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I^dviwbrda,:'fHenry W. Grady' ia
8P|flashed::-6yer the telegraphic
E*gm^^?ant?pearly Monday morn*
tod what'}; [shock it.. was to his
?tijE^bY^f'frieuda. ?. and admirers
i^cjfl&t?e' South?yea, throaghout
"St^e?-^tes?ibr it was only a few
'?g?'^nat^ all his vigor
noblo^m?nBoqdi before a ? large .and
?g9'nt;a^embXflge of the business
?of jBbaton^Mass.,.and delivered a j
iVthst^for i^3 eloquence, excellence
B*^i?^^^prii?sive facts, -has never
sarpa^ed;.;:-It was on this occasion
he'tooka severe cold,- which led to
^(j^n^nenmonia, and finally to
r&'fove^^ at
torne^n'*A^?ntSK last'Monday morn
afi; 4 ? o.^clbck;;-i Mr. Grady. returned
tfie- JNortli to Atlanta last Thursday,
W83. quite;'s:clj .at .the time, though
opalido^ serious
. Sunday.: -His. illness, therefore,
^atffly^d^rai-outside of Atlanta.
|el^ny-inabiU^.tp do justice to the
i?ry ^ffieigifte^ and brilliant young
Serner, for: ho had few equals in
j^jl^te^ecl^nd. influence for good,
^^entstrickeh down at the begin
^l^iM?fuIicareer, and his death is
^o^atoi]^...;r:He was using all his'
ttalent for :ihe development of tbe
itj And^t?^e;..:iiyed his three score,
a| ^^^^wo^dr-i?ye gone down
^gr?ye. coveri-ed with;aH ; the honcjMt
fjfjs " her;
^?fet^^ir^ulii:btvvB piaced upon him;
^WiOmdy'l- has: passed away, but
jlune-'vri?^n?'frsoon be forgotten. .
irjrAXlXE CF?KBTatJiS sekmon.
JTinhaf*^
eher?the mac who can sit at his own;
H^m^after;? the' shadows "of night
d^ahd-preach" to himsielf with the ?
^t^umft"^g;^d'- breaking down the
'm^pn^l^i&atfsi'S' on the throne
ij^flshnessin'his-heart..'
^ajaerhibnlmay be a very dull one,
i^any^
Jfoj there is-no manPr. woman bold
g||or;^
k|ime&^ ? They may
ra^Heh^al^fl'd&i society and in bua
^al'wheA^ji^ babble' -of"the world
^ieU:away; iind: the .lights are out,
p?.n^nc^
'shadows;;6c- the. waU have no ears/
gl^irjg^coa"3;ia the grate have >?o^
^^Ws^^il^^*?'*00 ?*oev mantel
f?llin^^IeS^v' '-*
^^^3^gJaij^^;'tbat-:le&d up to the
jr&l'Ser^ would' befa;
iier|&^ but
ur^n^o^rf^Tlie dullest sermon,
^S^^?acE^it ourselves; ought to
^e^^^enpugh .to Bend envy,: greed
f^^sbxeasHflying up the chimney.
||n|i-^^ that se'ekj
"i^^pnfm^hp '?pper air.
sermon preached in a church is a very
'?^pj^^j^'-jiecQ^^ thing, in*.
^|n^^yo^jfflry well know, breth
^r^si^ersj it-;!a*daUvered in the midst
any^'c^ ? There i is
^Bo-an^ with their new.
(eh^^i their; clanking jewelry; they'.
?'siEVaspif-?if?
;rve^hatefjilv Tltere.is Mrs. Piyhlghj:
tc-keepsvh^.hm nose to the
^Ve^y&i&tejBgsnce; and then
I^S^^iittie woman with the shabby
^^^^^^^"^^-hpw-impudent
^^.^|^aeaj:ftbe-pulpit with; its
k^jdy.'a^s^tg?n;' be "enjoyed under"
|^HtrpKnc5S,?: And? theo ( there
"?:fleacber himself? perhaps he ia
nK. or giving a modern literary
i^^tef^^^^P3 he has a de
f^^pBa^qiiai;: or a purpose to be
^f^^Sr^1^^.-t^eJessence of pisty
^^^^^^a^avelope not larger ;j
I^^H^inings" are;obstacles.- But,
I^^Rred,; when you ? are alone at
^f^^ffiave ^privilege of preaching
HWermens. h What shall the text
BKrch iri the deptha of your own
you wjl] find it there. Let it
Sonable sermon.' Let it abound
BBpd charity. Eomember, if you
ffljereed ha3 all to do with theology
?fBfehg;.whatever to do with true
Wpiae"bir&^ay of Christ should
?Prated ia a fitting manner, and
fflB)uld be more fitting than even a
^Lempt to_ follow His divine ex
^gfflKv'hat ; thia example was the
SBS-story cf B13 life teaches. Love,
Wgiimplicity, what devotion were
II?^se?tja^?ut; among the poor,
i^Sovrly, bestowing the blessings of
^Knce,and ^bringing happiness to
HSo had never known what bsppi
ij|K|!^f.;I^is:;;waB essence of
i'Bbjin He taughtthis was the leg
-^S\ft to the Vforld, and a precious
better work could occupy the
-^fcpf those who "profea8 to believe
I'ft^inity" of Christ to celebrate his
y^H|by - making others happy?by
^HSight, hope and comfort to the
Brache poor and into the hearts of
^SBsind the unfortunate. Whatever
;^^8pf. Man- touched he blessed.
raKffu the highway were croniDg a
BgMaTHir unhappy woman. By a
i^^pk3 He filled her with diviue
?^^Rbrppght heryheartbroken and
W^^^j^?'"Mastert'feet. In love
^rapphe lepeir; in pity be raised
I'vi^f^pn thecrosa He turned to
^Bbfef who had given him a word
ifjRjtiDtJj and assured him of a
lllBfefo side ia paradise. Christ's
ma| earth was one of love, mercy
j%|apy. At. fibis season, when the
|?^Kf our Lord are to be specially
:i^|?d; the essentials of His reli
^^ffif fieizs.upou the hearts of the
f|B?e little ?hr?tmas aermon.
BKE^ila of the book publishing
$|?ol$hiB country contain no more
. 'iaR%':cjhap Ler- than that which
^^fe^growth.".of the Methodist
Smmern. -Starting a hundred years
g^Sdrooms und on ?600 borrowed
^^^Baged'almost exclusively by
l^^^^pad- $1,883,502 worth of
^^^Kiiodicia'i3 last year, and it is
"^^^eto a new home 'of its own
^^B^e,"Nev,- York city, vhich the
W^m^^/te pronoances wundoabfc
^^^P^p^^'compltite buildings
THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Ia the Legislature work is progressing
about as last week, the only matter of
very general importance being the supply
bill, which passed its second reading, in
the House ou Tuesday with but few
amendments.
In the Senate the most important
measure, and the one creating most
feeling, was the Clemson College Bill.
The two'Houses met in joint session on
Wednesday for the purpose of electing
four Circuit Judges, six Trustees of the
Clemson College, a Commissioner of
Agriculture, five members of the Board
ot Agriculture, a State Treasurer, and the
Register of Me3ne Conveyance for
Charleston County.
Gen. Jas. P. Izlar, of Orangeburg, was
elected to succeed Judge Pressley, who
desires to retire from the Bench. Mr.
Jas. Aldrich, of Aiken, takes Judge A. P
Aldrich's place in the Third Circuit,
who will also retire. Col. A; P. Butler,
the present incumbent, was re elected
Commissioner, with all the old members
of the Board of Agriculture.
Judge Hudson and Witherspoon v.ere
re-elected, E. R. Mclver, the present
State Treasurer, was re-elected. Charles
Kerrison got the Register Mesne Con?
veyance Office for Charleston.
Messrs. T. 0. Sanders and A. S. Sarratt
were elected members of the Penitentiary
Board.
The following are the Trustees of the
Clemson College: Messrs. B. W. Ed?
wards, J. L. Orr, Allan Johnston, J. E.
Tindal, E. T. Stackhouse and J. H. Har
din.
?The Clemson College came up in the
Senate on Thursday, as a special order,
and,-after many amendments and very
warm debate,* passed its second reading
with notices of amendments on the third
reading.
We are glad to announce that the
phosphate bill- was continued in the
House, which amounts to killing it so far
a3 this Bession is concerned.
The 8 per cent, interest bill passed the
Senate."
Several constitutional amendment bills
?also passed both Houses, and we will
probably make some changes in our fun.
damehtal law.
The Refunding bill passed the House.
It provides for Bonds to fall due in fifty
years, bearing interest at 4 per cent.,
and if the matter can be arranged will
effect a saving of at least, one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars a year to the
.State. '
The Legislature on Saturday spent the
day in rushing through*bills. A total of
about forty bills, from the Senate princi?
pally, received their final reading.
The Conference Committee on the
Clemsbn Bill. made its report and the
House agreed to it.
The Civil Bights Bill, in the Senate
received its second reading, and the High
License Bill was killed.
The bill providing for the refunding of
the State debt passed to a third reading.
A bill providing for the session of the
State laws passed the House with the
amendment offered by Mr. Brawley, of
Charleston,. making the Commission to
consist of only one member, to be elected
by the Legislature instead of, three ap
poiuted by the Committee of Judges. The
compensation will be five thousand dol?
lars.
The Legislature will adjourn on the
24th. . -? ' .- ? . ?
Justice Lamar, of the United. States
Supreme Court, has been invited by the
Chamber . of Commerce of Richmond,
Va., to deliver an address before a mass
meeting of the citizens of Richmond
on the life and character of the late
Jefferson Davis, whose life-long friend he
was.
George P.-Flower announces.his inten?
tion to present a bill in Congress relating
to the selection of postmasters, custom
house officials and internal revenue col?
lectors to the people of the vicinage
wherein their duties are performed. Mr.
Flower maintains that Congress should
provide for the election of those officers
'every four years, and that the power of
the President should be restricted to re?
moval for cause.
. There is no immediate danger of the
United States becoming overcrowded, for
Joseph Nimmo, Jr., shows in Frank
Leslie's paper that since independence
was achieved the United States govern?
ment has been the largest owner of ara?
ble land on the earth. The total area of
the "public domain," sold and unsold,
amounts to 1,849,072,587 acres and con?
stitutes 72 per cent, of the total area of
the United States, including Alaska.
About 700,000,000 acres of land have
been sold and donated, about 1,150,000,
000 acres remain nnsold. As the area of
Alaska is 369,530,000 acres, the- area un?
sold exclusive of that territory is about
780,000,000 acres. ?
The Washington correspondent of the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: "There is
abundant confirmation of the information
previously eent regarding Mr. Biaine's
candidancy for 1892. Some of the Sec?
retary's friends go so far as to express the
.belief that the President knows and
acquiesces in the drift of things. These
friends say that while neither the Presi?
dent nor the Secretary will openly plan
for Mr. Biaine's nomination, yet they
will both view with satisfaction the
development of sentiment in that direc?
tion. It is claimed by Mr. Biaine's
friends that nobody can point to an act of
the President's since the 4th of March
and Bay that behind it is apparent the
second term motive. They contend that
President Harrison entered upon his
duties with the single term idea firmly
fixed in his mind, and that being still in
such a frame of mind, he is able to look
with eqauimity on the movement of the
Blaine people for 1892."
? A remarkable'revival has begun in
the penitentiary at Kingston, Ontario.
Between eighty and one hundred of the
leading cracksmen, forgers, counterfeiters,
pickpockets and men of that ilk, have
ieen converted. Hunter and Crosley, the
Canadian evangelists, are conducting the
meetings.
? Col. Jesse* A. Forrest, a well known
Tennesseean, and a brother of the noted
Confederate cavalryman, Gen. N. B.
Forrest, died at his home in Memphis
Sunday last. On a visit to his plantation
last week he contracted a fever, which
developed into a malignant malaria, and
death ensued, At the early commence?
ment of the war he enlisted as a private
in the Tennessee Mounted Rifles. The
second year of the war he was promoted
to lieutenant colonel., and served the
remainder under his brother, Gen. N. B.
Forrest. He fought gallantly throughout
the war,'and returned to Memphis after
its close, gathered up the fragments of
his property, and by hia frugality and
industry soon gained a snug fortune.
His business interests were varied. He
was an extensive levee and railroad con?
tractor, farmer and dealer in live stock,
and was extensively known throughout
the Southwest.
THE GREAT SOUTH.
An Elaborate "Review of it* Industrial
Progress.
Baltimore, Dec. 13? Mr. R. H. Ed?
monds, the editor of the Manufacturers'
Record, contributes to this week's issue
of that journal, under the title of "The
South's Redemption?From Poverty to
Prosperity," the most elaborate review
ever published of the industrial history
of the South, the occasion for it being
the issuing of a special edition, a copy of
which will be sent to every banking
house in the United States to show what
the South has accomplished and what
are its prospects. Opening his review
with the statement of Hon. William
D. Kelley that "the Sonth is the coming
Eldorado of American adventure," Mr.
Edmonds briefly refers to ihe combina?
tion of advantages possessed by the South
in climate, soil, mineral and timber
wealth, in rivers, large and small, in an
abundant rainfall, etc., and says: With
the rapid progress now being made in.
the development of all these resources,
the South is entering upon a period of
prosperity greater than any part of this
country has ever yet enjoyed. The
conditions for thia are far more favorable
than in the West during the period of
the most rapid growth of that rfgion,
and thiB prosperity being free from ficti?
tious inflation will be permanent.
Blessed with such marvelous advan?
tages, what has the South accomplished?
is a question which the world has a right
to ask. It is needless to enter into any
discussion of the reasons why the South
did not undergo industrial development
prior to the war. Her people preferred to
give their attention to agriculture. But
it may be well to call attention to the
fact that when the census of 1860 was
taken the South ranked very high in
wealth as compared with the rest of tbe
country, showing that she was not sloth?
ful in the business of money-making.
The losses entailed upon tbe South
by the war are estimated at over $5,000,
000,000, or double tho total amount of
capital invested in manufactures in the
United States-in 1880.
At the close of the most disastrous war
in the world's history, the Sonth was in
a deplorable condition. Its business
interests had been destroyed; for four
years it had been drained of everything
that cpnld help to maintain its armies;
it had been the batcle-ground of millions
of men.; its cities and its towns were in
many places in ruins; the blackened
chimneyB marked the sites where thou?
sands of fine dwellings had stood ; its
foremost men had been killed by the tens
of thousands, and so gloomy was the
outlook when tbe war ended that hun?
dreds of thousands of the young and
vigorous men and boys that were growing
up left during the next few years for the
West and Southwest, and for the North.
In 1860 the assessed value of property
in Georgia was greater than the com?
bined wealth of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Rhode Island. * South
Carolina was $68,000,000 richer than
Rhode Island and New Jersey. Missis?
sippi outranked Connecticut by $160,000,
000. In the assessed value of property
per capita, Connecticut stood first in
rank; Rhode Island second, Sou'.h Car?
olina third, Mississippi fourth, Massachu?
setts fifth, Louisiana sixth, Georgia
seventh, District of Columbia eighth,
Florida ninth, Kentucky tenth, Alabama
eleventh, Texas twelfth, New Jersey
thirteenth, Maryland fourteenth, Arkan?
sas fifteenth, Virginia sixteenth and Ohio
seventeenth. New York and Pennsyl?
vania were also far behind the South in
the amount of wealth in proportion to
population, the former State ranking
twenty^second and the latter thirtieth.
By 1870 there was a starting change.
The assessed value of property in New
York and Pennsylvania alone was grea?
ter than the' whole South ; Massachu?
setts had just one-half as much wealth
as the fourteen Southern States combin?
ed. Sonth Caroline, which in 1860 had
been third in rank in wealth in propor?
tion to the number of her inhabitants,
had dropped to be the thirtieth ; Geor?
gia, from the seventh to the thirty-ninth;
Mississippi, from the fourth place to the
thirty-fourth; Alabama, from the elev?
enth to the forty-fourth; Kentucky, from
tenth to twenty-eighth, and the other
Southern States'had gone down in the
same way, while the Northern and West?
ern States had steadily" increased in
wealth. In 1860 tbe assessed property
in South Carolina, according to the
census, was $489,000,000, while the
combined values in Rhode Island and
New Jersey aggregated $421,000,000 or
$68,000,000 less than South Carolina's.
In 1870 tbe combined values in Rhode
Island and New Jersey amounted to
$68,000,000 and the value in South Car?
olina was $183,000,000. Thus, while
South Carolina had $68,000,000 more as?
sessed property in 1860 than these two
States, it had in 1870 $685,000,000 less
than they had. In 1860 the total assessed
value of property in the United States
v?as $12,000,000,000, and of this the South
had $5,200,000,000, or 44 per cent.; in
1870 the total for tbe country was $14,
170,000,000, and of this the South
had only $3,064,000,000; or 22 per cent.
In 1880 the Sonth had commenced to
regain its position of 1860, and its pro?
gress during the last nine years has been
the wonder of the age. Since 1865 over
$7,800,000,000 have been drawn to tbe
South to pay for cotton, and the value of
cotton exported to Europe during that
period has been $5,160,000,000. Hereto?
fore the bulk of money received for cotton
has gone North and West to pay for home
and farm supplies, but now the South is
raising its own corn and bacon, and large?
ly produces the manufactured goods re?
quired for home consumption. In this
change there is a revolution in the cur?
rents t>f business. Added to the one or
two hundred millions of dollars of cotton
money that have for 25 years annually
gone North but which will now remain
in, the South, will be an equal or possibly
a greater amount brought to the South to
pay for the iron, the lumber and the cot?
ton goods that are now being shipped
North, tbe millions that will come to
pay for mineral and timber lands, the
$50,000,000 or more that is now paid for
early vegetables and fruits, and the great
aggregate, reaching probably already
$25,000,000 spent by winter visitors who
come South to enjoy its climate.
The agricultural advancement has
been almost as marked as tbe industrial.
In 1879 tbe value ot the South's agricul
I tural products was $571,000,000; in 1888
I it was $739,000,000, and in 1889 it will.be
about $850,000,000. In 1879 the South
produced 431,000,000 bushels of grain,
and in 1888 632,000,000 bushels, and the
yield for 1889 will probably show 650,
000,000 to 675,000,000 bushels. The
percentage of increase in grain produc?
tion in the South was larger than in tbe
West. In 1879 the value of the live
8tock*in tbe South was $391,400,000 and
in 1889 $569,160,000.
In 1880 the South had 220 national
banks, with a capital of $45.597,000, and
in 1889 it bss 472 national banks, and
their capital is $76,454,000.
The increase in the number of national
banks since 1879 has been about 13 per
cent, in the North, 81 per cent, in the
West and 113 per cent, in the South,
while the increase in capital stock was
nearly 4 per cent, in the North, 95 per
cent, in the West, and 70 per cent, in
the South, during the same period.
There was an increase of surplus in
national banks of 45 per cent, in the
North, 82 per cent, in the West and 146
per cent, in the South ; of undivided
profits, an increase of 43 per cent, in the
North, 58 per cent, in the West and 92
per cent, in the South; of loans and
discounts, 41 per cent, in the North,
130 per cent, in the West and of 110 per
cent, in the South; and of individual
deposits, 39 per cent, in the North, 107
percent, in the West and 116 per cent,
in the South.
In the last four years 14,000 new manu?
facturing and mining enterprises have
been organized in tbe South.
The railroad mileage of tbe South has
been increased by the addition of nearly
21,000 miles since 1880. Since that year
over 800,000,000 have been spent in the
building of new roads and improving old
ones. The assessed value of property haB
increased over $1,300,000,000 and the
true valuation of over $3,000,000,000.
In 1880 tho South made 397,301 tons of
I pig iron ; in 1888,1,182,000; and in 1880
the output will probably he about 1,600,
000 to 1,700,000 tons.
In 1880 6,048,571 tons of coal were
mined in the South, and in 1SSS tbe
output was over 18,000,000 tons. Cotton
mills have increased from 161, with
14,323 looms and 667,854 spindles, in
1880, to 355 mills, with 45,001 looms and
1,035,268 spindles, while many new mills
are under construction, and many old
ones being enlarged. In 1S80 there were
40 cotton seed oil mills in tbe South,
having a capital of $3,500,000; now
there are 213, with over $20,000,000 in?
vested.
THE RACES MUST SEPARATE.
Dr. Blyden, the Eminent Negro Scholar,
Believes That They Desire to go Back to
the Land ot Their Fathers.
To the Editor of the News and Courier :
I have observed with great interest and
satisfaction, and, I must add, gratitude,
your kindly and sympathetic references
to my presence and efforts in tbe South
in behalf of Africa's material and spirit?
ual re-generation through her exiled
sons in this country.
This morning when on my way from
Aiken, where I spent last week attending
the Conference of tbe African' M. E
Church, a copy of to day's Nexos and Cbu
rier, containing your very able article on
the Race Problem, was placed in my
hands. Taking your discussion in con?
nection with the events now transpiring
in CongreBS, I consider it as most signifi?
cant and timely.
After reading, when it first appeared,
the article on the Race Problem by Prof.
Scornp in tbe current number of the
Forum, I took the liberty of writing him
a note on the subject, to which he sent
me the enclosed reply, which I think it
would interest you to read ; and if you
care to give any portion of it to the pub?
lic, I have the authority of the Professor
to allow such publication to be made.
The Pro lessor, as you will Bee, is some?
what mistaken in bis view of tbe attitude
of the negro to the African emigration
question. There is no subject dearer to
tbe hearts of hundreds of thousands than
the return to the land of their fathers. I
have been very forcibly impressed by the
very widespread interest in the subject?
the general desire to emigrate?which I
have observed in the State of South Car?
olina.
If Congress should make the provision
for their departure now recommended,
there would be no difficulty in finding
those ready to avail themselves of it; the
difficulty would be in avoiding adventur?
ers, who would hasten to place them
sei res under Government patronage and
become prominent recipients of its bene?
fits, but who, on arriving in Africa,
would be sure, as Prof. Scomp suggests,
to "send back doleful accounts from that
El Dorado."
Yours, respectfully,
Edward W. Blyden.
Charleston, December 16.
Prof. Scomp's Views.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga.
December 7, 1889.
Dr. Edward W. Blyden?Dear Sir:
Your favor of tbe 3rd to hand and read
with interest. I am gratified at the
interest in my Forum article which
prompted you to write to me.
1 have felt, from my childhood very
great interest in the success of Liberia,
and even then I thought that one day
Liberia "might be the ultimate solution
of the slavery problem. Since then the
slave has- become a freedman, and now
the question rests in his own volition as
to whether or not Africa is to be his
future home.
I have in late years felt much discour?
aged as to Liberia's future, since from
the best accounts which I have had, tbe
colonies, instead of progressing, were
actually fast retrograding. This I have
attributed chiefly to the contact into
which the uneducated negroes were
brought with the heathenism of the
natives.
As I expressed in tbe Forum, I have
thought that if a large iuflux of the most
intelligent and industrious American
negroes could be poured into Liberia,
and thereby exert an overpowering influ?
ence in favor of the civilization, the tide
might be turned into tbe other direction.
But the great difficulty in getting that
elites to go. and in getting them settled
after their arrival has been to my mind
an almost insuperable obstacle to the
scheme.
Then, the American negroes do not
seem to be turning tbeir eyes toward
Africa at all. Generally, their attention
seems to he fixed upon the Southwestern
States, or the countries to the southward.
It is clear that the negro's mind must be
turned towards Africa, if the Liberian
Republic is to be built up. Tbe removal
of nations across the ocean is a mighty
task, even with all our modern facilities.
Yet I regard it as bv no means impossi?
ble. First of all the negro must be con?
vinced that it is to his interest to emi?
grate thither. Then the best of the race
must be tbe pioneers of the movement
for on tbe success of the first emigrants
will depend largely the future success of
the effort.
Besides a long course of training and
character building is necessary to fit the
masses of the negroes for any indepen?
dent national existence. As yet, they
are not prepared for euch a condition.
Looking at present conditions and
ultimate aims I have very strongly
favored the Blair educational bill as a
measure likely to greatly assist the negro
for future independent citizenship.
That tbe separation of the races must
eventually take place is to my mind a
foregone conclusion. How ic may be
affected with tbe best results for both is
the problem. ***** * * *
In an article of mine in the October
number of the Magazine of American
History I have traced from the old MSS
the story of the coming of the negro to
Georgia, and much of tho narrative
applies to the other colonies.
As before said, only the best negroes
should be the pioneers in any emigration
enterprise. The lazy and thriftless
would send back doleful accounts from
El Dorado and Paradise even, were it
possible, and eo discourage future emi?
gration.
I believe in Government aid to the
enterprise, furnished annually and under
the strictest limitations, until the work
shall be accomplished, or at least shall
reach an independent footing. Many
years must be required for the task.
One feature which I regard aB ominous
to the future of most of the Southern
negroes is the steady and rapid improve?
ment in machinery in all departments of
tho cotton plantation industry?o. g.,
less than two months ago there was
exhibited at tbe Georgia State Fair, at
Macon, a machine for chopping cotton
by which .one man, upon a kind of buggy
plough, could in one day do the work by
horse power of more than a dozen ordi?
nary choppers. Such machinery gener?
ally introduced must, for the most part,
put an end to the plantation negro's
summer work and his means of subsist?
ence.
Many efforts too are making at the
invention of a proper cotton picking
machine, and though this has not yet
succeeded to any degree, yet American
ingenuity will undoubtedly prove equal
to the task of invention. When that day
comes tbe mass of Southern negroes will
be practically out of an occupation and
without a livelihood. They should look
to the future with reference to tho good
of their race. I fear they will not see ;
their true interest until too late to avail
themselves of the advantages offered in
advance.
Most unfortunately, Southern negroes
are almost wholly in tbe power of dirty
politicians and debauching saloon keep?
ers. Their votes and political influence
have a market value, which party plat?
forms gauge and low politicians calculate
upon. A negro Bhould learn, above all
things, that every doggery keeper is, to
all intents, his natural enemy. While
this debaucher may drag tbe white man,
he prevents, at the Bame time, tho negro
from getting up. The negro ought to be
the Bworn aud eternal euemy of the sa?
loon.
Personally, I am ready to do all that I
can to bring about what I regard as the
only true and permanent solution of the
race?that is, by the separation of tbe
races, and tbe work preparatory thereto.
Very respectfully.
Henry A. Scomp.
Painted the Seminary IIor.sc Yellow.
Two Dickinson Seminary students are
in disgrace and have been suspended from
the privileges of the school, the result of
a little fun indulged in by them a few
nights ago. Tho boys secured a can of
yellow ochre and in tbe stillness of the
night, went to tbe seminary Btable, where
they lost no time in changing tbe color
of tbe school cart hor?e from a dark bay
to a bright yellow. Wben the hostler
arrived at the stable he was astonished
at the appearance of the faithful old
animal, and forthwith reported bis dis?
covery to Dr. Gray, tbe president. An
investigation -followed and tbe guilty
students were found out. Tbe hostler
has been busy evor since eudeavoring by
frequent curryings to bring the horse
back to his natural color, but with only
partial success.?New York Sun.
Abandoning a Big Town.
London, Dec. 19.?Tbe great town of
ShosboDg, North of Cape Colony, South
Africa, baa been abandoned by the entire
popjlation. All that are left of the peo?
ple, about 20,000 in number, who lived in
Shoshong, are a few whito traders, who
-'ay there to traffic with the natives of the
surrounding country. A while ago Kha
ma, tbe famous King of Bechuanaland,
and his counsellors, decided that Sho?
shong had suffered so severely from scar?
city of water for several years past that
they would seek a new site for the town.
A desirable situation was found about 100
miles Northwest of Shoshong, and not a
great ways from the Limpopo River.
It was a largo undertaking, as tbe peo?
ple are quite well to do and have a good
deal of personal property and about 50,
000 cattle. The fields of Indian corn and
millet which they abandoned extended
for many miles around Shoshong" Tho
transfer occupied a month, and tbe people
in their new bats have at least the cer?
tainty of an ample water supply.
Shoshong was the largest native town
in South Africa, and pictures of it appear
in some school geographies ana in
Reclus's universal geography.
The Sooth Ignored.
Washington, December 21.?The
Western States received the lion's share
at tbe hands of Speaker Reed in the mat?
ter of chairmanships, getting 29 out of 56
places. Next in order came tbe Middle
States with 16 chairmanships, the New
England States with 7, the Pacific Slope
with 3 and the South with but one,
Brower, of North Carolina, of the com?
mittee on .expenditures in the postoffice
department.
Pennsylvania leads the list of individ?
uals with 8 chairman, New York comes
next with 7, Ohio and Illinois have each
5, Wisconsin has 4, Iowa, Michigan and
Kansas 3 each, Maine, Indiana, Massa?
chusetts and Minnesota 2 each, Nebraska
Montana, Missouri, Vermont, North
Carolina, Connecticut, Oregon, New
Jersey, California and Rhode Island 1
each. New Hampshire, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina,
West Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Ala?
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
Tennessee, Kentucky Aikansas, Colorado
Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota
and Washington?twenty States in all
are without chairmanships, the entire
Southern section having but 1.
An Up-Country Industry.
Mr. C. W. Wiecking, who will be
remembered by old-time Charlestonians,
was in the city yesterday. Mr. Wiecking
I moved to Walhalla about ten years ago,
and has since been engaged in grape cul
I ture on the slopes of tbe Blue Ridge.
I He is now President and treasurer of the
Oconee Grape Growers' and Fruit Distil
ery Association, of which Dr. D. E. Dar?
by is the vice president and Mr. G.
Wanner the secretary.
To a Reporter for the News and Courier
Mr. Wiecking aaid yesterday that his as?
sociation was in a splendid condition.
"We grow our own grapes and make as
fine wines and brandy as is made in the
United States. Our wines are as fine, if
Dot finer than those made in France and
Germany, and ten years hence our bran?
dies will rival those of-. Brandenburg,
Freres and Hennessy. All that we want
is time to age our wines and brandies.
Then too we expect to bring immigrants
into tbe State. There is no finer country
than Oconee and Greenville and Pickens
for vine culture. There are vineyards in
that section that rival those of Franco and
the Rhine. In my judgment the. vine
culture of upper Carolina in five years
will be one of the chief industries of the
1 State."?News and Courier, 21si.
The Soundest Han in the Union.
Unliko many other presidents, who by
the vote of the people were commanded
to step down and out, Mr. Cleveland
adheres to those principles he announced
while in office, and so clear and convinc?
ing are his utterances on all occasions
where he is called upon to talk that the
American people are thinking more to day
of the soundness of his policy than ever
before. The Ex Frem'dent is certainly a
giant, and it is believed that he will be
the candidate of bis party in the next
great battle. With him it is like it has
been with all other great men, his service
and bis aims for the future were not fully
understood and appreciated until a weak?
er and far less decided rival was made to
take the place he had so worthily filled.
The carrying out of Cleveland's policy
meant good for all America, but tbe
moneyed powers were afraid of him and
the sound material he employed, and it
was for this reason that tbe millions were
spent for bis. defeat, Should be be nom?
inated again iL is not likely that any such
course will be taken a second time for his
defeat. In this event the Democracy
will no doubt see the soundest man in the
Union made President again.?Barnxocll
Sentinel.
Didn't Speak to One Another.
Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 19.?Twelve
years ago Mr. and Mrs. Homer Grieve,
living in the Eastern part of this County,
quarreled over a, remark made by a
neighbor that one of their children did
not resemble his brothers and sisters.
The quarrel grew in intensity until finally
they became irreconcilable, and entered
into a compact of mutual agreement to
the effect that tbey would continue to live
together under the same roof, but never
acain would tbey speak to each other.
This etrange obligation they faithfully
observed until a few days ago. During
the entire twelve years they ate together
from tbe same table and entertained
their friends, but in no instance was a
word directly exchanged or an acknowl?
edgement of the other's existence made.
A few days ago some of the church
friends of tbe couple interested themselves
in tbe family difference, and brought the
matter before the official board of the con?
gregation to which they belonged, with the
happy result that a reconciliation and
reunion was speedily effected, and ar?
rangements for a celebration of the event
have been made for Sunday, at which
time a large company of the friends of
Mr. and Mr. Grieve will assemble to hear
them publicly acknowledge their foolish?
ness, and take up again the relation they
severed twelve jears ago.
? Louisa Epperson, daughter of a weal?
thy farmer residing near Barkersvillc,
Mo., shot nnd killed Julius Hofcr, a
young man employed by her father, as he
sat at tbe family table eating his dinner
Monday last. Hofer had been in the hab?
it of teasing the girl about her admirers,
and at the breakfast table Hofer made
some remark which incensed the girl.
She told Hofer if he repeated tbe remark
she would shoot him. Hofer promised to
refrain, but at dinner began agaiu on the
same subject. Tbe girl, without a word,
arose, left the table, walked deliberately
into another room, picked up a "S'calibro
revolver, and returning to the dining
room shot Hofer in the right side of tho
head, over the car, and he fell to the floor
dead. The murderess U describad as an
unusually attractive girl about uincl02u
years old.
"s.
\?: 1
? Within the last twenty years the
Courts in Kansas have granted 7,101 di?
vorces.
? A big black diamond picked up in
Brazil is on exhibition jn New York. It
looks like a piece of chesnut coal in the
rough, but it would take a good many
tons of coal of any kind to equal the
value of this lump. It weighs 307? car?
ats, and is worth ?5,000.
? Judge Wells, of Rapid City, Dakota,
was the victim of a peculiar runaway a
few days ago. Two of bis cows escaped,
and he went hunting for them in a buggy.
He found them, and, tying ropes around
their boms, attached them to the back oi
the buggy and started for home. He had
not gone far when the cows, concluding
they were going the wrong way, turned
and made off in the opposite direction,
dragging the Judge and horse and buggy
alter them at a regular rate. Finally, the
horse was pulled off his feet and rolled
over in a ditch, piling the Judge ond the
buggy up in a promiscuous heap by the
roadside. Fortunately no damage was
done except to th? buggy. After tying
the cows the Judge went home and pent
a small boy after them.
? In bis recent work on "Recent
Economic Changes," Mr. David A.
Wells states thst the consumers of pig
iron in this country during the past ten
years have paid in enhanced prices, due
to the tariff, G5 per cent, more than the
entire capital invested in its production.
That, too, he states, while the employees
of the iron men have been receiving
wages "somewhat lees on an average than
were paid at the same time to other and
outside labor," The aggregate excess of
cost of iron and steel in ten years to the
consumers of the United States above
that paid to Great Britain has been, Bays
Mr. Wells, $560,000,000, or an average
of $56,000,000 per annum. This shows
where the farmer's money goes. It ahowB
also where a great many other people's
money goes, to their loss and impover?
ishment, while the "protected" capitalist
is getting richer and richer.
? A New York correspondent writes :
'A general resort t? cremation as a means
of disposing of the dead may be prevented
by sentiment and habit, perhaps, but un?
der some circumstances it is certain to
meet with favor. Nothing is more con?
venient when the body is to be transmit?
ted to a distance. A eorpse in an ordinary
coffin ia exposed to the unfeeling handling
of the baggage smashers, and full fare
must be paid for it?it can't go dead head
?while two or three pontage stamps
will carry the cremated remains of a dear
departed to any part of the country by
mail. The remains of a gentleman re?
cently cremated in San Francisco were
sent easily in this way. They made a
neat, compact package less than six
inches long, and the postage came to the
trifling sum of 12 cents. Of course, it is
rather more trouble to mail a dead wife,
husband, relative or friend than it is to
mail a letter. The package containing
the remains is too large to go into the
letter box, and it is not safe to leave it
on the top of the box. It must be taken
to the poslofBce and passed through the
window to the clerk. But this is really a
small matter in view of the many conve?
niences possessed by the plan and the
trouble and cost that it enables one to
avoid.
LOST!
ON Monday, November 18th. in the
City of Anderson, one Leather Pock?
et Book, containing a sum of money, two
Certificates of Deposit on the National
Bank of Anderson?one for 8700 and the
other for $400?numbered respectively 6892
and 6901; a Check drawn by Brown'Bros.
in my favor, dated October 30th and num?
bered 591, for $147.05; a Note on Robert
Moorheaa for $$0, and a number of other
Eapers. Payment on all the above papers
as been stopped. A reward will be paid
for the return of the Pocket Book and pa?
pers. W. Q. HAMMOND.
Dec 20, 1889_25_I?
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the Estate of James T. Hanks, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law, and those indebted
to make payment.
LUCY E. HANKS,) A(W?
W. L. HANKS, 'jAdrurs.
Dec 26,1889_25_3__
?\TOTICE TO CREDITORS.
JA All persons having claims against
the Estate of Dr. R. A. Reid, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law, and those indebted
to make payment.
ELLA L. REID, Administratrix.
Dec 20,1889 . 25_3_
THE STATE OF SCUTH CAROLINA,
County of Anderson.
COURT. OF COMMON PXEAS.
B. Frank Mullikin and A. W. Tickens, Executors
of James Mullikin, deceased, Plaintifls, against
Lucinda Ball, Marcus L. Mullikin, Augustus N.
MulHkin, Martha M. Mullikin, Emanucl A. Mul?
likin, Jesse F. Mullikin. Wm. H. Mullikin, Le?
ander Mullikin, Win. E. Moon, J. B. F. Mulli?
kin. Thos. W. Mullikin, Sarah E. Eoland, Ma
linda Hunnicutt, Wilson Mullikin, B. F. Mulll
kin, Florenco Hall, Alice Mullikin, Emma Har?
ris, Josephine Bickens and Mary Misscy, De?
fendants.?Summons for Relief? Complaint not
Served.
To the Defendants above named:
YOU are hereby summoned and required to an?
swer tbo complaint in this action, which
is filed in tho office of the Clerk of tho Court oi
Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H., S. C, and to
serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscribers at their cilice, Anderson C. H.,
S. C, within twenty days after the servico hereof,
exclusive of the day of such service: and if you
fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintill' in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in tho com?
plaint
Dated Deccoibcr 20, A. D. 1889.
WHITKEE Jc SIMPSON,
PlatntiuV Attornoys.
[Seal] M. P. Tkibblk C. C. P.
To tho Defendants MarcuB L. Mullikin, Emanucl
A. Mullikin. Jesse F. Mullikin, Win. II. Mulli?
kin, Leaiider W. Mullikin, Wm. E. Moon, Thos.
W. Mullikin, Sarah E. Eoland and Maliada Hiui
nicutt :
Take notice that tho Complaint in this action
and the Summons, of which the foregoing is a
copy, were hied in the oflico of the Clerk of tho
Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County, at
Anderson C. II., in tho Citv of Anderson, on tho
20th day of Dcccmbor, 1880.
WHITNEE & SIMPSON,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
Dec 2ft, 1880 25 C
? A fgM between a gorilla and a bull
dog, for a purse of SoOO, occurred ai Fort
Wayne, Ind., on Monday morning. The
dog was a fine thoroughbred English bull
dog weighing 40 pounds, while the gorilla
pulled down nearly 80 pounds. They
were put into an enclosure 12 feet equare
and 8 feet high, built of 3 inch oak strips.
A large crowd was present and betting
was spirited, with the odds greatly in fa?
vor of the brute from Africa. The dog
was killed in two minutes. The gorilla
was unhurt.
FOR CONGRESS.
In case of the resignation of the Hon.
J. S. Cothran, our present Representative
in Congress, the many friends of the Hon.
I). K. Norris, of Anderson County, will
respectfully present his claims to the voters
of the Third Congressional District as Mr.
Cotbran's successor before the Democratic
primary election to be held therefor. *
The Hon. J. S. Cothran having made
public his intention to resign bis seat in
Congress, the friends of Hon. E. B. Murray,
our present uhleSenator, beg leave respect?
fully to announce him as Judge Cothran's
successor in the National House of Repre?
sentatives. Friends.
b. f. browne"
Watchmaker and. Jeweller,
Returned to Anderson.
]EXCLUSIVE attention given to Repair
Jj ing. Prompt and honest work, and
reasonable charges only for the work done.
Fine and difficult jobs a specialty. Front
window at L. H. Seel's,
Dec 19,1880_24_3m_
T^OTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
.1^ The undesigned, Executrix of
the Estate of C. B. Stan ton, deceased,
hereby gives notice that she will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County
on the 21st day of January, 1890, for a
Final Settlement of said Estate and dis?
charge from her office as Executrix.
FRANCES E. GRIMES, Ex'x.
Dec 10,1889_24 ?? 5
Educate Your Daughters;
AND,
BEFORE DECIDING WHERE,
Send for a Catalogue of the
Williamston Female College
The SPRING SESSION will open
MONDAY, FEB. 3, 1890. I will come
up from "Wright's Hotel, Columbia, Satur?
day, Feb I.
S. LANDER, President,
Williamston, S. C, Dec. 18,1889. 24-7
A MAN
Standing on his head hursts
through the floor and in?
jures one ear.
NO! NO! You'rrcng,as usel. Twan't
that'er way. Well, then, how was it?
Waal, sor, bit was jist this'er way:
Sal (me wife, yer no,) was down at ther
10c. Store 8aday, and 6aw Miner. Gwineter
tell yer, bit was a site how that ar man
got mashed. Sal says that are holeBroyles
building, whar this here Minor fellow kicks
up sich a racket with his 10c. Store, was a
solid mass o' surging humanity. She
says (and I don't never donbt whatever she
says) that they jist poshed and jamed each
other, and strong men mashed weak wo?
men , an' week women mashed strong men,
an' little niggers mashed big niggers, an'
all the fat persons tbar ware mashed into
pancakes, 'tell she jis didn't know what ter
do, unless it was ter fill what little space
she could find between two leen persons,
an' so she did.
She says Minor sells goods chape, but
she. couldn't git no body ter wate oner, bo
I'm gwine over ter morrow and git er few
Toys fer de chiluns. They'll cost nothing
hardly.
C. S. MINOR <ft CO,, Truly.
TO ALL
THE public are invited to call and see
the beautiful assortment of? ?
CHRISTMAS GOODS
At the Book Store oi
<3-. W. FANT Sc S?Pi".
Miscellaneous BOOKS, including Poems,
Family and Pocket Bibles, Chatter-Boxes,
Toy and Children's Books.
Gold Pens, Writing Desks,
Lsp Tablets and Papeteries,
Oil Paintings, Artos, Engravings,
Cromos, Picture Frames,
Wall Pockets, Scrap Books,
Auto, and Photo. Albums,
Work Boxes,
Christmas Cards, a beautiful assort
ment.
If you want a suitable Present for the
season, this is the place to secure one that
will be appropriate, and at moderate cost.
G. W. FANT & SON.
Dec 12, 1889_23_2
NOTICE.
rriHE remainder of subscriptions to Cap
_L ital Stock of the Anderson Cotton
Mills has been called fur?35 per cent, pay?
able on or by 1st December next, and 35
per cent, payable on or before 1st January
next.
Contracts fur machinery have been
made, which renders it absolutely neces?
sary that these installments be promptly
met.
Bv order of the Board of Directors.
J. A. BROCK, Pres. and Treas.
J. J. BAKER. Secretary.
Nov. 21.1889 20
A. G. STRICKLAND,
ZDIEZLSTTIST.
"VTITROUS OXIDE given at a]l times
_lN for the Painless Extraction of Teeth,
Office on corner of Granite Row
over Bleckley Mercantile Co.
Nov. 15. 1888 19
AT COST,
? AT COST!
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OP
Greneral Merchandize.
Anticipating a change 1st January next, we
are offering our Stock
AT COST AND BELOW,
FOR SPOT CASH UNTIL THAT TIME.
ROOM NO. 5, HOTEL CHIQUOLA,
THAT'S WHERE
Aro now to l>e found -witli tlioir
Choice Stock of Fancy Groceries,
Confectioneries, Fruits, Etc, .
NEW ATTRACTIONS. DAILY ARRIVALS.
Don't forget Date and Place.
ADMISSION TREE. OPEN EARLY and LATE.
Special Attractions for the Holiday Trade,
FIN JE LINE
FIBE "works
- AND ?
All Kinds Groceries and Xmas Goodies,
ARE BEING SOLD CHEAP AT
e. W. TAYjLOR & CO'S.
HERE IS YOHE MULE!
BUCKLEY & FRETWELL S
Exposition Building is now open for the
patronage of the Public?we refer to
Our Immense Sales Stable,
On Comer McDuffle and Benson Streets,
SlNCE our opening we have received Three Car Loads of Fine young Kentucky
MULES, and a lot of Fine HORSES. We assure our friends and customers of?
fair and square dealings,
As it is not our intention to misrepresent Stock, but to sell them just for what they
are. If you need any Stock at any time, call at the Stables on MAJ. J. 11.
VANDIVER, who is in charge of them, and will be pleased to show you around.
We have now a good large assortment of?
j
young mules and horses on hand,
And can sell you also?
BUGGIES,
CARRIAGES,
WAGONS,
HARNESS,
COLLARS,
BRIDLES, &c,
CHEAP!
We do not propose to deal in old rips?we handle only clean, nice young
animals, and excellent bargains ceo be had at our Stables every day.
BLECKLEY & FRETWELL
THE CO-OPERATIVE
ALLIANCE STORE
Is too busy tu write advertisements f;hese days, and he
sides the the People prove daily fry their actions
that they know where it is made to
their Interest to buy aU
their GOODS.
WE would say, howevei, that we did not for?
get iu the rush of business to provide a nice line
of~
o:h:E;Ist^ia.s zp^EsiEisrTS,
both for the old and young. We rind ourselves
rather overstocked in the better grad.s of?
FLANNELS, BLANKETS and LADIES' WK?PS,
So we have marked down the prices cn these, as
well as some other winter articles, as we cannot
spare room to carry over Goods. We have a
few Cars of?
HIGH GRADE ACID PHOSPHATE,
Which we are selling at $15.75 per Ton, though
we can't guarantee this price but a few day?, as
we think it is sure to go higher.
We also handle CRACKERS and CANDY
by the package.
We will be able now to wait on our trade more
readily, as we have a force numbering Thirty
eight.
IST. 33
My positive instructions from the Board of
Directors of this Store is, snd has always
been, not to sell a cent's worth of goodu on Cred?
it to any one, but to sell only for Spot Cash. In
some instances, in order to get around thiH, and
to try and keep from giving offense until the
people could learn the workings of the business,
I have advanced the money individually, and
made the charges on my old books. This, how?
ever, complicates matters, giving us e:cira work
to do, andibesides these requests are so frequent?
ly made, and some are fo slow to pay that it
works a hardship on me, so will in the future be
obliged to turn down any und all ordeis, comii.g
from any source, not accompanied with the cash.
We would suggest to utiy oi:e who prefers for
convenience to run an hcw-unt, 10 make a de?
pot-it with us, when wc vw'.l be pleased to honor
any orders for cash orpnrvhn.'Oa until the balance
is exhausted. Nor can wr allow goods taken
out of the Store on tri}.! v-ui.nut being paid f. r,
as this creates confusion A ny goods not cut off
will hf tnkcri back and im.ney r< funded, provided
ihi?y are rciurwri in a r- :u>?>i.sb!e length ol time,
itudHniHgi'd,
V?*ry respectfully,
IR? Ss HI IL Li
p. s ,?I hereby give notice to all persons indebted to me in my forthej
business, either by Note or Account, or ihe old Firm of Hill, Adams & Co., the
they must pay up during the month of Dcci mbi r ><* 1 Lave not tin e w w to lo
after my private business, and will put all lh?c n.aMt!* in the hatufe of George
Prince, Esq , for immediate collection oil the 1st day of January next. Jf
R. ?. HILL! %
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