The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 22, 1897, Image 1
V'OUJMIO VIII.
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Comptroller-General Says the Sup*
plomontal Tax Won't Be Levied,
SENATOR 111 LIVjAN IMPROVING,
(Joes,! Iio Prion of (/'oul? The Liquor
I'robioin ? A Valuable HHi?-Farm
.>1 til oal Insurance.
_ jjtfwidr Tillman jteTapidty approach^
- ing recovery ftom bit recent illness.
' He has lost about twonty pounds in
? 7 avdirtl t* b&fcTbff t he-looks comparatively
WHI.' -The Register. - r "
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Konr ort?it?aI paokege dealers in
Greenville hare paid the paekage tax
rccsatly imrojed upon them by the
: ? eify otronem WW the others will fight
villa** artesian; well, aftt f
? o# constant tyring, baa Wen
Ud ?t last *nd now good water
l ast weok at. Torturous at interesting
caso occupied tho court. Something
liko 1 1 1 o Chester Mutual Farmers' Fire
A?3oyiv*vliou was chartered tjovoraljycaw
ago, a Mutual I.nurons Fanners' Firo
Association was organized in this
county, with by-laws, a:ul procoodod to
is?U0 policies, A man, who hint a pol
icy for $1,000, suffered a Ions, and pro
ceeded to aue t ho ('hector association,
ondcavoving to show that tho Laurons
association! was part and parcel of tho
Chester Association, Tho lato officers
of the l aurons Soeioty were served.
Tho case was most' elaborately arguod
and hardly fought, as it scorns? many
guiii.hu; claims are dependent upqn like
conditio'iH, Tho Judge held that tho
allegata mid tho probata wore iheon
sis tent, and iho plaintiffs'. attornoy&
finally went tho way of tho tlesh and
fcu limit ted to a non-suit.
Govorn.or Kllerbo is still receiving
replies to his ministerial circular on the
l.iQUQ.r question. lie sa.ys he ox poets
? to reooivo upwards of a thousand ho
fore Ihby are all in. Clerk Harris has
beg'uu tho preparation of a table, show-<>
ing in eOnoroto form tho opinions of
the; Christian people of tho Stato. lie
is taking iquch pains with tho propara
tion of tins table and the character of
^ ? the work makes it appear as if the
table will find a place in the Governor's
annual message, . in his inossago,
$ GoVeriior Kllevbe said, ho proposed to
deal at length with tho liquor problom.
Ho thinks that it will bo the iillabsorb
ing puzzlctffor the. General Assembly',
and ho proposes to oxpress his views in
detail, lie declines to indicate wha*
*his poaitiou will bo. -Tho Slate.
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. Mr. N. K. Perry. of Columbia, has
?in liisjiossosfiion an old piece of papor
money which is doubtless very valua
ble. Inscribed upon tho faco of tho
- bill, is tho following: ".South Caro
lina?this bill outitles the bearer to one
, lmudrod dollars' or 102 / pouuds ton
shillings current money of thjs State,
pursuaut to on ordinance ott!l$GifnoraI
Assembly, passod on tho 8th day of
February, 1771)/" It is signed by G carles
Atkins, P. Weston and John Smyth.
Mr. Perry has another interestingrolie.
It is a brass* check in tho sliapo of a
coin and states that it is good for one
{{lass of soda water at tho store of It.
lj. Baker, Charleston. S. C. Tho date
At Anderson A. Wj-tho, Esq. , of
Cfrecmville, attorney for certain origi
nal package mon, moved boforo Judge
Jiuchanan for un injunction against tho
'? cjity of Creonvillo imposing a tax or li
<Vnso ordinanco. Tho judgo refused
tho motion on the ground that tho
- liquors of tho original package men
were con fiscatod to tho.Stato and that
they had 110 interest in tho same that
could bo protected by tho State court.
He, however, intimated that the ordi
nance, under the constitution is void.
The Newberry correspondent to the
News and Courier savs: Gno'Nowberry
' farmer, John T. MoKittrick, bus do
eided not to soil anotlior balo of cbtton
- -for less than soven . cents, and ho wauts
to know how man v farniorn in tho South
will join him jn this dotorm'ination. if
- tlft in-ice is fixed in Liverpool, and there
? is a combination, why cannot all tho
farmers, or enough of them, broak tho
Combination,, as tlioy did tho Bagging
Trust?
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Tho dam at I'ortnmn shoals, on tho
/ fiouoca, ton milos from Anderson, haB
beon completed, and the Anderson Wa
ter, Light and Power Company are busy
placing tho ponderous electrical ma
chinery in position, but it will be some j
? four Tcnkrr "boforo they~Wlll be ready to
start up tho big cotton mill at Anderson
by tho transmission of power. Tho dam,
700' foot long and 27 feot high, was
^ eighteen hours in filling.
Tho News and Courier says tho bad
offects of tho ntrikenmoug tho coal min
ers in tho Northwest have already
reached Charleston. Local dealers re
port that the prices has advanced from
to ton for hard coal, and
it is likoly to JuTftp higher. Tho com
panies horo now havo to pay fifty cents
moro on every ton they buy, * .
A special to tho Itogistor from Gall
lioy, cays tho original packago has done
deadly work there recently.- Burton
McCraw bought a pint of the stuff,
drank fthlf of it and died shortly after
.wards. I Moses Petty bought half a
pint ontlio Homo sort of \b?ozoi drank
pari of it, and within twenty-four hours
ho was a eorpso. "
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The much talked of supplomontal
school tax which Rested so mnoh de
bato at tho {ast scssion of the general
assembly is not going ,to be levied, so
says Comptroller -General Norton.
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH,
Tho Soul h.
At Wilmington, N. C. , (loo. Jackson
bivi boon Bentouc.ed l?> death for riip^.
Flat Crook, Tonn., a thriving eom
mereial town, has boon demolished by
tiro.
Tho minora' strike in Hell County,
Ky. , is over ami tho men lms icturned
to work.
Ovor *J00 persons have signed l\\au
K'olist Lee's uuti-?aloon pledge at Char
lotto, N. C.
S. W. Venaldo. of' tho Vonablo To
bacco Co. .died in Petersburg, Ya ,
a trod 78 years.
Sam Bird, eololVd, wanted for murder
in Union, S. C. / was avtostod at ( las
Ionia, N. C.
Tho Statu of Virginia will receive j
8100,000 as collateral inhoritnneo tax
on tho (1 inter estate.
Sevoral eau-ea of smallpox have de
veloped in Atlanta, (>a. Compulsory
vaccination has boon begun.
Jn North Carolina two railroads aro
rontomplatrd from l.atirnngo, one to
Snow 11 ill and one to Seven Springs.
The'rUehmood <\'a ) Standard Spiko
JWilla havo started up. It has been idle
for moro than a year. It employs about
1 00 hands.
The will of tho into Towis (iinteohas
been probated at lliohmond, Vn Tho
estato is valued nt bctwwen $7,000,000
and $S,001>,001>.
Tho postollleo at Ikmton, (}?,, was
blown open and ono hundred dollars in j
cash was taken ; stamps and other post
oflice matter was not disturbed.
Kev. Sam P. .tones, tho noted evan
gelist, eolobrntod his f.Oth birthday at
liia homo at C'artorsviMo, (la., on tho
K'.th. Fifty prominent gnosis woro
piosent.
About elovon loilo.s from Durham, "N.
C. , WiJIinni Jirogilen, a fnrme was
killod by a pair of inulea running away.
His head was broken open and his
right arm torn OtV.
! ^ At Charleston, S. (5., ( ;. CI. Pinekney,
Jr., who has boon ono of tho wealthiest,
most prominent mill and mining opera
tors in tho South, has suspended pay
mont. liis liabilities nro estimated at
ovor two huudred thousand dollars. j
The North.
County Treasurer lfoldon,of (Joshon,
I ml. , is Haiti to bo short ?10,000 in hi<
accounts.
In Arkansas a band of negro white
caps lynched ancfjro charged with kill
ing one of their rjice.
Troublo is being experienced at Al
ton, 111., in onforcing tbo color lino in
the public schools.
Couvicts in tbo HivorsipO, poniton
tiary, at Pittsburg, l'a,. , have been
counterfeiting OO-cent. pieces.
Tho Boston (Mass.) registration
ahowa <05,824 qualified volers, or 882
less than that of the registration for
1800.
A hejvvy bhow storm has swept over
Houtl^astem Idaho. It will do luucli
damage, a3 much grain and lucerno is
Bt ill out. " ??
The lovn of Windsor, N. 8., 1ms boon
devastated by fire. Thousands are home
less, and the loss is roughly estimated
at 38,000,000.-^ . 1
Bccauso, as alleged, llarvV'irod^Ron,
of DaHas.^Twu,. betrayed l+hd daughter
of ex -Pol. iceman John Willis, the latter i
shot ami killed Hodgson.
Forefet firos at Nelson Run, near Aus
tin, Pa , destroyed twenty million feet
of hemlock and 26,000 cords of bark,
resulting in a loss of .#300,' 000;
Mrs. Mary Doving and othors, of Al
ton, 111., havo suod tho State, claiming
$25,000 for tho lifo of Mrs. Dovino'sson,
whowashanged for initi 'cr twelve years
ago.
At Wilmot, Ark , a loafing whito
man, named Colo, was lynched for
,shootinjf Conslnblo Jos. Jones, because
he was arrostod for kouio slight mis
denieanor. J
Tho Mcnohnites- aro to found a colony
noar Houston, Tex., purchasing uu im
mense farm, to bo colonized by all the
Mononnites now scattered throughout
tho West.
Tho Doxtorpark pavillion in Chicago,
in which were 000 hoYses, and a largo
number of <t?ther buildings 1ms been
burned; one man and many of tho
liorsos burnod to death.
At Houston, Texas, tho City Dank of
Hberirtau has failed to open its doors.
Tho bank has assots of 1 to 1 of tho
liabilities, -its indebtodnoss being ?<50,
000 and assets 8200,000.
At Cleveland, Ohio, .T. J. Shi.phord
has been arrested on a chargo of cm -
boz/.ling nearly $200,000 from F. 1>.
Bobinson and a receiver has been asked
for his firm, which is alleged to bo in
solvent and owing S?,000,<)00.
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At tho Pullman Car Stockholders
meeting'in Chicago 82-1,000,000 of tho
capital stock was represented, and tile
usual quartorly dividond of S2 por
nharo was declared. Tlio company took
in nearly nino million dollars dn
the pasl yoar.
Firo, supposed to havo boen started
by tramps, destroyed the sjocMbarn of
Burgess Brothers, at Tvinonn, 111. |
-Thirty horses, many of which ha I
takon. premiums at tttate fairs, at
Hprmaneld, were destroyed. Tho loss
iii#30,OOO, with iuBrirancq. on tho haru
?lone,'
Miscellaneous.
RT'C. Lee, a mail earner of Char
lottesville, Vs. , has been presented
with a check for $lVfUOQ toy a wealthy
student of the Uuivereityof Virginia as
a token of friendship.
The Southern Textile Association ae
?*pta invitaUon to rueet tho Now Fng
laikd cotton manufacturers.
heroea of the Bueoa Vista
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jchci mi c*nnrj iiliuf i
Mexicans under Santa
luring
A Question to Bo Tostcil in t ho Su
premo Court.
MANY KNOTTY POINTS IN IT,
I'lio A h Has Moon Ho^un mul f 1 ? * ?
l'oluts to 1 1 o Soltlcd Wilt He of
( i it*.* I Interest In the State.
I la* Nows and Couvior nays it is
learned that nil action quo waiT.uiio !;hs
boon commenced by tho Slate of South
Carolina and Mr. o. ('. Sires, a tax
payor of ttnmmci villo, as plaintitV,
auaiust .Mr, Tj. l<), I'arler, claiming
to bo county treasurer of iHuchoster
connty.
Au action of this chaiaetor is intended
to ti\\ I ln> titlo to on o.Oico of one uxor
cis.ng its powers and dutioa. Jn
tliis particular case tho question
whether M j'. Curler is county tieasuror
or not includes, it is claimed, an
issue of fur greater magnitude,
iniuu'ly, whether Corehestor ih a
count.N or not, and all tlietsueh an issue
involves. It will bo rem em bored that a
part of I'eikelo.V and a part of Colleton
were taken to form Uorohester. Do these
parts still belong to Uorkoloy and ( \>l
loton respectively? All t ho innehiiiory
for a county government has boon ar
ranged for Dorchofdot'. Arrangenien's
havo been inado to oreot public build
ings. Bonds to the amount of $ I .*>, UuO
havo been or arc about to bo issued. Is
tho machinery legal? Aro tho bonds
valid? What will he tho olVect of the
decrees of courts held in Dorchester?
What about tho payment of taxes?
these and similar questions present
themselves for consideration.
By an Act passed at its last s ession
tho .Legislature established Dorohoskjr
eounty, and tho constitiitionality of tho
Act is denied, I'ho Constitution of I8U.*>."
provides how no A counties may bo cre
ated, and certain taxpayers, unw iliiug
to boar what they consider tho oheroua
and unnecessary expenses of establish
ing a lifw.count.v, and behoving that
tho requirement* of the Constitution
have not been complied with, havo set
about this proceeding, in which tho
{State concur*, to test tho question, and
this action has accordingly been com
menced by Messrs. LoVd ,V Burke, tho
lawyers for plaintiff.
Tho suit has been brought in the .Su
premo Court of this .State, as one ol tho
class ol cases within tho original juris
diction of that Court. . A ud tho com
plaint takes tho position that before
tho Legislature has powor to create a
now county tho qualified electors in
the area proposed for said i;ow county
must voto upofi three quostiods, viz:
I. \\ bother they shall bo a county or
not. 2. Tho name of tho county. Jf.
Tho location of tho county scat. 'That
tho yoto uptfn all three questions must
betaken at t he^t^no election, and' that
'here must be a t wo-thii ds majority
upon each question before the legisla
ture can establish the county.
In the case of Dorchoster thoro has
been three elections. At the lirst elec
tion, ordored by tho Governor, tho
requisite twcniirds majority docidod
that there should bo a county, and that
its name should bo Dorchester. .St.
Goorgc's, Hmnmorville and itidgevillo
each received votos as tho placo lor tho
county seal, but tho one having the
Inghost voto did not receive a two
thirds majority. Then tho Governor
ordered a second election as to loca
tion, with a similar result.
Thou the Legislatuao tqpk tho matter
up, direct ed tho (.Governor to order
elections to fix the locality nnd provid
od that a simple majority should Boloct.
After this, on V?-J t h March last, another
election was hold and .St. George's ro
coivod a simplo majority. No placo at
f any olcolion has received a two-thirds
majority.
Tho constitutional provision is as fol
lows:
AllTICLU VII ? COUNTIES AND~C'Ot.'NTY OOV
RUNMHNT.
.Section 1. Tho Goneral Assembly
may establish now coiintios in the fob
lowing "manner: Whenever Hie-. bird
of tho qualified olectora within the area
of each potion of an old county pro
posed to" bo cut oir to form a new coun
ty shall petition tho Govei'nor for tho
creation of a new county, sotting forth
the boundaries and showing compliance
with tho rcquiemonts of this article,
tho Governor shall order .an election
within a reasonable time thereafter, by
the qualified voters within tho proposed
area, jn which election thoy shall vytt? I
"yes" or "no" upon Ibo qtiodion' of{
creating iai<l new county, nnd atotho
same election the question of a name
and a county peat for such county shall
bo nubuiittod to tho electors.
.Section y. If two-thirds of. tho quali
fied doctors voting at such election
shall voto.' 'yes" upon such questions
thou tho General Assembly at the next
session shall establish such now county.
'J ho lawyers for plaintiffs contond that
not only. must, thoro bo n two-thirds
for tho location of a county
seat, but there must be such a majority
before Jin Act to establish ft county can
bo passed, and not only that, but that
such majority must bo had'at tho very
first election.
It is said tlialacaeoofthis kind comes
np for trial in, duo cottrso nt tho first
term ufloi twonty dftye allowed defend
ant to t u.su or.
Van Wyck tn the fjcart.
Tho Now York World has completed
its poll of tho mayoralty preferences of
Greater Now York votdra, having ob
tained 17D.4iS8 ballots. ..Of .th?o? V?n
Wyck, Tfcmmany, bao 59,686; Seth
Low; CiUzon*' :y nion. 40,QJLZ;Honry j
Goorgo, JeflOTBonia* Democrat, 84,087; I
General "Tracy, Republican, 27,780.' I
Patrick Gleaaon. Independent, 9,044.
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fw?nty.FWt Birthday; Af? Eighty Fc
-tcMlngHfild, Suffolk, * Eng*J
. boaau amou^f . ?
boll ringer lir the kingdom. Ho l? I
Edmund Chandler, and la 180b ho
celebrated . his t wenty- first birthday,
beta# at thai tlmo eighty-four year*
ottfc ?u birthday occurs onFebruary ?
Kill 1 OK 1>\N a f>K.M>,
|>a?' (if A mm?i Ion's Hi l^hlc st .lournul*
. !>liv (iocs Oul I'orovoi*.
I (MiaUou A. I hum ill hi* homo oil
i;>l,ujil, X. V. , on (ho 1 ? t li. Tho
oaiuoof\!r Ihtwt's iloalh was oinhof?
iis of iho liver, OiiihitioU ho wan ut
rilA.lU.KH A. PAN A.
his oHico, apparently strong and
healthy. Tho next day ho wan taken
ill and ho novel- afterward visited Now
York. Ho was 18 yours old.
Charles Anderson Daua, a scholar of
faro attainments, wfl.s horn in Hinsdale,
N, II., N, I S 10. Ilo studied at.
Harvard, was oho of tlso editors of Tho
Harbinger, from 1^17 to lHtU was eon
liactcd with tho Now Vork Tribuno, won
insist a nt secretary of war from 1KU:$ to
oditod tho Chicago Ixopuhlioan for
two yours and bccanio Iho editor of Tho
Sun in Is;;m, whL-li position ho held at
tho time of his douth.
WANT TO ANMCX CI HA.
Autonomy Can Never lie Successful-"
Anuc.vat (on (o C. 8. the ttetnedy.
Matanzas, Cuba, via Key West, Flu.
? Tho business element in Havana,
and olsowhoro, soems to havo arrived
at tho conclusion that tho Madrid urov
ornn\ont cannot oud the1 war on tho
hasiw, of autonomy to Cuba, as thoro
arohot ouough loyalists among tho Au
tonomists to hold public oftlcos. At least
that is the claim Conservative Spaniards
inrtko. In addition, tho latter ox press I
tin! belief thai tho Autonomists, even
ii' they woro at present in power, would
not bo able to preserve peace uud pro
ject I ifo and properly from tho law- i
less elemen t. Jn viow of this condition
of alia lis, numbers of prominent mor
Jhuntd and sugar planters -of .Spanish
origin, in conjunction with sovorat'Cu
btmsof prominence, havo been holding
secret mcetingft and eoi responding with
people in various parts of tho island,
with the dl/ject of ascertaining tho
views of tho Commercial and planting
community in Pinar del ltio, Havana,
Malatizns and Santa Clara provinces, as
to tho future for Culm most likely to
further their interests and those of tho
inland in general.
It is expected that tho majority of
ilio replies will Ijo fnvorablo to tho nn
ncxalion of Culm to tho United Stntos,
as tho Washington government- alone,
apparently, is able to guarantee peace
in Cuba and tho protection of lifo and
property. .
THE COMMISSION A FAIL UK IS.
Hi-Itlctnlllsls'iu F.nropo Hellevo Fng
lnn<l lias I>ca)t a Death HIotv.
A cablegram from London sa3's the
Lnited States monetary commissioners
havo roeoived no oflicial information
regarding tho uelioA talym by tho
British cabinet. Pri?ato advicos, how
oyer, conyiuco them tji a fc tho commis
%r ion ors will shortly bo- informed that
Hor Majesty's government rogrets be
ing unable toaccodo to their proposals
but is willing to listen to auy other
plan they may suggest. Hut bo'th par
ties to tho conforonco know that no'
other pralical Rchemo can bo ad
van cod.
In tho event of tho expected reply
being lcceivcd, the U"iled Statos com
missioners will letuln .to tho United
States.'
Tho commissioners believe their fail
ure) means that no further effort iu
bohalf of bi metallism Mill bo made
for many yearn to como. They attrib
ute their failure to tho opposition of
rV0 !,ftn'JorK ?f the London Times,
until these forces wero aroused all
Higus pointed to tho co-overntion of
tho British government.
Tho Armor Plate Hoard,
The mouibcrs of tho Armor Plato
Board visited the Birmingham iron
aud steol mills and among tho import
ant facts they loarnod wero that tho
boat coking coal was being dolivorod
in Birmingham at 00 conts a ton; that
in this district tho average prico of
coke does not exceed $1. 7/5 a ton freo
on board at furnaces; that deal homn
tito at furnaces costs only (Jfl to 7/5
cents; dolomito for steely furnaces >10 to
<15 cents, as against. in Pittsburg, and
that steel is today being made in Bir
mingham for $11 to 811,25 ? ton of
billets.
Product of 811 vor.
The mint director's report shows that
iht avorage rate for tho fiscal year of
tho commercial ratio botwoen gold and
silver was Pto 31.1/4. Tho product of
gold and nil vor in tho United States for*
ii; ^2 ^V.ftr *)rftr 18P\
silvor -(coining valuo),
?70,009,^0. The world's product of
faoi * 9 Xer.'* ? r calendar year,
1890, waa: Gold. $204; 89ft, flOO; filv?r
(commercial value) x f 109,40fl,800\ Ho
lite deolioo to tho great in
crease in production. -
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unee, mi bMB captured by rebels 1
inhabitants killed and
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?9Pl**ff*i??3t!?j lion,
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It is Not Going to Bo so Laree Says
Brudstrcct.
NO, OF BUSINESS FAILURES.
Holt or, Potatoes. Wliout, Com,
Ouls, Klonr, CoDVo anil Cotton
All Low,
Hradatrc ol'tf Commercial Koviow fur
t ho past week, in part, says: Mho no
tivity in slaplo linos of merchandise is
U'.h.j pronounced t him a month ago, duo
, to interior merehania havinj; supplied
their demuuds for tho time; u gradual
deerooso of tho territory included by
tho yollow fever quarantine; tho low
price of cotlon ; a tendoney in tho Mis
souri rivor valley and spring wheat
St at oft to hold whoat for higher prices,
and to farmers being busy with full
planting. I" treasonable weather litis
boeii nu unfavorable influence on tho
distribution of merchandise through
out tho Central West ami lit Chicago
l\nd St. I.ouin tho mlos have fallen oil".
A woll-int'ormod correspondent of
Brads ti eel's, after extended personal in
vestigation, given reason for nnticipiit*
iug u much smaller yield of eottoti than
tnulo estimates indieato. He looks for
a Texas crop of not to exceed 2,000,000
bales, or less than last year, while the
Mississippi Valley will, lio thinks, pro
duce less than an average crop, and Ar
knnB')H be in a le^s favorable situation
than last year. Tho long and severe
drought, facilitating picking and mark
eting has, ho declares, destroyed all the
top crop and will materially cut short
the later yield.
Tho position of tho cotton goods in
dustry is no more favorable, but woolen
goods miuuifiu'tnros aro brisk, Aprices
steady and unwillingness by iiiiiBI'h to
accept now orders at present (nicta
tions.
Willi tho slackening oil' in tho vide of
distribution of merchandise the up
ward movement of prices is eorrospoml
ingly checked, and this, tho third week
in succession, tho number of staples
for which ipiotations aro lower in great
er than thoso which aro higher, or un
changed. There uro nominal advances
for lard and men's shoos, but prices for
pork, sugar, other forms of iron and
steel than those named, for copper,
lumber, ooal, hidoa and wool aro un
changed. Quotations aro lowor for
butter, potatoes, wheat, corn, oats,
boef, co (loo, cotton, print cloths and
load.
Wheat oxports have again expanded,
the total for tho present week boing
among the largest on record. Corn ox-/j
ports wero 2.225, 000 bushels this week,
against 2, 107,000 last week.
There wero*. 100 business failures re
ported throughout tho United Stales
compared with ;.'37 lust week. There
aro -It business failures reported
throughout tho Dominion of Canada,
compared with <15 last week.
? ' I ) I K K K It 10 N T I A I j II AT1CS,"
S. A. It. (ilves It m'MHons for tlio Cut
S* In Pnsfenjicr Kates.
Tho general passenger department of
(ho Scubtard Air Lino lias just issued n
circular announcing a sweeping reduc
tion of pasuonger rates on all its lines.
Explaining this action tho ofllcial circu
lar aays: "During the, ?, past threo or
four years, tho Seaboard Air Lino
has mndc many and frequent ofl'orts
to securo for itsolf, aud tho pnblio
tho Kinno thfough-Blooping-car sor
vice on joyed by its competitors (to say
nothing of their solid train Borvieo. )
bet woe n New York andr Atlanta, On. ,
ami Now York and Now Orleans, La.,
but request for such equal facilities,
between thoso points hns^ in every in
stance, been met with a declination by
conncctiouH, who havo givon as a causo
for such refusal, first ono reason, and
thou another, a majority of which haw
been, to uu extent unsatisfactory, "
Tho position in which this refusal of
connections placos tho Soaboard is
aliowii in tho statement of tho differ
ence in distance, tiuio. oto. , botweon
New York aud Now Orleans, which iH
by tho Seaboard blip, milos, by tho
Southern 1,271 mile*; time, Soaboard
45 hours, 4") minutos; Southern 45
hours, 10 minutos; botweon New York
and Atlanta, distance: Soaboard 1)45
miles, Southern 870 milos; lime Sea
board 28 hours, 55 miuutos, Southern
24 hours, 25 minutos. "Tho Soaboard
Air Lino, thoroforo, and in view of
Bueh continuoil discrimination against
its interosts, and tho interests of its
patrons, has determined, fcr tho pur
poso of equalizing, to an extent, tho
disadvantages under which it operate.!
its fast mail and express t*Ains, to
adopt similar action to that taken by
trunk linos botwoon - Now York and
Chicago, St, Louis, Cincinnati and
other oitios; which action is recognized
by tho Tri\nk Lino Association as bo
ing proper and right, whoro disadvan
tages oxist; will, thoroforo, establish on
Ootobor 25th tho rates named in its dlf
forontial rate tariffs," snya tho circu
lar.
i'orlwips 200 Drowned.
Havana, Cuba --(By C'abJUd. -7.Tho
coasting steamer Triton, from Havana
to JJahift Hondv I>roviuco ot 1,iaar dcl
Itio, has boon wrockod botween Dom
inica and jVIariel. The purser and ono
passenger have arrived nt Marie!. II j
i* fearodjlhat Die ?aptain, crew and two ,
huV?ic a *>a*ecngorB have beeik Jost.
The^aB>&\bad $81.00fr inHilverJ
aboard, to pay Offth.oSpaoJsh 8olc\ictfl.
A I*lg Caleb of Mackerel.
Thero baa bco^fflfrlpped from More
head, by rail, eays the Newborn, (N,
C ) Journal, 145 boxes or mora thar.
nine tona of flab, mostly maokarel. I
They were caught off Boanfort and wa?]
one of the bigf eat catches erer made
here. ." '7"'" I
fjuaengar Hatii Adop
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IA4 VMf M||.
:'vAv ' - ^ ?
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I. *?& uu
"v " ;?r: - -r-f -j- 5-- .
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II AM? A MILLION MlitC
At Durham 7 Wooden IVtze Howies |
nud M cottages Huined.
A special from Durham to tho Clwr
tolto (N. (\) Observer, of tho Hth,
says:
Durham had nearly a half million
ilol lar tho today. It destroyed ooyon
prise rooms and eight dwellings, hi
eluding about 11,000, 000' or 4,000,000
pounds of loaf tobacco.
At 1 1 :*V> tho idnftuig engine gavo tho
alarm of tiro, and tho alarm waa re
echoed by whistlea, holla and citi/ons.
Tho Jlro Waa found tu bo I'flgitur at Ik
?l. Mass & Co. 'a pri'/.o room, on Morgan
street. Tho tiro companion roapondod
promptly and begun operations, but
with littlo elVect. Kvory thing was bo dry
it burned like powder.
From lta&s Co. 'a tho llamon wont to
the storage of W. T. Carrington, and
thou to tho Iioubos occupied by tho
American Tobacco Compnny, thou to
tho houao occupied by tho Hlaokwoll
Durham Tobncoo ('ompany, and those
dwellings began to burn, ono after an
other until eight four amUfivo-room
dwellings wero burned.
Tho loss is estimated at about $'100, ?
000, while tho insurance oovora only
'about #'.'00,000.
Several iiromon became ovorhoaled
and had to bo carried away. About 5J'?0
or H00 hogsheads of tobacco ami nearly
all of tho household furniture yroro
saved, The loss falla \ ory heavily on
most of tho fain ili ok who wero burned
out, uh (hoy had no insurance.
An engine and hose 'wagon from ltal
oigh, arrived hero by upeival train
about I o'clock, but their services worn
not needed, aa t lio lire waa thou undor i
control. '
Tho principal loaorn wero: Tho Amer
ican Tobacco Com pan v, II. ?J. Mass &
Co. , W. Duke, 1$. Ij. Duko, (loo.
\V. Walts, W. T. Carrington, 1 tlnok -
well Tobacoi Company, Manning ft
Morgan; the Newton ostato, and Ij. W.
Wdfo.
Tho Durham Daily Sun nays: At
this time, daring tlio excitement, we j
can givo only a partial list of the in- j
suranco, Tlio following wero insured
wjtli \V. II. iMoCabo for tho amounts
stated: American Tobacco Company,
$10,500; 15. Ij. Duke, $i),l)8l; doorgo
W. Watts, &'U)00; W. Duko, cottago,
$1,000; II. ,1; Bass ,V Co., $i.VI0(C
Tho total insurance on somo of tho
losses with tiio firm of ?). Soutligato <S>
Son amounts to $55,000.
Airtohl, the losses on buildings and
tobacco will not miss $<100,000, and may
possibly reach half a million.
liOYAIj AHOH MASONS.
Tlio oniccm F.lcet.ert?WIll Moot In
Cincinnati lit 1J>()().
Tho grand clmptot of Koyal Arch
Masons in uokbiou a^f Baltimore elected
}tho following officers: Cionoral grand
high priost , Itoubcn O. Lommon, of
Toledo; dopulj' grand high plies!, Jas,
W.Taylor, of Ijuthcrsvillo, (5a. ;gon
oral grand Icing, Arthur (1. Pollard, of
Lowell, Mush. ; general grand scribo,
Jos. JCycs, of I 'aria, 111. ; general grand
treasurer, Daniel Striker, of Hast*
lugs, I\j icli. ; general grand cap
tain of tlio host, William C. S.
Dain. of Milwaukee; general
grand principal -sojourner, Nathan
KingHley, of Austin, Minn.; gonoral
grand royal arch captain, Bernard (J.
Wilt, of Henderson, Ky. ; general grand
master of tho third veil, Geo. Ji?. Cor
?oi?, of Washington, 1.), (I.; general
grand master of tho Becoml voil, Fred -
crick W. O. Saig, of \)en iMoinos, la.
Tho next triennial meeting of tho.
general grand chapter will he held at
Cincinnati, in September, 1900,
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Justice Flold'* Retirement.
A Washington - ppccial BayH it 1ms
boon announced at t^o Supremo Court
that Justico Stephen J. Field, of Cali
fornia, had notified; Prosidont MeKitf^
ley of hiH intontiun to retire as a mom- '
ber of tho court," 'and had informed his
eollcaguos of tho fact. Jt is expected
thatJiiB successor will bo noininat/cl by
tho 1'rosidont- immediately aftfyr tlio
convening of CohgreBs, anil ytliat At
torney Uoneral .Melxenna, affio of Cali
fornia, will bo namod for tlio odico.
Jerry Simpson Sees n INuilc Ahead,
A Nowton, Kan. , dispatch r>ays: Con
gressman Jerry Simpson dec.'aros t/at
insido of a year this country will ya in
tho throes of a panic, tho liko of which
was novor droamod of. According to
Mr. Simpson, England is paying for
Amoricau exports in American Bocuri
ties, ami tho banks are boistoring up
tho Bocurities by borrowing. Ho pre
dicts that tho banks will bo obliged to
unload in tho near future, and that this
will cause tho crash.
Receivers for tlio Called Hank,
Jmlgo Norwood, at Chambers in Clay
county, North Carolina, conflrmod tho
appointment by Judgo Kwart of Coo.
II. Snfathors, of Waynqsvillo, and 1j.
MeLoud and John A. Nichols, of Asho
vlllo, asreceivcrn of tho Western Caroj j
lina Bank. Mr. Nichols, however, de
clinod. ,
A Differential Tariff. v
Tho Seaboard Air Lino has published
a I differential paonongor tariff, which
BUpersodes their presont tariff and
makes a dccidcdrcduotion from. tho old
rates. Thisliue is tho first road In tho
country to adopt n method of diffcron- |
tial for tho purposo of equalizing rates, i
Tho rates go in effect oii tho SWtli.
Spain7!! Army in (Jiibn,
ReinfoTcomentfl of Spanish troops fa r
Cnbaar? boing hurried forward by the
military authorities^ ,c"3lboiitfi, 000 addi
tional soldiers will le&vo Spain for (hat
island boforo tho end of the present
tMBill, : ^ - v---^
1M tl?y Pointer*,
K. H. Dudley. Democrat, has beett
elected mayor of NaahviHo, Tenn. , .by
1,216 majority,
- Ifr. Wn?. A. Johnson has been *j>
tssnswd twyeJiBflr
tkeBontbern R?^wajComi*ttU)r.
EttftM V. Debs' followers fa Hut-.
XT. OStZSLZ XZbuZ!'"' "
."diiw Jfafaw iwl Cbmilee tvil
t#*iatt&bbero, were ?en:en<^1 te
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Johnson vs. Stokos ? The Contest
from the 7th Congress District
SENATOR TILLMAN'S CONDITION
Ijexliixioti i 'tin ii( \ Knlr-^ireouvlMo's
Tax oii "(), 1\" SI ores ??Vwiico It*
Confident --To Como Sotitlu
n.a i-m*
"you no/Ww;
.KitfjS
A h p o c* i u I to tho Register. from Wash
ington nays the l>viofn of both tho con
testant ami coutostco have boon (lied in
to contested elect ion Oil so of JohnRton
vs. Stokoa front tho seventh congres
sional district of South Carolina, whicl^X
i^'eom posed of tho whole of tho coun
ties of l.oxington, Mutator and Orange
burg and u part only of tho eountios of
Herkoloy, llichland and Colleton, Tho
attorneys who ropro'iont. T. H. Johnston,
tho contestant, aro \V. F. Alvors, a no
gro who lives in Colleton, .1. M. Ford
nam, a negro from Orangeburg, .1, ('.
Whitlakor, a negro from Snnitor, John
II. Ostondorf, a white Republican of
( 'harlostdn, and .1, I *, Mitchell, whoao
initccodouts and color aro not attainable
at this (snd of tho line. Tho retncua
allow that of tho ballots deposited
in tho various boxes Stokes
received H,0'>;i and Johnston only
I , !tl v, giving tho former a major
ity of (i, or about aix to ono! Hut
Johnston's contention is that logal
voters went to the polls and desired to
vote for him, whose ballots were reject*
oil, and henco bo claims that bo would
thus lmve bad moro than Stokes.
There in a now turn in the original
packagb busmosa in (Ireonville. Imst
week a apocinl mooting of city council
was hold and the ordinance passod a
few days ago was adopted. The pro
| visiona of the new ordinance require
| sM'jti to be paid in advance and a gradu
i atod scale is adopted from #<3,000 up to
; $13,660. Tho limit ia 8500 on any
I amount of liquor Hold. .7. I?J. . IViyno,
i F. M. Simmons and M. Flatan, tho
j largest dealers, will comply with tho
i ordinance and make the advance pa.v
| fnont as required. Tho payment, will
I be made under protowt. A nunibor of
! the smaller dealers hnvo employed
Wythe ?fir Hlytho as attorney a and pro
pone to contest the l'ight of tho city to
impose the tax. Tho city authorities
are determined to tost the mat(oi*,-nnd
will proceed to exeouto the ordinanco. 'A
At Anderson in tho ease of Tj. 1 1.
Vanghan, representing Hlumenthal &
Jbekart, original package men, was
continued. No irroguhirity it>. ehnr^od
in this instance. It is a eqnnPd" issuo
wliothor or not liquor can bo Bold in
original packages. Judge Huchaniin is
understood to hold that il is nonsonso
to say that a non-rosidenl can do what
a citi/.en cannot do; that under tho first
clause of tho dispensary act tho ealo of
liquor is prohibited, except as pro
vulod in that act. That tho exception
is the provision for sale by dispensers.
If tho sale by disjicnsors is unconstitu
tional then wo hnvo prohibition.
Tho Stato of tho 1Mb says: Mr. Ij. A*
Witlkowaky and sovoral other ftctitlo*
men ciuuo over from Camdon to present
to the governor strong petitions aakiog ...
him to commute the death sontencoofu ,
negro in that county who is to bolmngoil
on tho SWnd iust. ; having beon convicted
of rape. Tho victini wau a lG-yoar.-old
colored girl, and sho signs tho petition
asking that tho death sontonco bo com
muted to life imnrisonmontin the Htato
penitentiary. -J'horo appears to bo con
siderablo doubt- as to the man's guilt,
(lov. Ellorbohas taken tho potitions
under advisement.
? r
Colonel Vance, dispensary commis
sioner, pays ' tho ^^ipments now aro ?
voryjrfrgo and aro "athiost up to tho,
usjfal amount. Ho thinkV4horo is no
dofibt ubout liis ability to continue to
turn monoy into thoJi*?as?m', and if ho
does ho has no doul\? alJGut tho por
manoncy of tho institution, Ho doesn't
beliovo tho TiOgiMatnro 1
lion of abolishing
Hegifitoiv
tho
yas any in ten -
k'stom.
Olivor Bruhibcls, white, wotf killed
noar Oalavan, Clarion county, by
United Statos Marshal Hubbard.
Jhuinblos was a dosperato character and
said ho would not bo arrested alivo and
when Hubbard wont to mako tho arrest
he was llrod on, tho ball losing through
his hat. JIubbard roturnod, tho ili'd
with fatj^l result.
At Killiann, Jtichland county, John
Drain of lato has beon too attentive jto
" lFonry Willford's wife, nndon roturning
homo' ho found (iraiu in his houso and
lio emptied the coutento of his. double.- . ?
bai-rol shot gun athim, one load taking
e/Toct in tho log, tho other in his side,
Tho sido wound is fatal. Will ford
^scaped. ' , T
HonAtor-Tillman i?atill confined to.^is J
room at tho lesidonco of i\Ir. J. W,
Hunch in Columbia. It is stated that
his condition is about tho samoaswhon
ho arrived in .tho city. Ho iff being
glvon thoroucjh troatmont by bio phy."
siciaus. Mis. Tillman iB with tho Hen"
ator. ? Tho State. ,
. ? ?? . p
; Tho Loxisagton county /air asdooifttion
has beon permanently organized and-?
TarioiiB committedfT flPT>oiured,~andT>f- ?
JioorH nod copim ittco s have pono actively
to vrork malcin'g propnrntfons to hold -
tho firBt annnal connly. fnir <m ihf 87tfa-'x
and 2Stb of ihis liiOatlr.
i Hauimn
A large party of Nev England cotton
mill men are to visit Columbia the lat
ter pert of this mouth to insist JtUe .
waterjvower oi tho Colombia >
Company Trith a riew ef ?o?HHir4j?e*>