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■ ym-M 1 ' r • ' -'J-- 'W vrii- V VOL XIX BARNWELL S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1896-. THE DEPRESSION IN PHOSPHATES. A GliOOMY OUTLOOK FUTURE. FOR THE I •• pec tor Jones Makes tnff Report th>s Orea> Ini an Interest Mas leer aiBee the ejctone of 1894. the phosphate industries in the State have been oomparativetj in a crippled con dition. Thoufh, too years have pas?- •4aa4 the ssiPsiW have repaired their plaits, the business has act improved and Inspector Jones says the depres sion has about reached the climax. Mining operations havo been carried on hr night cbmpanlee during the past f ear, the total amount mined being 74,400.25 tons, from which the State derived a royalty of 187,657.20. In hl- renort Inspector Jones says : > The outlook of the business ’s gloomy in the extreme.’ Prices have sunk to a figure never before reached, and the greatest discouragement prevails both la South Carolina and Fiotuda. It impossible to get in Europe now evei. an high as six pence a unit; the prices vary from 5 pence to />i pence. . At these prices, after paying royalty, and with the most favorable .raibs of freight, the mining companffes hre un able to net more than $2 per, toji for' their rock. This does not enable th«ju' to live. The strictest economy is b<_- ing practiced, wages are being re duced, saving devices are being adopts ed, and the cost of mining has been reduced to a minimum, ^ut even with this, unless there is an jmprove- ment in the market, .the phosphal^ companies must stop. — , OAROUNA MINING CGMI'ANV. I regret to report that this stealitf£ company, representing a ia'ge amount of English capital, has sirspendcir operations indefinitely. All hands have- been discharged, its efficient President, Mr. Brotherhood, (the largest individual stockholder in the company); Us HH slgnation has been accepted. The plant is laid up permanency, and no ikei but it adds one more to the list mine a ly discovered phosphate with whioh our rbok has to cssipste. the ol Under my duty circumstances, I dfe to n>-re apoa the Beard the most eempael ab^lutely like non their aeurse of preoudurs. There Is 1100,000 evelleels fer expense* tader the Act ereetiif the body. A food part of this will be expeeded in tkeselerlssef the eemmissloasrs which will he eommeasarat# with the stetion and the Impertaaee sf the work Involve •d, except ia the eeee of. ea efilcial J aetfee suspended work bacenM it is intpes- (ovsramsst pesltlos. if 1 Th« Brewer, already ho ding a ' '''A.- one but a care-taker is at '.iie exten sive works hitherto s<> busl'y employ ed. There is no prospect of an oany resumption of work by this e impany.. In fact, whether it.shall resume or not Is absolutely indefinite an.I /undeter mined. The reason for this stoppage is, because the company, although ex ercising every possible nconn-ny, emi d not ge^ for its rock what it cost t> mine and put it on the market at the present prices. This moans to the State the loss of the entire royalty heretoforcearned by this large and.ac tive company. It is an object lesson showing more—pertinent y than any words can express lie terrible de pressed condition of the phosphate in- Instfyl “ The other companies but with reduced forue. The Coossw Company, the largest of them all, have laid up two or thhae dredees, three tug boats, and suspended tiieir hand-picking department. The other companies have reduced- their work ing force to a minimum. As to the reasons for the depressed condition of trade, the Inspector says : These are not hard to ftud. To tuo first place, the depressed condition o( agriculture both in this country and in Europe has limrtted to a very great •xteat the demand for crude phojr C ate rock as a basis for the manu 1 sture of fertilizers. But a more potent cause, perhap*, is to be found ia the opening of new mines, which sibie to, continue. The etksr sei panes ape.-going on «a a very mush rijiui'jed scafe of operations, aud it is ,simply a question of time when thsy too will have to saspsad aalsss there is aa improveasat la the phesphate market. Tks Stats then will b# de prived of all its royalty, aad net only that, but the Industry will raoaivaauoh a black eye that it will bs very hard ts revive it again- * Under these circnmsteeees I de not hesitate to express the opinion thet the interest of the Stete will he beet subserved by redncleg the reyelty to 25 cents a ton until such time as ths market shall improve and a higher royalty could be paid. At present it is impossible,to predict how tong the companies now mining will bs able to continue their operation. It would he the wise policy pn the part of-tigp State to make this reduction end eaablo themto continue. It is a matter of great ragret that ao brighter report can be made then that which has oecn submitted, bat the facts must be stated as thsy are, and these ar& the facts. The depressed condition of the phosphate trade has been known for ssvsrai years ; it sterns now to have reach a climax. ' Kesnoctfully submitted, f f > A. W. JONES, . it Phosphate Inspector. . THE YENEEUELAI 00KM?8I0I- ■' ■ —““ 1 AN EQUAL nnriDE AS TO PAftTTRS The Oommtseloners ere Mea ef High ■ arecter end S»lee41d Abillttne — {fill Command Ilespeot *t Henne and Abroad. The peiiey which the comatissioa will adept is being awaited with much interest hy those eoeoerned. The Act makes the commission Independent of the State Department. Seme ef the international authorities say that evea the evidence to he of fered hy the State Department will have the same weight and treatment and ne-mere ee the evidence coming from ether sourest, as it Is pointed out thet the eommittlou-wlll sot prejudlee the ease by assuming the correctness of the ettitede ef the Stete Depart- meet. Oe the pert of Orest Britain there is a grow lag im press loa ia official quar ters that indirect pertldipetioe la the werk ef the oemmimloa will be secur ed. The British attitude of late has been favernble te aa investigation by the Ualted States ef the basis ef the British elahns, for It is felt that' the inquiry had beea ex parte up te the time ef the aetiea ef Oeagress. There was goed reasea to believe when the cemmlssioa was first pro posed that Orest Britain would not reeegaiee it, ead might take offense at its ereetlea. Bat this feellag has changed until the preseat indlcatioa is thet the British will aet be averse to establishing before such a body the rights whish Lord •ellsbnry stated to be JeeoBtestible. This may aot be done by direct appeareeoe before the oom- mlsslon bnt by the snbmiselon ef the British case la response to the wishes of the comnamissioa conveyed ihrongh Secretary Oleey. By such e procedure the British Fereign Office would be giving ne reeegaitTen te the juvisdlo- efthe co President Clevelanfi on the 1st inst. announced the appolatmeet ef the Venezuelan boundary commission, which consist of fire members, as fol lows : David J. Brewer, of Kansas, As sociate Justice of the Supreme Coart of me U lilted States ; Kicnard H. Alvoy of Maryland, chiqf justice ef the court of appeals for the District of Colum bia: Andrew D. White, of New York: Fr<deric R. Coudert, of New York; Daniel C. GUmen of Maryland, presi- dent of the John Hopkias Ueivarsity. The commissloa is regarded in Washington among those who had aa opportunity to see the list ef names after they were made puililn as e very ^satisfactory one, whose opinions and are ni'ning, p5 0 £^j ut i ung W1 j| ^ r *,.e,vc»d by the American puniic with that confidence which the standing of the members of the commission is the publio eye in spires. " Justice Bn-wer is e Republleaa in politics and about 58 years of age. Be i- a-graduate of Yale and has spent considerable time in the practise of his profession in Kansas, where he &Uod a numb -r of judicial efficen. In 1*84 he was appoia«ed Circuit Court Judge of the United States for the Eighth District and wae^ appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in December, 1889, by President Har rison. lid-hard H. Alvey is a Democrat la politics and a man of marued legal secure a hearing of its case. On ike part of Spain it-is known that as ebjectien will be raised to lb# fullest examination ef the Spanish archives. Mr. Olney has not yet re quested thet such as examination be allowed, but he is assured of a favor able aaswer in case a request is snb- mitted. Is this connecUen it is said that the reseat reports from Europe of an naderstsnding between Great Bri tain, Spain and other countries for joint nation against the Monroe Doc trine is net warranted at leant so fnr as Spain is noaeerned. The Spanish arohlvsn ares treasury of information, net oaly an to Ynenznnla bnt as to ell the South eud Central American coun tries, the most ef them having been Spanish dspendenefan. Aa a result of this, Spain is frequently asked to ar bitrate bouadery disputes between these countries. At the present time Spain has an hand one of these arbi trations involving the boundary of Ecuador. ATTACKS THE BOND RILL. the ~bTave cbme~TBXO fiereg competition with | atnBtyr-R whs the great raauUtlou i Maryland Carolina phosphate rock. Aflar speaking of tne.competition of Algerian phosphates the report tinnes: These deposits continue to bo tivel lively steadil The rook- deedsl is about 60 years of age. no washing or drying, as ia the case] Andrew D. White is with Carolina rock, perfectly satisfactory, largely by worked, and lly increasing. ia the its analysis is and it is u*£d argely by the interior points, com panies situated in upper Georgia, Ten nessee and other points, who obtain from it thoroughly satifaetory resu t». It fills the place of the South Carolina reck perfectly, and is a very formid able competitor. The total shipments of phosphate from Florida for the year 185*5 aggre gated 515,878 tons. Florida con tinues to increase her production. Whilst a great many of the companies there have ceased operations, still enough have been left to keep up a very large production. As is well known there are three kinds of rock mined in Flgr % , •» First, the• / ’rlva iJ vrock, which comes largely from Peace River, and which reaemoles in analysis and general character, very largely, the Carolina rock. Second, the land pebble, rock,,rhich is'mined from the lam), consisting of a small phosphate pebole.' aad which ii also similar to the lamT rock in South Carolina. Third, the high grade rock, which runs up to 70 or 80 per cent, of phos phate of lime. This lies in pockets and is quarried out and shipped with hardly any other preparation, except that of being roasted or burned. The shipments from Florida arc largely on the increase. Many of the com- anies there are, like the companies Carolina, with a large phint in vest- ad which they have to utilize in atnne way, and they are satisfied if they can get in a dollar for every dollar they put out, and so work on, hoping for Setter times. Within t,be last few weeks a now discovery of phosphate beds in thg. Somme district oi France has been made. The locality where this rock baa been discovered has been bought Frenob firc^ far the amouni. he gained as Judge is the Maryland courts irbicti ted President glevelaed, in the absence of political inluenoe on Judge Alvey’* part, to appoint him to the position ofjChief Justice ef the the productipn is Coart of Aopealsof Ahis District. He con- ac- Congreaeman McLaartn Exposes Reel Object of tbe Measure. Hen. John L. McLaurin, of South Garoline, was allowed ten minutes in the discussion of the bond bill proposed by the RapnbUeaas, aad be spoke as fellew*. Mr. Speaker, I am apposed to the passage ef this bill, because its pro vision# will net enly burden an al ready debt-riddas people, but will legalise a teag series of usurpations by dlfareat secretaries of the trees- t ury. The oeptioa declares this a G by a strong 1 stated, to be one million franees £ White is a Republican in politics. He is one of the best known men of letters In this country and perhaps in the world, is an author and historian and has been the pre sident of Cornell University. Mr. White was appointed Minister to Russia by President Harrison^ and this position he held throngh Harri son’s administration and fora year or more during Mr. Cleveland’s adminis tration. Frederick R. Coudert is-a Demo crat in politics and is one of tbs best known members of the bar in New York. Mr. Coudert / was one of the counsel for the United States oh the Bering Sea commission, and in that capacity bo m<de one of the most eloquent and effective speeches de livered in behalf of the American con tentions. - J! The last named member of the com mission, Daniel C Gilman, president of John Hopkins UhfrrefvitF, la well known as an authority on interna tional law. He was at one time presi dent of the University of California 'and was later called te take np the work of the organization of the univer sity of whlch'be is now the head. One of his principal acquisitions is tba mastering of the science of physical geography, he having studied in Ger many under a prominent instructor, and in this country under Guyet. He is the author of a life of President Monroe. Mr. Gilman has nuvsr figured prominently iu politics. At the White House it is stated that he has no politics, but his proclivities ere under stood to be Republicas. The two great parties, it will be seen are equally represented on the .com mission, with the fifth member having no outspoken politics. AH of the above named persons will accept the places to whisk they have been appointed and are expected to assemble in Washington as soon a* praoticahiA with a-vtew ef thetriwesr- 'to protect the eoin redemption fund," while at ths same time there is not e single line of lew upon the statute boox authorizing or providing any such fund. Judging from past ex perience, without doubt this language would be construed: by the Secretary for the purpose ef sequestering in the Treasury this vast sum of $100,000,000, which should be in the channels of business, giving life and vigor to our commercial transactions. This un- authorlzqd fund has been main tained in absolute idleness for over twenty years, and at simple interest has cost the people mo-e than $80,- 000,000. This is a covert attempt to legalize an unwarranted assumption, which alone should prevent the pass age of-the bill. Mr. Speaker, Instead of this being a bill to protect the coin redemption fund, it is, more properly •peaklag, in my judgment, an act to provide for a deficiency in oar reve nues. The President has already is sued over 1160,000,000 »f interest bear ing bends nmr the alleged purpose ef strengthening this reserve fuad. In my opinion we might with profit inquire as to what has has become of the pro- eeeds ef the sale of these bonds. Mr. Speaker, is It not true that the one hundred and sixtv million* of geld reoelvefi from the sale ef these bonds waa drawn autef tha Treasury throngh 4he redemptiea of United States notes dr greenbaeks? Is it aet also true that these oae hundred and sixty mililoss ef United States nqtea or E seebeeks have beea paid out by the cretary of tbe Treasnry in tbo ordi nary expense ef the government i* I re peat, has it not keen the custom of the present Beeretary te sell beads for gold, te expheege the gold for Ueited States nete* ani a then is use these notes in payment of ear governmental Beoretery of the Treasury. Mr. Speak er, there la a vest difference between selling beads for sole, which means both gold aad silver, aad bartering the obligations ef the Ualted States for gold bnltion. ■ I assume thet ell of out-present diffi culties would be eliminated and further legislation upon this subject unneces sary if we had a Secretary of the Treasury who would obey the law now upon the statute book of the nation. There is to-day aot a bond, coupon, obligation, or debt of any character against the United States which is not S a^le, principal and interest, in coin; oola to-day means just what it has since the foundation of the govern ment—both gold and silver. Now, Mr. Speaker, with the vaults of the Treasury bursting with silver, wltb the great plain people struggling beneath a load of debt and diatreaa, I assert that it is unfair, unjust, wholly uncalled for, that laterest bearing oonds, in time of peace, should be sold, to further impoverish our people, and through this interest levy tribute upon their hard toil, while there are lying idle in the Treasury one hundred and fifty millions of silver. (Applause.) Let the Secretary ef the Treasury obey the law. Let aim treat alike ail obligations of the government. Let him consider the debt of the hum blest Amprlcee laborer in the tame light that he dees the debt due the alien money leader. All are payable in oola, and all should alike oe paid in eola. If if could be announced to-morrow that an American policy of flnanoo would be iaaugurated and the farther domination of alien monev lenders re- 1 slated, the same enthusiasm and pa triotic response would come from the people to the support of the admini|- tration that was 'witnessed when the President so forcibly reaffirmed the Monies doctrine and notified Engl aad to encroach no further upon American soil. A similar annouoement on the fiaaaoial nltuatlon^woulji infuse new life [.:'■> the Democratic party from whie ope has been crushed by the fluanolal policy ef the present aamtll- istration. Let the United States, like France, begin tqe payment of sliver for the paper money when presented for re demption, and the necessity for an other bond iasue would vanish. Let us also Imitate the example of France in refusing to furnish gold for export, in doing this we* would aimply be put ting into-practioe thet grand rule of human government, "equal rights to all, special privileges to none." There la another point, Mr. Speaker, that seems to have been overlooked. It is claimed by the Secretary in his last report that there is ia circulation among the people four hundred, ead seventy-five millions in gold oon. From tbe report of tbe Comptroller of the Currency it is learned‘that rot over one hundred and fifty millions la held by the banka, leaving three hun dred and twenty five millions among the people. If toe Secretary of toe Treasury would expend as muen energy in exchanging with the people green backs for this gold that ne does iq ex changing gold for greenbacks with alien financiers, I am of the opinion that the exigencies of the Treasury might be relieved without • further issue of bonds. The gentlt man from Maine (Mr Ding ley) advanced the proposition to secure this gold by an issue of interest- bearing certificates of indebtedness. In my judgment the object might be attained at far less expense by ex- the 'Treasury for this gold among the BILL ARP TALKS PEACE. f ■IB KXPOaiTIoir EXPERIENCE. A Squealer Unloaded Some ■xpoel- Use Bead kerchieft oe Him—Don’t Believe there Will be Any War With Baglaed They told me of various things they o^-foerth ef Tbem weJd be oemiioe r.«Ul like to hey. for Christmas ^ weald preeeets for friends end posterity. They wanted seventeen I think.- Of course I listened in e subdued manner, but an elephant had trod on my pocket- book end it Wee so fiat I couldn’t see through this business. My wife said thet Handkerchiefs were a good thing —aloe hand kerchiefs were always in order. She bad some in her trunk to seed to the boys. There ere various thiegs in thet trunk. It is a sort of •ubtreasury, a cache, but it won’t hold enough things for the grandchildren. Dolls and baby carriages and lumping jacks aad picture books had to be bought and some nice linen handker chiefs. Well, aa I wo turning the Norcross corner I heard a squealer squealing handkerchiefs. There was k stack of them on a box and a crowd around and he wo passing handker chiefs along for examination. ‘‘Genu ine linen, pur# Irish linen, all guaran teed, only 5 coats a piece. Examine them, gentlemen. These are exposi tion goods that wa are obliged to sell out, for we are going home. Home, sweet home,” etc. 1 Never heard a man squal more sweetly. I was shy at first bnt took held of the haadkmchief. It was good site and nlealy berdered and looked like linen and felt like linen, and I heard a man say “This is linen, shore." So I thought I had found the very thing my wife wanted and I. told him I would take ten. “Thank you, sir," he said politely, and he took them off the folded pile and wrapped them up and ^ put them in my little grip and handed him a dollar—a silver dol lar. Hs didn’t hand bach the change, bnt leaned up close to me and whis pered, "You are a family . man, I -okot-" Yes,-” said 1. Jl Well, ! -| D ior , f t»- a r In order to meet the temi de- porary ficiency in the Tressury. instead of interest-bearing obligations to become a burden upon the people, I would sug gest certificates be issued against ev ery idle ounce of silver left in the Treasnry. This would give instanta neous relief and would put into circu lation among the people, without the burden of iatorest, a kind of currency that none would refuse and all bo glad to get. These, in brief, are my ob jections te the bill. I believe they are valid. I can see no goed reason why the taxpayers, the producers end toilers of this country, should be forced to pay an interest tribute extending |o generations yet unborp when the sim ple application pi justice and common sense would obviate the necessity of it ail. (Loud applkuse on the Domocratio side.) —The following is recommended by ani exchange as e good preventive for hog cholera, aad as it is very cheap aid sinnle all wk# have stock of any kind should give it a trial: " A gen tleman from Kentucky told us that a compound made ef salt end ashes in about equal parts would keep hogs, cattle aid horses Healthy and free from dlssaeo. The mixture is made up with water and will harden like rook salt. Then it is put about) the food troughs and animals will become fond of lt> l unlit* of this phosphate is reported be from 50 to 70 per cent, phosphate lime, otherwise siaiiliar to the well known Bomme phosphate. It is in a powdery form, and has the further ad vantage that thq bed of phosphate Hen nearer to the English Chare ’ and therefore the freight exp tha shipping por>, will be m\urated 'Ean from the other beds aid pro- therefore be expected ‘ phosphate will bet'or? the friend* competitor in the A iorer since tbe Itapithas been for* have Mr. Cro- Larga deposit* h ef this in*tltn- la^Yenesuela, a^^ been gratifi *1. been m-* blessings ever sbldo ►■bur President and CoD i j. «r. l. — Nothing Bouse, Blackville, le new year In the. right way. rits keif column advertisement, and in see the Captain amF-Llqutenant. My give all costoquel’s uniform >n.. Y The Ing in and enterisg upon their work The appointments are made in compli ance with a resoultioa of Congress passsed at th# reiuest of President Cleveland, ag 'day of the eem- mission wij> ^ > ead eelleet Labor flny come* Sept, 7; 'i-vrmialng giving will be due November 26. 'vae- The only eclipse visible in North America in 1896. will occur August 22-23—a partial eclipse of the moon. Spring begin* March 19; Summer, June 20; Fall, September 22 Win ter. December 21. L Easter Sunday will comb ^ith April 5. Christmas will fall opon a Fridi —^~_ T M»pi- Wby suffer with Cough*, Cold*' ats LaGrippe when LzXativ* Brt | °“ r Qcinink will cure you in one U cl T Doe* not produde the rtu^ftig in, head like Sulphate of Quinine. E sises? Thenawhy seme here with a ill elaimlng te pretest “the coin re demption fuad” when la fact end is praotiea it is a hill te supply the dei- eiency ef the revenue ? I believe in dealing with the people frankly and sqnarely and If this-bill irTaatty tr matntata a redemption the up in tablet* convenient for Guaranteed to cure,or money ed. Price,23 Cen^*. For tale by C. N. Burekhalter t« [Vis’s pitoi, fnnd, it should ho so stated, -plainlj ead distinctly, ead thee nse4 for no other pareeae whatever. If, an the other haaa, as is now secretly prac ticed, it is to snpply a defo’eeoy in the reveane, I main tala that such a declaration should he. made in order that all may clearly naderstead Ite . import. He ale iflftal lyvAagidedly in favor of calmly to several ,»**• kn 8 (rtnqding the morning. He e-- bimsel'Mur) confident of divl'Abbey w'.sandmet . hl|L'i*^T,'*Vrh, d to the hisVposure —The vexed question of conjugal obedience was settled by Spurgeon ia e characteristic way. Is aa address at tee mer-tage of the daaghter ef a f i lend he spoke thus te the bride about a*r fniwre lord: “Let him be the -"tad, and de yen be the aeok, and tarn >nm which way yen please.” —Tomato plants have boon grafted oa potato plants in England, giving i crop ef tomatoes above ground ead of potatoes telex. Potatoes grafted oa tomatoes have produced Jlowors and a low tybers. Rem amber UteffWOT ; prayers and klad“wTsbee are good, but, they will not s-rve Instead of fuel end food. The Bible has some practical remarks en charity that stops shert of actual giv- Uf. —In Mexico and also in Siam, jadga, »urt, if will £ vs you .twenty more for the other ih*{ dollar," *ald he. So I took them aad put them all in my satchel. Good gracous I Thirty linen trend- kerchiefs for one dollar. Enough to keap all the grandchildren’s nose# clean and leave some for me- I was proud. When my wife opepwd the packages •he was hoi rifled. “ Why they are all cotton and the veriest, thinnest, sle siest cotton at that. YoO have been cheated again as usual.” That rascally squealer had handed round e nice linen handkerchief as a sample and wrapped np poor thfn cotton ones so quick we didn’t suspect anything wrong. But they will do for ths noses, I reckon. In fact, 1 rather like them for my grip, and I carry two all the time—one for each side. And I bought n beautiful little doll carriage with a parasol over it for 20 cents and n lunch basket and a mice that runs arounu on the floor and a spool case and some other little tricks and came home happy, for Christmas is a season to make others happy. Os earth peace, good will to men, and especially to tbe chil Iren. Yes, that’s it I On earth peace! We ere not S olng to have any war with England. iut I’ll be dogond if Johnny Bull shall step over here and take laad that don’t belong to him—land and water, for there is the mouth of the Orinoco that ought to be open and free to our oommoroo. War is a horrible, devilish business and it ought not to be con sidered seriously. No, sir! We ere not going to. have any war, but I’ll be dad blasted if Johnny Bull shall have anything over here that don’t - right fully belong to film—the greedy old rascal. Tbe feet is, I don’t believe those English know where Venezuela in or who.Mr. Monroe wee, but they have got a big map and stake out the earth and claim to the stakes. Fifty years ago they put down their stakes on an island in the Caribbean sap and tbe island sank in an earthquake and went down and England is still guard ing the hole and waiting for the island to rise again. That’s what a man told me. But the idea of war with our old mother country. God bless her and her noble queen, who for over fifty years has been a model woman—a noble-hearted lady of the olden times —an illustrious exam pie of good, old- fashioned, honest motherhood ; d nine children right straight along nd nursed them in the old-fashlonec w. y and gave thsm castor oil aad salts s d •nag to them at night just like wo do. I have great respect for any woman who has raised nine children, aud I have 10 per cent, mere respect for a woman who has raised up ton, like my wife has; but IT) bo ding-donged if Jokapy Bull or any other bull, shall E nt n chip on our hat. Wo are go! »Investigate. Our committee will go over there aad report and maybe by the IJourth of July we will know some- think about this business, and then we will let it fret along for a year or two aad tx np an arbitration, and by the year 1900 the dispute will bp settled. That’s the way we did the Alabama claim and tho 'Bering seal fisheries. W# needn’t bo in a hurry about fight ing. In fact, It looks like sacrilege for Christian 'nations to talk war dur ing Christmas times. We ought to have waited until tha Fourth of July— fiat’s the tissotoorow—butoid Jpbnny Bull hai hotter mind bow be steps over our hemisphere. The old rebs ,4 £*▼• had their disabilities removed aad they haven’t forgotten bow Eng land treated us thirty-throe years agx ’.'iSk Now if they will put our one oae armed aad one-eyed and veterans on tbe pension roils, too, we posed will have some faith in their magaaol- Tho mity, but not until then. It wouldn’t be any very big drain on the treasury, for we haven’t but about 100,000 voter- left, all told, and not more than ers. Oar boys have boon dying for thirty years, but somehow or other theirs don’t die, but keep on multipiy- ing. There is another thing about It That resolution was too abort end too stingy of language. It ought to have hi«' / reamble and some wort's that li liokt* >• regret for tbe long delay. In is tl y should have apologixeo aad begjrci. our pardon and done tbe clean thing while they were at it. My foarj now is that if the war blows over the Grand Army will raise a rumpus about that resolutiou and have it rescinded, just like they did the order for tbe re storation of the rebel flags. They have had all the otfioee and nil the pensions so long, they don’t want u» to have anything. But we’li get even with them in ths long run. Seel f we don't. r«t4 of their best people are moving down South and in a few years will become as clever gentlemen and Christians and patriots as we are and can raise their children In a moral at mosphere. Our climate and our so ciety has a wonderful effeot on North ern men. Well, of course, about half of this is a joke, and I don't want to make anybody mad this Christmas, hut ths other naif is in earotst. Tbe best thiny General Grant ever said was: “Lot us have peace,” and he wouldn’t have paid it if he hadn’t been. a gentleman. 1 have had a hard time of it to-day. My wife said that I musWput in that pan# of glass upstairs botoro the cbU-i dren came. Jessie was coming home to stay awhile and, of omirse, would bring her baby, and I reckt-n her hus band would be apt to foL.m along. WsILbt course, the pane must be put on the grounds of „ The HUncIa building 1 of, bet will pro! M attach usjtte 1 already been presented by tho •toners to tho Atlaete or Daughters of the American lion. The property agent ofl poalttoa oo ' gather scattered fnrnltare aad laoe ms movable property to , safety, nad a salvage eompaey mat 1 organtztd wlm Mr. T. 8. Neal, pi d’-at of ono of tho Atlanta beaks, el ite bead. Mr. fnmaa, ebairmaa ef finance committee, said the Exposition, when all tbe debts are paid will have cost Atlanta about $200,000, or I 10 per cent, of the money exc the fair. This includes Itw _ •took subscription, aad tba appropria tion of the cite. This result is regarded very satisfactory. It ia eeUmatod that the immediate 1 benflt to Atlanta in money expendedthere by Exposition visitors auo::rts to $5,000,000, and tbe ultimate benefits to the city tho cotton States are imt beyond this or any other conservative figure that could be made. ^ - i - " y I THE LAURKJfB RAILROAD. TV* Colambte chased this 1 •ye s rateable Link. Judge PI moot* a, sitting la the United States Clt m t Court, has filed a deerts it ths (tat of Frederick M. Gorton trur-tne, cc nr lalnaat, vs. tko Co lumbia aad Greet ri le ReilroeA et aL, defendants, ex psrte Alex. C. Heekeii, receiver. The d«oree orders the sale iff the Lanrees Ra lread to W. O. Childs tor 175,000. ItDaieagtky document, iftoen closely typewritten page* of .egal oap. la tha 10th section It seta forth thet the receiver of the Laurens Railroad, Alax. C. Haskell, has re ceived an offer from W. G. Childs for the entire railroad property held by him as receiver end covered by mort- >y~ house it is a broken par with bag or some rags stuck in th- hole. It is a sign that the man of the house ain’t much account. It’s as bad as a front gate that won’t open or shut easy or a front door witir|a knob off. This pane was out in the upper sash and I never realised what a critics: Job it was ulfiirl got at it. t came very near fql’ing out of the two-story indow, for the work had to be done from tbe outside. I had to hold on with one hnud and work with the other and at last bad to give it up. Bo I got tbe step ladder and took out all the stops and pulled the sash inside the room hanging by the cords, and my wife she helped me and the ladder cracked and creaked amazingly, but ws finally got the glass In. and tacked and puttied all right, and the sash put nsok, and the stops r< placed, and 1 thought I was done, but she wanton the old shades taken down and some new ones put up, and I had to mouai tbe old step ladder again. She never lets me know a 1 1 that she wants me to do for fear of alarming me, and that’s why she kept the new shades hid out until I bad put in tbe window pane. But 1 got through safely at last and received several benignant smiles. By this time I was so nervous that when I tried to write 1 couldn’t hardly bold the pen and that’s what is the matter with this manuscript. 1 can’t road it myself and will excuse any mistakes your typo makes. Oh, these women ho are always fixing up something. They make me so tired. Bat I_gave her a a ioe wopf ’ I did, and another one was sent to bar from Florida, and she is happy, too the fact is, we are all happy right now bill Arp. i of l mey to bapald: to be paid by b on ail tha mortgaga i Railway ihl* purchase money to I and tha $25,000 ‘ endorsed pro rata < bonds of tha , Company. The decree goes an to i that tba report of Special Master D. B. Gilliland establishes that tha prleo offered Is a fall and ampla pries and n larger one than is likely to bs rmHsiil at ao auction sale of tha property, and i.bnt tha holders of tbs mortgaga bonds of tha road earnestly beg that tha sale be *o ordered. The sale la to be eon- summated “ forthwith.” The Columbia Register, after an In terview with the purchaser, Mr. W. G. Cblids, makes the following state ment: * Tha Laurens Railroad, which baa been running under tha direeMoa of Receiver A. 0. Haskell, was said ia Charleston by order of tha United states Court on Monday, tha porehaear uelcg Mr. W. G. Childs, of Colamoia, #bo paid $76,000 for U. Mr. Obiids oat asked about tba pure hate aad shat were tba pines fer tba fa tare. He said that he waa not in positloa to •ay much just at present further thaa -n»t be represented a syndicate, most of whom were Columbians. Although ue is president of tbe Colombia, New berry and Laurens Railroad, tha par- ■mass was aot mad# for that read aad they would be separata organisations altogether. Mr. Childs, however, said that the road was going to be ran la the later est of Columbia as fares poaeibla, and this certainly will be good sews. He basket for Christmas, *afs ho intend* to make • ule so that tbs people la THE LIGHT* TURNED OFF. Final See T’.c e tior oe. the ts 1 get to Colambia ia the early morning, transact, business and get back Wte same afternoon instead of having to •pend a whole might hare. This is just one of the advantages the road will be to Columbia. Other eonaes lions and other traffic arrangements will be made la the near fnture whioh will be equally advantageous to CoUuD* bln and the people living along the tne. There has been talkfor a moath or more about Mr. Child’s intoetion to Port Royal and* Western CaroUaa roads, but whether the acquisition of the Laurens road will lead to such a result remains to be aeon. The Laurens road is forty miles long end runs from Helena (Newberry) to Laurens. At Dover’s station it creas— the Seaboard Air Line aad at Clietoa makes connection with it. It taps the Fart Royal and Western Carolina at Laurens. S I predicted that Congress would turn ur mys looseJust as soon as war was n reatoned. ’That was nice, wasn’t it ? our "th So gaacrous, so magnanimous, waiting thirty long years they in a day without debate. We ask it aad they shoved it on us. After did it didn’t Sher man, Tom Reed k Co. got together tba night after Mr. Cleveland's war message and said if we should have war with * ne m8 Vpo*ure. ►eeds of the civic and military*' unon kf the greatest of civil wars; bu tron f General Commanding will see. . within its sacred portals •uffloieg' conspicuous spaoe arill be re*er<„ “Hfci the trap .illy- died unced lark- own The the names and fame of of the South.” As yet, poly wandering trou like the barda of the middle tion aroaad their living jury aad lawyers all smoke in coun thiy wish to, while a case is being tried. Hven the prisoner is aot de prived ef his cigar or cigarette. —In Sumatra the leaves of thf- coffee plant are used for making tee whioh ‘hKj tne essential properties of both tea since -rofse, resembling both in taste J.|- e CD t a ( rintea Ur* ?£ .-are poslti money*aKi,~**v which, If V#®® look no medicine exdqVe to every J®** light narcotic when v^je globe a i “7 improvement dated fro] In Ant*l- ™7 limbs soon becaphd numb*-rJy "Ightaed voioe came to t to militarv Yp*Jj®N*etof tooth, regui^it *kable—miraculous! SurelyjJjTJIE “ Madame, I weighed t»t fi I was born la MlaaCnota. am» >• - - r&gr England, where are wo going to get our mercenaries from. We aa r t get any more id or Gei from England or Ireland or Germany or Spain, where wo wo got them during tbe last, aad we will need thoee rebels dewe South. The fast ia, they are the beet fighters tee navies hse got. We had five to i heir and will j times if time. Come along an^ ad vert ii from patriotic mission, I te the field and thee It toek to sabdue them aad a put 900,00fi of our mea oa oa rolls,' besides what-lhey ne fact is we are just ob- ave them and now ia a good tender tbe olive branch. > a naan told me they said. ! ms of the Atlanta Expoal- Uou. 1 day of tbe Atlanta Expoei- with a clear sky. During t-3:-!)' morning tbe temperature was very low, but after the sun rose the weather moderated rapidly and tbe oars to the exposition were all filled. Tbe grounds were filled with people, in the buildings many of the exhibitors had a small harvest in the sale of souvenirs, while the Chinese village auctioned off its bric-a-brac. The ex hibit* were all in good shap j and were not disturbed until pfter dark. During the afternoon, the camels and donkeys of Cairo street were driven out, but most of the places on the Midw'hy were wide open and doing a good business. Although the crowd was one of the largest during December, there was no ceremonial. There had been so much of ceremony heretofore that it was.detormlaed to let the last day be a a free and easy affair, so 'bat the visi tors might make the best of their time in seeing the exhibits. Ai dark came on the beautiful Illu mination was given and the electric fouatain for the last time displayed its charms. Although there was a large crowd, i the best of order prevail ed and everybody geempd to be ia a good humor. The directors held a meeting at 4 o’clock and transacted business of some importance, mainly directed toward fire and police protec tion for the grounds aad buildings. At 6:10, a force of experts began pack up the pictures in the art gallery at the same time a similar work was begun on tbe government exhibits In the mines and forestry building. It is expected that the work of packing and shipping exhibits in the govern- mentybHiidingjwill proceed rapidly. In the manufacturer’s building, the foreign exhibitors will attempt to dis pose of thalr wares as far as possible before packing np. In the transporta tion building, Capt. E. L. Tyler, chief of transportation, will have an offi x sod look after tbe removal of exhiblte. By resolution of the board of directors ail salaries and wages ceased atni but tbe president was empowered to make new contracts for such limit* help as may be neceesary to wlad up the affairs of tbe company. One turn stile in the main eotranos will be left •pen, but an admission fee will be chargsd to keep out stragglers w would interfere with the exhlbtors la packing their goods. > -The Pennsylvania building will ba formally turned over to the Piedmont Driving clnb by Mr. .Keenan very soon. _ . The Ne# York State building will also never knew any pass into the hands of the club, both of 1 w ®° could not bear these structure# having keen erected tune perfhctlj Uke a ing i end Marrying in Hast*.—The St. Louis Globe-Democrat saj • that a marriage, romantic In the extreme, was solemie- ed recently la the iffloe of the oouafey clerk, Glasgow, K/. The groom and bride had never eo much as heard oi tbe ether's sxistonoe until the other day, and met tor the first time when they were brooght faee to face In the county clerk’s office and lataoduoed by a mutual friend preparatory to the sp lice tion for license. The 1 groom ie ohn Underwood, a prosperous fanner near Temple Hill and sixty five yean old. The bride was Mrs. Martha J. Turner, n widow, twenty-fours years old, who came from South CaroUaa two months ago. The mutual Mead pictured to the groom the virtues and excellencies of the young widow, aad to her he recited the sterling worth and good qualities of the fanner. Com missioned by the latter with a proposi tion of marriage, he returned with an acceptance from tbe widow. They set eyes upon each other at 1:90 o’clock, and at 1:45 o’oieek. a local minister had pronounced them. husband and qlfe. ; • • —la the annual report of the lastita- t'on for the Dsaf, Dumb nod the Blind there occurs this Interesting stato- mcot: " Os# of the special reports ol the United State# census gives 1290 aa the average annual expanses per oajp- lia of nil schools for the hliaa in the United States. A recent report of one ie schools for the deaf gives tSI&Jfi average per capita for sapfiort in twenty-three schools for II Our per capita for the part year 1 been 113087.”