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Rol I TR-EKY EDITION. WVINNSBOII(t S. oci["(,1 14'j, ROAD CONGRESS CONVENES LARGE NUMBER OF COUNTIES WELL REPRESENTED. The Congress Organizes and Wastes no Timein Getting Down to Basiness. The first road congress that has been held:in. the State, convened in the State senate chamber at Columbia on Wednesday, and entered upon its im portant work. From the character of the mtn in attendance it may be con fidently expected that some wise re forms in road work and in the general system of county government will be adopted as suggestions to the legis lature. The congress was called to order by M%r. J. B. T. Scott, supervisor of Un ion county, who -is the originator of the movement that resulted in the as sembling of the congress. Mr. Scott, in calling the body to or- I der.. said that he'had been endeavor ing to improve the roads of his county and had found that the county govern ment law, whilst good in the main, was defective in some important par ticulars. and it had occurred to him that it would be a good thing if the county supervisors and all others en gaged in the work of looking after county affairs, should meet together and exchange ideas; and for this rea son; and for this alone, he had issued the call for th.e meeting. He had no selfish ai-ms to gratify, no political aze grind, but was only honestly and incerely desirous of doing what he could for his county and State. Mr. Scott was elected temporary chairman by acclamation and Mr. C. -1. Douglas temporary secretary. U7-pon a call of counties the follow In getlme enrolled themselves as members of the Congress: Abbeville-John Lyon. Anderson --W. P. Snellgrove. Coleton-J. 0. Griffin, ; W. Cooper.. Clarendon -J. '. Scott. Chester-J. R. Culp, T. J. Cunningham. Charleston-W. P. Cant'ell. Darlington-W. S. King. Edgefielid-M. A. Whittle. Fairfield -B. G, Tennant, G. T. Langston. GreenvNie-E. W. Holland. Horry Jeremia4 Smith. Hampton-J. F. Gooding' Keishaw-J. ~B. Phelps. Lexington-S. L. Sniith. Laurens-R. P. Adair. Marion-W. L. Hewlitt. Newberry'-W. A. Hill. Orangeburg F. J. D., Felder, P. D. Hildebrand. Richland-W. 'W Weston, F. H. Hyatt, W.H. Sligh, F. Nierasee, C. - 1. Douglass. Sumter-W. S. Dinkins. Union-J. ' , Scott, G. T. Hol land. Wilimsburg-F. N. Blair, G. Blair. Yor---A. H. White. An election for permanent officers was then entered into and the follow ng were unanimously elected: President--4. B. T. Scott. Vice Presidentsz-J. R. Culp and F. 7. D. Felder.: -secretary-C. M . Douglas. The president appointed the follow ing committees: *On amendment to the county gor ernmdit ll-3 B. T. Scott. J. R. *Culp, G. . Sawyver, . W. Weston, W. S.-Dinkins, W. P. Cazntwell, 5. B. -Phelps, RP. Adir S L.,.Smith. On order of.busies.s-F. H. Hyatt, F. J. D. Felder E. W. Holland, M. A. Whittle, C. 3L Douglas. The following new m~embers were enrolled: B. B. Eyans, Edgefield; W. ii'. Cave, Barnwell: B. T. Henderson. Aiken - Mr. Hildebraind of Orangeburg, ask ed that he-coimittee on ameinmeuts ak the legishifureto correct thre con fusion as to the titles oif the county boards tions to the .saime coxanmittee in regard to the prosecat'in of road defaulters definition of disalyiity of road hands, etc. OTn imotion oif 3Ir iildebrand a com miittee of tiree' wa a1pointed1 to wait on the -judiciary comminttee ofI thc Con stitutional:c.ovention: and iask fora * provision huthorizig all cosUts tp sen - tence' todhe-~cha"u-an-. Th commiit. tee ' is .as, i .: 31. Fe~~ - lder,th ers 'wh.," oU1~ con i'u :ad 'dopte the aun- neratings accomit of the opecra tin of? the syst- s.'1 ing it to be al great imro~rvemen t on the old svstem ou amedmtsIl. cogi.ler the advisabil ity of rcommn-g 4" the Lb gismlatue that townsThipslx be anrize 1 to Lote bonds for the- nujmmeni~t of the roads ie he uo eire. just as he nwvote. airad bauds. and he anid Pr*dn -Sc.iott J.L oth ade strong specheIs Coa i-bt Iine On niutio: of Mr Ryatt the con gressin:tacte th committee to in-f corpo:ate such" a eatur in its report. .\t the 'eco-nd day' ses.sion the fol) lwing new mlem3bers we re e-nrolled: WV. P. Beckter.X Wo Lves Eieblaudi: -1. . PLo. 'ard. Spurtinburg: E. D. .wd;: ..l arindo: 1 . H,I. McK%utj. .1Ti - co' mttee of thro to waI!it o th-- judiciarv comititee of the Cn thut w .-- h i ' : - :It the report was adopted and tie comm,tittee discharg'd. The committee of niae e' u pervisors, charged with the preparit tiou of amendmenk to the county governmwent law to be submitted to t be Legislature, through its clairmxiai!. Mir. Scott, reported as fllows: Your coitimittee on ameUdments to the new county government law beg ICAVC to report that we recomiend the followiUr ecitie uaeiidiments to thI original act and also subuit for your consideration some general -Umme! tious. WVe also rcIeommend that a permanent co mmittee on kg-i!latio,Aj to conist of fike members with the president of the Congress as chairtom. be provided who shall be charged with the presentation of these rcsolutions t. the proper auithorities and th:at these r'solitions receive the ewr meit of this congress. Strike out section 5 and in,rt it lieu thereof. so that ite samIIe shail read: "That one compete'nt and dis creet freeholder in ceach township in the several counties of the State ::I .il be elected by the qualified voters of sich township at each general election, who shall be known as the township ommissioner for such township, shose term of office shall be co termi tial with that of the county supervisor or the said county elected at ,uch ,eueral election and until his successor ball be elected and qualified. In case ,f a vacaney or in case of refusal of tny person so electedto serve as such omnmissioner, the vacaney shall be till ed by appointment of the governor upon the recommendation of the county lioard of comnmissionerso! said cointV. Provided, the said commissioner shall, .Jiring the term of his office, be exempt rom all road and jury duties and he shaIl recei' e such coipcnsation as shall be provided by law, not 1o exceed twenty (10) days in any one year, at 51.50 per day, without mileage. Strike out section 6 and insert in lieu thereof, the following, viz.: "That township boards of asscssor; ire hereby re-established and t he township comissioucr provided for tU sectioU 5 shall be the chairman of the said township board of aiscssors, and the two additional members ,f aid township boardshall be appointed oy the county auditor, and the same hairman shall also be a member of tI.e county board of equalization. Strike out cection 7 and insert in lieu thereof: "That county boards of equalization shall hereafter be com posed of the township conmissioner I)rovided ior in section 5, Of which Ioard she supervisor shall be chairman and the county auditor the clerk. Strike out sections 8 and 9 and in sert in lieu thereof: "That the said township commuLsion1rsand the county supervisor shall constitute the county board of commissioners, of which board the supervisor shall be the chair man. That the county board of comn missioners shall meet hereafter on the first Monday in January, April, July and October of eachycar at the count v aurt house for the transaction of bi ness and the miajority of ~said board shall constitute a quorum. Provided, that the chairman mayv call an extra meeting at any time. That at the first meeting of said board they shall eleet one of their number who shall be a member of the State board of eqlualiza tion, and who shall perform all the [unctions of said ollice, as now pro' i Led by lw." Insert at sectionJ I: "Provid ed, That the county board of commission. ers shall have the right to emiployv over:eers or foremen to supe-rinteiud the working of the highways, whether the eor-tractsysteml be adopted or not, and providecd, further, that the conuO Ly supervi:=or shall have the right t-. epl 'y and use convict labor, as hie may deem best, whether the coultoa:t lyt eaopted or nt Add to end of section 15: "I'rovide'!, That all commu.utation taxes shall I paid as herein provided, dutring 1he colction of the State and county taxes immediately preceding the yeair in thichi it is intended to commnite. That it is the sense of this colres. that the new conty gzoveru'nment act be revised andL auended in every plrtiula'r as i 1I mbody the :au1end meuts suggested by this congren: ; as to relieve the confusion as to h oliciail desig nation ot the countyv boa;rd. and to correct all he grenmmatical r ros ippe:iring in the balance of the :'et. aused by reason of the ptrop' -ed amendments, it being the sense of t&ii e-ogress that the ofnicial designation of the-county board as pro; idled f- r shall be the county board of couninis soner.s. and that provision should be wade for all lands and rights of way to be eonveyed to the conty supier 'isor and his siccessors in office. We rquest the Legislature to deinii in iuebj terms as shall be clear an um ai-takable what shall constitute :m b.:-iodied male citizen, and :-N:. that ithe1 nr.e for road duty b1 lixe - fr to .Wt years. That ue 1-el: all 1 .rsons no:t ;tudent and i- t c' oft tchols~ and colleges in actuial tdance thereon, and who are . paulerVS, or who ai e not suffering from~ l flmb1 or limbs, should i.e - quired to wo;k the public Uoad.-. em:pting only the p)ersens afore;ail r .d1d. T hat :mch co-unties T .n I ieire esu'.cial age and other T:-An! ton be -iven the samec upon the - Coml'endtio1cn of the county b ar. and that nou physician's certilieula iisaility should be regarded ink. thes. mc 1M anly sworn to 1h.. r' on Ua u Ide%l' tb ConstitutiU1nal Cou i ui a Lu Leiatut:re as shall -iv.; k1th ' ho ldvri f i tLwnship the Ii::h )to at'' and diecido upon th e1 ni"tion fI i.ui4 buicks for the cou .truction and1 improvelent of its high wa anld to i--t Such reVltion a W further recon?unend that a tact b asi;,a- ri-quiringL all persoLs CL;1tm i:. to huld cunituttvn tax receipts to e hLibit the saUme tU the warner, ial tih't an aet be passed providing at ver d1,0 r wiitteni ntice left at the re,i . o "f .-Liv prson liable to road u r aCdi vered to hin in person be q1eJ.1q1dN a1La:l notice to work ou high Th rep o"rt o.f the conunii.teu wats iat uap by scti, it being first or d, rdl ihat the elrnuaueint curmmittee f a e. on li'lation, parovided for iu the t pambit. to th report, should bc, ~a(pintP.1 1ay the p)resident at his " A., al "i Lh,- sCectiols were "kl te 'thviiut debate. the ulv one, ;?' ' b0ich there iatele.1 to be conflict OJ apinin bi),- th 1M relating to the emp"1 tio of4 the cu~anty tjoarIs anu t . t a.;e Lf those liale to road duty. Som"' memb'ers of the co'ne;ress living in cuntite: in which there are at large inUbev f townships, were of the opiu ii that the pro-ision making each toa whi) Coillissioner a member U1 the county board would tend to create too unw%eldy a body, but the majority seleml to think that to limit the mea bfrdhip to four or sis, as originally prp..oe:11 byV the comm11ittee, would be tu tli-ciinate a1gainst~ those towi. h t directly represented on the 'orat anda the section referred to was finally adOptcd as it is given above. I ' rIgart'd o the section fixing the agi of thu. liable to road duty from1 1l to . .-rs, there was consideraAle dliscus1in, manity memb ters 'aushing to ni tht'"g from 21 to 60 years, but Its it wv.as pInted out that the section I cuAtainetd a proviso that would enaule each conuty to regulate this matter for Sits1 the section was finally adopted as it sttud above. ou motion of Mr. F. H. Hyatt, it WIs reSolved that the congress should me't anuaitllv in Columbia on the call of the preiAdent during the first we,4 of th . ession of the legislature. The convention then took a recess uuil S p. i. and the members were iivited tio witness the road machine cilnt' nt at rkers Hill in the after L'k;oWn 1d the pr1.sident was requested tc. ap!o int a coniittee of tive to judge A' Lrin'g to announcement, at roa 1(ma1L'hi;e co,,test was held at Barker's l I ,ij the Camden road. betAeeu the W'tr-n Whetled Scraper compan%. th- Anivrican Road 3Machine company, mauf*actuurers of the Champion road mtebitne,. and the Fort Wuyne .ma chine company. 1i Grecr & LRice, of Union, represetted the Western, Mr. J. T. Ga;itt the Fort Wayne, and Mr. F. H. Wells the American Road "Machine company, and these gentlemen for at period of two hours or more worked Itheir mnachinees in the presence of Iquite at number- of the gentlemen in attendance on the congress. But un fortunately the phiace selected did not admtit of as fair a test . as was desired by the exhibitors and those witnessing the exhibition. Sonme good work was done by tall of them, however, anti it was clearly demonstrated that t:he road nauchinies atre a great lbor saving invention, anad calculated to do road work cetter and far more rapidly than cana be doine by the pick and shovel. At the aight session the committee of1 judges of the :oatd machine contest, consi&ting of th:. county supervisoars present, stubmitted' the following re ;ort. which was unanimously adopt2d: "Wheacaas, the test of the road mia ch ine made bif(I efcrc this congress this taftirna byf la the the Wcsteri Wheeled Serlaper comupany and the Americ:an ad For,t Wayne ma::hine companies, whJile they were iutecresting and in I truc"tive, but not: of ouch a nature as to enal aus to determine the relative mterats if the machines on e'xhibition, til of which were the best of their a atd: thcre fore, he lt b.Resoaved, That this rongress die eli a'pt ecide between the different mac'h:s, and that we return our ttauks: to them for the exhibition." 3laj. . Nieruasec of Columbia, who h -ien much careful study to the :bjec't of r'oadwo"arking, read by re aue'i un say SiL on reads, which was la.stae h, Li with marked attention. aind at a' ela: a vote of thanks was teaa d'a'reda taol him. The essar is an ian:true ta' ii e ;'and~ will lie paublishe.d in full the' presidea'nt oft the congres to give l he enadorsemenuat of the b)odyl to the aordinance intr'oduced in the Constitu tioa'l convention by MIr. IIenderson af Aiken,~ which provides means for ruingti' county governments on a caish bai . A vote of thauks to the paresident .ud secret.trv and to Sea geant-at-Arms Sta".si' '1or p.re'paring the seniaite "lh':anber lair Tbe use of the eeugress was' p,: sea. and the congre'e theu ad a'aarn'" 'ta inlie. "'A'tprops of the cxtlictio of h ti. aa',' exea.nu thle New; YorA: T 'ribu'. ''e" ca have aahe griat:.: fatw th'a .at the l3nti.a, who'ar'e re sponsible for the 'iestractiaon of the L rd. a'mai l e the larinc.ipasl sull'ercrs arom th~atause. Thk parepainig andi dyeius of scIi.ku' is ana important E nglaih in dutre. and the bullk of the supyas 8well as thct iuest skins havo ea,mi. 1r "a eringi'Sea. Thme Cani'.dian lu'oacher~Is h will iluad their' occu'pa tin gone, andL wai i fii life h'ardcr 01CYEITilO 0L 00MNYETION1 qOW IN SESSION AT THE STATE CAPITAL. Many Important Measures Introduced, Fhe Proceedings from Day to Day. SMALL'S A3IEND3ENT FAILED. Xanufaeiring Establishments Ex v,-pt Vor 5 Y.-v.--Adjourn TE TWENTY-FIRST DAY. When the constitutional convention was called to order Thursday morning an effort was made to limit all speeches in the future to teL minutes, but it failed. The section on police and municipal corporation was amended on motion of Mr. Patton, of Richland, after a sharp fight, so that for five successive years from the time of their establish ment, municipal corporations can ex empt all manufacturing establishments, from taxation. When section 34 of the legislative article reading, "the marriage of a white person with a negro or mulatto or person who shall have any negro blood, shall be unlawful and void," was called up, Dolegate Robert Smalls presented a sensational amendment to add the words: "And that any white person who livEs and cohabits with a negro or mulatto, or person -.::ho shall have one-eighth or more of negro blood, shall be disqualified from hold- I ing any office of emolument or trust in this State, and the offspring from. any such living or co-habitation shall bear the name of the father, and shall be entitled to inhert and acquire pro perty the same as if they were legiti mate." After an all-day battle thi! amend ment was killed and the original sec tion was adopted, with this amendment by Senator Tillman attached: "And the parties to such marriages shall be punished as the General Assembly may prescribe." The only imporcant action of the convention at the night session was agreeing to a resolution offered by Senator Tillman, that when the con vention adjourns to-morrow it take a recess until noon on fuesday, October 15th. This was adopted by a vote of 83 to 38. The reasons given for tak ing recess were that a number of the members were sick: a number of law yers would absent themselves for sales day, whether they were .e.ensed or not and that the business of many farmers at this particular time de manded their presence at home. The convention devoted the remNinder of the night session to hearing arguments for and against eliminating the right of dower in any and all lands aliened by the husband during the coverture. ADJO)UNED FOR A Wj-EEK. Recsoi:tLoons of Sympathy With thie Cuiban Patriots Adopted. At noon Friday, the twenty-second day of the convention after a two hours' session with but little more than a quorum in attendance, the constitu tional convention took a recess till Oc tober 15thi. The q;ucstion of abolish ing the right of dower was debated at length. It was finally decided by a vote of 83 to 18 to retaiu the right of dower in the coustitution. The following resolutions offered by Mr. Patton were imimediateJy consid ered and adopted: "Resolvcd, That we, tho delegates of the peoplc of Souith Carolina,assem bled in convention for the purpose of forming a constitution for a free and indepeudent peop)le, extend our hearty sympathy to the Cuban patriots, now str'ing for the same pree:eus rihts." "Rlesolved, Second, That:. we call upon the Federal government to re cognize the Cuban~s as belligerents as soon a: the rules of international law shall permit." A resolution looking to thec doing away with the session of the General A~ssmbly this- winter was offered by Kir. -Elierbe and will be acted upon wen thec couvention re-assembles. Ne'arly ali the delegates have gone to their Lomes. Whe*n the convention reconvenes, the report on legislative department will have the right of way. In tlhe report of Thursday's pa eedinigs, it appeared that Mr. Pat.ta son's. time limnit. :esolution was antd It was~ killed. COTTON STATE3MENT. Figures Furnished by the New Orleans Exchange. Secretary Hester's New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement: Actual average weight of 392.066 bales of the cotton crop. embra! ing port receipts and overland for the month ending Sept. 30, 517 23-100 pounds per bale agaizn t 52 21-100 pounds per bale last. year. Detailed averages are as foUows: Texas. 533 81-100. deere use under last vea r i3 7e-100; Le-uI.iaua .524 3.-100. decreaie 78 6-100: .ma .a 5 M.-21. decrease 8; (; .rgia. 19'2_03 decase 11 5-109: Seu'h Caro,znn. .0. I . -> 100. incrjfea7:n8-100: en e'. -:for h'ol as comp!ared tecl: f....iamJer last year, 7 -0 VBalue of Foreign Silver Coins. Un.ited StatM.. :Mint Director Preston makes Ihe nao;e~" price of silver p'er fine ounce for ih ure ust ended. 67.18 cents,as aginst 071 cnts for the anarter ended June 80th. Th: T.i renc wais a slight that the changes i th' valu'... 'f foreign eoi were few. They mr ann.onced3 as 1. ilo.ws: Tael of China < Tin->ii ('.7e2. ngainst 0,7tl1 JIuly 1, jM"5: tael *t China i - Fooi. -90.752 against LATEST EI Il, BRIEF. GLEANIn-GS FRO3I MANY POPT5 Important -Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. A heavy frost in the Owensboro, Ky.. dis trict has practically ruined tobacco. In the 'Iavsville. Ky.. country, owing to damage by frost, the tobacco crop will suffer a loss of fully one-third. The Court House at Andalusia, Covington county, Ala., was burned Tuesday night, to gether with court papers and county records. Marshal J. P. Lamb. of Welaka, Fla.. was assassinated by .known parties-on Monday afternoon. He had bcen energetic in enforc ing the law against gamblers. At 3Iontgomery. Ala.. William Lile shot and n'rhaps fatally wounded Orange Lar kin, a negr) who ow-l him for soie goods. The merchant demuande pay jul a .ol (li putc ensued. At Mount Vernou. iCy.. the jury.,i lter f. uri hours eeliberatiom'. gamv Rev. W. G. Calf two years in the 1enitentiary for .0hootirg his wifr Hve times some three months agQ She had applied for divorce on account 'i eruel treatment. At Union Springs. Ala.. Friday. fire de stroved the ginnery, etc.. with several thous and'dollars worth of machinery of the Bul lock County Manufacturing Company. Ten th.-usand dollars worth of hulls and 1,00C tons of cotton seed were lost. On Friday at Raleigh cotton went to cents for Iiddling, fair and other grade ranged in price from 8Y4 to 8%. Some cot ton men have predicted that the price wil reach 12 1-2 cents. Anyhow, there is eve: now a profit iu it for the farmers. for it wa5 made at a 6-ent cost. . The ofleial returns in the Black-Watso congressional election in the Tenth Georgi: distriet, show a majority for .T. C. C. Black of 1.602 vots. Black. Democrat. receive J0,312 vntes and Watson.. Populist. 8,710 makin;- tl, total vote Tolled 19.022 ii tb- en tire district. The total vo pond in 1M. was 30. 102. Political Doings. The Nebraska Rupublican Ccnvention al Lincoln dclar.-d in favor of sound mone; and Cuban independence. At Shelbyville, Ills.. the eighteenth dh.trie Democratic Congressional Conventiona nominated ex-Cougressman Edward Lane of Montgomery. to fill the vacaney cause( by the death of Gregory Mann last fall. Mr iane take. his position on a free silver plat form. Fires. There was a $20.000 fire at Cambridge. 0. on Wednesday. Frank Law. 25 years old was roasted ahve in a livery stable. The Rambler Bicycle Aca-emy. Brooklyn N. Y., was burned. A .>out 500 bicycles, val ued at 60.000 were destroyed. Total los about 870.000. Washington. Gen. Mahone. of Virginia, is lying. danger n.uly ill at Iis residence in Wasiungton with little hopes for his recovery. The order of the Secretary of lei ar detail ing General Miles to command the army wa issued at Washington. Major General Fran cis H. Ruger is assigned to the command o the Department of the East. United States Consul Horace Lee Washing ton, stationed at Cairo. reports to the De partment . f State that during the past tw months the prospects have improved, an that Egypt expects a good average cotto. crop. Crime. John Czeoh,. alias " Fish John,." haged in the Hudson county .jail: Jerse City, for the murder of his wife Mary. At Mount Ternon. Ind.. Albert Wade. ai sstant cashier of the First National banl Iwho disen peared Monday. took with hm 7.00 in Mid and 86.000 ini silver and pape 1,clonging to the bank's depositors. Wade bondsmen will make his shortage good. Miscellaneous. Harry Wright, the veteran baseball mani ger died at Atlantie City on Friday. *The use of antito~xine in the treatment< diphteria in the BostonCity hospital has r duced the mortality there ab)out 20 per een The President and P'riva.te Seeretary Thu: ber. who left Bluzzard~s Bay. Mass.. Mo. da. for a two days' tishing trip, have ri Iturned. Mr. Cleveland is in splendid healt] da reports a delightful outing. Large bills to the amount of $j165,000 wer1 on Friday. deposited in the sub-treasury ev York for a transfer of a like amount< -~all bills to New Orleans to move the cc ton. Exchanges of large bills for small on came over the treasuiry. Will Cotton Go to 10 1.-2 Cents Mr. Hector D. Lane, who urged the farn ers twenty days ago not to make a hasty di position of their erops, has written anoth letter to the cotton growers of the Sout Iadvising them that they are masters of tl situation and begging them to hold the cotton until they get ten and one-half en The New Orleans Picayune gives the fC lowing advice: "It is to be hoped that the cotton prod cers, while determined to sell their cott< at te best possible price, will not become fatuated with the notion that there can1 Ino limit to the improvement, and cons quently, stubbornly hold their cotton off t market. Such a policy would be extreme foolish. As long as a good price is in sig it would be wiser to ship regularly so as feed the demand without glutting the mar et. The accumulation of a vast supply held cotten on plantations would ha *a disastrous effect later on. The advan which has taken place is a most excelle thing, andthe producers owe much to t speculative excitement which has aided t Iimprovement: but they should not allC themselves to~be carried away by It and ne lect a favorable opportunity to market th< orops to good advantage. "Opinion as to the probable size of t. crop, of course. differs considerabl" b there has been a'general disposition toion -estimates. Conservative people now appe ito pin faith tc a crop of 7,000,000 bali while not a few expect as low as 6,500,0& Sbales, and one prominent operator is cred -ed with having expressed the belief that would not surprise him if the yield were 4rop below 6,000.000. Here is certainly 'jvariety of views to choose from ; but crops go nowadays, it must be admitted ti he largest of the estimates calls for a t short crop. "The neW woman," said the cc ervative boarder, "is mostly talk "Thn I am to understand," said il Cheerful Idiot, "that she does n differ materially from the old style woman. eh?" The bachelor board admitted the truth of the concentic but the married boarder said nothin -Tnianaolis Journal. &Ae~B WAY. I am the doll that Nancy broke! Hadn't been hers a week. (c little squee:c, and I s.weetly spoI*; lFsy and fair was my cheek. New ny head lie in a corner far, 31y b--y lies here in the other; Aud if this is what human children are, I never will live with s2other! I aw the book that Nancy read For 11fecn minutes together; Now I aa standing here on my head, While she's gonet. look at the weather. '.Ny leavs are crushed in the cruellst way, There's jam on my opening page; And I would not live with Miss Nancy Gay, Though I shouldn't Ne read for an age! I am the frock that Nancy wore Last night at her birthday feast. I ani the frock that Nancy tore, IV secenteen place at least. My lttons are scattering far and near. 31:y trimming is torn to rags; A -d it I wer Miss Naney's mother dear, I'd d rs ber ii calico bagr! We arc Ih-, words that Nan said When these things were brought to her view. All of us ought to be painted red, And some of us are not true. We splutter and mutter and snarl and snap, We smoulder and smoke and blaze: And if sbo'd nct meet with some sad mishap, Miss Naucy must mend her ways. -Laura E. Richards in St. Nicholas. A KINGS ABODE. In the ctirious miniature city of I Ztandam,Holland, there is no spotso curious as tho little hat where Peter the Great spent six days as "Peter MiebaCloff, an artisan." It is a well known fact that when Peter the great Czar of Russin, entered himself on the list of ship's carpenters in Amster dam. he made an attempt to fix his I abode for the purpose of stndy in the humble lotlgiug of a poor blacksmith, who lived in Z.ndaw, a little town situated on the riv:r Zaan, about an hour's voyage from Amsterdam. PLetur rented for -the sum of seven florins weekly the back part of the blacksm ith's premises, consisting of a room and a small adjoining shed Bat the Zaaudamites are proverbially curious. The brave attire, the de'i e5te haW ds, and above all, the well filled -urse of the blacksmith's tenant and his companions so excited their - wonder that Peter became harrassed an dan 1 . lnuoyeT13V J>in_ertinent -- obtrusive questiolns. In sheer disgust he packed up his small belongingii f a retired to Amsterdam. After Peter's departure the house passed from hand to band. On a cer tain memorable day Paul the First of R ussi, joseph the Second of Austria, aud the King of Sweden made an ex cursion to Ziandam on purpose to visit the czar's old home. This event set the fashion to rolalties and lesser luminaries to make pilgrimages to the ilittle hut. In 1814 Emperor Alexan rder visited it in great pomp anid cir cumstance. A fleet of three hundred yachts and innumerable barges gayly . decked with flying pennons awaited his retua n in the waters of the Zaan. Four yearsa later, William the First of t. Holland paid a delicate compliment to SIhis Russian daughter-in-law, the prin cess of Orange, by purchasing the. property and presenting it to her on ,' her wedding day. It is to her care that the building owes its present t- state of preservation. She had it in cased in a strong wooden frame, and | lacing a Waterloo invalid in charge ave orders that it should be kept Iin the same state as when ocen pied by the czar, and thus it can r1b2 seen by the visitor of today. SThe chief apartmenlt is entered by the r 1ne door; the projec'ug roof covers sie room probably occutpied.by Peter's 1srvant, and on the left of the larger r~om is thc cupboard in which Peter sept. The fuirn ishings are of the' e simdet, a rude deal table, a few tri a- auglatr armchairs, and a three-legged lystoo in the inglenook of the deep to ebiney. Many royal and illustrious fnunes mlay be read on the walls of the ye pricipie cha:nber an-t in the travel *-r' boo k. In Pet:r's diay the rear e e-dow looked upoun a mass of low ras nd ci:uy -,buttoday, thirogh the open~! svt'hes, the eyes irrest upou a gardeu of swcet-scented wesadwaviug trees--a tribute Samidst thr: mDmorles of Russia's stern emeror to the gentle princess who ~Zprtcted this m:emcint of the im-. Itpeial artisan. --New York Observer. taA singular Centenary. it There is somae talk in Berlin of cCle Sbrtg a so.newhat singula: centen aIy -that of thes origin of the num beng of4 houses. According to a ' Gman paper, this convenient method Iof indication was quite unknown, e eeven iu La,udon or Paris, until a cen tottury ago. In .179 the practice of of .mberinpir.ite houses was begun r Berlin. Tienna cliims the honor o. a-n~ g fn ugurate,, in 1802, tt. -*etod oA pl:iuso the odd numbera ou onre side -of the street and the even o n teother.-New York JonaL. PALMETTO P[H"uILLINGS. - ,i !- ING ITE3IS FRO31 ALL OVER THE STATE, Half of Brookland Burned. H1lf cF Erookland. Columbia's across the tiver suburb, was destroyed by tire manesdar last. The loss wil ec ir the neighborhood of *10,000. Ilh lire originated in the stable of Dr. lury D. Kendall, which was soon de tlevd with all its contents. Two fine irses belongiug to Dr. Kendall were aWrned to death in the stable. The t*rc s-on sprcad to the neighboring uildiDns on the north side of the towii and was not extinguished until teu of the largest buildings of the town w cc -onsumed. The Columbia tire denartment were sent for and early responded, but because of the scarcity of water, Brookland having no water works, little could be done by the en gines. But the bucket brigade worked manfully and saved the whole town from being consumed. The following named persons had their buildings burned: Dr. Henry D. Kendall, G. D. Ernhardt, Dr. Robert Stockton, J. W. Ernnardt, W. H. Witt, George Librand, John.Shuler. Mrs. Dempsey, L. Thompson. The only persons having any insurance were Mr. W. H. Witt and Mr. John Shuler, who were insured for small amounts, but not at all sufficient to cover their losses. COTTON OUTLOOK IN HARION. Latta Farmers Sell Their Cotton as Soon as it is Ginned. The Latta correspondent of theNews and Courier says: The roads and streets are beds of dust. There has been no rain since the last of August, and the unseasonably hot weather has had a disastrous effect on the cotton crop, causing the young "fori-s" to dry up and the bolls to open prema - turcly. The rotton crop of this sec tion is conse,-uently cut shortez than the most hopeful imagined, and in many pldces the crop is all aboutopen, and if the weather remains good for the next two weeks all the crop will be gathered. It is being marketed as fast as it is ginned, as the farmers are afraid to risk the chance of better prices as those that have held hereto fore have generally lost. Cottonis sell ing at 8.40 per pound. Large quanti ties of peavine and crab grass hay h4ve been saved during the long spell of dry weat her. Altogether the larg est crop of forage has been put up than in several years. The citizens of Woodruff are mak ing great preparations for their agri cultural and stock show, which comes off Oct. 24, 26. Tho fair this year will perhaps be far ahead.of those hereto fore held. There will be a grand iis play of the products of the field, forest and of cattle. horses and poultry. The bank of Laurens organized last we-k with $50,000 capital under the State laws, E. M. Caine, prcsident; 0. B. Simmons, vice president: JT. 3. Phiss, cashJier. The stockholders of the Lauirens cotton mill have agreed to enlarge the cptlothe company from 5200,00' At Allendale, the house of tlhe Hon. C. Rt. Hires, occupied by P.J. Zeigler. was totally destroyed by fire on Friday. Senator Irby's friends intend to es tablish a new local paper at Laurens. BUSINESS 15 BETTER. The Higher Price of Cotton Having Its Effects in the South. Reports to the Manufacturers' Record show that the high ,rice of cotton is gener ally stimulating the business interests of the South; and while purchases of goods do no yet show any very large increase, mrorhant and business men generally are anticipatin~ a great improvement in all directions. It i estimated that the higher priee of Cotton a~ compared with last year. and the inc-rease i grain production will make a net differ.n: to Southern farmers of over 3100.000 compared with 1894... In iron interests there is considerab,i tion in Birmingham over the sucs il use of pig iron made in that distri4t i;t manufacture of basic steel. The p.r.-h -:: of the Sloss Iron and Steel company. .f r mingham. in a letter to the ManIu0- f:n-r Reco:d' says: "I think the sessful n::u;' facture of basic pi;g and its sale and' u I. the best steel manuraeturers in the CL' States in the best thing which has lapp. to this district since my connection with t!n iron business. While all of us who ka our business felt confident that we woul' Ihave no trouble in making basie pir. it 1:1 not been demonstrated. Its (cmplIeteog monstration will in: my judgm'ent cu the early future the buildi:: f a lar:ge i-. Plant here and I feel couilent that ew demonstrate that Birmingham caunmarnnfw ture basic steel more cheaply than a,:v point in the world. just as we havy :.:n srated that we could beat the wocri i m Ie mnufacture of pig iron for Zuue:: u Te list of industrial enterprir-: - for the week. while covering at -.u a I 'n range and diversity, is not so nn:as preceding weeks. It inude a ')50.000 '*i. ton mill in South Caro'lina: ai $i10000 :jWr mill in Arkansas: a furniture fa't"y..i:t light and water w.orksin Ge;ra: a - 11 lumber mill in .Ilssissip p: . - N rying company in Nort Caruina:a plant and a twine milI i': S,uth (arl:: Tenn-see: arranemet-' rte : ment ofa suphurtmine.i Te:a U coal company and . 50.000 eetto Vj - I mill companyv in the! s:nne~ stt a =.I I furniture company. 10'0 co1e .ovey- -" I$100.00 gold mi11in1g cc:nlvn' u \ : - In Thie Fornui E!V lAt-u mys that Ithe litOPa ofhe t. nile1 'atat.r tb:c 'iebtest inei fur 'N. :ual -urposes ei ay maeiv?ue-usiU.