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Columbia, 8. 0., Oct ia—Senator
Irby has given an interview to ths
Piedmont Headlight, which will be
published in that paper today. Sena
tor Irby strongly attacks Benatbr Till
man's suffrage plan as reported. Here
is the interestrnjg interview as it will
appear in The mad light:
We visited Senator Irbv at his home
in Laurens last week niid interviewed
him about the work of the Constitu
tional convention and also got his
opinion in regard to the suffrage plan
proposed by Senator Tillman, and
which H lias been piade public within
the last few days. We believe that if
the report of Senator Tillman’s com
mittee was carried out that it would
mean the disfranchisement of thous
ands of poor and illiterate white voters
in South Carolina, and vindicate the
position of The Headlight in its oppo
sition to the calling Of a constitutional
‘ convention.
We found Senator Irby in fine spir-
ita, and as usual he was surrounded
by his friends. There is no denying
the fact that the people of Laurens
honor and love Senator Irby, and they
are clinehed to him with hooks of
steel.
We asked the Senator about the
work of the convention .
"I have hswl but little to say thus
far,” remarked Senator Irby, “as only
preliminary work was being mapped
, out, and the settlement of few ques
tions of any great importance brought
before that body. Of course there
were plenty of speakers on hand, and
I did not desire to fatigue the patience
of the members. I nave carefully
watched the deliberations, however,
determined that whenever the rights
and interests of mv people were im
perilled that I would be heard from in
no uncertain terms.”
“Senator,” we asked, “what do you
think of the recommendation of Sena
tor Tillman's committee on the right
of suffrage!”
“I look upon that report as a politi
cal monstroaity—one of the most dan-
gerous schemes ever concocted in the
brain of man, and when the conven
tion reconvenes I shall fight it and
vote against it if I have not another
member upon the Moor at my back.
Why the more I study that report, the
stronger my opposition and the great
er the danger 1 see in it But let me
take that report up section by
section and analyze it for yOu, and
I do hope that The Headlight will go
to work without delay and arouse the
white voters of our State as to the dan
ger that* threatens both the poor and
illiterate white man, as also the politi
cal supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon
race in our State.
“The first three sections of. that re
port are but a reiteration of the old
law and to which no objection can be
urged. But after that the plot begins
to thicken, and the further you go the
more damnable and outrageous it -be
comes. First, let me take the qualifi
cations for suffrage, as follows:
“The person applying for registra
tion must be able to read and write
any section of this Constitution, or
must show that he owns and pays
taxes on #300 worth of property in this
State; provided, that at the first regis
tration under this Constitution and up
to Jan. 1, 1898, all male persons of
voting age who can read a clause in
this Constitution or understand and
explain it when read to them bv the
registration officer, shall be entitled to
register and become electors, a separ
ate record of all illiterate persons thus
registered, sworn to by the registered
officer shall be filed, one copy with the
clerk of court and one in the ollice of
secretary of State, on or before Jan. 1,
1898, and such persons shall remain
through life qualified electors, unless
disqualified by the provisions of sec
tion 6 of this article. The certificate
of the clerk of court or secretary of
State (hall be sutlicient evidence to
establish the right of said class of citi-
sens to registration and the franchise.”
“Now, let us analyze this section
and see what it means: In the first
place here is a sweeping clause posi
tively disfranchising every white man
in South Carolina who is not able
both to read and write or owns and
pays taxes upon f3<>0 worth of proper
ty in our State. This language is too
plain to be misunderstood. It is a
total disfranchisement of the poor and
illiterate white men as well as the ne-_
gro laboring under the same political
disabilities.
“But there is a tail to this suffrage
kite that holds good until January 1,
1898, which permits the registration
officer, if he sees proper and fit to do
so, to grant a pardon to such voters as
he may see fit and proper, subject to
his amnesty—for the heinous enme of
being poor and illiterate—and thus
place them upon a political equality
with the educated negro and who has
accumulated property. But even this
proviso is coupled with a provision so
ignominous and degrading that a
proud-spirited Anglo-Saxon voter
would sooner lose his right of suffrage
than to accept such political chatty.
Here is what Senator Tillman's report
says: “A separate record of all illit
erate persons thus registered, sworn to
bv the registration officer, shall be
filed, one copy with the clerk of court,
one with the secretary of State, etc.”
In other words, for a poor, uneducated
man to vote after this law passes, a
palpable and barefaced fraud must be
committed and then (he name of the
beneficiary of this pardonmust be
filed as a public record, both at his
court house and-atrthe State capitol in
Oolumbia. It will be a public and
perpetual document of reproach upon
thousands of honest family names in
South Carolina and the descendants
for generations to come of these par
doned voters will have the fact thrown
in their teeth that their ancestors be
ing poorfand illiterate were permitted
to vote indirect conflict with the spirit
of their Smtetjonstitution, through a
pardon anoipecial act of suffrage.
“Why, no brave and proud-spirited
white man in the old palmetto State
would accept suffrage under any such
conditions and would sooner lose his
right to vote and be shoved off in the
boat with the sea island negro.
He would then indeed be a political
exile in the State of his birth, but the
honest name that he will bequeath to
his children and his children's chil
dren would hot be filed among the
archives Of South Carolina as are the
of pardoned convicts.
“I am respoosjble for the calling of
Constitutional convention.
pledged the white voters of South 1
Carolina that not one of them should)
lose his ballot on account of Ignorance
or poverty, and I shall sacredlv keep
thia solemn covenant: and if it is
broken by Senator Tillman and the
convention, it will be with my denun
convention, it wiii be wub mv aeflun-
ciation of the infamous plot ringing in
the ears Of the delegates. What brave
and self respecting white man desires
his name handed down to future gen
erations as being so poverty stricken
and ignorant that a separate clause
had to be engrafted into the Constitu
tion of his State to enable him to vote.
port that even removes the pardoning
power two years hence and requires a
strict educational and property quali
fication to become a voter. Reiad it
carefuHy-and then tell me bow this
coincides with the pledge that B. K.
Tillman made the people, that if they
would call a Constitutional conven
tion and trust him, that no,white man
should oe disfranchised:
“ ‘Any person who shall apply for
registration after January 1, 1898, if
otherwise qualified, must be registered;
provided, that he can both read and
write any section of this Constitution,
or ckn show that he owns and has paid
taxes during the previous year on
uroperty in this State assessed at $900
or more.’
“ ‘Managers of election shall require
of every elector offering to vote at
any election, before, allowing him to
vote, proof of the payment of all taxes,
including poll tax assessed against him
for tlie previous year.’ ,
“Ivet the convention adopt thisTer
port, and after January 1, 1898, only
two y6ars hence, a voter must both
read andjrrite any section of the Con
stitution or show that he owns and
i>ays taxes on $300 worth q£ property.
Even the right to pardon in this sec
tion is deniod. .Tne blackest convict
in the penitentiary can have his disa
bilities removed by the govfrnor, but
the honest but poor and illiterate
white voter must remain disfran
chised.
“No'w let me ask what will become
of those thousands of poor white boys
19 years of age now living in our State
and whose jwirents are too poor to gi ve
them an education or endow them with
$3(H> worth of property. They are al
ready enlisted on the side of the lie-
form movement, and while too young
to vote, have thrown up their hands
and cheered and worked for the elec
tion, success of Tillman, myself and
other .Reform candidates. These youths
are the coming voters who must up
hold our Reform principles and con
tinue our party in power. But they
are struck flown to a man with the
most ignorant class of negroes and
their right to a voice, in the govern
ment of their native State taken from
them.
“Let this law pass, giving educated
and prosperity owing negroes the right
to vote, out denying the poor unletter
ed white man that high privilege, and
you will see our ballot boxes saturated
with blood. In two years’ time you
can’t educate every white youth in
South Carolina both to read and wrjte,
for the liiipoverished condition of thou
sands of poor white farmers and labor
ers will not permit them to spare the
time of their sons to go to school. And
then what is the result? Their ballot
is taken from them and they will have
no more voice in the government of
this State than the mule that they
S low or dumb cattle that tread our
ighways. They must stand off and
look on while the educated or proper
ty owning negroes, living in our towns
and cities, are helpline to rule and
fovern our State, and are making
aws for those poor white men to live
under.
“In 1861-’65. when those poor white
men were being urged to the front,
the question was never asked, could a
volunteer read or write, or difl he own
$300 worth of property. Neither were
those conundrums propounded in.1876,
wlien those poor and unlettered Demo
cratic voters donned the red shirt and
rescued the government of our State
fromthe negro and Republican. And
in 1®0, when Tillman was preaching
political equality before the people,
and pleading with those poor and un
educated white men for their votes, he
did not then ask did they have $3(H)
worth of property, or could they read
the Constitution of their State under-
standingly. But now that neither his
life-blood nor his vote are needed, he
must be struck down—thrown aside
like a sucked lemon or passed through
a political inquisition.
“I denounce that report of the right
of suffrMp? committee, and of which
Senator Tillman is chairman, as mon
strous, and for our Iteformers in the
convention to pass any such law would
be the bassest treachery and the deep
est dyed ingratitude. When that re-
art is brought before the convention
_ shall fight it to the bitter end. I do
riot believe it will pass—I know that
it should never pass. I pledged the
or and uneducated white men of
»uth Carolina that I would protect
them in their right to vote, and protect
them I will: I will go down in defeat
and humiliation with them.
“The right of suffrage is the highest
privilege accorded a free born Ameri
can citizen, and nodegrading condi
tions . should be coupled with this
right.
“But it is claimed that such provis
ions are necessary to preserve white
supremacy in South Carolina. Now I
will prove to you, and to every intelli-
;At and thinking man that so far
rom the adoption of Senator Tillman’s
report by the confention ‘preserving
white supremacy’ that it will .have a
directly opposite effect, and make of
the negro a political arbiter in our
State and vest in his hands the bal
ance of power. WRh a fresh right8f
franchise the negro leaders will go to
work and marshal at least 50,000 legal
voters. They claim that there are 72,-
000 blacks in South Carolina who can
read and write, but there are undoubt
edly 50,000 negroes Who can vote un
der this proposed provision. The Con
servatives now have between 35,000
antMOJKK) voters, all of whom will be
qualifiefl|for suffrage, while the Reform
vote number 55,000. In our Reform
ranks there are at least 15,000 men
who cannot read or write. Deprive
them of their suffrage and the two fac
tions are then nearly equal, with the
negro vote larger than either one.
This would give the electoral vote of
South Carolina, divided as the whites
are, to the Republican candidate for
President. Let either faction remain
out of the next Democratic primary,
and with the assistance of the negro
the other would absolutely control the
politics of our State. White supremacy
indeed. It means either negro supre-
or Conservative supremacy. I
very much tnhave to speak so
plainly, but it is vitally necessary that
tome one should sound s note of
warning and arouse the Reformers
and the poor men of .this State to the
danger ttuit menaces them. This is
one reason why I was anxious^for an
adjournment of the convention—to
give the people a chance to catch their
breath and strangle this political mon-
•trosity.
“Mirainippi is held up as an example
to South Carolina. There is no analogy
between the political conditions of
these two States. In Mississippi the
white* are not divfded, but working
together. There was not a faction
there standing ready to appeal to the
negroes, and use him at the first op
portunity to crush the newer of the
farmers. But in South Carolina our
white people are divided, and will con
tinue to bedivided. Turn 50,00() ne
gro voters loose upon our State, and
you can’t manufacture a magnifying
macy oi
dislike ^
glass large enough to discern the re
mains of tnc reform movement.
But let us dive still further into this
report of Senator Tillman’s suffrage
committee and we will find where,
from the hour of its adoption, Chat
the poor white voters in our towns
and cities are disfranchised. Here is
a clause that speaks for itself.
“At any special elections in incor
porated cities and towns of this State
for the purpose of .bonding the same,
all resident owners of proper in said
cities and towns of the assessed value
of $200, who are qualified electors un
der this Constitution, shall alone be
entitled to vote.’ .
“It matters not how honorable and
intelligent *nd upright he may be, a
voter living in Spartanburg city can
have no voice in voting on the issuing
of bonds unless he is worth $200.
“\V T hen you begin to restrict the
suffrage of white men there is no tell
ing where it win stop. 'There is where
the danger lies. Only a few days ago
Senator Tillman worked for, voted for,
and carried tfiVough a measure per
mitting the incorporated towns to ex
empt manufacturing enterprises from
taxation for a series of years. The
poor laborers in those mills had no
such clemency extended to them.
They must pay their street and their
poll tax, and even a tax upon their
pot, kettle and mattress, while ‘the
rich northern investor is allowed to go
scot free. Now I canot see with what
consistency Senator Tillman can say
that those operatives, who honestly
sustain the government, shall not vote
in a certain election because they have
not $200 worth of property, while the
wealthy stockholders in that mill, and
who Were exempt from taxation, have
a right to vote? This is uot in keeping
with the addresses that Senator Till
man made upon the stump, when he
wanted office.
“I have unscathed my sword and
thrown away the scabbard. I am in
the battle to the end. No poor and un
educated white man will lose his vote,
if I have the power to prevent it. I
shall denounce this outrage upon the
floor of the convention, and I shall
denounce it upon the stand before the
people. We can preserve white supre
macy in South Carolina without either
disfranchising or humiliating a single
white voter. The report of Senator
Tillman's committee certainly vindi
cates the position of the Piedmont
Headlight when it opposed the calling
of the Constitutional Convention. It
would have been a thousaud times bet
ter to have never had that assembly
meet than let it pass the suffrage qual
ification proposed by that committee.
You will find every Conservative ap
plauding and endorsing this plan, for
the simple reason that it will strike
down the vote that they could never
secure, and give them political control
of our State. - *
“I believe that some of the members
of the committee signed this report,
at the earnest solicitation of Senator
Tillman without due consideration or
appreciating its danger. I do not
know how a single member of the
convention stands upon its adoption,
but you can say to the poor and uned
ucated white voters of South Carolina
that they have in John L! M. Irby a
friend who will stand by them to the
end, and will fight this monstrous pro
position to the very last ditch.
“Senator, why did you vote for the
name of Butler, for the new county,
instead of Saluda?”
“I am glad you haveaskidme this
question, for I desire to state my posi-
sition and my reasons in language so
plain tliat all may understand. 1 did
not desire or intend to honor the name
of ex-Senator M. C. Butler, but I had
in my mind at that time the name of
William Butler, one of the most gal
lant soldiers of the revolution, and a
here from whose loins sprung a Ipng
line of the ablest statesmen and war
riors that our State has ever produced.
Did William Butler, the founder of
this illustrious family, today survive
he.would be a Reformer. When our
State was a howling wilderness Butler
left Virginia on horseback, his wife
riding behind him, because he could
not hold his own with the rich and
aristocratic families of the old domin
ion. He built a cabin upon the Saluda
river, and when the war of the revo
lution broke out did heroic battle for
his country. Two of my great uncles
fell fighting in his command, while a
number of the families in the upper
section of our State are linked with
that of Butler. My great uncle mar
ried William Butler’s daughter, and
her dust now reposes in the family
burial ground at Red Band, in Saluda
county. Pierce Butler, another heroic
soldier of this name, fell fighting be
side a brother of Ben TiUman’s at
Cherabusco, Mexico. Others of that
name have occupied high and distin-
K ished positions in our State and
ve rendered their people faithful
and valiant service. When M. C. But
ler was a youth of 15 years George D
Tillman was elected for the legisla
ture from Edgefield county 3n the
creation of this new county, to be
known as Butler countv. For forty-
five years the people of that section
contended for that name, the com
mittee unanimously reported the name
of Butler, and I voted for the name of
Butler. • I did not have M. C. Butler
in view at the time, and Mr. George
D. Tillman expressly- and distinctly
stated upon the floor of the conven
tion that the name was notintended as
an honor to M. C. Butler. This Re
form movement is founded on great
principles ;it is not founded on passion
on hatred or on prejudice. 'We are
not a set of gbouls, to dig up the bones
of ihe.dead and spit upon and spurn
them. It is the honored name of But
ler fbr which I cast my ballot I have
neither regrets to offer nor apologies
to make. I fought Butler for five years
in the Senate and I fought his re elec
tion last year. He was defeated,
and as a poor man had to leave his
native State and go elsewhere to seek
employment by which to make a sup
port for his family. I do not believe
m insulti.ig the dead or hounding
down the living. Senator Butler did
wrong when he became an independ
ent candidate, and he was rebuked by
his people with a crushing defeat. Let
us now leave him in peace, and re
member that he left a portion of -fiis
body upon the battlefield of Virginia.
If Senator Butler aspired fbr office tin
day I would oppose him, for he does
not represent the sentiments of myself
or my people. I condemn his inde
pendent candidacV as much as any
one, but nothing that M. C. Butler can
do will cast a reflection upon those old
heroes, statesmen and patriots, whose
dust repose in the soil of Saluda.”
“Senator, do you expect opposition
for re-election to the United States
Senate?” \
“I really do not know. 1 understand
that a secret caucus has already been
held; and » slate ticket formed -in Co
lumbia. But I do not care the snap of
my finger fox the machination of the
politicians. I have anchored my ^aith
and my hope in the people, and 'when
I get the people on my side I can buy
up all the politicians 1 want at 5 cents
a piece. Next year we must go before
the people, and they will decide who
they desire to represent them in the
Senate. I am willing to trust them,
and if they say that I must stay at
home, and they prefer to be represented
by some one else, I will gracefully bow
to their will and earnestly work for the
nominees of my party with the same
loyalty and devotion that I rallied to
Senator Tillman when he wanted of
fice, and to Gov. Evans when he as-
E ired to the position he now holds. I
ave made war on no one. When the
Tillman - Hemphill - Barnwell - Evans
caucus was held, I denounced it be
cause I knew that it meant ruin to our
reform movement. Even Senator
Tillman afterwards confessed that I
was right and he was wrong When he
repudiated the agreement entered
into. 1 worked for the calling of a
Constitutional convention, pledging
,our white voters that not one man
should lose his suffrage. I never have
misled or deceived the people, and do
not intend to. I may be struck down,
but I shall go dowh holding aloft the
reform banner and advocating the
same principles that Tillman and my
self advocated in 1890.. I have an abid
ing faith in the loyalty, wisdom and
patriotism of the reform voters of
South Carolina. I shall stand by them
as loyally and as devotedly as they
have stood by me. I do not propose
to trlickle to any politician or so-call
ed leader for office. I place my trust
in a sovereign people—I shall go be
fore them and plead my cause; and
gracefully bow to their decree what
ever it may be. I shall enter into a
combination with no man or set of
men to secure re election. I shall run
upjm the record that I have made in
the Senate, and upon that I shall stand
or go down. I have never betrayed
m.y people or sold them out,and never
shall.” •,
lu«le|>end<.nce Declared.
Santiauo de Cuba, Oct. 1. via Key
West, Oct. 9.—Those heie wlioargued
that the Cubans could not be recog
nized as belligerents becaus they nee
ded to have a regular government
acting, were surprised to learn that a
government had been organized and
the fundamental laws of the republic
of Cuba formally proclaimed. Official
confirmation of this news has been re
ceived here and also that the indepen
dence of the ialand of Cuba was sol
emnly declared On September 23, at
Auton de Puerto Principe province,
The government lias been consti-
tuted in the following manner:
1’resident—Salvador Cisneros Betan
court of Puerto Principe.
Vice president Bartolome Masson of
Manzanillo.
Secretary of war--Carlos Roloff of
Santa Clara.
Vice secretary war —Marce Menocal
of Matanzas.
Secretary of foreign affairs—liafael
Portuondo Tamayo of Santiago.
Vice secretary of foreign affairs —
Fremin Valdeis Donjinguez of Havana
Secretary of finance—Severe Pina
of Saneti Spiritus.
Vice secretary of finance—Joaquin
Castillo Duany of Santiago de Cuba.
Secretary of interior—SantiagoCan-
izares of Remedios.
Vice secretary of interior—Carlos
Dupois of Baracoa.
General in chief—Maximo Gomez
Lieutenant general—Antonio Maceo.
Jose Maceo. Maso. * Capote, Seralin
Sapchez and Itodriguez have been ap
pointed major generals. Jose Maceo
will lead the operations in Baracoa,
Guatanamo, Mayari and Santiago de
Cuba-, Maceo in Manzanillo, Bayamo
and Holguin; Sanchez in Las Villas
and Rodriguez in Camaguey.
Gomez^ and Maceo are plotting the
invasion of Matanzas.
The headquarters of the new govern
ment have oeen established in Puerto
Principe province, and a systematic
government is to be maintained.
Dvmocratlc Victory.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 8.—
There is great rejoicing in this city to
night among the Democrats over the
re-election of George Ochs as Mayor,
and the election of five out of eight
aldermen. A great political fight was
made over the election to day, the
Republican forces being marshalled
by.H. Clay Evans, prominently men
tioned as a Republican nominee for
yicepresident. The effort was made to
carry the city for the prestige it would
give his political aspirations. It was
expected that the Democrats would be
divided on account of ( the recent gu-
beruatorial contest, but'the Democrats
presented a solid vote and carried the
day, reversing a Republican majority
of 1,270 last fall.
Held in Servltnde.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—Writs of habeas
corpus were served today upon Kee
Owang and Leon Lam, proprietors of
the Chinese village on the Midway of
the Atlanta Exposition, commanding
them to produce the bodies of nine
Chinese women,charged by Lum Ling,
an Atlanta laundryman, with being
held in voluntary servitude. Ling,
who appears in the role of a philan
thropist, says women were bought in
China and transported against their
will. The writ was taken out under
the Thirteenth Amendment to the
Constitution. These are the Chinese
concerning whose admission into the
United States at Ogdensburg, N. Y.
has caused so much trouble. ,
named to Death.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 7.—A small
lamp exploded at the home of Mr. W.
H. Evatt, about 6:30 Sunday evening,
at Woodlawn, a suburb of Binning
ham. jresulting in the death of two sis
ters, Dora and Adie Evatt, aged 15 and
10 respectively.
THE LAST OF THE SEASON.
THE FINAL WEATHER AND CROP
BULLETON FOR THE YEAR.
Director Hauer Very Intcreatlngly 8am-
marlsee the Condltloaa Kalmlng—The
Text of the Ilulletln Imued Ynterday—
The Outlook.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 10.—The foty
lowing weekly bulletin of the condi
tion of the weather and the crops of
the State was issued yesterday by Di
rector Bauer of the State weather serv
ice. Inasmuch as it is the last report
that will be issued this season, it will
be read with much more interest than
usual:
The week' ending Monday, October
7, was cooler than usual over the en
tire State, the departure from the nor
mal haying been greatest on the first
three days when it ranged from 8 to
12 degrees per day lower, after which
there was a gradual rise to normal or
above on Sunday and Monday, 6th
and 7th. The temperature for the
week ranged between 92 and at Co
lumbia on the 7th and 30 at Green
ville on the 1st. The mean tempera
ture for the week, deduced frorfi 33
station reports, was C3.5, and the nor
mal for the same period is approxi
mately 68.5.
There were frosts on the 1st, 2nd
and 3rd, reaching from the extreme
western portions of the State into the
central and * northeastern counties^
where, however, but little or no injury
resulted. In the western and extreme
northern counties the frost was heavy,
killing pea vines, sweet potato vines,
very late corn, and what cotton leaves
that remained green, but it w.as not
cold enough to injure cotton bolls.
There was an entire absence of rain
during the week, and the drought be
came greatly intensified. Over the
whole State there has not been more
than at best a trace of rain fromthe
9tb to the 12th of September, and in
many places there has been no benefi
cial rain since the 23rd of August.
The effect of the drought lias been to
cut short tlie pea crop, stop the growth
of cotton and cut off the top crop;
J irevent late corn from filling proper-
y; to cut off the yield of sweet pota
toes, estimated at .from \ to i; to great
ly reduce, if not to make an entire
failure, of root crops in general; to re
duce the yield of molasses from sorg
um and sugar cane; to ruin fall gar
dens; to keep back the growth of win
ter vegetables on the coast truck
farms, and to prevent the sowing of
small grains. However, the long con
tinued dry, sunny weather gave excel
lent opportunity for making hay of
all varieties and a very large fodder
crop was saved in the very best condi
tion ; for drying out and liousing 7 corn ;
for picking cotton, which made rapid
progress, and the lint has been saved
in a beautiful condition; and for gen
eral harvest work.
There were showers oyer the west
ern and central counties during the
afternoon of the 7th and early morn
ing of the 8th (Tuesday) that will be
beneficial to turnips, etc., but likely
discolored open cotton to some extent.
The amounts that fell have not been
reported to this office, but the rainfall
in places was heavy.
There was almost continuous dear
weather the whole ‘week; on the 7th
alone was the sky obscured by clouds
in the western portion, ‘'
The condition of the various crops
remains practically unchanged at-.the
end of the week. .
Rapid progress was made in picking
and harvesting cotton, so that it is
generally reported from the eastern
portions of the State that at least two-
thirds of the crop has been picked and
a large proportion of it marketed.
What remains in the fields, in that
section, is all open, and picking will
be finished in from two to three weeks,
if the weather remains favorable. In
.the western portion of tlie State pick
ing is less advanced, but even there
nearly the whole crop is open, and
picking and marketing is being
pushed. The prevailing satisfactory
price of cotton causing tye farmers to
sell as fast as gathered. As picking
advances towards completion the
smallness of the crop becomes more
and more apparent.
There is little more to add to what
has been said of corn in previous bul
letins. Husking and housing has been
carried on to some extent, but the
weather has been such that corn did
not demand immediate attention—
was. in fact, better conditioned in the
husk than it would have been in the
erib. The crop is large enough to sup-
E ly the needs of the State,'with possi-
ly a surplus. _
The entire season has favored the
harvesting of rice, and that work is
practically completed on the coast and
river plantatibns: upland rice filled
rapidly during September, and is rip
ening very satisfactory.
Peas of late planting did not till
well, and will be a short crop. Early
peas yielded well. -
Sweet potatoes and second crop,of
Irish potatoes are yielding very poorly
generally, although quite well in
places.
The growing season is how practi
cally ended, and little change can oc
cur in .the condition of the different
crops not*yet entirely gathered.
It is unnecessary to review the sea
son as a whole, as a file of these bulle
tins is a better record, except to say
that, everything considered, the farm
ers of South Carolina have abundant
reason to.feel satisfied with the sea
son's results, for while some crops
were undoubtedly short others were
correspondingly large.
Although the weather conditions
may .npt have been perfect, and the
crops might have; b$en larger, yet few,
if any, States fared better' while many
fared worse.-- The entire absence of
destructive storms of wind, rain or
hail is worthy of notice.
Note.*--With this issue the South
Carolina weather and crop H bulletins
are discontinued for the season of
1895. The bulletins have contained a
general but faithful record Of the
weather that prevailed over the entire
State from week to week. It was left
largely to the reader of tlie bulletins
to use his own judgment as to the ef
fect of the weather on the crops, al
though the actual condition of the
crops was accurately reported* by the
correspondents, and reproduced in
the bulletins, and in their reports the
final yield of the principle crops were
before maturity.
as one of them, the credit due for tee
merit and value the bulletin* had. Of-
Iways the prevail-
ports, was used in
writing the bulletins. As the weekly
reports are no longer needed, corres-
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pCjflUCnwWirf
ror the year.
The Cotton Crop.
Washington, Oct 10:—The returns
to the statiscal divison of the Depart
ment of Agriculture of the month of
October makes cotton show a decline
of 5.7 points from the September con
dition, which was 70.8, against 65.1 for
the present month. There is a general
complaint, from all tee counties re
porting, of extensive damage from
early rains, recent drought and rav
ages by boll worms and other insects.
In South Carolina, Georgia and Mis
sissippi there is notone exception, and
m the remaining States very few.
The top Crop almost everywhere
reported a failure and the yield short
ened by premature open ing. The per
centages by States are as follows:
Virginia 78, North Carolina 68, South
Carolina 64, Georgia 72, Florida 84,
Alabama 70, Mississippi 67, Louisiana
64, Texas 58, Arkansas 72, Tennessee
70, Missouri 85.
Ground Under Wheela.
Montgomery, Oct. 18.—At Mount
Meigs, near this place today the fast
train from Atlanta to Montgomery
struck and instantly killed Miss Mat-
tie Murdock. In company with others,
Miss Murdock was waiting for a train.
The fast train does not stop at that
station,' ami as it approached three
women attempted to cross the track.
The bumpers of the engine struck Miss
Murdock throwing her under the
wheels? and she was ground to death
instantly 14
A I’ollcenian'H Platol.
Atlanta, Oct. 9.—W. IT. Hudson,
a policeman, fired at a negro thief to
night and shot two men who were on
their way home from their day s work.
One of the victims, James Decatur, a
negro shoemaker, is dead. J. M. Deal,
a white tailor, is at the Grady hospital
in a dangerous condition. The bullet
struck him first in the face, passed
around his head and entered Decatur’s
temple.
INDIGESTION?
YES!
FIVE YEARS AGO I USED
jyjRS. JOE pERSON’t
R
EMEDY
foreshadowed long
It is, therefore, a subject of regret that
the reports could not have been pub
lished in full. , ^ ' ''
— -The director takes this‘opportunity
of thanking the correspondents-most
heartily and sincerely for their' co-op
eration, for the director shares, only
for Indigestion, from which I suffeied much.
1 took reverai bottles before I felt the good
of It. tut one-half dozen bottles made a
perfect cure, which cure has been perman
ent. MRS. W, U. HEII):
Hdgmoor, S. t\, Sept. 19th. 1*95
The Ren edy is for sale by druggls's and
dealers generally.
Jobbers:
WANNAMAKEK DRUG CO ,
Orangeburg, S. C-
MURE AY DRUG CO.,
», ' flalnMhla, 8. O.
J. B. JOHNSON & CO.,
Rock Hill, S. C.
The Cut of List Rssoil”
Those who have failed to get curei
elsewhere’ of the LIQUOR,
MORPHINE and the TO
BACCO Habits and Nervous
'Exhaustion, are invited tc
correspond with
>•••••• i
THE KEELEf INSTITUTE.
(or Drawer 27)
COLUMBIA, 8. C
N. B.—The treatment is admihis
tered in Soutti Carolina only at Co
lumbia.
We can refer to ex-patients near
you.
1
IPL&NOS
I) * ss Monthly,
[ORGANS S
ta Monthly |
IXIte' how lunch pleasure Mid bene-
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| they have wanted and waited. ,
DON'T V/MT TOO LONO. {
Th. y wont ho with you for
ever. mnkC'them happy while
yon can.
1 'THIMk’’ ,,ow very ca*lljr yon can now
I ) 1 III1VIV |,uy a kiij erhliiHtrumenton onr,
. linatallment plnn«. nnd pay for it almost without,
miseiug the money.
[i -I* ACT QUICK 4-
i 'Write for MidsunTme r Sa!e Bargain S+ieeti
I '3 0 0 Snporli iii“triinu'iiti* on ei»»lest(
# t4>rin« ev* r otVi rei!; ■ OI it own price,
for CASH. Write for pnrtienlar*.
I I But BE OI ICK. It.UKHinn rolling out(
I |diUly. SUrnlii u point nnd buy NOW,
; ILUDDEN & BATES,
1 SAVANNAH, Ca.
tors Imslw Into every community
In the southern States, and Hr order
to do eo In the quickest time have
concluded to amke some very liberal
offers in bedroom salts to secure st
fice In the next sixty days,
read this advertisement carefully
and send at once for one of oar spe
cial offers. > .
Our great offer No 1 consists of one
Solid Oak Bedroom Baft with large
dresser with 90x34 bevel mirror, one
large wasbstand with case one 6 ft.
6 bedstead fall width 'nils suit of
furniture Is worth In any furniture
store not lees than $35.00 Do not
think for once that U Is a little cheap
salt for we assure you It is not, but a
large full size suit equal to anyfifink
on the market.
In order to start the sale of these
suites and to keep our men busy aad
Introduce our business In your neigh
borhood, we agree to ship ous suit
1 ftuly 1
fcouth fei $15.00 when i
with the older. This advertisement
wli) possibly appear twice Id this pa
per, therefore if you are Interested
cut this out and scud with $15.00 and
the suite will be shipped to you.
it is not just as represented you m4
return the suite at our expense
your $15.00 will be refunded to j
Our catalogue containing many Illus
trations of rare bargains and bouse
furnishing goods will be sent to >ou
upon application.
The suite above described Is a spe
cial bargain and does not appear in
the catalogue, therefore It Is useless
to write for illustrations ofjtbis suite,
and while you are delaying wrttirg
someone else is getting the bargain.
We assure you that we will not
rbip but one suite in your neighbor
hood at this price. Alter one suite
has been shipped in the ueigbboi-
hood the price will go to at least
$30.00. . ~
I., F. PADOETT,
846 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.
r
FOR THE
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AND
t
FOR
DYSPEPSIA," INDIGESTION AND
ALL LIVER AND KIDNEY
. ' TROUBLES.
t ,
. Sold wholesale by
The ^urrayDrug Go ?
COLUMBIA, 8. C.
Strawberry Plants
And lu fact ail klmh^if plants can be
SET OUT
by using the
McSHERRY
AUTOMATIC
TRANSPLANTER.
A g'ttd driver and two children are all
Die force necessary to set frofn three to
five acres of plants In a day, and
EVERY PLANT IS .
WATERED
at the time tjt ls set out, and some dry
soil is drawn around the plants so that
the ground will not bake. No waiting for
rain. Bet out, juour plants when they are
ready. 4
Get a machine and plant for your
neighbors. You can earn enough in one
season to pay for the machine. Easy terms.
Bend for circulars, prices and testimonials.
BGUTUERN FARM 1MPLKMBNT
249 Meeting St, Charleston, S- (j!
Mention this paper.
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Delightful Results.
LETTEL FROM JUDGE BALD
WIN, OF MADISON, GA.
* '
Dr. W. PiUs, Thomson, Ga,
Dear Sir:—After having sought in vain
for various remedies for the ll’s of teeih’ng
I tried your Carminative with most satis
factory and delightful results. It is pleas
ant to take assuages pain and produces rest
without stupor. No parent should he with
out it during the tee hlng period who has
once tried It, for It isindOed a magic medi
cine for babies. Very respectf fly, /
JUDGE H. W. BALDWIN.
For sale by „
THE MURRAY DRUG (ft.,
Columbia, 3. C.
MACHINERY
AT
FACTOR v
PRICES.
mmeM
..iSS
School of Shorthand and Tilegi alibi
A ru CUT A. ok. v
AHaol butoM fra 4*7 of
No toxt I
hvery Ginnery Hbould be equipped with
the Thomas Elevating and Distributing
Machinery for handling, cleaning, ginning
and packing cotton.
One single continuous lint flue and con
denser tor a battery of two or more gins.
Revolving double box steam press, self-
packing. No hands employed except to
put ties on bale. No belts. Mo pullles
No screws to give trouble. Saves laboi
and insurance, Improves grade of cot
and makes money. We offer also an.
tensive line ef cotton gins, presses,
mills corn mills and saw mills _
Also Talbott, Llddel, nud WaterUn
engines
Our Rice HuMer, which prepares r|ce
ready for the table or market should be lu
«UK ' :
s labor
cottou
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eilowSr
V. C. Badham,
GENERAL AGENT,
COLUMBIA, S. C.