The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, November 18, 1892, Image 1
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out of every 10,000 persona la Cape
Colony, South Africa, there are 4403
penooa who are engaged in agriculture,
the aggregate number being 572,403
jperaons, of whom 383,019' are males and
988,840 females. <'
Some argue that the deepest place lis
the ocean will be found to correspond al
most exactly With the height of the highest
mountain. This theory has been disproved
within the last year; ocean depths
10,000 feet deeper than the htight of
Mount Evereft having been fcund.
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J The .value of the British mineral out *
put declined nearly $10,000,000 in 1891.
"It la only keeping company," comftn
' Wh>. San Franoiaoo Chronicle,
trtWng iuorease in everv bninch of nro- I
k i " * ductioa in the doited States."
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j The critics ot fruit-growing hi Califorar?
advised by the Sao Francisco
k Chronicle to road the story from Fresno
of the yield of two and a half acres of
seedless Sultana grapes. One hundred
tons of grapes whtch will produce $4000
in raisins is a pretty good return for
labor and time expended in this little
vineyard.
f It may be regarded r.s aomcwhat singular
that Sir Walter Scott's novels are
c^moat as' popular in Paris as are the
'n^jli of the eminent French novelists.
Translations of his romanoes are found
on every bookstall in numbers, jand the
Paris Municipal C ranoil has recently'-0
shown its appreciation ot the author
jhlmself by naming a short street aftei
him.
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' A gentleman of loisure in England has
just built ft dairy, the like of which has
never been seeu. The building, which
is of Carrara marble, is flttc.l throughout
with electric light, and all the motive
power fOr separators and churns and
washing purposes is supplied by electricity.
The opening of the edifice was
performed with great ceremony by the
' Lady Mayoress of London. . -~
^ . .7 i. In Miiaouri flfty-seven per cent, of tho
, males of voting ago are foreign born, iu
Wisconsin fifty-two per cent., in Indiana
thirty-three per oent. of the males of
toting age are foreign born. There are
noarly 2t$,000 colored voters iu Ohio,
13,000 in Indiana, 18,000 in Illinois an 1
tfOOO in Michigan, but comparatively
few in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
I The British Royal College of Physicians
has passed a resolution to the effect
that "this college regards the sale and
purchase of practices or the transfer of
patients from oms physician to another
for a pecuniary consideration among fellows
or members of its body as contrary
to the traditions and practice of the college,
interfering with t'.io freedom of
patients, and derogatory to the position
of a physician.
' The New York Times maintains that
"agriculture is the most profitable iudustry.in
existence. The silver mines
that are now getting a dollar's worth of
silver, as measured by common business
standard, for seventeen cents, are not
more profitable than a good farm well
manured. Taking the present prices of
all farm products and the cost of them,
tho profit is quite as gool as those of
the richest mines, but, while every dol
lar taken from these it reducing the deposit,
the (arm it inexhaustible and will
continue to yield its profit* a* long as
the world exitts in its present form, and
after that time has elapsed there will be
no far ns required. But as the mine is
made to pay only by the most skillful
working by scientific mining experts, so
the farm mutt be worked in the same
way or it cannot be made as profitable as
it may be.'*
feature of Jife insurance in the
West, notes the New York Post, is tue
growing inclination of women to take
out endowment policies that they may
have an income to fall back upon wheu
old age overtakes them. This, it see n*,
U the motive of most womea who iosuro
themselves. Occasionally one of them in*
ares her life for the benefit of heirs, but*
such s practice is rare among those who
are compelled to work for a living. Not
many years ago a woman who took out
an Insurance policy was thought to bi
unusually "progressive," but nowadays
he may carry a heavy visk without ex?
citing much comment. A well-knowi
Milwaukee heiress, Miss Liza'e Plan kinton,
has her life insured for $30,000,
and the wife of a prominent Chicago in
suraace man pays premiums on a policy
of $80,000. An incident of the extension
of the business among women is
naturally the appearance of female
agents in competition with men. In
Milwaukee there are two young womes
who make a comfortable living as insur
a nee solicitors, and they Had many
patrons in their own sex.
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DEMOCRATS WIN!
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80 It Will Be "Four Years More For
Grover."
Reports From All Along the Line
Show How the Great Election
Went.
NkwYofkCity.?The pivotal stato
has been torn up, politically, from centre
to circumference, and from the returns,
Cleveland and Stevens >n aro emerging as
victors. New York city, complete, gives
Cleveland 174,885, Harrison 98,700.
Cleveland's majority, 70,125.
Tho World claims New York, Indiana,
Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey and 8
votes in Michigan for Cleveland.
1,312 districts outside of New York
and Brooklyn give Cleveland 157,214,
Harrison 182.078.
GROVER CLEVELAND, OF KF.W YOKK.
The result of the vote for Assemblymen
iu this State: Democrats 72; Republicans
50. This insures the election
, of n Democrat to the United States Senate'to
succeed Iltscoek.
Oswego city, complete, gives Cleveland
a majority of 451), a Democratic gain ol
584.
150 districts out of 048 in Brooklyr
f;ive Cleveland 21,131, Harrison 14,181.
ndications point to a majority for Cleveland
of 25,000.
From the returns already received from
ditTercut wards in Albany there is a Democratic
loss. The sixth wurd gives the
Republican nominees for Assembly a majority
of 10, when it uormnlly gives ft
Democratic majority of 200. In the fifth
ward Harrison has 24 majority agaiust a
majority of 180 for Cleveland in 1888.
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otro umiiicis uiil 01 010 in urooKiyn
give Cleveland 45.739. Harrison 33,945.
It is estimated that Cleveland's majority
south of the cilv lino will reach 75,000.
Returns now show the following result
in the vote for Congressmen
ind^ew Yofk State: Democrats elected,
.18-; 'Democratic loss
of 2.
ADLAI X. BTEVEN80E.
New YonK, (Later.)?Returns show I
that Clovcland has carried New York, |
New Jersey Illinois. Connecticut
and Wisconsin, with Virginia
and West Virginia doubtful. Delaware
is Ropublican. Cleveland is therefore
elected.
SOUTn carolina.
charleston, S. C.?With the possi
ble excep ion of the seventh district,
South Carolina returns a solid Deraacrtic
delegation to Congress and chooses n'ne
Cleveland electors. The congressional
delegation will stand as follows:
1 ?W. II. Brawlcy (re-elected )
2-W. Jasper Tnlbert.
if?A. C. Lnttimer.
4?G. W. Shell (re-elected.)
ft?T. J. Strait.
8?John L. McLnurin.
In the seventh district the candidates
are E. W. Moiwe, Democrat, and G. W.
Murray, colored, Republican. The district
has a very large colored majority.
It is represented in the present CougresA
by Wm. Elliott, Democrat, who received
8,700 votes against 4,700 cast for two
Republican contestants. It is possible
that Gen. Moise may secure the election,
thus making the delegation solid us now.
Columbia.?Partial returns from six
counties, Cleveland 8.058^ Uarrisou 8MB
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virginia.
CharI/OTTBsvii.lic, Va.?Returns pour
ing in upon the State committee here
leaves no doubt that Virgin!* has gone
Democratic by probably 10,000. From
every point iu the State the indications
point the same way. This town for example,
gives Cleveland 504 majority?a
gain of 826 over 1888; Albemarle county
gives Cleveland a majority of 1,700?increase
of 1,000; Roanoke City
gives 0 0 Democratic niajoiity?a
Democratic gain of 728, and Roanoke
county give 8)0 Democratic majority, a
Democratic gain of 687. From other
parts of the State like lesulta aro reported.
The congressional [delegation will be
solidly Democratic as follows:
1?W. A. Jones, (re-elected.)
2?D. Gardiner Tyler.
8?Geo. D. Wise, (re-elected.)
4?Jas F. Epps, (re elected.)
5?Claude A. Swanson.
6?Paul C. Edmunds, (re-elected.)
7?Chas. T. O'Ferrall, (re-elected.)
o?ii. o. nvti'iiitn, ^ro-eiecieu.)
tt?Jas. W. Marshall.
10 ?II. St. George Tucker, (re-elected.)
. The delegation in the present House is
solidly Democratic.
north carolfna.
Chart.otte, N. C.? Returns show a
Democratic majority in North Carolina
and the State ticket headed by Elias
Carr for Governor-elected. Mecklenburg
county gives 1700 Democratic maiyjity.
Democrats by 20,000 majoiity. Solid |
Democratic congressional delegation I
probably elected. Legislature Democratic.
Statesville gives 49 Democrntea majority;
4 years ago it gave 20 Republican
majority.
The Republicans have carried Person
and Rockingham counties.
on to.
Columbob.?Early scattering returns
indicate that Ohio hus gone Republican
by more than 20,000.
new hampshire.
MANrnwTEB.?Returns from this State
will be very late. 1 lie couuting under
the Australian system delays matters beyond
all expectations. Returns fraui
twenty scattering towns and one ward of
this city show uniform Republican gains,
which if continued will give Hnrrisou
WHITKLAW RBI p.
the State by over 3,000. Indications
favor the election of Blair, Republican,
in the first congressional district and the
election of Smith, Republican, for
Governor. ...... ?,.
n.MNOIfl. .
Cnic.\oo, Ir.r,.?The Chicago Tribune
concedes Illinois to Cleveland.
The Chicngo Daily News claims Illinois
for Cleveland by over 20,000.
The State isjnow claimed by the Democrats
at majorities ranging from twenty
to thirty thousand.
indiana.
Indianapoms.?The State has gone
Republican by at least 10,000 majority.
connecticut.
ITautford? Demo ratsjclaim the State
for Cleveland by 1,000. i>ro election of
State officers by people. The Legislature
is Republican.
michigan.
Detroit.?Forty precincts, outside of
Wayne county, give for Governor Rich,
Republican.4.337; Morse, Democrat,4,000.
Ewirig, People's party,392; Russell,
Prohibition, 43.
mississippi.
Jackson.?Returns meagre; Cleveland
carries the State I by ' probably 20,000.
The Democrats claim election of all Concrcssmen.
wr.AVKn's ? iiowino.
Dknvf.h, Coi.o.?Weaver has swept
Colorado from one cud to the other. His
plurality will be nearly 10,000. Wnite,
the Populist candidate for Governor, is
apparently elect id. The congressional
delegates will undoubtedly be Pierce and
Bell, Populists. New Mox'ca elects the
Democratic tick t except Catroa, Republican,
who is elected to Congress.
In Wyoming the Republicans have e?r
ricd the day, and in Idaho the Populists
claim the State.
CALIFORNIA.
San FnANCisco, La.?Cleveland lias a
-purality in this city of 7,000, which is
overcome however by Harrison's plurality
in other parts of the state, and California
is conceded to have gone Repub- licnn.
estim ates on tiif. next senate.
Nf.w York.? Indications point to the
balance of power in the United States
Senate being in the hands of the Populists
or Farmers' AMiance. The Demo
crars appear io nave gamed control of
the Legislature on joint ballot in four
State* which are now represented bv Hepublicans
in the upper house. The Populists
claim to he able t > elect three new
Senators. This will change the standing
ot the ditterent parties in the Senate from
47 Republicans, 09 Democrats and two
Farmers' Alliance, to 4:i Democrats, 40
Republicans and 5 Farine m' Alliance.
Complete returns on the vote ' for members
of the Legislature of several of the
Northwestern States are not to he had,
but the Farmers' Alliance nppcir to have
a sufficient number of these States to give
them the balance of power.
thb explanation op the matter.
Omaha, Neil?1The Nebraska returns
are still fragmentary. 1 he Weaver electors
will carry the State by over 3,000.
Crounae, Republican, for Go ernor, will
Srobably g-1 0,000 plurality, also Majors,
lepublican for L'eutcnsnt Governor.
new jersey.
Trenton?Cleveland has carried New
Jers >y by 5,000 and Werls, Democrat,
I for Qovcrcor elected The Repub'icnns
fleet Congressman in the 1st, 2d and 8th
districts.
south cai'.omxa. ,
Chaw.kstom N. C.?Th? vote
Cleveland. 00,000; II mi on 20,000;
Weaver 2,000
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Wisconsin.
Milwaukee ?sIT. C. Payne, /cx-Chairoihd
of the Republican State committor, f|
concedes Wisconsin to the Democrats. t]
IOWA. / i
Dkb Moines?Returns no* coining in J
rapidly increase Harrison's plurality to ?
20,000. Anti Prohibition R?j>ublica?s *
have returned-to the party, giving the a
Republican ticket gains. Tie Lender n
(Dcin.) snys Iowa is Republican by a c
small plurality. /
north dakota counts
Sioux Fai,i,s?Returns are unpnee
dcntly slow. The outlook is that Wen
vcr has carried the State by 1,000 major- ||
itv and t-hcldon, Republican, is elected y
Governor. B
complexion of the fifty-third con- ^
OltRSS. '
Nlw York?Additional returns re t
filtffft hpml luittakln iliii.ii nf
the election, 234 D<w*rats, 123 Republicans
and 7 Fu'sionists or Farmers'
Alliance. Rhode Island failed to
elect either enndidnta for representative, T
but the probabilities.fav.ir the choice of
two Republicans. TT?i? would make the
total opposition vote in the IIouso 132 m
and the Democratic majority 02, a loss ot
of 46. tl
at.auama.
Birmingham,, Ai.a.?It is estimated that jq
Cleveland's ma jority in Alabama will ex w
ccetl 30,000. The Democrats lnvc elected
all their nine congressmen. _
watson defeated. g
Thompson, Oa ?The tenth district of si
Georgia gives Black 0,000 majority ovei y<
Watson. si
nt.rkdiko kansas. C
Topeka, Kan.?Tho Republican State ft'
central c nunittee claim 8,000 Rcpubli w
em majority in Kansas, while the chair- ^
major^.y^fof><Vltft 't^o'j 'MM
all Congressmen anil a majority in the ''
coming Legislature. Returns arc coming
in very slowly. JJ
if.mnois. tj
Chicago ?The returns from llliuo's nie ft
still incom^l- te bu*. all indications point p
to the carrying of the Ptite by Cleveland a
and Stevenson by n plurality of from 8,- >
000 to 10,000, though thnt party is claim- P
i-<g 20,000 to 25,000 majority.
cai.ifornia again. 1 a
han francisco.?About two-third* "
of the vote of California gives Ilnrrison '<
1)7,850; Cleveland 99,738; Weaver 17,80.7. 0
The indicati ons now are, that the t
State will give Cleveland a plurality of ,
iibeu" 3,003. The Democrats elect Geary j
in the first congressional district, Cain- ^
incttl in the second, Maguire in the ^
third and Cannon in the rixth district j
The Republicans.elect IMbcrn in the n
fourth, Loud in the fifth and Powers in ,
rho seventh 8
jerry simpson ei.kcteo. 1<
Topkka, Kan.?The Republicans have '
a majority of the legislature on joint
ballot of four?three in the House and ^
one in the Senate This will probably J
he increased by two or three. The Re- *
publicans have elected three Congress- s
men from the hr.-t, second and fourth 1
districts, and the populists have elected 1
their candidates from the third, fifth, c
sixth and seventh districts. Brodcrick's "
majority in the fifth district is over 3,000. '
Funstou's in the second is over 1,000 J
and Cu tis' in the fourth is about 3,000.
The Populist congressional majorities 1
arc Hudson, third. 2,000; Davis, fifth, '
900; Bukcr. sixth, 2.0 0; Jerry Simpson, 1
scvcuth, 2.000. All People's party Co>grcssmen
are elected by greatly reduced (
majorities. '
CARTER TO harrison. (
New York?Chairman Carter, of the ,
Republic in nation l^>.Mnuttcc, sent the
following telegram to President Harri ,
son: ''Hie returns show that wc h?Ve- ,
been defested by a pronounced majority. ,
thn flftfpfll piin nntv 1?a Atirilmt <s ..
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rcnction against the progressive policies (
of the Republican party. ,
(Signed), Thomas IT. Caiufh, 1
Chairman.'* ,,
SnJFFTINO FROM WEAVF.lt TO HARRISON. i
Nrw York ?L test ret inns transfer
eouth Dakota's elec'ornl votes from the
Weaver column to the Harrison column.
Tnis makes the totals as follows:
Cleveland, :h>0.
Harrison, 110.
Weaver, 28.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston.? A careful revis'on of the
press returns of tlie vote for Governor
in Massachusetts was made. The result
shows that Russell h plnrnlitv of
1,987.
an extra session, of cokorfss inkvitahi
p..
Washington.-r-Amongst the immediate
consequences of the verdict at the
polls, the strong probability of the Fiftythird
Congress l>e?ns? on lie I in cxtiu session
immediately after inauguration is
already being discussed here. An ? at
session of the Senate is ulwny < enlle.l at
the beginni g of a new ndniinisfration to
confirm the cabinet ollieers and the in w
diplomatic representatives of the ITnited
States abroad. But the present c'cction
hav ng turned on questions of domestic
policy it is obvious to experienced political
lenders of a I parties that an extra
scss'oo of both houses of Congress will
inevitably resul'. Secretary of the
Treasury Foster, amongst others, admits
this.
TUB rRBSIDBOT'S KCTUMR RtftlDRNCB.
r oft ton ?"Is it true that President
II .rrison talks of taking up his residence
in Boston!'* said a reporter to J. K. McKcp,
the Pr^sident's^g^u-in-law. ' It is
too early to reply OSiLftelv," said Mr.
McKee, "bat If the. President leaves
Washington a 4 If the effort* of myself
sod M s. McKee can prevail h* may
come. He was, up lo a short time ago,
at least, firmly determined to return to
Indianapolis at the close of his official
career where almost hit whole life has
been passed. With a mar at his *g\
too, it is greatly a matter of associations,
and it would be herd for him to leave
In iaoapolis, for which he has always
had a great lilting, a~d go to another
place, where the associations would be
new, and perhaps ent rely different from
those to the old home '
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north oaroiina.
Rai.kiuii, N. C.?The latest returns ,
rom the Fifth Congressional district inlicate,
almost bejend doubt, that A. H.
i. Williams (I)em.) has been defeated
or Congress by the Republican candi- ,
late, Thomas Settle. Settle is a son of
h? late Judge Settle, of Orcensboro,
nd is a young man of extraordinary
b lity for his years. He lins been twice
lectcd solicitor of his judicial district,
ill the other eight congressmen arc Deircrats.
Cleveland's majority is ',18,000. '
fki.t i.ike qol^o to a wkdih ro. (
Nkw Yonn ?President-elect Clercind
and Mrs. Cleveland attended the
redding of Miss Virgiuia Coudert and
Ir. Frederick II. Benedict. Mr. ?;nd
Irs. Cleveland's intimate friendship with
he Benedict family is well known. The
t> dding took place at the residence of
he bride's parents, Mr. and Mis. Fredrick
II. Coudcrt. Archbishop Corrigan
nictated at the ceremonies.
THE ARIZONA KICKER. j
he Editor Speaks Frankly of His
Work [in the Campuign.
A Summing Up.?For the last four |
onths the Mayor of this town (who is '
irself) end the editor and proprietor of I
ic Kicker (who is also ourself) has b- en 1
More the electors of this Senatorial '
istrict as a candidate for State Senntor. 1
ow that we arc elected it is perhaps 1
ell to do a little summing up. '
First?The ollice did not seek us, but
e laid our pipes and made a successful i
rab at it. The idea thnt the oftico i
lould seek the man was all right in the i
enr 480 B. C., but it hasn't been worth ]
lucks iu this country since Christopher <
oiumbus discovered it. That was what i
iled us for about ten years?we were i
aitiug for some office to seek us, and
re wore mighty poor clothes and didn't (
t down to a smiare meal once a week.
PViXUUa tlivrswg -won^.? Hi."! j
re nomination, we planted our wires |
rr a pull in every direction. The fact ]
liat wc are honest, respectable, and nil <
?. K. as meo ran, and that the |opposi- ,
on couldn't even get up a decent lie j
bout us, was ail right ton certain point. ]
Icyoud that we had to shell out cash,tap ,
keg of whiskey here and there, and (
romisc to take care of about lifty he 1
rs who really ought to be doing time.
Third?Up to date we have been shot
t four times; two attempts have been
radc to assassinate us; we have been
lombnrdcd with oats, rabbits, eggs, and
ithcr fruits of this nrolitlc soil: two at
cmpts have been made to steai our runring
mule; wc have received three inferinl
machines and twenty-one threatenng
epistles. On the oth- r hand, we have
rounded two of the opposition who had
loubtcd our veracity when we were lyng,
and tired at three others who 'got
way. We have nided to break up three
aeetinga, licked two of the opposition 1
pcakers, nnd kept such a . corner on the
reroscne market that only our side could
raid torchlight parades.
Fourth?Wc have used every effort to
lown the opposition and get there with
roth feet, nnd know that we arc solid
Ind it hcen left to us at the outset we
hould have preferred a quiet campaign
vith no shooting. Wo should have elcced
to go^beforc the people as an humble
itizcu possessed of a fair share of the
ardinal virtues. We should havc\.ieused
to buy up the old soakers or erroe
lown with a dollar for a corruption fund.
I'hc politicians wouldn't have it that
,vay, however. Wc were in the hands
if our friends, and they didn't want any
lew ideas introduced into the campaign.
Wc feel a bit sorry for the opposi.ion
candidate. While he was totally unlit
for the office nnd should never have been
nominated, he has put in his time nnd
noney and will be left dead broke and
completely discouraged by the result.
\\e niso icoi sorry lor the good men
unong the opposition. .They have lied
ikout us, and whooped it up in various
vays as a duty they owed the party. It
ivas going it rather strong when they delared
that our father was hanged for
nurdcr find our mother used to he a
>ecr slinger, but it was in the line of duty
ind only what might he expected in poltir
s.
Agricultural Crop of South CavolitiA.
Capt. Angus P. Drown, of Columbia,
S C., formerly connected with the agricultural
department and r.ow on the
weather bureau of the St to, makes the
foliosing estimate of the agricultural
crop of the State for this year:
:mj. i-ho.
epiton?
Aer. UK''. I.564.I39 1,61.1,Sot
\ If I.I. pounds lint. ISO
Total yield, bales, 5JI.37G C8J,3n
Corn?
Acreage, ?,7IC.I9t 1.017,799
Yield, bushels, 13
roui yield, bathe!*, W.UO.rsi 16,163,ti6
Rice?
Acreage. 81,310 71.619
Yield,nushels,
roUl yield, pounds, 1W,.'?S,*M C?,l<9l,9|t
Wheat Acreage,
107,7,46 I58."I9
V leld, bushels, 7
Total yield, bushels, 1,119.502 SW.Tlj
Oats?
Acreage. 831,010 331,408
Yield, bushels, II
Tntii yield, bushels, 4,631,7m 3,S07,07?
siiKar eaneAcrcage,
4.80'J 3,3 ?G
Yield. Radons, 1*1
Total yield, gallon?, .*.19,397
Sorghum ?
Acreage, II,'. I 10.7V J
i leld, gallons. i '?)
Total yield. gallons, I l,16l>Si W.Sn
Toba< < <> Acrftgf,
I 4,4>3 1,2x1
Yield. pounds, t**i
Total yield. pound', I U.W.'PW
8w -et potatoes?
Affatf. I 52.71U 40.S9J
Yield. bnr.h*ls. lii
Total yield, bushels, *,321,IV) 3,168,; 16
Pea*?
Aerjace. 190,600 ? 1:0,3.62
Yield. buKliel*. r,
Total yield, bushels, * 933,000 934.311
Irish pot ttoeeAereage,
15,100 6.661
Yield, bushel*. IX)
Total yleH, bushels, I.SM.OU) 821.033
Captain Brown says that it is jirnctically
impossible for him at Ibis time to
give any reliable figures concerning the
watermelon, fruit, pea vine and fodder
crops. The reduet'on of the acreage in
cotton aa well ns the small r use of fertilizers,
be said, con ribu cd t > the small
crop. The henvy rains and drought alto
hcl.cd to bringnbout a shoitcotton crop.
The other crops all show a good increase
of acreage and 3 fold.
The menhade i fisheries of the Unite 1
S'ftte* annually yiel-l $2,0l)0,0U'J world
of fertilizers and oil.
PIXIE_NEWS.
rhe Snnny South Gleaned and Epito
mized.
All the News and Occurences Printed
Here in Condensed Form.
The Governor of Louisiana has assumed
control of New Orleans.
The total mil age of Sou'h Carolina
railroads ia 2,531.08.
A new cotton mill Ins been incorporated
to build n mill at Dillon, S. C.
The new Pilot Point cotton mills at
Raleigh, N. C., will begin operations
Jan. 1st.
The Alliance Tobacco Warehouse Co.,
at Amherst, Vn., declared an annual dividend
of 30 per ecut.
A German Insurance Co. has been organized
by Charleston, S. C., Teutonic
citizens.
A collision Thur3(|ay night, near Babd,
Miss., between two freight trains instantly
killed the two engineers. Doth
arc said to have been asleep.
A bill has passed in the Georgia Leg- I
slaturc endorsing the efforts of Thomas
I*. Stovnll, I. W. Avery and 0. P. Goodyear
in establishing direct foreign trade
ind urging citizens and railroads to help
:hc project and aid in building up profitible
and permanent lines of steamships
from foreign lands to Southern ports for
:lii\ct Southern export and import trade.
At Orlando, Fla , a party while drilling
a well for the ice factory, brought up
i quantity of pebble phosphate rock. The
specimens averaged about Go per cent,
phosphate. The depth at which these
deposits are found is IDG feet, almost too
Jeep for profitable mining unless found
in large quantities.
A Knoxvillc, Tenn., wholesale merchant,
who deals almost exclusively in
Strrrs or iVcVxir vanrmrrr^TrT^giafe
liama and in Texas, says that the mo t of
liis goods are manufactured from North
Carolina clay, and he has as nice a line
af goods as anyone in the country. Why
then should we not mine our own kaolin,
manufacture and use our own ware, instead
of paying tribute to the railroad
companies and the {states of Ohio and
New Jersey?
A freight-car famine is bothering the
Southern toads, and it is stated that
about the only places that have all the
cars needed are the Florida citi s, to
which a large mini'.or have been sent to
await fruit shipments, and New Orleans
The shipments of cotton, lumber, pig
iron, molasses and sugar have all been
rushed upon the Southern lines to such
nu extent as to he in a measure tesr onsible
for the delayed traffic.
The citizens of Abbeville, S. C., by
the display of a liberal and progressive
spirit, have added the important indus
try of large railroad shops t> their thriving
town. The shops will he built by
the Georgia, Carolina ?fc Northern Railroad,
which is part of the Seaboard Air
Line system, and will, it is thought,
necessitate an outlay of about $100,000.
The Monticcllo Wine Co., of Charlottesville,
Va., has made the largest vin
tage in its history this year. The total I
amount of various wines is 08,000 gallons |
nguiost 00,000 gallons, the greatest in
any preceding year. Nearly $5,000 has
been expended in purchasing new casks.
The work of hott ing and racking is now
in process.
Richmond, Vn., merchants have been
swindled by fciniic shoplifters.
Ismes W. Eirlc, one of the principals
in the shooting s -rape at Holland's store,
Anderson county, died Friday afternoon.
This is the third death fli the
case, and the negro that was ihot is
seriously hurt. James W. Earlc was n
young unmarried man, and of excellent
character.
It is reported that during the past
year the Kissimmrc Land Co., reclaiming
over 500,000 acres of swamp land in
Florida, and that even more will be re
claimed this year. They have op nctt
navigation from Ivi?siinme?, by the way
of the lakes, to the Gulf, a distance of
000 miles.
industrial Activity in tne sotitn.
The organization of new enterprises in
t e Fojth is being steadily carried forward.
The past week lias witnessed some
important accessions to the nlready large I
list of new cone rns, which will he a
fca ure of the closing quarter of 1802.
The Manufacturers' Record summarizes
these af follows; Marlin (Texas) Ice A
l leetrie Light Go , capital stock $80,000;
$50,0( 0 sugar refinery at Cottonport, La.,
Lyman, Fuller ?.V Post Co., of Haltimorc,
for const i net ion purposes, capital stock
$ 10,000; Texas Coal Tar ?te Ashihaltum
Co , of Dallas, Texas, capital stock f/50,000;
Bell county Holler Co., of Helton,
Texas, capital stock $00,000; General
Merchandise & Trading Co.. Covington.
Ky., capital stock $.">0,000. General
Land Si Improvement Co., Covington.
Ivy., capital stock $50,000; Automatic
Car Seal Look Co., Covington, Ky., cap
ital stock $30 >,000; Charleston (\V. Va.)
Ice Manufacturing & Cold Storage Co.,
capital stock $l0'?,000; Pennsylvania
Zinc Iron Co , to build an oxide of zinc
plant at Hoanoke, Va , Josiah Holmes to
build a lolling mill at Cumhei land, Mil.,
Noilh Galveston (Texas,Jllosiery iV Wool
Scouting Co, capita! stock $2*>,<00;
l'aragould (Ark.) Holler mill, capital
stock $12 ,000; Coles K.ue Kxpnmlcr A
Header Co., Harper's Ferry, W. Va.,
capital stock $18>,000; Queen City Drug
Co., Charlotte, N. C., capital stock $20,
000; railroad shops at Pine HlufT, Ark.,
Walker Copper & Mi ingCo , Covington,
If v en nil ill fctoi k 19 OHO 000- Acrnfo
"J' ? ^ | ^ w - w,
Copper & Mining Co , Covington, Ky.,
capital stnek $3,000,000; Linden Place
Oil Co., Covington, Ky., capittl stock
$100,000; Kenton Water Co.. Covington,
Ky., cnpitil stock $100,000; Eubank
Car I>oor Co , Little Hock, Ark., enpitnl
stock $100,000; $50,000 inside blind,
etc . factory nt Central ( ity, W. Va.,
Southwestern Fuel (Jo , Fort Worth,
Tex s, enpitnl stack $50,000: a new rob
ling mill for Anniston Ala., and two
iron ft.rnnces for Bessemer, Ala , are also
mentioned
The Duke of Marlborough Dead.
London.?The Duke of Marlborough
was found dead in bed Sunday morning,
aged 43.
Important Information Outlined For
Our, Readers.
Alliance Chit Chat and New* of the
Great Order From all the
States.
Ohio State Farmer's AMinocc held
their annual State convention at Co*utubus,
on November Oth. There was a
large attcndcnco niul an enthusiastic
meeting.
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The German system of state insurance
for workingraen is being widely discussed.
It is a practical function of
government. It will be an issue in a
United States campaign before the .close
of the present century.
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Col. Robprt Gates on behalf of the
citizens of Memphis has been very active 4
in securing and preparing for thq com ing
session of the National'. Alliance.-' H '
Expensive nod'complete arrangements are ,
reported as due to his energy and perseverance,
assisted by B. G. Wist, who
was appointed to represent the national
committee.
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Let us come together forgetting that
there ever was a political canvass, and
remember thatjtlie Alliance is the farmers'
great reserve force for good and i ight
and justice, and that its mission will
never be accomplished while thc.e is evil
to be met and wrong to be righted. It
is above politics, above business, above
our personal intirinitics and is worthy the
prayer# and support of all part riot ic cit
tzens because it is the only hope for the
freedom of posterity.
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AN IKCOMR TAX.
[By lion. T. E. Watsjn.j
This income tax law passed Congress
^^ ^1802. It did not aa into t ?
By its terms all incomes in excess of
f000 and under $10,000 were taxed at :5
per cent,, over $10,000 at 5 per cent.
Tiiis was surely very moderate
The tax was collected under the iuttrnnl
revenue system.
r rom urn source tuc uovernmeni collected
#2,741,837 in 1808.
For the fiscal year, ending June 80,
1804, it collected #20,304 733.
Oj tlia third dny of March, 1803, the
act was amended sons to substitute 5 per
cent for the 3 per cent on the smaller incomes,and
10 per cent, for the 5 per cent,
upon the larger ones, commencing with
an income of #3000. '
lTndcr these acts the Gove-nment collected
#32,030,017.
In 1800 this tax vicldcd #72,082,303.
Hi 1807 it yielded #00,014,420.
In 1876 the law was amend'd. The
<nx wns diminished in effect one half.
The amendment also provide I that the
act was to expire with the year 1870.
In 1808, #11,433,300 was the sum collected.
In 1870 it. wai #81,801 837. On
July 14, 1870, the tax was extended one
year, and reduced to 2J p r cent.
This wns repealed by an act which
passed the Senate January 20, 1871. and
the House on March 3, 1871. The ye is
and nays were n>t taken in tin- House.
Taxes already due before the repeal of
the net continued to he collected in 1871
and 1872 nud 1873. 'Ihe last were not
in till 1877.
The total amount collected under this
very moderate income tax was #340,006,
I .JO.
Does anyone doubt (hat it would now
be practical to collect enough revenue
from this s .nice to run the Government?
Fortunes have so amazingly increased
in the hands of the millionaires; profits
so stupendous have accumulated in the
hands of Standard Oil magna'c*. co.l
barons, railroad king-% sui?ar trust operators,
steel and iron combines, that a good,
heavy tax on incomes above $10,000 ?
the tax growning heavier as the income
was larger?would be phenomenal in its
yield.
The ressons why such a tax would bo
better than any we now have are sullieientlv
obvious.
1. It would put the burden m the
class most able to bear it.
2. It would put thcsuppoit of the ndHiinis'ration
upon those who derive the
greatest benefits under the laws,
:t. It would interest the most powerful
rlass in the cause of economy. Iticli men
got partieu'ar when they know that they
must foot the hills
4. It would put the pension debt on
the men who got rich oil' the victories of
the soloiers
5 It would discourage the accumulation
of enormous fortunes aid would
afford a legal method of checking the
growth of cone ntra ed weal h
C. It would abolish the t riff, which,
as a system of collecting tax s is the
most costly, one-sided a d mon trous the
world ever saw.
7. It would supplant internal revenue
taxes upon whiskey and tobacco?which
ciihumiw ni tnvitwin cli it!.I I m rolofmtiul
to the States.
8. It would give to t x opprissed people
nil over the land a relief miotic
crushing bu'den of indirect, c wardly
and illegal taxes which are wrung from
them in the name of the law for benefit
of privileged classes
The nations of Kurope recognize the
justice of the ine me tax.
In l-'nghlnd it > it Ids about ftiO.OOO,C00
annually; i** Austria, f!2,000,f00;
in It.lv, sfi ">,0 0,'00; in Pru* in, $:?0,0'0,000.
Kot a Good Field for Convert*.
Pittsbimo, Pa. ? Sixteen members o?
the 8alvntion Army, who we-o arrested
f. r h lding a strc t meeting and interfering
with vehicle, traffic, were given a
hearing on the charge of disorder.y conduct
and were all discharge I. They re
quested permission to engage in prayer
and song in the presence of the mng strato,
but he refused, saying: "I don't
tiMimn vnn cnu'tl make anv ConVCilS
here." ^
1 lie Clllirc KjalCm III (110 i^omiviims
(Oh o) Consolidate > Street Railway Cora*
nany was tied up Wednesday morning
by a stnkc of rondtictors and motormen,
It is understood to be due to the dis1
rais-nl of a conductor who refused t4MMfe
cept a "p'tigg* d" dime. Six huiiurc(r^H|
inen are affected. *