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'" ff ii Y* LOT OF . . . WERIHftM . . . STATIONERY. ALL JOB HORK EXECUTE? WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. ?IVE US A TRIAL I " T " ' TO THINK OWN SELF UK TRUK AND^^S THK NIG^ ~~~~ ~-~".^^^^^^ BY JAYNES, SHELOH, SMITH & STECK. _-1-. -'-ry,;i,r i : AVA?,RAJ,l<A, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 24, 180?. NEW SEULES, NO. 73-VOLUME #-tfo. 34 ill WHEAT IN MEET IN GREENWOOD AND DISCUSS THE GREAT FOOD CROP. A GEORGIA RKPRKS8MTATIY? WAS PROT And M ado an Address-Hon. E. E. Vernor Ably Represented Oconoo. Mr. S. II. Jordan, Chairman of tho Agricultural Committee of tho Geor gia House of Representativos, de livered nu address before the Conven tion of Wheat Growers at Green wood, S. C., Inst week. Ho spoke in part as follows : Mr. President, Ladies and Gen tlemen : There in no occasion which is to mc more enjoyable and no com pliment which I osteoin more highly than being with and talking to thc farmers of my country. In the dis cussion of those problems, thc so lution of which is essential to pros perity in our futuro farm work, a subject is presented in which wc arc now most vitally interested. Con ditions which did not suggest them selves a decade ago aro becoming serious and formidable at tho pres ent time. While personally a stranger to most of you 1 fool that my own interests arc identical with yours and that wo are all en gaged in a common cause. In advocating a revolution in our farming methods, I shall not suggest tho adoption of anything which has not heretofore been successfully un dertaken, and will givo no advice which is not capable of practical ap plication. It is ci ni to apparent to any casual observer that our system of doing business is decidedly con trary to that which existed during the days of our greatest prosperity and consequent independence. There was a time, not so far back in tho past, when the farmers of thc South supplied the population of tho towns and cities with tho necessaries of life from the varied products of their farms. At the present time a largo majority of our fanning classes are helplessly dependent upon the mer chants for supplies, not only for themselves, but for their stock as well. Thc heavy staple supplies which thc merchants handle are grown in tho far West, and tho pro ceeds of the cotton crop of the South, which should represent the surplus money crop of the farm, is paid out to the far nora of thc West. Wo arc enriching not only these pro ducers, but tho railroads, wholesale and retail dealers through whose hands these goods must pass before reaching us, and who charge a full commission ?ill along tho line. Tho crop out of which we aro expected to pay for these supplies is sold at a ligure below the cost of production, and theie cnn be but one result to us from the continuance ol' such a sys tem of doing business. A G UK AT AGKICUI.TUltAI, STATU. Tho great State of South Carolina possesses as great a degree of diver sified resources ns any State in thc Union. There is not a farm in your State which cannot by a proper method of diversified planting, un der an intensive system of culture, bo made self-supporting. The fann ers of your State must realize that every pound of supplies which they purchase in tho open markets is pro duced by other farmers in distant sections of thc country who labor under greater difficulties than those with which we have to contend. When Southern farms were solf sustaining open accounts were tho only evidences of indebtedness, and a fanner's word was as good as gold. Sharp, shrewd business men of the world soon saw that there wore for tunes to be made out of tho cotton crop if the fanner could be induced to produce it in largo quantities. The Western people saw an op portunity for building granaries and packing houses to supply the South with food if we could be induced to turn our attention entirely to grow ing cotton. Tho big railroad mag nates saw a grand opportunity to in crease dividends, multiply their roll ing stock and other\vise fatten on tho freights to bo obtained by trans porting heavy and costly supplies from tho West for thc Southern cot ton grower during tho spring and summer. In thc fall millions of cot ton bales would bo turned over to them for carriage to the seaports or Northern markets, and a second whack had at thc great Southern in dustry. The stock raisers o? Kentucky and Tennessee' wer.) pleased at the bright prospect of supplying for tho futuro that beautiful Southland, where all that was needed to make a man rich was a peace of land planted in cot ton, with a negro and a Kentucky mulo to plough it. Guano manufacturers uaw at once' thai plant foods MI enormous quanti ties would havo to he supplied to keep up tho fortuity of tho oleanly cultivated Holds, aud that the invest ment would ho a good ono. Cotton expositions were held all over the country and tho white staple crowned king. It has taken twenty years to whip tlic tight, hut tho intonso greed of the world has done tho work, and today tho old king lies hali dead in tho ditch, while broken and disap pointed mournors gaze upon thc long trail bf a disappointed past. While the farinor has lost in the strugglo, tho country at largo has doveloped and increased its wealth steadily each year. I haver no criticism to make of tho farmer for so largoly producing cot ton, oven with tho costly use of commercial fertilizers, when tho business was a lucrative ono. 6ut wo faoo conditions to-day which aro se rious and whioh makes impossible tho futuro wholesale production o? cotton as a means of developing futuro prosperity. In tho rich, allu vial lands of the Southwest, in which aro embraced tho valleys of tho Mississippi, tho extensivo plains of Texas and Southern Oklahoma, cot ton is being grown on an average of ono bale per aero, without tho uso ol fertilizers. Tho farmers of youi own State, after using annually hun dreds of thousands of tons of ferti lizers, can barely avorago half a bale per aero. With these hoavy oddt against us and competition annually increasing in tho Southwest, wc will be forced to chango our present sys tem of farming. Tho solution of thc problem by which wo arc today cou fronted must bo largoly d?termin?e by thc efforts of each individual whe is dircotly engaged in tho produotioi of cotton-and who, by reason of I full appreciation of his needs anc condition, realizes that ho is an im portant factor in breaking tho bond age under which ho restB, that tin freedom ami independence of hi business may bo once more ostablish ed, placing him on that high plain of prosperity which was mado s< conspicuous in tho early days of on fathers. Fill your granaries and smok houses with the products of you tann, stock your pastures with oat tk-, sheep and hogs. Diversify you interests and prepare to go into til markets of your country with a doze staple products where you now onl attempt one. Cut down your cotto acreage and divcrsy the crops plantee Wo Oi A gradually get into thc suf ply business, and raise enough coi ton besides to meet tho demande c the world, and the price for wbic it is sold will be a profit in our busi ness. Kvery fanner who has heroic fore operated his affairs entirely o tho credit system must make a strom ons effort to use more cash in h business for what he is forced to bu and raise everything at homo whic his landa will produce. LA KO BK AORBAOB IN WHEAT Till KAl.I,. ? am satisfied that a largor acroaj in wheat will be planted in tb South during the coming fall thu for many years past. Wo ncc shrewd business men on tho far as well as in other departments life. Broad, liberal thoughts fir birth in higher education. Tl farmers will only combino their coi mon interests when confidonco in tl business ability of each has bet gained. Unity among tho favmo is ono of thc greatest needs of tl present day. A careful, thoughtf study of tho resources of thc cou try will open up a system of eli von lied farming, which will bring pro ami pleasure to thc agrioulturh Kvery farmer should havo a thc ough knowledge of commercial pap and understand somosystomof koo ing books. At thc beginning each year a dotailcd account what lie owns should bo taken dov, representing his capital investi An itemized account of ovory (lol expended, whethor cash or oreti should bo carefully entered. T cost of labor employed and th?, n lori?is used in tho production of f various crops should bo specially i counted. At the ond of tho yi bis books will show thc profits lost) of tho business. Wherovor rora exliisted in tho management,' defects could bo readily found r remedies applied. Tho boys gr( ing up on tho farms will catch inspiration of systematic melin and business training, which tl will bo able to utilize witli profit their o .vu advantago in futuro yoi KA UM Kits' INSTITUTES. I appieoiato tho fact that tho < of Hoholing, ns wc ordinarily ?so tenn, for tlu; adult farmer hat* pi ed; timi tho only hope for tho pres ent and future cultivation of his montai faculties ami tho betterment of his material prosperity must lie in the looal organization of farmers' in* ?Ututos. Tho farmers' instituto is without cost to its membership. I want to give my aid and encourage ment to their establishment in ovory oounty in tho South as rapidly ns possible. If you havo no instituto in your Stato organizo and begin tho battle for greater HUOOOSS and proa pority in your farming methods. In these institutes the intorohango of ideas, experience mootings, dissouss iug and adopting tho most successful plans pertaining to our business would moot nnd ovoroomo many se rious obstacles, which retard, as stumbling blocks, our future path way. What tho farmer need? most of all at this timo is encouragement and aid in tho solution of such prob lems as will help him in his lifo work and tho building of a future filled with contournent, happiness and prosperity. Organizo and attend your institutes, with a full apprecia tion of your needs and surroundings. Thoro aro no people who have bot ter opportunities for solf education than tho farmer, and wo should bo quiok to tnko advantage of the cir cumstances whioh placo this highly dosirablo featuro of his avocation within his reach. That farmer whose business is operated on a self-sustain ing basis, who exorcises intelli gence, forethought ar.d correct meth ods in tho conduct of his affairs, fears no panic. The tightening of tho monoy market, tho crash of failing business houses in tho great cities, roach his oars only through tho me dium of tho heavy hoadlincs of his newspaper. Ho is happy, peacoful and contented, and only responsible to his Maker, NORTHERN LOAN COMPANIES. But what of the farmer whoso homo is mortgaged in the Northern loan companies, whoso stock and crop furnish collateral for the pur chase of supplies ? When tho strin gency comes the crop fail? to settle the obligations ; thc loan falls due, an extension is asked and refused. Tho iron grip of tho law is ovoked ; tho property is advertised for salo and knooked down to tho highest bidder. Tho wife is torn from a homo which sho has long learned to love ; tho little children aro forced from tho ohorished playgrounds and another heartbroken farmer is added to the long and rapidly swolling lists of tonants, while ono moro Southern home passes into Northern control. This picture is not drawn from fancy ; its realism is too ofton heralded as one of the misfortunes of our pres ent farming system. The solution of tho race problem is a matter in which tho farmers of our country aro moro largely inter ested than anyone else. Tho field ol most sorious trouble is in the rural districts. WnEAT ON EVERY EA RM. Wo havo ns8omblod boro for n high and noblo purpose, ono worthy and fitting tho honorablo avocation in which wo are engaged. Wo arc hero to dismiss plans for tho mate rial betterment of thc farmers1 con dition in South Carolina and to ox press our determination boforo tin world that tho future planting am growing of wheat will be conspicu ous on ovory farm in tho Stato. Tin roform movement is taking posse" Bion of your people in earnest, and i revolution in our farming method is sending tho pleasing sunlight o its advance into tho mind and hoar of every farmer. For years thoro bas boon great ri valry among thc transportation Uno from tho West, soliciting heavj freight for shipment into our South ern country. Wheat or if.* manu facturcd products, flour and brar 11 When thc liver's 1 ? wrong all's wrong. ,> j make wrong livers ) ; havo largely figured in the heavy tonnage of ^freights, daily dolivorod to your wholesale merchants in tho last twenty or thirty years. The daily consumption of foreign flour on tho tahlos of our farmers has been something enormous, while Our oitios novor enjoy bread propared from homo-rhised wheat. UNIVKUSAI. UA?r.?Nrt OF Y." H KAT, The universal luisingof tvhoat in your Stato will be no experiment snd no now undertaking. It will simply bo gutting back into thc footsteps of our fathors, and forging a strong link in tho desirable solf sustaining feature of our farm work. Thoro aro thousands of peoplo in your Stato to-day who woll remem ber whon patout Hour, sacked at Westorn mills, had no salo in your merchants' storeB. South Carolina wheat lins holpod to furnish tho muscio and brain of mauy of the most eminent characters who havo conspicuous places in tho history of our country. A STRIKING CONTRAST. In contrasting tho agricultural conditions of tho South as they ox histcd thirty-fivo years ago with those of tho proeont it can be moro foroibly prcsontod through a short illustration from a pnrt of our his tory with which wo aro all familiar, and of which many of you who aro proscnt hero to-day have a fooling recollection. During tho four yours' continuation of tho civil war tho entire population of tho South was blockaded on all sides. Tho con tinued call for troops to tho front drained tho country of its best man hood, loaving agriculture largely in new hands and under tho restraint of perilous, wrought up times. Tho entire Confederacy subsisted upon hoiro raised supplies, and tho invad ing army of tho North loadod its commissary departments from tho products ot Southern farms. Dur ing tho entire poriod of four yoars thoro was no suffering in any quater of tho South hyman or boast for want of good wholosomo food, particularly Hour. Our troops suffored for want ol money and transportation facilities, but not because there was not an abundanco of provisions of all kinds in overy soction of tho South. Gen, Sherman commenced his memorable march through Georgia toward thc closo of '04, with neat ly ono hundred and thirty-five thousand mon and thousands of cavalry and wagor horses. As he advanced on his linc of inarch to the soaboard, and on ward through your own State, hil foraging parties daily replenished this vast army's commissary depart mont with the finest bills of fare evei issued to any soldiery in moderi times. AN ASTOUNDING ASSKKTION. Thc full granaries, smoko housei and cxtoiis'ivo well ?tocked pasturci of South Carolina's farms supplice Cen. Sherman with an abundance o provisions, without any great dctri mont to our pooplo left in tho wnk< of his march. PRKRRNT STATIC OK AFFAIRS. It cannot bo doubted that there i vastly more acreage in cultivation i your Stato to-day than nt that time Should such an army with its nee esHary stock equipments, start on through your Stato at this time with out a well fi Hod commissary, di pending upon tho rosources of th country to sustain its march to th aoaboard, how far would it proceo without, halting or looking to otho sources for supplies? Suppose ft ono short yoar tho population c South Carolina was blockaded an Westorn transportation facilities on short off, what would bo tho consc quence under our present system ( farming? Famine would run riot i your towns and cities, and thousand of tho agricultural classes woul suffer for bread and meat, bccaui our farmers generally do not prc duce enough provisions to take thci families through ono year. Of win a magnificent past we can boas and how glaringly it contrasts wit tho present. In all departments of com merci and industrial life, except agrien ture, the inventive genius of man' being utilized with ovory possih degree of profit to the various av< cations in which tho people of tli country aro engaged. The coi venionccs of all kinds that tho wor ?H daily manufacturing and placii beforo tho farn.rr aro tending render him more helpless and d pendent in a business which shou bo pre-eminently tho most ind pondent on earth. Thirty yof ago, whon tho old horso-pow threshing and hand-powor fanni] machinos woro in uso, moro ,,whc was annually rained in some riVdil districts of thc various corin tiefe your Stato than is now thress i i-:-.? ;-* ?rrr?.^ ?? with (ill tho modern improvements at our command, from tho combined wheat aoroago of two or throo couti ties. j SBLF-SUSTAINING METHODS. The young farmers of your State must look baok into tho oarly history of their fathers and shape their f?t turo course in agriculture by tho oolf-sustaining methods in uso on every farm at th ut time, utilizing all tho latest and most approved farm ing implomonts that will-reduce tho cost of labor, increase thc pleasure of tho business apd heston that c|ay of prosperity so much to bo desired. Tho older far mors should resurrect tho principles of farming in vogue during their earlier days and ranko of their farms commendable object lessons of what thoy know to bo possible of tho great resources of their State. PLANTING TI'S W11KAT CHOP. Plant your wheat not lator than tho last wook in Octobbr, preparing your lands by deep ploughing, har rowing sud rolling. No matter how extensive or how restricted your acreage in whoat may bo tho coming fall do not nogloct to troat tho seed as a safeguard againtusmut. I have read hundreds of lottors tins spring from farmers stating that they could not raise wheat because of thc ravages of smut. Tho Homans wore nillicted with tho same trouble over two thousand years ago. Scientific investigations within recont years havo discovered tho lifo history of tho smut gorm, and by continued experiments havo found remedien which, if properly applied, will i every instanco fren tho grain of fu ture disaster from that source Smut is nothing moro than a parasi tic plant adhering to the grain, ger minuting with tho grain and grow ing along with the stalk. Its pres once is only discovered by micro SCOpio examination. As thc infect ed head of wheat develops the nu triment intendod for tho grain is ab sorbed by thc smut germ and a masi of loose brown spores is formed Thoso spores, blown about tho fich by winds, adhere to thousands o good grains and the foundatioi is laid for increasing disaster th following year. Smut does not therefore, develop after tho crop i? planted and growing ; it must bo i lifo and attached to tho seed when before it is put in the ground. Or dinarily a solution of bluestone, ii tho rato of one pound to enoug water for immersing fivo bushels c wheat and allowing to stand fo twelvo or fourteen hours, will cradi cate tho trouble. Do not allow sm? to enter into your argument againe whoat raising. A more univers! growing of wheat will develop lion mills convenient to every section c thc country. Produce the raw mt tcrial and machinery will bo at one erected for the preparation of grai into needed uses. INC'KKASINO INTKltKNT IN AOiMOU TU UK. Tho wide spread intorost whic the people of our cities aro takin in tho betterment of our agrioultun conditions is indeed gratifying. The h.?o ncvor been a time in tho histoi of our country when so univers an interest in agriculture was man fosted by tho people in all avocatioi of life as present. The world awakening to tho necessity of tl farmer and the importance of aidii him to HO shapo his course in futu that his business may bo ono of cl serving prosperity and high usefi noss. Upon tho suecos? of. tho farm most unquestionably depend thc co tinned prosperty of all avocatio oxisting in a truly agricultural cou try. Alloftheso highly desirable cn and moro may bo accomplish through tho adoption of such far ing methods as will enable us to 1 come moro prosperous as thc yc? roll by. Make your farms solf-si taming. When you havo provid an aoroago of diversified crop sn oiont to meet tho demands of hoi supply it would thou bo proper Thero is moro catarrh in this sect of tho country than all other disoa put together, and until tho last fow ye lt was supposed to bo incurable Fe groat many years doctors pronouncoc a local disenso, and prescribed local rc edies, and by constantly failing to ci with local treatment, pronounced it enrabio. Scionco has proven catani bo a constitutional disoasc, and it thc foro requires constitutional troatmc Hall's Catarrh Curo, manufactured b: J. Chonoy it Co., Toledo, Ohio, is only constitutional euro or. the marl It is taken internally in doses from drops to a teaspoonful. It acts diro< on tho blood and mucous snrfacos of systom. Thoy offor ono hundred do! for any caso it fails to euro. Souci circulars and testimonials. Address V. 3. CHUNKY & Co., Toledo, Ohl Sold by druggists, Ifi cents. Hall's Family rills aro tho host. considor tho extent, of tho money orop. B?tate ycur orops, plough deep, harrow and roll your landa. Increase the fertility of tho soil, supply noeded humus and improve its mn ohanioal condition by growing legu minous plants ovorywhoie they oan be sown or oultivatod. Institute a systomatio method of inoreasing tho com pest heap and cut down the hoavy bills for fertilizers. Tho le gume and compost heap should he the farmer's bank ; with thoir resist ance ho oan at onoe commence to travel tho inviting road to independ ence and wealth. Without thom ho must continue to look for holp only from costly and opprcBsivo sources. Lot tho farmer work out his inde pendence without fern* or trembling, gradually abolishing tho orcdit sys tem from the future conduct of his business. TOO MUCH COTTON 8KKI> WON'T DO. Mr. J. W. St. John was called on, and before it WSB known ho was reading lottors "whooping up" somo brand of fcrtili/.ors. Ho gave some information relativo to tho usp of drills, and read a lottor from Prof. Newman relative to tho uso of cotton 8oe(l as a fertile., Vol, Newman ad vising agaiust tho uso of too much cotton seed. A lottor was road from Mr. I. R. Solf, of Linoolnton, N. C., giving some excellent viows on wheat rais ing us applied to his scotion of tho country. Ho believed in planting when thc land was dry, botwoen tho 1st and 20th of October, and in pre paring the soil between tho 15th of July and 15th of August. E. H. VBRNBtt, OF OCOKJBB. Representative E. E. Vernor, of Oconco county, struck a decidedly responsivo cord. Ho was called up on and dolighted tho audionco with thc sense and vigor of what he said. Ho was a hog and hominy and Hour making farmer. If the farmers raised what they ato there would bo no need for BO many political meet ings. Ho wanted tho whole State to do what Oconco WSB doing, rai?o plenty of wheat, and ho bolioved Oconco raised moro wheat than any other county. He had been raising wheat for twenty years and know its benefits. Ho said that the first thing in raising who tt was work. It could not bo raised by going to town or having sonic ono else do it. Ho did not believe in too much new-fangled machinery, but wanted to seo tho wheat sown as of old, by hand. Tho only reason ho know why wheat could not be grown was that tho far mer who could not raise it was too otornally lazy to mako it. Tho far mer who waa afraid of cold weather could not do anything with wheat. Ho often had to go out and break tho ice from tho top of tho buokot to get at his seed, and go out to work when he would have rather re mained by the fire. If they would work they would not have to eat Hour that had chalk and pea Hour in it, but could romain at homo and oat fine wheat bisouit, mado up with lard made at homo and hams cured on the plantation. . That was what ho did, and others could do tho samo if they wore not afraid of work and bruised arma and legs and shins. Ho sowed his wheat in Novombor. He cleared land thoroughly ; it was very important to clean well. Cot ton seed was tho manure ; his plan was to mix stable manure with cot ton seed, mixing it up good and then using 25 or 30 bushels of tho mixturo to the aero. Pulvorizo tho ground well and go down at least two or three inches. Red soil was tho best for wheat, but othor would do. In twenty years ho had not bought a pound of dour tor bia pince. Ac cording to his view it was cheapor to mako good Hour at fivo dollars a bar rel than to wanto timo and every thing else and go to town and buy it on credit at four dollars a barrol. His Hour, tho best that could bo made, cost him three to thrco fifty a barrol. Ho was long-ago satisfied that it was out of tho) question to legislate a living to tho farmers r for any ono olso. Tho only wa" o mako a living ?B to work for it, and it is time to stop thinking of pcoplo logislating a living for any ono. Ho always counted on making fifteen bushels to tho aero, and for thrco years made twenty-one to twenty three bushols. Ho tried tho blue stem variety for twenty-two years and sont off for some bearded seed, but for all his oxporionco found tho white wheat tho best. He aoaked his need evory year; used one pound of blue stone to about fivo bushols of wheat, using enough water to covor sood. Used from fifty to sixty pounds of scod to tho nore. Ho was a great boliovor in tho diso harrow, and said that it could do moro work with bot Makes thc food more del ?OVAL wugtw POWC tor results than anything on tho farm. The i?eld must bo gotton in ?rst olass shapo before any wheat was planted. CITIZEN JOSH ASH I.BY. Citizen Josh Ashloy had been making a fow remarks, and tho au dience called on him for his cxpori encos. Ho got up and pretty soon showed that, while he might not bo au Emorsonian scholar, he certainly know a thing or two about wheat, and living on thc farm, and his droll, characteristic manner of telling about it added much to tho intorcBt of his views and experiences. Citi zen A?hloy said : Ho had 100 bush els of oats loft ovor from luBt year ; planted wheat after cotton, sowed wheat by hand, soakod seed for eight to twelve hours in bluo stone wash, used half bushol to tinco pecks of sood to the aero. Aftor planting ho rolled thc ground with a home-mr do roller, pulled by a yoko of oxen. Mado six hundred bushels of wheat on his farm last yoar ; averaged ten bushels ; tho highest fiftcon bushels Whoat has moro valuo than flour Bran is oxcollont food and tho straw is tine for animals. Used fiftoon bushels cotton seed to the aero. Mr. Ashloy never bought Hour for his entire plantation, and has been rais ing it for many years, lie SOIKIB abroad for seed and prefers blue Btom. To koop out wcavils put about two gallons of unslackod limo to two hundred bushels of wheat Did not Uko tho toll system roller mills. Ho and Mr. Vernor had an annis ing colloquy about rollor mill charges. --4*?. HA? BLOOU-CVHU I'ltBIi! 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Address Blood Balm Company, Atlanta, Cn. A Lyncher's Confession. GAINBBVILI?B, GA., August 19. Taylor Hamilton, ono of the mob which took Si Smith from thc jail, in this county, and lynched him a few weeks ago, mado a full confession boforo tho grand jury of Hall county yesterday. In his confession Hamil ton implicated a number of promi nent merchants of this oounty, and II?B story of tho affair has created uonsation. Ho tells of a tall man, whom tho mob called "Mark," wht wore black falso whiakors, and played the part of tho fako sheiriff, in order to gain en I ranee inside the jail and securo Smith. Hamilton acted thc part of tho pretended prisoner on tho night,of | tho tragedy. Entrance to thc jail was effected by thc mob through a ruse. Tho mon, holding a supposed prisoner botwoen them, awakened Sheriff Monday and told hin) that j thoy had a prisonor from Gwynctt county, whom thoy wished to deposit. Tho Shoiff, unsuspectingly, opened tho door, and tho mob rushed in, and shot Smith wbilo ho ,vns in bio cell Hamilton's part was such that he saw tho whole performance. -_ CASTOR J A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of Form labor is so scarco in thc Northwest that farmors have ap pealed to tho railroads to aid them ir. scouring harvest hands. --~? . *~ J. V Grlflln, Lancaster, S. C.. says "For 18 yoars I havo used and renom mended Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Modi ohio to all patatera as their host modi olno for painter's eolio and torpid liver T find it far superior to Collin's," For sale by Dr. J. W. Bell, ?URE Hei otis and wholesome i?R CO., NEW Y0I1K. WM INVESTIGATION OF GREENWOOD WHITE CAPS-BRUTAL CRIMED COMMITTED BY WHIW MKN. Four Will Bo Arrostod-Tho 3ood People aro Thoroughly Aroused. GnicKNVvoon, August 18.-Pursu nut to tho adjournment of a mass mooting hold hero Inst Wednesday to considor tho recent outrages com mitted on negroes in tho Mount Mo riah section and olscwhoro, sovoral hundred dotorminod white mon mot at Mount Moriah church today to hear a voport from tho committee appointed to investigate tho matter. Tho meeting was called to ordor by tho Hon J. M. Gaines, chair man of tho committee. Tho Hon. C. A. C. Waller was oleoted ohairniau, and A. N. Carpenter, seoretary. Mr. Gaines, for tho committee, proeeodod at onco with hU report. Ile stated in tho outsot that no ef fort had boon made to excuse, shiold or white-wash anyone, but that dili gent inquiry had failod to olicit in formation Hufliciont to recommend thearrest of anyone. They had roado tho discovery, howovcr, that tho sit uation waa not as bad as reported in the newspapers, or as they all thought it to bo. While it was all tho out growth of tho Phoenix riot, it had no direct connection with it. Tho sov eral whippings, at as many times and places, wore probably due to ns many causes. Tho iiret case was that of a negro who, it wns reported, was organizing a plot against Pheonix, and ono who, it was thought, took part in the up rising last fall. Tho second was found to be a per sonal matter between a white man and a negro. Thc third was that of two women, ono for being tho mistress of a whito man, tho other for living in a house in which a white school was former ly taught, but which she rented from tho owner, a well-to-do whito oki /.on. Tho fourth was that of three no gro mon, and grew out of a reported trespass on a whito man's crop, and so on down tho list. There was only one case for whioh there could not bo found a cnus*-,^ and that was the unmerciful boating of Jake Richardson and tho'outrag ing of bia wife in his presence. This, the committoo thought, was / more for intimidation than anything' else, to frighten tho negroes away so tho white renters could get tho lands chonj). The committee found also somo differences and friotion among whito neighbors, winch woro con ducive to this state of anarchy among renegade whito men. Tho mooting evidently thought tho committoo had not been as thorough as it might have been in tho investi gation, and sovcral negroes who had been whipped and who woro present were called for aiid questioned, first having boen pledged protection by the whito people by a unanimous ris ing vote, for any information thoy might give that would load tc t he arrest of at least some of the guilty parties. Thc talcs they told wore harrowing in the extreme, and especially is this troc of old man Jake Richardson, ns bc told how they dragged him from a sick bed, beat him, then ravished his wife. No one who looked in his face doubted tho truth of his state ment, hut unturtunately he would nov divulge tho names o? any of ids ass'-' 'danto. ? Fivo other negroes gave evidonoo against Joo Jones, Jcsso Cauloy, William Wilson and Robert McCas lan, all whito men, sufficient to war rant their arrest, and tho sheriff will execute papers against thom at onco. All tho cvidonco went to show that there was a dozen or moro of the whito cappers and still others/ may be arrested. Fooling hero is very much wrought; up, but no further troublo is apprei bended. As abundant precaution again ?'I immediato violence, these nooroo: who gavo ovidcuco against tho foui white men woro brought hero atf" will bo protected. Our citizens will dopond no io/ ger on their ofllcials to uphold tjf majesty of tho law, but aro now d tormined to maintain its supreme at nil hazards. /1