2 DETERIORATION 111 THE EOTTBN CROP October Average Below Mean of Average for 10 Years. IT IS 62.4 AGAINST 73.5 DECLINE DURING SEPTEMBER IN ALL STATES. CORN SHOWS A SLIGHT IMPAIRMENT A Decline of Tobacco of Six Points in This State. A Decline in Sugar Cane Is Reported. Rice Holds Its Own Here. Wash in ft <>», OetolxT 10. —The Octo ber report of the statistician of the De partment of Agriculture shows the average condition of cotton on October Ist. to have Ih>cii 02.4, as compared with (58.0 last month; 75.4 in Oetoltor Ist. ISPS: 70 at til.' corresponding date in 181)7, and 73.5. the mean of the Octo ber average for the last ten .veal's. 4 he decline during September affected al most the entire cotton producing re gion. being 7 iioints in North Carolina and Indian Territory, four points in South Carolina, live in Georgia and Texas, ten in Tennessee and 11 in N irgi nia and Missouri. In Oklahoma the crop held its own, and in Florida there was an improvement of two points. The averages for the States are as follows: Virginia. 70; North Carolina and Ten nessee. CU: South Carolina. omtenice was still going on. the increase of troops on a large scale was introduced by lller Majesty’s Gov ernment, the troops being stationed in the neighborhood of the- borders of thus Republic. “Having regard to occurrences in the history of this Republic which it is un necessary here to call to mind, this Re public felt obliged to regard this mili tary force tin the nehsMbophood of its borders as a tlurcait against the independ ence endenee of this Re public was being threat cuff'd. “As a defensive measure this Gov ernment was therefore obliged ito send a portion of the burghers of tM's Republic in order to offer requisite resistance to similar ivossibilities. READY FOR INSTANT ADVANCE. Cape Town. Oct. 10,—A dispatch front Pretoria to a Cape Town newspaier says that commandant General .1 uiibert has* issued a notice to the troops in the different laagers to hobl themselves in readiness for an immediate advance. BRITISH REPLY SHORT. London, Oct. 10.—The Daily Mail's Cape Town correspondent telegraphing Tuesday, says a short and very dignified reply has betii com nitunk arid to Conyaighjim (i recite, the British diplo matic agent at Pretoria by Sir Alfred Milm-r, British High Cmnimissioner in Sortit'h Africa. to la* 1 uuided to the Boer Government an, Wednesday. SHOOTING THE NATIVES. London, October 10.—Rumors are cur rent at Durban that the Boers have be gun shooting the natives at tile mines and that many bodies have been seen lying on the Veldt. A mysterious distribution of Mausers is occurring at Hte.vnsbiirg and other Dutch districts in the Cape Colony. TO THE, LAST DROP OF BfcOOD. Loudon, Oct. 10.—The text of the Boer ultimatum on arriving this morning was sent with all speed to Isird Salis bury. who came to tqivn this afternoon, and a dispatch box was sent to the Prince <»f Wales, which is only done in citaes of special urgency. The Cabinet hat been summoned to ■meet at the Foreign Office on Friday next. War prepay tions by Great Britain are being pushed with the. greatest energy. Dr. Gavin Brown Clar, Radical lnenir ber of the House of Commons for Caith ness, who all along has worked hard for peace, has just received a characteristic letter of thanks from Commandant Gen eral .hoirbert. in which General Joubert di-clares that Cecil Rhodes, Dr. Jameson ami Mr. Chamber larin are responsible for the mischief. He says: “'The Johannesburg clique says that Mr. Chamberlain regards the existence of the Orange Free State a»kl' the Trans vaal as two blots, which, ns <><4l Rhodes has said, must lx* wiped out from the map. He seem* desirous to do this with the blood of the Afrikander people and of the poor British soldiers. We do not desire war. We know we are not a match for the powerful armies of Great Britain ami her wHling colonies. We never have be: n able to do anything agwiiust England's might. “Mr. (Tliantfberiain is trying to drive us into the Red Sea, but 1 still hope God will speak to the kind heart of Her Majesty, the Queen, and that of her no hie people and that they will not allow this wicked Hainan to eool his luitred against our hind’s Mordeeai. We are cunivinced that Chamiibertam will try to conquer and we shall try to in-event him, by the help of God, to the last drop of our blood.” THEIIt REASON FOR ULTIMATUM London, Oct. 10.—A dispatch from Pretoria, dated Monday evening, says: “Matters are becoming critical and many of the burghers in the three main commandos are impatient ami feel it is suicidal to wait the arrival of over wuehning reinforcements from Elunope. The President has done lfis utmost to stem this feeling, in the hojM* that diplo macy might still settle matters. "During the past few years telegraph ic conferences have been held with Pres THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 11, 1?99- ideut ‘Sievn and whatever course shall lie taken by the Transvaal will receive the mxwnanendution and sutpi>ort of the Free State.. •‘lt is freely rumored in the town, and is believed to be correct, that the Gov ernment assumed its firm position be cause Great. Britain's new proposals have not arrived, though Mr. Conyughdui Greene. British diplomatic agent at Pre toria, informed State Secretary Beit* nine days ago that they would lx* for mulated in a few days’ time. Conse quently the burghers are alarmed at die continued despatch of troops from Eng land and India. ENGLAND WILL ANSWER NAY. /Loudon, October 10.—It cannot la* doubted that England's reply will la* a fiat rejection of President Kruger’s de mands ami that at a quarter after three o’clock this afternoon, flu* English time an actual state of war will exist. Views and Interviews. The national hymn of the Boers be gins like this: “Waal hoog non in ons heldre lug, Transvaalse vrijheidsvlag! Ons vijande is weggeving. One bliuk’n blijer dag.” No wonder England hesitates about sending that ultimatum. The writer of this column can’t write poetry so lie has stolen one of Joe Lin coln's good things out of Puck and mu tilated it so as to fit an interesting event soon to be polled off in. Raleigh, to wit, the State Fair. The following spasms are submitted: My Ma. she’s made a patchwork quilt that ’s orful gay and bright, And Sis, she ’» worked a al’gban, red and blue, And Dad, he ’» fatted up a hog so big that lie ’s a sight, And Lute, ho \s raised a punkin big as two; I’ve got a Leghorn rooster that for color and for size Is the beat of any round here any where; So we cal’late that our fam’ly oughter fetch at least one prize From the No’th Ca’liny Agricultural Fair. There ’s hardly one more week ter wait afore the time is here When we ’ll git in the carryall and go; Ma ’s thinking of tin* women-folks she ’ll meet from fur and near. And Sis is kinder fig’rin’ on a beau; And Dad, he ’s talkin’ hoss-race like lie allots does, yet - see — He knows ’bout every trotter on the track lie lows he ’ll bet on “Country Belle” instead of “Roxy 8.,” And says this year he ’ll git his money back. And Lute and me is goin’ for pitch the rings and win a cane, And hit that nigger’s head stuck through a sheet; We’ve practiced chuckin’ art a mark all smnmer, shim* or rain, And this time, you jes’ lief, we ’re goin’ ter beat! But we haiu’t goin’ ter try ter knock them dolls down off tin* bars, ’Cause Lute last year bagged l two the second lick. And then the nmn the man that run the thing he give us two cigars— And, jimmy-crickets! vva’n’t we orful sick! We’re goin* ter see the tattooed man. all ml and pink and green; We’ll watch the Drawin’ Match and ’Tater Race, And Dad ’ll shuck his coat and lam the “Test-yer-strength’’ machine — And blame nigh knock the weight right off the place, We ’ll all hands have some peanuts and some rawsli’ry lemonade, We’ll stay as long as there \s anybody there; Our fam’ly gets their money’s worth, now don’t yer be afraid. At the No’th Ca’liny Agricultural Fair. “It used to hi* said, ‘lf you want to break a man give him a saw util*.* That is no longer true.” said a well known lumberman yesterday. “Every mill man now, if he’s doing any business at all, is getting rich. There is a fellow, v In* pointed to a young man with, some bun dles under his arm waiting for tin* train, “who last month and tthe month before made $4,000 Hear a mouth on lumber." He has a mill in a neighboring tow i*. Mr. J. A. Brown, of Chadboiirn, well known here as a leader in the last Sen ate and since as chairman of the com mittee appointed by the Legislature to investigate the affairs of the State peni tentiary, has recently purchased the plant of the Conway Lumber Company, and is preparing to enter the lumber business quite extensively. “He is already one of the most exten sive truckers anil merchants in that part of the State,” says the Wilmington Messenger, “and is active in every move ment inaugurated for the industrial and commercial weal of that section. He has already secured control of extensive timlter lands and proposes making addi tional purchases as rapidly as possible. It is his purpose, he says, to employ just as soon as he can get them, about 100 men to work in these timber lands, cut ting and rafting logs to be floated down the river to his null.” Who says McKinley did a had thing in buying the Philippines? He simply doesn’t know what he’s talking alxmt Let’s “Agger” a bit. paid the uni form rate of $2 a head for the inhabi tant* of the islands. In the Island’ of Sulu slaves are now quoted at S2O apiece. This is a dean advance of $lB j&er human being. Could anyone ask a bet ter trade than this —or a more conclusive proof of the healthful advance of prices tinder McKinley’s administration. We learn with sorrow that the price of diamonds was last Saturday advanced 5 l>er cent. We have not yet laid in our fall and winter supply. The dispatch goes on to say thut all mining iu the Transvaal has been stopped, aiul another advance of 40 to 50 per cent, will follow if there is war with England. The “Plow Boy Preacher,” Rev. J. Kirkman, Belle Rive, 111., says, “After suffering from bronchial or lung trouble for ten years, I was cured by One Min ute Cough Cure. It is all that is claimed for it and more.” It cures coughs, colds, grippe and all throat and lung troubles. Bobbitt-Wynue Drug Co., W. 11. King & Co., Adams & Moye, Wo. Simpson. BLUE AND GRAY REUNION STIRRING ADDRESS BY COL. POtLARO B. HALL OF GEORGIA. Let No One be Disturbed by Visions of Hungry Confederates Feeding from the Public Crib. Evansville, Ind., October 10. —Tin* programme arranged for the opening of the Blue and Gray National Reunion today was not carried out in its en tirety. owing to riie fact that the plat form arranged for the speakers was not finished until late in the afternoon and that some of the listed speakers did not arrive until evening, among them Gov ernor Mount, of Indiana, ft was not until late in the afternoon that the re union was really ls>gun. Mayor Wil liam M. Akin, Jr., welcomed the Blue and the Gray Veterans and) Captain J. 11. Harris, of Nashville, Tenn., respond ed. The principal address of the da.v was delivered by Colonel Pollard B. Hall, of Macon, Ga., who said in part: “’1 he majority of my comrades, whiloor in •this world’s goods. Though i>oor we In*, yet if there Is* any within the sound of my voice who tremble at the old rvl>el yell, though given in honor of a national event, and whose slumbers are disturbed by visions of hungry Confederates feed - ing from the public crib, rest In pence. That can never Is*. We want no pen sions from the United States Govern ment and are not entitled to them. No mail can retain his self-respect and ac cept. that which is not his due. Com rades in Blue, we want only your friend ship and moral support. At tills moment there is hanging over my beloved South land a pall black as nighr. The racial problem confronting ns calls for wise and able statesmanship to solve. Many of our people live in hourly dread of the stealthy approach of the despoiling fiend. You once gave us a heroic dose and it cured the patient. We feel now that we shall not call in vain for your aid.” After the speeches a dress parade of tin* military organizations was heliT. r rhe evening was devoted to a general camp fire of the veterans of Camp Far ragut. President McKinley and his Cabinet will Is* pis*sent tomorrow, which will probably be the principal day of the reunion. CHAIRMAN .JONES GOING HOME. He 'Bulks Alxmt the Is-ires of the Com ing Campaign. Washington. Oct. 10.— I Chairman Jones, of the National Democratic com tnittee, and M«rs. Jones arrived la Wash ington today. In a few days Senator Jones expects to leave for Arkansas to remitim for some time, thus making it impossible that he will take any active part in the foil campaign. Regarding the reported contemplated diva age in tfhe headquarters of the Na tional committee from Chicago to \\ ash ington, the chairman said the matter will be left entirely in the hands of the V ice- Chainnan of the committee, Mr. John son. It, is understood that Chairman Jones is earnestly in favor of the remov al of the headquarters to the capital city. Anti-Trusts amid Anti-Expansion he says will he issues in the next nation al campaign. Nor is the silver question a dead issue at all according to the views of the chairman. LEFT TO CONVERSE COLLEGE. Columbia. S. C., Oct. 10.—D. E. Con verse. a large mill owner of Spartanburg, who died a week ago, left one third ol ihts estate valued at $500,000, to Con verse College, an institution tor the liigh «»r education of women founded by him hu Spartanburg ten years ago. A COMPANY WITH MILLIONS! The Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of New York lias as sets of over three hundred mil lions, and over one billion of insurance in force! This company is at present rep resented iu Raleigh by Mr. J. R. Liud say, smiterintefudeiit of agents. He is desirous of securing good agents in a'l parts of tin* 'State where there are no itgents at present. The Mutual is issuing a new pplicy. ■Which is very inviting to 'insurers and very salable for agents. Mr. Lindsay will be glad to correspond or talk with agents already in tin* field or those thinking of entering it. He call no doubt give them facts ami figures which will ix* of value. Mr. Lindsay invites all interested to call on him during the Fair, at Room 4, Capital Club budding. ILETTH to MRS. PINKHAM MO. 94,39*1 “lam so grateful to you for what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound has done for me that I feel as Women Would Sure ly Try Mrsm Pinkham’s Medicine If They Only Knew, Says Mrsm King and received benefit from it at once. I have taken it ever since and now have no backache, no pain in my side and my stomach and bowels are perfectly well. I can honestly say that there is nothing like it. If I could only tell every woman how much good your medicine has done me, they would surely try it.”—Mabtha M.KING, Nobth ,Attleboro , Mass. 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