The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, April 07, 1887, Image 1
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PICKENS, S. C., TilURSDAY, A PRIL 7, 1887. NO. 28.
"THE SINS O THlE SENATE."
(A 'TA 1.N 'IlIiL.lAN'S R1:JOI N111 Tt
SEN.iTOR YO IIMASNS.
A i)I-eussioU of Heveral Mt teir,, Ihat IlIave
Iloent Consilderedl In tho. I)iIreniit Fat m
(From the No's ani Courir
Your weeldy of tho 1tth brings inc
Col. Youmaus's rejoinder to my last
article. It is funny to see how ho
"abouts faco" ani flounders from one
irrelovent statement to another, how ho
dodges the it.sue, how much ''inky
fluid" ho wastes on "euttlu-fish" logic.
I congratulate him, however, upon
having risen to a higher plane than mere
personal abuse, and in trying to defend
his position by something besidcs
''mart" retorts and school-boy wit., lie
still continues to make misstatements,
but I attribute this purely to those who
loaded him. HIe sloot what they put
in his gun withouL knowing whetheLr it
is lead or dough--truth or falo hood.
First, lie says: "Capt. 'T'ilhtnan raised
the cry of catch thief against the )resent
board of agriculture, and thou nomi
nated himself for one of thei stcces
sorK. "
The committee vieh s:elec hd the ten
names to constute the new board of
agriculture know how utterly false is
this assertion. I have nover n ominated
myself for tiny posioun except that of
trustec of an agricultural colle;o, and it
cannot be shown that I am "a disap
l)oiltthl oflice-seeker, who en't get in,"
for I. have never asked fur any olliee im
my life.
lie next quotes from my spt ch made
at the April Convention, to pove that I
u 'self-coiifessedly a lailum in the
management of my (IVown farm"li,'' tS fol
lows: ''I have been in that ; tile my
self. Have felt the wam '- ri h'i;her
ani higher a; faihur afte. i e in the
cotton crop left notlitg i ith bieh to
even pay interes,t. tami to 11 aomiie
lanid," .uc. Ve;1, iUippose ! <d gt in
debt, and '". old som110 lut'' et out,
does, that make inc a It damu: ie a
"WVho otr wvhat wvus it, theni tha:t <t,d f,.it: '
I answer: 'Simply, ra :. I. h.. e ot got
a store so a-s to enabl me to ou::e mneIa y
whether it rains or not. I Ih: ye never
been able to pick a large er p of cotton
whether I grew it or not. I lave raiycd
some that nb; with stores ;;oid, but I. do
not admire that :ort of 'succ til fa- i
ing." I. lad rateii'r a theu a ;.i.e: go
down with my brother hur'..t:rs tha.
fatten at their expeme.
Again, if all t men? .. ('ao;i
IaI w1 wVO gott: nt in d ; b.. did, tr
whllo have mad to mn ' w' id
to pay ilnterc""' silce 1u') \ -appaort
the Imcaasute alvocat,d by iie, t r wil
be so little oplpusttiolu itt .11 n1 wait be
worth couniig. A n utbt of hi.
IlLouse ftoma lhrinwell tolt iua t nit coun
ty was not repented int the Iarters
Convention because their farm;ers were
so poor they could lum aLim1 to pa,
their way to Colnlia.
But in order to show what iort of a
failure I am, .1. ia relticl aiti 'oimpella
to obtrude some of my pi ;e aI l in-,
upon the public. 1 do ti' ii la; becau
the lesson may be of val a:> otlher;,
and )ecau1se (ol. Yolnie; tn. ; :,o tlii
utmplaiitly whether Iam a' lit ielon to
"lead the farmiers of the Stalt 0r to be
placed on the board of agriceu lt're,"
I commiienced farnin g in1 -i , with
.1;i acres of lutd 1111(1 foui" ptgh. I
illerited l7t) acrcs moet; iii 1 I in
I88; I owned ,'200 acres, btut owed
several thousand dohIirs-- -nearly all of it
lost in 1881. . had ekaired ,. on. y ery
year up to that date, and bought land
and mules right along. .in IM1t I ma
thirty pioughs, bought n.uano and4.
ratiomis, &\c., as usual, ant thle dlevil
tempted me to buy a a,teami'1 ngine anid
other machinery, anmonating to over twov
thousand dollars, all ou credit. My
motto was that ''it hakes iiuoney to make
money, and ntothling risk, nlouanig have.''
TIo have been entirely tree lifrm debt
wouhll haivo maide mec feel '"like a kite
without a tail." So I struick oat boldly
into deep) water. .lien Jonson says:
'"We all are mortals
.And( do ha~ve our visionis."
.I had mine, and they were wry rose
hued. Uinmtrrnp1ted suiccess had made(4.
mec ai f4.oo. I wasi "like th littJle wianton
boys who swim on bladders,' but I did
not theni know how nmch of a "'bladldei''
cotonm was on1 landt impos\erished of
vegetable matter' in a dry year-. 'The
latter partI of July biegim to pgive mie ani
inkling ot wIat a hall sulpport it was.
The dlrouigh L ciame. I L di iot li ini
July 10 till late ini Sttmber*, aid wheni
.1 settledl up 1I had "'tail' eiiongh to my
kite. I wa in th "Re''Itd Sa," but did
not know it, and J still lind plinty ol
conlidence ini11 myAlf andluiii i myh "frn
ing." ''. didnt't exact ly think ke ena
.tor Youmians, that I "'knew it all,' hat I
thought I "knew how to farmi,' tind J
was cottoni ''planter"a sill.
Nothing dauted, in I182 I 4truck oiut
bolly for the shore. .Iumt J thought may
kite's tail was Ilackinug a lit) le in w iight,
so I1 bought 25() acres nwee i luiii, not
dloubtimIg thiat it woul r.1ini and I v. oublt
be all right again ina a y ar or two.
Eighteen hundred and1( eighty-t.wo wans a
goodi year' amnd I made good 1erops, but'ii
there was small malirgiin of prout as 'N
p)enses were so haavy- con $I.61.0e
buishel and melat .14 to J; cets per
pJounid-so I (only matte thie pyment oni
the land .1 bought, ands had "notingii for
interest" on the debt of t1881. ilhigh
commieneced to raise hlogsi andl lauit coirn
ciiough to d1o meC. I tlubscribed~( ftor thte
Country (Genitteman, the bes,t asgient
tur-al pape-r mi the U.iited States, andi
began to stutdy.
'To cut this conifessioni shorts 's3 'sI,
'85z an~d '86 were all poor years for cot
ton with us. The lamd wasm sick anid it
wouldn't r'aini when it ought to, ai ditl
ought not to have d1oue so. 1 iad
plenty of corn and oats --began to get a
herd of cowsi antd killed every year fromi
- ,400 to 8,000 p(lundlh of1 mnt, which
have learned canl be rai:ned 'hieaper that
it can b)e bought; but may pocketbook
.for some years hias beenm like lIill Arp's
*-"likc an elephant had harlod i. i
ntead of getting nearer ahor'- ~i ww
gradually recede, while the tu ii to o01
kite began to grow intolerably he-avy.I
dec~ided to unload; so "'I sold some'
Jani'' a~nd cut off the, lonuger part of the
1*4
kite's tail. I still own 1,600 acres, and
want to sell some more, for I have found
out that I am "land-poor."
1 have found out many other things,
besides, during my voyage across the
"Red Sea." I have discovered that not
only do "I not know how to farm," but
that very few of us in the hilly part of
South Carolina do. We are land
butchers, not farmers. We are over
seers far worse than Irish landlords,
and the negroes are eating us out of
houses and homes, while we follow the
old ante-bellum system, but strive after
money to buy a living, instead of making
the living at home. Our lands, too, are
going down the rivers and rapidly de
teriorating in intrinsic value by fklse
farming.
Now, whether this ''over true tale"
shows mo to be a "failure" or not your
reguders must decide, I was ''blind and
fell in the ditch.'' The (uestion is
whether I am likely to lead others into
he Fame ditch or not. They say ''re
'oimod drunkards niake the best ten
peranco lecturers," and I am fully (luli
lied to inveigh against the errors of our
farmning for I have experienced them all.
Sono mcnI never learn even from expt
rience, but I feel I am well qualified to
preach this crusade. I do not care a fig
about getting on the board of agricul
ture, nor do I need or desire to travel to
make up my mind in regard to agricul
tuiral colleges. I know those of Michi
gan and Mississippi ,.r" grand stuccesses3,
and I have Cen. Stephen 1). L.eo's re
l)t'rt of his exainnation into the work
ings of those of Kansas, lowa and Miel
gun, which I will get the N ews and
Courier to publishl before the Legisla
ture meicets again for its inforlmation.
As for "leading the farmers of the
State, I have never made any such
climt. I struck out at Bennettsville
bnllly seal alone to ex)ose sOme htum
bu, potit out needed reforms andi toI
umasI justice for farmers. I have
tOhI rights as a taxpayer, which are
invaded, meal 1 give utterance only to my
hotest sentitents. IIf 1 am a ''leader''
tie people have nmde me so, ft L cer
hluily had no followers when 1 started,
sitd it was probl)tmt ical whethur 1 would
ver have any. I htt I believ:l I was
right, and I think so still, anl so be
litvieg, wih continue the light as long
i "' 1,cople will back me. I only wish
I Us so sittualt that 1 coul' go more
ttaong them and talk face to face.
Now, let us see about the last Conven
in whi"'lch met in November. The basis
of representation was the same as that of
the ( eneril Assembly, 159. Charleston,
whic'h was ct itled to 1.1, having no
his um(rs exee it 0 James Is> td, only
it . .eautort and icorgetc'wt was
", l .vse1y 1pOtted with white people
' t ' oo ' 3arm e s.t, a'il Hlorry
. 1rd 1 hta : trhl e armI'uu'r' tove'
'ty, rec.';t', except fimroupn
ti '1 sesith Ian its memibers of the
Ho< c.c. .t wan \ere over one hundred
otlher delcgatcs, all IIt other counties
n eing represented, except Aiken, Barn
wel, IEapton and Y'rk; and if Sena
tor 'T'albert and I were the only repre
sentatives from the Fifth Congressional
)istrict, miore's t11o pity. The Conven
tinl Wits resl,pctabhle, both in size and
lhility, even though Col. Youmans
elaiims that he and his friends have a
mlops'ly oi "repectability." The
News andt Courier said it "w;s a sue
'1he 'totsandsl of faerers who
were iu Columbia'' were att(:smling the
Fair, andU wt'e too inttent on1 that to at
tend thse scmit,rns of bte Convention.
Iuitating his friends and trainer, the
Lommiisstosier of Agriculture, (ol. You
mIans lex csttalogues the memers of
thie boid, and oan the theory that the
'"King can do io wrong," eI eart; them
of blame because they are ''all honor
le men.' This ''pile of honorables,
toppjed oft with a Governor,'' has been
thrown at me once before, but it caninot
ersase the record. hait Goversior H agood
liss had no consnection with the board
during thle tinme when th1 e " incom
licttee and ex travagansce"' have been so
raitnit. All of this has bseau since
1882. Ghovernsor T1hiompisoni 1 hasve al
ways respected its sa mere figsure-hsead on
the boaardl, who took noi interest or con
trol in it s allair4, and in trsuth I am
afraid that has been the t roublse with all
of thiem. Bhst while the coloislsSionser
simsy be the real culprit in the matter,
Itoh law snakes thie board tihe controllisng
poswer ansd they smist beari or .sare the
blsame.
Dr). P ope's "three for ai quarter'" coml
msittee, self-appointed and thierefore limt
ited, is iiext b)roughit in by Sensator- You
mans to exonerate the board by its
whit ewashsig" repsort. I cans onily guess
how thsat report camne to be smade. 'Thle
ible " statistician"' who proived that
South Ciarolinas wats $8M,000,000)( better oil
in E thsanin '80), andI who clerks fors the
coinmii5sioner, doubtless fnrniihedl the
''ilgures'' and data. Thlero was evidently
iio myiestigattions. Biut from whatever
ctauise, N ewberrsy's able represenitaitive
wass foosled and that badly. The snext
yafeit ws made to the "'econiomic
anst5Os,"'5 s lld, msy expiose of the ex
lsendituries in t.he Agricultural D)epairt
mseat camse out ini the News anid Coutrier,
luis the lIeste, ignlorinig D r. Po'OOsa re
p odt, at tonce passedi a bill tos tiake the
contr ol of the privilege tax froem tile
boaisrd asi ljimit its (eenditures to a~
-ertain son asisppiropriated on estimates
iiubmit ted. Thiis bdnl the Senato, a nma
jurity ofi witiebi see'm hi beloing to the
C oni55 ioner5l ansd to the Coosaw Kinig,
,senator ,Smy the, refussed to pass, maainlsy
Ithrough the manliiulatins of Messrs.
amsythes asnd IYoumans. 'The Seniator
froms Chiarleston hand received from the
D eparut menti several thlouisand( dollars in
fee:s for thle " Chissb shin and latwsuit,"
and. l ii was "tick tli me anud Ill tickle
you." Si for two ye ars it ssccessions
I hese t io\ wor1thy Besatos haveity blocked
thet ( (orts ot lte House to ensforce econi
nim i is \h geiculhtural De'partmsnt. 1.t
s o lbe prsunwd s tlIhatI Col. \ stmaians cx
psecms to be "'6ickled"herseafler, nsot with
mioney, but wtith politie;d inflluence andu
votes. Hie stands(l by is friends, right
sir wrong, regaurdless of lIsis constitustenits,
and it will be a pity if onuly friinshIips
suhalil be Isis rewaurd.
TIhe. "'Shell insvesstigsatinsg comsinaittee,
which at thse April Conivenitioni only
sousght tos find otit "'why the bsuarsd ha i
empSiloycd special counsel inisteadi of ths
Attorney General or Solicitors,"' exne555
ratedi tIe Comsmsissiner from blamie be.
eauise it found thes law~t auithorize i(t.
W'~hena the ( leneral Assembly paiissed thei
laiw requiring all such sutits to lbe cons
ducited by lit State'~s law ofliucers, thse
phiosphaite suiits wore eepted-.~wh .1
doe not know.t- hat wecngesta-h
lawyer who had his finger in tihe agricul
tural pie did not like to take it ot,t, and
used his influence with his brethren in
that body. Over $7,000 of "faruers
money" was thus spent-, and u "eflicon
and competent" Board of Agriculturc
would have seen to it that those lawsuit:
were conducted by the Attorney (oneral
which they could easily have don
had the Legislature been asked te
make him do so, or the Governor couli
have ordered him to do it.
Mr. l)argan was avowedly in-the Apri
Convention to break t up. lie threw
the only fire-brands in t, and it is small
wonder that he, the spokesman of the
"'Ring," offered the resolution comlpli
menting Col. Ransom, of whose ellicieney
as a clerk every one was cognizant-. 1ts
adoption followed as a matter of course,
and proves nothing.
I have never, at any time, accused th<
State officers of "ma'ladministratien and
cxtravaganco," and at that time I had
not said anything about the State Gov
ernment. So Mr. Prince's resolution te
''investigate the State departn:ents" was
reported unfavorably in the April Con.
vention, at my request, and imnmediately
after Governor ''hompson's address I
rose and denounced the charge that 1
had made such accusations as a lie.
So far, then, from having his ''brass"
endorsed by that Convention, Col. You
mais only shows how ''brassy ' he i:; in
bringing forward such proof. A negro
graduate in a trial justice's court wouhl
not produce such ovidence. I have since
used the words ")ooemratie itbecility"
as applicable to our litical man,age
ment, and I have said the State Govern
ment as a whole is extravagant and that
our txes are too high. Col. Youtmuas
hilnsc lf has a very poor opiniot of the
State (overnment, as he says very hard
things in his first letter about it having
'un(Lerlined the relf'-reliance an<l
dwarfed the inanihood and indeplenlece
of the people,'' and talks of their being
''debauched in their financial integrity,''
etc., by this samne dear Governm,ent. lie
scems to think nobody else has a right to
aluse it but himself ; and yet in his last
letter he says "the farmers have but two
grounds of colmplaint against the I ,egis
latire
\*criAy, the farmers of Iarnuwell should
b pr'ou(d of their Senator! lie is such a
pick of consistency, and so logical in his
statements. The people have not for
gotten that I showed that our State taxes
were :$20,00U riore in thaln in 'S0, or
that the Legislature reduced the taxes
one mill at the last session without re.
ducing expenditures, thus acknlowledg
ing they had been Worrying more mlone
from an impoverisld people that was
- ceded even to pay the extravagant salu
ries, Ae., which now obtain. I liavc'
clauned that we e,t economize in 3tafe
exl,euditures enoughl to buil an agi
cultural college without in,pairi mg efli
eiency, and I can prove it; me t I eniot 'h
money is spent b y the Agricultural e
partment without hent iting f:rnmrs to
run such a college.
Col. Youmnus has the ''inc t
quote my resolution about doubling the
privilege tax, ''which farmers will will
ingly pay to be guaranteed against
fraud,"' as proving that theo "presen1t boarid
is giving that very guarautee for 25 cents
per ton." So, "advanced a logician,'' as
-13tarnwcll's Seniator can prove anything,
though, where br'z'enl assertion pa scs
for falct. Aniother of that very series of
resolutions states, and the 'Noveinher
Convention reiterated the complaint,
that the 'iispcetion of ferlilizers is de
fective, and no adequtate punishnent
provided for fraud." Ioth Conventions
passed these resolutions nuatimo ivily.
an d there is more fault found with the
bureau on this very point titan any
otiter.
Notwithstanding its owl aal ysis
showed deficiencies in mny brlanlds of
fertilizers, notwithstanding numnerouas
and repeated comiplaints made to the die
p)artmient of guano shipped without tags,
our iendeir-hearted Coinmissiouner hias
never '"confiscated'" a single ion t hmt ever
Iheard of, or prloseCuted a single
oll'ender. TIhie poor farmer whlo - oughit
redress has beeni consoled in b eing 'in
formed that 'ihe himself was liable to ini
dictmient for receiving thle guano,"' and
the plain letter of the law and his own
"r gtulations"' have lbeen ignored by 'he
olicial sworn to excnte thein. Ti c
parultmenOt is runi setminigly ho iltease Iihe
r'ailroads and fertilizer 'ompaniuies, and
phosphate niiners. It is "a'gr'icultural"'
only in namec. 1t and the ' agricultuira''
annex to the South Carolinia College are
the two haumbugs of the cage.
Col. Xoiunans s mnain defence of thle
boarid is in conniection with the, nmage.
ment of our phouspihate interests. U miit
that those interests are welhl ninaiged, i
youl please5(, anmd I ask how is aigriculturic
benefitedlidtherey W hat have thfiey to
doc with hoiinilg? Wiht1) buinei s hia' a
boa ard ofI agriculture with "n'zavigale anid
tide-watei' dleposit.s?" TIhe claim that il.
increase ini thle royalty tover the r ceipts
mi former years is cdue to able- nage
mnent is all bosh. 'The increase is th e ir
stilt of better methiods of raising rock,
and to thec fact. Ithat there has bee enorti c
mous11 profit i the buisincess. C oo.'i
stock has sohl for . I1, thI)0 per shiar of
And what is the ~onithiionc of those imi
terests to-day? L ienses haeit been
gmri ntted to all w',ho( applied and If ie gr-eildy
miiins turneid lo(ose ini i thitphsphaiiteo
territory' with noit restriit' cis as it clean -
mng thhmd I or water rathe ir ; a f ihcy
wenit, nto wvork ing of ex hausted an im't~i
exhiaustted ter'ri tory, not tdiserb ainiat ion as
to letting thin strata at a lei-s royalty
than thick, but all charged at one price
-- -03n0 dollar per toin- - conse<puoiifly the
field has onlhy beenc 'Sloppedh over.
Th],ick and easily accessible dtepousi ts onfly
are wvorked, wvithout cheaning tiii
lthroughi, and othais left. I kt hogs in
a 'on fIeldI, the niners haui c runl a111OVer
thit whoile phoitsph at(e tei'iitory Ibeloniging
to the State ;ali gocbbleid up the '"h oa; -
a."The rock that is let t where thlit
have beeni---anid there are thioucsandls ani
thlousandls of tons of it- -will nlot, pay Ito
raise until the prico largely advancces
anti may be considered wastedt. A fever -
ish haste to incereasc the miuonct paid
ito the Stalte tr'easury'' by incerea'sing fit'
niuimiber of toins raised, rallier thani by
increasing the royalty' iand putting thle
hulsimless liideIr propertti i'estrlie: ons, has
welhl-nigh destroyed.- -hfa- cerbi ily doine
iireparabcle damage to - -th onily valuaole
propert,y the State owniedl.
Yet- the boiardi is prlaisied fori its "'iiao
ag ern-iit. I such Ilcanagemenlt inittI
cates "'competency"-' thcein .1 cam a lunatie.
If this bei statesmansunhip, Godit siave us
from such statesmien. TIhce board is niotj
all to blame. Our T,egislatures have
boon sadly ignorant and careless in deal
ing with this most important intoret.
"Cutflo-llsh," like Senator Youmans,
have not boon wanting to cloud the
water and use interested arguments to
frighten timid lawmakers. That gigan
tie octopur, the Coosaw Company, with
its stockholders and paid attorneys in
both houses, which, it is raid, obtained
its fr:lhisiiel; from a Radical Legislature
by wholesale bribery- Coosaw snaps its
fingers in the face of a Legislature of
Carolin farmers antd aeks, ''\"hat do
they know about p1hosphlates?" It claims
to Iav Jrpettutl :uid exelusive privi
leges t( iii lie the 1)e.4( 1llosphlttie de
posits int (he world, worth lnillions, and
if the taxpayers dm't wake up ail watch
their iinerest it wilJ soon 1 too late to
shake lots' its hlh.
Ah, lay brother '"'ailures,'' you who
plodl 1eIndm your ploughls, p)ay taxes
and Vote, y<u (o not know what is going
on11 iii the waiL of your Capitol W heu the
Legixllhn-i ir; ill se.;aiol. 13eeause 1)eum
ocrats trt in ulliue you feel secure atl
tliink hlotay, patriotism, the interests
of the lteople, arc the only inlluences at
' work there. Lut it is a sad mistake.
Dleu(eraey has no salvo for self-interest,
and this, eouuled with political aubi
tion, place and pelf. controls many a
vote. With short legislative sessions
so short that a new t is of no use to
h lims.: or htis tonlstituenlts duriug most
of the lirst- one--with the propensity
amO' :(<tir ll eouultry people to have a new
deal i ltgni;htion everv two years; with
iithat olitical IleproSy" which makes
every 't"ith lumu, however mil it, all
l,Jinit for otlie, ramnpa:t inong us
with i tp,sitiitn lrt.y in the State to
wateh :utt (xp)ose rascality, we have
beh((n gt tti;ig iii a b1! wauy. ''The inter
ets1 of the elatMSss id eerpora.tionsl as
agiust the la.sits' Im;tv( wol in every
culonliet, and while ('ul. oulanlis clairas
thaitt are not "respjectalic," he will
be,a hl11 nl who will say that the
'' urmelrs' mtoventlt' has 11ot been a
godl-lnd to save the I)emocratic party
Stom its own incipiet. rottenness. While
then, we wvill )resncut a solidt front to all
cetletrs oil lie issue of white supremacy,
let us resmlve to ''cleanse the Augean
sttlde; and fight-ing for an honest, a
lpure, all eeono :lical gever"lnmenit, let uts
nite out exact justice to all mon, in
el udings ftrnt, andl retire 'imbeeiles"
,ll "eutilc-tisht to the shades of private
lif'. 13. R. TI1a1, .X.
lopels, S. C., March 21, I857. i
T'ht Ne w Yrk F"inancial Clhonliele, in
its cotton review. stays that. ftr the week
endin. March '5 the tot,l lce its have
i etle1 ; ,2(8 bls against >7, , 1i last
we(e:, 719: ithe pr1'.i11us week. snd 79,
U1 (trc weteks sintce, nlaking the total
rece_i,ts iinct" ep'teinbler, l, 1 );i1, ,0 ,-'
872, 11gnintst 1,791,5U2 for the same pe
riod of I SS. Si;, showing an iurcase
sintce September J, 1886, of 21.1.:70.
Iurmuig tinh,e sn period the exports
reach a total of I I,88 bales, of which
(-i.c t were to great lritaii, 7,l1i: to
l'rance, ;unit 28,04l2 to the rest of the
tolti t. 'h'e total sales for forward
deli Cry for the wee ale - s,71 bales.
i lor imm)eediate delivery the totdi sales
toot up 2,51;I bales, includin; 9:10 for
e xpoilI and 1,9dl for ctnsumptlOn T'Ie
linl,orts into onUtinentail potIs hltvC 1een1
.>,,,U1); bmles.
Iliere las bit en a deeitatsc iii the cot
to.u ill sigh it of ;,211 hal( s as ctiil paretd
wit I the an:le (late of I.,SU, am increase
of I 272') as colptred with the corres
)onutinig dante of IH,'5 and a (teerease of
121,9511. a1s comt)parel with J,"ti . lhe
old interior stocks have deerease d dUring
tit week 2(,.139t hales and are I1,45(
-ess than at the same period1last year.
II h rit pti)fs at the s:unre towns ha lio been
I,1 bIes mIorefthanu the stime week last
iat all thle towns alro 71,927 miore' thani for
thll samile I inae ill I885 8i.
. Theinrease ill alinim it in sigh t IFIriday
rghit ill (compre 1 ittwit Ib last year,l is -18~
718 hiales, t hie iincrease its coipilared with
8I SMf 5 is t;8f0,97:8, and thie incirease over
1883 8M is (i7i, I71. Thel totld r eceipts
ttrinl the plata itiolim since S'lptembler I
. 8%; wer :s, i:31,t;58 bles; in ,885-6'
5, 1:0,1.t 1; it 188-85, -1,692,18:
AlIthI oug~h thle receip ts It thit titutots
the panst week were -I10,298S bales, tile
actuatdlImovemelnt froini lanttitons was
imly 19, 2:9, thle bahliance beinhg taken
f rll the1( stokels iat the iinterior towns.
I:"ist year the reCeipts froiui thle planta1(
Ilions for the samie w(ek weu e 29,998
b.dleS, anjd for 1 885 theiy were I i,810.
ae a I ytllilg felltow las iii t1,i It his
LIor ti, het ae of seingf prospael- lio ial
sItrong heads, whol( hauinig wlk li th11ese
paths 1'tJilll th y tteIqit liltlin oftt the
iil ttti, e eutIly (tf tlit flrtid
fruit. I,enes i ltl they atena.l
kil,ul iii filit?w ~ . tt th irs, etC S c uriie.
J he eerg u fal.Tey iok there itey
it} id figirl Ieads.iido na-l 'ht
iMitdriikit-ilsand t i t iii ar dtl'an-i
g Cet I I coi >itlioeC 1e te. . orflcs
jart,fo the y oe h~t dear, f! Ithere
ISiyol respectabe tbhOli miue, ts tt .
lir I ll,lde ft ut int , ail ltl pe li,bhile ere
and~\' ithere tarefuly If thiine Vafeabidden
\ y l d itil,.litlh are tli,te tifil1 il-. jil ily
hv i xatlytheknakif iiil ed itseingt( ani'd
tItOi' drlglit.l waf of. waik. nes gl
ye1epn,nn.tp ihtergtos
(ot fbiltaeeeeiiebr n
WIIA MIGII'I' II .\V I: REE:IN.
AN AI,.UNOST FOil:OTTI;:N 1'AG1 0'
SOUTI1 (A1tO1,INA'S l,Tul{V.
Soo F"a(t4 Albuitt Ilite C:tt a i atLt-- IIow
Near ly We.leII: aist g I lie 'West Pot Pit
f t e 'te c Statet ( at ICorIity 3ti iit.
(ri t ie situity Nuws.)
lin 1802 John Drayton, th.n (tovernor
of South Ciroliial, published a small
work. Iow rather scarce, ''A view of
South Carolina as respccts her natudrl
and civil concerns.'' In the first ebaip
te', under one of the heads, ''Cascades,''
h(, t hus describes the Catawba Falls, at
the southeaistcrin corner' of Cheu'Ster
county:
''"or qluaitity of water and grinderitr
of ta.pparerauce, l'erltap' the Catawba
Falls are the most interestinig of any in
this State. They are situated a little
above the loekiy Mount, and the ap
proach to them is over the hills which
liue the sides of the river. Ont (ither
side the rocks are piled up in a wall of
tiany feet high, and( hills rising aove
theni in sharp, conical suminits, nod
Over the ruptue below. Now the
Catawba is arrested in its course. and
from it width tf oune iul(lrdrd and eighty
yards this rive'r is fi 'iced by the ii1is
.nd rocks on either side to tihoot dowi
'the gulplh' in a channel olf only sixty
live yards wide. Collecting its waler:,
i1ipetuous and noisy, it thtulders dowi
the falls, tubnil ting over mnay rocks
and foaniitng 11O)ni shore to slhort', wheel
ing its large whirlpools iid glancing
tromt rock to risk with nindlening fury,
not ceasing its troutiblhed Wtves until it i
has leaped over twenty fulls in the lis
tance of two and a ladf i ies, atutu lts
precipitated from its height a depthl of
ninety feet. .ere, beloW lhllky .\ lontl,
it begins to subside and Spre:,d": over a
chnuel tate hinalre1 iii eig;te('nI
yards wilc; litt is not compo . (Ior
miles below, rteks arte :cattir'tl in its
way, at times irritating its wtiers ail
provoking the rapidity of its ,trt'an.
l)r. ])avil liaut sey ( lS1)t andt I ',It It
Mills (1 2) give :"iiilaar descri pt hils t
these falls, which are co1iceted w\ith i ni
almost forgotten page ii (ill iitory.
A coitnimitte e the louse t I-pr'("
seltatives of the Third ( on r , 'to
whom so mnueh of the i t I'rLiitnt' spcelc
as relates to tirnis ttid l iIitary iert,
inagazites and arsenals" w t r('1dttI,
inade their epol t htoi itrch ;, 11. 1'lit
olfered the following it sohitin : '' i
solved, that the Presidtutt el il'e I iited
States be uit hit iizei to direct t we
ars ntuls and nuitdzilneS, i lie tected ii
proper situations, to :ce nlli(aitt. the
5outheri and lMiddl States, autt 1l 1
sumii not ('xceed(intif 1ty-niitt- thous;t
dollars be ptrovidetI for that pt tpown.
D)eceniber 12, 1 t )5, 'i imoth'y l'eet''
inlg, st eretary of wa', iepo rtieil on huie
measures whieh have laen 'urled t
obtain preptr tiret f att't'rseials. le
says: ''It htving been d iterminieI t.e
erect one itrsenal on the P1oto milit; and
another in Souit ii aaolinI a, l t eat ter in
a situation to ain1 tront t ubb water
tranispoiiattion would be aa'tltit , ,aatl
the former in the vicinity of a lniuiiber
of iron works, the necessary olt'r. w cre
given in the year I ;:11 ltfor (ploriiug but
comitries. " h' te citn?e,'r'
employeI for the pirPost iin Sou It Car
olint inade a report, wthichi wias ieeeivt at
early in the last suiinmeir. lit' had tx -
plored that part of ilie coSunt rI to whieb
his attention had 1beit dirccbct I y tht
Executive. lie also exnintiiedt alotle.
'1'lTe latter, indcpendent of its being i ai
more healthful situtLioi, was d ueemed [my
him to possess soine other a:uittige
over the former."
Th'le engineer alluided ti as; unti
probably ''Colonel Jolin Christ in Sen f,
enginemr to the State,'' who at thiat thne
was digging thle Sant ee Canal I 792-18t0t.,
Th'le seond plIace' referred't to1 was prtoba
bly lIoeky Alounit; the' lbst place C is no
known.
Februaitiry 2, 1802, ThoOnt S Jefftersoni,I
President, sent in a short aim-ssage, in
which, he says, "B.lesides the pern'niiinet
magazgineils estaldished at Spingtitl,
West Poinit, lIharper's Ftei'y, it i
thought one slthl e enst al ished ini
somie potiint convien ilt for' thle S)ttes of
Noith Carolinm, South irolin51 a iam t
Gecorgia; such a ptoinit wilt pirobaby be
fotukt near the boird~er of th e (arol' tins,
and sinie sinal iiprovii bty I ii. I.g
latuire pirepartory to 1the establiishineni t
will bet necessariy lotr thle pret~ itier
Jii Januairy, t8t:i, Eli Wh tiney "in
v'ent or of the ctton -ginl,"~ a selec tedi
to assist Colonel Seni iii etioti n' t h
site foir the arsenal in-ar t ckv 311unt
chintis buefore the Northi Caiolinau Iegis
latnure. F oi extpenisies firan ~ ldigh toI
htiiky M\outiit, andI toi iirole''ioindl sur
Sini, with thle raniik of "superuiniterietnt
of thle arsenlal at I hocky .\ I'iiunt,' in
ceivedl sixty dollars, "tlior maing a ithm
of tihe arsenal at I Wocky .\loann , ntl ri
pees .'" )uing thott yveari, I >(:tt fourt
hiousid dollars were jidit "'ot tesot i
of expenituriies iniii''' irelg I tet asenal,I
maigaineiis, xe., at IIlcy .\loit, S.
I )uring the I sit; I t he- total ansit in i
dlhlias, being tour' Itiimes 1the ini an
We'st P'oint " duing thos aes <
tanI thiirt.y-eighit idiltr' werei fot then tior
iese (thriongh "TIht nni Sumtiit'i i
wiar ilnder' .Ih'-'i., v'isjit I;Ou v
Mttt till bal 'l' - t n' r stef gt.et,h'
mitn h\uibiing.ii, i INhrtlA i b,trolStat it i
oftti SC, tatesit t hi' Stae,f b(uth oe no
givn,f the nh dat ubf ijustm'li itv
ibeenii inun0. Th le soW'' t Is knrwe av
Mou nte,:1( Darot fior fniiy yeutar.nil i
I lI a commtaiuatteon etI'otge. r'e
mor I.than (tuhrlee~u atunrti uilc,.s hiii ghn'I
lti', fir tioepurpone fusn improvig ih.
1111(1 names, it is only history repeating
itself, perhapis. )
In 1809 "1 'hw (tawla and \Vatoree
Companies" asked Congress for help. A
comi1ttce of Congress reportetd that the
canals would bo of vast importatneo and
utility to the inhabitants of North and
South (roliint, and Tenunessee, and that
the atrmory" andl tsenal of the United
j States, established at 1{ocky Mount,
would1 also ho considerably benefitted;
yet, ''in view of the present condition of
finances, atndl critical situation of our
cotntry in reiatioi to for('ign ( Govorn
intis, it would be 111110ivisalie to apply
anly piulie moley."
in the jour11 mt of ! i;:hlop i';ancis
Asbury (I It U) ne speaks of 1'clehing
.ar Williuu heath's, on Fishin ' rec k,
when, ''to my surprise a niunber of
United State ilicers came up. I invited
them iii. '1'lse gentlenen inc attaehied
to an estallisilunt at Rocky uniut.
li the Annuals of Congress, uunier the
date of ] )ecelnber 2, 1815, the ''coin
mittee on niilitary afltirs'' replurted a
bill 'establishing tlhre additionitl mili
tary acadeinies--one within the I )istrict
of Cohlninabila, one tt Mouint I e:t ibor1n,
in Stlilt ii ('aroililt, a11(1 on) lii tlit vicitui
ty of Newport, Kentucky.'' '' ihe bill
was read twice aidt coliitttd." A few
(1130 ht ei, inl ''eln nittee of tii I whole,"
lir. (am peld lo daly a ii sprint,
meaning ('ol. .J... ('latppell, of South
(;loina, ) ''proposedtl to ehung1 lite l ica
titn 0of tit Soie I rn 1Adcademnr', frtom i
\lountt I)'1)(b'rn to C,obinuhia, 11n 11e
cltlliii of 111 Iithe sl ior a'ilvantitg . i I1 itt
phwaI u\er \lounit Ilthrbrll ea1 thel
elib ill ty of' it sitiutt ion fioi' slht l ii in
slitult lion." Th 1 ' llt ioulser fse b i ttl Iy a
lrge timj,lrity. \ r. I iekenls, of Nortl
(Caroliiin, '"w\is in favor of a iot'e laliiuil
site t lin either of 1111 nl(ti'ntio llt , aint
gave at (It'cide<i 1)rrfe'reni e i 114 ' m I) toi
\lonunf I)(aru- n t>v'r ('ol>ulli:. lie
)i ll oste itl a (liu. ( iiu lt e , t,tu y,e
A.1 -1v\ill 1aS Sotn p1 l jn loinilat'ion
a-ain t 4 lunt D1e11 r i, hu i-., ga
tivei'l Ib I tui ' l t. Th1e1 ' il1u it(te ,
li('ti a it ln lt itl , inl whtich1 r. al -
111lt, andl \ir. Chlu.y, it 'tt l.l' f I(I the
II lee, juilwdh, +lhothi lllV a v cltiln:; itr t
a lU n i i . , :l;ln e t't oI sti e n th r Il'ee
i liISui Il l. A y 41111 lat e , 4' iii r ,
1 14, lilt1' t tti w la i in i inite1ly
1t hes rfil) 14n't .s4t41.' tejirly
H ide-'.1 ( 1(1 1 (lIl' . tl:. tl t I I ,;e\( :ll
r nii'. "1 ' 4 I .n i t it0tm;, t . I i ln
thi;ctt tI '11 It l ''al 14'ltlltl ' is tiS I( 1 \\t'r1'e
lr'i p1 a I er, un't1'l lt;ti ll'Sti g s.i !i ( l-tio of
:l p'i:lt , l4 i i4 ui(t ,1 rtt'Ii t h' ii ' tol
1,114' Ili444 ' 1)ail iiilr':. (!tCjt
". b; ll ,bititlin,1441 lit I ' -t,ti tb , high,
It hiIiindredIt' :i ' 1'l- t i 14 J,) I g 'l
and 11 Itt w' l 115 1t u il , O h 1 1(1 dlt>alli11
1\tw tity thllturtllIn I ,it:.i. tt. tilh-r 1, a lj
C' it'1;,-t in t i00t i'litlt It r th r wlIt'. WithIi
ati] 1'll - ii lht t nll li itt'.- 1 I lb. i,,-. A\4
-'i d lId t ,l141 II i ' , 1a ; i t, 1 'II h tI ', ' i -
tt 4'(iti it.: t.\ I il l! ilIRI, ~li('I 1tli, t Ii;ir-t4'
r.I f I t.d r. 1i it b ;rn4:i ., and
w\ork:h pi f''r o m inllt1'i 11rmrt 144', 1'for
tiw lll''n't .tty I-nan:'l.''
It I t 1 11 a 4' ' tr' It' it, i 4 pla
w a41 414e ' r1ied tult.. MII 44 lg i t! Iw'ni,
,4141li4lt 1 Iltl.':i t, 1' .il t ' 41 t 5 ti.t 't",' Iti (1111
441 ln it, i 1 t:-:
I"tl t I let. l It . , , .,t l,i . liil t" t,
111t' li 4 Ii' i\1,' t. 'Ii 4'l,(I1 t14 1t4ittt t l 1 t(141 11t
lt.t1 , t(1 t b:It o'n1 I'n111d 1 1 it'
r 11)i' . T hi , m' 1 O4- II..>t'144 't I I t ,bt to
The:.'it ' t' h I i' rlit' 4 . t4 44' 1 1n-tli-iham
1.144 1 it 4 Ilt 44l ii,l. 1' c I .;t 14 (Iill 44'Vtl
t :l .t il ( I 'i . 1 II ttti t .il t t i
("o ieal i bli;" ituihttil, b:: tntievii \'
Ittllti"I tl t4114'( t1l 1 I' tl 1- I l lt 4' 4
0iilt Iiil t''i. T 'It i t I 44 ) i' i
CsI ind, co1 tti (th I i')t,tthe 1 tat', i44 ii4
111t 4 l1 i Illiti in; '1 i the wt ltl: th a
i''tu lin t(, i t , lly 4- l 'i,4 I bt bartl 1-4
rlu("s1,: 4irrola<i mt e, I fr14 nta'I by\ the
(ll'i t'I p'.', all l t 1, I l ~ ',.- l (II t' i 'l it 'e, j
j 4I ng n4t I t t t (., ier . ..atur.. .
pvImte 145iti'ou.e githe iind s iea.t er al in411
Ititl1 tvit woods,1nd towering(1 above i4t,4'
e felthd 'ua that 141 h141 fary:l i spot) j e
that ho had out in the fashion of a fall
ing garden) shade his grave. Colonel
Senf was a military engineer of oonsid
erable tau.nt." (Statistics, p. 58.)
The two great works of the German
engineer, in our State, are now little
known. The bed of the Santoe Canal is
dry, and the very ruins of his arsenal
and magazine on Mount Dearborn have
perished. If the proposed railroadfro
Camden to Rocky Mount is built, l
silence of the hills around his lonely
grave will be disturbed by the scream of
the engin-a power ho little dreamed
of in ins day. Let a station, or at least
a locomotive, bear his name. Let a stone
he placed under those trees to mark the
apot. where rests, away from kindred and
home, the foreigner who helped us in
our day of weakness and trial.
May the old Mount never again echo
the sound of a hostile gun, or the tread -
of~ ant army! JAIl. H. CA1unIan1a
Si>artanburg, S. C.
t.n tnrtttr I. t.' on Virgini Politics.
I then frankly told the Governor that
as the Repbilican leadere were encour
aged to hope that they could take Vir
ginia from the )emocratie column, his
views as to the State would beof interest
and value.
"1 don't care to be quioted," he said,
"'blt what do you desire specially to
know?"
"Well," I said, ''tell me about Mahone.
Will he be us powerful in the polities of
te o'1.1 ( vernor, aftet some hesitation,
said: '"Mahone is a very good politician.
In the campaign we will have this fall a
Legislat.ure is to be chosen which will
elect a United States 5enator to succeed
1 iddleberger. 1 hlave no doubt in my
owtl ind but that MAlahone is a candi
date 'or the Seuatorship. If, however,
he lets tha? b e kuowni he will not have
th ilfluencet in the campaign lie other
wise might. You see, there are three
factions in the RIkpublicau party. One
is the straight-outs, led by Wickham;
anotoher led by ex-(iovelnor Cameron,
who is opposeld to Mahone, antd then
those who eall thenselves the Itoadjus
ters. Now, in a cantvass simply as
agaiast the )emocratic party, these
f1orctes, if tulited, would put the Demo
erats to suithlluat efll'ort to hold the
Statr. If it be known, though, that
lahone seeks to carrv t ho Legislature
to ride into the t;nited States Senate,
they will split up, and, of course, such a
tdivision is to I)eni>cratie advantage.''
aterview with (overinor Lee in Cincin-.
uati Eulirtier.
I hi' \Inlln i ul Ih l- nt ner..' I.I-teenM,eN.
('tvitttF ip \ II tib in thiilun Irs to-dhay,
tiw of ihe i . -ii ' I 'i believe they
m o mk u,tLi a :tt ly lictenSC-Itaz. Law- '
tr int \ ui iin i an ii i I C:ia'oliua tell us
St. I nttit't It rt lit ttliters of this city
latve rtlht.w tl lit 'igilhiiie in looking after
us wtttn wt :lie in towns. I was at \Vil
ii ttn i t y ti g ainiti Fist Meyer,
ktwn tt I~ tlh iie rlaiI r. i- 't ii Sleuth the
l:t Iit .' ut tt r tIrIub,led is.' lut the
'stt T'rtas-ircr i- lirnt inI hiN Itisitionu on
I ili Sitr. leIt p bllislht' a ci iralar-letter
t:tting Iinit tlht liesuma l"iepartnent rC
t it man - ntt Is a sit tt tht e1ot of the
dI i in ti t li- l aii i:at s Siup'ele
t iar ' 'h it t.l t i it. I'reasurer' Sain
I:y'. " :' ' ,sit i lt i St ia ol of a loCal
-tli u Il tt"'t tltt 1'i tntza e, t;onta int -
ittg atetitty Iprttisions i ntttially ditIeient
tr,tir i til t.-t int t t N rti i (ar liin statute."
lit t'i on t o h t i' t Sect'liiS i Out
ir-Ve utt :u In tut a i l" the "ae of the State
v'l iiItt~ l,ntt b Ite bt."t ra ow in Supremie
a turt wite . :flaftr lull :gitlnnent 1 ad11 (
thIlir g n 't sidra tion , tec d thatt they
t r not in t tlli t w \iiith ic United States
l'+i . I Iuit ,at. il ithii t judtgntInt is re
vet r-et l Iy ,itnt ttlinp Ltt it Irinuatiitl it will
bii e >git' d t a lttaw byi thji' diteit i tet
and th proip t dxllectai the tax re-O(
b-tred to wil iotniil.~ tf al persos
xxhargeti teeithi.liiIli /M/u//e a'. guch-e
it l il a le titii' f the p bition.' n h t his
aIliu ailejoing the wxtas ad thecaiiiby
lhib I li / >ilingi- h:lhill il arrlied onl in
I'lIiitd l en foriii tite [ist e e tilault s ,t
:il ixn wh.,g i'ea ti wlllia i iig< tit iA berait.
II. hlovly , i ilyl eli ofithe /l'itWuI , tatla
Ien t ihe rpet Iio f it it h le xsul'il f 5 pw e r
k'alit a sr the loe of tiecing the.
*in hof thlit pii aer itn. t I inte rsto ithe
unb rs.i it lt. Ilos 'kiy ha,ugh/ to riminl
uit i or tib i ii'i!s it f r $2 ,0
hanages against h tdiltr;s' pblse
lin- Times Tti : alair swals. at iit ti me,
ui il ill Jintio es Ito , t: tchif toic a f
d iiin 3 a jlni'ng journait'lit and )hse
wh' ' h tintrysi ldi ti - m te. Ae grte ateri
ehetl! llolletlde tiowithdnt the cjrlii
11ll" ilCthe civ1 suv'itaa for ri t 3 s.'3 P r.
)0tirkl ht s ben untl lo)(llia ghhi