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TRUMPET CALLS. Xtuui'M llorn Sound* a Wuratuj; Note totho Unredeemed* w II 10 N nnRor rolgiiH uiorcy dtw. The Hfo upeaka loudest when tlio tongue Is dumb. (Jod In it h oloso to us In t lie dark as ho in In tlio Bunshlno. Whoovev taken one step toward tlio devil will have to take two. If wo hold*on to s!n for a day, wo niny have to liel<l\on to It: for over. Make yvur Ilfo/n ministry of love, and God \U:ll imikodt a success. Wautlng\to do rljfht will amount to tittle, unlcsA wo decide to do It. The man A ho walks by faith Is In no hurry for GoA' to explain himself. Whenever t\>o devil Is about to strlko to kill he? pwUtjt>n his Sunday coat. . i The mlasiwAto^Chrlst wan not to v.Vach theojog^,^ ut to reveal God. | It Is notVthone^vho hove the l?est op portunities) who-imako the best use of (I If III. t I When* ?Inverfcomnat'Bsfiinneir with w hynocrifci, ltydocsn't make 1?>.s?h!ii any ?afcr> ! The nli^n wl*rtu^iot religions at homo often trlei>vhnjffifyo be ho considered lu Church. ? v . i No motter what\ippearanci s /nay ho, Ithe road God tolls uh> to tak<| lsjahvaya the best. 1 Whenever tho elock*tlcks^ ItNirlnprs tho tlfno mviror whou tlrtvloo^ of 'mercy jwlll shut. 4 There aro nOf many^mDllon^ Ires alive to day whom . ang?te do not consider poor men. \ ' Strip Satan of tho lino jobe tiKit hides 1ils cloven foot, and ho would! not bo dangerous. I y Our great sins do not contdst so much fn itie things wo do as In those^wo no ;lect to do. Whenever God gives a cross U>(boor, lit Is a prophecy that ho will also give jus strength. \ The man who Is In earnest about sav Hng Ills soul will be in earnest about cv ler^thlng he does. ? It' God answered all prayers Just as ?they aro made, the earth Would soou return to chaos. I > As soon as a man Is convicted of sin, ho Is convinced that lie cannot be saved 'without God's help. i It takes some men a loan lime t<> Hni {out that they can never become rich by 'keeping all they get. J This world l.s full of green pastures iwhlch hnvb been prepared expressly (for tho Lord's sheep. ^ Wlioover throws a stone straight "t ftlio dovll will hit some lil^hly respect tiblo ninn in tho face, , The man who opens tho IMbl<* with a teachablo spirit, will never havo to close Jt without being taught. . When Jesus comes to make up Ida Jewels, ho will Hud boiiio of 1 1 In bright est In the dnrkest places. ' Tho proachor who wants sinners awakened should s^o to It that bin 'church does not go to sloop. Whenever tho furnace (Joor opens be Iforo tho Christian, It Is that lie may i walk through It with Christ, t Whenever the prenchor cnlls tho devil t>y his right nnino, somebody in the con gregation has his feelings hurt, j Christ went about doing ^ood. Too ?many of his professed followers sit ?lu.wn Inn warm room ami talk about it. Christ did not como Into the world to ;1>o admired for his knowledge, but to /died his blood to make atonement for #lu. I A good remedy for canker sore mouth ?ran bo made by dissolving one dram of chlorato of potash In six ounces of liot water. I'so as a mouth wash every throo hours. The M?<!orii Iteauty Thrivos on goad fool ami sunshine, with plenty of exercise In tho opan air. i lor form (flows with health and her face b!oon?i with its beauty. If fiM-syjtein noadt tho cloansiu# tu lion of a laxative remedy, she usos tho gen t !o and ploasant Syrup of Ki|{.i. M.ido by tho California fix .Syrup Company. FITS Mopped Aoo by I)B. Kl.tNB'd GltRAT Nkhvk ItESTOHEn. No tits after flr*t day's ih?. Marvelous euro?. Trent I we an<l trial but tle free. Dr. Kliue, UJI Arch St.. I'hkla., 1 'a. "Have another cigar. uncle." "No, thank you, my dear." "There are pica, ty of them." "Yes: but there's only one of me."- Harper's Mazar. Buy Jl.oo worth nohHns no.iMi?if.I?or:?x Mr up of S'oiir irruccr, pn;i 1 \vrn|>;K?r. to I' iih.iii Ko?p Mi'y I'liltydelplii.i, l*ii. They mil koihI ymi fjes <? ? !'nr*e, |>< ?nt.ir,*<? |*ir.da h \V.>r> >'?'cr i'oet.vt Di.-. ? touary, i n I'.-.mhI in clot!\ ]>ri>:iiboly il ItiVrntnl. k<mi.| until Aui.-iis-. 1st only. Traveler .May I take this scat ? Maid en (from Huston, icily) Where do you wish to take it, hir? -Christian Advo cate. Mrn. Win* l??v> ^oothinjc Syrup for chllrtron leethini;, softens the gum-*, reduces Inllnmin* lion. allays pain. curss wind colic. 25c. a bottle. I'iso's Cure for Consumption has ifo equal ns a Cough mcdiclne. ? F. M. AHhott, ;isi SenccaSt,, HnfTalo. N. Y.. May 0, |S!i|. ^ JTall's Catarrh (Jura Is a liquid mi ii taV*r? Internally, and acts directly on tho blood and mucous surfacus of tho system. Writo for tu4? titnonial.s, froo. Manufactured by F. .I.CiirNnv ,V- Co.. Toledo, O. If afflicted with sore ?*>en use I > r. 1. Thomp ton's Ky? water. Druggist* sell at ji bottle Pure Rlood in r?s?ntlf\l to health. Now is th? tlmn to purify u?<l cntich tho bloo 1, nw) thus rIvo vigor nn<l vitality, by to k i d^; Hood's Sarsaparilla TheOn?Tm? Hloo 1 Purlflor. All <lriiKKlM*. fl. Hood's Pills euro nil Liver UK 25 rents. D III M OR MORPHINE habit cured on ft ?tu*r?nf?v. Kor jmrtlcu (?r??.l.lroM P. O. I U,x So. 871. A8IIKVILLK .V. C. 8. N. U.-24. <r? .. CAMPAIGN AND PRIMARY. 8TATK ICXKCITIVK COMMU^KK MAKK8 AUUANGHJIKM^ Tito Schedulo of the (/ami<^lK<> (mooV | lugtj? Tiie Now I'rliiitiry'tKura 1 Adopted.. * L i Tito Stuto I>ohvooratio K: foontivo Oommittco mot at Columbia au d mado all Ihu arraugomonta for thoi'oming Shtto campaign. Tim sohodulo which has boon arranged was carefully pro* pared iu advancc, and Jittlo or1 no changes wore inado in it. Tho e<*u mitteo thon \?ont to work on tho j aration of lh^ party ri? govoioiag Iho primtry oloctious. They luul to ho clmngod to moot tho rcquironumla | for a dfroot primary for United Stnlvb ' Houator. Tho oath rofjuirod whh 1 changed ho as to mako a man kwcbt that ho would "support tho aomfntW instead of "ahido the rvsult" of the, primary. Tho following sohedul<) ol campa^jn meetings throughout tho Mta.tii tyoro adopted: Manning, Monday, Juno 22. ?> Kiugstroe, Tuesday; Juno 28. I (U'orgotown, Wednesday, Juu??f2i. Conway, Fi iday, Juno 20. Marion, Saturday, Juno 27. Monck'u Corner, Monday, Juno 2'J. Charleston, Tuesday, Juno 30. Waltorboro, \Vcduesday, Jijly Heuufort, Thursday, July 2'? .< Hampton, Friday, July 3. Jp^ Sumter, Mouday, July 13. R^, Cautdon, Tuesday, July I t. V" , Lancaster, Wednesday, July lf>. j ? Chester, Friday, July 17. f Yorkvillo, Saturday, JSily 18. | Chesterfield, Tuesday , July 21. [ Monuettsvillo, Wodiiosday, July 22. 1 Darlington, Thursday, July 23, Florence, Friday, July 21. j liaruwoll, Monday, July 27. Ailtou, Tuesday, July 28. i Edgellold. Woduosdry, .July 20. Saluda, Saturday, August 1, u Uovington, Mouday, August .'I. . Wiuushoro, Tuesday, August 4. Columbia, "WoihiCHday, August 5. Orangohiirg, Thursday, August 0. Nowberry, Fridw, August 7. Ijttureiip, Saturday, August H. Union, Mynda.y, August 10. Si>artnnburr7_Tuosday, August II. (Jroouvillo, Wednesday, August 12. . l'iokoiw, Thursday, August 13. Oconee, FricLiy, August 11. Audoriton, Monday, August 17. Abbeville, WVdnosdny. August 1!). TIIK NI'.W UIM.BH. Tho new rules wero thou adopted us j follows: ? j Tho blowing rules shall govern iho memhol'uiip of tho ditl'oront subordi luito Del locratio clubs of thin State, the qualification of voters at. tho primary cloctious Jiohl by tlio party, tho con duct of Ihe primary elections to bo hold on tho last Tuesday (tho 'JOth day) of August, A. IV, 1 a n*l tho second primary held two weCky later, if ono bo nocoftsury : Jlulo 1. The qualification for mem bership in any subordinate club of tho I Democratic party of tli^a Stato, or for voting at a Democratic priujary, shall ho as follows, vi/,: Tho a cant for voter, shall 1 v 21 years of age, or shall become so before, llio succeeding gen eral eloctiou, ami bo a white Demo crat, or a negro w^ho voted for General Hampton iu 1H7G and who has voted tho DomocralftJ tiekot continuous!;^ since, Provided, that no white man shall he o.xehuhxl from partioipation in tho Demoorntio primary who shall tako tho pledge required *l>y tho rules of tho Domocratic patfiy, Tho managers of each box at tho primary cleetiou shall require every voter in a Deinooratio primary eloc tiou to tako tho following oath and j plodgo : j "I do solemnly swear that I am duly qualitled to voto at this cleotion ac cording to tho ruIoM of tho Denjooratio party, and that I Liayo not votod bo fore at this election, aud plodgo my self to support tho nominees of tho party." ltule 2. Every negro applyiug for membership iu a'Diunporatlo club, or offering to vote iu u Democratic pri mary election, must\produco a written statement of ton ropy tablo, white mop, who shall swear ^ that thoy know of their own kno>\vlcdgo that tho applicant, or voter, voted for General Hampton in 187(5 and has voted the Democratic ticket con tinuously since. Tho sapl, statement shall be placed in tho hallo*. box by the managers and returned with tho poll lint to the fouii^v ohairtjinu. Tho managers of election sh\dl keup asepa rate list of the naniCH of ull negro voters aud return, with-.tho poll list, to tho county chairman. , No person shall ;be prvnii It ed to voto unless he has been unrolled on a club list at least live days beforo the said primary election. " The club lists shall ho inspected by and certified to I ?y tho president and secretary and turned ovor to tho manager.*) to' be used as the registry lists. Kulo o. Kaeli county executive com mittee of the l>emr.eratie party in this State shall meet on or boforo tho first Monday iu August of each election year aud shall anjvoint threo managers for each primary election precinct in their respective counties, who shall hold the primary, election provided for under the Denu^cratie constitution, in accordance with tho acts of tho general assembly of this Stnto regulatjog primary election*, tho constitution of tho Democratic/party of thin State and the rules horciu^set forth. Tho names of such manager* may bo published by the chairman of cach couuty executive committee iu ono or more county papcis at least two weeks beforo tho cloction. Ilulo 4. Each voter in naid primary ahall vote lint two ballot*, on which ahnll bo pointed or writteb, or partly printed au<l partly written, the n\pio or names of tho peraon or peraoha voted for by him for each of th<j offices to be filled, together with tho namo of tho oftico. Tho ticketa to be voted ^*hall bo in the following form, with apacAa to anil the different eounti**: U. 8. Henator. OoTernor. ' - */>'. Lieutenant Governor. . . v " \ ; Secretary of SUU^ ^ Comptroller General. frl^to Treasurer! x , f Altohuy Oeueral. Adjutant and Inspector Oeneral. j Stato Superintendent of Eduoatiulu Railroad Commissioner*. - For Congress l>istriot. I For Solicitor? - Judicial Ci/cuit. y Stato Senator. House of Representatives. i Sheriff. Judge of Prolmto, . Clerk of tho Court. ?' County Supervisor. | Coroner. Co\iuty Suporlntendont of Education. Treasurer. \ Auditor,...-' No (vote toe Leouso of representatives nti ii 1 1 lv^i counted unless it contains uu many tinmen <?v tho county is entitled to representative*. . 1 Hulo ft. Tho managers of election Khali open the polin ?t H o'clock a. in. j and Hhall close them at 4 o'clock p. m. After tabulating tho icsult, tho man agers ?hall certify tho same and for ward tho ballot box, jyoll lint and all other papotp relating to such elect/on, by ono of their autnboV or by tho ox ecntivo committeeman to, tho chaii^nai) of lho respective Democratic copnty executive committees within IS lioura nfter tho eloHO o Utile (J. Tho 4'dftnty Democratic u;x. ecutivo committee shall asaomblo at their respective cov.rt houses on the morning of tho socoud day ufter^ tho election at or before 12 o'clock m^, to tabulate tho returns and deolaro tho result of the primary, so far itj* tho name relates to indjhboreof tho gt*noral assembly and ooi\pty officers, and bltall forward immediately to tho chairman (>f the State executive coqnuittoo at Columbia, S. C., the 'result of tho oloction in their respective, counties for congressmen and solicitors'. Hulo 7. Tho protests and contests for county oflhsorH Hhall bo filed within flvo days after tho election with tho chnirmau of tho couuty executive com mittee, and Haid executive committeo nhall hear and detetSniuo tho same. Tho Stato exettitivo committeo shall hear and decide proteste and contests as. to United States Senators, Stato of ficers, Congressmen and Solicitors, nnd ten tlays shall bo allowed for filing tho name. Rulo 8. Candidates for t ho General Asaombly and for county oftlces shall, ten daya previous to tho primary elec tion, filo with thy - ^jhairman of tlx* county exeout&Y^<5minrittoe o pledge in writing. to ? abide tho ro f? >r other olficcH.ubull filo audi plodgo with tho chairman of tho State Demo cratic executive conimitteo on or bo for the 22d of ?lSme, 1800. No voto for any candidate who has not com plied with thin rule shall bo countod. Rulo 1). In tho primary cloctions herein provided for. a majority of tho voteH cast shall bo necessary to nomi nate candidates. A acCoud primary, when neccBSary, shnll bo held two wooka after tho lirflt, as is provided for under tho Constitution of tho party, and shall bo aubjoct to tho rules gov- I crning i\ic ii rat primary. A{ said sec ond primary, tho two highest candi dates alono shall run for auy one oftioe, but if there are two or nioro vacanciea for any particqlar oftlce, then double tho number of candidates shall run for ; tho vacancies to be filled. For instance, in a race for slierill" tho two highest shall run. Rule 10. In tho evont of a tie be tween two candidates in th^Becond prjuiarv, tho county chairman, if it in a voounty ofllce, and the Stato chairman, if it is a State oflice, for a United Htwtcs senator or for oongross, or for solicitor, shall order a third primary. Tho question of a majorty voto shall bo determined by tho number of votes cast for any particular ofllce and not by the whole number of votes cast in the primary. i Rule 11. I?soh county / exccutivo committee qhall. famish tho managera at each precirtot two ballot boxes, ono for United States senator ana State officers and tho. other for congressmen,; solicitors and county oflloerH. , . I (miIIioiiii's statue Complete*!. 'y>o Calhoun monumont was com ploted Monday by tho placing of tho horoio figure of tho groat statesman on tho column. Tho stone work haB been complotod for somo months, and tho groat llutod column has been muoh ad mired for its symmetry and beauty. J. Massey Rhind, whoso studio is at No. '208 East 20th stroot, Now York, is tho sculptor of this roproduotyon of tho Southern statesman. Reujwick k As* pinwall are tho architects of tho ped estal. The statue is twelve fret eight inches in height. It rejrresonts tho groat nulliflcr in his favorite attitude when mnkinguu address* The right hand rests against tho hip nnd along cloak falls gracefully from tho shoul der and over the elbow. The loft hand clasps a scroll and is held for ward. Tho strong, sombre head is thrown forward as if the orator was looking at an audience below. Brushed up and buck from tho forehead is the shock of hair that has been mado so familiar by bis pictures. Tho cloak, swallow tailed coat, double-breasted waistcoat, stock, tight trousers and broad- toed shoos are careful reproduc tions of the male apparel of the tlrst half of the century. The huge j ieco of work has been in process of construction for seven months in the foundry of the No rth American Iron Works Company. It was moulded in tenrpioces, ono for the head, two for the legs, two for tho arms, four for Ihd oloak and ono for the trunk. Thofi thoso parts were fit ted together at/the joints and riveted. There are 0,0 Op pounds of bronzo in th^aatuo. 'Vh s indue an expense of 3720 at tho stArt. Statuary bronze is 00 per cent dhpper and the iest zinc nnd tin. At oach corncr of tho gran t > base bo placed a bronze pal metto Artfo, likowiao mado there. Tho btatiio is said to bo tho largest over { moulded in New York Ftito. SHOT HvTllSTAKK. While looking for a llurglnr, Paul ()rc?n? Kills Ills Servant. . Tsui Or*?n?\ brother of Judge Bamuol E. Or?<ene, of the Jrfterson county court, Ala., shot ami instantly killed Walker, en). or*?l, who had Iwn the family servant for yoars. An attempt to rob tho rreMcneo of Judge Oroene was txpeoted from burglars, and Paul Greene and Walker agreed to wateh for the Intruder*. Walker moved out of bis biding place, and Oreene, thinking him oae ot the burglars, filled him full of cuokshot MELON RATES /HUGH TOO HIGH. ? - Til K COMPIjAINT OK THK MKLON AM) Fit U IT tiUOWKRB. The (/rowfri mid the Railroads Have u Hearing llefore the IntQr-Htate Commerce CoiiiiiiltulQii. The United States luter-Stuto Com* merco Commission wuh engaged all of Wednesday in ti.iwg testimony in Co lumbia in the United Statea court room in thn matter of tho complaint of tho Melon ami Fruit Growers' Associ ation, and of the Btato Bailroad Com* mission ugaHtud the rates charged by the railroads for t^ansportiug melons and fruits to the Northern and Faster*) markets. Only ono member of tho Commission, the Hon. J. C. Clements, formerly Congressman from the Htato of Georgia, came, and tho Heoretary was on hand. Tho stonographio testi mony was carried back to Washington by Commissioner Clements. * Thore was a notable gathering of railroad mon present Thoro wus Mr. Hen derson, general counsel of tho Southern Railway system; Messrs. Culp and Drake, also of tho Southern; Mr. Emerson, of tho South Carolina ^u.d Georgia road; Judged. H. Hudson, of the South Carolina l'acitlo;. Colonel Gadsden and Mr. 1'. II. Gndsden, of tho Charleston aud Savannah railway; Mr. Craig, of the I'ort ltoyal and Western Carolina road; Colonel Averill, recoiver of tho Port lloyal and Augusta road; Colonel Cardwell, of the Southern; Mr. Barron, of the Coast Lino; Bailroad Commis sioners Thomas, Evans and Wilborn, with their secrotnry, Colonel Duncan; Major Barker, Col. Miho Brown, of tho Carolina Midland, and others. Attorney Goneral Barber was on hand, appearing on behalf of tho railroad commission, and Mr. Charles Carroll Bimms appeared for tho Growers' As sociation, OtiiorH presont woro Messrs. Joseph Kcitt, T. S. Williams, of Mo notta, and the complainants in tho caso of tho Growers' Association. Tho complaint of thegrowers alleged that tho rates oharged last season woro unjust, unreasablo and excessive, and in violation of tho provisions of tho United States act regulating commerco. Tho complaint further allogod that "noitlier f-aid rates nor any other rates than such os aro just, reasonable and I lawful undor said act, should bo put in forco nud charged ovor thodefendautH linos during tlio coining and subaequen* seasons for tlio shipment and truiist portation of melons between tbo points afor?8uid. And petitions over tbat without tbo intervention of your hon orable commission, and tbo protection guaranteed complainants nnd_others liko -circumstanced, under tho afore said r.ot to regulate interstate com merce, and duo and just enforcement by your honorable commission, that said defendants will not make such | just, reasonable and proper tariff rates j for the ensuing melon season as will make tho watermelon industry mutual ly advantageous and profitable to all parties engaged in tbo growing and handling thereof." Tbo complaint set fortb that tho growers Inst year,/ under tho rates charged, did not r<ializo 50 per cent, of the actual cost of production of tho melons shipped;' tho rato actually ab sorbing the gfoPR proceeds realized from tho sak> of tho melons; that tho roads dolay tho shipments, causing melons to decay, with total loss to tho ahippora. Freight ia often overohargod; that freight haa to bo prepaid; that tho melon business comes at the idlo sea eon of tho railroada. Discrimination in favor of truck farmers ia charged. Tho requests is made that "after duo hearing and investigation, an ordor may bo wado commending and requiring aaid defendants to ccase and desist from said violation of aaid act to regulate commeroo aa aforesaid, and compol them to ohargo and exact suoli rates only for tho traDaportation of melona in carloads botween tbo points aforesaid, as may upon such in vestigation be found to be just, reason able, lawful and undiscrimiQating, and for such othor and (further order or orders and relief as tho commission may deem neceaaary in tho premises, and for tho protection of tho com plainants and other producera, buyers and shippers in the said State of South Carolina, and tho foateriug and up building <?f sn industry of great valuo and profit to the citizens of tho State, aa well os to tho defendants, now about to bo stifled as aforoeaid by tho unjust, unreasonable and discriminating freight exactions of defendant afore said." Tho board of railroad commissioners also filed a complaint on behalf of tho interests involved, making practically the enmo allegations. Mr. T. S. Williams, of Moaetta, who had beeu growing molons for eight years, was tho first man to tako tho Btand. Tho average cost of producing a car load of melons, ho said, wos 812. He gavo tho details of tho exponars. This did not include accident* and ravogea of uiolon diseases. Sometimes tho cost was greater. Ho shipped to Baltimore and Philadelphia. He cited several instances of heavy losses. Tho Grower*' Association, of which ho was president, did not attempt to regnlato shipments. He quoted numerous fig ures, showing aomo profits and aonio looses. On soiiio shipments his loss had beeu as great a a $25.93 per car. Ho displayed several freight billa showing exceaaivo charges. Mr. Harron then cross-examined him. Nothing of consequence was brought out. In reply to a question from Mr. Barker, Mr. Williams said from $50, to $70 a carload of 1,200 Bicloim was considered a good price. ' In reply to a question from Mr* Clement, tho commissioner, Mr. Wil liams said the lands used sold at from 810 to $20 an acre. Ho said bo poaai bly mado expenses on hia melons last teason. / Mr. C. H. Matbis, of Bermrell county, was tho next witness. He waa a very intelligent witneaa. Mr. Mathia said tbat the same land planted twoyeara insuceeaaion did not do woll. Ho had been in the busineaa for seven year a. He told of 45 car loada he had, on which his total loaa waa $461.87. He seid the canfe of the loaa. to far aa he conM see. waa the ?*? <r costive freight oba(g6fl. Hh fcaid that moro t?au 24,0001 pound# had to bo put iu h oar to mak*> 14 A saloable cur load. Tbo excess ohfirgOB now put on eat up tho profits. Home cars wont through on schedule time, while otheri* were sometimes delayed ten days, causing tho melons to spoil. Ho h?d never knowu a railroad company to refund the freight on such delayed onrn, and it wm ft total loss. . Ho had put in olaims only to have them uu noticed. The growors loaded the* felons and tho commiBBion mon un loaded them. In handling cotton the railroad* loaded it. He preaeuted Bomo figures, ? showing tho jrohta and losses on tho business for some yeftrB. Tho season usually opened on July 1U, aud continued through August. Mr. Paul J. Zoiglor of Allendale, ono of tho largest melon growers, thou took tho stand. Hrfwresentod some striking tabulated stafflkente. His firm lost from $2,000 to $3,000 on the 200 ear loads shipped last year. Last August ho had paid as high as $34.81 per ear load in freight? moro than was realised. Homo oars had been delayed causing a total loaa. They had bought melons iu u radius of 40 miles from other grow ers. Ho usually put ono wagon load of straw in a car. A few days differ ence in tho handling of the melons mado no difference If they were pro perly handled. This years crop aoroagoiH about 10 percent, lower tlmu that of last 3 oar. In some instances tho excels ehargoa wero as much as tho wholo freight' bill. The commission then took a reoeaa till 4 o'clock for dinner. After diunor JihIro lleiidorsou wanted to know H any testimony would be token boforo tho commission when it returned to Washiugtou. Objootion was tft^od to thia on tho ground that it would bo too exponaivo for the oomplainant^fcut nosaea to go to Washington. It ?^a, thevoforo, deoided to tako all tho testi inony beforo an adjournment waa had. Mr. Barron wautod tho oaso dis missed on tho grouud that no particu lar instauoo had been proven where tho allfgod oxooasivo rates wero chargod, and because all tho ovidoftco I against tho alleged rate was o fa top positions charactor . 1 hen ho muA that his system bo eliminated from the rCJ\ulco Hendoraon was desirous of having tho caso dismissed \)ecJUB0 ,?" its faco a rate waa boing attackod that waa not really of forco. Then Mr. Emerson of tho Const lurio took tho stand aud gavo tlio side of the railroads in tho matter. He explained very fully ?ho system of prepaying clmrgos on melous. Tho cxcobs charged was nothing new. The carload rate was fixed for 24,000 pounds, and all above that in weight was charged up at tho proportionate rate. This was done in tho caso of all commodities. _ ship less than a carload meant tho im position of a higher rate. \\ heu tlio running time of a freight train was de creased that meant the increase of the oxponaea; fewer cars had to bo oairitd and'heavier onginea had to bo uaed. j Mr. JDinorson could not givo tho figures showing thia increaao. Tlio road handl ing thia freight waa liablo in many ro spocts and tho wrecking of a car meant tho paying for tho contents. Ho .thought tho melon rato today was too low to bear its proportionate share of the expenses. A reduction of about I thrco cent a per hundred baa been made on melons in tho last few years. The rate sheets were usually lesuea after tho melon crop had been planted. Mr. Emerson stated that costly ven tilated carshadbeen put on just for tho benefit of the growers Ho fnl lly ex plained tho melon tariff Bhcet8 J1? melon ahippiug service was distinctly a apecial service in all respects lleceivor Avcrill, of the Port Royal and Augusta line, theu took the stand. He bad hud much oxperiouco in hand ling melonH on his road. Additional sido-tracks hnd to bo put in, and they bad cost his road about S3, 500. The regular sido-tracks wcro practically useless for tho purpose of handling melon cars. Again, melon trains bad to bo limited to 20 cars. On a level road it took 30 per cent, more fuel to run tho train. . Tho melon growers would not U60 tho old stylo care. Cars were frequently loaded on the main lino in ordor to help tho growers out in tho matter of saving time. Ho had received no complaint from the melon growers on his road, and he expected to handle threo times as many this year. There was , no ovidonco of stifling tho industry on his lino. The now stylo cars held Jabout 200 more melons than tho cars formerly used. Tho northern roads insisted on charg ing tho excess. Tho melon acreage this year, ho thought, would bo from 250 to 300 acrcs increase. There wan no comparison between tho handling of melon and ordinary freight trains. Mr. Cnlp, whon placed on tho *tand, told of the txpcrienco of his system in handling melons. Other lines required that tho froight on melons should bo prepaid. Tho freight rates on melons ho considered very low. If tho busi ness was not profitable, bo failed to see wborein the roads wcro responsible. Ho could not say that thero was but very littlo else to bo handled at this timo of tho year oxcept melons. Fast trains also cost moro to operato. No exoess charges were made on actual weights. His road handled about 1,100 car loads of melons from this Stato each season. Mr. L. J. Conrtonay, of Trenton, a largo grower, was thon j Hit on the stand. He said that tho roads required all freights on melons to be^guajAnteed. Ho know of Bomo instance*, however, wbero they wore not gusraiUeed. Col. D. Cardwell "was the last wit ness. Ho stated that the northern roads only insisted on prepayment of Weight when there was a glut on tho northern and eastern markets. Then only were prepayments required. Tho testimony is to be written out and the counsel on both sides a*o to be supplied with copies. Then care will be argued in Washington. ? ? . WOltf?T PAY *5?000 INSURANCE. Mr. Westmoreland's Death Was Not Accidental, Says Judge Newman. Judge Newmsnat Atlanta.Ga., delivered an opinion In the ease of Mrs. Matilda H. West moreland against the Preferred Accident In surance Company, sustaining the demurrer' of the defendant in its refusal to pay #4,000 accident Insurance to Mrs. Westmoreland, t?u?baad died an4*r a surgical open* _ tion from the effect of chloroform. Tho judge held that the chloroform was ad ministered In the proper way by a skill/ul surgeon, and that the death was sot doe to soeMsot Keep the Children Bu?y. J Almost every family can allow 'the children a tJny spot their vqry own for the plautlng of a few seeds or bulbs or ?Hps, tho cafe of which will give oecm pation ant) keep the children at home when otherwise they would plead to go Momewhere or to lv*ve somebody conio to see thein.?Womroiklnd. J An liidlgknlty, ? J "Why Is Prober's pleturej^Bu severe?" "Tho photographed as tad her t& looV , pleasant."- Detroit Frca Pre*?, j [vi \ An IngonlouHfiiiloldo^ k ILj&Freuch sulcldo near Lyons careful- 1 lyi'?ullt a guillotine for l.tfmself, using a hatchet weighted with yi sledge luun- 1 mer for a knife. llavlifei adjusted his head to a block, he let g<- a cord holding the welglit^^id was neatly decapitated. This man ceh^ Ady dese.Ved to succeed. 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