The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 18, 1891, Image 4
" THE STKICKEYIYKST. "
THOUSANDS OF SETTLERS FN DANGER
CF STARVATION.
?Vj<iesj>rea?i y:?ttes.< .imcn;; m-i->
Western Nebraska -A Succession o.r Disastrous
Seasons?A f'aciiii*! T-vo
Huudred MlU-s W'iiie ami a Thousand
Miles Loni'.
Lincoln. Neb. February 9.?The
Nebraska Legislature has asked a Federal
appropriation of $1,000,000 to provide
seed lor the destitute settlers ot
Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and the
Dakotas. That sum indicates the ex<?nt
of the calamity which has overtaken
portions of these State as a result o: tae
drought prevailing over large areas last
season. It is not certain that such a
sum is actually needed, but it is the
estimate put by the Legislature of Nebraska
upon the wants of the settlers
in the way of seed to enable them to
make a start next season. When t'ie
estimated amounts required to carrj I fie
destitute through the winter ?i d to *up*)ort
them until time for ar. other harvest
are added to the sum asked from
the General Government, the total be
comcs enormous and challenges tiie attention
of the entire country.
But bad as the situation is in some
parts of the stricken districts, and severe
as the suffering has been in isolated
cases, that could not be quickly readied
through the regular channels of relief, a
great deal has been done by the States
interested to meet the need of their unfortunates
; and even should Congress
decline to i^rant the desired appropriation,
as it probably will, there is not
much danger that seriors results will fol
low.
The region that has suiy^Pro seriously
frorcuirought is about 150 miles wide
--fend over .000 miles in length. On the
east are the rich agricultural lands of
the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas ami
on the west are the wealthy mineral
and stock producing States and Territories
of the Rocky Mountain region.
I f one State were obliged to bear the
curden of the crop failures of the past
two years in i.he region mdietated, it
would cause widespread disaster, aud
possibly the bankruptcy of the State
Government. Fortunately tho burden
ialls upon several States, and, although
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many individuals wiu juse iw iiuwumuiiitions
of years, and sutler many privations,
it is hoped that all cases of genuine
destitution can be relieved without
an appeal for assistance either from the
Federal Government or the general public.
The people who are suffering on the
. * Western prairies are the victims of misplaced
confidence. For years they have
ceen crowding toward the West under
rioincmn tVint; n ranid chansre in the
climate of the plains was taking pla^e,
and that with the breaking of the sol,
the building of railways, aud the planting
of trees, would come an inmediate
and permanent increase in the rainfall.
Twenty live years age it was believed
that agriculture could not succeed 150
miles west of the Missouri River. I3ut
the settlers went beyond that limit and
prospered. The rainfall did appear to
increase. Then they pushed out farther
~ J /I worfl VlloCCOfi TCltll OTl fwl
UliU l&LL LI CI auu ?* VI ^ ?*??* =
crops. The cattlemen, 'who had hoped
to retain control of the region in Western
Kansas and Nebraska, insisted that
agriculture could not be successfully carried
on between the 100th meridian and
the mountains. But they were not
heeded, because they were interested
parties and could reasonably be supposed
exaggerating the aridity of the region
which they desired to hold for their own
use.
Soon after 1SS0 a number of railroads
began building from the Missouri River
to the mountains, and in a few years
ihnr or five new roads had been con
strucred. It was noticed that the soil
was good nearly all the way, and the
rainfall was abundant. The land seemed
ready for civilization. Partly through
the efforts of the railroads and" partly on
account ot the tremendous amount of
immigration into the whole West, the set
Hers began to crowd toward the semi-arid
strip, about 200 miles wide, and extend^
ing, parallel with the Rocky Monutains
lor over 1,000 miles. Their confidence
was increased by the steady prosperity of
the people who had settled on the
borders of the district that was so long
held in question. From 1S84 until 1887
the Govenment land offices all over the
Western plaius were besieged by applicants
for homesteads and lands suitable
for entry under the timber-culture
law. People with scarcely the means
to reach the lacd. and in some cases
without enough to nay the small entry
fees required by the Government rushed
on to the new and untried soil and began
the struggle for existence.
For two or three seasons there was
plenty of rainfall, and it was proclaimed
that the ''rain belt" had been carried
westward until the arid plains had entire
Iv disappeared and the soil could be
cultivated every toot of the long GOO
miles between the Missouri River and
the Rocky Mountains. This theory
was widely heralded and so generally
believed that before the close of 1SSS
there was but little desirable land in
Western Kansas and Nebraska and
Eastern Colorado that had not been
settled upon by men whose sole capital
was muscle and energy.
Since 1SS7, however, the rainfull on
the new "ram belt" has been tickle and
insufficient. Crops have been total or
partial lanures iur mo uuu. iu &umc
places, for three seasons. Thousands
" of 3etllers have left Eastern Colorado
and Western Kansas and Nebraska, and
.many of those remaining cannot hope to
stay and hold their claims without help.
The census shows that Kansas has decreased
in populatipn since 1SS8, largely
on account of the emigration from the
counties on the extreme west.
If Nebraska, which has asked the Fe<lo<?ii
onnrrmrifllirtn. is in worse condition
than the Suites around her, it is because
she has at present a larger population
in the counties in which agriculture is
as yet an experiment. Crops were a
failure in Western Kansas in 1888 and
the two following seasons, while it was
reserved for Nebraska to have a partial
failure in the western counties in 18>9.
and a total failure in 18'JO. Emigration
had hardly commcnced, therefore, when
the disastrous season of 1890 brought
the people ofa dozen of the border counties
face to face with famine.
The drought of 1890 was general all
?wnr IIiaWMJ O?I<1 hut
u half crop ot corn, on an average, taking
the whole State into consideration.
But prices were so much better than on
the preceding year that the value of the
half crop, according to the statistics furnished
by the State bureau, was 81,014.167
greater than the whole of the phenomenal
crop oi 1SS0. The financial
stringency prevailing generally has contributed
to make the times exceedingly
vlose, but in the greai?r part of the
State the people are teflr'.y prosperous.
and are willing to do what they canto
relieve the distress on the frontier, either
by a general tax or by individual contribution.
In October a commission was ."n-janized
by the State officers to inquire iuto
the destitution and secure relief from
private parties. It was found that a
total crop failure in a dozen counties
would make it necessary to supply ?oma
20,000 people with aid if they were to
remain on their homesteads through the
winter. A general appeal was sent out
10 tue peopie 01 jseorassa, aim me res
' This eotnn'ission Jis.tribulfrtl during the
j two iolio-.viii^' its organization
j ioOu. fuel ;:::d C.!oIl::!i^ to liit; V&lue of.
:t!: c'ntnraiu.:! nv uic peopio
! <-f :! (; t f iitra; an?! c-a.sR*"T. parU of Mtc
i lie ' at'!i:ci.>' Alliance ?!>?>
- i:l ui t" tiju valu'j ' !'
:iii I !'. !> tMiUUiifti liial JirCiJl
; sent without the assistance ot'tiieeom:
mission amounted to more.
(me oi' t!:e lir st acts of the Lfgisla'ure
i imr.n "ljif-mlilin" iti l! o f-rst woflk in .hill
! nary was to airree to voie public money
j to the relief of the destitute, and upon
j the credit thus secured ihe commission
j has purchased and forwarded provisions
| to the value of$l">.000. This makes a
! total of over $100,000 that has been ex!
pended up to date. A b'll appropriatI
ing $-00,000 for the same purpose lias
j been agreed upon by botfl branches of
! the Legislature, and will soon become a
! law. Provision will also be madu lor
! appropriating additional amounts if necd!
ed.
! The liev L. P. Ludden. secretary of
I the relief commission and general dis|
tributing agent, makes this statement
i for publication at the request of the
Post: "We are relieving at present
s calls from thirty-four counties, hut of
course this does not mean that all the
people :n those counties are destitute.
(Jn'tlie extreme frontier?there arc comparatively
few who can get along without
help, while in other couuties we iind
only a family here and there that if: deserving
of assistance. The railroads
! have oil'ered free transportation to ali
men who want Io go away and lind
work, and thfie is a demand for men in
the eon! mines m Wyoming that has not
vet been fullv supplied. We have the
1 names of 35.000 people on our books
j who have been helped. No worthy ap|
plicauis have yet been refused aid, and
! although we have agents travelling over
| the drought region all the time, we know
j of no cases of distress that we have not
relieved or cannot relieve immediately,
j One-half of the people in some of the
counties iu the tar West have emigrated
temporarily, and those who remain are
more anxious to ^et seed for the spring
than immediate assistance.
"Through a large region iu West and
Northwest. Nebraska the cattlemen are
} very prosperous, and they insist mat
nothing should bo given the farmers to
enable t'cm to put in another crop,
claiming that the land is useless except
| as a cattle range. But the settlers want
to try a^aln. They have faith thai the
rains will be regular and abundant, and
they know what the soil will do under
favorable -conditions. And so. if they
can get seed, many of them will give the
land another trial. Failure next year
will mean that some ot the western
counties will largely be given over to
the cattlemen again."
A severe snow storm has been prevailing
over the greater part of the State
for several days. This will cause much
suffering, and many domestic animals
will inevitably die of cold and starvation.
But the relief commission has plenty of
means at command, and will get sup?
<1 A 4 K ft /lia_
J.U1CS WUUUHU 1U UII1U LU lULLUUiOli tut
tress unless the roads should bccome
blockaded, which does not at present
j seem probable.
The Truth Abont tho Matter.
| Spartanburg, S. C? Feb. 7.?Some
wild rumors have been published, but
they were exaggerations. For instance,
it has been stated that the liabilities of
the store would go as high as 830,000.
Zimmerman's statement, before he began
to sell out his stock, was that he
owed about 810,000 and the goods in
both stores were worth about 811,000.
lie now states that the liabilies are between
seven and eight thous ind dollars.
some of the claims having been
paid from the proceeds of L.is sales.
That is about all that is known by the
public in regard to the liabilities of the
store. In the argument and affidavits
submitted last nisht, it was adduced
as one evidence of "fraud that Zimmerman
had stated that he had sold the
goods and that he had a thousand dollars
in his pocket that he would like to
see any of them get hold of. Another
evidence of fraud was that the goods
had been sold at night and hurried oil
to the depot undercover of darkness.
Meantime Zimmerman walks around
with his Prince Albert coat on and
nourishes a gold-headed cane and seems
to be enjoying himself.
W. Zimmerman is the son of a Meth-1
odist preacher, who died a year or two/
ago. lie had a fair education and, I
think, attended the Normal College at
Nashville a session or two. lie is now
I f H-A /*?Ki n6ri SiAVOriil
f iiicUiic?i anu iiao tn u uiiivuvu* ? v?. * *
years ;igo he applied for license
tc preach in the Methodist Church i
and he was received as a licentiate
and assigned to Cherokee circuit
in this county, lie soon began to
teach school and gave up preaching, J
and his license has lapseJ, unless he
has had it renewed from year to year. |
He is a ready talker on the stump, and
knows well how to appeal to the peo- J
pie. It was by his speeches that he was ,
elected business agent of the County j
Alliance. The farmers believed that a
man who could talk so well and detail1
-11 ^1. 1 * l\ A I
sin mt'ir Jiiuusnips was mc veijr uou
to lead them out of the wilderness into
the promised land, where monopolists,
middle men, speculators, bankers and
politicians would never be heard of. i
lie made fancy pictures for them,i
showing that the days of the old-time i
merchant were numbered and that the
Alliance .exchanges would do the business
of the whole country. lie had no
experience whatever in the mercantile
business,and his clerks knew but iittle.
It was to be expected that failure
would come.
The main question has not been
vat irtiVh ic the liahilit.V of
the County Alliance In thi> matter.
The executive committee Is watching
the proceedings closely and will be
ready for a defence if they are sued.?
Xews and Courier.
lhe Silver Bill.
AVa.siiiwtox, Feb.7.?The caucus of
the Demecratic members of the House
called for to-night at the suggestion of
Representative Bland of Missouri was
very slimly attended, only sixty-one
members being present. Representative
Holmes of Indiana presided and Blanchard
of Louisiana and Wilson of West
or.f o/J op orio? Tlwi Cll V??r
\ 11 ?11U<1 VIC*JL AW. JL uv.
bill was the sole topic of consideration.
! and after several resolutions hatl been
j offered and withdrawn the following
resolution, offered by Richardson of
; Tennesee. was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it is the "sense of this
caucus that the Senate silver bill, which
| was referred by the House to the Com|
inittee on Coinage. Weights and Measures
nearly one month ago, being, in
our opinion, an important public measure
deserving due consideration by the
I TT ?.A fkr. /.Ainmi'f.
I UUUMT. v> IT V?ll licotlj ICVjUCOl Uic vvaiuiit'
tee to which the same was referred to
report it to the House without delay.
The caucus then adjourned.
A Fatal Holler Kxploslen.
a vANXAH,Ga..Feb.(,t.-A boiler in Robert
(iiles' steam saw mill on the Olioopee
river, three miles south of Ileedsville,
exploded this morning, killing six
people, two white and four colored. The
i m.'.ii was a large one ana was sawinj orj
tiers for lumber firms in this city. The
! details of the disaster was meagre. The
| lire under the boiler was kept "banked"
j and everything was thought to be all
I right when the "night watchman was re|
lifcved by the fireman yesterday rnorni
ing, but as soon as the latter opened the
"injector" the boiler exploded with terri'ic
force, destroying the building and
killing or wounding- everv person near
1 it, and setting lire to "the debris.
: .1. I). Barry, ay ho operates a sawmill at
j Manassas." on the Savannah and AVestI
ern railway, ten miles from the scene of
; the disaster, and who brought the news
to this city, said that the noise of the
11 explosion was heard distinctly at his
1! place and live miles beyond.?Augusta
1 Chronicle.
ENr03l!>El) AL!\ K,
iTHRrLLWG SITUATION OF THREE \
MINERS IN A COAL MINE.
Kescsseii in :tc Almost Kxhauslett Conili- j
! I
lion frcni Tlieir Due ilumlrcd m:<J I-'Jf- j
leeu Hours' Imprisonment?Two of j
j Them <io Crazy.
WlLLKESBAKIiE, Pa., Feb., 9.?Ia- i
j tence jov and excitement prevails in the j
. . .
I little hatalet of Grand Tunnel this morn-;
j ing over the rescue there of the en- j
J tombed miners imprisoned by water j
i rushing into the gangways and breasts
of the Susquehannah Company's colliery
at that place ou Wednesday of last
week. After firing the blast, since the
men were lost, experienced miners declared
their rescue alive an impossibility
and they were practically given up and
the whole community was in mourning
over their supposed sad fate. The
names of the men were Michael chwl
bank, William t'ragei sn'! <joiui iuueci,
all well known miners. They were
found y.liyc in the upper workings near
the outcrop, the water being unable to
reach them after they managed to get
out of its way when it was rushing
through the mine. The company's employees
had exhausted every effort to
get the water out, and by pressing into
service mammoth pumps were able to
lower the water sufficiently to let the
rescuing party in this morning. The
men were found iu an almost exhausted
condition from their one hundred and
fifty hours' imprisonment. It *511 require
carc to bring them through. Their
sufferings have beeu intense but they
were buoyed by the hope of being rescued,
and the outcrop workings beinir
fo!rU- w-f>ii vpni stated thev were able to
secure enough pure air to keep them
alive.
The immense pumps used to clear the
water from the inundated portion were
run to their utmost capacity and during
last night the water receded very much.
When sulliciently low this morning a
raft was constructed and on this a rescuing
party managed to get through tiie
gangways. At a point in the vein where
the coal had a pitch of 40 degrees, the
raft was turned into a crass heading aud
thr> mm were found up above the water.
sittiusr on cross timber whither they had
gone immediately after they discovered
the water coming mupon them on Wednesday.
Before they had advanced
many steps water was up to their necks
and they were carried along by its force.
Being aware of the pitch In the vein they
happily selected the only point in the
workings where they coufd have gone in
safety and perched themselves on the
timber high above the flood.
Their only lamp lasted three hours,
and from about C o'clock Wednesday
they sat on this timber in total darkness
without a morsel to eat until their rescue
this morning. Two of them became
"J ~ *1^ rrrrtcfnfif
CT RZCU lib UUIW5 UUU trim tiiv
difficulty their single campanion managed
to keep them from leaving the crossheading
during the long weary hours
that intervened. Their position was beyond
all description, and but for the
knowledge that their liberated companions
in the mine would do everything
to reach them, the men would
have given up in despair. Intense excitement
prevails and the company is
praised on every hand for the exhaustive
measures they took to rescue the unfortunate
men.
The story of the escape of the miners
is a remarkable one. After they had
reached a point of comparative safety
from the flood they found that only a
slender piece of wood served to keep
back tons of loose coal, that had fallen
into the mouth or head of the cross cut. j
When they found the inclined cut in the
vein and climbed up its almost perpendicular
passage they managed to press
into service a piece of loose timber which
they had picked up in their hasty retreat,
^nd this they placed across the opening
ol the tunnel, and, after getting it safely
lodged, climbed upon it for seats. The
men then found that their feet rested in ;
the water below them, but soon alter de- <
termined from the gurgling sound that it had
gained the highest altitude it could.
There they were sitting on a slender
?: ~~1 KrvT* fin-on incline wirlp fnr <
piCCC <J1 IU11UCL Ullvv .. ? ~ - - over
four days. Behind them was an |
immense body of coal held in place by
a small "prog," and fearing to dislodge
it the men dared not even rest against it.,
13y changing.the oil in their lamps and
economizing they were enabled to keep
light a few hours, but this supply had an
end. and after a short time they were
compelled to sit in absolute darkness i
with hardly enough room to hold themselves
in an upright position. John llineer,
the most experienced of the miners,
and an employee of many years in the :
colliery, was able to keep his head In
their long imprisonment, but both Craget
and Shelbank at times became crazed.
Craget Imagined he saw a mine car and
jumped down into the water to run to
stop it. lie was rescued and got back
> - * - 1? CU.lUnnlr n-oQ
on me percu uy iviucui. ou&iuaun ????
more easily managed although he was
sobbing considerably. Wednesday night
passed and Thursday came, and then the
mec lost track of time.
The first welcome sound reaching ,
their ears was the "plunk" of the pump, ;
and then the men knew that active work
had commenced towards their rescue.
But while this welcome sound reached
their cars the men were almost overcome
by the dreaded sound of the working
of coal and the loose particles held
in check behiDd them. The creaking
sound showed that the coal was becom
mg loosened and every moment uiej |
expected a slide of coal which would
envelope them and carry them into the
low?r part cf the cross heading. By
gradually throwing away the loosened
pieces they kept the opening clear and
so lingered and waited, listening to the
sounds of working of the rescuing party.
And while they sattlnre in the cold they
rubbed one another, and adopted every
method they could conceive to keep
warm. The first communication with
the imprisoned men was had at 3 o'clock
this morning, and at 5 o'clock the wator
had lowered so they could be taken out
- rv mt
i one Dy one on a rait, xnuj wuru
wrapped in blankets and given warm
milk as their lirst refreshment and then
i carried home. They will have to live
j on beet' tea for a few days, but will then
| be ail right.
Victims of the Bllr.mrd.
! Katid City, S. I)., Feb. 0.?The
| blizzard wore Itself out during last night,
and with line weather and the arrival of
ranchers and stages from outlying points,
I roimrt? nfifs rnsnfllt.ins are cominir in.
} A man and woman, supposed to be a i
school teacher and a driver, wh ) started
j for Elk Creek at 3 P. M. on Saturday,
[ were found four miles from the city
j frozen to death. Ail the roads are
blocked. Few people ventured abroad
on Saturday and Sunday, and the two
bodies found are probably the only
I deaths. Xo loss of stock yet reported.
IiI*hoi> \cvrm*B Denounced.
Xew Orleans. Feb. it.?At the Afrij
can Methodist Conference at Tangipa!
hoa yesterday, Bishop (irant made a
I spuare attack on Bishop Xewman of
j the Methodist Episcopal Church who
\ iCUClltXJ ^UUHVU-J tv l-lio
that great immorality existed among
the colored clergy. Bishop Grant pronounced
the charge unfounded and denounced
Bishop Xewraan for bearing
false witness.
STAVING OFF FREE SILVER.
I
TJu- Cviclont J'urpo>e of tlift ;louse* Coin:??*?
Oos-iiinliftf*".
WAN)HX?'iTO.K. February -A. d??lf-!
iration ;>! <jiVici'Ts of tho Fanners Slate I
Ailriruns low in session in this city, j
hcaclfl by President 1'oiic, of liio X;i- !
tional Alliances, awaited the opening !
of the hearing of the House coinage i
committee this morning. Mr. Folk i
stated their purpose to be to urge!
prompt action on the silver bill by the j
committee, so that action might be had j
by the House.
The old difficulty as to when hearings j
should cease was immediately eneoun- j
tered. Mr. l>land wanted a day fixed. |
Mr. Vaux thought that nothing should
Ko (ifinc wl:i>h urnuhl nrevent a hear- i
ingr being given to the Philadelphia
board of trade next Wednesday, and
Mr. Bland moved that hearings should
cease on that day. The question went
over for a time, and Mr. James Milliken
spoke ir favor of making silver in J
subsidiary join of propotionate value
to that in'the silver dolla1-.
John M. Forbes, of IVew York, who
is engage^ ir> China and India trade,
s0.'.?. he did not desire to argue the question
of free coinage, but merelv to present
some facts as to what he believed
would result from an increase of the
value of silver to 1.29. All our exchanges
in silver-using countries, he
said, were governed by the gold value
of silver in London. To his mind
nothing would so greatly stimulate
business a rise In silver. The present
uncertainly, however, was having an
injurious "effect. lie did not believe
silver would flow here from silver-using
countries if we opened our mints without
limit, because currency was always
the last thing exported. War or some
other such abnormal cause was the
only thing which would cause this.
Mr. Bland then moved that the hearin
2s close on Thursday of next week
UL WUU tuuatl J xvyi uvuvu.
Mr. Williams, seeing that thpre was
a majority xgainst Mr. Bland's motion,
moved a substitute providing lor hearings
to-morrow and the first four days
ot nrxt week, after which a vote should
betaken. He called attention to the
fact that this would give five hearings,
while under Mr. Walker's proposition
there would be six hearings only from
now until within less than two weeks
of the close of the session.
On a yea and nay vote an amendment
limiting meeting days to three per
week, proposed by Mr. Walker to Mr.
Williams's motion, was adopted by vote
of seven to five. Mr. Wilcox voting
with the free coinage men and Mr.
Wickham,the chairman, against them.
Twelve o'clock having arrived, there
was no opportunity to vote on the
amended proposition, and by unanimous
consent the committee adjourned
until to-morrow.
Council of Stat# Alllanoe*,
"r T."* aI, cl aaiimaII
\Y ASIIiriUM'U-M, x eu. u.? x nc wuuui
of presidents of the "Farmers' State Alliances,
which has been in session several
days, has finished its work and adjourned,
subject to the call of the president.
At the meeting to-day Frank McGratli,
president of the Kansas State
Alliance, who is a member of the council,
rose to a question of personal privilege.
IIq Toforrof) a nilTOOrtinff tO
Alt' iUitiiV/U wv l? AVVVVA >?. J~ ? 0
have been written by Congressman
Turner, of Kansas, to him, in which the
former is alleged to say in effect that in
case Senator Ingalls could not be reelected
the Senator from Kansas, and
the time came when the Alliance could
not agree upon a candidate for Senator
that he (Turner) would like to have
his name considered, and that he could,
in case his election was secured, place
as much as 85,000 toward paying
the expenses. McGrath said his enemies
and political rivals had made this
letter a pretext for bitter warfare upon
him. which had continued notwithstanding
the fact that he had been exonerated
by the State boaid of trustees
of the State Alliance of Kansas. He
thought therefore, that the matter
should be investigated uy conncn anu
tie requested the president to appoint a
committee to make a thorough investigation
of the matter and report the result
to council. In accordance with
the above request, President Polk appointed
A. E. Cole, of Michigan; Elias
Carr, of Xorth Carolina, and Samuel
Houston, of Virginia, a committee to
make an investigation. The committee
subsequently reported entirely exonerating
Mc( irath.
The following is a standing national
legislative committee appointed to-day
to formulate bills based upon the demands
of the Ocala Conference: L. L.
Polk.'rpresident of council; A. E. Cole, of
Michigan, and U. S. Ilall of Missouri.
A resolution was adopted providing
for the formation of an Alliance press
bureau of information at "Washington,
to be under the supervision of a national
president.
Home Folks In Wasm us;ton.
Washington*, Feoruary 5.?J. William
Stokes, president of the South Carolina
State Alliance and Congressmanelect
Stackhouse are here to represent
South Carolina at the conference of the
National Farmers' Alliance. They are
to be joined by Senator-elect Irby and
Cap Shell. Mr. Stokes was with the
Alliance delegation before the commit1
? ? r>rw7 n-otrrh+c and
LUU UI1 (uiu u
ure to-day to urge the passage of the
silver bill.
In conversation with your correspondent
Mr. Stokes said that the Alliance
expects Congress to pass the silver bill
and the sub-treasury bill before adjournment,
but he has no assurances that his
expectations will be realized.
lie save tliat the Alliance is not here
to try and intimidate Congress, but simply
to voice the sentimeuts of nearly
2,000,000 free men 'ind voters, who honestly
believe their constitutional rights
have been disregarded in the interest of
capitalists and monopolists. The Alliance,
says Mr. Stokes, will be under
the influence of no political party, but
will maintain an independent attitude
on partisan questions, and work unceasingly
to advance the principles upon
which the Alliance is founded. He belives
the Alliance will make deep inroads
into both political parties, especially
in the South and West. He predicts
for it a great and glorious future.
Senator-elect lrby, accompanied by
his daughter and Capt Shell, arrived in
the city to-night. The Senator and
Miss lrby will go to Annapolis to-morrow
to visit relatives, aud the latter will
remain there while the Senator will re?
U'ooliiniflnn in flin nftfirnnrm.
LLiL 11 LV ?T (40"iu3tvu *?*
lie proposes to attend the conference,
now in progress here, of Farmer^' Alliance
leaders, aud may remain in Washington
two or three weeks.?Xcws and
Courier.
Killed in a Prize *'i?ht.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 7.?Last night
.jonn snanerana \\ miam .uogie iougut
a seven round contest in the theatre.
Shaffer was knocked out in the seventh
round and never regained consciousness.
He died to-day. ])ogle escaped but the
proprietor of the theatre was arrested.
St. Hilaiiie must be a mighty^^u^
man, now that he has finished kH
little thirty-five volume translatB
Aristotle, and will be much m3
when he has an assurance thatM
body has read it and survived it.fl
His Conscience I*rick?-<1 Him.
\Va>iii:<.;T'?n. !Yk i:! !'!iv iar.-'v.-t |
contribution I j Ll;o . t
sciencc fund" h? the tr--n=ury d? p:>n.- j
nient was received a lew days ago. Jt
w:;s :l check fcr ir")<ft.0,1 lie- amount f.-r !
which Charles Emmons. an employe e?.?f ;
the Xew York nostoiii-.v. defaulted !:i '
isS><, with interest toiiau*.
The "contribution * was sent by an old
time telegraph operator, who had by |
withholding a message aided Emmons >
to escape. Ilisnaraeisn-ligiously willi- i
held.
In his letter the gentleman states that
in 1 Ss?? he was a passenger on the
steamship "Ilenry Chauncy" from N^w
York to San Francisco, fie was going
?5*1. ii.. / .? i
to accepi a position ran uiu * <iiuu:iu<i i
Telegraph Company. During the voy-1
age he became acquainted with Charles ;
Edmund Hastings, and a fast friendship !
grew up between them. Upon their ar- j
rival in S?.n Francisco they put up at |
the same hotel, and occupied adjoining |
rooms.
The next day lie reported for duty. I
and among the dispatches he received
was one from Washington directing San
Francisco ollicials to keep a lookout for
Emmons, and stated on what charge he
was wanted and a diseription of the fugitive.
"The diseription of Emmons tallied
pvar-Mv with that of mv friend Has
tings" he writes, ;'and on the impulse of
the moment 1 slipped the message into
my pocket. When I returned to the
hotel I handed it to Hastings and asked
him to read it. He confessed everything."
it was the old story. Emmons had
sunk every dollar lie posessed in speculation,
and then used the funds of the
post ollice until detection stared him in
the face. lie started for Xew Orleans,
but returned to New York and embarked
for California. "While search was
being made for him in the South he was
rapidly steaming away to the Pacific
Slope.
"He begged me," the letter goes on.
"not to betray him, and promised that,
under a new name and in a new country
he would begin life over, and in a few
years make good the government's loss.
I promised silence, and he disappeared
that night."
But Kmmon3 died soon after, and his
friend, who is now well-to-do, has de
tided to make good the peculation In
which he deems himself an indirect accomplice.
Carried Out l>y JJrlttlnj; Ic*.
Bay City, Mich., Feb. C.?Much excitement
prevails here concerning the
report tliat many lishermen have drifted
into Lake Huron on an ice Held carried
out of Saginaw bay by a strong souih
wind.
The lishing village is about fifteen
miles northeast of this city and live miles
from land. It is estimated that 200 men
were engaged in spearing fish and ihe
first reports were to the etl'ect that all j
were lost. Toward evening several of
the fishermen reached Essexville. a suburb
of this city, and reported that the
most of their companions reached shore
in safety.
The best authority obtainable places
the number of castaways at from twenty
to fifty. Those acquainted with the situation
say they will reach shore before
me icc passes uulsuiu ui uuj.
In case they do not, there is no hope of j
their beitii^ rescued.
The story of the disaster, so fur as j
known, is that during the night the wind
had driven the ice out toward the lake, j
taking with it all the fishermen who
were on the floes in their shanties, numbering
200 men. They were distributed
all over the bay for miles. Relatives of
the lost men went to the light house at
the mouth of the river aud with marine
glasses were unable to see anything but
open water.
Later a man proceeded to Oak Grove,
on the bay shore, and from an elevation I
looked through marine "lassos. but could |
O --J
get no trace of the ice.
A party of men went out a short time
later on an ice boat to the point where
the crack occurred, and thought they
could see the floating ice four miles
north.
Six of the lost men managed to get
ashore twelve miles east of the river,
having been on the eastern portion of
the ice. Dennis Bonnete, who had his
house on the ice, says he thinks about
twenty men got ashore 011 the east side
of the bay, near Big creek. The others
wiil escape !f the seas, which are running
mountain high, do not break up
the ice.
To the Womtn of Carolina.
\"kw York. Februarv 12.?To the
"Daughters of the Revolution:" A general
meeting of the "Daughters of the
American Revolution" is to be held in
Washington, Monday, the 23d of February,
as Washington's birthday, the
22d, (which is set apart as the day for
the annual meeting.) falls on Sunday
this year.
At this meeting a report from each
Stale regent is expected, telling what
has been done in hsr State. The time
is short, but I beg that the daughters
of Carolina be up and doing, and not
have the report from their State fall
short on the others. There is too much
in nnr h
JLB VUlULiUUrtl y uiuuu 1U v/ui U?..?v wv
have it occupy an inferior position and
1 trust that the descendants of those
noble ancestors may assist me in bringing
it to the front. I desire to be put
in communication with some influential
lady, young or old, in each county,
who apart from her revolutionary lineage
has executive ability enough to organize
chapters in the different towns
and villages in the .Stat e.
As organizing regent I will forward
to all such blank forms of application,
which, when tilled, should be returned
to me for signature, arid these, with
the invitation and yearly fees, shall be
forwarded to Washington. I should
also like these ladles to make them
selves acquainted with the locations
and condition of Revolutionary patri
ots' graves in me .>tate ana report uie
same to me.
With implicit faith in the patriotism
of my countrywomen, 1 remain faithfully,
Georgia Moore de Foutaine,
Kejrent for South Carolina.
202 W. 103d streec, New York.
Called to His Reward
Aiken. S.C., Feb. 12.?The Iiev. Basil
(r. Jones, an aged superanuated member
of the South Carolina Conference of
the Southern Methodist Church, died at
his home at Talatha. in Aiken County,
this morning at i>.3"> o'clock. Mr. Jones
had been suffering for several weeks
from a complication of diseases of trie
kidneys and bowels, lie had been a
preacher in his Conference for thirty- ]
seven years, and was placed on the re- j
tired list four years ago. lie was a man |
of unusual intellectual force, and had j
i .,,.^+ ,,1 f!,o of liic liirrh
UKtrii vci> lucuu in en*, .
calling. "lie is sincerely mourned by a
large circle of friends here in Aiken
County, where he died, and his death
will awaken tender emotion throughout
the State where he was known.
Bc.riie<l to Death in a Jail.
Fnr.\i:'s Point, Miss., Feb. 8.?The
arlarm of lire called nearly tlfe whole i
town early Sunday morning to lind the j
town jail in llam'es and the prisoners j
shrieking for aid. The marshal, who j
had the key lived some distance from !
the jail and before his arnvaluT^m^
oners were beyond human aid. 'Jlkis il
morning only charred heaps of biffin
were found. The prisoners werjdH
negroes, who were confined
charges. They startedtheih^H
to burn do
escap^^H
A ConftMl^riite 1'unUieoii.
il:-. ii,*iV.\. F-?bri;avv 12. -A
A;.S" .l.-J.i-. - S .
if.*: In r^fer- *
i i.:<: :;*-s v~ vhtrh the lute :
"WhiV 2?;f i'itr Ccnfi'tse-.U'y is
I i.y ::?# A>s '
:iJ j.?;i ;?r. ?
v.ilwn ..i iVi!er.He \::ion*
. It.cT he ?:ij S"
"In i*??r the ;
T.IVsvk :irif! M iKiMlin '
we should hasten slowij: consult, dis- ;
cuss aDcl brin? our actions to a perfect ;
end it'possible. It would be a pity,
after ail is done, to be worried with the |
sight of some glaring fault?some conspicuous
lack of symetrv and completeness.
A single llaw in art is often
fatal. As Mrs. Davis c.tn hardly withhold
her sanction to the removal of his
remain* to Richmond to r?st, where
his greater energies were brought into j
constant and increasing effort, it seems i
to ine that they ought to be deposited
in the house where he liven. Let him
be placed like Lee m Lexington, with a
recumbent or erect marble statue, and
I,.* K,/\f fn/.tN ?vw*vt .?c? 1 Ahnef-An
itrt Lilt; uudio ui oulu un n r*o tjsjiiixoivu, i
Longstreet, .Stuart, Hill, etc., surround i
him, using special care to leave space!
for 'Our Fitz,' and if Jus Cabinet might i
be on the inner circle near him the tout
ensemble would be complete. And it
might be said:
On Fame's eternal camping ground j
Their silent statues rise,
And point to glory and renown
And mansions in the skies.
"Let it all be done in a style worthy
of a great people and of the principles t
for which we ventured and lost all?the [
principles which actuated ourforefath-1
ers. Our posterity w.iuld honor us for \
this evidence of our gratitude and ap- j
preciation und^r the sere trials and
impediments now sought to be imposed
by conspirators against the national
welfare, and o'ir present enemies will,
though grudgingly, accord a due meed
of praise.
"An addition to the rear might be
made as a receptac'e for relics, and
some grand, unique design in the front
a large pavilion, like that of Clay on
the Square, with allegorical figures and
'Our Liberty' in the centre?pointing to
the cardinal truths of the Constitution,
engraved in marble, for which we
fought and bled and died, and on which
we .still insist.
"This beirig a Southern aft'aii it
should be done with Southern material
and native talent, of which we have an
abundance/*
A Uad Stsite of Attain*.
Darlington, S. C., Feb. 7.?On Saturday
afternoon last Mrs. Law, who
has made a most excellent official,
turned the postotlice over to her Radical
successor, J\Ir. Gatlin, a very old
and illiterate white wan, with only
negro bondsmen?a straw bond. That
night he was totally incapable, with
the assistance of his son. of even putting
the letters in the general delivery
boxes, the alphabet apparently being
j .Sanscrit to them. Sunday, and indeed,
ever since, in despite of the postal laws
and regulations, dozens of people have
| been allowed to overhaul the mail, registered
letters as well, and take what
they claimed for themselves and friends,
and indeed only in this way has even
a partial delivery of letters been made.
Registered letters have been found on
the tloor, trampled out of recognition
almost, and newspapers were knee
I ^ I 1 Tf TTAII Qol'6/1 I
I urcp C*li U?Cl LiiC IIUV1* 11 ;vw uwtwu
1for stamps you were told to help yourself
and pay for them. If you wanted
j a money order you were told they had
no time for "them things." None of
those in the oflice could work the combination
to the safe to get out stamps
when the drawn supply was exhausted,
although Mrs. Law, escorted by a gentleman,
had several times gone" to the
oflice and tried to explain the combination
to father and son. Even this
I morning, the writer in asking for his
papers, was told, ''You can't get them,
wouldn't know where to commence to
look, haven't touched the papers yet,"
and ihis is Wednesday, the fourth day
since they took possession of the oilice.
And all this, too, in spite of the f'.:-t
that willing hands, both white and colored,
have re-sorted all the letters in
thp hnvp< sn ns nt least to fret them al
phabeticaily arranged. Should not Mr.
MansllelJ, thief clerk of this postal division,
look after this oftice in person,
and at once, before valuable letters are
lost or srolen ?
Death on the Kail.
Augusta, Ga., February, 5.?Mr.
James P. Boyce, generally known as
"I)oc,'' died at*2 o'clock this morning, in
Waynesboro, from injuries received' in
an accident on the Central llailroad
yesterday morning-. Mr. Boyce was
conductor ot the freight train that was
telescoped bv the Tuesday night passenger
train from Augusta at Green s
cut, twenty-five miles "below here, but
was not injured in the wreck. lie wjfl?
hurt three hours afterwards at the
scene of the wreck in coupling a box
i?a T T nloi hot
CUI LU ci lUUUlliUtl V C*. Ait littiiuvu. VU(4U
the bar caught him, which badly bruised
his hip. Mr. Boyce did not complain
of his injuries much, but got on an engine
and was carried to Waynesboro1
eleven miles off. for medical treatment,
lie was taken to the home of Mr. Hunter
and was visited by Dr. McMaster,
of Waynesboro, the surgeon of the road,
who did not think Mr. I Joyce seriously
injured or that he had received internal
injuries.
All yesterday Mr. Boyce seemed to
be improving, and Superintendant
Averill says he was never more greatly
surprised than when he received a
telegram at 1 o'clock this morning announcing
Mr. Boyce's death, which occurred
at '2 o'clock. The ne#s of the
death was a shock to the young (nan's
family. The remains were brought to
Augusta this morning, and will be
buried at 11.30 o'clock to-morrow.
Conductor Boyee was the second son
of Ex-Postmaster Boyee. lie was
about 2S years old and single.
An Alabama Cyclone.
Birmingham, Feb. 13.?The cyclone
which struck the town of Helena, Ala.,
late Monday afternoon did much more
damage than was at lirst supposed. It
passed across two counties and into a
third before its force was spent, and at
every point along its path yet heard
from great damage was done. More
than twenty people are known to have
been injured, and some of them fatally.
The lirst town struck by the cyclone was
Coaling, Tuscaloosa county, a small
place on the Alabama Great Southern
railroad. There the roof was taken olT
the depot, and the telegraph operator
was left sitting at his desk unharmed.
~ <- * ,roo llfta I I
llie Iiuuae ui .ju;m v/?cii i? in
twenty feet ofl' the ground and dashed
topieces. Owen, his wife and live children
were injured, the former perhaps
fatally. At Helena, a number of buildings
were blown down, and others unroofed.
Four persons were dangerously
hurt. The path of the cyclone east of
Helena was through the country away
from railroads, and the extent of the
damage is unknown. The tail-end of it
struck the town of Talladega, where a
few houses were blown down and others '
unroofed. The telegraph lines suffered
great damage.
Smallpox All Over Texas.
(iKEKXvilli:, S. Feb. ? .?T. A.
Honour, Jr., of (Jreenville, a traveling
agent for several houses, has returned j
from a trip to Texas. His experience !
there was rather unpleasant. He went
to Houston, Texas, and found that there
were a large number of cases of smallpox
in that city. He decided to leave at once
for some "of the smaller towns, but he
found that all the towns and cities free
.from the disease had quarantined
rains t Houston and would allow no
to oil'. Xo ob j^assen.crers
fretting
Antonio
jj^fej^ilso
I>?? You Ktu?w Hon it l-Wls?
. i-, y I;:-.- r- T'": - *S
lh-.t '.ii.fi. "j > ' -n.
s .:-V T.' .'l ?x<vpt her ?'.:* i'XixJ&r-."'
if >W C-ir.'iv'ri thft iif-W- J ?iVr:\ ?.;?
'.(> : iif.W H [> V tV i . >r
v ' :! it"> t-T;-ihi>\ ir i,- availing
?:; ! 'he *-x?ki>ui:;liug ??," ;;r.ki.\
kiicr*. elijo.v ;:nu shoulder. just h-> ii
each point was :i bundle oi irritated
tiers'cs. each one Sf-emintT'.y i>eut on
giving more pain t-haa other, i-nying ,
awake all night longing for daylight,
aching too severely to sleep, applying
liniment every half hotir to tein
porariJy relieve t:;e agony. Pray- J
;ug. cursing, turning, twisting, but
no ease. nc comfort. What is it that
causes rheumatismV Ah, there area!
thousand causes. What is it that cures
rheumatism ? Thank God, there is at j
least one cure. It is called B. 15. B, or j
Botanic Blood Balm. It has cured |
more cases of rheumatism than any [
other known remedy. Try it. Do not j
sull'er longer.
J. II. Laing, Dawson, Ga., writes: "1!
sullered with rheumatism in my shoul- j
ders and general debility. Five hot-j
TIPS i>. Jj. J>. lIUpiUVCU UJJr iicaiiu rtiju i
the rheumatism left me."
J. 1\ Davis, Atlanta, Ga,(West Lad),
writes: "L consider that 13. 13. 13. has j
permanently cured ma of rheumatism j
and sciatica."
.Jacob F. Spencler, Newman, G&., I
writes: "1>. 13. 13. entir#ty cured me of
rheumatism In my shoulders. I used
six bottles."
One Thousand Drowned.
San* Francisco, Feb. A letter
from Shanghai gives details of terrible
fioods and famine which have prevailed
recently in the interior districts o;
Northern China.
The Governor-Ceneral of Li-1 lingChang
reports that the people ofSehuan
have suffered terribly by.iloods, which
destroyed temples, bridges ana city |
wails in no less than ten districts. In j
Wen-Oman the loss of life will reach
fully 1.000. Immediately following the
iloods at Pai-Chang a fire broke out and
destroyed thirty-five houses. In three
other places houses were burned to the
number of 200. The suffering among
the poor is terrible. The roads everywhere
are dillicult of passage, and
crowds of starving wretches are on their
way to Shanghai.
Corn and millet are selling at the
fairs along the great road to Pactin and
San-Si at exactly double the price of one
year ago. Kaoliang stalks for fuel cannot
be had at any price, and for building
purposes they bring SO cash (4 cents)
per stalk. Cotton, one of the staple
preducts near C!'on-Con. is an entire
failure this year, thus bringing up the
price beyond the purchase of the poor.
The Cotton 0rop Mov?m?at.
New Oklkaxs, Feb. G?The cotton
crop statement from September 1 to
February 0, inclusive, shows: Fort receipts
5,399,049 bales', against 5,072.23$
last year; overland to mills and Canada
807,790, against 704,824; interior stock in
excess to September 1, 429,070, against
288,004; Southern mill takings 312,200,
against 311,840; amount otcrcp orougnt
into sight during 159 cays (5,949,781,
against (5,438,260; Northern spinners
takings and Canada 1,500,393 against
1,518,074; stocks at the ports and interior
towns have fallen during the week
02,871, against decrease for the same
time last year of 17.022; they are now
315,<>48 bales larger than on February 6
of last year; amount of crop brought
into sight for week 195,372, against l!>7,089;
brought into sight for lirst six days
of February 135,373, against 144,004 last
year.
A Kapubllcan Threat.
Washington", Feb. 7.?The Democrats
held, a caucus to-night on the silver
question, and Representative Walker
is urging upon the Republicans the
advisability of doing the same early
next week *
The Star to-night says it is threatened
by the Republicans of'the House that if
the Senate attach the free coinage
amendment to any appropriation bill,
they will amend it by putting on the
force bill as a rider. If this was done
and the bill sent to the President, it is
said that he would probably sign a conglomerate
bill, taking free coinage rather
than veto the appropriation bill and
the force bills. This may deter the
Democrats from entering upon the plan
of putting free coinage on an appropriation
bill.
mlltojf, Fla.
This to certify that I have been af
llicted with bcroruia. or Jiioou roisou,
for a number of years. The best physicians
of Mobile anil this city said
nothing could be done for me. * I also
took a large quantity of , but found
no relief in anything that I took. My
limbs were a mass of ulcers, and when
I was sent to a physician in Mobile my
entire body was a mass of sores. I had
given up all hope, and as a last resort
trir.d P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke ltoot
and Potassium), and" after using four
bottles (small size) the sores have entirely
disappeared, and my general
health was*never better than at the
present ttnie, and people that know me
think it a wonderful cure.
Respectfully, Eliza Todd.
Pianos aad Organs.
X. \Y. Trump, 134 Main Street, Columbia,
S. C., sells fianos and Organs,
direct from factory. Xo agents'commissions.
The celebrated Chickering
i'iano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightness of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason &
Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright
Pianos, from $225 up. Mason &
llamlin Organs surpassed by ncne. Sterling
Organ?,650 up. Every Instrument
guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days'
trial, expenses both ways, if not satisfactory.
Sold on Instalments.
The Philadelphia Times says Sena-J
tor Dawes is one of t.he nicest old ladies]
in Cangress, and when Deacon Hoar re- [
fers to him as "mv distinguished col- j
league from the old" Pay State,'' he feels j
as full of importance as a bantam lien
trying to hatch out a big nest of turkey
eggs.
A complete liedraom Suit for Siti.50 j
freight paid to your depot. Send for |
Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, j
Augusta, Ga.
ToLLEGE FOR fOMffi '|
<? 1.1:31152.4, 9. C.
Tliis Cwllejje and Institute for Women f
and Girls opened October 1 under anspices j
more favorable than its most sanguine j
friends hoDed for. The grounds, buildings, ;
appointments and furnishings are unequal-iled
among boarding schools in the South.
The historic old Hampton or Preston place
was bought, the mansion repaired and rested,
a larger and finer building constructed
for the chapel, domitories and recitation i
rooms. A corps of teachers unexcelled in j
ability and experience is now teaching in
the College. From the 1st of January to >
1st of February offers a convenient time fox ;
new pupils to enter, who are charged only j
from date of entrance. For terms, &c.,
address the President, the
REV. WM. II. ATKINSON, S
Columbia S. C. i
HsOIiiiwr I
catalogue.
Sfafigs&iv: lle> Ttv.s 4
csscr"T?' *"rLv^v-"V5 v.s ?j-rr3y*
p;Jppf| P|^i> ffis ^pn^rljj ?
|pg St .: .- : . : :
- out nil ct.';:ipoiiuo.:, 3 ']
gLLELiE ARE A FEW QV 'i\ STAilT-J
|i LI ND.^ iiOA I .> S rj jfl
? A So. 7 Fiat top Ookinjr Stove, fulij
isize, 15x17 inch oven, fit with21 piecesg j
cot' ware, delivered a; your own depot,! . f
pall freight chargvs by me, fori
gronly Twelve Dollars. ;j *
r Ajraht, 1 will se;! y >u a 5 liole Cooking*
t Ponrro 1 Vvl invv.r- 1 : iiv.b tf)?y fit-"3
ftsd with 21 pieces of ware, for THIR- ?
'TEEN DOLLARS, a.id pay :he freight to 3
tvour a'-pot. 3
?DO NOT pat two I'RICSS FORI
h tour goods.
8 I will send yoa a nice p'nsh Parlor suit,3
gwaluut frame, either in combination or"
fcbanded, the most stylish colors for 33.50,$
?to your jailroad station, freight paid. ] it
h 1 will abosell you a nice Ledromos uitg fj
frconsisting of hi with glass, l lilgha jm
?liead Bedstead, 1 Vra?hstu;;d, 1 Centres
^table, * cane seat chairs, l < .uie .-eat anci| jffl
i.back rocker all for Id.50, and pay freight | U
?io your depot. 3
j Or I will send you an elegant Bedrooma
5*uit with large glass, lull m uble top, for3 J
jjfe.'JO, and pay freight. a
gNice window shade on snrint: roller ? 40g
j?legant large walnut s day clock, 4.001 ,
JWalnut lounge, " 7.00a 2
?Lace curtains per window, 1.003
| 1 cannot describe ererythius in a small|
giiuveiu^ciiitrai, uut *;<-?> c ?\u imukizixw ovuiv;
gcoaiaiuir.g 22,000 feet of fioo'r room, with
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Mparts of Augusta, making in ail the iar-ji
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gjsay where you saw this advertisement, i *
gpay freight. Address,
L. F, PADGETT.
gProprietor fadgett's Furniture, Stovt
e and Caroet Store,
?1110-1112 Broad street. AUGUSTA, GA
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TALBOTT SON'S 1
ENGINES AND BOILERS. SPECIAL
ESTIMATES ON SAW MILLS. C ORN
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MILLS. PLANERS AND MACHINERY
GENERALLY' J
AT BOTTOJ1 J?"iy-LKIsa m
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Buy the Talbott Engine; it is tlie best. 1
COSPL!-)Ti: Gil>K
FTPON THE MOST APPROVED
U plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked
Belt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished,
competitive prices. \
COTTON* GINS and PRESSES of best
makers. Thomas liay Kakes, Deering
Mower, Curb in Harrows and Planet, Jr ,
Cultivators.
A large stock or Portable and Stationary
Ginning and Saw Mill Engines on hand.
State Agents for ,
C. & CK COOPER & CO'S Corlis En- J|
gines Lane Saw Mills and Liddell ComDany's
complete line. i
W. H. G115BES, Jr.. .& CO., A
Xear Union Depot, *
Columbia, s; C.
BKAS> TjSK5*K~F I<SitJKR
Farm Wagons, complete wi!h body etc.
2 3-4 in Thimble Skin* .S39.r0 ^
3 in Thimble skin 4i.ca
3K in Thimble JSkin 42.00 18
One Horse "Wagons, *2i.ZV. Z2t';.Z0 sd<i
?2S,30. Warranted second to none. MB
Write for Circular?. 9Hfl
Buggies, Carriages, Road C irts, &e., at
10 per cent U'-?5 t'ian regular prices. Send
Cata " ' jgn
days in order to roduec stock--so order at
once.
HOLLER & ANDERSON JH
xjVG'rY CO.. r.ocic u ILL. *. c, SB
in writing mention this pa?*r. Jgg
Suie ?rcprl:<cr% Lip^^nu?', ^c^. SaTgcah, Cv.
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and Mr. Walker moved an amendment
to fix Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
as the rrcular days of meeting,
without any conclusion as to when
they should close.
This opened up the old fight, and
Messrs. Walker and liland had another
tilt, the former declaring it of importance
thit there should be a lull consideration
and a just comprehension of
the question.even if the report were
not made at all this session, and the
latter insisting that the House should
be.given an opportunity to pass 011 this
question in order to meet the demand
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