Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LATEST NEWS. GI.KAMNCS FKOM JIAXY POINTS. Important Happenings. ISoth Home and Foreign, Hriclly Told. Southern Dots. Commissioner Miller designated Samuel Rogers, ehief deputy, to take charge of the office of the Fifth North Caroliua Internal Revenue district, at Abbeville, N. C., and act as collector until a successor to Collector Melvin E. Carter, who died Sunday, shall have been appointed by the President. A number oil-auks in Georgia, the Carolina. ami Tennessee ure borrowing in New A'--r*. and are paying an average of 4 per cent. (,,r money to mature in Octobor. with ag:- -ment covering renewal at that time. iv ir? hum' lllil' hi 111*7 ji fvw(v olms< Ms mill men who were lately iu tho S >;::!? have doeided to huild mills. A! Opelika. A!:;., J. F. A'I urns, tho leading K nts' fnrnisiMT in i its'. A la ha ma, iiiaiIu au a egnment. ll.s liahiliti s ami assets are at present unknown, though they will ho large. T Tin* Slat** I! inkers Assoeiation. at Juekson. Miss., adopted, hy an aitnn.v, unanimous Vote, resolution- *>| posing tin* free coinage of silver. The last step in the contested Governorship of Tenia ss**.* was taken it Nashville on Thursday when G *v. rt.or I'eter Turuey took the oath of office t.> serve another two years. The inauguration took plaee at uoou ami was witnessed hy a largo **rowd. Chairman Dudley has ailed a meeting of theexeeutiv of the Demoeratio party of Texas t*> h?* held it Dallas ou May 27 to.-tin* purpose deiining tin* position of th** party on silv *r. II -uy.? th.it the issue must he in t now and tie* party united for a *t'.oti U'*\t year. The eorps.* of E. D. II dehor, formerly of I >rt Valley, tin., was sent to that plaee for interment. Mr. Hah-hor fell lead at Jaek soiiviiie, rla., a> it? was taking leave ol Ills nfllaticcd Miss Daisy Whistler, upon whom h> Iwid been calling. Heart disease was the the amiss of his d<*ath. At Nashville, (_? * ?rit<? Childres, cashier of the defunct ad National bank, of Columbia, Tenu., entered a plea of ituilty to the chaw of misappropriation, misapplication and embezzlement of funds of the bault and was sentenced to live years' imprisonment in the Kings county prison, at LSrooklyu, N. Y. Washington. The Treasury gold reserve jumped $3,500,00D "i, Friday, standing at the close of busiII-'si at ?,.ni,u:i'.i.s?>s. The gold cutuc from the B itnont-Morgau .syndicate. The President made public the rules to govern examinations in the internal-revenue serviee, which was plaeed under the civil serviee regulations on December 12th last. O.ie of the most important provisions authorizes transfers from one classified internal revenue collection district to another, and from any classified internal revenue collection district to a bureau in the Treasury Department in which business relating to the internal revenue is trausaeted, and also fnom such a bureau in the Treasury Department to such a district upon the requisition of the Secretary of the Treasury aud the certillco ?IOU Ol lilt* I'UUllUL-UtlOll. -4?> Labor. Over fHKi wage earners in the mills at Norristown and llridReport, Pa., are in idleness owing to strikes at the Woodstock Wooljjpj M.lis,in Xorristown and the shut down of tvic entire lurge plant of the Jas. Leesous Co.. iu li idxeport. The weavers asked lor a restoration ot a twontv per cent reduction. The Company olfcr-d to restore 10 per cent, but this was refused. At Slieboyoynn, Wis., the Tanners' strike is at an end. Tin- men have returned to work at tin- restoration of the half cut made in th-Mr wages in The wood workers will return to wors in a few days. Legislative. A hill to pr -v--nt hotels or any public resorts from di? -nuo itinjj against colored people passed tii- N Vork Assembly. Tin- I,?-\ow gr.-a New York i>ill has been lost in tie- S-nat - 1:1 t!i final passage by a vote of yeas. H; ti-e-s. l.j. ,\ motion to re .insider the Vole w;IS tabled. Tl. Ten in -s.e h. u.-se of representatives by i .-*. -if ill in :>l), rejeeied r}? lull appropriate._ r:.OO.UOO '.ir tin- Tennessee ('entennial li -ition. V :-i >tion to re-onsiiler was euteied. In tin- Florida S nate on Friday a memorial was adopted ., .in.: Congress t.> in-rease tin- dutj -in Iruit. Fin- nu-morial passed i?y a \-de III- 15 to ; !. I'he S liate is eoillposed of jj meinh-rs. :!l -u whom were Democrats. s ?< 'rime. John Ntnney, - doivd. tin- leader <>f a gang of s;ife-blow?-rs who did about a dozou jobs in Knoxville. Tenn., was -entene-eil to thirteen years in the penitentiary iu the criminal eourt. At Jersey City, N. J., the jury in Gmg murder ease rendered a verdiet of guilty m the first decree, tiiinj, wim killed his sweetheart, Clara Arii!i>-i;u, said a.-tin- verdict was auii<mti e.l "That sims an-. The dale of ex a w.il i?- li\ I Mi v 'JO. s?? Foreign. I'ii.- imprisoned N,-w \ .irs newspaper corr poinleut. 1" a.-nt.--, ha- heeu released iu < lea. I'I.. i ... i . M ? ? . II. I ! 1 .-t I- m; II mill lr*i!H Sll.lll-th.ll that I Ullll 'Utlnll- il III'" |ifiti'U tr 111> I !\v -ii t'iiinit ami .lap.in ivoro exti.i.iu'i' I at t'I'ao in Fr. tay. I II.' K v posit ion. At ilnrtior'l. t'litin., til-- ii.)!nniittff on tiiiiniMa -tvirf.-i rii|ntrtftl in tin* .- 'naif a r?'-t>liitimi rfu'ai'liii_| tin i iittou Stat'-- ami liit>Tliatimial ||\| ?-:ti- at Vtianta. lia. It prtiM'li'-that < i .vt-riii'r ('"Itln -hail ajip iiiit ,-i\ ||'irntin-.-!"!ifi>. tl:i tii'-n ami tlirff woMi'l.. to a::a'. for a P I : -lit at:- >li ill ' mi .t- la. :, - at tlia Atlanta ''Xpusitt a, S j t II.I ; |.'I i>.-i'i'tli>?T II. Hh5. lh- -iiiii.i :7.<itjn na:ii?'.l to appropriatfl a- '-\| ii-'1-. < ^ I >isnst its. At riilfiits, Fatalities. I'll' i a ii II in . 11 1 .ir,' -I Imti'l at )| irrt.-t in. ... was i.urti .1 u WVilue.-iluy. L' ? r -.hod la-nr I. O- ar W I- -ii. a loiirte -n year ohi In.v, wh li\fi| with a;- i-art'iit.- ilnnit four tulles n<?rth Ituiif't-'* . Al i.. wa- ilr..wiifil while hiitiinnr in I' it -a i i. a rt''*K. There were tour fit hi'r In V ? With (I- III at til.' till:. an.I ill tl.?. Other- i-'iiilil .-w:ni. Three in--xi wt kill"ii l>\ nil of natural fa- in .1 < ho-niro l>"lfiin; hoii.-n Baiunlay. Nun- Badly I i<r 1 i (htsuu.- were res-nod. four nf whom will 4??> Mortuary. At London, tin1 Hutht Hon. Robert rwl, Bart, eldest Brother of E\-Speakoi Peel,died? 73 years of age. [ I TREATMENT OF KOG CHOLERA, j A Remedy Recommended by the Department of Agriculture. In the treatment of hog cholera, Dr. D. E. Salman, chief of the bureau of animul industry, at Washington,who has been experimenting in this line for a long time, says that the most efflcntious formula which haa been tried is the following: Wood charcoal pounds....! Sulphur .1 Common salt 2 Hyposulphate of soda 2 Sulphide of antimouy 1 Bicarbonate of soda. 2 These ingredients should be completely pulverized and thoroughly mixed. The dose of this mixture is a large tablespoonful for each two hundred pounds weight of hogs to be treated, and it should be given only once a day. When hogs are affected with thes^ diseases*(referring also to 11 lit t*i i #4 ^ t Iih v chilli lil imt lit) f*?ti tin PrtPn alone, hut they should have at least oiihh a day soft feed, made l>y mixing bran and midfilings, or middlings and corn meal, or ground oats and oorn, or crushed wheat with hot water, and then stirring into this the proper quantity of the medicine. Animals that are very tdok and will not come to the feed should be drenched with the medicine shaken up with water. Great care should be exercised in drenching hogs or they will he suffocated. Do not turn the hog 011 its hack to dreueh it, but pull the cheek away from the teeth, so as to form a pouch into which the medicine may l.e slowly poured. It will tlow froni the cheek into the mouth, and when the hog finds out what it is it will stop squealing and swallow. In our experience hogs which were so sick that they would eat uothing have commenced to eat very soon alter getting a do.-e of the remedy, and have steadily improved until they appeared perfectly well. This medicine may also bo used a~ a pre- i veutive of these dist as's. ami for this purpose should l>e put III tile feed of tile whole , nerd. Care should of course be observed to see that each animal receives its proper share. In eases where it lias been gi\eu a fair trial it has apparently cured most of the animals which were >ick and has stopped the progress of the disease in tlm herds. It also ap pears to be an excelleut appetizer an.I stimulant of the processes of digestion ami assimilation, and when given to unthrifty hogs it i increases the appetite aiul causes them to | take on flesh and assume a thrifty appear- i anee. During the administration of the medicine hygienic treatment should he most carefully observed. The hogs should he kept dry and free from exposure to drafts of air. The pens in which the disease first appears should be thoroughly disinfected by dusting with "dry air-slaked lime" or by using a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid. The diseased hogs should, if possible, be kept apart from the healthy, and their pens should be frequently disinfeeted by one of the above mentioned methods. As an additional precaution I would suggest that the water given the hogs for drinking purposes be guarded against contamination by tne re- < fuse irom the peus. Finally, hogs which have died during the prevalence of the disease should he immediately burned or buried very deeply. j NOTED NEW JERSEYMAN DEAD. Ex-Governor and Vice -Chancellor Green I Succumb* to Heart Disease. Ex-Governor and Vice-Chancellor Green died the other morning at his home in Eliza^bcth, N. J., from valvular disease of the i nov.rf. Ho hud been ailing for several months. Tlobert S. Green was born at Princeton, March 'J5, 1831. He was the sou of James S. Green, whose father, the Rev. I)r. As libel i A i J '/>?C 'l\-SjM V I & < ' (A* ', V < ; mFh^-yFw "")^^0 ROD RUT SMi'KTfN lillEKN. (Yi tc-Cluincellor and ex-". .vernor of New Jersey, WIm Died in Elizabeth.1 flrttMi, was President -if I'r neeton College. The Viee-Chnueellor's i;rent->rrandfatl'.er. the Fli'V. Jaeoh <ip' mi. was Chairman >!" a oommittee whi-'h prepared th?' first < ' >nsti' utr *, for the Stato of New York at tin' Provincial Congress, held la 177*>. After >*rudi;i'ini; from Princeton, in 1*50. Mr. Oreen .studied law. and in ls.VJ was ? Imitte ! to tin* har. Ho soon after moved to Elizabeth, and was appointed Pr (se.mtor >' the Borough Courts, in is.". < he heenmo City Attorney of Eliza* both. In 1 si'.s In* was appointed Presidinif Jndije of the Court '>f Common Pleas and County Court*. In lssi he was elected to C '.'iLjress. Mr. fireen was a delegate to the .:ivolitions whieh nominated Stephen A. I?'Uirlass. (Jeneral Han.-and President Ce'Veiaii 1. Ill !ss>: he was el...-ted (ioVTlior after an ex.'iting anviss. When Ins term *xI>itI, in is'.c). |;.. was appointed a VieeCliano 'll >r. In l^'M |te was made a :s emher f tli-'Courts of Errors an I Vppeu's. lo fill I lie V.lealie\ eail.se 1 I.y the death >>t Wiiiiain alfer Phelps. Mr. (Jreen married in 1S57 and his widow, Mireo daughters and son s irwve loin. /* I.if*. Convict Barns Ills 1 reeiloiri. Thomas l'i i-th has returned to 1 Wis., after a foiv<' 1 May it W.rip.hi Prison sin-'e the tall of lssii. H w.-|, <'oii\ii-tc.l ia Murim t! i CVinty of -i/i'.'.iito .in i killing John Ni\ >n. on MaMi .'s |:(~t |lt? -avo I ilnI if" of l>i'|?iit y (J.'orif li mi\v iy. win* was ran r I'Tousiy assaulted i?y ii i'o|i>ri'i| "ons i t. i in ii'V-'ount of tin; net li" -v i< par lore*'I t>y mu Uuvurnor. Northern Farmers Coming South. Tin- fa-1 tlmt tin? Northern payors are noli in" tin- movement of Northern farmers to tin- Sontii shows that the movement has already attaiin'il lar^e proportions. Tin- more ftey say nl-out it the ^renter tin? movement wiii ii""omt'. Ami with tli" immigrants will 111me industries of one kind and another. Ton years hence the appearauco of the South will lie very difTerent from what it is now.? Aiken (S. C.) Kecorder. j SOUTHERN BAPTISTS CONVENE AT WASHINGTON. ? The Presentation of Report*. Rome Interesting Figures. Th? first session of the Southern Baptisl Convention was held Friday morning at th* First Baptist church, on Sixteenth street at Washington, D. C. Judge Haralson was unanimonsly re-chosen president of the Convention, which office he has tilled since lttS'J. Among the most interesting reports wen; the following: T. P. B?ll, corresponding: secretary anil treasurer of the Sabbath school board, presented his report. It showed th.i the receipts have been #63,034, as againsi #48,539 last year. This does not include #4.975 received from the "Missionary Day" collections in the Sunday schools. Aid hu> bceu given to schools iu Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina (State Convention), Weaten. North Carolina. North Georgia ami Tennessee. The board recommended the appoiuiment of a committee 011 young people's work, and the report was referred to committee., on Sabbath schools and young people'; work. The work of Hie foreign mission board wa.preseuted by 11. T. Williughain, corresponding secretary, and referred to committees on Pagan fields and financial policy, The total amount given for the cause in the past yeui was over 1129,000,but expenses for collecting it In tho States reduced the receipts of the hoard to *125,417. This was more by $20,900 than the receipts oi tlie previous year, ami #15,000 ruore thau any previous year, ex cept, of course, the centennial jvar. Oi a 1 the money received by the hoard, 92 cents ?>n the dollar went to the missionaries. Oi:!> K I'PIlt*! ??! tllM .lllllnf IfUC 1 * and this iu<-Iu?S?-.-? also the rust of the W<>. men's Missionary Union in Baltimore. Tin Woman's Missionary Union raised 45,397 toward liquidating tile debt of the foreign board, and the State societies contributed to the geueral fund 424.933. The debt of tinboard has been reduced from 430.000 to les? than 420,000. At the close of the year there were in the foreign mission field 85churches, 114 out-stations, 01 missionaries, 30 ordaineu natives. 50 unordamed native workers, meniship 3,493, Sabbath school pupils 1,503, 2'j houses of worship, 15 day schools with 70i pupils. The natives contributed ?0,459. I. T. Tiehenor reported for the home mission board a.- follows: Missionaries 426, increase 44. and more than in any year of thr board's history-, baptized 5,021, increase 1,451, and 072 more than havebeeu baptized in any one year since the organization of tilt Convention; cash receipts 488,640. being 415,390 larger tban last year and greater thun any previous year except the centennial. The hoard began this year with a debt ol 46.763. May 1st it had been reduced to 41,100 The general statistics of the Convention were given in a compilation made by Secretary Lansing Burrows. It showed the fellow Ing totals District Associations 702; ordained ministers 9.007; churches 17,803; membert (white) 1,431,041; colored churches 12,838 membership 1.317,130, aggregate memberibip 2.748,171. SECOND DAT. The second day's proceedings of the South era Baptist Convention were begun wltl prayer by Rev. Dr. Lofton. The report of the committee on tithing wa read by Rev. F. M. Ellis, of Brooklyn. Tin report among other things said : "Great as has been the success of the Con vention for the past fifty years, her diseour agements and struggles have at times beei such as to test the faith ami enduranit) of he most faithful friends and stnunehest leader iu the very crucible of (iuaneial embarrass ments. These oft-repented embarrassment were not caused for want of numbers nor fo want of wealth. We have the uumerica strength, the intelligence and the wealth Th 'se oft-recurring embarrassments are ovi dently the natural results of our defective tluaii dal system. "Your oinmittee believe that full reliel need not be hoped for until our church mem hers individually and voluntarily adoptoi the scriptural systematic plan of paying t< fit III It It'll-a nflh..i.-;n,,,m,. \v b-disve the means will !*? available 'fo, all th" purposes of Christ's kingdom.' W< are sons and daughters of God, not slave; and . rfs. What duty can no morn plain simplo. just and pmotioal than God's law o tin* tenth? All ?'an ?ive a tenth, no matte how poor. Is not this law as important as i ever was? Consecrating wealth is eonuen tratin^ power. If a tenth of the Jew's in come and a seventh of iiis time was not to( much to ask of him. is it too mueb to ask o the Christian? Is ours a lower standard thai was the Jew's? Will the Christian excusi himself for what was rohhery of God in i Jew? The tenth is saeredly God's befori aiujht is claimed for ourselves or for others "Your committee recommends the adopt inn of the tithing system, and that our sever irl State Conventions, district associations the pastors, churches and missionary socio ties inereas their efforts to educate our peo pie in paying systematically to God not lea than one-tenth of their income." The discussion of the report of the com niittee on (itliiun was opened by Rev. E. Y Millins. ??f Baltimore. He said that hari times diil not cause depleted missionary treasuries: depleted missionary treasurie: caused hard tines. Rev. Gi*or?e A. Lofton, of Nashville, sail that the adoption of the tithiiiK system wa: the one ijreat need of the Southern Baptis Convention at the present juncture. Hi stated that the West way to inake the systen effective was for the preachers in the con stitueivy >f the Convention to lend in tie matter of tithinK" Of many thousands o ea.-es lie never knew one who made tithim the rule of Christian nivinn who was uo abundantly Messed. The r solution was adopted; also oncoffer I'd liy li-v Purser, callinir upon the preach >rs to us** their lu st efforts to secure tin a loption of the tithiiut system by the mem b -r- of their churches. Tin* report of the Sunday school board win read I>v R -v. W. ft. Criimptou, secretary o tin- Alabama state mission board. The com ii it t com mended tie- itoliev and work o tlii* s in-litv .- hoot hoard. Tli" report wn i loph-d without discussion. K<*v. J. L White. <>f O"or?'ia, reported from tli com mittcc on Youiisf People's Work, recommend itn; that churches organize Youin; people*! Societies, to No nailer the control of tli< church.that pastor^ hold the societies ii lo-c ry oiiiathy with the work of lite South re Baptist (J invention, and that the Sund?3 s.-liool hoard he reipiesteil to flirnish sliel lii -r.aturc as will lie helpful iu carrying oa t'e se purposes. A report of the work in Japan and Chin? w i-submitted in which it was reeommendei t int money be appropriated for the transln tion ot ttie Bible into the ianKaages of tin counties. After transaction of some mi nor.and routiie busmen the Couveutioa adjourned. HOW TO CULTIVATE THE WEED. ' Lessons In the Tobacco Farm. Outlines of the Process. South Carolina tobacco, as a rule, has boon best adapted for high grade wrappers and for smoking tobacco. These require the best > grades naturally, and the curing also bus had much to do with the high prices that have been paid for South Carolina tobacco. Tobacco can be cured in two ways, by eut1 ting the leaves and curing on wires as the . leaves ripen, and also by cutting down the stalk, leaves and all, r.nd curing differently somewhat from the wire or steel process. It has l>een the rule in Darlington ami Florence counties to cure on the sticks and wires, but this may |>erhups be changed, as the large manufacturers arc now urging that tobacco shall he stalk cured. This mode of curing is deemed so much more desirable by the , manufacturers that some of them have instructed their local buyers to adhere, as strictly as possible, to purchasing stalked cured tobacco for them. The buyers of wrappers have been particularly instructed to purchase stalk-cured tobacco, and the manufacturers say that a test of this will clearly convince all of the superiority of this to the wire-cured tobacco, and they prophesy the early abandonment of the curing by wire. If it is desired to cure on the wires tho leaves are taken from the plant as they ripen, cnr< i cing taken not to gather green leaves. These are placed in baskets and conveyed to the curing barns and there strung on the wires, four to si\ inches apart, on each point according to siv.e of l-sif. Kvtra cure must again be taken to avoid bruising or otherwise damaging the leaves. The sticks are then hung in tin- burns >n tier poles, nhout twelve inches apart, beginning at the top of the Imru and tilling it. When the burn is tilled, which tnusi be done on the day the wood is consumed, close the ventilators, sturt a slow lire in the furnace and gradually raise the temperature to DO - or 95 3 Fahrenheit. Hold the temperature at this heat for twelve hours, which will toughen the leaf, then advance the heat 2 - an hour until one hundred is reached. Attain hold tho temperature stationary for twlvo hours, then open ventilators and let the heat remain at 100 3 tor six hours, when the sweat will bo sufficiently dried off and the tobacco will he sufficiently colored to attain advance tho heat. Then advance the heat 3 per hour until 140 3 is readied in a sixteen-foot barn, and 1505 is reached in a twenty-foot barn. Hold at this temperature until the leaf is killed or cured, which will usually be iu about twelve hours. Close ventilators now and advance at 2,-?? to 5 3 per hour until 170 3 is reached, then hold the ten p rature until the steins or stalks are cured, wuieh will be about in eighty hours from the time tho barn was tilled. Then open i the doors and the ventilators and let the lmru cool. When the tobacco becomes soft enough to fold the leaf so us not to break the small fibres in the leaf, then take the wires down, strip off the leavs and carry them to the pack house and t>ulk it down, turning the tips of tho leaves in and the butts out. Caro must here be taken not to have the tobacco in too high "case" when it is taken down aud bulked, and that causes it to redden and mold, which distracts materially from the value of the tobacco. The sum process of curing can be successfully followed in stalk curing. As stated ' Iwsforo, some of the large manufacturers prefer stalk cured tobacco, but there is no reason why careful attention should not produce equally satisfactory results hy curing with the wire process. Careful reflection and talks with Darlingtou and Floreuoo county planters indicate decidedly that this is the case. When tobacco is properly cured 1 it seems that it is evidently cured as well in one of these ways as it is in the other, and 3 the highest prices have been paid for wire 3 cured tobacco during the past two seasons. Stalk curing can only be successfully done when all the leaves ripen at the same time, and this may or may not he the case. For 1 some reasou, the large manufacturers, some r of them, at least, prefer the stalk cured to3 j baceo, and when a planter can do so it would lie well tor him to make the experiment for 3 himself and test the comparative value of the r two processes. Let him remember, in either ' case, that he cannot be too careful when he commences curing his tobacco. After tic- tobacco has been cured and pack' ed uwu;. or bulked down" in tti" paek barn it should remain in this condition until it is ' decided to sell it. When the planter decides | to carry liis tobacco to the warehouse for ' i sal- heshoiild have everything carefully pre, pared iicforehand. While the tobaeco is in 1 the pack barn it should be carefully graded, r and this is not hard to learn. This is done 15 ny can-fully assorting tlie leaves of uniform 3 sir.e. color and texture in separate piles. Then the leaves must he tied up in hands" ' of from six to twelve leaves in cu-h hand. r fn arranging or assorting tic s different 1 grades it is important that en -h grade be kept separate and distinct. Tl?e different grades may be hung on the stiek or may be bulked 3 I as the planter may prefer. It is not a diill' cult process to grade tobacco properly, as 1 the leave-, that tno.st resemble eacii other arc 3 not hard to get together. Tile colored hands 1 take to tobacco culture naturally, ami seem 3 to like it very much. In several instances ikfii.irtrr flu- i.l'infer^ A f I ) irlihirfnii :tiul l-'l.ir euee eoiinties eolored men do the ttraditii? entirely after haviui? hadsoino experience in curiiiff and hulkinir the tobaeeo. Toba-vo is in>t ,-..<1 I as i-< any other aijrieulj tiir.il product in South Carolina. After the farmer lias graded it lie earries it to the nearest and tiest warehouse. The proprietor meets him and his t->l?a < . r.h.tiff with any I other that may have earried totl.o \,are. j house that day, is pla its piles all ? < or ti.e s hour, eftoh pile lo-ioii^'intr to a different owner, whose name is plaeed on it. When every1 tiling is ready the au-'tioueer eoinm"iiees i, work, the buyers gather around, and thelivel liest kind of bidding iss"en. The name of the , highest bidder and tin* number of pounds of , tobaeeo in eneli pile lie buys is atta -hed to a eard, and the sellers may a pt or rejeet any bid that i> made. Th auetioneer eontinues I until every lot has I sold, and after this f has been done the buyers and sellers yet to? Lfetber for a ttle.nent. It has been thoroughly and praetieally demonstrated that in South Carolina is a siteeess. Th planters of l?ar, linifton and I'loreuee eoiiniios have estahIshd this f.a a, and they have . 11 til < 111 ties III iloilill so. At III time lie tile Work Imm-ii easy, and at many stuife.-. u was most < diseouraoim;. There Is no doubt f that krent esire must be taken in almost every detail of tobaeeo endure, but, on tle> f other hand, there is no doiild but that threat i rewards are in store for those who make the effort. It is, beyond ipiestioll, tile moneyed erop for South Carolina, and the faet that it requires or,.ai ,-are and attention should only s be an ineentive to ambitious planters, Ii well repays every effort bestowed upon it, ami for i these very reasons it an never be a common crop. Small crops <>f itvr a--res that were f carefully attended to and properly cultivated i havu in several eases yielded much handt Horner results than fifty acres planted in cotton. Let what was said in the first one of i these letters fie repeated here, and this will I explain, it is hoped, once more why it is best to lie careful. "Now common sense is worth u just as much in tobacco culture as it is anywhere else. These letters, it is hoped, have 9 shown why tobacco culture should bo carefully doas, but they ooed excite no fears with any farmer who la willia? to tako palna with what he <looa. Uao the right aeod, handle carefully to keep the leaves from ncuig bruised, kilt the insects to save your toba vo, cure carefully ami properly to get the uioai oy for your work, ami the entire secret is >? ( fore those who can ami will make the test.? ; Charleston, 8. O. News ami Courier. I i-w UK BANK 8TATK>1KXT. Jkoaus Growing But Money Becoming More Plentiful. The New York Financier s;.y? *d the past week: A continuance of the boom in Wan street, which has surpassed the expectations ol the j most sanguine of bulls, has bad some effect | ou the statement made by the Associated j Banks ot thia city for the week ending May I Uth. Troans show a healthy expansion of I over 4.000 000, bringing the total for two | weeks above $8,000,000, with the chances j decidedly in lavor of a still heavier increase I before the spring season ends But while the volume ol loans is growiug, money is , also becoming more plentiful, as the increase I of $10,834,700 In deposit and $3,836,525 in i the total reserve shews This fact should j not be lost sight el in the g-uerai satisfaction : expressed over ?h? reaction from the period of i extreme dulluess which has marked tin- p.ist year. The demand on money .luring the week ! just ended has been practically from tin* South, a number >! banks huviag made loan.-) at rates believed to lie not lur from 4 per cent. It would be idle to claim that the country hasthrowi off entirely the effects of I.Ml tliM revival III business i'ldg ing from the reports made by thn New York bunks, lias been more than satisfactory, ami is cause for general congratulations. Not jess tlmn i50.000,000 in American .securities have none to Europe this spring, anil the decline iu foreign exchange rates l? the best proof that the tide bas turned in our favor. The banks which advanced the ?30,000,000 in gold to aid the syndicate in its purchase of the last bond loan hail -10 per cent, of the total returned to them last week, although tho transfer, involving at ieast ?12,000,000, was I not made in time to be reflected in the current bank statement. The Cotton Crop Statement. The New Orleans cotton exchange crop statement from September 1st to May 10th, Inclusive : i Port receipts7,701.435 bales, against 5,721,772 last year. 4.780,568 year before last, and 6,803,504 for the same time iu 1802; overland to mills and Canada, 040,190, against 801,600, 820.712 and 1.193,483, interior stock iu excess of September 1st, 08,282, against 76,192, 117,735 and 195,340, Southern null takings, 599,709, against 004,554, 583,628, and 527.114; crop brought into sight during 252 days to date, 9,429,712, against 3,206,217, 6,811,043 ami 6,719,510; crop brought iuto sight lor the week, 35,519, against 32.061 for the seven days ending May 10th, last year, 38.460 and 47,080; crop brought into sight for the tlrst ten days in May, 52,354, against 39,816, 39,191 and 53,045. Comparisons iu these reports are made up to the corresponding date last year, year before last and in 1894, ami not to the clos? of the corresponding week. Comparisons by weeks would take in 253 days of the season last year, 254 year before last, au<1256iu 1892, against only 252 days this year. | DKAK-MIJTR SI'FiAKS AND HEARS. i Lost Speech and Hearing Regained Suddenly. i The Charlotte Observ?v?uches for the j following: About throe weeks ago a young man applied al Gates' Cotton Mill, Charlotte, for work. lie made his request known in writing, as he was unable to either to speak or hear. He was put on night work, and was regarded by those working near him as the silent member. He took a room at one of the factory houses on Sixth street aud was known to all that row of Hats as the mute. He was in the habit of trailing at Alexander's store, and when he went there for anything, failing to make them understand on his hands, ho always wrote. Thursday about 2 o'clock he ' oniplaiuod of headache, and lay down to take a imp. He dreamed that he was uo longer deaf and dumb but could hear anil speak, and that he was at home talking to his mother. He awoke suddenly, and the ward "mother" was on his lips. His dream had come true. In the sleep his hearing and speech had suddenly come back to him, aud ho talked and could I i ?.... ~i.. In. 111(11 III*' ?.-< Ulii'Jl u>?:iJU()'-H at the wondrous change, he ran to toll tlio neighbor*. They one and all looked upon him with wonder, nnd some could hardly believe that he was the same inan. all quip.t at the minks. Soldiers Are Nearly Tired Out with Their KuukIi Service. A dispatch from ltonnoke, Va., says Everything is quiet in the coal Holds The SouthWest company began paying oil their men on Saturday afternoon. Those living in the coinpauy's houses will not ho paid until they vacate. Only a few men have arrived. The troops are having rough guard service nnd many of them are getting worn out. More troops or reliefs are probable unless the situation improves. The latter is more likely as the expenses are already very heavy and Major Simons is uot disposed to ask for reinforcements unless it is absolutely necessary. End of Delaware's Deadlock. The Delaware Legislature adjourned si no die on Friday without having elected a t'ni vru DM?ir-n niruavwi. All jwiiii ^rrwiini ?11 "til lots were taken, the first ballot having been taken on Junuary 15, ami there was at least one liallot on every day slnee tluit date. Sundays excepted. Just prior to the adjournment Speaker MoMullin, of the House, declared Henry A. Dupont elected Senator. McMullin's declaration will, it is elainted, Rive ground for contest in the United States Senate. i ~ " Mr. I lil at a (aliinet .Meeting. Mr. I'hl, the Acting Secretary <>f State, attended the Cabinet meeting at the White House a few days ago. This is the lirst time sinee President Arthur's Adniinistration that an Assistant Secretary has been invited to take part in the Cabinet discussions. Mr. Uhl had brought over an aecumulation of foreign ouestions arising since Mr. (Iresham's illness, and was going over them with tlie President wh"n Cabinet hour arrived. The President j luurcupuu tcijuroifu mui iu Income Tax Cases Adjourned. | Mr. Joseph If. Choate, of counsel for the 1 complainants in the income tax cases now , pending before the United States Supreme Court at Washington, finished his long and , elaborate argument on Wednesday, and the Chief Justice thereupon ordered the crier to | adjourn court until nay 20th.