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Rowdyism of the Worst Sort. Most Dismacelul Meetint of the Caippap, Dispensary Officials Leading the Howlers. Columbia ReKiitar. The campaign meeting at Winnsboro on the 4tb iiut, waa a disgrace to the county and the State. There waa more rowdyism in the crowd than at any other meeting up to date, a cir cumstance deplored by the orderly, law abiding citizens of the county without regard to political faction. Six or eight men not only made die- (rusting spectacles of themselves by howling at speakers with whose senti ments they did not agree, but by their conduct brought odiam upon their county aad State In justice. It must be said, that the assemblage as t whole was attentive aad aoitoes to hear, but a little ootsrtsof half adooua or more usee eot ouly would eot pur- alt them to lietee, bet almesl prwcipi toted e tcht. The m thief to soy of them ie I drwak. tor i» weeid he i nhorHehls ill which here I gutoeiy to justify the wwt- ■odsst of those ehtof of pu/tog i el them rwmm f rises« beforo to come In now aud the tight has been won. Governor Kuans described the Chi- C&go convention and how the goldbugs had been whipped horse, foot and dra goons. It was the grandest assem blage he said he ever saw. The gold- bugs refused to vote—these men that called themselves Democrats. It was the grandest fight ever made for the farmers of the country. He spoke of the money power as the most damnable thing in the world. He said United States judges were a more terrible curse than all the enemies of the people put together. He referred to Judge Simonton’s injunction as to out rates and said it was most damna- able tyranny, A man elected for life can defy the people. We must tell those judges that they can’t stay in our fathers house. We must kick them out like we did old Cleveland and the gold bugs from the temple of justice. He closed by predicting a victory for Bryan which would be a’vhstory for the farmers. The fight must be con tinued in Congress and the people must send men there who are In sym pathy with their demand. You must not for a moment lose sight of your demands. Governor Evans was loudly cheered aad was presen tod with a bouquet whea he concluded. Judge Earle was latroduoed aad waa received with cheers aad oouator cheers for Evaas. The Jadge said the* he appeared to discuss Issues dispassionately aad with out feeling. They should be discussed with latoTllfuucu aad act for hurrahs from the boys. Hu said that be up peered before the people of Falrield Ik IMP. He said then that the remedy far the evile which the people suffered was aet to he foaad la the hteto gov the relief meet name If there is aay bop* far*- A vtoee : L Yea gel that Naefc eye. mnf m l f >rW | k^jy^tLsais^ — i My remarks are ad ’ rnm *9 taetr frtsaSi toi^rg mm meat effaeSaally ague -yy-Taad hap* qe tot (ram that aa aad^ la *• I Karts add hs ' ■* seiv-t .sg | ikt He seto was | ie« ey le a eat tats •< i dfffrtag I sme el kts toewmi him. .Ha had told Nearbold that he was going to give Evans, the devil for carrying him about with him. A voice': " We are no heelers. You are one yourself.” The man who said this jumped on the stand and shook his fist at Mr. Duncan, though it was evident he meant nothing by that. Mr. Duncan said that even the body guard, Mr. Newbold, had not gotten mad at him. Mr. Newbold was at the meeting, by the way, having come down from Chester on his bike, and was a spectator, taking no part in the fracas. He said that he htd gone to a cer tain Dispenser to get a certain docu ment, and found that Newbold bad gotten it. Governor Evans (angrily): “ Didn’t I give it to you, sir ?” Duncan : “ No, sir, you did not.” The crowd began to yell for Evans, and Dispenser Hthvenson, with flushed fsoe, and shaking hisiiand at Duncan; said : “ l am a personal friend to your brother, but you must not jump on Govei nor Evans.” This was where all the trouble began. The half dosen men who had been making most of the row seemed to get more boisterous and yelled es if their throats would break. Mr. Duncan continued to try to •peak, but la so much hubbub and dls order It was Impossible to make aay ooonectod remarks. Mr. Duaoaa said that he could toll a great fbaoy things If Goveraor Evaas would just let toe crowd listoa. A voice: M Pat It to 'em wael to hear the truth " Mr. DuAaa ooetlaaiag was heard to •ay above the roar of yails that be eoald tall eaoagh to bory Goveraor Evaas fore var. Voto« : ‘ No, you aaaX" Tt« crowd was aot Itstoaisg at all a Mr Daoeea They ware yaMag or maklag remarks arleu*r..af at eaek token alWgod jokes Two from tko start .f tka kototoroas la aad frrqeaatly tatorrwptod tka Tawy made tawmealvm ..<m» to all at ifcoae who wasted to kaar m wall as to tko speok*n kat kts • ffucto TWy sraatwd Cktof of Poltoo kkom stop Ho rttk tkoto aad t tkoto *kw was stood-1 k totd tka skiwf tkat I meattoff oad tkat aa I Two eOtof I ve In thoy don't , i v vM ■■■:- there ifntll November, but whaV he was heard. He wasn’t listened to, however, and he said that the people above Columbia were trying to chuke him off, but that meant choking the Heform movement. Py their action, he said, thoy were doing for them selves that which would result in a political Vesuvius. Mr. Whitman said a great many other things, but few people heard them for the demonstrative part of the crowd kept up their yelling. ' Mr. Whitman, although be usually keeps up his speech notwithstanding howl- ling down, had finally to quit and satisfy himself with the distrihution of his tracts among the crowd. Senator Harrison was introduced, accompanied by cries for Ellerbe and ells : “ He's no good.” Mr. Harrison, opening', said be believed there were those In the audience who wanted to bear and If there were those who didn't, they ought to go off or keep quiet. He said he was running on his own responsibility, and needed no oon stable to defend him. When it catbe to that, then free Democratic govern ment in South Carolina was at an end. Mr. Harrison was much interrupted at first but after he had proceeded awhile he got a respectful hearing. When he went to talk about the Dis pensary, he was interrupted by voices •eying : ** We don’t want to hear it.” Nevertheless Mr. Harrison went on to discern his Dispensary eebame. HeHiUcal •aid ha dida't know whether the Dis pensary had aaythlag to do with the recus just now, but it looked very much like It. A voice: “It ws.nl the Dlepeu- Governor, --— crlue for Ellarbe. Mr Harrises said "Ilf BUCK UBIE OFKEBBiSKA.” T ON BRY&N said ha expected to toe the -ueit raor, which wee answered by that tbare w« TIB <jua*noir mnan oentda \ dn anyiht k petoto prtoe af tka { The Fight of tke People Against the Millionaire Speculators of the East. Columbia State. Dr. B. F. Duckett,, of Greenwood, has received the following letter from Mr. G. W. Scott, a prominent attorney of Daverport, la., in reply to one writ ten him recently, asking him to state his position in relation to the presiden tial campaign : Davenport, la., July 30, 1896. Dr. B. F. Duckett, Greeuwood, 8. C.: Dear Sir—Your welcome letter came to hand several days ago, and owing to sicknesv in my family, I have not found time until now to answer. In reply to your Inquiry if I am support ing the nominee of the Chicago con vention, I beg to remind you that I waa a Democrat before the convention and am a Democrat now. The platform reads like the Declaration of Inde pendence and brings the Democratic party back to the ancient moorings established by Jefferson. Next to the truths of revealed reli gion I believe in the Democracy pro mulgated by the Chicago convention. Thirtv odd yean mo at my mother's .knee 1 learned my first lessons la po- falth. I waa taught to have ooefidesos le the messes and In the wisdom of the Democratic party. There I leai aed that the Amertoea voter wee neither a swindler, a rapedlator nor aa aearcnlet. ffiaoe thee a sew gee- eratloa of voters have ooese into the areas of Amertoea poilttoe aad thoy have bees taught to bollevu that abu»* le oot ergumusk ear vlllliosttoa a •uhetituto _ Every iMBfee there la a wiag foruas la this eatioa foe meetary. It le the tod straggle of tko Mom kotmooo Hamit toe sad Jefferson It will he so lg campaign Ivory toUaoo has to ally himself oa either tod eae ooteoolrto him by abuse valor wUI be gelded by hie own jedg meet, nod the dletotoe of kfo owe ooo- kim by tko truosore of kle America* maakuad le prueervattoo to tkat rig cry of oaaraky tko A wul aot earner as a aka l i party of the people la this country, and that la the Democratic party—one party of the constitution—one party of local self government—one party of personal liberty—one party of the Re public—and that Is the party whose bold declarations of princlploo at Chi cago has driven the speculators la hu man misery all over this country Into leforioua ABOUT IHE BEjUTES 01 COMMlSBIOMiat AN EMPHATIC I a. nzy for fear their nef rill bo scoured out of a wild frehz] business VMM' Tho band writing is on the wall even in Iowa, and this State will wheel Into the Democratic column. The Repub lican party can not win. For 30 years it has been drifting away from the common people until today the Ameri can republic Is threatened with the commune. The product of Us legisla tion is three millions of American people tramping over this country for the want of a chance to earn an honest living. That great walking army Is a reminder thst KepuMtcaoUm has gone to seed. High protection and a gold standard are twin brothers of Republi can infamy. For 23 years the people have begged tfce Republicans for re lief. They beg no longer. They turn ed toward 8k Louis in were answered by the single gold standard kad MrKlnlsylsm. The peo ple have accepted the ultimatum aad they will answer It in November at the ballot box by pinioning tboee 81- m—e twins of destruction on n moan- tain side of defeat, there to wltbor, die aad rot away forever. There le no doobtof oorsmoaase. The Rovubitoaae are prenehiag sr-mt ala bUlly of a currency syetom I They •truck down our elrculei.ng medium la Tl aad elaee thee have creetod aa army of tollltooeirae, aad tiled the mt He Answers t!» Card Hukkell, Mill Cree Columbia Register. A short oard from secretary of the Mill Company, bast le com slooer Mixson sms I ever off«>wd~hIm. dlp»cUj or ln<liV2rtl r ro dSSTl. i Xhrtllr'wT" h ' n which he says: 1 I have beaa drawn Into this vary re- abligfcad, in which tar had 'blown over and I wonld aot ha who is aot afraid to am foroad to mal ■tatement of facts: I have beaa rimaaoi scheme and was la oharga «■ tor Tlllmaa’s direction whoa being at hie homo la ^Ultojli With typhoid fever. Mui ery to the e right vekfo to tka fomfoklag wtteaaf ». feu have trad the best ktoad to A Every 1 maakuad Tka people aa i jadg crtagiegly » WZ'Z | mafetof to datoaadlag a ratara la tka ptolto af i w.. Demnrrull. party ea sUoafo fidf Ikaaa aaamto tka Itoktoea af tkafo Tf»»; ’ White House i Mill Eh it otta to >fea wkaa as mook prtda •tad sun mod od M*« Mr rarvt pray— I •% '-m«o— >h*utf pay i ouatad 1 ki • ■ .-or eg • '.«■ wJ Tv« tof- 1 mma ■toe tan ae •offer i •us aaru *•» to e atom ae Mo a OS | to • toe \ seal to ywa Thto is a (r ten >4taff rht it bus pavtoto rtff" (Mdaaak toga off aad aot I to tko a tka arewff raekod I ■ m Ti tmm to hto trtoads •kaad I hat ka akatod to 1 tomaa *as la toa T so puMad baok and Ike esuwd I la gruo mure dosporato karfod at tko paltoaatoe I es tka bows poepto. ike ekalrmaa I r Wwottiad ktatootf as la jump aa | •toad ead «ay tkat tko uwatry to kad baaa toapused epaa toag gh by ton tawa people aa 4 tkat aftov Ike mwtoiage wuu« bo bo.4 Tilt Nit added real ead tkaavawd gruo more y aad eanmad to to Iff a mend la eamekudf nr anytktag to ptouse uieg is the crowd but 'BH . • . ton totorreptl bat ka goti ka (■akkmi (tad Be toto tko^agoat to pot prtoea la mm ara ptoea Be said otnaor of tka offer, aad bs was told of aa uder to give targe rebates. He did eot urge tkat ilqeor to bnugkt from tale agent aad that was all be had to say about it The at tempt to sa**r at tee even la Ilka a euttle fish which about to to oea^ht jeU out a black •eeS to hula iiamf. 1 imtj mtti ataB tc show that I war got one cent from the d Up'-o* try ur any other dgfffgffMBl M the government that was not jtasUy due me as an officer eed bonrot men. But we are here to show our fitness to represent you In the national gov- urnment. You must not think that because you won a vtcUhy In the State yon have won the tight. Don't think you can send a man there not In sympathy with you. You don't want (9 take fiHneu vipers to your bosom. Self preservation Is the first law of nature and you farmers must stand together and put men in the national halls of legislation who rep resent your views. The opponents of the farmers de mands cussed us and called us anarch- lavs. But we have made the Demo cratic party adopt our platform and our demands aro the principles of that ^Everything in this State depends open the price of cotton, bpt it has been going down and dowp. Why is It? ' A voice: “That’s what we want to Governor Evaas continuing said that the supply of money regulated the price. He went on to say that when he got to Washington he and Ben Till man would have three eyes on the •ooundrels. They are trying to insin uate that Tillman is against me, but be said “I know you. What they say Boea lu one ear and comes out the other.” (Choers.) The question of free silver simply we want to put more money in circulation, increase the price of cot ton and other products and help you your debts. But they say this run gold out of the country. But le that gold here? No. Cleveland bas to leeue over IfOO.OOO.OfT worth of to keep 1150,000.0U0 of £old la tho By that ha took M.75 out of of every mm country aad non boos eowe ■e osovtoff o toe sgowbwr ekuwta tollkoetoffi aws eaMeff < I tetorrftgii m Afw« ee to keog qu.et She of tooqoeostoo 1 ff us«os wuli hawwa k staff gut off the tko affmo totaff oak oft mwg eomffarwuvoqufot wes Mr Jekff Btovoffesto oewatf fffoffow-< ovary toffy coomoff to I w. eekoff Joffgu Kwvi* to go took e* oo figkt lor Ikuru was ■ woatoff to Mb klm e quoettoff. Tho I but Ik* Cktof of Foltoo •ffgu oeot bock. meoaume I Mr (foevooeaff “Wky fftffat vuultoomoff hff toes* ; taMitaff u to to I aoMff wttk m ko letorusUasr •klffff I Joffgu Sort ffiff Wkifo Off Ouocao imtoofftatoy o bo • of oeo eMgeoStoo fsm forff k ff ien, sottou foctors. wge Mg pmsoffe Tko •omM war* esrtoMtoSatf for toe os otto wktok tke koto woo to toom being pot eowooff Ik to bo*o two wt oooff too toto to too ettov eit. os tf take boon nemo onmgtotot togff u tofoo foeouootly bosut opoo, foaosve offvfoeff offktoot tffy to too etgt* of Moffteg too too psooswA fftafontog it ««ok tor to mob* to* toot rf wire boles boo off eeootfy m toons J ffot truo ttos er« u*oA o. ‘ VW wtoo esse wosw'ffgffMjrktoMtoB ’ It Is soMl tooy wore pot erwuoff Ike I koto OS qetchly or muro m toon toe I ket Isoo Itae coo ko TV.» ks no lot- I portaet petal OoMoO foctors hors I were very m«ek plooeoff wltk toe wire Uee naff sotff tooy sow oo suoooo * by bolus toooff otto tkom skoulff oot to oooolfforotf oo gooff o ffoltvery ee tolos tossoff Otto‘toe lot true ue* g Tke bole wm •kippeff to J. H R. fffooe A iiioo mfftoe wetore, ef Ckor- »t MUI ;• I It u tuff eon ekrtff prtoffipto r ^ * 4 * % ‘ Dm Domeovofo oanpigff BH! to tkfo “We wtB M yea We will i o poUtUol to put oo ughIMUpo ot too 1 bmtieg Ifomoorotto >U1 ICY Mr. J. W vtow ru-' M oSTLIm to tgkl toe | i “Wkf I Howto buoff Is G wkuo be killoff ebiloff tiger it M I OeUoes Dwoeoa ffoee i robot Ike wire tus bows tke pries of tke will wire oosl He la roll*. vlii* fftff ao la know he say to that be •* . 1 w •• 1 Jsdge Karla srffs were such that have boon granted.” Mr. btoveaeao: ‘Do Lether Trammel t" Judge Earle: “Yee.” Mr btoveaaoa “ Didn’t Mr. Mooney, your pu-taur • >»s.u u, •« t; :cc tfcal hung . ’ J udge Eerie: "Not that I know of.” Mr. Stevenson: “Don't you know Trammel Is a notorious character *" Judge Earle: "I do not. I will simply sey I did my duty In this case, m I always have done.” Mr. Stevenson : “Don't you know he wee acquitted ? ” Judge Earle: “I'm glad of It, be cause I want no good mao convicted, but I want to say from the facte set forth In the nepers presented to me ball oould not be granted." There were cheers for Earle, and Goveraor Evans’ friends responded with cheerv for him. • Mr. Duncan was the next speaker. He said that he wished he could dis cuss national issues aloue, but the acts of public officials are open to criticism. He then spoke of his early work for the Reform movement. Some one asked that something be said about Tillman and Mr. Duncan paid him the usual compliment. He made reference to lawyers getting all the good things of office when he interrupted by some one asking whether he was not a lawyer. Mr. Duncan made reply that he had studied law to keep up with the boys. He was interrupted by remarks inappropriate to the occasion, when some one asked: “Who’s paying your expenses in this campaign ?” Duncan : 11 I’m paying them my self." He said that Evans was responsible for the low plane the campaign had been conducted on. This brought forth great cheering for Evans, and it looked m If Duncan would be bowled down, and as a matter of fact, he was before be concluded. He continued by saying that he had the people of the State withrhim not- wltbetanfflag Evaas went around with k body-guard. lotorei la the crowd began to yeti log Evaas, and asked who wm Evans's Great disorder followed. It wm soese tim- before Mr. Diie- 1 that If be for two years be It all tot lankily aototag serious rw- [ euttaff, toon uee, m hae beaa salff.tbert wan ao body to fight although it must to admiltod that to* whole thing wm one of to* moot disgraceful events of the campaign hardly excepting the ex hibition et Florence. Although ao pistols were drawn, many of the crowd skipped la aalfolpatUw of shooting ffpriog tko frotoff T - - Mr. Duncan continued his speech bile greet disorder prevailed. Only e word or two or a sentence or two oould be heard. Mr. Duncan stated that he bed said to Tillman that if his election meant the disruption of the Reform move ment he would quit. * - ■ Cries: “You wouldn't. You sure bo good.” Mr. Duncan went on to trv to speak, but it wm a futile effort. He was con stantly interrupted by howls and yells and nothing he oould say wm connected. He said if Evans wasn’t afraid of being shown up he would get the people to listen. Though Mr. Duncan was not listened to he persevered amid cries, Get down,” “ Time's up,” etc. He said all he wanted was the people to listeu to him and they oould vote for Evans if they wanted. Voices: “ We’ll do thai all right.” Mr. Whitman was yelled down be fore he uttered a word. After about two minutes of pandemonium« man in the audience charged Mr. Whitman with having been guilty of an aot, the details of which are unfit for publica tion. Mr. Whitman, with great indigna tion, pronounced the statement an in famous lie. He said: “ You are an infamous liar, sir, and if you were worth a shuck I would make you answer for it in the courts.” A voice; “ Did you ever live in W innsboro ?” Whitman: “Yee. and I made vicarious sacrifice of tuylelf, and I’m making it now for you.” Mr. Whitman, finally getting half a hearing, proceeded with his speech. He made his usual remarks about Tillman and papeuckers, which were met with cheers for Till man aad Ellerbe. Mr. Whitman said that th* crowd wm peeked with Dispensary constables to howl him down fm la ttouta Caroitae er nUM.UM.Mff. BM K" u ‘' , >44.* Wplu UM. frca 1 pur huaff rod pound*. No. lu to Muff for oottoa tUe. Six um of I -w- this will walgh four pounds aad will Unweltkis ooet over 3 oeate pmr pound, or 12 oeato ' #, M i. toihe bole. Hm hoop Um weigh 11-2 ,-a WMhlwrtow pounds each aad. at present price*. " - - coet abmt & oeaU each, or 30 oente lor the six uMd oa a bale of to ef i 11 cam 1 | a few of — * !“ ; Maally toM i?' 79 .* 0 tatr.cfr cloi 10 wire weal ef rela to the Black people driven to the They aoff ^Mree some tlm^ b •ouurged the British lioe from our •bores. They gave m a Parry oo Lake ... ^ Erie, a Millar at Lundy * Lane aad a A gentleman who take, an internet j^keon wbeu bl an unauthorised nur. tatoa fight agaloH the Tie- Trsvt sajt 1 - 1 ■ It U purely a fight for a seatlment. The wire Um for e bale of cotton ooet* 12 cento, while the flat iron or hoop ties cost 30 cento. At first it appears that the advantage is wholly In favor of the wire ties. “But,” said he, “It should not be forgottoe that the tlee oo o bale sells m notion. Unless the weight of the bagging and tleeoo a bale of oottoo exceed* twenty-five pounds, It is paid for just the same m ootton. Now her* is a plain mathe matical demonstration—the wire ties on p bale weigh four pounds, and at 7 cents a pound for cotton, the farmer will get 28 oents for them; oo the other hand, the flat iron ties on a bale weigh nine pounds, and 1 ot 7 oenti a pound for oottoa, the farmer will get 63 oents for them. Now, the wire ties cost 12 cents a bale and sell for 28 cents, while the hoop ties cost 30 wents a bale and sell for 63 cento. Ob the wire ties the farmer makes a profit of 16 cento aliale while on the hoop ties he makes a profit of 33 cento. It looks to a man up a tree as if, even at the advanced price itwiil pay the farmers to continue the use of the hoop ties. But they don’t look at it that way. I remember that when the farmers made their fight against the Jute Trust, just such an argument as I have made now was mt de then in favor of the use of jute bagging, even at the advanced prioe. But the farmers said that was not the point, that the Jute Trust had arbitrari ly advanced the prioe of lute bagging and they were willing to Joee money in order to make the Jute Trust reduoe the price of bagging to a level commen surate with the ooet of producing it. I judge that the farmers will take the same view of the fight against the Cot ton Tie Trust and will fight it antil it takes off it* unjust nod arbitary advai of 100 per cent In the price of hoop ti If the farmers suoooed, the Um oo a bale of oottoo will only ooet about 16 oeato naff tall for 63 oon to. The pr le worth fighting tor." of la is etrip- be overturned precedent gave ue th* Louisiana territory. They rallied to th* sepport of our leaders when thoy snstaned Tsxm and the rent South wMt from th* clutch** of lex Loo and made the American Sag the symbol of our power from ocean to ocean. They gave the government n Lincoln, th* raiiHpllttar, n Grant from the tanyarde of Galena, and a Stephen A. Dougtae from the pralrfoe of Illi nois. And now when n great wrong le to be righted and th* government restored to the people, n native son of that old commonwealth comes front, William J. Bryan, the Engl 0 Nebraska. Twice have the American repudiated McKlnleylsm and the despoilers ol the masses jungles of political despair, have seen the protected barons of Wall street once again marshalling their forces to plunder and pillage the American people. They have heard the chosen agents of subsidy under the leadership of Mark Hanna, frying the fat from the protected manufacturers preparatory to a final campaign against the prodi producing classes. The great Democratic pnrty of this nation, voic ing the hopes and aspirations of the people, hM turned once again to the common people for a leader. That party hM not turned a deaf ear to the cry and needs of the people in this year of graoa, 1896. It hM not yet been hypnotized and lulled to sleep in the lap of John Sherman. It rebels against being Sbermaolxad at the ratio of 16 to 1. The Democratic party will reader M long m there Is a free governmeet upon the face of the earth or the hope of eacuriog one Long before tka Chicago oooveotioo Inge veaed it had mou tka Hutto glean- i tfflds naff had hoard tka la the voice of Rachel la tko turned eg* 1 * Ik* p«opl< idors have quit courting M. Wl It UgkE of tka * •f durable portion of It. Tke exoemiv* keel a were very uafavorabi* eeff la the principal wm a decided foli.cg ditto*. The early corn crop very fMt aad fodder from such Md Md ift? tod In flu to exuU core 1*' maturing rapidly aad to being stripped MMoar than would ord neru, ho ino m. j -7—pg oa tbs stalk. While thorn were boom reports of oora being adversely affect- ea by the heat, yet th* greater num ber of oorre.ponJ, DU report ao nottoe- nbl* Injury, but qxpr*M the faar that the grain will show the effects of hMk- log. All corn Is so far advanced that one general rain, or well distributed Showers, would insure 0 full crop. . £ w enty-three countto* report oottoo foiling under th* adverse wetoher which prevailed; eight report either an improvement in oonditioo or no de terioration, and In the remaining Bv# the conditions are variable, depending on locality, toil and rainfall. The favorable reports oome .from the wen- tern portion of the State, with the exception of Colleton. The chief ef fect* of the heat and dryness were shedding of squares and half-grown bolls, some rust, checking of growth, and premature opening of immature bolls. On light, sandy soil the Injury is most marked, and to reported to be quite serious.' Open bolls are noted from all portions of the State and pick ing hM begun in a small way in the more southern counttos. On July 28th and 29th five bales of new cotton were marketed, being the first of the season. In 1894 the first bale wm marketed on August 15, in 1896 on August 20. The early date this year fairly repres ents the time the present season to in advenes of an average season, 1894 having been about the average. Tobecoo to not doing well in certain section* nnd fairly well la others. Curing continues aad wm favored to th* weather. ■ Lowland rloe continues to satis factory growth and to beading. Upland rloe, of which imm to ealtlvat- ed. barely held He Sweat potato— to Una* to thrive, altkos fh tar table om. I rived "TtL Mr. HubboU la with 6 par «ma He aekod aw to taka him tato Ike sample room Md thorn him tka YTY ryeihas IWM purchMU^ Itod m, at She eawo “re and while la offered me hto YTT price ho had formerly l> *pen»*ry with th* I discount; oad, 'if my wsnmi per r*L; 10 per oeot. off, mkkwttl-t oents per gal.; 50 nltope to a barrel make* 611.25 aad 50 barrels to a oar maker 1662. I said, “Will yto pot this discount oo the invoices aad lot It show up regularly ?" He replied tho* he could not do so; that he tm s w her of the trust, but ] for wff 1 Invoices at the regular prtoo of per gallon and he would rdtarn 10 per cent off in cash. Thto I i to do and no purohaae haa been from him by me. These are the facts la th* oaee aad includes all I have said as to Mr. Hub- bell’s oiler to me. If he, akya sey part of it to untrue he Is a Itak. F. M. Mixson. —Tbw approaching solar \ eoMtof Scotland. These* curvM upward acrOM th* » of Norway, through Lapland, the souths neost lslaad of Zambia group, then the Gulf of Artery, Island of Yes©, Japan, i of Yeao th* eclipse will * largp %.X IU .M, : JL