The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 24, 1894, Image 1

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khhbbv jt ^ ?-?? H^r ^ J-r ? K " ' \ 1 J)t9CUi t? AffHMUwt, HbrHwttur^, Dommtie Kconotny, PoliU LU^ratul*t Potitio* and tht Current. Nrv$ ik? Bay^ ^r^PTO^&y.-NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1894. NUMBER 34. ?? __ . ??. ?? i ? An estimate of tho clmritablo bequests in England dnring 1893 puta the total sum at about $7,000,009. Official Gorman reports show that tho number of doaths caused by light* ninghavo beon increased by about 200 per cent, from tho eoason of 1870 to 1882. Tho author attributes this to tho gradual disappcaranco of forests and to tho greater uso of motals in building construction. Lightning protectors liavo yielded excellent results in most cases, and it is dcemod essential that all high buildings should bo provided with them. The Russian Ministry of Justice is considering a system of providing State-paid people's attorneys for the gratuitous defence of tho poor in criminal nnil civil cnaoa Tl in nrrvti. I mcnt in that wherever tho State provides a prosecutor, it ought nlso to provide no ndvoeato for the accused. This practice already exists in AustroHungary in the form of cx-offlcio counsel; hut this is for criminal cases only. An association exists in Vienna to provide counsel for tho poor in civil cases. A curious an?l interesting fact given by tho Registrar-General in his statistic f?*r I?9:j is that in tho Celtic portions of tho Uuitod Kingdom the proportions of tho female births is much higher than it is in tho nou-Celtio portions. Tho highest proportions are found in Cumberland, Cornwall and Nortli Wales, while South Wales is only a little way down in tho list and lias a proportion considerably above tho average for the whole couutry. The proportion of female births is higher in Ireland and .Scotland than in England. Tho rich frosooing 011 the wnlls ol the room of tho Committoo on Nnvnl Affairs in tho Capitol at Washington attract* a groat deal of attention from visitors. Conspicuous on tho walls aro a half dozen fouialo figures, which show remarkable artistic skill, and ara also wonderful for tho peculiar beauty of tho face and form of each figuro. It is apparent at almost a glnnco that one model served for tho whole group. The painting was douo by llruuiidi, tho famous Italian artist, and tlu model was the artist's lovely wife. The late President Carnot was notified nearly every day durin? his term of office that he would ho assassinated. More than 20 )0 suc'.i threats reacho.l him in scvon years. As tho Atlanta Constitution observes I10 literally faced death every day, and yet I10 went about with a smiling face, shirking none of his duties, and making one of the bent rulers that r r mco over had. Tho French Prcsiilent was a grent man, a bravo mau, and made of the genuine martyr stuff. Few men could have endured his mental strain for so many years without breaking down. It would be hard to find a nobler example for all men in whatever station who bear great responsibilities and have important duties to discharge. Life was sweet to Caruot, but he never weighed it in the balance against principle and duty. Tho daily threat of murder never caused him to waver or halt. Ho lived and died without fear and without reproach. The diroct and indirect lossos caused by tho recent strike will perhaps exotoo nnn nan 'Pi.? LUUH 1 11(1 a I CnilUMlb l/l ouo of the largest railway corporat ions in the country is reported as spying: The earnings of tbo railroad companies of tbo Western roads foil off in two weeks an average of at least twentyfive per cent. The pay rolls that were stopped will represent a loss to employes of, let us say, at least six times as much as that su lie rod by tbo companies. Hundreds of factories woro obliged to close from lack of coal or coke. Tbo wages lost in tboso were five times tbe amount lost by tbo manufactories. The beef companion lost hundreds of thousands and California and other fruit crops were either temporary or total losses, 'J'ho following is not fill unfair recapitulation of losses, I think: The United States Government.... $ 1,0JO,000 Loss in earnings of railroads centering in Chicago 3,000,000 Loss in oarntngsof other railroa Is. 2,500,00) Loss Y>y destruction of railwty properly 2,500,000 Loss to railway employes in wages 20,000,000 Loss in exports, pro luce una merchandise 2,000.000 Loss in fruit crops 2,500,000 Lossto varied manufacturing companies 7,500,000 Loss to employes .15,000,000 Logs to merchant8 on quick goo is 5,0 > ),0:i > Total ?H| ,000,000 To this must bo atbleil loss from 1 what woultl have been incroaseil sttrnmcr traffic ami manufacture.I goo.Is for tho coming season. The Heal shoving will easily bo moro than filOO.OOaOfM) l1 A NEW RAILROAD. Abbeville, Pelzer and Piedmont to be United > by Iron Links. Bblton, S. C.?A meeting of the exaoutivo committee uu<l promoters of 1 the proposed Abbeville, Pelzer and Piedmont Railroad was held hero. < About twenty-live prominent citizous ] from the points in to rested wore pros- 1 ent, among theui being Col. J. L. Orr, < of Piedmont, Capt. E. A. Smyth, of I Pelzer, and a strong delegation from . 1 n.... \v'..o* * : i , - I ' A/IU) IT vnv, nilU it un> 11 in mi Alt MlN l() Utf embraced in the route to be selected. ' The meeting Appointed a committee of seven to confer with the authorities \ of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern \ Railroad in regard to making a survey ] and taking charge of the road after the ] grading shall hnvo beeu completed, i The members present obligated themselves to pay all the expenses of sur- < veying two routes, one from Piedmont, 1 Pel/.or ami Helton to Abbeville by way j < of Craytonville, Annie and Autreville, j and the other way of llonca Path t i and Duo West, the most practicable j I route to bo selected. It is understood | ] that tho Georgia, Carolina and North- I i crn Road will take charge of and oper- : i ate tho proposed lino if tho commmii- i ties through which it may pass will do , | the grading, and on account of tho 1 level condition of the country to bo traversed this task will be a conipara- j lively light one. ! Committees were also appointed to j draw up a petition b>r presentation to ; the Legislature asking thai ihe power of taxation for this purpose be conferred upon the communities interested, and to secure a charter and advertise the project as i squired by law. t The men interested in the road are very much in earnest, ami the prospects of successful work are very good. , PYROTECHNICS OFF HATTER AS \ Capt. Crossman of the At/ianca Sees More ' Electricity than Ever Before. Nkw Youk City.?Capt. Grossman , of the steamship Allianea of the Col- ( unihia line, says that he has never seen > in his thirty-tive years' experience at ( sea a more gorgeous electrical storm , than th it he passed through otl" Cape 11 attorns on tho North Carolina cutlet <m Friday night. Out of tho clouded tikv thero came a scries of flashes of varied linos. Klcctricul showers fell into the sea for scverul hours. Tho eud of the display resembled the simultaneous discharge of a million rocketa. Then followed darkness and torreuts of rain. Cupt. Hansen of the Norwegian fruit steamer ltunan, which arrived from Baracoa likened the electrical display to un immense sun, varying in brightness from a dull grow to an intense light, with intermittent flushes across ' its face and around it. At one time it looked as though it were draped on both sides with an immense double i curtain of light, which came and went ( at frequent iutervalsduriug the storm's < progress. i There were innumerable smaller I bright spots and patches, which kept i rovolviug around the large one. When they seeiued to lose themselves in tho s tea they were replaced hy others. 1 SOUTHERN INVENTIONS. \ "Wasminoton, 1). C.?Patents havo , Seen granted to tho following meri- i torioiiK Southern inventions: ( Method of preserving citrous fruits, ? Duvi?l A. Walker, dr., Charleston.K. 0. ,] Itailwny brake. It. If. Bulloch, and J. W. Milliard, Savannah, (in. Adjustable ^rutc for street cars, Lorenzo It. (Jodwiu, Memphis, Tenii. Self waiting till >le, Wuoilsim It. f Cuinmings, Critz, Vu. < Air hrukc, Jno. I). P. Seheuek, i Nashville, Telia. ] F,limine eroKsheuil, Arthur 'I'. Snoil- ' grass, Dotheii, A In. t Churn, It. E. Van Court, Elkton, t Yn. i Porinblo awning for vessels, Michael ' Enright, Norfolk, Vu. t Cotton gin, Ihiniel Ilavnes, Scaly, < Texas. 1 ltail way ear fender, Eiail Keninitz, t Memphis, Ten 11. > I ... 1. 1. MM 1? * " i tf ihhun, iMIH'V 1>. Hl'HROIl, I'D# ( Worth, 'IYxuh. t Saw lilino machine, Win. I>. Allen, Allciitown, Lit. Ilnriicss <>r oilier utruji, Win. W. J>ns s, Home, (in. I im ( Afore About Vanderbitt's Mansion. li Tli-rc lire ilntn nhoiit llie |>Iirnoinemil mnnsimi (it-nr^c \'|| i It I t-r) >i 11 is 1 > 11 i I < 1 - | in^ lit A sin ville, N. ('.: It Iiiikii frontnor of KM! feet mid is I ,H00 feet nrnii ml. The cmitrui t for slntino its roof is snitl to lie tin- Iiii"?i?-st one iiikIi-itnheii in this country. It will ret|iiire 1,100 v 8i|iiiires of slnte, ene'ii st | mi re eont I i n i no ' 100 si|iuire feit A i'eiiiisy I viinin j l-iiili'oml i ] : >| > lit A It on mi, I'n., hits the ne\t Inr; i -I ri.of.i-ontiiiiiinoTtillsiiiiiiies of' hlnli\ 'I'll*? I ?n 11?11 i?'t 11 ?i 11 is I'J !?y7"?, llllll it i'Stl'llils to llli' top of !!) liollsr. Mr. \ ii11 i< loilt lins Stl'l I'lnplovrrs on ( tlio pIiH'r, wliirh in iiifii i'ovi i . .".il.lHHf ' nrrrs. 'I'li'tr ii|*?? iiIi'i imI v i'oti>t I'llt l oil " sixty mill s of iiiiii'inIn111ivr< <I roml. lioiisi* iili > 111 \m hi i *! i if ** * 111 iv lliorr i^loll iii! loom 1 Iiiiii ii:i fiitiro lilorK of h North- ' ?i n rity. v ? ? - - I T,.n Tnrrilile Dm inhf in Dl in Coi.v miu's, (). - Till- State crop I mi II? t in kIiiiivh that cxi't |>t in it lew ci nt r.t 1 districts there Iims beill llo relief iii>lil ii I lit* terrible drought, iiml the elVeet |m mi the crops is disastrous. ('<>iii is shriveling up and on the iiphiiulH is h total failure. Klcwhcre half a crop k may lie scoured iiinlcr fuvorahle coinli- ^ lions from now on. Kven trees nro living ami wells iiml springs are drying up. Pastures nro ilen<l and fanners ^ ure feeding their cattle. The potato f crop is eertainly ruined. Ihiekwheat is poor and tobacco is tiring badly. A pI des are falling and grains alone prom- '' iso a fair yield. " HELD TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Judge Aldrich Decides Against the Dispensary Laws of 1893. Aiken, H. C.?The South Carolina ilispenanry ease met with defeat again. The arguments on the application of T. V. George and G. T. Holley, dispensar and hia clerk, for a writ of prohibition against the mayor of the city i>f Aiken to prevent him front trying 9 iid dispenser ami his clerk for viola* b ug an ordinance of the city relating to the sale of lhptor, was heard on I'ueaday last. The isHlli' of tlli? eonst itill ion?1 if v of the law was squarely made by both parties ami uh squarely mot by Judge Aidrich iii an opinion of twenty-eight pages, in which ho fully discusses the law bearing on the issues before him. After ]>laiuly ami equivocally de? L*lurithe law of 1S{)3 to bo utieonstit itioiial ho discusses the right of the city of Aiken to pass any ordinance regulating the, salo of liquor, qiirituoiis, malt or vinous. The judge further decides that the city of Aiken lias no right to paws any ordinance reg- j dating the sale of the liquor above ' mentioned, and consequently that the mayor is without power to try the disensir and his clerk, and enjoins him [lerpetually from so proceeding. This gives accidental prohibition, aire and simple, and will enable tbo iinyor to close the dispensary here by njunctioii from Judge Aldrich. the udge of the circuit. I THE ORIENTAL RUMPUS. China and Japan Are Both Concentrating I Troops in Ccrea in Large Numbers. London.?The correspondent of tlio rimes at Shanghai telegraphs that 12,100 Japanese troops from Fusau and ind 8,000 from Ynensan are marching I toward Seoul, the capital of Cores. Fusau is the chief port of Kiung >nng-l)o, the Southeastern l'rovinco jf Cores and Ynensan is in the Northeastern port of the kingdom. The rsung-Li-Yameii, the supreme conn*i 1 of the empire, have guaranteed the safety of foreigners in the interior. EACH HAS llObD OE ONE END. London.?The Shanghai correspondent of the Central News, says that ill* n i<-^iiij'U ll lit" III |r? ft ill I M ?| |(M | by the Japanese in the Mouth and by | Ihe ChineKO in. the North, and that; both tin; Japanese and the Chinese refuse to transmit news dispatches. It s calculated that China will have <10,t()U soldiers in Corca beforo the close September. JAPAN AND CHINA. lor rowing Millions of Dollars to Conduct Their Wars. Yokohama, Japan.?The Japanese ire blocking the passes in the north of 'orea with the view of preventing the ntranee of Chinese troops. The Japinese fleet is sei'kintfthe ('hinese fleet. ,'p to the present tin- search has been insuccessful. I>1?ici.in, (Skhmanv.?Thelterlin Post lays that a Chinese loan of 000,000 ins been undertaken on the security of i... /M.; i ii*- \ 111 i nr>? * 111111 11 iiii*- unrn. v iiiini Mints to raise London, Knoi.and. - The Shanghai orrespomleiit of t he Cent rnl News says hat, 1?v Imperial decree, the .Japanese iovernmeiit has authorized the loan of 5.">0,0n0,000, which will all In; raised in I apan. The Wagner Cur Shops Shut Down. 1 li'KKAi.o, N. Y. ? The Wagner ear (hops at Last lhilValo have closed down, iwing to the husiliess de]>ression and he absence of demand for ears. Over 1,000 men are thrown out of work. The Wagner Works were among tlm irst to feel the ellVrtsof the depression hat swept over the country last sum* iter ami which has since continued. The force was reduced from time to imc until finally it #wns decideil to dose the works until business revives, i'ery few orders have been received mice spring Mini tlio nu'ii nt work vrro employed chielly in repairing old ill's. The company hopes to bo nl?l< .o rostiiiio in tiliout i mouth. Pardon far Coxeyites. |{\i,riMoiti:, Mi>.- At ii conference etweeii (Sovci'iior lli'own, Attorney <a li< I'll I Coenild counsel for the one ill in I rei I imprisoned ('oxevites, it was "feed 11 in t t lie jjovern liielit would parlou nil, except Christopher Columbus ones mid ".Millshall" MeKee, who wil >e held for the purpose of testing the i^lit of the State to t:iko tlicni from heir employment and imprison them dthout trial. Melxee refused to ncept the pardon ollered by the povernk nt, conditioned upon their leaving lie State. Conductor Goodman Gets 18 tears. A special 11*4>m Covington, Va., says: 'olid net or (ioodmau, t he sla ver of Co|. I. ('. I'arsons, was found guilty of uirder in the second decree, and veil i.ohteeii years in tie* penitent in ry. lie prisoner bore up with reinarkabh' i.... . i... i i. i i . . I : il'i'. vlioi-toml I*v 11i111 111 1111 11i. I'ollliU', WIIM ?lll | V 1*11!-1M * I. Trying io Burn a Town. Tlntv iiirrmliiiry fir?*:? <ni Kriilny iu'lil nl I'M*uenee, S. were put out it It only S'JJMtt) iliunupe. Thirty t liri'i' mi'ii, witli <l??psiiiii] i;nn , illnl t lit i-i Iii iii - in < 'mi Inert comity, i.e. Two lisliciiii< it wen- ilvowneil olV Villvi rsoii I'oint, lienr New heme, N. . 1111II lip ii pule Weilliesilnv ufteniooli. President ( levelniiil in at (irny (Jules, Miissueliiisetts, ill from inuliiriu ml overwork. BAST FIBERS. THE UNCUL T/lfA TED ONES OF THE UNITED STATES. The U. S. Department of Agriculture Issue Something Ver/ Interesting on Fiber Culture. COYTON-STAIiK KIRBR. The cr.tloa plant of Southern agriculture,* fifo.ixi/piurn hcrOaceuin, ?1ho belongs to the Malracnc, und it may not bo known, generally, that itu stalks contain fiber ot good <piality. In the collection of libera Kent to tho Paris Fxpoition of 18K1) was a fine example of the ttber of the cotton stalk, from a plant gr-oyp b; l'ev, J. B. Gordon, of Georgia, prepared by the American Consolidated Fiber Company, from a green stalk, sixty days fl'otn date of planting. In the letter transmitting the specimen it was stated that the fiber ih not only good for thread, but for a thousand Other purposes; it is a splendid liber for paper also, as it will not tear as easily as that made from wood pulp or rrtgs," Tlu re is no doubt that this fiber would mukeau admirable twine,though its use in "thread" is somewhat overstated. It possesses fair strength, specimens 1 have examined by hand tests appearing somewhat stronger than jute. The fiber of old stalks that have stood in the Held is of varying shades of russet ;? color, while that from fresh stalks is a yellow white. The antagonism of the farmers of the South to the jute trust, in 181)0, called renewed attention to unutilized southern libers for the manufacture of bagging with which to bale the cotton crop, the price of bagging having been advanced from 7 to 12 cents per yard. Various fibers were suggested an substitutes for the India product, and among them the bast of cotton stalks, which, it wascluimcd,could be supplied "Iroin the 18,0(10,000 acres of cotton fields" in cultivation in the Soutu. Among those who experimented with this liber in manufaetiiro was William K. Jackson, of Augusta. Chi., who gave conxuiernnlo attention to the enterprise, u company having been organi/.ed to curry on the work. According to statements made by Mr. .Tnekson, the liber was separated "on a inaeliine which was indented and perfected for South American fiber experiments," the name of the inventor not having been given. The principle consisted in "running the baat between a corrugated drum revolved by an eccentric attachment on a similarly corrugated concave^" jl, the charge between being win H i"v a flowing stream of water to wash away the residue of g un and bark." No statements wero made as to the method of harvesting the stalk, although the sample of liber submitted was said to have been made from stalks that had been gathered late in February, after exposure to the weather for several months. The fiber produced roin the e stalks was sent to J. C. L'odd, of I'atvrson, N. J., for manufacture, a few yards having been prepared experimentally. During a visit to the factory in Futerson.a few mouths I .? .. I *11. 1 . A* At. . Ill 1 ilf 1 II* lll'll? HI htTllIU IIOII1 lilt* loom whence it was made a small specimen of the bagging, which is preserved in the collect ion of the Depurtincut. The fiher, which allowed fair strength, was reddish in color, or u Wright rusict, though the sample exhibited at l'aris approached nearer to straw color. Naturally the proposednew industry created considerable interest in the South, and the i?rediction was made that when properly developed it would liecome a source of great wealth to the Southern people. It was proposed to place the decorticating machiues in sections of the country convenient to the hugging mills, that the tilier might he prepared, haled, and shipped us economically as possible. It was also claimed that the water or steam power employed in running the ginscottld he used to operate the lihre machines. I.ike in>i 11 v* iit 11if si 11111:ir cnt iTiu iscK tin* >iitti<*i|>>it<>?I results wort* imt realized, whether through the failure of the decorticating machine to turn cult the liher at economical cost, or for other reasons, can not he stated. I do not think that the maeliine question was altogcther at the bottom of the ditliculty, considering the kind of raw material that the maeliines were exjieetecl to work upon. A machine constructed to operate upon straight, clean stalks half an inch or more in diameter, grown rapidly and close to gether in the- held, like hemp stalks, could hardly he expected to work smoothly upon 'In* rough, irregularly shaped branches and often crooked material that, would be yielded by cotton plants grown primarily for lint cotton. I am <>l the opinion that the harvesting of such rough and uneven material could uo1 lie . .eeoinplishcd at. economical cost, e\en if such stalks or branches could be.success fully cleaned. In a recent letter I am unformed that the enterprise has not been altogether aliiimloiictl, llioiiirli nothing has been tic*i*?>111)>Iivlt< <I lov scvcriil years, so far IIS I I'll II ll ll I'll. ('I'o In; roiitiliiieil.) Another flij Timber Stile. A special from A hcvillc. N. ('., si lt licit tli- I:i 'I > -itI estate trans action iii \* li it'll \\ > I in North ('arc 11mi is ielI'K'sti'iI involves *>| I 1,11(1(1, tIn <l? nl 1 i 11I'liiisiiiniiiiiti'il mi tie '.Mli inst. I In- Itiicls sii|iI coin prise wli.il i Known n s tie Whittii'i' tract, ninl con sists of 7H,(I(HI acres in Swain comity. I'll. piirchnsci is t In-I 'orci^ii 11 aril w iiml laio ('o., a New ^ ork ('or|ioration whose 1111r|ii>sc i t to erect mills ami carry on an esti ir-ive lumber business. The \\ hitt iert ract is rceo^ni/.cil as one of tin I'liic t hardwood boiimlai ies in in I In Sunt h Over 200,000 postal cards are urcu every day in the United States. , i THE SOUTH ON A SOLID BASIS. Grain Crops that will Bring More Money than a 9,000,000 Cotton Crop. Baltimore, Mi>.?Letters from near ly two hundred Southern bankers, neat tered all the way from Maryland to Texas, in regard to the crop prospect and business conditions in the South, ire published in tlio Manufacturers' Record. With one or two exceptions these letters report an unusually satisfactory outlook for the agricultural and general business interests of tin entire South. The decline in the price of cotton two or three years ago forced Southern farmers, who could not continue to borrow money in advance on their crops as freely as before, to pay more attention to the raising of their own food supplies. The result lias been a steady decrease in the indebtedness of Southern farmers brought about by the forced economy of the lust two venrs, nnd almost without exception the reports from the bankers say that Southern farmers owe less money than at nny time since the war. Added to these favorable conditions, they have the prospects of the largest aggregate crops, taking grain, cotton, fruits and all else into consideration, ever produced in the South. While the drought in the West h is cut short the corn crop of that section uiiiiKiiul favorable conditions have given to the South the largest corn crop that it hasever produced. Kveil should the cotton crop yield from eight t > nine million bales, as it will probably do provided the season continues favorable from now on. the value of the grain crop, owing to the large production of corn, will exceed the value of the Smith's cotton crop. THE HANUFAC7UHE OF COTTON. The Sojt/Ts Proportion of This Interest" Interesting Statistics. Nrw York.?The executive commit* the of the Southern Exchange Assnciution hehl its lin t meeting iu the oOiec of R. H. (Sarden, the President. The committee heard the report of J'. IT. Edmonds, chairman of the committee, for the collection of information on the Southern cotton mnuufactuiintr interest. This report stated that there are about 15,000,000 cotton spindh s in the United States. They represent nil investment, including nil che-sc s of cotton manufactures, of over? 100,000,000. Of this number the South has in round numbers, 11,200,000 spindles, and the cupital invested is about $07,000,000. The world litis about So,000,000 spindles. "The South produces nearly 00 percent, of the entire cotton crop of the world, and if it manufactured this it would need over twenty times as many spindles as it has, or about 50,000,000, and the capital needed would exceed $1,000,000,000' The total an liii>t 1 value of 1 lie product of these mills would lie equal to the present value of three full cotton crops. In the last eighteen vears the cotton crops of the South have rold for an aggregate of nearly $( ,000,000,<>00. before they reached the eonsuiner their value had increase.1 to $18,000,000,000 or $20,000,000,000. This eiioi nious business, creating wenlth wherever established, is the prize for which the South has now commenced to contend." The Strike Called Off in the Pennsylvania Coke Section. Connf.llsvim.f.. Pa.?The Slav colic workers who have for so long a time continued the strike in the face of certain defeat, have given up the strangle for higher wages. They now denounce their leaders, who they say have kept them out by false representations and promises. The Slavs are now hustling for their old positions and many are securing work. The operators will at once lire up all idle plants in the.eoke region and place them in operation as fast as men can be secured to work them. ? - ? Two Thousand Men Discharged. Omaiia, NT-n.?Over 2,otiO men have been formally discharged from the I tiion Pacific as a result of the great strike, and others are being replaced 'p.. . i i.. i . i < . Mflll > A\\l> Jill II?I It'll 21 II41 II I IN I'll" fjineers iind firemen itrc include.! in the list. Some ol' the engineers mill liremen were \\,i111 the com puny for twenty years ami upwards. in most cases the men do not Maine the company for their action, saving they were misled hv the American liailwny I'nioii, ami that they made a mistake l?y poiiu; old at all. Orange-. All the \ nr. A. 1>. Walker, dr., 111- >: s-over > 1 a compound which co;isi??s in a miv turn which, when spread oy>n i>;>\ of fruit, such as or.m vi or lemon . will preserve it. sweei and e.niainte ' for an aline- in ' : tjit I. .i -I it t> I i n -. Mr. Walkei has now i:i In- p > e- ...i. about lil'ty or.m ;es fro.n a i> >\ v. m he took to exoerim nit w.l'i n.*me:y four months 11-0. In appe.ira .ice an t ade the fruit i - still a- ,i . whs on tlii! tiny lir tool. ra t '?' >! it, iiinl tlirri! is nothing to sln> i i!i:it n woiiM not k'-.-p for tin- lvmnin lor oi tlu> year, il Mr. W illo r ?! -?ri?-1 l< ki't'p it that loll';. I.. > ; \i^elos ^I'al.i Tillies. - --Manicl Si'v' ;il.v \ -ain. A few Weeks iliJO lit Wol'liiv. S'l- V, Kiitflun.l, .Mm Moor.- ? < !i-111.(| i in,' 8cvent id li iiiini vi i>arv <>i In n> i r to .Tune Klallnr<!. .Mr. AI * n, un.l'"i;i ill I Si 1I, ii ||i | lis, l . ii :i i i. I. i :,.? r from hit. voiit Ii up. II is \\ i!< w.t - mi the village beaulv, ami lli ol i ; <"ii inun eelelinit< ?l \\ linl whs l?oi Ii hi.-. \\? ! ding mill birthday iinniv. is.rv by | ?11ting new miles on ii pair <>l bo >1-, an I by running a fool rret of I > ? \.n is Willi tli?' Ilt'\l ol'ifl man in I i a i't a vigorous vonlIi !> ' <i hi .-|; <>. .Mr. Moore won tin* ram- aiel a! a |?nr of $18, eonlrilnili 'l I>y lie- p. !aim*, i ?JSew York Advertiser. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SOUTH. SI2,000,000 for Southern Rirer, Harbof and Other Improvements. Washington, D. C.?The present (second) session of the Pifty-tliird congress, now drawing to n close, lifts been fairly productive of legislation of benefit to the South, particularly in appropriations. The total appropriations for the fiscal year 1895, including the permanent annuals, will foot up s 190,500,000, as against a total of .$519,500,009 for the fiscal year 189-1, bowing a reduction by this session of congress under the aggregate of the second session of the the Fifty-second congress of $29,000,000?a record achieved under the leadership of Hon. Joseph D. Sayers, of Texas, chairman of the appropriations committee in the House, and of lion. F. M. Coekrell, of Missouri, chairman of the appropriations committee in the {Senate. The principal appropriations granted for Southern objects during the session aggregate $12,000,(592, Of Huh .... * ?>m 111 <1 ir.n ,.v.> f..?. fiiuts .?iwl IIIIIiMI III .JIWjl'lt'jTWW an JWE llt\ 1 l?IUI harbor improvements. Wo give liorew itli those for North ami South Carolina. Harbor at Charleston, S. C., $150,000; harhor at Norfolk ami its approaches, Virginia, $100,000; harhor at Winyaw hav. S. C.. SlJO.flOO; Inland waterway from Cliincotcngue buy, Va., to ! >? la ware hay at or near Lewes, Del., $25,000; I'atajisen river ami channel to Daltiinore, $15,000; Appomattox river, Va.. $5000; Niinscinoud river, Va., $10,000; lames river, Va., $100,000; Mattsponi river, Va., $10U0;Nomini creek, Va., $5000;Pamunkoy river, Va.. $'2000: I'appahantiock river, Va., $10,000; Urhanuit creek, Va., 33000; York river, Va., $'20,000; Aquia creek, Va., $3000; Oecoquan creek, Va., $5000; protecting Jamestown Islam! from the encroachments of James river, $10,000; Lower Machodoo creek, Va., $3000; Koanokc river4 N. C.,$30,000; Waterway between llcmifort liarla.r ami New river, N. C., $'2,500: Trent river, N. (!., $1000; North Last (('ape Fear) liver, N. C., $5000; Pasquotank river, N. C., $1000; Cape Fear riv. r, N. above Wilmington, $14,000; Cape Fear river, N. C., from Wilmington to its month, $200,000; Pamlico ami Tar rivers, N. up to lioeky Mount, $10,000; Coiitcntnia creek, N. ('., $10,000; lllaek river, N. ('., $2000; Lumber river, N. C. and S. $10004 NeUSO liver, N. ' 0.? $7000; Inlaml water-route from Norfolk harbor, Virginia, to Albemarle sound, N. C., through Currituck sound ? eontip.uing improvement?$10,000; Locki' i.- 11.. .. VT M ^tn wifij'.i .*s ruin nni, xi. v>., xf (in nt IVdee liver, S. C., ?(>000; Santee liver, S. C., ?10,000; Waceumaw river, N. C. ami S. 0., up to Lake Waeeamuw, GOOD; Wappoo Cut, S. C., ?7000; Waleree river, S. ('., ?2,500; Congnreo river, S. C., ?1000; Mingo eivck, S. ( ., ?1000; Little lYilee river, S. ?1000; JJiaufoi't river, S. ?5000. Jn mlilitioii to the foregoing appropriations for Southern rivers and harbors the Seeretarv of War is directed to cause preliminary examinations of liver- ami harbors to be made at the following Southern localities with a view to future iiiiprovenient-if needed: NOUTIl CAKOMXA. Core sound from mouth of North river to IVnufort harbor and Cape Lookout harbor of refuge, with a viewto improvement of navigation; Drum inlet lad ween Portsmouth and Cape Lookout; Tar river from Washington to (iivcnville, with a view to obtaining a depth of three feet; South creek front month to head of navigat ion; Turner's cut, a braeh of Pasipiotank river; Seuj?pernong river; North Last (('ape Lear) river, from the old county ferry to luniper swnini> or creek, a point about one mile north of Hilton railroad bridire, with a view toobtaiuing an increased depth of channel; Alligator -1 I.'.H-. U,. viilo.' 1 KOl'TIt CAROLINA. Steiiniboat channel, H'vcsi feet tlec] nl menii low wnlei", between JJcuufort, S. mi' 1 Saviinimli, (in. VI KOINIA. ]>ce)> creek brunch of Kli/nbcHi river, v. illi 11 > i? \v of obtaining a depth t" 11 in I to lied of (lie Luke Drilliiliioild Citiini, formerl v Hie l>isinnl Swiiin|> ('iin.il, 11 ii?1 Hie western brunch of the sni11 Kli/nl . Hi liver; Hurris creek, j?rt?ii"f of Ruck river; Lyons creek; I'or intorinil wiilerwiiv, extending from i'riinkli ii ('ity southward to <'ii]ie <'lm rles. The chief obstructions < xi-t in wind i- known lis Hogg's buy, ('id creek, Ixegotank buy, Weir passage iiml I'm ton's 1 ?nv; Jack son's creek, iienr month of the I'imikiitiuik river; Ware river; (^mintieo creek; (irciit W ieomieo ri\? r from ('eilnr I'oint to to Imli'in I'oint: l/illle Wicomico river nt 11s month; i I it lit IrrcrK irom its in(>11111 to 11(-it?1 of iii:vi;;ntiiili; thir nt the northwest on 1 en 110' of MiHord Ilnvtii from I'in nU'itaiik river; Mouth of ('rune's ereek, n tiiliil e-turury of (In nt V. ieoniieo river. V A I! tOl'S Sol Tim It N \ ! I'llOPRIATIONS. Atliinla. (in. Cotton States iiiul filler llilt iolinl ! A III >si t ion.S'JMI 1,01)0;11IIIIIlltoll, Vn. So).tiers' Hi me, Southern hrnneh, Hniii|iton, Vn. Ini: w..i i w*.)n jinn. / u. ... i v I III II nrillMII, O-W.ww r , * IM , tl. \ I in I in ii Trtiiiiinp Seliool, !?l 7,r>0(). Cliailts1i.il, H.. I'ui.lic ImiMinp, emnplet ion, If oaf I-lainl, Vn. I.iplit sl ilion, ?*?tin|>1"!i?>11. s7"?.i>no. I'oft Monroe, Vii, A 11 illei v nelinol, .0(111; I*.ij 1 Monroe, \ ?. New newer* a e m |ein, Ai7,."ill|l; Norfolk. \ ii. Nnw vn I'll, e I | 'jr. for eleiieal foiee ami ?i| 1f??r improvement-, e|. etrie plant, 1111*i\ v.ail, new (il'e-|.!'oof tor. in e, it \ ; I : t I loyal, S. ('. Navnl s< itioii, f< r r< paiiu: ( lirulott . N. C. V -iv office, JT" > lor sal irie-v ami sjoo 1 for ineiie i t il ami eolilii.pi lit r\|'i'!rei, including lalior. PITHY NEWS ITEMS. Two large tobacco factories axe to be built at Chase City, Va. The Democrats of the tenth Virginia congressional district nominated Hon. IT. St. G. Tucker for re-election by acclamation. The Republicans of the seventh congressional district of Virginia nominated Robert J. Walker, of Shenandoah county. The Republican congressional convention of the sixth Virginia district nominated Col. John llumpton Hogu 'iHH A groom of 73 and a bride of 02 were married in Atlanta. The groom whh James Dickey, a wealthy farmer of Fannin county, ami his brido Mrs. W. SS. Wright, of Atlanta. They met at a summer resort in the mountains. A party of moonshiners in Russell county, Va.,attempted to lynch Deputy AT 1*1 / 1 TO /II 1 ...i 1. _ 1 iVLiw Mru v.;. -r.. vmipp, i>tii/ no OBCupeu, ami, returning with a forco of officers, arrested Homo of hia persecutors who aro now in jail. Clapp was a native of t ho region and the 'shiners regarded him as a ronogado because ho diseliarged the duties of his oilice. Tl?o mortgage indebtedness of North Carolina in 1880 was in round numbers -id 1,000. It was in 1880, 87,25(5,000. In the four years since then there was only one flue crop (that of 1800), and the farmers had only one opportunity to pay debts. But tlio low price of products more than counterbalanced the result of the favorable year. This year, no doubt, a good deal of debt will be extinguished. There is a Ruspccted case ef yellow fever at New Orleans. It is stated that a party of New York capitalists contemplate building a lino of railroad through lower Currituck comity, N. C., connecting with the Norfolk & Southern road for Norfolk. Currituck furnishes for shinment laree quantities of truck, lumber, corn, fish ami game. The line would bo of immense benefit to the seine men ntNags' ilend and Roanoke Island. The Long Shoals Cotton Mill, W. A. Maunoy manager, near KiugsMtn., N. C.,is receiving its machinery equipment. The Mountain View Weave Mill, being erected 4 miles from Kings Mountain, N. C., by P. S. Baker is coming on apace. His dam will cover 50 acres, and tlio bulwarks are strong- ~ ly constructed. The new gingham mill at Gibsonville, N. C.,being erected by B. Davidson, will be put into operation by the end of the year. It is styled the Hiawatha Cotton Mills. Mi ss Madeline Pollard, of Breckinridge-Pollard notoriety, is in New York city. It is said she is considering propositions that have been made her by certain theatrical managers to join their companies. A grape and blackberry grower near Raleigh, N. G., says that with only onethird of a crop this season he has uet ...i ?i ooo .... ?i, The first bale of cotton from the Mississippi valley this year, was rec l vert -'?' at New Orleans, and sold at auction for 0; cents. It came from Avoyello parish, La. During the Inst, few days over 400 Anarchists have landed in London. A special branch of the Scotland Ynrrt police force is very busy watching over them. Mrs. Bebecoa Bond died at her home near Greenville, Miss., Monday, having reached the age of 102 years. She drew a pansion as a widow of a soldier of the war of 1812. I'.vcry year tne ir.mperor of Italy receives a present of 10,000 picked Vir <riiiin cigars from the Emperor of Austria. Coren lias almost tlireo timcR tho area ami times tli population of the State of South Carolina. A melon farmer from one of the most fertile districts of Ihiruwe'.l county, S. is the authority for tlu? statement that many of the melon farmers are highly delighted with the business that the.) have (lone this season. Vegetable Ivory ot Commerce. The vegetable ivory of commerce is an altmininouH substanco formed from u milky fluid in tho trait of a nj>eeies of palm indigenous to several parts of flnninit mid Hnutli Ainorieii. bllfc which seems to Uourish best in New Grenada and 1'itii. it oorrosponds to the meat of lite cocoamit, wliieli latter ia tho fruit of another specie* of palm. When vegetable ivory nuts are ripo they are covered with a brown fkin, are bean-shaped, tho interior being perfectly white and very hard.? cago Herald. A New England Company to Build a Mill in the South. The Massachusetts Mills, <>f Lowell, Mass , which decided more than a year ago to build a mill in the South for the manufacture of com rat* goods, is about to arrange for carrying its plana into elVcet. A meeting of the stock holders of the company was held on August lb, when they voted to increase tho ' :* .! . < -..1. 1... mm ti ?iii 11, ^ lit I' 11 ii I Murn p?> ami t<> authorize the directors to erect the proposed )>1 itn1. Oarlington Men Released. !Wc('iillouph, liiicas, Xormcnt and Appelt, citizens of I hirlingtoti, S. C., ('hurled with the lulling of Constable I'epl cr in the Darlington riot, were given a lieai ing in hulieas corpus proc<ed digs before -lodge Watts. Me< * 1111 11 p> i i was granted laid at j'2,f>00. 11? pave it. I lie other three men were discharged for want of evidence.