The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 01, 1903, Image 1
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
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