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AKV. -WEELYDITONWINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 15, 8195 ESTABLISHED 1844 TRU WEEnLY EDITION. ..... TO TOBACCO GROERS. WHY NOT TRY DARK TOBACCO? A Hint to the Farmers of Upper South Carolina. Mr. J. R. Hamilton, of Chester, S. C., writes a very interesting letter to the Charleston News and Courier on this subject. He says: The tobacco crop in this State shows in one or two counties a large, but ap parently safe increase. The cultiva tion so far is confined to the produc tion of the bright or yellow varieties. The other tobaccos of commerce, with out reference to leaf for cigars, are the heavy dark grades of Virginia, Ken tucky and Tennessee, mostly for for eign export, and the burley of Ken tucky for home consumption. It is to these I would direct the attention of our farmers whose lands are not suited to the yellow sorts. The rich bottom and bench lands along our creeks and rivers, above tide water, should produce fine mann facturing stock aznd leaf for export to the Continent of Europe, while. the uplands similar to those of this county would bring suitable dark "stem ming" leaf for the English market. In one year previous to 1776 the port of Charleston exported to Br.istol, Eng land, 18,000 hogsheads of tobacco. These shipments must have competed favorably with similar tobacco from Virginia, and in a market where that colony held the trade. For years after the cultivation of tobacco was aban doned for that of cotton the "Old To - bacco Inspection" remained a land mark in Charleston, and just after the .colonial period a similar "Inspection" was established at Hamburg, on the Savannah River, doubtless to avail of ,water carriage to the coast. In 1789 the Legislature passed laws regulating the inspection and exportation of to bacco-all of which was probably of the dark variety grown from seed sim ilar to that of Virginia. The object of the inspection was to keep up the quality of the tobacco as represented by the samples, to prevent the exporta tion of unsound and unmerchantable leaf, and to protect seller and shipper alike from unjust reclamations, and the buyer from careless or fraudulent *packing by holding the inspector re sponsible for the integrity of the sam the present day. In growing dark tobacco it musi, of course, be from seed that produces that variety and which has been found most suitable to sifailar soils in Vir ginia, for the type of tobacco depends upon the soil producing it and differs with the soil under precisely similar climatic influences. The richer the s6il the richer will be the tobacco in gum and body and th darker and richer in color. te smooth black leaf grown on tw bottom lands of the Roanoke, in Tirginia, I believe, usu-. ally brings the highest price for dark varietiep in .the Richmond market, and next in value is the tobacco of the FaravYille district. The dark leaf is ce'red over open fires to drive out quickly tho wyater and sap. When this is accewaPglished air completes the dry ~.Sometimes flues are used in place af opeul fires, as safer and leaving the tobacco with a mdre natural and smokeless flavor. $."he drying is done by either system at comparatively a low, but uniform temperature from start to finish, the fires being chiefly attended to in the morning and at S nightfall. This method of flue curing is being substituted in portions of Vir ginia for sun curing, which latter is, done by hanging the tobacco in the' sun on scaffolds at the barns until it yellows, when i is housed and hung until it cures out 'a rich, reddish color, with fine flavor and bouquet and elan ticity of leaf. The finest sun-cured in Virginia is produced in the coun ties of Caroline and Louisa, while Henry county ranks next with its sun and flue-cured manufacturing stock. "een county in East Tennessee,where rue cultivation of tobacco is of com paratively recent date, is producing -equally as good, of a brighter and richer dappled variety. In this portion of this State tobacco will ripen from a month to six weeks earlier than in Virginia, and would probably in average years be cut and housed in August; and if not crowded in hanging should cure out to "safe shipping order" without the risk and expense of fires or flues. If this should be the ease there will be a correspond ing reduction in the expense of curing. The making of plant beds, setting out and subsequent cultivation is the' same in all varities of tobacco. In the dark and sun-cured varities I would not advise the cropping off the leaves from the plant, as is done sometimes with the yellow varieties, in which bright color is the chief desideratum, while in the darker kinds body and gum, with size and smoothness,is wha.t is wianted. There is a deal of gum runs out of the stalks into the leaf i teproc'ess of the final drying out. I is saiid our South Carolina brights lack thepreailngmethod of cutting,to gether with the rapid and early tobacco 'in the barn and the fixing of the color is more or less an artificial and scien tific application of heat by methods, available on the farm, and requires care and frequently dearly bought ex-' perience. In fact, yellow tobacco is far more often ruined in the curing than in the e~ultivation. Where rni form color is the chief aim, when this color is not present that variety be-: L comes almost worthless. It is just here that the skilled curer comes in.~ Apart from this fact land which pro that variety of the plant which Wars a leaf that will cure yellow by any known process or after treatment. Autumn signals is calumniation with the changed leaf, and the alchemy of the air fixes at least for a brief period the variegated ccloring of the weeds. These distinc tive variations also exist at maturity in the leaf of the tobacco plant, and man, contiuning nature's uncompleted work, preserves these qualities and colors in each variety to which each has been adapted by soil and climate. The seed that produced originally the yellow and mahogany tobaccos of Virginia was said to have been brought from the Orinoco of South America. Soil and climate, with possible chance hy bridations, have generally changed our leaf from the parent type. In this and adjacent counties are areas of black-jack lands, some of them with fertile soils, resting on a sub stratum of rotten lime stone. With the same correctives as applied for cotton and corn it is possible these lands will produce a Southern variety of the Burley tobacco of Kentucky. Because it is safest, it will be best, that the first essays in planting dark tobacco should be purely tentative. The markets of the world are loaded down with mean tobacco, but good to bacco is high in price, and always in demand. In the absence in our State of any department of agriculture,every :!armer individually must make his own experiments, and I would advise that he do this in a small way the first year, until he hits on the right seed on the right soil, and that at first his ef orts be directed to the purposes of experiment rather than a profit. Under the present United States revenue laws he can sell the tobpacco unstemmed in hands without paying the tax or taking out a license, and thus retail it in his neighborhood at a sufficient return to pay in part, at least, the cost of pro duction and of the experiment. Tobacco, like cotton, is a cash crop, and if our lands and climate are suit able, as I believe they are, for grow ing dark tobacco, then with the moderate yield of 1000 pounds of cured leaf to the . acre and an average price of five cents a pound, it will pay better than cotton even at ten cents a pound, and at least serve as a sup plementary crop to the latter. IRREGULARITIES DISCOVERED. The Accounts of Officials of Edge field County. The committee appointed by the grand jury of Edgefield county to ex amine the books of the various county officers show "irregularities" that are not very creditable to the officers. wrrevommittee reported that two fipes by blr-kof the court but not turned over to the county treasurer until the committee called the attention of the clerk to the same; that a fine of $10 collected by Trial Justice Seigler had not been paid to the treasurer until the justice was brought before the committee and questioned; that the books of the county commissioners were in very bad shape,pay certificates being issued for one district and changed to another, and that pay cirtificates aggregating: $130 were proven to be forgeries; that a note for $450 had been given an in surance agent for policies on the court house and jail,but that only one policy; on which ie premium was $150, was to be seen.-the other was said to be in Columbia; that there was of recnad a loan made by the county for $4,500. ut the county superviser could not tell from whom it was borrowed nor the rate of interest. The clerk of the board stated that .the loan had been made by the Carolina National bank in Columbia, but inquiry at that institu tion elicited the information that no such loan had ever been made, The cerk afterwards stated that the loan had been made by B. B. Evaris; that there was no legal provisions for the employment of a clerk of the board f county commissioners, but that one had been employed, and the clerk had paid himself out of the county funds $200 for ser-vices from -Tanuary to A ugust, and an affidavit from the county supervisor was exhibited in which was stated that be had never knowningly approved any bill for clerk hire, and $200 was more than he would have been willing to pay for such service for the entire vear. The report suggests that hereafter the supervisor be required te pay for the clerk out of his own salary if a lerk be employesk The report of the committee closes with the statement that it tinds iu the bandJs of the treasurer receipts given by N. G. Evans as attorn.ey for two railroads for over-paymzenit of taxes, but that there has been no provision for such refundin'g, and that no re funding has been done to private citi zes, and it is recomtnended that the aditor refuse to take the said receipts from the treasurer in his settlement. The rep~ort of the committee hs rated something of a sen'ation, and the action of the grand jnry up)on it s awaitedl with considerable interests. A 16 to 1 Snake. From Takdosta. Ga.. comes the following snake story: "The strange looking serp 'nt that was seen by a party of deer hunters :verin the fork of Beler Crecek and Savan aa River last winter has been swan again. n account of the description given of it atI first it is known as the silver serpent. Its scales were white, and glistenmed in the sun like shining silver. It is said to be' anywhere from flfteetn to twenty-feet lone. and is gen erally seen in trees. The. t wo fishermen who last saw it say that its body has grown dar ker, but they declare that its hea-1 was so dazzling as to hurt the eye. Its neek was arched over the liimb of a tree, and as th: rays of the morningr sun fell upon it. they outd sixteen shimn:: silver seale's upon its heal, and to make it strange~r amn. 1 more rgseOus still right in the' contre oft4 he saw at siIrle seal.e of a yellow --ast thatt shoe and ;:litt'ered like burnishied gobl." M rs. Henry Mucklevane, of Bran Ion, Texas, gave birth to a girt that veighs only three-quarters of a pound. I1other and father are of the average PALMETTO PENCILLINGS. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. Small Counties Must Come. For the information of some who may have forgotten it we publish be low the average area of the counties in some neighboring States. The average area in Georgia is 423 square miles; North Carolina, 528; Tennessee, 475; Kentucky, 318: Virginia, 333; South Carolina, 970. The area of a county in South Carolina, as you will see, is more than three times that of one in Kentucky, double that of Geor gia and Tennessee, and almost double that of North Carolina. Is there any good reason for our peculiarity in this respect? Is the combined wisdom of the people and law makers of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia worth nothing as an ex ample to us? Are we more prosper. our under our policy than these States. are? Consult the tax books and learn' the amount of taxable values, especial ly in Georgia, Kentucky and North' Carolina, for an answer.-Rock Hill1 Herald. South Carolina's Railroads. The railroads of the state make a: little better showing for the month of March, as compared with the corres ponding month last year, than they did for the month of February, but many of them show large decreased earnings. The following is the report of the principal roads: Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, 1894, $58,517.13; 1895, $63,828.80;in crease, $5,311.67; per cent., 9.07. Georgia, Carolina and Northern, 1894, $56,725.62; 1895, $68,132.06; increase, $11,406.44; per cent., 30.10.. Port Royal and Augusta, 1894, $30, 215.11; 1895, $27,936.88; decrease $2, 278.23; per cent.,7.54. Port Royal and Western Carolina, 1894, $36,815.82; 1895, $48,6S6.35; in crease, $11,870.53; per cent., 32.24. South Carolina and Georgia, 1894, $120,402.28; 1895, $114,058.31; de crease, $6,345.95; per cent., 5.18. Southern Railway Co. i. South Carolina, 1894, $110,905.49; 1895, $113,580.85; increase, $2.675.36; per cent., 2.41. Fine Sumter Tobacco. Mr. James Reaves, of the Concor:l section, was in town Thursday norn ing and called at this ,omfce to show ,Ili1" or u1 uN:Cear's (tbacco crop.) rthetido samp esh e had with him were an assortment of extra lemon wrappers, fancy cutters and several grades of fine smokers. The samples were examined by a tobacco man, who said that the tobacco would sell on a, ware house floor for 20 to 65 cents, ac-' cording to the several grades. Mr.4 Reaves has already cured three barns from four acres and had one barn of the finest tobacco that he raised barn ed. The average of his crop, he said, was very good, and that it had all cured finely so far. The burning of the barn was a heavy loss to his crop, which would have proven quite pront able. Mr. Reaves will bring his crop) to this market for sale if the prices here compare favorably with those in other places.-Sumter Watchman and Sou'thron. The New Plan. The State liquar commissioner says that it is yet a little too early to telL what improvement in the amount of sales there has been in the dispensa ries, owing to the reduction of prices, as he has yet received no reports, but, judging from the ]arge increase in or ders from the county dispensers and the fact that the State dispensary has shipped much more liquor than ever before, he would say that the redue tion has greatly increased the business. Pardons Granted. The Governor has commuted the sentence of Henry Jones, of Abbeville county, convicted of arson at the June (1895) term of court and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, to two years' imprisonment in ihc same insti tution. The Governor also grantea a paraon to Baxter Mitchell, convicted of lar ceny in Spartanburg county before Trial Justice Nash. Mitchell was sen tenced to twenty-five days' service, on the 13th of July, 1895. Death of Barnwell's Mayor. Mr. W. R. Christie, intendant of Barwell, died of consumption last: week. He was popular and had been elected intendant a number of terms during his residence in Barnwell. As the excursion train returning from Atlanta to Charlotte reached Chester, S. C., Mr. M. R. Cochrane and Mr. Harry Timmons, who had charge of the refreshment stand, who are charged with selling beer, were ar rested by a constable named Newbold. Mr. Cochrane was put under $400 bond, two cases against him. Mr. Timmons was put under $100 bond. Both gave bail and returned home. A charter has been issued to the Laurens Cotton Mill. The mill is under construction. A commis sion f or aL charter lia~Leen issued to the Columbia Tekphone Company of South Carolina. The cap ital stock of the company is to be $5,000 and the right to increase it to $50,000 is given. The company is to operate a telephone line in Columbia and :as soonl as it can be arranged to extend the lines. Cholera has broken out among the bogs in the upper part of Marlboro con sty. At least 500 hogs have died in the P'egues neighborhood recently. Major Rl. M. Pegoes lost nearly 100 hat, many of them fine large ones. NEW TEXTILE INDUSTRIES. cotton Mills Chartered in the State This Year. Since January 1 the Secretary oi State has issued charters to twenty four new cotton mills, named and lo cated as follows. Richland Mills, Columbia, Capita: $150,000. W. B. S. Whaley, president. Steam power. F. W. Poe Mfg. Co., Greenville, $250,000. F. W. Poe, president. Water and steam power. Laturens Cotton Mill, Laurens, $200, 00. W. E. Lucas, president. Steam. Economy Cotton Mill, Greenville. $30,000. G. A. Norwood, president. Water power. Eagle Mills, Rock Hill, $10,000. P. C. Poag, president. Steam. Norris Cotton Mills, Central. $100,. 000, D. K. Norris, president. Steam. Colleton Cotton Mills, Walterboro. $100,000. C. A. Savage, president. Steam. Cheraw Knitting Mill, Cheraw, $10, 000. II. W. Finlayson, president. Steam. Collier Cotton Mills, Hickory Grove. S100,000. J. N. MeDill, president. Steam power. Saxe-Gotha Mills, Irene. $50,000. W. P. Roof, president. Water power. Mills Mfg. Co., Greenville.$100, 000. 0. P. Mills, president. Steam. Edgefield Cotton Mills, Edgefield. $100,000. D. A. Tompkins, president. Steam. American Spinning Co., Greenville. $125,000. 0. H. Sampson. Water and steam. Abbeville Cotton Mills, Abbeville. $65,000. G. A. Visanska, president. Steam. Lancaster Cotton Mills, Lancaster. $150,000. Leroy Springs, Steam. Calhoun Mills, Pickens. $50,000. H. A. Strode, president. Hampton Cotton Mills, Hampton. $50,000. Granby . Cotton Mills, Columbia. $150,000. W. B. S. Whaley, presi. dent. Steam. Prosperity Cotton Mills, Prosperity. $50,000. D. H. Wheeler, president. Arcade Cotton Mills, Rock Hill. $200,000. R. T. Fewell. Steam. Manchester Cotton Mills, Rock Hill. S200,000. W. L. Roddey. Steam. Marlboro Mfg. Co., Alice. $40,000. A. F. Manship, president. Steam. Sumter Mfg. Co., Sumter. $100,-. 000. W. M. Graham, president. Steam. Carolina Mills, Columbia. $100,000. E. W. Robertson. Steam. All of these mills will not be built, probably. About half of them have been begun, a few are nr and ihe rematinder are iii- process of MTganizatiA. But this a6es notrep resent by any means, all that has been done, or is being done in South Carolina in the way of cctton manufac turing this year. No account is taken of the new spindles added to mills all' ready in operation than &he new mills will contain. The Pelzer Cotton mill is adding to its equipment 55,000 addi tional spindles; the Gaffney mill, 40, 000; the Glendale mill- 30,000; the Newberry mill, 10,000; the Columbia mill, 10,000; th" Union mill, 10,000 and' others are makingi S additions. THE MUTRDERERS CAUGHT. An Accessory After the Fact Tells of the Horrible Murder of Carson by His Wife and Her Paramour. At Spartanburg, Mrs. J. 0. Carson, Ed. Green and J. B. Page were arrest ed for the murder of 5. 0. Carson, and if Judge Lynch does not take a hand in the case Judge Benet will, perhaps, be called upon to sit upon the most horrible, cold-blooded mur der case that has ever been tried in this State. After the killing Green fled into North Carolina, but on Sunday night was captured and brought back, getting off the train at Landrum's. There they were met by amob of about 150 who were eager to lynch Green on the spot and it was with the greatest difficulty that the officers pre vented it. An investigation was begun Monday (at Fingerville. There was an enor mous and excited crowd present. The feeling was most intense. Page has turned State's evinence and has told the story of the killing. He says that on that fatal night lhe slept at Green's house and that Green and Mrs. Carson went over to Car son's home and on Green's return be said: "Me and Mrs. Carson have killed Carson and if anything ever comes from it I will give you $100 to swear that I slept with you all to night." Page's story, in the main, is true, vet it is thought that he took a hind In the killing as some of his clothea, iall besmeared with blood, were found at his house. The prisoners were t s ken to jail.____________ AN OTrRAGE IN BARNWELL. A Witness in a Murder Case Kid napped and Whipped. A special to the News and Courier from Blackville says: Cyrus Davis, a colored barber, was fooled into the country and giveni a severe flogging. A party went to his home and told him he was wan ted to shave a dead man and he started out in the vehicle, but it came very near his being the dead man. A crocus sack was thrown over his head and a severe whipping administored. He says he was told that the reason he was whipped was because of his having given certain evidence against a party recently charged with murder in a case which attracted a. great dieal of intere. This evidence is alleged to have been given at the second trial in connection with the tragedy. The chief of police had heard of the incident, but no ofli eial report had been made to him and the whipping was done in the country. It mizht not he hard work for the right persons to find out who commit ted this outrage and have the law takej &RGUING THE LIQUOR QUESTI0 rillman and Dickie Hold High Deba at Prohibition Park, New York. Senator Tillman and Prof. Saml Dickie, of -Michigan, chairman of i national cbmmittee of the Prohibiti party, Thursday debated the liqu question at Prohibition Park, Stai Island, 1g. Y. The subject in ft "Is State Controlof the Liquor Tr fic the Best Means of Promoting Te perance Reform." Senator Tilbr spoke for the affirmative and was f lowed by Prof. Dickie. The Sena spoke again and the Professor cloi the debate. Each spoke forty minn in all. The discussion took place the auditorium of the Park bef< about.600 people. When Senator Tillman began i debate he explained his well-kno dispensary scheme, upon which i voters of his State have split into T manites and anti-Tillmanites. He then contiued : "There are three liquor regulati systems: the high license, the prohi tion and the dispensary system, i last named being a modifleation of i Norw'egian system. High license ie monopoly and bre As open saloons a every sort of seduetive influences, sulting in evil. "What - does prohibition breed shouted the Senator. "Hypocrit perjurers and 'booth-leggers.' WI prohibition was given up as a dist failure in Iowa, and now they hav system of local option. What do do ? We propose to treat human 1 ings not as angels, but as we find th to be. The love of liquor is born every humalk appetite. Even < friend, Mr. Roosevelt, can't close the saloons in your city here. C system reduces the evil to a minimu We say to the people, if there mi be liquor drinking let the profit go the State, and if you want, it come like men as for any other commodi Don't sneak. The other systems do keep them from getting liquor." Prof. Dickie then said that the d pensary system had been tried abre and proved a failure; that if prohi tion bred high perils and "bo leggers" the dispensary system I begotten riot and bloodshed in Sou Carolina. He said he opposed the d pensary system because the Bible f( bids a man putting the bottle to : neighbor's lips, and that the State b no right to do what man was forbidd to do. - There are two great syste open to mankind, he said-total a stincnec or drunkeness. If the bu ness is bad when the State is a sil< partner, as under the license syste kvganed-wai when the State was the sole own< Senator Tillman and ex-Goverr St. John, of Kansas, had a debate, which the former said that his disp< sary law would stand in spite of Jud GofT. He also said that he is det mined to stop the flood of ignou negro votes that are quoted at a dol a dozen at local elections in Sou Carolina. TWO TiClETS N UNION. The DifTerence Seems to Turn on St mnitting the Constitution to a Pop uhar vote. Porsuant to the call of the circu signed by Mr. L. J. Browning am ing was held in trie Court House Union on Tuesday morning. meeting was called to ord~er hy Mr. J. Browning, who stated the obj of the meeting to be to pu t up repres itive men as delegates to the Con tational Convention. The enrollm of delegates showed that sll thie toi ships except two had sent :eprese tives to the meeting, these two be Goshen Hill and Santne. A resolution was adopted, sfter sc discussion, to the effect that this mr ing nominate a full ticket of deleg for the Constitutional Conventi Some contended that only two ca: dates should be put out. A resob! was then introduced and adopted quiring the candidates to reques convention to submit its action bael the people for ratification. On motion a committee on nonr tions was appointed, one from c township, to suggest names of cai dates to be elected delegates to Cnvention. While the commil was out a permanent county organ tion was eifected by the election of L. J. Browning as county chaim and one committeeman from < township. After some delay the n inatiug committee returned and la ed in the following names as delega Judge W. H. Wallace, T. M. Li john, C. H. Peake, W. T. Jeter. action of the committee was rati by the Convention. The execu committee was ordered to prepare issue an address to the people of country. ORDERED TOBE SOLD. The Port Royal and Western to Go the Block. At Charleston a decision and or of sale has been handed down in United States Circuit Court in the c of Charles Phinizy and Alfred Ba against the Augusta and Knoxv Railroad Company and the Port Re and Western Carolina Railroad C< pany and Central Trust Company al., which was heard several mon ago on a motion for foreclosure sale of the Port Royal and West Carolina Railroad Company. Judge Simonton appoints h. Theo G. Barker special master to m the sale and ordered that the road sold at Greenwood. S. C., on Octo 17th. The Port Royal and Western Ce lina road system consists of the foll' ing roads:" The Augusta and Kn ville, extending from Augusta Greenwood; Port Royal and West Carolina, from Greenwood to Sl tanbug; the Greenville and Laur< from Greenville to Laaurens, and Savannah Valley, from McCormacia Colonel Mike Brown Is Working a Tmmigration Project. The most promising immigration I scheme that has been started in South Carolina lately is that projected by Colonel Mike Brown, of Barnwellvice president of the Carolina Midland. railroad. Colonel Brown has associat ed with him Messrs. James U. and Walter Jackson, of Augusta, and these gentlemen have opened an office in Chicago through which immigratiom from the northwest is to be worked. The Carolina Midland road is about fifty miles long and runs from Allen dale, where it connects with the Port Royal and Augusta road, to Seven, almost a jumping off place in the back woods of Aiken county. The road traverses some fine, but underveloped, sections of country, and it is with the hope of building up the country along the line of this road that the scheme has been started. With the emigra tion scheme comes also the project of extending the road on to Greenwood; S. C., where it would have good north ern and western connections. These gentlemen have made large advertising contracts with newspapers in the northwest and they propose to work that field thoroughly. Arrange ments have about been completed with Messrs. Qually and Spizzeri, who re present a trans-Atlantic line of steam ers that proposes to bring ove.r a num ber of German immigrants. The Carolina Midland Railroad Com pany controls large areas of land along. its line which it offers to settlers on easy terms. Already thirty German families have been secured from Pullman, Ill. Ten of these families are expected to arrive shortly and the remainder will follow as soon as the first ten select their homes. The scheme promises well, as the country in which the settlements are to be made is very fertile and a great deal of the soil is in a state of original fertility. It is a perfect climate, and with the extension of the Carolina Midland road, which seems sure to be accomplished very soon,a good market will be opened up for all the products of the farm. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION Makes Several Important Changes i0 Freight Rates. The State Railroad Commission heI an important meeting Wednesday, gosing of several matters of interest. The most important matter was the decision of the board that it wouldl make the long talked of changes iW the fertilizer and cotton freight rates at the meeting of the board in Septem ber, and the notification to all railroad men interested therein that there would be no further delay. The indi cations are that the board will make a wholesale reduction in these rates. 'L The whole matter was argued before the board pro and con early in the 4 spring. Manager Smith, of the Charleston Freight Bureau, appeared before the board in the matter of freight rates charged on cotton shipped from tie b line of the Port Royal and Augus t' SRoad to the port of Charleston, claim Sing that the road discriminated in favor of Savannah against Charleston in allowing a cheaper rate to the -former port than to Charleston from Ithe same points. The road some time -ago stated that it had to do this be Scause of the "river rate" competition. The commissi'on. after considering the -matter, decided that Charleston must - .be allowed the same rate as was al lowed to Savannah. SThe rate on coal oil which has here 'tofore been "Class A" was reduced to Ytho "fourth claiss." The freight rate on cattle in less than car lots was also materially changed. Heretofore, if only one animal was billed, that animal was billed at 2,000 pounds, and, if two, then they were billed at 3,500 pounds. This was changed so that when one animal is shipped it is billed at 2,000 pounds, and if there be more than one. Then each one is billed at 1,000 nounds. Making Room for Guests. 3Mr. Alexander W. Smith, Chief of the De partmnent of Public Comfort, has arranged with the rullman Sleeping Car Company for three-hundred sleeping cars, to be parked on the railroad sidings in and about Atlanta, and has arranged with the city for theneces pary sanitary service. These sleeping cars will accommodate between 7,000 and 8,000) people, and the berths will be rented for $1 per night. Mr. Smith has secured from the Southern~ Railway, sidings enough to accom modate one-third of these cars. and expects to place the rest with the other roads. -The listing of rooms by the Public Comfort Department is v-er- satisfactory,and includes apartments in many of twe handsomest resi dences in the cita . Public spirit has been a.pealed to, as it wase ini Philadelphia, dur iig the Centennial, and the disposition of e people of Atlanta is such as to make this Ifetre more t11orough than it has ever been at any great Exposition. Fourteen Jurors. IAt the last session of the Legislature ol California a law was passed authorizing the drawing of a panel of fourteen jurors. All of them wilsit during atrial. Two willact as alternates and will not join in making up a verdict unless a mistrial is likely to occur by the illness of some juror on the regular panel of twelve. California is the first American State to adopt the innovation, and& it will be tried for the first time in the trial oF Theodore Durant. charged with the com mission of the church belfry murder. While this is a novel procedure in this country it has been practiced for some time in Switsr land. The California statute is probably an adaptation of the Swiss practice. 'he lH-d ness of a juror often makes a second trial 0) a case necessary. The California idea ap parently eliminates to some extenton cause of vexatious delay in rahn ute in the Courts. The legal procedure reom ers will watch the California experiment with much interest. Bank Examiner Miller Resigns. The resignation of Mr. John M. Miller as nationalbank examiner, is to take effect one September 1 when hewll go toChrotte to, take the position of cashier of the Merchants & ParmersBank. Although the resignation was sent in oves a month 3Wtheefcials ab Rept t wasonly d piHer p N. NO "BREAK" IN ^NIAMSON, 1t Conservatives Say It Would Be Inex pedient to Put Forward Candidates. tel A mass meeting was held in the he court house at Anderson Monday to on consider the expediency of nominating or candidates for the election of delegates en to the Constitutional Convention on l1: the 20th inst. This meeting was well si- attended both by the Conservatives m- and by the Reformers. Col. J. D. an Maxwell called the meeting to order, 1- and on motion Col. B. F. Crayton ;or was called to the chair. J. W. Quat. ed tiebaum was elected secretary. Les Col. Crayton announced the meeting in ready for business. re J. K. Hood took the floor and after some preliminary remarks introduced he the following resolution: n . Resolved, That we believe that ii he would not be expedient at this time to 11- put forward our candidates, and will therefore vote for such of the primary nominees as measured up, in our judg ng ment, to the high qualifications neces bi- sary in a man to represent Andersor he county in the Constitutional Conven he tion. a This resolution was disussed by :d several gentlemen. The resolution was re- amended to read as follows: Resolved. That we believe that it would not b ?" expedient at this time to put forward es, our candidates. The resolution a iy, amended was passed and the ineeting lal adiourn.ed. we FAVORS FREE SILVER. e-- - -- Col. Carr Gives the Reasons for the -n Faith That is in Him. ur Col. Juliau S. Carr, the distinguished all North Carolinian. gives his views on the ur silver question as follows: M. 1. "1 favor the immediate repeal of thc ist law demonetizing silver and the immediate to restoration of silver to the position held by aP it before the passage of that law. This wil make silver. as well as gold. money of final x paymert. Meney will then be easier and tra.l will revive, debts and taxes will b( S- easier to pay. ad 2. "I favor the continued coinage of silvej at the present ratio as long as the countr3 b1- needs more money and as long as we car t- k,.-p a silver dollar equal to a gold dollar. [as We are now floating nearly S600.000.000 o th silver, and we can float fully twice as much, if tihe Government will make it legal tendei is in all sums for all debts, both public and pri r- vate. i 3. -If other nations will join us. all right but we are a big enough country to suppl3 ad ourselves with all the gold and silver w( en need. ns 4. --Gold tends to rise in value, if used ex elusively, while silver t'nds to fall. If botl are used together they will balance eact 5- other. and the resultant will be more stablb nt than either component. m -- realize that many good men, whos4 opinions are entitled to respect and consid t ration. differ with me touching this impor r? itant question. still after a careful study o or all the imnditions. I shall abide as a frient in of the Whito Metalt-th people'sO money." e DEAT H OF COLONEL EBAUGH. nt A Prominent Citizen of Charlestoi ar Passes Away in Baltimore. th News has been received of the deat] of Col. D. C. Ebaugh in Baltimor, Friday morning. Colonel Ebaugh did more than an; . other one man to develop the phos ,phate industry in this State. He buil nearly all the phosphate mills in th lar State, and also mills in Maryland an< et Virginma. t He came to South Carolina in 1854 beDuring the war he aided the govern Lment b~y making nitrate of soda, an< c also built the famous torpedo boat Lit ctIe David. He also built a blockad n steamer for the government. et He took an active part in city poli ties in Charleston and was alderma: ~t- during the Courtenay administration He was married twice. The remain Cwere taken to Charleston and burie mein Magnolia cemetery on Sunda et- morning. ttes -_________ on. COTTON'S CONDI iN D)ECINES ion It is Lower Than Julay and Lower thai re- any Previous August. te The August report of the statistician c E to the Department of Agriculture shows a re 'duction of the condition of cotton during th na- month of July from 82.3 to 77.9, or 4.s amci points. This is the lowest average fo id August ever reported, being a half pain the lower than the average for August. 1893 ttee The reason for the low condition generall: Sgiven by correspondents is excessive moist ure, though in South Carolina drought seem Mlr. to lbe the principal cause of injury. Therei. nan much complaint of grass and not a little o ach rust, blight-worms and insects, enemies o mthe plant. The State averages of condition -reVirginia 81, North Carolina 74. Soutl ud- Carolina 81, Georgia 89. Florida 92. Alabaim tes: 81. Mississippi 87. Louisiana 71, Texas 71 ,tl Arkansas 80. Tennessee 89. L'he oENERAL CROP Coxr ITIO~s. gled The report of the statistician of the De .partment of Agriculture on the 10th of the ti month relates to conditions as they stood or Rnd the 1st of the month. Thus understood th< the returns show an improvement in the condi tion of corn about three paints during th month of July. or from 99.3 to 102.5. Tib Iaverages for some of the large and principa Statesare: Ohio 88, Kentucky 113. Indiana 100, Illinois 106, Iowa 107. Missouril15. Kan to sas 90, Nebraska 76. Virginia 102. North Car alina 98. Georgia 108. Alabama 99. Mississip pi 93, New York 98, Pennsylvania 90, Texa: ler 113. the The condition of spring wheat Las fallen esince last report 6.3 points, being 95. ase against 102.2 for the month of July. Tlb ber conditions by States is as follows: Michigam ill 59. Illinois. 633, Wisconsin 87. Minnessota ya 102. Iowa 111. Kansas 60. Nebraska 79, Sout] yaDakota 91, North Dakota 104. Washington 75. Oregon 94, California 73. et The condition of oats has advanced 1. ths points since last report, being 84.5 agains 8dI 3.2 Ju lv1. ndSpring rye condition is 84 against 87 i1 arn July last, while barley has fallen to 87.2 fron 91.9 in July. Tobacco to 82.7 against 85.9 a - that date and 74.9 in August, 1894. Ryei *aI 84.1, last year 91. Apples 71.2 against 24.41 e lass'year. Peaches 83.3 against 22.3 last year be Buckwheat has an average of 96.5 per cent ber of last year andecondition 85.2. Area. unde hay 91.5 per cent. Condition of timoth: -69.~9 against 73.6 last year. Product of cio ro- ver 66.7 against 72.1 and quality of clove -87.3 against 90.2 a year ago. Irish potatoes condition 87.7. a fall of nearly 4 points fran 91.5in July. ar- A Libel Suit. Governor Woodhury, of Vermont ha: ns, brought a 850.000 libefsnit against Th Rut the land Herald for articles recently publishei :to calling him a rumseller and owner of abuild.