The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-04-20
NEWS GLEANINGS.

The factory at Selma, Ala., uses an
pually about 1900 bales Of cotton
It's reported that persons from dis
tonce are rapidly buying the coal lands
of Tuscaloosa county, Ala.
The Vicksburg Herald says that YaIa- |
busha county, Miss, has imposed tax
Of 81 on each dog, except one to fam
ilv, in the csunty.
The Tampa (Fla) Tribune says that
shesp.shearing in South Florida is be-
gun, and that thewool clip this year will
be larger than ever before.
The pistol law has been signed by Gov.
Churchill, of Kansas, 1t imposes fine
and Imprisonment for thirty days, and
allows the court no discretion,
The Brady land, in Rockbridgo county
Va. 1000 acres of mountain land, as
scssed at ten cents per acre, has been
sold to Pennsylvania firm for 1923, Geo.
Petitions to the Legislature of South
Carolina are circulating in Marlboro
asking the total prohibition of the man
ufacturc and sale Of ardent spirits in the
State.
Since the Inauguration of the Board
of Harbor Commissioners at Norfolk,
Va, the total amount Of excavation is
1917 ,S9S cubic yards. The board has
granted permits to the scaboard and
Roonokc railroad to reclaim large por
ton of the Portsmouth flats adjacent to
its North-strect depot wharf, and to con
struct thereon extensive docks and piers.
The Charleston News and Courier re-
ports that in GreenviIle county, s. c.,
there we're recorded last year 2,34O liens,
averaging about 2l5 each, making an
aggregate of $l05,3O0 in property pledged
by the farmers for supplies. This season
thus far there have been 972 Liens given,
for amounts ranging from s. to $25',
averaging about SO, making total of
$l3,74O.
The Memphis Avalanche recalls the
fact that Randolph, an ancient and de-
caved post village Of Upton county
Tenn, was once the commercial metrop-
oils of West Tennessee. Fifty years ago
it was Il place Of far more importance
than Memphis. 1t never fully rccor-
cred from the disastrous blow struck by
the panic Of 1897. 1t was burned finally
in 1863 by the Fcderals, the Confederate
Col. Faulkner having fired into pass
ing steamer.
New Orleans Democrat: 1t is said
that wheat in Northern Texas is begin
ming to break down in just the same
manner as 1t did last year; what the
cause Of this was no two persons seemed
to agree upon at the time, but later 1t
was pretty generally conceded to be the
work of worm. The worm has not yet
been seen on the ground, but it may be
that it is working on the root OF the
grain, and will make its appearance on
the surface later.
Anderson IS. O. IntelIigenccr, March
81: The work of immigration 20 South
Carolina is being successfully pushed
forward by the Agricultural Department
of this State. CO.. A. 7. Butler, the
Commissioner of Agriculture, who is
temporarily in charge of the matter, has
introduced and settled in different parts
of South Carolina over 100 German
families since the lst of January, and
is continuing the work in most sue
cessful and promising manner.
Atlanta Constitution: In the Stone
wall Cemetery at Winchester large
number of soldiers from Georgia lie un-
buried-probably fully 500. Virginia
and Maryland, by erecting handsome
monuments, have acknowledged their
Indebtedness to their own heroes, and it
is now proposed that the peopeof Geor-
gia shall attest their gratitude and
regard for her dead soldiers by erecting
on the lot where so many OF them sIecl
aftting monument to their memory.
Wilmington On. CO. Star: We regard
this matter of the dairy and OF sheeI
husbandry as of the greatest importance
toOur people. Both can be made to ado
to the wealth of North Carolina man!
millions of dollars annually. The othe
day we copied paragraph from th'
Elizabeth City Carolinian, which showed
that canned vegetables were sold in tn
stores of North Carolina that were raiact
on the bleak lands of Maine, where it
winter six months in the year. Such
fact is a blistcring shame.
The largest single contribution t
public purpose ever made in Charlestol
Orin South Carolina was the act of on
OF the most successful planters in tn
State, Mr.. Ephraim NJ. Baynard, who
in 1868, seeing the need of educationa
opportunities at home, set aside the cor
siderable sum from his fortune OF sos
2OO in securities of the city of Charlie
ton as permanent endowment fund.
ispreservcd unimpaired, and is now hel
IN four per cent. city bonds, giving sta
blIity to the college of Charleston.
New Orleans Picayune: Census Bu
ietin No. II, just issued, shows that Il
eolored population of Kansas numbe
1896. In 1870 there were l7l03.
We allow an increase of twenty-five ?
cent. during the decade. there ought
have been q, 400. We have thus, s.