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(•▼e •Tree- I IT 10 hJA THE SCHEME WILL BtU4rp on the Proposition to the Negroes—it Would be sible to Get Them c ut Country. - 11 Once more into the breet b, good frionds, one* ■■ "The negro question is no*J upper* most in the minds of ell the p eopie of the South, and 1 write once mt >re upon that subject to modestly but ooi tfidently indorse the utterances of The ( tonsiltu tion In a recent issue. Their deporta tion is a dream, ha utterly i mp^actl cable solution of the race iroblem ‘Sixty years ago it was a gre* t under taking to remove 14,000 India ns from North Georgia to the Indian' 'erritory thnlr relnntnnt npp—nt . .iuvfiH then 4,000 of them died on t he way. The'Washington Post says there are not enough transports in tb e world that ooyld be had or hired to move them ail in twenty years, and it would cost not less than 1100 a best , which would make a thousand mlilio i dollars. The Federal government w juid not vote a dollar to begin the eriment. More than all this the negro \ rould not go. He will not even go Nor ,h to live with his friends, dlls deli?' jrers. A few hundred went to Kaos m some years atfo, but they got bomtlsick and came back. I compared w: th Coke about it and he said : “ Wei i, major, to my opinion we won't git ri 1 of som>' of ’em. We mout git up an e icurshuc train with a few carloads jf water millions in front and toll ’em along as fur as Ohio and d rap’em, but I’m jubut about gettin’ ’em to Africy.” There used to be a oolonli .atloo so ciety that owned a good shl p named Elisabeth, and they carrle* l all the manumitted slaves to Liber: a free of cherge. Old Mejor Waters, i wealthy gentleman of Gwlaaett Com ny, thirty-seven of his sieves their dom, and by his will' made i ny father his executor and directed hi a to pro vide good clothing for the m and to take them to Savannah and see term pat on board the Elisabeth < am to pey over to William, hU faithful bodvser vaat, $100 la gold for eec i of the thlrty-eevee slaves. This fl sMMfH to set them up In Afrloh. So my father corresponded with the socket r.and the good ship was seat to Sav u>nafa on time and the negroes w+ e put on board. They wept acu «s had whan they told father good by, fo they all knew that he was their oU maater’s friend. I About two years after I ini th| was a knock at father's door «« wlater eight. When it was ope tad there stood William aad six oth sr» of the negroes sent ewsy. ue re ported all the others dead aad that he sad these six had secreted themselves o the bold of the veasel by night and k ;pt hidden until they bed been two da ps at see, for It wea against the rulei of the so ciety to allow aay frged mat to return. They were brought w, I'd isdnipliia ^^word to Ho*e i Cobh and >o fboae is master aad fesat him aaougb moi ey to pay their way home They we it late ser vice of their young master, Tom Wa Vert—not as slaves, but m free men, and ware happy at ascapti g from Li beria. Here le Ueole Sam, wh > works In my garden ead chops my wood and goes after ioe on Sunday- 1 [e has four grOwu up children who srs sorter married and they have a lot of chil dren. The old man owns < he hamble home and Is not going U Africa or any where else, aui the oh ildrea will not leave him. There won Id be weep ing and walling worse that i a funeral. But euppoee tbey all wee t. Who le going to pay them for the! ■ property '* The negrpee pey taxes m iw on three hundred millions of proper! y, which is chiefly real estate. They o vn probably 300 homes In and around Cartorvlho, f *1, £here would be no buy< re. If they v *Vere all deported, who would take their placet? Who wo ud uo our cooking and waehiag? Vbo would makee our firee when the sold winter morning* come ? Who wo aid pick our cotton 1 But the fact re nelns that there are too many of the m, ead they multiply too fast, and tbii gi-noration are inaolent and need rt gulatlng by vigorous laws. There U game going on right now w and at least 3 have passed my house The negro women are sup in idleness. Jodn Ande heard them singing at d the cl '1NJ work* end there got word to Howe Alax. Stephens, la Washing men knew William and a baseball hllel write, vagabi md negroes going to It. them other day, and the choruf* was: No use in a nigger workins atnmv is a col logs, thing When his mammv is a coi p« man’s yard." But enough of this. < e read much from the Ya the negro and much fi R (i bishop* and educators, i sing the same tunc of stoj H but I have never ym ing so fair, so truthfi spoken as the address livered at Bismarck Grovi by an Alabama negro. H "o| aident of the Adeli coll 1 mal, Ala., and his nan "H Council. I copy from jjlns lished at - Lawrence, Kaal* his address: “ Pardon me for any se^gi^ ness, bpt I do not fear pression-half as much vision of white Norther^ comes with its social pr comes often pleading C only mark of superiprlt line was never oarrle' walls, to the ourpeatersf the other industries of Northern white labor \ “The Southern negrPK stripped the Northern emancipation—outstrip] . evbry i do no >i. white lonary tent in which four'million of fetioh worshippers were transformed to four millions of Christian citlsens of one’ of the most powerful governments of this age. “ Let the South alone and look to your own neglected opportunities and correct your own wrongs. “I appeal to the white men of'’the North to think more kindly of both black men and white men of the South. Every honest negro heart is loyal anc true to the South. We all deplore whatever is wrong there. In every community the best black men and white men are united for our common good. The criminal class is made up of the worst elements of both races. We can no more check, in a single genera tion, our criminal tendencies than you can put down the mob spirit own section, which manifests In strikes, boycotts and riots—starving women and innocent children, paialyzing in dustry, crippling commerce, tilling the sir with the black smoke and red flames of rttln, the eries of the dying, and the wails of the friends of the mur dered deed. Compared to these, our disorders are as gentle as Florida breezes to Kansas cyclones. We need end want the sympathy of every sec tion of the country, but there is a kind and unfriendly meddling which in variably Increases friction and harms the negro. We have strong men in the South who are capable, and have the righteous Inclination to fairly ad just all problems growing out of our new relations. There is a class of Northern whites who come South as a disturbing element. Tbey are hypo crites, tinging one tune to the negroes and another to the whites. " There are many mistakes in oar own social life, which we as e race must correct and which wc alone can correct. Our women and children are left unprotected by fathers; mothers end sisters are deserted by sons aad brothers aad often leave home to In crease tho army of idlers aad criminals. The greet majority of our boy* are not le vchool, do not attend church, are growleg up Idle, vlclow*, fo^oieoi Ignorant, or shun hard, honest toll end look for soft jobs. The negro wooes, almost alone, is tiktu.ng one of the grandest belliae Ifi the annals of aaa; with the cook pot, the weahboard, sew- leg needles, iroeleg board, scrub brush, she bellds churches, supports schools, educates her daughter, often support ing an Improvident husband or an un worthy too—tempted, assailed on all sides, the maintains a degree of virtue which would deserve commendation le with more favorable eavlroa- to. “ We are negroes aad should bn true to our own nature in order to become strong and folr in the eyes of an latel- llgeql world. Lot ae ta more ooe- ••rnod about straightening the kinks inside of our beads and the kinks on the outside will be all right. “1 honor the white men because he honors himself. I honor him because he does aot go whlalag around, beg ging ether room for sympathy, but ever i the old Teatoalc tribes of Ger- for esters started out for olvlllsa- tloe by their owe efforts they have dis sipated rivers, rained valleys, leveled mountain*, dipped the greet ooean dry, ead harneneed natural toroes to tLelr appliances—they cut aad carve their owa destiny—true to their racial characteristics. They protect and de fend their own womea, and throw their powerful arms around thair chil dren and make It possible for them to rise le this world. Let the negro do likewise. He has it la his power to do to etpeclallxln the South. -There he can grow rich There aad here Am erican prejudice is but the voice of God telling him to establish all klads of business, put his own boys aad girls M charge and grow rich. Hear this voice and not go about begging for admission and accommodations where we are told pialnlv we are not wanted. American prejudice may yet do for us whet n lack of race pride fails to ac- _ segeo to patronise himself end to grow rich ir the roods of this world.” That negro's heed and heart are both right. He Is a brave man end dares to speak the truth. I wonder why the regro papers don’t copy that address It should be scattered broadcast among their readers and would do good. But the Atlanta editors are not on that line. They want sensation and North ern sympathy. They are politicians. Politicians and preachers keep things hot. My friend Hem, who has been to a Chautauqua in Missouri, says he heard a lecture there from Bishop Fowler, on Abraham Lincoln, In which he took occasion to lampoon and scarify us ae is usual up there, aud among other things recharged that old lie that Governor Brown nad offered a re ward of $6,000 to have William Lloyd Garrison kidnapped and brought to to it. They are the beet judges of heroism I know of. He was seat away to Japan, and a letter from Miss Benedict in the last “ Mis sionary ” gives extracts from a speech he made at Kobe to the Young Men’s Christian Association, that were beau- tlfully patrlotlwand full of. Christian spirit aad missionary zeal. Msybe Mist Benedict kissed him. She did not say, but he deserves all that he gets. Bill Arp. ISLANDS. The Character, Condition and sources of the People. |>o.8.:8»inn They are ft le pre- )t Nor- fW. H. pub Ion of harsh srn op- the in which which as its |e color brick in all th until It there. I far out- slnoe ilm in , AA* forthern which but I state plain to every ( i pAng man. ail due to the s i*r> r idvan Ute'A’he Southern m r wt ftid men of the eye make a acentVvkein » b “ ir tli* > South. orbchf»oU.v>» waa an ComptrolIsM 0 ” il P •*- tbwn Thurs.U\ of V^ridiarian for tflal dull** et CoMrtibia him timo.to uieke iW cs lllooe Of tion requisite, end Audit JS were Ifen, en expert. wlH do V of ladus- tbe Coniptnffitr.' Georgia. The bishop ought to make up a new stock. Those old lies are worn out. He knew it was a He when he repeated it. This is a lie for which there, was no excuse and no founda tion, but it Is a good traveler and preachers can send a lie as far as any body. If Ahe devil, who is the father of lies, has anyTrofereaoe for subjects, I think he would choose a lying, slan derous preacher before anybody. But suppose that wasn’t a lie ; what good can possibly oome of resurrecting it now ? Joe Brown is dead ; Garrison !(, dead, and maybe they have settiec their own .pffairf over there. I ruminating about the difference be tween this white Northern bishop and the black man, Preeldant Council, who made that kind conciliatory address at Bismarck, and that brought to’ mind the persistent slanders of our Southern ‘hero, Lieutenant Hobsoa, who was retired almost to oblivion because ha waa a Southern man. Not long ago the English government presented 1 to a sailor the annual medal for the great- —* '• kmmlar nmm •• Mina formed during the year. He saved two men at isea when no other man would dare to attempt It, and the inquiry was mada in a Northern paper as to who was entitled to the medal la the United States. Why Hobsoo, of course. No other act of individual he roism will compare with his, but Yen kee newspapers and reportore warn jealous of him, just like they are of Schley, aad they magnified a few kieses into thousands aad made sport of Aim. The yellow journals aad the white oaee are all alike for liee ea oar A dispatch from Washington that Hon. W. L. Chambers, of _ etty td mahiTMi-rg- pert as chief justice of Samoan Islands to tne three governments for which he acted—the .United States, Great Bri tain and Germany. Judge Chambers has the accent of the South aad the fine manners of a cultured gentleman of ihat section. He has a good face and would make a favorable Impres sion in any gathering. Upon certain matters pertaining to recent happen ings in Samoa he begged to be excused from speaking, as it would be impro per for him to talk in advance of the 8 recantation of his report to the State epertment, nor did he wish to go into any topics that were a subject of inter national differences. As to the people, their mode of .life, national characteristics and resources of the Islands, Judge Chambers con versed very entertainingly. “ In the first place,” said he, “ the must be given credit for many admirable qualities. They not e highly educated race, but nearly all of them neve a fair amount of book learning—enough, at iaaet, for ail of the practical ends of life. Their lead ing men are possessed of the gift of oratory to a degree that would sur prise a foreigner. They are, moreover, good-tempered, affectionate and hospl table beyond aay people I ever sew They are not crafty and vladlctlva like the North American Indians, but easy to get along with. ’Tha men are magnlfloeet spec! of physical manhood, being six feet tall, broad shouldered, aad their car riage ie superb. The young girls are often extremely beautiful, but with maternity the attractiveness departs. They are aa especially clean race, it being the national habit to bathe twice e day la th* ooean, and the youngest children swim with sees and grace. Their houses which are of light con struction, are built for comfort, aad ■Oiule of Duateeas, amts being la profusion by the oocupeole, who recline or sleep upon them Indis criminately. Dancing is the chief di- version of th* natives, ead tbey also delight ie card playing, but gambling to be unknown. Tha Bemoans exist to a large ex tent on brand fruit, which eel enlists ■ay has mom nutriment than potatoes, t can be cooked la three or four ways, aad is so palatable that one eooe learn* to like It. Oaa tree will contain enough brand fruit to supply a family for months. Tbey are also great fish eaters, aad It is a common practice for them to devour fish la the raw state. Bananas are eo plentiful that they are fed to horses end cows. For e dollar oaa buy a wagon-load of bananas. “Tha climate la not bad, and tha thermometer rarely goes above 8$. The nights are always delightfully cool, a breeze eetting la from the ocean .th tha close of tb* day. At the tme time the actives do not ntlllse the eights tor sleeping, but carry on thair feasts and dancing till tha small hours and slumber daring the day time. The greatest pest.on the islands Is the mosquito, which is witbpyou al ways, and tne protecting net is in evi dence in every house. ^ Under a good regime the Samoans would be happy, prosperous and peace ful. They can live alma home, having to Import scarce, thing that is essential to civil They will be the eervente of the white men more to show good will than for pay, and though ignorant of our ways, show an adaptability and an inclina tion to learn that is surprising. I re gard them as among the first of the yellow-skinned races, and in cases where they have acted wrong it, has usually been at the Instigation of out siders, who used them for sinister pur poses.” A Spartanburg Earmer Has Shown the Way tor s Profitable Crop tn the Up Country. Piedmont Headlight Ooi. T. J. Moore is one of the pioneer planters of the South. With a magni ficent plantation of about 300 acres, with over 400 acres of the finest bot tom land on Tyger river; with a big brain and ample capital, he does not make fanning a tread mill. Crops which were once profitable no longer are remunerative, and the farmer who succeeds best must be he who first Re- discovers a new crop and gets the cream out of it before others rush in and glut the market with it. Some experiments of course will not ' succeed. Growing-tobacoa la this-see.- tion Col. Moore proved to be impracti cable. The demand is for a light yel low leaf. The sandy soils of the low country produce this almost aa perfect as the finest lands of Cuba. But our clay soils and sandy soils with clay be neath, will not make the yellow leaf. The iron In the soil of the “ old Iron District” makes the leaf dark. It afo- ducos plenty of weed, out the product is not marketable et good prices. Many of the Virginia farmers, for the same reason, have been forced to aban don tobacoo culture, whiiathe Darling ton and Florence farmers of this State have taken their places and are mak ing fortunes out of tobacco. Col. Moore tamed from tobeooo to hev, and ibis be has proved to be profitable. But he is now experimenting on anothei ( crop which far surpasses the hay—it is rice. Recently he invited the editor of the Headlight down to see his rice field, Rev. Wm. M. Grier, D.D., died at his home in Due Weston Sunday after noon, after an Illness of only two hour*. He had preached in the forenoon at Bethlphem, three mile* from his home, and was suffering from* slight ver tigo, which continued after reaching his residence. In a few minutes he fell back in a chair and never regained consciousness. His last words were ad dressed to his wife, “My dear, the end has come.” William Moffett Grier wm born on the 11th day of February, 1843, in York county, South Carolina, near the little town-of Clover. At the time of his birth his father, the Rev. Dr. R O. Grier, wm pMtor of Pisgah aad Beth- in full on the Snd, lnst. He put the cotton crop of 1808-99 at 11,274,840 bale*, an InoreaM of 74,846 over 1897-98, aad says that while T*xm, including ndlan Territory, shows an excess# of 480,000 bales, aad the group of Atlantic States, consisting of Alabama, Geor- ;ia, Florida, North and South Cero- ina, Kentucky and Virginia, increased only 9,000 bales, the group of other da, No uoky ai 1 only v.uuO bales, tne group of other V Gull State*, ooneisthie of Arkansas, * Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ok- and the invitation wm gladly accepted. He met us et the station In hts car riage, drawn by two high-steppers, and before going to the rice fields, drove us to the race track where Mr. White wm training his fine stallion Kllbourae. Col. Moore believes In fine ■sock and Kllbourae Is one of the HbmI bred horses la America. He is e mag nlflcenl chestnut sorrel, fifteen aad a half hands high, weigh* 1100 pounds aad hM not a blemish on him. He is registered In the American Trotting Regletdr. HU lineage trace* back to 014 Hambletoalaa, to Mambrlno Chiei and to Vermont Morgan, and he U closely related to Maud 8, and other leading horses of the world. Mr White, who U one of the most experi enced trainers la America, believes that be bM a great future before him oe the track. He wm only practicing Kllbourae, but men had oome five ml 1m to see the “ practice.” After leaving the race course we dfove down into the meadow. Col. Moore owns about 400 acras of bottom land on Tyger, aad a larger portion of thU land u covered with native ead Bermuda. It hM recently out, and U m level M a floor covered with a velvet carpel. On th* hliUldee were row* of hay raoke—about 100— coataiolng a too end a half to two toa* each. There will be another cutting wnieb will raise the yielded to about 250 toes. Col. Moore eaye he find* reedy eel* for U et $12 to $15 e too, ead there U very little Ubor, ead that a does almost entirely by machinery. Three to four thousand dollar* for eloa*, aad that la a dry year, me good enough. But Col. Moor* thinks that le the riee h« hM e crop that will surpass even hU hey, almost beyond meMure. He bM twenty-five scree le rice this year, twelve of which irrigated and under water; ead thirteen le upland rice, though pleated on dry bottom*. Ooi. Moore toys that he hM not bed enough rain since com wm planted to wet the ground an Ieoh deep. Under such condition* all land crops have suffered severely, end the upland rice tuffefrd along with ail other rrope Jut when we bame to the swamp rice, t wm a thing of beauty. The land bad formerly Deen^tboroughly ditched ditches were 1, aatlr-ft- at ercelr mif- rllUGfrilfe. THE SOUTH’S SWITZERLAND. Thousands ot Visit ore In North Caro lina Mountains—Crowd la Yearly* Asheville Citizen, Asheville, N. G. The mountains of Western North Carolina have Indeed been a refuge this summer. From every State south of Maryland and eMt of Ohio the tour ists have poured by the thousands, and to-day the counties west of the Blue Ridge in North Caroline are thronged with visitors who have fled from the torrid rays of the sun in the home land to the shades of these great moun tains. The cooling waters of the French Broad, Swannanoa, Davidson aad Mills rivers, the Pigeon, the Tuckaeeege, the Tennessee, Hiwaasee, Nantahala, Toe, Cane and other rivers and creeks have been sought by the invalid, the sleMure-seeker and the sportsman, and he sports: the Blue Ridge to Smoky Moun every mountain glen, ana gorge ■y side hM been lag for a cooler pie from tains — and valley, and countr. filled with those looking for a spot, a deeper shadow And none have,been disappointed There hM not been a night this sum mer, between Mltchel T s Peak and Chunky Gal, when sleep wm not com for table under more or less covering. 000 and 25,000 people are mountains and still they oome. And this throng increases m the years go by. What formerly wm confined to Asheville hM now spread until it cov era every one of the 12 counties lyin| Ridge, to say nothing o ‘ jvery oi of the west the half dozen or more on the side of the mountain. eastern —It is said that a saw canning pro- wlll probably increase the output of sardloM on the Maine coast from 900,000 to 2,000,000 boiM. or draining. Those ■topped qp nbar the rivef-And the of e branch turned into them. The water spread put over the twelve acres and turned It Into a swamp. Here the rloe ted been planted and the water cov ered It. No grtos could grow under this water, but rloe caa, ani it did grow, gathering strength and nourish ment from soil Bod water, while all around on the hills wm parched and dry. The rice is deep green, thicker than the heaviest oats, and is now about sir feet high.. No cultivation has been necessary. The sheet ol 1 water acted as hoe and plow, killing the grMs and keeping the ground soft. Did "you ever count the grains in head of wheat ? Ooi. Moore Mxed two of his neighbors to guess at the num ber of grains in a bead of his rice, and wagered that they oonld not copne in fifty of it. One guessed “two," thinking there could not be over fifty; another guessed "fifty,” and another guessed “ one hundred.” By actual count there were over three hundred ; and there are from ten to twenty stalks from eactf “ stool.” How does that compare with wheat ? Col. Moore be lieves that he will make 200 bushels to tdie acre on Ms land,-and It looks eo. I Mked if it wm not in danger of loss from late overflow. “ No,” Col. Moore replied, " water cannot hurt it except for a very short time—while it is ripen ing, and even then it is less liable to damage then corn. Nature hM pro-‘ vided against that. Wheat and oats begin to ripen first lb the stalk anc. 1mt in the head. But rice ripens first In the head, leaving therstalx green, flexible and strong to resist the flow ol the water iq freshet. And hjre is an other advantage of rice; while oat Straw and wheat straw is dead and comparatively valueless,M food, the and succulent anc urier, wao pwsbur ui riugHu aau uetn- any enurohes, but in the year 1847 he wm elected to the presidency of Ers- klne, and removed to Due West, the scene of his future labors and successes. It wm here, under the shade of the college groves, under the sound of the .college and church bells, that W. M. Grier grew to manhood. It wm do tmail 0 advantage to hltn during those years when character wm in its form ative end p<Mtic state to be nnder the immediate eye of Dr. R C. Grier, a master in training and educating the f outhful mi-id. But the oollece stud- ss were rudely interrupted. The toe sin of war wm heard over the lead and from field and forge, college and city, the young men responded to the call. Among those who laid Mlde the pen and took up the sword in SMwer to their country’s call wm W. M. Grier, A stripling of 17, the youngest hoy in the 6th South Caroline volunteers, he went to the front la Virginia, and wm •hot down In battle at Willlamsburf, May 5, 1862. This ended his cares * m « soldier, aad when exchanged he re turned home and returned his studies M beet he oould amid th* terrible die ol the greet civil war. His stud 1m were henceforth chiefly le tbe depart ment of theology, aad la April, 1866, he wm 11 oe need to preach the gospel Ie Augeet, 1867, -be accepted ntoell to be pMtor at All**town, Alabama, aad resolutely set himself to what he sup posed aad desired to be hie life-work— the gospel ministry. Here ha remained unV' September 16, 1871, when the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod elected him preel dent of Ersklae College. At tbe time of his election Dr. Grirr wm quite young man (or eo delicate and reepo •Ible a position, being only 28 years of eg*. But la addition to unusual aatu ml qualifications for the duties of th< office, Dr. Grier had tbe added advan tage of many years of familiarity with the methods and administration of his father, who wm ea Ideal ooliaga preel deni Hence his frleads hoped aad bo- llevnd that the mantle of th* father would (all oa tb* eon. Th* event , ustified the expectation. Dr. Grlnr wm formally moagurated preeldant in Nnvember, 1871. !□ addition to residency Dr. Grlnr took tha chair of mental and moral science. Dr. Grier wm always a ea. Bn would have succeeded la aay honorable calling la Ufa. At tha clone of a ee.-mon delivered la a neighboring State a gentleman of education and wide knowledge of man aad affairs ie out of the church wiping the tears away, aad said: “ “ he make a grand stum need be ha could. doom la contact with him have always lell themselves In the presence of type of robust manhood. True mi laood will always command the respect and admiration of men—young or old. One who hM lived for years la clone relations with the preeldent of Ersklae said, that "that which hM 1mpressec me most about him le hie piety. His labors have been varied, exacting am oftentimes distracting, his cares are often most trying ead perplexing, his v T trlugtph.1 JtoijL spcct^qAbma, twoa-moel rfcquenTamf sTgnal. yet be Is evnr the quiet, humble, devoted Christian, have nevnr seen him when I thought that he had forgotten that he wm a follower of the meek and lowly Jesus.” One of the strong points in the char acter of Ersklne*! president wm that, while he wm ever a leader among men, he wm ever willing to follow in any gqod pause. His pMtor oould always count on him. The bulk of Brskiue's lahoma and Missouri, have fallen off 414,000. Mr. HMtor puts the average corn- meroial value of the crop .1125.08 per bale, against $28.62 Ust year, $36.76 the year before and $41.09 in 1895-96, and tbe total valne of the crop at $282,773,- 000, against $320,563,000 last year, and $320,925,000 the year before. He calls attention to the fact that the money value ot the uotton crop just marketed of the 1893-91 crop, which wm 3,722,023 bales less, the value of the 1893-04 crop having been $283,118,000. He puts tbe total spindles In tha South at 4,962,092, an increase over iMt veer of 894,848. These include 23,364 now not complete. The net gain ia the number of Southern mlile ower iMt year hM been 69, making tha total now 660, aad the consumption hM been divided m follows : Alabama 132,763 bales, aa Increase of 31,601: ArkeosM 3,1»2 bale*, an IncraaM ol ; Georgia 271,807 boles, anl 1,190 j Ken I rice straw is green, and succulent i almost m good m the best£rasees.” Col. Moore believes that the upland rice will prove far more profitable i now in our rL where a branch cannot be turned oun over a few acres), the crop is almost sure to be bounteous. If the expert ment proves to be as productive M it is promising, Col. Moore next y< will turn tbe river over, most cl his bottoms. He has thoroughly studied the subject of irrigation, and believes that lands which can be properlv irrl gated can easily be modt to produce a good profit on p valuation of $600 the acre. Aad anyone going throu his meadows and rice fields believe il 35 uruu wifriug tuo “Ah, but couldn’t ip speech.^ Yes 1 Those who have of 13,190; Kentucky 26,842 bales, ea Increase of 686; Louisiana 18,025 bales, an increase of 1,976; atlMlsslppi 19,8M bales, a decrease of 186; Missouri 3,96-1 bales an Increase of 233 : North Caro line 382,477 bales, as Increase of 49,776; South Caroline 443,978, an Increase of 66,824 ; Tennessee 34,316. a decrease of 1,1ft; Tcxm 1H.069. an laoraaea of 1,366; Virginia iti.on*, an laorwaseof 4,240. Total conoumptioni of cotton la tbe Snath 1,399,399 bains, an Increase of 170,079. la refereao* to tha general manufac turing industry of the conn try and its comparative progress North aad Soath, Mr. Hester says that th* year hM beea aa netivn oaa for American mills, low prices forth* raw i Improved vaieM for manufactured goods have eaablod Northern spinner* to recover from th* depression of th* two previous years, aad tha re sult, with A continued Improvement la the South, hM been th* largest ooa- •umptloe of oottoe aad the heaviest taking* by mill* oa record. He puts th* ooasamptioa of Norther* mills for A statement dltorof theState-of Ohloi there are JLOJ74 saloons, a since the Jolj st_ — Th* total revenue from is j 116.80 per annum. The bear aoi key license In Ohio costs $260*; —An exchange sizes it uptl “Many people In the conn try ““I would uke to live la a rule, a man’s a fool; be wants it cool; when wants it hot: alwayl wanting not; never pleased with whft: M -There Is e project on footia Uen- O., to erect a Ubrary in 'latt R. Spencer, “tha 1 eva.C of PL penmnashtp.” The new bn tiding wiU be of stone, aad wiU cost $20,000. In this town of about 3,000 inhabitants Spencei lived la the early days of tha Western Reserve, aad in the little log school bouse, which wm also hie home, he first taught writing. —Returns to th* Department of Ag riculture show that the number of OM- tle other than milch cows la tha < try at tbe close of 1898 wm 3,000 smeller than the This decline ih the total aamhor eccoro panted by h rise la value of $20,- 000,000. These figures alone would *eem to givo some ground for the ad- vac oe ment in the price of meat. —Th* wife of e Wellington, Mo., farmer dropped aa earring irhUa feed ing her chicken* last weak. jewel wm quickly gobbled up by one of th* fowl*. XJutoU to ptok oat tha particular chicken, she killed them all. one by one—twooty-eevea but failed to room ■he Degas to leek Degas ed it la the gram baa had dropped ll -Forty-five acres of beach southwest cisco are to be ooedemne oeedltg* U>r the terles for the defence of The site command* the proaeh to the harbor aad le adapted for to hM a Baa (rash ink* Ip tha 1* fed by subterranean on the nailery will be ofl by legal the year at 2,190,000 balsa, which to gether with that of the South,■ aa aggregate for th* entire country of 3,5*9,iKXj. In the Soath th* activity within th* year la building naif mills hM bean without parallel; more than three hundred thousand sp.mile* have added to mills I n operation, aad there are now being erected In old end nearTy 89,000 there title to the land. —Aa Indianapolis sells wooden shoes says that hi of footwear is extensively used pie who work solder, acid, etc., oa toe »a - -rule shoe leather; people v /ho oe wet floor*, each ae aad the employees of by faebieeabie womea who ’ without stocking* when root their feet Tn mad* at Grand bam wood, by Belgians. —President Diaz, of Moklaa, 1| oa of no mean ability. While ▼iiitort I root la addition to this la every Southern State factories covering many •plndlM. spindles, are projected Columbia, B. 9., Sept. 6,18$$. Th* temperature, during th* week ending September 4, 1889, averaged about normal, having been cooler than usual during th* first part aad wen than usual during th* last part of week. At a few places only did the temperature rise above 90 dagrooo, while the lowest minima for month were recorded on August 30th. The rains of tha weak on studenU have ever been signalised by a devout spirit. Who can toll how large ly this is traceable to the happy Influ ences exerted by the College Y. M. C. A., which wm organized, developed end fostered by the president ? <- Efforts were repeatedly made to call him away to more oenspicuous posi tions and larger remuneration, but such wm his sense of fidelity to the trusts committed to him by the church of his fathers that he oould never be Induced to desert the post where tbe A. R. Church had put hlih on guard. As president Dr. Grier’s influence wm exerted in a threefold direction. His kindly interest in young men, his cheerful disposition, his even balance, his remarkable fidelity to duty, his well rounded character, his administra tive gifts, his tact in dealing with stu dents, and his commanding ability made him a power with young men. torn' portion of the State, where showers only occurred. The rainfall for tha weak ranged from half an inch at Cheraw to six and one-half InchM at Charleston. The drought wm effectually brokafeft Cotton did not receive much. If aa: benefit from the rains, except poMlbl vary late cotton that will now put on a top crop. As an affect of toe rain, rust hM inoreased aad open ootton hM become stained, and soma blown to tha und; sprouting and rotting In the n the City of Mexico th* ouod a cadet ollmbUg by hto 1 ipes which were hooked le a riee the celling. Preeldent Dies ad- ‘ ' ‘ ‘ with an abili- ft of bUi with little i tothei —Dal 1m, Texas, is mahlae prepare tion (or a big celebration to be held ea October 6, next, the return to Terry’s 1 the State of Indiana which wm t lag the war. Gov, Mount, of will present th* flag Jo Gov. ~ Texes, who la tarn will Ooi. J. L Weller, former! Weller will then torn It over to ibar of the Rangers. It hM ded to present two- banners to tne governors in the event. 6 grou bolls weather weather. The yield prospects have and con is also qnlto general. Fair er is needed forgathering ootton. ig wm retarded by the wot A Cure for the Drinking Habit. The old cure for the drink habit, which consisted of chewing raisins every time a drink wm desired. hM been tried in a number of cmcs with f ront success, and it is now being free- y recommended in various quarters. Another remedy, which is endorsed quite often by the medical fraternity, consists of eating apples in great quantities, both durli whenever thirst is felt.. It is singular that both these remedies are strictly homeopathic in-their use and appiica- tlon, bnaanse raisins' in large quantities, while raltios themselves are practically, dried grapes. From apples, of course, cider can oe made, and the argument appear* to be that using both these in gredients in small quantities kills the desire to partake to exoree of the more dangerous product. As excellent brandy is made, especially in the South, from Deachss, the treatment, to be logical, should Include the free tolof peaches by those who have little kWe for either wine or cider, but who t brandy through a stone wall hall a not Improved and continue poor, island ootton is opening rapidly aad ie being picked m it opens. Blight and shedding continue. The rains came In time to help late oorn, which is now very promising where not being destroyed by army worms, which InfMt nearly every coun ty in the western portion of the State. But little fodder oould be saved dbring the week. Early rloe harvest is well under wsy and stacked rloe suffered somewha > from tha heavy rains, Which, however, were very beneficial on late rice. Pbm and peavines for forage, m wel m sugar cans, sweet potatoes, sor ghum, and peanuts, were materl improved by the wet weather, for hay is making rapid growth, bnt In the western oountiee suffers from army worms. The week.affordeAbut little opportunity for saving hayr Much land wm sown and reeowa to turnips In the trucking districts, cabbage and strawberry plants were set out —Mrs. B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, widow of theiilate United States Sena tor Bruce, bM accepted the position of lady principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute at Tusk fils SaqatnwPvan who served a full term in the Usited States Senate, and wm the first negro register of the United States treasury. Mrs. Brnoe is a woman of great intel ligence And refinement, and Is deeply interested' in the cause of industrial education. of tb* 4 = ■♦I t I I 1 M I 1111IM 11 »♦ ft ii > \ 0' , Readers of this paper who enjoy a really good detective star/ should keep ft look out for the first chapters of Norman Hirst detective story worth read- « JV - - - A * A pain is too serious a thing to. play with. ' ’ Doni 1st it rat a good hold. Uke the roet of a plant it reaches downward. Apply , > the best penstratfng liniment f. |l T lt “Alli gator,*' and cure it right sway. Alligator Liniment should bs In every horns for Immediate use. A rub in toms win save /<*■