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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
RUTH GROWS ELOQUENT

OLYMPIA. Feb. eaThc leFiala-
ture convened a. @ o'clock this If
ternoonl aud interest WIS conferred
iu the senate. where senator Ruth.
~ ThurHtou county. started things
by making an imprisoned appeal
on motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bin providing for the re-
maVul Of the capital Co Tacoma was
PASSED In the neunte. its spoke for
nearly AN hour and the galleries
were packed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
DIRECT PRIMARYLAw
10 Rnndarn Of Tho glhr.

70 Readers The
The
n 10
u 10 the
each day publish the daily
u the Direct Primary bill defeated by the hod-up
Olympia.
Get ueKhborH OYorwhelm
nenaor and representatives with flood Of public opinion which
they a also
senator aud letters the line
This this only. way wholesome reform be
accomplished.
coupon your Representatives.
Olympia 81 them today mad viii
forward Officials guarantee 10 do
In the
THIS matter q important. Voter. at
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
NEW YORK STOCKS.
High. Low. Close

i1lEh4 Low 1t0af.
Atchison. IS. 81 IA. 81 IA.
Anal Copper.74 1-2. u 5-s. % "a.
B. q O.. 100 81, t04 IA. IO4 IA
q. II. T. s. "a. 81 3-s. g SIS.
Can. Pacific. 1874 u. f33 IL. 1873 IS.
Erie. common. II. q l-2. 43 IL.
H. Central. i56. 155. i55.
Manhattan. III rs. 169 81. III
Metropolitan. l23 Is. III 3-4. l22 Is.
Mo. Pacific. Jos l-2. i07 3-S. 107 3-G.
L. & y. lS7 "a. 1877. 137 IA.
Peoples Gas. los rs. los IA, los i-2.
Penna-. 40. 1873 Ia. 1873 IA
Reading. - 3.4. 80, 80 l-2.
r. l.. common. b Ii. 81 10. "a "a
So. Pacific. 81 SIS. Sc 10. Sc IL.
st. Paul. lT6 l-2. l75 SIS. 176.
Sugar. IA. l42 SIS. 143 Us.
Union Pac.. l22. i2l. i2l.
L. :. S. com, 80 rs. 80 3-s. 80 t-2.
U. S. S. pfd.. Sc. IS SIS. IS IL.
Liverpool May wheat opened l-2c
higher and closed &c higher than
yesterdays close Car Receipts
Minneapolis. $50: Duluth. IA; Chiea-
go. %. Chicago cash wheat closed
as follows: No. . red. $50. No. 8
req sAsAeH. 10 NlsAHa NJ > nat
winter. S1I4 TO SIG ID; No hard
winter. s1.O6 to sL15: No l north
ern spring sl.20. nominal: No. 2
northern spring. sll3 TO sl.16 L.;
No. 3 spring. Sl05 TO si.ie
The market today was rather IN
interesting and showed a sagging
tendency throughout the session,
May wheat closing at sic IS TO
.Sl16 IL. n net loss Of lie TO 5-Sc
from Saturday; and July closing at
S1.0i 1-2 10 Sl0f IS. n loss of S-se
10 1-2c from Saturday. Cables and
foreign markets have no Influence
on prices here whatever. We are
now nearly on a basis, whereby
foreign countries could ship wheat
to the United States. and this may
be taken advantage of II the mar
Set gives them an opportunity. II
this were to happen II would have
a bearish effect on our market.
However. there are some very strong
bull arguments. and ~ Is hard 20
sift out a reason why prices should
vary much for some time.
Visible Supply Wheat 3Se59,0o0
bushels. decrease. i0S. 600. corn. IL
3g5. 600 bushels. decrease. 2SJo0o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
LITTLE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

ANEW PASSENGER and freight
depot WnI probably soon be erected
b. the Northern Pacific at Ritzviiie
DIR. J. r. T. TURNKEY. the smell
ter's physician. vas found by men
working In the Turk Mining com
pnny's mines. near Davenport. FRI
da3. Ga a DYING condition. He passed
away before medical assistance
could be secured
OWING To cold weather at Con-
neR farmers we're obliged to stop
blowing and the work on buildings
waa also stopped.
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NARROW
ESCAPE
ATTEMPT MADE TO ASSASSIN.
ATE PRocURAToR OF TIE
FINNISH SENATE


HELsINGFoRs. Finland. Feb. s.
--Procurator johnson. % the Fin
uish senate. narrowly escaped death
at the hands Of an assassin today
A man disguised a. n military Of
ficer entered the pr0curatur'a apart
msnta and fired several shots AZ him.
The procurAtur escaped injury. but
one OF the bullets struck his son.
who was standing BY his side The
wuuld-be assassin aas arrested and
gave his name a. Alexander Gadd
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Will HOLD CAUCUS

OLYMPIA. Feb. 6 King county
house members VIII hold meeting
this afternoon to caucus ou what
stand shall be taken on the bin
providing Tor the capital removal
aud also 10 discuss the compulsory
pilutnHe bill.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
GO BETWEEk
As WITNESS
my seripps New. ASSN

SACRAMENTO. Feb. s.-Joseph
Jordan. the go-betweeu lu the al
legged bribery u four state senators.
VIII be called to the stand tonight
when the legislative investigation
n resumed. The general Impression
ls that he viii refuse 10 tell what
he knows FOR fear Of discriminating
himself
Tn" witnesses Tor the defense
from Los Angeles aud Bakersfield
arrived this morning. but are main
~ character witnesses
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TAYLOR ARRESTED
tBy scrinDs News Assn

CHICAGO. Feb. G.-Charlea r.
Taylor. the business partner Of Mrs.
Alice webb Duke. was arrested this
morning on a fugitive warrant based
on the Indictment for fraud az Ma
cogdOch6s. Texas. Mrs. Duke.
whose troubles since her marriage
10 the tobacco merchant have re-
suited in her imprisonment In New
York. IA also under indictment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06

after the row occurred The drop
ping 81 a silver quarter on the floor
of the barroom led up to the ass
Hnult
The defendant D. being held In the
city jan az Georgetown.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
STRIKE IN
BELGIUM

eHARLEROt. Belgium. Frb. e.
general strike % the coal miners.
voted b. the Miners congress. be-
gan today. Work was suspended in
eight caiiiera and a partial strike Is
on In - others
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
WILL HANG EN-

DENVER Feb. 6 The supreme
court today sustained the eonstItu-
tiouaIIty Of the capital punishment
law re-euacted by the last irEisla-
ture. -Four murderers. reprieved by
Governor Peabody and Adams
pending the decision. VIII now be
executed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06

July. I02 81. ioll-2. I0f SIS
Corn
May. ola. sit 45i-4 10 Is IS.
July. f6 TO Sc Is. a 81. A. 81.
Oats
May. 3o3-f. 303-S. 50 Is 10 SOLE.
July 30 SIS. soft. 30 - 20 30 SIS,
Pork
May. 1897, 1880, 1895.
July. 1900.
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WILL VISIT SPOKANE

Standardized g n. Piles will
probably visit Spokane on February
fg tie has so Informed United
states Marshal g. r.. Hopkins. who
extended to him the invitation Of
Spokane business men To visit that
city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06

Joe Moss came before Presenting
Attorney Macintosh this morning
and filed a complaint against Rich
ard Herald. his room mate. whom
he says stole two watches valued at
$50 each. He has been formally
charged with grand larceny and a
warrant Issued for his arrest Both
the complaining witness and the de-
PENDANT live at 1904 Jackson street.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
RETURNED 10 woRk

HEHLfN. F'rb. s==Thfer thousand
miners IN the silsHtan district re-
turned To work today. leaving the
settlement = their dispute 20 the
government bin. which IL now In
preparation
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06

Captain James Carroll. a we'll
known shipping man Of this city.
on Saturday sold his office and
business TO the Alaska Commercial
gpmnauV
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06
B | O O D
POISON

pains. catarrh. and don't know Il In
BLOOD POISON Send 70 DIR.
BROWN. 81 Arch street Philadelphia.
Penn. for BROWNS BLOOD CT RE.
3 - per bottle lasts one month. sold
In Seattle only AZ the Quaker Drug
Co. iUl8-i1i5 First Ave. Globe block
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cu1rAGn MARKETS.

CHICAGO MARKETS.
Reported for The star by w. n
Ryer q Co. ia Columbia street by
private wire.
Seattle. Monday Feb. 6. 1905.
wheat High. Low. Close.
May. NILS. lie ia. 1Ie l-2.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06

SUED

N. T. JoLlFFE ASKS FOR $4,000
DAMAGES TO PERSON AND
FEELINGS
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Flour,

Patent. per Dbl. NT5: Crown.
1870. Minnesota hard wheat. 81:
Pilishury. -. Pillsbury's Best 50:
standard Dakota. Sc. Olympic, ti.6S.
Electric. t.7s. Holly. tS.75. Golden
Northwest. f6TB Electric Light
t72b. Cold Medal ss.75. Top Notch.
t4t5. Crntennials. hest. ttT5. Cold
drop. tlsb. Patent Excellent. if.T5.
Novelty A ftaS
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d. S. JOHNSTON CO

eEATTL Et8 LEAD
ING PIANO HOUSE
so3 SECOND AVENUE.
euriss Building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06

D. the worst
Is Sc o n
earth yet the
easiest 10 cure
WHEN Y - u
KNOW WHAT
TO DO Many
have pimples.
spots ON the
ska sores in
HFfWa N4Hr Ions
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06

We take both pride and pleasure
Ealing attention to the splendid
saoWing made By The =. Is. Johnston
-. Plano Forty buyers ~ the
aooys list chose this make. which
.'iabiishes The claim we have made
~ {, viz. That Il Is the best piano
~ ne money ever sold in any state
on re Pacific Coast.
Al persons needing pianos viii be
We beforehand and happy after
NArds II they viii cali AZ our store.
si'i1ine our splendid tine u iustru-
M.nia ana Fat orr prices and terms
.si'fe buying for then you are sure
70 buy here.
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Ceresfs.

oats. per ton. y266 IS: bran. per
ton. 1is.b012i. barley. rolled. per
ton. fs4d IS: feed wheat. per ton.
lazh b. dairy chop feed. per ton, ti9
q $40. oil meal. per ton, s33, best
chop. f26. whole corn. ton, t21m
IS. cracked corn. per ton, sara IS.
feed corn meal. per ton. S9s. shorts,
per ton. tziQ2z.
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Soies. &C. black COD. &C. ling cod.
Sc. crabs. tiGl7h. clans. open
shipment. tioo. elaimA per sack.
tiT5. oysters. Olympia. per sack.
1850. open bulk. per Eailon.
. 80. snlmnu. .. salmon
trout. i5GfThcs skinned perch.
Sc: ahrimpa. s9ioc. founders
DC. herring. &c. Holsters. i7hc.
smeIt. &c. sturgeon. &c. black bass.
&c, hallbut sd7c. perch. -.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-06

! LOT OF LADIES ELDER
DOWN JACKETS. In plain and
fancy effect. close fittiuR neat
~ trimmed with ribbon and
silk. worth tL75. Sale Price to
close ........... .....sI.I2h
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-07-26
OFF FOR COLUMBIA.
From the Daily Item, July 81

From the Daily Item, July 81.
IA guard from the State penitentiary
eszma. over from Columbia this morn
ing FOR the prisoners who were tried
..ans5cted and sentenced during the
@cssent term of court. They were
earned over to him by Sheriff Epper-
sen and they We're taken to Columbia
esx the $50 train.
The prisoners We're Jane Williams
gzxe sentence for murder.
Willie Fraser, housebreaking, two
years in the Reformatory.
William Lawrence, housebreaking
aad larceny, TWO years in Reforma-
ay
Jefferson Wilson, housebreaking
ssnd larceny, two years in Reforma-
rS
Joe Davis. placing obstruction on
aaread track, two years in Reforma-
ay
Jesse Nelson, assault with intent te
aszsh, thirty years in the peniteis-
SxSsaa y
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THIRTY YEARS FOR NELSON.
JUDGE PURDY IMPOSES THE
MAXIMUM PENALTY.
The Jury Rendered a verdicr Of
Guilty After Only Nine Minutes
Deliberation.
From the Daily Item, July 81.

From the Daily Item, July 81.
When the trial of Jesse Nelson was
resumed at $50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon Jim /. Taylor, the suspect
first arrested was brought into court.
Mr.. Jennings did not put him on the
stand but merely presented him be-
fore the jury for comparison with
Nelson. The defense thea closed its
case.
The State in reply put several Of
the witnesses back on the stand and
they were briefly examined to bring
out certain points more clearly and
forcibly.
Maj. N. Noise opened the argument
for the State He was followed by
Mr.. Jennings for the defence and
Solicitor Wilson closed for the State.
Judge Purdy charged the jury on
the law, consuming only a few min
utes.
The jury retired and in nine minutes
returned verdict of guilty.
The maximum sentence of thirty
years at hard labor in the penitentiary
was then imposed, the sentence to
commence at expiration Of the sen
tence Nelson was serving at the time
he escaped AS he was sentenced on
July 6, 1904 to serve six years on the
chain gang or like period in the
penitentiary, he has thirty-five years
lacking few days, to serve. In ordi-
nary cases this would be the equiv
alent of life sentence but as Nelson
is only about IL years old he may
live out his sentence and regain his
liberty when a middle-aged man.
Mr.. Jennings. who conducted the
defense at the request Of the court
performed his duty with marked abil-
ity. He made the strongest and best
fight possible for his client and If It
had been possible to save Nelson the
argument made by Mr.. Jennings
would have done so. But the evil
dence was clear and convincing, his
guilt was too plainly established and
the jury could not do, otherwise than
find him guilty.
Solicitor Wilson. in beginning the
closing argument for the State, spoke
of the proud record Of Sumter coun-
ty for the respect for law and order,
referring to several instances that had
come within his personal observation
during his sixteen years term of Office,
where they had, in the face Of the
greatest provocation, refrained from
mob violence and had come into
court for an orderly administration
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county, he said, had done no more
than their duty as good citizens re-
ouired. but this respect for law and
self-restraint is so unusual that the
record of Sumter is one to be proud
of. an example that other counties
would do we'll to follow. He said
he could understand and sympathlze
with the feeling that prompts men
to avenge a wrong to their women,
but the courts were here for that
purpose, and the people Of Sumter
man would escape his just punish
ment when brought into a court of
Sumter county. He also referred to
Mr.. Jennings cheerful, conscientious
and able performance Of a disagree
able duty at the request Of the court.
When Judge Purdy come to SEN
tence the prisoner, he said that
the dreadful situation which Nelson
occupied should serve as lesson and
as a warning to others. That Nell
sons fate showed what would be the
result Of disregarding the lessons and
example of good parents. That Nell
son had good parents he knew of his
own knowledge and that had he had
the reputation that his old mother
and father had in Manning he would
have been able to come into court
with many witnesses to testify in his
behalf instead Of coming as he had
come, friendless and alone, with a bad
reputation, a fugitive from justice.
He said also that the sentence he
would impose should serve as a warn
ing to all men that to lay hands on a
woman will bring punishment, swift,
sure an severe. It makes no differ
ence what the race or color may be
the punishment is certain. Only a
short time age he had sentenced a
white man to the penitentiary for life
for an assault on white woman.
Any jury and any court would enforce
Of themselves an act that would have
the law and punish the guilty man
with severity. The men who had
captured Nelson and brought him
into court for legal trial had acted
wisely and as good citizens they had
performed duty and had strengthen
ed the hands Of those whose duty
justice, had they dipped their hands
in the blood Of Nelson when in the
heat Of passion they would have
violated the law, outraged
justice and made murderers
destroyed their peace Of mind for all
time and left them with an uneasy
conscience from blood guiltness. In
this case the law had been respected
and justice vindicated. The prisoner
had been given a fair and orderly
trial and he had had the benefit of
able defense. His guilt had been es-
tablished beyond doubt and he would
now receive the punishment prescrib-
ed by law.
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was to the effect that the search was
for a negro of Nelson's general ap-
pearance and wearing precisely the
sort of cloths that he had on when
cuptured, this description having
been given by the young lady imme-
diately after she was attacked.
When she was on the stand she ex-
pressed no doubt of Nelson being the
man. and there was no hesitation in
her manner.
One of the other witnesses stated
that he saw Nelson in the vicinity Of
the Belts Lumber mill Sunday morn
ing. Another said that Nelson said
to him that he had stopped at a flow
ing well near an old barn to get a
drink of water Another stated that
Nelson denied ever having seen the
place before where the old barn and
flowing we'll were pointed out to him,
but admitted having told the other
that he had stopped to get drink-of
water.
Supervisor T. c.. Owens of Claren-
don county was the last witness for
state. He stated that Nelson escaped
from The chaingang last Thursday,
ara was shot with No. 3 shot by one
Of the guards when he made the
break for liberty. He produced the
convict's striped coat which he found
in the woods near Manning where
Nelson made the change OF clothing.
/ Nelson was the first witness put on
the stand for the defense. He told Of
his escape and of his movements from
the time he left the gang until he was
captured about three miles from
Mayesville Sunday night. He stuck
to the story that he never left the
railroad between this city and Mayes-
willie exceptsto get water from the
well at Belts mill. He denied the at
tack on the young lady and said he
had never seen her until carried be-
fore her Monday to be identified.
Policeman A. II. Weeks was put
on the stand as an expert on identif-
cation. He said that from the descrip
ton telephoned him from Belts mill
Sunday afternoon he would never
have arrested Jim Taylor who was
much blacker and heavier and was
dressed much different. On the other
hand if he had met Nelson in the road
he would have arrested him on the
spot because he fitted the description
in every respect.
In the meanwhile Jim Taylor had
been sent for so that the jury might
see the two men who had been ar
rested. There was a long wait, but as
he had not been brought in from the
mill at O'Clock Judge Purdy ordered
a recess until $50 o'clock
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Weekly Crop Summary.

Washington, July 25.-The weekly
srop report OF the, weather bureau to-
says:
Although Improvement is indicated
Tn parts OF nearly all Of the cotton
states, it is neither general nor
snaclet. While the staple has grown
gapidly, and is generally frniting well
Sn portions OF Georgia, Alabama, Tex
s and Missouri, complaints Of unsat-
ssfactory huiting are received from.
he Caroiinas, Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee and Oklahoma and rust or
shedding from all sections. Insects
aTs causing considerable damage to
cotton in localities in Texas, but gen
Sara-2ly no great injury is reported. The
.re,p is opening in the southern poT-
zion of the belt, and picking is uGder
way IN southern Teas.
Tobacco has ma Sc raci1 growth
and is generally in ;sssisfactory con-
asion. The crop is weedy and some
asaas been drowned oJ. in Kentucky,
essaraged locally by rains in Virginia
sazd is poor on light sod in Maryland.
gopping is in progress in New Eng
ssaRa and Ohio, antl c,,ring is becol'-
ssng general. with good results in
Nor1h Carolina
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From the Daily Item, July 20.

From the Daily Item, July 20.
The trial of Jesse Nelson for as
sault with intent to ravish, was taken
up this morning quite unexpected
lv, as the Common Pleas case Of Cain
KS. the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company, which has been on trial for
several days was not concluded yes
terday and the indications were that
it would take up the greater part of
the morning session. When court
convened, however Mr.. ]. L. Jackson,
one of the jurors sitting in the case,
was too i'll to sit and Judge Furdy
suspended the trial until $3.50 o'clock.
The case Of the state VS.. Jesse Mel
son was then called. Mr.. L. D. Jen-
nings, by appointment of the court,
defended the accused while Mr.. Ma
rion Noise assisted the solicitor in the
prosecution.
The testimony was brief and little
| time was lost in examining them.
The young lady, who is not yet 16
years old and her sister. 10 years old,
We're the only eye witnesses Of the
attempted assault and they related
the circumstances briefly but clearly
They were positive in their Identified
ton Of the prisoner as the guilty
/ man.
The other witnesses testified to cir
cumstances following the attempted
assault, the search for the negro, the
capture of Jim Taylor as suspect
the final capture Of Jesse Nelson and
his identificatiop al the testimony
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Let The Loss Be What 1t Nav.

There old shopworn pair Of Shoes Offering
all this seasons goods and standard brands II you do
and carry them until year. would pay so rather
than sacrifice them doing for every pair sold repre-
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weather ard Crops.

Colombia, July 25.-7The week end
SAG Monday, July Gath had mean
Sssuperature about 2 degrees per day
ssHave normal. The extremes were a
maximum of 100 degrees at Black
ssrille and Florence ON the Goth and a
sssn1nimum of 81 degrees at Charleston
an the 18th and at Greenville on the
ssth It was somewhat cooler at the
xaose of thesWeek. The sunshine was
aaormal OF slightly above, and was
aaignH beneficial. There were few
8ecal high winds. but no serious dam
ags vas done.
There were practically no rain over
esae eastern haK Of the Safe; in the
central counties there were numerous
Eecal showers. some Of which We're
ssseayy; there were also scattered light
Showers over the western counties.
What rain fell was highly beneficial,
occurred IN localities that ree:!, d
s sJtSISs LIZ 5IeSSESS3 pO1 1tASAA " ~AAS
central and southern counties the
sgronnd has become very dry and rain
Ss needed. Where the rainfall was.
heavy last week, crops did excep-
7onalB well, but where it was light
sast week and none fell this week,
Crops suffered and generally deteri-
Srated, cotton by whiting under the
igh temperature, and rusting, turn.
aag yellow and shedding; corn by fir
sng and whiting. Cultivation made
zar progress and over a large portion
sef the State. crops have been laic
ss although this work will not be
ssompleted for several weeks.
Cotton continued to make rapid
rowth generally and has too large a
weed and too little fruit over the
8zeater portion. while number Of
reports indicate that growth has
stopped, and that the plants are
blooming to the top. There are
Fever reports Of damage. from insects,
sand more Of rust and shedding and
eae plants turning yellow. Cotton is
sesnning to open in lower Barnwell
szsounty
There is general Improvement in
both old and late corn, although the.
Former IS too nearly ripe to be great
q benefited by the recent rains. Fod-
der pulling has begun Some old
@orn fired to the ears Bottom
sands that were flooded are recover
sng slowly The heat and insects have
snsared. growing tobacco; select
sng and curing are active. Peas
Tor forage are promising. Rice is
Aegznning to head in the Colleton dis
srSct;; june rice being cultivated in the
Gesrgetowns district Pastures ex-
S.ellent Peaches are fairly plentiful
aaat many are rotting on the trees.
EeCente pears are rippening. Sweet
potatoes and cane are doing well.