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VOL. XXIV.?NEW SERIES. UNION a H., SOtJTH CAROI JNifc FRIDAY, AUGUST 18,1893. NUMBER 33. M
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SirEiL TBI BII.VKB PUROHA8B AO
Tht Pruldent Sees In the Aetof Jnly 14
lftOO) the Source of All Out- Woe*, an
killi for Its immediate Repeal?lie SU|
g?*U Ko Hab tltuto But DemiDili tha
-the Sxcltlng Cause of Panic and Dlatrua
Ue Instantly Removed-Other Needei
LegUlatlou Can Follow-The Tariff la a
Important aa Ever and the Party la Dell
nitely Committed to It, But the Uucitlo:
Can Walt.
Capitol, Washington. August 8ThaloUoWiug
iB tlic President'smiftsag
umijppl!1!" "?*g?,0
To THE CONOllKBB OP TUB UNITE!
States:
The existence of an alarming and ex
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...uiuiuoi; uutiucjig iiiunuuu, IUVOIV1D
the welfare and prosperity of all our pec
1)le, has constrained me to call togethe
a extra session the people's represents
lives in Congfess, to the end that throngl
a Wise and patriotic exercise of the legit
lative duty with which they sololy ar
charged at present, events may bo mit
igatul and the danger threatening th
future may bo averted. Cur unfortunat
floavcial plight is not the result of unto
watd events nor of conditions related t
oar natural resources, nor is it traceabl
to any of the efllictlons which frcquentl;
check national growth and prosperity
With plenteous crops, With abundan
promise of remunerative production am
manufacture, with unusual invitalloi
to safe investment and with satisfactor
assurance to business enterprises, sud
denly financial distrust and fear bav
sprang up on cvory side; numcrou
moneyed institutions have suspended be
cause abundant assets were not itnmcdi
htcly available to meet the demnuda o
frightened depository surviving corpor
ationB and individuals are content i
keep in hand the money they aro usuall;
anxious to loan, and those ongnged ii
business aro surprised to find that these
curities tbey offer for loans, thqugh hero
tofore satisfactory, are no longer accept
ed. Values, supposed to bo fixed, ar
fast becoming conjectural, and loss am
foiiuro. bare invaded overy branch o
business.
tub CAtlsB OF TltK ALAHMINO fitt .'AlION
t believo these things aro princlpall;
chargeable to congressional legislatloi
touching tho purchase and coinage o
silver by tho general government. Thi
legislation is embodied in a statnto passe*
on the!4ih day of July, 1890, which wa
the culmination of mnch agitation on th*
subject involved, and which may be considered
a truco after a long struggle, be
tween the advocates of free sliver coin
age and thoso intending to be more Con
servatlve.
Undoubtedly the monthly purchase
by the government of fonr millions an*
five hundred thousand ounces of silver
enforced under that statute, were re
garded by those interested in silver production
as a certain guaranty of its in
creaso in price. The result, however
has been entirely different, for lmmcdi
ately following a spasmodlc[and slight ris*
the price of silver began to fall after th*
patsage of tho act and has since reachec
tho lowest point ever known.
The effects.
This disappointing result has led t<
renewed and persistent effort in the di
rection of free silver coinago. Mean
while not only the evil effects of the on
eration of tbo' present law constantly ac
cumulate, but the result to which Iti
execution must inevitably lead is becom
ing palpable to all who give the least hee<
to financial subjects. This law provide;
that in payment for the four million ant
five hundred thousand ounces of silve:
bullion which the Secretary of thoTreas
V ury is commanded to purchase monthly
thero shall be issued Treasury noteB re
deemable on demand in gold or silve:
coin at tho discretion of the Secretary o
the Treasury, and that said notes may
bo reissued. It is, however, declared ii
the act to be "the established policy o
the United States to maintain the tw<
metals on a parity with each other upoi
the present legal ratio or such ratio ai
may be provided by law." This declar
at ion so controls tho action of the Secre
tary of the Treasury as to prevent hi;
exercising the discretion uominally vest
ed in him, if, by such action, the pari
A ty between gold and silyer ma]
w" be disturbed. Manifestly a refusal b]
the Secretary to pay these Treasury note
tn gold if demanded, would neccssaril]
result in their discredit and depreciatioi
as obligations payable only iu silver, ant
would destroy the parity between thi
two metals by establishing a diecrlmlna
tion in favor of gold.
ruHTUBH IlEVIRW OK RESULTANT COM
DITIONS.
Up to the 18th day of July, 1803, thesi
notes bad been issued in payment of ail
yer bullion purchases to tbo amount o
more than one hundred and forty-aevei
mlllionaof dollars. While all but a yer;
mall quantity of thla bullion remaini
uncoined and without usefulness in thi
Treaeury, many of the notoa given in iti
Eurchase have been paid in gold. Thii
> illuatratod by tho atatemont that be
tween the 1st day of May, 1802, and tin
ISth day of July, 1803, the notes of thii
kind issued in payment for silver bullioi
amounted .to a little more that flfty-foui
millions of dollars, and that during thi
*ssme period about forty two millions n:
dollars were paid by tho Treasury it
muiu iur vuo rtueiupuon 01 bucii notes
The po,xcy nece simlly adopted of pay
log these notes in gold has not sparec
the gold reserve of one hundred millioni
of delists, long ago set aside by the gov
eminent for redemption of other notes
for this fnnd has already been subject tc
the payment of new obligation)
amounting to about one hundred
and fifty millions of dollars on account
of silver purchases, and hap, as a conse
quence, for the first time since its crea
tlon, been encroached upon. We have
thus made the depletion of our gold easy
and have tempted other and more appre
dative nations to add it to their stock
That the opportunity we have offered
Kj has not been neglected is shown by tht
? large amounts of gold which have beer
k * recently drawn from our Treasury and
exported to increase the Aoancia
strength of foreign nations. The exeesi
of exports of gold over its import)
for the year ending Jane 80, 1898
amounted to more than eighty-seven anc
a half millions of dollars. Between thi
1st day of July, 1890, and the 18th day oi
July, 1S9S, the gold coin and bullloi
I' mens obligations La depreciated sllvei
At this stage gold and silver mast pai
company and tho government must fal
in its established policy to maintain ih
I1 two metals on a parity with each othei
Qlven over to the exclasivo use of
currency greatly depreciated according t
r the standard of the commercial world
wo could no longer claim a place amon
. nations of the first class, nor could on
' government claim a performance of it
? obligation, sd far as etlch an obllgatloi
; has been imposed upon it to provide fo
t the use of the peoplo the best aud safes
money. If, as many of its friends clalno
I silver onght to occupy a larger place ii
II our currency and tho currency of thi
? world through general international co
operation and agreement, it is obviou
n hausted, it is apparcn. that the oweratloi
of the silver pnrchase law now in fore
^ leads in the direction of the entire substl
^ tution of silver for the gold in the gov
,. eminent Treasury, and that thia must h
followed by the payment of all govern
? In our Treasury decreased aits* than on
hundred and thirty two millions of dol
lars, while during the same period th
B silver coin aud bullion in the Trcasur;
'* increased moro than ono hundred an*
* forty-seven millions of dollars.
h PANOEltS THAT TiniKATBIf.
i- Unless government bonds are to b
e constantly issued, and s->ld to rcplenUl
i- our exhausted ?old, only to be again ex
o
c that the United States will not be in i
'* position to gain a hearing in favor o
0 such an arrangement so iong as wo ar
e willing to continuo our attempt to ac
y complish the result siDglo banded. Th*
' kuoWledge iu business circles among ou
y own pedple that otir government canno
a make its fiat equivalent to lntrinsi*
b value, of keep inferior money on i
Y parity with superior money by its owi
independent efforts, has resulted in sucl
o a lack Of confidence at home, in tho eta
8 bllity of currency values, that capita
refuses its aid td new enterprise;
- while millions are actually wiihurawi
' from the channels of trade and com
raerco to become idle and unproductiv*
o in the hands of timid owners. Forelgi
Y investors, equally alert, not only declim
x 10 purchase American securities bu
'* make haeto to sacriflco those which the]
' already havo.
0 A QUIMJLINO EXCUHE.
\ It does cot meet the situation to saj
f that apprehension In regard to the futur<
of oUr fim.aces is groundless, and tha
there is no rcasdn for lack of Oonfldenci
4 in the purposes or powet of the govern
V mont in the premh.es. .The vert exist
1 enco of this lack of confidence, howeve:
' caused, 1b a menace which ought nut foi
8 a moment to be disregarded.
I Possibly if the undertaking we haveii
8 hand were the maintenance of a specifli
8 known quantity of silver at a parity witl
- gold, our ability to do co might W) esti
* mated and gauged, and perhaps In tiev
- of our Unparalleled growth and resonrcei
* might bo favorably passed Upon) bu
5 when oar every cndo&vor is to malntalr
such parity in regard to an amount oi
* silver Increasing at the rate of fifty mill
ions of dollars yearly, with no fixed tor
miuation to such increase, it can hardlj
* be said that a problem is presented whost
* solution is free from doubt.
' The people of tho United States ar<
B entitled to a sound and stable currencj
I and to monoy recognized as such or
1 every exchange and In every market o!
tho world.
TOO VITAL A MATTER KOll KXl* KRIMENT8
The government has no right to iDjur<
. them by financial experiments opposec
? to tho policy and practico of other civil
, ized States nor is it justified it
j an exaggerated and unreasonablh reliance
. on our national strength aud ability tc
I jeopardize the soundness of the people'i
8 money.
I This matter rises abovo tho plane ol
r party politics. It vitally concerns ever]
. business and calling and enters everj
household in the land.
' There Is one important aspect of th<
r subject which especially should nevei
f be overlooked. At times like the prcs
. ont, when tho evils of unsound finance
i threaten us,the speculator may anticipate
f a harvest gathered from tho misfortune
, of othorf; the capitalist may protect him
k self by hoarding or may even find profil
s in the fluctuation of values, but the w*ge
. earner?the first to bo injured by a dr.
predated currency, and the last to rcs
celvo tho benefits of its correction?li
. practically defenseless. He relies foi
. work upon tho venture of confidence, ol
U-l fl't.J- X- II! VI
. buuicutcu uipuui. j Jim lllllUg XlllU,
j hia condition is without alleviation,
! for he can neither prey on the mlsfor.
tunes of others nor hoard his labors
i One of the greatest statesmen otti
j country has kuown, speaking inoro than
9 4
fifty years ago, when a derangement of
- the currency had caused commercial die*
tress, said: "The vory man of all others
. who has the deepest interest in a sound
currency and who suffers most by mist
chievous legislation in money matters, ii
. the man who oarns his daily bread by hit
f daily toll."
j These words are as pertinent now at
on tho day they wore uttered and ought
i to impressively remind us that a failure
B in the discharge of our duty at
, this tlmo must especially injure thousands
of our countrymen who labor, and
s who, because of their number and condl
tion, are entitled to the most watchful
t care of their government.
9 IIBMBP HKBDBD AT ONCH.
1 It is of the utmost importance that
, such relief as Congress can afford in the
. existing situation bo afforded at once.
( The maxim, "He gives twice who gives
' quickly," is directly applicable. It ma]
j bo true that the embarrassments frou
. which the business of the country is suf
ferlng arise as tnudh from evils appre
hend jd as from those aotually existing
| We may hope, too, that calm counsel
. will prevail and that neither the capital
. lata nor wage-earners wlil give way t<
unnecessary panlo and sacrifice thel
| property or tnolr interests under the in
fiuence of exaggerated fears. Meverthe
less every day s delay in removing om
1 of the plain and prlucipal causes of th<
present state of things enlarges the mis
chief already done and increases the re
: sponslblllty of the government for iti
1 existence. Whatever else the oeooli
' have a right to ex pact from Oongrea
they may certainly demand that leglsla
tlon condemned by the ordeal of tbre
yeara' dlaaatrona experience shall be re
| moved from the statute books as soon a
their representatives can legitimately
| deal with it.
, TAlirr REFORM CAM WATT A LITTLE.
f It was my purpose to summon Oon
i gress in special session early in the com
r. log Septomber that we might enter
t promptly upon the work of tariff reform
LI which the true Interests of the coiintry
e clearly demand and which so large a majority
of the people, aa ahown by their
a suffrages, desire and cxpeot, and to the
o accomplishment of whloh every effort of
I, the present administration Is pledged,
g But while tariff reform has lost nothing
r of Its Immediate and permanent impora
tanco, and mnat in the near future enu
gage the attention of Congress, it has
r seemed to mo that the financial condition
t of the country should at once and before
i, all other subjects be considered by your
a honorable body.
8 UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL RECOWWBNtJrfO.
* I earnestly recommend the prompt re
peal of the provisions of the act passed
a July 14,1600, authorizing tho purchase
e of silver bullion, aud that other legislative
action may put beyond all doubt or
mistake tho intention and the ability
e of the governmont to fill its pecuniary
. obligations in money universally recognized
by all civilized countries
[3i*ned.] GROVER CLEVELAND,
_ Executive Mansion, August 7. 1893
e
f CONGRESS.
Monday.?The Senate and House
simply went through the formalities of
0 opening and choosing seats.
11 Tuesday.?Senate?It took 15 minutes
to read the president's message, which
was referred to the committee on flnanco.
f The first bill of the session was iutro0
duced by Senator Iiill. Its title was:
g '?To repeal certain sections of the act ol
r July 14, 1890." It was referred without
t reading to the committee on finance. The
j nekt two bills were introduced by Mr.
1 Stewart, of Nevada. Their titles were:
1 "To rcstoro the right of coinage," and
i "to supply tho dofioieucy in tho currong
cy." The latter bill was read in full. It
1 directs tho Secretary of the Treasury to
' issue silver certificates, equal iu amount
i to the silver bullion in tho Treasury purb
chased under tho act of July 14, 1890, in
excess of tho amount necessary, at its
coinago value, to redeem the Treasury
notes issued under that act, and to uso
j the same to provide for any deficiency in
8 the revenues of the government, ths sur'
plus of such certificates to be used in the
rMirnlinao r\t A nee aant 1\a?*/In ?4
|/uivhi?ov v* -m |/vi uvuuo aw lucii
mnrkot prioe, not exceeding 18 per cent,
premium.
The Bcunte was then addressed in a
speech on the financial situation by Mr.
Dolph, of Oregon, who contended that
the Sherman act was not the sqleor the
principal cause of the existing business
depression, and that no permanent improvement
could be oxpected so long as
the destruction of tbo present tram system
was apprehended or fosred. At
4:30 adjourned.
Hoube.? After the reading of the
Messago nothing of interest was transacted.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Latest Happenings Condensed
and Printed Here.
John J. lioDson was fouud in a lonely
spot twonty flvo miles from Greenville,
8. C., with his nock brokeu. lie had
been informing on mooushiners.
The statement telegraphed from Richmond
Saturday night of tho failure of th?
Abingdon Va. banks was so ooostructed
as to make it appear that two banks in
Lynchburg had failed. There has not
been a bank failure in Lynchburg in 40
years.
Gov. Tillman's dispensary constables
were rotten-egged in Bumtor, 8. 0., and
the Governor is going to arm them. Ho
says: "I am going to issuo orders for the
ft'fit one of them to shoot when ho is
struck. I'm not going to allow the State
constables to be made dogs of by the bar'
keepers and their followera."
! ?Another ooltou mill is soon to be
built on the canal at Columbia, 8. 0.
The work,it is stated, wi 11 be commenced
before tho present factory now in process
> of construction is finished. Tho mill
will be built after the style of the one
now being erected, and will bo located
at the foot of tho canal on the south side
of Qeivais street.
?Bristol, Hoffman & Co., of Morgan*
ton, N. C., intend building a ootton mill
near thero. It will be operated by waterpower,
which can be obtained at that
point
The barrack bridge at Clemson Colleg*',
8. C., gave way with fifty students
on it Friday. Several of the boys ware
hurt, but none fatally.
Presidont Cleveland was hanged in
' ?fligy by free silver enthusiasts at Gold!
en, Col., Wednesday night. Tho hang
ing party was headed by an ardent
[ Populist.
The re-appcaraoce of that dread pest.
- tho cotton worm is reported in several
; plantations in Arkansae. It has not
. been found in sufficient numbers, how)
ever, to excite alarm among planters.
[ A meeting of Danville, Va., business
. men rosultcd in the appoiutmout of b
a coinomiee w ouiaia signal urs lO a pen
9 tion to Virginia's Members of Congress,
. urging their advocacy of the early repeal
I of tho silver purchase act.
9 Nbw Yokk.?Tho Madison Square
Bank, at 200 Fifth avenue, have closed
e iia doois. Its capital is impaired
" to about $80,000. The refusal of
| the St. Nicholas Bank to continue to
act as clearing agent precipitated the
trouble. It is said the deficiency will
be made up by the directors and the
beak will resume business,
\ ...
the childilen't
At the World's Colut
^WORLD'S FAIR LETTER. f
Chicago, Aug. 10, 1893. ^
M?y attractive and valuable exhibits
representative of the American textile
industry invite the attrition of the
visitor at the Exposition.
When it is duly considered that the
present acrcago of the cotton crop in
tho South is 10,701,883 acres, as
estimated, tho extensive importance of v
tho Southern tcXtilo industry asset ts c
itself. Tho improvements of to-day in
cotton mill machinery ate vest and diver- v
silled, and tho cot'on mill man in ^
Machinery Hall \cannot fail to storo c
up valuable iufornyition from the study (
of the latest method of manufacture iu- ^
volved id modern inventions. Michincry
for various modcB of spinnmg, weaving,
stamping, and numcious means for 1
dyeing and drying, aro promiscuously
shown, mention of all of which will ap j1
poar in future correspondenco.
To commcnco with cotton in tho raw
state,an exhibit worthy of early mention, 1
that attracts tho attention of tho curious, '
is that of tho gin. In tho Agricultural "
ucparimcnt, wltti tho vast exhibit of 1
farm implements, is displayed tho c
maohincs of tho Northlngton-Mungcr- 1
Pratt Company, of Birmingham, Ala. c
This firm shows?and shows well?its c
systems of handling, cleaning, ginning
and pressing cotton. One of its great 1
machines is kept in actiyo operation, 1
illustrating its improved system of elevating
seed-cotton out of the wagon by
suction; of oleaning cotton by suction
without passing it through the fan; of 8
drawing cotton from storage houec3 by
suction; of running the gin and the brush I
by one and the same belt, and of ginning 1
from a series of gins into one condenser ^
into a self packing revolving double box
press. This machine is a novel ono to C
thousands who see it daiiy, showing the
completo revolution in the handling and c
ginning of cotton, equaled only, the c
manufacturers claim, by the invention
of tho gin by Whitney.
In tho Agricultural Department also ^
is an exhibit of rare beauty and vast
import to tho United States. Wbilo not
directly of Southern stamp, yet it is a
display of an industry that tbo South, c
with | patienco and assiduity, could *
doubtless speedily develop?this is the j
display of the Women's Bilk Culture
Association, of Philadelphia, organized
in 1880. This association shows the <
process of manufacturing silk from co- *
coons. One loom is in constant opera- *
tion, and the system of manufacture is
shown from tho shell of tho cocoon to 1
tho finishing touches of tho finest ?
Columbian BOilVflnir hanrllcnrrhiofa flona
1 6")
etc. Upon tho whole, the most impor- 1
tant feature advanced by tho association 1
la example. It shows tho importance (
of the industry of tho United States. <
Raw silk is produced principally in the '
extreme Orient and in Europe. The <
United States, vastly agricultural, imports,
it is estimated $120,000,000 worth
of manufactured silk through our custom
bouses annually, and $24,000,000 of
foreign raw silk. The average annual
production of raw silk for tho nino years
ending 1688 was 23,721,000 pounds.
During all of tlu<so years tho United
Statre imported more than 8,250,000
pounds, and in 1880 imported 5,829,048
pounds, beiDg considerably more
than one-fifth the consumption of the
whole of Europe and the United States
put togother. And shall the Agriculturists,
calling for more and varied industries,
neglect the culture of silk} The
industry, onco understood, in a simple
one. The Women's Silk culture Association
claim to have done more for tho developing
of silk culturo in tho last ton
years, than all the other associations,
inoluding tho station at Washington ,und
with loss monoy. They have raised and
reeled 12,000 pounds of cocoons; have
made some 1,500 pounds of reeled silk,
havo made sjme forty silk United States ,
flags, and thousands of silk handkerchiefs,
-Jkb a-: -a- u
illUgU*, IIUUUII5, KiUlUIIUgV, UVU. OtJVOIJteen
of the flaga were presented to the
Cental and South American governments
at the Pan American Congress. The
Association presented to Mrs. James
Garfield the first silk dress mAdo from 1
silk raited in this country. The exhibit '
in Agricultural hall is a rare point of '
interest and a marvel of beauty, attract- '
ing constant and admiring crowds. (
^ <
$800,000 Spanish Gold Coming. 1
Nbw Yokk.?The steamship Yucatan, *
which sailed from Havana for Now York, 1
has $800,000 Spanish gold consigned to (
New York bankers. '
? I
The Nor mania's Load. i
Naw York.?The steamship Nor '
mania, from Liverpool, bropght
M7 in gold, '
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I Ul'ILDINll.
nbian Exposition.
HILLS CONTINUE TO CLOSE.
Clio Condition of Trado Having Full
Effects on the Industries
of the Land.
Amsterdam, N. Y.?The rug factory
?f Ilowgate, McClary & Co.,at Ilockton
ias closed, and nearly 200 ptrson9 arc
hrown out of work indefinitely.
PououKEErsiE, N. Y.?The shirt nnd
rool trousers manufactory of IIull &Co.
me of the most important industries in
his city, employing several hundred
vornen operatives, with u hitherto steady
veekly pay roll of $1,900, and working
in full time, has been compelled to go
>n half time.
Ansonia, Conn. ?The Beach Mnnuacturiug
Company, Beacon Falls,owned
>y Charles M. Beech of Hartford, tiniloying
150 hands, began Monday to run
luce days a week. The company owns
ill the houses and has reduced rent3 onenil
f.
I1uhmngt,n, Vt.?The woolen, meriio*
and cotton mills in Winooski and
hi3 city have ehut down until Sopr. 4,
md longer if business docs not improve,
rhc cotton mill his on hand 20,000 pioc13
of print cloth, for which there is no
narkct except at a price below tho cost
if manufacture. About 850 people are
>ut of work.
app^kton, Wis.?The mammoth sul>hite
fibre pulp mill of the Manufacturng
Investment Company,in which Presilent
Cleveland, Dan Lumout, and Don
if. Dickinson are stockholders, has shut
Iowd. It is said that work will bo reumed
in two weeks. Tho mill employs
.00 persons. The paper mill and two
julp mills of the Atl'.s Company have
dec shut down.
Non wren,. Conn.?Tho Shetucket
Cotton Company of Groeuvillo, which
dosed its mill ten days ago for two
weeks, has posted a notice on
loor saying that tho mill would b^^H
lown until the 'market brightens."
his action 500 operatives are thrown out
)f work indefinitely.
?The Mountain Island (N. C.) Mf'g
Uo's mill is running on half timo.
?The Newton, (N. C.) Cotton Mills
lavo closed down "because there is nc
lemand for yarns," Col. W. Williams,
he president says. The other three
nills of Newton and in Maiden (nearby)
mve also stopped.
?The Leuneau Mill, at Greenville, S.
3., shut down last Saturday. The Ather
on Mills, of Charlotte, have closed for
,wo weeks.
?Tho Bibb Mills, at Macon, Ga.,
rave shut down, and about 1,200 hands
ire thrown out of employment.
?The Dartmouth Cotton Mills al
\ugusta, Ga., will, for a short period,
un on half time. Tho cause of the
surtailment of output is tho shutting
town of cotton factories in the East,
Hie production of these mills is disposed
>f to Eastern factories.
TWO LAWYERS FIGHT.
}nn .'Walker, of Virginia, Stabbed Mr
Wy sor, and the Latter Got His Gun.
A special from Lynchburg says; Nt?wi
cached hero of a fight between Genera
rtimes A. Walker und J. C. Wysor, op
>ouents in the suit of Hugh Shott vs
.6r WAifarn Railrnnd fnr fVfW
lamagcs, at Pulaski City Wednesday.
The jury rendered a verdict of $7,000
n favor of flhott. Tho trouble began
vhen Qen. Walker, counsel for the Railond,
claimed that Mr. Wysor appealed
o tho possien and prejudice of tho jur
n his speech, The lie nud several blowi
>asEed, when Walker stabbed Wysor li
he shoulder and cut his cheek badly
Yysor secured a gun and tried to flat
rYalkcr in the hotol to shoot him. Botl
vere arrested and placed under a $5,001
>ond each.
Wysor was a presidential elector fo
he nidth district in the lost campaign
tnd is a young man. Walker i9 an ex
'.foutnnsnt. Governor.
Chinese Use of Towels,
It appears from tho latest consular re
port from Swatow, in Southern China
that among cotton goods the import o
towels alone has shown any improvement
But, the consul explains, this does no
inply any ihcrcased attention to persona
dcanliness on the part of tho inhabitant
)f tho district, for the towels aro usee
for clothing. The breadth of the ordinar
towel being that from shoulder t(
ihoulder, two tewn together will mako i
:oat. Blecvcs are dispensed with, ant
except for the armholea there is none o
that waste of material which is especiall,
repugnant to the Chinaman, and whicl
the size of his native piece goods am
the fashion of bis clothes conspire t
avoid.
TOO GOOD TO FEED HORSES.
Tho Splondid Bice Crop of Louisiana
Lacks Popular Appreciation. J
New Oulkans, La. ?The fiist rice or
tho seusoa reached New Orleans this
week. The crop is in good condition and
n big yuld is expected, but it will not be
as large us the crop lust year. The experience
of Louisiana rice planters has
satisfic 1 them that they overdid it then,
and th it it will take some timo to educate
the people of the United Stutes to eat
r'cc more generally b foro tiny can nfford
to raise nnd sell 2,000,000 bags of it.
Inst year's crop was p'acnoinoual. J.t
was more than double any ever raised ba'ore
and it was so excellent in quality
and ao cheaply raised that the fanners
were enthusiastic over it, and prairie ric?
lsud loomed nnd doubled and trebled in
value in a few weeks. The outlook was
. indeed promising, but one season a difficulty
presented itself?the consumption
of lice was not equal to the production,
and, wi h all their ellorts, tho farmers
could not stimulate its consumption very .
much. The country could not consume /
the product, and pricc3 suffered. f
When ihe crop began coming into New \
Orleans lust year, good rice range I in
price from 4J to 1} cent! a pound. This
woul 1 huvo given tho farmer a good
profit, but tho price lias steadily fallcu,
and no w at the opening of .'he season this
year it is only 2J to 24 ccnt? a pound a
decline of nearly one-half, and which
knocked most of tho profit out of the
busmcss. Notwithstanding its cheapness.
and before tho new crop Ins beguu tc
WHOLESALE SWINDLING.
Tho Char go Against a Well-known
Lawyer of Columbia, 8. O.
Wabiiinotom, D. 0.?Acquaintances
of Capt. C. C. Barrett, a well-known
lawyor of Columbia, 8. G., express much
surpriao at his arrest on a charge of
wholesale swindling.
He was in Washington not long ago
prossing his claims to an appolutinont as
chief clerk in the office of tho Assistant
Attorney-General. He was clso a candidate
for the Iinlroad Commissioncrship
of this State, and it is said his chances
for getting it wero good.
The accounts of his operations say that
he induced a number of fourth-clare Postmasters
to order, ou loiter heads bearing
, their names and official titles, from Northern
deal-re large quantities of various
kinds of merchandise aud manufactured
art'clcs.
Credit whs n-ked an 1 B.-irrc't given as
reference. When tho goods arrived Barrett
took possession and sold them for
whatever he could got. When tho bills
became duo the manufacturers and dealers
discovered the swindle.
In connection with this, Barrett disposed,
through his Post Office accomplices,
of qurutitioj of stamps which had
once beea used and the cancellation
stamp removed.
Upon tho discovery of this tho Government
took a hand, and an investigation
followed, resulting in the Captain's arrest.
In default of $10,000 bail, he was
remanded to jail. Additional arrests nro
expected.
Feeding the Factory Girls.
Bhidoepoiit, Conn.?When orders
came a week or two ago that the big corset
factory owned by the millionaire corset
iranufacturer,Dr. Warner,would only ruu
three days a week iu tho future there was
cons'crnation among tho young women
employed there. The question of how
they wero going to live, which was
bothering t-em, has been settled, and
now all are as happy as though there was
an abundance of work.
Dr. Warner issued orders that any of
i the young women who w?re short of
! money and had no homes should be fed
at the Sca-ido Institute until such time
as tho factory starts up agaiu at full
timo.
Tho Ir^stituto is ncur tho factory, ond
MMfine of hundreds of gills cmpl >yfactory,
who aro furnished with
cost of the material. Atbrcak,
fast Manager Ilswicy had us his guests
six hundred girls who had tuken advantage
of the offer of Dr. Warner. They
were all girls without homes, aud the pay
i they receive for ihreo days' work each
i week would scarcely pay their board, to
, s.ij nothing of room rent. They were
very demure ut the morning meal, but
when dinner was served the fact of being
tho guests of the owner of the great factory
bad a funny rfloct upon tlurn. It
, was given out that Dr. Warner had
ordered that they be provided with the
best of cverythiug. Tho waiters were
nearly demoralized, so fast did the
orders for pie, watermelon, pickles, and
ice cream corno from tho largo dining
t room full of jolly girls.
^ There aro 1,000 women employed ir
j the factory. Many of them aro married
, and live at homo, and a still greatei
number havo parents living in this ci?y.
I Tho order given by Dr. Warner applies
to any woman, married or single, among
his employees who is in such poor circumstances
that tho loss of three days
work will cause hardship. Since Dr
Warner's offer has become known severs
wealthy womou of tho city havo beer
> diseiiRaiiiir thn suhioct of furnlshinc
D 0 j - - a
] rooms to tho girls free of chargo unti
. the factory is running full time.
1 N. 0. State Alliance.
Gukknoijoho, N. 0.?Tho Farmers
1 Allianco held their closing exercises nnd
elected officers as follows: President,
J . M. Mewborne; vice prcsidont, J. 8.
Bridges; secretary and troasurcr, W. 8,
' Barnes; business agent, W.lI.Worth
! trustee, W. A. Graham; chaplain. Rov,
3 J. A. Speight; lecturer, Cyrus Thorap
' son; stowart, J. T. B. Hoover; executive
' committee, J. J. LoDg, Marion Butler,
J A. F. Heilman; delegates to the Na3
tional Alliance Convention, M. L. Wood
and J. U. Shcrrill.
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The Richmond Clearing House.
Richmond, Va.?Tho clearing housi
met there and decided that they wouh
only pay in currency checks to th
amount of $50 against balances at tin
- close of business Thursday. But on th<
, presentation of checks this would certifj
I tho same as good and payable througl
the clearing house. Checks against dot
posit of currency on and after Frida]
I will bo paid up on presentation at th<
banks.
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Sliver ruicnaaes ana srree uoia.
^ W^bminoton, D. 0.?As much a
* 00,000 oudcos of silver were offered fo
8 sale to the Treasury Department at price
' ranging from .700 to .700. All offer
' were declined at the prices ask an<
? .7510 an ounce was tendered.
b The $100,000,000 gold reserve is in
1 tact, and there is $8,808,300 "free gold1
0 in tho Treasury for use la cutrent bust
nets.
cotnc in, there is a large amouut of tho
old crop 1< ft over.
The planters have endeavored to bring
rice into more general use in every way,
and have undoubtedly succeeded in increasing
its consumption. They have
spent. 000 for a rice pagoda at tho
Chicago Exposition, which furnishes tho
visitors with rice cooked in various ways
and showing tin delicacies that can bo
made from it.
ltico has even conn iuto use as food
for horses, and Ins s >ld practically at 35
cents a bushe1, iu the rough state, or
cbeapor than oat?, being foutul au admirable
bono food, but the general feeling
is that so valuable a cereal should not bo
abused in this way, and that it is as bad
as using wheat in Dakota for fuel.
All these ftcts were united to bring
about a material reduction in the acreage
planted iu riee this year, and a decrease
in the crop, ami it is thought that the
efforts being mads to cx'nud the use of
rice iu goneral cousu option,in the manufacture
of bc*r, and otherwise, will enable
the farmers to sell their entire crop
this year, as they could not last, and so
improve the price as to make its cultivation
profitable. There aro millions of
acres in Louisiana that can be planted,
and it will provide better and c?.st less
to rni?c than any other crop, llut it is
impossible to do this with profit unless
the people learn to eat more rice.
SOLDIERS IYNCH A MINER.
; Matters Becoming fiorious in tho Coal
Creek Mining Region.
, Nasiivii.i.e, Tknn.?A lvnoxville
I special hsj-h: Mcagic information from
. Coal Creek is to the < lT<*ct that a miner
named Dntmm<md was lynched at that
, place by tho soldiers, lie had been
, under arrest, charged with being tho
leader of the mob which assassinated
? Private Laugherty Mon lay night.
1^- 1 ... .. i . i , i it
j/i iiiiiiuoim was iniiigt u id a u< sue,
j Lcing tak -n by tin soldiers from his
, boarding house. A man tinned Etkiim,
, suspected of complicity iu the murder of
I Laughcrty, will probably be lynched. A
miner by the name of Mooto has bten arrested
and summary vengeance may be
wrecked on him.
Aft\irs arc assuming serious shape in
the mining region and more trouble is
expected . Thursday one thousand mint rs
1 went out on a general strike and work
is at a stand still in all tho mines, except
' these of the Knoxville Iron Company,
? which woik all convicts. The cause of
' tho strike is the actiou of the operators
in trjing to get the men to accept a rc1
duction of 20 per cent, on coal digging
and glvo thtm a like ieduction iu rents
^ and soro provisions.
Reported Engagement of Secretary
Herbert and Miss Sallie Brown.
A special from Atlanta, Gn., sajs: 'It
0 is reported hore that Secretary 1 ^
1 and Miss Sallie Brown, youui
o tor of Senator Joseph E. ;
8 gaged to be married. Miss P/0^p'? tt()
3 blond, and is still on the sunny
f 80. She is ft woman of literary tastes
* many social graces, llcr father is worth
|10,000,000."
J
0 Nashville, Trnn.?The First National
Bank of this city has suspended. No
statement has yet been given out.
t The Ohio Democrats have nominated
f /or Governor L. T. Neni, of Chillicothe.
PfflBlfAkin \I A Tim fiirr Ul aiij Han
8 Bank, capital f4-4,000, Ins failed.
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A new England brm of shoo manufacturers
has twenty-two retail agenII
oiea where shoos purchased of them
are shinod free of cost as often as the
woaror desires.