Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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eTN. k?r and U*?c M'fiesU"' i>? f?? ? ?? *??? liiSKLYIK01I0K TIMES. 1 ?4P) -1 *?> ^Lm while didribalion vf Wer dollars tbroOghoul tk? fl - ... , ^ " ~~~ \|ih neir laad. _ .. ._, * -r *" ^ " - ~ 1 -' ? 4" % spl ? Aa a ?jaai and rqn lab'.a ha?as sf dbtri- , . w . ? " "^*^*1 i i\i i i.i. \ b<? h???on. *???< ? ??sa ?Uoaa sh# ha*? tha M Jtmmm ???n rWrtiaranrf d? Cbrrmt JKmm fik* 2h*. ?~ * .^- v -'-' ? ??"lMfl | ? ^ v w , s Figure* collected by the. Atnet^ Statistical Association show that the ? at which people marry is steadily advat log! The average age cf bridegroo now is twenty eight, and twenty-five he brides. Judge Irving Halsey, in his memo address over the grave of the fam -pacer, Tom Hal, in Tennessee recent asserted that this peculiar stride i used by horses 2500 years ago in Gre? and that the proof of this fact is to found in the equine figures on the n bles 6toIen from the Parthenon by L< Elgin. * It is gsnerrib believed, rem a Frank Ledie'i, that suicide annuU an Hpnce policy. Aa exception to < Err?., r-1, -HWi mUST W> fiWW. Io Hl*? UBT ? States Circuit Court at Kansas City, W Judge Caldwell lias decided a case which suicides does not annul. Un the laws of Missouri suicide does not ttk nul unless it can he shown that at time of taking out of the policy tho eured contemplated suicide. John Berry took out a policy in the Knig Templar aud Masons' Life Indemt Company doing business iu that Sti The policy provided, as all policies < that self-destruction would annul Judge Caldwell held lhat this provis of the policy was rendered null by laws of Missouri; and, though John Berry committed suicide, his heirs rr recover under the policy. The population of British India, -cording to the census that was take! February last, now runs up to 220,51 000, or an increase within ten year 26,000,000. There is an additic population of 65,000,000 in those I Indian States that are under feudat rule subject to British influence, w British protection. The peasants in s< of the congested districts arc seek new homes in regions where the pop tion is less dense than it is in the | v vinces of Bengal and Oudt. Mr. Gib 6ays that in the single province fll^en which has an area only one-twenty-tl as large as that of the United States, population is 9,000,000 more than t 'of the American republic, though Ben is almost wholly agricultural and anyj?rgp maauf?**^<flPfr-P,,x< ?r< I ii ?beginning with WiMtl, UwifeN ?f 1 f con^^^Wni rr.nn the toad mines. or work p 10 '^^Bl'jierieitn tin*'?tho "faith nod h *?" wu ilrjr ?ouM bo bobi'td I ? v>ut keep the mints ruoniog vt culaiiog, an t woulln't wo |l pe W?' a s cp fur her. aoiae eoe hao d ed, if "Bat" is go>d for tho M half a dollar. make all B^t ^^^^ iite pr n ing presses for coining it ing tixes. direct aud indirect, a 1 {jmt , for why should the peo- t) with paying money f.r taxes cimuMit ctn "make own it town expetses with psr. 11 "" wuh the rest? c -ChCOlC Iei I >w V mnu s tcry rxh 1 ?rnti'<g inrisenient suing break*??n 1 then nh billoon lobe very at ^^^^^^^Kerc's>?, but the difficulty ^^ o ii-rib without a broken neck -r above suggestions aro '-free," ' on ^ I ^^^ ousriot occurred on ilio Charlotte <*VutWia & August* iiain Saturday night, lc, glietwoevi August* ami Columbia. A party of Je ^pegroej \ returning from a fou th of July id ^clebiali\?n in Augu?ta bccuuc involved in ( t fji di'pu'e \which resulted in one of the nam- J8 Bier being literally cat lo pieces, and tea ? 8 others bring bail y wnun ted. The scene iRKvas one of terror. The wli to people rushed jj li froiu car to car an l finally took refuge in the 1 Jpleiper. The conductor locked the car where | ;the riot wa i g >.ng on an l let t icu fight it tr" l foat. I'isto'H and razors were used freely Id* jiThe negro who d'd most of the cutting and I ""in . who killed line o lur negro jutnpe 1 from the in|f; train and ofiospod. |to V ... ? tat Itch on iriro in and horse* and ? I a ?i nial & cured in 30 minute* by Woolford'a Sanitary ki " Lotiou. This never fails* d by J. M. en UIITUS & SON, Druggis s Union S. 0. be B. ? This can fairly bi calls! "the ground mole i ' ? *? !-- " *.?? ... . ? i I \AUinit?11ir?uioil. wu in n r KlUneotiug ac 1*011 lleiott, born iu cl #1*4 4*o tu-. H ? 7] New?on fiy ^nSfi&Sl * '* Negotiations are in the couese of conmal Rumation for the sslc of several hundred Cast acres of Rowan county granite land to n ory man iu Asheville for paving and niacada mizing the mouutain city's streets. Winston is piuying great ball. She 5,110 won two straight games from the Riching mond club, beat Roanoke twice and ula- Thursday defeated the Bnstol clubpro Unison h^-'diugs of the State Agricultu ral and Mechanical College at Winston will be improved at a cost of $10,000. lird The county ol Buncombe wes organized the on the 10th day of \pril. 1792. The 10th jjat day of next April wii! therefore be th< lOCUh anniversary of that event, and it ii lSal proposed to celebrate it by fitting cere has monies. With that view a number ol tn c illect f unds rod attend to the dot* of erectiog a monument to tha mtmc of Jefferson Deris, says that the coon teee feels much encouraged at the jv gress of affairs About #20,000 l already been raided, but before act* work is commenced on the monum< they expect to raise $50,000. TK/> ITlnrA T or*rl Pamnai?k<w\k? * uv A^IVKI liUUU v. ViU pau V . I UI.UI | rated, is improving land and laying town site at Elora. Its capital stock $150,000. Several industries are alrea under wav. The Memphis jury has found II. CI King guilty in the firet degree for t murder of D. II. Poston. GEORGIA. Athens and Clarke county went "dr by 14 maiority Thursday; 1,810 vol were polled. Right Rev. Ethelbert Talbott was Athena elected bishop of Georgia to an Ryan, filed his bond for fino.OdO, *v took charge of the store. DeKalb county will soon hare a ir cadamized road from Decatur tlirou, \ Clarkson to 8"one Mountain. Ti.e couu commissioners have decided to do t i work at once. 1 The smallest "mooushiue" distillc ' ever captured by the revenue officers v found recently in Atlauta, end st to Washington ns a curiosity. Its rapt ity is about three gallons, it is constru eol so as to be operated on an ordinr cooking stove, and it is complete in cvt detail. The Middle Georgia Progress has t following: "A female temperance 1< turer visited Vnldosta last week. 8 published a pamphlet setting forth t jorriblc effects of intemperance, and c emplified theui in person oy getting or rousing drunk/' On Tuesday the corner stone of t new Presbyterian churrh was laid at 1! catur. The building is to be finished October 16th, and ths synod of Georj | will meet in it in November. ' FLORIDA. Independence Day was observed Fcrnandina by exciting yacht races a 1 brilliant fireworks. I Tampa parties have purchased from D MrT.end a tract of i bosrbste land the Alafii river for $15,000. Northern parties are investigati t with u view of establishing iu rernandi car-wheel works, iron auil brass found marine railway ami ntnch'iic shops, i Cocoa Public Spirit: Bom idea . ihe guava jelly bubiness may be had fr< , our amount of su^ar used. J. M. 8? ders received this week lour'tonsof grt | -listed sugar and C. J. Sehoomaker 1 two and a half tons to urrive in a f AlWffnfy Ay AN The Agricultural 8itma\m a Serious ?nt' \ OiMiMiMag F*t1rfn Orifihaii?Mmi _ JU1 cjf to "A DafWcthra Syatexj* Mid is Proposes Remsdie* av The Hon. R T. Nesbitt, 81 ?y Comh? missioner of Agriculture of Geoif *, hu written a letter to the pioes in Wl^ch he says: I Y "A defective syst</n of agric^ture .. i long and ruinously cortiuued has reaWed t*e# our farming industi ?to such a condiion that many owners o/cven large tractgof land are seeking employment in other a channels. In wnp*er direction we turn ,C" we dissaUaf/llon and a feeling of " >? and A. I higher, our rfaxptrtpe leas and less rood I inuuerative. Agriculture has in all ages I h?(l mnra than li* sham nf Hi? hnrdnnn 1a- of government, and in many instances baa gh fallen beneath the weight, and yet it baa ity always been tlie foundation atone upou bo widen every other occupation is built. Our fanueis, from their numerics1 strength, if from no other cause, should have a share in tlie affairs of State, but , trom adverse circumstances and uufavor)c attic national laws, this class of our propic have been only the burden bearer*. |rv Poverty, ignorance and an inability to * meet and rope successfully with their J more enlightened fellow-men in other occupation*, have made them timid and shrinking, and while other have jjonc ? rapidly to the front in state and national J"? affairs they havo remained in the back "? ground until driven to desperation by >x" circumstances, often beyond their con 1 " trol; they have been forced into combinations for obtaining relief, of which the he grange, tho Alliance and other organi/a o? tiona are-the outgftjrMh.""^. - " " u.o? by It is only necessary to* glance backward Jfti* with Col. Nesbitt to the old days, aud then look at the present, to see that the depression of agriculture is a coudition and not a theory. There was a time in at the recollection of men now living when nd our farms were more than self-sustaining ?when plenty sat with peace ut evevy H. fireside, and when the average farmer on was thoroughly independent, out of debt and with cash in hand. nK Wo now live under very different coo jL1~ ditions. We raise cotton at au actual rv loss of several cents a pound. We de pend upon the West for our grain and . meat, despite the fact that we ceuld 01 raise it for about what it costs to freight ^ our supplies here. Worse than all, our m" farmers are in debt, and getting out very slowly# ltta Col. Nesbitt thinks that it will take ew years of scientific, divartifed fanniug So ittimiiDAY TTTT Y 10 H mmmmm Stat* Agricultural Society. Colombia, 8. 0., [SpecitL |?OoL T. W. Holloway, lecwUry of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society ot South Carolina, has issued the following circular: The annual meeting of the society will 1 e held in the city of Oangeburg on *Vcdncadny, 5th AugusL The subject* selected for essays arc practical ana are recommended to the earnest attention of the people, and it is hoped that there will be a very large attendance of not only the membcts of the society, but of all if interested iifthe development of the resources of our State. Thq^subjects are: "The Aims of Clcmson College and the Methods to lie Pursued in their Attainment,*' by tl. A. Strode, president of C emson College. "Fin Culture," by Prof \V. F. Mnssey, Raleigh, N. C., professor of horti culture, botany and mechanic arts. cam, of Spartanburg. "Fumroid Diseases of Certain Airricul tural Plants auil Fruit Trees," by E. B. Moore, of Anderson, 8 C. "The Canning Industry of South Car olina," by C. 8. Nettles, Darlington. "Fancy Poultry," by Rosa A. Smith, Charleston. "Raising Poultry for Ptofit," by Dr. S. T. Lea. I'okesbury. "Cotton t ulturc in Russia," by John S. Scott, Mars Bluff. There are several other subjects that will be discussed; among the number is sorghum by a distinguished agriculturist who will be able to prove that it is one of the most important crops grown for forage. A Girl Whipped by White Cap*. New Albany, Inn., I Special, J--There was another brutul whipping by White Caps iu Crawford county on Sunday morning, 'n which a yr injj woman of 18 wooru u'Q i Attn i\f li*? vi?*tima William ford county. They wei re ported"! o t>? living in adult* ry, hut there was no proof of this charge. About 10 o'clock on Sunday morning twenty masked White Csp., all armed with revolvers, went to the Met*u'*e resideuce, broke down the door, a:.d seizing McGuire, who is about 50 yens old, and the stepdaughter, they dragged them to the woods and lied tlieiu to trees. Then the clothing ot l>oth victims was lowered to the hips ,?ul the While Caps commenced the work of switching them on the hare hacks, flaying them from the shoulders to the hips The young woman shrieked for mercy at evcrv blow, bilt her appeals were vain until she aank. fainting from the pain. She recciveu 12*4.. 1...1 -...1 1 over uiiy iumiu 9 nuu nt:i Miuiuuvrn, back and hips were frightfully lacerated. Old Zu&u MvGuirc received seventy-fiv# Th? Sotttk'i Isemaltg ftor*ig? Trade. The American Export Commerce Changing I to Baie?Tb* Comparison. No feature of Southern progress is uon more worthy of careful study then the increasing trade of Southern jrorts. Re ccdi rauroau comtmmitous aua new lines have made it possible thnt a large volume of traffic will nencef uth icach the sea board at Southern ports insteaii of by tho much longer nil mil route to the North. This ia illustrated in the heavy shipments of wool from Utah to New England via Savannah and Newport News, recently mentioned in the Manufacturers' Record. quately represent the growth of their commercial interest, because the heavy increase in coastwise trade, of which no statistics are kept, is not shown in any manner. This is not simply an increas ing business in cotton, lumber, naval stores and phosphate rock shipped to Northern ports, but a large growth of traffic betweeu the West and Northwest and New England through Southern ports instead of by all rail routes, as formerly. "I he forciuu exports from the South con tinue to show a rapid increase. The val ue o these exports for the eleven months of the fiscal year ended May III were ar follows For the 11 months ended Mav 31, I SIM), to a! for the South #801,451',277; I ll.? _l.~l -I ?104 i"ini iui IUQ TTIIUIUIUUIHI V fOVTi| I 1 For the 11 mouths ended May 31, 1801, total for the South, $321,170,006; total Cor the whole country, $826,828,004. The increase from Southern ports aa shown by these figures was nearly $20,t?00 \000, while tne total increase from rPfl.OSQj. while the combiued net inerenso at all other"United Ptnfcs porls wt?s*bri1y~ one tenth as much, or $2,000,000. The largest gains shown by Pcv.thern points were $0,300.000at tialvcctou, $8. 0 10,000 at Charleston, $3,800,000 at Newport News, $2,300,000 at Norfolk and Portsmouth. $2,000,000 at Savannah and $2,100,000 at Wilm ngtou By far the largest percentage of increase was at Newport No. as, wheic the value advanced from $0,300,000 to $10,104,000. Kverv month brings out more proini nently the increasing importance of New port News and Norfolk as destined to bo two of the greatest commercial cities of the Atlantic cons'. Their foreign ox port trade is now nearly as largo as that of Philadelphia, a city of a million oi inhabitants. With ten railroads having their seacoast termini at tho towns cen i ' III IM n ^ ^ ^ ^ i> WwvJKUK '; White U? Smryltt D?it>?mi 000 Durtsg tk* Put Meith. Decided Falling Off of Receipt* from All Taxes Duriiif the Feet Fiecel Year? Increase in Indian Expenses. Washinotoiv D. C., [Special.]?The monthly public debt statement was lssu?" cd to-day in an entirely new form. If combines both tbo secretary's statement u| of the public debt and the United States 'j Treasurer's monthly statement of assets and liabilities, heretofore issued aeparately. Comparisons with the last monthly statement and the statement issued July 1, 1800, shows an increase in The surplus in the Treasury to-day in the new form of statement pyt out if placed at $38,808,809, or about five mil-l lions less than a mouth ago,' with no chango iu the interest-bearing debt of the' (Government during the past month. TIIE BOM DEI) DEBT. The bonded debt of to-day is $610,520.130, made up in round numbers of $30,000,000 fours and $50,500,000 four \nd a half per cent/bonds. Government receipts from all sources during the past fiscal year wore $401,530,710, or about one million and a half less than during the preceding year. Customs receipts wcro $910,000,658, or about ten millions less than during the preceding year; internal revenue receipts were $145,043,281, an iucrvase over the nrocoding ?car of three millions and a quarter, ana receipts from miscellaneous sources were nearly thlrtyv million* iUm! t*m Jait closed were t888,09O,824 iMk^kmk of this iiTcnTaiiri^pund in the ^eniio^ , change of $ 124,4/Sf'fho pa?t year. 1M KKASK IN IXPMMDITt'RBS. Civil and miscellaneous expenditures during the year amounted to fi 10,147,MM), an increase oyer the preceding year of nearly thirty millions. Indian expenses were $85,806,198, or nearly two millions more than during the preceding vear. Navy expenditures wore $20,116,008, or four millions more than (luring tho preceding yoar, and War Department expenditures were $48,723,116, or four and a quaitcr millions greater than in the preceding year; $37,*37,201 were paid out during the year for interest on the public debt, and $10,401,220 in nremi