The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 08, 1897, Image 1
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Hon, and it id operated
[ flcalo.
Ttaised^ in this emotion, as
jfift section, And is of a
Thi* /Uduntry pays
'ugsoiuu,
iJftSf. Wig**) r> MWddllOt,
Sly ?uftloid*.L%&nfty for
ion. The & c* A.*<ior aovc
. largor thayk$8t of any.
ho .cotton bolf.
Idle oountry. This boo
Jess.rolling, and is hot
?iiosfyid hills . section of
l is tho bead of navigation
Clivers, and oontains tho
kiadft and most beautiful
hards. . >
Ave ywx? a great deal of
i boon paid to the culture
tmohes ? -ami "bem.oH
seotion oominand a higher
^T.-ii03f theru markets than
ruia fruits. Tho industry,
and tho pld cotton fields^
If . a mora profitable crop,
reeries have boon planted,
lejnarkot is almost eiuppliod
This eootion is now
, liome of the poaoh. Tho
k;l?. also grown to perfeotion,
Stable crop, Tho average
o of cotton and other Held
rreater than in tho othor
?ao Htato^ tho best farms
than twQ bales to the
,000 has booome tho boat
/in this section, and thoro
00,000 pounds raised in thu
?J\V&
; to tbe
to
?aria principally long leaf or
fMLQn the rivers, ana oypross
jr in the swamps. Tlio cli
iseeption is warmer than the
?a, and may bo oallod tho
aone of tho btato. Oiljnills,
' ffios and saw , mills aro tho
dustries.
''oountry, or coast sootion
ie?t naturally in tho State,
t tyghly favored countries,
j loss 'energetic than those
Idle or up-QOuntrv. Col. A.
tt?I_in writing of this section,
: ''There is no othor part of
whero so littl? labor; will p'ro
i.Uoh, In a^ood portion of
will
bn tho soil will average sevon
Wfem
[id harvest occur in every
and is praoticafly inox
proftVa- Vegetation is usually ohook*
j > more than six woelcs; seed
* have seen a sooond orop of
, a^d the ging from tho trees in liorke
tinnecee' y during ; tho present month
ao "60*? "03 matured, and had it not been
i? Mjiwere storm that has jnst visit
|?ite?o*m sure oro t-liis they would
. roady for shipment to the
markots./ Olives, oranges,
tdai fig8 and all tropical fruits may
State. "Oottc re, witlyvegotaolea nearly all
iMtpy indu round^jThe ^nio^t important
faotosV in ufais section aye>tlio rice and
aividen<l ootton cropto. Great num
rr oont to bo old rice plantations wore
"SSttiR^of rfc d aurlhg tlie war and are now
ive.hoen oo and abound in all kinds of
Apoount of ? 1 1 - we being converted into
products. 1 serves for our millionaires. ,
in aroanpareill be found tho negro in his
.ha labor tat e, as happy as though he
ivea 11 bojie Uarden of Eden, speaking
the ^ language, aud^ opn tented to
iibrougfc
f<^a .milis
jkatdame na^ffe^o generously
and: many a millionaire would
did he not kftow his bill of
a reoent hunt to this neotiou
gentlemen determined to de
- . a- it. -i_ *>.
0Q? itoIst?towvtvv^?" ??? ? - ? ? ?
> ranking first I nad at 8 o'clock for breakfast
lannfaQturing' laliard.duoks. After breakfast
>rinoip%Hj ?n ^nde were turned in the deer
i ? yeast A' d they returned to lunch with
tie now bMnf ldsome deer and four wild tur
?r in macbinojfter lunch, at 2 o'clock, a. trip
.raJwrfli*** moyto-tii?' ?fti|>e Uogs, and ra
{Mk-of tima! to dinner at 6 o olook they
-WlU be' ta twelve woodcock, twenty-six
ntbd two marsh hens, A nogro
j n' given haJf a dollar and he re
mUvom the Owemlali river with
aolVrrels pf oysters and a basket of
rsu 1 After dinner a coon hunt waa
eld in thul. and before 10 o'clock our
:a -yard-4w5 turned with four racoon* and
r miils i* isume. Every nogro raises his
"iemi an i and potatoes by siiupiy planfc
.?om them, as nature doeA tho rest. Veri- ,
hig^sthe land of milk '^nd honey. ?
have turps are aver jgreen and hogs
capitftle are fed only to kcep/ilif
rem
>w wv koep/il
Fhesciands can "be boughft from
m andthfrpiurfiiigq u
tfipby Be the Piedmont section. No
r possesses greater natural fa
? for producing grasses, hay and
' ok, and their products of meat,
ig I rod milk.
llfiK U Mao the home of the diamond'
oft rrapin, so toothsome to thjj epi
Pm The development of Port Royal
m io|ke this the garden spot of
I'tttinQC rid. c This section is also rich
sasuosphate deposits. Bquth Cavo
lli pttb these phosphatio deposits,
peoplActurers more, fertilizers tfcau any
to on 11 thus be seen thai on o taking
bqam in the early morning el
' - w?T-t -?J..",, ni
Letaliw^r"
vision or Port Hoyal, arrives a<
U bia at H ??d atSoartanbu!
! ^ in the -
S. T}?1^ t peaks east of the Koekics
\ ? I *TT. ; ? iAvAA.'tn f
breakfasted^Fn the tropins,
>artanbiirg at
?n the tropica,
plains and dined on tn*
, >J peaas east of the ltockics.
joonverte* t*x*e in South Carolina are lower
Xt advanjany.in. .the%. Union. . . Wo spend
aTer?ionf<it.e<lncation.?in proportion to our
r to fortfe than any people of the Union,
rfthift ife*** debt js about $8,800,000, ro
n at fyr percent., and is being de
dewy^year by a sinking fund.
WW, although severely op
v-.:
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l*M>perty. Not a railroad in this ^tut<
18'uow vn tho hand* of u receiver, amlv
nil j?hovr good earnings. in tho de
acenditig ucalo our State stands forty
second )ii the am outi t of mortgaged in
debiodi&esft. in her educational facili
ties the btato is now tho equal of nnj
in tho Union. Tho public schools art
well nttondod and tho colleges are full.
There are fl,000 nioro chilaron in th?
school this year than last. Wo hav?
homes And farms for many times tlu
?number of our inhabitants, and wo wel
come good substantial citiuona.
Thoro is no ioonn however, in Soutb
Carolina for unpatriotio pauper imml
grants. Wo are Amorioan, proaorvma
our individuality aaU insWjtution, and
.believing in tho rule of the majority
and equal sights to all.
... . fciouth Carolina will survive and pros
per on her natural resources, .ft.nd by
the indefatigable energy of hor pcoplo,
while thoso to whom she now ? pay a
tribute will languish and decay.
Wo wish the Union a happy and proa
porous Now l'ofr. /
Jqhn jUKtftt' Evans, Qovornor.
PKOTJSOTION OIO MEAT.
dr. Poston Submits an Approved He*
olpe for All Conoernotl.
Afr. Charles Ponton, of Savage, Flor?
enco oounty, in the Nows aud Courier,
oonllrms what has been said by a lady
of Sumter a* to the virtues of boras for
the protootion of moat from the attacks
of dies, eto. Having noticed, ho says,
Mr. Barrett's statemont of his troubles
on that score he submits the following
approved recipe for the information of
all oouooruod:
"When tho moat is ready to hang up.
aftor it has been salted, wash oft' in hot
wa$or and set on edgo to dry. 4 When it
is atyotit dry apply a small quantity of
pnlvdrizod borax by rubbing it on with
tho baud or sprinkling it from a com
mon pepper box or through a sieve,
distributing it N>venly over the fleshy
surface and the stem of the ham and
shoulder. Smoke as long as desired,
but a ver.v little smoking will Bufllce.
I have triod tnis plan tor two years,
and my father has employed it inuoh
longer. No hairy bug, skipper, worm
or tly will touch meat that has the
boras cu it. M
Tho News and Courier further says;
"A South Carolina correspondent ol
the Southern Cultivator vanes the plan
by using the borax in solution. He di
rects itkcffithe moat bo kept in salt six
woeks, toon taken out and allowed to
drip for Ave minutes, and adds; 'Make
a strong solution of borax water, dip
the meat in for one minuto, hang up
and smoke if desired. Farmers here
abouts use this method aud arc never
troubled with skippers. ' Whether the
solution should bo not or oold, aud iusl
how.^trong' it should be< is notetated:
v'i'he important point, however, is thai
this witness confirms the testimony ol
Our fair Sumt&r correspondent and oi
Mr. Poston that borax affords an efteetr
ive and 4in 'ailing protootion to the meal
from the attacks of winged orjeglesc
marauders. We need not, thereior^
point any ol hw recipes on the sub
803IE NISKDBD REMEDIES.
Chango* to Bo Suggested by Coinp*
stroller. Gonorul Nef^om ;
ieter say?: "Comp
n, in hie report tc
>ller Uonerai .Norton, in iuh report ia.
i General Assembly will suggest
oae very impelPtant ohanges in legis
The Columbia Rc
troller General Nort
tho
POT0C ?W* J v?.%,?.0w? ~ -m ? -
1 at ion, or will rather on.ll attention tc
certain matters and leave it to the Gen
oral Assembly to adopt auy remedies
the members may ohooae; >
"Io thtf first ulaoe he thinks the fttil*
sion law is badly in need of repairs.
The last law was a very liberal one and
enabled a very large number to oom?
in, and consequently greatly reduced
tno amount eaoh pensioner received.
Unless the law is amended so as to giv?
the tttat&JUo&vd more time to revise the
lists and weed out those not really en
titled to pensions, tho list is going tc
be so vastly inare&Asd that pensioned
will practically get nothing. Lastyeai
the btate Board out off a great many by
reason of their papers being defootive,
but they can be fixed all right by tlii* I
fm Norton's prinoipal idea seemi
to be to give the board more time to in
.restigate the varioue applications so thai
only thoso actually lawfully entitled tc
pensions can receive them.
' 'Mr, Norton will also ask that he b?
given an extra man for his offloa-an
expert accountant - who can be sent
about the State to investigate irregular
ities and straighten out books of audi*
tors, it is so often the oaeeUiat the
popular fanoy ohanges the ofiioes in the
tax department that inexperienoed men
are obtained, and they often have irreg
ularities whioh are not caused inten*.
tionelly, but from inoxporience. Mr.
Norton with an expert, of the kind spo
ken of believes he can. save the State a
great deal of money aucLjiuditars and
bis own offloe much trouble and
worry. c ' ?
"Another thing he will call attention
to is the matter of tho payment of
school claims iu whioh there is consid
erable variance in different part* of the.,
State, i ! e will recommend that there
be more, uniformity. Another defect
he will refer to is the matter of jury and
witness certificates. The statements
of jurors and witnesses as to mtieags
are oftentimes taken by Clerks of
Coivts and the indebtedness
oounty <*m berun np tO'a' ooneiderahle
extent without the County llovd
%>nmw 7*7: :T * ? - - V .
nmtsf loners knowing anyW.ng
>nt it until these cerUfteates are pre
-f "--Xl
firs ts aVesfasa tthwr
B0;?
Ost if fMr
Ssqia &rtnuft*T??, at Y^setiasa, oee of tbe I
? sms* fssieee eiiirer :.inTawr'ia^(it;
Mexfea,
A PROFITABLK DIAGOVKKY.
peoan Grafts on Hickory 'rroos Prove
ASUCCCaaful Kxporlmaut.
.The Qreonville Xow$ notes a diyoov
ovy of much interest and valuo tc
land-ownora in evet y pai l of South Car
olina.
A newly planted po?an gro*e, it is
flrstfexplaiuod, seldom yields a profita
ble crop before tbo ago of ton years.
iWr^W, W. Lyon, (if Florida, obtaiuod
soffsholl pecan grafts from a neighbor
ing gi-ovo throo years ago, and grafted
theiVi oh 8omo hickory tuoea on his
plaoo. The result of hu experiment is
a splondid crop of nuts thisyoar, which
moau? seven yeare ?wed in obtaining
a paying orop. ino News adds :
i l',dr. Lyon utatea that hia grafts
stood a heavy freeze aud were not in*
i'urod. Whether the pecan will stand
bo climate of this section is tbo qftoa
(ion. Thore are localities In this coun
ty whero it is possible tha* peoau* will
live aud thrive and pay handsomoly
It will not bu;au expensive experiment*
Farmers should try it anyhow, it will
bo oasy to seoure graft#, hickory^ tree*
are to be found on every farm, luui the
work of grafting ia eimplw. If it can bo
fouud that the pecan can bo grown horo
it will pay a big profit. Thoroaro mauy
farmers who can mako tho experiment,
and any who' feel an interest iu tbo
matter ootild write to Mr. Lyon, v/ho
will douotlesu givo all necessary infor
mation. It woujd be a great triumph for
Greenville oOuaty io - hare poonn
groves. Why not try it ?' " *
Tho Nowa and Courior, in speaking
of tho above experiment, says:
"There is uo question about the |>?.
can standing tho olimate of this 8t?tt*.
Thoy grow aud tbrivw'^ar north of this
latitudo-as far north J. we believe, as
tho Canada line. They will thrive in
every county iu South Carolina. It it
easily practicable to repoat the Florida
oxperiittont, with likesuocoss. wherevo i
there are hickory trees, aud tuey grov#
iu overy part of the State.
... 1 'It ia not neoesBary to write to Mr.
Lyon 'for information. ' What isupoes'
aavy is for tho ownor of the hickory
trees to understand grafting, or to em
ploy some ono who does understand it,
ana to obtaiu the 'grafts' and use them.
Tbero are- not a few pecan groves in the
State old aud young, ana doubtless
their ownors will be willing to suppl /
all tho grafts th&tjare wanted for a coif
?id$ration. It would be to the advan
tago of farmers aud other laud- owners,
we supikjsq, to graft the thin shell p?
can on every hiokory tree on thoi*
lauds. The peoan nuts are valuably
aud can bf Ufodily soldanywboro, while
tho hickorjwuts are not much in do
mand oxcept from squirrels.
"If the grafts can be obtained our
moro enterprising farmers in overy
county should loso no time in learning
how to use them. Tbey can doubtless
cet all Jthe'instruetion wiey need from
' Clemsou College, -or from some of tho
etudents at tno college. Thirty-six
boys hove just been graduated from
tho institution, aud air of them who
studied the agricultural course have
boon carefully instructed in this kind
of work Thoir advice and instruction
are available for the benefit of all their
neighbors. That is what the oollego is
for, and it is encouraging certainly to
find it answering ita purpose so weO at
the very outeet of itc career of useful
ness. " .
I^OAFiaiG .AT DEPOTS.
(I TVIU Likely Ut? a Subject of fcegls
" Iution.
The annual report of tho State Ball
road Commission to tho General As
sembly has been plooed in the hands of
the State printer, and the following ex
tracts therefrom Mill be of general in
terest: " ;
" VVo \rLah to oall the attention of
your honorable bo^ly to the oommon
nuisance of persons loafing around the
depots upon arrival of trains whereby
the public as well as the - railroad is
croatlj annoyed, and would reepeotf al
ly rocommend that the law be amended
so as to correct this ovl' as follows;
Amend section 1731 by striking out the
kwords "shall forfeit a sum not less than
I S3 or more than $20" and insert in lieu
thereof the words "or employe shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con
viction thereof shall pay a lino of not
loss than $50 or be sentenced to impris
onment or labor on tl?o chaingang for a
period of not more tluui. thirty- dave."
Then the deter people >trora
loafing at the aendte at tram time and
this nuisance will t>e stopped. ,
"There is another amendment that
should be made. It should be made a
misdemeanor with great punishment to
shoot or throw any ldnd of missile at or
into the engine or any car of the train
This is in addition to the provisions of
sections 1738 and 1784. As the law now
stands there must bev shown either an
intention to injure property or io eom
, mit assault and battery oh some person.
|, Jn all these cases thero are legal diffi
culties to get over which have some
times defeated the real ends of justice.
Then again the penalties provided in
seotione 1788 and 1784 really amounts to
nothing. Any person who will oommit
such offenses has nothing above the
homestead exemption in the way of
propert^tfresptmd to a judgment.
'There has been mor* or less oom
plaint as to tho depot accommodations
at various points. ' The commission he*
done what it could to have all fust cause
of complaint removed, but has beefi
somewhat hampered by insufficient
statutes. , - ? \ /x
: ? * (i'k? an earnest appeal to the
Commission for ia - union <?<5i>otat Den
mark to be bailt^oihtly by the Florida,
Central and Peainsnutt, the Atlaatk
Coast Line and the Sooth Carolina and
Georgia ftiilrnsdi. all of which JttacU
cress each other at ttie point, and theh ,
. respective^ depots aw
p oatteenrachincon Y6ai4iiee to the trav- 1
? called a
if Hi 10 CIS.
So Decidos tho Treasury Depart
ment in Two Cases,
| HEY MAY GO, PROVIDED,
And Thereby llangs i? Talo-^Sew
Move by thp Dauntless ami Com*
modoro. .i
-?For tho f^rpMimo slueo tho present
struggle in Cuba bogau tlii.s govern
roout has givon permission io u customs
official to olcav for Cuba ft vossel loaded,
aooording to her* manifest, with muni*
ttoufl of war and presumably intended
for the insurgent army. Tho vessel in
this ease ia tho well known and alleged
filibuster tho "Dauutloss," but tho
ooncosaion that under these oireum
tjancos she Is eutiUod to olowanoo pa
f>w? leaves the situation so far na sho
a concerned quite as involved as bo
foro, as tho statu to^ proscribe that be
fore olearanoo shall bo grantod for
any vossel bound to a foreign port,
the owners, shippers and cq~naigu.ee a
of the oargo shall stoto under oath tho
foroign port at which tho cargo i?
to l>o landed and severe penalties
wo proscribed for violations of
ihis requirement, including the
oontlaofttion of tho veasol. The Boo
retary of tho Treasury received a tele
gram from tho attorney for tho owners
of tho Bnuutlees at Jacksonville stating
that tho owners of tho DauntlftHs ana
hor cargo would apply to thoOolloofcorof
Customs at Jaoksouvillo for olowanoo
to a Cuban i>ort with a cargo of arms,
stating, howovor, that tho" oaths re
quired by the statutes would not bo
taken. The ' question was askod
whether under the circumstances pa
pers Ay^puld bo issued. Later in a telo
gram was recoived from tho Colloetor
at Jaoksonvillo stating that application
to oleor tho Dauntless for the uort of
Nouvitoa, Cuba, with a oargo of arms,
had be&n mado, and asking instruc
tions. The Boorotury repliod substan
tially as follows: ,
"if tho master of tho vessel and tho
owners, shippers and consignors of tho
cargo conjply fully with all tho laws,
atta regulations concerning tho mani
fest and take the oatha required vou
may grant a dlearance to Nouvitas.
Cuba. Tho oaths must bo taken ana
subsoribod in writing as required by
sections 4107, 41U8 and 4200 of tho He
vised Statutes. M ,>
Thp port named ill the application as
the destination of the cargo is on Jho
northern coast of Cuba and is occupied^
I by the Spanish foroes. The Treasury
offloials, therefore, aro of the opinion
Uiak tho oaths required )}y tho statute
i ?rill not bo taken.
The colleotor of custom* at Jaokeon
tdll? wirod tho Secretary of tho Treas
ury that tho steamor Commodore had
applied for elearanco upon praotioally
khe same statement of facts as in tho
ease of tho Dauntless. In response tho
Beorotarv wired permission to issue pa
Eera to the (jJonimodoro in substantially
le ?woe t*?rmp as weio aaqaod in the
former oaaei It has not been learned
at this writing whether the conditions
Imposed liaty been accepted.
Information reeoivod is.to the effect
that the stoamor Three Friends failed
absolutely to land its expedition in
Cuba, as was reported. Tho story of
the 6hjaso by a Spanish man-of-wat is
Qonflraied, the- Three Friends being
obliged to leat? the Cuban coast just as
it was getting t6adv to land its cargo.
The steamer headed for tho Florida
coast-, and, having 4 but a few tons of
ooal on board, it landed the men on a
key near to Key West, afterward put
ting into that port; where it was seized
The Dauntloa% has now gono to tako
tafe men and ammunition off tho key
and may make an offort tq lamlthcm in
Cuba. Before tho return of the Daunt
less to this port it will alsq endeavor to
land another expedition. , ?
WILIj AUOKPT MEDIATION.
DoLiOino Raid to Have Unofficially In*
formed Olufty of Spain'* Intentions.
The correspondent of tho London
Chroniclo at Washington, in a oablo
dispatch to that paper diftolosos (hat
there is no doubt that Hpnin has unoL
flcially, through Hehor Dupay Do
Lomo, their Minister, ?; promised to ao
Cflpt tho United states mediation di
rectly atter ueu. \>oy?er haa olefred
the province of PIna del Rio of rebels,
and then to grant anything short of
actual independence for Cuba. This
dispatch contimios;
''None of tho EuropSfflPpwaiere have
protested against American interven
tion in Cuba. On the contrary, Mr.
Olnoy h*4 been assured of their ap
proval England, however, remaining
strictly neutral. The reporte of a Eu
ropean protest were inspired by Mgr.
Martinet li, tho pontifical delegate to
the UnitedJStaiee. "t i ,
The Chronicle alw again asserts that
"the rldicmlous stltement" of M. D(> I
Blowitz. the Paris JorreBi>ondcnt of the'
Timea thatGermaqp and other Euro
pean governments were preparing to
protest again stij^ericfin intervention
inCubaiiJ abioiuwly unfounded. .
Congress Haa Paw?t -;r;
8 en 4tdr Chandler, of New fefampfthire,
takes iasne with President Cleveland a*
V tb? power veaied in the President of
the United States to ajyne . recofp?i*?
t*r hot recognize the belligerency or tei
denpnuency ot uia* oountry. He Jtnat ,
of Cffpa. 9ka in an in- j
public. . take* -r - at *mg ?
I the rigbtmft Can*
/- lletttot??Bsfc?*w.
1 CONFEDttlMTR WAR AffllKY* |
An Appeal to ttnv Veteran* Through*
out tho South* ? ,
Tlio following eicoulax has bww pre
Nintod to tho Nashville, Tonn., Sun: (
Oftleors and Mombors of Camp* oi
United ? Confederate Volovans. -? Com
rada: Wo havo tho honor to transmit to
you tho onclosod addresalasuod by tho
ox cot. live com mitt oo. Tho board of
trust cos is determined to ouvry to rvniuv
eossfnl finish the landatylo purposocom
milted to itM charge, ' , , j
Tho board has undertaken the raxing
of 'fund* to duplicate and add to the ,
muniUceut donation oi C-omradoChnvles
D.1 l'ouss, of Now York oily, and natur
ally applies to tho reorganized camps
of ' United Confodoratu^Yotornns for,
prompt pecuniary rfssistaneo. with o s- |
jioueos of count motion and tho endow- j
incut fund of tho wssooiation *nft vbo (
iflftd'o ns groat as possible and bcr*v'.
ported to tHo general mooting of United
Confederate veterans. at tholr annual ;
rounion in thin city in May next.
The hoard of tr unties or? earnestly
at work, and aro endeavoring to push
forward the raising: of money with tho
determination of securing tho necessary
fund to enable tho erection of a suitable
memorial building within which to pre
serve tho arcl^yos, records or Southern
valor and oudurauco, together with t no
HteVaturo of tho four yearn of un
?quallort hardships in tho Hold and at
uonio. ? ? .
> Now is tho time to not. 1' urthor de
lay may defoat the purpose of tho board,
as time will scatter and destroy many
rolics that the association desires to
prosorvo. When it is remembered that
every dollar now raisod will bo oovoroil
with another through tho crcat liber
ality of Comrade Rouha, 'lis the com
monest kind of plain business souse to
moot him with tho largest possible cash
donations, thab his Hborality may bo
made available, and a memorial odiilce
orcctqd to tho heroism of tho Southern
jj>eor>lb/ . ,,
It is suggested and rospcet fully,
urged upon all ' division, brigade and
camp commanders, to provido for o
money collection by every camp in the
United Confederate Veteran orgamm
lion on Uiq llHli of January, tho birth*
day of (Jon. ItobcrtK Leo, for tho bone
lit of die Association.
Of course, it is not iutonded that ef
forts should bo del ay oil until then, or
to coaso after that timo, but tho objiot
of this suggestion is to make that da v a
momorablo ono in tho work which
should onlist the deep intorost of every
Confedorato floldior, who. wliilo accept
ing aud upholding loyally tlie results
of the war. still lovoo aud vonorutcs tho
? mornory oi his comrados who diod for
tho c/iuso thoy loved so well.
Tho Huperinlcndent and Fooretary
will bo actively in tho- Hold for sub
scriptions; Ihcroforo, for lho prosont ad
dross him at Covington, Ky. , and, 11
absont, lottore will bo immediatoly for
warded and receive prompt' attention.
Vory truly and fraternally,
W. D. Ciurx.BY. Presidont.. K-..
John O. Un'oukwooo, Superintendent
and HootOtary, etc.
McKtnley at Worlc,.
A ftpeoial from Canton, O. , s*y ?:
"Tho prosidont-olcot^bffts. commonced
work on bin iuauf^iftii addro^P# ttUd it
will not tako bin/ many days to finish
it, for ho har? w'orl fixed in bin mind the
lines of thought ho wishes to develop
and tho suggestions he Wishes to mako.
After Major MoKinley has finished his
address ho will dovoto all of Mfl'timo to
the work of organizing hjs udministra-*
tion. and ho may go S<$th for a foMrs
woolen in ordor to enjoy a short txsnod
of rest arid ootnpar al vywu ?m>htudo before
sottinfc out for Washington.
* "Major MoKinloy ha*, according to
thofto, who havo watched the matter
closely, invited no one f-avo Mr. Hanha
to bocomo a member of his calnnot." It
is understood, however,' that Nelson A.
Dlngley, of Maine, will probably be
made sccrctary of tho treasury. "
Asking For A I<1.
Tho Portuguese consul at .Boston ha.
recoivcd a petition from fit. Michael,
Azores, which was sent by tho Portu
gncpo governor of the province of Don
Jaiointho dfcTpros Ado. asking fid fV
tKoUfiandu of sttfforing inhabitant who
lost nearly nil their property iif a great
waterspout on November 2. A, number
of lives were lost at the timo. Part o<
tho city of Povocao, with a population
of 2), 000 wan carried away, as was also
tho r.inall town of Hiviora Qucnto,
A Mill ? Century Old Shuts Down.
The Lehigh mills in^outh Fjirton,
Po. , manufacturers of cotton goods,
hftvo shut down foj?5toWr months and
there in pnid to bo but little prospect of
a resumption ot tlio end of that period.
The mills are tho oldest i'ii the Lehigh
valley. Ono hundred employees are
affected, Tho plant was started nearly
10{> years ago and this is tho flr?t shut
down it has experienced.
Alabama Hits Another Wrcoh,
A s|>ecial from Louioviilo, Ala , uto
tho Stato ITerald cays: " A terrible
wreck . occurred oh the Eufaulf
A Ozark .road in which Kngin
?or Charles K Higgins wa*
killed outright and the liromattr-Mr ?
Woods, rcQQi nful ihjnner
in Ins nosperuto leap' for life. Xiw
wreek waa. cansed hy> tho axle on the
front trnck of. tho ongine breaking,
ThcjiasRengor* on board were not -in
f _ lv? n ** etttelrg* t j
tary conference at Indianapolis, IndL, ]
THE YEAR J69V
KuMPtfKS FOH 1897.
In tho your 1897 thorn will bo two oelifrpst
both of t iio .sua.
I. Aiifuumiuf eclitw* of tho sun Fohruary
1, vlaHdo na iv am'ill partial oollpn-} m that
portion of the United St u ton lyh?K ?outh of a
lino drawn from Capo Bt. Imonn (old
fot-iilu), through Ban Antonio, iToxasj Alom
phbt, Tumi and Marietta. Olilo, to Provlnoo?
town, 'near Oapo Pod, In Hasan dimwit.-*.
pHth of tho annular oollpsrt Itoa obtelly In tho
l'rtoido Ouean; It oro?saa thu iior;horn putt of,
Honth Amotion (Colombia and Yonozuola)
from Onblta Hay near Capo Oorrtonteson t l\o
Paolllo Ooant to tho Island of 'i'Hnbl.id,
whero it terminates (it .punaot (it 6 h. 9 m.
p. m., Now York moan time. f
It. An nnnnlar ooltpao of thosufn July 20, 1
vUtblo ?n tbo United Blnt09, th? 'southern half
of tho Dominion of Ginndu.Moxloo, Central*
America, tho Wont India Island-*, and a*l that
portion of Booth A mo* I en' north of a lino
drawn from Porao.13 Peninsula (hoar town of
Plaoh), Porn, to CnttU'ua Point, a Hit lo noutli
of Bt. Ml^ttei, In Uruguay. Tho path of tbo
annular ocltpan pa rich through tho towji of
Toplo, Mexico, a llttlo north of 'Tamploo,
Mexico, Havana and OardoraP, Cuba, Ban
Juan,l'orto Rloa and Capo Bt. ltoque, p rati I.
onnoKOt.ociloAb isiua.
Tha s*oar 1897 correspond* to iho yOar
Tit'fl fl of tho llyzautlno ma; to C357-B of tho
Jewish era, tho year 66W boslunlnif at mtn
aidon September 20} to 8060 slneo tho founda
tion of ltomn ncoordlux to Varroj to 207}) or
?ho Olympiad# (tbo. HMt year of tho 009
Olympiad beKlnulu*? in July 1 , *1? J7 ) j to 2367
of tho J ft iwin.ua 0 ma. and to tbo 3 )t It yoar of
tho MolJI} to 1814-15 of tbo Mob a in mod an
oraofthoera of tbo Jlotfira, tho year 1815
boRlantaR on Jtino 2, 1897, Tho 1221 yoar
of tho Independence of tbo ITnltod tjtatcs of
America ho^lui on J 'tly 4. 1997,; ''
init intA^oKa.
d. it. M.
BprlftK T>egfn* March 20 ft 12 n. in,'
Bummer beKlos Juno 20 11 12 p, n>.
Autumu bogluo Boptombor22 2 0 p.m.
Wiulor boglua Ducombor 21 0 0 u. in.
Monwijfo oTAttn. I isvitHiMo statui.
Mcroury? Jau, 2a to Merourx?Jftn, 1 to
*-?- no. A,*?|| i frt
May 91. -to
Jan. 22; April 1 jo
May 21i July HKo
8>i t. 22; Nov. 8 to
ond of year. .
Venus?Jan. 1 to April
28. ,
Mnffi-JfttHS 1 to Nov.
April lj 3 . _
? July 18; eiopt. 22 -to
Nov. 6.
Vonus? April 23 to
oa'l of year.
Mara? Nov. 21 to end
of y?ar,
JupUer? Jun. ltotfoU.| 21. 7
23t Bopt. 13 to cud Jupltor^-Fob. 23 to
Of year. ? f SoplC 19.
Baturo^Jnn. tto May!s&iui;h"?Mfoy 18 lp .
18( Nov. 25 to eudl Nov. 23.
: of >ear. I
I'roasury Statistics.
Tho recent report of the ?eorotary of
the Treasury nhow* customs rcccipta at
tforth Carolina porta ^or tho fiscal year
Jndiiiff Juno 80. 1830, were as follow?,
oy districts: AlbomnrJo, $80. 71 ; "Eeftu*
fort, 13.04; Pamlico, 8807.22; Wilming-.
* ? ao neo xci ?n?^r &a. nao nn '] h?
boutJi Carolina wero q#i,vo?,ov. n.
however, South Carolina is rather short
in her ouetomn contribution b to the
Treasury, nho makes nj> for it in hor in- ?
ternal ro venue ed'lledtionn, which wero .i><
for the samo period :1 From the fourth! 1 1
district, 81,070, 602.70; Iiorn tho .fifth -
district, Sf, 071, 421. 00; total. $2,741,
024 20. The rcvenuo locoipts from
6911th Carolina woro ?100,E8j.7? for tho
?ft mo period; from Tonnes&ee, ?064 ?
V78. 44 ; from Georgia, $47a,071.G8.
. Killed Husband bnil <(WJfe. ~
Two nnknown men weni"/y4ho house
of William Whaloy, a farmef'iJir^jjC two
miles from fioviorvilIe/< Savior eotfc4&,
Tennessee, and wittiout speaking ai'1
word broke down thte door, walked in,
and shot and killed Whaloy and hie . '
wifo. Miss Ivi'zzio MoMahon, sister ot
Mrs. Whaley, was presont, but was un
hurt. She had an infant pi Whaley'e
it) hor arma when tho men entered. * It '
ia thought that they aro tho two men
whom Whaley prosecuted before tho
grand jury for fcommitting rjurdoK ' .
London Smoke. ?
A new and unexpected agency Is har*
Ing a moat beneficial effect ^contribut
ing to the abatement of the smoke nub
sanco In London. The relative clearness
of tho London atmosphere .within the
last twelve months has been plainly ap
parent, and -the smoke cloud which ob- -
ecures the London atmosphere appear#, - ?
to be progressively lightening. Mr- .War
nest Hart, chairman of the Srooko Abato*
ment Exlrtt^loj^JiiJ^ndon, frequently :i
pointed out ^thattne grcatc^VcouLrtbu- mi
tors to the ifnMre clotid of London wrtH;:;:
the smali gratea of the enormous nun* -
ber of houses of the pier, aad n 1
deal of ingenuity haa been e*Ea
jbMS relatively little success lned^*-:
oring to abate the nuisance. jpssfe^
'? The nee of gae ilret waaurgentJj
' otn tneildfd, bu t bad hi t borto been
cult, owing to fta coetand " '
^ The ?
extensive growler ttte dse
si*?To
mr grmt