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Paid a Capi tal . . . . . $75,000 00 Surplus Fund . . . ? . . 11,500 00 Traasactg a General Banking Business. Careful attention given" to collections. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. Causo*, Aug. 7 Cashier. SKMTER, s a G?TY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. A Savings Bank Department. Deposits of'$1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, w,. F. Rhahk, President. - Cashier. . ?ug 21. DR. E. ALYA DENTIST. s Office over BROWNS k P?RDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns k Purdy and Durant k Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. Somter, S. C , April 29._ G. W. DICE, D. . S. Office over Bogin's New Store, bktbaxck ox mais STREIT w? S?MTER, S. C. Office Honrs.?9 to 1:30; fc30 to 5, Sepie _ \c " NEW LUMBER TARD. IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the public generally that my Saw Mill located ou the C. S & . R. R./just back of my residence, is now in full operation, and ! am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to gradrs. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. FebOS. , NEW Marble Works. A RfCff ?RBSONj LIBERTY STREET, SUM TER, S. a wk HAYE |^|M?DA CO-PARTNERSHIP ; For the purpose * of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing lineiis, T?toes, Etc., ? ': 1 And ??inga General Business in that fine.1 A compiete work-shop bas been fitted up oa j \LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere, r * W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. 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"From personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children. <^?ny: as a laxative and relieving the pent up bowels and general system very much. Many mothers have told me of its ex cellent effect upon their children/1 Da. G. C. Osgood, Lowell Masa. - The Ckntaub Cohpaky, 77 Murray Street, . Y. To cure constipation purging the bow ?cls slioa I d bo avoided ; it weakens their power of motion. A gentle aperient effect is only required. Tutt's Tiny^^ ?liver Pills are prepared with special views to tho permanent coro of f?J ?COST?VSNESSandHEAOACHS. ? They are mil d and remain m the sys- A tern until they act on the liver, cause ? a natural flow of bilo and their tonic ? properties impart power to tho bow els to remove unhealthy accumula? ?tlone. ?Grood appetito and digestion^ result from the use of these littlo pills, Price, 23c. Office, 39 Park Place, . Y. 9 9 ? O ? ? ? ? ? THE Suinter Institute. THE INSTITUTE ha? opened its sessions under very auspicious circumstances. The boarding department is weil appointed and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those desiring rooms should apply at an early day. The Art room has been enlarged and refitted, affording ample light, and all.necessary facili ties for good work. Specinl lessons in Painting and Drawing, each $15 a term; in Book-keeping, Steno graphy, Typewriting ard Penmanship, each $10 h term; Instrument and Vocal Music eace $20 a term, with $3 for use of instument for practice. Elocution $7.50 a term. Students will be received tor any of these special course at any time during the year, j and we solicit patronage of the young ladies? of the city not regularly entered in the school. ' For fu-iher information appi to . FRANK WILSON, Piesident. HONEY FOR SALE. I have on hand a fine lot of CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY, for sale by the gallon or less quantity. ALSO, HONEY IN THE COMB. Orders filled at residence, on Republican i Street. Samples can be seen at Watchman 1 and Southron office. N. G. OSTEEN. JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Manning, S. C, Attends to business in any part of the State. Practices in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21? . WRIGrHT'3 HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. -o rriBIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE jf_ with all modern i m proveniente, is sow open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT & SON, Proprietors. Bipane Tabules cure hives. * r?r.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. rELY PURE Carolina Finances. [Extract from a private letter in the Augusta Chronicle.] The official preseoce io New York for some days, with the declared purpose of negotiating for the refunding of the state debt, and the apparent failure of these efforts invite some inquiry to this very important puhlic question. In referriog to the public obligations of South Carolina issued for the Blue Ridge road subscription, for the "new siate capito] ; in those golden days of old South Carolioa when the state credit was high in-London, we fiod 6 per cent, the lowest rate then available. Duriog the Hampton debt settlement again we find 6 per ceut. the interest rate. The very small relative debt of tho state in 1876 90 caused the Brown bonds to command a premium, and suggested to the, theo state authorities, the refunding- of the $400,000 falling due iu 2889 at a lower rate than 6 per cent. The wisest members of the finance committee advocated ? per cent for this new loan, but a majority, adopted the 4^ per ceot. figures Now, with what result ? It was before the farmers movement began ; it was in a normal condition of state affiirs ; it was in easy financial times. The loan dragged?it was not promptly taken, and it is a notorious fact that but for the active co-operation of banks and bankers to fave the state from failure?this small sum of $400,000 would have not been placed. There is such a thug ae color-blind ness in finance, aud this must have been the condition, when in face of this plain warning ?6.000.000 of debt was ?-ought to be refunded at 4 per cent , hut that is just what has been done. The attempt to cary out this arbitrary law has substantially failed, and failure ought to have been expected at this very low rate. These are the points of view from which to regard the state debt. Firs'?It is largely a home debt, that is, it is owced to the extent of three fourths by the people of South Carolina, in trust estates of all classes and kinds, and. has been the preference of all small investors. Now then these owners of four and a half millions of this debt held at home cannot afford to lend the state the money at 4 per cent., when money all around is worth from 7 per cent, to 10 per cent. Second?When you go to the money centres of the country aDd offer a 4 per cent, loan, then you unite investigation into past debt matters, and from Lom bard and Wall streets emerge bitter complaints o'f injustice to former holders of state securities, and unfortunately there is truth iu these complaints. NjW, the Tillmaa government is not in acy way responsible for these antecedent co?ditions, or for the "four per cent." refunding act. Nothing they can say or do, will alter many conditions at home, or alter the awk ward fact, for instance, that bonds now in New York, signed by Gov. Hamp ton, have been repudiated, principal and interest, for fifteen years. Gov. Tillman is not, and cannot be held responsible for failure to do an impossible thing. When Georgia wanted to fund her debt, she invited bids from money lenders-, and received a variety of offers, and secured a 3i per cent. rate. South Carolina says : Stand and deliver at 4 per ceot. It was an unbusinesslike, a silly piece of legislation, and shou'd have been recalled in December, 1890. . Out in the markets of the world there is a homely adage a "The price of any thing is just exactly what' twill bring." You might as well fix the price of cot ton at 12 cents, as to arbitrarily fix a low rate of interest on a state bond by a statute. A committee to consist of the gov ernor, comptroller, treasurer and two citizens, to invite bids, should be crea ted by the legislature, and by having the rates of interest fixed as in the length of years the bond has to ran. Say, at 4 percent., forty years; 4? per cent., thirty jears ; 5 per cent., twenty years, etc. You will invite capital to take their choice, and will assuredly make an advantageous settlement. South Carolina Crops Columbia. S. C, Oct 24.?The State weather observer touight compiled a table of crop figures giving an esti mate of the crops in South Oaroliua as compared with those of two years ago. An increase is shown all along the line except in cotton which shows a large de crease in acreage and in yield. In 1890 the acreage was 1,615,500 acres and 682,390 bales were produced, while this year only 1.564.128 acres were planted and 541,376 bales pro duced. The yield per acre was only 150 pounds. The corn crop has increased from 1 617,799 acres with a yield of 16,462, 416 bushels to 1,716,160 acres and 2,231.008 bushels. The average yield is 13 bushels per acre. Rice bas increased from 74,649 acres and 68,910.944 bushels in 1890 to 81,340 acres and 107.368.800 bushels, the average yield being 30 bushels. In wheat the increase i* from 168.? 049 acres planted aud 579.7-45 bushels yielded to 162.786 acres and 1.139, ?02 bushels with au average yield of 7 bushels. Oats has increased from 321,468 acres and 3,8U7,07o bushels in 1890 to 331 040 acres and 4,624.700 bushels this year with an average of 14 bushels to the acje. The average in sugar cane lies in creased from 3.336 acres to 4 850 and the yield from 548.297 gallons to 873,050 which is 180 gallon" por acre. Sorghum shows an increate from 10784 acres and 822,378 gallons to 14,521 acres and 1,161,080 gallone, being an average of 80 gall?os to the acre. The increease \u ?he tobacco crop during the last two years has been wonderful indeed. In 1890 there were 1,283 acres planted yielding 821,554 pounds, while this year the acreage was 4 413 acres with a yield of 3,530,400 pounds, or 800 pouuds to the acre. Sweet potatoes have increased from 40 392 acres and 3 568.746 bushels to 52 771 acres and 6.324,120 bushels ; 220 bushels to the acre. Irish potatoes have increased from 6 6S9 acres and 833.003 bushels to 154,00 acres and M 12.000 bushels, being 150 bushels to the acre Id 1890 170.252 acres of peas were planted and 935 100 bushel* were pro duced. This year the figures are 190, ? 600 acres and 953,000 bushels. - ! ! - South Carolina's Votes Made Safe. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 22?The electors nominated at the recent demo cratic convention are evideotly too anxious for the honor of voting for Cleveland to neglect any of the neces sary requirements. The News aod Courier today calls upon Mr. Bellinger or Chairman Irby for information that was given me by Secretary Toaipkius. Itseeme as if some of the electors were so anxious to be oo the right side that tbey Sled two or three pledges to vote for Cleveland and Stevenson. Tb* dates given on the pledges are: Delegates at Large?Ernest Gary, September 23 ; J. William Stokes, September 27. First District?C C. Tracy, Septem ber 24. S-cood District?Thomas S. Wil. Ham's September 26. ! Third District?I S. McCalla, Sep i tomber 30. I Fourth District?Lewis P. Walker, September 26 and October 1. Fifth District?J. S. Brice, Sep tember 26. Sir h District?S. W. Nettles, Sep tember 22 Sevinth Distiict?Joseph S. Hart, September 25 and October 1. The pledges are all in the possession of Secretary Tompkins. and simply state that if ciected tbey will vote for Cleve land and Stevenson. It is a curious fact that candidates for political honors are so terribly forgetful. Chairman Irby said some time ago that two of the candidates for congressional honors had sent him no less than six separate pledges. After he had acknowledged the receipt of two or three of them be thought it useless tosend aoy more receipts, and in one case had the sixth pledge sent to him by hand, j There evidently wae something in get-! ! tiDg into the democratic boat, so far as the defeated candidate was concerned. ?News & Courier. - mmtmm*- - ?? mmi - The Michigan Idea. What is known as the Miner law in Michigan, provides for the choioe of electors for president and ice president ; by congressional districts, with the exception of the two electors for the State at large. This plan renders it possible for the electoral ticket to be j divided, some districts choosing electors of one party and others of a different party. As Michigan has heretofore been a Kepublican State io general elections, while at the same time four or five of its congressional districts are Democratic, the Miner law of course operated in favor of the Democrats and was therefore bitterly opposed by the Republicans. The courte to which they appealed have decided that the law is constitutional and hence the electoral ticket will be divided in the comiog presidential election. The manner of choosing presidential electors is left by the constitution of the United States entirely in the bauds of the States themselves, and it would seem to an impartial observer, that the Michigan plan is really the fairest and freest from objectionable features that could be devised. It brings the elec tion of president and vice president nearer to a direct vote of the people than under the general ticket system now in vogue, and would greatly dimiu ish the chances of the election of a president by a minority of the popular vote, as was the case with President Harrison, and with Mr. Lincoln also, id his first election in 1860. Under the present system, in New York for iustance, a majority of a few hundred for either party carries the eotire thirty six votes of the State for the candidate of that party, while a majority of teu, twenty or even thirty thousand in South Carolina would only carry nine votes. The adoption of the plan of choosing electors by congressional districts would do much toward desectioDaliring the country, and for some years to come would give us a Democratic administra tion. We need uot expect our Kepub lican frie ids to agree to any measure which will bring about so desirable a result.?Yorkville Enterprise. - il? ? ?? mm* Fraudulent Cases. j Assistant Attorney General D. A. i Townsend yesterday returned from Dar lington, where he has been attending the Court of General Sessions all the week, prosecuting the cases against the following members of the Sumter Fer tilizer Company for putting fraudulent fertilizers upon the market, as mention ed seme time ago : Dr. Wiu. R. Regis ter, Frank A. Dunning, J. N. Al phonse and James II Moore. They were iodicted on tho following three counts : First?For ftaud and misrcprescnla? ti or. in tho manufacture, analysis and sale of fertilizers. Second?For wilful misrepresentation as to the quality of commercial mauure Ttiiid-?For conspiracy. True hills were found on all the three counts, but the cases went over to the March term of court for trial. There is another case besides this one in which the charges are the same, and true bills have been found. Mr. Mark Reynolds j is the attorney representing the com pany. Cases against several other) companies, whose fertilizers have falleo ! below the guarantee, will be pushed ! shortly. The offense is a misdemeanor, and ? the puuishment prjtty severe.?The 1 State. ? I Treasurer Bates Talks About The State Debt. Columbia, October 25.?Special: The discussion about the State debt seems to be worryiog the State officers considerably. When State Treasurer Bates returned from New York he had nothing to say about the result of his trip. lie is naturally of a modest and retiring disposition aud is somewhat averse to appearing in the public pri?t. Today he saw fit to give a statement of his views to the pr?s-?. He has givea the matter careful thought and iu an interview he carefully states bis posi tion. Dr. Bates said : "I dislike to appear in print aod I regret the agitation of the State debt by the press at this time, but inasmuch as what I said during the campaign in regard to the State's credit and debt seems to have been misunderstood and is now being misrepresented by a number of newspapers in the State, I have decided to present a simple ex planation. I did not utter a word in the cam paign until the meeting here in Co lumbia. I then deemed it my duty to publicly rebuke the press and Gov ernor Sheppard as the leader of the opposition in the State for dragging the State's credit into politics. I answered the charge they made that the present Administration had injured the credit of the State by declaring that the real injury to the credit of the State was done: First. By the Republicans by their issue of unconstitutional bonds in 1868. and by their Consolidation Act of 1873, which settled the bonded debt of the State at fifty cents on the dollar, the first act of repudiation ever attempted in South Carolina. Second. By our own people in 1870-80 sanctioning the repudiation of 50 per cent of the valid debt of the State by the Republicans in 1873 and again opening up the consol debt, after the settlement under the Act of 1875 had been accepted by the holders, only for the purpose of eliminating some fraudulent bonds and not for the purpose of revalidatiog the "ante-bellum7' fire loan and other bonds held by our friends abroad. This was made ap parent by the difficulty the State ex perienced in refunding the beneficiar^ bonds in 1888. I have it upon good authority that those English capitalists, long-time friends and creditors of the State, made overtures to take the entire debt at 4 per cent if our people would not sanction the repudiation of 1873 I believe if our foreign creditors had been treated differently we could today place our bonds in London at 3 or 3J per cent. I was in New York io January last and was confronted theo by the obstacle of the repudiated fraudulent bonds. My public remarks were made in July, and I bad reason to anticipate what was coming, but the holders of those bonds did not expect, and certainly did not require, any encouragement from mo. I am man enough to say it would be better for the State if they could be gotten out of the way, and have obser vation aod experience enough to know that therein no longer any practical way of retiring them. The time is past?it should have been done when the consol debt was settled in 1879-80. Capitalists in New York who eon ters ed with me made no objection whatever to the proposed new bonds on account of want of confidence in the present State Government, but chiefly on ac count of the action of the State in 1873 and 1879 80, and the presence of South Carolina repudiated bonds on the market. They were themselves convinced that the boods were absolute ly good and desireable, but they appre ciated the difficulty of convincing the investing public. I feel ^confident from many personal assurances the busines meu of the State endorse my views, and respectfully ask the editors to examine my speech in the Cotton Plant of July l6tb, and the pamplet on the credit of the State I have for distribution, if they intend further criticism of me." There are likely soon to be some new and interesting developments in the refunding of the State debt. At pres ent it is best that nothing be said about any of the matters that are going on. ?Columbia Cor. News and Courier. -? 1 ?? A Whopper. Mrs. Lease, the Northern old gal who mouths it politically, and loves to slander the South, since the has got back to her own people is "shooting off her mouth" at a hot rate. Just hear her as she tells her ignorant Northern crowd of haters what the South does : Why, in many places in the South men have been voting their dogs and mules for years. They give the animals names, have them registered and then take them to the polls and cast votes iu their names This is indeed a fnil-blooded yarn and makes her akiu to Baron Munehauseu. And they say the old woman is pious as well as sentimental. What a product of nature ! She surely deserv? s noth ing but contempt from the white folks in all Southland. The Jacksonville (Fla.) Times Union thinks the Third partyites "of Florida who treated Mrs. Lease so nicely when she was here might have been tempted to treat her to eggs on the half shell, as the Macooitcs did had they known how outrageously she would slander their scctiou of the Union afterwards." Such a female monster could not be grown in tho S^uth. It takes the "more favored section" where schools ! abouud to produce au Arnold, a Burr, a Stanton, a Seward, a John Brown a Weaver aod a Lease.?Wilmington Messenger. The Outlook iu New York City. The figures of the first two day's registration point to a total vote in this city anywhere fron? three hun dred thousand to three hundred and twenty thousand. The republicans claim at least a hundred and twenty thousand and concede to their oppo nents a plurality of only fifty-five thousand in a vote of three hundred thousand. The democrats say the total vote will not be lees than three hundred and twenty thousand, and that the democratic* plnrality will reach ninety five thousand' Very likely neither side has the most unbounded confidence in its own calculations, but the impartial obser ver can hardly fail to notice that the enthusiasm of the democrats seem to be more genuine than that of the re publicans ?N. Y. Herald. Republican Rascality New York, Oct. 24-It is stated that Suprinlendent of Police Byrnes has unearthed a nest of illegally registered voters in the eighth assenibty district ("De Ate") of this city. They con sist of about 700 negroes, who are said have been brought here from Phila delphia by the Republicans with a view to registering and voting from the lodging house in that district. Under the orders of the snperintndent, the negroes have been watched night and day, and their every movment is known. It is learned that every man in the colony had had hie ex penses paid for thirty day. It was stated at police headquarters today that a thousand warrante would bo issued on election day for persons who have no legal right to vote in this city. When questioned by the reporter of the United Press with regard to the colonization of negroes, Superintendent Byrnes said that every precaution had been taken to prevent illegal voting - mm * * mtm - Rules Governing the Big Fair. Chicago, Oct. 25 ?The general rules governing the conduct of the Co lumbian exposition were issued yester day. The gates will be opened to em ployees at 6 a. m.; to the public at S a. m, Tbey will be closed at 7 p. m. unless io case of some special exhibit or event when they will close not later than 11 p. m. Admission in all cases will be 50 cent, per head, except in that of children under 6 years, acoompanied by parent an guardian. These will be admitted free. A limted amount of power will be furnished gratuitously to exhibitors, but where a large amount of power is required a charge will be made. The exposition will exert reasonable care in the protection of exhibits, bat will not stand responsible for any loss or damage. No patent medicine or nostrums whose ingredients are conceal ed will be accepted for exhibition. Catalogues will be printed in English, French and Spanish, and will be published by the exposition exclusively. 'y May Cost Him His Place. It is oot often that a man who wins a prize refuses to accept it In some in stances he is forced to d?clins, how ever, and a young man who holds an important position under the Govern ment in Washington has placed himself in just this predicament. He has won a prize and can't accept it. lie is afraid if he accepts that bis head will fall into the basket. His sin if he has a sin consists in having written a ringing D?mocratie campaign soog, while claim ing allegiance to the Republican party. The puplic will doubtless differ in opin ino as to whether he bas erred in train ing his muse down to Democratic cam paign songs or in being a Republican. Some time ago the New York World offered a prize of $500 for best Demo cratic campaign song. This prize has beeo awarded by a aoacimons decision of the Judges, to a song writteo by a Republican office-holder, who occupies a lucrative place under the Administration at Washington As soon as the writer was informed that his song had woo be rushed to the telegraph office aod wired the editor of the World as follows i "I seat iu the soog with the under standing that my name would not be used. Its publication would seriously embarrass me. If necessary to pub lish name, must withdraw from com petition." The World says it is ready to pay over the money, but will not pay it to a man who declines to publicly ac knowledge it, and the second best soog will doubtless be awarded the prize. A Post reporter called oo Mr.Crouose, who holds up the Washington side of the World, last night, but Mr. Crounse declined to disclose the author's ?am?. In the meantime the official is doing a lot of trembling for fear tbat his secret will leak out.?Washington Post. Naval Construction. The Senate Committee has proposed some important amendments to the House Naval appropriation bill To the provision for the construction of an armored cruder of the Now York type has been added the authorization of a heavily armored battleship of 9,000 tons a double-turret coast defender of 7,500 tous, four gunboats of from 800 to 1.200 tons each, and sir torpedo boats The acceptance of the House provision for an a:mored cruiser was wise, each a vessel having been asked for by Secretary Tracy, and the New York, to which it is to be similar in design, being one of the most t fficient vessels of its class to be found iu any navy. But as the Secretary also asked for two battle ships of the Iudiaua type,aod the House Committee admitted that the country ought to have nine more brttleships. making twelve in a!t, and thirty torpedo boats, the Seoate Committee has in its amendments only given the present session of Congress its propef share io the work of authorization. A few days sgo, says tbc New York World, an elderlyfgeutlemao and his wife came down Broadway together, j A lady cr?seing the street fell down. The old geDtlcman rushed to her assis- j taoce and helped io every possible way. When he returned to his wife she shook her first at him. "It's all right, it's all right/' he whispered. "Yes, koow it's all right,she re plied hotly. ''Here's an unknown wo man falls dowia and you plow across the street to help her, aod the other ': day I fell downstairs and you wanted to know if I was practicing for a cir . us." 1 The Tillmamte Programme. Columbia, October 23 ?There art several vitally important matters* to the interest of the State that are to come before the coming session of the State Legislatore, and are now exciting wide spread discussion among the political leaders. There are some four or five measures that especially engage the attention of the leaders just now. First comes the county government bill abolishing the office of couoty com missioners, allowiog each district to elect district overseers, they with one other to be appointed at the couoty seat, to constitute a county government hav ing control of the county fioances and government, the idea being, from an Administration standpoint, to decentral ize the county governments Bat the facts in regard to this bill which excited each widespread interest at the last session are already known. This bill is to come up again this session. Senator-elect John Gary Evans, the father of the measore. was io the city today. He says the bill as it will be presented will bave a good number of amendments, -none of them, however, affecting any of the vital portions of the original bill. He seems assured that it will go through this year without much of a contest. Perhaps the biggest fight of all is going to be the prohibition war. I was talking to several leading politicians today aod they say the fight is going to start in the House, where it will go through all right, and the gfeat battle will be in the Senate, as last year. They all say that the bill, as it will first appear, will be ao extreme one, but will very likely be tooed dowo to quite a conservative one As to whether it will get through aod become a law or not they one and all fail to make any prediction. Representative Blease, of Newberry Couoty, is going to lead the fight io the House, rte was a big fighter on the other side two years ago. The dissension in the ranks of the Prohibitionists is looked upon with hope by many, and the prediction is made that Mr. Nettles, who with drew, is going to lead the fight for a conservative bill. Another matter which may reach the Legislature, which is closely allied to the county government bill, while it is not exactly new, is ?gaiu being revived. It is the idea of tne county Judges The idea seems to be that such a scheme will do away with much expeose by keeping the jails cleared and leaving only the heavy cases for th? Circuit Courts. It will hardly come before the Legislature io one general bill, but by couoty bills, as in the case of Green ville, which county has sounded the keynote. Geo. Farley will rejuvenate bis bill about the insurance aod oaval militia features of the State militia service It :~ likely to go through this year with some slight changes. Geo. Farley has beeo during the past year making experiments with one company aod will go before the Legislatore with good results achieved. Bat the matter that concerns this Legislature more than all others joet now is the refuudiog of the State debt. It is understood that the holdere of the reconstruction boods will make another eftort to' Bave them paid by the State. In this connection the matter of estab lishing the new eiskiog fond oat of the phosphate royalty surplus will,- of course, come to the front. If the Legislatore makes an appro priation for Clemson College, as it has to do in order for the work to go on, aod the railroad suits now pending go agaiost the State, there is likely to be a serious deficit io the treasury. Io others words, if these cases are decided adversely to the State Clemsoo College cannot get ao appropriation this year.? Colombia Cor. News & Courier/ Texas as a Cotton Producer. Texas is indeed a great State. Territorially it is immense. Id ?879, 80, it cultivated 2,178,435 acres. It produced 805,284 bales of cotton. Ten years later, in 1889-90, it had io cultivation 3,932,f55 acres, and grew 1,470,353 bales of cotton. The in crease in area cultivated was 80 53 per cent, ano in bales produced 82 56 per cent. If it increases during the present decade in the same vast ratio" it will produce Some 3,000,000 bales by 1899. It is an empire in itself aud if cut up into States would make sonic six the size of North Carolina The Chattanooga Tradesman days it is capable of growing not tees than from* 18,000,000 to 20,000,000 bales of cotton, which would be about double the present large crop. Unless the world's consumption of cotton in creases more rapidly or the South ceases to roakt s so much of the fleecy stable, cotton is bound to rule low for all time. Wisdom demands less cotton and greater diversity o? crops. On several occasions, it has ap peared from the letters of G roveri Cleveland not only that he is a greaf American patriot, but he is man o the highest and most delicate senti ments. His assigning the detention of President Harrison at tire bedside of Mrs Harrison as a reason for de clining lo attend Columbus Day in Chicago displays a magnanimity so immeasurably above the average American politician that Republicans as well as Democrats must appreciate it. We have frequently noticed nicety tf expression iu some of his letters, especially one relative to a request to have a political society named for his wif-, that prove Mr. Cleveland a gentleman of most deli caie culture. \Ve know little of his early home ti aiti ing, b?it these many little graces indicate that he has beei? iu an atmosphere of refinement. Of tho 4,017 millionaires in the] United S;atrs only 1S6 are fouth cf? Mason and Dixon*e line, and Texas has 57 of these. The real esta-e in New York city alone is worth more than all the land between the Potomac and the Rio Grande. General Wade Hampton has retuned to bis home at Millwood^ uea,? ?oiou?A bia. ...^ ? : :--*-." ??tensivfc Farming: As a demonstration of the adirane tage of intensit? farmi o g no dea bt every farmer Wr?fbe deeply interested? in tue method1 by which ?fr. A\ B* Page, of Nichols; succeeded ih produc ing an average of ?trwly ?17'basite!* of" corn, per acre, on ten acres of land. Ten bushels of corn per "acre is a liberal1 estimate for the product ioti of the aver** age farmer of this County. A order to make 1000 bushels it reqniresr acres of land and at least three moler sod1 three plowmen with the added expense" of food for the stock and wages for the* bands ; but Air. Page, on the tenth of" the land, with hardly t?tere manare than would be required to fertilise 100* a^res aod a third of a crop* for a single* mole and hand, has harvested1 within a* slight fraction of 1468? bushels- of corn. Mr. Page's method which he has-been7 kind enough to furoib-fa the Star, is as* follows : The land had been rrooer a high state of coitivation for several yean ani was broken deep with two* horse turn4 plow, Nov. pdf. Feb. land was* broadcasted with 35* bushe'.r of green* cotton seed per acre and again* broken* turn plow, then bedded oat io 7? ft rows^ In January 1892,? made 7 toon compost from Boykin, Carmer & Co* Cne?Seals* for Home Fertilizer which ?fas ?flpHed in water farrows about the ?5tb of March, then reversed with two turn plow* furrows on compost and plante?* immediately, one docfljie row of con? with corn planter to* each savait Bed, on compost, S indies apart. After the corn Was tfp ? &i*n?i wse? cultivation at once Wfth 2| io. boll tongue or scoolef, p?owing deep ?ftfa* cultivating as level as possible. ? applied during cultivating lbs cot' ton seed meal per acre. I hi? e'orn by about' the'- *ast of June with Stonewall Sweep, in tfce field there were 6# double rows' of corn, ?fine rows were measured with ffour bbl. yielding an average of 11 j bbls. to the row, 770? bbls. to the 10 acres, each bbl yielding 821 lbs. shelled corn or ?1&2 49-40 bushels to 10 acres.?Marten Star. The Southern Cultivator gives tu? following directions for planting Bar* ruada : When the roots of Bermuda are convenient and abundant the best Way is to plow and fc?rrow ?he land ?otd good condition io Febrt?ary Ot March. Then lay off shallow etfo'ope-'d farrows three feet a part j drop'a piece of sod of a section containing several joints along the farrow every two feet aod Cover" with the foot, or with a piow. Then1 harrow smooth. Planted ?tr this manoef in March the Bermuda will Cake Com* plete possession by midst?rffn?ef, aod : may be grated the game' s?'aSot?, b t will not amount to much unti! the See* ood Stimmer. A dose cf 200 podods of cotton seed mes*) broadcast in Apri! ?ili greatly improve it. - mm ii -m--; . Gorgia's Ham,- the mountain giani< who made himself famo?s in the late* campaign, fires this off ?s otte of his Jokes: Babe Boston's rrale was dick and # neighbor advised him to administer' calomel. "How will i gei it into him?" miked Sabe. "Pot it in a renili Iii Iiis month and blow it down hie throat," responded the neighbor. The neighbor met iura two ot tute? day8 afterwards. Babe was as thin as a rail, looked right green and was all doubled np. " tfhat'e the matter with jonf asked the neighbor Babe plaeed his hand pathetically o ter his stomach, gave a sigh like * blacksmith's bellows with a hole in it and said : "The darn mule blowed fast.'' A Truly r?at Mao. Apropos of the appointment of Rob ert Smalls to be collector of the port of Beaufort, S. 0 , the following story is told: Two negroes were fishing off the docfc at Beaufort. ' Tell toa/ said the younger tfne? 4'Bob Small' greatee*' man t? dis Ian.'' Oh, no," said th? other, wo0t th? greatest' man. f?e e m?rt mam dough." Teli yon* he grates' man," replied tbe first speaker Firs* be ran o?t de* planter, di'u' he?*' -Yeah " ?'Den he was ?t?ade capfo f* "\ didn't tbiuko* dat." "Den be rt?n fot sheriff, ??H he ?" "1 clar?, 1 don? forgot dat, Tea, fe? r?o for sheriff. Deu be run for legislator f" Yaah." "Den Gub'oer Scott meafc 'im feti* gadiergiu's ?n *I done forgot dat too/ "Den he r?os fer de Sewoltevi States 0 ingress fer to' set crosslegged'rj tawk politics wid ?inM Grant." "forgot all dat, *ehr?\ He big, man, stfab, b t be ;ain't bigger Gawd. Naw," said the first speaker, some what non placed, '?bat,*, slowly, "bai Bob Smalls he Jddog yet."?The Seoojf Side of Positics." Ouararfteed Cot? We authorize our advert?.?ed drsgg^t to' ?el! Dr. King's New discovery tit Co'nsmnption, Coughs and Cold*, t?po'?f tht? ?ohdf?otf. If yod ?? ? afflicted with a Cough Cold or any Lurg; Throat or < he*t trouble, and w?lt us? th'ia rrw eay as dire?-te?V giving it a fair tri*!, and CJTp*^ rienco no bei.ftit. y?u ??ay return th*bottle ana have' your tnotfey refunded. We could not tunke his offer did we hot Know tl.it Dr. King* Nevf Discovery Con Id be r??ed on. ft nevef disappoints. Trials bottles ifee *t J. F. W. Del orme's Drug Store. Large bottles 50c. and $ .00. _ M 1 A gentleman Of this county who Kas i?cet ient judgment remarked to Us the other day tini ne knew of no pill so goodfor coristi p? tion, dvspep?ia and li^er complaint n? De Witt's Little Barly Risers. J. S. Hughsod A GO1._ -~ " mw& ?ii * Over ?*ifty Teari. Mrs. Winslow'S Soothinj S.tftfp has bee# used for children teething, li ??tftW?? the4 child, softens the gums, allays ali p??tf, c'?reS wind colic, and is tbe best remedy Uf? Diarrb?ea. Twenty-fire cents a bottle. ?Mm* ^mmmmm? -? Answer This Quesi^ow: , Why dr so many people ?k&Lvft HI Sen-^?'to prtter to suffer aud oe made miserabie by IuciiZPStion, Constipation, fe^f^J?^ of A '>ne?\et Coming up ut ?he F?co, Trlipw * 44 V?n/for 75C. wo will sell tbetti J.CUiaa??umter:S:ei 3