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WATCHMAN, Kstmbttehed April, I860. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THK TBDK SOUTHRON, Eatabilfched Jane, Ic60* ftmaoiidated Ans. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1893. New Series-Vol. XII. No. ?Sf. Nalia*** tn? Wedattday, IT N. <3k OSTEEN, SUMTER, 8. C. til m : tw Dollars per annum-is advance. ADVIKTISBMII Td, ?Ja? Square, first insertion...............00 list j subsequent insertion.................. 50 Contract* for three months, or longer will sst ?ad? it reduced rates, ? AB communications which subserve private ttJtestS will be charged for a* advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be ossssjesl for. SHOWS RfTWNAL BANK, OF 2 SUMTER. STATS, CITY 'AND COUNTY DBPOSI TORY, MO MT SR, S. C. Paid ap Capital.$75,000 00 SarphisFurid.1L?00 00 Tiaaoam * Ge&er*! Banking Buttress. Careful alteatioo given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. itt of $1 ead upwards received. Io ?lloved at the rate of 4 per cent, per Payable quarterly, on first days of April, Joly sod October. R. X. WALLACE, President. L. S. Ciases, Aa?. T_Cashier._ TU IM (IF sn, SUMTER, S C. orrr AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. ?a gereta! Banking nosiness. Also bes Bank Department of $1.00 sod upwards received, calculated at toe rate of 4 per cent, payable quarterly. W. F. ?. HAYNSWOBTH, W. F. Saan, President. Cashier. Ase ?. NEW UMBB TARO. j IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND tho public geaeraitv that my Saw MtU located OB the C. S AN. R. R.. just back of say reaiatacc, is sow in full operation, and I ass propared to furnish ail grades of Y?lk>w Pis? Lamber from aobied timber, at prices oceordtug to grades. Tard aeeesnhleoa North side of residence. J. ? ROACH. HeVit._ NEW MARBLE WORKS. RICHARDSON, U8?RTY STREBT, SUMTER, 8. C. WS HAYS FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For tho parp?se of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Mimesis, Miles, Etc, And doing a General Business in that lice. A complete work-shop has been fitted up ou LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE , And we are now ready to execute with promptress ail orders consigned to os. Satis Castles guaranteed. Obtaia our price before placing ?a order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jeoel? COTTON STALK Be We TWO-HOY Coll M Was again awarded the first prise at tbe South Carolina State Fair, held Nor. 6th to 16th, this year. There is DO cher implement that will clear your laod of the old stalk* like this one. ~ Marjy of theos have been io ose for three ?oars, aod without exception each and every farmer asiog coe has pro coon ced it a complete succ?s* Seed to y oar orders promptly if yoa want a machine sad don't watt until the . ls** sa caa cot wheo the etslke most he ! oat, or knocked off on the top like your ? ?roat grandfather ?sed to do. Respectfully, JOEL E. BRONSON, SUMTER, S. C. Doc.U._ If you want A FIRST-CLASS EASY-RIDING Road Cart5 AT A REASONABLE PRICE, GET A Genesco, sm f. mum & SON, Wholasale Agents, Charleston, S. C Watetes, (Ms, Jewelry B^aireg PROMPTLY. Satisfaction guaranteed or morey refunded. A. 2>. Powers, Redd ic's Barber Shop. Main St.. Sumter, S. C. ; NOTICE. ?BB SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA? TION will be in hts office on Salesday of mooth, fer the purpose of ?suing certiS cate? of Registration to all persons who bare become tweoty-one years of age since tba last G?rerai election Also transfers to those who Bare changed place of residence. W. S. JAMES. Supervisor of Registration. Pee. 7. S-t._ JOS. F. RH AME. WM. C. DAVIS. RHAME & DAVIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Manning, S. c, Attend to business to any part of the 8tate. Practice in C. S Courts. Sept. ll-s_ ft. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bogie's New Store, ?mases ow KAUT STRSW SUMTER, S. C. OiSce Hoars.-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. gent*_ IL E. ALTA SOLOMONS, DENTIST. Office OWSR BROWNS k PORDY'S STORE. Entrance cn Main Street, massa Browns k Purdy and Durant 4 Soo OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 O'Clock, Sumter. S. C ; April 23. SUPERIOR to all other medicines for purify ing the blood and restoring the health and strength, Aye R'S Sarsaparilla is the standard specific for Scrofula, Catarrh Rheumatism, and Debility. Cures Others will cure you. TAX RETURNS FOR 1S92-93. RETURNS OF Personal Property and Polls wilt be received at the following times and places, viz : R. I. Manning's Tuesday, January 10. Tindal!'* Wednesday, Jan. M. Wedgefield. Thursday, Jan. 12 Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 13. John?ton's Store, Monday, Jan. 16. Shiloh, Tuesday, Jan. 17. Lynchburg, Wednesday, Jan. IS. Magnolia, Thursday, Jan, 19. Mayesvilie, Friday, Jan. 20. I Reid's Mill, Monday. Jan. 23. ?isbopvtlie. Tuesday and Wed? nesday, Jan 24 and 25 Manville, Thursday, Jan. 26. Spring Hil?, Friday, Jan. 27. Mecbaoics?ii!e. Saturday, Jan. 28. Scarborough, Monday, Jan. 30. Rem bert, Tuesday, Jan. 31. Hagood. Wednesday, Feb. 1. Sta?eeurg, Thursday. Feb. 2. And at the Auditor's office in Sum- ! ter on all other days, from Jan. 1st until Febuary 20th, inclusive. | The law requires that all persons owning j property or in anywise having charge of such property either aa agent, husbnnd, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, Ac, return i the SHtzje under onto to the Auditor, who re quests all persons to be prompt io making i their returns and save the 50 per cent, pen? alty, which will be added to ihe property valuation of ali persons who fail to make ' returns within the time prescribed by law. A good way for ?be taxpayer who has much property to return, is to make a memoran* | dum of the number of horses, cattle, mules, siteep and gouts, bogs, watches, organs and pianos, buggies, wagons and carriages, dogs, merchandise, machinery, mooeys, notes ar.d accounts (above indebtedness) furniture, Ac, which will sa ve the taxpayer time and enable the assessor to progress io the work. Taxpayers return what they own on tb J first day of January, 1893, Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return for each party for the town* ship the property is in, and where the tax? payer owos realty to insert the postoffice as their place of residence, and those who only own personal property to give the party's name ?tho owns the laud the; live on ?s their i residence, which aids the taxpayer as well ?s the county treasurer tu making the collec? tion ?rid preventing errors. Every mnie ci uzeo between the age? of twenty-one and fifty years on the first day of January, 1893, expeept those incapable of earning a support from beiog maioed, or from o.ber candes, sha:i be deemed taxable j poils Ail returns that are made after the twenti , eth day of February next have to be placed ! on the additional list and fifty per cent, pen I alty added thereto, unless prevented by sick? ness or out of the county during the time ; of lifting Not knowing the tune of listing is no excuse. And ali owners of real estate ! might do their tenants who cannot read or take a newspaper, a great favor by making their re ! tums or telling them the time of listing, and chat if they fail to make their returns tn i time that the valuation has to be increased : fifty per cent, unless they have a good ex ' case. The assessing and collecting of taxes is all done now io the same year, and we have to aggregate the number *od value of all the horses, cattle, mules, Ac , as well as the acres of land, lots and buildings and their value, that there is iu the county, and bare same on-fite in the Comptroller General's office by the thirtieth day of June each jear. And from that time to the first day of Octo? ber each year the auditor's and treasurer's duplicate has to he completed and an abstract of the work in the Comptroller's office by that time, which will show at a glance that the auditor has no time to take in returns, or so anything else much, between the first day of March and the first day of October each yeai, but work on the books and blanks. Therefore hope ?hit all taxpayers will do us the favor of makiog their returos in time. PETER THOMAS, Auditor Sumter County. D*c 6. HOYT BROTHERS, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Gold and Silver Watches, FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1_ FIRST (ILMS JOB WORK AT BOTTOM PRICES? WATClflAA?JftSOgmt? JOB au.wj Highest of all in Leavening Power.---Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE INSURE YOUR GINS -?N THE Assurance Company, OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. For particulars, etc., apply to ALTAMONT MOSES, AGENT. P. S.-We do also a Gene? ral Fire Insurance Business, and represent the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE of New York, the largest in the world. Aug. 17. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR, Deeires to ?nfonn the public that be is fully equipped ?nd prepared to do TIN ROOFING, PLUMBING, REPAIRINS PUMPS, and anything usually done in a first-class plumbing and tinning shop. Sign and Deco? rative, Paio?cg, Calsomining, etc. Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES, TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS AND GRATES. Makes a specialty of putting in Electric Bells, Annunciators, Ac. ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B Carr's Mill. Communications left at Walso & Co 's Shoe S?ore or through post office will receive prompt attention Oe? 25-o IRON MIXTUK?r WHAT IS IT? THE PUREST AND BEST TONIC IN THE WORLD, ?t builds up the system, li purifies the blood, it beautifies the complexion. TRY IT, AND HAVE NO OTHER. Only 50c. per bottle. For sale by all your Druggists. THE MURRAY DRUG CO,, Manufacturers and Proprietors. April 20. Just Received A BIG STOCK OF Colgate's Fine Extracts FOR THE HANDERCHIEF, ALSO SUPERIOR TOILET SOAP. J. S. HUGHSON ft CO,, Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET, June 22. SUMTER, S. C. !??ssseeee? j ^Tfc?mxtUrtJrtnlathe WarHI , ?Taff's Tiof Pills? ?are very small, y et pc* ?OM uti th,* vir taesof th? Jarret Tufct's Pills which A have been so poy i .ar for thirty years* w .Their sizo and augur-coa tiM com-j-, mead thea for the uio of children O and persons rr Ith. weak stomachs. For . Sick Headache . ?they are invaluable as they canso the A food to assimilate, nourish the body? and pass off naturally without nausea ?or griping. Both sizes of Tut t's Fills ? aro tfold by all dru^qrists. Dos? small. Frico, Soe. Office, 33 Park riace, X. Y, . o.o ?sssss THE Sumter Institute. THE INSTITUTE hae opened its sessions under very auspicious circumstances. 1 ne hoarding department ts well appointed and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those desiring rooms should apply at an early day. The Art room bas been enlarged aud refitted, affording ample light, and all necessary facili? ties for good work. Specinl lessons in Painting and Drawing, each SIS a term; in Eook-keeping, Steno? graphy, Typewriting &r-d Penmanship, each $10 a term; Instrumentai and Vocal Music eace $20 a term, with $3 for use of insturoent for practice. Elocution $7.50 a term. Students will be received for any of these special courses at soy time during the year, and we solicit patronage of the young ladies of 'he city not regularly entered in the school. For further information apply to H. FRANK WILSON, President. Scientific American J HC?C^kM^^ TRADEMARKS, M^-^^r DESIGN PATENTS, 363 ~ COPYRIGHTS, etc. For Information and free Handbook write to MUNN * Cu.. 361 BROADWAY, NSW YOUR. Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by UB is broupbt before the public by ?notice given free o? charco in the M?mti?t fXwt?tm <so> Larcest circulation of any scientific paper in the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intjjlfigent aaa should be without tu Weekly. ?3.00 a ?ear; tl JO six months Address MUNN A CO* fcuJW4$HEBs. 36X Broadway, New York City. Placing the State Debt Charleston an Important Factor in the Negotiations. The News and Courier has done all that it possibly could do to assist Governor Tillman and Treasurer Bales in their efforts to refund the State debt. It has not approved of some of the methods they have adopt? ed to accomplish this purpose. It believes that the bonds should have been offered' to the highest bidder ; that it was not necessary, to place the bonds, that a syndicate of outside capitalists should have been formed , that the debt could have been taken by Charleston bankers and in veistors had the opportunity been afforded them equally with outside dealers and speculators. It has ex? pressed surprise that the State should pay a commisaioa of 2 J per cent for placing the bonds wbeie there was an agreement between representatives of the Baltimore and Charleston sub? scribers to do the work for three fourths of 1 per cent ; that the pro? ceedings before the State Supreme Court touching the construction of the Refunding Act was extraordinary ; that the hearing before the Supreme Court waa entirely esparte and that the decision of the Supreme Court in the alleged test case was of doubtful validity. But the News and Courier has refrained from publishing any statement in regard to the negotiations which have been in progress in this city for the past three weeks because it did not care to place any obstacle in the way of the certain settlement of the State debt Three or four weeks ago Mr John S Williams, of Richmond, Mr R A Lancaster, of New York, and Mr F. M. Colston, of Baltimore, came, to Charleston to interest the capi? talists of this city in. the work of placing the State debt. They said io effect that the Sute debt would be pl teed without doubt, and that they had* come here to admit the Charles? ton people to the ground floor After frequent and earnest consultation with the Charleston people and much communication by wire and mail between Charleston and Columbia, Charleston and Richmond, Charles? ton and Baltimore and Charles? ton and New York, they se? cured a subscription in Charleston of $2,000,000 towards the State debt The understanding between Messrs. Williams and Lancaster and the Charleston subscribers was that they, or the syndicate which they represented, were only to receive three-quarters of 1 per cent commis? sion, and that they controlled the entire issue of State bonds, amount? ing to $5,800,000 : that the expense connected with the placing of the bonds would consume almost the entire three-quarters of I per cent, and that the syndicate expected to make their money by selling the bonds at a per cent over par, and every subscriber in Charleston signed an agreement that he would not sell the bonds before the 1st of July next at less than 103 In the meantime a question was raised as to the construction of the Refunding Act and a test case was made up by the Administration and presented to the State Supreme Court. The question involved in this cass was whether uud*r the terms of the Act permitting the Gov* ertior and State Treasurer to sell the bonds at not less than par or lace value they could be sold at "par flat, ' which was explained in the contract between the State and the Baltimore syndicate to mean that nothing should be paid for accrued interest. Under the decision of the Court the contract as made by the Governor and State Treasurer was sustained, as being authorized by the Act, and by virtue of this decision the Governor and State Treasurer have authority to pay 2| per ceut for placing the debt. When this decision was made the Charleston subscribers to the syn? dicate held a meeting to deter? mine what course they should pursue. At their meeting on Monday last the action indicated in the following paper was taken : CHARLESTON. S. C., Jan. 22, '93. To the Chairman and other mem? bers of the conference of subscribers tn the new issue of 4| per cent bonds of the State of South Carolina Gentlemen : The undersigned com? mittee, appointed by your conference for the purpose of recommending the proper course to be pursued in view of recent developments in thc matter of subscriptions to said issue of new State bonds, respectfully be? leave to report : That at a meeting of your commitee held on Saturday, 21st instant, at 1 o'clock P. M., at the Germania Sav inga Bank, at which all the members of the committee were present, it was resolved to send the following tele? gram, prepaid, to Mr. John S. Wil? liams, Richmond, Va: "Before making recommendations to Monday's meeting we will be pleased to have your syndicate and* representative of the Baltimore Trust Company appear before our commit? tee at ll o'clock, Monday, at Ger? mania Saving? Bank; we wish to see all original contracts. We expect yon Co notify other parties." feigned by the committee. That said telegram was duly sent over the Western Union wires at hall past 1 o'cibek P. M. on said Saturday, -1st instant, all charges j prepaid That ?oar commiite met | ai tji? Germania Siftings Bank this. day, at ll o'clock A. M., and no member of the committee having; received any communication from Mr. William?, and neither he nor any representative being present, your committee continued the further consideration of the matter, and asa result beg to submit to you for con siderat ion the propriety of passing the following preamble and resolution : Wheareas, the subscriptions of the undersigned were procured from us upon the representation to us res? pectively of the existence at the time of our respective subscriptions of cer? tain alleged facts, especially the re preMentation then made to un that the entire issue had been then taken by the parties represented by those solicit ing our subscriptions, which we have since become reasonably satisfied did not then exist, ami Whereas, such subscriptions would not have been made had it not been then represented to UH that the entire issue had been then taken by thc parties represented by those solicit? ing our subscriptions, and had not such then conditions also been then represented to us as existing , Be it therefore resolved. That in view of these developments we do hereby withdraw our several subscrip? tions. A majority ot the Charleston sub? scribers to the syndicate withdrew their subscriptions and a formal state? ment of their action, as indicated in the foregoing paper, was mailed to the Baltimore syndicate yesterday. The amount represented by the Charleston subscribers withdrawing from their agreement with the syndi? cate is about $1,200,000 out of the $2,000,000 of bonds originally sub? scribed for in this city, leaving sub scriptions to the syndicate of about $800,000 in Charleston. What effect this ac? iou of the Charleston subscribers will have upon the bonds and what course the syndi? cate will pursue i em ai ns to be seen; the withdrawing subscribers represent banks and other institutions and trust estates. Whether it will be possible to make up to the syndicate in Charleston what has been lost by the withdrawal of a majority of the subscribers here it is not possible to say. Dispatches were received here yesterday saying that the Baltimore syndicate would probably take the whole available issue. It is certainly known that the syndicate has deposited $100,000 in the Bank of Charleston, the agent of the State, this amount being 5 per cent on the purchase of $2,000, 000 of the bonds. It is not known whether or not the syndicate has actually placed any of the bonds bought by it-probably it has not tried to place any of them ; but it is known that the syndicate has put up the margin on $2,000,000 of the bonds, and that Charleston has invested $800,000 in them So far as known the only bonds that have been actually placed are the $31)0,000 of bonds placed in Charleston. Charleston could and would have taken the entire issue, it is believed, had Charleston been placed on an even footing with the rest of the financial world. Whether by word, intimation or inference, the impression has obtained with the Charleston subscribers thai the whole nsue was placed as is shown, however, and when from the proceedings in the test case before tue Supreme Court it appeared that it would net be placed bet?re the 1st of April, most of the subscribers with? drew their subscriptions. If the syndicate would now assure the sub? scribers that the whole issue will be taken on or before April 1, it is believed that two millions or more would be immediately taken here. It is a long story, however, and this chapter is long enough and inter? esting enough tor the first day. News and Courier. Gold Dust Cotton Believing it is our duty to let the light there may be on us shine, I wish to avail myself of the columns of The Cultivator, the best Southern argr i cul? tural paper, in delivering to my brother farmers what I believe to be a valuable message. Planters are all more or less fami? liar with the improved varieties of cotton that have beeu long in general we. The Feterkin, the Welborn's Pet, the Herlong, etc , have been tried in nearly every community and have gained more or lesa popularity. Gue of the latest claimants-in* this section is the * Gold Dust. ' And I firmly believe that it works an ad? vance over all other varieties as great, if not, greater, than has ever been made at one bound by an? cotton. I believe that it is the best cotton ever plauted. Only one year ago my attention was first called to this cotton in such a way as to induce me to investigate it. Having seen a letter from the mana? ger of the South Carolina experiment station at Columbia, in* which he gave his experience with this cotton, I wrote him. Ile replied very fully, describing his experiment and conclusions and advising me, if-able to do'so, to buy seed for my whofe'crop lie said that it was "by far the beat cotton he had ever seen." Oh one half acre only half manured, he made a good bale. This and ail his other varieties came up late in .lune, and the Gold Dust had, when the frost come October 8th, matured every boll ; while the other varieties were caught with about one-half tire crop unmade. I further found that every mau that had ever tried the (Void r>Ust, had for it only praise of the highest kind So, though 1 had never seen a stalk of it, nor a man who had4, I decided1 to buy enough seed- to plant my whole crop! "A rash*venture/' tl? you say ? I reasoned- t4iat ir it was ouly half as good ar jts rftemfir said, 1 Would make twice as* much as I had ever done with the Feterkin or thc Pet, and would doubtless find ready sale for my seed at a good price. To secure the best, I bought seed two and three years old, planted separate trout any other cotton. When my cotton began to put on forms, it attracted attention. Neigh* bore from far and near came to see it. and every one said that he had never seen anything like it. The limbs came out right at the ground, grew quite long and averaged at least one for every inch of height of stalk. The forms were very closely crowded on every limb and all the way from stalk to end of limb. Stalks three feet high with 200 to 300 forms were common enough. When the bolls began to near maturity, every one was struck with their great size. Mr. Gaillard com? pared it in this respect with his other varieties, and found that while the others took about 100 bolls to make a pound, 100 bolls of Gold Dust gave the unprecedented yield of one pound ten ounces. How about the yield of lint ? The seeds are large sud the lint not lon? ger than usual, so one would hardly expect an unusual yield. From thirty-five to forty per cent, is about what is claimed for it ; yet I see from all quarters much better returns than that. One report gives forty-four The fine body and longness of lint is another valuable feature. I sold it to the most experienced buyer in Sumter, one of the best judges in this State, and he said that it had the best body he bad ever secu on any cotton. All I have sold has brought the top of the market. The Gold Dust will make a crop in three or four weeks less time than any other 1 know anything about. These, then, are the points in which the Gold Dust has proved its superi? ority to all others: Quickness of growth; .sureness of crop , earliness ; number atid length of limb ; number and size of bolls ; ease in picking ; turn out at the gin : fineness and toughness of lint; ability to stand bad weather ; large yield per acre. Mayesville, S. 0. Il W. B -From the Southern Cultivator. How to Grow Tobacco. No crop in the ?South has so many enemies to contend with as tobacco. These begin to harras the existence of the plant bed. Tho horn worm plys his avocation in June and Ju ly and tries to destroy the crop. After the leaves are gathered and manu? factured then the anti tobacco crank begins his work and really for the bewitching weed there is no rest until its substance is lost in smoke through the gentle pipe of peace. There are different kinds of insects which attack the plant during its growth, and which must be guarded against vigilantly. Then comes the cut worm, the pest which attacks the plant first after it is set out. The bud worm begins later and destroys the growth of the plant. The last of all is the horn worm, aud the most deadly in its ravages on the plant the one insect of all others to be most carefully watched. I give be low the mo t approved means for destroying each : i The Flea Bug is the first to attack tobacco and begins its de? predations in the plant bed soon after the plants are up. The most satisfactory way of destruction is to apply to the young plants plaster in which raga are saturated with kero I sine oil have lain for a short while. If the insects are very troublesome cover the plants with the plaster and repeat after each rain if necessary. Keep a close watch on the plant bed. Planters who do not canvass their ! plant beds find that green " dar brush scattered over the surfs "i often effective in driving away <. Flea Bug. These little pests are worse some seasons than others, and nothing but the closest watchfulness will insure the safety of the young plants whenever they make their appearance. In April or May or even early June when the plants have been set in the fields the cut worm begins its work. This is nothing more than the ordinary cut worm which crawls from the ground during the night and cuts off the tender plant just above the surface. There is no way to de? stroy the insect except by hand and when there are many a close watch should be maintained for them Stubble latids and such ai have been allowed to grow off in weeds or clover the year before are prolific yielders of this troublesome pest. Of all the insects which infest the Tobacco plant the Bud worm5 is- per? haps the least troublesome, and yet it will do great damage to the crop' ! unless watched. Its home is in tue tender bud of the Tobacco stalk where it feeds on the tender heart leaves, so that when they grow out they are perforated with holes and almost useless- tor anything except trash. The only way to rid the plant of the pest is to h mit them down and kill them, which is a slow and tedious job. The* Irorn- Worm-This is the crop destroyer and the insect of all others which does the greatest damage. Maj. Ragland has made a careful study of the Horn Worm and not of his majesty alone but of methods calculated to best de?troy the peat, and gives* the fol? lowing valuable advice : "The hawk moth or Tobacco fly usually makes his appearance in Vir gq'nia in the month of May. The eggs deposited by the first mi ?nt ii s hatch out in from five to seven days larvae'o'- worms. The worm sheds its outer skin twice before it gets its growth- The growing stage of the worm las hr from twenty five to thirty days and after it has attained its growth it gorges itself a few days longer, and tl*en crawls or burrows into the ground', where it soon passes hito the puya state ; and after some twenty-tl^ree or twenty five days from- the time of its crawling into the ground the pupa sends ft ? rtll a- moth tn lay more eggs and hatch out more worms. Each moth is capable of laying on au average two hundred e?rgs. So that for t^nry moth in May we may leasouably expect at Irani one hundred worms of the first hatch and if none of these are de? stroyed but all allowed, to change ta moths and tl ?ese latter to raise a horde of worms, what wonder that second brood sometimes appears in such countless numbers as to defy all efforts to destroy them before they have ruined the crop. Every moth ought to be destroyed as they ap? pear, and this may be done to great extent by ejecting a few drops of sweetened cobalt (wuich is a poison) into the flowers of the Petunia, Honeysuckle or Jamestown (Jimp son) weed which will give them their quietus. But this hunt for the moth is not general, and if it were .some would escape. But if the plauter would wage a war of extermination on the first batch of worms-unfortunate? ly a tiling rarely done-they would rarely appear in unconquerable hordes later in the season. It has been found advisable to plant Jirapson weeds about the To? bacco fields in order to have their flowers as a means through which to administer the Cobalt. Tobacco is a plant whose growth must be checked in early Summer or it will put on too much leaf. This ts what is known as topping. When a bud appears in the top of the plant' that indicates that the plant is get? ting ready to seed, and at this stage the plant should be topped. This is usually done by going through the field and pinching off the top of tue plant. The number of leaves which' should be allowed to mature on each stalk depends very much on the qual? ity of the land aud the amount of fertilizer used? If the laud is quite strong or the fertilizing heavy, the plant may be topped at from 14 to 16* or even 18 leaves If the laud is poor and the fertilizing light, let the topping range from 10 to 14 leaves. The h aud who does the topping has to judge of each plant how many leaves should be alo wed to remain on. the stalk and ripen A little practice, however, soon makes this au easy part of the work. The suckers that appear soon after the Tobacco is topped should not be ! allowed to get longer I hau a man's j thumb, for by letting them remain on I the stalk the leaves of the Tobacco do not broaden or become fully de? veloped, as the suckers take up* the substance of the stalk and cotise quently the Tobacco is thereby damaged and will make nothing: but light, chaffy aud: unsalable Tobacco. Tobacco requires*about three courses' of suckers to be taken off; and' then it is nearing maturity.--So. Tob?ceo Journal. Will Not be Big Barkeeper. _ i ANDER ON, January 2?-Oil seeing the siatesment tn The News and Coo-i-r today to the effect that Governor Till? man bad appointed Mr. It S Hill of ' this city. Sute dispenser uhdtT" the Evans law your correspondent called on ! Mr. Hill to sse whether he bad been notified of the fact ot Whether bs wodld ! accept tbs appointment Mr. Hill stated that fae had received a communication from Secretary of State Tindal this evening informing him that on haring the inclosed bonds filled out and returned'the Gu vernor would send him a enmmtflsion as ivate dis? penser. Mr HUI Waa very much surprised that ks should have been seleoted for the position, as he was* not an applicant for it, and stated that he would have to decline to accept it. ile expressed his appreciation of the compli? ment to his business ability, knotting the office to be one of great' respon? sibility and trust. . Mr. Hull's refusal ts not a surprise to his friends, rte could' not accept the appointment without a serious sacrifice of bis large business interests. He is presi? dent of the farmers' and Merchants' Bank and'manager of the Alliance store here, and has larg? mercantile inter? ests ta other portions of the State as well as tn Gfeofgia. This makes the secottd appointment tendered by Governor Tillman to an Anderson mab; botif of WhHctr were refused. The Governor tendered' Dr. W. H. Nirdin the superintendency of the Asylum some months since, but the Doctor declined-'it.-Nfews and1 Courier. Judge Gary Appointer! Judge Ernest Gar j Was appointed on the 25th to hold court in; di? Fourth' Judicial Circuit in place of Jfcdge Kershaw,who is incapacitated by illness The appointment was made bj the Gov? ernor at the request of the Supreme Court, who, in a commue i cati on oil' the* subject, said ; Having been officially informed4 that the Hon J. B Kershaw is disabled by illness from ho ld m g the Courts of G?n? erai Sesxioas and Common Pleas of the Fourth'Circuit at the next ensuing terms thereat, to which' bo had heretofore been assigned, sod there being co other Circuit Judge disengaged at the time appointed for bbi&og said courts, we ! beg leave, pursuant to* provision of j section 2123 of the General Statues, as j amended by Act of December 24. 1890, to recommend the apporWmeat of Hon i Ernest Gary to hold said court's at tHe next ensuing terms thereof. Heorj Mciver, C J. j S1 HfficG'owao, A. 4. 1 J Pope. A\ J. -- ri ir - jfothtag Short of Slavery. Colombia, S". C., Jan. 24.-Assistant Adjutant General Bocbaman returned to the city today, and bas wade a detailed' report to the governor on tb? alleged fth-treatmeot of French and Italian laborers ra the phosphate mines of this stater. This report confirms ali that was san? to the co in plaint of the French- a4ti kalian toned*. Tb? luliaS' eotap&iut had not bees-received when he left hero, therefore he had only the Fletch complaint to investi? gate. He says in his* report thai he found six Frenchmen imprisoned in the mines under g nardy Who know nothing ,of the Keg Ihm language aud" ate ?baWe to make koowa their complaint, as all the overseen are Intalians. The only alleged reason for their detention was that they were in debt to tbe store keeper. Investigation showed that they were forced to buy their supplies from the Italian store-keepers, and at such price* air they please^ to 'charge them that tbej are wor?t^^Ftibl)^ bv Italian bosses and are as helpless as ? though they bad oo tongue, so far as! making tfceir abuses known to any one.' The resort further states that ac ono time these men were actually sadt into ' by one of these bosses with a gun: loaded with -miall shot and several o f: them wounded. The Italian who did * the shooting has, in the meaati'ue, ru*i away to New York. The condition as described in the report is oe; of thoron ?fa and complete slavery-; The report concludes with the oph"-* ion that the remedy- is beyond tbs power of the stare, and should find itsx permanent relief in the extension .* of the ' national law on i*t?fui?*Tarion. "Bit,* it concludes, 4t( would* recommend that' a detective be employed to investigate* the condition of work in'these raines, and to report any violation of the law." Au* A?-Round Rascal. PRIVATEER, SUMTER Cctx?v, Janu-" ary 25*-Special : The newspapers" have atready made mention of Arlen* Bryant, of P?cksvill?, trying to hang-' himself in one of the jails in Maine. I have been making some inquiries abouti" him* and I find that his career is a startling one. I' don't suppose South' Carolina* has ever produced a more' thorough rogue than he is. He ap? p*?ar8 to have always beeu a hard case. - Wheo about 14 he f?rged his father's* name and got twenty-five dollars and a* suit of clothes. He then went; to Florida, where he stole a gan and was" put in jail. He has been in the Min-" oing jail about half a dozen times, twice1" in the Columbia jail,- and once io the' Lexington jail. Two years ago he waa? ia the Georgia chain gang. H?* married io lexington, but left his wife. Among hts crimes was the forgery-of* his father-in-law's name for a large' amount, some hundred dollars. He is" charged with having stolen the wine" aud hymn books from the Home Branch-' Baptist Church,- uear Packsville. Ile* sroie some properry from bis uncle',-a* mule'and* wa i cb, if i re*henyher aright," - but was caught up with. Lid and hrs* father have shot at each o?berv It ap-"" pears that among the last, thiog.s he dit? before leaving for New England was to* forge Ms mother's name for fifteen'dol? lar* with which he got a suit cf clothes. Bryant hr described as a man cf piensan tr manners. A* surprising thing about"* bim is bis youthfulness,for it seems that; he is ?ot more than 25 years otd; rtadr be lived iu Kogland durmg- t^e middle ages what a name he would have made? :for himself as a robber. The First Steps/ Columbia; S: C , Jan 25.-The first* move iu the dispensary fight was* made today when petitions were read before the Supreme court for the" issuance of a'rule to require the town council of (/hester to show cause" wliya writ of mandamus should; riot1 issue requiring them to grant liquor' licenses for one year to W. IT. Hoover and Groeschel & Co. The* petition shows that the town council* refused to graut licenses for the fuit* year because of the passage of the' dispensary bill. They issued Iicenses for six months"--to end when the* dispensay law is to go into eS?ct. li ie petition alleges that the a-ct of 1$8S; allowing the town* council to* grant license to seil' liquor is manda-" tory and: that the dispensary law' is^ Unconstitutional for the following" reasons : That it is au act to a raise' revenue for the State and should have Originated' in the House instead' of the Senate that the bill was nearl titree'times in the House:! that the' subject* tb'which the act relates is*not" expressed in its title, 3S required by** the constitution, it clothes the' gov? ernor of the State with- 3 power" prohibited by the constitution, thai it was never delegated by the people* of Soutu-Carolina in the consitution' of lfc6#to the State of South Carolina* t*> enter into mercantile business to' sell spirituous liquors for Hie purpose-" of revenue ; that it was never dele'-* gated to the State government" to* create a' monopoly for itself in tho' sale of liquors-; that no power was ever delegated to appropriate $50,-' OOO to carry on such business by the' State: The court granted the rule to show" cause why a wi if of mandamus should* not? ibsUc, returnable A pril IS. fte Best Qualified. Sessrtor Carlisle, Who r'esigr.'-d yes?* feruay to become Secretary of Treas-* |;ury, is* better fitted by ability and'train-* ihg for the place than any mau who'* codd be selected* in the democratic5 party. Whether bis methods of work-" Si him' for the exhausting, undeviating-' routiner of work in the Treasury f>e partroeiit, Which has killed so many' strong men in the last t wau t'y yeiws,. |!is another matter.-Phi?adel-jhia Press, Rfcp-. B^srpe08ia and Liver Complaint* Is it sot worth the small price of 75c. 1& free joumflt of every symptom of these dh**** 'tressing efompiaitity, if ye? thi;:k so call ?& o?V mor? and pet a bettie of Shiloh's Vi-" taliser, every bottle h*s n prit..ed gua"raote**f on it,- cse accordingly and i*"it does you no1 good it will COST yon nothing. So!d: br D^. y J. Chin?, Stutter S. 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