The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 10, 1893, Image 1
GOD AND OUR NATIYE LAND.
CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1893
No. 50.
SEY.
Charleston
William
-vSecretary
le ? West
lis morning,
r Whitney
led her dur
knt ztr her
unexpected
ie,jrno with
been at
her at half
light, Dr Mc
iveral hours
,De departed
that hour it
litney's illness
turn before
sat up until
ir he retired to
was darkened.
i3 o'clock one of
toaoned him and
hitaey's room,
time to^ee her
Ij did "death
even time to
>rother and sister,
>, having been
Whitney's con
serious. They
a few minutes
Whitney awaken
pathy throughout
ay telegrams and
iTence were received
Ithough these mes
were kept strictly
id by friends of the
the first telegrams
se from President
s-eland. 'Sir Julian
h minister at Wash
i representatives of
tions also sent mes- |
were also received
of Senators and Con
Mr Whitney's col
veland s Cabinet and
f Mr Harrison's Cabi- 1
mediate friends of the
uring the day.
rs Whitney has evinced |
heart trouble. Slight
ess from this cause have
rtled her and occasioned I
ave anxiety. For three j
patient has been guarded j
ing influences and almost i
ufiued to the bed. The
the attack that was the I
of her last illness, Mrs \
gave one of the dinner j
t are the fifth ionable fad of j
season, She was in weak j
at the time, and the excite
strain consequent on the
nt of her large party are
have superinduced the
meral will take place at 10
fon Tuesday forenoon from St
>mew's Church, Madison
The services will be con
by the Rev Dr David H.
The interment will be at
iawn Cemetery, where her
Iter, who died abroad in >883, is
Col Daniel S. Lamont, Mr
lejs intimate friend, has charge
funeral arrangement?. He says
the funeral will be as quiet as
>le.
OF THE BARK ALICE.
Salors Drowned in "Attempting to
Rest of the Crew Rescued
the Life-Saving Crewai Long
Beach, N. J.
EW York, Feto. 7 ? Superintend- i
Havens, of the 4th district life
service at Point Pleasant, re
the Norwegian bark Alice, j
from Dunkirk, bound !
York in ballast, came ashore j
at Long Beach, N. J., life- 'I
station. Before an attempt i
made to, rescue the crew by !
station tive of the crew
lancl in their own boat, J
in\ the surf and all 1
The lit'e-saving station j
succeeded in. getting a life line j
to the b?yk and by the use j
breeches bua/ rescued the eleven ,
*xig members of the crew, in- '
the captaiu. The bark's fore- j
is gone and she will probably
a total loss.
of the sailors who left the
in the boat drifted ashore twen
miles uorth of the wreck, and is
at the Island Beach life-sav
station. Two bodies have been
and two are still missing.
RUMPtNG THROUGH A TUNEL
N?rrow Escape ot & Vestibaled Train
on the Baltimore an<\Ohio BoJMl.
tU Parkesbur<?, W. Ya., Feb. 7. ? i
The vestibuled last line from Cincin- I
nati to New York, on the Baltimore
' ami Ohio Railway, jumped the track
as a tunnel was reached last night. I
; The engine and every car hut the
sleeper went off. The train was going
forty miles an hour and dashed over
the ties, seraping the sides of the tun
nel until it emerged from the other
side. The engineer, Wm Myers, was
badly scalded and his fireman was
1 hurt. The track was blockaded for
; twelve hours.
. A Homestead Rioter ACquiled of Murder
Pitts Br kg, February 7. ? The jury
this evening in the trial of Clifford
for killing Conners. a Pinkerton de- I
tective, at Homestead duriug the riot
of July 6, rendered a verdict of rr^t
guilty. Clifford was a prominent^
striker and was iden tided as being
among those who lined the river bank
at Homestead to oppose the landing
t of the Pinkertooa.
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| PROHIBITION '^DDRESS. ~
THE LEADER IS6UES AN H^K^TaNT
PRCNUNCIAMENTO.^^v^
J FroWbirtooIsts Calle.l Upon to K*fa*e to
Sijjn Di#p<.n?ary Petitions au<l Pre
pare for the Fray?' "Blood
Mooey*' Denounced.
When the Evans Dispensary law
xwa^ passed the prediction was made
that the prohibitionists would not be
satisfied with it as the" solution of the
prohibition question, and such proves
| to be the case. ?
Ever since the law was passed the
? prohibitionists ? officially speaking ?
aave remained perfectly quiet, but
*now they come to the front once more, I
and through their State chairman
they issue a manifesto to the people.
It makes exceedingly interesting
reading and is given in full:
THE MANIFESTO.
IV) the State Prohibition Executive
Committee? By the action of our com
mittee at its meeting in December j
last, I was requested to have the draft !
of the prohibition bill which had been j
adopted by the committee brought be- 1
' the Legislature then in session,
and to give my personal attention to
its proper presentation to that body.
That duty I endeavored to discharge
to the best of my ability, giving my
| almost continuous attendance on the I
sessions of the House and Senate and
the committees until the matter was
disposed of bv the adoption of what
is known as the Evans Dispensory
law. Since then I have purposely
avoided giving any public expression
of opinion on the subject; first, be
cause any attempt to forecast the re
su.ts to flow from the law would be to
a large extent speculative, and also
because I feared that any adverse crit
icism which might escape me might be
viewed in the light of factious oppo
sition^ the experiment, and calcu
lated to hinder the good which it ad
vocates, some of them earnest and I
conscientious prohibitionists, believed !
would come out of it, if it could be :
fairly tried.
It seems to me proper, however, !
tnat I should express to you, as mem- !
bers of the committee, my convictions !
on the subject formed, after the excite
ment attending the campaign and the
anxiety of watching and counselling
the movement during its progress in
the Legislature have passed, and I !
have had time and opportunity to con
sider the situation. ;
In considering the action of the !
Legislature on the subject of prohibi- j
tton^'it should bet borne inmind that the !
question presented to the voters of the
State by the prohibitionists at the j
primary elections was a very distinct j
one, in this respect at least", namely, I
whether the legal sauction of the sale *
of liquors as a beverage should be
withdrawn and- such sale prohibited
by the State.
This oeing the fact, the majority
vote cast at that time can be under
stood in no other 9ense than as the ex- i
pression of a demand that the traffic j
of intoxicans as a beverage should be* j
prohibited.
To carry out this purpose your ex
ecutive [committee prepared a bill
which was introduced into the House
by Mr Roper, of Marlboro,^ After a
most determined oppositioif "by the j
liquor interests and the gudxi political i
prohibitionists, this bill was reported j
favorably by the large special com- j
mittee, composed of one member of i
each county, with only six dissenting |
votes, and after a protracted debate of
more than a week, in which the oppo
sition was allowed to exhaust their
arguments, almost without interrup
tion from the friends of the measure,
it passed the House by an unprece
dented majority.
Up to this point it is clear that the
large majority of the Representatives
believed that their constituents want
ed the kind of prohibition which was
expressed in the Roper bill. This was
legislation which would prohibit, and !
it was this fact which, in my judg
ment, sealed its fate with the Legisla
ture. The combined elements of op
position to real prohibition ultimately
proved successful in the substitution of
the Evans bill in the Senate. Its sub
sequent passage by the House was the
result of a conviction in the minds of
many sincere and conscientious
bers who had supported the Reper bill
as the proper .measure that it would
be impossible to secure the passage of
that bill against the determined oppo
sition ofthe Senate, and that it would,
therefore, be better to accept the dis
pensary law, which had so many fea- i
tures in common with the Roper bill,
than to have no legislation on the sub
ject at the present session.
The fact however remains that the
people asked for prohibition of the
liquor traffic, and their representatives
have seen fit to give them instead a
law which takes the dispensing of
intoxicants as a beverage out of the
hands of the citizen and places it
directly and entirely under the con
trol of the State.
Such is the law which the prohibi
tionists of the State are called on to
consider in order to determiue their
future attitude and action respecting
it.
Are we, as prohibitionists, dis
charging ourselves from all respnnsi
lity for a law which was clearly a
perversion of our purpose as expressed
in the bill which we submitted, patient
ly, to await the results of the law in
the hinds of those who have taken the
responsibility of foisting it upon an
Unwilling people? Or shall we op
pose iV as we would any measure
wni?h^we believe fraught with evil to
society by making common cause with
'*T7V - if
all classes of our citizens who in any
j lawful way seek to render it inopera
; tive? Or .shall we stand ready to aid
in extracting whatever of good mav
p^efound possible from its operation?
In considering these questions let
. us remember that while the act does
f not profess to regulate, k is claimed
j that a positive good is secured by it,
; for which prohibitionists have been
; long working, namely, the closing of
: the saloon and its eongenor, the club
J room with its bar-room appendage;
! tliat under the provisions of this act it
? is really in the power of the majority
who voted for prohibition to say to
what extent the dispensary system
shall prevail, and that the general j
effect of the act will be a considerable i
j ''step' toward ultimate prohibition. I
?Moreover, us uot forget that our :
prohibition movement derives what- 1
ever of force it possesses from the i
moral principle that the manufacture
and sale -of intoxicants for beverage!
purposes, in view of the evils which i
flow therefrom, is wrong in the sight
of God, and fearfully demoralizing to
man, .and therefore any law which
provides for such traffic must of neces
sity be opposed to prohibition. It j
makes no difference whether the State i
sanctions the sale by issuing license to
the citizen to engage therein, or, as in
the case of this law, takes the sale into
its own hands. When the State does
this it compromises a principle of
right and perverts the purposes of
prohibitive legislation, and both prin
ciple and consistency constrain me to
condemn ir.
To what extent, then, do the claims
above stated commend the dispensary
law to the co-operation or support of
the prohibitionists? It is true that
most of the provisions of the dispen
sary law are taken from the Roper
bill without change, and that thus
many of the features of the hill fram
ed by your committee have now the
force of law. But it is also true of
the dispensarly law that it makes the
sale of liquor as a beverage by the v
State practically without limitation as
to use and quantity in order that the
profits therefrom, blood money as it is,
shall go to enrich the avenue of the
State and counties.
It seems to me, therefore, that the
duty of all true prohibitionists will be:
first, to use their influence to prevent
the establishment of dispensaries by
refusing themselves, and inducing
others to refuse, to sign the petitions
which are necessary to their establish
ment under section 8 of the act. The
result of this course, if successful, will
be to give us real prohibition ? no
dispensary ? no legal sales of iutoxi
cants. *
If the dispensary part of the Evans
experiment fails to go into operation
it will be because the people who are
to ask for it do not choose to do so,
and this was certainly contemplated
by the authors of the scheme when
they provided that the dispensers
could only be appointed on *'a peti
tion signed by a majority of the free
hold voters of the incorporated town
or city in which the permit is to be I
issued.'' ^ Now, if these voters are not !
to exercise their choice in this matter,
why this provision? And if they are
expected to use their judgment in the
matter, where is the occasion for Gov
ernor Tillman's recently published re
flection on them tor so doing, and his
implied threats that prohibitionists
will regret their refusal to establish
these dispensaries.
The step toward prohibition which
the prohibitionists see in the dispen
sary law, is the possible power which
it gives them to prohibit the dispen
sary, which they can do, if in sufficient
numbers they refrain from asking I
for it.
It will then be prohibition indeed
its fuilest sense, artd that is what
every true prohibitionist has been
working and praying for. Can it be
that 'Governor Tilli^an does not
credit the prohibitionists who differ
from him on this point with acting
from moral principle, and that he
cannot realize that they are bound to
repudiate the dispensary for the same
reason that they would the sale of
liquor as a beverage under any other
plan, because such safe is morally
wrong?
"The threatened alliance between
the whiskey men and other political
opponents who are bitterly opposed to j
the law and the prohibitionists who
are in favor of it*' can have no appiica- 1
tion to the class of prohibitionists
, te presented by our ccmmittee.
The truth is, however that the dis
pensary experiment has features in it
which naturally enough arouse the
| antagonism of so many distinct classes
of citizens that it need not surprise
i Governor Tillman or any one else if it
i fails to run smoothly. The whiskey
j men oppose it because it breaks up
their business.
Many sincere patriots are horrified
at the spectacle of the State becoming
i the successor to the business from
I which it has driven these citizens,
? Many astute lawyers and others find
in these provisions of the law a most
j dangerous exercise of the powers of
j the ikate and an invasion of the
private rights of the citizen to engage
in any business, not declared to be
wrong: while the prohibitionists who
voted to have the sale of intoxicants
as a beverage prohibited are justlv in
dignant at the legislation which so
perverted the meaning of their de
mand as to make it one for unlimited
whiskey revenue and themselves un
: willing partners in the unholy tratiic.
If in spite of the-re elements of the op
position the dispensary g^>es into op
t eration it becomes the duty of pro
i hibitionists to aid in everv proper
, way the enlurcement of the law
j against violators, and makiug as far
ag practicable the good featuJes of the
; law effective. To do this will require
that our organization as a committee,
and the effective county organizations
which were so successful in the local
campaign, should be maintained and
strengthened, having also in view the
securing of such legislation in the
| future as shall eventually rid our
| State from the curse of the liquor
traffic.
Some plan for future operations is
very desirable, and I should be glad
to have from the members of the com
mittee suggestions as to the methods
best suited to effect our purpose.
Respeftfully,
L I). Ciiilds,
Ch'm State Pro. Ex. Com.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 7, 1893.
LAMAR'S SUCCESSOR.
]Ex-Senator Howell Edmund Jackson, Now
Judge of the Vnited States Court
for the "District of
Tennessee.
Washington, Feb. 2.? The Presi
dent to-day nominated Howell E.
Jackson, of Tennessee,- to be Asso
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States, vice L. Q. C. La
mar, deceased.
Howell Edmunds Jackson is an ex
Senator and at present Judge of the
United States court for the district
embracing Tennessee. , He is a native
and life-long resident of Tennessee.
He is remembered at the capital as a
man of quiet, unassuming manners,
generally well liked, and distinguished
for fairness and judicial consideration
of the questions arising here.
Inquiry about the Capitol* shows
that the appointment is considered,
from a judicial and not a ' political
view, as a splendid one. Abtfnt the
Supreme Court it is ^aid that Presi
dent Harrison has shown once more a
great deal of judgment in- his selec
tion of a man for a place on the bench
of the highest tribunal in the land.
It is stated that Judge Jackson has
made a fine Circuit Judge, and that
no doubt is entertained as to his mak
ing a good Justice.
The appointment wa? a great sur
priseJo the Tennessee delegation in
the House. The two Republican
members felt sore over the selection of
a Democrat and a States Rights man,
but when asked as to Judge Jackson's
personal fitness, conceded that his
character and abilities were all that
could be desired. The" 'selection was
politically no more pleasing to some
of the Democratic representatives who
recall the fact that Judge Jackson
was leader of the "Old School Demo
crats of Tennessee," an element which
made a warm but unsuccessful fight
within the party in favor of the pay
ment of the State deoT73*U?c^for dol
lar, substantially as demandeouj!**he_,<
bondholders. These men said, how
ever, that the new judge was strong,
clear and able.
Why So Secret About It?
Savannah, February 1. ? Much
comment has been caused here by the
publication of a circular which fell
into the hands of the Central Rail
road people despite the efforts of Gov
ernor Tillman, the author, to keep it
secret. The circular is as follows:
Executive Chamber, )
Columbia, January 23, 1893. j
To Mr Sir: Orders have gone
from the Comptroller General's office
to county treasurers to issue executions
against all railroads which have de
faulted in payment of taxes. It is the
wish of the Executive that these exe
cutions be pressed promptly and
enough personal property belonging
to the railroads be seized to satisfy the
claim of the State.
No mail car can be disturbed in
transit, or engine attached to one, but
passenger cars can be levied on. In
cases where a railroad has paid no
taxes for 1891-92, the executions must
be pressed without regard to the
United States Court at Charleston or
its orders, (as in the Nance case,) and
the property held at all hazards. We
have the law for it and the State Gov
ernment will stand by its officials and
see that they suffer no harm.
Of course this circular is confi
dential and must not be made pnblic.
Benjamin Tillman, Governor.
THE ANTI-OPTION BILL.
The Final Fight in the "House to Commence
Tomorrow.
Washington, Feb. 4. ? The agri- j
cultural committete of the House met this j
morning and decided to report the :
anti option bill back to the House, I
non-concur in the Senate amendment, j
and agree to the request of the Senate ,
for a conference. ? ?. .
The committee reached no conclu
sion as to the mode of procedure with
the bill, and the matter now rests j
largely with Chairman Hatch.
It is probable that he will endeavor
to make a test, of the bill's strength
Monday by taking advantage of the
rules ^permitting- the measure to be
acted on under a suspension of the
rules.
SOUNDS LIKE TILLMAN.
He Must H:i\c Asked ^lor Oftic?* iiml Keen
Refused.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 1. ? Governor .
Pennoyer received a letter yesterday J
from his Adjutant General aakingper- !
mission to use two brass cannon be
longing to the State for the purpose of
firing a salute on inauguration day.
The Governor sent the following re- j
ply: "No permission will be givfcn to {
use State cannon in firing a salute
over the inauguration of a W all street
plutocrat as President of the United
I States." ? j
L ; , j-*-"" ?'
THE U. S. SENATE.
THE ANTI-OPTION BILL WHETHER
GOOD OR BAD,
Parses the United States Senate ami Sent^to
the Houso, the Action of Which
Is Doubtful.
Washington, Jan. 31. ? The anti
option bill was taken up and the
hours for taking the vote to-day were
prolonged. At 8:15 the discussion on
the bill closed and the votiug began.
The first vote was on an amendment
offered by Vilas to strike out of the
George substitute the words "option
| and futures as hereinbefore defined are
? ?
hereby declared to be obstructions to
and restraints upon commerce among
the States and with foreign countries
and to be illegal and void." It was
rejected? yeas ?1 9, nays 51. ^
The question was then on the pas
sage of the bill. Explanations of the
reasons why they(feU compelled to
Vute against the B^l were given by
Harris, Berry, Bate, Vance, Butler
and \ est. Several other amendments
were -presented and all were rejected
some without a division, pie bill
was tbfen passed? yeas 40, n*ys 29.
1 he following is the vote? detail:
\eas? Allison, Blackburn, Call,
Carey, Chandler, Cockrell, Cullom,
Davis, Dubois, Faulkner, Felton,
Frye, Gallinger, Gordon, Hale, Hans^
brough, Hawley, Higgins. Hunton,
Irby Kyle McMillan, Mandersou,
Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill, Peffer
Perkins , PeUigrew, Proctor, Sherman! '
bhoup, Squire, Stockbridge, Teller,
Turpie, \oorhees, Wallthall, Wash
burn and Wilson? 40.
Nays? Beny, Blodgett, Butler,
Cafiery OameroD, Coke, Daniel,
Dawes, Dixon, Gibson, Gorman, Grav
Harris, Hill, Hise6ck, Hoar, Jones of
Arkansas, McPhjereon, Mills, Palmer,
v . Saw>'er. Stewart,
V eat, \ ilas, WhiteiW Woolcott ? 29.
Pairs were announced between
Carlisle and Paddock; Aldrich and
Quay; Bate and Allen, Jones and
banders, Pasco and Casey; Vance and
Warren.
The bill i8 0ne passed by the
House of Representatives on June 9,
1WJ, with various Senate amend
ments thereto.
The first section defines the word
"options" to mean a contract or agree
ment for the right or privilege to de
liver at a future time, or within a
designated period, any of the articles
mentioned in Section 3.
The second section defines "futures"
to mean a contract or agreement to
sell and deliver at a future time, or
within a designated period, any of
such articles, when the party so con
^^ctbj^was not the owner of such
articles, m /iiaj^-*^-^reed for the
right to their future possessiOu. '? The
Act, however, is not to apply to an v
contract to supply national, state or
municipal governments . with any of
such articles, nor to contracts by far
mers and planters for future delivery, !
nor to agreements to pay or deliver a j
part of the products of land as com- |
pensation for its use, or as compensa- 1
tion for work or labor done or to be
done on the same, nor to agreements :
with farmers or planters to furnish j
such articles for use or compensation, !
provided that such contracts or agree
ments shall not be made or settled fur !
any board of trade or exchange.
The third section specifies the I
articles to which the bill is to apply, |
as cotton (raw or unmanufactured") !
hops, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley,' I
pork, lard and bacon.
The fourth section imposes special
taxes as fallows: Dealers iu options I
or futures, $1,000 a year for a license ;
fee and five cents a pound on cotton, !
hops, pork, lard or bacon, and twenty
cents a bushel on grain.
^ Sections 5 to 15 relate to the details
for enforcing the tax, and section 15
provides that the Act shall take effect I
on the first of July, 1893.
Bishop Brook?-' Romance.
[Henry Mycfarland, in the Philadelphia
Record.]
When I was up in New England W\
year ago I heard what I believed to be j
the only romance of the dead Bishop's
life. It wa3 in a small town, not a
hundred miles from Boston, as I was
walking down the street with an old
resident, that I saw a sweet-faced little
woman of perhaps 35, of whom my
friend said after she had passed:
"That little woman declined to marry
Phillips Brooks. It is an open secret
here that for years be has wanted to
marry her and that she has refused
him,. We do not, of course, know
why, unless it be that she
did not ! feel as if she could
leave her mother, who is an invalid
and needs her care, for we believe that
she reciprocates his affection, and cer
tainly their relations are as cordial as
possible. Dr Brooks comes here from
time to time to take tea with the ;
mother and daughter. The daughter
is a teacher in a school here, support
ing her mother and herself largely, I
although they have a little income be
sides. She is very bright, very culti
vated and a lovely Christian. It
would be more than a brilliant match
for her. Yes I do not suppose it will
ever come to pass while her mother
lives." Ami now it never will in this
world. But it will in the world to
come.
Cholera in Altona.
Hamburg, February 0. ? Four new
cases of cholera and two deaths from
that disease were reported in Altona ,
yesterday.
A PANIC IN ST. LOUIS.
Three Medical Students Supposed to Have
Died of Tvphus Fever.
St. Louis, February 7. ? A sensa
tion was created to day by the an
nouncement that eighty students at
tending the G)llegeof Physicians and
Surgeons at the corner of Jefferson
avenue and Gamble street had left for
home on account of the sudden death
jof three students.
The excitement was intensified by
a report that the deaths were caused
by what is feared is typhus fever. The
dead are Geo Herndnn, of Western
Kentucky, died on Friday; Fred H.
White, San Antonio, Texas, died
this morning, aud David II. Brown,
of this city, died this afternoon.
The students were attacked by
symptoms whijch the physicians were
unable to ascribe to virulent scarlet
fever, cerebrospinal meningitis <>r
cereTfcal typhus, and in issuing the
death certificates the facts were sub
mitted to the health department.
In the case of Student White the
health commissioner issued a certificate
of scarlet fever. is believed the
disease was contracted in the dissect
ing room.
THE SILVER SITUATION.
The Fight for the R?*i?ch1 of the Sherman i
< _ Act.
Washington, Feb. 4. ? The advo
cates of the repeal of the Sherman
bullion purchase act continued to-day
in the House to circulate their peti
tions in favor of a cloture amendment
to the rule for the consideration of the
Asdrew-Cate bill. Ther&vWaa only a
slim attendance of members, so that
many new signatures could not be ob
tained. All of the Democrats from
New York, except Mr Cjimmiugs,
have signed. fJummings wants more
time to think over the matter.
The number of signatures obtained
thus far falls considerably short of a
majority of the Democrats of the
House, and apprehensions are felt
that it will be impossible to obtain the
desired majority.
A * number of signatures can be ob
tained if assurance be given that some
compromise measure will be substi
tuted for the present law. Members
of this mind say that it is asking too
much of them to repeal the present j
law ami have no other act for furnish- ;
ing continued addition to the circulat
ing medium in its place.
Missionary work among Republi
can members of the House has begun.
An anchor has been cast to windward |
by the Democrats in favor of rej>eal,
and efforts are making to get most of
the Republicans in line on an agree
ment to support the Democrats in vol- ,
ing* Sown the previous question on the
order reported by the rules committee,
and then voting in favor of cloture in
case it be found that the same result '
cannot tbe achieved by securing the !
signatures of a majority of the Demo
crats to the petition in circulation. It j
is believed that if the Republicans j
will give a cordial and fairly united I
support, they, with the repeal Demo- j
crate, will constitute a majority of the |
House.
A very quiet but systematic light 1
on the silver question is in progress in
the Senate, as a result of Mr Hill's
notice that he would call up the bill
to repeal the Sherman silver act on
Monday next. Under the rules of
the Senate, a motion to take up a bill
is not debatable, and the work that is
done by friends and opponents of the
bill must necessarily be accomplished
bv means ot a personal canvass. I his
has developed the fact that.there is a
difference of opinion among the op. j
ponents of repeal as to what is the ;
better policy, but the majority of
them appear to be in favor of voting '
down the motion u> take up the bill.
This is the plan of Mr 1 eller, who, ;
while not fearful of the final vote
should the bill be taken up, believes
in fighting it from the start and hitting '
it hard at every opportunity.
Those silver men who think it !
would be better to call the bill up be
lieve they can thoroughly lire the
advocates" of repeal by precipitating
long debate, which will interfere with
other business and cause them to will
inglv drop the subject. In addition
to this, they want the satisfaction ol
loading it down with amendments
and ^otherwise disfiguring it, so that ;
its warmest champions would not vote
for it.
FIRES IN ROCK HIlL
y f " * !
Two Oih* Night, hut FortariHtely NeiUwr
Was Dfefcfitrpu*.
Rock Hill, Feb. 7. ? At 1 1 o'clock
last night fire was discovered in the ^
rear of Hope k K van's drug store.)
In a few minutes the fire bad spnad
to the adjacent 8tore3\of Craig A Co.
and T. P. Roddey, and the whole
block, for a while, was considered
hopeless. However, our gallant fire
company soon gained control of the
flames, and what would otherwise
have been a serious lo.-> was merely
nominal, save tlirte thousand dollars. ?
All were well injured except II"{>e cV
KvajDS* who will lose about a thousand
dollars.
Again, at 3 o'clock. '!;<? 'ire alarm
was sounded. Thf stablt - of I) r .
J. White were on fire. A mule and
horse were burned to <ic-:ith. and f"d
der. corn, etc., were destroyed. L?>js
about 8 <>00; no insurance.
, The origin of both fire* are sup
I posed to have been accidental.
! MONEY IK COTTONSEED.
THE OIL FAST TAKING THE PLACE.
OF HOG'S FAT IN LARD.
Twenty llu-hols of Cotton Seed will Now ,
Fay (or Five Hundred Founds of a First
class Ff ftlllrci ? An Offer of Great
Importance to the Cotton
Planter* of South
Carolina.
Coiamiua, Jan. 30.? "It is an ill .
wind that blows no one good" is an
old saying, ami is particularly ap
plicable to the present high price of '
! hojr products. For the past three or
four mouths the price of provisions in
the Western markets has been steadily
going up. No class of goods has ap
preciated more in value than hogs,
an. I lard. It is a well-known fact
that the Southern prod udV^of^ cotton .
seed oil is an essential ingrWi^nt of
the modern lard; and consequently
the price of the oil has goin^uj in its
maximum. The oil mills a*6 having
a big demand tor their products just
now, and t hone .farmers who have kept
a supply of cotton seed are particular
ly fortunate.
The Southern Cotton Oil Com- ? .
pany, one of the largest manufactories
in the country, realizing the oppofc
tunities of the situation and the near
ness of the planting season, have
made a remarkable olfer to Carolina's
farmers. In a word, cotton seed is
made more than exchangeable with.
high grade fertilizers. The shortness
of the hog crop has come in very
timely for the farmers, and they will
no doubt reap a harvest out of the
unusual situation.
The following circular letter from,
the Southern Cotton Oil Company, of
Columbia, ofwhlvh Mr C. Fitzsimons
is manager, is self-explanatory, and
marks a distinct and important era in
the cotton seed industry in this State
TO TH K COTTON PLANTERS OF 8. C. ?
We beg to announce to you that
cotton seed. oil has advanced to such
a good value that we can offer you * j?
the following exchanges of fertilizer!
for cotton seed. We have regular
agents at every railroad depot and we ^
have authorized them to oiler you for
us as follows: For every 20 bushels of
cotton seed you will deliver to our
agents they will give you 500 pounds
of a standard guano, the guaranteed ? <
analysis of which will be 2J percent
ammonia, 8 per cent phosphoric acid
and 2 per cent potash, Or for 20
bushels of seul they will give you 750
pounds of acid phosphate. Or for 20
bushels of seed they wilhgive you 400 -
pounds of our prime cotton qped meal.
Now the practical question to you is: 4
Which will pay you "best as a fertili
zer, 20 bushels of seed per acre, or
f)()0 pounds standard guano?
Yon have used both seed and com
mercial fertilizers for years past. ^ If
you had to buy seed for a fertilizer
and were oiTerwi by a TerfctiitSr cfuitSVM
20 bushels of cotton s^ed for the sine
price you were offered 500 pounds
standard guano at, which would you
pay for and put on your land?
We can arrange to have the fertili
zers at the depot before you have your
need, so that you can haul a load
l)oth ways. This arrangement thrbtigh
our agents will enable you to haul at
your convenience in small quantities,
"but if parties having 700 bushels or
more of seed (a car load) desire to
trade directly with us; let them cor
respond with us.
We desire also to again call lyour
attention to the value of cotton seed
hulls as a food for cattle. We have
been so successful in introducing them,
and they have proved to be so econo
mical and valuable as a feed, that we
have stopped burning the^| as we
formerly did and are now shipping
our entire production/or feed, amount
ing to three hundred tons psr week.
From our Western mills we are ship
ping hundreds of tons to the I cattle
pens in Cincinnati, Chicago and St
Louis.
The Southern Cotton Oil Co.
C. FiTZ.siMo.ve, Manager.
CAROLINA HAY.
The Carolina oil mills, and especial
ly the Southern Cotton Oil Company,
are shipping a lot of hulls to the cat
tie dealer?;. Until recently this by
i^avv shipments to the Western apd
^southern cottle yards. The deflftert
are paying g mmI prices for the "hulli"
as they tiud it cheaper in "thi end.
Mr Filzsimons says that the CanAiaft ? j
cattle raisers are beginning to realize
tlve value of "hulls" as a feed for cat?
tie, and are making purchases, but by J
no means as Jarge as those of foreign
cattle men. The cotton see4 industry
has never reached such a high water
mark before. ? Net ess and Courier.
I?W>KTar>)ife?t of Mr. Blaine.
Wa-ttincton, Feb. 1. ? The follow
iiv_r statement is published by request:
17'Mai>i.4>n Place, ^
Wamiin<;ton, D. C., Feb. 1, 1893.
The r.ubli shed advertisements of
manv ' Biographies of James G.
I'.laiiK ]?rt-tending to l>e authentic
and auth'-ritative, compel me to state
that i. > l.?i"graphy or life works of Mr /
Ulaine i? antli- fczed <<r approved by
rnvseii' <t by any member of Mr
liiaineV ?: miiy: that no manuscript
i.y Mr T>!;iine, or any private letter m
paper <?f Mr JJlaine, or any material
for a biography, haa been given out to
ai>y ? if, in the future, any au
thentic or authorized biography
s-hould 'be prepared by competent
authors, it will be authenticated and
authorized by myself, > ~ j
Harriet $. Blaike. '*