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VOL XX. it: ij TTTTTTr^TTT SOOTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 t 1896. m m Bryan’s Campaign Speeches. AT LYNN, M ASS. No Market for the Shoe Factor tea When the Farmer* Are Out of Money. tV Mr. Bryan made a short address on Monday morning at Lynn, Mass., as he was returning from the visit to Maine. His remarks were pointed and appro priate as follows : Mr. Chairman and Fellow-Citizens Our opponents are all the time assert- log that the business men ought to take an interest in this campaign in order to protect their business inter ests. It has always made me indig nant that a few people in each commu nity should assume to be the only busi ness men in it, and should always iu- ■ist upon throating their busim-sa in terests forward in preference V) any body elae's business interests. 1 have always believed that anyone trlbuted to a nation's prosperity, who aaded to a nation’s wealth or to a na tion's greartnes*. was a business man. I Applansa. 1 The man wltfr small interests baa as mack right to protect those .amall In- teresta by hla ballot aa the vhn with large bus) nr as has the right to protect hla intereata by hla ballot. (Ap| lauae.) I want to show you bow tbecmoaey question concerns toe various classes of people. 1 want to show you that you cannot separate the Intereata of lbs wage- earning ciaesee from the Inte/rete of the farming ciaaaee. You don't pro duce shoes lor ornament, but for veer People cannot wear shoro until they ere ah«e to bqy them, end they raannl btif thus** UfciMi tlM*? hfttr lb# t*u##v AT PROVIDENCE, R. I He Advocates Nothing Revolutionary —An Honest Dollar Does Not Chaoge itrFurohaaiwh Power. A crowd of 15,000 people greeted Wm. J, Bryan when he reached Prov- I., where he spoke as tol- country which we are willing cede to the gold standard. (A and cheew:f ' _ TTiere ft idence, R lows : . . , “ I do not come to preach to you a new gospel. The position which we take on the money question is an old position, not a new one. We are not dying in the face of natural laws as our opponents sometimes assert, nor are we trying to overturn the princi- ples of political economy. Those who advocate bimetallism are the only ones in this campaign who are telling econo mic truths and defending the natural laws of trade. When I define an honest dollar as an honest dollar which does not change in its purchasing power It may give to you a definition Which has been a sound definition aipong all writura on political economy. , i When 1 give you that definition, I am 0 con -! ttmply giving you a definition which has been given |o the world by that distinguished educator who lives in this city and who is an honor not only • : to ♦.- » ♦'in*.- b*?t t'-f nation. (Applause) Prof MOOT Andrews la a recent work entitled: “An hooest dollar," com mences tbe Unit chaper with the words which I shall quote: *‘lt is alwrys assumed or admitted that the ideal sort of money would be money with a unit having a steadfast general pur chasing power." When Prvfemoe Andrews describes tbe ideal money ns n money whose wait In tbe steadfast general or average of eurchaelng There is no part of this country which ft excluded from the benefits of hi metallism; there ft i part iiling no i" Now, v##| BTicm Hit | t • au J** «! Utejr I lb#y wli 0h*#Mii • I * if you aril 11 ass things ia maaov- sail shew* to the p wsh i In kb lag aop* n the L the he planted himself npoe the km Id rock aed all tha ftaaarlsre or this and other oowatrtea oaa agslaeS the ehararter of th f A nptaae* 1 The post has told as that I M aa hi wasl man is the o obi eel worh of tiod " Wa may supplemaot thU ! n dei aot prevail lid'Sr ■■ o of this tocon- iause ife in this Union which will be benefitted by the maintenance of the present finan cial policy, and if in some portions of the Union the silver sentiment is not as strong as in other portions, it is be cause those portions where the silver sentiment is weakest are the portions where there has been the least agita tion and discussion and study of the money question. (Applause and cries of “You’re right.’’) You not only have lacked the opportunity of investi- gating this question which some other portions of the country have had, hut your papers have denounoed it as a matter unworthy of study, even if they have not insulted tbe intelligence of tbe voters by telling them that only a few people were able to understand the question anyhow. (Applause.) Some of the HdpUWtcan' pthtforms of the Eastern States have not only de clared against silver, but have de clared against agitation. When I find h man who is opposed to ue discus sion of a public question t find a man who would feel more at home under a monarchy than he would in a Itepublic. TAppIause.) ^ ~ Agitation i« nothing but discussion. (Applause and cries of “That’s so”) And discussion is tha only moans by which tbe people oaa flafi owl what is baut aed remedy a wrong. (Applause.) Jt man who denounces agitation, a man who opuuees public discussion of pubift queetiows, would have you suffer not permit yon to secure tbe only I ‘y which relief caa odtae. My I friends our opponents Iona dosLoj agitation for a dollar, then you cannot fiod any body who will sell you that silver for use.) Now, my friends, into 53 cento. (Applet gL3.fi? !£ THE POLITIC,, LSmiATIOX » THE without knowing that proposition, NORTHWESTERN STATES without und expect to reac the money question. I assert that the business man de pends for success upon the farmers and the laboring men. (Applause.) If you want business men to prosper you can not make them prosperous by making the money loaner prosperous, because business men do not make their money out of these from whom they borrow. They make their money out of those to whom they sell goods. (Applause.) And if the people cannot buy goods, the merchants caanot sell goods, and people cannot buy goods until they have the money to nuy goods with. (Applause.) And the way the people get money to buy goods with is by selling something which they them selves produce. If the farmer cannot get money for what he produces, how is he going to have the money to buy what other people have to sell? A Voice-SUM up thd mills. Suppose you sUrt up tbe mills how are you going to dispose of the things which tbe mills produce unless pco- f>le can buy the produce of your muITT FROM ALTAR TO JAIL. Kill* la tL tlAW'm w It to howp til try to swoop oroaa (A tiptoes* agltsOow lot© St ouwmaad It to bs still obey. Agitation Is i owwss It Is a rwowlt aad that rasa It mast i Ml# aweathawrt'a Uscle an Hoar Marries tha Girt. Oaa of tha most deplorable and aattosni tragedies that ever ooct West leans seen was eaactad at villa Tuesday night wbea J. H Wla- ... . , , - I fray, Jr., soot aad klllad i’eUr D. thlak that they Crawford, aad within aa hoar by commanding oimwlortl e aloaw. . 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Bwrtoa left la a low alastoa. complalatag of a esvara haadaebe Ho had aot awss goao koag whoa Mlas Wa<thsriy aotarwd hor mathar’s room hloood har gaudhy, say tag oha had lafroy aad was gatag away witn him at aoaa Mrs. WwaMkwrty aMwatpSwd to par •wads har aat la do oa aad talitag la thMoallad Oawtard, aha aaosat la ths yard, talhiag la a aogro Oaatard IstsrwspSsd thsw at tha gats aad It Is paoMOtsd attsmptsd la g tha aaapla from raaalag aC. W iafroy roststad aad msiltag hla atonal Craahwd twioa, hath ha>ls gatag roagh tha haart bi. iag him la ^ Wsahhort jatapad istw Wlafroy s baggy draws he WMaarwUU where they ware marrtad by Mav P O Tbrog Wlafroy • a* arroetsd soaa af bhang thus wall ~ ytag b * abUa Oaa bim. Wiafrsy • Madly Wwlead iiaiiag bis etatsmwat. Orawfbad, #a dosai maa. woe a hrw*« aid Obaladsrate aatdtar Ms Wstoagsd Oaa II sad rod aad Fifty-lowrth af T Chatham's bngada Wiaf yoaag mas ef goad laouiy III WTEmiEV WITH GOVERKOR NORIHEH. He Believes that Bryan Will Carry Iowa and Illinois—Interesting Fea tures of the Campaign. « Atlanta Journal. Governor Northen has just returned from a Western tour of three months, during which time he went through eleven SUtes andstopped at 100 or more towns and cities. He made the trip on immigration business, but took adyan Uge of the opportunity to study the Wfci “I"* 1 “P political situation. In-order that juif * 1| ‘ * *■" I ♦ yam b {g\sa OtbunBlOu. might get at the facts better, he went about the political headquarters and mixed with the crowds Incognito, heard their street discussions, sounded men of every class and every shade of po litical opinion, and took note of every straw tqat showed which ’ way the wind blew. He has had some interest ing experiences aad comes back prob ably the best posted Georgian who has been West. Uo tells what he found and relates some of hft experiences ia the following interview : “The West ft aot of mesas, said he. Cal. D. P. Du acne Alltaaes Rack s warfare I have never seen such political conditions. Tarty lines are obiltaratad. If you address a man as a Republican he says : “ ’Don’t speak to me as a Itrp.jii.isttBfc,, wa nra aot known as Rapab«loans or I rharlesioa's Re Democrats aay more, but as advocates of the gold standard or tha silver stao (lord * “Old landmark* are fooa. Too have aad when you do It Is so mixed that; yoa cas t tali aa*thia« about it. Noth- j tug short af a coast af beads will re veal tha result They are nimstaatly I tie trust, is hot polllag tbe trains aad tbe people who travel are usually gold standard advo cates. Tbe beet result I saw was four rotas for Bryaa aat of S oa a *>snpsr A labor!ag man said, 'That's arotty good lor a sleeper, bat wait Ul* the sorb train names ' " 1 oaalda'l gal aay saHafantary la* tarmaiioo from t- k -a party baadqaarter* as olthar side Tbsee It aa* a gold or all si Ivor. Th* ^ailiag of trains show sd nothing Tbs hast ossthad I avoid find ana to tabs op saeh ciaos or aaoa pqtlsa separately aad moat late, .goat man la that pursuit 11. The next morning the hotel man told me be drove them away at 1 ho disputants in these discussions are well posted, if you evince any interest, a bystander will pull h wad of literature out of his inside pocket and ask you to read it. The discussions are mostly good natured. There is hehd cracking sometimes, but general ly, when things" get warm They guy each other and laugh it off. When a fellow makes a point you will hear them say ‘good boy,’ and tbe other aide say ‘rats!” At Minneapolis, where tbe Journal was displaying base ball news in an unusually attractive manner, the time between bulletins was filled up with argument for silver block and the discussion amounted to an open air mass meetiug. “ I found tbe newspapers very lib eral," continued tbe Governor. “Sli ver papers printed a gold orator’s speech and put in all the applause, and the ovation. The gold paper* did the same when a crowd went wild over a silver orator. That is my idea of the way to run newspapers. And they had enormous sales. They sett their pa pers for a cent a copy aad the circula tions aro enormous. I saw a poor wo- maa buying a paper for a Cent. The JT carry impiense buuffla have to carry them long.’' repeat we will get all our wired 1 of cotton taken care of witltoat lag Sprunt & JSon of Wii C., to rob you out of M cento per 1 |Ln<l w i LtiOUl Wfircvim? lyti* PT n errof his compress in Charleston. * “We are witling toatoad by our owb people when they stand hr us. If wa don't make the cotton, will the ootn- presses have any to peek? Then whew they see and admit that an outrageous extortion is being committed upon ns why should they not.m*ke some little sacrifice to help us out ? We oan and will find those who will do it if you all rtUind together for a little while. I want to add this: The interior mar koto h%ve stood by the farmers in their fight; they have ordered the wire ties t<»- them end have aided u* all in their power, and you must stand by them. Say to them that you will not allow these 200 cotton buyers of Sprunt A Son of Wilmington to doek your cotton 30 cento per bale because you have seem fit to bale it with wire ties. “ The cotton trust have gotten uneasy and have reduced the price 8 cento per bundle, that ft at porto 81 fit par Niw die, but three buyers say they are go ing to make a deduction of 30 oeats a hale or 81 M per handle of Uea. Who get the 2H centsy ■ “ BObth Carol iso «——n Lsre token la ialtiatfta ■ LET THE FARMKRfi STICK •al to Handle Wire -The Alltoaca Kx- nad deal the Initiative la this fight, aad I Hero yow will aot ftvs It ap. I don't feel at liberty to state at this time all I know, hat tbaro to a vast amount more of money I a vested la tha wire beslaeas than ia the hoop tie boot* Dam, nod tha wire maaofaoteroro have aaeurad me teat la tha fa taro they will stand by ae If wa I stead to at wart aa a machine to bo aaad at tha onai pesos to fastaathaaa wtro ttoa -A f lartlilf of tha porta Half of boath Carol tab’s if tha rofasa 1 of Cbarloatoa aad Wl 1 - aooaompUao will " miagtoa aomprosoas to hand is tha wtro I the later lor tsr t haled staple. Ha bal iaros he oaa make I seooastty will ant arroagamaats siseahero lathe later 1 pro— la tha h aat af tha taessars, aad sJl he aehs to the aext aottaa aram wbtsh that they be eM nasry la tha fight haled largely el to etro Uea" He talked as let lows la a reporter . ** 1 am sorry tha Nows aad Coaster I can’t saa Its way dear to help at oat la I tha fight As this Is a matter af mash • ' MOfl ~ READY ruR mast i AfiPC##* ruaiati for go we las a den cbasing po but ee * art hy piling It lagton buslaei use tol to nl ads foe mvt •Vfir v# i#d b tirM Wl g» ra t Wi ssahg vastg IJ y goid »• aad raiie i ug liout tor e« ootorwrliag oar cum ip it tie vaults at W bra It tugtt to beouldi among fiveseople. ••J At I II b## cr#Al# I# pur* morltl fTAACy h- >■' u.ai.ag a* to bus cue id mats aader suylag sliver al Ml oeats It an i aed la to lou oeete I be-4 si car buluoe wou-d to aaybMly lor ball toe market prim aad let toe purchaser make the profit f The itepubttoaa party does aot pres sal aay flaaac'al policy aad say that they propose that the policy alii hr net)'. tbe ppople. inilcaa pasty simply proposes policy of their plat- e li You manufacture*! and merchaoto go to the banks (or >pney. The banks tell you they are v«y sorry, but they cannot loan any morjust new. There can be no more mony ia this country than people permit, f you make your lalff so you draw a |rt of your money out of circulation ai lock it up, you can't use it in your ftinese, and have it in the vaults at 'ushington, both at the same time, 'bat look* plain enough, yet there ai financier* who go on the theory thathe more money you take out of circfition the more you have left in it. There are financiers ho actually re joice at the issue of lad*, and said it would restore confldtee. They are trying to run busiuestn this country with a larger per ce. of confidence than the amount of oney on hand. And if they goon, theeople will have all the confidence ancho money. My obeervation has bcehhat if a confi dence man comes inta community,, the man who has theiast confidence has the most money ten the fellow goes out- You say. “I am hung.’’ They say, “I have got a remedyjust have con fidence, and if you hatoot bad a full meal you will be justvwell off as if you had.” You say yoikn’t get work. They say, ‘’Just havemfldence, you will have work and will, be all right.” You say, “We cannotad a market for our shoes.” “Just he confidence, the people will buy id they will pay.” ; „ There is only one placrhere I think ^a confidence game won'tyrk. You go to one of those men who all the time talking About confiden and ask to borrow money. He sa> ‘ What aa- V’ 'V,.! T to maintain tha policy of their form aad that platform professes to b« bad when it promises to main tola that policy until foreign nations coire to our relief. Hut my friends, If you be lieve tbe Uoitod btotes government shjuld have a financial policy of Its own, suited to it* own needs, its own people, administered by the hands of those who love her, then you can col* express yourselves when you act with those who advocate bimetallism at Hi to 1 without the aid or consent of any other nation upon the earth. If the financiers who want the government to issue bond* so they can buy bonds, have the right to keep the govern ment iesuiog bonds all the time, putting a debt upon the people, then you, tb« people, have to be taxed to pay these bond*. -saa are you la favor go 4 standard f TVs voice—l am. Mr. Bryaa—Tall me oh* ? Tbe votes —Because I be Hove best tor tbe couatrv- Every will accept a goid dollar for a doil Mr. Bryaa - WhyI will tail Brea uea of Its valua. The reason it to yoa kj AT NEW e No Part LONDON, CONN. curity have vou ?’ Tfotay, ‘ I will give you all Inn coafidet you want.’ He will tell you he la i loaning on oooldence this year, ft it thdSe financiers are eo anxk for you to of ability, of courage ai have confidence ia th^wbeq they —those three ettorar don’t have aay ooefldte in you?' They waat security aiuftey tell you to cahago-d aamsoey onto or put «p eometh .r.g aaigfibie. , ) The true me to ^hai eerily that aay ■erne ikrough the eiog dawn < ( i. r ^ V, r -mrh tos vaavuf^r t; bj.driviag .p tSSu. pdSSm hto el too *el«a el maoay haroja^ tort al yaie tusa ( of the Country Excluded from the Benefit* of Bimetallisin. A stand had been erected at the soldier* and sailors* monument ad jacent to the railway station, and from this Mr. Bryan made an address an hour long to an audience of about 3,000 people. He was-cheered frequently and asked several ^questions by people in the crowd: Heaaid: Mr. Chairman, Dadiek-and Gentle men—I am informed'Thatrl am speak ing today in the county in which Lyman Trumbull was born. When I went to Chicago as a law student I found a place in his office, and for nearly two years was associated with him as a student is associated with an instructor. And it is one of the friend ships whioh I prize, because the ac quaintance formed then grew into at tachment, and when be was called from earth no oae mourned his depar ture more sincerely than I. I am glad to stand, therefore, among the people among whom he was born, because la his life I believe that he gave evldeno: of ability,/>f courage aad of patriotism torislics which combine to earn (of a maa the loro aad gratitude of hft oountrymea. Today I leave CooaectleuV I hare New England e, I have only I I to Hi —* 0 fl our gold dollar aad gold bullion are worth ths same is because the law says that you can convert bullion iato a do 1 lar at tha mint. The voice—Well, how about silver ? Mr. Bryan—When the laws are so, under the free coinage of silver, that the holder of silver nultlon can coo vert hU silver ^bullion Into dollars at ths mint, that wit fix a mint price for silver then, ae we have a mint price for gold now and' silver dollars will he worth as much abroad as our gold dollar. (GroAt applause and cheering.) Now, my friends, I do not object to having questions asked, because if I am wrong on this question, there ft no body more anxious to find it out than l am.. But if I am right and my friend is strong, I hope he will be as anxious to get right as I am. (Great applause.) Question* do not hurt, my friends. We are glad to answer questions, because there is not a question that can be asked by an advocateilf the goid stan dard that cannot be answered by ad vocates of free coinage* (Applause and cries of “Why don't McKinley come out and answer some of them ?” A voice: People here-have the im pression Chat when the free coinage of silver is brought into effect they can take their silver teapots and coin them •into money.” Mr. Bryan—The gentleman says that the people have the impression here that under free coinage the peo ple can take silver teapots and their silverware and have it converted into moqey. It U true that under free coinage that any man can m*lt up a dollar and half’s worth of spoons and have the silver coined into one dollar and twenty-nine cents, if you have a man who is fool enough to do it. (Great applause.) Now, why will people refuse to melt up their sliver plate ? Because it will be worth more as silver plate than if will be worth as silver dollars under free coinage. (Applause.) And, my friends, you cantdepend upon it that people wilr aot do things that' are going to hurt them If they know it. There to one of toe things that yon base yo| reason lag upon, aad la that conat-clion I frequently have people ask me, “ Woaldn’t It be possible for a maa to buy silver for 53 eeots aad have it coined Into a dollar aad maaa to dlffweaoe (Laughter aed' a voids ' Who to going to eeli it?**) ' ehicb _ _ Ha says. * ceta 5roU ? ~~ - pMto rttrortototo tTa fiSarh XAA — The At later stewed Dr- J. w be has iakeiy rote reed ta toebuuto aad he say* there to oaty oaa ea eat to are where food crone hero has made aad that to from Helena, Ark ep ta sue titers Missouri. There land will moke from half a bale to a bale of ootooa to the note, aad (ram toirty-flve to seventy five bushels of a neat to the acre. la the famous black loads of Tsaas, where the finest crops la the world are produced, everyth lag to alotoei a failure. Both cotton aad corn are shorter there tbaa they have been for many years. No rain nas fallen there since the 1st of May, and la tome sections there has been ao raia since April. This drought is being felt more severely from Dailss through to Waco and down to Galves ton. in the central part of southern Texas crops are better than at aay other point in the State, but that is saying little for it. Moore says the people out la Texas say this is tbe worst season of drought they have experienced since IbtiO. Much of the cotton that waa planted in April has never come up, the seed having laid in the ground to [>aroh all through the summer, there Deing not enough moisture to germi nate them. In some places where the^ cotton came up the plant has never come to maturity, and stands shriveled n the fields. Corn, which is always very fine in Texas, ft almost a total failure th ! -> year, and in many places tbe fields a. > filled with little, half-grown staikt that have dried up in the summer sun and rustle mournfully in the wind that sweeps across the barren waste usually filled with vigorous corn ytalks, loaded down with the golden grain. Call ■toe iav* -tan* of toato faaavata TtokB fiaan touted toe oatoaa t* ufitefi tony ell! * 4 eu W*ea Is. •»v*u enlct n«»*to 14# mmirmtj. ! «HT f bast al to maa evtdaaes oa tbe Steer fP^kfidto At Uaaar Haptfis I tatoadHI| ^^mtoaafarksl lAe searv a vary tatoff * I saw* ifito Mato alii g toe Bryaa. aeSfi too 'and I wtii stow yea shy I ttotafi as TVeSeMm^^m JT |* «rw« wf Ml papetnMaa. wvta a rosier I stroagto al Meat UL Of ttoto earn ■har I aoroeomUy know ttoirky-a# lispatoMmas aba will rota lar uryaa * Baatdas him ml a dealer ia halo ' 1 am a RupaMtoaa. mtd too, ‘aad I shall |voho tor Bryaa My yarfioar to a Hw* Bad ha a ill rata far Bryaa It so < a* to Tha ttoa luuo |aatertty I •t i vutu k of ths Guar* fiaoMaa th* )*oy«a«to casi 'ewaaaJ the Itopah kQJXlO The rue* Bryaa, aaJ If the A the '1* tttt4 %tt#y to. •#tt#4il#%# >*** 1 #tt» ltt#lr iI iott# Me j t ttftftt tt## i toMMI Mi —One of the chief causes of the turn ing of the tide of gold from Europe into this country recently has been the phenomenal European demand for American cotton. The reserves of the British and Continental mills got almost to the lowest figures on record last season, something like 1,000,000 bales less than In tpe previous year, and it ft to replenish these exhausted mill stocks that the fleet of tramp steathers' as well as tbe swifter and stancher ctaft of the regular transat- lantic lines, is nqir loading at Ameri can ports with cotton for Europe. The exteqtand Importance of the movement can be seen by glancing at the figures up to date as compared with the ship ments two years ago, the reco.x -break ing year qf cotton exportation, when « great volume of 6,726,000 bal went abroad out of aa Americas crop of V,900,000 bales. Last season, owing to tha higher pries, th* foreigaa took as llttla or our cotton as they ouald gat along with. Even aader thafio ylreamstaacc* they had carried away abaat ty&OO.OOO bodes wbea tha a* v with Sa<>*>r4{*. Bryns will gat ths 5,008 yr S.OOfi itsyshlloaas nec essary to ctoaag* tha res alt.' * On* of th* awet lateraatlag facta brought cat hy Governor North aa** study of tbs situation Is that Illinois ft uksly to go Democratic He did not roach this ooaclueioa until be had sladled the situation forssvaral weak*. “ 1 canvassed Uliooft thoroughly," said ha, “ aad wat la diffsroot parts of ths blats. Tbe Ant thing that made a deep impression oa m* was th* Pop ulist convention at Springfield. I saw it, aad it was an enthusiastic Indorse ment of Bryaa. The McKinley paper at Springfield said that this meant s victory for Bryan In Illiaoft, and re marked that it was strange the Repub licans had overlooked such an impor tant factor as this convention. Still 1 was not convinced, for I knew there was an immense population of working men, and that the Republicans were canvassing this element with tremend- ous energy. I thought the labor vote would give McKinley a majority in Illiaoft. This oplolon was changed on Labor Day. There was an immense demonstration and 40,000 people went out. Tbe Republican national com mittee adjourned out of respect for the occasion and started out to attend the exercises. Then it occurred to some of them that they had received no .in vitation to be present, to the master of ceremonies and aug- £ sated to him that he had overlooked ir. Hacna’a committee. ‘No,’ said he, Mr. Hanna hqa not been invited, nor will he be invited.’ .If thft incident ft any ndicatlon of the aentiment of the workingmen of Ullnola, it ia important, for if they go againat McKinley he losea the State, It ft my opinion after what I aaw that Bryan will carry Jllinoia.” In regard Vo fusion, Governor North en said : “ Until recently Kansas and Nebraska were regarded as safe for Bryan, but complicatioas connected with fusion have disturbed matters very much and the reeult ft not cer tain.” The Governor gave a pictureeque description ol the street debates which Constitute an Interesting feature of the Western campaign. “The discus sions are oqntiauous find uninterrupt ed," said he with a smile. “They know no Sundays and night la robbed of sleep. Tko neighbors will mast on the street and talk about gold aad sil ver. They get animated and talk loader. One or People finger* or their fists at com* to eeo what's tto* matter. Pretty ,t.. •*.- ' laeapraaocd. aad to he c**! ihlags. It ft a aoaalbh * worked a* easily ihlng for aaybody to Ao wh* hto net i hoop Uas, It a as f M i t . to look aftor the* whee U* ling thefr S other aad agutotMah, ait trades, that hare to 1 knew tha ■■tier of oompraasiag the ax ported vary Import*at (actor la lag ef th# aot toe crop aad mask ho given da* onoaldaraWo* With-thft view ta mlad. 1 had a bale pafihsd aith wtro aad •hipped to Chartoaiae- I waat myself to so* It com pi a hit* ttoa wtro was sot worked as easily or a* rapid lv os tha hoop Uoo, It used aad the •spartaleadaal oom proas said If the wtro wi larger aad softer aad eom* batter wajJ^eld of I as ten lag tbs Ua, he thought tt I could bo used. I was officially notified by tbe Charleston Lotto* sxohaagw | that tbe cotton baled with wire would • be considered a good delivery. On tbs I faith of this announcement I have re- comm .tided nod urged tbe use of (the wire ties instead of tbe cotton tie trust's flat hoop tie. I a addition to the action taken by tbe Cotton ex change, Mr. H. F. Bremer notified me that hft old firm, F. W. Wegener A Co., would receive nod handle all tbe cot ton baled with wire ties at the same prices paid for the other cottoa. “ Now, I suppose, we are notified that Charleston will not receive tbe wire-packed hales except ata discount. I am also notified that Messrs. Sprunt & Son of Wilmington will not not ac cept the wired bales. I desire to any this to the farmers of the State, I do hope you will not allow yourselves to of your position in the action of either ilmington. Don’t ao oept any deduction or discount on your cotton because it is baled with wire and if you will hold your cotton long enough to give me time to make ar rangements I will guarantee that we will get every hale handled, without any discount. I have written to some business friends D have id Norfolk, Portsmouth and Baltimore, and I be lieve we can get our cotton handled if Cbarlestou and Wilmington cann afford to do it. g— • ‘. All I ask. of you farxners whoJawp. entered thft fight and instructed me to ft to now stand by me. uncture. I have ordered for you all th,600 bundles up to today. This mean* tbe balling of 53,008 hale* of ootton. The Cincinnati Wire company ha* sold several thousand bundles, I don't know exactly how many, but I am satisfied that there has been at least ties enough ordered to bal# 75,000 bales. Now wa will tarn thft ootton through oaa railroad aad to oa* port, aad we caa atak Interesting for soma people who be induced to handla ovr wlro-beled oouoa. - I repeat, don’t gal rallied ha- ttoaTta* wire ito* waat ha “ La IW3 Norfolk cottoa axpurtors ' a mas to my tana la Cafte caaaty > to ttoa ad vv of ttoa Some one went4-he bulldozed ont thft matter b Charleston or aot for you, Don’t give up at thft jv .u alftb.e ’•IC * oa." have coffin* la pointing, “ edfor at least six y for at th* Urn*. It may Se aix or'six- year* before they or* waa tod, hat wbea th* owner n»ed* thorn they will be ready, aad I will fulfill every part of th* cob tract. It ft aot ao long ago 1 fulfilled a coo tract of this kind after I had th* oontract for several years. When the maa mada it b* looked ready to die, and ao doubt thought he would live only a few months. In thft case tbe casket was a fine oae aad he paid cash for it. Ha also made arrangements for the grave, hearse, ca'rlages, shroud nod every little detail. He left lettera say lag that I would be hft undertaker, and, of course, I wa* notified at oaoe and did all I agreed to. “But there are oases where I have to find out about the person’s death my self. I always keep watch of thoaa events, of course, and as soon as 1 know of a case I have been paid for I go at once and attend to it. In more than one case I came as a surprise to poor relatives, who were almost craiv won dering how they were going to bury their dead. ‘All kinds of ppople make those con tracts—rich and poor, #lek aad well. Some think they are going to die soon and some are preparing for. a thing a long way off. Sometimes berth right, and sometimes just ihe happens. You cannot toll an] about It If a man ft l certain day he ft going- to die, aafttf he isn’t why, he vronHr That, I thiak, ft the reason that many people waat to b* prepared- for d^ath when Bdoaa come/’ • ' ^ "mam ■ —There ft a citliea rosidiag near Roblnooa Creek, Ky n who has a dog who actually oalahes fish i hft master’s family with dog will dive < ' aad bring oat catfish that'will fro* two to fit a 1 I anything to die on a