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' mE NAMES Of UK / % ' i' # Twenty-Pivfc of Georgia's Were Named for Governors. SOMETHING ABOUT BULLOCH find the Ma.'. for Whom It Was Christened?Statosboro, the County 8lte, Is Flourishing. f * lust one hundred years ago Bulloch jounty was laid off aud named for Governor Archibald Bulloch?no, not governor, but president of the executive counoil of the province. Ho was the last man who held this office under the king and the first who ever read the declaration of independence in Goorgia. On the 10th of August, 1770, Mr. Bulloch received this declaration from lohn Hancock, and immediately courenod the executive council in i?avan oah, and after rending it to tuut body they proceeded to tbe public square and road it to a great concourso of people. A liberty pole was erected near by. Tbe soldiers came out iu rlress parade, and after tbe reading they fired their guns in platoons, aud the people cheered long and loud. From there they marchod to tbe battery and tbe declaiation was read again byMr. Bulloch. Then they dinea under the cedur ticos and drauk to tlio united tree end independent States of AracrYa. That night the city was lllumijatod and they had a solemn funeral, for, with mu Hied drums they buried au efligy of the king, and said: "We commit his political existeuce to the ground?corruption to corruption?tyranny to tbe grave?oppression to eternal infamy. May he never obtain a resurrection to rule again over these United States of America." No doubi but that Bulloch would havo bceu governor, for ho was a great and noble man; but he died not loug aftor^ouiMi^^mi Gwinnett became the under the conrumiuatiug about this scrap ol history, for 1 have recently visitod Statesboro, in Bulloch county, aud my reverence for these grand old heroes ol the revolution was revived and refreshed. l>r. JohuBon said: "That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force ou the plains of Mnrathou." And so it is well for us all, both old and young, to read about these men aud about the exciting, perilous times in which they lived. There is something amusing as well ns heroic in these old records. While John Martiu was governor iu 17*2 and tho lesislature was in session, the house passed a resolution directing tho governor to purchase for tbe use of the assembly twonty-three pounds of eollee, BTO pounds of sugar and fortytwo gallons of rum. I thought of this when I mot our distinguished citizen, Hob Uerner, on tho train hurrying on n day behind to his seat in the legislature. 'Why are you so lato ?" said I. "Well, there was a very interesting Baptist mooting going on iu our town, aud t wanted to got spiritually propared for tho hard work that is before us." If I had not known his long settled temperate habits I would have informed him that some of his colleague* thought that Atlanta was a good place for spiritual refreshment. One hundred years ago Jamaica rum was tho universal spirit, aud the members of the legis laturo had to be furnished at public expense. Horner is a good and true mar and I hope will be our governor some of these days. Hut about Bulloch county and about Statesboro, the county Beat: For halt n century aud more this towu has beer mi honored and unsung, but withiu the last decade it has taken on new life nnc is now ono of tho prettiest nud mos' prosperous littlo towns in (teoaria. I diil not expect much of a piny woods town and bo was agreeably surprised to see thoir lino now courthouso tha' cost ? ?<?, oud and thoir lino brick store houses with large plate-glass windows, and their inviting hotels and commo dious town hall. And I saw the rounc houpless bales of sea island cotton thu the farmers bring iuto that market frou the adjacent country. There is a wid? belt of chocolate sandy land tha* girdles n good portion of tho county and produces the very best of the lon? staple cotton. The farmers are making 11101103- out of this and don't propose tc move anywhere. They are content. A more delightful and healthy climate car hardly bo found, and the records show tliut tho peoplo live to a great age, especially the wouion. From uiuoty six to log is not a vcr3* uncommon ng< for them. That same eandv, chocolab land in ikes the finest cano I ever saw. and the sirup from it is sni<l to b< hitter than Florida sirup. A frienc lias promised to send mo a few gallon! put up in bottlos and i>aekcd hko beei in a barrel. They say it keeps bettei that way than any other. My moutt waters for it right now, and I shull hid< some of it when it -jets here, for thas? hungry grandchildren will lick it a! up in a week and their grandma wil encourage them in it. Solomon say.tho glory of a man uro his children'! children." but they are tho glory of i woman at my house. but it was the little tail road that gav? tho start to tate-born. Itisonlytei miles long and it takes nearly an liotii to make tho tup, but it beats no rail read a long ways and makes SIO.OiH)i year clear money on a capital of ?;W, it!)'t. It is bard to toll whether you an coming or going, but it gets there al the same, and has never been known t< Kill a cow. It is to bo noted that twenty-five o. our counties w ere named for twenty live of our most notable ante belluir governors - from (iwinnott down t( llei eliel V. Johnson. Our Stato gol its nanio before tho revolution, or i* would have been named Oglethorpe. A ft.. , ?lw. wo- no imvt i uu ??cn ??n u>oi fi?iu j'cnro uii: nriado it was proposed to change iti name, but did not carry. Several ol the States lind been named for kingi and (piofeiis, and they were not changed. Sure.; then most of the new states hove been umi ?<! for Indian tribes, aud that ; is about nil the poor Indian got as he I moved toward the setting sun. Ho left his natno behind him. Seventeen ol the new States have Indian nainc?, and it I- a mi ion faet that only one State I ! bears the name of any great men of our country, and that is the State of Washington. One other State chose the name of Franklin, and kept it for some years, but for some reason it didn't stick and was changed to Tennessee. But tho great man has twenty-four counties named for him in twonty-four different states. I don't see why some of tho new states that came in after the revolution were not named for Adams and Jefferson and Madison and Monroe and Patrick Henry and other fathers of iiborty. But 1 suppose that cron great men had their enemies in congress, aud thev compromised on tho Indians. Partisan politics hod much to do with it. Our own county was named Cass before the war, but as ho went back on the south, we chaugod it to Bartow, who was killed 1 at tho first battlo of Manassas. Such is i tho fickleness of fame and tho fortunes ( of war. ?Bill ?\rp in Atlanta (Ga ) Constitution. MOST WONDERFUL TEMPLE. ( Hullt on n KocUlnj Ptouc on the Summit of nil Indiau Mountain, 1 The most wonderful temple In the i world Is built on n rocking stone on the J r U III XIJ 1 L oi (1 I1IUII1IIUII1 1U .NUIUII'MI I Udia. It Is impossible to Imagine a moro ' wonderful situation than that of this ( temple. The rooking stone la situated on a mountain over 20,<!00 feet high. It ( weighs ninny thousands of tons, but is ] balanced on so line a point that a com- 1 pnratlvely light pressure Is sufficient ' to make It sway. Whether or not the I great rock was raised to Its present posltlon by human hands Is n mystery to scientific minds. If It was, the labor | was one to which no modern engineer- ( Ing feat can be compared. The Hindu | priests tench their followers that the | rock was placed In position by the help I of the gods. In this way they add considerably to the feeling of awe which they desire to create. The worshipers at this shrine must first make the ascent of the mountain, a matter of great difficulty. Then they spend 6even days of preparation In a temple built on the solid mountain before they axe permitted to make the final passage to the mysterious rocking stone. To reach the atone It Is necessary to cross a bridge over a great chasm. Nature and man had combined to make tills Hindu shrine awe-inspiring to the de TEMPLE OX A IIOCKIXO STONB. rout. After crossing tho bridge the pilgrim mounts a ladder, to which h* clings in terror for ills life here and in the hereafter. The teraplo on the rocl; ' is necessarily a small place. Three priests officiate in it. The mysteries which take placo there no man is permitted to reveal. Europeans have seen It from n distance.- New York Journal PASSING OF THE MUSTANG. Wild Horses Are No Loncnr of Any Value. The wild horse of Texas has become one of the greatest nuisances within ' the border of the Lone Star State. Not satisfied with in own freedom the wild , horse has adopted the tatties of the Apai-he and of tie Sioux and stain- 1 pedes its brethren. Novelists have taught us to helhwe that the wild mils tan;: is cr.iiiieinnile of rreedoin pure ntnl noble. The Texas ranchman re- J ganls liiin jis an emissary of the evil one. for lie brings to Ills ranch despair ; aud loss. For the last decade the droves of horses that run in Texas have been steadily increasing In number alid strength. Years ago It was worth ' while to enb-h ihese animals to sell, j Nowadays it Is hard work to sell a mustang f<>r use even as a cow pony. Formerly it was the ease that there | was no horse for the stockman, tlm , eat lie-grower, like the Texas pouy which had tun wild for tli" lirst four or live years of.Its lite. Lean and ^ sinewy as an Arab with the endurance ' of an Indian and a capacity for steady , speed that can only be likened to a locomotive lie was a treasure. Well j seasoned, a cow pony could be ridden b'd miles in a single day and come out of the encounter with fatigue with flying colors. The wild horse, however that same animal which the 10-cent novelist describes as the "licry untamed steed"? believes tlie sweets of freedom are so very sweet that all bis brethern in bondage should share them. With this in uiiud tin re fore he swoops down up on ino Iwiosnre of Hi" ranchman, in 1 duces the < o\v ponies to brave tlio tor- ' rots of jumping a barbwire fence and takes ? buncos on clearing the sides of , the corral. The result is that the stock* ; man, unless one of the riders stops on j guard, is likely t<> wake up in the morn- ] lug and find his herd stampeded. ] If it Is the round tip the first thing c the wranglers known thunder of hoofs J eotnes from the prairie, it shrill neigh- 1 lug, whleh the herd answers in equally shrill notes. The hoof bents sound nearer and nearer, lite herd grows iiioiv and more exeited and uneasy, until finally the wild mustangs flash in and mingle with the cow ponies and : in a moinetit more all are off for some ' place, no one knows w here. The wranglers. <>r herders, will be fortunate, Indeed. If they can control their own :i111 in ds ami avoid being forced to Jolt; la t jo numpede. > TAMMANY CANDIBATES11 Democrats Will Control the City o Greater New York. ELECTIONS IN OTHER STATES Maryland Close and Ohio la Doubt Democrats Carry Kentucky uik New Jersey?Fusion la Nebraska. - V Tammany's victory in tbe first muni cipal election in Greator Now York is i sweeping one. The ontiro ticket, head ed by ltobert A. Van Wyck, has cor ried the gigantio municipality. Vai Wyck polled a vote which falls pocsibl] 10,000 under the combiuod votes o Qeuoral Tracy, Republican, aud Setl Low, Citizens^Union. Tho lattor was successful to the extent of polling at aggregate in excess of the 140,00< piouges implied uy tuo signatures ? tho petition upon which ho be came the candidate of an indo pendent movement, which, at the outset, offered to join hands with th< Republican party organization in a eon certed offort to exclude Tammany froix power in the greater city to come intc being on January 1, 18'J8, with a population the socoud in magnitude of th< great cities of the world. The legislative branch of tho city gov arnment is Tammauy-Dcmocratio. II is a double-headed body, ono brand being tho municipal council, consisting of the president aud 28 membors, ant the other the board of aldormeu, com 5rising GO members. Tho procise uum er of Democrats chosdn cannot be es rroas bobbbt a. tax wtck. timatcd at the present writing. Ther< appears to bo a strong probability tho' the Democrats huvo won a majority o: tbo borough offices along with the wu nicipal places. The vote of Van Wyck in Now Yorl county is approximately the name as was cast for Bryan in 1800, which wai 135,024. General Tracy, Ropublieuu, polled approximately 55,000, agaiusl McKinlev's vote of 150,850 in Now Yorli county, while Low polled approximately 77,000, aud George 12,000. In Kings county*, which includes the city of Brooklyn, the Bryan vote was 70,882, while tnu Week's will beahnos the same. Against iMcKinley's vote o: 100,135, Goneral Tracy polls approxi mately 85,000, whilo Low's voto is ap proximately 05,000. In these two counties the straigh' Republican voto shows a falling off' o; nearly 175,000, or in excess of the tota vote for Seth Low, while the Tammany voto equals, if it does not slightly ex ceoil, that cast for Bryan. The polling camo within about 50,00( of the entiro registration, which, con Bidoring tho weather conditions uudei which the election proceeded, was ul that could be expected. Tho day was wet, foggy, "muggy," to a degree. Following is tho grand tota' of tbc votes recoivod by tlio three leading can didates for Mayor of Greater New York. Complcto returns have been receiver from all of tho districts: Vun Wyck, 235,181; Low, 1 -Is1,513; Tracy, 101,823. Yau Wyck's plurality over I.ow 80,1508. Throughout the State. flbe raiu, which prevailed all ovei Lhe State, had tho effect of keeping many of the country voters away from tho polls. The result is apparent in reduced majorities given in coucededly Republican districts to Win. J. Wai lace, tbe Republican nominee for C'hicl Judge of tbo Court of Appeals. Outside of Greater New York, with 13 districts to bear from, dispatches to the Associated Press show tho election if (5 Republicans aud 17 Democrats. It is believed that this insures the eoutinuance of Republican control of the Assembly, whatever liiav bo the result in the Groater New York districts. Ohio In Doubt. Tho roault in Ohio is bo close that it may require tho olficiul count to doterniue it, especially or. tho politicul ;omplexion of tho Legislature. The Republicans aud tho Democrats art both claiming tho State aud tho Legisuturo with such persistence that st trill require tho official count tout least ;jct ono or the other to concedo defeat. Incomplete returns iudicato tho decdon of tho Republican Stuto ticket by 10,1)00 to 12,000, but tho lesult on the Legislature is so closo that no dolinito igures can bo given out. Tho Democrats claim confidently a majority n both branches of tho Legislature, jnt givo no figures on tho number of Representatives and Senators. I iio Republicans claim M Representatives ind 17 Senators sure, or 71 votes on oict ballot, 73 being necessary to elect i Houator. Democratic (inlns In New Jersey. Five Democrats and one Republican *ere elected State Seuators in New lersov. The seaato for IS'.)* btnnds. term bl icons, 14; Democrats 7. Tho vote in New Jeisoy was li^ht. I'lio Democrats made cams in almost ?very county and the Republicans renin control of tho State House of Ahombly by a narrow majority, f ast ear tliero were but four Democrats in he lower houso. i uis year there will >e 20. The Republicans will havo M4 n ?M h?rt Kansas Agslo Slow. Kansas returns have come in very slowly and as the tickets were entirely local it is impossible to give an estimate at all approaohing reliability. In no f State were the returns slower in coming in daring the last elections, perhaps, tban in Kansas, and this year will not be an exception to the rule. In Kansas City, Kah., the first oity in the State, the Republicans will probably elect 1 their entire ticket by small majorities . Maryland C ose. [ The Republicans hare elected their ontire municipal tioket in Baltimore, and will oontrol both Iraiches of the city connect? They have also carried all three of the Baltimore legislative districts andJpie seat in the United States SetriRwnow filled by Arthur P. * Qormau, hangs in the balanoe. so that - a few votes may turn the scale. Be I ports throughout the State indicate that the Democrats may possibly have a ' majority on joint ballot in the Assemf bly, which will insuro the re-election i of Senator Gorman. Kentucky Democratic. ' Iloturns received indicate a Demo' cratio majority of from 15,000 to 20,> 000. The majority of Chas. 1'. Weaver, Democratic candidate for mayor of Louisville, oror George D. Toad, tho ) iiroanni inrtiimlmiti i a noiimatail n t t I'l VOVUtt UlvUlU UUli V| AO V4l?UiUV?U U V A A W AAA 1 3,000 to 8,000. 1 Other States. } Iu Virginia returns indicate tho oleoriou of Tyler as Governor, overMcCnull * by a very large majority. The Democratic btate tickot is olectcd by about " 50,000 or 00,000 majority, and tho Democrats have two-thirds of the Houso of | Dolcgates and four-fifths of tho Sonato. \ Scattering returns indicate that fusion has carried Nebraska by a greater plurality than was given liryan last yoar. Thirty-five precincts outside of Liucoln and Omaha indicate tho election of tho fusion State ticket by not less than 12,000. * ORIGIN <jjt TABLE UTENSILS. Even DuriTgil^Mlddle Ages People Ate Wiil^Tielr Fingers. The use of the fork dates back only to tho seventeenth century. The old Greeks, although their civilization was much advanced, ato with their fingers, as grucefully as possible. Plutarci mentions the rules to be followed when eating with the fingers, and this Is one of the most interesting passages in his description of antique customs. Ir. the middle ages people still ate with tliolr fingers. It is true enough that ablutions took place before and after a meal, but, still, that custom was anything but clean. Each of the guests at a dinner was first offered a basin and a pitcher of water, and it was bad form to help one's self to any of the viands beforo having carefully J washed hands and face. ^ Goldsmiths finally invented forks, f but at first they were objects of luxury, . and were used only at times whon they might just as well have been done c without. The first mention of forks is } made in a document dated 1300, which J says that Pietfro Gaveston. the favorite ^ of Edward II.', possessed three "furehestes" (forks) for eating pears, , cheese and sandwiches. It was more than 300 ycahs later before forks were \ used for fish and meat, i About the second decade of tho t seventeenth century a picture of the f Royal Prince of France shows that he carried a case containing a knife, a spoon and what looks very much like ^ a fork. f Glasses and drinking cups were fir3t 1 made of wood or tin. In the fifteenth " century Venice manufactured the wonderful glassware which replaced on . the table of the "Seigneurs" the heavy oaken or metal cups formerly used. ,. Egg cups were not known previous to [ the fifteenth century, and even in tho j sixteenth century they were rather scarce and had no distinct name. They i were described as "an article in which to place and hold an egg," or "a sliver . thing to place an egg in." Salt cellars also date from tho flf* ' teenth century. Goldsmiths excelled in making artistic salt cellars, and the one modeled for King Francis I. of France by Benvenuto Cellini was a r wonderful work of art. People in gen, eral did not know the use of salt celi lars, and even among wealthy families 1 it was the custom to break a piece of bread and to place the salt for each | individual upon the bread.?Philadelphia Record. lnfluenco of the Imagination. Fear has killed ninny a man before YmIj.v. There Is an old stt?ry of a king whose favorite was condemned to die i for a crime. Before his execution, howpver, It was discovered that he was In nocent, and the king. In order to give Ills favorite and ngreeablo surprise, t >ok the place of the executioner, using ' a towel Instead of an ax?\ But the man I was killed as Instantly as if his head , had been cut off. , In modern times some French men of science obtained permission to perform , similar experiment on a man con demned to be guillotined. They bound him to a table, and told him that arteries uould be opened in various parts of his body, and that he would be bled to death. He could not expect to live more thnn half an hour. He was then blindfolded. He was pricked In various parts of tlie body, and at the end of half an hour was dead, although he had 'ost very little Mood. <?. A. If. Veteran Colony in Texns. General A. S. Wiesert of Milwaukee. Mis., and General Paul Yundtrvoort of Omaha, Nob., each an ex-grand commander of tlio Grand Army of the llo public, and General It. M. Adams of Minneapolis have just secured 22,000 acres of laud in tlio coast region of Texas. This purchaso is made for locating thereon veteians of the late war, 800 families of whom uro said to ho en route for settlement on the lain!. ? William Good- It's shocking the way some young men spend money. .lack I'asher Isn't It: Now I get everything on credit.?Brooklyn Idfc, ' VAN WYOK'8 FAMILY HISTORY. His Mother Wm a Member of the Famous Maverick Family. The people of Booth Carolina have been watching the muuioioal contest in New Yo*k with more than ordinary interest owing to the fact that the man who has now beeu elected mayor was born in this State, says the Colombia State. When it was-. Known that*Mr,. Van Wyck had been elected the r*ople of Columbia talked of his history and an interesting story as to the man who was a carriage driYer in the Van Wyck family at that time was recalled. Reliable information was obtained about Mr. Van Wyck's South Carolina history from a lady who formerly lived near tJie family. Here is what she said: "Robert Van Wyck, the newly-elected mayor of Greater New York, was born in Old Pendleton, S. 0., and spent the early part of his life there. He has one brother, Augustas, who is living in New York. Sam, another brother, was killed earlv during the war in the northern part of Alabama. He was a Confedorato soldier. His children live in Anderson, S. 0. The remaining brother, William, died in New York. His sister is the wife of General Hoke of North Carolina. The father of this family was from New York. The mother was a daughter of Mr. Sam Maverick, who lived and died in Pendleton. Mr. Maverick was the owner of more real estate than any other one man in the State. His possessions lay in South Carolina, New York and Texas. "One of Mr. Maverick's sous, Augustus, went early to Texas and was engngod in the war between the Texas republic and Mexico, and was at one timo made prisoner by the Mexicans. His home was at San Antonio, where hisde| scendants still live. He was associated with Crockett and barely escaped the massacre at the Almo. At his death bo owned more land in Texas than there is in the State of South Carolina and his cattle were so numerous that it was impracticable to brand them. The 'no brand' was the mark of his ownership, so that to this dav unbranded cattle in Texas are called Nfaveriok's. "At one time the Van Wyck family brought to Pondleton Walter Gibson, a carriage driver. Gibson married a Miss Lewis and gave up driving. Then he wandered away to one of the Sandwich islands and eventually became practically the owner and king of the island. He was prime minister, and, though under the monarchy, he was practically diotator of the government. FINANCES OF CUBV To Bo Managed By tho Bank of Spain ut Havana. According to a dispatch from Madrid, the Spanish government intends to enter into a contract with the Bank of Spain at Havana, under which the bank will undertake the management of the Cuban treasury, tho lottery and the othor public financial concerns of the island. It is understood thnt the bank will make a new issue of gold notes, to tho amount of 8100,000,000, and theso notes will bo received by the government in pavmont of taxes of every class, including custom house duties. The goverumont silver bills, under this arrangement, will be withdrawn. It is expected that Seuor Martos Garua will bo appointed governor of the provinco of Lanta Clara. JKFF. DAVIS DAY IN GEORGIA. Bill to Make Ills Birthday u Legal Holiday Passed. A special from Atlanta (Ga.) says | The bill by Mr. Oliver, of Burke couu ty, to rnAko tho birthday of Jeflerson Davis a legal holiday in this Stato was adversely reported by tho judiciary committee in the House of Representatives, and Mr. Oliver called up the measure and moved to disagree with tho committee. In a speech he asked tho House to honor the hero of the Lost Cause. Tho report of tho committco was disagreed to by au almost unanimous voto. TO ADOPT MISS CISNKROS. A Wealthy Chicago Woman Offers to Make the Cuban Girl Her Heir. Mrs. Wallaco, a childless widow, residing iu the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, has taken a fancy to Miss Evangeliua Cisneros, the famous Cuban girl who was rescued from Becojidas prison and has offered to adopt her and make n.\ ? l t-DI - i # lumo viiuuiU5 iioi ueii. out] lilts (I lor* tune of five million dollars. Tho consout of the father of Miss Cisneros has boon asked. The Amount of Silver Money. Mint Director Preston estimatos the amouut of silvor money in the world in 1ST.'} at $1,81?>,000,000, of of gold inouey at $2,000,000,000. At i>resent ho estimates tho silver money is 84,268,300,000. Concurrently with this vast increase of metallic money there has boon an increase of "'papor money" in oxoess of metallic mone3' held to redeem it, the total being i.ow some $2,500,000,000. Four Dead in a Collision. The Chesapeake and Ohio vostibulo express, known as tho F. F. V., from Cincinnati to Washington, was wrecked near Old Shadwell. fivo miles cast of Charlottesville, Va. Four persons were killed and injured. Tho accideut was caused by breaking of an axlo of the first truck of the locomotive. Tho train was making up time, und the engine left tho rails ou a sharpcurvoand rushing into a rocky hill sido with terrifie force, was completely dismantled. No Longer Oppose Silver. Tho Courier-Journal, of Louisville, Ky., has announced that it will nc longer opposo free silver and will hereafter support Democracy when possible The Kxposltlon Well Managed. At a meeting of the exocutivo committeo of the Tonnossoo Centennial Exposition held in Nashville Auditor Frank Goodman filed his report, show, ing that tho total indehtnoss of tho ex position is now only 330,000. Tho prop, erty of tho company is valued at fai more than this sum, and there are uncollected assets amounting to 330,000. The totul attendance as official 1 y reported 1,003.205. WlliSOtPS KirOBT. Tb* American Farmer On Grow Horses ae Cheaply as He Gaa Cattle. Secretary Wilson, of the United States Agricultural Department has presented hi* report to the President reviewing the operations of the Depart* ment of Agriculture for the past year. The most important reoommendation is .one that agents, of the Department should be stationed at eaoh of our more important Amerioan embassies for the collection of information of interest to American farmers. The Secretary reoommends an in* crease in the appropropriations in aid of the Weather Bureau and the publication offloes. He thinks the Department should be enabled to plaoe the result of important operations at agricultural colleges before the entire countrry, * 'so that the farmers of eaoh State may get the result of the good work done in othor States." He refers to the efforts of the Department to extend the foreign markets for J.: j i _1. J a L our utiry auu live iiooi proauon waiou he thinks can be done by making the foreigners familiar with them. Mr. Wilson expresses the opinion that nearly all of the $882,000,000 sent abroad last year for sugar, hides, fruits, wines, animals, rioo, flax, nemp, cheese, wheat, barley, beans, eggs, and silk might have been kept at home. With referenoe to horses, the Secretary s?ys: "The American farmer can grow horses as cheaply as ho can grow cattle; we havo a heavy and profitable export trade in cattle and may have an export trade equally heavy and profitable in horses. The Department isv gathering facts regarding our horse industry at home aud the requirement of purchasers abroad, so that our farmers can learn what foreign buyers demand." The extension of the meat inspection work to abbatories engaged in interstate business is recommended as is the continuance of the inspection of export animals in order to maintain the market, whioh has been seoured for them in other countries. KILLED PLAYING FOOTBALL*. Georgia University Will Withdraw Its Team From the Field. A special from Atlanta, Ga., says Von Gammon, one of the players on the University of Georgia football team, died from the effeots of injuries received in a scrimmage between that team and the team from the University of Virginia, played in this oity last week. Gammon was unconscious after a scrimmage at the beginning of the seoond half, and never regained his senses after that time. He was an admirable athloto and one of tho sta r players 4>f the team. His body was taken to Rome, Ga., his former home, where the interment took place. His death has stirred prejudice acrainst the erame. and members of tho State legislature, which is now in session, are opposed to any further games by the members of the university. A number of legislators expressed themselves as bitterl v opposed to the game, and it is thought that a bill will be passed in a few days making it a misdemeanor, to engage^in a game of football in this State. The faculty of the university has decided that the team shall play no more games this year and will prohibit it in the future. PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION. Otllcers Are Elected and Omaha Selected for the Next Place. At tho session of the American Public Health Protective Association at Philadelphia, Pa., the following officers wero elected: President, Dr. Charles A. Linaloy, of New Ilavou, Conn.; Secretary, Dr. Honry O. Probst, Columbus, O.; Treasurer, Dr. Henry C. Iiolton, Brattleboro, Vt. Ottawa was chosen for the convention of 1898 and Knoxvillo has put in a claim for 1899. The committee to investigate yellow fever was increased from five to seven. Its personnel as named by the chairman is as follows: Dr. H. B. Horlbeck, Charleston, S. O: Dr. T. H. Durcrin, Boston; Dr. A. H. Dotv, New York; Dr. O. M. Sternberg, tJ. Su A.j Mr. louao n. luanzen, Canton, U. ; Dr. H. It. Olliphant, New Orleans, and Dr. R. M Swearingen, Austin, Tex. Cotton Men VUtt the South. Abont fifty members of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, whioh has just closed its annual session in Philadelphia, made a tonr ol the Southern cotton mill districts on aa invitation of the Southern Railway. Nearly all the prinoipal mill districts were visited and the mills inspected. The trip occupied one week, and was made to inform the New Englaud manufacturers of the great development in cotton manufacturing in the South in rocent yearn. The party was headed bv tho president of the association, R. W. Eaton, of Brunswiok, Me., of the Cabot Manufacturing Company. His Life for a Wife. . A special to The Kansas City, (Mo.) Times from Chesla, I. T., says: John Watka, the Creek Indian, who shot Jonas Doer, another member of his tribe, was legally executed for tho crime. The men were rivals for the hand of the samo girl and fought at a dance at which she was presont to decido who should gain her. Watka killed l)cer and afterwards marriod the Indian maiden. I'ostofllce Thieves Make a Haul. At Sraithfield, Va., thieveslooted the poatofiioe, securing $400 from one registered letter, and SOSO in currency from ?ho safe, which was blcwn opou. There is no clue to tho identity of the rebbern, although they were seen by overul persons. A farmer Assassinated. A RpGciai io the Macon (Ob. ) Telegragh from Arlington, Oa., says: Julian King, a highly respectable farmer living near liere, was Assassinated whilo feeding his horses. A white man and two negroes are suspected, two of whom are under arrest. An Increased Debt. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the olose of business on October 30, 181)7, the debt, less cash in the United States Treasury, amounted to fti,020, ;>ou, DO 1, an increase for the month of t8.441.188. I,..."* gCIIUMTERT, DUTLKit * MoQOWAll* AlUrotjl at Law. At 0. C. Culp'o old Offlco jyjuiraa* munecf. Attorneys At Law, No. S. Law Raago. i 1 g 8. STOKES, Attornoj at Low Aod Trial Jooti?. Offlco Rear of Court Hoooo. DR. HARLEY B. LINDSAY, Dentist, Office over Merchants and Plantar* bank, Main street. Money to Loan. i 1 In Sums of $300 and upward* anon Improved Real Estate in Union County at a low rate of interest. Long time and easy payments. Apply to HYDRICK & SAWYER, Attorneys-at-Law, 6.6m UNIONj 8. O Medioal Card. Dr. John Lawson can bo found at his omco over F. Duke's drug store, night or day. Culls left at Dr. Dukes drug store will receive prompt attention. CARD. Money to loan on short time on good security. W. W.DIXON,. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office corner Main and Judgment Sts., UnioD, S. C. OLD CLOTHES HADE M! j Ceaning, Dying and Silks renewed at short notice. HI. W. W LLsLjLAlVm. 13?ly. To Tlio Public. | For p?ttinof elastic iu jour shoes I avo a universal feed shoe machine* *m'; m?, P. t liing and Half Soloing. Mend nt Lamps call on J. S. llixsox, ark of Neott llros.?(t. f.) 0, P. Townsend, . Asst. Atty Gen'l., Columbia, 3. C Den F. Townsend, Union, S. C. 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The whole union will bo composed of the cottoji-growing States. Each State will have a union, and each county and each district a v union. A change of typewriters In a bank sometimes might render unnecessary a change of venuo later on.