Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? ^3eoro<^Bh?kj<o^^j^^^^lo'^'"v^ 1111 Country, says that bis city contains P0,000 paupers, and spends auuually for febink about #70,000,000. 1 t A dozen women doctors aro graduated vfrom the New York College for Womei every year. What becomes of these fail professionals, soliloquizes tlio Now Yor> - World, no one seems able to state. i The number of mon in the Held in thi lato South American war would not havi made n small army corps, and tho losses wcro scarcely moro than tho killed in t lively skirmish during tho Civil War They had one great julvantage, however, remarks the Detroit brec /'rets. Thei (had ouc general for every forty soldiers. I At a recent pharmaceutical conference I In England it was stated that the patent Inediciuea have paid to the British Govbrnmeut, so far, in 1890, the enormous lum of $1,110,000 in the shape of duties, and it is estimated that before tho end of tho year $7,500,000 will have been expended by the owners of the nostrums. ("And yet," comments the New Orleans ^Times-Democrat, Englishmen jeer at Americans for their use of patent medicines." Astronomer Flammnrion tells the world that tho planet Mars lias been behaviug himself in a very unaccountable manner recently. During the summer broad yellow bands have appeared on his oceans, dividing .them jutp two parts, just as though a gigantic bridge or bank of sand had been thrown across them from one ihoro to the other. And the eves and telescopes that wo have 011 this eaith are dot keen and powerful ciiQUgh to let us tnto the secret of the strange phcnoincun. Alvan Clark is now constructing a telescope for a Los Angeles observatory - that will briny the moon within an apparent distance of 100 miles from theoblerver. It is expected, announces the Now York Tribune, that when this telcicopo is finished, the question whether there arc any inhabitants on the moon will bo definitely settled, and also whether the supposed inhabitants of the planet Mars are signaling to us by means of eer4j??ttHB^ghts which astronomers have no ry^of "in"* t'entions is that many of the most valublo devices now in use have been the |work of mechauics. There is a growing Itendcncy on the part of employers to entourago their workmen in this line. One tof the mechanics of the Pennsylvania Qincs is working on a device by which icoal will he fed to the fire-box of a loco imotivc in tho samo manner that a baseburner is fed. It is claimed that if the idovico is perfected it will greatly intereaso the heat in the lire-box, as no cold lair will rush in, as in the case when the door to the tire-box is opened to throw in coal. Professor William D. Marks, Supervising Engineer of the Edison Electric Light Company, of Philadelphia, an elccQF trical expert, says ho is willing to stako his reputation as an electrical engineer on his ability to construct an electric motor that could tako a traiu of cars Ifrora Philadelphia to New York in thirtysix minutes. Tho Professor might havo made it even thirty-five minutes, observes tho New York World, but as he has placed his reputation at stake in tho matter, ho tnay wish to bo entirely on tho safe sido. Olio hundred and fifty miles an hour is tho sj?ced Professor Murks's motor would havo to make. ' Says tho San Francisco Chronicle: Matches aro a great modern convenience, but thoy bring many evils in their train. It is estimated that at least twenty per jcent. of tho (ires in large cities may be Itrnr'"3,1'- H,,.lr ,lSu \ recent report of k fcoat. uj ?xchautr<5 j ,1 y " ""iNshal of Boston discusses (tho subject at great length and seriously (recommends legislation to compel the Adoption of safety matches which will tonly ignito under certain conditions. [The losses entailed are great enough to jbo appalling, but very few persons, even (when they nro fully aware of the danger.* to? a cheap match, will take the tronble |to insure themselves by buying the bet jtor but dearer article. i In his new book on African subjects Thomas Stevens quotes one of Stanley's officers in a way that at once admits and satisfactorily disposes of the charges that used to be made as to Stanley's harshV o$\ to his men. Hays the officer: "I ha^o seen days when, if I could have had tho car 01 tan public at homo, 1 should have felt inclined to vci.., in the columns of tho paper, some grievances that seemed very real, I can as you, at tho moment. But now it v<*r, I cnu look back ami see tliu .ey was rightWithout tho hai acting work we should never have .tied through, and Stanley's seeming Harshness never goes beyond tho point necessary for the success of tho uadortakiug ho is engaged N And, Grouped. Here Under Propei Divisions, * Will be Found the Late News of Ouj Home Section and Important Happenings From the Potomac to Alabama. VIRGINIA. Fire destroyed Arringdale's saw mills, in Atlantic City. Loss, $15,000; insured. The mania for speculating in town lots lias struck the people of Appomattox. In Franklin county a verdict of $8,50fl was given the pluintiiT in the suit of David Gage vs. the Richmond and Danville railroad. Arrangements have lwen cmimlofjul f<?? fcmintirin ul ? wutt|UJ14i i<v luiil.l ? street cue line in North Danville. Major Adam Clement, sherilT of Cahnpbell county, was mysteriously assaulted and left unconscious on the road a few days ago. Shendun, Va., claims to be the first new town in the South to have a street railway in operation before any lots arc offered for sale, the Grottoes Co., which is building the town, having recently completed a line three miles in leugth, which gives access to the Shenandoah Valley Railroad station from all parts of the town. The eighth annual session of the AVomen's Christian Temperance Union ol Virginia, which convened in Norfolk last Monday, adjourned after electing tin following officers: Mrs. K. II. Jones, Norfolk, president ; Mrs. A. N. Funkliauser, Harrisonburg, corresponding secretary; Mrs. II. M. Uogc, Loudoun, recording secretary; Mrs. J. \V. Newton, Stauuton,?4^yasurer. Richmond was selected as the next meeting place. NORTH CAROLINA. Ii. II. Battle, of Durham, was elected cashier of the new Koxboro Bank. J A. Long is president.. The Goldsboro Fair opened Tuesday. The five New England States have built, so far this year, sixteen miles ol railroad. North Carolina has built two hundred and twenty-six. The secretary of the United States treasury has awarded a gold life-saving medal to Thomas M. Webb, of Wilmington, N. C., for rescuing Miss J. ,1. llayes and Miss Irene Jackson from drowning at Wrightsvillo Beach, N. C., in August last. Mrs Julia F. Gould the English woman recently tried for the murder of her husband at Murphy has decided to go on the stage. Fife in tho Aslievillo Female College Wednesday- did. damage to the extent of MlM&tJSMWt ***-*?? The Young Men's Christian Association Convention of the Second district was held at Iicidsvillle last week. There were a number of delegates from all quarters of the district, and all seemed to enjoy the occasion. State Secretary L. A. Coulter, L. L. Hobbs, president of Guilford College and ltev. Dr. J. F. Crowell, ,?.Anwln?t TMI.-B.. /I..11 * [uvnuiiiin, m i huh) vuuvgv; jur. I'oia, general secretary of the Greensboro Association; Mr. B. E. White, of the Danville Association ntid Professor George Wills, of Oak Bulge Institute, addressed the convention which was presided over by Prof. Allan Holt, of Oak ltidge Institute. The most destructive lire which has ever visited Durham, since the entire Main street was burned down in 1885, occurred Thursday morning when one ol the handsomest buildings in Durham, known as the "Parish building," was burned almost entirely to the ground, together with some smaller buildings. The Parish building was a handsome three story with terra-cotta trimmings, owned by Mr. JT. f Omrr it- vr?u> vi>i(id**I at. tax,. 000, and build five years ago. SOUTH CAROLINA. Lawrence W. Edwards, of Colleton County, who was in jail at Columbia foi ten days upon a charge of forgery, gavi a bond of $500 for his appearance at the next term of Court, and was released and left the city. His bondsmen are citi/.cm of Colleton. Travis Davenport was acquitted ol forgery at Spartanburg. The jury was out about two hours. This will perhaps be the last of the famous Davenporl cases. Secretary of State Marshall issued a commission to the Eureka Phosphate Company, capital stock $10,000. Th< comnativ is to have its urincioal i it are n I V I 1 I ~~ ?' business near Jucksonboro, Colletor County, and its general purpose will be tt mine phosphate rock and mauufaetun fertilizers. Tt seems somewhat unseasonable, but it is nevertheless true, that Charleston ships every day at this season to New York ant other markets a cat loud of beans ant peas. The truck just now is hriugingoti ly fair prices, as it is brought intotompe tition with Northern truck, which has not yet been killed by frost. About the Is! of the month prices will, however, take t considerable jump upwards, as the North cm supply will be limited; The ship meat of beans and peas at that season is a new departure, which, however, seems to be quite profitable and is consequently growing. The Governor has pardoned Kanse Calder, white, and .lames Scott, colored, who were convicted at the March, 1889, term of Court for Marion County, ol housebreaking anrWarceny, and sentenced by Judge I'ressley to imprisonment in tin lfcMUfcatttiniy for thire years The pardot was arked for 011 various grounds by t large number'of citizens, including vari ous county officers, and Solictor John son endorses it. The Governor has refused to pardon John Sam McCodc, convicted at the Feb ruary, istin, term of Court for Ocone< County of obstructing a railroad, and sentenced by Judge Ahlrich to one year'f imprisonment in the Penitentiary. A petition for his pardon was presented, bul Judge Ahlrich and Solicitor Ansel saw no reason for the exercise of clemency. 1 " C. S. Taylor, d A. If ass and others, of , Chiingo, in., have secured over 15,000 acres of miuerahnnd town laudsiu Unicoi county, and will build a new town fc) bo called Unicoi. A boiler and engine , works is reported as to be established. GreCn county will vote on November 1:1th $100,000 "bonds" or "no bonds" to aid the projected railroad from Paint lliv k, N. C., via Greeuville to Kingsport. , Gov. Robert L. Taylor, Secretary of State Miller, Adjutant General McCord and several other Tenu esse cans attended the Texas State Fair at Dallas, Tex., on ( Tennessee day, October 25. Gov. Taylor was one of the orators. ( The American Humane Society met iu Watkins Institute Hall lecture room at Nashville, nearly all the states of the United States being represented. Among the topics discussed were the followiug: "Humane Education," Humane Wrtrk," - or HUmano Society," "State Against Cruelty," ^Dehorning of Cattle," "Clipping and Dockiug of Horses," "Horse Shoeing," "The Present and Fu tore Progress of Iluinaue Work iu the West." The session was very harmonious. Tuesday afternoon while Andy, soji of Wash White, was sitting in bis wiiorrtn in i ? - --?o Needmorc, near Wliitesburg, Dan Bria, Jr., surprised him and fatally shot him in the breast. White ran around a store, but received another shot in the thigh, lteid is a daugerous character who has killed one or more men and maiincd others, and has l>eeu dreaded for a number of years. lie is a tall, slender, pale, faced, keen-eyed man of about thirty wlio always attacks his victims unexpectedly. The Chattanooga Board of Trade, 200 strong, acconipnnied by ladies, went to Fort I'ayne, Ala., a few days ago, as guests of that city, where they were given a gala time. Several trains were placed at the Cliaml>cr's disposal and each member supplied with two tickets, I the parly being in charge of Capt. 11. L. Gouldin, secretary of the Chamber. W. B. Higher, of Franklin, Ky., stabbed and instantly killed his wife at Leb. anon, Teun., Thursday. Jealously of the intimacy betweeu Qeorge Dittmore, a i wealthy farmer and Mrs. Higher, was the cause. , GEORGIA. The Georgia Sawmill Association held its annual mectiug in Macon, Tuesday, October 28th. In Houston superior court nearly 100 witnesses for the defense were summoned in the case of the State vs. liev. Henry Felder?arson. Felder was charged with burning a crib in New Hope last summer. The cAse was continued to the next term. BaililT. Timmons had to pay a fine of A writer in the Houston Home Journal has been trying to locate the mean-' est man in Georgia. The feature of the opening of the Georgia State Fair at Macon was an nd~. dri ss by Senator Joseph E. Brown, in which lie announced bis retirement from public life at the expiration of his pres, cut term as Senator, March 4, 1891. The next legislature is typically Geor? gian, presuming that there is really some iiinig 111 a naiiu'. in me senate, lor example, are found a Williams, two Smiths, a Johnson, a Johnston, a Brown, a Hill; , with not a name in the lot that can't be ? found in every town of 1,000 inhabitants in the state. Then in the house another Johnson, two Davis's, three Smiths, two Hills, one Jones, two Browns, twoJaeki sons, and three Harris's; with the rest of the list something in proportion. ! The four masted schooner, Howard ! Smith, of Portsmouth, loaded with raill road iron for BmnswTCTt, was wrecKCCl nt'ur Dol?oy. 'i'hc captain and crew wero taken from the rigging the next morning, and taken to Daricu by the tug boat Crescent City. ' Or.flER STATES. r j Mr. P. 11. Saekett of Heath, Flu., ar. rived in Titusville last week. Mr. Sackl ett says lie has sold his crop of coffee for i this year, (which will be about five pounds from.one tree) lo the agricultural depart* ^ ment at Washington, for $5 a pouud. t Oranges are being^ forwarded at the i rate of about ten ears a week from Lisbon, two stations from Kusfis, Flu. They k are still green, but the owner is receiving $1.50 per box on the trees, and the party t who is buying says lie takes them to New ! Orleans, colors them and makes money. 5 Most of tin- oranges in Lake county have f been bought. 1 The freight depot of the Mobile and y Birmingham railway at Mobile, Ala., was ; totally destroyed by tire. Loss, $10,000 on building. Fifty ipiarter kegs of powi del* exploded, blowing out the brick i walls, two carloads of iute bairerintr and I seventy-nine rolls of white paper couwgn* cd to tlie Wcgistcr were destroyed, also some sundry freight. The wind was blowing ijiiite a gale from the south, ?ud the llame- spread rapidly. The loss on ^ freight i s m ono A colored exposition was held at Eu1 faulu, Ala., last week, whose exhibits are the products of negro labor, ami whose management is composed entirely of 1 members of that race. A model of a stock car that has been invented by a Birmingham negro was given a prominent place. It was said that a northern cor' poration had offered the inventor $.10,000 ? for his patent . f Still More Rapid Transit. An electric railway is to l?c constructed between Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., a ' distance of forty-two miles. This will lie the longest electric road in existence, and its successful and economical operation will go far to demonstrate the fcaqihility of applying electric motive power to rail ways of very much greater length. American Entorprise in Nicaragua. I Work on tin- Nicaragua canal enteri prise to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is reported to lie progressing t steadily, several millions of dollars having > already been spent, ami some 1,800 men uow being at work. u. ? ITT T T VUiUl/4 How the Ord^r is Growing in the Greet North West. J J The Michijfrn State Alliance Piimm a Strong Serie* of Resolutions and Propose to Pi*h Them. ?Review of October Cotton Crop. The Farmers' Alliance can watch itsself. It's the fellows who are complaining so much of the Alliance that need watching. Tne Fanners' Alliance have organized a meat packing company at Macon, Mo. Capital stock f10,000 in shares of $5 each. Tho Farmers' Alliance of Montgomery county, *Ky.,arc making an effort to form a company to build a $50,000 tobacco warehouse and establish saltt. ? M^y ?Lth? cofton^^liyu* Costing from $10,000 to$60,000. P The business men of Comanche, Texas, have given the County Alliance a cotton yard at u cost of $550, and arc supporting it by their influence find patronage. A careful distinction should be made between the sub-treasury plan and the subtreasury bill. The former was adopted by the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, uud it was made the duty of the Legislative Committee to prepare the latter. This they did as their interpretation oT a good plau to carry out the purpose of the former. The committee and the order generally will be glad to have any person improve on the bill. ?National Economist. The Alabama State Fair was started at Birmingham on Monday of last week by Mrs. Grover Cleveland touching the electric button at Lenox, Mass., setting the machinery in motion. The Alliance Record, Ga., advocates the repeal of the lien IftfLmortgage law. Editor Christopher says it makes credit too cheap and does a positive tmd absolute injury to the farmers who liavetheir mon - ey invested in lands. ****** The following arc the resolutions and demands reported by thg Michigan State Alliance, recently organized at LAumug, Itemized, We demand the abolition of uational banks and the substitution of legal tender Treasury notes in lieu of uational bank notes, it-sued in sufficient volume to do the business on a cash system, regulating the amount needed on a per capita basis, as tlip business interests of the country expand, and that all money issued by the Government shall be a legal tender for all debts public aud private. 2. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver. 3. We demand that taxation, national aud State, shall not .be usedbi biyld up one interest or classfat of anof all raihofulB,^n*Z^Hpil \mi.l Ielephaj ^nQ.q in the interest ofythe public, l/o/ ? same manner as the postal serviceJpJ manipulated. J# c 5. Wfc demand that eight wf0f '-khall constitute a legal day's worlyjA/^? factories, mines and shops. 0. We demand u law ttiug the debtor to deduct his v/-'\ fee from his , assessment, similar toX^ ft> now in force in Massachusetts, Crffe 3aia, and Other States. 7. We demand a gradug4 d income tax, by placing the l?urdei^0'tl taxation on those most able to beadle o. rv u ueuianu a HWo f-mcnr. 10ftU 10 the people on rent catgut !o-urity. 9. We demand n st$ of / secret ballot known as the Austrnliippo.ystcin. 10. Wo demand the enaction of President and Vice-President and United States Senators by a direct vote of the people. 11. We demand that the State take such steps as will insui-i ,to the people uniform xext 12. Whereas, Wc believe that an inflexible volume of currency depresses prices when the farmers' produce is pUced on the market, and inflates prices after the product is in the hnnds of the speculat or, therefore, Itenoloe/l, That we demand a law similar to the sub-treasury bill, so called, that will secure a flexible volume of money commensurate with the needs of the people. ****** The Octolier report of the cotton crop, made by the department of agriculture at Washington, shows a material decline in cotton prospects, a fall in genera I percentage from 85.5 to 80. The state averages are follows: Virginia, 02; North Carolina, 91; South Carolina, 82; Georgia, 82; Florida, 81; Alabama, 80; Mississippi, 75 Louisiana, 85; Texas, 77; Arkansas, 80; Tennessee, 85. The largest deterioration has been in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, the fertile and productive bottom lands of the Mississippi valley. The cause is too much rain. Excess of moisfnr?? rAiiitloil vui lnnl, ,.f A reduced temperature, delays opening, causes immnture bolls to drop and fullgrown ones to rot, and induces sprouting of the seed. The same cause discolors the open cotton near the ground, and discharges the coloring matter of the Im?11s, staining the fiber. The value of the crops will be somewhat reduced by discoloraiton. The high expectations of the early season were first reduced by early droughts, and later rains seriously by more or less continuous raius, from North Carolina to eastern Texas. In the southern districts there is some complaint of the In>II worm, with little mention of the caterpillar. The effective, ess of insecticides, when persistently applied, is frequently attested. Natural Gas in Alabama. A Florence, Als^pfohll says: Much excitement prevails over the discovery of natural g;w seven iniles from this city by II. O. Wellerand others. It has l>een known for months past that gas existed in this section and several surveys have been made for this purpose. Onccompany has been at work for months getting up options on land in this neighborhood. Prominent geologists and experts liavo rellyl forcibly on indications for limliug gas, which hu* at accomplished .-I n >??mnn uinUVO, * Annual State Seasiona of the frea byterians of VirKlnit, North Carolina and South Carolina. The Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina in session at Wilmington commended the organi/atiou of church members into Missionary societies, and further approved" of united efforts by different societies in a Presbytery. Also that in the ease of ladies' societies, the attendance be restricted to ladies. The clerk of the Synod was instructed to explain to the ladies of Charlotte why the Orphans' home was removal from "tl.ui rv - ?... V..UV t.?vj tmi IUII1 ppuu^o. ASi Shearer, president of Davidson College, in presenting the report of the Syuodical Commission, submitted a plan for a Presbyterian University to be established by the SynodiFbf North and South Carolina, - m a r?' i . tfm 1 ' A... traoliitfon was adopfexl recommending Tnat committer's be appointed by the various Synods and Presbyteries to further the University scheme, aud that miuisters be urged to agitate the importance of female education. The Syuod decided to hold the next session in Kalcigli, Wednesday, Novftybor 11, 1891. The Presbyterian synod of South Carolina, in session at Yorkville, H. C.. has unauimously adopted the report of the iuter-synodieul committee favoring the establishment of a Presbyterian univorsity in one of the south Atlantic states. Rev. Dr. Wooilrow was refused admittance, the vote standing 90 to 2. Rev. Dr. W. T. Thompson, of Charleston, and Rev. J. J. James, of Spartanburg, were elected directors in the Columbia Seminary. The Virginia Synod of the Southern Presbyterian church met at Staunton. It was the 10!td annual session. On motion of Rev. Dr. Moses D. llogc it was unanimously resolved-that the Syuod of Virginia again commends the Biblo cause, aud urges that all the churches under its care comply with the recommendation of the General Assembly to make an annual contribution to this important object. THE THIRTY-THIRDERS. Conferring the Degree By the Scottish lute masons. Washington, 1). C., October27.?The supreme council of the Scottish Rite Masons in session here elected 28 candidates to receive the thirty-third degree. Among them are the following: Colonel A. A. ^aldni|>'and CaptaiuC. M. Rockefeller, of the United StaU's army; Charles W. Hotchkris, Texas; C. P. Buck and W. T. Benedict, Louisiana; C. F. Paukrim, South Carolina; William Ryan, Virginia; Wm. R. Johnson, George Kopmier, Johu W. Pruett' W. Stalen. T. E. Linczcy, D. n. Wilscfu, Kentucky; J. R. Paxton, T. R. borrow, Missouri; Hon. Harry C. ; Storkdell, Georgia. f aMff'iraffeMI'J.1'1 mill'rtlliJ'W cil %as escorted from the holy house of the temple, the official residence 6f the grand commander, to the Scottish Rite cathedral on G street by the Allicrt Pike Consistory No. 1, of this city, headed by 4thc United States Marine Rand. Alcott acted as grand marshal of escort. Owing to the indisposition of Grand Commander Albert Pike, O'Dell 8. Long, of Wheeling, presided over the work in the cathedral. After the ceremonies the tiiiity-thirds were entertained at an elegant banquet in the red-room. It is understood that the supreme council will on the nomination of the grand commander, confer the decoration of the emeritus order of honor on one or two of the thirty-thirds of the \fncnnip iiirikflipHnii NEGRO RIOT IN GEORGIA. A Serious State of Affairs in Coffee ' Omuay. - ? An Atlanta Gil., special says: Governor Gordon received an appeal for troops from the sheriff of Coffee county, who telegraphed that the negroes were shooting down the ivjiites. The scene is 20 miles from the nearest telegraph station and no particulars were obtainable. Negroes constitute a large proportion of the population of Ooffeo county, and the county hns been the scene of several race troubles. Much of the territory is covered with deuse pine forests, the working of which for turpentino employs a large number of both white and block. These are very illiterate, and there is much race prejudice which frequently leads to conflicts. Douglass, the county seat, is a small villa<tjb of the most, primitive sort. The population of the county is only a few thousand. Word was received from Waycross that the rioters aro led by a white man named L. II. Varna, or Barnes, who operates a turpentine still. He had u dispute about some land with Then. Seers, and while attempting to gain possession, Seers shot one of the negroes dead, and lulor TIM+lt II iriiiwr /if *n<?n nfinolre/1 ...... .. " ... Varna's hands. The negroes then resolved orf retaliation .ami'shot three of them fatally, I). W. MeLennon, Frank Heers, Thomas Heers, and a companion named Hendricks. The people are described by the messenger who brought the news to Wayeross, as all l?eing furious. Allies of the Alliance. At Boston, Mass., representatives of thirty labor organizations, Nationalist and Socialist societies, attended a meeting of the United Labor Alliance Tuesday night. The secretary read communications from fifty organizations in various parts of the State, which endorsed t lie aim and objects of the Alliance, promising to support the measures adopted. Every effort will be made to secure the defeat of all candidates for Legislative jvl.^ons who will not unqualifiedly promise to vote in the interests of labor lor such measures as shall receive the endorsement ,?f labor and other economic asso*: ' _ Farmers of Virginia Got $10,000. A cablegram from Washington, D. CT. says: The secretary of the Interior signed certificates for fifteen thousand <lpllar.s in aid oPthe Virginia Agricultural College. t' / Bftbbi Out With *W? tpong?. X-* (Mari.kston, 8. C. [Special.]?Considerable excitement 1ms l>con causcl) iu evangelistic circles here by a sermon preached by ltabbi Isjvy, of the BethJ elobiu synagogue, to his congregation. Here is the passage in the sermon which the newspapers got hold of, and which has stirred up the excitement. Tho text of the sermon was, "The ltainhow." "Meu who are without mind themselves; men who never felt the light; men who care nothing about truth, who respect none that does not wear the livery of their own faith; men who believe the truth to 1h> shut up with faith; men who believe the truth to be shut up within the contlnes of their own narrow sect, who makes salvation dvpomlont upon Mint! assent to the speculative ideas, those arc nh? |n?uict ior you iuo vengeance of heaven. Where do the infidels come from, if not from that class of men who were taught to take everything in religion sis faith? What makes the atheist, the agnostic and skeptic < It is the church thatkdcnounccs doubt and free thought. It iH those denominations who present God as a vengeful, cruel tyrant. It is the religious teacher who thunders in your ears the wrath of the Almighty ami the terrors of an angry liell. It seems to me that if I had not other God to look up to except to a God of hate ami nialaee; if 1 should think that the being who rules the world was that horrid monster who out-IIerods Herod, who damns innocent babes before they are born, who punishes the helpless, ig norant ?heathen, who has crcutcu a devil to torment men, and paves hell with the skulls of infants; if this was the God that I had to worihip, 1 should gladly turn to the gods of Greece and Home and serve them." The rabbi is a popular preacher, and presides over the reformed new synagogue here, lie is very liberal, and has often Attended services at both CptUolic and evangelistic churches, llcucu the commotion. The rabbi's congregation stands with him. _ CONSIDERING CORPORATIONS. The Mississippi Convention Adopts Another Report. Tin* Mississippi constitutional convention nroeeeiled t<? tin- <-i?iwiili'i-ii?imi "f I report ()f iliti committee on corporations and adopted the following: Corporations shall Ik* formed under general laws only, which laws may from time to time he altered or repealed. The legislature shall have the power to alter or amend any charter of corporations now existing and amendable and any that may hereafter be created, whenever in tlieir opinion it may be for the public interest to do so, provided, Uywevcr, that .a. - * ? ii~ ^i" -*i V> i-> nnnyma lions, and no charter for any private corporation for pecuniary gain shall be granted for a longer period than ninety nine years. Sec. 2. The legislature shall not remit the forfeiture of franchise of any corporation now existing nor alter, nor amend the charter thereof, nor pass any general nor special law for the benefit of such corporation, except on condition that such corporation shall hereafter hold it" charter and franchises subject to the provisions of this constitution. See. 51. All existing charters of grants of corporate franchises under which bona tide organizations have not taken place at the adoption of this constitution, shall be subject to the provisions hereof; and all such characters under which bona tide organizations shall not take place and be commenced in good faith within one year from the adoption of this constitution, shall hereafter have no validity unless u bona tide organization shall take place thereunder, and business be commenced within two years fiom the date of such] chaTTWffir grrrnt. The report was adopted. ^ Big Money in Hop Growing. Hop cultivation has no showing in the ftouth simply because its people have given it no attention. Yet in the "report on the condition of crops published by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture" October 1st, it appears that the average yield per acre for Alabama is 500 pounds, which is the same as that of Verftiont and 20 pounds greater than that of New York. In the same report it is stated, under the North Carolina head, "hops are grown in almost every county of the State, but only for home consumption. The roots never die in winter, ami the increase is remarkable." All of which leads the Manufacturers' Kecord to wonder why the Southern States, and especially North Carolina, do not make this staple crop one of their regular sources of profit. Were Alabama hop-growers to give the same careful cultivation to that plant that Vermont and New York farmers do, their avcrago would exceed that of the Northern hopyards, while North Carolina, with all natural advantages favoring her, could successfully compete with the most favored localities in the country. As it is, Southern breweries, that are all the while on the increase, must largely depend on I.. f.. i^ui viivi ii n*vu An Invitation to Cleveland. The ProHs Club of Chicago ha * extend ed an invitation to Ex-President Cleveland to speak at the Auditorium in that city under the auspices of the club. If Cleveland accents the invitation it will be about the middle of November. The ExPresident declined an invitation to visit Chicago tendered by the Iroquois Club. The Press Clidf hadDepew as its guest in June. It now wishes to havfeCleveland coine to speak in the Auditorium on any 3ubjeet he may select. Half a Century in the Vineyar(Ufl*^f Fifty years ago Dr. Geo. W. Dame fotfWfed the Episcopal church at Danville, Vn. and since that time has served it continuously as recto/! The fiftieth anniversary ror his pastorial connection, was celebrated at the church a few days since in the presence of a large congregation. Dr. Dame was present, and his son read an inter eating sketch of the history of the church which the venerable rector ltad ureuanjd. 1 I y . .Their Entertainment ?t Ohattuooga* What they Say of the Mineral Resources of the South. A special from t'hattnnoogu, Tenu., ^ ays: I In ' members of the British and Qer- A man iron and stool institutes have been A hero two days. They have soon the his | mnc hatt lc fields, have I teen shown the | most prominent industries, und weregiveu I u tinal reception at night at the ('handier | of Commerce; after which they left for Mithllchoro, Ky? where they* willstop They express themselves as simply amazed tit the vastness of the mineral resources of the South and the favor aide outlook for their development. Sir .lames Kitson, president of the English Society, said "It is possible to make iron in this section as cheaply as in any part of the world." ,'vsa. ? peculiarly adapted for steel making." William Whitewcll says: "Basic steel made from Tennessee iron compares favorably with that made in England." T. M. I'ercey, proprietor of the great open hearth steel works in Lancashire, says: "In the South where phosphoric ores are so plentiful and full cheap, with the basic process will compete with any part of America in making steel." A Brutal Murdor Near Asheville. Biuala Morrison was killed in a brutal manner by her husband, II. J. Morrison, near Asheville, N.lh, last Thursday. The couple have lived in Asheville for a year, having come from Anderson County, South Carolina. They i|unrrctlcd several days ago and she left him going to the house of her brother, Will Sullivan. Morrison went to the house on Thursday evening, while Sullivan was away, and, after beating his wife, dragged her away. Her body was found on Geo. Vanderbilt'a place, two miloafrom Imr brother's house, you KaUiyhyuumiDK. There were two bullet holes in the breast and one in the temple. Ilcr throat was horribly cut. Her father cumo from Hnnilirwii?. 1 - ^-w..v.s v/inwiuia, aim taking the laxly away, buried it nt her old liome. He had been telegraphed for. News of the murder was not brought to (he authorities till the next morning. A reward of $504) has l>ee ; offered for the arrest of the murderer, A Bank Combine in Tennessee. Mkmimiih, Tknn., Special.?Hankers of the State of Tennessee, to the number of seventy live, representing about two hundred million dollars of capital, convened in this city Wednesday for the purpose of forming an association for the protection of the banking interests. After Col. It. 1). Fraser had welcomed the visitors a committee on permanent organization reported a constitution and bylaws for an association, which will bo known as the "Tennessee Hankers' Association," with an executive committee of I Trtnr Co cUnri?>~ rrf *nN\ Imirtmw ut : I association. . A Memorial to the Anarchists. A ('hicago special says: The anarchists will commemorate on November 11th the death of Spies, Fischer, Engel and Parsons, who were hanged iu that city three years ago. The programme outlined includes a visit to the anarchists' graves at Wnldhcim, where Mr. Hehutz, of New York, will speak iu Herman; Mr. Mikolanda in Hohcmiaii, and probably Professor (hudisc in English. A large bull will be secured for memorial exercises, and arrangements made for a big street narade. The South Ships Coal to England for Steain Purposes. Noukoi.k, Va., Oct. 28.?A steamship of 700 tons of Pocahontas coal was made from Lambeth's Point to London in the British steamship "Bargoaso." This is the first shipment of steamer coal ever made Lfxmj^^cHouth to Europe. Rates Increasedi*^^^ At a meeting held at the American Express Company's office in New York C'itv hy the principal officers of the different express companies, it was agreed to ad- _ vanco rates beginning Nov. 1. The basis fl for all express tariffs is the rate between ^ New York and Chicago. The rate present is per hundred pounds. Uud the new tariff it will In; $2.fit). Theaver-^^ age in rates, it is said, is made on account of increased expenses of the companies, due principally to the larger payments required by the railroad for privileges. A C lTTON I'lcKKK. Although many cotton-picking machines hav* been patented, they have not heretofore stood the test of practical use. It appcur-t however, according to the Memphis Avalanche that there is now a machine in the market that is to be used this fall on several plantations in Mississippi. The Avaiancho gives the following particulars in regard to it: A ulniulk /hi n unmll txlol lv? side the Hack :vm 1 as fast tw it in filled he substitutes an empty one. The cotton is then taken to IV giuhousc and emptied into a cleaner, which is so constructed that all the unopened bolls gathered along with the open ones are opened and the lint extracted therefrom. The hulls are separated from the cotton in this machine, and the lint then passes into a revolving fan, where it is deprived of the lighter trash and all substance deteriorating to the staple. From the fan it falls into the gin. The cotton is only handled once until after it has been ginned, that is when it is placed in the cleaner. A double team is used in propelling a machine, and the tongue is arranged on one side so that the horses trample on the . j row that has been picked. The. machine p Hyaddles the row that has been picked. f Wm <l?y ** not considered PMNNmVp limit for one day's work of one of these machines, and armed' with ' one of these, if it will do what is claimed for it, the cotton planter who raises annually 100 bales of cotton can bid defiance to the dusky army who now populate his fields, plucking laboriously tho lint from the pous. By means of the machine, if it proves a success, the cost of cotton raising will be reduced at least 30 per cent.