Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

^ i ^ ^ i l^l> ~ ~~^ ^ ~~^ ~^ "~"^ ~~ ~^ ' ^ ~* -t>..i ..... . ? ? - : " "tin. ifmbk^o; i ??jfca. i... - i, ^ i ' , : =-?; " ""^ ^aJPt^:,.l' : 'JJB!>'. .?.., T-J m Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture*, Domcttic Kconotnyr Poli&iceand the Current Newa of the Day. ^ VOL. XXI.?NEW SERIES, . UNION 0. H., ^(iVTAfiMBKK^ #BID;A'Y, OqTOBERv31, 1890. 'Nintuimmn MM . .1 . jj. . ii i .... i "i ? 1 1 ' *'"' iai'J i ? " * ** " 1 ' {50,000 paupers, and spends auuually for I A dozen women doctors are graduated vfrom the New York College for Womei every year. What becomes of these fail 'professionals, soliloquizes the New Yorl - World t no one seems able to state. / The number of men in the field in th< late South American war would not hav? made a small army corps, and the losses wcro scarcely move than the killed in a lively skirmish during the Civil War They had ono great advantage, however, remarks tho Detroit bree Preu. Thoj had ono general for every forty soldiers. | At a recent pharmaceutical conference h England it was stated that the patent fnedicines have paid to the British Government, so far, in 1890, tho enormous Imm of $1,110,000 in tho shape of duties, knd it is estimated that beforo tho end of fcho year $7 ,500,000 will have been expended by the owners of tho nostrums. r-A.na yet,-' comments tno New Orlpana primes-Democrat, Englisbmon jeer at Americans for their use of patent modijoines." j Astronomer Flammanou tells the world that tho planet Mars has been behaving himself in a very unaccountablo manner recently. During the summer broad yellow bands have appeared on his oceaus, dividing 4)tem intp two parts, just as though a gigantic bridge or bank of sand had been thrown across thein from one thoro to tho other. And tho eyes aud telescopes that wa have on this eai th are hot keen atid powerful enough to let us Into the secret of the strange phenomena. I Alvan Clark is now constructing a telescope for a Los Augcles observatory that Will brings "tho moon within an apparent distance of 100 miles from the oblerver. It is expected, announces the New York Tribune, that when this telc cope is finished, the question whether there are any inhabitants on the moon will be definitely settled, and also whether the supposed iuhabitauts of . the planet are sigualing to us by mfeuns of cerMftWtiahis which astronomers have no[mentions is that many pf the most valufet>lo devices now in use have been the work of mechanics. There is a growing tendency on the part of employers to encourage their workmen in this line. One |of the mechanics of the Pennsylvania (lines is working on a device by which }coal will be fed to the flro-box of a locoimotivo in the same manner that a baseburner is fed. It is claimed that if the klovico is perfected it will greatly increase the heat in the fire-box, as no cold jsir will rush in, as in the case when the jdoor to the fire-box is opened to throw in !, Professor William D. Marks, Supervising Engineer of the Edison Electric Light Company, of Philadelphia, an electrlcal expert, says ho is willing to stake his reputatiou as an electrical engineer on his ability to wilWWlTS'rartMl? motor that could take a train of cars iruiuxiJUHuuipuiu IAI now AUIA IU tuuijsix minutes. The Professor might havo made it even thirty-five minutes, observes the New York World, but as he has placod his reputation at stake in the matter, ho may wish to be entirely on the safe side. One hundred and fifty miles an hour is the speed Professor Marks's motor would have to make. r Bays the Ban Francisco Chronicle: Hatches are a great modern convenience, but they bring many evils In their train. It is estimated that at least twenty per a ^ cent, of the fires in large cities may be tr^^^^^eir yj* A recent report of of Boston discusses [the subject at great length and seriously (recommends legislation to compel the Wlniit.inn of nnfatv which will tonly ignite under certain conditions. te losses entailed are great enough to appalling, but very few persons, even {when they are fully awaro of the dsngen to? a cheap match, will take the tronblc jto insure themselves by buying the bet jter but dearer article. I In his new book on African subjects Idioms* 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 harshw mm to his men. Says tho officer: " "I have seen days whoa, if I could have bad ithe ear of the public st home, I shouTfT have felt inclined to vent, in the columns Of the paper, some grievances that seemed srarv real. I can assure von. at the mo lent. Bat new H is ell over, I oen look beek end see that Stanley was right. Without the hard, exacting work we Uwmid never have palled through, and Stanley's sealing harshness never goos beyond the point neoeasary for the tnebmjd the undertaking he is engaged Wii?' ." L^8 ^IV/' i lli^ T#^ And, Grouped, flero^Under Proper Divisions, ' ** , Will be Found the Late News of Our Home Section and Important Happenings From the Potomac to Alabama. VIRGINIA. Fire destroyed Arringdalc's saw mills, in Atlantic City. Loss, $15,000; insured. The mania for speculating in town lots has struck the people of Appomattox. In Franklin county a verdict of $8,500 was given the plaintiff iu the suit of David Gage vs. the Riclimoud and Danville railroad. Arrangements have bccu completed for tllA tamnitinn nt ? oamiuirty 1a streetcar line in North Dauville. Major Adam Clement, sheriff of Catnpbell county, was mysteriously assaulted and left unconscious on the road a few days ago. Sliendun, 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 length, which crives ?ro<?s? tr? thn 9linnmwi,>oi. Valley Railroad station front all parts of the town. The eighth annual session of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia, which convened in Norfolk last Monday, adjourned nftcr electing the following officers: Mrs. R. II. Jones, Norfolk, president; Mrs. A. N. Funkhauscr, Harrisonburg, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. H. M. iloge, to idoun, re- I cording secretory; MnTj? W. Newton, Stauntamt*ii)p|tfurer. Richmond was selected as tneiiext meeting place. NORTH 0lCR014^L. H. Battle, of Durham, was-elected cashier of the new Roxboro Bank. J. A. Long is president.. The Goldsboro Fair opened Tuesday. The five New England' States have built, so far this year, sixteen miles of railroad. North Carolina has built two hundred and twenty-six. Tho secretary of tho United States treasury has awarded a gold life-saving medal to Thomas M. Webb, of Wilmington, N. C., for rescuing Miss J. J. Hayes and Miss Irene Jackson from drowning at Wrightsville Beach, N. C., in August last. Mrs Julia F. Gould tho English woman I rwpntlv triflH fiw din mnr<ln- ->? V? * I v ? .M. ?v uamubi \JX acr UlUSband at Murphy haa decided to go on the stage. Firojm the Ashcvillo Female College tion Convention of the Second district was held at Rcidsvilllo last week.. There were a number of delegates from all quarters of the district, anu all seemed to enjoy the occasion. State Secretary L. A. Coulter, L. L. Ilobbs, president of Guilford College and Rev. Dr. J. F. Crowell, president of Trinity College; Sir. Cota, general secretary of the Greensboro Association ; Mr. B. E. White, of the Danville Association ahd Professor George Wills, of Oak Ridge Institute, addressed the convention which was presided over by Prof. Allan Holt, of Oak Ridge Institute. The most destructive fire which has ever visited Durham, since the entire Main street was burned down in 1885, occurred Thursday morning when one of the handsomest buildings in Durham, known as the "Parish building," was burned almost entirelv to thaVot-onml *n. gether with some smaller#ui l<Fi nga. The Parish building was a handsome three ^toj^wffl^ga-cotte trimmlng^owued OOO^ncnmikl five years ago. SOUTH*oXteOU^TA. Lawrence W. Edwards, of Colleton County, who was in jail at Columbia lor ten days upon a charge of forgery, gave a bond of *500 for his appearance at tho next term of Court, and was released and left tho city. Ilis bondsmen are citizens of Colleton. Travis Davenport was acquitted of forgery at Spartanburg. The jury was out about two hours. This will perhaps be the last of the famous Davenport cases. Secretary of State Marshall issued a commission to the Eureka Phosphate Company, capiuu stock 0,000. The company is to have its principal place of business near Jocksonboro, Colleton County, and its general purpose will be to mine phosphate rock and manufacture fertilizers. It seems somewhat unseasonable, but it is nevertheless true, that Charleston ships every day at this season to New York and other markets a carload of beans and 1 peas. The truck just now is bringing oni ty fair prices, as it 1b brought into compei tit ion with Northern truck, which has not yet been killed by frost.. Aliout the 1st 1 of the month prices will, however, take a considerable jump upwards, as the Northern supply will De limited. The shipment of beans and peas at this season is a new departure, which, however, seems to be quite profitable and is consequently growing. The Governor has pardoned Hansel Calder, white, and James Scott, colored, who were convicted at the March?* TO8V, term of Court for Marietf' "bounty, of housebreaking ?tlMmUVv and sentenced byju<kp4>reee)ey to imprisonment in tho d JtttffiHptry for three years. The pardon was arft&ft for on various grounds by a large numljgrbf uttjUpQE, including various county officers, anu,^ Solictor Johnson endorses it. . The Governor hss refused to nardon John Sam McC'ode, convicted at the February, 1890, term of Court for Oconee County of obstructing a railroad, and sentenced by Judge Aldrich to one year's inmriaonment in the Penitentiary. A petition for hie pardon wm presented, but Judge Aldrich and Solicitor Ansel saw no tmtom for tha exercise of clemency, * >/ acres of miucrnhand towu lands in Unicoi county, and will build a new town fc> be called Unicoi. A boiler and engine works ip reported as to be established. i GreCn county will vote on November 13tli $100,000 "bonds" or "no bonds" to aid the projected railroad from Paint Hock, N. C., via Greenville to Kingsport. ' / Gov. Kolx'rt L. Taylor, Secretary of State Miller, Adjutnut General McCord ' and several other Tenucssccans attended f the Texas State Fair at Dallas, Tex., on ' Tennessee day, Octolier 2/5. Gov. Taylor was one of the orators. i The American Humane Society met in ' Watkins Institute Hall lecture room at Nashville, nearly all tho states of the < United States l>cing represented. Among j the topics discussed were tho following: i "Humane Education," Humane WOrk," "o??Ject of. Humane Society," "State , ( On < ? .i n.11 i Against Cruelty," "Dehorning of Cattle," j "Clipping and Dockiug of ' Horses," "Horse Shoeing," "The Present and Futurc Progress of Humane Work in the West." The session was very harmo- J nious. 1 Tuesday afternoon while Andy, sop of Wash White, was sitting in his wugpn in ' Ncediuore, near Whitcsburg, Dan Roid, J Jr., surprised him and fatally shbt him in the breast. White rau around u store, ( but received another shot in the thigh. J ltcid is a dangerous character who has ' killed one or more men and maimed 1 others, anil has l>een dreaded for a num- 1 ber of years. He is a tall, sleuder, pale- j faced, keen-eyed mau of about thirty ' whp^always attacks his victims uuexpcctThe Chattanooga Board of Trade, 200 | strong, accompanied by ladies, went to j Fort Payne, Ala., a few days ago, as ' guests of that city, where they werc.giv- 1 en a gnla time. Several trains were placed at the Chamber's disposal and 1 each member supplied with two tickets, 1 the party being in charge of Capt. R. L. t Gouldiu, secretory of the Chamber. i Wr-J3. Higher, of Franklin. Kv.. stab- * bed and instantly killed his wife at Lebanon, Tcun., Thursday. Jealously of the intimacy between Qeorge Dittmore, a wealthy farmer and Mrs. Higher, was the cause. J GEORGIA. ' , The Georgia Sawmill Association held t its annual meeting in Macon, Tuesday, * October 28th. ' 1 In Houston superior court nearly 100 1 witnesses for the defense were summoned * in tlic case of the State vs. Rev. Henry ' Fclder?arson. Feldcr was charged with \ burning a crib in New Hope last summer. The case was continued to the next term. % Bailiff. Timmons had to pay a fine of a witrrant. A writer in the Houston Home Jout- $ nal has been trying to locate the mean-' I est man in Georgia. ' I The feature of the opening of the Georgia State Fair at Macon was an ad-sJ 5 dress by Senator Joseph E. Brown, in which he announced his retirement from public life at the expiration of his pros- ( ent term as Senator, March 4, 1891. j The next legislature is typicplly Gcor- j gian, presuming that there is rtinlly something in a name. In the senate, for ex- | ample, are found a Williams, two Smiths, y a Johnson, a Johnston, a Brown, a Hill; with not a name in the lot that can't be y found iu every town of 1,000 inhabitants in the state. Then in the house another | Johnson, two Davis's, three Smiths, two Ilills, one Jones, two Browns, two Jack- | sons, and three Harris's; with tjic rest of | the list something in proportion. The four-masted schooner, Howard Smith, of Portsmouth, loaded with rail- i road iron for Brunswick, was wrecked i miaiji - The oaptein and crew were taken from the rigging the next morning, and taken to Daricn by the tug boat < Crescent City. ] OZjSEB. STATES.' Iff: F. B. Sackett of Heath, Fla., ar- I rived in Titusville last week. Mr. Sack- 1 ett says lie has sold his crop of coffee for i this year, (which will be about five nounds i from.onc tree) to the agricultural department at Washington, for. $5 a pound. Oranges are being^forwnrded at the rate of ubout ten cars a week from Lis- ! bon, two stations from Eustis, Fla. They are still green, but the owner is receiving 1 1 .50 per box on the trees, and tnp party I 1 who is buying says he takes them\> New 1 Orleans, colors them and makes money. ; Most of the oiaiigcs in Luke county j have beeu bought. The freight depot, of the Mobile and Birmingham railway at Mobile, Ala., was , totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $10,000 on building. Fifty quarter kegs of powder exploded, blowing out the brick ...?11? i i : i 1 nuun, ntu utii luauo ui jmu >,aKKluX ouu seventy-nine rolls of white paper consigne<l to the Register were destroyed, also some sundry freight. The wind waa blowing quite a gale from the south, and the flames spread rapidly. The J loss ou freight is $20,000. f A colored exposition was held at Eufaula, Ala., last week, whose exhibits are the products of negro Igbor, and whose management is composed entirely of members of that race. A- model of a stockcnr that has been invented by a Birmingham negro wgs given a prominent place. It was said that a northern corporafckfh had offered the inventor $80,000 wllfens patent. Still More Rapid Transit. An nloofoto VMSIWAW 4A KA 1-..1 nu OIIA/?UI; lUUffHT AO H/ UC Il-I/UOVIUt'iCU between Seattle and Tacoma, Waah., a distance of forty-two miles. This will be the longest electric road in existence, and its successful and economical operation will go far to deroouBtrate the feasibility of applying electric motive power to railways of very much greater length. xherican Enterprise in Wicaragua. Work on tho Nicaragua canal. enter prise to connect the AtUntio and Pacific Oceans is reported to be progressing steadily, several millions of dollars having already beep spent and some 1,800 men \W y? i * How the Orifi is Growing in the Great North West. J J The Mlchi^in State Alliance Pasees a Strong Soriet of Resolutions and Propose to Piah Them. ?Review of October Cotton Crop. The Farm era' Alliance can watch itslelf. It'a the fellows who are complaining 10 uiuch of the Alliance thatneea watching. Tne Farmers' Alliance have orgauized % meat packing company at Macon, Mo. Capital stock $10,000 in sharesof $5 each. The Ftinners' Alliance of Montgomery Jounty, 'Ky.jaro making an effort to form i company to build a $50,000 tobacco warehouse and establish sales. ' costing from $10,000 to$50,000. The business men of Comanche, Texas, lave given the County Alliance a cotton ^ardat a cost of $560, and are supporting t by their influence and patronage. A careful distinction should la; made jetween the sub-treasury plan undthesuhxcasury bill. The former w as adopted >y the National Farmers Alliance ami Iulustrial Union, and it was inside the duty )f the Legislative Committee to prepare ;he latter. This they did as their interpretation of a good plan to carry out the purpose of the former. The committeu uul the order generally will lie glad to lave any person improve on the bill. ?National Economist. The Alabama State Fair was started at Birmingham on Monday of lsust week by Mrs. Qrover Cleveland touching the cleorio button at Lenox, Mam., setting the nachinery in motion. The Alliance RecorjLGa., advocates she repeal of the lieu "WTtHiortgage law. EIUIHH vuruwuiiui iwys 11 mOKOH crcdll ;oo cheap and does a positive gpd absolute njnry to the fanners wliohavelheir nion;y invested in lands. ****** The following arc the resolutions and Icinands reported by thg Michigan State yiiance, recently organized at L&nsing, Resolved, We demand the abolition of rational banks and the substitution of lejal tender Treasury notes in lieu of naional bank notes, hsued in sufficient volune to do the business on a cash system, cgulating the amount needed on a per apita basis, as thp business interests of he country expand, and that all money ssued by the Government shall be a legal ender for all debts public aud private. 2. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver. 8., We demand that taxation, national j)d State, shall not he. used tp biyld up. ido interest pr class kt tke(#?*jnse of an4 all r&ilro ads, ^^^KFpndteleqhoue7 ^nc.j in the interest of Tthe public, in tlio Re manger ?s the postal service is now 6. Wfc demand thals eight hours shalf joflfrtitutc a legal day's work in all factales, mines and shops. 6. We demand a law permitting the lebtor to deduct his mortgage from his kssassincnt, similar to a law now in force n Massachusetts, California, and other States. 7. We demand a graduated income tax, >y placing the burden of taxation on hose moqfrcblc to bear it. 8. We kSnand a government loan to ;nc peopia an rear estate security. 9. We demand a strictly secret ballot cnown as the Australian system. 10. We demand the election of President and Vice-President and United States Senatore by a direct vote of the people. s 11. We demand tha^ the State take iuch steps as will inSui-,i >to the people uniform text ?12. Whereas, Wc believe that aninflexible volume of currency depresses prices when the farmers' produce is placed on the market, aud inflates prices after the product is in the hands of the speculator, therefore, Jiftolved, That we demand a law similar to the sub-treasury bill, so called, that will secure a flexible volume of money commensurate with tho needs of th^ people. ****** The Octol?er report o| the cotton crop, made by the department of agriculture at Washington, shows a material decline in cotton prospects, a fall in general percentage from 85.5 to 80. The state averages are follows: Virgiuia, 02; North Carolina, 01; South Catoliua, 88; Georgia, 82; Florida. 81;; Alabama, 80; Mississippi, 75 Louisiana, 83; Texas, 77; Arkansas, 80; Tennessee, 83. 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 moisture, coupled with lack of sunshine and reduced temperature, delays opening, causes immature bolls td drop and fufiEowu ones to rot, and induces sproutg of the seed. The same cause discolors the open cotton near the ground, aud dis charge* tne coloring mutter of the bolls, staining the fiber. The value of the crops will be somewhat reduced by discolorsiton. The high, expectations of the early season were first reduced by early droughts, and later rains seriously by more or less continuous fsius, from North Carolina to eastern Texas. , In the southern districts there is some complaint of tire boll worm, with little mention of the caterpillar. The effective, pern of insecticides, when persistently applied, is frequently attested. Natural Oms in Alabama. A Florence. -iMa rrinnwftf* aav* MWb excitement prevails over the discovery of natural gas seven miles from this city by H. O. Weller and other*, It has lieou known for months past that gas existed in this section and several surveys have been made for this purpose. Onecompany hss been at work for months getting up options on land in this neighborhood. refill fotcibly ontadlcaUoua [or Hading gas, wWctr ha* ftt last beou accomplish ? \ Annual State Session* of the Pros- J byterians of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. f c t The Presbyterian Synod of North Caro- j linn in session at Wilmington commended ? the organization of church members into 1 Missionary societ ies, and further approved' t of united efforts by diflcrcnt societies in a 1 Presbytery. Also that in the case of ladies' c societies, the attendance be restricted to ladies. The clerk of the Synod was in- r stmcted to explain to the ladles of Char- c lotte why the Orphans' home was rcmov- n ed from that city to Barium Springs. Dr. t Shearer, prcsideut of Davidson College, t in presenting the report of the Bynodical I Commission, submitted a plan for a Pres- c byterian University to lie established by u the Synod^f North and South Carolina, a -t^uludon wait1 uUup*??) locoiumenaiug - * inal committees be appointed by the b various Synods aud Presbyteries to further f the University scheme, aud that miuisters v bo urged to agitate the importance of fe- i< male edueatiou. The Synod decided to t hold the next session in lialcigh, Wednes- c fill V M 1 1 I Olll ....j, I l| IOBI. t] The Presbyterian synod of South Caro- p Iiua, In session at Yorkville, 8. C.. lias f unaniinously adopted the report of the in- ii ter-synodieul committee favoring the es- a tahlishmcnt of a Presbyterian university in one of the south Atlantic states. Rev. fc Dr. Woodrow was refused admittance, the h vote stauding 5H> toii. Rev. Dr. W. T. t] Thompson, of Charleston, and Rev. J. J. h James, of Spartanburg, were elected w directors in the Columbia Scmiuary. a: The Virginia Synod of the Southern n Presbyterian church met at Staunton. It t< was the lOJd annual session. On motion si of Rev. I)r. Moses I). llogc it was unani- I mously resolved -that the Synod of Vir- tl ginia again commcuds the Bible cause, tl und urges that all the churches under its care comply with the recommendatim of p the General Assembly to make an annual g contribution to this importaut object. o m a THE THIRTY-THIRDERS. ? v Conferring th? Degrae By the Scottish Bite Masons. Washington, D. C., October27.?The 1 supreme council of the Scottish Rite Masons iu session here elected 'J8 candidates to receive tl}ie thirty-third degree. Among them arc tho following: Colonel A. A. Waldru|>J and Captain C. M. Rocke- r feller, of the (united States army; Charles a W. Hotclikds, Texas; C. F. Buck and W. T. Bencdiat, Louisiana; C. F. Pankrim, 8 South Carolina; William Ryan, Virginia; rWill, it Johnson, George Kopmicr, John ' W. Pruett* .it W. Stolen. T. E. Linezey, a D. II. Wilsofn, Kentucky; J. R. Paxton, 11 T. R. Morrovy, Missouri; lion. Harry C. 11 Stockdcll, Georgia. J i. miprsr mm-Tn iOTSf>. cil wns escorted from the holy house of 1 the temple, the official residence of the 1 grand commoudcr, to the Scottish Rite < cathedral on G street by the Albert Pike 1 'Consistory No. 1, of this city, headed by United States Marine Rand. Alcott opted as grand marshal of es- t cort. Owing to the indisposition of 1 Grand Commander Albert Pike, O'Dell 1 S. Long, of Wheeling, presided over the c work in the cathedral. s After the ceremonies the tiiiity-thirds c were cutertaincd at an elegant banquet iu ^ the red-room. It is understood that the supreme c council will on the nomina- f tion of the grand commander, confer the t decoration of the emeritus order of honor s on one or two of the thirty-thirds of the 8 Masonic jurisdiction. A ? ? C NEGRO RIOT IN GEORGIA. [ ? t A Serious State of Affairs in Coffee t County, i An Atlanta Ga., special fays: Governor ' Gordon received an appeal for troops from the sheriff of Coffeo county, wno telegraphed that the negroes were shooting down the \yhites. nn ?11? * a*-- a i i lie m.cuv in ?u much 1KHII iuu nearest i telegraph station anil no particulars were obtainable. Negroes constitute a huge proportion of tho population of Cofleo county, and tho county lias been the scone of several race troubles. Much of the territory is covered with deuse pine forests, the working of which for turpentine em^ ploys a large number of both whito and black. Theso are very illiterate, and there is much raco prejudice which frequently leads to conflicts. Douglass, the county seat, is a small villaj^jTof 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 Barnes, who operates a 1 turpentine still. Tte had a dispute about some land with Thos. Beers, and while attempting to gain possession, Seers shot one of the negroes dead, and latew with a gang of men, attacked Varna's hands. The negroes then resolved olF retaliation .and"shot three of them fatally, D. W. McLennou, Frank Seers, Thomas Seers, and a companion named Hendricks. The ueoiile are described hv the messenger who brought the news to Wayerosa, as all being furious. Allien of the Alliance. < At Boston, Mass., representatives of ' thirty labororganizatiopa, Nationalist and J Socialist societies, attended a meeting of the United Labor Alliance Tuesday night. J The secretary read communications from fifty Organizations in various parts of the State, which endorsed the aim and objects Of the Alliaucc, promising to support the measures adopted. Every effort will be made to secure the defeat of all candidates for Legislatiw^^SSsSiaas who wflfYiot unqualifiedly promise to vote iu the interests of labor for such measures as shall receive the endorsement of labor and other toonomic aa*o?; ' Farmers of Virginia Get $15,000. A cablegram from Washington, D. GTT i says: The secretary of the Interior sign i ed certificates for fifteen thousand dollars in aid ottho Virginia Agricultural Col- i lege, *i labbi Levy Would Like to Wipe It Out With ?Big Sponge. r?Ort\Ri,KHTON, 8. C. [Special.]?Considirable excitement has l>een causeb in ivangelistic circles here by a sermon >rcaclied by ltabbi Levy, of the lleth lobin synagogue, to liis congregation, lere is the passage in the sermon which he newspapers got hold of, and which ias stirred tip the excitement. The text >f the sermon was, "The Rainbow." "Meu who are without mind themselves; neu who never felt the light; men who are nothing about truth, who respect lone that does not wear the livery of heir own faith; men who believe the ruth to lie shut up with faith; men who elievc the truth to Ik-shut up within the onfincs of their own narrow sect, who nakes salvation dcpcudeut upon blind sseut to the speculative ideas, those are *" ly-"!-1" (A - '"I * rt?? jr.Tnio-i mr you tne vengeance of leaven. Where do the infidels conic rom, if not from that class of men who rcre taught to tukc everything in religDii as faith? What makes the atheist, he agnostic and skeptic ? It is the hurch that.denounces doubt and free bought. It is those denominations who resent Clod as a vengeful, cruel tyrant, t is the religious teacher who thunders a your ears the wrath of the Almighty nd the terrors of an angry hell. 1? o......... * ; ' * v ?.viu3 i?> me iiuii ii i mut not. other lod to look up to except to a God of ate and malace; if I should think that he being who rules the world was that orrid monster who out-Herods Herod, rho damns innocent babes before they re born, who punishes the helpless, ig orant mheathen, who has created a devil d torment men, and paves hell with the kulls of infants; if this was the God that had to worihip, 1 should gladly turn to he gods of Greece aud Home aud serve hem." Tho rabbi is a popufur preacher, mui resides over the reformed new synaoguc here. lie is very lil>eral, and has ften attended services at both Catholic nd evangelistic churches. Hem e the cornlotion. The rabbi's*congregation stands nth him. ^ _ CONSIDERING * CORPORATIONS. ?he Mississippi Convention Adopts Another Report. The Mississippi constitutional convenion proceeded to the consideration of the cport of the committee on corporations nd adopted the following: Corporations shall be formed under ;eneral laws only, which laws may from imc to time he altered or repealed. The legislature shad have the power to Iter or amend any charter of corporations iow existing and amendable and any that aay hereafter l>e created, whenever in heir opinion it may be for the public inerest to do so, provided, Upwever, that ?? y '" * * ^ v>t? w awa ions, iuid no charter for any private eor?orution for pecuniary gain shall be p-umeu ior a longer period than ninety line years. See. 2. The legislature shall not remit he forfeiture of franchise of any corporaion now existing nor alter, nor amend hie charter thereof, nor pass any general ior special law for the benefit of such :orporation, except on condition that uch corporation shall hereafter hold its harter and franchises subject to the provisions of this constitution. Sec. ?. All existing charters of grants >f corporate franchises under which bona ide organizations have not taken place at he adoption of this constitution, shall be ubject to the provisions hereof; and all uch characters under which bona tide irganizations shall not take place and be oinmenecd in good faith within one year rom the adoption of this constitution, hall hereafter have no validity unless a K>na fide organization shall take place hereunder, and business be commenced vithin two yea*-* fiom the date of such charter or grunt. The report was adopted. Big Money in Hop Growing. Hop cultivation-has no showing in .he kmth simply because its peoplo have jiven it no attention. Yet in the "report >n the condition of crops published by . 1 1 ?? luw'iMkj ?i tut pcuiciuijr ui ngricuiiure ' October 1st, it appears that the average field per acre for Alabama is 500 pounds, which is the same as that of Verfhont and 50 pounds greater than that of New York, h the same report it is stated, under the '"forth Carolina head, "hops are grown in ilmost every county of the State, hut only or home consuiuntiou. The roots never lie in winter, ami the in. ease is remarkible." All of which leads the Manufac,urer?! Record to wonder why Hie South;rn States, and especially North Carolina, lo not make this staple crop one of their egular sources of profit. Were Alabama lop-growers to give the same careful culivatiou to that {daut that Vermont and New York farmers do, their average would exceed that of the Northern hopfards, while North Carolina, with ull natiral advantages favoring her, could successfully compete- with the most favored ocalities in the country. As it is, Southern breweries, that are all the while on he increase, must largely depend on Northern hop-growers for their stock. An Invitation to Cleveland. The Press Club of Chicago ha t extend ?d an invitation to Ex-President Cleveland to speak at the Auditorium in that ^ity under the auspices of the club. If Cleveland accepts the invitation it will be ibout the middle of November. The Ex President declined an invitation to visit Chicago tendered by the Iroquois Club. The Press ClunPliadDepew as its guest in June. It now wishes to havekClcvelaiul come to speak in the Auditoriunvpp an; subject ho may aeleet Half a Century in the Vineyardfluj Fifty years ago I)r. Geo. W. DamefvWI ed the Episcopal church at Danville,\ a and since that time has served it continuously as rerto^f The fiftieth anniversary nr his pastonal connection, was celebrated at the church a few days since in the pres race 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 had prepared. . i ,Their Entertainment at Chattanooga. What they Say of the Mineral Resources of the South. A special from Chattanooga, Tcnu., ays: I In- iitcmlieraof the British and Gcrman iron and steel institutes have l>een here two days. They have seen the historic liattlc-fields, have liecn shown the most prominent industries, ami were given a final reception at night at the ('handier of Commeree; after which they left for Middlchoro, Ky., where they willstop They express themselves as simply ama/.ed at the vastness of the mill end resources of the South and the favor aide outlook for their development. Sir James Kitson, president of the English Society, said "It is possible to make iron in this section :rs cheaply as in auy part of the world." Perev Uilchrisf. oue of the fouuders of - ?nn. oil ttt ?nrrr pi ih ess Sjfy H " UllS ariemu * peeidiurly adapted for steel makiug." William Whitewell says: "Basic steel made from Tennessee iron compares favorably with that made in England." T. M. Percey, 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 Murder Near Aeheville. \r?: ? ?1 ... iuunt?uu wiv* kiiicu in a orutai manner by her husband, II. J. Morrison, near Ashcville, N. Inst Thursday. The counle have lived in Asheville for a year, having come from Anderson County, South Carolina. They quarrelled 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 wua found on Geo. Vauderbilt's ptaee, two uifloa.from Hot tirortiern tioufte, *on Saturday morning. There were two bullet holes in the breast and one in the temple. Iler throat was horribly cut. Her father came from South Carolina, and taking the body away, buried it at her old home. He had been telegraphed for. News of the murder was not brought to the authorities till the next morning. A reward of $5(10 has bee . offered for the arrest of the murderer. A Bank Combine in Tennessee. Memphis, Tknn., Special.?Hankers of the State of Tennessee, to the number of seventy-five, 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. I). Frascr had welcomed the visitors a committee on permanent organization reported a constitution and bylaws for an association, which will bo known as the "Tennessee Hankers1 Association," with an executive committee of nlrir 1" InVr rlinrgr ol n\\ \nnlnrm uf tbo ? association. . A Memorial to the Anarchists. A ('liicago special says: The auarcliists will commemorate on November lltli the death of Spies, Fischer, Engcl and Parsons, who were hanged in that city three years ago. The programme out lined in eludes ft visit to the anarchists' graves at, Waldhcim, where Mr. Schutz, of New York, will speak in German; Mr. Mikolanda in Bohemian, and probably Professor Gardise in English. A large hall will Ik? secured for memorial exercises, and arrangements made for a big street oarade. The South Ships Coal to England for Steam Purposes. Noufoi.k, Va., Oct. 28.?A steamship of 700 tons of Pocahontas coal was made from Lambeth's Point to London in the Hr.tish steamship "Sargosso." This is the first shipment of steamer coal ever made ?. fKMft the South to Europe. ? K VGIq mu Bates Increased At a meeting held at the American Express Company's office in New York Citv by the principal officers of the different express companies, it was agreed to ad- ? vance rates beginning Nov. 1. The basis aR for all express tariffs is the rate between. sS New York and Chicago. The rate tftga present is #2 per hundred pounds. Uudwjjp the new tariff it will bo #2.50. 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'VTTON PICKER. Although many cotton-picking Tuncliiues have been patented, they have not heretofore stood the test of practical use. It appear^ 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 Avalanche giveB the following particulars in regard to it: A boy stands on a small platform beside the sack :md as fast as it is filled he substitutes an empty one. The cotton is i then taken to &k- ginhouse and emptied i into a clenner, which is so constructed that all the unopened bolls gathered alon^r with the open ones arc opened and the lint extracted therefrom. The hulls are separated from the cotton in this machine, and the lint then passes into a rpvolvinnr fan wliewt i* ? rlnneWfA/l *%. ---f> *?) " iv vtV|IHTCU VI illU lighter trash and all substance deteriorating to the staple. From the fan it falls into the gin. The cotton is only handled onee 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 tho row tliAt has Iwen picked. The. machine p .-staAdlcs the row that has been picked. J IihIiiii in i day is not considered ffSBRFthese machines, and armed with one of these, if it will ao what is claimed for it, the cotton planter who raises anr ?>?aily 100 bales of cotton can bid deflauco I to the dusky army who now populate his fields, plucking laboriously the tint from the pods. By means of the machine, if it proves a success, the cost of cotton raising will be reduced at least 80 per cent.