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PUTS GOLD IN fflS PURSE. WHY JONH BULL FAVORS A StNOLt . MONEY STANDARD. Will m«lM tke V*lu« of SllT»r to Mia AloM -All Product* of Labor Haro Do- eliaod With SUror—A Bit of HUtory. * The recent changee' of poaition hr eminent men on the inue of bimetall ism constitute a remarkable and inter esting chapter in the history of opin- ions. Americans know that our own public men have fluctuated wildly; thai former advocates of silver have yielded to the Cleveland pressure %nd become goldbugs, while former tho nometal lists now confess their error and even John Sherman shows some of relenting at view of the ap- Hing ruin he has wrought. When of prices u nder conditions would normally create arise scant production, but from diminished prices.’’ He gives a loud warning to the British creditors that there debtors can bear no more. Need I repeat his warning to our money lords? Need I point to the continuous and rapid de cline in farm values, to the 15,000 farms in the west taken in by mort- p in one year, to the fact that thousands of farms are now worth lew than even the most cautious loaning companies were wiliing > to advance on them ten yean ago, ana that in conse quence our fanneis, once the most conservative class in the world, are now the most radical political inno vators? Will western toilers submit to pay |2 where they agreed to pay but $L KKOM ' VolN TO HOI.I). A brief bit of history is here in .which would" normally . — r . compelled belief thatsom^ malign in- der. It is within the memory liuence was at work, he siad in the sen- 1 “ * l ’“* A "~' ‘When the law of ate, May 31,189?: “ 1873 was passed, the only trouble about it was that we were not as wise as the Almighty Ruler of the universe. We could Rot *ee ahead."” It is not so well known, however, that abroad the convereions to bimet allism have been far more numerous and important. There is not today one monometallist in Great Britain who denies the great appreciation of gold. Mr. Giffen, in my opinion the clearest headed of them-all. does not even condescend to argue IheTitHtjtcr, but starts his discussion on that basis as a fixed fact and speaks of it a* the startling phenomenon of this age white the mem hereof the parliamentary commission sneer at the iutile attempts of Hon. David A. Wells to prove that gold has stood still while evetythinjj else has moved. The reasons is obvr ous. Those Englishmen are under no political bias or commercial pressure al pr against the truth ; they frankly admit that it is the interest of the creditor nation to have dear money, and as the gold basis gives them that they see no cause to object. DECLINK IN THE VALUE OK PRODUCTS Interesting indeed is the case of Hon. Henry Hucks Gibbs, director and former governor of the Bank of England and delegate to the confer ence of 1878. He was (here an ardent advocate of the single gold standard, but has changed his view and become f iresident of the English Bimetallic eague, and in explanaton thereof says that the price tables of such economists as Soetbeer, Karl and Sauerbeck are conclusive. Never before were the statistics of prices so carefully collect ed, and never were there such striking agreements between those of different V nations. If one great nation, or even one great satistician, had arrived at a different conclusion, there might have been room for doubt, but from the United States bureau of statisics down to the agricultural minister of little Roumania there is absolute harmony in the statement that with the decline of silver, as stated in terms of gold, has gone an equal decline in all the products of human la^or, save the very few where the tendency was suc cessfully counteracted by other causes, and that a very small part indeed of of this decline is due to the gain of f iroduction over consumption. Whole ibraries of sophistry on this last point arc swept away by one undisputed fact. The decline has been as marked, though not so great, in staples of which there is.an admitted scarcity as in those of which there is supposed to be A surplus, if indeed there can be a sur plus in articles of which all mankind want more than they can now buy. EVILS OF THE GOLD STANDARD FORE TOLD. In 1892 Alfred D. Rothschild, even while arguing that England should maintain the gold standard, wrote to the Brussels international monetary conference that if other nations did not maintain the coinage of silver “there would be a depreciation in the value of that commodity which would be f right ful to contemplate and would cause a monetary panic, the far spreading ef fects of which it would be impossible to foretell.” The panic has come, and all our goldbugs venture to promise is that some time in the next decade South -Africa,gold , *Bqll help us out. Mr. Goshen, a greal authority in Eng land, has recently declared that mono metallism has been carried too far. In 1888 parliament appointed a royal commission on gold and silver, com posed of six bimetallists and six mon ometallists, and as a result of the facts collected by it Mr. Leonard H. Court ney, leader of the latter, has annoupc ed his conversion to bimetallism. Pro fessor H. S. Foxwell, professor of po litical economy in University college, London, in a recent letter announc ing hte own conversion, names eight other prominent English economists who have made the same change. Ev en Hugh McCulloch, who has- been both an American and English link er and was our secretary of the treas ury and a monometallist, wrote in -1887 that the burden was becoming too great and closed his letter thus “Debts contracted when both metals are used as money would be a burden too heavy to be borne when measured by a single standard.” , DANGER OF POPULAR REVOLT. Even as I jvrite comes strange news from Germany, whose capitalists have been most obstinate and insultingly arrogant in their contempt of bimetal lism. Tlie reichstag has declared for a bimetallic conference after a heated discussion in which it was loudly declared that the present policy is ruining the agricultural in terests and is simple destruction to debtors. Within hve hours of this fact in "Washington our own senate took most significant action. Public men in both houses hinted at their be lief that the war on silver had gone too far, and on the next day Senator Chandler openly confessed that New England was alarmed at the general tendency of prices and business. This was a most amazing confession for him, that the present policy was most unjust to debtors, that if thaRepubli cans did not carry out their pledges in aid of silver there was danger of a pop ular revolt; that England as the great creditor nation had destroyed bimetal lism in her own selfish interest, and the United States had acquiesced to the injury of its people. Several English writers have re cently been honest enough to put their advocacy of bimetallism on the ground that there has been such shrinkage of v nte Securities on which debts are based that hundreds of millions of bonds here been made worth lees. Mr. Dav id Murray, addressing the London in regard to Australia, says: advanced on securities at as safe a margin as their sdvancSs made 90 to 80 years ago. These gins have now disappeared. - The pro duce of the colonies naa faGea in v in value one-half; the estates, the runs, the mines, the farms, all producing fao- »ratio, net; ton, have fallen in like ratio, not from O—rally. . When the Overseers of Districts neglect to call out their hands and work the roads when reauired by the county commissioners, they shall be £ deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and I upon conviction thereof, in the court q. of any Trial Justice, be fined, in a sum of not leas than five nor more than or- T men of my age that during our civil war the government inflated the cur rency at least 150 per cent; that in 1885-70 it was suddenly contracted by the retirement of interest bearing notes, by the drift of money to the South and to the new West, aftd that the people were confronted with the task of paying public and private debts in a money worth at least 40 per cent, more than that in which they were contracted. The struggle was long and doubtful. Even with all their wonderful prestige from the suc cess of war and emancipation the Re publicans twice lost Ohio on that issue and twice carried it less than 10,000 plurality. We who advocated resum tion in coin—and I trust I may wii out egotism mention my own experi ence as s'speaker and writer in the cause—had flung at us daily the charge that we were helping the bondholder and usurer to rob the producer. We could make but one reply : It is the letter of the contract; gold and silver are the money of the constitution. It is hard indeed to pqy 91 where only 70 cents was promised, but the coun try awards it, and the law doth give it« The people hesitated long, but with a sigh confessed that the letter of the contract was against them, and with sublime heroism voted to keep it. Scarcely, however, had the verdict for “honest rngney” been rendered when we were confronted witli the claim that in place of the old specie Ijasi* in which the debt had been con tracted we must pay with one coin. In vain did we point to the written contract, (.hir eastern friends, admit ting that it was according to the letter of the constitution, declared that the spirit and understanding of it were for payment in gold alone. As be tween greenbacks and coin we had urged the letter. Now as between gold and silver we were to observe the spirit. MONOMETALLMT ABSURDITIES. The reasons advanced for monomet allism have been many and ingenious, and new ones have been urged as the old ones had to be thrown aside. The first was that silver is too bulky, but that is pow obsolete. We do not carry large sums of coin; we use paper. Next it was urged that we should be at a disadvantage in the exchange with our foreign customers, but evelry- x)dy knows that was no trouble when our only money was depreciated pa- por, and that exchange HlQSt be caT culated just the same so long as the coins of different countries vary. Any schoolboy can make the calculation on say trime^ in one minute. The clAlm that we should pay gold andoe paid in silver was too foolish to impose long on any one. Our people certain* ly had sense enough to charge prices that made up the difference in coin and greenbacks, and will they be less sensible with silver? Much has lately been said to the effect that the most progressive and highly civilized na lions are on the gold basis. It has also been repeatedly — nations consume amounts of intoxicating liquors, and the one fact is worth as much as the other. Of all the goldbug absurdities, however, I think the most absurd is their paradox that free coinage will raise the value of silver t6 the miners and not to others. In adjacent col umns of many a metropolitan paper can be seen these statements First.—The silver kings want free coinage so they can bnng 50 cents worth of silver to the mint and get $1 for it—that is, with free coinage the silver dollar will at once be on a par with the gold, and the .government will pay out both indifferently. Second.—With free coinage" all our »per money would drop to tlie silver is, and we should have 50 cent dol lars—tliat is, silver is to lie worth no more as money than it is now as bull ion valued in terms of gold. This is but one of a thousand con tradictions and absurdities which show how completely their false as sumption as to tho immutability of gold has destroyed their Capacity for reasoning on the subject. They can not extend their view of aby measure beyond the effect it will have the next day in Wall street. Their conception of a nation’s finances are summed up in one word—“stocks.” Truly, they need warning that debtors may lie pushed too far. J. H. Browning. Found * Watery Grave. New York, April 3.—Pilot W. Crocker of the pilot boat James Ben nett brought in from the sea a story tliat will explain to many anxious hearts why they have not heard since she sailed from the men who went out in the little steamer City of Haverhill, which started for Key West oh Thurs day last. She was a flatbottomed stren- wheel river boat, and on her trip south was to put into a safe harbor every night, but no word was received of her until Pilot Crocker’s arrival, and he reported that the body of her cap tain, W. P. Watrous, with a twenty dollars. Anv peraonliable to road duty, who shall nave been duly warned "twelve hours before the day fixed in his no tice for such working, stating thtihour and place of working, shall be subject to the direction of the Overseer in charge. If any person of the legal age shall neglect to appear, or, shall re fuse to work upon the highways and roads, (having no justifiable excuse), according to the direction of the Over seer. he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a Trial Justice, shall be fined in a sum not less than five dol lars, nor more than ten dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a of not less five or more than Denver, Cel., the doming iuinmer, On any extraordinary occasion, when an /‘highway shall be suddenly obstructed by storm or otherwise, so as tarequire immediate labor to remove such obstruction, it shall be the duty of the Overseer in whose district such obstruction occurs, to proceed forth with to have such obstruction remov ed, and for this purpose shall summon to his aid a sufficient number of work men to open and repair such highway. If any person shall in such case, per form more days’ labor than is required by law for the year, he shall be paid for any such over-plus at the r^te of one dollar per day, by the county com missioners, upon the certificate of the Overseer, showing that such overplus of labor was penormed. If on any such extraordinary occasion, the Over- seer shall, for the space of a day after application made to him for such pur pose, by any citizen residing in his district, neglect to call out a sufficient number of persons to speedily open and repair such highway, he shall for feit and pay to the Treasurer of his county, to be expended in the repair of highways, where and when neces sary in his district, the sum of fifteen ($15) dollar unless the Overseer shall show sufficient reason for such neg lect, the said fifteen dollars to be col lected by an action, in the namq of such county commissioners, as plain tiffs, before any Trial Justice in said county. If on any such extraordinary >rk occasion, any person liable to wor] highways, after being summoned for the purpose of removing such obstruc tion by the order of the Overseer, shall neglect to turn out and assist in open ing and repairing such highway, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, in any Trial Justice’s court, shall be fined three dollnrs per day; said fine to be collected and expended as here inbefore provided in tne matter of for feitures of Overseers. Tlie county commissioners shall au thorize the Overseer of any district to allow a man working one day, and also furbishing a horse, plough, or cart, two days’labor; and one working himself for one day and furnishing a wagon and two horses, mules, or oxen, Gnsftn Haja’ InVwiM- —— All able bodied male persons, be tween the ages of sixteen and fifty years, shall be liable, annually^ to work on the public nigh ways and roads- It shall be the duty~bf any employer to furnish to the Overseer, a list containing the names of all per sons iu his employment liable to road duty, whenever the same shall be re fold oasis, it has also sha ii pa V A flne Q f u proved that-the same- days’ imprisonment, > by far the largest otfceen. life buoy strapped about his waist, and some wreckage were sighted by the men of tlie James Bennett, after the heavy blown Friday last, off Barnegat.' Tlie rest of the men aboard many perhaps have been picked upt but only sailors who knew of the story shook their heads in dismay, and said the City of Haverhill would not live 5 minutes at sea in half a gale. Herr pilot for tlie trip south was Captain Win. D. Van Wycke, a well known and popular old yachting captain. The chief engineer was Sam Brown, and bis assistant was J. Ered Luckenbach, a nephew of Lewis Luckenbach, the tug owner. Fred Probet, whose father lives in South Brooklyn, and Mr. Watrous, whose home was in Key West, and his son, a board, who were full compliment of men was 14, but not so many as that s tiled in her. of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic tion thereof before any Trial Justice, * ten dollars or ten, for every such Overseers of Roads shall call out the hands assigned to their several sec tions, and work the roads and repair and build the bridges of the same, whenever they deem it necessary, af ter 12 hours notice, and shall require every road hand to bring ‘frith him for use a hoe, axe, mattock, spade or other tool for work on the roads and bridges. They shall determine the number of days for each working, and the tools to be brought by each hand; but not more than three week’s work are re quired of any one hand in a year. The Supervisor shall cause Over seers, when working on sections in which there are bridges, to have such repairs or work done on such bridges, to preserve and keep tliem in order, as in their opinion are of such a charac ter as to not require to be given out by contract and can be done by the "road hands. The Overseers in their respective Districts shall have full power to cut, down and make use of any timber, wood, earth, or stone, in, or near the road, bridges or causeways, for the pur pose of repairing the same as to them shall seem necessary, making first compensation therefor, should the same be demanded; Overseers shall not authorize the cutting down of any timber trees reserved by the owner in clearing his land or planted for tlie purnose of shade or ornament either m tne fields, kround the springs, or about the dwelling houses Of appurte nance, nor the cutting down of rail timber, that may be procured at, or near the place, or take stone or earth from within the grounds of any person enclosed for cultivation without con sent of the owner of the same. If any person liable to perform such labor, shall remove from one county to another, and has, prior to such re moval, performed the whole, or any part of it, or in any other way lias paid the whole, or any part o*f the amount aforesaid in lieu of such labor and shall produce a certificate or re ceipt of tlie same from the Overseer of the District from which such person has removed, such certificate or receipt shall operate as a complete discharge for tlie amount hereto specified. The residence of any nerson who has a family shall be held to he where hi» family resides, and tho residence of any other person shall be held to be where he boards, in any. County, of this State. Each Ovesqer is expected to keep a list of the hands under his oontrol, aad note the hours of Actual work which each hand performs, and to return to the County Commissioners, after each working ordered by; them, a list of each hand under his colleges, and ministers of the Gospel, who are serving a congregation, are exempt from rood duty, and no others. Any person liable to road duty may be reBered of such duty foF the period of one year by paying to the County treasurer the sum of one dollar. MHI A GREAT TRIP For floeth CeroUiie Teacher* to Take Te f Colorado. The National Educational Associa tion’s annual meeting is to be held in Denver, Col., this summer. The fol lowing circular letter, handsomely printed and illustrated and signed by the two South Carolina directors of the association and the railroad- men interested will be found of great in terest to all toaeben: “We desire to call the attention of the teachers of South Carolina and their friends to the fact the next an nual meeting of the National Educa tional Association will be held at from July 6th to 12th. 1895, just after the adjournment of the South Caro lina State Teachers’ Association, in Spartanburg, thus giving an oppor tunity for teachers to attend botn of these gatherings. ‘The meeting of the National Edu cational Association promises to be the best attended and most interesting in the history of the association, and we are anxious that South Carolina shall send a good delegation. ‘ * . “After considering carefully (head- vantages of the various railroad lines, we have decided Jupon the following route as the best And most pleasant for South Carolina teachers: Via Ash- ville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nash ville, St. Louis and Kansas City, using the Southern Railway, Nasnville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, Louisville and Nashville, Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific lines on going trip, and -etuming via Colorado Springs, Pike's Peak and Missouri Pacific to St. Louis. “In order that sleeping car and other arrangements may be perfected, we suggest that all those who are"in- teresteu in this delightful tour inform us as early as possible. The regular rate will be one first class fare for the round trip. “This is the lowest rate ever made from the South on occasions of this character. The sleeping car rate will be about |2 for double berth (which can be occupied by two persons.) “We will join the delegates from North Carolina at Ashville, and dele tes from Georgia and other States at lattanooga, and be accompanied by K iitlemanly railroad agents,who will ive nothing undone to make all jiarts of the trip pleasant and profita- “Side trips from Denver to the heart of the Rocky Mountains, and to their snow-capped peaks, will be made from day to day. Very low rates will be made for the benefit of those who wish to extend their trip farther West, to Salt Lake or to the Pacific Coast. A second circular will be issued la ter, giving schedule of train on which we will leave, and exact ticket rate from all principal points. Arrange ments will be made by whi * tickets mav be purchase! station, which will be which through from less expensive than buying local tickets to nearest coupon office, and rebuying from that point • — “D. B. Johnson;—— • “N. E. A. Manager forS. C., umbia, S. C. “N. E. A. “P..F. Brodie^ Di irector for S. C., “Spartanburg, S. C. “A. A. Gallagher. “S. P. A. Missouri Pacific RV., Chattanooga, Tenn. “R. W. Hunt, * “T. P. A. Southern R’v —~ ; ‘‘Augusta, Ga. T> WHY NOT, INDEEDI The Po*t Think* it Time Sectional Barrier* Were Demolished. Washington, April 4.—The Post this morning, under the caption “A Southern Democrat for 1898^” publish es a column editorial, in which it says “Why should not the Democrats nom inate a Southern man next year? Why would it not be the right thing to do— the courageous, the consistent, tlie equitable thing? Why, indeed?” The Post says it is difficult to un derstand the attitude of the National rty and the acquiescence of tlie party South control who refused to work, and make his return to the County Commiasionere, with hit cer- in regard to the Presidency, possibly it is habit. For two decades at least, Southern Democrats have agreed to the propositions set up by their Northern colleagues that the country is not ready for a candidate from the section lately in rebllion ag- ftust the general government. For two decades and more, it has been an accepted theory that a Soutliem candi date would alarm the American people would revive all the apprehnsions and u the antagonism * of. 1861-5, and uring all that time the Southern Democracy have assented without protest, subordinated them selves to tne mere phanom of a vanish ed past, meekly borne the heat and burden of successive campaigns, furn ished the rank and file for all the t battles and stood aside in hum- leference and uncomplaining ab-. negation while the fruits of their stren gth and prowess were divided among the members of an ihsigmficent con tingent, but why ? At most, this was only an expedient. It was never es sentially a matter of principle and pro priety. The Post thinks the time is ripe to put an end to the existing state oi affairs. Senator Margan declares that the case could not have been better put than it is in the Post’s editorial. Sena tor Hill has telegraphed to the Post the following: Albany, N. Y., April 4. 1895. To the Editor of the Post: I have pursued with much interest our article entitled “A Southern mocrat for 1896.”- It is able, credit able and timely. Any policy which seeks to debase an otherwise acceptable candidate, simply by reason of the section of country wherein he resides, is unpatriotic, unwise and unamerican and I am opposed to it. This is no time for the toleration of section pre judices, jealousies and animosities. The existing political conditions de mand that the party should have the whole country to choose from. Let there be a free field, a fair contest, and may the beat man win. This is my Democracy, and these are my senti ments, briefly and hastily expressed. (Signed) f David B. HilL . > Skaatx la Cfcleaco. the Chiaogo, Aprils.—The Repubiirems grpiuihv* all election records in Chi cago. Complete returns give €k B. Swift, the Republican oand for mayor a plurality of 41«110, largest known here in a similar con test. The service law was carried by srlarge majority of 45.750. The other candidates on the Republican city ticket were all elected, although Trade, the Democratic candidate for city attorney, ran nearly 90.000 ahead of his ticket The Republicans also made a clean sweep of the town south, north,east and west and in the annex ed districts, Hyde Park, and Lake- view, while in the town of Lake, the stockyard district, one of the supposed Democratic strongholds, the Republi qms landride was remarkable. western National Bank walked into , the vault where the money is kept blicans Saturday morning and took therefrom * a package containing 150,000 in cur rency. Another employe saw him come out and noticed he was ill at After thinking the mater over all night, he went to Vice-President Dummer's residence Sunday morning and related what he had seen. On be ing questioned about the occurrence, Gnffin made a ,full confession, al though there was at that time not the slightest particle of evidence against him beyond the suspicion ofhis fellow clerk, Bulk Examiner McKeon was at once called in and an investigation showed the books had been tampered with so as to cover the amount miss ing, the speculation extending over a period of six months. .. . Grifiih took the money in a vain en- from the epl to say illy, the people did not want aldermen and only 18 Democrats. Dr. Holmes, the People’s party can didate for mayor, received 14,000 votes, a lew kes jnan half as many votes as were polled by the Third par ty last fall. Mr. WenteNj(pclined to discuss the result exce “Evidem another Democratic mayor just at this time.” Mayor Hopkins, Democrat, was ap parently not surprised over the result. “We have carried civil service,” he said, with a twinkle in his eye when asked what he thought of the result? Chairman Peabody, of the Demo cratic campaign committee said: “Instead of coming to Mr. Wenter’s support, I think the foreign botn citi zens want it understood mat they are Americans, and for that reason they rather resented rtlie claims set up as to their prejudice. ’ Mayor-elect Swift said: “it- is source of great satisfaction to know I LU I Uhicago have out- of villification and DELAYED A ■ H v PAYMENT. NEVER that the people of Chi grown a campaign appeals to race prejudice.” Unusual interest was taken in the results in the ward contest which were cam vice president of the Western Stone com pany defeated Attorney Frank Walk er (Dem.) for alderman in the silk stocking Fourth ward. Noble B. Judah, Republican, is an other notable winner for a seat in th city council. “Hinky Dink” Kenna went down with the other Democrats, his success ful opponent being Patrick Gleason, Republican. Buck McCarthy, Republican won in the stock yards district, the greatest surprise or the election. Mr. Wetherell has held this position on one or two former occasions, nota bly under the Democratic administra tion of Mayor Harrison. Mayor Hflect Swift has decided to appoint Mr. C. D. Wetherell as city controller. Ik ‘ - .i in ■'■ —— _ ^ Ma***rhurtt* Mill Man. Charlotte, April 3.—The Massa chusetts mill men are traveling in the South are being utterly astonisned by the manifestations of good will being made to them by the Southern people. Mr. D. A. Tompkins, under whose direction the trip is being made, re ceives each day from thirty to forty telegrams from Southern cities invit ing the party to visit them. The trip isXhe outcome of theagRation in New England and especially in Massachu setts, of the matter of competition of Southern mills in textile manufactur ing. Various laws bearing upon this subjecfwere under consideration be fore the committee onimerchantile af fairs of the Massachusetts Legislature. Mr. Lovering made an argument in which he set up Southern competition as one reason why the Massachusetts Chicago abstracted and placed the draft to the credit of the United States National bank of Omaha. This bank, as the Omaha correspondent of the North- western, had originally $80,000 to its credit in the Chicago institution. Com mencing his stealings, with the ac counts of other banks Griffin finally mulcated this one alone. His system was to put in false tickets for tele graphic transfers of money. When tne Omaha bank at last called for settlement he saw the case was hope less and required a desperate remedy, forgetting that while nis plan m; the Omaha account all right, left the Chicago institution’s cash account short to the amount taken. Unfortun ate speculation in stocks was the cause of his downfall. Aside from these the life he led was an exemplary one. He had the entire confidence of the offici als and did not even give a bond when he took the position. He is 36 years olA has a wife and two children am had been in the employ of the bank ever since he was 16 years of age. He was arrested last night and has been nil, the custody of the marshal ever since. At 3 o’clock this afternoon he was brought before United States Commis sioner Humphreys who continued the case in $15,000 bonds until tomorrow No bond will be given until after the hearing when there will be no trouble in finding bondsmen. Gritfin recent ly resigned the presidency of the Ash land Club. He was prominent in North Side society circles and declares he will live down his disgrace. The bank officials will be as -lenient with him as possible. His father lives in Florida. * Murder Will Out. Millen, Ga., March 30.—Shadrock (ley, the negro who shot Mantha_ Davis here last Friday, while the lat was endeavoring to arrest him for gur- glary died this morning at 7 o’clock. Last night he told his guard that he did not know anyting about the charge upon which he, was arrested, but saic he thought he was being arrested for murder committed in South Carolina. He did not give the name o:' the place where the crime was commit ted. Mr. Da via who was so badly Legislature should go slow in making wounded by Riley, is better, and his any laws that might h*Y6T tendency physicians think he will recover. on the Lovering’a to drive New England capital to the South. A few weeks ago ne wrote for the Manufacturers’ Record a special article ou the subject which brought him into correspondence through the editor, with Mr. D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte. In consequence of a conver sation about the South’s advantages, Mr. Tompkins invited Mr. lowering to make a trip South. In speaking of this invitation to Mr. E. St. John, vice f iresident of tbeBeabord Air Line, the alter amplified it to be one from the Seaboard Air Line to Mr. Lovering and several friends he might select. The party to become the guests of Mr. St John's road. While these arrange ments were perfecting, the committee on mere hantil affairs concluded also make a trip to the South. The Legislat ive committee’s trip to the South was completed about two weeks ago. The impresiion produced < minds of tin party) .will probably determine the di rection of the investment of such cap ital. So far the mill men are well pleased. They find the advantages greater than they had expected. While they had expected. While they had not looked for any unfriendly disposi tion, yet the number of invitations they are getting produces a very pleaa- antfimpression and will dissipate the slightest misgivings they mignt have had about the character of reception New England mill men would receive in coming South. After inspecting Henrietta mills today, the visitors re turned to Charlotte tonight End left via the Southern Railway for mill points in South Carolina. Into South Coro Una. Blacksburg, April 3.—The commit tee of the Arkwrignt Club of Boston, consisting of Mr. Wm. C. Lovering and five other gentlemen, all of whom are largely interested in mills in New England, passed here tonight en route to visit a number of mills in South Carolina. They expect to see the mills of Capt. E. A. Smythe at Pelzer, and of Col. J. L. Orr at Piedmont, then returning to Spartanburg they will visit Capt. J. H. Montgomerys mills at Spartanburg and Paoolet, and thence to Mr. D. E. Converse’s mills at Clifton and Glendale. The party is being well taken care of by tne fol lowing Southern Railway officials, who accompany them: Mr. J. M. Culp, traffic manager; Mr. W. A. Turk, general passenger agent and Mr. J.H.Dra! Mr. D. A. Tempi also with the, setts mill men are making this trip under his general guidance. Mr. Fred Oliver, president of the'Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Company, Mr. R. H. Edmond, of the Baltimore Manufac turer*’ Record, Mr. Glover and .Mr. Turner of the Seaboard Air Line, are also guests on the train. Mr. E. St John, vice president of the Seaboard Air Line, turned the party over to thf Southern people in good shape. A Heavy Demand. St. Petersburg, April 8.—A tele gram received here from a Chinese source says that the bad weather, the sickness among the Japanese troops and the overflow of the rivers have rendered a continuance of the war ex tremely difficult. It is added that this produced a favorable effect upon the peace negotiations, but the hopes o:' a speedy conclusion of peace are weakened by the Japanese demand for the cession of a portion of Manchuri a war indemnity of 70,000,000 yen and pending fu 1 payment of this in demnity that Peking be occupied by the Japanese troops. The Quake of Death. Rohe, April 3.—Tuscany has been shaken by earthquake several times this week. At Tredizio, a dozen houses collapsed. Seven dead bodies have been recovered from the ruins am eight persons are missing. At Monto- pmclano, in central Italy, roofs were shaken down and three buildings were wrecked. Twer persons were killei and ten or twelve injured. The earth quakes have been accompanied bff heavy rains. Murder at a Prayermeetlnf. Guthrie, O. T., March 28.—Regi uald A. McGinniss. aged 28, entered school a re- J oseph, Bradford, married man aged 26, inflicting a fata wound. A feud had existed between the men. McGinniss alleged that timate wi .agedS prayermeeting at the “4 B.” sc eight miles north of here, drew volver and fired on JosephBradfc men. Bradford had been wife from whom three months ago. ■ 1 »—'■ • mi he ft f COMPROMISED A CLAIM. NEVER HAD A LAWSUIT. Sucn is the record of the STAUNTON Lin INSURANCE COMPANY, Numbers ot Beneficiaries Testify to Promptness and [Soundness. ft Insurance on the Approved Plana. The new 1 ‘Coupon Policy” of the ton Life is a model of simplicity. In addi tion to all the best features of modem life insurance It provides for the payment of the ‘‘coupon” IMMKDIATXLY after death, without notice or the formali ty of proofs. The “coupon” covers 10 per cent of the face of the policy, and Is In ad dition thereto. Agents wanted. liberal Commission Live men can make big money. Address Jno. & Reynolds, .General Agent, UteLUNlBIA. «. 4c.’COTTON Makes 4n. PRIOMS, even m PIANOS & ORGANS 8 DON! be dlecoeraged, bet fee fer ear great ■axoam List aad Weaderfmlty Kaey Install meat Terms. 4c. PRICES. JTSV [from the aSSLW&S&l LVBDH ft ItlW, Imnaft 6a. was with his divoreed A $700.00 PIANO FOB $275.00. TUs announcement will certainly interest everybody that Intends te purehMQ a ptaao in the near future, ’e have been carrying Musical la tte for several years In eea- wtth our Furniture business, reasons satisfactory to our- we have decided te dlscen- te sale of pianos, and of er our entire stock at manufacturers’ cast We do this believing that it la cheaper to dispose ot them at what they oost us rather than carry them month after month hoping te get a ■mail profit for them, v The Instruments that we efer are flat olaes In every respect and are meet positively guaranteed te lie fully equal to auy Inatrameet en the market without regard te aaeae er price. ^ We shall be pleased te send a eat togas of Dianes to anybody who will send us 5 cents postage fer the same. And If you are Interested aad expect to buy a piano In the near future u will certainly save quite a sum money to purchase from us before r stoek is exhausted. Resumber that when the stock Is gone buy no mere and that tnls e Ity will dose forever meutr ate sent out We desire soy that we Iwre an tlleecratod eati L. P. PADGETT, M0 BROAD STRUT Augusta, Ga, MOTHERS READ THIS. THE BEST* BEMEDY. '. For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dys entery. Nausea, Coughs, Cholera infantum. Teething Children. Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Drains from the Bowels, Pains, Griping and all diseases of the Stomach and Bowels PITTS’ C ABMIN ATI YE Is the standard. It carries children over the critical period of teething, and Is recommended hr physicians as the friend of Mothers, Adults end Children. It Is pleasant to the taste, and never fain to give satisfaction, a few doses will demonstrate Its superlative virtues. Price 35 cto. per bottle. For sale by druggists, and by THB MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, 8. G. TO FABMEBS AND MILL MEN: We have on hand fifteen Corn Mills, «i«es 90 and 30 Inches in diameter, made of iRsopas Stones. We cannot afford to carry these Mills over. They must he sold, and we are affering them at sacri- ^ floe prices to Cash Bayers. Talbott and Watertown Engines and Roll ers; DeLoach Plantation Saw MUto. I am General Agent in North and South Carolina for H. B. South Machine manufacturers of Plan- Be-Saws and aU working mi and will seU at bottom factory i——& arouna ror n. Company, manul era, Moulders. ] other wood t No. * Drawer Brick Machines oo h»«* u Bargain ~ ' V.b.UIBlX, COLUMBIA, a 0,