The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 17, 1887, Image 2
(Entered at tin* Post Office at Conway, as
second class matter.)
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llAILltOADS.
This see ins to In* tho t oriod of ac- !
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tivitv in railroad construction and ad- j
justmcnt in the Tinted States. This j
is particularly tho ease with the South- ,
eru section t*f tin* I nion. Tho pa-1
I
pcrs contain in nearly every issue a ,
description of some projected railroad
scheme and emphasizing its advan- j
taocs over existing and competing j
routes. ( )r they give an account of;
the eomhiiiatioii of tremendous railroad
systems or syndicates for the!
* purpose of controlling the commerce j
of u large section of the country.'
W hat docs all this restless activity
in railroad circles mean? One explanation
is easily found. The I nited
States Government is redeeming its
bonds at tlie rate of about ten niillion
dollars per month and this moncv
aiH's into the already plethoric purse
of the "bloated bond holder." lie
has no immediate use for the money,
ami hence seeks investments in such
securities as will enable him to realize
a profit 011 his money. The tiesderation
with him is, not as with us.
How shall we iret the money to invest,
but, how shall I invest money
already in hand so as to be secure
against loss and realize a profit i?n
the investment. The stocks and
bond: of railroads proper!\ located,
substantially constructed and economically
managed otVer inducements
and facilities for profitable investment,
and a good proi ution of the
surplus capital is finding its way into
railroad corporations.
Now what arc the iiconic of 1 lorry
1 1 *' I
doing t<> induce some of tliis capital
to seek investment in tliis county?
We cannot answer: "Nothing," for
the course pursued by some is obstruct
ive rather than encouraging. An
election for suhscription to a railroad
has been held and the ballot box decided
largely in favor of subscription,
and yet parties are persistently resisting,
on legal technicalities the issue
of the bonds, and cut bono. W ho
would be benefited bv the success of
the plaintiffs evidently not the plaintiiTs.
The on-lookers might be spared
the expenditure of a few dollars
to meet the interest on the bonds and
this may be a doubtful benefit r?coived
with no thanks to the benefactors.
A railroad is not and cannot possibly
bo made a panacea for all the
evils the financial body is heir to. It
is useful to a people only as that people
make it subserve the purpose of
commerce, transportation, ?S;e; and
that purpose can be most, advantageously
achieved by harmonious action.
It will require a stronger and more
efficacious dose of physic to expel the
worms thriftlessness and shiftlessness
-gnawing the very vitals of
some people than the simple construction
of railroad can supply. The
. r .1
* iu\?n IUI'MI nun * H.-M i in 11 VM P ui
depend upon persistant personal effort.
Do not, therefore, l?e deceived,
only as a man, or a people, help
themselves, will a man, or a eombina
tion of men, be disposed to assist
them. Self-help is a condition precedent
to obtaining foreign help.
We simply throw out those relleetions
as suggestive jottings on which
the thoughtful mav hantr a thread
and follow the clew to its termination.
Take a calm, business like
view of the situation and do not go
into ocstacies over the supposed advantages
of a railroad, nor on the other
band be attacked by a lit of melancholia
on account of anticipated
disadvantages and hardships to be
endured if the railroad comes. Look
at both sides as much as possible and
then form vour conclusions.
Another K:*;;.
In conversation last week upon
farming matters a man said to us,
"Have you yet noticed any wasps
building their nests?" We said, "Xo;
why do you ask?" "Ileoause, if the
wasp duiius ins nest low to the ground
there will he no freshets this year,
and if he huilds it hioh up we are sure
to have hiidi water, so that I do not
o 7
intend to plant any crop on the low
lands until 1 lirst see wliere the. wasp
is huildino his nest." This is a new
sijrn anions the prophets. Von can
watch and see for yourself as to the
truth there is in it. C'o/ndcii Journal.
Then- sre many accidents and diseases
wheh idTect Stock and cause serious in
onvenience and loss to the farmer and in
his work, which may lie <juicklv reinidied
hy the use of I)r. .J. II. Mchcan's Volennh
Oi) Liniment.
Feminine amenities: "Now, which
of these two photographs of you may
I have, dearest? The beautiful one, |
or the one as I know you?" I
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llt'iiry Ward Iteeeher, tin* eighth *
child of Lyman and Roxana h'ooto ,
Beecher, was born in Litchfield, '
I'onii., .1 tine '?4, IMd. The exuberant
vitality and perfect health which .
characterized Mr. Beecher weiv de
rived from a loni' line of New Knj/land
ancestors, nearly all of whom
were remarkable for physical prowess
or intellectual acinic n. Lyman
Beecher's fane us a theologian, orator,
writer and leader in movements
such the temperunee and nntislavery
causes is well known, lie
was three times married and was ticfather
of thirteen children monothem
(Catherine, who was prominent
in female education; I'M ward Needier,
writer, teacher and pastor, and
Harriet Beecher Stowe, author.
Ilonry Ward Beecher was d yearsi
old wllt'll Ins mother died. I bil let
Porter, I >r. lieeeher's second wife,
is represented to have been a lady of
such dignity that her inlluenee was '
somewhat depressing upon children
full of animal spirits and \ ioor. I
Toys and holidays were unknown. ;
The life of the minister's children
was characterized I?y an almost Spar- ;
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tan simplicity, which, with the winds
and snow of the mountain town, do- I
volopod ruooednoss, energy and
self-reliance. The tirsi steps in his '
education were taken at ? Widow
Kilbourne's where he wis perched
upon a bench for several idle hours
daily, only called upon twice each
day to say his letters. W hen these
were learned he was graduated to a
little unpaintcd district school-house,
near the parsonage, where he was j
exorcised in reading the Hi/do and
' The ('olumbia Orator," in elementary
arithmetic and handwritiny. At
ton he was a strong, overgrown boy,
obedient, used to hard work, and
habituated, too, to hear the imuit i
ouestions of t'alvinistn daily discussed
in his home and to ar^uc upon I
them liimsi" (' lie \v:is a nuiir writer i
I.
and worse speller, speaking inilistinetlv,
ami bashful to tlie vcr^c of
stupidity. At this time lie ente red a
private school in Bethlehem, under
the charge of the IJev. I )r. I.angdon, >
ami there showed the strength of his
opinions by victoriously defending
the Bible in a debate with a school
mate who argued from I 'aim 's "Age
of I Jensen." All of Mr. Beeeher's |
boyhood, as well as his latter life,
was characterized by an intense love
of nature and a fondness amounting
almost to a passion for being out of
doors. When, after an unprofitable
year at Bethleh mi. he was transfer- :
red to his sister's school for you in' j
ladies at Hartford, lie ipticUly train
od the reputation of beino '?an inveterate
joker and an indilTerent scholar."'
At the age of twelve his lath
or removed to Boston and Henry en-I
tered the Boston Latin school. l>ut
a yoar of dry study made him moody
and nervous and restless. At his
father's suggestion he beean to read
biographies, the lives of travelers,
sailors ami comnutmh'rs. ('nrried
away by their deeds of daring and
enterprise, he wrote to a brother his
resolve to go to sea, with or without
his father's permission I )r. needier
read this letter, and shrewdly humoring
his son's expressed desire "to
be a midshipman and afterwards a
commander," reminded him that j
iraiiiin<r n> niauieiuaties and navma
i
tion was essential, ami promised to
send him to Mount I'leiiseiit, in Amherst,
for his preparatory studies. A
relhdous revival took place at the
school in the course of llenry's lirst
year, which erystalli/ed into more
definite form his keen sensibilities
and vaoue purposes. At his father's
request he went to lioston and there
united with the Hanover Street
Church. For two years more Henry
devoted himself to classical studies
at Mount Pleasant, and in 1 SHt) he
entered the frcslnnau class at Amherst.
In the last two yeas in college
1 lenrv tauoht district schools,
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hee'innino his library with the money j
obtained, preached and spoke ree--I
ularlv in religious meetings, lectured
on temperance, and, as the anti-slave-1
rv ngitatation was just beginning, I
took his position boldly as an Abolitionist.
Having been graduated in
1831, he be^an the studs of theology
under his father at l.ano Seminary,
Cincinnati. Here ho was thrown
into a life full of excitement, nctiv- j
ity and controversy. In 1830 lie
appeared lirst publicly as the chain- j
pion of ti>?? ?!?t!-slavery cause. The i
utterances of the /, an !
anti-slavery paper in Cincinnati,
edited by James (1. liirney, a slave- j
holder, who had emancipated his (
slaves, became offensive to the strong
pro slavery element. A riot broke
out, and for a week Cincinnati was
overrun by a mob headed by Kentucky
slaveholders. Voung Hoochor
asked to la* sworn in as one of
the special policemen, and armed
with a pistol patiollcd the streets.
At this time, injho absence of Mr.
Hrainard, lie was for a few months j
occupying the editorial chair in ihe
office of 11kr ('ineinnati Journal, tin*;
organ of the Now School Presbytorinn
Church, and his indignation
over the llirney riot found vent in
some pungent editorials. In 18-17
Mr. Doccher concluded his theolog-j
ical studies, lie married Miss Kunico
White I'ullard, and taking the1
first offer made him, settled over a
Presbyterian church in Lawrenceburg,
a little town on the ()hio not i
far from C incinnati. A large lield <
of usefulness was opened in ISH'd by
a call to Indianapolis, then a town of
ilmut '?,:?oo inhabitants. llero la?
lived and labored for cijrht years,
iiiul here his influence as a speaker,
writer ami thinker Imuran to make
itself stroiiolV felt. There was then
it feeliiiL' in the church almost
throughout the country. which was
especially strong i ?i indianapolis,
iioainst diseussio!i on slavery from
the pulpit, lent lie emphasized his
position by earlv introducing into the
synod a resolution declaring that
eyerv minister should preach a
thorough i .position and condeuinution
of slavery. Thereupon he
preaehed three sermons upon the
life of Moses, the bondage of the
children of Isreal under I'huraoh and
their deliverance.
In June, IS IT, Mr. lieeehor was
called to the pastorate of IMymouth
('hureh. ! Brooklyn, then just erected
and remained its pastor ever since.
i inter ins cant I lymouth v. hurch
ra|?icIIy increased in numbers ami
influence. I'lio church buildino was
relit tilt and enlarged in ISoo. Mr.
Beecher's popularity as a preacher
and a man constantly increased.
Mis laroc audiences were every Sunday
swe led 1?y strangers.
Mr. Beeehcr continued incessantly
his war against slavery in the pulpit,
through the press and from the
lecture platform. I le labored ardently
for the election of Lincoln,
and win n the war broke out his
church raised and equipped a regiment.
the Lu 1.0110 Island, in which
Mr. Beecher's eldest son was an
ollicer. Mis varied labors at length
tol I on his health and he went to
Ki oland for rest and recuperation,
lie delivered a series of lectures
there on the war in the United
States, and at a number of places lie
was received with demonstrations of
hostility and opposition which stopped
barely short of riot. Soon after
the close of the war Mr. Bcochor
made a visit to the South and was
present at the raising ?;f the national
ilatr on Fort Sumter. In August,
IS, I, after some year of scandalous
reports, Tneodore Tilton brought
his suit against Mr, Beooher for improper
relation with Mrs. Tilton.
The trial was opened in the City
Court of Brooklyn on January 1,
I S7n, and continued fully four
months. ludoes Xeilson, Met'ue
and Reynolds presided at tho trial.
Mr. Ueecher's counsel were William
M. Fvarts, lloen r A. Prvor, Thomas
(i. Shearman, John K. Porter and
Benjamin F. Tracy. Pitted against
them on the side of Mr. Tilton were
William A. Beach, W. A. Fullerton
and Samuel I). Morris. The jury
was locked up for a week and could
not aoaec. They stood nine to three
for acpiittul when discharged.
Just before the National Convention
of I SS 1 Mr. Beecher declared
publicy in Chicago the impossibility
of his ever aiding, under any conceivable
circumstances, the I )emocratic
party, V-ut in the campaign
that followed he ardently supported,
l>\ pen and voice, tho Democratic
candidates.
It is safe to say that no man in
this country dunno his lifetime has
had more written about him; has
been the subject of so much controversy;
has limired in so many thrilling
incidents; has had so dramatic a
career, and has been the object of so
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11111?-11 invisn ciikiji'n aim niiuir criticism
as llenrv Ward B( eelier
Whether history will accord l< him
the conspicuous place that his contemporaries
have oivoit him is a
quest ion, but as to his widespread
fame durino his lifetime there can be
no doubt, Cor o<>od or for evil, as
individuals inav choose to think, he
has been one of ihe most conspicuous
men of his aoe. lint notwithstanding
all that has been written
about him, few outside of Brooklyn
can appreciate the inllucnee he exerted
in Brooklyn. He has been foi
years the most powerful man in the
City of Churches. No movement
ther ouhl lonjr survive his opposilion
I his eo-operntion was always
sure 'nK witness. Me made and
unuia mavors. His suimort . > I
.V II
Cleveland is thought I?y some tc
liftve elected the President. 11 is
ward, which <$ave (iarlliold a bio
majority, turned ri^ht about am!
xpive as laroe a majority for Cleveland,
ami this notwithstanding that
many in his church were closely
identified with Blaine. Seven years
aj'o the Republicans nominated a
man for mayor distasteful 'oBeecher.
The latter said nothing, but simply
withheld his support. Two years
later he took the stump for Low and
he was elected. There has always
been an Anti-Beoeher faction in
Brooklyn, a faction led by very able
and wealthy men, but they have
been unable to overthrow 'him, not
even with the aid of the scandal
which twelve years ago was tho talk
of a nation, lie has outlived all
opposition and has for years reigned
supreme in Brooklyn. In his own
church he has been a hero and almost
the object of worship. This church
in itself is a powerful body. Its
membership of over 11,000 contains
many of the wealthiest and brainiest
men in Brooklyn. It is the centre
of a parish of about lifteen thousand
persons, who habitually or oc
chs i on hi I v attend its services or those
of its missions. It speaks well for
a man that lie could so lone retain
the admiration and affection of so
many persons, through two or three
(fenerations. There are many in his
parish when he Imptized, and whose
children lie has baptized, and some
to whose children's children he has
rendered like service. Whatever
may be said and a (rood deal can
In- said of his public career and the
influence of his public utterance, it is
pleasant to be able to say that stories
nf his acts of beneficence are very
numerous.
Mr. licccher devoted tho summer
of to a lecturing tour in (ireat
Hritiau, preaching also frequently in
Xon-t 'onforinist churches. I'pon liis
return ho resumed his duties in the
pulpit of Plymouth Church, and has j
been uhlo to continuo this service up
to tho time of hir fatal illness with j
his accustomed regularity. Twice i
durino the past var ho has responded
to toasts at puldie dinners at tho i
St. Patrick's l)av dinnor in March, !
and the dinner to the artist Munkac*
sv, in Xovcinhor, and it cannot he .
said that the last twelve mouths of
his loiio life were marked 1?v the in - (
disposition to mental and physical ac- j
tivitv which usually accompanies old
a?u?. Mr. Boochor wrote much for
the press, and has published many
volumes of sermons and works oil re- ;
li^ious subjects. lie was enframed I
at the time of his attack on his "Life
of Christ," which ho was anxious to
complete (lurino the comiiijr summer.
Overwork on this hook is supposed
to have contributed to his illness.
J Mr. Boucher was of medium height,
with broad shoulders and heavy oirth;
so stout and fleshy, in fact, that he
looked short in inches. His head
was larce, though not huloino or iiO
1 r? ^
I regular. His forehead was high and
j his font urea wore strong and full.
I lis color was high, his chocks and
nock being always full veined and
ruddv. 11 is hair was gray, turning
to white in rooont years, and hung in
loose locks down on his black coat
collar. His face was always sinoothI
shaven. His eves wore of a "ravish
Idue, full of lire and exjaression in his
moments of feolin?r, always humorous
and iiniuisitive. Mr. Boucher's inilifforonc.e
to dross and other personal
| matters extended to his money affairs.
His salary had boon increased from
time to time until it was twenty thou
i sand dollars at the time of the Becchor-Tilton
trial. That year his eon-1
jgregation voted him one hundred
thousand dollars, out of which, of
'course, he paid the expenses of the
suit. After that he received twenty
thousand dollars a year, as before.
The Sweep of t lie Syndicates.
The great f/amo of railroad consoliI
dation meets on the threshold the interstate
commerce Act of ( 'ongress.
It was exactly what was to be looked
for, and it is ipiite possible that every
railroad of the country w.ll become a
part of a groat railroad league composed
of such huge systems as that
reported to have heeti inaugurated
around the Stilly syndicate.
Such a railroad league composed
j of these mighty syndicates will try to
the last extent tin* character of our
federative system of irovcrnment.
The most powerful lobbies over j
known to American history will infest
our legislative halls. I'he fiei/inter
has never deemed the inter-State
commerce Act as either wise or justified
l>v any provision of the Constitut'on.
The inter state commerce pro- !
vision had no more to do with the
conduct and management of the railroads
than it had to do with the oponi11
tT and keeping of our hioli roads
and the transportation thereon from
State to State. It is all wronc, and
a mere twist of the Constitution to
suit a ease entirely foreign to the
scheme of our federal Government.
What will Conoress do with a railroad
league which will he the Grandest
combination known to modern
histor\ ? As 'I'/n He<jinter maintained,
when the hill was on its passage,
the General Government must jja to
the full extent of an actual despotism
in this matter of railroad control, or
> its enactments and its commission
i will he circumvented and disregard- ,
imI af surely, as filently and as unerringly
as the seasons come in their
i courses. The (picstion which this
i league will briiiG up at some time,
sooner or later, will re the lawfulness
' of such combinations, and whether
? this int/>eri"m vitm intperio is coin- j
ill. I i * i . ?
ilitiii9it* wiui nil? existence or our os- :
tahlishcd governments, Slato or KVd !
oral. It is a question not to beset- 1
I tied 1?y lawyer and Courts, hut must ,
t ifii dirootly to a political solution. Is'
> Congress prepared to declare these ;
> combinations a penal offense and to I
; forbid their existence under any pre-!
I tense whatever?
Having stepped intotho arena, this
; is what it all surely leads up to, sooner
or later. Wo shall see. The hotII
ter policy, it has over seemed to us, i
l ! would have been to have left each
I State in charge of its own corpora'
tions, and to have - made such eorpo'
rations subject to such freight and
other regulations'as each State would
have seen fit to make for the protocI
tion of its own people, going to the |
extent of vacating the charters of j
j such corporations if necessary The j
I greed of corporation* in days ia
no new thing in th<5 history of man, j
though it may now go to an extent
and disclose a power never before
witnessed. The true origin of corporations
is to bo found in the Middle
, Ages, where cities, towns, fraternities
of tradesmen and the like obtained
charters from feudal sovereigns
of certain privileges and immunities,
; sometimes for the uroteefimi of not-. I
i ; ? r"" I
| sonal liberty ;in<t sometimes for tho I
advantago of trade.
In England the prerogative of ere- \
ating corporations was in the King, j
who granted a ehartor for the purpose;
but charters may be granted by i
Parliament also, and this now is the i
i ordinary course. In this country cori
porations are created by tho special i i
j charter of tno Legislatures, or formed i
by the voluntary association of mom
j bers under a general law. i
Every corporation is andor tho su- i
pervision of some visitor who goner-11
ally in England is tho King. In this,
country the Legislatures possess in i<
general this right of supervision.
This is the whole theory of these j
corporations. They are. the creatures j i
of sovereigns or commonwealths. Hut :
it is si familiar fact of history that i t
these creatures have time ami a^ain 1 f
stu at ilefianee their creators ami mas- (
ters, so as to unsettle society ami at j 1
timef to disintegrate States, as oc- t
eurred in the case of the early Italian ii
republics and in other parts of K?- 1
rope, ('sin we expect to fare any n
better in this countrv with such 3i (
combination as this oraml American t
Railroad League would prove? It is |
useless, and worse than childish, to J n
bhiine individual members of these o
combinations. They are only seek-hi
ino what they esteem their rights of , ii
property ami the control thereof un- t
der their charters. If ./c allow them (
t?? hold charters superior to the body I
of society from which these charters <
are derived, whose fault is it? I ii
The question is one that must be
met, and we predict tlnit in less than v
ten years it will be the greatest ones t
tiou before the people of these* States. !
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tiik gki-;ati:st dmal vi:t. , v
f I
Ht.OOO Miles ol ltnilroud to I?<' a
Control led by one <Jreal Cor-i
poi nt ion.
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Nkw Yokk, .March 7. I am an*
thoritativelv informed bv one promi- j
neiitlv identified with the Terminal ''
management that serious negotiations
are pendino between that companv v
and the lialtimore ami ( >hio for abso- |
lute purchase of the latter by the for- 1
trier. The negotiations have <o>ne e
far enouoh to make tie- deal seem ^
very j?robable. If effeeted.it will be ?'
the largest and most important ae- v
(piisition the Terminal has over made. J
The deal is bein^ conducted very d
privately, but the secret lias leak<>d
out, and Terminal st< eU has been
strong and advancing all day. If the a
trade is made it is predicted Termi- 1
mil will sell at oversixtv. M. .1. v.
Little is known in Atlanta of the j,
deal alluded to in the above dispatch. |
It is known that Mr. Ilob -rt tiarrett
has not manaeed the vast lialtimore
and ( >hio propertx with the steadiness li
and ability displayed by his father. , tl
Me is a man of convivial habits, a i|
fast liver, and does not allow the eon t
eerns of his road to absorb his life, \>
It is openly believed that the proper- a
ty confided to liiin by his father will
into other hands sooner or later.
Whether the Terminal is strong , j
enough to make tlie purchase, or I m
whether it is shrewd eiioneh to make ci
a eoinbination with Mr. (iarrett, by
which control of the two systems!
would be pooled in the Terminal
treasury, the next day or two will
probably develop. u
< )uo thino is certain. I'nder the
inter-State eommere bill, which forbids
railroads to pool their business, tl
the railroads themselves will be pool- ;i
ed. If they cannot make trallic arrangements
which prevent ruinousj
competition, they will evade the pro .|
hibitorv law by combining their ' \\
stocks in a common treasury, and b
ruunino under one manaireinent. A
man hijjli in authority, and with a
rood opportunity of knowing the -v'
drift of things, said: {',
" In less than thirty days you will b
see the Southern railroads Mast of hi
the lllue liidoe under one inana^cnient,
and (ieneral K. 1*. Alexander;
will be the m-ncra! manager of the
combined systems. Knoue'h of the
stock of each system will be pooled
in a common treasury to insure control.
A composite board of directors
will be selected, which will be superior
to each local .board of directors, ; which
each road will, of course, re- j''
tain. Cieneral K. T. Alexander will
be the general manager under the V
direction of this central board. It
will stand pretty much towards the
railroads as the Southern Uailwav
and Steamship Association now ^
stands, except that under pressure of
1110 intor-JMate commerce law, tho ?
central control will he more ahsolnto,
and the fusion of the several systems
he more thorough."
"In what centre will this ownership
he vested?" A
"Most likely in the West Point's*
Terminal Company. That company I ^
has an organization in which the Kasl ! "
Tennessee and Richmond and Dan - |
ville systems are already pooled. The
ethers might he added to this with ^
less trouble than all could lie com- v
bined iu a new company. The principle
of consolidation will go into effect
over the whole country, and the
groat systems that are now pooled in
a tratlic agreement, will shortly he
pooled hy the surrender of the con- ?
trolling shares into a common treasu- S
ry. Tho Southern systems will likely
bo the first to take the step. The
ether great systems will follow. The
iuier-Siate commerce lull will consolidate
the railroad companies. It is
not impossible that every railroad in
America will he swiftly consolidated
into some sort of central manage.1
II
ment, which will oppose itself directly
to tho National Railroad ('ononis- n
sion."
tub stoky con pi umbo
Nkw Yohk, March 0.- The:
7'itnes this morning says it is author- ;
ized to announce that the contract of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- I
pai.y lias passed into the hands of
Alfred Sull), of New York. Sully, I I
it says, has wri ten a contract by vir- V
tue of which President Hubert (Jar- i
rett jmts him in possession. In an
article ovor a column lonjritho '/'inns'
says:
The possibilities of this new contract
are beyondjjestiination. By the 1
acquirement of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad one rajlway of the j ^
land that has over been considered!'
out of the market Sully and his |
friends become the controllers of
what is probably the most extensive
railway system in the world. It
d rote lies from New York almost to
he uttermost parts of the South and
ur into the West. It includes the
'eutrul Kailro.nl of Now .1 ersev. the
'hiladclphiu and Heading system,
lie Kichuiond Terminal and the Kichaond
and Danville properties, the
Cast Tennessee, Virginia and < Icorfi.t
lines, the Central Kailroad of
eoroia, and now. last of till, the Halimoro
and Ohio. And of all these
iroperties there is to be made one
Teat trunk line, with Id,000 miles
f track. There is no longer to he
nv question about how the Haititore
ami t )hio Koad is to ?ret an enranee
into New York; the Jersey
'entral and Iteadino lines jrive that,
'ho control of the Ualtiinore and
)hio Kx press and Telegraph t'oininnies
is included in the transfer.
The Times SIIV8 K'nhert ( iaarett
rill remain as President of the Hal-,
itnoro and ()hio I load.
The Tribune litis a storv which vaies
somewhat from that of the /'inns
ti the matter of detail, hut tierces
rith it ujion the main fact, that Sully.
hotnas and Urice and their associ
tcs have obtained control of the I >;i I :
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IIIIWll' Mini * /HIV') " III* II ll??? IM ? "Mill
art of their Kiehinond and West
'oint system.
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Sick headache, iieI on llie stomach,
illiousiic.ss, nausea, are |>roui|itly and
iireeably banished b\ Dr. .J. If. McLean's
ittle Liver and Kidney I'ellcts. 25 ets. a
ial.
?
A eoiintryinaii in Sayannah ohservd
n /^ano of darkies laboring on tlm
treots, each wearino a I >:i 11 and
liain. lie asked one why that hall
as chained to his lee*. "To keep
eoplo from stealing it,'' said the
arkv; heap of thieves ahout here.
Far better tlian the harsh treatment of
ledicines wliicii horribly irri|?.? the patient
nd destroy the coating of the stomach
>r. .1. II. McLeans Chill and Fever cure,
old at at) cents a bottle,
< - <o V
\\ e are told that nothino* is made
i vain hut how ahout a pretty ojrl%i :
sn't she maiden vain'i
"No," said a yuunc man, "I don't
ke llashy neckties, hut have worn
hem since the heoinnino' of the silk
ui't caa/.e. \ oil see, the twirls heir
lie ties, and that makes the fellow
'ho wears them of some fmportnee."
- ?> (I >Kxpo>ur?
to roiii;li weather, tr??ttinur /?'t,
viliLC ill 1 <>? ;? 1 iti, are favorable to
i<- eontrai tion of diseas* of the Kidneys
lid bladder. A- a preventive, and fur the
urn of all kidney and liver trouble, use
tat valuable remedy," Dr. .1. II. Me bean's
iver and Kidney Italin. $ 1.00 per buttle
-< C
A voime mall calls bis sweetheart
rare opportunity," because she is
orthv of 1 (oil>it embraced.
There are few men who ih> not
link they are st rono enough to "hold
n pHice.
It was the newly-lledjred bee that,
Iter venturing out of the hive on a
et day, sano on its return, "'There
i no place like comb.'"
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u advance of the sickly season render
nurself impregnable; a malarial atnioshere
or sudden change of temperature is
aujrht with danger; use Dr. .f. II. .Me ,
can's StrenatheniicjT Cordial. $1.00 per
little.
You cannot kill time by beatino-il.
Why women kiss each other is
An undetermined question,
I'nless the darlings would by this
i five in in a sweet suggest ion.
A i >VKHTiSEMKNTS
>s T. Walsh, I Itotiert IS. ScartioreiiKh,
.Marion s. \ Conway s. c.
VALSH & SCARBOROUGH,
Attorneys at Law.
on way, S. C.
?
IllJ-il | ) <1 M ? k i V4 Mi
lisl <m!i
VIM NK assortment of Silk and Satin
of all colors and shades, fall and !
e them. Also, a fine lot oil' CASHIERE
and WORSTED ranging in price
( in 10 cents to SI. per yard.
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Pl.KNDII) \ SSOKTMKN I
^ IM.UNDID x \ SKOHTM KNT
OF MENS AND BOYS
CLOTHING .11 ST OPENED.
rr ALL SIZES AND PRICES,
TV I .ICS AND QUANTITIES. I
Ama/.intflv low. Call and examine them.
BURROUGHS & COLLINS.
THOS. F. GILLESPIE.
Attorney at l.uxv, I
ml Trial il ant U>c.
onway, S. C.
A GREAT
GREAT REDUCTION
JLOTIILNGANI)
AI
O. A. WII.J
SUITS WOHTIUlO.Ot),
SUITS WORTH *14.00,
SUITS WORTH #20.00,
iich as (iciits* Wool Shirts
moral Skirts Cheap lor
Store?Sign ol'
a. ^7^11^00:22:,
jnn 18 '
A NEW STOCK WITH THE
\i;w V EA It.
It is an uudoniablo fart that wo soli tlio
host goods for tin* loast money, and keep
tho host assortment of UUY (i(i()/)S ami
<! HOCEltI h'S to ho found in tho Counter.
A call will coiivinco you of tho truthful
ncss of this statoiuont. Wo olTor you
goods at
Prices to Suit the Times.
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A11h?11?_r tho articles in our It V
4n O S lino arc to bo found
such as
~ ru ^
I' *1?
'5.y\ % ~ fr *nrT
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"Vit ~ -- ? _ *" c' ~ ~ ? G X" th
'? = 5 r z I z. !r! * ?i ^ ^
2 s' y 5 - g' 7 ^ *7 r q 7 if
plr, = *? ? T-'
?r' - 7- ?
7. ** t
Large 31 ! : l\% 1,14' ?S1 ITI03S ami
small ones to match, in assorted
colors.
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ALAMANC10 i'LAlDs
Arc now the hest plaids on the market.
We have on hand ?3,4MM> yards
which we are selling close.
Brown Hemespun
In all widths. We have the "Comet" Sea
Island goods one yard wide, which
is tine goods, Ihimascus
Drilling. iAe.
( lol 11111 < Depart inriM.
\\ > carry (In- largest stock of Mens' ami
Youths'Clothin.ir fouml in any country
store in tie State. We arc selling
Mens' uits at from $3.50t>$15
Hoys' ami Youths' arc equally as cheap.
Wo arc constantly adding to our
stock consequently, we
have something
iiew all the
time.
Over Coats
Are selling remarkably low. Different
s vies ami cuts.
Boots and Slaoes.
We keep the famous S I* It I \ <
Ia i l. SHOD for Mi sses. It is the
most comfortable shoe ever worn.
Our (inxTy Department
Is always supplied with such as
("aimed Fruit,
Canned Milk,
Canned Vegetables,
Mutter,
Uacon,
Mackerel,
Cheese,
hard,
Sugar,
('offee,
Flour,
Oat Meal,
f.y, 1
Soap, \
Starch,
And any thing generally found in this
market.
Our object is to please, and one way to
do this, is to deal honestly and always
give value received.
Ill UKOI CIIS & COLLI NS.
July 29 -1 -y
Notice of Final Discharge. y
N' OTICI". i hereby given that I will
apply to th< Probate Judge of 1 lorry
County, on Thursday, SI >t day of March
l^S-;, for a final discharge as Kxeeulor of
the Estate of <?oor<re Cochran, deceased.
Ili.crou Co< itnam, Executor,
inch 3 32 4t.
CYCLONE.
IN PUCKS OK ALL
WOOIJiN GOODS
I ^CJ< >x>,
GOING AT * 8.25.
GOING AT * 11.55.
GOING AT *15.00.
and Ladies' Vests and BalCasli.
Call at the Shoe
the "(.old Hoot."
IMI a r i o n, S. O.
Om.