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VOL. XXY.-NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2,1894. NUMBER 9.
The farmers in n Louisiana parish
met ami with groat unanimity resolved
"that onch and overy member of the
order hereby obligates himself to use
tho most rigid economy uutil we get
out of debt, and thereby bo financially
independent of anyjnan or set of men."
In tho shifting movoment of this
restless country some pooplo yet have
been content to abido by the ancestral
roof tree, muses tho Chicago Herald.
Dr. George Adam died at Canaan.
Conn., a few day* ago at tlio ago of
eigl?ty-oiio yonrs in the sumo house in
which ho was born wml iu which ho
bad lived nil his life.
Tho Berlin Vegetarian Society has
had a hard time lately disciplining
eomo of its inoinbera lor breach of tho
laws. Ono of them was found to bo a
dealer in poultry, who even went so
far as to personally slaughter tlw
birdH. Another ono was found to bo
connected with a newspaper which advocates
tho use of horseflesh by the
poor, and a third for using fish-glue
in his utanip collections.
A California paper boasts that a
niugle school district ifi San Bernardino
County of tho State is seven
times as largo as the Stuto of Rhodo
Island, ami lias more coyotes than the
wliolo of New England. "But wo
would wager," comments the Boston
Cultivator, "that the school children
in Rliodo Island are better taught thau
the coyotes in that district, or the
coyotes of New England than the
school children of that district."
Tho polyglot character of tho Austrian
army was abuudautly shown the
other day whon tho ancient custom of
solemnly swearing in tho recruits in
tho prescnoe of tho troops was revived,
after having been discontinue I
since 18G3. In Vienna alouo tho formula
of oath to tho colors had to be
Administered and read out iu nino
languages, to wit: Ciormau, Hungarian,
Croatian, Bohomiau, Polish,
Ruthcuian, Roumanian, Servian and
Turkish, while the religious part of
tho ceremony was conducted by Roman
Catholic, Groolc Catholic and
Greek orthodox priests, Proto.stant
pastors, Hebrew rabbis and Mahometan
ulema.
In answer to a recent inquiry made
of tho Secretary of the Interior l>y
tho Commissioner of Education in regard
to a division of the fund to agricultural
colleges in tho South, the
Socretary lias decided thai the division
of the fund as already or hereafter to
be made by the various State legislatures
shall be approved by tho department,
unless it is apparent that such
suggested division is grossly iucquitnble
and that in cases whore the State
legislatures have not yet proposed an
;equitablo apportionment that the
basis of division now in foree shall remain
till the legislative intent regarding
tho matter is made known. In the
ease of South Carolina tho act of Congress
of July 20th, 1892, applies not
only to the sum* duo the Stato at the
iirnft' Tmfr. fn nil unnto 1in/?nmitinr <ltm
'uudor tho act of August 30th, 1890.
"Tho rapid incroase of crimo in
this country is lnrgcly due," main*
tains tho Atlanta Constitution, "to tho
\
delay and uncertainty of criminal
juntico. In 1889 in tho United States
8508 murders wore committed. In
,1890 thoy reached -1290, and 5908 in
1891, whilo for 1892 the total is G700,an
increoeo of nearly ninety per cent,
in four years. Ilut although wo had
more than 20,000 murders in four
yoars tlioro were only 331 legal executions.
Jadgo Lynch, however, took a
hand in tho matter and disposed of
558 criminals. This lynching record
/Mir luwhfont'nra n*??1 ? '
f *? '? M*VWRV*0 "U(l JUU0UJ) "I'1'" 1
notico that tho pooi>lo demand speedy !
justice, and when they have reason to
bcliove that they will bo disappointed
thoy will somotimcs dispose of tho
business in their own way. With
murders increasing nt tho rato of
ninety per ceut. sinco 1839, it is evident
that something must bo done to
check tho rising tide of crime or
general demoralization will bo tho result.
Tho certainty of punishment
without unnecessary delay is the bost
remedy. f *y a criminal who is
reckless enough to court death at the
linnets of ft mob shudders when he oontomplatos
the prospect of dying on tho
gallows in ft jftil yard in tho presence
of only ? fow officials. Thoso quiet,
orderly, priv/ito executions hnvo n
better effect than public hangings or
lynchings. They inspire ftwo (is well
ns terror. Justice surely and spcodily
administered in the conrls will stop
lynching and roiluco the number of
murders. If a murderer enn be convicted
in England and legally executed
within thirty dnys after tKo commission
of his crime, why cannot wo
V? njnfrily prompt in '>ur nvu'O'ls?
AN MEAL MOTHER.
The First Lady in the Land and Her "Jewels."
Washington, D. C.?Mrs. Cleveland
is ftn ideal mother. It in truo that the
"Roses of Franco" liavo faded from
her cheeks since her lovely form aud
face first dawned on the city's aston
isneu vision, out 111 tueir place come a
matronly shape, a mother's tender dignity
and a wife's high resolve. No woman
looks at her, especially if she is
privileged to seo her with her babies,
without worming to intense loyalty,
ltutli was not to my thinking, a beautiful
child, but one of unusual attractions
and exceedingly winning. When
I saw her in the spring, junL after nlie
had begun to go alone, I had a bunch
of violets in my hands. She wanted
them, and 1 gave them to her. Hlu
took them to a remote part of the room,
spread out her dress, laid violet aftei
violet upon it, looked at them a while
then laid them daintily into the tin foil
and brought them back. I never saw
so young a child bo concentrate her at
tcntion. The last thing I heard of her
she was "doin down into the tichcn to
sec the tittens," in which expedition
she emulated Young America, North
and South. Esther, the later horn, n
an exquisitely lovely child, or was
when she was 2 months old. I have
not seen her lately. The President i
will have it that she is not as pretty nr
Ruth, hut nobody agrees with him.
"First come, first served," we ery. ]
The wife of one of our Republican |
Senators was so charmed with the child j
that her husband grow quite impatient i
of her reiterations. One day he encountered
the wicker carriage and ]
raised the curtain. A few momenta ,
after hp interrupted liis wife's lunch i
by thenearty exclamation, "By jovc! ]
you were right about that baby!" Mrs. 1
Cleveland is sometimes equal to her ]
occasions. She wanted the photo- (
graphs of her children and she got j
them without informing xigra- 1
pher. No children wei ever more
sacredly guarded from the public eye ,
thnn hers. ,
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Death of a Niccc of President Polk.
Helena, Auk. ? Mrs. Naomio Haven
Moore, widow of the late Maj. W. E. <
Moore, died here. Two years ago
the only daughter of Mrs. Mooro was <
killed in the disastrous wreck at
Statesvillc, N. C. Mrs. Moore bus
t.lined a shock from which she never
entirely rccovorcd. She erected n
home for orphan girls in this city to
the memory of her daughter, and it is
called tho Ophelia Polk Mooro Home.
Mrs. Moore was a Miss Hayes, wa? i
born at Columbia, Tenn., and was a
neico of the late President <T. K. Polk.
She was a prominent member ! thf
Episcopal Church and a prc_..;er ol
all charitable institutions, dispensing
her wealth in these interests. She wa<
the president of the Phillips County
Memorial Association, and no one wns
more active in securing tho monuments
to Confederate dead in this city
than Mrs. Moore. fc>he died universally
regretted.
7he Supremacy of the White Race.
The Virginia House of Delegates it
discussing the calling of a constitutional
convention. Dclegute Patterson advocates
a Constitution similar to tho '
Mississippi Constitution. Said he, "I
want Virginia to follow the lead of
Mississippi. I want a Constitution
uttuufi.l u liii'li will allow 110 man in the
Stuto of Virginia to vote unless lie tan
rend tho Virginia Constitution or understand
it when road." Ho said that
the State could be redistricted so as to
give one representative to every thirty 1
thousand votes and assure the supremacy
of the white race in Virginia.
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American Wheelmen Draw the Color Lint. i
Lorisvir.r.r, Kv. ? The League ot '
.American Wheelmen adopted by a vote 1
of 127 to 51 an amendment to the con- 1
stitution inserting the word "white,"
thus drawing the color line. The two- J
thirds rule obtained and the amendment
had six votes to spare. W. W. I
Watts who proposed the amendment \
gave as his reasons for it the bcliel
that if adopted an increase in member- ;
ship of over 5,000 would follow from
the South within the year. Denver
was chosen by n vote of 93 to 70 as the '
place for holding the next meeting.
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The New York Successfully Docked. J
Newport News, Va.?The steamship i
New York of tho American line was ,
successfully taken into the dry dock of
the Newport News Ship Building and
Dry Dock Company at this plnce,
This is the tlrst time that a steamer ol
that size has ever been docked in thu
country, and no other dock could ai\
commodate a vessel of her dimensions.
Colored Work at Harvard.
Harvard has several colored students
to the scholastic achievements of whoso
e li- 1i-.1 1... tl.
men* lUII'IIIIIHI iit-nniy HIIUII uy urn
85,000 scholarship instituted by tho
Inle Mrs. Harriet Haydon. Tho best
known among tliem is W. H. Lewis, of
Virginia, a clever law student, whoso
foot ball work lias given him ft reputation
beyond the campus.
A Law-Breaking Texas Governor.
Austin, Tex. ? Tho warrant in NacogoehcB
county against Gov. Hogg foi
violating the game law has not reached
the hands of the sheriff and the Gover- 1
not says if he violated the law he will i
put in ft pieaof guilty and pay the fine.
To Pay the Penalty.
A. l\f. llrittam, who wrecked the
First National Hank of Vernon, Tex.,
by the embezzlement of 805,000, ha*,
been iaileil in Dallas. T!??. ilia! id flic*
Imnk wrecking cashier, T. J. Wool, is
in progrcso at Delias.
THE BUR RETT CONSPIRACY.
Action of tho United States Grand Jury ai
OrHnuilh.
Grp.f.nvim.e, 8. C.?Tho grand jury
in tho United Status Court hero hat
found twenty-one indictmonts against
Charles R. Barrett and others for
using tho mails for defrauding the
United States Government by the illegal
use of stamps.
Barrett is a prominent lawyer and
politican of Spartanburg, S. 0. A
majority of tho accusod were post
masters and several of thorn are snidtc
havo been appointed at postoftices
created for them by Barrett's influence.
Isspvt'lvt Poor, ot the postofheo department,
has been at work on the
? t? ?
muuu mm* uuij.
By thin conspiracy scores of merchants
and manufacturers in Northern,
Western and Southern citic6 were defrauded
and the Government was made
to pay largo amounts of commissions
on fraudulent sales of postage (damps.
The cases will bo tried at Charleston,
and the Government will put up ovel
a hundred witnesses,including businest
men from nearly nil the large citiei
this side of Chicago.
A Pound and a Half a Day.
Wo called the attention of South
Carolina farmers two weeks ago to the
record of one or two of their number
in York county who had succeeded in
rnieiug "meat" at the rate of a pound
a day, as they had just killed hogH 9
months old that weighed, net, 270
[ionnds each.
Oooneo hns beaten York. Our correspondent
at Seneca reports that Mr.
John C. Bclden, of the lower side of
the "county," killed not long ago two
pigs 7 mouths old, one of which netten
2^5 pounds and the other 406
poundsr The latter, it is seen, n-presentcd
a growth of one and a half
nounds lior fluv. fir lift nor oonl nw.ro
than its rivals of York.
Whether tho tipper side of Oeonce
county could do better than tho lower
Ride wo do not know, but the lower
nido has done enough to prove that
any farmer in South Carolina who
does not raise his own hogs, nnd make
his own hams nnd sausages ntid lnrd,
ete., nnd have plenty to sell besides,
is a poor farmer nnd has uo valid excuse
for his failure.
The Oconee pigs wcro "raised and
fattened on sweet potatoes nnd buttermilk
alone," and were fed on corn
during the last two or three weeks o'
their earcor. Sweit potatoes nnd but
termilk can bo produced by the ear
load on even a one-horse farm in thisState.
The man who owns or "' runs"
n fifty or hundred or thousand-nere
farm anywhere between our blue
mountains and our blue sen, nnd hauls
his meat from tho nearest town to his
smoke house, deserves about ns much
credit for his management ns if he
hauled water from the nearest creel?
to keep his spring going.?Charleston
News and Courier.
CHAINGANGS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
A New Ruling en the Law by South Carolina's
Supreme Court.
CoLfMiuA, S. C.?Chaingangs nr<
unconstitutional in this state. So says
the supreme court in a decision. The
ense cornea from Charleston, where n
prisoner was put on tho ehaingnng for
thirty days. An appeal was taken oh
the ground that tho punishment war
not legal except upon conviction by a
jury of twelve and tlint n sentenco to
work in tho ehaingnng in void in law.
The supreme eourt lioldH that a jury
under twelve in const itutionul, but
that tho sentence to work on the chaining
is null nnd void on the grohnd
tlint this additional imposition to "tine
or imprisonment" exceeds the limit
prescribed by the constitution. Justice
Pope concurs concerning jury trial
nnd dissents as to clmingaug work,
holding tlint tho word imprisonment
should include employment during
i m nr i tin n inr? n t
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>en. Lee Wants to Remain In "Olc Virginny."
A personal friend of ox-Governor
?itzhugh Leo nays that n few days
tgo President Cleveland, through
secretary of State Grcshitm, tendered
lin ex-Governor the position <?f Minster
to Stockholm, Sweden, and that
t was promptly deelined with thanks
?>r the proffered honor, (ten. Lee hnvng
no desire to enter the diplomatic
ervice, nt lertflt l>y the nccptnnce of
inything now nt tho disposal of the
'resident, and, in fact, General Lee
rill not accept anything that would
nke him out of his country.
Suicideof Savage 0. Trcnholm at Flat Rock.
AsUBViMiK, N. C.?News conies
from Flat Look that Savage 1). Trcnholm
committed suicide V?y cutting his
thront. Trcnholm was a native of
South Carolina and about 4t> years
old, a nephew of Geo. A. Trcnholm,
Secretary of the Confederate States
Treasure, and cousin of \V I, Tron
holm, Comptroller of tho Currency
during Cleveland's first torm. His
family, n wife and four children, live
here.
To Select a County Site.
Columbia, S. C. ? Governor Tillman
appointed, in conformity with the
recent legislative act,a board to select a
site for a county site for a county sent of
tho county of Berkoley, as now constituted
after the hard fight made against
it in the "Legislature. H. W. Hcruggs.of
Greenville, was appointed as an outside
member of the board.
Convicts as llo? Heritors.
(*n11loriiin primm roinmiMHinncrs
linvu decided to fn? into tho nl ?ekniisiriK
biiHinoKH mid who tlio convict*
of tho penitentiary as herders. JLI??f?
?iii iio tho particular kind of stock to
which attention will be ^iven.---Chicago
Times.
PITHY NEWS ITEMS
Jan. R. Davidson has been confirmed
by the Senate to be postmaster at Newberry,
8. O.
Chas. W. Carpenter, of the livery
Ptaldo firm of Carpenter A llrice, of
Cheater, 8. C., was kipked by a mnlo
Wednesday and died Thursday of tho
iwjiiiy.
J. H. Fouat, the Salisbury, N. C.,
bank embezzler lias been sentenced to
2 years in tlio State prison. That is
minimum scntenco allowed.
1\>stmasb*r Shauer, 01 Iwileigh, N. C.
is a dovotcd student of ustronomy. Ho
1ms built an observatory in tho rear
of liis residence and on this has mounted
a very ttne teltocope, povhapa tho*
best in the State.
Tho North Carolina University trustees
has established ft summer normal
school for both men and women, anrt
also special courses of summer inslruction
of high grade in various University
brunches, to begin July 2nd
and continue four weeks.
Tho Ibileigh Christian Advocate and
the Western North Carolina Advocate
of Asheville, the two Methodists papers
of North Carolina, have been
merged into one, which will be published
at Greensboro.
? Tho Spartanburg, S. C., Herald
claims that Spartanburg county leads
all the counties in the Southern States
in tho manufacture of cotton. Spartanburg
lmsJ 2 mills and operates 6,563
looms and 231,231 spindles.
Major W. S. Stanton, U. S. A.,
Wilmington, N. C., will receive sealed
proposals until march lb for dredging
on the island waterway between Beaufort
harbor awl New river, N. C.
The invention of Superintendent
E. M. Roberts, of the South Carolina
Bailway, for saving fuel in making
steam for locomotive-power and is attracting
much attention from railroad
engineers nn?l locomotive builders. It
lin?; linmi
Illlt) Ifvvil n \? DUVVVOOitlllJ VII OV1 V4?<
Northern roads.
Tho city hall at Richmond, Va., recently
completed, is one of the finest
municipal buildings in this country,
and would he a credit to a city five
times the size of the one whoso citizens
huilt it. It cost in nil 31,370,000. The
granite in alone would make a wall
13,000 feet long, two and a-hnlf feet
(hick and aix feet high.
Parties from the North are npgotiating
to purchase 'JO,000 acres of land
iii. X"?-1. oml llalifiiji . pni'ntiptt Wnrtli
Carolina for development1 and investinent.
Eraatus Winian, the great financier
if N. Y. city haa failed. Ho was the
builder of the Staten Inland rapid
trnnnit railroad, and i>rominent advojate
of the annexation of Canada to
the United States. Mr. Wiman wan
ilno arrested on charges of forgery and
fraud amounting to two hundred and
| twentv-nino thousand dollars. Ho is
onunitted to the Tombs in default of
imil.
?Spartanburg, S. C., is to have
mother mnmntoth cotton factory. The
mmpunv has already been organized.
I Dr. 0. K. Fleming will bo the preaiteut.
The factory will bo built at
Penny Shoals, 011 the Middle Tiger
iver, 12 miles from the city. The
aew mill will be one of the largest in
.lie State, operating 4b,000 spindle#!.
1'he amount of capital invested will be
ibont $600,1100. All of the money subteribed
will come out of the pockets
>f thi' homo people.
A POSTAL CLE UK GONE WRONG.
Carl J. Jatti Arrested for Abducting a Git
From Washington.
Carl J. .Tatti, a railway clerk, aged
35, living in Charleston, S. C., ami
running between Charleston and
Washington, 1>. C., was arrested in
Now York City on a telegram from
Chief of Police Moore, of Wnsliinabm
charged with abducting Maud Gilbert,
a girl of 15, living in Washington.
Jntti in alleged to have taken
the girl away from the latter city
on Monthly, February 12, and
brought her to New York City, where
the couple put up at the Coleman
House for a few days, later going to a
furnished room at 145 West 15th St.,
where they were -arrested. They pnsaed
under the name of C. H. Ford and
wife, .fatti was hold in $3,000 for examination
on Friday and the girl waa
turned over to the Gerry Society.
Carolina Fisheries.
.i rt /? i .
ticorgeiown, r>. v;., nsneries win not
regret to hear that the reports from
the fisheries on the North Carolina
sounds arc that the catch is small and
the demand heavy. Tlic price of shad,
herrings and other fish, therefore,
keeps well lip. As the season becomes
more advnneed the fishermen expect
to have their usual catch. The working
force at all the steam fisheries on
on Albemarle Sound are engaged for
the season and on the ground getting
things in order preparatory to putting
in the seines. The shippers at Nor
folk are doing very little as yet except
in the way of furnishing local dealers
with supplies from the South.?News
Sc Courier.
The Trouble About Biyafyes.
Maryland oyslermen are giving Governor
O'Ferrell trouble by poaching
du tho Virginia oyster grounds. He
has threatened to bring Virginia ovstcr
navy into action, but if he could
just get close enough to the trespassers
to deliver to them an address he made
when he was inaugmaled, he would
drive them forever from the State and
be rid of them without burning any
gunpowder or the shedding of a drop
lif blood.
Sacred Ground.
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Congress has appropriated thirty
thousand dollars with which to purchase
and improvo the Wakefield
plantation on the Potoinnc ltiver in 1
Westmoreland county, Virginia.
Here stands the brick foundation of j
an ancient four-room house, and on this '
spot, in the year 1732, and on a day '
which was then the 11th of February, \
George Washington was born.
Washington himself abandoned this 1
plantation for Mount Vernon, and <
seems in his life to have had no regard '
for it, though here ho .spent liin 1
earlv days, and here his 'uihor, grand- ]
father and great-grandfather lived.
If tho cherry tree which was the subject
of the familiar legend about the '
Jwvy Washington and his hatchet, ever '
stood anywhere, it stood hero.
The old Washington family burial- 1
ground is sadly neglected, and the 1
whole plantation is snid to bo mmt?
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uiavuvT) i/uu 11 itit; uuunt'im *? uiu
State of Virginia in definitely obtain- '
od?for the national government ran
not acquire land in Virginia without
the conaont of the Legislature of the
State,?the whole plantation of five
thousand aorea will become a national
park, and beautified by landscape
arcliitecta in harmony with its natural
characteristics, and in aympathy with
ita enyjy hiatory.
Thia purehaae ia a noteworthy ntep
in the movcmimt, of which we have
heretofore given aome account, to
mnko public property of beautiful and
liiatoric aitea, wherever they may be. *
New Jersey hns obtained in the same >
way the beautiful estate at Morriotown, *
which was onco Washington's headquarters,
and Pennsylvania has ac- ^
quired Valley Forge, made memorable <
aa the aceue of his Bufferings and 1
humiliations. i
It is pleasant to ace the places with 1
the memory of the Fntherof his Conn- ^
try treated aa ancred ground, and there
are many other spots beautiful or fain- '
ous for other reasons which should be I
guarded by public action from deface- '
meut. 1
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DAVID HAD TWO WIVES.
He Was a Mysterious Codger Who Forgot
Who He Was for Some Time. 1
Atlanta, Ga.?Word cornea from
North Carolina that David Drown is a
bigamist. Drown is the man who lay
at the Grady Hospital here for three
weeks, unable to tell his name. He
had been picked up one night unconscious,
having been sand-bagged and J
robbed. He was a great mystery.
When ho recovered consciousness lio | (
am hi n'ji,^"r"QTrher k;" nomr e|h-.V 1 .
ho was from. He offered SH>0 reward
to anyone who would identify him. 1
On Monday Inst lie sprang up nnd rnn
through the hospital wards shouting .
"eureka, eureka." lie had remembered
his name which he said wbh
Drown. He had lived in Winston,
N. C. Detective Cason left here with
liiin to take him to Winston and place
him among friends if he has any there.
Columbia's Town Crier.
(From the Globe-Democrat.)
"The strongest voice I ever heard," I
said Col. Marshal of Charleston, at
the Laclede, "is that of the town crier
of Columbia, S. C. Columbia is the
only town in the United States that
still keeps up the custom of having a
town crier, and probably the largest
in area that any one man's voice was
expected tc reach the uttermost boundaries
of. The crier stands upon a
high tower nnd calls the hours. '10
o'clock ami all is well;' '11 o'clock
and all is well12 o'clock, lire?lire
?fire.' The voice of the man now
occupying that position can bo heard
anywhere within the city, and it is remarkable
how quick he sees and reports
a fire or general disturbance. I was
there once when at midnight ho cried
a child was lost, ami within live minutes
it roomed as though half of the
population was on the streets, ready
i. T* < ..n'
j*'111 in int* muni. u w.'ih iinaiiv
found under a bed, where it had rolled
and pone to bleep. When the erier
dies the ofliee will probably be abolished?they
certainly cannot lind
another with such a voice."
Arrest and Escape of a Green Goods Man.
Ghep.nvii.le, 8. C.? A man named
tielmrilK nliiiN ltum-ru ulm line
, ?- O" "* " "" "v v 11
mblishing nil advertisement intended
.o be understood an an offer of coun.erfeit
money at low prices, wan nr ested
at Green's depot, Rogers, or
[tichards, is believed to be a member
>f the notorious Missouri gang which
jas operated in every part of tho counry,
and two members of which wero
tent to the penitentiary for long terms
rom Huntsville, Ala., last year. Tho
prisoner escaped just as he was being
ockcd up and disappeared in the darkices.
Honoring Gen. Arulcrson.
A monument to Gen. Robert TI.
\nderson was unveiled on Washington's
llirthday in Ronnventure Cemetery,
Savannah. It consists of a
large granite base, surmounted bv a
copper bust of Gen. Anderson of heroic
size, the inscription on the base giving
nis rnmo, (into ot dik oirtn una dentil,
.ticl the principal events of hiR life.
He took n prominent pnrt in the war
ns a brigadier general nnd nftcr its
olofio won chief of police in Snvnnnnh
for twenty-two years, serving ns such
until his* death in 1888.
A Decrease Probably in the Tobacco Acreage.
Northampton, Mass. ? Last year's
crop of tobacco is unsold, the senrity
of money being the cause, nnd the
prospects of an increased acreage in
tobacco the coining season are small.
While the Inrgo raisers: will set out
about the same amount, there will be
a marked falling off among the smaller
growers, nnd a decrease from 1(1 to 20
per cent, is not at all improbable in
the acreage. /
CHARLOTTE, H. C.
Essay in the United States Investor.
Mere population entitles ? commttnity
to no recognition for superiority.
A. simple illustration is a South Sea
island motley group of huts and their
inhabitants. London is the world's
largest city, numerically, yet Londoners
would not conduct a visitor to their
East End as typical of tl o'r great metropolis.
We look for the largest percentage
of advantages, progressivoness,
wealth, culture and moral worth, whether
wo rate a lar^e or small ceutrc
population.
The subject of our sketch, Charlotte,
North Carolina, lies in the Piedmont
belt, inland from the Atlantic two hundred
mi leu, and is seventeen hours by
rail from New York city. Several topics
conspire to bring out highly interesting
information concerning it.
Thia ci?y in the busy centre of six
railroads, with others projected and
building, thus making it. nil enviable
wholesale distributing point. Large
wholesale drug, clothing, furnittirc,
:1ry goods, grocery and hardware
iiouses, and largo manufacturing plants
jond forth armies of commercial travelers.
The following is on unchallenged
quotation: "The volume of internal
trade is greater than that of any other
?itv of the State."
Commercial achievements are largely
lue to push, pluck and perseverance,
mil the merchants who have placed
Dharlotte in commercial supremacy in
two States?the Corolinos?richly deserve
all the success and the fortunes
they have won.
The topographical advantages of this
town of towns are many. The site
?hosen by the original settlers, on the
n-ntershorl nf t.bo ?r.il Vndirii. .
rivers, n(Fords perfect naturaldrainage,
nnd this perfect drainage is conducive
to perfect health. Being eight hundred
feet above sea level, and at the
foothills of western North Carolina,
justly called the Switzerland of America,
with the immortal King's mountain
in view, she is fanned and blessed with
sweet, cool mountain breezes that make
her summer days one long dream to
the cotton-Held darkey.
The climate is noted for its salubrity,
the thermometer rarely falling ns
low ns 20 degrees above zero in whiter,
nr rising higher than 90 degrees in
summer. A Hurry of snow is seen but
ance or twice during tho winter. The
mortuary statistics show a health record
unsurpassed. All seasons afford
peculiar advantages to the health seeker,
the manufacturer and his employes.
It must be kept in mind, however,
t.lmt. the world has other spots favored
nllit. ulit- vnlilnvc wirtt" i*Wi.uimM<%n,
and we look, therefore, to other attractions,
to hold the seeker of health and
home. The old plantation hospitality
is here; the old sincere ajid hearty
handshake is here, and here pleasant
people of the highest literary and social
attainments, are to be found, who
welcome among their "old families"
accomplished people of like congenial
natures.
Education lends to culture, and for
this the place in question does not lack
facilities, having the best of public
graded schools, conducted on the most
modern methods, boys' high schools
hihI other private schools, h successful
female seminary, a school of music,
ami a commercial college, and a fewmiles
distant is the Presbyterian University
of the Carolines, Davidson College,
whose name perpetuates the memory
of one of their Revolutionary heroes
who fell near the spot.
Wo rind in Charlotte, a large Yoting
Men's Christian Association, quartered
in a modern, three-story, brown-stone
building, a city library, social and literary
clubs, and perhaps above all,
many musical-societies from which the
large crowds of music devotees draw
their inspiration. In fact, Charlotte
is an intensely music-loving town.
The original settlers planned well.
Charlottetown grew into a hamlet, and,
when (treat Britain began to oppress
,ier American colonies, this Scotch
Irish Presbyterian settlement, 'with
Real and fervor, forestalled the Continental
Congress by formulating and
promulgating the Mecklenburg Dccla ation
of Independence, May 20, 1775,
.ii the old court house at Charlotte,
which historic site is now Independence
Squure. .Tust there the citizens
began the tight ngninst the invasion of
Lord Cornwnllis, until, in desperation,
he left the settlement, naming it the
"Hornets' Nest." Ileal hornets' nests
now occupy conspicuous places in many
"harlotte homes. It may he rfientioned
.hat this city has 14,000 inhabitants,
ret with that number it has been tormed
'the city of beautiful avenues and
ovoly homes," which name a glance
will justify, for, passing along beneath
;he spreading oak, maple, elm, magnoia
and other trees, one is charmed
with the beautiful residences set in
tweet frames of verdure and flora!
ovcliness.
On the Sabbath, so carefully is the
lay observed by the people, that even
he dragon on the city hall tower
teems to wear a pious look. We arc
lot surprised, then, to find three doz
ii churches; Rome of those recently
sompleted are grandly beautiful.
Among its hotelR two take, rank with
he finest in the South. Then there
iro a United States public building
costing $150,000, three national banks
.nd one privato bank (with the largest
banking capital of any city in North
Carolina), a city hall to be proud of.
and metropolitan business blocks.
There is also a United States mint,
now used as an assay office, where the
annual assay of gold reaches the sum
of $d2f>,000. Much of this is taken
from the mines about Charlotte.
INDUSTRIES.
V*Te enumerate some of the principal
industries of our city show to show
their diversified character: Four cotton
mills, gingham mill, two cottonseed
oil mills, fertilizer works, large (
furniture factory, two iron works and
machine shops, spoke, handle and nm
factory, publishing house, two olothl'ng
manufactories, four planing and
and wood working mills, granite works,
mattress factory, etc. The larger part
of these have boon established during
the past docade, and indications point
to a still more rapid advancement,
thus making foreign investments safo t
and highly profitable. _/
Charlotteans enjoy two daily newspapers,
morning and evening, electric
light*, city mail delivery, oloctrio
street car lines, gas works, waterworks.
j. witvcv nuu ?
police end Are dcpartmnts. Many of
thcso have been recently acquired.
Charlotte is fat the midst of the cotton,
grain, tobaec?? and gold producing districts,
nnd th? surrounding agricultural
country abounds in food products. ?
Fuel is also cheap nnd the supply ample.
Inexhaustible deposits of the finest
Bessemer iron ore aro being unearthed
25 miles southwest of the city. Many
ear loads of the ore are shipped daily
and find a ready market. Capitalists
are organizing to build furnaces.
Farming lands may bo bought ftt
prices ranging from one-half to onefourth
that similar lands aro valued ?t
in the over-crowded North. The young
agriculturist will find here long sea
sons, cheap unci abundant labor and?.
good markets. In addition to every
fruit and nut known to grow farther
north, figs, pomegranates, persimmons,
HatBuma ornngea, pecans, almonds,
etc., are hardy and grow abundantly.
All of these mnko rural life a delight
instead of what in so often a lmrdeu.
Large fruit culturists are being attracted
to thin Bpction, who foresee as kucceonful
a fruit region themes* fa v' "7""'
vored apots of California. '
Let ua hear the conclusion of the .<"!?
whole matter: Charlotte can bo .said
to be an ideal dwelling place, a solid,
paying place for investments, a tempting
location for new industries, and
worthily the "Queen City of the Old
North Slate."
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
Nhiskey Distillers Are Closing Their Places
On Account of the Law.
Ralkioh, N. C.?The revenue collectoi
are receiving notices by the
more of the closing of registered din
uneries, owing 10 ine inrec-gauou
law. In one county (Yadkin) all savo
ux out of forty registered distilleries
lave closed.
The State geologist says that tlio
;oal now being mined in Moore county
s by far the best ever discovered in
h*? SUa?-',,1lai mo'um nJ>a piiw hard coal. . ... -ji
fbe geologist" |IUI Ul i if 1
eport on tho water powers of North
Jarolina, with a special view to their
ltilization in the transmission of
lower by electricty. lie says that all
.lie kaolin deposits in the State are to
ic analyzed and tested during thin
rear. Interest in gold mining in this
itato is greater than in thirty-fivo
rears.
Mr. Blaine's Estate Not Worth Haifa Million
Dollars.
Washington, I). C. ? It turns out
that Mr. Blaine's wealth, as is usually
the ease, was very much over-eatimatod.
Ho was generally supposed to bo
worth over more than 81,000,000, and
Ill ClllllJmi^ll lillirn wnn iiimouM \?i in *eral
millions. But his estate will not
imount to much more than ?100,000,
Mostly in real estate.
A Big Order ior Southern Marble.
The large order for TeimcHHue marble
to l?e used in a ?500,000 memorial
building at Ban ford, Conn., will require
about 40,000 cubic feet. Tho
Concord Quarry Co., of Kiioxvillc,
Tenn., will furnish it, and the East
Tennessee Stone ?V Marble Co., will
finish and polish the rough material.
The Cause of Education Goes On.
Sll H n. lilfcf
v innnuu vwnvgv,
Monday morning with -175 atudontw.
There were over 1,100 npplicnnta ami
only fiOO can ho received aa that ia all
the building will accommodate. Preparation
ia being made at the girla'
school at Rock Hill to accommodate
1,000 girla.
FIFTY-THIRD CONftRESS,
The Senate. ^
42i? Da)\? A resolution was adopt oil call-'
ing on the Proalrteut tor the Dole letter.
Tho Senate spent tho romainder of tho day
In executive sossion, discussing tho Pockham
nomination.
43p Day.- Minister Willis's reply to Mr.
Dole's spociflcatlonH of alleged unfriendly
nets was sent In. Mr. Daniel spoko against)
Hawaiian annexation. President Clove^
land nominated Senator White, of Louisiana,
to bo Associate Ju9tico of t ho Supremo Court.i
and ho wns promptly confirmed.
44th Day. ?Mr. Daniel finished his spoeciv
in w|.po?iiiou to Hawaiian annexation.
45th Day. A long and animated discus-}
ston which lasted all day was startod by Mr. I
Voorhees rislnrr to contradict a newspnperl
story as to the Democratic members of tho!
Finance Committee calling upon President
Cleveland nt the Whito House and receiving
instructions trom him as to some points in
the Tariff bill. Mr. Voorhees declared, with
earnestness, that there was not tho faintest
particle or shadow of truth in the statement, i
46th Da*.?Washington's Farewell Ad-J
dress was read by Mr. Martin, after whichi
the Senate adjourned.
The House.
53d Day.?The day was devotod to an unsuccessful
effort to secure a quorum to voto
for ending debate on the B!?.nd bib
Mth Day.?Tho debate on the Bland setgn^
crage Dili was continued.
55th Day.?The House spent the day in/
routino work and trying to get a quorum on<
Bland's seigniorage bill. Minister Wlllis'J
answer to the reply of President Dole o<
Hawaii was sent in.
56th Day.?The day was spent in a fruit-*
less effort to secure a quorum to voto oa
the Bland bill.
6?ts; Day. The day was consn-.y.od by tin*
House trying to got a quorum on the Bland'
bill.
68th Day.?There was groat disorder over
the arrest of members In tho attempt to se*
cure a quoriftn On the Bland solgniorage bill.
Several members declared that they had beot^
arrested by tho 8c-^ennt-nt-\rm? u/.tiume
?roucr warrant