The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, December 18, 1891, Image 1
; THE WEEKLI&BUHIOH TIMES I
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cooUdum low and ibowl
a steady decrease month by month, an- ,
aovnccs the Army and Navy RtgitUr.
' A court in Vermont has just decided
'that a man who hurts himself while |
hunting on a Sunday cannot recover on
an accident policy which he held, because
he was violating the law of the
State in hunting on that day.
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Kmile Zola, the Frcnc i novelist, who i
recently visited Spain, is credited witli I
saying that ho never saw such simplicity ^
as that which prevails under the Govern
a
incut of t^ueen Maria Christina *ud hor |,
yoang son, Alfonso Xllt., even the
^jjJUI'rench Republic being far more pom- O
J ^cconnng^o"Tbo*^few "Tork Com
'tnitrciol Advertiser "a prominent Canadiar c
llnds tl^t the strongest opponents to the m
Mnncs.itinn movement are the provincial (n
snobs who iiave petty aristocratic titles T
aud are trembling in their boots lest they b<
might lo?o them should Canada become Vf
tli
a part of the United States."
t; - ? ? tj
x It doesn't take foug lr. England to ar
naturalize an oyster. Alderman Phillips lo
CO
ruled that oysters taken from the waters (>f
of a foreign State and placed for a time
in English waters could uot he sold dur- du
ing the close season in England. Ho 1HI
held that the saving words, "taken with- *v
CO
in the waters of some foreign Sinto "
r>- -> ri?
applied ouly to oysters intondu 1 for iui- wr
mediate consumption, and that a "tcr.n Jet
of residence'' made the oyster British.
He therefore imposed n nominal penalty. lej
\ i . _ ho'
The Inst India census shows that, in "V1
do
he finst teu years, the nnturnl growth ofr wc
India's population has been 27,500,000. wc
The population nosv number 286,000,000. So(
One can hardly appreciate what these ^
figures mean except by comparison.
India contains more people than all Eu- 'j
rope, exclusive of Russia. Its provinces Ha
are as populous as great European states. '1
Heng^. contains a population larger than
that (T}tho United States and nil British
North America, and fully oue-fifthof the fli
eutirc human r.tce lives upon this little and
peninsula jutting out from the c< ost of 8*rt
Asia into the Iudiau Ocean, ^',8,
Tho progress that the muvcratent tor tho lul
higher education of women is malting iu wis
America in 4hnivn Kv tK? rl tt.i. 1 %
there are 200 students in attouda nee at ?aiu
Sea
tho Harvard Annex this fall. This is a .
remarkable showing, for tho institution diet
Is only twelvo years old. Tiie young oth
women of tho annex receive exactly tho an*'
same instruction that is given to tho ^
regular students of Harvard Uuiversity. y q
Tho requirements for admission and the erii
examinations arc identical. The only
difference is that the auuex girls receive ^
Dn graduation a 4<degiec ccrtillcato'' in ct>i
place of tho college degree which their r
brothers got.
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Sinco tho Mikado of Japan per.nittod Jpj"
his subjects to cmigaato to other coun- pr<
trios, nearly 100,000 of tho.u have loft H*v
Iheir native land. There are about 20,D00
of hem iu Hawaii, aud more of then tj
In Australia. They are to bo found in bii
r*?ioiM countries of the Asiatic eonti- P?
aeub, ami so.ne of tho:n are iu Europe.
There are about 2000 of them iu California,
aud others aro constantly arriv- ^
Ing there to work in tho viuoyards. In
Urn citv of Mnw York there mav bo 200
Japanese, and there are a few of thorn in tu
many other Auiericau cities. Wherevor Pl
w
they go they have the reputation of being
industrious ami inolleasive. Tho st
population of Japau is -40,000,000. di
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The Construction Department of the
World's Fair has solved the problem of
how the niilli kis ot visitors are to be y(
fed. Plans decided ou call for twenty- tl
seven principal restaurants or cafes, and, $'
in connection with them, 115 diningrooms,
which arc to be opened in ten of
tho principal buildings. Iu the maiiu. l>
facturers' building there will he, on accouut
of its great siz.', sixteen restau- (;
rants, but tho most attractive restaurants t<
will be found in tho "bays" of tho gallery.at
the north end of tho electricity
building, which overlooks tho lagoou. a
The bays are 96x1)3 feet, and their floor C
space is to be divide I into nino dining- c
rooms. In each bay and around the
series of dining-rooms is a balcony, a
24x115 feet, and here guests will ho <
served in fair weather. In tho mint (
building thero will bo one rcstuurant?. {
in the gallery; and four in the machinery i
building. In the restaurant of the fisheries
building only oysters and fish will |
be served. Appropriately enough, too, ,
? "dairy kitchen" will be found iu the s
dairy building, and a railroad "lunch" ^
counter in the transportation building. ,
The agricultural building will not be 1
dignified with a restaurant; it is to havo |
an immense "lunch counter." The calculation
is ma le that 3000 peoplo will i
be nble to sit at table at the same time,
and for their accommodation 100(
waiters', cook?, and scullions will be employed.
The dining-rootns will cover
five acres of space.
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Tfce Latest News From a Trio of ?
States. Jj
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Interesting* News Items From Many jj
Points in Our Own and n
Neighboring States. ei
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VIRGINIA. Jj
E. E. Meredith is elected Congressman tl
a the Eighth District to succeed Geu.
^ee, deceased, with about the samo ma- j;(
ority as his predecessor. .
A colored womau one hundred years j
od one day old was buried in Claremout f?
1st week. G|
Hobert E. Cockc and Miss Mary Scarce, an
[ Danvitlo. eloped across the Carolina or
no Thursday and were married at of
'elham
The Grand Lodge of Masons, which en
onvencd Tuesday in Richmond, is he
lectiug in the 1 tilth annual convocation. res
The Stato of Virginia owus about a *J?
lillion and a half acres of oyster lauds. 1111
he question of managing these oyster 8^>
}ds so that they shall yield a proper '"'f
vcuue to the State is to be taken up by J10
ic Virginia Legislature now in session. |r"
Gen. Scott Shipp, superintendent of |)<u
ic. Viiginia Military Institute, is making ^.|
rangements to build a memorial ball (,(>n
Stonewall Jackson. f8tie estimated .
st of the buildimr is #40.000. tin ooo
wliich, it is saul, has been secured.
The revival of some of John Randolph's En
idling exploits recalls to ninny Virgin- t
as the beauty of his famous plantation, ,.on
latiokc, which was situated near the me{
uflucnec of the Roanoke and Staunton jjOI
rer8. It contniued 7,005 acres and unj
is divided into quarters, each designa- nicg
1 by a name of its own and managed .)ar|
its own overseer. On a commanding {^j,,
inence overlooking these smiling val- q
s and well-timed hills the mansion den
use reared its ample proportions. In Bjre
nc, 1846, by the provision" of Ran- rjBO
Iph's remarkable will, all the slaves con,
re freed. Even in those days there woll
re will contests, but the slaves at last rogj|
t their liberty and made their way to ce8S
rcer county, Ohio, where homes hud q<
n purchased for them. risoi
NORTH CAROLINA. deV(
The new union passenger depot at ing
leigh is being finished. The
The cotton receipts at Raleigh (local) hi'1"
9 season to date are 15,5118 bales hard
linst 26,615 last season. uiati
It Shore's Ferry on the Yadkin rive . i '
ursday the wire broke, letting the boat '.u ('
I its cargo lloat down the river. The Lic.i
am was swollen and the ferrymun in 1 N
cudeavor to save the men ami team {""Vi*
ieh were crossing over, sustained pain- " 1
and perhaps fatal injuries. Roth
is were broken, besides being otheru
bruised.
"ilv at "Lndford oil the ttmuumtr ?.?.n fun(,
board railroad. Pcd Turner, an es hU)i(
ned citizen, ft boh ftud daughter a wa3
I one morning of pneumonia ami an com,
cr child the following day. lhe wile a, tli
I mother died a few davs auo.
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it Elizabothtowu James Johnston, cx,'.,.
orcd, was hanged in the presence of ei0Vi
00 people. Johnston committed a
wiual assault on Florence Sutton, a ,visli
ored girl ten years old, and then mur to tl
ed her. He confessed the crime tive
en arrested, hut protested his iuno- m c
ice on the gallows. ,,f t1'he
wood pulp mills at the falls of the havi
use have begun work. There has been trea
(ended on these mills, aud on the new the
tut for the paper mills there, $22,000. con
c company owning the property pro- ccr.
jposc to open very vuluable aud cxtcu- the
e granite quarries at that place, and to be 1
aire a branch railway from the Halcigh on
Gaston, some three miles >11 length, cap
io water power is very great: The tur- rats
se at the wood pulp mills is 350-horse |da
wcr. " i
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A survey is being inude by Major Lee, lin<
the Eastern llarnwell and Western eh<
nil road towards Walterboro. It is said wli
at this road will be built. vis
A bill was introduced iu the Legisia- pci
ire Thursday, to require railroad com- c?n
inies to furnish separate coaches for
hitc aud colored passengers.
The America, U. S. lighthouse supply
earner, touched at Charleston a few (
iivs ago, on her annual tour of South o'c
tluntic lighthouses to which it carries hcl
io yearly supplies. The steamer has a oul
ipucitv for 100,000 gallons of oil. ]>,,
The total taxes for York county this I'[ ar
will amount to considerably more ?f
lan $100,000, and not more than
25,000 has been collected up l',(
> this time. Sa
The steamship Yemassee, which nrriv1
ul Cuariestou from N. Y. last week, 110
ruuylil tliu lii'st iusUluiunt of iron for
ie new West End Electric ltailwav
EC!
Company. Cr ssties have been hauled 40
a the corner of Spring and Ashley T'
trecta, and the work on the new liuc I<fl
as begun. ne
The recent two days' communication, JL1'1
t Charleston, of the Most Worshipful
Iraiul Lodge of Ancient Fiee Masons
>f South Carolii a showed by 1 he very 1
argc attendance that the Masonic spirit
tas a deep root in the entire State. The
mount of business transacted iu the two
lays' session was surprising, but the cfti C9
ient officers had so syst matirally map- e(
>ed out the liuc of work that there was no ,M
icccssary delay. The next annual com- ,u
:??.:ii fl
litiuii.iii iuii ? 111 uu mill an v/imi h.-muii,
As the result of tlie confession of a ne;ro
named Henry Suber, to thcellect ?(
hat he murdered Thornton Nance some " 1
uonths a go, ten persons who ])ad been
icntcnceato hang October 24th last, at
3recnvillc, but whoso execution was ^
stayed by an appeal to the Supreme Court b
will now l>e rclcnni u. Sober confessed
lhat he alone committed the deed and -
that he makes a clean breast of it lie
does not want to see ten innocent men
suffer for his crime.
OTHER STATES. ?
Florida is probably the best timbered 1
State in the Union. Out of about :i8,- I
000.000 acres, only some 8,000.000 are r
included in farms, the rest, nineteen- I
twentieths, exclusive of the area covered i
icavy forests.
Judge Ridley, of the Criminal Court
f Nashville, Teno., a few days ago dis
barged the grand jury because they ha<
Unregarded his instructions in regard t
ndictinents. The Judge had instructed
hem to include iu ouc indictment al
artics charged with gambling, but the;
uturned separate indictnicuta agains
sell, saying that the Attorney Genera
ad instructed them to do so. Th<
ourt refused to receive the indictments,
isrharged the jury and refused to lieai
lie Attorney Geueral'8 cxplmation.
The irreat liridm> i? ?'?
n ... v.i -v, in uuii?rucon
over the Mississippi river at MemIris,
Teun., is to completed by May
of next year. Already a programme
r a demonstration upon the formal
toning of the bridge is being discussed,
id the occasion will doubtless be made
le of the most interesting In the history
the city. ^ '
Aku iiiwivottu^ ?twit* ??m Mory nas uor*
aor Jones, of Ahicnmn, for its
ro. At the time Gordon wan
listing Sherman's advance,
nes, then a stntT captain, was deliver
* a message from his chief, when he
v a little chihl, clad only in uight
ithes, hiding in terror behind a frame
use in the direct tracks of the bullets
*iit each army. Jones rode forward,
>k the child on his hor.-c and galloped
?k with her to the Confederate line.
lieu the Union forces saw the act they
tseil tiring, and there was an imprompcessation
of hostilities until the child
1 been carried to a point of safety.
glish Views of Harrison's Mors ago.
I cablegram from London says: In
lmcnting upon President Harrison's
isage, the Post notices with satisfaci
the absence of signs of bluster towforeign
nations, and say a that if the
isage meets the idea of the President's
ty, Dlaine's chances have seriously dilished.
he Daily News aay?. "The Profit's
measago leavea nothing to bo do
a either in tone or temper. Mr. Har11
is less exasperating than ftlftne and
sequently more stntesincnlikc. He
lid not speak so tenderly of reeip
ty if his protection policy was a suche
Standard says: "President Harm's
message is not notable for its large
it ion to foreign affairs. This showis
due to Bluim-'s fidgety activity.
I i csidcfit glides with his customary
d optimism over several matters,
lly doing credit to American dinlo
ists." 1
It must l?e admitted that the figures
notes, although they do not justify
sanguine hopes of the authors of the
.inley t;n iIT law, are sufficient to
u some surprise to adverse critics
at home ami abroad "
Georgia's Plan.
WforiTat, ^ - -C^)II
of $100,000 to have a Georgia cx;
at the World's Fair at Chicago. It
decided to appoint an executive
mittcc of one from each Congressionistrict,
and one person from every
of :$,000 persons in the State. The
utive committee is also to consist of
in honorary vice presidents, who
I be the Congressmen in the several
licts. The Governor of the State is
lie honorary president. The txccu
committee tliall appoint one director
ach county, who shall form a board
(unity directors. Kacli board shall
e a treasurer and a secretary, the
surer to report all funds collected to
general treasurer of the executive
unit tee, who shall he a bonded otfixi >< <>t>
will In' tin' hi-niliinailers of
committee. The first meeting will
Held December 15. The executive
imittee will decide how tuucli per
ita assessment lo make in order to
e the fund, ami can devise any other
n to raise it. The editors also hearti;adoiSvd
a movement .wuicli bus been I
on foot?to advertise the Statu of
ngia through the medium of a traveljj
exposition car, to be stocked with
?ice selections of Georgia's products,
icli shall travel through the States,
it fairs and expositions and serve as a
manent advertisement for and avant
trier of Georgia's exhibit at the World's
ir.
A New Attorney General.
JolL'.miwa, S. C , |Special.]?At one
lock Wednesday a joint assembly was
d to elect an Attorney Geueral to fill
t the unexpired term of Hon. Y. J.
pe. Senator Ivcitt nominated Mr. J.
McLnurin, of Marlboro; Mr. Hughes,
Clmileston, nominated Ernest Gary;
. Kirkpatrick, of Kershaw, nominated
; Hon. I). A. Townsend.of Union ; Mr.
rratt, of Bpartancurg, nominated the
m. Stanvarc Wilson. Each of the
initiations was seconded by several
inibcrs.
The first vote taken resulted: Town
id 40, McLaurin 40, Wilson 4, Gary
; total 130; necessary to a choice 66,
le second ballot: Townsend 34, Mclurin
52, Wilson 1, Gary 45; total 132;
ccssary to a choice 07. The third and
al vote stood: Townsend 8, McLaurin
, Wilson 1, Gary 43; total 129, r.ccesiy
for a choice 65. McLaurin was
ercfore declared elected
Youngest Member of Congress.
John W. Huih-y, of Texas, the young
t member of Congress, is thus dcscrib1
by the Washington Post: "A young
an of u strikingly uob'e face and coinanding
presence s ood chatting w ith
lends in the lobby of the Metropolitan,
id was the observed of all observers,
is features were n fined and almost as
gular as could be chiselled by an artist;
pes deep blue and a wonderfully band
>nic suit of jet black liair, worn verj
>ng. That, together with his soft fell
at of expansive brim, was enough tc
ill that he hailed from Dixie, and pic
jie?<|iiciy attractive he was " Mr. Bai
ty is 2H years old, well-to-do, and a na
ivc of Mississippi.
The percentage ot fiirbviduals abov<
iix years of ago in the Sandwich Island
ind able to read and write Hawaiian
English or some European language is a
'ollows in order of merit, viz: Ameri
:ans, 93.04; British, 90.60; German?
S9.88; lialf castes, 83.05; natives, 79.80
Hawaiian bom foreigners, 52.12,
b ALLIANCE COLUMN
Colom) Polk Uterviewod About th
0 Indianapolis looting.
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f Something lake the 8ub-Treaeur
t Bil i Seemn to Work in Russia.
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, Washington, D. C.?The Post hit
r (lie fol awing interview with Col. Polk
on liiit turn to the city from Ituliatiapo
lift:
Col. jT. L. Polk was being enngratutn
ted at ihh National on his re-election tc
the Piisideucy of the National Farmers
Albania- at the late Indianapolis conven
lion j The partisan press, as usual,
misrcircsented our meeting," he said.
"Whs the Iudisnspol'iM woctiug bar
h a an it will be productile
of viwthenetit. There was no
effort to carry the Order into auy political
party. Tbe'Ocala demands were indorsed
unanimously by all of thn thirtv
(our Slates represented, ami also by the
dolcgat a from Iho F. M. IV A , which
practically merges it and the Alliance
into one harmonious organi/.ation."
"Ih there to lie no politicul action,
then next year."
"Well, the meeting of February 82d
will decide about that, it will be a
grand convention, composed of twentylive
delegates at large for eac h order or
organization represented, and one additional
dcVgate for every lO.Ot.O members
of oieh order. Ttio delegates at large
will be selected by the organizations, but
the ottiers by a direct popular vote. The
convention will probably be held at tvt.
Louis or Cincinnati.
"I don't euro to anticipate its action,
but mum thing of importance wilt come
out of it. The dit ?mil to bo ou
tlio retge of ooJhwcin'jtr. Read the cdito
r ids in i he Democratic newspapers fa- I
, voriug tbo retunrof John Sherman to the
Senate. Doesn't that look like coalition 1
I suggest that the Dcmocrnts should
nomiiinte next year Cleveland and Harrison,
and the llcpub'icuns Harrison and
Icvelnnd. In that way Wall street |
w nId be certain of compassing its ends,
for both parties are under its domination."
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SEEMS TO \gORK IN RUSSIA.
The ('h.vlcston flews and Courier bnR
| following despatch from Washington,
I). C.: Consul Ueucral Crawford, of St.
Petersburg, has sent to the department
of S'ato a report on the system now in
use in Russia (resembling certain plan*
incorporated in the platform of tho Farmers'
Alliance iu this country) of making
advances on farmers' grain stored in
ware houses or delivered to ofltcals of
the railways of tho colllltrvOfl'A
8y* Jrfc n'iuistry of
linanCT^ ho per
coot, of the value 01 ihl grain at the
nearest market jilace, except in cases of
loans of six weeks or less, when an 80 |ki
cent, advance may be obtained. The
usual interest is 0 per cent., payable in
advance with further small charges on
account of a sinking fund aud commissions
to railroads. The loans range from
six months to one year, mid if they are
not repaid at thcii^rpiration the grain is
sold at auetion by ue railroad company,
(irain may also be ?ld if in danger of
deterioration, or if yt is feared that the
value will not covtir the loan and cxpen
ses of storage. The railroad compnni s
bear the entire rt sponsibility for the loan
by the bank, and arc '?quired to meet
their liabilities within seven day# of settlement
of a loan or auction sale of grain.
In calculating the percentage of advance
the cost of transportation to the point of
destination is charged as part of the loan.
No distinction is made between farmer#
and middlemen in ntaltin? r.dvr.r.ces, the
loau being mudu-y^y ?7 /*" W*****- ??Iu
conclusion tlitTconhil general says:
"This scheme went into effect June
14-20, 188H, and at the present day
I it is generally atiopieu uiiiMigumii hid
country, and business is carried on under
it on n very large scale. I should also
add that the scheme gives great satisfaction
to the fanners, very many of whom
declare it has been an essential feature of
successful farming iu Russia."
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The Alliuncc in Louisiana is doing as
well as it can uuder the circumstances
Its growth has been obstructed somewhat
by unavoidable circuinstauc s, yet the
brethren arc in earnest, and aie deter
mined to place the Order on vantage
gruitud in the near future. It is a ditti
< ult Rtate to organize, and those who
have stood in the front have had a hard
struggle. VT ithin the past year a Rtst?
01 gan, The Vidette, has been started, and
a most excellent paper it is, which will
dou ties# aid materially in the prosccutior
of the woik of ref tin. The Alliance ii
this State are lighting the lottery swindle
and as a result are meeting with all tin
opposition that a moneyed corporatioi
can bring to bear. It is expected tiia
the Older will succeed, which will plac
it on a high road to permanent pros
perity.
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That was a very good answer given
gentleman by cx-PresidcntEliasCarr.of fi
('.when the man remarked t. at such let
isla'ion as the Al iancc proposed, woul
make him get only 80 cents for u dollai
Hro. C'nr raid that wouldn't be ai bad i
the farmer getting only lifly cents on tli
dollar for pioducts of the farm.
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At a mass-meeting of 20,000 workin/
[ men held at Dammen, Norway, resoli
r tions were passed, demanding that tl
^ government should buy the land of tl
y country, distributtyFamong the lahore
and ndva.::v' them the money r.Cv.c? ?
to work it.
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There are 12,000,000 workmen in tl
i ountrv ad ting to its wealth at the ra
9 of $7 pur <lny, but they gut less than 1
veil. Who gets the other $6? ?Kuigl
^ of I iibor .louinal.
'? I'oui hours' (lailvjfrirk in pufliciunt
'? support :iny purMj^^P-social coixlit (
nru just. {
The Outlook StMdilf Grows D
0 BrighUr.
The Manufacturers' Record, of Haitinrore,
of December 18, in revicwiug the
industrial progress of the South, raja: ?
f "Tin* past week has shown a very decided
increase in the monitor of industrial
enterprises organized and projected
throughout the South, mid a careful
s study of the whole situation and of the
, plans that are Iteing matured for many
others seems to indicate a tendency to
a more general activity than has t>ccn
seen for many months. It is true that
> there is a considerable complaint of dull'
ness and slow collections iu some places,
hut the outlook apparently shows that
the South, in sympathy with the whole
countrv to nr?<lii?ii? ?' *
j, .. uncling upon a
period of renewed activity, tho full force
til after the first of the year, ami possibly /j
not until spring. Among the enterprises Hr/
reported for the week, but by no means ijJj
all of them, are a $100,1)00 plow miaouinclining
company at Temple, Texas; increase
of capital stock of tinplato ami "Jti
steel company at Savcrnake, Vs., front Jl
$1.000,0(H) to $2,000,000; a $200,000 dovelopiuent
company at Chester, S. (\ ;
tobacco factory at Winston, N. C.;
$20,000 ice company at llarritnan, Tenn.;
$10,000 planing mill company at Pensacola,
Flu.; $20,000 brick company at
Cloverport, K v. ; sash and door factories ^
at Kooky Mount, N. and Augusta, 'nK
tla.; largo lumber mill to be be built at
(looigetown, 8. C-, by Western people; 1
$120,000 ipiarrying company in Virginia; "Pr
$ 100,000 furniture company ut Parkersburg,
W. Vn.; $25,000 coal ami coke ?
company ut Farnuin, W. Va.; electric vani
light company at Purngould, Ark.; $50,- ^r8t
tete^^P-f'-SaSrifile x 4
$iu>i>,000 to be spent by Jacktonville, l"*J'
Fla., in securing deep water; a canal ?t
Port Tampa 2,000 feet long and 25 feet "nai
deep to improve harbor facilities; a shoe
factory 111 Atlanta; $500,000 at Atlanta (
for improvement of water works ;u$400,
0i)0 auloiii'tic sprinkler company at Columbus,
(la. ; 100 coke ovens at Central jn
City, Ky.. extensive lumber mill, shingle
mill, etc., in Louisiana; a $500,000 and a jmj|
$25,000 manufacturing company in Hal- ,.am
ti 111 ore; the purchase for $X2,N00 of a site |,y (
in Kaltiiimrc for cable railway power j/rn(
house; a $25,000 agricultural implement ^
company at lluckeystowii, Mil.; electric (]?, |
light woiks and enlargement of water ,.el?
works at Cantousville, Md. ; a $500,000 (|.s.
iilphuric acid company ?i Itlackshurg, ( ??
X. C ; a $75,000 coal mining company at for?
C al Creek, Tenn ; $17,000 lumber com Mew
puny in West Virginia; a $200,000 coal '|v
and coke company in West Virginia; a UIH.f
t?uu,(iu() ? <>)!I and coke ?otupany at Fair
'"""I, W. V?., and a $100,000 coal and !!'/''
coke company at Kenovu, W. V>tj Thi? " '
dccl improvement, which will dnubtleAs ^TiTT
| increase from week to week. There is ?P?-t
every reason to expect that 181)2 will ho a '
year long to he remembered for the no- tl
tivity in industrial and trade interests, theii
tnd if this prove true, the South will in- h? o
cvilubly share in this reuewed pros T
purity." the
THE COTTON CRl>r. ?i??i
rca<
('a I i
Complaints of Low Prices Come Up ,||(.
From the Plantations. roHii
WA8HINOTON, I). (' --Cotton receipts nm'
of December to the Department of Agticulture
relate to the average prices on H'"'
plnntat iomis. Complaint til uiiremnner- "l'')
ative values is general and tleclarations ,rsl
are frequent that the crop does not re- l'?"
turn cost of production. A feeling of '
discouragement pervades the report, and
a disposition to reduce is expressed. u'ei
Plantation price, which is the actual rate
for cotton sold at gin, averages 7.2 cents '
per pound. For the live years proceed- Niu
ltig the til' ge was from H. 1 to H.tl, and 1
ih? aversgw neatly ti.-t cents. HC"
This decline is echoed in records of *^or
exportation, which averaged in October for
a value of 8 9 cents against 10.11 cents ?
for Octo" er of last year, u drop of 12 per ",w|
cent. ty 1
State averages arc as follows: Vir- 80,1
ginia, 7 cents; North Carolina, 7.1; ^lo
South Carolina, 7.4 An almost uncx: am
empting season for harvesting is report
ed, with pu king and ginning and mark- hit
eting far advanced While fibre is at !'v
many points short, it is clean and of cct
good color.
North Carolina's Seats,
Wcdncs lay evening was devoted to
: seating of tin- Coiign ssineti mid the North
Carolina Congressmen did fairly well,
i consideiing the chance game. A Washi
ingl n correspondent i.tnt's:
; ' Mr. Henderson, of North Carolina 0f
1 delcgnt on, was very lucky. Heretofore tj|
I he has to get well towards tho hack
i rows, but he steurcd a seat in tha front
i row almost immediately in front of the j
Speaker Col*. C'owles, of tha same Stale
J fated mm h worse lie was among the 1 ^
i last reached ami selected a place away )n
j round i:i the extreme light hand east |(
(, corner of the Democrat side, lie has I(1
been in that part of the ! .>!! hefoic. |(1
Messrs. Hunn and Hranoli, of North CaroUna,
were fairly lucky. They will tit h
beside e tch other u little in fiont of j
ft Messrs. Wise and I,ester,of Virginia, and ^
' Mr. Crawford, of North Carolina, is in (|]
C the same locality just in the rear of the
" seat reserved for Mr Ihiehanan of Vir- (j
r- giuia. Virginia ami North Carolina
13 members are pretty well bunched on that j(
e j side of the hall, and whom a majority of (t
the Democrats arc located In their vi (j
cinity, also, is Mr Wilson, of West )(
Virginia, who was among the last called, (j
u but he, however, is clear over against
JC the wall, on the outer aisle The others
ie are fuither out ami have better locations.
rs m
Iy Silled Hi? ?i oilier.
Uockinoham, N. |Special J?Snow <j
Singletary was shot by his brother J>ee, ?
near Old llundrid, in this couuty on ,
V1 Sunday night. Snow did not live but a ,
few momenta, as the ball from bis broth- ?
' er's 32 cal. pistol pierced his heart. The ,
1 s murder it seems, uas unprovoked and no ,
cause is assigned for the cold blooded |
act. The murderer is about 22 years of ; |
to H,u' 's st'" at huge They are sons | !
ins of Joe Singletary, a hard working and :
respectable colored man.
MB"
emoc ratio Caucus Nominates
Georgian.
f
Two Houses of the f?3d Coup
Assemble.
roNonicstiMAN cnisv, i r momma.
Vabhikotow, D. 0.?Monday inoi
the Democratic caucus was "icsum
balloted several hour*, the thud It
standing, Crisp, f 1U; Miiln, It
inger, 4 Springer and McMillan h
lidraxvn, which broke the dead lor
x-Congrecsuinn Keir, of IVnns
in, was uoininnted for clerk on t
ballot.
oiWWPfSf^FKenii'l^at-arinH by a lar,
irlty over Kx-Congressman Mtirpli
>wh, and the nomination wan inai
rdinous. Kx Congressman Turner,
f Yolk, easily beat (Ion. Colt,
necticut, nnd Kx-Doorkeeper Uiel
irgitiia, for door keeper.
i the CHpliol all was bustle and co
>11. Ah the Republicans entered t
of the House where the Democrat
uh had been held, thev were meet
heir Democratic colleagues, and co
illations ami condolences exchange
a the clock of the city was ch um
hour of noon, Clerk McPhcrson i
led to tlio "clerk's de?k and tall
House to order. Not since the 41
l/TOSH has ItllV hold nvnr .
iing n similar dnfy, fared H.> u/ai
work, ih in I lie legislative lid.J.
Iio clerk liuviiifr mi ih hi ii. fd I lio pre
of :i'2(t members of the House, k
iiitely, on motion of Hohnun, of 1
ih, adjourned to meet ut noon ui^
Bciuif? eTi iiTilicr aim the sesshflrw
icl with prayer by Chaplain Hcv.
hitler. Tliu Vice President wolcoi
lie Senators lo the resumption
r ofli. ial duties mid < ill led tin: Sena
rdcr.
lie Vice President then laid befu
Seimto credentials of new Senal.
letters of residual ion received by hi
i n^r tin; recess. These pa tiers \vi
I lirst, bcinit credentials of K.I ton,
ifornia, to fill the va< ancy caused
death of Hearst, and next ivaa t
^nation of Kdiniiiida. of Verm.ii
appointment of Proctor in lii.slra
,t ere.lentials read were lh"So of ('i
Davidson, each claiming to lie t
ator from Florida Also the letter
^nation of Senator of Texas, and n
iitmciit by tin: (Jovernor of that Sti
ilr. Chilton in hiH stead,
'lie credentials of Call and Davids
o both placed on file for future i
i.
'lie name of Hill, Senator elect fr.
,v Voi k net ;:ri:ated v>n iSio i
Senators, nor were his credentials p
led. Only four members were a hue
ie?, of Novada; .louefl, of Ark ; 81
.1 and Vance.
Ilicimau and Harris were appoim
inbers of the joint committee to m
the President that Congress had
ibled and awaited commitment!
in him lt?n.ilutions were offered a
I agreed to, fixing noon as tWe da
ir of meeting ami directing tin: Hit
v to inf<>rm the House of Kepiesun
es that the Senate was ready to |
d to husiuesa, and then, at I UO
na'e adjourned.
RAID ON MOONSHINERS.
tvonuo Officers Capture Qunnlit
of Moonshine Liquor
Tum.ahw.ma, 'iV.NM., j Special.')?<
the most successful if.itls on illicit <
Icrics in suntlicrn Tennessee and noi
n Alabama Iiiih just l\un matin
On Dec Mth (Jcncral Deputy Collet
L. Kpurrici, accompanied liy Dep
sr.dial Ktiong, Orange, Storekcr i
iibcrtson, left Tullahonia for a raid
oniishincis on the Tennessee and i
una line. They returned tonight
ported I he capture of two huge dii
lies together with several thous
illons e?f lit er and o.her materials,
ills were loeatetl tin the headwntei
ittle Coou Creek, about ten miles f
Icpbciisuii, Ala., and 011 rugged 1111
lias of nortlierii Alabama.
They liatl been in oner lion for a I
me and carrying on their bu iness.
wners of the still were inclined to I
lit were driven ofT, and the officers 1
ged to evatle a conflict by deuiolis
In1 still (piickly and gutting out of
reality, as the nioonsliiners weic
luiitly hunting help No arrests
i:\dc
A Whole Town Burned.
Hii.vkh City, N M , (Special.]
i:210 this morning (ire was discovere
i v leant frame hotel building in the
>f I'inos Alto? Not a drop of t
,vhh accessible and the whole town
10011 in flumes. Men, women and
iron turne I out to light the tire, bu
try buildings burned like tinder,
Iroying nearly the entire town,
two business house* were saved,
loss will reach $100,000. Insurance
The fiie is thought to have been inc
ary.
-V
j|ie FtMt of Xloquonco ud a Flow
of Wit.
Columbia, 8. C., [8pcrinl.]~ A( Ibo
rooming M-vtiou of the 8tsto Hnr Asnoc!s*
res* ti?u *?? nddrrvvs wear rend, "I'li'iwwA
' > u
.w? .... .in- imi, written UJ T. M. Kay*
sor ami read by John P. Thomas, Sr..
aud "The Ktbfcs of the Ptofcssiun," by V^3R[
I'ommiitiii wore appointed, one to ^
consider ntul report ou the formation of
tlio County liar Arao< iation, and tho ,
other to consider tho changes in timo and
place of holding the annual meeting.
In tlu-evening the annual address, prepaled
by Hen. Kdward McCnnly, was H
lead bv lion. Charles Hichardanu Miles, '~J!W
oialor pietiens Incut lis est rhiqiicutcr pro
omtore absent!. m???
Ui c" and ('entral 3
Hotel. It was an exceedingly enjoyable
alTair, every oue of the speeches being
a not only eloquent but brilliant, as ail >
fj lawyers' speeches are, which way of slat* H
ing the faet is patented by this Bnieuq.j
In 1). S Henderson eloquently intiodinv
Ijv* ed the liou. J. 8. Cocliran, who spoke e\
(/ eloquently on tho Btato of Bouth C'aro- ',
Col. Q, W. Croft eloquently intmduc* Jfl
ed Col. Joseph Hanahl, of Heorgiu, who C'-h
spoke eloquently on the subject of Oeorgin
and a good deal about South Caro- r
i,.t| Mr. Culp, of Union, eloquently intro-* " 'Jj
H|. dneed the eloquent Judge Hudson, who
14 spoke eloquently of tho other momhers of ,
iui tlie judiciary. 4
k Tiie Hon. J. S. Vcrncr eloquoutly In ?
v|. tinduced the lion Bsiuuel Dibble, who 9
eloquently responded to tho toast ??TKn . -?
_ 11 liiivvl, w^-^mTroTTWSccT lVy. '
^,0 tho eloquout W. C. lionet, tho icsponso '
v licing l?y (ho eloquout M. F. Ansol, of
(J Greenville,
?f The eloquent young member of tho I
(lf liar whs introduced l?y tho eloquent oft1 '
,l_ member of llio B?r, the Hon. C. Richunison
Miles, tho response being by (ho
young mill eloquent F. II. Weston, of
< 'olumltiii.
11 Tho young ami interesting Hernial Ash?
Hoiuhly w?s eloquently introduced by tho
io oloi|iiuut solicitor, .1. M. .lohnson, the rc- ' ';$H
ml spmiso being by tho eloquent Hprnker
u Jones.
1. The eloquent Ibtr of Houth Carolina
"J was introduced by the eloquent D. It. 71
is Duncun, the response being by tho clo' c
quont ('. A. Douglass, of Columbia.
L The silent, absent and beautiful wo r
men were introduced by the gallant and
>y eloquent Ernest Clary, of Edgefield, the
11-qioiise for the silent, absent and beauit
l iful living by tho eloquent C. G. films,
in- (if Barnwell.
U- After the tegular toasts tho eloquent - * 'w
^ (htifilfcm. 1 ' " 1 1 !g jMH
J The Bar Association then adjourned
J" about liiilf oast I o'clock. 'J
nf The special Incidents of the fenst were
1 that when Judge Wallace's name was ^
iiientioncd by Mr. Gulp, of Union, tho .. 1
House rang with upplauso, ~
lu wliieli was repeated when Judge f
HH Hudson arose to speak. Taking it all iu
" all, everybody is agreed that it was tho
r most admirably conducted nud
' tin.roughly enjoyablo >pd enjoy- ;j|
'l' nl banquet of l liu Itar in many years.
UUliltENOY~OF THE LOST CAUSE.
ill ,
lie A. Million Dollars Bent Away--Keep
"f It Here.
in
ltu The demand for Confederate bills of all
denomination}! continues active. The
()|) culls coiiui mostly from Western business
lu. men. wlio use the notes principally for
advertising pur-poses, it is said, stamping
Jm their cards on the back and circulating
j thCul ailiuug iiii'il CUHIOUICI'S. A COIlsid- ? MJ
IC erable number are also sold as curiosities
and purchased by private collectors as
iQ' well as public musuems. Billa from five
dollars up to one hundred are tolerablo
(t.(j abundant, but live hundred and one thons ?
and dollar notes arc scarce and command,
as curiosities, good prices. Orders for
jon ten, twenty, iifty and one hundred tliousmj
and do'lars in Confederate notes have
been coining in very frequently of late
|(>. and nearly one million dollats huve been
l;l collected and sent on during the past
(ro. months.
llw MILLS FOR THE SENATE.
.JSI
His Texas Friends Determined to
Send Him to the U. 8. Senate.
A special dispatch from Galveston,Tex.
says that the defeat of Roger Q. Mills for
Speaker gives good support, it is said, to
>uo the efforts of his admirers, to elect him
lis. to the U. S. Senate. Gov. Ho^g has
ith stated tli.it an extra session of the Legislature
will be called in March or April,
tor The election of a successor to John M.
uty Reagan will be one of the duties of th.?t?
uid body. Senator Chilton holds his apnoint011
ment from the Governor, and although
Via a candidate for election by the Legisla
and ture, the friends of Mdls are said to bo
iI - confident of electing the tariiY reform
?1 !l?? ? iiiirupivii.
friie ???i i
a of Th? Mineral Deposits of N. 0.
roiu
mn. IIalhiuii, N C., [Special )?Professor
Holmes, State geologist, arrived here,
|ol)l, having completed surveys in Ashe and
'I l.o Alleghany counties. He found hitherto
|ir t unknown beds of copper and magnetic
M. iron of a high quality, and of a large ex- ' Ja
liing tent. The iron is prononnccd equsl in $i
,|1(J quality to thai of the fnmons Cranberry
evj. mines Owing to the cold weather I hie "is
were State geologist will now conduct opera- ' jU
tions near Weldon, on the Koanoke r'^? jC
His work is full of results. Bulletins
will be rAtued for vsrious groups of conn
ties surwyed> so that that rfc? ?A!ic . ?|2
! will be kept constantly informed.
|?At 1 wsi - -- d
in
town A Jealous Wife Murderer. -3
water Savannah. (Ja , (Speciil.) - Jones
was | Preemau shot and killed his wife in
chil Takenall, 40 miles west of Savaunah. vJS
it the Freeman stood behind a tree on the road* '-w
des- gj^c wjth a Winchester rifle and shot his j ;
Only wjfe as sin passed at night. Jealousy
The WH9 the cause of the inuraer. Her body
I'flht. lay on t lie road until next morning.
endi Freeman was arrested isd is Jail m jga
Reedsvills.