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m SB! •i THE MAIN HOPS OF THE SOUTH AND THE WEST. KUboMtM of HU Md Ar- n*3-A’iv-*v.*t irfu —■ 0*1. Ti IdMM <>■ HooeUwy QueMloiw. ta FBror of the White Met*). - To the Editor of the State. In endeavoring to comply with the request of your corresoftndent "More Than One’’ I shall at first attempt to meet your exceptions to my position On diver as expressod in your issue of November *«th. In your editorial of that date you hold that the free and unlimited coinage of silver at tfte ra- tio of 1# to 1 should be entered upon only by international agreement, that its adoption by this country alone would reduce our monetary unit to a — fifty cent standard, and thatjt being ao regarded by the great trading na tions would be a disaster. The ques tion of intornadonal agreement is al ways brosclvMdJy the advocates of the ; vT'jpMd- standard, whene^ft' 'the ’ ffde- ~~ mintage of silver is proposed, not that they have any idea of accomplishing anything, for they know that is im possible; but it is advanced, often like lawyer’s move for a continuance, merely for the purpose of evasion and postponement. Three times has this government admitted the disastrous ef fects of the gold standard by calling for international conferences to relia- bilitate silver and three times have the American delegates labored under the humiliation of rising in the con ferences to vainly beseech the Euro pean delegates to loin with tncm in undoing the treacherous robbery of Sherman and Ruggles and their eo- conspirators. who engineered the de monetisation of silver through a Con gress apparently as ignorant of the laws of nnance as the average- voter of the Booth alffd Northwest appears to be of his own interest. Those who now pretend to deny that the present distressing situation has been caused by the refusal of free mintage of sil- _ ver, would do well to read and con sider the admissions of our govern ment made by those whp, .as her dele gates, voiced her scntiifiehts in these conferences. Even John Sherman wrote Mr. Goesback, a delegate to the International Monetary Conference of 1878, as follows: “During the Mone tary Conference in Paris when silver In our country was excluded from cir culation by being under valued, I was strongly in favorjjf the single stand ard of gold, and wrote a letter, which yon wtfr find in the proceeding of mat conference, stating briefly my view. At that time the wisest among us did not anticipate the sudden fall of silver or the rise of gold that has occurred. This uncertainty of the re lation between the two metals is one of the chief arguments in favor of a mono-metalic system, but other argu ment^ showing the dangerous etFect upon industry hv dropping one of the precious metals from the standard of valne outweigh in mr mind all theo retical objections to the bimetallic sys tem.’’ In his address in this confer ence Professor F. A. Walker said:— see International Conference 1878, page 88—“Yet even more important, » the view of the delegates from the United States, is the probable etFect upon the production of wealth, result ing from the diminution of the monev supply of Europe and America, alrea dy accomplished or in progress through the gratuitous demonetization of silver. Cutting, as in the first in stance it does, to the very quick into the profits of the entorprcueur.or man of business, which profits constitute the sole motive to production under the modern organization of industry, and, enhancing, as in its ultimate operation it must, thd burden of all debts and fixed charges, public, pri vate or corporate -which debts and charges arc, in etfeetj Uw* mortgage which the representatives of past pro duction hold upon the products of cur rent industry—a diminution of the money supply is one of the gravest evils whicn can menace mankind * * * : Suffocation, strangulation, are i ^"Mortis hardly too strong to express the r’ Agony of the industrial body when embraced in the fatal coils of the con tracting money supply. * * ♦ Against so great a wrong to civilization and to the hopes of mankind the representa tives of the United Btates here pres ent, raise their earnest protest and warning.” Again in the international confor- „ Cnee of 1881, William M. Evarts,chief delegate of jjie United Btates (see in ternational monetary conference, 1881, pages 322, 323 and 328) said: “They thought that the way to get at a unity of coinage was to have but one metal in the service of the world for its money. This was a clear subordina tion of the end to the means; this was a sacrifice of money that could not bo spared in its volume and in its force, , in order that the symmetry of the mintage might be more conveniently attained. This was in the nature of a sacrifice of the great and manifold transactions of an" open commerce to the convenience and the simplicity of the bookkeeping which records it.. The act of 1873, a coinage act, as I un derstand it to have been,which, under this unlucky incident of regulating coin, has assumed to suppress onehalf the intrinsic money of the State * ♦ * What is it competent, within the cour age and wisdom of this conference, for it to propose that shall accomplish, or shall promise, or shall tend to ac complish this great result of p lac in the money of the world abreast wit its burdens and responsibilities and untrammeled in the discharge of them.’ 1 Delegate How (see same, pages 242 and 243) said: “We do not seek a pinched market pining for our so-call ednrecious metals. We rather wish to And a busy and lusty world to help consume the really precious fruits of our agriculture. We seek a thrifty world to ^ T4 --.5 found last extra session of Congran and greedy averice can be slacked, that that of Mr. Van Buren when hecon- the daughter of the horseleech will vened Congress in extraordinary ses- cease to cry for more. In Europe the Sion after the ^frent panto of.1837, Per’] people have but little voice in the gov ability to voice at these conferences the sentiments find opinions of . the United States. And in doing so they fully sustain my position as elabora ted in my three articles on the low price qf cotton, that the inevitable re sult of discarding silver from the mints would be a contraction in the _ . . circulating ninliuou....which..,wuiiid nation than that found in the mes- doublethe burdens of all debts, taxes and fixed charges, and by proportion ately reducing the price of all the products of labor, produce, V aw wasl iug. Christinas” said by Prof. Walker, “suffocation, wwwwr strangulation,” That it would, as was said by Delegate How, “double the weights of existing obligations and compress the world’s activities into half their existing scope; consign the nineteenth century to a paupers grave and lay tire heavy hand of paralysis on the cradle of *th« twejg- Ityiatfc” ^ V Said Prof. Walker: “Against so S real a wrong to civilization and to e hopes -of mankind, the repressu- tativesof the United States here pres ent raise their earnest protest and warning.” This is the official voice of upon this question. It is the “dew upon the fleece,As' there seems to Ire quite a number of ‘incredulous Gideons,” I will now setfic absolute confirmation by showing the “dew upon ^he ground;” for the response to the.Amencan delegates by the representatives of the monetary agencies of the old world dove tails ex actly with the expression of these dele gates in sustaining my position. The 1 shall produce,* is one first witness i snail protiu who perhaps more fully than any other voices the sentiments of the rul- or v tng crass in Europe. • Dr. O. I. Broeh, delegates from Norw/tyv (Bee Inter national Monetary ConfsrnCe 1878, page 27.) “Mr. Broch recognized that the United Btates had a great interest in having other countries make equal use of two metals for their monetary circulation and give equally to both Imracter. The United Btates fear that if the States still siib jected to the regime of paper monev resume spec repayments with the single gpld standard, this will immediately produce Jthe double consequence of augmenting, in a high degree, the value of gold and of depreciating that of products ofyuiy kind; a result which from tlipjr point of view, as a great producing country, and as a great debtor State, would in fact present dis advantages. The Unjtod States have a heavy debt, and it imist be admitted that a rise of gold would, with one blow, aggravate the weight of this debt. But Mr. Brooh observed on the other bond that if, with the double standard, the unlimited coin- There is a striking similarity not propriate the labor of the masses by, only la conditions, butvin portions of agreeing to the free and uplimited President CleveTand’s 'message to the coinage of sUrer, is to suppose that haps a betterjword picture of the sit uation than that found in the mes sage of either/ of the Presidents may be qjioted from an article of Mr. Tal- mage under the caption of “A Silver- Mil “Ihfrc is something awfully wrong, atj' you will see when b wnen I put two facts parallel.*- In tire far Western Btates more wheat than They know what to do with; in the South ern Btites more cotton than they know what to do with. Plenty of bread, plenty of clothing, and yet ifttrititudes naif fe<l and half sheltered, thou sands of employed, and to hundreds find thousands of peopto this is a him- owned the lands they tilled/’ gry aH^^ 1 ^ ~ ^ y ~~ key that can ng and slirivering Christmas. * ♦ * ft is like the depres sion of a man who has plenty of money uTtlto safe and ota w< >m;ui who has plenty of fonrHn the panfry; and they have-lost tire kevs.” The key to the situation, and the unlock to the riy-Uizcd ings of thrift, prosperity and con tentment, is a legislative key. But alas! this key is lield by just such men as Dr. Broch and Mr. De -Roths child in Europe, uml over here it hangs high in tire four million dollar, five hundred millionaire club room 1 in New York. This class of men has the ear of the government, and with some honorable exceptions commands the press, our- legislators acting, in accordance with the suggestion made bv Judge Brawley in his speech on the repeal of the purchasing ciaUSe of the Bherman act; that, upon financial questions adfice shpuld lie sought from bankers'/as their faouliarity with finance renders them most competent to instruct; they usually repair to New York for information and instruc tion. Of course they receive the ad vice m the 11 y. “Wplk into bur parlor.” There is nothing more natural than that these gentlemen, manifesting a most earnest solicitude for tire maintenance of public integ rity and national honor, and indulging in such clear phrases as sound money, honest money, hav’iiig the key placed in their hands by men who have not a upon this sub; {diould immediately proceed -fi. men same- conclusion that I have-^ihat there vfill never be any international agreement for the' fred and unlimited coinage of silver, as Ipng as the United Btates subordinates her financial sys tem to that of Europe. In this land, where, in thq-good odd days, when both metals were money and the “peo ple tilled the lands .they owned and " * when the husbandman was prosperous, and the laliorer worthy of nis liire; before the gold standard, financial craft and tegisfntrve jugglery vastly onriehed tha/ew without merit, and paralyzed the many without individual discredit; before eighty-five percent, of ourpeiv* tire bless- ^ple.slpsmdefi ih gloom, were spending | in fc anxious days Arid sleeplessmgms; and the voice of the auctioneer rung throughout the land signalling the de parture from once happy homesteads, houseless and homeless - families; if there is any man yet putting his trust for relief in iutenational agreement. I say unto him,: Friend, waive your delusion, weigh anchor and steer for the millenium. In my next article I shall deal with the silver dollar—which you say the drop in silver has made 50 per cent.' 'flat and is intimsicaltv a fifty cent, dollar. L. W. YoUMANS. Fairfax, 8. C., Dec. 22, 1804. ’ help age ydksilyar be iulmittfd, as«thc United Btefes demand, it’is also to Tie feared that everywhere the priceof provisions and .of the necessaries of life will l>e considerably increased; which is an other evil, and a far more serious one than the one just mentioned.” In his address at the conference of 1881 (see International Monetary Conference 1881, page 44,) Dr.Brooh aaysT “An*- 1 other unfortunate result of the univer sal adoption of bimentation at tlx ration of 1 to lf>4 would be an augmen lation in the monetary wealth of the world, and, as a consequence, a'depre ciatiou of theriietals, accompanied by u corresponding and general rise o ' prices. * * * On the day when tire proportion of 151 should bGcomiTNin- iversal and obligatiory, silver would rise 18 per cent., gold would fall and the pices of all commodities, especially of those which come from tire Hast, and are paid for m silver, would aji perience a considerable advance. * ♦ A rise so general, so sudden, and so considerable, would throw the econo- inic and commerctai worlfl Trrto -con fusion, and would carry disturbance into all classes of society. It wouh change all the relations of mankind among themselves, •* amP wouhl be equivalent to a reduction of all debts.' This idea of denying free mintage to’ silver, to make money scarce, and thereby increase its value, and depress the price of all the products of labor; “ho tlx also to prejudice tire United Bsates, by .using cheap silver to discount the price of her great staple exports bv pur chases of wheat and cotton in the East runs through the whole tenorof finan cial opinion ih Western Euro|>e. We see it plainly manifested in the last conference of 1892 by tire English dele gates, both Mr. Ross Wilson aqd Al fred De Rothschild. Mr. Wilson said, (see International Monetary Confer ence, 1892, page 97); “What, may I ask are the supposed evils that we are called upon to remedy? As far as can lie ascertained we are met here tqen deavor to raise the price of commodi ties. Such an object is entirely opposed to the economic doctrines which are accepted in the country from which I come. Cheap goods ami not deargoods, plenty and not scarcity, hare always been held to be conditions of profitable trade.” Mr. Rothschild Isce same, -page 69) said Advocates of bimetal ism main tain that the fall in the price of silver has brought about a corresponding fall in the prices of-various commodities. This may or may not be tire case; but, supposing the former hysothesis to lie correct, lam not prepared to say that it would be a misfortune for England or the world in general; nor do 1 share the opinion of certain distinguished exponents of that theory who deplore the fact of the Indian exporter being able to send /wheat remuneratively to England, thus interfering seriously with the interests of the British farm ers; but I hold that wheat at30 a quar ter instead of 45 is rather a blessing .ban otherwise:” De Rothschild like the average Northeastern statesman of this country; a fundholder and speak e seek a for them. It is the pixv ief of that government that no such world is possible if its money is to be limited to a single metal. ♦ ♦ * And it is not to be forgotten that the demoralization of silver means the retirement of not only nearly half the world’s goin circulation, but of more ing at any definite result, than half of its convertible paper is- been sues. It means to double the weight of existing obligations and to cora- K the world's activities into half existing scope.” The delegates to the international monetary conference of 1888 on behalf of the tfnited States reiterated the same sentiments. (See international monetary conference 1MI, pace 54, appendix A). The men Who eonstituted the several delega- were not cranks or Populists, but men, selected through the ordinary channels of government ft* their intelligence, integrity and er, regardless ^f the interest of tire country gentleman, v the debtor and producer; whom men of his ilk regard as their legitimate prey, nevertheless admitted, (see International Monetary Conferenc 1892,‘page 72,) “if this con ference were to break up without arriv ing at any definite result, there would be a depreciation in the value of that comnihdity-(silver) which it would lie frightful to contemplate, and out of which a monetary panic would ensue, the far spreading effects of which it would be impossible to foretell.” This conference did break up without nrriv- There has a great depreciation ih tlte Vtlltll 1 of silver (that is compared with gold), a monetary panic has ensued and we experiencing some of the far / are now experiencing some spreading effects of which it was im possible for Mr. De Rothschild to fore tell. Not only a drop in silver, but a corresponding drop in the price of near ly all the great staple productions of this country; trade is stagnant, indus try paralyzed, debtors overwhelmed, and ruin and bankruptcy broadcast throughout the laud. We behold the almost inexplicable paradox of univer sal want in the midst of plenty. ^ t to p themselves and men lock tire, store house againstrtlregeireraljniblic. There will be no relief until the South and West wrest this key from the hands of those who live by the profit of capital. Mr. Calhoun said (volume II, page 34K, works): “There is a dangerous antagonist relation be- tween those who hold oir comrflajod the currency and the rest of the commu nity.”. In speaking of this class in which he includes tire wholesale deal- era and master manufacturers, Adam Smith says (see “Wealth of Nations,” pages 2<)2 and 203: “The plans and projecets of the .employers of stock regulate and direct all the most im portant operations of lalxre; ami profit is tire end proposed by all those plans and projects. But the rate of profit does not, like rent and wages, rise with prosperity and fall with the de clension of society. ♦ ♦ ♦ It is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin. ♦ * ♦ The pro posal of any new law or regulation of commerce, which comes from this or der, ought always to be listened to with great precaution, and ought never to be adopted till after having and carefully examined erally an interest, to deceive and even to oppress the public, and who aeord- inglv have upon many occasions both deceived and oppressed it.” This leg islative key in 1861, on the withdraw al of tire cotton State's from tire Union, eminent, the masses are bom to labor and subjection. Antonio liAs no slips and sbylock will continue to demand his pound of flesh. I think any intel ligent reader who will carefully peruse t I have written will reach the w What* KanalBI# Farmer gays. To the Editor of the Cotton Plant i Four pounds of honest white and cleqn cotton for one pound of lathery painted cheese. / It takes about two acres of fine land four hundred pound pf fertilizer, bag ging and ties, toll, lots of hard work to produce one bale of cotton. The same land planted to cheese will produce at least 500 pounds of honest milk cheese, that is cheese that is made from pure cows milk, cream and all together; this cheese will not bound about like a piece of rifbber; it melts and crumbles in a manner to be readily distinguished f rom the common compressed sold on our market as cream clxrese. - — —-—V-W, ; > What makes this vast difference In products?* "Can't good cheese be made South Carolina, if nbt, why not? - A Hloody BnpUuy Augusta, Ga., Dec. 23.—This was probably the bloodiest Sunday in the history of Augusta. John Wiggins, a negro, waylaid Anderson Williams, also colored, on the South Carolina side of the river several miles from Augusta last night, killing him and it is said also attempted to Kill another old negro. The murderer fled to Au gusta. Negroes living in the vicinity of the crime learned that he had come to this citv and was at the home of his sister. They followed him here and' asked assistance- at ters to make the arrest. Detective Joe Murray was detailed for the work with instructions to call for further help from the police precinct in which Wiggins’ sister’s house was located. Officers Wrenn and Stringer accompa nied him. Wiggins was told by his sister of the approach of the officers and asLihey-jantersd the house where' he was . lying, the murderef fire upon them shooting Murray twice in the face about the nose and mouth and Stringer near the eye. Murray will die. Stringer may recover, but he will be injured for life. The negro then lied followed by Wrenn. The pistol shots Attracted people in the neighborhood to the streets, and among these was John Davis, white, an operative in Richmond factory, near Augusta, who came to the city to spend Christmas with his family. Davis was shot in the breast by a bullet from the murderer's pistol, and died in half an hour. Wrenn pursued the fugitive to the river bank, when’ the negro hid behind a clump of trees. Holding a pistol aloft in his right hand, the scoundrel told the officer he surrendered, to come and take him. U-en long and carefully examined, not ’H"' ( ''' r . onlv with the ffiostkeruputous, b ut ‘ will, the most auspicious! attention, "‘led pistol he had concealed It.comes from an ordes of men whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public, wire Rave gen hands of .the merchant manufacturing.class of the Northeast, anil right well have they wielded it, as Adam Smith asserted, to deceive, oppress and rob the other sections of the Union. By doubliiVgthe restrictive duties they first acquired lire war obli gations of the nation, and then by fi* naneial legislation doubled, trebled and quadrupled them in value. The interest-ef this‘section in finance is almost identical with that of West ern Kurojre to double the value of the money and money obligations which they hold, and touepress the price of cotton and wheat, which they buy from tire South and West. To no that which was denounced by the prophet Amos among the corruptions of JereP boam: “To swallow up the poor by making tire shekel great and the epliah small.” These lords of finance, of the loom, the factory and the fur nace, protecting tire hanks and the shops and plundering tire fields, have so aepressetl and-despoiled agriculture that our great staple products are now selling below tlx* cost of production, as our chief articles of export no long er maintain the exchanges in our fa vor, and as the treasury reserve is drained to settle the balance of trade, which suicidal legislation has set against us,this robbery and oppression is made a pretext for further extortion in the shape of repeated issues of gold s to furnish investment for usurious "interest levied up on the South and West. This, class of men, who jive by thfe profit of capital, controlling the government and hostile to the interest of the general public, during the past thirty years (their term of supremacy) have legislated into their possession left hand. Others joined in.the chasi but tire murderer reloaded his weap- . atev fight. , was’directing his steps toward the bridge, hoping to escape into South Carolina. Just as he approached it. however, one shot hit him and ranged around infiictiiig only a flesh wound. His weapons were empty then and he surrendered. The presence of a num- i w+her^>f poheemen-ott-. he waa captured was the only thing that saved nis life._ t The only thing that saved tlre mur derer's life is the fact that the Ireg- country; a lumltiolder ami speuK- — for the advancement-Pf the fund- alt the railroads, telegraph hues, va cant lands, mineral lands,and through the instrumentality of loan associa tions have shingled our farms and homesteads with mortgages, owning everything in existence, tltey fire how seeking, through the repeated issues of new gold bonds, to secure liens upon the energy and industry of fu ture generations. These are the gefi- tlemen, their hirelings and parasites, who dwell in glowing periods on the symmetrical beauty of the gold stand- ard, who sj>eak with an air of honest sentiment about individual and Na tional integrity, amt roll under their tongues as sweet niorSeTssuch clever »nrd« a«a /(‘honest money,’' “souhd money/’ “full value of money of the world. ” To sup»d3#fbat this class in Europe who by the prescription of ages con stitute the domhiaut element, who boldly avow their intention by main taining the gold standard to reduce the social status of the agriculturist; because, it is for the stability of gov ernment that capital shall rule, and Democracy find its home in the rural sections, that they will impair in the least their power by virtue of the sin- glegold standard, to control and ap- tslature that has just adjourned passed a law empowering the Judge to call a special session of the Superior Court in criminal cases For immediate trial. The negro will he tried within two weeks, and February winds will prob ably blow over his trrave. There was great excitement in the city all day, and a mob of several hundred gathered ia front of the jail. They only murmured their discontent though, and no attempt was made to raid the jail, which is guarded by a special detachment deputies. _____ of police and by -V • Starvation Threatened. Niobara, Neb., Dec. 23.—The suf fering among the inhabitants of the drouglitblasted part of Nebraska, in cluding three-forths of the residents of five counties, is becoming more intense daily, and immediate steps alone can prevent many deaths by starvation. Three years ago, the farmers of these drought-blighted counties raised a very light crop and the past two jears the crops Rave been almost total failures. Many families have not enough pro visions in their homes for one week’s sustenance, and no money to purchase the necessaries of life. Many of the merchants here feel that they have aided the poor farmers to'the extent ot their ability, and are unable to do any (re for tnem or to sell them goods on credit. The sufferers cannot ob tain employment, and unless, they re ceive aid very soOti, it is the general opinion that many will starve to death. Should the weather turn very cold many will freeze to death, as it is a fact that mAny have scarcely sufficient _ clothing to cover their nakedness. A mother and her two children were found dead in their little cabin this week. It is supposed the mother had been confined to her bed by sickness and she and her two little ones starved to death. Thestomachs of the children were opened and not a trace of food could be discovered. There is- not a stream of water in Perkins county and not a living spring. Wells run from 60 to 200 feet, the majority being 150 and 200 feet. The soil, if watered, raises good crops; if not, it bakes into a solid mass. The roads and much of the prairies resemble asphalt, so hard fcetFgnd-xmooth are they. Wall ers say that the soil is a solid mass 150"Feet down, so hard that picks ha,ve to be used to loosen it. Over this sur face, the never-ceasing winds blow from every direction. Women Beg for Bread. New' York, Dec. 21/—ATima, Peru, special says: Over 4,000 hungry wo men and children called on President Careeres, who ordered them dispersed. Rioting followed, lasting over three hours. Many persons were killed or wounded. MAKING HONEST CHEESE. S—Mi Caaallaa Xa«<ory4a. where the murderer was afid every ef fort was made to make her divulge. The mob still has her securely heldf(-~ and may succeed in making her tell. The negroes killed were all shot down on this side of the Ocopilco creek, 1686 rambling thoughtsTed thllmrt* boufe i tm ;?« lesabovfr ^»to»an. ;TW- -- report is that a second pose, which was scouring the Woods north of er to inspect the new cheese factory at Clcmson College, where there is a nice outfit of the improved appliances for making cheese, now in successful op eration by Prof. Hart, who has dem onstrated the fact that as fine cheese as can be produced in this country can be made in South Carolina. The flavor is really superior, and its rich nutty clteese flavor at once sharpens the ap petite and ealls for more certified hon est.cheese, While eating this South Carolina cheese our mind does hot roam from the crude oil tank under the Southern cotton seed oil mill to the dead liog, horse and cow rendering vats of the West. Our mind while eating this South Carolina cheese wan ders over the hits and valleys of South Carolina, along the oanks of clean clear water that flows, through the meadows; and its honest flavor re minds us of fragrant flowers and new mow'ii hay. After eating honest cheese one can sleep and dream of the clean things, (the Switzerland milk maid, for instance) and rest in confidence; but When his stomach is loaded with chunks of the indigestible compound is compelled, to kick. and roll around at night, dreaming of Tunning from vicious bulls and such. We learn that it takesaboutone gal lon of milk to produce one pound of cheese and the cost of a small cheese factory need not cost more than an improved cotton ginning plant; in fact it seems that thesetwo plantsmight be run by the same power as the cheese making Season' is about oveT'witfl when tlie cotton ginning season com mences. What is the, use of shipping cotton seed oil to the West to be com-- C nuided into diees** and pay freight )th ways, if our market really de mands this compound!- Why not si'ml West or East for one car load of improved machinery for a cheese fac tory. instead of shipping thousands of aids of cheese. This freight alow- car would ,be a good profit. The only fling that is not at our hand for mak ing fine cheese is good cheese-makers, good, industrious, intelligent, honest and well trained, educated young men suited to take charge of all such enter prises are the scarcest article in South Carolina. And just here we ought to give the board of trussees of Clemson College due credit for their wisdom in setting up a cheese making plant at Clemsop College, where our boys may learn choose making. Prof. Ilarfc in his forthcoming nqiort on cheese brak ing in South Carolina, will give the e] farmers a complete outline of making cheese* the cost, .etc.; and ihe besi of all he will tell the farmer how to make small amount of cheese at home, with fheflTittay of only abouttwo dol lars for necessary machinery which will he far ahead of the old plan of grandma's cheese press. Now don't readers write to Prof. Hart for a letter on cheese making for the man can't spare the time from ’his work,to- write so many letters; hut ey : ery lady can write to the director (President Craighead), for a copy of the report of the Experiment Station on cheese making, which report will be published probably soon. As to the cost of producing milk for making tlie cheese, every farmer ought to be able to make his own figures. But one pf thp more striking features in, the change from cotton to cheese or butter is. 'that the fertilizer bill in cheese and butter making may be left out. The cow is the fertilizer factory, and this" is located at home, on a cash basis, find the proceeds from this en terprise is coming in?all along the whole season./There is no space of from ten to twelve months is this kind of farming, which has a broad gap to he filled by liens and mortgages and in terest. Another very great good tor everybody that is interested in our prosperity and the lieautiful appear ance and pijrpianent improvement of the whole.face of the country is the replacingtof grass upon the naked and bare spaces; the soil will be preserved instead oT being washis! from the higher lands in the steams, thus doing damage, skinning the higher lands and causing the streams to fill with sand and overflowing the bottom lands. Any farmer who has any thought can see how tliiscotton farming has ruin ed the whole country. It is not nec essary to point out these things now, the five cents a pound will make every- body feel. 1 have cotton several years old and still have a good appetite and good home made cheese; tastes as good as it did when I used to eat it in grand ma’s days. : J. C. Stribuno. Pendleton, S. C. I’adgrtt P»^l the Freight. The advertisement of L. F. Padgett, the well-known‘furniture dealer of Augusta, gives some idea of what he offers in the way of furnitufe and house furnishings. "In his extensive establishment may be found well-nigh all that is needed to make the home comfortable'. This-large trade which Padgett enjoys and the testimonials which he has from scores of custom ers, sufficieutly shows the character of his goods, the fairness of his prices, and his determination to carry out his guaranty of satisfaction in every instance. Read his advertisement. i A frog farm with about a million head of stock is carried on success fully by a man in Contra, Costa coun ty, California. He started ranching in frogs a few mdnths agd\with a herd of about 2,Q0Q /rogs, and is already nutking lots of money/' He supplies the- markets of San Francisco, Oak land and other large cities cto the coast. It costs little or nothing to raise the frogs, and the rancher is not anx ious to trade his ranch even (of a gold mine, «o hesaya.—1——. MURDER BY WHOLESALE. ER XTMta FjMipto of Braoki County Wraaktag,. Quitmax, Ga., Dec. 23.—The posse in pursuit of. Waver’y Pike, the mur derer of Ison, an account of whose unprovoked murder appeared in The Chronicle of yesterday, last night and early this morning killed three negroes and reliable information is that tho total number of victims is seven. The negroes known to have been killed are Sam Taylor, Eli Fraser, and Harry Sherrad. Taylor fwas Pike’s step-fa ther, aqd the other twoi negroes h is close pals, all of whom were supposed to know of Pike’s whereabouts. If tlrese negroes kuew, they refused to tell, and the penalty of not telling was death. Pikes wife was seen to slip into his honse at 4 o’clock this morn ing. She was supposed to have known DELAYED the Ocopilco have killed four other ne- f roes. This wholesale killing is terrible, ut the people of thalt community have had terrible provocation. Hard ly three weeks ago, Tip Mauldin, a re- 8}>ectable white man was brutally murdered on the publip road in tho same neighborhoou by two worthless negroes. The people were greatly in censed over the murder, but the law took its course and the murderers are now in jail awaiting -trial. Numerous negroes exulted over this murder and even went so far as to hold a war dance a few nights afterwards around the spot where the murdered man’s life blood oozed out. This, of course, enraged the people still more, and when Isom, the best citizen in the community was cowardly murdered by one of the same gang the pent up flood of rage and vengeance was turn ed* loose. All of the negroes killed/ire those intimately connected with Isom’s murder and supposed to be aiding in his escape, or were in the gang which held the exulting war dance over poo# Mauldin's life blood. The arresting and jailing of Mauldin’s murderers lutiLna suppressing or restraining effect on her lawless ot, hood. negroes in the neighbor- Mauldin’s murderers have no more regrets for their deled and no more coiripunction of conscience than a dog. Every day they can be heard singing and laughing in jail, Irappy anu unconcerned, though tho gallows is staring them in the face. The pose which did last night's terriblo work-ke still banded together doggedly and determinedly looking for W averly Pike. The record of tonight and to morrow remains to be seen. Brooks county is aroused. The wholesale killing of negroes not directly connect ed with Isom's murder is severely con demned and it is hoped that the aveng ing mob will do no more of this mad work. 4c Cotton Make* 4c Fricc*. Not only on provisions, clothing, furniture aud all tlie actual necessaries of living, but us well on things ap pertaining to our enjoyment and ctil- ture. This is specially true as to pia nos and organs. Wise manufactures realize that in these close times prices must be exceedingly low, and terms of payment made exceptionally easy, and they ^re meeting the emergency. N otice the latest advertisement "of Ludden A Bates Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga.. in this issue, and write them for their Four Cent Priee« This is- a wide-awake nNu.T-. get-left and thoroughly reliable house, whose offers always mean just what they say. It costs nothing t> write Ludden <t Bates for catalogues, prices arid easy installment terms, which they send with pleasure. A \ PAYMENT. NEVER V COMPROMISED A' CLAIM. NEVER HAD LAWSUIT. Such Is the record of the STAUNTON \ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Numbara of Bcneficlaiies Testify to !• Promptness and Soundness. Tr - r ... r 4— * ■ Natural Premium Insurance on the tfioiV Approved Plan*, 0or PropislUoB. Cat this Certlllcale out and enclose w with 89. cents In an envelope RUb toar name arid address plainly written. We will send you one set of onr f 1.00 Genuine 'Stiver Plated Tea Spoonr FREE by n*ai together with eur large illustrated-cata Kigue of Furniture, Cooking Stoves, Owk ery. Baby Carriages, Sewing Mriohlres buggies, etc., and will sign this certificate ana return te you with catalogue, and we Thin Handsome Rattan ROCKER, worth the worjd over ^5.00, will be sent to any person who will send me $1.85. Six Cane Seat CHAIRS, finished light, worth $1.00, at 6&C. each. 40 yards of Straw Matting $3.90. $10.50 for an Oak Bed, Bureen, and Wash Stand to match. .** • r -. Send for Catalogue of Ftraftorei Cooking Stoves, Baby Oarriagea, Sew ing Machines, Buggiea, Lamp^Crirah ery, eta - L. F. PADGETT, Broad Street, Avgusta, G*. RICE MILLS. We tfler a complete Rice Mill in one machine. The rough rice is placed in hopper end roman out clnnned and polished ready fog. ta ble nee. Machine can be operated with horse power end will dean 100 bushels of rough rice per day. CORN MILLS OT the latest dealgnr, vertical and horimntal, double ahd tingle gear. oiler Millf, . x \ Sew Mills, Engines, Gits and Frans,) Wood working machinery, ft €• ViMiMt COLUMBIA, &0; The pew ,< CX>npon Policy** of the S*ann« ton Life Is a model of simplicity. In addl. tlo> to all the best features of modern life insurance It provides for the payment of the 'coupon” IMMEDIATELY after death, without notice or the formali ty of proofs. The “coupon” covers 10 per cent of the face of the policy, and Is 1c ad dition thereto. T , Agents wantedr Liberal Oommlwlon. Live men can make big money. Address Jno. & Reynolds, General Agent, fOLimBI A't^ c. TMs Certificate is Girl FOR $i:oo IF PROPERLY SIGNED. herewith agree to receive this certiflcstp as one dollar cash on any-.purchase made within II days from the date ot endorse ment of this ce ttfioate, provided that the amount ot purchase* ehall not be for less than f 15 oo, and must positively reach os inside ot 15 dan from date written or stamped on certificate returned to yon. Fill out the following blank with rendL [Ink will blur.] L. F. PADGETT, M6 Broad Street, Augusta, G^ Enclosed find 19 cents stamps or eKver for which yon will please send to my ad dress one set of your fl.00 Genuine Hlver Plated Tea Spoons and your Illustrated C&tahigue, free, by mall: also please mi-. dorse this certificate and date It the date that you mail spoons and catalogue, so (hat l may. If 1 so desire, use this certificate at your sb>re for one dollar cash In a purchase of not less than |1B 00, Which Is to oe made inside of 19 days from date (tamped or written on eerttficate returned to me I fully understand that this certificate h of mr value nnless above oondlUons are telly compiled with. My name Is • saejea P. 0. Is State **«wevv.» ••••»•*** sMseves* *••»••••• eeees. • Received at Augusta, Georgia, and goods mailed ‘ • •*•••*.a*.•••••••ae •» L. F. PADGETT, 840 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. By Makea 4c. PRICES, even on PIANOS & ORGANS be discouraged, but Lc'-els 1 write for onr .crest write for onr great and Easy Installment Term a. Banc aim List apd Wonderfully ir Hi Hi » 1 Hi 8 4c. PRICES. L! A new HaUrasbek Plano VSO less m&i erer twfore sotO. V40 Bared on a Sterling Plano. Twwnty Nearly New iqnars Plano- at New York gire away Price*. Fifty New TTpigMe-from Beit Mat era at Oat Prices. Rich Mirror ftp Organ only SAVE MONEY by boying from the Greatest Southern Music Hhnle. LTODM & BATH, Saranah, tin. g iss.’ma. *■ $