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VOL. XI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1896. NO. 48. MCKINLEY'S THEIR MAN. THE GREAT OHIOAN NOMINATED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. The Platform Explicitly for Gold lono metalbnm and High 'rotectiou-- Work of the National Re publican Convention. ST. LoUIs, June It.-Tbe tirst day's session of the eleventh national Rt-oub lican convention which opened shortly after noon today in the hall erected for that purpose by the patriotic citi zens of St. Louis, was unrelieved by a single incident to lift the interior pro ceedings above the level of the flat and uninteresting monotony which charac terized the exterior of the building. There was an immense assemblage; a great waving of fans in a torrid heat; an hour or so of prepared oratory, the delivery of which failed to reach mcre than one-fifth of the vast auditorium, and a prompt adjournment to await the reports of the committees on cre dentials and platform. Other com mittees were of course appointed, but these two were the only ones upon which public interest centered. Aside from the work of these com mittee's the curious movement started to'force Levi P. Morton into the posi tion to tail to the McKinley kite be fore his name has even been laid before the convention for the higher office to which his State has nominated him, engrosses attention. The facts in this matter, carefully verified, seem to be about as follows: Certain New York Republicans (not, however, Mr. Platt) have repeatedly visited Mr. Hanna's headquarters today to solicit that gen tleman's cooperation in bringing about the nomination of Governor Morton. Mr. Hanna in turn ques tioned these- gentlemen as to their knowledge of Governor Morton's in tentions. He referred -them to the governor's telegram to Mr. Depew on saturday late in which he stated with out qualification that he would not take the second place on the ticket. In these circumstances, Mr Hanna desired -- to-know what reason these gentlemen had for believing that Governor Mor ton had so suddenly shifted his posi tion. To these inquries an equally frank reply was made. They had no assur ances from Governor Morton that he would accept, but they were so satis fied he-would not decline the honor, if it were given to him, that they felt no hesitancy is securing his nomina tion knowing that he would not run counter to the convention's wishes. Mr. Hanna thereupon, informed his visitors that he was taking no hand in the contest for the vice presidency. He was here, he said to nominate Mr. McKinley as President. In this view of the case he did not think it advis able to embarrass his candidate's chaice by taking part in the contest over the second place. He did not hesitate to say, however, that so far as his individual preference was con orned, it inclined to Mr. Hobart of New Jersey. information reached the Southern 'saea Ir this. afternoon that orton's friends who have been wotking ip an interest in his be half, today cabled Mrs. Morton, who is in Europe; to use her influence with the governor to take the second place. Her reply received at a late hour this " afternoon, contained an emphatic negative, the snbstan ce of the dispatch being that she wished him to have the first paeor none. . h New York McKinley men, with a view to forestalling any favorable action that the convention might take respecting Mr. Morton and the Vice Prsidency, drewup a paper this after noon which was being circulated to bight for signatures. it does not men tion Governor Morton by name, but it protests against the faction quarrels of N ew York being carried into the con vention and condemns the unwisdom of selecting the Vice President from New York. But an apparent quietus was apparently putupon all thi, gos sip tonight, by Mr. Cnauncey M. De ne, ho as Governor Morton's spon sor, would have been placed in a most embarrassing position if he had been called upon.to waste his eloquent peri '2ds in placeing Mr. Morton in nomina tion for one high office while the gove r nor's alleged friends were actively pusbing him for another office of les ser dignity. Mr. Depew telegraphed Governor Morton stating it had been asserted that he had rescinded his tele gram of declination and was now willing to accept second place and ask ing him if this was so. To this Mr. Depew received the following explicit reply: ' RHINE CLIF'F, N. Y,, June 16;. "Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Southern Hotel, St. Louis: "-Telegram received. Stories circu lated are unfounded.- Have rescinded nothing. "L. P. MouToN." -~ THE PLATFOR31. F~%u~ormittee on resolutions tonight rsle.to recommend~to the committee on resolutions the follow ing financial plank: --The Republican party is unreserv edly for sound money. It caused the enactment of the law providing for the resumnption of specie payments in 1879; since then every dollar has been as eood as gold. '-We are unalterable opposed to ev ery measure calculated to debase our currency, or impair the credit of our counitry.- We are therefore opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement with the lead ing commuerciat nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such can be agreed, the ex isting g old standard must be preserv ed . A I1 our silver and paper curren cy now in circulation must be main taised at parity with gold, and we fa vor al i measures designed to maintain inviolably the obligations of the Unit ed States and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened nations of the earth." The adoption of the above plank was not concurred in until four different propositions on silver lines, submitted by M r. Teller were voted down. sECOND) DAY. ST. LuCas, Jutne is.-The early morning hours of the second day of the convention were cloudy and driz zly and threatened a rather disagreea ble, rainy condition of weather, but just before the hour fixed for the meet ing-10- a. m.-the clouds began to disperse and there was every appear ance of sultry weather. By 10 o'clock hardly half tine delegates were present but they kept pouring in all the time while the band discoursed popular airs. In the meantime the galleries were being tIllied up, and when at last Mr. F'airbar. ks called the convention to order there were few seats untenanted either in the galleries or in the sections assigned to delegates and alternates. Since yesterday's adjournment the arrangement of the floor had under gone a change-the positions of sever al States having been shifted and in a way that is not very satisfactory to the reporters' becaue insteasd of having Senators Teller, of Colorado; Lodge, of Massachusetts; Chauncey M. De Pew and Thomas C. - l'latt, of New York, in close proximity to each oth er and to the reporters, they have been removed to remote quarters in the back of the hall where they can neith er be seen nor heard from the plat from seats. The couvention was called to order at 10:45, three quarters of an hour be hind time, when prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. W. G. Williams. "The Senator from Massachusetts," said tha chairman, and Mr. Lodge rose amid applause and said: "I desire to say, in behalf of the committee on resolutions that the sub committee has completed a draft of a platform and that it is now under consideration by the full committee. The committee is unable to report this morning and ask leave of the convention to sit during this morning's session, honing to be able to report a platform of principles to the afternoon session, and, in be half of the committee, I ask that leave of the convention." Leave was imme diately granted. The committee on credentials were called upon for their report but were not ready. Neither was the commit tee on permanent organization. Mr. Wellington, of Maryland, asked unanimous consent that the committee on rules be allowed to report at this time. This was refused. A motion for re cess until 2 o'clock this afternoon was made by Mr. Wellington and voted down, to the satisfaction of the galler ies, as indicated by cheers. A motion that the report of the com mittee on permanent organization be accepted was made by Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, and was agreed to amid applause. Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, made the point of order that the first business in order was the report of the committee on credentials, but the chairman over ruled it on the ground that that com mittee had been called and had not been ready to report. The report of the committee on permanent organiza tion was then presented and read. It named Senator J. M. Thurston, of Nebraska, as chairman, made the sec retaries, sergeant at arms and other temporary officers permanent officers of the convention, and gave a list of vice presidents, one from each State, as agreed on by the delegation. The reading of the list of vice presidents was interrupted by applause as popu lar names were reached. Mr. Mudd, of Maryland, made the point of order that although the con vention might receive the report of the committee on permanent organization it could not act upon it until the re port of the committee on credentials had been acted upon. There was no convention here now, he said. The chairman overruled the point of order and pror.ptly put the question on the adoption of the report of committee on permanent organization. While a ris ing vote was being taken, Mr. Mudd made another point of order that the roll of States must be called according to tht. rules." "There is no convention now," he said, "until we have made a perma nent organization." Disregarding the point, the chairman said "Those opposed will rise," and de lared th zt the report of the commit tee on permanent organization was adopted. The chair appointed Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, and Represntative Sereno Payne, of New York, to con duct Senator Thurston to the chair. Senator Thurston took the chair amid tumultuous applause and ad ressed the convention. The secretary read a letter from the hairman of the committee on creden ials, satying they were engaged in the consideration of the Texas case and had not been able to complete it. THE AFTERNOON SESSION. On motion of Governor Bushell, of Ohio, the convention then adjourne d until 2 p. m. There was the usual de lay in calling the convention to or der for the axterno'on session, but the waiting time was pleasantly whiled away by strains of sweet music. There was great pressure in all parts of the immense hall; the galleries were pack ed, and there, as well as on the floor, palm leaf fans were in ceaseless agita tion. The heat was very oppresive. It was 2:45 when Chairman Thurs ton's hammer knoeked for order and he announced tbat the afternoon ses sion would be onened by Bishop Ar nett, of Wilberforce College, 0. The bishop invoked blessings on the con vention and on the country and gave thanks for an assemblage representing the culture, the wealth and the refine ment of more than forty centuries. He prayed that the victory to be gain ed in the future through the work of the convention might redound to the blessing of every section, and that protection and hioerty and civil and political rights may be secured by ev ery man man, woman and child from the lakes of the North to the gulf of the South. Mr. Madden, of Chicago, presented to the chairman a gavel made from a portion of the house in which Lincoln nce lived. Judge Deny, of Ken tucky, presented a second gavel made from the wood which formed part o0, the homestead of Henry Clay, the father of protection. Mr. Torrence, >f Minnesota, then presented, in the name of that State, to the chairman of the convention, the table which stood in front of the presiding otlicer in l892. RE" iRT OF~ THE CO3DIITTEE ON C'RE D)ENTIALS. The report of the committee on cre dentials was then presented by its cbairman, Mr. Fort of New Jersey. The report was in favor of seating the Higgins delegates from Delaware and the delegates-at-large and delegates on the list neaded by John Grant. The rest of the report, read by the secreta ry, reconmmended that the roll of dele gates and alternate:: from the several tates and Territories approved by the national committee for the temporary organiz'ationa. be preserved as the per manent roll of this convention. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, was recognized to present the minority reports on cre dentials. It recommended th'e seating of the Addicks de~egation from Dele ware and the Cuney dlegation from Texas and that the other contesteri cases, at-ted upon by the national com mittee, be re.erred to the credentials committee for full investigation. The minority report was signed by nine teen members of the committee. M r. Fort, chairman of the commit tee, woe ec-o-nized nnd moved the previous question on the report of the committee, down to the final vote, under the rules of the House of Repre sentatives. This motion was second ed by Mr. J. Doyle, of Georgia, and by an unidentified delegate from UOhio. Mr. Mudd, of Maryland asked for a separate vote on the Delaware report and was seconded by the States of Delaware, California and Maine. The question being now on the order ing of the previous question, the dele gation from Maine, seconded by Mas sachusetts, Maryland and Iowa, de inauded a roll call. The roll of the States was then called and was as fol lows: Yeas 545 1-2; nays 359 1 -so the previous question was' rdered. The chairman of the committee on resolutions was recognized and report ed that the platform would be ready at 8 p. m. Discussion was then commenced un der the previous question on the ma jority and minority reports, each side being allowed twenty minutes. The majority report was then adopt ed amid cheers. General Harry Bingham. of Penn sylvania, chairman of the committee on rules read the report of the com mittee. The rules recommended were identical with those heretofore in force. Among the changes Indian Territory was given five votes instead of two, and Alaska four votes instead of two. The report was adopted. Mr. Gros senor moved to adjourn until to-mor row at 10 o'clock a. m. The chair man declared in favor of the ayes, and at 8:07 the convention adj )urned ac cordiugly. THIRD DAY. ST Louis, June 18.-After a ten hours' session in torrid heat and dis tressing noise the 11th national Re nublicai convention nominated a cket pre ordained from the first by the Ohio political managers, who practically controlled the gathering, and named Wm. McKinley of Ohio, and Garrett A. Hobart of New Jersey for President and Vice President re spctively, of the United States. No effort was put forth to carry out the much-talked of purpose of confer ring the second place upon Levi P. Morton. Mr. Hobart went through the first ballot with many votes to spare. Word was passed around after McKinley had been safely landed, that Mr. McKinley's friends desired the election of Mr. Hobart. THe. VOTE BEGUN. Amid a hush the call of States was begun, and Alabama led off with 1 for Morton and 19 for McKinley. Arkan sas and California cast their solid votes for McKinley. Connecticut cast five votes for Reed and seven for McKin ley; Delaware a solid vote for McKin ley; Florida eight for McKinley; (eorgia two for Reed, two for Quay and 22 for McKinley. . One of the colored delegates from Florida made angry protests, insisting Dn challenging the vote, and Thurs ton, who had resumed the chair, de sided that the right to challenge should be given every delegate. The ielegation being polled, it was found that Morton had 2 votes in Florida tnd McKinley only 6 instead of 8, as announced by the chairman of the ielegation. A challenge of Georgia followed, and resulted in confirming the vote as previously announced. A colored del gate from Alabama followed with a hallenge of the vote of that State, which resulted in showing that in tead of casting a solid vote for Mc Kinley, the vote should have shown t for Morton, 2 for Reed and McKin Ley 19. illinois, 46 for McKinley and 2 for Reed was challenged, and a .poll thowed nochange. Indiana cast its 30 rotes for McKinley. iowa, amid a slight demonstration f applause, cast its 26 votes for Alli on; Kansas 20 ior McKinley; ken ucky 26 for McKinley. Lo>uisiana ~ast a curious vote: Half vote for Al ison, half vote for Qaay, 4 for Reed md 11 for McKinley. So the voting went on without further incident un .il Massachusetts gave 1 vote for Mc Kinley and the rerst for Reed. The McKinley column steadily in reased. When Mississippi's 18 votes were cast for Mci~.inley, another of .e colored delegates demanded a poll, which showed 1 vote for Quay and 17 or McKinley. Montana cast 1 vote for McKinley, for Don Cameron of Pennsylvania, L blank and 1 absentee. The chair alled the name of Mr. Hartman's al ernate, and he voted blank. Tnere was a decided sensation when he vote ot New York was challenged >y Warner Miller. It had been an iounced as 54 for Morton and 17 for licKinley. Joseph H. Newins was bsent in the first aistrict, and the ame of his alternate was called. Mr. 3ruber raised a laugh by saying : "He s just leaving the room to avoid vot-' The next alternate wns called and oted for McKinley. The delegation voted solidly for horton till that of the votes were -ached when the halves divided equal y between McKinley and Morton. L'hen came quite a number of breaks or Mckinley. and three absentees were noted in the 29th district, John [ Parkhurst and both the alternates, Jharler M. Woodward and Charles T. Andrews. The poll resulted in show .ng t he vote to be exactly as announc xi --Morton 51, Mckinley 17. When Ohio was reached the requis te number of votes were given to zominate ,icKinley, and the conven ion, recognizing the fact without an aouncement, broke into cheers. Texas delayed the final announce ent a little a by challenge from one f the dissatisfied colorea bretheren. lhe poll resulted in 21 Mckinley, 5 teed, 3 Allison and 1 absent. Another colored delegate challeng d the vote of Virginia and again de ayed the otlicial announcement of the mnai result, eliciting remarks of im patience and dissatisfaction from the ~onvention.- Virginia's vote on a soll istood: Reed 1 :McKinley 23. All the rest of the roll of State went ;olid for McKinley. When the terri ~ories were reached New Mexico cast 1 rote for Allison and 5 for McKinley md amid howls of derision, one of the elegates challenged the vote, and a poll confirmed the accuracy of the first innouncement. Alaska wound up the roll by casting its ne wly conferred 4 votes for MecEin The absent delegate from New York, Mr. 'rkhurst, here appeared and by by unanimous consent cast his vote for Morton, making the total vote: Morton 55; Mckinley 17. All of the State having been call d, the president stated before the an nounccement of the result that applica cation had been made on him for re cognition by the representatives of the motion, le believed it would be the fairest way to recognize them in the order in which the nominations had been made. He then announced that McKinley had received 616t 1-2 votes, and the scene of an hour before was repeated. Delegates and spectators arose, and cheers and hussars rent the air. There was not a single one of the fifteen or sixteen thousand people in the great hall who did not direct his or her best to swell the sounds of jubilee and to jcin in the grand popular dem onstration in favor of the successful candidate. The women were as en thusiastic as the men. It seemed as if no one would be seated again, and as if orderly proceedings would never more be attempted At last the president got a chance to continue his announcement of the vote. Thomas B. Reed, he said, had received 81 12 votes; Senator Quay 61 1 2: Levi P. Morton 58; Senator Allison 35 1 2, and Don Cameron 1. Senator Lodge, rising in his delega tion and standing in his chair, said: "Mr. Chairman, the friends of Mr. Reed have followed him with the same loyalty which he has always shown himself to .country and principle and party. That loyalty, they now trans fer to the soldier, the patriot, the American, whom ycu have nominated here today, and on behalf of my own State, and i believe of all the other New England States that supported Mr Reed, we pledge a great majority in our own States and our assistance in other States and all the help we can render for McKinley. kCheers ) I move, sir, that the nomination of Wn. McKinley may be made unaniu us." iCheers.") The chair put the question: "Shall the nomination be made unanimous;" and by a rising vote it was so ordered, and the chair announced that Mr. Wm. McKinley of Onio the candidate of the Republican party for President of the United States. When the applause which greeted this announcement subsided, Mr. Lodge moved to proceed to the elec tion of Vice President, and that the nominating speeches be limited to five minutes. Notwithstanding many ex pressions of dissent and cries to ad journ, this motion was declared car ried, and at 6:20 p. m., the conven tion having now been in continuous session nearly eight hours and a half, the roll was called for noaminations for Vice Prdsident. Judge John Franklin Fort of New Jersey placed in nomination Hon Garrett A. Hobart. Mr. Humphrey of illinois briefly seconded the nomination of Mr Ho bart in the name of Illinois. The balloting for Vice President then began. The call had only pro ceeded as far as South Dakota when it became evident that Hobart had been nominated on the first ballot and the delegates and the crowd in the galle ries vegan to leave the building. The result of the ballot for Vice President was announced by the chair as follows: Hobart 533k; Evans 277-; ulkeley 39; Lippett 8; Walker 24; Reed 3; Thurston 2; Frederick Grant ; Depew 3; Morton 1; absent 23. The chair then formally declared Garret: .. Hobart of New Jersey the nomi nees of the convention for Vice Presi dent, and the convention adjourned sine die at 7:55 p. m. The Fish Law. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Caro ina, that Sections 1, 2 and 3 of an Act mtitled "An Act to regulate fishing ~t certain times in Aikeazi, Barnwell, arlington, Colleton and Orangeburg ~ounties," approvea December 24th A. ., 1894, be amended so as to read as ollows: Section 1. That from the first lay of April to the first day of No rember in the counties of Aiken. arnwell and Colleton, and from the irst day of May to the first day of NCovember in the counties of Darling ~on and Orangeburg, in each and very year hereafter, it shall be un awful to obstruct, by any means, the >assae of any fish in or to take and atch any fish from any of the streams md their tributaries by seine, hook dline or bow net. Sec. 2. That between November the st and April the 1st in the counties of Liken, Barnwell and Colleton, and etween November the 1st and May he 1st in the counties of Darlington ad Orangeburg, in each and every ear hereafter, there shall be a close ime from sunrise on Friday morning o sunrise on Monday morning in ~ach week, in which it shall be un-1 awful to take or catch any fish except v hook and line or bow net. 'Sec. 3. That betwee n November the st and A pril the 1st in the counties of tiken, Barnwell and Colleton, and etween November the 1st and May he 1st in the counties of Darlington .d Orangeburg, in each and every ear hereafter, from sunrise on Mn lay morning to sunrise on Friday norning, it shall be unla wful to take r catch any fish with seine, gill net, ow net or fibre net. That in no case ~hall any net or seine extend more han two thirds across the stream, nor ~hll any two or more nets be used within two hundred yards of each ther: Provided, That nothing in this tct shall apply to Lynche's River. Sec. 4. Tnat any person or persons who shall be convicted of the violation f any of the provisions of the fore oing Sections of this Act shall be unshed by a fine of not less than ten or more than one hundred dollars,or y imprisonment of not less than ten ~or more than thirty days,for the lirst )tiense, and for the second or any ubsequent offense by a line of not ess than one hundred nor more than ve hundred dollars or by imprison nent of not less than thirty days nor nore than six months or both, in the iscretion of the Court, three-fourths f the fine or- fines recovered to be aid to the informer. Sec. 5. That at no time in any year hall it be lawful to place or keep in my of said streams or tributaries any vooden or wire traps for catching a sh, and any person so doing shall be unished as provided for otner viola ~ios of this Act; and it shall be the uty of any of the members of the sev ~rai Township Boards of Commission ~rs to prosecute any person violating his Act who is not prosecuted by ome other person. Sec. fi. That all Acts and parts of 'Lets inconsistent with this Act be, nd they are hereby, repealed. Approved the twenty-fifth day of arch, A. D. 1896. Mother Killed; Childi Unhuar. WissToN, N. C, Jlune 15.-Mrs. WV. . Jones, wife of Deputy Shierif f Jones, was killed by lightning at Walker town last evening. She was in the house, holding her t wo year old child, when the Ilash came, She fell to the floor dead, but the child was uninjur THE GARDEN. BILL ARP TELLS HOW IT SHOULD BE CULTIVATED. He is Su.ces',ful in Raising Fine Veg'sta bles - A Goodi Farmer Will Have a Good Garden, and H e in Proud of Hi - Timely Hints for All. "Fate cannot Larm me -I have dined today." That is the way we feel just. after dinner, especially if we have earned it worked for it bodily and wanted it. But I have heard folks say they were never hungry and not even the odor of cucumbers and onions in the dining room would excite their appetite. I have heard others say they had the appetite, but were afraid to indulge it because of indigestion. Such folks are to be pitied. They have my sympathy. But I sincerely believe that work or physical exercise is a remedy for both. I suppose that Shakespeare suffered in this way, for he stys, "Now, let digestion wait on appetite and health on both." Certain it is his death was sudden and prema ture, for he lived only fifty years. Milton understood this trouble, too, for he says that Adam's sleep was sweet, being bred from pure digestion. That's the secret--working in the garden-I inherited that trait from the old man Adam, I mean-and I sleep sweetly, too, alter I have worked in my gar den. There is no insomnia about me, but Mrs. Arp suffers from it sometimes when I am snoring like a hippopota nus. I was ruminating about the value of a good garden to the family-we had an excellent dinner today, and I counted up the cost. We have five in the family, and the dinner cost us only 5 cents apiece, and there was enough left for two or three more. We had a small piece of middling meat, about half a pound, that was boiled with the beans, and there were seven different kinds of vegetables from my garden. The butter and buttermilk where home made. The rice and cornmeal and huckleberries cost a little-not much. Everything was well cooked, and all that was wanted was an appetite and good digestion. Iam reasonably proud of my garden, for it is all my own work. I prepared the ground and dressed it and opened the furrows and planted the seed and cultivated the plants and killed the weeds, and it is my especial pleasure to watch everything as it grows, and gather the vegetables and wash them at the back door and call the good wife and children out to see them and listen to their compliments. We have hada long drought, but I had fortified against it. Every hill was first spadea nut a foot deep and tilled with water, and it had soaked into the ground I tilled up the hole with a mixture of op soil and barnyard scrapings and sitted ashes and put on some more water. Every furrow I opened for beans and peas and beets I let water run in it, and then put the fertilizer in and planted the seed. ._I had eighty holes to dig tomatoes antd1o yer quashes, and as many more for cu ;umbers, and notwithstanding the irought everything has grown vigor :usly. It is hard work and takes pa ience to lay the fundation in tnis w y, but it pays. My squash vines iover a space of four feet square to zach hill, and my tomato plants are rve feet high and inl of healthy fruit. Weli, no w to tell the whole truth, I iave a hydrant in the center of the ~arden and when the dry, hot weather was at its worst I opened smnalt treanch ~s close by the roots of the plants and .urned' the water on and :et it run dlowly and soak in and afterwards :overed the trenches with dry dirt. L'his, too, is trouble, but it paid well. some folks sprinkle, but that does aarm and no good. it breakes the urface and never reaches the roots ~prinkie nothing but grass. Where ivater is plenty and convenient there s no excuse for a poor garden, it is >etter to dig deep and fertilize and cul ive a square rod well than to skim >ver half an acre "nigger fashion" Lnd see it all dry up when the dry e irought, as Co be calls it, comes. Ther ntensive system is the best for garden ~ know from long experience. it made ne sad to see the crops on the railroad >etween Marlietta and Atlanta the >ther day. Acres and acres of corn lot six inches high and cotton almost nvisible. It did look like perishing e o death in the name of the Lord, it s a poor country, I know, but they y :ould sow it down in peas and gradu dIy improve it so that a Georgian t vouldn't be ashamed for travelers to d ook out of the car window as they e ide througnt it. E It is astonishing how much in fluence t me good farmer has ov-er the neigh- '5 >orhood in which he lives. They are t rery envious of each other and will t ry to keep up with the best. I hear r oine say tnat. their oats crop is a total ailure, and wi not be lit to cut. I r .ee a l ew acresof oats mna field not far t rom me tnat will make a good crop. t )f course there is somnething in the and, but there is more in the farming. U )eep plowing to begin with is abso- e utely necessary in farming. I don't c niean deep turaing, but deep plowing, L> know a farmer who always follows he turn plow with a bull-tongue in t he same lurrow, and he makes good :rops whether it rains or not. M~y e ~ood neighbor, Widow Fields, has no e iydrant in her garden, but she always ias the li nest garden in the town, and a he secret is deep plc wing and fertil- zj r~ing. I can overlook her work from r ny window, and it excites me to keep a n hailing distance. She has an acre a a the hignest state of cultivation, and vill make more on it than will be a n..de on the lifty acres of that land s 4low Marietta. Work on the gardens B niust not stop. Keep planting succes- ti ive crops every ten days or two weeks d nd have a frest supply. A good, r arge family can live well on an acre v or live months in the year. Raise rour own straw berries anu raspberries g Ld buy wild berries enough bor jam r nd jelly. Theu, if you have grapes j Lnd peaches around, you cant live like 1: prince and always have something a iice for company. A few iowers in d he garden will help to make it attrac- k ive; and my wife wants all the old- s ashioned herbs, like sage and mint s >alm and thyme andJ calamus and f :amonmile. She has horse radish s mougha for a hotel. ' Gardening is the first work of whicht we have any history, and it is tne Host pleasant and hetathy of all occu pations. If a man is a good gardener nie will be a good farmer. As you traver over and through the country you can tell a good farmer by looking 1 at his garden, just as you can tell a good wife and daughter by looking at the flowrs and~ vines in the front yard. They are a sign of good taste and re tinement and good housekeeping and contentment. They save doctor bills, for half the diseases from diseased minds--mental misery'--borrowing trouble and nursiug it. The cultiva tion of flowers is a good tonic for in digestion. I have noticed that the people who are most diligent in such occupations are the least concerned about politics and silver and gold and the next Presidential election. The farm and the home absorb them, and are a bigger thing than the spoils of office. Tne average politician wants something for nothing. As Cobe says, "He is just sidewiping around hunt ing the orthgraphy of an office," and when he gets it the first lesson he learns is how to log-roll. He will vote for anybody's bill if they will vote for his. You tickle me and I will tickle you, is the motto, and they call it a compromise of conflicting interests. Congress has at last voted every mem bar a private secretary with a $1,200 salary. Merciful heavens. When sill this thing stop: Now let them apply for a receiver and sell out the concern. But I am off the subject, and will et in a bad frame of mind and have a Lt of indigestion; and so I will quit and go to my garden, where I am al ways calm and serene. BILL ARP. FARMER BOYS DRILL. rh-y Win the Approval of the United Staten Army Inspector. CLEMSONCOLLEGE, S. C., June 19. Iajor Garlington has made the fol lowing report as to his inspection: Clemson Collge, S. C., May 31. '96. ro the Inspector General, U. S. A. Washington, D. C. Sir: i have the honor to submit the following report of an inspection of he military department of Clemson Agricultural College made on the 30th nstant, Captain E. B. Fuller, Seventh Javalry, is in charge of the depart nent. having assumed this duty on Tune 13, 1895. The president of the :ollege reports him to be eminently satisfactory in every respect and pos essed of conspicuous ability in his lepartment. He teaches physics and s in charge of the cadet mess; for this .xtra service he recives $1,200 per an mum and use of quarters free of rent. Lhe college authorities are all favora yly disposed towards the military de artment and give it reasonable and ,ficient supoort. However, the time 4lowed for theoretrical instruction is iot sufficient to accomplish the best esults. number in college............... 279 cumber present at inspection.... 233 cumber without uniform........ 7 cumber absent.................. 26 Sick, 3 Witte leave, 2 Without leave, 4. Recruits, 2. Physical disability 9. ?resent and absent.............. 279 Those cadets reported without uni orm have been unable to secure them rom the contractor throu h no fault iTfreir own~or of the colle ties. The cadets are organized into a reg ment of two batallions with a full eomplement of officers, except the olonel and lieutenant colonel. The najors are graduates of the South )arolina Military Academy, and also nstructors in the academic depart nent. The ceremony of review was hand omely and accurately executed. The narch. past-, alignment, &c., were rood. The general appearance and iearing of the cadets during inspection were very good. The arms were in ery good condition-cleaner than us tal in similar institutions. The uni orms, as a rule, were clean and neat; here were several pairs of soiled loves noticed. The step-up of the adets was noticeably good. Every hing--bearing, conduct and general .ppearance-indicated a healthy con tition and intelligent conscientious rork on the part of the responsible lificers. Each battalion was drilled in the1 lose order movements of the drill egulations. Each acquitted itself with redit; all movements were executed rithout an error in command, and rith commendable accuracy in detail. 'he only deficiencies noticed were of ae kind that practice and drill will peedily correct. The setting-up ex rcises were well done. The command ras not prepared to go through the ayonet exercise. Each captain was repared to drill his company through be close order movements of company ril, including the manual of arms; ach did well-ne deficiencies of any ioment were observed. There has een no drill in thc extended order; it rill be taken up later. There has een no practical instruction in minor tetics, no target practice, and no sig ailing with heliograph or lantern. Four stations were established and a iessage of sixteen words was sentC irough the flag without error in thir r-one minutes. There has been no instruction in ar liery beyond instructing a detach ient sufficiently to fire a salute. The allege authorities hope to secure a 32 reech-loader. A guard is maintained daily after 1e West Point system. Three quarters of an hour per day. scept Saturdays and Sundays, is de-r oted to practical instruction. The theoretical instruction includes rmy regulations, guard manual, ele ients of military science and drill agulations. One hour per week is liotted to this instruction, which is 1 ttended by the seniors and juniors. e The graduating class was assembled ud questioned on the course. The re ilt was not as satisfactory as the pro ciency in the practical course led me yexpect; this feature of the military r epartment needs more attention and < squires more time for its proper ae elopment. Captain Fuller is exceptionally well s ualified for his duties, by nature, ex- 1 erience and professional attainments. :j Le has been handicapped in his work t ere during the past year by frequent < ad somewhat prolonged absence on uty, none of which, however, could ave been avoided, except the detail ~ith the South Carolina Militia lasti ammer. lie should not be detached or such work, for this school does not top operation during the summer. 'he session begins in March and con inues natil December 30. For this eason this institution should be in pected in October or November. The military department is in a very: atisfactory condition, showing im >rovement and development at ev'ery1 urn over last year. It should be con - inued. Very respectfully, . E. A. GARLINGTON, Major Tnsrwetor General. 4 CROPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. The Weekly H1alletin of the Department of Agriculture. Cor au3rnr, S. C., June 1.-The bulletin covers the weather and crop conditions for the week ending Satur day, June 13, and in its preparation were used reports from one or more correspondents in each county of the State. The main temperature characteristic of past week was a declining tendency of the night temperatures which reached marked departures below the normal by the end of the week. The general range of day temperatures was between 75 and 90, although some lower and some highter ones were re ported. The maximum for the week was 97 on the 12th at Gillsonville, the minimum was 54 on the 10th at Spar tanburg. The local weekly mean temperatures ranged from 72atGreen ville and Looper's to 80 at Gillison vile, and the average of 36 mean tem perature reports was 76. The normal for the same period is approximately 77. The week's rainfall was rather poor ly distributed, much of the Western and North central portions having re ceived very little, while over the South central and Southeastern portions there was too much rain in many places. The following heavy amounts were reported: Charleston 2 74: Kingstree (2 reports) 2.51 and 3.26; Pinopolis; 2 37; Elloree 2.65. There were in ad dition 21 places that reported amounts from one to two inches, and 30 places that reported less than one inch of rainfall, the average of 47 reports be ing 0 80, while the normal for the same period is approximately 1.04. There were high winds over various portions of the Stateaccompanying the thunder storms or the 9th, that injur ed crops severely in places and tangl ed high corn so that it could not be worked. There was also a destructive hail storm in Marlboro on the 13th that damaged crops locally. There was about a normal amount of sunshine for the State, but the per centage of possible range from 45 to 65, showing that cloudiness varied considerably in different localities. CB.OPS. The week on the whole was favora ble for crop growth and cultivation. 'here was moisture enough even where least rain fell; in fact those sec Lions were best favored as it gave them m opportunity to clean the fields of grass, which has appeared luxuriantly everywhere but has been kept pretty well under control, except in a few localities where some cotton has been abandoned, or else plowed under with the grass and the lands put to :orn or peas. Such areas are really in dignificant. Over the Southeastern portions of the State the ground has been hardly fit for cultivation, owing ko the heavy rains. Reports on corn continue to be en mntirely favorable. Both early and late corn continue very promising; the former in "silks" and "tassels" and being laid by and the latter just :oming up to stand up to stands and receiving its first cultivation. Some e'ots hf1j'ry from heart worms. Lice on cotton-are reported from all ;ortions of the State usually with the omment that they were never before to prevalent. Reports of fnMjlf.. by tice vary considerably; in places itis onfined to certain kinds of soil, in thers the stands have been injured, md in others no injury has resulted, ~xcept to check growth and give the eaves a "curled up" apparence, others ay the plant has stopped putting on quares, probably the result of growth 1aying stopped. In certain localities .hey seem to be decreasing, while >thers report them increasing, the :ool nights seemiog to favor their re >roductiont. The cool nights have also had a bad ffect on the uninfested cotton, on cer ain soil the lower leaves are turning edish yellow. The general tenor of correspondents' -eports are not very favorabie on cot on. Squares continue to form plenti ully and blooms are quite common,1 >eng much earlier than ordinarily. Iot sunshine and dry weather is the ndicated need for cotton, both to rid he plant of lice and to kill grass. Peas continue to be extensively sown ith corn and on stubble land. Ear y planted peas up to good stands. Tobacco does not seem to be doing rery well, it continues small but in ealthy condition. Rice has about all been sown and is oing well. Upland rice improved lecidedly. 1 Setting of sweet potato slips contin les, and this important crop is very romising. Irish potatoes have impr oved where ot too nearly matured, but the crop s a whole about a failure. Second - ilanting doing well and in blossom on he coast. Colorado beetles are trou slesome in upper Darlington. Melons are ripening in the lower 1 ounties and musk melons are being hipped. Wheat and oats thrashing in prog ess with fairly good yields of the ormer and poor yields of the latter eported. Fruit prospects continue to lesson ,d are very poor for all kinds of ruit. Berries continue plentiful and ,good quality. Gardens arec improving very rapidly low and seasonable vegetables are easonably abundant. lPastures afford excellent grazing. The condition of crops ir general I ontinue very promising, and as the I eason of least variability of weather I onditions is about at hand, the out- 1 ok for the midsummer season is en ouraging. J. W. BA~UER, - Section lDirector, Columbia, S. C. Closed Its Doors. RoQA:oKE, Va., June 15.-The Roa ,oke Loan, Trust and Safe Deposit ompany did not open its doors today. L deed of assignment was filed late I turday night conveying all its as ets to Lucien H. Cock, who is no wf aaking an inventory. There is aboutv 200,000 of deposits and it is believed3 hat this will be paid in full. Thlev apital stock was i$50.000.v P. L. Ter.ry one of the leading fi-v anciers, and one of the wealthiest p en here, was president and his son-v n-law, S. W . Jami~son, treasurer. I ~he assets amount to over $fi00,00". t L large amount of loans have been s uarauteed by the company, but its abilities in this respect are unknown. 'he chief item of assets are loans and tiscounts about $150),001); stocks andv enuds, abouit $300,o00, and real estate, ,bout $60,000.9 The depositors will meet Wednesday l o consider their interests. Thcee was| slight run on some of the other >anks this morning, but the excite nent soon subsided, and ihere is no Lnger of further failures. 4 WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. WEEKLY REPORT OF THE DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE. Reports are Favorable avd Guarantee the Prediction of a Large Yield of Cotton, bdt In Some States Rain and Cool Wea ther Have had a Damaging Effect. WASHINGTON, June 17.---The follow. ing are extracts from the summary of the weekly crop bulletin of the agri cultural department: Virginia-Richmond: Cool, with cloudy weather and much rain, has kept farming operations at a standstill in eastern counties; corn continues fine, but fields are grassy; wheat har vest under way; grass improving; oats beading; cotton and peanuts damaged by rain; tobacco very promising. North Carolina-Raleigh: Week too cool for cotton; precipitation abund ant, with excess in five counties and destructive hail storm in one; all crops doing well;. first cotton blooms 10th; wheat harvest nearly over and threshing begun; early peaches and apples in market; poor quality; condi tion of grapes good. South Carolina-Columbia: Week favorable for crop growth and culti vation, except too much rain over southeastern portion; both early and late corn continue promising; cool nights and lice have injured cotton serioulys, squares forming plentifully and blooms common; melons ripen ing, fruit prospects lessening. Georgia-Atlanta: Plenty of rain and sunshine, and crops generally do ing well, though much complaint of cotton lice and especially in southern portion; cotton in bloom and squares forming; corn very promising and be ing laid by; a: mimor crops in flour ishing conditior. Florida-Ja casonville: Week very favorable; rains general and copious; cotton, corn and other staple products satisfactory, opinion of crop condi tions throughout the Stateshowmark ed changes for the better. Alabama-Montgomery: Rains first of week retarded work, but subsequent dry and cool weather, while checking growth, allowed rapid advancein crop cleaning; cotton becoming lousy and making too much stalk, but ruiting well; corn fine and crop practically laid by; cane and minor crops flour ishing. Mississippi-Vicksburg: Cotton and corn injured by cool nights; cotton forming bolls rapidly, but injured by lice, blight and rust; corn laid by, but neecis rain badly, especially in west and north portions; gardens and minor crows also suffering for moist Lre. Louisiana-New Orleans: Light, scattered showers and cool nights; in iroughty area covering north central, mnd central parishes, all crops need rain, and old corn is in precarious sondition; cotton good and f ' ' aicely; cane being laid by in :ondition; rice improved, but needs more rain. Texas-Galveston: The growth of otton has been checked in most sec ions by drought, but the plant has peen improved by showers in locali ies over central and western agricut ural districts; the crop is in a good tate of cultivation, and notwithstand ng drought it continues blooming md fruitgtcd rn improved in locah ies by showers, ut crops suffering *or rain; high winds blew the stalks lown where showers -e"curred; rice mnd vegetables need rain; intei~ ng nicely. Arkanas-Little Rock: Weather ;oo cool for cotton; some reports of ice, though generally the condition >f this crop is most favorable; corn nuch in need of rain, and serious in ury will result if dry weather con inues; wheat and oats harvest pro ~ressmng. Tennessee-Nashville: Heavy rains n eastern section and p'ortions of cen ral benefited crops; latter part of reek favorable for haying and clean ng crops; cool weather checked cot on growth; but plants generally mealthy; tobacco generally thrifty; orn and other crops doing well; west rn section needs rain. Hundrede Drowned. LONDON, JTune 17.-The British teamer Drummond Castle.which sail d from Table Bay, May 28th, for this >ort with 350 persons on board, has een sunk near Ushant, the most west rn of the island off the coast of Brit any, France. A telegram to Lloyd's from Ushant, ays: "The Drummnond Castle is sup >osed to have struck the rocks. One nan only (Marquard) was saved here. ihe vessel completely disappeared. 'he ship's boat was launched." The Castle Line Steamship company Lave issued the following bulletin, eceived from the lighthouse keeper at Jshant: "The Steamer D)rummond lastle was wrecked at midnight on une 16th. A survivor of the disaster Lamed Marnquard is at Ushant and two thers are at le de Molent. Six bodies Lave been recovered, including that f Officer Gill. About six bodies have een placed in a special house. The hip sank in three minutes." ALL WENT DOWN. The following dispatch was receivea. his evening by the Castle Steamship amnpany from the British consul at ~rest: '"The Drummond Castle struck he rocks west of le de Molent at mid Light on the 16th and sank immediate y. There was no time to take out the oats. Present information is that one erson was saved at Usahant and two ther survivors are at Ile de Molent. ~heir names are not given. A gov rnment tug is carrying on the earch." A Shooting In tGreenville. G REENVILLE, June 10.-Today two iegroen, J i m Max well and John Mose y, had a dimlculty in which blows assed. Friends of the parties inter ered and it was supposed the matter was settled. Late this afternoon Iax well went to Col. Cagle's shop, rhere Moseley is employed as n~ght ratchmani. Without warning Ma -ell walked into the shop, drew his istol and opened fire on Moseley, who ras sitting- with his back to the door. Ie shot five times, hitting Moseley vwie in the back. The wounds are erious, but not considered fatally. A Bank Fails." CHARLE~STON, June 17.-A receiver b-as today appointed in the United tates court for the German-American ~rust and Savings Bank company. The bank is insolvent, and its affairs vill be wound up as soon as possible. t is said that denositors will be paid n full, but that the stockholders will ~et nothing. The capital stock of the ompny was $50,000._