North Carolina Newspapers

5 1 i -njTDOZDXiJXOJ- JOBPEnrrmo THEMEOGENCGR, Marion. N. C. Promptness, Accuracy, Ktitnasj and Oood Stock Guaranteed. n li nought after by the po I : of McDowell, Yanoey,Bun vii In, Itutherford, Bark n r. 1 ether counties In Western ;. i ih Carolina, and ii thert f r a I f It c,od Advertising Medium. ; furnished on application. Ad-Jreru, i HE MESSENGER Marlon, N. a Letter HeadJ, Note Heads, BUI Head, EuTedop-, Circulars, Cards. Poa- J" VOL. III. NO. I Printing. MARION. N. C, FRIDAY. MAY 20, is'.is. Vpv Year in Advance- tHrr-HHr Tho Messeagor Prints . the . News II KEEP I! m 'i. Long Issues An. Order to This Effect. '';ka.DE OPEN TO VESSELS. . .:. r is ! signateil as Commander xventh Corps, With lleal- j l i i I - ;t t Tampa. . 'Special.) An order yd und signed by Secre- ictivo to the publication iiting from the Navy De : -h -ill have the effect ol unfailing the supply of hat heretofore has been given out. Tho Secre- :: 1 wn directed to Captain I, chief of tho Navigation .o in turn gave iteffeet by l' in hi s own name that 1 'it.- I with his bureau in Ko!: OKNKRAIAS PALACE i: i irw.Yi ions i:edi;cei) ijv -i: y. sii'.uld hnvt; no conversa- '-.i i upou subj--'cl in any wav ' i.' tin? navy, with icpresen ! tli.: pi es. ; :.IM.; of the blockade at lid i i ! i M i-.s.els is a i ather cuvi-i- Iimj and olio that may lead "ii -:dei itlilo ideniug of tho ;'.: 1 1', :o that in the end the -sel., not loaded with contra il lies, the carrying of which .iii.i would intei fero with tho i mi I it itr v H'g illations td our , ... ,. v"o'.H tlo.I.lo-1-f.iIn n... ' .m i e-oli.tions lai'l down b' . .1 States. , s -.dug to Manila are to bo ! t ; i! .- i months" ta', accord- !ii!nil"i of rat ions furnished, '. in. 'I i i epilations for their de- I ' M- pu lsed with greatest I .To' been icceived hero ieneral J'-lanco. at Ha -hoit of ammTinitiou, in tl po. et tul batteries at r ro r.ico AND THE SCENE ' f '.-TDlpA JAM A . ! of II avaua harbor. if w :.;i!d I e deprived of a lare r !- t-'!i-ivt strength. This .:i - !: !t- lea I to some de-;-;ipts at blockade l minim; !;"! of tlio Spaniarils in the . . l:oMe HlilllHHl it 1 oil i 11 1 0 I i ; believed tliat the eup i : e. ."it 1 v lcfcired to as being : :!!i-!i living siptadron are of . nols IN i Lli la a 'c!ne. i!cli t tho London Standard 'tu-'ie, :-avs: "According to : "V i a u tro:n India, a torri :ic '. i- ikxtroyo't a great part a --ea;"'! t towu cf the Ldau I a v. a. Vaiay ichipelag". The '!.! cf Sumb.iwa I'ay aro thousands of victims, n Kupanr. Inland f Timor, ;: . tor Co of tho hurricane."' i i:!cis tn the Troops. :o:. Special. ) - After go . situation with (ieneral nr. of -i ieuei al Corl-in and f i:u supply departments, y of ar has made an or- a --iuiaent of voluidcer i mustcied into the he I r.ited States and do - wheie they w vi 1 assem c lest possible delay, as r.e lcgiinent of Noitii "'aro . oi;o battalion of South i fan try and one buttery c 1 att.iliou of Yirginia iu-I'.-hiiigtou, D. C. ; one regi ( arolir.a infantry to Tam two regiments of Yirginia the t-ame place. e!y Mines In Italy. t ilispatches from various 'a!y. Rome Milan and the tow us continue quiet, but ; : -"o od that the tdate of t-iego 'i.t.ii-ied until parliament has : ti:e i:--esary repressive meas d ! so races at Milan have ; ; e 1 fur three months. Alto--i members of tho Chamber of .have l.eu imprisoned and . bi t-:. ;v,.i nrrests in Rome i -v.-1 t!:at iho agitation - i ;:i tL-:- rD'uaiioa of the signer Sonaino as the I ---Yife m e sis 5 E $M if II fclp pf--tei this character, rather thun foo l sup plies whicji makes it all the more im portant that Sampson and Schley fchouid succeed in keeping Admiral Cervera frym reaching Havana, or Cicnfo.egos. or auy important connec tion with Havana by rail. The War 1 .'i artment has rushed ahead its preparation for the mobili.a tion and thorough equipment oi tLoi volunteer army which is being male coiaplfct. The designation of iheral Fitzhugh Leo as commander of the Seventh Corps, with Leu hprartei s at Tampa, would -eeia to indicate that he ia to accompany tho army of invasion to Cuba. Assignment of Officer. In a general order issued at tho War Department, tho following alignment of general officers in command is made: Major ( ieneral Wesley Merritt, Fuited Stute.s Arm y, to the I Jxpai tmo.it of tho Pacific; Major General John R. Rrooke. United States Army, the liist Corps and tho Department of tho Gulf; Major ' ieneral William M. Gia hum, Cnited Stated Yoluuteerf, il.o Second Corps, with headiuui ter.s at Tails Church, Yh, ; Major General -las. I'. Wade, Cnited States Yoluiiteers, the Third Corp-, reporting to Major ieuet al RrooLe at Chickumauga; Mjor AM) AN AM.I.E Or THE SAN Jl'A! ah.miral Sampson's i-f.i:Ei". (ieueial .lohn States Yoliuib .1. 'oj pinker, Cnite i i s, the ( oui t!i ( h I s. Mobile. Ala; ?!ijor (ieneral Wm. I'. Shatter, I into I S'.aten i! ii nt eers, tho Fifth Corps, Tampa. Fla ; Major Ccii eiai FlwellS. ti, Cir.tei States Yd uuteeis to ltpoit to .'ni'.r (ientral Merritt, Cnited States Army, for duty with troops in tho Department of the I'ifilic; Major ( Je-nyral .lames H. V.'il Hun, Cnited. States Yoiuiiteers. the Sivtn Corps, Chi'd.amatmM, rupoitiugj to Major (ieneral l!ionl:e;Majoi (ieneral !'tt.'. i.oc, . ! ' tales 'o!untec-rts, tho Seventh Corps, Tampa, Fla.: Major (ieneral .Jos. M. Wheeler, United States Yolunteers, tho Cavalry Division, lampa. Int. I line at M.i iiila. l co in Wa-hihLiton time Tho ditTci and that of th.o Fhilippino islands is thirteen hours a:ol .sixteen miuutes; thicfore, accci ding to our time, the baMleof Manila was fought at :',;!! p. m. , Saturday, A pi ii : '. OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. O 3 Hank W rocker ia Slate I'i Kon. Charles Wai i en Spalding, j resident of thetilobo Sauces Fault. Chicago, has been taken to .loiiet penitentiary, viicro he will serve an ind.. torininut': seutence. Hm ciime ni" the emlie, .le nient of Sl.,o.: wi i ih ol bonds belong ing t( the Fm rsity of Illinois eu dowiuent fund. I'ostolltee Kot'lM l s nn i (Pit. In the United States Comt at Abing don, Ya., das. . Mcoio. alias Fdkins and William Ilea: I, alias Wil liam Houlihan. who were ar rested iu Nort. ik o:i i-uspicioii of being , safe blowers and the paitit.- gudty oi 'robbing the Sa!e;:i po.-to!:-e, were found guilty i t the latter charge am sentenced to the years iu the Albany penitentiary. . l"ioposfl Ileiiuent of Shai p -Iionti-i s Represeutai i ve Cumuiings, of New Ycik, has iutioduced a bill autLoiimu the seeretaiy ot War to or.-ini-e on i t g'.meut or inoi e "f sLarpbhootei possessing special iniiiary 'iiialnica. tions. each ccmpauy to coi:sit of !!. expert marksmen from di'ierent States, to be betw eon th n:o- if twonty out and forty yens. The field riiicers bo veterans of the civil v. ar on boll: sides, who u-oie tli.-tingutshed for gal lantry m action, or who were rt-cij icM; of medals cf hoiu-r f-. r meritorious con duct iu brittle. i'he command i to b.; know u as American independent sharp shootei s. IJattleshlp to fit )er tl ooo. !,. Th.e new Rriti-'i battleship Implaca bio is to co.-t over L t. ".'.,'.' , tho laigest turn ever spent iu the building of a man of-war. ihe armor j.late? alone iv ;11 cost t CO, vv , ami the guns nearly as ranch. Tollce Chl' l".' ro MeKIulcy. AtMilwaul . , :. . Le chiefs of police of the v;:.io:;:-: . -isoeiation ol the Fnited S.. c: i , ntda at iLeir eession passe i a u uccliuiug their support c-I tho g-jverociejit ia its r with Sji-- Military Feature Was That Proper at the Funeral of a Brig-Gen. WAS A GREAT DEMONSTRATION. I'.ilms Fiom fieri, nreckenrl'lge Sevoel and Oleander From Key Wcst--Iiiipresslve Scenes. On the Kth, at Raleigh, N. C, the l'nitet States and North Carolina paid noble tribute to the memory of the gal lant ensigu, Worth Laglev, the first c ltioer killed in the war with Spain. 1 he body was met by an escort of the First Regiment of Yolunteera and taken to tho home of Ensign Parley's widowed mother, where a detail of troopd kept constant guard. The sceue at the home was mournful in the ex tremo and the tender love of ail classes of eople for the dea l was shown in the stream of callers and the wealth of floral tributes. ( n the cask et were the dead oilicer's chapeau and sword. Among the floral otleriugi u Inch literally banked tho casket and filled all available space in the looms ere palms .sent by ieneral Rreckeu ridgo in memory of his sou, the la mented Cabell lireckenridge, young 1 'alley's classmate. There were also flowers covered with a national Hag, tent by the Rreckeu rid'o family. Seaweed and oleander lir V.NPIOX WOBTH BAG LEY. (f irst American klile-l In th war with Spain.) from the people of Key West; llower s from Capt. Chester, of the cruiser Cin cinnati; porcelain flowers from the men of the torpedo boat Winslow; palms tied with tho navy colors, orange und blue, s-ent by Miss Gertrude Rhillips, of Washington, and a North Carolina llag of flowers fioui Savanuah. There were scores of floral pieces fiom towns iu North Carolina. Tho body remained at the bouse un til "J : -ji this ofteinoon, when it was taken to the capilol and placed in the rotunda. The rotunda was drapcl iu the national and State colors. A steady stream of people flowed by for two hours. The face was not exposed. It had been reported that it was disligm ed by tho explosion of the shell, but this was inaccurate. Tho fare wore a si'iile. i he easktt was removed from tho ro tunda at " o'clock and placed in front of the statute of Washington, where the i .t-n i-es wort? held in t lie presence of tt;o family and the city clergy and lt, (loo people, including all the Cnited States, State and city officials, military, veterans, cadets and tchool children. Col. Thomas S. Kenan was mastre of ceremonies. 1 he exercises were as follows: 1 1 mo. "Tho of Hod 1 e-s Forth to War;"' praer; .-ol There I? a Land Mill" Eves JI.iv" s.e.'ij;"" th- l'Jth rsahc: ipiar-t-U". "At'id" With M-;" Scripture P-aiiim: avl prayer by Kev. lr. Eu'-pe Iianii-ls, Ei sicn li.icl-y's j ator; hymn, ".List As 1 Aid . " The procession at 5::;0 moved to Oak wood cemetery, as follows: I' .!! "', Eir-t and Second IletiaiTjIs of ri.it" ! St.it Y dunteers; music; tody iu fu neral car draped Ju Ma-'k, drau ly.-i !'..r.--s with lu.fk trap ings; cl r-.-.y. famiiy and relatives, t"""tt!er with Lieutenant A'!a!i: lr;!t'd Slrite Navv: Agricultural a:c( M-.lia.'iical College cad'-ts; C-mfcd-raf v-t'-raus eaiu( . Grand Army r..st;Goveri:or 1-: asset I. Senator Euti-r and other national. State and eity officials; n.UeiL'h Ma!" Acad emy t iid'-ut.-, iiiciuduiir Lalcy's classuiat".-, an i pupils ot put !i .--!i' - !s. Fifteen thousand persons saw the 1 recession. All business was suspend ed duriug the exe cists. The cere monies at the grave were bnef. con sisting of the committal to the grave. 1 l aver and benediction; hymn, "Now tI.eDay is Over." a solo, "'-'lhe Last Sentence tf a ( herd," and a hymn, "lhe Naman's 1 'raver. " As the precession arrived, eleven tuns were lired by a battery, an 1 sa lutes weie tired at the grave, and then two regiments tired thite volleys. J In-l-o y was buried quite near the grave of Lnsigu I Ragley's grandfather, iov eruor Worth. t he ceremonies w ere marked by deep public feeling, and the military portion of them was that proper at the buiial of a brigadier general. Di-jcharge of 1-iilIs.ted Men. The Secretary of War has made an order that men enlisted or re enlisted in tho regular army during the war shall Le informed that thev will K gi anted their discharges, if desired, at the close of the war, upon their indi vidual at plication. Kaet About Cuba. Cuba is about as large as tho State of Rennsylvauift, containing as it dees about 4 "V.' '.". f'l'iare miles. Accoidiiig to recent statistics the poi'iilatiou is 1, -'i. '. ; about '"." i er cent, is negroes, although some tigm cs gie very much lower totals. If all the lands suitable to the culti vation of sugar cane were utilized the island could produce enough sugar Lr theer.tire Western Uemisj ue:e. In uue year with the small area under cuitna t:ou ovtr 1 , t-J'.', w toiii tf igc iart? been exported. , v Kl. 2IO . (iHDslOM) l)K.l. ire Sufl.-ietl No I'aln, I St t l'ased h roni Oi.o Sleep to Another. Rt. Hon. William Kwart (iltdstone. ' M. 1. 1. C. dse.1 at his home. Ha warden. Rug , oil the 10th. llea the fomth tin of the late Sir John Jla'lbtone, Rut , cf Fasque, County Kincard:uo. N. R. a well-known mer- j chant of Liverpool, and was born there December .., ".:. He was educated gf?r.- W. r. or.rsTovF. at Lton and Christ Church, Oxford, of which he was nominated a student in ls?!i. and graduated, taking a double first-class, in Michaelmas term. Hil. Raving spent some time in a continent al tour, he was returned at the general election, in December, 132, in tho Conservative interest, for Newark, and entered Rarbament just as the etruggle of parties was at its height. CON I ) IOI S S Til K UN I TK ! STAT KS . Prince IJismarek Talks on the Ills-pauo-American War. Rrince IJismarek, of Oermany, ac cording to an Associated Press dis patch, has this to say on the Hispauo Americau war: " l he whole course of the Washing ton administration has beeu insincere. My views are well understood. ! have always held that war is only defensible alter all other lemedies have failed, lhe result of the war cannot bo w hole-s-omo either to America or Rurope. The United States will be forced to adopt an intei meddling policy, leading toun avoidable frictions. She thus abandon ed her traditional peace policy, aud, in order to maintaiu her position, she must become a military and a naal power an expensive luxury which her geographic position rendered unneces sary. America s change of front means retrogression iu the high sense of civil ization. This is the main legretable fact about the war. "' MJ.XK O CO-OPKItATICS. President Iia. Orders Troops to t he IJordcr. President Diaz, of Mexico, has wiitten Oove-nor Culberson that he has ) dered Mexican tioops on the border to lender assistance and pio tect citizens on the Texas side, if 'ed on. He ra.v3 he has sent ad-i.-.ioual tioops to tho border with 01 de: s to oo-opei ate w ith the United States troops i preventing depieda t: ins on Texas soil; aud has instructed them to ask. the co-operation of United Staio:, tioops. it" nc-eoss.'iiy. Ho closes his ioter by saying: "With the hoj e that the good relations of true and candid friendship which for so many years have united the two republics f North Ame-;. a m.iy continue, and with t lie pm pos? of cultivating them on my part, intei pieting the will of this coun try toward yours, I subscribe in vseit your attentive servant and frien-'. SpanL'i Lpedillon for Philippines. Iho fiibt clas3 steamship I'tdayo. theaimored cruisers Rmj erado Carlos Y.. Alj honso XIII, Yittoria and (ii lahta. the auxiiiar3' cruisers Alfonso XII, Hueiios Aj res and Antonio Lo I ez and thiee torpedo boats, now at t'adiz. ready for sea. They are ex pected to sail for the I hilipr ines be fore the end of this mouth, with 1!, i.rni) troops. Destructive Cyclone in Iowa. A cyclone struck Treston. Ia. , de stroying most of the buildings in the tow n. diaries Floy, wife and three children, v.eie killed. V.'m. Oineavni said to have been killed at Oujrjley.aiid Mike Mines, at Charlotte. At SkiUmau YaHev, iii.. the home of Micheal Nel son was destroyed. Nelson, his wii and two children were killed. Two I ersous. names not known, were killed at Adeline Mills. SPAIN'S NKW C AP.LNKT. It Has IJeon I'ornierl With Sagasta as President. '1 he new Spanish cabinet has been formel as follows: President of the Council of Ministers. Senor Praxede3 .-ngata; Minister of Foreign Aflaire, St-nor Leon Castillo; Minister of War, Lieutenant Oeneral Correa; Minister of Marine, Senor Aunon: Minister of the Colonies. Senor Romero (Jiron: Minis ter of Finance, Senor Ropez Pulgeer ver: Minister of the Interior, Senor Cap ieron : Minister of Jufctice, Senor C. (iraisizard; Minister of Public In struction, Senor Oatnazo. The Premier w ill act as Roreign Minister, len lics the arrival of Senor Castillo. Ofrice-IIoldcr Commits Suicide. W. O. Rsson, for twenty-one years county auditor, of Charleston, S. C. , and a man 72 vear old, committed sui : !e by -hooting himself through the Le.eh Ha was popular and highly re steete . lit wa aproiated Ly Oov emor Hamitcn. m 1 - 7 7. Y. aus Appointed Inspector General. 'r.l.. 1 ie: lent has nominated John ;i Laui:, cf Scatb C'aroliEt, to ho ia ructr central, with tL rack of ':NX K A!l the Reconcentrados Said to Be Dead or Sent Away to Die. MANY TOO WEAK TO LEAVE. Flocks of Vultures Circliiig In the Suburbs--! hese Uirds Ar Now Called "Weylrr's Chickens." A epacial from Key Yest, Fla., says; The conditions in Havana, resulting from the blockade, are being gradually brought out by information obtained from fishing smacks and other small vessels captured off the coast. 'lhe situation iu the blockaded city appears to be worse thau at any other time since the Weyler regime ended. The fishermen who at first braved the blockade for tho high prices which fish brought iu Hat ana, now run the risk not for money, but for the food which they get from the sea. A number of these men have been captured at differ ent times by the vessals of the blockad ing fleet, nearly all of them being re leased after having been questioned by American officers. They unite iu pic turing the btateof things at Havaua as critical in the extreme. The latest news of this description was obtained through two capturts made by the United States gunboat Ma chias, which has just returned Lera for the first time biuce the blockade opened, making the longest Bingle ser vice of any blockading vessel oil Cuba. The Machias caught two fishing boats off Havana just before her return here. The Americans offered the fishermen money for part of their catch, as the fish were needed on the gunboat, but the fishermen demurred at taking money, saying they preferred to have bread aud" that they were desperately hungry. When questioned as to the prevalence of yellow fevor at Havana, the fisher men said there was little bickueBS at the Cuban capital, but, they added, there was much starvation. The reeoneeu tiados, they aaid, are nearly all dead or have been expelled from the city to die iu the suburbs. This agrees with other reports from Havana and Matanas, to the effect that tho Spauis;h nutborities, on tho departui e of the American con suls, sei.ud all tho relief (supplies aud applied them to the usooftho army. Tho Spaniards then drove the reconcen trados into the desolated sections of tho country between the coast towns and the insurgent lines, tho regions de scribed by Senator Proctor and others as being too barren and desolate to sup port grasshoppers. The insurgents themselye3 have been chary of receiving reconcentrados, and hundreds of the latter who had no per sonal friends iu the insurgent camps havo been left to starve between the lines. Near Havaua the situation is even worse. Hundreds of reconcentrados from Los Fosas, the big reconcentrado barracks, were too weak to walk out of town and fell in the btreets or died in the Buburbs, where flocks of vultures, "Weyler's chickens," as they are now terme 1 in Havana, have fasted on the bodies. In Matanzas this element of the situation is equally bad. The fishermen who have beeu brought here are soon reconciled to capture, which means food and decent treat ment. They say that if the blockade continues much longer bread riots must follow iu all the large towns o! Western Cuba, as food is reserved exclusively for the army, thus forcing many per nors to enlist who would not otherw ise do bo. The fishermen also -av that tome cf tho most desperate. Sj aniarjs threaten to buin Havana or blow up the city in the event of the authorities decidiug to capitulate to the Ameiican forces. SPAIN DOES Not Like the Talk of an Anglo-Saxon Alliance. Spain is not pleabed with the utter ances on the subject of the possibility of an alliance between the United States and Great Rrituiu. Spain, it is faid upon good authority, will draw the attention of the powers to tho transcendency of the suggested Anglo Americau alliance, with respect to European interests. Keels the Sharp Criticism. The administration evidently feels the sharp criticism of his appointments of wealthy young clubmen and those 'whose only recommeudation is that they are their fathers sons; to impor tant commands. ThiB has caused a storm of indignation, and the adminis tration hastens to announce that ther-M birds of lino feathers will be i ut in the background as much as possi ble. A Politic. tl Sen-alion in leva-. Attorney General M'j'ane, on of the leading candidates for the I tinoci atic nomination for Governor in Texas bas cieated a fen-ation by withdrawing from the race. This leaves Congress man Savers the leading candidate, nn 1 his victory seems aseuiel. lhe Dem ocratic nomination is t psivaieut to election. 000,000 Supplemental for Nvy. The Secretary of the Navy sent to the Hcu-e on the 1' th an estimate for an appropriation cf w ,) in round numbers to cover the war expenditures of the navy, for the first feix months of lhe next fiscal year. This is supi le mental to the estimates heretofore re ceived. Fainilie) Made IIomeles. News Las been reeehe 1 at Pensaola, Fla.. cf the almost total destruction of tiie town cf ( hij ley, on the PtLei cola and Atlantic Railroad, about 1 miles ea3t of l'ensacola. Nearly every business Louse in the p'acj was burned ; also the new railroad depot and many jrivate residences, dhe loss is very large and a numi.-.-r of families were made horaele-s. Here and Th'-re. Hevy raina ia Calicra;a Lit par. Milf fared i); periibisf oropa. WKldil.V CHOP P.I LLKTIN. Warm V cither llelp.-.l the Appear a ;ce of I icld i ops Generally. The follow mg aie txti.vts from the week'y crop bulletin as issue 1 by Sec tion Director l auer. fcrthe week end" i'jj: May I i Ii : lhe warmer weather caused a notice able improvement iu tho appearance vl liei 1 ciops generally and particularly iu the conditio?' of corn which has to a large extent, regained a healthy color, and shows improvement in stand, al though stauds are not entirely satisfac tory being much bioken by the rav ages of cut, bud aud heart worms, aud uneven ou account of much replanting. Corn planting contiuues to a limited extent, but ma)- le said to be practical ly finished, except for tdubble corn to be lautsd in June. Cotton hhowfr ,'itlr recovery from the set back of the iieviuus week, caused I bv the cool nights and damaging cool ..... i i . . f . i. i iu'i3 uuu irporis ui iiiiun u y.u ho received from various localities. The stand of cotton rauges between "very good and the "poorest seen in a life time I hat is to say, there in a great iriegiilarity iu the stand even in adja cent townships which differ greatly, some reporting fair elands aud otheis vety .poor. Put almost w ithout excep tion, coi respondents state that a great deal of replanting has been done and muohet to do before full stands can be secured. Iu many ii. stances whole fields were plowed up aud replanted. In tho eastern portion of the State, early plauted cotton is looking best, while over the western portions late plaiitiug has doue better except that iu places the ground is so crusted that sprouting cotton seems unable to break through it, aud some farmers are har rowing the fields to break the crust. Sea-Inland cotton is uot doing well owing to the drought that prevails over the legion of its cultivation. Cotton planting is practically finished, although in a few localities it is un finished. Chopping well under way. Tobacco seems to havo responded quickly to the better w eather conditions that have prevailed latterly, and can be said to be doiug nicely with the fcets larger than usual for the season. There is need of ram in some tobacco raisiug sections. A small white worm is do iug considerable damage in places by boring the pith of the bteni, otherwise tobacco is in a satisfactory condition. Rice is locking we'd aud growing fast in the coast rice districts, but iu Ker shaw the seed rotted in the ground, iiecest itating re plat: ting. The condition f wheat continues very promising. Rust has uot increas ed. hiring the week and is not prevalent enough to materially injure wheat, ex cept in portions of Lexington county. Wheat is heading and stands in urgent need ot ruin. Oats aie ripeuiug iu the southwest ern poi tious of tho Stato and harest iug has begun in Hampton aud Reau foi t counties, with a good average yield. Oats aie heading well every where but, like wheat, need raiu. Spriug oats will likely be a failure in the low counties, 1 ut in the upper portions of the Stato are lookiug well, but need raiu. The general outlook for fiuit con tinues to be good for peaches, espo -cially in the counties where most at tention is given this crop, but pears are not doing well generally; much blight is noted, aud the fruit is drop ping too freely. Apples have set well in some localities, while others report the trees barren. Plum are ripening and will be qiiito plentiful. Grapo blooms in profusion in the western counties, and this fruit appears to be doing well evuy where. Attention should bo given grapes now by giv ing t ho vines rot less than threo suc-ce- -ivo sprayings at intei va'.H of about t w e' ve days. Wild betrieM will be abundant iu i-iuces, but i:i Hampton ami Rariiwt-11 the 1 .!' en appear small and shriveled, i 'or-.-t li cs iliii i!ig tho w inter destroyed n a:.y "..'..d blackb-.rry vines. :-u.:.'u ciMie i.s. glow iug up to good . 'a- I... Sweet potato draws being tram-planted, but ti, ground is too dry for this work, to bo pushed. Theio appeals to I c no scarcity of draws. I f ih potatoes mi' not yielding over one foui th an a . i1 aire croii in harl--,t"n oouinvow- j ing to tho deficiency f over lo inches iuiainfall since .Januaiy l-t. Other ' v -'.-t, ilne, in the Mimu vicinity, huve iel.ied less than usual by per cent., and shipments have be- i coiiespond- in-ly light. Melons are now doing will, hating made marked improvement except in Newberry and Rumberg eonuties, where poor f-tands are ti e rule. Peanuts not doing well. Some pea" have been sown in Greenville and Lex ington. i iaideus continue backward but look ing well. Pastured need rain. I'm m work is up with the needs of all crop-, and fields ar in good condition geuei al ly, except that gia-sj- fields are report cd from Kershaw. Cl.iurh bugs ha'.e attacked com in York, and have appeared on gram in ( hester. nf, bud an I heart worms are reported numerous and destructive er near, v thy entire State. I lie (oirzl.i PopullsiH. l he Populists of Georgia nominated .1. R. Hogan. of Lincoln county, for Governor; Felix N. Cobb, of Carroll, for Attorney General, an 1 W. P. Gkr.er. of Ribb, f.jr Cvmmi3sion:r of Act iciiltme. to Jill vacancies canoed by tl.'.- declination of thorc Lamed at the regular convention sis. weeks ago. lhe platform us i-greed np.n was endorsed by the convention. 100,000 in Cuban Army. 'lhe ftrength of the Cuban army of invasion now forming Las been raised to a hundred thousand. It will move on Cuba legardless cf the Spanish, fleet. Troop for the Philippine. It is announced in Wahington that General Merritt Las won his fight for a larger force for the invasion cf the i'hi.ii pii.es. It is row stated that the first lu-tailmer.t Willie eleven il.o r fraud men, with fourteen tnoufcaud tioops following as early as possible Ordered t Tampa. The Fiit Regiment of North Caro 1 e. volunteers Lave ! en ordered to Ta:g;a. It Las fifty oicr and 6j2 ehc.e 1 ,f a. hurts About Cuba. Cuba is about as lare as tho State of Pennsylvania, containing as it does about L'.,ihi n pi are miles. According to i event statistics the population is 1, ".:! ,s; ; about '." per ceut. is negroes, although borne figures give very much lower totals. Hall the lands suitable to the culti vation of Migar cane were utilized the island coulil produce enough mi gar lor theentite Webtcin Hemispiicic. In one xear with the uruall aiea under cultiva tion over Rim '," ton id sugar have been eiported. A large part of the country is occu pied by impenetrable forests, tiot moro than 10 per cent, of the pdaud being uuder cultivation. The United States w ti$ from Cuba sugar, leaf tobacco, cigar, e.garettes and cheioots, molasses 'mitr. r.ute, iron or- ttcjval w.-da and manufac tures .f hides i.d bkins, i hemica!, drugo and dyes. The climate is hot on tho coast and, of course, more temperate aboo in tho higher lauds. 1 Le temi crature langes from 72 to s2 degrees. lie sometime forma at night after a long continuance, of northern w luds, but cuow is totally an know n. The Normal and Collegiate Institute FOR YOUNG WOMEN, AS 1 IE VI! .1. E, N. C, Full Tel in Reginning Sept. 21, lv)". Offer to the Student. R A normal course for tho thor ough training of teachers under in frtructors from the best normal schools, embracing careful instruction in tho most improved method of teaching, with practice iu the model school. 2. A fully organized commercial course for the preparation of young women for office work, embracing Stenography, Typewriting. Rook ke'eping, (slUgh) aud double entry) Penmaubhip, Commercial Arithmetic und Cori spouib ncc. A course in Domestic Science, (i) in which tho pupil is taught to draught, cut, fit, make garmeuts and millinery, (b) To prepare a meal which bhould bo healthful, imuotuio und appetizing. The tcacheia iu these departments are fiom Pratt Institute, Rrooklyn, N. V. Systematic fdudy of the Riblo in all departments. A specialty is made of Health Cul ture urnbr one of the best teachers in the South. Ry special ruuetmcut of the Legis lature of Not tli Carolina, graduates from the Normal Department uro ex emptcd from examination when ap plying for positions iu the Publio Schools of tho Stale. Cost of Hoard and Tuition in auy of the Departments per term, or $100 for the Kchool year. No extras t-icept music. Ror Catalogue, address Rev. Thos. Lawrence D. D., ASHEYILLR, N. C. Southern Railway. Pullman Car Ssrvict. Iu effect March 1, IK'.H. 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