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7th. That the Sherman act did not drive goid out of the country. 8th. That the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act will not bring about international bi-metalliem. 9th That the amount of increased production-of ail ver over gold in late years has been greatly misrepresent? ed, and that, although the product of each metal has at different periods been greater, or less, there has for cen? turies been a wonderful equilibrium of production between them ; and that the commercial ratio between them remained practically the same during all that time, until silver was demonetized :n this country in 1873, in Germany in 1874, and recently iii India. J 10th. That if gold ia established as the only money of redemption in every country the stock on hand, with the annual additions, will not be anything like sufficient to supply the demand, and therefore there would be incalculable ruin all over the world. lltb. That the enormous growth in population and production in the United States demands an increase of the circulating medium. 12th. That the associated banks of Boston, New York and Philadephia control the currency of the country, and that the National Bank currency of the country, instead of being in? creased, as it ought to have been by a very large sum, has actually been contracted by nearly two hundred millions of dollars, (although it has been increased since the panic began) and that any proposition to legislate upon questions particularly affecting them, or even lo inquire into their violation of the law creating them, is promptly squelched by the men who j have for years been trying to establish gold monometallism in the United States. These propositions haye been established, in my judgment, both by weight of argument and evidence, and therefore it would seem that the right thing to do would be to couple with the repeal of the Sherman act, such legislation in regard to the currency as was promised in the money plank of the Chicago platform. It is a fact-a most significant fact to the people of the South-that, eighteen out of twenty-two Southern Senators, and almost the same proportion of Soulh? ern Representatives are opposed to the repeal of the Sherman act, unless so coupled with other legislation, and that the "other legislation" is more important lo their constituents than the repeal is. These constituents, of whom the great majority do not live in towns, are faithfully represented by those Senators and Representa? tives, and they regard with increas? ing anxiety-to use no stronger word -the situation in Washington, and the reports which are in circulation as to the practical repudiation of party pledges, and the use of Ex? ecutive patronage in connection with legislation. A timely compromise may save both the Democratic party and the public interests from disaster ; the failure to effect such a compromise and the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act, without further currency legislation, will produce results which will be most lamen? table. At least such is my honest conviction. A. M. WAD- XL. September 18th, 1393. - ?- ? i i The Rise of a Boy. This boy goes to business ana at his business begins hy simply doing the things he is told to do and doing them in a common and ordinary way If he stops here, he remains all his lifelong a drudge But if he begins to see that business has a significance; that his life is not merely sweeping the store, not merely writiog letters, not merely selling goods ; if he begins to see the higher life involved in business ; if he begins to see that busi? ness is a greater instrument of benefi? cence than what we call beneficence ; that trade is clothing thousands of men where charity clothes ten ; that agri? cultural and milliog industries are feed? ing thousands of men where charity feeds ten ; if he begins to see how the whole history of the world is linked together, and is God's way of building up humanity, and serving humanity, as he gets this larger view and enters into it, life is enriched and becomes itself the minister whereby love is en? larged and conscience is strengthened, the school wherein he is educated out of the lower into the higher... Re has now risen, or is rising from that which is mortal into that which is immortal and eternal-Dr. Lyman Abbott. _ - M^^1 Representative Maddox, of Georgia, says: "tuc people of this coutry must have and will have in the near future, a system of finance that will render it impossible for a few individual* to wreck the country at their will We owst wrench this power from Wall street OT the existence of this Republic will be short lived." The Greenville News charges the Reform paper of the State with a want of manliness in refusing to con? demn the Cotton Plant for accusiog Judge Hudson of being mfiuenced in his decision in the Darlington Dis? pensary case by the money of the Whiskey Ring. Speaking for the Dispatch we regard Judge Hudson's reputation for uprightness, purity of purpose, integrity, and spotless char? acter sufficient refutatiou of the silly charge, and to have denied it would have been giving color to it -r-Lextog ton Despatch To Redistrict the Stete. Sooth Carolinians seem ever restless aod ever anxious to promulgate some new political scheme to startle or astonish an amused public. The Reformers, not cooteot with six oat of seven representatives in Congress, nov propose to take everything in sight that may be laying around loose. In fact, while they have the earth, they are bent upoo obtaining the moon and stars for a watch charm. They propose to redistrict the stat? for the avowed purpose of patting Charleston in the nine bole. They are after Maj. B raw ley's scalp, and they waot it badly. A bill that will be labeled " Admin? istration" has been prepared by a caucus of reformers, and will be intro* duced by Senator Efird, of Lexington, at the next sitting of the General Assembly of South Carolina looking to this end. A bill somewhat of this character was drawn by Attorney General Mclaurin and introduced .by Senator -Efird at the last sitting of the legislature, bat it did not suit the more radical Reformers, aod so another ie to take its place. A prominent Tillmanite today informed me that the following had substantially been agreed upon : The First district will constitute the counties of Lexington, Orangeburg aod Col let on, except that portion of the lat? ter lying below the Charleston and Savannah railroad, together, with the lower townships of Richland and Sum? ter counties. The Second district, formerly represented by **Unote" George Tillman, will constitute the most remarkable gerrymander ever knowo in South Casolina... Bot. Caro? lina reformers often do novel things. It appears to be a. shoe string, laced in a shoe, and a slew-footed shoe at that. 0 He it is : Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell, Hamp? ton, except the three townships in the extreme southern corner, together with that portion of Beaufort east of the Port Royal railroad to Combahee river down to Coosa-w station ; thence east along the water's edge, taking in that portion of Collcton south of the Charleston, and Savannah railroad, and Berkely, op to Ashley Jonction, thence dow^.to and including the city of Charleston.. -?? What is known as the Black District, now represented by the negro George Washington Murray, will be composed of the three lower -townships of Hamp? ton, Beaufort (except that portion included in the' Second district), the lower end of Colleton county, ali the islands, Charleston county (except Charleston city), Berkely, Georgetown, and the townships of Williamsburg, now tn this district. 'The other Congressional districts will remain untouched -Augusta Chron? icle. Dogs Worming Tobacco. Greensboro Record?: Mr. John F. Thompson, of Joppa, Orange County, has several dogs that have gone regarly into the business of worming tobacco, Mr Thompson's young sons taught one of the dogs to pull off worms and kill them, and they told their father of it, when be expressed surprise at the state? ment, the boys assured him that they intended to have all the rest of their dogs at the same business shortly, which they. did. Among the number was a sensible old dog who would begin early in the morning and worm until noon, at which time he would go home, bis mouth aod nose all plastered over with the gum of green tobacco After dinner the old dog would go off and eat a quantity of grass to cure this neaos~a, and then he weald lie down in the shade and sleep until sunset. In this way he managed to overcome the influence ?of the tobacco so as to be ready to resume : work next morning. Gee?e have for many years been utilized io keeping down the grass in cotton fields, but this is the first knowo instance of dogs worming tobacco. But the question is not yet decided as to how long a dog can live at the business nf killing tobacco worms. This is a short year for wheat all over the world, and the English crop is quite as bad in proportion as oar owa. The wheat acreage is. the smallest on record for the. United Kingdom. The actual .wheat crop of the world U?t year, of which the United States grew 515, 952.000 bushels, was 2,018,413,000 bushels. , This year the estimated crop is only 1,891,200.000 bushels of which the United States has only 400.000,000 bushels, the loss being, almost entirely in this country.. The roly aorploa k.in Russia. These are the latest figtree --< .9 *.mmm, ? _ . . >'ee the World'? Fair .for Fifteen Cents. Upon receipt of yonr address and fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail yo? pre? paid our Souvenir Fortfolio of. the World's Columbian Exposition, the regular once is Fifty cents, but as we want you to have one, w?l&ake the price nominal. Yon wilt find it a work of art and a thing to bo prized. Ucon? tains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions <>f same, and ts executed in highest style of art. If not satisfied with it, we will refund the stamps and let you keep ihe book. Address H. K. HOCK LEN ? CO., Chicago, Itt. For Over Fifty Yearn. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used'tor children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diar? rhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Drink Glenn Springs Water for headache indigestion and general debility. For kidney and liver trouble Glenn Springs water is a cure. On draught at Raghson & Co's drug store. L.ADTKS Needing stonie, cr children who want bq?oV* ing up, should take BROWSlRON BITTERS. It is pleasant to take, cures Malad*, ladfr gestion, Biliousaeis and Liver Couipiaina Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE Ayer s Pills the best remedy for Constipation, Jaundice, Headache, Biliousness, and Dyspepsia, Easy to Take sure to cure all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, and Bowels. Every Dose Effective Iiipans Talnu'es arc of great value. Office and Milla at Junction of Contractor and Builder. Sumter, S. C. DEALER IN Rough end Planed Lumber, Doors, Blinds, Sash, Laths, Cypress Shingles, Lime, G Sass and General Building Supplies. . Mill Work Of all kinds made to order, such as MANTLES D JOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, STORE FRONTS, MOULDINGS AND TURNED WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. C. &. A., and C. S. & N. R. R's. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BASK ! OF SUMTER STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTErt, S. C. Paid op Capital.$75,000 00 ! Surplus Fund. 11,500 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days bf ! January, April, July and October. , R M. WALLACE, L. S. CARSOK, President. Aug sT. Cashier. SUMTER, S. C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business Also has A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. j W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. F. RHAJIB, President. Cashier?. H. A. HO"Y'T, MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. 60LD AND SILVER WATCHES, FINE DIAMONDS, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPEC?ALTY. . Feb. 1 A. WHITE & S0?! Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED i860. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y., LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,0o0,000. Feb. 12_ NOTICE. rpHE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION f will ne in his office on Salesday of each ' month, for the purpose of issuing certificates of Registration to all persons who have tie come twenty-one years of age since the last General election. Also transfers to those who have changed place of residence. W. S JAMES, Supervisor of Registration Dec 7._? OTTO F. WEITE RS, j WHOLESALE GROCER, AND I LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7- o Gr. W. DICE, D. D. S. Office over Levi Bros.' Store, KTITRA NCC ON KAIN STKKKT. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 1 j 2.30 to 5 30. Liberty Street Next to P. O. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Compounding Prescriptions VALUABLE PREMIUMS -GIVEN AWAY. Ropp's Calculator, A valuable book for a Farmer and Business Man. A BEAUTIFTL COLUMBIAN SOUVENIR SPOON. He leeMy News'M Courier. 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Will be sold at a low price nn;i on long time. THE MIDDLETON or Jaffray land of 1700 acres, on the Watereo River ad? joining the Haiwasse place and others. Prin? cipally timbered land THE RAMSEY PLANTATION of 1700 acres in Manchester Township-partly under cultivation, balance in timber. THE WELSH or J K. McElteeu tract of 125 acrrS in Shiloh Township- partly cleared and under cultivation. THE HAMP. VAUGHN or Moran tract of 98^ acres in Concord Township-partly cleared and under cultivation. THE R E M ULI) ROW traci of about 150 acres-adjoining lands ot J. E Mc Cutchen and others - mostly cleared and un? der cultivation. Parties desiring to purchase may call on or address, John J Muldrow, Esq., Wisacky, P. <>. FARM OF TWENTY ACRES, adjoin? ing lands of Geo. P. Epperson, Estate of William Lewis and others, beyond Turkey Creek. Cleared and under, cultivation 480 ACRES in Piovidrnce Township, known as the "Corbett Place," about one half in cultivation, balance in limber. If not sold hy November ?5<h the same will be with? drawn and le.-.scs renewed for coming vear. Apply to LEE k M )ISE? Attorneys at Law. A un. 2-3m. F HIM' ILIW JOB WORK AT BOTTOM PRICES? WATf!fllHAN **H KO ll TH ROM JAB HKPH1K SUMTER, S. C The Camden Junction. Railroad Commissioner Thomas Writes a Lettter to Receiver Chamberlain in Regard io the Transfer of Freight. COLUMBIA, September 20, 1893. The Hoc. D. H. Chamberlain, Re? ceiver Sooth Carolina Railway, Charles? ton, S. C.-Dear Sir : This day was set for a meeting of the board of railroad commissioners. I am the only one present. ? was in Sumter a few days ago, and the people there are urging this board to act promptly in the matter of establishing a depot at Camden Jonction and the transfer of all freight at that point I find on the record a letter from Chairman Do?ean, of Sep? tember 16, which says : "The board are impressed with the belief that if yon can consistently make some traffic arrange? ment at Camden Jonction with the Atlantic Coast Line it will in the end be to the best interest of your lines." The tone of this letter, I am sure, does not suit the spirit of the people. Last year a few 6rms in Sumter peti? tioned ibis board to establish a depot at Camden Jonotion The ice factory claims that it was au imposition on them to be forced to ship ice by way of Pregnalls to Camden Jonction, a distance of 130 miles, when they eoold reach Camden Junction by the Atlan? tic Coast Line, a distaoee of 12 miles, thus entailing great loss on them and has finally shot them oat from the territory along the Camden Bran ob and the Three C's Railroad. Again Messrs. Rembert & Marshal!, doing a large mercantile business at Hagood, on the Camden Branch, also at Sumter, on the Atlantic Coast Line, desired to ship 600 bales of cotton from Hagood to Somter, a distance by the Sooth Carolina Rail? way and the Atlantic Coast Line of 25 miles The Sooth Carolina Railway refused to transfer the cotton at the Jooctioo and they were shot oat of the markets of Somter and Wilmington and were forced to ship their cotton to Charleston, where they did not want to go. They were forced to ship their cot? ton at a loss to themselves, and to a market where they did not want it to go, solely for the benefit of the Sooth Carolina llailway. This board wrote to yon referring yon to Sections 1,455, 1,456 and 1,457 Geoenal Statutes, and giving as oar opinion (bat it is reason? able and expedient in order to promote the convenience and accommodation of the public that there should be an inter? change of freight traffic at Camden Junction The commission also refer? red you to an Act approved December 24, 1887. to prevent monopolies in the transportation of freights and to secure free competition in the same and for other purposes. You refused to grant thc accommodations and the matter was placed in the hands of the Attorney General. In your letter of March 3 you say : "If the matter in question, freight ioterchanges at Camden Junction with the Atlantic Coast Line, were a matter .which was not of grave pecuniary importance to the South Carolina Rail? way, I should not hesitate to comply readily with the wish of the board of railroad commissioners. The matter involves the opening up of a large territory to the competition of the At? lantic Coast Line whick must be highly prejudioal to the interest of the South Carolina Railway. It is very easy to see why the Atlantic Coast Line is willing and much more than willing to accede to tbs wishes of the railroad com? mission," etc., etc., You deny that the law requires yon to transfer other than carload lots. This you have agreed to do and no more. The Attorney Gen eral has beeu instructed not to proceed until be could find out whether the con? cessions made by you are satisfactory or* not. We have before us petitions from Sumter, Camden, and Darlington, showing that the people are not satisfied and asking this commission to have a depot established at Camden Junction for the trausfer of less than carload lots for the accommoda? tion of tobacco planters and cotton farmers. At Camden Junction you already hav? a joint building, a connecting switch, and yon keep a man there, so that the expenses of establishing a joint depot woold be insignificant The Atlantic Coast Line is, as you say more than willing because this interchange of freight will unquestionably open up a large territory of country on the Atlan? tic Coast Line, which territory is absolutely controlled by the South Caro? lina Railway. So we have one railroad willing and the other unwilling, both consulting their individual interest?. In this we have oo concern other than that thc people shall be. accommodated, and that trade shall flow in its natural channel irrespective of the private in? terests of either road, both of which were chartered for the convenience and accom? modation of the people, and not in ths interests of any corporation. While we sympathize with yon io giving o?p the monopoly of the territory which you have so long enjoyed, we recognize that the people are sovereign, and we con? sider it to be our first and bounded duty to guard the people and not allow their interests to suffer for the private gain of their corporate creatures. You agreed to transfer carload lots, but refused to establish a depot to transfer small quantities. In other words, you agreed to provide for the accommodation of large shippers, bu refused a ?ike accommodation to the sn:all shipper. This is a discrimination diametrically oppo>es to thc spirit of the law. You refused to establish a depot and open up free comp?tition, because, as you say," "It will be highly pre judical to thc intercut of the South Caro Railway." The people petition for depot facilities because it to their inter? ests. In Chief Justice Radfield's book on thc law of railways he says: "Rail way* are improved highways of such public use as to justify the rights of eminent domain by the sovereign,*' The railroads are pub lie highways and thc companies operating them are common carriers, who are granted special privileges by the State for the conven? ience and accommodation of the people, to promote the'people's welfare. The State oanoot give the right of eminent domain and other special privileges to a corporation for their private gain. The State cao only grant these rights to a railroad cor? poration as agents for the State for the benefit and accommodation of the public. The people claim the right to have their freights transferred from one road to another as th~y see fit They claim the right to ship their produce over the railroads of tba State in whatever direction and to whatever market they choose. The Supreme Court has time and again distinctly declared that all efforts to restrict competition and artificially divert trade out of its natural channael is against public interests and is an atttack upon public rights. Some years ago the merchants at Wedgefield situ? ated oo the Atlantic Coast Line, two miles from Camden Jauoctioo, ship? ped every baie of cotton to Charleston. Now the great bulk of cotton shipped at this point is sent to Sumter and Wilmington. The merchants claim a saving of $1.50 a bale. This ohange in the direction of trade is proof that Sumter and Wilmington offer some superior advantages, be? cause the Atlantic Coast Line runs also directly to Charleston. Messrs. Rembert<? Marshall claim that they sustained great loss last year by the arbitrary cooduot of the South Caroli? na Railway in refusing to transfer their cottoo to the Atlantic Coast Line at Camden Junction, and the change which bas taken place at Wedgefield ts proof that their claim is just The South Carolina Railway virtually says to the people, you cannot ship your produce to Sumter or Wilmington, bot must send it to Charleston for our gain, whether you want it to go there or not. The State could only grant the right of eminent domain for the benefit of tho public, and not for pri? vate gaio. ?t seems to us that you oannot therefore close your eyes to the interests of the people in this mttter. We have sent you all the petitions per? taining to the matter. We trust that you will at once make arrangements for the transfer of ali freights at the Camden Junction. Please let us bear from you as early as practicable Yours truly, H. R THOMAS, Railroad Commissioner. -?-w ?I - ' Riot at Roanoke. ? Desperate Mob Met by Deter? mined Officers. ROANOKE, VA., Sept 20.--One of the most dastardly crimen in the his? tory of th is city occurred at about 10 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Henry S. Bishop, aged about 50 years and a respectable white woman from Cloverdale, eight miles from this city, was enticed by a negro named Thomas Smith, from the market where she had come to sell produce into an empty stall in- the basement and beat her into insensibility and robbed ber of her pocket book, con taining less than $2 The woman was left for dead but managed to revive a few moments later and cradled up to the street where she told .Jer story. The fiend had in the meantime escaped, but was detected from the description given by Mrs. Bishop, boarding an outgoing train. A col? ored man jumped on the car and grabbed the criminal, the two fell to the ground. A crowd immediately surrovr.. Jed the prisoner and threats of lynching were loud and frequent. Detective W. W. Baldwin seized the man and holding the crowd at bay with his revolver started on horse? back with the frightened negro be? hind bim. He rode to the saloon , where the wounded woman was re? moved and she positively identified him. He was then taken to jail. A crowd gathered around the jail and kept increasing as night ap? proached. At 5 o'clock the Roanoke Light Infantry marched to the jail by orders of Mayor Trout. Guards were posted and the streets in the immediate vicinity cleared. About dark the crowd was in? creased hy a hundred men from the vicinity oi the woman's home, head? ed by Mrs. Bishop's son a fireman on the Norfolk and Western railroad. At 8 o'clock a portion of the mob battered at a side door of thc jail where the militia and Mayor Trout had retired. The shooting was com? menced by the mob, and the mayor was shot in the foot. The militia were then ordered to return the fire and a volley from about twenty-five rifles poured into the mob. It is thought that about 10 men were kill? ed by this fire and 12 or more wound? ed, some of them fatally. During the excitement caused by the volley the negro was taken from the jail by an officer and secreted The dead and wounded were moved to a drug store and to the offices of near by physicians. The militia were then dispersed, and left the scene as quietly as possible. The negro was afterwards discov? ered, taken from his guards, hanged, riddled with bullets and his body burned. The feeling against the Mayor for ordering the militia to fire into thc mob grew so intense that he had to conceal himself until he could se? cretly leave the city on a special train. He went first to Lynchburg and thence to Richmond The mem? bers of the militia also had to leave the city to escape violence at the hands of the mob. lt is Haid that neither Mayor Trout nor any of the militia will be allowed to return to Roanoke to live. It is a test of politeness for a man to listen with interest to thing? he knows all about, ?hen they are being told by a person who knows nothing about them. lt is estimated by the Treasury offi? cials that most of the gold used in the arte io the pant hundred yeare is now buried in the grave yards, where it went in the teeth plugged hy dentists. In the hundred years between 1792aod 1892,$5,633.908,000 worth of gold was dag from the earth. (3.582, 605 , OOO of which was coined into money, and the balance used io the arts, most of it by the dentists. The Great Silver Debate. What Has Been Proven hy it. Hon. A M. Waddell of North Carolina, has given in the Wilmington Messenger a summary of the debate in Congress upon the silver ques? tion and what, in his opinion has been proven by it. He says : I have carefully read, with an honest desire to learn, the debate which has been going on for a month in Congress on tfee proposition to repeal uncondi? tionally, the purchase clauses of the Sherman act of 1890. What has been published in the newspapers given a very inadequate idea of the debate. A resort to that usually dull publica? tion, the Congressional Record, is necessary to fully appreciate it. It has been the greatest debate since 1860. For ability of argument, for wealth of information on the financial history of this and other countries, and for accumulation of facts and statistics, it is, I think, unprecedented. The greatest speeches have been made in the Senate, but the debate in the House has been highly credi? table to that body, and he who thinks that the age of great debates in Con? gress has passed, needs only to care? fully read this one to be convinced of his error. That the opponents of unconditional repeal have had altogether the advan? tage in the debate does not admit of the least doubt, I do not think that any candid person would deny this The first able speech in the Senate was by Mr. Vest, who covered the ground in a general way, mi insisted that the issue was squarely; whether we should continue to have the bi-met allism which we have always had, or should destroy silver as legal lender money, and follow England, Germany etc., to gold mono-metallism. Since his speech every possible phase of the subject has been discussed. The con? ditions before 1873-the effect of the act of 18T3 demonetizing silver- the effect of the Bland Allison act, of the Sherman act, with expositions of thc s ta tus of the different countries of the world in regard lo the metals-these and almost all other conceivable mat? ters bearing on the subject Lave been exhaustively discussd. But one single individual in either bouse has had the courage to say that he was a gold monometallist. Ex? cepting him, ail the speakers on both sides have proclaimed themselves bi metallists. What is bi metallism ? According to the definition of it given by those who wish to repeal the Sher? man act unconditionally and stop, it is merely the use of the two metals. According to the definiton of their opponents it means much more ; it means the recognition of both metals at the mints as having the same right to coinage, and both metals in the currency as equal, full legal tenjer money. The former would treat silver as subsidiary to gold ; the latter as in every respect its equal. If the f?rmer are right in their defini? tion then every country on thc earth is a bi metallic country, for all use both metals, but in what are called gold standard countries silver is only used for convenience as change, is not full legal tender, and has not free access to the mints. And this term "bi-mctallism" has been used by some very unfairly as if it meant two standards, of value or an alternative system of standards, which is not true. The word is an unfortu? nate one, it must be confessed, but, as has been well and truly said, unity of standard and stability of standard as far as stability of standard can be reached at all-"are the Xundameutai points of bi-metallism." The bi metal?8t8 say that a fixed ratio of exchange between the two metals, when used as money, can be de? clared, and that this fixed ratio for the purposes of currency will control the market price of the two metals, so that it will not vary materially from the fixed legal ratio of the currency. The gold mono metallists deny this ; but the facts of history are against them. But returning to the debate, what conclusions may fairly be said to have been established ? I think it has been proven: 1st. That the allegation that the Sherman act caused the panic (a state men now generally abandoned) is ri? diculous, but that the existence of that act was used by the associated banks of New York, Boston and Philadelphia as a scare crow to fright? en the country into granting their demand for the destruction of silver as legal tender money, and for the issue of more gold bonds. 2nd. That gold and silver-not gold or silver-are the money of the consti? tution, and that nothing can properly be called money which is not a legal tender. 3rd. That every party in the history of this countjy, whenever the subject has been mentioned in a platform (and this iii emphatically true as to all the platforms in 1892) has pledged itself to the use of both gold and silver as money, upon terms of per? fect equality. 4th That although the Sherman act was not only a "makeshift," but really au insidious attack upon silver (because it made it a commodity) still, inasmuch as it adds about $40, 000,000 annually to the currency, the repeal of that act without substituting any other legislations in its place would be contracting the cuire::oy to that extent, at a time when the great need of the country is more currency, instead of less. "5th. That the argument that if free coinage of silver is established this country will become the dumping grouudof a!! the silver in the world, like the cry about "a dislnniest dol? lar," is untrue and not sustained by facts, and that the truth is rather that gold has appreciated than that silver has depreciated 6th That no human being in the United States has lost confidence in any kind of dollar issued by the Government, and that the only reason they have confidence in National Bank notes is that the Government guarantees their payment. 7th. That the Sherman act did not drive goid out of the country. 8th. That the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act will not bring about international bi-metalliem. 9th That the amount of increased production-of ail ver over gold in late years has been greatly misrepresent? ed, and that, although the product of each metal has at different periods been greater, or less, there has for cen? turies been a wonderful equilibrium of production between them ; and that the commercial ratio between them remained practically the same during all that time, until silver was demonetized :n this country in 1873, in Germany in 1874, and recently iii India. J 10th. That if gold ia established as the only money of redemption in every country the stock on hand, with the annual additions, will not be anything like sufficient to supply the demand, and therefore there would be incalculable ruin all over the world. lltb. That the enormous growth in population and production in the United States demands an increase of the circulating medium. 12th. That the associated banks of Boston, New York and Philadephia control the currency of the country, and that the National Bank currency of the country, instead of being in? creased, as it ought to have been by a very large sum, has actually been contracted by nearly two hundred millions of dollars, (although it has been increased since the panic began) and that any proposition to legislate upon questions particularly affecting them, or even lo inquire into their violation of the law creating them, is promptly squelched by the men who j have for years been trying to establish gold monometallism in the United States. These propositions haye been established, in my judgment, both by weight of argument and evidence, and therefore it would seem that the right thing to do would be to couple with the repeal of the Sherman act, such legislation in regard to the currency as was promised in the money plank of the Chicago platform. It is a fact-a most significant fact to the people of the South-that, eighteen out of twenty-two Southern Senators, and almost the same proportion of Soulh? ern Representatives are opposed to the repeal of the Sherman act, unless so coupled with other legislation, and that the "other legislation" is more important lo their constituents than the repeal is. These constituents, of whom the great majority do not live in towns, are faithfully represented by those Senators and Representa? tives, and they regard with increas? ing anxiety-to use no stronger word -the situation in Washington, and the reports which are in circulation as to the practical repudiation of party pledges, and the use of Ex? ecutive patronage in connection with legislation. A timely compromise may save both the Democratic party and the public interests from disaster ; the failure to effect such a compromise and the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act, without further currency legislation, will produce results which will be most lamen? table. At least such is my honest conviction. A. M. WAD- XL. September 18th, 1393. - ?- ? i i The Rise of a Boy. This boy goes to business ana at his business begins hy simply doing the things he is told to do and doing them in a common and ordinary way If he stops here, he remains all his lifelong a drudge But if he begins to see that business has a significance; that his life is not merely sweeping the store, not merely writiog letters, not merely selling goods ; if he begins to see the higher life involved in business ; if he begins to see that busi? ness is a greater instrument of benefi? cence than what we call beneficence ; that trade is clothing thousands of men where charity clothes ten ; that agri? cultural and milliog industries are feed? ing thousands of men where charity feeds ten ; if he begins to see how the whole history of the world is linked together, and is God's way of building up humanity, and serving humanity, as he gets this larger view and enters into it, life is enriched and becomes itself the minister whereby love is en? larged and conscience is strengthened, the school wherein he is educated out of the lower into the higher... Re has now risen, or is rising from that which is mortal into that which is immortal and eternal-Dr. Lyman Abbott. _ - M^^1 Representative Maddox, of Georgia, says: "tuc people of this coutry must have and will have in the near future, a system of finance that will render it impossible for a few individual* to wreck the country at their will We owst wrench this power from Wall street OT the existence of this Republic will be short lived." The Greenville News charges the Reform paper of the State with a want of manliness in refusing to con? demn the Cotton Plant for accusiog Judge Hudson of being mfiuenced in his decision in the Darlington Dis? pensary case by the money of the Whiskey Ring. Speaking for the Dispatch we regard Judge Hudson's reputation for uprightness, purity of purpose, integrity, and spotless char? acter sufficient refutatiou of the silly charge, and to have denied it would have been giving color to it -r-Lextog ton Despatch 7th. That the Sherman act did not drive goid out of the country. 8th. That the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act will not bring about international bi-metalliem. 9th That the amount of increased production-of ail ver over gold in late years has been greatly misrepresent? ed, and that, although the product of each metal has at different periods been greater, or less, there has for cen? turies been a wonderful equilibrium of production between them ; and that the commercial ratio between them remained practically the same during all that time, until silver was demonetized :n this country in 1873, in Germany in 1874, and recently iii India. J 10th. That if gold ia established as the only money of redemption in every country the stock on hand, with the annual additions, will not be anything like sufficient to supply the demand, and therefore there would be incalculable ruin all over the world. lltb. That the enormous growth in population and production in the United States demands an increase of the circulating medium. 12th. That the associated banks of Boston, New York and Philadephia control the currency of the country, and that the National Bank currency of the country, instead of being in? creased, as it ought to have been by a very large sum, has actually been contracted by nearly two hundred millions of dollars, (although it has been increased since the panic began) and that any proposition to legislate upon questions particularly affecting them, or even lo inquire into their violation of the law creating them, is promptly squelched by the men who j have for years been trying to establish gold monometallism in the United States. These propositions haye been established, in my judgment, both by weight of argument and evidence, and therefore it would seem that the right thing to do would be to couple with the repeal of the Sherman act, such legislation in regard to the currency as was promised in the money plank of the Chicago platform. It is a fact-a most significant fact to the people of the South-that, eighteen out of twenty-two Southern Senators, and almost the same proportion of Soulh? ern Representatives are opposed to the repeal of the Sherman act, unless so coupled with other legislation, and that the "other legislation" is more important lo their constituents than the repeal is. These constituents, of whom the great majority do not live in towns, are faithfully represented by those Senators and Representa? tives, and they regard with increas? ing anxiety-to use no stronger word -the situation in Washington, and the reports which are in circulation as to the practical repudiation of party pledges, and the use of Ex? ecutive patronage in connection with legislation. A timely compromise may save both the Democratic party and the public interests from disaster ; the failure to effect such a compromise and the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act, without further currency legislation, will produce results which will be most lamen? table. At least such is my honest conviction. A. M. WAD- XL. September 18th, 1393. - ?- ? i i The Rise of a Boy. This boy goes to business ana at his business begins hy simply doing the things he is told to do and doing them in a common and ordinary way If he stops here, he remains all his lifelong a drudge But if he begins to see that business has a significance; that his life is not merely sweeping the store, not merely writiog letters, not merely selling goods ; if he begins to see the higher life involved in business ; if he begins to see that busi? ness is a greater instrument of benefi? cence than what we call beneficence ; that trade is clothing thousands of men where charity clothes ten ; that agri? cultural and milliog industries are feed? ing thousands of men where charity feeds ten ; if he begins to see how the whole history of the world is linked together, and is God's way of building up humanity, and serving humanity, as he gets this larger view and enters into it, life is enriched and becomes itself the minister whereby love is en? larged and conscience is strengthened, the school wherein he is educated out of the lower into the higher... Re has now risen, or is rising from that which is mortal into that which is immortal and eternal-Dr. Lyman Abbott. _ - M^^1 Representative Maddox, of Georgia, says: "tuc people of this coutry must have and will have in the near future, a system of finance that will render it impossible for a few individual* to wreck the country at their will We owst wrench this power from Wall street OT the existence of this Republic will be short lived." The Greenville News charges the Reform paper of the State with a want of manliness in refusing to con? demn the Cotton Plant for accusiog Judge Hudson of being mfiuenced in his decision in the Darlington Dis? pensary case by the money of the Whiskey Ring. Speaking for the Dispatch we regard Judge Hudson's reputation for uprightness, purity of purpose, integrity, and spotless char? acter sufficient refutatiou of the silly charge, and to have denied it would have been giving color to it -r-Lextog ton Despatch 7th. That the Sherman act did not drive goid out of the country. 8th. That the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act will not bring about international bi-metalliem. 9th That the amount of increased production-of ail ver over gold in late years has been greatly misrepresent? ed, and that, although the product of each metal has at different periods been greater, or less, there has for cen? turies been a wonderful equilibrium of production between them ; and that the commercial ratio between them remained practically the same during all that time, until silver was demonetized :n this country in 1873, in Germany in 1874, and recently iii India. J 10th. That if gold ia established as the only money of redemption in every country the stock on hand, with the annual additions, will not be anything like sufficient to supply the demand, and therefore there would be incalculable ruin all over the world. lltb. That the enormous growth in population and production in the United States demands an increase of the circulating medium. 12th. That the associated banks of Boston, New York and Philadephia control the currency of the country, and that the National Bank currency of the country, instead of being in? creased, as it ought to have been by a very large sum, has actually been contracted by nearly two hundred millions of dollars, (although it has been increased since the panic began) and that any proposition to legislate upon questions particularly affecting them, or even lo inquire into their violation of the law creating them, is promptly squelched by the men who j have for years been trying to establish gold monometallism in the United States. These propositions haye been established, in my judgment, both by weight of argument and evidence, and therefore it would seem that the right thing to do would be to couple with the repeal of the Sherman act, such legislation in regard to the currency as was promised in the money plank of the Chicago platform. It is a fact-a most significant fact to the people of the South-that, eighteen out of twenty-two Southern Senators, and almost the same proportion of Soulh? ern Representatives are opposed to the repeal of the Sherman act, unless so coupled with other legislation, and that the "other legislation" is more important lo their constituents than the repeal is. These constituents, of whom the great majority do not live in towns, are faithfully represented by those Senators and Representa? tives, and they regard with increas? ing anxiety-to use no stronger word -the situation in Washington, and the reports which are in circulation as to the practical repudiation of party pledges, and the use of Ex? ecutive patronage in connection with legislation. A timely compromise may save both the Democratic party and the public interests from disaster ; the failure to effect such a compromise and the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act, without further currency legislation, will produce results which will be most lamen? table. At least such is my honest conviction. A. M. WAD- XL. September 18th, 1393. - ?- ? i i The Rise of a Boy. This boy goes to business ana at his business begins hy simply doing the things he is told to do and doing them in a common and ordinary way If he stops here, he remains all his lifelong a drudge But if he begins to see that business has a significance; that his life is not merely sweeping the store, not merely writiog letters, not merely selling goods ; if he begins to see the higher life involved in business ; if he begins to see that busi? ness is a greater instrument of benefi? cence than what we call beneficence ; that trade is clothing thousands of men where charity clothes ten ; that agri? cultural and milliog industries are feed? ing thousands of men where charity feeds ten ; if he begins to see how the whole history of the world is linked together, and is God's way of building up humanity, and serving humanity, as he gets this larger view and enters into it, life is enriched and becomes itself the minister whereby love is en? larged and conscience is strengthened, the school wherein he is educated out of the lower into the higher... Re has now risen, or is rising from that which is mortal into that which is immortal and eternal-Dr. Lyman Abbott. _ - M^^1 Representative Maddox, of Georgia, says: "tuc people of this coutry must have and will have in the near future, a system of finance that will render it impossible for a few individual* to wreck the country at their will We owst wrench this power from Wall street OT the existence of this Republic will be short lived." The Greenville News charges the Reform paper of the State with a want of manliness in refusing to con? demn the Cotton Plant for accusiog Judge Hudson of being mfiuenced in his decision in the Darlington Dis? pensary case by the money of the Whiskey Ring. Speaking for the Dispatch we regard Judge Hudson's reputation for uprightness, purity of purpose, integrity, and spotless char? acter sufficient refutatiou of the silly charge, and to have denied it would have been giving color to it -r-Lextog ton Despatch