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Wants Meeting of the General Parliament HARD BLOW TO REVOLUTIONISTS ; ? I Convincing Answer to Argument that the Government is Not Acting in Good Faith is Furnished by Ukase Issued as Boon as Reports lndi cat?d. Possibility 01 Holding Flec tions in Over Half Districts. ? , . ' Si. I r) : I Sy ' <?!??. 1 % C |miV<s 1 1"< >11 1 i lii- i ! 1 1 1' i Kir show i u?; il l<? III* 1(1 !(?*!?( i'li rl loll* lit 1 1 io i*i * '.'ITiTr'ba? i in- di-li ifl^ and open 1 Li1 \ s-< t > : I > 1 y M:i\ i<? willi ;i vvnuMu'j iiti- ji >ril y, .llir ? ;i ?? i : i"1 rreuiiiMU-iiui d 1 1 1 I I ! i > ? iii-i i ? ? ????! i I ? ?4* ? il ill' l.'unsinr. Piiilijiio'iil In-ill. ji'd lli'J I ? * n * !' c \ | ifdi'il : 1 1 ? m ? i ' i ; 1 1 n!>!i?r ? )<? tfiiii rtrrrM v.'.-is | > t'> . 1 < ? 1 1 1 : 1 i < *? ! \lur. ' ?t;iv. ? I'll is <(<?!? 1 1 1 1 ?* n ! 1 : n ? m 1 1-imi 11 ? 1 i t I'm ; jii>liril a \ i i i?*i 1 1 vr :iii<u'ri- In iln - i'i ? \ i ? t ? 1 f. i? > ? : :i ; ;n ^miu!it '.lull I'm* (i*n - ft tiuu'id had no illicit' imi ??!' I'linvik iiiV l(:'r N it il Assembly II i- <s jhtIi'i! t<> <ln i';ir iiiur - 1 ?? ?? ) ??.- i*? ?iii |d<v(i:i;* ,l!i(' 1 1 .I'.iijiiiii/i' i ?n ?>! lh?' -^?nu(iy t ! 1 :i 1 1 ;i 1 1 tin- icjii ?>*- i\ i- litiMS * tin's /if irlf'iur Miiii-iii-r l>nni>ivo. .if ? v Imsr 'A.-iium-j; jiowi-r Mm- 1 1 k :? l?ul ui' s<'\ t-: .1! indu-it 1 i""- . Neyto F.idrilcd Jie Burned. Shnncport, I, a.. \ .ii ."<()!> III"!! shot t < >? I :>;i i 1 1 \\i!l/. I 'aye. :? lie; ';io, ? i v< < 1 veai>. and alter wards hurucd I he hodv near the town <?t I >i"it\ 'lie, in Hicii\ il!?' parish. 1 ho was captured dining the nielli, susjx?eted cj i" Ileitis lln* one v* ho nUonipted a criminal assault on >aryh Hani, a 11-ver-old .school ???id, Kriday afternoon. I'.tv was iden tified by the jjirl and w leu a deputy "sheriff started to jail with him a b?!oh overpowered th? o|Vn ej> and t< ol< I ho neuro. He was taken to the [? _ [.scene of the oriiuo. when- he mad?" a ['lull confession. The molt then stood p-tiitu up agoiiist a lice and h o t liini "Id d'.:ilh, riddling his body with bul lets. \1oro than f?(Mt shots were tired. Di?F Suddenly of Old Wound. r Tampa., Ma., Special. Captain < U? Park, of tlio independent steamer II. ) ?. i'laiit. was stricken with ill ir*v-s while hrinjrinjf :l? is boat I" this ;? itv front Manatee river ami died "S:ti urdav. On ISJ av^. 4 last. Captain 3'ark v/as shot by IJarry Horn l ord, Ewhom he surprised in hi* hofne with 3lis wife and it was the opinion of tin1 sine tors that the present attack ?\vos kit ie. to I lie wound lie rerei vid *nt (hat. kimc. Othcv physicians, however, ptioht to the belief that death was fcar.sed hv acute Bright *s disease and Elhui 1?u? wound had noih'm*.: to do Inn. u. ??- New Railroad For Alabama. Mor'Uroriery, Ala., Soer'nil. - Papers Si ineo: pora' ion were tiled with the jMMMV.dary of Sl.'itf l>y the AihrWa <\\ Si. Andrew's I lay Railway ('ompanv. JMie company eet lilies to its inten lion to httild a I : ! i ? ? o!' railway i rom Wpe'ika, Umuu'.'Ii tin' count t ie i | UVs jfell. Harbour. Ileury anil Imnston ii: Alabama and Jack-on ati<l \\a>li UJ^lon comities in Florida. to I'.utama L'ity, a new town on >si. Ami: ew [bty. The j ?i t m 1 stock <>t tin- com pany is ?1 ,'<H)0,(M)0 and the eei I i'icule plows 'dial $.'{?)(), Onti } i ,-i > I >? ? 1 1 paid in. Notes. * (Icii. Fei ilinand ( '. La (robe was [he principal speaker at the annual w. nonet of l Ik* Maryland Soidelv of Sew York. F M rs. John W. Wallets. wife of n now . York insurance man. l h r? ? w her Hi reft little ehihlren from ji Lo.nj?* ls llinl sound steamer ami then jumped fler Ihein, presumably in a~"~Ji: id' einenlia. ?. z> The Winslow in Bad Shape. ' Norfolk, Va? Special -The |or|>cdo [>at Winslow. of the Spanish war it t donas iVtne, was lowed t<> a m??or iff at the Norfolk na\y yard from [n by the naval tui: .Mohawk, wi-th it" engine* completely di-abled I he Onslow left New ^ ork Tuesday for ;js station and sniVeied three bt<*nk iwuh during the voyaue and was fhtod drill inu' down tin* eoast by a JT, which report e<l her condition to & navy vcard and the Mohawk was nt after Iter. mpa. Bay Forts May be Abolished. Tampa, Fin., Spccial ? A well amti U<jated rc|>or( was reeeiveij - hero it the War Department eoulrmpla I abandoning Fort I>sSoto, artiUary |tg loentcd ?.< the entrance to ruiu Hny. The rtyiort has it that the 10 e<nripnnies of artillery now at ? fprta wiTTIm" Trails fVr red to Key bat ami CialveMon. , The govern* kit ban expended over *.*300,000 on Epoats. WANT INSURANCE PROXIES OrKiiniatioHs Take Mteps to Carry Out Instructions of the Meetings HcJd Last Month. 1 ohiuihia Si. Hi'. I lit- a->'ici;ii loii- ill | ?! > 1 1< _v J i ? ? t ?>1 I tlit" \<'\v \ orl? M tlual mi l New \ i ?i I I i I v :IIV i< ?- 1 i\ t?l V at wmk I ? ? -?:??? I ? !"?.? the |)lu\ii'? j 1 1 t)t'< \ hohlei s. I lt?' | ? i' i - I ???:? l\\ purpose i/ii u hich the ;t ? ? ??? I ;t I linns were oitaini/ed, The assijciat i? ?i </ I have !>???? 1 1 1 1 i i ; 1 1 > I < ? (?? mi'iiii' a ii>| of i!i' policyholder.*, }|<, ilu couipanic*. IV I u.-c In ','i ve | lie lists even In such tu_j/JUytili/at ion, ami thi* | ?? ?>- 1 1 i? ?i i ha-> Im i n sum ti nned by the courts as jlrop rr in a > recent ?l"i isiuii, Heme t In* association ? have had to appeal to I in * pol icvhohlers tliloUVII i ill1 pit s>. Tin* .M in iisi I I. ill I 'ol icvlii ?l< U'i s ' ?*. sor'ial ion Int.- M iit <mi ilu* 1 1 > i j < ? w i 1 1'.; : " I 'o I icy ii?'!?|ci> ol the Mill llul lit v* lii-urauee ( oiupain of New \ <?rk v. ill fi ? w <?! I i<> KiiniiHiiiicnii' w i i It Mr, (?'. !!. Mc Master. Columbia, S. < ^ccr? - 1; ry of the South Carolina association i l policyholders. On the !sth of January, in < *? ? I n ! i ? - l/ift, this t-ssocial ion was J'nrnied, with to n. Wiiie .foues as pr ???sicleul ; Mr. Sunni'd II. Wilson of Chai h'slmi) vice pi evident , and Mr. I'". II. .MeMasici of ( oluinliiii. s, ( secretary : and an ex- j ccuiive committee, consist iim of Messrs. T. \i. Mordocai. ( luu Uv-ton : ( '. Shcppard. I '.dtielicld : .1. A I Ifii Smith, A lihevillc : Klli.-ou Smyth. (? recti vil le ; Lerov Spring4. Lancaster*. i> I >. Mel oil, liciuict t -\il!c, and C. I4 it /Simons. < ' i ? I ? ; n ? ' ? i : > . I'm!. I.eroy ^ | > r i ! i *_i ? ? ? t I .snicaster wa- nominated J :t a !rii?iec ? ? I the company. and il is the | mi i| ?osc of the South t'aroiina as sociation to have hint repivM-nl their interest-, u tli'.. :t 1 1 1 1 ? lit I lueeiiny' in New \ oi k of the Mutual I .ile Insitr ai.ee Company on the lirsi Monday in .lit lie. To finer the neccs?-ary ? ?xpeus es of the a -"social ion a membership fee of ? I i^ a shed. "As t !??? Mutual l?ii'e Insurancel ? Mitpanv lu.s declined to tarnish a list of iis policyholders in South Carolina, letters cannot he sent directlv !?? lite policyholders ; hut aii who hold poli ctes in this company are requested to let that fact lie known to l he secretary Mr. I-'. II. McMastei'. at Columbia, when n blank proxy will lie sent t hem. Tin* Wh York Li IV Policy holders' :?--sin?ial i?'li has set i t <>ui 1 1 5 ? ? following' ? i " tin* I 'olieyholdcrs ol the New \ ork Lite i usurance ('nntpanv: I' olloN iii? l lie inst met ions ii|' ! hi1 as si.i-i.n ion lormcd in ( '.lint -ihia on the IS||i of January the cxecntiv? commit let n| i he New York Life I \di< \ hohl je?>" Protective Association lias en ihnvo'vil t'i secure the proxies ol' I h. I ?I'licyholih'i's o|' the company in South ( 'a ml inn l<>r (lie iiurposc- ol' havini* t l:eiu represented nt the annual meet ing in Now York in A|?ril. Immedi ately aftor the formation of the asso ciation nil oJlieial re<|ue>t was .made IjV (lu1 president of tin* association lor j'i list of i he policyholders in this State and after correspondence with the home ollice it is evident that we eannot secure such a li.M ''font the I company. Meanwhile the agents of lie company have been instructed to secure proxies in the name of Messrs. St raits, t'jallin an.l MacKay of New N. ork and many of the policyholders ?voi the company iu this State have jriv en their proxies to tlie agents in the t.;:nie of these ??enllcmcu. While de* siring to work iu accord with the ofn c-als of tie- company so hnj?f its their < * If i ills are direct*'.! to the conserva tion of <he iniiicsls of the policy holder!*. the executive committee c.iii siders that the original plan of ; li? ? as ;>< ciatiou should he idh. red to and that the policyholders in order jo lie icily protected* should sxive ilieir proxies |o the three Irustces selected h\ i lie committee ill accord with the n soitu ion of the meet nn: held on the l^tli oi January., This commit tee con sists of Messrs^!'. Ik StaiJvhoUhh' of Columbia. L. W . I'arkcr ol"'< !*<'euvi!!e end Jas A. Iloyl *?f ( 'olnndtlM. This commit lee is pledged to vote the South < 'arolitia prox'ies for the protection of .lie policyholders. The (ommittec wiil also v?te tin proxies ami work J'or the election of ( iov. ? >. ( .Heywatll as a trustee of tin* com pany a' the animal meeting, as in structed hy the association. I 'olie\ hotdej'?. desirinir o> cooperate villi the association in the nmnm-r ontliued will till out a proxy a.-, tpven lie low and send to any one of the coin ?l it t ee named 1 herein. T. Ik ST \< K i DfSK. 1 "resident. ?I.\S. A. linYT. Secretary. Bankers to Meet at Lookout. Nashville, Special. The executive committee of the State Hankers as sociation lecided on Lookout Moun tain as the placv for the coming inn \cntio$ which will he held June tith and 7th. i. * ? ? rj*o Appear for Hasty. >S|H>oial ? Air. ii$<* rKQ ?John stone, n well-known attorney of New berry, arrived in this-eily and was in ! coufercucc uit4? Messrs. HttHrr and Osborne, Hasty V attorneys, and with I I ast v a t the conntv-iail. iU i* Mill in the city and will ho in the ease, associated with the defense. -Mr. Johnstone is a brilliant and abb* practitioner. Palmcllo Farmer (lives His Method ? ? DEEP AMU CLOSE CULTIVATION He Obtained a Phenominal Yield by Proper Oultivatiou and Use of Fertilizers. ? ? In t lii* 1 1 ille ( S. ('.I Jlcvsi'ii fit'r recently Mr, I'.. Mi-I ver tVilliain ht?u nl i btrliu^lon L'ounty. stives i<> ilif public u most valuable j wi | ?t*i* on rortl cull 111!'. In view <?f l lit- f.H l tiial 1 1 it* Southern Cotton Associntiun nl the lust meeting; liclil in New Orleans adopted resolution?* oi vital iuiportaiu-c to the Soul liern tanners untoni> the most important oi' wliieb was thai urging' the fanners lo diver sity their crops anil to plant corn and other grain crops suOiccnt at least for hoin- consumption. This artieie on the subject of corn culture by Mi'. Williamson i> all the more important and interest iutr. Mr. Williamson ssays : For a number of years after I be gan to farm I followed the old time method of putting' I he fertilized all under the corn, planting nil a level or higher, six by three feel, pushing; the plant from the start and makiuu a biu stalk, bill the ears were few and frequently small. I planted much corn in the spring ami bought mndi more rorii (In* n<\l spring, until lin aliy I was driven to the coiiejjlsiou that corn eould not be made on up lands in liiis section certainly not bv the old melihid except at a l<>-^. I Mill Hot Vl\l* M | > llOVCWr. I ? > t I knew I lint (ho farmer who did not uake his own corn never 1 iu.il ssrr cecdcd and n e ve r would, so I began In expo inu ill . First, I planted lower, and the yeield was lj/elt<r, hut the sialic was si ill (oo^l^pco, So I diseon liuiu'd altoget her (he application of tert ili/.or h< 'fore planting, and know ing that all crops should ho fertili zed nl some time used mixed fertiliz eras a side application and applied the more soiuuhlc nil rale of soda later, he guided in this by the exeel Iant results obtained from ils use as a top dressing for nnln. Si ill the vicld though regular, was not huge, and the smallness of the stalk itself now suggested that I hey should be planted thicker in the drill. This was done the r-.e.yl year with results so satisfactory that I continued from year to year to increase the number of stalks and fertilizer, with which to sutain them, also to apply nitrate of soda at last plowing, and to lay by early sowing peas broadcast. This method steadily increased the yield until year before last, ( I !>(>-! ) which corn eleven inches apart in six Jyot rows and $11 worth of fertilizer to the acre, f made 8.5 bushels averaging to the acr<^ severel of my best acrty; making-as much as 1J."> bushels. Last year, (lOOol I followed the same method. planting I In1 tirst week in April, 70 acres which had produc ed the year before 1000 pounds seed cotton pei* acre. The hind sandy up- r land, somewhat rolling. Seasons very unfavorable. o\viug to the tremendous rains in May and I he dry and extreni ly hot weather later on. I roni dune TJth to .July l-lh, the time when ii most needed moisture I here was of an inch, of r;un fall here; yet with Jfy.Ol. cost of fertilizer, my yield was ">*J bushels per acre. Hows were six fi ct and corn sixteen inches in drill. W if h this method. <>n land thai will m diniat il v produce 1000 lbs. o| se ed cot (tin -with SOU |?.>ninl< of fe rl ilizer. .id bushels ol corn should be made by using 'JUll pounds o| eollou st'cil n eal, '-?')(> pounds of acid phosphate, and 400 pounds of Kainit mixed or | (heir equivalent in other fertilizer, and 12") pounds ol nil rale <<l >oda. all to he used as side application as di rected below. On land that will make a bale and j one half of Cotton per acie when fer tilized. a hundred bushels of corn r 1 1< >i 1 1 1 1 he produced by doubling" the amount of fertilizer above, ? except that SOU pounds of nitrate- of soda should be used. In each case iheiv should be lei I 'in the land in corn stalks, peajs, vines and roots, from $J'J to jjLlli worth of fertilising material per acre, besides the great benefit to' the land from so large amount of Vege4->ddf> mailer. The place of this in th" permanent improvement of land can never be taken for < ommereial fertilizer, for it is absolutely impossible to make lands rich as long as they are are lacking in vegetable matter. Land should be thoroughly and deeply broken for corn, and this is the time in a system of rotation to deepen tfio soil. Cotton requires a more comport soil than corn, and while a deep soil is ofcK.'iitinl to its best development, it will not produce ns "well on loose open land, *vhite c?vfn does best on land thoroughly broken. A deep soil s will not only produce wove heavily than a shallow soil with good seasons, hut it will stand more wet as well as more dry- weather. In preparing for the corn crop, land should he broken broadest diirr. lug the \vfiVFo r one fourth deeper than it has been plowed before, or if much vegetable matter is being tnrned un der, it rimy be broken one tliinl deep Cl. This is as muf'.i deepening ? l.'Mld will t-i:all\ r- 1 :i 1 1 <1 ill one year iijiil |ni>iliiii well, i liouuli t( may ))<' rout i 'i n it <ach m jii . as- much ? lead \ ?!?!>? i ? i <i 1 1 ? * i* i- l?vim? turn ed mull i , It \ . however, be sub roiled in any depth by In! low in-.; ill I >?>tioiu liiru | ?!??\\ i'n ii ??\y, |?ru\ itlcd in* iiM?n' 'of the > ul) soil than has beort [ directed. i- turned ii 1 1. H.cak with I iv.ii lint ??i1' plow if possible. i'i I ?i ? l ! ? ? r \\ i ? 1 1 dl^e plow. \\ llll till' III! Ii'l', ??Ill lull M:ilU hi ??? ? i'n sialic :i ? lar-je a> \\c ever make. ran be liti.it d under wiliiiii! ha\ in;: been ? hopped, am! in pea villi's il will imt i-|si?| ? i'i ill a;.;. .\e\er plow land w ln'ij ii i> wet, 1 1* \ on i'\rr expect in lia\u ilil\ il?i' I ? ? l* il ayain. I toil Willi t it i'i i I ?!<>\\ "in si\ 1 1 >? ?t j rows, ha\in,vr I i \ ?? inch balk. W lien I ready to plant, bieak iiiis ??ill ssiiii ' -cooler, following in In ? 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 of iliis I hivrnw with Dixit' plow, \viii? taken | <>tV. Ii idye then on liiiii lurrow with same plow yoiny deeper. Wiiii ??urn planter c?t i litis i idye, dropping one tirain every li\ ?? or six inches. I'lani ? ail y, us soon as frost danycr is past-, ji \ lir>l seasonable sjm-II alter March lftth, in this section. Kspceially i early planting necessary on very rich laiuls where stalks eannot otherwise lie prevented from yrowiny too la rye. <!ive Ii i st woikinu with hariow or nil \ plow that will not cover the planl I'or second working, use ti n or twelve incli sweep on lioih sides of coin, which >hoiilil now lie ahont riyhl j inches liiyh. I Inn al'ier this work i Illy. It I not uece>v.ti\ lli.lt llii! I plants should lie lell the same. dis tinice apart, il the riyln inunber ie- j lujiin lo each yard of rmv.' Corn should not he/\ioil(ei| ami in ni'lil the yrowth has-been >> > retarded i and the stalk so hardened that il will \ never irrow too I a rye. This is the j niosi didiciilt point in the whole pro- ) ??ess. Kx | icriciice and judymciit are j i t<|ii i rei I to know jnsi how mueii the [ stalk should he stunted, and plenty of tiorvc is required to hold hack your ( ovn when your neiyhbors who ferti lized al planting time and cultivated rapidly, have corn twice (he size ol' yours. (They are havim* their fun now. Yours will come at harvest time.) The richer the land the more necessary it is (hat si timing process should he throuylilv done. When you are convinced thai your corn has been sulliccnily humiliated you may bey in lo male the ear. It-' should be 1'ioin t welve to eighteen inches liiyh, and look worse than you have ever had any corn look before. I *n I half your mixed fertilizers, (this heini; the tirst used at all) is the old sweep furrow on both sides of every other middle and cover by bleak iny out. this middle with turn plow. About one week later (real I lie other middle t !??? same way. V. f I Ii ill :i low days side coi'ii in lirsi middle will sixteen inch sweep Put all your nit rule of soda in this I'n i* row. if less I linn 15(1 pounds. | j" more use one-half of it no W. ("over Willi cue furrow of tniii plow. then sun pens in - this middle broadcast at- tlie late of ai least one husltel to 1 !u: acre and iiuish breaking' mil. In a Jew davs side wrii in other middle with same sweep, put balance of nitrate of soda in this furrow if it has been divided, cover with turn plow, sow pens', and break out. This lays by your crop with a jjood bed and plenty of din around your slalk. '! his should be from June lOili to L'Olh. unless season is very late, and corn should be hai'dlv bunch my for tassel. l.av by- early. More corn is' ruined by late plowing than by' lack of plow ing. 'Iliiv is when (he ear is hurt, i 'I lie ;xi?od rains al ter laying b\ should ' n ake you a jjood crop of eorn. and it wiw certainly make with much le.-s ram than it! pushed and fertilized in I he old way. The stalks thus raised are ver\ small, and do not require any thinu I ke the moi>lurc even in proportion to size, thai is necessary for larger sappy stalks. This may, therefore, be | left much thicker in the row. 'I'h ir is no new process. ii has Ion;; been it en>io)ii |o cut. hack vines and trees in order to increase 1 he yeihl and pulity to fruit, and so lon?? as you do not hob1 hack your corn, ii will ir", | like mine so louif went, all to slalk. Do not he discou railed by the |ooh? of your co| |on during the process of cultivation. It will yield out of all lljoporl ioir ifs appearance. Larj>e stalks cannot make large yields, ex cept with extreme favorable seasons, for (hey cannot stand a lack of moisture. Karlv applications of ma nure ?o to make htrjrc stalks, which you do not want, and the plant food is all thus used up before the ear, which you do waul, is made. Tall stalks, i|ot only will not produce well themselves, but will Hot allow yon to make the peaviues. so necessary to the improvement of land. Corn raised by this method should never grow over 7 .1-2 feel liiyh. and the ear should 'lie near to the ground. 1 consider the final application of nitrate of soda an essentia! point in this car making process. It should always !>e applied at last plowing and unmixed with other fertilizers. 1 am satifie'd with one ear to the stalk unless a prolific variety is planted, and leave a hundered stalks for every bushel that I expect to -X find the foot rmr eashpsf to cultivate with out injuring" the com. For fifty bushels to the acre, I leave it sixteen inches apart; for seventy-fivo bushels to -the acre, 12 inches apart, and fpr one hundred ? * ? . , ? ? Intshels iM.tfhl im-hcs : i } >; k i I . ( .-tn v||ii||(?| In- planted 1 1 din i>. in |u vi\ inches Ili'litU I In' li'\t I. .111! 1 : 1 1 . 1 li\ linn to six inches ;? I \ i \.i lidiMnu should lie iicct'ssir), and im.l.i'i > in.iv lie kept ?!c. in till 1 1 1 linn l.i In i :i iv miiI . JiV harrow "i bv 1 1 1 1 , i : i . . ? .mi. j.-lio\?'l furi-ow in i . ? 1 1 1 ? i ..| in;. . i ? ; ? I heddiut; ?>M i luu . w nit ??!.?? ..i < I rounds of itn ii . I Would advise o n I V a t. a ;h-ii--. iii ?_>< ( by tliis method ih. i ? ? - * \ . ? i r . .11 until you :iri' familiar with its appli Jilt ion. Ks pec tally is il hard, ai li'sl. I > I'iiIIn rill l".\ out I In* s 1 1 1 1 1 1 n i u I . l ?? I ? ? I ? ? - v here a whole crop is involved. an.l iliis is tilt' absolutely ?? si-uual put iij I III' pi'Oc?>*N. Tliis method I have applicu ? ? r seen applied, successfull v, l(? ;ili Unuls of land iu this seel ion *'.\(( jii w >'i iaii'is ami moist bottoms, ami I am ??? ?' i !f - dent it can In1 itjrtdc <>i : ? 1 1 i In uciit, thron?hoiit i lit* entire South, v In tln> middle West, win-re corn is j mi prolitie and profitable, and where, n i'i I . M t una i e|y for us. so much ut ours I : ;i - lieeii produced, till' stalk ?!oi>- not iiaiiirallv jjrmv lai A- v. e come Smith its si;:e increase.-., at the e\ I ic use ? 1 1 the ear, until in Culm and A'exieo il is nearly till stalk (witness Mexican varieties.) The purpose of this method is to eliminate this tendency of corn to (?\ cryiuw t h at the expense of \ ichl, in this Southern climate. h\ ' 1 1 1 i is method I have ma<le ni\ einii s ro | ?. and my neighbors and ! I'iciids who hll ve, without exception, di ri \ ed vrc.-il hem-lit I liei'i-t i oin. I * I ; 1 1 1 1 your own seed. I would not :ld\isi> :i ehaii-je of^sei'd a.lld method liie same year, as yon will not know I r un which you have derived the h i ? i 1 1 ? l ?; i . | have used three rarities, ;,ll ha\'e done well. I have never used iliis method o| late plaulinu. In fact. I do not advise the late |il. inl ine ? 1 1 corn, unices it he ni cessaiv for cob i i< ? w la uds. lite increased cost of lahor and ihc liiyh price of all materia! and land, are rapidly making farm in;; un I iiofi I :ih!e. except to those who arc ji'i'ttiny from one. acre, what they iornuiiy yot from two, We must make our l^imls richer by plowing <h cp. plaulimr peas and 'other loj/U ii'rs, manuring them with aeid" phos IHiates and potash, which an* rela tively eheap, and returning to the soil the resultant vegetable matter rich iu humus and expensive nit rojren. > The needs of our soils are such that the South can never reap the full I measure of propority Uml should he hers, until t his is done. I yive this method as a farmer to the farmers of the South, trusting thai t hereby they may he henelitted as I have been. I'). AfcTver Williamson. DECISION IN HANDS OF FATE. How a Chicago Girl Settled the Mo mentous Question. She was standing on a North Clark street rornur,. wait ln?j for a car when he stopped to chat with her. The sub ject. ,of engagements came up. "A girl friend of mine once had an awful experience," sho- said. "Kato had been receiving the attentions of a young man. whom I'M call Tom, for several years. Two or three times he had asked her to marry him, but she had withheld hor answer. "One dfiy he appointed to a position In an Eastern city. That night lie called on Kale and asked her again to marry him. " I need a little time to think It over. she said. " '1 leave to-morrow,' said Tom. " 'Wei J, to-morrow night I'll mail you a letter giving you my answer,' said Kate. Tom w? nt away and the next day If ft the cit\. Kate thought the matter over ttniil late irt th*- night. Then she decided upon a plan. She would write two letters to Tom. seal them, address and .stamp them. They would look exactly alike. "On* would accept his proposal and i he o: hor would rejt el it. She would place them in the poeket of her coat, Ki' to a train and, just as it. started, she would throw one letter aboard tli" "Mil car without trying to See whMi ii was. "KMe eart h <1 out her plan. She \vrr.t to the t'r.ion depot and just as an easl hound train started threw one ,et;er aboard. Then she rushed back iiro the depot and opened the other letter to see how fate had decided it for ln.r. \Vith a scream she dropped into a sea* and almost fainted." A; this point the car stopped and the girl stepped aboard. "Did she ac cepi him?" asked the man on the cor ner j-s the car started Tin; girl replied, but her words v ere drowned by the rumble of the car.? Chicago Inter Ocean.' Women as Cane Carriers. I Although a great deal has been written about women carrying walk ing sticks, the fad has never reached such proportions in this country as to make It familiar. That, is why no doubt a woman on Fifth avenue, the other day, drew so much attention to herself by really carrying u canc as if she were quite used to it. Her costume in itself would have made her a conspicuous figure,, for it was a scheme of gray. She woro a walking suit of black and of gray woolen cloth, gray spats covered her blaok Wo(s, #rar glorcs irerg on HBT" hands and her pretty face was crown ed with a little gray and black toque. In one of her hands she carried a cane of a light' gray wood that had a smart band of silver aroand It Just bejpw the mannish "took.? N?v Toik I WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID [But Only the Laws of Varied Impor | tame Aro Included in Statement ot" 1 Legislative Work. As U-lial t i it* u I ? ' 1 ? ? i ; I ! a*-* ? 1 1 ? 1 A ?"?';* I thai ot local If; i.-dal t"ii :? i n I these ,ii I > aii- iixi hi u<mhm :i! i i i l i ? ? i 1 'I ? | it II it I inu lumh'i ;ill\ ? > 1 1 i \ tin r<?)i 1 1 1 i ? ? -? ! tii ivlncii T 1 1 ? ? V ;h'im'. I'clow will he j found a 1 1 - 1 ot l In' ?*>?;>?*( 1 1 M* ti I - in I uliicli llif entire Si, tii i> i i ? t ? rest. <1 : To esi ii l?l i?lt < 'hnv l Hi.i ? fu'lula \ > in l Iif Si aN' i 'illrpcs. I'm iin-oi | ? i ait> tin- I niou I ai ni"..'if I I H i 1 .iln ar\ . | To i * L:i : tin i ! 1 ? 1 1 < ? n!" *^o,nh < a c ulina ( ulli'jf in tin I ? of , | Soul Ii ' 'a i i>l ma. I'<| ratit\ ami coutirm 1 1 1 ? > iljfliier of I In* ( Viit ia ! I'aioluiaa l'u? t* i* 'l^nin jiaiiN Tn |iu>\ i.l.- I,. i a ii i<? 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii ? i i I Ik 1. 1 a 1 1\ flu- 'jiatf <il li'? ik-iiI Thoru^S Sumter. In | >ri ? \ ? ? 1 1 1 n ?-.! a ii im m I and faltii" ii-Mir-f l?i'i |? i- ai railroad and .sicam Imai *-lali"iis Irtiiu Im hi- 1 1 1 ? i meals Ik while .. nl iii|mi.-iI | ia ?> " I < i ?_'t*l Iter. 'I'o h a \ i ? appln at ion I ? <>1 t ainli tlate^ Im tiit'ilii al liifii?fs in ?... !?> i lit' general In nl. Maku.u .ippropi iat ion Im dispeii ?ar\ in\ oi iuat ion. Tii otaldi-di a hoard of | >a r< I ? ? 1 1 ^ . A | > | io ii 1 1 1 1 ? a haul. lAainiiicr. I'".s| ahl i s 1 1 ni>.; a li>li eoniniisM.,ti. Ksl ahlisinii^ a 1 1 1 1 it I 1 1 ii disabled Ii it'll it'll h\ I a miii:' insurance compan it'S. To li\ (In* salaries of the circuit si t'lmu i a | ?lii is :ii .^1 .."it ill. To t'sliihlisli a t'oiuii \ foil ri iu It'uh I .t i n I . To celebrate South I'aiolina day in llif public .schools. To buy now Hays for (Im- Stale I house. To charier the ('cut ml Kail way company of South ('arolina. To prevent merchants of car brass t'H from selling their stock otherwise than usual. 'I'o require railroad < a' junctional points through the railroad commis sion to erect depots. To require railroads ami ether common carriers to provide toilets at st at ions. 'I'o tjive federal government con trol over the quarantine stations. To prevent railroad companies from cbartfiiitr extra fare for cros<* iu>r bridges when entering the Slate. 'Po? jrive the federal government control over certain lands on Sulli van's Island. T<> require common carriers to ro weigh freight ami to est nl>I isii scales I'M- that purpose. To require railroad companies lo give information concerning the ship ment of live stock. To eut ?!cnit trees from near the public minis. To jncorporal" the Newberry, Wliit 111 ire ami Augusta Railroad company. To incorporate the Middle Carolina and Western Hallway company* To punish imlecent exposure. To change name of the Saluda Hir er Power Company to the ( Ireenville Curolina Powdr company and allow ing the {'OJiipauv I ?? build a dam across the Saluda below the present one. To allow suits against insurance companies <1b lie brought in the coun ties where the loss occurs. .Joint resolution to buy ">0 copies of Klizas' "The Jews ol' South Car olina. ' ' To iucor|>oratc the Piedmont Pow e^company. To allow an illegitimate child to be iidierenl from its mother. To amend dispensary law, making regulations as to other counties the same in Horry ;iud Iteauf'ort. The general hill on voting precincls 'Hie pure food bill. To appropriate .$'20,000 for tin* Jamestown exposition. The general magistrates' bill. To establish an industrial school for boys the reformatory. To make Thursday of fair week a legal holiday in Hichlaud. To establish aVounly court in Aik en also one in Sumter. To publish the names of benelleiar ies in Stale institutions and the nam es of their parents or guardians. To prevt nl supervisors and com missioners fmui furnishing county supplies while in office. \ To make the solicitors' fylarv $1, 700 To rc|wal the law exempting Con federate veterans from license when dealing in seed cotton. Allowing city councils rather than hoards of health to appoint health officers. To require State house clerks to. give bond. ?^'To re-survey the Kdgelicld-.Yiken line. To have expert chemists examine the bodies of persons supposed to have been pwisoned. To prohibit wrong use of badges or insignia of secret orders by per sons not members. News Items. A In the convention of District 5. at Pittsburg, irresolution was passed de claring the jpffices of President Dolan a i > ;vo*Presldc ut , .Bcllinnham o/i nt. ' In a querrnl Landv Nichols, of Madison flinty, waskilled by his fatlier-in-Iaw, Layton Fiske. ? Senator John W. Daniel was jrivao an ovation in the Virginia Legislature Occurrences of Interest front All Over South Carolina ? t ?v MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS ? . . A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover i xi k ji Wide Ran go ? What is Going; On in Otir State. Now York Market. S | tit i ( Hi i (in . . 1 ! i ? ' I ? I (Kit \ 10. IS m i . I. . .* i o.r>r, Apt i! 10.0* Max 10.74 luii." 10.78 .1 it tv I0.S7 A ujjum 10,70 Si*| ilcn ilic i 1 0,11 I ('clob.i 7. ITT.iJlt N<>\ . iiiIi. i: l <).;{.'> I i hi l n i I New Orleans Market. I 'n t hi ?? ?- 1 ? ?? 1 1 i*r bids : 1 fill Mil i \ 10.(0 Mitivii io.r>? April . .%?> . 1 0.0-1 Ma\ 10.77 .1 iuu? |0.8i July 10.1)3 Animal 10,70 October 10.24 I leccinber 10,27 S|nt| dosed seady ;tl 10 JMO for ii iiMliii^. Net ami ijioss receipts iM.'IT lialcs; sales liO.SUO bales; slock halt's. Wants Detailed Information. ?< One <tf (lie most imiI liusiastie work ers in South Carolina in the interest ~ of tin- Soul hern Cottofl Assoeiat ion is .Mr. .1. K. Wanuaniaker, president of llu) Orangeburg association... Ilo - has lately invented a scheme lo flud out just how tiineli eotton will bo planteil in thai county this year ami how niueh in the past. Mr. Wanuaniaker does mil believe that the farmers will not redtuttf their acreage and on Saturday following: lie will mail fo every laud owner in . his county a postal ej?rd with ft re turn card attached. Ilo writes the land-owcurs because their addresses are well known and ho nsksf fbem eo-oj>erHdo with liim lfi oMalniuif 'iiL^ 7 format hoi from their tenants." ' v . ? - The foiKuving:. is printed, on the , jwiKtal. card sent out by ..Vi'p^^ont Wannamaker : St. Matthews, 8. 0., l<?b.4M', 1900. l)onr Sir: Tho information request ed on'thiH return caVdlW* b?*m fully cx^)aincd in nil the comity papers Facts ami llgure? are xvanted-f'Hho truth, the whole (.ruth, and nothing but the. truth." Tliqy. are neepwwty to thu life, growth nu<l -succor of tho Southorn Cotton Association* v If yoq Van not comply with Lho tetter with all ? ? tnrs requirements of the;. Southern Col ton Association but ,wjJJt}oWiji spirit and practice to the . beat; of your ability, you arc ^eligible to mem-, bership ami will 1m; welcoincdas such." Kxereiso great care and give' in^its, proper place llie number oC.acies ?' planted in cotton for the years 1(^4 1905, niul number Of acres to be planted, in cotton in 1906, and in its proper place give number of ploivs to cultivate same. ? Also in its* proper place give acres planted in corn, oats and other crops for 11)05-1906; Fill out, sign and mail rej>ly curd prompt ly to * ?> J. B. Wauuamnkor, Ties. Orangeburg Cotton Association . The reply postal, which will be mailed about March 4, is directed to the president of Orangeburg Cotton Association; on the reverse side are questions to be answered and blank spaces to be lltilled out under tho years 1 004-1005-1 90(1, as to Cotton, acreage planted and number of plows to cultivate same in HKHI; also sta* - tisties as to acreage in corn, oats, , and o thur crops for J 905-100(1, A blank space is to bu tilled with acre age planter} by laoty owner, and a separate bljpik spaytajfor renters and ? ' share-croppdra. '-x, * "When the returns are all in,'* C says Mr. Wauuamnkor, "1 Confident ly ex|K?ct a mibstantial reduction in ' cotton acreage from last year of at least S per cent., on 10 percent. I have submitted my postal card scheme to the Stato ofltcCrS' .of ill# Southern Cotton Association. They '? heartily approve of :i, and I Rave ; every reason to believe it will bo made effective uot only throughout this .Stnte. hnt in. oven'^JWkt^iif.iW- - entire oottoij belt. Cotton growers stand together. -Colombia AtatO. . . r Lr ..'ffc A Distressing Accident. . . ? Columbia, Special .? ^ffroSdeTl ' Hill, a nine-year-old boy employed fntbe weave t*rr from the fourth floor dewn an ??!??* > vator shaft to elevator env- : J floors below, about 9 o'clock T1 day morning and cmsh^d Mt He died at 12.15 <?Tclock in tW teruoon.