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FRIDAY, SEPT15MB1CK VX I8!I5. X NO. 19.
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION
NOW IN SESSION A1!' TIIK 8TATK
CAPITAL.
RevUtd Koll of Delegate*. Pro
, ce?dlu*a of the fint f>ay
Were of u Kouttue
Nature. ,
s Xj
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At Oolumbia, oh Tuesday morning
Iho State, constitutional convention,
Ihe /eighth evdr held in* tho State, be
gan its sessions anil they promise to
be lively. There arc muro prominent
' men in the body thah in any body that
has assembled in tho SUto in jearfc'.
; Senators Tillinin and trby, Gover
nor Evans, Congressman Tftlbort, ex
Congressman Georgo D. Tillman, ex
Governor ^ O.- iwtoppavd and Bcoros
?jo I other men of the Bfinvo public noto
riety aro membora of tho convention.
Jbvans was olocted president <of the
invention, Congressman Talbert and
Speaker Jones, tho opposing candi
r- ? | dates, withdrawing from tho race.
'* i Tho principal thing (lie convention
before it is the' regulation of tho
jsuffrage, so as to disfraix hiso as many
negroes as possible, "without disfrau?,
chising a single while man, except for
"crime, and maintain white suprema
cy."
This is tho doctrine of tho domi
nant element in tho Stuto, and it is
proposed by them to adopt tho Missis
sippi plau with modifications, leaving
. everything to the judgment of tho su
pervisor of registration and managors
of eleotion.
-i" Of the 160 delegates there -#ro only
40 all told who aro out-and-out oppon
ents Of the party in power. What will
be done by tho convention isjunoly a
matter of conjeoturo. v~
Plenty of female suffragists, headed
? by Mrs. Viola Neblott, the vice presi
dent of the State Equal Rights Asso
ciation, aro camping in the capital lob
' bies,' pushing their cause. Ex-Con
gressman Tillman, if ho cannot get a
M property qualification for male suff
- , ? rage, is going to champion a S'200 pro
perty qu ilifioation for** males. . and fo
..U? males alike of l<oth races.
As to what tho convention will do
that still rornai ns doubtful. It looks
now as if art feftbrt is to l>0 made to
engraft the baekborioof the dispensary
' : - law into the constitution. There ?ro
many tjiiugs on th<T programme, but
the delegutoM, as a rub', are not of
the talking kind. The prospectus is
that tho sessions of tho convention will
cerWinly continue for live Wfeeks. ,
* The convention accomplished very
littlo; ou Tuesday. The officers were
elected and. a committee on credentials
was appointed. Then the convention
took a recess until. night. It in thought
'that uight sessions will be held from
the very first so as to e.xpcdito the_
?work of the convention*
possible. p
The Western Union Telegraph Corn
Jinny provided for the speedy trans
mission of information fiop&*4ho con
vention hall. It lias run a wit c into
.building and expert operator
White, who was in the laAt State cam
' paign, has been sent from Richmond,
Va., to manipulate tho key. It will
bo a great conveniouoo to the news
paper correspondents and tho reading
public generally.
, The fight Tor the public printing of
?he convention is waxing warm. Tho
battle between Iho ttogietejyyaud the
Evening News has been pretty hot for
some time. Now it is announcotf.tbp
thejjiyan Printing Company has:
in a bid rind this mrtCea the situa^on
~ somowhat different. Itin hard to tell" |
who will get it. There nWsTn^^ft good
dual of lobbying going on in regard to
this matter. A great many ate watch
ing the fight with keen interest, but
? the man is not living' who can tell
. what tho convmlion will do in regard
to the' mailer.
m Representative Talbert and Speaker
Ira B. .Tones were elected vice-presi
dents and N. H. Fansell was elected/
sergcant-at-arms. /
A-. H. Dagnall was clccted reading
' clerk and the convention immediately
began the work of preparing rules,
committees, and Ailing other minor
offices. >s. k ,
Ah Governor Evans watf escorted in
to the hall a heavy storm arose, <- and
as he began his address the thunder
rolled loudly. Governor Evans, in
taking the chair, made a brief addrefs
outlining the objects of tho convention.
His expressions are regarded as the
"^.outlines of the policy the majority ele
ment in tho convention will pursue.
Governor Evans said that tho Govorn- ,
or should havo power to suspend
remove all officers for cause. He nrf^a
? the proper support of the higher edu
cational institutions; that, all elections
y .^be taken away from the Legislature
' and placed in the-hands of the people;
-- - ibat the legislative /charter curse be
abolished an# that all charters bo
granted nnd/r a general law; that tho
Tudiciary be put on a high pinnacle;
that the judges bo elevated and el*?ot
)ed by the people; that county court*
; Jbto provided for; tbat the suffrage must
/be taken care of through wp education
al qnali A catfah; that all tactions be
disregarded in the work of the con*
?entton; that tho conventions must
'make provisions to guard tho people,
against the encroachments of corpora
tions; tbat jprojirion most be mado to
counteract the influence of corporation
apoa msaWptl and othsr elections. *
*: T' i ' : ' ' ~ ti
The following is m revised roll of the
dtolftgiKi: . _ : v >
AbbertUs ? Wai . c. VoOowaa. I; H. Mo
? ""k
-J P. Olw.8, L. X>. Harrises,
?L BasssU, a X. Prises,
. .?>
Barnwell Robt Aldrieh, G. I >. Bellinger.
C. M. Hires W. 0. Smith, A. II. Patterson,
G. H . liatoji.
Beaufort- ltohi Smalls James Wlgg, Tho.i
Miller. ImhIhIi it Heed. W..I. Whipper.
Berkeloy- -J 1$ Morrison, I B Wiggins,
K. J. Dennis William llcmtorfton, A. H. IV
Hav, II. II. Murray, W, M. Br?eluud, II, 0.
M/Makin.
Charleston --T. CI. lb?iWer, J. K I'. Bryan,
J. N. Nuthmi* A 8 Furrow. Julian Mitchell,
Sr., (I. K. VonKolniD. Jt. W. M. Fitch, Jos.
Oliver, W. 8t JuUoii Jerve y.
Obefcter? 'IV J Cunningham, J. I.yles
Glenn, O. W. Oncrt, li O Atkinson.
Chester field- ??. N. ' Ifrtlfenrn, F. F. Tay
lor, E. T. Kennedy
Olareudoo? J. & Sprott. J. 8. (Jantoy, D.
J. Bfihlhain, J. W. Kannedv.
CoTfttoii^ M. 1'. I! )\v-Il. 0. W. Garrls, I).
H. Behre. M. 11 Cooper, I.. E. Pttrler.
Darllngtou H. <J. But n, J. N. Parrott, J
O. Moore, A. T. Pot rill.
KdgefleJd~B. U. Tillman, Vf? J. Talbert,
O. D. Tillman. \Y. If. Timm?rman, J. 0.
Sheppard. 11. B. Watnon.
Fairfield - JK. A. Mearop, W, L. Rosbor
ough, G. W. Ragsdale, T. \V. Hrlee,
Florence B. B. McSVhtte.'R, M\ Xl*vOown,
J. 8. Hutchinson, J. O Byrd, w.\F. Glutton.
Georgetown- J. II. Heed, E. F.? Matthews,
,R. B. Anderson, cotoiej.
Greenville J. W. Gray, J. T. Austin, Hugh
Billion, II. B. Bttlst, II. J. HaynfsWorth.Capt.
Q. a. Wells.
HayU'tou \Y. J. Gooding, A. J. Harrison ,
c. J. ('. Hutson,
Hurry J. F. Durham, J. A. MeDefmott,
Jeremiah Smith.
Kershaw? C. L. 'Winkle.*, J.W.Floyd, J.
T. liny, u
Lancaster ? Ira 15. Joimv, J. N. Est ridge, J.
W. Him el.
Laurenr ? J. Jj. M. Irby, A. J. Smith, J. H.
WhArlon, B. I.. Henry.
Lexington -C, M. Eflrd, J. Ii. Shuler, Rev.
E. 8. Ly brand.
Marion W. J. Montgomery. E. B. Berry,
J. E. Ellorbe, J. 1). Montgomery.
Marlboro ? W. 1>. Kvauft, T. E. Dudley, B.
II. Hodges. T. I. R >gers.
Nowherry? J. A. Sliijli, J. Ii. Kelit, G. S.
Mower, George Johnstone.
Oconec? J. 0. Alexander, O. M. Doyle, W.
J. Rtrlbling. ?
Orangeburg -J. W. Slokes, J. W. Bowman,
Ii. S.Connor, E. II. llouser, A. K. Smoak,
O. It. Low man.
Pick?nf> ? W. T. Field, W. T. Bowen, R. F.
Smith. *
Richland J. T. Sloan, II. C. Fatton, J. J.
MeMaban, Willie Jones, J. *B. Dent.
Sumtei ?It. D. Lee, J. A. Scarborough, T.
B. Fr.-tsor. G. F. MeKagen, Shepherd Nash,
R. F. Sta -k house.
Spartanburg ? Slanvarno Wilson, O. A.
Barry, W. T. B ?bo, W. 0. Rowland, A. S.
Waters, T. E. Johnson, W. E. Carvor.
Union - G. I'. Douglass, W. A. Nicholson,
O. II. Peak. J. C. Otts.
Williamsburg -T. M. Gilland, S. W. Gam
ble. W. It. Singleiary, D. J. Graham.
York?A. II. White, J. S. Briee, J. F. Ashe,
W. B. Wilson, 8. E. White.
WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN
Of the South Carolina Weather and
Crop Sorvloe. ?
Observer Bauer iesued the following
Weather-Crop Bulletin for the pfst
week: /
The weather conditions, were,- on
the whole, very favorable for outdoor,
Reasonable work aud for maturing
crops.
Cotton continues to be unfavorably
reported fopm all portions of the State
and rust with shedding is mentioned
in eyer j report received ; its growth
has practically stopped, and in many
places the plant has featured and is
dying; a few report too rank growth
of weed, and boll worms, have ap
peared on rioh lands in Orangeburg
_ county; boils are opening rapidly .and
picking is general, except in the ex
treme western and northern portions
of the State, where it is about to begin.
The weather was favorable for pioking
during the greater portion of the
- \aeek. The hot son wilted ootton
badly.
In the extreme southwestern por
tions corn is being housed, and in the
northwestern fodder-pulling is just
euding. It has been^too dry for late
corn in the northern tier of counties
from Chesterfield westward, but gen
erally late corn is filling out very well.
Boiling molasses from sorghum and
sugar cane was the ' work of the week
tfver considerable portions of the Stata
^and the rjetrf is reported to be of good
qufcttty-^and very satisfactory .in
quantity.
The showers in the eastorn portion
of the State interfered with the rice
harvest which is progressing slowly.
There is complaint that upland rice
is not heading satisfactory in some of
the more southern oounties, but gen
erally ,-it is doing well. No upland rice
harvested yet.
Beanuts are being gathered and the
few correspondents naming this crop
agree that it is yielding well.
I'eaa are being gathered, some state
that the vines are shedding their leaves
where planted with corn, but the crop
generally has done well. Is needing
rain in a fow places.
Sweet potatoes are improving very
muoh with the prevailing hot weather,
and the crop r will be much larger
than anticipated during the summer.
Turnips are receiving considerable
attention; some fields have been re
sown, others are doing nicely.
Late gardens are needing rain in
the upper portions of the State, but
along the coast winter vegetables
'and green peas, beans, etc., are do
ling very well, except there haa been
almost too much rain in those sec
tions.
Landa being prepared for wintet
oats in Lexington County.
Ocxrfl Time* at Anderson.
The ftnnDN prospect for the conntj
*nd city of Anderson is decidedly bet
ter then it hM heretofore been at any
time in two or three jeers. The far
mers have fine crops of corn, ootton,
peas, ou*, hey, and, in addition,
manj hogs have been raised. c Much
fruit has been canned. The merchants
conld not supply the demand for cans
' and frail jarp. The merchants are
cheerful, and have bought large stocks,
of goods to meet the trade which they
confidently anticipate. The coMoa re
mMi at Anderson for theyear ?teg
August 81 N.MI.
Oettcs SUUsdeifcr the Week.
The 14vfrpeol weekly eottou statistics are
es follows: gefee, total 9$, 999; sale* Aaarl.
.eta 99,999-, trmds takings tt,etO; actual ss
IwjSttAKS t?3* hHjSii l5oSk|
AanHeea W?Si afloat .total fMe?,
# . . .?
| LEGISLATORS
ON LIQUOR.
1 EXAMINING COM M 1 '1*1' K K '8 UK*
PORT OF Til ft OlSI'KNSAltV.
How they Kl?in ? Out the Status of the
Uusluess ut the l*reaeut Time.
Their Report Just Issued. *
The special legislative committee in
charge of tho examination of the books
ami accounts and management of the
Htato dispensary, composed of Benator
Efird and Representatives (.'art oil and
Thomas, on Saturday issued their re
port "of tho condition of the Btate dis
pensary for the quarter ending July 81.
1895," addressed to Governor Evans./?!
The report says:
"We herewith submit our report ol
our examination of the books and the
financial transactions of the State dis
J^bnsary for tho quarter ending July 1,
1895, and request tha^pyu transmit^?
same, together with our previous re?'
ports, to tho General Assembly at it*
next session, as required by law.
"Mr. It. M. Carroll, of the oommit
tee, was prosont at the taking of stock
on the first of August, and personally
supervised tho same.
"On account of various important
private aiulpublio matters intervening,
the committee could not oommenootho
examination of tho books until the
2'2d instant.
"Wo have carefully oheckod and ex
nmined every transaction of the busi
ness, commencing \yith tho purchase?
of tho whiskeys, wines and boors
through Jifleir preparation of the bus
inow<and salo to tho county dispen
sers, and then followed the prooeeds
into the hands of tho State Treasurer.
"Wo find tho assets and liabilities as
follows:" ?
The assets and liabilities are thon
given as published yestordn^. . The re
oort continues;
"Personal accounts duo Stato in as
sets meaiis unliquidated disjjouBors' ac
counts, secured by bonds, and a few -
minor matters in course of settlement.
"Tho Stato appropriation of 850,010
has been paid td>4 tho Stato since tho
end of this quarter."
Tho profit and loss account is given
as published yesterday.
Again tho report prooeeds:
"In i r lust report we givo tho total
amount of net profits, from beginning
oi operations K> April 30th, 1895, .as
$160,287Jift. If you take from this
$1,400. Dir, being tho amount found to
bo incorrectly charged by Traxlor to
county dispensers, and then add tho
net accrued profit for this quarter,
$31,060.65, wo have $189,953.35 as tho
total net accrued profit from begin
ning of operations to tho end of the^
present quarter ? July 31st, 1895."
The oash transactions foe tho quar
ter theh gives as on yesterday.
Then the report concludes thus:
"The Stato Treasurer reports cash
in hand on July 31st, 1895, $68,776.48,
to which must be added amount in
bank not turned oye> to State Treas
urer, $12,933.52, making a total of
Sol, 710. From this must be deducted
the outstanding warrants drawn by
Stato commissioner, but not yot pre
sented at Stato Treasurer's office,
$2,752.29^ which leaves a balance oi
$78,957.41. \
"From thn amount reported by ue
as viph on hand must be **knn warrant
No'. 862, for SI, 460.04. which had
been issued by Stato commissioner to
pay for revenue onS*bi?koys bought,
and which had been paid by Stat?
Treasurer, but was not entered on
credit side of cash account because no
voucher had been feijt in by tho rove- ?
nue collector. This would still leave
a discrepancy between the .State Treas
urer and tho Strife commissioner of ?
$35.17. F oiii this .must bo deducted
a mistake in warrant No. 627, which
was properly drawn for $6 less than
tho stub indicated, bringing tho dis
crepancy down to $31.17.
"Taking into consideration tho dis/"
crepaney between Mr. Trailer and tho
Stato Treasurer of 8105.21 reported
previously, the State Treasurer would
have in hand $71.01 more than the
commissioner's books call for. Wo"v
deemed it unnecessary to inquire
further after finding enough in hand
to cover the amount claimed by the
State commissioner.
"Wo have found the books of tho
comiiii'teiouer in first class condition,
and think uothing more can bo added
to the present system."
(The Mew Orleans Cotton Rxrhnqfe
Statement.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange state
ment In as folio wfl: Weekly crop statement
from Septautfot 1st to fleptcmbor -6tb, In
clusive: Tort receipts 13,020 bales, Against
?2,619 last year, 10,179 > ear before last and
37.786 for tho Mm*- ?lru i in 18W; overland to
mills and Canada 1,23* t>?il?vtf, against 4,643
last year, 726 vent bef.i f? I nut and 6,035 for
thesametlrae in )8ft2; interior stocks In cx
,eew of Heiitombor 1st. 2.61V bales, agaln?t
1,477 last year. 1,460* year before lavt and
8,661 for tho sam?> time in 1892; Sonfhern
mill takings, I6,0i0 IrnUv-, against 14.424 Inst
13,228 year fieforo Inst nnd 12,223 for
ibe sarn<? tlnji In 1892; amount of crop
brought In sight for tho first si* days la
September, 33.532 bales', ng.ib a'. 64,108 last
?ear, 83,683 year beforo laf t and 60,660 for
the same time in 1892.
. The Oldest Safin eer Dead.
At Bethlehem, Pa., Peter Styera, Mid to be
the oldeet engineer in. the country, who has
been frequently honeted by the Brotherhood
of I/ooomotlve Engineers, died, aged 79
years. Re rau engines on the Lehigh Valley,
the Beading and Jexaey Central lines for
forty-six years and never had?an -accident.
Batyroaders hare computed thai he ran lo
oo motives a distance equivalent to forty ,
tliMtfou4tkefV>^ -?
f'sliti f itmaslir. nf TbMMrtm, M*. fti
near Me atnery-aeeond birthday, but he has
work. ? ? ?
DISPENSARY
Mixso.v^Kxmm r fou i hkskc
onj* gi'Aury.K ok ih?5.
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A' S
Runuliig ow it I'rtslt H tsls With the
(State Loan It t?l , and Apparent
ly Paying Uood Profits.
State Liquor Commissioner Mixson
has given to tho press .Jus quarterly
report for tho socond quarter, ending
July HI, 1805. The report of the leg
islative committee, which in referred
to by the commissioner, verifies the
tabulated flgurea given l>elow. So far
?8 mono; results are concerned, the
dispemisry, to use tho lauguago of the
commissioner, seetps to ho "moving
amoothly," and bo tar na matters of
office routine work are concerned
?hows the improvement* thai come
with experience.
The report ami its accompanying
array of figures will bo nu interesting
study for both the friendaand enemies
of the institution. It is as follows: ('?
Columbia, S. 0., July 31, 1895. y
To His Excellency, John Gary Evaus,
and lion. 1). 11. Totupkius and Hon.
James Norton, State Hoard of Con
trol :
Gentlemen: Herewith I have the
honor to present to your honorable
board ray second quarterly report of
tho State dispensary for tho quarter
ending July 81, 1895.
In ray last quarterly report I
brought down Mr. Traxler's net profit
from $151,295.51 to $111,959.82. A
still further reduction of 81,400.78 Iirb
since been made, from tho fact that he
turned over sundry accounts as assets
which, upon investigation, were found
to be overcharges; on the othor hand,
out-standing liabilities, of which his
books containedvno record, were found
to bo duo by).the State, and the
amounts of these discrepancies aggro
gate $1,400.78, which leaves his net
profit to date $110,559.04.
I am ploasod to say that tho dispen
sary is now operating on a strictly
oash haws. There is now in tho State
treasury and in the banks cash suffi
cient to refund to the State tho $50,
000 appropriation as a loan to the dis
pensary, to pay every dollar of out
standing indebtedness, ahd a balance
remaining sufficiently large to pay
"spot" cosh for all future purchases.
Tho dispensary is now running
sfnoothly, and I respectfully call your
attontion to my quarterly statements,
which aro hereto attaohed, and to the
report of tho legislative committed,
which is also incorporated in this re
port.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted. ,
F. M. Mixson, Commissioner.
N. B. ? Since the close of this quar
ter the $50,000.00 has been refunded
to the State, all incurred indebtedness
has boen paid, and the dispensary is
now paying oash for all purchases.
F. M. Mixson, Commissioner.
Quarterly Statement of the State Dis
pensary. Quarter Ending July 31,
1895.
ASSETS. *?'
?Cash in State Treasury and,
in bank $ 80,452 92
Teams and wagons 731 65
Merchandise on hand at
State H^sponsary (inven
tory).. . . 65,500.00
Machinery and office fix
atures (inventory) 2,650 47
Supplies? bottles, corks, la- .
bels, boxes, etc. (inven
tory ,. .. .. .. .. 11,787 04
Unexpired Hisurauce. . . . '471 98
Internar revenue licenses
(purchased for county
dispensaries and to bo
charged to same) 2,175 00
Personal aeoounts due the
State 8,204 99
Merchandise on hand at
county dispensaries ?
State's profit added.. . . 26,619 31
Valuevof-,above merchan
dise in hands of county
dispensers (at costprice) 88,731 02
$260,611 07
w ?Warrant No. 862 was issued for
$1,400.04 on July 5th, in payment of
forfeited spirit* bought of the internal
revenue collector. And as the book
keeper requires a properly rouohedfor
invoice for all cash credit*, this
amount was counted as caq|i on hand
July 31st, tho invoice not reaching this
office before August 3rd.
MABlIilTIXS . <
State appropriation $ 50,000,0u
Personal accounts due by
State on merchandise
purchased 20,667.72
Trailer's n?t profit
from beginning of
operationa to close
of his term Jan. 81 $110,56904
Net accrued profit
* from Februaiyiat
to July 81st (six
months 79,894 $1
Nat accrued profit from ba
/ ginning of operationa to
S close of present quarter ? ?
July 31st 189,968.86
^ tmcuOT
Statement of Lose and Gain Account
Quarter Ending July 31at, 1895 :
OADra.
Gross gains on merchandise
?old d ii riug present quar
ter *49,4*7 13
Coutr?lt*n?1, dumped . 592 49
Profits from beer ditpenssries 5,694 64
Discounts. . . . . # 2,825 81
Total gross gains. ... $58,100,10
Supplies? -bottles, eqrfcs? labels
boxes, etc., ussd daring
. . ... #10,074 ^
Ur?*ksgs and leAsgs.. . *V! V
liftbor 2.42S 00
Insurance 600.00
Constabulary 1 1,539 :u
Freight aud express 0, 122 21
Suspended personal aooouuts
pant duo And worthless. ... 1(5 5 1
Expense ? stationary, printiug
postage, salaries, etc 3,0'?2 so
Total expenses. $35,:) 1 T? 1 2
Net gain on sale* for present
quarter 22,75107
$58, 10 ) ID
HTATBMRNT OF UNBARNBO
Unearned profit on Apr 30. $ 31,1130 ON
Amount of above unearned
profit which has mucc ac
crued (not accrued profit
for present quarter).... 3l,0'ii?i.
Balanoo still unearned from
last quarter $ 3,S'>1 :?
Net gains on sales for this
quarter (unearned) 22,751 9;<
?Unearned profit on goods in
hsnds of oounty dispen
sers eud of the quarter. . $ 20,010 31
Cash Statement for Quarter Kuding
July 31st, 1895*
nBOKlPT0.
Balanco in Htato Troasurv
. May 1st .*8 75,523 75
May deposit 41,813 08
June doposit 30,013 17
July deposit 50,027 03
Total cash for quarter $210,578 23
Add overoredit in Comp
troller General's war
rants for quarter ending
April 30th 03 80
Total cash to account for
quarter $210,012 12
mSBURSBinWTS.
May disbursements $ 04,010 10
Juno disbursements 43,313 01
July disbursomeats 22,860 40
Balance on ha?d July 81st,
1805 , 80,452 92
'yj \ $210,042 11
BTATKMKNT OF OONTfc'ABANP ACCOUNT.
Seizures for this quarter . . $ 602 40
Contraband account is never credit
ed with the amount of seized goods
until tlioy have been appraised aud
merged into the general merchandise
account. Tho bulk of seizures for
thiw quarter lias not been appraised,
hence dooB not appear in the contra
band account for this quart*?.
Progress ofthettomli.
Among tho good things that com*
along with oommomlablo regulaiily at
the time Of tho ' harvest moon nre
the annual trade reviews iu various
enterprising Southern newspapers. One
of the most aoourute and comprehensive of
theee reviews Is that of tho Now Orleans
Times-Democrat, which includes returns
from that city and Lousluna,and the thirteen
Southern States. Delaware, Maryland, aud
Mteaouri, are not included, they being re
garded ss more Northern than Southern,
when an arbitrary distinction must be drawn.
The development of manufacturers |h, of
Surse the topic of leading interest iu a bus
ses view of the South. Kiact llgurrfi can
tot be given, but the estimates of the Times
Democrat are as nearly Accurate us un
tffloial figures can bo. The comparison It
uak&i is between 1880 and 1895, a period
?f| fifteen years. In that time tho number
of manufacturing establishments in the Mouth
Increased from 84,565 to 59,170, and the
capital invested increased from 1 179,336,240
to #669,467,500. Iu 1880 tho hand* employed
In the mills of the South numbered '215.415,
"While in 1896 they had grown to f?6?, li-O, oi
considerably more tliun doubled, an I the
wages paid increased from f02,l IS, 872 to
9904,975,500 or more than trebled.
The of cultivated land has i'ji
creaeed in about the same proportion in tne
volume aud value of tho crops. Fifteen
years ago there were 54,679,145 aeri-s ol laud
under the plow, while in 1895 there a re MP.
.493,07a cultivated acres, or an In crease, ol
?4.783,627 acres in a decade and a ball. Thd
total value of all farm products was esti
mated at ?611, 699,145 In 1880A?hllo this yeui
(lt la placed at #976,463.500, an increase of a
little more than on^half, or neurly the :?ame
as the increase In the amount of cuirivai'-il
land. One of the most encouraging exhibit*
, is the comparison of the number of farms In
1880 and 1895. In the first vrar there were
1,726,480, while in tho second yeni there uie
? 3,402,672. The old plantations ate disappear,
lng, nover to return. Cut up into *>mall
! farms, they aro worke<l to better advauta
and contribute more largely to tho general
'prosperity.
The coal-mines and forests of tho South
are one of the great sources of wealth, pres
ent and prospective. It is animated Miat
there are 375,185,840 acres of woodbind In
the United Stales to day, and Ihal 197,110,
620 acres, or more than half, aro in Hie
South? a quantity su fll'dent to supply tho
whole country for many years. Of coal,
nine Southern States produced In 1894 about
24,000,000 tons, of which almost exaetly Imlj
carno from the mines of We?t Virginia. In
1880 only 2,593,736 tons of coal were mined
in the whole South. No statistics as to I ho
number of tons of iron ore are given, but (he
Increase must have been great, as the pro
duction of pig-iron has grown from 60.f?25
tons In 1883 to 1,262,825 tons In 1894, .and it
was all produced from ore mined at Juini'1.
We have space for only a few (Toms from
the Times-Democrat's presentation of great
facts, but they suffice to show a wonderful
progress. And yet the work of development
has scarcely begun. Enterprise and capital
will find great opportunities in the Southern
States for many years to come, and tho an
nual trade reviews will long continue to gtvo
cheering reports of substantial gain in
weaXit), and all other elements of strength
and prosperity.? Washington Post.
Treipendotie Rain In Baltimore. "
Baltimore was visited on Friday by the
heaviest downpour of rain In twenty-flve
years. Starting at 3 o'clock in th? mornirtg,
there was little cessation until 6 o'olook a%
night, and 4 76 laches is the .record of the
precipitation. Tty? sewers *ere Incapable of
carrying off the vast quantity of water that
poured into then, and lot several places
wash-outs add cave-Ins resulted.
6ne death, the result of the storm, was re
ported. Mrs. Annie O. Smith and her so*
were waehed off the foot bridge that spaa*
Jos Me Falls at Mount Washington. The
young man euooeeded in reaching the shore^
, bat Me mother wee drowned la the sir?
* ^
Twenty Women Widows.
Twenty women are widows and fifty
ehildrem fat her lees by a disastrous ftre In the
Oeceola mine at Jlougbton, Mich. Moct
ntttfol aeenee era being hourly wltaeseed In
the vicinity of the Shafts thai fca*? net jnt
been eaarabed, bersated womsn and afcfld
'"^1: ??v.: " - ? ? s\ i:, .
PALMETTO
PENC1LL1NGS.
OCCURRENCES WORTH NOTINU
FROM A lib OVKK THR 8TATM.
Tho Tobacco ami Cotton of Florence.
Bales are hold daily At both the
Florence and the Farmers' tobaooo
ware houses and the prices, it soeme,
aro moving up uicely. The quality of
tobacco that is now being brought to
Florence in far superior to what \ra>
brought there for tho opening break.
For instance, Mr. Fred Stack ley sold a
600 ponnd lot of tobaeeo last week at
an average of over itf> cento per pound.
Ou Friday an old negro from the Tim
monnvillc section sold a lot of tho weed
at au average of 1G cent*. Suoh sales
as those are recorded every day.
Tho ootton fields all over the county
ere beginning to got white with the
fleecy staple, and cotton jioking has
sot in in full blast. The fields are Ail
ed with hands. Labor is plentiful and
the farmers aro certainly blessed so far
this year with good weathor. If tho
weathsr continues as it is now for two0
or threo weeks and labor as plontiful
as it is And tho crop continues to ripen
as it has for tho past week it will not
be very long before the heavier part of
tho crop can be gathered.
Tho corn crop will bo exceedingly
good, while there was a tremondoua
orop of forage and small graiu made.
Potatoes and poas are ploutiful. The
tobacco this year is A 1.
HOMICtyK IN LAURENS.
A White Man Kills u Negro and In .Jus?
tilled by the Cot oner's Jury.
On Saturday last in Lanrons county
J. W. Bpinks shot and killed .ferry
Parks, colored, with a Winohostor
rifle, end tho jury of inquost justified
the shooting. It appears that Parks
had threatened tho life of Spiuks, who
believod the thro.it was about being
carried out. Judge Pope allowed bail
in tho sum of #1,500, which has been
given.
M ore ?st Hales.
The first bale of new cotton was sold
at North for H cents, ami bought by
Mr. John F. Ilrown for H. J. MoOar*
ley <fc Co., of Col inn bin.
At Lexington the firnt bale *>f this
bobboh'h cotton WflH wild by 11. Walter
Hetidrix to W. P. itoof. Tho bile
was cIbkho 1 in good middling, and
brought H -cents.
At Laurens the first bale of tho newj
orop was sold Wednesday, weighing,
470, aud classed as middling. tt<
brought 0 cents, Mr. T. D. Lakoboiugv
tho purchaser. Tho first bale in 1804
was sold on tho 7th of Hoptembor.
Mr. W. W. Bcthea, of Classen's,
brought in the first ootton to Florenco
on Friday last. 2 bales woro sold to II.
O Commander, for (5j cents. Mr. It.
C. McCowjj brought in a balo on same
day also,
I'ltlnble l>eMtl? of ?? Convict.
Last FrHlpy UtOfitying one of tho
conviots boltmgfhg to tho newly insti
tuted ohain-gang dropped dead while
at work on the roadside, near Elm
wood, Edgoflehl county. Bome said
he died from tho intense heat, aud
drinking too much water. Otherssaid
he was alroady nick and begged uot to
bo forocd to work . Tho overseer,
thinking ho was playing 'possum,"
beat him severely, and it was thou that
he dropped dead. Tho uuuj ui lliw
(Jead man was disintorred on Sunday,
and a jury of inquest was present, but
the physician prOnouncod that the re
mains woro too decomposed for exami
nation. In the .future Supervisor
Whittle will reduce tho weight of thq
shackles worn by tho convicts, and
keep his eyes open n? to the treatment
n;om their overseers. / C
\ Kxecutlvo Clemency.
Governor Evans has commuted to
datoVllie Hj^uimice of General Thomp
son, wh<T' was convicted in February
last of manslaughter in Andorson
county and Hontenced to lifo imprison
ment. It appears now that the killing
was more accidental than intentional.
The Governor has granted a pardon
fo Moses Peters, sentenced from Flor
ence county last May by Judge Oary
to tvelvo months in the penitentiary or
to work on the county road. Peters
was convicted of larceny of live ntdek.
The tendency of farmers this season
is to eel 1 cotton as fast aq they can get
it roady for market. V^bey believe
that 7 1- 2 to 8 cents cents is as much
as they will get by holding. The first
bales are going into the ^tiflferent
markets. The Hpartan Cotton Mill
bought the first bale that came to
Spartanburg, paying 7 B-4 cents.
Amozi Gastyn raised it.
Cotton piling in Abbeville oonnty
is now hogun in earnest, as the staple
is now opening right alongt The first
bales broughi in were by Mr. A. M.
Hill and W., H. Pad^. As yet 4hey
have not been placfri npon the market.
Jndge Simontori faado a decree or
dering the sale of the Carolina, Knox
rill* and Western Railway on the 21st
of November.
The tea plants Ifave been set out and
?r? thriving.
MU B*ekHpiHWM?Qp?l.
An aeeidant ooonmd al Likau'i
lnmber'mill, SamtMH^rUoh may r*
?nit in the death oraWti
a.celored laborer. 1m| I'
being c?t and fa mm way
got np a swinging *v
know how ; "
agil? Itho ?aw.
wM# o*
fatally.
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
UliKANINOS FROM MAN ^POINTS.
Important llwppenlai*, lloth Rome
hiuI Vor?lxn, JHriefly Told.
The Kxptililu.
Two huafred omm of Chinese goods,
which wsfe shipped from Hong Kong, sorer
*1 w?*kft ago, ha ve arrived in Atlanta, and
are now at the gcouuda of th? Cotton States
and International Exposition, in charge of
the custom house oMoiaU. *
The Woman's Building of tho Cotton State*
and International Exposition will be formal
ly opened on September 10th. The lending
feature of tho opening exercises will be the
addtews by Mrs. Jos. Thompson. President oi
the Woman's Hoard. Tho Chairman of the
Committee* will make short addresses eta
tho work of their respective^departments.
An orchestra composed of twenty-live young
ladles from tho Southern Baptist College
will furnish tho music for the occasion and
the program will be an attractive one.
Newsy Southern Notes.
There in not an idlo mill in NoTth Caroline
save two recently purchased to be equipped.
There are 175.000 strangers in Louisville,
Ky., it Is said, attending the Gh A. R. en
campment, and 50,000 more aro looked for. ,t
A wheat convention is in progress at
Nashville Tann., to nee to the betterment of
tho cultivation and the marketing of this
product. Many prominent men are present.
At Little ilock, Ark., tho EUate editors'
convention organized tho I>cinooratloBl*)Ie
tallie League of Arkansas, favorable .to free
silver at 1(1 to 1.
Thomas Westmoreland, sentenced to be
hanged at Paris, Tex., September 13th, for
tho murder of Itobert Green, July i5,
was respited by President Cleveland until
October 18th. ,
The National Mag >vns raised Sunday with
appropriate ceremonies in the prasenoe of
several thousand people at Camp Daniel S.
Litmont, ('lilckamauga OlnUtauooga Nation
al Military Park.
The disastrous effect of the fr8ij{#3~lfi~
Florida last winter Is shown by an estimate
of i lie state's orange crop, wtytoh is placed at
1 ou, out) hoxes. against 6,000,000 boxes th$
previous year. >
Wilson Lavender, aged 45, a blacksmith of
Pceil-ss \v. Vn., was run overyear Browns
town, W. Ya.,by a ChcnpenWe nod Ohio train.
IPs head, ouo arm, and one log were severed
and be \> as otherwise horribly if angled. He
leave# ii widow and three children. ,
In I he case of the prize lighters, who wera
a ri esleiLat Dalian, Texas, Saturday, Cbiet .
Justic#}. M. Hurl, of tho Court of Appeals,
has granted a writ or habeas corpus return- ,
nbio on the 10. h Inst. These casus wilt de
termine the v.ilbllty of tho law licensing
pri/.o lighting in Texas.
I>1? liters, Accidents, Fatalities.
The Ml hi town of Grid lev, Kas., Ian wi
with not a single uninjured nouse In its cc, ,
(In M ?st of (In buildings and all of the
iitoeks of goods ol evory description are en
tirely ruined. A wHid and rain storm -did ?
the work. Nj one was Mtfad.
Five persons wero blown to instant death J
Slid three injured by an explosion of dyna
mite al Hpocht's Fcrrycnear Dubuque, la.
The lb-ad arc: K I ward lidtshaw, Mrs. Ed- ?
ward Lntshaw, his wifv; Kay LatsiuKTrT aged
12, their sou; Mutt Lutehaw, aged 0, the^
hoi? ; II i ns Ujornstad. A boy ilrlog at a target
iienr the shanty eaused the explosion.
Labor. ^
At Wilmington. Dal., 100 women and girls,
employees of tho Diamond Match Co., struck
on Monday foj- an Increase in whgeik t The ^
factory was forood to suspend opettjjloaa.
ZZ Ji E
, Fires. w~
Westminster church, MinneaDolis, wasgnt*
ted ) iv an incendiary fire; loss #150,000. .The',;
congregation is the wealthiest sad largest Of
the Presbyterian denomination lathe Stele.
f 0 - ii?- ? r" ' 'f''V
Washington.
The President has issued en order placing
book binders In all branches of (he <39ven-~
nient Printing Oflloe-o-notably JLhe Treasury
?under the elvil acrvice on tile seme foot*
ing with Iho&o in the main office.
Heeretacy Lrlmont has ordered the light '
uaiiery uf m ? tlilSry stationed st Pert 5!!"* ,v'
Kan., to Ohlckatnauga to participate In the
dedication of the battlefield. This will be the
only buttery detailed from the wo#t to take
part in I lie dedleutloi), the other troope all ,
<?0111 ing from tho department of the cast.
At Washington, P. Cn Bmjamla F. Mjrers.
twenty years old, was almost loJtantJv killed
Monday in a ball game. He w*9 sliding to
second base in an ameteur match whan ""
baseman nprnng into the al* toCAtohntf
ball. II" dropped on Myers, his bodl
ing on the young man's neolt -and *
(Ing hi;, spine. ?
?
Foreign.
The Trades' Union Congress nt Card!#
passed a resolution protesting against $m
peror Wiliiam's-interforence with the lit ~
iif tho press. ?'
Tho' Viadiovostock, correspondent of the
Novoo Vremyu says thit cholera is raging In
China and there tun dally 2,000 deaths from
the disease in PokIii. . .*
ii years oia. mis u we muraer
'?orgfi Cheebro. the girl's nephew,
ed to Itfo imprisonment at Jack
i.ago. ChAsorcra brother teati
an earthquake
experienced at W M Friday morn*
#ted about three aeoonda gn<l was
relt all over the city. No Vepoit*
Crime.
At Ornod Httvon, Jrtioh., Hary I. Pierce,
a?o<l 13, who has been on trial forthe morder
of her mother, this morning was found guilty
of manslaughter. 8ho was sent?noed to the
Industrial Ht;hool'for Ofrto at Adrian
until she iu 21 years old. Thiols the murder
>.for Which G?*orge Cheebro, thO| ' "
was sentenced
son a month. ,
flod against the girl.
......
MI?f?llaa?oiu.
At vdfelona, Mont.,
shocR wa.? exi
Ing. It lastec
distinctly felt
of damage so far received. T ... v
At'OId Forge, N. Y., rtsturday, Benjamin
Harrison MeKee held hla little e9tf
aell Harrison's daughter. Who Ml
dock, above watqr till h
ex -President, came and i
In the Wimbledon cat
Girt, Saturda
Oorff*\>f the Dlatrlot dt Columbia, __
high aoore of 135 out of a poeatble l|f,
the acore of lMjnnde laat year by Peter
egnn, of the fiixiy-nlntb Bonnet,
The . attendance at ghsapihaai Bay Bace
Track on Tueeday waa small, owing to the/
greet counter atttneUonTtfae jreeM n
The card had but oeu feat u try the Ftatb
ea ot the eanh vgtoeoT fS.OOt, and
a won handily by the favorite, B*fi
nbledon cup rife eeeteet ot- Sen
Throe ICea Drowned.
At Greensboro, On., three man were
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