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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 18, 1895. ESTABLISHED 1849. PALMETTO POINTERS SPINDLES OF SPARTANBURG. 21 Cotton Factorles, 320,686 Spindles, 8,908 Looms and 113,700 Bales Consumed Annually. This is the title of a little publica tion just issued which makes a most attractive souvenir of Spartanburg. Tn a beautifully embossed cover picts es of the cotton mills of the county are given, with a short statement as to each covering such points as where it is lo cated, when built, capital stock, num ber of spindles and looms, number of operatives and amount of cotton con sumed. This information has been carefully compiled, and is, in fact, the first complete publication in conveni eut form ready for reference.. A copy of this little book ought to be placed in the hands of every man who has ever thought about coming to Spartanburg to make his home. There is nothing in the publication except a short sketch of the first mill, and pictures and sta tistics relative to the other miils. These speak eloquently enough. When this little pamphlets falls into the hands of a stranger he will be im pressed with the fact that Spartanburg County has twenty-onecotton factories, counting the four in process of con struction. He will note that these factories represent an invested capital of $4,581,000; that they have 320,686 spindles and 8,908 looms. He will take note also of the fact that these factories consume 113,700 bales of cot ton annually. He will find signifi cance in the fact'that 6,340 operatives are employed, and, counting five to the family, which is a reasonable esti mate, nearly half the population of Spartanburg County are dependent on the cotton mill business, are paid in cash for their services the year round and depend upon the local markets for the necessities of life. This little pamphlet shows that one million, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars are paid to operatives, the average amount of each operative being more than $175. HOW SORGHUM PAYS. Splendid Yield from Three Small Patches near Privateer. A special from Privateer, says: The following sorghum statistics of this immediate section of the township will be interesting. All the yields men tioned were for last year. J. B. Osteen planted a quarter of an X - onts, and this year he has increased his patch to an acre and a half. He says the seed make an excellent seed for hogs. Last season Mr. Osteen and his father boil ed 1,989 gallons at their cane mill. Mr. Spurgeon Kolb planted a fraction over a quarter of an acre of sorghum and made forty-two gallons. He was so much pleased with his success that this year he has about one acre planted. He considers cane about the cheapest crop he could plant. He says the sorghum requires very little work and s out well. Probably one of the yields of sorghum in the State last r was that of Mr. John Alsbrook, ho, on one-quarter of an acre of good and, made the astonishing yield of 4~ gallons. Mr. Alsbrook has also increased his cane patch and endorses what Mr. Kolb Eays in regard to sor ghum as a crop. Novel Fishing. Some Spartanburg fishermen have fallen on a novel plan for catching certain kinds of fish. They take a barrel, with both heads in, or a box closed all round. They then bore a number of auger holes, beginning at the bottom and going nearly to the top. About the centre of the top they cut a hole four to six inches in diameter. They put stones enough in the box or barrel to cause it to sink. They use bread as a bait. The upper surface of the box or barrel is two to five feet under water, according to depth. The fish get a taste of the bait through the auger hole. They circle around until they get to the top of the barrel, when they make a dive through the opening. Once in they do not seem so be able to get out again. The fisherman hauls up his barrel, the water escaping through the anger holes, and then he scoops in the fish. Carp and suckers are generally caught in this manner. A Fence Without Posts. Mr. G. P. Bruce, of Anderson cunty-, has invented a nseful and ingenious fence, which he exhibits on the public square. No posts are no cessary. The panels are first con strticted and then it is only necessary to p)ut them together, which can be done without nails or fastenings. The Jfence can be erected in a straight line or zigzag, like a rail fence, or it can be put in any shape desired. The fence is patented, as is also a simple but etr ong slide or wooden lock. The woman's woman's edition of the "Colunmbia State," for the hospital will -be issued on the 21st, kAbout Greenwood reports of dam age to the potato and cotton crop from the cold spell are plentiful. Young potatoes are cut to the ground. The fruit is not yet hurt. At Una, the tobacco farmers are just now finishing transplanting. The crop is about three weeks late, owing to the inability to have plants at the proper season. This was caused by the ex tiemely wet and cold winter. A dispensary has been granted for Brunson, with Mr. Srallivan as dis pensei-. He has had his bond approved, and is ready to open up, but probably he will not receive his stock till the United States Court in Columbia makes a decision. Switzerland produaces almost as I~un abasesas varieties of watches. FARMING STATOS OF SELLERS. The Disastrous Effect tof the Heavy Rains Upon Cotton. A dispatch from Sellers says: The main crops have been planted and farmers are now busy with the first cultivation. There is a very general complaint that the first cotton planted is dying oat and a good many of our farmers are ploughing up and replant ing. It is thought the cause of this death of the plant is the very heavy rains during the month of April. These rains throughly packed the ground, and the land was saturated with water, and the week of cloudy weather pre vented the lands from drying out. Cotton planted since the rains is look ing very well. There are good stands of corn, but the plant is very small and looks yellow from too much water in the soil. A great deal of sorghum cane has been planted. Four tobacco barns will be erected in this vicinity. Messrs. D. M. and W. E. Watson, J. R. and 0. C. Fore have set out their crops of tobacco and the plants are living well. The peach, apple and pear crop bids fair to be the finest in years. Garden truck of all kinds is doing well. There. have been heavy rains during the past week in almost all parts of the coun ty and as a consequence but little ploughing was done. The grassin the crops.is making rapid headway and unless suitable weather for work comes soon our farmers will be badly in the grass. A few have comraenced put ting ectton to a stand and next week cotton chopping will be general all over the county. The dreaded hog cholera is raging throngh many portions of the county. A good many hogs have died, in fact but few suirvive the attack and the few that do recover are almost valueless. Considerable attention is being paid to the rearing of colts, and on almost every farm one or more colts may be seen. There are a number of standard bred trotting stallions in the county, and their colts by common farm mares make splendid driving horses. It is the common opinion that horses reared here are more durable and less liable to disease than the Western horses. Interesting Sessions of the Epworth League. The Epworth League was in session at Charleston Friday and Saturday. The League is doing a good work for the Methodist Church. There are now thirty-seven leagues in active oper ation and they are doing much to in terest the younger folks in the work OhU h n~ wa p--in. -goral literary matters. The Epworth Lea gue is very much to the Methodist church what the Y. M. C. A. is to the general public. At Saturday's session the first matter taken up and consid ered at considerable length was how to get the most good out of the organiza tion. Whenthe reports of the various leagues were called for it was develop ed that there were thirty-seven in the State and they were doing a fine work. A resolution was introduced and unan imously adopted relating to the pro posed orphanage. It is "Resolved, That we, the Epworth League State Conference of the South Carolina Methodist church, express our highest appreciation of the efforts that are being made for the establish ment and maintenance of an orphan age to be called the Epworth Orphan age of the South Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South." During the morning the followig officers were elected : President, Pro . H. N. Snyder; first vice-president, Dr. J. D. S. Fairey, of Orangeburg; sec end vice-president, W. Hampton Jones, of Charleston; third vice presi dent, C. M. Hurst, Jr., of Sumter; secretary, George Watkins, of Colum bia; treasurer, Miss Ellen Stanley, of Columbia. Executive committee: .J. H. Carlisle ~Jr., Spartanburg; Miss Katie Ruther ford, of Newberry; and Mr. J. Frank Fooshe, of Bamberg. During the day several interesting1 papers were read, the programme giv ing their titles as follows: "The League and its Mission," Dr. W. B. Lambuth. "Literary Work of League," 3. H. Carlisle, Jr. Question Box, conducted by Prof. H. N. Snyder. "The Model League," Dr. J. Thomn 8s Pate. "The League's Social Feature," Thomas S. Moorman. The papers were discussed, sod the delegates derived much benefit from the talks. Railroad Tax Assessment. The State board of railroad equaliza tion has finished its work. In the vast majority of instances the present assess ments "were left alone. The only changes for the present are: Manchester and Augusta, increasedL from S1,000 to $6,000; South Carolina and Georgia, increased from $15,590 to $16,000; Cheraw and Chester, decreased from $3,000 to $2,500. The board annoncees that all parties who want to be heard as to changes in the present assessment can do so on the 29th of the month. It is expected that a number of the roads will try and have the present assessment reduced. The 30th of the month has been set aside for the hearing of the arguments in the matter of the Three C's assessment. The railroad people and the counitv officials will be heard at that time. A Big Hail Storm. A cloud lyurst and hail-storm visited te vicinity of Murphy Saturday after noon, the like of which in intensity has probably never beecn known in that section." A mill-dam belonging to James Price was demolished, and the hail-stones which fell are said to have eni almost as large as hens' eggs. WAR TIMES IN CHARLESTON. Where the First Shells from Gilmore's Swamp Angels Fell. On the first night that shells were thrown into the City of Charleston by the Federals on Morris Island from the "Swamp Angels" that falling in King street near Queen street was the first. A second struck a house in Queen street, nesrly opposite Phila delphia street passing through the rooms in the rear of the building and demolishing the mosquito bar on one of the girls' bed. This no doubt spurred her to arise and get down stairs with greater alacrity than if her mother had simply informed her that "breakfast is ready," for when Ireach ed the spot the room was vacant and awfully demoralized. Another shell followed and exploded in the vicinity of Broad and State streets, breaking by concussion the glass door in the i Bank of Charleston. A gentleman standing near remarked in my hearing that he did not care a Colonial Dame -or words to that effect-about the shelling of the city, he only hated to have that expensive door destroyed. My quarters were in the Commercial Hotel, on the northeast corner of Church and Queen streets-now the St. Phillip's Church Home-and for obvious reasons my concern now cen tered on-the proximity, not ou the number of shells that fell-here my counting their number ceased. - It was said that the late Wm. Curtis Noyes, the prominent New York law yer and ardent Unionist in our late family jar, remarked in a public speech denunciatory of South Carolina's in itiatory activity in the matter of seces sion that the time would come when corn would be grown in the streets of Charleston, meaning that it ild lose its commercial and political Les tige, and its site unfitted for an- ther use than a corn field. " The seige and bombardment of Char leston by the Federal forces almost made thispolitical prediction a material reality, for I have picked tomatoes from bushes growing wild in Market street, gathered fruit off plum trees of voluntary growth in the new Custom House yard, walked through dog fennel growing as high as a man's head in State street and milked cows roaming at large in East Bay street. Few houses were occupied in the lower part of the city, and in walking through th e down town streets, dodging exploding shells and viewing the desolution, the poet's lines came to mind: "Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled and all thy clarms with dran Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hanl is seen, And desolation saddens all thy gret." These experiehces, along with others personally and intensely uncomforta ble, lead me to conclude that 1war and material prosperity are not twin broth ers, and I have almost determined to retire to our back yard with the first man that suggests war as a renedy for political differences and have a little private war with him. Common salt, ordinarily considered the cheapest commodity of commerce, and yet one of the most important that enters into every-day life, was in the South, during the late war, an article most difficult to obtain. The usual source of supply being cut off it had to be manufactured from the sea water. Farmers from the interior came in horse carts and w#agons to the seacoast, bringing with them pots and pans wherein to boil the salt water of the Atlantic Ocean. Rleaching a suitable place fires were built and the pots filled with sea water, and at the different stages of evaporation, it was transferred from pot to panuntil at last it became crystallized salt. This necessity for salt created quite an industry along the At lantic coast, particularly on the sounds of North Carolina, for beside the farm era who came literally "to earn their own salt" a number of enterprising people engaged in its regular manufac ture and shipment to the several mar kets. Two dollars a bushel at the fac tory was not considered an excessive price. W. J. Balentine, in Charleston News and Courier. PROBABLY A TEST CASE. A DIspensary Constable Ruled for Con tempt In Violating Judge Simon ton's Order. In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston an affidavit was filed by* L. 3. Bird that Constable Beach had seized two gallons of whiskey from him which he had just received via the Southern Express Company for his own use, as he was taking the same from the Express office to his house. Judge Simonton thereupon issued an order to Beach requiring him to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt. Beach filed a return denying the jurisdiction of the Court and claiming the right to seize under the Dispensary Act. Whereupon Judge Simonton sent him to jail and fined 8300. Beach is in custody of the marshal and th erefore "constructively" in jail, although really not so. It is understood, inasmuch as Assist ant Attorney General Townsend is in the city and appeared for Beach, that the object of this proceeding is to make it a habeas corpus case and so take the matter before the Supreme Court with a view of having a decision from that body on the constitutionality of the dispensary law. A Textile School Adjunct to Clemson, The College professors at Clemson have taken a somewhat new but grati fying turn. Profs. Strode, Tompk'ins and WVelch are the corporators named in an application for a commission for' the Calhoun Cotton Mills. The n'ill is to be located in Pickens County and will stairt with a capital stock of not les thzan $50,000, and the right to in crease to $250, 000 is given. The loca tion of the mill is to be near Fort Hill P . ENLARGING A MILL. TEN THOUSAND MORE SPINDLES. Result of the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders and Directors of the Columbia Mills Co. Of all the enterprises started in the South in recent years perhaps none have been more eminent than the Col umbia mills, the $700,000 enterprise on the canal, established with eastern capital; the big mill which is manu- I facturing what is conceded to be the finest grade of duck in the United States; the mill which is the only one of its kind in the country using elec trical power. The annual meeting of the stockhol ders of the company was held in Col umbia last week. The old board of directors were re-elected. The pre sent officers were all re-elected except that Mr. A. F. Sortwell was elected to succeed his father, who died during the past year, as vice president. The stockholders found that the mill had met with great success financially, and that it was putting on the market the highest grades of duck of any mill in the country. It was decided to place the machin ery for the operation of 10,000 more spindles in the mill as fast as possible. This additional machinery is being manufactured with fast rapidity. It is hoped that by the fall the 10,000 new spindles can be running. At pre sent the mill is running twenty-four hours a day, employing a night and day force. When the new machinery is added-Mr. Oliver says the mill will be employing between 500 and 600 operatives. No Recent Dispensary Selzures. A dispatch from Charleston says: While the liquor shipments are ste - ly ;oing out of the dispensary and plenty f liquor is coming in there is one ing that is sadly deficient, and that s the absence of "seized stuff." That ways made a considerable item with the dispensary,and after it was bottled ip and put on the market as "con iraband" it brought a right snug little umount into the dispensary coffers. l of this looks as if it is at an end. qot a single package came to the dis sensary today as having been seized, d the c. sity shop of the dispen ary, with t.he boxes of bacon,the cans f supposed tomatoes, the fake barrels >f vestal oil, will have no more curios o be in their company. The dispensary authorities are say g nothing and "sawing wood." They yelieve that the system will contione yrovided the only competition that has o be met will be from those who are ible to bring liquor into the State for heir own use, and the order of Judge imontoa is not taken advantage of ad used as a blind for the "speak asies" to get their liquor into tbe tate. MIND TIGERS TO BE CLOSELY wATCHED. One of the members of the board of ontrol said that it was his opinion that hose who wanted to bring liquor into he State for their own use ought to be llowed to do so. But, said he, "the state ought to spend thoasands of dcl ar if it is necessary to send several 'blind tiger" managers to the Pen tentiary," and that would, he thought, ave the effect of keeping off the 'blind tiger" epidemic that threatens. :t is plain that the State will from DOW i devote its attentions very largely o the "tigers" and changes of venue, njunctions. contempt proceedings and uch actions are to be expected. DISPENSARY PRICES MAY BE BEDUCED. It is also likely that the prices on ome of the better grades of liquors nil be reduced. The cheaper grades t is held are being sold about as low s can be afforded. and then there are ot very many who use the 80 "stuff" rho will want to make a preliminary~ lash outlay before getting the liquo r.I :t is very much a case of wantivg the iquor before it is bought. The Press Association Meeting. The executive committee of the Sta's Press Association is working vigorous y to have a pleasant and profitable meeting of the Association in Sumter tis year. The date is Wednesday, May 29. The indications now are that they will be successful. Quite a num ber of the quill drivers have expressed their intention to be present at the meeting,and an interesting programme has been arranged. The Northern trip has been definitely decided, and promises to be a most enjoyable one. The committee earnestly desires that every paper in the State will be repre sented at the annual meeting, and it is also desired that as many will go on the excursion as can well do so. The people of Sumter are making elabo rate arrangements to entertain the ed itors in royal fashion, and those who attend will never regret it. One of the features of the meeting will be the annual address to the Asso ciation by the Hon. Clark Howell. edi tor of the Atlanta Constitution. A meeting of the executive committee was held last evening at Wright's Ho tel. There were present President E. H. Aull, Secretary C. C. Laangston and N. G. gonzales, H. G. Osteen and G. P. Browne. It was decided that the excursion party would leave Sumter on the even ing of May 31. and go to Richmond and stop over there, and from there to Washington, and returning come by Norolk. President Aull will give further in formation in regard to this matter in a few days, and in the meantime hopes to hear from everyonue who desires to take this trip) as soon as p'ossible. There are 13,000 medical students in the United States, according to latnt estimates HAMPTON OVATION CHARLESTON'S WELCOME TO THP9 HERO OF '76. r The People Throng the Academy Hampton's Splendid Speech. s Wade Hampton was given a splendid re ception on his arrival at Charleston, S. C., on Wednesday morning, and more than ever c the intense affection in which he is held in t Charleston was demonstrated. The streets and sidewalks were lined with happy, shouting thousands. Gen. Hampton's t progress was marked by a continuous ova tion. Men waved their hats, and the old '76 ye11, "Hurrah for Hampton," rent the sky I again and again. Ladies and school children were out in thousands, waving handkerchiefs and Confederate flags and shouting with the rest. The Academy oi Music at night was packed from gallery to pit to hear Gen. Hampton, who spoke under the auspices of the Sons of e Confederate Veterans and the Daughters of t the Confederacy. An admission fee of 50 cents was charged and the proceeds devoted to a fund for indigent Confederate veterans b and their widows. d At 9 o'clock Gen. Hampton appeared on the arm of Maj. Barker. As one man the mighty assemblage sprang I to their feet men yelled, women and chil- I dren clapped their hands, handkerchiefs and I hats went into the air, and for more than a S minute it was a scene of frantic delighted en thusiasm. The Rev. John Johnson delivered a fervent prayer. Then Major Barker arose and was heartily applauded. His first allusion to the speaker was as to the stone which the political build ers rejected in 1890, and instantly wild -ap plause rang out again. Then as other allu sions to Hampton were made, each was suc cessively punctuated with ringing applause. When Gen. Hampton rose the audience rose 3 with him, and scenes ensued that baffle de scription. It was the demonstration at the General's arrival on the stage. repeated with redoubled energy. In the midst of it all the 1 crchestra clasped out "Dixie," and the hap py, frantic people continued to yell and yell. aEN,,. AxPTON's ADDREsS. As soon as the audience quieted down suf ficiently for him to make himself heard. Gen. Hampton proceeded to deliver the address of the occasion. He spoke as follows: When the flattering invitation from the "Daughters of the Confederacy" and the "Sons of the Veterans" reached me, it came to me as did the bugle call to arms during the war, for the objects contemplated by these patriotic organizations gave me hope that there was "life in the old land yet." In re sponse to the call made on me by your noble organizations, I have come to bid you God Mpeed in your work, and to pray with all the fervor of a patriotic heart that God may prosper and bless your efforts, crowning them with the success they so richly deserve No cause championed by the wom" ;-f o" Carolina es tan-Lnose noble, devoted women, always "faithful among the faith es;" the real martyrs of the war and its greatest sufferers; they who, for four years of mortal agony, felt that all that they held most precious was at stake, all whom hey loved better than themselves were peril ing life and all that made life sweet, in de ense of the State; who never faltered who oever despaired, and who when the end came worked with a deyotion never surpassed to redeem and save our State. If I comprehend aright the objects of our associations, they are to rekindle the I tent fires of patriotism among our people, o strive to bring them once again together In peace and brotherhood, all striving as in lays goae by to uphold the honor a pro- t note the weliare of the State, and to instill I n the minds of the rising generation a love 4 f country and a reverence for the memory [or those who made South Carolina illus rious in the past. To younger hands than these of the remaining veterans the destiny I a the State must soon be committed, for our ranks are, day by day, mowed down by 'the reaper whose name is Death,' and in a few brie years we must all join the great army I f our dead comrades who have passed overt the river and are at rest. Those who fell in efense of our State need no prouder epitaph I than that given by the Spartans at Ther moylm "Go, stranger, at Lacedemon tell. 'Twos in obedience to her laws we fell." And the living only ask that their fellow tizens will do them justice to say that they did their duty to their State faithfully as they saw it. That verdie't is the only' com pen~sation they seek for their services. It will be the task of your organizations and kindred ones, which I trust will be establish d throughout your State, to preserve the honor and to preserve from destraction the memory of those who sacrifed everything n the service of the State, and that their task will be nobly discharged none can doubt, knowing the patriotie hands to which this sacred duty is committe.. You will eneounter many grave diffieid ties in the pros--ution of youir work, but he not discouraged.. for it is well worthy of your labrs and your prayers. You will perhaps be told that the 'Old South'-th:1t South in which we all took such just pride-is dead, and that the 'New South.' the cardinal prin cple of which seems to be that the highest ambition of many of its advocates is the ac cumulation of riehes. should take the place of the .-ldl in our alietions. Others may say to you that the cause for which so many of oir bra ge sons gave their lives was submit ted to the stern arbitram-et of the sword, and as the verdict, against whieb no appeal lies, was rendered against us. the cause for which we fought inust necessarily have been wrong. Do not allow you rselvYes, my friends, to be misledl by that false dloctrine-false to your faith, to your State and to vour God which tells you that because of the failure of our cause there was no truth or justice in it. Any human undertaking, however just it may be, may fail. but the everlasting princi ples of right and of justice can never be blot ed out. A great truth. like the God-head whence it eminates, is eternal and it will1 live "till the last syllable of recorded time." If we admit that as our cause- went down in disaster, we were only rebels, we sball brand our heroie dead, as well :1s the livig, as traitor, covering all alike with deserved in famv. 'Will the liv~ing soldiers who followed the starry cross on hundreds of battlefields ever con-ent to denouin"e their dead com rades as traitors? Will thaesons of these vet erans forget the su ff('rinlgs, the sacrifices, the heroism of their fathers? Will the women of the South, who for a quiarter' of a century have tenderly and reverentlyv cherished the memorv of our dlead. ever he willing to brand them as rebels? Ah, no; these things can never he, as long as truth. patriotism, honor, virtue and its synonymr. iou rage, are respec ted; as long a. the fame of the men in grey goes soundinmg down the ag's; as long as the page of hist ory is madle histrous biy the names of Lee. of Johnson and or Jackson. Let me not he underoitood as speaking to re-aakcn ee.tional ardam-i',' now happily dying out, nor as counseling one act of dis loyalty to the restored Union. I recognize. as every true Confederate soldiers does. the supremacy of the Constitution, the integrity of the Union. and all the obligatiou --: a sumed when our arms wvere laid dow.. We, of the South. are now an integral part of the great repub~lie; its flag waves unchallented from the rock-ribbed coasts of Maine to the Golden Gate and far-off Alaska, from the snow-apped mountains of the North to the orange groves of Florida. and it is the duty of every patriot to strive to maike that coun try the fit abode for freemen for all time to come. But I apj-al earrnestly and reverent ly for justie~c to. my Confedlerate comrmles e and living. They discharged their du adge whether they were right or wrongs Ve are certainly not called on to admit that re were in the wrong, and every brave man rho metus in battle would justly despise us rere we to do so. The failure of a cause oes not necessarily prove that it was an un ast one nor can the denial of a truth estab ish a falsehood. When the torture wrung a ecantation of the truth from Galilee did thei arth cease to revolve on its axis? Did the iver which swept the ashes of Huss to the ea bury in its waves forever the truths he ad proclaimed? When our Divine Master erished on the cross, did the do' trines for rhich He died die with Him? While we recognize all the obligations ia osed upon us by the results of the war, we ertainly are not called on to abjure the set led convictions of a lifetime; to forget all the tonorable. glorious memories and traditions f the past and to cover ourselves with hame by defaming the memory of our pa riotic dead. Though we have lost much re can at least maintain our self-respect and preserve our honor, so that we can bcqueath o our children a fair name and unblemished onor. While accepting all the legitimate onsequences of our defeat, we claim the ight to justify ourselves, to vindicate our iotives and to honor our dead. By no other 2eans can we preserve our self respect or ain that of mankind. By no other means an we escape the doom which awaits the eople who sacrifice principle forsubservient xpediency; who abandon their ancient vir ues to adopt the vices of their conquerors. nd who are willing to barter freedom for 'ilded servitude. To the State that sells her irthright, no day of redemption can ever awn. Land of my sires. what mortal hand an e'er untie the filial band 'hat knits me to thy ruged stand? :'en as I view each well known scene, hink what is now or what hath been, eems as to me of all bereft, ole friends, thy woods and streams are lefts nd thus I love thee better still, ven in extremity of ill." And now my friends it only remains to ie to thank you gratefully, to pray that a ierciful God may bring peace. prosperity nd happiness to our State, and to bid you trewell. LAST SPEECH TO A JURY. Ex-President Harrison Delivers a Farewell Address at Richmond, Ind. Benjamin Harrison, ex-President of the Tnited States, has just made at Richmond, 'nd., probably the last address he will ver deliver before a jury. It was in he famous Morrison will case. The rial has been going on for five nonths. Three months ago the ex ?resident was seized with an ilness 3BZNJAN M. NAftnIUOY hat awakened the gravest apprehens . -c ds life. An intimate friend said that the ormer President hoped to live to practice aw for many years, but he did not expect )ver again to conduct a jury trial. Before the Court House was opened for he day nearly one thousand persons were athered under the shade of the trees in the ourt House yard. Soon the peope living n the city began to flock towards the Court louse, and when the doors were opened, an our later, 10,000 were waiting to secare )laces in the big hall. The Court House was packed with people uring the entire day, and hundreds could tot get In. General Harrison was in splendid onditionl, waen he made this, the last speech hat he ever expects to make to a jury. He ias practically retired from his long career refo~re the bar TREATMENT OF HOG CHOLERA. A Remedy Recommended by the De partmnent of Agriculture. In the treatment of hog cholera, Dr. D. E. Salman, chief of the bureau of animal indus try, at Washington,who has been experiment ngin this line for a long time, says that the most effications formula which has been .ried is the following. Wood charcoal..pounds... .1 Sulphur............ ......-1 Common salt...............2 Hyposuiphate of soda......2 Sulphide of antimony.......1 Bicarbonate of soda........2 These ingredients should be completely pulverized and thoroughly mixed. The dose of this mixture is a large table spo( ful for each two hnndred pounds weight of hogs to be treated, and it should be given only once a day. When hogs are affected with these diseases(referring also to swine plague) they should not b:e fed on corn alone, but they should have at least once a day soft feed, made by mining bran and mid dlings, or middlings and corn meal, or ground oats and corn, or crushed wheat with hot water, and then stirring into this the proper quantity of the medicine. Animals that are very sick and will not come to the feed should be drenched with the medicine shaken up with water. Great care should be exercised in drenching hogs or they will besuffocated. Do not turn the hog on its back to drench it, but pull the cheek away from the teeth, so as to form a p ouch into which the medicine may be slow ly poured. It will flow from the cheek into the mouth, and when the hog finds out what it is it will stop squealing and swallow. In our experience hogs which were so sick that they would eat nothing have commenced to eat very soon after getting a dose of the rem edy, and have steadily imp~roved until they appeared perfectly well. This medicine may also be used as a pre ventive of these diseases, and for this pur pose should be put in the feed of the whole herd. Care should of course be observed to see that each animal receives its proper share. In cases where it has been given a fair trial it has apparently cured most of the animals which were sick and has stopped the pro gress of the disease in the herds. It also ap pears to be an excellent appetizer and stimu lant of the processes of digestion and assim ilation, and when given to unthrifty hogs it increases the appetite and causes them to take on flesh and assume a thrifty appear DurIng the administration of the medicine hygienic treatment should be most carefully observed, The hogs should be kept dry and free from exposure to drafts of air. The p ens in which the disease first appearsshould be thoroughly disinfected by dusting with "dry air-slaked lime" or by using a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid. The diseased hogs should, if possible, be kept apart from the healthy, and their pens should be frequently disinfected by one of theabove mentioned methods. As an addi tional precaution I would suggest that the water given the bogs for drinking purposes be guarded against contamination by the re fuse from the pens. Finally, hogs which. have died during the prevalence of the dis ease should be immediately burned or buried~ very deeply. The Governor or Nebraska ba v'tood a bil pemiting misegenation. SOUTHIERN BAPTISTS CONVENE AT WASHINGTON. rhe Presentation of Reports. Some Interesting Figures. THIRD DAY. At the meeting of tbe Women's. MIssionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, the following afficers were elected .for the Pcsuin year: Pr edt, Miss Fannie Heck, of North Carolina; Miss Annie W. Armstrong. Balti more, corresponding secretary; Miss Martine, of Baltimore, reeording secretary; Mrs. Lowndes, Baltimore, treasurer. A these lections were unanimous. Vice presidents: Mrs. Geo. Eager. Alabama; Mrs. E. Longley, rkansas; Mrs. B. B. Chipley, Florida; Miss . E. Wright, Georgia; Miss E. S. Broadus, Kentucky; Mrs. W. J. Brown, Maryland; Mrs. Aven Mississippi; Mrs. W. F. Elliott, Mis. souri; Mrs. James A. Briggs, North Carollna: Mrs. A. C. S. Jackson, Tennessee: Miss M. L Coker, South Carolina; Mrs. A. . Gwathney, Virginia: Mrs. F. B. Davis, Texas; Miss Com. prere. Indian Territory; Mrs. Tucker, North Carolina. More than 3)00 people were present at the vening session. whieb began at 7:30 o'clock. The first business was the reading of the report of the board ot home missions, by Secretary Burrows which dealt with the work or religious education among the native white population of this .iountry. At the t-ouelusioi of the reading of the re port. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, Ga., addressed the convention on the subject. He referred to the separation between the Northern and Southern sections of the church and said there were still some people. both in the Southern and Northern oarts of the Baptist Church who insisted up6n trying te e. galvanize dead issues and intended them tc exist as a sort .)t monument to the defeat ed party. This Convention. however, he said. bad nothing to do with outhern poli ties. Ele spoke of the history of the board and said tb first missionary work the South. ern States had dore was to aid the struggling city :hurches in the North and that the First Church in Washington had its starf in life Fith tunds from the missionary board of the Southern Convention He tounhed -n th< development of the South, which. he c-ontended, was not the outgrowth of outside influentef, essome people pretended to believe, but was the work of Southern effort and Southern heart and all they needed was :a pital and technical skill and these they were getting as well as they could fro% the best brains and blood of the New England States and the boundless Northwest After reutine business the Convertion adjourned. FOURTH AND LAST DAY. The first business of the fourth and last day's session of the Southern Baptist Con vention at W& devotional ex .. e reprt of the committee on im and place of next meeting. It recom mended that the Convention of 1896 be held in the First Church, Chattanooga, Tenn,, be ginning on Friday before the second Sunday in May. Adopted. The report of the committee on home mig sion board, as related to work among the colored population, was made by Rev. A. . S. Thomas, of South Caroline. It stated that some work had been done by the board in Kentucky, Georgia and Texas, and that in some respects the work had beensatisfactoty. The board is anxious todo more for the co! ored people, but there so mnany peculiar em barrassing problems thatqwn w f necessarily slow. The committee emphasized these points: 1. The board will not undertake wort among the colored people in any State unless the State-boards of white Baptists are in sym pathy and co-operate with it. 2. It will not undertake work in any State unless the members are agreed among them selves upon the work to be done. I. The colored peopleshould be encouraged to pay a part of the salary of every teacher and missionary. laboring among them. The best thing that can be done for them is to enourage self-support in their church building and mission work. An extensive work cannot be done among them as Ion'g as Cuba, New Mexico. Loiin.Florida, and perhaps other States so sorely need nlthe help we can give. 4. The best work that can be done among the colored people is educating their minis ters rather than evangelizing them. 5. The Southern Baptists arc in sympathy with the efforts of generous-hearted people, North and South, who have given money to establish schools and col lcges in the Southern States for the colored people. 6. We hope tbat the agreement reported by the joint committee at Fortress Monroe wdl bring the colored la ptist schools, established by our Northern brothern. nearer to the hearts of Southern Baptists. 7. In view of the. continued needs of the colored people, and of the pressing needs of our mission fields at bomM and abroad, and in view of the liberality of our Northern brethren and the interest they have shown in th education of the colored people, we assure our brethren of the North that we shall he glad to see them, contribute thou sands for the education and evangelization of these pcopie, and that in this good work they will have the co-operationi. sympathy and help of our best and wisest erethern. For, while we are interested in this great work. and are fully pcrsuaded of its importance, we are unable at present to do for it as- its needs demand. The report was adopted. Memorial notices of memnbers who hayeO died during the past y'ear. prepared by Pres ident Whitsitt, were read by H. H. Hlarris'. The list included ex-Governor Brown; of Georgia; Revs. Alexander Pope Abeli, of Vir ginia John Stout, of South Carolina; J~. W. Bozeman, of Mississippi; J. WY. Montgomery Wilson. of Maryland; .Jos. Walker, of Virgin ia; and W. W. Gardner, of Kentucky. Rev. Mr. Holt. from the committee on en rollment. reported that the membership of the Convention ':onsisted of 813 delegates on the financial basis ani .0)0 ..-rwesntatives from district associations: total, i,215. There were present 752 delegates of tihe first class nd 142 of the second elass: total,.204. A resolution submitted by Rev. -J. J. Hall, of Norolk. Va.. at thr- regniest of the Inter national Peace Congress, recommending the establishment of a high court of arbibration among the nations, was adopted. Rev. M. M. Vano. eolo~red. president' of the American National lBaptist Convention, was Introduced as the man who occupied the highest position in his race, and that ha would occupy but:a minute or the time of the Convention. When the minute was up, .Dr. Vann said he hated to'let his audience go, for he seldom had such an opportunity. [Laughter.] He said the colored people were intensely Christian and intensely Baptist, and that what they lacked iin knowledge and sanctified Intelligence, they pronosed to make up in zeal. The white Baptists, he believed, eeded to exercise more zeal. Since the emaniation uroclamation. out of 4.000.000 olored~ people' liberated thin, a milliou ad a half had beeni brought into the BapUt h'rch. while out o1 50,000,004! white people and mfter 200 years of work but a few more have united with the same Church. Dr. Vann created a deep and favorableimpression upon1 the Convention and was listened to (or a quart er of an hour. The Convention then, after some nnim-. ortant routine business, adjourned sine die wth te singing of the hymn. "Blest be the tie that binds," ad prayer by Rev. Mr. Water Sam'!. L. Rogers Appointed The appointment of Sam'l L. Rogers of Macon, 'Jeputy and acting collector, to be c 'lletor of internal revenue for th,- f!Ath Nrt Carolina district, was announced by t.he n..siden at Wangtoe,-n on Mondny.