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The People's Journal. PICKENS S.C . THiE IMA1 TS 0V MIAOAS' Can t ho Ow EilCS bo KIpt fromii De jinolishing tfo Itoaid or Preveut. Ito Operation by Othors ? Columbia State. The principlei involvLdl it t1e issues preselted in tle Caloli na, Khuoxville and Westorn railroad eae i, Which comes before Judge I raw ky next week, pertain to the funidarnioit1l law upon the relation of Ge raiIomis to the public. The decision will hd of vast I imI)Oitiance30 aid tihe LACet, will be far reaching, setting pr vedent, there being fov cases of th kind not'ed in the books. Tihe plan for the contructiot of the Carolinia, KIoxville and WAstern roatd was based upon the ned of two great sections, a ied whihbli has not yet been tilleu and plans for wi hih are still un der discussionI, tile proposed Iroutes be ing dilferent. Tihe idea in view was tle construction of a trunk line across the mountains, giving at Augusta and l'ort Ioyial an outlet for the g realt re sourC'es of the territory around K1iox. ville. The scheme is fascinalt, in g ill its varied aspects,' and it, has: beeni.h cheribed pr)ject of d reamer, pr aUci cal and impractical. No l:., a pcl-zeron age thaln John C. Calhioun 1ioreIIw th"ie emiiifltlt iesi-itbility of its e iompl ish Ient, and the grand reauit to be - tained. l'or t timtue th1 Garo~ln:1, Kniloxvill and W estCen pr t seemeid to nve success it hlland i. Thiei peopie i aongti- th route grew enthuai and ia towii i n-Al i i : Ll State aild N01t1 1 r o0,0 HIn VOtled hituiiAs. t'!upon L c-n township hoild, ve in hC n in tiiL courts. GrCenville CU , Wi'c would have ben litd so ii n f :y, ye an ismmeseu i unoi in n eh a Wisely COildiid(M (1 u0 1 10. coimleitio to N ox -; I T progresstd in hrO evenoverL in N r 1 a an the mlounltainsl. '.h rai" north 12 mie froi t, ' se ueiUIIU to LtCe L i t )i M 141 mile", n din :u o p t - - foot hill., f tite Iou IL Ii nanctial trouathit- (overteL tor-s. Knoxville refus o because of an inlt lien o the bane of nuor' than oi m 1 Various stae of 1 a receiver was appoin i - - a to 1892 the toad, as Was operated and . .inued its pj- ran ni sale was orderd. , i,. not becii opt e 31, ree:ntI legal d vl . Under a deer, t, f i I in pat titiol pit ' i begaLL ing up the r fr Iose of lii , and ti mt low int jrosi Lo compt.- t m- op of the road. The interest . hi(h1 th. k the operatiuf a iiii iu from well ci'h pr'ecedents . -- carliest L-.p:y- o eI ereCtioni and n m. highway" Vt.- i;in( f1 obli-atia. of a y necce-sit is f t-ivii/t ii of Wiai', .ijliire fueilit i -a cation and tran-- 1AW orhi road wtt'rVe ' y ol ' 1 LuI proufrezss, anid tlle r-1 - \ by the ill-conqueriiie Ital ian city stLand nov a great peuople's ruli i ; naitioni has ffoIowctd I0 iiin , on a nmalleir :e Ie One of Lthe cdi lK n build tng anti inii! Lin "toll " road, coniiene n roads. TJ.he StaLt- or va i thiority granted Lu thi to r -. 1 franchise, just as. i-n no t da case of rilrioads. T oil in ferries are the sam in pin nC iut methods of trainspotaLtion ny i inI tcrnal w ter COurset- comie uid - r to , head. th is recognized aind ac.p:. hr public proriietor-niy or)ui in ex.. la road ways and hu ihway we i on. apliedI t.o the new ine:mof. I (mit'ini cation andl transportaitionI. -aV -l the first railroads wer -u ito '. :: .,i fact as wvell as theo.-y. Tbea s.n :i cip)lo of putblic inter-t b, noi. nyn- -I by authoritis uploin irai i-Om ia-i : 1no railiroad Lan be cournei:imd i tin the perission of lt p y;,ji shapie of a charter or fran i-ofo the delegiatedi releli(-'ntiv.-J granting of franc i. -, mr moure being sitiounded t~' -.--' as the industry griwo . in i s the necessary rightiLof w-'y in li secured only by ledniitrim -an every railroad frarcic toI: be cd Iu e must carry with iit to) te r- il li dclegation of the -~ State'- pa:-i i eucii demnn pr-opertLy for- Liii posca Thet r'eal estati of a lanrio wne e if he be. iinwiiliin, cani thn -he tk fronm him for thi.- pbii purp O Um du~e c!ompeiusatio:: jui as ini Ia of high ways. In l-ike manni the pr' nopt -1 2 or given speelic.l. f, i 'nm~ right of way can be n un- v, fo LiL piurpose, and shuldi eL . used the fee reverts to tui ('i i* owners. Wit after- ai- coI ton struceted, enni Lt own i.:r i . . been, estabilished~t LI t . people, have- certa .in .o iL-t i ests lt1 is evin I, i I u Owners arc in Lii p - Ol tahers. CannloL Li yl:I t ir tiit to mlaintain and Ol -~j I idi the toll takers of Liin1 , 'iwy were requiredlLi t oiiLa oughfares ? OJr at let-i eont Owners he kept from i iiiI i road and thus ptrevenng 1 n tin by Othersy . The immense amtounit tof whichb would likely ho dionc a ien n ty by the disconitgitairo , - o nling through it is ren ity UILi been the hiistory of Iait :L-o tion that along the true-f', road, new towns U-rin -'i inow tries are started, het.-if- iri i marketing are adfl orli il ii crease In valuiaion tf ii ~dii0 ii is general. Wheni~ i toolntc i oration, Is d iscoiti nu Iu tiilidi the oppos5ito resutiI iSii ir:uo-l valuatitions decreaset inI~il1. guish, miarkeits are' It-ss n'ecei'etii the iommufltnity is in a wor-,e stato Lha befor'e the road wis butiilt. W hen these fiacts are ta kenIli int o n sideration it does not seem - - ur that the people1 be tweeni \laorieltta and GreenvIlle should ri I hI il imsf wL ling of the road wieb iiIi dl on ii,' fu them and whcih prom' n>tIio 'n'j section travrse ifine i inma iL lni a good agr'iculturl o-ii variled and valuablitie produ~i ct toW r ne'k timber lands1 of no smnall worth lying ananmith tntin , and onl a fe miles off is the delightful summer re sort, Coiar's Uead. The people whose property is damaged byithoroad's dis. I mantlemont aro to be commended for following cool counsel and refrain. lug from violent -measures of resis tance. The whole State and country Is in torcsted in the determination of the Is sues of the case. A precedent is about to b, mado. No discrimination is per misable, and it oeroad can be torn up At will, all can be destroyed if the owncrs so determine. NATIONAL PEACE JUBIIME. .I To Celebrato the Victories of the Arany and Navy i tle War With t Spain. A great peaco jubilco will be held at the nation's capital on the 23d of May. t Ths will probably be one of the great est, and most enthusiastic gatherings of recent yours, the occasion being the celebration of the victories of our army and navy in the recent conllict with Spain. Tile festivities will last three t days, and the program will be filled i with grand and imposing spectacles. (ov. Ellurbo has received the follow ing letter, which explains the objects of the jubilee: D.!ar Sir : In behalf of the National IPeiace Jubilee committee, we have the honor to invito you, and the members of 3 our staff, to participate in the Na tional Pe~ace Jubileo to be held at Va.-iiington on the 23d, 24th and 25th of lay, 1899. Tnu enclosed printed program will xplaimorinmre fully the purposo of the ele brationa and the nature of the core 111031 ICS. i exi.ending this invitation we de sre to siIy that, while the movement was inaugurated by the citizens of ashington, the celebration is to be a n, im.a afiair in the fullest and broad (s . ns-a nationt's tribute to the he ro1 1 Of the lato war, and a ration's SI brat ion in honor of the marvelous u levements which have transformed b 3 U n i ttates into a world power t 1 th : iiterest of hunianity. A-s incidental to the celebration, we 1 ~tflt ly sumlit omo special rca Sw liy we des! i r tile participation of he coVeror10i's onl this occasion and tlhir presen co iere is t matter of r.--:LII ie importance to their respectiro'e too often forgotten by the press p blic that this is the city of all states-o!e in wlhoio welfare they a (,ol! cou(3o interest anld prido-a -ove re .dU d.rectly by the people of iits, through their senators and ent.tive- in Congress. Tnationatl capital wis permanent atd 11pon the banks of the Po lso . This is, 'then, the clos N -ar of its firit century as a Fed ei:ty, andi aittturally leads to the id raion of plans for public in arkV1n it de:irabie and iccessary for futuMir' dlevelolmlent as the capital . iithe world's forel1ont and wealthics, Amon the chaiinges and improve in wiien have ben suggested are Uo. f'W.!ving: A ne of inauguration date from hILIL to April 20th, being a re Sr Ito the date uln which the first mn t, Gen. Washington, was inau u 1 d 11. This is a matter of th3 ut i mportance to tite militia and r fr om the various States, whose x pi ure' to t .e inclement weather, I h l)mot in variably mars the cere oi of- cim ch 4-1 th, results in many Cases of pneumonia and death. Your P e hrt in lay, which is a most .AI. mlonth ror' visitors, will en a ( ~to the importance of the -rd. The peace jubilee Shanobje'c. lessonIi in this respect. TL'trecui (if permianent States' -u :llo , or lwaidqua3.rters, either in - - ci ty or in the beautiful suburbs, '-ere- the valuable cereal, wood, coal andI m1ial r-esourcues (If each Sta~te * u1 be' inteb:igently and srcnti ical ly -x -i ' ted biy a comp letent hllic'.al to the ui anI's of Oomecstic and for.ign vis rto the naitional capital, with a ofattracting emiiig ration and tanital to the several States--a concen U ratedl ' exposition--is a matter &hich has~ been much discussed, and is, we ho ileve, oneLo pAlractical imiportance to he people of thte Sitates. We desire yu piion on (f this subject, and sug * ,tions~ about the plan and iscope. In biefI, we desire the presence of .1 igove rnors on what will Ipractically n ~ tiur (If inspction of thie city, one -n' f of whose real estate and imlrove miint are Cown~ed by5 the people of the tui ad whlose government is whll i by~ ~ toe people of the States, for (thec 'i s of the District of ColumbIa Ine n vote- whatever. We ti ii.t the importarfce of this in non will warrant an early and Y my respectfully yours, W. S. KNOX, Obiirm-nan of Executive Corn. ----..----...* C U U I0.TiEi-S ot- .JEaSi-Y LA W.-Last y' A all cminent, Judge in Now .Jcrscy ostiunguihed hi mself by a (Iecision tha.t unrder the laws of the State no parenit could recover more than $1 as :I il thdonuages for the loss of a child n: h.Ie criinal carelessness of a troilcy e nyanyiifl. Thliis year another *Judge hi -i en to declare that the new de:al Ile~nk ruptcy law, as construed on New JIersey, provides for the im pir ainJmentt of a debtor in jail, but omkes~ no provision for his release, and ithatt I'ons~(Jeqetly a petition in bank iilpt'y in1 New .Jersoy is plractically a P-tition for imprisonment for life. The'. decisioni declares that an amend inint to the law by Congress Ic needed to permit the debtor to get out of jail, iui w hat ios really needed is a surgical il!>Lrtion~t to Peri1t of the ladmission L' icommon01 senso into the judicial -Dr'. It. Menger, of San Antonio, Cawas recently presented the head andii rattles (If a great snake killed by a friend about eighteen miles from his ci . andl when the doctor propared the h-eil for mounting ho found that it wa->.~ uppliled with four fangs, two full- y uroil.nl and two others near them in thec front region of the uipper jaiw. The e fatct of lihe snaike having four fangs is hiutere-sting, says the Scientific Ameri (iLan. In all rattlesnakes there are, be :-il : the, IIoisont fangs, rudimentary fonli w hich, upon the loss of the old fminigs developI aind supply1 their place, In this~ ease, however, the develop nli.n1 has been abnormal, and the i-'niid pair of fangs have developed h oro any loss of the old fangs h as lini suistained. ln the po(lico court in St. Louis ar etr ,in J1udge P'eabody has rendornd a l .on1( diseharging a wife-beater on ilt grun tht i w fe was more t i y tan, tihe hlusbannd."' She had h sag reed w itht him1 abu ie aae i;ti s. (I til ohldiO, and her (Ilfense n i he "ry l t(I0 oil trad let and thwart fi Vtle ehlildron and setting themnc aofa o example ,v#as one whIch the husan hwi a right to reu." xs an TRU OLEMSON TRUSTEES. InPortant Moeting of the Board Appropriations Made for the Ensn ing Year. The trustees of Clemson College kold a meeting last week of unusual in >ortance. All the members were pres nt excopb Governor Ellerbe and Mr. Wannamaker, who were prevented by Ickness from coming. Their meeting vas hold for the purpose of finishing Pusiness left over from the regular neeting of March 9, chief of which vas the appropriations for the year. Lhese appropriations could not be nade at the last meeting, becauso un Ler the rules no transaction Involving he expenditure of money ean be had inless nine members are present, and ight only attended. A full quorum being present this ime, all necessary appropriations Wore nude for the year, and have been Cut own on all sides, the intention being o operate the collego as cheaply as Possible, consistent with thoroughness. A large saving has been effected in he matter of insurance; the college nsisted upon and got a reduction in ates whereby it has eleven thousand nore Insurance, with loss cost than it iad before. The amount of premium >aid is about $6,000. This reduction vas due to the good fire protection 'in. oyed by the college, as well as to coni Potition. Dr. A. P. Anderson, professor of iotany, sent in his resignation to the oard, to take elfect next September ; ke having accepted a very llattering >ffer from the University of Minnesota. t has been known for some time that io contemplated leaving Clemson, and t is with great regret that he an Pounces his intention of leaving, for he a considered a strong man and al ,hough comparatively young, has bchieved a reputation in the scientific vorld. An .eicction of his successor vill be held in June. The board has directed the building df a macadam road from the college to ,alhoun depot. It wii boe built after he most approved plan, and is d.sign d to be an objec lesson for visitors o the college, who way ba interested n the subject of good roads, as well as 6ifording a line road over which to inul the large quantity of freight that s annually received, such as coal, pro 'isions, etc. In this connection it will be of inter mst to note that Clemson is one of the ow colleges in the United States that rives systematic instruction in road naking. The board has also ordered ma :hinery for the additional equipment of the electrical department. T1his monsists of a multiphase, alternating mrrent generator and accessory a)pa 'atus for use in the dynamo laboratory. Ali of the latest developments of water )ower in South Carolina have bucn 6ccomplished by the use of tWe alter iating current, and the addition of ,his most, modern type of niachinery Oo the already well equipped labora .ory places the college abreast of the ,ime in this department. It has been decided to framo neatly a aumber of Mr. Calhoun's papers and :iave them hung around the presidenu's oom. Some of these are of rare in erest, such as the ollicial notilication )f his election as Vice President, comn mnunicated to him by John Q incy Adams, as President of the Senate; als(o his college diploma and other p:oapcrs, from high ollicials, of imuch value. A FINI' DISIPINUTION. Thme Troops in thie Phixlppines Al lowed lucrecase of~ Pay-Is Wari antd Inusurrection in Progress? Asa result of careful consideration of the question, the Secretary of War has issued instructions for tbhe con tinued payment of the 230 per' cent ex tra allowed enlisted mien ini time of war to all the troops now lroig in the PhilippInes, at least up to the time of their muster out. Under the law such extra pay is author;id only dur ing the existence or imminence of war, a~nd the impression obtainedI that it, cease d w i th h e issue o f the P res ident,' e p~r~clamation announcing the re-esta blishment of peace with Spain. While it is admitted at the wvar department that the insurrection In the P-hilip pilnes does not reacha the dignity of war, it is contended that the soldier-s who enlisted in the army for the Spanish war are entitled to the full war pay up to the t imc of their muster In supp~ort of this view of the ease, it is stated that the enlistment of the troops was in the nature of a contract, all the conditions of which hld good until Its termination. At any r-ate, the oflicials of the department hold that the m~en in the Philippines w!.o tre risking their lives in the cause or their country are entitled to the benefit f any doubt which may exist as to Gheir rIght to thi~s extra war p~ay. The Jayments will continue to be made as :xeretofore, leaving the question as to ta legality to be determined by the a xounting ollicers of the treasury de >artment when the accounts of the >aymasters are rendered in due course >f time. The war department occupies a omewhat singular positior in th is natter, Inasmuch as, while it pr-acti ally admits the existence of war in he Philippines for the purp~ose of pay ng the troops, It denies the existence if a state of war in that, territory for 1i1 international purposes. The re agnition by the United States of a state ml war in the Philippine would1 un oubtedly justify the recognition of he belligerency of the Philippine in urgents by foreign governments, a ontingency which this government is xceedingly dtcirous of avoIdinaz. The desire of the volunteers to re urn to this country is evidenced in a 'eport which shows that of those who ave been olfore'd opp~ortunity to re niist, with the offer of a bonus In ravel pay of over $500, only about 7 per ent will accept. Tne voliunteer's, It a stated, desire to come home by or canizations, instead of individually. Iomoc discharges of individual sold lears ave been brought about by Congres lonal pressure, but, as a rule, Gien. )tlis has been disapprovIng all appli ions for disch arges except in the ease f sick or wounded andl disabledj sol -In a biographical notice of an minent citizen of Washington, D). C., t Is statedl that he caime from " oneof ho oldest families in Amii'ca, his ncestors having come over' in the inry and John," the second ship which cached New 10ngland from Old long and. This wIll be0 a surprise to a great riany people who had firmly beli1eve~d hat all the old fain lies of this country ad como over In the Mayflo ver, ringing with them that, large assor-t 1ent of clocks, spinning-wheels and arniture which is thbe admir'ation andl nvy of the present age. Some kind f maem'rial Is obviously dlue to a man hose ancestors (and furniture) (11( ot come non,. In the Mayiowne THU LOWRY ROUND BAIE. INTRUBESTILW TO FAILMElIS. Advawnages of the Now System of Baling Explalnied--Cotton Coin paressed at tho Gin in the Country. The Lowry round bale appears to be the inauguration of a revolution which will prove important in resulti. Mr. P. J. Moran, of the Atlanta Coastitu tion, reports the outcome of an exhibi tion In Augusta recently as follows: The round bale as against the squaro balo, which has so long boon popular, and the reality of which seemed to be visionary, has proven to be a fact. It has beon -temonstrated that through its important, invention not millions only, but tons of millions and in timo hundreds of millions of dollars will be saved through the cotton planters of the South. Nay more, the oxistenco of the aouth as the home of the cotton planting industry n ill be saved by this great agricultural revolution, which is bound to ou so widespread in its effect and far-reaching in its consequences, if the claims made are verilled. During the last few months I have writtun muuch upon the question of agriculture. When Now Year's Day of 1899 dawned upon the cotton States a pitiable condition indeed was at hand. L was truly said that upon that day the farmers of theSouth stood stripped of every resourco. The crop whCich had been their stalel was un proilable. Wh'at should be done to reuedy the condition ? It was urged, and it still nmust, be urgCd. that the farmers of the South, as a first and a necessary coition, must raisu their entire homu demand. No agricultural country can alford to import a single agriumItitural product, which can be raised within its own limit. If there is profit in selling beef in Georgia, It exists inl greater proportion for the Georgian than it to::s for the Nebras kan, because Ie saves freighlt and other exp-.0 w's. Still, abker all has been said Lhat, was '-ecessairy upon that 6ubj.ct, the fact remins that cot ton is our btapi cro', tOat, it has been prolita:biU under CIudC nuagemwent and unriskillful methods, aII if prolit able un ier such condition', to which must be added the extortion .nd in. positions of the commurcial system which grew up under it, it luist, still be prolitable if we wonld call Into play inventivo genius, and give to cotton that aid of indubtrial invention whiun has made tie other 4ri Iopi protial)ic tu peoiple whure t..ey Were ratiseld. Lience it was that w herr I heard 01 the exhlibition of the work of the rouand cotton bait, which was given in ,i: ci.y, [ decided to attund it in a crit,ica )spil tt,, beaunC 0e farniers of ouw country are enun!tled to tlhe very bes inlorimautioni which can bw, giveln t thin. SinCe tupon their sucCess do0 IeAnIs the prospLLrity of every interest liniicial ald commleiai, whiel goe to iueyjl upl our comnuniqy. The ptres ence of the inc members of the Georgiit Travelers' i otective A ,suciation wat inade the tj2ccausion of a barbecue giver uponi the Spot, which added much t( the enjoyment of the occatSon, and tt the elucidation of thu facts connectet with tihe now invev[ntion as well as of I couinlirisol of it, rez kilts With that o the old system. The Iirst strtement miade. that b3 the use of the round cotton bale, tl annual saving under existing condi tions wouldu b- not lo:s than $37,00U,J0 was one eaiCulat . d to cbaleng gc redu lity, because if it were posibie to takit *37,00o,ou0 which goes into the pur chase of cttonI at Liv rpoo, and t pllace it in the pockets ofour farmuers cotton would then becoane a rcemunera tive instead of a iosirng aop. Tihe Augusta plant consmsts of one of the old sty le Norse com)rl iesses, coin pising an immeinc se anmunmt of mach, rncry, and reducing tine cottoi to & densitj of 225 pou 1us per- cubic foot. Thiere Is also ini operatiton a conxverten pl ant,, which meani: tbe trans forina tion of the squnare standard bale, or thc old btyle comp~ress hale, into the Lowry b~ale. Tis lantlt consists of oue 350. horse power landemn compound con censing engine, suppllied by steam by a battery of three I00-horse power bod1ers, whIiichi furnibhes the inotive power for ten L owry presses, I.e. LIramuweil and Cla4rk cotton feeders and openers, as well as ten conden sers and lues, which transfer this cot ton through a ::uries of lues to the Lowr pYlresseb, thuns showing the uif feruirco in simplicity, an-i dilferece of commercial value between the o'ld style compress '(quarIe bale ana tbe plresent type of Lowriy bale. Ina ftur therance of the sy steri there is also in operation a cornplete cotton g innin eystemn of three 'iU-saw gins, elevating and cleaning systeum w ith single ilue contienser ard l aowry prie~e, opierateul hy two electric motors ol A>0-horse piower capacity. Th is pilant, ho ws5 the system o1 handlIinrg cotton in the seed from the wagon to the I down y bale, all of which have a uniform density and size as previoutsly stated. The opieratrion ci tiie macbi ne se simiple and yet so ifletiv e was a sub ject, of uinivers~al wond er to t'io travel ing nen. Th.e seed c-ottoni, taken from the wagon hy a ie anid d rawn iInto tihe hopper whIiich leeds tiec~d coinpess was pressed into its spira-nl forniation until it reachied a long th of 3ix 18 inichles in diameter, with an empty conre whicb furn ishied the means of insertinrg the wrought, iron wires with whicheh the bale was held Logether. Tfhus, w itiihin twelve minutes, one bale of cotu,01 wars fedi in to thme gia, passed through that, ipress aiid caime out fully coinpr-essed, r-eady for dcl iver-y ini Liverr-ool , and doinrg away coimp letey with anly nue cesrity for an visit, to thme old cuttoni coim pires, lieric it, w ill be seen that the entire systoii of cotton coulipiresses which have been in existenrx cost lng miillionis ' liars '! r :nuir-ing imillionrs of ~.ontoii s for tni p uopport may bii enrti I ly donre awle with, rand Libe result is trI .t, the mom-y hit~le rto ox pended in miaintriniiig thiemeI expensive plaaits will nioiv linti its waiy back to the farmi whiichi hias t stand tine lcvv' hi th ert) made uponil t,bem. To leade aside techin ical larnuage, every neighIbo ho0od( can have its girn just, ias it, stands at presienlt witl.hioiit, any3i addit ion of caphitail, of skill, of emnployees. To this gin they can adJ the IiIwr'y baler. wh chi will do its wvork as well as t-lie work of the cotton eCompres, righlt oni the :pot, arid whIiebhi mi force thu buyinug oif tile eoibton at tire gin4 in f uure instead of at thbe Coili press as heretofore. Tire advanitages whithI th'is systern will binlg to the frmeer lareo5 so nerous lh rtt it, woulId be tedious1 tio try to men tioni thr n. I n the Iirist 1p1lace, thle rimrketin g of Is crop Is brought wrihin Ms~ own sirvWision, tire Iimmense( army13 (of m1iddllerme n will he swept avay, anrd the nmin whose labor has muie tihe crop will rceive the prohit, Jorn iM- producidon. As an illuastratin of the mnoner in which trio fatrmrneo(f the coruntry haveIost, ro foire, it, is oi, y necessary to) l-rpeat a statlonon t irecently maulde hi Mi. Ilester,. of New Oileains, tllat, ciii of an annual cotton ree ipt, of one0 millIion th r-o hun (Irmi thusa n i~'sIn tnhat mit O . hirty-seven thousand bales were made up out of the samples which had been ruthiesslessly $plucked from the bales by the men who handled them, which should have gone into the parishes of Louifsana. :n addition to the great loss from sampling the old method of handling cotton subjected it to damage of various kinds, which is called "coun try damage " in commercial circles, but which is really commercial careless ness in handling the farmer's cotton after they roceive it. By this method whole balt are rolled around in the mud, muady bales laid up against others, paint oozes through and marks, and by every concatenation of circum stances the farmer becomes the general victim who must stand losses of care lessness and a great deal of design in addition to those which nature had visited upon him. The revelation which is made by the Lowry baling process, therefore, be comes apparent. It Is not only a great labor saver in the direot work of baling and compressing the cotton, but it leads to a whole series of improve ments, which necessarily follow, and all of which will contribute to a more skilfull handling of the crop, to lessen the expenses in bringing it to market and consequently should lead to a greater return to the pocket of the fariner. Such a muovement as this de serves the name of revolution, because it will inspire new hope into the hearts of our farmers, and it will secure the, continuanco of onr supremacy of the cotton market. Among those who were interested sl)ectators of the day's developinents wias State Commissioner of Agriculture 0. B. Stevens. Mr. Boykin Wright, in, his specoh wecoming the commer Cial visitore, expatiated upon the pos sibilities which lay ahead of this new deveiopment. III addressing the regular convention later on, lion. Clark Howell reftrred to the occasion which had brought thein together, and complimented the enterprise shown by the company and whakt new methods v ould be instituted in the baling of cotton by the adopting of the round bale machinery. He said the round bale muarked as great a re volution in cotton packing as the type setting machine had done in printing, and that in a few years it would be just, i complete in its recognition and adoption. P. J. MORAN. -A list has been prepared at the war department of the soldiers whose distinguished service in the war with Spain will entitle them to certificates of muerit. Tile list contains nearly one hundred names of men whose gallan try and bravery entitle them to this recognition. The names will be sb Irnittie(d to the President and then the certilicates will be prepared ior his signature. To the sold icrs of the re gular army tnese C:rtificates carry 'vith tkem more than the honor of their possession. Every enlisted man holding ore of them is entitled to $2 pei Month extra pay during the time lie is in the service of the Government. -A Mississippi hiver steamboat stopped two hours the other day while a farmer's wife hunted up a cow and iilkd her for the benthit of a sick passenger. " Of course this happened down South," says the Chicago News, " where people have not as yet become so pressed for time as to be ucable to stop even for the purpose of savJng human life. Imaginc, if you please, the experience a sick passenger on a Chicago street car would be subjected to in trying to have a t'ain held while somebody rushed into drug store for the purpose of getting a saving draught." --Most navy men rather wish that warships could bear warlike namnes, and per-haps this fact may explain a witticism with which Admiral Dewey is credited. It is said that when the namuing of two auxiliary cruisers, the Yale and Harvard, was rep~orted to the admiral, one of his oflicors asked: "Could not, you give college names to some of the Spanish cruisers that you are raising ?" " Certainly," answered 4 Admiral D.awey. "' I will cal'.1nnc the Massach asetts Institute of Technology and another the Vermont N~ormal Col leg~o for Women !" ---The famous expression, 4 Don't i shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes !" has been supplanted out in the Philippines by a new p~hrase. According to one of the members cf the Twentieth Kansas regiment the customary order prnior to attacks upon the Filipinos is :" D~on't shoot until you can see the lights on their ciga rettes !'' --The city of Manchester, England, has added to the nutnerous other en tarprnises conducted under municipal direction for the benefit of ithey tar payer's mnanufactories of soap, tallow, A oil, glue and fertilizers. These indus- j tries are operated in connection with the garbage and sewerage depart ments. iany chlildreni * ~ amnig natuare's ~ ~' ~J. chief blss 4 4 logs but Wlten the - ~ . ~ cares of i~'~ -2the husy 14 are addled to the trialsL - of freqment tuotherhood S it is too great a bumrdet - for a1 woiiilan who is slot ini L pr~finse health at1)d cotiditiotn.A Evr ont whou is called L lipo,, to hear the ordeal oif brl)inging ulnny childrett itto * the world nieeds theo su, >port a atiod rein forcentletit of th~at wonmi erfuil * streungth, promnotinig "' Favorite Priescrip tion '" originated by Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief couttuig p'hyvsieiat of the linvalidls' I lotel atnd Surgical I nstittite, flu ffalo, N. V.0,1d1 one of the ,uost enminett of living special- . ista Itn tientitig the ailnents of wouite-,. Mtlrs. D~avid I I. Ianugley, of b~aticlitig,'ritan, Co., l'ents.. in, a recet-z letter to Dr. Pierce, wr es: ,, I an nuow t hi riy-six years old and have givent birth to teni cibi!rei. H~iht otti are livintg. I Ihave i wiun hoys six years old. 'The saine spring iftler tluey were born I was cotmfined to utny bed all sprinig a i~d suulnner with fentale econplauint had it so b~aly~ I cc'tild hiardly walk aroundto the hi hottse withioit feehing worsa. I was restless at nighut, sileep al tnis iel nie, aout I was nt i''sl a w sketon,,. I dIidi inot call y d13'~ octor as I had1 tredl p the doictors I wice liefore whten I was down, wIth Iie the same tittbile, an in 13' hu sha,,d paId ont a e great deial for, tue. I rece vedlsto lastling beniefit- vi c~i ha Ilts luost all itope of ever beinlg abi le toi el danhig. My hi'ushandu h~ad to work very to hard a tid I coatld no' t e-ven attend to thle hiabies. '4 No onet can) knoiw thle distress of miny ,oiind as he (vell as boidy. Dr.. lPierc's Favorice Prescriptiionu at was the 'inly lu i t haic t-IIt seemedl Ito do tne aiity good. A fier I hiad takett the firat bottle- anid 9 part of Ite second.,il I coiuld sleep well aui alt my . eS to tes 1biegan, to gel better. I believe I tooi-k -ighi boittlesi and ten I felt like a di iereint ea ipeison. I aove birth to ano~ther bab'y a ,ii my a' oild comp) lla iit caie lack. I began, tisingp. the ( * Favoilte Pre-stipt i'on ' and was sooni reheved( auii was ablle to doi 1)1y work-, iuechmding the Miothters would he ilninetetsely helped in raisinig their clhiidreti strong ailtd heal thy be by the- so'ind pirofessionlal adv~ice contained-( o int Dr. P'ieree-'s Coluon Sense Medical Ad viser. Th'lis th~oiissand-page hook will he E senlt free- fo ii ?ine-tlti statiips to pay3 the ros//fln/ai//ul- un/i. Address, WVorld's D~ispensaiy Mled. A.ssn., hhitffalo, N. Y., or Selidl -2 staits for n1 ciotli-hntitol cropy. 'N AS Tho Uind You IIave Always .o In use for over 30 years, lit ,1and las SonmI sui All Cotunterieits, Inmitations arn perimnts tlia-t trie 'Witlh 111n Infitts an11d CIilldrel-E.xperi< What is Cl Vastoria is a sbstitto for Cas and Soothing Syrulps. It is I conitains neitlier Opiuimt, i.Mor substance. 1(s ago is its gaur and allays ve.verisltiness. It c, ColC. It relieves Teetlingw Tr nid. Flatwileiicy. It assimiliate Stoniach anid 11Owels(, giving I The Chhireln's Pathacca-Tho CENUINE CAST Bears the Si The Kild You HaY In Use For Ov< 9W CNTAUn COMPANV. VT MURR FHE HONEST WIlTE OAR HOME-M AD =WA G AIAlI AT IREENVILLE Co. Are the Cheapet Special Prices for. Call and G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. - - SOUTHERN RAILWAY. edSe ohedule of PaeungerTrin InE&.ct No. 6, 1898. '. Atlanta,C. T. 7 5C ai12 0 4 85 11 50 p " Atlnt, . T 853af1 00 p 5 5 2 p "..t irys..3 i a 628 17 " Westfo trd .. 123 n.a.''''''... 8.. .... . " Lulea..106 58pf 42p86 p.4' a tr. 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M )r h ae. ,. 4PC sWaOrhin in Aisn D. ..,,hn go.or 6. ______ n o ne 'dn-y m Sb. uight, atid which his been , borne the Signature of been maide uitder hibs per.. tiervision since) its4 injtutcy. ono to deceIve yout in this, (I Stiabstitittes are but Ex. 0 endanger the 1te-alth of nco a igainst Experiment kSTORIA tor Oil, Paregoric, Drops irmless and Pleasant. It >1iine ntor other Narcotle antee. It destroys Worms tres Diarrhtea and Vind oubles, cures Constipation s the Food, regilates the 1ealthy and niatural sleep. Mother's Friend. ORIA ALWAYS gnature of o Always Bought ,r 30 Years. AV STCET. NEW VORK CITY. E ONS T1IIE.1 ACH FACTORY 3t and Bout, Fc. Cotton. ee us H. C. MARKLEY, Prop. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Conch iacnie i'chetile in EfP .tet * Ot . 16, 1698. STATIONS. un y N o. 17. 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'".....p.im "ti,'..1 m. 780 allman spaPneosleincars.on Train685a 11l Ani . pn.inhurg. .division. I stibule jtttoiLh fled); aurhbond 12:2s 6 a m. i.. im., 11 :S4 n. mn., (Vestihule Lhinited.) Slains lon vy Greeniille. A. antd U. division, lii.th amn., .,:t . mi., a:.>4 t. in and 6:22 p. n.. citiltitled I I uo si t e]);Nut h -und 1:26 S. m p. rni.. In -... m,. 1Vest ibuledi Liniteu). rits 9 . > : t ,rry ele~ugn Pullman pint: en - - - iumiaii inul A&sheville utc .ia. .. . Jacks. nillo and Olaoia Ii V . - t4 .'0ir., Tr'affio'Mg (i. 1HAf(DWICK, - A U-Atlan.~ta. G. DSITIVE CURE FOR 60ONORRMEtA ANO GL.EET fi SiN iTO 3 AYS0.0dLty DOflbSS A',. M Y.1if AKE NO OTME-R TRY IT TVI-AY by pr'eid (xplre~s on rreleipt, of 35c. A lIIIOAT~ilt LI N I M INT CO.,. OSBOR N E'S usia, Ga. Acpxal Business. No Texa Ioehn, I mime. Ches. bese. Seed es Catalogua.