The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 27, 1897, Image 1
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
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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.