The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 21, 1888, Image 1
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LAURENS, S. C., WEDNESDAY,
M ARCH 21, I M-ss
CITS Z^olloir a. "LTooii:
Payable in /v>ivuncu,
40 BALES TOTHEMULE.
CAPTAIN PETERKIN TELLS HOW
IT WAS RAISED.
A Straight Talk on the Fleecy Staple
-To Mako Fifty Batos to tho Hortic
mu? $ u.ooo Proltt'
Tho young tuen nt home nud in tho ?
neighborhood were inclined to be slow |
about plantinga new (nop. Thoy did
not showathc energy I wished to see. So i
to stir them up, I boasted I could take j
one large mule and one hand to plow
bim, and make 00 bales of cotton and
fl.aOO clear profit. This had tho de
sired Oircot. I talked il until I con
vinced myself I could do it. So I '
went to work to accomplish it. Hind
to swap work so as to run a throe
horse Casida plow to break thirteen
acres of land that bm I been in corn
and was worked by a negro for sever
ttl years. It was badly overrun wit h
Bermuda grass and very pofindcocd.
When the land was ready or plow
ing, thc big mule and negro had nine
days due them, bot 1 din not require
itpaidbaok. There was no other
plow in it except the one used by tho j
big negro and run by the uig mule. ?
My neighbors say it was as good or as
well cultivated ns any fifty acres in
the neighborhood. Hut il ?lid not j
make tho fifty bales, I only got forty- ;
four. I lost my stand on tho pari !
that had been infested by Herminia
grass, and lind to poison twice for
worms, which injured it some, I?-.', ?fi
possible, I moan to make the fifty l?a
les on fifty aeres with one mule nod
one negro in 1888, and expect to fer
tilize the land from the seed or meal
of fifty bales.
I will tell now how I prepared the
land, although I would not advise any
ODO to try it. on as largo a scale as my
self, as it requires practico todo the
work well. This is my third yea'- on
thc water furrow or alloy system. I
begun willi ton acres, the next year
increased to twelve aeres, and this
year, 1HS7, increased it to fifty ncresJ
with thc stated results. I will not he
contented until I make fifty ludes and
two thousand dollars clear profit with
ono mule and hand, I toan he done,
ann if lifo is spared me. I moan to do
it. Thc land was thrown Into beds
of three and ono half foot rows, jast
ns though I was going to plant it on
tlic bed : but I did notado so. I put
my fertilizer, three hundred pounds ol*
cotton seed meal and oin; hundred ami
twenty five pounds of acid phosphate
mixed, as I have before described
in Hie water' furrow or between tho
beds ; thou Hire two furrows on willi a
double bull tongue; boarded it of;
put the planter on in the usual way,
but down in Hie water lurrof/. As
soon tvs Hie seed bogan to sprout, I i
harrowed willi tho little Iron Age -
harrowed Hie middle and all-mu) so
killed tho crab grass in its infancy.
Afterwards there never appeared ]
much grass tn the cotton, I then '
bull-tongucd it and called that two
plowings. Next ran around it with
an eighteen inch swoop, one of Pop?
ponheim's ; that was throe plowings,
I next used the Planet, Jr. cultivator
oae furrow to tho row, this was four
plowings. Next, laid it hy ono fur
row willi thc sweep. The ploughman
and Mide began work by daylight and
worked till sunset each working tidy, i
Tho ploughman cost me $100. Two j
hoeing* cost 8100; the picking cost'
50cents per hundred, or six dollars
per bnle, or $300 for ginning and
picking. Tito seed converted Into
meal und mixed with acid phosphate
makes tho land self supporting. Thc
linne made twelve thousand pounds
of peavine hay und peas, which will
Support bim. Ho did lins in ti.e
days that were too wet. to plow in cot? '
ton. His onts aro growing. I ex
pect to get 10 cents per pound lor my
cotton, more if I can. It is makin;:
cotton at ;1 cents per pound, for before
February I will net 11,480. This is
not n large crop of cotton. It, WAS
tho money I wanted ss well as to stir
up thc farmers ond show it could bc
adopted. I will make 82,000 on tho !
.ame fifty acres next year. My ex
fierienco is that making cotton is the
?est and easiest farming in Hie world.
Go at lt with a vim, ami stick to i',
.tay In tho Held and seo that thc
work is done well. Spend less mon
ey for fertilizers, and sec Hint you put
tim right kind and the rigid quantity
in thc righi place. Make tue farm
.elf supporting and you are sure to
succeed.
Plant nothing in cotton hut high,
dry and natural drained land; bot toms
that require ditching aro uncertain
lands; tliey look ns If they would
make a crop but generally fail in thc
end. There arc bottom lands that
make colton, but they hive a natural
under drainage. Stop planting cot
ton as soon as you get otr Hie natural
drained lands. Ono acre of bad cot
ton will take Ihn profit from two good
I' It I'S! I > ION Tl A L Tl >! Ill Mt.
A I,isl ol'Seven I*osslhle ltepub
liea II < 'a nd ida ( cs.
ST. LOUIS, Mareil Ul.-ThoGlobo
Deinocral says: Tlie list.of possible
candidates for (lu1 llepnblicnn pies
idenlial nomination seems lo bo
confined to about seven men.
They uro: (irosham, Shorlden, Al
lison, 1 lawley, ('allom, IlisCOcU
ami 11 al l ison, Some one of those
will probubly ne selected. Clresh
am appears to have tho beat chance
at present, ult bongil there is eon
sidorablc opposition to him in his
own stnte. In fact, tho only activo
opposition lo him nnywhero is Ilia!
which ls in I liliana, a.id which i
in the interest of Harrison, a rival
aspirant, sherman also mts manx
trlonds, ami would undoubtedly
control more votes on the lt rat hal
let, if the convention was hold to
morrow, than any other man. ^hoi
man's lons;- and active political ca
reer, how ever, has raised him many
enemies. 11 is record is almost as
well known at thal ol* Clay or
Wobst or half a century ugo, nnd
fully a- well as thwt of ?Marcy, ( as
or Seward. These men, I i ko Sher
man, wore among tho ables! ami
mos I illustrious members of tho po
litieal organization- to which they
belonged; hut they wore ali beaten,
either in the nominating conven
tions or at Hie polls by men who
were com pa rill vely untried and ob
scure. lt appears reasonably safe
lo predict, though, timi sherman,
unlike ?'lay or Class, would bi
ol md ed if I he no ii ii na lion shou kl be
given him,
Ploughs l'|l a Dla mond.
A ri. \ NT \. ( : \ , March l">-M r. 1.. i
M. Parker is a farmer and live-*
about foin milos south of Atlanta i
A few days ago he wm ploughing
in bis orchard when he turned up a
bright slone, \\ hid. resembled fr?as- |
ami was about Hie si/.e of an Kag-I
I i s 11 poa. Ile carried il home ami
tried it on ;;la^s and fourni il would
cut it. Yesterday he came io At
lanta ami w as exhibiting the .-tone '
lo a number of gentlemen in WU-'
-on A- SHIV'S store. Mr. Palmer.!
o -of t !i . g m tie ni en present, said : '
"I w ill give von Illly cents for it.
"All right," said tim farmnr, ami
suiting tho word to the deed ex-J
changed the stone for Illly cents.
Mr. Palmer carried it lo Prof. .1:
I>. ('aldon, an Ku/I Mi minorolouist,
who has-pent a niimbei of yours
in the diamond fields ol South Al
flen, and he pronounced ii a genu
ine diamond ami \ nilled at about ;
thirty dollars,
_._._
To Preach His Own Knneial.
A gentleman from High Sh Auls
(?a., tells of tho peculiar prepara
tions of all Intelligent old minister
of that sectiot . Ile -ay- M r Prid- :
gins, and old ami respected prc;ch
er, has suddenly decided to preach
his ow n fwiieral sermon, and has
set for (ho day thc second Sunday
in April, and as the placo a little
(mureil il lew miles tin- -ide of
High Shoals. Mr. Pridgins has or
dered his son to make him a collin,
which he direct- must bo perfectly
plain, and looked w ith a padlock. I
I Ie says t he collin w ill be pl iced by
Ins -ide in the church amt therein i
in tho presOtlCO Of Ills friends and
family, w ho are requested to waste
no mourning, he will tell of his life
and pay suitable tributes to bis
own memory. The news has
spread rapidly all over the sur- !
nmndiug counties,and it i- thought
that the little ( burch will not be
able to bold the vasl congregation.
Mr. Pridgins is thought by some to
Ix- vers eccentric, but is considered
hy his neighbors one of the smar
test men in the county. I le has
been a minister of the gospel for
many years, and ls extremely pop
ularla his neighborhood. 1 ! is mimi
is perfectly idear on all subjects,
ami bois unusually well informed,
fie deslros that Hie "press" he pre
sent at tlie funeral, and occupy
seats in Hu? amen corner. As yet
lieluis made no disposition Of Ills
body. After tlie sermon isover.it
ls thought, he w ill retiro his
hmne and lead a (jillet life until the
Hmo comes for him to occupy his
collin for good, As yid no pul! bear
roi's lutVO In en -(deeded, but all ar
rangements w ill be made for the
funeral before the eventful day nr
I ives.
I,ike Town like Nespacewr.
Thc intni who refuses lo take his
home paper is without public spirit
find is ol'little benefit to tho ennuin
nity in which he li\C8, Thc OTOfttCSl
of all nonsense is to try to make ?I
town grow wit hout a nowgpnpcr; ii
simply won't do it. Poor, lean, half
starved new-pupers nie indicative of
tho initie kind ol'a town. Neat, \\\Q.
ly pi.pers, full of local news and full
of advertisements of local iradomon
mean business for thc newspapers, for
thc people and prosperity tor the town.
Hold up your homo newspaper uu'd
they will hold you up. Stick a pin
just herc, and glvd thc paper a boo ni
and you will bloom also.-Dublin
(tin.) (?lizette.
An excess of animal food und a
partinl (dosing of thc pores o
the skin, during the wi at rr
months, cause the system io he
Tim STATT: IN BRIEF
NEWS FROM NEIGHBORING#GOUN
TIES IN A NUTSHELL.
< Ivor lilly applications li.wo bool)
made foi' pensions in Fal rib M
County.
Tho Baptist ol Anderson have de
cided to misti $(1,000 for I heir now
church building, pnyubie In Install
monts by the 1st ot'.May. I8S9.
At thu opening of the recent
term ol' lidgeilold court, Judge Ker
shaw denounced in severe terms
Hie carrying ol concealed weapons
and the soiling of unlicensed whis
key.
The annual meeting of (he South
Carolina Sunday-School Conven
tion, ot* which ll -v. H.s. Morgun,of
Croon Vi I lo, is presiden I, will lu?
held in Sp.irttinbtirgon the U7th in
stan;, and continuo to the ?loth, in
clusivo.
Abraham Stanley, a w hite man liv
ing in Harnwell conn'v, w as found
dead in Iiis house last week willi a
hullo! Mole t Inonu li his head. The
verdict of tho coroner's, jury was
that he died by his ow ll act .
A verdict nf md gullly was n u
de od Thursday, at Varaville,
i 'inn pt on county, in tho case of the
?tale agalnsl w. .1. William-, for
the murder of Courge lilley in No
vember last. Tho caso bas excited
thc greatest interest In Mini suction.
Hon. C. <.'. Memmingcr, the ll rsl
Secretary of the Treasury under
the Confed?ralo Provisional Gov
ernment, died in Charleston last
Wednesday night, aged N5 years.
Ills remains w ere taken to Kial
Kock, ?S'.'C., ibo location of lils sum
mer holm', for lin rial.
.Mr. James Snipes, < f Lancaster,
has been su Hering for -?une tim?
with sarcoma on his !,?... lt grew
to I he si/.e (d'a min's hoad ami de
stroyed nil lin- musel?s of Hie leg.
As a final resold to nive. Iii- liv. his
lee- luis boon amputated, Ife stood
the operation well and ?s i ia prov
ing every (lay.
NY hillsboro News; lt has been
suggested by an ox'jltnnge thal Ibo
convi-t- in Ibo penitentiary boom
pioyod to work the roads in (In
state. Tin- suggestion stems tu bc
a good ono. 'i'll?' present plan of
calling oui tiie people to w ork the
roads js very unsatisfactory if one
may Judge by Ihn condition of tile
roads III tile Minto, ami if any b'.i
siblu pinn of improving them by
convict laboi i-- th vised, wo thiek
It eliot! bl be adopted.
I ?nine Salmond, a colored boy, w as
recently arrested noni'('ninden for
attempting to steal some money
froma white lady. When ho was
about lo he taken lo jail ho |UO| us
ed thal I?i ? captors whip him and
let him go. His proposition was
accepted, und ono hundred and one
lashes were laid on Ins back in
good Style. Win n the whipping
was finished he touched Ins hat i >
his captors nml for parts unknown.
Says tho Cob mbia correspondent ;
of (he News ami Courier: Shei'ilT
I>rafis, ol' Lexington county, has re
ceived n dispatch from I'hil Sheri
dan, elly marshal ol San Antonio,
Texas, notifying him that lie has
arrested Cap Williams and asking
thal ho be s, nt for. \\ llliams i
tho young white man w in?, on last
Christinas day, rode up to listore
In New Brooklyn, Lexington cou li
ly, J usl over the Cungaroo bridge,
ami -hot (.nd killed a young color
ed man. Governor Richardson will
lend a requisition for him lo ibo
( lovornor of Texas.
A Rou ti for! dispatch lo I ho I ha
lesion World Bays. Robert Cads
den, who is represented as n des.
pi rate character, w as accidentally
stinton Sunday morning between
lb aufoii and l'oit Royal, by Con
stable li. I>. Rryanl,whllo resisting,
tho constable wlm was bringing'
bim to jail, Brynn! came hero und
delivered himself Up to the sllCI'llf,
and is now In jail, Gadsden died
an hour after being shot. Gadsden
violently assaulted ami bea! I Ito
constable over the head Willi ?I
piece of iron in a fearful manner,
ami during the scullin (lie pistol
was exploded, Roth the parties
are colored.
An accident which occurred In
Hie Kdgcflcld sessions court Inst
week, (luting (Ivo progress of a
murder trial, occasioned some .
n mtiscincu I at the lime. A jurel
Who was called and presented to
the prisoners, w hen asked if he bad
any prejudice against (hom, repli
ed "No," and in answer to t he ques
tion as lo whether 'ne had express
ed an opinion w hich w ould disqual
ify him from sitting on tho CUSO,
again replied "Nu," dial he had
only made a little remark, liv was
asked whit! thc remark AV as, and
Mated that be lind only -aid that
"the whole danni crow "tl might to be
hung." It is unneees nry to say
lli.it ho WHS oxen-.ed from serving
on the case.
Abbeville Not l?it, Yet.
Abbeville, S. C.. Mardi 13.~-AI>
bovilio is not dry yd. even foy hiw, it
?ceins, TIlO act giving the people
thc light to vote license fir no license,
requires Hint a majority ot the qnnli
lied voters shall be ncecsnnry to entry
the election eil her way. There arc
about 8600 votera in tho county, and
Of Uti* number only about Moo cast
i,u i) ci ICON AND roleen.
A Desperate Devil's Diabolical
Deed N'en i' Columbia.
The Broad River Brlilgc-^eepev Beaten to
Death Hio V/tfo Assaulted and the
HOUR.- Robbed aud Flre:l A Color
ea Farmer also Murdered The
AHsa?sla Kscaue.
Coi.CM HI A, S.C.. March 12"-A
specimen ol' genuino diabolism
cunio to light this morning in thc ,
shape <>r ?1 horrible murder and nt.
tempted inccndluryism that forde*
vi?isll deliberation mid inhuman,
cruelty i rarely, if ever, surpassed, j
Tho fell ticed occurred at 7 M last
night ttl thc Uro.id river bridge,
two miles from this city,
Aclnm BtilT, UK? gute keeper nt
(ho bridge, was culled to thc door:
by a negro who talked io bim for {
ll few minnie-, and thoo suddenly
struck bim a terrible blow on the
hoad with n heavy club, Tim nc-.'
gro ilion entered thc house, threw &
M rs. lmll', au ligod lady, on Mic ,
lloor ami trampled upon ber, Ile
robbed Ibo money box of it- con- '
lents, and set lire lo Ibo house and *
, would probably have burnt up his <
victim bul for tho timely arrival of .
Wm, Kraft who was passing ami
I was attracted by Ibo llames ?s-m- c
in"- from I lie w billows. , n
An investigation ensued und an- >
other ghastly lind w as made-that
of tho dead bely of .Jack Kenton a
I negro faruicr living near hy, it wtts 1
found, w iib the brain oo/.iug from u
bolo in tin- skull, about lol ly yards 1
from tho house, (
Mr, Buff, who is 7 ? years of ago, <
i s ju a :l lng condition, When s
lound hy Mr, Kraft lie made ibo <
latter immediately write on paper a
Hint Jack Kelton, William .lobnon:?, I <
white, and a nejfi'o named Brown '
were lin- last men bc hud -ecu, .
Du this statement Johnson was ar- ?
rested. j
Brown is evidently the murder? j
cr, but cannot I. . fourni.
Tics,. ni?(. hui meagre details of
om* o ! ibo most horrible crimes ever
com nilled in this community.
March I I.- Pick Anderson, n ?
build oil tb-' Newberry nuil Laur
cns railroad, lt r rcs tod tills afternoon
ns tnllyiiig with the description of
tb" murderer in tho bongaree
bridge ,r;1..,.dy, wa- released on
proving nu alibi. OllVcor Clark ar
rested a! the corner ?if (lutes ami
Uervnifi it reels (wo ncgroe.**, Bur- .
ion Price mid Joe Moore, this af tor
noon, covered with fen I hers ami I
clots ol' bl.I. They aro supposed
lo bi the guilty parlies, ami will ,
have a bern ni"; in (he morning bc- '
fore ibo mayor. Lynching is talk- ? .
ed of. if conclusive evidence is .
found ns lo t heir ; uItt, t Icy w ill !
probably never have a trial.
Tho Kcgister of this morning .
contuined an Intervh?W with Mr.
Johnson and ruc .intc-mortciu
statements of M r. ami M rs. Bu IT,
which were taken by Coroner0iv 11 , !
Inst ni?rht in view of (li? fae? that
neither w ould be able to personally :
testify in >omc time, ami probably s
might die from their injuries.
This Interview and I beso -tate- c
nieiit- completely clear Mr. .1 >ou
son of any oomplicity in Hm crime, ' 11
bis pr?sence at the bridge being ex? '
plained, ami be being proven io I
liave reached .this city at 7 o'clock i
Sunday night. 1 I
The coroner's jury met at the :
I'lincnix truck house this morning r
ami decided that thc evidence thus
tar received entirely exonerated t
Mr. Johnson, Me was accordingly ,
discharged from custody on the or
der of thc coroner. The inqttc I
w as indefinitely postponed to au ail
further developments. It is under
stood a clew ba- been found which
may lead to the early detection of
i bo guilty partie
Many a broadcloth husband ??wes
his prosperity to thu fact that he
married a gingham girl.
Tho people of the tei'l'ltoiy of
Dakota believe in a future State.
Kv cry lime a lady physician :
calls on a gentleman patient she
show s plainly that she's Mr. call
lng.
"I presume you me skating furl
thc first time." "No, for the las!
lillie," replied UlU (llsgllStod Icinale.
Bcicntlstfl say that thc ?avago has
n moro nouto smell than civilized'
people. They have more material j
to prnetleo on.
If you want to dream that you
a rc n toboggan slide rushed with
business, and that thc electric is
right over your .stomach, Just c it fl
lot of hickory md cake for supper.
Tho Intest complaint of rt discon
tented jjenorntloil is Hutt lhere is
not enough gumstickem on the
postage I tamps. Do people expect
to got u w hole meal of mucllcgo for
two cents?
Dick 'I hilo (pathetically)--"'.VIion
w ill you love mc. darling? When
will you smile upon nu nmidriV.iM
bul wt niggl, ag artist ?" Miss Flip
(cheerfully)--"Why, .just fis *O0n ""
you can produce .something to hung
on tlie line heside-t one shirt.
COTTON AND GRAIN.
? SUMMARY OF THE AGRICTLT
URAL OUTLOOK.
Chi' Mon tit I j Bluletnci i d' tho Itv-'
l>nrliiicm of AjKrUuiltiu-.Some In*
t cres! i nu ?Viiriircs.
Thc monthly summary of llio Agri
cultural Ihircaii hus been issued in
Washington nod vivs :
Tho report of tho cotton marketed
was completed for eight Slates :i
inontli ugo, bul deferred for returns
Prom tho Carolinas mu! Texas. Thc
apparent proportions forwarded fruin
plantations on tho 1st of February
(vero ns follows : Virginia, '.io pcr i>r.\i\ ;
North Carolina, 94 South tlarolinn,
13 5 Georgia, 1)4; Florida, 87; Ala
taina ()2; Mississippi, 00; Louisiana,
19 ; Texas. :? t : Arkansas, 00 ; Tonnes
ice, 8?) : Missouri and Indian Territo
y. Thc general avcrago is 92
?cr cent. This indicates an increase
?I" :? or \ percent on tho aggregate of
omi ty osli mates of tho 1st of October,
iltliouglithe Februar)' returns of the
slimntc>l product compared with that
if 18HG, were nearly identical with the
November returns, This furnished '
further HIIHI rat ion of t hc local lon- .
lency to underestimate production. ,
It wa-* suggested ia Ibo November .
eport thal it might lu? assumed that i
Icoprootod ami carly an t well (level- t
ped plants would produce bettor than
ix per cent in their apparent losi of
ondiliotl an t that if the outcome i
liould surpass this fu st est imate the N
\'<"ess might l>0 duo to this cause. ?'
'his view was correct. An allow- ''
hoc !.>!. the depressing ellbcl Of this z
i local I ct Unis, so stonily opposed v
y speculators, is again proved to be
eccssary.
The ipialily of the libro is superior, .
lie condition clean, and the yield of .
nt a little allOVC per cent. The
aluo of the Rood nvcrnges t;'. cents
ci nu-liri on the Atlantic coast, 15 t,
eut s in Mississippi, l-l cents in Ten* ,
'ssce, Pl ?."its in Louisiana, ami |
I cents in TeX:?--. ?
Thc average close of picking is as
?Hows! Nort li Carolina, 1 leccmbcr 10 :
out h Carolina, December H ; ( ?corgiu, ..
november 20 ; Florida, December I: ?
Llabnma, November 24; Mississippi, .,
Icooinhci - ; Louisiana, Docombcr 13; i
'ex ns, Noveinber30 ; Arkansas, Nov |
inlier 2G ; Tennessee, November 27.
he Mate was later than lost year on c
ie Atlantic coast, (?corgia, excepted,
lld eurlior i:: thc moro West ern Slat es.
Thc statistical returns of thc Depart- h
lent of Agriculture for March relate e
? thc distribution mid consumption of
ie wheat and corn stock in farinera'
finds, thc proportion of merchantable
?rn, ami the average price < respect. '
cly of merchantable ami unincrclianl -
ile. The coin crop is thc smallest
ne?- 1884, aid t he remainder on farms
Iso tho smallest iii seven years. It is *
)t i mated ot f>08,000,<)00 bushels,
jjninsl G?3.0ii0,000 last year, and 773- ?
m.(M?O two years ago. 'i'he propor- j ?.
on is 34.0 jier cent of the crop, the (1
?west percentage except, in INS l, when v
was 33, and tlie stock 512,000,000 j,
iishels. I H ree,Mil years the percent* t
j;e has ranged from 1-4 to 4-10 of tho li
inu.nl pro Im-;. II
Thc proportion of merchantable t
?rn is 85.?! per cent of thc present av- *
rage value ol' 50.0 cents per bushel. ' *
he average valuo of stock remaining *|
i 47.6 e.Mits per bushel. ?,2 cents high
r thou on thc iir>t December. Tho |
roportion consumed without removal
ey omi county lines, which was last,]
larch. 17 per cent, ts estimated at 12
er cen? for the present crop, which v
Minces Hie qunntitiy transported to I'
70,000,000 bushels, 18,000,000 bush- ?
ls less than last year, while thc
mount for consumption ls also sinai- "
.r by 90.000,000 bushels,
The Indicated stock of wheat of 1887 ,,
i th.- bands of farmers in 132*000,000 j
iishels, against 122,000,000 Inst your, a
r .Jil per cent of1 IK> crop, agni asl 26.7 <|
cr cent la-! Match. i r
There bas b< en usc,l ?n the seeding , lt
f winter wheat. 04,000,600 bushels. . d
87,000,000 In c'ghl months, conan mp- 11
OU G1.0OQ.O00 bushels, exported in 0
heal, ami flour, 3K(000,000 visible V
upply, an l an unusual quantity in J
iln?r elevators and mid stocks in \
nurse of distribution between former
locks ami actual consumption,
Tin' Un il i ond Pituitaries.
(Greenville News.)
President Humbert, of tho Carolina,
knoxville tv Western railroad com- j .
any, WHS Inutile eily yesterday. Mr. j j1
!. 1'. Sibley, president of the Georgia I ?
tonstrOeling company, Ucxpecte'1 to 9
ay. Thoso two, gentlemen moot here ^
> confer on malters of importance ^
? the road, i K
Referring to the Agitation on thc
?wer end ol'lin line over the futppos- fl
d purpose of tim construction com
any to abandon tho lower section,
'resident Humbert, said he deprccat
d any healed agitation at thin tillie,
s thc construction company had vio
if ed no contract and until thev did
TIlO < ot ton Plant.
What a royal plant it is! Tho
world waits in attendance on its
growth, Tin' shower that roll?
whispering on its leaves is heard
around tlu> earth. Tho sun that
shines on it is tempered hy the
prayers of ail people. Tho frost
that chills it and tin- do that de
scends from tho stars is noted, and
trespass of a little worm on ?ts
green loaf is more to england than
the advance of tIm Russian anny
un her Asian outposts. it Ls gold |
from thc instant it puts forth its;
tiny-hoot. Hs libro ls curren! in
every hank, and w hen loosing it*
llceccs to the sun it Moats ?1 sunny
banner that glorifies the field nf the
humble larmer. That man is mar
shalled under a Hag thal will com
pel the allegiance of tho world, and
wring a subsidy from every nation
on earth, lt i- tho heritage thal
Clod gave to litis people forever a.s
their ow n when be arched our
skies, established our mountains,
girt us about willi the ocean, loosed
thc breezes, tempered the sunshine,
and measured the rain. Oursnnd
our children's forever* As prince
ly a talent as ever can 0 from his
liand to mortal stewardship.-//.
II'. Cf petty in Wimm n's W'ml:.
The Farmers' Alliance of Heck
enburg County n ru buying foriill
50 rs di roe I from tim manufacturer*
md saving Ibo profits of local deal
ers. In tin- way they divide tho
myincnts, settling for thu freight
m delivery ami paying for the for
ilizers in thc tall.
I'iVaugellsl '. lOileh mude such an
m pression during lils recent rovi?
.al serv ice-ai Florence thal tvhon
i barn .storming drama I ic company
cached the town ii was fairly fre
ien oui and had to leave town
vithnut an audience.
Spa rt an burg is bidding lo have
be three t-'s line run by lhere from
tuthcrfordton, NM ., lo New la rry
o i In- m glee! of l nion.
There is prospect timi tho Hooch
r -caud al i- all tn bu ri vived, a son
if Heceher Itavli g published a
look making mention of the case,
s likely to bring a rejoinder.
The depart m.-nt of agriculture
ocolvod instruction from Senator
littler and Congressman Colhran!
mi 110111 ph i I ! cordially endorsing |
be iuiuiigration work nf the do?
mrtmont, which is doing splendid
crvie.i in advertising tho resour
< s of South ('andina.
Thirty-two napers in Michigan
ave hoisted t hc na 0 ol' F.x-Oov-,
rnor Alger as the re) ublicnn enn
idato.
Congressman Tillman will oppose
he tai ill' hill and do all he can to
o feat it.
( 'ol. John R, Winston, a prom i neut
forth Carolinian, died in Caswell
'ounty on Wednesday last ol eon
limption. ('ol. Win-ton was a
hmfedernto soldier, noted for dar
ug ami bravery. Ile was a prison*
r un Join:- on'- Island, and in mid?
linter winter he in nb' his escapo
iy scaling Ibo walls, and tlien,
hough barefooted am! thinly clad,
c walked miles on the ice, and It
ally reached Canada In safely,
ol. Win-ton was a very prominent
?ranger, and was al-o il leader in
ho Creonbnok party, which, al one
Imo, bad a strong following in
?'<>al b ( 'arolina.
Randall or Hie Dei il.
Congressman Tillman was inter- '.
Jewed by thc Washington corros
ondent of Ibo New York Tribune
n Saturday las! in regard to tho
lilis tariff bill, and said :
"Tho bill saws nothing about the
opoal of tho tobacco lax nor any
lodiflcalion of tho internal r?ve
ur laws. If tho Democrats go to
he country with tho bill they arr
Ufe Ol defeat and they will be
ootned lo defeat any way If they
onomiunto Cleveland on bis lame
lossage, li tito surplus ?s to ne po
liced, and we all agree that it
inst bo, then lol Us repeal tin
dion- internal revenue taxe- and
P any deficit occurs we can mis.,
he revenues by levying an Income
ax. i'll vote with Randall or tho
leyll to repeal tho internal revenue
axes. The idea of placing woolen
he (roo list. Upon our protective
ysteni for the past twenty years
ri* have prospered as no other
ountry luis ever dreamed of? And
\ \ al l as Cleveland donn for the
ountry In tho South V Coln pit fa
ively nothing, lt's Irtie that he
ins to some extent destroyed the
lank carpetbagger.*) but (hal about
ll. Why with that tariff bill of the
'resident's inessa go we will lose
'irginin, West Virginia, North
'arolina and, perhaps, Ambania!
sow gm away and don't usk me
ny more questions; you will bear
rom me on Ibis subject in the
louse when thc time comes."
Josie Hliinn, the heiress of Cleve
imi, Ohio? who Int* been mlssiihj
or sometime (rom that city, sud
lenly appeared again, stating that
lie bad been detained it il
IT RRKNTNEVVS NOTES.
I''IK'1V amt Fancies Ont hoi oil druitt
Various Qtiurtci-K.
During tho lust sixteen years 85,000 sailors
OU british ships lime 1.n [ost ut sea.
The busiuoss of tl io findon posloltlcois of
such magnitude thut tho present po stmaster
general lins saved 810,000 a year hi sealing
wax and I M ino expenso- alone.
Tho little tnrm house in which llorac?
Greeley was horn, together with 120acron o?
form land, is to bo sold at auction ni Am
herst, N. IL, for taxes amounting to $?0.26.
An eastern man of (lgurcs Hays that au
u\ crag? "i 1,000 people aro drowned through
tho leo m tho united States every winter,
and au average of 8,000 aro drowned by ac?
ciilent in tho Bummer,
A i< el steamboat, to cost $50,000, isln-in,?
construct eil to run on tho upper Mississippi,
tho expectation being that it will muka thu
trip from St. Louis t., ,st. Paul in half thu
timo required by tho existing wooden craft,
Electricity lui.-, dono much for civilization,
but its possibilities, it seems, havo not been
exhausted. An '.electric birch" lilia bcou iu
vented, bj which rofrnctory school pupila
cnn bo punished toa nicety und no murks Inj
left.
An Ann Arbor student suspected that som?
ono was stealing his coal. Ile loaded ono of
the lump', with a chargo Of gUltpowdci, and
tho next morning his landlady's stove blow
np and his breakfast executed a bountiful
frasco design on Ibo kitchen ceiling.
"Weight sociables" oro tho latest era/oat
Yankton, Tho gentlemen pick their ladies,
take thom i ? tho neales, weigh them, pay u
quarter of aconta pound into tho goner il
lund, and then i.ni thom lo supper, Th?
latter costs liol far from six inls a pound.
Professor Mtdcoiiisou, of Dallas, Tex., who
is said to he ti loiiohovof some learning, ad
vances tho theory that the earth ls lint and
als?, motionless, neither rotating on its axis
nor revolving around the sun. Mo also be?
I ie VCH 1 hut the sm i mid moon uro si na I ?er I hun
the cu th, and that tho light of (he moon is
lier own and liol roflcctcd from the .sim.
A fun. ral procession which starl.-d foi* tho
cemetery ut b'ruuioiit, N. Y.. oucouutered
snow drifts so deep that ti couldn't proeeet'i
Tlio remull?s wore placed in a blacksmith
shop near by and tho mourners nul friends
?vt to work with shovels. Tili) work was not
ihiished lil! tho following ovoidng, when th.?
corpse was hur?es) hy tho lighl of lanterns.
Thc seale bug is tho |>ost ot California, lt
cou lines ii - ravages to orango groves, lt
I. od- ?II tho leaves and burrows ill tho ten
drils, and when hs work is completo tho leaf
curl, up, shrb els, and tho (ruo dies within a
shoe', limo, A prominent si. Louis manu
facturer recently invested *-.">.'MO in au
m'uugo grave near Los Angelos which suf
fered from tho blight and had lo bo sold at ti
heavy luau,
L loch lloblnson, l'or moro than half a cent
ury a dealer in looks lu boston, leis just died
at his ?'Urions r?sidence, know II n's tho lo und
house. The building, us Its nun io indicates,
is circular in form, and has i tit-- o -torie;, tho
third story being o? smaller diameter than
the others. The interior arrangements uro
in keeping with tho '.or, thora bel?g cir
cular stairways, em ?, rooms, lahh-s. otc,
in profusion,
IS vc ry (nan winn he takes, up his cards at
a game of whist holds ono out of 035,0l8,ft50,
IAH? possible hands. As for the total iniinbor
i>f variations possible muong all tho players,
it is so unoriuoiis ns almost to exceed bollol.
Mr. habilito calculated thal .1 1,000,000 ol'
men w? iv tn l.-o.ongngi I dealing canis at th*
rate ol one deal oat li nih u i ?, day und night,
for lt. lot years, tiny wOukl not then
have exhni! le.) all Hie possible variations of
Ibo curd l":t only 100,0001h part of them.
SOME AMUSEMENT NOTES.
Loudon is to have n new tbcatro for light
opera thal will cosl S'.'.VI.INM.
Jane Hading. iii? great Paris favorito, will
prolmbly conn- to America with CoqholiH
next i >otubor.
lt ls rumored Hint Marj Andorson intend*
to play m (lermnnj Itoforo returning t?
Aoiorica next August,
Kiel kn Oorstei is on a lour with.tho Cam
pani i-.i Conceii compati) and will continua
with them M<?nm weeks.
Mary Anderson i- bringing ber London
Kennon toa '-i'-s-. Her Hud lencos ara almost
exclusively coin pose? I of prov i nola I tourists.
Claru Louise Kellogg, ir is umiuiinced,
will lour next season with an opera coin?
pauy of sixty-five pciwuti, un, 1er tho nuning >.
nient of her j omi ? husband; Carl Str?KOSch.
The annual p.c. roll Of ihc Paris (irand
Oj ?ern foots up -ir;:,Jil, and In .spite of th*,
fact that no rent i.s paid and government fur
nishes $100,000 n year, tho manager l?'lifivaii
ably a loser.
Arrangements have 1 K?--i i completed
whereby Pnuny Dnvonporl \> i 11 playa suin
nior season on tho Pacific slope nuder Al
Hay man's munngoraciit, Miss l)a\<-u|tort
opens iii the Baldwin t beni re, Kau Francisco,
May 14.
Theodore Thomas may IJO forestalled in his
professional tour tbrOttgh Kuroptt Th"
French conductor, Limoreux, IS going to
make a contort toni' tliioiigli Hpnin, Portu
gal, l?tts-ia and England with ninety peV
f oriners.
Mrs. Alice Rhaw, Hie whistler, is to go te
Kpglaud in tho Sprhlg, and, ns ? SOClSl hoV
elt y, s'.:o un,y vi?< with Adclne. Dctcbnn,
whoso prat ty pipings and bird imitut ion ?
hav e bcoil I lie ?orrect Hiing Ut lister, to ?OT
several seasons past.
Australia lue; just put roller skates nt ul in
KI busy with them thal tho theatres sutTar.
It ls decldod nol to take "A Parlor Match"
Lhere, bul Ocorgo Knight will undertnkua
professional tour.
While W. S. Gilbert is building a tbtvitr?
in London thora is no foundation, for th?*
minor that Hill ert and .Sullivan have bad a
railing out. Their union ls as st rons ns ?ver
ind u bett r ti?titk timn "Tho Mikado* issald
to bo preen ing.
Lillian Olcott itcrivlitcil with tho most f?i
?oui i-i ? - fashion of them' tinie?. Tho young
K-tresM Half a snmll live snake of a gre-MiUh
tute, imported from Afl'IO?, InoloAod In ?*
?rt Of, haine-.-, vt gold encrusted with small |
liuuioitds atilt fastened to her collar with a
ibamond ? l.i-p.
ICeiliicod Katen KoHistod.
AtUnln, March 13.-Representa
tiv?b oi various State railroads nppenr
od before tho Ita i I road Commission to
rlayt.
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