Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Condition of the Crops. A General Drought Attended by Heat Works Injury. WASHINGTON, Aug. ll -Tee wtek ly crop bulletin issued bj the weather bureau this afternoon contains the fol? lowing. Virginia-Continued hot dry weather has done some damage to late corD and tobacco; fall piowiag delated ; pastur? age ho ding on ; threshing about finish? ed ; bay. mostly -secured ; fuddor pull? ing becoming genera! ; soaking raia* would be of great benefit io all sections. North Carolina-lote?se heat and drought causing cootiuous declirje in condition of ali crops ; cotton shedding, plants wilting, aqd forming very little top crop ; first oew bale this week, ear? liest ever known ; late corn will be a failure with out rain soon ; stripping fodder uow in progress ; tobacco cures light and thin ; peas, potatoes and pea? nuts still good. South Carolina-Crops materially in? jured by excessive heat ; rain over lim? ited areas only, generally dry; eaily corn safe, drying up ; cotton turning yellow, shedding balli grown bolls and squares, and opening prematurely, picking active ; rice excellent, be tia? Bing fo ripen : tobacco curing nicely but quality inferior : minor crops in fair condition Georgia-Abnormaly high temper ature, lack of rain and excess of sun? shine have injured all growing cr<;ps ; . cotton dropping and ?urning yellow; . 4" pickiug in progress ; late corn, except on low lands, needs rain ; pas ares and gardens failing rapidly ^Florida-Not so hot as la?t week ; good showers in some sectious, but un? evenly distributed; corn suffering ; cotton doing well and picking bas be j gua io western and will soon begin in central districts ; plowing fine. Fall . planting bas begun by a few; citrus traes doing well. . Alabama-Prolonged hot and gen era'ly dry weather continues to injure cotton, which is shedding badly and in some places dropping bair grown bolls ; patton picking progressing slowly a?d prospective yield far below average ; late cora scorching badly and cane and sorghum showing effects of drought, bus peaauts and sweet potatoes still promising. Mi-sissippi-C ops as a rule are still ? suffering for moisture ; local showers ?benefit fail gardens in scattered sec- j tiocs ; cotton picking general, but staple short; and in yield decreasing by the drought ; corn, garden truck, fod? der pulliug progressing ; favorable re? ports received from few localities. Louisiana-Local showers io north .portion, but drought remains unbroken over large area aod cot'oo continues failing ; more generous raios over por tions of sugar belt add cane growing fast, hui oeeds more rain io localities ; rice fair : some cutting ; corn being harvested, good south, poor tor-h : ct ton picking general Texis -H->t winds and dry wea.ber durtng another week have seriously ia j jared cotton over central and north ; Tex^as, and a general rain i-> much j needed for the crop in ail portions of the State ; picking i* general ; tnucb cotton ia opening prematurely : tba plant is shedding ?quares and young j bolls in maay sections, aud at bes: ibe ! yield will b:- o=low the average ; cern gathering ins coa?minced ; gar-ien- j and forage crops need rain. Arkansas-Drought and v^ry bot weather continues throughout the week to the serious detriment of ali growing j crops ; cotton continues to .^hed squares, and young balls arc opening prcmuturely and the plant is dy.og. on the uplands ; early corn ia light vield j and late is almost a fallare Tenoesse - Drought wiri) incense heat j causes serious failing i : crops, e-pecial j ly in western portion, where i. fc-so'nes disastrous features ; cotton s>:edd-r:g ! fruit, opening abnormally, ?"d diyirg j up : worm* and '"firing" inj ari -g to- j baceo. necessiting carly cutting early corn Sue, late greatiy shortened ; much more sasd clover saved ; plowing prac- j tically suspended - muai? - He Meant Well The story of tho Irishman who wrote j his friend, saying, "Te'egraph me if! you don't get this letter,77 was equalled j recently in a local business house. One of the office men came down, and found that he had left his keys behind. He seat to his wife for them, at;d the messenger returned with (be informa tion that the keys were not there. A: this juncture George-, a fellow clerk, ?aid : "Why, ? found your keys." I "Where are they V said the first j derk. "I have them in my pocket,7' said George "I pushed a note through i the slit of your desk, telling you that ! Ibadlhem." '.Well, you idiot," said the first, . "how waa ? to get the note when the deck was locked. Your Boy Wont Live a Month So Mr . Oilman Brown, of 34 Mill St., South I Gardener, Mass., was told by the doctor*-. His | son had Lung trouble, following Typhoid Ma- j lari?, and he spent three hndrcd and seventy j five dollars with doctor?, who gave him up, j saying: "your hoy wont live a month." Ile tried Dr. Kk?g's New Discovery and a few bet- ? ties restored him to health and enabled him to j 60 to work a psrfectly well man. He says he j ewes his present good health to usa of Dr. ! King's Kew Dlicovery, and knows it be the ? best in thc world for Lung trouble. Trial j Bottles Free at J. F. W. DaLorae's Drug Store. 4 I Still Hot. The Country Withering Un der the Intense Heat. Montreal, Aug. ll.-The heat berc to-day was intense and but little business was done. The thermometer registered 78 degrees in the fore? noon Three Rivers, Que , Aug ll - Heat, which is almost without pieced eat in tho cit}*, prevails here. The thermometer was as high as 103 in the sun to-day Portland, Me, Aug ll-Today was the hottest of the week, the ther mometer ranging from 92 to 95 and psrsons w<re overcome. Washington, Aug ll-The heated term still continues in this vicinity, the fall in temperature yes? terday beuig only temporary. T.,,,-ee deaths were reported to day-Patrick O'Connor, SO years of age, over? come by the heat on Sunday and died at the hospital to day ; the others were Lewis Bichs and William Sel vey, the latter a negro. A number of prostrations more or less serious were also reported. The thermometer registered 88 at 8 a m., 80 at noon and 94: at 4 p m , which was tlie maximum. No "material charge in the weather is predicted before Wednesday evening New York, ll.-Up to noon to day 45 cases of prostration and 25 deaths were reported from different parts of the city. It is believed that yesterday's recoixi of prostrations and deaths in this city will be passed when to day's returns are all in. In Brooklyn 8 deaths and 25 cases of prostrations were repoited u/- to noon. Severa1 deaths and prostiu ? tious were also repotted in Jeisey City to day The temperature in tin's city at 1 Relock to day was 93 and at 2 p m 94 Chas S Hallett, a dru broker, with an office it) the produce ex change, was prostrated shortly be fere noon today on the exchange floor Ile was removed to the Hud son street hosp ital, where he died this afternoon Ile was prominent among the members of thfi produce exchange Philadelphia. Aug ll -The high est temperature yet recv>rded during the present heated spell by the local j weather bureau was reached to day ? when the thermometer went a frac ction over 97 degrees On the streets shaded, the thermometers touched from 100 lo 104 degress Possibly people are becoming ac climated to the terrific heat, or else realizing ks deadly power, are taking more precautions against ir, for the mortality iell off somewhat. Theie were 12 deaths recorded by the police to day and 50 cases* of prostration were admitted to the hospitals. Chicago, Aug li -Chicago's mortuary statistics were broken yes teiday Never in th*- historyol the city we:e so many dea j. recorded in one day. The total number of deatiis reported were 164 and the deaths from heat prostialien 87 Horses ate falling dead on the j sheets with such rapid:.y that the}' 1 cannot be hauled away before they j become a menace to the public health, and beginning last night, the police were under ord rs to use large (juan thies of disinfectants vu such animals as fall dead io the streets and thus keep down the stench and prevent - rapaid decomposition It is estimated that at least 1,000 dead animals are lying in the s'.-:oets of the city The weather bureau and predicts a low temperature for to day and prob ably a storm Wednesday night DARLINGTON TOBACCO MAEKET. DARLINOTOX, August ll.-Darling J ton had her first tobacco sale to day. j Although the ware house men made ? no effort to get a large amount of the j weed for the first sale abaut 65,000 j pounds were placed on the fluors of the two ware houses The aver- j age price was eight ce..ts, which is ! excellent, and all the planters were j satisfied One of the ware house men said that the sale to day was the best ever held in South Oarolioa Bo j yond a doubt the bidding was spirited, j but on account of the extreme heat a part of the sale in the Planters' ware house had to be postponed until to j morrow. There was a large crowd ? of tobacco buyers ?n town, and j things were interesting at the ware j houses in spite of the extreme heat. I Darlington has not only heid her own j to-day, but is still by odds the ! leading tobacco market in Soiuh Carolina Tillman and Evans. NASHVILLE, Tenu, Aug i2.- l'he i State Republican convention met IK-ie j to day About 1,000 were in attend? ance G. N. Tillman, of Nashville, j was nominated for governor. II. Clay Evans having ?ecl?Lio i to be a candi date. A. W. Hawkins an J J A Fowler were chosen as electors at large. The St. Louis Republican convention wa?endorsed and the Democratic aumin- j istration in the State was denounced. The result of the gubernatorial contest I two years ago was condena Lcd. Gon- : gressmau Henry R, Gibson was tempo- '? rary chairman and H Oby Kvans ? permanent chairman. WATSON'S SPEECH. - Some Tart Sayings by the Georgia Populist. _ Tom Watson made a rousing- Pop ii i ist speed] to the convention of Georgia Populists in Atlanta last week The speech was quite lengthy ; but the following condensation of the most pithy sayings will give an idea of its tenor Let ns meet to night in a spirit of mutual respect, 1 pray you Let there be nu partisanship tonight Let no man consider the welfare of j parties as parties-of the People's; party or the Democratic part}' merely j as party names But let every man I here to night be concerned for the ? welfare of the South and of the ! whole nation and of the great oom mom people. A great many people seem io | think that money waa always here, ? like trees and water and flowers and j skies and stars, and that it just hap- j pened so. A great many people be- ! lieve that God made money God ? no more made a ?10 bill than he did \ a ten penny nail, or a nickle than he j did a giugercake The government made the money God pity the country, where any ! subject is left entirely to the editors and the politicians We say this, that your public j highways ought to be unshackled j from robbers and pirates, the rail ! road kings, who now stand sentry ! at every crossroads of commerce and ! levy tribute upon every traveler who \ passes thereon I Riand for the statesmanship j which seeks a new alliance for the ! South ; which seeks tu lift up and put the light of inspiration in her! eyes ; the statesmanship which en deavors lo break her chains and to j put new hope in her heart; the! statesmanship which leads lier to cut ; loose from the eastern and northern, connection and make an alliance with ? the great west In order to show to the West that i the South meant business it was ab- j eolutely necessary that when we met j together in Washington in 1391 and; those western alliance men stepned out of the Kepublican party there! should be some Demcrats to step out- J side of li?e Democratic party and j thus show the West that the South | meant to be loyal aod tiue [Great j applause ] Eieven congressmen fi om the West stepped out of the R^pub Hean party. Thirty congressmen from the South had been elected and pledged, as we understood, to step outside of the caucus and meet the men from the West. When the test j carne how many were there who met j the men from the West ? One man, j thank God ! [And he beat his own ! breast dramatically ] "We don't ask you fellows any; odds'' That is the voice of the j Democratic party They have taken ? our doctrine, but they don't like our i doctore They are fond of our I physic, but don't like our physicians They want to run our ship, but they j want to expel our crew They want i to run our train, but want to kick the ! eng neer oft' They say they want i fusion. So they do It is thc fusion ! that the earthquake makes with the j city that it swallows. Tlie St. Louis convention came I along, cut off half the ticket, tin Democrats had named, and the entire : * i Democratic party is iii misery be j cause it is discussing the problem - Is a half loaf better than no { bi ead i j We can vole for Mr. B:yan bu j cause he has been advocating our ; piinciples and been running on our ! ticket, and because he 6tood with us in j congress But when you ask us to j give our suppoit to Mr Sewall from thu neurons realms of Maine, we respectfully stop. We cannot afford to vote for Mr Se wal i He docs not represent our platform, and he does not represent our cause We are going to vote for Mr Bryan whether you take Mr. Sewall out or not. I am going to try to so manage this campaign that William J Bryan shall get the benefit of every silver vote, even if Tom Wat? son goes to the bottom. Course of Cotton. NEW YOP.K, August 10 -To day's : market was a very lively one. ! Liverpool broke badly upon the j alleged information that the drought i ?11 the southwest had been effectually I broken The news reoeived here did not confirm to this view Janu- ! ary opened at 7 48. but gradually ad? vanced to 7 50. ibis was about the situation when the bureau report was announced making the condition of ? the crop on July 31, 80 1. as against j 92 ? on June 30. Tins was far I worse than anybody had expected, j especially as it does not include the I more serious d?t?rioration that has taken place since Aug. 1 Traders immediately" concluded that thu con dh iou of the croo as this time must j be about 7(> and prices bounded up? ward January rose to 7 -y'7. There was a slight recession on realizing sales ai the close, which was steady, with January at 7 7s at 7.7'J. Thu bureau confirms our own information that (he* eiop as a whole is very badly hurt and is still suffering We expect higher prices and advise ino;" confi dentlv than hitherto buying colton on every soft spot. Riodea & Co. Delgar Loses. Not Even Placed in The Firemen Tournament The Alerts Are ihe Victors in Both Baces-A Beautiful Parade and a Very Splendid Pro? gramme. The t cores. GREENVILLE, Aug 12-Green vilie's tuurnment opened this mon-ii jg under a clear sky, with a light breeze from the northwest, which kept the mercury down below the average all day Promptly at 10:30 o'clock the line of parade was formed at the Pendleton street ra lruad crossing It was a magnificent spectacle,, the eight nie companies in their new and beautiful nnifonns, dragging the reels, which were covered with ex quisite flowers. On each side of the line march stores and residences were decorated handsomely with flags and buntings. At 3:30 o'cl. cfc j in the afternoon the judges, R. H. ! Kennedy of this city, G M and ! C. E Tolly of Anderson. F M j Beckham of Sumter and Owen Daly of Columbia, willi J F P Richardson, j \V. E. Bettie and J. P Charles as referees, called time, with the Auder ! son hose t- am at the block J T. i Lloyd and II Y Batson weie the j starters. The following is the official time j given by ire judges to each com? pany : Anderson hose team 'lb 1 2 sec- j ends . j Columbia hose team. 24 3 4 sec \ ends Delgar hose Fquad. Sumter, 25 sec- j onds Falcon hose reel, no time, on ac j count of not having nozzle on. R E Lee, No 1,26 14 seconds.; Buncombe street team, 26 seconds, j A lei I team, 24 1 2 secunde The next un the program m ? was I the gi ab race The time made by J each company was as follows : Am ersou hose team. 29 seconds. J Columbia hose team, 28 seconds Delgar hose team, 30 seconds Falcon hose team 30 seconds. R E Lee ii ose team, 2lJ 1-4 nee onds. Buncombe street team, "?S 1 '1 sec omis Alert hose leam, 28 seconds Charleston declined to run Tiie Columbia and Alerts tied in this race, and in miming it nfl' the Columbia team fai.ed to make cou- I uectiun at the hydrant thereby giv? ing the Alerts first prize. In the foot race each comparu entered one man except Chai leaton This was won by Will Mosley of the Falcon hook and ladder truck. No accident happened to mar the pleasure of the day, and eveiy num? ber on thc piogramme passed ofi" in good style, without any hitch To night the firemen are in pusses sion of tlie city, enjoying them? selves as firemen best know how. It has been suggested to organize a fireman's association. A Leading Reformer. Yesterday one of the most pro ! minent Reformers in the Stale, not a j visionary man. but cue uf the most | far seeing leaders, when asked abeui j the primary out ook, expressed his I view of tho situation thus: "Evana j will pull iii- full strength on the first; ballot On that ballot ai! his friends; and ail those who will vote for him j If he is not elected on the first ballot j and Earle makes the second race i with him, all tho Reformers who i voted against Evans on the first bal- ! lot will vote for him on the second to j save the Reform movement They ? think that the election of Judge i Earle to the senate at this time would be a death blow to thc Reform move- ? ment-and it would They deem j his election the defeat of everything | they have been fighting for. But if] there is to be a second race, and Dun- ! can is to make the race with E^ans i Evans would have polled his full j strength on the first ballot and Dun- j eau will poll the vote that both him? self and Earle would have polled In this ca9e Duncan will be elected I believe. These are my views of the situation "-The State As to the Wire Tie. OiiAttLESTON, Aug. 13 -Tho board of directors of the cotton exchange met j to-day and adopted the following r?solu- ! ttou in regard to the bale of oottoo bound with wire whiah was sent heie | to be tested a few days ago : Resolved, That the bale received was tested and sttoi the srraio of compress- ? ing ; that so far as the exporting of co'- j ton bound with these wires is concerned, j ? (.is exchange cannot pas* au effijial opiuioc io the absence of a majority of the exporters from tbe city, but, as far ; a? we can see at present, we think the ? cotton baled iu this way will be received ; by ?be exporters, provided the cotton is : uncompressed and is wired as the sam- j pie bale sent us for inspection -__^?fga>. -^p BucklfuN Arnica S?lve. Lae Bot: ?aire ::; tbe wort 1 '.? r Cats, Uruieet ? r:.-^. LTic?r$, Sat: Rb cu ai. Fever beroi, Tettt-i ''happed . Chilblain*! :??>ZZ?? md a.l S.; n i?rupt?.uzi positive!} euro.- Vitt:: ?i : co pay required, ll is >:uiir?ir.isa.? t< ;;ivc j.er- : f.vrt satisfaction, r ic.r.cj rcfur.:le<i. ?rice 52 M>nu -r-cr i<'-x. For Jr.!e by l)r J. F. W Bicycle Rac?s. I L? L'isviLLK. Aug 14.-The races . f the national L A. \Y. uieer ??. . , it. the 8 ni? hf-s a ti'i ?ime bord r*d ?.. .*<>t sensational Ont- of the tu <-t i i tor? auf world's record?, ?he ooe-iui e rou; p?tition, was broken Ibe .-ne-m?i championship Wig decided, so far as the proeii? p?ogre's of the circuit is coo? ee, neu I' was woo by Torn Cooper. Anbui Gardiner ord tie recoid break ifig in ?he mile 'pen, i a .? ?i by J hu S Johnson at.d J. \Y Parsons, ht- Au traii-i? champ'o:. wi?h lo -iartei> in the race Gar? iner rode the tu-lr- in 2.01. beating the ref..rd i.f 2 Ul 4 ? ? established ly B>!d j -.. t a wet li ago ar ; liuff^lo li: w ?! bj, phenomenal -p. ir.r. : in (be wretch wb? h be Mj.-.u-d 10 ie?oihs bebitvd San^e? who led the field Chairman Groton >?a;td a?ter-; ward i ba ? it wa* the un sr r?pid but s>* <<t speed fb<r he had ever seeu or beard of. Cooper wa.? not entered in t li irace Io the mile national championship, ' Cooper who won bad rhe closest ca!' ot the year He beutOwer. Kimble across the tape only half .be diameter of bis front wheel. Bjid was ihnd, a leng'b bebind Kimble, the r.rhe:s being bun- . cb:d behind. The first renoue acci-j aeut of the meer occuied in ibe 5 un e 1 S are championship J (' Mitchell'? chain broke and he rel! Kail Thome, thc Kentucky 1 mile champion, fe ; 1 ' over him and three uth.-r ri<i.r> landtd un Mitchel t.efore he could rise. The latter's collat bone wa- fi act u red in two | place* At a meeting of ibe membership cotn mirree ut" L A VV this thorning, Dr. J. W. Tu-.-d^le was i spe? ed on the ; charge <-f conduct uabeeoaiing a mern- I ber ut rh? L. A VV I) . Tinsdale was .-eut to rhe Ntiw Wok Irgi-U.urc IO secure rhe pavage if :J hill requiring j railr to cft?-rv bicycles us baggage, I lu: in>r''a?J of Mjppur;io? rhe bili be j ofleri-.i an amet-dnjMiS to the interests ; favorable to ?ai!road*, tor which it is ; alleged bc received considerable com- ; pensaron. The bill wi:bout the ' amendment, however, was passed Pianos, Organs and dewing Machines sold ; on easy 'ern s, aDd exchanged for old ones at | the ?Surutei Music H.-use, in Masonic T-rt ple. ; Made and Merit Maintains theconfidence of the peop-e in Hood's Sarsaparilla. If? medicine cures you when sick; if it makes | wonderful cures everywhere, then beyonc ; all question that medicine possesses merit ? That is just the truth about Hood's Sar? saparilla. We know it possesses merit \ because it cures, not once or twice or a ' hundred times, but in thousands and thousands of cases. We know it cures, absolutely, permanently, when all others fail to do any good whatever. We repeat Sarsaparilla Is the best - in fact thc One True Blood Purifier. ?-'i o IVII cure nausea, indigestion, ilOOCl S FlliS biliousness. 25cents. TASTELESS C HI LL TONIC IS JUSTAS COOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICiE50cts. GALATIA, Il.LS.. Nov. 10, 1593. Paris Medicino Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen:-We sold last year. BOO bottles of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have b "it torte gros* already this year. In all our ex* ; p^. :e of 14 years, in the dru? business, have : neve? sold an article that gave such universal satis- j faction ad your Tonio. Yours truly, ABNEY, CARS & CO SOLD-No Cure. No Pav, nv A J. China | J F. W. DeLorme, J S Hughsoo * Go. GUARANTEED ?AVWRITJXG. Stu? dents complete in HALF the tinv Ht HAL*' tbe expense required elsewhere. Tt-r: to thirty placed taon I lily. Actual Business Depart? ment equipped with gen nine commercial t >:? r: k urn] olin* fixture-*, superior to the tqutpruents of any other roi lege ir. Amerton. Purely practical instruction. a:id daily drill in real hunk and < ili-.v transaction. Penmanship by the only graduate ppn-ar'is< in Georgia. Tbe only Southern College fulh abreast w.tfc the spirit ot progress and teaching Electric Shorthand, lite lightning system cf the ceo tury. The only college which ir .s cheaper to :?t T:-r:(1 than to letnain i i ie. Premiums from Four Expositions. Enrollment Ton per jit-ar. Address at once GEORGIA BUSI? NESS COLLEGE, Macon Ga. NOT. 6.-0 SPECIFIC FOR SCROFULA. "Since childhood, I have beea afflicted with scrofulous boils and sores, which caused me terrible suffering. Physicians were unable to help me, and I only grew worse under their care. At length, I began to take AVER'S Sarsaparilla, and very soon grew i ?ot? ter. Atter using half a dozen littles I was completely cured, so that I have not had a boil or pimple on any part of my body for the last twelve years. I eau cordially recommend Ayer's Sarsa? parilla as the very best blood-purifier in existence." - ir. T. HK?XHAKT, Mversville, Texas. YEffS THE ONLY WORLD'S FAIR Sarsaparilla Ay er's Cherry Pectoral cures Coughs and Colds Slug: t^ffl^>^M HOUSE. D. J. JOSES, Proprietor. Raies $2.00 Per Dav. SPECIAL TERMS TO FAMILIES. Two Minutes "Walk From Central Sorot. Chattanooga, Tenn, July 29. The Slimier Music House, NEXT DUORTO POST OFFICE. Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines of the best grade sold cheap foi casi: or cn easy terms Old ones laken in exchange tor new .mes. CLEANING AND REPAIRING DONK PROMPTLY. We also keep NEEDLES, OILS, And parts o? ev<-ry Sewing, Machine. We have some rare bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines, M. B. RANDLE, Jau S. Maoagfr. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. I. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C -Agents for MOTT'S CIDER RED SEAL CIGARS, AND DOVE HAMS I To You I I WhoBnv $ % * I School Books: ? % Why should you; ? ? pHj unreasonable ix? ?prion for booka, when & you cao get them from $ H. G. OSTEEX & 00. ? I - WHOLESALE PSICES. I F By H ?riecial arrangement we fire (J ? selling al! books used ju the Public *) Schoo! and -.'ther schools of this city V Ht prices quoted i:i the wholesale ^ j We have .t fall line ai Tablets, $ V Pens. Pencils, Erasers, Inks, HTHI 4 j. everything De;-ded t.y school children. jjj I il, li. if IHK & Ci)., j ft LIBERTY STREET, I I SUMTER, S. C. I