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SOME MOKE PBOOF. Watson Comes Again at Cleveland on Sooial Equality Charge. NEW YORK MIXED SCHOOL BILL Was Signed by Grover Cleveland Not withstanding His Denial ol Doing So. Other Charges Are Proven Also. Editor Augusta Chronicle: In ray article of last week, replying to the emphatic denials of Mr. Cleveland, the statement was made that I would investigate further, and como again. The investigations have been made, and I am now ready with full proofs. There were three charges made bj me, originally in the Atlanta Daily Nevis, to prove that Grover Cleveland praotlced social equality while presi dent. TUE NEG 110 JUN 1ST Kit. First: Ry the appointment of a negro to represent this country as minister to oue of the white republics of South America. To this no specitic denial bas been made. C. H. J. Taylor was tl c negro minister, and Bolivia was thu South American republic alluded to. This act of itself proves what Cleve land then thought on the . jject of social equality, else bc would never have named a negro for such a posi tion. TUE MIXED SCHOOLS. Second: I stated that lie fa veted mixed schools while Governor f New York. This he denies. He says I hat bc not only did not fa-or mixed ?chpols, but that he opposed the meas ne" a nd it failed to pass. By telegraphing to New York, I have been able to verify tl:': published statements, made in 1892, upon which my charge was based. Although 1 remembered distinctly thc copy of the | New York law which then went the, rounds of the Reform press, and al though a loyal friend at Dallas, Ga., promptly mailed mc a copy of thc act in questione, Mr. Cleveland's denial was so explicit and positive that J waited patiently until I could make the prout which would convince al! Impartial men. 1 now declare that thc law I ; r . s tion was passed May J5th, I83.-I am to-be fou nc on page 307, chi ter 218 of thc New York Laws, and that Grover Cleveland oillcially approved and signed that act. Up to coat time thc c lorcd schools of the city of New York were sepa rated schools. By the terms ol the act of 1684, these separate schools wore merged into ward ". nd shall be open for the education of pu pils for whom education ls ? without regard to race or colt r.." There are the v. ot els of the law. There is thc date, the page, the chap ter. I have verlti tl them, and any ether citizen who seeks thc truth can do the same. Yet Mr. Cleveland not only denied Signing such an act, but declared be opposed it, and it was defeat' cl. Not only that-be declared my statement to be so utterly false that 1 myself had no reason to believe it true. Happy will lt be for the fame bf Grover'Clcvelaiid it' IJje opie who have f'-iio wed "this dispute .ill now ' extend to him that charity of opinion which be haughtily denied to me. SOCIAL EQUALITY AT WHITE HOUSE. Third: Is it true that Mr. Cleve land treated Fred Douglass on a fo lng of social equality at thc While House? My statement was that thc news papers had made thc charge and i hal it had not been denied at the ti ne. Furthermore, 1 olFcred in evidence certain extracts from thc bock of Douglass himself, published nine years ago, in which book Douglass praised Cleveland to the skies foi thc manly way in which this Democratic president bad detied thc "malignant prejudice'' ot thc .South upon thc race question. I now oller what will bc taken as overwhelming proofs of the facts which I asserted and Cleveland de nied. Remember, he not only denied; but he said that I could not have had any reason to believe that t u statements were true when 1 made them. COL. JAS. It. UANDA LL AS A WITNESS. During the period alluded to, the most brilliant stall corre: ou li ul then in Washington City was eui. James R. Randall, knowni throughout the land as the author of thc Inspii d ivar lyric, "Maryland, My Marylai d." Col. Randall was tie.: privai ? secre tary of Alexander If. Stephens, and thc paper which lie represe) .ted The Chronicle, of Augusta, Ga., then conducted by Hun. Patrick Walsh. Col. Randall had bi cn a Dem ic ral his Hie; Mr. Walsh was a 1 mi :j it all bis life; The Chronicle bai been a Democrat ali itsl fe. I do not otTer in evidence anything that Col. Randall says no v. \ r do loller anything The Chtoii'elo says now. What 1 oiler is thc iccord of Col. Randall and The Chronicle, ?nade in 1880, when we were all g< nd Dem ocrats, and all staunch foll .vos . : Grover Cleveland. At that time v/e all believed in him. and thc c llicisms lovcled at him were thc criticisms of friends who were surprised ?ind dis pleased to linda Dcmocrrtic presid? nt doing things of that kind, In Iiis letters to The Chronicle, Col. Randall alludes to thc fact il Mr. I eve land was retaining in dulce Fred Douglass, "thc apostle of miscegena tion;" and mentions that thc olilec was worth 8?15,000 per year. (.Jan. 13, 1880.) In at,<.t ii . r li tthr, written In Mareh 188?, Ceil. Bundall says that < land hail appointed as RTCCCSSOI to Douglass a c lored man (James Mat thews, of Albany, N. Y.J, arid tiltil "the new appoihteeTs an ardent adv - . cate pf mlx< M schools." Col. Randall expresses Lhc opinion that Douglass is very resentful al the prospect of being removed from Ofilce, but that be will probably c?ntii nc to receive special invitations to the White House' ri i ; To prove that Col. Randall's proph ecy was correct, and that Cleveland did contin?e lo fend special invita tlons to Douglass, I quote a subse quent letter which be wrote td Thc Chronicle: "Fred Douglass was once made mar shal of thc District of Columbi i. elcs pltc the protest of thc thar Associa tion. The Republican president, Hayes, although his heart prut', sscdl. bled for the poor negro.1 instantly declined to permit thc colored mar shal to officiate at the White House. He had no white wife then. Under the present administration, which is Democratic, the same Douglass and his wife are prominent and selected guests. Perhaps, l should not men t.lcm such facts. . It might depress somebody. Perhaps, too, I ought uot to mention that now. while congres sional dinners are in vogue, white members from the South are much disturbed lest Smalls and O'Hara be. sandwiched among them at an execu tive banquet. I hope tbat this will not unduly depress anybody. " To remove all doubt as to what was thought, of Cleveland's conduct at the time, I quote au editorial which must have rellccted the opinion of Hon. Patrick Walsh himself. v On the editorial page of The Chron icle, August 12, 1830, this Democratic editor quotes without contradiction that very same compliment or Fred Douglass to Crover Cleveland which J ?piotecl from the bcok. "Cleveland was bi ave enough wheu public senti ment set against me-bc was brave euougb to iuvite me, not once, nor twice, but many times to bis grand receptions." Think of this-impartial reader! Herc was the negro, Fred Douglass, tn tim year 188?, praising President Cleveland for defying social prejudice against the negro; and herc ls Pat Walsh, as true a Democrat as ever breathed, quoting the words of Doug lass without denial; and yet this same . Jrover Cleveland dares to say that things ofthat kind never happened. Thc negro was grateful, he thanked Mr. Cleveland then, thanked bim pub licly at thc time when the praise of Fred Douglass was worth its weight in gold with thc negro vote. Not only did the thankful negro give to Mr. Cleveland the full benefit and value of Ills praise then, but when he came to write, the record of bis life, at a time when ho could not have been moved hy any selfish motive, be erects an bumble monument, in words which iii intended should outlive memorials of marble and brass, to thc brave manly Democratic president wboliad i ison above "malignant prejudice," defied the South, and continued to write him special Invitations "with bis own band. " And now at this late day, eighteen years since Douglass made the public ststcment, eighteen years after Pat Walsh quilted it as an evidence of l ?loveland's courage, and nine years af ter i? was published io book form, Mr. ?levi ?and makes a ?lat, insulting de nial. . Vet we all remember that there WL!C few leaders among thu Demo crats of Hie Smith who stood clejser to M . CU v< land than that faithful Irish tnau, !'.Ulick Walsh. ,1 wish to say that my attention called to this evidence in The! ?bri nielo by one of the most promin ent I > murals in Georgia -an honored j ill./ :n of La Grange, who is against me politically, but who loves truth and fairplay. Ile has my heartiest thanks.) lill: !.. <;. r. WASHINGTON EPISODE. In ISS'I Mr. L. Q. C. Washington was named as Democratic nominee for secretary of thc senate, at a time when there was no chance to elect bim. In lS93 when the Democrats bad secured a majority, It was felt that Mr. .Washington should be a?ain minuted, and thc caucus named bim for tho place. In April. 1893, bc was suddenly dropped and Mr. Cox was elected. Why wash. Q. C. Washing ton thrown ou r? According to a story published in the Washington Post, it ssas Cleve land'^ protest which knocked out the caucus nominee. Tin: story published wai. that thc president bad summoned certain Democratic senators to the. white house, had shown them a circular which Washington had used against bis nomination, in which circular Wash ington liad opposed Mr. Cleveland's renomination upon the very ground that lie bad practiced social equality at Un; white house. Mr. Cleveland did not deny the facts. He merely found fault with Washington fur the reason that ''he bas tried to Invoke upon nie the cen sure of my countrymen because I ara man enough to treat every cititi/.en according to bis merit." Mr. Cleveland was so indignant against Washington for condemning tin; social equality practices that he. told iii': senators that ii they election Washington, "l WILL II ? VE NOTHING TO nb WITH ll!.M." All the world knows thal thc seu ate secretary is the go-between who carries and fetches from senate to while house, hence Cleveland's threat amounted to a flitting ol? of friendly communications. The Washington Post was thc lead ing newspaper of tin: city; its story was bound to have come to the presi dent's notice, lias beever denied it? Not-thai 1 ever heard of. Now Inasmuch as Washington made practically thc Yarric charges as those I made bj me,and Inasmuch as Mr.Clcve* I land not only failed to deny Hiern but resented criticism of them -claiming that ho had been "man enough" to iio right my amazement grows that Mr. Cleveland should declare that Hu re were no reasons fdr any such bell I as that held by mc. When tint sweeping si rial was penned where was be on his heels or on bis head? '?MAT WEDDING RECEPTION. 1: Lhere was one point upon which Mr. Cleveland was more coarsely em phatic than another, lt was as to thc attendance of Fred Douglass upon the reception which was held after bis m irria gc. Mr. Cleveland was married at thc I white house on .lune 2, I8S?, in the picsence of a few personal friends, went upon 1 ls bridal tour, and upon H bis return, held a "?r uni reception Hie tiist .duce lils wedding, and therefore, I alluded toas his ''wedding reception." T.ie regular "season" was over, hence tl is si eiil i linell m was considered to lu.ve i len giver in honor of bis mar riage. 'J ue Washington Post, gave an elab orate account of that reception-in its i i .in- of June Ki, 1880. T ie list of gu.st included some of !.. mos! distinguished people in the world. There was present Prince Leopold, or liriizil, the celebrated Archibald Forbes, of langland,, Com modore Schlcy, Colonel I? maparte, and General Sheridan. There were also the justices of the supreme courJ. and thc senators of butti parties, ?md many other eminent citizens and so cial leaders. A more brilliant/ occa sion was never known at the white house, and the invitations were not con tined Lo placeholders. And amid this glittering throng, mingling with it on tonus u| social equality, moved Frederick Douglass and bis wife. Now. Mr. Cleveland, was this your "wedding reception If it, was not, you held no wedding i ccptlon at all, and you should have said so. if it was, then you should have admitted that Fred Douglass and wife were there. No friend of yours, anywhere, can read your card, and/tnen read these proofs without feeling ashamed. Have you fallen f away from the manlier spirit of 1884, when you ceuld telegraph.your friends, concerning a certain question touch ing your morals, "Tell the truth?" fiad ybu forgotten your record on mixed schools? Had you forgotten thc attentions you paid io Fred Doug lass, and to that Albany pet of yours, James Matthews? Let. us hope so. And let us hope that the next time you Blgn an article for publication you will be more re gardful of dignity, as well os of trutb. Thc man who bas led the kind of life you have lcd, and made the record you have made, is not the man to as sume the airs of disdain and supercili ous superiority which you are so prone to affect In your "card." Tnos. E. WATSON. Thomson, Ga., April 9, 1004. l\i S.-Thc blunt, positive and con temptuous card of Mr. Cleveland was published in each of the four dally pa pers! which come to my hons?. For each of the four papers I pre pared a type-written copy' of my answer, and those four were malled from Thomson at the same time. 1 hereby tender my thanks to the two afternuon papers of Atlanta, the Atlanta News and the Atlanta Jour nal -and also the morning paper of Augusta, The Chronicle, which promptly published the article. 1 regret that the Atlanta-Constitu tion refused to allow me to defend myself in Its columns. As Mr. Clark Howell claims to be my friend, I am the more surprised at this lack of fair ness to a fellow-Georgian. A COLD HAVE. It Came Up Very Smldcnly^on Last Saturday Afternoon, The sharp cool wave which took this section by surprise late Saturday afternoon, developed in the northwest Friday following a storm which ori ginated o IT thc Pacilic coast, passing over the New langland States into the Atlantic Saturday. Section Director Bauer said Satur day night that it would not greatly surprise him to dsscover that killing frosts had occurred at points in thc upper tier of counties, but he thought this doubtful. The wave would be of short duration and would do practical ly nb damage to growing crops In this section of the country. The cold wave covered practically the m ire northern half of the coun try Saturday, scoring freezing tetn peratures west of thc Mississippi as far south a- Arkansas and T?x03 and east ot the Mississippi as far south ns thc Chlo river and at points In Ken tucky and Tennessee. Saturday night freezing temperat ures occurred in the mountain districts of Georgia and North Carolina. Preceding the cold wave was a heavy storm, which passed from the central Mississippi valley out over thc New England States into the At lantic, producing nales in the north ern Atlantic States, a 72-milcs an hour velocity leing recorded in New York. Thora was snow Inuppsr New York and lathe New England States. Snows after the middle of April are rather unusual in those State, though snow storms have been known there as late ns tile 1st of May. Aside from checking the growth of cotton in Texas-which is not, by the way, so inconsiderable a' matter since thc boll weevil became so important a factor there-and the probable ''yellowing" of young com, the cold wave will probably, do no damage to crops. The rainfall accompanying the wave his been extremely benefi cial in this State, as the ground bas been dry all over the State with droughty conditions prevailing along the coast and up to the northern cen tral portions. Rapidly rising tempera tures In thc northwest Saturday in dicated that the wave would be of short duration. The storm which produced the falling temperature ori ginated off the Pacitic coast on the 13th, tine of an unusually large num ber sweeping the country from ocean to ocean this spring. THE OLD VETERANS. Charleston Getting Kendy to Give Them a Grand Reception. The Charleston Post says the com mltte.es in charge of the entertainment of the Confederate veterans decide:) not to change the dates that have been tixed for holding thc reunion. The reunion will therefore be held on May IT, 18 and 19 and the work of advertising the dates and the rail road rates throughout the entire Stale will he commenced Immediately. The question of providing accom modatlons for the veterans and visi tors during reunion week was dis cussed. There will be no trouble in providing ample quarters for all who go to Charleston. The committee on free quarters and commissary were consolidated. Mr. R. J. Morris ls chairman of the committee. Thc committees took up the matter of decocratlons and it was the opinion of all that the merchants and busi ness tuen should decorate during re 11 tii< ii week. Mr. J. M. Connelley, who was appointed chairman of Ihe committee on decoi'cttlonB, stated that he could not serve owing to business engagements. Mr. J. F. Rafferty was appointed chairman in his stead and he and his committee will take up the work. Rev. Dr. John Johnson, Dr. T. Grange Simmons and Major A. W. Marshall were added to the executive ct mi i t tee and Capt. W. S. Lanneau and Capt. F. E. Robson were added to the committee on hotels and hoxrd int. houses. Tue rates from points to Charleston on account of the reunion will be as follows: Abbeville.$4.65 Allendale. 2.f>0 Anderson. ii.35 Augusta, Ga. a.OO Barnwell. 2.30 Blacksburg. 4.80 Calhoun Fulls. 4.?55 (Ja m de n. 2.7.r> Carlisle.3.90 Catawba. 3.85 Cheraw.V. 3.10 Chester. 4.00 Clinton. 4.15 Columbia. 2 85 Denmark. MO Fairfax..:':. 2.10 Greenville. 5.10 Hardeevlllc. 2.10 Greenwood.?. 4.66 Lancaster ..................... 3.55 Laurens..':.'..'!.'; . 4.35 Newberry..". 3.70 ( irangeburg. l. H5 Prosperity ..'.". 3.65 Rock lilli. 4.00 Spartanburg. 4.70 Sumter. 2.16 Yemassee.?... 1.50 Yorkviile. 4.30 GHOST STORIES. Peculiar ?ondnot of Borne Restless Spirit? from the Other World. GHOST BE VEALS BURIED CITY. Some Spooks |Thnt Stoned a House. Strange Reappearance of a YOUDK Woman in M aine Haunted Spot. Coadepec, a little village in the State of Mlohoacan, Mexico, has al ways bad amputation for ghosts'and spirits, In the past year, especially, inhabitants ot thc air or tbe streams or the graves of the many dead that I Ile burled all about tbe village have been wandering about like a colony of I reckless nlgbt owls. i They have not been the least shy, like ordinary ghosts, for they have I been seen by hundreds. I? fact, there ls hardly an inhabitant of the place [ that bas not made an acquaintance with some spirit or other from the past. Jose Miranda of ad the people seems to have profited most by their acquaintance. One night several weeks ago as be was raming home from a neighboring village a ghost all in white, its gray cowl falling baok from its shoulders leaving its head ex posed to view, met bim. It was standing between him and the moon, which was shining brightly through the hollow sockets ut its eyes and a bullet hole in its skull. It stood Btill and pointed with one bony hand toward the mountains. Moranda was unable to move, but the horse, aa soon as it caught sight of the ghost made for the vi'lage as ?ast as it could run. A week later Miranda was riding along this same road when tbe ghost met him in thc. same place. This time it seized the animal by the bri dle with one hand and pointed with the other in the direction of the hills. Jose thought he had better humor the ghost, and turning round went in the direction indicated. In about a quarter of an hour they arrived at the foothills. The ghost stopped and pointed to a huge stone at the foot of a tall tree and then Sm mediately disappeared. lt was two weeks before Miranda could persuade any person to go with him to the spot, which he had mark ed by a cross. He succeded at last in persuading an Indian and a mission ary from Mexico City to accompany Illili. When they got to the place they tried to move thc bin stone, but could not. They theu dug under one side of it and let it roll down the hill. After about an hour's work they came upon a circle of skulls, stone axes and relics of a long past age. Examination showed that the big stone had' carver., upon its surface a gigantic hand and that the Circle of Skulls, as the place is now called, was part of the remains of a great ancient city which had been burled by laud slides. At Nasonville, In the town of Bur rillvllle, R. I., there wa?a large house which had for some time been-bom barded with showers of stones. The people of the wrought-up village, af ter weeks of careful investigation and many conferences with ?bel; neigh bors, are at'? loss to explain where the stones could have come from. Tiley had all heard the bombard ment often, and as many as fifty men, women und children had surrounded the house, looked behind every tree and stone wall within a hundred yards, and had even scoured a distant grove of trees; but they had n<-.ver been able to catch a glimpse of any kind of being either llesh or In spirit that could have been suspected of throwing stones. . Finally, the owner of the house of fered a reward of S25 for the solution of the mystery. Then the bombard ment ceased. Many people ar gued that a human being was at the bottom of the whole affair, contend ing that ghosts'would not stop their devilment simply because a price had been set on their apprehension. "?ut if it isn't ghosts," arks one man who isn't afraid of being called "bughouse," what then ls it?" The "North Woods Cemetery, at Haines street and York road, Phila delphia, was tho scene of much ex citement among the residents of that neighborhood. Many people declared that they had seen spooks. The supposed ghost appeared regu larly as soon an darkness fell, and with an uncannj motion of walking upon air, tlitted from?one gravestone to another. There was no conven tional groans or clanking of chains, but Its appearance was so uncanny as to draw crowds of awe stricken people night after night. A horseman nuned Edward Hogan awaited the spook's arrival, and when it appeared ran toward lt. The ghost proved to be the reilection'of an asceto lene lamp. The light reflected on a large polished gr mite monument, was distributed about as the gasolene nickered and gave the appearance of a ghostly moving picture. About two miles from the village of Canton, Me., is a cosy, old-fashioned farm house which is located directly opposite a graveyard, with no other house in sight. From the window of this lit tle house nothing can be seen except the graveyard with its gleam ing stones, and the hills and moun tains round about. The family that has been occupying the house moved out not long ago, declaring that they could not stand it any longer, that they were wellnigh distracted by the demonstrations. When they 'told their story a former resident, who now jives in Hartford, announced that h? had known for years that the place was haunted. He had not told any one for fear of the ridicule of his neighbors. . The demonstrations Were not only In the house, but in the barn and around the premises. Regularly every night at 12 o'clock a team of horses rushes from the direction of the vilr Iago, rumbles over the little bridge at a slashing galt, and then disap pears, lt never reaches tho house. Instead, ghostly voices address the members of the family who have the temerity to live there, the voices coming from all parts of the house, but nover. sp clearly that they can be located. On one memorable night a member of the family went to the barn Just at dusk without a lantern. A figure stood at the corner of the building, and he ran to learn what the straggler wanted about thc the place. The figure silently and mysteriously molted into .the shadows and was gone. ! The foundation ol' thc 3tory was laid seventy-live years ugo. At that time a young woman, handsome and apparently happy, was betrothed to marry a neigt1 bering farmer. One evening ?be went Into the vil lage and later that night she was found dying by the roadside In front of the house. She was burled In the little private burial ground, and the general opinion seems - to be it is her unquiet spirit which ls disturbing the peace of the dwellers in the old house. Two districts in Ulster, Ireland, are In a state of great excitement owing to supposed supernatural visita tions. In County Cavan no one stir* out after dark, aud the people are said to be in a state of ?error, as for weeks past the most unearthly sounds have been heard every night. In the farmhouse of a man named Thompson In County Tyrone, stones and bricks have been burled through the windows, and churns, milk pans and other utensils have disappeared from the dalry, although the doors have been locked and strict watch i kept. A college story that is often told at Harvard is cited sometimes as show ing the effect of an apparition upon the one who beholds lt. The story is of a youth who took it Into his wise head to endeavor to con vert an infield companion of his by appearing as a ghost before him. He sed rdlngly dressed himself up in the usual ghost attire, having previously extracted the ball from a pistol which always lay near the head of his friend's bed. Upon first awakening and seeing the apparition, Brown, the youth who was to be frightened, very coolly looked his companion, the ghost, In the face and said: "I kuow you; this is a good Joke; you see I am not alarmed. Now you may vanish." The gnost stood still. "Go on now," said Brown. "That is enough. I shall become angry. Get out of here." Still the ghost did not move. "By-," burst forth Brown, "if you don't get out of here in three minutes I'll show you." He waited the time stated, deliber ately leveled bis pistol and tired. When he saw that the Immovable lig ure stood stock still Brown uttered a BhrieR- of fright, became convulsed and soon afterward died. The very moment he believed it to be a ghost his human nature gave wav. In Columbus, Ga., thc Fortune Hole, a place where the city carls dump Its garbage, was infested hy negroes who would search there for articles which they might be able to use, but which had been discarded by the people of the town. But the "ha'nts" are on the place now, and no colored man will go within blocks of lt. 1'he old pine coffin which contained the body of Charley Sparks a negro murderer who was hanged, had been thrown Into thc bole. His mother bought him another collin, and when the colored undertaker refused to take the old pine one In exchange, she dumped lt Into Fortune Hole. A little negro boy secured a piece of the Sparks collin and, congratulat ing himself upon having such a fine piece of kindling, carried it home. As soon as his mother found out that lt was a piece of a collin, she had it thrown into the river, and ever since .has"resorted to divers voodoo methods to conjure the evil spirits away from her house. GOOD FARMING. WI) it An Anderdon Man Did On a One lloro Farm. The State says Mr. J. H. Cox, who lives between Belton and Honra Path, ls a successful farmer. Ills success last year was so great that his neigh bors have prevailed upon him to give some figures to your correspondent for publication. Mr. Cox runs a one horse farm. He owns his own land. Last year his work netted bim over 81,300, and the expenses were not over 8200 or 250. Ills farm work shows what can be done by Intensive farming, i Here are the figures as furnished by himself: 200 bushels corn.$ 200 00 2,000 bundles fodder. 40 00 250 bushels cotton seed. 75 00 Nine bales cotton. 494 77 Truck and vegetables. 417 58 Peas. ? 25 Total.8 1,233 GO Mr. Cox employed one negro during the year at a cost of 805, outside of his board. He compounded his own fertilizer and use five tons of cotton seed meal, acid and kainlt, at a cost of 870. Some of the land he worked had been brought up to a high state of cultivation previously, but most of it was ordinary poor land. He made 81 US. P>0 on one acre, the yield being three one horse loads of onions arid 707 pounds of lint cotton. Mr. Cox planted the onions early In the spring, sowing them in rows live feet apart, and later planted cotton between the onions. The onions matured and were gathered before thc cotton need ed deep plowlnig, so Mr. Cox made two paying crops on the same ground. He made 70 bushels of his corn on one and one-fourth acres and the re maining 200 bushels he made on 17 acres of poorer land. When farmers can do that well in Anderson county there really seems no reason in thc world why anybody should go to Texas or anywhere else. Killed in Hattie. A dispatch from Bcnncttsville says the relatives of Sergt. Ernest Rey nolds have received a cablegram bear ing the sad intelligence l hat ho was killed In battle near Manila last Mon day. He was torn to pieces by a can non ball and died instantly. Sergt. Reynolds was a native of Marlboro. His father, William T. Reynolds, liv ed in this county a number of years, but is now at Rock Spring, N. C. Earnest Reynolds had been in the Phillippincs but a few months, having geno there last fall. He was at first stationed at Camp Jessman, Guilma ros, but went to Manila a few weeks ago. Killed Them All. Henry McDaniel, colored, went to the house of bis father-in-law, Rev. A. B. Flood, at Delhi, La., on Mon day and calling his wife to the door shot her dead. He then killed moth er-in-law and ended by killing him anif Two weeks ago whilo ill at her home, 163 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Mrs. Dan Coursey dreamed that she would die on April 16. Friday morn ing at ll o'clock she passed peaceful ly away. Mrs. Coursoy waa 59 ytNirs old and leaves a husband. . * WEATHER AHD CROPS. S?ctiou Director Bauer'd Report fur W'eilt Ending Wednesday. The following is Section Director Bauer's weekly climate and crop re port for the week ending the 11th: The week ending 8 a, m., April Ilth, had a mean temperature of about 68 degrees which ls nearly 3 de grees below normal, due to cool weather at the beginning and the close, and warm during the middle of the week. The lowest, temperature along the coast ranged .from 40 de grees at Charleston to 31 degrees at Conway, with an extreme minimum for the'week of 28 degrees at Liberty, Pickens county. Thin ice was noted generally on the morning of ihe 4th, and light to heavy to killing frost on the 5th. The frost was very damag ing at places, killing, or seriously in juring peaches, figs, plums, corn and garden truck. lu many localities fruit escaped serious injury, and in the commercial peach orchards of the "ridge" section, it is estimated that three-fourths ol a full crop remains. Apples and cherries suffered only slight injury, although some corres pondents report both destroyed. Corn and white potatoes were nipped, the latter killed in places. The frost was not destructive in the commercial truck raising districts, except to cu cumbers that will have to be replant ed, and was also ruinous to straw berries in the Interior that were left exposed. Timely frost warning made it practicable to cover a largo part of the strawberry crop. Hains fell on the Otb, 7th, 8th and 9tb, but the week's rainfall was com paratively light, averaging less than a quarter of an inch. Scattered locali ties bad amounts ranging from half to over an inch. The rainfall was entbe ly insufllcient along the coast where droughty conditions prevail, and in the north central counties were the ground is becoming too bard to plow. A gen eral rain would prove very beneficial. Farm work made very rap'd prog ress, and the preparation of lands is well advanced. Planting operations were confined largely to corn, rice and sea-island cotton, although some up land cotton had been planted in all parts of the State. The soil is in ex cellent tilth, but the temperature has been too low for a favorable germina tion of cotton. Corn planting is nearly finished in the eastern half, and is well ad vanced in the western parts. Consid erable ls up to fairly good stands, with exceptions where worms and birds have been destructive, ncessitating considerable replanting. Some corn has received its first cultivation. Pice planting made uninterrupted progress. Lands have been prepared for tobacco, but none will be trans planted until the moisture conditions are more favorable. The acreage will be much less than last rear. Plants ure plentiful in beds. Wheat and oats continue to im prove slowly, but, with few excep tions, are in good -condition. Ship ments of early vegetables are heavy, and truck iooks very line, but will soon need rain to prevent deteriora tion. Apple and cherry trees are now In full bloom in the northwestern coun ties. Kill Them Out. The Hartsville Hoard of Health give.} this timely advice to the citl zens of that town, which we com mend to all our readers. Djn't forget that if you are trou ble;! with mosquitoes lt ls probably because you are neglecting thc proper workaround your pre ilise for destroy ing their breeding places. Mosqui toes do not Hy far. Watch your water troughs, your wells, rainsvatcr barrels, old cans and bottles lying around. Use a little Kerosine oil evey two weeks upon water in tanks and other places wblcb cannot be emptied. Little pools and puddles are favorite breeding places, but a little kerosene on the water will kill the young mos quitoes in half an hour. Protect your self at night from mosquito bitns, by using nets and screens. The bite of the mosquito is known to produce malaria and other disease*. A little thoughtful and intelligent work now and throughout the summer will do a great deal towards ridding our town of these pest. * A (iront Discovery. A dispatch from Washington says a discovery * which may prove to be tbt most benetictal to mankind since that of chloroform has been made by thc scientists of the Department of Agri culture and will probably be placed at the disposal of physicians and beal tl Otllccrs of tho country within the nexl few months. By Its use lt is regarded as probable that tyboid fever and chol era will become things of the past, and only the malarial mosquito and thc germs that affect mankind and thc lower animals by being introduced into tlie blood through other channels than water will be left for science tc lind thc remedy of the preventive. I! the discovery proves to be all that it is expected the germ of tyhoid will be a simple thing to kill, and all vegeta ble germs that are harmful to man kind will he at the morey of the chem ical that has been found to be theil most deadly enemy. Wildcat liiHiiraiice. The Columbia Record says there ba.c been so many complaints recently to the comptroller general about wildcat Insurance companies that the bc will shortly issue a black Hst, containing the names of the companies who h ive not paid their license of il ut) for thc year. Citizens taking insurance in these companies will in case of loss and refusal of the companies to pay, sue the home olllce whereas in case ol loss in a licensed company suit can bi tiled against the agent named in tin papers on tile in ithe comptroller'! olllce. Should an adjuster for an un licensed concern come info the state be ls liable to arrest. Comptroller General Jones is determined that thc present insurance lav/ shall have thc widest possible publicity as there ari so many complaints lilied from farmers and others who have been swindled. Kill Out thu Rats. Here Is a farmer's mode for ridding his premises of rats and mice: "li you will sprinkle sulphur on your barr door and through your corn as yoi: gather it, there will not bo a rat noi mouse bother lt. 1 have done this sever al years and have never been bothered with rats or mice. 1 have some ole: corn In my crib at present and not n rat nor mouse can be found. In stack ing bay or oats, sprinkle on thc ground and little through each loac and my word for lt, rats or mice can't stay there. A pound will besuthoienl to preserve a large barn of corn, ant t ls good for stock and will not hurt he corn for bread. BEGINS WORK With the first dose, cleansing the blood of all thc poisonous .dds that produce RHEUMATISM, driving ?mt ?Il the dangerous germs that infest the body-th^t is the way cures arc effected by Other medicines treat symptoms; Rhiumacidt nmtvu tb* taun, and, therefore, its CURES ARE PERMANENT. Helps the digestion, tones up the system. Sample bottle free on application to BOBBITT CHBMICAL CO., Pro prietors, 316 West Lombard St., baltimore, Md. Everybody Should Read This. We soil tho best goods for tho least money that they can legitimately be sold at. If you need anything In the machinery supply line write us for prices. Just receiving two car loads of pipe and car load of iron. Cheapest place in stato to buy pipe and Iron. MA. G?lQNARD, Pres. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., C Atkinson, Sec and Trias, Columbia, a. O. GET OUT OF THE RUT By using some of our high grade ready-mixed paints on your house in stead of the home made lead and oil mixtures, they are more thorough ly ground hy machinery and will, therefore, give better and more last ing results. COLEM A N-B ALL-MARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO. 3?7 King Wholesale and retail dealers in everything in tho paint line. StrfM?t, Charleston, S. C. Palmetto Stamps, Automobile Tickets. Iii r\ c\ WI T f/"V? Don't think that every ono who hangs out a sign as a "watch ill C VVciLCH maker" is corapotont to repair your lino watch, ftopairore who . . are fully competent are scarce Wo d') work only ono way,-the IP PTiT 1 VI tl O' best-we can mako any part of a watch, or a completo watch. lVC/ jJttll tll^. Our prices are of toa no moro than you pny for inferior work. When our charge for work Is $1.50 or over wo will pay expross charge ono way. Sand uwoiir watch, P. H LAOHIOHOTTB Jfc CO, Jowolors, 1424 Alain St., Columbia, S. C. Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette All,Drug and Tobacco Habit, I Habit | Habit Habits. Cured by ICeeley Institute, of G. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspond ence solicited. Southeastern Lime & Cement Go. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing "RUBEROID." Write for prices. jLvini? Cement, Plaster, Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small lots, write Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, M 6Cr The Privilege T*x. The Columbia State says with the close of the first quarter, the receipts for the privilege tax amount to $99, 097.15. The total amount resolved lust year from January to December was ?98,909.00, and between the first of April and the last of December the amount received was over $8,000. With this as a baslr, it ls thought that the receipts for this year will run up to 9110,000! The privilege tax is the revenue paid to the State by the fertilizer companies at the rate of 25 cents on each ton of fertilizer. 'KA* ^JW-yjosed to cover the cus* or inspect! ngine"<T?9TtiUzcT, bub the actual cost of inspection ls much less than the tax. For this sum the State, through the department of agriculture of Clemson College, is sues togs to be placed on the bags of fertilizers and for this reason the tax is commonly known as the tag tax. When the State in 1890 adopted this system of taxation to insure farmers against being sold Inferior stuff the Income from this source was but $53, 000. This year that amount will be doubled, so great his been the In crease of Intensified farming. There may not be as many acres under cultivation now as there were In 1890, but the farmers are trying to get out of each acre the very best that is in the soil. The introduction of tobacco culture also required the use of additional fertilizers, and thie year, lt is almost needless to state, the upward spurt In sales ls due to the circus performances of the bulls and bears, in the arena in Wall street, where cotton prices tumbled and agidn tumbled, and Sully, the most daring of the trapeze artists of the exchange, finally met his defeat. The following comparative figures will be of universal interest: The re ceipts to the tirst day of April this yee.r are $99,097.15; for the same peiiod last; year, 890,069; 1898, $59, 301.33; 1890, $51,509.50; 1?00, 863, 037.?0; 1001, $70,950.08; 1902, 805, 140.55. The first of April is the end uf the tax year, practically, until the last two months of the fall, when there are again heavy sales of fertili zer.!. The total receipts for the respec tive years since the tax has been In force are as follows: 1890-01, $53, ! 285.85; 1891-02, $30,108.98; 1892-03, $50,243.95; 1893 94, $43,423.88; 1894 ' 95, 830,153 93; 1895-06, $54,524.37. At this time the fiscal year was so altered that the date of final settle ments came on tho 31st of December . instead of the 1st of November and since "1890 the receipts have been; 1897, 859,352.35; 1898, $65,494.33; 1809, $1)2,12,1.83; 1900, $75,214.34; 1001, $81,073.43; 1902, $81,744.94 i The State. Itutter Milk and Cheese. An interestieg monograph lately is , sued by the national department of ; agriculture observes that "Iowa is conspicuous as a producer of butter, New York of cheese, . Wisconsin of both butter and cheese, New York p again of market milk and Illinois of , condensed milk." The osagnitudo ; of the daily Interests of the country , is shown by the fact that of the ] 5,739,057 farms in tho United States ' 4,514,210 keep cows, and of the latter ' 357,578 derive 40 per cent of their In ? come from the dalry and are properly ; classifiable as dalry farms. There ; are 07,822,33? cattle In the country, ; of which about 18,000,000 are kept ' for dairy purposes; nearly a million of the latter are what are called "town cows." In the total cow population 100,000 are "puro bloods," or about 7 I per cent; 16 per tent more havo at r least one-half improved blood In them, i Tho averago value of a dalry cow is i about $30. lt takes 237 cows to sup r ply 1,000 persons. Sixty years ago it ? took 283; that is a proof that improv I ed brooding ls Increasing the milk pro I duction of thc animals. Thc anuna) i milk production ls 7,728,583,340 gal . lons or 101 gallons for every Amerl ? can. The annual value of our dally I products is $005,315,341, of which J butter accounts for about $203,000, ; OOO, cheese $28,000,000 condensed I milk 812,000,000, milk consumed ; $217,000,000 aaa bv-pr*?u?t> 841, I000,000. Josh Billings on Marriage. By all means, Joe, get married If you have a fair show. Don't stand shivering on the batik, but pitch rite in aud stick your head under and shiv er lt ont. Thar ain't auy more t'ick in getting married than thar is in eating peanuts. Many a man bas stood" shivering on the shore until the river bas run clean out. Don't expect to marry an angel-they hav been picked up long ago. Remember, Joe, you hain't a saint yourself. DD not ruar ry for beauty exclusively; ueauty^ii"' like ice, awfully slippery and tliaws dreadfully easy. Don't marry for luv, neither; luv is like a cooking stove, goal for nothing when the fuel is out.. Pub- |?t. the mixture be some b(At?r^-< becou M????eu -?n?wau^^s>.^';: in her pocket, a go id spoiler, baddy and neat in her house, pleb ty of go jd sense, tough constitution and bylaws, ' small feet, a high step; and to this sound teeth and a warm heart. The misture will not evaporate. Don't mar ry for pedigree, unless its backed with banknotes. A family with nothing but pedigree generally lacks sensj. New M nilli?; for Kural Carriers. The Senate has decided to deal more liberally with th? rural flee delivery carriers, says the Charlotte Chronicle. His pay of S720 per year is to be uniform and be is given privi lege to do a parcels delivery business. The amendment, tbe effect of which will be to greatly ben?titted the pat rons of the carrier, provides that ''the' bald carriers may carry merchandise for hire and receive subscriptions fe and deliver newspapeis, magji^fies, and other periodicals for &y(d upon' the request of patrons residing upon their respective routes whenever the same shall not interftftV with tne proper discharge of their official duties and under such regulations as toe Postmaster General m^y prescribe, and not otherwise; and, provided fur ther, that no carder shall refuse to deliver or take orders or subscriptioas for any merchandise, newspaper, or periodical, requested" by any patron on bis route, subject po the laws of the United States and/the regulations of the Postmaster General.'' Under thiB ruling, the free/delivery service will be more of a blessing ?nan ever. Killed by |L Trolley. John EngelmanA, af-d four years, was run over by a trolley car In Char leston on Wednesday and both legs were cut off aboves the knees. THE citizens of (Greenville will erect a monument to Pa? Tucker, the brave policeman who Was killed on Tuesdiy n>ght in the discharge of Ids duty. ieiB?iiSomei? who arc in need ol th? bret medical treat ment should not (all to consult Dr. Hatha way at once, as he I? recognised a? the leading and most suc cessful s pec 1 a 11st. You are safe in placing your case In lils hands, as he 1? the longest established and has the best rep utation. Ile cares yr h ero others fall; there 1? no patchwork or experlincnt'.ng In y/A his treatment. Fer lai annal attention by Dr. ?/?wnuKiwnw Hathaway, also ape DR." nATnxwAT.' olal counsel ?r?? "J associate physicians wheiLnecessary. which nnot^r " you can not call, write for free booklets and question blanks. Mention your trouble. Bf .rything strictly confidential. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D. ??? . r 28 Inman Building,:22i \PHno{\d St Atlanta Ga. ^W??AT^SlAKES A GOOD PIANO? Good Materials, Skill, Knowlodgc, Caro and a lot of little things you don't see, all cost money-pay aa much as you can. We hm factory representatives ror the most celebrated Pianos, viz: Chickcrlng, Knabe, Fischer, Vose, Behr, Mathushek, McPhall, and oth ers. Whatever you pay us, you are suro of a GOOD PIANO and a saving of ?25 toU76. Address, Malone musi? ?iouse Columbia, S. G., will entitle you to catalogue. Pinnow -Sc Orgft.ua