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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. -