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VOL. LII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1897. NO. 12. y (Ifj DISPENSARY REPORT. . INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE RECOM MbND CHANGfcS. Would Bednce 8tcck?Sasg6sts that Business Could b? Bun More Profitably by > Carrying a Smaller Stock. i, The legislative? examininc rommit , tee'of the State dispensary Wednesday made its quarterly report to the gov ernor. Attention is called to several I aP tviavo svm 1 ^ico Thft rJUOk^O UA iUV/ig V/JL 4VCO iU.V4VtfH. report reads: Columbia, 3. C. Oct 20. 1897. To His Bxceiiercy W. EL EUerfce, Governor. Sir: The committee met on Monday, October 18, and proceeded to examine the books and financial transactions of the State dispensary fcr the quarter ending Sept. 30, 18S7. The stock of liquors and supplies on hand was taken on Oct. 1 bv Mr. J V.' B. Douthit, representing the board of control, and Mr. J P. Thomas, Jr., representing this committee. The amounts of the various inventories .v> appear upon the states:eat of the assets and liabilities hereto attached. All the stock and supplies were actually exhibited and counted asd valued except certain grcods in transit, invoices of which had been received by the bookkeeper and entered upon his books during the month of Sep tember. The original invoices of these ^uvu4? tv# rriu . uuv uaiicjo vi nuionoj and 50 cases of whiskey were exhibited, amounting to ?25 297.08. These goods were counted as on hand and included in the inventory. The balance sheet of the State dispensary for the quarter ending Sept 30,1897, and the statement of assets and liabilities, and the statement of profits and losses were checked by the books. We append to this resort cop ies of the S3 statements and also copy of the cash statement fcr the quarter. There appears upon the statement of assets and liabilities under the head of 14ubearned profits" $45,03114. This item consists of the estimated profits on gooda shipped to the county dispensers and unsold. It has been the habit for some time to estimate these unearned profits and make an entry of them. We recommend that the practice of estimating the unearned profits be abolished, for the reason that the same are uncertain and misleading. We nave examined the original invoices of all liquors and supplies purchased during the past quarter and also all vouchers for disbursements made. We find the books and entries therein correct, according to the recvi ord and data furnished us. The State - > - treasurer's report shows on Sept. 30, 1S87, balance of cash in State treasury amounting to $78,530.61, According: to the cash book of the State dispensary the balance of cash amounted on that day to $69,873 24. There was, ( therefore, on that day $8,657 37 more fifota "frVsarv tfqc aolle/^ for by the books of the State dispensary, The warrants drawn prior to Oct 1 and unpaid amount to $8 65L33 tfek according to itemized list furnished us by the bookkeeper. This makes the difference between the State treasurer nand the State dispensary $6.04. At our last report this difference was T $16 04. This amount is bow reduced ; to $6.04 by the payment of warrant No. 38, drawn in April, 1896, which I warrant was heretofore been accountF ed for. we nave examined tne mauer . or insurance on local dispensaries and find that the amount of insurance runs from 10 to 25 per cent, of stock on hand. If the policy of insuring local , dispensaries is to be followed, then, in i our opinion, the insurance is inadequate and should b9 increased. , We find that the present law requires that all dispensers give a uni lorm bond of $3,GOO. We find that huido vi loiese uispenscrs carry uvcr $7,000 in stock, and in many cases the bonds of $3,000 is totally inadt quale. We, therefore, recommend that the amount of the bond re quired be increased in those cases where large stocks are carried. We find that the stock of merchan dise at the State dispensary and in the hands of local dispensaries on Oct 1 was over $350,000. In our opinion the business of the dispensary could ba as profitably and as "economically con ducted with a large decrease in the stock. If this policy were pursued the profits to the school fund would be realized much quicker. Respectfully submitted, Altamont Moses, Senator. John P. Thomas, 0. R, D. Burns, Members of House. The following is the quarterly statement of the finances of the dispensary ^ - ll . . 1 _ X 10 xne aDOve report: ASSETS. Cash in State treasury, Sept. 30, 1897 $09,873 24 Merchandise ia hand of county dispensers, Sept 30 .. 225.155.GS Supplies (inventory) 23,452.52 Machinery and office fixtures (inventory) 2,725.C0 Teams and wagons (inventory)... 1,000.00 Personal accounts due the State- 3.G55.31. Suspended accts. (ex-dispensers) 14,954.99 1 Merchandise (inventory) 125,671.25 Total assets 5466,487.99 INABILITIES. Personal accts. due by State ?91,771.71 Unearned profits, Sept. 30,1897. 45,031.14 School fund 311,184.74 General Fund ; 18,500.40 Total, liabilities ?466,4S7.99 WBr The foliowirg is the statement of the profit and loss account for the j: cm?i. OA . rtiaarier enumg ocpw ov. PROFITS. Discounts ,._!v ?10,294,53 Profits from beer and hotel dispensaries 6,791.33 Contraband .. 592.45 ? .-1 -T 10 rerzoit iv.w Yearns and wagon (sale of cart)... 6.00 Gross profits on merchandise 70,070.70 Total gross profits $8S,374 51 LOSSES. breakage and leakage ? 440,32 Constabulary 10,2SS.13 Freight and express 13,299.59 >abor 2,89S.58 insurance 792.50 S " Expense 5,106.S5 Machinery and office fixtures,.... 11.00 Supplies 31,700 07 Sundry accts. pliiced to profit and loss account (worthless) 743.12 Total expense? ? 65,346.16 Net profit on sales for this quarter 23,02S.3o & f Total ? SS,374.51 The following is the cash statement for the quarter: KECSXPTS. Balance in State treasury end of last quarter, June, 30,13l?7. 02 157.04 m I July receipts ?67,176.94 August receipts 72,712.46 Sept. receipts 86,355.90 ?226,245 30 ! Total ?288,402.34 DISBURSEMENTS ( * ? V ^ ono OOA AO JUiy aisoursements..~4.v August disbursements 47,964.24 Sept. disbursements.. 77,344 44 ?218,520.10 ! Balance in State treasury, Sept.. 30, 1897 09,873.24 Total 528S,402.34 The statement of unearned profit is follows: Tnno ?.A 18Q7 S41_Gfii?.S9 Net estimated accrued profit for present quarter 19,503.10 Balance unearned from lasi quarter 22,002.71) Net profit on sales for present quarter 23,028.35 Total estimated unearned profits for this quarter... ?45,031.14 Ri'Kray FatalitiesComplete retu^s of fatalities on the railways of the United States fcrtbe year ending June 30. 1S96. show a very high death rate among railway employes. One out of every twenty-eight men employed on our railroads was ir> jared and one out of every four hundred and forty-four killed. The tctil number of railway employes last year was 826,620. Of this numb?r ahout 30.000 were irjured and 1.900 were killed. There is an immense discrannmKoit nf pauyj uwuiwwi. v? passengers and the number of employes who are victims of railway acciderts. The number of passeDgers irjured last 3 ear was one out of 178 132, while the number killed was only one out of every 2 827, 474. The frequent injury and death of railway employes is due in large measure to the failure of railways to take full advantage of the best safety appliances. Five years ago congress passed an act requiring that all cars, freight as well as passenger, used in interstate commerce, should be eq aip ped with air brakes and automatic couplers. Few of the railroads appear to have taken steps to comply with the requirements of this la?v. The latest Interstate Commerce Report shows that only 379,000 out of 1,221,887 freight cars used in interstate commerce have been fitted to tfce requirements of the statute. According to the terms of the law all cars which cross state lines must be equipped with safety appliances by two years from the first of next January. The railroads have prepared in five years only about one-foui th of their ears as the law requires; they have only a little more tJtantwo years in whcih to prepare the other threefourths, and the number of interstate commerce cars is constantly increasing. It seems probable that when the time limit expires many railroads will be found unprepared to comply with the law which is designed to give better protection to the lives and limbs of their employes. As very heavy nenalties are fixed for failure to co so it behooves the railroad authorities to quicken their pace. Death From a.Bottls. A little Philadelphia girl was killed the other day by the explosion of a siphon of seltzer- According to bartenders' accidents of a somewhat similar although not generally of such serious character, are not uncommon. Many of them have had their hands ana face cut by flying pieces of gliss. but fatal in juries from that c iu >e are unusual. Not long ago, however, a bartender employed at one of the principal hotels, received a wound from which he died within a few ( minutes. Ha was attempting to draw , -? -f-wrvrVk o ALL VASXXk UWU4 ? w/'-wiv; u<guAj / charged with carbonic acid gas, and had placed the bottle between his knees to obtain a stronger grip, when , the bottle split in half longitudinally below its neck, the part to which the heck was drawn against the inside of the man's thigh, cutting a deep gash and severing an artery. He bled to death before assistance could be summoned. It is supposed that the explosion of bottles and siphons heavily ccargea wiin gas, is aus 10, iamu.it them from the ice directly to a warmer temperature, or grasping them with oyer warm hands. Fourteen Thousand Killed. The city of Kuang Yang, in Hunan province, has been captured and its inhabitants massacred by a band of rebels forming pare of a rebel array which is devastating Hunan and Kuang provinces in southern China. August 27 the bandits scaled the walls of Kuang Yang, with the intention of capturing the provincial prison and ?1 - ? "a wnowiKaw />on_ rtueaaxjig ti-ilee ui WM fined therein. One band tore down the prison, setting free several hundred marderers and thieves and impriscEed debtors. Another gang attacked the central part of the city, first murderiBg the magistrate who had sent the three bandits to prison. His entire family, numbering 32, including the servants, were killed. The night was spent in slaying and plundering. AH mandarins and every civil and military officer in the city was beaten. The number killed and injared exceeded 14 000. The insurgents numbered 15,000 men, half of them armed. Their avowed purpose is to destroy existing governmeat in southern China. The government is greatly alarmed, but has no adequate means of suppressing the insurrection. A Sheriff Murdered, A crowd of excited citizens thronged Ma-nVtoUon "XT an Vi/ UJLO OUCOW \JX mauuabknu) > v~ nesday night in the vicinity of the county jail, threatening summary vengeance upen Ike Warren, the murderer of Sheriff S. B, L^ird, who was killed Wednesday at L^onardsvtlle, a -village 20 miles northwest of Manhattan. Warren, who had been arrested by the sheriff, shot the latter, killing him, and attempted to escape. His flight was stopped by Banker Parks, of Lsonardsviile, who sent a bullet into the murderer. A summary lynchieg vras prevented only by the hurried removal of the prisoner to Manhattan.. Don't Cheat the Editor.?The late lamented Bill.Nye occa said: "Do -. j- <l ? . noi auempt io cneai> an cunui- uui ui his year's subscription to his paper, or any other sum. Cheat the minister, cheat anybody and everybody, but if you have any regard fcr future corse q-aences, don't fool the editor. You will be put up fcr office some time, cr want some public favor for yourself or friends, and when your luck is a iniTlg 0\ yearn jr, a juy editor will open upon you, and knock your easties into a cocked hat at the first fire. He'll subdue you, and then you'll cuss your stupidity for driveling idiot; go hire some man to knock ^you down and kick you for failing." " A FASCINATING ROGUE, h < AFTER DCING Up THE GEORGIANS HE j WCRK3 THE YANKEES- j _ _ _ l Tie Bogus Lcra Beraeford Who Wai x'ar-1 doaed Oat c f <be Georgia Penitentiary I Turns Up In New EaglaEd with a Swir riling Scheme. Lord B?resfcrd, alias Sidney L^eelles, alias Sir Harry Vane, R. N , alias Lord Courtenay, has agaiu proved his j right to be called the prince of s~:od ! lf-rs. This time urd^r the came of F. 1 S. Lancaster. New England has fcepn ] the clever rogue's latest scene of oper ' aticn, and onca mere he has disap- ( peared, leaving in his wake a trail of J bad debts, but fewsr broken hearts than ba3 characterized his previous escapades. His career has been sketched in the public prints from time to time, but his movements since his release from the Georgia penitentiary and his subsequent marriage to an estimable young woman at Fitzgerald, G-a., are now for the first time placed oa record. They form another chap- j J ter in the life story of as fascinating a ' scamp as ever imposed upon the inno- \ cence of women and the confidence of i men. j When he disappeared from Georgia \ with his young bride, having been divorced by his former wife, who was c Miss Lillienthal, of New York, it was thought that he had eone to Alaska. This was last June. Rfcent develop menls, however, prove the contrary. ' After Jais release rrora me convict g&og his career in Georgia was brief, but eventful. Going to Fiiz^erald, he posed as a viclim of circumstances, >and, with the semblance of good s breeding and charm of manner which t have always characterized his move } ment, succeeded in gettmc an entree * to the best society of the place. F The pretty nineteen-year old daugh- c ter of Alexander Pelky, one of the t towa's wealthiest men, fell head over ; - " ' *-1- x J T Heels m Jove witn ine smooui tuugueu adventurer. She has $50,000 in her e own right, but this she cmnot touch c unrilshe becomes of age. Beresford c or Lascelles as ha was called in Fitz- a gsrald, made desperate love to the girl ^ and ingratiated himself into the good s graces of her father. He married the 5 one and borrowed $5,000 from the s other. The money was lost in specu- c lation, and a second $5,000 loan was ^ requested. This was refused, and he 8 left Filz?erald. There were two wac- * rants for his arrest, ose charging him c with embtzzlement and the other with 1 obtaining goods under false pretenses. * It was believed that he left town with ? a fair amount of ready cash in his * possession. f The scene now shifts to SpringSeld, 3 Mass., and, as they say on the play- r bills, two months elapse. One day c during the latter part of Augusta * joang man -with a southern accent J entered a restaurant and seated him I? self at one of the tables. He did not j ? thft wpntlftm^n sitting onnosits t ? him until their eyes suddenly met. P '"Hello! Lascelles," exclaimed the 'L voung-aoutiieroer.?''Whair ar? you" t doing here? l thought you were in s Alaska." 1 "Pardon me. I think you have & made a mistake," replied tho ether ' coolly. v "Nonsense. I met you do<va at e Fitzgerald, Georgia. Don'i you re- 2 membii?" * By way of reply a, car>i was prefer.- j ?ted to liitJ siu\,afciii2i* bearing the ia-j~ scription. "F. S. Lancaster, Nos. 716 5 aDd 717 State Mutual Building, Wor- b cester, Mass " The young mail, ho 77- t ever, refused to bs bluffed, and Lis- 1 celles ficaliy admitted his identity. t: His acquaintance had no object in ex- fc posing him, and only told of the cir c cuinstance after Liscelles had shaken v the dust of Worcester from his feet. a Lascelles or Lancaster; as he should 11 now bs called, inasmuch as that is his r laiest alias. went to Worcester about* ' August 1 as general agent for the ja Merchants and Manufacturers' Life!15 Insurance company, of Westfield, anjf assessment concern recently organized. 1j He accompanied by his -wife, and they e i took rooms at the Bay State House, J a the best hotel in the city. They also j * engaged a pew at All Saints' Episcopal j * Church, one^of the most fashionable j r churches. Here Lancaster maae me ? acquaintance of the cashier of one of c the city banks, with which he imme- a diately opened a small account. t Having taken rooms in the State s Murtual building he furnished them on r credit and advertised for a man with r a small amount of capital as partner. c In consequence of this a young man * named Francis is just $250 out of r pocket. With his ready wit Lancas c ter made friends easily, and told won- s derful tales of his experiences in c India. The women, as has invariab- c i -7 hf>en tha rule, were comoietelv fascl J nated by him. He seemed very fond f of his wife, and gave it out that she was the daughter of a very wealthy * resident of Hartford. 1 After opening his account at the c Worcester bank he paid his small bills 1 in checks, but his large cues run. s He took a house in C;dar street in a fashionable neighborhood, signing a three years' lease. This helped his credit, and he bought a variety of 1 things for himself and wife. Tiie in- i surance business was not good, and s Lancaster realized that some desperate i TYtanvtc TTflro r)Pf?0?TS?V7 T.n aVfiid SL ( LUVUJUQ ?? VtV MVvvuww* j ?v *?* ? crash. Ii was ihaa liiat he decided c upon a grand coup attempted to raise i men ey on the prospectus of an em bry o { nic Klondike mining company. This 1 document was renarkable in its J character and read as follows: "The ? Worcester Yukon Mining, Develop- i mput acd Investment Company, i Capital $250,l:00, in 50,000 shares; $5 < per share, nonassessable. On March ] the 1st, 1S98, this company intends to t send from Seattle its o?7n steamer s with fifty men, under the direction of i competent minieg engineers. The i party will be composed entirely of i New England men, and each and 1 nn a nf t imm must ba a Stockhol- ? der in the company. Their expenses 1 will be paid by the company from the < time they leave Worcester until they t return. T wo-thirds of the net earnings 1 will go to the company, and one-third s will be allotted for the members of the 1 expedition. The hardships, work and i difficulties will oe borne by the expedi- t ticn and its organizers, whose only i chance for reward lies in the complete t success of the company. As all the money subscribed cannot be used at I ? ;i1 /-l l? I UJLLCC fcuarca win yc u on tuc xvauu?** i ing terms; $2 oil application and $1J i monthly tnereafler until paid up. All : funds of the companj will be deposited ' with the Citizens' National bank of < Worcester. Reports of progress and c shipments of gold will be made month- \ ly from the mines direct to Worcester, j and dividends wiil bo paid to the 1 stockholders as each shipment is received. Application for stock can be nade in person or by letter to the of5cs of the company, Nos. 716 and 717 State Mutual building, Worcester, Mass. All orders for stock must be iccompanied by certified check, ex prrss mocey or postoffice order." Lancaster used every effort to per mado seme Worcester capitalists or reputo to bead the subscription list, rat they all fought shy of it. Ee 'ound tse baraheaded yankees less susceptible to His powers of persuasion ban tbe people of the south. He had >een borrowing small surus of money 'rem bis acquaintances, hut even they ?.Teve btc^ming suspicious. He had reached the end of bis rope, and the jnly thine: left for him was to leave own and seek pastures new. From Soston Lancaster was traced to Buf:alo, where be and bis traveling com sanicn registered as U. ii. Davis ana jeii'e, cf New York It is believed .h&t he wentfrom Buffalo into Canada, md that possibly i^e has gone to Eng,aud. Much sympathy is felt in Worcester for the young wife, who is as completely under the spell of the nan's influence as though he exerred i hypnotic power over her. She will come into her Droperty in about a year ind ULtil then this remarkable rogue naxr hp. A-ynsntpri t.n nrft^ nnnn his ellow men wherever he finds ihsm. iVhere will he turnup next, and un ler what name? the cott6n~raisingTndustry. iVby is D?b? ;li& Normal Condition of tbe Cotton Farmer? The political Science Quarterly for September contained au interesting ketch of the cotton raising industry in his country, under the old regime, as veil as under the new. The borrowng habits of the cottou raiser are exuaiued, but the cause is not. Why is lebt the normal condition of the coton raissr and not of the Northern 'arr?er who raises wheat and corn? Mr. limmond, the writer of the article, unlains the Southern farmer's pre lileciion for cotton. so far as his career ;an now be forecast, to raise cotton md buy his supplies from the Northrest. But the country has been asured in the last three years by several southern men that the farmers of their ection are raising much more of their iwn supplies, and, therefore, spend ess money than formerly for "hog iad hominy" from the West Cotton rill always bring money; it is the inly crop on which the firmer can >orrow money, and the merchant to yhorn he owes money insists on his slanting cotton, and th8 crop is one hat Megro labor is peculiarly qualiied 4o cultivat3. It^, does not suffer, ls other crops do, from occasional leglect, and in the picking the chil[ren can be utilized more effectively han in most varieties of farm work, vs culture has been learned by the tegroes, and it is a slow and laborious irocsss to enlarge their knowledge by caching them to raise anything else. ?he large croDa of cotton raised in ater years have led- to the inference hat-free labor was mere' efficient than lave labor. Mr. Hammond does v iot think so. He says the general estimony is that the most effective workers are the older men and woman rho learned to labor in slavery. The - -a. .? t 4Ua x'.eiision or couon rai&mg wcai ui tuc dississippi River, mainly into Texas, ;e regar-s as the reason for the inrease cf the crops. Texas not only tas a vast area of new soil, which 'ields well without fertilizing, but it Las a larger percentage of white labor han the older Gulf States, and with his more efficient labor the producion is more economical. Cultivation ty negro tenants on shares has become ommon because the planters after the rar lacked money to pay wages with, ,nd, of course, the negro had no Qonev to pay rent with. Where the ie?ro tenant farmers works undar ?hite supervisionhe is fairly efficient, ,nd if he is working in the immediate 'icinity of the owaor of the piantaion he is apt to receive as imperative nstructions as thou jh he wer.3 workQg for the planter, and to obey him ,3 docilely. Where he is remote from vhits direction or example, Mr. Ham Qond intimates that his cultivation eaches about the lowest grades of hiftlessness. The two great evils of :otton culture Mr. Hammond believes .re this "cropping," as it is called, he cultivation by negro tenants on hares, and the crop liens, or the nortgaging of the cotton crop to the nerchant to secure him for udvancs >f supplies. The only remedy for the armer is the hiring of the negroes for noney wages, as they become landowners very slowly. Mr. Hammond ajs that wherever "cropping" and :ultivation by hired labor are carried >a sias oj siae, tne superiority 01 iue alter is appsarent and the causes that orcsd the "cropping" system on the South liave naainJy passed away, so hat ther3 is a prospect that evolution nay finally relegate "cropping" to j'oiivion and cotton be cultivated rnainy by hired negroes, but, of course, to ;ome extent by negro proprietors. A Care for Lickjaw. The following simple remedy for cckjaw was sent to the Atlanta Journal by Celley Bee: "I have noticed everal deaths from "lock j iw" caused rom a nail stuck in the foot. I have )ften thought I would tell the public )f a seemingly strange remedy. Sev5ral years ago I had in my service a jirl who stuck a nail in her foot. It vas very much swollen and I knew aothing to do. Some one told her to >moke the wound with yarn. I had 10 faith whatever. My father being a "iVnriinian T Vvor! hoon taiiorht tr> lnnlr ""j -- )d such a thing as rediculous. Simsly to pleasa her I got the yarn and ifter burning it blsw the blaze cut and smoked the wound. Well, while I leld ths smoke she would say she felt .t drawing. To my surprise the swellng was gone next morning and there ??as no more trouble. I used it on mother occasion and the wound gave 10 trouble. In thii case they also :ompiained of the "drawing sensa ,ion." 1 think t&e press woiid do a kindness to copy this remedy exten lively. It may be the means of reieving some suffering mortal. I ask svery one who may have occasion not .0 fail to use this remedy. It will be mpossible to find one with less faith han myself before I used it." A Freak of Cupid. BerjiminF. Hint; aeed 87 jears, md iuss Julia Ann Sherman, aged 90 ^ears, were married at Water town, N. ST., oil last Wednesday. Tbe wedling was an event in Watertown's sojiil circles. After the ceremony the venerable couple received congrat^ratulations and an elaborate collation eras served to about 300 friend. IT JS A HUMBUG. THESC-CALLED JACKSON LEAFLESS OR AFRICAN COTTON. What the Director of the Georgia Slate Experimental Station Says About It? Oar Farmers Should Let It Severely Alone. Tke following report from the Georgia Experiment Station on the so call ed "Jacksons Limbless Cotton" which has been so extensively advertised in some of the papers will be re2d with interest: This Station has received a number of inquiries from the farmers a ad others in regard to the rrerits of the so called "'Jackson's Limbless Cotton;" aiiu as Muiiiar lmjuLTitfb WJII yruua.uj.y be received in the future, it has been thought best to give the desired infor mation in this form. Aside from this consideration, however, and in the absence of any inquiries of this Dature, it is the duty of the Stations to give information to the farmers in regard to the "capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation," and in general to give to the farmers the results of "such other researches and experiments bearing directly on the agricula ? 4U A An v-w-? n TT krt turc ui i/UO u jjLiLcu outitra iti uickj u\: deemed, advisabble." This so-called '"Jackson's Limbless Cotton" was first brought before the public, under this name, in the fall of 1S96. It was said to have sprung from seeds obtained in 1895 in Central Africa. It was claimed thatit belonged to a new genus; that it would produce four to six bales of lint i 1 1 ^1 _ i _ per acre on ordinary upiaca; inai me Jint is extra Ion?, fine and strong, etc. The claim of African origin, and that it is of a new genus of Gosypium, seems to have been abandoned, and the schedule of its merits is as follows: "This cotton has become famous throughout the cotton growiug world, and it seems destined to woik a revolution in the cotton business. (1) It is entirely limbless. (2) The stalk grows from 10 to 14 feet hieh. < (3) The fibre is incomparably the nnestintbe world. (4) The fibre is remarkably strong and one and a half inches long, perfectly white, and has a satin like touch. (5) We have four acres in cultivation this season, and expert cotton growers say that we will get twenty bales from the four acres?that is five bales to the acre. (6) It is the most prolific cotton in the world." The price first fixed for seeds of this "Limbless" was $ LOO per 100 seeds, or $2.50 per 500 seeds. At $100 per 100 seeds one pound would cost $60.00, and one bushel $L,800.00! The price' has recently been reduced to $7.00 per pound of seed, or $210.00 per bushel!" The above are the claims put forward for this remarkable cotton by its promoters. After considerable difficulty the Director succeeded in getting a-small quantity of the seed (of un:_ qu'esGmrcd?puiiiy) Etttt liiey were" planted in direct competition with twenty other varieties comprising the Station's ''Variety JTest." Of course all the conditions affecting tne twentyone varieties were made precisely the same as far as practicable. The following table gives the total yield per ucre of each one of the twenty one varieties, up to October 6, which was the date of the third picking: Total Yield per Acre to Oct. 6, 1897, of Twenty-one Varieties of Cotton, on Georgia Experiment Station. Lbs! No. name Seed Cotton Per Acre. l! Texas Bur ; 1.378 2;Nancy Hanks 1,374 3: Lee's Improved 11,358 4;Thrashers Select 1,312 - ? - ? * i aaa &jiJulpepper's improved i,ooj 0 Jones' Reimproved.. 1,311 7; Mascot 1,292 8 Strickland's Improved 1,289 Turner's Improved 1,284 10 j JACKS OX'S LIMBLESS 1,279 ' 11 Roby's Prolific 1.275 .. 12 King's Improved ^Red) 1.2G8 13 Smith's Improved 1,234 14 King's Improved (White)... 1,213 ISjHutchinsin's S. P. Prolific.. 1.2US 10 Allen's Long Staple 1 205 17 Minor's Improved 1,18'J IS Pride of Georgia 1,181 19 Pine Apple 1,175 20 Texas Oak 1,140 '21 Mitchell's Twin Boll 1,040 Average 1,254 The final pickings will probably make a material change in the rank of some of the varieties; but it is not probable that No. 10 will be material ly changed. Very soon after the cotton commenced to limb and square, and each variety to develop whatever was peculiar to itself, it was suspected that the "Jackson Limbless" was either identical with a certain old variety, or closely related to it. After the bolls commenced to open the Director became satisfied that the so-represented new, "limbless" variety, was identical nrif-Vi t>iA T-Q-riatxr alluded tf)_ viz: "Welborn's Pet," which was grown on this Station in 1890 and 1892. Correspondence with the originator of "Weiborn'3 Pet" variety, and exchange of sections of stalks, confirmed this conclusion of the identity of the so called ''limbless" with "Welborn's Pet," in the judgment of both Mr Welborn and the Director. It is therefore confidently affirmed that "Jackson's Limbless Cotton" and "Welborn's Pet" are one and the e?OWlQ TTOH'AlTf "Welborn's Pet" has been before the people for 10 or 12 years. Now for the specific claims made for the "Jackson Limbless" by its promoters, before enumerated: (1) It is not "entirely limbless." but is inclined to produce several (often five or six) long branches from near the ground. When very closely crowded in the drill, however, many stalks will be without these limbs, and their normal tendency (as with "cluster" cottons generally) to grow tall is much increased. (2) The stalks grow from 15 to 20 per cent taller tiian most ordinary varieties on the same soiL On exceedingly rich soil, such as a rich alluvial, or a very hignly manured spot, they may attain a height of 10, 12 or even 14 feet. (3) The fibre (lint} is fairly good, but nothing ertraoi.'dinary. It does not compare at all with Sea Island, Egyptian, or even Allen's Long Staple in the above list, and would not fViA-n iYiCk A*. I .Iiinui.^nu a 11 l^'Hf? piiVC buau V* ainary upland. S'aort Staples. (4) The fibre is not remarkably strong, and is nc it one and a half inches long. Its length from 1 2 to 3-4 of an inch long, averaging about 5-S of an inch. (5) The Director visited and examined the "four acres" referred to, early in September, ana estimated tbat a yield of 11-2 bales per acre might possibly be secured, with favorable future conditions. The land on which the four acre paten was growing nas Deen under very high culture for years and was heavily fertilized with cow droppings and commercial fertilizers the prpsert year; and in the opinion of the Director is capable of producing 60 bushels of corn per acre. (6) The Station tests of 1890 and 1892 of "Welbcrn's Pel" and of "Jackson's Limbless" the present year prove that it is "not the most prolific cotton in me woria. In conclusion the Director desires to say that this cotton is a fairly good variety on rich soils, or under nigh culture. Mr. Welborn says it is not suited to poor land and pcoi* culture. For years past he has been carefully developing its peculiarities "with a view to fixing a variety that will be better adanted to harvesting with the Machine Harvester. Especial attention has herein been called to this so called "limbless" because of the extraordinary claims that have been mads for it and the unprecedented high price asked for the seed. These claims are so apparently plausible that the unsuspecting and confiding farmer is liable to be induced to rioxr of fhp rate r?f mm*1 ?2flft a Knshfil for the seed -when the identical same variety of seed may be had for probably less than $2.00 per bushel. R. J. Redding, Director. CUBA SHALL BE FREE. The Patriots Will Have This or the War Will Go Oa. Three Cuban patriots direct from the scene of the terrible struggle on the island have been in St. Louis the last twenty days procuring and shipping ammunition for their compatriots. Their work is at last completed and they have left for Cuba. One of them is authority for the statement that during their stay they have purchased and forwarded to a Texas port $255,000 worth of cartridges, dynamite, rifles, pistols and saddlery intended for the insurgent army. Two expeditions conveying these supplies have sailed from a Texas port between the city of. Bagdad and Port Galveston and in the Caribean Sea will meet two other expeditions that Sunday nifrht set sail from New York. The Cuban agents are Col. Geo. Johnston, of the stuff of Gen. Carlos Roloff, Col. Eduard Betancourt and Capt. H. A. Smith. Col. Johnston who was interviewed by a reporter, said: 'Our mission has been to buy supplies for the department of the east Owing to quarantine we could do nothing at Key West, and came to St. T ?TXT. 1 ? IjUUIS. y?b uavo acvumpiuucu um mission here by the purchase of $225,000 worth of ammunition and the like." CoL John stoiL. continued?on iW "Autonomy? No! Nothing but absolute freedom! We have 60,000 men under arms in Cuba. Virtually the whole island, except Habana, Matanzas and Cienf uegos, is in our hands. we couia tase naDaua Dy meaus ua dynamite, bat we would have to notify the foreign consuls, who, of course, would notify the enemy, else we should blow up our friends. "At a meeting of representatives of the whole army of the east and of the west as late as Oct. 4 at Holquin, at which I was present, and wnich has rot yet been mentioned in the papers, it was reiterated that Cuba would, accept nothing but absolute freedom. It is a waste of time for the United States to deal with Spain relative to granting autonomy or anything else short of absolute freedom. What we want of the United States is the granting of Via! liorprflnt richt. With that, in less f> o than 72 hours we would have out of the various ports of the United States 42 vessels flying tbe Cuban flag. . "Before the American congress meets again there will be events which we hope will compel congress to recognize us. We have been on the defensive heretofore. Now we are on the offensive. We begin to retaliate. The armies of the east and west are about tolconsolidate. They will shortly attack Mantanzas. Possibly Habana will be assailed. We are about to show congress that we mean business, if we have not Ehown it heretofore. "With belligerent rights the island will be free Dec. 31 of this year. Without recognition we shall be free before March of next year." Don't Trim Postal Cards. Henry J. Bothcif, publisher of The Illustrated Record, of New York, originator of many clever schemes for pushing his paper, innecsntly violated the postoffice regulations a couple |of weeks ago, and, as a result, is out $500, besides what he confidently ex ipectea co secure mruu^-ii mo Mr. Bothoff recently purchased a list of several thousand names and addresses, intending to send out a batch of business circulars thai would bring in replies. He bought postal cards to be sent cut with these circulars and had envelopes addressed. It was then that he discovered that the postal !/>ar<3s wprp a trifle too larse for the envelopes. "Wishing to avoid delay that the readdressing of the envelopes would necssitate, he had the postal cards trimmed off one-eighth of an inch and then sent them out. When the cards had been remailed by the parties they had been sant tV, the postal; authorities detected the slight change in the s:zs of the cards, and Mr. Bothoff learned for the first time ^ nno /if TTn/?1e bUUli I1C iittu. viuianu vuu w mviv Sam's rules. The postal cards were declared worthless, and the publisher of The Illustrated Record was obliged to pay an additional cent for every one that was mailed to him. Re warns other publishers and business men against making a similar mistake.? National Advertiser. Railroad Statistics. Thsre are some very interesting facts shown in the annual report of the interstate commerce commission. 4-v*i? AAiinfwTr 1Q9 77R milpq VVC llCk V C 1U Wio UUUI-UJ1 iV?, V 1UUW I of railroad, 35,950 locomotives, and 1,297,649 cars in use. There were 511,772,737 passengers carried during the year, of whomonJy 181 were killed or only one in 2.827,474. Could figures better illustrate the extreme safety of railway travel and the success of invention in overcoming danger? There are 8S6.260 employes in the service, and their wages amount to 60 per cent, of the total operating expense. This means more than half a mil lion homes made prosperous by this one industry. IN A NOBLE CAUSE. Th? rConument of th? Noble Women of the 61 Confederacy. The work of erecting a monument to the women of the Confederacy, -m which has bsen undertaken by the , veterans, is beginning to take some shape. The veterans of South Caro- 1 liua intend to do their work well. The 1 following call to the members of the committee for a meeting to be held . during the approaching State fair has ^ just been issued- g< Attention Confederate Veterans: tu The general committee of the moun- ai ment to he t*>d to the women of a< the Confederacy will please meet ia oi Columbia on Thursday of the fair m week. The nolica will be given of es the place 3 nd hour later. Tne com- a miitea is corr-^ed of the following fr gentkmc-: pj Abbeville?J. F. vi Aike~?B. H. 'league. al Andfcfj?v'-?Col. J. L Mau'd'n. ti Bamburg?G- *. F. M. Bamoeig. ni Barn will?F. /u Creech. is Berkeley?S. P. w Beaufort?Capfc. H. N S.'oVes- te Charleston?Col. Jas. Arms. uc-z. ss Chester?J. W. Seed. Chesterfield?J. A. Craig t> Cherokee?J. L. Strain. fa Clarendon?D. J. Bradham. C Colleton?C. G-. Henderson. tl Darlington?W. E. James. ti Dorchester?George Tupper. c< Edgefield?Gen. J. W. Car wile. ir Fairfield?Capt. T. W. W ood ward, oi Florence?Jobn S. Scott. C Georgetown?T. M. Merriman. o] Greenville?Col. W. L Mauldin. w Greenwood?C. A. C. WaUer. ti Hampton?J. W. Moore. p; Horry?B. L. Beaty; ir Kershaw?C. C. Haile. to Lancastei?L. C. Hough. el Laurens?W. W. Ball. ti Lexington?M. D. Harmon. Marlboro?Judge J. EL Hudson. cl Marion?E. H. G-asqus. w Ne wberrj?J. W. Gary. b< Orangeburg?Hon. Samuel Dibble, ri Oconee?Y.F. Martin. pi Pickens?D. F. Bradlev. ti Richland?Capt R. S. DesPories. to Saluda?W. Scott Allen. w Sumter?T. V. Walsh. Spartanburg?D. R. Duncan. hi Union?J. T. Douglass. pi York?Major Beckham. tu Williamsburg?Louis Jacob3. ol r* ?. j n* \jtcii. vv ajii-r ttiiu awtu. are mau j.c* w quested to meet with the committee. The members bf the committee will hi please press the work of organizing us counties before the meeting. Let us w all bs up and doing to accomplish m what we have undertaken Comrades, li come fully and squarely to the front, tl "Forward" is the word. S. P. H. Eewell, w Chairman General Committe3. si to Bryan's Romanes, Is there a romance in the life of in William Jennings Bryan, which he Q has kept sacredly guarded from the tc world? This question is being asked t>y memcers of tne party wiio acom- o] panied Mr. Bryan on his tour of Ken- e1 t.jmVv last wep.Ir. It was called forth bv tc an incident which happened at Loret- n to, Ky. At this plac9 there is a school e< for girls, which is in charge of the I) Nszarene sisters. When the Bryan n: special reached Loretto the girls of the b school had gathered to greet the great g. silver leader. Three hundred of them ? walked to the rear of the coach and fc grasped his hand. Then the sisters, h. whoj were in charge, pressed forward. r< One by one they clasped his hand and passed on. The sixth stopped. It p " -1 - X J X. l_ _ was m tne ceep iwuignt ana iue iigiiis pi of the little town were straggling in tl the autumn haza. She raised her h cowl and looking up said. tr ' 'Mr. Bryan, I knew you in the long tl ago." it Mr. Bryan was startled. He leaned tl forward and a name was whispered s] in his ear. He still clasped the hand a of the nun, whose cowl had fallen ai back and revealed a face that showed n traces of great beauty ana evinced a a person of superior birth. There was tl a whispered conversation. Mr. Bry- ti -? * i j mi J ? an s xace ngmeu up. xue cruwu auuui n the train had fallen back and they si stood alone in the gathering darkness, tl Tnen the bell for the train to leave ti sounded, but still they talked with n hand clasped. Not until the train p moved slowly away and tore their 0 hands apart did Mr. Bryan leave the o: step of the coach. "I knew her, long S ago," was all the explanation he'gave a io those of his party.?Atlanta Jour- y nal. a Span lull Methods of Warfare. In the three fortresses in Havana B there are now confined 4,727 political ? prisoners, and, counting those deported to the Isle of Pines, there must be ^ 10,000 of the whole Cuban cammand. r( From the commencement of the war ? until this date, 8,274 people have bean ^ dsnorted to African penal setnemenis; ^ 427 prisoners of war "have been shot in n the Fosse de ios Laurels. Havana, ? alone, and 103 people, chiefly American citizens, have- been expelled from ^ the island. Counting the enormous n number of persons who have disap- f( peared from their homes and never sj agrain been heard of, the deaths of pa- j, cificos from starvation and disease, * the captured rebsls executed in the in- a terior, the massacres of sick and T wounded, and aDoallins lines of Span- ' ish graves marking every movement of the imperial forces, some adequate idea may '03 gained of the inferno into which the "Pearl of the Antilles" has f; been turned. During the month of y August 23,470 soldiers were admitted 1 into the hospitals with yellow fever p and dysentery, and thes9 may be du- o plicated with the men unfitted for duty t: but invalided into the barracks of the n large towns. n * _ Sumter to Have a Hospital# ^ An examination of the will of the -Q iate Timothy Tourney, of Sumter, a who died a short time ago, reveals the t facts that Mr. Tourney left the bulk of ^ his property to his wife curing her j, lifetime and then it passes into the t, hands of the ezecutors, Messrs. R. D. Lie, NeilL O'Donnell and Dr. S. 0. Baker, who are to invest the income ? until not less than $25,000 has been accumulated. With this sum a hospital for the "poor but respectable" people of Sumter is to be built. The in- d come from the estate will be adequate J to support the hospital. The hospital c -- u"-"JcAtrAn a lib i>U UC UUUCi bUC v/isuvx v/i. vr* wv t wa trustees, viz.: the three executors i above named or their successors, the t pro tempore mayor of the city, two t pro tempore aldermen of the city and j one citizen of Sumter county, not a I resident of the city, to be chosen by c the other trustees. The hospital is to i be non sectarian and the provisions of i in +i,? . ILQc Win luruiu anj iaY^iitii<9ai 111 wnw i > management. |t . fe w^A5"iriS ??-? OUR STATE FAIR. SEAT PREPARATIONS FOR THE AN- .gjgj NUAL GATHERING IN COLUMBIA. * >388 i? People all Over South Carolina More man Usually Interested?Varied Bzhlb* its and a Great Crowd Already Assured? Some Prominent Features. Columbia, S. C., October 25.?Spec1 mi i. * 11 i: xne prospects ior an uhubu&uj x)d exhibition of the State Agriculiral and Mechanical Society this year -e most excellent Some months ro Capt L. D. Childs, the president I the Society, began making arrangeent that should insure varied and ctensive exhibits and should invite largo abbcxiuairce IIIULUUIUK jjuuijio om every section of the State. The emium list has been carefully rosed, so as to give due recognition to 1 the interests and industries which le Society seeks to promote. The amber of these pamphlets distributed much larger than usual?a fact f : aich of itself indicates increased inrest ca the part of the farmers, artiins and manufacturers of the State. President Childs, with a view fur- ev to bring the fair to the notice of irmir.s in different sections of South arolina. sent out upwards of ten lousand letters, calling attention to " ? V?VNMAA/?U AVIi) AelriMM fllO ic appivabuii'^ iau) auu aoamg buv ) operation of the people of the State, l making it the best in all the history ! the Society. These endeavorers of aptain Childs have been earnestly secaded by other gentlemen connected ith the organization, and the press of is State have, as nktal, done their art in urging the people to contribute j their attendance and their exhibits, i assure a great success. All these forts will bear good fruit Every --i? i. i_i Ling pumus tu tt suuucaai ill lall. The grounds have been put in first ass condition. All the buildings ill have been thoroughly renovated ifore the first exhibit shall have arved, and no pains will be spared to romote the convenience and insure L6 comfort of those who shall come i Columbia at any time during fair eek. The entries of standard-bred horses ive been unusually large, and this deKfrnflTil irrill Via nno rtf +Vl?> (Twat U dULlQUV VTXU WW VUV VX iuv ires of the fair. As fine gpacimens f equine flash as can be seen anyhere will there be shown. .. The entries of thoroughbred cattle jve also been more numerous than suaL Especially is this the case ith Jers9y cattle. The cattle departtent of the fair will be a joy and de> ght to all lovers cf fine animals of te bovine species. The usual assortment of fancy ire jewelery makers, glass blowers. de shows, fortune tellers, etc., will 3 od hand to make the fair lively and ford unlimited opportunities for the ivestmeat of spare nicklesanddimes. reat care nas osen uuuo, uuwaver* . > have on the grounds not one exhibition. nf ariv snrt that ahall hw?? pen to the' charge of immorality or ran indelicacy. The effort has been > enforce most rigidly the require* Lsnt which the Legislature has coupl1 with its grant of aid to the Society. f, through the trickery of any show ? ian, aay exhibition of an objectionale character shall slip into the rounds, it will be promptly suppress* ? Tn/t? ? . 5n i x. HiHecmve measures wiu aiau oo iken to keep off f akiers and gamblers, owever these may try to disguise the ?1 nature of their business. La tiers are being received from peoLe haying shows at the Nashville exosition and who want to exhibit at le fair. Their inquiries are prompt- ;;j t answered, and they will be perdttedto use tne grounds, provided ley shall be free from objection* uut should be understood, on all sides, lat whatever the apparent merit of a iow, considered as a means to draw crowd, no exhibition will be tolerted that is open to the charge of imlorality, indelicacy or fraud. The people of Columbia will do leir part, as usual, to provide attracons in addition to the many that the lir itself will afford. Already a good im of money has been subscribed for lis purpose, and further contribu- :~\^J ons are assured. The citizens* com- . ss littees have not yet completed their anmnmmo Kilt it will h#? ft imftd ft Tift. IWgiUUliUW, MM* -- ?T ^ >ne feature already assured will be f interest to men and women all over outh Carolina?the military encamplent, review and sham battle. Tnere rill be a number of companies here, ad the parade promises to be the best f its Mad in very many year. The adets from Clemson College will be resent one day at least, and the Citael boys are expected also. Ample provision will be made, at otels, bearding houses and private ssidences, for the accommodation of uests. An officer of the AgriculturL Society has this matter already in ana, anu me tuxaiigcuioub mux uo ma early faultless as hard work and reat care can make them. The Columbia Hotel, just renovated iroughoui and brougnt well up to modern standards of style and comDrt, will be ready to receive the large iiare of the big crowd that will just* y ba its portion. Everybody should come to the fair nd bring somebody else along. The aiiroads will of course give special ates. , Destitution In Nora Scotia* Windsor, N. S., recently suffered rom a great fire;hundreds of families rere burnt out of house and home, 'he extent of the destitution which ervades the town was signally demnstrated last night when the first disribution of clothing and bedding was aade from the relief stores. The stairs 2a ding to the Avonian club rooms rhere the supplies were stored were bronged with people carrying away ilankets, comfortables and wearing ppareL All the labor-giving indus ries are aesiroyea ana iitue worx wiu >e available during the winter, so thai Lundreds of persons must leave the own. The calamity has attracted rowds of visitors from all parts of the irovince. More than 500 families are a need of food and clothing. ?i An Enraged Elephant. At Greensboro, N. C., last Safcoray, a big elephant Delonging to the "orm Robinson and Franklin Bros.' ircus, became enranged at one of the mployes and was about to stamp him a the ground, when, a keeper rushed o the man's assistance, and was in urn attacked by the big brute, who >icked up the keeper in his trunk and orcsd him in his mouth. When rested the man was found to be badly njured; but his physicians say he will ecover." The elephant was tortured rith hot irons and acid until he was hcroughly subdued.