The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 11, 1893, Image 2
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PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S
MESSAGE.
Our Deplorable Financial Flight J)uc to the
Sherman Act?lit Hoi I Operation*
? Prompt ami Unconditional
Repeal Demanded.
Washington, Aug. 8.?The following is
the uie.-sagc of President Clevc'nnd sent to
Congress at 12 45 p. in to-1ay.
The existence of an alarming and extnordinsry
busine.-s situation, involving the
trelfkre and prosperity of all our people, has
coastr?lne 1 me to call together in extra session
oftho people's representatives ia Congresst
to the end thai, through a.wise and
pat riot ic exercise oi the legislative duty
with which they solely are charged, present
evils way he mitigated and dangers tbrea'ening
the future may be averted.
Our unfortunate financial plight is not tho
result of untoward events nor of conditions
related to our natural resource?, nor is it
traceable to any of ilie affections which frequently
check natural growth and prosperity.
With plenteous crops, with abundant promise
of remunerative production and manufacture,
with unusual invitation to safe investment,
und with satisfactory assurance to
business enterprise, suddenly liuancial distrust
and fear have sprung up on every side.
Numerous moneyed institutions have suspended
brcause abundant assets were not
immediately available to meet the demands
of frightened dej osilors, surviving corporations
and individuals are content to keep iu
baud the money they are usually anxious to
loan, and those eognged in legitimate business
arc surprised to find that the sccuri'ies
they offer for loans, though heretofore satisfactory,
are no lunger accepted; values supposed
to be tixed are fast becoming conjectural,
and loss aud failure have invaded every
brnuch of business.
TUB SHERMAN LAW TO BLAME.
1 believe these things aro principally
chargeable to Congressional legislation
towelling the purchase aud coinage of silver
by the general government. This legislation
is eoibodied in a statute passed on the
14ili d vy of July, 18'JO, which was the culmination
of much agitation on the subject
involved, and which may be considered a
/ truce after a long struggle between the advo/'
catcs of free silver coinage aud those intend
iug to bo more conservative. Undoubtedly
the mouthly purchases by the government of
4,600,tK)0 ounces of silver, enforced under
that statute, were regarded by those interested
iu silver production as a certain guaranty
of its iucrense iu price. The result,
however, bos been entirely different, for immediately
following a spasmodic aud slight
rise the price of silver began to fall after the
passage f the act, aud has since reacted to
the lowest point ever known. This disaD
pointing result has lod to renewed and persistent
effort in the direction of free silver
coinage. Meanwhile, not only arc the evil
effects of the operation of the proseut law
constantly accumulating, but the result, lo
which its execution must inevitably lead, is
becoming palpable to all who give the least
heed to tiuucciil subjects.
This law provides that in payment for the
4,500,t)l) ouuees of silver bullion which the
Secretary tf the Treasury is commanded to
purchase mouth'y there shall be issued
treasury notes redeemable on demand in
gold or silver coins, at the discretion of the
Socretary of the 'ireasury and that sail
notes may be reissued. It is, however, declared
in the act to be the established policy
of the United States to maintain the two
metals on a parity with each other upon the
present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be
provided by law. This declaration so controls
the actiou of tho Secretery of the Treasury
as to prevent his exercising the discretion
nominally vested in him, if by such action
the parity betweeu gold and silver may
?c uuiuiucii, muuiieaiiy, a reiusai ny tnc
Secretary to pay these treasury notes in go'.d
wouiil necessarily result in their discredit
and depreciation, as obligations payable only
in silver, aud would destroy the parity between
the two mctnis by establishing a discrimination
in favor of gol l.
Up to tlio lotli day of Ju!y, 1803, these
notes bad been issued in payment of silver
bullion purchases to the amount ?147,000,000,
while all but a very sniali quantity of
lit s bullion remains uncoined aud without
usefulness in the Treasury. Many of the
notes given in its purchase have been paid
in gold. This is illustrated by tlio statement
that between the 1st day of May, 1802
and the loth day of July, 1893, the notes of
this kind issued in payment for silver bullion
amouuted to a little more than ?14,000,000,
and that during the same period About ?49,000.000
were paid by the Treasury in gold
for the redemption of such notes. The
policy necessarily adopted of paying these
notes in gold has not spared the gold reserve
of ?100,000,000 long ago set aside by the
government for the redemption of other
notes, fur this fund lias already been subject
to the payment of new obligations, amounting
to about ?150,000,000, on account of
silver purchases, and has, us a consequence,
for the first time since its creation, been encroached
upon.
DEPLETION OK UOLlt MAI'S EASY.
We have thus made the dep'clion of our
gold easy, aud have tempted other and more
- pprcc'a'ive nations to add it to their stock.
; hit the opportunity we have offered has
i beeu neglected is shown by the large
. omits of gold which have been recently
i iwn from our treasury aud exported to
lii -re- se the financial strength of foreign
i a'i ma. The excess of exports of gold over
a.! imports for ftlic year ending June 30,
1?'.?3. amounted to more than eighty-seven
. d a half millions of dollars, between the
i-i day of July, 1890, and the 15th day of
J ily, 1893, the gold coin nnd bullion iu our
1 reasury decreased moro than one hundred
sin I thirty-two millions of dollars, while
firing the same period the silver coin and
bullion in the Treasury increased more than
mis hundred and forty-seven millions of
dollars. Unless government bonds are to be
c instantly issued and so'd to replenish our
exhausted gold, only to be again exhausted,
it is apparent that the operation of the silver
purchase law, now in force, leads in the
direction of the entire substitution of silver
for gold in the government treasury, and
ihis must be followed by the payment of all
government obligations in silver.
At this stage gold and silver must part
company, and the government must fail in
its established policy to maintain the two
metals on a parity with each other. Given
over to the exclusive use of a currency
greatly depreciated, according to the standard
of the commercial world, wc would no
longer claim a place among tlio nations of
the first class, nor could our government
claim a performance of the obligation, so far
us such obligation has been imposed upon it,
to provide for the use of the people the best
and safest money.
If, as mnny of its fricuds c'aiin, silver
ought to occupy a larger place in our currency
and the currency of the world through
general international co-operation and agreement,
it is obvious that the United Htntcs
Vwill not be ia a position to gain a hearing
in favor of such an agreement so long as wc
are willing t > continue our attempt to accomplish
the result single-handed.
Tint SITUATION A XUTSUKLL.
The knowledge in business circles among
our own .people thai our government cinnat
make its fiat equivalent lo intrinsic value,
nor keep inferior ino icy on n parity with
superior money by its own independent effort,
has resulted ia such a lack of confidence
at home in the stability of currency
values (hot capital refuses its nid to new enterprises,
while millions are actually withdrawn
from the chmiicls of trade and commerce
to become idle ami unproductive iu
the hands of timid owners, foreign iuree%
V
tois a? especially alert, and not only decline
tA purchase American recuritie*, but
roako haste to sacrifice those which they
already uhte. .
It docs not meet the situation to say the
apprehensicn in regard to the future of our
finances is groundless, and that there is no
reason for lack of confidence in the purposes
or pownr of the government in the
premises. The very existence of this apprehension
and lack of confidence, however
caused, is a menace which ought not
for a moment to be dlsregared. l'ossib'y, if
the undertaking we have in band Were the
maintenance of a specific and known quanti
y of silver at a parity with gold, our ability
to do so mit;bt be estimated and gauged,
and perhaps, in view of our unparalleled
growth and resources, might be favorably
passed upon, llut when our avowed endeavor
is to maintain such a parity in regard
to an amount of silver increasing at the
rate of $50,000,000 yearly, with no fixed
termination to such increase, it can hardly
be said that a problem is presented whose
solution is free from doubt.
The people of the United 8tates aro entitled
to a sound and stable curreocy, and to
money tccognized as such on every exchange
and in every market of the world. Their
government has no right to injure them by
financial experiments opposed to the policy
and practioe of other civilized states, nor is
it justified in permitting an exaggerated
and unreasonable rcliaucc on our national
strength and ability to jeopardize the soundness
of the people's money.
This matter rites above the plane of politics.
It vitally concerns every business and
calling ond enters every household in the
land. There is one important aspect of the
subject which especially should never be
overlooked at times like the prcsont.
HOW THK LAnoKK.lt Sl'FFKRS.
When the evils of unsound finance threatens
us the speculator may anticipate a liar
a ai i A#
VCSfc glliucrcu 11uui iuv uhoiui iuiio ui uiuvia.
The capitalist may protect himself by hoarding,
or may even find profit in the fluctuation
of values, but the wage earner?the
first to be injured by a depreciated currency
and the last to receive the benefit of its correction?is
prnctically <lofenceless. He replies
for work upon the venture of confidence
and contented capital. This failing
him his condition is without alleviation, for
he can neither prey on the misfortunes of
others nor hoard his labor.
One of the greatest statesmen our country
has known, speaking more than fifty years
ago, when a derangement of tbc currency
had caused tommeroial distresa, said : '-The
very man of all others who has the deepest
interest in a sound currency, and who suffers
most by mischievous legislation in
money matters, is the man who earns his
daily bread by his daily toil," These words
are as pertinent now as on the day they
were uttered, and ought to impressively remind
us that a failure in the discharge of
ouv duty at this time must especially injure
those of our country, the men who labor,
and who, because of their number and condition,
arc cniitled to the most watchfulcarc
of ihcir government.
immkoiatk rki.ikf dkmakdbd.
. It in of the utmost importance that such relief as
Congress cnu atl'ord in the existing situation be
afforded at once. The maxim, "He gives twice who
gives quickly," is directly applicable. It may be
true that the embarrassment lrom which the business
of the country is suffering arises as much from
evils apprehended as from those actually existing.
We may hope, too, that calm counsels will prevail
and that neither the capitalists nor the wage earners
will give way to unreasoning panic and sacrifice
their property or their interests uuder the influence
of exaggerated fears. Nevertheless, every day's
delay in removing one of the plaiu and principal
causes of the present state of things enlarges the
mischief already doue and increases the responsibility
of t lie government for its existence. Whatever"
else the people have a right to expect from
Congress, they tuay certainly demand that legislation
condemned by the ordeal oi three years as a
disastrous experience shall be removed from the
books as soon as their renresensatives can legiti
mately deal with it.
as to tariff reform.
It was my purpose to summon Congress in special
session early In September, that wo might outer
promptly u|>on the work ottaritf reform, which the
true interests of the country clearly demand, which
so large a majority of the people, as shown by their
suffrages, desire ami expect, and to the accomplishment
of which every effort of the present
administration is pledged, ilut while tariir reform
lias lost nothing of its immediate and permanent
importance.and must in the near future engage the
attention of Congress, it has seemed to me that the
financial condition of tiie country should at once,
and before all other subjects, be considered by your
honorable body.
I earnestly retoinmend the prompt ropeai of the
provisions of the act passed July I I, 1890, authorixing
the purchase of silver bullion,'and that other
legislative action may put beyond all doubtor mistake
the intention and the anility ot the government
lo fulfill its pecuniary obligations in money
universally recognized by all civilized countries.
grovkr cleveland,
Executive Mansion, August 7, IS'JJ.
Bishop Capers Pit in Charge.?The following
communication of the Right Rev.
Bishop Howe lo the members of his iliocese,
trnnsfering authority over the same to his
Assistant Bishop, the Rev. Ellison Capers,
was given to the public yesterday :
Saluda, N. C., July 25, 1893.
To the Standing Committee of the Diocese
of South Carolina?Dear Brethren: Under
the provisions of the law of the Church
I have assigned to the Right Rev. Ellison
Capers. D. D., the Assistant Bishop of the
diocese, 'all such duties as properly belongs
to a Bishop in the Church of Gol within (he
diocese of South Carolina.' and accordingly
1 hereby withdraw the authority and commission
which 1 gave to the standing com
mitfce, whereby that body wus cluly exer!
cised the ecclesiastical authority of the
diocese.
Given as above dated under my hand and
seal. W. B. W. Jlowo,
Bishop Diocese of South Carolina."
The Aumixo of Constabef.s Excites tiie
Puiimc.?Cohunbin, August 5.?The official
statement male through the press this
morning that the Slate's constables were
going to be armed with Colt's revolvers and
instructed to uso them whenever they deem
it neccssnry hus been considerab'y talked of.
For some reason there seems to be an idea
that somebody is going to get hurt as a result
of the instructions to the constables and
that some innocent person will probably be
made to suffer. Although there has been
no breach of the peace ij Columbia, the
idea*hero seems to be that the tension of
public feeling is drawn to its utmost extent
and that it would be as unsafe for the constables
to attack anyone a) it would be for
nn outsider to attack a constable. Altogether
the situation is regarded as unsnfe, and
people are afraid that some hot-headed person
will precipitato trouble. Of course all
law-abiding citizens are in favor of allowing
the constables to go along with their
work uninterruptedly and would discounte
nance any attempt to interfere with thero,
but if a constable or the friends of the
saloon men start the row there is liable to
be considerable trouble. It would be well
if constables and citizens alike wouhl keep
an even temper and let things get along
quietly.?Sunday News.
Tub Excitement in Sumter.?Sumter, S.
C., Aug. 7.?Sumter is on the </?/ vive this
morning and developments of a startling
nature arc expected. It is sure that nine of
our citizens will be arrested soon, and it depends
upon who makes the arrests and the
manner of making tbem whether there will
be any excitement. Constable J. It Fant, of
Anderson, is in the city in charge of the
constables, and ho seems to be the right man
in the right placo. lie is conservative and
rays that reports of Thursday's riot were
very much exaggerated. No raids will be
innde today, so we are reliably informed.
Governor Tillman's utterances upon tbo
shooting down of citizens has been severely
criticised on the streets, and many prominent
men arc very indignant at his efforts to stir
up strifo among our people. The same blood
runs through the veins of our people as
coursed through the veins of the patriots of
1770 and 1801, and tyranny will he dcilt
with uow as then.?Columbia Journal.
$fie JDec^fy Union "?imc8.
R. M. STOKBhT - Editor
Friday, August 11, 1893.
SUBSCRIPTION, (1 60 PER ANNUM
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.
The 1'. 0. will be opened for business
from 8 A. M. to 6.00 P. M.
The Money Order Department will be
opened for business from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Mail going East will close promptly at
12.40 P. M.; going West 1 P. M.
The mail will be taken from the street box
each day at 12.40 P. M.
Any inattention or irregularities should
re reported promptly to the P. M.
R. W. HARRIS. P. M.
New Advertisements.
Barbecue at Lookhart.
Primary Election.?A. C. Lyles.
To All Indebted.?T. L. Hames.
Land for Sale.?Dr. R. S. A. Pearson.
To Carpenters.?County Commissioners.
South Carolina College.?.Tames Woodrow.
Summer Clearance Sale.?Graham & Sparks.
Send for Your Watches?Albert Williamson.
Lost Notice to Road Overseers.?County
Commissioners.
tfieif Any teacher in Union county desiring
to start a school library will pleaso
write to II. L. Scaife, Union, S. C.
Ladies Undervests 6c each, for cash, at
GRAHAM & SPARKS.
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fogr Two keys upon a patent brass key
ring, found at Robioson & Allen's shop last
Monday, have been left at this office for
their owner.
We regret to state that Mrs. Wilkins,
wife of Mr. W. D. Wilkins, Railroad
Agent at this place, is now lying at the
point of death, from that dread disease,
consumption.
A Picture of the Jonesville High School
can be had by sending 50 cents to
E. JAY ATWOOD,
gkjy*' We regret being called on to announce
the death of Mr. Jas. P. Qibbes, a
gentleman well known nnd highly respected
in this town, as a salesman for Johnson,
Crews & Co., of Charleston, which event
occurred in thai city lost Saturday night.
jgisgf Mr. W. H. Wallace, the retiring
Editor of the Newberry Observer, offers his
half interest in that flourishing paper and
complete job printing office for sale. We
don't know of a finer business opening for a
wide-awake young man of tact and talent,
with industrious habits, than to step into
Mr. Wallace's place in the Obttrver office.
JGCol. R. C. Watts has sold his interest
in the Laurcnsville Herald to his talented
parmcr, Capt. T. B. Crews. While we are
not fully in political accord with the Herald
we have a high personal regard for Col. Watts
and Capt. Crews. They are honest and true
men. deserving the confidence and respect
of the people in whatever position they may
occupy.
1 Lot of Summer Dress goods worth 10c
yard, now selling at oc to close them out.
GRAB AM & SPARKS.
The County Commissiones held their
monthly meeting last Tuesday and transacjed
much important business. We consider
the present Board of Commissioners
equal in every respect to any board the
county has ever had. Its business is transacted
in a strictly bueincss-like manner and
every iutere-t of the county properly
guarded.
Bksf" Mr. Thos. C. Scott, of the Thornwell
Orpliauagc, colled on us last week.
He has been with that truly philanthropic
institution ever since it was started, and
has worked hard and constant fsr its welfare.
The orphanage is richly entitled to the
support and confidence of every man and
womau with magnanimous hearts and properly
appreciating the behests of pure and
ennobliug christian charity.
We are glad to hear that Mr. Seott left
Union quite pleased with the liberality of
her citizens.
Mr. Wallace C. l'c:glcr, au industrious
young Farmer, living just below this
town was so horribly gored by a bull last
Wednesday afternoon that it is not probable
he will recover from it.
It seems that Mr. Peigler had chained the
hull around Lhn linrna to n troa ot?.l moo in
the act of putting some c'otli under the chain
to keep it from rubbing the animal's head,
when thebru'e turned upon him and tossed
him in the air, one of his horns penetrating
the lower part of his stomach and body, terribly
tearing the skin of the ablomen and
bruising his body in a horrible mannor.
The animal had been worked some years
by Mr. Peigler, and was getting old and
vicious, and Mr. I'eigler had frequent warnings
that he had become dangerous.
J5f5y We havo often seen and heard of
boys being egged on to a fight by their
schoolmates, but tlie charge that a United
States Senator and the Adjutant and Inspector
Qcneral of a State wfro "egged on" to
mortal combat by certain '//(influential newspapers
is too contemptibly absurd and too
insulting to the honor of those gentlemen to
be accepted by any but abject politicians.
It certainly has no weight with those who
know the two men. In the first place, they
are not such fools as to allow newspapers
politically opposed to them to egg them' on
to do an act that would cause thriu to forswear
themselves, forfeit their offices and
deprive them of the right to hold office
thereafter.
Brave men require no prompting or eggiog
on to defend their honor and good name,
but would be very likely to indignantly say
to any officious interloper, from either side,
an Oi hello said to lago an J Ktulerigo, "Were
it my cue to fight, I .should have known it
without a prompter.
1 L it Ladies Slippers, only certain sizes
left, which we will close out for the cash at
less than cost, at GRAHAM & Sl'AKKS
Giiassiioj'I'kr Pest in Alaiiama.?Anniston,
Ala., Aug. G.?Grasshoppers have appeared
in great numbers in Choccolocco
Valley, five mile* Southeast of this place.
Corn, cotton, grasses, vegetables and every
green thing have been destroyod on miny
farms, and even trees and shrubbery arc not
spared. The leaves are eaten olT and the
trees left perfectly bare.
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PersonalsMr.
and Mrs. W. H. Sartor are recrea'ioj
in the mountains this hot weather
Mrs. F. M. Fan la enjoying the coo
breoies at Saluda.
Mr. George Monro is having a msnth'
rest from bis constant duties in the bank
in the mountains acoompanied by his wife.
Attorney General Townsend spent a daj
or two at home this week, to rest. Th<
arduous and exacting duties of the M^jor'
office appear to agree with him admirably
If it is true that "praotice makes perfect,'
we think the Attorney General's offioia
practice sheuM make him a perfect lawyer
Mrs. M. E. No well and son, of Gafiney
are visiting Mrs. N's rister, Mrs. II. F
Soaife.
Miss Frances Murphy, of Charleston, 1
visiting Mrs. W. M. Gibbes and Mrs. Elmiri
Rodger, at tho Union Hotel.
Mrs. J. C. Farrar, of Lockhart, is visitin;
her daughtelr, Mrs. D. F. Arthur.
Misses Marie Clifford and Lillie Harri
have returned from their visit to Laurent
Mr. C. J. Purcell, of Newberry, paid hi
brother, Mr. J. J. Purcell and family
visit this week.
Mr. D. C. Flynn came over from August
last Tuesday, to see his family, who ar
spending the summer with Mrs. Jas. Grant
Miss Corrie Whiteside has gone on a visil
to friends and relatives at Dorroh, Lauren
county,
Mrs. Morrison and Miss Mamie Morrison
widow and sister of the late Robert Morri
son, are visiting the family of Mr. Ira Harris
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sarratt, of Gaffney
are visiting their daughter, Mrs. 8. M. Rice
Jr., ?. U. Mr. S. called on us and made u
feel happy.
Mr. I. D. Page, of Jonesville, called on u
last Monday and left us with a $1.60 smile 01
our face.
Mr. J. D. JrfTories, of Asbury, called on u
last Monday and deposited bis annual cou
tributioa to the support of the Times.
Misses Mary an! McCarlcy of Winnsbon
are visiting their friend, Mies Josie Garner
at her heme at Pinckney.
Mr. S. Means, of Florida, is visiting th<
family of Capt. A. II. Foster.
Mrs. Dr. Means, of Spartanburg, is visit
ing the family of Mr. W. E. Thomson.
I have made arrangements to go to Geoi
gin after the 15th of August. So anyon
wanting work don't try to make yoursel
believe I am going to stay nere this fall, fo
you will be disappointed. Now, if you wan
some of the finest work proeurable iu th
State, come before August 15th.
Remember, the price is in the reach o
everybody?the finest Glace Cabinet Photo
for $2.50 per dozen.
I wiil finish nnd deliver a'l work befor
leaving the place. E. JAY ATWOOD.
If we had the power to oontrol th
action of Congress now assembled for th
ostensible purpose of enacting measures fo
relieving the present financial and busices
depression of the country, we would say t
that body, first, pass a graduating incom
tax law ; repeal the 10 per cent, tax on th
State banks, that would give us a soun<
flexib'c home currency, with proper am
rigid restrictions thrown arouod the Siat
banks ; increase the volume of circulattaj
medium to $o0 per capita; repeal the Shei
man law, and nllow free coinage of silve
upon a parity of 15 to 1 of gold value.
There can bo no great objection, in ou
opinion, to the free coinage of silver ; but w
never have been ablj to discover how that i
going to benefit the common or laborin
classes of the people. We can see plainl,
how it will benefit the Western States am
their silver mine owners. It has never bee
contradicted that the coinage of all the silve
produced io thfa country would not increas
the circulating medium more than 85 cent
per capita. The politicians and mine own
ers have got the people to believe, howevei
that England has been robbing the Souther
farmers by buying their cotton on a cbea
silver basis an 1 selling it on a high gol
basis. Well, let us try free coinage. W
don't see that it can do the South any harm
and it will, without doubt, do some othe
section of the eountry considerable good.
We don't expect to see one dollar of gold
silver, or paper money come to the Sout!
beyond the amount of what we have got t
sell, and if an increase of currency will giv
us a corresponding advance in the price c
cotton or other products that we may hav
for sale, we shall be benefitted, provided
that, from the sunt cause, the prices <
everything we have to buy (and that's nearl
every thing we eat, drink, wear and use) i
not increased correspondingly. There i
always two sides to an argument, and w
cannot help thinking that the 8outher
farmers have allowed themselves to beoom
unduly excited upon political theorist
amounting to vagaries, whioh give them n
promise of any practical relief at present
and it is only problematic as to what goo
they will produce.
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There have been eight oriminel assault
upon helpless women in Chester count/, Pa.
since Ma/ 1. The citizens are considerin
(he advisability of a little 1/nching.
We find the above in a Philadelphia papei
Surely there must be something in tb
atmosphere to cause suoh a shocking in
crease in the number of "oriminal assault
upon helpless women." in every seotion c
iho country. It is barily possible that th
Columbia indignation meeting or the ed
toriais of South Carolina papers upon tli
Denmark lynching, oonld have incited th
outrnges in Chester, Pennsylvania, and i
other djttint States!
A srjiaM lot of Men's Straw Hats, which w
will ct/osc out at most any price for the nei
15 'ays for oash, GRAHAM ft SPARKS.
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Enforcing the Dispensary Law
g "The spirit of outlawry with which the
dispensary law is regarded in aome cities of
, this State must bo crushed. The Regiiter
believes that a great mijori'y of the citiseos
of South Carolina will back Governor Tills
man in whatever heroio measures he may
t think necessary to adopt to make the dispensary
and the dispensary officials properly
respeoted. Most of the good citiaens of
' South Carolina think the dispensaries are a ^
a. great improvement upon the open saloons." r
s You are right, Mr. Register. The Dispen- t)
sary Act is a law or the State, and whether
' we approve or disapprove of its mandates,
d it is the patriotio duty of every honest, lawabldiog
citisn of the slate to not only obey
them, but re?peotfully countenance every
'. worthy and respectable officer apointed to
enforce them. The great danger of opposis
lion to the law generally, lies in the charao- n
a ter of tho men selected to enforoo its details. ?
We very seldom see a prudent, discreet and
g gentlemanly officer molested or insulted ^
while in the discharge of the most unpleoss
ant official duties. How imperative it is,
I. theo, that great care and prudence should
s be exercised to seleot tho coolest and most n
a discreet men to discharge the delicate duties tl
required of constables under this new law
a that naturally meets with opposition because
e it is intended to enforce radical changes in 11
the habits and customs of a majority of the
L people and will destroy a long established P
s business..
We have no sympathy with the violent and
, insulting action of the crowds of Charleston ft|
- and Sumter, towards tho State constables. g,
i. It was wrong in principle and policy, and Q
, will probably recoil with Berious conse- R
i, quences upon those cities. In Charleston
s they have already seen their mistake and
taken steps to correct the mischief done. w
s Wo, however, think, from what we have n
i read of the occurrences, that the difficulties t(
were caused by hasty and indiscreet action o
8 on hoth sides, But. be that as it mnv. we ci
- do not think Got. Tillman's display of firearms
for the constables -with threats to in>
struct thoso officers to shoot down citizens 0
who insult or molest thorn, is at all calcula- 0
ted to impress iho people with greater respect t(
e for those officers or to prevent difficulties c
hereafter. ^
The law is so unusual and many of its w
provisions appear so arbitrary, un-democratio
and un-American, that we cannot expect u
c the people to fa'l in love with it at first eight, 4
f consequently great allowance should be tnado q
r for indiseretions In opposing unnecessary p
1 harshness or rudeness in executing those de- ^
tails which may appear as innovations upon n
if personal rights and the confiscation of per- a
s sonal property. In that rational view of the
situati-n, official respectability, prudenoe
C and forbearance in enforoiug the law will do ^
more to allay excitement, crush so-called
c outlawry and create respect for the law than 8
? all the Colt's revolvers and official mandates *
V
_ that can be issued to the constables.
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Correspondence of the Times. fi
0 Progressive Joneavillo ?
c Jonksvillk, August 7th.?We have had
c good rains in our community and tho crops
j are doing fine. A few complain of a little n
too much rain for cotton. I see the cotton
* is shoddiDg some, but 1 don't think it will
c amount to much. It really has more fruit tl
_ on it than it can carry through. a
Mrs. Pack lloguu, of West Springs, who f(
was sent to the lunatic asylum a few months
r since, died there last Thursday. Her re- 11
mains were brought up on the train Friday ?
r and buried at Dogansvipe Saturday, in the li
presence of a large circle of relatives and c
e friends assembled. ltev. D. Tiller pors
formed the service.
g Mr. D. W. Fowler and his daughter, c
_ Miss Ileaunic, are in the mountains of North
, Carolina for a while.
Mr. R. A. Whitlock aud wife have re- f
o turned from West Springs greatly improved e
r by its healing waters.
e Mr. J. L. McWbirter and family are at
Glenn Springs for a while.
4 Miss Carrie Southard bos gone to Cross
i- Keys on a visit, and Willie Southard has
, gone to Clifton to visit relatives.
q Mrs. E. 1). Cumptsey, of Columbia, is
visiting the family of 1). W. Fowler.
P Messrs. Crawford & Uriggs have returned
d from Charleston, where they sold their care
load of oattle at very little profit, so they
i. s&y- Prof.
E. R Aycock and bis "gude" wife
r attonded the State Teachers' Association at
Spartanburg last week. Mrs. M. E. Dritton
I, also attended.
? Mr. D. A. T. Farr and family have gone
over to their summer home on Paoolet for
0 abcut a month.
e Mrs. Hallic Lindsey is visiting the family
.r of J. II. Littleiohn near OnwdnvaviUe
Hot. D. Tiller tilled his appointment here
e yesterday morning.
'? The colored people are having a big time
>f here now. Their August meeting is one ot
. great preparation with them. They were
almost like an army of locusts yesterday.
8 I know an old gentleman who says for
every foggy morning in August there will
e be a snow the following winter. There was
n a fog this morning. If anyone v? ill take
the pains to count the fogs they will know
" how many snows we will have next winter?
>> perhaps Telephone.
? Just Retribution.?"Did you hear about
' Andy?" asked one remini-ceut Westerner
d of another. "No?" "Well, Andy made a
strike of sixty-five thousand dollars at Cripple
Creek. As soon as he got the money in
his hands he went down to Denver and
blew it in. Rum cards and fun. You
know how it is. The morning that he woke
up sober and found all his money gone he
set out to punish himself by walking to
Cripple Creek. He wouldn ' borrow a cent.
A fellow who was teaming .or me evertook
him and offered him a lift, but he wouldn't
get in, and be plugged along, muttering to
himself: "Walk, curse yer, walk. Blow
in your dust, will yer ? Then walk, you
fool. It'll do you good. No, you needn't
stop at no spring. Ain't you drank enough ?
Qo dry, you son of a gun. Light out and
. walk, you durned jaokass,' And he did. '
{n Flaoeante Delicto.?Greenville, S.
C., August 2.?A special to the News from
Williamston, S. C., says that that night John
Hicks caught his wife in a comprosing position
with Jeff Reynolds near that tnwn
s Hicks emptied both loads of his shotgun t
,t into Reynolds' Bide and abdoipen, ioflioting e
g wonnda which will cause death. All the
parties were respectable people, and ihe
woman had not been suspected of wrong t
doing, llicks will probably not be arrested c
e aud public sentiment upholds him. Rey- 1
nolds himself says Hicks did right. i
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TEACHERS' COLUMN.
J AS. L. STRAIN, Editor, Etta Jane, S. C.
MBS. B. G. CLIFFORD,)
^Assistants.
L. W. DICK, )
Arithmetical
A squirrel cost 15 cents; a rabbit and bird
oat 8 times as much as the squirrel; tbe
abbit and squirrel cost 2 times as much as
is bird. Find the cost of eaoh.
IIow long will 6 men require to build 6
oats, if 7 men builJ 3 boats in 12 weeks.
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What art is to the world of matter, litera
ire is to the world of mind.
Great ideas t>avel slowly and for a time
oiselessly as the gods whoso feet were shod
ith wool.
.? ?
It is to us a perpetual wonder that any
hild'8 love of knowledge survives the outiges
of the school house.
e?
That man will be a benefactor of his raco
ho shall leech us how to manage rightly
te first years of a child's education.
Greek is perhaps the most perfect iustrulent
of thought ever invented by man, and
s literature has never been equaled in
urity of style and boldness of expression.
Tbe studont snould study himself, his
station to society, to nature and to art, and
hove all, in a'l, and through all those, he
bouhl study the relation,of himself, sooiety,
ature and ait to God, tho author of them
II.
Oue-lialf of tbe time now almost wholly
'astcd, in couutry schools, on English gramtar
and other higher branches attempted at
>o early an age, would be sufficient to teach
ur children to love their country and beDttie
its loyal and life-long supporters.
He who would understand the real spirit
f literature should not select authors of any
no period alone, but rather go to the fountin
head, and trace the little ril's as they
ourse along down the ages, broadening and
eepeoing into the great octan of thought
hicli men of the present are exploing.
It is indeed an uninviting task to bubble
p sentiment and elaborate thought in obeience
to corporate laws, and not infreuently
these children of the brain, when
srnded before the proper authorities, show
y their meagre proportions that they have
ot been nourished by the genial warmth of
willing heart.
The true literary man is no mere gleaner,
illowing in the rear and gathering up the
ragmcnts of the world's thought ; but he
oes down deep into the heart of humanity,
patches its tbrobbings, analyzes the forces
t work there, traces out with prophetic
oresight their tendencies, and thus standing
\r above bis age he holds up the picture of
rhat it is and is to be.
The old necessities have passed away ; we
ow have strong and living languages ; rich
o literature, replete with high and earnest
liought?the language of science, religion
nd liberty?and yet we bid our children
eed their spirits cn the life of the dead ages
Dstcad of the inspiring life and vigor of our
wn times. We do not object to classical
oaming?far from it?but we would not
iave it exclude the living present.
New Rules ron the Dispensary.?Columiia,
8. C., Aug. 4.?The dispensary rules
iave been amended so as to require appliants
for liquors to state in their requests
or whom and whose use the liquor is want*
d, and whenever an application is falsely
nade for the use of a minor or for a person
rho uses intoxicating liquors to excess a
rarrant will be sworn out by the dispenser
gainst said person. County dispensers
vill not be governed by a physician's certiAatc
in making sales at night, but by their
mowledge of the applicant and his character
or truthfulness. The dispensary must not
te opened after hours except in bona fid*
Uness, requiring liquor as a medicine, and
rliere a physician's certiAoate is presented,
lis character must be considered before filing
Loaded Down wrru Silver.?Washingon,
August 5.?Inquiry at the treasury deinrtment
elicits the information that the
government has now on hand about 130,XX),000
ounces of fine silver, costing $118,XX),000.
The c linage value of the bullion
in hand ij about $167,000,000. If this
vero coined the government would realize a
>rofit of about $48,000,000, against which
lilver certificates could be issued. It would
ake, however, it is stated, with the present
linage capacity of the United Slates mints,
ibout five years to convert Ihis bullion into
lilver dollars. Silver certificates, by law,
sould only be issued on profits as coined.
Alabama's School Tax.?The Legislaure
of Alabama has presented to the vote of
be people a constitutional amendment proriding
that the school taxes of the wbite
)eopte shall be devoted to the education of
he white ohildren, and that the schools fur
he blacks shall receive for (heir support
>nly the taxes paid by the colored people.
If this amendment is ratified there is a dark
tutlook for the colored children. It is ostlnated
that now fully 85 per cent, of the
noney spent on the colored sohools comes
rut of the white people's pookets.
Barrrtt is Trolblk Auaix.?Spart&n>urg,
S. C., Aug. 4.?C. P. Barrett was ar o?tod
to lay by United States Marshal Kirby
'or tampering the mails. There are two
iharges against him nod Commissioner Calrert
fixed the bond in each case at $1,500.
t postoflice deteotive has been here two
veeks working up this and other cases.*
liarrett bad not given bond at sunset. Marihal
Kirby has him in safo keeping.
As Historic Cannon.?Greenville, Ohio,
tug. 5.?Eight miles north of this city today
lohn NefF found a cannon captured from St.
2t^ir'n soldiers by thfc Indians during the
-etreat from Fort Reoovery to Greenville in
1791. A derriok was used to extrioate it
'rom a hole eleven feet deep. It is brass,
lix feet long and shoots six pound balls.
?
Cotton Sbkd ano Hmtp R P tfin.r ?r
hia city, has been frequently asked whether
totton seed products will fatten sheep. Ife
im reoently tried the experiment. Thirty
iheep were penned and fed thirty days on
totton seed meal and hnlls. They not only
-elishrd the d;et but took on flesh with re*
narkable rapidity, gaining an average of
hirty pounds apiece.?Qrtenvillt Ntiet.
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Jleers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
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>r no pay required. It is guaranteed to
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Correspondence of tbo Tikis.
Children's OnJ at Selom Sunday Sehoel.
Etta Jans, Aug- 7.?The children of 8alem
Sunday School and North Pocolet, generally,
together with a large delegation from
Western York scored a success at Salem
church last Saturday in the observance of
"Children's D?y."
At 10 o'olock the grounds were literally
covered with vehicles of all kinds, whieh had
brought their contributions of living freight
as well as edibles for tbo occasion.
The Blairsville Cornet Band, under Captain
Wil'-ie Piexico, was present in fall feree.
The rendition by the ohoir of "It Is good
to be here" followed by musio by the band,
was a signal that the exercises were about to
open.
The superintendent anoounoed the program
and invited all the ohlldren irrespective
of school or denomination, to take seats
on the right and left of the pulpit and in
front, while the band took its position in the
gallery and the ohoir on the front pews Jof
the middle aisle. .
The choir sung "Jesus, blessed Beck of
Ages," and Prof. W. F. MoArlhur, of Qsffney
City, led in prayer.
The superintendent then welootnod the
children and invited all who felt an interest
in the occasion to take part in it. lie feH
assured that a triumphant viotory wss In
store for the chjldren when he looked into
the faces of the representative, people of
Union, York and Spartanburg counties thero
assembled.
The first exercise was by seven girls representing
tho seven colors of the rainbow,
to-wit: Mattie Estes, red; Mollie Bratton,
orange; Montie Davidson, yellow; Ethel
Struiu, green ; Oregon Eates, blue; Jessie
Strain, indigo; Mattie Lee, violet. These
inarched into tho ohuroii eaoli wearing a
badge of the color she represented.
The next exercise was by 15 girls, the van
guard of the "Little Crusader'sArmy." These
marched into the church in sing'e file, saoh
one displaying a palmetto fan with one of
the letters making up the words, "Little
Crcsauers," headed by Sam Strain oarrylng
tbe flag of the Saleui Sunday School, on
url.Snk urn a a 1 ,?r<TO VollnUT flUr fthftfA it. Wfhfl
Bethlehem in blue, and below Calyaky in
red letters. This line was counter-marched
and halted in front of the pulpit. At the
command "front face" anl "display your
colors" the coogregalioa could read on the
fans held up by the children "Little Crusaders."
The other children marched into the
churoh in "column of twos."
The choir sung "What a githering of the
faithful that wilt be," and the children then
sung "NVhat a friend we have in Jesus." The
congregation sung, "Praise Qod from whom
all blessings flow," and Professor MoArtbur
led in a speoial prayer for the children.
The 1st olass exercise?"Jesus our light"
?sweetly recited by fire children.
Choir sung : "When the voyage of life i*
ended," followed by music from the band.
2nd olaas exercise?"Our hope is in
Christ,"?recited by six children.
The choir sung: "My hope is built on
nothing less," followed by the band.
8rd class exercise?"Jesus our Saviour"?
recited by seven children. Choir sung, A
"Now crucified with Christ 1 am," etc., fol- 4
lowed by music from the band. J
4th class exercise?"Jesus our shepherd" H
?rtci'ed by seven children. Choir sung, ^
"Down by the Cross where the S tviour died.
5th class exercise?"Jesus our Master,"
recited by six children. Choir sung, "Lo '
the golden fields are smiling,"
Tbe superintendent anuonnced that the
exercises of the Salem school were now
olosed, and that an opportunity was open
for other eohools who had anything to say or
to do. But there being no response he introduced
Mr. Q. B. Fowler who made an
excellent address to the children, and also
to the older persons, expressing his hearty
approval of tbe exercises and complimenting
all for the good work they had done. At the
conclusion of bis tomarks, Prof. W. F. MoArthur
gave a short uuuress in which the
echo ars and all others present reoeived soma
substantial food for thought. Both of the
speakers were listened to with attention as
were the whole proccediogs of the day.
The superintendent andounoed that the
hour for diuner had arrived, and that the
visitors inviied be taken care of by the Saleui
school, also that the afternoon would be
spent in the most pleasant way possible by
each oue present. He then thanked tho
congregation fur their kiad attention during
tho exorcises. The congregation arose and
sung, "Meet me there, meet me there," fol
lowed by the band with "God be with us
till we meet again." And thus closed one of
the most delightful occasions ever witnessed
at Salem during its long and successful history.
No one felt happier than the superintendent
did when the oldest and best citizens
of the county?both male and female?grasped
his baud and congratulated him upou the
success of the occasion, while he could read
in their eyes a burning zeal for a just and
holy cause.
The ouly decorations of the church was a
rainbow 18 feet long spanning the speakers
stand. On the upper edge on the violet
color stood in largo white lot'ers: "1 Will
itemcmber My Covenant widi Thee." Above
the raiubow was ?*Welcome, ' and under it
hung the banner of the Salem Sunday Soheel,~
which was made and presented to Uie sohool
by Mr. F. C. Willard, an employee in the
Timk.i office. The rainbow was the handiwork
of Mrs. May Kstes, Mrs. Mildred MoDaniel
and Miss Linwood Miller. It was
made up of the seven different oolors.
Ksch child woie a badge exquisitely executed
in the Tiuas job printing office.
Dinner, watermelons and a pleasant time
generally, were enjoyed after the congregation
was dismissed. *./
In the a rove, in the afternoon. Miss Rllu I?
A. Garner read an adlress to the ladle*,
after which the band played several pieces
and then bid adieu to the people of Helen
and North Paoolet.
The members of the Blairsville Corbet
Band are among the best families of Yqrk
county. They are the wqrthy depcendaqtq
of noble parentage ar>d we bespeak for theq)
the patronage of our people when their *err
vices are required.
A prominent citizen said he thought the
superintendent ought to call for a vote of
thanks to the choir who had been so hard
worked all day and had done eo much for
the saojess of the occasion, llo was prompt*
ly informed by the superintendent that tke
ohoir belonged to the Sunday School and *
they were home folks aod had only done
their duty as (hoy understood it. Vox.
Tub Bahhktt Swindlk.? Spartanburg,
Aug. 7. ? The preliminary examination
against C: P. Barrett aod J. W. Owens, he*
gan Saturday. One witness, J. II. K. Jennings,
was sworn. Today five others test Ifled.
Two of these said that Barrett tried
to get them to open poBtoffioes in the ooun*
try, stating that they could make money by
i\ They refused when they understood
that the methods were doubt fill if not
fraudulent. They were 0. P. Lowe and
W, G. High. A. 8. Jaokson and William
Hatcher, neighbors of Owens, gave damaging
testimony against Owens and Barrett.
H. J. MoEiratb, en ex-posimM>er, also
showed that both these defendan s were
very crooxea. oevern omer witnesses are
to be examine i tomorrow. Barrett if fill
in jail unable to procure bond.
Judge Hudson has filed a supplementary
opinion in regard to his last decision In the
Darlington dispensary case. He says,
among other things, that Justioe Pope's
order was not intended to dissolve his (Hudson's)
previous order of iq}unoiion, but was
intended to stay proceedings; also, that J.
B. Floyd, the dispenser, was guilty of eon*
tempt in violating Ids order of InJonetiOQ
and violatiog Justico Pope's %rit of superset
dens. The decision (too* n t alter the amtui
of the owe ( 0
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