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TO THINK OWN SELF UK TU UK ANO IT MIJ ST FOLLOW AS THK NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN UK FALSE TO ANY MAN DY J A YNES, HUH LO it, SMITH *V STUCK. EVERYTHING NI HATS, GO WELL Ai FROM TE LINE RIG Phone -17. MKINLEY IS DENOUNCED. - Kev. Arthur Crane Attacks tho President from tho Pulpit. CHAKI.KSTON, .August IS.-The Kev. Arthur Crane, pastor of the First Baptist church, who came here ! a few months ago ami jumped into notoriety hy his sensational sermon's about high life al night and general immorality, has been pounding Charleston ami telling things in the pulpit that Others believed best un said. Kev. Crane did tho Parkhurst act, ami before he delivered his first j sensational sermon he got two of his deacons to show him the wild places of the city. I lu visited the resorts! and then dropped in at the gambling! bouses and saw tho little ivory billi Spinning while the men stood by anti j played. Ile look in everything and! then tobi it in bis church. After bis li rsl attack on the city Kev. Crane gol seam courtesy from the press. In bis Its' sermon Kev. Crane made a violent attack tm President McKinley because wines were stored in the cellini- itt the White House. Ile attacked governor .Mcsweeney, ami he charged openly that three members ot" the Charleston city council were running blind tigers. Ile gave thc Haine of tine council man whom he claimed was the keeper ttl' a blind tiger ami bas con tinued to whack him on various occasions. A Call to Organize. Thc following address bas been , issued to the Democrats ol'the United Slates : The Democratic party ami Us , friends must meet the forces of cor ruption ami intimidation in polities this year by thorough organization. | A Democratic club or society should ( he organized in every city, town, , village anti precinct in the United , Slates. Democrats and all who tire , in sympathy with the principles std ( forth in Kansas City platform are |( earnestly urged to join the Demo- , eratic clubs, ami when none exists to assisi in organizing them. This work in uniting the forces of law timi lib erty into one great systematized civic army should be carried on simultaneously in every part ol' tho country, ami without delay. The friends of the government, accord ing to the hitherto unchallenged American theory td political equal ity everywhere lintier our llagcaUtlOt afford to be less zealous or less active than the adv?cales ol' nu American 1 colonial empire supported by rifles. I NO patriotic citizen eau ignore tho attacks which are being made upon the very foundations ol' our ?(resent? irreproachable form ot' government. This yeal' every citizen should be a politician. Clubs and societies should at once communicate with' the Secretary ol' the National Asso ciation of Democratic ('lobs, 1370 lb natl way, New Vork, so that the united membership may work syste matically io the defense tit' tin- re public as thc lathers made it. All Democratic committees, State ami local, are requested to ajd the Na tional Association td' Democratic ( 'lubs in this work. W. .1. I li; V A N , A io AI K, ST KV UN SON. ,1 A .Mies K. JON KS, ( 'h'm. National I lem. ( 'oin. WM. I?. 111-:.\ it ST, Pres. National Ass'n Deni. Clubs. Edgoflold Peoplo Unveil their Monument. OOM uni A, S. C., August IO, -A work begun during the lite lime ot the late Mrs. Lucy Holcomb IMckens was con summated at Kdgcliold court house yes terday when a monument io the Coufodo rate dead from that county was unveiled in the pi'OSCUCO Of :t,000 people who braved the ii.tense beal. lhere were three speakers (louerai M. c. lintier. Congressman J. \v. Tolbert ami rix dov, .fohn C. Sheppard, Thew.not Kdge bebl have been working lo secure linois for this monument for many years, Millions will be spent in politics this year. We can't keep tho campaign go ing without money any moro than we can keep the body vigorous without food. Dyspeptics used to starve them selves. Now Kodol Dyspepsia ( ure di gests what you eat ami allows voil lo oaf all the good food you ?vant, lt radi cally cur?s stomach troubles. .1. W. Hell. 3W IN MEN'S HA'. L.F OR OUTING 3 A COMPLETE! ] LE MANUFACT UR HT THROUGH ! Bcavcrdatn Assc.iallon. Tili? scribe, <*ii rout e tb tin* Ben vcrdtim .Association, missed connec tion at Seneca, and so had the good luck to spend the night wit it Bishop 11 it>l t and Iiis kind and hospitable helpmeet, lt Wits good to lie there and enjoy their hospitality. Tile Association met Tuesday, Au gust 7th. Was well attended. Ser mon preached by-that's a fact there was no introductory sermon-Bro. Wnrdhiw preached a good sermon second day. Bro. I). NV. Jl iott was made mode rator and J. ?M. McGuire clerk, and J, W. S tri hiing treasurer. We moved off on fast time. Oh, hut it is hot, and the water a long ways off, and hot much good after you get there. Hut we had a splendid meeting of the old Beaverdam. It was full of life and spirit. Full time was given to "State of Reli gion" in the churches the first day. .Many good talks were made by dele gates. How the laymen can talk when you get them started. They beat the visiting brethren. This first morning was a moBt delightful m?oting, full of spirit and power. In the afternoon report on educa tion was the main thing of the day. Bro. Shelor made a fine report and Di*. .Montague made a captivating mooch. If he comes your way, kind render, lie sure to hear him. The brethren caine to do the work in two days. The political mooting at Walhalla, seven miles away, would have tho right of way mi tlie third. So we agreed to come back to-morrow and finish. It is wonderful how fast brethren can de match business when they determino lo do so. The second day it is as dot as over. This is Pleasant Ridge [dinrob. Ii must have been named in January, or its name must relate Lo the people who arc as kind and pleasant as can be. We have a big L'.rowd to-day with lots and lois of undulates. This is an off day with tho State campaigners. They go to the associations lo SIM- Lue. dear peo ple. What splendid fellows they are. They are not afraid to shake hands with anybody and they shake like they mean it. We discussed the old preachers ami look a good collection and made lots ol' promises. Then followed State Missions. The live minute rule prevails, lt must, because we must gel through, but ibo old war horse, Dr. Bailey, was told to Like his time. Ile is never long, but he always holds his grip until Iiis crowd gels in lune. They made good pledges and gave some cash. Mach church in the Association lin iert .-ikes to give for State Missions a mm not less than len cents per mem ber. The aggregate will be about slbMI. That is, perhaps, more than they ever gave before. lu the afternoon Bro. Mcclintock made the report on Orphanage. Brethren Yass and C. Wardlaw made talks. A good impression was made. The Beaverdam will not for get our orphans. Bro, Jamison, the uiporintondont, was at homo with a lamo fool. The report and discussions on Foreign Missions followed. Breth ren Vass, Pittman and others made Lilks. We had also report on temper ain e. Good report, but some things in it. not best to say nowadays. When you talk on temperance be sure, you lon't get on any body's toes. Tho mooches were wise ate! otherwise, Imt this is ?lear old South Carolina. Let us keep the fever at all hazards, rbis has been a good day and every ??ody goes homo happy. We Bap tists sometimes make the fur lly, but we sing the long met re doxology and go home in a good humor. So must il ever be. We may sometimes be focused for getting mad or rather right easily indignant, but what's the good of slaying that. way. Keep cool. t. I. M. Voil will never (hld any Other pill so prompt ami so pleasant as DeWitt's Lit tle Karly Kiscrs. J, W. boll. ou a Ha FS-LIGHT DRIVI HATS, WITH FA LINE OF STAPKE ,ER. COME IN A] C. W. Bi MILL TROUBLE In North Carolina Object to Textile Union May SI.ut Down. CllAKI.OTTK, N. C., August 18 The ICrwill Cotton Mills, ono of the largest in the State, will likely bc forced to shut down in a few ?lays because of the organization ol" a textile mill workers' union among its employees. About a month ago tho organization was started and be fore lite mill owners were aware of its existence there wen' a large num ber of members and thc organization had secured a linn footing. livery effort w?m made lo stop the organiza tion, but to no avail and Saturday it was stated that there were 200 mem bers in this mill alone, in addition to another branch in the blast Durham mill. A few days ago some If) of the members of the union were noti fied that they would not bo needed in the milt longer than two weeks, there being an agreement between the employer and the employee that a two weeks' notice must bc given in before any discharges aro made or any of the men quit work. Satur day Mr. Krwin notified ?til who were members of the union to quit at the expiration of two weeks. A special meeting of the union was held to night, at which it is stated l'> new members joined notwithstanding the position taken by the mill people. This makes in all over 800 members of tho organization and .us till will have to give up their positions il means that the mill will have lo close down for awhile at least. It is saiil that one-half of the mill will close down in a day or so and tho other half will have to close unless hands are scoured at a very rapid rate. lt is understood that there an' two men on the road for the purpose of getting labor and some of these new men have .arrived. in nearly every instance these men have joined the union before going lo wort, and the tnalter of pulling down the union is not being strengthened very much. There is no trouble anticipated. They operatives say that everything will be done in an orderly manner and that the men who are given their walking papers will <piielly seek other positions and the union work will go on among those who take their places. The Krwin mill is one of thc larg est in the Stale ami employs about i OOO or 1,000 hands. There are a large number of these who are rep resented by tho 300 who are in the union, there being several in many of the families who work in the mill. The general opinion is that the whole employment will result in a shut down of the mill. i Ku turo developments will be watched with no little interest by the people in this section, Those ? who are joining the union arc not asking for more pay nor short Ol' hours, bul simply claim the right to Ot gat) ? ZO for mutual help and pro- , ted ion. Tiujaloo Monbon. TCOAI.OO, August ll. (?ur rovival, conducted by Kevs. Wardlaw and 11 ?Ol , (dosed Monday night after tho llrst Sun day. Light new additions wore made to tin- church. Mrs. C. C. Martin and two lillie chil dren, who have been visiting her mollie, in Picketts, have returned home. Little Miss Annie May McGuire, ol Oak way, is visiting Mr. .1. L. Heeder and < family. Miss Caryco Mclunkin returned lo her : home in Toceos hist week, I A number of young folks from around South UuiOll made a Hying trip to the 1 tunnel lust Wednesday, ? Mr. .lames IL browne and wife, with , Mr. Ollie burris and sister Maud, visited 1 friends at Lavonla ami Goodwill, (la., i last week. , Messrs. Morgan ami .loo Mclunkin are visiting their brother, Dr. Mclunkin, in i Toccoa Ibis week. Mrs. .Lilian Neville and daughter Julia have returned to their home in Allanta ; after a week's stay wit h Mrs. J. li. Mc ,) unkin. Mr. J. J. Cromer went lo Seneca Au gusto to clerk for Mr. (), W. (iigldllial, Mrs. Lula Collicillt ami Misses /.nella Malone and Nina Marett, of Columbia, are visiting relatives at this place. Messrs. Horace and Adolphus Whit worth visited their sisters here last week. Misses Ada King and Mary Sheldon visited friends at South I nion last week. Little Miss lillie Shearer is on a visit to ber grandmother in Anderson county. KOSH; HI H.' 1 1? NG HATS, DRESS NCY BANDS, AS 3 HATS, DIRECT ND INSPECT THE AUKN1GHT. Senator Tillman's Speech in Greenwood. The writer bf these lines lias never been in the opposition lo Senator Tillman, nor docs he feel now ?my bitterness towan! him. We were out of the State when the issues which landed him into office were raised and did not return until three years ago when we came back to become managing editor of this paper. So we could not be ?mt down as cither for or against him, but we are frei' to confess that out sympathies were willi him in his pro fessed interest in behalf of the clasn of people in the State who deserved consideration, ami we have alway? given him credit for sincerity. Hui the speech w hich he made in this eily last Monday was an' out rage and we are ashamed that South Carolina has a mau lo represent bet in the highest counsels ot the nation who is so entirely destitute of re verence, and who has such little re spect for the great majority id" tlu people he represents. His irrever ent handling of the word of (Jod wat blasphemous, ami his reference tc the ordinance which commemorate! thc death and resurrection of om Lord put him down as a far worst man than his most ardent cncmicf have ever branded him. Satur (jiuded Scripture to our Lord, bul we do not believe that his satanic majesty is capable of handling Cod1! word more perversely and irreveren tl y than Senator Tillman does. Wu are a munster, but wo hnv< not eared anything for what the Senator said about thc "unholy alli ance." Indeed wc have felt that tin preachers have protested too tn ucl against it, so wc arc not slung bj that, .'ind made to harshly critioisi Mr.Tillman, lt pains us, however to know that people who live in this Christian land and who- have bool taught from infancy to reverenci holy things would applaud thc irre veroni hits ol' Mr. Tillman, am seem to enjoy to low llings wino) bc iii ulc :d ministers <>f tho gospe wdio, as a class, are the best men w have-men who are unselfish, am who btive given their lives to tin religious aiul moral well-being o their fellow tuen. His advocacy of thu liquor iradi and subtle endorsement ol' drinkinti which any sane m.m knows is ; ruinous habit, ;ind sneers at titos who seek to surpress it, are un worth' nf iiiiy mau, and could bc ox poole to om?nate only from a man who wa lost to nil noble purposes and wh had no regard for the wei faro of th race. Il is a pity that ibu youn men of our country inc permitted t listen to such a man. His referent' Lo thc sentiment which has kept dispensary out ol' (1 reen wood an bis appeal to tlu* fancied wrong whic had been done thc people of th roiml v in so doing, was ii piece c high-banded detnngOgism which ot people will not soon forget. Hut we must not be severe. h'roi ?ur hoar ts we pity this man win though bc regards his clrii M'S ft std vat ion more secure than that ( Hu- preachers, is led captive at tl will of the devil. Wc do not bellet that Ibo Christian manhood of th State will endorse Senator Ti I lin fi in thc course be is pursuing, and will not be long until he will lin it oui. All thill we hilve said is will ?ut any reference to his right I speak ai the campaign meetings, I may have that right, but ht; has t right to outrage the moral and re! nions sentiment of our noonie ai Iiis high official position demain that he should usc such speech becomolh a gentleman. Wc pi these lines without one particle of will to the Senator, but with ohagr md mortification. ?Slay (?od ha mercy on bis soul. South Cumin I biplist, August I 6th. Amen ! And what do you think of i What, do you think of this jud nient of a friend ? Wc arc sure The State has nev said anything about Hen Tillman severo as this. Passing over thu ox pressions "Irre voient," "Outrage," "Blasphemous," "Lost to all noble purposes," "No regard for tho welfare of the race," "High handed domagogisin," "Low HingB," "Unworthy of ai y man," all used, as Kditor Gardnot' declares, 'without ono particle of ill-will," passing these over, wo say, as possi ble equivalents of terms wo have applied to Hen Tillman at various times, wo aro completely "stumped" when we try to remember ever hnv iug saitl so mu ell against him ns that he ls rt "far worse utan than his most ardent enemies have ever branded Iiiin," ls worse than Satan in "Iiis hand ling of God's word," Is "led captive at tho will of tho devil." We have known Hen Tillman for lf> years, heard a groat many ot his speeches and read a great ninny of his letters, and as a result we have said many plain ?uni just and hard things about him-but we (ind that after hearing one speech of his a friend and admirer is constrained, "without one parti?le of ill-will," to pronounce him "a far worse man than his most ardent enemies have ever branded him"-which vindicates us ami sm passes us. Wherefore we step aside and yield the van to The South Carolina Bap tist? edited by the Hov. G. W. Gard nor, 1). I).-The State, August ??th. AN EXTRAVAGANT CONGRESS. Nearly Tlircc Quarters ol a Million Dollars 1 Spent in One Session. I YVASIIINOTON, Angin: 12.-Tho volume !. of appropriations, now otlieos, eic, io- ; quired hy law to ho prepared ami pub lished nt t in! end of each session of Con- ' , gross under tho direction of tho coin- I mitteo on appropriations for the .Senate' and House, has been completed for ibo' lirst session of the 50th Congress hy j Thomas P. Cleaves and .lamest;. Courts, chief clerks, respectively, of the com mittees, A summary of the appropriations shows a grand total of $710, I50,S02,88. j The details hy bills aro as follows: ; Agricultural, ^l,02H,600; army. $1M, 220,005.55; diplomatic, $1,771,108.70; 1 District of Columbia, $7,577,<)00.82; for- i ti licat ion, $7,080,028; Indian, $8,107,* 800.21; legislative. $71 ?,052. OO ; Military Academy, $071,800.07; naval, $05,110,- j m."?.I'M; pensions, $N5,2I5,2!H); postoOleo, $ 110,058,238.75; river and harbor, $500,- I 000; sundry civil $05,010,510.45; deli cieney appropriations, $ 15,088,0!JO. 01 ; miscellaneous appropriations, $102,712, 220. (Irand total, $710,150,802.88, Missionaries Should not <]0 to China. j Senator Tillman has given out his views nu i he China question. Ile says ho is unalterably opposed to missiona- 1 rios going to China lo teach religion, favors convening Congress at Ibis crisis' and will support an alliance with Cleat Britain and Japan to pr?vint partition. Ile says: ''.".ince tho downfall ol Napoleon Ku i'ope has not faced snell a serious sil na tion, ll is a great, pity Ibo United States is compelled to mix np in it, but we aro necessarily forced to protect our ambas- I sudor, ami, as far as possible, to protect the missionaries who have ventured into the interior. Public Opinion is univer sally in favor of going that far, but Pres- j ?dont McKinley has already transcended t his constitutional authority and should j have called Congress together as soon as i Ibo situation became aculo. If he can' invade China with one regiment without authority ol Congress there is no limit to his use of troops. A brigade, a divis- j ion, au army corps can be sent there hy executive order with just as lunch au thority, and tho power vested in Con gress to declare war will have been usurped lo all practical purposes by tho! President. No doubt the President would have convened Congress hut for tho fact that we have au election on hand, bul that is no excuse for ignoring his oath of office and overriding the Con stitution. " The policy to be pursued in thc event of the capture of Pekin by thc allied forces is the ono which should cause as much concern as the usurpation of power by Hie President. The partition of China ought not 1.0 be thought of for a moment ; certainly thc American people do not want any share of the country. Our In terest is to preserve trade relations and an equality of duties with our competit ors in mann fad mes. "I would support a policy looking lo the maintenance of the Integrity of the Chinese empire, and to that cud would he willing to sec Kngland, Japan and the I'niled Slates form au offonsivo and de fensive alliance lo guarantee tho integ rity of tho Chinese empire willi equal opportunities of trade with all Christen dom. "In regard lo tho missionaries and thc future effort lo force tho Chinese to aid thom and protect them, I am utterly op posed. Wo do liol admit tho Chinese, even lo work, ami the idea of their send ing missiona. ies herc to preach is as pre posterons to us as our sending missiona ries to them. If tho Christian religion cannot conquer an entrance to tho Chi nese people on its merits through per suasion, I seo no warrant in Christianity forcing if Oil them at the point of tho bayonet; that religion is tho religion of love and not of force." (inestinn Answered. Yes, August Klowei still has the larg est sale of tiny medicine in the civilized world. N our mothers and grandmothers novel thought of using any! bing else for indigestion and biliousness. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom heard of appendicitis, nervous prostration or heart failure, otc. They used August Mower to (dean out thc system and slop fermentation of undigested food, regu late the action of the liver, stimulate tho nervous and organic notion of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad with headaches and other aches. You only need a few doses of Creon's August Flower, in liquid form, lo make you satisfied lhere is nothing snrioUH thc mutter with you. I'or salo by J, ll. Darby, Druggist. FARMERS' SCHOOL. Die Interest and Attendance Increasing Potato Bugs and Other Posts. CYKMSOM COLLEGK, August 14. According to their custom, tho farm i-'rn wore up this morning with tho sun. Farmer Lewis hud his hacks, carriages and buggies ready and Look fifty or seventy-five of them ?vor thc farm. They wore delighted beyond measure when thoy saw Mr. Lewis' linc bottom corn. Dr. Pres cott, who is ono of the best farmers in Fdgcficld county, nays that it ?B tho best crop of corn he has over <eon, and that if it were his ho would not take seventy-live bushels per tere for it. All agreed with him. .Many were disappointed af not jotting to go to tho farm, bul Mr. Lewis had foreseen this difficulty lind had loads of line melons ready Lo entertain tho disconsolate. lloro Imbil again assorted itself and many Look the melons out on tho lovely grass phils and seemed perfectly latish* cd. (iuite a number of ladies aro pres >nt again Ihm morning. A moro iiamost sot of st adonis were never icen than is ?h?8 body of thoughful men. The number of intelligent questions they ask shows that they ire very much interested. Col. li, \V* Simpson, chairman of Llie board of trustees, is on hand ibis morning, as ho always is when Lhere is anything concerning Clem ton and the agricultural interests. In addition to the distinguished non-resident lecturers already men tioned, Col. D. A. Thonipkins, of Charlotte, and Col. 1). K. Norris aro booked for lectures on Friday night. Besides tho largo crowd in bar wicks, at tho hotel, and in private ionics, numbers of visitors aro coni ng in from tho surrounding country ind picnicing on tho lovely grounds. Col. Newman was in charge this norning and introduced Col. M. B. Hardin, who lectured on fertilizers. Jol. Harden never attempts to tell inything ho doesn't know, and what ie says is always listened to eagerly. Ile talked of direct and indirect fer ?lizers. Linn: improves tho texture if the soil, making it more open, ex cept that it tends to make sandy soil tom pact. It lits organic matter for he use of tho plant and removes ournoss from the soil, liberating lotash, The saying that "Lime 011 iches the father and impoverishes ,ho son," is true unless other f?rtili '.ei'H aro used. uI,ime without manure Will make both land und fanner poor." Stable manure is valuable, though loor ill fertilizing qualities, because ,\ hat qualities it has are easily tivail ible. It loosens soil and enables it I o hold water. Commercial fertilizers aro neoes tary lo replace materials taken out >f soils by crops. Nitrogen phos ihorio acid and potash aro tho con ditio nts. The leguminous plants Lake up the nitrogen which attach themselves to the roots of the plants, mt giving in return nitrogen taken rom the air. Organic nitrogen 'xisls in animal and vegetable mat er, tho per cent being high in dried ilood and colton seed meal. Out of >'J cotton seed meals analyzed hero wenty-lwo coming from tho up country had 0 per cent ammonia. Those coming from the lower part of he State are low in ammonia. Col, lardin is very mindi interested in Iiis and hopi's to get at tho cause of he difference. Phosphoric acid does not escape n the air, but becomes almost insol ihle. Cotton seed meal helps to ren ler it available. lu Imying fertilizers, if you want iotas)), be sure that IC "2 t) is marked m tho sacks. Potash does not leach ?lit, and is therefore sometimes used 00 much. The chemist can't help the fanner nueh hy analyz' lg soil, because tho oils aro not uniform on one farm ?Voil. Fanners should experiment hetnsclvos. Ile invited tho fanners o tho laboratories where he would ;ivo thom formulas for fertilizers to ie made at home Tho people showed their interest n this subject by tho close attention hey gave lhe speaker. Dr. A. P. Anderson came next on 'Insecticides and Spraying." There, are insects USoful and insects inrmful. People should know tho 'lady hird," which is ti friend, dc troying the eggs and larvae of hurt? ul insects, especially of lice. Tho iee.:- including the bumble bee ?arry polen from the dower of ono dani to another, causing them to mit. Tho leaf-eating insects have noulhs opening sideways. Lice and acales aro examples. Insects have no lungs, but have eleven poors on each sido through which tiioy got air. They have littlo control over these poors and so cnn be poisoned by spraying. Tho loaf-eating bug, as tho potato bug, may bo poisoned by Paris green, but tho leuf-sucking insects, like tho oabbago bug, must be poisoned by spraying. Paris green may be applied by mixing witli water or somo powdered substance, as limo or Hour. Ono ounce of Paris green with ton gallons of water ?B thc right proportion. To kill potato bugs, mix witli Hour, ono tablespoon ful heaping, with two quarts of flour, and shake over tho plants carly in tho morning. Two applications one as soon as tiie beetle appears, tho oilier a few days later-aro usually sufficient. There is no danger in using Paris green on cabbage plants. It doos not take up tho poison. It kills the cabbage worm, but not tho bug. In sects liavo their weaknesses like everybody and everything else, and we should take advantage of thom. Tho cabbage bug likes mustard, and if you plant a row of mustard along side of oabbago tho bugs will collect on tho mustard and may then bo burnell by putting straw on tho mus tard and sotting it on lire. Another way is to scatter chips and leaves along by the plants. At night the bugs hide under those and may bo gathered up with tho rubbish early in tho morning. Clean cultivation will help to got rid of tho bud-worm in corn. To got rid of scales kerosene emulsion, made by taking half a pound of sliced bar soap and boiling in a gallon of water and, after boil ing, adding two gallons of kerosene. This is very good. Put one part of the emulsion to five of water before applying. Dr. Anderson answered many questions fired at him by the listen ers. Next carno Judge-J. N. Hook on "Industrial Education." His speech was a gem, abounding in historical allusions and economic statements in literary form, and was delivered earnestly and eloquently. Cl.KMSON CO I.I.K? R, AllgUSt 16, Kver since cotton became the money crop in South Carolina, tho fanners -white and black-have waged an incessant and merciless warfare against all manner of grasses. Of late years a reaction, favorable to tho healthy being of "General Green" has set in, and the tip-to date agri culturalists of the Palmetto State, awakening to thc fact that we have an ideal country for stock raising have in a groat measure made friends with their old enemy. This fact was much in evidence h?re Monday night, when tho first day's visitors to tho Farmers' Insti tute, liung interestedly on tho words of Prof. J, S. Newman in his infor mal and instructive lecture on the subject of "(ir-isses," and illustrated hy sheaves of cured grasses and grains, prominently displayed upon the rostrum. As he talked upon the relative merits of Bormuda and Texas blue grass, hairy vetch and cow pens, ho was frequently inter rupted by interested questioners whose practical knowledge of the subject gratified Clemson's agricul tural chief and showed conclusively that intelligent inquiry and carne:-! experiment will in limo put our State to thc fore as a stock-raising section. Yesterday this increase of inter est in stock-raising was evidenced by tho unanimity with which the ilelegatos and visitors accepted tho invitation extended to them by Prof. 0, M. Conner, in charge of the de partment of animal husbandry, and visited and inspected tho big barns in tho college farm. They admired tho mild-eyed Jerseys, tho sleek Devons and the big black and white Holsteins; they watched with elgor interest tho milking nf the herd, by the whito-apronod, spotlessly clean I airy hoySJ examinod tho improved Does yourhend ache? Pain hack of your eyes? Bad taste In your mouth? lt's your liver I Aycr's Pills are liver pills. They cure constip ition, headache, dyspepsia, and all liver complaints. 25c._All druggists. Want your mouil?oll* or bonni a luuuT?bTuT" brown or rich HM U Y 'eli A II mo BUCKINGHAM'S DYE h\SHU dalis fur tho cows, and had ex plained to them tho intricate work? ings of tho cutter and shredder which was transferring loads of tareen forage stuff into ensilage, with which tho two big sil?s aro to be tilled. It kept the porfessor busy answering tho questions, aud al though other topics equally interest ing were taken up by the speakers who addressed tho institute during the session, it may be safely said that yesterday, because no doubt of Dr. Newman's admirable talk on grasses, the night previous, was OB mntially "stock day." Col. II. B. Watson spoke for a few minutes on chicken raising. Col. Watson, though a good orthodox Baptist, took for his text John Wes ley's famous saying : "Cleanliness is next to godliness." A good sermon it was he made too in behalf of our feathered friends. Cleanliness, vari ety of food, good fresh waterf and plenty of room wore tho divisions of his talk. Dr. G. E. Nesom is unwell and nay not be able to till his appoint ment. Mr. Edward Lehman Johnsou >f cotton seed fame, will fill his hour. Mr. Johnson is an expert and an au .hority on his subject. About thirty more farmers ca.no n yesterday afternoon. Col. J. D. M. Shaw, of Laurens, was with the jrowd. Ho was tho questioner ti last year's meeting, and last night te began his same obi tricks, thereby tdding much life to the mooting. In fact we had some fun last night, md now everybody fools freer and ?asier. Mr. W. E. Leslie, Mr. Mo Jill and Mr. Wardlaw came from \bheville. Yesterday afternoon tho crowds /?sited the barns to see the largo lerd of cattle milked. There wero IcfBcys, Devons, Holsteins, all of .he ii nest breed, and tho managc nont and milking processes wero in teresting in deed. Many wore in .ercstcd in watching tho big shred ler cutting up tho green corn for ,he silo, while others visited the or diards and vineyards and enjoyed tam piing tho fruits. It is encouraging to seo so many armers so thoroughly interested. They have all fallon in love with Clemson and are loud in her praises, ['reparations had not been made for io large a crowd, but Mr. Schillottor s feeding them well and they lethally seem to bo tlesheuing some. Prof. Welborn, of Mississippi, ,vas to have spoken last night, but lid not arrive until too late. Ho mme in after the exercises, accom panied by his charming wife. Prof. Massey, who is always ready, ook Prof. Wclborn's place. Ho spoke ntcrcstingly on "plant growth." His text was "Consider the lilies, tow they grow ; they toil not, teither do they spin, and yet I say into you that Solomon in all his jlory was not arrayed like one of hese." It was a channing talk through ?Ut. Ile said 90 percent of tho ilant-growth comes from the air. lis description of the growth by ?ell formation was too good to be polled by an attempted reproduction. Jonie peoplo try to feed a tree by tutting fertilizers around tho stem, foti had as well tte a r ck of oats m a mule and tell him to thrive. The end of the root of a plant is the .blest part of tho root and is sup died with a hard cap by means of v hich the root makes its sinuous way brough hard earth. When a man uns a plow through cotton fields and ?rings it out covered with roots, ho las injured thc cotton, thereforo hallow cultivation ia best. The loaves of a tree determine vhat its roots aro to bc. If a plum md 1)0 grafted on a peach stock and bc bud grows the roots will become dum tn roots. If on the othor i and the stock sprouts anti the bud Iocs not gtow, then tho roots will te peach roots. People make a mistake in sclect ng big ears of corn for socd. Cut mt all stalks or the tassels of all talks that have no shoots. Thon (deid for seed sound oars from thoso talks that have two ears, always aking thc bottom ear. A short tooky stalk growing several ears is adler than a tall ono growing ono urge ear. Experiment proves that much bettor yield is secured from om bearing several ears than from om bearing ono barge ear. Tho State election in Alabama on Mon ay of last week resulted in a plurality f about 75,000 for the Democrats, Tho iopublican vote wt.- about 10,000, the Tohibttiot! vote about 2,000, and tho opullst about 80,000. Tbo Populist ole was 00,000 four years ago. Most ot llO former Populists bave ret urned to th? ?omociatio party. Tbo Democratic plat^ ?rm declared for tbo Chicago platform, ommorolal expansion, tito Nicaragua anal and regulation of trusts. Tho now ,oginh\turo consists of 120 Domoorats lld ld Populists and lb-publicans. It dil re elect John T. Morgan to the bided StatcB Senate