The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 21, 1898, Image 1
VOLUME IX.
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CAMDEN. S. C., FRIDA V, ,1 AN lTA If V 21. "!s?>s.
Ho ljells the People the Result oi ^
the Year's Study,
FINANCES UNSATISFACTORY,
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%
Js Circular Letter to Preachers Ko
DOrt a JUecrcuso l>rlnklnpc nud
Drunkenness, Hut the Legislature
..Will Have to Walt for Action at
Washington Ileforo Anything Can
I. Bo Don? With the Great Whiskey
ProMom.
Below is tho .Governor's mesfla^o on
State affairs as vettd boforo both houses
of the General A&sombly on the Uth:
To tho Gentlemen of the ticncral -la
sembltj:
la tliia first aunnal message I rogvot
that I oanigp't oongratulato you and the
v??lopie of f ne State x;{>ou
tho condition of aftaira
that faces you today.
But whilo Vfo have uot
had tho predicted re
turn . of prosperity, we
fthould recall vri th
JhankfuJness the Rood
;lioaltb, .) eaco and hap*
ipine88 we have been
permitted to enjoy.
rWfttf5SOurther proTfaJinary 1 proceed
to disohs^ge cue of tho most important
duties imposed' upou the Chief Execu
tive by tbo constitution. .
The. fl nances'4 of the Stato are in a very
ttn^atisfactoVy condition. ? During the
session of tho CJenonil Assembly, for
1800, a levy of four and a half mills was
laid to meet the current expenses of tho
fiscal yeaT, beginning January Jet, 1807,
and en di fig December 81st, 18H7. Tho
sum raised by this levy provod-insulli*
cient to meet' the expenses, and we
have, thercforo, a dcflcit. of $100,000 to
bo provided for. By usintr overy dollar
from every available Bouree and by
overdrawing in flmallv amounts upon
bankB-in whiohjMgo snmsof the Stato's
funaS nave b6ert\ deposited, wo have
met promptly all Vurrent obligations
without borrowing a dollar. Tho books
' were opened for the oolkction of taxes,
October 16th, and since that timo wo
have used money thus colleoted to pay
7 current expensed. This money now be
' ing collected, fiowever, belongs legiti
mately tor the ' current arrropriatious
for 181)8, liy refusing to borrow ?100, -
000, as is oftou done, though lllave not
eavod the State any great amount iu the
-way of interest charges. I have re
fused fo sanction what appears to me to
be a bad policy? the policy of borrow*
ing money at Interest.
The levy for State-purposes will be
. high, but you must remember that we
have a deficit of SlOOjOOtf? not of your
making -to bo provided for* and that
the State will no longer reeeivo any.
??reteuuo fui uu iieut ^srpenses from tfie
dispensary profits. for under the pro
visions of the constitution all profits
from^ the ^ dis^^w^^must^ h^^after
past vtRV the general fund has been
augmented by $02,000 received from the
dispensaVy; the year previous this
. augmentation amounted to $100,000.
5 have endftavored tb secure a state
ment of the finances of tho State froth
the. treasurer. But as his books were
not balanced up to t^e time of com
pletion of my message, 1 beg to refer r
you to the treasurer's report
Tho Dispensary.
. .Thftjnofit-itiifflcuH problem that con
front* you is the regulation of the
liquor traffio? and it is yottr duty, as
the trusted.. representatives of the
people,- to^ise your best efforts in satla
r-Je0&rilx solving Ibis question,
Is si.t isaugursil a;Iyre?3 I ?nk?u iuai ,
*6 eltftHtre Wnaade in the dis
pensary law until it OOttld be given a
fair. trial. This it bad never-had. Upon
" mendation tho Jaw remained
r, with the exception of a-few
tant amendmanta. ()u Msrnu
duties of (larvemor J undertoOu
euforcemont n the law, endeavor
tadowith asVlittle friotionas possi
jbljr At first, niy efforts were enconr
agingly.suocessfnl, but thiseucoess waa
hindered by disagreements among the
of the btat* board of control.
The mismanagement of the State dia
peatmryy and the bickerings and dia
eeaSiorfs iu the State board disgusted
acis^of the warmest supporters of the {
law,' and caused a great many to. lose ,
nrttw. But by recrgaoi
_ crce this mismanagement
'waa eomcted, and the boardbasjsiaca
" Be it ?atd ta their
credit^ the dispensary is now conducted
in a more business-like way tWan ever
for the inter
Xtfonot
Loeb Jmtg? Simouton held that
of liquor dealers outside the^?tat^
might come ifttos State, take orcwM
for liquors and ship them to oiti^^ns of
the Stato. Kucouraged by the above
decisions, the liquor men applied tcthe
United Statos Circuit Court for groator
privileges, aud iu the Vauderoook de
oisiou wore grauted all they desired.
Jn thin cane the eame judge held that
eitizons of another State might import,
?tore away aud sell liquors id origiual
uubroken o^cJkoges of all sizes not lens
than one- half pint. This led to the
op&uing iu tho State of huudroda of
privsto liquor houses and Hooded the
whole of South Carolina with whiskey.
Blind tigers, furnished by "original
package" dealers, began the sole of
wbisJkey.iu ^uiet, iKtttoet'ttl com muni
tiofl, where liquor has never been sold.
In my efforts to enforce the dispeunary
law, n? modified by the judge's decis -
ions 1 mot with great diftloulties. At
one time J udge Simouton seemed to as
sumo the oombined i>erogatives of tho
Chief Executive aud tho Legislature of
South Carolina, and undertook the
amendment of tho dispensary law by
injunotiou. Tho Uovernor, the con
stables, aud all pcrsous connected with
the enforcement of the law, were en
joined from interfering in anyway with
the "origiual package" dealers, and
the law enacted by the representative!
of a sovereign Stato was praotioally re
pealed by a Federal judge.
Whou it was reported to, me tbat
Yarn, Byrd & Co., "original package"
dealers at Bamtiorg, were selling \vhis?
key to drunkard)*, I immediately order
ed tho ooustablos to Beizo their liquors
and arrest them for maintaining a nuis
ance. This wa? done, but they applied
to Judge Simoutou to have the stock ol
liquors returned at once, and asked that
the constables and all persons aotiug
under thom, or by virtue ot authority
fromthenr be syestra'.ned from further
intermeddling \yitli the said property.
This request was granted, notwith
standing witnesses swore that they had
Boon the man who bought liquor at or
about the time of tho Baje aud that ho
was drunk. The judge held that, to
be guilty of the offense of Belling to a
drunkard, tho party selling must either
'know or must have substantial reason
to bfeliave that the party buying was
drunk at the time.
AgQih.in the case of E. J. Connor vb.
Geo. S. McCravy ot a^f^leo. S. Mc
Cravy, sheriff of Laurens county, noti
fied me ?hat four two-horse wagons had
been sent to Augusta for whiskey aud
that on their way back to Laurens, he
receivod information that tho drivors
were drtrtik and boisterous and wore
soiling whiskey from the wagons. 1
ordered the wagons and liquOr seized
as soon as they arrived at Laurens.
Thereupon E. J. Connor filed a bill ol
"Complaint in the United States
Circuit, Court praying for a
perpetual injunction restraining the
defendants from seeing liquors of the
complainant. Upon this bill being
filod Judge Simoiiton granted a rule
against the defendants, requiring
them to show cause why a temporary
writ of injunction should not be grant
ed, and at the same time ho made a re
straining order to tho following effect,
to-wit: Enjoining the defendant from
seizing or attempting to seize, in tran
sit or after arrival, or otherwise carry
ing ft way or confiscating or detaining
any of tne liquors, wines or beer im
ported or sent into the State by th?
complainant; aud furthermore com
manding said defendants to forthwith
deliver the horse, wagon, wines and
liquors to the possesion and oontrol of
the con* plat nan t.
In the above instance you can se?
some of the difficulties that havo con>
fronted me in the enforcement of the
dispensary law. "Original package"
Jmlati hann to e?H "to
drunkards, and from wagons on public
highways. Whenever a seizure was
made the complainant would hasten to
Judge yBimonton, who seemed at all
time steady anH" willing to lend a help
ing hand to such applicants. J udge Hi
montofi's decisions and his unfriendly
attitude towards those who were charg
ed with the enforcement of the dispen
sary law so completely denoralized the
State constables that t- ? * wtra of lit
tle use, and became j^moMt a dead ex
pense to tho State. Tne ftost of main
staining the oonstables was about $4,000
per month. They were afraid to seize
liquor for fear the Federal judge would
jail them for contempt. When they did
make a seizure it was, with few excep
tions, released and the constables en
joined. Inasmuch, therefore, as Judge
Himonton had practically paralyzed tne
constabulary, I dismissed ? the force,
leaving tho responsibility fur the en
forcement of the law in the inoorporat
/^d towns and cities, in the bands of the
city and town authorities. I retained a
few detectives to suppress . "blind ti
gers" in the country .where the people
have little pr no protection. The dis
pensary act makes it 4the duty of the
State board of control to withhold their
share of profits of the dispensary from
any town or city in which the authori
ties do not enforce the law. So far the
profits have been withheld 'only from
thetownofSumter.andl hare appoint
ed a constable to 'be paid .out of the
town'a sb*reof the profits to see that th?
law ia enforced there.
We hare then to face the following
condition of affairs: Under the pro
tection of n circuit judge ?t the United
States Court liquor is being sold
throughout the Statn, in the country
"as" well in the municipalities, end In
defiance of the laws of the State. The
rights of a sovereign State to police
sad- regelate the liquor traiBe iff Iti
liettMw^iPff M South Ce?v
~#d? Md?|m
. - ? n n "hi,,,
O? UaValAViilOl
?Mtetkerighttoexctode
deoision wti) be, in tiuie to legislate m
accordance therewith.
It oanuot bo doubted that a Urge ma
iority of our people favor the dispensa
ry taw, if It can be secured agaioai the
interference of tho Federal Courts.
Thre? successive General Assemblies
have deolared in favor of the diepousa
ry as the 'best method of dealing with
the liquor quest ion, Our repru&euta
tives in Congress are at work seokiug
to seouro additional legislation for the
protection of tho Stato against tho iV
ierfe ? oa of theTnited Statoe jndioiarv
The I ? intod States Senate has already
passed a bill by unanimous vote giving
tho oomplete control of intoxioauts to
the States, and it is hoped that the
House also will pass it. But wf XftVlftt
h ave immediate relief from tho present
intolerable conditions. Free liquor,
with its aoeoim>anymg increase of
drunkenness aun^ consequent increase
of crimo must at all hazards be got rid
of. A3 1 have said, a licenue law will
not secure immunity from this evil.
Judge Simon Ion has destroyed, alone
with the dispensary, tho lioou&o Byatem
when run for profit. What, then, is
left to do V We must eithor enacfc pro ,
hibition or continue the disneuatfy
system without the profit feature.
JVtany ? a majority 1 boliove do not
think prohibition is practicable, I and
many have approved the dispensary
system because of the profit feature.
We can certainly get rid of tho "t>rigi
nal-packaga" dealer# and -their demor
alizing trafllo by continuing the
pensary shorn of all profits and admin* -
isterod oulv as a police regulation to
control and reduoe the liquor evil. The
Federal judgo will have neither occasion
aor excuse for his evor ready injunc
tions, if that system shall bo inaugu
rated, unless ho shall again rovorso Jus
, own previous dooisi^u. Th$8r-^then,
"tp. eu-s <o me tl e I ed tnd almost the
tue only thinj? let t us 10 do. Wo mi^ht
Iry this polioy for a year, aud next win
ter, after Congress shall have acted, or
I failed to act and after tho Supreme
Court at Washington shall have de
cided what is to becomo of the Stato's
power to control liquor under the Wil
son bill of 1890, avo shall bo in a posi'
tion to take final aotion.
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But as facts speak louder than words,
I will give tho testimony of ministers
of tho gospel in the State as ta^ tfip of-,
feet of the dispensary law on the morals
of the people and on the reduction
of drunkennoBs among them. Out of
four hundred aud sixty-three answers
received from the ministers of tho State
to questions submitted to them in a
ciroular letter, dated Ootober let,/ 1897.
three hundred and twenty-four reported
a decrease in drinking oi forty-sip and
one- third percent., nud a correspond
ing decrease in drunkenness Biuoa tho
dispensary law went into effect, Sixty--.*
nine reported an increase in .drinking
of fifty-four aud three-fourths per lent.
Yet, in the face of such testimony As to
the good results of tho sj'stem, Julgo
Simonton declares it is not a police
measure. * * * * Let us, therefore,
do what is left us, and waifc>for action
at Washington.
Public Printing.
During the year the office of publio
printer having been declared vaoant,
the committee provided for by law, con
sisting of the Governor and the chair
men of the oommittoos on printing of
your honorable bodies, \mot and elected
Mr. Charles J}. Calvo .public printer.
This committee tbouglifihe State might
have been saved several thousand dol
lars had the act provided for, or per
mitted, competitive bids. The prioe to
be paid for the work is fixed in the act
ana the committee found itself com
pelled, under the provisions of the law
to make the appointment. I. recom
mend that the act be repealed8 and that
? committee from each of your honora
ble bodies be selected to let the con
tract to r publio printing at competitive
? prices. 1 further reoommend that the
f-net -fix the? maximum1 prioe to 'tf
paid for the work so as not
to exceed the prico being paid now un
der the existing law.
J Direct Tax.
Thero aro $8, 1?0. 70 in the State trea
sury to the crcdit of the direct tax
land, which, under an act approved
24th December, 1801, is available for
publio puritoses. I recommend that
yon pees a joint resolution authorizing
the State treasurer to transfer this ac
count to the general account.
Special Licgtulatlon.
The number of special statutes should
be reduced by the enactment of general
laws, embodying ample provisions and
remedies for the relief of person*, cor
porations And communities, relative to
subjects of a general character and to
put an end ' to tho present flood of spe
cial legislation. As it is easier and in
some cases cheaper to apply to the Gen
eral Assembly for relief rather than to
f the oourts or othejjprlbnnats provided
I by general law, theTegislature is being,
upon various excuses, subjected to con
stant pressor e to enact^peclat laws for
the relief of individuals. Indeed, even
constitutional provisions intended to
limit such specisl legislation have often
been evaded under the gnise of a so
called general law. In the constitution
of 1895 there are express provisions pro
hibiting special and local legislation by
the General Assembly. Prior to 18U5,
during each legislative session a great
deal of timf was consumed in the con
sideration of snoh special legislation,
at great*! pease to the State. It was to
check this growing evil that these pro
hibiting provisions were introduoed
into the constitution. It ia natural aad
may be praiseworthy for individual
lsgislcters to seek te advance the inter
ests of their localities and eo&stitoen
tmt ?ndt Interests should be sub
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legislation. Tt was an aot forbidding h
citizen of ouecouuty to fish in auother
county for profit, without ti rat
obtaiuiug a licenso from th<*
couuty treasurer. This seems to
ho a geueral statute, hut in tlu>
third section of tho aot it is provided
that the aot shall apply to no oountie*
iu tho Stato except Colleton aud Horke
ley. This disregard of constitutional
provisions if not cheeked will open the
way to an iuoreasiug mass of this kmu
of 'legislation, and must rosult in thu
pi'actioal dofeat of tho objects of the
constitutional inhibition.
Prompt aotiou should ho taken by
your liouorablo bodies to onforco ob
servance of tho provisions of tho con
stitution on this subject, and to con Hue
legislation as nearly as practicable
within tho limits proscribed by tho con
stitution. I would respectfully recom
mend for your earnost consideration the
creation, by a ioint resolution, ofajolv.t j
oomnvitteo of the two houses who shall j
be spooially charged with the duty ot
supervising all bills introduced, and re- I
porting such as come within tho propri
etory provisions of tho constitution, re
lating to local and special legislation.
With such a safeguard the General As
sembly can successfully avoid tho on
aotment of laws forbidden by the con
stitution and inBuro tho faithful ob
servation of its wise aud salutary pro
visions. I
State Colleges,
The attondauoo at the State college
.ully up to the averago. They all ap
pear to.be doing satisfactory and careful
work. 'During the past year IJr. Frank
C. Woodward was oloetod president ol
the Souto Carolina Col lego, aud l'rof.
HenfyS. Uartzog prosidentof Clemson
College. They were elooted to fill va
canoies occasioned by tho resignations
<?f J)r. James "Wopdro\\*t prosident of
the South Carolina College, aud l'rof. |
E. li, Craighead, president of Clemson
College. Keaulta aro proving the wis
doin of the trustoes in making theso ex
cellent selections.
Phosphate Industry.
Only $40,700. 23 have been paid dur
ing the yoar into the State treasury
from the phosphate mining industry.
This amount, under the law. must ho
devoted to a sinking fuud for the re*
demption of State bonds. You may ox- !
pect a still smaller revonuo from tb'8 1
source next year, Competition with Al* |
giers and laorida has so reduced the 1
price of phosphate rock that sotno of j
our minere have been forcod to suspend ,
operations. Ij^foso who aro engaged in 1
the business jjre mining at a loss, not |
?withstanding the faot that tho board of j
phosphate commissioners reduced the !
royalty from 50 cents cents per j
ton.
/ Tho 81oklng Fund I'oinmisbion. i
? The total value of tho Assets of the"!
comulative phoapliato royalty sinking ?
fuud is ?203,007,50. Of thin amount
$37,553. 00 was lonned to counties at a '
rate of 3 per cent, interest per annum. j
Tlio sinking fund lias permanently in- j
vested in State stocks $35, 228. 00. There
is invested in temporary loans, under
the act of February 25, 1800, and Feb- j
ruary SMk 1807, S58.484.22. This leaves
a balance of 3131,202. 78, which has j
been deported in bank, bearing 4
per oent. payah# monthly. You can 1
see from the above statement that ?
under the aot of 1Q07 only a email '
amount was lent to oouiltia^ while the ?
greattiV part of the fiin<r has been de
posited in banks and is unsecured, ex
cept by the oredit of those banks. It!
will also be seen that on the 81st o(
December, 1800, there was then loaued ;
to tho bank*1 at 4? per cent, interest,
and secured by a deposit witu^lhe State
treasurer as collateral security. of State
JJrown 4J per cent, stock, $173,UR4?22,
leaving only $2,810.03 caali deposited iu
bunk. ; _ i
Confederate Records.
J.t has been particularly nnfortunat? '
that the office of State btatorian hat I
been made vacant by the death of two 1
woflfay Jocumbinls. Binco tho ad- t
journment of the General Assembly \
the grand old Confederate soldlwv |
General Hugh Tj. Farley, has paseec 1
awav, before ho had completed th?
work to whioh he bad been assigned. !
I appointed Col. John 1\ Thomas Con
federate historian, to carry on the
task. You will find in the report ol
Colonel Thomas a detailed statement
of tho work already done, together
with what rem%jns to bo finished, j
aspecially as to the completion pf the
Confederate rolls. It is the duty oi
the State to pieparo an historical ac
count of the part taken by tho com'
znands from this State in tho great
civil war and to complete the rolls. I
therefore urge that provision bo made
for carrying on this work. To insure
completion I recommend that a sum
be appropriated sufficient for carrying
ut this undertaking; and I suggest as
i inducement to its early completion
at while sufficient money be allowed
wthly for ourrent expenses, the
?*jor portion be paid only upon the
>mpletion and oooeptaeee of the work
now mappe I out.
Countjr Government.
The Generaff^Assembly should givi
ireful consideration to the matter ol
:penditures\ by county governments,
e system now in . force is very cum
^/wome^jwro in many counties leads to
extravagance. From the representa
tion by townships arises a tendency to
reciprocate favors, and this leads to
oseless expenditure# which, if there
were no orportrinlTj TLH tfrsat mutually
beneficial exchanges, would be avoided.
Many counties have remedied this tron
bit as far_as.po#sibl# and have made ?
fanner saving by placing their officers
oa. fixed ealariea and taming the snr?
plus left over after paying the salary
hi to the general county fund.
Coselwefea.
I desire Co imp* efe hpon the mem ben
i<% Oilii|l * ? I euess i (y
for th* ?trietevt economy la Ikeeppre
Bratfcm Of public men# While hn
Om account of low prices <%n?l tho sear
citAof money the burden of tuxatiow
presses with more thau usual severity
upoulho people, and iu no way eauyou
more richly merit their Approval ?m)
irratitnito or justify their confidence iu
von than l>y judiciously striving t<j
lighten this burden.
1 have endeavored, after a study of
tho State's aflairs, to mako suoh recom
mendations to you as seem proper and
just. ThoUovevuor oauuot make laws
to you alooe is entrusted, as it should
ho, the i>o\ver to pa*a bills and to
change exist tug laws for betteriug the
conditions of o\ir institutions and for
reduoitg taxes. My recommendations
are merely %dvisorv: the responsibility
for the passage or defeat of billf, intro
duced or reeommondod, lios with you.
it is my dosiro to co-operate during the
com i uk (.ession, an during the pant, with
your respective bodies and members in
i the interest of tho taxpayer? and of our
1 poopto generally; in that behalf \ will ut
: all tunes be pleased to oonsult with com
I mitteos or witlv. individual' members,
j 1 he responsibility for the defeat of
I any good measure for whatover reason
shall not rest on the executive, not
Khali I allow myself to be iutluouced in
any of mV actions by intiiualious that
j my moasnres may be defeated. I'or*
j sonal prel'orenco or desire shall not be
indulged by me in tho proposal of any
mea^uro. If they bo found not sub
servont to tho l ublio interests, my aug
postiona should bo iguorod; if in that
j interest, their defeat will harm not the
; executive but only the people.
1 call your attention to the reports of
tho various Mate departments, wliieh
! will gi-vo you a more intimate iusijjht
into State a f burs. In tho various de
partments of tho Stute government I
find iu theoftieorw n Kouoral disposition
to follow* the law and disehargo proper
ly the dutios of their .oftiverF*
I Wll, il. EttXiEltJiB,
(Joveii.or.
CUTTING WAUfCS.
Lower KnltVt'to l*rovn!l lu Cotton Mill*
Of Six States.
TIio operatives in over half a hundred
eotlou nulla in New .England States
ceased to bo paid under the old Bohed*
ule of prices on the lrtth. On Monday
niorniuK, tbo Uth, the general policy
of tho manufacturers to roduoe wages
wont into oft'ect in nearly every inill
cSntre in tho Kix Stutoa. The roduotion
becomes operative in tho cotton mills
of Now Bedford, Lowell, the Pawtucket
and Blrtck?tono Vnlley in Khodo Island,
jmd in tho States of Maine and New
Hampshire^
Tho Full Hiver mills with the oxcep
tion of threa 'oorporaticna, outwages in
tho month, as did also the Amoskeag
Conipauy, of Manchester, and tho mills
in Salem and n number of smaller
plnccn.
Noticos wore posted In the cotton
mills of tho Atiantio <fc Paoiflo corpora
tions at Lawrence, Mass., announcing
that on and after Jau. 81, a reduction
of 10 por cont will be made in the em
plpyeos. The Pacific corporations em
ploy about fi.OOO hands and tho Atlan
tic abput 1,200. It is thought the op
orait*feh will accept the reduotion, as
the striko of about two years ago was
unsuccessful. i
Tlie Lawrence Mills are the last in
New 'England to join in tho general
movement. The Everett, Pemberton
and Washington CottOtt Mills herd
not as yet announced a reduction,' but
it is generally believed that they will do
BO soon.
A special from Paw tucket. B. I., Bays:
In the Blaekstone Valley, 7.000 mill
operatives will work at reaucea wages.
The reduotion is announced at from 10
per. cent-to 411-0 {>er-ee?ir ? The oj>era
tivestsay that in bo&q instances the re
duction is moro than announced. The
;qill hands are vigorously protecting,
but thoy havoJJ^jiBjfttr tlccided to con-_
linue at work.
GENERAL. BOOTH'S VI3JT
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To This Country Is to Further Ilia
Scheme's to Benefit the Poor. -
| General William Booth, the head of
tho Salvation Army, reached New York
on the l/>th, on board the ateamer St.
? Paul, from Southampton. Tbs general
J was mot down the bay Commander
| Uooth-Tuoker. On tho t>ier a large
| delegation of headquarters Salvationists
wcro awaiting their chief. General
Bpoth wns given a warm reoeptitfn.
Ho stopi>ed at Commander Booth
I Tucker's house in Fordbam. where he
romained h few days before ne left for
! Canada, where ho was met by hia
| daughter, .Miss Eta. Booth. who is in
charge of the army thero. He will re
! main three weeks in /Canada, inapect
j ing tho work of th <**r?ny, and will then
i return to the United States. He will
begin his American tour on February
10th, in Washington.
"General Booth's idea is not alone
to look over the work and progreaa of
the Salvation Army in the United States
; and Canada, hut in-ftraveling through
: t%pao countries he will confer with. A
I number of citizens of the leading cities
! concerning his schemes for the asaiat
j ance of the poor. General Booth will
! inspect and suggest imuiorement in the
social institutions we hare established
in this country, which now lias#,. ac
commodation for 4,000 persons.** ~
FROM TUB 8IXTERNTH FLOOR.
A tfrrd Creenlcars Liimp From . f fie
Chicago M?aoalo Temple.
At Chicago Alfred O. Greenleaf,' a
bookkeeper committed J auicida by
A Discovery That Will Prove a Boon
. to the Farmer,
ANTI - TOXINE StRUM JHE
TalUtnau? Tlio tti>ruin 8av?<i8U.8 Pof
a iul nt h Nominal Cost of Only
lO CoutH n llcn?!.
The ohief of the bureau of animal in- ,
dus try, l^r. 1). F* Salmon, at W asliiuK* !
ton, has submitted to HocrotarjrWiUou, I
u report upon tho experiments made in (
the troatmont of hogs for hog cholera,
with auti-toxiue serum. Hub serum is |
made upon the B?me principle as tho j
anti-toxin? of diphtheria. Good s^rum
bus been obtainedfroiu both horses and
cattle, a horse or cow beiug treated
with the hog oholora virus m small
quantities at lirst, with large doses ar
ter suitable intervals of time. ? t he ro
sistauce of tho animal is thus i nixyO to ^
the highest practicable point. I no .
blood of Huch an anjnial vhon iujeotoa I
uuder tho skin of swino has boon found j
to possess both a preventive and a ?mo
for oholera. ^
This serum was first tested .upon
small animals in tho laboratory suit
being found ofllcaoious, was last lau
tosted in Pago oounty, lowa^ion sev-.
orwl herds of Hwiue continuing alto
iiethor 27b animals, Reaving Out one
herd, from which deflnito returns as to
oauso of death could not bp otytainqu.
only U!> died out of 214 animals of
which HO wero sick. Consequently
per cent of the animals in these herds
were saved. Of untreated herds kept
under observation during tho period re
ferred to about b5 i>er cont. of the aui-:
uials died. Pr. .Salmon beliovos that
with ox|>erience a better quality of se^
rum can bo prepared and ho lias doubt
that this porooutuge cau bo maintained
hereafter. ,
ltoforriug to this report ^e?rotftry
Wilson remarked that undoubtedly the
results reported by I.>r. Salmon were
most encouraging to hog rainers. 1 no
cost of tho serum now, said tho secro- ,
tary, is but 10 eeuts per head of ani
mals treated, only one dozon boing re
quired. and doubtless in courso of time,
this light cost may still bo further ro
"It is my opinion," said the jiocretiry
"that it ia of the utmost importance
"that this serum for tho noxt year at
least be made by tho bureau, under
our own supervision, and distributed in
large quantities in order to demon
strate its efficiency upon a more oX
touded soalo. It is absolutely essential'
that dnriug tho ' experimental stage
serum of undoubted quantity bo used.
Unless the hog growers can obtain it
from othis department they will be
forced to depend upon what can be ob
tained from private *ouree?, ami owing
to the novelty of this product, not ouly
will discouragingly exorbitant prices,
be charged for it, but in manv oases
inferior products may be offered, lliis
would preclude the possibility, of mak
ing a satisfactory test on a widely ex
tended scale.
"I propose to ask congress to rroviao
an appropriation necessary to enable
this department to furnish' 2,0W,<H>U
dozens of serum during the P?*t yeftr,,
and to lxiako a considerable wrtion ol.
?he appropriation iranrerlt?t?ty avail* ,
hie. It seems from Dr. Salmon a re
port that it takes three or foUrmonths
to put a horse or cow in
supply the* serum; com
work upon an extended
undertaken at once.
?'The losses from bog chol<^ BKifi.
enormous and HWFWelgRja *pJie*V*Iy
for years upon our farmers that I, can
not imagine that Congress will tor a
moment make the approbations ne
cessary to carry on this W0trk' njot*
ouehlv. Indeed apart from ,$hf
stoke tho farmers have in this matter,
to refuse to provido for a jhoroueh te*t
of this remedy now would be, Maeea,
penny wise and pound foolish (??Idr iue
discovery of this serum . haB> jovolyed
already mauV years of
large sum oft money. It *0,"d *
great mistake now that ?o gr?atad^
covery seem^to have been made, ntftto
finish the wo*L,by giving it a thorough
and extensive tekt. ?? ?, >?
STONR1) BY 6TttlinflRa
Superintendent of. a N ew ,Bed#>*d;M Hi
Roughly Handled. , ' (
At New Bedford, Mus., .tjtttwf b?v*
beoom. .li.ord.rfjr, Hupermt.ud.nt
Knowles, of the Asnshuet Mill, . *ai <
stoned by a crowd of nearly a thousand
strikers. Ha is one of the moftt UJr
itonnlar men in New Bedford. He made'
1 speech at the Gate Mill had ttied to
persuade some strikers to, "$?1^
work, when he was roughly handWd by
the men. ,v*+" ?rr~*r"3r
About fifty men, mostly French and
Polish, attempted to resume work, trut ,
were prevented by strikers, who ate 111;
an angry mood. BeriouiJ twabto 'ta
anticipated. r=j
Petitioned the Postmaster ?t*ene*a*.
-~?Xfi#~8oath Carolina Piesbjterien
synod has petitioned the* poatrnwrtwr-i
general remonstrating a^aihat^jl.
opening o I po*o?c*
against Sunday transporOtio^of
The grWW?e was submittal
Senator _
Joha ? r.Uil
K?* Y?t tawdwwJ M*wi?
t-o
v n-7-TT7T V"f-* trvr~ "TTTrrt
TOI D IN
? Tl?* South." rtl '' ""
The Virginia legislature,
onU.flirting.bHL .. =1,.^. ,V. 7,
Mormons aro mali^ their aippeaiv
anod i? >North Carolina in grebk^nuuvifl
bOW. s .iiuitiw,
^h oro lit a moVdiAAnt tb 'tW1
capital of Alabama from MoUfgttitf try 46
Birmiughapi." ' *?*'--?? ? il*?? ?-? -m* ><??''?<(
I'b.: ortuge .oroi. WMSSSSSbt
coh'iitj
The Citizens' Exchange Bank lias
boon orKaniv.QiI .ux ltiifluauji<L Y>-.'? w ith
a capital slock of fSQO, OpO. " (
There is a bit! before tM^irfeWl*
legislature for the nomination pf i'<udn^
oral Senators by ^rimarlesj r.-n;, *?' > miV'V
Judge Dick, Of N or tlv> Carolina, 4?a*\
gone to the JohPs. WQpkina Mc\wita^w
at Baltimore, for treating .rw ,rt t.v4\
Governor Taylors! J?ejtfU$eeo, lias
mnounoud himself aa a panuutaTo Tor^
>lootion to the United BtateM'tte'nato.
The Virginia' Legislature has- i?*a?ed
a bill providing that olnha jniwV^eOiVffr^
liceuae to soil .wine#,#nd lh)H?rfr> v "u
Mr. J.J, Nevm^A, of WteWfo
0.? is making ,eftorts to prgkbrao it
Rowan couuty settldrfi',a4ti'ocifttl0fr.>' "?
In a Sunday' '<5a'rd"|fiiHi &fc' Dlftlng?.'"
ton, S. (X, Brooks' MoIto* ?hot a*<4>
killed Poser Murray, J Both parties, f^o ,
oolored,
priated.
Atlanta,
raia'ed by private bttbsbrif>t?oti. > ? r t * 1 1 ?>
Thieves entered Morris' si?*e|'A Wj*rr
andof, N?: 0. , rolled feho: uafq, ^uj.pi^pft .
1 (dputqub lino unuivv< x>. .. w~
W. Smith, of North Cat'6tiiin;,,1of,'b0i
minister resident and conftftt IgeuerMiOdft
the -United States to Lib<*rja...>.vt. ? a
The label 1 Corundum' C?ttPMr,W.
been ,or*anjaed . aV A^^llef . ut ,
w;th $200,0 OQ capital stock, 'to riftirlo lh#'
Ctyy county mineral,' t ft' eh miles fifotu*
Murphy.' 1 ' ' 1 ' : *y uurnu.
There to a 'movement' onnfeot'ta ?wot
brace in one ualkmal par 1M l*e :M<|;
Court House, Var/'1 enibrtjj?itog'>d,,00^
acres. ,'y n irtiAiir} nfj
""I Ml ,,|vf
Tbe-N?rtliM.,.?ii .U?J AvMT
threa <bojw wopQ../M|Wi^r1
At Bofcton ?'
tod by gaa. j , . .< . u\ i jj/> m<n.u>?<
if
rctf uuil WW.**? ?VM T.
Rallro*% 'itt1 Now ^fortuwT ?;
TtioTuWful and Iron'Ftfrgo GoflifW?$i
giWnff
1 stroyed and John llinkoHriltefl. ' ?\
tfho coding ooiiVib,tlbnvtof't!h0S?#nl)Vt-?
j ?<1 Anbirat Oraeror iuUeri?ilui?fWilirJ?%
< h6ld at Trenton, N.- J; ,< Jape? %1{ , t
j The eitfc of H( prehistoric
boon diacovarad ,^W "
aua.
of Chicago baa atttted, giving M?ir*ul9jra
1 moat, to 000: moO.,,,: .. f f
1 By ^ gas explosion 1 ~ '
men . ..
? If
.fi
durlngthe Cleveland admiaistea*W?#
dind,ak(tba. , & fifw
aer ~
accepted the position of Weal
rial of UfeJforMt Ajne#i?
f ? 1 ? < i/ fi-.-.
jntbe boaid of dijr^ct
On February tat iii Joinii/ln' <1
Mancbttte*' {!*. fcV,)' 'OottStf ttflHf !Win
jh&ttopphrtfnrarn fodafiniM tiaa, ? tfihm
cau* assigned >? the failing ?tt u?4ha
tbe employes, ion JWatfyMtt? ? i p?i: f
'?1 " T n '? j!.<:-^:.n m|i<l '- we
*3 f f ? m
Theredactona of vague in tfra Nair
.^pglMd c^lL*niJls jylU ,*>8*5^ Jitf, ^
Operatives. \ . . .
Wlfbv#'flww?fcv ' 7 ' 'uh'!*
] ? ' Jbhir I.ittooW; x0f' BdWfiow,
aaboad dbteafu of AbrabsevLirteei?,-<bae
wlitf *w ?! PWlmu. f ; i ?ai a n u i ^ ah rr
Seoretarj Long hi? asked Congflaje
Union Tel ?graph Ompany. e>iV ?- -r
v The b*dy ol We mbrttral, Wv'JHbT.
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