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THE COUNTY RECORD. Published Every Thursday ; at UNGSTEEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ! B T LOUIS J. BKISTOW, Kdltor and Proprietor. Dewey lias called for GO,000 pounds of soap. A new hardship of war for the Filipinos! The bonded debt of Hawaii, June 30, 1897, was S3,337,000. Iu addition there was due to depositors iu postal Baviugs banks $782,000. South America is still the chief source of the supply of rubber, but the development of the exports of that article from the%Congo indicate that in future Africa matv be depended upon to furnish a large quantity. In 1893 the customhouse authorities of * the Belgian Congo noted the exportation of 532,742 pounds of rubber; in 1897 the exports had increased to 3,005,548. At this rate of increase the Para district of Brazil will soon have its exports matched by the uew rival. The long-advertise J German commercial war has beguu, and it takes the form of an invasion. A company^ of German .steel manufacturers ha* concluded that the best way to compete with us is to become one ot us, and has begun the construction of a great plaut near Chicago. For ita sake we hope the Kaiser will not shut its product out of Germany. We eau staud this sort of a war splendidly, says the New York Tribune. A great many Germans have invaded this country before now,and we like them. More than half of the early heroes of America are represented in the navy today. There are four generations of Selfridges, one Bainbridge^a Stevens, a Preble, a Truxtun, three Porter?, inree X'errys, six nougerses, auu iu looking over tlie list of American naval officers farther back it is surprising to observe how many of them bear famous naval names by inheritance. The service appears to be a congenial one, though it is comparatively one of the poorest paid among the natal powers of the world. Heroism is evidently its own reward, since sons are ambitious to follow their fathers, and are indeed eacouraged by the latter to enter the service. It will require a thousand millions of dollars to measure the increase in the farmers' receipts for last year's produce over the values that prevailed in 1895. The total return for staple crops alone for this season is estimated at $100,000,000 more than was received last year. The wheat exported from the United States during the past twelve months sold for about a# much as the whole crop was worth in either 1893, 1894 or 1895. These statistics tell the story of the fanner's share of the prosperity of our greatest commercial year. As a result of investigations covering the entire Union and running back as far as 1893 " the Orange Judd Farmer forecasts "an industrial activity quite unparalleled, with quick markets at home and abroad for the surplus of American farms." The Manufacturer of London, Eng., comments on the exports of carriages and cars from the United States to the United Kingdom, which in 1897, was valued at more than twice as much as in 1887. The Manufacturer states that one of the reasons of this increase is that the United States hafe a fundamental advantage in their splendid supply of lumber, and that American manufacturers have also the advantage of the brains of every nationality of Europe. "In their workshops," the journal continues, "may be seen smiths from France and Sweden, trimmers from Germany, carvers from Italy, and general artisans from England. The wages are said to be treble those paid abroad. Americans are famed for their wheel making, in which they employ second growth hickory." The article quoted also states that there are already several London depots for the sale of American-made vehicles, and there is plenty of trade for American | manufacturers, but the needs and tastes of the people must, of course, be taken into account. A couple of years ago a firm of American carriage makers shipped 1800 carriages to Germany "in the white," i. e., ready for painting, and all in one year. What is possible in Germany, adds the Manufacturer, is equally so in other European countries, even more in England, where there are no tariff hindrances. J CLOSEI IT C61I1BIA.I ? 1 The Final Meeting of the Political Drama DEVOID OF EXCITEMENT, All the Candidates Were Present Lxcept Cooper and Berry?So* erigns Listened Attentively and ApplaudeJ Frequently EDGEFIELD MEETING. There were about (?>0 persons present 3nd they listened patiently and uninterruptedly throughout the four hours of i>olitical pleading. Senator Tillman stood out with the boys and seemed to derive gread amusement from some of the platform talk. Mr. Cooper declared his opponents could get no glory from trying to tie the dispensary around his neck. Ho was proud of his connection with it. Secretary Tompkins said that Cooper's very caudidacy implied the charge that the dispensary was used as a political machine; if elected the peoiflo would certainly believe it. Capt itradham said he had not one word to say against his opponents. Ninetynine per cent, of the voters of Clarendon would votefoithim, and his people always called upon him when they wanted some one to go to the front and represent them. Col. Floyd said it was high time for Gen. Watte, after his two terms in office, to rest from his labors, unless he would place the military in a better condition, and that his other rtnnnnnnt Mai Ttlvthft WftS a laWVer and it would be too bad to nip his legal prospects in the bud by giving him this place which he could not filL Mr. Featherstone got some lively applause; he declared that the dispensary had given the whiskey an air of respectability it never had before, and men are now acting as county dispefisers who would never have sold liquor on their own account. Mr. Archer made ono of his most vigorous speeohes. The prohibitionists, he said, wanted the bridle taken off the terriblo whiskey monster while he thought the State should take it by the throat and circumscribe the evil as much as possible. Mr. Whitman wanted to know how it was that his name was placed fourth on the voters' ticket when he was the lirst one to pay his $50 and file his pledge. He had done more and gotten less for bringing about the privileges of the people than any man. Governor Ellerbe said he had been elected Governor as the exponent of peace and unity. He had begged the people to stop fighting and had done his best to unite the white people. Watson had charged that Senator Tillman had to nurse him to make him 1??r? Vlie /lionAnoorr nATirnfTA f'nl Oeorge Tillman was in the county of his birth and spoke to men who had always supported him. Throughout his speech he was applauded. His platform was to enlarge liberty and reduce taxes. Col. Schumpert declared he felt like bowing his head in shame whenever he reflected that the conditions were such that the liquor question was the only thing the people wanted to hear the candidates discuss. He saw no difficulty in solving the problem. Col. Watson was also among the friends of his youth and they were glad to see him. He declared Ellerbe's friends and newspapers misrepresented him by pnttiug in his mouth words fie did not use. Ellerbe had misrepresented him today when he credited him with charging that he had appointed ConservaCI ,? ?"? 1 Ka rt/1 iivc3. Ills ciim^t'3 waa iuui ut uau appointed all Conservatives. Mr. Bellinger repeated his Aiken remarks concerning his opponent. In reply Col. Mower declared that his claims to the votes of Democrats were just as good as Bellinger's. He distinctly declared he had done nothing of which he was or ought to be ashamed. The other speakers were Messrs. Watts, Blythe, Mayfield, Rice, Brown, McMahau, Derhanx, Epton, Garris, Sligh, Gray, Evaus, Stansell and Thomas. SALUDA MEETING. Senator Archer scored President Johnson for stating in his report that Winthrop had received $31,890, while the appropriation was only $30,000. Where did he get this extra money? He doctored the account in order to make it balance. The truth was these colleges had money to burn, and it wa3 being wasted. Mr. Whitman asked if higher education is to be continued at the State's expense. Why not put the colleges on the same footing as the public schools? Why not give the money wasted on unnecessary colleges to the old soldiers? Governor Ellerbe, re terring to tne cnarge mat tie appointed a negro constable, said that a respectable citizen bud asked him to send a negro to ascertain, what negro bad shot at bis son and to break up the illicit trailic in whiskey by negroes in ki& community at Blenheim. He accordingly sent a negro constable recommended by Chief of Police Daly,Columbia, with instructions not to molest white men, but to discover the negro criminals. The constable did this, aud then bis commission was withdrawn. Col. Tillman was well received. He denied that he wanted to destroy Winthrop or Clemson. He simply wanted to restrain their wasteful and outrageous extravagance. Clemson 2?ot over 3100,000 to teach boys kid glove industries, and Winthrop about 3-10,000 to teach a few girls a little industry with a few frills and furbelows, while .i- - o-.it. ?..i ??i.. ILLU OUUIU V.01UHUO pUi uuij S-0,000. He attacked the system of centralized government that puts township appointments in the hands of the Governor. He argued for reasonable license tax, with proper safeguards thrown around it, to minimize the evil. Col. Watson was on his native heath and was greeted with rounds of applause. He rejoiced at the friendship of these people. He had done his duty in the army, in the days of Radicalism, in the constitutional convention, in. politics and in private life. He gloried in his fight for free schools in the con stitution, and his success there uas the proudest thing of his life. That man, McLauren, God forgive him for voting for him, wants McKiuley reelected by acclamation, forgetting all the traditions of Democracy because he has made some trade with him about the Second regiment that coulc not have leen gotten tip fairly i Col. Schumnert ventured the opinion that'he could improve South Carolina's gubernatorial service. He argued that prohibition meant unbridled license unless special officers were paid to enforce it. and this would result in increased taxation. Mr. Featherstone defended himself from the charge of being a raw recruit. Tho bulk of his time for the last 14 years had been spent in fighting "for God, for home and native land," bnt if the people were looking for a mau who has never done anything wrong, they must look elsewhere. The other speaterB were Messrs. Tompkins, Cooper. Bradham, Bellinger, Mower, Derharn, Epton, Brown, May-field, Kicei McMahan. Garris. Evans, Blansell, Sligb, Gray and Thomas. LEXINGTON MEETING. The crowd was a small one but manifested great interest in the speeches, particnlary those relating to education and the dispensary. Mr. Whitman struck some Titanic blows for his educational idea, lie thought it would be a good thing if an earthquake would come along and shake somo of these colleges so deep that they never would be resurrected. Governor Ellerbe wanted re-election on his merits, and not because of the custom of giving a second ; term. Ho insisted that tho dispensary had been profitable, according to the rei port of the board of control. This year the dispensary would pay from $150,000 to $200,000 to tho State for the school fund. The governor received hearty applause. Col. Tillman interested the crowd with his discussion of township government He was no champion of drunkenness, but he was German enoHgh in his instincts to abhor and oppese all sumptuary laws and claimed the right to get drunk if he pleased. He claimed that Clemson College overlooked the immense pole boat trade in fertilizers, the interior guana factories and thro twenty-six cotton 6eed oil mills that sold nineteen-twentieths of the ammonia used in guano and the wagon trade amounting in all to thousands of tons of fertilizers that escaped the tax. Col. Schumpert made a good impression. He urged the people to vote for the men of their choice, and not to allow themselves to be dictated to. Col. Watson talked education from the jump and received earcost attention. He pleaded for a school house iu reach ofjeverybody, so that the State would be filled with an honest, industrious population. Mr. Featherstone at lirst ran against the grain of some of his hearers, who interjected frequent antiprohibition remarks. Ho had advocated prohibition all over the State because he believed it was right When a man voted for whiskey he became a party to its sale, and the only way for him to clear his skirts is to do everything in his power against it, and then his skirts would be clear. Mr. Archer declared that the people were not prepared to pay another mill to euforce prohibition. He waked up the Lexingtoniaus on the educational question. His platform was less taxes, fewer offices, less money for the State colleges and more for the common schools. Gen. Gray 6aid the people were sunering irotn unequamy rates, in some cases prohibitory. Mr. Stansell thought all his opponents were good men. but tbev came from the wrong section, inasmuch as his section was not represented on the commission. Maj. Evans declared that he wanted election not becauso he was a political coat-tail swinger or combination candidate, but because of his al.'ijity and business qualifications'. No man should impugn his honesty or business sagacity without challenge, and the blackguard should not speak to him afterwards. .Dr. Sligh was proud of the support that he knew his neighbors had always given him. They knew he was competent Everybody was interested in the railroads, and oulv fair and broad-minded men should be elected on the board. Commissioner Thomas declared that his opponents had torn and misrepresented both his Diiblie and nrivate life. but be had tho six calling for more | time. They had tried to make the people believe that ho was a tool of the I railroads. If this could bo proved he j would deserve political death, but as i they had not proved it they wero con- | victed of slander. The othor speakers i were: Cooper, Tompkins, Bradham, Mower, Bellinger, Watts, Floyd, Blythe, Brown, McMahan, Bioe, Mayfieid and Garris. COLMEIA MEETING. Owing to the heavy full of rain there were only about three hundred persons present, including a few ladies. Splendid order was preserved and all the candidates were listened to attentively. There was applause as Gov. Filer be began. He said that he had become a candidate for governor the first time because he thought it was a duty he owed to the people to respond to their call. In that canvass he had urged that the people do away with strife aixl come together for the good of the state. As the exponent of that movement the people had houored him as few people had been honored. His majority was the largest ever given a governor in South Carolina. He had pledged himself to be fair and just. lie had been between the devil and the deep blue Bea. He was not infalible, but he had tried to keep his promises. Any man in his position would have made mistakes. Col. Georco Tillman came next amid cheering. He was running on a platform of more liberty and less taxation. He believed in re-electing a strong nn/1 ti'/mi l/l n /^t li n tlUll cxiiwicub vmvoi, uuu u vuiu uui uu t o opposed Ellerbe If he had thought he had made a good governor. He ought to have met the public deficit by recommending the use of the fertilizer tax and the decrease of the extravagant appropriations for the colleges. He criticized the governor for recognizing that the proper thing for South Carolina was a coeducational iustituteaud not having the backbone to advocate it, thereby reducing expenses and bettering the State's educational system Col. Schumpert wanted the office for the honor of it, and because he could make a better goveruor aud couM administer the affairs of state better than bad been done in tlie last ten years. Ho was not running upon the demerits of Gov. Elt--v? 1?,1.. i.;? ici u*j vi au > uuuj t'icc, vuc uj?uu 1110 own record lie would stand or fall. Col. Watson was heartily greeted. He declared he had never abused Gov. Ellerbe and all the candidates knew it. The governor posed as the representative of peace and unity. As for himself not a word had fallen from his lips in the senate and the constitutional convention that was not i broad enough for all South Carolina. Mr. Pcatherstone began by tolling his goat story on Col. Watsdn, eliciting laughter. He then took notice of the published statement that ho had voted for Dr. Sampson Dope, the independent candidate, declaring it wa* false. He had eaten his crow like a man, because he felt bound by hi9 pledge, and had voted for tuo regular Democratic nominee. During the entire campaign he had triod to abstain from anything borderingon personalities; he had discussed the question upon principle and not in a dogmatic way. vienntnr Archer vicroroaslv warned tbo churches to let the liqouf question alone. The State was not to be run by the churches. Wherever the- church took control and the people surrendered their *ightB the world has been hurled back into darkness and ignorance. Mr. Whitman was amusing, versatile, vigorous, and he and the audience got right together iustanter. He said he had mastered the hetcrodoxical science of phrenology before he went to school. When ho said ho had married a wife, somebody in the crowd advised him to stick to it. He had mastered metaphysics, scieuce, history and political econo'mv. and yet some people and newspapers had held him up as an ignoramus. Mr. Mower was glad to w,eet the people of Columbia and Richland. He was running as a Democrat and was entitled to all that that term implies. Iffe had frequently been engaged in litigation for the State and urged the voters to investigate his work. Ho had consider able experience in legal matters and felt that he was quelitied to fill the office. Lieut, (ior. McSweeney made a briftf address stating that he was unopposod for re-election, but he thought it the right thing as well as a privilege to appear before the sovereigns and thauk tnem. He nmde a telling defense of Wiuthrop, of Cleiason, of the Citadel, of the South Carolina College, declaring that the man who would destroy them was not a patriot. Comptroller Geueral Derham asked re-election because ho had the practical experience and training that qualified him for the position. He had served four years as auditor and throe years as chief clerk in the comptroller's office. These facts, no doubt, influenced the legislators in selecting him instead of the gentleman who is now opposing him. Secretary of State Tompkins was greeted with upplause. He had performed the duties of his office for the last three years to the entire satisfaction of the whole people. His two competitors had no complaint to make of any of Jhis official acts, but asked people to defeat "him for the sole reason that if elected this would be his third term. Capt. Hradham also received applause. He said that ho had served his people in times of war and peace. Ho was a member of Kershaw's regiment He commanded his company at Manassas, losing 23 men with only 27 in the fight. Here he loBt his arm. He had been sherifl'of his county from 191)5 to 18C9. He was afterwards elected auditor, which position he filled for five 3*ears without opposition. Ho was again elected sheriff of Clarendon and | was now serving his second term. He had never been defeated for anything that ho had asked his people for. Voi Rlrthfl -was well received. He said that progress was the order of the day in military matters as well as in other things, lie claimed to Lave more iniiitaTy experience of the modern kind than his opponents had; believed that the militia needed a young man with energy and a business capacity and military training. Adjutant General Watts was proud that his opponents had no criticisms against his administration. All they could say was that they wanted the ofijce. He did nol appear as a factional or combination candidate. Col. Rico began by remarking that he hoped this would bo the last primary tbatSouth Carolina would ever see. If elected superintendent of education lie would ask the legislature to eliminate the offioo from all colleges. Ho was herartily in favor _f i . .1 J *: t?. U1 CUUi'UUUU. UU|>Ci!Ukguuout of Education May field declared that bis opjKJoeats proposed uo new measures for tii* improvement of the schools. They proposed nothing that would bring more money or provide better teachers over what he had done. The only way to improve the schools is to provide more money and better teachers. Mr. Brown wanted to help the common schools. South Carolina could never become the great State flhe ought to be unless she educates the masses of the people. Her progress will be in proportion to her educational advancement The other sneakers were Candidates Bellinger, Thomas, Gray, Evans. Floyd, McMahan, Donalson, Wilson, Johnson and Epton. SOLTil CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN. Cotton Fairly Promising--Sweet Potatoes Doing Well. rft 1' ?t.?o linfornvoKln frtr f n* m . J. LIU ?ecu. waa uuitt.wi ?*??? work aud for the staple crops, but growing forage and root crops grew very fast. The condition of corn has changed but little, and the crop is a fairly good one, but has been damaged by high water in the extreme northwestern counties, and by an excess of moisture on stubble lands. The weather was unfavorable for saving fodder, much of that that was pulled during the week was damaged, and some totally destroyed by lain. The cotton crop is fairly promising, but as yet uncertain, and deteriorated during the week. The ccn.inuous cloudy nud rainy weather has caused an increase of rust and shedding, both of which aro common over the entire State. Matured bolls are rotting to some extent. Cotton is opening freely iu places, but generally slow, and picking has; fairly begun in the eastern portions of the :->tate, aud will soon he general. Early rice is ready to harvest, as soon as the weather permits. Sweet potatoes are doing well. Second crop of Irish potatoes coming i up to poor stands, seed rotting in the ground. l'eas growing iuxunautiy, but arc freuchiug, or tiring, in places. Tobacco practicauy all hoiked; the crop is au excellent one. Urapesrotting badly. Heavy crop of grass, but weatuer has been unfavorable for curing hay. .Much winter truck being planted along the coast truck faims. Sugar cane and peanuts are excellent, Pastures afford tine grazing. Turnips coining up to good stands, excepr it is too wet for them in places. Some women carry the emotional business entirely too far. i i mi y mi " Corn, Cotton and Other Craps Brought to a HIGH STATE OF PRODUCTION. Nobly Did Columbia Respond?Progressive Laurens?Negro Boy Murdered in Greenville?A Negro Grild Killed. A modol farm is that owned by T. K. Cunningham, of Lancator. It contains about 345 acres, and is situated five mile9 west of that place, in a section of country generally known as the Waxaw's. Mr. Cunningham bought this place iu a rough stute, and ha3 for several years spent considerable money in clearing it up, ditching the lowlands, digging up the stumps, digging up the rocks and terracing the uplands; so as to have a complete system of drainage and to preserve the laud from washing. 1 On fourteen acres of this furm Mr. ! Cunningham reaped three hundred and i seventy-five bushels of wheat this year, and on thirty acres he reared twelve hundred bushels of oats. On the lowlands he has now growing on aboat thirtv acres a fine crop of corn, which 1 ?ill j e Af\ K??,l,ala Will V1U1U 11 ULX1 lUillj-UTO tu -XV KJ uouwto per acre. And ho has growing on 125 acres a magnificent crop of cotton, which if no disaster befalls, will yield him ono hundred and fifty bales of average size. He has op the stubble land, (from which he out his wheat and oats,) a fine crop of peas, growing baoadcas^ These peas after he gathers enough to sow next year, he will turn under with a large plow, tops and all, to fertilize the land for a cotton or corn crop next year. Mr. Cunningham plants two varieties of cotton seed, one know as the King the other as the Truette. The King is an early cotton, and is popular in that section, and the Trufltto is itistintrnched for its larero hblls or pods. But he is trying as an experiment this year a new kind of cotton, known as Jackson's African Limbless. This cotton has no large limbs or branches, but the bolls grow thick around the stalk from bottom to top. He has in cultivation about six acres of this variety, now in a growing state, from four to six feet high, loaded with bolls from bottom to top. From its present appearance it will continue to grow and bear fruit longer than the other cotton, and from the prospect the African Limbless will yield considerably more to the acre than any other. It should be added that Mr. Mr. Cunningham keepB the weeds plucked from his long lines of terraces, and thus has a quantity of the finest grass for hay, 1 Ka ia ttavw /?ovnfnl fn cava fnr liin | nUiWU UD AO Iti J v>a? v*u4 w wm v -w- - ? stock. He has some ten fine mules, a number af line cattle and quite a number of hogs, which are all profitable! <?? Negro Boy Murdered in Greenville. Foster Stokes, a negro boy 15 years old, was found dead in Greenville, near the Southern Kailway depot^Hie | head was badly bruised bebiua ~thp I car and thefe were several abrasions 6n his throat. Th* inquest held By the ! corpner brought (n g vy^ict that tho boy came To hfs death from a bldw oh the head, with the recommendation that William Blassingame, the negro man last seen with the boy, bo arrested. Blassingamo went to Peidmont, taking with him a thirteen, vear-old bov. Charlie Moultrie. Deputy Sheriff Gilreath followed and arrested Blalsingarne, bringing him an Moultrie. Both are in jail. A Negro Child Killed. Between Grier's Station and Duncan, just this side of Yorkville, No. 38, the train going North, killed a threeyear-old colored child. The child was playing in the weeds near the railroad track, and just as the train came up it jumped out of the weeds on the track, the engine striking it on the head and knocking it 20 feet in the air. It fell to the side of the track dead. Converse College Conservatory. Converse College, Spartanburg, is erecting a conservatory of music. This new building will contain 30 practice rooms and an auditorium with a seatinc canaoitv of 2.000. The larce pipe organ now in the Converse College, will be transferred to this building. The cost of tins addition to the 1 college plant will be 815,000, Progressive Laurens. Laurens is still steadily forging towards the front in the line of progress. Work on the buildings of the Laurens bonded warehouse company is being rapidly pushed in order to have them finished and everything in readiness for this fall crop. Throe large and spacious storerooms will be completed J in a short time and ready to be oecu pieu. Xv ID blHlCU IJittl IUU IUICO Ittliroads entering that city will soon comiienct erecting a union depot. Nobly Did Columbia Respond. I Columbia responded in no mean way : to the call made by the ladies of the , Wayside Hospital Relief Corps, for | contributions of delicacies for tho hungry and sick soldiers passing j through the city on their way north , from Florida. The result was that the | 800 or more volunteers who came , through Columbia were feasted aud refreshed. Matthews' First Bale. I mi. _ n i l.l- -f * & l if.i. 1 liie urst uuiu ui uyw uuiiuu at jjui- 1 thews was piaced on the market by the 1 venerable Col. A. F. Amaker, au<l was I sold to Messrs. Banks ?V- Wimberly for < 4 1-2 cents per pounil. This price is J encouraging to trie eottonots, < Moon and a Young Lad) Assaulted. An assault was made upon Walter Moon recently, while he was visiting a young lady in Greenville. The young 1 people went to the well near the house and suddenly both were etruck in the head either bv kuueks or shot from a 1 sling. The young man was badly hurt, ' ? : -1 i -1 1__ _ DUt tue gin receiveu oniy a sngni wound. ] -? ?> Fodder pulling has begun in earnest in Spartanburg county. lb. re is fine prospeote iet a large crop if the do Jot damaee it before housed. 1 ( i CAPITAL STOCK INCREASED. Granby Owners Carry their Stock up to $800,000. At a recent meeting the stockholders of the Granby mills unanimously voted to increase the capital stock of the corporation from $250,000 to 8800,000, so as to provide for filling up their big mill building and run it at the full limit of its capacity. This was done in order to decrease the operating expenses (proportionately) and thus increase the per!cent. of profit. The capacity of the mill is to be increased from 18,000 spindles to 57,000 spindles, and from 500 looms to 1,500 looms, thus over trebbling its output while the only addition to the operating expenses will. be the cost of the additional machinery and employment of the necessary operatives to run it. The building is all there and general expenses are already provided for. The officers of the mill estimate that hereafter the mill will consume annually about 0,000 bales of cotton, as against :>,000 now. New Enterprises. A charter has been issued to the Gill's Creek Milling and Ginning company at Columbia. The capital stock is 8300, divided into;5 sharesof3100 each. An amended charter has been granted the Gregory-Heath Hanking and .Mercontile company of Lancaster. First, to change the name of the corporation to Farmers' Hanking and Mercantile enmnnnv Seeond. to change principal place of business to Lancaster. Third, to provide for an additional officer, known as cashier. Fourth, to increase capital stock to 880,001). Commissions have aVsc been issued to the following corporations: The Smith-Fewell company, of Rock Hill, capital stock, $35,000, divided into 350 shares of $100 each. The W.C. McMurphy company, of Charleston. The company will manufacture fertilizers, etc. Capital stock, $30,000, divided into 300 shares of $100 each. Hampton's Magnetic Healer. Mr. J. ,T. Nichols continues to give proof of his "magnetic power" in healing many afflicted persons in Hampton and neighboring localities. A man who had bean prostrated with rheumatism and partial paralysis since last April, unable to sit up during that time, was brought to him in a wagon for treatment After working on his spine and other parts of the body a half hour the wonderful curative power of the healer enabled the man to sit up and walk around. His treatment of the poor and penniless sufferers has convinced the people there of his goodness and cnaruable heart. b\ery One is Interested. Now that a commission of business men is about to start from Charleston for Porto Rico, to look orer the lay of the land and report upon the chances of trade for this port, the island and its "soil, climate and productions" are being discussed on every side, Charleston is almost sure that a line of steamers from this port to Porto Rico would be an excellent venture, but with a conservatism that has marked her history from its beginning she is going slowly. But the business men are studying up the matter from all available sources and those most interested will be "well prepared to receive the committee's report understandingly. Charleston News amj Courier. \ Earl Bros., of Gowensville. will, in the near future, build a roller mill. B. C. Johnson and associates have purchased a site at Easley and will srect a 50-barrel dour mill to be operated by steam. A. L. Welch's new flour mill at Anderson is proviDg quite a success. The capacity is about 50-barrels per day, and for sometime it has been running its full capacity, sometimes grinding all night to accommodate its patrons. The Mountain City Milling company, of Greenville, which proposes to establish flour, grist and cotton oil mills, has been incorporated. The capital stock is $50,000, divided into shares of 8100. A commission for a charter has been issued to the Hampton Dry Kiln and Planing Mill company of Hamptom The capital stock is 8.1,000, divided into 50 shares, of $100 each. The corporation will conduct a general milling business. Express Companies Must Pay. The one cent revenue stamp on eipress receipts will be paid by the Southern Express Company. This applies only to Inter-State business, and shipments to points outside of the State are not involved. For Fraud. Five fertilizer companies have been reported by the Clemson board for selling fertilizers which were hot up to the required quality, or commercial guarantee. Secretary Smith of the ClemBon board has been authorized to at once get out warrants lor ther prosecution. These companies are the Navassa of Wilmington, N. C., the Carolina Guano company, one in Charlotte, one in Richmond, and the Berkeley Fertilizer company of Charleston. Bogus Negro Constable. W. W. Harris of the State constabulary force has received reports from Sumter and Florence counties to the effect that a negro, whose name the informants said they could not give, was passing himself off in that section of the State as a constable for the dispenlarv. Mr. Harris emphatically states that there is no negro employed on the eonstabulary force in this State. Serious Shooting at Allendale. A personal encounter occurred at Allendale between Chief of Police Dunbar and Mr. Hamp Brabham, which esulted in the serious and perhaps fatal wounding of the former. The lifliculiy grew out of an oti'ort by Mr. Dunbar to arrest Mr. itrabham for *urs;ug on the streets. Palmetto Notes. Extensive improvements have been inauguated on the Jerome Hotel at Columbia. Chris Cannon was hanged at Spar....?0/>antlv 1nr tVia mnrder of .OUUUif, ?V> - ?w Captain J. H. Biasings te. The tobacco seasoa is progressing most satisfactory at Darlington, with prices ruling satisfactory. The Charleston Hotel, Charleston, irhich has been run on the Uropean phin ill summer, will be opened regularly c>n the American plan about the first of October.