Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4L ZN--ll JAY PUBLISHED SEMII-WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMIBER i- igo. ETILSE A THAN -WE HA 10 Piece CONSISTING OF V: ANI Onerollof BRUSSEL nose to cC Come now and buy a ca at su D. V. W WIN NS BO R O, ~.4 . A eddri deliveried by Judge Thay Clinton, beforie the Iozta Bank Assoelation at their annut mecting in Council Bluff:; Msay 24, 189.3. It is an inside figure to pult amonit this cauntry annu contributes to the mud fian $250.000,000, of which a u Iowa pays at least '8,000 A total loss. Mudt does not hack anything to anybody. T is nothing reciprocal about it is a loss complete, absolute, irrecoverable even in part man loses a thousand dollar his house being destroyed by but somebody isi benefited that loss. in rebuilding, s.twmill, the sash and door mn fa~cturer, the carpenter, the I ter, and the plumber find a ket for material and labor. bank discounts a note wv proves worthless, the mc -while a loss to the' bank, .about on its mission and is loss witlhout somebody'si 3Iud know3 neither friend foe. In the natural orgalni of matter mud may have a p but that place is not in thei The whole country is aro as rn-ver before over theC sul of better roads. The nece for such improvements is es where admitted. No one a~y. Public sentiment ha b~ecome settled on this poin agitation of tlie question nlow be directed to someO fea plan for obtaining money to1 aOOd roads. The road tax bec doing its work ever civilization taught mankind to use the shovel and the But the road tax has not much headway in making pe r.ent roads. It has made mud, but few better roads. idle now to even seek to the blame anywhere. It ma not who is at fault The tax is all right, and it is the< table method of raisin~g mn for road purposes A d fb plan of finance is what is wa Not more taxes. Not money. Pta $8,000;000 a yeaIr in: proving the th'iroughiaree Iowli, and in ten y ears wouhd not he a mile of le laid out highway in the but would be converted 1r permnanent stone road. Bui is idle to talk about takin; amuncIIt Iowa annually contr. to mud to build durable r sonme other mne.s of raisin, -ap 'ni wsmne must he re:; OITL'IN6 VE IN STOCK s of Carpet, ELVET, BRUSSELS, WOOL ) COTTON. kLSO i STAIR CARPET, we pro se out at cost. rpet and be thankful you got it h a bargain. alker & Co., SOUTH CAROLINA. Sa ih tue utcontinue r of t spend the road money us.it is e' now spent and in a thousand years the mud fiend will be patronized the same as to-day. iHis hunger then will be no less the appeased than it is now. You ally simply can not make durable I at stone roads on an extensive scale munt with the annual expenditure of a [)00. 7 or 8-mill tax. You must find give some other method or else give rup in despair anl go wallowing It through the mui to the end. and My plan would be to borrow A money on a long-time bond at a, s b low rate of interest and use the Blre, tlres to pay the interest and b priucipal. To do this a great the many people will have to conquer uu- their prejudices and listen to a iain- kink of reason and argument ta r-they turn from now with a soln If a shake of the head and the excla hic< mati on, '-No bonds if you please, iney, and no debt for road building." iot a No debt! I admit there are ;ain. mistakes made every day by cau nor t'ous, prudent, expenienced busi tion ness men going in debt. But for [ace, that r eason shall there be no oad more running. .in .debt? The ased business of civilization is trans )ject acted onl the credit system. The it busine.-s of barbarism is tr ns ar-actedl on the "no trust" plan. '1ie as500,000,000 people who go in debt have food to ead, clothes to the wear, and at night a place to lay may their headc. The 500,000,000 who ble do not. possess sufficient con fi ike dence in themselves to trust one has another, never tasted fleur or nce beef, go naked, and sleep out ow doors. Activity, prosperity, and hoe. thrift are the fruits of mutual adde~dpendence on one another, ma- cemented with the legend,. "I nore promse to pay." Stagnation, t is savagism, and ignorance are the ,ace fruits of transaet.z business on iters the theory thiat nobody is entitled oad to the confidence of anybody. qui- Debt has made America what meyC itis. ts flm sgcie, its rent vsssemof ralod.in ml te.tiplicity of industries, which give Luor employment to millions of intel ligent" artis, its (Cohumbian im Exposition, its woudei f.: agzri of cultural wealth and prosp' itv, lere could only have been brought a about by one man using anzother taeman's money an'i payi[g sonme o thing for the use of it. 1-can not a it imagine a more dismal cond(itionl the of things on this mundzane sphies e jutes than the world out of debt. When oads, Columbus dliscovered Americn he and found this great continent oocci were not only out of debt, but who paid no taxes. A people als useless and "As idle as a painted ship i Upon a painted ocean." One-half the farms in Iowa owned by persons who went debt to obtain them, and ee though a large share of the ' debtedness now stands on t property, yet there is not otfi caso in ten where the investmen is a bad one, or where, undd similar circumstances, the farme would n.t do the same thing ovq again. Himself a grand exampl of the prosperity which dler ci eates, lie should be the last m4 to shake his head and say na, when the debt plan Qf building better roads is suggested. Finsq-* cially, he has nothing at stake reason of the adoption of t11 plan, and for his comfort, welfa and happiness, he has very, vet much to gain. A man owns a city lot. Hisi come above family expenses $500 a year. He proposes n erect a store on the 1,t, so th instead of its being an expense him it will bring him in an come. He is prejudiced agail going in debt. So he builds j ais rapidly as his $500 a yearwi permit, and in ten years he has $5,000 -building to rent, wbib leases for $1,000 per ) ear. No had he not been so prejudic against going in debt, he co have borrowed $5,000 at 7 cent, put up his building in thr months, and in ten years he W9 - have made a net gain of and out of debt. his contrI tion to prejudice agaiinst goin debt is. $6,000. Might bern contributed to themud This illustiation building rad;:S and building them with the in come derived from road taxes only the man who puL up the building had something to shov at the end of ten years for tac money. invested, while the people who pay road taxes have little or nothing at the end of ten years, or at the end of any other period, to show for their money. I do not advocate the issuing of bonds by the State, the pro ceed.s to be used for building roads. I do not favor any plan which would permit tlhe General Government to build ro ids in a State. I am in favor of allowing the people of a township the right to vote upon the qui-tion of bor rowing mor.ey, not to exceed .a certain per cent pe year, to use in road building. I would have road improvemfent a township ma tter, based on -local op)tionl. If the poople of one township waint to build a certainnumber ofrmiles of good road, I would not p'rmit the people of another townshxip or the State legislatture to prevet~u it. if a majority of the peo'ple of a township want goo.1, pe.rmanent roads, at a cost within certain p)rescrbed limits, I wou'd not put it in the powver of the minority to prevent it. I would build good roads with the taxes now paiid. I woul cover the State with a network of durable, permanent r oads, which can be use-l every day in the week oni which to haul a fall load, and- I would do this without increasing the- present oad taxation one mi-l With no greater levy thani is no'w made, I would in ten years s'ave by the ue of goodi road; six or seven millions of dollars per year~ to the. people of Iowa, and in twent~i years save twelve or fifteen nil lions of dollars per year. Let it be understood that in the next twenty-fire years $1,000,000,000 wouli be added to the indebtness of this country, the amount to be usedl in building permn:mnent stone r.ads, and the nation would enter u'on an era of prosperity such as o part of the word cv r before exp~rienced. I I might be a goodl plan for the Stte to contribute an hun Ired doars or more to echIi mile of perfanent road built. The State e uld b'y this contribution pre s ribe the kind of road that should e built to seenre the State's as sis-anice, and .thua obt3.n an uni form systemn of road ilding t'.oghout the State. Hester s Cotton Statement. New Orleans, Dec. 6.-Secre tary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement issued to-day ,hows for the six days of December a decrease under last year of 3,000 and an increase over the same, period year before last of 50,000. For the 97 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is behind the same days of last year 38,000 and ahead of the same days year before last of 311,000. The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 475,952 bales against 466,120 for the same seven clays last year. The movement since Sept. 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 3,727,098 against 3,619,907 list year. Overland across the Missi-sippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Can ada 417,134 against 532,345 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the cammercial year 479,193 against 505,514 last year; southern mill takings 550,000 against 452,568 [ast year. Foreign exports for the week have been 291,799 against 268,306 last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 1,308,638 against 1,276,273 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior cen kres have increased during the eek 34,474 bnles against an in rease during the corresponding period last season of .36,016. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from -h i st.crop. and the nuiumber of bales .ought into sight thus far for the i; crop hesgpply to date is nod last year. - TzPe o &M Many sol.liers in the last war wrote to say that for Scratches, Briseq, Cntz, Wounds, Corns, Sore Feet and Stiff Joints, Buck len's Arnica Salve is the best in the world. Same for Burns, calds, IP , Ulcers, Skin Erup tions 1n Piles. It cures or no pay. 0 425c at McMaster Co.'s Irug store. Edward's Coronation. All of the 'iont c -remonies, it is said, wil e observed at tle c ronatiou King Edward. 'mong the stminister Abbey celemonies will be those of hom rige to the King and annointing him ith oil. At the time of the coronation of Edward VI. those present at the ceremony were required to kiss the king's foot. Ewrd VIl. may mnoiifv that requirement and submit his hand to his subjects. The anointing withoil dates back to a very re mot.' pa4t. It is appointed that the anointing shall be on the ands, breast. s' .oulders andl last of all on th~e head. The present king, it is suid, wiil take the sev sra] datbs of oil aifter the ancient foriu. At the conc:lusiou the king will partake of the holy comn [munion, as all of his predeces.sors 3xcept James 1T. have done. Columbia Record. The Line Will Last. "Mason an.1 Dixon's line the famous old historie boundlry of the South. is b~ein:~ resurveyedl andwill not be permitte-d to drop out of existence. The old stone mrkers, or posts, which marked the-line are being reset in solid eement bases, and iron posts are being substituted in places where the old posts h-tvo di-appe:.red." But the old line would be there, whether or not the marks re mained. AM Bob Taylor says, there will always be a dividing line across the' bottomf of this country, with col bread on one sd1e and hot bisenits on the other. -Richmond Times. L1ATQ r:-2:I a ..:-: A n14. .June 30, 15 Dr. C. .J. MomrrrDear Sir: I canl assure you that your TEETH INA (Teething Powders) ii indispensable to u, and in no single instanice has it ever proved a failure. We have tried sooth mgndicines, and cevthing known to s and "old women," anud your Teeth ig Powders are pre-eminellntly a suceo and blessing to muothers and~ children. Yous truly. etc. .r N. npI~AC. FIVE MOQ Until this five is sold, pick of * our entire s NET COST. We Have FiN left to be so! 2 One-Horse Wagons at i One-Horse Wagon at i Two-Horse Wagon at 1 Three-Hors- Wagon at Come quick and s If you want a nice and usei of our beautiful LAP RO1 prices to suit the times. Do not fail to see us before can save you fully 25 per ceni antced not to chalk, flake, bliE p;ermancntly durable than an samc dies iiot d, as above rej )ar~t to repaint free of cost. G AHOLIN4 -HA' Roc Long Distance Axles, Dust P line of Surreys, nmanufacture riage Co. Harness of all ki dle and Harness Horses and Gire me a chance and I wi qual ity. D. A. Home--fixed Fertilizers. One of the claims which fertil ze~r manufactures are making for he superiority of their goods ver "horne--mixed fertilizers" is hat the former are "manufacturedI ;ays Director Qharles D. W~oods n bulletin 77 of the Maine ex eriment station. This should1 ean, if it means anything, that he goods are more evenly mixed f~ aud therefore niore uniform. Ini tl' ome iustances in which two oi niore salmles of the same brand c: inve been taken and nuahz ed1. P hey have been found to <Iiffel rom each othe~r quite materiahy. g he samples were tuken with reat deal of care by expelnenc ( en from a large number o' ackages. It wonid not seen- - ificult to make "home mixed fertilizers" which should run as I uiform as some of the brands .On Je1Hies preserves and pickles, spread a thin coating of relined PARAFFINE WVAX d acdproo P.raffn Wax s also usefl in adoze oth.-r way about the hous. Full Sold everywhere. STANDARD OIL CO. 3E LEFT. you can take your tock of Stoves at tevWagons d at cost. - - - $25.00 - - - L27-50 - - 43-00 - - - 47-00 !cure a bargain. ul Xmas present, buy one 3ES. We have them at buying PAINT, as we Our Paints are guar ter or crack, and are more y paint on the market. If >resented we shall furnish F3DW ARECO .U GGIbiZ roof Boxing. A eomplete I by The Brighton Car nds. A nice lot of Sad Mares, young Mules, &c. .1 please both in price and Crawford. Kodol )yspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. his preparation contains all of the igestants and digests all kinds of od. It gives instant relief and never ils to cure. It allows you to eat al e food you want. The most sensitive ;omachs can take it. By its use many iousands of dyspeptics have been red after everything else failed. It revents formation of gas on the stom :h. relieving all distress after eating. iet ing unnecessary. Pleasant to take. : can~t hl but do you good MAide5. I hav:e 10 or 12 real nice -orses that I will sell cheap r will trade them for thin aules. If you need a horse ome to see me and I will let ou have one that will give og satisfaction. CATTLE. I have four very fine Milch os that I will sell or trade bem for dry cattle, A. Williford.