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Two Mir Atlantic liner*, to bs 900
feet long end fMter than anything afloat
are guaranteed bj the builder* to be
roady for sea early in the spring of 1893.
They will be almost as long as the Great
Eastern, though not nearly so wide.
Tbey will have quite as much engine
power as that unfortunate steamship had,
but it will be so compact and economised
that it will not occupy one-third
as much spacs nor be one-quarter the
weight of the old paddle and sciew
engines.
It is difficult to estimste, confesses the
New York iVstos, the smount of money
that has been left in Europe this year by
'American tourists. Taking all the exi
in I 'if minimum ?mf
.passages out and home and the average
sum disbursed on the other sid9, the
aggregate cannot be far from $75,000,000.
AH of this has to be paid
out of the products of labor in this cnun.try,and
if it is nol returned in the shape
of the gold paid for our wheat, petroleum
and other articles, it will represent
the cost paid by this country for th?
pleasure of its citizens abroad.
Mrs. Potter Palmer bas called upon
women sculptors to send designs in the
form of miniature models of the sculpture
work for the women's building.
>Tbe designs must ba delivered to Mrs.
Palmer's office before November 15 next.
One is n group of figures iu high relief
to fill the pediment over tho main en
trance forty-five feet long at the base
line and aoven reot Tn tne center. The
second design of groups of statuary
stands free above the attic cornice, resting
on the base, five feet long, three feet
deep and two feet high, sixty feet from
.the ground. These groups consist of a
central winged figure, standing about
ten feet high to the tip of tho wings,and
supported by smaller sitting figures. Tiie
compositions should be typical of woman
and woman's work in history. Each design
submitted must bo accomplished by
an estimate of cost, with full-sized plas
ter models, delivered at jacioon rarn,
and the authoress of the design accepted
will receive the contract for the execution
of these full-sized models.
In no other dop&rtraout of the WorldV
f ?? I Mi I I j I M.-fl ?
/ will there be a dazzling array of diamonds,
opals, pmsralds and other gems,
?nd of the precious metals, but a most extensive
collection of iron, copper, lead,'
other ores, and of their product; of coal,
granite, marble, sandstone aud other
building stone; of soils, salt, petroleum,
and, indeed, of almost everything, useful
or beautiful, belongiug to the mineral
kingdom. How extensive the mineral
exhibit from other countries will bo, it is
yet too early to know, but the indications
are that it will surpass any that has
heretofore been made. However that
may be, there is no doubt that the mineral
resources and products, not only of this
cou itry M h whole, but of each State and
vestioo, will ba of the most complete and
representative description. Chief Skiff,
of the P-pirtment of Miucs and Mining,
is confident that this will 1m? tha x*.
suit of the plans which he is pursuing.
The Secretary of ??.. Trcasuiy has prepared
a pamphlet in rogird to the volu no
of money in circulation. It shows that
the amount in circulation July 1, 1865,
was $714,702,095. Of this amount
8689,702,995 was paper money. During
the calendar year 1865 the averago market
price of gold wes 157. So it required
$157 in currency to purchase as
much of auy commodity as could be purchased
with $100 in gold. The $714,702,995
then in circulation was, therefore,
equivalent as an average for the
year to only $646,301,270 of the money
which has constituted the currency of
this country since January 1, 1879. This
an amount per capita of $13.36. The
(f blowing is a recapitulation of the tables
inferred to:
Sfiper Circu'atton
Tear. capita. per cai>ita.
1860 *14.00 *18.8*
180 1 14.09 13.98
180 2 10.90 10.23
180 3 20.23 17.84
1864 29.72 13.07
1805 22.10 20.57
!*?? 21.27 18.00
186 7 20.11 18.28
186 8 10.38 18.30
I860 18.05 17.60
187 0 18.73 17.30
187 1 18.75 18.10
187 2 18.70 18.10
1878 18.58 18.01
187 4 18.83 18.13
187 5 18.16 17.16
187 6 17.53 10.12
* 1877 .' 16.40 15.58
1878 16.63 15 32
1870 21.53 16.75
?A JgWfi. axui iu ii
28.30 23.37
1W* 80.60 22.01
J?" 31.03 22.65
1885 3 ? ju no
1^^ 81.50 21.82
18^1 32.33 22.45
, 1*** 34.30 2.V84
1880 33 86 '22.52
18B0 34.34 22.82
1W/ 32.88 23.43
.
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AUTUMN WHISPERING
Tell It Not That Our Southland
Prosy.
We Will Tell Tou About Many ]
portant Happening's that Hav<
Occurred During1 a Week.
VIRGINIA.
Gen. W. H. F. Lee is reported mi
better.
Negotiations are pending the erect
of $10,000 cement works at Savernah
The anniversary german of the Pet
burg Grays was held in Petersbt
Thursday night.
Am ?'!?!'.
bonnet trimming party last week.
A dispatch from Tappahannock sn
Hoo. Joliu W. Daniel addressed at t
place an audience of about 1,200 |
sons. Among them were 200 ladi
lit? made one of the happiest and m
effective efforts of his life.
F. W. Payne, clerk of the county a
circuit courts of King George county, 1
made an assignment for the benefit of
creditors. His liabilities are estiraat
at *40,000; assets from $30,000 to $9
000.
The fourth annual meeting of
State Sunday School Association w s
session at Norfolk last week. Repc
from the counties have been heard ?
the outlook is cncouragiug,
The prohibition warfare in North D
villc grows warmer. Mrs. P. A.
Smi-h, of the Enterprise, tlicouly won
editor of the state, has been warmly
vocating the temperance cause, and
protection has been carrying a revol
with er lately.
Virginia coal has enabled thfl l't'
ship omIu iw iuWt'1 rffl1 record lr
New York to Queenstown to 5 days,
hours and 22 minutes. The South
fast taking tire lead iu pretty mi
everything, and this is but one more
lustration of this fact.
Herbert Bryant has pui chased fi
Alexandria city the old Middle Pc
property on the Potomac river for $2,0
and will establish a fertilizer fact
there.
A syndicate of northern capitalists 1
it is stated, purchased the Neck of Li
fcOf\ HAfl ntwl n/\nfnmnli
|iiu[n;ivj T~?iyw,
the purchase ol the James'own
land to improvo it and establish i
towns and industries.
The State Medical Society wound
its annual raoctiug at Lynchburg
Thursday by a grand banquet tende
them by their "Hill City" brethren. 1
IllUtWlftlli JflU imMflKW'HUSI
took effect in Mrs. Campbell'* head,
the attending physicians consider her
"juries serious, if not fatal.
The Norfolk aud Western Railr
Company has applied to the Lon>
Stock Exchange for a quotation of 1
000,000additional piefcrred capital sic
At Roanoke, Tuesday, C. E. Herl
and J. W. Camper, of the Herald, i
James A. Pugh, of the Times, cnga|
in a fist tight, without serious injur;
either. The difficulty arose over si
newspaper pub'ications and a busii
settlement that had been carried to
courts.
Friday's Richmond Times, says:
was a great day for the colored raci
Richmond yesterday, and they felt pr<
of their achievements. The first auu
exhibition of the Virginia Industr
Mercantile and Building Associat
took place at the Exposition, and
many respects, the descendant of 11
has a l ight to foci proud. There
many productions made, each daw lui
eotorcu man which were not to be seei
the exhibitiou, hut those displayed w
in many respects creditable, and t
better than words tlv?r? ** Cuai tii
j is a time yet coining wh n the negro i
make sharp competition with the wl
man in the manufacturing markets of
Soil tit
NORTH CAROLINA.
Winston's ficc mail d> livery sysl
was put into aetiveoperation Friday.
The Forsyth county Farmers' A
nncc met at Winton last week.
The contract has been given for
erection of a tannery in South >
gantou.
Two sharp shop-lifters were captu
in Winston Thursday. They m
bro hers named Burgess and v
strangers
The Gnstouia Cotton mnnufaetui
Co. has coniple'ed its new mill,and st
ed operations this week.
Sam Jones began a meeting in \
mington Friday. He goes to Charii
Nov. 1st.
The trial of the Motz brothers at I
colnton was remanded to Cleveli
county, and they will he tried for tl
lives at Shelby on Tuesday of the to
By vote of 20 to 22 the Presbytery
Associate Reformed Presbyterian chu
in session at Statcsville decided to r
oumiend the introduction of instruniei
music in their church service.
Elmore Cloninger,charged with wre
ing the train at Boat inn's bridge, 1
tried at Statcsvillc Thursday and 1
committed to jail without bail.
The coroner's jury at Roxboro in
case of the murder nnd burning of V
liam Dixon and wife, implicates Bad
Lawson.a young negro with a hard cli
actor. Dixon's son sxore out a wan
for his arrest and he was placed in jai
Roxboio.
The Farmers' Co-operative Maufa
?= the, qptal^ishn
cottonstcd-oil mill at Tarboro.
W. B. Glenn, of Winston, once of
brainiest lawyers and finest ora
in the Ptate, is reported dying at
Morganton Asylum.
Hon. Wharton J. Green, of Faye
ville. ex member of Congress accepted
invitation lo deliver an address on niil
roads of Not lb Carolina soine time dur
the Raleigh Exposition.
(S, Alfred Donor, a negro burglar, "was
bound over it the criminal court without
bail for breaking into the houw of J no.
I? W. Wad a worth at Charlotte early Thursday
morning. Robberies had been going
on in the city for n week past and it ia
believed the culprit is now behind the
[m- ^
Work has been l>egun on the Odd-Fellows'
Orphan Home at Goldsboro.
Grand Master .lohn F. Bmton
threw the first spade of diit. The contractors
agree to have th" building ready
by February 15. 1N92, and it ia expected
nch to have the institution in operation early
next spring,
ion The trial of McDougald for the murder
. rtf Rimpnn Pnnnlv hna tww?n fmm
erg. Lumberton to Cumberland county, where
lir? at Fnyetteville Superior Court will convene
Monday, Nov. 16th. Wedorsday v
in Friday a great
at Raleigh; addres es were made at
'7?: Brookaide park. Among the prominent
Alliance men who spoke were Senator W.
**'" A. Peffer, of Kansas; Hon. Thomas Nories"
wood, of Georgia; President Marion Butler,
of the North Carolina Alliance, and
others. Col. L L. Polk, who was anod
nounced to speak, was not present, hav!ias
|ng left for California.
hi? SOUTH CAROLINA.
cd
15,- A canning factory is to be built at
Honea Path.
tj,e A stock company to manufacture furt
jn niture is organizing at Florence.
? ?g Marion has voted $10,000 bonds for
m(j sinking an artesian well.
The Charleston Daily World has suspended.'
a?" The Spartanburg Savings Bank will
soon be rea?% for operations.
aan The Atlantic Cotton Compress Co. has
*d" purchased and will operate the cotton
or compress of the Columbia compreas.
ver The Coosaw Phosphate Co.hns appeal
'? *l"-ViftiiViir"fr ""urmiifr ini ?m
therefore have to tight awhile longer.
D. D. GaRton is tryiug to organize a
ia $100,000 stock company to develop the
1,1. water power of the Small river, near
! Blacksburg, and to erect the cotton mill
previously mentioned. Machinery for
"om spinning hosiery yarn will be put in if
lint ...ill So Knit) mill to lw> rmrrnt^H hv
CO. water power.
or> A meeting of th3 executive committee
(and delegates from several counties) of
las, the Colored State Fair Association was
?nd held last week and encouraging reports
ites were received. Agents were sent out
Is- Monday.
lew The Laurens Canning Co. will probably
declare the handsomest dividend of
up any canning factory of the 8tate. They
last hope to declare a dividend of 25 per
red ceut. The News & Courier says: "there
rwo ought to be a canning factory in every
mP I
and will perhaps be the most costly plaeS'^P
in- worship owned by the colored people in
the U. S.
oad The formal op?ning of cue St. Charles
don Intel, Chariest -n, was held Thursday
night The building has been almost
>ck. rebuilt, and is now one of the hand)Crt
somest in the South,
and The legislature at its last session two
gcd years ago appointed ex-Judge J. J.
v to Maher to recodify the laws of the State.
>mc lie is about ready to make his report his
less report, and the advisability of having an
the extra session of th j legislature is being
considered.
It The work which Miss Carrie Mayrant
i in and sister, Mrs. N. K. Perry, of Coloud
umbin, have done upon the cultivation
iual of ramie and in the study of it* use as a
ial, food for silk worms, has attracted attenion
tion, bringing inquiries from California.
*n Gov. Tillman, Sec'y of Stato Tindal
aru and J. E. Wannamaker have issued a cir"" ?
cnlnr in Imlmlf of ClfiHlHfin CnllftTP?<W?
nip ine nrmcrs to tenet their nssis1
ln fnnco toward mttinf no a creditabln ?*
erj iiibit for the Augusta h'xposition which
miens in i.
i rc *
v 111 Tho Teachers' Assoc at ion of York
lite coun'.v mct Kock Hill last week and
^ the tneiuhers were well entertained by
the citi/ens. Addre s of welcome was
delivered Friday night by Hon. W. H.
Stuart. t-unt of Education May field was
tein prestent and delivered an address illustrating
the educational standing >hroughIIj.
< tit the State.
The old South-rn black gum is coining
Ijie into favor as a substitute for hlaek waiI
nut, says the News <fc Courier. It can be
so stained that only an expert can detect
it from the real walnut. Our Carolina
,ret-' swamps are full of black gum trees that
'erp have hitherto been regarded as mere en'ere
cumbranees of the gound. Farmers
should remember that they will soon have
ing a well defined market value and he slow
art- in selling them at cord wood prices.
There is a little seusatio i at Columbia
Vrd- in political circles caused by the resiguaotte
tion of clerk of the court Assman, of
Lexington. It is rcpo.ted that the Attorney
Geueral paid a visit to Lexington
jin- and examined into Mr Assmnn's accounts
mid and that the resignation is a result of this
teir examination. The Ltxington legislative
rm. delegation are already discussing the
of question of who s to be his successor.
rch There will he a number of candidates
e.?\ OTHER STATES.
ital
That spectacular performance, ''King
Soloman and the destruction of Jerusalem"
will be rriven nf the Atlnntn F.vnn.
*n8 sition. Over'700 persons arc in the cant.
Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, has
the commuted the sentence of life imprisonrr-T
ment of Nathan and Woodville Tamer,
who were to have been hanged at '1 iptonville.
lit 1 - .
University Inauguration Day.
Ralbioh, N. C., Oct 14, [Special.J?
The inauguration of George T. Winston
* as president of the state university was a
?c"_ pleasant event participated ^ in by many
, The programme was rendered r.s juiiowt:
th* Opened witn prayer at 10 o'clock. Song
tors |,y university choir; address in behalf of
tl,c the trustees, by Thomas S. Kenan; addressed
by President Oilman, of Johns
tte- Hopkins, Kev. Dr. Curry and Editor W.
Ian II Page, of The Forum; song by choir;
lilio addressed by Kemp P. Battle, retiring i
ing pies id nt, and George T. Winston, presi .
de t-tlect.
t1 s=g
ANOTHER FLYER.
A N?v York Ktt IitsiU u A
Ship That Will 6o.
fkrw tusdnd Kilos aa ^ Ho*
Through 0p?ce, Krea ia the
TmU of a Furious Cyclone.
New IfcsK Cirr, [Special.]?Chat. <
Loeber, auerman has invented an ai
ahip that Will go.
Unlike aoat other exn?r4m???*nr? vr
Loeher hadritecarded the idee that in c
lit V? a,lr \ v<*8?1 mU8t
( **
V # Itl
in the ait whioh has hitherto been uno
s rved by all acientista. Anthexis I call
Anthexis is really the energy ofexisteuc
It c.mnot be used as a motive power, b
merely a* apowcr of support. By mea
of authexsis I can raise my own body ir
the air and by using the ordinary roes
of locomotion move around in it at will
"What is anthcxis?"aaked the report
"It is a hard thing to explain/' repli
amf^wPiavetewncd how to apply
but we do not know just what it is. T
birds know how to use anthexis. Hs
you never seen a swallow or a seag'
floating in the air without moving
wings? It is supported by that ener
of rcs'stance in tho air that I call i
t hex is.
In form the ship is an clougated ov
The prow is a cigar-shaped aud the at<
almo.t flat. The base is formed o? i
hollow cylinders, which it may rest ev<
ly on the earth.
The principal feature of th<5 ship is l
wings. These wings are to be made
thin steel plates ana extend out on eitl
side just like tho wings of a beet
1 hcv are not to be used as a moi
power, but merely to give support to
ship in its flight. Their use is precis
siini ar to that of the wings of a sea#
when floating through the sir, i's wi
extended n^^gpicsson aatj^idc Just 1
TW^ving.'
mova$i*ftP|B?n the ship is ria
thej arefew degrees, and w!
they ship is decenduig they are raised
as to afford thatanst possible rcsiste
to the air, whlWttill serving to maint
?
COLD WEATHEK
In the Southwest?Frost in Hall
Dozen States.
The Weather Bureau furnishes the 1
lowing special bulletin to the Press:
The weather repoits from the Sou
west including the States of Louisia
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Ind
Territory, Southern Missouri i
Southern Kansa*, show an occurrei
there Wednesday and Thursday of t
coldest weather of the season of wh
pcraturcs with their relation to the It
est previously observed during the ?
dccMue oi October, viz: On" the 7
Oklahoma 31 dog , 4 degrees belo
Springfield, 5Io., 30 deg below. F
Smith, 34 dog., 0 deg. below.
On the 8th: Nev Orleans, SO deg.,
deg. below. Corpus Christ!, 52 deg
deg. below. Slirevcport, 38 deg.,
below. Galveston 56 deg., 1 d
below.
Killing frosts occurred Wcdnesr
morning in Missouri, Kansas and Arki
sas and light frostj Thursday morning
Northern Louisiana and Central Mist
eippi.
Proposed Monument to Oen. Stuai
Richmond, Va., [8pecial.]?The v<
eran cavalrymen of the army of Northe
Virginia will meet in this city Octol
28 for the purpose of inaugurating t
movement to erect a monument to Ge
J . E. B. Stuart. The committee havi
the matter hi c^.rgc have issued an a
dress from following is an e
tract: "It seems but fitting that the s<
dier who in his twenties blazed the w
for Jackson around the armies of McCf
Inn and Hooker should be made the su
ject of an enduring monument in this t
capital city of the Confederacy, in wlic
successful defense he fell at its ve
gates."
August Belmont's House Burned.
New York City.?Fire Wcdnesd
morning broke out and destroyed t
five-story brownstone mansion at 1
Fifth uvenoeownod byMrs. Haywood Ci
ting and occupied by Mr and Mrs. Augi
Belmont. Mr. Belmont was not at horr
but his wift^ two children and a numb
of servants , had narrow escapes frc
death. Thd house was filled with cost
furniture nod tapestries. The buildii
was completely gutted and the loss is <
donated at $200,U00.
flrnr ^Hjvanat^ Skeleton*.
- -Stflffr W ' y, |j -uKITStf
surrounds a recent discover; at Suttr
I'raxton county. While working wit!
the corporate limits, removing rock a
earth for a foundation for a new dwelli
house, laborers wire a founded to fi
buried in one pile the bones of four I
man skeletons The only practical
i'.vpolh sis ventured is the commission
i foul murder years ago, perhaps an
Jating the war
i
ike hip's equilibrium.
The motive power is soother secret of
Mr. Loeber.
, 4'When you disturb the equilibrium of
the sir." ssid he, "you cause motion.
Now, I have found out how to apply
that motion by leverage, and so obtain
motive power for mi ship. Steam enar
gines are necessary for that purpose. I
, place them in the middle of my air-ship,
and by working them properly I disturb
the equilibrium of a sufficient amount of
air to run the ship at a rate of 300 miles
an hour. Leverage is all I need, an i I
have discovered how to obtain it from
ir~ the disturbed equilibrium of the sir.
My motive power is entirely pneumatic,
r. but steam engiues are needed to produce
>r- it."
be Io the perspective drawing of the airir
ship three holes will be noticed at the
TU nhiiniwwyw iiiihiipi iiiiiimL
b- way be obtains bit motive ppwer is this:
it. The steam engines pump air from the
:e. sides of the ship ani force it out in a
ut powerful stream behind. This would
us probably give more effective means of
'to motion than an ordinaly propeller, as all
'08 the slip of thd air on the blades of the
I.M screw propeller would be overcome. The
er. ahip is steered with an ordinary rudder,
ed "The great beauty of my ship," says
^ Jlu frofiher. "ia if perfect security. It
it, clone that ever blew and be not moved
he from its course. Anthcxis will support
ve It under all circumstances. I?y adjustull
ing the wings a little and by tippl ing
its the power of disturbing the atmospheric
gy equilibri':r? in ?* judicious u anncr ?he
in- course may be kept without diverging
one point of the compnss, or the ship etui
al. soar over the top of a cyclone if the capsru
tain prefers it. The possibilities are il
limit utile. As an engine of destruction
an- in time of war, just think of it. It would
revolutionize warfare. I believe it would
the put an end to it. I intend it as a ship of
of peace and not an engine of dcstru< tion.'"
her The perspective view is drawn from n
tie. sketch made by Mr. Loeber from liis delve
signs, and is intended to show how the
the ship will look when flying at a rate of COO
ely mile3 an hour over the country. Th
rull railings around the top arc a bulwark to
. r *_! tt l_i
n?4 prevent people ironi inning uu into apace.
low i They surround a sort of promenade deck
iMdjijmm
Ttf- wwpliot house. The capfain and pilot
are will take their stands there and will diing
rect the movements of the ship by pressben
ing electric buttons communicating with
, so the engine room. They will steer w ith
nee a wheel such as is usee] on ordinary seaain
going ships.
A Healthy Industrial Growth Based
on Natural Advantages.
f a The Manufacturers' Record of October
10th, says:
'The steady improvement previously
fol- I reported in the Sduth becomes more pronounced
every week, and, while there aro
th- some complaints of inactivity at special
P?. points, due to local causes, the general
ian advancement of the whole 8outh shows
that this sectiou is fast recovering from
uce the troubhs brought ouby the late tiuanto*
cial stringency. New enterprises of great
ich magnitude and of far-reaching imporTO
! reported In tins wVeltTTssu^ortBe^Kr^"
)W* j ufacturers' Record. Of vital interest
r3? , iron and steelmakers everywhere in the
th, | s'gning of a coutract by Mr. C. P. Huntw
i ington to build a railroad to the great
or! , Bessemer ore district of Llano, Texas.
j which will open up a district that is pro
2 1 nounced by experts to be far ahead of the
> A i Lake Superior region in abundance of
4 i ore and in cheapness of mining. At defeS
I fcrson, in the same State, the owners of a
! furnace now in operation will build steel
lay
works; at Ashland, Ky., large Bessemer
*!* steel works have just been completed; at
,ln I'rincipio Furnace, Md., an old furnace
"s* property, including 8,000 acres of minerHi
land, has been purchased bv a $1,000,000
company, which will build a rolling
ft- mill, pipe works, &c.; biicks are being
et_ made for the steel and tinplatc workH to
rn he built at Saveruake, Va., and which arc
,er to cover about 15 acres of ground; an ofj,e
fer has been leccived to move an eutirc
n plant from Wales to 8avernake. and is
now under consideration: ? $1,000,000
ore and coal mining company has been
!X- organized to operate in East Tennessee.
5|. Among other enterprises reported for the
Ry week are a $100,000 lumber company in
ei West Virginia; fertilizer factory. Alexnndria,
Va.; $30,000 granite company,
he Virginia; $100,000 clethiug factory,
)Be Texas; $50,000 lumbering company
!ry Kentucky; the improvement of water
power property at Kmbreevillc, Tenn., to
furnish 5,000 horse power for fHctoiies;
the building of a dam across tlie GuoJiowder
river, in Maryland, at a cost of
150,000, to develop 15,"00 horse power;
XT a $200,000 lumber company and a $20,000
paint company in Virginia; a $25,1
| | 000 company for distilling rum from molasses
in Louisiana; a manganese giiudincr
,l*,- I company at SavcMiake, Vn.; $*>0,000 im'
,tl { proveinent company, Camden. Ark.; a
'm | tauncry at Morgnnton, N. (}.; a f.r>0.000
^ < flour mill company. Weather ford, Texas;
? $100,000 gift's works company, Alabama;
i three phosphate companies, Florida, etc.
j ''This summary covers some of the
more important cnte prises, showing
how general is the improvement extending
from Maryland to Texas, and how
uiverairied is ttic development
that is now going on. including almost
'?* evtry liue of mannfacturing from the
making of rum out of molasses to the
utilization of Southern timbers for woodworking
enteiprises of nil kinds, and of
n" Southern iron ores for iron and steel-inak,u'
ing and of Southern tin ores for tinplate
manufacture. There is no s;te< ulatio i in
' any of this growth, l>nt simply a steady
te substantial development based on natural
resources."
FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
Ex-Senator Norwood Oflfen a Subnti
tato for the Sub-Treasury Bill.
Ha Proposes the Creation of a Billion
and a Half of Papar Honey to be
Distributed to the States and
IiOaned to the Oitisens.
I
Thomas M. Norwooi, Ex-United
States Senator of Georgia, by invitation
of tte Legislature of that State to addref*
them on the Alliance aub-treasury
plan, spoke at Atlanta a few days ago on
the general ouestion of the finances and
"persona
a'mctive to tin Weat and South, and will
finally destroy tho Eastern States. It
produces congestiou in one part of our
political body and paralysis in the other
parts. His plan is in brief, for Congress
to direct its Secretary of tho Treasury to
prepare a sufficient numl?er of legal tender
notes of convenient denominations,
which, added to the existing currency,
will give thirty, forty, or lifty dollars
per capita. These notei are to Ik? receivable
for all debts and dues except duties
on imports. They are to be redeemed
by th? United States Government on presentation
at the treasury or at sub-trens
uries estnb ished at convenient citien.
The trea?nrcr shall hold ?l least pet
cent, of the issue in coin, gold and silver,
Jo redeem the notes, that being enough
and ns much na banks now hold for re
demotion purposes. The percentage of
coin, however, cart be regulated by ex
pericnce. He proposes to re adjust and
measurably equalise the circulation of
tl.Q currency in tl^ia war: J-'iyft State on
aniount which added to its existing circulation
will make the amount | cr capita
decided on by Congress. The banking
capital in each .State is to'be the standard
for ascertaining its circulation, unless n
better can be devised. To illustrate:
Georgia's population in round numbers in
2,000,000. The amount per capita fixed
by Congress for the whole population
being $10, Georgia would be entitled to
eighty million dollars, but her present
banking capital being thirty millions,
that sum must be deducted and Ivrquota
of legal tenders would be fifty millions.
The ratable amount of circulation he proposer
rhall be used by each StHte according
ns the people of the Btnte shall determine.
That ft, it may bo used in
banking or bo let by tlio State acting
through a bureau of flnaucc to individuals
on such securities as a prudent bank
now takes for loans. His plan is for end
State to hold a percentage of this cur
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uala and corporations; that each Stat
shall fix by law a reasonable rate of inter
est, not above 5 per cent , and by lav
name,the securities on which the bureai
of flninco shall lend, the percentage o
vn I no to be lent and time; that land shal
l?c one of the securities, and that end]
State shall lend on its own products
For instance, Georgia's great producl
being cotton, it should bo security or col
laricini under proper and safe conditions;
wheat and corn being the chief products
of Kaunas, Iowa, etc., they should lend
on these products Norwood contends
that when money can draw to itself ^
per cent, by going into manufacturers,
uiiuing, etc., it will go there, and thin
all the natural resources of the State will
he developed and its wealth increased to
the lienetit of every citizen, whereas
hanking produces no wealth and benefits
oply the few who receive the dividends.
Norwood took Qeorgia and Kansas to illustrate
what can he done under his flStati
XuU set jmM? r.r.i il?n
id per ccwt. of the legal tenders to pro
tcct its own citizens against financial
crises and squeezes. Oeorgia could in
crease her hanking capital $ 10,000, O0(
slid lend $00,000,000 on long time, interest
payable semi-annually, .to individuals
and corpor tions who have valunhlc
mines to he developed and who desire to
build cotton factories, to manufacture)s
of wooden wares and iron; in short, to
bring into activity and use her natural
resources, which arc incalculable and
which have lain untouched for twentyfive
years only because her people have
had 110 money to work with. With $00,
000,000 thus lent by the State at 5 per
cent she would receive annually one million,
five hundred thousand dollars in interest
With that she could establish a
sinking fund of $500,000 per annum, and
iu twenty years p*y off her funded debt.
With this in hand she could begin to reduce
State taxation at once;could largely
increase her school funds, ami establish a
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... imhui^ixiiuu, nun in n very lew
years discontinue taxation except for
county and municipal purposes. Borrowers
Irom the State, would get value
received in the loan as low interest,
would thus take the place of taxpayers.
Kansas could lend to her citizens at 5, 4
or three per cent, and then they could
lift the present mortgage debt of $235.000,000,
due mainly to the East, and at
the same time put interest money enough
in the State treasury to relieve tiiem from
State taxation. He contends that as all
the monev that can he b mowed is in the
Eastern Stites, it is practically useless to
the South and West. Under the system
he advocates the money nnd security are
in the same State ? nre i.eighhors and
will exchange - and uitere twill go to the
benefit 'of both lender and borrower and
all the people in tlie State; whereas, now
the interest paid, aa a rule goes Ksst.
The interest now paid per annum by the
wnoie people goes to enrich those who
are already too rich fo the safe y of the
Republic, and that interest would be distrinnteH
among the ".Thole |?copic taken
by RtAtca.
He contends that the present banking
system is a monopoly, because it is baser!
on but one class of securities?Government
bonds; second, that it is monarchical,
being fashioned on the plan of the
Bank of England during the first century
of its existence; and. third, that our
banking system is no' based on money or
coin, but on paper credit. The whole
system rests on ihe Government's credit,
whereas his proposed system would rest
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on coin in the treasury sufficient to nMst
all demands of foreign commerce and do*
mestic trade.
Norwood's substitute for the AINance
sub-treasury plan avoids Federal action.
Kach State lends to fanners on land and
on its own especial products at low inter,
cat. Thus lie says he eatabliahsa equality
for nil and shows favoritism to none. He
contends that his plan obviates every objection
hitherto msde to the Alliance sub*
treasury piae, and gives tanners sure relief,
as the allotment of currency he proposes
not only etpialiEoi it if lent by
States as the (States' volume of currency,
but thus distributed will remain permanent
in each State, because the (State
being the lender and ihe principal being
lent to its citiicns it must return to Urn . ?
State with Interest as the principal
Kansas is increasing but slowly since last
year. The principal gains have been in
the cities and towns where the Citisens'
Alliance has been hard at work this year.
He estimates the increase at 20 per cent,
over last year.
Speaking of the negroes in the South
ho said:
"They are flocking to us in the South.
I believe that this movement is tho solution
of the race problem. It divides the
colored as well as the white vote of the
South. If it docs nothing else it will do
that much good at least. The old fight
between the blseks and tho whites will
be broken; the blacks will tako Issue
with each other in politics the same as
the whites. That's what they ought to
do. Tho lines are cb?eer drawn in the
Mouth than hnrr. Rvervthlnir divides on
the sub-trcnsury scheme. It 7s either endorsed
or opposed by every man in the
South.
"How many member* ha* hie Alliance
" - "Hi Thilry-Pi^m dWUea anw wuiwiica
wo have 4,000,000 members."
"And you expect to have a National
ticket in '02? Who will lead it!" .
"<>, Lord, I don't know. Home farmer
now unheard of may spring up and
prove himself the right man for the place.
.lust at present the only men in eight are
Weaver and Polk."
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The Alliance in Michigan baa prospered
beyond the most sanguine expectation*
during the past year. It has increased
in number* nnd effectiveness, until now
it may well be considered as one of the
reliable nnd staunch State oroag^ptions
of the Order. Uuder the intelligent and
conservative guidance of its officers, no ?
factions have arisen, no dissentlons have
occuricd in the ranks, but to the contrary,
a unit / of action and continuity of
1 purpose has directed all its efforts. It
Lis taken caie of itself nnd ita growth
W',mmtrtu [
j the aid which comes from large meetings,
addressed by national officer* or men of iflH
r National reputation in the order, hence
it may be considered an self-made in all
respects. The good work done in Michi- "*?
J giin has had il* effect in other States.
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The Allinnco Vindicator, of Hulphur
SpiingK, Texas, was on the 18th ult.
dressed in full mourning, on account of .
I of tlm death of its able hikI trno editor,
i Brother Moore, who was killed in a per|
sonal dilliculty, which was reported to
i hi the culmination of u oiMer controversy
over the demnnds of the Order.
The Vindicator promises nn account of
i the niTair next week. Brother Moore
i wiii an able and true Alliance man, reape?
ted and beloved by all who knew
him. His untiring zeal, devotion and
ability has built up the Vindicator, and
his labor; contiibuted largely to the success
of the movement.
"" Th" wixiiai* tuonzaiea, lex.)
1 aays: We would like to remind those
j who bleat so much about "capitalistic
influence" that if every dollar of capital
' was swept from the earth, labor and labor
alone, would reproduce it again.
Therefore, capital is but the croition of
labor, and should be tho hand-maid of
industry.
It is said tint the Farmers' Alliance
have 35,000 lecturers in the field, Ireside
n number of volunteers, who are
giving the people light on nil economic
question*.
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Tlic Headquarters of the National
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union
is in the National Economist huildiDg,
2:li> North Capitol Street, Washington,
D. C.
MAD FOXES IN COLLETON COUNTY.
They are Devastating the Flocka and
Herds.
Walteiiborc, S. C., [Special.]?The
mad foxes, which created such a scare
among the people of this section last summer,
have again appeared. Early this
week Stephen Hudson, a colored inan
living near the swamj) in Colleton, hearing
the distressing cries of his seven-yearold
hoy in the woods, smie two hundred
yards oil, hastened to the spot and discovered
the child being attickcd by a
large mnd fox, which bit and larcerated
his flesh in several plncis. The day folLi
a inrr (hit fnv/iu a*%
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tlie* (logs of Mr. Bunch, near Knightsville.
lie, it is reported, shot two of
them and found it nec ssary to kitl one
of his hounds, which hnd been bitten by
them. On Friday evening last this army
of mad invaders paid the farm and poultry
yard of Knight a visit, and whifp in
the act of destroying his geese his son,
Capers Knight, nispatched one of them.
He says if they were not lauting mad they
were the wildest set of foxes ever sren in
i Colleton. _
| Convicted of Intimidating Voters.
Lynchroko, Va., [Special.]?In tha
IJ. 8. District Court, of Abingdon, Judge
Paul presiding, Jack Mullins. of Buchanan
county. was convicted of i timid (ting
voteis at the precinct in Buchanan at the
last prcsiden ial election, and was senrenced
to six months imprisonmen* in
the jail an I to pay a fine of $"? -0. Thla
is the first conviction in Vhginia under
the Federal laws for prot ction of tbf
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