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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUS'f 8, 8195. ROSTER OF DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CON. VENTION. The Results of the Primaries In the Several Counties as Tabulated by the Executive Committee. The Charleston News and Courier, of Friday, says: The lightness of the vote and the apparent indifference to the result of the election have con spired to delay the returns from the primary for delegates to the Constitu tional Convention. In a great many counties the complete returns have been tabulated and are available, and in some the returns go far enough to indicate what the result will be. It will be of great interest to know who willcMake up this all important convention, and a roster as far as can. be anticiprted is made up of the avail able reports. In most instances the nominees of the primary are given as the most likely to sit in t'ie convention. In Sumter and Georgetown the Con vention nominees, who are, no doubt, certain of election, are put down as prospective delegates to the Conyen tion. Of course there is no antici pating opposition ticliets in the general election. The roster, as made up at this time from the most available sources, is as follows: Abbeville-Wm. C. McGowan, L. H. McCalla, J C. Klugh. R. R. Hemp bill, Frank B. Gary, R. F. McCaslan. Aiken-John Gary Evans. F. P. Woodward, R. L. Gunter, D. S. Hen derson. Anderson-J. P. Glenn, L. D. Harris, J. E. Breazeale, D. H. Rus sell, G. E. Prince and J. 1. Sullivan. Barnwell-Robert Aldrich, G. D. Bellinger, C. M. Hiers. W. C. Smith. A. H. Patterson. The sixth place is >etween G. H. Bates, Conservative, 'd S. G. Mayfield. -3eaufort-No ticker- yet named. lerkelev-J. B. Moriison. J. B. Wigins, h. J. Dennis, Wm. Hender von, A. H. Debay, H. H. Murray, W. M. Breeland, R. C. McMakin. Charleston-TheoQdsykar,.. 3 row, Julian Mitchell, Sr., George F. Von Kolnitz, Jr., W. M. Fitch, Jos. L. Oliver and W. St. J. Jervey. Chester-George W. Gage and T. J. Dunningham, Reformers; J. Lyles Glenn and PR. 0. Alkinwon Chesterfield-W. P. Pllock, E. N. Redfearn, F. P. Taylor. Clarendon-James I. Sproit, Jos S. Cantey, D. J. Bradham and J. W. Kennedv. Colleton-M. P. Howell, C. W. Garris, W. J. Eishimrue o: D. H. Beh ce, M. R. Cooper and L. E. Parler. Darlington--H. C. BTrn, J. N. Parrot, J. 0. A. Moore, and A. J. Perritt. Edgefield-B. R. Tillman, W. J. Talbert,. George D. Tillman, W. H. Timmerma, J. C. Sheppard and R. * B. Wantson, irobably. Fairlield-~R. A. Mears, W. L. Ros borough, G. W. Ragsdalie and T. WV. Brice. Florence-B. B. McWhite, R. M. MlcCown, W. F. Harleston, WV. F. Clayton and Z. TI. Kershaw. Georgetown---J. Harleston Read, E. F. Matthews and Robert S. Anderson, ,olored. G'reenville-Reformer3s, J. W. Gray, * . Thomas Austin, Hugh Barf on and hugh B. Bnist; Conservatives, H. J. -:1aynesworth and Capt. G. G. Wells. Hamnpton-W. J. Goodling and A. J. Harrison, Ref~ormers; C. J. C. Hut son. Conservative. Horry-J. P. Derham and J. A. Me1)errno'.,1eformelrs; Jeremish Kershaw-C. L. WVinkler, J. W. Floya aud .T. T. Hay. Lancaste-ira B. ,Jornes, J. N. Es tridlge, J. W. Hamel. Laurens.--Sernator Irby and Messrs. A. J. Smith, J. H. Wharton, R. L. Henry. Lexingtou-C. 3!. Efird, J. L. Shuler, the R.ev. E. S. Lvbrand. Marion-W. J. Montgomery, E. B. Berry, J. E. Ellerbe. 3. D. Mont goomers. Marlboro -W. D. Evans, T. E. Dudley, R. H. Hodges. Newberrv-T. I. Rogers, 3. A. Sligh. Jos.'L. Kieitt, Gleo. S. Mower, George Johinstone. Oconee-W. J. Stribling, J. C. Alexander. 0. 31. Doyle. Orangeburg---J. Win. Stokes, I. W. Bowman, 0. R. Lowman, L. S. Con nor, E. H. Houser, A. K. Smoak, Reformers. Pickens-W. T. Field, Bowen, Re form; R. F. Smith, Conservative. Richland-Conservatives, John T. Sloan, H. C. Patton, 3. 3. MlcMahan; Reformers. Willie Jones, John B. Dent. Spartanburg-All Reformers, Stan varne Wilson, C. A. Barry, W. T, Bobo, W. 0. Rowland, A. S. Waters, T. E. Johnson and W. E. Carver. Sumter-Compromise ticket, gener allp approved technically out of the primary: Conservatives, R. D. Lee, 3. A. Scarborough and T. B. Fraser; Reformers, Geo. P. McKagen. Shep herd Nash. Union-R. P. Stackhiouse, G. T. Douglass, W. A. Nicholson, G. A. Peake and 3. C. Otts. Williamsburg-Conservative, Thos. M1. Gilland; Reformers, S. W. Gam ble, W. R. Singletary and Geo. J. Graham. York--Reformers, A. H. White, .. S. Brice and ..F. Ashe; Conserva tives, W. B. Wilson and S. E. White. As far as it goes the roster is not a bad one in many ways. The compro mise plan has shown what can be done, THE LIST OF C TWAI7vEg; A glance over the roster of prospec tive delegates as made up shows the following Conservatives in the body: W. C. McGowan, Abbeville; D. S. Eenderson, Aiken; G. E. Prince, An derson; J. M. Sullivan, Anderson; Theo G. Barker, J. P. K. Bryan, J. N. Nathans, A. S. Farrow, Julian Mitchell, Sr., Geo. F. Von Kolnitz, Jr., W. M. Fitch, J. L. Oliver, W. St J. Jervey, Charleston; J. Lyles Glenn, Chester; R. 0. Atkinion, Chester; M. P. Howell, Colleton; John C. Sheppard, Edgefield; George D. Tillman, so given in press dispatches, Edgefield; G. W. Ragsdale, Fairfield; Thos. W. Brice, Fairfield; Z. T. Ker shaw, Florence; J. H. Read, George town; H. J. Haynesworth, Greenville; G. G. Wells, Greenville; W. S. Til linghast or C. J. C. Hutson, Hamp ton; Jeremiah Smith, Horry; J. T. Hay, Kershaw; W. J. Montgomery, Marion; E. B. Berry, Marion; T. T. I Rogers, Marlboro; George T. John stone, Newberry; Geo. S. Mower, Newberry; J. H. Bowen, Pickens; 0. M. Doyle, Oconee; John T. Sloan, lichland; H. C. Patton, Richland; J. J. McMahan, Richland; R. D. Lee, Samter;J. A. Scarborough, Sumter; T. B. Fraser, Sumter; W. B. Wilson, York; S. E. White, York. As far as it goes, with additions like ly from Beaufort, the list of Conserva tives now runsup to forty-three. There are a number of delegates who will be recognized by those who have kept up with the political movements as an tagonistic to the Administration and who figured prominently in the late "fortyv movement. The Richland county executive com ittee met and tabulated the vote in the primary, and declared as the nom iices for tbc Cut vention the followine candidates: Conservatives-H. Cowper Patton, Johu T. Sloan, Jr, and John J. Mc Mahlion. Reformers-Willie Jones and John T. Dent. rHE GOVERNOR AND STAFF TO GO TO TENNESSEE. t Fhe Opennig of the Great National S Military P.-rk, Comprising Chicka- t niauga and Chattanooga Battlefields. Gov. Evans on Thursday last re- y atts for answer: Washington, D. C. ro the Governor of the State of South Carolina: Sir: Acting under an act of Con ress, approved December 15, 1894, 1he Secretary of War invited you and our staff, survivors of the armies en aged in the battles of Chicamauga ud Chattanooga, living in South Car Aina, and "further representation rom your State," to be present and take part in the ceremony of the dedi ation of the Chicamauga and Chatta nooga National Military Park,the 19th f September next. In order that this commission may be prepared to afford you any assist nce in its power and furnish such in formation as may be desired in connec tion with the dedication,it respectfully asks to be informed at your earliest convenience of the probable official representation of the State of South Jarolina at these ceremonies. Such information will be needed in prepar ing the programme of ceremonies; in making pro'visions for seats on the plat form, where the various services are to be held, and to enable the commission to determine how it may best assist the executive party from your State. If possible to give such information now, we would also be under great ob ligations to you, if you inform iis as to the probable number of citizens who may attend the dedication. In view of the fact that hotel and carriage facilities at Chattanooga will be limited, when the large attendance already assured is considered, it is re spectfully suggested that it would be ell for some member of your staff or ~ther authorized person to proceed to Cjhattanooga at an early daly for the ~urpose of making such necessary ar rangemnents in advance as will secure your comfort and convenience. Very respectfully. your obedient servant. J. S. Fullerton, Chairman of Commission. General Watts will inform the com mission that Governor Evans and his entire staff will attend and participate in the ceremonies, and that they will be accompanied by a large number of veterans of more or less promimence, and a goodly number of citizens. Later he will forward to the commis sion more specific information. COXEY THE NOMINEE. Ohio Populists Protest Against Fusion With any Other Party. At Columbus,thePulist State Convention on Friday nominated Jacob S. Corey, of Stark, for Governor, and a full ticket. The platformn reaffirms the principles of the Omaha platform; Coxey's non-interest bond and good road bilU; issuing enough legal tender paper money to put the country on a cash basis; free and unlimited cionage of silver; nationalization of Ipublic monop olies; denounces interest bearing bonds; denounces process in Debs' case as subver sive of rights of trial by jury; favors the law against payment of any debt in gold; de mands the immediate abolishment of national banks; favors a per diem service pension 1 bill. As to State affairs. the platform demnands the referendun plan: reduced salaries; tax reform; regulation of coal screens; eight hour day; opposes fusion with other parties: favors election of nll officers. State andi national, by direct vote of the people; State control of liquor traffic without profit; and endorses union labor. Accidental Suicide. Victor Mainati, a flifteen-year-Old bey. liv ing at Washingtonl. D. C., met his death Sat rrday morning by hamaing. It is believed that in exercising on q trapeze a ropebecame coi9l around h-is ned*2. and in endeavo.ring tc xtnichimnlf. it !~eU1 tighter untiihe INTERESTING CONTEST. MHE PEOPLE VOTE FOR FREE SILVER 32,052 TO 1,783. The United States Should Furnish Their Own Money, Says The New York Mercury. It was regarded all over the United States as a very daring, even foolhardy. undertak ing, when The 31ereury announced that it proposed to test the sense of the people of New York City and Brooklyn upon the ques tion: Sha:l the United States Government open its mints to the free coinage of silver without waiting for agreement with Great Britain or any other European nation, and at a ratio of 16 to 1? Such stalwart advocates of the rehabilita Lion of s" is the Atlanta Constitution in the Souti and the Cincinnatti Eniqujirer in the West thought tiat the result of such a bllot imnist be disastrius tc the cause of free ilver. But the editors of these jou rnas, and ot other newspapers throuighiout the coeAtry, id not know the peoile of New York and ailed to appreciate their understanding of be evils th:t have been brought upom theni brough the demonctatiz i of silver. No one ean read the t Iters which have ieen published daily in The Mercur-v. under he Leading. "What the Meters Say." with )ut lwecoming deeply inpre sed with the ray in which the workingren hove grasped be situation, and the inteiligeice which they ave shown in advocat ing free silver coinage is tile first t hing to be aciomplishied for their elief. The Mercury has not solicited a single vote iron this question. The votes. which have been sni in ny tens Lud fifties, and in some cases vby hundreds, ave been gathered together by men who vere interested in the auise, sutscribers t, 'he Mercury, who sa ved each day's paper so s to secure the vote of a friend upon the allot printed therein. The I.est testimony to this statement is the >lowing, from Mr. F. L. Hathaway, of 1lintonu, N. Y.: The ballots for free coinage in your con 'st are astonishingly numerous, conslderiug [e fact that you have not resorted to the sual methods to get votes. If some one in ,-h of the courtry towns of New York had tken even the little trouble I have gone to i asking people to vote, your total in this tate alone would easily have been greater Ian it will now be for all the SLates in the rnion. Sixty-five qualifled voters in this )wn have personally written their ballots )r free coinage, and the same have been for arded to you. Every man is a voter a -an .T tiinFrmay won say we1 no, in )n! and add that ex-Collector Magone did tspeak rightly for Clinton, at least, when e told The 31ercury that the Democrats in orthern N..w York take no intereSt in tt liver miestion. Bat biv far th1: larger proportion of the otes have come in one at a time in an envel pe. with ai t wo-ent stamp on the envelope, metimes accomilanied by a letter. but gi'"i rally not. So far as space would permit we have p shed these letters from day to day. follow ag the announeement of the vote, but when o many were received sonic had to be left ut. The Mercury believed that it voiced the lemands of the people in advocating the frete oiiage of silver. but it did not know it ntil tlis ballot was taken. The result is astonishing when it is rc nembered that no effort was made to induce ieople to vote. It is more astonishing that o few people voted in the negative. II-re is the result of five weeks' voting on he silver question: Question: Shall the United States Govern et open its mints to the free coinage o[ ilver without waiting for agreement wvith rrnt Britain or any other European nation, nd at aratio of 16 to 1? Vh.No ew York City and Brooklyn 5.713 396 ew York State........-..... 4.892 24e jonnecticut.................. 2.305 161 lassachusetts ............--.--..-1.574 103 ~ew Jersey... ........... ...2.732 158 ennsylvania ....--...... .... .3.119 167 iarland.......-...--........691 48 Vashingtonl, D. C.......--..--..-573 116 )hio .........----.-.----------59 florgia..............---.. 1032 37 'ennessee-.-.---------------.868 31 Llabama ..........-.-..... 03 1 irgina..........--------604 21 t~rkansas.............-.... 597 13 entucky......... ....------- 941 19 iisip'pi .................. 596 6 oisiauna........... ..-- ..-..- - 123 2 ndiana..............----501 13 Ilinois...---------- -----.... 663 22 estVirginia. .........------189 3 lorida.......--..----------..113 3 ebraska ...........-...------ 1 owa...........---- .. ichigan ....... ....--. [ansas................ alifornia... ............---..9 Washington..........---.....133 2 regon......-.--------------.64 1 Dlaware..........------.. 3 New Hampshire ............ ... 253 11 aine ....................... 38 6 Texas ......--.....---..... 124 2 Wisconsin ............-.-------- 3 Vermont...........-----------)'8 Ithode Island... .-......---- 56 7 Iissouri......-..------------- 160 North Carolina............... t 2 South Carolina..............-113 2 Iaho........--.-----..--...140 coorado..............-.--2 0 Wo;uy:.............----------0 North Dakota............ -- 0 South Dakota. .............- . 24--0 Ute-ah. . ...... .....---- .------- 3 0 tahio.. . ...........--- .------ . 1 0 Totais...........-...... 32.052 1.783 If any neWs paper in tils town questions the genuineness of I i-s vot.e let it start a siiiar vote and giv'e a fair count.-New York MIereury. $,0,00,0NEWSPAPE~R TRUST To be Perfected During the Year. Wil Raise Paper $5 Per Ton. T. L. Ward. Philadelphia agent for a numa ber of manuLactuirers of newspaper pape who are expected to become members of th proposed newspaper trust with a capital o $30,000.000, stated that the trust would no be perfected until the close of the year. Th delay in organizing the corporation. Mr Ward said, is due to the fact that most of th manufacturers have contracts that will no expire until late in the fall. Continuing hi said: "It is not intended to take the whol country into the trust. but only the larg manufacturers of the Central and Norther States from the Atlantic to the Mississippi Mr. Ward stated that the trust will advanc .the price ofpaper five dollars a ton, but th.1 advace ill-notaffect the subscription pric Iof papers, as reported. He thinks that as the trust will control th outpu~t it can control the prices. * Monthly Treasury Statement. The monthly Treasury statement of th public debt shows a total debt on .Tuly 31s less cash in the Treasury, to have bee $940108,905, an increase for the month $83435,938.' This increase is due to the d livery to the London, syndicate during ti montha88RL1577001n- psDr cent, bonds. LIBERTY BELL'S ITINERARY. The Historic Old Relic Will be Ex hibited in an Open Foyer. The action of the Philadelphia City Coun eil on the Atlanta Exposition was to arrange and complete the details for the trip of the Liberty Bell, which is to be transferred to the South during the festival. Chairman Miles, of the Committee on Cor respondence and arrangements, stated that he had received a letter from Thomas Keen an. secretary of the State Commission, at Harrisburg, in which the latter stated that the Pennsylvania building would be com pleted and ready for the reception of the bell by the opening day, Sept. 18th. The historic old relic is to be exhibited In an open foyer, under a canopy, and by being arranged on castors, can be run on to the open grounds, in case of necessity, in ten minutes. No action. was taken for the present look ing to a civic and military display in con neetion with the departure of the bell, as the' ,ost of the military display would probably have to he taken out of the committee's ap !ropriation. The itinerary of the bell's Southern jour ney is as follows: Ltave Philadelphia (Pennsylvania rail toal). 8 a. in., September 11th; arrive Balti -nore, 310:15 a. i.: leave Baltimore, 11 a. m.; trrive Washington, 12, noon; leave Washing-1 :on. 2 p. im.; arrive Fredericksburg, (R., F. ind P. railroad), 4 p. m.; leave Fredericks urg. 6 p. i., arrive Rilihond, 7 p. m.,, Setomber 11th; leave Rtichmoad (Atlantic Coast Line). 8 a. i., September 12th; arrive Ptersburg, 9 a. m.; leave Petersburg (N. and W. railroad). 10 a. in.; arriye Lynchburg, 3 p. m., leave Lynchburg, 4 p. mn.; arrive Roanoke, 6 p. in., September 12th; leave Roanoke. 8 a. in., September 13th; arrive ville. 8 a. in.. sptembr14th; arrive<t lahooga. 11:30 a. m., September 14th; leave C"attanooga. 9 a. m., September15th;arrive tktlanta, 4 p. in., September 15th. Chairian Hartzell was instructud to see hat tie various places along the route were communi-ated with. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Frst Examination of Government Printers Under Civil Service Rules. By Our Regular Correspondent. The first examination of applicants for ap pointment as compositors in the Government Printing Office, since the employes of that stablishment were placed under civil service rules, is now being held. There are more than two hundred applicants, and it will take the rest of the week to complete the ex amination of them all. Those who get the required percentage will be placed on the eligible list and appointed when there are vacancies or when more help is needed at the G. P. 0. Judging from their talk the "comps" who have taken the examination re not overburdened with admiration for the wisdom displayed by the questions asked. One of them, who had wide experience both In newspaper and job offices, and who is cre dited by all who know him with being a first class all-around printer, being equally at home when setting type, making up or read ng proof, was asked what he thought of the quetions asked at the examination. He re plied: "Some of them were good. ealculat-. d to show whether a man had the kznowl edge cvery llrst-class printer should1 have but others were, in my opinion. ;absolute rot, dealing with imatters having no ecaneetion with any of the practieal branches of the craft with which I am aequainted." A business man who has just returned from a trip through Florida says: 'There Iis intense interest in Florida over the Cuban revolution, und every serap of news fromi the seat of war is eage.rly sought for a::'i read with avidity. E~veryb.ody down there sympathlze with the Cubants. :imd if it Gr nt for fear of Unele Sam'~s int'rfe'ren'e I blieve4 that I 1,C00 young and dIa I spi its woul d leave t he 8tate' at a d1: ay's nole :' hdl'I the. Cubans in thieir siu:le for liKerly." THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTII. 'uch Activity in the Organizationl of' Railroad Unidertaikinigs. The Manufacturers' Rtecord, in reviewi 6 the ianstrial progress of the South for the past week, reports much activity in the or Iganization of railroad undertakings. Among the projected roads reported for Ithe week, are a 70 mile electrie line from Washngton to Gettysburg; a comnpany to bi a long electric road in Florida; a comn pany' to build about 400 miles of road in North and south Carolina. and a 30 mn~ie road1 ini Georgia: a c'ompany organize~d to buId 75 miles in Alabama, a 90 mile road to contrac t in Maryland, and a 20 mile lumber rod in North Carolina. making an aggre ate of over 500 miles of railway pirojected uring the week, with indications that most of these enterprises will begin active eon struction in the near future. Cotton mill enterprises continue to at'.ract reat attention: and among the companies eported for the week were a $100.000 eotton led oil company in Arkansas; a .$5.000 spin de mill at Cnarlotte. N. C.: a $100,000 comn pany at Ilillsboro. N. C.. a $100,000 compa ny 'at E dgertonl, S. C., and a mill in Geor ]ids are invited for the construction of a ity-fouir mile canal in Florida to drrain near 100.000 acres of truck land. Among other ndust rial undertakings were two coal raines n M f~arvsville, a $250,000 harbor imnpro'e ment e~eopany in Texas and three large aum hr mills in the same State: the consolidation o thiree of the largest fertilizer compames5 in SIthe South. with a capital stock of $1.000.000. Xn active demand from the North is re 3Iport'd for Southern made fnrniture. One ocern in North Carolina reports that it is .iping. is entire product to the New Eng * "d and Middle States-its annual sales ag. -atiing over $100,000 a year, orders in one av iuig the week having aggregated 12 -:elad of furniture for shipment to News n gand. A pie tru.st 'e h. ' o:''ima 1 a ln_ THE MARKETS. NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES. Cotton firm. Middling uplands 7%; 1middling gulf, 7%. Futures steady. Sales 71,900 bales. August ......6 94@95 December... .7 10@11 September...6 97@98 January......7 15@16 October.....7 01@02 February .... 7 20@21 November.. .7 05@06 March .......7 25@26 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Middling3 13-16 Sales8,000. Futures quiet. Jan. & Feb.. .3 01 Aug. & Sept..3 44@45 Feb.&March.3 52@53 Sept. & Oct..3 46 afeh.& April..3 53@54 Oct. & Nov....3 47@48 Apr. & May..3 55 Nov. & Dec...3 48@49 August........3 44@45 Dec. & Jan...3 49@50 CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE. WHEAT Aug.... 67% Sept.......67Y CORN-- Aug .... 42% Sept.......41% OATS- Aug .... 22% Sept.......21Y roi- Sept. .... 9 65 Jan. 10 32% :..unD- Sept..... 6 12% Oct. 6 07% Ias- Sept .... 5 92% Oct....... . 5 90 HOME COTTON MARKETS. Ral- Char. Gol- Char eigh. lotte. umbia. leiton. Gnood middling.......7 7.40 7 6-16 :;mriet middling.... 7 7.25 6Y 6 Middlng............ 7.15 6% 6% Striet low middling....6 . Low middlin, .... 6%, 6.95 6 5-16 6 5-16 L o mil......... . . .. 6% 3 Clean stains......... 6 5 D_-cf ..-tains and llueS534" CEA hrLANDo COTTON. Medium flntsligbtly off color, 17a18; mne dium lint! 22.t24; fine 24a28; extra fine 0a35. DALTI310RE DRODUCE MARKET. FLOUR--Qict. We ttern super2 60@2 85; do extra12!)1Oen,330; do family 345@3 75; winter whevat patents 3 85@4 00; spring wheat pat ents. :1 85(ft4 15 Wrnf..vr -Woak. No. 2 redspot and Aug. 65 - September 69 5-8@69 7-8. 2 r 7d 65 1-2@65 34 South ea b :vvnlele. 70n@71; do on grade 67@70. (1 e-er eak Mix'-d spot and August 7Ie d pium fer 47h asked; steamer mixed S'u11'hern white 49@50; do yellow 49@51 NAVAL STORY.S. Wilmington. N. C.-Rosin firm strained, 1 20, g-ood i5traincdi. 1 25; Spirits turpen lin quitut, iae.t 25; irregulars, 24 . Txr firm at 1.35; crude turpentine steady; ha:rdl. 1.20: soft, 1.60; virgin, 2.00. vw Yaenr3-osi dull and easy; strained, ommon top good 1.2 @.7.Turpentine 1it1 andl eisy at 27@27y "ntrlvston Turwntine firm at 24 1-2. Rosin "ool strained firm at 1.10@1.15 5 -rTN Nrpm OiL.--NeW York-Cotton e. Ai o 1 (1 u iet a ndisteady; crude 24@25; yel o-r b '-im8 p. 7;d) good off grade 273@0 RICE. CT n riWe market was quiet at Charleston. T; quotmtions are: Prime 5 a5me; Good I a .' Ft tr .3.3;; Common 2%a3 F.UIter AND VEGETABLES. L ino tos. 360s. N.er box Oi. f sins,loose wr box 1.75; cluster, per box 2.00. Mixed ats,. r pound 10. Egyptian onion per Na; 2.50. V r-inia peanuts. hand-picked, per ,iiufl 5 '; North Carolina p~eanults, hand ommonr bushel 1.25. White beans, per ushel 2.50. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Country Bttter-Choice Tennessee 2-25, nA ciiin. o2 s a e to 1.. SQVWileas, -65C and tedyprbuse. 1. g-gs9,! to Joe per dozen. Thoori-Washed e per pound; unwashed 11: Hiots tie to 12. Wax 25c to 27c. LIME. CEsIEN1 AND PLASTEL. Alabama and Tennessee lump lime 85c; E:strn I,,y'k port. *Maine, lime 1.25; car-os 1.n0. .ment-osenthl 1.40 to 1.65; car bi.s 1.25. ;ew York plaster Paris 2.00. u 1.5 0 to 2.00 per 3. Portland cement B 5iim 2.40 tno 2.75. English Portland 2.5 3.00: Bgibum, earlots 2. lish ear tshe 2.5. lo.;22.TIMEER AND LUMBER. erehanta P1 14.00 to 16.00 for city sawed; 12.OC to 14.00 for railroad:equare and sound, !.00 to 1:.00 for railroad. 8.00 to 11.00 for raft. Do.- timber 4.50 to 6.50; shiPPIng t.H50 to 10.50. Shingles 5.00 to 7.00. pHOSE ATE E RPCK. Crude 2.75, delivered at works; hot air dried 3.25. free on board; ground rock 5.00, in bulk. The Familly Market Basket. Plricm of4 met, fruit, Engish Ptand 2.5tale Muerchangae but0littl16.0nceolasttyeea.ed; 2rtoe Charl0sto marktlroadsuare ad follod, 00ae 25 cent0 ao raroad from th11.00 o 40ts. Doztmenr 4.50ar grapes0 15ipping 50 ts a10.5 . Cafringe a50 toranes00. t Cutade. Clifrnia apwrks;ots1 t0 cents a3do25 . Lemnonsd; grond rcent a.0 Prics of meat,5fcets andrt ettailes. 5anuday 0r 5 o3 cents a dozen. Jla lm 5 0cents a dozen. NCatarrpest 10 tonts nds waket.eon Aplefo 5 to5centse, cents aOcraato atoesria15ange 20 ceto hoeernttes a.Clfrei po ents 30 quart ns oa d oennt. Cmonsr1 to02 cents a lozlk. Cucunerls 10 cets 20 doen Bpecets 5Cafona pbums Squashe 10 cts a dozen. Htrikleberris 10 cents a quart. NCarits 15ians 20 cents a buznc. Japn 20luens 2a eents a eare. Bellopes 5ti cents qat and platrmelon rag m5t5 cents ec.Su uce ea. Okrs podtatoes 5 cets 20 cks howeer, toatoes2 aeto ensa ur andoil sa 1tor ace. elrerys lo 10cta taok 12 eurs1 cent s ud lak fizen B1)eents a stng. aitin 20ae to02 cents a dozeo~. StpitbeR 20 cents a qupar. Carits. pcnis 15 toh Tuis5 eents a bruperh. caos ents a c hrim C10 cents a le dozn~ arsell ptepper 15 cents a ouasr. Elin: 2 cnt n ou 5 cent. Soupb reost 5 3 cents. Jribsh potats.3 et ek asring. hiting 210 to 25eet a dozeng.n owlis 15 to 25 aeen. Egring. Groper8 eets a pound. Srm 0cnsaple PoMrtr house st5 ofbe largerundr rie15lewcrs Thd receipt o eents Raroage 12. emnd Light 15eetas. aepeniu ndpringceken.Fru5t alo low an dozentand cents Prce dznr.aolos Ri15.;choice stroe paket@. POnUs-Re~ceps (farger parer pond 1@d1demandk (li.Vegetale poue plSc;enf lndpere poun. Fruismalslo anplenti@lC fu. ces e per heallows:oote (oldTER-5@ancy apie. @5e;ch LIVE 13o14.; phier famuny (acked), @4@e.; heoep soreud . (pac ed) 12@15s. c~ ommngrd.@8 e fr.pe on E00s. -Ineras, er byond feshc.;1prn crates: (cre. pnd cleand8.; nbarrels hog O Nrs) BAO-3m0sml..wl moLked(are, per pound.@9xsie(ued perpou.: duc should.ers (smok7e. he (lv)per pound.;saleikn.01e LiEsAN SToc-alvesvit per poun oS 12 1e.:1 shee. pery pound.@e.; pbeed 9(cw p e reon salte.: heide rs.-~12. pe ree ides. sters pe~reeond salte.: cafsrin n5choice)lo. per pound. 3beesw.;,hog (sal) pXErApound. 6b6e. prcae 55 smed ptte pund barrel. large. wel2 . maed. er@poun. 8@1c:ades cred pe~ I~Vtr pud.89.;solers (smok~e). 404H'75s Ajer TAe o-Dr in.Xepu thr1og3 1-e dry satedr oud. 91-2( I State A IUnDEr, MYSTERpY. J. 0. Carson Fouwi Weltering In Ills Blood. Ilis Wife Says it Was I Suicide. At Spartanburg on Thursday morn ing J. 0. Carson was found in bed with his head almost severed from his body. His head also was horribly mashed in several places. It was an awful sight, and strong men grew faint and turned away from perh-ips the most sickening and bloody sight they had ever seen. Carson was a well-to-do farmer at New Prospect and was very popular. At the inquest his wife testified that it was suicide, but the evidence and cir cumstances connected with his death prove conclusively that it was murder most foul, and that his slayer had pre meditated the deed. Bloody tracks were to be seen on the floor while blood was entirely absent from the dead man's feet. Several pieces of a blade from a razor were found im bedded in his throat. Mrs. Carson says that her husband had often times accused her of being unfaithful and that scandalous stories had been told on her. It looks to be a very crooked and ugly affair. It is believed that Mrs. Carson knows mroe about her hus band's death than she has told and it is also thought she can place 'her hand on the murderer. Some very sensa tional developments may yet be brought to light. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that he came to his death by some one unknown to them. The matter will be investigated and arrests will surely follow. T HE CO313IERCIAL REPORTS. Midsummer Lassitude Prevails. Bus iuess in Cotton Goods Large. Bradstreets' report for the past week,says Ihe week presents a larger volume of trade In many lines and at many points than In the weeks before and one year ago. The rush of orders for steel and iron leads in interest, displaying remarkafle strength. Western manufacturers have been obliged to par chase Eastern billets to meet their orders. Less confidence is placed in last week's ru mors of serious damage to the spring wbeat crop in Minnessota and the Dakotas, and an other conspicuous feature of the week is the evidence of reviving co afildence on the part of the Western and Northwestern interior merchants, now that the corn and spring wheat crops promise well. At the South general trade remains of as ta and delay in paying the sugar bounty af fects trade very unfavorably in Louisana. Strikes of some importance appear, but do not yet threaten to last long, tbou.gh a strike kf coal miners may for a time affect buoiness somewhat extensively. The hopeful spirit I revailing in nearly all markets may find its varrant in spite of some shortage in crops. All the indications show mid-summer lassi tude. Yor the first time since the rise in rices of iron prod'e;ts began there have n some concessions to retain business and efforts of new works to get orders tend to check the advance. In spite of this, the neral average of price, is a shade higher, ar having risen relatively more than mill ron has declined. Business in cotton goods has been the largest in yuly for several yerrs, reckoning deliveries but not so large as to be new orders. I further advance of one-quarter cent per yard has been made with moderate demand for some bleached and brown goods, and prices are firm for sheets and drills, while colored cottons are quiet with occas ioal advances. The demand for men's woolens has been less active with some dis appointment observable, while worsteds have sold relatively better. There are 221 failures in business reported to Bradstreet this week as compared with 239 throughout the United States last week, 220 in the week one year airo and 459 in the corresponding week of 1893. In, the like week of 1892 the total was only 155. A VICTDRY FOR LABOI The Wages of 100,000 MIners toW ben creased Afte; October 1. The biggest victory ever made by organiz ed labor was won Saturday in Pittsturg, Pa. by the miners. Almost every demand was granted and the operators gave a written guarantee for their fulfillment of the con tract, The papers were signed to-night which increase the wages of 100,000 miners Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The terms are that the present rate ol wages shall continue in force until October 1 when every operator in the Pittsburg dis tr-ict will pay the sixty-nine cent rate with a differential of five cents in favor of opera tors who do not have company stores. The areement further provides for another ad vnce on January 1. It is understood that the rate will thsn be made 79 cents.. The 3ingo fron and Steel Company, 31m go Junction. 0., also signed the Amalgamat ed scale for the 1.200 amen in the steel plant. The scale for the iron mill which employs $00 men was signed some time ago. Uncle Sam's Balance Sheet. The monthly debt statement shows a net increase in the public debt less cash in the treasury during July of $38,435,937. The interest-bearing debt increased $31,158.340. The ~nninterest-bearing debt decreased $813025 and cash in the treasury decreased $8,090,622. The balances of the several class |es of debt at the close of business July 31 were: Interest-bearing deb)t $747,360.400; debt on which interest has ceased since ma turity $1,699,650; debt bearing no interest $378,198384. Total $1,127,258,435. The cer tificates'and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury outstanding at the end of the month were $581,799,693, an increase of $2,591,830. The total cash in the treasury was '$807,397,830. The gold reserve was $100.000.000. Net cash balance $87,149, 530. There was a decrease in gold coin and bars of $539,865, the total at the close being $155.354,065. Of silver there was an increase of $407,399. Of the surplus there was in na* tional bank depositories $15,920,823, againsi $1.903,120 at the end of the precedxnp -months. A Fishing Se'aoanetr's Oddl Experience. A Maine fishing schooner had the odd and unpleasant experience last Sweek of continually filling its nets with a kind of fish that the fishermen Sdidn't want. They were after mack. *erel arnd ran into a school of whiting, a useless fish about two feet long. -The schooner had twenty-eight dras r' nets out, and every one was filled al 'most to breaking with the thousand: of whiting. It was a whole nightm work to clear the nets after each haul .~After getting clear of the whiting thi tt boat caught, in the coirse of a whoh e day's fis hing, twenty-five mackerel nl it twnty.eiat niets. -New York Sun CHILDREN'S COLUMN. "GITE ME A PENNY." "Give me a penny, grandpa, please; I'm going to buy-for you A stick of candy, and, I s'pose, Ill eat some of it, too: For things taste better-don't you know When people share 'em; I think so." -Boston Watchman. THE CONQUESTS OF SILENCE, Washington never made a .speech. In the zenith of his fame he once at tempted it, failed, and gave it up con fused and abashed. In framing the constitution of the United States, the labor was almost wholly performed in committee of the who!e, of which George Washington was, day after day, chairmpn. and he made but two speeches during the conve ution, of a very few words each, something like one of Grant's speeches. The cnnven tion, however, acknowledged the mas ter spirit, and historians affirm that had it not been for his personal popu larity, and the thirty words of his first speech, pronouncing it the best that could be united upon,the constitution would have been rejected by the peo ple. Thomas Jefferson never made a speech. He couldn't do it. Napoleon,whose executive ability is almost without a parallel, said that his difficulty was in finding inen of 'deeds' rather than words. When asked how he maintained his influence upon his superiors in age and experience when commander in chief of an army in Italy, he said: "By reserve." The great ness of a man is not measured by the length of his speeches and their num ber.-Chicago Times-Herald. A FAMOUS w1i. The entire history of China, like hat of Egypt, is divided into dynas ties. The great Chinese wall was be gun by Che-whang-te, first emperor of the Tsin dynasty. It forms the empire was required to give Ais MeTp to build it, and it took five years to omplete it. The wall is not solid, but consistsof two thick walls filled with earth; every foot of the 1oundttoD. how ever is of solid granite. It is lined with battlements and towers, and is so wide that six horsemsn may easily rids abreast on its top. The towers ar,e about 100 yards _part .and there a steps here and there for persons to ascend.. Recently in a survey for a Chiuem railway, this stupendous barrier was measarea. The measurement gave the height as eighteen feet and the lengtii as thirteen hundred miles. It goes over the mountains and plains, crosses rivers and traverses great marshes. E is e'stimiated to contain enough ma terial to girdle the earth with two wall seven feet in height~ DADsTY AMIiWJ@. "Bo doubt cats, large and small, make the most carefa3l of animal toi jets, with the exception of some e the opossums," writes a contributor to the spectator. "Lions and tigers wash themselves in exactly the same manner as the domestic cat, wetting the dark, india-rnbber-like ball of the forefoot and the inner toe, and passe ig it over the face and behind ths ears. "One of the most charming pets we have kept, and one most particue lar as to its feet and fur, was a lovely brown opossum from Tasmania. 1t washed its face every two or three minutes, and would pay the same a'Y. tention to the ears, 'hair or hands of any one on whose shoulder it was ale lowed to sit. "Once, having upset a bottle of turpentine over its hands, it almost fretted to death because it could not remove the scent. Oddly enough, it would retire during the day to a chime ney, and did not- object to the soot in its fur, perhaps considering it 'cleaa dirt,' as children do earth. "One small spaniel, which we ale lowed to live in the house, was well. aware that if he returned dirty her would not be admitted indoors. Abont an hour before the close of the day's shooting he used to strike work and begin to clean himself ; and it urged to do more wouldi slip home a-ad pre. Isent himself neat and clean' in the din ing room. "One day the dog had been left at home, and his master returned and seated himself by the fire, wet and with half-frozen drops of ice sticking. to his gaiters. " Pan ran up and carefully licked off the frozen ice and snow, etopped now and then to give an anxious look, which said as plainly as possible, 'Dear me, if I don't get him cleant quickly, he will be sent to lie in the tl.' '"-Atlanta Journal.,