tuait an faz SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established Apffil, 1850. "Be .Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and .Truth's." TEE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jone I ? 66 Cosolidated Aug. 2S1881 SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9.1901. New Series-Vol. XXI. No. 10 -?-B-H- I ll HIM ll .???????WWI Published Sirory Wednesdays -KT. Gr. Osteen? SUMTER, S. C. TEEMS : per annum-in advance. ADTSRTISSXSHT: One Square first insertion.$1 0( Bvery subsequent insertion. 5( Contracts for three months, or longer wi! be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve privat? interests will be charged foras ad versements Obituaries and tributes of respects will b< charged for. ADMIRAL EVANS CORNERED. An Interesting incident in the Schley Court of Inquiry. Washintgon, October L- The Schley Court of Inquiry made good headway again today, concluding with Admiral Evans and hearing' three new witness? es, although the Testimony of one of them was not concluded when the Court adjourned for the day. The new witnesses were Capt. Sigs? bee, who commanded the scout St. Paul during the Santiago campaign : Thomas M. Dieu aide,, a newspaper corespondent who was on the Texas during the battle of July 3, and Chief Yeoman Gustave EL Becker, who was a clerk to Admiral Sampson during the war. General sympathy was ex? pressed on the part ol members of the Court of Inquiry and those in attend? ance with Judge advocate Lemly be? cause of the death of his sister, which occurred yesterday. Capt. Lemly was present when the Court convened but immediately withdrew. Admiral Evans, recalled, said that when Capt. Chadwick communicated the secret code of signals to him he did not instruct him to give the infor? mation to Commodore Schley. Mr. Raynor asked: "Did you have a conversation with Commodore Schley on July 4, in the course of which you used language as follows:'Did you know that Jack Philip started to run away at the beginning of the battle,' and" to which Commodore Schley re? plied : ' You are mistaken about that, Evans, I saw nothing of the kind. The Brooklyn made a turn and you must see the tactical situation that made it necessary?' " "On thinking over last night what did occur with reference to the Texas I think Commodore Schley and I dis? cussed the position of the Texas when the fight began. I cannot be sure of it, but that I ever intimated that Capt. Philip attempted to run away with the Texas is preposterous on che face of it." "Were not the commanding officers called on board the flagship Brooklyn by signal on the morning of May 29, after the Colon was discovered?" "They were." "What took place at the conference of the commanding officers at that time?" "There was a general talk about the Spanish fleet having been located at last at Santiago. I do not recollect any special conference. I remember having a conversation with Commo? dore Schley about the effect of the fighting batteries on the ships, in which 1 told him of the experience we had had at San Juan and expressed the opinion to him that it was not worth while to risk fighting shore batteries alone. Commodore Schley remarked before we left that he felt the country held him responsible; that the ships should not be risked under the fire of the shore batteries until the Spanish fleet was destroyed." "I want to call your attention to the report of Capt. McCalla, of the Marble head, on page 426 of the appendix, which says : 1 Commodore Schley ex? plained to the commanding officers that in case the Spanish ships came out he wished to concentrate the bat? teries of all the ships on a portion of those of the enemv. During the time the commandng officers were on board the flagship Capt Evans asked Commo? dore Schley if it were his intention to steam at the enemys ships in case they should attempt to come out. Commodore Schley answered, "Cer? tainly", and added words indicative of his intention to attack them as they came out of the narrow defile.' " "I recollect it perfectly." ' ' So there was a plan of battle arrang? ed by Commodore Schley, was there not?" "There is nothing there to indicate it from what you have read." "Was not that the same order that was afterward given by the commander in-chief substantially : 'Close in to? ward the harbor entrance and attack them?' " "You have not read any ting about indicating any plan of battle." Mr. Raynor asked a number of ques? tions intended to show that Admiral Evans's official reports and his present statements as to speed were inconsis? tent. Admiral Evans was also ques? tioned as to his statements concerning the distance the blockading vessels were out at night. He said yesterday that the vessels of the blockading fleet were farther out at night than during the day, and Mr. Raynor read a pre? vious statement from him to the effect that "at daylight we closed in." This the witness said was the exact fact, that after being out farther at night the vessels came in closer at day li grit. While before Cienfuegos or on the way to Santiago did you have any or? ders for battle?" asked Mr. Hanna. "No," responded the witness. "We steamed in column, with flankers on each side." "Had you any instructions as to what to do in case the enemy should appear?" "We had not." Admiral Evans was then excused. Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee told of taking aboard the Cuban Pilot Nunez and said that he did not have great confidence in that individual. His in ' stnictions were to report to Commo? dore Schley that the Spanish squadron probably was in Santiago harbor. He fell in with the flying squadron on the evening of May 26, the squadron then being 20 or 25 miles south of Santiago. He had reported to Commodore Schley "that he knew nothing positively" about the Spanish fleet. He was then asked if he had express? ed his belief to Commodore Schley that Cervera's fleet was out in the har? bor, as reported later by Commodore Schley. The witness replied : * ' I stated that we had seen nothing of the Spanish fleet. I may have stated that I knew nothing positively or absolutely about its movements, but I recited certain events to show that there was a prob? ability of the fleet being in Santiago at that time." Mr. Hanna: "The portion of the question to which I should like to have you give an explicit answer Ts whether you assured Commodore Schley that you believed the Spanish fleet was not in Santiago." "I did not say that I believed it was not there.' I said I had not seen it." "Did you give him any assurance which would point in that direction?" "I made known first my orders from the navy department, which stated that the Spanish fleet was reported to have arrived there." Mr. Hanna read a number of letters, among them being one from Capt. Sigsbee to Commodore Schley, written from Mole St. Nicholas, May 29, in which he said to the Commodore : "Do as you are doing and you will do right." He told the Commodore that the de? partment expected him to exercise great efforts to keep in coal. Mr. Hanna : * ' I wish to ask your at? tention to the clause : 1 Do as you are doing and you will do right. ' What was the flying squadron doing at the time you wrote that letter?" "That was based on the tenor of the cipher telegrams I found at the Mole from the commander-in-chief and from the navy department, urging that the Spanish squadron be held, and that every effort be made to coal ship. I had twice urged on Commodore Schley the importance of taking advantage of that particular kind of weather, stating that it was better than any? thing we had had during my stay off the port." Mr. Raynor then questioned the wit? ness, bringing out the statement that the purpose of his ship being sent to the vicinity of Santiago was to, if pos? sible, locate the Spanish fleet. He said that he had first seen the Spanish vessels in the harbor at Santiago but that when he reported the fact he found the squadron had already made the discovery. Mr. Rayner attempted to quote a statement from Admiral Sampson to the effect that Capt. Sigsbee had said that on May 29 the flying squadron was blockading Santiago twenty-five miles out at sea, but objeci?n was made to bringing Admiral Sampson in and Mr. Rayner asked Capt. Sigs? bee whether he had made that report to anyone at that date. The witness replied in the negative. In reply to a question as to the con? dition of the weather at the time he was at Santiago, Capt. Sigsbee said : "During the 24th, 25th and 26th of May the weather was unsettled : trade condition had been hindered. There was more or less rain and moderately heavy sea on sea on those three days. The Court asked a number of ques? tions of Capt. Sigsbee. These, with the replies, were as follows: "What was the sea on the afternoon and evening cf May 26, when you com? municated with the flying squadron to the southward of the port of Santi? ago?" "The sea was heavy for boats, but it was moderating, that is to say, more moderate than it had been on two days before. I should say, however, it would have been a very difficult job to have coaled from ships alongside that night." By the court :" Did you make any effort to ascertain if the Spanish squadron was at Santiago prior to May 28?" ."Only by extreme watchfulness, that is all." "What information had you com? municated to Admiral Schley on May 26 regarding the whereabouts of the Spanish squadron?" "The department's order to me di-: rected me to state that the Spanish squadron was there, or had been re- ? ported there, and again the circum- ! stantial evidence afforded by the cap? ture of the Restormel after her very peculiar cruise. " "Did you show this dispatch to Commodore Schley on May 26?" "If cannot recollect the act of show? ing itHo him. I presume I did, but that I informed him I remember." Washington, Oct. 2.-An interesting turn was given to the Schley court of inquiry today by the introduction of the first witness in Admiral Schley's behalf. This was Lieut. James J. Doyle, who was watch officer on board the flagship Brooklyn during the war with Spain. The fact that Lieut, j Doyle was put on the stand does not I mean that the navy department had concluded the presentation of its side of the case. Mr. Doyle was called by the department, but as it also had been the purpose of Admiral Schley to summon him, advantage was taken of his presence on the stand to ques tion him as an original witness for "the applicant." He was under examination by Mr. Raynor in the in? terest of the admiral when the court adjourned for the day. ~ Before undergoing examination at Mr. Raynor's hands Lieut. Doyle, at Capt. Lem Ly's request, explained his part in the battle of July 3, and his original entry in the ship's log con? cerning the famous loop and his altera? tion of that entry, because he subse? quently discovered that his first entry had been erroneous. Admiral Evans, Capt. Sigsbee and Correspondent Dieuaide were all re? called for the purpose of correcting their testimony as given yesterday and ali made different statements. THE COURT OF ENQUIRY. Evidence of Doyle in Schley's Favor. ! Washington, Oct. 3.-After Lieut. Doyle, formerly of Commodore Schley's flagship the Brooklyn, had completed his testimony before the Schley court of inquiry today, Capt. William C. Dawson, of the marine corps was call? ed, and he was followed by Lieut. Chas. W. Dyson of the bureau of steam engineering of the navy department. Lieut. Dyson was introduced to testify concerning the coal supply of the flying squadron, but the court ad? journed for the day before he could be heard. At the opening of court, Lieut. Doyle resumed his testimony. Mr. Raynor asked : "What was Admiral Schley's con? duct and bearing at any time either during the bombardment or during the battle of July 3, when his ship was under fire?" CONSIDERED SCHLEY COOL. ''He always struck me as being just about as well possessed as it was possi? ble for anybody to be under those cir? cumstances. ' ' Mr. Raynor then asked the witness whether on July 2, 1898, he had ob? served smoke coming from Santiago harbor over Zocopa hill. Capt. Lemly objected, contending that the certain effect of such ques? tions would be to open the gates for interminable inquiry, and that if one side should enter upon such questions ! the other side also must be allowed to do so. They did not object except for the reason of the time involved. Admiral Dewey said if the question I was confined to the Brooklyn there i could be no objection. Mr. Raynor was then permitted to j ask his question, which he did in the following words : : I "Was the smoke observed on July 2 I by Commodore Schley, communicated to the squadron?" SAMPSON TOLD OF SMOKE. The reply was: "Smoke was observ? ed rising in the harbor on July 2, and my impression now is, and always has been |since that night, that that in? formation was conveyed to the com madner-in-chief. " The witness was then requested to' give a brief account of the part ta? ken by the Brooklyn in the battle of July 3, which he did, repeating much that he had said yesterday. Describing the chase of the Colon, Lieut. Doyle said the Spanish ship had secured a lead of five or six miles. "The order was given to cease firing and to come out of the turrets and take a 4 spell' during the chase of the Colon. The Oregon, during that chase, and while we were on the top of the turret, was directed to try her 13 inch guns on the chase, which she did, and the shots fell short. In a little while they were tried again and came a little closer. " Admiral Dewey-"Directed by whom?" "By Commodore Schley. sir, by wig wag signal as I remember it." Admiral Dewev-"You saw that signal?" "Yes, sir; I saw the signal being made." Admiral Benham-"Did you read ! the signal?" "I did not, but I understood what it was; and, if I am not mistaken, it was McCauley, an ensign we had on board, who made the signal himself." Lieut. Doyle, during cross-examina? tion, said that while he had" seen the shore lights at night at Cienfuegos, he had never suspected that they were signals. He told of seeing: three horse men on the shore during the day time. "We regarded them as Spanish cavalry," he said, "and they were so brazen that some one suggested that we should stir them up a bit, but we did not fire at them." In response to Mr. Hanna's ques? tions Lieut. Doyle said that upon approaching Santiago on the evening of May 28 the squadron had lain to for the night about seven miles off Santiago, but he thought that the Marblehead and the Vixen had been placed on picket duty for the night. The log, however, showed no record of this latter fact.. The afternoon session of the Schley court began with inquiries concerning the wig wag signal to the Oregon from the Brooklyn to fire her 13 inch gun. The witness said that he was sure that he had seen the signal made, but that he was unable to find an entry of the I signal in the ship's log. Reading the log he found a notation of several signals and then a note, saying that "other unimportant signals had been made." Ship Subsidy Bill Condemned. Boston, Oct. 2.-Resolutions con I demning the ship subsidy bill and calling upon congress to kill tho meas? ure were x>assed by the convention of the Spinners' Association of America today. The proposition to amalgamate all the workers unions in America was discussed and the spinners voted to join the National Textile Workers of America. The employment of women and minors in the factory between the ! hours of O p. ni. and 6 a. m. was de I nonnced and it was voted to request ; the legislature at its next session to I enact a measure prohibiting the em \ ployment of women and minors, ex ; cepting in the day time. Dublin. Oct. 1. At a meeting of the j United Irish League in Dublin today ; jhe lord mayor of Dublin presiding, a ! letter of apology for absence was read I from William O'Brien. .M. P., who ex ; pressed a hope that "if the king visits j Ireland next year, the league will arouse a spirit which will convince his ma? jesty that he has come among a people discontented and disaffected to the core, only needing arms and training of the Boers to testify to their hatred of England's rule with eloquence equal to that of the unconquered South African republics." CONDITION OF COTTON CROP. U. S. Department of Agriculture Forecasts a Short Crop. S Washington, Oct. 3.-The following monthly report on the condition of the cotton crop was issued today by the statistician of the department of agriculture : m The monhtly report of the statis? tician of the department of agriculture shows the average condition of cotton on Sept. 25 to have been 61.4 as com? pared with 71.4 on the 24th of August, 67 on Oct. 1, 1900 : 62.4 at the corres? ponding date in 1899 and 70.3, the mean of the October averages of the last ten years. Rarely has so general an impairment of condition been reported as the de? partment's various crop reporting agencies unite in bearing witness to this month. There was a decline of 9^ points in Virginia and North Caro? lina, 13 in South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee, 8 in Georgia and Louisiana, 10 in Alabama and Arkan? sas, 22 in Mississippi ; 5 in Texas, ll Oklahoma, 15 in Indian Territory and 14 in Missouri. While the condition in Georgia and Louisiana is still 1 point above the ten year averages of those States, the reports from every other cotton grow? ing State and territory compare un? favorably with the average October conditions for any considerable series of years. The extent to which the various States fall below their respec? tive ten year averages is as follows: Virginia 3 points, South Carolina 2, North Carolina and Florida 8, Ala? bama 7, Mississippi 4, Tennessee ll and Texas and Arkansas each 18. The condition in Indian Territory is 9 points and in Oklahoma 16 points below the means of the October aver? ages of the last five years and that in Missouri 19 points below the mean of the last eight years. The averages of conditions in the different States are reported as fol? lows: Virginia, 73 North Carolina 63, South Carolina 67, Georgia 73, Flor? ida 65, Alabama 65, Mississippi 66, Louisiana 72, Texas 51, Arkansas 51, Tennessee 60, Missouri 61, Oklahoma 57, Indian Territory 61. WEEKLY CROP REPORT. Washington, Oct. 1.--Following is the last weekly summary of crop condi? tions to be issued by the weather bu? reau this season : The temperature conditions of the week ending September 30, were high? ly favorably throughout the central valleys, lake region, middle Atlantic States and New England, and no dam? aging frosts occurred in these districts. Excessive rains interfered with farm work in portions of the south Atlantic and east Gulf States. The week was favorable for maturing and gathering corn and reports from the principal States indicate that a much larger acreage than usual at this date has been cut. The crop is now practically safe from frost in all dis? tricts. The weather conditions in the cot? ton belt have been very favorable for picking except over portions of Geor? gia, Florida and North Carolina, where this work has been retarded to some extent by rains of the latter part of the week. Picking has progressed rap? idly in the central and western dis? tricts where cotton has opened rapid? ly, the bulk of the crop beiDg gather? ed in some sections. Over the eastern portion of the cotton belt the low tem? peratures of the week have damaged the staple in portions of North Caro? lina, Georgia and Florida, while the sea island crop of South Carolina is suffering from drought. In Texas late cotton is being damaged by boll weevil and other insects and the out? look for top crop is very poor. Only a small part of the tobacco crop and that in Kentucky and Ten? nessee remains unhoused. The reports generally indicate that this crop has been secured in a satisfactory condi? tion. A NEGRO DECAPITATED. Rock Hill, Oct. 2.-Yesterday morn- j ing about fourth of a mile east of j Ebenezer, Frank Dunlap, a negro man, was instantly killed while riding along the road eating his breakfast. He, with two other men, were hauling to the works of the Catawba Power Company one of the immense? horse? shoe shaped iron pieces which will make up part of one of the big wheels. It was loaded upon a scaffold built up from the wagon so as to throw the load clear of the wheels. Dunlap with another negro was sitting upon the wagon, one at each end. Dunlap was eating his breakfast. Although the iron weighed more than 3,500 pounds its support was, according to author? ity, sufficient, but at this point one of the timbers broke and both negroes fell to the ground. At bis end of the wagon the great iron slid down upon Dunlap and shaved off half of his head, mashing it into the ground. So instantly did death come that not a sound was heard. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above. This makes the fifth death in connection with the building of the big dam. Tho negro who was shot there one night last week may possibly live. Nev/ Method of Curing Hay. Some of the local farmers are trying this year a plan for curing their pea vine hay suggested by a westerner who has recently come to this section to farm. The plan is very simple. It is to pack and press the peavines while perfectly fresh, press them so tightly as to exclude the air. They will then euro with out spoiling and be of a su? perior quality when opened in tho win? ter. If the plan is successful in this country it will mean a great deal for the farmer and more for his stock. Those who have tried it have promised j to give us the benefit of their experi ence.-Florence Times. THE WAR IN AFRICA. /FTER TWO YEARS OF WAR THE BOERS ARE UNCONQUERED. London, Oct. 1.-Within two weeks the war in South Africa will have en? tered upon its third year, and in the face of a recrudescence of organized operations by the Boers and of the im? possibility of carrying out Mr. Brod rick's premise to reduce the war ex? penses by sending home some troops, the government organs are again be? coming restless. There is a mystery surrounding the operations and the whole situation in Natal, and the] denials and evasions of the war office concerning the alleged friction between Mr. Broderick and Lord Kitchener fo:rm the subject of editorial protests on all sides. "We have the right to expect," says The Standard, "that the government will lose no time in sending out such ample reinforcements as the military chiefs on the spot deem necessary'. ' The Daily Mail, which finds evi? dence that Lord Kitchener is in a diffi? cult predicament and fears that the government is delaying reinforcements out of a desire to avoid summoning parliament to vote the necessary sup? plies, warns the government that if this be the case a grave risk is being run. Similar protests are made on all sides. The Times after reminding the gov? ernment of the ' ' repeated blunders and miscalculations which have cost the empire such a terrible price," says: "A third campaign has now opened in South Africa and there is no sign that the government is doing anything to prepare for possibly the dragging out of the war for several months more. Already it is too late to pro? vide such a mobile force as would be adequate this autumn. Is the govern? ment doing anything to provide it even if months hence, and if not what possible excuse can the government urge for this negiect?" The War in South Africa. London, Oct. 2.-Lord Kitchener to? day reports that two officers and thirty one men have been killed in an attack made on Col. Kekewich's camp at Moedwill. The Boers, who were under DeLarey and Kemp, had 14- officers and 114 men killed and wounded after two hours of night fighting, when the Boers were driven off. The Boer reverse at Moedwill occur? red Sept. 29. The Boers are reported to have been 1,000 strong. Lord* Kitchener, in his dispatch, says the British repelled the attack with great vigor. Coi. Kekewich was slightly wounded in two places. He says that all ranks behaved extremely well. The wounded were taken to Rustenburg half way between Pretoria and Mafek? ing. Lord Kitchener confirms the heavy losses of the Boers, about 250 killed and 300 wounded, during their attack on Fort Itala and Fort Prospect. He says the guns recently captured at Vlakfontein have been recovered from the Boers. Triple Alliance in Danger. Vienna. September 30.-According to the semi-official papers of Vienna and Budapest. Austria-Hungary will refuse to renew the commercial treaties with Germany on the basis proposed in the new German tarin? bill. The Hungarian organ, the Magyar Nemzet, asserts that M. Koloman de Szell in notifying Germany to this effect explained that if Germany ex? cludes Hungarian products Hungary must not only close her frontier to Germany, but also to the Balkan States, which might have grave politi? cal effects and drive the Balkans into the arms of Russia. This paper as? serts that the Hungarian premier is acting in agreement with Count Golu chowski, the Austro-Hungarian minis? ter of foreign affairs. There is good reason to believe that the foregoing statements are in the main correct: and, as sucha tariff war would endanger the stability of the Triple Alliance, the news has caused a sensation. DISPENSARY CLAIM REJECTED. Washington, Oct. L-Commissioner Yerkes of the internal revenue has re? jected the claim of the State of South Carolina for the refund of the taxes paid by the state agents as wholesale and retail liquor dealers, amounting to something over $7,000. The^ com? missioner formally announced his de? cision in a few words without entering into any argument, as the case is now before the court of claims where the department will present its views. The claim of the state was that the control of the liquor traffic was one of the State instrumentalities in securing the welfare of the people and as such it was exempt from the taxation under the constitution. EMMA GOLDMAN TO SPEAK. Chicago, Oct. L- - The speech which Leon Czolgosz claims inspired him To assassinate the president will he re? peated by Emma Goldman here Thurs? day night. Czolgosz heard this lec? ture in Cleveland and Miss Goldman said today she wished to give the pub? lic a chance to see if there was any? thing incendiary in it. So deep has bren the feeling against the anarchists that not until yesterday were the "Reds'* able to secure a hall at any price. Chief of Police O'Neil said he would have detectives in the hall to preserve order and keep the speakers within proper bounds. It is stated in the Northren papers that ex-Congressman1 Edward R. Ridgely, of Kansas, is now cooking and doing chores for his board and a place to sleep in Lawton, Oklahoma. LYNCH LAW IN MONTANA. White Man Taken From Jail in Helena and Hanged. Helena, Mont, Oct 2.-James Ed? ward Brady, the man who assaulted Ida Pugsley, 5 years of age, in Helena yesterday, was this morning about 1.30 o'clock taken from the jail by a mob and hanged to a telegraph pole* in the Haymarket square about three blocks from the jail. The crowd was orderly and after the man had been hanged quickly dispersed. There were about 200 men engaged in the affair and they were all masked. They attacked the :ail door with a battering ram, and it soon yielded. On gaining admittance, they demand? ed at the point of a gun the keys of the jailer or threatended if he did not yield the man they would kill him. I The jailer then got the man out of his cell and he was given to the mob. When they first took him, Brady said : "What is it gentlemen?'* The march to the hanging place was quiet. Brady was given a chance to say a word. He declared that they had the wrong man, although he had been positively identified by his victim and a score of other persons who had seen him with the child. He also ask? ed that some money that was due him from the Montana "Central railroad be sent to a niece and then he was pulled up. The end of the rope was tied to a pole and the crowd dispersed. Later Sheriff McConnell cut the body down and placed it in a coffin. There will be an investigation today. Riot and Bloodshed in China. Washington, Oct. 2.-The state de? partment received today a cablegram from United States Consul McWade at Canton, China, confirming the report? ed uprising in the Singling district. The dispatch follows : Canton, Oct. 2. Secretary of State, Washintgon. General Wu, with 1,500 soldiers, routed Triad, rebel, in Singling dis? trict, Swatow, killing 200 and captur? ing and decapitating many prisoners. German mission burned. German mis? sionaries fled safely to Hongkong. (Signed) McWade. This dispatch taken in connection with previous advices the department has had from Minister Conger leads to the belief that the Boxers have had nothing to do with the present out? break, but that it is a local distur? bance growing out of famine conditions which the Chinese government can suppress. THE TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. Great Gathering of Bishops, Cler? gy and Laity of the Episcopal Church. j San Francisco, Oct. 2.-The triennial convention of Episcopal bish? ops, clergy and laity, was inaugurated at 7:30 a. m., with the celebration of the holy communion in the local Epis? copal churches. At ll a. m. the con? vention was formally opened at Trinity church with solemn religious exercises. Seventy-five assembled in the guild room of the church and put on their robes. They then formed in procession and leaving the guild room marched up Bush street to the main entrance of the church, continuing up the centre aisle. The choir sans: the processional hymn while the bishops moved along and the introit of the service was in? toned. Communion followed the preparatory prayers and the religious offices concluded with-the recessional Bisohp Doane was the celebrant. The convention sermon was preached by Bishop Morris of Oregon, the senior attending bishop. It was nearly 4 o'clock when Rev. Dr. Hutchins, secretary of the last house, called the convention to order and called the roll. The result show? ed a very large attendance of both clergy and laity. Rev.-Jos. Lindsay of Massachusetts was elected president of the house of deputies. Rev. Dr. Hutchins was unanimously elected secretary of the honse. In the house of bishops Bishop Dud? ley of Kentucky was elected chairman and Dr. Samuel Hart secretary. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Postmaster J. C. Robertson, of Cowpens, Spartanburg County, for embezzlement. HOT TEA BISCUIT Perfect, Delicious, Appetising.