, and, you know, it will give Liana a nice little foretaste," she had argued sagely. So, accompanied by Anna s maid, they set oil' for TwyotTort, whence tin; family had gone some weeks In advance. They hud something like two horns to travel and a compartment qulto to themselves. The maid put her feet up comfortably and dozed at intervals. Anna was in high spirits. At lust she had dear Liana quite to herself. Liana took her so thoroughly In einliest. Which her other friends did not; she sympathized so fully ami. above all, so quietly, in-king just the fun of her that was essential to prevent her brooding. Then she had the most orig inal ideas about everything from the arrangement of a ribbon upward. Yes, decidedly, she was a dear I "The Mnltlauds have been in Twyef fort for the last fortnight," Anna be gan tentatively. She held out a box of | chocolate mint. "I have been thinking It," said Liana In her prettily deliberate English. "Why, yon witch'.' And how7" Liana shrugged her shoulders slight ly and reached for another chocolate mint. "Why and how'.-" "Well, then, you have been BO?walk ing in tho air!" she glanced at her companion merrily from beneath her long lushes. "Tease! Anyhow you're going to lind Margaret quite your st; lo of girl. You will like Charles, too for my sake at least V" "Of course," replied Liana demurely as a nun. The Mnitlands had been spending their summers at TwyotYort for several years and were neighbors to the Abbotts. My her own account Anna wns deeply in love with Charles, the only son. "Oh, look here," exclaimed Anna, sit ting bolt upright with an energy that split the ell.lutes and nearly woke the maid. "The greatest inn in the World would he to have you lose your heart io that wonderful personage they ha ve tip t here!" "No doubt." Ll'.nn hnncd hack against the cushioned sent and laugh ed softly for a whole minute. "Hut what wonderful personage, gooslo?" "(>h, a painter or something. He's ? p with Charles lor a month or so. They were chums In Paris, 1 believe. Hill, on the whole, I guess Voll WOll't like him. This is w hat Margaret says In a letter I got yesterday." Anna hunted in her pocket mid pulled out an envelope. "I kept H on purpose to read to you," she explained. Then she found the place she wanted. "M. Poyi'lic is a man of surprising beauty, and he has the face of nil :in gel, but he's impossible He I'CIUCm hers my existence every now und then and COincs lip to me with his gleaming eyes. lie has eyes that lllflko you think a declaration tit the very least Is coming. Instead of (hat (his Is what one gels: Have you bathed (his morn ing, mademoiselle? I did not sec you In the water.' Not very consoling when you happened to be In the wilier under his nose nil (he lime. The lirst thing you vent m e to s;iy tlllll is mil monosyllable off goes h is at tout Ion goodness knows where. You call see his eyes roving In es cry direction but yours." The girls I lokod out of the car win dow and laughed. Tin y were merry that morning. Twyeffoi'l was n pretty place, uniting the advantages of seaside ami country. The Abbotts' home was bull) fin ing the sen. with Its gulden sloping in three wide terraces toward the hoflcll, BflCk of the house and behind the winding white road that led lo (he '.it tie station there were green und shady walks. Charles and Margaret Mlllt nud had driven to meet Anna and her friend. Secretly Liana was disappointed In the nine days' wonder she had heard so much about. Hut she liked Marga ret the moment she saw bor. She de cided there was n soul behind her dark, purple eyes and perhaps a trlllo of sadness mingled with the sweetness of the unworldly mouth, as of one who yearned overmuch. I.lana went about for tho first few days admiringly. Tho bowlder down on the beach was such a tnlghty one! That shadowy nook, further down, formed by tho rocky overhang, was such a Hue place to read In of a warm dayl That spot in the woods where iho overbranchlng was so heavy, lcav I lng no more sky at your bend than at ' your foot, was Just like a tiny chapel! But the Alacoverj Ah*t Ju*}iigh,t her most Joy, touched, it may bo, with a shade of pain, was a Hue <?ht magnolia tree. The second ovoulng after their ar rival Charles fetched his artist friend over t<> call, lie was, indued, as Mar? garvl had described him, a man with a fare oi surprising beauty, a clean < nt, even profile, a clear, open air complex Ion, frank, Innocent eyes ami waving hair of tin- palest Saxon yellow. Charles hnd met him In tlx* Bohemia of Paris, being fond of (ho same effects in literature which his Gallic frleud se cured witli an indolent ami facile brush. As a matter of fact, Peyrac I ' ? .... Vi yrac m<? douvi to talk by 1.hum's side. knew Purls from (he towri-s of Notre Dnme to tin- debouchment of the sew ers. "What do you suppose we have been doing today:" asked Charles as they all sat on the old fashioned porch in the moonlight. "Playing tennis? Smoking cigarettes? Gutting into a tangle of tall;'.'" suggest ed Anna accommodatingly. "Not at all." replied Charles scorn fully. "We have been Improvising a stitdlo in a building outside the house, Yvpcrc our friend here can work con tA unity except when he's doing one of UlOSC few thin--, von just mention cf." *'l brought my canvases and COloi'd with me," M. Peyrac explained Ills VOlco was electric and deep, with a touch of Gallic accent so slight an to require a fastidious ear to notice that it was an accent at all. Presently .Nona discovered that she wanted in show Charles how high tin vine had glow it that he helped he; plant lust sen sun, The vine was on the other Olid of the W ide pol'4'll, of course. Peyrac, getting up from the steps when- lie had boon sitting, pulled a low chair forward and sat down lo talk by Liana's side. He said nothing much, ho; he put viviu Hy into every thing in- utte r. .1. i neonseiously tin girl contrasted him with Du Witte Morris. OVel' there seems to ? wets of itttraetiou," d tit lllSl. And then "The little v In?' he largo in its p Peyrac commend he hummed : ilCUX. t, .un.l la: canard* xont ilctix t O'csl i|u'IU em ?? |>ailcr uiilru eiix. "Mut that i- ii..i always true, mon sieur," ItlUghe?! Liana, liekled at the ahsurdlly of the wortl.s. "We, for in stance, can have nothing particular to pa v." (to hi; continued.] i I ? Kov. Ktnanuel A. Wlngard, D. I)., pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, died on the 2oth inst. at his home In Columbia. IIo was called the poet priest, being second probably in that re gard to Father Ryan, lie was the au thor of many beautiful poems and was a strong preacher. 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THIS SESSION 11101.1) AT CHKSTKlt. Bishop Hargrove Was iho Proaldlni; Ollluer?Bishops Duncan mid 1?'ii/. y.i rn.lt! Were A Iho In Attendance. Tlu; South Carolina Conferer.co of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held its annual BOFSlon last week at Chester, Bishop Hargrove presiding! \\-:\ E. O. Watson, pastor of Bethel church, Charleston, was elected secre tary. Mr. Watson Is very popular in the Conference and had held thid position tot a n uro bor of yearn, as also hin as slstant, K ,v. W. L. Wait. Kov. s. H. Zimmerman, tho popular pastor of Main Street Church, in Co lumbla, was electee, dtatlstical sccro tary. with tho following assistants: M. ?. Kelly, A. .1. Cauthoo, Jr., C. E. Stokes and W. C. Kirkland. This completed the organisation and the Conference began its work. A re solution was (tiered l>y Uev. J. ThOB. Pate, asking the Bishop to appoint tho presiding elders a committee to nomi nate delegates to the Bcumonloa) Con fort reo to he held in Now Orleans. The Conference had the pleasure of two stirring addressed at tho very opening. Kov. W. K. Lamhuth, .secre tary of tho general hoard of missions, made a masterly address in the in terest of missions. He. brought words of encouragement from tho foreign ilohl and pleaded for more enthusiasm. Dr. .las. Atkins, editor of tho Sun day-school litoraturo, und a great favorite with the South Carolina Con ference, brought some startling Sun day-school statistics for South Caro lina Methodists. He. said that to tho | shatno of South Carolina there are only about 11,000 copies of tho Sunuay school Visitor taken in this Conference. Tno following ministers wero an nounced as on tho superannuated list: John AHaway, T. Auld, M. L. Hanks. .1. M.Carlisle, W. A. Clarke. A. M. Ohrietzborg, O. A. Darby, I). D. lUnt /.ler, IX. L. Dufflo, L. M. Ilamer, T. O. Horhert, A. \V. Jackson, W. W. Jonos, P. P. Klstler, 1C. Loyal, .1. J . Neville, I. J. Nowhorry, J. A. 1'ortcr, T. P. Phillips, J. L. Silly, J. P. Smith, A. W. Walker, U. K. Wiggins, .1. A. Wood, J. J. Workman. W. H. Klrton, N. O. Hal longer, N. K. Melton, E. H. LOyleSB and T. E, Wannamakcr. W. W. Williams, A. K. Stafford and J, E. Carlisle wero recommended to tho Conforonco for tho superannuated relation. One by ono these old heroes aro sot asldo to rest preparatory to llfo'd close. Tho superannuaries we.ro called and their characters passe 1. At tho close of tho call of the presid ing eldors a very pleasant incident oc curred. Dr. J. A. Clifton roao to pro sent a fountain pen in the name of tho Sumtor district preachers to tholr much loved retiring older, T. J Clyde, i I At 4 o'clock Kev. .1. O. Willdon preached an earnest sermon to a largo congregation. Dr. Wlllson haa boon odltor of the Southern Christian Advo cate for eight years and still holds that position, giving entire satisfaction. Kev. .1. W. Daniel, of Abbeville, preached at 7..10. 3KC0ND DAY'S PKOOBEDINQS, Tho second day's session of the South Carolina Conference vas a quiet ono, filled with work. That great and Im portant question. " Aro tho Preachers Blameless In Lifo and Character?" was resumed this morning, and about eighty names were called and disposed of. When 0. U. Clydo was callcl hla prosk'lng elder called for a committee of trial on tho chargo of immorality. This was looked for by tho Conference sinco his presiding older had taken tho case In hand during the year and had suspended him awaiting this trial at annual Conforenco. Hishop Hargrove appointed the following committee : S. A. Weber, chairman ; E. P. Taylor, K. E. StaokhOUSe, O. L. Durant, J. T. Pate .A.Clifton, I'. 1*'. KtlgO, J. G. Hack , with, P. L L'irton and J. E. Hoard. Hidhoo Hargrove announced two transfers, viz: B. D.Lucas, from tho China Mission Conforenco, and B. (i. Cuobs, from tho Toxas Conference. Tho report from tho Kpworth Or pbanago threatened a storm, hut it did not materialize. Tho light was over tho appointment of Kev. T. C. O'Dell as assistant superintendent. Tho Con ference decided In tho tlMrmatlvo. To day being Thanksgiving tho Con foronco session eiosod for sorvicos con ducted by Dr. James Atkins, the ef ficient and popular editor of tho Hun day-school Magazine. His sormon was a masterpiece. Dr. Atkins is one of tho strongest divines of the whole Methodist oonnecMon. "Christian Kduoatlon" was tho theme of J. D. Hammond, secretary of education, at the Methodist Church this afternoon. This evening there was a missionary rally addressed by L)r. \Y. It. Lambuth, one of the missionary secretaries. THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Tiie committee appointed to try C. Ilovey Clyde made the following re port : First. we find the soeeitieations sustained only so far as related to im proper conduct, and second, that part of the specifications sustained does not justify the charge of Immorality. This was signed by all the committee, when the case was recommitted to the com mittee to sot the verdict. This boing done tho verdict was that be be sus pended until May 21, 1001. Business was the watchword of the Conference today. Bishop Hargrove seemed the least bit impatient over tho tardiness of affairs. He Iihs tho reputation of being expert in the dis patch of Conference work. Two transfers were announced by Hlabop Hargrovj, viz, H v. H. 1. Stephens from the Baltimore Confer ence and Rev. Thomas F. Gibson, from tho Western North Carolina Confer ence. These ministers come highly recommended and will he an addition to the ministry of our Stato. Dr. W. F. Tillet, dean of Vanderbllt University, wan Introduced and made a very strong plea in behalf of the Biblloal department of the University. Dr. Tillet is one of the Strongest South orn leaders. A little Bensatlon was caused when Rev. .1. S. Beasley, of the publishing committee of the Southern Christian Advocate, announced that the contract with tho State l'ublishlng Company for the publication of the Advocate had bocn cancelled, and that its publication had been let to Ii. Lewis Berry i. Co., of Orangeburg, for the next four years. The State Publishing Company has tilled but two of their four years. Under the call, " who are admitted on trial," the following young men wero called, their character ami use fulness carefully looked into, and they wero accepted on trial : W. C. Smith, .). It Turnlpaeod, L. I'. McGoo and J. T. Fowler. The following were elected to dea cons' orders by vote o' tho Conference : J. IJ. Craves, K. W. Humphreys, D\ /. .lames, J. C. Strickland and A. F. Holler. The committee on Conference rela tions In their report refused the super numerary relation to A. W. Attaway. and granted the same lo It, C. Boul ware and S. A. Weber. I The graduates for this year are : l>. W. Keller, W. C. Kirkland. .1. C. I ttoper, W. H. Thrower, C. H. Burns and F. H. Hhuler. They wero voted to elders' orders and will bo ordained. A. S. Lesley, who was of this class, failed to appear before the committee and by request ho was continued in tho class of the fourth year. Class of tho third year, as follows : S. 11. Booth, w. A. Palrey, M- Lawson, D. A Patrick, .1 W. Speake. 11. K. Turnip* seed. J. M. Rogers, R. Sojournor, stood an approved examination, their characters were passed and they were advanced to tho class of the fourth year. Tho following young men who were on trial for this year passed their ex amination and were passed into the class of the second year: Hi. Single ton, J.T. Mel'arlan, ?. F. Scogglnn, B. G. Murphy. R. S. Truesdale, F. F. Hodges, J. W Bailey. The board ofchu'ch extension hold Its annual meeting this evening. Bishop Duncan addressed tho body. FOURTH day's PROCEEDINGS, Rev. J. O. Willson conducted the de votional exorcises. Rev. R H. Hag nail, as Is his annual custom, went out of the usual lines In making bis report, and produced great amusement by a poetic address, which was directed to tho Bishop, embodying tho hopes of Mr. Dagnall's itinerant heart. The Bishop frequently requests tho breth ren to speak louder. In a voieo which would have tilled an auditorium several times larger than this bo asked : "Ho you hear me, Bishop? I wish yon to know that I can fill a larf<o ohuroh." Ills romarks wero punctuated by out bursts of laughter, making ono of tho most pleasant Incidents of tho sosslon. Rev. J. R. Noland having accoptod a position In tho Alken graded school, asked that bo bo located. Ills char Kvory cotton planter should write for our valuable ill ust rated pamphlet, "Cotton Culture." It is sent free. S. S..I luitliu an.I address !?> c;i:kmaN kam \v<>kks ,( n,-..?, s?.. n. y. actor w Hs passed und bis request was granted. The Bishop completed the call of the pastoral charges and requested the class of the second your whoso mom burs had been elected to membership In tho Conference, to take position before tho ohanee). Ho then askod the ques tions required by the Discipline, and expounded tho specific duties of a preacher ami pastor. Too q lestions being satisfactorily answorcu, the en tire clas.-, was unanimously elected. Kav. G. H Waddoll, of the ICpworlh Orphanage, requested that smco th& I'hankegtvlng collection, In all or near ly all of the churches was lest through the absence of tlie preachers, Sunday before Christmas be ohservod us Or phanage day. and that collections bo taken for a Christmas ctl'urlng to the Orphanage. It iv. J. M. 1'lkc, formerly in charge of the Ol Ivor Gospel Mission, of Colum bia, and editor of The Way of Faith, who was appointed lo Spring Street Church, Charleston, after tho death of Dr. .*->. I\ II. k.well, applied for re admission to thuConference. Toe. com mittee, on admission reported adversely. Altera statement by Mr. Pike and dis cussion by several members of the Con ference a vote was taken, the Confer ence refusing to grant trie application, hut permission waa gran tod to the pre tduing elder to give him work in ease ho Is needed. The afternoon session was taken up in hearing reports. Hishop Duncan was in the chair. Bishop Hargrove bad called the presiding elders for a short conference. The committee on education in their report asked that tho resolution of a former Conference allowing one bene Hoiary from each presiding cider's dis trict bo rObCindod, and that the sons of ministers be allowed to enter WotTord free of tuition should they enter the Conference US ministers, the Con ference being guarded by each boneli clary signing a note for too tuition and oeing required to pay it should be not engage in the ministry. '1 lie report of the joint board of finance was a revelation to the Con ference, since tno amount contributed lo nearly every benevolence was short of thai contributed lust year. The report of the hoard of missions was read and, among other things, ad - vised the appointment of Kjv. T. C. Llgon to tiie O.iver Mission in Colum bia. Bishop Duncrn ruled that the Conference hud no jurisdiction over this wont, and thoroloro ho could not entertain such advice, ilo road the laws governing tho appointing powers of a Bishop, and ruled that no Bishop COUlu appoint a man to tho O.iver Mission ind editorship of Tne Way of fc'alth. Kev. T. C. O'Djll, of Bamberg, moved iho striking out ol the phfaso, "except incases ol necessity," in re ference to ministers riding on the rail roads. Tills threatened a BtOI'm of argument, but a motion to luy on tho lablo was its death. Charleston and Columbia were placed in nomination for the next session of the Conference, earnest Invitations naving been extended from both places, but Columbia was selected and the vote .vas made unanimous. Columbia had sent its fourtn invitation. ? A graveyard in Dekali) Coun.y, Missouri, bar- a headstone with tho 1 >l lowing Inscription, dedicated to 'ho sorrowing widower: "With grief ice my loving mate is took from me though look by one who ban a rlgnt, to call mo ! when he sees lit.1' On a tombstone at Wayland, Mass., may be seen this I doubtful statement "Here lies the bod) Ol Dr. II ay ward, a man who never voted. Of such Is tho kingdom of heaven " ? <\ peculiar incident was wltnOBSOd in the Bothany Presbyterian church, of Trenton, N. Y. The sermon had a I soporific efl'oot upon Harry Tidd, a voting druggist, ami he fell asleep. While otill In slumber he arose, remcv od his coat, vest and collar and was I about to further disrobe when tho wo nvm In his vicinity screamed. An usher aroused nlm and led him out of I the church. ? In many of the census returns from tho rural districts of the South a largo number of children lo years of age arc reoordod as farm laborers, and under the proper headings it is. stated that they are BO employed eight months and attend school two montos In each year. The South( rn housewives appear In the occupation column as "does hoUSOWOrk" and "minds baby." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tho Signature of OtJIt G HEAT KB T HPM IA LIST, Kor 'JO'yearn Dr J. Newton Hathaway ban An successfully treated ohronio diseas es that he ih ncknowle Igod today to ntadn at (he head of hin profession in this line. Hi9 oxolusivo mothod of treatment for VartCOCOlO and Btricturo, without the aid of kmfc or cautery cures In 00 por cent, el all cases. In the treatment of the loss of Vital Forces. Nervous Disorders, Kidney an.l Urinary Complaints, Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, lthonmatifuri, Catarrh, and dli oases peculiar to ?omon, he is e<)ually successful. Dr. Hathaway a practice 1? . more than double that of anv otnor eiioo-/ iaiist. Cases pronounced helrl*ss by other physicians readily yiold to hid treatment? \VrHo him today fully about your case?^ Ho makes no ohargo for consultation or^ advice, either at his othce or by mail. J. Nowton Hathaway. M. 1)., '11% Houth Ilroad etreet, Atlanta, <Ja;