Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

VOL. XXI. PICENsNO.28. KEEP THE ACREAGE DOWN ha let pu GOOD ADVICE TO THE COTTON a W! GROWERS OFTHE SOUTH. ou th The Strike to England Makes the Sopp!y tic 4 l of Cottmn More than the Demand-A Blig la Crop Ntxt Year will Mean Enty 11 ck sy ell; foritheFarmers. ev AUGUSTA, Ga., March 22.-The t- t( lowing letter, addressed to lon. Patrick at Walsh, Editor of the Chronicle of this be city, and published in that, paper some Ful days ago, will be of interest to your at an readers: COTTON ExcIIANGE BUILDINU. he ENFw Yoiti, March 14, 1893. y Hon. Patrick Walsh,:Augusta, (. M y DEARWIR: Of the 45,000 000 cot- ca ton spindles of GreL, t Britain t -veaL -one million (21,000,000) are standing still and sixty thousand (60,000) mill opera Lives are idle to-day as a result of the O strike in Lancashire. This great strug- w gle betweeii the operatives and mill own- er era commenced November 3, and, hav- at ing already continued nineteen weeks, is Se the longest strike ever experienced in 0 the 4;otton manufacturing industry of 1 Great Britain. Confident hopes were Cc entertained that the differences would op be settled and work resumed to-day. Ir but the negotiations were unsuccessful fa and present indications are that the ag strike will certainly continue several P1 weeks longer. ly The strixe has caused a reduction in fa the consumption of cotton by the British f mills of fuly five hundred thousand t (500,000) bales of 400 pounds net. s This is not the full measure of the reduction, for before the strike is ended to probably 100,000 more bales may be th added to the direct deduction due to the re suspension of work, while perhaps an- sp other 100,000 bales may be added by ot reason of the eflect on the home trade of wi so great a loss of wages by operatives. all It may be saely assumed that the reduc- G( Lion in the cotton consumption of Great sa Britain owing to the strike may reach of seven hundred thousand (700,000) bales. th It is therefore not difficult to account c for a decline in this marketsince Novem. bes 25 of a cent a pound in spite ol the i fact that the smallness of the American n crop is now evident to everyone. m Since the inception i' this great strike th it has been watched day by day by the br spinners of both continents, and ai it 11 progressed they have bought sparingly, st feeling that its long continuance must - reduce prices. Since September 1st our Northern spinners have taken three hundred and fifty $.gousaud (350,000) Cl bales less than tv' th06 correspondin- is time last year. 3 .e :eir stocks of it cotton are thou Alarger than a lit year ago. it 0us be evident that to the stOck of jn 'a Iv4 Americ:n w] spinners at t9t st, season were v considerably inlarge' I generally sup posed. Lookie. . the countries A which use AmekiFa4 cotton it will be C4 seen that except in our own country fC (where cotton manufacturers are doing an active and pr.oit-i M able businees) the cotton spinnimg " industry Is not in a hopeful or prosper th ous condition. Naturally the continental ti spinners must have done considerably ge more business than would have fallen to W1 them but for the enforced idleness of so aP many British spindles, and yet my friend, Mr. Thomas Ellison, oi Liver pool, estimates the present continental consumption as one thousand bales oi vi sotton per week less than last year. Prices are regulated by supptly and m demand, and in this age of' electricity at the prospective supply is "onsideredl as tv fully as the present st>cks, and people I figure on t,he p'ospective supply of cot- tL ton even before the seed is planted,lg The time for cott.on planing is near at 13 hand. From many sections, and especial. n ly from the Sout,hwest, there are incdica tions of a considerable increase in cotton acreage. Such advices have"been cabled p to Europe and have added to an alread3 ci depressed condition of afl'airs. Many Is people do not reahze to what an ext,ent te the weather conditions influence in the extent of the cotton crop, and will pi ~ump at once to the conciLusion that an p1 increase of 15 t,0,17 per cent in acreage sc (that being about the reducioni last year) would give us a crop of 8,500,000 to 9,0(0,000 bales. With least, prob- c< ability of such a crop everyone would m expect a lower range of prices and pres- at ent values could not be maintained. p< The idea of an advance would be hope- vi tess. ei When the fact of the redutition of cot. it ton acreage last season and its resultanmt 0o small crop was fairly graspedl by the r p'ublic last fall the price of cotton ad -P0 vanced thiree cents per p)ound. That L sl'ould be an object lesson to cot,ton growers as showing that, a short crop c means a long price. They hau al eads had a bitter experience of the truth ofa the converse of the proposition tha t larger n crops mean very small prices. The d world does not require a large crop ol v American cotton this~ coming year, and v will not use such a crop except at low pr ices.* Plan ters should u'nderstand t,he matter. Outside of Amer-ica the pros ,, pects of cotton spinners are not sat isiac tory. Of last .season's crop (1891-92) our mills.took 2,856,000 balses and they may riot take over 2,600,000 bales cdur- a lng the present season. Consider how large a prop)ort,ion 01 our crop is mark- L et,ed an !how dependent the pr1Cicetist be upon the prosperit,y of the European r~ Splntters! 16, efoi e the p)lanting of the last crop it is known to you that to my limited 01) V poriumities 1 urgedl the planters of the 0 South to reduce their acreage in cot,ton a and to devote more land to food crop)s. k I had no inteiest whatever in cottonk then, and I have none toda.y. It, is0 evident to me, as I think It must be to everyone who takes a broad view of the .subject, that the true policy of the South T1 should be not to increase it,s cot,ton tt acreage this spring, but, t.o raise Its own ir ico! (cereals, meat and forage) and y make ol cotton a surplus or money crop. T 1p view ol the ext,remely high price oi meat and moderate price o1 cotton to- 5 clay, I do not t,hink the correctness o1' my proposition can be controverted. A distinguished Southern Senator Ici ve concluded to decrease the acreage, Mying cleared land uncultivated, but t as much land in food and stock crops will certainly raise all I need, even tb bad seasons, and to plant only the rplus in cotton. I every farmer in e South would raise all the food lie eds and all the stock l'e has use for he 11 be sate thus Jar, and the surplus )or and land devoted to cottonwili be ore remunerative than if the present stem he conkinued. I wish success to cry movement which looks to the crease of cott(-n crop by the means ove indicated." 1oored by his State as Few men ':ave en his words of advice should have I weight with cotton growers. I havo abiding faith in the common senec d intc!ligeuce of the Southern plan s. To grow a big crop of cotton to sold below the cost of production (at ertainly woulol be) would b a folly itch I would not wish to think them C1a >le of. Alfred B3. Shepperson. 10V bi8ym it's Too Lata. WASI II NOTON, March 22.-At I1 lock lo-night, while Senator Irby is engaged in conversation with sov 'i friends in his room at the Nation Hotel, a prominent Conservative of uth Carolina camne and proposed if nator Irby would withdraw his op sition to the Conservatives for Mar al and Collector of levenue, then the niservatives would withdraw their position to General Earle. Senator 1)y replied that he had supported a ir and honest proposition some time o looking to the distribution of the tronage, but they had almost. sullen and indignantly declined. 'I ask no vors, and shall grant none. I will lit it out on this line, if it takes all e summer. I could not accept any ch proposition without being dis al to the Tillmanites, who, by every le of fmirness and justice are ent itled three-lifth's of tha patronage. If is is denie t the responsibil ity must 3L where it belongs." Your corre ondent has reason to believe that tho her side 1-ave found out that Earle 11 win and therelore could very well ord to withdraw their opposition to meral Earle. Senator Irhy further id lie would not ask the appointment any one as a reward of trickery 1o e other side. IIe certainly would not nsent to the appointment of one that thought betrayed his side. We are ving lively times in Washington. It ight be well to suggest in this con ction that the Tillmanite Congress en return here and take a hand in is liaht. Senator Irby is making a ave light, but hie has to combat with iltler, lemphill, Hampton, John one, and a lot of smaller politicians. Columbia lzegister. No ielatives Neecd Apyity. WVAsHIN.TON, March 21.-President eveland delined his views on nepot in today in a manier so forcible that left no doubt in the mind of his aier that he was irrevocably opposed the practice. The gentleman to lom Mr. Cleveland outlined his ews on the que-tion is a Western ingressman who came to secure the pointment of a constituent to oflice. L told Mr Cleveland that the appli lit was a good Democrat, a good llow, and, furthermore, a relative of e President himself. "That settles it." r. Cleveland is reported ai saying. lis name cannot he considered," and en the Proideiit is said to have read e Congressman a lecture (on the dan r of appointing relatives to ollice, in lieh he placed himself on record as ainst nepotism in all its shades, eanir g and applications. RoaId its Il%bandi. ATLANTA, March 22.--in an inter ew to-day witi the lIon. Thos. E. 'inn, the P'eople,'s' Party Ex-Congress an fromi the 9th Georgia district, lhe mnounces that there is room for 0only ,o great parties, and says that if the emocrats carry out ini iood faith eir platform the People's Party will ye themi full credit and act accor ding .The llion. Thomias E. Watson, the ost notable TIhir d Party leader in sorgia, takes the same position, say g that if the pledges made by the un.ocratic p)arty in their national atform on which the party won are .rried out the people ought to be sat [iedl. The announicemtmnt of these in rviews is received with considerable terest here, indicating that the Third trty in the South ill rapidly go to eces if the D)emocratic party stands uarely on its platform. Agreen With G;eorg. IN iw On Li.AN~s. La., March 22.-The >tt.on acreage con\e (ntion miet t,his orniing, had a business HeSSion, anid ljouriied after mapping out a line of >licy. The convention 11greed with the ews or Senator George resp)ecting the tmes for the depression ini the cotton duistry ; dleprca1ted the present muethi I of' raising an exclusive cotton crop; sol ved that ini future cercalis and other roduicts should be ra'sed in conjuinc on w ith cott on, i I thle prosperity ofi t.he :lut,h is coiisult ed ; and auppoimt ed at >mmi ttee to preparE an adtrfess to all urties iinterestedl, recommiendinig such line of policy as will be for the good ol I concerned. TIhe conve*ntion also ade provision for t,he appointmwent of legates to attend an interst.ate coin 2ntion in the event that such a coni 3ntion is called. MADRIID March 19.-At, 3 o'clnek is morning lire broke ouit in a pa:stry ok's shop in Saint Sebastian. A kec spirit,e exp)loded and1( Spreadl the ire to Ijoimmng houses which were (tensely nanted. All tihe occupants were cepist and the flames wvere around em before they could1( be woaed. Tl'vo mihies on the top floor of the tour- M,o house were sullocatadh in their beds, ifiteen persons .jumpedl from the wvin >ws. Ten of them were killed and1( re receIved mortal Injuries. Twenty ae persons are known to have perished d( several others whose fate is un iown are believed to have been burned c' cushed in the rilns, WVon lii net. WAsi 1INOTON, March 22.-,J udge oney, of Louisville, Ky., won a bet at e White llouse this morning by shak g hands with the l'resident. Nearly a tar ago, at a dinner given by the hro ilos Club of Chicago, the .judge laid a aiger with a friend that he would ake hands with Mr. Cleveland inside .0 White H ouse within twelve months. idge Toney told the P'resident of the ser today, and thanked himi for the ai8npagne supper of twelve Covers in hiehb ha wnnldt par ticinna HARD ON POLITICIANS, CLEVELAN;)'S LATEST RULE AS TO APPOINTMENTS. He will not logardI the Recommeniontios of Senatorm and ItepresentatIves as Fj nH, but .will Consult l1rominent Citi zeus of tl-e Scveral States. IVASIIN;TON, March 1I..-President Cleveland has decided upon a new pol icy in the distributiot oi the offices. Be ing more coiversant now with the per sonnel of leading Deiocrats th roughout the United States, he feels that he is not, so dependent as te was eight years ago upon the informli'ation which h obt:inus from the Senatoi and mem bers of Congress. Thereforo he h;us cone t.o t h4 conlleusion that he will not, unless lie feels so disposed, follow the recoin imendatlons of thee Senators and memihers in making appoirctmen,s. Private citizens, who are known t- him to be mien of reptitation and good.ii dg ment, will be ask( d to give their i)pin 1t , as to the merits of applicants. aid their recommenthatiotis will he given great weight. This policy will tie fol lowed in the appcintient of district attorneys, marshals and postmasters. AN EY1-OPENI-, FO1t VEsT A ND COCI RELL. 'he proposed action of the i esident was made known to the t wo Senators from Missouri, Messrs. Vest tind Cock rell, the former a member of the finance coinmittee and the latter tne chiairmni of the <.ommittue (;n appropriations. Both are Democrats of national repu. tat ion, and it wolbtt have seened as if their word woul' go to tihe tutmos with the President. The latter, how ever, announced that in the case of en applicant for the marshalship of Min soturi winom the Senators had united iti endorsing th it lie would accept inl stead the gentleman who had the re coinmendation of E-x-Glovernor Fran. cis, of Missouri. WILL Ti.: Si.NATos snow yronT. Of course this policy, if it is literally followed, may lead to considerable trouble in the Senate in ie matter of conirming nominations. Th- Senators may combine to preve. coniirinat ions, or at least may thruaten to( do s .. It is w?'ll known that the fiiance coiuit. tee ;was drameu so as t(, ui't the free silver men in thei majority, and it was not an :Altogether acci<ental cir cumstan,e t hat, 'enator IP ill was placed on the postotlice mnd judiciary commit tees with Senators w\ho aie known not to be over-friendly to) Mr. (lev3land. Senator Murphy said to a friend the other day that neither he nor Mr. B1ill would attempt at this iime to oppose the appointments. "Wait,," said lr. Alurphy, "tintil thore are a number of disgruntled Senators and then we may be able to (to somithing." It will be seen, therefore, that in his endeavor to place ihe best men in the oflices and thus insure a good government the President may antagonize an elemleiit that has already been repudiated by the people. AN ILLUSTIZATI V; INCII:NT. This desire of the President to make his Administration memorable as one( in which party considerations were held secondary to honest and pure of lice holding was well illustrated inl an incident which occurred at the White House a day oi two since. .*-'iiator Stanford, of Cal fornia, called tio ply his respects to !r. Clevelan1id. lie had nev(-r met the I'resident before, and([ was surprised aud gratilieil that, the latter knew him. "Whv, of course, I know you," said the l'i(~reSident pleas antly. "Not, to kvow scutt,r Stanford is to be ignoraitof tle great un11iversity which Ihas beeni staIrted on thle Il'acilie coast, and of a i tami with wIhomn the whlode history of' C-dliiforia is as;sociat "Well,'' said thle Senator,xalter lie h ad return'-d th~e 1l'resident's compllimenits, "I simply wvant. to say that 1. have not' come to ask any oilices, lbut siuply to pay my respects." "Atid I want t.o say to you, Sen.,tor," resp)ondled Mr. Cleveland, "t hat I knio v af no one In your St ate wvhos' adivict' or suiggestioni t woubilt tore wiillingily or gladly follow In the tiligftholce than your' owni."' lm fth lce Senator Voorhee,s andl Sen ator 'l'iur pie, who happened to tie waiting in the Priesidenit's roomn, and whIio hieard -thie conivers it.fon, sanl afterwa.rds that thle P resident's inan ner could iiot have bieen more cordial if Senator Staniford had been a life-long Iiimocrat. Th'le (decisioni of' the Il'residlen t to re ga rd t lie recommi endationils of the Soni a for and miemb ter -is no i hiter t,ban those of otheri'menr ii:eets wVith the' ap pr'OVal of somie 2 essators, antd they hope that Mr. Cleve't'hnd will niake ai fortmil ann:ui cieert of hiis inew pol i. cy. "It will save us a great deal of' ti'oubleh andl anni oyanice,"' sid I'lipre s. .tat ive (Geary, of ('ali foria, ttbe r n hior of thle (Gearys Clini ese excliusiotn hillI, to youri correspion den t Itoday. "We are' nowv followed by oflice-se'kt'rs from i mioring uni?iitiliht, anid if' it is knro wnit ?Oiur recom ht Inenations are niot coincluisivye we will trot he so imi port uune. I ,for oi ie, nun per fect ly w itl inig t.hat thle P resuidet. shall ask ithler pecople in imly dIistrict whait to doi abount, fIlling the oli'es. It will rnot leswa'r my chances f or re elecct iou nor)1 will i, hsseni the regard wi e iimy p<ouile 'The niew Ad(itauistr'ationi has niow Ibeeni ini p)ow~er lif' 'ni day12s, ai pia o I t ime. lioni ienouight ti iii;ke it quite an tpareint that there is to bi' no' haste tuaikes nio :,'rei oh ini initenitioni to let, flih' otlie'e'ee:-r sdhothen'o trry ing. ThIis was shown ini art int.erview which lIep resent alive Iliinmn had1( with h11)im 'e terday. The posit itins of iiirshiru and( district, attorne'y a:e vacanit, in ' te Iin. dijantapolis (list rics anti Mr. liynuni i called uiponri h le Pi sid enit to ask t hat they be hiled '"It is riot a quiistion nowv of (xpiratioln of t't'ins,"' hie sad to the President, ''hit the tlit-es are actut ally vacant. Will you nirot, al polint someone to t hieti and tus relieve thle throng thiat us heue v aiitong lot' you decIsion?~ Aiiy one of' the applicants will be sat.isfac'tory t o) me, b,ut I w~ ouild like someone appioinuted "lo as tnld the controversy." The President, hiowtever, saitl that lie did not see the neuce'ssit i of hoast e, and' Mr. lBynumn left, thle WhIiite' I lause' atter a fruitless errand. Atl of which goes to ohiow t hat Mi'. Cleveland hias lost none of' thi:tt iordi ness and independence which chailrac terized him eight yearsago.n ii ha itarted out to make an administration Ahat shall be historical for its excel' lence, and he believed that the mass or the people would rather have good government than see the offices hur riedly filled by the men whose names he might happen to select at random mit of a pile of papers upon his desk. News and Courier. Sht. Killed lier 3labR. AuUsTA, March 23.-There was a iad case of accidental killing near Rae's Creek yesterday morn anr. It was a ease where a mother wh ile unconscious b)roke the neck of her seven months old infint while it slept by her side in the bcd. The mother in the case was a Mrs. W;iliams, who awoke this imioruing and in turning to look alter her babe found it strangely motionless and deathly e white. Thinking that her offspring was ill she became alarmed and with ma ternal solicitude was about to minister unto its wauts, when by touch anld ob servation she (iscoverad that it was t dead. Neighbors were immediately called in and tile sid news made known. No cause whatever could be assign I for L!H death, ;or Mrs. Williams had durin the niuht nursed t'ic child sevei - al Limes, when it appeared to be as stron.4 and well as usual. Coroner May was notilled and in the af teroun repaired to the home of Mrs. Wliams. where a jury was sworn in alld anl1 investigation imstituted. The physician after making a through ex amination of the child's body discover ed that its tiny neck had been broken, but as to how In happened all were in toal ignorance. The mother was then sUMMOued before the Inquest and with Lv.trs strean'ing from her ees she .old ill a most pathetic manner 'low she had 0 attl.nddl to the wants of tier child Pever- t ai times di ing the nilt frnd that it was la the best of health and spirits. When 5 she was questioned further, she stated 1tit she was subject to spasms anld thought ehe had one during the night, d The whole matter was then explained. She had while tossin about in the throes of the convulsion killed the babe of' her heart. The case is a remarkably sad! one in( the bereaved and almost distracted mother has the sympathy of the entire community in her trouble. The corouer's jury brought in a verdict of accidental killing and fully exonerated the imother-Chronicle. Wown to Fragtments. Lrrciimi:iLi), lL.. March 21.-At 3.30 o'clock this morning fire was dis- 0 covered in the bi!, Keeler flouring mill ii tios plaico and despite the eflorts of the employees the [lames sprt.ad throughout the building, In less than twenty wnmutes the flames were be Voild Control. W lile the employes and firemen w(ere lighting the flames a ter-.ie explosioll, caused by flour (lust, occurred and the immense structure was blown to fragments. John Cowie, head nillwright, living at Waterloo, N. Y., was instantly killed. Several employ ees were seriously Injured The explosion wrecked nearly every business house in the village. Many persons were hurt by flying bricks and e I'allin timbers. The damage to the mill alone will reach $1,000,000, and other property damaged over $150,000. D T'le sho'k was felt in the adioining vil- c !aes of Cly'le, Butler, Gilespie and u lillAsoro. II many ol'lhese places the 1 concission was so great that plate glass f windows were broken. When the fire I started tIhe citizens were awakened by the rin!ing of the firo bells, and before many o them could dress they were stu:nied by the shock of the explosion and found the walls of their homes fal linr upIon thiemt. 1L is notI known how the fire originated . WIll (Got a l'lace. W..........NN, March 17.-Thme News and Courier' Scorrespfondlent p)uts Mr. Gonzales in the position of pressing his claimis upon the 1/resident. IIe did not say a word in his own behalf; (Gen. IILam)ptomn (lid t1 e talking. The Presi dornt told Mr. Goozale's that there was oneC dlilicuilty ill t he way-the fact that he was not a lawyer, wheu the Consui- I far Court at Shanighiaf, he thought, had ju risdliction of fife 1and( death. lie askedi Mr. Gonzales if he would accept a1 position of siilaIrr grade elsewhere, and reeceivedl aln aflirmartive rep)ly. ThIe. conve'rsation thenO trned to the home appjoinItililts. Soo M 1oire (Cru,ubs.n I'residenlt todlay senit the following nlonnulations to the Senate. Jiohn S. Seymioiur, of Connecticut, Comisiil' er' of I 'atenits; Silas W. Lamoreaux, of Wisconsin, Cor.uifssqionler of the Gener al Land (O)lice; Wifliain 11. Sims, of Mississippi, Fiist, Assfstanlt Secretary iof t.he Inaterfor; Edwardl A. Howers, of Washlington, I). C., Assistant Commis smonmer oft the Gleneral Landl Ollice; llur C li elI'.1, ScCond( Deputy Comnmis. 'ie f I'l'ensions; ilorace HI. Lu0rton,I of l' Tlnnessee, I Illtedl States Circuilti .1 Imdge for the' Sixth . Jmlical Circuit AbM -lund111, of AlfissouIri, Consul General tO,ie\InlJmght. maTlster GenemliI issell told a delegation oif Congressmen todfay, inl relation to ',he appfolntllnenlt of postmasters, that he throght the qulestion of candidates ihould, ill a lianner' ait least., be0 decided by3 tile pelole' of time loicaflIty. TIhey were more Iint er'.' ted than11 any 00e else, and ~ inoubt hiedlfy their wishes 81011(lie con- r iluitedf and1 Lave very513 great weighit. No mIe wot rid bie Igniored, ld the advice ~ md1 COl Ieciinedaitions of C2ongressmen ~ were llarnesitly dle tired. i ie said also' hat statelinents that women and news. paper inen were to be discriminated IgainIst 11n appfoinltmenlts were untrue. Salemr Feoan tie College , WIN TOx, N. C., March 16.-Th'le S .ro)gramllne was completed to-day for ( lIe ninety-lfirst anniafl mmencement xercises of the Salem Female College, whlich open Sunday, May 28, with a sccalaureate sermon by llev- A. D \lcClulre, D. I)., of the1 Wilmningt.,n' N. C., l'resbyterian Church. The ' numil0 atbdress will be delivered by onlgres. mn ( G. Wi. Shell of South Car. tilla,. IMalhed to heath. LoxNI)O, March 20.-A horrible acci- a lelt, ocurred this morning In a coal t 'it nevar Chiesterfield, D)erbyshire. I hile a cage was decernding, loaded a sithi miners goinig to their day's work, t heO cage ow ig to some aecideint to the a Ipparatus, suiddenily fell to the bottom 1l 31 the shaft. Eight miners ware ktiled / SENATOR GEORGE'S REPOR.T. to 8Sys Cotton Will Never I)o fOr au Er clusive Crop. C'o the Cotton Farmers of the Unite( States: In discharge of the duty imposed by he United States senate on the com littee of agriculture, to investigate Ol auses of the low prico of cotton am emedy, I have made some investiga ions which, though as yet incomplet uthotize me to state the followIng con lusions: There are causes for this lo% rice coming from legislation now ii rce; and there r.ro other causes comino rom needful legislation yet to be cnaet d. It is certain. however, that these auses cannot be rce-medied in time to id -ct the price of the cro- now al -t to e planted. even in leeil, '! theih foie ver can be entirely dew r ived. Ti - cot. rn farmers must, t.e .ore, F'. thl )resent, resort to suq'i ri iu lies .r pal atives for low prices as ni iv u-me iron Jir own action indepo n"e't Ai legisla. ion. The last crop (182 913) han irought higher prices than ! e !-eceed, ig one. This resu:tod fr- u t] fact hat it was much smaller. T e -te rould have been higher if there ht v nt oeen a largo surlplus over the ne-- ol onsumption, coming from the very lacg rop of the preceeding year (1891.92). The natural rise in the price of' LX rop now being marketed hias9 been tri!e y impeded by the great strike aion:., peratives in the c)tton factoriei of !,ngland. In this great strike sixtv housaid operatives, working 21,000,0t pindles, have stopped work. The effeel 4'this strike upon this dato has been o decrease the amount consumed by 3ritish lactoriep sinco September first 25,000 hales, and is likely to ailount in lie near future to more than 100,0o ''tes in addition. This decrease im Vi emand has by a certain bw of trade, iiminished the prAie, or, whicIt is tho ame thiu. prevented the full rise rhich would otherwise have cone from he small crop. American hpinners carried over tron ast season an unusually large stock o otton, htving bought heavily at thc ow prices prevailing in the spring an tummer; and while doing an excc ionally good business they have taket o far 350,000 bales less than for tlh tame period during last season. This ilso, increased tihe surplus. The pros >cct of another lar-,e crop co'iing trorl ucreased acreage, if that should happei would not only be an ellectual hai t mny rise in the price but would cause till further decline. So that now thi ,otton raisers of the South are confront ,d with this serious question for solt Jon: Shall we, by increased acreage i the crop now being planted, ai com pared to the acreage of the last season .alse a crop of nine or ten milion bale md thereby glut the markets of th world, causing a fall to the low price >f 1891-92 and perhaps even lower, o rill we by reducing the acreage to th( xtent necessary to raise all our foot nd forage crops al(d work animals, es. 'ecially our meat, corn, horses and iules, increase the price of our cottor rop and at the saic time diminishi the ses of the proceeds of the crop by it irger reduction in the anount hereto )re applied to buy the necessary sup elis? There can be but one urswer to thic; uestion in the mind-4 of t'w iattd ien. If it he said that tmg s, im aerous a class ats coti (ui ra r:, iL,v ill e impossible to get up ,i .gi :ient ,hich will result in coTmlbined a ilomn ti tiant a reduced acreitge in er .tot, andi t 1his be concedIed, t hen thes~ .ia.toi pp)leald with still st,roniger force -i' each Lldividlual farmer to decrease a owe'vm rop) to tile extent necedful to ralo htit upplies, for in case there shioufld not hc uch di:ninution in the acreage as to e1 eeL materially the price so that thc text crop is to be a low p)ricedl one, thie tlvantage to him who has wisely raised its own supplhes will be0 clear and mam. est. HIe will not have U, buy high rirced supplies with scant, l,roceeds of ow priced cotton. These proceedls will then lIe in t.he main a surplus or icarly so. Oil the other handl, i f ther< rhall lie such a .'eneral move-'tent tin t,h( Jirection of' raiingIL a smaller cropt as tU raise the price. then ai I~ll ( hoiotribtit o0 it ill the miatnnv*r herein in I e:a.e will enjoy this i. :r"sised piice as thei 'esult of their owit su5 acLioni ;it a the same time hie exemtoit fronm cpit litures for sulties w't ci they 1 ves raised. After much :1 *!-e on up . (dat :ollected fronm all c'Jnn-ic:. aa id 1 'aising cotnI, I im s:is.' 'li i. thhi )ainful truth. Tha', we. ore nOver, a e .st in t,hIs generamtoi, I. > 'cwner. diy the high ptrices for e t>t t e one il tad. Cot,ton will never, 0.,it excepi ional cases andI for short iio Ni b K iigh enough to warrant the p-. i. " 'ely upon it, as a means of pum :. i .uppllies wvhich canl be raised at .io ni Very respectfully, No PlIace-lItnter. W AsilNoO, Mlarch 18 -( n lampton was reported inl the press dis atches on TJhursfday as havmg gonie tI ye P resident Cleveland ini thle inite res f his candidacy fo)r t,he' tlli ce of Iiai I (5nd Coimmissioner. (Gen. I aint iti ats at C n ine spokenI or n nuet:n to Ithi 'resident In regard to the mailttir. lTi flice wipI comae to him nisotught. IIli: itit Lt t.m White Ilouist oii 'Thur isdai 'as to urge the aippoiitnmeint of N.G ionzales as Consul General to Shanimghi nd he referred only to that and Sount' arolina home apf >intrments. 11iie een1 preceedeCd, ai short tim b1(1hefoire, I. enator Butler, who aL.o urged 'ilr ~onzales' appointment.-State. WVASI!NoT1ON, I). C., Mlarch 17.--Coi, al Caughiman, of LexIngton, created an ecided sensatIon this miorning wvhien e read a long communication, slg' y himself, declar ig f(tr Senat,or Buie ,r. Hie takes the "high ground" that enator Butler merits re electIon for 1e valuable services rend.ered his State Washington. While lie expresses imiration for Governor Tillmani, at 10 same time he says that General utler deserves to lie retturned. Hlis rticle is weil written, flowery aind sen. mental, .lie also defends hImrsell gainst the charge of being a notorious mecher, as he hadi been designated olumbia Journal. A SPECK OF WAR IN THE SENATE. - The limocrat8 Wl1 Try to Choge tihe Elective Oflicers. NWASlitNOTON, March 21.-The Dem ocrats of the Senate met In caucus at noon to consider the roorganizat (on of the elective olicers of the Senate. There was a large attendance, every lDemocratic Senator, with the single ex- to ception of Senator Walthall, being present. As at the preceding conferences cdl M,Nessr . P'elfvr, Kyle and Allen, despitecu the fa.t 1Ih they h:tve been given an comini.tce ch:irmansl.ips by the ma- IC0 jorit, r :iot recogiiized as being ple ilmocrats an;1. w-re not. invited to at- ft;r tend(. w,,j At, the previolus caucis the whole eve m-it ier of whetier or not the party w, should atteipt reorganization at t his Se time was left, to tio iteering commit. - tee, of which Senator Gornani is chair man. A report was madii aiid, to the tli surprise of the junior Senators at least, coitailled no recommeifnlation. The Cmilimitt eo held a ninmber of confer ensces, bit were tinable to agree on a WOl report- t hat shotild be positive in its b(A, character. Some of the members were of for reorganiz:ttion, while others op- hou paseid it, a,is heing a violation of the pre- Tht eolents. Ainong the latter rumor uro places hot Ih Senators Gormarn and Cock- ~ ul rell, two very powrfuil moving spirits ir on the Dctioeratic side of the chamber. W While the cionimittee suiimitted a re port that was deicd Ily negative andi non-conmmittal, it had prepared for any mu ( ,ntiueniev that might arise. The t li;t of' (i ployct-4 of the Senate and the Vi annuial pty roll hutd been gone over las very thoroughly, and tho condition of the r.ll as it exists to-lay was com- T pared with the i roll of tho -[lth Con- siol grss, when t le Dviocrats controlled for thiii brancli of ('ongrress. Since that thei Inno tlier has been an increase in the tron IMrc of the men, esIpi 'il "y cinder the Laut sergeant A,-arnis. It, hias been the clus- il tom1 to pernit a certain number of em ployees to remain at the didposal of the crv minority, :id this custom. will not be e, departed froinl at the proposed reor- e gaiiization by the Deimocrats. a1ll Ior the purpose of facilitating the ' _, wcrk, if the caicus shoild deternine vei ta prose!tite it at the present time, the committee have preparl a plan of re organization which they think will ef- ab *iect a jutt, distribution of' the patron- scv , age of the Senate. Its report, however, cul s imnply containedl a ricitation of tihe cot precedents of the Senate in the matter it of reorganizing, and was replete with W refi,rence to the records, showing what Shad bween done in the past. w The cacicus adjornlied at -1 o'clock, ) having during the four hours of it Pr ses:.,ion coinu. to the deteininillation to 11u111iate the elective ollio 'rs. 'h10 ticket 0 n1omilM e(i is composed tio of\ Willian I. Cox, of North Carolin-i, Ti I-',x- lIepresentati\ve for North Carolina, an as secretary of the Senate; lI.iehard .J. o B llright, of' inidiana,(ex-sergeant-,tarms, bo 3 for sergeant-at-arms; the J?ev. W. a Milburo, the present chaplain of the 1a rlouse of Rtepresentatives, for chaplain rel8 of the Senate. 1c This result was not reached Without protracted debate, for there was a con- P siderable element of tie party that op- -i1e posed tle idea of' doing anything that tie woild he a violation of the precedents to f of the S-enate and give cause to opposi- mil tion on tie part of the Iepiulicans. re' No i tne was lixed for the presentation boil of' tie necessary resolutions in the Sen- the ate aind they maty be rferred or may ioug come ullp early for action. ps Leading membets of the committee abo stated tlitt tie cief reason why the atictis took Miis course was to ged rid I Itce iinportunities ofi candidates and t1 enable the Senate t.o go about its o regulcar work. The i noidiiInationis macde and were adopt ed wit ihcpractical unranlimi- t,hei ity. :Air. 12 (4 \Vash inigt.oi, wvhod hi I oO been a canitlidat e for' secret,ary of the ucau Se'nat', wi thidrew, ancd aclthocigh one or 1. wd oitheri nactnvs were mnlituonedl for '1 uither plact(es they udid not develop stifli- evel ciiit, St ren gt h to causi a conitest- (qul It was suipposedi that, the matter o' COi thi, ,ciission11 of thei thiiree Senaor.,tio w h appIeaLred( wi thl crer'intials und (er to appinItmnit bcy the Giovenc rs of thete Stactes of Aontan iia, \\yoninrg andth Wa-ihinigtocn i)i i (ou ll cm cip for discus. dlre Sioni, but- ihe sublject wats not brioaiched, ma fTch5isi ''stionc will CO ie Ibefore the Sen. regi ati' oni the reipcrt. of1 theii COmi)ilItte'e on3 bIe piihicgs aund ielct io)ns. "C. Theii r'itro'iii ige ci Lihe Sen ate un ider ol L1 I lie clliers : i.liet ed t0-d:ty' was1 consid- A. ( ered-i for -ci.i Im tune, ancd a list agreed 'T upon .f t he cenipicy-es ofl the lUi-publi- lorn c.in fl i hi h w ill bIe rdet ainedi. A s re p t he Ih-c'c it s icmvc bceen perciit, c'd t omc Cansi: will, of~cu emrse, ibe given ihe sameli piih-'ic'e. The patrdinigetc, hiioevir. -" inisti-ac of becinig undcecr thle conitrcol of thei ucli-uers, will ibe pairce'lleci out, iby ttue Lilt A te tihI ie c-au cu;s wacs o verni e of tihe ta leadcinig miembrcsi' ill the lh-:iiilratic T1 coniunili tit saitd Ihat L.,it 5 asnth int en A tion oif thei pauriy io iniake th ai-.ttemipt ceiv toI elet theo ni)ommersO'. ,1iust whein this merc woldl lie donei lie cold( nmot, Say, blut t-Ip 't hei re-soiliuiin, hoc thought, miighit hbe mis .li intirodcedl in I lie Senate at any timne ei nocw. 11I the I c-laiihnas appear to be tl dceeiriined in iho-ir efforts to prevent su reorgianiza'ion ithliis sessicin, It may hesu Lthe I )cmiocrat s will idesist, and let it go lii .ivc-r. Thiere' appeiaris t.h.ough to bet no1 ld2 - pcrobabcciilty of~ the cnibanlndoen. t,f thoe I cilia i mai'ki- at lea~st- cine effort to car. ry, outi? the will ill the cu.'cuis. \noii ther st.oiy in (coniiion wYi th Pod I hii' ci ic-us wats f-fiat t hoe Senact 0 wouldi Ita ad journ ii ithioiut, clay by thle ml ciddle of aP niext, week. Thlis was denied by sev. nonh uroa S-cmators, who ihl 1c the Sitbje'ct had imin n'.>t iben mnionedI and that the day a c oi :idj il n rienit dep- ede eniti rely upon ducti dche piaisure n of' the l 'resident. :how I mopc lilcan Seniator's aboulit Lihe Cap-' (l ito i look on the, action (If then cauicuis aset a dhcecrat ion that Lice I)emocrats in- reoi tendo tol inaugucrate a contest over thleli oirgancizaltioni, and they will heid an- H othelr caccs to dideti on their plan of dJut campaign. une ILtepublican Senator the whoii took a prominent part in the last Cal caucus, said that the ilepublicans tioi wotiuldl not standl idly by and see the poi p)recedenits of the Senate violated with- ma nut pIrotest, and intimated that if' the h)emiocrats precipitated a conltest there - was no telling when It woufd end. --- ma A Lucky dGuesser. a d ICH A T T A NOOiA, T1en n., March 20.--J . 110 E., Strong, of Shelby county, Ala., is the ide winnr o th LoisvlleCourier-Jour- nal nalsprie of810000for the personag guessing nearest to the numb er of votes of cast for President Cleveland. Is guess chi -jwas 12,1%O,610, the nulmber of votes act- pl ually caet being 12.13nO,t I an CLEMSON COLLEGE. RY LIKELY IT WILL BE OPENED ON JULY FIRST. ralk With Secretary Tindal-Water forks and a Sewerage Sy4term to be Pat i-A Large Numberlof Studente Sure Attend. O.TU1tnIA, March 18.-The farmers cational institution, Clemton Agrl. .ural College after so long a wait so many disappointments, now ma likely will be opened in a com. ,ed condition on July 1, the day fixed the opening. The college is to have or works and sewerage systems, and ry student is going to be required to .r a m0itary uniform. Last evening :tory of State Tindal returned from wson, where he has been for the w (lays a'tending the meetings of o ad o"' trustees. Co.CDITiON OF THE WORK. It.''Tiidal says the board found the k ,_oing on rapidly-n fact, much ,er than he expected. The interior the building and the president's _e, he says, are very near complelon. ) work on two or three of the other lessors' houses, he.says, has been be and is likewise progressing raridly. Tindal saw no reason why all the 'k to be (one shall nt be completed 'uly 1. Ife thinks the chances are :h better for the entire completion of buildings within the required time i they wer when the board met SYST EM . w AATER WORKS. he board d-clcdt after a loug discus to establish a system of water works Aie cotdege, and adopted all the plans -efor. The water will be secured i a cluster of clear springs some dis :e from the college. A steam pump plant will be put in and a large res ir built. The water will be pumped his reservoir which will have enough ation, bly means of spouts to furnish he buildings with a full supply of wa aid at the same time act as a pre tative against ire. ON SEWEItAGE TOO. he board also had a long discussion niL the establishment of a system of rerage for the college buildings, which minated in a decision to establish a aplcta plant and tie adoption of us therefor. Bot* this and the .er works wdl be put ;-i by exptrt ibers and machinists yet to be em q5ed, under the dIrect, supervision of Ae -sor Newijan of tie college. A LLi, ELECTr'ONS POSTPONED. 'ho bo ird did not go !itu any elec. us to till tha vacancies existing. Mr. idil says it was not prepared to elect v olfiers yet. Especially was this so the p.: sidency. Ile says that the ird is not encouraging the filing of )liciations for this ofUec for the simple son f"'x., it praoers to look about and ?ct its own man. .'he bor,d, however, renewed its ap ation ,o the United States Govern. it for the ('etail o: Mr. Zane, one of ollicers of the United States Navy, suuA control of the mechanical and ta..j departments. The Repunlicans i.ed "- ap,,lication, but now the rd hopes the Democrats will grant application. Mr. Z-%nn is very anx i to come on such detail. For t4e iton of resident physician there are ut twenty applicar- 5. THE SEVANTS' HOUSES. 'Ie board decided also to begin at u the erection of t,he servant'houses, decided upon the location of ten of n1. They will be wooden buildings Laining only t go rooms, but will be L and well built,. EVERIYIIoDY IN UNIFORM. he hoard adopted a uniform which y st,udent of the 'college will be re ed1 to wear. The dress uniform will dist of Confederate grey cloth. The sers will be finished with a wide k stripe. The dress coat will be of swal'ow tail fashion, like the Citadel s coat. The fatigue suits will be e ini the fashion of the United States Llat'on fatigue suits. The caps wil >I Confe~derarte grey with the letters A. C." on thec front. The buttons ie uniforms will also be marked"C. hie contract, for furnishIng these uni Is W.tas awardied to an Anderson firm caentedl by a Mr. Means at the tine. Trhere were a good many ers tor the contract,. The Anderson tiled the lowest, bid. They will lur tilte two uniformus, dIress and fatigue IC stuide1ts, for *23.75, Each boy bec requniredl t.o pay this with his en - ce lee. aI 1' 'Ros'ECTiVYE ATTENDANOE. Ir. T1Indai says the board has re ed responses from over 300 young saying they will be certain to at the college. App1ications for ad miou, bec says, continue to come in y (day, andl the indications are that :ollege will open with a full quota of. cnts. The board expects to ac mnodate every ons who applies. State. Everyboudy la Pie..aed, IASI[ INTo'rN, March 20.--The ap tmnent of Geon. Wade Hiampt'u as road Commissioner is universally rOVedl here. Senator Hlampton's L ination was confirmed by the Senate mc(diate'y, without even reference to L)mmiittee. anid he will assume the es of his ollice tomorrow, lie will, ever, leave Washingt-m within alte v a to visit South Carolina, but will trn next week. The salary of the umnissioner of Railroads is $4,500, has a number of clerks, and the ies are (of a Dleasant nature. This is first appointment made from South olina undler the present administra i; and it is well that the first ap ntiment should go to her grandest old n.-St,ate. (*reati.y Amused. VASiIINON, March 22 .-Congress n Snodgrass, of Tennessee, escorted elegation from his State to the White use and presented them to the P?res at. Oine gentleman, whose son was ned after the President eight years ), handed the President a photograph his namesake, with a note in the id's handwriting: "Please appoint ia to the place he wants." Mr. eye-e rt seemed greatly amused.