Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Xtwqfthe Day. ==~~ ? ^ w ^ "^,wvw 7 ^ NUMBEin&m*ssssl - " - - " ^ *" ii. - 7^'^^ifflrrri' _ .? -?-^Kv^ tornia are seen from the following: Raisin culture iu Fresno County yields from $150 to $100 per aero, v ?louts from $200 to $400, apricots, peaches and prunes average $250 per ..ere, and in the ;vicinity of Riverside the receipts per acre on orangos have been as high as $1200. ' States tne London (England) 1'U'Bitt: The question of servants' breakages came before the Blooinsbury County Court. A domestic said she was discharged with. out notice for breaking a picture, and jsued her mistress for a month's wages. jTho Judge said many people thought Ithey might stop wages for breakages as j,, ? . y iuu unt), SUl'11 fwas'ffmtktako, and the defendant must pay the amount claimed, with coata. It Is allege 1 that in India and in Euk ropo the motives for suicide are uot si:n liar. Iu the former country thoy are anger, disoase nud grief, grief being the chiof cause of suicide amoag wo.nen; whereas iu Europe the motives are mainly alcoholism, love, misery and fear of punishment. It is curious that the proportion of suicides among Parsees is great when compared with the smaliness of the community. J TUo London Lancet denouueos as ifatso tho doctrine that abundant hair is (a sign of bodily or mental strength in p-'\ jtnan. It says that despite tho Samson 'precedent the Ohinosu arc mostly bald, form the most enduring of '> s" ?M/taa fTL? fttr-loKas I proof that long and thick hair is not a sign of intellectuality. The easily wheedled Esau was hairy, while the {nighty Cibw was bald. "Lrag-liairod men are generally weak anl fanatical, and men with scant hair are the philosophers and statcsmeu and soldiers of the world/1 *1 u ? .1. J r? Colonel Theodore A. Dodge presents in jkho Forum an alarming picture of the un- j protected condition of our country from {foreign invasion, especially on the coast lof the Lakes. "In two weeks after a declaration of war," he writes, "Eng . r, . ,, _ nana couia place Arty gunboats on the (Lakes, and more than thirty armored vessels in the harbors of our leading cities, and could concentrate 75,000 reg^ ular trwys in Canada, backed by a sturdy One of the fads of the German Emjperor is to oblige woikingraen to insure 'their lives. His syste.u, asserts the Boston Cultivator,, is very unpopular. It requires ubout thirty years for these insurance policies to mature, and if, through sickness or misfortune, payment ceases , without death of the insured, all thnt is paid is lost. It is regarded as another scheme to tax the people, as all the emiploves and soldiers of tho empire have a part of their wages deducted to contribute to the compulsory insurance fund. There are necessarily many'policies that lap3e. If workingmen want insurance they hould organize companies on tho mutual - ? -plan, which would give them a part of the benefit of the lapsed policies. ^ A military correspondent who ob ^^^Mrved the Qermau military manreuvres Id Mulhauseu writes: "Throughout | these raatueuvrcs I hare becu very nmcU truck by the thoroughness of all the transport, catering, an I other arrangements, down to the minutest detail, as Well as by the remarkable endurance of the troops. The regularity with which the several reglmouts arrrived at their destinations, and were fed and rested, Was simply marvellous, considering the distances covored and the prevailing heat. Everything went like clockwork. The Twenty-fifth Division bivouacked in d?h|a lying to the north of Mulhausen. (They were encamped in rings about forty yards in diameter. A canvas fenoe {two and ono*hglf feet high was put up ground each ring for the protection of jthe men when raposing at night from (the wind, and in the centre of each ring la big bonfire was lit to warm the sleepMa. Who lav in two rows. One comnanv. (comprising 139 m?o, lay, in each ring. Brery soldier slept in hts greatcoat, with WoUtbelt fastened. His valise forme! bis pillow, a bundle of straw his bed. Close by, the rifles of each company were * piled in regular groups. Thors were See rifles to esoh pile, and on the top of the mussles a helmet was placed, the gfe. jfoor reinaiuing helmets belonging to the jOWaers of the rifles lying beside the fftiftaflMhro o(floors slept side by side la l^totre.she^, high-sided tents. Tattoo Nrta not sounJci on the bugles. Every .thing was dono as in actual warfare. gentries were posted within an I about ? Ithc extremes of the camp, and another entry kept 3iloot guard over the three bolors belonging to tha three battalions Jof his regiment, oased and tirmly pleated i? J'" J "4." Iiiu U.viuiu iH-jirn. ] 1 Interesting: Dispatches From the j North and Our South. ( The Point* of the Compaaa are Pretty Well Covered by the Following Condensed Telegrams. 1 Senator Vance, of North Carolina, is in ltome with his family. He returns to the Uuited States at the end of November. The Texas State Fair closed after a very successful season, lasting sixteen days. The first blizzard of the season is re?ortcd in North and Bo.th Dakota and Linnesota. TIM*- narilmnnlr# ^' county, Missouri, seems to hare been the genuine article. E^-Qovernor Albert 8. 'Marks, of Tennessee, died suddculy in his room, at the Maxwell House, Nashville, at an eary . hour Wednesday morning. A pistol shot fired as a joke at Chillicothe, Mo., cuuscd one of a party of Halloween revellers to.dic in a few minutes from heart failure, caused by excitement. The experiment of sending a.ihessage by relays of bicyclists from Hnrtford. Conn., to New York City, a distance of t 122 miles, was accomplished in eight | hours and twenty-six minutes. Snows are reported along the A lie- ' ghany Mountains from Pennsylvania to ' Virginia. The earliest snow in years fell ( at Charlottesville, Va., aud four inches at < Winchester. i The Tennessee cool miners who released ? 800 convicts at work in the Bricevillc Coal Mines Friday night did not hurt anybody. Sheriff Rutherford has gone to Chattanooga, having been warned to leave by a committee of miner*. Govcr- u uor Buchanan is determined to uphold 1 the law. The purchaso of 8,000 Texas cattlo in , seventeou train londs cost Dave Rankin, the cattle king of Tarkio, Mo., $222,000 besides the freight expenses of $80,000. it has been calculated thnt the right hand of a good compositor in taking type froin the frame to the stick while setting up 0,000 ems in eight hours cov era a distance of 26,000 feet. About 800 of the old-timers of Atlanta have organized under n constitution and by-laws. An old-timer in Atlanta is a man who has lived there sinco 1850 and stands well in the community. One of tho arguments of Minneapolis against Paul is thnt by building an ice palace as an advertisement is attracted attention to the frigidity of the climate and checked immigration to the Northwest. The bootblacks of Atlanta have held two meetings, and have decided to raise the price of a shine from a nickel to a dime... pie VRe^ffmMrTclrj*^'>^fiSrfotte-'hIsr ' week'* was the driver of a public dray in his native town before ne became a preachiir. Bis outfit was a small, rick.. rnu\t.? 1?1-1?* ? v, imtnu^, uuiBiiaviwie ui n wujn?n nna t nu old sorrel horse. He was a familiar t figure at the railway station, and his most ^ profitable jobs were hauling drummers' \ trunks to the hotel. A plague of locusts has been worrying the fanners in the Argentine Republic this fall. Late reports state that the lo- . custs have completely destroyed the flax, f wheat nud potato crops in Ban Gcroni- . mo and Panto Tomas. The extent of plantations destroyed covers 60,000 ? k lomctres. Gen. Jackson's old kitchen at the f White House is now used as an elevator . engine room. But the old-fashioned ovens ? arc still there and the niche in the wail remn>ns where the big crane was suspended in tho old days of primitive hospitality at tho Kvecutive Mansion. Ex-Governor David Meriwether, 'of Kentucky, recently celebrated his 92d \ birthday, and from all reports he was the moat active man present at thegnthcriug. lie was blithe and gay and sat down to , dinner equipned with an appetite that would have done credit to a boy. Some yearn ago American cottou a ed was planted in Turkestan, and the development has been something phenomenal, t In 1884 about 360.0QO pounds of cotton were exported, while the product for this , year is expected to reach 8,500,000 poods, or about 123,000,000 pounds.' Montoombhy, Ala , [Special.]?This was the sixth dny of the .great Southern f Exposition, and an immense crowd was 1 present. Jerry Simpson, os Kansas, was I the orator of the day, nnd among other ? things he said that if the farmers could t not get their rights out of old parties I they would tako care of thcinselvts This t ounaoci ukc independence to all Demo- t crats. i Muskookb, I. T.?The filing of a peti- G t!on in equity for a number of Cherokee v Indiana asking the partition and the allotment in severality of nearly 14,000,000 acres of land of the Cherokee Indians, is creating quite a stir among the Indians r of the civilized tribrs. It is thought to , be the largest land suit ever instituted in t America. '* ^ ? Kx-President Hayes was in (Columbia, I 8. C., Wednesday, together with his sou, i R. P. Hayes, and Dr. L. M. Curry of > Richmond, in the interest of thePeabody j fund. Bec'y of State Tindal gave them a t reception in the evening. Mr. Hayes' > talk was merely on the objecj of his visit, j and expressive of the pleasure he was experiencing in seeing that city and the 4 South in general. He said he could not be otherwise than pleased at the cordial! ty god warmth of bis reception, and he , spoke with much pleasure of the oopoi iuni- I ty afforded him of visiting the schools of 1 white and colored people in this State 1 which are aided by the funds he repre- ] seats.' The party went to Oraogeburg 1 Thursday and visited Chaflin College. I Miri.ii*, Trnn , [Special.]?Thomas B. < Ward, son of Mr. J. B. and Mrs. J. C. t Ward, living thirteen miles east of Jack- 1 son, Madison county, while standing on a stump let his gun slip, the hammer striking the ttump and firing, causing his death in thee* hours. His lost words ? wprp h? was going to rest, 1? 'I:"' ? ' *t aoumu iw, u. u. ? i ue 8ihieaicm prepared at the Treasury Department (hows that that there was a nut increase in circulation during the mouth of October of $33,810,125, and a net increase sf $0,182,503 iu money in bullion in the treasury duriog the same period. Ranching in Florida. From McMillan's Magazine.] Ranching though the least known, ii :hc oldest industry in Florida. For a jrcat number of years cattle laising foi ,hc Cnbnn and West Indian markets baa jeen an occupation of the active Floriliau. From Puuta Gorda and Punta itassa, ports of Charlotte harbor, about :en thousand head of cattle are annually exported to Cuba. They aro not fattened, ind, indeed, are only rounded up iust icfore exportation-, consequently the beel s wretched stuff, and the $14.or $15 paid i_??> * .? h r amy tie cuimaescd ]uite as much as they aro worth. Tlic mature is poor and the breed still poorer; ind, although there is a movement afoo* o improve both, there can be little doub hat as the southern countries arc settled lcrds will diminish iu size and the rang >f pasturage be greatly restricted. Kuncl u? ns ranching will gradually die, an lairy farming will reign in its stead. Military Parado and Drill. Ai'niuTt n i rc,vA?:..i i T? *1 V.H., [UllCT l?l. | ll'U IIIOUSind people witnessed the grand military >arndc niul review at the exposition. In he infantry prize drill the Floyd Rifles, >f Macon, wire announced as winners; ?ercy Rifles, id Houston, (!a , second; )ffleth?rn Infantry, of Augusta, third: Jlinch ltilles, of Augusta, fourth. In the nlvary drill the team of Richmond IIusars, of Augusta, won the prize. In the ndividual individual infantry drill C F. iValkcr, of Middle Georgia Military and Igricultural College Cadets, of Middleon, Gn., won the first,and J. \V. Vaughn, >f the Baldwin Blues, graft riKtO of same ollcgc, second. Kjkl'rcsident Hayes rrived Friday night ami was the guest if the Augusta Exposition. lie held a eception at the Exposition Saturday. Assignments of the Bishops. Cincinnati, [Special.]?The board of rishops ot the Methodist Episcopal :hurch has made the following, among ither assignments of presiding bishops to he aununl conferences for the next six nonths: Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, Ulnntn, Ga , January 13th; Anniston, Ha., January 20th; Huntsvillc, Ala., [aimary 27th, and Columbus, Mis9., Febuary 3rd. Bisliop William F. Mullulieu, llcrid'an, Miss., January Oth; New OrO'lis, January 13th; Little Rock, Ark., lanuary 20th; Van Hurcn, Ark., January 17th. Bishop SVillinin Ninde, Jacksonville, ?h?., January 13th; Fornandina. Fla., lanuary 20th; Orangeburg, S. C., Februiry3rd; Newma?? Ga , January 27th. liahoii John M. Waiden, Falls Church, fa.. March 2nd. ? ho East this summer made n .ypint of ooking up everything that he ctguld find vhich was of historical interest. Among >ther places he visited tfie graveyard of he old South Church, iu Boston, and vhile there found an old and battered omhstonc with the following legend: Here lyes ye Bodyc of Mary Goose, Wife to Isaac Goose. Died 1690. mmediatcly the thought came to the Vofessor that this might be the tomb of he originul Mother Goose, aiul his subequcut investigations have proved it to ic true. Strange, indeed, does it seem hat Bostonians could have allowed to all into oblivion almost the very resting >lacc of their first poetess, the author of 'Mother Goose Melodies." Mow York Legislature. New Yokk City, Special. ]?Every toliim sit to thw fit*** ? i""" he political complexion of ibcLegis nture s should Democrats control both ranches it is admitted that the first thing lone would be redisricting of the State, loth parties are claiming majorities in aeh branch, but the latest received by lie Associated Press indicate that the H-niuo will stand: Kepublicans 17, )cinocr?ta 14, Independent Republicans According to mine returns tlie Assemily will t-tand: Republicans GO, Denior.its G(t, and Ifidependent Democrats 2. Hayes ill the South. Ahiievii.i.b, N. C., [Special.]?Hon. J. j. M. Curry of Richmond arrived here ruesday mid was joined oy ex-President 4ayes. They will make a tour of the louth for several weeks in the interest of he Pcabody and Slater school fund. Ex'resident Hayes is an active member of he Peabody board, and the President of he Slater fund. They will visit Columbia, Augusta, Atlanta, Talladega, Mont [oniery, Memphis, Florence and Mash llle. Gov. Fleming Toasted. IUi.kiuii, N. C., [Special.]?Friday uorning Governor Holt tendered Goverror Fleming, of West Virginia, a recepion at the executive department. It was i handsome affair and largo numhers of ntsiness men a* well as officers attended t. Governor Fleming was never in th!s date before. He has made pleasant iiunvssion here. He spoke Fatday and aferwnrds he and his wife and i* party of imminent people dined with Governor tl-n.lt at the cxecuuvc mansion. Bharges Against Briggs Dismissed A New York special says: The New fork Presbytery, which was to try Prof. Dhas. A. Briggs, .of Union Theological ne orotcn i1 wioywnafj cmsreD, 4HI Wail 14th street, with a large attendance Prof. Briggs was present and pleaded nh own case. One of the chief charges igainet him was that l}e disputed (he ex mption of the Bible from error. The lession ended at six o'clock by the Presbytery dismissing the charges. CIoTer makes excellent silage when It a put up properly, but it requires careul handling and heavy weighting, or it I liabto to spoil, wukjl ur wuaitN rusTMAirriCKS. ; T ? Hovf They Executed One of the Com' missions of Poatmaster-General Wanamakor. WlsHiKOTox, 1>. C., [Special.]? Among the 2,000 or more reports which the Post Offico Department lias received thus if fir from the couety seat Postmasters 1 are sixty-one from women Postmasters at ' county seats. Of these twenty-nine at once undertook the visitation of the fourth1 class'offices of their counties, five delegated the work to their assistants, and tho other twenty-seven corresponded with the department, and promptly began the required visttaticjis by correspondence or by proxy, v One Georgia Postjnistrtta suggested aunual visits; anotheijreported that many keep them. i An Illinois Postmistress, reported that not one of the visited Post Offices was perfect, not even her owi. An Idaho Postmistress rode 254 miles on horseback to make her inspections, and cheerfully spent $20 in the process. A Kentucky woman vent her rouuds with horse and buggy, sp?nt $30, and reported that every Posmaster visited would welcome closer reations with the department. Another iuKehtucky trnv elled over 100 miles ant spent $15 for horse hire alofte. A Louisiana Pdfltmif itr 8s Reports that she keeps bankrupt' willitgly in order to to improve the service in berfcwn village. A Postmistress in Mis^mijppi reached tho Post Offices off the rtirbnd line in a sailboat; another iQ Missifippi travelled through tho ploy woods {stand without hesitation. \*?V. A New York woman Wetted 44 Post Offices with a horse and ferriage, travelling 291 miles, and a jfotfr r? mau'was so coirfTcousfjfcwelCOlaeaby all the Postmasters that ktw>romiaed another visit next year. VW A Texas woman omitted to visit one Post Office because it Squired a horseback ride of thirty-five.ailea. A Vermont woman tnU not prevented from visiting the offices because it is composed of flvo islands. >. | Virginia and Califortii* Postmistresses visited every offico in their counties. ' A Pennsylvania wo^an attacked the tremciidous undertaking of visiting 128 offices, many of them among the Alleghany Mountains, and disposed of it. A West Virginia woman wrote that some of her offices wero'almost impossible to bo reached, but she would reach them just the same. An Alabama Postmistress regretted thnt she could not undertake the work, as it wus impossible to hire any conveyance in her county, nod ona-fn Mississippi asked to be excused, asf she was very 1-\|.|'d'his nverslojf^ any publicity or famous plac-3 of initial aud dc9ircd a uuiet nn*l secluded mace for himself. and that hi* whole family might rest near him She said sho had finally decided ou Hollywood Cemetery, but had not as yet decided upon the exact spot. She assured the ladies that as soon M her sclectiou was made and the intenftent had taken plncc she would theu turn over the whole section to Hollywood Mrijtorial Association. Mrs. Davis" son, Joiepli, is buried iu Hollywood. It is also me place of interment of some eighteen [thousand Confederate soldiers. Mrs. 3?*vis expressed her most earnest desire to 'irs Richmond her future home nnd &ajft^j^s no long r* -question Ufahvlbiog^Mfc If she can make satisfactory financial nrrung-meats she will soon be back to spend the rest of her days The site of the monument to Mr. Davis will be left in the hands of the Davie Monument Association. CHICAGO'S"ELECTION. The Republicans Make a Clean Sweep of all tha Ottcee. CnicAoo.?Complete returns received from every precmot in (Jook county show that the entire Republican ticket was elected Tuesday. Not a man seems to he misled. The Republican candidates tor county commissioner* in the citv dis trict appear to have received majorities varying from 7,000 to 14,Q0rt. ljckhort, Republican candidate for drainage trustee, received 5,000 mora votes than any other candidate for that ojQicc. The only Democrat clectod waf Lyman F. Coley, drainage trustee who comes in as a minority representative. It is one of tnc most sweeping Republican victories ever known in Cook county, and is largely due to c ntinued dissensions in the Democratic ranks. A Significant feature of mi; i iri;nuii in ?iittt ui'ttriy cvvrj iuhu cu* dorscd by the American or "know-cothing"' association appears to hayo been elected. Prootor Resign . Biikmnotok, Vt.?Secretary Proctor arrived here from Wathlngton.* before leaving the national cnpitol he y?rotc his resignation as secretary of wv and placed it in the hands of the President No lime was stated for the resignation to takoolfcct. but tltfe. cxpcctat'on is that ' the . President will form a'I y accept It shortly.. M rcoc'ived h?rc of ?? affair ncai Lumbertnn Ed'wardl|ilmM,>a well-to I n-rrrrt was r>n his farm with htS Wife, pick log cotton, having shift locked in hit house ihrce children. the oldest age*] even years. The house caught on lir< and burned like tinder. The only re mains of the children found were th< head and four bones of the oldest Qoe. jt"?:a iisi a ittthltr^ wrfej c ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. Several Substitutes For the SubTreasury Bill. "A. Reformer" Dissects These Substitutes, (Offered in Response to the Request "Give us Something Better." [National Economist.] ? The Alliance lias always said: "If you don't like the sub-treasury plan give ua something better. We are not wedded to anything. What we waut is relief, fiunucial relief, and we do not care from what source it comes or what its principles, provided it is koucst, 'constitu eo rlns* legislation, and yirnmiuw to fie permanent in"its beneficial effects." 8BNAT0R BUTLKft's 8CB8TITCTB. . The press reports that Bcnator Butler offers as a substitute State bauks of issue. J( he ineaus such banks as Vnose that existed before the war, having the same or similar powers and privileges, his plan is open to these objections: t. The plan is not honest. No individual or corporation has the right to live and grow rich on the interest of the money he or it owes. I mean just what I say?"on the interest of the money he or it owes." It is right that you collect interest on what is due yon, but it is robbery to make your neighbor pay you interest on what you owe him? This is what the "Btate bunk" of Senator But- i ler's does. The bank issues for every i (Jollar of coin it holds three (more or less) i "promises to pay" dollars. If the issue i is three dollars in yaper promises for one dollar in gold, of course two of these bills rest ouly upon "thin and insubstantial iVti'iu" U\o " bank?these two" notes which arc the mere "promises to pay" of the bank?the people pay interest to the bank, to the extent of twothirds of its issue, and the bank is enabled to grow rich upon the interest on that money which it owes to and has promised to pay the people. I leave out of view the intercut the bank collects upon the money it owes to depositors. 1 he old "free banking system" is no better. 2. There is grave doubt as to its constitutionality. The trend of decis ions, mill of culiglitcned public sentiment Is certainly against it. The national government alone has the right to make money. The States have delegated the power to coin money to the general government. Can the State delegate to the citizeus a power that is inhibited to it by the constitution? 8. It is class legislation of the worst rAaracter. It is legislation in favor of money capitalists. It compels the people in the first instance to lentT the capital- I iat t\>)ioe,or^th4 oe times ^ie amount of his ^uTTefauggjests. It is a proposition to go back again into the miro from which we arc just beginning to emerge. Apart from the curse of sin, the delegated power of one class to create money and exact iutcrest for its us? from all other classes has caused more misery and suffering to the human race than all other causes combined. It lias created the rich to live in luxury and ease, hut at the expense of the poor who must live in squalor nud sutlcfing. One would think that 110 one with a knowledge of the pnst, however bitter the present waters or burning the present sands, would propose a return to the bondage of Egypt. Look back one huijr drcd years over our own history aud that of the mother country and see the lurid panic tires that burned up the substance of the pcoidc. At every decade they g'eam in the sombre light of history? 1857, 1847, 1887, 1827, 1815-T7. the national banks, an improvement upon the old "free banking" system of Senu. tnr.RtitUr twin a in ?ilit I lift, war iu-lMa. and post ironed the crash until 1873. No one can cteny that the banking system of our own aud the mother country was the main cause of all these disastrous crises. No; tlio substitute will not do. The people have gotten too far along in their study of political economy to return to an old relic of financial barbarism. "We the people" will make and issue our own money to ourselves without interest. Tit It N. Y. TKIBI'NK's SUBSTITUTE. It is no experiment. It is simple in its workings. It is free to all. No class legislation is necessary to carry it into effect and beyond doubt it is constitutional. The Tribune's plan is to "raise more corn," and it is conveyed to the people in these pleasant words: "With better weather the mortgages vanish, and nls > the idea that there must be a new party in order to raise inore corn." In other words, bad weather creates the mortgages, aud your relief lies not in tin organization of any political party, nut rinsing "more corn." Yes, men of Kansas and Nebraska! You whi burnt your corn becuisc it w*8 cheaper than fuel, are told by the Tribune that bad weather made your mortgages; that better will cause them to vanish; that you need not seek through the ballot, through a new party to righty our wrongs; that you do not need n government warehouse in which to store your corn until you can reap the profit, which goes to the speculator and the gambler, but that the way out of your trouble lies in raising ''more corn"'?yes, 'more corn for fuel. TIIK N. Y. WORLD'S BI'IISTrrtlTK. This is also constitutional. It does not necessitate "a swarm of officers" to c.ury it into effect. It is free from the charge of "paternalism." The World, like Joh's Sw.r.o Tvffl,' ?.,lv "<.MH.II. p the battle afar offTrue, it is o|>en to , the charge of "class legislation," because it.will flourish best upon u certnin isol thermal line. Here it is. The World I 3 "Fiom Florida to Texas,let the Farmera' Alliance renounce -the pawn-broking ( idea of sub-treasury and And fortunes in the culture of that fragrant bulb? the onion " >1 Yes, farmers, vou who helped with money to build the high dome of tb? I'ulitzcr building are told by the World, that has its borne there, to give your efforts to secure the sub treasury plan and "find fortunes'' in raising onions. It would seem it is time for (Jie farmer and the laborer to take linek those words "or something better," and demand the sub-treasury plan without amendment, pure and simple. A Kkfohmkii. ****** Lenoir County Alliance, North Carolina, requests the publication of the following resolutions unanimously adopted: Whereas the political press have made numerous assaults and misrepresentations against our honored nntionul president, L. L. Polk; Resolved, That we, the County Alliance of Lenoir county, in convention as sembled, do still hold our president in high esteem, and that our faith in him as a christian gentlemen and noble officer is unshaken. Resolved, That the slanders made public against liim, in every instance, have to our satisfaction been disproved, and that we will stand by him with unflinching zeal. ****** The Department of Agriculture, of Victoria, Australia, sent circulars to the head teachers of all the graded schools outside of the metropolitan area a short time ago asking for their views as to the desirability of giving instruction in agriculture to the children attending those schools. Of 1,248 teachers, 84 per cent, arc favasnble to the introduction of agricultural Jessons iu the rural schools, and 34 per cent, of them already have some acquaintance with the theories of agriculture. In fifty-two cases school rhildicn already earc for gardes or trees in the school reserves, and the majority of the scholars attending 30'.? other schools have garden plo's or assist their parents at hpny? jf> irmrdrnitjT I> -? -*? ? collections of wild flowers, weeds, grasses, insects and butteiflies, and these collectious have been used in object lessons. ****** The Stale meeting of the Michigan Alliance was held last week mulct the most favorable circumstances. It passed resolutions squarely endorsing the Ocala demands in full. The following ollicers were selected; President?A. E. Cole. Vice-Presidcut ? I). I). Doming. Secretary?Anna E. Potter. Treasurer?A. D. Carlton. Lecturer?L. E. Lock wood. Chaplain?Mrs E. M. Moore. Steward? R. B. Trebs. Doorkrepcr ?A. McCalvcy. Ass't Doorkeeper?J. W. Placeway. Sergeant-at-Anna?E. P. Fleming. Member of the executive committee, for five years?J. W. Ewing. uu Delegates to the natimi^ fielden, beheld in l?(J<5IlVt\,>-crTorter. 40,000,000 - Panic. M"C3 1832? 00 000,000?Fair times. 1837? 1-f0,000,000?Booming times 1843? 08,000,000? Panic. 1847? 105,000,000?Hood times 1857? 215,000,0( 0 ? Booming times 1858 ? 150,000,00(1- - Pa n ic. 1805?1,051,282,873, 530 failuresBooming times. 1873 ? #788,219,000, 5,183 failuresPanic. 1877?$000,443,000, 8,872 failures ? Prostration. The quarterly mec ing of the Aiken county, S. C , Farmers'- Alliance took place at the court house in Aiken. It was decided to reduce the acreage planted in cotton next year and to plant more grain, corn, peas ami grasses ami also to raise more meat. They will await the action of the Cotton Growers' Convention which meets in Atlanta soon to determine the acreage of cotton to the plough. The farmers were advised to ^mhHntcl^dMhe^oUou they could to The Alliance in North and 8 >uth Da kota arc doing well. They learned the doctrines of the Alliance early, and have to a greater or lesser extent put them into practical use. * * * * * + The report of the proceedings of the N. C. Sta'e Alli.-tncc shows a business transaction through the S'.ate business agcucv of $494,000. The Scotland Neck, N. C\, Farmers' Alliance are inning steps 10 rcuuce me acreage of the cotton crop next year. ****** The Order in Mississippi is prospering aiul increasing in numbers. Two White Men Lynched. BssTnop, La.?A. W. R. Felton and J. T. Smith, late residents of Meer Houge in this Parish, were taken from the Parish jail hero by a hundred or more men, conducted three miles east of the town and hanged to a tree. They were accused of havjng murdered J. Dykus some months ago. They theu disappeared, iroiuirto Kansas, but returned here last week nuil made violent threats against several of the citizens, both on the streets of Rouge and Bastrop. On nocount of these threats both men had been jailed. San Francisco Wants the National Conventions. San Francisco. (Special.]?This city wants the next national conventions, and M. II. Young vas authorized to ofTer any inducements, even to the extent of defraying all necessary expenses, that would bring the Republican Convention here. The same offer is to be made to the Dements later. A Model Politician Dead. Ciiahi.k-.tom, S C, | Special | ? Miehncl Kelly, letter known as The O'Kelly, a well-know.i politician. died hero Thursday. ?>oisf>aii 10 have been the only politician in Charleston'who never wanted a public office, lie was an all-around politician, owinjr allcfjpnnee to no p rty and used to write political squibs for the papers (rucking a heat] whoever he Raw op? THE FALL ELECTIONS. . Flower in New York and McKinley in Ohio Elected. Political Developments in the Fiv States Holding Elections. The latest returns from the five State in which the greatest interest centered this year are as follows: Major MiKinley. Republican, has been elected Governor of Ohio, by a plurality landing from 1.1,000 to 20,000. The People's Party ticko received only 11,500 votes Before the election they claimed 00,000. Tb Republicans elected T.ient Governor and Legislature. ? ? Russell. Momoerat, is re elected Governor of Massachusetts, with 0,000 to 5,000 majority. The Legislature is Republican ami ilie whole Republican Stale ticket except cainlhlat ? for Governor i? elected t y a small majority. Russell, 150,000 votes; Allen, hi ,0U0. I'KNNSVLVANIA. The news from the interior of Pennsylvania shows Democratic gains, but tlio Republicans have a majority of from 35,ItttO to -10.000. * roswell t. flower. ki:\v york. Nkw York.? Die Times says Flower's innjoiiy is not short of 28,000. oiiio. . ^ kw AiUifc'j s ihujoriry ls'tmiy 28705o. ^ ?in I M ^ ^ K ^^ ohio hatha' republican. Coi.i'mnrs. Ohio.?Returns from all parts of the Slate rhow conclusively that not only is McKiuley elected, but that the Republicans have a good working majority in both branches of the Legislature. The Republican executive committee claims a majority of 38 on joint ballot. This insures the return of SI Jp . .. _ re n (1 crs t lie l^ora'k< r t es^ jm rverl css^to^P"^^'*' mav youk legislature probably dem-' OCIIATIC. Nkw York. ?Returns received by the Assoc'atcd Press up to noon show Democrats elected in New York 16 representatives; Republicans It. four districts in doubt, r turns so far indicate Democrats will carry three of these and Republicans one Senate will thus have a majority of two. Same returns indicate assembly will stand til Republicans to 04 Democr ts and one county Democrat who was endorsed by Republicans. Of Democratic j-oats four slill in some doubts and of Rep lblicans one. result in brooklyn. Rrooki.yn.? Complete returns from Kings county gives Flower a plurality of 10,185. llrooklyn elected Boody, Democrat, mayor by a plurality of 7,800. nebraska republican. ( >\i ill i Ni. n ?R??!iirn<a frnm tho nito ami State very meagre, Imt careful estimate* give Post, Republican candidate for Supreme bulge, 0,000 majority over IMmiston, (lad Peo.) Kntire city and oiinty elected by majorities* of 200 to 2,000. ELECTION NOTES. Gov. Mill claims that Flower's majority will be 40,000. The Democratic vote in Ohio in 1889 \va- 379,428; the Republican vote was 308, 55 1. The Democratic vote (for Governor) in New York in 1888 was 059,404; the Republican vote was 031,289. For Prcsi ^ dent, the Dentoca ic v to ..was 035,005 jfc. the Republican vote 050,388. Ju 1888 Russell's vote was 151,&dHHfafefe. Allen. 183,892 In 1990 Russell's vfl was 140.503: Allen's, 131,454. His ifl : :i. t k fuin < l,i. ,.? > U,n?. futl JlllllJ UI V,VVV Hill J*-?? " O n miiiwK' ?? There is a vigorous and determined movement on foot among the men in Philadelphia against the promiscuous surrendering of teats in public convej* anccs to women. It has been officiall reported that the wheat crop of North Dakota is abov?? tUvOOO,UOO bushels. < w - ut*" "tl.