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VOL. XXVI.?NO. 3. '"' ' UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1895. > $1.50 A IBAlf ~" " "'
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
I). K. tlYDKICK, J. A. SAWYER.
Spartanburg, S. O. Union, S. C.
Hydrick & Sawyer,
Attorneys at Law,
JUIKSK TOWNSKN'S OLD STAND
MUNRO St MUNRO,
Attorneys at Law,
NO. 2 LAW KANOL.
S. S. STOKES,
attorney at i.aw andtkial justict
OHico Item* of Court Houso.
J. O. WALLACE,
Attoknky at Law,
No. J Law Ujinge.
JOSIAH ORUDUR,
Attoknky at Law,
Ollieo at Times Building1.
SdHUMPERT &c BUTLER,
Attorneys at Law,
No. 31 Law Range.
' M'KISSICK COTHRAN.
Attorneys at Law,
Corner Main and Judgment Streets.
DENTISTRY
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T>entai iiooms over A. II. Foster ?.V
Co's Store. Cocaine used in extracting
teeth.
Wm. A. Nicholson & Son,
BANKERS,
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See advertisement in another column.
UNION HOTEL,
Nos. 80 and81 Main St.
W. M. GIBBS, Proprietor.
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No. .'11 Bachelor Street.
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THE UNION TIMES.
Corner Main and Judgment Sts.
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UNION MARBLE
?AND?
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GKOUGK GKDDKS.
F. M. FAUH, GKO. ML'nuc:,,
JTesiili nt. Caahior.
OF UNION.
Capital t<VOA:k $00,000. Surplus, $."?(),000.
StookheCxlers liabilities, $00,000.?
Total?$I7()jOUO>
OFFICKKS.?V. M. Fair, I'res't. A.
H. Foster. Vice Pres't. Geo. Munro,
Cash for. J. I*. Arthur. As&'t Cashier.
Pjkkctokh.?W. H. VVallaoo, A. G.
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CITY
Oyster Saloon.
I a ii now running a first-class < >ys
ter Saloon. I have a handsome I,a
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Parlor. Kverything is clean, am
Oysters fresh from Norfold are server
in all styles every day. Ladies an
invited to come and inspect our Pur
lor and Cooking Arrangements. /
stow can he prepared in live minutes
Families furnished hy the quart twin
a week if wanted. Also have a fill
lino of the finest KltKNCII CANDIKS
also PLAN and MIXKI) CANDIKS
Fruits of all kinds.
of all kinds. I am headquarters foi
the finest CAKKS and CRACK KKS
Also for TOIJACCO and CIGMtS. Tr.\
the ' Seaboard
Will keep Ix)af Ihcad and will ^ivi
you regular customers prices.
OOTTON GROWERS' CONVENTION.
- A ntOTKCTiVK ORGANIZATION.
Hiiik Cotton Has lost IIIh Crown?
V arious I'Iuiin ure Discussed for KcHioritiK
II 1m Siiprrmm )'.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. b.?When the
delegates to the Cotton Growers' Convontion
tnovoil tiward the Hall of Representatives
in which they were to
. meet this morning, they trudged
_ through four inches of snow. Over 150
delegates were on hand at 10 o'clock,
at whioh hour the body was called to
order by Auditor Stone, of Mississippi.
Ho introduced Hon. II. 1). Initio, of
Alabama, commissioner of agriculture,
who called on Governor Stone, of Mississippi,
to make the opening address.
Governor Stone spoke three-quarters of
, an hour and undertook to oullinu what
** should he the line of elTort of the convention.
Robert E. Eukbergor was cboson to ,
act as secretory of tlie convention. A
call of the roll disclosed the presence
of delegates from Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina 1
and Tennessee, neat ly all of whom are
practical planters. The following committees
were appointed :
Resolutions?J. H. Minge, Ala; exGovcrnor
James 1*. Eagle, Arkansas; 1
VV. A. I3rolighten, Georgia: George H.
Ganzue, Louisaua: .1. H. Williamson,
North Carolina, and U. M.Ji'ricstly, of 1
Tennessee.
Permanent organization?Hee.or 1). '
' Lane, Alabama; J. F. Smith, Arkansas
; W. A. Hrough ton, Georgia ; D. VV.
Pini?r T atiiwiun-i I If Wi lliume?\n I
North Carolina: J. M. Priestlv, Ten- <
nessee; J. A. lied head, Mississippi. '
A scoro of plans were suggested in 1
' writing by delegates and-referred to J
the committee on resolutions. One pro- '
vides for the bankrupt law : another '
for an increase of the circulating '
medium, so as to cheapen money, but '
all the others relate to increasing the '
value of cotton, tho uio^t popular 1
scheme being to decrease tho acreage '
by the formation of an organization f
whose members should pledge them- '
selves to plant from :V? to 50 per cent. :
less than in 18!?4. Some of them are *
very drastic in their tendency, propos- '
ing to hold members up to public scorn *
as enemies of their country if they t
should violate their obligations. 1
Several delegates took the lloor to !
express themselves on the situation *
and the best way to increase the price **
of cotton. It was resolved to form a <
permanent organization and a commit- i 1
tee to draft tho laws a- d constitution :
was appointed. Among t he resolutions ^
offered was one by Piper, of Louisiana, j j
opposing dealing in cotton futures and j i
calling on members of Congress to support
the Hatch bill, i
One by llohinson. of Missis-ippi. pro- *
vides for the establishment of cold t
storage houses at convenient points r
throughout the country. Lane, for the i
committee on permanent organization, ! t
submitted a report which was adopted, !
recommending that the association be i t
known as the Cotton Growers' i'rotuo- I ?
tive Association, and providing for the r
election or appointment of national of- v
liccrs, appointing the State presidents,
but all officers after to be elected.
A recess was then taken.
At the night session Hector I). Lane, i
of Alabama,'was elected president of
the national association, ex-Governor
Kagle, of Arkansas, vico president and
Hubert H. Kckberger, of Alabama, sec-!
retary and treasurer. The following !
resolution was adopted by a vote of 247 |
to 10 :
Resolved, That it is the sense of this 1
convention that dealing in futures or
future gambling is injurious to the agricultural
interests of the t'nited
States, and especially injurious to the
cotton growers of the South.
Members of Congress were requested
to pass the Hatch bill or some kindred
measures.
A'l the States voted solidly for the
resolution except Alabama and Mississippi,
which stood a small fraction
against the resolution.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 10.?When the
Cotton Growers' 1'rotectivo Association
convened this morning the first business
done was to adopt the report of
t.be committee on resolutions, the
sailent part of which is as follows : '
' The gravity of the conditions confronting
the cotton growers is recognized
: to what extent this may be
traced to financial legislation is useless
to discuss. Too ov rpr dilution of cotton
is recognized us one of the ciiief
evils. This must, be corrected or universal
bankruptcy wiil follow. Self interest
must impel the grower to a
change. Ktfery farmer is appealed to
not to plant so unci cotton : a decrease
of not less than twentydivo per cent, is
recommended; lifty cent, would be
better. The farmer should be made '
self sustaining by planting peas, corn, :
potatoes, oats, etc.. and raising plenty
of meat. Tito tide of immigration
turned this way will change methods.1
Farmers are urged to form county
. organizations all over the South to
carry out those resolutions. Cold
storage houses are recommended wherever
practicable. "
'I'fi#. committee nnmiises hotter
- ? I 1
times and higher prices for cotton if i
its recommendations arc observed. All .
papers in the South are requested to j i
keep the committee's report standing. I i
The ooinmitu e on organization and ' i
by-laws submitted a long report, of .
which the following is a synopsis :
No one shall be a member who is not i
a legitimate grower. Toe association
is formed for on year and the oxecu- ' i
' tive committee is given power to con
Unite it long r if good results are at- '
tained. The agreement to be sent to
all counties in the cotton growing
States for signatures is not to be bin I- :
ing till signed by three-fourths of the
cetton acreage in HO per cent, of the1
. cotton growing counties: said fact to
. be determined by the national co nmit*
tee. Koch member binds himself to [
I pay two cents for each acre of cotton
I planted in IH'.il, half to be retained in
. tiie counties, the balance to be paid
. into the treasury of the national coin
^ inittec for general purposes. The j
county organizations are to be formed
. on tho lirst Monday of March, |H1C?.
i The national executive committee
shull he composed of the national p.-esl- i
dent, who is ex-ollico chairman and i
each State is entitled to one member!
|. for every KMt.tMM) hales of cotton raised ,
in IHtM as shown by the United Slates
census. All Stiit - organizations shall
meet at tho State capitals on the third
Monday of March, lH'.i.">, and the national
committee at New Orleans the
first Monthly tif April, IK9f>, which shal
ascertain whether the agreement i
signed by the requisite nuinoer t<
make the same binding. The presi
dents are charged with the duty o
seeing the agreements properly distri
bated for signatures.
? - ?? ?
BRING MILLS TO THE COTTONTHK
IIIKASOF GOVKKNOlt STONE
lie Argues Tliill (lie Mills Must Conn
to I lie fields, uiul Favors Small Fac
orbs?High Priors n Tiling of tin
Past.
At the cotton growers' convention ii
Jackson, Miss., the opening speech wai
made by Governor Stone, from whicl
we make the following extracts :
'There is no concealing the fact thai
the conditions which environ the inter
eats of the cotton growers of the Southern
States of this union threaten ul
t-imate and utter destruction of that in
dustry to which they have liitlierti
looked alone for profit in the cultivation
of the soil.
"The gloom and despondency which
hangs like a pall over the entire South,
superinduced, in the main, by the low
and unremunerative price of cotton,
bringing within its embrace all classes
of citizens and every vocation, excit.ee
in every reflective mind the startling
query, to what end are wo drifting?
" As cotton declined in price, which
it has steadily dono, the necessity of
home productibn forced itself upon our
conviction, until now, with our 4-cent
cotton, it is freely and fully eoneoded
that he who would eat must provide
the wherewithal at home, with his own
land and under his own eye This
changed condition affects, and is felt
by every business element in the land.
Jetton has lost its crown: cotton has
ost its credit. Tho factor in our groat
marts who ouoo sought to lend almost
without limit for its production, and
rrew fat handling it ? tho banker who
jacked the factor as far as his deposit
iccount woild enable him?the coun,ry
merchant with his 100 per cent who
loped to grow rich in a single year by
idvancing to his benighted cottonfrowing
customers and to whom a
:ash dealer was a crying nuisance?
.\ a u / U
liiu l?iu jM'i)H:aBiunr> aim naurn uavu
ill lost their faith in cotton, leaving
earcely a vestige of hope to stimulate
xertion when cotton is the only
iromised reward.
" That the farmers aud planters
:ould thus he brought into unilieation
s as visionary and chimerical as it is
mpossible. Conditions and eircum
tances are too diverse; int? rests of
lilTerent individuals too varied. They
ire too numerous, und the eotton belt
:ovora too largo a territory, to say
tothing of the enormous amount of
apital necessary to create and inainain
suoh a corner.
"That a co operative effort for muual
benclit is desirable and needful
tnU in-auli.ml,r>,?t denied. hilt it is
lot feasible with the eotton in the
varchouses and every bale counted
nid known to the spinners of the world,
is well as to the combine of association
tsel f.
"It is an axiom in manufacturing
bat the nearer to the factory the raw
naterial can be procured, other things
icing equal, the cheaper the finished
iroduct can be made. The owner of
in iron initio would not think of shipping
his ore u thousand miles if he
:ould lind in his vicinity the needed
esolvents by which to convert iiis ore
it to pigs ready for the manufacturer
>1 an iron arucios m luuuury uuu notdiine
bhop. The lumber dealer would
lot think of sliippiug his logs from
lie long-leaf pine forests of the soutii
othe northern merchant; on the conrary,
he eats it into proper dimension
tut), not omitting' to dress, and even
o tongue and groove it, ready for the
milders' use. Hence, the innumerable
umber mills of the South, and our
mmense export of lumber. Why is it
hat the old open-kettle process of our
iugar making neighbors of Louisiana
? discarded, and millions of money inrested
to improve the quality of our
lomestic sugars ? The question promply
suggests its own answer: To add
,o the value of the sugar, which added
raluo secures to the planter a greater
let pi'oiil ou hi.-. labor and capital exi.nded
in growing, harvesting, grindng
and preparing it for market. This
teems to me a clear illustration of what
nay bo done by the cotton planter,
f these things are true ami applica>le
as suggested in sugar planting and
ither industries, then why cannot the
:otton growers, hy eo-opei utivo effort,
istahlish in every city, town, village
>r hamlet in all the cotton-growing
dates, factories for the manufacture
?f their raw cotton into the more valuible
commodities before final export or
lalo 'f Thus saving to the grower, the
merchant, the laborer and the capitalst
in tholr own midst the difference
ictween the value of raw, ragged and
'ondemned bales of cotton and the
,anio cotton spun into yarn, at least, if
ant woven into fabrics.
"This is altogether practicable,
feasible, can easily be done if determined
u uon. and I believe I may
safely predict that it will l>j done in
the near future. Am St. Paul, Minneapolis
and other western cities ship
Hour to us instead of wheat, so we will
mioii be driven to shipping yarns to
Kail Itiver, Manchester and other
manufacturing cities.
The flouring mills have ever sought
the wheat li -Ids of the northwest, why
should not the spindle seek the eottou
Holds of the South ? So far as we are
involved our jute-covered foundling is
to Manchester what the. crude ore i.-> te
the h'ast furnace. Ily exporting the
haled cotton we lose a percentage
which, at present prices, shou'd h, all
moans he kept at home ?if wo w?hi.?I
live- just as the owner of tne ore hod
would lose if he should ship from Alabama
to the blast furnaces of Pennsylvania.
lie cannot do it and survive.
Neither can we cotton growers, as
matters now stand, continue the course
heretofore pursued without utter ruin
and bankruptcy, and I verily believe
that these conditions will continue for
an indefinite time without united
action on the partof the cotton growers
nf the Southern States. I have 110 faith
in higher priced cotton in the future.
Indeed. I am not quite sure that i!
would not he a calamity rather than 11
blessing: though it can go far above
the present prices and still ho very
low.
" I do not wis 1 to In* 11 liti rslnod as
I advocating the erection of large cens
tral factories. involving tho investi>
"inent of immense sums of money, with
in tho reach only of capitalists of largo
f means ; but rather the establishment
- of small mills at convenient localities
for utilizing all the cotton . grown in
their vicinity, and numerous enough
to spin all tho cotton, and so convenient
and close together as to be able oven
to handle seed cotton and gin it in the
> factory as it is spun; thus saving the
bagging and tics to tho farmer, which
'* is a clear loss under tho Liverpool
* mles, and runs into millions of dollars
| ever/ season. ft would aLo savo the j
I treat wa-to incident to tho prc&cnt
1 i method of handling sampling, etc.,
s with all which tho grower of tho eot,
ton is charged ; hut in his innocenco
he is ignoruut of the fact, and could
not help it If he knew it. ]u the
establishment of these small spin
neries every cotton grower in the
. vicinity cduM auiieeribu. stcctrpayable
i in cotton for puttiug tho factory in
operation, and others not growing cot
pin could furnish capital for the plant.
? " Let the shares bj small and within I
the reach of every one. however small
his means. These small factories dot1
t ug tho face of tho country would af- ;
i i f >rd employment to millions of men,
women updr children now without
means of support, though willing and
1 anxious to work, The joint interest
1 of each grower would entitle him to
his share of whatever prolit might,
arise frcm the product of tho factory.
Thorn wnnld ho miilt. un u on nnorti t i iro
spirit whioh would soon adjust itself
to the chunked conditions* rihe stock|
holder would look to the management of
his mill forocounsel and advice, und if
it were coiupetout, as all such managements
should be, ho would always by
informed and keep paco with his
neighboring enterprise. The small
factories, from good business reasoning,
would naturally gravitate towards 1
co-operation among themselves, all
I having a common end and purpose.
| This would lead to organization by '
i stutcs into interstate a-soeiations 1
1 which could be led by the purpose and
aim of all to a national or southern
spinners' association through which
the markets of too world would lie I 1
reached, statistics gath red and com- j
pared, which 'would rclloet light back 1
| to the farme'r, alt'ordiug intelligence
and- cnlightment where now prevail <
darkness and ignorance, the source of '
| all our agricultural woes. If we are
i suffering from over production I bo- 4
I lieve this will stay it: nothing else can. 1
' With the free use of fertilizers, iin- <
proved methods of cuitivaiion, unci
i abundance of labor, large crops hav?
Iconic to stay, diversify us you may. 1
; rhoy should stay und it is our duiy i '
j make the most of them und control
them as far as possible. 4
" lly this small factory scheme tho '
cotton oil trust can be wiped from the 4
face of tho earth ; for what is to prevent
each factory from utilizing all the '
seeds rulsori in the vicinity by manu- '
! factoring I them into oil, moal, food s
|utuffs and, fertilizers y 'I'lyus tho in- 1
i ereraent of .voaTui pvalu*,. a wuuiu u? ;
broadcasted, as It word, dinong the
people, Insteud of us now centralized 4
in a few places and foealizgd in a few 4
: individual who nrolit by our loss and
grow rieii off of our misfortunes. It
this eon tines, the fault will he ours : '
not theirs. If we fail to eare for ourselves
while the opportunity offers. '
they are not to blame for our sloth and
Ill) WOllllllH'Sd. '
acts or Tin-: lii-XiisiiATirur.
NUMUKU Ol<* COTTON HA I,MS, .j
i To rcquiro cotton buyers to number
, each hale of cotton bought with same
number that is put upon cotton bills
anil books.
lie it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of tlie State '
J of South Carolina, now met and sitting '
, in General Assmbly. and by the au;
thority of the same :
See. ll. That from and after the
passage of this Act each and every
| cotton buyer in this State buying from
! the initial seller shall be required o
keep a hook in v. hioh shall bo inserted
the nninb 'r of bales of cotton bought
by him. He shall nnmb.-r the bales of
cotton houjrht by hi it., the name of
tho-e from whom he purchases, and
shall give to the sell ir a cotton bill, ? n
which he shall put the number of
the hale or hales of cotton bought
him, the number on t! 1 hale ofeotb n :
011 his hooks and on the cotton bill
! sha'l lie the same number.
S -c. .'1 That any person violating
the provisions of the 1st section of this
Act shall, on conviction, be fined a
>um not exceeding one hundred dollars
or imprison *-l rot exceeding
thirty days.
See. ll That such books of all cotton '
buyers shall be open to public inspeo- 1
j tion. 1
Approved December IS, 185)4. 1
TO KKI- I' TIIK STKMA MS CMKAK.
To prevent, the ob-trnet ion of the nav- |
igation of rivers and harbors in j 1
South Carolina by cutting in of timber,
drifting of logs. etc.
He it enacted by l i e Senate and 1
House of U -presentutives of the State
of South Carolin, n -w met and sitting
1 in Genera! Assembly. and by the au|
thority of same :
Sec. i. Tnat. anv p rson who shall 1
j he found guilty of 'Mill ing any trees or
, tree tops. hru-di or logs, or throwing
..n.r II. a t.. .1*1 fl I ii'l... t.i.O., :
navigable river >! harbor in South j
I Carolina, or who sh il' limit logs singly j
or in rafts in any manner vvl atsocvcr
without bring properly or plainly
lighted at night, and attended hy day ,
with Bulticient number of men to provent
said rafts and logs from negligently
damaging p'-operty along the
river hanks, oafroin eatehingof snags, |
sinking and forming obstructions, or
in any manner whatsoever interfering
with the navigation or < h.-tructii g
said rivers or harbors, shall he deen ed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and pun* ,
ished by a li-.v not exceeding two hm
i dred and lifty dol ars or by imprise.
inont not cxcoi ding two year:.
See. 2. That all Acts ami parts of
Aets iuc.msi- e it w'th !.!iis Act he,
and therauu' .ire hereby, repealed.
Approved Doeemh *r i~. IXIM. ^
A number of p rsons recommended
hy the leg s'a'ivo dole; a ons for a| pointmoni
a t >wn> iip e< imnosioners
i under the enur.tj gov.rn*imnt law are
> | ineligible !>'eau- i ?y are ret fret'
holders. Tim lav. is s< o 'tie in saying
township commissioner* must he free- .
i I holders. I
ROASTING THE PRESIDENT.
A Sensation in ConjcresH?Surprising
Statements About the Atlniiiiistra
lion Supporters.
Oa the 8th inst., the House went inti
the committee of the whole on th<
currency bill, when Mr. Sibley (Dem.
of Pennsylvania opened the debuti
with a speech iu opposition to the bill
Ho spoke on tho subject of repeul o
the purchasing clause of tho Sherman
law, and its failure to improve the
iiiiancial and c-unme:ciul condition:
despite the assurance to tho contrary
of its advoc.it- s and impressed hi?
b- lief that the p. ii-lii?>r bill would likewise
prove a failure. Referring to the
published reports that tho Kxejutive
Department ol tho (Jovernment, in the
person of tho S< cretary of tho Treasury
was using its power to intluonce
votes in fayor of the bill. Mr. Sibley
said; Mr. Chairman s if I have read
the Constitution of tho United States
correctly it dellnes the powers and
duties of the chief executive and the
power and duties of membership of
the House and I tell you that if ever
a rebuke was needed to ouo who has
trampled down tho prerogatives of tho
people it is to that man who has used
his influence or attempted to use it, to
create in himself the sole governing
power of this nation. Ithuscomotou
time when tho government of this people
requires somethiug more than a
combination of brains, belly and brass.
(Sensation and applause.)
Mr. Sibley continued at some length
to assail the administration for its attitudo
toward and action upon financial
measures. Tho repeal of the purchasing
clause of tho Sherman law he asserted
had been secured by tho use of
improper inlluonces by the administration,
and that if tho padlocks were
taken ell' tho mouths of tho representatives
four out of live wou'd confirm his
statements. The question of length of
time he was to speak having been
raised, Mr. Sibley said that every
agent of the big golu trust had spoken
nil hc< had to say. When pressed by
Mr. Outhwaite to tell who put a padlook
upon his (Sibley's) lips, ho said,
" Let mo tell the gentleman that 1
nn not talking today to men who believe
in going to hell in a handcart
instead of heaven,supported by truth.
Lot me tell him also that I am not
iddressing men who believe more in a
bobtail Hush than a contrite heart."
.u.\ fence ii'op.j, 01 i Jlorudo, asked
jouscnt that Mr. Sibley be permitted
to conclude his remarks; but Mr.
Juthwuito objected, llcferring to the
icttoii of the administration Mr. Sibley
aiii th it paraphrasing Junius it could
?? said that t he merits of an administration
might no judged by the conation
of ilie people. "Look upon the
.'onditlonof the people of this conntry,"
le said, "and you oan tell the merits
if your administration."
Mr. Sibley declared that by tiie
itaqdards of tiie fathers lie believed
10 was a Democrat; he revered Jetfer>on
and Jackson anil worshipped at
.heir shrine. l?ut if he was to he
Democracy." guided 1>y an obstinate
iriver over an unknown road with pre*
M pices and chasms yawning on all
.ides, he was going to jump out; and
10 was not particular as to where lie
it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Sibley's thrusts at the President
seemed to he enjoyed by quite a nutn>er
of representatives, and when he
Mincludcd there was a round of apllause.
TilM WIN I'll HOP COhhKdK.
1'lie College lliilbliug lobe Completed
by lilt; Superintendent ol" the Penitentiary?Tbe
Salary and Duties of
t be President.
I'lie State, loth inst.
The hoard of trustees of the WinJirop
Normal and Industrial College
net at the Covernor's otlice yesterday
iftcrnooii and organized by the election
?f Governor Kvans as chairman, and
Mr. Maiy Hold us secretary. Kx-Govoru>r
Tillman wais also elected us a trustee
and 21 member of the executive
;ommitteo. He was present at the
nocting.
The following resolutions were
tdopted retailing to tlae eompleton of
the college building and the duties and
aalary of the president :
Whereas at the last session of the
General Assembly an act was paassed
providing for the completion of the
Winthrop Not anal and Industriail College
by the superintendent of the poniteutiairy
and am appropriation made
therefor; aind whereas no uppropriaition
was made to pay for the expenses
i>f completing the college in any other
way.
Therefore resolved, that the superintendent
of the penitentiary bo rci|nested
to take charge of the work of
completing the college building and
one of the domitorics, as required by
said act.
Kcsolved further, that the superintendent
now in charge of the work be
notified of action of the board, and that
the board cannot longer continue him
in charge of saiid work under tho act
above referred to. and that tho beard
h.?:i|no appropriation ait its disposal with
which to pay hi in anything after tho
1:1th day of tliis month, being the day
upon which the aforesaid act goes into
operation.
The president shall be charged with
tho general management and oversight
of the college subject to tho by
laws and general direction of the
hoard. He may r.ot bo subject to the
work of instruction as the board maiy
hereafter decide.
The president with his faultily shall
reside ait tho college dormitory and
hoard ait the college taible ais head of
the household, furnishing, however,
their own apartments.
Tli" salary of the president shall he
&I.0' 0 ai year, and, hoard, fuel, lights,
etc., shall he charged to him and his
iiuui'y ait tho same raite ais to pupils.
It was decided thait tho presid< nt
.-lionId b eleet?.d at the next meeting
of tho hoard Tho olVu-ialv: ?if t lw?
col logo and members of the faculty
will be elected Inter. All of the
members of the board were present
at the meeting, except Senator Buist,
and after the adoption of the foregoing
resolution they adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman.
? New York's eity government for
Iis, to cost WW,U7'?,!HKl?about one
half the total expenditure of Buchanan's
Admin si ration for a year
when the population of this country
was :m,<mh?,ouo.
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THE ItEPUBLlCAN OIIALLBNOE. |
Tlio l>nl)'of I lie Hour of the While Ir
People of South Carolina.
To the E liter of The News and
Courier: The circular letter of a corn- vl
inittce of Republicans calling for a ?f
Convention of that party, with the ln
view of meeting the issues of the Constitutional
Convention, suggests to my ed
mind tho duty of the hour on the part St
of the white people of South Carolina, ifcl
It is not my purpose to review tho
State polities foi tho past four event- M
ful years. What is known as the lie- La
form Movement has developed prinei- to
pies and policies of government and
phases of sentiment that have not com- La
mended themselves to my judgment, eo
liut I have boen far from considering it do
au unmixed evil. I have seen in it germs m<
which, rightly cultivated, would promote
the good of the Commonwealth, ru
When the sober second thought of tho gi
whole white people of the State shall op
assert itself, as I lirmly believe it will, I coi
I cannot but believe that the resultant of
of the rceent opposed forces will he
tho good of South Carolina. Idut let- tei
ting the dead past bury its dead, what is sei
tho duty of the nresent and the eug- nti
gestion of the futuro ? We must ex- tin
tract from the legislation of the four sic
years past all that. I? valuable and promote
lor the advantage of the State all m i
pending measures. an<
The gieat impending open measure del
is tho cail for a Constitutional Conven- wa
til ill AlOmnnrl, -I- -
uumitbiu^ LllUt 111U o"1
time for such a Convention is in some of
respect Inopportune, yet [ havd favored
the call for weighty reasons. This i3 mo
the imperious necessity that devolves Ito
upon us to put at once upon a granite Tr
base the question of white supremacy los
in South Carolina. There should be ehi
provision for such supremacy in the ant
fundamental law of the State. I am bh
for meeting this issue boldly before pol
t'iO whole country. Let it be understood
that it is the purpose of the 1 ab<
white race in this State?conformably i mu
to tlie Constitution of the United I 1HSJ
States, wnich it is our duty and our : da:
necessity to hold inviolate?to lix ' sta
white supremacy in our organic law. twi
How this is to be done is for the onl
Convention, after grave deliberation j !>r<
aud wise consultation, to devise. It is | brt
not for me or for any one citizen to an- ! ma
tieiual^ ^ho solution of so great a bis
But one thing is certain. If thero wa
was ever a time for the union of the hal
white people of the State now is the ab<
time. Let us meet this proposed Uc- mi
publican organization by such a conn- , ha
ter organization as will make a rcunited
Democracy irresistible and relegate **
forever to the rear the exponents of a Y
party that would rear again its "mis- * ,
created front'' in our fair State and i
endanger our highest civilization.
No greater work can address itself ' ,
to the wisdom of statesmen than the ?
framing of a Constitution for a fr< o 1
State. II'nee it goes without saying
that the approaching Constitutional i
Convention calls for the purest, ablest 1
and wisest men that a united Dcniocracy
can ollVr. Lot the selection lie <
made regardless of faction, and with *
the acknowlidguicnt of the principle
that minorities have rights which i
should he conceded aud views which <
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STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
itercsttng Notes lYom Various Sources.
- Rev. R. G. Pearson is etpected to
sit Orangeburg on or about the 1st
April and to hold a series of meet?*
?Mr. W. C. Wolfe has been appoint1
to a clerkship in the Secretary of
uto.'s office to index the acts of Legature.
?The management of the Red Bank
ills, which wore burned recently In
:xington County, have decided to go
work and rebuild the mill at once.
?The dwelling of Rev. Thomas
'.itch at Leesvifle. which was in
urge of construction, was blown
wn recently and completely deriished.
?The Lexington cotton mill is now
nning day and night in order to
ve employment to the unfortunate
oratives who lost their situations in
nscquence of the destruction by fire
the Red Bank Mills.
Governor Evans has expressed a de mination
to have the State reprelted
at the Atlanta Exposition by
exhibit whorthy the resources of /
3 State, and will appoint a commit- J
in^to work up the matter. w
?The Legislature has passed a law t
iking profanity, obscene language ?
d drunkeness in public places mismeunors.
From 1810 to 1820 there f
.3 Bucn a statute in South Carolina '
3 men wore punished for a violation- *?
it.
?An effort is being made to raise a
nument to the memory of the late
bert Copes, the faithful and efficient
eat-urer of Orangeburg County, who
t his life last year while in the disirgo
of his duty. He was a high
i noble man, who hud the esteem of
i fellow citizens without regard to
litics.
?A farmer by the name of Braunon,
>ut eight miles from Spartanburg.
,de up his mind at the beginning of
4 that he would devote every Satur- ^ v
v to marketing eggs and butter.
rted in with forty-eight hen^^.nd
a milch cows. Sometimes ?0rgave
y half a Saturday to selling these
>ducts. During the year his hens
:ught in $75 and his butter
.king a total of $111. He supplied
i own table with these articles and
niJYx.J;'^iif^mad'e sTx
les of cotton, which brougb{ him in
>ut $150. If ho had owned one raoro
lch cow his butter and eggs would
ve made as much as his eot.?r?n crop.
In
Poor A
Health
I
means so much more than' ,
you imagine?serious and',
fatal diseases result from' ,
trilling ailments neglected.' ,
Don't play with Nature's
greatest gift?health. , jflflNH
If you are feeling '
__ out of sorts, weak , s
II and generally ex- ,
r\fAT I rtl'P hausted, nervous,,
UlilWl 1 i h?ve no ?
A/IUTT11^ and ca?.t worv^'
begin at oncetak- ,
V ing the most relia-,
I fAtl blc strengthening ,
f I I IT I inedicine.which is a
4LJL v/11 Brown's Iron Bit- ,
ters. A few bot- ,
# ties cure?benefit ,
H comes from the,
If 1 T T AfC very first dose-? 1 >
J-/111V/1 J *'?'? *??r ,
teeth, and it's ,
pleasant to take. ,
It Cures \
I
Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver ?
Neuralgia, Troubles, ' i
Constipation, Bad Blood 1 , .
Malaria, Nervous ailments *
Women's complaints. , '
Get only the genuine?it has crossed red 1
lines on the wrapper. All others are sub- '
stitutcs. On receipt of two ac. stamps we 1
will send set of Ten Beautiful World's '
Fair Viows and book?free. '
BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MO. ' ,
Jno. R. Mathis.
loor below Bailey's Furniture Store.
uy Best Material to Your *
Advantage From
FLEMING
iement and Brick Co.
IIcadquartcrH for all Mason's Supplies,
270 Kast I Jay, Charleston,
S. C.
IMK, PLASTER, KOSENDALK,
E N O LIS11 PO KT L A NI > C K M ENT,
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IJKICK AND CLAY,
AIIL IJIUCK, TILES, ETC.
M1X101) LOTS. CAIt LOAD LOTS.
ACI'.NTS FOR THE
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Largest Do'pot in tho South. Ware)iiso
on Ruilroid Track. Write for
ices. IJuildin^ IJrick a Specialty.
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i
siioum ?jv res pec icu. i uu not propose ,
to cnt? r now into dotails. I am sug- ?
go-ting what seems to me the dictates
of patriotism for South Carolina. '
in Soutli Carolina there are laws i
enact- <1 and policies established which '
do not command the approval of many ,
good people. Hut it is wise to accept i
the verdict of the white majority and *
to trust to time for such modifications as ' ,
may be elTi eted. ?
For one I have faith in the. white '
people oi my State. As one who has ,
identified himself wholly with neither ?
of the. factions of the Democracy 1 '
have the right to make my plea, as 1 ' ,
do now, for a reunion of the Democracy <
of the State upon the basis of peace '
with honor as to the past and of eon- ,
eerted action for t'ic future, so that ?
South Carolina nuiy attain tlie bless- '
ings ??f unity and prosperity and make '
sure tin; foundations of her stateship ?
for wilt iuio.
1'iul- r ordinary circumstances the '
writer would not obtrude his views ?
I upon the public. Hut as it is, it seems
! to him t .at at this juncture of our '
State atlairs, when some people may
| be contemplating an unhullowcd alliance,
it is the duty of independent '
. cit.-z ns'iip that knows tio ambition ?
hut the weal of the State to assert
itself in the expression of matured
views.
I have undertaken only to foreshadow
.1 policy. 1 am willing for it to go for ,
wnat it is intrinsically worth.
John 1'. Thomas.
t'o'umbia, S. C., January 7, 18115.
Representative Martin, of Indiana, i .
is thought to he the prol>ablosuccessor j (
of Mr. Loehron as Commissioner of "D
I'elisions, when the latter is appointed
toil judicial ollioe. lie is the tallest
man in the House of Representatives.
The career of Mr. Martin has been as
extraordinary as his appearance is. At
Id, a 1'ennsylvaiiia fanner's hoy, he
j entered the army, lie served until
; 1 ue war was over. Then he worked in
t aw mills and on farms and along railroads
to get money to pay the expenses
of his legal studies, lie drifted from
1 'ennsyIvunia westward, with stops in
st-vi ral States, until lie reached the r ]
capital of Tex is. There ho lived for
two or tlinai years, and then took the \
hack trail, settling in Indiana. Ho
was in the Indiana Legislature before n
he w .is :t*i years old.
?? ?
The Newberry cotton mill will
s'.ut down in a short, tin e for the pur- L'l
pose of put' ing in the n? w engine. It
will ike ( itr to six weeks before
evei \ t oug will he ready for opera- he
ti >ns. pi