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THE WEEKLYflftBDNIQE TIMES 1 ... *> DeeoteA to Agrieulture, Eortteulture, Demeetic Ftonoin y, Polite L ' VOL. XXV.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH 2.1,1894. NUMBER 12. f Marriages are proportionately about trrico an numerous in small Western cities as in New York. Siuee 1840 tlio world's production of meat lias increased fifty-seven per cent., that of grain 420 per cent. The Paris Hieele says that Englnnd nets ns though it owned the world, and that it is about time for an explanation. The Chicago Evening Post says that "Chicago policemen do less work for inoro pay than any other elsss of the un*mnl<vr?d." Tht signs of the times point, iu the opinion of the Electrieal Review, to renewed activity in electrical circles. Improvement and extension of electric lighting plants ami installation of nonelectric railways aro leading features i in this movement. Aitcr n care.ul calculation ol tirj risks from all possible data thy Jjou- ' don life insurance companies havo j fixed the "war risks" to bo pai.l extra , by their patrons ordered on aetivo < service at $2.10 per 85i)). That is to < say, tho British soldier has but about j uuo chance in 250 more of dying mi , uci.it e service, than if ho staid quietly at homo in Loudon. < . 1 Chicago is worried over tho fact ( that so many of its streets and avenues ' have tho same names, notes tho New \ Orleans Picayune. One hundred and i sixty-live names have to do duty for 720 streets, and the result is not wholly satisfactory. It has twelve . Centre nlreets, seven Ashland avcnues, seven Chestnut streets, ten Lin- f dcii streets, thirteen Oak streets, thir- 1 teen ?Jf.rk streets and fourteen Wash- ^ ingtou streets, besides a number ] which are less reduplicated. ( A few yearn ago, relates tho New i Orleans Picayune, tUo Mikado ol 1 Japan determined to ask bis people to help biin govern them, an 1 with a 1 flourish of trumpets called for an elec- t tion and organised a parliament. Lata ^ reports from that country say tint now ho it> having a hard time to manege the popular representative:). Not | long ago the conservative majority ex- ] pelled the President, Hoshi, bes.urij he insisted in keeping faith with for- ' eign powers. Then Foreign Minister ' Mit-m made them an add re is, sli >.viu ? ' that the course of the majority woul 1 result in losing everything that Japan ^ had gained in thirty years, but they ' would not listen to reason, and the \ KPQMtaitt un< unaiu vidnrl fur ion <luvu Ti 1 ...... U...T^U.,UU .... ?-v"- " I is said that the doings of the Japanese ! parliament would furnish first rate material for a comic opera. Tlio ministers attend the sessions with orders for the suspei^sion of parliament ready signed and sealed l?y the Emperor in their pockets, and when the body becomes unruly the orders are producod, and the session suspended for ten days or a fortnight. Tho majority of the , members nro intensely Japanese, op- l posed to everything foreign, an 1 they 1 have no idea of parliamentary pro* J ceedure. It is said that the Mikado . line uf .1 p i ml > nwiiroannnf it-li ml> in e11 p. > t to give him u good deal of trouble ultima t e 1 For several years past au I probably for several years to com*', predicts the New York Independent, tho news which will tell most in th ; world's future history is that which comes from Africa. During th*J past week there has been uu important new chapter added to this history. A French military force has eutere 1 Timbuctoo in the very interior an l most ina> ; t- I _ A e A I, Ct A 1 At t cessions purr 01 rne nonm nanaro i neighborhood. Franco proposes to ' control the whole of this territory, ' and she reaches Timbuotoo from the north by way of Algeria and from tlu , west by way of Senegal. Tiinbuetoo | has been an almost unknown city. ' visited very rarely, an 1 geuerally by Europeans only in disguiso. The information is too moagro as yet for us to understand tho full meaning of this 7 occupation. So far as wo know tho .. ? 1 - . ?n t iuiuu is u nut 111 IIUC) iiU'l u M.ll 111 lore J coulil hiivc 110 chance in case o" oppv . eiiiou. Wo have no question thai <] France intends to mako Timbuctoo u r great centre for its influence ami * power, nor that Northwest Africa will bo finally under French control. It i* often said, ami truly said, that France fcas shown no great aptitude for colo \ r>i#?l entcrpi i?es owing to a lack of ?nr- j plus population. But she has put t Algeria under civilized conditions, and Frenchmen may multiply more rapidly in the colonies tu 111 they do in their own country. The partition of Africa will afford a great outlet for ^ Fnropern population and enterprise R and will have a great influence on Un o world 1 CIGAR-V'XCnS KICKING. Against Increasing the Internal Revenue Tax on Cigars to $5 Per 1,000. Washington, D. O.?Representatives of about three-fourths of the cigar manufacturers of this country met at theShorelirm to frame a protest against the proposed increase of the internal revenue tax from $3 to $o per thousand on cigars. These delegates represent about 300,000 working people, who, they claim, will suft'er greatly, together with the consumers and themselves, if this disproportionate increase of 09 2 3 per cent is levied. The cigar industries suffered a" csmiuiouh decrease last year which the makers attribute partly to excessive taxation. A committee of these delegates will wait on _ thy beualc committee to pro 1 ??t nntn*r^f.* tHj ? .1.-1 ? ? claim will increase the price of the eheuper grades of cigars about 50 |?er cent., and affect the higher grades very little. Railroads vs Melon Growers. The trouble between the railroads and melon growers is not confined to South Carolina says the Charleston News and Courier. Agriculturists of Wicomico county, on the eastern shore r>f Maryland, are loud in their complaints. The melon growers and the railway company Hint carries the melons to market have long quarrelled over the question of freights, and tho sompany Iuih refused to grant what the growers esteem an essential concession. Some of the growers any they will Liaiisport their melons solely by water, nhile others will plant no melon seed, >r only enough to yield melons for home consumption. Wicomico county has hitherto been an important mel)U growing district, and its melons usually come into market hard upon lmnlB nf ilin nrnii ffnrn region. Free Information for Farmers. Washington. 1). C ? The United Hates Department of Agriculture is ibout to issue 11 farmers' bulletin on 'ertilizers for cotton. This bulletin ins been prepared by I)r. J M. McBrytle, prcHident of the Virginia Agricultural College and director of the Virginia experiment station, and gives i concise account of numerous experiments with fertilizers on cotton nade under his supervision in South Carolina. It ulso contains directions is to the selection, compounding, and ipplication of fertilizers for this ciop. the bulletin will be sent on npplic*.ion to the Secretary of Agricnltnre, SVashington, D. C. Foreign Notes of Real Interest. M. Carnot completes his term of office ah President of the French republic on Dec. 3 next. A Mr. Samuel Lewis is said to have won over $80,000 at treiite et quaranto *t Monte Carlo in four days recently. Another player, a Hungarian, won 130,000 there in one day l ist month. The gold product of Went Australia last year whh double that of the previous twelve montliN. The total export For the year was 110,391 ounces. The prospects for the present year are most promising. Johanti Strauss, the celebrated compower of waits music, is shortly to celebrate his artistic jubilee in Vienna. Ho rondo his debut in 1814 at the head of i dance band in the gardens attached to a Viennese restaurant. $33,400 for the Cherokvo Indians. Washington, 1). C.?The Secretary of the Treasury transmits to Congrei a communication from the Secretary o the Interior substituting for the appro priation in the Indian bill r. more lib pral provision for the North CarolinCherokee training school. The forme, item was $1 4,050; tin- latb-r is $33, 100 Two hundred pupils are to have $10*. 3aeh and $3,000 is to be expended foi 4 largo two-story log school hoitso re jomniended l>v Superintendent Pottoi *nd Commissioner Browning. The In liana are to bring the loga. Mr. Pot tor recommends the education of 25( >f the 400 full-blood Chorokces nov ready to rooeivo instruction. The pros ?.nt rotten building only accommodate: HO. Ho snys tlint for the brat tim? these Indians are taking interest ii. education. The German Government to Coin SilverVe/.lin, Germany. ? In the Bunlesroth, Chancellor Von Caprivi Hub nittod a proposition for the eoinnce of 11,000,000 marks in rive murk pieces, 7,000,000 marks in two ninrk pieces, mil 4,000,000, murks in one innrk >ieees. The chancellor stated that, thr proposal was made because of the in reused demand for sneh coins and dso because the coinage of silver had alien below the authorized limit, 22,>00,01)0 marks. rhe Commons Vote to Deprive the Lords of the Veto Po^er. London. ? The House of Commons >y x vote of 147 t" 14." Las passed 7>Ir. jabouehere's ntnendment to the adIress in reply to the Queen's speech ccomuicndiug the abolitinn of the veo power of the House of Lords. Bank of Chester Fails. Chester, S. C.?The Bank of Cheaer made an assign me ut. Tuesday morn uh to J J. Hemphill HMfl .r. L. Glenn, ["he hank is the wucocssor of the Nniou?l Bauk of Chester. ?T. MeLure s president iiud i>. Hemphill enrhier. Killei By Electricity. Arthur L. Itccse whs "electrocuted" 11 n Methodst Chureli nt Sparrows* *oint, Md., Monday while preparing ppni atiiR l?y which to deliver a lecture 11 electricity before nu Kpworth jORgue Meeting. Torn by a Florida Fisherman. (From the Washington Post.) "It is well worth n trip to the North Carolina coast," said Col. Keogh of thnt State, "to nee the operations of one of the l?ig seines in the waters along Albemarle or Pamlico Sound. And what enormous takes are frequent iv innue?narrcnuis ?i ncrring at. h single haul!" "Abundant hh the finny tribe iH in tlie North Carolina watera," said Col. Walter It. Evans of Florida, who had been batoning to Col. Keogh, "it ih not till you get dywn into inv country that you find fish i?> !nv!t! ".dinC/Uo 14.ua.11 titles, ho to speak. In the Indian Kivcr, particularly, they are too thick for the comfort of tho fishermen, and often embarrass him by their rodundi1^ nu^ *?* *****' night and a party of ub were on tho river in a good-sized sloop after big fish. We had not been long anchored, when the light in our boat began to attract schools of mullet, and into that craft they jumped by the hundreds. Yes, thousands. Well, we stood it for a while, till tho burden not too lieavv. ami we felt the boat beginning to sink. Then hurriodly blowing out tlie ligbta and pulling anchor we made for the shore. I am positive if we hud let those fish keep on piling into ua they would have carried all hands down to a watery grave. Aa it waa we made n narrow escape." A Boy Kills His Brother. The Newbern, N. C., Journal tells of a tragedy at Fort Barnwell, Craven county, last Thursday. James Russell, aged 21, persisted in using a horse collar which his brother John, aged 10, forbade his using. After hot word John went to the house, fired a load ol bird shot out of his gun, loaded it with buckshot and sought James, threatening to kill him. The latter presented his breast and teld him to . shoot. John attemped to fire, the csp popped but no discharge followed. James then slightly advanced toward John, who then with an oath remarked he'd shoot him anyway, and filed the other barrel. The load took effect at the knee, an nrterv was severed ?n<l tlio yooug man died in two hours. The slider fled The father of the young men is a prominent citizen, and was 1 Democratic candidate for the Legis- 1 lature in Craven in 1888 A Sojthorn Prison Wan tod. Mac9n, Ga??In their preecntav^^ to the United States Court here thi. grand jury made an important recommendation. Itwas that there should be 1 a government prison ia 4he Southern 1 States Tlu-y recommended the govern- ' inciit property near Augusta, Ga., as a suitable site All government prisoners have now to be carried to Colum- i bus, Ohio. The grand jury thought ] that men taken there from the South 1 suflered from the severity of the ] climate, citing instances of the huf- i fering of many prisoners sent there. < The recommendation is looked upon 1 with favor here. A Gang of Tramps Captire a Train. San Antonio, Tf.x. ? An east-bourn freight train on the Southern Facile whh captured by n gang of .'10 tramp! or unemployed workingmen west o Marfa, and when they were ordered t. leave the train by the conductor tie men refused to do so and became ver; insolent in their language. The sherii of PrFKitlin PnltTilv wnc fplorrnmlwul 4)?? - ... ""~v * _' i situation nn<l asked to afford the trail protection. When the train arrive* at Marfa, the sheriff anil a lnrge poss of deputies met it and placed all of th tramps under arrctt. A New National Bank. Washington, I). C.?Representative i Alexander tiled the application of tin following for a charter for the Firm National Hank of Wadesboro, N. 0.: Jan. A. Leak (who will he president); Chan. M. Burns, cashier; and W. C. Hnrdisoti, W. P. Parsons, J. L>. Home, L. J. Huntley, J. T. Bradley, T. S Covington, K. W. Ashcraft, J. i) Leak Capital stock $50,000 Tobacco Culture in Fairfield County, S. C. VINNSIJOnO, ?. i;. ? (i 1). PittH, oi northern North Carolina, is in the county organizing clubs for the intra duction of tobacco culture. He will organize all over the county and himself personally oversee and inspect from time to time the progress of the crops. It is expected that this will ( soon become a substantial crop iD this | county. Wholesale Chicken Raising. , L. S. Wood and John Ellisare goine into poultry-breeding near Newbern. N\ C., ou a large scale. 15 acres art to be demoted to the purpose aud the} ire to raise teu or twelve breeds ol hickens of the leading varieties ie separate pens. In addition to tht J breeding pens of high-claps birds they will keep 501) brown Leghorns for eggs ( A Double Funeral. Covington, Va.?Mrs. V. W. An- j derson and child, who were drowned { Saturday were buried Sunday. Dr. ] Anderson is greatly depressed by his > J froubles, and his condition is very ] rieriuun. j ] uciih of a Soldier Preacher. \ > New Orleans.?Rev. l">r. T. R ' Murkhftti). one of the l>est known Pres- ? I bvterisn divines in tho South, died ni * midnight. He was 11 veteran of th/ I Civil War. ( ii Iilar Has a Big Majority in Charleston. Charleston, S. ?T zinc's majority > in Charleston is 1,800. 'JCliis willl jtrohnhly overcome any majority I r | iiyiiinst him in the country, I , PITHY NEWS ITEMS A casino building is to be erected At Columbia, 8. C. A $7,000 coflin manufactory is being started at Gastonin, N. C. Three tobacco factpries are being erected ut Mt. Airy, N. C. A new gold mine is to be opened near Mouroe, N. O. * Worth of Wilmington, in preparing to erect an ice plant at Rocky Mt., N. C. New lumber sTi'in aie lo be erected at Charleaton, S. C. ^ The Charlottesville^ Va., electric light works were burned; loss $18,000. ^ Water works are to be built at FsrmThe Pacolet (8. C.) mills have placed their orders for 2000 Dew spindles, 216 looms and a slasher. The Buffalo Shoals Mfg. Co., Buffalo Shoals, near Shelby, N. C., have their mill built up, ready for the roof. A new $50,000 banking company has been organized at Charleston, 8. ( ! .T Wpuinnnf rtronirlont " ' " " r.VO.MVU.. 70 men will be employed-at Staunton, Va., iu the bark extract workB resumed there. A #15,000 company to sort and sell ponuuts has been started at Petersburg, Va. A*-Carbonton, N. C., the coal mines have been opened for the first time since the war.- * The Abbeville Cotton Mills Co. has been organized at Abbeville, 8. C., capital 8100,000. 810,000 will be spent, under direction of Monsignor Quigley in complc ting the new Cathedral at Charleston, 8. C. Tk? oi i..? xr/_ r> x uc vuri i?i\i.c i hi in " ?. p?uy oi Biacksburg, S. C.,will enlarge it-H capacity l?y the addition of 100 looma to its plant. There ia going to be put up near King's Mountain another cotton mill, foundations of which have been commenced. Rudolph Seigling, of Charleston, S. U., died Wednesday morning, of paralysis, aged 54 years. He had been a Confederate soldier, was president of the Bank of Charleston and of the News and Courier Company. Jerry HorJ- >ek, or^pdemned for ^ killing a const aide, whs hanged in Berkley county, S. C., jail. He made a futile attempt to cut his throat with a piece of tin in the morning, and died protesting that his act was in selfdefence. The Wilmington (N. C.) cotton mill's new boiler plant has been completed. The pew boiler is the latest type of tho water-tube pattern, of 300 horse-power. This mill manufactures colored cotton goods. Its equipment L'onsists of 7,000 spindles and 227 looms. W. A. French is presideut of the company. Grand Master of MaRonsof Georgia, Hon. Jno. S. Davidson, is dead. Chas. C. Culp, a prominent member of the Union, S. C., bar, died while sitting in the court room there, listening to a speech, last Saturday night. Fifteen young \v?..nen of Vnssar College have joined the Salvation army. They nre of aristocratic families, an/ their action has caused a great deal J talk in the college. W. L. Kennedy, of Falling Creek, Lenoir county, N. (!., has a cow that yields '1 lbs, 2 J o/s. of hotter daily President Winston expects to see 500 students at the summer normal at the North Carolina University. The Brazilian insurgents hnve deserted their cause,and the government ih innsuT 01 i nc ntiu. ine war n ended. The R. & D. R. R. and the F. C. A P. R. R. will construct a new joint passenger depot at the east side of Columbia, S. C. At a Republican primary hold in the Knoxvillc, Tenn. district Chancellor Henry R. dilmon was nominated for Congress, defeating John C. Houck, present incumbent by 1,000 majority. Exhaustive experiments in tho cultivation of ten nre soon to be made in4 Russia. The Czar is personally inter ested in the plan, and experts aro ar ranging for the cultivation of the plant in the western limits of the Caucasus, where the temporaturo is much th? ?" ?*" mat iu n iih1i tu? pianl grOWJ in China The P.a.d Trust. A big meeting of the Coos Export in<l Commission Company was held at Greensboro, N. C., Tuesday, it ivaa tnc of ?-pe ial importance,but as usual lothing is given out for publication, rbe following gentlemen were present: f. H. Ferree and 8. Bryant,of Randlenun; B. F. Mebane, New York; R. L. Steele, Sr., and w. L. Steele, Jr., Rockingham; J. H. Davidson, Gibsonrille; ?T. S Scott,J. L.Scott and L. B. iolt, Graham; B S. Robertson, Kaw River: J. H Holt.Sr..E. C. Holt ?. If. ioit and J. H Holt, Jr., Burliugtou; iV. E. Holt, of Lexington; W.-H. Wiliamson.of Graham;Tbos. M. Holt,Jr., tad R. L. Holt of Burliugtou; James Willinmsoii. of Graham; W. E. iVhitr, of Me bane; W R. and J. M. >dell, of Concord; G. W. Williams, iml L F. Woodurff, of Columbus, Ja; Messrs. Oresar, H. N. and Mosos Ff. Cone, of New York, and Hal M. Vorth, of Asheboro. A resolution was adopted that the nills composing the association aro lot to shut down. THE NICARAGUAN CANAL SHALL IT BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE AID OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT? The Views of the Governors of Virginia and the Carolinas on the Question. rno Manufacturers' Kecord recently asked the governor of each State in the Union for an expression of opinion on he question of national aid in order to secure the building of the canal. The replica received indicate that, the in: portsr.ee ot the cnnal ia fully appreciated. and that the majority of those who have answered are in favor of Rational nosistance, provided it can be given without enriching private individuals at the expense of the country. ^ * Tiaotma. uovernor's Office. Richmond, Va., February 8. I believe the building of the proponed Nicaragua Canal is a scheme worth of consideration in all business sud commercial circles, but while a member of Congress I opposed government aid in building the same, either ilipPftflv iiP llV Iho miviiriimont itvolriti/v itself liable by endorsing the bonds of the company. I have not changed m; VJPWS. CHAS. T. O'FERRALL, Governor of Virginia. NORTH CAROLINA, Executive Department. Raleigh, N. 0., February 9. Replying to your favor asking my views in regard to the proposed NicaiHguft Canal upon the following points, viz: 1. The necessity of the canal and its influence upon the development of our country. 2. Ought the Unitod States to aid in the construction of the eanal? I would state: 1. The opening of the Nicaragua Canal would, in my opinion, be a great stimulus to the material development of the entire country, and especially the Southern States. The general effect upon the commerce of the country can hardly be estimated. 2 The United States government should by all means aid in the construction of this canal to the extent of making it the highway of comnierco between the two grent oceans, and own enough stock in the company at nil timcR to be able to cou trol it. I am heartily in favor of its construction both in relation to promotion of commerce between the States and for the purpose of national defence. Elias Carr, Uovernor of Nortli Carolina. - ? - ;.** ^ - k south carolina. Executive Chamber. Columbia, S. C., March 3. Yours asking "a brief expression of opinion upon the importance of the early completion of the Nicaraguan Oaual, and as to whether the government should or should not give financial aid to it," reached me yesterday. To the first proposition I presume there can be but one answer from any intelligent, progressive man. The canal, which w ill give the means of transporting vessels across or through the isthmus which divides North and South America, must necessarily be as great boon to commerce as the Suez Canal, and the Nicaraguan Canal will become more ami more valuable as the western slopes of North America become thickly peopled. To the people of the MisSiOBl ppi valley and the entire south Atlantic slope the advantages and possibility it offers are iiiestimable. Now, as to whether the government should lend aid or not will depend upon the conditions of the grant. If we are to have a repetition of the steals perpetrated in connection with the Pacific railroads I should oppose Congress lending any nid, hut with the proper precautions to prevent jobbery and guarantees against robbery, I think Congress can do no better than assist in joining the wnters of the Atlantic and the Pacific by means of this contemplated waterway. B. R. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina. Duck Night at f wells, iw v \ V" ? ???? > Duck night nt Swell's store, down ou tho Virginia coast near the North Carolina line, is locally famous in the ducking season as the special night in the week when the storekeeper is at home to the duck hunters of the region Ewell buys the ducks of tho hunters, paying for the game in goods from his store, and shipping his purchases to an up-coast life-saving station, whence they find their way to the markets of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. As Ewell waits behind his counter with a lantern, tho duckers, rude-looking fellows of the beachcomber type, drop in one by one and sit around in the gloom. Ewell hangs the game in a cold room Bt the rear of the store and credits each ducker with the agreed value of his ducks As each transaction is made the ducker recalls something that he needs from the merchant's stock, and when he has received the article the price is debited against his credit. The ducker then relapses to the nearest barrel or box and waits until some other needed article shall occur to hi* mind. He then makes the new demand upon the merchant, has a new debit placed against his credit, and again slinks back into the gloom. After fully two hours ot this sort ot thing, those who wish the balance of their credit paid in cash receive their Jues, aud everybody cautiously repairs to a hollow tree hard by, where moonshiners from over the North Carolina line are waiting with a fiery article of untaxed liquor, and the heart of the ducker is made glad Left His Party. Roanokk, Va.?Colonel John Hampton Hoge has renounced his allegiance to tho Democratic party and appeared before the Republican city committee and tendered his services to thut party. CLARA BARTON S WORN. The Red Cross has Nearly Accomplished the Relief of the Sea Islands. I CharijK.ston, S. O.?Hero is a letter < from Clara Barton, president of American National Red Cross Association, loaching on her work in the Sea Island region of South Carolina, which was devastated by last August's cyclone. ! The letter is dated February 23rd and is addressed "To our Generous Friends, the Public," aa follows* On the first day of October, 1893, we accepted the sacred trust of taking 1 care oi the Sea Islands of South Caro* Una, storm-wrecked by the cyclone of .< August 27 From time to time we have \ issued statements of the conditions of the people and the progress of relief. January 1st, wa published nnr Midfiebl _ report, giving an accurate exposition of f lit' fiolil ' ihii cf dfonir nfe tlioroi 11 nmi twined spe^k for themselves. To-day wo issue this statement, which we trust will be as gratifying to the friends of humanity to receive as it is for us to givo. When ws accepted control of this most difficult of relief Holds the coun11y was in the midst of a universal depression, both financially and in business circles, unknown in its history. It has been under these circumstances that the great hearted humanity of our people has been tested. In the face of destitution and suffering at their own loors thsy h?ve put ilu-ir shoulders to the wheel for this distant and often poorly comprehended field If something of this has been due to the symbol that represents us, the name and insignia under which our friends have i known us and learned to judge our wotk and fitncsB for it; if the seeds of confidence sown in the toilsome furrows of many another field have borne < fruit on this, then God be praised foi past endeavor. To these friends, tried r%ud true, who have made success possible, to nil lov i ?-rs of humanity who nrc still struggling with tne great questions of relict at homo, and yet straining every nerv? ( to administer to the necessities of tli? poor in the Sea Islands, we come with loving greeting to state this cheering fact, that although our ration lists are for a time increasing, although then are stern duties to be performed, w? feel that in view of so mueh suffering all over the length and bredth of the country, that as we have an almost perfect system of relief, thereby producing the greatest amount of good with < the smallest amount of money; that as we, on thia field, are not dependent j upon tariff legislation or the ponder- i ous machinery of commerce to end this distress, but directly upon that great < unfailing Power that briugeth seed i time and harvest, that we will from this day undertake to carry the bur- , dens of this relief on our own shoulders, using the funds already entrusted to our rare as far as they will go, and our own funds after that, when necessary, and will ask our frienda to use the money and material which they , had intended for us on this field to re neve distress ami suffering in then own cities, towns and villages. Ander^o"), S. C. Anderson county, 8. C., produces about 60,000 to 70,000 bales of cotton annually. Of this about 20,000 bales are annually marketed in the town of i Anderson, where there is but one cotton mill, cousumiug about $5,000 bales. The cotton produced in this section is of the best grade of uplands, owing in the maiu, perhaps, to its being harvested by white farmers or undor their immediate supervision. There is just now a particularly good opening at Anderson for two or more eottou mills owing to their capacity. There is not only the cotton that is annually marketed there, but with railroads running in every direction', could be transported from all the ad joining counties. The same railroads offer facilities for shipping the manufactured goods either southward to Charleston, Port Royal or Savannah, eastward to ttie cities and seaports of the North and East, or westward through Atlanta. But the oliief advantage just now offered by this locality is that a company in being organized to bring into the city from 5,000 to 8,000-horae power of electrical motive power from a neighboring river for all industries that may require it. All it requires to make it reasonably sure is that at least 500 of its horse power, in addition to to that nlready spoken for, should be taken up or engaged. B. F. W. Arrested on Suspicion That He Murdered His Wife. Winston, N. C.?Mrs. J. T. Roach was found dead in her house at Pilot Mountain Thursday night. Her husband gave the alarm, saying that she had shot herself with n. nifitol . tk<, husband and wife were not living together amicably. Her husband was arrested on suspicion of killing her. She was his second wife. She leaves three small children. The parents of the deceased (Pender) live in Greensboro, 4 G/eat Vineyard. A dispatch from Howell county, Mo., states English capitalists have decided to plant one of the largest wine-grape vineyards in the world in that locality. A syndicate composed principally of hotel and restaurant owners has been formed, and will divide about 4000 acres of land into 40-acre tracts for vine-growiug. Peach and apple or rliarda may also lie planted The wiuo from the grappa is to lie ?'>ld iu England, and all the products of the ]>laco sent to England. The country and climate are especially adapted for vineyard purposes. The "Boston Public library haa 556,000 volumes, that of Chicago 230,ooa m Mews Motes from Ooorgia. (From the Atlanta Constitution.) Mr. T. P. Thraikill of Spring place has in his possession perhaps the oldest razor in North Georgia. It was made in 1775. There is a man in Puberty county who lives in a hollow tree. Heia supposed to be insane, and the negroes regard him with superstition. Dade county has a freak in reg^o whose eyes emit a brilliant light during electrical disturbances. He was nuee shocked by lightning. \ ^ * .In Dougherty comity a farmer r&- ' eentlr plonghed npthree swords which / belong to the Revolutionary *' period. \ There had onco been jewels in tno baudle of one of the sword*, but they ^ r . y. At Talbotton a negro men had an eating match. Ho succeeded in getting outside of eight boxes of sardines, two dozen eggs, two pounds of crackers, two pounds cheese, one box of snlno.n, three bottles of pepper sauce, sad was stopped by the spectators for fe?r he Would make himself sick. Sky-Land! . James R. Randall writes thus of Western North Carolina in the March unmber of the Southern States magazine, of Baltimore, Md.: And what a valiant exaltation the rh'll breath of the ozone-ladened breeze fixes in our blood, and what roses in. our cheeks! How we dominate with ; e.dstlesB stride the pedestrian .paths. >r how we credit the fable of tho Centaur, when, in the fervor oi en'irepment, we partake of the joy and very existence of the nimble steed wo have bestrode adventurously! In other climes and with other surroundings we have felt languor, or dullness, or roLliv^ innnixanifw lxnf V*uiTM tllA ?? *? X- J ? potent inspiration of the panoramaand the atmosphere.our whole being bounds with daring briskness and mastering activity. In the overwhelming senno of powerful forces put in play, wo do not ask if life be worth living, but thank God that we are alive and filled with the alchemy of Sky Land. When these agencies react and demand the unbent bow, we lounge, it may be on the porches of the grand hotel, with eyes restful upon Pisgah and the euormous petrifaction of the rat that i) ever budges from its lair. Perchance, with appetite made robust and undeniable, we attack the toothsomo repast provided, but ever and anon wo glanco through the big windows at tho splendid pictures beyond, as if we were afraid that some stray expression1 of the amphitheatre would escape u? unaware. We 6troll, happy end satisfied. to the piazza. and roll in an easy chair, puffing at pipe or cigar, but. never ceasing to confront admiringly the scenes that intoxicated us from the first. The sun has driven its fiery, glowing chariot beyond the vast barrier of loam and basalt, but left a sparkling, glowing, radiant wake behind. The clouds are blushing like traditional brides, and the sorcerer of the sky lias grouped them among shining lakes and islands and witching perspective that this inimitable artist alone can fashion and dissolve. You presently understand how tho poet merely revealed whainenad seen when N'ght dropped her crimson mantln and pinned it with a star. And ft was no exaggeration when the grim CHrlylo bade us witness how Bootes drags his reluctant dogs in a leash of sidereal tire, or how mailed Orion flames his pin men'nml bright-battalioned planets. As the mystic dusk robes the familiar scenery with a pall, we hear the insect world, if it be the proper season, conversing in n thousaud tongues, startled anon by the shrill cry of a night bird, and possibly we wonder if the momenta! y shadow on the o?*b of the moon was 4he vagraut pinion of Mioerva's Lird, or the flashing stroke of the eagle, put to flight from his ey.ry slumber. Wafer Works Successful. W. B. Moore, auperirteudent Yorkville, S. C., water works says: "Yorkville water works iu flourishing condition; only in operation about two months, aud is self-supporting; plant cost $17,000; two miles mains and twenty-two hydrants; standpipe 12x70 feet on fifty feet brick work; 500,000gallon pump; citizens ore delighted with the investment " FIFTY-THIRD 00NQRE33. \ Th? Semite. 36th Dat.?Mr. Blnnchard took his sent a< successor of Mr. White, of Louisiana. The motioa to Investigate reports of stockjobbing in connection with the Tariff hilt was table*). The Bland bill *">s debate I by Messrs. Allison, Vilas and Walcott. S7th Day.?The Bland seigniorage bill was discussed during the entire session. 58th Day.?Mr. Allison's motion to reconsider the third reading of the Blan I hill was defeated by a vote of 28 yeas to 45 nays ; also Mr. Manderson's motion to recommit for amendment. 5Uth Day.?The Bland seigniorage bill vri? passed, 44 to 31. , The House. 72d Day.?The District of (Jol an hi a An-' propriallon bill was passed by 111 to 11. It carries ft total appropriation of 5,206.773, half payable by the general Government. A committee amendment, appropriating 43.000 for the improvement of streets extended beyond the olty Tva? agreed to. and an amendment requtrln* lliumlaatiu* k?s furnished consumers to be twenty candle power was adopted.??The House then took np the Hundry Civil Appropriation bill, making it the unfinished business. 78u Day.?Only District of Columbia mutters were considered.-?dir. Walker mado charges against the trolley trust an l said mo in?u ui iqo monster, tne i/3ner?ii tioc* trio, can be traced in this House." 74th Day.?Th? House in committee appropriated 90,003 for the improvement of the New York l'ostofllce.??A resolution askInR Secretary Herbert for information f Harding thai armor-plate scandal was adopted. 76th Dat.?The day was devoted to discussion of the Sundry Civil bill. 70th Dat ?Further consideration of tho Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was held. 77th Dav.?The Sundry Civil Approprla* Hon bUl was further discussed. ....... A