The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-13

dispute, but both ciaimeI Us Hn1 oOtn
worked tie turDenIi e on II
The s.ockhal lers Of he Greenwood cotton
sesd oil mill met thursday aat org n'2ad hy
electing the foil wing i.rectnrs: Dr.. W. b.
N livte, Dr. J. C Maxwell. Col. j. p.
Mickler, q. REYNOLDS, J. +. Sim n ms, T. F.
RileY. J. S. Mo-se. Dr.. W. 3. Milwee was
g ected TO the preside cy Of the company
b. tie directors lie 80 II act as seer .tary
and treasure also A tor the buildi 8
will be secured at &c md tne work T
erection commenced as Sooa as material can
be obtained.
r. r. Tolbert. the newly appointed p 'st-
mas er. t5ok cha ge OF toe postohi 3 at
Greenvills Wei iesd y The Business mal
and the white reople almost Unanimously
did all that ,uli pa doIe to prevent
removal Of Mrs. Williams, bat their pen
tons have not bsen no ic)d. Lew q.
Waller county chat of tue par Y, wao
asst ted Toibert in securi l2 his apnoi@t-
raent. has been given place al assistant
postmaster until le receives a better place,
for witch he is working.
Sheriff w. H. Hood left ChG:ter on Sat
u-day for New Orleans, and has brought
back to Chester a negro namsi JIius Rag
dale, who ra a way last year from that
county to escape lis trial for the killing OF
another uegro, Andy Crawford. Ragsd lie
had stabbed Crawford a d hal been ar ested
but let out on bail, Mr., F.eiihe m OF Lands
4 ri going on his b. d. Mean while Craw-
ford died and Ragsdale fed. He was lately
heard Il near \ ~ Orleans, and at Mr..
Freilheim's iusta ca he vas arrested ere,
AID Sheriff Hood has brought him back.
The Rev. Caarl4> p llliDS, D. D. LID,
died at the resilencs of his son-in-law,
Com DtrJller General Werner, at Column ia
Friday after a brief illness. D.. Phillips
was on his way t. Birming I, A a., t.
end his remaining days with ais two sons
in tina C v, and stopped at Colu nall to
see his daughte AMI her family. W1lle
there he was a tackled b. dis ase and nev-r
rallied II cons,queaca of the death in the
ia nily OF Comp 70 ler General Werner The
meetings of the suking fund commits ion
aid the state rail DAD board Of eq ialzation
nave been deferred res pectiyely until May
81 and %.
1t seems that Sumter is destined to pro-
duce machine OF lncacIlable advantage TO
persons engaged IN raising cotton. Not
only have Mason's cotton harvester and
Mason's 'tton gin en- contributed by
Sumter to the great cotton ildust y, but
now comes ReavdOn's i'm roved Amazon
cotton chopper aud cultivator. All Vho
are familiar with cotton planting know
that after the cotton comes up, and has at
tanned a certain g 1t, it is necess .ry tnat
the rl1nt shoJld Os thinned out. This IS
u'ually done with he hoe, q d is a slow and
expensive process. Sometime; a plough is
used. and again some planters resort TO the
rough ID uncertain us9 of tho harrow.
VT. Reardon'S cotton chopper does the
work better than any of the above methods
and great deal cheaper. Fl claims that
one of his m9clileS, with one man aud q
horse, will Ell ectiveiy chop twelve acres
day. This, he says, will cost only 6 cents
per acre, while same work, not so we'll
1Np ru,tk III -. 4
per acre. Mr.. r ardOl has ma ie ca Gu
lation of what Ills chopper will save it nsed
throughout tie eAtre cotton belt # tbs
country, ana it amounts to alb ut 81, 900, 0OJ
The Department of A griculture furn she's
the following Information regarding The
crops, derived from 233 special county aud
TO vns ip reports from regua correspond
ents, May l, 1899: Notwithstanding the
largely increased use Of co nmercial fer
ii izers, the area in cotton from present H.
dcatlons will not be greater than in 1888
On May IS per cent. of crop had been
planted, against SO per cent i'll an avera -
year. The condition is reported S.
against 81 at the same time in 1888. Four
per cent less CON nero al fertilizers was
used on cotton than last year, ald % per
cent. of the crop W 8 fortified with nome,
made manuras The weather has be9l too
| cool and windy Tor cotton and rain is
needed. life 'ior s.anis are reported in
seve al counties, resal ing from the g Of
damaged seed ami unflvorabIe weather.
A part of the crop ha be repla ltei.
The area in early planted rice is 2 per cent.
less than last year, but lantiag was re-
tarded in toe lower counties by heavy
rains and freshets. The total area cannot,
Therefore, be estimated until after the
June planting. The area in sugar cane is
reported at per cent. greater than last
year, and the condition, compared TO an
| average crop, s.. The area in sorghum is
the same as in 1888, when there was an in
creass of s per cent. over the previ us
| year, and the CONDITION is ra0orted IT %.