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■ . THE COTTON CHOP. Th* Dinner* Mfcke Their, Report* to the Government. THE CROP APPEARS TO BE LARGE. The Deprtrt mom <>r AjtrlcnHiirP Hah I tint it »>'<■« NoIummo for UpHIiik at tlic t'otton ( ro|> FluiiroA. "bales. It seem* prolmble that the final report, to ht^tssued ^bout March 16tb next, will not sltow a variation of 50,000 l>aies from Ute estlmates of the total crop wltf^h are submitted from two sources, in Connertlori with f* - figures of ed^ton^finned to Dee. TH"fe STATE DISPEHSART. NEGROES IN OPPICE V HtatertM-At of the ' ^ PuaI Vear., . /: ’ Proflti* of the t (i 1110 Is ItO.'i -V TUa-census bureau on the cotton (Tlmwd fmm the 1U0- crop up to and ] includiiur IVh - . iu Iasi.us ;s,Jtl l..ci.'» hales, irrespective of shape or weight, equal to s.UU.V.liO.'t, accordinK commercial counting. this per cent of the crop. Tt)p following is the numl>cr of gin neries reporting in tUe several States and territories: lhilled States, .rh.ini; Alabama. M,8S!i; Arkansas, 2.."ilth Florida, 2sl: (ieorgla, ,'i.ohi; Indian Territory. I2S; Kentucky, T Loulsiana„.2,l ir»; Mis sissippi, TUT,; Missouri, r.fi; North Carolina, li.os.t; (tklalioma. ^is; South Camllna, •.'UsT: ’Tennessee, Si:,; 'Texas, 4,:»t2; N irginla. H»». . h Follow log is tie: numher of tmt^^of Cot ton ginned-to and including Dec. Ft, (growlh id innJ:) Fnitcd States. !*,n11 Alabama, HtUi.Wi*l; At Kansas. Tiis.sUI; Florida,■ . r i4.l-i-l; (ieorgda. I .dTU.s.eq Indian Territory, .172.U42: Kentucky, 1,02,: Louisiana. UTo.tsi;; Mississippi, Id.,. 5.',7: Missonii, d'.'.is.",; Nurth Carolina, f, 17,0»!S: uklahoma, ind.ino; Snuth Carolina, «ik«.U89; TemicsstHh 272, I d.",: "Texas, 2.l<>7.472: Virginia, t2.:.:>7. Following is the ginners' estimate as to titt-ttuantity tola- gtoned from this crop after Dee. Id: I'nited States, t,o.",7,771: Alabama, ♦t.'i, 1(18; Arkansas, 14!i,71 d; t Ion da, ti,598; Ceorgia, U(>,711; Indian Terri tory, 52.8.dl: Kentucky. I.'iO; Louis iana, ir>tMK)8; Mississippi, 22"i. I.'iO; Missouri. d,Ui.; North Carolina. 28.- . 2:i2c <Tklahonui, 2!»,:u',8; South Caro-' (ilia, 44,7.’>4; Tennessee, d 1, lo'd: '1 exas. I88.!ir,8; Virginia, Following is t lie eanvassing agents' est imate of t Ire-p^,r l^’ilt. oM he ctsrp ginned to D|c^tfhvr. r FniU-d ^Pates', I'd. 2;, Alaliama. Arkansas 1 . 8 95.4; Indian lucky 1 ; Sevd; Louisiana.' *d.2; Missis sippi, ^2.8; Missouri, 94.d; North L’aroliha, !i4.!*: < Iklahoma, 84.5; South (Carolina, 96.4: Tennessee, 88. s ; Texas. 91.7; Virginia, 82,0. The alsiye statlsics of the <|Uiintity (if cotton gi'lined to Deceml»er Idt li are expressed in tiales as pressed at the ginneries, Irrespective of shape or weight. In the,total of '.i,.d 11,s;t.", hales there are Ht^.iiUl round liales averaging from 2Pi doo ^hiiuhIs each. Counting such round i>aTes as half tiales, as is the custom in the commercial community, the total ginned to December Idtli Is s,905j5od. The ginners have not yet returned their hale weights for tins crop, hut 40 cotton compress companies distri buted throughout file cotton states" advise'this oltlcc that they compressed and actually weighed from the growth of 1902 up to 1 it'eemhcj' Idtli, l.uiiO.- 4d-Wiales avcyraging each 5od.8 pounds, gross. Csiiig ttHswcighTas'tlic aveT- age ITir square bales Tor round bales 25d pounds the average obtaiued L'uiu the wL'ight returns of the home cd- ticcs of (lie companies such patents, the equivalent nuiulicr of 500 pound tiali'S ginned to December'Idfh 4s found to lie _8,;i71,722. Deducting the weight of the bagging and ties (22 pounds per sqnaTm - ^!^! t he liumbuji of equivalent otiO phmid tiales. net weight, ts fmrnd to lie 8,000,758. * Ity two most tliorough canvasses this season d2.528 ginneries, active and idle, have been located. tvporLsI, uf which nntnbef do. 194 have been operated for tliis crop. In their De cember canvass t he local special agents ascertained tin* quantity iif cotton ginned drum the liegituiliig of the the td. “This Is the first time in the ids lory of the American poitou crop that definite and exact knowledge of “ ! season's growth has lx*en placed in possession of the public at. so early a date, or within a date di ve mont hs as early. “The census olllce is already- iicr- feetihg plans for more frequent re-, ptirLs in connection with the ('fop qf 1 thill. - first report will cover all I lie e(.d toirginncd, of t he years' growth^ up to and iiu hiding Sept, 1st. This portion "f ei^cli year's crop is now as- The rmrmal repbrLpf the State dis- peTisary showing tne results Of the business for 14102 has,been completed. Dm. The following linures are taken tbere- from: M Srinle denslbhi itemarks on the Sub- *' IK -.JU ; ■ f . Ject by a Ndirthem Paper. S; • It Is an error for‘the Dhited States government o*any of its dopartmejUH say^ tbc 1’hilafjelphia Ledger, to im- jxise upon a community a local otllokil <\ . 1; Florida. 87.9: (teoTgia- 1 Territory’; 87.2: Kyn- signed, 111 'liic-coit to the prcKiuetion of the previous! year as the eonimefcial cotton year ends Sept. 1. • "The second report will include all cotton ginned up to and including Oct. 18, I901J, t he date .if the first re port for 1902, enabling airexaelVcim- parison in the two seasons, 'flic tIdl'd report will cover the cotton ginned up to ami including Nov. 18. ;t pciiod-e,F the utmost importance t i the grow- efs and manufacturers,: The forirtlf report will represent the cotton giuried to Dee. Id. The •lifttr*"will lie lliy 1 tinal report. . "ItvW'Ml lie sSt'cn that this pdm con templates prm-t iiall.v ;c+fiV>iit.hly la 1 - poit during tlie cotton ginning rea son of P.m.'l. It it shall lie found that still more frequent rcporlvaro destr- alile, t he cciimi.s olllce will be prepared to make them for the crop-id' tool. “The geiisus method of .iseeffainiiig the annual eotton crop can he grad ually extended and .developed, with c-umpa-iatively litUu increase of ex pense, so as to include slat 1st ics of t he eottoiiseed od industry, the acnage aTitina'dy devoted tTr eotton. and 'Hi-' miff lakings and consumpt 1011 of eot- hm, thus making Llie Reports a eoiu> pl**te showing . 1 d Hie proiluetioii consumption uf^donre-Mic. cotton The cities and countiestniulo •.TH2 1 ' i;8.“t.,\(! out of the sale of whiskey,i'iO,' 515.40 for Iicer. making % total oTfHds f t i.t,;f98.7ii. The Stag’s "net profits were $l2.'t,«99.57 v the total pro lit* or Slate, ehuhties and cities l.K-Ing $5V.ii,. >98.:;:;. Statement of protit and loss pecount for tlie-vflseal year endjng Noyiunlier Hioss pin1i4s on niefehaitdi.si ,'ftil to that community. . There is no thevry, no alistract ideal, involved; in The postmaster of a town HI* simply a person dl#Rna^ed to trans act certain business for the inhabi- tantsandjie must lie a.person accept able to flmiiv. Their right to he serv ed agreeably is far superior to any In- diyidual's right tu-buid a public otllee. Tbe appuiitmCntsof negroes to-of- lics* in tlie" Southern .-slates sold dui'ing the I'yii' < oiit ixtband seizures . . SI at e\ share pfoliti of liecr sold by tlei'inanui Jlrewety ; • dtirlhg year....... 4‘crmi! fees,,.* Amount warrants issm'd ahrl never presented.,. .^<w...r. la ISSKS. Supplies tjqltles, corks, la-' files, wire, foil.seals, Ikixiis, V wax, etc,, for I he \ear.. t ..>17)i7<(io to 1 nsiiranc!' |iieiuiums . d.uri^p I reighl and express charges Tgl.J27 nil i.ahnr (pay rolls). ••• 24.058 js lOxp uisq. account L Salaries, commit tivs. ot : jv ~~ .Wktt.s.ii !f2 generally tk-en based upon an inver- 'u.mii 29 xiop of this rule—upon the negro's right to hold office, rather than upon the community's rigfit to he titly served.: It- is not. pretended that in the average. Son the rr> town th« ne- H2-54 4tr(K*s form .the mdsf intelligent, and —r-r- 1 trustworthy portion of the population. .'il.Too.a'vl 154from whom the I niUd States gov. rn- meut can best.,select its representa- Uvns. 1 iryiiiiiin- towns, no doulit. tiie.v re numerous than the 1,507 140 1 50 #- p 1 1st age 9 dy tab inspect ors tkM^ippIce^ljgbii T Tegranix, stock t print mH.“el. plioui', etc. .. ;i2,oo!l .V» ('linsiabiilary ..:..... .ic;.... 51.722 25 t.tf igat ion >........4... 402'88 | I’lisalable • demned f Loss Kihlien ale,'liatuberg coin. H'age i ic r dts- ■ am PHOSPHATE RETURNS. ■ In- Annual Kcjuirt ol' i lie I n-pect<>e lias He 1 rib d ’I'4re annual—ivpurlState I' 11• >s- pllatc Inspector T. -I. ( uiininglKtin to the governor as cTiainiKrfl nf the hoard of phosphate commissioners, was tiled i with that official Monday and ti> him turned over to the Stale priiiler. The report covers in detail the operations of the mines for the fiscal year ending Dee. 21, 19u2. and the amount of roy alty accruing tothe State from tIn; sales of phosphate rock'"for t he same period. The inspector says:. I he phospJiatu mines4i;ive hadjto contend with an adverse market fur their rock: only in one instance hasThe price ot r<>ck execetled 4-2 per ton, the Coosaw" company 1 being ttie only company to |su additional royalty *1*7.u">.- A large pi-r cent, of the ris k was shipped to foreign markets. The Cciitral 1‘ltospliate gonfjiany lias tiperafed two dredges"eont inuoiisly durifig ttn- year in Coosaw' river The Ite.aufort’coin- panv also op'rated two dredges rbii; tinnoosly iu—imusa-iv .xLvcr. Itoth of stJn'sprrmTpnriiefjiiiade a pplieaHtui hn "a removal of. t(lie licenses which was granted them. The Coosaw company operateil two dredges ui CiMisavv ri-Vct until t liey Mispeiided milling in April '1asy They kuh have 500 paies fi^k on hand. The F.ipptre Mining c.WnpJfny when or < qlf'ra) loll ind-s only l^jpul piettus in He spring" arntsijui- jiiThsary g-.: * Monek sc'oijier.... ... St. Mal l liew's.„ Loss liy lire ii'ishopx die lnss-“ !js5,fWl: insuianee #1.0.50 hnss by lire. -U’Meara’s dis-~ peir-ary, ('haiTesfon: Loss #2.9 U, 17; i u.surain n # 1.8i n i. Loss I iv robbery: Loris dis pensary.... ..c7 \Vinnslioro dispens.ny Si. Mal tUcw's d.ispeii.sai \..... I’Inye’i.s' ^Kxposii ion dispell-- -SlU -. v. ....tlf. I lolly I in! di-,piuisar> , . la 11 a w v i IfF d is| >e i isa ry......... ife vcime (rdeiise I2| [ffill S heel; •-tle-'l l'd won bless, ilonour Tn,aF —U-^loo ilispi iisarv 7 worl 11less barrelsn<r Wort It less stock dei i.am asl H .... ■... —...... l,o-,s by SuiTmier villc dispen- -ja-rV li re: St Oek "^T.tCrTlTP "sn i aj ne *i:2iio . ileakage,cd«I wine, i UHling- 14 47 99 81 20 20 "L9I1 1HI 2.141 17 "no 2 3 M 89 8 9.7 , 4 73 7o IM 4 55 (-25 oo ire more nTimcrous than ttie whites: hot the chief officials of the place ate rbktTtly" expected to lie somewhat alkive the general average, nearer to the higher plane of intelligent cifizeh-. ship; The selection of negroes for of Tice, therefore, is plainly' infioenget by political eonsideratioius, in prefer ence to considerations of 'cmcient ser- viee or of the comfort and satisfaction of the community. " Ttii.s LgJwth a ilieoretical and a practical error. No ma.ii po.sscss.es any personal right to. l;oW an officftjdmply by. reipiriii of his color. If he isjuot,acceptable tothe people he is ,? expec.t-ed to serve. Hk- gmeniinent is not cal led upon t^i im pose him upon tfit*m because hi* isa negro, any more than It would he be- eafijie he had red hair. It may he said that the people have no Tilore right to object to him on one accoulit than oij the other.— While tlifsi may lx* true', the fact remains ^tat they do object. Un various g tfiiVnds' iiot' necessary to discuss here most South- enijciunnninities object to negnk*s in. office, whi.Ui, 11 icy "have hud no occa sion to cunsidcr.uhjectioits luisi d oil otjfcr physical distinctions. It .mav lx* J Calamiiicfl of the Vear- The year 19Q2 bids lair to be known th the pecOHls of time as the volcanic and eaithquakeryear. awd this con- tliicirt has had-T^ full share of the disastrous results of these convulsions. . ■ • • 'V v ■ - , The dlRturtkinccs beg^n last May, and from Jthat time tu this there has not lieerr a month in which they have n<»t been active. In South America, Central Amerfea, the islands .of the Caribbean Sea, Guatemala. Mexico and Alaska, there have been violent eruptions of volcanoes, involving large loss of life arid widespread destruc tion oF property, while many volca noes'. long supposed Gabo extinct, have made sympathetic efforts “kufficfently threatening to cause general alfrm in their yleinltles* ;The ' erupt fun of | Mont Felep and MoiU,.-Sduffriere 'weri ttie hiosL-'Vioie.iH.f try for miles around in ashes, and de stroying 4,>,00b lives. To these inust be ad(lTuD7',ii25'more lost at ht hort places,‘uiaking a total of 52 l ,225 vic tims of volcanic fury. NTdeanie- efuptioiis have Itc.en ac companied by seismic distuTlnincis in various juirts of the world. Fpon this contiuent Mexico and ^iiiateuiala l ave beeii the chief giitlerers. l.V^i IfNes liy iup liei'ii Iil^i iir rhuxe two'* i nine - tries. Few disasters from Diis cause have occui / re l in Kurope. tint 'Turkest;HC'.in_ NVcstefn A'-up.has Ijm-ri -kha.Leii.-.iifi tliri'C Limes- -- f li FelH'U,U'> j Life is happier, bnsiness is is ^dod. "Uerrict of,your trouhfej Mn7r rV’O I TTMI***' ^ ,et er ) "hen your dfge IUULLEj I O JL£jlu |b'e by regulatiug diges ion Anridetil me^icitie for biliou I alion arid indigestiuxi. iPierrfnttrl efrecfri-isr—r~-T~.- —r-^ A .iuoxpensivh Uytpd ami endo) ' Ask your druggist Tor it aud IN ELIXIR, ousno&s, 'tick headache, contii- Is'Htit to tak»*, and pleasant in i's Lemon .Hot Di lidorsed by thousands for years Tid lake no substitute. for Coil t*—.nu colds. ’ In'" 0 Continues to make Miraculous Cures READ THIS LETTER: ALMOST A MIRACLE. 7__ —— ^ ' , \ lot wrv, S; <3;, A qg. Wta, HO*. Ail DniggiuM, or s^nt ,c*prt- Bobbltt Chemical Co. t - - »l roved ton 1,1175 2(1 “tr Totalex|H*nses 1 ..#277,252 ->8 Stiite s pr.^it tor year.(KLssed ~h5Vnvdlt 'of scliool fund 122,1199.57 " "8*—- ' - i #.5ih 1,9.52 15 an unreasonable iirejiHlIce. lint i( ex ists, :ind it is not peculiar h> Uie Soutli. TTie eorr-t'eti<ih of social pre- jii.(IIcc(u reasonable or unreasonable, is 1 not a functhai iH. the I’nited States government. l r ts function is U> have the puhlie business Irjinsactcd *in a manner to givi 1 the greatest possible Satisfaction to the iveonle^amccrncd. 5,000 lives were )■ isl-rfr Sli'.iuiiakar," in | • the (Jaueasus -rta^pn: in Sejifemh'T. 1 1,100 In the^same region, and in D? s t~s ember. "Midii at Andijan, which is in (fit casCern aiart’ of Turkesfan. In affilHOin to these last ten rimes the r ffuimlKhihave been left homeless. Ttiej entire nbuaber of lives lost from this; cause is 12.437. - Nut satisfied with volcanic disturl)-' - ances and earthqu ikes., hat tire xhas L fweiiTSusy w h h it.s-sfdriMS.in(4iic shap«*: ' Of evclones. hvphorns "and hurricanes evi ry inontli in the veafs. Thcv Count.j 1 -1,592 victims. Nalure lias also let • A 'l I In’tsc floods,, s^-.'epmg aw av s ,y.!2 \ ie Cherokee Remedy of tims. (Tiina. as usual, being t lie prin- Ttpai—sutferer,- FrCe. that «»lfTitlr'e'!c- immt nif.iiaTiirf*. dfainis a long iisfvt ^W’Hajis., ■tfjfi.iuglFji^s hardly lair. • • hdrgw^onaufog \vbai.-Olcas'iV is s t rihiit ahle ,tn liiij^an iiegligciuV^milfp carele.4siiess v as was sliowii. for in- stance, tihge times in this city vvhon TlirSt. Luke'S pospital. the glaueos'e works ami tfm-LfugoUi liote^.iuriiidi 7 lives. Last h*'i n r 'Opntl*>Tripn;-Tn September. 1S99, J took rheurnatlVm In a very bad. */»«•. In a month Hltet the ai»ea*e started I had to K ive' up my wor't and »o to bed. It eontlnued to irrow worse uutll my arrmcmnrt haiWls wFre Iwdlv d™wn so muoh so that I could not use them. My leas w«tfre drawn hack finMfm'y feet touched my hip/. I was as helpless as k for nwly twSlya month/ The muscle# of mi ai-ms and leirs wore hard and shriveled up I suffered death many times overFlVas treated hy six 40*,rent phys.ohinsl, McCoUnulonand Marion, but none of t hem eon Id do m*c an v (rood, unt II l“rjPKw"ni otmiton came to see me. Hslold me to tr» your ** Umianucu,*." IU rot iim'onVli,ttie of the tnedicinokndl beran to tt.ke tt And before ,| u . first Is,ttie wa# used up I fa-ran to yet bettor, t used f.ve an,I a half bottles and was cortaa^,.H.nr^d -That was (wo years airo.and-tay health has b-err excellent ever si^'e. lfavehtui no syiiU’O'tnS of rheumatism. I reaaol ItHKCMACinr" ##, h» far the beat remedy (br rheumarOm on the market. I cannot too much for ft I have reeummendcl It t<> otlver^ since and It baaeureil.them, , . » a e W411.v.further, t hat |>sr it if J#UUflCin:3t*iriL'»i x days after I beitan to Ua«, “ RrilCM aoidf," with the aid of crutches ; quibouf three months afrerl beran" to take itoleoul't walk as good as anytsHly, ITfrd wf-nt back to work again. I Very truly, u JAMKS WILKES. 4»«T tl<! on receipt of fi.oo. * Baltimore, nd. N* 1 1 uadtls to towmF au<i (‘oiitilius'fruin whiskey (Ti^i fadisaries. ...s 7...#282.(18; NH pitilil s frotu beer tlispen- sitnes...7-',..^^-.-. • • tki,.715Tu <ione Twenty V «‘urs. Ahiel 1 “alcii was n soldier in the CiVU War, ami when the WI4T ofirfrrt tie returned to his native place,- liut- Curcs Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, LaOrippe anc , all Throat and Lung Troubles. MAOL of Pure ^vr€E ft, GUM, MULLEIN & HONEY/ Your Druggist sells i/2o & 50. Attention! Planters, invirhlfig tlie lovs oT year-1.592persohs have l>ccq reported lis having lost their livus in Iliis.c mu—y try by fire,'hut i.he real miThlier imtst have I toon greater. In large Hitts in j , Europe l .m*7 lives“haTi'been f^p«>rted f t as. lost*. The number of casiiaiiUes of j U i is kit id iti E arc ip<* J s mi ic h sma 11 e r than in this country, a* they inCire-.securely over there iand, VT. “Then* lucet,''" Stales lie I prolits.... #442.198 7ti maw" -ymti.ri** :i:i CAUGHT fN HIS OWN TRAP pai rs a in Lot lie is improvemi'Tits season to and including Decemlief-Kif-lk-ltttt+tctpijte being ready for work and alsuseeured from each of thejic- tive ginuers Ids estimate of the quau- tity of. eotton to he ginned by his establishment after December 13. The estimate ofThe pereentage of flic crop ginned is based on the estimales of <12(1 canvassing agents; who were iu- structed to coniine Uieir esUmutes to the territories canvassed by them and to the knowledge gained therefrom. One estimate Hierefore serves as a" eheek against the otlter. Acrtmilng to the estimate of Uie gume-rs l0.3 cent, of the crop remained’ f'o lie glhiiesl after Dcceml>ef 13, while ac cording to the estimate of yie caii- vassing agents the , percentage was 9.8, Applying these*', percentages and the general average Isaie weight u)a-. tained round and squar6 hales, the tier months. TjieV have U||_ haiII1 loo tons i,1 rock. ing company st ill few- years (arm,-and with his wife lived bapinly nearly fifteen years. Ilytndustfy he aequjred a good liy amount of property. I’jitcU t(Mvk a pan of corn at 4 -p. lu -Dee.-.27. 1882. and started for the pottffTy iuaise Dr feed his hens._ Wlien ho <144 not retumTor sugrpec his wife fronted ttll over the place for him. but in v;i(n,. Tlie ne.xt day'di seuiivlrrmr' party was formed hy thi; neigiihors ami the forests for miles alrouTfd were without timling a ffaee , " flt 'S 1 n ? }> - rrl> ‘ fi a l T ‘ u ^ ttii- los* t J life, hv Jirt* al** eadKrjignt a good lit.t.lt i'll,- ^ftough llxperience Jr> -rrh Silas -aj.:oiiie JiUL. Hi niey . rv kcjmu ky Tnugrer. Sijas HettfVi w Is* tl ves on t lhapittte of the missing man. After a few days' the starch was-ahatidoned. No letter ever rami TToT was wiierca hunts of Fa toll e ver recejved. WhilA Mrs. Dafcti Was preparing fur build and eon- fires, in s(,‘que,t)Tiy ha ve fewer destmeti vt T4to gtmeVal IreiKl.Jd lire wastt this coiihtry fs in the directi mi Hf hi crease, ifiid the saddest feature c f ij iueveasrs every y ear.^ : ^ '"From all otfier causes a lit t le muTi than WM} [lersunsMi.ive pci i-died in 4902. While tills is not as large a number of fatalities as has ocemfcd in'some other years, the destruction fa phanominuI. in that nearly . lwij- dlords of it Iuls lk‘en occasioned h.v We Can Save You Money on Plow Shapes From our stock of Twenty Fiit Tms, mvnsistinn of Titrn Flows, Hull Tongu-s. Scooters, Mrpt^lif ^iiov'.rl^ Swjg.e^s elc. Ottr i'l iccs nTP iTwn v dnwrr. rrtni hesttjes. on 1 Hts nf :}ou ,|*onnds and miwards Ave dcIiverT liotn at your freight depot*• FrtiyJU Pa h/. -oC volcanic and seismic disturtiances. river, in Mercer o,ulity. Ky.. is' 1 .KUnper last Monday evening tliere ym Huards, (7 s* a fa* a rap' at the 'liiofr ' She, opened tlie i ingrirl 11 Mi'indav.. Silas ;uh1 Iijs I’lie Nu'w (lit Miih nqiorls boo -tmiN o rock on hand. This company suspend ed liiisiness ahout two years ago. Til* roek on 'hand~Tias. never hetm LiTir This" dried and they are having trouhleTii timling ;vfavigalilc market' I’orJit-.--The Slotio coiiHiauv worked, one •dredge ci.iitiiinqtislv in Monu nwr-until Nth all yu iiiOils flapper., son spent Htig t raais VrUmg.-lll .v t flinr gist qm- vv;ts oue^nFSilus;nvu iml inosi .elfective in>alyhiij'g-epatfa. afteruoijn set- ri ver chtfs ami just at niglu-i.ill. door, and at) frltl ma* with a long .gray heard stepped an/ , There was nothing airouDlftk face jor.lignre that looked familiar Uii-'I rs.'K’.rtcir, and when "tTje Tnaii.toH her he was—A+del I’.iteli I'aiiit'ul t*» Itecord. A dispafclv. from Laurefis to The" State says Mr. llilkwv , Moseley, aged 1 (15, died Tiuirsday- nigtit ai the i ouiHy home.. He was a native ui Latuens Cnonty juid aJ—i.he yont Ineak of I he- promptly rm Wt* offer also a fit}) lino of tors. 1 and 2'horst TT ov stocktj. Oliver Chillei T , lows<*o<irjd«tSo v f Vlt*T*raDni >ub &Jtl Fl<>w', Harrows, t.'pjiivato|i etc. — W t ite ont^ViH-u: .wait t s TO ' fy-ripe^.—If n/vw rime to stir tin* ea iL lei ug tpiole you / Fertilizers; Yes: Largest ilealei s in this section. ' , ' r- - •. ■ - / -•. *" Ye. Civil War h< *i■ iilisiTiig , with ntrt- r t »n t hr rffer l«ttik was a lyHi that every; iiivetjons sire thougirrhc was playing a prank fonfref. Wrieli he showed her a pecu- hushand vemliei .-wheii I hev Mis|leirdrit’lM!' re- f lie v 11 u r- euun t^^l.pxvsed would visit, and h.orc+ >akis-set h+rr t rap. An augur ftole was -liu.ii il hi the log, a eiawlish vva^drop- msTTii. ami fmo'-long steel nails, as sharp pointed as needles.-he could -thrust hi his haftd-lor the a rawlish tiougli. hut not withdraw it t he pu'oirs «,i .tm liar Jiuger ring which her liiol alwavkwornaiiH tlye SKIT of a severe bullet wound bn t he side of his head wkiidl-fuv received at Cold Ilar- hor in the ( ivil War there was rm easily hccansr* like barbs t hat . uur. i ~ ' ami ilia harder thrust. Into~ he pulls tin ipg 4he present, month, jiossihly vgrt-h t.uii, S. ('. Mining and Manufacturing company have reecnHy=-4„ eh granted license to mine in (.'ikisavv.i'ivifi>A at tent tun is called Io the statetnefVfv . , , in det ail nf the monthly ope rat ions of . l,, V % sL, V 1 ' ll,< " th® InJiH* each c impanyT—T-hm-ft-pttH .sliovvs a |. 'falling otf of fhe rock miiicrT'and sold") | fc ’ii 1 " ity sontco# — —.. . , ., .... hv uttiers. The aggregates for . tb ' 111 l, “ ^k itliuiil rinlH fiscal year. Jlist elostul will .'omupafv- 44y .wit h 11mse -uf previtms vears." - , »- V f11Llher\P‘tubt nf tTis-idenTlty.. ——‘ ''MelLiitune Ucausc l -ivanted ex- nails TR’e aw. dee pm; the woods. I havefheen all Ovor the ■fno&fs of Northern V'ertnoTrtf, New tnipvas a I must (lark. Iiy thrust in a-jJxi.v Huger to feel OlV, :P'.'UlLyTlKI. gji fact” crop according to the ginners Is 9,99ei,- 2ou bales, and according to Ihe' can- vassers 9,95-h ion. bales of an average gross weight -of 500 pounds. ^Thc "“census office assumes no responsibility "for I he aecuTacy of FTfi^te 'est tmates. This report will lie followed hy a third anddiyal repot t^at t he end of the ginning seaSmu-ahtiiit March Kith, which will distribute the crop by counties, segregate upland and ,sea island cottons, and give weight of bale. IT IS NOT Ut'KSSW'OUK, 1 n gi ving ,out the report Ifirector Merriam made the fojlmffhg’ m< ‘'lt seems important to again stffiq Jn connection with these statistics of while he.vvas gone proved the truth of the girl's family. rrrffi'br’rr^mTrfrrm-Tnr l -(-m hik^rtnl',tt 1.,,itid as they relattj to the “hales of cotton ginned to Decendier. kist. Uiey involve no gbesswork iat jtpy puirVt, nu-rstV mate hy anvlxidy, and ntflinecrtainty 'of any kind: They represent the ex act number of hales of cotton that have passed through the ginneries, that has been done by the census ^mceisto make and verify the addi ctions, Anybody is at liberty to ex- amine the whole process adopted by tbe ceyu»j?» f office jn handling these re turns. ’Triie returns represent the ginning’ operations;wf every ginning estahlishment which has handled any portion of the growth of 1902- “Tbe report is made at a time so near tbe clq^e of tbe ginning season aa to permit a very close ap- proximation of tbe actual growth of tbe jear, . In 500 (pound J iu_. the,,..MAh’ I., * bad Kn cul- " m il d a Cunxif t fuui'lsliip 'beg.TtT prison at T^iiU'h’ N. .i.. nati.its c minatiun in the Jiiarriage "f (jiaijes Miller, recenllyparoled. fo-Miss Lou ise Hill, a lew dayv.ugo. Miller vy.ts given a srrrtencr ufYteti years for breaking into a pus toll lee. \Vlii|e workTTrgr in:the t*frtthhtg-slfbp-. ligMon ceive<4 t,he idea of a ti|n(fl fhekst itch sTwviiig maeliioe t lijit w>mld emihl-i Wl't t set' M' nicely I ffat Wlieiifm^m'4 to. wiitHha-w hi*- tinger he was in Mr. \fivt uuij's pliglit exaeltv*. (lueof the man tu du Uie vvurk irf a htimh'ed. proved s-tny&ful a net Tie L in * way to ln'cbfne rich. His bride' It a tair slfnrne is just, outside uf t he; prison walls" Had Nine Wives. K Kugene Styles,, an alleged bigamist, now in jail fit Fort. Hibson, Miss. , was a minister of t he (“hrisfian (’hureh, 4mt is said to have no fewer than eicht deserted wives in various parts 1-bL-l.i11'.st unit riino- nial venture, and the one that result- liarlis entered his'tingeraml alniost bc- fure he knewIt all had hi th tight-The more he struggred the deeper his harljK satik into his llesh. This WaS anytfiirrg hut a hnighing matter to Silas'. 11 is old knilV-w/is Kki dtijl Jo. fiiake any 'headway in Cult mg the iiarfs^ .M>; aftei' iimikkigc^mlinatter uvei'cfn* started«hi?riitrtlelK>.y luuue with a lighted lantern) to get *the pirreers fh ptiMiMit'Tfnr nTrfls^ M'ho Ixty, made his wav ii[i theclitf. lost his way. fell over rocks and logs and ex- fnigtiished Mfo lantern.^ Fnahjc to get his hearing the fad slept under a le<IgMiif n n*k atnt'came near—freezing to deatli. Meanwhile Silas sat astride the log in the rain and thought Sunday school words. Hut a rep) danger he- gan to tUrratm fitm. The river be gan rising rapidly. It crept up until it reached tlul lower end df the log. ' As dayliglit approached it began to si/riit Iv ami Silas knew an end "wasTIuat i~g. ’ I11gtii"f .niTi hHiHei'-tSsg jpe water, anil JSilas knew that if he ■'ffM lug dcafli wis 'certain - . I u his despcrji; -humlrcfls of deer" and inuiisek "1 didicf. intend D> ever come bilclv, aiutt hoped iarrv' auain,^ but I ■she had muiati v lie sepved Close of hostilities, coi i nee ted in. La u re i vs ville < “ountios. I Tew years ago hr J>>411 r,'(is County. . volunteered. Srnftfi fitntlirm A. Third S. C. Ileg- gaTlantty tTPthe TTe e was well and t> reerr- health failing a beea me a vv a rt 1 nf The t tiloailol I’istul. —The Spartanburg fburnal says Win- Hishop. nf liitnail. 2:. years (dd-.-„dted in Asheville Saturday as the resfiit <7“ -by a, The ku ter- was . 'Faint their \\ agi u (Sr Ti 111 1 1 A 'gr !<ht 11 in’t I ftvcin from injury from watHn-r. A stngk moi 11iTpTf jnerrf 8. Ct o prt serv e IYI a Skury ’ is sufficient Vw r Y; g <; x n Apply yotec-elf tn a fe-w minnte a pistol lyound accfm;ntAHy intlicttil .SUFTil-kASTkkX I.iUi; v\ ( nvn-X-^vpar old Imiv. .lohn Seay. Che. pfayrng. in iiislvop's ilium and not know ing t!i I fv " .weapf'ii was loaded he snappetlii with e Ii-anenl*. later m^ex- f r ,, su!ts . r , mai .is of HisW ^plaining Ins lung absence/ I ^. ri , tll ,, in p tfl frYimrikt- — .-yiVltM farming and started hut int(7]- n !?f C \^ t ^ ! - - 4* C II A. >x, .Xai'cc-sl i tealfis in TTTuTd’jT 'A2' a meeting F.ar.yesterday.H to Miss Whetstone, daughter or a prominent jilanter of Mississippi. He | . _ , . eU$0rt \viUM4u* girl to Texas?- and j fnnr' he pulled -his dull barlow andf ,a deserted wife her assi-rTTmts' to literally sawed his linger of! above the middle j^int,’.and the log dm ted away. lH-the niijiutes afterward another trapper, came aloag and Tound him. iL was so chillt'd that he was unable wfalk home alone. S'tx kn young Isiys, tlye white and two colored, have died Ui Charleston "since Christmas of tetanus, or lock* jaw. caused by powder huri4s whllti tiring toy pistols, charged with Wank ... __„ r cartridges. Three deaths from this have passed away, in frightfu} jnalad^ were reported to the lower of the balance board of health .Sunday and more than one physician is treating children suffering from lockjaw in its most virulent form. 17 " Something to Note. A quite notable utterance is quu^d from Frof.-W. H“. Council, of Normal, Ala. “Although,” .he sajs, “i came up from the bUter Side of the Hood, and drank the dregs of theVup of ; slavery, still I honor the gray-hairgti veteran of the Most cause,’ and ^ fetll that when tlu. , y_4ias3 away and whep t|)eir old slaxms a’measure the power wheel ,of Southern, society will gone.” Northern 'exchanges pi copy. ~ V A--’ .‘iAt-Kb. Ter-fme*’ more before I died. "Fhc winters ha.ve lieeh prelty cold,- and 1 could not stand if, much longer in the/woods." Fateh did not Ihink his wife wofild wiJcHme-hfnV. but as she has done so. he says lie will remain., Mr: and Mrs. Fateh havenever had any childron. l'“cil“t on Horse Flesh. Six hundred peopjb'sat d(iwn 'I’liurk-’ d.ty night' to the most", .remarkable hanquet that ever has beeri/given in 1 (6Ftim TTermafir. Tlie. dishesxionsist- ed eiilirvlv.of Iiofse meat and weic served in various-forms. Tlie society for the,pteVentiuu" of cruelty to ani mals isSueirihc invitations to the din ner. which was given fur the purpose of demonstrating the - nourishing and palatable qualities ( of horse meat, thereby Causing im'rcascd amsumpr tioo of-thermeat and a rea/ly market for (}ld horses.- * M'his would prevent the owners from-working the poor an imals tp death, as well fed specimens w'uiid bring (Qofd pniees. The bih (d fa ro ci msTsi ew"riT hotse sou PjTvTeEten ngiije- lijlel of horse and roast horse. AH'of the dishes werTnTeSTf prepared . and werg^ greatly relishud- Die presiding officers of the society, Friyy (^puncillor von Scofeid. said 30,000 horses had-beon eaten in Hef lin last year and that he hopeifaor a large increase indhe future. - Many- prominent-members of tbe jfaythstag aiutiif the oily couneil, were present at the banquet. .7'. ^ -> Mg^.VT."iiVi7fr;i;aii'ic l| i/ •#. Kilhol IDs Hrother. k (A social to The Atlanta Journal from* Gainesville says; Iteeaiise his broker refused to give him a ciga- rett^ paper. Pink Grove,'a'ymmg man living at Grove Park, Fla., plunged a knife into Ids brother's iieart, killing him instanUy. "’Groves was arrested and placed in jail. of the < »rarjgehjug re .his F. I/.ler was r Associate Justice aiuf a coinmitte appofutcll to presentfllHi action of the HaFWrttie Legislature. -The Times arid llemo- uract licarty endorses the aMioh of Ik* endorsed hy the Legislature in the election of Judge 1/lar. 1 _ r fniHinrof Uaiilwaie Is noi l» nei Ijian oUief, don'.l buy it._. e sJkos. 1 >t4r salesmen a re out. O-nk of the mokt munitlcent gifts of the^ Christmas season was that of William L. Klkins, nf Fhiladcjpliia. to the Masonic' frirternrty. lie will er<N:i amf'fridmVi .at a cost of #l.ooo.- 000. a home for the orphaned daugh ters of Ma.snus> to l>e in -i’liiladelphiii. 'njg.yill is said to lie the largest erei mfidb to\rnv fratermil; eirganiiiatton• In, the World, ■ Details | have nut y<T'"f»i‘( ,i n' rnmpleted. hot t In- work of ejecllftgJLlffi iV' w hi une will | tjo-begun in a short time. * 4 Coleman-Wasener Hardware Campany 303 KING St,, CHAHLES'I'ON s.T; r - GOLDMBIA LxLUMBER & MFO. GG. »A»M. DOORfa, DMINDSjlMTDRItfR f I88C1 AMD MJMfBEft. ANY QI AMTITY. Golumbia G. i.r*. -O. Mano kl Hange, edit<\r of Lihertas Manila, lets, been sentehceil^ to six months at hard labor and a tine, of #2,000 for libeling Gen 1 l^ell in his paper. It seem* that SpahishM^thods are to be kept up in tffinepJViHpptneS. -CHARLES C. LESLIE. ; —Wholdsale dealer in Pish and Oy sters 18\k 20 Market St., Charleston. S. C" Consignments of country produce •- are respectfully solicited, poult ry, eggs., Ml x;. 1 0=3 A X nifrH- tlimiltl *ti*> toeonsult Ip. Hatha- Way at "IH'ej'to hi> in r ,■ ftp rt t zeyi »< the Irta.l'ing fl^Kt mu'.l suc- t-i---ful a (>e'i' i'a llai. V <1 u are s a>fe In a Ylac'rt(( your rase In his haiiits.as he Is the Ion e e s j estahlishrd amt fins the liest re^v utatlon. H e c,u P*» w h e r ox ptU^r* fall: there is no patchwfirk lor exiierlmentlnp in hi# treatment. Per sonal attentlun ty nr. Hathaway, also site ctai eminsel from nls associate physician# when necessary, -which no other office has. IT you can not call, write for free booklet# and iMie-tlon blank#. MenUon your trouble. Ev erything Htrictly confidential. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D. W Inman Building 22i S; Rroad SIT " ( 'Dinl/n t I'a CHA RLESTON UHnCntLOto, South Carolina, Gagcf’s White Lime. Cemfents, Fire Pricks, Terra Cotta I’ijpes. -27—tv—' CJ ■ U’ nit. lUTitkwxT. ORfiES VOI R FISH from, and ship your Produce to R. T. Daniel & Co. Wholesale & lie tail Fish & Produce. 506 K)NG ST., Oharleston, S. C. '-rN-.; '■ — .4 -: ■ \ -A mm’ ’■> "SR. -- .VT TOT 'iSTA, fil XiRGHA. ' Kl-'.it Ui:i> OH TU1TIO.V H KFrt * If OI&X WK1TB AT ONOIC.