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- -- -- .-:.- K~- -. .. .. -- - *- :. p. ESTABLISHED 18G5. XEWBERRY, S. C., TH RSDAY, MARCH 13,.1890. PRICE 1.50_A YEAR LIVELY SENSATIONS IN EDGEFI ELI). The Grand Jury ArraIgn, the Suprene Court and Circuit Judges for Delay4 and Innovations in the Administra tion of the Laws and the Sheriff for Criminal Negligence. [Special to Columbia Register.] EDGEFIELD, S. C., March 6.-The grand jury selected to serve for this year have been in session here since Monday last. For-the past three days they have been investigating the Norris-Gardner affair, in which it was reported that a challenge had passed between the par ties. The matter of the recent escape of prisoners from the County jail has also been thoroughly looked into by the grand jury, and to-day they made their report to the court. As was ex pected, their presentment has created quite a sensation. They dismiss the Norris-Gardner affair, attack the duel ling law, rap the Supreme Court over the head, call upon the Circuit Judges to stop "continuances" of cases, sug gest a change of venue in the Jones case, accuse the Sheriff of criminal negligence and prefer eleven charges against him. The following extract from their pre sentment covers the result of their in vestigation referred to: "General rumor and newspaper state ments having induced us to believe that the statute prohibiting duelling in this State has been violated, in that a challenge to fight a duel had been sent by one of our citizens and accepted by another, we have thought it proper to investigate the charge, in view that the parties might be dealt with as the law directs; but after diligent inquiry and careful examination we failed to find evidence sufficient to warrant judicial proceedings. Preliminary cor respondence only passed, and the prompt action of the officials prevented any act coming under the statutes. In deed, we find the statutes so defective that nothing short of a duel, actually fought, is ever likely to be brought to the test of a trial. "We find in our jail a prisoner in dieted for murder [Jones], who has been there for most part of four and a half years. He has been tried five times. The expense of keeping him and having these- trials has been a heavy tax upon our county. The fail ure of the law to punish him, if guilty, reflects upon the administration of jus tice. The failure of the law to give him his freedom, if innocent, is an out rage on the liberty of the citizen. "The flimsy pretexts upon which the Supreme Court grants new trials, a thing unheard of before the war, an in novation which we firmly believe is the source of all lynching which has occurred in our State, cannot be too strongly condfmned. "The long incarceration of this pris oner excites sympanthy for him; the failure of the lawv to vindicate itself -casts obloquy upon its adrministration; the prisoner gains at the State's ex pense, and justlee is weakened by every continuance. Continuance after continuance has been granted upon trivial pretenses, and we feel that we voice the sentiment of an overwhelnm ing majority of our people when we ask that this thing shall stop. We want this man released if innocent, we want him punished if guilty. *"In view of the fact that he has had five trials in this court, and that mis trials have resulted four times. we be lieve that justice can be better sub served by change of venuie, and we recommend such action if it is allo,wed by law. "The Solicitor having desired an in vestiiention into the imatter of the re cent escapes from the jail of prisoners, two of whom were under sentence for .a capital oflense, and a strong public sentiment urging the same, we have g'ven the matter a patient, searching and thorough investigation. We re gret to present that we find the Sheriff' and his assistants have been culpably negligence of their duty, and they are undoubtedly responsible for the escape of the aforesaid prisoners'. We reach this conclusion from sworn evidence before us, and from a thorougvh inlspec tion of the jail. The evidence thus elicited shows general looseness in the management of the jail. disregard of the statutes for its government and criminal cairelessness on the night that Murrell and Carpeniter~ escaped, to wit, in the following particulars: "1. There~ is no lea ailer, inasmuch as the law requires hiis appoiinmnt in writing to be dcpoisitedi in tihe Clerk's office. The Sherifi's son, JIosephi Ouzis, only acts as jaiier. "2. The prison ers lu rrellI and ( ar -penter wecre not closel'y con1 ined,. as re q1uired by) the wente nce of the court. They were all' wed t he li berty~ of th e en:ire second tioor,. and were not con tinied to a 'ell ont the nigTh; of thle es':ape. '':. P'risoners we(re allw~edl ;'ree c im mun11iclat ion w Lh outid i er-: hv meants ofstring~ through tihe wi.idows. 9"4. A p'rison'ter, .Ji nes, under inmd iet have tihe j:tl k.vyo'and to lock upt ''ther prisoners by the Shieritf's amti jailera consent. SiImsel f hal otllei einpli>)ynlen'lt outside the jai occupying~ munch of his time, was entruisted withi the car of these '"6. Prisoners' under sent4ece were not kept separate from other prisoners. "T. On the evening before the escape a friend and nieighb.r of Mur-elI and Carpenter was confined by thme towvn marshal with themi oni the second floor of the jail for aboout three hours. When jail, but silept with Jones in a rooi adjoining that occupied by the actin jailer and his assistant, who both ha keys in their pockets to the iron doc leading up to the second floor. Then things were allowed, notwithstandia the Sheriff had been twice warned th; preparations were being made to ai their escape. "S. Prisoners under sentence were a; lowed to visit their families, and other have been employed in hauling wood "9. The jail, contrary to law, ha been used as a boarding house. "10. Discrimination has been exei cised in the treatment of prisoners. "11. Within a week after Murrell an, Carpenter got out, another prisonei under indictment for burglary, escape< in the daytime in the self-same ;a y and through the self-same hole througl which Murrell and Carpenter ar alleged to have escaped, showing tha warning, escape of Murrell and Car penter, and nothing else seemed to hay impressed the Sheriff with his lack o caution and the importance;ofhis trust "In view of these facts, we presen Sheriff Ouzts and Joseph Ouzts fo criminal negligence, and ask th< Solicitor to institute judicial proceed ings against them. And that Marior Booth and Robert Powell be indictec for aiding and abetting the escape o these prisoners. "W"e desire to say, in this connection it is with sorrow and pain that a sens< of duty alone compels this harsh meas ure against our Sheriff, a persona friend of many of us, and a man whor as a citizen and officer the people o Edgefield have delighted to honor And we exonerate him from any con nivance or intentional wrong. Hih humane heart and over confidence have drawn him into this trouble." Judge Wallace in discharging the grand jury commended them highly for the efficient manner in which they had discharged their duty, and it gave him pleasure to say that their body was unquestionably composed of men (as shown by their presentment) who had the welfare of the county at heart. Referring to that portion of their presentment in reference to the Supreme Court, he spoke of the Judges of that court as able lawyers whc wielded indiscriminately and fairly the power they had of checking unjust verdicts and erroneous decisions of the circuit courts and protecting the rights of a free and enlightened people. As to the censure in regard to con tinuing cases, and especially that of Jones, he said that leading counsel stated that he had just been subjected to a surgical operation, and it woi[d have been inhuman to counsel and un just to Jones to have forced the case to trial and thus deprive the prison, r of the able service of counsel. As to the former continuances he knew nothing, but felt sure that they were founded on grounds equally as just and proper a~ the continuance at this term was. Solicitor Nelson will give out indict ments against Sheriff Ouzts and his son, Joseph, and Marion Booth and Robert Powell at the next term of the court. He has already caused the arrest of Booth and Powell, who are now in jail. Sheriff Ouzts and his sou~ gav-e bond this evening. The firm o1 Gary &S Evans has been retained by al] tour of the above mentioned parties tc defend them when the case againsi them comies up for trial. A BsRATE YOUNG LADY. she Kinla a Burgular While He was Ran. sacking Her Buaeau. CH ARL~oTrE, N. C., March 4.-On last Monday morning about 3 o'clock burglar w-as killed in Sampson coun ty by Alice Kinney, 19 years old. Mis! Kinney's father is dead, and she lives alone with her mother on a farm. The two are the only persons wh< sleep in the old farm house. On Sun day night Miss Kinney was arousee by the noise of some one in an adjoin ing room. She at once r-ealized tha a burglar was in the house. Undel her pillow was a revolver. The youns womran took the pistol in her han< and( concealed it under the quilt Then she lay as if asleep, and whet the burglar entered the room he walket up to the bed and concluding that th< young woman was sleeping sound(1 begani to look about the room. Hi wore a mask and carried a pistol in hi: hand. As he turned his head away fron he-r she heard hinm whisper to himself ".The is p)urty, and guess I'll hab te seec her- later.'' He 'went to the bureat adbgnto go through the drawvers The bureau was directly in front c the bed, anid when he turned his fae< M iss Kinney quietly raised in the bed too,k aim at the muan's head, ani Instantly the burglar whiirle< around, and as he di so she again tired, and then lie fell to the floor wid a gro':mn. With the smoiking pistol 11 her hanid she watched about five mini utes, when he (lied. Then the alarn was givecn and a crowd gathered at th house. The burglar proved to be San Kerns, a negro w-ho has given muei trouble. An editor works 31. 1-4 davs in ye:ff to get out fifty-two issues of paper ;that's labor. Once in a whil somebody pays him a year's subscrii tion ;tha-t's capital. And oncei Iawhile some son-of-a-gun-of-a-dea< beat takes the paper for a year or tw anid vanishes without paying for it that's anarchy. But later on justie w-ill overtake the last named creatur, for thie-e is a place where he will g< his just deserts ; that's hell. Li I)ItARE'S II iTORIC F1:AT. 1 Official Faetx of that NVontterfn. Yield of r Corn-Full Method of Cultivation.-The Growing Crop a Wonder to See--Oni cial Fig ures of the e-ht. t [Almerican Agrieulturist.] The acre entered by Mr. Z. J. Drake - Was a' sandy soil in Marlboro (ounty, s South Caruoiina. The orig-inal grow th wasoak, hickory and long leaf pine. s Three years ago, before the land was iniprove(l, eight dollars per acre was a fair valuation, while, thirty years ago, the plantation of which this ::ere is an 1 average specimen was called by its owner "Starvation's Emprn)ire." It ha1d a gentle slope, with northern exposure, and was naturally well dr:ined. The 1 acre was a fair specimen of much of the poor land of the South, and its ini t provenlent and productiveness atlords - an instructive lesson. As late as 18S5, ' when in was in corn, it made a poor f crop-practically notiing. In ISS( the . acre yielded about three hundred pounds of seed . cotton, two dollars worth of amnoniated fertilizer being tped in the way common to cotton cul ture. The fertility was sc reduced that ill 157 the yield of corn was not over five bushels per acre. But now Mr. Drake undertook to improve it. To provide the vegetable matter or hunus so much needed, the land was liberally covered with rakings of leaves, straw, etc., from the neighboring woods. On top of this, twenty-five horse loads of stable manure were evenly spread broadcast; also 75 bushels of cotton seed, 500 pounds of Wilcox, Gibbs & Co's manipulated guano, 250 pounds of kainit. The heavy dressing was all ploughed under with Starke's Dixie turning plow. It was laid off in rows with the same plow, two furrows to the row, four feet apart; 100 pounds of guano were applied in the furrows, an(l then each pair of furrows were thrown into a ridge with the same p)lough. The Peterkin cotton was planted with a Leytelh cotton planter, and made the crop of 917 pounds of lint cotton on the acre, showing con elusively the result of the improvement. PRE'AtING; FOR TIlE (iGEST Cno?ON RE(ol I). Mr. Drake decided that this acre was the one for him to enter in the corn contest, and he determined to make the biggest crop on record, season per mitting. The last of February, there fore, lhe hauled upon the contest acre 50 one-horse wagon loads of stable ma nure, averaging 20 bushels to the load, $50, to which should be added $4 for hauling and spreading. This was the dropping of h "rses and lmlules fed on corn and fodder and was inot moved until hauled to the acre. At the same time 5,0(M) pounds each of lanipulated guano, cotton seed meal and kainit were also broadcasted, and the whole was then plioughled unlder. Followirg the plow whole cotton seed was lit terally strewed inl each furrow, ;' bushels being applied to the acre. . subsoil plow camne after, break;:n2 the soil to a total dept hi of 12 incel -and also buying the whlole cotton seed . eper than the othIer mnanu re. Tu tihe decaying seed would back up the crop later in tile seasion, when its rOots had penetrated below the first layer of mlaniure. On)ie hlorse anld a mtanl did theC plough ing, also the subIsoil ing: bo t h jobs being completed it] one day,. (March 1.) at a total expense of $2. The acre was harrowed on the sanme day with a Thomassmoo hin arrow, one muan and~ two htorses doing ti.e work itn abiout (one ho1u1r. The nlext day, March 2, the acre was laid offl withI the Starke pltow inl two furrows to the row, followed by tile subsoil plo)w inl each row. 'The row's weCre alternately three andl six feet apart-thait is, thlere were three and six feet b.etween two rows, then three feet, then six feet, andiO rml: V.um:-r y .mt erUr r:. The seed plantedl ws OneC bushtel of the c'onuInoni gourdl variety oft the Sou'hI ern1 whlite denlt coirn, bitt it was a strain thlat haid been impllrovedl by twenty years of careful selection1 fronm !the 1best tof cornu growni otn thlis planlmtat ioln. The planting was doine ini half a day by four hands, otn Mareb 2mIi, the wveat.her being warml and tiie lanrd moist. Five or six tkernlels were d raipped to eachl foot of the row. lThe latter were live inleh(s deep. but t he seedl waos oinly covered Ilihtfly an1 inch deep by raking .iln the sides of the furrow. Raitn, thle rnext day washled inl miore soil anid coy ered the seedl rather deeply. There were good rainus Matrrb 10 and1 15, the Spiants betzan to sho0w Oil the0 i;th, anid by the 25th1 there was a tolerably good st:.md. Ont A pril .Nihi t he lrp w:as hoed for the tirst time, thitnned to one' stalk every five or six inichles, andi I the few m iissinig places replantted. Ont the 21uth tile w ide spaeS (six: feet l etu 'een thle al terna:t e ro.ws eer pl ouighed oiut withi 1tile subisoil.plIow. Thten a: mtixture com1 -. posed of 211 poundIs eac'h of manliipuI i::ted guz.nit~. Rainit, enOtt' n -e'ud mleal, evenly applied b)y sowinig in each fur rw '' thu is OI ofitin t~ i apiplicat -m of Plat:.t-foo(d to the wi le spaces after wihthe whoIlei attre was tZone.. over with a Thlomtas ha:rrow. lhere wvas a rain ont tile 24th, and1( two dayvs later a the cro p was agtainl harro' wed withl tile e Thomas harrow. N%ow, otn Maty 15, tihe - na:rrow or three foot rows were a poughied out with ithe subsoiler, and1( -30pounds of nitirate of soda was sowed 0 in I tese rows. alld wo(rke(d withi a han id :iharow or (iiltivator. Otn th:e -tht the eThom Las htarro-w was rntt throutgh the ,wide rows tto break{ the (rust. .It will t be seen that by this time the soil was but had been thoroughly culti :tt 11 the surface, and alto well wo ~rl:- ! n: derneath hv the subsuil 1l0w. -, the whole soil was ntot titnly ftli fi tility, but was in that li,!ht t111"n . I dition that best facilitates r{.t r:? h. IOOT DEVELoMENT. To stimulate a still further r"I da : t ol)ment, especially in the wle iw between tbe alternate rows, wlht r:- t her= was more room for this purpose'. t.ree furrows were run side hv shil-, in th middle of the wide rows with tin-1h soil plough and 201 pounds of n:. lated guano was appliedl in tht" rows, the rows being then wori_ Thomas harrow. The next day - . about an inch of rain'. about, inches of rain .e'i four days later, :;l on June 2. the land was liguhtly t ir with a lice. A little earth was het h: to the corn, making the lanil level. There was more rain .1n::" and 5th and on the 8th, thre fur-x were again turned in the nidi- :f il wide rows, this timelt with : a --:-h Campbell sweep. Now 500 pnn; a mixture composed of equal :art manipulated guano, cotton sei m!t:n! and kainit was strewn in the w i-l space and the corn on the entire tild washoed. Rain came the next dv, but on June 11th, 100 pounds of 1,it rate of soda was sowed in the narrow rnws and hoed in. TILE WONDERS OF TILE Co!'. The crop was now a wonderful sil,t. It soon became necessary to put up Posts and nail slats to thiem, onI bio-b sides of each row, to prevent the eorn falling. No hilling was done, int tin whole acre was kept perfertly level. Arrangements for irrigating had ht' made, but the season was early anli wet, as cornpared with other ye: - rain falling frequently and no irriration was ne.ces_ary. In fact, as Mr. D>r:1k(1 says, "the season was the most favoira.. ble for corn I ever saw." The fame <t: the contest acre 'spread far and wit le. and farmers and p)lanters camne frem all parts of Marlboro andadjoiniingeoun ! itsI to behold it. P. L. Breeden, a great cotton planter, and one of the nist progressive farmers in the State, says it was "a wonder to behold" S. A. Brown, editor of the M Marlboro Denocra t, writes: "The harvest was indeed curiosity. One laborer told us that the corn, when pulled, was knee deep on the ground. The yield was not Inuci of a surprise to those who visited the crop while growing, and some Marion farmers put the estimate at :;t:u bushels." TILE HARVAST AND ITS CoRRECTNESS. The acre was surveyed June -.tlh by also a trial justice, who takes oath that the plot was measured by an aece11ratI (unter's chain, and was 29G 4-147 ftct long and 147 feet'wide, containi r 4:, 540 square feet, or precisely one aer:". The boundaries were marked by stakes firmly driven in the ground, but thi precaution was hardly necessary as noit etherl corn was growni in the vicinity, the acre standing alone by itself. The harvestinig was (lone in the presence if a: large nunmber of gentlemecn-repre-f en tative farmers-including .1. C CamTfpbelhl, as the ofhe-:ial repeseatic of The American Agricult u ri-..'. Campbell sulperin~sed the which--a i. In addition to all theise pree:n ions,ic the number and character of the wt nesses miadle any cheating imlec-ssibh had it been thought of, am'l the foctj that no other corn grew ini the iiih'e 4' h(ood rendered impossib)le thle :ieitit icn of any grown outtside the conttest ::ere. Mr. Drale and his witnesses cert illed b eforeC Justice A lforde. that thie ero c as harvested Novemiber 2-5th, was 17.n pounids of corn in the ear, of whh-bl e4 f po(undis was soft or poor cornf. E:. witness selected from dhifTerenit par:s oft the field an average lot of ears, and frt 1(0 pounds of ears so gathered Mr. TIart obtained 80.3 pounds oif ker'nels ailo 19 pountfds of cobs. Mr. Reynolds obetained .S2 pounds of kernels andl 1-8Pt poud oif cobs.and1( Mr. Dunn got 8:l ciom!ais ofl kernels and( 161 poiundis of cubs. .\er aging these tests shows that 82 1per en t. of the total crop wvas kernels, or 14.: pound(s of shelled corn equal1 to 1 h ushels, 49 pounids ofshtel led crn at 50 pun lds to the bushel. This if ki hi-dried unt il it contained only 10 per' cent. of water, would slirinik to :':1 btushi. and it the water- is all allowed fore c roLIcen p would be 217 bushiels of actunal dry mater in the shelled corn griown on one acre. A Colored Mlan'su big Pen.feon. [Friom: the St. L.ouis Glo)bc e- eemt:.] R EA D INI, Pa , March 1.'-"ios'lcb;y the largest pension eve.r gtramed to e a colored mtan byv the United State- a ju.-t been awarded Alexanler -rai of Laa:ster county. Craig enIli-t?ih in thle Northern army dur-ing. the re- I :i, and 'a shell exploded just :: tie \i his head st Morris Island, s. C ., -in uting him that lie wvas scnt hoe in 18c:1. His brain became afrect cel. and for y-ears lie was a burn nhn i p o ee r wife andl finalvli e was s'-nt te the a-ylumu. A shornt time agoi it waS:-ug gste-d to) Mrs. Craig that a p-ui: il aight lie securedi, andil ye51(erday ?!i. 248 was received fromt the P ~~ensin Departitmient, tog'4ther with an a :illew aice of $72 per mnontih as loniga as ri lives. This will be pcaidl over tI'h I tugglng wife and her clh:idrtn. Th 3 Ci;;aret te Trun t. ItAmFOJH, N. C., March 5.-A spci-al from D1urli:iu says it is neiw an: estabe lihed fact that the gr-at eigarette mian uaturing coincertn of WV. Dutki-, 'on.' cCo. ha" sold1 its plant, as in fact have all the other large cigarette factocries in the country, to the A merican Tobccoe: Company, which has a calpital ofi 5.000.000II, to continue the sante- bu*:ti ness. The Durham factory' will b~-e- c MR1. AN) MRS. B!OWSER:. lii ('ro-i nridzec Kefore Reaching Then Making 11im Crosi at Home. ,-rs. ii'owser in Detroit Free Press.] When I have a sick headache I knoi "xav:tly what will happen when Mr Io'iser reaches home. He will le htittnself in at the front door, hang ul hlis coat and hat, walk through to th tting room and seeing me on th, lon;ige, with my head tied up, wil ;ze at nia for a full minute withou =p:-:tking. Then he will finally re iilin't I tell y-ou so'"' "What ?" "'ou rot your feet wet." "}h, no, Mr. IBowser."' "Then Von went out bareheaded r you have been eating ice cream o] oine other balderdash.' "n)ii the contrary, i have been very erv Careful.'' "h(ii, yes, you women are alway: ;e"ry, very careful. If a glant was tc xpose himself the way you do he'd e lead in six, months. Had the doc ori ?' "That's it! Want to let the typhoid 'e er get hold of you, don't you i Ahat's Dr--'s telephone number ?" "Don't call a - doctor. My bead' is nueh better than it was, and I shall 'e all right to-morrow." "'Well, if you are not I'll get two of iei and have you taken to the hos iltal. I have no pity on any one who ill go sloshing around the way you o. I was intending to go to the the ttr"e to-night, and here I come home .nd flattened out, perhaps to develop a 'eiiow fever or smallpox." Mr. Bowser goes tramping around to id fault with his supper, with the o:k; with the baby, with the furnace nd with everything e:se which he alpens to think of, and the evening rendered cheerful and happy. If I happen to be looking down the treet when Mr, Bowser gets off the ar I can tell whether he has a head che or not. He comes slumping long, aris hanging down, eyes on the idewalk, and as I open the door for ii lie g'rowls'out: "Lenme git on to that lounge as on as possible." "Why, what's the matter?" "I'iml next door to death!" "1 lave you been hurt, Mr. Bowser?" "No. Got a headache. Whole top of oy head is loose. I think I am dy I help hiir off with his coat, get him .t-.0J l3tuu -zunm 1nnfF ir - -#ifora. tick him up, and then I can t elp say g: "Didu't I tell you so?" "You've been careless again. You sat Li your ofice with your feet out of the iilow, or you held a chunk of ice on -ur lap, or you stood in a puddle of Liter in y-our bare feet. It's a wonder o me that any man lives to the age of hirt v." "o-o-o-oh!:" lie groans. "That's it! (Got the black plague or hei Asiatic cholera hold of you, proba' ,y: I was going over to M1rs. Cato's to ight to a p)rogi'essive euchre, bot this p'ils it aill. I'll have three doctors ul ftlei tea, and have the ambulance onme at the same time.'' Then1 Mi'. Bowser sheds tears, and ] 0 amd heat a brick for his feet, tie a owel around his head, send baby ur: tair's and( stop the clock that nothing naoy annoy him. l dlon't Suppose05 that one husband in .lundriedl sets (ut to find fault around le hiouse. It's just their way, you m~ow. TIhey are boss, and they fee] hat they miust keel) this fact duly im ,r'essed onl the minids of their wives, \o huisbanid is ev'er to blame for any L(ciet about the house. The wife al. vay's is.' For instance, a water-pip IL)awn in the basement burst the othei ly. Mr. Bowser got homie just as] vIS a bout io telephone him. TPipe husted ! Who busted it ?' he hiouted, as ne pulled off his overcoat. "Whuy, nio one."'. "Yes, they did ! Water pipes don'1 ust without help. Some of you hav4 een knocking on that pipe with I went dowii and showed him tha h1e' le:uk wvas at a p)oint where none o y c'ould1 pos)5ibly reach it, but he re lied(: "\Weli, some of you are certainly t< JIbt!ne for it. That's the way-thb minlnt e I leave the house somrething bppens ! Now wve shall have th pumiber aronna here for a week o m~orei, with a hill of forty or fifty dol las '' The back ki tcn door had to b takeii ofl its hinges and planed off: little, and in rehianginig it Mr. Bowse et4 in a hurry anid only p)ut ouescrev in he lower hinge. The cook fount le others and laidi theni aside. On day, afer' lie had got home to dinneu the door fell askew, as miight have beei ''Now', what have you done ? 5:ontetd NI r. Bo,wser to) me as the cool iame ini and' repo)rtedl. 'l- I dlidn't break the door.'' "You didn't ! 'Then who did?'' "You didn't put the screws bac: when youi reh ung it.'' "I didn't ! I'll bet you a billion do: lars I did. Youl or the cook wvent d4 lib,*rately to work arid took thos screws out in order to destroy some thing. It is a wonder we have a ro< eft over our heads. Next thing you'. he knocking down some of the part One day a centre piece on one of tb hed room11 ceilings fell to the floo; K:owing Mr. Bowser's pecularities left miat ters until he caime home to dit "This is a nice state of affais!" he ex claimed, as he looked into the bedroom "Why didn't you knock all the chim neys off the house while you were abou it?" "What did I have to do with it, Mr r Bowser?" "Weren't you right here all the time, Did I do it? Did baby do it? Did som( of the neighbors come in and knock it down with a crowbar?!" "It fell because it was poorly put ur in the first place." "It fell, Mrs Bowser, because you gol the step-ladder and climbed up through the scuttle hole and went walking across the joists in the attic. I expect to come home, any day and find the house in ruins." But Mr. Bowser goes even further than this sometimes. One day a high wind blew down a portion of the back fence, and when he came home he stood and gazed at the wreck for a mo ment and then turned on me with: "Well, what less could have been expected?" "What do you mean, Mr. Bowser?" "Oh, it's all right! You just keep on and see how you will come out!" "But did I blow that fence down Mr. Bowser!" "Did I? You were here all the time. You say it was the wind, but where are your proofs? Why didn't you wreck the barn while you were about it." And one evening when he came home looking out of sorts and I asked if anything was wrong, he snapped me up with: "Boil coming on my leg!" "That's too bad." "Yes-un-I understand!" "What do you mean, Mr. Bowser?" "Never you mind. You keep right on and see where you will end." "But am I to blame that you have a boil on your leg!" "It's all right, Mrs. Bowser. I can see through a millstone as far as the next man." "Mr. Bowser, you don't mean to insin-" "That's all right. Just keep right away from me! I have long had my suspicions, and this confirms them, I'll look over my accounts to-night and have a plain talk with you in the morn ing." MISSISSIPPI'S AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. The South Carolina Committee Inspeeting the Model for Our Clemson Colege. [Greenville News, 6th.] Clemson College Trustees sent to in vestigate the Mississippi Agricultural College, was in the city yesterday morning on his way back from Mississippi. Colonel Bowen said to a reporter for the Daily News that he had been called home on im portant business and had been com pelled to return before the rest of the committee. The committee, consisting of R. WV. Simpson, D. K. Norris and Colonel Bowen, left last Thursday for Stark ville, Miss. At Atlanta, they were de layed for twelve hours, a part of which time they devoted to a visit to and in spection of the State Technological school recently established there. An other delay was experienced at Bir mingham and it was not until Sunday morning that Starkville was reached. The committee was met at the depot by General S. D. Lee, president of the college, who made them his guests dur ing their stay there. Monday morning the committee be gan their investigation of the college, devoting special attention to the con struction, arrangement and furnishing of the buildings, with a view to secur ing ideas for the establishment of the new college at Fort Hill. They wit nessed an examination of the junior class in agriculture and were shown through the dormitories, recitation rooms, mess hall, and barns, yards and stable connected with the institution. These they round to be excellently equipped and in the most satisfactory condition. Colonel Bowen was compelled tc leave Starkville at 10.30 o'clock Mon day morning, so that he had no oppor tunity of making a thorough examina tion of the college. He left his twc colleagues, Colonels Simpon and Norris, on the grou.nd. They expected to remain at Starkville over Tuesday and will probably get back home to day. Colonel Bowen was delayed on his way back and did not reach Green. - ville until yesterday morning. There are now at the Mississippi Agricultural College, Colonel Bower a said, 254) students. From what he saw~ i of the institution and from his conver r sation with President Lee, he was con vinced that there was no doubt of th<t college being a success. It had beer iseriously hampered in the past by op a position in the State and its operations had in late years been pinched by snmall appropriations. Last year. how ever, the appropriation had been libera enough to put the college on a bette1 footing than ever before. Anothei serious drawback had been the destrue tion by fire of a number of the colleg< buildings a year ago. The barns and stables were burned, which had neces sitated the sale of a number of th cattle and the temporary limitation o some of the practical farm operation included in the college course. Tern porary buildings were now occupied it place of those burned. eThe speeial committee will make:t ereport of their investigations at th< Mississippi College to the Board o f Trustees of the Clemson Agricultura 1 College. Colonel Bowen said that thi . committee would be able to give th Trustees much useful and valuable ini formation as the result of their trip e They had been vcry hospitably treate< -by General Lee, the distmnguishe< president of the Mississippi College who took the greatest interest in th< proposed establishment of a simila sconl in this State. A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR THE CITY OF CHARLESTON. Heavy Investments by Money Kings From from the North-The Owners of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Buy Large Water Fronts. [Charleston World.] There was never a night that was not followed by a day, nor a cloud that the sun did not dissipate. It seems that Charleston's brightest day is coming and is close at hand. The air was filled with rumors yes terday of all sorts of transactions, but the town was not full of men who would tell what they were all based upon. The fact is, that a very wealthy bank er has seen Charleston's undeveloped advantages, and, seizing time by the forelock, has invested money here, and expects to invest consi.ierably more. It was learned yesterday from a source that cannot be doubted, that ar rangements have been made which would, when completed, result in the transfer of the Union Cotton Press and Wharf property to Northern capitalists who have a gigantic scheme on foot, the details of which have not been given to the public, nor are they likely to be given until consummated. All that can be said now is that they I propose to build the East Shore Termi nal. They have but little to ask of the city, and that little is only to authorize the opening of Concord Street as for merly surveyed. The road will be run in the interest of all the railroads, in the city, and in the interest of the city of Charleston itself. r The compress and warehouses will be utilized for the road, and for the t t storage of freight; probably for a union depot, but those are only surmises. From hints dropped here and there C it is certain that a very large amount of money is to be expended here; a much larger amount than Charleston's own capitalists could have afforded to put into such a scheme. The gentleman who has made the negotiations with the company has e plainly stated that if his agent should at any time telegraph him that there s was more freight here than could be C handled without delay by the Clyde t Line, he would have ten steamers t down here in a couple of days if they t were needed. It is also vaguely hinted that this gentleman proposes, in the course ef time, to have a line of steamere of his t The reason g enyf~tThose w iTnow for net speaking on the subject is that t there are several parties in Charleston who could, and most probably would, block them, or seriously injure their chances of success. This is the first time that a large amount of Northern capital has sought investment here in anything else than phosphate mines, and it is considered as only the beginning of the end. The croakers have already endeavored to infuse some of their poison into the ears of the capitalists about a "dead town, and "no chance to do anything," and all such stnff. These gentlemen have been traveling all over th-e South, 1 and e;spress themselves better pleased with Charleston than with any city they have seen. They think Charles ton ahead of all rivals, and will attest their faith by their money. These gentlemen are, it is understood Messsrs. Neil Macdonald and A. Galla gher. Mr. Macdonald is a very wealthy man, and has control of as much credit as any broker in the metropolis. He is said to be practically owner of Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Rail road, and Mr. Gallagher is the presi dent. He is in the ban king house of Macdonald. This road proposes to come to Charleston in one way or an other, but it will after awhile. The road wants terminal facilities, and will do all in its power to boost up the city and start the ball rolling. The only step taken so far is the sale of the Union Cotton Press and wharves. These wharves consist of four piers, all well built. It is one of the most exten sive wharf properties in the city. The property is ;ery highly valued; the exact value can not be determined. sOME QUICK WORK. Iron Melted at the Blacksburg Foundry and Machine Shops. [Charlotte Chronicle.] Some quick work was finished at Blacksburg, South Carolina, Saturday. Major Jno. F. Jones, Superintendent and Traffic Manager of the Southern division of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railmoad, has his home and offices there. Recently he informed his friends that he would break ground for the Blacksburg foundry and ma chine shops, and, within two wreks thereafter, would east iron and finish it at his works, and they laughed at him. On Friday, February 21st, men were set to work ,vithin a hundred yards of the Three C's depot at Blacksburg, prep)aring the foundation for a foundry and machine shop. At last the foundation was laid and its walls erected, and then came the storm of last week. But on Saturday, although the building was incomplete, Vthe fires were started, the laden furnace began to discharge the molten mental, and before sundown eight biocks of Isouvenirs of the event were cast, that :will be distributed this wveek among, the Major's friends and acquaintances. Major Jones has just completed at Blacksburg, a brick school house, a rrintinz office, and a rc.w of otta ;es. PROGRESS OF THE ALLIANCE. A Cheerful Report of the Work of the Order in South Crrolina. [From the Pee-Dee Index.] The Alliance people in South Caro ina have now entered upon the second -ear of educational and co-operative ffort on the several lines of Alliance work, iSSS was devoted to the work of )rganization; in 1889 the work of or anization was continued, and is now . -Sth February, 1890-planted in every ounty in the State. The planting inder the direction of your executive omnittee has been done at the min mum cost, and this work will be very learly completed before your second Lnnual meeting in July next. Our desperate condition, financially, endered our orga'ization possible. and o the betterment of that condition our createst efTorts have been put forlh. .ast year the efforts at co-operative rade was by Sub and County Al iances securing for themselves the best erms possible. The results obtained, yhile more or less satisfactory, were ery unequal, thesaving eftected being stimated at from 8 to 33 per cent on st year's purchases, dependent largely *r mainly on the financial condition of he different sections of the State, the rger saving being only possible on he credit system of purchasing; and ttention is especially invited to this as howing how ruinous has been that ystem, and as ruinous morally as nancially. Let us not blame others olely because such a condition of hings was ever possible, but let us, ke true men assume our share of the esponsibility. Reckless risks de ianded ruinous profits, but we now ee our folly in consenting or submit ng to such conditions so long. And ow that we have to correct this and ther abuses, we must be careful, very areful, about the character of our embers. We have taken in and lust continue to take in members who re "ffnancially bankrupt, if they have ood moral character." This is right. Ve honor our organization by the flort to lift them up-to improve their .aocial condition-but we cannot af )rd to carry them if they should even em to be careless about their financial bligations. Should they fail to prac ice that strict economy, or to exhibit iat industry and constant application business so necessary to success, we lust expel them. To retain them ould be wrong to all who are battling r the manhood and independence of e farming and industiial classes. artial -failure of the crops last year iss rying ordeal to our young organizay ion in some sections of the State, hich is a matter of deep concern to hose fortunate elsewhere, but their ctivity and forwardness in preparing ar another crop prove their indomita le pluck; in some places last year t'he rops were less than half the average. n such places depression like Egyp ian darkness must be felt. Just bow uch conditions are to be met and over ome is a problem difficult of solution, ut it will best be done by our people tanding together a united brother- - ood. The efiorts at increased indus ry and a closer economy lessen the A anger from such crop failures; but for he practice of such economy and in ustry last year, the depression grow ig out of the crop failure would have keen more extended and trying than it 9 ow is. In proof of this, it may safely 2 e claimed that the South Carolina armers, taking the average of the -hole State, commence the year 1890 n better financial condition than they lid the year 1889; notwithstanding the hort crop, the shortness of which more han offset the higher prices at which twas sold. A larger percentage of the upplies bought for Alliance farmers in .390 will be bought for cash than has een so bought any previous year by hese same farmers. I should not deem tnecessary to remind these cash buy ~rs that they now nave a State Busi- ; less Exchange which they can use in he purchase of supplies and sale of ~arm products, but for the fact that hey have been doing this very same )usiness through agents of their local )rganizations so successfully before the ~xchange was established. Your busi iess agent can be, must be, the largest ~ash purchaser in the State, and should e, and, with your patronage,would be tble to purchase more cheaply than ny other. It is your agency, and will >e what you make it. But I Ihave possibly said as much as Ishould now on the financial outlook, rhe ed ucati(nal work of the Alliance is >rob)ably mare advanced along the financial lin;e than any other. The nethods of learning along this line are eminently practical. I intended to ex tend th is letter to convey some thoughts ,n political economy, and our organs, State and national, but I find it will make this article too long, so I must defer aniy attempt in thbat direction at this time. My recent visit to the different so tions of thbe State suggested the proprie tv of what I have written as well as hat 1 propose writing iii the near future, as I miay have opportunity. I ratefully acknowledge my indebted ness for personal kindness while on this tour, and my unqualified admira tion for the devotion of our people to ? the principles of our order. E. T. STACK HOUJSE. The First AlUiance. The first Sub-Alliance in South Caro lina was organized in Horry County, October, 1s87. Our State Alliance was organized July, 1SS,.at Florence. Now we have in South Carolina over 1,000 Sub-Alliances and .32,000 members rep iesented; and still thef come.-Ex. -