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Doootad to Jbrrtoidfarw, Domestic Economy, AM* Liberator*, Dotoit* and ?&? OurretU Jimo$ of tht Day. f : < . - ? ? ?: : ^ jr ? ? VOL. XXIV.?NEW SERIES. UNION a H., SOtJTH CAROI JNifc FRIDAY, AUGUST 18,1893. NUMBER 33. M ' . i - . [ r r _ r... , * tJEDtlta mnn irnnn l /M^i i uunrj o rnrj JHUftftAUl IT TOUCHES BUT ONE SUBJECT] SirEiL TBI BII.VKB PUROHA8B AO Tht Pruldent Sees In the Aetof Jnly 14 lftOO) the Source of All Out- Woe*, an killi for Its immediate Repeal?lie SU| g?*U Ko Hab tltuto But DemiDili tha -the Sxcltlng Cause of Panic and Dlatrua Ue Instantly Removed-Other Needei LegUlatlou Can Follow-The Tariff la a Important aa Ever and the Party la Dell nitely Committed to It, But the Uucitlo: Can Walt. Capitol, Washington. August 8ThaloUoWiug iB tlic President'smiftsag umijppl!1!" "?*g?,0 To THE CONOllKBB OP TUB UNITE! States: The existence of an alarming and ex IvSAVillnaev* R" ?!??? - ?I? _ 11 ^ l"- *? ? ...uiuiuoi; uutiucjig iiiunuuu, IUVOIV1D the welfare and prosperity of all our pec 1)le, has constrained me to call togethe a extra session the people's represents lives in Congfess, to the end that throngl a Wise and patriotic exercise of the legit lative duty with which they sololy ar charged at present, events may bo mit igatul and the danger threatening th future may bo averted. Cur unfortunat floavcial plight is not the result of unto watd events nor of conditions related t oar natural resources, nor is it traceabl to any of the efllictlons which frcquentl; check national growth and prosperity With plenteous crops, With abundan promise of remunerative production am manufacture, with unusual invitalloi to safe investment and with satisfactor assurance to business enterprises, sud denly financial distrust and fear bav sprang up on cvory side; numcrou moneyed institutions have suspended be cause abundant assets were not itnmcdi htcly available to meet the demnuda o frightened depository surviving corpor ationB and individuals are content i keep in hand the money they aro usuall; anxious to loan, and those ongnged ii business aro surprised to find that these curities tbey offer for loans, thqugh hero tofore satisfactory, are no longer accept ed. Values, supposed to bo fixed, ar fast becoming conjectural, and loss am foiiuro. bare invaded overy branch o business. tub CAtlsB OF TltK ALAHMINO fitt .'AlION t believo these things aro princlpall; chargeable to congressional legislatloi touching tho purchase and coinage o silver by tho general government. Thi legislation is embodied in a statnto passe* on the!4ih day of July, 1890, which wa the culmination of mnch agitation on th* subject involved, and which may be considered a truco after a long struggle, be tween the advocates of free sliver coin age and thoso intending to be more Con servatlve. Undoubtedly the monthly purchase by the government of fonr millions an* five hundred thousand ounces of silver enforced under that statute, were re garded by those interested in silver production as a certain guaranty of its in creaso in price. The result, however has been entirely different, for lmmcdi ately following a spasmodlc[and slight ris* the price of silver began to fall after th* patsage of tho act and has since reachec tho lowest point ever known. The effects. This disappointing result has led t< renewed and persistent effort in the di rection of free silver coinago. Mean while not only the evil effects of the on eration of tbo' present law constantly ac cumulate, but the result to which Iti execution must inevitably lead is becom ing palpable to all who give the least hee< to financial subjects. This law provide; that in payment for the four million ant five hundred thousand ounces of silve: bullion which the Secretary of thoTreas V ury is commanded to purchase monthly thero shall be issued Treasury noteB re deemable on demand in gold or silve: coin at tho discretion of the Secretary o the Treasury, and that said notes may bo reissued. It is, however, declared ii the act to be "the established policy o the United States to maintain the tw< metals on a parity with each other upoi the present legal ratio or such ratio ai may be provided by law." This declar at ion so controls tho action of the Secre tary of the Treasury as to prevent hi; exercising the discretion uominally vest ed in him, if, by such action, the pari A ty between gold and silyer ma] w" be disturbed. Manifestly a refusal b] the Secretary to pay these Treasury note tn gold if demanded, would neccssaril] result in their discredit and depreciatioi as obligations payable only iu silver, ant would destroy the parity between thi two metals by establishing a diecrlmlna tion in favor of gold. ruHTUBH IlEVIRW OK RESULTANT COM DITIONS. Up to the 18th day of July, 1803, thesi notes bad been issued in payment of ail yer bullion purchases to tbo amount o more than one hundred and forty-aevei mlllionaof dollars. While all but a yer; mall quantity of thla bullion remaini uncoined and without usefulness in thi Treaeury, many of the notoa given in iti Eurchase have been paid in gold. Thii > illuatratod by tho atatemont that be tween the 1st day of May, 1802, and tin ISth day of July, 1803, the notes of thii kind issued in payment for silver bullioi amounted .to a little more that flfty-foui millions of dollars, and that during thi *ssme period about forty two millions n: dollars were paid by tho Treasury it muiu iur vuo rtueiupuon 01 bucii notes The po,xcy nece simlly adopted of pay log these notes in gold has not sparec the gold reserve of one hundred millioni of delists, long ago set aside by the gov eminent for redemption of other notes for this fnnd has already been subject tc the payment of new obligation) amounting to about one hundred and fifty millions of dollars on account of silver purchases, and hap, as a conse quence, for the first time since its crea tlon, been encroached upon. We have thus made the depletion of our gold easy and have tempted other and more appre dative nations to add it to their stock That the opportunity we have offered Kj has not been neglected is shown by tht ? large amounts of gold which have beer k * recently drawn from our Treasury and exported to increase the Aoancia strength of foreign nations. The exeesi of exports of gold over its import) for the year ending Jane 80, 1898 amounted to more than eighty-seven anc a half millions of dollars. Between thi 1st day of July, 1890, and the 18th day oi July, 1S9S, the gold coin and bullloi I' mens obligations La depreciated sllvei At this stage gold and silver mast pai company and tho government must fal in its established policy to maintain ih I1 two metals on a parity with each othei Qlven over to the exclasivo use of currency greatly depreciated according t r the standard of the commercial world wo could no longer claim a place amon . nations of the first class, nor could on ' government claim a performance of it ? obligation, sd far as etlch an obllgatloi ; has been imposed upon it to provide fo t the use of the peoplo the best aud safes money. If, as many of its friends clalno I silver onght to occupy a larger place ii II our currency and tho currency of thi ? world through general international co operation and agreement, it is obviou n hausted, it is apparcn. that the oweratloi of the silver pnrchase law now in fore ^ leads in the direction of the entire substl ^ tution of silver for the gold in the gov ,. eminent Treasury, and that thia must h followed by the payment of all govern ? In our Treasury decreased aits* than on hundred and thirty two millions of dol lars, while during the same period th B silver coin aud bullion in the Trcasur; '* increased moro than ono hundred an* * forty-seven millions of dollars. h PANOEltS THAT TiniKATBIf. i- Unless government bonds are to b e constantly issued, and s->ld to rcplenUl i- our exhausted ?old, only to be again ex o c that the United States will not be in i '* position to gain a hearing in favor o 0 such an arrangement so iong as wo ar e willing to continuo our attempt to ac y complish the result siDglo banded. Th* ' kuoWledge iu business circles among ou y own pedple that otir government canno a make its fiat equivalent to lntrinsi* b value, of keep inferior money on i Y parity with superior money by its owi independent efforts, has resulted in sucl o a lack Of confidence at home, in tho eta 8 bllity of currency values, that capita refuses its aid td new enterprise; - while millions are actually wiihurawi ' from the channels of trade and com raerco to become idle and unproductiv* o in the hands of timid owners. Forelgi Y investors, equally alert, not only declim x 10 purchase American securities bu '* make haeto to sacriflco those which the] ' already havo. 0 A QUIMJLINO EXCUHE. \ It does cot meet the situation to saj f that apprehension In regard to the futur< of oUr fim.aces is groundless, and tha there is no rcasdn for lack of Oonfldenci 4 in the purposes or powet of the govern V mont in the premh.es. .The vert exist 1 enco of this lack of confidence, howeve: ' caused, 1b a menace which ought nut foi 8 a moment to be disregarded. I Possibly if the undertaking we haveii 8 hand were the maintenance of a specifli 8 known quantity of silver at a parity witl - gold, our ability to do co might W) esti * mated and gauged, and perhaps In tiev - of our Unparalleled growth and resonrcei * might bo favorably passed Upon) bu 5 when oar every cndo&vor is to malntalr such parity in regard to an amount oi * silver Increasing at the rate of fifty mill ions of dollars yearly, with no fixed tor miuation to such increase, it can hardlj * be said that a problem is presented whost * solution is free from doubt. ' The people of tho United States ar< B entitled to a sound and stable currencj I and to monoy recognized as such or 1 every exchange and In every market o! tho world. TOO VITAL A MATTER KOll KXl* KRIMENT8 The government has no right to iDjur< . them by financial experiments opposec ? to tho policy and practico of other civil , ized States nor is it justified it j an exaggerated and unreasonablh reliance . on our national strength aud ability tc I jeopardize the soundness of the people'i 8 money. I This matter rises abovo tho plane ol r party politics. It vitally concerns ever] . business and calling and enters everj household in the land. ' There Is one important aspect of th< r subject which especially should nevei f be overlooked. At times like the prcs . ont, when tho evils of unsound finance i threaten us,the speculator may anticipate f a harvest gathered from tho misfortune , of othorf; the capitalist may protect him k self by hoarding or may even find profil s in the fluctuation of values, but the w*ge . earner?the first to bo injured by a dr. predated currency, and the last to rcs celvo tho benefits of its correction?li . practically defenseless. He relies foi . work upon tho venture of confidence, ol U-l fl't.J- X- II! VI . buuicutcu uipuui. j Jim lllllUg XlllU, j hia condition is without alleviation, ! for he can neither prey on the mlsfor. tunes of others nor hoard his labors i One of the greatest statesmen otti j country has kuown, speaking inoro than 9 4 fifty years ago, when a derangement of - the currency had caused commercial die* tress, said: "The vory man of all others . who has the deepest interest in a sound currency and who suffers most by mist chievous legislation in money matters, ii . the man who oarns his daily bread by hit f daily toll." j These words are as pertinent now at on tho day they wore uttered and ought i to impressively remind us that a failure B in the discharge of our duty at , this tlmo must especially injure thousands of our countrymen who labor, and s who, because of their number and condl tion, are entitled to the most watchful t care of their government. 9 IIBMBP HKBDBD AT ONCH. 1 It is of the utmost importance that , such relief as Congress can afford in the . existing situation bo afforded at once. ( The maxim, "He gives twice who gives ' quickly," is directly applicable. It ma] j bo true that the embarrassments frou . which the business of the country is suf ferlng arise as tnudh from evils appre hend jd as from those aotually existing | We may hope, too, that calm counsel . will prevail and that neither the capital . lata nor wage-earners wlil give way t< unnecessary panlo and sacrifice thel | property or tnolr interests under the in fiuence of exaggerated fears. Meverthe less every day s delay in removing om 1 of the plain and prlucipal causes of th< present state of things enlarges the mis chief already done and increases the re : sponslblllty of the government for iti 1 existence. Whatever else the oeooli ' have a right to ex pact from Oongrea they may certainly demand that leglsla tlon condemned by the ordeal of tbre yeara' dlaaatrona experience shall be re | moved from the statute books as soon a their representatives can legitimately | deal with it. , TAlirr REFORM CAM WATT A LITTLE. f It was my purpose to summon Oon i gress in special session early in the com r. log Septomber that we might enter t promptly upon the work of tariff reform LI which the true Interests of the coiintry e clearly demand and which so large a majority of the people, aa ahown by their a suffrages, desire and cxpeot, and to the o accomplishment of whloh every effort of I, the present administration Is pledged, g But while tariff reform has lost nothing r of Its Immediate and permanent impora tanco, and mnat in the near future enu gage the attention of Congress, it has r seemed to mo that the financial condition t of the country should at once and before i, all other subjects be considered by your a honorable body. 8 UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL RECOWWBNtJrfO. * I earnestly recommend the prompt re peal of the provisions of the act passed a July 14,1600, authorizing tho purchase e of silver bullion, aud that other legislative action may put beyond all doubt or mistake tho intention and the ability e of the governmont to fill its pecuniary . obligations in money universally recognized by all civilized countries [3i*ned.] GROVER CLEVELAND, _ Executive Mansion, August 7. 1893 e f CONGRESS. Monday.?The Senate and House simply went through the formalities of 0 opening and choosing seats. 11 Tuesday.?Senate?It took 15 minutes to read the president's message, which was referred to the committee on flnanco. f The first bill of the session was iutro0 duced by Senator Iiill. Its title was: g '?To repeal certain sections of the act ol r July 14, 1890." It was referred without t reading to the committee on finance. The j nekt two bills were introduced by Mr. 1 Stewart, of Nevada. Their titles were: 1 "To rcstoro the right of coinage," and i "to supply tho dofioieucy in tho currong cy." The latter bill was read in full. It 1 directs tho Secretary of the Treasury to ' issue silver certificates, equal iu amount i to the silver bullion in tho Treasury purb chased under tho act of July 14, 1890, in excess of tho amount necessary, at its coinago value, to redeem the Treasury notes issued under that act, and to uso j the same to provide for any deficiency in 8 the revenues of the government, ths sur' plus of such certificates to be used in the rMirnlinao r\t A nee aant 1\a?*/In ?4 |/uivhi?ov v* -m |/vi uvuuo aw lucii mnrkot prioe, not exceeding 18 per cent, premium. The Bcunte was then addressed in a speech on the financial situation by Mr. Dolph, of Oregon, who contended that the Sherman act was not the sqleor the principal cause of the existing business depression, and that no permanent improvement could be oxpected so long as the destruction of tbo present tram system was apprehended or fosred. At 4:30 adjourned. Hoube.? After the reading of the Messago nothing of interest was transacted. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Latest Happenings Condensed and Printed Here. John J. lioDson was fouud in a lonely spot twonty flvo miles from Greenville, 8. C., with his nock brokeu. lie had been informing on mooushiners. The statement telegraphed from Richmond Saturday night of tho failure of th? Abingdon Va. banks was so ooostructed as to make it appear that two banks in Lynchburg had failed. There has not been a bank failure in Lynchburg in 40 years. Gov. Tillman's dispensary constables were rotten-egged in Bumtor, 8. 0., and the Governor is going to arm them. Ho says: "I am going to issuo orders for the ft'fit one of them to shoot when ho is struck. I'm not going to allow the State constables to be made dogs of by the bar' keepers and their followera." ! ?Another ooltou mill is soon to be built on the canal at Columbia, 8. 0. The work,it is stated, wi 11 be commenced before tho present factory now in process > of construction is finished. Tho mill will be built after the style of the one now being erected, and will bo located at the foot of tho canal on the south side of Qeivais street. ?Bristol, Hoffman & Co., of Morgan* ton, N. C., intend building a ootton mill near thero. It will be operated by waterpower, which can be obtained at that point The barrack bridge at Clemson Colleg*', 8. C., gave way with fifty students on it Friday. Several of the boys ware hurt, but none fatally. Presidont Cleveland was hanged in ' ?fligy by free silver enthusiasts at Gold! en, Col., Wednesday night. Tho hang ing party was headed by an ardent [ Populist. The re-appcaraoce of that dread pest. - tho cotton worm is reported in several ; plantations in Arkansae. It has not . been found in sufficient numbers, how) ever, to excite alarm among planters. [ A meeting of Danville, Va., business . men rosultcd in the appoiutmout of b a coinomiee w ouiaia signal urs lO a pen 9 tion to Virginia's Members of Congress, . urging their advocacy of the early repeal I of tho silver purchase act. 9 Nbw Yokk.?Tho Madison Square Bank, at 200 Fifth avenue, have closed e iia doois. Its capital is impaired " to about $80,000. The refusal of | the St. Nicholas Bank to continue to act as clearing agent precipitated the trouble. It is said the deficiency will be made up by the directors and the beak will resume business, \ ... the childilen't At the World's Colut ^WORLD'S FAIR LETTER. f Chicago, Aug. 10, 1893. ^ M?y attractive and valuable exhibits representative of the American textile industry invite the attrition of the visitor at the Exposition. When it is duly considered that the present acrcago of the cotton crop in tho South is 10,701,883 acres, as estimated, tho extensive importance of v tho Southern tcXtilo industry asset ts c itself. Tho improvements of to-day in cotton mill machinery ate vest and diver- v silled, and tho cot'on mill man in ^ Machinery Hall \cannot fail to storo c up valuable iufornyition from the study ( of the latest method of manufacture iu- ^ volved id modern inventions. Michincry for various modcB of spinnmg, weaving, stamping, and numcious means for 1 dyeing and drying, aro promiscuously shown, mention of all of which will ap j1 poar in future correspondenco. To commcnco with cotton in tho raw state,an exhibit worthy of early mention, 1 that attracts tho attention of tho curious, ' is that of tho gin. In tho Agricultural " ucparimcnt, wltti tho vast exhibit of 1 farm implements, is displayed tho c maohincs of tho Northlngton-Mungcr- 1 Pratt Company, of Birmingham, Ala. c This firm shows?and shows well?its c systems of handling, cleaning, ginning and pressing cotton. One of its great 1 machines is kept in actiyo operation, 1 illustrating its improved system of elevating seed-cotton out of the wagon by suction; of oleaning cotton by suction without passing it through the fan; of 8 drawing cotton from storage houec3 by suction; of running the gin and the brush I by one and the same belt, and of ginning 1 from a series of gins into one condenser ^ into a self packing revolving double box press. This machine is a novel ono to C thousands who see it daiiy, showing the completo revolution in the handling and c ginning of cotton, equaled only, the c manufacturers claim, by the invention of tho gin by Whitney. In tho Agricultural Department also ^ is an exhibit of rare beauty and vast import to tho United States. Wbilo not directly of Southern stamp, yet it is a display of an industry that tbo South, c with | patienco and assiduity, could * doubtless speedily develop?this is the j display of the Women's Bilk Culture Association, of Philadelphia, organized in 1880. This association shows the < process of manufacturing silk from co- * coons. One loom is in constant opera- * tion, and the system of manufacture is shown from tho shell of tho cocoon to 1 tho finishing touches of tho finest ? Columbian BOilVflnir hanrllcnrrhiofa flona 1 6") etc. Upon tho whole, the most impor- 1 tant feature advanced by tho association 1 la example. It shows tho importance ( of the industry of tho United States. < Raw silk is produced principally in the ' extreme Orient and in Europe. The < United States, vastly agricultural, imports, it is estimated $120,000,000 worth of manufactured silk through our custom bouses annually, and $24,000,000 of foreign raw silk. The average annual production of raw silk for tho nino years ending 1688 was 23,721,000 pounds. During all of tlu<so years tho United Statre imported more than 8,250,000 pounds, and in 1880 imported 5,829,048 pounds, beiDg considerably more than one-fifth the consumption of the whole of Europe and the United States put togother. And shall the Agriculturists, calling for more and varied industries, neglect the culture of silk} The industry, onco understood, in a simple one. The Women's Silk culture Association claim to have done more for tho developing of silk culturo in tho last ton years, than all the other associations, inoluding tho station at Washington ,und with loss monoy. They have raised and reeled 12,000 pounds of cocoons; have made some 1,500 pounds of reeled silk, havo made sjme forty silk United States , flags, and thousands of silk handkerchiefs, -Jkb a-: -a- u illUgU*, IIUUUII5, KiUlUIIUgV, UVU. OtJVOIJteen of the flaga were presented to the Cental and South American governments at the Pan American Congress. The Association presented to Mrs. James Garfield the first silk dress mAdo from 1 silk raited in this country. The exhibit ' in Agricultural hall is a rare point of ' interest and a marvel of beauty, attract- ' ing constant and admiring crowds. ( ^ < $800,000 Spanish Gold Coming. 1 Nbw Yokk.?The steamship Yucatan, * which sailed from Havana for Now York, 1 has $800,000 Spanish gold consigned to ( New York bankers. ' ? I The Nor mania's Load. i Naw York.?The steamship Nor ' mania, from Liverpool, bropght M7 in gold, ' J ft ti 414 mrgwvv-- o-?* :-_!- T-r-t?rrW-3 apMiisfg IWIllfe I Ul'ILDINll. nbian Exposition. HILLS CONTINUE TO CLOSE. Clio Condition of Trado Having Full Effects on the Industries of the Land. Amsterdam, N. Y.?The rug factory ?f Ilowgate, McClary & Co.,at Ilockton ias closed, and nearly 200 ptrson9 arc hrown out of work indefinitely. PououKEErsiE, N. Y.?The shirt nnd rool trousers manufactory of IIull &Co. me of the most important industries in his city, employing several hundred vornen operatives, with u hitherto steady veekly pay roll of $1,900, and working in full time, has been compelled to go >n half time. Ansonia, Conn. ?The Beach Mnnuacturiug Company, Beacon Falls,owned >y Charles M. Beech of Hartford, tiniloying 150 hands, began Monday to run luce days a week. The company owns ill the houses and has reduced rent3 onenil f. I1uhmngt,n, Vt.?The woolen, meriio* and cotton mills in Winooski and hi3 city have ehut down until Sopr. 4, md longer if business docs not improve, rhc cotton mill his on hand 20,000 pioc13 of print cloth, for which there is no narkct except at a price below tho cost if manufacture. About 850 people are >ut of work. app^kton, Wis.?The mammoth sul>hite fibre pulp mill of the Manufacturng Investment Company,in which Presilent Cleveland, Dan Lumout, and Don if. Dickinson are stockholders, has shut Iowd. It is said that work will bo reumed in two weeks. Tho mill employs .00 persons. The paper mill and two julp mills of the Atl'.s Company have dec shut down. Non wren,. Conn.?Tho Shetucket Cotton Company of Groeuvillo, which dosed its mill ten days ago for two weeks, has posted a notice on loor saying that tho mill would b^^H lown until the 'market brightens." his action 500 operatives are thrown out )f work indefinitely. ?The Mountain Island (N. C.) Mf'g Uo's mill is running on half timo. ?The Newton, (N. C.) Cotton Mills lavo closed down "because there is nc lemand for yarns," Col. W. Williams, he president says. The other three nills of Newton and in Maiden (nearby) mve also stopped. ?The Leuneau Mill, at Greenville, S. 3., shut down last Saturday. The Ather on Mills, of Charlotte, have closed for ,wo weeks. ?Tho Bibb Mills, at Macon, Ga., rave shut down, and about 1,200 hands ire thrown out of employment. ?The Dartmouth Cotton Mills al \ugusta, Ga., will, for a short period, un on half time. Tho cause of the surtailment of output is tho shutting town of cotton factories in the East, Hie production of these mills is disposed >f to Eastern factories. TWO LAWYERS FIGHT. }nn .'Walker, of Virginia, Stabbed Mr Wy sor, and the Latter Got His Gun. A special from Lynchburg says; Nt?wi cached hero of a fight between Genera rtimes A. Walker und J. C. Wysor, op >ouents in the suit of Hugh Shott vs .6r WAifarn Railrnnd fnr fVfW lamagcs, at Pulaski City Wednesday. The jury rendered a verdict of $7,000 n favor of flhott. Tho trouble began vhen Qen. Walker, counsel for the Railond, claimed that Mr. Wysor appealed o tho possien and prejudice of tho jur n his speech, The lie nud several blowi >asEed, when Walker stabbed Wysor li he shoulder and cut his cheek badly Yysor secured a gun and tried to flat rYalkcr in the hotol to shoot him. Botl vere arrested and placed under a $5,001 >ond each. Wysor was a presidential elector fo he nidth district in the lost campaign tnd is a young man. Walker i9 an ex '.foutnnsnt. Governor. Chinese Use of Towels, It appears from tho latest consular re port from Swatow, in Southern China that among cotton goods the import o towels alone has shown any improvement But, the consul explains, this does no inply any ihcrcased attention to persona dcanliness on the part of tho inhabitant )f tho district, for the towels aro usee for clothing. The breadth of the ordinar towel being that from shoulder t( ihoulder, two tewn together will mako i :oat. Blecvcs are dispensed with, ant except for the armholea there is none o that waste of material which is especiall, repugnant to the Chinaman, and whicl the size of his native piece goods am the fashion of bis clothes conspire t avoid. TOO GOOD TO FEED HORSES. Tho Splondid Bice Crop of Louisiana Lacks Popular Appreciation. J New Oulkans, La. ?The fiist rice or tho seusoa reached New Orleans this week. The crop is in good condition and n big yuld is expected, but it will not be as large us the crop lust year. The experience of Louisiana rice planters has satisfic 1 them that they overdid it then, and th it it will take some timo to educate the people of the United Stutes to eat r'cc more generally b foro tiny can nfford to raise nnd sell 2,000,000 bags of it. Inst year's crop was p'acnoinoual. J.t was more than double any ever raised ba'ore and it was so excellent in quality and ao cheaply raised that the fanners were enthusiastic over it, and prairie ric? lsud loomed nnd doubled and trebled in value in a few weeks. The outlook was . indeed promising, but one season a difficulty presented itself?the consumption of lice was not equal to the production, and, wi h all their ellorts, tho farmers could not stimulate its consumption very . much. The country could not consume / the product, and pricc3 suffered. f When ihe crop began coming into New \ Orleans lust year, good rice range I in price from 4J to 1} cent! a pound. This woul 1 huvo given tho farmer a good profit, but tho price lias steadily fallcu, and no w at the opening of .'he season this year it is only 2J to 24 ccnt? a pound a decline of nearly one-half, and which knocked most of tho profit out of the busmcss. Notwithstanding its cheapness. and before tho new crop Ins beguu tc WHOLESALE SWINDLING. Tho Char go Against a Well-known Lawyer of Columbia, 8. O. Wabiiinotom, D. 0.?Acquaintances of Capt. C. C. Barrett, a well-known lawyor of Columbia, 8. G., express much surpriao at his arrest on a charge of wholesale swindling. He was in Washington not long ago prossing his claims to an appolutinont as chief clerk in the office of tho Assistant Attorney-General. He was clso a candidate for the Iinlroad Commissioncrship of this State, and it is said his chances for getting it wero good. The accounts of his operations say that he induced a number of fourth-clare Postmasters to order, ou loiter heads bearing , their names and official titles, from Northern deal-re large quantities of various kinds of merchandise aud manufactured art'clcs. Credit whs n-ked an 1 B.-irrc't given as reference. When tho goods arrived Barrett took possession and sold them for whatever he could got. When tho bills became duo the manufacturers and dealers discovered the swindle. In connection with this, Barrett disposed, through his Post Office accomplices, of qurutitioj of stamps which had once beea used and the cancellation stamp removed. Upon tho discovery of this tho Government took a hand, and an investigation followed, resulting in the Captain's arrest. In default of $10,000 bail, he was remanded to jail. Additional arrests nro expected. Feeding the Factory Girls. Bhidoepoiit, Conn.?When orders came a week or two ago that the big corset factory owned by the millionaire corset iranufacturer,Dr. Warner,would only ruu three days a week iu tho future there was cons'crnation among tho young women employed there. The question of how they wero going to live, which was bothering t-em, has been settled, and now all are as happy as though there was an abundance of work. Dr. Warner issued orders that any of i the young women who w?re short of ! money and had no homes should be fed at the Sca-ido Institute until such time as tho factory starts up agaiu at full timo. Tho Ir^stituto is ncur tho factory, ond MMfine of hundreds of gills cmpl >yfactory, who aro furnished with cost of the material. Atbrcak, fast Manager Ilswicy had us his guests six hundred girls who had tuken advantage of the offer of Dr. Warner. They were all girls without homes, aud the pay i they receive for ihreo days' work each i week would scarcely pay their board, to , s.ij nothing of room rent. They were very demure ut the morning meal, but when dinner was served the fact of being tho guests of the owner of the great factory bad a funny rfloct upon tlurn. It , was given out that Dr. Warner had ordered that they be provided with the best of cverythiug. Tho waiters were nearly demoralized, so fast did the orders for pie, watermelon, pickles, and ice cream corno from tho largo dining t room full of jolly girls. ^ There aro 1,000 women employed ir j the factory. Many of them aro married , and live at homo, and a still greatei number havo parents living in this ci?y. I Tho order given by Dr. Warner applies to any woman, married or single, among his employees who is in such poor circumstances that tho loss of three days work will cause hardship. Since Dr Warner's offer has become known severs wealthy womou of tho city havo beer > diseiiRaiiiir thn suhioct of furnlshinc D 0 j - - a ] rooms to tho girls free of chargo unti . the factory is running full time. 1 N. 0. State Alliance. Gukknoijoho, N. 0.?Tho Farmers 1 Allianco held their closing exercises nnd elected officers as follows: President, J . M. Mewborne; vice prcsidont, J. 8. Bridges; secretary and troasurcr, W. 8, ' Barnes; business agent, W.lI.Worth ! trustee, W. A. Graham; chaplain. Rov, 3 J. A. Speight; lecturer, Cyrus Thorap ' son; stowart, J. T. B. Hoover; executive ' committee, J. J. LoDg, Marion Butler, J A. F. Heilman; delegates to the Na3 tional Alliance Convention, M. L. Wood and J. U. Shcrrill. i ? The Richmond Clearing House. Richmond, Va.?Tho clearing housi met there and decided that they wouh only pay in currency checks to th amount of $50 against balances at tin - close of business Thursday. But on th< , presentation of checks this would certifj I tho same as good and payable througl the clearing house. Checks against dot posit of currency on and after Frida] I will bo paid up on presentation at th< banks. 8 _ Sliver ruicnaaes ana srree uoia. ^ W^bminoton, D. 0.?As much a * 00,000 oudcos of silver were offered fo 8 sale to the Treasury Department at price ' ranging from .700 to .700. All offer ' were declined at the prices ask an< ? .7510 an ounce was tendered. b The $100,000,000 gold reserve is in 1 tact, and there is $8,808,300 "free gold1 0 in tho Treasury for use la cutrent bust nets. cotnc in, there is a large amouut of tho old crop 1< ft over. The planters have endeavored to bring rice into more general use in every way, and have undoubtedly succeeded in increasing its consumption. They have spent. 000 for a rice pagoda at tho Chicago Exposition, which furnishes tho visitors with rice cooked in various ways and showing tin delicacies that can bo made from it. ltico has even conn iuto use as food for horses, and Ins s >ld practically at 35 cents a bushe1, iu the rough state, or cbeapor than oat?, being foutul au admirable bono food, but the general feeling is that so valuable a cereal should not bo abused in this way, and that it is as bad as using wheat in Dakota for fuel. All these ftcts were united to bring about a material reduction in the acreage planted iu riee this year, and a decrease in the crop, ami it is thought that the efforts being mads to cx'nud the use of rice iu goneral cousu option,in the manufacture of bc*r, and otherwise, will enable the farmers to sell their entire crop this year, as they could not last, and so improve the price as to make its cultivation profitable. There aro millions of acres in Louisiana that can be planted, and it will provide better and c?.st less to rni?c than any other crop, llut it is impossible to do this with profit unless the people learn to eat more rice. SOLDIERS IYNCH A MINER. ; Matters Becoming fiorious in tho Coal Creek Mining Region. , Nasiivii.i.e, Tknn.?A lvnoxville I special hsj-h: Mcagic information from . Coal Creek is to the < lT<*ct that a miner named Dntmm<md was lynched at that , place by tho soldiers, lie had been , under arrest, charged with being tho leader of the mob which assassinated ? Private Laugherty Mon lay night. 1^- 1 ... .. i . i , i it j/i iiiiiiuoim was iniiigt u id a u< sue, j Lcing tak -n by tin soldiers from his , boarding house. A man tinned Etkiim, , suspected of complicity iu the murder of I Laughcrty, will probably be lynched. A miner by the name of Mooto has bten arrested and summary vengeance may be wrecked on him. Aft\irs arc assuming serious shape in the mining region and more trouble is expected . Thursday one thousand mint rs 1 went out on a general strike and work is at a stand still in all tho mines, except ' these of the Knoxville Iron Company, ? which woik all convicts. The cause of ' tho strike is the actiou of the operators in trjing to get the men to accept a rc1 duction of 20 per cent, on coal digging and glvo thtm a like ieduction iu rents ^ and soro provisions. Reported Engagement of Secretary Herbert and Miss Sallie Brown. A special from Atlanta, Gn., sajs: 'It 0 is reported hore that Secretary 1 ^ 1 and Miss Sallie Brown, youui o tor of Senator Joseph E. ; 8 gaged to be married. Miss P/0^p'? tt() 3 blond, and is still on the sunny f 80. She is ft woman of literary tastes * many social graces, llcr father is worth |10,000,000." J 0 Nashville, Trnn.?The First National Bank of this city has suspended. No statement has yet been given out. t The Ohio Democrats have nominated f /or Governor L. T. Neni, of Chillicothe. PfflBlfAkin \I A Tim fiirr Ul aiij Han 8 Bank, capital f4-4,000, Ins failed. I _ A new England brm of shoo manufacturers has twenty-two retail agenII oiea where shoos purchased of them are shinod free of cost as often as the woaror desires.