Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PPPIgHjgiBHBBPW^H^MWB^^^'^^^IJNm^.H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRI1)AV. A 1 <; 1 s I 7, is.i;. NVMUKK^^___J f i no total consumption of pork products, exclusive of lard, in the United States last year, is estimated at 3,653,<000,000 pounds, which would make an average annual consumption per capita of about fifty-eight pounds. > A western Kansas man says that section of the State has a great future before it. Thero is nothing that grows in the temperate zone that does not flourish there. Nothing is lacking but water, and that is being supplied by irrigation. < .1 ! __ _L III The reclamation of the Okcnsenokee. swamp in Georgia by means of drainage I icanals running to tho St. Mary's River is ,y.jproposed. Th? ?rw of the?nnin|ilucre squaro miles. There will bo about sixty-four miles of maiu and 1000 miles of lateral canals and many small agriculhiral Says the Pittsburg Commercial Bulletin: "The discussion as to the menus of remedying our immigration evils seems to falj short of the gist of the mutter. The remedy that must cure the evils is one that will bo applied not on this side of the waters, but on the European side.'* " The Hartford Times has ascertained an interesting fact illustrative of tho marvelous development of tho country. It has found an aged couple who have returned to Connecticut after an absence of fiftythree years. It took them, in 1833, to go from Glasconbury to their now western home in wild Illinois, three weeks and two days. They have come back in one day and two uights. J Trustworthy authorities state that in western New Mexico nearly 6 JO,000 of fruit and farm lands have becu reclaimed by the construction of storago reservoirs and irrirratinnr canals rlurin?? the past two years. Several corporations organized for such work arc now eeeking capital in the East. The above shows that private capital can ba sesared for irrigation schemes that promise good results. A remarkable instance of profitable agriculture is afforded by a Jersey far^ is^yet^^'!^r^^^rovIsr:^p!^^ * rondition. He grows ten acres of potatoes, keeps sixteen cows, sells butter snd Jersey cattle. His son3 and daughters help to manage the business. f Many English manufacturers are said to actually regard au English degreo in, tbo light of a disqualification, so that' most of tho posts of "word chemists"' are held by non-graduates. Apparently, 6aya the New York Time, they prefer to train their own men?that is, to give them such an education in researches as ^bears ou particular problems which they ^lem'elvss have to solve?or to take them from tho laboratories of general analysts, where new problems present themselves from time to time. According to tbo Chicago Newt, a Pennsylvania murJcrcr has been discharged bocauso the court found it impossible to hear testimony against him. The only witness to his crime was his wife, and her statements were barred on ^ the ground that she and her husband we^e one.. This one?when giving testimony in her person?would bo obliged either to testify tor himself, which no one ought to do, or to incriminate himself, which is frightfully unorthodox. So the case was dismissed, and there is one more man who hu9 awakened to tho utility of tho marriage institution. A few years ago correspondents use l to send their papers column after column describing the many delights of summer life at Long Branch. Tho parades of fashion upon Ocsnu Avenue, the finest * road in the oountry, were pictured in detail by the enthusiastic writers. The most noted poople of tho land wero seen in those days driving upon Ocean Avenue and adjacent thoroughfares. Long Branch was thon the flrst watering place in the country, hut for several years past it has been declining mat 111 popularity. The many elegant equipages, with their distinguished occupants, are now conspicuous by tholr absence. Gambling houses have helped to drive away the bast social element. Matty cottages which founeily rented at high rates now go begging at ouo-third of their former prices. That grandest of driveways. Ocean Avenue, has been allowed to crumble away until in many places carriages can with difficulty pass each ether. It would bo hard to I , find a watering place with sucli poor ZjF' roads. .The summer residents declare they pay very high taxes, and complain that the roads are in miserable condition, injuring their horses nod carriages, and causing general disoomfort. It is a great pity that thts onco mut papular of summer resort* should bj running do an so W . ***% . 4 \ ' feir* ' k : - 'v 4 AUGUST GLEANINGS. I lit C< Some Rare Pickings of Interest : Garnered. ll< ! in j cc They Are Presented Our Readers ^ With the Assurance That Evciy Item Is Worth r Perusing. IK VIRGINIA. Work hn? been begun ou the fit,000 Chesapeake and Ohio passenger depot at x Clifton Forge gt The Virginia Fair Assoc intiun conclud- ?f e<l its session at the White Sulphur Springs Hon. Jno. Randolph Tuck?r pi .was /ilfli'inl n>??lAiMii ? ? ? -iJno. Eppes, mmagcr of the Western M Union Telegraph oflicc at Suffolk, wna 01 murdered from an ambush laid for him by an unknowu person lo6t Wednesday, Ji the murderer escaping. The affair has Hi caused much excitement. Th is. Morris, a colored man, came to St ;o\vo last week from the vicinity of Stu- vi art. His age is said io be 110 years. Ho F is the father of 48children, and lias been b' miiniutl live timra All of Kin wivna nrn dl'Hll. to The Craig Mineral division of the tc Chesapeake ami Ohio rnilioad has been tn completed to New Castle, and passenger tinins are running. to The Koan >kc churches are wonderfully in l?r< iHpcrous. The new $20,000 First I Si Baptist church was dedicated Sunday g; week. I>r. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, preach- d< ing the sermon. St. .Tames' Methodist sn church was also dedicated on the same 01 day l?y Hcv. Collins Denny. Last Sun- ill day, HisliopA^V^Vilson. of the Southern Me ho<l Is I VWHWH, 'ded icated Trinity di taSirnicie. St. Mark's Lntheran church, 1? which will cost ?<?o,000, is well under pi way. t-'t John's Episcopal congregation m is erecting a $40,000 stone church and il rectory. The Piediyterians arc erecting tl a $10,000 house of worship nnd are preparing to begin building another much ti ler structure. Calvary Baptist chutcb i; erect in { a $25,000 edifice on Camp- ar bell street Grace Methodist Episcopnl D church Bouih will soon begin the con- A struct ion of a fine house of worship ii: A $?i cas'crn part of the city. The church "< of the United Brethren have purchased gr Minds nnd w II Iniild at an early day. u NORTH CAROLINA. !,! VI Cleveland Springs is reviving in popu- jn laritv as a summer resort. James IT. Lucky, Sheriff of Lincoln nt county, died Friday, after a four weeks tl prostration with typhoid fever. ^ Co\ .. Fred A: Olds, Quartermaster \i General of the N. C. S. G., has tendered "tl equip| ed for the purpose of going into camp nt llt ndcrsonvillc. NJ At the close of Gen. M. W. Ransom's speech at the camp nt Wrightsville, Friday, all the old veterans united in giving the ;'Confed rate war yell," as it was Th given in the dark day# of war, for the benefit of the visitors present A ilvnnrn clio/ifc />f i or/?r? f 4.?*.t?uvv r.n.i *o ui ? in- V?U|/ IC|K>ll? IUr July at the agricultural department, show the average condition of cotton over the (ot state to he 34J against 102 for the same time Inst year, the lowest average for (j1( y **- . ch SOUTH CAROLINA. of TThe Southern Express Company will U), transport free of charge any exhibits ot jj( fruit or flowers to be sent to the horticultural show at Greenville, to bo held on the 12th, 13th and 14th of August. Wf Governor Tillman ha* received a eour- Cr teous perstm^^^^j^^nC^^rrKH Page mi nington bfci^l^^^^^Snt^uigust 19. Or The committee appointed at the last in mec iiig of the hoard of trustees of the N? South Carolina college, to make recom- ha mendations for a president of that insti- gu tution, will recommend the election of on Dr. James Wood row, of Columbia, for ad that position. pr< The 13th anniversary of the first bnttlc t'c of Manassas was celebrated in Charleston, by military demonstration and unveiling : of a monument to soldiers of the Washington Light Infantry who died during rcfi the war ol secession. A patent has been issued to P. A. Emanuel, an attorncvuf^fecn, for an economic process foivfl^Kfv the rhoini- Jy. cnl heat stored up in *'c of alum- j ina to make alumina mw huric acid. Before next summeVi jmhia w'll j? have a water works planV . i wi'l nnmn and tiller 0, 000,000 gal I dL. .daily from the KC Congarcc liver. ISix car loads of ma- .,| chincry for this plant arc now in that p city. The canal recently Hold to Boston Pi parties will supply the power to an im- m monse turbine wheel, which in turn will of run the pumping npparatua. p, Col. .lamest*. Gihlis, agent of the South Carolina sinking fund, will sell at public 1 auction 8,000 acres of valuable land in l*"1 August and 20,000 acres in Heptcmlier. pi He has recently located upwards of 25,- A 000 acres of State laiula on the Savannah ' ' river said to Ik; well stocked with cypress ei timber, which latter he will olTcr for sale Oi in ono lot. . ng TENNESSEE. v 00 Commencing August l?t, the business tu men of Chattanooga will Ihj furnished iei with a fast freight line from New Yoik. St The route is via the Pennsylvania and lit Queen aud Crescent systems, and is nil . i, rail. Hi Tlirco GoodleTfmntfwM^BMMW^MrtJbii They were engHg^B^TOTowing out a cittern. Dave Carteraeyea were put out and one hand wm blown off; hit injuries are H fatal. Eli Pidca and Robert Dee were fo badly burned and lacerated, but may re- 'r< cover. P? GXORGLA. r* Hn The Macon and Northern railroad has it lieen turned over to the Richmond and i of Dauville company. J mi The corner-stone Whitfield county's ttr court house was laid with imposing rcmonics at Dalton, by the Free Masons. The Macon Volun'eers, with a memnship of 100, have now on foot a moveent to divide their company into three mpnnies and organ *zo a battalion of teir own. Work on the O., C\ & N. road has I idly pushed during the present month d the toad i now comolcto to Athens, which place the accommodation trains >w run fiom Monroe, N . C, FLORIDA. A big alliance inlly was held at Monti110 last Thursday. President Livingone, of Gcorgin, and President Stokes, [south Carolina, were the speakers. A Ft. Picrco special says: At the rjoo* time 111 be a big boom there, as there is now i Indian river. A r ilroad will be built from St. Ancws to Montgomery, via Cleucva, in ic near future. Piofessor Lawrence Johnson, United atcs gcoiogist, h?s returned to Gnincslle, after visiting and exploring Middle loridn. which lie fnys lias incxliausta e supplies of phosphates. The Florida Central Railroad is about build .a new connection that will shorn by HO miles tlie present railroad disee between Tampa and t-avannali. The region around Kissimmcc promises i become one of the great sugar-producg sections of the world. 'I lie Florida igar Manufacturing Co., which was oruiizcd by Hamilton Disston, of Pliila1..1,;.. .. r?... ......... i - > 1 ? ivn jvnif 11(119 UL'fll VOTJ icccssful, and expects this year to turn it 8,000,000 pounds of sugar, on which ic Uovirnmcnt bounty will he $00,000. Next year," said Mr. Disstcn a few ?ys ago, "Lbe. propuction will probably 8,< 00,000 pounds. The market la radically unlimited, as also the Tenures of the Florida Everglndes, and i"^?r< dnction will he limited only by le amount < f capital available." OTHER STATES. Commissioner of Agriculture Kolb has in u need himself as a candidate for the emocratic nomination for Governor of labama, and is putting the Farmers' Hi.nice machinery in active operation to cnmplish 'hat r.suit. Texas is another State w hich has deed aliens the right to acquire title to id hold land, and in consequence a ir-t amount of foreign capital is preparig to withdraw from the State. The Southern Exposition, to be held Montgomery, Alabama, beginning on ic 28th of October, lost $10,000 in cash y the failure of the Moses banking ho i Montgomery. But, notwithstanding lis, the committee have been hard at 1 ? CXpO?itf ^gp,?rkjr. tb ? \TI0NAL REPUBLICAN"COMMIT*" TEE. io Accounts of Lost Year's Campaign---The Meeting of The Next Convention. Washington, D. t\ {Special.]?The itionnl It publican nxceutive commit! met at Arlington Hot-1, Widnesday. thirteen nicnibcrs of the committee" ?re were present but seven, maniely: lairman Quay; V. Chairman Cla'kson, Iowa; Secretary J. Sloat Fnsset, N. Y.; easurer W. W. Duley, Indiana; 8amI Fesscndon, Connecticut; Garrett A. ihart, New Jer ev; aud J. M. Haynes, Maine 1 he first business before the committee us the consideration of the accounts owing out of the last campaign subtted by Tr nsnrer^ ibid ley. ^ JlTii-^ proe time in order to allow Col. Scott, of nahn, Neb., to made a glowing speech fnv< r of holding the nyxt Republican it onal Convention in this city. Scott d reasons in plenty to support his nrmont, based largely upon the precaris state of the | arty in Western States joining Nebraska, which might be im[>vcd by infusi n of pirty spirit engenred by the great National Convention. | When the committee met after recess airman Quay ami Treasurer Dmlley th tendered their resignations and the ignations were accepted. The Olemson Professors. Columbia, B. C , |Special .]- At Peneton, S. C., tho board of trustees of emson Agiieu'tirnl and Median al colgo, from a h- st of applican's, elected e profosso s to till all the chairs in that st it lit ion, save the chairs of biology id botany and of geology. As will be en, the majority of the successful npicants arc na'ive Bouth Carolinians, hey nre: Pr feasor of mathematics, resident Stroil-; associate professor of athematics, Professor .1. H. Clinkscales, Columbia Female College; assi tant ofessor of ma hematics, T. P. Perrin, Abbeville, B. ('. ; professor of English, M. Furman. son of the late Dr. .lames . iirman, of Greenville, B C.; assis ant ob ssor of English, T. P. Harrison, of nderson, S. C. ; professor of physics, j W. Welch, of Newberry, 8. C.; Supintendent, W. T. Morrison, of the | recnvillc graded schools; profissorof ;ricultiirc ar.d horticulture, Prof. J. 8. cwman, of the Alabama Agricultural liege; assistant professor of horticulre. .1. C. Dupree; professor of mcchan*, Officer A. V. Zano, of the United atca navy; instructor in drawing, Wil- ' un W? Ich. of Newberry, 8. C.; assoii e pi ofessor of chemistry, A. M. ' rackctt, of Charleston, 8. C.; assistant ofessor of agriculture, W. C. Wilburn, Mississippi. The First Lord From a Colony. 0 A Loudon cablegram, says: In the mute of Lords, Lord Mount Stephen, rroerly President of the Bank of Mou?al, and now President of the Canadian iciflc Railway, who was in May last ised to the peerage, took the usual oath d Niihserilx'd to the roll of peers. This, will be remembered is the lirst instance a native of a British colony being ide a peer. j. jJK M - FARMERS' ALMANCP]. Allianceraen Governor Tillman and Ben. Terrell Debate. Spartanburg is the Scene of a Great Discussion of Alliance Demands. RrAHTANHUHo, 8. C , [Special Coriespondcncc. | ?Tho debate be'ween Gov. Tillman and Hon Ben Te roll was held in the Alliance IIallt behind close d doors in great secrecy. Heportcts were finally given extracts of the speeches covering the maie/point? and appreciate the South Carolina Aliinuccincn and tl o4o who were not only allied with lii<u*pprgnnically hut i si thought and princ^ws] (Applnus-. | l e had como not only tolteiwh aa best he could, hut to he taught, for mutual enlightenment was the spirit, of the ago. 1 Applause. 1 lie was glad to m vt so skillful and able nil opponent. Going into ilie argument he .cud that the fcubtivitsury was one of the demands of the Alii one and as such it should he lespeeted. lie felt and knew thnt n.ither the Alliance nor any other popular organization cou'd exist if it did not ask s mething that would benefit the whole people. He held that the men of the St. liOuisC inv ntion were cipial in brain nod inlluenca to any delegates that ever attend d a convention. That convention win composed of mm who in the end represented the sub-A llianccs and thtrefoie the people. He then discussul nOVKHRHKKT CONTHOL of transportation, tb? VuUtl lUmnnH ot tlic Alliance." Ho held that the constitutional right of the Government could not ho eontrovrr cd, and the Alliance was only asking the Government to carry out the law. He held that expenses of tho 1 ail roads in lobbying, etc , must lie paid out of the people's pockets lie tli n nl i i i .i - -i J t * mien iu iuc uciiianu lor financial reform, or, as expressed by the Oca'n platform, the abolition ? ( national banks ami the establishment of sub-trcnMii i< s. The. position of Col. Terrell is here given in his language as follows: "We demand the abolition of nation *1 banks. By this the Alliance means banks of issue. Wc ircifcjve the Government alone hns the right to make money and in the national banking system the Government has delegated/ that power to the banks, without Restriction as to the amount they shottyhUiwpp *n circulation. With the latituqtff"great abuses hAve grown up in cond^Rjoe_w(th . them, aud the cir- WlfttAon. Ns. Jr^en . expanded to suit cr^thurt ai mm1 : abolition of the of issue. "Second. Government shall cst^^^^^^^^ffiuiurics or depositories in tlflH^^HKates which shall loan money anVoP^ue people at. a low rate of interest, not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, on imperishable farm products and also upon real estate, with proper liiTMt&tions upon the quantity of land and )yrount of money. In this demand the Alliance intended to provide for increasing the circulating medium by advancing money on land (which they demand shnll be increased to $50 per capita.) In the advance on farm products the intention was to give to the circulation that flexibility absolutely necessary to the welfare and protection of the farmers. "Now let us flist look at the necessity of an increase of the circulation. I believe that I shall Uf-tlJe to prove to the satisfaction oi any^W^ujfuaod 'man that lrrnry'great crime hat, been committed against the people by contraction of our circulation. If you will examine statistics for the last twenty-ttve years you will find that they will prove three things: First, That the per capita volume of currency lias been constantly and materially lessened; second, that bankruptcies and failures have inp dly multiplied in consequence; third, that the national debt during this period has increased instead of being diminished " He then dealt with the subject of the contraction of the currency and the re sultant failures and losses Speaking of [he plan of relief l"o'. Terrell said that tV?f? OtlK-irnnoni'V i*?oa inlrArlnoo/l ?* ho people control of the circulation and the power to prevent, discrimination gainst the producer- He discussed at length the need for isprc lnoney^nnd defended cotton as g$od a basis as gold imllion. . novr.niwn fini-HAN ivn9 received with great enthusiasm when lie arotc to speak. IdNf was evidently in the house of Allinncewmen and fflends. Dpening his speech lie said: "I thank yon f r the cordiality with which 1 was received by you yesterday, ind for the reuewnl of that feeliug today. \t the outset I would call attention to he charges thnt have been made inside ind outside thnt I have been fighting the \llianco. I need not tell you thnt such charges are not true. [Applause | "I am aware thnt the Alliance has been All ft th.r t O....I-...1 I *d and pat fed on the hack on t fie nsitiiuptioii that there was a personal light jetween the Alliance and myself, but I :ell you my friends that that endorsement tins Wen of no avail. | Applause. | It ivas too transparent. (Applause.) If they have been urging ine forward on the lupposition tint there was a war between mo and my friends in the All ante, they bAvo been mistaken." tkst/ko ran put form. Governor Tillmanf^**11 took up the Ocala platform and lliscussed it from the opening to the closilg section. He laid great stress on the vlduc and Importance of the free coinage mi ailvcr and explained the roblrcry committed by its demorvli/ation. He thcnlnrgued In faTor of an income tax antlffhe absolute necessity of having Renatoitii elected directly l>y the people so s<?to get rid o" the power excrciaed Iry n\nionaires who bought and sold the pcoj^te liks cattle or h. ga. He claimed that the sub-treasury bill I had come to the people downward from , the St F.ouis meeting in a perfunctory | way. and that it had gone back toOcuht 1 and had been endorsed in the same w ay, ! with the result and effects not under- i stood by the people, the source of an- I their v. (Applause. | "but I will not j deny," he said, "that the agitation has done threat good iit this broad country of ours, for it his called attention of the world to the fact that the producing classes are soiely oppressed, and ate demanding, ciying for relief. |Applause. | Governor Tillman then touched upon > 1 the currency question. 1 am, be s-dd, in ' favor of a flexible currency, of a greater volume of currency; but I maintain that ! tlio |!e\ili|i' cimei'i V in I'liuni iiiu^Mpy^ -commodities by stiitfie. That, my friends, : ( (Ts fall ncv, becan e the price must l>c j regulated by the index ble law of supply ( ami demand. I , "FOM.Y OK TIIK COTTON STOHAOE IDKA I Governor Tiilman said that in case cot- ' ' ton got dammed up in the warehouses the consumers would know that it would 1 have t> conic out in lime and that jusl as j soon as the quantity was known, which I ; could not be concealed, the price would gravitate to its normal level. This illus ' tration he introduced to show that an artilicial means could not evade or run ' counter to an cstihlisucd law in the com- 1 mcrcinl world. It was asserted, he said, that by spreading the supply over twelve months tlie f II in price would be pre j vculcd and that the evils of inconstant prices would be obviated. 'I In y bad. | however, forgotten that by the turns of the bill by which the whole could lie only held for twelve months, one twelfth of the crops must be sold each ninii h, and that there was nhsohitrlv nnlliimr t>> prevent the speculator from having the J? Mmo cbnncc an tic "MOWS'TlflnciTeXisung laws. He would have the same ehanec with the sub-treasury as he now has with the people. The Governor held to the position that the sub-treasury bill was class legislation, or, as he put it to-day, "it is a special privilege rather than a r'ght." I admit, he said, that the Government has loaned money, but. the right for such action is based on the general ; welfare clause of the Constitution, and , not upon proscriptivc or statutory right. | It will not he denied that any scheme . may take for its assumption of right the ' elastic general welfare clause of the Constitution, which from its very name settles no specific right or piinciplc. PATERNALISM IN GOVERNMENT. I hold again, said Governor Tillman on the next branch of discussion, that the sub-treasury bill is fairly open to the charge of paternalism. It proposes to ' I concentrate the business of the people in ' I of R ^otralized p/t^'p other words, that there should be equal J rights to all and special privileges to , nono. He would appeal, he said, to the , good sense and patriotism of the people , in the majority to aid in the obtaining of ] just and reasonable 'aws. instead of the j partisan favoritism shown by the Govern- ( incnt in the maintenance of national x banks and nursing private nianufactur-'s iug industries. | Applause | { ^ CALLS POLK A SOCIALIST. He characterized Col. Polk's views on n the money question, leferring to the Gov- 1 ernineiit lending money with the avowed ? intent of injuring other cla ses of busi- I ness, as Socialism It would amount in the end to the division of the property of the people and produce a condition in which the provident and the improvident a would share alike. t Governor Tillman repeated here that ' the Alliance all agreed as to a grievous | ' wrong existing, and iliat the dispute was only as to the remedy. He pointed out \ t causes of the burden on the people of j I the South the inequalities of the burdens laid on their shoulders as compared with I the people of the North and elsewhere. He showed that the millionaire and the poor farmer were the simultaneous and necessary product of such laws. He thought that there was just as much hope at present for getting the sub- treasury bill through as there was for the South being paid for negroes or getting the Federal |> nsions reduced. On the I contrary, he saw a disposition to pension I ( every bummer, whether not lie had ever | | heard the whiz of a bullet. In fact, he } believed the time was coming when the I ' pensions would he increased to $'200,000,- 1 000. " ROM Kill I NO Aimer TIIK I'll I It D l-AIJTY. Governor Tillman then paid his re- , spccts to the Thud Party. Me read tab- , ulated statenients showing thcehetoral strength of the Demoerat'-e ami Republican parties of all the States. He took those States in which the farmers were in the majority and said that if a 1 of them declared for a Third Party they could not eleft a President. HIS IDKAK ON TIIK (TMiKNCY. Governor Tillman gave as his remedy for a flexible currency the repeal of I lie 10 per cent, tax on State banks and the establishment of banks lo issue money based on land and crops just as our credit is now ba ed on loans and mortgages. He was in favor of the farmers establish- | ing their own banks and printing their own money instead of paying such high rates of interest. He held that we might have a sub-treasury under State control, I but a sub-treasury under national control meant the perpetuation in power of the party by which it was established. I Governor Tillman closed by making an appeal for unity, harmony and charity, and the State. OTHKU MATTERS. After the addresses the Alliance riassccl resolution of thanks to tho spcatrnr*^. A resolution was passed endorsing tho : Oenla demands. . ? ....I..,. P,no!,1nn? ' Al lilt; 111(11 IIIII IHTOIUU 1 liniMVU!. Stokes again tendered his resignation, , which was again refused. My resolution ' lie was authorized to employ a secretary. ! The following resolution was also pass- I cd: ' Resolved, That the thanks of the State Alliance are due to our State lecturer, Uro. W. J. Talhert, for the manly tight he has made in defence of every interest of our Order. i AN IMjjpRTANT SUIT. Members >f>f the Farmer's AUian Involved. The Responsibility Of Alliance W Be Determined in the Courts. Charleston, S. C., [Special. |?Ror lime ago the Farmer's Alliance store, Spartanburg county failed. Althoug the store was run under the auspices i the County Alliance when the crash cau lie Alliance disclaim d all responsibilit holding that it lay with the mauagc inwiiitfVttAi Bwytwitlw mam debt in any other way, have entered sr in the United States Court for tl amount The defendants named in tl roinplaint are A. S. T. Lancaster, II. 1 Williams, Alfred Harris, K M. Rmit Moses Wooil, 1. R. Padgett, N. F. W? kcr, (Jco. 11. Dean ami W. McZimmc man. partners, doing business under lit name of Farmer's Alliance of Sparta burg Co. The complaint allows that December, IHtIO, the plaintiffs sold ru delivered to defendants goods, wares nr merchandise to aggregate to the amoui of f4,195, which sum the defendan agreed and promised to pay to the plai litTs. Although the said debt has been d\ and psyaiile for some time past, no pa has been paid except$1,200. The pl.ii tiffs pray that jugeinent against them f< $2,925 bo entered. Answer to the cor plaint has not yet been filed, but will r poubt be of much interest. The cai will have a hearing in the course of few weeks. It is one of the first of tl kimljji?]^uii^t^ji^iiu.ntry, and d?c: fut with interest in legal circles everywher It will probably define clearly the liab itics of Alliance organizations. A Prize Fight in San Francisco An overland special from San Franc; co, says: (Jcorgc Dixon, of Boston, at Abe Willis, of Australia, fought at tl gvmuasium of the California Athlet i M..i. r^.- ooo o,.a ?i... ?j -i v / 1111 r IWI <?! *? lilt; ? Hlllldtu- WUIl^ I championship of the world. Willis w practically unknown to many here, ai the betting before the tight was in Hi on's favor, running from 100 to 70 to li to '.10. Dixon won on the fifth round. The battle occupied less than twen minutes. Willis was knocked out in tl fifth round after having hail the worst a hard tight from the start Dixon's stj of lighting was not known very w? here and he was not expected to do inui rushing, but he forced the fight from tl first round 11c rushed \V iilis hard \vh? half a dozen sharp rallies he fought~bai manfully, but was rot able to hit as ha or as frequently as h;s opponent. II [jmckness and his ability to stand hat punishment saved him from defeat eat lie mt after being knock-d down in tl irst round and unmercifully pounded i he four following rounds he was great I veakened, ami the blow which final I eat him out was a light one compare o a dozen others which lie had receiver Dixon was apparently uninjured, an s soon as he saw that Willis could ni ise in the fifth round the. colored ma :ave a leap almost across the ring, whil he spectators cheered hint wildly. Piscatorial Wealth. The people of North Carolina are full; iwnke to the importance of developinj he valuable fishing fields of the Stati h. Henry V. Wilson, the d rector of th United Stall's fish station at Wood's lloll das-., has been elciled yrofes or of biolc Ciuoluir is an expert in the business to which It L'ltcrgics will bed voted.and the State wi profit largely by his services. The oysti industry has hrcn a gol I mine t Marylau I and Virginia and <' nneeticu ivhere most attention has been paid t I, and North Carolina will undonbtei y develop the business in its tciritory t inportant jtroportions within a few yean Speaking on this subject, the News "in 'ourier says: The coast line of Font arolina, however, is scnrcely excccdci n length by that of North Carolina, am s longer than that n| any other State lit ween M ine and Florida. We hav inly to employ the o, portunity natur eis given us, as tie y are being employe* ?y our neighho s and tivals, in order t nake South Carolina one of the loa-'iitij i\ster producing States in the Uuiou. Took n Drink ftt The Altftr. London, [Cablegram.]?At llishe Stort ford's in Hcrtfoidshire. Charl Clark mi- fined #5 and costs for in'sbeha ior in Hii changer ehur. h. The charge against the defendant w deei iedly curious, as it appeared fro the evidence while playing the impmta part of a I ?r id eg room, and dtiimg t per ormancc ot the mm t inge ccrenioi before (he nltnr, lc pulled i tit from i inside pocket a Ihnk of whiskey fre which lie proceedi d to drink, not wit standing the expostulations of the clerg matt. The brid'groom having been rtiniul t d enough to go through the ord* a', ?t the c'crgymnn having cut- red his protei the cere nony was completed, and tl t ewly in de husbind was handed ovc not o the tender mercies of the? womi who had jo t sworn to eheri-h him, hi to the charge of an officer of the law. Mr. Clark, no doubt, found th he has indulged in the dearest drink vvhisky l^Minscv^v^^L^Lhu^ 1 if? * - tit Tnc^on^^TtflWJSWffvrraity Alum have established a lnrg? number of fr scholarships at the University. Youi men of talent and character who nei help in getting an education and w can fur t'sh refer nee as to their nee and merits may obtain assistance by s plying to President Winston at Chat Hill, N. ('. Early applicaton isdesirabl The University also offers free tuiti to all young men intending to prent ai.d the sons of preachers of all denon nations. . MISTRESS OF GRAY GABLES. IC(> The Secret That Brings a Prayer to Her Neighbors' Lips. A correspondent writing from Buzzard's bay, Mass., closes a well-written ill ' descriptive article with this pleasant and delicate reference to the mistress of Gray Gables: "But of late Mrs. Cleveland has not no cand much to leave Gray Gables. She 0j t'oesen't move about nearly as much as rjj she did. She loves best to sit upon the ^ veranda, with her husband at her side. ie or walk slowing with bim hand in hand v through the pine groves. Never lias sho "r^ looked as lovely as she does this summer. EMUy'tiguVl.' m" her ' ' fH !jt head is usually a yachting cap. The 10 benedicts and their yncht are gone now. I1C Before they went away Mr. Benedict, his p. son and Mr. Cleveland went over in Capo Ij' Coil bay on a fishing trip. Mrs. Clevc(l' land did not go with them. Formerly she always accompanied her husband to " the Indian village, near which is to be n | found such fine sport. Mrs. Cleveland's : " mother is at Grny Gables now. There |(j ' will be fewer guests the remainder of tho | season. j I "Gver in the pine grove, about three t ' hundred yards away from the house, is a j robin's nest which Mrs. Cleveland dis< overcd. Every day when fl is pleasant ' she strolls there. She tries to soothe the '? fluttering mother bird with her soft tl words. She will not go many moro times, because the purplc-flccked shells j will break before long. "Neater and nearer do Mr. and Mrs. C eve" and seem to grow to each other. SC Somehow the villagers know about it. Mothers draw their little ones to their L breasts as she passes and whisper a pray- ? ?T, tM? woli, r v shines from her dreamy eyes, they notice jj" the fluttering of her lips, now and then the dew in her eyes. They arc quirk to sc.* aud know?these Cape Cod women. That is because they are women, and they know more in a single glance than lsJ men can learn in all their lives. So when . the thadows lengthen aud the nightly . prayer is said, the devout villagers have a little whispered sentence for her. Tho pines breathe it in each others cars. The a* restless waves gurgle and laugh over tho secret. The birds chatter about it and PQ the days move slowly by." j j. Foreign Notes of Rcni Interest. lit The population of Belgium amounted of on tho last day December to tt. 147,041. lc Brussels has about .1(10.000 inhabitants. .'11 French drummers are to be c\< luded ^ irau Alsacc-Lorrain % and tlio Ficnch > ! apc:\K 01 snuuing vicrman Urummers out <t-VtU^iViHc art ghllHWSTflutl? t ^dJ ul?l tl?.??rn? Wi>. f llllllll 111' llll Ml the sens 11 j in ,r i r ^niiii , mrW of to a u. rd Vossisch Zcitung takes a very gloomy [j9 view of the ceonomie situation of Ger fj many. There is great desti ut inn among the lower classes on account of the high ie |?rire of provisions. in Some of the small shopkeepers of Pnry C have appealed to the Pope for protecy tion from the big concerns that are drivd ing ihem out of trade. They ask his I. Holiness to formulate some plan for npd plying the I ?\v of justice and charity to >t the freedom of trade and competition so n that the little dealers can live in the pree sen e of the great. A marvellous and horrible accident happened at a private house, in Paris. The host had invited a number of friends v to luncheon. A great Danish boar hound i; was in the room, according to custom. A guest happened to drop his napkin, e and while stooping to pick it up the dog with a spring seized his throat and killed ? him. Toerc was a terrible struggle to i, pull the beast off, but without avail. ---? ^ ^ *" The new German crown is thus deserib'.c I ed: It is a beautiful work of art, and of ,s grea' magnificence. It has been designed " and the gems in it selected by his Majcsty himself, in conjunction with the Ger" man painter, Herr Kmil Poepler, Jr. ' The gems came from the famous collcc? tion in the possession of the house of Ho' lienznllern. which is chiefly distinguish? ed for its magnificent pearls and din ' monds, some of the finest, specimens of ' which have been mounted in tlie Em ' perorscrown. His Majesty has had the lJ erowu made to exactly lit his own head. Curiously enough, he it said, that although it has been the custom in Germany to ^ ll!kll(l down iU'nril find cpndro froin Ano , - *- sovereign to another, n proper ami sym' holical crown- though there arc crowns ? in the Hohcnzollern treasury of various rulers has been wanting. This want the Kmperor William II has now supplied. At ti'st it was the intention of his Majesty to have given to the crown the same >p form of design as that of the first crown cs of Prussia, but the idea bad fo be abanv doned owing to tt c size and shape of the st011 s. The whole broad frontal of the as crown is horderel with large diamonds, m mounted on beautiful gold leaf woik, nt from whict) lise eight dinmo.nl hoops, he each se*. w'th four diamonds in the shape ly of a losette. with a row of tine large tn pearls, the whole being crowned by a an cross studded with diamonds. There h- are also numerous other gems on the y- crow n ald A Boiler on a Breakfast Table. j**' VtCKsni'HO, Miss., [Special ]?A small boiler used in the repair shops of the '* Hall City Oil Mill exploded, early in the morning, fatally injuring Engineer Albert Spier and Fireman Albert Fisher. The . boiler, weighing 2 000 pounds, flew into ' - the air and fell into the house of Mnrv OI l.owonbnrg, three hundred feet n\vav, going through the roof, floor and ceiling, _ fc',"<L)jJn'!ii,swliurt, the family having left nl the table when they heard the report e .used by the explosion. ig P(| ? ^ ( Jamei Gordon Bennett Indicted. ,1a \'riv \ nkK frtrPfinl 1?The or 11(1 p jury hn? found an indictment* ngi<in?t rel James Gordon Bennett, charging him e. with misdemeanor in publishing in the on N. Y. Herald more of the details of the b, execution by electricity of Bmller, 8loai cum, Wood ami Jugiro than the law allow*.