The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 08, 1897, Image 1
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VOLUME VIII.
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Agricultural antflndustrial Progress
In the South.
Prosperity ^ e^ry section,
I'roftresa lit "Vrult Culture ? Tobncoo
And Cotton? Urowth In Textile Iu
'lual plf.s,
In a recent convolution with Mr. M,
V. Richards, land nml industrial agent
of tho. Southern Railway, 1 was sur*
* prised to lonrn of tho extent audvaiioty
of tho material development that has
tnken place reoontly and' is still in pio
grass in tho Southorn States, and of I ho
ggnoraL.ro vival in business now in pro
gross tuoro. Mr. Richhrds hasrocoot
ly made (i tour of observation along tho
lino of tho Socvthein Road, ftn(l ropio
Bonts that tho conditions nro ftll favor
ablo in tho .South to ft sens- ;
on of continued prosperity. I no
pOoplo ftio employed, mines, nulls,
and railrods are busy, farmers
have boon blossod with abundant
crops in ovorytliing save cotton end to
bacco, and prices nro higher than in
former years. Now enterprises ato
being eilftblishod in various sections,
and immigration from tho Northern
Statos is increasing and is of tho best
character. Industrially and ngnoul
b turally, tho South has novo* boon so
prosperous as now, and nover befoio
have thOro boon bo many ovidoncos in
dicative of n steady and rapid dovolop
WOnt on all business lines. Mr. lucn
ards collected data during his tour ot
observation for a general roport, and,
at my request, furnished ft detailod
statement for tho l.odger, which will
bo of intorostnot only to porous who
aro interested by reasons bt invest
ments in tho South, but by the peoplo
generally, who will rojoico at tho ovi
doncos of progross in tho South, fur
nished by Mr. Richard's faots and ng
. uros. Tho Southorn Railway system
reaches so many portions of tho South.
,runs through to many parts ot tue
^ eight States it enters, touches so many
. businoss, and populous centres like
Richmond, Norfolk and, Lynchburg,
Virginia; Raleigh, Winston, bahsbuiy
and .Durham, North Carolina; Colum
bia, South Caroliua; Atlanta, Macon,
Augusta and Brunswick, Georgia; An
niston, Birminghain and Selma. Ala
bama; Chattanooga, Rristol and Knox
villa, Tennessee, that nearly evory in
dustrial and agricultural interest is
represented along its lino, and tho pre
vailing conditions, therefore, found m
tho country through which it passes
may bo regarded as representing tho
gonoval condit ion of aftairs in the South
ern Stntos.
INCUKASKD VIEI.I) Or WITEAT AND CORN.
In his roport Mr. Richards says: 1 ho
agricultural interests of country trav
ersed by tho Southorn Railway are
greatly diversified. Thoro were much
better grain crops than usual lost, j'car
and, of course, pricos wore higher, in
Virginia the wheat yield was immense,
mid tho samo i? true of tho kast lonnes
boo crop. Kentucky's yiold is good and
of a lino quality. Tho North Carolina
crop was increased both in aoreage and
viold. In tho other States the yield
was go6d. Tho South not only uses all
tho wheat it raises, but imports wheat
flour, though thoro is no good roasou
whv this jrUouIiV.Uq dono, . On thisao-.
: count tho Houthctii, frfrmer realizes a
??? bettor price for his wheat than the
Western and Northern- farmer, and tho
samo is true as regards the corn crop.
?Tho total wheat and corn acreage of tho
Southern States east of the Mississippi
it i vor was increased last year. ^ hero is
- a Btoady increase in th# number of flour
ing mills. New mills aro boing erected
in various placos in Virginia North
?Carolina and East Tennessee. In many
f. places in theno States nulls, have this
year paid farmers a bushel for wheat, ,
and in somo cases $1.05.
?ronACOO and cotton.
Tho tobacco crop is not so good as
last year, especially in Kentucky, but
prices moro than compensate for tho
falling oil" in yiold. Tho great tobacco
districts of Konl^-Vwnia, **orth
Caroliua and J\net 'lentfBBW^we ftll
j prosperous. Tho markets aro preparing
? -for great sal at good prices, aud the
factories arc all busy. A number of
uT.* tew -factories have beou-XAcently- open
"" ed, shovyfhg a lfl?go^.g?in in this mdus
trv Tho groat stli'plo of tho uouth is
cotton. Recent reports show a falling
off in tho yield, but planters will got
moro money than last year.
FHOORB88 IN F1<UIT CUIAURE.
Fruits and vogotables aro also great
crops in tho South, and this hns been
one of the host of years for these. I he
a new vineyard town of i rnithurst, Ala.,
* mado its first shipment of grapes, and
henceforward will-send largo quantities
'to tbe North. Tho other road -sent for
ward largo shipmonts of the several va
Pieties of fruit. Wotorn North C?.o
liuft has come to tho front as a particu
larly good apple couutry, and will un
doubtedly Mton beconro one of the
greatest sourcos of tho supply of t^?t
" fruit. Thoy claim, and with good roa
ron. that tho fiuo mountain <M??ate .
about Ashovillo and in tho I
con Wiry gives frhits a peculiarly fine
flavor. There aro large profits b apple,
peaoh, graptfnud other fruit culture in
CteWonkh, #?d oldfwt?^?nd ^wieTW,
m woll'as mauy colonics from tneNorth
?who havo been ' tocatop lotig enough , to I
v,y0 bMriitg oroWis and vmeyards^
?? tttade money this year. The same tooy
- fcAMid of truck formers, who are nnm
' Bfoni"aIonKWlIhe' of the railway in
8 V&X for* C?oUm, jg
.?~rA7itrtsr4
heBontbern,
tfah-tf" track" m4
whkki?f? tMm
Waahinitouand
na4 condition.
Lvor farmor* in other localities in stock
'faising, This knowledge has added
materially to tho prosperity of the
Hc>uth'orn faruiors this year, uud will
add btill more in ihe futiu'o.
liAHOK 1'UOl'lH FOK KAHMKHS.
1 havo spokon at length regarding the
various crops, because I dosiro to i^iiKo
plain the conditions surrounding tho
Honthem farmer at the paosept. time.
Ho ha? not, it is truo, beon groat a
sufVeror from low pricoaa? tho Western
farmer, who lias not lm<l bo good mar
kets within easy reach, and has not
boon ablo to diversify his crops to tho
saino degree as the Southern farmer.
It would be hazardous to make an esti
mate of the excess of prollts to South
ern agriculturists this year over last,
hue it will run into millions of dollars,
lit has been said that tho wheat will
yield tho farmers 50 per cent, more
than last year. I have the returns from
one farm of (57 1-2 acres in tho Shen
andoah Valley, which shows a yield of
1,788 bushels of throshed wheat, or a
fraction of over 31 bushels to the aero.
Such yields aro not uncommon in tho j
valley country, and tho prices rangod
fioru 70 cents to 81.0-i per bushel.
1M M lO RATION rilOM TUB NOUTII AM)
I WB8 r.
Auothhr thing tending to agricultural
prosperity in tho South is the increas
ing immigration from tho North and
West. Most of tho farmers from tho
Northwest liavo gone into fruit raining.
Several colonies from the North have
beon founded along the lino of tho
Southern Railway, at Missler, Bremen,
Fruit hurst, Toccoa and Fitzpatrick,
whoro largo tracts of land wore pur
cbrsed by companies and sold to set
tlors in small farms for orchards and
vineyards. Theso colonies havo boon
uniformly successful. Lands aro now
boing selected for tho location of three
or four colonics that aro now coming
from tho North this fall.
RAPID GKOWTH IN MANUl-'AC'Tl'ltES.
Thoro has Vicver been such activity
among Soutliorn factories than at pres
ent, so many men employed, nor so
great and so healthy an incrcaso in tho
number of manufacturing plants of va
rious kinds. Tho figures showing the
growth in somo industrial lines in
States east of tho Mississippi are simply
wonderful. Those States, owing to pe
culiar advantages in obtaining raw ma
terial, costtof power, whether steam or
water, and labor, havo not fcullered liko
tho industries of tho North anil West
sinco 1893. Indbod, in many respects,
Southern industries, from 'Alio natural
advantages postsssed by them, havo
steadily grown and prospered, and now,
since a chango has como in tho busi
ness conditions of tho ontiro country,
they are enjoying a most prosperous
era.
development of textile INDUSTRY.
The growth of textile manufactures
is tho frecpient subjcct of discussion
and coinmont. Tho secretary of tho
Now Orleans Cotton Exchange recently
published a report, showing that in 1890
Southern mills consuuiod 540,801 bales
ot cotton, and in 1800-07 they consumed
1,042,071 balos, an incrcaso of 40), 777
bales, or over 90 por cent. In tho same
time tho increased consumption in
Northern mills was only frcjin 1,799,258
to 1,804,080 bales. In 1890 tho South
ern mills tookjonly 23 percent, of the
cotton consumed by American mills.
In 1807 they took nearly 37 percout.
In tho eight Statos traversed by tho
Southern Railway thoro wora in 1890,
according to the ceusus report, in opera
tion in Southern cotton-mills, 1,533,250
spindles and 30,200 looms. Thoro aro
now in the same StatcB 3,451,031 spin
dles and 90,902looms, again ol 1,918,381
spindles and 52,902 looms, or 124 and
148 per cont. respectively. In 1804,
when tho Southern Hallway was reor
ganized, tliero were ou its lino 1,402,101
Bpiudlos and 39,884 looms. This year
there aro 2,394,307 spindles and 00,501
looms, a gain in three years of 992,
170 spindles and 20,077 looms. Of
the 240 ?uiiles along tho lino of
the Southern Road, 78 havo boon erect
ed since 1884. A number of new mills
are now building in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Uoorgia and Alabama,
which will incrcaso tho spindles by
300,000. It has beon estimated that in
repairs, additions and now mills alono
there will bo invostcd in tho South this
ye&v nearly 815,000,000. Nearly ovory
ono of thecomplotod mills is now run
ning on full time and making ffltono.v,
and they have boen buey all .this year,
savo whore it becaiuo nuoessary to cur
tail production from tho scarcity of raw
cotton. The big Eagle and Phcouix
Mill at Columbus, Oa. , has started to
work on an all-night schcdulo. and
othor mills are reported equally busy.
Moje labor thaneyor is boing omployod
in Southern cotton . mills. There
are numerous (woollen autV knitting
mills in tho South, and liko tho cotton
mills, thoy are pushed with ordors.
Somo of tho li^ills aro shipping cotton
Soods and yarns to Chiua and Japan.
>ur land and industrial department
has an exhibit at tho Pittsburg Exposi
tion, in which aro numorous sAmplos
of the yarns, sheeting hosiery, and
other products of tho cotton and knit
ting mills along tho Shu thorn Railway,
which show something of the great pro
gress of tho textilo industry of the
South.
BOUTHKRN MKUC1IANTK BROOMING ArtUKKH
Id all tho ciliea and town along the
line of the Southern Road wood work
ing factories, lurabor* mills and othor
nianufactaringentprprifiosaro busy, and
employing full <A)mpl<unentB of nion.
M or chants and jobbers at lliohmouw,
Norfolk, Atlanta, / Augusta. Binning*
Jiom? iLaoxYillejaiiH Nttflhvillo ai o emu
lilting those of Northern and Wesfern
cities. And *re reaching out for trado.
Considerable building is .in progress at
the. plaoea pimed and at other places
alonfc^the line of the road. In fact,
evidences of prosperity are everywhere
to bo seen in the South.? Ji M. Carson
in the Philadelphia (Pa. ) Ledgor.
Si#
Minister to Ouatatnala. ; 7'
President MeKinly ha? signed ex
Btpulintetift W. Godfrey Hunter's
, commission as minister 16 Guatemala.
' It k aatUntood that the President has
decided on WB. SOriby,
!orjoonn?al . general a?4
igatiffn at Gn#tAmala
event Dr. finally
to e?eepi the position of
n^itsr, . to cinata
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Armstrong, a Member of the Legis
lature, Dies at a Fire,
'SOME NEW CHARTERS GRANTED
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I
j I'urtlous (ii-Mittiwl---\\ intltrop's Open
In/*- l))s|>t'iisiii<; Hack Profits- - OC her
l*u 1 mot to Happenings.
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I ho Wiulhiop College ftt Hook Hill,
I opened with prospects for a bright
' year. To make room for more pupils
in tho dormitories, many of tho teach
ers aro boarding in tho vicinity this
term. In that way room has been
mado to)' about forty moro dormitory
fitudouts than last year. Thoso quar
I evs being fully taken up, brings tho
nuiuber to about 380 or moro livina
thero, while under tho supervision (if
Iho teachers who board out, many moro
aro I ? y i 1 1 ^ accommodated. Although tho
college has only heou.opon for a few days
everything is running alonK a# smoMh
us clock work under President John
buu's ablo supervision. ]
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Fire was discovered in theginuerv of
tho lion. \V. .1. Armstrong, a wealthy
farmer residing near Bethel poHtollleo,
York county, and about eight miles
from York villo. Tho ginnery was com
pletely destroyed. In the excitement
attending tho Jiro Mr. Armstrong be
came overheated and very much excit
ed. lie was a sull'orer from heart dis
ease and tho unduo oxertion andoxoito
meut reHultod in his death. Mr. Arm
strong was a member of Iho legislature
from York county. He was a prosper
ous farinor, a man of undoubtod integ
rity and porhaps tho host known man
in Northeastern York, ilo leaves a
wife and hosts of friends.
9
Gov. JOIlorbo has granted a full par
don to Cluis. Situs, who was convicted
in November, 1(391, in York county, of
Vttpo and sentonood by Judge I'tyisor to
lifo imprisonment in the Stato peniten
tiary. Ilo has also granted a full par
don to Israel Hrown, who was convict
ed in January last in Union county of
receiving stolon goods ami wan sen
tenced by Judge Watta to fiftoeu
mouths in tho ponitontiary,
A mooting of tho Wostern Carolina
Gamo Protective Associatipix was hold
at Greenville at tho office of the presi
dent-, O. F. Dill. Action was taken
along tho line of enforcing tho ganio
laws, especially tho shooting of quail
boforo tho season opens on Nov. 1. It
is said that gunnors nro already hunt
ing birds and the association will in
vosligato tho matter.
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A meeting of road commissioners will
bo alio feature of thoStato fair and dif
ferent towns In tho State are already
olccting delegates. Tho subject of
good roads will bo thoroughly/ talkod
over and somo plan will l>e decided
upon that will onablo all tlVe counties
to have roads that will beadrAoui to the
people who travel them. . .
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The following chartors havo been
granted 1)3' tho Secrotary of State:
Cheraw Agricultural Fair association,
of Choraw; tho Chatleston Firo De
partment Aid association; tho George
town Grocery Com pan 3'. Tho capital
stook of tho latter is to bo So0,00()
divided into sharos at 3100 each.
The Htato dispensary authorities have
at last paid into the State Treasury the
entire amount of 818H,fi00. 40 duo tho
State on the general fund, and it is
now considered that- tho State has, been
relieved from -tho necessity of bcxrrow
ing/rtKjnoy to meet tho current expanses
of tli6 government.
?
Gov. Ellorbe has o/fercd a reward of
?150 for tho apprehension with proof to
conviot of tho partV or parties who re
cently fired upon W\ N. Hnsel from
mnbush in Saluda c\unt\\ This was
the second attempt to rake Mr. Mnsel's
life in this manner, l\p h?vnj?.been
badly wounded several monfclrsago.
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In turning a curve a third of a milo
beyond Hilton, Lexington county, the
down train from Laurens, oyer tho
Columbia, Newborryaud Laurens rail
road. struck and lustantlp killotl . John
Henry Haltiwanger, ?.*> years of ago,
who was slowly walking on tho track.
A crowd of negroes wore in the woods
gambling, near Kelton and they had a
quarrel over tho cards. One of them
named Bird, shot and killed another
namod Henderson. Bird walked olY
and has not bocn arrested.
Kaht-. A. Van Wyck, Tammany's
candidate for mayor of Now York, is re
momborod by old settlors in Groenville.
>fle M'as born noar Pendleton, his
/mother being Miss Maverick, of Ander
i son count3\
\
* Win. Little, a citizen of Spartan
burg, has been arrosted there for
counterfeiting. Ho waved a prelimi
nary investigation and gavo bond for
^.5,000 for his appearance at tho United
States court at GreonviHo. . ,
The.. hctv" county seat of 8*1 tula,
throtigtr the enterprise of Messrs.' ,T. A.
Attaway i|nd Alvin Ethridge, has
placed herself in touch with tho outside
world 4>y building a telephone Jmo frou
Saluda to Johnson.
The laying of the cornerstone of the
new coart house, on October 20th,
will attract a large crowd to Ander
? Wyatt Aiken is urged as a- candidate
fer Congress from Abbeville.
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Cheraw *? fair will te held nextmonth,
22-20. There will be bicycle racing
nnder the sanction of the L. A. W. ,
which will 'dottbileee attract riders
fronralt oreTTh<r8f*te.
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Thoae farmer* who made * Mr crop
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1H.SI KOYK.l) HY FLOODS.
Ton* of Thousands Arc Homeless In
China.
Tacoma, Wash. ? (Spooial.) - The
steamer Victoria brings nows of tho
most disastrous floods that linvo visited
China for many years. Sixty villages
near Sung Chou, containing over 80,000
bihabitunfs, have been destroyed by
floods and tho people drowned or forced
to lleo. There are no means of finding
oul bow many thousands have been
drowned, but tiie number is estimated
by Chinese authorities at 15,000 to
0>0.
t ho flooded district is within twelve
miles of Poking, the capital of China.
Ah a rule Chinese oftloiats make very
little stir when a calamity like thin hup
pens, but tho pioxiiuitv of tho.disastor
has resulted in its being brought to the
attentjoii of tho einporor, who has
orderod that all possiblo relief be
given. .<?
Survivors from tho villages nearest
Peking have boon allowed such shelter
an they can lind in the city walls but
thousands uro without protection
against tho rain, which continues to
fall. Their distress is most pitiable.
I'ublio spirited and wealthy men of Po
king and Tung Chou nroaetivoly assist
ing iho authorities in providing them
with food. Tho Moods havo greatly
damaged a largo number of estates be
longing to Poking nobles. The un
usual rains began July 88, and con
tinued until Aug, 15. The crops in tho
flooded districts wero dostroyod. The
prefects, local magistrates and people
of tho flooded ' district prayed for tho
cessation of tho rain sovon days before
tlie.y were filially driven out of thoir
homos.
Marly in September high oiNcials of
Pekin and Tien Sien suddenly forbado
the slaughter of cattle, thoir object
being to appeaso the wrath of God and
stop tho rain. Proclamations to this
elVect wero posted. Tho rosult was to
cut oft' tho entire moaV supply, which
led foreign counsels to protest against
the prohibition and to report the situ
ation to the foreign ministers at Pokin.
Jt is claimed that tho action of tho of
ficials constitutes a violation of tho
froaty rights.
VIRGINIA It ICl'U 11L1CANS,
Patrick Ilcnry MeC^t!! Named as
tlio Candidate for Governor.
Tlio Slato Uopublicnn convonti6n of
Virginia, in session at Lynchburg,
nominated tlio following tiokot: Henry
McCaulI, of Culpepper, for Govornc;-;
Col: (). H. Itollor, of Harrison'our^,
for Lieutcnaut Governor, rnd .ViiniG.i
Lyons, of Richmond, for Attorney
General. Col. Win. F. Wfokbnin, of
Powhattan was olected J^at? chair
mnn, and ho with J, B. Pat tin,
of Hoanoke; Alva Martin, of Nor
folk; 'J'. K. Hftokan, of Harrison
burg, and Colonel It. T. Hubbard,
of .Buckingham, composo tlio Htato
oxocutivo cominittoo. Tho Stnto cen
tral committee is made up of three
mombors from each congressional dis
trict.
A completo plan of organization was
adopted. Tho platform is brief and en
dorses tho National Republican plat
form, the McKinley administration
honest oleelion, etc., and deals with
Stato issuos.
F1KK SWKKF8 MANITOBA.
Sotno of tlio Towns Tlircatoned-All
Farmers Suffer.
Winnepeg, Mau. ? (Special. ) ? Ito
portu continue to pour in from all
parts oi the pranrioco of destruction by
prairio firos. In somo districts not a
farmer eecaped Iosh by the ftery wave
that awopt over tho oountry. Appoals
were mado in all the city ohurchos
fof aid for tlioso who sustained
loss in the brush country east of tlio
city. This was whore the two women
and ftvo children lost their livos and
many other families had thrilling os
capos from liro which had hedged thorn
in 011 all sidoA. Soveral familios lost
homos, ''cropfv'and all live stock, and as
thoy are tt^w settlers ^ro left destitute.
The firo run to withiU' 100 yards of one
of tho principal residence portiohs of
tho city south of tho AKsinihoino, ami
tlromen had to bo called out to boat out
tho threatening (lames.
RObll'Sifi OF THE SUN,
To l>o Witnessed In India by Amcil
can Astronomers, ^
Two expeditions will leavo California
this month for. India to witnoa* tho
total eclipse of tho sun. Prof. Uurck
halter ast/onomor at the Chaboy ob
oervatory, will go with a comploto out
lit, aiid'Prof. W. W. Campbell, of Lick
obsorvatory, will represent tho State
Institution. Tho Pioraon expedition
for tjie Chaboy observatory will leave
Octojjbr 5j0. W. W. Campbell, of tho
Lick observatory, will start October 1U,
and it is probablo that tho two expedi
tious will moot in the Orient.
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Collapse of a Illg Hotel.
Two men aro dead and ten injured as
tho result of the blowing down of a big
now hotol at Lindsay Park. Charlevoix,
Mich. The structure had beon nil en
closed and partly idaateretf. About
40 mon wore at work in and around tho
building whon tho crash came. All
w<*o buriod in tho ruins. The building
'440 feet long, and tb^ -ixputh end
iMxran to sway, theroof teemed to lift
aim the whole immense structure ca
reened and crashed, the ruin following
liko a tidal wave to thC north end. It
is asserted' that the bnifding wan not
perfectly braced, and tli* supervising
earpeftter la blamed.
Kxploslon In a Mine,
At Plymouth, Pa. , in No. 2 elope of
tbc Pail lib Coat nan r, IhrW iacri
wer?. killed, ono burned, by gaa and
were overcome by Are-damp by
a4>*ploaion.
Pencil Point are.
The Nebraska bMddla-of-the-Road
Populist Convention at Lincoln, was.
lightly attended.
The body of Charlea F. Wing, a,
Owing to a drought at Ovocolo, Ark.,
welt* tredrynud pOojle I bafra to
t Tbo arehitacte of tba world have been
;
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Pension Attorneys Barred From
Practice,
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MALE STENOGRAPHERS WANTED
l.itok ul'Krosli Walrr MikIo itn Km'U.hh
For Nut Km( nhllshliiK a liurgoi' (<ih
i Isou Oil Sulli\ tin's IsIhikI.
Slowly but shroly tho roil tn| o sur
rounding thcostablMluncntof a military
garrison on Sullivan's Island is being
unwound at t ho war department and in
a fow weeks troops will bo ordered thoro
for duty. Ir. (ho general orders pro- j
mitigated from army headquarters Sur
geon \> in. I'. I jpw is has boon order 0(1 to
duty iu connection with tho now Harri
son to bo established at Sullivan's
Island, near Charleston, S. ('.
'I ho order detailing tho bat
tor v for duly there lias boon prepared
and forwarded to the commanding K''"
oral of tho depart inent of tho Fust, at
Governors Island, New \ ork harbor.
Mo is expected to promulgate tho order
m a few dayn. It appears from tho in
spection of tho surroundings of tho now
fortifications on Sullivan's Island thai
Homo of the ofiicert} lour the supply of
fiosh water there will not bo adeipiato,
and Homo of them are uncertain whether
in boring jwtosiaii wo 1 1 h* frosli wulor
will bo obtained in sufiioiont quantities
to warrant tho establishment of t? gnrri- I
Hon composed of more than one battery, I
IhiK is u subject for imiucdiato outlaid- I
oration, and if it can bo domouulrated
that there is an abuudanco of fresh wa* i
tor on tho Island it is probablo that a
two battery garrison may bo established
thoro. Hurgoon Lewis is ordered to re
pel t for duty ntl'harlcston immodiately.
Ho was originally ordered to duty at
1'ort Mel'horson, (loorgia, but his or
ders were modified to send him to
( 'harloslon.
Ihoro is a larger demand for male
stenographers and typewriters in tho
departments than the civil service com
mission has boon ablo to meet. Tho
salaries range from &000 to $1,000 per
annum. From tho following Staton tho
opportunities of appointment from this
examination aro bettor than from oth
ers; Utah, South Carolina, Louisiana,
lennoHsoo, Arkansas, Kentucky, South
Dakota, Maine, Texas, Washington,
Mississippi^ Now .Jersey, Missouri, Now
iiampnhiro, North Carolina, Pennsyl
vania, J own, Alabama, Kansas, Minne
sota, Wisconsin and Illinois. In addi
to appointments to thodopartmonts
at \\ ashington, appointment:! aro some
times made from this ro^intor lo the
local oorvico in tho States.
tor tho first- time an American nior
chant steamship has ontorod tho port of
1 all i to, and tho results that followed
prom iso to bo of great importance in
the dovolopmont. of tho trado of tho
, , I J?1?*08 "* that quarter of tho
woi Id. L nitod Stato Consul Doty, who
rojiorts tho matter to tho Stato Depart
ment says that upon tho arrival of this
vossol? tho Homer, of San Francisco ?
a general council of tho colon}' was
callod, and a subsidy of gJJO.OOO per an
num was voted to the Amorioan com
mercial houso of Kennedy A Fritch for
tho main toenail co of a steam mail service
with San Frnhoisey, touching at Mar
morquesa. Tho steamers are to make a
2o-day service of thirteen trips per an
num. I
A man last weok applied in person at
the fourth aHHiHlttiit'sofiico for a fourth
class postofiiceship iu South Carolina
Ho was asked if ho could got Wobstor's
ondorsomont. On being informed that
be oould not, tho ofilcial told him that
ho could not get tho ofllop. Tho would
be postmaster then queried if Webster
con hi have any ono appointed that he
wishod. To this inton'ogatory tbo de
partment ofilcial replied;' "Not abac
jutoly, but so Jong as the prosont order
is in force no ono can bo appointed
without ^ebster's endorsement. "
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I onsion Attorney Samuel Jl. Mc
Lean, of Pittsburg, Pa. ; M. M. Chase,
of Jjos Angeles, Col. ; and J). |?. Hothu
mun, of Mt. Vernon. Jvy. , Jiavo been
flisharrod from practice before tho In
terior Department. Tho first two nam
ed aro charged with demunding and ro*
coiving illegal ponsion foes, afid Ho
thllmun with filing forged declarations
in ])ousion cases.
Secretary ,Jas. Wilson, to extond tlin
operations of the Department of Aur i
enltui o along all useful lines, has'mado
arrangements with tho cbiof of tho
wcathor bureau to issue luouthlvicharts
for tho benefit of the mariners/of the
Great Lakes, showing tracks usually
pursued by storms and other data
which will onablo the inarinor to calcu
late a month in advanco what ho may
reasonably expect. - .
Tho United States Consul at Jiromon
informs tho Deportment of Stato that
Prof. Ldwm Clobs, an omiuont seion ?
tistt, lifts aqilod for tly> United States
for tho imrjrMafcfc^L^nvestigating tho
toxine^of yellow foVcr. lie will visit
Washington during his stay in Ufts
countfy. . / -
Socrotary Wilson' of tho Agricultural
Department, will, in his aniluat fe
|>crt, ask > Congress/ to mnko 4inaterial
intfroifio in tito ajWopriatior/ forUhe
Bureau, of AnimJt^ IndtjstJy, the
r armors' Uullotins atld the \\Veathor
13ureau.
The United States will probable in
stitute an inquiry into the report that
Niesrauga hasgranted. certain conces
sions to the Aiiaa Steamship Company,
of London.
Admiral Beasdslee, irho baa been sta
tioned at the Pacific Station has return
ed, and in pressing hie views of the
situation in Hawaii to Secretaries Long
ffjgffciWMtf eayatbathe faroreannei
P10 >1 AN !> K()ll ATLANTA MQ.l'OR?
I'I*0 Sinillifrii ami Svuhoanl Hcfutio to
Unit) It Into South < arollnn,
An A Hunt ii fcpcoial savn, Iho roccnt
limbic hctwoou tho Inpuu dcalcra of
Atlanta, tho railroads ami tho State ? >f ?
tloiula of South Carolina, ovov tho whip
mont ov liquor into tho lull mv Statu, has
rcaohod a novol climax. I'ndov tho
t ulinK of Jud^o Simoiiton as to what
pouHt itutiul an 01 initial package, tho
railroads havo hoon sending largo quan
tities of liquor acros* tiu> lino, ami tho
tli&ponsary l?uainona han craned almost
entirely. Tho Southern Ixailway i'o
fused to ooutinuo tho bujunoaa, ami haa
a Ion lawauil i n eonMiquom'o. I'lio Sea
board Air l.ino notified I )io dealers* that
they wonhl ooutinuo to carry liquor un
til initliUK'ht on tho 'J!?th, \vhoi\ tho
IraHlo would con.so. In tho ncramblo lo
l.iko advantage of tho limited time, car
load after car loail <? f AtrouK drink (uih
boon nhipnod from Atlanta, ono firm
alono sending hovou cars. Tho result i?
Unit iu Atlanta liquor is at a premium.
A l'HOl'O.SKD KI.KCililC LIN 10.
One l?'rom Wlllieshoro loTaylors vlllo
('onnidered.
Tho construction of nn oloctrio rail
radwuy from Wilkosboro to Taylorn
villo; N. ('. ,n distancoof twenty miles,
is now being n;: itidod. Tho proposed
lino is entirely feasible. and could not
fail to declare u handsome dividend to
any oonipany operating it. Our pro
duce largely seeks a Southern market,
and i> inoro direct Southern outlet is r.
felt want with our pooplo. Wilkosboro
by reason of loealion. in tho natural
nhipping i oint for tho produce of Alle
ghany, Ashe, and eastern Watauga,
and a Southern outlet that would alVord
these counties cheaper ratoa of trans
portatian than ean be procured via
1 Iroonsboro is badly noeded. Charlotte
Obsorvor.
Dl> Alj \V n il CAN It- li N 1 V ICS.
Farmers llaelc Knelt Other to Pieces
In Kentucky,
A special from Owonsboro, K^v. , says:
John Ovornnd John Smith, both prom
inent farmers of thin county, got into n
difficulty while cutting cane together
in a ftold, and fought a duel with tho
.auo knives. Thoy fought for Homo
lime, and literally hacked oaeh other to
pieces. Jtoth will dio. Thoy aro" quito
aged, boing nearly aovont^earH old.
'I'ii rill Duty On Wrappers olid Fillers.
Assistant Hcafotary Howoll has issued
circular letter to customs officers on
iho subject of rates of duty to be as
sessed on wrapper and lillor tobaccos,
under section 2IS1 of tho now tariff act.
Instructions aro given to tho oll'oct that
all wrappor and lillor tobacco, whou
mixod or packed with more than lf> por
coutuiu of wrappor tobacco, ia subject
to duly aa wrappor tobacco. .Those in
ulruetioiiM aro intended to oorreGt the
ruling^ at somo of the customs houses,1
where it has beon erroneously hold that
1.0 per centum of wrappor tobacoo, when
mixed with lillor, may be ontered at the
lillor rate of duty.
The Armor Hoard's Hoiithoiu Trip-'
Tho armor board, homlod by ?>Om\
modoro Howoll, paid a formal visit to
Secrotnry Long at Washington on tho
20th, for tho first time sinco its organi
zation, and discussed work already oc
coinplishod. It is probablo that tho
departure of tho board on its Southoru
trip will bo advanced to tho 15th of
October, and that Birmingham, Ala.,
will bo tho first placo visited.
Mullcu Will l>e Postmaster.
Tho Charlotte (N. C. ) Nows statos
from innido information that Charlotto'a
now postmaster will bo .1. W. .Mullen,
'I his news comos from such a soureo as
to leave little or no doubt as to its au
thenticity. Tho 1 ontr fight ovor t Li in
ofiico ban boon closcd, and nothing now
remains to ho done oxcept the formal
naming of Mr. Mullen.
Arm Yourself When r*OCO?t?nvy,
Tho three days' sossion of tho leboff
convention at Chicago , ended in a cli
max of incendiary speeches. K. M
Jtanuistor, of HI. Louis, chairman of
con volition, resigned the gavel and
introdu'cui) a resolution advising strik
ers in general to arm themselves for
resistance wlieh jiocessaty, - \_
Out of Tit lr Ceflu tor Freedom.
Five prisoners oscaped from tho
county jail at Welch, W Va. , by breaking
down a largo coll in which thoy wero
confined and digging through a brick
wall. Among tho number was William
Leo, under life r;ontouco for the murder
of the < 'lino boys.
No Further Action,
Tho postoftlco dopartniont will tako
uo furthor action in tho incidont of tho
fhooting of tho colorod postmaBtor at
lloga'asyillo, (la. 1 1 wdbtako all steps
possible lo prcvonl tho boycotting of
Hlt> postoftlco thoro; tho postinaator has
Xoturnod to his duties.
Massachusetts Republicans.
Tho Hcpublicau State convention of
Massachusetts nomiuatod the following
ticket by acclamation: Governor, Wm. |
Ciano; Secretary of State, Wjn. M,
Olin; Trcusuror, K. P. Shaw; Auditor,
John W. Kimball; Attorney General,
Ifosea M. Knowlton. Tho platform de
nounced free silver.
One 3IIIIIon Dollar Fire.
Fire in Washington. D. 0., doatroy*
ed the eleotfio-powerhouae and -gutted
several other huilcllpg*, causing a low
of one million aoli#r#x_
Woman Htreet Cleaner*.
Mrs. A. E. Paul has formerly taken
. charge of the brigade of uniformed
\ irtroettrtwjnwr
(riot of Chicago. Mm. Pan! Moored
I her appointment aa inspeotor through
tl?e CW? Sefrioe Commiaaaon. 8fe?
denies that ?he is a "new woman." " '
? 1
,p k M - A-wv-V** ^ 4
111 (in i,r.<;\m: i-,M!i<i;v
\ short slictch ? ? I' (ho Pevytrd Son ot^
South Carolina.
I "olow in a >hort hkotch of tho I i f o of
Ion. Hugh l<- Karloy. Iho distinguish
ed Confederate whodiod last work:
(Uuioral I'urloy was ;VJ years of a^o
tml a native of I .aureus eonnty. 1 1 o
Mitorod tho army in ism when lii yours
>f a^o ami served throughout tho win,
tad wan promoted for gallantry at tho
>uttlo of Chickamau^a. After tho war
>e was for so vera I yeura ouxu,itcd in
?hint iug on tho coast nuuc Chiiclostou,
md returned to tho up-country during
? no oloction trouhlo* of and viti
uitong tho prisoner;! sotit to Columbia
luring tho l.uhi'Oha por.scontious. llo
oiviovod to Spartanburg- in |s;i mid
wan for a wlulo concocted with tho
^partauhuifj aid Union Ibiilroad
there and afterwards aahuiiicd ed
itorial control of Iho Spartan,
which ho conducted with mark
"d ability for four yctua. llo took
in active part in tho campaign of
<Il> in Spartiinluirtf ami adjoining
count ics, and afterwards en^si^cd in
tho profession of law. llo uas elected
to tho liouislaturo from Sparlaubnr^
I'ountv in INMll, ami w an ?,'ouernlly in his
seal, llo was a moat admirer of Mart
iarv ami was actively idontitle I with
the Ydlnmn inovomont for six or ci^ht
mouths hofoi'o he was nominated by tho
; >omooratio primary for tho ollleo of
\ 1 1 jutunt ( ioneral, for which lie had
heon several times au unsucoo1 #ful can
didato, ami which ho tilled with credit,
to himself ami to Iho i-atisfitction of tho
Conservative*! well an Pilinuiuitov,
M'ter hi? retirement from tho ollleo of
\d.jutant (ionoral ho was chosen to suc
ceed the lamented (Ion. Kershaw as
compiler of iho rolls of Konth Carolina
commands in tho Confederate Korvice,
itud Was earnestly oniru^vd in that
work until his health yavo way. (ion.
t-'arley was always a moderator man,
-cckinic tho truth between extremes,
Ami while not mioeOBsful us a pelilieitr ,
lie hud many warm pornonul friotiUH
Uid adniirorw.
iM.T.iv
SOUTH CAROLINA AT PARIS.
This Urgwl <o Prepare for Mi o
Itl? Kxposlt Ioik
Governor Kllorbo ia in roceipt of n
lot tor from ^'Kodoral Nonrotary of Statu
Sherman urging him to tako iinlnodiat^
steps towards securing representation
fortius Stftto in tho Paris Kxpoaitiou.
In hia letter Secretary Shorman says:
In this napoct of tho mailer, ami with
Hpooial roferonco to that provision of
tho law whioh requests tho Governors
of tho aovoral States ami Territories to
niako a prbpor representation of tho
productions of our industries ami natur
al re ho nr cob of tho country and to tako
such furthor measures as may ho noees
nry in order to .soeuro tothoir respective
States and Territories tho advantages
to ho dorivod from this bonolleent un
dertaking. I dosiro to respectfully urgo
tho propriety as well as tho necessity,
of immediately taking steps to no euro
representations of tho natural and in
dustrial resonrcoH of your State, to tho
end that an exhibit on bohalf of tlio
gomrnmont of tho United Statos boflt*
ting-ln matorial aud industrial impor
tance may bo assurod.
Tho roport of Major Handy, whon
laid bofore (Jongrosa, will upon its pub
lication by that body, .bo sent to yon,
ami it is boliovod that further corros
pondouco with him upon tho subject,
cannot fail to produce bouotloifti re
sults.
I boapoak your earnest and hearty co
oporatioju in this matter in whatovor way~
you may think tho object can host bo
accomplished. ?
Jtospoctfnlly yours,
John Siikiiman, ,
A SHOCKING ACCIDKNT.
A Mother and Child Drowned Near
Georgetown.
A shocking accident occurred on tho
bar of North Inlet, near Goot-gotown,
tho details of which are Indeed pa*
thotio: A young fisherman by tho nanio
of S. T. Leonard with his family, con
sisting of his wifo and young child,
woro going into tho inlet whon their
small sailboat struck a shoal aud
capsized. Tho mother, holding on
ty Iter baby, was rcoovorcd by
tho liusband ami both had hopes of
escaping a watery gravo. ... A 6ccond
wavo, however, released thoir hold on
tho regained boat and for tho second
timo JJjo .. Mather.- .with- licr- ckild-waa ?
washed away. Wonk from struggling
with tho wavos, but nothing daunted
in tho work of saving thoso dearest
to him, tho anxious husband and father
onco again rosouod his wifo and child,
lbit fato had ordained it otherwise and
thomothor's,jitrongth oompletely failing ~
her, sho kissed hor littlo treasure ami
snrrendored it to tho next" terriblo
wave that engulfed thorn. Uor husband
reaching hor again for tho fonrth timo,
she clasped him urouud tho neck, kiss
ed him and sank into unconsciousness
as tlio next black swell of tho sea separ
ated her from him and carried hor info
its dopths and etornity.
M)'. Leonard roachod tho beacli in an .
oxhauatod state and was piokod up and
cay'ied |o the oppdsito shoro nndthonco
to liis homo to whioh the small family
haTBfeen making. Tho body of tho in* \
fantonly was recovered. . " r ? '
DIVORCED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Remarkable Defense or*? Fnlritcliilnn- \
Arretted for
A story comes froniKeir^lukW county
to the effect that M?gi*Wate Bolton of.,_
(bat county bad revleefl tfce FToutli Cwcv
olitm prohibitorylaw ttgeioftt grautiag
a divorce and ban gr?Mtod Fairfield
owfttym>t? divorce from hia i
the aJle?ed grotta4? . Jtf#
deserted the ?oi?pUia^*>?pi
of nine yeex* . ????
This alleged rallar of tlw
?m brou*bfc?oli|thMteWl|
upon the en* " "
beengt*ilid&L? ?
?... Sisu* ?'