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PPWB^rr defended. r ? THMAINhfOPEOFTHE SOUTH AND rr'ly jTHEWEST. ci ^oniiiBnn Klaboratcs Some of His iu?s on Jionemry yut?*uoiw, uuu guos in llvor of the White Metal. > k Tjo the Editor of the State. | 11 endeavoring to comply with the ' request of your correspondent "More Thau One .,1 shall at lirst attempt to meet your^exceptions to my position ^S/on silver as expressed in your issue of yLNovembet 26th. In your editorial of ^thatfdate you hold that the free and unlimited coinage of bilver at the rar tio (to 16 to 1 should be entered upon B only by international agreement, that its adoption by this country alone would reduce our monetary unit to a fifty cent standard, and that it being |^Lso.regarded by the great trading naHKons would be a disaster. The quesJH&m of international agreement is albroached by the advocates of the gHfcld standard, whenever the free HS^Kintage of silver is proposed, not that HEHev have anv idea of accomplishing thing-, for they know that is im^^Kssible; but it is advanced, often like M||fcnrer's move for a continuance, E^HBely for the purpose of evasion and BHHpponement. , Three times has this HHvernmentadmitted the disastrous efHj^Kts of the gold standard by calling H^^y^ternati'onal conferences to rehash Kite silver and three times have American delegates labored under humiliation of rising in the con^^Wences to vainly beseech the EuroI^Bean delegates to join with tnem in j^Rtndoing the treacherous robbery of ^VSherman and Ruggles and their coV conspirators, who engineered the deH monetization of silver through a Con^Leress apparently as ignorant of the Huws of finance as the average voter BVf the. South and Northwest appears Ho be of his own interest. Those who jwiow pretend to deny that the present 5^kstressing situation has been caused ^ by the refusal of free -mintage of silBPver, would do well to read and consider the admissions of our government made by those who, as her delegates, voiced her sentiments in these conferences. Even John Sherman - IMAAA "W?* /^L\A?'UnAlr A /lA1 f/\ A wryw iar. vjucauttvu., a uciugoic taj uxc ^-international Monetary Conference of 1878, as follows: "During: the Monetary Conference in Paris when silver in pur country was excluded from circulation by being under valued, I was strongly in favor of the single standard of gold, and wrote a -letter, which you will find in the proceeding of that conference, stating briefly my - view. At that time the wisest among us did-not anticipate the sudden fall ^pf silver or the rise of gold that has ^Rccurred. This uncertainty of the reBlation between the two metals is one ^ftof th# chief arguments in favor of a Hmono-metalic system, but other argu^Raenis, showing the dangerous effect upon industry by dropping one of the ^.precious metals from the standard of value outweigh in my mind all theoH retical objections to the bimetallic sys9 tem." In his address in this conferHLnrA Bahfpisnr TT A "WallrAT coirl ? KgOftiternational Conference 1878, 'Yet even more important, j^HffigjMiew of the delegates from the is the probable effect HmKHqRproduction of wealth, resultdiminution of the money RHjuflMPjirope and America, alreashed or in progress, KWMf"???-atuitoug demonetization HW^fc^Hng as in the first in P?f-A the very quick- into the^nterpreneur,or man which-profits constitute to production"under nfl^^^HBBHfeKnization of indUstry, mnRH as in its .ultimate all pri^Bn9R^nHHBHI^Br<}i rloKfa and IHHWthe mortgage EB^^Hves of past proBfflHjBproducts of curiBalflWmnutioii of the mUSM of the gravest H|^Hace mankind * IHMKrangulation, are jHHron? to express the SE^Ktrlal body when R^Btal coils of the conHMpply. * * * Against Ho civilization and to Hkind the representaBd States here presW earnest protest and fm international conferVPilliam M. Eyarts, chief I United Sta^s (see in[onetary conference, 1881, 3 and 328) saitk- "They the way to^ofc at a unity fcrto have but one metal l<xq ^C 4-1-. ~ ^ -Dei viw ui iuc wuriu lur lis BMey. This was a clear subordinaj tioii of the end to the means; this was r a sacrifice of money that could not be I spared in its volume and in its force, in order that the symmetry of the mintage mig-ht be more conveniently y attained. This.was in the nature of a sacrifice of the great and manifold transactions of an open commerce to the convenience ana the simplicity of r the bookkeeping which records it. The act of 1873, a coinage act, as I understand it to have been, which, under -this unlucky incident of regulating coin, has assumed to suppress oaehalf the intrinsic money of the State * * * Whakis it competent, within the courage aM wisdom of this conference, r,T_ ?ii 1UX Mpuiupvdc tnat DUOU uccuuipiibxi, ' ?-erf shall promise, or shall tend to accomplish this great result of placing the money of the world abreast with its burdens and responsibilities and untrammeled in the discharge of k them." Delegate How (see same, pages 242 \ and 243) said t "We do not seek a pinched market pining for our so-called precious metals. We rather -wish to find a busy and lusty world to help consume the really precious fruits of ^our agriculture. We seek a thrifty NHorld to pav for them. It is the proBMburid.belief of that government that world is possible if its money !ii.J i. i i-i * * W it SJLIiglU IIICUll. " " "" HMKidTt is not to be forgotten that the M^pnoralization of silver means the K^Rirement of not only nearly half the ^^Hprld's coin circulation, but of more I^Han half of its convertible paper is^Rues. It means to double the weight V of existing obligations and to com press the world's activities into half th$r existing scope." The delegates to M. the international monet arv conference HT of 1892 on behalf of the llnited States reiterated the same sentiments. (See Tinternational monetary conference 189#-, page 54, appendix A). The men B who constituted the several delegaB:fcions were not cranks or Populists, but Br&presentative men, selected through Stiti ordinary channels of government |Bfer their intelligence, integrity and ability to voice at these conferences the sentiments and opinions of the United States. And in doing so they fully sustain my position as elaborated in my three articles on the low price of cotton, that the inevitable result of discarding silver from the mints would be a contraction in the circulating medium, which would double the burdens of all debts, taxes and fixed charges, and by proportionately reducing the price of all the products of labor, produce, as was said by Prof. Walker, "suffocation, -A? ^ - A- ^ AO TWOO SmillgUlitUUIl. Xliai.lt nuuiu, so nno said by Delegate How, "double the weights of existing obligations and compress the world's activities into half their existing scope; consign the nineteenth century to a pauper's grave and lay the heavy nana of paralysis on the cradle of the twentyieth." Said Prof. Walker: "Against so great .1 -vrong to civilization and to the hopes of mankind, the representatives of the United States here present raise their earnest protest and warning." This is the official voice of the United States upon this question. It is the "dew upon the fleece," but as there seems to be quite a number of "incredulous Gideons^'I will now seek absolute confirmation by showing the "dew upon the ground;" for the response to the American delegates by the representatives of the monetary agencies of the old world dove-tails exii *iV At. acny wicii uie expressum ui uiwswueiof*ates in sustaining; my position. The hrst witness I shall produce, is one who perhaps more fully than any other voices the sentiments of the ruling class in Europe. Dr. 0. I. Broch, delegates from Norway. (See International Monetary Confernce 1878, page 27.) "Mr. Broch recognized that the United States had a great interest in having other countries make equal use of two metals for their monetarv circulation and give equally to both the legal tender character. The United States fear that if the States still subjected to the regime of paper money resume specie payments with the single gold standard, tnis will immediately produce JJthe double consequence of augmenting, in a high degree, the value of gold and of depreciating that of products of any kind; a result which from their point of view, as a great producing country and as a great debtor State, would in factpresent dis advantages. The United States nave a heavy debt, and it must be admitted that a rise of gold would, with one blow, aggravate the weight of this debt. But Mr. Broch observed on the other hond that if, with the double standard, the unlimited coinage of silver be admitted, as the United States demand, it is also to be feared that everywhere the price of provisions and of the necessaries of life will be considerably increased; which is another evil, and a far more serious one than the one just mentioned." In his address at the conference of 1881 (see International Monetary Conference 1881. page 44,) Dr.Broch says: "Another unfortunate result of the universal adoption of bimentation at the ration of 1 to 15 J would be an augmentation in the monetary wealth of the 1 J ?J wunu, tuiu, as a uuu^uuuia/, a uguiv ciation of the metals, accompanied by a corresponding and general rise of prices. * * * On the day when the proportion of 15i should become universal and obligatory, silver would rise 18 per cent., gold would fall and the pices of all commodities, especially of those which come from the East, and are paid for in silver, would experience a considerable advance. * * * A rise so general, so sudden, and so considerable, would throw the economic and commercial world into confusion, and would carry disturbance into all classes of society. It would change all the relations of mankind among themselves, and would be equivalent to a reduction of all debts." This idea of denying free mintage to silver, to make money scarce, and thereby increase its value, and depress the price of all the products of labor; also to pi ejudice the United Ssates, by using cneap silver to discount the price nf Vior ftTTwrts hv nnr chases of wheat and cotton in t?ie feast > runs through the whole tenor of financial opinion in Western Europe. We see it plainly manifested in the last conference of 1892 by the English delegates, both Mr. Ross Wilson and?Al- 1 fred De Rothschild. Mr. Wilson said, (see International Monetary Conference, 1892, page 97); "What, may I ask 1 are the supposed evils that we are called upon to remedy? As far as can be ascertained we are met here to en- < deavor to raise the price of commodities. Such an object is entirely opposed to the economic doctrines which are . accepted in the country from which I come. Cheap goods and not dear goods, : plenty and not scarcity,- have always ' been neld to be conditions of profitable < trade." Mr. Rothschild (see same, page 69) 1 said: Advocates of bimetallism main- J tain that the fall in the price of silver has brought about a corresponding fall in the prices of various commodities. This may or may not be the case; but, supposing the former hysothesis to be correct, I am not prepared to say that it would be a misfortune for England or the world in general; nor do I share the opinion of certain distinguished exponents of that theory who aeplore the fact of the Indian exporter being able to send wheat remuneratively to England, thus interfering seriously with the interests of the British farmers; but I hold that wheat at 30 a quarter instead of 45 is rather a blessing than otherwise." De Rothschild like the average Northeastern statesman of this country; a fundholder and speaking for the advancement of the fundholder, regardless of the interest of the country gentleman, the debtor and producer; whom men of his ilk regard as their legitimate prey, nevertheless admitted, (see International Monetary Conferenc 189?, page 72,) "if this con lerence were to DreaK up witnout arriving at any definite result, there would be a depreciation in the value of that commodity (silver) which it would be frightful to contemplate, and out of which a monetary panic would ensue, the far spreading effects of which it would be impossible to foretell." This conference did break up without arriving at any definite result. There has been a great depreciation in the value of silver (that is compared with gold), a monetary panic has ensued and we are now experiencing some of the far spreading effects of which it was impossible for Mr. De Rothschild to foretell. Not only a drop in silver, but a corresponding drop in the price of nearly all the great staple productions of this country; trade is stagnant, industry paralyzed, debtors overwhelmed, and ruin and bankruptcy broadcast throughout the land. We behold the almost inexplicable paradox of universal want in the midst of plenty. i 4 There is a striking similarity not only in conditions, but in portions of President Cleveland's message to the last extra session of Congress and that of Mr. Van Buren when he con vened Uougress in extraordinary session after the great panic of 1837. Perhaps a better^word picture of the sit- j uation than that found in the mes- j sage of either of the Presidents may be quoted from an article of Mr. Talmage under the caption of "A Silvering Christmas": 4"There is something awfully wrong, as you will see when I put two facts parallel. In the far Western States more wheat than they know what to do with; in the Southern States more cotton than they know what to do with. Plenty of bread, plenty of clothing, and yetmultitudes half fed and half sheltered, thousands of employed, and to hundreds and thousands of people thin is a hungry and starving and shrivering Cnristmas. * * * It is like the depression of a man who has plenty of money in the safe and of a woman who has plenty of food in the pantry, and they nave lost the keys." The key to the situation, and the only key tnat can unlock to the civilized world the blessings of thrift, prosperity and contentment, is a legislative key. Bat alas I this key is neld by just such men as Dr. Broch and Mr. De Rothschild in Europe, and over here it hangs high in tue lour million dollar, five hundred milliouaire club room in New York. This class of men has the ear of the government, and with some honorable exceptions commands the press, our legislators acting in accordance with the suggestion made by Judge Brawley in his speech on the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act; that, upon financial questions advice should bp sought from bankers, as their familiarity with finance renders them most competent to instruct; they, usually repair to New York for information and instruction. Of course they receive the advice of the spider to the fly. "Walk into our parlor." There is nothing mqre natural than that these gentlemen, manifesting a most earnest soltcitude I for the maintenance of public integrity and national honor, and indulging in such clear phrases as sound money, honest money, having the key placed in their hands by men who have not informed themselves upon this sub; ioct, should immediately proceed to nelp themselves and then lock the store house against the general'public. There will be no relief until the South and West wrest this key from the hands of those who live by the profit of capital. Mr. Calhoun said (volume II, page 348, works(: "There is a dangerous antagonist relation between those who hold or command the currency and the rest of the community." In speaking of this class in whiph he includes the wholesale dealers and master manufacturers, Adam Smith says (see "Wealth of Nations," nAtrem 202 20S: "The ttlans and projecets of the ^employers of stock regulate and direct all the most important operations of labor; and profit is the end proposed by all those plans and projects. But the rate of profit does not, like- rent and wages, rise with prosperity and fall with the de clensionof society. * * * It is always highest in the countries which are going' fastest to ruin. * * * The proposal of any new law or regulation of commeroe, which comes horn this order, ought always to be listened to with great precaution, and ought never to be adopted till after having been Ion? and carefully examined, not onlvwith the most scrupulous, but with the most suspicious, attention. It comes from an order or men whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public, wno have gennrallv on in rifWMTrA And iTflB to oppress the public, and who acordingly have upon many occasions both deceived and oppressed it" This legislative key in 1861, on the withdrawal of the cotton States from the Union, passed from the agricultural class into the hands of the merchant and manufacturing class of the-Northeast, and right well have they wielded it,; as Adam Smith asserted, to deceive, oppress and rob the other sections of the Union. By doubling the restrictive duties they first acquired the war obligations of the nation, and then by financial legislation doubled, trebled and quadrupled them in value. The interest of this section in finance is almost identical with that of Western Europe to double the value of the money and money obligations which they hold, and to depress the price of cotton and wheat, which they buy from the South and West To ao that which was denounced by the prophet Amos among the corruptions of Jeroboam t "To swallow ut) the noor bv making the shekel great and the ephah small." These lords of finance, of the loom, the factory and the furnace, protecting. the banks and the Bhops and plundering the fields, have so depressed and despoiled agriculture that our great staple products are now selling below the cost of production, as our chief articles of export no longer maintain the exchanges in our favor, and as the treasury reserve is drained to settle the balance of trade, which suicidal legislation has set against us, this robbery and oppression is made a pretext for further extortion in the shape of repeated issues of gold bonds to furnish investment for the usurious interest levied upon the South and West. This class of men, who live by the profit of capital, controlling the government and hostile to the interest of the .general public, during the pa?t thirty years (their term of supremacy) have legislated into their possession all the railroads, telegraph lines, va ? ?- 11-1 Jf J x1 V cant lands, mineral ituLOB.auu iuiuu^u the instrumentality of loan associations have shingled our farmg and homesteads with mortgages, owning everything in existence, tney are now seeking, through the repeated issues of new gold bonds, to secure liens upon the energy and industry of future generations. These are the gentlemen, their hirelings and parasites, who dwell in glowing periods on the symmetrical beauty of tne gold standard, who speak with an air of honest sentiment about individual and National integrity, and roll under their tongues as sweet morsels such clever catch words as "honest money," "sound monfey," "full value of money of the world. To suppose that this class in Europe who by tne prescription of ages constitute the dominant element, who boldly avow their intention by maintaining the gold standard fb reduce the social status of the agriculturist; because, it is for the stability of government that capital shall rule, and Democracy find its home in the rural sections, that thev will impair im the least their power by virtue of the sdn.glegold standard, to eoatrol iftd . ?~ .. ' propriate the labor of the masses by, agreeing to the free and unlimited coinage of silver, is to suppose that 4 greedy averice can be slacked, that the daughter of the horseleech will cease to cry for more. In Europe the [ people have but little voice in the government, the masses are born to labor and snhififiinn Antonio has no slins ( and shylock will continue to demand ] his pound of flesh. I think any intelligent reader who will carefully peruse j what I have written will reach the same conclusion that I have?that * there will never be any international 1 agreement for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, as long as the United , States subordinates her financial sys tem to that of Europe. In this land, . where, in the good old days, when 1 both metals were money and the ' 'peo- { pie tilled the lands they owned and \ owned the lands they filled," when T the husbandman was prosperous, and the laborer worthy of ids hire; before 1 the gold standard, financial craft and ( legislative jugglery vastly enriched < the few without merit, and paralyzed the many without individual discredit: before eighty-five per cent, of our peo- 1 pie shrouded in gloom, were spending i anxious days ana sleepless nignts, ana ' the voice of the auctioneer rung throughout the land signalling the departure from once happy homesteads, 4 houseless and homeless families; if 4 there is any man yet putting his trust 1 for relief in intenational agreement. I ' say unto him: Friend, waive your ' delusion, weigh anchor and steer for < 4v.- 1 IUU UUJUOU1U1U. In my next article I shall deal with the silver dollar?which you say the drop in silver has made 50 per cent fiat and is intirnsically a fifty cent dollar. L. W. Youmans. Fairfax, S.'C./Dec. 22,1894. A Bloody Sunday Augusta, Ga., Dec. 23.?This was probably the bloodiest Sunday in the history of Augusta. John Wiggins, a negro, waylaid Anderson Williams, also colored, on the South Carolina side of the river several miles from Augusta last night, killing him and it is said also attempted to loll another old negro. The murderer fled to Augusta. Negroes living in the vicinity of the crime learned that he had come to this city and was at the home of his sister. They followed him here and. asked assistance at police headquarters to make the arrest Detective Joe Murray was detailed for the work with instructions to call for further help from the police precinct in which ] Wiggin^jsister's house was located, j. um cere w renn ana stringer accompa- j nied him. Wiggins was told by nis j sister of the approach of the officers j and as they entered the house where ] he was lying, the murderer opened ] fire upon them shooting Murray twice i in the face about the nose and mouth ] and Stringer near the eye. Murray < will die. Stringer may recover, but 1 he will be injured for life. The negro j then fled followed by Wrenn. i The pistol shots attracted people in ? the neighborhood to the streets, and i among these was John Davis, white, t an operative in Richmond factory, ( near Augusta, who came to the city ^ to spend Christmas with his family, t Davis was shot in the breast by a i I bullet from the murderer's pistol, and f I died in half an hour. Wrenn pursued s the fugitive to the river hank, where g the negro hid behind a clump of trees, t Holding a pistol aloft in his right ( hand, the scoundrel told the officer he c surrendered, to come and take him ( The officer advanced, and the negro ? shot him in the leg with a long bar- ( reled pistol he had concealed in his 1 left hand. Others joined in the chase 1 but tha murderer reloaded his weap- i oils and made a desperate fight He f was directing his steps toward the c bridge, hoping to escape into South a Carolina. Just as he approached it, a however, one shot hit him and ranged \ around inflicting only a flesh wound. 1 His weapons were empty then - and he ^ surrendered. The presence of a num- g ber of policemen on the scene when a he wis captured was the only thing f that savednis life. , r The onlv thing that saved the mur- ^ derer's life is the fact that the Leg- e islature that has just adjourned passed ( a law empowering the Judge to call a t special session of the Superior Court o in criminal cases for immediate trial, t The negro 'will be tried within two weeks, and February winds will prob- r Maw his arrave. 1 f f'kere was great excitement in the j ity all day, and a mob of several i hundred gathered im front of the jaiL I They only murmured their discontent c thourh, and no attempt was made to o raid tne jail, which is guarded by a a special detachment of police and by i deputies. t Starvation Threatened. 'V Niobara, Neb., Dec. 23.?The suf- ? fering among the inhabitants of the ? droughtblasted part of Nebraska, in- ? eluding three-foriths of the residents of ^ five counties, is becoming more intense 6 daily, and immediate steps alone can F prevent many deaths by starvation. a Three years ago. the farmers of these drought-blighted counties raised a very J* light crop and the past two years the f3 crops have been almost total failures. ? Many families have not enough provisions in their homes for one week's ? sustenance, and no money to purchase a the necessaries of life. Many of the s merchants here feel that they have ^ aide4 the poor farmers to the extent ot s their ability, and are unable to do any e more for them or to sell them goocis e on credit. The sufferers cannot ob- ? tain employment, ana unless tney re- u ceiye aid very MK>n, it is the general 0 opinion that many will starve to death. 8 Snould the weather turn very cold a many will freeze to death, as it is a E fact that many have scarcely sufficient clothing to cover their nakedness. A mother and her two children were found dead in their little cabin this t week. It is supposed the mother had ^ been confined to her bed by sickness c and she and her two little ones starved j. to death. The stomachs of the children e were opened and not a trace of food a could be discovered. There is not a c stream of water in Perkins county and j not a living spring.- Wells run from ^ <10 to 200 feet, the majority being 150 f and 300 feet. The soil, if watered, j raises good crops; if not, it bakes into ? a solid mass. The roads and much of \ the prairies resemble asphalt, so hard packed and smooth are they. Well matr Viof tlio ?ni'l ia n. snlifl mnss UiK^GlO rx*jr JUUWV UJUV WVMM/ w ww??? . . . 150 feet down, so hard that picks have ] to be used to loosen it. Over this sur- j face, the never-ceasing winds blow ( from every direction. Women Beg for Bread. < Nrw York, Dec. 21.?A lima, Peru, j pecialsays: Over 4.000 hungry wo- 1 men and children called on President ] Carceret, who ordered them dispersed. < Rioting followed, lasting over three I hours. Many persons were killed or i wounded. i ( ' MAKiNu HONEST CHEESE. 1 South Carolina Factory In Operation. Wbat a Sensible Farmer Says. ro the Editor of the Cotton Plant: Four pounds of honest white and :lean cotton for one pound of lathery painted cheese. It takes about two acres of fine land 'our hundred pound of fertilizer, bagging and ties, toll, lots of hard wo^k to produce one bale of cotton. The same land planted to cheese will produce at least 500 pounds of lonest milk cheese, that is cheese that a ma/If? fmm mir? r?nwa millr pwwim md all together; this cheese will not xjund about like a piece of rubber; it nelts and crumbles in,a manner to be eadily distinguished from the common impressed sold on our market as jream cheese. What makes this vast difference in' sroducts? Can't good cheese be made m South Carolina, if not, why not? rhese rambling thoughts led the writer to inspect the new cheese factory at 31emson College, where there is a nice iutfit of the improved appliances for making cheese, now in successful operation by Prof. Hart, who has demonstrated the fact that as fine cheese as :an be produced in this country can be made in South Carolina. The flavor is really superior, and its rich nutty jheese flavor at once sharpens the appetite and calls for more certified honjst cheese. While eating this South Carolina cheese our mind does not roam from the crude oil tank under he Southern cotton seed oil mill to he dead hog, horse and cow rendering rats of the'West. Our mind while sating this South Carolina cheese wanlers over the hils and valleys of South Carolina, along the* oanks ef clean ;lear water that flows through the TiPAdows: and its honest flavor re ninds us of fragrant flowers and new nown hay. After eating honest cheese me can sleep and dream of the clean ;hings, (the Switzerland milk maid, 'or instance) and rest in confidence; jut when his stomach is loaded with ihunks of the indigestible compound sailed cheese, he is compelled to kick md roll around at night, dreaming of unning from vicious bulls and such. We learn that it takes about one galon of milk to produce one pound of :heese and'the cost of a small cheese aolory need not cost more than an mproved cotton ginning plant; in fact t seems that these two plants might be run by the same power as the cheese naking season is about over with ivhen the cotton ginning season comnences. What is the use of shipping >.nttnn seed oil to the West to be com sounded into cheese, and pay freight >oth ways, if our market really denands this compound? Why not lend West or East for one car load of mproved machinery for a cheese facory, instead of shipping thousands of jar loads of cheese. This freight alone vould be-a good profit. The only "ling that is not at our hand for makng fine cheese is good cheese-makers, rood, industrious, intelligent, honest tnd well trained, educated young men uited to take charge of all such enter)rises are the scarcest article in South Carolina. And just here we ought to Hive the board of trussees of Clemson college due credit for their wisdom in letting up a cheese making plant at Hemson College, where our boys may earn cheese making. Prof. Hart in lis forthcoming report on cheese makng in South Carolina, will give the armers a complete outline of making heese, the cost, etc.; and the best of ill he will tell the farmer how to make . small amount of cheese at home, nth the outlay of only-about two dolars for necessary machinery which 1 nil be far ahead of the old plan of ? "? XT J U ;ranama s cneese press, now uoxi t H of you readers write to Prof. Hart or a letter on cheese making for the, aan can't spare the time from his cork to write so many letters; but evry lady can write to the director President Craighead), for a copy of he report of the Experiment Station ?n cheese making, which report will >e published probably soon. As to the cost of producing milk for aaking the cheese, every farmer ought o be able to make his own figures. Jut one of the more striking features n the change from cotton to cheese or utter is, that the fertilizer bill in neese and butter making may be left iut. The cow is the fertilizer factory, ad this is located at home, on a cash ?~ *\MAAAA<Ta ttUU tilC piVUCCUO A1VUI bUlO vu erprise is coming in all along the rhole season. There is no space of fromen to twelve months is this kind of arming, which has a broad gap ?to be illed by liens and mortgages and inerest. Another very great good for verybody that is interested in our rosperity and the beautiful appearnce and permanent improvement of he whole face of the country is the eplacing of grass upon the naked and iare spaces; the soil will be preserved asteaa of being washed from the ligher liands in the steams, thus doing amage, skinning the higher lands ,nd causing the streams to fill with and and overflowing the bottom lands. Lny farmer who has any thought can ee how this cotton farming has ruind the whole country. It is not necssary to point out the^e things now, be five cents a yound will make everyody feel. I hare cotton several years Id and still have a good appetite and ;ood home made cheese; tastes as good s it did when I used to eat it in grand -J T Qmjrni TVfJ Lift a U?tja. U . V. UAmnjuiiiu. Pendleton, S. C. Padgett Pays the Freight. The advertisement of L. F. Padgett, he well-known furniture dealer of Lugusta, gives some idea of what he >ffers in the way of furniture and louse furnishings. In his extensive stablishment may be found well-nigh ,11 that is needed to make the home omfortable. This large trade which 5adgett enjoys and tne testimonials vhich he has from scores of customirs, sufficiently shows the character of lis goods, the fairness of his prices, md his determination to carry out lis guaranty of satisfaction in every nstance. Kead his advertisement. A frog farm with about a million lead of stock is carried on successfully by a man in Contra, Costa county, California. He started ranching' n frogs a few months ago with a hera sf about 2,000 frogs, and ^JLs already making lots of money, lie supplies the markets of San Francisco, Oakland and other large cities on the joast. It costs little or nothing to raise Jie frogs, and the rancher is not anxous to trade his ranch even for a gold nine, so he says. \ *, V-'. MURDER BY WHOLESALE. White People of l^rooka County Wreaking Vongeanco. Quitman, Ga., Dec. 23.?The posse in pursuit of Waverly Pike, the murderer of Ison, an account of whose unprovoked murder appeared in The Chronicle of yesterdav, last night and early this morning killed three negroes and reliable information is that the total number of victims is seven. The negroes known to have beeh killed are Sam Taylor, Eli Fraser, - and Harry Sherrad. Taylor jwas Pike's step-fa ther, and the other two negroes his close pals, all of whom were supposed to Know or Jfike s wnereabouts. it these negroes knew, they refused to tell, and the penalty of not telling was death. Pike's wife was seen to slip into his house at 4 o'clock this morning. She was supposed to have known where the murderer was and every effort was made to make her divulge. The mob still has her securely held and may succeed in making her tell. The negroes killed were all shot down on this side of the Ocopilco creek, about ten miles above Quitman. The report is that a second pose, which was scouring the woods north of the Ocopilco have killed four other negroes. This wholesale killing is terrible, but the people of that community have had terrible provocation. Hardly three weeks ago, Tip Mauldin, a respectable white man was brutally murdered on the public road in the same neighborhood by two worthless negroes. The people were greatly incensed over the murder, but the law took its course and the murderers are now in jail awaiting trial. Numerous negroes exulted over this murder and even went so far as to hold a war dance a few nights afterwards around the fepot where the murdered man's life blood oozed out. This, of course, enraged the people still more, and when Isom, the best" citizen in the community was cowardly murdered by on6 of the same gang the pent up flood of rage and vengeance was turn ed^loose. All of the negroes killedare those intimately connected with Isom's murder and supposed to be aiding in his escape, or were in the gang which held the exulting war dance over poor Mauldin's life blood. The arresting and jailing of Mauldin's murderers had no suppressing or restraining effect on other lawless negroes in the neighborhood. Mauldin's'murderers have no more regrets for their deed and no more compunction of conscience than a dog. Every day they can be heard singing and laughing in jail, happy ana unconcerned, though the! gallows is staring them in the face. The pose which did last night's terrible work is still banded together doggedly and rl oWm i n or] ] u- TrvVlrin<y for* \VnvprT Pike. The record of tonight and tomorrow remains to be seen. Brooks county is aroused. The wholesale killing of negroes not directly connected with Isom's murder is severely condemned and it is hoped that the avenging mob will do no more of this mad work. 4c Cotton Slakes 4c Prices. Not only on provisions, clothing, furniture and all the actual necessaries of living, but as well on things appertaining to our enjoyment and culture. This is specially true as to pianos and organs. Wise manufactures realize that in these close times prices must be exceedingly low, and terms of payment made exceptionally easy, ana they are meeting the emergency. Notice the latest advertisement of Ludden & Bates Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga., in this issue, and write them for their Four Cent Prices. This is a wide-awake-neverget-left and thoroughly reliable house, whose offere always mean just what they say. It costs nothing to write T.uHdftn Ar. Bates for catalogues. nrices and easy installment terms, which they send with pleasure. VI This Handsome Rattan ROCKER, worth the world over $5.00, will b sent to any person who will send me $1.85. Six Cane Seat CHAIRS, finished light, worth $1.00, at 65c. each. 40 yards of Straw Matting $3.90. $10.50 for an Oak Bed, Bureau, and Wash Stand to match. Send for Catalogue of Furniture, Cooking Stoves, Baby Carriages, Sewing Machines, Buggies, Lamps, Crockery, etc. L. F. PADGETT, ~-v - Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. RICE MILLb. We rfler a complete Rice Mill in one machine. The rouah rice in placed in hopper and comes out cleaned and polished ready for table nse. Machine can be operated with horse power and will clean 100 bushels of rough rice per day. CORN MILLS Of the latest dtslgnp, vertical and horizontal, double and single gear. oiler Mills, Saw Mills, Engines, Gins and Treaeea,! i W ood working machinery, V. BABBAM. * COLUMBIA, 8.0; i ' / - n S " " m tKJ.t'ii* jb NEVER J delayed;^ payment. b never iip : compromisech^ ^'SS5HBBb iS mmmBW CLAIM. < NEVER HAD LAWSUIT. _ Such Is the record of the J STAUNTON LIFE INSURANCE , COMPANY, Numbers of Beneficiaries Testify to Promptness and Soundness. / Natural Premium Insurance on the ami' Approved flans. . ? ' The new "Coupon Policy" of the Staunton Life la a modal of simplicity. In addltlon to all the bast features of modern Qft1 0 Insurance it provides for the payment of. ' the "coupon" IMMEDIATELY after > death, without notice or the formalin . :-;i ty of proofs. The "coupon" covers 1? per cent of the face of the policy, aqjl is in addition thereto. Agents wanted. Liberal Commlsstoa* Live men can make big money. 4 5'w Address Jno. & Reynolds,, _ ... ^ General Agent, COLUMBIA, ?. , ';;,a This Certificate b M fg FOR $1.00 IF PROPERLY SIGNED. 5 Dor Proposition Cat this Certlfilcate out and anclose it I with 25 cents in an enrelope with your : name and address plainly written. We I will send you one set of our f 1.00 Gennina - .. te Sllrer Plated Tea Spoons FRBK by maltogether with oar laue illustrated catalogue of Furnltuxe, Cooking Stoves, Crock t' ery, Baby Carriages, Sewing Machines; ^ Buggies, etc., and will sign this certificate ' ana retarn tJ you with catalogue, and ? 'Jf; herewith agree to receive this certificate aa > one aonttr oasu on ?ojr (jurouwxj maa? within 18 days from the date of endorsement of this ce tifloate, provided that flit - J J amount of purchase shall not be for itea > I than 115.00, and must positively reach tn 1 inside of 15 days from date written or 1 stamped on certificate returned to you. I Fill oat the following blank with' penefit | [Ink will blur.] L. F. PADGETT, < 846 Broad Street, Augusta, Oa| Enclosed find 25 cents stamps or silte* for which you will please send to my address one set of your f l.oo Genuine Kilter Plated Tea Spoons and your Illustrated Catalogue, free, by mail: also please eft- I dorse this certificate and date it the d Ate J that you mall spoons and catalogue, so thai M I may. If 1 so desiie, use this certificate CI M your store for one dollarcash In a purchase of not less than f 15 00, which is te be made H inside oflSdays from date stamped or* SM written on certificate returned to me. I fully understand that this certificate Is of W no value unless above oonditions are fully/ S8| compiled with, , My name is ^ .......................... . ............. ............. * ' p. o.is ? MB , State JmSffK Received at Augusta, Georgia, MW and goods mailed . L. F. PADGETT, jgjRjS 846 Broad Street, Augusta, 6a. B By Mfflll K^cottonI jo Makes 4c. PRICES, even on S j PIANOS & ORGANS I ^ C nONT discouraged, bat 3 |^D| Cj J-'V-'lN 1 write for oar great jy Q Bargain List and Wendenulfj Jfl U Easy Installment Term*. Qj | 4c. PRICES. I wM 0 A new Mathushek Piano ISO less than a ^HHI m ever before sold. B S 940 Saved on a Sterling: Piano. - Q jjj Twenty Nearly New Square Pianos ' H^RbH [J at New York give away Prices. H pJ Fifty New Uprights?from Best ifai|Q ers at Cut Prices. E Rlcb Mirror Top Organ only IS AV L MUNtY oy Dnying irom iuo Greatest Southern Masie ffeott. HIDDEN & BATES, Savannah, 6a. tw "'^sas^'ssss. "j^H jmHHH