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PtKi&iiik i- a'.i, . , pV \ (JULU I *t i l&$. ' | ? v>- i .. . is . , ? - VOLUME VIII. A. . <Uotl i| ml Our t .nuii, (.'A.MDION, S. l'.t FIUD.W, .10, 1897. ?.* : v* [ I ' I ' ( he ? i,mW? ^ NO. 29. Five Candidates are Stumping the State for Earle's Place, A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECHES, hlcl->aurlu and Evuns Speak on Tnrlrt Iwmiea? Mnyflold Discusses Dlspeu* ? . eary, ICtcu v^Irby ou Suffrage, ? ? Tho following is a brief summary of the Senatorial campaign spoeohoa from day to day. Tho Columbia Meeting, Tho campaign mooting hold hove was a good naturod alTair and tho 1150 poo . plo who listened attentively to tho can* didatoa appflndod them loudly whon good points woro acorod, { \ This was tho first meeting t)t which all the five, candidates appeared and tho voters of Vltiohlan'd hail a oh (moo to judge of the predilections which the as eivauts for tho vacant sont in tho nitod Statoa Senate have been oredit ed w i 1 1? possessing. - Senator MoLaurin nnoko first and made acloar defense of the position he hold on tho tariff question, Tho crowd listehod attentively to him and his speech was frequently punctuatod with upplauno. {State Senator May field followed and vigorously attacked MoLaurin's vote on tho tariff, llo made a good spuoeh, ai:d be, too, was. applauded. Col. lrby lookod joyous and began Ins s pooch by telling son^o jokos wh eh kept tho crowd laughing, lie doclared ho was the milv*",oiigi'nal" paokage in tho wh^le paok. llo jumped on 131 lorbo, and alluded to him as "tl\o jay \ bifd (loverhor. " ? ' 'Any man in tho crowd has a bigger heart and a larger head than our (Jov ernor," declared Irby, and tho crowd ? langhod 1 1 ca r til y . irliv said Stokos, of C'ollotou, beat Elloruo nine votes for Comptroller Oeu eral, but that Eltorbo was choatod in. Ho said that ho hud oxnootod Ellorbo to bo tho last man to combino atrninst him. Jrby made tho best speeoh of this campaign and ho was warmly re ceived. Duncan made his first appoarauco in the Senatorial arena, and aftor discUsN ing tho dispensary, spoko at length of MoT/aurin's allowed shortcomings to represent the people in the Senate. Ho did not rooeive any applause but simply _ mado liia apeoch . Tho crowd giving him good attention. Governor Evans was tho last candi date to speak and ho had many friends in tho crowd who loudly npnlaudod hiiu. Ho jumped at once into tno tarill question and gavo a lucid and strong /irgumont from his standpoint. ,, Ho de clared ho was for Calhoun doctrine and paid tho pooplo would turn MoLaurin down on his tariff vote. Eyano was the last apqakor and held his audienco well. He intersporHod humorous hits in his gpeoch in jumping on MeLauHl), and he amused his hearers. At tho conclu sion of his speech ho X'Cceivod considor ublo applauao. '?""""May Held defended his attack on . Ellerbe on tho ground that the Evon intr Record is owned and controlled by Ellerbe, Neal and MoLaurin, and El lerbo had hit bim first. MoLaurin anid ho gave Ivoester &500, . but had uo stock in tlio paper. MoLaurin aaid it was nono of May ^old's business if ho wrote the I'opulfdt platform. The Orttugcbitrg Mooting. At tho senatorial campaign mooting ? at Orangeburg there -waft ft Fargo auill eiico, but not nearly so largo as in tho previous campaign B? "CHliclVdAle DUiK' candid not appeal'. The sun streamed down on tho apoakers, and Senator Mc Laurin and Col.. Irby abbreviated their speeches, hecauso thoy could not Htand the lieat, ami wore feeling unwell. May Held, who apoko first, paid that Governor Ellorbo hud doaltdoubly with the people of Charleston, as to the re movftl of tho metropolitan polico, and that ho could prove it if Governor El lerbo denied the accusation. Mayfiold said ho was approached to vote against Chief Justice Molver, and that ho re fund toA<lo ho, ?whoronpon lorbo exproHscd surprise. Irby said that MoLaurin ? ?very party that onmo wheu defeated would dusts. MoLaurin said that ho had heard that Col. Irb.y had a pair of horses, and had named one "Treachery," after Gov ernor Evans, and tho other "Ingrati tude," aftor Nenator Tillman. MoLau rin, to show that he and Henator Till man wore on the samo platform, read a telegram from Tillman, stating that he thought he could savo free bagging and ~tios by pairing his vote for $1 tax on lumber, and he would vote as he paired MoLaurin. This, MoLaurin said, would inake his opponents siek. Evans reiterated his oharge that Mo Laurin was, to all intents, a Republi can. t The Dorchester -Meeting! Tho Senatorial campaign meeting at .George's was devoid of s|>eoia) interest or feature. The candidates are show ing some. wear on. aooount of the Strain of ihe campaign, although only fif teen out of tho forty oounties have been visited. There were about 200 voters "nattfae- meeting and they were ?eijr -j tnuch divided as totherivatoandidates. Col. Irby devoted maefa - tnneto ridi culing thepreseut ( Jo vernor. ? Senator MoLaurin said that from -what he gathered Col. Irby ,W4s not after the Benatorahip, but was willing r ttflel his penitent political son havw thai' ofAee, ana take the o Moe of Governor I^Meetl-iwer hence; - Ool; Irby Mid he wanted the Beoatorship and he #xpeeted to fjj . . . ? ? i tariff poaitioB was r ? " ' I Rflfl&Qorfttifl patty i? tho frieiid of the masses And holievos in n tariff for reveniio only. e^plaiupd nt length what w^ea tarift for ryrenuo only,, ana fully tho system ofjttolleoting duties, He said MoLauriii (lodged around ev ery day on lii? tariff views. Tho Now a and Courier took up bis (Kvans') views. They are boginuing to be stung and Mofcaurln is orying to the News and Courier and Tho'Sllto, Vllolp mo Cas sius, or I sink. " /j( Mayfkld iokted^vfth his audionoo and finally nalu bo would run tho whole crowd v to thoir political farms. Ho was the only roftl farmer In tho race. Without Arty joktng tile others all hud had paying ottloos and now he wantod the job. Ho opposed Tillman's poll tax and bortt THDnun's votfr in his county. Ho thought Dorohester ought to bAve had its county and helped its representatives, If elected he would favor aud" work for a ohange in tho national hanking law. This, he ar gued. was most important. It would bo IMOfi before the country could got free coinage of ^ilver, and that #wfts Why ho Wfttitod olqff tioity iu issuing bank notes. Ho Wont ovor bis liquor system at length. Ho wanted tho eontral dispen sary and the constabulary wipod out. As a financial system the dispensary is a stupendous failure, lie favored tem perance, himself being a teetotaler, but if artyono wautod a drink lie could got The liamberg Mooting. Tho eampftigu mooting hero was aomo what moto pomonal than usual. Cf>l. Irby poured his iiro into Senator Mo Laurin and gavo his young friontl, oX Oovornor Evans a fow jobs. Mr. May field was ft bit moro severe than usuul. Senator MoLaurlu and Governor Evans followed each other and deVotod praotiCally thoir entlro time to tho tariff discussion, both making Capital spoeohoB. Col. Irby pulled up Iub Bleeves and did not joko as muoh tin usual, and Mr. Mayaeld talked right plainly out<;iii meeting. Although there aro but 1,600 votora this bounty. tb.o fout Ciiildidatea buttled for ovor four hours to mako tho boat im pression. Tho nttontion and tho au dience wore idoal. Mr. Duncan Hont his regrets at not being able to bo proBont. Tho Union Meeting. The crowd of 400 that the Senatorial candidates spoko to at Union was the most undemonstrative that the ?poak brs httve yet been confronted with. Everybody was at Union to listen. They accorded eftoh speaker an atten tive lioaring, though they did show more favor to Irby and Evans in tho Way of apjilauao than to tho othors. MoLaurin airod Irby's oftloial record while in Congress at some length, and tlion blobbd his speccli with an bxpoai of his tariff views. May field, after donyiny that ho was in any oombine against MoLaurin, turned his attention to tho latter's tarill policy, and then after dealing with tho lumber, rice and cotton .fcchedujes as toted for by MoLaurin, declared tlitli tho latter was trying to build up these three industries at the expense of tho Remainder of the Stato. After tiniohiug with tho tariff isBUo, ho made very clear his objections to the dispensary and the remedy of local options which ho pro ptfjad, . . . Irby began by jollying the crowd with his jokes about political daddies. He agrtiti assefrtbu that lib lidd ntade ?Evans govornor, and deolarod ho mado a hotter one than the incumbent, who was "as weak as oircus lemonade. " Colonel Irby then answered the at tack on ilis congressional record; whioh. ho said, stood either as a monu ment to his integrity orJifs dishonosty. HO \Va6 proud Of his rbobird, he do clarod, and would leave it as a heritage to his children. Ho ox plained his 'apparent abBontism .Oh "the groUltd that many of the Votes taken wei-e on motions to adjoiiril and othor motions of no moro im portance. f On othor motions he re fraiued^rbni voting in order to Weak tiie quorum, as othor Domocrats were doing. He had not absented himself any oftcnor than~ Senators Hampton and Butler had. he declared. Ho then procoeded to attaok MoLaurin's record and closod amid applause. Former Governor Evans Was grcoted With applause. He, too, jokod with the crowd and in answer to Irby's state ment that he was lrfiTTofttWL daddy, said that Trby wVs not doing lite son right in this o'anjpaign. However, when he was elected to tho Senate he would make the "old man" (Irby) his private secretary. . ^ Mr. Evans thenvyerfy concisly re viewed tho tariff question from nullifi cation to the present day and declared that every Southern farmer should fa vor free trade. Mr. Evans was ohcored throughout and at tho end of hiis speech. G. Walton Whitman, a would-bo Senator, desired to speak along with ttte other candidates, but ho had not oomplied with tho rules, and therefore he was not entitled to speak. But after the regulars had finished ho introduced himself and proceeded to harangue tne people so long as they would listen. CAPT. AIJHOrT'S ttfiPOBt .*? , i " * Shows Ooo?l Itcsults of Jcttylng* I>r?(lglng -and Snagging* Captain Frederick V, Abbott, in charge of rlvbr andf harbor improve-*.. ments in North. and_South Carolina, has submitted )>is annual report to tho ^WaF Peparrineht; The work al the Charleston harbor darinji/rthe ymi year hen ronwitted in ^tjjMwgT A*ul the strengthening of the river end of the north jetty, which Will preserve tho government reservation from erasiou. Two surveys made during the yoar showed the deepening of . the entrance was continuing in w r?ty Batisfactorrr manner. A steamer drawing twenty - two feet and four inches croeeed the t?r twit .aulainn, while the neatest draft crossing tha bar before tho jetties were built was nineteen feet, , and this wnai* high tide. The Amount ex pend eJ JMipg tbe jrsi an available balance of The commercial Statist*? JP**^^.ahow ChorJ^^^riBg 184W 'amounted to ?,l*7,47??kms, of the valae of fTV.p.',, - ittpi His Discussion In Comnilttoo on. Mis Dispensary Bill. JOLLIED BY SPEAKER REED, "Courts flaVo Mopped" Bald Till mum "Only thoJLust frlop Courts," Ktuuarked Hopdi 4 *\T. H. it,," in a sp&cial froia Wash ington to tlio Stale, lu(s iliin to fifty o t tho hearing before the committee on ruloa on Senator Tillman's dispensary bill; Senator Tillman argued that the ef foot of tho dioisiomt of tho Utiitod Staton dourts ttas to render il impoa* sible for any State to onaot a law which in anj* way j'interforod with freo com merce botw\^n tho Stotes on the sub jeet of liquoi\ Ho rotletfod tho decis ions, and read freely from tho report whioh (10 hud presented to the Senato from tho committee on ooinmeroo upoh the bill, lie argued the "police power" had boon by those dooiuions reduced to practically nothing. That no State could go further than Maine and Kannfto, which ftllowod aalon only for medicinal and meohanioal purposoa, though, he said, Maine haa, in riola tiou of law, aomo four saloons. Hpoaker Reed remarked: "Well, those ? you know, are for strangors. " Senator Tillman continued that it had foquirod some 30 odd acta to form tho Maine law an it no-* Btnuds. Thai South Carolina had been for tho past four years trying to perfect ita law, adapting it to tho decisions of tho Su proino Court, and when sho thought aho hud at I ant auocoeded, Judge Simoutob caiuo in and pntnlj'/od tho whole businoHs. That it was a police law, aa judged by ita ofloots, for drunk enness and consumption of liquor had been by it redttoed one- half. . flut tho Supremo Court had docided that in law it wbh not an exercise of the police powor. That the court had Mopped from one aide to tho other and tho last flop knocked tho law ondwiso. Spertkot- Heed here interjected, aotto voiUo: "Well, you know, wo must ho bound by tho last 'flop. ' " Tillman continued that it was neces sary to pass tho bill if any State is to be pormittod to coutrol tho whiskey evil along tho Cotton burg idea,' and that tho sentiment was growing all 9Vor-tho countty ; thut that Was the nearest ap proach that could be made to prohibi tion. J I is argumout laatod 40 friinuios. Tho Speaker was throwing bricks at him. in a pleasant way, all through it, and it was soon ovident that ho was against giving the bill tho right of way in tho llousO. ? t? Mr. .J. P. K. Bryan followed with an argument of 30 minntes. He took tho position thc*t this Union is a commer cial union, and that tho paRsageof such a bill as Senator Tillman's would be de structive, pro tanto, of such union, and unconstitutional. He quoted tho decis ion of tho Slipromo Court* in Bowman vs. Railway, afflrmod in Scott ts. Don ald, that "What does not belong to commerce belongs lo the police powor, and what does belong to com merce ^'dooB not belong to tho po lice power," which, ho claimed, was the key of the controversy. That tho courts had decided that South Car olina was engaged iti a monopoly which wa? dofttrftctivo of conimorce, and that tho dispensary littt Was therefore ille gal. -This bill was designed to perpet uate that illegal monopoly. The jjcoplo of tho State did not wish the instituion, and chiefly Oti account of its admiuis-' tratiou by Cor. IOvans, thoy repudiated that gentleman at the senatorial elec tion last yOrtt- by 4,000 majority. That Congress should flot fasten upon tho pooplo a condition of affairs they did not wish, and from whioh tho decisions of tho courts had praotically freed them. lie stated that the people-he lioved the system was rooking i^ith disj honesty, in rebates, shortages, veto. Ho asked the committee to stay -its hand. Congressman Elliott followed m n Abort argument, re-enforcing tho state ments of Mr. Bryan, and giving some iucideutH of tbe oppression of the law nu<l the illegal actsyof its ofllcerB. Congressman* Latimer followed. lie argued tha? the qiiostion affected every .State in the Uniom and tbat Mr. .Bryan and Mr. Elliott should not try to reduce it to a question <Jf South Carolina poli tics, uponwbioh, locally, there wore two sides. He said that the elTeot of .tho decisions was that there must now be either total prohibition or high license ? no middle ground. That the dis pensary in South Carolina had ocoupied iliat middI?ffronnd;and the courts hav ing decided that it had not done so legally, this bill was for tho purpose of enabling snob system or systems like it to legally exist," by wiping out the -question of polioe-powor-entirely, which was tho only thing tbat stood iri tho way. Ho resented some of the state ments made by Col. Elliott. Horo he and Congressman Elliot exohanged ?eome remarks of * rather personal na ture whioh did not throw any light on tbedisoassion. . ? ? Senator Tillmenjolosed. -,fi? re marks were in t?$ij to Mr. Bryan'a , reference* to the administration of the -dispensary, ? -Ife- eieied- tbaVtbere) were no shortage* or bicker iugs iraonjfrt officers while he was Gover nor. ana tho-e things, cr the charges of them, had arisen sinoe fefo became Henator. He denied thai the dispensary hid weakened to tie hold upon the , people of the Stete. That its great re-.' sistanoe and unpopularity wae' in the* city of Ch4rlfceton, whtehwaa the home of recession, end thai city had seceded arainei this law ee H did in *^5?rS5S*iySe?-' entire iSSSl? ' the people were as mneh. He' local wd given to - -r-qp*? tlioir carr?etne?a. Honatot Tillman rbplifcd, In good it?- j litre, thai i>erh tip* ho should nut nrv\viS said it, but he had made tho statement iu the Senate dud at A banquet* And ho never said anything behind ? mrtn'o ' back ho would not say bo for o his iu( * J jM r. Hoed pleasantly replied; Yen, but ? tome things are bettor if not said." WICUKLY CltOl' IKHjIjKTIN. Injury to Corn by High W luils? ('ottou (?? Holding It 4 Pratt. 'JClio weekly crop bulletin) ending { July 20th, i Si?7, says: The week tVllri rory wet, the ground has boon Nhor oiigiilir soaked deafly everywhere. The rainfall ftveraglul over tv*o Inchon for the woek, with rimo'unts varj'i f(g front oni to five inchos. While the j <?*? i it fn'f I In Home aeotiouH wi\h excessive, with minor damage to low Innd orojm by standing water liud o^orflowi/ig streams, and Home injury to corn by liigfi winds, the seasons on the whole have boon very beneficial, unci crops liavo nmdo excellent progress. Cot-ton is holding Its fruit very Well} tobacco end corn have improved. Hwo'et potatoes toe very fine and digging has commenced ,? riee in heading nicely. Fair weather, with more suushiue, is now needed. >> J'jAsit.Un Diaxuior, -'-The reports of correspondents iu the eastern district are very favorable. Showers occurred throughout the weok, and the ground is thoroughly soaked. Home excessive rains occurred, washing land, and there was too much rain for low lands, but the damage is. insignificant. The temperature was about normal, with .less than the usual amount of sunshine, Crops aro doing very well indeed. Cot ton improved rapidly; continues to bloom nicely, and though not as largo as last year, will have more I>oI1h; it in holding its fruit well as yet: some fields are gottin^ grassy. Corn planted iu May on low lands ia verj' promising. The rains came too late for a good deal of corn which was damaged by previ ous drought. Tobacco good; cutting and ouring progressing finely, with fair results. More poas wore planted for forage and renovating land than usual. Digging sweet potatoes' for market begun; corn fine. Gardens improving. ,,?$> Cknthatj District. -? Showers occurred on almost ovory day this week; ground too^ wet to plow iu many sections and farm work is hindered. Low lands aro standing in wator, with some damago to crops. .Local heavy rains and wind storms did Borne damage, chiefly by beating down corn iu Guilford county (Greensboro), Wako county (Aubuirt and Kaloigh), Warren county (ICinbro), Franklin county '\JLLA\irel), Person county (Bethel ilfll), and low lands have boon flooded, ospocially in ltioh mond county; but the aggregate injury to cropB is not great, and is fully balauoed by tho improvement? in crops throughout tho district. Cot ton is growing fast; holding fruit well; laying l>y interrupted by wet weather and some fields becoming grassy, Up land corn made oxcellout growth; too much water for low lands. Tobanoo has improved; leaf Hue; nioro than two thirds toppod; cutting and oumig'pro greeBing slowly; crop will bojehort 011 account of diminished aoreaurfy Mead ows and pastures fiuo. PrepantW I an (J for cloter and turnips, and so&iirtg turips begun. " NVkhthhn Distkiot. ? Tho rainfall was abundant and general this week, followedtlio latter jwrt by fair weather. Some minor damage was dono by heavy tains washing land and filling bottoms. In genera), correspondents report fine growing weiither and oxcollent progress iu the growth of crops. Corn growing rapidly; looks well; nearly All laid by; tho crop is hotter In wost portion' thafi in other portions of the State. Tobaeeo orop/ small, but doing well. Cotton could not do better. ' Wlioat threshing continuos in extreme west, hvt will soon be over everywhere. Htubb&iand is being turned for another wheat crop, and field peas still boinfif planted. Grapes are riponing; good orop. Other fruit ror^Chort. statu viiikmkws "Association. A Plan of InlcrrHt to Volunteer Fire Deport ifieuts.* ? " At Greenville on tlie 2let a meeting of tho ofllcere of the volunteer tiro de partment wo.1 hold at tho city hall for tho purpose of issuing a cal I to tho vol unteer companion of the Htate, to meet in tho abovo city in August and form a State Firemen's Association. Such an organization as 53 proposed to ho formed Iiuh been talked of ofton Jioroloforo. Similar ones are in opera tion in North Carolina, Virginia, Geor gia and other adjacent States. Their object in to promote the relations of firemen and hold annual tournamonto and conventions, tho dues of the va rious member* to bo used in making up purses. IVttas decided to send out a call to tbft'ohiefn of ail the department* in the Slate and to overy volunteer company, asking each ohief and a representative frpm each, company to meet. in Green ville during the reunion of the Confed erate Veterans in August, when the matter will be discussed and the asso ciation Pldbftbly formed. This time was chosen on account of- the low rates that may be had for railway transpor tation. ThQ.-date of tho meeting will be annonticcd later, bnt it wilt be about tho 24th or 25th of August. ../The Jocal. ilremen wilt ontertaiu the delegates who come in-rewpouae to tho?atb ? FOR AiAt SOViVXKKS. Gen. Walker Issues Another General . Order to the Confederate Veterans. Y The following general order has been Issued by the South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans: "CHAKr-KHfo*, 8. C., Joly 18, 18?7r * General Orders No,- 86: - Notice bee been given these headquarters and in aooordance with the constitution it igf TWW/W ?? ' Will VW wrwM ^ "T" eohetitvtiott eo m to iaoooporete kOllSL wtt&aa. <*"?}?' <m?. tv ir {KKIP IB TdfiSil A Lower Rato far folotframs, 15 Conts For Ton Words. HERETOFORE IT HAS BEEN 25c. I his DccIhIoii Will Ho?lonl>t ?<ll v llo Applauded by tho of '1 ho Tho ( 'harlotto (.Sf. (J.) Oh*?tver fift.Vfl tho tttato Katlioad ('omuUHBion dt its liwdtliiu lit Kouutl Knob Uooided to >o OUiio <lm railroads of tho Btsto t ?.? pay (in hnS'ieased fax, nml tho telegraph companion to KOtld fo^wintfert at ft ro,f duood rato. Tho Comuiiusion inoroasod tho valuu- ? tion of railroad pfropsrty in North Caro lina $8,000,000 over tho awftoYW^d valuu tion in 180(1, and tho railroad com l union will thovoforo bo required to pay luxiui <Mi a ^loatlv increased roturn. lu it matter of cheaper t olograph i*or vice the ooinminRtou placed the rato for a message of ton word.i' or Iohd at 15 oviits. Tho rato has heretofore boon *5 COM Is. i Tho railroad commission in vory rare- ' ful to bo junt and fair in 1 1 h dooisioiiM. j It haainado tho moat painntakiiiL' in i voHligation in thepo auhjeeta ami \va ' havo no donbt thul these t wo dcoinions [ woro justified by tho findinga of llio ! commission, and thoy will undouhtod 1 v bo applauded by tho poople of tho Mate. ritnvii.vun and pkosimciuty. lie Si'os It In tho Dinglcy Hill for 1 1? o I ml us tries of t ho Son l li. (Special to llio Cbarlotto (N. U.) Ob server. J Senator I'ritohard looks through his political spectacles and boos nothing but prosperity in tho Dinglcy tnritif bill. Ho is satiullod Unit its provisions will redound to tlio interest of llio Southorn j>ooplo. 11 ore is tho way^io figures it out: ' "Now Unit tUo tariff bill is about to ho enacted into law," sayB tho Senator, "I fool sure Unit. Uio country will experi ence a general rovivul of businoHs in ovory branch of industry, llnmintuk ublo evideuoos of prosperity aro to bo soon 011 every hand and while I. have not succeeded in ovory instance in so curing what, i believe to bo adoquato protection for certain industries of the South, in the main, I have gotten what our people havo demanded. It is an admitted fact that, the South ban no cured a creator dogroo of protection for hor industrioB in tlio present law than has been accorded to uh in any tariff measure heretofore enacted. Tako, for instance, the lumber industry in North Carolina and othor Southern Status ?which was almost destroyed by tho operation of tho Wilson law. "Owing to remoteness from tho dis tributing poiuts and tho difforonco in the cost of labor in Canada and the United States it was absolutely impossi Tile for the Southorn lumbormon to successfully compote with bis Canadian competitor. So long as tlfe Wilson law remained on tbe statuto book it was fol ly for tho oitizous of our State to at tempt to dispose of their lumber. The present law provides a two dollar rate | of duty on lumber, which will afford a market for the lumber of tho North Cdr-: oliua farmer, and will onsure the invest ment' of thousands of dollars in tho lunibor industry of our Stato. i 'A ruin of duty has boon socurod on rice which ~iB entirely flatlsfaotory to the rice planters of the South. Tins is another industry which has been lan* ; guishiug undor tho operation of the i Wilson tariff. "A duty of six conts per pound is placod on monas&Ho, which will cnnblo the fftrnieps'of North and South Caro lina to/i^alize..ihousands of dollars in tho dovejfopinont of the industry. "The [bill provides Tor a most satis factory rato on wool, thereby offer ing an imlucemoirt to the people of tho sheep growing sections. Many localities in North Carolina are woil adapted to sheep growing and tho provisions in tho present law make it possiblo for our farmers , to now engago in this business with tho assuranco that they will b& ablo to dorive a good profit. Kaolin is accordod a sufficient rato of duty'to enable the oWueis of koalin mines to ' dovoiop the /industry, securing tho in vestment o/ thousands of dcVllars as well as the employment of our citizens at remunerative wages. Mica and all other minerals, as well as tho agricul tural products of the South, are af fordod ojrood rate of protection. ?"fn addition to tho fact that we are to have a general revival- of manufac turing throughout tho country tho agricultural reports toll of unusual crop* ever^irhere. " CHANGES IN POSVSIASTKKM. Tho Number About tlie'.Samo As In the Last Administration. The number of changoa mado in presidential postofHces botwoen March 4 an<LJuly 7, according to the official figures of the Postoffioe Djipmrtment, w a?k JIG. For the simllarperiod tho ehangee during the loot administration ?ww 429. Of the number under the pT?wnm?tm?-thff ohangerttWoffloea ?wtrrt* based on resignations, - 180 on ex piraiions of the commissions of in cumbents, on removals, to by reason of the office being raised to the presidential class, and 15 on deaths of tho postmasters. Included in the. total are 78 amis in which changes were due to regpatts of postoffice inspectors. DHife Like RttJtlV?VTlRAnc?v ? A Providence, It. Lt Special says President E, V. Andrews*- ot Uxown University, has sent a IjtUr to the fac ulty r eeitfamg- h is offioe. The letter was in responss to a communication iwnt to Mtot AldtMli bj the oommitu* sppointed to tte hiiliii tm d fellows, wfoeilhe foi wIUJMii to aooount fee his silver nMeranese. rriesv. Bar. Peter Hafenaan, tbe oldest CatholU gieat I* 4W Cni U* dimd ?? RSJ K. Y.-JTsifce^BUn^ mmAskil ' tttwifc" mfWmSSEF* YV"--* ? J >r V* * ' t - tfiititftrfe..: - ? ??> - * . -11 V1IK IIO.MK OI> IIIM* NYK. Nuniutor < ? 1 1 1 Ml' Mountain ( ltU ? I u I In* litiml iff tUo Miy. Asheville, N. ('. ? ?lul,v 3*1 (Special CWrflftptfndonee. ) Not many miles /fftjpft t f i Im pi?C!> lived Bilf & ye ales', POO? WifllAtVI, the ptiOplO ayout here Knew him vMl and fh?y hava nujuy stories which they < <?H of him and many which the huvnorlet In h in ooriurnnidmn throughout this j?i? Moresque region would toll in them. It wh'h Nye who gave the meuioudda account of hoW H \\ a>* that Yandei ? hilt happened to net tin i?? ^his rare uml rarifhm section of tho South. "George Kiul mo worked thccomtdnn, tlon, " ho said. "Wo have taHlew of ?he same line, often a dark hrown. I 'm long t'U |^rt?y matter : ho has (ho long grt>on. \Ve pltnhed oill' touts side hy aide this proves the proalnexs of men, I'to 8 ay nothing of tho country round shout. " Hut \yo has passed, end thorn J* n? mohdf.'ittut nave a cottage far up thd river. YandofhUt remaineth, and liko old llornee, he linn oreotyd a monnmoit more enduring than luass. since the visit of .Mnkinley, when ho refused to enter the eStrt*o unless un invital ion u a? extended to the <\vri,*?M?ond?'ntM aocom pauying him, nowspapvr uuin have rather risen in thn estimation of Hard ing, the Burly Knglish nul>-mauagt<r, and more extomlud nourl esir* are hlum n them, Hut Biltmore in oftly an a<voi>sory foa turo of this luxurious .seft.ion, II vii|i? resents the ar 'tillcial, and lool.iug at it in thin contrasts! light with tint limit lesn wealth of nature spread out in its grandest forms, thescono makes a study which is Interesting and nut soon to he forgotten. Asheville, j?int at thlf> hOOKon, becomes tho summer i^irl of the mountain fii itm. Sho gets on a oool shirt-waist, wilh a jaunty Bailor hat and bedecks herself in the refreshing uroouory of tho season. She looks delightfully cool, and there in jin nir of comfort nild nerono satiHfuo tion in bur manner tliat she ran defy ilio blistering li out t>hioh wilts her rivals and hd i j il k thorn indoors. Instead of retreating from Uio sun, A oho villi) gets out and glories in i t m glare, for it is tempered l?y a still' breevio whioli comes down from the cnnvn ol moun tain^ around ; she goes a golling, ri^'s up in wheeling costume for a spin, irotu into tennis paraphernalia, or starts out on a jannt up (lit) river for a try at mountain trout. J lift now Afdievillo ia on the verge of tho summer season For the next three moiitha il 1 i 1 heaguyplscq i*ay in a summer way, for the town ;j? atwayH lively and wears tho air of prosperity thfcughont . iho ? hole your. The popular idea of \tdmvillo is orrono* unit. I had pictured the plac-o as a Hinall mountain city, wilh two or throo big ho tola near by and Kiltmoro and Kd MoKissick in the rear mound. In stead, horo in 0110 of the most metro politan towns hi appearance in the KoutU. 'J he people have full enjoy ment of life. I lie butiiiii'ss part of the city in in the - bottom of a hiu;h basin scooped out anion;." thejmountaius and el iced in two by the /Swaiinauoa and Fronch H Mad, dleio ar > mile of paved strootn, put down, by the way, by the lato (Jeuoral I'ieree Al. H. Voting, who secured tho oijntruct some years before lie accepted bin foreign appointment. From those radiate driveways which Btretah in all directions and penetrate tho oriciroling hills and luflights, reach ing for into the mountains. It is on ill in riiiiigo of ittformodialo hills that the | residences ami fesotls have been built and on every protrudilhg knob there is some majestic hotel oV house which gives A good olVoct lo tho ueneral scene. The ?Southern Kail way has made a recent change in schedules, which puts in traintj from all (.odious at most con" voniont hours. Tho Macon people are taking advan tage of a train which leaves that city at J. 10 p. m. and gets to this place at !>. 4r> a. in. The same train 'leaves Ash oville at p. in. and arrives in Atlanta at 0. 10 a, m., and in Macon at b. 15 o'olook. Arrangements for transportation lio tweon Charleston, Savannah mid Co lumbia are equally convenient. The train loavin?lioro at 8.20 it. in. go Is to Charleston at 8 p. in. Drawing room cars have boon put on between Jacksonville, Savannah, Ash evillo and Cincinnati. The train loav iug hero at Jl. Of) p. m. arrives in Savan nali at fl a. ni. and at Jacksonville at 0. 10 a. in, " "Loaviiig Savannah at 11. lift p. m. and Jacksonville at 7, the trip is made to Ashevillo hy 2. 4ft o'clock in the afternoon. Drawing room cars have been placed on between New York, Philadelphia, Chattanooga, Baltimore, Washington, Salisbury and Nashvillo. . Leaving Ashevillo at :i. .'{0 p. in. the trip Is mado to Chattanooga by 11.85 p. m. ; arriving at Nashvillo at?0.40 a. m. /' Leaving Ashovilio at 2. 2*> p. in. the trip is mado to "Washington at 0.42 a. in., to Baltimore at 8 a. in., Philadel phia, 12.43 p. m., and Now York at 12. ft2 p. in. ' % ? Trains lft and 10 carry through Pull man drawing cars between Norfolk. Kaloik'h, Greensboro, Chattanooga ana Nashvillo. leaving Ashovilio ret 1.17 m., Chattanooga i/? reached at 7.4 0 a. iu^ and rsi<illliP^r''ot l:3? p. m. Loavit/g Ashovilio i\i 2.4 I a. m., tho trip is made to Croensboro by 8. iio/ Norfolk at ft. 2ft p. in. ? / Trains JJ, ft and between Ashucille and Morristown, msko connections with train* to and froui MamphidT Now Orleans and tho.$outm. . J Jotiblo/ daily train# r<U> on Murphy brai/oh l>e> twaen Ashvillo and Iity^on City] This change in train** give exkollont connection from Asheyille with all point*. Three trains come in during tho day from the West, and three leave in tbaaam* direction; three com? in and depart from the South, and there are tvo. out and in frem tho Host. and Jut now Asbeville is filling n^r. Crowds are oomjng in from all sec tt?4 n Riclit To* Offlco ltatcn to th* ?*. or! ' llirsswmriag Uk?A?JJw. gtepogrmfrgr-Hg'i rot ? rfgfci tft COTTON IS Fill fit Tho Weather Bureau Says That Con ditions Aro Favorable Generally. A GOOD REPORT OF CROPS. ? ^ t'orn Huh Inued to Make ttupbt (irwwth?Ofnorrtl Oiillook KttP To l>ueoo 1a lOiKUMirii^liiK. 'I'ho U. s. Wouthor Bureau, iil it? fcpoi t of crop condition" for tho week ending if ul y i}i\, Htiy h : The week hftH been very favorable to ugrioultnral in teroHtu on tho Pucifto eoatd, andgonor ally in the Ktatoa of tho Central Valleys, i'.astOulf, Month and Middle Atlantic rnuHtff. I" Now Knglaud, Now York,, tliO lied liivor of tho North and other portions of tho Ohio Valley., there lms been too much rain,, while drought prevails over the groator pui t of Texas and in portions of Arkan sas, Missouri and Kansas. In tho last named Wtato, hot winds Imve proved injurious. Kxeossivo rains havo caused doiuage to grurti inuhook in portions of (lie Middle Atlantic Htfttes, and ttovorw and dttmngiu^1 local storms ooohjrod in portions of Now Kngland, New York ' and Now Jorsey. Corn lias continued to make rapid' growth in tho Ntivton of tho Central Vat- . leys, Lake region, New Knglaud and Middle Atlantic conat. In Iowa, the eftrJy croj* corn has reached the earing Htago, and there is ample moifituro for proHont neoda. In Nebraska it contin ue* late and ia generally in excellent condition. In central and southern Kannun corn has hcon seriously injured' hy hot winds and drought, butoYor the* remainder of the State it in in good con dition. Drought in also causing serious injury to latocoru in Toxaa and portions of I'lOtiiBiuutt. . ' t" Cotton haw generally made favqrablo" progress, and is fruiting avoII over tho northern, central and oaatern portioua of the cotton belt, although Home coin-./ plaints of rust and shedding are ro eoived from portious of the .oastem Kection. Jn southern Texas drought it* causing holla to opou rapidly, uoma prematurely, and the plant# have stop ped growing; but ovor northern Toxaa, except Homo shedding, tho or^ is grow ing and fruiting well. Spring wheat hijy> been injured by ex cessive raina in /northern Dakota, ex copt in lowlnnda( and in Mouth J)i>kota,. the outlook i?j. promising. In Wusli ington and Or^ron the crop ia now Hearing inaturltj' in oxcollent condi tion. JOxeopt in Koutucky find portions of Tonncaaeo, where - thio tiUQV continued in good condition, tho ^ou^ral t outloplc for tobaoco ia encouraging. The or, op has nuutninod damage by cut iu Ohio. . v. - . ? , , . - %1X j>J'KINIjKY?8 DMl*AltTUItifi. liolmvoH Washington to Ho /Vbnont Until In Hoptmnher. I'rosidont MoKinley aud party letyX Washington at noon Wednesday forLstt!o Uhntriplain. It in the President's inten - tion to remain atl>ake Champion until! August 2<ird, when ho will go to the* (hand Army of the Republic encamp--' mont at liuttalo. From Buffalo he wiU^il go to Ohio, where he has promised to iittond tlio ro-union of his old rogi-. intuit and uIro to be prosent at the wed ding of the daughter of ex^President Hayes, ouSeptoinberii. .. .UulentL iherA uhould bo an urgent demand, forhifli. presouoe in Washington lie will return:^ to Huft'alb anjl thero go aboard Senator 1 lamia's yacht, for a fow days cruise otr " tho lakes. During the -L'rosideni'a abc t~ Bunco from Washington, all olecuiiVft business will be dono hero. A CONSUL COMMITTJS SUIOIDU. 1 >l?l Not Wait for Ills Sucoesfior to Uo llovo Him of tho OfHno. United States Minister .Maker hat* cabled the State Department at Wash ington that United States , Consul Mtwchmeyer, of San Salvador, has committed suicido. Mr. Baker Hays that ho win.' appoint a vice:?>tHriil~to ~ tnko oliarure of the oftloe. Munehmoyor was appointed frtHp West Virginia in 1805. first to tho -yico cdnsulake at Ac-ajutlar. and later ahd-in the same year, to San Sal vador, to All tl^o vat canoy caused by tho death of his father. ? A fow days ago Mr. -Jenkins, of Nebraska, was nominated for the place hold by Munohmeyer. THKY Alt? AT OI)l)S. Hanna and McKlnley Are Out for tho First Time. A Washington dispatch says: For tho first time since the inauguration, IVonidont MoKinley and Sonator Mark Hanna dtYe at variance, Heuator Hwtma is ejiraged because thtf President in serted on sending his currpncy message /u> Congress agfcinstthe instructions of Sonator ffanno, who vouched tho ihfor- . mation that it would be of no avail and would thus cast a stigma updn the Iter for inactivity in currency reform* jrhhsh the message plainly poiuted oufy wae,, V w? I . ... I Trr '"jrjTi IjQjg ? i) hat VinM' * Mayor McOoirn, of m been challenged to fisrhi a dtjel by