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VOL Xli.. M~~~IANNI1N G., S. C...,V WNESDA Y, MVAY 26, 1S.___________NO44 SU G G TIUN'S TU FARM EIS WHY IMPORT THiNGS THAT CAN BE GROWN AS WELL MERE. Eggs Brought froa choa-A Great Futurf. for the American Goat-Plars that night be Protitabty introduced into the Uited States. Why did we impert one million dczen of egos into the United States last year? Tell me that." The eve of the new Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Wilson, twinkled as he asked the question of the W ashing ton correspondent of a Philsdepbia paper. Secretary Wilson then added: "Do you know that 132.CCO dozen of those eggs came from Cbina? Think of fetching that sort of produce all the way from C'-e Flowery Land. just to make sure of freshness: A few were brought from Jr ,an, but the bu'k of the imported eggs - e ate last y ear 800,000 dczen-were laid in Canada." "What is the matter with the Ame rican hen?" the correspondent asked. "Notbing is the matt.-r with the American ben: but something is wrong with American farmer. He needs to be taught the usefulness of raising on his own land a great many things wnich we are obliged to pur chase abroad for lack of domestic sup ply. Just think of our being compell ed to import $100.000.000 worth of su gar every year. Why, it is an absur dity! The sugar beet will grow admi rably over large areas in this country, yielding from 13 to 20 per cent. of su gar. This summer we are eoing to make experiments in its culture in eighteen States, and for this parpose 1 have distributed over four tons of the finest beet seed obtained from Ger many. You know, I suppose, that the sugar beet is the same plant as the ordinary garden beet, and that it has been made to yield an extraordinary percentage of sugar by selection of plants for seed bearing from crop to crop." "So you consider that there is no reason why we should not grow all the sugar we need in the United StAtes?" "Not any that I can imagine. And why, pray. should we have imported more than $10,000,000 worth of goat skins in the last fiscal year? Is it to be supposed that we cannot grow goats in America? I tell you no. The fact is that the American farmer has much to learn in respect to animal husban dry, and this is only one circumstance in illustration. It is only very re cently that he has begun to realize the fact that the same sheep can be made to yield high-priced wool and firstrate mutton. There is, indeed, such big money in combining the industries of mutton production and wool produc tion that sheep raising may be con ducted profitably on the highest priced lands. It is ridiculous that we should imnort wool" "How about vegetable producis of the farm?" "The same remark applies. Why should it have been nmcessary for us to import $655,320 worth o! beans and peas in the last tiscal year? -Might we not have raised them just as well on our own soil! Is there any reason why we should not Lave raised $555, 644 worth of cabbages which were imported? Likewise $127,595 worth of potatoes? I cannot see why we should have bought of ou-.siders during the same twelvemonth $2,773,535 worth of hay, $600,000 worth of lions and nearly $2,200,000 worth of rice." "People abroad seem disp~osed to bar out some of our prodiucts." "Naturally there is that tendency. They do not want us as rivals in their markzts. But we are iLaking measures to put a stop to unjust discrimination. The department of agriculture propc ses to guarantee the quality of our agricultural products ny giving cer tificates ofprit and wholesomeness, to accompany each consignment des tined for export. We have begun with beef. None of our beef now goes to Europe without such a certificate. If the Germans or other foreigners persist in discriminating against us, we shall insist on their telling us why." One of the things largely imported which might be produced in this coun iry is vanilla. This plant is one of the half-dozen species of orchid that have any -value except for their flowers. Its original home was in Eastern Mexico, but it is now cultivated in tropical countries all over the world. There is no reason why it should not be grown with profit on a large scale in the United States, under glass. This is done successfully in England and France. Most of the world's sup ply of vanilla is produced on the slopes of the Cordilleras. In nature it depends for its fertilization on a kind of moth that is found only in Mexico. Consequently in other countries the flowers have to be fertiliz-.d artificial ly l'y touching the stigmas with the pollen. In this way o-e man ca fer tilize 1,000 blossoms in a d ay . The Spaniards first carried the plant to Europe. Vanilla, by the way, is man ufactured in the laboratory from oil of cloves and assafoetids. Experiments in the growing of tea have been made in California recently with very satisfactory results. The tea produced there is of excell-nt quality, though different in flivor from any im per:ed leaf. There seems~ to be no doubt that it could be growL on a commercial scale with profit. The plants are of Japanese, Cninese and Formosan varieties. The yiele is 500 pounds of leaves per acre, anc the cost of produ::tion is 20 cents, a pound in addiition to the rental of the land. Every person in the United States, by the way, consumes t-sen ty-one ounces of tea per annum, hall of it comirng from Comna and 42 pe: cent from Japan. We imported $12, 704,440 worth of it last year. The culture of the plan; is as simple as that of the currant or gooseberry. Many people in South Carolina today have private tea gardens for their own use, half a dczen bushes turnishing a suf~cient supply for~ a fam'ily. The heeds look like hazelnuts. Camphor like wise may be grown ir parts of the United States. It i. the res inous gum of a species of laurel that iL indigenous to Eastern Asia- The tret is a large orne, attaining a dia:-ne ter ol twenty feet. B,.ng chopped down, il is cut into chips, w-hich are put intt water and ooded, ti.e camPhor ps:::ng in the shape of vapor thrcugh a barn boo tube. The process is of primnitmv distillation, the gumv' LJwing condensec in cry tals, which are packd in ua From the boiling th.ere is a raziduo Oi oil, which is used by the natives for illuminating purnoses. The soil ot California is well adaptec cork of co'mtrercc. In :.t. smnJi1 for e-ts of tr.e trees are already Ero.vi' i that State, and the departuuont of ariltetIure has sent racy busnes o accrus thither for pating Por tual Is the great--t producer of crk tedav, and theenormous -ousumpuio Sf the article is indicatd iy the cr cumstance that the world annually i ues 7,00,00000 clut cora.n fcr biottles. 1Ife material has mnany otner usis, however, being employed for bicycle bandle;, hat Jinings. toile: powder, liirg for ice houses, J'fe preservers. saddles, life boats, artifcial legs and arms, buoys and inner sales for shoes In S utberu Earope it is utiliz;.d for roofing, pails, window lights, plate. Lubs, cups, religious images, horse shoes araa coffins. Much of the linest quzality goes into nose pieces for etc glasses. We impor'ed $t,6t9,337 worth of cork last year. The cu'.ure of the rubber tree is be ing tried in the region of the Florida Ereeglades. In that part of tbe coun try is a vast swampy region that could be made to supply the world with rub ner. At present the marget supply is threatened seriously by the rectiess destruction of trees in Mexico and Brazil. There are several ruhbr producing plants, the best of them be ing the Siphon elastica, a superb trop ical tree, wnich has seeds like horse chestnuts, taree in a pod. When ripe the pod bursts like a cracker, throw ing the seeds to a distance. This tree does notcome into full bearing of sao until its 20th year. Tne juice is 56 per cent. rubber. A. full-grown speci men will produce 50 pounds of "nik" per annum for forty years. The fn est rubb-: blankets are male by pour ing the sap upmr canvas. it is a strik itgr far: that this country imported $16,E3.0tc worth of crude rubber last year. There iF no reason why the opium poppy should not be cultivate! ia the Lnited States, except that a popular Drejduice exss against it. Tae pre jud:ce, however, does not prevent the importation of 400,000 pounds of the drug int this country annually. Nearly the whole of this vast quantity is smuealed from Cnina direct or by way of British Columbia. .Oaly abmut 50,000 pounds is employed for medi cloal purposes, the balance being con sumed bv "fiends." The opium vice is nearly always a secret one, and vic tims of it are greatly more numerous than is generally imagined. Up to the 12th century the drug was known only as a product of Asia Minor. From thence it was introduced into India and China. The gum from the seed pods of the plant is the opium of commerce. It seems surprising to learn that $166, 344 worth of seaweeds were im ported into this country las; year. These plants are-used largely in the manufacture of soda, iodine, bromine and gelatinous extracts. On the French shore of the British Channel more than 2,250,000 tons of s- aweeds are gathered each year with drags. and rakes. Of seaweed products the most imnoortaut is iodine. the entire world's supply of which is got from thissegee . A marine plant called "Japaese siaglasi" contains so muca gelatine that it has eight times the gelatinizing power of ordinary gela-i tine. Two common species called "laver" and "dulse" are eaten by the Haida Indians of our North west coast; they are dried, pressed in soli"l blocgs and cut in slices for boiling. Another kind, known as "Irish moss," faurn isnes a cosmetic for the hair--"bado-, liue." It is collected in large quanti ties on Cape Cod every summer and. sold for maaing pudding~s. Brewers and calico printers use it in their btiei n ess. But nearly all of the seaw ced crop in this country remrains ungath erd. Truffles have recently bean gather-I en and preserved in large quantities in C arioria.d They are put up in caus. prildand sealed in their own juice. It may be that these delicious fungi of domesti: production mizht take the place of the ituported, of which many thousands of dollars' worth come frcm France annually. That country produers every year $3,000, 000 worth of truflies, which sell for $2 a pound. They are found under ground about oak trees, and dogs and pigs, which were both very fond of~ them, are employed to smell them out. The origin of the fungus is -very cu rious. In July and August a little blue-winged fly makes its way intoI the soil at the base of the oak tree pierces the bark of the rout and lasys its eggs in the wound.3 From the scar develops a vis cous substance, which grows into a truffle. The latter when full grown is about the size of a walnut and has a warty surface. The demand for citron in this coun try will soon be supplied by the do moestic product. The growing of the fruit is an increasing industry in s ifornia and Florida. Only the thick tind is utilized . Tne fruit is cut in halves and put in casks with strong o-ine; then tne pulp is seperated from the rhind by g'uging it out. The rinde are immersed in fresa water for three days to free them of salt, and are then boiled in a capper caldron until tey are tender. Afterwards te-y are soaked and boiled in syrups of different strengths, and, finally, when completely saturat~d with su gar, are dried on a wire net, coming out most appetizingly covered with. suzar cry stals. In Southern Florida might be culti vated toe trees at produced myrrh. an~d frankincense, which are inL con siderable commercial demand. Mytrh : is the gum of a tree that gro vs in South western Asia. The cbief mnarkets are Bombay and Aden, where it is, sorted, the best quality being sent to Europe and the poorer grades to CJhi na. Qaeen Victoria maaes an oifer ing of gold, frankinc-ense and myrrh at the Chapel Royal, London. 'This custom has been pursued since the! time sof Richard I. Frankincense is obtained from a tree native to Arabis and India, the milk like juice beinig collected, and, when hard, packed in laskets.- Anciently it was believe:1 ta.ut the land which produced this sab stance was one of fogs and darkness, I ahtn sla-es were comp..elled to gather the guam from trees infested by ser pents of brilliant colors. The fable was probably put in circulation by Arab soice-prodiucers, who desired to discouraged competition. The Sad News Re~aches Tlitman. Oui rt caipt of the neas of the death of euator Eearie in Washington de&nator Talmana cAled on the \Vice Pr-esident megard~ to the appointmzenlt of a ciwmmittee to represent the Senate at the funeral. Mr. I~obar-t nae the following as a committee: Messrs. Tilman, Clay of Georgia, Chanuer 01 New Hampsnire, -hcldery of Linuisi BELLIGERENCY OF CUBA I FINALLY RECOGN!ZED BY THE SEN-s ATE OF THE UNITED STATES. e Ths country to MaIntain Strict Neutrality i Between Spain and Cubo. Accr-rd:ng to, Each all RIgnts of Beilgerents in Our Ports and Territory. r 10 The long ard exciting debate on the i joint resolution recognizing the exist V euce of a state of war in Cuba, declar ing t.at strict neutrality shall be main 1 rained by the United States. passed the . Senate by the decisive vote of 41 to 14, s it a late hour Thursday afternoon. te announcement of the vote was re a leived with tumultuous applause; r which drew from Senator Hawley an a empbatic protest against "mob demon- C stration." The resolution as passed is a is follows: Id Resolved, etc., That a condition of ti public war exists between the govern- E nient of Spain and the government b proclaimed and for some time main- b ained by force of arms by the people d >f Cuba, and that the United States t] )f America shall maintain a strict a neutrality between the contending parties, according to each, all the b rights of belligerents in the ports an d z] territory of the United States." a The vote on the final passage cf the s resolution was as follows- b Yeas-Bacon, Baker, Bate, Berry, Butler, Carter, Caanaler. Cnifton, I lark, Clay, CoAkrell, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Foraker. Gallinger, Gorman, Eansbrough, Harris of Kansis. Heit- 0 Fitd, Jones of Arkausas, Kznney, Lindsay, McBride, Mantle, Mison, Aulls, Morgan, Nelson, Pasco, Petti- a rew, Pettus, Pritchard, Ralins t 3houp, Stewart, Thurston, Tiliman, Eurner, Turoie and Walthall-41 r Nays-Allison, Butrow, Catfery, Fairbanks, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Ha v ey, Hoar. Spooner, Wellington, Wet- c nore, White and Wilson-14. ti An analysis of the vote shows t hat the affirmative was cast by 18 R L ublicans, 19 Democrats and 4 Popu - Lists, and the negative by 12 Repabli 0 3ans and 2 Democrats. Prior to the I anal vote, themotion of Senator HalI d .o refer the resolution to the commi1 0 ee on foreign relations was tabled- g veas 34, nays 19. Mr. Fairbanks of I [adiana then proposed a substitute, t providing that the President extend t Jhe good offices of the United States to c spaira toward securing an end to the ,) flict and the ultimate independence b >f the island. This, too, was tabled- h Feas 36, nays, 16 Then followed thetn idoption of the original resoluien. The voting occurred af ter an enCit-: ng debate, participated in by Aenato's d Raurston, Elkins of West Virginia, White of California, Fairbanks of In- tt liana, Hale of Maine, Spooner oE d Wisconsin and Gorman of Maryla.d. d Kr. Thurston, who presided over t Republican national convention at St Louis, recalled the stirring scene wben li hat convention enthusiastically in ;erted a Cuban plank in the plat- ; or=, and declared that this resolu ion was in partial fulfilment of that it, pledge. M'essrs, Elkins and White I"( rged a conservative course and an in- d juiry by a committee. s Tnen came the first voie-that on I h he Hale motion to refer. It wss a Il est of streneth, and the defeat of the I motica assured the psssage f t-e res I lation. Mr. Fairbanks tried to stemn C the tide by offering a comnpromnise c proposition, somewhat on the lines off. the Cuban plank adopted at St. L~uis, 1 bt it met the same fate as the Hale 11 motion. This orought Mr. Hale for -ard for a final pr-otest. Hie spoke 3 with intense earnestniss and fee ling and with a trace of bitterness in hisJ voice, Hie declared that the elemnent j opposed to the administration, Demo- J crats and Populists, had furnisiled the bulk of the voie in favor of the resolu- a tion, and that the foreign policy of the administration was thus to be die- b tated by its opponents. He expressed-: the fear also that ibe resolution' would t lead to war with Spain. bt lir. Spooner added his protest t against tying the hands of the admin-I istration. Mr. Gorman closed the de bate, resenting the suggestion that t party lines were drawn on the resolu ton, and asserting that the administra tion should have dispatched a war ship to Cuba to protect its officials on t the island. The final vote was then P taken, and the Senate then adjourned until next Monday. The Cuban reso- I lution came up unexpectedly at 12:30) t p. in., when Senator Morgan asited If that it be considered without waiting C for its .ormal presentation at 2o'clck. I This was agreed to, and air, Thurs I ton of Nebraska addressed the Senate. 3 He spoke of the bloody contests whic'i. bhad raged during the last two y ears. 11 There was ample information as to its ~ ex ent from American correspondentsjf who had written their dispatches on s te field of battle, f rom the reports S wich filled the records of the Senate and in the archives of the State De 1 partment. Every man in the United C States ought to be ready for action on r tuis question at this time, and if an'y r Senator was not sufficiently informeu, t Mr. Thurston commended hitm to tine consideration of his constituents. 'Peace in Cuba!" exciaimea the Senator. "If there is peace in Cuba it is ttue peace of devastated fields. Peace-i in Cuba! If there is peace in Cuto, it is the peace of desolate~d homes. -I: I tnere is peace in Cuba, it is the peace of ravished womien and children. anda the paens of this peace are sung by the uncoffined dead. "I am a party man of that ultra stripe," prceededI Mr. Thurston: 'but over and above my duty to my party is that to myi country, to humanity, and to God, I and I would be uniwortny of my greni party if I shaped my course on this reso-ltion through party considere tior... No Re~publican can affera t vote against this resolution because i was introduced by the Democrati Senator from Alabama." Mr. Morgan quickly disclaired per - sonal autnorship for the resolution,, saying it was but a copy of the oe offered by Mr. Sherman, now tihe firs man in the Republican party uext t the President and Vice President. was, thecefore, essentially Repuoiican in its origin. Referring to the iign of search which would follow reccg.i tion of belligerency, Mr. Thurston sai the~te could be no provocation to v. ac if the search was conducted in accor dance with international la w; but i* I the searca was conducted oy Spain, 'or I any other power, witnuat respect 1: to international la w, 'there ought to I be war oy the United States of America, and war shall come to maintain the nonor of the nation."s Mr. Thaurston insisted that it was I time this government by its actio.n gave the Cuban cause a proper posil~ion~ b netor the world-the rignt tn caryii ',1r-c- on InLd and sea; the right sand sideO Scain in tus mrinie" 'arkets ot the wor.d; a'e right o rucggle in -n honor a yr.a-. Thvn; Tie d.enctor '-sed as i~ilows: "4These 1 nues the UAiled St1.'es of Arnerica Rn corsiitutiojnally "rd .a1 -uly do. ,et us do them iow. Let us dispatch / "e mightiest battlship of the United! tates to Cuba. L-4 us station her Ir . ae harbor of Havana There her -ozning euas may disturb the spirit. Syran y by night, and day her shia-p iL stars may cheer t.he he4.rtsof thrse 1 r ho are struggling to be free." Mr. Eikias of West Virminia fol 'ed in a speech urg!ng tht the Sen te Should not . e precipitafely, but! ouid await th - inquiris nrw beig u iade b,, the officia,; of the govern t ient. He insisted tlt tmere was othing before the Senate to warrautb :tion at this time. There was no I: uban govrmLaient to reena'ze. he I sefted. Wh-it was the postortce ad- -1 ress of its Pre.idient, if the resoni on was to be sent to himn? asker Mr. Ikirs. It would have to be delivered 1 Y Generel Miles. with the army be ind him. asserted the Senator. He erided the statements of Mr. Mason >at Cuban babies were taxed at birthi ad Cuban brides taxed at the altar i 711at becomes of the grown people? I e asked, sarcastically. Very few of I lern grown up, answered Mr. Mason, id laughter. Mr Elkins went en to1 ty that the possibilities of war were ing treate d very lightly. Headded: Spain c-ti declare war and not fire a un, and it will cost this nation $300, )0,00U." The Senator urged that the resident was as p'ttriotic and as z-al us to protect ouir int;-reJs as any -nator. Why, he sed, sic.uid this b -nate seek to coerc- he Prt sident to :tion and place hiu in a false posi Mr. White ci California opposed the -sol ation and was led into .everal; Vly and amusiog exchauges with Er Chardler. Ht aro-ued that re-|1 > ui ion vwas exclusiv :y an execu-i ve function. Mr White, quo:ig ie law, said the recogsition of the ubaus as oelliger. cts would in no -ay relieve them from thei obligations, the neutrality laws. Mr H, wley, f Connecticut sp->'e britJf.d on the : sirability of conservative and cauti-i as action at a time of serious emer , ency- He closed at 3:10 p. m., and , e voting began at once. The ;end- t ig question was on the Hale motion i > refer the Cuban resolution to the's >mmittee on foreign r lations. The i oe reas follo wved with initeuse interest I y the crowded galleries. Senators who [ ad taken leading parts in the debate,; owvd hurriediy about the Camber. ashalling tr forces. Th Hale iotionto r-efr was defeated by the y ecisive vote of yeas 19, nasy; 34. A b!irum of xcited comiment ran: irough the zalleries astheVie Presi ent, in calm tones, announced the ! efeat of ne m )tion to refer, adding; ist the question iow was on the', ioption of tne re solution. Iz stemed 6 kely that a fi::I vota wo, d bz, taken once. Uut Mr. 'lirbaits took the cr for his fir.t speecn in T',e 3ena . L was glad. ne said, to o1,serve t tre was no ditferenc among Seat rs in regard to taeir delae for free o-n in Cuba. Ali were anxious to 1, e ioerty established ca the desolate land. The only diffe-e:e was as .ro ie mear s to that end. H. teoughI ist ihe ordinary cou-st should be tol %7cd, of waiting for ' -- r-. -st of >mtissioner. The mo'st desirabh >rse to pursue, it is said, 7-as to of ir the good cilices of ue Unied Stted t the cause of peace atid the ultiaiate idepende::ce of the i- sand. I Mr. Fairbankrs then eiferrd his sub itute for the pending :'organ resoio-' on. Mr. Morgan -noved to Jay onj. ie tabla the fairbsuks substitute. A, ea and nay vote was taken on h's lotion, which was adopte d-3t to :6. i he substitute was tatbled, and this I. ain cleared the way for a vote on ! ie resoluttiorn. Mr. Hale, who has een the recognized lader of thle op sition to the r. sluion, arose for a sai word of protes:. It ws evident, e said, that nothi - no'v coutd -isy j. e course of the Snate in pastirr itis ze foreign policy of this admiis'ra in had been? dcAta ed, and dicatd y those in op pocsiun to i "'I believe," continued Mr. .Hale, that the passtie of tlhis rssolu on involves the Uoited Staiesj assiby, and I iear pro.ba.iy, in war i the near future." Mr. (Gorman oft faryland said he would not haveen :red intio the debate nad it not been >r the effort to make a party matter Ut of the resolution and to arraign 'ose advocating it as actuated by nso1 ves un friendly to t be administration. ot until yesterday, M.r. Gorman con-! ued, b.d he become convinced that I was time for the Senate to act 1, Wen tne ad ministration cfficers ' ead the assassication of our con | .is in Cuba, suad did noi, immnediateliv , ad one of 19 slups ui our magniai ciit 11 't ait Heou Ros the~n was time f or tee Oe:ste to et, & rorman closed r"ii t e staamest lhIt|I e did notb: bieve tbe passa e . e :s:>lu..ion would involve tae Uieuc, tates in war with Spain. The Sad Tidingb in Columbia. The Columrbia Stare says th e sizn f Columbia tirst heard of th e dra'fn I f Se'ator Earla through a buiherin to 'he S:e paaid a very few minutes fer tue sad event. Many ga ieret I roucd to read the ticinis and u..i I ersal were the~ expresaions of sormLw 'overnor Edlerbe was not in tro city, ut he a'rived at 10 o'cl'ck Iast even a frotn Orangeburg. To a representa ve of Tne State he said ne regardidj ae death of the jaior senator from outh Caroibaas a ;UoIeic cala~mity; iismrning tie will "d at terad f cjndolejce 'o 'h be ~.reaved .amlaIy kvernor Ell b- Mind t at - de fneal and it i, uuuerstoodJ taa very head of depairn: of the a . :'nt ration wil aceuan o hey wvill goto Gree-nvi I in aspca ar. Arranigeinen s will be made yst s soon as tne tuneral arra ,nt rannou.:e-d. C ;ugressma Me tai. tLime, a.d he too -'i prob-' bly o to Greenve Ito atn h riw A ttmp was ade to I ti ex tea n ates- sente J. N- M rtly bliud ad is sa --o- be- lat sted'su a sui in -he. .i. M Stu o is~ o avolved. \ -.. .: .adt .a - opeinteute.w-t nam~ie i inown and 'w:- '-rar ed. \ denr wa:: arrest::d Heo a~tempted to hoot the ex senatur. b-v tras pre'-t d ward F. L w. \ n- Asen was a~ aned in police court a: di reman~rded nrefaont o M b h .ENATOR EARLE NO MORE JEATH CLA!MS THE DISTINGUISHEC SOUTH CAROL!NIAN. or cious to th- Last-The Sufrerer Awalk the End Calmly and Peacefully, Sur rounde(d by the Members of Hti Family. Senator Joseph H. Earle died at hi, -esidence in Greenville. S. C., on last Chursdsy afternoon at twenty minutes tfter fiv- o'clck. The immediate sause of dith was Bright's disease, vhich rapidly dev-elooed in the past esv dais. Yesterday morning symp -:s wo-e not more serious than for he Past week, ard thre was no feat A immed iate dcath. At 4o'cIock this nora.ing iaere was a marked change or the wcrse and he was supposed tc -e yin. He rallied later, and al hough o hope of rrcovery was en -.r-ned, yet there was hope that be ,ouid hoid out for a day o two. All .brough the day he had gradually ,een sinking, and it was only a ques .ion of a few bours when tme end vould come. His stronig will powei tsserted itself and he ralhed this mor 2in. During the day there was a insh over the city, as it was known Pat the favorite son of this county ?as in the shadow of death. All hrough the d:.y there was giving iway and a rally following, but each iour the Senator was weaker. Nevei 'or a moment did he loose conscious VIrs, out retained his clearnesz o ind and accepted the conditiou that je would live only a few hours. Ali he memb'rs of his family were with iim this afternoon. Gradually he tre weaker, but he calmly a.7aised he er d, rerer evincing any nervous iess or fea- of is impending fate. Ce iow sobs o! wife and chiidren whc toca around his bedside echo-d tWe :ra heavy breathiuw of the suiLLrer. Iis ibreathing grew slower, and witb iis gze restiog on his loved wife, at 0 miiutes ater 5 o'clock, the weary, iatient suffer was at rest The solemn uliing of the city alarm bell au >ounced the death of S--nator Earle. n a short time all the stores of to ity were clos, d ana citiztias were aurrniur the death of tivt most dis iLguish-ed citizen of Greenville. Nc rrangements have yet been made for he fuieral. The time will probably 24de to meet the convenience ol C uzualGongressional committee. Judge Earle was br-rn of highly ionwrable par3vtsin f4reenville coun on An:il 30. 1847. His father, lias D. Earle of Greenville, was a >rcminent lawyer, and at one time ied the offce of superintendent of ubiei works of the State. Judge Erie's fatber married Susan C. 1avnesworth, of Sumter county, in .83 They had eight chiidreu, f rhom Judge Earle was the youngest. Is -ary education was received in .e zca:emy of Su3ter. Iaimediste y upon leaving tne academy he hast 'ned to join the ranks of the Confed :rte army. In July, 186,-at the ag > 17 he enlisted as a private in Jharies's battery of light artiliery, at he close of the war a part of Kemper's irtiliery. Though a mere lad Judge Bath did his -ehole duty as a soldier. At the cose of the war Jud'e E '.le -turned home and entered Fu.mar irers'.ty, where he gradaated in [867. Lihe o~t Su:.hern people ;he %dily of Juage EArle were im pover Shed by the war, s3 young Earle hac .o mahe his own way in life. He ~hose law as his profession, but beins oo poor to study it independe':tly he .augl't school by day and studied lavw it ight. In April, 1S70, he w as ex iined for the bar by Jucge Jamnes L ).r, afterwards *.inister to Rnssia. is examination being highly satis acory be w"as admitted, ani beaar n practice of his profession at An ~erson, where he remained until 1875. ~e then rem'oved to Sater, S. C. se a im:er Judge Earle soon distin utished birnself, and had fe-; superi rs in Saath Catrolina; of strikirng ap yearance, great elcq..ence and con iincieg reasoning h'. was almost ri fincible. Add to this a charaste .ithout blemish, and one can readlily ee th.t Lte deserved success. His ster ing qualiis soon attract'd attention id marked him as a leader of men. In 187S he was called by the p.'ople o represent them in the Lgislature, iimd for four years he was a useful and role member of that body. His lofty rinciphs, his fearless discharge 0f intv, his great sincerity won for hi-n i ost of friends and admirers. Het ierlined re ekction to the Ho~use iu [8S0, but, was eleted Senator fram umter county County in 1882. Het it ornce became tue foremost chiamfpiot if manv needed reforms. Com,,eting s term t.s Senator in 1886, he 'was -lsred Attorney General and for tec era s filled that responsible position qith signal ability. Souta Carolizi os had many <mmnent men in ever) wi..s of t he or idas Attorney Generats, ut Judge Earie won more cases tnas v yAttor'ey. neral Soj Caroli -vr had. 'Wuea. he accepted the of ice he knew the duties were arduus t e iabors of a" Attorney General ic Suth Carolina hav- niever been ligbt, at Juodge Erle, sacritli:e h~s pri rate pracice, de voted his tiaXm ti hin lee, b~Aeving that as he took tht ;eition and sc-:erted the reanuw-ra in he was in du'y bou:d toi o v, hi ersnal atteilou to. every case taal ~ae in lis oic With Lenat de icate s--se o& homoy *hich tas bee ni.-aif coaracterim r gut OS ie nle r ee his ea n.:ena-.ud as a trn,t fund, r'-tura m* or t to the S&aa rresrer . expe'.ditures wvce n.ade by hi: e\-pV varrAn.td by 1. v, and Lhet n inm c~ses of gr-ot necessty. He v.'eed so straineu enhstructionf 0. - a t e rjis osqa mfl)ey anc xp-wnd the mouey of the peopleC. ?E *'. elil-e meant a 1,unne trust. h< 3.-s-ral cotvered with new laurel-. anL usiied to tue I Ma-st extent the est: n1A i placed up.aa by his :nost par !'L ri-ns In 1680 he had uie ho~no regnsug his pivty in the n naf DX acratte convc :mion at Cin amnati. ~maiu, in~ 18S4, ne went us deh gate to the nanonal ecnre;mie and-e %a seeced as a memuber of ti acenniatee to notif' Mr. Cles'e-'nd l nominati as .c P-resdat. In18 Sovernor. He (a mut t tsucot of Govrnr Rich~rdsn h as a cadidate for re-election I was 'teEed a .ig ..onor atfid a Lerri ble temn a.to but J-- Erl p?'re Lrred t'o kee'- his charac ertuotarnish 0d, so be kep t his word and decline.. e~o accent the nomination. Fe 7 met have hld suen a temptation, and :ea er still nave resisted iL. In 18tU Caot. Tilman assailed with reo 'mitteness thea dministration 02 which General Earle was a member and though he had scant hope of sue cess he tholight it was !1is duty to g< before the people and rau!" the grai chargs made by Captotin Tilman, s< Pe Clanvssed the State, and ina turi iTiliman fcued a foeman worthy o Ihis steel. He was unsucessful, bu his able speeches and manlv bearinc wou him many frieuds. Though de feated he accep:ed it cheerfully, au acquiescEd gracefully in the will o Ithe majority of the people ot his State Judze Earle thea rcLurned to Green ville, the home of bis boyhood, anc opened his law office, deteranining t< devote his entire attention to the prac tice of his profession. Vihen he la asked to adrise the people he tol ithem to cease their quarrel. end thei: bitter contentions and obliterate fac tional liOes. For 'his advice he wa: much criticised. However, he was ; man of his conv-tions, and he ha( the coura!e to stand for what h thoughat 1as the good of his State His broad patriotism and good jadg ment was appreciated, and in 1^92 ho was el cted Judge of the Eighth Cir cuit by a Reform Legislature. As i judze he added new lustre to th, bench of South Carolina. His pro found knowledge of law. his grea courtesy, his impartiality and rigid ad herence to the law as he found it writ ten won for him the reutation of be ing one of the greatest Judges Sout Carolina ever had Nothing is so fickle as mankind nothing- so unstabie. The man wh< was defeated for Governor of Sout! 'Carolina in 189 by the peope 1South Carol.na was nominated by general Democ-atic primary electio: in August, 1896, after a heated can vass, to repres-nt theml in tht- Senat chamber in Washington. His oppo nents in the race were Govern -r Jour Gary E7ans and Mr. John T. Dancin He was duly lected by the Legisia ture at its ensu.ug s-Ssi, Witno: opposition. Iu early life Ju;dee E lr b racce'ed the Bapi-t creed as the st:d ard .f his life. He honestly endtav uretd to measure up to it. He took hi reigion in his every walk of life Free from foul, coa:n speeca hu con versations wculd nev-r give offense 1< a wowran or a word ne Lijight s_ 'cause a ousa. Hii miauners, wil courteous, were ratner ;-umt.re. Hi ideas of maniod were hiL- ana < ilived up to them Jadle E rl wa married May 19 1869, to his cousin Miss Anna Ml. Eide, a most -act ive and interestinu womaa. To t have reen born nine enildren. TL Caristian names of tnose survivinw are Bavlis H., John H. Eieanor M Luci P.I, Anna C , Jjse.? H., Lilliaz and Wilton. His domestic life wa iexemplarv. He was a cevoted hu bavd and akina and indu!gcnt faiher BIWARE THE COTTON TRUST. Words of Warning to t;s Farmors of tb South. TL "p-ospectus" of the young cot ton trust now known to fame un der the mild and innocuous title, t lAmerican Cotton Company, is ver; iclevery written up in 'TexLile Am rica.' It holds forth glowing prom ises to the cottou gro vers; of the Sout and southwEst, and talks very glil; of doing away wita "the present crud jand watful metho.s c? co~ton bdJ ing,"of "substituting thenefore a pscet age which is expected to save a tots of $30,000,000 yearly," and Jf "divid ing this saving between the growex -the transporter and the spin'ar. wit. th'e advantage on thte side of thz grwr" John E. Seale3, treasure of the sugar trust who is now awvait ing tria in Washingto for: conte:.cp of the Se~nate~ in re,'using to tell thb !amouut of tho corrupdon~ fund sup p1 ed by the trs in tne last presiden tial c' tnpaiga- this man Searlesi thle rie ident of the cotton trust a. cotton rowers will do wzll to b wary o: m He is not the sort of in dividual w'ho is prcone to zive awa: the iion's share of $3) 000,u03 year!; ~to connding cotton i:ro wers, and who his agernts come through the Soutr The Register hopes that i~he planter; will thinc: twice before plating them Iselves in the power of a trust which once its grip is fastened on them, wi] squeeze them to the las. available ceu without the shadow of redress beini open to them. Textile America says that "a goc< jdeal has been writtea ab:Jut the ne e ~cylindr'ical bale, but no menxtion ha been made of tue fact that the pisrm of the compa~y mean, in their ulhima' ou't .:orking, nothing short of a siuel cntrol in the basiuess of mnoving th crop iii m: pimation to nill. Tha lis the point! The cylinc'rcal bali a jan ec'noi;: proporition, is Loodb vocnd a doubtiaad so are th teare: jof "coveri s". "e[asnct->u atn I paraa tee" t bat acm 'iuy it ; ou :he ausst:On at~ issue, so far as. tse cat ton G:rower is concernd. d is not ir wasteful manner of :e~dii- " oon, but the real and ac"t'ud beent tua. I ill accrue fron t'ee- ecO' nies ti t he saut e:-a far ie-. Searies i- goota as say ing: -Tue preeu tende..:y c cOMmce to r'-en ifi h'bes: eco you call tte -trust'ruover nnt is bouta o it-cre~ase ou 2:1s Ali a~"temp' .o eck it onIl' serve- to acieler,:'e lIf his bol 'eclaraio b- uuen: :-w n grm --r-, tc je i. Liie i *fit LO,- er rWat o- mi it tru -enc t3 rs, "s~ c*tr ':: tu e stu~ patan ph e w.:t' 0 difr-c ~ redress is thre sie ''e rar.'r! T e'hom can - si is cotta Xrie 't. rust stradd'-s the- co.en prdu n: -;~&cq" me iare a in 1: ..n csI ar in it~e tore it. cnfo instrnc and t) co:-.c fame is one wh wil . *for i:" whea ''Led'ed miiis i" the- cotP' t;a b", not fur the' c"t on gros nd in piof the inflw a 'ug o his ne~w cob:a~ ~i; out The. ie:ister advises the sout' fa-rmner to read up on the histery c .rum~s in general, to note who inv'a Iably gets the "shoirer'i d' f su eu. - rpriset--nd then to Zsiak well am longbarelisiesinzg to the tire: perns of Sre1u his feil' REVELATIONS RE:3RDING CUBA. The Shamefai Way Americans Have Been Treatfd There. j The truth abo~ut Cuba is beginning to leak out of the archives of the de partment of state, where two adminis trations mortgaged to the money pow er have so long guarded it from the people for whom it was gathered and to whcm it rightly belonged. We W have had mauy facts from an unfet terable press which has burst through the cordcns of Weyler, but from the agents of thc government itself sent to t Cuba to guara American interests and t protect American citizens, but little ] has been pErrnitted to reach the Amer ican people. Their news has been suppressed, and the country has been trea e1 with duplicity. ( Cl1 it "unsafe," "jingo" or what the.y will, thauk Gad. we have an ecn senate! Only by its per sistence, only by its untiring solici tude for national honor, humatity and right have vital facts been drawn from the Spanish calaboose which two administrations have made of the state department. Tne other day the t senate brought out the fact that hun dreds of American citizens had been driven from their homes by Weyler and penned up in cities to be slo;vly starved to death. Yesterday new rev elations were made. The first of these was that the same I Secretary Olney who with his chief irsisted last December that the Cuban icause was not in the ascendant; who later insulted congress with the state ment that any action it might take as to Cuba would be ignored by the Pres ident-that this same Secretary Olney notined Spain a year ago that -nopes t Iof the termination of the isurrection had been cimDete!y destroyed," that it was -aininz in men and arms and Vss "ro.-e formidable taan ever That was ha statement to Spain. H 2 took good cai < that the American po ple should know, through the govern ment, nothing of the truth. The next revelaion vas that thir teen mouths ago the Cleveland gov ernment proposed me iation to Spain, and received in reply the statemnt that only absolute sub nission by theI Cubans could b- entertaiued. Tna-. vw-s in April-yet in the Decemcr fodio'wing we E .d President Clevelan tryin to humbug the America peo pie tith talk of peace through media tion A third revelation was that all the ! ciaims, amounting to milliors, made a by American citiz-ns for th-: destruc . tion of their property in Caba had - been flatly rej2c:ed by Scain. Yet we have seeni the Cleveland adMinistra tion and its followers insisting that we raust no: aid or comfor, the Cabans les3. Spain should refuse tc pay tuese war claims: But worst of all the fact- dragged to lh,. is that President M::Kinlev him self, with his secretary of state, en .j-red the com-nittee of icquiriz e senatos not to reveal the names' and j iccaions of the Americaa consu's fur i nishinQ infornaticn of the Cuban sit uation lest they should be "massa cred !" This is what we call toe greAt i est and strongest country in the world; we have a nevy far stronger that Spain's and resources utterly be yond comiparison whor her; w- could -drive the Spanish army out of Cuba in -ja month and smash every seaboard' city of Spain into powder-yet we -!must whiacer our information of Cu ban conilitions and give it out anony-j -mously, lest the Spanish in the island 2slaughter our agents who gave it: And the President, the man who has this great pow.er or arms at his cor mano, who has a ship for every con-: sular agent in Cuba, ready all to go there and protect them. is the imposer of this most shameful condition of - owardly secrecy! There are men- and papers that pro test atgainst our rec-:gnizin~g the exist eiice of a war that has lasted t-vo a'd a half years, for fear that our admis sion of this trush will cause banikrupt 1 and impotent Spain to attack us; thee SIare men and papers that protest even j. against our sending food to our starv SIing fello w-citizens in Cuba, lest Spain make that a casus belli; but if the American congress and people can sjtana this outcropping of pusillanimi ty at the white~ House they are sunk, SI for all their power, to a s winish ievel a'orooriate to tne Spanisa concep iti-on of themn.-Columbhia St~ate. sf AN ARMISTICE ORDERED. Beginning or the End of the War Between 'Y( Adispatch from Constantinople says there was a sudden and unex 3ocad charge in the politic::.I situa-1 tion shortly before noon Monday. Rusrsia quietly showed her hanid and - hereby forced Germany and Turkey out of the game, to all intents and purposes. Monday night and early :by Germany, was pra'tically def~ying i Russia, Fran~ce, Austria, Great Britain I and Ity itsiniag uporn the ar;xa -'tion of Th isay in adtion to bugt wvar indemnnity, ard semingly wasj i dete rmnd to' mxarch upon A4n. SThe ministers r- ceived 'Ihicia ad - -toe-rs h:ad been issued or t p rial moi bizui. of' the Bairian army pos-ibly'; at tLe inS'bI:'uo of -.' Rusia. Tn-re was -i huri- -onsul toim of Tthees~ Cue~ varopar: cod- pseliie couasels se'ed to han ere~i'a teirapuse i to E flae Psy - -o t-' cease' iIQ-Wi e. e *-eace LagJi~'s winob uid1rt.aken ireal esas andt 'ises wdl most likely be s""'rd - B *uruair humi'ion. IT tr u thtte en~r made a dir c' -aggra a hosti!!.-s and arrang ana' . a d thi ccoped ein& 7 -"ost serious re'sus wou '--i -e r; uant atitude,' brough auom &h-- prs LCfo fcreig' a' -irs, c. uon~ the , -oe ofL the d iX-le COrps, -t-a-ron : ve Gie.-:ws aLL~:rnco'2, to c'Jnve - . the -' feinroistes the salm~ i iatrran-ge ant armiance. ] s ' vbetre thaLt thae termrs of pe i.e -'a' wii.ne 1ae direcdy between I i Turker and Gr ece. of tui andi lu b-:ds. resectiv'ly, to be I e rected near the YEdiz Kiosk~ in or-der . .to enable hira to visit the Turkish( rslcier WQO tave b.an roundedn in Sthe camnaign ag-inast the Greeks. 1 CARING FOR OUR DEAD. iP.AVES OF CONFEDERATES DECORA TED BY UN!ON SOLDIERS. kn Appeal1 to the South to Asaist in the Noble Work-A Touching Tribute From Men Who Wore the Bine. The following letter which have ust been published explains them elves: 'o all Camps and Comrades: Your special and immediate atten ion is called to the fraternal and pa riotic circular from Col. Wn. H. Enauss, of Columbus, 0., in regard to he second annual decoration of the !raves of the Confederate heroes who lied in prison at Camp Chase, near )olumbus, 0., and answer from these leadqu-rters, of date April 27, which .re self explanatory. The adjutant general of Ohio, in his -epcrt of 1S6',said: "The burial places if the unfcetunate dead are entirely Leglected and are overgrown with reeds and briars. Some care should te bestowed on these cemeteries, and hat at an early day, as otherwise they 7ill soon be entirely obliterated and orgotten. The bitterest enmityshould top at the edge of the grave, but the ondition of these burial places would ndicate that such is not always the ase."7 As explained by Col. Knauss, the ;nited States government bought the emetery, and through the help of ex resident Ratherford B. Hayes, while ,overnor of Ooio, Gov. J. B. Foraker nd Mr. Briggs, it was cleared up, 3red for and the graves marked with ieadsones, and a stone wall fence uiit around the ptot, trees planted mnd last year Col Knauss, at his own Xzense, niad 2,200 Confederate graves kcorated, with appropriate speeches .nd exercises befitting the occasion, nd propOses to do the same again on u-e 5 next. To assist in this he asks contribu ions from such as feel able to give, ad any balance left over will be gent in repairing the walls and ~rounds. It is also to be hoped that this noble Ppeal will fiadi a response from a suf ice.t number of our camps to enable ol. Knaass to decorate these Confed rate graves upon northern soil credi aoly, on the 5. day of June, and eave a sam sufficient to repair the va'ls and pat the grounds in perfect >rder. He writes that seven southern fami les wrote to him last year, aking if :eriain relatives were buried there, ed in e:.ch case he gave them the lates of deatfi, number of the grave, :cmpany and regiment. He hopes aere will b- a response sufficient to ix up the place permanently. Please place the matter before the :smps and all comrades as soon as re teiv.cd, and alsa ask for outside con ributions, as iL is houed and believed :harttris pathetic, non-sectional, patri nic and holy ! ppeal. to care for the traves of "Our Dead," by our former oes, purided through the crucible of var and carnage or battle into brave, nagnanimous, noble and "G-eat Ame 'icans," will meet witm subsmatial tnd immediate response in the south. As already stated, it is our sacred lat, and the dictates cf honor require ;hat we. the living, shall keep green her memory and graves of those of y eroes whose arms are nerveless ?nd .-hose families many of them, are aelpless ; who are sleeping so far away ~rom home and kindred. Co.ntrib:itis should be sent in imn nediately, as the money will be need d by or before June 1st, and can be ent to these headquarters, for which -ecapnt will be given, and report of he na-nes of the generous contribu ors a'nd amounts will be made to the ashille reuniton, printed in news apers and -irculated amongst dele rstes; or contributions can be sent to 301. Wra. HI. Knauss, 31) North High treet, (CMumnbus, 0. Camps near Jolumbus, 0., will also please send lowers on June :3d and 4th to Col. Eus~ss, express charges prepaid here is scarcely a doubt but that the genero~us ex press companies will carry easonable gaantities free. By order of J. B. Gordon, General Commanding. George M'oormaan, Al iutant General and Chief of Staff. (Official.) Yocng Pbyuicians. The State Board of Medical Exami 2ers met in Columbia last week 'or the purpose of examining the ap >licants for licenses to practice meai oine in the State. The number of ap pl.at a nuulylre Among ere three ne-o men and all the ahni~s were wnite m'n. The following s thme comnplete list of the applicants: James Hf-nry Moore. Oconee; Jas. Davidson MoD, sell. Clarendon; Ar aur WV Br'aning, Or-ange burg; Sid 2'y G S-i rat:, Gatfiney ; Douglass Flame--, Nortn Carolina; William L-e. d3i1. Union; R Muldrow Mont -aery. Mloatmornery, Ga ; John W'l~am B-a-soa, Woodruff; Henry axnets A~xxeder. York; William iare S:*-ns, Chiester; Theo. M. Thel ;ck, Ceiarlestoo ; He~rry Hastings E-mana. Aireu: Tnoroas Hill Eiis ? r ks 1 h.- He .ry Erl:eck. Charles on; Lys.: B Johnasoa, Kingstree; h n 'ard Po)r, Bs!tou; Henry Walis'm1 D:Su-sure, Jr., Charleston; \s n F.R ca~rdson. Piedmont; Hen Per Jacano, Chiarieston; David B3 ei. Ge-oeten:f B G Willis, rO ar vi Wi!!iam J. Burdell, dee:C a J a Searcla. Co a u~ Wa eiT~sad, Ander L a Grv Sen'aca; Lucian S3. Br:- Csrn Anthony A. ao d . o-rt; J-ome N. Holmes, u iid . yrd L. Harris, Dar -: ' Cla, Doyle, Oconee; tiwu .a ruel dutchinson, Ander on ;M i- . .r(kland, Anderson; a . re't, Rt'hmond county, K. 'C. T :a Theodore Mcinin, \rm N C.;Ro.ert B Day. Eas ** : uiu . ?Lisonm, Marlooro; Al 0n D. Leivs, tiorry; Theron Earle anuir::hatu. Gre-r s: Benjamin An o y Daiis. Ne aberry; Montague Pam VWittkowsky. Camden; Eu wa"s 1. Jorno, Criarlestoni; Wallace at1a .i.hai 1K. Mazy ck, Charles on: X Wi:1; \\ston, Jr., Columbia; ee Becj.anin Clark, Atlanta, Ga., 'Jx M. Brasfod. Char'kston; C. R. 1r L. K-ane. T'roy ; Waulace -I Nardi Jr. Ai&ersOa; William . Hiayne, Betn A.~ Wells Co'nnor, )rangeburg; M. J. Haselden, Wil asbarg and .. Hlayne, Charles