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THE PEOPLE'S V 7.--NO 34. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER i6, THE BIG STORE. NEw GOODS For the past week case after case of New Goods have been opened up. We can now show you the most elegant and varied stock of Dress Goods, Silks and Trimmings ever shown in a Greenville store. OUR NEW STORE gives to us great advantages in the way of room and light. We ittend to give to the trade the best goods for the least money to be had. We want the "Big Store" to be a "household word" with every housekeeper. Our range of styles and qualities in Dress Goods, from 25c to $1.00, is unmatchable. Handsome Novelty Patterns (no two alike), from $3.45 up. Silks! Silks! Silks ! Silks that are prettier and cheaper than ever before. Taffetas in plain and changeable effects, in fact all the new conceits in silks. GREAT VALUES in Flannels, Jeans, Cassimeres, Blankets, ready made Pants, Underwear, Shoes, &c. r|'To secure the BEST GooDs for the LEAST MONEY come to our new place, No. 211, Upper Main St., near the Old Morgan Wagon Lot. Veiy truly, d. . MORGAN & Bno. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. an examination who is not at least 11 years of age, and before taking at The State Board of Education Fixes examination each applicant shall pasE New Requirements for Applicants, such oral tests in reading and langu age as the board may impose. The examinations of applicants for A first grade certificate may be re teachers' county certificates will be newed by the county board from which held throughout the State on Friday, it was issued. If, however, a teachers' September 24. The following rules instit.nte or summer school is held in adopted by the State board of educa- the county, a first-grade certiicate tion are applicable now for the first shall not be renewed unless the holder time - attends the institute or summer school Every applicant for a county certi- or shows some satisfactory reason :or ficate shall stand a satisfactory written not doing so. examination before the county board A second grade certificate, Class B, of education, on uniform questions shall not be renewed unless the holder prepared and furnished by tbe State attends a teachers' institute or sum board, the examination to be held in mer school, and in such case it may bc all the counties on the same day, or renewed. he shall present to theountreputard A second grade certificate, Class B chartered college or university of thisshlnoberewd State, known to be of good standing. The county board shall issue to cacd No -cert,ificate shall be issued on a applicant making the required pei diploma showing that the holder has cent, a certificate signed by each mem only completed the course of some bor of the board and under the seal oi particular department of a school ; the the ofilce of the county superintendeni diploma must show that the full col- of education of the county, and showing lege course has -been completed. on its face the per cent, made on each Only two grades of examination branch and the general average. The questions shall be prepared and fur- certificate shall run for t wo years fron nished for the county examinatio)ns. its date, anad the hol der shall bc There shall be but two grades of deemed competent to teach in th< teachers' county certificates--a first public schoole of the coqnt y, grade and a secon(l grade, the lat'ter No cer''.icate of qualification shall being divided into class A and class B. be granted by any county board under 'This not to affect any certificate now any circumstances to any person whc putstanglin g. is under 18 years of age. To obtain a first grade teachers' The county board of one county ma county certificate, the applicant shall recognize a certificate issued by th4 stand a written examination on first county board of another county, but it grade questions, p)repared and fur- such case they shall register the nam< nished to the county board of educa- of the holder, county from whicia tion by the State board, and shall issued, date and numbe" of the certifi make a general average of not less cate, and when so registered it shall than 80 per cent., and not less than 50 have the same force as if issued in thai per cent. on any one branch. The county. couty baredng als imnupose oral Each county board shall keep a To obtain a second grade terchers, register, in which shall be recorded county certificate, the applicant shall the name, ago, sex and postolilce of stand a written examination on ques- each person to whom a certificate is tions prepared and furnished to the granted, and also the date and grade county board of education by the State of the certificate. board, and also such oral tests in read ing and language as the county board H ARm Cmlen: APi'iei,-A fashionable may impose. To an applicant stand- society girl married a man who lives ing an examination on first grade ques- In a country town, and as she reatll3 tions and failing to obtain a first grade loved her husband she wanted to do al certificate, a second grade certificate, she could to pleaso him. One (lay sh< class A, shall be issued if the apa1i- told him she was going to maikesom< cent makes a general average of 70 nIce home-made cider for him, an< per cent., and not less than '45 per cent, when he camne home she had about twi on any branch ; and, if the applicant bushels of little 'hard apples p)iled uj makes a general average of not less in the kitchen. than 60 per cent, and not less than 40 " why, Maud !" ho exclaimed *per cent on any one branch, a second when he saw them, " what have y1 grade ctrtificate, class B, shall be got there ?" Issued. In estimating for a second " Apples daln, h rpidwt grade' certificate on the first grade a smiling f'ace.ln,se ele i quiestions, Algebra need not be in- " Where did yo tte? - eluded. If it would be to the appli- "1Bought thyu t he cant's advantage, it may be inci-ided. "But what dido curse, love." To an applicant standing an examina- ones for ? yugtsc a tion on second grade questions, a " Didn't you say o atdt a pecond grade certificate, class A, shell some home cider she wasked th th be issued if the applicant makes a trace of a quiver in her voicde.t t general average of not less than 80 per " Yes my dear ; but these aren cent, and not less than 50 per cent. on good cidier ap pies.,,r"n any one branch ; and if the applicant " Why-why," she hesitated, "y makes a general average of net less said you liked hard eider, and of'cour :than 70 per cent, and not less than 40 1 had to have hard apples, to make #T6V cent. on any - one branch, a second with, didn't I ?" rAde certificate, class B, shall be The husband kissed the wife an No person.shall be permittedl to taken ano lik olde.Yonhubn BRYAN WRITES OF SILVER AND WHEAT TIC LAW OF SUPPLY AND )F MAND. Tetporary Prosperity Due to Mort Money- Cond itiolns Exist Now That " May Not Next Year. The Now York World makes a strong feature of an OXclusive article from William J. Bryan, whom it styles the unquestioned leader of a great party. He discusses the recent rise in wheat as it affects the cause of bimetallism, and makes a forceful pro sentation of the Democratic position on the silver question : L1NCOL1N, Neb., Sept. 1, 1897. The rise in wheat will aid rather than Injure the cause of bimetallism. While a fow people may be inclined to give an administratio, credit or blame, as the case may be, for everything that happens during its existence, every Intelligent person reasons from cause to effect. Wheat has risen because the foreign crop has dcen exceedingly short. Bimttallis's contend that the law of supply and demand Is universal. They apply it not only to money, but to bull. ion, both gold an] silver, to wheat and to every other article of value. They contend that the exchangeable value of both money and merchandise will be aifected by anything which affects either the demand or the supply. The American wheat grower is just now profiting by the almost unpre cedented disaster which has overtaken the wheat growers of India, Europe and South America. When wheat reached 75 cents a bushel a Republican in Western Ne braska pointed out that the risc was just about equal to the tariff on wheat., and attributed the rise to the Dingiey law, but It would be an insult to the intelligence of the average iRepublican to suppose him capable of cherishing such a delusion. While wheat is higher in Liverpool than it is in New York (and it always, or nearly always, is) a tariff on wheat has no influence upon the price in the United States. In an interview given out Aug. 22, President McKinley said : " The cause of the present boom in the West is undoubtedly due, in a great measure, to the large crops and high prices caused by the failure of crops in other countries." If the Republicans desire to claim credit for the high price of wheat, they must assume responsibility for the famine in India. Will any He publican Convention " point with pridc " to the famine as an evidence that the Republican party is redeein ing its campaign pledges : Will the Republican party pledge Itself to use its best cfforts to continue the famine abroad, as it pledged itself last year to promote international bimetallism The most significant thing about Republicans rejoicing over the rise in wheat is that in admitting the rise-to be bencticial they arswer the argu ments made last fall by the leading advocates of the gold standard and plant themselves on the ground here toforo occupied by binietallists. We were told last fall that, an ap preciating dollar was a national bless ing, and yet, within a year the entire RepublIcan press is in ocstacy because the purchasing power of a dollar has baon to some extent decreased. The wage-earners were told last fall that a rise in the price of commodities would be detrimental to them, and yet, behold ! how happy the Re-publican spellbinders are because one great staple-lour-has risen. HO1W WILL P'liOSptItmTY i iE i1 \ UIw The laboring men wvere told that their wages would be virtually reduced when it r quired more dollars to buy a given amount of food and clothing. Can it be that our opplonents have fo gotten t.he " railway sound-money clubs y" As soon as the e-np)loyees ask for their share of the promised pirosperity the large employ'ees wvill be comp)elled to raise wages or cease boasting that prosperity has retur-ned. While the Rtepublicans seem to have come over to out- position, ther-e is this essential dlifference between them and the bimetallists: the latter- desir-e to raise all pri-is to the bimetallic level, and then keep them there by a finan cial system which will furnish a stand ard money sullicient in volume to keep pace with the demand for money ; the former praii-e a dear dollar, but gi-ow happy over the chapening of the dol lar in its relation to a few atrticles. A gen~erail rise quickens enterprise for- the time being, and the maintain ing of the level, when reached, pro tects business in gener-al, and the pro ducers of wealth in par-tic-ulai-, from the dlsast-ous e-fleets (of falling pr-ices: a rise in a few ar-ticlcs may biing ad vantage to those wvho pr-oduece such articles and yet be a detriment to those who are engaged In the pr-oduction of ar-tic'es which do not enjoy a corres pond ing r-ise. WILL WVAGES RISE TlOO ? A few instances may be given. If wool rists, the wool-grower will lbe benefited, but the manufactur-er of woollen geods wili sull'or unless ther-e is a corresp;onding advance In the priice of woolen goods. But an adlvance in the p)ricO of woollen gotods Is an injur-y to those who wear woollen goods unless they enjoy acor-responding icase in their incomes. If sugar rises, the Sugar- Trust r-caps I the plrofit, hut it mubt be at tihe ex |pense of those who consume sugar un - less the corsumers of sugar can make enough more to cover the Increased ,Ipr-ice. So, when wheat rises, thle jwheat-growe- is benefited, but he p)roJits at the expense of those who use l Ilour- unicas the latter in somne way securie a corresponding increase l'n th sir incoimes. A general rise in pr,ices should be d followed b)y a rise in wages. Mir. Carl isle in his speech of 183 coin e menting up)on the advantages to be o secur-ed thruough the ilaund act, sui d: "Instead of constanit atnd r'elentless tcontract,ion : instead of a constant api preeiation of moniey andi depreciation of property, we will have ex pansion t( e the extent of at least two million (101 Et lars per month, and unde- its inltuene the exchangeable valuet of commodi0( d ties, including labor, will soon begin t( .5s rise, thus inviting intvestiment, infus ing life into the dad undust...s of th, country and quickening the pulsatiomt of trado In all its departmcntts." GO0D E l"1''S 01' lUl i' i'tas. The farmer and the manufacturer would each receive a higher price for his product and would be able to pay more to thoso etuployed in its prod uc tion. The laborers, on the other hand, would at onco realize the advantage enjoyed by the employer and their own disadvantago and demand an increase in wages. The labor organizations, aided by the increased demand for la'bor, would obtain this increase and thus secure protection from harm. The good elfect of a genera l rise and a subsequent levol of prices would be widespread and .eruanent. The owners of money and the holders of fixed investments are the only ones to whom rising prices bring a real injury, and this injury is partly rcmedieut by the greater security given to investments. If it is said that ri ing priecs do an injustice to the owners of money and those enjoying fixed i cones, let it be renembc red that the rcstoration of bimetalli.m can only take away the advantage which the gold standard gave. It is a choice belween falling prices indefinitely continued and a return to the bimetallic level. The gold standard gives a perpet,ual ad vantage to the nioney-owning clast and works it perpetual injustice to the producews of wealth, while bitmetallislm givc s a temporary advantage to the lroducers of wealth at th exIense of the lmoney owners, and, then cstab ilsbes justtce between all classes by preserving stability in the purehas Ing power of the dollar. Tlose who understand the cause of the recent rise in wheat know that the price will fall when foreign erops again become normal ; in fact, wheat has already receded twice owing to the fear that the lir.t report:; of foreign crop failure were exaggerated. The export price of wheat for the year ending June 10, lS:12, was $l.u3; for the year following it Was ',l cent,: by the lst of Novenmr, lMi, the prie: had fallen below 70.ents. What will be the political clet of th is temporary advance ? That it rmust be adverse to the .ite publican party is certin. If any are foolish enough to credit the rise to the new tailIT law, to the gold stand,rd or to "restored conlidenice," the spell will be broken when wheat returns to the level of the last (ew years. The dis appointment will then be the ior(-in tense because of the tetuporary delu sion, and the lielmblicanl papers which are to-day calling attention to the price of wheat arc simply laying up for themlselves additional troubtle. The advocates of bimetallism can rejoice in the ri vhile it lasts, and when it is over they can cont rast the advantages of hig her prices, due to an inereased volune of m11onle'y, With t,he; short lived bentlits of a spaiuodie rise, due to a famlinc so distressing as to appeal to the s3 .lpathy c,nd charity of the Amirican people. An etlicial in the Agricultural 1)e partnent has recently issued a state ment estimating that the farmers of the United States will receive for their wheat crop this year several hundred millions more than they recciv. d for last year's crop, and points out t:h st.imulating effect of this amount, of money on other branches of industry. This is another confirmlation of the arguments made by the hiietallists. ,\ i:lO) SIGN. A large part of this money comes from abroad. Wheat is not only high er, but more of it is being exported. If we had enough money in thiis coun try, an increase in the volume would be an injury. If an increase in the volu,me of monley, seured by the ex portat,ion of bighlier wheat, gives cauise for r'j'ic ing, is it not evidlence that we now have an insullicient qluantity ? If the farmers are~ constantly re minded of the large inease in the value of this yeCar's crop, will they not be able to calculate their ios- the more easily when wheic.t goes down ? is it not possible~ that thu pleasure expecrienced from the rise in wheat will lead farmers to dlesire an increaise in the prie of other farm plrodunets Y When they learn the advantages of restored priies will they not seek somel more durable means of sustaining prices tban a drought or a famine ? Thie department, ollicial has also eon tr'ibuted to our cause by emph)lasizing theu benefit,rcecived by oth er industies from thie farmer's proJ perit.' The l'resident during the ist camn paign gave ut,t.eirance to a ver uy ef-. Liv pilh rase when lie suggest'ed the opening of the mills instead of th ie innts, but lhe was aniiswered by the atatemnent that thu in ills won Id open when the people were abl e to buy the produicts oft the milks. \Vhien a Gov er'nment, ollicial pointis out the advant, ages accui ng to the couintry from the fact, t,hat the farm-ners have, several hundred mlillions of additional money ti sp)end in paiy ing debts an:d buy intg merebiand ise, he atrn ngt,hens t,he posi tion taken by bimnetallists. I t c ir.se in wheat will enabile the farmers to pay their interest more pr-omptly3 and have money left to buy merchandise, how much greati r wonuld be the general bentlit, if the rise ex tended to all agrieu itu ral producetsy I n calcul1at,ing thie pol it,i cal fleet of a rise in wheat it x: ust be remnemiibe red that many farmers weire Lthreatened with foreclosure during the last cam paIgn andl that, a considerable part of thle money received fin- wheat wvill be emp1loyed in pay inrg oIl mortgage,,. T1hus int,imidation will he some,what res tricted, hut th1,e demina nd for mer chand so will he le,i than it would be under ordinary cIrcumstances. The reasons given above for balieving that himetc al lists w Ill find encuragement rath( r than discouragennti in present conditions are the same which have been given ,by ot,ber advocates of hi mettllIsm11. T1hose whol advocate free o sinage ma~y be wrong, hut they agiree upon0 the priniipies which u n dlerlice the moiney queIstio,n, and they are not lkely to be frightened away from their p)ositjoni by events which on force their aiguiments. Thelm law cif supply and demand ex p)lains the fall in silver as welt as the rise in whleat. To1 what extent the: fall in silver may have been accelerat ed hy speculationi in silver bullion I ciannot say. It woni be piossible fom the bears t,o run the noina of sinem down to some extent, just as the3 sometimes lower the price of grain, and it would be much easier to manip ulate the silver market, because both tho denand aud supply are more limited than the demand for or supply of grain ; but, without considering the elfect of speculation, both legislation and clrcumstancts have tended to lessen the price of silver. The action of Japan has lessened the demand for silvet, and the United States has not. yet made sullicient pro gress towards international bimetai lisin to strengthen the market. Added to this the short wheat crop In silver-using countries has le-s.ned the demand for tlhe silver for the purchase of wheat. WilEA':T AND SILVEiR 11AVl t'AlRTEI) CONM'ANY. l'or many years the price of wlheat kept comtpany with the price of silver. I do vot mean to say that the lluctua tions were altways situultanveous, but they were measurably so. This re lation hetween silver and wheat was conmented upon by 'ir. Iinsk, Secre tary of Agriculture. In his report of ISUO. page 8, lie said : " The recent legislation looking to the restoration of the bimetallic staui(ar(d of our cur rency, and the consei(uenI enhance ment of the value of silver, has un iuestionably advanced the price of wheat. in Russia and India, and in the same degree reduced their power of competition. English gold was former ly exchanged for cheap silver, and wheat purehased with the cheaper toetal was sold in G;reat 13rit,ain for gold. Much of this advantage is lost by the appreeiation of silver in those countries. It is rcaaontable, there fore, to exlect. mllucl hagher prices for wheat than have been received in re eent years." The above quotation explains why wheat and silver kept together, ani also supports the proposition that legislation Can raise the price of silver by increasing tie detuanl for it. When Mr. liutsk umate this commeunt India had free coini_e, and the wheat growers of the United States had to meet the coinpetition by reducing the price of wheat as the price of silver fell. V'itlY Stiti'Eit (U'01NTRIES UNUERESI.I, U'S. In ISU3 free coinage was suspended in India, so that liriti.<h purchasers could no longer have their, silver con verted into rupees. The Indian Gov ernnent., however (according to the ropor't issued by the Director of the t'nited States Alint. in I-:il), under took to furnish ilfliten rupets in ex change for one pound sterling {gold). I bis fixed the ratio at about 21 to I and gives tihe I mli-n falremtr an advant age of about 50th per cuet. over the Amcrican farrmler. The fact that silver and wheat have parted coim,pany will cause no dismay to those who understand that the law of supIly and deI mand uiiihates the price of both. It is the content,ion of Iimetallists that the opening of ourt- I mints to the free and unlimited coi;, 71ge of silver at the ratio of Ili to t will lix a mint price for silver, jts, as Ia mint price is now fixed !or gold. They further contend that the demand thus creatLid by law will be sulli,ient to itil:zc all 'ho silver presented, and tlus tlie hlon value will be raised to the coimge value. Soiie of our oilooients have insisted that, silver at $1.29 an ountce would make the silver d1olar as hard to ob tain as the gobi dollar- is now, but they Ignore the fact that an increased volhitme of standard money will lessen the purchasing power of a dollar, whether it he of silver or gold, atnd thus restore prices to the bimetallic level. WilAT llAVE 'TILE Htimil.\NS i)ONtEY Wh at, h as the Itecpubi c an pari ty (lone to) bring lposper ity3 to the A meri can l'eilie ?' It cannot be said that the mere election of a I lipub lta l 'resident upo a)f it epubil icani platformi br-ings pro-ispetrit,y, hbecause buLsi ness fa iluIiresu and hank I failhtres increteased after tihe c leet,ion. In tetrnational himet all ismi cannoi t, bri ng prospjeri ty uintil an1 inter nati(oal agree mcint be comfes more1- probab,le tban it is niow. Sintce thli pubcii)1canlS haive con tent ed t,beniii.elves, f.>r th~e presenmt, iith leg islt,i(nin 1. he tar i If q ucst,ion, t,hey must look to the tatri f law and to that alone, for such aiid as polit,ical action can give. Tlhey are justly enitit led to cmred it foe auny goodii whli ch it br1inugs, and just,ly ies pornsi ble for- any inju ry wvh ichi it in - Ilict.s. (h' Opponeni)ts oif the 1)inglecy bill dlescr ibeid its prici eipal featu ros whlen they called it 'legislationocf tihe tr-usts, by the ti-nusts an d for- th tiruists."' That the beneliciar-es of such a law wvill ri joice is to be0 e.xpected, but can the lI epub11lican Ilarety showv that the law has br-ough t or can bi-ing ad vantage to the people ini geniereal y Nothiiing can bc-tter- diiscloso the weakns oIScf the Itepuciblicean position t,han the joy maentifest,ed by Repiubhi cans (over events for- wihich t,hiir Ad ministrat,ion and their policies are in noi way resplonsible. W. . BitYAN. I,.T.m D)i:,Ai Wi h '.-D)elawareo was the ierst state ad mitted to the UJnion aund is the otto to w hich R~andol ph, of of I toanok -, refeirred contemeptuously as having two coulnties at high tide antd three at low tide, it 18 btihl gov er-ned by antiquatcd colonial mnaohin eery. The senat,e of its legislature con sists of nmio members only. .Delawar-e is onie of the states which has nio lieu tenant governor-, at d therefore from out of thoe nine members one is chosen ,as presiding ollicer, and the other- eight are the law-making body. The state isidivided1 into thiree coun ies--New Castle, which includes the city of Wilmington; Kent,- which in cludes the capital city of D)over, and Suessex, the rustic southeern county. New Castle bas i sover-al thousand more voter-s than Kent and Sussex combined, but the basis of repiresenta tioin in the Dover senate h the samne for all throe---thece nmeimbers from each county, and os. any puiblic tiues tion, therevfoiro, in the senate, a minor ity of the people can by a two-thir-de maejority out vote the majority. T1h< city of Wilmington casts about one thir-d of the total vote of the state, huL it has only one representtivo in th< senate. The house of ropresentativoi eonsist,u oif 21 members chose withou reference to population, seven (i-ou each conty. We Expect to Try Ourselves THIS FAL L If you do not get to Easley before Fall, you must not fail to come to see us. We give to one and all a cordial invitation, and will take great pleasure in showing you as nice and as cheap line of goods as it has ever been your good fortune to see in these parts. We are preparing for a big fall trade, and shall endeavor to make it to your in terest, one and all, to give us your patronage. We are now oflering Some Rare Bargains - - - In unseasonable goods. We certainly can interest you I We have one lot of Men's Pur 11ats, ranging in price from $1.25 to $1.75, all to go at "se. each. We are beginning to receive our FALL GOODS, and say right here that it will pay you to hold to your dollars.until you can got to the R{aeket.. and know for yoursolf how much you can buy at the RACN I,T STOlRE for one dollar. We are aware that our competitors are not, suck on us much, 1. o., not in love with us. But be sure you do not stop until you are safe in the Store whore you can buy what you want and as cheap as you can buy anywhere. \Vishing for you, one aid all, good success, and William Jennings Iiryan's P.rue Silver, with Uncle Sam's seal, E. Pluribus Unum, we are your servants to please, NEW YORK RACKET STORE 1.:slcy, . C'. CLYDE & NALLY, Proprietors. - 1835. - Carriages Buggies - Harness. WA C ONS! WAGONS! BUY IfAGN- THE WAGONS! WAGONS! THEY ARE MADE AT GREENVILLE COACH FACTORY. G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. - - - H. C. MARKLEY, Prop. TIl' WICATIIEIt AND CitOPS. the central and eastern counties where Valuable lnl'oro,ation to Those Infer the August sc=uares and young bolls ted naraios nearly all dropped oil', and where the esl1 in I"arnnlrrg Operatlor1s. plant Is, for the most part apparently .JThe following is the weekly bullet.in dying, with no appearancu of a top issuedi by tIhe wveathecr bureau in Co- crop, and whe rust was most p)rova Ilumbia as to tihe condition of the crops lent., TheIre is, howeyer, less shedding in t,his mrate: anid rust this week than last. Over CoLuNrrma, S. C., Sept. 7,187 the western counties, the injury to the Tihe temper'aturec conditions durring ci'rp was not so marked and many the past week wvere slightly above the fields continue to bloomu and put on normral, but the dlepar'tu res '.e ro silall fruit, to a limited extent, especially on o i ar' day. The nrormal meran temn- land cotton. Cotton is opening rap Idly Irerature for the State will declIne adpIcking is general, with labor durring tIhe piresenit month at tihe rate ernough avail able, generally to keel) oIf 2 degrees a week, caused, chielly, cotton picked out as It opens, except by cooler nights. T1hre mean t,mo- in places where laborers are scarce, aturoc for the weck was 79, and the ,and the lint is liable to damage from normaill is about, 7(1. The highest re- storms should any occur. A heavy p)ortedl was 100 on the 2uth of August rain In Union County damaged open at Heaufort, and the lowest 59 on the cotton materially. The September 30t,h of August, at Cheraw. At a few picking wvill be large and in places in stations the maxinum temp)eraturcs clude about half the crop on the stalks. reached to or above 90 on several Sea Island cotton continues to look days, and the in inmum temperatures very promising with comparativelv ranged generally between sixty and little shedding during the last week. seventy. Corn is matur'ing rapidly and late The rainfall for the week was gen- corn is turnIng out better than antici crally light and confined to scattered pated. As yet no corn has bdcn housed. showers over various portions of the Fodder pulling is about finished ex State during the first part of the week, cept from very late corn. The weather the latter portion being without rain favored curing and housing the fodder except a igtshower on the coast. inthe very betcnio. R~ain is needed over the greater per- Cutting pea-vine hay made favorable Lion of the St,ate. progress and the cr'op is a heavy 01n0 Twenty-one p)laces reported meas- generally, although in uhaces the uiromants (If less than 1 inch, ten of leaves are falling oi' excessively'. Cut from I to 2 inches ; and one more than ting grass for hay is also well under way two Inches ; the latter being Kingstree and large yields are reported, of good with 2.-18. The app)roximate normal qjuality and nicely cumred. for the week is 1.30 and the mean of The rice harvest is being puLshiOd and1( all measurements, 0.69. The greater much of the early crop, is cut arnd portion (of the Stato received no rain stackedl. Somre retpor't rico ripening or merely light and I nsufliclent irrcgularly wi th nmany' unfilled heads, amounts, but on thre whole the rico crop) ap Hail accompanied the rains of the pIroximnates a fuill average. l"ir'st new 29th over much of Berkeley, Colleton milled rit o receivecd at Charleston on Charleston, Hanmpton andl Beaufor't Sep)t. 2nd frorm the Gcor'getown dis Counties dloin gconsiderable injury to trt. we-ptteshvebe cotton and rice. On Aug. :30th hail weesetptte aoao fell at Bliackvlle, Greenville, iope du.g, the yield is large, and gonerally Station and Liberty ; on the 31st at tis crop)l looks ver'y promising, with Camden. some1 excLOjDtionis. Trhero occurred a few hi1gh winds, Grape)t5 sarec ab out over, but scup! but they did no material or w~ ids pread jwr"'r, s aro r ipen ing fast and aro Iiry' . in the tr'ucking d istr'icts the fall rho sunshine was gener'ally in ex oealsaogrwn i'y n cess of the nor'mal and averaged plo v g hals agunr' r nicely windo per cent. of the possib le, but, clomr1 rlnings .~n o tewne ness increasedl over tIho easternf pour S orghm gin dinrg andl boiling sap is Lions of the State dur'ing the latter'siludrwywthsm odyed The weenofk ui(dr r'e view gave favor" ISilsme10 oes oported. Sugar able weather for harrvostinE mrau'rg1 Much nry is being sown in Chester crops5, especdial ly mraki . a " a for winter pastLure. picking cotton, but was too d. .'y U.:ovDrecor tihe grecator portion of tIrSttfo'J.V.H m lretO' growing crops 51( and fa plow inrg, of --~** which bunt lIttle has been done. Wormris T1her'e are now twenty-seVen societies of various kinds haivo) ceased( to do in the United States, mnomnbor'ship in any damage exepht to corn in Beau- which doeponds on (descernt frorm ances for't tors who distinguished themselves by it' Is the unanimouis opinion of all corning over to Amrea at an early corresp)ondenCts thait the cotton cr'op date, or' by b)oIng oflies in American will be~ much smaller than the condli- wars pr'ior to 18(1. Most of thorn ai'e Lion oif the plant duiring J1uly and the in a llourIsing cond(itLion. Tlhe old first, tw.o weeks of August promised. ar'istocr'atic Cincinnati leadis them in 'rho loss In condition is greatest over age.