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M MIS OF IHliL1 Old Stories Revived by Recent Enterprises. j FAIR WAY TO BE RE-OPENED. Silver mid I.ead Mines Known to tli?? Indians llel'ore the White Men Discovered America. From rumors afloat it seems that tho gold interests around Troy, Abbeville ?ount.v, are to be developed. Parties have l>eeti prospecting, and assays made range from $10 to $100. There is no doubt about tho gold being there, and many people believo that thore are fortunes for thoso who will dig. An old miner writing iu the Augusta (Oa.) Chronicle, says: "Tho Dorn mine was the richost vein ever discovered in this country, and the Helknap-Smith miue is today one of the host paying in the South, and in uiv opinion there is no reason why there should not l>e a thousand just as Hood." The l>orn mine is at McCormick, about five miles from this place. The lirst vein was diseovered somewhere in the ."ill's, and Mr. William l)oru, the owner, with a few humls and crude machinery often got out over 31,u00 worth of gold iu a day. In a few years the mine yielded more than a million dollars. Fost of tho gold was taken from pockets, the last of which was exhausted soon after the war. Mr. Dorn, who had spent his fortune in philanthropic ways and in negro investments, was then forced to discontinue work, and soon died in poverty. The mine is now owned by Mrs. Cyrus MeCoriniek, of Chicago. Mr. Ij. W. Jordan, of Seneca, and others, who so far have taken no steps towards reopening it. "Experienced miners have said that there is still more gold in the mine than hus ever been taken out, and after a heavy rain nuggets of gold are often found in tho vicinity. \ man living near McCormick has supported his family for years by washing surface ore. Trueos of gold have been found from Little Mountain, six miles south of Abbeville, to the l>< fu mine, adistnneeof twenty miles. Severn! shafts have been sunk near Troy, and last summer a nuggett which sold for Sin was ploughed up on the outskii is of the town. There are several vulit.ihle mines on the Bradley estate near here, which will be opened at an i al l v date. Peunsylvania company is now in |.ov . s?i n, of tin' initio nt 1 jit tin Mountain where they lin\0 placed $",'0,000 t\ o i ii of imu'liiiu'ry. I'll** Keynohls mint?, three miles from In-iv, which whs discontinued on account of sulphurets, will soon bo reopened. 'I'liis mine bus assayed $100 to tin* t<>n. < >ne of tin- most valuable veins so far diseovored is on the land of Prof. WilMePaslan, of t \\ntou. The vein is jihont two miles this si?ie of Tjittlo Mountain. The ore lias assayed very high. and nuggets as large us grains of eorn have been picked up. With a erode roclo r the ore bus yeilded as high as from $1:! to $17 per day. Prof. MeCuslan's fatln-r refused $',*0,000 for the place. Years ago, in an aceoiuit of his journey through this seetion, Prof. La Horde, of the tSouth Carolina College, foretold that the mineral spring- of M eriwcther eounty, (ienrgia, would elaim the attention they now hold, and at the same time he predieted that the gold tields of Abbeville county. South Caroliuu, would some day yield immense fortunes. Experienced miners Mat that the cold is here and all that is i <]?>?I is capital < develop it. Mineral deposits were diseovered in tli- part of the State by the Spaniards ovi i three hundred .rears ajjo. In 1 "> 10 DeSoto. in his search for'gofrf, reached the capital of the fmnoiis territory of Cotaclii<|Ue. where he found a people who ma le their hatchets from an alloy ?f oold and cupper. 1 ho Spanish (io\ erm was treated with o|,.at hospitality Ic. nil la. the beautiful Indian l^ueeti. until he had desecrated some <>f 111 js?i'i ed mounds. I he Indian- refiisinir to tell where lie ,d w.is obtained, the Spaniards lui ed from t he land they Inid so h>ti_' - ht and p: oeei'ded toward the I'ah loin _ i inim of i ieor^ia Xnallit - cap t:i . -,t:..:lcd at the j'inetioti of the Iti I and Savannah rivers, about lit tc( miles fiom lieie. V of tin ea. !\ historians of South ' ;i ma einplui i'/e the fact that there ;ii" valuable mineral resonrees in this pa'' ; the Mate. Adair tells ofa-ll.< iue w'nieii was operated hy it jtmiff ; ot ;111? i feiters. I.o^an adds that all I tin of thi- mine, like iiiauy others in 11. .. e lejil.tl, have beell lost l.ilW : oti titles that from time i umeiiiorial ? won I nt . ill I gold mi<I iI\ er in upper j Carolina. I'M! they concealed tin4 tact j I'm4 fear t'li'n4 lauds Wnidd In- settled bv | tin* fox tells of a quick silver I In . i; 11 ' I I \ 'In* I lot 1.1 lis, the site of w i... i I'illili"! now In- found. Mills | >:i\ lti.it as lati4 us |s|", the Indians | wi n- working a vi-n l irli silvoi4 initio, , til-- location of w Inch they carefully <4oi;<4>4aloil from tiio whites. It is a well km v. n fact that the Indians mined then lead somewhere in this region, ami ttares of other minerals are frequently found. I .Oman's History of I"pperSouth Cur olina. written hi lsV.i, tells of an aneient silver intiie, which was once worked, near the site of old Itoek t'htireh, on Coronuka Creek in this county. Tradition says that itwasdis ( covered I?\ a hand who had probably <le sci ted i * 'in I'e Soto s t'lllilp oil till4 !">s vaniuih rt\i 4 I lie entire party. i M-.-pt two. weii uiassuered by the Indians, who "threw the entire mass of the accursed metal they had raised and melt ed back into the mine and so restored I the spot to its primitive aspect that no vigilance or skill of civilized men lias siuee availed to recover the lost troas- I ure. 'The prec.o is secret douht ' loss passed away forever with the red men. " fn 1?tfl when au ariuy under .fames (iraut, Oovernor of Fast Florida, was brought up from Charleston it encamp ml for u few days in this vicinity. The surrounding settlers learned from some of the old soldiers that "the Pointing H'?ek. which stood close on the side of the old Keowec trail, had been noted by tlie escaped Spaniards as a landmark by which their treasure might once more be found. It lay just two miles east of that rook." Logan says that the story of the lost mine exerted a wonderful influence upoa the sons of the old men of the Coronaka settlement, who had served in Governor Grant's army, and who can scarcely be charged with being inordinately sentimental or romantio. Karly in the present oentury a company, composed of some of the most practical men in the neighborhood, most of whom had been Revolutionary soldiers, was organized to search for the lost mine, and sinoe then several other attempts were made to find it. Logan concludes: "The old Spanish mine is yet undiscovered. It may be, however, that when all is forgotten when tho tradition itself has faded from the memory of nan. and the last witness of its infill once upon the mimls and imaginations of our grandfathers is no moro some fortunate farmer, while enlarging with enlightened judgment the operations of his agricultural improvements, deepening his furrows and lengthening his ditches, will one day unexpectedly lay open the lost mine aud treasures of the Spaniards. When capital is brought here to devolop the gold mines already discovered some wonderful revelations may ho made in regard to the mineral resources of the surrounding country. \VKKIiPY I !{<?!? KULLETIN OP the South Carolina Climate ami Crop service. The weekly Climate aud Crop Service linlletiu for the week ending April lTth. as issued liy Observer Huuer, is as follows: The rainfall dnrinir tlu? -week was light over the entire State, ami fell in scattered showers. At quite a number of places no rain fell during the week. The heaviest weekly rainfall reported was o.??'.> at (Jreenvile. Twenty-two places reported some rain, the average amount heing 0. lib ami the normal bathe week is approximately 0.S2 of an inch. I'.uiu is needed to bring up freshly planted cotton and for gardens, also to soften the citist on heavy lauds that were, until recently, too wet to cultivate u:ul which bal.ed in drying. 1 he light rains did not interfere with farm work, which was uninterrupted during the entire week. 1 here was more sunshine tliau during any previous week of the season. The nights were too cool for the best growth of crops, especially cotton and corn, which in consequence are reported sickly in places but generally are growing nicelx. ('urn planting made rapid progress during the week ami is Hearing c mpletion in the more easterly counties, ami centra! portions of the Mtutc.w here the early planted is coining up to good stands: but rt-.n Is are damaged in tinsoiiti u>t< rn counties b\ cut ami bud worms ami b\ birds, w iiich are l eported very troublesome, neee*si?atltig considerable replanting. In the western counties corn planting is well under way. and early planted i> coining up. t niton planting is now general over the entire Mute, ami at tout two-thirds finished in the eastern portions. in the tohnceo district-- nhiuts are tine and |11fit 1 iiii?l setting ??nt to baeeo is in advance of last year. Win-lit. cuts and rye arc orowin?? rapidly uiid looking very promising, Imt need ruin in places. live is hcudini; aver the castorn and central counties. Sweet potatoes coming up in beds. Irish potnti es 11?.inyr well but need rain. Potato bitjrs have appeared in Cliarleston County, but ure not as numerous as at this time last year. Iteports eonceriunu peaelies are more favorable generally than last week, and unless injured bereatter promise a fan erop. Apples and pours still in bloom and apparently unharmed. (tindens ?;ro\vinjj slowly but are yielding early vegetables over the greater portion of the State. 'trucking interests need rain and warm weather I or t?e.st ''low th. ravorable reports w ere received concerning all 11ic minor crops usually cultivated at this season of the year. The feeling of discouragement has disuppearct and farmers are pushing thenwork w it It energy. MANMNd'S llOSIKKY Success of ii Small Indtist ry--KoraljfU SKIIUmI Labor an Advantage. The Manning rorrftRpolident of tlio News ami Oonrier snvs: The Manning Hosiery Mill, under the siiperinteti deney of Mr. John Meier, has been most successful since its establishment enrl\ last fall. The orders have exceeded its capacity, although their output was one hundred and fifty do/ens per day to start with. The factory which makes tlu* machines is unable to make them fast enough to supply the demand. Owing to this fuet Mr. \V. Scott liar \in. who is the ow net* of the mill, ha added to the new machines as fa^t as they could be made and shipped to him. When ail the machines ordered have boon received the capacity will have been doubled, ami yet the orders keep pa e with the output. The ipialitv of the goods made, together w ith the veri low price, makes them very salable. Several reasons account for this favorable condition, ami your correspondent must be pardoned for again mentioning the fact through your columns. One is thnt f lie sniwviii. tendent is the light man in tho right place, and unother, which is the ??x?-r?Ilent unit thrifty class of foreign skilled labor. The mill is not being entirely operated bv tint class, yet those in this locality who have been employed are piii-keued and energized by the ex ample set by the skilled labor, and will thus become experts much Sooner. The Southern States have made rapid strides during recent years in lnanufac tilling enterprises and in the majority of cases are making money. It is probable thut if those nulls which linvn been 0111,1 partially successful were to employ at least some foreign skilled labor the success of their mills would be more rapid and satisfaetory. One hp.s but to go through the mill to fully appreciate what can be done. IC;i<- >11 "li * ftitiny \:>ii ilmi't riil V** k^lu-l" -Tin waiting mr | ijcy |,ivi' liii sdcs buil: for i wo." lta<-on " You ran jjot taiulcins now." ! ! irl ?? rt "1 know; I nun ii a I?i < v i T < Iniiii I. ?: iwo dollars." Yuiikrih KUilisiiwin. IlD OFFICERS MIED.I I * Twenty-First Annual Session of Grand Lodge Knights of Honor. | WOMEN WANTED AS MEMBERS. There Are No I>el?t?--l'er Capita Tax I to be Continued ?t $t.-To Meet Next April. The State Grand Lodge of the irir... ...n..:. i 1 Iivm^u vo VI nuiiui mot ill mull inoukjrfirst annual session in Columbia last i week, untl the attendance of grand of| fleers was large. Oraud Dictator John ! E. Holmes presided, and in his report, said tho order in this jurisdiction had improved since the adoption of tho new assessment rates in November last and tho lodges show a steady growth siuce that time. Several lodges have made a net increase for the year. Tho iiuances of the grand lodge are in good condition, the cash balance on hand being $8,857.64. There aro no debts. The grand dictator recommends that a liberal appropriation be made for tho purpose of increasing the membership. During the year the grand dictator has visited many lodges in the State. The following re|>ort of the proceedings were given to the press: The committee on finance reported recommending that the |>er capita tax in subordinate lodges be continued at ?*t and that 1,K) be appropriated from the funds of tho Grand Lodge for the purpose of extending tho membership of tho organization in this State. This amount is to be supplementary to a sum to be appropriated for the same purpose by tho supreme lodge, amounting nrolmhl v to tiii III The membership of the order in South Carolina is now 2%'2'2~t. A resolution was adopted that tho funds of the Graud Lodge, usually amounting to about $0,000 he deposited in one or more hanks in this State at the highest rate of interest obtainable, the bank or hanks to he designated by the committee charged with that duty by the constitution. A further resolution was adopted that tho advisory hoard should he continued as at present constituted and authorized to appropriate the $1,'?00 above referred to, if so much he necessary for the. development and extension of the order in South Carolina. Under a resolution adopted the installation of officers in subordinate lodges will hereafter be in public wherever |>racticahle. The grand dictator was requested to prepare a circular to he sent by tho grand reporter to each member of the order in this State, in regard to the appropriation for tho extension of tho order. The next meeting of the Grand Lodge will be held in Columbia on the third Wednesday in April, is;?s. All of the old officers and committees of the Grand Lodge were re-elected, as follows: Past Grand Dictator N". \V. Trump, of Columbia. Grand Dictator John E. Holmes, Spartanburg. ( Third Term.) Grand Vice Dictator W. A. Templeton, Abbeville. Grand Assistant Dictator P. F Dunne, Charleston. (irand Reporter L. N*. Zcal.v, Columbiu. Ornnd Treasurer? J. T. Robertson, Abbeville. (irand Chaplain A. Ruist, Black 1 ville. (irand (iuide .1. W. Todd, Seneca. Grand < iuurdiun .T..F. Vernon, Wellford. (irand Sentinel .1. B. Lewis, Ander1 son. ! Crand Trustees?J. G. Tompkins, Hdgetield; H. C. Moses, Sumter, unil l>. A. Smith, AValhalla. (Committee on Laws and Supervision M. A. Carlisle, Newberry; L. \V. Perrin, Abbeville; (1. M. Pollit/.er, Charleston. Committee on Finance L. Sherfesee, Rock IIill; H. Ryttenberg, Sumter; .I. T. Hunter, Pendleton. Committee on Distribution?N, W. Trump. Columbia; W. A. Templetou, Abbeville; P. F. Dunne, Charleston. Committee on Credentials?J. G. Tompkins, II. C. Moses and D. A. Smith. There was unite a spirited contest in the matter of the selection of a representative of the (irand Lodge in the Supreme Lodge, which meets in St. Louis on June x. The nominees were Messrs. John K. Holmes, M. A. Carlisle and W. A. Teiuplcton. Mr. Holmesbeing elected with Mr. Templeton is alternate. The individual members of the(iraud Lodge contributed the amount of $111.20 t<> the fund which is being raised iu various ways for the erection of a monument to the memory of the late (i. W. Holland, formerly the grand reporter of the order in this State. A considerable fund has already been raised for this purpose and this is supplementary I thereto. The usual resolutions of thanks were adopted. Keserved for the last was one of the most important resolutions looking to tin- admission of women as members of the organization in South Carolina. It was ottered by ex-Governor Shcppard ami was adopted in the following form: Kesolyed, That the Grand Lodge of South Carolina hereby reiterates its ludgiuemt, heretofore expressed, that, the best interests of our order will be promoted by the admission of females into our order under such restrictions as mi the wisdom of the Grand bodge inav be just. i lie meeting was entirely harmonious i and pleasant. \fte: tlie installation of the grand of j tieei s. the Grand Lodge, which was eomposed largely of memhers who ha<l been present before, was adjourned until next April. Strange 'I'liey Should (Quarrel. Two men are in love with the same g:rl. Good! Now, it seems strange that they should quarrel with each other for being of the same mind. It is usually difference of opinion that lacites eontlk'U I HOW TO RAISR SUGAR BEETS. Some Interesting Facts for Those Who Will Cultivate the Crop In South Carolina. The sugar beet will be tried in South Carolina this year. There will lie a numlier of experimental acres in different parts of the State. There is no doubt its to the adaptability of our soil aud climate to this crop aud some surprising results will be obtained. The 1'ollpwing from a report of C. W. Chancellor, United States consul at Havre, France, made last July, will be interesting and instructive to those who will experiment with the new crop this year: "A largo acreage of beets is sown annually in France, and this is not to be wondered at, seeing that even in unfavorable seasons the crop pays the furuier better than wheat or any other agricultural product. In 1804 more than 1,700.000 acres of land were planted in beets, giving a total production of 18,400,000 tons of the root, or an average of nearly 11 tons per acre, worth about $4 per ton for forage and the manufacture of beet sugar. From 50 to (10 per cent, of the beet root raised in France is manufactured into sugar, the yield than 15 inches filled with thorn. "The crop should he gathered in September, at which time the beet luis generally acquired its full growth. "When the ground is soft enough the root may he drAwn by the stalks and loaves, hut if the ground is hard an iron instrument is used. After the beet is drawn it is left on the ground for a day to dry, then the stalks and leaves are out oft'and the beet put in a secure, dry place. They may thus he kept several months if kept dry and warm, iiit1 free from frost." I'llDKItAb AM) STATU (Ot it i s An Important Discussion Affecting Some Prominent Imwyers. The Supreme Court has just rendered an important decision 111 reference to contempt proceedings m this state. Several months ago the i'ulmetto Hrewery, in Charles-ton, which lias u special permit under the dispensary law, got into li'iuiicimI troubles ami the t\vi> opposing parties of stockholders and creditors applied to the I nited States and State courts for a receivership. ' udge J- io.ontou. of the t nited States court, appointed one receiver, and Judge (tenet, of the State Court, another. Asa matter of fact the I'nited States receiver was the first in possession of the property, hut .Judge Hcuet appointed alio! her. Sevi nil law \ ? i s in terested went to the t nited states Court and made legal motions to upset the order of .Judge Heuet. I he judge then ruled them for contempt of liis court, and lined and debarred them from practice. They appealed to the Supremo Court of the State, which decides against Judge lionet,In 1 ing that the lawyers, in fho exorcise of their | !-?>: e>HIOIIlll dlttlC-., llU'l S pelted i 'gilt to l.i the ? ii:t-?1 states Court, e?penallv jis some of 11 n*11* clients interested iiatl been ruled to appear in tliat court. Some of the most, prominent lawyers of ( hai leston and of the fMate woi e atVected by the order of injunction, ami the deeiaion of the court is considered a great victory for the bar. A Massachusetts* minister lias declined to receive $1,000 increase in bis salary and the congregation is about evenly divided as to whether Ihts indicates rem se of conscience or luuac; .... ? . l?oxn?r from 7 to 1) ner rent, of the gross weight of the root. As to tho expense of manufacturing the host sugar that, of course varies, but it may be computed at 10 to 12 francs per 100 kilograms, 00 cents to $1.15 per loo pounds. "The experience of French growers shows that the expence of cultivating ono acre of beets is as follows: Preparing tho laud $.1; ."> pounds of seed .r>0 cents; hand weeding and thinning $1.85; tirst working and transplanting $1.25; second working $1; gathering and piling beets and tops $d; total $10. "There is absolutely no waste of tho product of beet; every i>art of tho vegetable is utilized and rendered valuable. "The pulp after the juice has been exj ressed for sugar is devoured b3' cattle and is extreinly nourishing. The leavos nud stalks are utilized as food for cattle ami especially when fresh, not"oulv increase the animal's fat. but largely increase tin. yield of milk in tho cow. The dry leaves aud stalks when mixed with straw afford excellent and wholesome food during tho winter for cattle and sheep. "Experience in Frauce shows that all land suitable for wheat may bo employed for the cultivation of beets. It is necessary to avoid a soil too compact or containing too much eluy. A soil composed of sand and clay will servo well for the cultivation of tho. beet. A soil too dump is not suitable, because in this case the root gains quantity, but loses in quality. A soil moderately humid and exposed to the midday sun should be preferred. "Land intended for the cultivation of the heet should have a soil that can ho ploughed from it to IU inches ?leep in order that the growing root may easily penetrate it. It is ueeessary ai??ve all to avoid land that is shaded by trees and over which the air cannot circulate freely. "In France cow yard manure is greatly preferred over that of the horse. A field heavily manured will produce more beets, but the quality of thesugar will be in inverse ratio to the excess of manure. (!ood ground, well manured, which has been cultivated one or two years iu other crops forms the third year an excellent preparation for the heet. without additional manure. Vegetable manuie is to be preferred for the reason that an excess of it will not diminish the sugar as uuimal and chemi?xil manures are likely to do. Ashes, lime aud marl are much used iu France. The seed should be planted the middle of April, or not later than the end of that month. "They should he sown in furrows aud covered with a harrow or with the hand to the depth of half an inch or three-quarters of an inch. When the weather is warm and favorable, tho ground sufficiently wet and the seed good and fresh they will sprout in about eight days; otherwise they may not germinate for fifteen or twenty days. The increase of the beet is very rapid after the first working. When the plant has about six leaves or more all plants that are within 8 or D iuches should be draw 11 up and spaces of more | I SOUTH ADVERTISED. Representative McLaurin's Recent Speech Attracts Attention. FIGURES THAT MAKE FRIENDS. ? The Strong Showing AntoniHliee the North and Cireatly GratiflvH the South. m The New York Suu, of a recent date, ays: The lil trtkl opportunities for general debate allowed at the present session of Congress, have been improved by Representative John L. MeLaurin, of South Carolina, with some interestng remarks about the part of the country from which he comes. l>r. Depew has described the South as u region of vast, untouched forests and coal and iron veins, favored by health conditions unparulled and "the best climate m the, world. " Mr. MoLuuriu, coining to particulars, Huds 180,000,000 acres of unbroken forests in the South, with pine, walnut, oak, cherry, cypress, hickory and other woods; enormous stores of granite, marble and sandstone; phosphate rock in wonderful abundance; and in some places, as he learns, coal, iron, ore and limestone close together in the same range, "a condition that exists nowhere else in the world." Last year's cotton crop of the South was 9,887,000 bales, or 82 per ceut. of the whole world's production, and "brought more money from abroad than ull other agricultural products combined." The total cotton production since 1790, at its price in gold each year, is reckoned ut j>i.r?,oi 0,n00,oou? in exacter figures, 314,908,588,480. The exports alone for a century, or since 17110, have brought us $10,100,000,000. Last year the South produced 729,892,501 pounds of sugar, 07,017,070 gallons of molasses, and 108,005,440 pounds of rice, although of each of these urtieles far more was imported. Manufactures are growing enormously at the South. According to Gen. Longstreet, their products doubled iu vnlue between 1880 and 1890, while the waives of factory lint.ds nearly trippled, as did also the capital invested in cotton manufacturing. Hut, what is very remarkable, that capita', according to the general, has already nearly doubled since 181IP, being about UOO.OUU now to SOI,loo,out) then. In 1*80 the cottonseed oil capital was $3,*>00,000, and now it is over .<.'!(?,doo,000; in issn the South made :40T,000 tout of pig iron, and in !*.?.> it made 1,702, bSu tons; in 18'JO its coal output va> i>,000,000 tons. Low cost of labor, freedom from strikes, nearness to tin cotton holds, sin i low taxes all favoi the mills of the -outh. Congressman Covering, of Massachusetts, himself a manufacturer, with largt interests in the South, gave like testi moiiy in lus recent speech on the tariff. Within two years the S.outh's a Iditior of spindles, lie said, had been s-cj, .-10, aud New l.ngluiul's only ti71tlu former being an increase of :50 per cent, and the latter of .i1,. "If 1 were askei' where in all our eouutry was to h? found the best planned, best ordered, and best equipped mill running m low numbers, and at the best profit, l would point to South t nrolina." Then the people of the South, says Mr. Mcl.auriu, "are religiously in cliued, and churches are found everywhere." Their educational facilities will appear to visitors from other parts of the country "not disappointing, and their standard < f morals fully up to tlu average." The land titles are perfect and the taxes enviably low. Hut of the favored State of South Carolina Mr. McLauriii particularly speaks. In 1H110 Mr. Z. .f. Drake, <>: Marlboro county won a prize of ffl.ooi offered for the largest yield by gHther ing 2.V>{ bushels of eom from one acre, the amount looks large, but lie did il by getting two crops, planting the lira so that, by the time it matured he had > s coud ready to cultivate between tin rows. "1 have myself," says Mr. Me Laurin, "made a crop of oals. cut. then olVtlielstof dune, planted corn am peas, and thus harvested three eropi tllfl Kflllin Kf'!t?tfiH tl??? cniuo l"?"l 1 huvo also made n fair crop ol cotton at ter wheat anil rye.' < >u another pri/t stiinnlns, year before last, .Mr. .1. C, Fletcher, from 1(10 acres, produced a market prices, $Jt,?yij.45 worth of tarn products, ranging from forty-eigh bales of cotton 1<> IlKl dozen eggs. in 1H9H So:.tli Carolina taised !t0, 338,80.r? pounds of rice, or about one fourth of the whole country's product lilt,'261,4'."' bushels of corn, t.1 ?>71 oats, 1,782, *'24 of wheat, M?,4?l bale! of cotton. pounds of tobacco besides rye, potatoes and so on. .\pri cots, cherries, olives pomegranates am many other fruits arc raised m abund anee. 'there are pi.ooo.uoo acres o yellow pine alone, and the tuipentiiu stills turn out an annual product of IK lit, 01 Ml. 'I lie gum. ma/nolia, svea more, ash and other trees are wel known. MeautituI building stones am lino clays and ochres are also anions South Carolina's treasures, while liei bone fertilizers, in deposits sometime! n foot thick, and with ?00 to l,uoo torn to the acre, are ileclureil to be the rich est on the continent. ()f spini lea thern are more thau a mil lion at work in the State, their capita of$12,000,Ui?i toStc,00U.iHK? being ill aw i from the North and Fast. (It Coluin v,i?v to... .?;im n... .f i?ii?n lum ?uu?'u an i in, mir, llir ? il . Ill by, was built in u cotton field, and in closed a patch from which cotton wa picked while the brick walls were };oin; up. That wnn uiininii/in^ the distunct between crop and mill. Pointing his moral. Mr. Mcl aurit says that the .South ask;; a lair sliuie o consideration Tor tier in?efeir.R -n V7i( current tariff bill, and also walib Northern thrift ami capital to enlar^i material interests, ".are we not of tin same great national family, an Integra factor of the saine fjreat nation?" i or tainly he has set forth with eiitliusiasu what the South has accomplished thu; | far. Tie- Have you hoard my new snuc "The Proposal?" She No; what key Is it In? lie? He mine or. Sim I will (And now you can trn impose i' to tin ke\ of "A flat."?I.ife. HELD FOR FORGERY. Gov. EUerbe Has a Charleston Lawyer Arrested. Gov EUerbe, after making consider' able effort, lias succeeded in having W. K. Klein, an attorney practicing at the Charleston bar, arrested on the serious charge of forgery. So far the governor suys something over in forgeries have been traced up and laid at the door of Mr. Klein. It appears that he > is charged with forging the signature of ( the master of Charleston county to certain certificates to direct tax* claims sent here during the administration of .Gov. Evans. Upon the forged certificates the money was ordered paid to him. The affidavit is made by Mr. W. Gibbes Whaley, master of Charleston county. Governor EUerbe was informed that Klein had gone to Kirmingham and he had wired there asking thu authorities to arrest and hold him. Wednesday he received a dispatch from Magistrate R. C. Gilchrist, of Charleston stating that Klein was in his custody, but that he had not committed him as he was getting bondsmen. Ilm'.-in. Til*.-! \<U1C1 in'l unci UU 1UUUU vue I'HSti U|WI1 when ho came into the office. The matter lius beou talked over during Governor Evan's admistration, but nothing was done aside from efforts being made to compromise it. It seems that# as stated above, the master lias to sign certain certificates in the matter of these direct tux claims wliio ha?l to bo sent on to the gov? ernor befo. e the money was paid out to anyone. The certificates, which were shown to Muster Whaley, and pronounced to be forgeries so far as his signature was concerned, were carefully examined and ore be ing held as evidence. A short time . ugo Gov. Ellerbe sent for Mr. Whuley and about ten days ugo he made the proper affidavit ami the warrant for Klein's arrest was issued. Gov. EUeri be lust night stated thut he had traced i up ulready forgeries amounting to $1, :!(H> and lie didn't know how much more he would lind. \ The Governor, in speaking of this ! particular case to a representative of the i State, said thut he proposed to push it to the end. Ho also took occasion to say that ull State or county officials > who fall short in their accounts under his administration, or who may have already been short, may as well understand now and at once that they cannot expect any mercy from him. lie stated i emphatically that he proposed to have every such case that was brought to light prosecuted to the full extent of I the law. and no comnromiKe must 1 > * expected 1 ?.v anyone. The State, April .".'ad. (iOVKIiNOU WINS "S\M,V." Tills Important ('use Is Sclllcil :it last a ml "lliirny" Buses. Thursday in Columbia the celebrated ease of blllcrliu vs. Evans for the reeoverv of tins ehesnut sorrel mitre with Maxell mane ami tail consumed the entire day in tin- court and was remarkable in its development, mainly on account of the absolute conflict of the testimony. Governor Ellerbo was positi\e that he made 110 formal bet with Mr. Barnurd B. I Anns involving Sally or any other horse, and Mr. Evans insists that such a wither was made am! that they shook hands to confirm the wa^er as to the carrying of Anderson county. The defense say that if the jury is satisfied that a bet was made, that it will not play the baby act and seek to annul the bet by pleading its illegality. Gov. Ellerbe said that i? he spoke of ottering a horse it was in a joke, and he certainly made 110 bet. When asked whether ho was not asked for the horse the day after the convention lie said that he did not remember such a conversation, but would not say that there was not such an interview. As to the claims of Mr. Evans having made the bet and the various phaseR of the bet, I10 said that ho, Mr. Evaus, may have said theso things; but he did not remember them, but at the same 1 time lie would not deny that they were said. Evans was positive in his .statements that the horse was won and delivered to him in payment of a bet. Messrs. Abnoy and Voumans appeared for Mr. Evans and Burron and Bay fo*Gov. Ellerbe. The case attracted a great deal of attention and has been hard fought throughout. One thing is certain, and that is there is great variance in the testimony of the principals. Judge Aldrich held that there was 110 1..... ......1 I ia?i ii^munb I'UIUHK Ull ll I'lXlllttl J Oil?!'tion. It was testified too that the election bet was as to the Colleton plan wInch was not covered by the statutes * at all. Where money or property is ? paid over on a bet, though the wager * lie illegal, the party oannot recover it * back on the ground of the bet being illegal. The whole questiou therefore in ' the matter was whether, when Gov. El' lerbe let Mr. Evans bring the horse * from Savannah, she still belonged to ' .Mr. Ellerhe or to Mr. Evans. (iov. Ellerbo contends that lie never " heard of the bet until after ho had lean ' ed the mare to Mr. Evans, and Mr. Ev1 ans swears that he worked for the horse f and prodded Mr. Ellerhe for the payment of the bet ho alleges he made as H to Anderson county. * The jury remained out uliout two hours and decided in favor of Gov. Ellerhe and granted him the horse. Sally, j or S.'UH) with no damages. i New Freight Association. The Southeastern Freight Associa , tion is the name of the now traffic or A ? gani/ation which, on May 1st, will take j , the place of the Southern States Freight 1 Association. l r ? XIrange They Should (^nnrrrl. ^ Two men are In love with the same , girl. Good! Now, It seems strange [ that they should quarrel with each other for being of the same mind, it is l usually difference of opinion that Ui* vltea conflict. Ttughy Our landlady Is one of the /inli'ulntnru In nttrn Wtl. * k.itis? 1h slioV ItuKhy--Yrp. We had lieans for dinner to-day, and slip asked ! me how many I would have.?Qtevflh land rinin Healer.