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CAMDEN, S. 0., FRIDAY, MAY 1, 15)03 BRYAN ON ROADS. General Miles Favors Governmental Aid In Improving the Roads^ fARMLRS SHOULD hNSISTON TtlEM. Tztf- ;? " - ? "*? ' Some of ths Honey Squandered In the Philippine* Could Have Bsen Used In That Respect. St. Louis, Special. ?At the second day's session of the National and In ternational Good Roads Convention, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who is president of the national highwuy commission, made an address on "Mfiitary Road* and' a National Highway," and agid in part: "Our government has Expended ? $500,000,000 for the Improvement of our harbors and waterways, and now tho at tuition of the public Is being called. to our ^postal roads and ave nues,' of cbmmnnUaiiort that are mo.3t useful - and important to all our peo ple. If such expenditures cf tho na tional Treasury have been niado in the past for tho development of railroads tfhd waterways, is it not now a moat ^ appropriate time that the Improvo tnent of our roads *sli6Uld receive na tional attention and, governmental aid?" ISx-Governor Hugg, of Texas, pointed out llie necessity for good ??..roads, which, hp believed, could bo secured only through the aid of the national government. Ho Bpoki$, of the Insular policy of tho government, and said if souie money that 1b being squandered in tho Philippines could be* used ly3re in the improvement of tho highways, our roads would begin far better condition. * Wm. J. Bryan spoke at the after noon session, receiving an ovation. He said in part: "Tho expenditure of money for the permanent improvement of the common roads can be defend od, first as a matter of justico to tho people who live in tho country; 'second as a matter of advantage to the peopld who do not live in the country. . and third, on the giound that the wel fare ^)f the nation demands that the 7-7 TOnvfoiis *of country I i f <7 sjball. as far ?a -."possible, ke'p pace with the com forts of city life. It is a well known fact or a fact easily ascertained that the people in the country, while pay ing their full share of county. State and Federal taxes, receive lis a "rule only the geaieral benefits ot - govern mc-nt. while thc neonle ia~tho-cit4e? h-have, In addition, good streets, , side walks, --etc. "Tho" improvement of -the country ? - roads Can be Justified also on.- the ground that the farmer, the first and most important of the producers of wealth, ought to be im a position to 'hodd his crop and market it at the most favorable 'opportunity, whereas at present he la virtually under com pulsion to sell it as soon as It is ma ; tured because tho roads may become - -Impassable Tit any jtlme during the fell, winter or spring. Instead of be lug his own warehouseman, the far 1'"" niter is compelled to empley'tniddlemen and share wfth them> the profit upon idfelft^Shor. The farmer has a right, too, to insis* upon roads that will enable ^ b4tv> to go to town, to church, to the school house and to the homes of his neighbors as occasion may requiro, and with the extension of rural dellv " ery as he has an additional need for . good roads in order tiiat.hemay. bol kept in communication with the out- | side world." - Hearst Married. New York, Special. ? Congressmun elect William Randolph Hearst, pro prietor of The New York American, New York Evening Journal, Chicago American, and The San Francisco Ex "nOMrner, was nmrried here to Miss Mii licent Willaon, daughter of George H'. , WUlson, president of the Advance ;ftttglc Company, of this city. The cere mony was performed In the chantry of Grace church. Bishop Potter officiat ing. a number of the personal frien-is of Jhe couple wore present. Mr. ^Jftearsl's ' Les t man was DrrlnTeclti of 'N)ten Francisco, and the witnesses were 8. S* Carvelho and P. J. Marr. The * newly-marHed couple will sail by the . steamer Kaiser Wllhelm II this after noon for Europe. Oets S'x Years. Atlanta, ..Spccial? G. Mailman Sims Tuesday pleaded guilty to the cmbez L.ltenwnt Of $94,000 of tlio funds of the Capital City National Bank and was ?*. sentenced to six yea:s in the Federal prison.' Sims was collection clerk of c. the bank, and was for some time a prominent figure In the social world of Atlanta. . T; ~ Effort Halls. Tallahassee, Fla., 8peclal.-? Hepre scntativo Long introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to tbe constitution providing that in the collection ot taxes a separate record be kept of all taxes paid by white and colored tax-payers and tbat the school fund derived from taxing ?aoh race be fterotefl exclusively to ecbo^erthat; race. Thlrty-nine voted for the amend to four a#ain?t It, A change In jowtltution re<Jfclrea a three* trte^Tall tb? membeHijlected 1. Many did jit and it Tio^Ttwo eC j ibe mnlred , __ Bdiaon hae talNB^at lit . for wmch he haa paid ortle tMir SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Industrial Miscellany. 8. J.' Jackson, recently reposed M contemplating the establishment of a knitting mill at Sparta, has or ganized the Sparta Knitting Mills, with capital stock of $15,000/ Richard Hill Is president; S. S. Dibrell, vJee-preBl . dent; J. R. Tuhh, secretary-treasurer, and 8. J. Jackson, general manager. An equipment will be Installed for a daily output of about lbO dozen gar ments?medium to heavy ribbed and ilceced underwear ? and the company Is ready to correspond with makers of machiuery relative to awarding con tract. Water-power will be used, and the equipment for this purpose Is not wanted. The company l? also desirous of securing a superintendent and fore woman conversant with the knit-goods demand lh the South and bouthwe&t. Reference was made last week to ru mors that the Madison Manufacturing Co. of Huntsvllle, Ala., is about to erect a large addition. The Manufac turers' Record is now authoritatively Informed that Ihe company will build a /hill to be equipped with 15.000 cpin d!e? and 625 looms for manufacturing print cloths. The erection of the nec- v essary buildings will begin within two weeks. In January this .company adopt ed Its present title, winch until then ^as the Madison Spinning Co., and In creased its capital stock from $100,000 to $300,000. This additional capital will bo invested In the new plant. The pres ent plant has 7200 ring spindles, and manufactures hosiery yarns. Lumber Notes. 0 I). P. Tate and R. h; Bulkhead of Lexington, N. C., have ' purchased 12, 000 acres of timber land in Polk county, and will develop same. The plant of the Valentine Lupert Lumber Co. at Butler, Tenpu, was de stroyed by lightning. The loss is esti mated at $10,000, with $2000 insurance,. The Low-Glll3-Powell Lumber Co. of* Austin, Texas, has been Incorporated, with a capltaj stock of $20,000, by Theo dore Low, Sltiicn Cllliis and J. W. Powell. .. The Bennett & Roach Lumber Co. (of Yazoo City. Miss., has been Incorpor ated, with a capital stock of $10,0(10. The Incorporators are R. ? L. Benn/tt and J- H. Roach. * L Mess re. W. A. Cathay. Oharlcs^-?L Putnam and Thomas Settle have/incor porated the Mountain Island Lumber Co. of Asheville, N. C., with a capital stock of $10,000. - The tide In the Tenuesscii .river which set in Inst week brought down another -largo lot of- W>gfr, ?m*k4?g- the receipts at Chattanooga by recent tides more than 10,000,000 feet. . ./J C. H. Rexford & Con of Pennsylva nia, who rocently purchased 18,000 acrcs of timber land in North Caro lina, have purchased 12,000 acrcs ad ditional In Swain county of tlirft State.. i*h? exports of lumber lest week from the port of Mobile amounted to 1,586, 907 feet. Thc^Sl^pments for the season aggregate &2.9007W19 feet, agstnst 63,r 397,664 feet for the eame period last year. The St. Louis Cabinet Co, of St. Louis. Mo., has been incorporated, with a capital stock or $200, for manufactur ing' furniture. The Incorporators are Jacob Burber, George L. Weiss. John Jansea and others. The American Planing Mill Co. of ThomasVllIe, Ga., recently Incorporat ed, began work JiwF'week. The plant has been built at an expense oi $iV TOO, and has orders ahead to keep it busy for several months. The record for the hlgWta^ price ever paid for one saw log in Alabama was broken last week, when J&G. Grayson paid to Andrews & Co. of HuntsvUlq $25.43, one which will net over 1000 feet of lumher. The log was poplar. Tho B^slgn LrtJfetfrei* Co. of Tlftort, Ga., ha3 applied for^ charter. The cap ital stock of the company is $20,000, with privilege of Increasing it to $160. 000. Tho Incorporators arc j. Lee En sigh, Thomas B. Puckett. and John H. Powell. , The Woodruff saw-mill Elajlt.fll.Eu-. rofcp'Spr Ih g?7~Ar k . , was destroyed by flref.on the 14th Inst. The lessees, W. H. & Willis Baker, lost machinery, dry kilt> and entire equipment, with, a large c mount of finished lumber. Tli? total loss la $12,000, with no insurance. _ ?Textile Notes. - A company will bo organized to build * knitting mill at Clinton. S. C. P. S. Balky will- be present. - ? Efforts are being made to , organize company for building a $20,000 knlt ing mill at' Camilla. Oa. B. F. Flournoy of Trioa Factory, Oa., will build n cotton mill. He has not decided as to h?c?tion nor otb?r tall*. .".-.r - r~ ? Effurta are U81ug~~Toade to organise the proposed branch company, refer red to la?.* week, for bnllding a silk Will at Clarksburg, W. Va. .The Ram say A Gore Manufacturing Cft. of Pat erson, N. J., wbeee president and nee* reUry presented die proposition for toe shore mill, has a $150,000 plant at Pat erson, not $50,000, as stated test week. Orantrllle Hosiery Milts kat let eenuact tu fc-O. Cfllft Manufac taring Co. of Newman, Ga., for erec tion of an addition two storiee hlgb. -<3x86 feet, and 'Will install additional machinery In position . . Nownafa fOa.) Cotton Mills has de- * dared a dtridead of 6 per cent. and ] appgoprl M*d fit 49# to its lnsililusrj JUl4' ? ' ".1. wmism f*ewn, a fooman, was ie at rtwlfoetV lagtead, on tfeeefcarv* of matin* a false entry at X HSm 0^51^ end* U? 1 waft* ** ' Mm EDUCATORS MEET. ?r W. A. Blair, of Winston-Salem, Treas urer, for the [ nsuiof Year. *.C. OfiOEN IS ELECTEO PRESIDENT Alderman an* Or, Mclver Re sponsible for (lie Beginning of (bo P?#ent Revival. Richmond, Vn.( Special.?' The tend ance at the meetings of the Conference for Education in the South wan large uud enthusiastic. The following o/ri ctra were ..clected for the elasuing year: President. Robert C. Ogdou. of New VorU; vice president, Edgar G. Murphy, of Montgomery, Ala.; score lary, jj. j. Dahiwln, of Montgomery Ala.; treasurer. W. A. Bialr, of Win ston-Salem, N. C. The executive and resolutions committees air: Exeeutho yh airman. D. B. Valentine. Richmond; Hal^Rh, N. C.-.R. U. Ful. ton, Mississippi; President Caldwell of Uie Sf ate Normal School of Utilslana; Superintendent C. B. Gibson. Colum bus C.a.; D. P. Houston, Texas; Presi dent JfMse, of the University of Mis sonrf; superintendent G. P. . Glenn Jacksonville rm.; S. A. Minders. Ten ' SnI(,cr. South Carolina committee on resolutions, Richard i- a?.80.n,J 0,Ider- c<Uioi: of The Century; baited fables Attorney GenerAl P. C. ixnox; L. C. Bronson, Georgia; State r!!a?n.V(rV(I~!,t North Caro i.na, l.. c. Sanfoid, Knox^UJo, Tenn Dr. Lyman Hall, of the Georgia Iii f'Jechnology, was the flint IK1'/1 t|1G ?\?ornjng session. He de r mw fa,ctct,OUS!y that if the move ment continued its work, the people of t r-1! iW?,U. . bo talk,n8 of "Darkest . Engl.ind. and referring to "illit eiate Boston." 1 Io took a most encour edii?Jr^SWit?f thf future of the s?'Jtl> euuy?TI<JbaUy and industrially. -^The next address was by Josephus Dan'cto, editor of The Raleigh News and Observer, and a member of the nat.onal Democratic committee from ii <?Slna- He alftrtod ??t by say V ! f, have boen f0u?' obsta South" i ??? 'n<,! PtVSnea in the aciinflj !i nosro. enfranchised ISS L , pr0tf8t of the People. "ho uere forced against their will t0 nav taxes to educate him; 2. Po?e?ty Sitt? ??ver,y' following war and' } '.construction such as thla eenei&tlnn knows not of; 3. Tho lack of c?t1a?in?S o cS'ian tho \Rck of teacher- 4 ^ aM. WQmfin.io become Thl eiJnfA been an,' ? u - obstacles has i^M "?)v am* mt,at be at least in this generation, the negro. He lias been the lion in the P?th^ tjxe ever pres .eht and often 4n8ur?otffaaJifi ntfltiiclr to public .education, y ' Mr. Dr.nleJa tookfa hopeful view as 0 overcome all trfese obstacles and "ThS?? ** *'?*?? said In 'part: il.eie Is a claa3, and In that class I of the? South' ?f fie thoughtful peopfc ?u V South are to be found, and fpei that, whatever may be tie result ,<hey dare not shut the door of no?je whrr^?rtUOity lo any P^opJe any dlSS tiTfhA ,Pktbe South- tbe m n la Tho. i ^V thc FillP'no Ma fr?!'fo i ?? thcy Relieved, they Kiifi ?' t GvcntUA?y R would prove licht flm!' ieca ^ e, th0y haVe faith that 'UT"'r mw 8I>Gaker was Dr, J. H. Kirk S'on^'.if nthVliiPl\ce<i "ttendtnp the ses s.ona of the Conference for Education : tz S??SS!SJ?J of Georgia, who upoHo NyoS^oIbb0tt- ed"?r' ?' ?t th?ASoi?th woa "Impression. Iv of ?h! I . V spoke eloquent seMed by the ^nf?f educat,on repre by the conference. The highest ittdSStih!We ?8a.l(1, 18 that tor i tralnin?. Instead of being e^ntnftYK^v^f0^* should. and would, nf i?, t .yu * Relieved, bo regarded a? Said ? ? il typ? <n ,t8 f^roctlon. He CftaVtVt frpV"^ tribute to tho hos in ?* 1 Richmond and expressed Joy &i ^[0W,ng the country NnlfK 4 oflr' ? #a^d> taught the a? ? .s<^uth to respect each other fin if? #?f n^'er dono bcf0?-c. Refer be suffrage, he quoted Henr> ward Becchcr to show that many wet. bollJ*0 thf?t l?h?ei?* th? oiiot in the hands of tho negro could ?hJL?? ^ ?Mccess until thc black mar *?f to exorrlKC the prly The b?"?t '? a pre roi^tive and a responsibility, he said I? nSL,??!ln " rlght Wanhbod sufTrag/ ht coLnt*luca- b?t It must , ? that manhood comer clSLfwur??' 8?, second. Dr. Abboti forecast of wha tne ! present educational revival will re "Wjii '5rflVIPa<Lr;b9 twentieth ceAlur> ISPJ" tho ot Perfcctin; S attributed (he befiiBtiin? t present revlvftf, by ttio way. u T evmW??tic trip made aam? 1 JTfn A90 through North Caroltoh W4B' ^ ? AWermnn. pre. t'nlrermlty. New Or 'mS wSmHa&ss:' " "" ?tpiiw?i?* My Flotlnf. . New York, SporlaJ.? Th? BrltlaJ MUwtakr Colorado from Half, which ar riVM fe?re reports t*iat on Aprlh IT. thV M/of IN deptant Jt ?n? ?*?** vn *t thai UM? Im l?t?/ LIVE ITEMS OE NEWS. Many Mutterit of General Intercut In Short Paragraphs. Down In Dixie. Two inches of snow .fell at Bluefteld, W. Va., on Wedueaday. Before Judge Moffat, In the Roanoke county court at Salem, Va., Wednesday, eight cacos In which the Norfolk & Western Railway was Home time ago convicted before a magistrate's court of unlawfully running freight, trains on (he Sabbath, and lined $r?0. and costs in each caae, the Jury decided against tho railroad. At The National Capital. ->a? The Postotflce Department ha3 dis continued the services of Inspectors of stamp-canaeling machines. ? The Government Is planuing to con struct the largest artificial lake in the world In Arizona for Irrigation pur poses. It Is said Civil Service Commissioner William Dudley Foulke may resign In order to try to combat the Fairbanks Presidential movement in Indiana. Ofilclals In Washington aro watching with interest developments in the /barges of smuggling made against certain officers in Porto Rlcp. An animated controversy Is In pro gress to decide whether the naval ob servatory shall b? transferred to the Department of Commerce or remain under the Navy Department. A bid of 102,513 for all or any part of the $3,00f\000 certificates of indebted ness of the Philippines wan tho best re ceived. At The North. It Is reported that Miss Halite ISrm lnie Rivers is to desert literature for the stag*>. Sous of the American Revolutlonl held an annual banquet in New York\ Saturday night. , 4 The Northern 'Securities Company .has declared the regular quarterly divi dend of I i-8 p?fr cent., payable^o>-lHay The boodle investigations at St. Louis and Jeffeinon City, Mo., are lead ing t.o tlwQiclief that bribery was much more extensively practiced iu tho Leg islature .than had been supposed. Stockholders of th? United States Steel Corpoi*atlon ch obo- 4 i reetora w ho, It is said, v/ill re-elect President Charles M. Schwab. The Pressed Steel Car CJolhfiauxJhas declared the regularly quarterly divi dend of l.per cent, on the common stock and the second quarterly install ment of 1-4 of 1 per cent, on the extra dividend of 1 per cent, recently author ized. Tho Northern Securities Company and allied Interests filed at St. Paul their appeal to the United States Su preme Court in the merger case; the Company was allowed by the court to disburse dividends. Justlco Gilgerich, In New York, granted an order permitting William K. Vanderhilt, head of that family, to marry again. Frederick Spang, of Pittsburg, in a. arazed condition, terrorized the great cV-owd in Herald Square, New York, Sunday night by_ shooting and waving a pistol. , In spit? of tho prediction for an im mense grain crop In the. West the rail road companies, with their vastly in creased equipment, except to be able to move ft without a congestion of freight. Senator M. A. Hanna, of Oh'o, says he will answer at Columbus tomorrow the strictures made upoa organized labor In the recent annual report of D. M. Parry, president of the Manufac turers' Association, at New Orleans. It is believed tho new Republican movement agitating tho development of Central and South American trade is Intended to offset the "Iowa Idea * of "tariffrefonn . From Across The Sea. The party of German agriculturists who are to tour this country will spend one day in Baltimore. At -the international Anti-Alcohol Congress, in Bremen, the abstinence element ** proved stronger than the "moderates." The Ruflrtu, Austrian, German and Italian Ambassadors at Constantinople urged tho Sultan to suppress the out break in Albania. A hurricane in Berlin injured many persons and caused great destruction of property. ~ Th* Dominican rebels are besieging j Monte Cristl by land and sea. Sir Oliver Mow^, who wus Premier ; of Ontario 24 years, Is dead. MlscelUneous flatter* Coal operators locked out about 30.* 000 miners at 32 collieries In the an. thraeite region because they refused to work nine hours on Saturday. Eight persons were kilted and >10 in jured in a. collision neat Jamestown..#, Y.v between a limited express train on the Erie railroad and 4 freight trfcla. - Tbf body of the murdered man round In tbs barrel in New York fat Identi fied as that of Benedetto Madnsale, a? ItsUan of Buffalo. At ? meeting of lbs directors of the HiftitHW (?. C.) Cottoa Milts. heM April 18, It wak decided to iacrease tlx capita! Stock from 92SO.OO* to IBM*. Tbo company Intends to extensively enlarge tts plant but bee aetsa .nfcj <$ecWed too* the details. It* mm baa sptndtes sad mtomrn. maaafleetnrin* print cloths. THE NEGROES Ml Case of Giles, From Alaljann^ried in the Supreme Court HIGHEST TRIBUNAL PASSES ON IT Court Claim* Titer? Is No K?dress In Cases Where Voters Are Reiu#;iJ Registration. Washington, Special.? By a dl^Hdod bench?ilvo to three ? Justice Uay being absent, the United States Supremo Court denied the application of Jack bou W. Giles on behalf of himself and 8,000 other negroes in Montgomciy count;* ? Ala., to compel the registrars of the county to place tli?lr names on j the registration books. The cage wan brought In the Federal Court for the district of Alabama, alloglug the depri vation of their constitutional right un der the fourteenth t^nd fifteenth amend ments, but the ctfurt dismissed the casito for want of Jurisdiction, and on thatVitstlon it was brought to the Su preme Court on appeal and by certifi cate. Justice Holmes, In delivering the majority opinion, said the question of Jurisdiction and the merits of the case nt bar were so Interwoven that It be came m^sjtoMjjr-for the court to take up bot^'lor it was impossible In a suit like this, thjt the relief sought should bo granted. It would bo nn ex traordinary and unheard of extensloir of political relief. The Justices render ing the majority opinion were f^he Chief justice amf^Associate Justices White, MeKenna, Holmes and I'eck ham. The dissenting opinions were from Justices Harlan, Hrewer and Brown. To a layman the decision of the court seemed at least peculiar and it was commented on around the capltol by attorneys as being almost remarkable. A report at first gained currency that a test case of the nev? Alabama consti tution had been doHded, but later It developed from oppressions of the court that the validity of the consti tution of Alabama. A neg'o claimed to allow him to reglatcr. It oamc . up before Judge Th?tnus Goodie Jones, judge of the Unked Stat^j Circuit Court for the northern Alabama dis trict. Judge Join^j was undecided whether he had jurisdiction, but dis missed the case on the ground that he had not, in order that the United Slates Supreme Court might pass finally on the question of Jurisdiction. Tho caso therefore was presented to j the Supreme Court for tho determina tion of this one question. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion for the court. He said that according to the usual precedence the court bad no jur isdiction, but said that this was a most extraordinary case and the Supreme Court had determined to lay aside to* the time the question of jurisdiction and go into the^ncrlts of the case. It was Impossible, "he Bald, to grant the relief that was asked by the petitioner, the negro, first, because he had re lated that he is a quallAetMroter under n system which 1iir intmits "fsTrauTu lent and in violation of the constitu tion of ths United States. A Wuman Killed. Spartanburg, Special. ? Monday af ternoon about 3 o'clock in the western section of the city, inhabited by ne groes, Jafus ~ Maconifccn*, a negro, shot and killed Katheflno Williams, In the home of the latter.- Tho deed was ex ecuted vflth a breech-loading shot gun, and only one shot was discharg ed. Maconifion was arrested directly after the shooting and lodged In the .county. JaLL The woman II v?d --about twenty minutes after she was wound ed. Tho greater portion of tire weapon'f discharge eitfeftd her right side, bui several of 1 flic bullota ranged inward and pierce^ her heart. 'There were several witnesses to thetftragedy, all negroes. To Drain Ilverglrd-i?. Miami, Fla., Special. ? Tho Florldn Kant Coast Railway, throujtb its law1 department, is preparing to"?Wpe*n tho Everglades. The services of civil en gineers fcave been securcd and they are now formulating plans for the work In some sections the railway company has joined hands With the farmers anil the work of ditching has already 1>C Bid* Opened. Washington, Special. ? tlids were opened at the bureau of insular af fairs of tho War Department Monday, for $3,000,000 certificates of Indebted ncss of the Philippine Islands, au thorited by .the last Congress. The certificates are to be dated May 1, and' bear interest*#! the rate of 4 per ceflL -nnJ *rc rCrteemstJTo til OBS 7?&f H gold coin of the Vnltsd States. The best bid ?as- by Flak -A R?blnfen.-fo? all or any part of the loan at 102.(1 The next best j?ld was thst of the Ms tto^al . f ?*f cf New York, ai io? 27. Tbe certificates wsre sub scribed about eight times. It Is esti mated that tbe premium o a tbe bee* bid will be tbovt $H,Q0fc Sdieener Loot. u~ Newport Mews. Vs., gpsslal. IV oyster schooner Nellie Williams tt H tiered to have gone down with all os twrt <?1? t? norat m rwd tteeeaat ten *eys a#* Two \VEAIII?R AND CROPS. l'he Crop Condition* for the Wctk SlloWv'd Little Progr??8, The week ending 8 p. m. Monday, April 27th, hud a moan temperature of about &8 degrees, which- It* 8 degrees below normal. There wuro no warm days, and the nights were unusually cool, with gcueral frosta on the 23rd and 24th, and with thin ice in the uorthern portions* on the latter dato. The damage done by the froata was slight, though tender vegetation was killed in places, but the froata* were light in those sections where field ciopi# are generally up. The cool ! weather did harm by retarding tho ; growth of crops, and by preventing I rapid or favorable germination of , planted seeds. It aluo caused young torn and cotton to turn yellow, and look alckly. High winds prevailed at tlnuw that bad a bad effect cn cotton. The precipitation was light eni con 'fined to the llrat one, and last two iayft, with an Interval of dry weather jihat permitted rapid progreBtt of farm work. Hall occurred over tho uorthtfPn portion.} on the 20th that destroyed much tobacco in Marlon and adjacent counties. There was RnotJier hailstorm an tho 22nd tlint did little or no dam ige. Thero was also a flurry cf enow in Lancaster county on the latter date, l'he lain at the close of the week was Icnelicial, by softening c^ay Holla that had become baked and hard, and that broke up cloddy. (him planting tu al moat finished in the eastern and central counties, but \ made ?lriw progress in the extreme ' west Vhero lands continue too wet. Corn that is up looks sickly, owing to [void weather and stands have become 'worins t<> such an extent that some worms to sue ban extent tliat feome llelda are being plowed up and re planted. First cultivation in general in th<>. eastern counties. Cotton planting made rapid pro gress over all except tho extreme western portions, nud ia nearly fin ished in the central and eastern coun ties, making the planting Reason prac tically as early as tho average one. Tho^teathur ha.i been too cold for the germination of cotton seed, and tho growth of that Is. up. Some cotton 1? laf-ge enough to have ro roived its first cultivation. Tobacco plants aro doing well, ex cept where damaged by worni'f ?xiu hail, and transplanting has become central in the more v/e3tt&?0 districts and is abcut finished in the easterly anes." Rico plantlng<Ms very backward In the Georgetown district, - but has i progressed til vurably totilcta wherfc much Is up to fair standi. T!iG oats crop shows slight Improvement In localities, but none over the greater^ portion of the State. Lice are still do ing some damage. Oats aro heading low In places atid^arvesi has begun In Charleston county. Wheat shows no Improvement and rust l? spreading rapidly. Ti'uck was unfavorably at fected by tho cool weather, v. Minor crops and gardens need warme> weather. , J THE ftARKE'lS. PRODUCE MARKET. Onion's.. ....." | 70 Chickens?Spring., 1.5 Hena^? Per head 88 Eggs.. .. . . 13% Besewax .... . .20 Turkeys. . . , 12% Corn,. .. .. .. 60 Ducks.. .. .. <. .. 22 % Wheat. . . ; -,t r"rj > eu Wheat? Seed. . VI. OU. .. Oatcs.. 45 Uye.. . . . . . 1 06 Sides ; 9 Sklra? Calf 40 Hides? Dry sail. 10 Tallow? IJnrf ndered 2 COTTON MARKET, Tbes^ iignrPB rvipresent prices p^ld to wagons. Strict geoft middling,. . .10.36 Good middling. . ..' .10.25 Strict middling 10.15 Stains and tinges 8 1-4 to 10.00 Market ? Firm. Tfiff-StMo Pert* ? " Miss Kate Maher. clerk of tho pen sion department, has prf pared tho checks to bo Bent to tho several coun ties to be distributed among the pen-'" ?loners. The following are the amounts of the warrants: Abbeville $3,705.90;' Aiken $6,395.40. Anderson $10,202.15, Bamberg $1, 492.95. Barnwell. $>.257.20, Beaufort R037.90, Berkeley $2,463.10. Charlestrn $2, 9^9. CO. Cherokee $4,946.70, Chester $.),471.10, Chesterfield $5,610.00* Clar endon $3,?71.05, Colleton $7,053.s0. Darlington $4.953.65, 1 ' Dorchester $1. 636.10. Edgefield $3.018.K6, Fairfield $3,156.20, Florence $3,764.35. George town $1,055.45, Greenville $10,850.50. Greepwood $3,332.30. Hampton' $4.^ 333.75. Lancaster $6,176.80, Laurens $JTm.60, Lee $3,115.15, Lexlngtcn $5, 341.40. Marlon $5,624.80. MarlborofV 4:7.60. Newberry $3,675.55. Oconee $7,* 202.S0, Orangeburg $4,34\>,05, Plekens $5,297.05. Richland $4,940.35. 8alnda $3,927.40. Spaufknburg t** .606.60. Sumter $3,057.25, Union $4,622.25, WO' llamsburg $^,?65.25. York $9,038.70. Total $196,175.76. ? * There are 8,250 pensioners this year, , an Ipcreaac-ofSOO over hujfc T5W. Nftien~l6eVe WCTff 7,750, but the ? ?u?t of the appropriation was not Increased. The tocre? ? h? h? ? *e?wal throughout thMhaU. The ?oe" ?roue class wllff liW W Willi UBU y v jrsar was $1$ ? for Th? tfSal ajncmnt w $,$00,000, hot $1,000 was tfcr'artUfcUl ttah PfA * Governor Her**"* *? BILL ARP. Ono hundred and fifty yeans ago old Hr. Johnson said, "A cow Is a very good animal in a fit-Id, but keep her out of the garden.'* Late last night aa the girls up atnirs were going to bed and were closkig the window blind# they saw, In thc^dim moon light, ijgme-? thing moving along in the garden and sure enough it wao a cow?our own cow and she was not far aw.iy from the rows of English peas that were in full bloom. The alarm Was given and my wife lighted the lantern and with tho girls made liaBte to expel tlw Intrude;'. Everything was wet aud of course I wan not allowed to go. All 1 could do was to hold tho lamp to the widPW and feel ashamed that X was nick aud no account in cn emergency HUe lUty; The cowboy.) in TexaH never trottOll around with more alacrity llian did n?y' ?' wife and these cowgirls after that tW. "Keep her nway fiom the peas," cried a '.maternal voice. And I echoed th? speech of Patrick Henry, who anld. *?Ifc la in vain to cry peea when there ia no peas." 'J ho old hussy ran by tho gate three times and took tho grand . rounds with half a down <mlvc*-v?? Ible aud lnvlslblo following her, b'ul finally gave it up aud went out and wa* ? put up Jn her den. Old Aunt PoUy hf ? - our milk woman and declares sfto tened da| gate good," but the (iow and the gardon say she didn't. But tho garden lias a gate too and I remember now that my wife told me In the morn ing befort it raiiied that I might go out ... and cut the asparagus- for Q.'nner an ! I did and reckon I left the gato open. But "all's well that ends well" and npvt there Is peace In the family and In the gardem f ? a " :? Tho world goes up and tho world goes down ? . And the sunshine follows tho rainf But sick or well, I'll sco that tho cow Don't got In the garden again. Early vigilance is not Plies ~ . of liberty, but It Is the protection <)( a garden for almost every day tftslUtte 5 grand children come up to se? me and 1 comfort me and ttow they want to pick r Fome strawberries and pullj^ up some radifiheH and I Bay yes, orxdurae, |ind " they wIlT leave the gate open and Itli ^ my business to shut It arid they have an Idea that I am ju*t hew tnr:t ' pleasure. ; They . always. for thcv l<Vf>w some Apples or^i grandpa will get I. ? ... ... 2jy<5ftr-6Td boy kflow# wh< WShra* Keys are fiun^and whic boa the good things U me by the hand and blscuit will do these but it wbnt here. We but our hntiae-Uwir- ? and the children of the U On Ea*t*F g&turtf and fifty of them ? the pretty eggs and it and the motheprandr J them and It /foojk 9Q around and tvery Jit, They played games in .the tennis in the were havtpjlu ? Almost every be came to salute mess I In the big pbalr oo.il aome brought flowers and) fruits and ait brought sin Is not so b&d to be old anft - MUL cy give me t Ii f;klnd letters from known' friends and fort and J answer all tell the school chlldre " I cannot write any ^ t.one or essays or debate# westing tbtlr time tO" yoang man wants my <L I m mortality oil tb? eoufai . mW ? ??>3 -wwm V? war Addison or a preacher senjt him a postal card and him to-tim Prophet ter and eighth ?eVSe. There" enough for anybody's ?soul. mother w?njg. a -V&Ued -ft that is reliable and also ft UWJ, CcnewkLee^-flmi "StuueWkU" "3L Write to^Dr. J. WMiarWones, , mond, Va.. the grand chaplain o Confederate Veterans, tbehlsto*" the Confederacy, the grandest now left, a . beacon light, hs oym of wisdom and truth; *" gifted biographer of Lee 'Mm acd Davis, 1 rejoice ths$1}? to give us a United-State* B Is beyond the reaetr of of will, I hoDe. be adortrtbjjg in. the BfUth and be foun household. I rejoice passed a bill fQr J1 ? and trusf thrf goTeraor i point a commlufta ih bought Wefcnow that In in Georgia Sfcrothe displaced to maks jr* ^?t boMiLAB* tt was A friend -writes Maury was" so displaced ifX a Norton .work i SggSSkW**3 for uniform But there even though a cl a 1100, W*?-S WC2K r**BrJrv