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it 9 : % i ? TBEJNIOH Tim ' . m';*TvA ^ . 4WHU-POTATOES 1X TlIE SOUTH. fhtTt V??juiA? ' i% ! Crop,* nnd t Ilcst J cuinv^t^u, $ s ' \Vhon BnJntlustTy* tigtm-s up into / r, tti nii|!toIi> or tlolUrs ii^Milcsj'iw the 'crop of curly Finitlu ru potiitOfB ?lot'K, r.f r . ^ 'proper 'ctflliviUioti* 'MtMuics it 3. yui> B^.- ,riPfwun#f.?r-T; invati psr.fre i? ' ' on^'of #mt will \ ' 41,1 ivit* 'm my^efWW ' nnd ou old lunUon wlyeb tj^tt ntion lias. l,i?Oi |j'Vt/lr'y tl t wd'tniulHitwiKtf ? . 1 .1 _ _IT*i nmiHr iiiifi I ...... roil by the prowtli !of fiea^tfejvrf BF ] , . other leguiuiiious crop>*, . Vjtf, Ct " ihV planting ot the ]?otjit?/i(}, 1.Jm iil'Vji, i vi. * ^Ifo hns had ii big growth of cow en his lund tfwyea* before nml, t-v., ni-Uiw-oW -ilu in to diu eleiwu niiel r< ns a toil cover till time to. bre'jieyu.. , the l?$d..loc..Ue crop, has. the l>*f.?,L * ^ chfl.fi oq Xv*./1 f opel crop if the lujdi- j. K tiounl fertilization is j roprrJy.upedo. h Ho will j rol ufijy have nciwly ps?muoh > tri.s *. , ofpuiiit'nilretpcii as wiliitrei 'fc-queTied,* nhil cntfTiial.c a lent ce stly apglKntion. iir his fvrtYii/e m til this, tlie mcsV vastly fnrt. . Ki.Ml e early crop qf;; paintee* i;f-the South is giunn utaMhiiia eprlyund ccoJ.j-nrt ot .the'eeatOtt?*h?ho the* liitriftcr.tii p is not so-nctsvo 'ni l .tlu* eoil, that more nitio^eu is needed thiusut tin- North, whertfTHc er'op funs J jlhieiugh the snii.nier There is another .point .of. vit.el jun ortntiee- iu tl d oufti\ntion of thiH^eroj^. ; The .qiialfty of J the i'.ytafo elej-cntlb. upon the ciurttnt i ^f%t^h; v.ejrf in the till vrs. 'ifio pinVit'*Vh ftVfof ii large surplus of , "* 'Ktrtn'rlf ill flrt* tutors'unless it has pleii* 'tilul slt^vpFtete* of potash, aided tl?y a ^proptr proportion of pliosphe rie ucid. ,1b 1 Kct, if there is no potash present., | the; ]u a lit cairtiot prow at nil, -for all thv.feiuiution of urfiioio matter tie p.cmis.upun tLe malting of starch. If . the potash is deficit ut in .supply in I .proportion Vo^tlie 'other el omenta of 'plant food,'life 'plnnta may prow to at cotivlde riilffft'VTi vblc^p n:?nfc of tops, hut there witti>eM'pmaH ] otatoee and few in n bill," ns it'requited a surplus' of potash above the require mefita of tho pjaut ittiJU tor it to store surplus starch in .the, form of tubers. The ' olr.llt Ho, s this for the future use and i 'reproduction" of "it*- kiml, and wo tako ' (advantage of thia fact to pot a larger iMipj Iv of largo ahd starchy* tuber*. !K\, t riuicnt hnst-liliwn that .the. lrn-h j 'potato in otltr in a Uxtihzer fully tea per 'cent, cvf nrtunl pointb. | The print fi^yjt of all the rnannfncItnrt tl Icrjilizt rM tljnt wo have .?etu an 'the market is that noue of tbim'giVt j jeo largo xipirctntage of ] Ota all, i?n<l ' | mi til some do Vbia it w ill he ucetFMdry |for the* wide ?iMikc lax me r to mix bis 'loan fc^ ^tjizert for tlx in crop. 4',e . 'chief, nuvl ignited tlo ouly generally (available.. ipurgc of jiotui-li in. Una icoiintltf in the Milts of' potash'import. fed from (It i many, '1 kise are retoived I here in the terms'of Kainit or the | tirade j otnsh aalt, xnid-nu iho foniMpot f jibe more cotxct ntrulotl muriate xintl > ' s'nli'Lute. All tbcxe-fpima .bp\e their | rpcciftl rittlh Itr ferto:u crops. For ' crops- liko'tlie'Trisli potato, which re* quiro sfich large percentages of potash, tbti cruilo-knifiit is not fivniltible," I , . since the btrgp'amoirtt of the chlorides 1 BfFociatnl vvilh the potash would be injurious to _the crop iu such large umcunte. lit*aco tbo necessity fr?r the ufo oi tbo mony concentrated forms wbin large percentages are '"^infdeVI. 'Ami here comes in nuotber point. While the ,muriate is the best* form for tbo Irish potato crop, the presence of chlorine in it renders Jt injurious to some crops like toliac- , co, and fu*h as form sugar, like tbo sweet potato, etc.. 11 will l>o *<>.??> then, that the form of potaeh is ns iin- j portnut as tho potash' itfelf. The following formula is the one used by .! one of the largest potato growers iu 1 Eastern North Carol "na: ; - . *j ( Ki>'i scrap. 700 lh-f ntt'.te of -via, two j lbs i ! 'lie t.'lii !?, Oi'O it/s.;iuulriirte o: pata-li, j 4t 0 il v. ' ' In most places the following will bo , "more readily available:* Coitvik ro ! aval, 70> H>*.: acid ph uphnte. 700 llis.; uifUe ji s->diiy muriate of potash, 4 0 lb?. * ' Where a man ha* tLotirroulh- of pea vines on his laud, as we have said, ho may need lees' of the qr.ganic.nitrogen,. and may well increase the pere? ntagb of acid phosphate and le.-n u tho cotton teed irnul. Hut' bnd-half "of tho'' nitrate of soda should be mixed in tho fertilizer at planting time and tho remainder should l>e mattered along tho xowh during the early growth of tho plants, euro being.taken to it only wheu.jho ti^'is ,are dry. ty) avoid any chance of teorehiu'g the foliage. Our truckers use a teni' of tlieso formulas jH'r acre, ami 11 ml profit in such heavy j fertilization. '1 ho jmtnto crop is lol- i lowed, ut . oil CO bv soiuo lnt< r 1 crop -o its to get the lull value j of Mich hi-uvv iniii.uriug. ,'d'hy feftil* j iz? r i.s -11? red along tue furrow.- ami Well in; Vi d with the -oil wit il a eulti- | Vistor before planting. The' potatoes are eovi red with u plow throwing lur- 1 Tows from e it hi r side, ami the first j cultivation ;? harrowing the ridges Hut jm-l lu tore the plants appear, i-o ns to have the whole land in good or ?ler ft r the p'roump or??|?. ah mkhi hh tlic plants chow alonp the row j.-oovir ; tltiin crohhw im; w it h a lip lit cinoothinp j burrow. 'J his does nwn\ with hoeing. j Then worli with cultivator ami cweep. j W. V. MASMCY. I North Carolina AtTicuhuial Experi- j mciit .Station, lialeiph, N. C. Missionary Imprisoned in Ciib.i. A telegram was reeeivt I fr..in Havana by 1 Dr. T. F. Tie! it'lior, of Atlanta, (in.. for- ; responding aeeretary of the home mission ; board, Informing him that tin- Ih-v. A. .1. | Diaz,an AuoTienn .-iii/.e and sn jrint?;j?fnt of tin* niisM.oiis of the Southern l!i|>tist C'onStynion ill Cuba, has been imprisoned.JlublCTibo for this paper. > * * i . . : ."LILY WHITES." iK'Cu: JJ Fiill<^r|lrc|||nlittt()ii from a^l Cot Adeutlul I'miilhlatc Two White ami Two Colored Dflcgutes to Luuit, Lenders claim that for tho first tinio in many years tho convention ot lU)fmi?luutn?-that met in tho State House 111 Columbia lant Tuesday was j a full representation, with every town- | ship iitul every precinct represented. It was tlie first State Comeutioii held by the wing of the Republican ..party ! which rocogui/.es ('apt. L. M. Melton, til Columbia, as the State chairman, .? ^'<*1 which is generally known as the .."lily whites," being the faction to .>\hieh many white men, who have heretofore laen recognized as Democrats, have cast their lot. lu the Convention, of 'about 2 It) delogutea, th? re wtre between (50 ami 70 wliite men, but these, with a few exeep- | ti.ms, were not rccognir.cil as promi- 1 nent iu polities. The vwhit0 men j present who have for Homotiinu taken j a prominent part in "the alVairs of the Republican party of this State, were j Kllery M. Drayton, Lawson D. Melton, i*. Odell Duncan, V, 1'. Clayton, It. M. Wallace, Louis Jacobs ami W. J W. Russell, bi.t conspie..oU8 among > those new and prominent men w ho | have joined the party recently, wore j Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, and lk J. Kuotts, of Lexington, old iolornn rs, uud Clarence S. Nettles, of Darlington, n conservative in days , gouo by. There was a- strong Negro i representation. I hey were as a rule, | away above the intelligence of the Usual Negro delegate to ltepublicau conventions. While the convention was a harmonious one?Mr. Drayton said the most ' harmonious one he had ever known inrre wuk u flow- of eloquence ami otherwise turned loose. on un.alllieted audience that lias seldom In-fore been | experienced. .For seven solid hours'! there whs almost u< incessant llow of ! nominating speeches, ami the "brother j iu black," representing the new uutl j etlueatetl south, monopolized about iy-lIUths of the time. C'hairtiiuu Meltou ealleil the convention to order. melton's apihu'.ss. Frieuils and Fellow-Jiepublicans:? In opening tho convention as your State Chairman, it In hooves mo to niako a few. brief remarks as to tho purposes for which this convention was called, the circumstances under which it arose and its. final object? which is the building tip of tho liepublican party in South Carolimi. fu the fall of ln'jt an issue was presented to the people of South Carolina, which j threatened the disfranchisement of j more than one-luilf tho llephblicun i voters of tho State, ari l finding nothing being done to frustrate such an at tempt against the liberties of the peo- | pie, we determined to do something to : stem the tide of ft calamity which threatened the rights of the citizens. We earnestly went to work to try and ( persuade the old committee to take , the lead and preVent this calamity. ] lint for reasons not necessary to state : here, that committee refused to call ! the people of South Carolina together | , to attempt to avert that misfortune. i i After that there was nothing for ua j ; but rcvvlutiou and wo determined to 1 ( appeal to the people of South Carolina ' i to rise up from their sleep and save 1 < their rights. On the <">th day of Feb- i ] ruarv, I81kr>, a convention of reprou a ' j tativo men was held. Out of that eon- ; ( vcutiou has grown what will he rieog ) nized as the Republican ] arty of South 1 Carolina. The result is this convention , hero assembled, and a better one the , Cod of republics never looked down 1 , upon in this country. It has not been : | filled by going into the highways and , byways for delegates, as our lrieuds, < the enemy did last week, but hero ] every plTeiuct in South Carolina is j j represented. (Cheers.) This organi- | ( zatton reminds me of the Store of the ' ] wonderful islo where the little infant 1 ] of to-'day is a grown man to morrow. It ftfPognizes do obstacles and is going to uticceed.' (Cheers.) In the near , future-its voice.will bo heard in the legislative.halls of South Carolina, and ( it la going with such a sweep that Tillman, with all his power, can't keeep down. (lo ba d. to your homes; stand shoulder to shoulder;'the, white people ate i with yoiff do your duty; go and try and I regrster and-stinnl there1 all Hummer. When* you gvt the certificate even the Constituion <>f South Carolina can't prevent you easting a vote. (Cheers.) At the clone of Mr. Melton's spec ch, the enII lor the.convention was read. ('haii juan Melton aunotiiieeil that the executive committee ami suggi ste.l as temporary chairman Clarence S. Nettles of Ihir'ingtoii, ami Clarence , HolnieH of Columbia as temporary secretary. The convention was evidently heartily in favor of the selection of Mr. Nettles, his tuimo being greeted with applause. On motion of I'roi. Morris, a eornmittee was appointed .to conduct Mr. j Nettles to the roati tun. t?n tins committee r.?r. melton appointed Prof. >1. \V. Morris, Mr. K. M. ltrayton ami CongresHman Murray. NITtl.Ks' SI'KKril. "I thank you for the distinction of calling me to preside over this convention of Republicans of South Carolina. 1 believe that tins gathering marks an epoek in the politics of this State. This is not the resurrection of a corpse, hut the growth ami development of a healthy Republican party 111 South Carolina. It.is not based 011 prejudice, race issues or greed for money, which b??H disgraced the party in tho State up to this time, (Cries of '"good, good.") but >s based on tlio rook-ribbed principles which hu\o made the itapubllean party the stay of the government, the principles which, when permitted to languish, brought financial rain upon the peoplo of the whole country. It is the party which atanda for the liberul construction of tho Federal Constitution, keeping abreast of tho advanced business aud wants of tho people, the protection of American industries, American shipping, American labor." He considered this a happy day for Smith Carolina, when such a couvon* fcion, representing a party with inch principles, conveued here. The success of this party would bring capital to | South Carolina; tho hum of sniudles I would l?o lu'iird in every town in the State. The j in it V commands tho coutidenco of men with money to invest. The party promises protection not uiotie to the industries of America, but protection to uli tho rights tho son of uiun is entitled to. At tins point, G. Tj. Shierer, of j Chester, n bright mulatto, Incoming) somewhat utuluily demonstrative, the I chair was requested to appoint a ser- I irrant-'it-iirms. Keen Addison was ap- | pointed, with Clayton Cannon as his ! assistant. -Mr. Urayton moved that a committee of nine, two at largo and one each from the congressional districts be appointed on platform and resolutions. This prevailed and the following were appointed: 11. Odell Duncan, Geo. W. Murrv, W. W. Kusscll A. M. Dawson, W. J. Whippcr, S. E. Smith, S. 1' postc, It, A. Stewart and D. J. Knotts. Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, was elected permanent chairman. 1>U. Pol'li's Sl'EECH. We have assembled here in obedience to the call of the State chairman of the Kepuhlioan party of tho State, f<?r tin? purpose of electing delegates to tho Niitiounl Republican conventiou which meets at St. Louis, Missouri. That convention will elect the standard beurers of the party for President, and vico president by the nation. We have also assembled for the purpose of protecting tho party organization in this State. Unfortunately the llepublicau party in this State is divided into two tactions, two hostile camps, both claiming to speak for the party. This being tlu case, and of harmony and union is necessary to accomplish result*, the success of the party m this j State, and its assistance in winning the | presidential election,nothing should be j done here, culculutt d to widen tho branch, nothing should be said in tho way of luirsh criticism of tlioso of tho other faction. When the National convention meets and settles, as it will, the ditVerences that now exist, the two wings must Hop together for common good. Therefore, f tru^jt thaiN.jaenihers will be imbued-with such a spirit here, that so far as we aro concerned, w hen the verdict is reached that this is the reorganized organization, that those who have gone away from us, come back and take their places in the ranks of the party without any feeling of bitterness. i here are many candidates for the high position of President, anyone of which will be acceptable to theRepub1 U'ii n tlin thiiiiitrv will !?*? Mifr. : .? , * J ; 111 any of tueir hands, whether it bo the favored sou of Ohio, the great npostle of protection; or ho who presides over the United States. The house of representatives ; with such marked ability; or the able governor of New York, who so recently presided over the United States senate to the fiatisfaction of all, or the Chevalier Bayard of Iowa, all of them are lovers of liberty, true to the constitution of the I uited States and zealous defend its of a Republican form ot government. 1 am glad to say that they aro not of that class of designing politi iaiiK who arc 4 waiting for a light in the west." In South Carolina, wo need a hange of alVuirs. \Ye have witnessed with sorrow and sliumo a government >f the people by the people, ami tor ll?e people, subverted in the interests jf a few designing men to a condition ;lose akin to anarchy and ruin. Wo bftvo seen the State, fvir political purposes, made to enter into the business uf a lnpior dealer, not only so, but wo liuve seen liquor forced upon the people six or seven counties heretofore free from its deleterious influences. We have seen constables and spies put over the people searching their houses it... .1.....1 i....... ..r ?i... l.* iu inv uvnu ljiMii ui lur ui^iu, cuing women and children, and Bornetimes sneaking in stocking feet upon the roofs of the houses of private citizens in the night time to peer in their bed rooms; yea, more. \Vo have seen ladies' trunks broken open by these people at the railroad depots, their clothes thrown about in the insane desire of these people to liud lkpior. Worst of all, we have seen the ; pov< ruor of this Slate, at that time ' the candidate for the United States senate, give iustructions to his ininiotiN, t > defeat and defraud at the eleetlous. We have seen managers of elections i uticonced behind Kerens, in utter disregard of the constitution, causing vot? rs to east their ballots in the wrong > box, and in some instances, when east right, take them out of the box an 1 put others iu their places. We have set n managers of the election when the poll was known to he strong in favor of the opposition candidate, absent themselves on the day of election bo that no election was held. We have seen the call for a oonstituional convention fraudulently made to I carry. We have seen a governor and a I nitedjStates Senator-elect meet with other men ami make a trade as to representation hi tin- eonstitioiial convention and as to qualifications of voters to be inserted in the Constitution, agreeing that "no w hite man should bo llsfanehised except for crime," which plainly mount that all colored men possible should be disfranchised. We 1 i i t I have soon that convontiou moot and | carry this out, ami wo hnvo seen it Constitution formulated by it adopted without being referred hook to the people. Wo have soon tbo taxable property of thu State increase and yet taxation is higher than before. Wo have seen the moral tone of tlio people lowered under all wrongs. How could it bo other wise, "for us you sow so shall you reap?" Wo cull upon every honest man in this State, white and black, to cotnn and help us rectify these wrongs. Wo cull upou them to stand with ub for the good of those now living and thoso hereafter to come. It is the | tinfv nf i?vnrv tmiti w)i.? Lwnu li !*** *?? I v --- / " ?'" .. tri.j and the principles ?>f a republican form of government to stand together in thin light. Let the cry l*o a republican form of government, nml, as a consequence, honest elections, protection to American industries and to American labor ami protection to | every industries and to American la- I bor and protection to every citizen of [ very l ight guaranteed by the federal ! constitution. Add to tliia a soulul urreucy, snllicient in volume to meet | tho demand of trade. There are j thousands of white men in this State, not now in tho Republican party, who ,?re willing to stand' iifibu tlfis" plat-form. Wo arc willing-to stand upon it. We need.the help of thcHo white | men. There is one thing in the way I of our getting that Ijelp, a fear cf.N"- | gro domination. ' Tli y' need not fear | it for tho Negro is willing, if the | whites will adopt a proper platform of principle, put out a ticket of their very best men, pledged to reform this government, to support tho ticket so put out. 'Our*republican brothers iu iicanfort and Georgetown have carried this out since l^Tb. Only once did they fail. That is when Hen Till- ( man went down there anil fooled | them out of it. 'Great and long con- | tinned cheerH.) If this is done, if the white man ac- | copts this iu good faith, tho State will be redeemed and pence, prosperity and happiness will sweep over this laud. AH that you would claim would be tho national Republican ticket and the members of congress. Now, this j is ii fiiir proposition on your i>urt niul j if you make it I believe that it will J bo accepted in good fnitlu If it should not when wo must put out a ticket from governor to coroner. T have given you inv views upon the situation. Take tliem for what they j are worth, accept them if you think them good, reject them if they do not meet your views. ' The follow ing platform was adopted: Wo, the Republicans of youth Caro- ; lino, ia convention assembled, reaffirm our adherence to the time-honored principles of the national party, that is to say: First?We are in favor of moderate and reasonable protection for home labor and home capital against the j cheaper labor and cheaper capital of other countries, and of such rccipro- , cal commercial arrangements with other countries as may be necessary to | foster and extend our foreign trade. Second ? We are in favor of maintaining the present monetary standard until some satisfactory ratio between the hard money metals shall have been reuched by international agreement. , Third?We are in favor of a govern- i nient service based on merit and character and capacity, and not on the i corrupt and debasing .laeksonian sys- i torn of "to the victors belong the spoils." But while as Republicans we heartily endorse the above principles us higlh important from 11 national point of view, what is of vastly more importance to iih, ami to all good citizens hero in South Carolina, is to secure fair and honest elections, and to get rid of our present arbitrary and despotic factional State government with all its accompanying evils. We therefore realliriu our purpose to use every proper ami legitimate means to have our new Constitution set aside as in contliet with, the Constitution and laws of the United States. Wo admit that it litis certain good points in it, notably its improved educational facilities and its provision against lynching. But it is tainted with fraud in its origin; it is fraudulent in its character, and fraudulent iu that it was foisted upon tlio fttato without ratification by a popular vote. We therefore hold that neither congress nor tho federal courts ought to recognize validity. Wo also declare our most emphatir opposition to tho entire brood of iniquities imposed on tin State by tho dominant faction, and pledge the Republican party to remove them as rapidly us possible if put in n position to do so. We aro opposed to the metropolitan police in Charleston u elsewhere, and we pledge its immediate suspension if given tin? in cessiry authority. We are opposed to tin j LJ.-.l - l ? I... I . I . 1... I ... dwili: ruiJMli mi iui j a?u?i |'ivu^u , ]>r<?iu(>t dissolution. W o arts oppose I j to the dispensary law, ami pledge in promt repeal or fundamental modification so as to remove a stigma ol State tratiie in whiskey for the sake ol profit. We are opposed tf> an iucouipeteiit, jurti-un ami factional judiciary, ami pledge its restoration to respectability, capacity and non-partisan at rapidly as possible. We are opposed to the degradation of our higher institutions of learning to mere political ends, and pledge their restoration ti their proper and legitimate duties. Wo are opjosed to discrimination against any ciuHs on account of its religious beliefs. These we do not regard as partisan questions at all, but simply questions of good government. We, tberelare, not only cordially in vite, but appeal to all good citizens, t< whatever party or faction belonging, Democrats as well as Republicans, Reformers as well as ('onservatives, t< unite w tli us i 1 sccuringthe overthrow of these and uil other iniquities, am in th,y restoration of pence and bar \ ! .j ana gooa government in our SttttO. _ . 7? -V * ? This resolution was offered: Resolved: Tbut either of the four candidates, Reed, Morton, Mckinley or Allison, will he accepted to the Republicans of South Carolina. Mr. Rrayton coueurred in the spirit of the resolutions, hut there was something lacking, it did not iucluda all the candidates. There was another not named in the resolution. Matthew S. Quay, the greatest political general of tho age, was a candidate whom this t organization could not ulVord to slight, however unintentional. Ho would not | have tho convention instructed for the candidates of his choico because the recognition of this organization was ot lirst importance and they should be free to make frieuds. Ho favored j lllivillir lit. liMist onn AIcKinlm' ?nmi in tho delegation sent to St. Louis. At 7:23 nominations were closed nnd j the voting begun, each delegate rising und naming the four candidates of his choice. It was 8rill) before the election was closed. It resulted as follows: L. D. Melton, 230; ?. 31. Braytou, 220; Geo. \V. Murray, 231; S. E. Smith, 212; 11. E. Hart, 6; J. W. Morris, 0; C. E. Holuies, ?">; W. .T. Whipper, IS; Daniels, 1; Mobley, 1. The tirst four were declared elected. And the nominations continued with speeches unstinted, until finally-at 11 o'clock a halt was called and the ballotiug began. This was the result: 11. M. Wallace, 191; Jennings, 1ST; Daniels, 121; Dawson, li t; Clark, 12; Clayton, D.t; Williams, 50; Hooper, 31; Morris, 5:0. Tho first four wero eloeted. S >mo delegate, whose uaiuo was not made known, offered thoee resolutions, amid at Tom Miller: 'Whereas, tho constitution convention and legislature of the State h?v? | it Colored Normal. Agri ci Itnral, Mechanical and Industrial college, and since it is publicly asserted that u ccitiiu iiniu has a string tied to tho presidency of said college, and whereas, we, the representative of tho people of this State, enter our protest against forcing upon the colored people any man v h > will bo distasteful to them. Therefore, l... :? UC IV "Rerolved, That we, tlio representatives of the people of the State, in convention assembled, ask that the trustees, in the selection ofii president for the college,give to them a practical educator ami a Christian gentleman, and not a politician." They were unanimously adopted. 11. Ti. Shrewsbury oll'creil these resolutions, which were ndoped: "Resolved, That special committee be appointed to prepare a memorial to the congress of the United States praying the appointmcn of a committee to investigate the affairs of? South Carolina as to whether a republican form of government is of force in this State, as required by the Constitution 3f the United States, the same to be forwarded to the Hon. Geo. \V. Mur ay, the Republican congressman from ;ho Frst district." On this committee were appointed I. Ij. Shrewsbury, I,. 1). Melton uivfi j. F. Homes. The convention then adjourned. Southern Compct It Ion. The stockholders of tiio I.nwrcnco Manufacturing Company, voted to diseot ti-? re Lie iua:?uf,.cture of cloth at the mills Lowell, f.lass., to reduce the capital of the corporation one-half from $1,50(1,000 to $750,0l>0, and to sell all real estate, imildings, etc., la i.uwrii wai'-ii will imt itu noetssary lor tho manufacture of underwear, hosiery a .id hosiery yuius. This action will throw out >l cmi'loyinciit many of the mill huii'ls. Tim action was taken on tlm ground that tho goods mills couiil not he run at a prolit in competition with the Southern mills, with ch? apcr lahor ami longer houis. KIocIimI a Female Ticket. Tim enfranchised women of Kills, Kns., t a sweeping victory at tho reeent luui. ^al e|.-in. A coiuph-to ti-'Uet of women candidates was notnlnatcil ami all were ejecteil with tlm exception of Mrs. Clara 'ihchhin, camlhia'.c >or police judge. who was lefeate 1 hy a majority of live. Mrs. M. A. W.ele, proprietor of a large millinery ir.nl <!rv goods store, waselectetl mnvor, ami Mrs. Viola (iainior. Miss l.il'.lan llussey, Mrs. l'.mma Siiiehls ami Klla Newcosnb were elected members of the eouncil hy avera.A majorities of twenty. The women named their ticket "law ami order," and they propose to en'oreu tho prohibition law to tlm letter. Russian lied Cross Aid. In response to a renewed request, the government has decided to send a number ol members of tho Hod Cross society to work among fhe Abyssinian troops. Tho party will proceed by tho way of Massowah. The Italian government has asked for information as to the number of persons whom it proposes to send on the mission and in whut capacity they will go. Florida School haw. inn amorus or tno American Missionary Association stilt*'that they have instructed their ntt'irii' y> and hoini.Miicii in Floxija^o , s.;< lire tho r< on bail lit on*'i> of tl'c'ir t ii*'h*,r> who \vit*' arr*'sti'?l in Ornh^o Park, ti: !*'r tin* Sm*,i!> law, which initio's it amine t t*-ixi'li colore i ainl wliitn tiii|>iis in tin*sano M'iiool. '1 !;? n -ci:'.tio|i will l*\->t tin' i;l?V belore at :t*' iinil if'li'in. tr.lolhaU until a lli.al <: 'isioii i-. r?'ini -red l*y the iSuprctno Court oi liiu L'iiK?- ! Suites. A (.umber Compiuiy KiiIIh. The Icxin^ton A Carter Mining company, owning ltl.OitO nc res of land in Carter county, K*'ntu?'ky, and capitalized at sdOO.OOO, lias been placed in tin* hands of the Columbia Finance and Trust company, as receivers, on application of employees who are suinic for waives saiil to he overdue. The debts, it is said, will reach &50.001). Heat Ills liny to Dentil. Jacob Carson, a 1'2-ycar-old ne^ro boy, died from the effeets of a beating in Charleston, 8. C. His father, At rahain ('arson, is charged with tin* murder. Mary Carson, the denil hoy's sist*'r, was an eye witness to tho brut.il seeno Selio'd liiiildiii^ Mown I 'p. Tho Ciuitral .School hiiihliiu? of Sairinaw, Mn'li., was wrecked by dynamiters. It was the oldest and largest of the big schools of | that city, and for year lias been a bone of . contention. A part of tic library was also destroyed. Tie- building contained J7 rooms, and bad a capacity of sou pupils, lv.ss 001), with ?J7,U00 insurance. iATEST NEY/S IN BRIEF. olran;:.3s puom many points./ ? Important Happenings, Iloth Home " und Korctsn, Kicfly Told. Southern Nows Xoton. >? Thomas Jefferson's birthday celebrated at Monticollo, Va., by distinguished Democrats. Third Vieo-Prosidont W. W. Finlor, of the Southern ltuilroad, lias resigned to go with the Great Northern Kailroad. The Atlanta Exposition Company will sell the buildings of the Cotton nuur.i i ..\jiiuMiiuu uv j?uuhu uuvliuu on May 7. Eleven persons were injured by n (Juoeu ?V Cresceut. train, consisting of four cars, plaugiifg through u trestle in Louisiana. W. H. Stewart, whose homo is in Winston, N. while beating a ride on- n train in Tennessee, attempted to jump oil", and was instantly killed. (?en. - John 1>. Kennedy, who was cousul pen era I at Shanghai, China, uinkr l'resuh nt Cleveland's ljrst administration, died ?it Camden, S. C., last Tuesday of apoplexy. A Daetowu special to the Knoxvillo Journal says that John Smith and lien Wehnnt fell '200 feet into a shaft at the copper mines. Smith was killed and Wehnnt was fatally hurt. Col. Jus. E. Pepper, the well-known distiller und race-horse man, has tiled a deed of trust to the Security Safety Trust and Vault Company, of Lexington, Ivy. The suit is in favor of u largo whisky lirm in New York. The Circuit Court at PciiKiiooln, Flo., gave Mrs. Anna O'Brien 82(5,2(50 damages from the Louisville A* Nashville road, as the result of the killing of her husband on the Escambia trestle in ivSOO. The First National Bank of Bedford City, \ a., 1ms lulled. Its cupitut wiim 850.000 iiml surplus nud profits $20,000. Its individual deposits amounted to ?(58,000, and the hunk owed $.">">,000 borrowed money. Hunk Examiner Burgwyn has beeu placed in charge of .the bank. <? - ? Northern News Items. "Tavor Strong has vetoed the Great er New York lull. Two men killed and two others seriously injured by a freight train wreck ill l'elinsylvniiia. Charles Morris, a condemned murderer in jail at Xeiiia, Ohio, committed suicide just before the time tor execution. The President has nominated Leo. Bergliolz, of New York, to he Consul of tho United States at Erzorouii), Armenia. Baron Constantino de Grimm, tho \vell-knowu eoiteonist, died m New Y't/rk. lie siiil*ered from pneumonia uml complicatioii of kidney disease. Capital stock of the Lawrence Manu- -J l'aetnring Co., at Lowell, Mass., reduced from 81,5(10,001) to 875,000, because of Southern competition. Win. Graves, of New* York, files ft petition for mandamus compelling Secretary Carlisle to deliver him ?100,000,000 of 00-vcur 1 per cent, bonds. The Waterbury Watch Co. cuts down its force from 500 to 200, and reduced its daily output ol watches from 1,700 to 1,000, ou account of diminished foreign trade, The Chicago Eire Works Company, at Cross Point, fourteen miles north of Chicago, 111., blew tip, resulting in the death of two employes ami tho serious injury of six more. The enuso iH supposed to have occurred hy ooucussion in the machinery used in making lireworks. ? Washington. ' Ex-Mayor W. W. Cilreath, of (Ireenville, S. was found dead in Washington lit his ollice. It iH supposed that it was a ease of stiieide. The President has issued lus annual Ilehriug Sea proclamation, warning aealers from plying their vocation during the pelogie season, from May 1st to August 1st. Scnor A. La/.o Arriagr^ niinister to Washington from Cuatemala ami lion- ^ duriiH, has informed the State department that a Central American Exposition will take place in Cuatemala City from March 1 "> to July 1 .*?, 1KD7. I'ostuiaster-Ceiieral Wilson lias flpplnriul 4lin4 !..? i ? I 4 - -? ? ?/ mi- V 11111:11 niuu'.-N f.\slnvo owners' registration huiciiu of Washington l>. whs in violation ^ of the postal regulations, ami wan not entitled to tlx' privileges of the mails. > I'Woigll. Klcction rntnriis in Spain show 31S (loUKorvativtK to l<!<> (>] ;>(.sition. Two hundred Multitudes killed hy nn explosion of dynamite in South Afrimi. At Dauiioinoi'ii, N. V., .Fosef /elatnel, nnmleter of Tun h i Kntnoru, wub electrocuted at Clinton prison. lJev. (Seorgo 1*. Ivtnipp, tin; Atnerican missionary who was reeently expelled from Ihths hy the Turkish authorities, has arriveil at Aleppo. Women Wanted. The ninyor of Viuieouveer, It. C., has received a poeuluiar letter from Toronto, written in the Interests of young women la Toronto mid other eastern Canadian cities. The writer states that, according to statistics there is a shortage in the female population in the Northwest Territorieas ami ISritish Columbia amounting to ationt 40,000 ami a corresponding overplus of unmarrieil women in Eastern Cmindn. In order to eipiali/.e matters, it is pi opened to send young women of good health and moral etiuraeter west to l>e distributed where tho demand is greatest and to establish a homo at Yuneotiver for the reception and distribution of young women for British Columbia*. d