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.

1' tflne wse^hp mffifi timm j r JL ?A*? ^ -* ?*?"- ?? ^ ?~ : ======^^^2J^Mi* -"i ,, i' -^==?- ^ pyk^'tin a? ri*?-t^ ?y^v|" 'i v V f I ?<W M| Tbo Speaker of the Japanese Parliament and the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole are Christians. Emperor William of Oermany la sard to be working 011 a project to secure the disarmament of all the nations of Europe. Tly?ro are 5000 Indiaus still living or reservations in Now York. They are civ? ilizcd, well educated and never giv? anybody any trouble. The same is true of the Cherokccs in the Indian Territory. The Indians of the Northwest and fat fc^mthwest give us more trouble than all of the others. _^__^8totistics show that at the present gaged in different employments twentyix women to every 100 men. In Phila, , lU. ?: AM. to A ficipiii;! iuu |jru[.niriiuu 1a uuj tu jlvw. Half it century ago there were in Maesa- , chusetts only seven occupations open to women. Now there are 284. Twentytwo leading cities in the country show | 'M2 occupations in which women fine employment. Captain S. 8. Leach, of the Mississippi River Commission, says that it has been estimated by skillful engineers that $10,000,000 would pay for a levee system ou the Mississippi R[<er, that, if properly watched and mainlined, would bo safe against flood. The cost ol mniutenacc to nation and State he eati matetLat less than $1,000,000 per annum. The effect of such a system, ha said, would be to revolutionize the car vying tnule of the river, and redeem 30,^ * 000 squaro miles of the finest agricultural land. In the North American Review, apropos of the question of the advisability of parents providing dowries for their daughters, it is said "The father who gives his children a loving, sensible niofeher, who provides them with a comfortable home, and who educates fully nil their special faculties, and teaches them the cunning in their ten fingers, dowers his daughters far better than if he gave them money. He has funded for them a provision that neither a bad , husband nor an ovil fate can squander. ,...i..V'n> The announcement that the Duke of Mecklcnburg-Schwerin wanted Prince Bismarck for President of his Council of State was sufficient to prompt Emperor William to abandon a pleasure trip IU wailliuo, U >V LUUIU3 Clio UUWB mat the people of Bavaria decidedly object to a review of their army by the German Emperor, although that army is an integral part of the defense of tho Empire. On the horizon of Germany signs arc abundant, observes the St. Louis Star#Saying8, that tho Bistnarckian fabric of Confederated States under Imperial rule is not so solid as it was on a certain day in March, 1800, when its founder was asked to step down and out. "Tho extent ef the influence of irrl gating enterprises on the future of California agriculture ""may b?T inferred," opines the Ban Francisco Chronicle, "from tho magnitude of some of the companies formed to build dams and supply water. The Bear Valley Irrigation Company, which has been incornnrnfofl with n rnnifal nfnr-lr nf Ann _ I " --- "'VVlk V/k 000, when its new dam, which is intended to supplement the one alroady ^ built, is completed,will bo ablo to supply water to a district containing 510,000 acres of tho choicest fruit land in southern California. Tho number of engineering works of this character is increasing so rapidly in this State that wa may fnirly assume that California in a very few years will rival India in her facilities for irrigation." .T. Scotfr Keltic, librarian o? tho Royal Geographical Society, London; in his article "About Africa," in Scribner, says: "In the final scramblo for Africa, Great Britain has managed to appropriate a vdry satisfactory share. South of the Zambesi she has obtained nearly all that is worth having, and here we see in the making what in tho future may probably become a great FJnglish-speaking nation or confederation. In the center , of the continent, again, thaaJia to the ' public spirit, of Sir William Mackinnon, her dominion extends over those great lakes which give origin to the Nile, and the magnificent plateaus with thoir splendid populations around them. Oa Utlj 'lu r side she has command of the Niger and the thickly ,jjppclfttod??ndJ tanif-olvivizcd countries to which that river gives access. England is supremo in Mgypl, and will probably let no othei gain a footing in those upper Nile countries which are at present terrorized over by the Mahdi. Tho history of Central Africa may only now be said to have begun. The problem here is very diIT rent from that which has had to bo faeed in America, in Australia, and even in Asia; what axilI he the final outcome of it all, who can bdl I ? SOUTHERN STATE NJ5WS. Happenings of Importance For A Week. Dwellers in City and Country Get a Write-Up Here Free of Charge, and No Questions Asked. VIRGINIA. Lexington has secured a largo plant for the manufai turc of edge tools. The plant to he erected witl cost $3'*0,000, and will give employment to oOo men. Everyone in business circles is predicting an unprecedented "boom" for Staunton ns soon as the weather will permit the building of factories, shops, houses for ham Is, etc. lor boys, of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia, at Alexandria, fell dend at ihe breakfast tnlrle Thursday. The Hon. A. II. II. Stewart, cx-scere| tarv of the interior in President Filinorc's I eabinet an-! a member of the Pcalmdv educational board, is criti? ally ill nt Staunton and is expected to die at any time. Col. Richard P. Rcirno, formerly editor of the Richmond State, died at his home in Ashland Monday night. During the fir?t tive weeks of its operation the Hucna Vista iron furnace has shipped I,.'>00 tons of pig iron to various Northern points. A temperance crusade has started at South Boston. The pastors of the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches are at the head of the movement. NORTH CAROLINA. Ten weeks free tuition, beginning lath, will be given bv the State University to teachers. Write 10 rrestdent Rattle for particulars. The directors of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad have applied to the legislature to so amend the charter as to extend from (toldsboro to Charlotte. Raleigh has raised $10,000 for the In ter-State Exposition, and it will be held in that city next fall. Every county in the State should help Raleigh to make this an affair worthy the State. Cant. T. T. Smith, agent at tic Rich momi and Danville freight depot in Charlotte, says that three times as much cotton has been handled at the depot, up 10 the present time, this season, as was handled during all of last season. One of the Charlotte compresses has com pressed so far 88,600 bales, against 56,000 the same date of last year. The MePadden press at the junction has handled about 60,0.0. bags; 100,000 tags have been 'shipped during the week. It will take 500,000 tags to supply the demand this season. The house of representatives passed the railroad commission bill. It. is the bill with a few slight amendments, that passed the senate. It provides for three commissioners to be elected by the Orneral Assembly, and they are given the power to fix and regulate freight, and passenger rates, to regulate telegraph and express companies, and to prevent all discriminations. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Smith-Bound inilroad is being graded from Columbia to Grahams, 17 miles. C. H. Blanken, of Charleston, has sc< ured a patent and is now having hi* "Improved removable sidings for beds" manufactured. J. B. Williams, who murdered Majoi W. A. Williams at (Ircenvillc on Friday night, and has since been a fugitive fioni *rma rr?]>ttura near wayncsvllle, N. and brought back to (Irecnvillc. A reward of $800 was offered for his capture. .T. L. Withers has resigned his place in the agricultural department of South Carolina, lie did not desire to work under the Tillman administration, by which he has been retained as clerk of the board of trustees of the department of agriculture. At the last session of the Legislature the Kansas City, Birmingham, Macon, Foot I'oint Bnilway system obtained per .-..-. . ii i.M iiin mis ruaif. | lie r?>H<l IS an air line from Kansas City to Foot Point. A const me tion company, with John Tcmnle Graves as general man nger, lias already, it is said, began operations on the Booth Carolina sec tion of the road, whic h will run through Colleton and Hampton counties. The company, it is reported, has bought largely of land near Foot Point. GEORGIA. There is no abatement to the building boom in southwest Georgia. And every clay ushers in new enterprises in the progressive towns. In the- oyster-opening contest in Brunswick recently, Kd it or Whitmire caiy wijliin si\ oysleis of w inning the first prize, lie has since decided that he pen is mightier than the oy tci Knife. A special from Savannah says that the rteamer Katie, plying between Augusta and Savannah on the Savannah hive r, Rank about fifteen miles above the latter I city. The cargo was mostly fertilizers. The ripping of a scam was the cause. The Augusta bureau of the Southern Tntci States' Immigration Bureau was organized Thursday. All the money needed to proc ure a t >00 charter foi a city with a population of *>0,000 has been raised and the local bureau will commence work at once. Milton is derided tlm best county in ine itlue iti'lge < ir< nil. in many inspects. Court remained in session, last week, only two and a half days, and only one man was convicted of crime. The county is out of debt, its bridges and public buildings are all in very jjfood condition, and there is about $3,000 in the treasury. Mercer University is fortunate. A wi -t tieoigia gentleman promises to give the university $75,000, a lady adds $25,000, so rumor has it, snd other ample donations arc said to be in sight. TENNESSEE. I wo mils of Circuit Court Clerk Ud r Ion. of Smith county, were drowned near Carthage Monday while riding in the back w atere. Their bodies were recovered. ' That E. A. Collin?, of Milan, has sold to Eastern parties since .Ian. t. #10,000 worth of horse* l?orn and br?d on his I farm carries n lesson to \\\ st Tennessee f farmers. The Rev. S. W. Kramer, the boy , preach* r, i-; reported critically ill at Itris- , '<<1. and it is thought by those near him 'hat his mind is affected?probably a y case of softening of the brain. A peculiar discovery was made at Stone Fort,' near Chattanooga, just as men ? VI IC hotvilirr nciimlor <> ' n?rk. It whs found that a crevirc tlivi I .-d it, the aperture, however, narrow*"! ' town tintiI it ltecame solid toward the bottom. When thr men hrt?ke it nsun ' Icr, within the Itosom of the rock was I ?t situation of C. P. McCarver, was liehl Tuesday. A little over three thousand voters, or less than one-third of the vol- ' ing population, were registered, ant! of 1 these only 543 voted. Win. Litterer, the Democratic nominee, had no opposition, ind received .V28 votes. Contract for the construction of the Danville and East Tennessee Hail road has been awarded to the Interstate Con ?truction Co., of New York, which h is sublet the first division of 20 miles to James F. Edwards & Co., of New York FLORIDA. < De Land will begin tlm erection of a handsome public school building in a fewdays. The Jacksonville Street Railway Co.. has applied to the city council for an thority to operate its hues by electricity. The United States census bureau an uouiuu?_ the population of Florida by counties and races as follows: "Whites. 234,610; colored, 160,678; Indians, |08; Chinese, 101; Japanese, 14; total, IIVI, 423. The Florida Sugar Manufacturing Co. works at St. Cloud, has amended its charter increasing its capital stock from 82?o,000 to 61,000,000. Juno Reach, a considerable sketch of \ I it ihI in Florida, hounded on the cast by I lie ocean and on Ihc west hy Lake * Wot tit. li:is heen purchased by a syndi I ? ate of New Yorkers eonsiating of Samuel < rtarton, ii cousin of the Vnndcrbilts, aiul t a well known metropolitan broker, Frederic \V. Vanderbiit, Commodore Van < Santvoord, II. Walter Webb and Chaun- I ey M. Depew. who are to build a hotel < costing several hundred thousand dollais, I construct an iron pier and make other improvements. To a reporter Mr. Depew i v. id . ' d^ha^mitsm^i^^ J OTHER STATES. At Montgomery the Senate has passed < i bill appropriating f:!0,000 to rcpreseut Alabama at the World's fair. ' .lames S. Itiehard.am. the great cotton planter, denies the report that lie is en 1 gaged to Miss Winnie Davis. He says j I lint lie has not seen lior in three !?ont!::. end that lie is not correspondence with 1 or. He is a gieat friend of the Davis family, and is much annoyed that such a , .cport should get iuto circulation. The Troy Fertilizer Manufacturing Co.. of Troy, Ala., has declared an IS percent, dividend on its capital of fl-IO,000. HILL GETS HAMPTON'S SEAT. Apparently He is Getting Ready to Occupy It On March 5. A spceial'from Washington, D. says: When David H. Ilill of New York takes his seat in the United States Senor. Mait ii die > next lie will find himself amid quite pleasant surroundings. His desk will he situateddietween that of Senator Daniel of Virginia on the left and that of Senator Colquitt of Georgia on the right. Senatorial desks are assigned on the principle of first eoine first served. Capt. Isaac Bassctt, the white haired old As istant Sergeant atArnis, who has heen an employee of the SlMlilll* for ncill'lf kivf I'vnnrc L-J...1W .(little red book in which he makes note of the requests of Senators to get possession of certain seats when vacated. Thus, as soon as a Senator is defeated for rclection a colleague enters his name in the red hook, ami the vacated chair is assigned to hint accordingly. Yesterday ('apt. Basset t rcceivcd a letter from Senetor-elect Hill requesting as desirable a seat as possible. The old gentleman thereupon consulted his list of applications. lie found it possible to assign to Mr. Hill the desk now occupied by Senator Wade Hampton of South Carolina, and so it happens that a New York Senator will (ind himself on the 5th of March seated ( between those handsome and whisker less %ytesmen, the Hon. John Warwick Daniel and Alfred Holt Colquitt. , The chair has been occupied for twelve years by the one-legged veteran, Wade j Hampton of South Carolina, who was , defeated by the Alliance candidate, Mr. \ Irbv. The desk t<? which Senator Hill | has thus been assigned is the outer row of the Democratic side, but is centrally j located and in dire* t line with the eye , nf tlm President pro tempore. Imincdi- j itelv in front of this desk is th.it occupied bv the h ader of the Democrats, Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland. It is regarded ns a very desirable location, and Mi Hill, bring a new Senator, rnav J 1 (ongratulrtte himself on having had the fnicsightwfo stcuif it. | Georgia Agriculturalists. , Savannah. Ga., [Special |.?The Georgia Ntnte Agricultural Society held its spring meeting here. Governor Northern, the retiring president of the society, pre- 1 sided and installed the officers elect, in ? eluding J. <> Waddell ns incoming prcs 1 ident. A lit ?ut t wo hundred and fifty, dt I cgntes werr present. Reports and speech < es were made on agricultural topics. Governor Northen held a puhlic rcccp ' lion and reviewed the troops which pa faded in his honor. The convention on ? Thursday was given an txcuision to < Tyhee. i 1 WATTERSON TO HILL kn Extraordinary Letter, which ia Said to hare had an Extraordinary Effect. The Baltimore Sum published last Wed osday a letter written by Henry Walteron to Governor Hill, which the Sun says vns probably instrumental in bringing ibout the meeting of Governor Hill and \ 1'rc.sidcnt Cleveland aud also on Hill nking the New York Senatorship. Wat "iron's letter was prompted solely by bis \mi convictions and without the least onsultation with any one. It is as fol mvs; l.oiiaviMR, November 21, 1R1H. My bar Sir: I take leave to addrvsi you his letter as one of some millions of democrats who hare never aoiight or leld office, and j?ho could not .be in York there i a well-nigh mammons demand among lie rank and tile of Democrats for the inmination of Cleveland. This Is too trong for party leaders and managers to esist. I think I have some influence in Kentucky, but on that point 1 should b? iverwlie'lined in the State Convrnvention. If you should como to the National < "onventlon with a New York delegation olid against it, you would be overwhelm j d. You are powerless to prevent it. ( hit you can defeat the election of the 1 ickct. I There are Democrats in every part of lie Union who hclicvc you did this in ( |8*H. I know that tola- false. I know , xactly what happened, and 1 have stead 1 ly defended you iu public and in pii Hut it will cling to you ss loiij; as j - luiii^ur I mil corruption story clung to Clay, ami 1 ivill meet you in every National Convenion. it it be not dissipated by some, act *1 in your part jirjyyt cujmgh to blot it out. ' Fn default of this,"TTyntI have anyTTopc ?f tin* Presidency it will defeat that. My judgment is clear that, if you could reconcile it with your judgment and feel ing to make peace with Cleveland and to lake the delegation to the National Convention in 1802 to put him in nomination, you will save the party and place yourself upon an elevation you can never attain if , you fail to do it. You would be re i eived by the country with enthusiasm, i lie accepted at once as a Warwick, nnd I lo not sec liow you could be kept out of [lie succession. < On ihe other hand, even if you succeed m! in defeating the nomination of Cleveland, you will stand upon sinister and langerous ground with a stormy future before you. These are plain words, and I have no elalions with you which jnive me the right to offer you cy '.T Thev may ' ,..e ... nnuirif ;V .... , tm* V' kJU"? p'Ki^aoiw.tW t\>o ,l?ht >f a Democrat who nrfs mhuI haorlengr :?f the country at large. and has given ionic proof of intelligent ilevotion to j party interests, to ignore ceremony and to send thein to you. Ill conclusion let 111c say that I shall, in any event, be glad to know you better, i and that, meanwhile, I am most sincere- i lv vour fticn<if I Henry Wattkuhon. To the Hon. David B. Hill. ( THE STATUS OF THE STAPLE. J j Report of the United States Agricul- } tural Department on tho Size of r the Crop, the Amount Still 011 Plantations and Pro. portion of Seed to Lint. Washington, D. C.i [Special].- The * cotton returns of the department, of agricultun*fai Fel>ni;ny^arOit the Estimated product compared with last year, the proportion sent from plantations and ?he ( yhid of iim to seed. . The plants were prolific in boiling opening so rapidly in the early autumn , as to tax the capacity of pickers and leave cotton exposed to the weather. J which was unusually moist. There is cm .-cipicutly general complaint or discoloialion and to some extent iniurv of tl>n ! iihre flora (he same cause. An unusual amount of trash was gathered with the cotton that was thus exposed. The consolidation of county estimate' ns returned hy the reporters, makes 10 per cent, of the product of last year. The State averages areas follows: North Carolina, which had a very small crop last year, OH; South Carolina, 100; (?eorpia, 105; Florida, 05; Alabama, 104: Mississippi, 108; Louisiana, 05; Texas, 10N; Arkansas, 102; Tennessee, 110. Some correspondents claim that there has been nonorganized effort to hold hack bviici prices. Others report its rapid marketing to get the benefit of the higher rates of the opening of the season. It is possible that these causes were both operative. One early in the season, the other later, counteracting the early movement. The proportions sent from plantations are thus reported: North Carolina, HO percent; South Carolina. N5: (Scoru-ia. 85; Florida, ! (>; Alabama, K?>; Mississippi, ftfi; Louisiana, lib; Texas. Hit; Arkan- , i>ns, 85; Tennessee, 85. General averages *7. The proportion of lint to >ced is reported at :i2 to ;ct per r ent., the better results being in the Atlantje roast States, in Louisiana ami Texas. ( Cut Off His Quene For r Bride. 'j A Lansing, Mich., special says: A i narriage license was issued to day to i 8am Lee, a Chinaman and proprietor of a 1 aundrv here, and Maggie., I" h inaiden,~ydlfff^a 71 <d^T" narriage eeremonv perfo^prctty. The I lie full consent of the ?med was with I ml friends, nnd the bnfl bride's parents >tor>d up with her. A lather of the bride bout the loide's honicjfaurge crowd stood iage look place, invito^ where the niarlonjher of l iO being 1 guests to the lopular fellow. lias a T' -se.nt. Sam is a ?.nik. and runs the IC*jug sttni in the 'lie capital city. THtrtgcst laundry i" i Inidal tup. but sel*?r,ir did not go on u a home Sain had i-lua) housekeeping d Tlie-o was noth J tight and furnlshlio i oiu tship, except Wg peculiar about lit oil ho '|iietw^jn l>het Ham had to i-mti-'s V, 1*1. ts. Nobsdienre to his MEN OF MARK. of <fohn P. LoTrll, ot Boatoa ?Fifty Yearn In ftnalncM. JOHN P. LOVELt,. The golden anniversary of the business rareer of Mr. John P. Lovell, one of Boston's most widely-known business men, viu ap propria tely celebrated in that city recently, (speaking of Mr. Lovell's career, which might'well "point a moral an I adorn a tale," Lhe Turf, Fir hi ami Farm rath: "John F. Lovell was born in Kaat. Brain Iree, Mess., July 25, IH'JO. At the age of eleven he left school and went to work In a cotton factory. One year later his mother opened a hoarding house in Boston and John had another year of schooling. With this scant equipment, but with an indomitable determination to succeed in life, the boy of thirteen entered into the arena of life's battle. "The years that followed witnessed the lad making a noble flght against the disadvantages with which he waa surrounded. Alter an eventful life in various lines of trade, he settled down to the gunsmith business in the employ of A. B. Fairbanks, to whom ho became apprenticed at a weekly salary of t3, with $25 yearly allowance for clothes, and a raise of flftv cents per week and $10 |>er vear additional clothing allowance for each succeeding year until the age of twenty-one. "The qualities which in later years do velopcd the man of large enterprise and un- j swerving integrity took firm root in the gun | smith hoy, and Mr, Fairchild was so grati- I lied with his fiurcww that, when John was twenty Tears of age, tho old gentleman voluntarily took him in as a partner with onehuh" interest. At this timo John had note dollar in tho world. "Thus, fifty years ago, was formed the firm which to-<lay is represented by the great house of John P. Ixjvell Arms Co., whose burisiess radiates throughout the world. \fohn's profit for the first year was $700. In 1*41 Mr. Fairchild died and Leonard Grove r entering, the Arm became Orover Ac Ijovell. In 1H44 John P. Iovell bought out his part uer s share and with renewed real pushed his tor/nrct the hinu "'Brk ui^euc^ ??ie ranks of the sporting goods dnnlei-s of America ho liewod his way from the lowest to the highest place of success, until with honcsf pride ho felt his feet securely planted on the nigh ground to which in boyhood days, when B>or and unknown, his ambition had aspired, is family had grown up around him in the intervening years, and he now beheld his sons, developed into men ready to assist him In his old age to carry to a further success kin* enterprise begun years before. "In 1874 the business was removed to tho present spacious buildings in Hoston which fire I orated in the business centre of the city. "Here daily may he seen John P. Lovell.tio Ion :er the young man whose steps are elastic n the pursuit of lofty ambitions, but. John I'. Ijovell the man of years, who has trodden ifc'.< pathway through both the bitter and li" .wect, and has emerged from its shadows ind contests, a man of success Iwth in the levelopment of wealth and of character." A LIFE RACE FOR A TROPHY. Sen. Jackson's Cup Will Go to the Last Survivor of the Old Pal metto Ouard. Col. J. J. Martin is one <>f inrvivors of the old Palmetto Hcgimcnt, South Carolina, who are running a life ace for a historic trophy. Just after the war of 1H12 the ladies of South Carolina presented (Jen. Jackson with a beautiful rnd costly cup indicative of their appreNation of the bravery and gallantry displayed by him at the battle of New Orleans. When General Jackson died his will ordered the cup to be given to the bravest soldier from South Carolina in Ihe next war which should occur. The up was carefully put away in the State irohives at Columbia to await the outcome of the next war. The next war was the Mexican war. South Carolina sent out the Palmetto Kegimcnt, 1,100 strong. It fought in TiHiiy battles, and only J00 of the 1,100 ame back. Then the question as to who diould have Jackson's cup arose. The Legislature appoicicd a commission to tacide the matter. The commission ould reach no conclusion. Every inemr>er of the regiment had fought well. No one had run away or showed the slightest cowardice, and it was impossible to tward the trophy. Thereupon th> Legislature decided that the cup should go lo the last survivor of JO1*. There are only 20 left, and it is the especial ambition of each to outlive the others so as to possess the trophy. TERRY SIMPSON NOT S0CKLESS Tho Alliance Statesman Denounces the Accusation ns a Vile Slander. < < "ngressnian-rieet .icrrv s-m.. rfvert in k?mm Cliy 1 V <?V flint I don't wear ^ ? n,*.v '!>' new Congrr^man '.Th^ ' w 8aid ?* h vile ?laUr T Jrtl LH>' V* ^ any other gentleman in Kansa^ "?mv -* - ?* lUUfiiioclv. ?n?t one inHTKTnipon keeping me supplied with ROf ks that would no even for a 'Prinee Hal,' .and she don't let any holes get in 'em, either. She knits the 'hoses' herself, and when the holes come out she darns 'em in a fashion that would do credit to the first lady in the land. If you don't Itelicve that i wear socks just look here." And pulling up a trouser leg of coarse blown -dull. similar to that worn by ninc. ty-nine farmers out of a hundred, he dis' played a calf of genuine proportions and a pair of looking. made out of common yarn, the regular blue and gray, the favorite with the farmers' wives, who have discovered that the coarser the yarn the fewer the stitches.? Kansas City Times ? K Determined Effort to Inflnenee Congress. The Council of State Presidents of the National Taraiers Alliance Adopts a Resolution Demanding the Prompt Report of the Silver Bill. Wasoinoton, D. 0. Feb. 1H.--The presidents of the State organisations of the National Farmer*' Alliance met here, the purpose being to formulate certain meaa urea to be presented to Congress and to . map out aome feasible plau for dissemi M natiug the literature of the council for ^ educational purposes. The meeting was called to orncr with President Pmk in the sWa*>| ispCySgPtWTtvrs nfj.hr follow Igir T laud, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kansas and Penn svlvauia and several other States. The only business transacted in the >n morning was the appointment of a com w mittce on silver legislation. At the even- II ing session I his committee submitted the \N following report; < < Resolved, That we regard It as a high |?i duty enjoined upon Congress by the Con st it tit ion to provide for the unlimited ; ..r ! , ... ....in mi- precious metals. |roln and silver, I the etui (hot the people of i the several States may l?e provided with ? a ciiculating medium. We express otu t surprise ami indignation that this duly } lias l?een so long delayed and neglected. f t nntrary, as we believe, not only to the ? doty we have mentioned, but the best in ] terests of the masses of our people, who \ . re suffering the pangs of poverty and 1 hngnutiou of business caused by the ' want of a sufficient circulating medium. We believe and charge thai such delay and neglect has been oihxwi'ixi.sI hy hi j undue iufluence in our governmental pol- ? idea by those whose interests it is to eon- . tract the currency and subserve the mo- ] nonolics and money lent lent. j We therefore urge upon Congress the demand heretofore made by the National ' Fanners' Alliauee and Industrial I'ltion for free and unlimited eoinage of silver ' upon the same terms and conditions tliil j gold is now coined. We express our eat nest condemnation of the exercise of at bitmry power which prevented the fair consideration of the free coinage hill at the last session of Congress, and in this jm connection we give expression to the hope that the free coinage bill which ' passed the Senate during the 11 resent ses siott and is now being considered in tin , committee on coinage, weights and mens ^ tires of the House, shall not be suppressed, but shall be speedily reported baok to the House and enacted into law. Willi prop . er respect aud deference to our Repre- )M I nmtatlvosoo the eommittee in the House ^ I we say that any efforts to unduly delay ' I the rep <rt oh t/iaf bill so as to prevent " action tliereon hy f.ho House in the few remaining days of this Congress will titer it. Hint will receive, ill further condein ! ' nation l?y the farmers and laborers of this 1,1 country. We have waited many years for the simple justice of having both pre j' eious metals restored to free coinage, and hereby declare our determination to pres.-. vx the tight on this line until this relief isae ! eoided to the laboring and producing masses of our nation, nod to hold rcspoii- 1,1 sihle the men, irrespective of par v, who "r olistruet in any way the legislative enact " merit of this just inea-un so strongly de- I1 inandcd by the laboring classes of a'l ' parties. The report is signed by J. II. MtDou- ' V aid, Tennessee, chairman; U. S Hall, '' M. I).; Frank Metiratli, Kansas; T. S. aM Adams, Louisiana; Martin I'age, Virgin ? in; W. S. MeAliister, Mississippi. a" The C'ouneil will eudeavov to obtain a " hearing before the House committee on a! coinage, and. if this is accorded it, the report of the committee or. .-.'.Jvvi iegis'ia lion will be presented. The committee on legi.stative demands has under consideration the sub-treasury proposition mid w the land loan plan. There is n strong <s sentiment iiilhe Council that tin House I" committee on wnvs and means should re- it' port to the House, the sub-treasury bill, a' so that there may be a discussion of its <' provisions. 'I here aie a numbers of w members of the Council however, who hi arc opposed to the idea. m Tfie press commit tee consists of Messrs. I ci McDowell, Suavely, Hall and Keninore. si The Council then adjourned, Ir ? ? * * f * A lleictofore it has seemed an impossibility to get stained col Ion white without |S injuring it. A process to accomplish this 1,1 has recently been discovered by J. J. jn Williams, a successful farmer at Ellenton, m S. C. He packs his seed cotton in lay- ()< ers. Over each layer he sprinkles water ?, with a pino top, and after doing this ,| leaves it for nearly three days. The ;l| stained and blue cotton, when taken out is clean and white and the staple as good w as ever. The cotton when packed in this manner generates heat. which removes the Mains. and the farmer is saved tlie difference in price between the stained and ^ white cotton, besides gaining one pound in eight in ginning. The heat generated 1 in the packing kills the germ in the seed, but the oil in them is not injured, and <>i they are saleable to the oil mills. ti< Mr. Williams lias found this process m successful, and he w ill be glad to answer ' t any inquiries concerning it. As the best ?a evidences of its value it may lie stated wi that this year he sold his entire crop as $1 first-class cotton. bi at Appropriation *^nt wrUes: l'o\. a icuctgh corrcsp pa{r CPmThos Keogh, oft vo,|np himself .nhrion. . cob,?M? rr,>- . ! the ?rc?t I J, M'litni at,.. ... exposition. The legislature is disposed to net liberally in the matter and to avail h itself of what is undoubtedly North Car- r" olina's greatest opportunity. It will he 11 a?ked to appropriate $50,000. It ia thought this suin ia reasonable and proper fine of the plans is to have a North Carolina building at Chicago, in which the materials will be the beautiful building stones and the choice woods of the State and in this to place every article t which is enumerated in the census re, turns. North Carolina is the only State in all the Uniou which can do this. I Mi| R| fl|n I'M a HKN. WM. T. HHFHM.VN DEAD.-?P?SOO to hid ashoa. , ?' . J EW8PAPER PUBLISHERS MEET. i? Vi)fAw<l.f<n ^BWn>my ty "*Various Cities. The nnitunl oonvontion of the Amevlin Nnwnpapor Publishers' Association as held Inst work in the large Hoffman oiisn, New Yoik City, President .Ins. '. Scott of tlie* Chicago Herald prcsidI. About two hundred publishers wcio cnent. Among thorn wore: \>'?lnli N a. Orh*. thn Tlrnea, ChnUnnoo?n, Ttnui. ?. I' Oil, I'mnha. IW, K Krnnr.lv. Otovi'laml ri*lmlMl?r, krihiirH IVaar.Evrnliuj Reporter,WooBinolwl, u l I. J. .Iiitslon, lh?> Triilh. Hnr?nl.>n. V*. \ ii. > fiiii|M', i iiniiinii' ii'ii fiiipn, riimniiiK : IV rnnaar. Tr Ira rant H?r?M. Orand Rapid*. Mloh 'rulfrli1* lirlaiNif] I'lonarr I'nw, Hi. Paul. I Throdorn Kllyann, niapafeit, Richmond, V*. I. W. Patterson, Jr.. ihli'tfuTribune. .. I.. Morgan, lloaton Post. " K Mlach. Han rranrlaro. cat iiM.r(jr H Itlrnoh, Ohio state Journal, oolumhu*. O . Matron! ?oii?ia*|own. Onto V .1 Richards, News, Indianapolis. Ind r II Hayes. atnr, Wi shtnston, p o liarlrH m aiiapp, at I.oula Hrpublic A' II Matthews. lvrmoci al * chronlols, Rochester 'ml I* Hall. Journal, Jamestown M Y xllion 4 Mi aaa, Cincinnati Poal l> K (.Insane, Tnlraram, Providence, H I I M Yoiiiik. al i mil* chronicle A \V l.no*lilln. Evening Klpress, Portland. Ma I A Roller. IhifTalo Newa h'miimih mt mirmmn mmmw#* I l? Iswcnts, Oalvcston News -t v, i m mallobk nrooklynrttlson 4. >; II Wimflv lloaton Herald * a ? arrant, Hronklyn Time* \ I'll-lor K Uwam. Chicago pally aawa ? m i tiahliiK. Boston Typolhetie IV K A Whlttlng, A I. rowlr, Hoaton Herald Kianels AI water. Pally Joiirrial, Mcrtden conn II K nuitulann. Brooklyn Kagle K wallnwcr, Independence, Mar.ishorg, Pa Alexander cralg. New llarrn Nawa I. swift, .lr, Minneapolis Journa I 1 human II F.rana, aan rranclwo chronlela vv ii self. I'lttshnrg rimes John II l.lnilsay. Albany Kiprraa It llolm"*, Toronto Telegram V ' Arthur Jenkins, Syracuse Herald ^ Dig-oat. of Now Fertiliser Law*. The following digest tif the now for* liy.t*r laws ju.it passed by tho Nortii itoliiiii (Jfin riil Asst-mby will Ihj of goniiI interest. The law substitutes a ton* igo oliargo instead of the privilege \ on tlio brand. Manufacture or hers must now pay a tonnage charge of i cents per ton on all fertilisers ?' fertili'/.iiig materials. Tags must j procured from Ihu (.'(tminiwioiir of Agrlrullure tobe ftttuckd to every ng before shipment to agents, dealers, r consumers in thin Htnte. ? II in >i misdemeanor and a lino of $10 ii eiirli hag, for mi agent or dealer to offer ii sale nny such fertilizer or fertilizing uteriulH not properly tagged, or a eounner to remove it, or u riiilrond agent. ? deliver it. Fertilizers whieh now live ii license to sell (secured hist year) ill not be reipiired to pay the charge or be tii^tred until expiration of their reuses. AH others ou sale rm!?t ht i^ffed properly at once. Goods kept /ei troni Inst season must be tugged to present this fnet, and all dealern lire re tired to report the amount on hand the elose of the fiscal ycur on Nov. >ili. No fertilizer can be sold with a iitent less than 8 percent, of available lospfiorie acid, 2 per cent, of ntnnionia d i per cent, of potAsh, Kainit, colli seed meal, for fertilizing purposes, id other fcrtiliz'iig materials must now i inspected and analyzed, and possible Iultovation so prevented.?H. B. Battle, xperiment Station, Hnlcigh. Georgia Gold. cli ittanooo\, Tknn., Fob. Id.?OoM as discovered in Gilmer county, Ga., early as |K:i.'?, but on account of the ok of capital and energy of the inhab oils, and their ignorance as to the iiiudanrc of precious metals in the unity, the development of the mineral i idtii of the State was delayed till (his le day. Gilmer county is almost in its fancy in the development of its promis metals, yet it lias been known ever nee the white man cumc into this couuy that it had some very rich jjohl mines. mong in*' most noicn gow in tne While Pnlh" initio, from which it estimated $500,000 of gold has becu ken fioin the placer alone. The Carray mine is known as 0110 of the richest the South. Our oldest citizens cstiate that between $'?00,000 and $J(,0,111 have been taken from its placers, i | sw."? some practical miners opened up ic vein upon this property and exposed ion! 15 feet of the vein that assayed > .1.000 per ton. Another assay made it bin the last year shows it worth 111, 500. X GOVERNOR GORDON ROBBED. ickpoekots Relieve Him of a Roll of Money and His Railroad Ticket. When ex (Jovernor Gordon, of (leorgia, lived at tin- Pennsylvania railroad sla>ii, in Jersey City, bound south, Wedsday afternoon, he found that his pockbad been picked, and he. bail neither ilroad ticket nor money to buy any ith. llesides bis ticket, be had lost 1H. His grand hnilingsign of distress ought him relief at the ticket. I " Gtwmrt delay. PaTtfiued For $85,000. Ifan Tnipresiudo ' 'who^*ng^wi Mme r;".s.. w;" ic I tin <livn for fvn,uuv ?iniU?Pv. roach of contract, Mmc Patti having pfuscd to appear unlet** her advance uoncy wa* deposited with her bankers. Fun Ahead in Minneapolis. A press dispatch from Minneapolis, Minn., says: Arrangements have been made for'a joint debate the last of March lie! ween Ignatius Donnelly and Bob Ingeisoll, Donnelly to defend the cryptogram, and Ingersoll to uphold the Shakespearean end of the controversy, ' 'M