Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ali~ ,ham) I - tv ft A -- --- s (I ______ ______R_ ' __D__,__DI;(,-- - O .i19 ti__ AIAAIN. S.I.: C.. WE)LIA, )CM PUBLIC AI)VERIISNG. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE PRESS AS SOCA rION On the Subj ct by the kditor of the Mae ning Tim's, who showes the Ijaistice Done the Prees by the Legislature. The following paper read before the f State Press Association at Newberry by the Editor of the Manning Times stows the injustice done the Press of the State by the Lroi?1ture in reducing 1}'' price ' a!: o a ad ?rimic: Mr. President and . m iwnb'rs of the South Carlitia .stule Pre's s so ciation: I am honored greatly and above merit in having been charged with the duty of setting before you the relativr obligations of those entrusted with the interest of the individual, and the public welfare, as af cte d by the pub lisher of a newsoaper. It may be well considered th ;t the publisher of a newspaper, whether a daily, semi weekly, or weekly, enters upon such an enterprise with high purpose to subserve the best interests of the State, the people at large, and the community's interest affected by its columns The re vspapcr failing to meet the favor of the public must fail. Any newspaper failing to give infor mation of matters affecting the inter est of the community where it is pub lished should fail. The nu'lisber un der the conditions and demands no v prevailing, must provide for the pat rons of his paper the current news of the day, select with care from ex changes, secure correspondents and contributors, look carefully after lo cals of interest, and have well digest e1 editorials upon subj-cts interesting and educating. The publisher's work does not stop with these arduous d u ties, but he must, with great care. look after all advertsments. that each may appear to the best advan tage he can present, and display same to catch and please the eye of the reader. It is not the quantity of mat ter in an adv.rtisement which secures best results, but rather the care and judgment exercised in the style and method. Great strides have been made within the past few S ears by newspaper pub lishers in sending out pap'rs of such merit as to become household necessi ties. It is manifest that assiduous toil, careful thought, exacting laoor, is the lot of the publisher, and to all of this add a grave responsibility, greater than that of any other of the commu nity, that he so publish as t. uphold and build up the tone and character of the people, and instill healthy action. in all things pertaining to the mate rial welfare of the community. This glimpse at the posis ion of the duties, the labors of the successful publisher of a newspaper, place; him with more influence than any other citizen, in closer contact with the people than any dozen citizens combinea. His teaching is seen and felt every where, and his paper b comes a housenold necessity; it is through his paper that information or publications will reach 3 a larger number of the people than any other method or medium of ad vertising will afford. This seems to have been recognized over a century ago. The law makers of this commonwealth, by Act of tte General Assembly of 1791, provided for the fullen advertisement vhich could be secured in the c ;unty, dis trict, or State in all matters of public interests, or which affected iodividual rights in ; roperty. The tax collector, the sheriff, anai all officers of the courts, by mandatory acts, were re quired to publish or advertise in what -was then donominated '-gszettes," now known as newspapers, all mat ters affecting public or private inter eats, such as time and ph~ce for pay ment of taxes, assessments, jud:cial sales, election notices, citations, and all legal notices. The purpose of the .Act of 1791 was evident; the la w ma kers of that day wisely saw thr neces sity of advertising, sought to secure the widest puolicity to matiers of legal notices and public affairs, con sidei ation being had for these inter ests without even an expression as to the cost. The Act of 1791 continued in force until amended or re peahd by the Act of 1875, private rights being protected for almost the entire period and public interests advanced. The war between the States brought great changes to this old State. The venal, the unscrupulous, the vi::ious, and the igncrant desecrated her sac red altars, and for the first time in the history of journalism in this State came crooked practices and dishoncst management in matters of public prin ting. The State was not represented by her loyal sons, nor did the sons of other States who came to South Caro lina with honorable purpose have a voice, nor was the press in charge of those whdo respected themselves and took delight in honorable action Sucn was the evil which had come to the public, tflat an effort v-as made to correct it by en Act of t;he General Assembly, entidleo: "Asa Act to limt thle charg e for advertisiog caai no tices," spproved Decearber 22, 1h75. This Act '>rovideci as follows: "Ihat the enarge for advertisinz the notices of Sne riffs, Judges of Pro bate, or other county c~fiir, oc of officers of Court, or of executors, ad ministrators, or other persous acting in a fiduciary ce pacity, in ai'y news pap~er, as now rr q ured by lae, sha' not exceed one coa for evry hun dred words for tie fiist in~sertion, and~ fifty cents for each insertion al ter warcs" This was not well considered legisla tion. It is obvious that tue Act ef forded to tue venal publianer andi the corrupt officer portuniy for coliai sion and fraud. Mulhip!icity of words, unnecessary ; small ty pe and iniade quate dispzoy could haeve afforded ?arge exceen ever rair work, auan as an honordoe :nsa .; u-id co. Tnei Act was a vicitatiesL of ie printen rule of isasurersent, and etc urag- d a continua-ce in the very disiiuest practices it wa~s istnctu to correct. JProbably such csermonJ~s riuAi~.. about tne er at ge- adie :ey g XCV11, ScePiu 2424, -? tse Gene ru Statutes, whaich provider as foinoas: *iTne cnatrrig !ur advertising tthe notices of &ierutL, Juage s of housre, or other couuty ticer-s, or of ot~isers of Courts, or or executors, acmi r tors, or otner persons Asigisa - ciary capacity, mn aty ne5r now requiren i& l, anii:.u '-xe one doiar pez q !eor t::e i te sertion ana nifty cents for each sube quent insertion; Provided, That in case the usual charge f or pubbhi ng for private individuals ac vertisemen'its occupying the same space and for uke time, be less tntan the rates aforeadc, rase t 1 so cbar&n to private udi vidutals. I bave qu -'d so much of S-ctiio. 2424 .s bears upon the rate and terms for advertisiog legal notices. The: portion o; the Act qaoted is :he expr s sicn of careful cnsideration, fair. Must, a- d wholesome in its provisicr r. scowing the handiwork of an intelli gent indea and tbe aprciation of the ;rnting business, and I dare ray, the: suthor of that Act was ac'uated by a high usiness sense and a conscien tious di -ha-e of duty ---:ompen sat ion was to b allowsd the ru rlisher fort pub'ic no: 'e at a fair prc-' or on the same basi- " and terms h vat willi?'r to contr. c; for with privrate individtm als This Act plated the pubiisber in a fair relation to those charged with the duty of publishing legal notices. and with a sense of justice to himself and to the public, and in all s:if re spe' t he could do such work. E:ery enterprising publisher of a newspaper properly desires to afford' to his patrons all information to be derived from the publication of legal notices. Every self-respecting pub lisher will strenuously adhere to such canditions of publishing advertise ments as will uphold high character for his work, both as to its execution and its fairness. Tne Act last above q uoted is well suited to aeure the best results and properly protect all inter ests involved in suc' publications. This, however, does not seem to have been so regarded by our present law makers. The General Assembly of 1891 re enacted the provisions for con pensation for advertisements of public notices which the Act of 1S75 c~utain ed, adding the provision "Twat the caption to notices shall be at the rat, of ive cents per word." This last act was not approved by the Governor, and became law without his approvall under the provisions c f Section 22 of Article III of the Constitution of 1S6S, and Section 23 of Article IV of the Constitution of 1895 Tais last Act is open to c.bj c tion, as reasonable as that nad against the Act of 1S75, and is even more obj -etionable, in that the last clause presents to the weak a temptation to make money at the ex pense of integrity and fair dealing. The dishonest are afforded an opportu nity to make a caption, so that at five cents a word money could be realized that an honest man would not have, while the honest publisher must do fair work, for which he cannot obtain just compensation. Legislation tending towards encour aging or opening the way for unscru puicu; conduct is wrong in. principle, vicious, and destructive to the inter ests most to be guarded and fostered It may be argued by some in supoort o' this last Act that it is not obiuga tory upon the publisher of a newsoa per to advertise pablic notices. Sacs, however, would be the merest sop his try. It is not from a legal sonse obli gattry, but from a business And a prorssional sense it is obligatory up on the publisher of a Newspaper to afford his patrons all the ad vantages and benefits of all matt- rs concerning the public; but I contend that right and justice make it a hun dred fold more obligatory upon the representatives of the government, the persons honored and charged with properly guarding all public in terests to furnish to the people, through the best attainable channel cr medium, notices of all such matters as come within the Act. I do not ad-1 mit tnat the law .making power hasa right to fix the price of a p-inter's charges. unkss the rule of "Mizaht makes Right," for it is my honest opinion that if a test were made, the Courts wcud say it is a violation of by the framers of our constitution The public interests should not be sub served at the expense and charge of the newspaper publishers, or any other respectable private enter prise. Where public interests require tnt the individual's property sn-ould be surrendered ior public use, provison as made to secure to the citizen just and fair compensation for his proper ty. On like sound, equitable basis should the newspsper publisher re ceive compensatton for the use of his property. fair remuneration under re gulations that the honorable publisher can be protected by, and tbat the venal cannot make available for cLor rupt practices. The venal! thanks to the worthy, courageous, and honor abie heltmsmen of the press, the dark days are past; the unreliable and cor ru pt ha ve been driven from ou" ranks, and today the newspaper fraternity of the State are worthy the respect. the confiaence, the esteem, and kindly re gsrd ot all the citiz mns of this graad old Cor..monwealth, and in all mat ters of public notices, the newspapers should receive fair compensation on such terms as the same class of work would be performed by honorable men with firted business principles. It is wrong; it is not in the interest of the public good for so important an institution as the Press to be hampered and crippled by la w makers, who, to win a little notoriety, pose before the public as economists, to j nip upon tne newspapers and cut into the com pensation tney receive for very im por tant work. I venture to say that the iesislators, who were s> anxjus to re vouiuze the rnint-er's trae b d ing away wi tae "f r all utm" cas tom o! mneasurement, 'and i'nineu hee off pu: the printers to the trouble of countirg each word, na t th sightr at idea the ecost of etting ty p-, or the ordtuiary expens-:s of a ne:sp p r. T1heae same economi~sts re: duced the pay of the printer, and whe tney go before the peole tney wttr great sno.v of sincerity, teJ hov fa"'L fuily the y libiored for th~e peoailes' in terests, adu cite a reducuon of go.>si tly one hured~ olars. a 'year-in the income of Etter ,vwho wvas too y our to nuy a suit of ci,>tus to us?tk a presentable ap;.earance at thie meetitng where the s-a esmna kj was harazgu ir~g the "iear pepcpe." Te paapi:e fac's, an~d -' ags ready -yae their tax-s reduc, applaud t-e ct inl the titor's aLcoe TL: state5aa-'anA idaw- fo -hc . of a 'ew pa1ry doi ars, '-arefuPir avoided showing- tre peole that to cu' tiP' eda-r out of ta-st fewv coilars, 'he time con-sumed to do this~ great r 1' e v on ?eur acil. ?av-a were paying at the ra'e 0 o 'or dul l Nrs per day. i. faid to tel lie people that ne voted to reduce the edi sr's incomre on account of some p~er i tns grievance, and he nee a 1 am e rscioust~ ttI hv : rot bIn 4b~e to treat this subj C: with tee and ability n'cess:ary to its fl pr sentati'n I am deoli ceasible of set~.n Lalthe hono :r you have C nferre d Up::r me, cornparaivelv au inf :ut j jur, alism, and I stand ready to wcrk w you in the purpose of ts Association to guard. protect, and advance the is terests and the irilaence o: the as papers for the pleasure, t-ie e:n i .r'. and the benetit of the peep>. -iOOK A NAJ :N A FUNACE And Wts TOk -n Ou' BralId :o :. Turu. Pa'r:ck Convery went to biEd in a furna-e of the Trenton S:eel and Iron works Wedresd ay night and taken out broiled to a t'ira, savs a Trenton Newv J-rse7 s:o ci. Cnvery is a 1i -s: cass. mhCan ic. employed at the stetl works. Nosv and then he is said to drink m re tian is good for him and last nigh: be went down town and met sonic acqiaitanc in a saloon. He is ais-> an etthluia=t on the game of footbill, aud he took the d"feat of the Tigers to w-art. but the beer he drank went to hi.; head. Along about midnight he su~idenly remarked: "Well, boys, the game went against Jersey. and it cannot be helped now. I guess I have got all the beer I want and the nest thing is to get to bed. Good nig1t." Convery walked out of the saloon and made his way in the direction of his lodgings. His course lay past the works were he was emp'oyed, and when he reacaed the big iron gates that open into the yard he thougnt that it wo-ild be a good idea to step iuside and take a nap in one of the big furnaces, which vere warra and comfortable. The fires had been drawn several hours bef~re a ,d the temperature was a !itl:e more than at blood heat. The man had n> trouble in gesting into the furnace and sr:tching out on tae grate, fell asleep A couple of hours later John Dsane, the fireman, came into the building. It was time to light the ies in the furnaces, and, Daane. all urc )schious of tan pres ence of the sleeper, touched a match to the shavings piled under the grate, n which Convery wats lying The flmes began to curl na aroani the sleeper and raised a Dlster on his neck. Hi yelled, but th s was smoth-rel by the smoke, and did not reach th- ears of Doane very clearly, but he heard something and wondered ,ih:re it came from The fire among the shsovings grew more fierce each minute, and the pain that he was sn tieriug at last fully aroused Convery, who m anag :d t o crawl to te door o the furnace. Hn got his head outside, and scream-.d until he attracted the attention of th iresnan, who came up and grabbei the roasting man by the co.:.t coir hauled him out of the furnace m r deal than aive. His neck and face were fear'cliy burnt, and he was taken to the jos pital in an unconscious condition the physicians say that if he recovers, it will be nothing short of a m:ra ole. To the' Sunday 'choo! Wok ,rs, To the Sunday School Workers of the State of Siuth Carolina: Asking divine guidanc , I have ac ceoted tne catl to the p~sition of field secretary o' the Sou-h Carolins Sun day Scaooi 4;soeetica and inte~ en tered u~on mv c.tfiial duties. It will be my p arpos'e to do all I can to furth er the Mister's kingdom in this special line of work and will try in as short a time as I can to visit all the counties of ta is State to the end that they may all be enrolled under the organized anner of the Sunday School assoia ton's inter dencminational work. I would earnestly ask that all inter ested in this work will coen corres pondence with me, that we may ar range d-ates for holding county con vntions, and would earnestly urge that this particular matter in ouir work be emphasized ; also that the otli crs and executive commnittees of the various county organizations bestir themselves as to piace of meeting, programme and contributions from the schools for the State work. I am your servant in this reat work and my desire is that "I ma: study to show myself approved unL' God, a workman that needeth not be asham ed." 9 Tim. ii, 15) and that I may under God become a very useful ves sel in BHis service. I-nt us be ear nest in paye'rr one for anotner and for th-e w irk, and we have the asuac o. tha. pro-nise. "That Ele who he' bgua a good work in you will e 'utinue It until the day of Jtsus C2hrist." Yo- in thework, Fr ank F. Wh~ideu, Fed Secretary for south Carolina. Charleston, . C. No. 15, lS. -Xim (.rand anon Gen. Rt ig vera and ~ Ga. R cal !ao, two (Caban sidiers, whoc were~ captured by tne~ Spanin ila' Miarch, vill live' m hst ;ry as yi rio.3 who de pene o thir"o'ntry. Wedne day orders~ were c'ir-a for their reet from the *u~'n la H v. a in .ao captu1X : Jt 0 or t:al free .::.ti r: a du ri e acLte:aa by C ud u i upanvte L'.r . Mar 0 B eu reeivethe an -oot 's Fo y nod y~ rem~i prVm: -C .ar eo.utiron, ortepouc de 1: h,.t Imxr nt eneatot ! V 'To ate [ i! \ S. M l. 'CD=Y'S -CUT H ERN P.ANT ERS COTTON UNION. H xpi-y, d iss Fiu in . Circdair L-tter ' ie H:c as J ,e: :een :'ued -sa me hing For ootton G -W 5. A the ti-e beccnies shorter for the conv-ntiou of 'i.e cotton growers of t he S--u rn S:sates the interest in that ev--Lt i creases It is to be held on D-c. 14. 03i tll sides a feasible and .cv plan to p:-cvent the drivinz dowTn of the price of cottoa is being s'ur t aft= r. A live'y irest is being maniested in Mr.Rlan to organize the "Sourbe-n Plan'ers' Cotton Union." I r'aged to ti, Mr. R adder has, in tIe list ie.v ysfrm New York sent t b acd th'e following letter: toth .~thern Farmers: No doubt, severil years azo, you were surprised t m." not continuing my plan for or;aufz'ng the farmers, but as th? nu rket i:mimeiiateiy began to advance, and sold up $2) p~r bale, arid, as our obj pet had oeen accom &ined, I d. ea ed it best to say nota in . and I would have remained silent had not in t e last few weeks the pro fesiional operators began their tactics, and are tryinz again, it seems, to wreck the youth. No w, I consider it C a ab solute necessity that we form our union, and show to the world that the south will not sub-nit to any kind of rvI:ude that the balance of the world is trving t- placi upoa them. that the ; south has a practical monopol; of a oredact that is necessiry to all ciasses I nd coutries, a-:d that they will no long r ahlw operators representing J df arent sections end countries to t ..o them in a conditioa of seraitude. b ve if you do not organiz and form a c':toa c~mpany that you will fore-v'r e:aia in the depths of pover t . Other interests are diametrically o'npse- to high prices or full value for you' c tton; they are organiz d 1 and work upon business principles; he_ c>-in ie and force the price of :our c attoa to a point where you can barely live in order to a!iow them to nake their profits and to keep you in a dependent condition. Taey want to keep you f-om organizing, to make you distrust and have no confi.lence in each other, and to ridicule in every way the idea that you have the ability t oraniz It yoa would only real z t a they were oppsed to you, yoa. ould expect no assistance from them. I 1L N-ill. the E:igiishmaa, ever fail ? ed to nuk .le an estimate that he did not eavor to drive prices lower, and is it not natural that otner sections ana countries that have you in their p)W er should try to keep you there and get vour cotton for as little as poss ble and u.ader the present systern, they .rill keepyou tne:e unless you wady u and de-da that you will not time-3 suosit to suci an impos:iton. It is your duy to y ur children and you -vive's that they do not have to carry a burden all their lives which you 1 nave not attempted to put doi-n. I want every farmer to speak to his ueighbor and urge the necessity o . formation. Many may say that this s a scheme of mine to fleece the farm. er,~' but I an a southern man, with southern instincts and southern incli nations, and it is the dearest wish of my heart to p-omote the welfare of the S.uth. Ottirial figu-es shov that the cotton oroucers nave created over one-half the wealth of the wh le country, and yet the assessed valuation on ail tace property of the cotton States_ is not as great as that of lNev' ths steeayjslei hs sYork alone. Is there any reason for ~ there any sense in thie? Will 3ou allow the price of your labor to be fixed by a people in otner sections and in other countries who have no inter-I est in your welfare. b it rathier Inc conray.orwill you wake uo and' show to the~ warid that vou -are at least inte-lligent, rational b ings, and not laves? A profeesional gambller in gambling1 oniv ruins the innevAdoat with wnom he is gambliing, but professional oper ators. in order to accomplish their eads not only ruin the individual, but 1il als' ruiu many millions of indi viduals, by affecting markets wnich airects themf all, in order to make their precits. Sapply and demand for spot cotton does not fix the price, but sup ply and demand for futures esta blishes tae price For instance, every spot Ia oer siinly~ asks ho w is the future narket and if the future market is 10 points lower asimmnediate y lcwers nis limnit cq al to the drop in futures, and every rarmn.- that ma~rkets nisI cotton simply suif .rs froma the droop succuOtr cause. In otuer words. s):. ouyers and uiill m-~n onty hae to bren the tfure marke.: in order to bay th.ir spt; at wna-'ver price tiney e ?et i , a oovia absolutely that ue avrg formetr mnust seil, ca ac e to sm pove:ty, at hast a partion L .rg Aerican and E iropean spuners nenr give tuemceives one tuments unessmess about gettingi * -i :upies in fact, they simply r-'ason uat it-y wrill get toge:.her, seil I n~oasseds5:' baiesof futures, wh~c vili put down tua~ price, anit as fou B 8 iher cot ue1 to s:.i tame lowecr th pr.' a .e e. and whe"'n they get e -aywer to far.ner can e.. .m n ie n so i-t cpon - tai ci r i miics o e p . .Vlb D .j a It: th 0. bsal~e V e e o:th scy r- su' I .L' t m a gtecr r-edo y - 'r ka rcaeal S n nu.. a 0- :1eda tither accept the salary thesoecuiators ix or allow hi failv to starve, and le lower his salary can be kepit the ess chance he has to improve his con lition in any manner. Now, it is j ist his way with the farmer. He is ai owed a price for his labor whi:h en ibies him to barely exist; but how is it >ossible for him ever to improve? In :sse he should receive a hgi:imate )rice for his labor for a few years, he vould be in a position to have some hing to say as regards his future la >or, and wculd not allow a price to be ixed by people who kaov nothing Ld care Jess for his labor. Will any :!ass of laborers, txcept tie farmer, tlow their labor to be b-urht and ;old for a year in advance i No, the armers are considered as being the nost important class, and m.iese s'-rewd >perators would not auemTpt it on any >ther class of labor. Yet, at the same ime, in ruining the farmer, they are -orning every other class of people ith whom the farmer cones in con .act. Nearly every class anid race o' )eople must have your cotton, bat if we taink that foreign countries, and ven other sections of his country wilt lot force us to take as little as possi yie f ir our product, then we had bet er realiz: it at once. Daiu. it us ook for sympathy. Tae baiance of the world i, dcpeud mut upon the south, whereas the south hould be and could o c absolutely ia lependent of any section. Woat is he south goinz to do about it? Let hings roll along as they are? Many ontluue to work for 4) cents per day; trong, able-bodied, sensible, good wnite farmers, for $1d per mouth. Will you take no interest whatever in roar future candi:ioa and taus give -ene wed energy to those that are in ring you? You are, in my honest piniou, being system-.ticailly robbed, recked and ruined. I have watched he system, anu studied it closely, and iave been ia a posin, for seven rears, to see how it is d >ne, an i I trust : have the courage t.) stat; openly hat I consider tthe e \u s of your de >ression, wny that, thoa' naturally )lessed, you cannot ion,r ;ae you con lition. Oar canstituion says nei.her slavery or involuntary servituie snail exist ithing the Uaited St..ts, yet uader he present conditions you are abso utely slaves. If you make a large ,rp, you will receive a b ire liviag, md if you make a sm :ll crop, you nay receive a little more in price, bat till a bare living. Y >u will not be mtirely crusae:1 out, simply because our cotton is necessary. If you >rmit other sections and o:her caan ries, through their representatives, to lictiue the price of your labor wheayou lave a practical monop sy of a pro act that is absolutely necessary to all ections and countries, you deserve no )tter fate. N>; you have the great st organizations in the world against rou, with the most perfect system, and rou sviil be allowed a living, no mat er whether you raise a large or small :rop, but you will never be allowed to > in a position to help. yoursel, if rou cma bo prevented. I h.vr; received a great many en ouraging letters from all parts of the outh, urging the necessity of forming he Southern Cotton Pianters Union, tn stating that all classes are eager td willing to work for the soutn's' fel fare. Within a short time the charter viii be granted for tae Southern Cot on Piautera' Union, and no man or yr set of men will undertake to 2ereafter dictate the price of our ~reat staple, if we stick together. I ask the good wishes, influence and ooperation of all interested in the outh's welfare, and justice to all nen. Do nothing, expect sympathy tnd God pity us; but wake up, wora ecd God pity those who attempt to reck our lives and our country. Full details of the plan for our pro ection will be given later. It is not acessary for the wreckers to have mything but an in'diog of it j estnet. JorsI r. RcDDEY . Not For Whoist. Maj. S. A. Jon as, the wise ani prac cal editor of the Aberdeen, Miss., x iminer, does not app prove of sout a rn people raising any considerable 1nount of wheat beyond what they >rdinarily do. He contends that, as a ule, and especially in the cotton belt, it will ne ver be a general or favorite >rop in this region while 11>ur can be purchased at $3 or $1 a barrel, as was :he case prior to the present European iei~it an Asiatic famine spurt, and will in all probability be the case for the next decade. Wheat farming has een to a large extent abandoned in [owa, Illinois. Minnesota and other states of tae old west, and in most of the eastern and middle states except in the vicinity of the great merchant nils, waere it can be deliveredI fraan Farm wagons without being tythed by riiroads, elev.iors and middle men. 3)r Misihsippi friend counsels all far t crs anxious to imorove tneir conci ion to devote more attention to their meadows, iences, water pools and dry :attle, and add to their holaings snall il ic'ss of sheep. He urges them to turn to the Uarolinas and Floridia, where -vithin tee last few years tens of thousands of poor people hive upon thiu pine lands attained co-npetence sad2 even wealth b7 t e cativation of tobacco. ihis is good advice. If any farmers care to r.aise waeat, aud has acili i~ for grindng it uear at hand he might mak- t'~e expement, bit, as aa, extensive weat grow inga the so;t uier existing con dons, and wvita a pros et of cheap I .ur r th-wnnx :ar, cannot be emy com -ad d. - s ihron His H -mith FuIy Re-s::jred. Ser~aco T'ilm hsulyrecoered -t est. :=- isocC'e prsc He " was i::'iubiJ . W..deshyC onU' o a epaa oft S.t.e ht :md he .ci nta'e cam awn, bwi. hI d s:-sar i al n t:it~ Jude s ua~ smieahe:: ta a ede u Leames X. atJdeS u~u nae t.c icay disaster at G~rrisons. HP ' am om tO thear andr chaoe a hole in it. A WICK ! WOMAN'S WiLd FLOSSIE KERR AND i-ER 'CKVMA!L ING SHEME. The V.cim a New Yolk 1archanc-Her Plana Were Elabora:e ad Worked WeI1 Until Bccku up by :: e Polca. Charleston is now dancasirg rather s-satfoual cs. i:volving a a phy ci i f thaCt c a N York mjere a :t. T e folloing p-. r Iiculars of the c .se take from te News and Couricr of east Wednsday: F"icssie K-err is the namre of a rather preposcessiog icckirg rulatto woum. who, a year ago. was n.o orious in the life on the shady side of the Charles ton Rialto. She had her Biing, as flings go, in the class to which she be longed, and then for a time h:r place here kne'V ber no more. Several months later the K r woman appear ed in the city occe mnor , took up her residence on Magazine street, and took up with it m-st of the wickedness which had prcvioudiy made her a mark for the attention of the authori ties. Sie was, h1> ve)ver, guilty of a orvert a-lt against the peace and dignity, of the city, a-d until yester day m )rnin she trod in securty tae oath w-ich she h-.l chosen for ner self. Bat yesterd iy Catef B)yip and his cnorts visited t'ie house at N) 10 lagaz es street aud ;aid violent hands uo)a Frossie and an iuti-n3e friend or hers, and now bth wo-nea are locked up at pihc3 headq tarters, and the charges agei-ast taem are th most sensational, if not th: m )st serious, th :t hire ever bee- lo.igxi over against the unams >f t v3 woamen relis tered in the great dl y bool that is ke:rt at the Guard Huse. Fsr gool and sutliieat reasons ail of the story cannot ye: be tol., that is to say, a name here and there is with hell by the authorities for the time being by request. B it chief B.>yle said, when speaaing of the matter yes terday: "I said wen I came into tais otfice that I would admiister my daties witbout fear or favor, and S propose to do so in this ics.atce. This scandal involves in a bad light the names of a Nev Y rker and a young Unareston physiciaa. I hold then for the present, but at the proper time they will doubtless be mad: public." It seens that one year ago this Fos sic Kerr went to Nsv Y rk to reside. Wnethershe set u:> an estaolishment of her own or weat into service as a domestic has not been d aitely et tied, but wails there sat made tic ac quaintance o' a respec:ale and well I to di marriad man. Sae pr.fessed to "e a Spanird, and passa-i uae: the Lane of F. M atese. H -vine ontca involved this pzrson in sa iu:riue, she cancoc:ed a se:me b whic-i sh e proposed to blackmiit h-- into sag po-ting her ia co:niort for years to come. After several months spenat in Ne v York she informed n-er victim that se was to tuecome a mother, and sac demanded that ne t ike seps to sup port and protect her. Bt veen tae n it was agreed tkat she should come to Charleston, and remain until she could once more appear la n York without fear of revealing ner sham'. Tne New Yor> dupe was, of c urse, to provide the money wit which this plan was to be successfuity executed. ITaus it was that, af ter a fe -r montias of metrooolitan life as F.rMontese, IFlossie Kerr once more appeared on the Rialo in this city and took up the old life where it h-ad been dropped a year ago. Remiittauces were seat ner regularly 'oy the New York man. Usually it was $50 eseca month, but on the 1st of Novembner the checs was for $100. Tne increase in tne amnount was proobiy due to exraexpensC n nurse sire and medical attenition wica ims month was expected to bring forth. IBut Fiossie Kerr was br:gnt. Sae knew that there would camne a day when she could no longe: collect tr: bute from her Nu v Y: r-a baaker us less she could produce ample and con vincing proof off their inutual sin Tnus it was that she amplided the de tails of her schenze. About the 1st of November she saw in th e New York Herald the announcement tha!. certain parties had a young baby which they desired to dispose of effectual'y, g m'et ly and comforiablv. See seat a bosom friend of hers, Bay Suan:er by na~me, to the metropolis to bild for tae posses sion of this misplaced bit of humanity. The Sumter woman made the j~urnaey to the great city, lea in e"e \oveai ber 2, and on Na'ember 5 sh returned to Cnariestona su .sfu "a boEh with her a prety h''- 'a', ' -r'eks olans to be a varitable idi:ehr friend andY erselI. Bait this wa no. all i en a that men who have bee olue:~n look fce- loopholes Aiecs.u demand e mnia ro'of hei galit, or ei5e they sa 'i :ei'r purse So 2: came to pass na: s::e coeue tnat it woul' o'- bs to .-v apai nad becroie a mother n a given day and dat-. Tis doctxment she foundt meatns to obt iand it is now on re for various ar.d sud r- sa.T Bu te cua~ne d' . r of ".22 s~-e~ thit inot nD~esayae Dt"'t'ovts d . .Asi--b rd suojcted1 )> a r':: e:: Here is whn th Tne Yor; Wor. "ijmbes of t.he Cr~zn Excnharg2e her and in other cities ?re some w.a excicd over the p tion to form a gizantic trust of all the cotton raisers Of the So'uh nhich is beiog advocated bv John !'. Iad: :t promiient ibro ky exhes are op o --eh-. If such a tras is kers say ther business :lill :. i ed, s far as ex ereider arnt c .1oi of the mark-.t is cea.i. i: Est will be able to petsicsa: di:tat" he pric of cotton in t n The Mos,:angle anid Financial Times, Ne: Por, X rp 'is: that ie 'icial ;" ,. -f e:Itt~a in this Cuntry let a far s tier share than a 5 , else o' the cd ; .bc1 it yieid Jbore it reaches th2 :a. ! Specula ors. tbr Y<"; spji aners and capitalis s manage t.. .1we a bulk of the rich returrrs which t e ia tinicent cotton ii -lds of the South rener ps sible. The trouble is that tue ct )i grower as a rule has not capit:;' enough to enable him t, handle his orodnct as he would like to. To a garge extent he has goie in debt for it bfo're it was raised; and when it is picked he has no chance, in the ma j ri:v o' cas:s, but t) sell it for what ever he can yet. Te cotton producers of the S u a ought to be rich men by rights. That they are not is only to: w.ell knownv. "Mr. John T. Roddey, a native of South Carolina, now doing business in New Yc as a member of the cot ton brokerge firm of John T. Roddey & Co., has u-zested a plan whereby the cotton growersshdll for.n a gigan ti3 coibiaation Or comooaw. As miy b 0 sIup:sed, Mr. Rnday'a sugesuo;n has caused a trcumsnd -us s -uation. Tae speculators in N.- - Y irk a' -. elsawrhere are alarmed be vond measure and the Southern picn ;ers are delighted. There is no doubt but the thing can be done if those coc:rre'd will but "put their shoulI ers to tue whcel." If dve cntcottoa will not stimulate the planters to make an erfort to help themselves, we do not know what will. It is q ite cartain, also, that unless they to somethiag, aad that right speedily, tiar wil get dee:-r in the mud than they are uor in the mire. i':on1 the New Yrk Tribanue, Nov. 13. 'Ce be ir element iu specuiative exnhamges is one of the 'most vicious o0st-cies th iadas:r:es o' lie c) ntry ha e had t contend against. Tne de pressing zilraence the b.hars of specu lati")a nav:: naK f;r the last year upon legitimate tra.in, ha; beern one of the unfortunate features of the hard timnes and -ecuperation under their savage a.ttecks his been slo.v. Natural con ditions may. of necessity, compel pri { es to drop, but then the bears force them still lower, never taking any thought of who is to be the loser. The bear element in soerulation has caus ea more distress, bankruptcy and ruin than any adverse c)ndition of the times. It is an element that stops at nothing to make prodts for itself, and it revels in its success. I -Unfortunately for the people of the South their staple product, cotton, has for tae last year been the football of the~ onerators of decline in the trading on the cstton exchanges hera and abroad. Tnere has been no let up in the steady warfare they have carried on against it, and every possible trick and devic has been used to ammer 'downa the price. S-mte:" Bloody Record. Th y ~ear 1897 h; .s been a bloody onei in Sumer county. The number of homicie thiat usave been committed pa the county alrea'ly avera.;e more thian one a'nonth up to the present tim. It will be remembered that on N-ew Year's day the arch fiend, Simon Sooper silled Grant Davis at Mago li e a se-riousy woun~ded several otners, andc in a ien dayns after buc.c ered the Wilson family and he negro Preton Smitc, makiog a totai of tive for him and was suosequently lynch ,e. himself; Henry Coo er L led by J J. McCoy at St.~Charls,. iostifiable; Jerry Mack killed at Elio' s by Jjhu Blaylock, acquitted; JimiBoone killedu oy Henry Carter, penite-itiary fo life: Hlarvey Taylor kille at Bror Sc"ar ~ro by~ H\r\Drow:W J. Le k-dd nIear BisOhovil, spposed to have ben -le by 'nris W\u k2Ale in~ auce. hsdes not n 'ude the naonber of those who have uin' cut in gi" or kie b airoad trai, etc.,btol a list cf homi: cida, the~ r.ames of te parties killei an ywom. and the result of the trihweretras have been held. The G nrta qotnder RE'>:d. ie Lt. Mrs .fnii Abbtott the u- 'rg a Wondr w~.as robd in o ani.. H:r tren ha ~-d bea roe ovand ai a>9 dood rin-:, ome a u.Apco ponted to 10. ar;.eC ar old ..n et te W~onde; d ma ~s-dCuret .iey a di iid i s on ':' al: esiC-s-'* in tA h ran iacv 2:a a:ou: n ci ::, wapt, e cla~aie 'C L Ur.d X eni, ye d.I 'u m .- C nmefia FsIRST IN THE FIELD. GOVERNOR ELLERBE WANTS TO BE RE ELECTED. H e Gives His views on the L'quor Qte. tion-Favors the Dispensary First, Then Frohibition-He is Tired of Being CritlI ciaed. G vernor Ellerbe has declared his car.Jidacy for reelection as governor o' the State and in advance of his an nual message to the general assembly h, has seen fit to present his views in -eard to the liquor question. He has .iso strongly expressed himself in re -ard to certain criticisms that have been made of iis official acts. Wed nes ay night the governor gave to the press the following interview. He said: "I see in the News and Courier of Tuesday an editorial com merting on the report from its Ches ter correspondent, which, while not di'e-tly doing so, may by insinuation .d n-ople to believe that the gover =o. advised Newbold not to surren der. The language used by the Ches ter correspondent is: "He was in structed by the State authorities not to sevrander today or until the court of ge: e -al sessions of Spartanburg coun ty bad adjourned. "I wish to denounce the statement 's absolite] and unqualifiedly false. i sent Mr. Newbold no message, gave im no advice and made no terms with any one for his surrender. I am getting heartily sick and tired of such dirty siings and insinuations. It seems that a gentleman has no protection, rut has to submit to such slanderous iustnuations. "I have also been harshly criticized for pardoning May and Buice for kill inms. Sims was a desperate moon shiner who was openly violating the l vs of the State and when May and 3 sic? attempted to seize the liquor S.ms started to fire on the officers,and d tiey not killed him, men in the discharge of their duty would have been killed. Moreover, Mr. Crawford, who was present, testified that the killing was in self-defense. This is eaireiy aside from the petitions and the endorsement of seven of the jur cr.:. There were in addition to other petitions one signed by many of the very best of Spartanburg's citizens. "There seems to be a common un derstanding on the part of certain people to destroy the dispensary law and they take advantage of all these unfortunate cecurrences to use them ag ainst the law. Since I have be governor I have tried fearlessly to perform my official duties, and will not be swerved by idle clamor or sense ess criticism. "?zv-ral days ago an interview was nrinted from Rev. Carroll, in which I was reported to have said that 'rather than j:in the liquor men, I would go to ' A great many have asked me to nil out that blank. What I said was: 'Before I would turn this State over to the liquor element I would go home and go to Blowing.' "The most difficult problem that confronts us today is that of the liq uor trafil. The dispensary, I think, is the best solution of the question, but as the courts have decided that the dispensary is not a police regula tion, I am in favor of amending the law so as to make it a police regula tion by eliminating the profit feature. and, if necessary, not to sell it as a beverage, but only for medicinal and sacramental purposes. ".Those who advocate high license have surely not read carefully the de cisions of the courts, for in the case of Scott vs. Donald the court advanced the vie w tha; the State could prohibit, they could inspect, but could do no more. If the dispensary is not a po I ice regulation and the State cannot coamrol the liqior under the dispen sary law, it certainly cannot do so un der high license. Besider, under a high license system it would in a few 1months d. g mnerate into tbe open bar room. As a rule, men who would buy a lic msee to sell whiskey would have ao mtoral character and would be al together irresponsible and perfectly i naitrerent to the welfare of the State and of the people. Their only object wcuid be to make money and the con stuionl restrictions would be disre gadd.Tis liquor fight is not a fac ional issu. It is a fight bet ween the moral elem-ents of our people and the --D you proiose to ma~ke a fight on prooose to go before the people on my re~cord and if necessary to ad voe e L- policy j ist outlined. Some ot iny enemnies have said I might be re elected because of the unwritten law to give a governor t wo terms. I want it u adsrstood that no one need 'seen out of the rsce on this account, and' I would not have it as a mere mnatter of precedent if my efforts did not warrant an endorsement. '-If I cannot refute the numerous charges that have been made against me, a cannot show to the people that I have honestly and faithfully ri'ed to <.ischarge the duties of the of d ce, I do not care to be re-elected. Some peo ple may think it is avery fiethinag u. be governor, but there are other things I valure more highly a.d before I would sacrifice my man licess or any principle I would be de ad - thousand times. While I ike to p ease I had matte: have the conci3.u.-ness of having done my duty afa heeplaus-53 of the world." K Gle d a Bnrglar. iy W ednesday marning Mr. L. O, Glrsson, of Millen, Ga., .was arued m sleep by some one endea ug to~ enterthe roomn. He inves le ois.', bt. seeing no one e u d b id e was soon arous adt this time saw a negro 'I'in from the hal diaey began shooting c n 'egro, who rolled , aally wounded. - Mr.G esson carry his em 1cth e store is what e n~. o~ept the robbery. He to'n bis hand as he ap c r. Glesson's first shot ui~nor h wold have shot (e. , uardedi. ac epre to have contained was found by a man .rrer.- by a private e American consulate a aaaThursday after * edoro ne consulate is ci rcles as being e n oke. Theiman I to be the individ e ed ue tue where it was o: der to guard against p n e .. e Spanish officials cuiosto guard the e ':se conul>teandto protest Uitcd m3ttmt CnsulGiea Le