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DISPENSARY VS. SCHOOLS. S1AYFIKM) Sl(i(iKSrs A NKW dispknsaicy system. There Is No Telling When Any l*nrt of the Fuutl Will llecome Available. . Superintendent of Education Mayfield ban udvanced a new j>luu of colving the li?|uor problem. Coming ua it docs from ouo of tbu leading Reformers of tbe State it will be of special interest. In a recent address at the Allimi,'.. luiMiic at Cime Creek, Rich ]an?l county, Mr. Muytield discussed the progress of cducutiou in the Stsito lor the past fow yours, and showed what hud keen done by citing Cleuisou College, Winthrop College, South Carolina College, the Citadel, Furmau, "Wofford, Newberry, Erskiue, Charleston aud ull of the female colleges of the Stato and the condition of the public schools. He then discussed the fntnre prospects of the schools. Some one asked how a sufficient fund could be raised to run the schools as long as was necessary. Mr. Mayfield stated that there wcro but two ways to do this. One way was for the country districts to do like tho cities aud towns of tho State are doing, and that is for the people of a district to vote an extra tux on themselves, which the new constitution aud the new law permitted them to do, provided they do not exceed four mills extra tax. Mr. Mayfield said the other way was to make use of the net income from the dispensary as fur as it went. This brought up the question as to what the schools would receive from tho dispensary fund this year. Mr. Mayfield said that under tho recent Act of xno Jjegisiaruro me scnoois wouiu get nothing from this source this year, as tho State's net profits were to be credited to tho schools, but tho schools wero to be charged with an equal amount from tho general dispensury account and that tho money would go iuto tho Stato treasury for general State purpose*. tTud that the schools would no? get one cent this year from that W.-oe. Mr. Maytield responded ^^to a further question by saying that he schools need not look for any revenuo from the dispensary for at least t wo years, as tho profits for this year Would not equal tho general dispensary account with which it is being charged; that tho net dispensary income was such an uucertaiu quantity that it would uot bo safe to count on *"? -it lex any purpose until it was already in hand, and thereforo it would novel ,do to run tho schools and expect to pay the school claims from tho dispensary net proeeods. Owing to this uncertainty and delay, Mr. Maytield said, ho could give the people no assurance as to when they would receive any part of the dispensary protits. Mr. Maytield expressed great regret thut the people who had been depending on tho dispensary profits to help out tho poll tax and three-mill tax to give them longer sessions and better schools would havo to be disaiiDointed so far an the dispensary profits were concerned. He said the law and circumstances over which he hail no control made this the case. This brought up the question as tc liow this uncertainty nud delay coulil lie avoided. Mr. Mavfield was asked to explain this if he could, and he replied that under the present law and the present system under which tin dispensary had to bo run there was nt immediate relief that he could see, Mr. Mavfield strongly favored the en forcemeat of the present dispensary law as long as it remained the law, He earnestly declared himself 111 favoi of the dispensary idea. This statement indicated that lie favored a ditferen1 -plan to the one now in force, and ii; response to a question he re-affirmed that he had always favored the idea, ilmt did not think the present systen the best one that could be found. lit said he had never thought that tin best plau for carrying out the dispensary luca nail been adopted and tine 'lie had always favored another plan which was a very different one t'rou the one now in operation. Ho said i was not his purpose to criticise tin tpresent dispensary law, but he though Ills plan if it were given a trial wouh prove to be n very much more satiafuc tory ftiul better one. He gave an out liuo of bin plan, Haying that to go iut< details fully would take too long Briefly stated, it was as follows: Mil, >1 AYKlKI.O's 1'I.AN. There should be a separate and do tinct State department created to loo! after this business, with a chief otlice who should he called State inspector four deputy inspectors, with the powc vested in the State inspector to aj ]>oint as many additional deputy in spectors as occasion might demand (looking to the opening up of the hui iness and extra occasions,! all to be o salary and bonded ollicers. He est mated that the total expense of this d? partrneut need not extend ?10,000 pe annum, which was a very small amour comjtared with what is spent in rui ningthe present system. That net liquor should be sold in an county, or city, or town, or place tin wns drv bv statute. 1 hut 110 liquor should he sold excel "within incorporated cities and towi which were not dry by law, and tin none should be sold within such citu nud towns until the qualified eleetoi of such cities and towns had passed o the question by a direct vote. That hi those cities and towns whei the qin s'.iou had been settled in fuv< of allowing it to be sold, the nuiyi and clerk should certify that fact t .the State inspector. That no liquor should ho sold in tb uriti.s and towns which permitted ii I Bftio except r>v sncn persons as iiio mayor ami county supervisor Hhonltl appoint, ami that the mayor ami county supervisor should vouch for the good character ami responsibility of each proposed vendor. Each proposed vendor should give a good aud sutlicient bond for his faithful observance of the law, with heavy fines imposed for its violation and with I... ri.vlif /->f /-ontim-Msion of tho entire stock for repeated violations. That tbo mayor and county supervisor should notify the State inspector of their action when nn appointment had been made by them, and the Stato i inspector should send a deputy inspec| tor to view the premise", "witn power ! to approve or condemn. That the proposed vendor should i submit to the deputy inspector threo j copies <?f the bill of liquors ho proi posed to purchase, and if the liquors were of approved brands the deputy inspector should send one copy to the State inspector, keep one himself and give the third to the proposed vendor, and should give him a shipping permit for each package ho proposed to ship into tho State, each shipping permit to be dated, signed aud numbered. When tho liquors arrived and the vendor was ready tho deputy iuspcctor should test the quality and guage the quantity, aud authorize tho vendor to put the liquor into packages. Thut the liquor should measure no more nor no less than it measures in bulk aud the quality should be the came. Thut for the privilego to sell tho vendor should pay to tho State a grad ?-i :_:i a. u ii.. i utiieu priviitrgu iua ntuuruiu^ iu iuu amount in the package, and that the payment of thin tax should be shown by a label which ahould bo signed by the State inspector, countersigned by the deputy inspector, dated, numbered, have the amount of the tax written on its face and should be securely fastened over the mouth of the package, that this tax should be something iike two cents for each half pint, four cents a pint, eight cents a quart, sixteeu cents a half gallon and thirty-two cents a gallon. That for the privilege to sell the 1 vendor should also pay to the city a j graduated tax for each package he pro- j poses to sell, according to the amount in the package, and that the pnymeut of this tax should be shown by a label 1 also placed over tho mouth of each packnge and that the label should show the amount of such tax, be signed by ' the mayor, countersigned by the clerk, dated and numbered. That tho revenue to the cities and towns from such privilege tax should be expended for police purposes by cites and towns in such manner as they may decide. I *1. ~ *i.? JL nut IUU iUUUUlU IU 111U k:iUU' U V'lU J such privilege tux should go first to the payment of expenses of the Criminal Courts, jail fees, convict expenses, and the expenses of supporting and protecting the poor in the couuty in which the tax is raised: Second, the remainder should go into tho State treasury and the expenses of tho Insane Hospital should be paid out of it. Third, ami the residue should go to ' the support of the free publie schools of the State. No pool tables, billiard tables, no ' game of chance, no loafing, no opening of packages or drinking on the premises, no selling to miners or habit1 ual drunkards, should bo permitted, and no liquor to be sold except iu the day time and none ou Sunday. The vendor should be given the right | to call on the city, town or State authorities to protect him in his business. J Mr. May field said he believed in sobriety and good order, and while he did not favor liquor drinking, he believed that thiH plan afforded the best restrictions that could bo thrown ! around tho traffic. He contended that this plan would throw the responsibility as to whether liquor should be j sold or not directly upon tho people of . * i cities and towns, and if they permitted j Jit and granted the privilege they j J would be bound in all law and morals | to protect tho man in his business to ' 1 | whom they granted the privilege; ttint 1 I the county receiving the privilege tux ' j would he bound to protect him in his J | business, and that the State having t granted him the privilege to sell would be also bound to protect him in his j business. ^ Mr. May field declares that under this plan each vendor would purchase ^ his liquors from whomsoever ho I pleased, provided they were of upproved brands and quality, become his own drayago payer, his own leakage j anil breakage loser, his own rent payer, ' his own insurance payer, his own clerk ! hire payer, his own bottle buyer and j bottler, and uinko his own salary, if he got any. In fact, the vendor would k bear all expenses and the income to the r cities, towns, counties and State would be almost entirely net, and the amount ' of this income would astonish nnvorie : who would take the pains lo muKu the '* calculation. The profit laid in dollars, '* he said, would reach from the picnic grounds to the public road many times : over. lie regretted that since the II ; matter was up, that he did not have the l~ [ number of gallons that hail been j sold by the dispensary since it r Opened, so that he could ; show what the ineoino to the conn l" j tics, cities, tow ns and State w ould have j been based on this plan. lie said that -v under the present plan the expenses of operating the dispensary were iiccest i sorily enormous, and there was no way to keep them down, and therefore the ! profits from the dispensary must necessarily be small as compared with the profit under the ether plan. If it were I the purpose of the State to make U | liquor bear the burden of the evil it I brought upon the country as far ns ( Mich a thing was possible, he favored ,r | such a change as would make the r i revenue sufficient for the purpose, and ? I favored a; plying that rexeinie strictly i to police purposes and thereby relieve " the people froiu the expenses of supI., V porting the jail?, poor houses, insane isylnitiH iiud criminal pro mentions, and lio favored applyiug any remainder there might lie to the education of the young against the use of liquor and prcpuro them for manhood and womanhood. Mr. Mayfield said ho thought this plan would overcome the moot of the objections lie had ever heard against the dispensary law uud would bring to its support the religious element of the country. As far as revenue purposes were concerned ho declared that there were no comparisons between this plan and the one now in operation. MILLS AUK ltV THIS t/OTTON. lvapld Crowth of the Cotton Manufacturing In the State. Last full there was nu unusual spurt in cotton mill construction. Mnnv thought that tho fever would die out, but such does not appenr to be the case, judging from the number of commissions that are being obtained through the Secretary of State. The beauty of tho thing is that the mills are being built with home capital, and that they aro being distributed over considerable territory. It will not be long at tho rate of increase of mills before every county in the Stato will consume its entire crop of cotton. Some idea of the activity in cotton mill building may bo obtained fVom a list of the commissions issued during tho past four months. The record ainco January is striking, and shows tho following projected mills: Jonesville Knittiug Mill $ 5,000 Pee-Dee Cotton Mills, Marion 50,000 Seaviow Mills, Charleston.... 100,000 Clio Cotton Manufacturing Company, Clio 40,000 Beaufort Cotton Mills 50,000 Beaver Dam Mills, McColl's. 150,000 Glendel Mills, Greenwood ... 150,000 York Cotton Mills 75,000 Enterprise Cotton Mills,Chester 20,000 Clearwater Blcachory, Aiken Co *. 50,000 Arkwrigat Mills, Spartanburg 200,000 Blacksburg Cotton Mills 50,000 isamncrg Knitting .Mills lu.uuu Brauchville Cotton Factory.. '25,000 EuterpriseCottouMillsOraugeburg 00,000 Those mills when built will represent ii capital of a little over a million dollars. One of the last of the mills to get a commission is the proposed mill at Orangeburg. The shares iu this mill are to be $50 each, of which $10 is to be paid at outset, uud the remainder in instalments of $'2 per share per month. Besides the great number of mills going up in different parts of the State,' additions are being made to many of the mills already established, but of theso additions there is no ollicial record. * PALMETTO SIKTINCiS. The Simonds National Bank, of Sumter, has changed its title to the First National Bank. The leading business men of Manning has subscribed S'2,'20() for tho erection of a tobacco warehouse. Tho Pudding Swamp Tobacco Warehouse Co., of Mayesvillc, has been organized, with a capital of $4,00U. A. A. Strauss, secretary. Tho Clieraw and Chester railroad was sold Monday, May 1th, under an order signed by Judgj Witherspoon, nt the March term of court. A. A. Springs and associates have incorporated the North A* South Island A- Annaudale Telephone Co., of Georgetown, with a capital stock of $1,000. The Secretary of State lias issued a charter of the Anderson Mutual Firo and Life Insurance company. The directore are, A. .1. linker, W. G. Watson, A. 11. Hubbard, M. L, Bonham, T. L.Crozby, .T. G. Duckworth, J. J. Major and .J. N. Vaudivor. The proposed cotton mill at Branchville has applied for charter, with its capital stock placed at $2">,000. The incorporators are Messrs. II. II. Jennings' W. J. Faircy, F. M. Stokes, C. F. Snioak and others. Governor Evans has received an invitation irom the Governor of Tennessee requesting him to attend tho celebration of the looth anniversary of the establishment of that State, togothor with his stajf and as many of the soldiers and civilians of South Carolina as can come. THE TRADE CONGRESS ENDED. It Meets Next Year In Kansas Cby-Certutn Legislation Favored by the Convention. The South and West Grain and Tr??le 1 Congress held its third annual session I in Charleston Thursday. Tho congress met nt 10 o'clock a. m. and adjourned rit *> p. in., finished its business aud resolving to hold its next meeting in Kansas City next spring. A pczma' nent organization whs inado hy the election of Mr. H. S. Potter, o! St. 'Louis, eliiiirinrtn, nnd a vice chiii tniin i from eneli Statu represented on, the \ floor. A memorial was ad.pted ' and sent to the President o tlio L'nited States Senato l>v telegrnjh reipiestiug to have tho appropriation for Savannah replaced in tho rivei and harbor bill. Addresses were del vered by President Pish of tho Illinois Central system; by Mr. J. M. Lore, of Kansaa City; Mr. Ureedlovo Smth. 'of New Orleans; Mr. Killebrew, of Nafchville, and Mr. F. C^! O'Neill, of CharI leston. Hesolutious were adopted endorsing the Nicaraguan Cuiul, the proposed new naval station at Nov Orleans, the improvement of the Mississippi river and tho Fryo bill a tho Senate and the Cobb bill in " t, fit on so relating to tiio estabiishmei at o department in the national ^ovnient of commerce and inanufac turf The I sesHioti was a most inte .uiid ! successful one. I PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. ... THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CON STITL'TION. Adopted by the Democratic State Convention Hold September ll>. 1804 Article I. There shall bo ono 01 more Democratic clubs organized in each township or ward, each of which clubs shall have ditdiuct title, "The Democratic Club," and shall cloct a president, one or more vice president*, a recording and eorresponding secretary and a treasurer, and shall have the following working committees, of not less thau three members each, viz.: A committee on registration, an executive committee, and such other committees as to each club may seem expedient. Article IL The meetings of tho clubs should be frequent after the opening of tho canvass, and some member of the club or iuvited speaker deliver an address at each meeting, if practicable. The clubs shall meet on the first Monday iu May and tho third Wednesday in May respectively. Each county shall lie entitled to double the representatives as it has in the General Assembly iu State nominations. Article III. Tho president or five members shall have power to call an extra meeting of tho club and onefourth of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Articli: IV. The clubs iu each county slir.ll be held together and op erated under the control of a county executive committee, which shall consist of one inembr from each club, to be elected by the respective clubs. The executive committee, when elect- , ed, shall appoint its own oflicers, who shall not necessarily be members of said committeo, uud till all vacancies , which may arise when the convention . is not in session, provided, thatauotli- ( ccr so elected who is not a member of ( the committee shall not be entitled to a vote on any question, except the chairman, and then only in case of a tie vote. Tho tenure of otlice of the ( executive committee shall be until the: tirst Monday in May of each election, year, at which time tho county conventions shall be called together to re- , orgauize the party. Every Presidential election year county conventions shall be called by tho executive committee tin tho first Monday iu May and st^l elect delegates to a State convention called lor the purpose of electing delegates to the National Democratic Convention.-and to elect tho member of the Nutionsl Democratic Executive Committee from this State. The State convention shall bo called by the State executive committee to meot every Presidential election year on the third Wednesday in May, and every State election year county and State conventions shall meet on the first Mouday in May and the second Monday in May respectively. I Article V. County Democratic convntitwtriK shall be CnllirtoKcd of dele gates elected by tho several local clubs, one delegate for every twenty-five voters, as shown by the club list made at the preceding first primary election, and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof, with tho right to each county convention to enlarge or diminish the representation according to circumstances. Tho county conventions shall bo called together by the chairman of tho respective executive committees under such rule, not inconsistent with the constitution nor with the rules adopted by the State Democratic executive committee, as each county may adopt, and when assembled shall be called to order by the chairman of the executive committee, ami the convontiou shall proceed to nominate and elect among its members a president, one or more vicepresidents, a secretary and a treasurer. Any county may permit the formation of new club or clubs by a mujonty of its members. In all cities with a population of oOOO and over there may be two clubs in each ward; they shall be1 organized in obedience to this constitution. as are tho clubs elsewhere in this State, and iu organizing said clubs they shall have representation in the county conventions respectively as said conventions shul! deeluro in accordance with the provisions of this constitution. Aiitulk VI. For the purpose of nominating candidates for (iovernor, Lieutenant-Governor and all other State officers, including Solicitors to their respective circuits, and Congressmen their respective districts, and Presidential electors, and I'nited States Senators, by the popular vote, and all county ollicers, except trial justices and'masters and supervisors of regis tration, a direct primary election shall be held on the last Tuesday in August of each election year, and a second and third primary each two weeks successively thereafter. At this election only Democratic white voters who have been residents of the State twelve mouths and the county sixty days proceeding the next general ejection, and sueL negroes as voted Ifae Democratic jcket continuously 1H7">, to bt shown by the eor?itilf)to of ten white Democratic votors; provided that nc person shall bo allowed to vote excepi his naino be enrolled on the particulai club list at which lis offers to vote ai least five days before the day of tin ; lirst election. Tho club rolls of th< paity shall constitute the registry lis and shall bo open to inspection by an; member of tho party, and tho clcctioi under this clause s';ull be hold and reg uDted under the Act of the Genera Assembly of this State, approved Docomber 22, 1888, and any subsequent Acts of the legislature of this State. Tho Stato executive committee shall meet 011 the Friday after each primary, or such other time as may be designated by the chairman, to canvass the vote and declare the result as to all State oilicers, Congressmen, Presidential electors aud United States Senator. All contests shall be heard first by the county executive committee of the county in which irregularities may havo occurred, and may be reviewed by the State executivo committee, whose action Bhall bo final, provided, that no voto shall bo counted for any candidate who does not file with the chairman of the State executive com iuiiiiT, or wuu iuo reupfuuve cimiruiuu of the couuty executive committees, n pledge iu writing that ho will abide the result of such primary and support the party nominees, and that ho is not, nor will ho bocome tho candidato of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, othor than the regular Democratic nomination; providod further that no candidate bo declared nominated unless he receives a majority of tho votes cast. Article VII. Tho officera of the State convention shall bo president, one vice-president from each Congressional district, two secretarios and a treasurer. Article VIII. Tho State Executive Committee shall bo composed of one member from each county, to be elected by tho county conventions on the first Monday in May of each eleotion year. When elected said Executive Committee shall choose its own officers, not necessarily members thereof, prior to said election: Provided, that any officer so elected who is not a member of the committee Bball not bo entitled to voto on any question, except a chairman, and then only in case of a tio vote. The State Executive Committee shall meet at the call of the chairman, or any five members, and at such times aud places as ho or they may appoint. The member of the National Democratic Executive Committee from South Carolina shall bo elected by tlio May State Convention iu 189f>, and every four yearn thereafter, and when elected shall bo ex-ofllcio a member of tho State Executive Committee. Vacancies ou said executive committees, by death, rcsiguittious or otherwise, shall be tilled by the respective county executive committees. The State Executive Committee is charged with the execution and direction of tho policy of the party in this State, subject to this constitution, tho principles declared in the platform of principles, and such instruction, by resolution or otherwise, as a State convention may from time to time adopt, not inconsistent with this constitution, and shall continue iu olllce for two years from the timo of election or until their successors have been elected. If ui\y vacancy occnr in the State ticket or of electors, by death, or other cause, tho committee shall havo the power to till tho vacancy by a majority vote of tho whole committee. Article IX. Tho vote in tho respective counties for all of tho State ollicers, Congressional, Presidential electors and United States Senator shnll be transmitted by the chairman of tho respective county executive committees to tho chairman of tho State executive committee as early as practicable after each primary, who niiit11 juui:ri.-u iw iiunuoa iuu vuiu uuu declare the result. Article X. When tho convention assembles it shall be called to order by the chairman of the Stato executive committee. A temporary chairman shall bo nominated and elected by the convention, and after its organization the convention shall proceed immediately to tho election of permanent ollicers and to the transaction of business. When the biitiiucss has concluded it shall adjourn sine die. Article Xf. Heforc tho election in 1 H'.lb, and each election thereafter, the State Democratic executive committee shall issue a call to nil candidates for State oflices to address the people of tho different counties of tho State, fixing tho dates of the meeting; and also inviting tho candidates for Congress, United States Senate, delegates to the State convention and for Solicitors in their resjiective districts and circuits, to be present and uddress tho people. At such meetings only the candidates shove set forth should bo allowed to speak. Article XII. It shall bo tho duty of each county executive committee to appoint meetings in their rospoctivo counties to bo addressed by the candidates for tho General Assembly ami for tho different county offices, all of whom, except trial justices and masters, shall bo elected by primaries on tho last Tuesday in August of each election ynar under the same rules and Aktk nr. XIII. Each county delegation to a State convention ahall havo power to li 11 any vacancy therein. Aiiticj.k XIV. This constitution may be amended or altered at the regular May convention of the Stnto or at nny convention called specifically for that purpose, which shall specify the changes to be made. Aktm i.k XV. Any county failing or refusing to organize under tho provisions of this constitution shall not have representation in the State Democratic Convention. J. L. M. Inuv, Chairman State Dern. Ex. Coin. D. II. Tompkins, Secretary. (Ireatest Comparison on Kartli. It is said that the greatest corporation on earth ir the London ami Northwestern Itailway Company, of England. It has a capital of $f.!tr?.00f),0tio ami n revenue of ?f! ,.'><)() an hour; has 'J,.'(00 engines, ami employs tie.000 men. Every thing is made hy the company -bridges, engines, rails, carriages, wagons, andan iiinumenit'le lot of other things; even the coal scuttles '::> ! wooden limhs for tho injured of its stuff. ttopairs to the permanent way cost - K5ti,CG() a month. WKAIII.K CKOI* UUMiKTlX Of South Carolina Climate aiul Crop Service. Ilot weather continued the entire week, but with a gradual tendency towards lower temperature. There was more cloudiness, also, that tended to* make the heat more tolerable thun during tho previous week. The excess in temperature averaged ten degrees per day over the normal, ranging from 8 on tho coast to 12 in the western portions of the state. Tho heat was very evenly distributed; thirty-two stations reporting mean temperature, did not differ moro than three degrees in their mean for tho week. Tli#? jmnti tioiiiMtriitnrH for thn WApk. deduced from 32 stations, was 70 degrees, aud the normal for tho same poriod iH approximately 05 degrees. A maximum temperature of 08 was recorded at Giliisonville uu the 20th, aud tho week's minimum of 57 was recorded at Greenville on the 21st. and at Society Hill on the 25tli. The dry weather was greatly relieved in places by rains that covered the entire State during the afternoon and night of Friday tho 24th, with the exbeption of parts of Fairfield county, where no rain fell. The north central counties, including Richmond, Fairfield, Union, Newborry, York, Lancaster and Sumter, had least rain with amounts in no place exceeding 0.50 of an inch and generally less than 0.25 of an inch; in the extreme western couutics the rain was Bomcwhat heavier, and also in the Savauuah valley, while in the eastern portions of tho State the rainfall averaged from 0.50 of an inch to 1.80 inches. The following heavy rains were reported: Trenton, 0.04; McColl, 1.00: Elloroe, 0.05; Effingham, 0.85; Chesterfield, 1.1(5; Sham's Forks, 1.12; Darlington, 1.80; Rlackville, 1.00; Clio, 1.00. There is little chnngo to record in the general condition of crops, except where tho rainfall was most copious, all vegetation was freshened and vitalized, but over the greater portion of the State the need of rain lias not i....... i... n... UUUU 1I1IUV11(UI> icontuuu u> IUI; amounts that fell, which iu ninny places gave only Hurfnco wetting. The northeastern counties fared best in the matter of rainfall, nud there all crops and vegetation were looking well at the close of the week. Ravages by insects nro this week reported from various portions of the State. Colorado beetles in York, Charleston and Beaufort counties; a small beetle has attacked tobacco plants, cut worms are destructive in the fields nud gardens iu Lexington county, and other reports of less specific nature indicate the prevaleucy of insect pests over a large portion of the State. Cotton planting has progressed fair- ^ ly well, having been resumed since the rains, uud is nearly finished; different sections report from 10 to 25 per cent, yet to plant. That of earliest planting is up to pretty good stands, but hurdly satisfactory ones, while lator planting incoming up very slowly, but will bo helped by the ruins where heavy enough. The cotton crop husgeucrnlly made satisfactory advance over the previous week, ami has, whero up, a good healthy color, and is receiving its first plowing. Some tobacco lias been transplanted in the northeastern counties where the rains mode the ground wet enough, but more and heavy rains are needed to make transplanting safe, and so this work was not pushed during the week. Reports from Kershaw County state that in consequence of the scarcity of plants land that were fertilized and prepared for tobacco will be planted to other crops, principally cotton. Generally tobacco plants are looking flue. The advantage in crop conditions now rests with the eastern portions of the State, while on the previous week it was with the western portion, the rains having cutised the difference. J. W. Rai kh, Section Director. MOXKY IN MKIHCINAL PLANTS. An I'ntrled linslness for the People of the Coast Region of South Carolina. A Reaufort merchant sends The News and Courier the following note concerning a neglected industry: "Dr. F. I'. I'orchor, in a report to the American Medical Association, points out the exceptionally large number of plants possessing medicinal and rtlu?p 11 mi* fill <ninlifi*>u uliinli nrn itwli. genous to the low country of South Carolina. A single circumscribed locality in the lower section of this State but ten miles in diameter, furnishes one and one-third inoro than the whole State of New York, which is mid to include an area equal in extent to the whole of (treat Ilritain. "The report before us (no date) deals with four hundred and ten species and to any man of scientific tendencies it seems a wonder that the industry of collecting and preparing many of them for the market has not as yet received its duo amount of attention from our progressive business men. Correspondence with tirnis engaged in the business in other loctili- J ties shows that we areinmany respects remarkably well situated for its sue- 1 cesaful prosecution. The labor would j be mainly women and children, and j the work of collecting these wild prod- J nets will not bo influenced by tho sea- 1 son of tho year or any of tho vicissi- j tudes of weather which atToct staple | crops. For the first firm that engagoa J in 'herb-gathering' we ventnro to pro- j diet a most nrosporous future." 1 Andrew Carnegie's <iencroslty. J Andrew Carnegie lias purchased fur $"25,- M 00() a plot of ground at luiqticsne, near l'ittsburg, Pa.. '>ii wlii'di lie will erect two hand- 3 some I .wildings, one a public library the other >1 n gymnasium ami nululnriimi. The estimated cn>t of tic buildings is . j'1.1(1.000, Tln-v will lx> free to tlic citi/cns of l>u<jiicsiio and oiuj -. cca of the Carnegie Steel C. m puny.