Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Prayers Nor Tears Avail. Judge Simonton Stands by the Law. CHARLESTON', June 27 -Judge Si niouton entered a formal order of record in the United States Circuit Court here to-day in the Donald liquor case, refusing to modify the injunction order in the Donald case, and refusing to suspend it until hear? ing on appeal by the Supieme Court of the United States ; and affirming the former position of the court that ali persons in the Stato of South Carolina can now import into the State beers, ales, wines and spiritu- j ous liquors for their own use and will be fully protected by the court in the exercise of this adjudged legal right to bring liquor into the State for their own use. Chief State Constable Holley has i Sled an affidavit in the court in which he "disclaims any intention to wilfully disobey any order of the j court or defy or show contempt for its authority." The assistant Attorney General of the State, speaking for the Attorney General, having assured the bench and the public in open court, that no liquors hereafter imported by any citizen into the State for personal use j will be seized by the State con- j stables, the citizens of the State may now continue to exercise this right without fear of any molestation or hindrance whatever Under the cir? cumstances, this would appear to be a golden opportunity for dealers to advertise their goods in the South Carolina newspapers. Another New Move. Suit Brought Against The State Board of Control. The fight against the dispensary law has taken still another turo, going even beyond the complaint filed in re? gard to tho monopoly, which has here? tofore been referred to. Deputy Mar? shal Thornton yesterday received the papers in the latest case from the U. S. Court authorities in Charleston, for service. The members of the S^ate board of control are now being sued in the U, S. Court for the recovery of seized liq? uor. The case is brought by Messrs. Mu-;, hy, Farrow & Legare of Charles- j to-i <u behalf of Julius Lowenstein, do?>g business at State?ville, N. C., und r the firm name of Lowenstein & Co. He sues thc members of the State board of control to recover a barrel of whiskey shipped by bis firm to Thomas Hartiman of Charleston. He alleged that the whiskey was seized io Columbia by psrties unknown to him, but who are agents of the State board of control, and aiding in carry ing'out a monopoly to prevent and in? terfere with interstate commerce. He alleges also that the barrel of whiskey W88 worth ?57.38, and the complainant would by reason of this seizure suffer damages to three times that amount. He asks for this amount and costs. This proceeding is in line with the new move made a few days ago to fight the law on the monopoly feature -on the ground'that it is violation of the anti-trust law-though the differ? ence in the character of the two pro? ceedings is easily discernible. The only member of the State board of control in the city yesterday was Sec? retary of State Tompkins, aod the papers were served ou him. The State will set up a defense, it is understood, that the State cannot be sued, and that this is in effect a suit against the State though brought against her officers as individual mem? bers of the State board : and further, that the constables are not agents of the board, being on the contrary offi? cers created by statute just as a trial justice or any other officer A feature of this case is that- the liquor in question has been seized by the United States government, and is DOW in the hands of the government officials, the liquor having been ship? ped in a barrel bearing a stamp al? ready used, lt is stated that a pro? ceeding bas already been commenced against the shipper for violating the United States revenue laws in ship? ping it thus. - The State. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight. NEW YORK, June 27.-Joe Vendig became nervous at the rumored opposi? tion that the Dallas ministers had worked up against; the Corbett-Fitz? simmons fight, and wired to Stuart, the manager of the Dallas Athletic Club, to know just what thc opposition amonoted to. He received the follow? ing reply: "J. II. Veudig : Don't worry about this end. Nothing outside ofa war with Mexico will stop contest, The authorities are friendly. (Sigued"] Daniel A Stuart." This answer so encouraged Vendig that he at once offered a ?7,500 purse for Dixon and Plimmer to battle for at Dallas during the week in which the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight wil take place. It is believed Dixon anc Plimmer will accept the offer. Dixor. wants to fight at 110' pounds weighi inside ring, and a cable dispatch ba? been sent to Plimmer, who is in Kog land, asking him if he will fight at thii weight. Telegraphic Briefs. June 26. A true bill has been found by the Richland Grand Jury against W J. Shelton, formerly travelling agent of the Columbia Register charged with breach of trust. Comptroller General Norton will go to Aiken county to-morrow. The Illinois Legislature mer in special session yesterday under the call of Gov. Aitgeld. The Southern Passenger Association has fixed a rate of one cent a mile to Atlanta during the Exposition. Bil! Stokes, ?colored, was lynched at Raysors, Colletcn county, on Saturday night. William Myers was convicted in Atlanta yesterday for the second time fer the murder of Forest Crawley. The second trial of the Suliivan Gilreatb murder case is now in progress in Anderson, where it was removed by a change of venue from Greenville. Senator Brice and thc gold bugs are in control of the Ohio democratic organization. John Barnwell, an old negro fisher? man of Branchville, was shot down in his house on Saturday night by two white boys-Frank Byrd and Jem Browning. The Georgia fruit growers have organized for the purpose of obtaining better freight rates from the railroads Trial Justice WT. P. Gaillard of! Charleston, bas been presented by the j Grand Jury for public drunkenness. Jone 27. Two men were killed and another i fatally injured by a boiler explosion j at Waltbaraville, Ga., yesterday. Two negroes were killed and several j houses damaged by lightning at Bir mingham Ala., yesterday. Two men were killed by a runaway car on the Central Railroad at. Milledge ville, Ga., yesterday. Consul General Williams who has been in this country on a leave of ab? sence has returned to Havana. j The Morgan-Belmont bond syndicate I paid thc last instalment, into the Tr-, as j ury yesterday-$6,500,000 in gold I This brought the reserve up to 197, 1447,855. I Secretary Herbert has decided to \ j remove the fleet of monitors from thf j James river below Richmond. ! Chicago has floated ?2/278,000 ! four per cent boods in London I R. A. Robinson, a popular youtg man of Charleston, cashier of the local ? J ageuy of tjie Virginia Life Insurance I j Co., has been missing since last Sun I day. There are no known reasons for j his disappearance. His books have j been examined and found correct, j There was a net decrease in the euro j ings of the railroads of this S?ate dur ; ing January of $87,084,41 as comr ar ed with Januarv 1894 June 28. Valdosta, Ga , was damaged by a tornado yesterday. There are between twelve and fifteen thousand delegates attending the Ep? worth League convention in Chatanocga. It is reported from Augusta that Patrick's Military Institute will be re? moved from Anderson, S. C., to Au? gusta, Ga., if the peopU of the latter place will subscribe sufficient money. Dr. Robert Buchanan will be electro coted at Sing Sing next week. The pleasure yacht Nepthina, of New Orleans, has been seized by a Spanihh war vessel and taken to Havana. The party of gentlemen who were on board are held in Havana. All of them are members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. The Y. M. C. A. Athletic Club of Bridgeport, Conn., has declared war against the League of American Wheel i men. ? Two persons were killed by lightning i near Florence, Ala., yesterday. The iron and steel business is on a boom. Most of the mills have orders sixty days to six months ahead. The Irish Home Rule party has ap ! pealed for aod to the Irish Americans. Julius Ruffino, of the firm of Ruf j fino & Biaocbi. Sao Francisco, was i found dead in a pullman car at Char I lottesville, Va., yesterday. He bad j strangled himself with a silk handker? chief. He had over a thousand dollars on bis person. A statement from Washington places the Treasury deficit at the beginning i of the oext fiscal year at $45,000,000 j against $70,000.000 last year. -i mmm Liquor Commissioner Mixon, in his report of the condition of his whiskey shop, hits his predecessor, Traxler, some pretty hard licks in connection i with bis loose way of managing the business. In footing up the whole thing the State makes out a dead loss of ?19,000 to the State during the twenty-two months that the dispensary has been running, but, in this estimate Mixson says, no account is takeu of the $62,000 in the State dispensary and the ?87,000 in the county dispensaries which should represent a profit of more that ?100,000 to the concert] during its operation. But suppose Mr. Mixon I should take account of all thc law suits, : the Darlington row aud other expenses which ought to be charged up to thc dispensary what would become of thal profit ': It would dwindle into uttei insignificance in comparison to thc ?1,000,000 Tiilman said thc concert, would make thc second jeir.--Ckerau Reporter. FARMER ANT PLASTEA FOOD FOR STOCK. The Value of Sweet Potatoes ;?? H Substi? tute for Cori? or Other (ir.iii.. The Charleston (S. C.) Nows and Courier is one of the few leading- daily papers in the south that takes an active interest in the practical lines of farm and rural life. In a recent issue the editor discusses at length the three facts (1) western corn is a,rain pouring into the upper part of South Carolina by the carload, and will continue to do so until another crop is harvested, and (2) that thc cotton fanners pay about 50 per cent, advance on quoted Chicago prices for all the western corn they buy, and ('') that very many farm? ers in that state will engage in hog raising and stock-raising on au un? usually large seale this year. These the editor regards as sufficient warrant for the widespread interest which is being manifested in the matter of find? ing a cheap but satisfactory substitute Jor that kind of ''stock feed." The article reads: We have published recently several important articles on this subject ad? vocating- and . explaining- the value of cotton seed, sweet and Irish potatoes | and sorghum cane fer feeding hogs. ? Rev. J. G. Williams, in his letter printed two days ago, strongly urges the economy and other virtues of Span ish pindars for the same purpose. An ? article which was reprinted yesterday j from the Valdosta (Cia.) Times abo : strongly indorses "pindars"-whether j Spanish or others was not stated-and i adds some highly interesting testimony j to the value of mulberries as an e:;clu- I sive hog foo.d from April to Septem? ber. Mr. J. W. Harrell, of Valdosta, as reported, raised 117 hogs on pindars and mulberries- last year, did not feed so much as fifty bushels o? corn to them, and cleared about i $1,000. He advises planting mulberry j trees-at least fifty-on every farm, and if they will feed hogs five months i in the j'ear we move to amend by male- i ing the number at least 100. We print a letter from Mr. J. S. Jef- j fers, of Florence, in which he adds his j testimony to that already published as j to the merits of sweet potatoes as a food for "everything on the farm," bi- j peds and quadrupeds alike, but with special reference to its value for feed ing stock. Mr. Jeffers, it will be noted, has fed sweet potatoes for several years, and speaks, therefore, with au? thority. Hog-raisers will be particu- I larly interested in what he says about the vii tue of a mixed and boiled ration ' of cotton-seed meal and sweet pota? toes, "and some corn," for fattening hogs; and tobacco-growers in what he says about the value of potato ground, well rooted up by hogs, for growing j tobacco. The part of the letter which will be of most general interest probably is ! that which relates to the use of pota? toes as food for mules, horses and cows. To what is said about feeding them to horses and mules we may ado some interesting faets recently ob? tained from an expert farmer living j near Charleston. This gentleman told i us a few days ago that he and Iiis j neighbors d' "overed the value oi j sweet potai- as a food for their I farm stock aoout rive or six years j ago, and were so well satisfied with j their first year's experiment that j their potato crop the next year was j increased tenfold. Since that time they have fed their horses and mules throughout the winter, from Octo ? ber to April, exclusively on a mixed j ration, of which sweet potatoes forms ! the larger part. The potatoes are ? chopped and mixed with about a fourth i or a fifth of their weight of "rice flour" -the cheapest "bran" that can be ob- j ! tained in this region. Any other j kind of bran will answer as well, the I j object of the mixture being- to provide a due proportion of "roughness" with ? the more concentrated food so as to I promote digestion. From a peek to a I peek and a half of the mixture is fed j daily to working- animals, and a lump i of rock salt is kept in the feed trough i so they can get it whether they want j it. The object in chopping the pota I toes and mixing them with the j bran is to compel the stock ; to eat both at once. If j the potatoes and bran or hay, or other i "roughness." are placed separately in , the trough, the animals will eat the potatoes greedily and exercise their i judgment about eating the less at ; tractive fare, and the digestive and i economical uses of thc mixture will be, j or may be, lo.->t. The important ad van- , I tages of the sweet potato as a food for > . stock and hogs consist in the two faets j that it has been found to be a perfect- ; ly satisfactory substitute for corn, and ; is very much cheaper than corn. Three ! bushels of potatoes will fully supply ! the place of one bushel of corn, and an i acre of ground that will grow only a j few barrels of corn will grow from l.">0 ! to '200 bushels of potatoes. Land that will not grow corn, moreover, j will grow potatoes abundantly. "The i sandy ridges," says Mr. Jeffers, "are the best potato lands," and it would be \ vain to say that the\' are the best corn ; lands. Mr. .Telfers, it will be noted, esti? mates that "one-third of the corn" us? ually fed to mules and horses in the winter months can be saved by feeding potatoes whole, according to his plan. It should be observed that no corn is fed during those months under the plan we have described. Mr. Jeffers also lays some stress <>n the fact that the potato ration gives the stock "green food" when it is hardest to obtain. This point de? serves particular notice, and also the suggestion that potatoes are far ?nore nutritious than turnips for feed? ing sheep, though turnips ax*e largely planted in Europe for that purpose, lt >> tin- fault of our farmers, r:<?; of our farms, thal sheep-raising is not a large and profitable industry in this state. We may add finally that Col. .Thomas \V. Woodward, of Fairfield county, has been making some interest ing ?. x???*ri nents in the way of dryvngsweel pota? toes, and has achieved a not;:blt* .success , already. The product is whits ami mod taste pop-corn, <?r "pao." sis we reinem? ber those articles, ami can oe readily imitated by drying a slier rn' potato in thc sun. Three bushels of potatoes make a bushel ol' ila- dried product, which is equal in value to a bushel of cora for all feeding purposes. Stock are very fond of it. und perhaps it could be soaked in water and after? wards cooked for table purposes, if a process or machine for preparing and desiccating the potatoes on a large ind rapid scale eau be invented, the product would become one o? great commercial value and the .south could hardly supply the demand for it. .\?-??>ssir y or Ilutaci?n. Experiments have shown that it is bad policy to grow corn successively on the same land. Smut anti .othei forms of rotare known Lo prevail more in corn tims raised than elsewhere. The writer luis seen 10 per cent, of a crop lost by "dry rot'* where it had been grown successively for three years on same ground. The spores of these diseases propagate in thc soil ; untii it becomes iaagerously infected, ! and in that case the evident remedy ia ! to starve out these germs by planting crops that will uot afford them sus- j tenanee. With a few exceptions no ! crop should be planted twice on the same ground without some other crop ? intervening.-Farm and Ranch. HERE AND THERE. -The average age of a horse is usual- j ly put down at twenty years; the great- : est age on record is believed to be j sixty- two. -A farm well tilled and fertilized j will always be productive, and if the I products of such a farm can be fed to good stock, it can readily be made profitable. -The highest welfare of ail kinds : of domestic animals requires that their food be not only wholesome and nour? ishing, but must be in au available : form for digestion and Assimilation. -The quality of the ileece may be : greatly improved by taking particular pains to care for the sheep in such a way as to best protect theil- wool and ! cause it to grow in the most healthy ; condition. -lt is not always the richest food that is best for stock and especially so for growing animals. This is shown ? by the rapid gains that eau h.- readily j secured where the animals hav- good : pasturage ?I uri tig" the summer, wit?i all stock the cos? a> wt-il ' .)<. :?-*;i'!?< must ni ways b..- procu?v : Footie j: til? Keeper. A humorous old suburban farmer tells thc following story of how he once j fooled a toll-gate keeper: "It was when I was a drummer.'' he said, "and ? selling goods around through country towns in these parts. I was goin' ? through one of these old gates, and I slowed up a bit and asked of the old fellow at the door: .Ah, my friend, do preachers pay to go through your . gate?' "No. sir." said he: and with a profound obeisance he waved me on and backed into his little room. "Well, after that I passed through , some eight cr ten ti;:r->. when one day he accosted me as I drove up: "'Good day. sir," he said; ""what I church do you preach at, sir. may J. ask?' " "2sone. my good fellow, none.' 1 re? plied. " "What! Didn't you tck :ne you wuz a preacher,' said he. "'Xo,' I said, T only asked you if; preachers had to pay. I was just a little curious to know.' Weil, you should have seen that old fellow's face, j as it dawned upon him where the joke j came in."-National Tribune. Cling to Their Names. People have remarkable attachment j to their own names, and it is not, often that any one excepting the most hard- ? ened criminals makes a change. This j is why so few people take advantage of the law allowing them to change their | names whenever they sec fit. Even when they do take a new name the af- j fection felt for the old one xs apt to \ have a bearing on the new. If acrimi- j nal is named George Edward's, for ia stance, it is apples to dollars that he j will change his name to Edward George. They hate to lose sight of their old identity even in the matter of their names.-Louisville Commercial. Untold Agonies Every Limb Ached With Muscu? lar Rheumatism A Perfect Cure by Hood's Sarsa? parilla. Thc cause of rheumatism is lactic acid in the blood, which accumulates in the joints, and gives the victim such dreadful pains and aches. Hood's "Sar? saparilla neutralizes the acid, purifies the blood and tims cures rhoumr'?sm. " Five years ago I had my first attack of lumbago or muscular rheumatism. I wa J in bed two weeks. I had ts good physician but he did not do me any good. A f r i s n d recom? mended Hood's Sarsaparilla and I sent for a bot? tle. At that time I sched in every lim b, especially in my back and hip. I felt as though I had a fevei and for a f e w hours at v,:::l- it was im . d un told agonies. Ike feast of my >. u:".J: ... . ; ? m:r . d lo ; ak-1 Hood's Sar- .;. : ili.i :.. d fe it .i i; < ded change in th" d' > \ sable to get out of bed ?-.1. '. r?> .i* ike - ? o:; of a week. ; i:!:''. . .. .. >::r.edv for i, i ? . . . . .i..... . . ..... . ":aA >? poss Cor.1 at ion v. aol FOR SALE BY J. RYTTENBERG & SONS. Paint Your Roofs. Now is the time to Paint your Roofs, and DIXON'S GRA? PHITE PAINT is the sort to use. One painting has been known to last fifteen years. We sell the Paint, or contract to put it on, guaranteeing satis? faction either way. If you want a book on this subject let us know. MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS. Belting. Oils and General Machinery Supplies. Sanitary Plumb? ing in all its branches. THE SUMTER MACHINERY ANO SUPPLY HOUSE: H. B. BLOOM, Manager. March 4. East Liberty St., Sumter, S. C. Tide Glenn Springs Hotel, Glenn Springs, S. C. The hotel has been remodelled and is now double the size of the former building. It has a frontage of three hundred feet with piazzas five hundred and eighty feet in length, large, well ventilated rooms, with new furniture, spacious ball room, and Italian Band. The mineral water is unsurpassed. Two daily trains fi om Spartanburg to the Springs, making close connections with all trains running into Spartanburg. Summer excursion tickets sold from all points to the Springs. Glenn Springs Hotel, SIMPSON & SIMPSON, MANAGERS. -o GLENN SPRINGS MINERAI, WATER, PAUL SIMPSON, Manager Mineral Departmetn. Tw 1 The Excelsior Liniment. The Great Pain Alleviator, Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Headache, Cuts, Sores Bruises, Burns, Sprains, and Lameness, Cold in the head, kc. Try it, only 25 cents at the Drug Stores. t^SSr^For sale here by Drs. China and DeLorme. April 3 _ ? ?iirfiiMiifimniMi - n-n IMHII-iT-mr??miirimnrw TI?-I? Farmers, IXl otico I take this moans of notifying the Farmers that I have just gotten iu a car load >>f McCormick Harvesters, Binders. Reapers. Mowers :?nd Hay Rakes. lt isa known fact that McCormick's Harvesting Machinery heads the ??st. And prices are very low this season and terms easy. Write for Descriptive Catalogue ami prices which will bc mailed you free of charge. GEO. F. EPPERSON, AGENT. Office at Geo. V. Epperson's Livery Stables. Sumter, S- C. May 22, I