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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. J. F. NISBET Editor. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 22.?The week ending August 21, 1899, contained a tew days with normal temperature, but the week aver aged about two degrees hotter than usual, with a maximum temperature of 99 at Greenwood. The passage of a hurricane oil* the coast gave fairly good rains over the southeastern third of the state where, in consequence, crops are doing well, but over the central, western and northern comities there was nracticallv no rain. and all crops?staple field, forage and food?are failing rapidly, and their condition is very low. Tho passing of the hurricane caused high northeasterly winds, which were detrimental to crops in the interior, and damaged rice by whipping out grains, blew down corn, fencing and trees, and caused slight injury to sea island cotton. No damage resulted from high tides. The reports on cotton are not encouraging, as the crop over the ' greater portion of the state has deteriorated from rust, shedding, premature opening, and too earlv maturity. The lint is short, bolls are small, and no top crop making. It is opening fast, and pick ing is general. Sea island cotton is doing well ; it is opening and picking has begun. Early corn is poor and beyond improvement. Late corn stands in urgent need of rain to make even an ordinary crop. Fodder pulling is finished in places and under way elsewhere. Tobacco harvest is about finished except over i he western districts, where it is drawing to a close. The yields are generally satisfactory, but worms are still troublesome. Rice is heading well. In some sections harvesting is under way, and will soon be general. Upland rice is very poor. It is too drv for turn ins to r.ome up or grow over the western counties. The areas of heaviest rainfall define the areas of good I minor crops. Sweet potatoes are doing well generally. In the! western portions of the state pas ! tures are burnt up EXTRACTSKKOM CORKKS I'O N l>KS l\s' 15 K- . TOUTS IIY COt'XTIKS. . Abbeville.? I.ink : A not her intense- ; ly dry, tint week: young eorn planted I on stubble is h complete failure; peas ; may make if rain fails soon; cotton; burnt iiii ami opening prematurely, with no possible chance to make even a half crop; no turnips growing in; this section,? it. ! '. Morris. Bamberg?Branch-, ille; Very line week for crops; old cotton is opening, ' young cotton growing n rely: su^ar j His Lite Was Saveii' llr. .J K. Lilly, a prominent: citizen of llannibal. Mo., lately' had a wonderful deliverance fiom a frightful death. In telling of it he says'. "1 was taken with Ty- j phoidFever, that ran into 1'neu-! vc.. t ? i uioina. axy mngs oecame naruen-1 ed. 1 was so weak I couldn't even ait up in bed. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of I)r. I King's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. 1 continued to use it, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise." This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Kegulai size 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Crawford Bros'. Drug Store ; every bottle guaranteed. 2. ' / ' # cane and potatoes are very fine; pin- i ders doing well; plenty of rain this i week.?Miss Jerry Carter. < Barnwell.?Blaokville : Cotton open- i ing rapidly and pioking well under < way; rust still spreading, and the crop will be short; late corn, peas, sugar i cane; sweet potatoes, rice and peas making good progress; showers again \ needed.?G. D. C. Lange. I Beaufort.?Beaufort: A somewhat , changeable week, beginning and ending hot; hurricane 14th, 16th, fair weather afterwards; good for fodder stripping and sowing peas or planting t second crop of potatoes; some trees , and fences blown down, but little ( damage done.?John Conant. Charleston.?Charleston : Storm of 16th did some damage; corn was whipped and blown down; some hay was caught by the rain, but good weather ( following saved it; some cabbages set out; sweet potatoes look well; sea- | island cotton sulTered slightly from ; the hurricane; rice did not suffer ma- , terially from the storm, some whipped , out; some sections lack water; harvest under way.?I.. Sahlmann. Chester.?Lewis T. O.: Still dry with high winds; all crops suffering ( for rain; the corn crop almost a fail- | lire, young corn needs rain; cotton is | rusting badly, in places opening fast; pastures literally burned up and stock and cattle in poor condition.? S. M. Rurdell. Chesterlleld.?Cheraw : We are in the midst of the severest drought ol the season. The failure of the cotton in the past ten days is fully 40 per cent.; lowland corn, peasant! potatoes are suffering seriously.?E. M. Wells. Clarendon.?Pinewood : Cotton looks well, is opening, and picking has begun in places; very little fodder gathered this week due to heavy rains; potatoes and peas look line; good weather for sowing turnips.?S. S. DeaChaps. Colleton.?White Hall: Weather clear and cool; had one inch of rain; storm passed without doing any damage to rice or river banks; tides did not rise above normal here; high tides on Combahee River; rice harvesting will begin next week.?W. E. Haskell. Edgefield.?Poverty Hill: Week fair and pleasant, but quite warm past two days; very little improvement in cotton which is opening fast; fodder pulling general and saved in good condition; late corn recoveri n ot f P/trti Incf u?oqL-'j ** ?II T Bunch. Florence.?Jeffries Creek: Crops have declined considerably in the past two weeks; fodder pulling and cotton picking have commenced and are being pushed; hay crop is a failure, worms having destroyed it.?L. S. Bigham. Greenville.? Lickville: Week dry and hot; all crops need rain; too dry for turnips, those that are up are dying out; only half a crop of anything being made in this neighborhood.? Geo. Maeauley. Greenwood.? Hodges: A very good rain on the 10th, since then winds have been very injurious on all crops; cotton tins about stopped growing, ex- ^ cept very late planted; I think the , cotton crop will he smaller than for , many years.? \V. C. Martin. j Hampton.?t rocketvilie : (jood rains tlrst of week have benefitted every-j : thing except old corn anil cotton, ^ which are both very short crops; fod- | der pulling over; cotton picking gen- i eral; crop half open now.? W. .1. < i ood i n g. Kershaw.?Camden: Cotton opening fast, weather favorable for gather-! ing; corn needs rain.? It. Amnions. Lancaster.?Tradesville: The past . | week was hard on all crops; have had ' a cool northeast wind which was very , ' damaging; it is very dry, with no 1 rain this week.?T. W. .McXeely. } 1.aureus.?Itenno : Very dry, no rain since three weeks ago to-day; cool J f lir-t of week, now very hot, and crops ' No (tight to Ugliness. < The woman who is lovely in i face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who would bo attractive must koepj ner neaitn. it sue is weaK, sickly and all run down, she will bo nerv ous and irritable. If she has con- i stipation or kidney trouble, her | impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, Rkin eruptions and a wretched complexion. Electric 1 Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate stomach, liver ] and kidneys and to purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, ^ bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, < rich complexion. It will make a , good-looking, charming woman of a run-down invalid. Only 50c at Crawford Bros'. Drug Store. 2.1< ire suffering badly, especially oottOb end peas; all oropa are very poor except bottom corn; some fodder pulled and cotton picking has begun.?J. W. U. Bell. Lexington.?Leesville : Not much rain this week; crops are doing very well; cotton has rust in places; no top crop on sandy soils; corn about made and fodder being pulled; an ordinary crop in places, some fields very poor; peas tolerably fair.?A. J. Boatwrigbt. Marion.?Temperance: Although there have been frequent light showers, the weather this week has been on the whole favorable for fodder pulling; crops are about as they we-e last week.?J. R. Reaves. Marlboro.? Bennettsville : No rain in this county since August 1st; everything drying up; hot and windy, no dews; cotton has shed off everything but full and half grown bolls; no top crop; late corn poor; potatoes need rain; rice a failure; tobacco about harvested with some good yields.?T. S. Evans. Newberry.?Little Mountain : High winds have been very damaging to all uropa by absorbing the moisture front the ground; late corn, in which the farmers had put their hope of a corn srop, will soon be too far spent to make half a crop; corn, peas, sorghum deteriorating; cotton picking general, some ginned; fodder being saved in fine condition.?J. M. Seaso, M. 1). Orangeburg.?Orangeburg: Weather hot; fodder pulling about finished, gathered in a damaged condition owing to rains; cotton rusting and shediling; nicking commenced; yield will be poor; potatoes, peas and sugar care doing well.?Jno. 8. Rowe. Pickens.?Liberty : Only a light shower this week, with cooler nights and hot days; northeast winds drying the soil and cause crops to need rain; cotton picking has begun; on sandy lands cotton has turned yellow ind stopped growing; sorghum good; sweet potatoes growing nicely; too hot and dry for turnips; peas promising.?John T. Hoggs. Saluda.?Travis; No rain this week; llrst of week cooler with a strong northeast wind very deterimental to arrowing crops; early cotton opening fast; impossible to make over half a '.ron of cotton or corn in Mii? winritr r VWM,,W ?James M. Forrest. Spartanburg.?SpartanburgLocal bowers over smaU areas Sunday and Monday, dry since; no damage by (torms; where ra?ns have fallen crops how improvement; in dry sections they are failing.?Chas. l'etty. Sumter.?Catchall: High east to northeast winds ending in heavy bowers on 16th; no change in condition of corn and cotton this week, ex:ept continued blooming on very late jotton and a more matured look in ?arly planted, which is opening fast. ?.R J. lirowntlehl. Williamsburg.? Lake City: Local -ains in the county, but too late for ?arly coin and cotton; much cotton ilmost dead, and shedding ruinously ; ate cotton, corn, peas and potatoes greatly improved; tobacco almost harvested, and right satisfactory yields, leeond growth injured some.? R. I> liollins. York.?Rock llill: Dry, dry. Cotton s wilting, corn drying up; peas no ?ood; prospects gloomy indeed: only I lull'a crop of corn and cotton.? A. II. U lute. .?. ?? . HAI KU, Section I brctor, Columbia, s. ( Bismarck's Iron Nerve. Was the result oi his splendid1 leultii. Indomitable will ainl j remendous energy are not lound where Stomach, l.iver, Kidneys iim) HowoIb are out of order. It pu want these qualities and the) uiccess they bring, use I)r. King's i Sew Lite 1*1 lis. They develop j *very power of brain and body. Duly 2f?e at Crawford Bros, drug i itore. 2 i Adulterated Food. 'J'here should bo severest penlilies indicted 011 all parties detected in adulterating food, especially such food as is particularly required for children. Some time ago the unusual number of deaths of children in Nashville, Tennessee, led to the discovery that milk dealers were jsing formaldehyde to prevent their milk from souring. Formaldehyde is a disinfectant generally r" used by health'boards and also by private individuals where there are cases of contagious diseases. Those who know, chemists and members of the medical profession, say that formaldehyde will accomplish the object for which it is used, keeping milk sweet and for almost any length of time, according to the quantity of the fluid used. The danger in using milk preserved by this fluid is that it prevents digestion and for this reason it is peculiarly dan gerous for children. Milk is so easily contaminated by the introduction of foreign matter, that it quickly becomes a poison. The use of this drug is the outcome of rascality, the desire of the milk producer to prevent loss, to make money at the expense of the life and health of innocent l i l ' i _ mi. _ purcnasers 01 ins goous. ine rascality goes behind the milk dealer. Formaldehyde is not sold to the deuWr by its proper name, but is put up and sold under dif ferent names. There are several brands of "milk preservers" on the market, all claiming to be perfectly harmless, some going so far as to assert that the fluid is beneficial ; but they are all the deadly formaldehyde in some form and the effect on the chil dren who drink the drugged milk is the same. There should be a general war made on all articles used for pre serving food. The very best scientific authorities condemn the use of all food preservatives?that is any drug or chemical or preparation which is put into the food or comes in direct contact with it. When nature lets go her grip on food and says it is time for it to decompose or spoil, then it is time for us to bow to the law of ' nature and discard the food. | Drugs and chemicals may cause the food to retain its taste and color, but there is poison in the cup and loss of health or life will result. i Professor Ilird chemist of the health department of Washington city, has discovered that a number of milk dealers of that city have been selling milk heavily 'adulterated with formaldehyde. I If very promptly liail warrants is-ued tor the dealers. The pen ally may not he great, hut the piiiii>hmen' of the offenders will he a warning. A few years at ! tiaril late r in thrt penitentiary should tie the penalty. Il will have to none to something of this' Km I if wo expect to break np the! praet tee j 11 i-< probably in largo cities only where the adulteration of miik is pracii -ed, as the demand r is gem r<( |v greater than the sup ply, and for this reason means i are taken to prevent any loss. There are oilier foods beside 1 milk which should he carefully J watchecl and health hoards in [ large cities are giving careful \ attention to these. | There will he overhaulings of canned goods establishments some day. The increased number of : deaths from eating canned goods c has called attention to the pro cess 1180(1 in canning and there will be made changes and ini provementa demanded and all ? will be for the good and benefit J of the consumer.?Greenville 1 News. -m V _== I SOUTHERN RAILWAY. " * *$*- 1 CMtral Tin* BctwMaColnmbUMA jMk> eonYtlle. KaiUrn Tim# BttVMi C?lninbl* Md Other Points. ^ Effective June 11th, 1S90. v . I No. 84 No. 94 Nortlibou.nl. Dally. Daily. Lv. J'ville, F.C.&P.Ry 8 20 a 7 46p jjA " Savannah 12 85 p 11 69 p T Ar. Columbia 4 88p 4 80a Lv. Charleston, So. Ry 7 00 a 6 80p Bummerville 7 41 a 6 09 p Branchville 8 65 a 7 60p Orangeburg 9 sc?> 5 8 24p Kinvvillo 10 16 a 0 '"tn At. Columbia... 11 00 a 10 10p Lv. Augusta, So. Ky 2 4o p 9 80p " Oramteville 8 09 p 10 15 p " Aikeu 2 50p " Trunton 8 8ilp 11 00 p " Johnstons 8 49 p 11 20 p At. ColuiubinUn. dep't 5 20 p 2 10a Lv Ool'bia Bland'g st. 6 45p 6 60a " W'iuuaboro 6 88p 6 49 a " Chester 7 20 p 7 87 a " Rock Hill 7 68 p 8 11a Ar. Charlotte 8 45 p 9 16 a " Danville 12 66a 1 22p Ar. Richmond 600a 6 25p Ar. Washington 7 65 a 9 06p " Baltimore Pa. R. R. 9 12 a 11 86p " Philadelphia 11 86 a 2 66a " New York 2 03 p 6 28 a Southbound. ^.0- 83 I??\.8a Daily. Dally. Lv. New York, Pa. R.R. 8 00 p 1216nl " Philadelphia 6 84 p 8 60 a . " Baltimore 7 66 p 6 22 a - ' Lv. Wash'ton, So. Ry 0 20 p 11 15 a Lv. Richmond 11 00 p 12 01m Lv. Danville 4 16 a 6 02p ??? Vihar,0,te 8 16 a 10?p W Rock Hill 0 02 a 11 lOp " S>e?tor 0 85 a 11 48 p " Winnsboro 10 21a 12 82 a At Col t>la Rland'g "t 1125a 187 a Lv. Columbia Un. dep't 1146 a 4 80 a Johnstons..- 1 23p 6 32 a " Trenton 1 lihp 6 48 a Ar. Aiken 2 15 p tiraniteville 2 07 p 7 18 a v v Augusta 2 46 p _8 00 a Ly. Columbia" bo. Ry 8 66 p 6 45 a Kingville 4 88 p 7 30 a Orangeburg. 6 29 p 8 22 a SBranohville 6 02 p 8 52 a ummerville 7 82 p 10 18 a J. Charleston 8 17p 11 00 a Lt. Ool'bia, F.C.AP.Ry 10 86 a 12 47 a bavannah 8 07 p 6 08 a Ar. Jaeksonvllle 7 40 p 9 00 a SLKKI'INO CAlt REKV1CK llent, daily passenger aervica betwaaa Florida and New York. Noa. IB and 84?New York and Florida Express. Drawing-Room Sleeping Cars be two* a Augusta and New York. Pu 11 man d ra wi u g room nleepin g cars between Tampa, Jacksonville, bavannah. Washington and New York. Pullman bleeping Cars between Charlotte and Richmond. Noa. 86 and 36?U. 8. Fast Mall. Through Pullman drawing room buffet sleeping cars be- , 1 tween Jacksonville and New York and Pullman sleeping cars between Anguata and Charlotte. Dining cars serve all meals en route. Pullman sleeping cars between Jacksonville and Colombia, enroute dally between Jacksonville and Cincinnati, via AHheville. . FRANK S. GANNON, J. M.CULP, 1 Third V P. * (Jan. Mgr. T. M.. Washington. , 'T W. A. TURK. 8. H. HARDWICK, Q. P. A.. Washington. A O. P. A.. Atlanta. ,'OUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA J EXTENSION R.R. COMPANY. Schedule No. 2 In Effect 12.01 a. m.. Sunday, June 18th, 1899. Between Camden. S. C., and Shelby, N. C. W"st aa Ea?t. Kirii CIiihs EASTERN TIME. Kir.-it Clans I'.iw-eiurer i'afttientrer Daily Dally Except STATIONS. Except ?s " ? 'LiV; Sunday. ' m A M 12 05 Camden 11 is 12 Dt-ICalb 11 J2 12 37 Westvillo II 00 12 5) Kershaw 10 15 1 1 Ileaih Spring 10 30 i 20 IMea.innt Hill 10 25 I H I.ancastct 10 03 1 5.1, Riverside 9 so 2 OS Spriuvdell 0 10 2 20 Catawba Junction 9 30 2 :io Leslie 0 20 ' > 2 so Rock 11 111 0 10 3 05 Newport 8 38 > 3 12 "Tirxilh 8 .12 3 25 YorkVlUe 8 20 i i1 Sh iron H o 3 52 Hickory llrovo 7 15 i o: ? Smyrna 1 7 :?i lilac kbliurt; , 7 10 "* " 1 Karl? ft fv> ft 11,1 Patterson Sprintrs ft 40 ' '> Shnlby 0 so '* " A. M. !' iv. I'll BIa:ksburg,S.C.,aDd Marion,NX, L" *' 11 i IKmsu TJT ?TTT? KASTKKN TIME. L,,. >S. Mixed , L?.?ily I xc. pt i STATION#. Kxcept _v " l-?'7 ' Sunday. * M l? M. h I" HiarksUurtt V 10 * :n Karl? h jvo v I Patterson Sprint;? 8 38 f -<? Shelby M 30 Halliiu.ire 7 ;io " I" Mooresboro 7 20 ' -.*> Henrietta , 7 oO 0 fto Forest City . < a'35 1 Kutberfortlton ft oft I 3"> Millwoo<t 5 50 I I tJoltlen Valley 5 35 3 'i-'1 Thermal City 5 30 - 3ft (Urn wood 5 Oft 'I (*> Marion 4 4o L" f. M. A KST OAFFNKY DIVISION. KAHT. FlrstClass FlrstCiaTs lft 13 KASTKKN TIMK. 14 . I i - 0^= 3C"3 STATIONS. 3 !*? 3*5 c?5 ax9 5U^ MW* W-J5 P~M A M A M P. If'. 4 Ml) 5 (Mi IllackHburg 7 UO 0 9) 4 f*? f> a> Cherokee Falls 0 40 0 10 ft In r> 40 Oaffncy 0 20 5 AO P U A. M. A. M. P. It Train* make connection with Southern road it Mlnckftburg. C. A N-W road at Yorkvllla, nth the nouthorn at Kock Hill, S A. I>. at 'aiawha Junction, I* A C. at Lancaster for :hoator, and with thn Charleston Division of ho Southern at Camden. SAM L. HUNT. A. TKIPP, President Superintendent. & II. LUMPKIN, Q P. A.