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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18

In view of the conflicting and often er-
roneous statements, and in many cases
misrepresentation, in reference to the
condition of the MARKET and the causes
of the recent depression which have been
circulated, I have been requested by the
Board of Directors of the Exchange to
prepare and send out to the fruit growers
of this State, and especially those who
market their fruit through the Exchange,
a candid statement of the material facts
relative thereto.
The orange natures at a different peri
cd of the year in various countries In
the West Indies it comes to maturity as
early as September and October. In Flor
ida it attains degree of color and some
sweetness in the lower part of the State
in October, and in the northern portion
of the fruit region in November, but it
seldom attains any good degree ofmatur-
ity and sweetness before the middle of
December The Mediterranean does not
attain any degree of sweetness until
March, and the California fruit about
the same period.
Tt will thus be seen that the fruit grow
ers of Florida have the control of the
market from about December LIST to
March 1st, subject only to the risk of
cold weather SO severe as to injure the
fruit on the trees. The orange is only
palatable when it has attained certain
age of maturity. 1T may be of a pale
yellow and very acid-attractive to the
eye but repellent to the taste. We know
by our own experience that the oranges
are not desirable to our own tastes, and
we may be certain they will not be to the
purchaser of our fruit.
Heretofore we have shipped but little
fruit in October and only a moderate
quantity in November Some sales of
pretty we'll colored fruit were made in
Northern and Western markets followed
Immediately a rush of fruits for all
markets, much OF this fruit early in
November (of this season;) there was
green and all was immature and acid.
The whole crop of the state is estimated
at not over two million boxes, and prob
ably considerably less, it is now ascer-
tained that full half million boxes
of the partly green and altogether
sour fruit was thrown upon the market
in November. OF this quantity $4,000
boxes went to New York and $4,000 to
Boston, thus doubling the usual quantity
in each of these cities, and probably a
still greater surplus in the Western cities.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18

What was the natural consequence? Not
only an over supply of fruit, but an enor-
nous over supply of green and sour fruit,
'Or which it was not strange there were
few buyers who would take the risk of
buying to sell again, fruit which was
travesty on the fancy, delicious Florida
fruit
Now who is responsible for sending out
this great excess of poor fruit in Novem-
Der? Was it the Fruit Exchange? No.
The Fruit Exchange shipped to n Y in
November 25, 900 boxes, and to Boston
about the same number. So that out Of
$4,000 boxes shipped to New York the
Exchange only shipped one-ffth, and
somebody else four-ffths Did the Ex-
change Glut the market withit one-ffth?
or the other parties with theirfour-fifths?
Who then were the other parties? | sup
pose they were in large part people who
had bought fruit in Florida on the trees
from the growers and who were required
to take the fruit away by the middle of
December, and some by growers in Flori-
da who have continued to send fruit on
consignment to commission merchants.
The Exchange has warned it's patrons
against shipping unripe fruit. 1t has
given carefully prepared instructions to
the grower, as to the handling, packing
and shipping of their fruit. Who then is
responsible? Certainly not the Fruit
Exchange. 1t clearly has not glutted
the markets, but has sought to send the
fruit where it would bring the highest
prices.
Among the misleading of endeavoring
to impose confidence in the Exchange is
the sending out of market reports by GER
tain commission merchants so WOrded as
to insinuate that the auction sales have
depressed the MARKET and that theirpar-
ticular commission house have obtained
better prices than have been realized at
auction, quoting, perhaps, the lowest
prices obtained for inferior or decayed
fruit at auction, in contrast with the
price for good fruit in their hands-put-
ting the lowest auction prices in contrast
with the highest commission sales.
Another method is to state that the
prices were good but had been depressed
by announcements OF auctions of fruit.
Apart from these kilograms from COM
mission merchants, growers and deal
ers' protection association asks you to
throw yourself into the hands of an
association in the list of whose member
ship not single Florida name appears.
The agent of this association has also,
through the columns of State paper,
charged the Fruit Exchange with the
crime of sending $4,000 boxes to market
in November out of 100000 boxes, but
has no word of censure for those who
hipped the 100000 which made up the
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18
For THE FLORIDA AGRIcULTURIsT.
Who is to Blame?

THE RECENT DEPRESSION IN THE ORANGE
MARKET AND IT'S CAUsEs-A CANDID
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT FAIRBANK OF
THE FLORIDA FRUIT EXCHANGE.
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The State Exchange.

The farmers have organized their
State Exchange, and made Green.
vile the temporary location.
The establaA Ament of this E5-
change, with a capital of $50. 1850,
Ito conduct general mercantile and
brokerage business, and to act as
agent for the purchase and sale of
ali kinds of farm supplies and pro
ducts, and to do all that appertains
to the receiving, handling, forward
ing and marketing Of all said pro.
ducts, and the purchase of supplies;
to erect. manage and operate ware
houses, stock yards, grain elevators
and packing es Adjustments; to manu-.
facture suano or other fertilizers etc.
is An event Of considerable impor.
tance and is oil experiment which
si;l attract attention. The best place
for the location OF the Exchange
probably would have been the city OF
Charleston where better facilities
would have been afforded for giving
the plan of operation fair te than
will be found in Greenville. which is
not large enough to hold an instltu-
tion of this kind without serious de.
triment to the mercantile community,
for to be success, this corporation
must do an immense business, as
their aim will, in all probability, he
to make the margia ofproft on sales
exceedingly small, and this must pros
duce o destructive competition Or
absorb the bulk of Grecnville's trade.
Still, however. the merchants Of
Greenyillc may have confidence in
their ability to protect their own in
tcrests, and the city itself may he
pleased at the compliment in being
selected as the place for the location,
as it is very doubtful whether the
location will ever be changed should
success attend the efforts OF the or.
ganizers.
Should he succeed in conducting
the affairs of the exchange with
marked success, Mr.. j. G. Colt will
make an enviable reputation for him.
self, as upon the president OF the ex.
change will devolye the responsiblll-
ty of its management
At this stage any prediction would
be rash. as the movement IS too
radical a departure from existing
ileas of business to warrant one IN
forming an opinion, but it cannot be
denied that the formation OF the
body, for the purposes stated, fur
nishes but another of tie very many
indications exhibited of late, of the
cool de!erm nation of the farmers.
As they are only doing what
everyone claims and exercises q
right TO do. viz: attempting to bet
ter themselves, The World wishes
them success, and will watch the con.
duct of their enterprise with atten.
tive interest.-ChdrleSton World.
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Alliance Exchange Conyen ton:

The convention Of County Trustee
Stockholders, which had been called
to meet in this city on the goth ins!.,
met yesterday in tue room Of the
Board of Agriculture in the .Agricul.
tural Hall. Thirty two Counties and
677 shares of $50 were represented
at the meeting.
At the morn ng session Of the con-
vention, the following directors were
chosen: 1st Congressional District,
O. P. Riley, Orangchurg; I'd, W. T..
Tia mcrman, EdGcGeld; 81. j. ".
Glenn. Anderson; 4th, j. r. llarrl-
son, Greenvilic; 9Th, joel Hongh,
Kcrshaw; 9Th, J. y. Ferguson, Dnr-
iington; 9Th, ". a. Cain. Sumter; j.
c. Colt, Of Chesterfield, and j. A.
ST. Of New5erry, for the State at
large.
The selection cf officers and the
determination Of the location Of the
State Exchange was ictt t. the board
Of directors; aHd the meeting then
adjourned until s p. IN.
At tic night meeting Glecnvilto
Was see ted rs the temporary eoca'
ton OF tie Exchange, and tie fol-
lowing board of trustees appointed ::
President, J. &. Colt of Che terficld; :;
Vice President, j. \. Sligh, Newbcr
ry; Secretary. W. A Cain, Sumter.
Columbia Register, 2lsk
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Masters Sale.
Nov. 7-3t.

soUTI CAROLINA, ! Court OF Com
KERsII wv County. mon Pleas.
4. Barnes, Ex'r &C.. PIt'tf) demand
rs. for Fore
d. $. PEBBLES, Dcrt. closure.
TN obedience to decretal order
4l dated September 14th, 1889, 1
will offer for sale at public outcry,
before the Court House at Camden.
S. G., on the FIRST MONDAY IN
DECEMBER NEXT, 1859,
AL that Tract of Land. containing
Eight, (ST Acres, ntre or less, it
heing in Kcrsbaw Couny, State
aforesaid, lying on Hoy Water
Branch, and bounded on the East
side Ivy W. w. Stokes Ian on the
south si,le by Mary Bradley's land.
n tie West side 10y j. E. R. dgers'
land, and on the North side ly j. L.
RODGERS and w. w. Stokes land.
TERMS OF SALE-One half cash;
the balance on a credit of cnc year,
with interest from date Of sale, pay
,ble Annually until tie whole be
. ill, seanrcl hy b,nl OF the purchas-
D M a or ag3 o lie iemlses
,o,r. pI ch ,er t' pay Tor pi pers.
nDWARD ". bOYklN,
Nov 7-3t Master.
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Cotton Stalk Bagging.

Mr.. J VI Forshce, secretary Of the
Chamber Of Industry of Wilmington,
n. c., was in Macon. Ga. recently
exhibiting samples Of half inch rope
made from cotton stalk finr:. Ac.
cording to the. Telegraph, he also
had sample of 2,round bagging made
from the. same fare. Mr. Forshec
announces that machines have been
invented for stripping the stalk and
manufacturing tie fibre into bag
g;ng, and that ''the cos Of the manu-
factured article will not be Il ore than
four cents per yard. One acre of
cotton stalks will furnish enough
fibre to make hagging enough TO
bale fice bales Of cotton, and rs this
is about five times as mucl as is
needed. the excess will lie used in
manufacturing rope and for various
other uses to which inte is now
put" MuauuctWer'S Record.
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DEATH OF MR.. ID. J. CARTER.

Mr.. Dav .d J. Carter, senior Eil-
tor of the Lancaster Ledger died at
his home in that town Oh Tuesday
morning, 10Th inst, after brief i'll
ness.
Mr.. Carter was born at Raleigh,
n. c., where he learned the printing
business. lie went 20 Lancaster
Just before the commencement o.
the late war, md took position as
iourneyman on the paper OF which
he afterwards became the owner.
He married Miss Louisa Riddle,
of Camden, daughter Of Mr..
James Riddle, O yeteraa OF the
Mexican war, and sister Of MIR.
James NJ. Riddle, Of the Lancaster
Reviep. Mr.. Carter enlisted as a
private soldier at the beginning OF the
var and served throzE to the end.
lie was about 80 years Of age, was
good citizen and true Democrat,
and will be much missed hy the CON-
munity in which he lived.
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Masters Sale.

SOUTH CAROLINA I Court Of Com
KERsHAw COUNTY mon Pleas.
The Dundee Mortgage and Trust
Investment Company, Limited,
Pltf'., VS.. A. f. Johnson, r. G.
Jo!n nson and w. +, johnson jr.,
Dsfts.
RN obedience to a decretal order
A dated October 2G. 1850, 1 will offer
for sale at public outcry in front Of
The Court House in Camden. S. G.
on the FIRST MONDAY IN
DECENBER NEXT, 1889, n
all that parcel Or tract Of land In
the county md st te aforesaid, con-
taining one THOUSAND and thirteen
acres cob more or less, and being
On the waters Of Beaver creek and
about l6 miles north Of The T. wn of
camden, and bounded On the North
by Beaver creek, East by lands Of
lie Estate of McWil ic and Of the
Estate of J. Ross Dye, South by
lands Of J.. c. lIough W. E. John
son and Fl. r. Brown and OF the Es-
tate OF j. Ross Dye, now OF l.. l..
Ciyhl II, and Wcs: by the road lead
ing from Camden to L berty Hill.
Said plantation hcing part Of what
is locally known as "Ronnd Top.
and being on the Eas ern side of
said Camden and Liberty Hill pub
lie road.
TERMS OF SALE One third cash,
the balance in one and two years. in
two equal annual instalmen's, Sc
bond Of the purchaser and
mortgage of the premises sold, in
ttrest from date of sale on the whole
amount layaLlc annual y until the
who'e DO paid. Purchaser to pay
for papers.
EDWARD ". BOYKIN,
Master.
Nov. 7-3t.
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Th2 J4#rttat.
CAMDEN, S. {. NOVEMBER 2S, 1889.
GEN JOHN D. KENNEDY.

Our distinguished fellow citizen,
General John D. Kennedy, late Con
sui General TO Shanghai, China, ar
rived home on Saturday night.
A number Of gentlemen On horse
back with torches, preceded by The
Kershaw Cornet Band, and followed
by large concourse of citizens in
carriages, buggi,s anil on foot, pro-
ceeded to the depot to mcos the Gen.
eral. The train arrived at 9.45, when
DR.. D. L. DeSaussure, on the Fart
of the citizens, welcomed General
Kennedy in few very appropriate
remarks, which were responded to
bv the General in his usual happy
manper; after which he, with Mrs.
Kennedy and several ladies who had
gone to Kingville to meet him, took
their seats in carriages and were
driven to his residence in Kirkwood,
amid the cheering Of the multitude,
the prancing of horses and the firing
of b. mbs. When the procession ar
rived at his home, after music by
the band, they were bid god night,
and melted away, leaving the Gen
cral once moro at home with his
family and friends.
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Virginia's Election Law.

RICHMOND. Nov. 2l-Thcre is o
strong impression that Governor
Fitzhugh Lee will make some sng-
gest;on to the Legislature rs to bal
lot reform in this State. The body
assemblies here December s.. The
Governor is now preparing his mes
sage to be presented soon after it
convenes. It is believed he will
recommend some important changes
in the present election laws of the
state. Whether his suggest will
contemplate the substitution Of some
modification of the Aust allan sys.
tenn is not known.
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Mortgage Sale.
South CAROLINA,
I..p,u,,,- HnIrNnv

Ar HShA" NoSNl l.
y Wm: w:.. Barnes; ,t; /; w Mortgage ty
Stein as II. Baum & Co. Real Estate.
SENDER and by virtue of power
Wy of sale contained in Mortgage
executed by William Barnes in favor
of Fl. Baum and J, ". Stein, doing
business as II. Baum e. Co., d.ted
the Goth day Of January A ID. 1888.
and recorded in the Clerks Office for
Ker,haw County, in Book VI NJ,
page 81, we will sell before the Court
lIouse door III Camden, S. c.. within
the legal hours OF sale, on the first
Monday in December next:
All that piece, parcel or tract
Land and buildings thereon, situate
lying and being in County OF Ker.
shaw. and State aforesaid containing
ninety-six (96) Acres, more or less.
and bounded rs follows North by
lands OF Geo. a den, Eass by lands
of Scip Brisbane. South by lands of
Mary Simmons, and West by lands
of L. +. Sill.
TERMS JAsH. Purchaser to pay
for papers.
II. BAUM g. CO..
Mortgages.
Nov 11-3t
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Masters Sale

Masters Sale
SOUTH CAROLINA ! Court of Com
EERsuAw COUNTY mon Pleas. :
Travis a. Moore, Pltff, ys. Louisa
Wilson, and HeCry Wilson her
husband,' Dclt's.
HN obedichce to q decreIal order
Al dated September i4th, 1889, I
will offer for sale at p9b'ic outcry
before the Court House at Camden,
S. c., on tile FIRST MONDAY IN
DECEMBER, 1889,
Certain Town Lots in the Town Of
Camden, situated, lying and beRg
cr the North. East corner If BroaN
and York Streets, now the residence
and shop of the said Louisa Wilson
AID her husband, Henry Wilson, the
Defendants in this case.
TERMS OF SALE:-One ha'f cash,
and the balance on q credit Of one
year, with interest on the whole
amount, payable annually from the
day of sale. and secured by bond of
the purchaser a"d mortgage of the
premises sold. Purchaser o pay for
papers.
EDWARD NJ. BOYKIN,
Master.
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HON. w. ii. PERRY.

From the Sumter Wutchmdn and
Southron, we learn that Hon. ". H
Perry, will resign his seat in Con.
grcss, will give up his practice Of
law in Grecuville, and retire to his
farm in the county. "only to come
ont more prominently bofore the
people rs their candidate for Gov.
ernor," and that, Ills candidacy is to
be ",listinctiveiy and rronouncedly
as that of the Farmers Alliance OF
this State"
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The longer We watch the Alliance

The longer VIC watch the Alliance
movement, the more firmly are we
convinced that it is the grandest
thing for The South that ever hap.
pencd, and will result in the great
est good imaginable. No fair and
honest man need fear that lie will
suffer hy it. The FaI mers' Alliance
is not organized to Cypress any one,
bnt simply Ia right the wrongs OF its
members Athens Bunner.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-11-28
One On Malone.

Messrs. Cheadle. of Indiana, anS
Bruum, of Pennsylvania. were ins
visea by General Malone to stump
the State of Virginia in his interest,
They had an appointment at Gam
berland Court House. in Cumber-
land County. which has very heavy
negro majority; and the Democrats
made no attempt to meet them, sup
posing it would be hopeless case
TO make any contest there. So the
two Republicans. alone addressed a
very large negro assembly, discuss
Ing ut length the intricacies of the
= tariff and other questions of national
importance, and went on to speak in
the highest terms OF General Malone,
his Republicanism, his friendship foT
tho negro and how much he had
done to elevate them and help them
assert their rights.
A negro in the audience, by the
name Of Hughes, before the meeting
adjourned, requested, that he might
be permitted to reply to tile two
gem'len from the North, and re.
ferred to Mr.. Cheadle as MIR Beadle.
and Mr. Brumm as Mr. Bruen, sar-
casticaily !ikening them to the ami
mails those names represented. AZ
ter discussing other matters agitatcd
in the campaign, ho finally took up
the question CT Genera! Malone S
love for the negro. saying he would
illustrate how much the General
loved the negro by repeating dream
he had had the. night before. Il
dreamed" said lie, THAT | had Gone
gone and died. and after WAS dead
I found out I didn't have no wings,
and I lowed Id walk to Heaven,
and when I fetched up at the golden
gate | knocked, and the gate keeper
he ceme ont md axed me how I got
way up there to the golden gate, and
I lowed to him pintedIy that l come
oil the way on foot. The gate keep.
er he say: You CANT come in here
to-day, for I amt admitting nobody
now, cept they is on horseback So
/ was turned away from the golden
gate. When I was coming back to
you all again. met General Malone
right on that same road, and / says,
says 7. .Whar Won puine, Mars
lsillyr and he says, says he: I'm
guine to Heaven, stand aside l
tole him you CANT get i" thar, Mars
Billy, cause they amt taking no.
body in less they is mounted on
hoss.back.' Then General Malone
said: You get down on your hands
and knees, you black rasca!. and I'll
get on your back, and we'll ride in
together SO Mars BILLY he climbed
up y stump and got onto my back
snd we cautercd up to tue gate. and
I lowed Id knock again. The gate.
keeper, be come out and he says:
WHO'S thsr:' I says: Mars Billy
Malone. The gutekceper, he says
again: is lie mounted or Oh FOOT?
/ tole him, He's on hossback, OF
course, for he's Mars Billy Malone,
OF Petersburg, the friend Of the cul-
lud man. Then the gatekeepe., he
hollored out loud, he did: General
Mahose. tie yo' boss on the outside.
and come !xr And I jest laid back
and Flowed to myself; 'Niggah, sold
again !" And that's the way Mars
Billy Malone wants to ride you into
the Republican party"
The sequal WAS that this county OF
Cumberland, which had previously
gwen 500 Republican majority, was
0 .lri, d by The Democrats by about
~ ana tIc urst I'll. luv, n..'. car.
ned it ID 20 years.-Nat. Democ' at.
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THE SOUTH CAROLINA con-
FERENCE.


ever be remembered and fondly
cherished in the memories Of The
good people Of Camden. The South
Carolina Conference of the NJ. E,
Church, South, convened here on
Wednesday the Goth and adjourned
on Monday the 25th after c implicit
ing the usual routine and other i'm.
M 4lBdsiness connected with this
Mge and influential body of Chris
DHan workers. The present session
is the tenth Conference that has as.
semb!ed in Casdea-thc first three
being held cohsccutively in 1901.
1902 and 1903, then in 1905. 1911,
1878, 1928, 1871 ands49, and now
in 1889, just forty years since the
last one. From 1878 to 1888, the
membership 10 this conference las
increased 2O795, being an average
of over 1900 annually. And il the
Sunday schools, for the same length
of tine, there was an increase ol
1877 pupils, and ,497 officers and
teachers, an average annual increase
Of 1,7l9 pupils anil 100 cffi.ers and
teachers. We would be glad to nh.
lish in full IN article By Rev. Fl. L.
Chreitzberg in the Southern Chris
tian ASroocate of the 2lst inst,
giving 81 few Facts Historical and
Figures Productive Of s. &. Con
ference" rs also two other articles
in that excellent paptrfrom the pens
of DR.. James II. Carlisle, and Rev
A. NJ. Chreitzberg, but our space
will not permit.
The people of Camden arc pleased
and delighted beyond measure in
having these good people among us,
and feel that it was good to have
them hare, and look forward with
hopeful anticipation that at no dis,
tant day they may again have the
pleasure. of welcoming Item in Uur
midst.
The following are Tic appoint
ments made for Sumter District: -
Presiding Elder S Beasley,
Sumter-a L Hodges.
Sumter Crcuit-W l. Waite.
LyncLLurg-E o Watson,
AYedgefeld-J W Kilgn.
Bishopville-J L SLulord.
Santcc-R NJ Mood.
Foreston-J G Bissell
Manuing-R W Baber.
Oakland-W G. Barre.
Clert n len-W Z Gleaton.
Camden-E j Meynardie.
Ham, sing Rock c Davis.
Richlan1-D A Calhoun.
East Kersiiaw-J j Workman.
West Waterte-B d Lucas.
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The legislature OF Georgia has
just adjourned after session Of
ore hundred and thirty da,s, at G
cost cf over s2n0,G00. The Le:.is-
lature was also in session last .um-
mer for TWO or three months.
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Vii: Harrs on be made Prlsilcn:
a 8 n time! 1h,7answcrsis 10 be
foun in rel ing lhe n IN, uarIi iso.
backw RI.