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HERALD DARLINGTON VOL. I DARLINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1890 NO. 6. CM Type-writer* and telegraphers have in creased more rapidly during the last tea years than any other class of persons in proportion to their numbers in 1990. ' The Chicago Pott, is firmly of the opinion that "there is a good deal of the natural savage still remaining in the civ ilized man because word comes from Liberia of a white missionary who con cluded that he would rather imitate the savages he had been sent to convert than to Christianize them. He has accord ingly abandoned the ways of civilized life, and is living with tho natives in their wild state. His fellow missionaries are profoundly astonished, but civiliza- ticn bas nWBj'irksome restraints, and a savage life may have many substantial advantages.” One result of exploration in East and Central Africa is tho rile in tho price of ivory. Elephants have disappcaro l from many sections whero they were once abundant, and the supply of ivory has not kept pace with tho demand, but ap plied science has met the increased de mand and has supplied tho place of ivory with celluloid and other compositions. "It may not be generally known,” ob serves the San Francisco Chronicle, "but in all except the finest billiard rooms, C“lluloid balls have taken the place of ivory spheres, ,and in the arts genuine ivory is used now only for the expen sive articles.’! Farmer Mtrgan, of Kansas, when he heard e3 thi Ashley mine disaster in Pennsylvania, where twenty-eight min ers lost their lives, wrote to the relief committee ofering to marry any one of ♦he widows, providing she did not have more than three children, the committee to make the selection for him. He said he was a baehelor of good habits, with a pretty faj^Sl that was paid tor. The com mittee laiduhe proposition before the wjjjows, ana it was found that nine of them vrre willing to become Mrs. Mor gan, whereupon their photographs were forwarded to the Kansas philanthropist and he chose for himself. . The art of flying is not making any encouraging advancement, is the verdict of tho Chicago Hcrnli. Somebody in vents a flying machine now and then, but it always proves towfcfc a failure. Perhaps the nearestvjupproach to success has been attained by a Oewnaa in CKUa. delphia, tho home of Kccly, tho motor man. He weighs 1C3 pounds and can raise himself into the air with the aid of a counter weight of eighty poun Is. Yet this is to say that only fifty par cent, of him is ablo to fly, and that is only half enough for successful flying. If this is the best that can be done the birds of the air ate never likely to have any human imitators. ' A magazine article on "Horseflesh as Food” says that horsemeat has a peculiar sweetness of taste, "its flavor being con sidered by epicures to be half way be tween tho flavors of beef and game.” One would naturally suppose, remarks the Chicago Herald, that the flavor would depend largely on the kind of horse. IVbile beef cattle and sheep slaughtered for the meat market run pretty evenly, there is a wide difference in horses. A nice young horse that had frolicked around the farm and lived on grass and new mown hay would bo better eating, one would thin*.. '.an an old horse of twenty. A favorite carriage horse well fed and tenderly cared for should taste lucier and sweeter than a miserable old cart horse. One might not like to cat a rsce horse at all. Highly trained for contests on the turf, its flesh might be dry, wiry and tastclers. And less than all would anybody care to eat street car horse—West Side street car horse, for example. Until horses, like cattle, are bred especially for the meat market and not drawn, as most of them now aie, from the hard work and busy pursuits of the horse kind, there must be a wide variation in the quality and flavor ol horseflesh. The New York Timet believes that “The industrial revolution in the South would amaze Northern fanners who hare long supposed that the Southern farmers were but little above the aborigines in their methods of farming. But when they learn that farms of 300 acres only are plowed by steam; that tobacco plants are set out by machines on fields of thirty acres; that single farms have forty thou sand dollar breeding horses, and nine thousand dollar jacks, and that a dairy farmer plants—also by machine—forty acres of cabbage for his cows every year; that a farmer has over $9000 to the credit of his tobacco crop in three years after paying for costly curing houses and improved implements, that stacks of reapers, self-binders, mowing machines, hay rakes, and hay loaders are to be seen along the railroads, while a bale of cotton—thanks to the reorganized rail roads—can be taken from the farm to the shipping port for thirty-three cent* a bale, against $2.35, the former charges, and that the credit system is in course of abolition by the banks, which loan a ten per cent., so that the farmers can boy for cash, pay wages in eaih monthly, and sell for cash, and pay their loans promptly, the Northern farmer will begin to think that the slow turtle h beating the hare jp ttte race. NEWS SJJMMARY. FROM ALL OVER TOR SOUTHLAND, A undents. Oalamities, Pleasant News and Hotel of Indsitiy. VIRGINIA. It is proposed to hold a national con vention of butinesi men in Richmond, The annual temperance bush mretiigs in Loudoun arc nowin session, and sev eral extra coaches sre attached to the traice to nccommodale the crowds going there. The Odd Frllowe’ Association, of Pctcnburg, h< Id a n eding and decided to build a ball to cost $2!!,C00. It is to be three stori-s high. Thrrc is to lie five stores on the first floor renning bsck one hundred feet. The two outside stores, mrt'i and south, will have a sec ond-tioty fifty-six fut long, On the fccond floor thua will be Ifcn offices handsomely furnished', on ihc third floor th in arc to be two lodge rooms. Wcrk on tho building will be commrnc cd about tbc first of September next. A gentLman from Soul hump'on conn ty, says that the crops lh<Te arc the finest that ha\e been made in t»auty years, and will be very abundant. The school census of Chesterfield county iggrcgatea slightly over six thousand. There is an incriaac of forty oyer the last census In the PowhiU district the school population has increas ed over two ht.n Irsd. A dispatch from Richmond, Va., says that a deed has been filed in thechano ry court by the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Co. mortgaging to the Central Trust Co. of New York thv toad, rolling stock and depots, to recuie payment of bonds to the ainouut of $1,000,000 and interest. Theft bonds were issued by the company fo. double-tracking the road from Richmond to Pctcisburg. Tbe State of Virgiuia to-day prcients hall a dozen illus rations of conditions which that msny years age would have been considered impossible. It is true there wire a few who bel oved that de vclopment of Virginia’s resources and the cor struct ion of re.v railroads would eventuate in the creation of new indus trial ccn'crs; but the man who might then have been so bold as to proplasy (h«t half a dozen towns, which had prac tiea'ly been at a standstill for a genera tion, would liefore the close of the ceh tury spring into nov life and grow like certain Western municipal prodigies weie tl en gtowing, his prophecy would have been branded as chimerical and visionary. NORTH CAROLINA. The much talked of encampment tf Confederate Veterans at Blowing Rock, Watauga county, to k place on 1 burs day, Friday and Saturday and attracted an immense crowd of old soldiei* and visitors. I he following postmoatera have been appointed in the stale: llenj F. Doy- all, Powell’s Point; H. B. WiiPs, Kdgo. wood, Robeion county. A little ripple was created in Morgan - ton ommerdal circhs last Monday morning by the announcement that Mr J. L. Anderson, dealer in boots and shoe*, had made assignment. Mr. L>. J, Hicks is made assignee. The Confederate Veterans of Mevklen burg Camp held thdr annual pic-ic in Charlotte Thursday an I it Was largely attended. The preliminary examination Into the homicide Saturday, wherein tlfllc r Wil liam Hogue shot and killed a colored man named .Tones at Raleigh cl ’sed and Hogue was held without bail to answer a chuge of m iider at the Bep'ember term of the superior court. Rev. Sam Jones has written a letter announcing that he will commence a sc ries of meetings in Wilmington on Sep tember 25th, and wi.l continue ten days or longer. Many doubted whether or not Mr. Jones would accept the inviti- tion to go lo Wilmington, as violent cp position to his coming has been ex press'd l)j some of the local ministers there At Morthead City, on Wednesday, the North Carolina Tobacco Aasocntiou closed its four.h annual session by the election of Capt. J S Lockhart, of Dur ham, president; W. C. Reid, of Oxford, first vi<e-t resident; and Garland E. Webb, of Wirston, weretary. Cirorge Law, mate of tho schooner James Ponder fell < veiboard and was drown:d Friday night at Wilmington while climbing over tbc ship’s to go ashore. Investigation of the recent mu'der r f Sam Po ter, in Greene county, has brought light the cxietitlrc of White Cap- in that neighborhood. One man testified to having received a {letter on the day Potter was killed signed, "Cap tain of W hue Caps.” Potter was an im inrrsl and odious character, cm had re ceived two or three notices to leave. SOUTH CAROLINA, A cl artcr has been granted to the An derson Ginning and ManufacturingCom- piny. Capital stock $25,000. J B Lisle attorney, of Co’iimbii, has bought a bill at Landnim, whereon he proposes to erect a hotel. Congressman Elliott has smc cr'el in kecp’ng in the sundry civil appropria tion bill an appropriation of $75,000 for the construction of a fi'st class fog sig nal and Debt ship at Martin’s Industry, i IT Port R yal hatbor. The ci nsus returns from Centre town ship, Richland eounty, have for some reason not sta'ed been n j cted by Super visor Delavan Yates and Msnson J. Wil liams, colored, las been appointed to re take the ccnsm therein. His commission is for this wotk In a portion of thcrorth- i rn division of the township, but he says that the whole has been rejected. He will be osuisleel by Green Jaek on. The Governor has pardoned C. P. Hand, who was convicted at tho June, 1890, term of Court, for Lancaater coun ty of forgety, and seoteoccd by Judge Wallace to imprisonment in the Peniten tiary for one year Ho also pardoned Daniel Black, who was convicted at the June, 18J0 term of Court for Sumter ceiunty of assault and battery w ith intent tn kill, and received from Judge Hud son a sealed senteore until November 14, 1890. He has respited Alexander Berry, who was convicted at the June, 1890, teim of Comt, for York eounty. of mur der, and sentenced by Judge Wallace to be hanged August 15, 1890. Apparently the vegetable fibre question is to be practically solved this season, and in tins State. A Charleston compa ny has built and equipped a factory, nod has a field of ramie which promis s well. The fibre is to be cured by tbe Panknin process. This factory it now coanufac turing moss fibre, which finds a ready market in the North. Another Sauth Carolinian is experimenting with an acre of okra for fibre purposes. The fi bre of this plant is equal to the best of jute. TENNL83EF. Tony Houston, an imploye of the Chattanooga plow works, was tragically and fatally injured. A steel dH'l five feet long and one and a half inch in di ameter, fell sixty feet, and struck his right shoul ler, passing through the lung and impaling him on the tod Physi clans say he mfly live several days, but cab not n cover. The East Tennes ee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company has ordered compute vestibuled trains to be built f ir operatl'D on the through line from Jacksonville to Cincinnati. The East Tennessee is also preparing to build a cut off to ronmet with the Ciltbioati South ctn, five miles last of ( h ttauo >ga. H. 8. Jerome, general southern agent nf the Armour Packing Company stale ! at Chattanooga th it he is authotized to expend $200,000 to build a hundred Ion ice factory at Atlanta, to supply the stor age houses of the company at Atlanta. Chattanooga, Knoxvll'c, Augusta, Chuleston, Savannah) Wilnalngt ii and Charlotte. The Na hvillc, Chattanooga nn 1 St. Louia railway Friday decided on another cut in freight rates fra m all points on its lines to New Orleans and Tex a- poinas. Several days ago a reduction of 15 per cent, was announced, and now the ia‘e is cut below the medial line, what was charged a week ago. The dcmoraliAa tion is due to the fate cuttibg inaugu rated by tho Cromwell line ot steamers from eastern points to NvW Orleans. Will Jones, a negro convict from Shel by county, who has served about one half of a ten jtar term for rape, is at the point ot death in tho ho pitai at the penitentiary at Naihaille. His condition is the result of a wound Inflicted by Will Alien, a white man ft-.itn Itnywoocfbouti- ty, who is In fut- passing count.rfeit lib n y. Jones had reported sonic mis conduct of Allen's to the foreman, tael besting e f it Allen approached him, and after a few words stabbed him in the left side, near the heart, with a long keen chisel, which entered Jonci's left lung. The Standard Oil Company has leased for a term of 25 years the copper pibper- ty at DnnktoWn, and will commence o| r atirj} the mines about the first of September. Accotding to all statements, these mires are very tich in coppir. Owing to legal diffieul ies for the past 31 years, seriously affecting the t tie to tbe property, no one his felt disposed to operate it; but n w that these have bet n settled it is said that the mxt legislature will nu'.hoiize their base to the oil com pany for 25 yesrs’ tim». Tips means the revival of a very important indt S fy in Soulktastcin Tcnhtwcc. HflOMlA The Fartncia’ Allshhrc of Lincoln eounty will Open a co operative store at Lineuln'on on October 1st with a capi tal of $2,000. A board of six directing has been elected to manage the coeecro, L H. Faltiilowrs arrested at Augusta, under a warrant i tied outlay Chief of Follce Twiggs liefore Magistrate DaV:si eharging him With the mttrd r bf ML Charles P. Hudson, whom he killed in a s'reel fight Saturday night-. LeConlc pear shipments froth (he southern pvt of the stalt ate hrttf near ing a (dost. Ine rec jpts show a hand sorhe incre se. The growers have re ceivcd good and uniform pr e s the season through. The annual me ting of the gtoekh dd era of the Atlanta & We it Point Railroad Company was held at their olhcc in Atlanta. Trc fol lowing officers were elect* 1 fnt thti cn uing y sr; C, II. Pbini/.y, president. II. M Abbit’, lecretary and t casurer. The full w ing diracti is were chosen : D. N. Spier, IV Calhoun, J. W. Green, W II. Pe.ry, A. E. Thornton, Jacob Phi izy Mr. A. K Thornton suCcead id General K P. Al<kanthr u£Adirccloi of the C impatiV. The Atlanta elephant lias armed and formally introduced to tho peo|le of A lanta by n gteat parade and show. She waa b. light at Hamburg wi h funds raised by the Conititntivn. Her perma nent home will be in tbe z lological garden Hint is now being fonmd nt Atlanta. A nunibir of an mala have already been secured end the citizens are already talking of tltr “Zoo.” The CentU* etien* cVctt- ing competitor, (lie Jbtttn.it, has fecund n tign as Its contnbu Ion to the collec tion of anim als. The eleventh Georgia regiment held th, ir annual reunion at Gainesville and a basket dinner wi.s spread at Findley’s Spring It was a large and cnthiiMaitic mcetfrg, and wig enjoyed by the old veterans to the fullest ixtent. The meeting was presided over by that grand old man, General Longstrect, and cx- Governor McDaniel made an address, which was cheered to tho echo. FLORIDA Unknown parties broke open the j atl nt Quincy on Tuesday night and re'eased two murdcreis-Ollie Rice and Sam Edwards. The town of Madison will sink nn artesian well, J, A. Dura*, ot Crescent City, having the contract. The Citrus County Hard Rm k Phos phatc Co. has been formed and incur porated with a capital of $100,000. The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax railroad company will budd their machine shops at St. Augus'i e Ground will broken in a few weeks. I. J. Halsdell, of Goals, a >',d 934 acres of phosphate land in Mnri< n, Citrt and Hernando coun'ies t) J. A. Hir.is, of t itra, for $40,000. Su>nmerfield pirlies purchased 1,000 acres of the rich ‘•JirC’ near'.hit plscc. The St. John's & Santa Fe Railway la projected to Jacksanville, c distance of 75 mihs. The new county courthouse at Meyers -will have iron fr, nts. Gieen & Thomp son are the contrac'ors. UTHtiU 8TATE3. Ilepoiti say that the rice crop in Louis iana is magnificent. At Po nt a U llache rice is leadingtind-tx ing rut. The first Tcxr.a rotlon bale sent nortli was sold at auction in Hiltimoie, and real zed $220, for the I eueflt of IheTexas Oiphan asylum at Houston . Tho Louisiana Sta'e Albanre is sitting at Baton R rugc with clo a d do'<ra. An i ffic'al rough count by Cic census 1U *au ihowa the popnla i »n of Phila delphia to ba 1,044,894—an increase dur- pg the list ten years of 197,724. THE ALLIANCE. AFOOT FOUR MILLION MEN 00 INTO POLITICS, Origin, Organizalien and Growth of the Order,—The Orange and Other Fann er Organisations aid What They Are Doing, In all the sudffen seeking afttf tbe ponbrof brganiZitiop, which within a few years has marked a new industiial and commercial era, Ihe farmer has been the last to adopt tbe idea of union with bis near and distant col'eague*. In busi ness and in politics it has been persist ently said that no combination of farm ers could be effect'vo because the great army of yeomanry is so scattered that it would searefi hnH’ more than the strength of individuals, no matter how unit <1 in sentiment amppurposc its mrmbers might lie. All manner of combinations of skilled and unskilled laborers, trades men and manufacturers have with ease accomplished purposes quite beyond their reach but for well organized co op, r,(ton. while tbc farmers looked on for years immovable. There has r8me lo ttac farmers of the land within a few months a sudden eor.ee,ition that they might possets a power greater than that of any existing organization in trade or industry. They are trying the experi ment of organization on ra large scale, and the movement is fast attaining the elitnensions of a political revolution. It Will be In the nature of a revelation to ttto>-t ptople, <¥ih to the farmers them'elvas, that almost tincc yesterday about four millions of the yeomanry of Ametien have banded themselves togeth er with u determination to become a united and potent factor in tbc politics and rommcrcial affairs of the countiy. To-day their influence is ju t beginning to be felt lu Washington and In the State capitals of the North atid South, East abti WeSt. It is ah often secret that Ih 'sc oiganizations, which are gaining in membership thousands daily, propose to dominate, if they can, tic next na tional conventions of both parties, ami to take an active part in national and State polities from now on. The fttrtlters' organizations w’hicli arc now of na'ional proportl ms arc these: Tbc National Farmers’ Alliance and Indus'Hal tjciHn, fotmeil at St. Louis IHst year by the Union of the National Farmers’ Al' anco and Co-operative Un ion of America and the National Agri cultural Wheel. Oth r Farmera’organi zitions have also been absorbed by the Ailixucc, and its growth within a year has been marvelous. Its offiecis at Washington say It has a membership of more than 2,000,000. The National Orange of tho Patrons of Husbandry; the oldest and best or ganized of farmers’ association has more than 20,000 subordinate organisations distributed through fill tbe States and tfcrrbor.es. The National Farmers' League, a new and rapidly growing orgsniz lion, is cn ti:ely political in its objects. It pro poses to act in harmony with |t>e AMi- ance sndthc grange, nn-l lo interactive ly Into every department of potties. Its membership in «cw York S ate Is40,010, and all have Joined Within six fQonths. Tbc National Colored Farmer-’ Alii- ance and Co Operative Union is a Souih cm organize! bn, with headquarters at Houston, TeXfls, r.HJ a membership; its omeers say, of fully a million. The Farm rs’ Mutual Benefit Associa thin has about 500,000 memb.rs, with Moun Vernon, Illinois, ns hcadqtmrtc s. The Northwestern Alliance, with headquartcis in South Dakct i, ii strung in Kansas and neighboring States, and is a similar organization to the National Farmers’ Alliance first mentioned, wilh which it may consolidate. The Patrons of Industry, with bead - quartets at Huron, Michigan has 90,000 memb.rs in that elate and as many more lu Illinois, Wiecocsin, Indiana, Ohio sad New A ork. Only one,of these otganUatious is avowedly political in its purposes, yet almost all propose to take an active part in poli.ics henceforth. Most of them confine their political influence strictly to tbe protection of the farmers’ interests in legislation, and all aim to be s'rx ly non-partisan in their HUrts. Hut it is clear that what is really a m w factor in polities anil in Irntie is being created, and that n'rcndy it ins developed gigan tic proportions. tnfe natIUnAi. aLliarUB: liefore the sext Convention of the National Farmers' Alliance meets at Ocala, Fla., in December next, it is ex pected that fully 3,000,000 f rmers will be enrolled in its mcmh tship, all pledg ed to support the industrial, commercial and pulitical aims of the Old r. It is only a few months since the name of the organization became known, but alr. ady it has bee me active at Washington and in half the States of tbe Union. The AIIUnco.il rrally a C mbinntion of o’dtr nrgnn : *atie-ns. A Farmers’ Alliance was started In Texas la 187*1, and alsi in New Turk about the same year. Tbe Alliance started in New Y’ork spread westward as a non-secret organization, and became a strong organization north of tl c Ohio liver and west of Pennsyl vania. The Alliance started in Texas was ( bartered as a her evident tssociation by the S:ate in 1880, nnd as a secret or ganization it took on its period of rapid growth amt development about the year 188*. tnl887ithada membership in that Stale numbering over 100,000, and united with the Farmers’ Union, at that time organized in Louisiana, 10,000 strong. These two orgamzations asso ciatcd Uemsdvis tog*(her under the general laws of Congress regid-iling the incorporation in the District (f Columbia as a nati >nal trade union under tbe name of “The National Farmers’ Alli ance and Co-operative Union," ami Ihis Older completed i's consolidation with the National Agricultural Wheel on the fir. t day of October, 1880. The Alliance is a secret orgsnizatlon, havingits secret wotk in the manner of otlur temi social order.*. Its member ship is nut strictly confined to fanners, but it takes in the rural population. Both toxes are admitted to membership, with 10 as the minimum age. Only white persons are admitted in most States, and coioted delegates ate hatred from the national council. The rules permit tbc admi-sion of country doctor*', preachers, nv-chanics and school teach er*. Persons engag 'd in any of tbe following occupations are excluded: Merchants, bankers, brock rs, commission merchants, cotton, grain or produce buyers, lawycra, city doctors, preachers and reboot te citrs, land agents, book agents, peddlers, capvAs<in, livery stable keepers and saw mil! men; all , dealers, spectators and gamble}*, atd any others whose greater intfercsts do not harmonize with farming. When a person is engaged in farming and in ad dition thereto follows one of the occu pations that are not admitted the rule that he cannot be admitted, but the association is allowed to make some exceptions under conditions prescribed in the law s of tbe Order. The purposes of the Alliance as offi dally declared are these: "To labor for the education of the agricultural classes in the science of eco nomic govirnment in a strictly non-par tisan spirit. To endorse the motto: “In things essential, unity; and in all things, charity.” To develop a 1 elter state mentally, morally, socially and finan cially. To create a better understanding for sustaining civil officers in maintain ing law and older. To eons'antly Strive to secure entire harmony and good will among all msnkihd and brotherly love among ourselves. To suppress persi't'iil, local, sectional and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry, and selfish amtrtion. To assuage the suffer ings of a brother or fi.sler, bury the dead, care for the widows and educate the orphans; to cxe cise charity toward ofTentlr-fs; to crnirtfuc words nnd deeds in their most favorable light gtantlng honesty of purpose and good intentions to othirq and to protect the principles of the Alliance unto death.” The governing laxly is the Supreme Council, which is composed of delegates from the State organizations. The ex ecutive officers arc a pic ident, vice president, secretary nnd treasurer. The subordibale Alliallecs ib k to provide the mem' ers with such so ini. education al, and commercial advantages :is can be gnir.e 1 by co-operation. Tiny cn dc ivor to sccu'c the highes 1 ; price for the produce raised for sale, and the lowest price on (he commodities that must be purchased. Of the political methods of the Alliance one of its offi cial declarations Is: "Our political mcttidds are strictly non-partisan and must ever remain so, because cvi ry candidate, before taking the pledge, is assured that it will in no way conflict with his political or religi ous views. AH political parties arc repreteated in our ranks and all arc expected to work in their respective parties to ctcure a just recognition of tile rights of the farmer. All questions in political cCondmy tViD be th roughly discussed, and when ihc Urdct tin ugh c on a reform as necessary they will de naand it of the Govcrmw nt and of every political party, ai d if tbe demand goes unhraded they will devise sonic way to enforce it. Tile m st essential reforms must come fr< m legislation, but that does not neri s arily rompcl the reap* n sibill y of Ch osing candidates nnd till ing the offices. Such a course may be come necessary, but w II n a be resorted to under any oil* tr circumstance.” i'll event okowUh bf TlH: AI.I.IANlE. The headquarters of the Alliance arc on 9tla slr. ct, Washington, where are tbeuflio'sof the president, secretary and < x*native committee. The officers «ra> I., I.. Polk, of North Carolina, pre-11* n*; B. II, Olovct, ot La -mi*, vice presid nli J. It. Turner,of G :orgia,S:c rotary; II. W. Iliekma", of Missouri, treasurer; th H Teitell, ut Tens, lee tunr; C: W* Mncune.cneitmau 8f cxecii tiVe cortlmittec. Followihg the examples of the tlepub lifciH ahd Dfenoftcratic Congife siunat commit'e s the Farmers’ A'lilncc has establish!<1 a Lt< rary bureau in Wash ington, v. Im h will have a tendency to increase th e umnsincss and discomfiture already felt by the Congrcssm* n who arc inimical to the tlicorhs advanced by this young but powerful organization. Tbc bare tt 1* located in an old and dismantled church on fith strict, and, although it Is large rtrd roomy. It has beeb fulled i tees-ary tost cure additional quarters in an adjoiting building. In ill-.' old church the < ffleial organ of the Alliance !■* printed. tu the building adjoining the ChttrCh arc the headquartersiii the Alliat tv, and it is s id th>t from thi* building is mapped out the linn of action, the re sults of which are designed to nil* v afe the condition of the suff. ring farnurs all over this broad lai <1. It is a busy place, although tin re is an niref mystery that pciVatUsthe sanctum of the high priastof this tent ord(r. While (lie do-rs arc open to evtry enlier, and all vifci'ors are trcntul with uniform courte sy, Vet there is a feeling that thtfo is a Concealed goat of a butting rrtm, wh eh ti topers tfic action of the Uninitiated. All i f the important work is sent out from Washington. Ijeeturers and agents of the Order are comitantly coming and going. They come in from a long tour, remain closeted wilh the secretaty for a fe v moments, and then start out on an other missionary trip. The growth of the Alliance has been lo mnrvc'ous and its effect so startling that the calm expression of p'acid con tentment Is no longer written on the faces of the Southern Congressmen. For years the lmpa*slvene*s which has been so characteristic of them as e'ection time c-’mes aronnd his caused the griatest envy on the part Of their colleagues from the North. It was in vain that the latter endeavored to imitate the rahn and dig nified com, osure of the Sott'liern nxm byrs. But it was of no use. The uoo r tnlbty of political succ<ss was too appa rent. Now, however, theae isro diffe r ence. They sre all alike ex* retsed over the result of the coming elections, ami msny from the South f*el that Ihe po litical security that they have so long enjoyed is a thing of the past. Si»'-c!ary Turner is confident lhat lie- f*,re the next annual convention is held the membership of the Order will rearh 8.00),000. He estimates that about 10 p r. rent of Ihe numbers are between 1(5 and 21 years old, and that about 15 per cent, ate women.—A r . F. tun. Fscampmsot N 0 State Guard In tho tncimpment of the Second and Fourth Higimenls, North Carolina State Guard, at Wiightsvillelast week, there w ere six hundred men in camp. The com panies represented ate: S cond Regiment.—Co. B. Lumber Bridge Light Infantry, Capt. J. I*. Mal loy; t o. E, Maxtm Guards, Capt. Wil bam Black; Co. A, Sampson Light In fantry, Capt. W. A. Johnton; Scotland Neck Rifles, no letter, Capt. G. 8. White, temporarily attached to the Sec ond Regiment. Fourth Regiment. —Co. A, Stilesvillt, Capt. J. F. F. Arnifield;Co. U, Limo'n ton, Capt. W. W. Molz; Co. C, Wayucs- ville, Capt. U A. L. Hyatt; Co.!D, Mon roe, Capt. W. C. Heath; Co. F. Ashe ville, Capt. Dufi Merrick; Co. G. Con cord, Cap'. J. F. Reid ; (ip. {C D«l!tt?, Capt. W. F. Holland. MURRAY HALL BURNED. One of Florida's Wooden Oaatlei Makes A Fpectacle That Might Hite Been A Tragedy. Murray Hall, an elegant summer hotel at Pablo Beach, Fla., waa burned to the ground eat ly Thursday morning.. The fire caught about midnight in the engin" room in the fiat of the hotel, and could not be controlled owing to the low pres sure of the water nt the time. It spread rapidly to the billiard hall, also in the rear, and at 12:30 A. M the northwest tur et of the Murray Hall proper'y was in flames. Tho hotel was of wood, four Dorics high, with numerous towers, turrets nnd I gabhs, and Ihc flames made quick work of it. There were fifty guests in the hotel at the time, but ,thc warning was sufficient to enable them to asespe in good order with their effects. Much of tit) valuable furniture on the lower floor was saved, but nothing from the upper stories. At 2 A.M. there wss not a timber stan ling. Fire was also commu nicated to tbe Beach pavilion, prome nade) dance hall .and tbe depot ef the Jacksonville and Atlantic Bailroad, which were entirely consumed, also one small groctry store north of the railroad proprsty. Murray Hall was built in 1885 6. nnd was the property of John G. Christopher and wife of Jacksonville,nnd the original cost was $140,000, but sub sequent additions and improvements brought the value up to $200,000. Chiistophct's loss, including furniture, is about $225,000. He had only $4,000 insurance. The hotel had been leased for the senton to J. It. Campbell, pro prictor of the St. James Hotel in Jackson ville, whose loss is slight. The rail road company’s loss is $0,000; insurance $5,500. A Eevolt It the Boston Jai 1 Which Took Bom i Trouble to Suppress. Boston, Mass., A riot among pris oners in the j»il occurred, and, after some trouble, w as suppressed. After dinner the prisoners mcr(h"d back to the shops very quietly, but hardly had they entcrel, when a terrific and general ^eil broke out. Windows nnd furniture were broken, nnd the men rushed on the ynrdj and the entire crowd dashed for tho va.iotls Walls. The yurdi to the fere s fired, at first 10 terrify the men, but »s several nearly gt ined the top of the wall, the bullets were aimed to kill. It is, howrever, thought that nobody was siriously w.-untied. The officers with clubs and pointed revolvers held the prisoners at bny until reinforcements arrived. Every availa ble man on the Boston poliro force is rtiw at tbs prison, nnd fully three hun dred officers are mastfid in the yard and orridors. The guard * n the wall has be* n more than doubled, and all arc aimed with Winchester rifles, and have ins'ructious to kill any man who s'temp'cd to scale the walls. No account has yet been taken of the S ribonefs* but it is known that many aLe h -l been retuiiied to tbe rells. Some of these stc known to be hiding *h the wsttis led wotk shops, and it is thought that On*) of ttXo !t*ny have suc- * ceded in teaching the outer wotirt. Cordons of police guarded the streets leading to the priton, and the general public, i*nCludint( reior'ers, were ex eluded. The Atlantic and Danville. Immediately upon the heels of Ihe news fiom England that Commodore Bateman has secured sufficient funds for tbe completion of of tho Atlantic A Danville to some point West, presume b y Bristid, comes another rumor that the E itt Tennessee Virginia & Georgia his acquired the road. If true, this is a V. ry important deal as it will give the Eisx Tennessee its own line to Up) At lantic coast. The statement is now ad vanced tba*. Bristol will not be tile west ern terminus, but that Johnson C.ty, Tenn., is the favored place. Tbc Comet, o'.! l.nson Gity, says that the road will be const!uctcd from Wilkisboro, N. C., foil 'wing the Yadkin liver to tbe top < f the B’uc Ridge and crossing through Cook's Gap. strike the hcadwaurs of the Wautuuga. to Johusun City. When Montgomery, Ab.bama, granted ihe ftanclil-c to the Capital City Water Comp ny it referred the right to pur clause tbe system at the expiration of any term of flvq years from that date. Tne lirst term wilt expire next October, and ill*) city council is now romidering the question of buying. The city council ii is authorized a commit e) to ask for bids to pave Commerce street with bcl gian blocks. Tl e franchise has bren granted to P. B Bibb and associates to construct and operate an electric lighting plant. Flicds in Ar tans Tcrsan, August 11.--Heavy rains have been falling in this locality duting Ihe last ten days. Sixty mdes of the Santa Fe Road, between Benson and No&alcs, have been washed out. Rail road communication with Sonora is < nt off. The Santa Ciuz Hiver is again flooding th* valley, nnd is now higher than at any time duting the flo* d. The Eontb’s > s'atio Bivai St. I'ETF.nsBt'Ro, August -C i. Von Noski, minister of war, is ere *ig the means oftransp rtationon chcT.ans- Caspim Railway. Tho rapid develop meet of the cotton trade of Turkest an has le-ult* d in the complete blockade of the depots along the line, tbe railway not having sufficient facilities for trans porting cotton. Ihe Mississippi A Ilia: os. A S'arkville, Miss., special S''ys: The State Farmers’ Alliance met at the Agrieultiirnl and Mechanical College. O.ie bund ed nnd forty delegates were p’Cfcnt, representing 1,510 Sub Alii nn :es Tbe repoit of the executive c* m miltce shows a rapid growth in Ihe ALiarcc during the past year. For Stealing a Bible. Citattanoooa, Tern., Special.—Rev. John Adams, a colored mini ter, was on tiial before ’Squire Adams on thec’nargc of franduient breach of trust, in that he tad borrowed a Bible from the protecu- lor in 1887, and failed to return the good book. As the evidence was conclusive the minister was held in bopd Jo the cir cuit court. POLITICAL SQUIBB. THE HEALTH OF FLORIDA. Indian Tenitory has gone Republican. Oklahoma, which is now regarded as a separate Territory went Democratic by a small majority. A dispatch from Oklahoma City says:—The first election ever held in this territory went off quietly, and no trouble is reported from any part of the territory. In this county (Oklahoma), 3,500 votes were east. Both parties fought hard for the supremacy. The congressional Domination in the Eighth N. C. District is said to have been won over Congressman Cowles by Ma jor Graham. A le'ter gives this as the result of the conventions: For Graham—Alexander, Burke, Lincoln, Cleveland and Gaston. For \V. If. Brower—Ashe, Caldwell nnd Watauga. For Cowles—Wilkes. Alleghany is divided between Graham nnd Brower. The North Dnkotn Democratic State Convention at Grand Forks nominated the following ticket: For Congress, John D. Benton; Governor, W. N. Roach; Lieutenant Governor, George H. Garrett; Secretary of State, F. A. Wilson; Aiidito;, Charles E. Bcerh; Treasurer, Isaai P. Biker; Attorney General, J. N. Brooke. In the Washington county, N. C. convention the following resolution was adopted: The Democratic convention of Washington county endorse the past career of Senator Z. B. Vance, having perfect confidence in his great aV.lity and integrity; and an far as we have any influence ask the State of North Carolina to entrust hir interests to him in the Senate of the United States. A revision of the Democratic registra tion books in Charleston, S. C., resulted in the addition of nearly 1,000 names of Demccrats who had either changed their re llene*s or failed to register before. About three fourths of them ate suppos ed to be s’raigbt outs. The Tillmanitcs showed only strength in one or two upper wards. The Republicans of Decatur, Ala., Congressional district nomiuatid Richard W. Austin for Congress. It is announced that the Republicans ofthoEigth N. C. Congressional district nil! put R. Z. L'nncy in the field as a Congtc sional candidate, and that he will cany on an aggressive canvrs*. Linncy was a Democrat who went over to the Republicans a few years ago. The farmers have captured the Demo cratic party in Missouri, They have complete control of the Legislature. Consequently great interest is aroused ns to their action in regard to the election of United State* Scnat >r. Many who arc well informed in politics see in this nothing inimical to the chances of Sena tor Vtst for re * lection. There ate many, however, who sec in the farmers' movtment the fine work and splendid generalship of Governor David R. Francis. Committeeman Tolton, speak mg on this subject, said it was true that the fanners were getting a great number of nominations, but that Vast's chances would not suffer. “Tlic strongest sup porters of Vest,” he said, “ure in the ngileu'tural (ibtricti. The f.irm«ts will make gold legislators, as they will dem onstrate in the next Assembly.”— Charleston A>*r* and Courier. it is generally reported, by excGlent authority, that Governor elect Jones, of Alabama, will appoint James Kirk Jack- son as private secretary when he is inaugurated, Mr. Jacks* n is one of Ihc most brilliant men in the State. He was secretary to tbe railroad commission until Governor Seay's first election,when he bcatoe private secretary to the latter, and he hits filled tbc position to tbe greatest satisfaction , it is also rumored tint Governor Jones will appoint Dr. it. K. Michael surgeon gen* nil on his stall. Dr. Micha 1 is originally from South Carolina. He stands in the front rank of his profession. C. T. O’Fcrral was renominated by ac* 1 imntion at Winchester for Congress by the Democrats of the 7th Virginia « istnrt. F* r county officers Chattanooga, Tenn., went Democratic by 5"0 ma j >rity. This is the first time since the war that the entire Democratic ticket has been elect cd. Oircralar From the President of tie Board Of Health of Florida. Office State Boaiid of Healtit. Jacksonville, Fla ,—It having been brought to the notice of this board that a cartain qusrantinejproelamatioD, issued by tbe board of health of the state of Louisiana, under date of July 29, 1890, nnd promulgated with lut previous notie**, or prote;t, to the health author- ties of'Florida, has been given large publicity through leading i ewspapera over the country, and lias been pervert ed into a reflection upon the health of our state, and that it is being utilized for detriment to our interests; it there fore appears tube my duty, a* president of the board of health of Florida, to declare that the health of our state is good nt this time, and that we have every right to feel that under God’s providence we shall not have any other than a like favorable report to make for the remainder of the year. As the city of Tampa has been specially maligned in this matter, I give its mor tuary report for the month of July, 1890. It. P. Daniel, I’rcs. Stnte Board of Health of Florida. Tampa, Florida Estimated popula tion, 10,000. Death rate per 1,000 per annum, 10 8. Number of deaths, it I'Al'PFS OF OF-ATHS. Chronir diarrhu'j, Gaatriti*, Heart disease, Convulsions, Disease of bladder, Dysentery, Gunshot wcun-ts, Dropsy of brain, Krain fever, Meningitis, I'naumonia, Puerperal hemorrhage, Malarial fever, Total, 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 14 KOKTHEN THE NOMINEE. The Georgia State Democratic conven tion met at 12 o'clock Thursday. Hon. It. L. Berner, in a ringing Demo cratic speech, railed the convention to order. Hon. W. H. Atkinson, of Ccw- cta ceunty, was elected permanect chairman. Hon. W. J. Nor'hcn, of Hancock county, was nominate i for Governor by a unanimous and rising vote. General I’hil Cook was r*.nominated for Secre- lary of State; Capt. W. A. Wright for Comptroller General, an 1 Col. H. H. Hardeman for Treasurtr. Judge Geo. N. Lester, of Cobb county, was nominated for Attorney General over lion. Clifford Anderson, the present incumbent. R. E. Nesbitt, of Ccbb county, was nominated for Commissioner of Agriculture on the fourth ballot, over Judge.!. T. Benders n, the pres*'!*!, Commissioner. The platform adopted by the convcn tion renewed the patty ' pledges to the political principle’ aet foith in the National Demoeratic platform of 1888. A strict reliance en the integrity and ability of the party was telied on to correct the existing abuses of govern- * ment. Governor Jno B. Gordin and the other State House offieers were endorsed with ptide for their rapueity nnd fidelity in managing the affairs of tho Btate. The convention, after hearing an ad dress from Col. Northen, the nominee for Governor, adjourned. Kdled by Lightning. Ge inoF.’a Station, S. C., 8p°cial.- Peter Hoyt, a farmer, and his sixteen- year old daughter, were instantly killed by lightning. Hoyt’s son was also instantly killed. Five other persons in the house escaped with slight injuries. The younger Hoyt, it is exp cted. will dl'. The Egyptian Gotten Crop. Cairo, Egypt, August 10.—Tbe report issued by the Cotton Association states that the prospects of the Egyptian eotlon crop arj more favorable. The number of cotton worms has decreased. The Peace River Paosphate 0)mp\ny The Peace River Phosphate Company, of Florida and New York 'he pioneer in Ihc discovery and development of phosphate rock in tbe Florida territory, has made considerable progress through the enterprise and ci ergy of its New York owners. In addition to increasing the plant and production, the craopany has opened up Puntn Gorda on Charlotte harbor and established an export outlet. This improvement alone will pros-e of v st impoitance to tbe state. The first shipment of rock from that point was made on April 30 by the steamer Caro line Miller to Baltimore, and the ssmo vessel has been miking regular trips since then for the transportation of Peace River rock to thn Baltimore mar ket, where the cargoes have been dis tributed among six fertilizer manufac turers nnd given antirc satisfaction. The test of acid phosphate made from this product closely approached 15 per cent, of soluble phosphoric acid, which is ( lain e I to be a decided increase over the average Char e ton rock, as 13 is said to I e a high percentage for the lat ter. Tnis company's product contains a very small quantity of iron alumina. In appearance it is pebble foim, of bluish cast, totally diffeie it from any other variety known and very rich in bone phosphate. The foreign business is meeting with favorable piogress. A eatgo of 2,480 tons has been shipped on the Kio Finto, to Hamburg and other lots have been sold for the United King dom, charters having been engaged for this month and Septemb-r. Contracla have also Icon made with New Y'ork consumers for liberal supplies, which indicates that this phosphate rock imow established among tlic best and most ex acting buyers. All this has been accom plished since January 1, in addition to erecting the plant, constructing the dredges and fitting them with hydraulic pumps, building lighters, tugs, &c. The present production of 200 tons per day is handled with gr*a' cmvenicnce, being loaded on ears which are ttition- ed nn the company’s own railroad spur at Arcadia, from where they arc taken 25 miles cn the Florida Southern Bail- road to the docks at I’unta Gorda whero tbe ships are loaded, tbc completion of the large cargoes being made in the lower harbor where the vessels real S'curely at anchor in deep water. The c impauy owns nnd controls its licit of tugs nnd barges in Charlotte Harborand also has a private dock built for its express purpose. The credit for the rapid progrets made b dongs largely to Mr. M. F. Knudson, the president, of the firm of Knudsos. Paterson A Co., who has manifested great intc:cst in tl e project from the start and personally attended to the arrangements in Florida which have resulted so sueccssfuliy. The company docs a mining and shipping business exclusively and lias never sought to place any of its land or capital stock on the market. Virginia Republicans. The Republicans of thn First Virginia district who have been given govern ment positions by Representative Browne and tbo*e who are working for similar favors at his bauds, have resolved to re nominate liim. They met in Washing ton. The Virginia K* publicans, follow ing the poliey of Mahooe. now make Washington headquarters for all their conventions nnd movements. Tlic governor of Illinois lisa signed the world’s fair bill. The bill having an emergency clause attached will go into effect at once. Tin: farmets of South Dakota say they will not have over five bushels of wheat to the acre; ttie oat crop will be ro bet- t**j; while corn, favorable weather, s'ill has a chance. A Hail S.orm ia Pennsylvania. Lancastkii, Pa., August 15. A very destructive hail tqorm passed over South* ern Lancaster County yesterday (veiling. Several hundred nerra of tobacco wern rut to pieces and completely ruined. The los*will 1 c large, though initially covered bv insurance. In Favor uf Woman Suffrage. The government of Servia notifies Aua-i Washington. Aug. 15.—The berate tria that unless the prohibition of the j Committee on Woman’s Suffrage report- importation of pigs ts withdrawn, the ed to the Senate a re-olution for a _Con- Servian frontier will bo rinsed altogeth er against Austrian import*. fRational amendment to exteud the right of suffrage to women.