The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-28
SOUTHERN CORN.
A Remarkable Increase In the Last Eff
 teen Years.
THE NEW YORK CEREMONIES
The Presidential Party Leaves Washington to Witness the Dedication of Grants Monument Postal Congress Appro-
 prlation-B -BimetaIlic Commission.

WAsHNGroN, April 27.-By some of the agriculturists in congress the in- crease in corn culture in the southern states since 1900 is ascribed to com petition begun eight years ago in one of the agricultural papers, which of fered cash prize to the American farmer who raised the largest crop to the acre of any cereal. The prize wheat went to Utah, for oats to New York, for barley to Ohio, and for corn, strange to say, to South Caro- lima One farmer in Marlborough county, in that state: established his claim tc, have raised crop from one acre of 939 bushels, and the awarding of the prize was a revelation to many southern farmers, who uniformly re- garded cotton as the staple agricultural product of the south and had seen neither reason nor profit in the cultiva- tion of corn. Since then, whatever the the reason of the development of the corn crop in the south may have been, it is fact that it has been enormously increased and the western states no longer hold their relative prominence as corn growers.
 The President Goes to New York.
 WASHINGTON, April 27 27. Just on schedule time the presidential train pulled out of the Sixth street station of the Pennsylvania railway at ten o'clock with a distinguished party aboard, all the guests of the city of New York, to attend the ceremonies connected with the dedication of the Grant monument The members Of the party began to arrive early at the station and were promptly assigned to their respective seats without friction. A few minutes before the time set for the start the presidents carriage drove up to the main door of the station, fol- lowed by that of Secretary Porter. Ihe president assisted Mrs. Mckinley from the coach across the station into the private ear. She was dressed in gray gown and appeared to be in the best of spirits. Mrs. Mckinley was seated in an easy chair commanding a view of the country through the rear windows of the observation platform. The president stepped to the door and bowed to the crowd and the train rolled away. At 3:15 p. m. the train arrived at Jersey City. The second special train with Vice President Ho- bart and the senators arrived shortly afterwards. Both parties then pro ceeded to New York.
 Postal Congress Appropriation.
 WASHINGTON, April 27.-The post office department is much concerned over the failure of congress to appro- priate sufficient money to entertain the members of the Universal Postal congress on scale commensurate with the entertainment the members re- ceived at the last meeting at Vienna. At that time the members were given an extensive trip and received every opportunity to see all the advantages, such 5is they are, of fafssttIi isi. II 5iII55- pears that a good many of the dele gates expect the United States to give them an excursion across the country and show them the Yellowstone the Yosemite and other national parks. The members of congress do not think it is the business of the United States to engage in any such affair, and they have not appropriated any money for that purpose
 Will Go Abroad Soon.
 WASHINGTON, April 27.--A dispatch from Bloomington, H., says that Adlai F. Stevenson departed for Nashville, Tenn, to-day, where he will attend the formal opening of the Tennessee