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CAMDEN, S. C4 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1893 * I & to liev irri Will ;uni trm&n ig this I may llfL 'mofley, Ito relief iks." fcUORS. sing the for the led to let through points, m dia l of Beau misitiona on sea diapensa )ISTRICT. ay receiv good many w Island ation also, wing message Barnwell, of committee: malaw Island id. Have $75 lipped imraedi ;d as good man >ute. Draw on after ship as possible whiskey to of this city following self ugtaters of Colum t hanks to Mr. D. and to all th^ Bicycle Club and to friends who without ted so generously ucce?ful the bicycle Labor Day. They \j acknowledge their Mr. Fred Swaffield c and untiring efforts to Mr. Avery for a pendant; to Miss Mc . Reidinger for prizes Sters. Squire, Bollinger lor services rendered, press of the city fcfr liberal isome sum of one hoiidred j realized which will be | ibuted between the suffer- j coast and the Columbia j The King's Daughters ? express their gratitude to | erburk for transporting ! ibutions for the coast sufler exprese office. response to their appeal for the sorely stricken people of has been most hearty. They jit the good work ao well begun b Name" may be continued. further contributions should it to Mrs. S. Reed Stoney, .145 street." K a meeting of Palmetto Lodge, Ependent Order Odd Fellows held j f night, a donation of $10 was Ed to the coast sufferers. When it Efrnsidered that there is not an Odd flpk>$sModge in the wole of the de Ked section' the contribution, mall Bit is," carries with it the significance Eat the Odd Fellows are charitable pothers besides members of the order. I THE RED CBOQg READY TO COME. f A pre? dispatch received from1 last night says: "Clara B&rtoDfUJthe widely known president oifw* 'American Ked Cross Society, ference this morning with atler, in which she offered Ices in connection* with the Berers on the South Carolina Senator Bufc&r telegraphed Tillman of the offer, and j pernor replied there was no hem now, but if the services ! i Cross should be needed, he glad to avail himself of the j lias Barton." * ply has been received as yet layor Ficken, of Charleston, selection and formation of ntral reliei committee to be id in Charleston. Mayor Ficken i to come in person today, executive ^relief fund was iu 9omewhai ^yesterday by $$ V. P. Claytde and $8 from James, the intendant of Chester, the third he has made. L R. J. Hubbard of Cazenovia, York, a winter resident of Colom when he read tbe: story of the Jtoble in his New York office at once fote out a check for $25, so a Colum an who was with him says. Master John Watiea Thomas, a son John P. Thomas, Jr., has gone ioog his friends, and by earnest rorfc raised $12 which he forwarded resfcerday. Dr. Girardeau yesterday sent $li ?as a contribution to the Governor. CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARTIES HAVING INTERESTS. The State Board Willing to do all that They legally Can to Grant the Relief Aske?l? The Companies are Anxtoas lto Know Upon What Baai* They ?? May Rename. . Shall the phosphate royalty be re duced? That is the question which the Phos phate Commission will have to decide, and the river miners are pressing for ac immediate decision. : \ esfcerd ay morning Messrs. Moses Lopez, A. T. Smythe/H. A. Smith, F. C. Brotherhood and other phosphate miners, held a long conference with, Governor Tillman, who is,' ex ojficio chairman of the Phosphate Commis sion. Attorney General Townsend, another member of the Commission, was also present Phosphate Inspec tor Jones was present during a large part of the consultation. ? These miners explained to Governor Tillman the condition of the river phosphate industry, wfoch was prac tically ruined by the Cyclone of August 27th. ' - j The wharves, warehouses and dry ing sheds of the phosphate companies and their dredges, lighters and tug boats were morr or less damaged by the wind and waves. It will require a great expenditure to repair the dam age. For several weeks or months the Carolina companies will be practi cally excluded from the markets of the world, while the work of repairs is go ingon. During this time the Florida companies, already dangerous competi tors of the 8outh^arolina companies, will be pushing their rock in the mar kets of the world. The Carolina miners claim that it will be impossible for tfiem to repair their plants and again compete with the -Florid a companies, unless the State reduces the royalty on rock. They claim that the royalty should be made fiftyeents per ton for a year or more. The Phosphate Commission is will ing to do whatever is right in the mat ter. It will meet in Beaufort next Fri day, inspect the phosphate territorry and take some action upon the request of the miners. 4 The refundment Act passed at the last session of the Legislature, provides that seventy-five thousand dollars of the phosphate royalty shall be set' aside annually as a sinking fund Sot tfte redemption of $e new 4^ per cent, bonds. No reduction of royalty can be made which wilrlower the aggre- i aate receipts from this source below this sum. The phosphate year ends on the first of September. The year just ended was a>henom- j enal year in the phosphate business. The State received royalty on nearly 250,000 tons of rock. When the year started the miners had on .hand about 100,000 tons, when it closed they had but 40$00 tons on hand. loyalty were received on as many ton^ of rock this year the State could aktod the reduction jfeked for. The miners want the matter settled at once, for each day's delay affects their business adversely. . Marion, Sept. 4 . ? The coroner's jury viewed the body of W. A. At kinson, who was killed yesterday bv D R- bmith, near Pee Dee bridge, 'this county, and adjourned until tomorrow when witnesses will be examined. A postmortem examination was m>de on the body of Atkinson. Sixty odd shot wounds were found. Several large shot penetrated the heart and [ brain. i waa.t#ten his home at Smith a mills,, several miles below I here, where a is reported he lies in a l OTteUcowiibon. Smith was shot in the stomach and the abdomen with sqoinel shot The difficnl;v ^ ! out of a dispote about timber lands. Shot by A Priaonef. ? Jackson, Tenn., Sept 8.? Sheriff A. A* Brooks was shot by John Wil liams, alia* John Teer, & negro pris-v ner in the couty jail, and there is scarcely any hope that he will live. Armed men followed quickly after the prisoner, but he escaped to the Forked Deer River swamp. Mount ed men are scouring the bottoms and guarding all the raujs, and it ia- prob able that the negro 'wii be captored and hanged. SENATOR MORGAN'S PLAN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE Fl * NANCIAL PROBLEM. Tbe Alabama Statesman Elucidates JPlan, But the Senate Don't Seem Imposed to Take Kind -v iy to the Idea. , WAsHisofoN, Sept. 8.? In the Sen ate today, among the bills introduced and referred was one by Cullom to re peal all acts providing for the creation or maiatainauce of the sinking fund. The committee on privileges and electiocs reported in favor of allowing to the claimants from Montana, Wash ington and Wyoming (under appoint ment from the Governors) 82,500 each. Referred to the . committee on contingent expenses. The resolution offered^esterday by Voorhees lor th^ailjafeeting of the j Senate at 11 a. ig-iraraid before the Senate by the Vice President. Voorhees said that he desired to make a brief statement "After a full and careful consultation with the i friends of the repeal bill on his^ ride the cham|>er," said he, "in whose judgment I have" been accustomed toj confide, and whose wishes I cannot disregard, 1 will ask that this resolu tion go over for the present, believing j that if we occupy.the time of the Sen ate carefully and conscientiously, we would make as much ppeed, perhaps, as bfr its adoption, until at least a later day." ? The resolution offered yesterday by Morgan for the appointment of a joint select committee on finance was next laid before the Senate by the presi4 injfoflicer. t Voorhees suggested that the resolu tion ycould not be adopted without its reference to the finance committee; and he moved to proceed with the con Sderation of the bill to repeal the Sherman act. * j Morgan notified the Senator from Indiana that hecould wait for his bill until 2 o'clock. Voorhees.? While that is true, the Senator from Alabama, with exceed ing delicacy, takes two Senators from the floor ? the Senator from Navada (Steward), who wishes to ccuclude his speech, and the Senator from Texas (Mills), who has given notice of his intention to address the Senate, That is all I wish to say. Stewart (in an undertone and with a smile)? Oh, I will pardon him. ' Morgan? I will btfyntirely delicate and ropestful to ever* Senator when he is in o rder? and I m in order now ? and no Senator has|L right to the floor to supersede the ijeolution which the Vice President has laid before the body/ I am not guilty of any indeli cacy in asserting my rights under the rules of the Senate. The Senator from Indiana has given notioe of a motion to refer this resolution to the finance committee. If this proposed join* se lect committee were not expressly in tended to supersede the functions ot the finance committee in both "houses, thai would be a very proper motion; but I do not expect that the Senator will refer to the finance committee a measure which has for iffc purpose to supplement the powers of that com mittee. The actions ,of that commit tee, up to this time, have not been in conformity with, and do not entirely or properly cover the condition or ne cessities of the country. Mr. Morgan went on to make a long speech. He had offered the reso- ^ lution, he saidr^ni his own concep tion of the situation. There was no human being responsible for it but himself. An attempt had been made to cure a great breadth of the^ finan cial trouble and evils and difficulties in the United States by the adminis tration o? a certain nostrum^) cure a particular part of a complaint which the people vof the United States recog nized as being a very serious one and presenting a great many different as pects. There was a great diversity of opinion as to what should take place after the repeal of the Sherman law; and the object of his resolution was to put the matter in the hands of a joint sriect committee, to determine what should be done in the event of the Senate's concurring with the house in the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. Would anybody undertake to say that there was no necessity for further legislation after the Sherman act was repealed? Hail any one hinted that that repeal was to be a cure of the financial difficulties of the people of the United States? Was it proposed to do anything more than to give a mere respite until the country could right itself, or until the legislation of Congress oould be ma tured to bring the country rigiit? No one had suggested as yet that that particular remedy was going to re lieve the country of all the great evils that it was experiencing, and, had been experiencing for the last two months, or for the last year. There fore it was neofssary not only to. meet public expectation, but to perform the duty devolving on Senators, to take a broad and general view of all the dif ficulties suggested in relation to the financial and monetary situation of the United States. It was necpssary i that a joiut select committee should I investigate, fully and completely, the ! whole subject; and when it , under ? stands it, bring forward one bill or sev i eral bills foY the purpose of rectifying ? the trouble. 'J - Morgan said he wanted an investi gation of the whole subject He wanted the country to be informed. I He ha\} no particular pet measure of i his owir, and was influenced by no nsiderations. He was not willing to vote for any thanked Almighty God. System or measure that would make the people secure henceforth against such outrages and wrongs. He cared not whether the measure was to be a Republican, a Democratic or a Populist measure. It made no differ ent? provided only that it would bring relief to the people (in accor dance with the Constitution), which they had a right to expect at the hands of Congress He was not going to be illiberal. He was not going to inquire whether somebody outside of the Senate chamber wanted it done, or did not want it done. He was not going to ask of persons withouflegisla tive powers to form a joint commis sion or , to investigate the question,' He felt the necessity of broad/ catho* lie, orthodox action in regard^ to finance.; If the Senate wanted to take the tax off the State banks, and if 'that wan the judgment of Congress-, as being one of the btest remedies, let that be done. If Congresa wanted tp remonetize silver as a means of restor | ing confidence and giving a basi?*? credit and redemption, let that be done. If Congress wanted to strike silver to death, let that be done. But, said he, -let us hold the reins over our own institutions and 'our ' establish ments. * Let* America furnish to Americans the proper currency for circulation. Let us not be dependent, in regard to our currency on Great Britain, Germany or France. ^ C xWhen Morgan resumed his se?t, the clock showed > the hour to be 10 minutes before 2. No Senator made "a sign of desiring to occupy the inter val of ten minutes, after which it would be the duty of the Vice-Presi dent to lay the repeaj^bill before the Senate as the Itmfimahed business. After a short pause, Voorhees sug gested that the resolution should go to the calendar and the Senate should now proceed with the repeal bill That suggestion- met with opposition ctfi the parf ofJtf organ and Harris. V Vporhees moved to tdfce np the te j?eai; bill. The motion was agreed to ? yeas 37, nays 21 ? aa follows: Yeas ? Allison, Blackbtfrn, Brice, Caffery, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Faulkner, Frye, GalHnger, Gibson, Gorman, Hale, Hawley, . Higgins, Hoar, Hunton, Lindsay, McMillan, McPherson, Manderson, / Mitchell (Oregon), Palmer, Pasco, Pettigrew, Piatt, Quay, Ransom, Sherman, Smith, Stockbridge, .Vest, Vifcs, Voorhees, Washburn and White (ia.) ? 37. Nays ? Allen^ Bate, Berry, Coke, Dubois, Haoajbrough, Harris, Irby, Jones (Ark.), Jones ($ev.), Morgan, Feffer, Perkins, Power, Pugb, Shoup, Squires, Steward, Teller, Walthall and Walcott? 21. J The bill having been laid before the Senate, inquiry was made by Harris whether it had been because of the vote just taken or because it was the unfinished business. j . - j "The vote will help some," said Voorhees. : . j The^ice-Pfesident ruled that the bill was before the Senate by virtue of its being unfinished business as well as by -virtue of jjre vote just taken. Stewart took the floor and continued his speech of yesterday, resuming it at the point where he had left off? the inconsistency of the New York papers in now urging immediate action on the repeal bill without further debate, while in January, 1891, they had be rated Republican Senators for their position^on the force bill and for favoring cloture. This difference of position he ascribed to the fact that ?two years ago there was "no money at stake," wiiile now the New York papers were "obeying the mandates of the money power and seeking xto wrench from the people their rights under the Constitution. After spending an hour On this sub f* ct, Stewart paused - for a rest, and eller came to his aid by suggesting the absence of a quorum. The roll was called, and a majority of Senators trooping in from the cloak roam, fifty-nine Senators answered, and Stewart proceeded. ^ Stewart was still occupying the flcor, and; showing no symptom of bringing his speech to a close, when, at 5 p. m., Voorhees (his patience ap parently exhausted) asked ' him whether he wished to continue his re marks this evening. The reply was that he hoped to be excused, and Mr. Voorhees said that with the Senator's permission he would move to proceed to executive business. The motion was agreed to; and after a short executive session, J.he Senate, at 5:15, adjourned until "^tomorrow at noon. GOING SLOWLY. ? r The Policy of the Repeal Lea<l?*r? in the Senate J . ; ' 'P Washington. Sept. 6. ? Secretary Carlisle was at the Capitol today and had quite a conference with somei oi the leaders of tfce House, after whibh he went to the Senate and had a long talk with Chairman Voorhees of the finance committee. It was after Mr. Carlisle had conferred with a number of Senators that the conclusion,1 was leached thai; it would be well not to jtash the resolution providing for the change of the hoar of meeting to 1 1 o'clock, for the reason that such action might be construed as a J desire on the part of those friendly to the re peal bill to press it too hard. It has been said that it was decided to bring the repeal bill to a vote on the 18th of this month, but Voorhees denies that there has been any discus sion upon that proposition or that any day has ever been suggested. It is known, however, that just as soon as the leaders on the administration side belieye that legitimate debate has been exhausted, and that discussion has degenerated into a species of ora torical filibustering, they will endeav or to force a jvote,^j**ing a reeolu iion<?roviding for continuous sessions of the senate, dayrand niight, until a vote is reached. I The silver men, however, met this program with one of their own, which even thusWarly in the proceedings brings to the front the question of en durance. ^Fhey began it yesterdav, and kept it up today. It is simply . demanding ja call of the Senate and the attendance of a quorum whenever diring the debate on the past of the silver men|it becomes apparent there is no quoiatm present in the chamber. The actipn of the various commit tees, or rather their non-Action, indi cates that there is Jo be no general legislation , until repeal baji been acted upon. Every committee1 has before, it important bills bearing upon every conceivable subject, and vet, save a few bills for private relief, not are port has been made to the Senate. Thiaps ; understood to be in accor dance wi&tbe programme that noth ing shall be permitted to get in the way of the measure the Senate is now debating. : 'j j ji j . I A STAY FX BeproienUllve Knott* Presents His Objec / ' tioas Against It. S : !? Editob Register: I Bee from var ious quarters the Governor is -asked to convene the Legislature in extra ses sion lo pass a stay lawj As a mem ber of that body I feel called upon ttf express my objection to this ccgfroe and to give some of my reasons fo/ so cfcjectiug. j ' [ . I The Legislature could enact no law that etoild stay the band of the Feder al courts of jurisdiction in this State, and all citizens of this State who owe any citizen of any other State of this American Union any moneys could bring his suit or be sued in the United States Courts, and thus circumvent an legislative enactment o^Qiis State. - These cases are tn*fc|i in the Feder al courts by Article III. Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States. . Section 21 of the Constitution of South Carolina says, "no ex pod ja/^o law, nor any law impairing the obliga tion of contracts, shall ever be en acted," etc. If the Legislature should pass such a law it would both be ex pod fado, and a law impairing the obligation of contracts, and as such the courts would annul as unconstitu tional, and the people would only gain the satisfaction of having borne the expense of tty extra session to n^ advantage so fair as relief fftm this trouble is concerned. Besides being handcuffed by the courts, I can see that no material re lief would be gained by the citizens of the State. This apparent security would! cause many a man to spejid his money far something else that/he feels he is Compelled to have, and when the restraining statute has reached its statutory limitations he would be again helpless to meet his obligation. Again it would tend in my judgment to injure the creditable reputation of the State. Our banks and financiers of the State have a borrowing capacity com mensurate with the moral responsi bility of their patrons and when that is injured the power of the banks' and merchantile interest of the State to assist us have been proportionately curtailed. It would tend to throw the citizen too much off of his own energy and encourage him to lftik for assistance in foreign aid in time of distress. The moneyed men will not ruin good customers unless they are driven to it and compelled to levy to meet their own obligations. They very well know they will need them in fu ture. ' ' f The future presents a dark outlook now but I trust the cloud will ere long reveal "a silver trimming." I cannot see that, this' law would clear it away for F fear one of its greatest causes would be to becloud still darker the already dark sky by increasing . that want of confidence which is today one of the factors to be skillfully handled in the solution of our money troubles. D. J. Knotts. Swansea, S. C., Sept. 6, 1893. BETTER TIMES COMING. Many Industrial Establishment* Resuming Operations. Russelville, Ala., Sept 7- ? The Youtree ore mine and the Russelville coal mines, which snspended about two months ago, will resume opera tions next Monday on full time. About 2,000 men will be given em ployment The companies have con tracts enough ahead to run the mines night and day for six months. Troy, N. Y., Sept. 7.? The Troy city paper mill, after two months sduapension, resumed work today. Lowell, Mass., Sept 7. ? The Col lins mills of Collinsville started up with all hands at work yesterday after four weeks shut-down. . Newbury port, Mass., Sept. 7.? The Peabody mills started up this morning, with 400 hands. Alton 111., Sept. 7. ? The Illinois giass works are preparing.*? resume operations. Yesterday the first fires were started in one of the flint facto ries, and preparations are being made for the resumption of work throughout the plant. a Raleigh^. C., Sept 7. ? The To bacco Board of Trade of Durham, N. G., today resolved to open again the Durham tobacco warehouses for the sale of leaf tobacco, that have been closed for some time on account of the money stringency. TOLD AT THE CAPITAL p. TENTS TO BE SUPPLIED TO STORM SUFFERERS. The Tuattoa Wl Certificates of Deposit?Sec retary Qalncy^ Retirement? Certificate# of Deposit Liable. to Ten Per Cent. Tax Same aB State Banks- -Clear lag House Certificates May be *Also? Restoring Beacon c lights. Washington, Sept 7.? < Congress man T albert gave notice today of the introduction of a faili the object of which will be of interest to a great majority of the people* of South Caro linn He had the bill ready today and was about to introduce it, but ob jection was . made, f hich objection will dispose of it until after the adop- j tion of the rules. The bill is intended to fill the place | of the Statebanks of %rae, but beside this all who read it will recognise the sub- treasury plan in its terms which are aB follows: "Be it enacted, etc-- That upon the demand of any State of the United States expressed through any legally authorized officers ot said State the Secretary of the Treasury "be, and is hereby, authorized; and directed to jsBue notes of the government of like denomination as the treasurer's notes at present issued and in circulation, which notes shall be<4 legal tender ata their face . vahie. for alrdebts public and private and non-interest bearing, and an amount of .said notes, not to exceed thirty dollars per capita upon the population of such State, accord ing to the last census preceding the application, shall, upon application to the Secretary t of the Treasury, be issued to said State upon the condi tion hereinafter prescribed. ? Sec. 2. The State makinga demand, , in accord with the first section of this Act, shall deliver to the Secretary of the^Tressury the lawful bonds of said State to the full amount of govern ment notes demanded, and such bonds shall be taxable at the rate of one per cent per annum, said tax to be re covered into the United States Treas ury on otr before the 1st day of April I of each year by the proper State authorities; said bonds to fell due at the expiration of twenty years from their date, provkJfed that such State shall have the right at any time be fore such bonds falWue to turn over I the Secretary of thpTreasury the full amount ;or any part thereof ot government notes issued to such State, J or in lieu thereof sudt State may re deem and recover such bonds or any part of the amount thereof with law ful money of the United States, and when such bonds are recovered by the return of said note the Secretary ot the Treasury shall destroy said notes. Sec. 3. Each State to which said notes shall be issued shall make pro vision for the distribution of the same as it may deem best for the welfare of the inhabitants thereof. At the close of the session of the House yesterday about 40Q, general I bills, 1,500 private and fifteen joint resolutions were presented for refer ence to the proper committees. Among the most important are the following: By Wheeler of Alabama? Placing cotton "hagging or other materials I suitable for baling cotton on the free y Tucker of Virginia? Placing binding twine on the free list. By Pickler of South Dakota? Pro viding that no pension shall be stop ped or suspended until after a tull hearing and final determination by the Secretary of the Interior. Also, providing that no pehsione*?ffc>n the rolls shall receive less tlmn $6 per month. . By Simpson of Kansas ? Repealing the Act of 1873 which made the gold dollar the unit of value. By Robbins of Alabama? For the total repeal of the international I revenue laws. By Clarke of Alabama ? To pro vide for free delivery and collection of mails in rural districts. By McLaurin ofSouth Carolina ? A I joint resolution authorizing the issue of SI 25,000,000 of treasury notes under the Acts of 1 862? fi3. 1 By Martin of Indiana? To repeal the sugar bounty law. TENTS FOR STOIIM SUFFERERS. ? By direction of the' Secretary of War, three hundred hospital tents have been sent from the Quarter masters Department depot at St. Louis to the people left homeless through the ravages of the great hur ricane on the South Carolina coast Secretary Lamont is anxious to send subsistence as well, but found there were neither money nor st <?res avail able for this purpose. Kxpre (W Safe Rilled. Ak$ox, O., Sept 8. ? The office of j"ihe Adams Express Company was entered last evening at 7 o'clock du ring the absence of Agent Elliott and and the safe stripped of iU contents. The safe had been left 'with the Jtey lock only and contained $5,000 sent by the city to pay bonds and the re ceipts of the day amounting to SI, 000 Convicted of Man.ilnughter. . Camden, S. C., Sept 8. ? Thomas Watts, who has been on trial at Camden for the past two days charged with killing John Bethune, was con ! victed to-day of manslaughter. The j Judge will pass sentence to-eiorrow. COTTON CROP REPORT, j J Southern1 Mill, m Goo,! Condltk?-*oath Carolina Forging Ahw^i, The New Orleans cotton exchange report of the cotton crop of the past year was given out/in foil last Toes day. In additioanto the leading fig. urea telegraphed last Thursday night the report says that taking the *rer age for the entire year based on re turns from the Southern outports and largest interior feeders of overland routes, the value of the past commer cial crop has been about $42.50 per bale against $37.50 tor 18?J ?d 1892, an increase of $5 per bale1 and the total vaiue^of the crop $284j50. 5?S.^M12'000',w,\,,f Figures are given showing that ttito 4o0,000 bales and that the commer- \ aal crop of 6,700,000 incJuded 250,- > 000 bales of old cotton. The Texas / crop is put at 2,108,528 bales made/ up of actual deliveries from the State for year ending August 31, sfojS* d&rease of $300,000 from last nam I Tllis .tota^ li h said, constitutes con- > mercial <*op or amount moved bv': Wroads, fete., and not' the growth COMI ARATIVE STATEMENT. The co^nercial crop by State i* thousands of bales as compared with last yearf'is divided as follows: ? State. 1892. 18?1.^ Alabama^. ;.... 640 1 ooq i? -*16 900 ^londa 45 t qq 830 v lm Louisiana 445 Mississippi 870 v,, 1340 North Carolina......... 3^ 4 ' v 'jm South Carolina 5SO' MA Tennessee 2^0 400 Tex? > 2,406 1892 " #-7fl0-?10 ' r r' ' . SOUTHER^ CONSUMPTION. The returns relating to cotton con sumption in the South are of a most satisfactory description. The finan- 1 cial disturbances so serious in other sections of the country exerted but little influence in the mills % the cot ton belt up to the beginning ot Au gust and then in reply to a> direct question sent every mill a surprising ly large number stated that they had experienced no ill effect*. It is true that a general sense of udeasiness pre vailed among mill owners and there were growing complaints of an in creasing difficulty of disposing of goods. - / Fears were expressed also of a po* sible danger ahead to result from con tinued financial stringency, but as a matter of fact the consumption of raw cotton had been but litife affected. The facts show that no manufactur ing industry is on a safer or more rapidly growing basis than' cotton mills in the South. Five years ago (1889-90) the Southern milk con sumed 480,000 balesTtSryear, in the face of unfavorable commercial condi tions, they used 744,000, an increare W000 bales or 55 per cent The spiddles now in operation are 2,171, 147 against 1,998,680 at this t&e last year. ^ AGAIN FORGING AHEAD. In {he list of States South )>as again forged ahead, reachii nearly 204,000, an increase of 1$>< equaling 42$ per cent of the en Southern consumption for 18$0-? and over 27 p*r cent of the pi % year's consumption. Georgia follow closely with 184,000 bales, or 6,000 increase, North Carolina with nearly 132,000, or 16,000 increase, wh3e Alabama is 8,000 bales ahead of last year. * j WEATHER CROP BULLETIN, 1 ? Condition of the Crop* Ttfrootfboot State. . The past week has but more developed the ravages of the fearful 1 storm of August 27th and 28tb, which passing over the entire State, left a record of such devastation ft has never before beeiHritneased in this8tate,;an4 * which is without a parallel in the; his tory of this country. Many hundreds of acres, white, Sat* urday with open cotton, are shofn of the work of months, the plant lying flat on the ground twisted and broken: the .unmatured fruit scattered and rotting. The Islands along the coast, the pride and glory of the section, "? from which thousands of b^la are gathered each year, are almost desti tute of their accustomed fruitage. Young corn, from which so much was expected on account of the smallness of the old crqp? lies flat and broken. Along the rjfer bauks and bottom lands freshets have covered of washed away the patient labor of our best citi zenfe. ?' I ; .V"; Fruit trees are striped of their fall crops, lences houses and hundreds sf acres of pine forests are^ruinea; herda of valuable stock and hundreds of i human lives are the portion of the Storm King's harvest. Not a section escaped, from Oconee County In the West to Horry on the cosii, from* j York in the JSorth to t^e most South ern part of Beaufort. > I'eas and sweet potatoes ^are the only crop not damaged. Some sections will have a partial recovery from the effects of the storm and crops there will regain their strength but will probably show a smaller yield ten is / now expected. ! * ? Great care will have to be exercised in selecting seed of cotton for next' year's crop to prevent immature and y damaged see trom being used. V< J. H. Harmon-, Director I Centra) Office, Columbia, S. C. ^