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VOL. XL LAURENS, S. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1895 NO.^ei Pursuit of Knowledge. What 1? Us earthly victory T Press on I For it hath tempted angels. Yet press on! For it Bhall make you mighty among men; And from tho eye of your eagle thought Ye shall look down on monarchs. O press on 1 For all the high and powerful shall come To do you reverence ; and the beautiful Well know the purer language of your brow, And read it like a talisman of love! Pross on I for it is Uodlike to unloose Tho Spirit and forgetting ourself in thought; Bending a pinion for the deeper sky, And, in the very fetters of your llesh, Mating with tho pure essence of heavun ! Press on I " for in the grave there is no work, And no device." Press on I While yet ye may. j ?x. p. mm*. A Delinquent Subscriber. BY EMMA BENNETT. It was tho lato afternoon of a sultry July day. The heat was Intense, ami all the doora and windows of John Dame's little unpainted farmhouse j were open wide. John Uamo's farm house did I say '?: Had you asked any one of the inhabitants for a radius of twenty mi'os round, who It was that , lived in the old-fashioned, tumid, down structure that stood on tho poorest, most unprofitable pieco of | land in the county, the answer wou'd have come prompt and unanimous, ?' Matildy Dame." It wad a..uust twenty years ago now, slnoe John | Dame had commenced gradually to' fade out of the minds of his neighbors, | as an actual oxlstence. Matildy could have told you the exact date. "Twenty years ago, come the 21 at of August, since John got his stroke." Perhaps thoy had exhausted their sympathy upon him that fatal day so long ago. Sympathy seems ever to partake of tbe evanescent nature of the springtime blossom called suddenly into being, beautiful and tender while it lasts, but soon to die ! John Dame's pale face at the window, or his shrunk en form in the wheeled chair, drawn out on the narrow little porch, had grown to be as familiar a sight to the passing farmers as Bill Jenkin's wind mill?which was something of a nine day's wonder a few years before?and elioited little moro thought of pity. Since tho sun had slanted low enough in the heavens to keep it from shining under covor of tho porch into John's eyes, Matildy bad drawn him out in his wheeled ohair. Ho sat there with closed eyes aud head resting back. His face was calm with that enforced calmness that years of helplessness had worn there. He was an old man now, past sovonty, yot, despite tho living death of tho last twenty years, he was almost ehildliko in bis repose. Matildy came briskly around tho corner of thu house, milk-pall in hand. "I'm a-goin, to got the chores douo early to-night, If you want anything, ' just rap with this stick. 1 shan't bo gone only a few minutes, anyhow." John nodded and half opeuod his ? eyos to gaze admiringly after her, as she vanished at tho ond of tbe porch. He had never got ?vor wondering at her, that she was able to get along without him. Matildy had been suoh a clinging, dependent sort of a woman. Ho didn't understand that the vory nature that cluug to him then would cling to him now. Matildy was sixty five, but she was as smart and lively as many a woman of forty. Since her i husband's misfortune twenty yoars before, she had supported the family, making garden, doing the farmohores, selling eggs and buttor and cottago eheeBe and driving to town during the summer, and daily disposing of her wares from house to house. It was her activity that had kept them long ago from tho poor-house. To-night when she had finished tbe milking, John heard her come in the back door of the house and boglr setting the table for supper. '? Matildy," he called softly. She was at the door in an instant. How patient, how unwoarylng she had always been with him ! *? Ain't It tho night for the paper ?" he asked wistfully. " Lemmo see?yes, 'tis. Friday night, of course." " You're too tired, ain't you, and it's too hot "?he began hesitatingly. No, I ain't too tired," she interrupt ed. M and it'll be cooler after supper. I'll have you wlpo the dishes so I can get started sooner." This was an Innocent little fabrica tion of Matlldy's to make him believe he wan doing nor a groat sorvice. In those first awful days, and weeks, when he would wear himself out with bemoaning his fato and groat sobs would break from him to see tho hard work that she did, and he helpless as a child at-her side, she would strive to divert the flood of his dospalr by saying: " Now, see here, John Dame, none of this is going to do any good. Talk's cheap, anyhow, why don't you do some thing to help me instead of taking on about things you can't help. Just take hold of this towol and wipe these dishes," and she had wheeled his chair up to the table in a trice. John was very clumsy at first, but it dolightod his soul to do something, and Matildy had enlarged upon "the big help it was"?she "didn't mind tho washing, but she always did hate to wipe dlshos" ? until John had come to believe that so long as he wipod the dishes, tho rest of Matlldy's work was a compara tively light matter. Now a gleam of pleasure shot over his pale face, and ho again sank baok and closed his eyes. "Poor John I" Matildy sighed to herself. "The paper's about the only pleasure he gets out of life." Yes, poor John I and poor Matildy ! Doar, loving unselfish old woman ! She was tired, and It was so hot, and the walk to the post-ofllce was a mile and a half ovor dusty country roads. It hardly seemed to her that she ceuld drag her weary feot ail the way there. But if it would give John any pleasure, this had beon tho supremo object in Matildy Dame's life for twonty long years?Is It likely that a walk of a mile and a half would deter her now V Bhe hurried about tho suppor, and when they had dispatched it together, she hastily " plokcd up tho dishes' and rinsed them through the hot water, while John seatod at hor sldo, dish-towel In hand, wiped them care fully. "If I'd a thought about the paper," ehe said refleotlvely, "I might nave sent by-Fred Thompson. I saw him a driving by with tho hay eolt 'long in the afternoon, guess he was going to mill." " Matildy, now If it's a-golng to be too for ye," the old man inter rupted anxiously? "Oh, shucks!" and Matildy gaily tied the strings of her oheeked sun bonnet under her ehin, and with a deoisive nod at her better half, came and drew him out on tho cool poroh again and then stepped oh* in sprightly fashion down the country road. As ?ras his custom, John watched her as far as he could see her small, straight little figure until it vanished in the distance. Several times Matildy looked back furtively over her shoul der, but it was not until sue reached a bend in the road that she sank down , exhausted upon a grassy knoll, and fanning herself with her over-skirt, ' gasped for breath. "Good gracious 1 Ain't I glad John Dame can't see me now! If an old woman nigh seventy didn't walk off like a young gal of Blxteen, he'd be sour od out of his wits 1" After several minutes rest, she pur sued her way at a more leisurely pace. It was cooler which made it easier to walk. The post-oflloe like many coun try post-offices occupied one corner of j a store, and the postmaster passed out i letters In his oflioial eapaolty, and ' weighed sugar as a private individual. Sometimes one capacity got in the way of the other rapacity, as to-night. Whon Matildy Dame entered the door several men were lounging on the steps outside and more were distributed about on the counter, barrels and boxes Inside. The postmaster himself was in his private capacity, drawing molasses in the far end of the store. Ho glanced over his Bhoulder as she entered, however, and nodded. "Good evening, Miss Dame." " Bill, just step Inside and hand her a letter out o' box forty-three," he said to one of tho loungers. Bill promptly obeyed. "A letter for ye, Missis Dame." "But where's -the paper? Didn't the paper come ?" Bhe inquired, finger ing tho envelope anxiously. "Didn't her paper come?" asked the man. " Any of you got Mis&es Dame's paper ?" glanoing about among the loungers, many of whom were devouring tho news from papers the postmaster had carefully slipped out of their wrappers and kindly loaned them. " No, hor paper didn't couio," tho post master answered, com in? to the front of the store and setting his pall of molasses upon the counter. "There's a lot of them didn't come this time." ".lohn']I be so disappointed I" and Matildy's voice quavered. " What do you s'pose has happened ? It's always hero regular Friday night " "P'raps the letter tells something about it," the man addressed as Bill suggested. The postmaster shook his head at him over Matildy's shoulder, but tho words were said. "Sure enough, maybe it does," Matildy said eagerly, "I ain't no idea who it can be from," and ahe uorvously tore off one corner of tho envelope. "Here, Mr. Simmons, you read it to me," handing it to the postmaster. " I never brought my glasses." " It's addressed to Mister Dame," the postmaster hesitated. "Maybe he won't like it." "John not like it?fudgo 1" said Matildy. " Just road It, please." The postmaster, still hesitating, finished tearing tho envelope acrosb. Uo cleared his throat, glance nervously about tho room, and began ; "Mr. John Dame, Milburn Centre,? Dear Sir:?" Ho paused, here, and glanced at Ma tildy. "Go on," she said impatiently. The 1>ostmaster gulped something down in iin throat and continued bis reading. Tho task was evidently distasteful to him. "We have jupt purchased tho Brigh ton News of its former owners, and are going over our subscription list with u view to retaining only those sub scribers whose papers are paid to tho present year. Wo lind your paper owing for twenty years back, and have discontinued same. TTpon receipt of arrearage and one years subdcrlptlon in advance, we shall bo pleased to put your name again upon our list. We intend to run our businoss on a strictly cash basis, with pay in advance, in all cases. Yours truly, B-" Tho postmastor had read It slowly at first, but as he went on with the read ing, he hurried the words after one another, so they were scarcely dis tinguishable But Matildy understood what it all moaut, ?von though she did not catch all the words. Sne stood there white and immovable. Her thin old face seemed suddenly frost-bitten, as a well-kept apple exposed to the frost, with all its little lines fixed and accentuated. For a moment she stood silont, looking at the postmaster, who strove to gaze off into infinity. Then she said stlftly: "Thank you, Mr. Simmons. Good uight to you all," including the several loungers, who were listening pity ingly. " Hero's the letter," and the post master followed to the door handing it to her. Poor old soul 9 Completely exhaust ed of mind and body she crept slowly along muttering to horself broken sen tence* as she went. "The only pleasure John had in life ?and that is taken away from him ! What'U I tell him Y When he sees I haven't got it with me, he'll know something is the matter, and 'twould kill him to toll him. He's watched for that paper every week for twenty years now, and he's read it over and over, advertisements and all, until tho next one come. O John 1 John I What'U you over do without it!" and the despairing woman wrung her hands us she sped along tho darkening road. The way had soemed so long when coming, and now it was so short ?in a few moments tho little old house would be in sight, the gate would olick, and the helpless, patient figure on the porch would eagerly stretch out his white thin hands to her for I the paper, and she must disappoint him. She stopped and waited, leaning heavily against a pile of wood that was piled up along the road, she walked slower and slower, she even turned and retraced her steps, but tho thought that John would be worrying about her,' oaused her to turn back again. She must go on and tell him some thing. She braced herself for the effort, and with every nerve strained, hurried on. The moon was at its full, Its mellow light slanting across the green holds on either Bide making them to rival the golden stroets painted In I Involu tion, but Matlldy walked amidst all its gorles unseeing, unthinking, with a heart given to despair. Another moment and the corner of the dilapi dated old fence was a sight, and then I the old wood colored house beautified and picturesque in its mantle of moon light, stood out olear and plain before her. She followed up tho little beaten I path to tho poroh. The gentle touch I of a rising . breeze stirred the leaves overhead and east their reflections on the ground under her feet as shadows ! that come and go on the surface w '? the water. The grapevine that clung i tenderly about the poroh showed silver and gold, as it hung in the shadow or caught the full splendor of the moon's 1 rays. Well back, under oover of the Kreh, beneath this halo of grapevine ?ves, was the whoeled chair, and John with eyes olosed and head thrown carelessly back?asleep. For a mo ment Matlldy breathed froely?even a Short reprieve was a cause, for grati tude. She stood waiting on the porch beside him, expecting each moment to hear the dreaded question: "Did you get the paper, Matildy?" Still she waited beside him. The unchang ing silence, with her overwrought nerves, became absolute pain. With a woman's longing to be soothed and comforted, she turned to him. Some how in the soft light he looked stronger, more manly, more as he used to look. over him tenderly. "John !" There was no answer from the peaceful rest ing figure. "John, dear! John 1" and now sho was resting her hands on his shoulders and gazing anxlouslv down on his up turned, sleeping face. Still no answer, and as she continued to gaze, the moonlight orept in under the porch and revealed to hejt a look that only angels wear. She did not faint nor scream as some women would have done, Bhe had lived for him so long, she thought of him first even now, and the disappointment that sho could not shield him from. She bent over and pressed her wrinkled ohoek against his calm, unchanging one, and sobbed in a voloe where tears mingled with gladness. "Thank God, dear. You'll never miss it now I? For the delinquent subscriber was dead. TrtB WKATHBR AND CHOI'S. The Excessive Heat Was an Advantage to Corn and Damaged Cotton. The following Is the -report of the weather bureau for the week ending Sept. 3rd: The post week was characterized by its excessive heat, which, with the wet condition of the ground and gen erally light winds, gave the weather "John, a hot-house condition and wich a slmlliar foroed growth to crops. Corn profiled by those conditions, and that of latest planting Is now fully or nearly ripe, so that now the entire corn orop is fully made and entirely independent of heat, cold, drought or rain, except so far as those conditions would atfcot gathering and housing it. Cotton in places grew too muoh to weed under foroed growth, and on light sandy land growth ceased and the plant is turning yellow and shedding its leaves as well as its shapes. Small field crops mado wonderful growth and aro gen erally in excellent condition. The showers of the week hindered rice harvest somewhat. The temperature ranged stoadly above the usual, from 3 to 6 dog roes per day, until Monday, the 3d, when there was a sudden drop to about 3 degrees below. The week was one of the warmest of the season, but without excessivoly hot single days; the nights were warm, and the daily range small. The high est temperature reported was 101 at Gllllsonvilleon the 27th (Tuesday) and the lowest 02 at Batesburg on the 30th (Friday). The weekly moan tem Seraturo of thirty stations was about 1 ond the normal for the samo period Is approximately 77. There wore numerous showors in all portions of the State, and fourteen places report amounts greater titan the usual, ranging from 1.50 inches to 3.87, tho latter being the largest amount reported, and foil at Trial, Berkely County. Over the larger portion of the State ioss than tho usual amount fell, and the averago of thirty-three reports is 1.34 inches ; the normal for the same period is approxi mately 1.38. There was more than tho usual amount of sunshine, the duration hav ing averaged about 70 per cent, of tho possible, but along the ooast there was a slight deficiency. Held, Greenville County, and Charleston both reported on 37 per cent, of possible sunshine. There wore two or three local wind storms that damaged crops, in the vicinity in which they occurred, to a small extent; and bottom lands in Lancaster Courty wore lloodod and some corn ruiued. In Alken County muoh swamp corn was drowned In the freshet of tho previous week, but the sum total of the damage to crops Is comparatively Insignificant. The reports, with but few exceptions, state that tho weather was unfavorable for cotton whloh continues to shed freely in all portions of the State, and rust has become more 'general during the week. Boll worms are not report ed from any but Edgofield County, where, however, they have done much Injury already. Cotton Is opening freely over the entire State, but picking has not boon actively begun in tho western counties, but will be during the present week. The bolls are said to be of large size generally and the staple as a rule of high grade. Fodder pulling is fast nearing com pletion in all but the extreme northern Jtortionso' the State. A great doal of odder was damaged by tho rains and the weather generally was unfavorable for curing. Tho hot moist weather of the past week ripened corn very fast and has made the crop. Tho harvesting of rice has boon pushed in the Goorgotown and lower ooast regions, but was hlndorod con siderably by showery weather. The fraln is said to be full large and yield ng well. Some upland rice harvested; the crop is a very fine ono. The tobacco orop has about all boon gathered, and farmers are jubilant as the sales progress, showing remunera tive results. Peas are generally doing finely. Sorghum boiling well under way and the yield of syrup is satisfactory. Sweet potatoes doing woll, but run ning too muoh to vine. Late fruit excellont, and tho apple orop in Greenville County promises to oxooed the best of former years. Pas turage excellent. Peanuts, turnips, also good crop. Lands being prepared for winter vegetables ana oats. GltASS IN the Streets.?Tho manu facturer's Record says a new industry has rooently boon started In Norfolk. It is a plant for tho manufacture of paving blocks out of fibres of graes growing on salt water marshes. Tho grass is subjeoted to a heavy presuro. and large square blocks-come out of the press, when three ciroular saws take nold of tho bloek and out it into smaller blocks of about ft 1-2 Inches thick, provided lengthwise with strong wire. These blocks ar<> then subjected to a bath in three different tanks of different kiuds of oil whioh make the fibre supple. These blocks have been tested for paving purposes in Phlladel Khla for over a year on one of the uslest streets near tho stock yards, and have, it is said, stood the test re-1 ?"-.arkarty well. They make a smooth, noiseless pavement on whioh it is claimed horses cannot slip. Large contracts for these paving blocks havo been secured in Pittsburgh and New York. The plant as now established turns out about 400 to 500 yards per day of this paving, and tho owners ex peot to soon enlarge it considerably. Thus one more industry for the South Is established. THE OHIOKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD. this (l111-:AT change: on this famous field. A National Park Where the Hoots Contended In Grim Array. The United States has wrought a great transformation upon the old bat tle grounds of Chlokamauga, and tho National Military Park to be dedicated Sept. 19th and 20th, in the preBeuce of the President of the United States, Congressmen and Senators aud all the Governors of the various States who will find it convenient to be there, promises to be one of the great events of the year, in which all the nation will be interested. Three years ago a bill was passed by Congress appropriating large sums of monoy for establishing a National Mll itaty Park on this historic spot. A commission was appointed consisting Gens. J. S. Fullerton, Federal; Gen. A. P. Stewart, Confederate ; and Major Frank G. Smith, of tho United States regular army, and to their care was entrusted the task of establishing such memorials upon Chlokamauga battle field as might serve a national military objeot lesson illustrative of American fiatriotlsm, American pride, and Araer oan valor. During the three yours that have elapsed, the work of beautifying this celebrated spot has steadily pro gressed, and now tho commissioners announce ready for the opening of the park and Invite tho dlgnataries of tho land and all voteranB of the civil war, who wore both blue and grey, to join in the oo'ebration of the anniversary of this historic battle, at the dedica tion this year. More than 0,000 acres of ground, where tho battle was fought, have been purchased by the government, hundreds of beautiful monuments erected at heavy expense, observation towers havo boon constructed on every historic hill-Bide, forty miles of turn pike road havo boon gradod through tho ground, and paved with crush lime-stone, and the national Hag now waves from a lofty pinnacle, over a Hceno of beauty and rare charm. The understanding has boon colossal, and executed upon no trifling plan. At a cost of more than three-quarters of a million dollars the government has wrought many changes upon this historic Hold, every inch of which has crumpled bonoatb the tramp of clash ing armies and heroes of one of tho fiorootjt battles of tho late conflict be tween the States. In addition to the amounts appropriated from timo to time by the National Congress, thlrty throo States have added, through their Legislatures, largo sums of monoy donatod for tho purpose of building monuments on the particular spot which mark the doods of bravory of thoir respective troops in the en gagement. Tho State of Ohio, which contribut ed more soldiers than any other State In the Union to the Hgbt at Cbieka mauga, appropriated $100,000, and ap pointed a commission to make expen diture of money In the direction named ; tho Stato of Illinois appropri ated nearly $40,000; Minnesota has erected many expensive mouumonts ; Now York lias a splondid representa tion; Missouri has expended $5,000, building historical markers; and In diana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylva nia, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Wis consin, Georgia, Florida, Soutli and North Carolina havo appointed com missions to co-operato with tho Nation al Commission In the work of clearing up all disputed points of history. Some of tho monuments that havo boon built by tho States aro oxponsivo and elaborate, the work being ohiefly of marblo and bron/.o. Tho govern ment has built eight pyramidal monu ments, which aro located upou the spots wbore fell the olght commanders of tho brigrado in this fierce and fu rious battle-storm ; four of those briga dier generals foil on the Union side and four on tho Confederate side. Thoro is a world of interest in the old battlefield as it appears today. To the traveler, driving through the park, tho monuments confront the eye here and there throughout tho groat area of wild woods, In conspicuous re lief. Upon each- of those monuments Is Inscribed a bit of history of the bat tle, telling what happonod upon that peculiar spot during tho three terrible days of frightful onslaught of tho two armies. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BATTLE. Tho battle of Chiekaraauga, result ing in the doath of 20,000 soldiers, as brave as over rushod into a battle front whore the stifling smell of smoke and carnage came hottest has gone to his tory as the Amoricai. Waterloo. The United States government could not havo selected a more appropriate field for the building of a military object lesson to exemplify tho bravery and heroism of American patriots than these battle grounds, and future generations will learn tbore_for years to come the measure and stand ard of Amorican valor and gallantry. It was on tho 18th of September, 18M, that tho first bombshell at Chiok amauga burst over Heed's bridge and scattered consternation among the armies that had encamped on two op fosito hillsides eloso at hand. Tho Jnlon army had sent a detachment of cavalrymen down to tho bridge to re connoltor. Thoy had been instructed to cross the bridgo, ascertain tho whereabouts of tho enemy's liuos and tear up the planks on tho bridge in or dor that tho Confederates might not uso It in crossing Chickamauga crook. Tho cavalrymen had just Hnlsbod loosening tho planks on the bridge whon a borrb exploded over thoir hoads and thoy woro sont otT galloping down thooreek tx> find another crossing placo, the shell displacing several of the planks thoy had on Rood's bridge There was a great deal of skirmish ing immediately aftor tho first shot from the Confoderato batteries which had been concealed noar tho brldgo in tho thick undergrowth that covered tho wholo face of that region of coun try. But the battle of Chlckamauga proper did not begin In dead earnest until tho noxt day when General Bragg In charge of the Confedoratos forces clashod with tho Union troops under command of General Rosecrans and preoipltatod what was promised in the very outset to bo ono of the doadliost battles of tho Civil War. The Union soldiers were at considerable dlsadvan tage, not bolng accustomed to tho mountainous country about, but thoy were waging a furious light all tho morning of the 18th of September and would have certainly whipped tho bat tlo, but for the timely arrival of Gon eral Longstreet from tho Virginia campaign with his legions of tigers. Longstreet landed his mon from tho traiu on tho Western and Atlantic I Railroad on the 18th at a little station oallod Rlnggold. Thoy bad not been on the battle fled half an hour before thoy found themselves right in the thickest of the fight. Thoy entered the engagement with that determina tion whloh marked Longstreet's sol diers during the entire war and did not cease fighting when night oarae. The next day was Sunday, the 18th of September, and tho two armies woro in fierce engagement all day. It was late in the afternoon of that day that Loagstreet's men broke the Federal line near the old Brotherton House. The exact spot is at the oorner of a vast field and a neck of woods, and is marked today by four handsome his torical tablets of iron which the Na tional Military Park Commissionors have bad placed to mark this impor tant incident in the battle. Even after Longstreet had thus broken the backbone of the battle, General Thomas, of the Union army, held his ground on Snodgrass Hill with obstinacy and bravery seldom equalled in a battle betweon such desperate men. Ho was finally ordered by Gen eral Roseoraus to retreat and did so with seeming roluutance. If ho had not held out so manfully as ho did, no body can toll but that the Confeder ates would have followed up the' army of Roseoraus and swept them far back into the mountains of Northern Ton nosseo before General Grant and Gen eral Sherman oould have arrived on the scene to get in thoir deadly work which followed subsequently when " the battlo among tho clouds," and tho battle of Mlaaionary Ridge were fought. ABOUT THE DEDICATION. There will probably he moro old sol diers from both sides gathered at the dedioatloa of the National Military Park at Chlokamauga than have over assembled since the war. The celebration of the event will oc cur on tho ltith and 20th of September, and tho oity of Chattanooga is making ovory preparation to entertain the armies in blue and gray most royally. The Prosidentof the United States will deliver an address and formally dedi cate tho park. Both houses of Con gress have been Invited to pttend, and all tho Governors of the States that form the Union. The annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Itopubllo will be held in Louisville, Ky., tne week prior to the dedication, and It will bo con venient for thousands of the veterans from tho North to run down to Chatta nooga, and wltnes88 the grandest de monstration over bad by the two arm los that fougbt undor Grant and Loe. It will, in point of fact, bo a rousing reunion between tho mon of the South and tho Noith and will do much to ward obliterating sectionalism and binding tho men of America in the spirit of brotherhood which should predominate all else. There is a vast deal of Interest manifested In tho un dertaking through tho South and the West and the North in common, and theeelobration gives full promise of proving the climax to the recent sea son of liberality and loyalty between all sections of tho Republic. HUNG FOR MURDER. A White Man Suffers tho Extreme Penalty of tho Liaw. A special to the Jacksonville Times Union from Jaspor, Fla., says that Joseph 13. Norton, white, was hanged on the 2vd inst. for the murder of James Uonmark, auothor whito man, on tho night of Jauuary 4, 1895. h. was intended that tho oxocution should bo privutc, aud a high fence had boon erected around tho gallows, but the crowd toro this down and H.OOO porsons saw the hanging. Norton ascondod tho gallows at 11:15, stopping as firm' a if ho woro wulk Ing to his dinuor instead of to his death. Ho said in his statement that he did not kill Donmark, but that his lifo had been sworn away by perjured witnossos. Ho pointed out Miles and McAlpiu as two of the men who had sworn falsely against him. This al most caused a riot. Young McAlpin, who is a son of Representative MoAi pin, made a desperate effort to got at Norton, evidently Intending to assault him. Sheriff Polhill called on the crowd to assist him and McAlpin was finally arrested aud order restored. Norton concluded by calling on God to wituoMH that it was Judson Taylor who killed Donmark. Tho trap was then sprung and Norton's doath fol lowed instantly, his nock being broken. A novel feature of the execution was that at Norton's request, a whito gauze voll was pulled over his faco instead of the tragical black cap. On tho night of January 4, Norton and his bride of a few weoks attended a ball given In thoir honor. During the ball young Denmark gave Norton a pistol to keep for him and thon began dancing with Mrs. Norton. I While Donmark was dancing with the young wife, ho did something to her that enraged Norton. The husband jerked Denmark from Mrs. Norton's arms and struck him to the lloor. Then as Denmark trlod to rise, he was shot doad with tho pistol ho had given Norton to keep. Today Norton said that ho dropped the pistol and that Judson Taylor picked it up and shot Denmark. Norton always claimed that Denmark had grossly iuuultod Mis. Norton. Norton was a magnificent specimen of manhood, bolng fully seven feet high and weighing 250 pounds, with out an ounco of surplus flesh. Do was thirty years of ago and born In Wll liauibburg, S. C, where his family still live. He is the third white man hanged In Florida since tho war. THE CHOP STATEMENT. The Largest Yield, of Cotton on Hcc ord?Interesting JP'tgures from the Annual Report in New Orleans. Tho Now Orleans cotton exchango statement has been issued. The cot ton crop of tho United States for tho year ending Augi.ot 1, 1885, is as fol lows, tho flguros being given in round thousands: North Carolina, otc., 4(55,000 bales, South Carolina, 800,000, Georgia, 1,300.000, Alabama 1,000.000, Florida OOjOOO. Mississippi 1,200,000, Louisiana 000,000, Arkansas 850,000, Tennosuoo, etc., 350,000, Texas 3,270, 000. Total crop 0,901,000. The Texas crop, which amounts In exact figures to 3,275,858 balos, lncludos 120.082 bales grown in Indian Territory. The state ment of overland this year Includes 80,000 bales by two railroads that havo not hitherto boon considered as cotton handlors. Tho cotton crop of tho United States for the year ending Au gust 31, 1805, giving port receipts, overland and Southern consumption, is as Mlows : "Port receipts 8.000,177 bales, Southern consumption 807,073 bales, overland 1,087,101 bales. Total orop 0,001,251 balos. The total South- I orn consumption was 802,838 balos and i inclndod 54,805 balos taken from and counted at Southern outports. The totals of Secretary Hester's an nual report of tho cotton crop of the United States aro very Interesting. Thoy show receipts of cotton at all United States ports for the year of 8,000,177 bales against 5,040,002 last year ; overland 1,087,111, against 031. 706; Southern consumption taken di reot from the interior of the cotton belt 8o7,073 against 078,010, making the cotton crop of the United States for 1884-05 amount to 0,001,251 bales, ; against 7,740,817 last vear and 6,700, 365 the year before. - e excess shown over the ) argoi-.t crop ever marketed before?that of 1801-92. when tho total was 0,035,370 -is 865,872 bales. Mr. Heater hau been inakiug an in vestigation into the consumption of cotton by every mill in the South, in cluding woolen mills that havo used cotton, and tho results show a total of 8112,838 bales ; but of this, 54,86(1 were taken from our ports, including port receipts. This total shows that the mills of the South have usod up over 144,000 naoro than during 1892-03. He maker the actual cotton crop of Texas, Including Indian Territory, 3,275,858 bales, or say 210,798 more than last years and states that tho actual production of Indian Territory was 120.982 balos. Mr. Hester's full roport contain in teresting facts in relation to the in crease in the spindles of Southern mills and to new mills which will come into operation during tho yoar. Ho will state that, with anything liko fair trade, the South will roqulro 1,000,000 biiles to feed her spindles during 1895 96. Ho makes tho average weight of the orop 9 1-2 pounds por halo moro than last season, and says that it equals 10,089,000 bales of last year's orop and 10,090,000 balos of tho growth of 1892, when the South has actually pro duced this season 1,064,000 bales more, than the largest commercial crop pre viously on record. THE DISPENSARY CASKS. The State Clots the Best of tho Fight In the United States Court. Greenville Mountaineer. Tho first of a series of casus brought by the enemies of tho dispensary law was heard by Judge Charles II. Simou ton in the Federal building on Wed nesday morning. This is the caso of one Lowenstelu, a cltizou of North Carolina, against Gov. John Gary Evans and others, mombors of tho State board of control. Tho complain ant sues tho board of control for $150, being throe tiiues tho value of a pack age of liquor seized and eon?scatod Oy the authorities and belonging to Low enstein. Tho action Is brought under tho an ti-monopoly law passed by Congress in 1890. This law forbids the creation of a monopoly by any person, corporation or association, and tho question is whether or not the State can bo con sidered as coining under either of these three heads. Tho defence en tered a demurrer to the complaint, claiming that the action is in reality against the State, as tho defendants are acting as tbo agents of tho Stato and by its authority, and also claiiuiug that tho disponsary act is not in viola tion of tho anti-monopoly law. Tho complainant was represented by Murphy & Farrow, while Attorney General Barber and his assistant, C. P. Townsond, appeared for the Stato board of control. Mr. Barber mado the opening argument, defining fully tho position of tho defense und giving nu merous authorities to sustain it. Mr. Farrow followed for the complainant in a longthy and able argument. He' spoke from a type-written manuscript aud his citations of authorities woro numerous. District Attorney Murphy was uuwcll and spoke only a short while. He attempted a reduotio ad abslurdum of tho argumout in favor ol tho dispensary law and dwolt on tbo "spirit " of tho anti-monopoly law. Judge Simonton interrupted Mr. Murphy and stated tho puiut at issue, desiring him to confine his argument to that. The court hold that if tho ytato had given monopoly of the whis key business to a corporation, tho act would bo fatally dofoetivo, but that such was not tho caso. "Is tho State a person, corporation or association," asked Judgo Stmontou and to this question Mr. Murphy directed the rest of his argument. Tho Attorney General concluded tho argument in an able speech, denying that the anti-monopoly law applied in this caso. It is probable that Judge Simonton will come to a decision in tho case in a wook or ten days, and those capable of judging think it will bo favorable to tho dispensary law. In tho afternoon, Judgo Simonton heard the cases against the State con stables and policemen of Columbia who mado tho raid on tho Columbia Club. The case was brought on pe titions from N. C Gonzales and A. 10. Gonzales and W. 10. Gonzales, claiming tho odieors had unlawfully seized li quor belonging to two of the petition ers and intruded for thoir personal use. Tho potitions were road by Mr. H. C. Patton, attorney for the Gonzales, tho answer of the policemen by Mr. .1. P. Thomas, Jr., city attorney of Colum bia, and tho answer of tho constables by Assistant Attorney General Town send. Tho respondents declared that thoy had no intention of showing con tempt for tho orders of tho court and claimed that their actions wore au thorized by law. .1 udi.ro Simonton said a question of fact arose as to whether tho liquor was used only by tho owners and whether the Columbia Club w"^ place where habitual drinking was practiced. In order to sottlo tho question, tostimony would have to be taken, and for that purpose ho would appoint a roforeo. The court requested counsel to agree on a suitable porson for roforeo, and J. T. Barronj of Columbia, was selected and appointed by tho court. Tho reforoo Is to tako testimony on ho quostlons involved and submit it " Judge Simonton without making any decision in tho matter. It Is generally thought that the members of tho club will bo unable to prove that tho club was not a place for habitual drinking and in that cuso tho otlleers will bo released. Policeman Strickland und Con- , stables Lafar, Speed) Davis and Moorohead, who was a policoman 1 when tho raid was made, were of courso prosont und showed u deep in terest in the ease. ?The jewels which are reported j Mrs. Standford, widow of the Calfornia Senator, intends to sell for the benefit of Leland Stanford, Jr., University, I aro valued, according to San Francisco ' papers, at over $2,000,000. Among tbo complete sets of jowols, each com prising a tiara or necklace, pondant earrings, bracelet, brooch and ilnger rings, is ono sot of yellow diamonds, another of pink and another of bluo diamonds, while thoro aro some genuino black dlamouds in tho collec tion and a number of bountiful rubies, sapphires and emeralds. Somo of the jowols onco belonged to tho Duko of I Ilrunswick's famous collection. Thoro aro over sixty diamond ilngor-rings in I Mrs. Standford's jowel-box. Tho phenomonally hoalthy nature of . Lynton, Kngland, may or may not bu j understood from the following story, which Is quoted in ono of our ex I changes : ltecontly a visitor began to ! talk to an old man at Lyton, and askod j him his age, whereupon ho said : "I j am just over seventy." "Well," said : the visitor, "you look as if you had a good many more years to llvo yet. At what ago did your father dio?" "Fa ther dead V" said tho old man, looking surprised. "Father isn't dead; bo's up-stairs putting grandfather to bed I" thic (MiMsi; a i Koi iii) cs. ' The United states Will Make its Own Invewt l?atlor ter IVum a Methodist Missionary. Tho Uaityed Stute? govornmeut, it is : authoritatively aunoncud at tho Statu ' dopartoieut, 'hats decided to enter [ forthwith upon an' independent in vestigation of tho Cheng Tu riots, with tho eo-oporation of a Chinese ropro soutatlvo. As at first arranged, tho inquiry was to havo boon inado in co operation With Eughlud, but I here has boon a change of plan within tho last few days occasioned partly by tho fact that tho British eonsul at Chung King, who is to couduot tho investigation on bohalf of his government and by whom with tho couourrouco of an American missionary member, it was at lirst pro posed to have primary investigation of tho facts, hue been dot .iued at bis post, and it is said will ut. bo able to begin the Inquiry for a mouth or more. _ There aro also understood to bo otbor reasons why the state department of this govornmeut has decided upon ao independent investigation suoh as France has already made, and such as England will make later. It is said at tho State department that it is not true, however, as has beou represented, that tho policy of thisogovorumont has boon changed by any feeling of dia satifaction or resentment caused bv whatever apparent delay has superven ed on England's part in proceeding with tho inquiry. Tho department has othor roasous which it is not yot prepared to make public. China is expected to loud bor sup port to tho American inquiry to tbo extent of supplying escort to tbo nersons who will conduct it, but who have not yet boon designated, and will probably furnish au official who will co-oporato with tho American investi gation as in the Ku Cheng investiga tion. Tho investigation is expected to be made by some otllcial now on the Chinese coast. It will probably take a month to reach Cheng Tu, which Is the capitul of tho interior province of Szechuun and lies some 1,500 milos from tho noarost ocean port. A dispatch from Hong Kong says tho leader of the Ku Cheng riots, in which a number of English aud American missionaries woro killed, has boon, arrosted. An attempt'' wuo^Sftido by Chinese soldiers to kidnap this person in tho hope of securing the reward which had been offered for his delivery to the authorities. Tho total number of arrests thus far of those concerned in tho Ku Chong massacre Is 130. Twenty-three of tho number havo boon convicted, but up to this time seutouco has not been passed upon any of them, tho viceroy of Fu Kien demanding tho right to review the evidence adduced ut tho trials. President 10. H. Poarco, of Kentucky Wcsloyan College, at Winchester, Ky., has received tbo following stirring letter from Dr. C. F. Heid, of Shang hai, China, a citizen of tue Uniteu States and presiding elder of the Shanghai district of tho Methodist Church, South: ''Sanghai, August 1.?Only two weeks ago to-day 1 sent you an account of tlie -Szechucn outrages, and to-day 1 am sending you accounts of the mas saroe at Ku Cuing. Had our minister acted promptly'aud adequately in tbo first case, the second would probably not have occurred, and wo should havo been spared tbo .spectacle of eight young and consecrated women dragged from their beds and brutally mas sacred, helpless infants hacked t<> death and a faithful servant of Cod burned in his bed. ?' I am sending you these accounts in the hope that you will use them where they will do the most good. I wish 1 could put a copy in the nunds Ol every editor, every congressman and every other man who has any Interest in the welfare of the church or the honor of his country. " We don't ask for revenge, but we do ask for justice and the protection which every American has a right, to demand, and which no civilized nation has a right to withhold from its hum blest citizens. " Foreigners in China are unanimous in the belief that a little prompt and vigorous action would at once put an end to these, things. We have lost all hope of help from the legation at Pckin, and we aro now appealing directly to Washington. Will von not help us? Unless something is speedily done we shall have to abandon all our interior work jwhioh represents so many years of toil and sacrifice. " In our opinion the action required at this time is the appointment of a strong commission with such rank and authority as will onable them to try and fix the guilt of tho highest of ficials. The arrest of a few coolies will be worse than useless?. We must go to the source of these troubles, which is fouud in some of tho highest offioials in the empire.'" MACADAMIZED ROADS. Over Seventy-Five Mllos hi Floyd Count.* Mado ?>> Convict Labor. A dispatch to tho Atlanta Journal says thoro aro seventy-live miles of macadamized roads In Floyd County, Ga. In 18? 1 Major W. F. Ay er, who was on the b >ard of commissioners, conceived the idea of establishing a chuiu gang to work tho roads. Ac cordingly the board at his suggestion obtuiued an act of the Legislature, authorizing tho establishing the chain gang, aud putting all convicts for mis demeanors for twelve months and under in it. Thoy in a short titno had a rock crusher, mules and carts and I barracks for the convicts. They began on the suburbs of Komu und graded the roads, cutting down tho high places and tilling tho low places, making roads higher in tho middle with a slopo each way and then put on the lino crushed rock a foot thick. It was soon found that Floyd did not furnish convicts enough, aud that they could work 75 or 100 hands nearly as cheap as 25, as they required the same number Ofstipi rintendonts and guards. Tho grand jury recommended to tho hoard that they got convicts from other counties and as an inducement paid the cost of conviction and trans portation both ways. This gave them a good many more. Tho number goos up to (?0 sometimes, but will average between forty and fifty. The last grand jury reported tboso roads to cost $l,.KH) per mile, but Major Aycr thinks with sixty hands to work that thoy will cost about $1,600 per milo. Tho annual cost of tho chain gang is about $15,000, but the people do not grumble at this as wo have the finest roads in tho State. Whore one bale of cotton could he hauled before, now the same team will haul two or three. The roads are bettor than the streets of Uomo. Tho work was ho thoroughly done that that thoy need but little, repairing. Tho superintendent is now leaving crushed rock along all now roads to repair them as thoy may require in tho future. ?A movement has boon started to orcct a monument to tho mommy of Anno Lee Carter, the mother of General Itobort K. loo. STATU NKWS IN BRIBlP. Interesting Notes IVom Various SuUT'1 oee. ?Ground was broken ou oaturd^-J last for the erection of tin iron fouudrtfl in Darlington. It .v.m buve n blaj furuaeo with a capacity trf ^J>Oo^u**??l(P| ?An effort will In- made to havo tho \ constitutional convention change tho I otlieial numo of the Sontli Carolina i Stato Lunatic Asy! nn to that of the,;} South Caroline State Hospital. 13 ?Mose Jackson, who several nights' ago threw a stone through a ear wiu dow of tho night train near Molroso^s N. C, striking one of the passenger*! on tho arm, has been arrested andfl lodged in jail at Saluda. ? If there, is no cyclone this year the ; rleo planters of South Carolina will ; probably make inone,\ for tlio llrst-1 time in some years. Tho Japanese crop is to a huge extent a failure, ami that raised in this country is not enough $ tosupoly the demand. ?Supervisor Scott, of Union, sag-; gosts a general mcoting of all tho I County Supervisors of the Stato during the month of Octobor for the purpose I of consulting together upon tho opera-1 tion of tho now couuty govornmont law, tho best method of working tho public roads, utilizing convict labor, etc. ?A farmer in Orangeburg County last week sold a lot of thirty-seven * bales of cotton which was raise in 1875. 1 This cotton has been stored away for | twenty years aud the owner during that tune could have gotten 15 cents or more per pound for the whole lot, but was probably holding it for 2~> cents, and after twenty years decided to soli, ? ?The large fruit crop and tho abun dant corn crop have induced a number of people throughout (he Stato to | apply for authority to run distiller? A great many corn liquor stills havj boon licensed in the upper part of th. State. Tho intention is to sell much of the product as possible to Stato. The brandy distilleries intended mostly for home co Thoro havo been quite tilleiies started in tho last year, and have niungcd to j.1 . t heiu-i?iLp^ujt jiLu?* ness of corn maj? liillu?nco ? coi n liquor. ?Tho pooplo In the southeastern"^ portion of Abbeville County are very much excited on account of tho discov ery of some rich gold linds. Somo forty tons of mining machinery havo been received from Pennsylvania and the mining is to bo carried on ex tensively. Tho richest linds have been in Walker's Branch, at tho foot of Little Mountain. This is in tho im mediate section of tho Dorn mine," which has not been worked since tho war, but before the war more than a million dollars of gold hud been takeu from the Dorn mine. Since then the mine has been forsaken, and only occa sional I v havo nuggets boon taken from it. -?Judge Townsond has decided a ease Involving the title of about $300, 000, belonging to the estate of Mrs. Julia H. Clarke, deceased, who Inherit ed it from her uncle, P. T. Humum, the great showman. The property in question is situated in the StUtOB_uf South Carolina, Couneoticut, Kansas and New York, and tho question at Issue was whether the will of Mrs. Clarke should ho construed according to the laws of Smith Carolina or a cording to f.r; ? ??m?b of each of t States in which the property v situated, and it really m her husband should orty or whothei child it should tlvos. Hy tin send the will i: Mr. CMarke. SUPIMi The Stntisoit Spirited t:< uiul Koro I] Atwood, V send out tin" The Statib from a sup| view is now w thoroughly a< that they ma. the disposition ;. they are to prodi rent, season. The jiirtt ended reall/.eu I?,uui,v??0 hai Exports during the past season hu> been 0,700,000, consequently 3,200,' bales have to be accounted for ir. t... country. According to The Mow York Chronicle on Saturday last, there wa il visible supply In thi* country, at ports ana weekly reported Interior points of 810,000, leaving, say 2.000,000 that had gone out of sight, and then fore, Into the hands of American pinners. Southern mills have, prac tically, nOStOCk, ind It la U conserva tive estimate, to say that Norther spinners hold as much as 250,000. 'TJi' would represent an aotuul consumpti for twelve months, ending ::ist ultil of 2,050,000. Inasmuch, however.' with good trade and large IncroaS' spindle, power In the South, and so Increase In tho North, it Is fair I 3Ume, that as America, Canada in Mexico took 2,000,000 last season, th will require 3,250.000 the current -. son : but as the growing crop proinia only 7,250,000, wo can only oxj 4,000,0000 bales against 0,700,000, a for Buropoaoj spinners of 2,700,000 American. What are they to do about it 'i 'I visible supply of American cotton Europe ou Saturday last was 1,775,0011 and the invisible stiuulv of all k -?d? mill stock in ICuropo on Aug. lsi~\ 1)04,000. Therefore, unloss Europe) the difference of 2,700,000 out of i . oountty, it look.- as though they wi havo to fall back upon every bale ? vidi bio ami invisible supply in Kur op to meet th<?ir requirements. This Is the s.iui and substance of lb situation, on a supply and (lomam basis, and it indicate.-, OOnsidorab i competition on the part Of* uo... \ and foreign spinner,, as to who shal get the lion's share of it. The grow lug cio;> promises to he Only Itboil 500,000 bales moro than our total i n ports from So pi. I. I804, to Sept. A 1895. ?Among tho Goo fedora to relics bo exhibited at tho Ks position will tho camp chost of Joflorson Da* This ehest not onlj went through civil war, hut through tho Me> war in winch Jefferson Davis v ?real military HgUI'O. The ??' i Washington. (Ja . n >w, whei 1 ft in tin- possi gsioti of Col. .i Weoras by Mr. Davis. In is?r>, w j j ho passed through Washington A i was forced to disencumber him ? II I some of his things us he was a file H Among the things he left WH H chest. Col. WoOINg1 daughter si K I the chest and wiil exhibit it I Atlanta Imposition. ? Chief Justice Kuller? of the I states Supremo Court, said th I day in the course of an inti I " If we want to live to a green wo should stay In harness. 'I rot of almlossnoss outs out oxl