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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
FoUR.FIFTHs OF A COTTON CROP.
Government Report Shows Prospects Have
Fallen 12 Points.

The August returns to the Statistician to
The Department of Agriculture show re-
duction in the condition OF cotton during
the month Of July from 925 to sO.1, or 1874
points. The condition same time last year
was 77.9, which was the lowest average for
August ever given.
The averages of the States are: Virginia.
Sc: North Carolina. 80; South Carolina, SS;
Georgia, 80; Florida, 81; Alabama, SO; Mis-
,issippi, rs; Louisiana, 10; Texas, 50; Ar
kansas, IS; Tennessee. SO. Heavy rains In
July damaged the crop. especially on bot
tom lands in Virginia, North and South Car.
olina. Florida and some portions OF Georgia
Over O large area in Georgia the crop Is In
hne condition and promises full yield. A
drought which extended over Alabama.
Mississippi, Louisiana. Arkansas and Texas
for several weeks produced more or less
damage. and in many counties complaints
are made of rapid shedding and premature
Hpening and blooming ut the top. Some
counties in Mississippi and Arkansas report
the crop as irreparably damaged from
drought and excessive heat.
Some counties in Texas report the crop In
good condition, fruiting well, and promising
an average yield. But over the drought
stricken district where rain has fallen it has
come too late to be ofbenef1t. The continued
drought and hot, dry winds have done con-
siderable damage In some counties. There
Is complaint or too much dry weather in
Tennessee. Otherwise the crop is doing
fairly we'll.
The crop over almost the entire cotton
| oelt is maturing rapidly and is earlier than
Tor many years. partly from early planting
and partly from premature ripening.
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REPORT ON CEREALS AND POTATOES.
Agriculture Department Notes Improve.
ment in Corn Only.

Agriculture Department Notes Improve.
ment in Corn Only.
The report of the statistician for the De-
oartment OF Agriculture for August indicates
ali Improvement in the condition OF corn
over that reported last month of "A points.
Or from 92.4 to Sc. The average the prin-
,ipal States are Ohio, 105; Kentucky, 1902;
Indiana. los; Illinois, 106; Iowa. lO3; Mis-
soun, S5; Kansas, 109; Nebraska. 1Os.
Condition OF spring wheat has fcllen since
July report from 933 to 1873. decline of
IA points. The conditions by States are as
follows: Michigan. SS; Illinois, S3 Wisconsin,
81; Minnesota, 80; Iowa. 81: Kansas, IS; Ne
oraska. IS; South Dakota, 80; North Dakota,
10; Washington, 90: Oregon, 80; California,
l09
Condition of oats has fallen since last re-
port 19 points. or from 95.3 to77.3.
Spring rye condition is sS, against 9s.6 in
fully.
Barley has fallen from sS1 in July to 50. 9
Tor August.
The average Of buckwheat Is given as 99.5
per cent. Of last years area. Conditions Of
lame, 9.
Condition Of Irish potatoes s4.s, against
70 In July.
Condition Of tobacco, ss5, against s1.5
fully 1.
Reports on the European grain crops are
generally favorable. The wheat crop prom
ses to be up to the average. Forage crops
will be short In Great Britain II drought con-
inueS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
THE NEWS EPlToM\ZEDl
Washington Items.

The mystery surrounding the death OF A.
Fl. Pile, Secretary OF the National Comult-
tee OF the Silver party, whose nooS was
found floating in the Potomac River near
Washington, has not been solved.
At the suggestion Of Commandant Stcard,
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. acting Secretary
McAdoo appointed court OF inquiry 70
meet at the Navy Yard to investigate and re-
port upon the accident to the dry dock.
The Italian Minister applied to the State
Department for information concerning the
lynching OF three Italians in Louisiana.
An appeal to the United States Supreme
Court has been taken in the Lincoln gold
bond Injunction case, in which William ].
Bryan, Democratic candidate for President,
is the principal plaintiff.
Judge Samuel Shclbarger, Member OF Con-
cress for several terms, ex-M,nister to Por-
tugal and for many years prominent law
yer of Washington, is dead. He was born in
Ohio in 1917.
President Cleveland has pardoned John
LYONS. sentenced in Arizona to three and q
half years Imprisonment for robbing post
office. Doubt as to the prisoners guilt led
to the Presidents action.
Postmaster-General Wilson has decided
not 10 take any part in the coming cam
paign. He will sail for Europe on October
IL, accompanied by bis wife, and will remain
for about two months
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
GERMAN SILVERlTES.

They Show Renewed Activity and Will
Take Census in the Reichstag.
Several special dispatches from different
POINTS In Germany show that the bimetallists
here are about to begin an active move
oent.
They intend to take census on the SUBJ
ect In the Relchstss. Emperor williams
ecent study OF the financial question has
laused most OF the activity.
The Imperial Chancellor, Van Hohenlohe.
md the other high officials express a desire
o reopen negotiations with England next
pripg. But the strong views OF Sir Michael
ficks-Beach, the English Chancellor Of the
Ixehequer, and the apathy Of even Mr.. Bal
our when bimetalllsm becomes question
# public policy, shows that the German Cp-
,roaches stand small chance OF success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
HORRORS OF THE HEAT.
People Died as IL Plague Was Sweeping
the Land.

All records OF deaths from heat were
broken in New York City on the eighth day
Of the hot spell. The list Of those who in
that day gave up the struggle with life be-
cause OF the high temperature was 122. In
Brooklyn twenty-one were eIorted; In
Jersey City, N. j., and Its environs eighteen
died.
The sun killed nearly one hundred persons
IN New York City and laid low $50 more by
heat prostration and thermic fever. The
dead bodies Of the stricken ones lay without
care for hours, and when the overworked
Coroners' physicians arrived to grant the re-
moval permit they were menace to health.
The hospitals were taxed to their fullest ca
pacity to care for the sick and dying. Cabs,
huckster wagons and push carts were
converted into temporary ambulanceS
to meet the needs Of the hour. Bodies
of dead horses were strewn in every
block, where they were left for hours
before the vans arrived to remove them.
Three days Of the hot term elapsed before
The hospitals have saved thousands who
were stricken.
New York City was not alone in Its suffer-
ing. Men died ut Long Branch and at Bath
Beach, at Coney Island, and the lists OF dead
in Jersey City. Staten Island and Brooklyn
were appallingly long. When men die at
the seashore from the effects OF the weather
1t IS little wonder that Coroners are over
worked
Every city In the country suffered from the
intense heat. Boston's official temperature
was not above ninety degrees, yet the weak
ening effects of the two previous scorchers
has shown itself in a larger mortality list
than on any day Of the year. The dead
prp,hor fon Tho pooejh1v fofo na oaa ra aa
many more, while the number Of prostra-
tions are hard to estimate, but will run we'll
toward fifty.
From oil over New England the same story
OF intense heat comes. The Waltham Mass. }
Watch Factory closed; men In the Boston
Subway we're forced to stop work. The let
ter carriers In Milford could not deliver the
noon mail, for the mercury touched ninety
eight. At Marlboro, Mass. ten horses IN the
water works basin died from effects OF the
heat.
The excessive heat at Terre Haute, Ind,
caused q number OF prostrations., For the
fifth day the 100 mark was reached.
Mr.. J. G.. Joyce, joint clerk OF the NorfolK
and Western Railroad and Bay Line Steam
ship Company, died at his desk In the Bay
Line office in Norfolk. Va, overcome by
heat. william @. Cosgrove, OF the United
States Navy, fell in the navy yard at NOR.
folk, Va, while proceeding aboard the
Maine, and died In halt hour.
The temperature In New Haven, Conn.,,
was ninety-three degrees and three deaths
resulting from prostration by the heat and
sunstroke occurred.
Three deaths from the heat were reported
at Philadelphia. The thermometer reached
ninety-eight degrees.
The heat at Montreal, Canada, was In
tense, and business was almost wholly sus-
pended In consequence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
BOLT KILLS HER LOVER,

rho Lady Was Sitting by His Side, But
Was UniDjured by the Lightning.
Dr.. ". T.. Pressey, Of Bangor, Me-, was in
family killed by lightning while sitting on
rerandah with his arm around his nancee's
waist The accident occurred at the summer
cottage Of DR.. Pressey's family at pictur-
isque but retired spot near Islesboro, on the
Iaine coast.
Miss Brown, the dead physicians sweet
leart, lived in Boston and has been spend
ng part of the summer in Maine. The
couple were sitting on verandah OF the
,ottage watching the tremendous thunder
torn which swept over part OF the coast,
when bolt of lightning struck the cottage
ind killed him instantly.
Miss Brown was uninjured BY the light
ling, but was Frustrated by the shock to her
iervous System.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
RACE WAR COSTS LIVES.

Three CoIored Men Killed and Many
Wounded by White Railroad Laborers.
The race war in Polk County, Arkansas,
has broken ou. in earnest, and as result Of
the first battle, three colored men are dead,
eight wounded, and many have becn run out
of the county by the whites. The trouble
Is between white and colored laborers
employed on the grading works Of
the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Rail.
way, near Horation, Ark. The white labor
ers are determined that the colored people
shall not work on the road, and are being
backed up by citizens Of the county, who
have armed themselves.
Thursday night lot OF whites, composed
of italian, Swede and Hungarian laborers,
together with number OF natives, made
raid on camp occupied by colored laborers
with the results stated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Fill man with whisky and he can give the
piS points.
1t is only those who are in the power Of
rum thar cannot SEQ its harm.
The man who has not decided that he will
never drink, has more than half decided
that he will drink.
The indians OF Eastern Washington are
said to have taken steps to prevent the sale
OF liquor among them by unprincipsed white
men.
According 70 the National Temperance Al
manac there are cighty-tlve papers published
in this country that are devoted to the tenn
perance cause.
Doctor Norman Kerr warns medical prac-
titioners against employing alcohol or anti.
pyrin in the treatment OF influenza.
Why is it that town, when giving q
"wrieup" Of its industries, never boasts OF
the number Of its saloons and the genial
saloon keeper
The notion prevails among great number
OF otherwise sensible people that alcoho! IN
the form of wine and whisky is "cure-alL"
And this despite the testimony OF the agea
that alcohol In any form is detrimental to
the health OF the body 80 much 80 that 1t
may we'll be termed "kill-all."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
THREE ITALIANS LYNCHED.
Louisiana Mob Hangs the Men Together
and Then, Riddles Their Bodies.

Louisiana Mob Hangs the Men Together
and Then, Riddles Their Bodies.
A mob OF about fifty persons attacked the
County Jail at Hahnville, La, and took out
three Italians, accused OF murder. The
prisoners cried and begged for mercy, but
the crowd took them to stable short dis.
tance away. gave them two minutes In
which to pray, and then strung all three OF
them up by their necks to the ratters.
The lynchers stood around few minutes
until the bodies ceased to struggle and then
opened fire from their Winchester rifles on
the dangling forms, literally riddling them
with bullets.
One of the men lYnched, Lorenzo Saladino,
was known to have grudge against Jules
Gueymand, who was killed while standing
on his front porch in Saint Charles Parish.
Saladino was arrested.
The other two were brothers, Deceno ana
Angelo Msrceiso, who were confined In the
Jail for the murder of an aged Sraniard on
one Of the plantations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Out of the Common Run

A borax combine Is announced between
Chicago and English companies.
Vincent Ray, a Chippewa Indian. who died
the other day in Superior, Wis, left an estate
Of 1000.
The pan-Anerican medical congress Is to
be held In the City Of Mexico on November
16 to 19 inclusive.
The French have proclaimed state OF
siege In Madagascar in all districts occupied
by the insurgents.
The fisheries of Canada yield annually
s2O. .OOO, 900, of which one-half comes from
the deep fisheries.
Two thousand Latter Day Saints mission
lries are said to be on crusade In England
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Fatal Trolley Accident.

A fatal trolley accident occurred on the
Columbia and Donegal Electric Railroad
one mils outside of Columbia, Penn. A
crowded cur was returning from Chiekies
Park when a gear wheel broke and the
car was thrown over twentY-foot
ernbankment, falling into Il creek. Five
passengers were killed outright and two
score injured, many Of them very sert.
ously. The dead are: Chief Burgess. Fl. NJ.
Helss, of Columbia; Adam Foehlingtr.
mutorman, Columbia; james Ludlow, Sea
tiirt. n. j.; Henry Smith, Columbia; William
Tinkersou, Columbia. Twenty-nine passen.
gers were seriously injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Good View of tho Eclipse.

Miss Mary Proctor, Of New York, daughter
If the late Professor Richard A. Proctor, the
yell-known astronomer, telegraphed from
Trondheim, Norway, that a fine view was
nad OF the total eclipse Of the sun from the
deck Of the American line steamer Ohio,
which was then off the island Of Stot, Nor
way. The sky was absolutely cloudless and
he atmosphere clear. The duration OF the
eclipse was one minute and thirty-hVe Sec
oD6s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
TO RECLAIM DRUNKARDs.

The League OF Love, branch Of the
Salvation Army, will put into operation in
New York City new plan for saving Of
drunkards. It Is proposed to patrol certain
parts of the city at night with ambulances
driven by Salvation Army lassie. There
will be two members of the army besides the
driver in each ambulance and whenever
ambulance and taken to the Salvation Army
Shelter, where they will be allowed to sober
up. OF course, no ore will be restrained and
taken against their will. The patients will,
II they wish, be allowed to pay for their
lodging and breakfast after they have be-
come sober.
The ambulances will be painted red and
and white and drawn by white horses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Carrier Pigeon Regulations.

Fear of the reasonable use OF carrier
pigeons in France led to the PRONUNCIATION
Of most stringent regulations. The Paris
Governments decree stipulates that every
person wishing to possess carrier pigeons
must obtain the authority OF the Precept;
and every person receiving pigeons must,
within two days. make declaration to the
municipal authorities. The police commits
sary must always be present when the pig
cons are freed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Silver Talk Closes q Bank.

The Security Bank, Of Duluth. Mimi,
faiei to open its doors and Is now in the
hands Of the State Bank Examiner. The un-
expected Withdrawals Of deposits, believed
to have been precipitaied by the free silver
sentiment In Duluth and the fear that gold
would command premium, are given as
the cause. The deposits are approximately
hulf n million dollars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
BRYAN in New York City.

W. J. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan and the party
which accompanied them from the West, ar
rived at Jersev City over the Pennsylvania
Railroad on evening before the notitca-
ton. The Democratic candidate Tor Presl-
dent was warmly greeted by a crowd in the
station. After making their way to the
ferryboat, hard pressed by the crowds which
surrounded them, Mr.. Bryan and his friends
were conveyed across the river to Desbrosses
street. New York City. Here carriages were
in waiting, and the party were driven to the
home Of W. P. ST. John, Treasurer OF the
National Committee. Mr.. Bryan was cheered
by people In front OF the house, but declined
to make speech.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Boat Overturns and Five Drown

Five persons were drowned in the Della
ware River, near Bridesburg, suburb OF
Philadelphia. by the oyerturninS OF a row
boat during a gale. The victims are: Rose
Breinenyer, Rosie Breinenger. Amelia Hol-
man, Charles Minnick, Cincinnati. visiting
friends in Bridesburg; John Treusler. With
the exception Of Minnick, the dead were
residents Of Philadelphia.
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ali possible evidences of their puissance, OF
their potentiallties for defence and Of
fence. This appeal to the admiration OF the
old man has not been made merely through
vanity. Ii Hung Chang is q prospective
customer of the most meritorious calibre.
He Is all powerful in China. And as China
Is anxious to renew its armaments OF war so
as to put itself on an equality with the
younger Nations, he is an object of interest
10 the great manufacturers Of guns and pro-
lectiles, to ship builders, to all dealers in eI.
plosives and other destructive agencies. It
is not every day that country Is honored
by such a would-be purchaser. Good rea-
son, therefore, why we should put ourselves
on our mettle as other Nations have done.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Death in q Fire Trap.

A disaster. appalling In every detail, was
the burning OF the six-story building at No.
465 Greenwich street, New York City, which
caught fire at a time when every floor was
crowded with workers. Beginning at the
basement, the flames swept swiftly upward,
oyertaking many in their fight to the
escapes. OF these three lost their lives. and
nine or ten others were seriously. II not
mortally, injured. The dead are: William
Gray, thirty-fve years old, Superintendent,
succumbed In heroic effort to save tne
lives OF his subordinates; Phoenix Hass;
seventeen wears old, jumped from second
story and fractured his spine; j. Muller,
thirty-thres years old, found beside that OF
Gray, on fifth floor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
SAVE THE CHILDREN.

The Journal OF Hygiene publishes sug-
gestive article entitled "The Greater Tenn
perance," by Charles b. Shepard, NJ. D., In
which he says: Judging from the past e1-
2erience. there seems but little hope for the
adult inebrIate, but We may at least save
some Of the younger generation" He adds,
"When children shall have been taught and
thoroughly indoctrinated with the right
principles on the subject there will be q re-
generated mankind" Doctor Shepard thus
Indicates what should impress more fully the
friends of temperance everywhere, the fun
iamental Importance of juvenile temperance
work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
Bryan's Itinerary.

The second day Of the Bryan trip to New
FORK closed with the candidates arrival in
chicago, where he received a noisy recep-
ion. Greetings all along the route from
Des Moines, Iowa, elected many speeches
rom Mr.. Bryan. When Chicago was reached
Mr.. Bryan addressed twelve thousand per-
IONS from the verauda OF the Clifton House,
.eiteraring his silver views. Great enthusi-
Ism was manifested. The next day, Sunday,
Candidate Bryan received many callers In
chicago, attended church at EngIewood and
eft for the East at 11.30 p. m.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
absolute Anarchy Prevails In Crete.

1t is stated that the Evolutionary assem-
bly which has been established In Crete, un-
der the Presidency OF Gerokostaros, now
ninety-two years old, will issue pr31ciama-
ton shortly, which will be II signal for
general uprising in the Island OF Crete. a
State of absolute anarchy now prevails IN the
district of Leraklion, where the Mussulmans
hays burned four mcre villages.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
THE DOWNWARD START.

Said Mrs. Lake in one OF her late lectures:
"Every man starts out to be a moderate
arinksr, "a man among men, as he puts It.
He enters INTO the social custom OF drinking.
He takes It once. twice, thrice. Gradually
he creates an appetite and he awakens to
find that he has a tersihle burning thirst
which even drink itself can not Satisfy"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
New York City Bank Shut.

The Murray Hill Bank, State bank IN
New York City, was closed by the State su-
perintendent Of Banking, F. D. Kilburn.
There is little prospect that the bank will re-
sumo business. Bad loans had cut down the
surplus and slow investments made the
prospects of getting In cash remote.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
BoolnfnC Burnt Lands.

Duluth railroad line which is booming
the town Of Match@ood offers forty acres OF
land near there to each family that will
clear and cultivate such plot. besides halt
rates TO 90 and examine the place. The land
has recently been burned over, and the clear
ing Is rather nasty and yields no profitable
In mhar
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
NEVER USEFUL.

Doctor Frank Hamilton, one Of the most
competent army surgeons in his day, once
sail: "In my own mind the conviction is
fully established by experience and observa-
tion that the regular use OF alcoholic stimu.
lants by man In health Is never useful. !
make no exception in favor OF cold or heat
Or exposure and fatigue, nor In favor Of old
drinkers, when considered us soldiers"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-26
A woMAN's MOAN.

Hear the despairing cry that one Of the
women of San Francisco addressed to the,
editor OF the Examiner: !;
"Liquor keeps us where we are. The gin,
holes, curse them! Their keepers, God for
give. The laws which make them possible,
curse them! curse them!! curse them!! Re-
form US? How, when rum makes three
every week? Reform us3 Reform your
laws! How laugh-laugh with despair;
Ing shrek at the attempts OF some kind;
selves! Reform, when the greatest enemy to
moral reform Is standing open day and:
night in thousands OF places In San Fran
eisco2. What colossal nonsense! The law
smiles and Christian lawmakers wonder
Heaven Is impoverished; hell Is enriched.
My hot head Is against the window pane;
my aching heart is bursting"