The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 02, 1891, Image 1
Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic # <<Current Jfetet qf ike Day. ^ '. W
VOL. XXII.-NEW SERIES, UNION C. H., SOUTH^P|^jj|^^^Y, JANUARY, 2,1891. NUMBER 1. ,
jfcr? There are about 75,000 persona I
j^j^^jpriaoa in the United States. There are
hcloriL* to the criminal class
JP^xtaking 150,000 criminals, or one fo
| every 400 inhabitants.
During the last twelve months actua
settlers have taken up some 19,000,00(
acres of land in tho United States, oi
nearly 30,000 square miles. When, say*
the Chicago Tribune, wo can incrca*
our actively agricultural area in one yoai
to an extent nearly equal to the whole ol
Scotland, and have the fact passed ovci
with a more paragraph of commeet, i
may no longer be doubted that we are i
.great nation inhabiting a great country,
Uruguay is nuotly" yuth AV?ricar
<a??nV*j' which ~*vr . ' j into fltjancia
trouble. The intei its debt amount
to $5,01*0,0(irfr^it is compelled to
borrow money to meet the interest alone.
Investors who were pinched in the Argen
tino catastrophe will take care not to get
involved in Uruguay speculations .advises
the Prairie Farmer, if they do not wis!
to meet with another similar disaster tc
their pocket books.
Bk It is a curious reflection on the intelligence
of maukind that whilo animals*
easily learn our language, wo make nc
advance at all in learning theirs. One
cannot help hoping that somo future
generation of men may bo sufficiently
kind and patient and large-hearted to
believo that what theso dependent creatures
have to say to us may sometimes bo
jq as important as what wo have to say to
jH? them, and to act accordingly.
It ^ ?= !
The Piers, of Milwaukee, are a family
of lawyers. The husband and father,
the mother aud three daughters are all
* ^lawyers. Kate, the eldest daughter, a
beautiful bruuette, has appeared before
the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She
proved by her straightforward argument
and citation of authorities, admits tlio
Detroit Free Pre**, that she lias not ra'staken
her vocation. She is associated
with her mother, tlio two making the
firm.
Irish has always been considered a
brain food, but uutil now the oyster lias
occupied no especial place in that category.
A chauge, however, will be cfMr.
Bradley T. Johnson's proposition be
accepted. Mr. Johnson proposes that
10,000 acres of oyster farming land in
fho f!hi>a!innalr?i lut rviuon 1*?* (1m GIaI.. i~
V..V V..WU|^H?V uv UI1 * >J tuu UUIIU IU
Johns Hopkins University for scientific
cultivation, the proceeds fh go to education
in Maryland.
The Russians eclipse all other nation
in the magnitude of their scalo of bell
founding. An immense bell, weighing
over one hundred tons, was founded iu
Moscow in the early part of the eighteenth
century. It was twenty yards in
circumference, and twenty-three inches
* thick. During a fire in the same year a
fe wcighiug eleven tons was broken
Vand for nearly a century tho bell
liia greed 'for prttrmM.
darin is now bewailing this fa
. _ ... - -a-reccnt visit of the Viceroy
" ^rbriocehe presented that digni
k ,??? cur^,'" ttr<f fiomo'
a evnnoisco Chronicle says
A The Sau Francisco v ^ ^
"when Stanley first tola iuo ???.
story of Jameson buying a slavo
aud turning her over to cannibals i
der that he might have a subjci
^Pfcketche3 tho civilized world refu.<
believo tho tale. Now, howevci
denco has come in from many qu
to confirm this story of a white
degeneracy, and thcro seems no
from tho conclusion that ono
most refined men in the Ernin
party sunk to the level of tho
hunting Arabs."
The examplo of the heirs of a i
i trian is worthy of imitation in tl
I try, remarks tho San Francisco (
They have given $15,000 on
^ estate to found a school of hou.?
for girls. If free schools of cool
established in all American <
people who gather statistics at t
tho first quarterof tho next cent
note a marked decrease in dys|
. nervousness and a consideral
I physical stamina among tho
^ Pc0P,e- _____
ft is natural, declares the
f cisco Chronicle, that every
who fancies he has a grievar
Htanley should attack him at
I for Stanley has laid bare th
I and crime of two of his Eng
L O > way that must be very hi
,*n ilt friends. The British p
^ is always prating of tho sup<
of Kngiish officers in foreign
hnd a bitter doso to swallov
Violations of Ilarttelot's orm
pacity and of Jameson's abr
for cannibalism. Of the fac
? no longer any dispute.
Nmne unscathed fiom out a
__? -Wiimio threatened hii
adorn of his pol
?)FIESJ^EVENTS OF 1891. :
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V.jST Careful Compilation of Southern
' State News. I
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I The Year is Very Young', But The j
1 Indications are That it Will De- (J
, velop with Lively Occurrences. e
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i VIRGINIA. a
9 Captain Samuel Patterson is the latest
r and most promising aspirant for the J
^ Lynchburg post mastership. J
Miss Sallie King, of Henry county, and 1
G. K. Thomasson eloped to North Caroli- ^
t na and were married at Salisbury. v
i J. II. Hudson, a prominent citizen of 1
Hig Island, was run over and killed by a
Chesapeake and Ohio traiu near that r
place Friday. <'
' The annual output of a Lynchburg j
I barytcs manufacturing firm is about 13,s
000 tons.
The Hoar Lithin Springs property, at !'
Elkton, Shenandoah county, owned by ,
Messrs. Polk Miller and W. Miles Cary,
of Kichmoud, and IV. 11. Conipton,of liar- s
, ri son burg, was sold Monday. The pur- J'
( chasers were prominent New York capi- .
talists. The price paid was ubout #25,000.
At Norfolk, Va., .Tames E. Hrady shot }
' and instantly killed noliceman Calcutt.
Brady was drunk, ami shot Calcutt beccau.se
he refused to arrest a negro. Brady
was arrested. j.
, The fact that Gen. Lee's bill Inlay ha.? .,
been inndc a legal holiday in Virginia re- J,
' calls an ineideut that has not been pub- p
> lished, involving the use of "Rebel" flags s]
, at the unveiling of the Lee monument in
Richmond last spring. A Springlield
man who attended the ceremonies was
surprised to see that a certain Kx-Confcd- ^
crate colonel did not use the "Rebel"
colors in decorating his house and
grouuds. In answer to a mpiest for an
1 explanation the fiery colonel said: "I was
a Confederate soldier, but 1 have no use ?
for the Confederate flag. I'll tell you
why. If I had had my way at the begin- w
liing of the war that new flag never would
have been adopted. We should have c
stuck to the Stars and Stripes, for we had
just as much right to it as the 'Vauks' 0
had. And that's why I have no use for p
auything hut the old flag." v
NORTH CAROLINA. w
The academy of the Bingham Military
School in Orange County was hurncd last
Thursday. Everything was consumed by jv
the flames except the library, which was
saved. The school will continue.
'1 lie Mecklenburg County Alliance had ^
a big oyster supper in Steel Creek last ? '!
week, the proceeds of which are to be "
used in paying ulT the debt on their new "
hall.
Engineer W. G. Lewis, who was de- fi
tailed to inspect the State canals and h
improvements, has completed his work is
' wrm-rrports to r*ovrrnnr Fowlo that ho )
found the work on the Newbernc and u
Beaufort canal only in a fair condition. w
A syndicate of North Carolinians has
just concluded the purchase from tInstate
hoard of education of 80,000 acres
of land in Ilydc County, known as j1,
'Hyde Park." The price paid was fifty
cents per acre. Hyde Park is a tine piece
of property, well situated and with a
large water front. It formerly coutaincd
100,000 acres, hut about a fifth has heen ?
disposed of in the past ten or twelve
years by the hoard of education. "
SOUTH CAROLINA. "
Governor Tillman's first veto was that
against the Hail road Commission Act.
Cabbage planting is the order of the
day on Wadmnlaw Island. Some truck- u'
crs say they do not see any advantage in 1>
it, while others say the "early bird catches ei
the worm." pi
Ex-Judge 11. 11. Carpenter, formerly of w
t for on now of Los Angeles, Cali'
. . elected Stiito Senator '
A to his Ui
tarv with One of the !* ?. K
i RiehiPODd this nit Ld. Hilton 1
5, of great t .,..-3^^-- Times, u;er by the
of a 1 fovnia, has beci ^ and cu'o was '
u 1 from his county. twe-ytv w
1 i. (1 ill Wcdnesdas, A.
sed to department <>1 <
r, cvi- the returns of the amount of phosplin
lartors rook mined and removed from the inn
mail's gahlc waters of the sta'o during the pi
(jiiarter. During the month of Hcptcml
escape It),70(5.1? tons wore removed: inOotob
of the 15,517.0(5 tons; and in Novemhe*. 12,72
relief 4(5 tons. Total for the ipiatter, is,07
BIsvo- 5(Mo"!'GEORGIA.
Thirty-two hales of cotton was bur
ich Aus- on depot plntfoutn at Cartorsv
Tito lire was caused by a spark fro
ais couu- passim; engine.
Chronicle. Atlanta had a Christmas tragedy, W
it of the er Martin, an eight-year-old teleg
lekeeping "P";,1t,?Ir\ *''!* filled by V
1 Small. Ins friend. It wasn case of "(I
ring were know it was loaded."
jitics, the \y '|\ Harhaum, a well-known ei
die end of of Macon, bought $250 worth of |!
,ury would io.n"; 1",? "V"' 1W1'"?n n,,<1 <V!f
J m e<l the goods m pai Rages among th
lopsia and 0f f|?. (.gy ?s ., Christmas gift. Tin
>le gam in City Provision Company, of thr
American ri,v' "u0 f^'Uiuls of meat, ii
pou in I pinkages, to the ladies of t
fcrent ehurehes to distribute ami
San Fran- ^?r^'
? ... The ('eilai tow i Standard eel
'jiig is linan Chiistinns by laying the corner st<
ice against handsome building,
this time, bill ami Block IlulT, colored, q
a weakness over an ax at tin pla* tat ion of
... Hill, in Wilkes. Bill HufT seize
1 and proceeded to cut otT Blot
imiliatingto heaii.
ublic, which The Savannah K: c and Mari
erior morale ance Company wound up its a(T)
i service, has nearley. The 'company was orp
, 1SS7, with a cash capital of
/in these, re- Threatened ad vcr?c legislation i
jlty and mca- was the principal cause of closi
tormal passion business. The company has a
ts there can ho *20'0u0' whi? h wUI ,l'a"ibu
ts mere can no t|u. st0ckho|(lrrs. Tlu noliel
Stanley has transferred to the linrtford Kin
conflict which Company.
s good name, TENNESSEE.
- ?1 K...U of Chattanoe
icy of silence I inn jimx
I nn increase <>f 20 per cent, in 1
I a day instead of $2.50,
The I5-own Manufacturing Co., aruJi
mth'ing a factory in HHstol, Toon, OfflH
irtmifu^thring medicines.
The warehouse and distillery of Ste>hen8
& Co., near Gartner's Station.
Jreene Co., was burned Tuesdny night,
ogether with 750 barrels of whiskey.
jQ6i about #18,000 ou whiskey and $2,100
on house and machinery. Insurance
>n whiskey, #14,000. Fire supposed to j
?e incendiary. The Government revenue j
ax ou the whiskey destroyed would have (
[mounted to about #28,000. I
In Blount county, al>out 12 miles from
ilaysville, Friday night, a man named
ilorton, a prominent citizen of the eoun j
v, was shot through the right breast and
tilled. He was sitting by his fireside
vhen some one unknown entered und fir
d the fatal ball, and escaped. f
It is said that there is more money in cir- f
illation among the farmers of Warren i
ounty now than at any time during the &
ust four or five years.?MeMinnville >
itaudard. ^
A Chattauoogn special says : Tin plate f
ias iK'en made in St. Louis by the Gran
te Iron Kolling Mills, the sheet to la- I
liltltiwl hnvilitr lumn rnllorl frnm liouir* \
led made by (he Southern Iron Com pa -r
v. of this city. St. Louis men write that v
hey are delighted with the materials. I( t
i excellent for the purpose, and they 5
ropose to use it. steadily. Tin plate from
'hattnnoogn steel means making the tindied
article here in due time.
A Knoxville dispatch says: There was
decided earthquake shock here Tuesday,
'ersons in the surrounding country re- I
ort that the shock was so severe that
ouaes were shaken and dishesrattled. In
his city persons were roused from thiir <
leep and much startled. d
FLORIDA. "
d
The orange crop is turning out fair ami St
ood prices realized. o
Alachua has hundreds of acres planted ii
a lettuce. o
A fresh watermelon adorns the window e
f the DeSotoJcounty court, at Arcadia. J'
Bafc-blowers got. in their work last
reek at Apalaehicola. They secured $1,00
from the safe of the Cypress Lumber V
ompany,
Two convicts, one a murderer and the
ther a burglar, escaped from theDunnel- ?
in mines last week. They were hunted
rith bloodhounds, but the dogs lost the
?ont and treed an innocent colored man.
Along the St. John's river, strawberries,
ubbages, cauliflowers, celery, and in fact
II varieties of vegetables are in a flour- s
hing condition. (l
SI
The Florida Young Peoples' 8ociety of
luistian Endeavor is making prepartions rtl
>r the state convention ol that orgnnizaion,
to be held the 15th, 16th, and 17th y
f January, 1891, at Orlaudo. "
New Smyrna is putting her best foot si
ii ward,and*will petition Congress to have it
cr harbor opened and improved. There vi
i now about twelve feet ot water on the I'1
ai and from sixteen to twenty feet inside hi
p to the town. Three years ago there
era sixteen feet on the bar. is
OTHER STATES.
New Orleans is making extensive pre- i?
unit ions for t lie celebration of Mardi (,|
Iras, which routes on the 10th of Febru- ,,|
ry. The carnival will be on a grand (c
ale, and (lie New Orleans papers assert w
io pageants will eclipse in brilliancy any ,.j
f its predecessors. 0|
Representative Lanham, re-elected from w
ic 11 th Congressional district of Texas, al
presents ninety-seven counties that ate fn
ii<l to exceed in area ten States. One of is
te counties in his district is 1,000 miles le
y rail from his home. tli
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is now at the home
f an old family friend, Dr. J. Harvie et
ew. New York. Her time has been ortpied
to some extent in revising tbo
roofs of her biography of her husband, :
hicli is now in tlie publisher's hands. ?
The steamboat Lake Washington, plyig
between Monroe and points on the gi
ivou d'Arbonne, Louisiana, was burned
riday morning with live hundred bales
Vnlloi, 'PI -ii ^ - ?
jt" I'T'lljcix vf. Jiuttcni;,, 4a, n'iff ."rvla i ,j
Two Charlcstyq^ucT'ntVfctfW
V the ft '?i*UMiC<-lw?v.500.
n A Novel Looping- Road.
r. The following might he adopted wit
1C success in the South: Mr. Angus M
>,j Phrrson. of Cumberland county, No
jc Scotia, has huilt Ij miles of railw
,.j. into his lumber woods this sununcr a
,S1 is now running a train on it. lie has
K.r ready taken out about I(1(1 cords of lie
er lock baik, ai d is now ready to begin
(?.- carry out logs. The rails he used
'0- round spruce poles, properly six inc
in diameter at the larger end. tapei
, down to half the size, and neatly joi
at the ends. The sleepers are si
tied round poles on which the rails are s
tile. ed. The rolling stock consists of as
nil a upright engine, eight horse power,
two flat cars, manufactured by A.
ralk- Pherson ifc Co.. Oxfoid. The tires
raph wheels on engine and ears are
fillie with a tlangc on both sides to pr
lidu't them from leaving or spreading the
and the wheels have play enough
tizen axle* to accommodate themselves i
rovis- inequality in (lie widtii of the rails <
libut- by 'lie liilTereine in size of the
e poor used.
Sioux Mr. McPlu r-ani lia > gone to no
same essary expense in "ailing bis tine!
i three- ',;,s followed the hills, and says
he dif- comparatively level track. The
nig the 's placed between 'lie two ears li
so lie lias no trouble in making
chrated ,raiM- Mr engine t.
f work of eight horse . and lie can
' ' ? a bis work all winter even if there
be no more snow than there wa
unrreled |j,0 |.iSj fUO or three seasons. It
? lnie wilit
Dunoon scarcity of Mum
k I I \t,X prom pio(l Mr. McPhcrson In at
Mini s menus of getting his logs out to i
It cost noout $:500 to lav his tr
no Insur- the engine eost $100. What h:
lira Wrd- lie-n ?lone shows elenrlv tlint t
;nnized in feasible. Tim Tinine; 111:10.
$000,000. _t - _ , - ?
n Cmruin Tho (N- * ) F,re IJ
n? (|p |"j|(> has lotely received a novel fit
surplus of which has excited much inter
ted iitnoti" oity. The carriage is const!
es will lie tirely of papier inache, all tfc
Insunince partaof the body, wheel', po
reat being finished in the bt
manner. While the dura
powers of resistance posses
''" nan?l material are fully as great
kVageSjOt $ . Wood, the weight is, of cc
1 leas.
the State Legialttun to the Subtreasury
Plan and Instruct
Vance. 3
The last issue of the Raleigh, N. C.,
Progressive Farmer contained tne followng
correspondence between Mr. Elias j
'arr, President of the State Farmer's A liance,
and Senator Vance:
president CARR's LETTER. ^
November 20. 1h00. ' 'j
:Ion. Z. B. Vance, Black Mountain,
Buncombe Co. :
Dear Sir:?After carefully consider F
ng the political situation in our State. I 1
lecin it wise to write you and ask the ^
olio wing question: "If the Legislature
nstructs you to advocate and vote for the j
Sub-Treasury plan of tinaucial reform,
vill you carry out said instructions in \
1 t . -M an v - ? 1
;wu mini t i nopo that you will unIcrstand
I ilp_cot rOfW. ki tteg- r*
logree on your *??oir"uo tJT
"forth Carolina, but there aft yfecclients
cherc Unicd States Senators 'have caricd
out instructions, and also precedents
k'here they have disregarded them. I
rust that you will give mc an answer at
our earliest convenience,
ltespect fully,
Ei,iak Cahr, Pres't N. C. F. S. A.
senator vance'b rkim.y.
United States Senate, )
Washington, D. C., Doc. 6, "00. \
:lias Carr, President N. C. Farmers' Alliance,
Old Sparta, N. C.:
Dear Sir:?In answer to your official
onimunicntion of the 20th ult., which
lid not reach me until 1st iust., I have to (
ay mat, i recognize the old Democratic (
octrine of the right of the people to intruct
their representatives of the fullest ^
xtent to which it has ever been carried
1 North Carolina. I hold that the will ^
f the people, clearly aud unequivocally (
xpresscd, must be obeyed utiles6 com- .
liance would^'^ - llu1 r.'pft'sF^ftK-o
i a moral wrong, in which case it would ^
e his duty to resign and give place to a ^
presentative who would obey. Good
utli in the observance of instructions and
ublic pledges is absolutely essential to n
ovcniinent based ou the popular will.
Very respectfully yours, n
Z. B. Vance. t
an editorial expression. 1
The Progressive Farmer says editorially: *
Senator Vance agrees to obey the iu- c
ructions of the legislature, if it "unc- .
uivocally" directs him to vote for the
lb-treasury plan.
It is now the duty of the people to meet (
id iirdicate to their legislative represen- J
itives their will as to whether Senator
auce shall be instructed to support the 1
plau" or not. In these meetings there ^
lould lie the freest discussion of th^racr- .
s and demerits of the "plan," with a
iow to ascertaining its practicability. It J
is been said that the majority
ib-treasury bin. If thi^ppSi^^''^'^^rts,
now is the time fo# it to maU5*
self. North Cirolina Vdlianccmcn hG> 't. ^
iipregnablc in their demands for reform. 1 ^
lit are not wedded to any'special scheme 1
r bringing it about. Thisf agreement to I
>ey the instructions of the* legislature as I
) supporting the sub-trc'asurv "plan,
ill allay all opposition (to Vance's rc- 1
cction, which arose from I his expressed 1
lpositiou to the scheme * of reform to 1
liicli the alliances are con omitted. The t
liance have it intheir jifower to secure l
ir their reforms the support of Vance l?\ 1
suing instructions to nijAm through trie 1
gislature, and if they uiUglect to scent c I
icsc instructions that Will uot be bis |
tilt. A way to the settle -/racnt of differ
?^r?,eunndV,,rTh ""I ' -hc l"?ncenwn
!',Uy to make a cn?WV C 'T an ?lMM,r
'ineht of allinnrn . >> I an<* Wlse embo
' reform whirl, <\7nh\ iu th? p,aus
ie new congress. Ve brought before
'K
L ^ 'litir?ri'ie kJ 80 ?."s n' l,e>
Kii.kknny, Ihfxanp, (Cablegram. ]The
result of the cleetion held Moudn
to till the seat for North Kilkenny in tl
h House of ('ominous made vacant by tl
death of Mr. Mnriim. was aunouncci
va The polling resulted in a victory for t!
ay anti-Parnelites. their candidate. Sir Jo!
in I pope llcnie.-sv. being returned; Henn
?d sv. -.502: Scully, 1,5156; majority '
in Ilentiessy, 1.1-10.
to Mr. Scully, the defeated Parnell'
are l,;ls tiled a petition praying that accrl
be.s rate of re-election lie not granted to II
ing nessy, the successful candidate of the
ncd ti-l'arnellites.
mall Mr. Scully's petition is based upon
pik- allegation that undue pressure was broi
mall to bear by the priests upon the illitt
and vot< rs ofjhe constitucn*y?.?_Espef:ial<
Me- plaint is inatle of the action of the e!
?f the m connection with the canvass of Ci
made eotner, during which Mr. Parnell an
event friends are alleged to have been a?
- i .,i i,v nricsts.
runs, |?v a nn?i? n -, ... ....
to any Can It ? True?
nusrd Tin- Scientific American says: 1
polos country, three-fourths of the untie
liu r.ii y i. in the South. Forty pei
onim- > t tin- whole population of the Soul
k. lie not nail lite Now Testament. Of
lie has UOO.OIIO illiterate voters in our c<
engine 1.500,00ft ate in the South. Th
10 use*, population, now about8,000,000, i
up his is at the rate of 500 per (lay.
? do the Among the more than 2,000,00f
carry on tain whites in the South, one-hall
should read < >f the 50,0 0 Indian child
s during than 15,000 arc in school. The
was the io America arc few, hut they r
era that one-third of the population of ti
lopt this ~?"
the river. A Whalo's J?W.
"k, }'",(l Some mvi,-* b*& -"jatAs
s ttlre.Kiv , m~the town of Bi
I ls jt -*;d for it the other (
000 Parey '1#('
'cpartmcnt ' 'ashore and up on th
e engine, I>Hr prize proved to b<
est in that ntr , hut the upper jaw of
ructed on- It was thirteen feet long from
io different in front to either end joint, n
les and the and a half feet across from end
?t possible ?Chicago Time*.
bility and ?
ised by this St. Louis, Mo., has a Dress
as tlioso of the members of which pay I
turse, much ?nd decide by lot who shall
dress suit out of the funds.
I
MtaTnEPA RTM R'nt*
i New York City Divine on the
Alliance.
lie Moral Import of the Movement
Reviewed and Thoroughly Ex
plained From a Bhptist
Pulpit.
Rov. Thomas Pixon, Jr., pastor of the
Twenty-third street Baptist church, New
fork city, was greeted Sunday morning
>y the usual crowded house. The sermon
vas tho beginning of a new series, on the
object,' "What is Religion?" The sernon
was preceded by the following redew
of current events:
The real sensation of the year 1890 is
he advent of the National Farmers' Aliancc
and Industrial Union. It is no
mishrootn growth. It is here to stay. It
8 the resist less movement of millions uucyuturies,
Ijm,
IVepower Is social, economic, religious
ind political. The advent of these cin>attled
hosts is the most pregnant event
if this generation. It is the beginning
PI
A REVOLUTION
hat will shake this continent and move
he world.
The first time they gathered around the
)allot-box was the 4th day of last No'cmher.
They polled between two and
hree million votes, elected the Governors
f three States, sent forty men to Congress
and scared the life out of hundreds
hey did not send. What is
THE MO|{ A J, MEANING
>f this great movement ?
t. It is the protest of the patient burIon
bearers of the world, who have toilid
through weary years, struggling beicsth
the wrongs of economic and politial
superstitions. In America the farmers
lave literally become the beasts of burlen
of the nation. Their business has
>een to feed over IW>,000,()00 people, together
with the hosts of the old world,
vith the products of the year's work, and
hen through the winter eke out a miscrible
existence wrestling with their
MORTGAGES, CYCLONES AND FLOOPS.
While they are doing tliis, we laugh
md grow fa', dance and make merry in
he city and bet how much they will
nake next year, buy and sell their crops
ifty times before they are planted and
iiid^u win liny nuiutin 1111 win nr.-vjr.i.
The question is whether these men, the
rcest of the free, the authors of this counry's
liberty, shall assert their rights and
ibtain justice, or degeuerate into the conlition
of tenants and serfs. The condiion
of labor in all other industries liave
indeigone marvelous development and
ihangcs in the past hundred years. The
'arincr works unaer the same stern conriiions,
perishing in theinidstof boundless
prosperity, for others. He has determined
:o effect a change in these conditions, and
g^jjpai
0 Ot -nicau suiha? plow.
They raise to ftn(,
1 hey become milr0nd men aud
preachers, and \>< ? eight mil
1 politicians. c >i t educated to b
lion men in n^ited Statos. We oul
I "Presidents of the H ? him
need about a dozen Prcsiucuva ..
dred years?an awful waste of raw mat<
rial.
The farmers arc learning and teachiti
to their children, in their organ izatio
that the work of the farm is as sacred,
" -HTfclTV !N of any ephc
in life. Women, too, an; admitted to t
order. Well tliey may. There are im
farmers' wives in the insane asylums
America than any other class. They lu
- actually recognized the fact that
>y WOMEN IS A HUMAN DEINO.
10
1C A reporter once asked an old farme
,1 the West what he thought about theq
1H. tio 11 "Is marriage a failure ?" ITc renl
jm "what marriage ? Well, let's see. Tin
s. T.ueindy gits up in the mornin', kin
jor the tire, milks sjx cows, starts four i
dren oil to school, tends to three otl
skiins tw< nty pans o' milk, feeds the I
tjl^' likewise the hogs, looks after some n
;en. crless sheep, gits breakfast, washc
an. the dishes, gits dinner, etc.,?why,
1 ?t*!nk 1 could hire anybody
Clo yu\% _
all that for what she pits { i\ut i
ight ^'8 H tfr<?"t success, sir.'' All, tlin
rate tiont, sad fact (1, weary millions of w
torn- The pathos of their lives! They hi
Jerg v Icied this organization with cheeks I
istle- w''h hope, many of tliein for tl
d his iimc M?*y Ootl lead ami
sault- th,',n- .
o. 1 his movement means
CO-Ol'KU.VTION AS AO A INST COMI'K'
n our " 's tllis P'hieiple of sociali
m'8 il- 'he order has its strongest four
r rent They are pledged to co operate w
h rati- Lf^her in the production of e<
the 2 - f*??(,s. nnd not only ^>, hut toco
mntrv 'n distribution of these goo
Alliance stores of supplies an;
nereis- DOn' h-ature of theii woik. The
contain tlie germ idea of the
?..:?i /?n-ooerative soe'etios <
. uudii ici v-. . t
mourn )QgtU(.Q (n <ent Britain. They a
i (anno jUg jn life the principle, that it
rhinese *or .n,cn to fi^rllt for carh ol
c resent nVnin*t onc anothei. They are
? ?inh ?he secret of associated power?t
1(5 * c" ion there is strength. It is in th
Jhis fact that we solve the app
adn.x, that while tln?> erv 01
i ftfiftflOr - (fftnta ami mom j- ?l;< in
L??h^and breath they demand that the g
? mAn press its functions to the ve
0 ^ , ritatc socialism. These erics
e oeacn, COMj8tent. They arc the asser'
j not the {jameotH| principles. Thej
a whale. fhc jjfcvjrtant far.t that govern
the l>ow sotneujng separate from the
,nd sevon when normally administered
I to end. i^e people governing thermic
is not a power to l>e forced,
? to Ik- utilized for the happin
Suit Club, 4. '| he organization means
15 a month it is a fraternal and benevole
purchase a principles of love and fratei
the world, universal as the r
- r1
Tb* fifth and sixth articles in thoir St. J
Louis Declaration of purpoacs,
A SECOND DECLARATION OF INDBTEN ^
DBNCK.
read thus:
"5. To constantly strive to secure entire
harmony and good will of all mankiud
and brotherly love among ourselves. n
"U. To suppress personal, local, sec- "
tionnl and national prejudices, all un- '
healthful rivalry, and all selfish ambi
tion." c<
An ideal as high as Heaven?an echo
of the life of Jesus of Narareth. They
have determined to 4,bcar one another's
burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ."
They pledge themselves to alleviate suffering
and pain, to care for the widows
and educate the orplmus of their dead.
This is climbing the heights of life. This
;s pure religion, uudcfiled.
They have gone into politics not because
they arc- a political organization.
They have been
FORCED TO OO INTO POLITICS.
_J^cauyr their prinoipke werr eoeial, economic
and religious. All social and economic
questions have become political 0
questions, and all political questions arc "
religious the political arena is where all ,
the great questions of to-day aud to-nior- "
low must be fought anil settled. Let uo 1,1
man deceive himself by belicviug that this ''
organization is but a passing episode in "
politics. Remember its foundation is not
piimarily political, but social and eeonomic.
It is the* embodiment of grand "
moral idea?it is the movement of a revo
I lit ion. It will not go backward. May
tioil give its leaders wisdom. M
M t<
gOTTON PICKED BY MACHINERY S
n
Steel Fingers Doing the Work of
Human Fingers in the Field. al
The essential feature is 330 lingers or t,
spindles projecting through and from a .r
hollow cylinder. These fingers are ten
inches long, and have at the eud of a n
brush or tip of fine Wife, and set in four |<
grpoves radially is horse hair, clipped so ,,
it projects from the finders about one- v,
twelfth of an inch, the tip and hairs on ,j
the side being the means of getting the <|
cotton from the bolls. The fingers or t
snindles are iriven a whirling motion hv a ii
^'i?3tT.?fAfo5nfMforetfrl!?^d withi'.Yhe I i"
revolve thn J g f?rward, the cv>.? /
thc cotton, thcXh iS'D Co^ta^' with i'/
'infers entangles the do* g motion of ti,f. I '
picked, then carri,H t0n ,,nf- ??id 'tis
w?id until cleaned fUf>Warrl and back |
brushes and tk ? (lie finrrers In- I M
M'rhTi^lF?^ S-C,es h0'"
motion, for that woffild W,thout a """king
No Injury comes to tJwR<1 Vlc Plnnt I <1
f?-l. and height oUvi^'' !cn?"' seven I
ti'c machine comnL a"d a ha|f feet I A
weif1^ about 1:
Road, aud saw tlie Lamptmr ^vj^f
operation. T w
'i he rows were 18ft yards long, and "
were gone over twice, the result being ;i
the cotton was cleanly picked out of the ''
bolls, the machine being us thorough in 1
this respect as the lingers of tlic colored
man. No injury to foliage, bolls or branch- j
cs, of the plant was noted. I i
In the morning when the cotton was
slightly > damp, a gathering from one row
1 made by the machine weighed a little
! more than thirty pounds; the waste.
- knocked on the ground bv .no machine,
c was picked up by hand and weighed live
y oiiuces. In the afternoon, witji the cotton
i- perfec tly dry, the cotton picked weighed |
i over 28 pounds, uud the waste picked up
weighed nearly thtcc and one-half
ig pounds.
" limn rundowns about live pounds a
II, I 111
as minute or 300 pounds an hour, aiiowm^
re time, liberally, for emptying the recephe
tildes, stopping for repairs, meals, au<l so
ire on. the machine could easily work ten
of hours a day and would gather 3,000 pounds
ivc sit :i total expense of not more than $3 pet
day, inakiug the total cost of the pick in;
for each bale .50. At present price
the cost is fully $10 ?Waco, Texas, Dm
r it m _
SS; IMPORTED NEWS.
)rc's
idles ijho Cablegraph Brings Tidings *
Groat Interest.
tiers,
ilCUS,
iioth Chang, the famous Chinese giant, li
s up become a naturalized British subject, a
moii, au earnest religious worker,
to do Frofessor Koch and his assistants h;
nuch. completed their arrangements for the \
se pa- paratiou and distribution of the curat
omen! lymph.
ve en- 'I'lic Queen has nn immense cclhi
lushed wine at Windsor and supplies are rcgi
ic tirst |y sent from the Castle to Osborne
bless Balmoral. Champagne and claret an
wines in most constant use, but then
splendid collection of cabinet II
vitiox wines, some extraordinary old she;
. ' William IV. drank no other wii
sin that (piantity of port, including i
i ?* nini'es. and some of tl
KlilUdu. , ,
i i -ill tlir nrsi
it li each , ; s i t- i ' . .
oimmic ' imperial rokay in the world.
-operate Cast week three wild hoars wm
ds. The *n ,'u' Queen's Swine Garden, in 1
a promi- s?r'a Great Park, of which two w
se stores '"'r Majesty and the other was sent
great in- Prince of Wales. Wild hoar w
)f work- served at the royal tahle at Chi istnii
re assert- '"K ,',c reign of George IV.
is hotter 'I he rumor that a plot to overt hi
her than Argentine Republican Governniei
learning id, and that several persons had I
hat in un- rested, has heen confirmed. T
ie light of however, is not an important one,
arent par- puhlie is not excited,
at against The Czarewitrh has arrived at
the same his tour of the East. Cpon
overnmcnt ihe Czarewitrh was received w
ry verge of pomp and ceremony by the Jtrit
are not in- military, and naval authorities.
Hon of fun- Professor Ko< h has heen mad
f recognize, mnry citizen of Perlin. lie is l
intent is not man enjoy that distinction,
people, hut leagues are Prince Mismatch', C<
, is simply ke, ?nfj [)r Henrv Schlicmann.
Ives - that it
but a power
ess of all. A large fish dealer in one <
brotherhood. markets says that during the
nt order with a common thing for the fish
*nity, wide as have ss many as fourteen diff
nee. of fisb on thipir stalls.
IE ABOARD AIR LINE SYSTEM
L Great Railroad Company Rapidly mm
Extending its Lines.
The Seaboard Air Line system, which
ow extends from Norfolk, Va., to Ab- ' 'H9
eville, 8. C., and which by October 1,
801, will he . running through trains beiveen
Portsmouth ami Atlanta, Oa., is
[imposed of the following roads: / 1
Miles. .fc A
Scnlawrd & Roanoke, 80 t
Roanoke & Tar River, 36
Raleigh A Gaston, 07
Louisburg Branch, 10
MnrLiun A- \nrfhi>m AA
ltalcigh & Augusta. 08 * 1
IMttsboro nranch, 10 * jB
Cartlingc Branch, 11 iyH
Gibson Branch, 10 jBlfl
Carolina Central, 207 JSrefl
Georgia, Carolina & Northern, 268 JBnH
All these roads arc in full operation *r*f?*r fl
Kcept the last named, over which trains !
ow run as far south as Abbeville, 8, C. B
he grade from Abbeville to Athens, ' JHW
la., is finished aud ready for the ties, W
ad a very material portion of the work Tflj
etwecn the latter place and Atlanta is f
The country lietween Portsmouth and R-j
[onroe. North Carolina, which latter is mfc*
le starting point of the Georgia, Carolina By
Northern, has liecu greatly benefitted vl
y this system, as have Sanford, HenderEn,
Kittrell, ltaleigh and many other
>wns. Southern Pines, which a few* i
urs since was a piuo forest, has a village r i
f nearly 150 houses aud several health
sort hotels. The principal products i.
f the country bordering the trunk line /
etween Norfolk and Monroe are pine
nd cak lumlier, bright leaf tobacco, cot- jgjB
ni, coru, wheat, oats and hay, peaches, ^
rapes and small truck of mnny kinds. I
Leaving Monroe, the first place of iin- -in?
ortance in South Carolina, is Chester, a
>\vn of much business activity and of
nsiderablc wealth, and in which, of Into
ears, a number of flourishing msnufactoes
have have been started. Next in or- t
or is Clinton, a sizeable town and tho . |
ading place of many well-to do farmers.
etween these two cities several new vil<res
have been started at convenient
Kits on the line, where stores and dwelng
houses are going up rapidly, and !*,
om all of which many bales of cotton
ive been shipped this season. Greennod,
the next town, is in the midst of a V?
ry rich farm country, which continues ^
some distance below Abboville. Tho
itural resources of the entire region that ^
ill lie traversed by this railroad between
on roe and Atlanta arc great enough to
sure a heavy freight busiuess in both }
ircrtions as soon as the road shall be
inipleted.
POVERTY-STRICKEN MONARCH. ' .V c
nine favorable Ugi* j. {biB kingnablcd
to restore the t.tai
lom and make a l u;loubt of it that the
There can be n ttimncially. It
Dotentntc win a b J V lvcll to come,
is related that v en 1 u ^ invitft.
lo this city and had a l cnl|8er Char- \\ ?-1
tion to take l>?^^f A,lmjn4i Brown, he \\||
leston as the guc. t funds and was
f??n.lth?t financial
unable to make rov?t treasury and
crisis he wont contents, which ag- xeBm
vitl. a i. "I >? entirely totfcgregated
$lOd" . * ..,,(.<13 but not to be licMl
footle to the.royal *'oimc ^
,\i.,,|>|;oiote,\ to lo? vith hU suite aboard I
Kraiu i>??., ...
tin- C hail est cm and set sail.
The second day out a poker gatnc whs j
started, and nuiong the players were the
King, Admiral IlroWD, the captuio. the
flag lieutenant and one or two of the na- 1J
, val officers. Ill a few hours the contents f ? |
r of the royal treasury had found their way ? I
r into the pockets of the naval otlieers. and | fi|
the King was a tinaneial wreck. Admiral j
rt Brown was importuned for a small loan u-~
of the ting lieutenant a little later contributed
$2 50. The captain paid a tribute
of ?1. and the result was that when
the Golden Gate was reached every ofliof
cer on board had in his possession from
one to three I O U's hen ring the Kingly
signature.
So runs tlie tale, and it is said that \
ias ,.Ven the waiters at the hotel have eontri- i ?
,u' buted in the way of sinaII loans to meet . .) IJ
the expense of the royal visit.
ive ^
HiMn Cruelty.
?rc-.
IIIClCUliv.v
1VC .
During tho Guatemala-Salvador war
r of 8evum' young Ainoricau telegraph opcra,lar.
tors in Guatemala wore engaged in en*
and deavoring to keep up cotnmuufcnUun on
, t|l(! #?e wire with the army. One of these. I
. js a told mc that one day when ho aud sonic
thine ?' his colleagues were riding with San*;
rry chcz, the leader of the late revolution, '
ic?a they passed a field in which some peons'
marly were working. Sanchez looked at them,
ie fin and said in a careless way: '*1 wonder m
how my nerves arc to-day?" He then
shot unslung his Winchester from his saddle,'
Wind took aim and howled over 0110 of tho
' for peons. The others ran for their lives. <
s- o-?ll7 a |,ear] H11(j knocked!
i
to tli'- Sanchez again m*... ?
as fir? t over another man. Then, apparently
us ?lur satisfied that his nerve was all right, he
put back his riflo and rode along. It is
o\v tin alao said of him that during the war a
it exist drummer boy, about sixteen, who had
iM'on ar become homesick and wanted to return
he plot, home, broke down and began crying,
and the |jc blubbered around Sanchez's tent and
asked his chief for permission to go
Bombay home. JM
laudi' g "Yes, you may go home," said Sanith
much chcz, aud without more ado he drew his
ish civic, revolver and shot the boy dead. J
On one occasion, when his artillery ^
e an lion was surrounded in battle, the only esrhr
fourth cape was up an almost impassable liill11
is col R|(ie. Sanchez ordered his men to scale.
Hint Molt with their guns. Ifc stayed behind
and as a man began to straggle Sanchez
shot him dead. He escaped with his
of the ritj guns.
season it ii Sanchez is only twenty-seven years
dealers t< old, but is one of the most dctcrminod'
ereut kind# men ever heard of. ? Chicago Ifciet,
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