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?Thii Greatest. Yalup This y<jajr in. c .History of Oar Trade. VALUE OF EXPORTS ' VTLI, I [ " ' F.xeeoil That Su?i, Thoneii conant tty Is a Quarter ot a Billion I'OIUKIH lifQB Than trio Crop of 1H?8. Cotton ls still king In the export records of the United States, and its record in the present year is-likely to surpass that of any preceedlng year. The value of raw cotton exported in the eleven months ending with May is, according to the preliminary lig ures of th . treasury bureau .of statis tics, $308,747,095, which is $5,000.000 in excess of the highest eleven months figures heretofore recorded by this preliminary statement. The highest eleven months' record for any earlier year was that for. the eleven months ending with May, 1!)01, when the total stood at $303,497,017. Shoull" the figures for June of this year equal those of June in thc Immediately preceding years, the total for the fis cal year would he $317,000,000, or 84,000,000 In excess of the banner year, 1001. The quantity exported this year is not as great as that of the years 1898, but, owing to the higher prices received, the value is very much greater than that of those years; and, as already indicated, larger than that of thc the corresponding months of any preceding year. The total quantity exported in thc eleven months ending with May, according to the preliminary statement, is 3,481, 353,287 pounds, against 3,208,G2l,478 pounds in the corresponding months of 1901, when the value was $5,000,000 less than at the present time, and 3,721,310,009 pounds in eleven months of 1898, when the value was $222,414, 180. Thus thc total quantity at thc present time is 240,000,000 pounds less than that of the corresponding eleven months of 1898, but the value is $80,000,000 in excess of the value for the corresponding period of that year. The average price per pound of the cotton exported, determined by dividing thc number of pounds into the value stated hy thc bureau of statistics records, is, for the eleven months ending with May, 1903, 8.87 cents, and for the eleven months end ing with May, 1898, 5.97 cents. Comparing the total values of cot ton exported with those of preceding years, it may be said that 1903 seems likely to show the largest total value in raw cotton export of any year in the history of our commerce. In 1848 the total value of raw exported cotton was, in round terms $02,000, 000; in 1800, $192.000.000; in 1870, $227,000,000, but $184,000,000 stated in gold; in 1880, $211,000,000: in 1890, $250,000,000; in 1900, $242,000,000; in 1901, $313/300,000, and, as already in dicated, seems likely to be, for 1903, 3317,000,000. Meantime the value of cotton ex ported in manufactured form has also increased, and will make its highest record in the present fiscal year. The total value of cotton manufactures ex ported in the ten months ending with April is $27,932,509, indicating that the total for the full fiscal year, will probably be about $34,000,000, against $33,000,000 in 1902, $24,000,000 in 1900, $10,000,000 in 1890, $10,000,000 in 1880 and $4,000,000 in 1870. At the same time the cotton manu facturers of the United States have increased and are still increasing their consumption of cotton both from our own fields and from abroad. The total number of bales taken by the mills of t e United States last year for the first time passed the 4,000,000 line, the figures being -l,0S3,00O bales, against 3,fi44,0C0 in 1900, 3,325,000 bales in 1890; 1,795,000 bales in 1880, and 857,000 bales in 1870. Meanwhile thc importations of foreign cotton, chielly Egyptian, are growing witii remarkable rapidity, the importation in tho present year being likely to reach 80,000,000 pounds, to which may be added 20, 000,000 pounds of "Hocks" or cotton waste, with a total valuation of about $12,000,000 against 43,000,000 pounds of waste imported in 1893, valued at less than $5,000,000. A Rad Fellow. Jim Wilcox, twice convicted of the murder of Nellie Cropsey, left Eliza beth City, N. C., Thursday to begin his thirty years' s< ? lenee in thc peni tentiary at Raleigh. Previous to thc arrival of the officers at Hie jail he of fered to sell the jailer a pistol, and to his amazement took a thirty-eight calibre revolver from his pocket and fired three shots; then gave it to the jailer.. He claimed that he carried this pistol during both trials. It was fastened to Iiis leg by Iiis garter. When the ollleers appeared he had to be carried from the jail by force. He cursed and swore at them, refused to wear a neat suit of clothes provided by his father and insisted on wearing old trousers and worn shoes. Ile said to the sheriff: "I shall not stay at the penitentiary. I shall be back here soon. A few emilers here, some houses there and a match will make a blaze. People will know when 1 get back.'" IjyncbiiiK lu Feared. Considerable excitement was caus ed at Lebanon, Ky., thursday by the appearance of a large number of arm ed men In town, who lt is believed came with thc: intention of lynching Perry Bright. Wright and his son, Will, are in jail charged with stabbing .lames S tay ton, a brother-in-law of the Brights, in the neighborhood where the tragedy occurred, the general belief being that the murder was a most cowardly one. lo is alleged that young Bright held Stayt?n while his father slabbed him. Slic Wan ii Kebel. Pension Commissioner Ware's sym pathy has been aroused once more, this time by .the pension application of a battle-scarred veteran who tells a story of domestic infelicity, conclud ing in this fashion: "I got blood poison by bcingc hilt with a hens eg wen I cam hak from the frunt. '1 he eg was not good, wen you send my penshun I want the Deed made sos my wife can't get none of it-she tlirode the cg. She war a rebel.'' Killen Himself. l'"rank Dean, second vice president of thc Seaboard National Bank of New York, shot and killed himself in the cellar of his home at Orange, N. J., Wednesday morning after bidding his family good bye. The officers of the bank cannot account for thc act, al though they say Dean seemed despon dent of late. His ticcouuts ad. thc bank arc correct. ??,1 i'm II iikv?H il il ' fl *f 'i Tf I winn it hi n i II t UM t ; * Anpther H???. orn?la); ^iikhv UP With nui] DIBIUIBSIHI. . ~ ' '. ".' SR ":R ' ? I AB a result of alleged jndlsoretlon lrj In matters, perta j ni hg to the nAyard of contracts for prlutlng tbe money or der forms of tho^ goyerhmeot, James , T. Metcalf, for many years supcrin-, ; .tendent of the money order system of tho postolllce department, Wednesday was removed from office by the -'po?t- . master general.. The dismissal ls the result of acts br Mr. Metcalf lu op position^to the bid of Paul Herman of Rutherford, N. J;, the lowest bidder by $45*000 awd In favor of the next bl?hest bidder, the Wynkoop, Ilallen beck, .Crawford company of New York of which Mr. Mc teni f's son ls an em ploye. The story is brlctly told in the letter of dismissal signed by Postmas ter General Payne, which says: "The charges upon whieh your re moval is based relate to your actions lo the matter of thc letting of the contract for money order forms. These charges were made known to you Wednesday morning, and a transcript of your answer thereto is enclosed herewith. "It appears from your answer that when thc proposals, of the different compctitors for"thc contract for sup plying money order forms were opened, Paul Herman of Rutherford, N. J., I (formerly employed as foreman by tile Wynkoop, Ihillenbeck, Crawford com pany of New York, by which company I it seems your son is also employed,) was found to bc thc lowest bidder, his proposal being 815,000 below that of next lowest bidder, namely, thc Wyn koop, Ilallenbeck, Crawford company; that the bid of Mr. Herman as sub mitted was.regular in form, and that I he had deposited a certilicd cheek for *f>,0'.'0 asa forfeit, lt further appears that within a day or two the Wyn koop, Ilallenbeck, Crawford company filed a protest against awarding tho contract to Herman, alleging that he was not financially responsible; that a short time theroaft^er Mr. Herman called at your ofllec, and you advised him to withdraw his bid and reenter thc employ of Wynkoop, Ilallenbeck, Crawford company, understanding at the time that such withdrawal would result in the contract being awarded to said company and consequently In a loss to the government; that you of fered to write, and did write, a letter to said company, apprising it of your interview with Herman, and using your good ollices in his behalf; that you advised Herman that lils $?1,000 deposit would probably be returned to him if he adopted your suggestion lt further appears that you regarded Mr. Herman as possessing the me chanical qualifications requisite to thc proper performance of the contract and that it was not any part of you duty to pass upon Hie question of his responsibility, financial or otherwise lt further appears that a hearing has been had before Gen. Wynne, upon the question of thc financial rcsponsi bility of Mr. Herman: although it lias developed, since the submission of your answer Wednesday morning that you discouraged the granting o sucli a hearing and manifested ade sire that the contract be awarded to the Wynkoop, Ilallenbeck, Crawford company. Mr. Metcalf originally, was appoint ed from Iowa and has been in the pos tal service since I.S82. His salary was $.'5,000 a year. The Wynkoop, Hallen beck, Crawford company has been the contractor for the money order blanks for l? years. Paul Herman, thc low est bidder for the next contract, for morly was in the employ of that com parry, as also is Norman Metcalf, the 27-year-old son of the deposed super intendent, who now draws a salary of 32,2f>0 from the company. Herman I assisted in thc drawing of the specil cations for the contract and when the bids were opened it was found that Herman had become a competitor of the old company, undercutting the! bid hy about $1?,000. The company protested against Herman's hld on th ground that he lacked the facilities for doing thc work, and Herman aske for a hearing, which First Assistan Postmaster General Wynne gave last Monday. Mr. Metcalf was opposed t< thc letting of the contract to Her man on the ground that he was not able to do thc work. K?ster ot'Confederate .Soldiers. All persons, either as individual or societies, who may have in tliei possession any of thc original rolls or records of any kind pertaining to tlie Confederate soldiers who served I the army and navy from this state will please send such rolls or record to mc at Columbia S. C. Thc war department at Washing ton, I). C., wants the use of those rolls and records in order to compile roster and history of Hie men wh served from South Carolina in the Confederate army and navy during the war between the states. The department will take good care of all rolls and records and retur them as early as possible. I am au thor i zed by thc war department t collect those rolls, etc., and I will giv a receipt for them if desired. Then most caro will he taken of them, au tiley will be returned promptly wile the department has finished wit them. Most respectfully, M. P. Tri ?ble, Commissioner of Confederate Uolls More 'flinn Needed. The Rpartanburg Journal says ge oral relief committee appointed look after the distribution of. fund for the Hood sufferers now bason liai about $18,000 in money which ls u disposed of. The committee som days ago recognized the fact th. they would not need, all of the mon that was coming in so rapidly, ant accordingly statements wore issued and published to that effect, lint t generosity of the people continued u abated. The committee after ex peni lng all that was necessary to relie Hood conditions found that only $ 500 was required. The remaihdc $18.000, is still in thc hands of tl relief committee. Si'itiNOKiKLD's NEW HANK.-A great deal of enthusiasm is shown for the hank of Springfield. There are more share .seekers than there are shares. Thc bank will open about August I. Thc building ls be ing rapidly constructed and the vault promises to he one of thc strongest in thc State. The board of directors arc: Messrs. .1. A. Perry, J. K. Ilutto, W. P. Iliitto, Jon Mell. Mean, T. M. M i ms, S. P. Pul rr cr, .1. W. .lumper, Arlin Halley and Dr. II. A. Odom; Under the auspices of these gentle men and with Mr. L: M. Minis as president, Mr. .Ioho Hean, vice presi dent, and .1. II. Smith, cashier, a bright and prosperous future for thc new barde is predicted. (fr?j, Pom P??d patton R?rf )?$> OCoo Pinch Wqter. . The crop report for thc wak end ing Monday, .lune- 15th, was Issued Tuesday by Section Director J.'W. Bauer. It reads as follows! The.week ending 8 a. m., Monday, June 15th', bad a rucan temperature ?if 72 degrees, which is nearly 7 degrees below normal. The .'utter part was unseasonably cool, w'th .minimum temperatures below (30 degrees,, ovei the western counties on tho 13th. A light frost was reported from Long shore, Newberry county. ll AI NV WEJ-?K. Tlie week^was cloudy till near its close,With frequent showers and some excessive rains, especially in the cen tral and northeastern counties, includ ing ltlchlaud, Orangeburg, Sumter, Lee, Kersba'v, Cbesterlleld and Marl boro. There were local rains in other parts of the State, and an average pre cipitation of 2.00 inches. These heavy rains caused Hoods that destroyed crops on bottom lands, washed and gullied uplands and destroyed terraces. The rainfall was comparatively light in Williamsburg, Dorry and George town counties, where it proved beneli cial. The ground was generally too wet for cultivation during the last two weeks, and fields are becoming very grassy. Tills condici?n is general, and in places threatens the cotton crop. Bottom land crops along thc principal water courses of thc western counties were practically all destroyed, the oats totally, while corn can b? re planted. COTTON IMCKOVMI). Thc condition of cotton has improv ed, with bcttcrstand and color general over thc western counties, where some is just coming up. Chopping is not finished. Thc cool weather checked growth,'which lias been slow, and ,thc plants arc smaller than usual to the season. Squares have been noted in only a few localities. Lice infest fields in thc central counties. The crop is everywhere In urgent need of cultiva tion and warmer weather, to save it from weeds and to promote growth. Sea island cotton is healthy, but un usually small. Corn that was not destroyed by 'thc Hoods improved in stand and color and may be said to be doing well. Bottoms will bc largely replanted. Early com has been laid by In the southeastern counties. Like cotton, thc corn crop is from two to three weeks late. Thc rains improved tobacco a nd top ping is in progress. Uicn DOINO WKI.L. Rice is doing well: .lune planting is being rushed in the Georgetown dis trict. Wheat and oats harvest is finished and thrashing has begun. The rains damaged both crups extensively in" the shuck, and oats that was not cul on bottem lands is a total loss. Some wheat is sprouting in the shocks. Melons are variable, but need warm er weather. The rains caused peaches to rot ex tensively as they ripen. . The present outlook for staple crops is reported to be discouraging, but most of thc minor ones arc promising. Divorce Will lilith. Kucioiy. The alarming social conditions brought about by the numerous divor ces in society and the great good which can bc done by the influence of the college women were discussed by Whitelaw lteid In the annual address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. recently. The address marked the opening of thc commencement week exercises at thc young women's col lege. I n the course of his address M r. Reid said: "Outside thc immediate and in estimable effect on thc family, thc conservative power of educated wo men naturally will show its influence on social life. They surely will help to check its degradation. They cer tainly will correct the prevalent vici ous conception of its real scope. From this degrading conception comes the constant craze for newspaper public) ty and every other form of publicity, ll the conduct of the so called inner cir cles of society has sometimes seemed to justify this brazen uproar at their gates, so much more great thc demand for thc conservative inlluence and the real refinement that come from thc high training of superior women. "When higher ideals clo return, the powerful influence of educated women surely will array, as never before, the best (if their sex in compact, resistless phalanx against a social evil, alarm ing, degrading, or. demoralizing, which steadily has become almost too com mon to provoke surprise-thc trans formation of marriage from a sacra ment of God into a thoughtless and headlong business or social arrange ment tu be dissolved almost at pleasure. Six hundred and fifty-four thousand persons divorced in this country in the last twenty years. Such s the deplorable record on which Ho rnau Catholic and Protestant clergy ire already appealing for a union of ill moral agencies to resist tills down ward rush of the multitude." The lecjiy of tiic family relation means thc decay of tiic nation. Wc believe that thc plan of South Carolina not to il low divorces on any ground is the lal vat ion of the country, and thc ?hoher it is adopted the better. Maltes a Valuable Discovery. Through a series of Investigations it thc University of California, Dr. feel Stebbins, fellow of the Lick ibseravtory, has made ?lie remarkable Ilscovery that thc variable star Unieron Ceti, which has been known ,?i vary at uncertain intervals since i??:?G, is at prseut undergoing extra irdinary fluctuations and. a variation if brightness of at least. 7,000 times ts ordinary intensity. Tlie discovery s ol' unusual value to the astronomi :al woild from thc Tact that thc ?ci.enti.sts had believed thc star lo bri nert. A bulletin announcing the dis covery bas Just been issued at the university. Uootl Advice. .Speaking about divorces, says The 5tatc.it would save a great deal of time ind red tape now occupying so much time If courts would adopt the simple nethods employed by the dusky inhab tants of our coast belt and sea islands. No courts, no lawyers, no alimony, no rormalltios. Tlie marriage ls legal, but :hc unmarrylng requires nothing more man thc desire to dissolve the partner iiiip. And the changes of'partners arc lot announced in tlie social c ?lu m us. WK agree with The State that "it is a good sign when so many toad ers 40 off to summer schools at Wintrup, Knoxville and other places or attend Lhe schools in their own counties, lt diows an interest in their profession md a desire to tit. themselves more thoroughly h r their work." r i y "i ? r i' "? * ? ftaW )ate may ft youpg woman pi ?w'enty nit up witt j her beau, anti may ti young woman ot that age bo spank ed by her stepmother if she declines to go to bed at!tbo hour set by the household rules? These are grave questions which tho" Atlantic Comity courts, will ho .called on to decide in the ease of Miss- Lena Werner, who has caused the . arrest of her step mother, Mrs.' Frederick Werner, on a charge bf -assault and battery. The ease-was heard by Justice of the Peace Garton, at Haminoritun, N. J.,- and when tile accused woman learned that she must furnish $200 bali she cried: "I will not furnish bail. When>I get out of ttiis 1 will follow Lena to the end of the earth and give her another spanking, or something worse." Miss Werner says she has been re ceiving the attentions of a young man of Nesco. When he called last Satur day night her stepmother informed her tnat s?,e must get to bed before 12 o'clock. After midnight, she says, Mrs. Weiner called down the stairs that she must retire at once. "I will go to bcd when 1 get ready," Miss Lena replied. There were heavy footfalls on thc stairs. M'S. Werner weighs more than 200 pounds, and In another mo ment Miss Lena was across the knee of her stepmother, and sound'of spank ing were heard throughout the house. Thc terri lied beau. tied. Miss Werner consulted Justice of the Peace Garton, and bc decided to interview Mrs. Werner. He says that while he tried to argue with her she grabbed her stepdaughter and finished the spank ing then and t.horo. Thc justice had sutllclcnt evidence and Issued thc warrant. A tjtiickuncd Coiirjno ice. Tlie editor of thc "Newberry Obser ver says be was talking with an old friend recently "about various things when thc question of restitution came up. This friend took the broad ground thal l here can bc no genuine repentance on the part of one who has defrauded another without resti tution is possible. Illustrations will suggest themselves to everyone; there are so many methods of defrauding so m airy that the world approves and even sonic pious people so-called wink at.. And when one comes down to thc true meaning of honesty and a good conscience all methods of fraud are serious matters. When one wants to square his accounts' with thc next world can he let his accounts for this ?stand open ami unsettled? Can one repent of having stolen and still hold on to thc stolen good? Can one op press thc poor and wring from them theirhard-earned savings and then re pent, and go to heaven without restor ing or making some honest effort to restore bis ill-gotten gains:? Repent ance is poss! I ile, wc believe, to every lin man being, whether that repentance bc of the emotional kind that, makes one very sorry or whether it ls simply a conviction ol' wrong-doing and a de termination to do right. But we do not believe that a repentance, or so called r?p?tante, that does not force a restitution of ill-gotten gains, where possible, is worth a < o /per." We be lieve the above to be sound scriptural doctrine, and would commend it to all who owe any man any thing. An Able Address. Thc address of thc lion. B. Hart I Moss before the Alumni Association of WoiVord College at Spartanburg last week is most highlyspoken of by the newspapers. The Spartanburg correspondent of The Stats?, r'^ sys "when bc asserted that thc cotton mills which a few days ago were de stroyed by the Hoods would soun be re built upon a larger and more modern s jaie, the applause which greeted this I announcement told unmistakably that | bis were no Idle words. Mr Moss de clared that thc alumni of the college | must look for substantial aid and sug gested as one plan to increase the en downment of thc Institution that each Methodist in the State should contrib ute SI to thc semi-centennial fund next year, thus raing $>SO,000. While Welford is distinctly a Methodist in stitution, thc speaker had nothing but | words of highest commendation for tlie oilier college's in thc State, but | felt that thc institution which had contributed so many men who had done so much for the good of thc State should bc enlarged and her usefulness thus extended. Thc address was chaste and exceedingly interesting to thc large audience assembled." Want Hie. Bible (Jliangcd The Turkish censor is said to have forbidden the American Bible Society td print tile Epistle to the Thcsslonians containing the geographical term Mac edonia. Ile insists upon substituting .'.the vilayets of Sal?nica and Mon astir." No doubt, this could be more exact if thc ibbie is to be brought 'down to date. Macedonia was: it has been Turkish policy to wipe it out, as recognizable political entity, and the revolutionary sentiment just now manife.it. in that region will account for tlie official sensitiveness. But there are other references' to Macedonia In thc New Testament more significant than tliis, as where a man of Maccdco ola appeared Lo the Apostle in Hie night, saying, "Come over into Mac edonia and help us." This is au appeal which thc Turkish censor should by all means suppress. STKAXGKST OV A LL.-Thc State says: "Since Hie recent flood a great many curious tilings have come out of theCongaree river, but Friday morn ing the queerest (d all was found. One of thc big'engines in the Atlantic Coast Linc yards backed up under thc tank and the fireman released thc great pipe which (ills the tender. With Hie rush of muddy water came a wriggling eel about eight, inches in I nug til." Tim State must remember that this . the season for fish stories and should be careful. Is our co tem poril ry ceriain the eel was not an earth wi >r m. Tin: New York Sun is waging a tierce war against Gen. Leonard .Wood, now In Lim Philippines. It charges thal, vVood, while, in Cuba, instigated the publication of articles in tliis country severely criticising the administration of (?en. Brooke, then governor general, and extolling the greatness of Wood. It, is charged, and not, denied, that these articles were written by Major Ilunclc, an aide to Wood, and it is believed that thc latter Inspired them, and that he did so in order to get Brooke out of the way for his own advancement. TIIK Columbia Record says Cashier Ttilloch's "hot air" has resulted' in a number of officials In thc poslollM:e be ing steam roasted and others arc un comfortably warm. Thc dec pc il they dig info the crookedness in thc depart ment thc worse il, gets. It must bc said to Roosevelt's credit that \i? has no'whitewashing done in this ? busi ninny or Then} Church Member PM' Hemp Aro Not. The religions of the governors? They tire as many anti as varied as as the political beliefs or thc voters wbq people their states. Some are without churches amllatlou,- others attend church without being known as members; still others arc regular attendants of thc "rock-ribbed" sort, and just a few-and they hesitate to discuss tho fact-allow their wi ves, their sisters and their brothers to do the churchgoing for the family, Here ls how they stand ;' \ METHODISTS. Richard Yates.Illinois Winfield T. Durbin.Indiana John L. Rates.Massachusetts AronT. Bliss.Michigan Alex. Mi Dockery.Missouri John H. Mickey.Nebraska Franklin Murphy.New Jersey Ci. Wv T. Lanham.Texas I'KESHYTEKIANS. lohn T. Morrison.Idaho J. C. W. Beckham...Kentucky lohn Walter Smith.Maryland Benj. B. Odell, Jr.New York George K. Nash.Ohio Charles N. llcrreid .S. Dakota Albert B. White.W. Virginia nATTlSTS. Jen" Davis:. Arkansas W. S. denning'..Florida If M. Terrell.Georgia W. W. Heard..Louisiana A. H. .Longino.Mississippi Charles IV. Aycook.N. Carolina EPISCOPALIANS. James II. Peabody.Colorado S. \V. Pen nv packer.Penn D. C. Hey ward.. .S. Carolina Henry G. MeBirde.Washington UN I VEHS A I.IST. John F. Hill..Maine UN ITU! AN. lb dieri, M. La Follette.Wis L. F. Garvin.Rhode Island qUAJCKH. lohn 11 mm.Delaware _ MORMON. Heber M. Wells.Utah NON-CHUKC1I MEMHEKS. William D. Jclks.Alabama George C. Pardee.California A bi ram Chamberlain.Conn A. 1?. Cummings.Iowa W. J, Bailey.Kansas Samuel R. Van Saut.Minn Joseph K. Toole.Montana Nathan J. Bacheldcr.N. Il Frank While.N. Dakota John Sparks.Nevada G. H. Chamberlain.Oregon James B. Frazier.Tennessee In tho almve table arranged num erically as to religion and alpha betically as to states, are set forth thc churchgoers, as well as the non iihurch members ol' li; of the slates. Some arc known the. nation over for their devotion lo religion, while others have gained the prominence wholly in tue political world. . Those whose names appear in thc list ol' non-church members arc not necessarily stay-at homes, as many nf them arc attendants, but have never embraced the faith in a for mal way. Some of the non-church goers open their purses to the re ligious societies of all denominations ind are known as the most liberal givers in their home states.-Chicago Tribune. A Good Lm\y. Thc Iowa Legislature passed a law last year permitting the conlinement jf confirmed drunkards in lunatic asy l ims. It made little stir, but with in eight months 300 alcoholic patients were under restraint and treatment. An Iowa dispatch says that inebriates j sontiune to How into thc State asy lums at the rate of about Hf ty a month and that an Iowa court has ruled that their constitutional rights ?ire not violated by their detention. Some of thc inebriates don't like tobe sent up, but thc treatment they get ?seems to be humane and salutary. Their liquor is stoppe'd and they have ! to work on farms and are encouraged Lo improve their habits. AV hen they seem to be cured they are discharged, and report says that about 75 per cent, (d' the cases have so resulted. Cnors Ru IN un.-.-The St. Matthews! correspondent of Thc State says: "A heavy wind and rain storm passed over this place Thursday afternoon I about ? o'clock, accompanied by a severe fall of hall. Corn and cotton is injured more or less, but thc tobac co crop of Mr. John McLauchlin Isl well nigh a total loss. Ile had-t.") acres! af beautiful weed which he held as worthat least $4,000. Now he de clares he will take $500. Your cor respondent has not yet. learned the ex tent of area covered hy the hailstorm. This is the third time this section bas been visited by hail this season. Tu EV have the old Liberty bell in Ruston and a dispatch states that forae women fairly fought with each jther to get at it to kiss it. The bell sa most interesting historic relic and should be preserved by all means, but, is thc Columbia Record says, this thing of howlhg and scraping to it ?rilen it is about or Hiing cannon in ts honor or foolish women scrambling iver each other to kiss it ls a species if genuine idolatry which ls not only senseless, but a more or less disgust? ng exhibition of sickly sentiment. DON'T WOURY.-Thc Spartanburg lournal says: "Do not let thc spirit if restlessness spoil your summer. Do lot get the idea that unless you arc >ll? on a picnic or excursion or are ch Pertaining company, you are losing onie of the delights of the vacation, rile summer days should bring you risurc, time to think, a chance for est and refreshment. When thc rest ess spirit ol' Hie agc keeps you in the cad of excitement and gaye ty j like si iprse In a treadmill, you have missed .he season's best blessings." THE Twin City Sentinal says those leople who persist in kicking against Jie good roads movement are gcncral y the fellows who have been kicking igainst everything so long that lt has icconic second nature with them. L'liey are thc same people who object xi puclic education as a "needless ox idise" and there is nothing which hakes for progress that docs not ap pear to them as "unnecessary expend? jure of money." WKLSII NECK limn SCHOOL.-Thc j ?iitalogueof the Welsh Neck High school ol' Hallsville for the session inst closed and announcements for next session, is a very attractive one. The school is in a most prosperous con lition, its membership has increased wonderfully and it has been necessary lo enlarge all thc departments. The i$lass of 1003 consisted of Hf teen stu dents twelve girls and three boys. See advertisement in another column. Thia scotinn has been visited from time to time t?y bad ball ?torras, but tho following account of oqe tfiat visited Williamsburg County oh last Thursday beats anything we have ever had. A tilspateh from Lanes Bays shingles on tho housetops "were split off and great holes made in tlie roofs, even roofs covered with tin did ,not escape without damage, holes be ing punctured through thc Un by thc large stones coming'with such rapid ity and force. Window blinds and sashes were aiso ?hatte i p 1 on the noi tb side of the houses. Quanti iles of chickens were killed and all fruit was stripped from the trees, j The bark was knocked off of pine, oak und othet trees where the hailstones would strike them. Corn and cotton is badly beaten down. Nothing but the stalks with an occasional leaf ls visible, though lt is thought these will put out and yet make a half crop or more. Friday morning at 0 o'clock there were still a good many hailstones in secluded spots measuring two inches In circum ference notwithstanding the warmth of Thursday night. The path of the storm is very perceptible, having a dead, hazy appearance on account of thc thinness of the trees' branches. Only those who witnessed the down pour'of Icc could perceive of its mag nitude, and it is to be hoped we will not have another such visitation soon. GOOD ROADS MEETING.-The St. Matthews correspondent of Tho State says: "An enthusiastic meeting in the interest of good roads was held here Wednesday. The meeting was generally attended by the citizens of thc town with a few from the eount-y. A few were unavoidably absent while some, wc fear, did not attend becau-e li contribution was expected. This lat ter class are perfectly willing for thc good roads movement to 'succeed but hesitate when a demand for money to help is made. After a little discus sion several hundred dollars were sub scribed on thc spot and a committee to solicit further funds was appointed and is already at work. Supervisor Dantzlcr was present and delivered a timely address and promised to aid in every way possible consistent with his olllce. A TUUE MILL.-We hope every one of our delinquent subscribers will read the following from The State and turn over a new leaf: "Many of the county papers arc crying out to delinquents, some beseechingly, some coaxingly, others threateningly and a few in wrath. Thc fellow who habitually borrows his nelghbors's daily paper is bad enough for severe punishment, but thc person who receives Ids coun ty paper for weeks, months and years -who gathers from its columns all he knows of the happenings in county, State and the world at large--and fails to pay thc pitifully small price charged cannot be suitably charac terized in public language." Dr. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial, for the Bo weis and Children Teething. lt is THE GREAT SOUTHE UN REMEDY for the bowels, lt is one of the most pleasant and ollicacious remedies for all summer complaints. At a season when violent attacks of thc bowels are so frequent, some speedy relief should be (lthand. The wearied mother, losing sleep by nursing the little one teething, should usc this medicine. FROM HENRY W. GRADY. The Constitution Editerai Rooms. Atlanta, Ga., May 23,1887. Dr. Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Sir:-I have never given a certificate on merits of any medicine, but 1 take pleasure in breakng my rule on this subject in behalf of your Riggers Huckleberry Cordial. It is the best medicine I lia ve ever seen for use in the family. Fifty cents invested in a bo Me of this medicine, and put on a slid* convenient for use in the begin ning of any bowel trouble, will often save life, and will save In almost any family ten time its cost in .doctors' bills. I have a friend whose life, in my opinion, was saved by thc prompt use of this cordial, lt ought to,he in eueiy family in the land, especially at this season of the year. 1 take pleasure hi thus testifying to it merits. Very truly yours, .HENRY W. GRADY. For salo by all druggists, 2">o to ?Oc per bottle. Haltiwanger-Taylor Drug Co., Pru ?u-lclor.H, At Imita, (ia. Almost Killed. Wednesday night Mrs. M. Ii. Neesc, a widow of Brazil, Indiana, narrowly escaped death from an infernal ma chine which exploded in her arms. She noticed a queer shaped box lying on her front porch with a string at tached. When she raised it by the string the machine exploded, severely burning one of her arms and her chest, rendering her unconscious for some time. Ru KAL ROUTES SAKE.-Thc au thorities at Washington have decided to continue all rural routes -a rever sal of thc determination reached scv* oral weeks ago when it was discovered that the funds for this service had been exhausted- The State says "the administration probably concluded that to discontinue mail facilities to which people had become accustomed -the discontinuance being occasioned by postodlce department 'irregulari ties'-would bc very harmful to the powers. And in that they were doubt less correct." So far at present at least all rural routes In thli county arc safe. If yon an; not wt .'. -.'tl .vant to ki.-..v tl?,; .relit a bou L you r trouble?, senn tor my freo booklets mil Hell cxnmlnatlon Wanks. No. t, Nervoitd IVMII ty (Sexual Weakness), No. s, Viiriuucelc, No. ?^Stricture; No. 4. Kiri .icy anil li'adder Com plaints, No. 6, Ulseasc of Women, No. 6, Tlie Pol>n Killie (Klooil 'foison}; No. 7, Ca tarrh. These book* ftllOUtt] bc In the hands of every person aflltet cd. .'W l>r. Hathaway, thc author, ls recoK nlzeil us tlie best au thority nutt expert in Oie United Slates on , I?R. H ATHAWAY these diseases. Write or Bena for the honk y>ii waul lo-day, and lt will I?? sent you frei., seuled. Address J. New ton ilitthawuy. M n 88 Inman Building 22) S. Broad St. Allanta, Ga Cseesars' Head Hotel CAESAR'S HEAD.S. C. 4,000 feet above thc sea. Views into several States. Temperature from 50 to 7."? degrees. Dry air, breezy nights. Crystal springwater. Ropu lar resort, llonic life for guests. Telephone and daily mails. Resident, physician. Far inai) University Hotel. Hack Uno from Bro vu rd, N.C.,or Greenville, S. C. Reasonable rates. Open from .1 uno 1st. to Oct. 1st. For other informa tion write to J.E. G WINN, Mgr. Caesar's Head, S. C. TWOfC?KK?... FLOR?HCX, P O., Aug. IB, 1009. gentleman:-I began to ?uffer from rbouaatlaia abc it three years o?ro,?nd had lt very bad la my Umba. 'At tibies I pould hardly iralk. Was treated by a pb y alelan without bono nt. Moro than . jotrado, Ur. George Wilton, aa engi neer on the CoMt Line, living In Flor ence, told ma'that "BUZLTMAOIDB" ourod bim. I got a bo ttlo and it bono ntted me. I took live bottle* and im now aa well ai I ever waa in my life. I regard "BKEOMAOIDB" aa ? graat medicine. 1 know of othera it has ou red. Truly, fl- T. BURCH. ?S57 ?""?"??tlim?! Buffered great pain . ? and -waa confluid to my bed for fire I weeks. During tho tim o I vrw treated 55?& ? wet* I got up an J walked on othor bad oases that wore outed hy thavl uso of your roedloine, in this town ?natl vicinity, lt is all that you olaim for Ifcwrl Truly. J. L. BI8KB0N. Sold by Druggists. Will be sent express paid on receipt of |i.oo. Bobbitt Chemical Co., ,: - . - Baltimore, fid., U. S. A.. White Stone Lithia Water. THE BEST LITHIA WATER IN AMERICA. THE LARUHST ANO MOST MODERN. BRICK HOTEL IN THE CAROLINAS OR GEORGIA. THE COOLEST . RESORT IN THE STATE. ? AU modern-Improvements, electric ear linc from Southern By. td Hotel. Well shaded, pleasant grounds, scenery equal- lo thc mountains, and all amusements found at first class water places. Come to While Stone Lithia Springs for health or pleasure. Bead what the noted Ur. L. C. Stephens, who stands at tho head of Hie I profession in South Carolina; and who was president of the Stale Medical As sociation, also president of the Medical Board of Examiners of Sout h Carolina until he resigned t o move tb Greenville, says: Greenville, S. C., October lo, 1002. After a service of one season at While Stone Lithia Springs, as resident physician, t do not hesitate to say t hat thc effect of the water upon those who drink it for any length of tune, has been perfect ly marvelous, invariably an increase holli in (lesli and appetite was perceptible in one week, proving ft, to be a mineral wafer of undoubted powerful tonic property. .Its peculiar adapt ability to diseases originating from disorders of the kidneys, bladder and liver, such as dropsy, Bright's disease, diabetes and urie acid calculi, and alt forms of dyspepsia, rheumatism and gout, is lo he expected from the splendid analysis. lt has been noted frequently that visitors before coming hero had to follow every meal with some form of. corrective, or confine themselves entirely rio predigested foods: soon discarded these entirely, being delighted to lind that thc water alone-nature's own remedy-sufficed: Of the many who drank this water this season for ten days consecutively, not one hut experienced decided benefit and a -perceptible gain weight, varying from two io live pounds. L 0. STEPHEN'S. M. I). For rates and particulars, address "Wliite Stone X^rtliis* Water; Co , WH1TK STOXN SPRINGS, S. C. YOUNG MIEN, YOUNG WOMEN, WAKE UP Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for Stenographers, typewriters and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of M AC IMO AT'S BUSINESS COL LEG Bj Columbia, S. C. W. H. Macfcat, official Cou rt Stenographer, President. THE GUIGNARD BRICK WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. Building and lie-Pressed Brick. Special shapes to order. ' El rb1 Proof Ter-' ra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to lill orders for thousan ls or for millions. Heintz & Sons Ice Cream - , Shipped on Short Notice to Any Part of the State, il.OJ.per Gallon. HEINTZ M SONS, 287 and 241 King St;, Charleston, S. C. ?GOLUMBI/\ LUMr3&? &.M'rG.-G?fc..' SASH, DOORS, BL.INDS,INTERIOR FINISH, [MOULD ING AND bUMBBR, ANY QUANTITY. Columbia, 4S. G. What Gov. Chamberlain Says. . ? Ex-Governor Chamberlain, who has spent-several months for his health in Columbia, ano* who only recently lift for a trip to Europe, wrote a long, entertaining and instructive letter to tlic Springlield Republican while in Columbia on the negro question. He declares that his further acquaintance willi the negro shows that he. lias made, little progress, and that if he had the power now and could obtain con trol of the government the same con dition of lobbery, corruption and vice would exist as lt did in the days of re- | construction, lie thipks there may be 1 some hore for the negro, but taking him all in all he is no more lit to exer cise thc right of baTot now than'he was just after the war. Thc Columbia Rcord says Governor Chamberlain is a competent juflge in ibis in stance, because he was a beneficiary of the suffrage given the negro in SuuLb Carolina just after.the war, and he realized then, in a few. years that a great mistake had "bien made, aiid his latest visit to ' thc Smith further confirms him in his view. In holding that thc lou rt ec nt i ! and ii I teen th ' amendments .should never have been adopted, he de clares that some of thc leaders may have believed that they were insuring that justice would be done thc negro by passing them, but of his knowledge thc amendments were passed purely because of the greed of party power by a great majority of the Republican leaders. The North is rapidly coining to realize what a stupendous error was made, and it would not be surprising if a strong movement would come from that section for their repeal. The New York Sun has already advo- i cated that policy, lt is not too late' yet to remedy, in a small degree, at' least, that great wrong. Tun Rainmore Sun must wont lo get our colored ? follow citizens in trouble, it says let a million of them, bc so distributed around in thc towns ' of. Massachusetts as to constitute In half of them a majority of thc popula tion. Give them the right to vote without waiting for them to learn tc read their ballots: open, thc door .of hope to them; put them in public.of: lice: let them have charge of public" affairs in proportion to their numeri cal preponderance^ give them social equality; lc' them swarm on the street and railroad cars and lu the hotels and restaurants; let them levy and disburse taxes, although they have.no property: let them take charge of the public schools, although t hey cannot read-in short, let them do ?in Massa chusetts inst as Massachuset ts wa'nls them to do in thc Smith. And then let us see what our New i-ngland, friends will think of race prejudice'. Nearly lO.vttitusted. The Columbia State says lumbermen ! of great experience estimate that there arc now standing HIT,000,000-. 000 feet of yellow pine lumber - enough to keep thc sawmills going, at their present vate of culling, for thir teen and three quarter years. And yet wc are practically planting no pines. Millions of acres of land lately covered willi pine forests are lying Idle. Wo are all for today: nothing for tomor row. "What fools these mortals he!" mm ?IOOPIKGV iMCXpcnsi ve t i t.iy .. Easy td keep in repair. Light and very durable. Waterproof and ordorless. Not alieeted by change of tem perature. Elastic. .Acid, and Alkali-proof. Eire-resisting and oil-proof. Vermin will not attack it. All ready to lay. Needs no painting or coating. Will hot deteriorate wich age. -WRITE ECU PRICES 'sgujuiiAS'rup LIME .& l-BIF.NT I COMPANY. All classes building material, CHARLESTON, S. O. And Pity 'tis 'tis True , Some good people buy iHlclr Paints and. Varnishes, without first get ting our prices on these lines. Our prices and our goods, when known, get the business. Will you write? Wc can help you. sil ?liif co. Ulf, Plain St., Cohn).bia, S C. Wilson's Freck;e.Cure. (?uarantced lo rein rt v e Kroc k I e s , Sun Horns, Tans, Moth a nd. I Mm pies also as a toilet cr?ant Money r c I III ned if it fails, Price Adc. Triiil ^ size '2~>c. i f n?t sold by your druggist, write I. R. WILSON >& CO, Clitti'lestou, S.*.C. WE HAVE t he most perfect sys tem of home treat ment-r.ver used. We cure CmtoKic Dis K A sics of both sexes. We cansavo you time trouble and money. ^ _A Write.for Literature rPU?^^?^c?andSym_ptom Blanks REYNOLDS A- co. Hov Z, Atlantn.-Gn.