The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 17, 1892, Image 1
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with tn?>ir pon=;^as
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with the wine which he
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world from the days of
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verses 17-23; Fs. xxv.,
"The Fi?ry Furnace"
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i fire tbou shalt not be
| the flame kindle upon
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1 before the ruier of the
human power at his
ititeV v know the King
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to defy the earthly
furnace awaits them.
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rules, ? Truth.
POLITICAL PROBLEMS. I
Maneuvering^ For Control of Govern
ments.
Four Partis Actively At Work Furth
? ermg- Their Interests.
1
X ? .
The three Republican H's from Illinois
? Hit'', Hopkins and* Henderson? have
| been renominated.
AH the strongest Republicans on the
Pennsylvania delegation will be in the
field for reflection to Congress.
A Republican Senator is authority for
the statement that Mr. B'aine w.l! not f
write a political letter of any kind nntil j
after the Minneapolis convention. He j
says Mr. Blaine told him this.
?
Among the Democratic Congressmen
renominated are Geary and Camioetti, of
California; Springer,'Busey,and YVilliams,
of Illinois Ho man, Bertz, Brown. and
Cooper, of Indiana; Hayes, of Iowa;
Tarsney. of Missouri; Williams, of North
Carolina, and Lavton, of Ohio.
people's party call.
Birmingham, Ala. ?George F.
Gaither, State chairman of the People's
party, issued a call for a State convention
to meet in Birmingham June 23d to put
out a full Srate ticket and elect delegates
to the Omaha Convention.
The official vote of Louisiana at the
April election has jost beei announced.
The following was the vote for Governor;
Foster (Dem.), r'9,388; McEnery (Dem.),
47.037; Leonard (SUb.), 29,459; Breau.x
(Rep.), 12,359; People's party ticket. 9,
792. The totaf 178,935, was less
by 7,751 tfe%n the vote for Governor in
1888, an astonishing fact io view of the
great excitement of the April contest.
FUSION IN KANSAS.
Kansas City, Mo.? A joint meeting of
the Democratic and People's party of J
Kansas was held here and they decided
that it would be well for' the Democratic
ami People s party to form a coalition
against the Republicans in the coming
elections. The meeting went into secret
session at 11 o'clock and did not adjourn
until 5 p. m. During the intervening
hours the whole matter of fusion was
thoroughly discusscd and a resolution
was adopted giving the sense of the
meeting as in favor of fusion.
At the Massachusetts 8tate Prohibi
tion convention Tharsday the committee
cn permanent organization ieported for
chairman the Rev. L. A. Banks, D. D.',
of Boston and for secretary George Cook,
Bjjtfambqdge. The chairman was given
three ro?siUg,T; beers as" the "fighting par
son" ano delivered a stirriug address.
Wolcolt Hamlin, of Amherst, was nomi
nated for Governor, and Edward Ken
kail, of Cambridge, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor by acclamation. The platform de
nouncGJ the liquor traffic, opposes the free
coinage of silver, trusts, monopolies and
combinations of capital.
ILLINOIS PROHIBITION I8T8.
Springfield, III., ?At the Piohibition
State convention the report of the com
mittee recommending George W. Gere, of
Champaign, and James Felter, of Sang
amon, as electors for the State- at large
was unanimously adopted. R. R. Link,
a farmer, was nominated for Governor by
acclamation, a?d addressed the convent
ion briefly. The ticket was completed as
follows, all the nominations being made
by acclamation: Lieutenant-Governor ex
Hepresentative Jaro^s Laroont; Secretory
of ctate, John Killam; Auditor of Public I
Accounts, Samuel D. Noe; Treasuier, T. I
S. Marshall; Attorney General, A. P. I
Wright. The platform adopted bv the
convention declared emphatically against
the liquor traffic. A resolution was
adopted declaring in favor of closiDg the
World's Fair on Sunday.
AN INDIAN RUNNING *0R CONGRESS.
The Republicans of the Fourth district
af Kansas have chosen a quarter breed In
dian named Charles Curtis as their candi
date for congress. He is a native of Kan
sas,- having been born in Shawnee county
in January, 1860. His father was a
ferryman or the Kew river kt Topeka.
His mother was a half ..breed Pottawat
omie, and her son is proud of her blood .
Curtis' parents weie poor and his early*
life was a struggle. When a boy he was
a successful riiier of race hor-ts, and
thus managed to make a living and some
thing to spare for his fcjth r and mother.
He was ambitious and tv ok, advan>age of
the public schools.
As he grew older he became a hack
driver, and among his patrons in the * v
enties were United States Senator Pome
rov and his successor. Senator Ingalls. j
While he drove a hack he kept up his
studies. He ?aved enongh money to go
through the Topeka high school, and af
terward read law and was admitted to the
bar in 18$!. He was chosen county attor
ney in 1884 and ag-un in 1*86. He is
earnest and resolute, and if he gets to
congTess he will not be lost sight of.
MITCH F.LL FOR GOVKRNOR.
Tampa, Fla.? The Democratic con
vention -eras in session till nearly 3 o'clock
in tjje morning. At 1 o'clock the two
: thirds rule was adopted and then the
j Mitchell men forced the presentation of
| names of gubernatorial candidates a?ain>t
I strangeppositiorii^id amotion to adjourn.
After Mitchell's name was presented j
county after county fell in lint- for him i
and at 2:15 he was nominated by accla- j
nation, no other name being presented j
against him.
TTje convention re assembled at It a. :
m. R. Fenwick Taylor, of Alarhua, for
Justice of the Supre-ne Court; Dr. John !
L. Crawford, of Wakulla, for Secretary j
State, and W. B Lamar, of Jefferson,
for Attorney General; W. N. She ts, of
Ataclraa, for Supt. Public Instruction,
L were all nominated by acclamation.
The committee on Chicago delegates was
controlled'hy t)| Alliance. Four names j
were presented for State Treasurer ; State
Senator J. F. Baya. of Columbia county;
j State Senator John D. Perrong. of Cal
houn; C. B. Collins of Marion, and E. J .
Triay erf JUural, the present incwobent.
h Collins was nominated on the third bal
lot. For Commissioner of Agriculture,
L. B. Wambefl, of Jackson, was chosen. |
The ticket is genera' ly* acceptable to.
the anti Mitchell men. Following are the
national electors: For State at-large, TV
M. Shackelford, of Hernandon. an<l B.
B. Blaokwell, of Suwannee: first con
gressional district, A. E. Maxwell, of
i Escambia: second. W. N. Thompson, of
Nassau. Alternate*^** *te-at -large. A.
W. Crifchn^ of Desoto, and S J. Turn
bull, of Jefferson ; first district, W. H.
Milton, Jr., of Jackson; second, W. Lx
McDancy, of Duval, At 3 o'clock the
convention took a recess until 4 p. m.
A LEGISLATIVE SNAG.
Free Rural Mail Delivery Gives Rise
to a Debate.
WASHEfGTOjr, C.? After a bill was
reported to expedite the consi<|e: ation of
pernios claims, the hooee went into com
mittee of the whole (Mr. Buchanan,
Democrat, of Virginia, ia the Cbair) on
the postoffice appropriation bill umier the
five m:nute rule. The item of |10,45<y)00
for free delivery proved the first snag in
the bill.
Mr. Caldwell (Rep.), of Pennyslvania,
thought that the free delivery should be
extended. There were many importent
localities entirely cut off from proper
postal facilities because the appropria
tion was insufficient.
Mr. Clark (Dem.), of Alabama, attack
ed the operation of the postal laws, un
der Postmaster General Wanamaker.
Mr. Compton (Dem.), of Maryland,
thought that the s )lution of rural deliv
ery was in the establishment of more
postofficea. He favored free delivery
wherever it waa practicable, but this was
not the case in rural localities. x"
Mr. Henderson (Rep.), ??_-Iowa,
thought the farmer was as much entitled
to rapid postal facilities as those living
in cities. He favored free box rent to
every farmer.
Mr. Moses (Dem.), of Georgia, diverted
somewhat ftpm the bill for a tariff
speech, in which he attacked the McKin
ley law and said there was not a law
ever passed by Congress which recog
nized the rights~or interests of the far
mers. The farmers paid for the postage
that the cities use. TVTio would deny it?
Mr. Bingham (Rep ), of Pennyslvania,
interrupting: "I do."
Mr. Moses: "No sane man would
deny it." [Laughter.]
Mr. Dolliver, Republican of Iowa, sym
pathized with the movement to extend
free delivery to the rural districts.
An attempt was made to limit the de
bate on thit clause for free delivery, but
no understanding could be arrived at.
After an hour's debate a vote was takeo.
which disclosed the lack of a quorum,
Mr. Caldwell, Republican, of Ohio, mik
ing this point. Mr. Henderson, Demo
crat, of North Carolina, being in charge
of the bill, then moved a call for the com
mittee. This disclosed a quorum present
which vanished, however, on a vote. He
then moved that the committee rise, and
a resolution passed revoking all leaves of
absence except for personal or family
illness, and directing the sergeant at
arms to telegraph to absent members to
return. On motion of Mr. McMillin,
Democoat, of Tennessee, the House the a
adjourned. *
The following day Mr Lanham, (Dem.),
of Texas, by request of Mr. Crain, (Dem.),
of Texas, offered the following amend
ment:
That the appropriation of $10,450,000
for fee delivery shall be disbursed in
such manner that no additional free de
livery offices shall be established in any
congressional district created by virtue
of the congressional apportionment act
rin which there may be established ode or
more free delivery offices, nor shall the
free delivery facilities be increased in
said offices until every congressional dis
trict ia which there may be a place p->s
sessing the necessary qnalificitions shall
have been supplied with at least one free
delivery office. It was adopted? 114 to
5&
Mr. Livingston, (Dem ), of Georgia,
offered an amendmeut providing that
$100,000 should be used K>r experimental
rural delivery outside of towns and
villages.
The chairman ruled the. amendment
out of order.
The bill pa?sed Thursday without anv
further material changes.
THE OLD LADY OUTWITTED.
A Loving Couple of Marboro Wed
ded on a Train.
Kennettsville, S. C.? Julius Mathe
son and Miss Mattie McLeod of Bethle
heim.this couuty,have been lovers for some
time, and their maniage has been pre
vented by tbe unre cntinir opposition of
yonng lady's moth r. Wednesday Miss
McLeod took the train at this place,
bound for some place in North Carolina,
to attend a col lege commencement. At
Tatum station, six miles north o# here,
Mr. Mathesoo; in company with Rev. E.
P. Easrerling, also boarded the train, and
the two lovers were immediately married
while the train was in motiOS, continu
ing the trip to Nor. h < 'arolina. The con
tracting parties are from the best families
*n the county.
New Industries in the South
The- record of new industries in the
South, as given by the Manufacturers'
Record in its issue of June 3, shows the
following improtant items:
A $100,000 and a $25,000 machine
works company, an $18,750 machine
company and a $25,000 cotton compress
company, all at Birmingham, Ala. ; a
$100,000 heat and power company at bt.
AugusMnc, Fla. ; a $25,000 lumber com
pany at Atlanta, Ga. ; a $100,000 hedge
tV-nce company at Savannab.Ga. ;a $125,
t! >9 plmv-lioe-company atTalbotton, Ga. ;
a 550 000 publishing company at Coving
ton. Cy ; a $10,000 saddlery company, a
$10iV000 reanufacturing company at
Louisville, Ky. ; a $25,000 leather dress
ing company at Baltimore. Md. ; a $160,
000 e'ectric light and water company at
Newborn, N. C. : a $00,000 cotton mill
company at Shelby, N. C. ; a $10,000
creamery company at WayMSville, N. C. ;
a $25,000 ao*p and reSn^j^ company at
Dallas, Texas: a $25,00$ cotton-seed oil
mill company at Flatouia,Texas; a $100,
000 wharf and warehouse company at
Norfolk, Va. , a $;>0,000 tobacco man
ufacturing company at Louisville, Ky. ;
a $25,000 -ww mill company at Jasper,
Tean., and a $1<? 'HX> mt-iufacturing and
a $150,000 roachtue works company at
Baltimore. Md.
Honoris# Jatfsrson Davis in Florida
_
Palatka, Fla.? By grace of the last
session of the Legislature Jefferson Davis'
birthday anniversary is now legal holiday
io Florida, and today is ft* first observ
wko. 7$
The Old Dominion Lumber Co., of
Norfolk. Va.. has purchased Green's
swamp in Brunswick county, near Wil
^>n, N. C , and will endeavor to at-once
make arrangements foT erecting saw and'
planing mills to develop the timber on 1
-same.
I i
ALLIANCE COLUMN.
How the Order is Standing the Crn
cial Test
Congressman Jerry Simpson Warms
Up at "Warrenton, Va.
V
"VVaphisgtont. D. C. ? Mr. Bland has
introduced "a bill to admit free of duty
goods, wares, and merchandise purchas
ed in foreign countries with ihe farm
products of this country/'
***? + ?
DESTRUCTION OF PLUTOCRACY.
BY DR. A. S. HOCOHTO* ( AFTSB BYROSL
The gold bugs swooped town, like fierce wolves. on
the fold.
And their cohorts were decked fn bright purple and
golf;
And the glint of their banners, like waves of the
Rose and fell as they charged the brigades of the
frep.
While the traitors and spies, stalking far In the rear,
Were destroyed by vengeance or silenced by fear.
Like the minions of satan the enemy crew;
Like the circling planet* their ~6rbit? tnev drew;
like the combat of wolves was the conflict begun;
Like the melting of snow was the carnage when
done.
For the legions of evil* unspaftered with blood.
Had been washed from earth by a popular flood.
AJhI there lay the leader* iuibended in grime.
With their purple accoutrements covered with
/) slime;
?And the wrecks of the engines they built to enslave,
Wrre conskm<-d to the palsy and gloom of the grave;
And the whRi* dove or peace spread her wings o'er
the land.
Now dell vefert at last from the plutocrat hand.
And loud wafethe weeping in London and Weln,
Acd the bottles were broke on tho banks of the
Rhin-.
For the people, aroused, had in thunder made rilaln
They were, done with the falsehoods of gold and
c* ampagne;
And forever determined to trifle no more
With the schemes of a foreign lulmlca' shore,
? Rut as free, -independent, and liberal foes.
Of all who sut?j?vtlon to otuers propose;
Maintain a republic whese all take a hand.
Where the will of the people's the law of the land.
* * * ? 4- *
The Alliance Herald (Montgomery,
I Ala.) says: The aggregate deposits in
the banks of this country is over two
billions. If all the depositors should call
for their cash the same day, every bank
would su-pend and everybody would
loose their money. That is the biggest
confidence game ever played in any coun
i try.
* * Jr. * * *
AVERAGE RESPECTABILITY.
Ward McAllister's estimate of the an
nual living expenses of the family of
average respectability, consisting of hus-3
hand, wife and three children, -amounts
to $183,925. He itemizts as follows:
Rent of city house (7 per cent, upon its
value), #14,000; yearly expense of coun
try house. $6,000; indoor servant's wages,
$8,016 ; household expenses, exclusive of
servants' wages, $18,964; his wife's dress
ing, $10,000; his own wardrobe, $2,000;
children's clothing and pocket money,
$4,500; three children's schooling, $4,
500 ; entertaining by giving a ball and
dances, $7,000; eniertiining at dinner.
$9,000; op?ra box, $4,500; theatre and
supper parties after theatre, $1.200; pa
pers and magazines, $100; jeweler's run
ning account. $1,000; stationery, $3,000; '
wedding presents and holiday gifts, $1,
500; pew in church $300; club dues,
$425 ; physician's bill, $800; dentist's;
bill, $300; transportation of household!'
to country and re u?n, $250; traveling
in Europe three months during the spring,
$9,000; cost of tables, $17,100.? Ex.
******
A big crowd of members of the Farm
ers1 Alliance went to Warrenton, Va.,
Tuesday to hear Congressman Jerry Simp
son speak. He handled Democratic and
Republican principles without Ngloves.
. and this provoked a Democrat lK the
audience, *who continually interrupted
the speaker. At last Je.ry called out :
"If that gentlemen don't keep quite I'll
jwli off my socks and pitch into him."
nThe speaker advocated unlimited coin
age and other Alliance measures, and
said: "You can't reform the tariff any
more than you can reform h -11." He was
for free trade, not tariff reform.
******
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Progressive Farmer says: The
State Democratic convention in
South Carolina has now become a
matter of history. Tt e friends of the
Alliance demands deserve great credit for
the victory they gained. They-ccmposed
a large majority of the convention rand
conducted theins-lves with wisdom and
conservatism. Thfv have asserted their
supremacy and placed their princples in
the Democratic platform. If every State,
or even a majority of the State, had done
I this, those principles ci uld have been
j engrafted in the national platform of one
| of the old parties and guaranteed its sue
; cess in the coining national contest. -But
j it seems to have been impossible in any
? other State to fully succeed in this
' method ; and, therefore, South^CaroMna
| will have the honor of standing aloBe in
i the Chicago convention, and putting the
! national Democratic party on record on
i the Alliance demands.
******
The Pi'-kens County New-, (Ala.) asks:
If there is an ovei production of cotton, j
why are cotton goods not cheaDer? Why
are so many suffei in<x for the want of suffic
I ient clothing? If there is an overproduc
tion of wheat, why is not flour cheaper?
; Why ao many hungry people in the land?
Is there an overproduction of meat? If
I so, why so much want and starvation?
Why island so cheap? Why is labor so
! cheap? Don't you suppose scarcity of '
money has more to do with it than any
" tiling else?
The Independent Press, (Neb) savs:
John I). Hockcfel er, of New York, is
worth $1*25.< OO.nOO. the average
wealth in this rountrv is f 1.000 per capita,
-in ordf-r to sustain this nun in nse'ew?
wealth 1 25.000 ivi?ons must he deprived
M-thfeir list dollnr.
***** *
A plan is being operated in the
Dakota Each Sub- Alliance ia asked to
prepare and seed * cf-rtain number of ;
acres of land to v\hr-at. This is to he an
r>fFcring for the spre d Af Alliance princi
ples. by selling the wheat and expending
the proceeds for th;U object. It is sai i
that hundreds of acres will he used in
that manner, and great good is expected
from tho experiment. Such methods
i disclose an earnestness that should know
| neither opposition nor dis ouragement.
and should lead a nation or a people out
of the dark shidowsof distress into the
bright sunshine of prosperity.
* * * * * *
A correspondent writing from Min
[ nesota. 'snys that Sta'e has over fourteen
hundred Alliances and many Citizens'
Alliances.
The greatest "calamity howler1" has
just began tohowl. He is the United
States Census. He declares that there are
nine million mortgages in existence at
thi<* tim^: that'tliirtv-one thousand people
own more thin h ?lf of all the wealth io
tb?- country.
MANY KILLED AND MAIMED/
i Furious Sweep of a Cyclone Over
Texas Causes Much Damage.
! (jALveston. Tex.? Special from Lott.
J Texas, says: The vicinity of Durangc
i was visited by a terrible cyclone. W. Y.
' McPherson's place was struck first and
I wiped from the face of the earth. Thi
places of Phillip .Stevens, John Straw n.
Lee Farmer, Torn Farmer, .1. M. Ander
son and J. J*. BoSin were utterly demolish'
ed, and Stevens Strawn. Mrs. Bolin, hei
two children and Lee Parmer hurt. Tom
Farmer's child was injured and the place
of J. Groce was swept away, but Groct
and his family were secure in a store
house.
The next pla^c in the path of dcstruc
j tion was W. T. Weather's. Mr. Weath
er's wife and live children and J. Hi eves,
wife and baby were all in this bouse Mr.
Wether's wife and two children were
killed, the other three children being
dangerously hurt. ?
Mr. Reeves had his leg nnd collar-be^
broken. Mrs. Reeves was severely hurt
and is stflj unconscious, while her baby
escaped. Mr. Reeves' place was next
completely destroyed.
Ed . Bull's placc was next in the path
and was destroyed and he was crippled.
The house of H. Childers was uext'de
*t roved and he aud his two children hurt,
but not seriously. AlVoJ: these places ^rere
completely destroyed, tiaf of Mr. Joe
Bolin's children was hurt. desola
tion which passes description,
*een. ' >
CENSUS OFFTCECOTTON BULLETIN.
Comparative Production in Four
States for the Teat* of 1879- -
'80 and 1889-'90.
Wasjuxgton, D. C.?The census office
issued a bulletin containing the prelimi
nary statistics of cotton produced in the
States of North Carolina, Georgia and
Florida for the vear ending May 31,
1890.
In North Carolina the total area de
voted ?o the cultivation of cotton in the
year 1680-'90 was 1,147,206 acres, and
the production of cotton 336,245 bales,
as compared with a cultivated area of
893*153 acres, and a production of 369,
589 bales in 1879-'80.
In South Carolina the iotal area devot
ed to the cultivation of cotton in 1889-'90
was 1,987,651 acres, and the production
of cotton 746.798 bales, as compared with
a cultivated area of 1,364,249 acres, and
a production of 522,548 bales in ljl79-'80.
In Georgia the total area devoted to
the cultivation of cotton in 1889-'90 was
3,345,526 acres, and the production of
cotton 1,196,919 bales, as agaicst 2,617,
138 acres and 814,441 bales in 1879 '80.
In Florida the total area devoted to the
cultivation of cotton in 1889-*90 was 227,
370 acres, and the production of cotton
5?,92? bales, against 245,295 acres and a
production of 54,997 bales in lSTO-'SO
PUT OFF THE ROBBERY TOO LONG.
Bold Train Robbers Make a Meagre
Haul--Ju8t Missed $50,000.
Wichita, Kaw. ? The south bound
Santa Fe passenger train which leaves
Wichita at 5:45 p. m., was held up in the
night by masked robbers at the stock
yards near the station of Red Rock, in
the Cherokee strip. The train was flag
ged and the engineer and fireman were
taken prisoners. The robbers then en
tered the express car, broke open the safe
and secured its contents. The passengers
were not molested. The robbers secured
only about $400 from the express box and
$50 and a gold watch belonging to one
of the passengers. /
They were unlucky in the selection of
the night, as only two nigbti prior to last
night the same trnin earned $50,000.
The robbers /mounted ho/ses and rode
awav. Alarge posse loft Guthrie at
daylight for the scene, #ut as it is over
fifty miles distant the rubbers will get a
good start.
This Cage Hrs Held Many Birds.
Richmond, V ? Richmond is about
to lose one of its oki and historic land
marks. The Henrico county jail, the
work of tearing down which has just
begun, is oae of the oldest buildings in
the city, having been erected about 1750.
During its day the jail has held tnanv no
torious prisoners. A new jail is to be
built of stone and steel by a Cleveland,
Ohio, tirm, au^^ill cost about ? 12,000.
Roanoke's Big Boom,
r> ' > _ ,
Roanoke, va.? Great preparations are j
betog made for Roauoke's Decennial cel
ebration. Nearly all the military com- i
papies in the State have accepted invita- J
tions to be present and it is expected that ;
1(^000 mcu will he in line on the day of I
the parade. Connibutions are coming I
ill/liberally. The city council appropriate i
ed $2,500 foi c\ t m.
A Funeral Instead of a Wedding.
Richmond. Va. ? The body of William
T. Abbot was found floating in the canal
at Seve.it h street, at 0 o'clock. Mr Ab
bott had been missing since'Monday^night. I
He was engaged to be marriptl^J/* :i vcry '
estimable lady of this city, and it is said I
?he wedding was to have tok^n place j
Thnrsdav night.
j
Killed Whilo Stealing Cabbages.
Savannah, Ga.? While btea'ing cnb j
bages from the faim of William Meyei?,.
!> ar this city, at an early hour, Dennis
Small, a crippled nrg10. wa? ?hot by
Meyers and his hired man and killed. !
and the coroner's jury considered
it justifiable homicide.
Association of Nurserymen.
Atlanta, Ga ? The National Asso
ciation of Nurseryman, in session here
for the last two d^ys. passed r< solution
denouncing'^the inspection laws <A Cali
fornia. and adjourned to meet next year
in Chicago.
South Carolina Naval Battalion.
Columbia, S. C. ? Adjuta.t General
Farley has completed the formation ?<f the
Naval Battalion of volunteer militia of
South Carolina, with the LaFnyette Ar- ;
tillery^of Charleston. Beaufort Artillery,
of Beatifort, and Chicora Rifles, of Mount
Pleasant.
. It is said that a party of N'-rthern c#?pi '
talists owning a cottoh null of 1,000 loonjs j
and the necessity spinning machinery to j
manufacture fine ginghams are seatebing
f?r a location in NotJth or South Carolina
They want a site-aeata rajifoad aod "water
p*Ver' ; vv
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
*
Tire Republican Party Assembles at
Minneapolis.
?' 'v J
Fassett, of New York, Temporary
Chairman, Gov. McKinltey, of
Ohio, Permanent Chairman.
Minneapolis, Minn.? It whs just 13:30
when Chairman Clarkson,- of the national
committee, struck t'ue table a light tap
with the gavel. It was not. enough to re
store order, but it caused many of the del
egates to sit down :ind to cease conver
sation. A moment later Mr. Clarkson
brought the gavel down again twice sharp
ly and the convention and galleries came
to order quickly, and there was not a de
legate standing when Mr. Clarkson an
nounced that the session would be open^J
with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Brush, Chan
cellor of tbe University of (south Dakota
The whole convention slope! asDr.Bru h
delivered the invocation/
M. H. DeYouog. of California, (hen
stepped forward and read the call for the
convention.
At 12:39 the reading of the call was
concluded and I hairigan Clarkson arose
and announced that he wis instructed by
the committee to present to the conven
tion for its temporary chairman, Hon. J.
Sloat Fassett, x>f New York. There was
a round of applause ot this announcement
and a minuto later Chairman Clarkson
was presenting him to the convention.
He received the customary vocal welcome,
the New York delegation rising and wav
ing their hats in his honor. Mr, Fassett
occupied half an hour with h s speech,
aud then almost immedi&tely there went
up cries of \*Keed!" "Reed!."
Mr. Reed thf n tyscended the platform,
and made a short address which was re
ceived Aith enthusiasm.
Gov. McKinley was unanimously nslect
ed by the committee on permanent organ
ization for chairman of the convention.
WHEN THE WORLD WILL END.
2
The Rev. Mr. P<i^tell Foretells Dire
Happenings Close at Hand.
Atlanta, GX.--N$rth Georgia is now
in throes of religious excitement produced
by the preaching of the Rev. T. K. Pos
tell. a Baptist missionary from the Indian
Territory, who declares himself to be in
formed as to the date fixed for the eud
of the world.
Post ell was bom in Georgia about 40
years ago. On attaining manhood he
entered the ministry and was sent as a
missionary to the Indians. For fifteen
ye^rs he was engaged in that work. He
says that in the last year he had so ri)$ny
mysterious revelations made to him tftaL
he felt called upon to preach to bis own
people- their impending doom. He came
back to Georgia and is cow engaged in
the county near Dahlonega, giving the
residents the bentit of his knowledge.
The Jews, he said, will take up their
journey to Palestine ou April 3, 189*i
On April 3, 1900, the new temple at Je
rnsalem will be dedicated with impres
sive ccremonies, aud Christ will make
his second advent on Mount Olivet on
May 15 of tbe same year.
Postell th'nks that the mountains
should be secured by Christian people in
time so as to keep it clear of squatters.
in the meautime all the disasters fore
told for the last days will have begun.
Brethren will be arrayed against each
other as nevir before. There will be
wars and political revolutions calculated
to drive people to a sense of their duty
to God.
Postells hearers] listen with eargerness
to his revelations and talk of nothing but
the cud of time.
Sixty People Poisoned by Ice Cream.
Piedmont, S. C. ? An ice cream festi
val giveu here Saturday night under the
auspices of the Presbyteri iu church re
sulted in a wholesale poisoning of its
customers. Iv is said that the cream was
made ou Friday aud, remaining iu the
cans over night, had developed a taste
less but dangerous power. The eveuiug
passed off merrily, pleasant to the guests
and profitable to the church, but. a short
time after their return home about sixty
of those who had partaken of the un
healthy dish began to exhibit syniptorns
of acute poisoning and the physicians of
tin; place were ovtrwhelmed with urgent
calls. Many of the cases were severe,
and but for prompt attention would cer
tainly have resulted fatally. This event
will doubthss establish the fact in this
community that ice cream and tin caus
cannot be left together with safety.
Tlte Varied L'sc of Sl?1e.
Slate is a variety of rock, having &
small, compact grain, and a very tine,
continuous cleavage or splitting structure,
by which it can be separated into thin,
evea places of great consistency. It was
originally just so much soft mud on the
floor an ancient sea, but, in the course
of age* it became consolidated, and then
metamorphosed, or gradually altered in
character by the continued operation of
various natural forces, until its present
condition was attained. The chief em
ployment of slate in commerce is that of
a roofiing material, for which purpose
it is better adapted than any other sub
stance that has yet been tried. School
slates are prepared in a very simple man
ner from picked specimens of the com
mon rooting variety, those of the Welsh
quarries, however, beini; generally pre
ferred to auy other. The plates which
are to be made into writing slate? must
nave a homegenous or finely grained and
equal text ive, and he without any yellow
pyrites or "slate diamonds," as these
familiar glittering crystals are often
termed. After they h*ve been separated
from the other sorts they are carried to
workmen, who fashion them into school
slates, by first splitting them up evenly
if required, and then finely polishing
{hem even with specially adapted steel
tools. They are next seut to the joiners
to be fitted with wooden frames, after
which they are quite ready for the edu
cational markets at home or abroad. One
workman cao polish or tinishsuch a large
number of school slates in a day that the
profit to the slats master or company is
considerable, even if tfeej are retailed at ?
prices as low aa a penny or ftaro pence
tacb. ? Yaniee Blade, i
Person in Ai'thnritj-^iJid how do
you tike going to idio^ uoyT** Tb*
Coming Han-^-'I tike goin* well 'nuff;
it's the stoppin' w'eq I gets there I bol- ,
Hers at." ? Fuu.
SELECT 8IFTIXQS.
Laughing gu was discovered la 1876.
Big Gimlet it the nam? of a winding
strewn jn Missiouri. >
The cocoa tree of the MaldivS Island)
every month produces a cluster of nuts.
Professor A. C. Reese, of Carrollton,
Ga., has been teaching school fifty-sii
years.
To keep ferns alive in a warm room
try wetting the leaves each iday with
tepid water.
Thefraitof an ordinary banana tree
averages from thirty-live to forty pounds
weight in a season.
' 0?er a doren American families are
named as having taken houses in Lo&doil
for the coming season.
In South Africa the seller of any horse
or ox is bpund by law to provide two
sureties that it was not stolen.
A neW universal language is on the
principle of numbering. Every word is
numbered. For eiastyle: 44I write to
know," would be 10, 72, 35676.
A watchmaker In Nuremberg, Bavaria,
has invented a device. which displays on
a face of a clock, one %our before it is
about to run down, the warning word,
"Wind."
The principal wheat exporting coun
tries of the world are in the order named:
the United States, British India, Austria
Hungary, Russia, Australasia and the
Argentine. j S
There is a tract of land in Levy County,
Florida, in which three holes have been
dug thirty feet apart and each excavation
has laid bare parts of the skeleton of~e~
huge animal. -
One of fashion's devotees su^gerti
thst the Government ought to print an
assortment of postage stamps with a
black border, for the use of the people
in mourning, t' I'M
Lumbermen returning from the head
waters pf the Machias River in Maine re
port that the weather was so warm in
. that region during January that hornets
left their hives.
The grestest flshway in the world is
I? the course of construction on the
Potomac at the Great Falls. When it is
completed it will carry fish over a vert
ical fall of seventy-two feet.
The first train to run in Great Britain
was between Stockton and Darlington on
September 27, 1825. George Stephenson
was the ixifpt and the speed was not
more than five miles an hour.
A foi pursued by hounds ran into a
door-yara in the town of Waldo, La., the
other day, and just as he was going over
a wall a man caught and killed the ani
mal by choking him to death.
A law is to be passed in Co9ta Rica,
"Central America, making the sale to for
eigners of Indian antiquities collected in
the republic a crime punishable with
severe penalties. A similar law is to be
. passed in Ecuador,
The earliest known leas is one of rock
crystal unearthed by Bayard at Nine
veh. This lens, the age of which is
measured by thousands of years now lies
in the British Museum, as bright and as
clear as it was tho day it left the maker's
hands.
A nineteen year old girl of Cincinnati,
Ohio, placed a chair over a hole in the .
sidewalk ^opposite her father's liouso
where Western Union workmen were
about to put a telegraph pole. She sat
on tho chair until her father obtained an
injunction.
The National Library in Washington
contains 700,000, bound volumes and
200,000 pamphlets. The yearly increase
is from 15,000 to 20,000 volumej, and
the new building, which will be com
pleted in four years, is to be capable of
holding 4,000,000 books.
The AstoT estate has, upon competent
authority, twenty-five acres in New York
City, all built up below Eighty-sixth
street, and that is less than half of it.
When the Astor House, now valued at
$2,000,000, was built in 1S35, John
Jacob Astor sold it to his sou, Williaa
B., for 11. ^
The credit of inaugurating Arbor Day
belongs to the Nebraska State Board of
Agricultuie, which, in 1874, recom
mended the second Wednesday of April
in each year as a day dedicated to tho
work of planting trees, with a vie v of
encouraging tho love of tree* and the
preservation or American woods.
Much of civilized history coul 1 be
written in lace. More thau almost any
other luxury it has been the burden of
statecraft, the concerns of kin^f. The
Moors brought it into Spain aton< will
other arts. It is Colbert's glory to have
planted it securely in France, whe ice
the Huguenots took it to E-igland, Bel
uium and Flanders.
O
Wctt Groomed Animals Work Best.
Let two men of equal strength start at
any bard outdoor work. Letthem have
the same food and shelter. Oue man
washes and change: hisclothes frequent
ly; if he gets his feet frit he changes his
stockings and dries his feet at night; he j
keeps his skin clean and his clothes well }
?aired. The other simply 'eats to work/ j
paying little or no attention to keeping
cleau and dry. Doe? anybody doubt
which man will do the more *nd better
work during the season? We often hear
men say they fee-i their horses
well but still they can't get them fat. Of '
; course they can't. It needs something
! besides dumping hay h n < i grain into the ?
j manner and lee 1 ho.x an<l then leaving
the horse to enjoy his food. Rubbing j
j nni drying pay with a hor-?> just as thty t
do with a -nao. A clean, open skin !
means more horse power. Even a steel
machine need* t> he rubbe I and pol
ished. The hors'i that d >cs more work
t*?a?> any ? ?t h^r we know of is kept by a
man who says* "When I havo nothing
else to do I go out and rub down that
horse-'' There ought to be some better '
way of spending a portion of one's spare
time, but there be can no doubt about tho^
profit in a good currycomb and brush, j
? Chicago Times.
Bachelor ? "Say, Uenpecque, as yoiir L
wife is away let's go to a lecture to
'"night." Benedict (shuddering) ? "No,
thanks; I prefer a change from my usual I
j^dofpcslfc routine. Let's go to a deaf
rind dumb asylum."? New York Jour
! Waiter? "Will you have salt on your i
eires?" Guest ? "No, thank vr?u. j
Tnev're not at all fresh." ? Pick Me Up.
A POWERFUL TRIBUNAL \
-1,
North Carolina Railway Commission
Lays Down the Lawi.
They Order Oar Steps to Be lowered;
and Better Passenger Attorn*
modationeat Stations.
! t ;r
Rai^ioh, N. 0.? The' railway com
mission has issued orders to the iVilming
ton & Weld oo Railway to provide suita
ble passangei accomodations at Tarboro,
Bethel, Everett's and Wilson. jThe rail- ?
way sCtes to the comfcnissionj that it ie j
endeavoring to secure a- suit for the depot > ?
at Wilsou. These cases are hetolopen to '
see that the railway complies fully with ; | :
the commission's requirement*. i
The officials of the Western North Caro
lina Railroad having been noticed by the
commission of the serious complaints j
made regarding the condition df the Mur
phy branch, report that immediate steps
will be taken to put the road in safsaad
proper ahape. For many year# work has
goue on on this Murphy bratch, snd s
slow and tedious job it has teen/ Two
or three Legislatures have talkeda^eut-#.
The Richmond. & Danville Railroad is
obliged by the' terms of theffcobtraict with
the tftate to finish it, but nfenjr a time the
railroad people would likeio have thrown
up the contract. k
The railway commission issued an or
..der to all railways in tho State to
either lew^rthe ateps of their passenger
cars or else build platforms to that pas- ' ?
sengero can enter the car more reaaily.
There are many complaints that the steps
arc sa high that they cannot be reached ;
with any^egree^of convenience.
Cloth From Ramie.
The first experiment in the tnanufac* , -
ture of cloth from ramie m 'the United* J
States was made recently at thecal Jose : M
i (Cal.) woolen mill. Mr. Murray, of tho .
department of ramie culture,' had been is
San Jose for several days working up f
the interest in the new textile fibre, and
in the course of his work cameuTcon-; j'
tact with Superintentyit purr of the | ^
woolen mills. The latter ' became 'in*
fected with some of Mr. Hupmy's en
thusiasm, and it was not long before
arrangements were madevfor a practical
test of the new weed. s That test
made, and the result is omipentlf satis
factory. The fibre was put through tho
same presses at the mills 4s soy other -J '
material used for making cloth. It went ?
through the machines, was itwisted into
thread, and then a thread qf wool and a
thread of ramie were twisfed' together.
Being put on the loom the machine was
started, and in a few minutes the cloth
began slowly to unroU. ! ? ^ ? < :'v.
The fabric resultant from the process
was a strong, closely woiren piece of
cloth, strong and durable! folding it
up to the light one could n6t eee thltugh
it. The color of the clothi was. a hluj||i^
gray , the wool ?sup^in^the dyk arttT tho^^i
ramie fibre the light portion. Ramie is ^
much stronger than woolj, is forty -on^
times stronger than cotton and mors^.
nearly approaches silk ifl this respect
than any other material used in .the man
ufacture of cloth. Thus it is evidsst
that a fabric made of a mixture of wpol
snd rainie is far superior to a cotton S%<1
wool mixture.* The fiber, when
for the mills, is in bunches about $
feet long, of a creamy white >wlor an
has a luster like silk. It can 1m jiyed
any color and still retain its lusteW and
hence can be used in the manufacture of
silk-mixed weaves, making a fabViVjust
as good in every way but far cheaper
than if silk were used. J
It will have the effect when it comes
into general use of chcajpening all textiles
of this character, while .giving a fabrio
better in looks and wearing qualities.
One of the big points claimed for ramie
is the ease with which jt can be pro
duced and the consequent big profit to
the producer. Ramie is. nothing more
nor less than a weed,* and grows and
increases with the prolificness for which
weeds are noted. The plant does, not ^
need a rich soil; in faet, it seems to
thrive best in a soil in which nothing
else will grow, and is especially va'.uabre- _
on this account. It is claimed that three H
crops -a year can be secured, and at the
least calculation a profit of $200 an. acre
will pour into the pockets of the ramie,
cultivator. The field will not have to
be replanted for twenty years, for the
plants will grow and produce good fiber
for that length of time. + -Sen Francisco
Chronicle. ?
Tlie Tower of the Hirers*
The possibility of utilising the current
of our rirer3 to furnish power on shore
has often been a subject of i peculation.^
There are few minds wlich hare not rtc.
ognized the immense benefits that woald,
accrue from stteh an fcchievernent if it
wore possible; but the majority,. both
lay and expert, hare been accit^omed to
accept the difficulties presented by the
unreliability of the flatfc j /fce?varietion of
the height of the rivett and the slight
fall as practically insuperabte from the
engineering point of view. . .
An expert who refuses to' be tied up
by precedent, however, declares his be?
lief that these difficulties can be over
come. It says that it will be done half
a century hence, and the operation of
fifty years from now wiH^mnd amazed
at the wastefulness of this day. ; The
meth'vfs by which he would harnesi. thej.
river ? air tight drumi on water wheels"'
communicating their power to dynamos
which generate electricity to be disUib*
lite! for powsr and li^'ht all over the
vicinity ? do not appear to be as inber
ently improbable as those by which 'My
of th<? inventions o! the past were made
BM?v.>sful -ii'l before their sucoeit wis
(i? -n in?;r:ite'l by actual practice.
Without waiting for the grand chU?
? Ire 1 1 of tne generation to acMei
tins a i vance, it is safe that !
giricer Who can make, jit wofk. .
wl great mtSyof*
, _ j institution*. It is \
'limit |to the c'inegei that \
ItUe place?when this power \
Is toefeeeifuUy utilized.
But wc fear that aey inrention of thle
sort will have to depend for its succetv
on adventitious aid to prevent the shrii^k*, N
ige of streams in summer to a beggarly4'
eighteen inches or .two. feet in depth
with no current worth spealring of.*-*
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