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f C r . VOL. VII. TiLLMAN LI<:AI>I:I?SGONFKK Long Mooting; oi'tlio True mid Tried liiist Night. The State. There was a conference of the leaders of the Tillman party last night. It was held at the Executive Mansion, and it does not augur well frwL^ho railrnftfla mwl n P?.?? v??^w ????? (% IV H V/V1IVJ1 tl^^ga: it was a gathering held for no other purpose than to provide means and suggest ways for the carrying on of some of the fights which the administration has undertaken. The conference began at 8 and continued till nearly 11 jo'clock. Every attempt to make it a secret affair was made, but as usual with such affairs it was known in advance that it was to bo held. The two big leaders, the Governor and Senator Irby, were present. iatnr Irby came down yesterday ^Rernoon, .John Gary Evans met them at the road in the Governor's carriage and they went around the back way to the mansion. The other men who came to attend the conference dropped in one by one and nearly all of them had somo other plausible reason for visiting Columbia at this time* Copies of this call were sent to all the prominent leaders, but at the roll call last night only a few responded. Among those present were Senator Jrby, Governor Tillman, Congressman T. .1. Strait, Dr. S. Pope, Dr. W. 11. Timmerman, Ira B. Jones, S. A. Nettles, John Gary Evans, W. D. Evans, Eugene B. Gary, U. C. Watts, Stanyarne Wilson, F. M. Mixson and W. II Yel dell. The Attorney General was also present by the invitation of the Governor. Other Tillman leaders who were in the city, but not known to have been present at the meeting were C. M. Efird, 1). E. Finley, II. II. Thomas and J. A. Sligh. It will therefore be seen that the attendance was not very large. There was no lack of discussion, judging from the time the crowd remained in session. The fate of tho railroads was undoubtedly sealed securely. All those who attended seemed to bo thoroughly satisfied with the result, though they would not have a word to say about their proceedings. It is generally understood that the dispensary fight, and other public matters were discussed. The matter of raising money wherewith to offset ? the chock sent by Governor Tillman a few days ago to the United States Court to defray the expenses of the sheriffs in the contempt cases was, no doubt, fully discussed, for there was no fund to meet such expenses. An nlri Railroad fiaco.S wiy IIMIII UMU M MUW' ' Another phase to the railroad cases lias been made public in the follow ing order of Judge Simon ton, whereby they will be heard in reference beforo the clerk of the United States District Court at Charleston. The cases referred to are those of last year wherein the railroads protest against the payment of the extra tax levv: "The lifchmond& Danville Railroad Company against J* li. Blake, W. I). Mannetal. center hearing the motion made by Hon. D. A. Townsend, Attorney General, and Samuel Lord, counsel for defendants; that the testimony in this cause be taken orally before an examiner appointod by the court and upon consideration thereof, it is "Ordered, That the evidence to bo ttaken in this cause be taken orally and all the witnesses shall be examined orally before J. E. llagood, Esq., one of the examiners of this court, he being, in the opinion of the court, th<j fittest person to tako such examination, that the plaintiff shall have until the first day of June, 1803, .to take its evidence in support of the jhjll, and the defendants shall have until the first day of August, 1893, to take their evidence in defence, and the plaintiff shall have until the first day of September, 1893,within which "to take its evidence in reply. "The depositions of the witnesses produced by either party shall, under the directions of the examiner, be taken down by Miss Julia G. Courtenay who is hereby appointed the stenographer to take the same under the direction of the said examiner, and after being taken down steno graphically shall bo put into typowriting shall bo read over to the witnesses and signed by them in the presence of the examiner and such of the parties or counsel as may attond, provided if the witnesses shall refuse to sign such deposition so taken, then the examimer shall sign the same, stating upon the record the reason, if any, assigned by the witness for snob refiiaul Signed, {'Charles II. Simonton, "United States Judge." "Which do you like best, your fa ther or your mother?" inquired a visitor of a little chubby-fist. "Oh, l.like ma the best. She spanks re with the soft side of her hand; pa takes a shin* < gle."?Wfir York Express. I . r . XxSm*. * c Columbian Letter. (Kegular Correspondent.) The last nail has beon driven?not in n coffin, but by Mrs. Potter Pal? mer in the woman's building. It : was a golden nail. President Cleveland Ins loaned his . distinguished presence, touched the button, setting the wheels in motion, leaving, the people to do the rest. The Duke of Veragua, only eleven generations removed from Columbus who, owing to his insatiable curiosity is the cause of all this trouble,) is with us. I might add, confidentially, "Duke of Veragua' is only his official title, and that when he is at home, where he can let himself loose without restraint, his abbreviated name among the boys is "Chrutobel Colon de Toledo y l.aviategrie de la Cerdas Horn ire/. Ha, quedano y Cante, etc." The "etc" may indicate to the reader that there is some more of the name coining by the next train, but this is not . necessarily the fact. It is simply a sort of legal notice to the world at large that ho has the right to?add the names of his father and mother to his own, making them particeps I'rillllliK !i si it vrori* 01 t lioi1 fi\i? Itiu having been born or for his name, 1 do not know which. In fact the "etc." is something like "all rights reserved" which follows the announcements of copy-rights. Then the famous Liberty bell from Philadelphia, with the same crack it wears at home, has been re ceived with due honors, and made to feel at home. The earl of Craven, who recently joined Ward McAllister's exclusive 150 by marrying a Bradley-Martin in Now York, has arrived with fifteen trunks and thirty-two pieces of hand luggage. A pack of savage Zulus, a car load of Chinamen, who have just been vacillated, are on exhibition, together with the National Commission. As the National Commission is proceeding to knock out the local directory, who have made the fair a success, their exhibition is more of nerve than utility. But with even the few attractions I have named, which are far from all, there is 110 reason why we should not be happy and extend that happiness t<? those who sock shelter witk1 in our gates. THE L'KOGRAMMK CARRIED OUT. Chicago was not as gaily decorated on opening as on dedication day, and the outside attendance was not so great as last October. This was 1 due to two facts. There were not so many outsiders invited, and everyone knows that the exhibitors are behind in their work. It has now gotten to be a matter of business with the public. But the mammoth exposition was started on time, in the presence af 150,000 people. The programme was executed with promptness, tho president touching tho button at 12:30 p. m.. as arranged. Tho weather gloomy enough, but unfortunately the rain did not actually descend until night, though tho weather bureau had hard work to keep tho cloud from sweeping with joy over the opportunity to wet so many people at ono fell swoop. So many new hotels have sprung up during tho winter in tho World's fair district that there is 110 comrJntn liol- nf *1?a ? ? ?1? ^ uiv>v Iiou vi Ult; UUlCiS 111 LIJU uiuy VX~ taut. There are said to be over one hundred and fifty of these exposition.affairs, many of them fiimsj wind or fire traps, while some nre designed to ba transformed into apartment houses after the fair, and well constructed. In an incomplete list of over two hundred and fifty I find 130 in the city proper, and the remainder in the Jackson Park region. It is amusing to note the extent of the so-called fair district. The grounds are six miles south of the city hall, while many of these temporary hotel structures are f rom ten to twelve miles south, some of ' them even in Indiana. As the first gate going south is at Fifty-seventh i street and Stony Island avenue, and tho last one at Sixth-seventh street, while these hotels extend as far south as One hundred and .thirty third street, you are liable to find it easier to go from the city to the grounds than from a special ""jVorld'B ? ,(Be True to Y< ONWAY. S4 Fair hotel, unless you have a well j defined idea of the "lay of the land," in making your selection Still if you prefer seclusion to life and bus- e tie, you will quite likely find it by c setting your face Indianaward. 1 The charges will be variable both s in the World's Fair district and the " city proper. The city at night, \ with its brilliantly lighted streets v and numerous amusements, will be an attractive place for the visitor ! after "doing" the fair during the a day. It a visitor m shrewd ho does g not need to incur excessive expense h far hotel accommodations. You can ^ have the opportunity to pay big pri " cos if you wish or to reverse. At t the Auditorium on Michigan avenue, or the Great Northern on the corner 1 of Dearborn and Jackson streets you 1 can get rooms without meals from ^ $5 per day up. Within two or three v blocks of those expensive hotels, on c Jackson street between Wabash and e Michigan avenues, is the Niagara ho- ^ tel, where a ?1 per day rate is main- ^ tained, with accommodations first- s class and as much real comfort as at the more expensive hostleries. This 1 serves to illustrate that you can live (( expensively or moderately as you ( may desire when you come to China go, and if you select the expensive j style you should not complain of 1 extorsion, for it is not forced upon you, hut your own choice. < CorNTiNG tin: cost. r After three years of hard work the 1 management are beginning to count ' up the cost and here are the amounts ' I which Director General Davis says have been supplied: From (J. S. government so,198,875 From state govern meats G,020,850 From foreign governments 0,571,529 Stock subscription 5,553,700 Sale city bonds Chicago 5,000,000 Bonds sold public Chicago 1,001,500 (into receipts to April 1 234,853 Miscellaneous concessions, 384,308 Total $33,248,930 Deducting what foreign govern moots have expended and this country has furnished, twenjy six million, si c hundred and seventy-seven, four hundred and ouedollars. Of this amount Chicago alone contributed over fifteen million dollars, or considerably more than half of what the general government and all of the restofthe country combined have supplied. It will probably require additional expenditures, swelling the grand total up to at least $35,000,000. You can form some idea whether it is not worth your while to see an aggregation of buildings and exhibits which have cost thirtyfive million dollars to accumulate without making any ccount whatever of th ? additional millions wh'ch Che exhibits themselves have cost. t You are not likely to have another f iiuch an opportunity presented. . Hoped to hoc Kim Often. I Creditor (determinedly)?I shall < oall every week until you pay this i account, sir. 1 Debtor (blandly)?Then, sir, there ( seems every probability of our ac- I quaintanceahip lipening into friend- f ship.?Hoston Globle. f Popular Fallacies. * That majority and poker are ag- t gravated evils. I That undertakers do net find plea- I sure in their work ? That a soft bed ameliorates the af- j fliction of poverty. That food tastes better if served on j Dresden ware. , That an ode cannot be written ( around'a buckwheat cake. 1 l That ministers of the Gospel no ( ver suffer from nightmare. That high kickers are interested i in tko poetry of motion. m I That wives experience more joy in accepting pin money than alimony. ! That ambitious men bother,about j the amount of gray matter in their ] brains. , That the click of the typewriter is ?\/\i o a Ko/I < rt I 1% a a ? ^ ?? I- ? d iiuv (id i/nvi. id 1,110 vuiiio l)l n, 11 )l 11 (I organ. 1 ( That a boomerang is as dangerous ( as a bean shooter in the hands of a , small boy.?Puck. A revivifying of nature's latent i forco occurs every Spring. At this i time better than at any other, the blood may be cleansed from the i humors which infest it. The best and most popular remedy to use for this purpose is Ayer's Compound extract of ^arsaparilla. I our Word, Your Work, atul THI R8D AY Donaldson's Itcply to Tillman. Greenville, S. C. May 1, 180)1. Mr. Klitor:? In replying to Gov mor Tillman's confession to having ilacklistcd me to President Oloveand, and the reason lie assigns for o doing 1 shall not attempt to link" .Mr. Tillman as citizen, w'th Ir. Tillman as (Governor, nor viceersa, 'nit to deal with him as man o man, recofrnizinir the fact, as the >uMic will also, that if his conduct it this matter, is shown to bo true n. 1 noble and manly, it will only five lustre to the ollice winch lie olds, and that on the contrary if is course has been untrue, ignoble, nd unmanly, his oflice as Governor, rill not shield him from the coneinpt of all riglit^hinkjflg men. "When I first WW the"Reports in he newspapers tlunf. the Governor of he State had included my name in . black list to Mr. Cleveland, I in oimjion with the people generally rave but little credit to it, but reeking no statement from the Gov rnor denying it 1 wrote him a loter of inquiry, which letter he saw it to ignore. I shall take up his inhlic statement< however, and an. wer them seriatim. lie disclaims any "reference" to ny private character, or any feeling if resentment, or desire to injure ne and yet lie deliberately proceeds 0 charge me with "betrayal" of the \lliance, and "treachery to the peo ile, and to the Alliance" thus makng a deadly thrust at tny character md reputation. Wo read of one loabol olden time, who while madlened and blinded by political joal)usy, pursued a faithful servant of lie king, one who was on a mission .0 unite and harmonize the people, 1 II<1 II' )l All 1 1 A 1l?wl Aimpfll l.'l.ll ll I 111 1 I I I I ? ? I I v I I II' II (IV | WYV'I HI |\l II I I I I I i his Joab while stroking the beard )f his victim, groat show of friendship, thrust the cold steel under his ifth rib. Perhaps Gov. Tillman las yet to learn that to stall a man's dnira tor, whether openly, as Joab lid Amasa's person, or under cover >f suj posed secresy in a blacklist to lie President means death to the dot int. The lirst reason given by the Gov rnor to prevent "further betrayal )f the Alliance" is that I was ropuliatod by the Democracy of Greenville County etc. 80 far as my fining to be elected a delgate to the May convention is concerned, I have die records to show, for they are in die hands of throoas honorable men is live in Greenville County, Unit in 1 caucus of reformers, held just Defore the meeting of the County Donvention, a ballot was taken for Jelegates to the State Convention to to bo voted for in the open conven ion. About one half of the ballots 311st for me were not reported, and still the number of ballots counted for me made nic an alternate, which iccording to a rule of the caucus equired that my name be printed )ti the tickets to be used in the open jonvention, having failed therefore >y the counting out process to keep ne off the ticket, it was discovered n the convention, after a large number of them wore distributed to the unsuspecting members, that my larno was left off the tickets. This irousing suspicion in the minds of tome, an investigation was made, ind the facts as above stated sworn n nod niiblistwwl hv t he i 11 vest i(ml i 11 <r - I ~ J ? r> committee* It was but natural therefore (and certaihly nothing 20111<1 havo been more gratifying to ne) that my friends with whom I had so long associated in the work >f seeing the persecution hat \\ aa attempted towards me should rally almost to a man to my support in the State Convention. Is t not a remarkable position for the Glovernor to put th,c members of that convention in when fie states that 'through the influence of a few Alliance men," they unanimously conferred the most honorablo and responsible position, within their gift upon one so unworthy as he would have me appear? If there was any "presumption' n that convention as to my boing opposed to the nomination of Mr. Cleveland, I was not aware of it then nor since, ti 11 the Governor makes the bald statement, that such was the case. To be entirely frank he makes that statement in the face of indubitable proof to the contrary, for my position towards Mr. Cleveland was given to the press as early is February 18111, and was printed in the newspapers all over this State, ind in other States'as well, and I, know he read my views, as then expressed. The Alliance gave no evidence of looking upon my preference for Mr Cleveland as a betrayal of them nither at that time or since. More over the convention voted down n resolution to instruct the delegates to Chicago, as the records show. As to the resolutions afterwards adopted condemning Mr. Cleveland's formei administration, it will be remembered by delegates, who talked with ni( on the way to Chicago, that I though the resolution as expressive of th< sense of the convention must hav< its. bearing upon their action. 1 went to Chicago, not as a delegate % Your Country." MAY II, 1893* 1*7 . ' " " I to vote in the convention, but to meet I the Democratic National Executive Committee, tn order to organize with that committee for the work of the campaign. I associated with them "openly" I confess; most of the committee I believe were supporters of Mr. Cleveland, and the (results of the convention indicated j that them were <p?ite a number of voting delegates also, who were in favor of his nomination. 1 felt then ns I do now, that I as a free white j South Carolina Democrat, had as mitnli riirlil ti? mv r<lminn of Air. Cleveland for the presidency sis (?overnor Tillman Imd for his choice. As already stated my position for Mr. Cleveland was well understood before the May convention met. No demand was made upon me' by that convention, ur.d I deny the charge that I conesiously deceived anyone, cither by si tenet?, or by speech. The next count in this wonderful indicment is that I pledged myself if elected President of the State Alliance, not to seek any office etc., and this report "I am told" is being very industriously circulated in Alliance circles as though it were a fact, which if believed will, as is hoped for by those who seek my injury have the effect of breaking the unity of the Alliance, in sup porting my efforts as its official head to build up and maintain the true principles of t lie < )rdor. 'Pbe exact truthjis, 1 did not seek the nomination of the presidency of the State Alliance, baton the contrary expressed to many of those who approached tue on the subject, that 1 preferred to decline, and I nm sure that every member of the State Alliance who voted for me will boar mo out in the statement; thai 1 did not in the slightest degree express or imply any such pledge, nor was any such requirement laid upon me by any one whomsoever. 1 did say after my election that I would do all within my power to build up and 1 ...i ."i. i . ..i . ..e ii.. i ilUtillll'f MIL* IMHTI'SIS Wl L11U l/IUUr, which I have done, and will continue) lo do. It might he interesting right hereto inquire of I lie (lovernor whence comes this new-born zeal for the welfare and safety of the Alliance on his part? I believe that at onetime he was made President of the Kdgofield (,'ounty Alliance, and that notwithstanding lie had pub lished far and wide- to show liis disinterested patriotism ? that he wanted no oflico save that of a trustee of an agricultural college, yet ho did not hesitate to embrace the first opportunity to hold office of another kind. When Alliuncemen all over the State revert to his defiance of the Order and its principles, as ho demonstrated it at the meeting of the State Alliance at Spartanburg, tliey will no doubt look upon his groat and sudden Alliance virtue in this case as somewhat ludicrous and grotesque. In the last count ho charges me with "treachery, to the people and to the Alliance/' in that 1 injected into the railroad bill of '91 "two objectionable features," viz: Tho right of appeal on the part of the railroads to the courts and the feature of the bill which allowed tho , election of railroad commissioners by the (icncrul Assembly. To any one with Hie information and inteligetioe of a school by a reply to these charges would seem surperfluous. Mr Tillman, when inaugurated Governor took a solemn oath to sustain the constitution of this State and of the United States. 1, with every other member of the Senate and House of Representatives, took the same oath* The constitution unquestionably guarantees to the citi/.en the right or appeal to the courts, which right is one of the bed rocks of civil liberty, and yet the Governor of a great State, who has sworn to sustain tlie constitution thereof, feels justified in proceeding seriously and deliberately to Washington and apparently under cover of secrecy asks the chief executive of the nation to decapitate a man who, as State Senator, refused to betray his trust by denying to the citi/.en his rights, under tho constitution for in its i lust analysis that is what this reason as given to Mr. Cleveland, means, i So far as relates to Bunch Mo Hoc having suggested to mo that the , right of appeal be inserted in the hill, I have to say that Mr. McHee nwvtir uiii;*: jhuii liuiiuu me manor 1,0 me; nor to the best of my recollec tion did he over discuss the bill in I my presence. "I have been told," by the best authority, that the railroad men, after failing in their efforts J to defeat the bill in the House and Senate, concurred very fully with the Governor in his desire to deny the . right of appeni to the railroads, as ! that would have rendered the whole act unconstitutional and consequenti ly nugatory. Again, 1 incurred the i displeasure of tho Governor hy alj lowing the Legislature to elect I the commissioners instead of the . people. I As a matter of fact I was in favor * of a clause being inserted in the t bill to have the commissioners electJ ed by tho people, one every two 5 years, but it was thought best by some I of tho reform senators not to do so at 5 that time, for tho reason that there - - rr eould be no election by the people , WU till the next genoral election, unci that us a mutter of necessity the Legislature most.elect as the nearest approach to the people. It was also thought best not to increase | opposition to the passage of the bill by inserting that provision, in J f}, nsmuch as the same Legislature i ^ would sit the next winter, when il ' would i>e easy to amend the act. In \ 1,1 theso flimsy reasons given by the ' ci Governor for his course lie again m overreached himself. for it is well ta known that tho reform Senators had a bare majority in the Senate, and 1,1 that without their united support no n< part of the hill could liavo boon pas si sed. Why did lie not blacklist them cr all? In this connection I will also j ^ state that upon all important bills, tho reform Senators held meetings ami agreed upon what they wished pi passed, after which one of their mini ; her was ehosoo to take charge of the ^ bill and conduct it on the floor of the Senate. In this railroad bill this 111 duty was devolved upon mo to make in all motions, offer amendments, etc., oi as agreed upon. So it will bo readi- \i ly understood that each of the other reform Senators is as chargeable u with this crime in the Governors' n< sight us I am. T I have thus given the facts in this di case in refutation of the tissuo of \y perversions and mis statements made in tho Governor's charges against me, and I feel happy in the knowIedge that there are scores of men who are personally acquainted with w every eircumsfauce mentioned and ^(, who can testify to the facts as 1 have stated tlieni some of whom have ulrend3* done so by letter. U( In conclusion allow mo to call attention to sonic things that are sig- rn niflcant in the Governor's statement. t| lie disclaims any desire to do mo harm, and then stainns nnon inv k i i - VL I | character tlio words "betrayal and 11 treachery." lie says "tho Alliance ai has nothing to do with it, either di- Gi rectiv or indirectly," and yet tries to defend his conduct towards its President or. tho ground of his love for c' the Alliance. h IIe intimates by the mention of o Punch McPee that I was in collus- v ion with the railroads and that I ^ "appeared to ho governed hy solf-interest rather than hy patriotism,'' P and yet lie will not deny that aseiti* c zen and patriot lie told the people, r< when first lie asked thoin to niake a him their Governor, that the corrti}) tion and debauchery in tho State was due to the use of free passes hy members of the Legislature and b State officials. Was it "self interest rather than patriotism" that gov- gj erued him when after his election he received moro passes than perhaps 01 any 0110 who proceeded him? Comtoon prudence, it would seem, as ci well as self-preservation, ought to | tc have steered tho'Governor clear of j. Punch McPoo. "Truly whom the gods would destroy they first, make mad." Lastly, he regrets the necessitity h "which has forced a rehearsal of n these undisputed facts." Of this I have 110 doubt whatever, for "I was '. told" that the Governor has said to several parties that his letter to Pros- ft idont Cleveland was intended to he* regarded as confidential, hut as it b leaked out the necessity came upon C( him to explain, and then, although "the Alliance has nothing to do with f* it, either directly or indirectly," ho la winds tip hy taking refuge in the b sanctuary of the reform movement c< and the Alliance. "To Civsar he shall go." As to the reform movement I am ready to compare records <l with him as to loyalty, consistency and length of service. In the Alii ft anco cause with which 1 have been f, identified from its infancy in this ^ State, I have worked in its almost every department. If there is a " (hrother in the Order who is willing to charge me with the betrayal of n trust or troahcery to the brother c, hood I am ready to meet him, as a j Democrat I am prepared to" answer for my stewardship. I shall willing- " jy leave this matter to the honest and c discriminating judgment of those p whom Gov. Ti'lman says I have be- y trayed nidi ab'de by their verdict, ,j M. J j. Donaldson. Whiskers that are prematurely h gray or faqed should he colored to f I prevent the look of age, and Buck- , ham's dye excels all others in color- ? ing brown or black. The man who called sarsaparilla a fraud, had good reason; for ho I got hold of a worthless mixture at "reduced rates.'' lie changed lvs i, opinion, howevor, lien he began to j tuke Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It pays,to g be careful, when buying medicines. c w To (Jef at tlio facts. ?< Regarding Hood's Sarsaparilla, r ask tlie people who take this modi- d cine, reatl the testimonials often o publised in this psper. They will '' certainly convince you that Hood's " Sarsaparilla . possesses unequaled u merit, and that Hood s cures. Hood's Rills cure constipation by * restoring the peristaltic action of tho 0 alimentary canal They aro the best family cathartic. ? 1 NO. iF eekly Weather-crop Bulletin of South Carolina Weather Serviee. for Week ending May- I 1893. Over the State very little rain has ,1 Ion and the temperature while >out normal has had a wide range, o first part of the week going 8ufti ently low to cause frosts, daniagg to young cotton, beans and po. toes .nd at the close of the week mging for several days in the dcrhborhnnd of ninntv Tim aim o - ~'J """ lino has been of great benefit to ops, averaging about 05 per ID t. While there was no general storm issod over this state, a few scatired showers were reported which rought cotton up in places. A3 a lonth it has bean the driest for any years. .'11 some localities, the ily rain of any consequence since [arch 27, occurring April 20th., as followed by high winds which autralized all beneficial effects, lie rain of May I, fairly broke the rought over the western and northcstern counties, and a great part of 1 e evil effect of the dry spell will bo iscounted. The rain in this seeon has been of a soft soaking kind arm and steady. No rain repol'd this morning along the coast unities where the drought contin as. Along the (leorgia border the linfall has been light and frosts of ic fore part of the week damaged aniens. Oats are poor and suffer ig from drought, on clay land they re almost ruined1 a good deal of irly cotton has been planted over; inch of the cotton is reported as Dining up badly and dying. Kdgeold county reports corn, watermellie lnnL- 1 iwi- ttf/kl I 1 h/v 1 ..C> luunni^ 11CII) UUL LIIIT ^ouorui crdict scorns to be that all crops are uttering from drought and oats in articular. The replant of melon rop is not yet up. lhiriiwell county 'ports bad stand of late corn; cotton bout half a stand, and oats yellow, ith many black heads. In I3eau>rt county rice is being eaten by a lack water bug. Along the coast lino cotton is up, nee the last few days of hot weathr and sunshine which has been benlicial to it and young corn. All pops, however, are suffering for wa;r and are withering and dwarfed y drought. Worms are cutting own March corn in all low places, oa Island cotton is looking much otter than interior, Haiti is badly ceded to soften the crusted ground nd allow cotton to come up. Along lis section there has keen no ruinill the past week. Counties on the North Carolina order report cotton all planted and 3rn looking well, some few coinlain of bugs. Karly planted cotton i poor stand. The rain fall has not cen sufficient to bring up cotton re antly planted. In York county otton is reported as about all up nd corn growing nicely and good w -/ ?/ ? O tand, although wheat seems to he ;\ liluro. In the western counties rost hurt vines and young cotton on be 24ih and 25th is generally doing mil. -4. In the central counties, some rains ave occurred sufficient to bring up otton in places, hut were not general, n sonic localities wheat and oats ill be a complete failure. Less otton is estimated as up than in the ast 3 years. Some land prepared or cotton has been given up to corn. 'lie first part of the woek was too ool for cotton. Wheat is said to bo eading low. Some complaints of ruit dropping off. All crops and ardensare suffering for rain. Central Ollice^ J. II. Harmon, Columbia, S. C. Director. t SllOllIll !w? I > i.'....... ? ? ? , ..v ?ii vi ^ nuinr. J. Iv. Wilson, 371 Clay St. Sharpsurg, I'ti, says he will not be without )r- King's New Discovery for Conumption, coughs and colds, that it ured his wife who was threatenod dth pneumonia after an attack of lift grippe," when various other einedie8 and several physicians had one her no good. Robert .Barber f Coohsport, Pa., claimed Dr. Cing's Now Discovery has done him nore good than anything he ever sed for Long trouble. Nothing ike it. Try it. Free trial bottles at 5. Norton's Drugstore, largo bottles Oc. and 41I.OO. t Dr. JHhoa* Book,H?wt DragnUU.