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ThI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 3, 1895. ESTABLISHE 1844 The Passing of the Spirit. Tbe wind, the world-old rhapsodist,goes by &nd inc great pines, in changeless ves ture gloomed, And all the towering elm trecs thatched and plumed With green, take up, one after one, the cry: And as their choral voices swell and die, Catching the infinite note from tree tc tree, Others far off, in long antistrophe. With swaying arms and surging tops reply. So to mren's souls, at sacred intervals, Out of the dust of life takes wing and calls A spirit that we know not, nor car trace: And heart to heart makes answer wit: strange thrill; It passes, and a moment, face to face We dream ourselves immortal, and are still. -rArehibald Lampman in the Century. A Pateful Partnership. Even a stranger to. the big town walk ing for the first time through London sees on the sides of the houses many names with which he has long been familiar. His precognition has cost the firms those names represent much money in adver tising. The stranger has had the names before himin for years in newspapers and magazines, on the hoardings and on boards by the railroad side, paying little heed to them at the time; yet they have been indelibly impressed on his brain, and when he wishes soap or pills his lips al most automatically frame the words most familiar to them. Thus are the lavish sums spent in advertising justified, and thus are many excellent publications made possible. There was the firm of Danby & Strong, for instance. The name may mean nothing to any reader of these lines, but there was a time when it was well known and widely advertised, not only in England but over the greater part of the world as well. Curiously enough, during the time the firm was struggling to establish itself, the two-members of it were the best of friends, but when prosperity clme to them causes of difference arose, and their relations, as the papers say of warlike nations, became strained. Whether the fault lay with John Danby or with William Strong no one has ever been able to find out. They had mu tial friends who claimed that each one of them was a good fellow, but those friends always added that Strong and Danby did not "hit it off." . Strong was a bitter man when aroused, and could generally be counted upon to use harsh language. Danby was quieter, but there was a sullen streak ot stuTmorn; ness in him that did not tend to making up f a quarrel. They had been past the speaking point for more than a year when there came a crisis in their relations with each other that ended in disaster to the business carried on under the title of Danby & Strong. Neither man would budge,and between them the business sunk to ruin. Where competition is fierce no firm can -stand against it if there is internal dissen sion. Danby held his groun:l quietly but firmly, Strong raged and accused, but was equally steadfast in not yielding a point. Each hated the other so bitterly that each was willing to lose his own share in a profitable business, if by doing so he could bring ruin on his partner. When Strong found himself penniless, he cursed, as was his habit, and wrote to a friend in Texas asking if he could get anything to do over there. He was tired of a country of law and order, he said. which was not as complimentary to Texas as it might have been. But his remnark only goes to show what extraordinary ideas Englishmen have of foreign parts. strong got himsef otut there somehow, and in course of time became a cowboy. He grewv reasonably expert with his revolver, and rode a mustang as wvell as could be ex ~pected, considering that he had never seen such an animal in London, even at the Zoo. The life of a cowboy on a Texas ranch leads to the forgetting of such things as linen shirts and paper collars. Strong's hatred of Danby never ceased, but he began to think of him less often. One day, when he least expected it, the subject was brought to his mind in a ma ner that startled him. lie was in Gal. veston ordering supplies for the ranch when in passing a shot) which lhe would have called a draper's, but which was there designated as dealing in dry goods, he was amazed to see the name "Danby & Strong" in big letters at the bottom of a huge pile of small cardboard boxes that filled the whole window. At tirst the name on'y struck him as familiar aud lie came neam askmrg himself "Where have I seen that be fore?" It was some moments before he realized that thme Strong stood for the man gazing stupidly in at the plate glass win dow. Then he noticedl that the boxes -wer'e guaranteed to contain the famous Piccadilly collar. He read in a dazed man ner a large printed bill which stood beside the pile of 'oses. These collars, it seemed, .were warranted to be the genuine Danby & Strong collar and the public were warned- against imitations. They. -were asserted to be London made and1 linen faced, and the gratifying informamtion was added that once a person wore the D. & S. collar he never afterward relapsed into wearing any inferior brand. The price ol each box was fifteen cents, or two boxes for a quarter; Strong found himself mak ing a mental calculation which resulted in turning this notation into English money. As he -stood there a new interest began to fill his mind. Was the firm being car riedl on under the old name by some on< else~or did this lot of collars represent par' of thme old stock? He had no news fror home since he left, and the bitter though1 -occured to him that, perhaps, Danby had got somebody with capital to aid him it resuscitating the business. He resolved t< go inside and get some information. "You seem to have a very large stocd of these collars on hand," he said to th< maui, who was evidently the proprietor. "Yes," was the answer, "You see, w< are the State agents for this make. Wi supply the country dealers." -'Oh, do you? Is the firm of Danby d5 Nriur stim existence I understoord "I guess not," said the man. "They supply us all right enough. Still. I feally know nothing about the firm cxcept that they turn out a first-class article. We're not in any way rcsponsible for Dianby & Strong; we're mnerely agents for the State of Texas. vou know," the man added, with sudden cauition. 'I have nothing against the iirm," said Strong. "I asked because I once knew some members of it, and was wondering how it was getting along." "Well in that case you ought to see the American representative. He was here this week. That's why we make such a dis play in the windows; it always pleases the agent. He's now working up the State and will be back in Galveston before the month is out." "What's his name? Do vou remember?" &"Danby. Georgre Danby, I think. Here's his card. No, John Danby is the name. I thought it was George. Most English men are George. you kno)w." Strong looked at the card, but the let tering seemed to waver before his eves. He made out, however, that Mr. .John Danby had an address in New York, and that he was the American representative of Danby & Strong. London. Strong placedl the card on the counter before hin. "I used to know 3r. D anbV. and I would like to meet* him. Where do you think I could find him?" "Well, as I said before, you could sec him right here in GAlveston, but if vou are in a hurry you might catch him at Bron cho junction on Thursday night?" "He is traveling by rail, then?" "No, he is not. lie went by rail as far as Felixopolis. There lie takes a horse, and goes across the prairies to Broncho Junction-a three days' journey. I told him he wouldn't do much business on that route, but he said he was going partly for his health, and partly to see the country. He expected to reach Broncho Thursday night." The dry goods merchant laughed as one who suddenly remembers a pleasant circumstance. "You're an Englishman, I take it." Strong nodded. "Well, I must say you folks have queer notions about this country. Danby, who was going for a three days' journey across the plains, bought himself two Colt revol vers and a knife half as long as my arm. Now, I've traveled all over this State and never carried a gun, but I couldn't get Danby to believe his route was as safe as a church. Of course, now and then in Texas a cowboy shoots off his gun, but it's more often his mouth, and I don't, believe there's more killing done in Texas than in any other bit of land the same size. But you can't get an Englishman to believe that. You folks are an awful law-abiding crowd. For my part I would sooner stand my chance with a revolver than a lawsuit any-day." Then the good-natured Texan told the story of the pistol in Texas; of the general lack of demand for it, but the great necessity of having it handy when it was called for. A man with murder in his heart should not hold a conversation like this, but Will iam Strong was too full of one idea to tlmIn or 1prudence. Such a talk set- the hounds of justike 6n --tne-Trgnr tra MLwith unpleasant results for the criminal. On Thursday morning Strong set out on horseback from Broncho Junction with his face towards Felixopolis. By noon he said to himself lie ought to meet his former partner with nothing. but the horizon around them. Beside the revolvers in his belt, Strong had a Winchester rifle in front I of him. He did not know but he might have to shoot at long range, and it n as al ways well to prepare for eventualities. Twelve o'clock came, but he met no one. and there wvas nothing in sight around the empty circle of the horizon, it was necarly two before lhe saw a moving dot ahead of him. Danby was evidently unused to riding and had come leisurely. Some time before they met, Strong recognized his for mer partner and lie got his rithe ready. "Throw up your ha~nds" lie shouted. bringing the rifle butt to his shoulder. Danby instantly raised his hands above his head. "I have no money on me," hie cried, evidenitly not recognizing his opponent. "You may search me if you like." "Get down off your horse; don't lower your hands, or I tire." Danby mgot dowvn as well as lie could with his hands above his head. Strong had thrown his right leg over to the left side of the horse, and, as his enemy got down lhe also slid to the groumnd, keeping~ Danby covered with the rifle. "I assure you I have only a few dollars with me, which you are quite welcome to," said Danby. Strong did not answer. Seeing that the shooting was to be at short range, lie topk a six-shooter from his belt, and, cockig it, covered his main, throwing the ridle on thme grass. He walked up to his enemy, placed the muzzle of the revolver against his rapidly beating heart,. and leisurely di armed him, throwviug Damnby's weapons oni the ground out of reach. Then he stoo:l back a few paces and looked at thme tremn bling manm. Ihis face seemed to have al ready taken on the hue of death. and his lips 'were bloodless. "I see you recognize me at last. 3Ir. Danby. This is an unexeted mneetih'g. is it not? You realize, I hope, that Ihere are no judges, juries. nor lawyers. nmo mani Idamuses and no appeals. Nothing but a writ of ejectment from the barrel of a pis tol and no legal way of staying the pro ceedings. in other words, no cursed quibbles and no infernal law." Danby, after moistening his pallid lips. found his voice. "Do you mean to give me a chance(d or are you going to murder mc?" "I am going to murder vou." Danby closed his eyes, let his hiands drop tohis sides, and swayed gently from side to side as a man does on thme scalfah'l Ijust before the bolt is dlrawvn. Stronmi lovered his revolver and fired. shattering~ one knee of the doomed uman. Da~nbyv dropped, with a cry thitt was dlrownied. hy tme second rep~ort. The secondl bullet pumt out his left eye, and the murdered manuliv with his mutilated face tturned up to thme A revolver report on thme prairies is short. sharp and echoless. The silence that fol lowed seemed intense and boundless, as if nohere on eamth there was such a tingm as sound. Thme man on his~ back gave an0 awvesome touch of the eternal to the still Strong, now that it was all over. began to realize his position. Texas, perhapm~s, pai too little heed to life lost in fair fighmt. but she had an uncomtortable habit of putm tin a rope aroumnd the neck of a cowa.. nature, IT( ItteG to Invont his JM tificatio, Be tkjna e of Danby's revo vers and AeIikd tWo ahot4 olut of it into th empty air. This would show that the dea mian had defended himself at least, and : would be difficult to prove that lie had nc been the first to tire. Ie placed the othe pistol :nid kuife in their places in Danby it. le took Danby's right hand whil it was stiI warm and closed the fingei ar.1und the butt of the revolver from whic he had iced. pilacing the forefinger on tb trir~er of the cocked six-shooter. To gv e'ct and naturalness to the tableau he wv arranging for the next traveler by th: trail, he drew up the right knee and pi the revolver and closed hand on it as Danby had been killed while just about t fire his third shot. Strong, with the pride of a true artist i his work, stepped back a pace or two fc the purpose of seeing the effect of his wor as a whole. As Danby fell, the back < his head had struck a lump of soil or a tul of er.iss. which threw the chin forward o thie breast. As Strong :.okcd at his victir his heart jumped. and a sort of hypnoti fear took possession of him and paralyze action at its source. Danby was not y< dead,!. His right eye was open and glared at Strong with a malice and hatre that mesmerized the murderer and hel him there, although he felt rather tha knew lie was covered by the cocked revo ver lie had placed in what he thought wE a dead hand. - Danby's lips moved, but D sound caie from them. Strong could n( take his fascinated gaze from the open ey< Ie knew he was a dead man if Danby ha strength to crook his finger, yet he coul not take the leap that would bring him ot of range. The tifth pistol shot rang o and Strong pitched forward on his face. The firm of Danby & Strong was di! I solved.-Black and White. Electrical Window Signs. The manufacturer of electrical wir dow signs is doing an active business He has established the fact that i an object in a store window can b kept in motion long enough some on will be sure to stop to look at it. A: uptown window sign electricia: adopt.s his own apparatus for push in his business. In his window h has a central disk, from which thre arms radiate. At the end of eac: arm is a signboard containing a le gend commending the advantages c window sign advertising; for instance one board sets forth: "If your sigi moves and attracts attention you goods will." These boards are si hung as to maintain a perpendicula position as they revolve with thei face always to the street. The mc tive power comes from a cell batter; seen in the window. Another nove device which never fails to attract i ei owd is the idea of a vender of elec tric pianos. Over the sidewalk i fixed a large circular case containinj a number of white, flexible, sinuou These are connected with the key board and follow the motion - of thi keys on a piano inside the store When a lively tune is being playe< the bewildering gyrations of th tuinbl'ng bars in the case seem t, have a constant fascination for th, passersby. A Costly Fan. "I can tell you a few things aboul fans, seeing that I have been in thi business all my life," said M. Ducol let, a Frenchman. "The finest in the world are mad< in Paris. Once in a great while m: house has an orde.1 for a very costly one. Last year the Marquis D'Uze ordered one as a bridal present fo his prospective daughter in law tha cost him 5,000 francs. It isn't oftei that such expensive ones are pum chased. even by the wealthy. Thi one was exquisite, of real lace, hans nainted, with diamond monogram he average rich woman in Paris however, hardly ever pays over $2 for a fan inte-nded for personal use and I tind that about the same limi orevails in this country. If it wer< not for the heavy duty of 40 per cent. imposed by this Government, w would sell a great many more fans ni America." A Gospel Trolley Car, A gospel trolley car will soon bi making nightly rounds of New Yor: and Brooklyn suburbs. The ca ma'de~ its first trip a few nights ago lodled wit hi a melodeon and speaker and singers, connected with th Passir~~ S treet Mission, in Passaic N. J. inade a round trip on the Ne' Jersey E'lectric Railway, going b3 way 0f Paterson to Singad and back Wh erever they sawvagroup of peopl on tihe side walks or rural roadside the car was stopped, and the evan gelists sang hymns and exhorted th bystrnders to seek salvation. Th idea is a novel one, and while iti dlliult to see how it could be car red out without interfering with th regular traffice of the line, it is possi ble1 that some persons might be im peledi to better living who could no otherwise be reached.-Philadelphi; R ecord. Pneumatic Tires Not New. Most people imagine that pnet miatic tires are novelties of recent in vetion, and yet they were actuall; used oni English roads nearly fift: years ago. We read that "at t~h Bath and West of England agri cultutral show, held at Guilford, couple of carriage wheels were showr Iitted wit~h pneumatic tires. Thes were made by May & Jacobs, for th Duk e of Northumberland, forty-seve ers ago. but the carriage, provin too heavy for the horse, they wer disused. The tiren were constructe 1on almost entirely the same princ pl as those in use on cycles to-day an inner air chamber, with stronge outer cover. When punctured the were repaired by the same means a iow adopted. PALMETTO e IENCILLINGS. s INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALB s: OVER THE STATE. e Orangeburg's Crop Outlook. The crop prospects for Orangeburg t County this year are exceedingly fine and there bids fair to be an abundant yield of every crop. The cotton is be o hind, but is promising and still* grow-. ing; however, there is hardly so much a cotton as usual planted this year, r neither is there near the amount of k fertilizers needed this year as in pre f vious years. All these facts indicate t that the amount of cotton made in a that county this year will not equal 2 that of recent years, but that which isi c planted is very promising. The side' crops for which Orangeburg County is especially noted bid fair to be very abundant. The corn crop is unusually fine and luxuriant, and your corres pondent ventures the prediction that there will be more corn produced in Orangeburg County this year thau ever before in its history. Theacreage t is greater than previously and the seasons have been excellent,and every d body will have plenty of corn for next , year provided the present conditions t are not changed w:thin the next thirty i days. THE PRIMARIES. A Light Vote. The Reformers Will Have a Large Majority in the Convention. The primary election called by the - Irby State executive committee to select candidates for delegates to the State f 'constitutional convention, which meets a on September 10th, was held through a out the State on Tuesday. The elec 2 tion was ontrolled in the different 2 counties by local issues and arguments. - In most counties the Conservatives ab 3 stained from voting and tbp vote was e light throughout the Stato. Several 2 counties divided their delegates equally - among the factions. The most notable f &elcgation selected is from Edgefield, consisting of Senator B. R. Tilln-an, Congressman Tal'ert, State Senator r 1. B. Watts. Lieutenant Governor >iTimmerman, leformers; ex-Governor e J. C. Shep;ard, Conservative, and ex r Congressman Gco. D. Tillman, run uig as the representative of neither r iaction. Governor Evans will be sent I as a delegate from Aiken county. The L Reformers will have a large majority in the convention. In several counties S the Conservatives will have tickets in the general election. s ~ih3 R~t- -.~A A', Conway, John G. Bruton was -killed b)v Constable John H. McCaskill. Trial Jus4ice Cooper's Court had just a4djourned, and Bruton attacked one Johnson who had testified against him. The trial justice ordered his constable, McCaskill, to stop the row that followed. E-rniton refused to be arrested. and bystanders were called on to asst the constab1.e. WX. H. B'ruton, the father of .John G., inter hire sond pm~-hed McCaskill away from hi on fhe batter, having drawn his 'nife, struck McCaskill in the back, 'nly cutting his clothes, and continued to advance. McCaskill drew his pistol and~ fired two shots, one entering the left side and canus:ng death in a few a mninutes. McCaskill surret dered to the e sherif', and has engaged counsel to b aipply for bail. The verdict of the 1 corouer's ja'ry was that the killing was - ustifiailde. Another Glassy Mountain Mutrder. News reached Greenville of another shooting and killing in the Dark 5 'Corner. The trouble occurred about thirty miles from the city, snd the a ncounts are meagre. The story is a that T hos. Ho .vardl was shot through ,the body and killed, and William a Liudsay had his leg broken by a gun 1 shot wound. Howard and Lindsay were friends, and were together. They had land troule the day before with some of the Lindsay family, but it is. not yet k oown who did the shooting. SThe af'air took place a short distance c from the celebrated Glassy Mountain r Chnureb. where two of the brothers of ,Howard were killed in a free fight s while service was in progress on Sun B dlay, four years ago. r One Thousand Pounds to the Acre. M:-. T. E. Ellinge.x warehouse -man. Florence, S. C., was visiting this a market Friday. We understand Mr.. s Ellington estimates the 1895 crop at - I35,000,000 pounds. He says he bases 3 his estimate upon the number of acres e reported at thie meeting of the Farm E ers' Association, to be in cultivation, - on a basis of 1,000 pounds to the acre. 3 -Danvi.lle, Va., Tobacco Journal. bA White Boy Foully Murdered. A special from Summerville to the bews and Courier says: Rumors are current here of a white boy having been foully murdered by a negro, near ~Mt. Holly. The boy's clothes, which were found in the possession of his -suspected murderer, have been - brought here. Searobing parties are t out trying to find the boy's body and Scapture the alleged murderer, who, it e satd ha8 taken to the swamps. a A Fatal Fall From a Dizzy Hecight. William Williams. an expert rigger, was e 1led while working upon the City Hal tower at Philadelphia, Penn., which is over | 500 feet from the ground. Mitssing his hol. g e fell from a scafrold to a pilt form in mid-. e ir, forty feet below, and was deadr when Spcked up. The Record on the Pacifie. rThe second vessel of the Portlan..-China steamer line, the Asloun. just arrived at sVictoria. British Columbia, made the voyage in the record-breaking time of filtta~m days bhem Vokoham, Jaan.n THE REGISTRATION FIGHT. Judge Goff's Latest Order and the Outlook. What Attorney General Barber Says. The Columbia State, says: There are some features of the new registra tion law test case, brought by Messrs. Doaglass & Obear before Jouge Goff, which are liable to have quite an effect upon the coming Constitutional Con vention, and the prediction is now made that a good many of the super visors, if not all, will be jailed for contempt of court, assuming, of course, that Judge Goff will grant his injunction. If the injunction is grant ed, there'will necessarily be more or less of a cloud over the convention. . This fact stands out very clear-that if t Judge Goff grants the injunction re- : straining the supervisors from turning i the registration books over to the man- t agers of election, there is no possible 1 way for the case to be gotten before any higher tribunal before the general. election is held. None of the higher c courts will be in session, and there is no possible scheme by which the in junction can be set aside. It mightbe 1 stated just here also that the State ex-; pects that the injunction will be grant ed. Now, this being so, there will be i nothing else to do but for the State I authorities to obey or refuse to obey i the order of injunction. It is safe to I say that they will refuse. This being done, the books beiig turned over to r the managers, the only way the clec- c tion con be conducted will be for the - order to be disobeyed, and then no f doubt the supervisors will be jerked s up and punished for contempt of court < in disobeying the order. This once done the State can get the i Case heard on its merits, before the 1 time for the assembling of theconven- < tion, before a competent court, by in- s stituting habeas corpus proceedings in the cases of the imprisoned supervi- u sors. Now, if the order of injunction is subsequently dissolved by the Court t of Appeals or the United States Su- v preme Court, then there can be no a cloud on the convention. But if the c injunction- assuming that it will be a granted-is sustained by the higher t courts, then there will be a pretty ket- t tle of fish, and it would appear that t the convention will be null and void if it be held. It is a mooted question, v however, as to what the exact condi a tion of affairs would be under these p circumstances. It is understood that the State is re lying on an ultimate dissolution of Judge Goff's injunction, if he grants it, because Chief Justice Fuller, in handling the jurisdictional question in the Mills case, declared several times very emphatically that a conrt of. chancery could only protect civil and rights. On Monday Attorney General Bar - s ber returned to Columbia and by ap- s pointment met Gen. McCrady here, g the two holding a consultation in re- a gard to this new case, The attorney a General would not have much to say s about the case. He said that he was fi at work on the case and would fight it. c He would ask for no postponement, but would be in Richmond on Monday is morning. He will make but a brief t argument.s He said, however, that he had been receiving a great many letters from supervisors of registration all over the State asking him if they must open their books for registration on thce first Monday on Aug~ust. He had in formed all that the law required them to do so. ''But are they not enjoined by .Judge Goff's order from doing so?" was asked. "No," said he, "Supervisor Green is only restrained by Judge G~ofi-s or der from delivering to the boards of election managers their books, but not from opening the books of registra tion. ~He has issued a rule to) show cause why they shall not be restrained from exercising any of the functions of supervisors of registrationf, but the reste:a uing order goes only as far as I have st:ited." *Mr. Barbert deLcUined .o speaktI of the init4o the ease i'll he had see:m t be GRAVEYARD INSURANCE SCHEME Ten Citizens of Beaufort, N. C., Arrested for Complicity ini It. Ten citionus of Piaufort, N. C. all prom. fuent in businos and1 social circles, have been arrested on warrants issued on the af fidavit of J. W. Aiken, spee~al agent of the Mut ual R eserve Futnd Life Association, of .300 Uron-way, New York City, for de frauing sx insu'aw-e companies. The ac cused iae: Dr. T. B. Delamiar. ex-Treas urer of Bleaufort and Justice of the Peace; Medi-al Exiainer Charles 11. Hassell. Sel- ( den D -awuar. ox-Mayor of fleaufort; Ja~cob c C. Delamar. .enerl insuzran':e agent; the Re.StephenI J. Turner. William H. I Turner. David W. Parker. William Fisher, I Albert Wigial1, and Levi T. Noe. 0. D I. Baldw.in, -Supueintendlent of the Death Claim Department for the Mutual Re serve, said: "This swindle. while by no means neuw. pres'nts somne features of interos. Early in 18%~ a Mrs. Rtound- c tree. whio, accordin.; to the application t forwardedl to us by our local agent in Beau fort, was a white woman in perfect health. 3 insurd with us for 62'00. In six or seven months we reeived notii -ation of her death, backedl by a numaber of afmdavits. On in vestiaion we fond. that claims had been p~resentedl to) nume~rous other companieS onl this same death. The atTair seemed so pecui liar that we instructed Mr. Aiken to make further investigations. "We learned.that Mrs. Roundtree was a colored woman who has been for many months in poor health. H.'r husband knew nothing of her insuranoe. Her broth.er was named as ~benefliarv. Onthe strength of these facts.. all the companies refused to ray, and thej claim never has been pressed. The evidence has been iirestented to the Distriot Attorney, who is proseentin-; the m-.t .>r the local authorities, and the arr .s lb ,wed.' Charles WV. Cam p. Soereta ryvo the M'itual Reserve. said: "1 do~ um'' reall th-: detailsi of the case, but we' w'rc at ceea onvinced I that it was a fraudulent elaim. At the time| we seriously conside~rt# withdrawintt all our business from Beaufort. Our ager t at that point wrs chane'd. This is hut o)ne of mauy: fraudulent 'laiL'u which We. in e):X'non wi.th other companies. havex be-en called upon to CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. WHAT GOVERNOR EVANS IS SAID TO THINK REGARDING Certain Changes Which May be Made But the Changes will Likely be Very Few. a A dispatch from Columbia, says: It s given as the opinion of Governor Evans that the constitutional conven ion will not be in session more than our weeks at the utmost. The gover ior thinks that the present constitu ion is admirable in many respects and hat i large part of it will be adopted rerbatim. About the only parts that are to be hanged are those in relation to the uffrage, the judiciary, the public chools and the officers of state. It is inderstood as coming from the gov'er ior that the Mississippi plan has been greed upon with the changes noted by enator Tillman-the gradual working o a strictly educational qualification. dany advocate a small property qual fication, and a fight will be made to ave such a feature inserted. The judiciary is to be thoroughly emodeled and a system of countyi ourts will supplant the circuit courts, rich hold their sessions only three or our times a year. The trial justice ystem is to be abolishel, and the ounty courts will be given the juris liction now exercised by the trial jus ice courts. The right of appeal is to >e very much limited, and the higher ourts are to be relieved of the neces ity of deciding trivial matters. The constitutional 2-mill tax for the se of the public schools is to be re ained, but each' tax payer will be iven the privilege of naming the chool to whlich his tax is to go. This rill enable the white peope to devote 11 of their taxes to schools for their wn race, and the sanie right will be fforded the negroes. It is said that Lie governor has expressed the opinion hat what will be done by the state for be negro schools will be largely de endedt upon the part the negroes play a the approaching election. If they ttempt to control the convention and ause much trouble no state aid will be iven them beyond the amount of ixes that race pays for the use of the eneral school fund. The number of state officers is to be ecreased. A fight is to be made for e abolibion of the office of state perintendent of edul'ation, but it as been decided that the office of jutant general is sure to go. The e asked to ate troops, and as this is the only ervice the adjutant and inspector eneral does,his office will be abolished na his salary saved to the state. Many re in favor of abolishing the office of iperintendent of education, but the te of this officer is not so sure as that f the others named. According o tohe governor these are bout the only matters of importance at the convention will act upon, nd he expects the whole work to be nished within four weeks. THEI DE;-.ENDER'S OWNERS. '.O'e rsetinz i e f the syn1 lite '1 hat Iuilt the Gre~td A mer'c.xn Yacht. Nuw that the yayht Defender ma-le such a In' howving in its trial raee with the Vigi it. p~a1 'i euimitCy a')out its owners wil C. OLIVER ISELINI. e excited]. The above portrait is that of C. ~liver iselin. head of the syndicate that wns the recently launched yacht that is to efend the honor of our flag against the nglish crack that will be seat here to con st for the America Cup. Conversation by Heliograph. The most successful long distance helio rah conversation of which there is anyrco rd took place in Oregon a few days ago be. een Mount Hood and Portland Heights, a istance of seventy or eighty miles. The core ersation lasted one and a half hours. Olject Lo~s1na for Farmrs. Farners have a tariff object lesson very ea:;v to learn when they buy Iuing twine this year to biurt their mmese crops of wheat and oaits. Last rear it was retailed here at fro a nine o ten cents per pound; this soaon it s being sold at from four au.l a hl o six cents. Last season the Mali'm v tnridl was in force,-.to-day it is nl nitted free under the Wilsai billh nd, strange to say, not a twinsb fac ore' in the coutry hia boca cloze 1 ap. bt all are rua:iin.: on fil tine ui at hi bher wage~s th? wetP The immigrants from the Scandi aavian Peninsula and Denmark excee:1 1,000000 in number. WEATHER-CROP BUL&ETIlI Of the South Carolina Weather and Crop Service. Director Bauer;'on Tuesday issued the following bulletin for the previous week: While in the main the crop pros pects continue promising, they have become greatly diversified throughout the State, and in a few counties are in a critical stage owing to the roughty conditions that prevail. During the week just past there were no severe damaging conditions other than want of rain, except that in Orangeburg County, and thence eastward there was .a high wind accompanying the thunderstorm of the 25th (Tjursday) that blew down corn and shook much unripe fruit from the trees; there was another windatoim over the same see Von on the 28th (Sunday), but in both instances the injury done was com paratively light. The temperature for the entire week was seasonable and satisfactory. .The highest temperature reported was 98 on the 24th at Cheraw and McColl; the lowest 58 on the 28th at Batesburg. The.mean temperature of the week for the State was about 81, and the normal for the same period was approximately 81. The controlling factor on crop con ditions was rain or 'the lack of it. There were showers on the 24th, 25th and 26th, and in a few places on the 28th. The rains were generally light, except the showers of the 25th (Thurs day), which were quite heavy in places and very beneficial, and extended from west to east over the central counties from Pickens to the coast. The -con ditions of the crops are directly'pro ,portioned as the rainfall of the past week, and the two may be summarized together, as follows: In Chesterfield, Lancaster, York, Spartanburg, Green 'ville, Anderson, Oconee, Edgefield, Aiken, Abbeville, and portions of Barnwell, Laurens, Union and Ker shaw, the raiinfall was entirely n Icient, having been generally less-than :0.50, and in those counties the drought is becoming a serioiis menace to hith erto promising crops. This is par ticularly true of Lancaster and Ches iterfield. In Florence, Fairfield, Col leton, Horry, Sumter, Darlington and Bichland the rainfall was well distri buted and varied from one to two inches. In Beaufort, HamptonCharles 'ton, Williamsburg, Orangeburg and portions of Colleton and Berkeley Counties the amount of rainfall was generally over two inches, and in the two last named divisions the crops were very much improved. Marlboro County is "spotted," being too dry in places, while sections not ten miles distant have too much rain. ! Cotton does not appear as promidng as heretofore, due to rut 'having ;ap peared in places, and there re.nny in places growing too much tr weed. It has generally attained a reasonable size, but there are many exceptions over the entire State. It needs rain over the entire Piedment region. In the eastern portions of the State early corn is safe, and fodder-pnlling will soon begin. Where droughty conditions exist, as shown by the rain fall data given- above, corn is firing badly and its condition has deteriorat ed. Bottom land corn continues to ook very promising. It is all laid by in fine condition, except some of very late planting. Peas are growing well generally, and early planting are ripening in the more southern counties. Tobacco curing continues, and weever this crop was cultivated it is said to be of superior quality. The condition of the rice crop won tinues very satisfactory, being report ed better than for many years past, ex cept in Georgetown County, where it is possibly below an average. Sorghum cane is generally a fair crop, but in plates it is turning red and apparently dying. It was not stated whether this was due to - faulty cultivation or dry weather-likely of both. Fruit continues plentifal, but the reports indicate that it is not'up to an average in quality; peaches, and more particularly apples, are small and gen erally inferior.. Grapes are ripening very fast, and the yield will be large. The second crop of figs -yielding well on the coast; not yet ripe in the iuter or. . Considerable plowing being done for winter vegetables. Turnip sowing continues. Gardens in the- interior aout burnt ouit, but are doing well along the coast. TA!LORS ON STRIKE Nerly 20.003 Coatm-ikers in New Yorke C:ty. Brooklyn and Brownsville Out. Ngarly 23.000 tailors went on a strike in New York City. Brooklyn and Brownsville, a suburb of B:oosklyn, to prevent a return to the sweating systemr. In New York City more than 8333 tailors laid down their work in protest against an aled effort - tco .fore.e themn back into the conditions of la'yor under which they toiled until a year ago. Four thousandI nen-and women struck in Brooklyn and Browns ville. and about 1000 in New ark. N. J. Besides tliese there were- about 3000 persons in New Yo~k ind-1000 in Brook lyn and1 Brownsvilie who were idle bedause they could not work wit!xot'those-who were on stri!ke. so that the total of those affected amounted to nearly 20,00) persons.. The principal cause of the strike, accord ing to Behoenfield, its leader. is the refuosal of the contractors to renew last year's aree ment, whieh-provides .that fifty-nine hours shall consti-tute a week's work. and the .min imum raite of wagtes shallber as folows: Easters, 61 3- a week and upw:a prer *1 a week and upwards bushe er. $13an upwarU: trhimmers, 13 andt upward; and finishiers. 89 anel upward... None but members of the nion ai~e to be employed. and p~riss~eion is gie by it to repres.nta *tive' of the Brotherhoodt to exa-nni- the cards of members; it abolishies the tenement work symm, an pemt no settlemnen~Twith, any eontnectc- who edploys .me-in'tene-' WetDs or sit shops. Bolivia sentan ci~iii~ im, de manding satisfaction for offenses eommtta