Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ai aiad -i'~ '. Ina a fe'e i' e 0 111' e tag w~ tis" " "I iai'' - ft was ha'' ". v u - - . youjet - me. of', g;:::. th ..a :'- - "I~ dy tI y **ha th tu a .-- t-. -*. 1 n 1 coV.: o rc o :. co ld h vea scet Ala itrpsd "If yo w can' dele ealknwnbd a, he' saiddpontcly'Tetigt dIs ogv wopeim sedo residet isa1 o r." e~ La~,' "Correc?: ::t rrhidle'.!" Tlor, te ~ ru r lm I' rxplicit n jest that very pit. to Lag to.' wac 'his u rien t or jae h im.ru' "I l r:.~1ihtU out. ~ cs o',I o bub b'' tome tell yo ohi, Mr'. a'itel.": Mrs le ae san The t Ia crt. ao hiper "My hoie ItheO star ca' eed, we tld ine yerdoo a ,he b d :ii oany becaue thin chol wa-r-i p ety. "N, ay. Itih ou'de setl i wth said, hreatds o swa t eakug out an bface.~ nTiaorcukda igto them rs. Siawyer! 'lulre he mouth 3ad said hiftfly:es twiight try to['n by ence you, Alan,~ onlycs Ihave*'~ p'nt wa iaeu byaaa Mrs.Joh theoinSer. Nan Wae' aunti i'via to and hm uno diaughter ofhe ow." unles she t itl Yoe t'oth, Talr rgin "Ta what'r IM &'men, thlan.ar ca se you eo aMs toan's family agaist yu. Yu'r oun Yetoa make L a Wht un anmayblaa. the goold rd.'. 11 ave mec ons your cortin."t c0ut i l~h.'l tlin yotui ousid i f .slln ad, holdo .w'at[raig othen encewyou, "Nown, oladey 1caa' omen mak e b y mrnd fol roe. nhpease ben quicke abut, t.oohav ahundredn dauhter ofingertow." "Ar* neihe Wol iie a reu Mols commgotl it ois tothae Therw ayan. Al't'lanM eatl hatwll an. a ondal of hit own, but do yourmsety lia inte face, anof tho goo.d uununun Time Premium u For Patchwork, III 'M- III:% Mculloch W___t. - - -' - ler. ,si - o\ it 1 y111* -, r clit - - es d tiet * N~ t ' k h theu it'nt'l of it :I Slit I hard hand -- L. toP,, Ois - ...hn. wn g A hour f t, t h d bee 4wwuihv ruh hr bruht thorn bLinsedvr ert ti ens in Uth apea to lauo gnto the haltl.i Alan wasl a fn e elw a l n colhae eodhsyears, brave 101glita uniight he, yet he wudheruyhaegi ven halt he waJot oecp h udgmient of pachwok hu frcd po hhu. "'It jugun flai, ethought as lie stood, i figering thle gay, finely13 st itche~d l'abies., 'E'rinItg to l isteni diefe.renitily13 Lu ('xpJos Itlons' of t heir Pec(uliar aril surpajnissinig ineritIs. Novice thait he wats le co ul inot fallI to peirceive''( thle t ruth if what~i his guides 14o vehiemaently as sertedi-nameiily, thaut there was nothI lng else on all thle long lines worthy to bei named ns aigainst the two( ini ispuite. leyond~ (lues'tioni both were b~eautlfully made. Th'lere was not a long stitchi nor a hoted( turnIng in either. 'TheI guilting indeeid rose to the ranuk of bigh art, nnd(, though one milght ques tion the harmioniy of orange fenthersi surrioundi~ng a red str upon a ground. af ult ramaine, they were quite offset by cr1 usoni and purple tulips with tin ger' wide stemas, faing over at blue and~t yellow haslke't to trail on a staring white biackgrounid. 1Bven 81steur IDemupsey admitted that lher own risIng sun was quite put out of court by them. As for tho Irish chains, monuments, even tihe extrava gaint silk craizy quil11ts, eeryb)ody uni derstood that they were exhibited sole ly through pulIic spirit, to makec a good showing, wvith no hiope whatever of a premuium. Allan glanced~ despai r ingly Over them. 'Tr his conlfusion he Sspied Nan just entering the hail, laugh.. ing and talking iat a great rato with his pet aversion, Tim Bayliss. Tim was rich anmd not ill looking, but, as evorvhnay .-2od "h~a.tmo 01ough to lead it goose to vater." Ev. eryb3odly' salld further It wais a shame the wny Ni an W'IIe kept liln dangling at fier her wN lit slhe' had been1i1 ias good as 'itgnged to Allan McNeatl ever since tlle wsit out of short frocks. "1llere, pin the Ilue on tlt, star and fenthiter Quick! Before Nan comes!" Mrs. l'tense voniumided, thrusting a ln'gth of ribbon Into Allan's band. hils. Stwyer snatct!hed it anway. "Oh, but doun't those tulips hang d1owni gruec. fill!" she sail coaxingly. "I do hubetn st ill thing. That's why I like Nai so. She couldn't be stiT. NQ, not i' slie red." 1isithously seit slid another ribbon at fil yird of flutteriig azure-be. "wNVAT 11Ais MY Ll IT1, HOen~ I'll \i tween .\lan's 1tngers*. "You have got tO d- ble it st::c!.0\w." she, said Very le."I l"::ow\ Nan thinkhs .1 hienp thet 1 :it out of \ dese:-aely.As hie - eent1wS ees fend - t e~gh he most ex da:-nin1g. Any we~dhave re lo Wore it as \ n tindo three . zaugt him by. unfor-ward withi N sister followed, what hals liny little he asked unsteadily. tr a1 comnfort-ing look, took shf-uldolrs andI set him11 7- -.1 Cold 1-t-. saIyinlg Clearly: tuy lWrogntive to award the pllulim for 1patchiwork, I -t-t tis conit. thle most excellent U,:, . :.- u st k'h041uen1t speclimenl Itha t-' - :- lln 111y lu1Ck to Se'e. These oth kr.", With a1 swVeep (,f the armn toward tht, 111... "nIy I* muo ormnin ntal. TheI <bd t ed,1711 11urpos, oif tis fair as A S toy) ''neoura;e thrift, Indus try and ti-useful ar "M.' Ir. MarsIl. See that tis remiumn is paid at one, Hnd." ti. under his breath, "be sure It Is dou1 wble-." "Wh. .vult- 'il thing;:" Nan ored. fi*tling Ist .htm. "I helleve I Shall never speak to you asin!"' A11lan did not. anwer H arubs V11111in1 the' long blue ribbon onl Lev's lft sh hh-r. l n If hie heard it dId not b k, is,1-rt. He married E.tle Sl-yd. I ' ro-tty, dairk eyed siste r, lo l b f - h I lr .i..e It rou ringishManersAbroad.iu he- ruthe al te pold inth ouse'od asiod ~is;rustsiftheys wouili rind 1.a-;re te. rn ih!! dat ablmy d'h ttla 1:- ilbra a dejeunrtu loor tooukn ter o Ern "i exulor'.uit setridie ord-re fo 1-.::d s.lo. Whng ilearly - ' ay wre stllated teawaxdur v~.- ' T rlt- ii llttrig adchato ringI p:;t-> 1 '..-r t'lrn. .\ inytofs thei nen I at tir1a mvo niluc n- to see heeotk li'r~ wit i. swrep of then a ven toa d[hi' ii ' t Lhe-. tal e at OO J w ili the f hotels souiy to i teir friiendsag hwrft in Ste thrat-<his lirti sld atndiur hol ad ndt iI he tudotr fori hiethe fir s tine ii thi lieiettatnio thiir in tinaity.a' t yhe lag it exurinit pitrugnt o rn. l11u thirboiterou&s lilvtssas i nuuis.tier if lever pIt Id which thy ret oingitit to maped n iney lTh e di noti knowt fha'tirenar iucillusithe Manaer Abotiuete With te sin tii sheerlt wgnrance.-Iner hriogtii choll tor iniie plaguhe hsen wind I'iis 'lent(iri to(113 the nirn pgr dl ngiiI istates wt es C. 8.1 w oo r 1( ofi1( Okahrn. I~Here where te (lsesont artt!uc thatll'r ucor ca i'iuiuc'r be dependedi uon eire for feedi oingjik hogs ai lie tuher are " Snarketedii thatiu aeve notd ori will tliish them.i a It thelf isot lttlbe thadi i whet forw lo nere psturli andi solrgum'.'ii foreIi sumer,'u' itupplemnt lidl with ii Kalli'r forh wIt give(a good riesui'ltis Te pork ui thirduced heret o1ya I have ye l t trIol hear'of th iillst. 'I'se' ofhgi chol exra. omngt fromi alili pa they Alsookurweon thern andl ho'gtswr iathei' princvpay pladcts, thei in eyii plgeit o pde itoey. en'i'e hedo ho amiled to thkhat foeg theil diirce ois litsedli y itteo differetO melt hey ofi feing. she gia pesuaded thtifnrtenfamrswul.u herhos on eeru pasthuradrot to thir illtii oare anded lgesIs corn hoiig ShoLe wouldt soo be aoorhing oflatheiias. I loeghr theraseamak beii tt melnt maturet quilicktecs llessd Forei etiel p ruci'nofg hos alageo tei theitri ol, andt'ot~ a grat aealo d pi'ens pn thei si i' ourn. Fllyr properi~t' graikepigrwng and Iot ngotht gwhle 'ot is lot to thet maac ' ~tre Tooi wl m uh annte id aafaut nt ncesityho for ery caeu llttenonto theselit apaentiy omar dertaill, accord herg tof an ahrit o the yetndoling of the average'lst otion (tofea omioe n J uy 1ws 91.3, lae licpae withd 9t.8 on July herd 19 95.5t leotktat theand tnghate in 1898iu aramen woear arge of the8. s. hg ~u asdmk OUR P'AtIS EX lPOSITION IiITTElI. From ouir lReguIar Ct'rrespiodent. PAits, I-u.x x:, August 20, 1000. No little interest Is manifestod in the coming horte show of the 1aris EXposition, which will open on 3un day, September 10th. Tile amount of money to be distributed in prizes is more than a half a million frances. The exact amilount in American inoney is $110,000. There will also be a large number of medals awarded. It is ex. PeCted that the entries from England and the United States will be largo. The show is divided intosoven sections, the first being for thoroughbreds, pure bred Arabs and Anglo Arabs, with Over $12 000 in prizes, the lirst prizo for the thoroughbred etallions being $1,200, and for tie thoroughbred mares $800. The second section is for Barbs ; the third for trotters of French, Ameri can and lRussian breeds : the fourth for half-breeds, which including classes for the EnglIsh Hackney and Cleve land : the fifth for ponies, the sixth for cart horses and the seventh for don keys. It is reported that the Sultan of Turkey will send a largo number of pure looded Arabian horses. 'I'ley will doubtleSs be good specimens of their kind, but you may set it down that nothing oriental is excellent. I use the word etymolog ically. Nothing oriental can excel the objects of its class in America or Europe. They not only do not excel, but nothing oriental i8 equal to the obj 2et of its class in America or Europe. I've not been in the 0.Oient, but I've spent months at four International 1:xpositions where the best producthons of all countries were shown. The Arab horse is a tough, hardy, Intelligent little animal, but he is no tougnter or more intelli gent than the thoroughbred horso of l'urope or Aineri.a, and he is out Classed in size, sivcd and endurance by the latter. There has been no less romance about the Oriental or Cireassian wo man than there nas been about the Arabian horse, hut photography is a stern dislilusionist. liareis have been photographed. The beauties of the harem, as they a'e called, have been exposed to the ruthless camera and the world is now familiar with the dark, coarse, heavy type of molded rather than chiseled features, lacking in vivacity and spiritually. No artist would select a Turkish woman for a model, and no American with an edu cated taste would want one of thei for a companion. There is no lack of Turkish belles here in the -:xposition. The side shows abound with them and bevies of them c.%n be scen io the dance de -en tre for one franc. Some of them are real ty pcs anI are dou btless the best specimeins of their class fro-m the tLea tres f COnttantinople. Scuturi and C:iro, hat mixed among them are girl from Chieato, N-w York, or they may be from IP'ris, Kentucky or Cairo. Ililin',is. it is n't easy or important to learn their heete or whither: bit they are American-i sans doute and the way they outelas thie sluggish houris of the Urient when it comes their turn L' Jance is convincing, but not moral. Une of the most striking building4 in that cellection of :triking arunitec tural types, the btreet of nations, is the pavilion of 3osnia, Her zegovina-a re production of an ancient, donion. with annexes elaborately decorated. With in is shown, among other things, a room sumptuously furnished and oc cupied by wax figures, representing the interior of a harem of Bosnia. In other apartments more modern ex hibite. in the form of vases, textiles, etc., ar-c shown. Tihere is an interest ing collection of photographs en glass rep)reseniting the most beautiful views of the Balkan Swit zerlandl. The buIlding of Servia. Is in the purest Hyxzanttno style. It has eIght domes, the central and tallest being up~wardls of eighty feet in height. In mai-ked contrast is the D~anish b~ulld lng a rustic edifice in wood, a repro duction of a country house in JTutland. The P ersian edifice, rectangulfar in shape, IIbws with colnr-violet, blu', green and r-e. As ycu enter, a rirl titbrows a perfume on you, while you look at, the luxurious cushions and cat-pets andl various objects of art. Hlere Is where the Shah comes to rest, fr-om tihe fatigues of sight-seeing at the Exposition. Near by is the low, thick-set, house of P'in land, appairenitly built t.o r-esIst the most power-ful blasts. It, is :opied from oneo of the ancient chapels of the country, and contains a complete exhibltic n of fishing appa ratus. W KN'r, A L. TT L-: 'T00 PeA i.-A corn mer-cial traveling man landed at Edin burgh, scotland, one Satur-day night, too late to get, out, of town for Sunday. The next (lay he fotund that there was actualfy no form of amusement in the whole city to assilst him in whiling away the day. iHIc went to the proprie tot- of the hotel to see If lie could suig ges, a way of passing thte remainder of the day. The land lordm took pity on the stran gem- antd took h im to oiie of the rooms in the house in which a number of Scotch'nten were playing a game called " nap,"' wich is a sort of modification of " event utp.'' They were playing for a shilling a point, so that the game was a pirotty stilf one. The stranger got in the game and played very cau tiously, for- he was qutite sure of the players, or at least some of them. One solemn faced Scot, he was especially sture, ho caught cheating a number of times. lie bogan whistling a part of some vagr-ant tune. T1ho Scot who had been cheating arose from thte table and threw down the cards. "What is the matter '" the other players asked. I 'm gangin' awa'," the Scot answer ed, glaring at the stranger. "''il play car-ds wvi 'no mon that whustles on the Sabbath." --The government bialance sheet cov ering the~ l'hilippino war shows on the once side an expenditure of $186,(78,000, a loss In soldiers of 2,200, and the woundIng of 2,073 more, to say nothing of the thousands permanently invalid ed by the islands, climate and diseases. And against, this appalling record there is the beggarly sum of $2,640,000 In c xports last year from this country, the most of this being for army con sumiption, while thte imports from the Islands hardly c(1uaied t~he half of the sum. -In the Tsland of Minora, one of the Philippines, the humming birds are pugnacious little, cr'eatures. A hunt ing party had a novel exp~erience with them. One of the huntsimen wandered biY fr-oim his comrades, but soon his sarcams were heard- Thousands of the .humming birds. had attacked him and wounded hisp jp hundreds of spots on his face and ncck;. When rescued he was streaming wIiih blood. --Tail Beaver, ci- lof of the Coman che Indians in Oki homa, will take tile stump) for Bryan nd Stevenson short ly.. He says he las a contract with tho.national co mittee to imko these spneches HAIRT~ So many persons have hair that is stubborn and dull. it won't gr o w. W hat's the reason? Hair needs help just as anything else does at times. The roots re quire feeding. When hair stops growing it 1o s es its lus ter. It dead.Hs VIWr acts almost instantly on such hair. It awakens new life in the hair bulbs. The effect is astonishing. Your hair grows, be comes thicker, and all dandruff is removed. And the original color of early life is restored to faded or gray hair. This is always the case. $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. "I have lised Ayer's Ilair Vigor, ail,[ :ia ''eally asitttilisIit'l at thl gnlid it. hitA (imt in keepiing n1ky ; a11 , 1 i1 caaa a I , ti I . It is t lo liarat. tahlif. I 11;k% ' tritta . antd I slia a I itilmo to recom ailiend it to may friciadis." MArTT,: Hlour, Sept. 24, 189.,. Inttrlington, N. C. If you do not ottal" a thae bmiefnts iu expected frot the tis. of the Ilatir igor, w rit the t la tor abo:t it Dir. J. C. AYVLE. Lowe.. Mass. CAlROLINA CtOPS. ilt Weather Has Damaged Cottons and O:her Produe:s. Cu..: ei.. S. C., A u g u- t 2'.--South ,arolina crops have suffered disas ,rously from the prese-nt intense hot I pell combined with the urought. Rte :ently a few local showers have fallen >ver very limited areas, but otherwise .here has been no rain in August. Since July 2,h the mnercury has on no Jay failed to reach t11, while for the ast seventeen days ta* is the least maxi mium recorded, with the average for Lhat time J0l degrees in the shade. rhe record of 1l0 surpasses any ever made before ir South Carolina. Po r six consecutive days 101, or better, has been registered by the United States weather bureau. I 'robably on account of the Intense :lryness there have been hut few pros trations and but three or four deaths, but thbe e!Yoot on business is serious and merchants as well as farmers have long faces. While the crops have suifered scri usly and truck gardens have been de itroyed the heaviest financial loss falls in cotton planters. Some farmers es Aimate the cotton yield has been reduc ad 40 per cent. but only allowing a loss >f 12 por cent. on an average yield on she acreage planted, the loss will be 00,000 balos, or $4,500.000. Trhe loss >n other crops, sugar cane, late corn nd hay will make the total over $7, 100,000. OIf course, unless there are general rains within a very few days the drought will become a disaster iand actual suifering to small farmers and negoes will result. Cotton 11l1(ds are as white as they Renerally are late in September, but over half the bolls that, are showing the white are unmatured, being burst open by the heat, and the lint is with out value. Many of the plants are dying, the leaves drying up and falling otT, and no more blossoms are coming. Ordivarily the plants bilossomn until frost. Nothing can save the farmers from the loss already sustained, but rains would start the plants to blossom ing again and late frosts would permit the new bolls formed to mature. As it stands the probable loss to farmers from this heated month will be not less than $10,000,000 and may be very much greater. ltoports from North Carolina and oeorgia are but slightly more encour aging. -'very wheel and stroke of com m irce th roughout t he g reat Sou thern l'acific system of railroads and steam ship lines was stopp)ed for seven min utes last it'riday, during the burial (of Collis 1P. Ilumington, in New York. At the exact moment when the cluck struck 11 in Now Y'ork oveory hammer In all the shops ceased clanging; en gInes paused upon the rails and steoam ships floated lifeless upon the water. In Chicago the Ollices remiainedl clos ed all the morning, and no tickets were sold or other business transacted until after the remains of the great rallroau magnate were laid to rest. Duiring the short suspension of busince z men in anllI sectIons of the Uin Itea stte remained idle. The Chjiessgo 2e 'a were tlraped with crap.: tL-at a tore umaln for thirty dlays. Car,: a tt. u tion has beeon g ive'n to 1.6, :.rceC of time between Sana iranc: oc anad New York In order that tre ob--:r va tioun of respect at ua'.:b~ haCe triht take jplace at exactly the same ti ne. Serv ices were heH' at the First I 'res by terian church, at San Francisco, at the same time the funeral was in progress In New York. - -A train (in the L'lster and Delaware railway was msto)Jpped recently on ac count oif the caterpillars, which col lected on the tracks ir. sulcient numn hors to stop the train by the lubrica tion of the rail, which resulted from the cruishing of thbcir bodies uindler the wheels. According to the ItallIway ltevlew it IS neccessary for men to sit upon1 the cowcatcher and keep away the obstructIons by holding brooms on the rails. -The war dlepartment has ordered .t general electIon in Cuba In Septom-1 ber, at which delegates will be chosen to a convention to be held In .Lavana in November, to frame a constitution for the overnment af ihn inland. A STIANGE SITUATION. len. Nelson A. Bille to a conrnandier With no 001umnand. ews and Courier. WASIJINUTON, Aug. 24.-In military bed soclil circles the question ts re )eatodly asked "What part does Lit3ut. 3on. Miles. commandin general of the Jnited States army, play In the war irama now being enacted in the Philip. )ines and in China ?" The complete )limination of Gen. Miles from the nilitary and diplomatic conferences iold at the White House and in the )xecutivo departments, relative to the 3andling of the American forces at 10me0 and abroad, is one of the unex )lained mysteries of the present day. 'ho closest inquiry at the war depart noot fails to disclose any satisfactory xplanatlon of the total eclipse of the listinguishod looking commanding gen 3ral. Before he came to Washington his )redccessors, especially Major Gen. Schofleid, were frequently summoned to the White House to confer with the president and cabinet on all matters pertaining to the movementor disposi tion of United States troops, either at tdome or abroad. lor a while Gen. Niiles enjoyed similar privileges and seemed to share the confidence of Mr. 'ieveland and the then secretary of ffar, Col. Daniel S. Lamont. Prior to ,11s elevation to the rank of command ng general of the army Gon. Miles had he reputation of being one of the .randest types of American soldiery inown to this generation. His record n the civil war, together with his %chievements as an Indian lighter, nade him the envy of many of his nilitary associates. When attired in 11s military uniform he presents a com nanding and admirable appearance. Jifted with a magnificent physiquo, ,lean-cut features and a graceful and lignified bearing,it would be dillicult, to ,onceive a more striking military com nander than Gen. Miles. In addition ;o his long, active and eficient service n the tield, especially against savage Pribes in the West, the experience and nformation he derived from visits to Europe to witness the military man >euvres of international troops would teem to fit him especially to give prac .ical advice and counsul to the admin stration in carrying out its policy in -onnection with the Chinese complica oions. When Secretary loot took charge of he war department it was announced temi-oflicially that in the future Gen. 1liles would receive such consideration is his high rank entitled him to, and ,hat lie would be the military adviser >f the secretary of war. At the same ime it was eettled that Gen. Miles, vho has a large and valuable acquain ;ance in New York city, should be the -ight-hand man of Secretary Root in ill matters pertaining to the military branch of the service. It was said in this connection that personal jealous tes, tinctured with political, wore in a arge measure responsible for the shab jy treatment Gen Miles is alleged to dave received at the hands of the 2leveland administration, under See ictary laamont, and that the same con .ltion of affalrs coatinued during the period when Gen. Alger presided over he destinies of the war department. it was also charged that Adjt. Gen. 3orbin was largely responsible for the gnoring of Gen. Miles because the rormer entertained aspirations not cal .ulated to please the commanding gen iral. These subjects have been gossiped ibout and threshed over in military and social circles until they haie be some too stale and unprolitabie for fur ther speculation. The fact remains, however, that Geon. Miles has been p~ractically ignored in all of the impor tant deliberations bearing upon the American campaign in China. There must be some1 valid and substantial reason for the treatment he has been subjected to. it is not reasonable to supplose that, in view of all the com. pliex questions involved in the Chinese ituation, the adJministration would re ruse any valuable suggestion from Gen. Mviles or any oth~er reliable source. Trhose who might throw some val Liable light on the subject when inter rogated become suddenly silent or Ivasive, and intimate that no good .:an come of the discussion of such a Ielicate subject. it is whispered that, although (Jon. Miles possessbs an un blemished record as a soldier when in the field, he is delicient in some of the requirements of a successful and ellic Dnt commanding general. It is alleged that ho has a grievance, either real or imaginary, against, his associates who are graduates of the West Point Mili tary Academy. it will be remembered that he has risen practically from the ranks of thbe volunteer branch of the service to the most exalted position in the army of his country. The griev a ice appears t: have impaired, not mnly his juidgment in military alfairs, but it, has cot improved his personality. lie permits it to permeate not only his personal, but his oillal utterances and the result lb that he frequently fiads hinmself antagonizing tbe wishes and thme policy of his ollicial superiors with nut being able to furnish justiliable reasons for so doing. Jtecently Geon. Miles has evinced an indifference to the peculiar position he occupies in ollicial circles, and is appa rently determined to derive all the p~leasur-es and profits of hib high rank without, being harrassod by the respon sibilities which might otherwise rest upon him. Attired in a walite duck suit, wearing a straw hat with an ex tremely broad brim, surroundled by a gaudy hat bandl, patent, loather gaiters with white duck "' spats," twirling a mender cane, he suggests an elderly out well conserved dandy on grand promenade rather than the command nig general of the United States army. -Franklin J. Moses, at one time ovAernor of South Carolina and also a "roer speakier of the House of Repre .ntatives of that Sta te, was arrested in Bo'on la.,t Saturday, charged with the arceny of $5 from John Hardy, a [Hos ~on business man. Moses has been liv ng in WInthrop, and for a timoecon luted a weekly newspaper at ltovere. t is alleged that after disposing of his nterest in the pap~er, he continued to oleit advertisements for it, and Mr. Blardy's complaint was entered as a -esult of an alleged payment made to M1r. Moses of $5 for an advertisemnent ffhich did not appear. Moses wasI >rought to the attention of the lHoston >Olico in 1885, when he was arrested n the char-ge of obtaining mooney inder false pretenses from the late 'redorick Ames, Colonel Trhomas Wentworth Higginson an l othere. Hie asa then found guilty and was sent, to he State prison for three years. -Thie iate Colonel Charles Scott Vonable, of the faculty of the Univor ity of Virginia, was one of the great ~st, benefactors of that institution, and, esldes his own gifts, secured, throughi is influence, the large telescope) from aeandecr McCormick, and gathereod the '75,000 for its endowment. He was the huthor of many well known ntebos FIRST BALE OF COTTON. It Came This Year, as it did Last Year, From Patriclo County, in Houthwestern Texas. Birmingham, Ala., Age-lierald. The first bale of a season's great crop is alway eagerly anticipated. Moved at the head of ten million other bales, It occupies an enviable position. It is at the head of a procession that keeps exchange in our favor and gold from going out. It is the first of the coun tr 's chief cash crop. There may be other commercial and agricultural kings, but there is none thateo readily commando cash in all countries as King Cotton, and the first bale is the begin ning of the world's contributioD to the TL first bale came this year from San Patricio County, in southwestern Texas, not far from Ban Antonio. This county furnished the first bale last year, but the bale of this year is two days earlier in the season than the bale of ast year was. Four planters com bined their pickings in order to make this bale, which weighs 564 pounds. The bringing in of a bale on July 11 shows that the sun in Texas is able to confound all the prophets, for they had repeatedly said that the first bale would not be received this year before July 25. 'ho sun in Texas is no respec tor of prophets and there are prophets out of Texas who will share the fate of those in that State. The truth is no one knows what the opening and grow ing crop will be in the aggregate. There may be some who understand the Chinese trouble or the iresidential election, but there Is no one who can " size up " the cotton crop. -Mr. .J. T. Shuler, of Aiken County, made quite a success out of his peach crop this year. Ho has an orchard of live Lundred young Elbertas that boro their first crop this season, and they were extra fint, some of them weigh ing as much as fourteen ounces each. He sold his finest specimens at $2.50 a crate, and realized over $800 on the crop. Mr. Shuler expects to set out 5,000 young peach trees next fall. SOUTHERN RMLA' see a a*4 .%us4, ID Sia '. 50a 1 , ...,.. 422 :~~~~ P.ro .E :'.:-.... F AW r.. P.... ... . ...... I..... . ...... ...::::::: . d o. .5i .. O7 V - s Iouhbound. n . a... ,, . .... 80 1 . .. . . 11 ,, uI.. a p Is a... .. 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