The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 07, 1897, Image 4
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ft lean and
TUK AtlVA>'CK THAT HAS HKKN
MADK 8INCK IHUO.
GoTcmor Kt»im Sketoboa ikr 1’ro-
gre»» and Proaperily of Souili Oar
oilna—Homaa. Farm* and Warm
Wrlcomn loa all Conirra.
Coi/:muia, S. C., Doc. 21.
Editor Manufacturer*' Kecord :
It would bo inij.OHeiblo for mo to givo
your readers in 2000 words an idea of
tte material rcaouroea or the indue*
trial and buaincaa progreas and pros
pects of South Carolina. ,, ,■ . -
So rapid liati 'beUfi HemmtlBtMal prtF
gross for the paetsix years that a book
could be easily tilled with the enume
ration of the numerous and varied in
dustries. The rejulta of .the war and
the severer result* of the financial
policy of the national government have
not been without their effects upon our
people and the material development
of our Industries. They have taught
us to practice economy, live at home
and build up our own industries.
South Carolina is more favored In
her to|K)grapby and climate than any
- other State in the Union, and it Is dut
to these iniluences, more than any
other, that her Industrie^ have pros
pered while those of he r sister Slates
pays langntubed. The- Slate haa been
divided by nature Into'three distinct
sections, with natural boundaries:
01 Oik Stale.
raised In Ihli Motion command n high
cr price in Nofiknu. u.arknta than
even California fruit*. The Industry
la growing, and the old ooru-flalde am
yielding a more profitable crop. Sev
eral nurseries have been planted, end
the home market Is almost supplied by
homo people. This section Is now called
the borne of the peach. The water
melon is also grown to perfection, and
is a profitable crop. The average yield
per acre of cotton and other field pro
ducts Is greater than In the other anc-
t'.ons of the State, the best farms yield
ing more than two bales to the acre.
Tobacco has become the host paying
crop In this section, and there are cow
6,000,000 pounds raised In the State.
The timber is principally’ long-leaf
cypressand inf the swamps. of ttD eminent
The climate in thTs-section Is warmer
than the hill section, and may be called
the temperate zone of the State. r ' n
Oil
the pr’nclpal industries.
3. }'lio low country or coast section,
is the richest naturally. In the State,
but like all highly-favored countries,
the people are less energetic than
those, of the middle or up country. Col.
A. K. McClure, In writing of this sec
tion. very truly said : - “There is no
other part of the South where so little
labor will produce so much. In a good
portion of this section the soil will av
erage seven feet in dep’b, and is prac-
Sically inexhaustible. Vegetation is
usual<y cheeked for not more than six
weeks : sued time and hut vest occur in
1 The hill, or up country, as it It I every month.” I have m i n a second
familiarly known, begins at the Diuo crop of pears hanging f-em the tree*
Ktdgu mountain, and continue, to the in llerkeley County during the
sand ridgts extending across the State I month over half matured, and had it
from Aiken to Chesterfield counties. S not been for the severe s*orm that has
This lection abounds in mineral da-i just vi-iUnl us, I am sure ere this they
posits—iron gold and silver and bine- j would have b cn ready for -hiprneot to
•lone being found to the most profitable | the Norther a markets O ivos.orangea.
extent. lt» watcr-powcn arc sufficient
to turn the wheels of the factorUsof
the world. The streams hound
ing from the mountains, and the fail is
so great that dams are unnecessary la
•oms instances. The cost of maloU-
naeoe per bonus-power is less than tfii.
This section has gone far ward Batura.-
ly with more wwadrr ful strides than
the rest of the lilaW, and It may he
truly dss.gaaud as the manufacturing
section of the bieU CwtUia mnau's' •
luring In our principal lad i»tej, aeu
there ts eot a factor/ la U* s»ct *»n
hae sot pMd div ideas • ra
bananas, figs and a'l tropical fruit#
may he had here, with vegetables
nearly al. the year roui-d. The most
important croos of this »• ctloa are the
rice and Am Island cotton crupe. Great
numbers of the old lice plantations
were nbandenrd during the wnr nnd
gee now grown up nod abound fn nil
kinds of game, and arc being ooorert-
ed Into game prrsrr*• s for our mil*
liouaircs
Here will he found the nrgro In hie
original state, as happy as though he
ee« in the Gardea of Mwa. spsantag
FHnKtlAL LOAVKS AM» FI till A
#
A arerwvtlte CesstfMei* fhr Acir
tery «»f AgrleuTinre
Muni be ValtNMlrd and fbe Cation
Mtlle Have Paeteotloa.
Special to the Nkw* and CooHer.
South Carolina ban gone Into th^
cabinet making buslneae, and Dr. Jo«:
P. Latimer, of Greenville, In to be put
forward as the proper material to aid
in the construction of the very Impor
tant piece o( political furniture in the
household of tbe McKinley administra
tion. A prpminent member of the
South Carolina colony returned to
Washington to-day, bringing witn nim
the information that a delegation of
South Carolina Itcpublicans will jour
ney to Canton In a few days to present
the claims of Dr. Latimer to President
elect McKinley. Dr. Latimer aspires
to the position of Secretary of A<;ricu!-
or a number
COMG StSSlOf OF Iff IHBUM.
AN OV1MM >F TMF WORK MF
FORKTIIK MKMBRItB
The IMspcnsary I’mblrm Will Claim
Attention—The Gucetlon of Pen
sions and the New Counties Will
Have a Hearing.
Columbia Htate.
It la now only a very few days before
tbe convening of the CMtoral Assem
bly in annual session, Agpu^ry 12 being
the date of meeti ng, Ina c muck as
body is a new one, composed very
largefy of new timber, the coming ses
sion and its possibilities arc being
more largely discussed at present than
anyt hing else in South .Carolina. The
possible action of the body in regard,
to the dispensary law is tbe feature of
{ ears Deen an eminent physician,
as also been one of the most suiT
cessful planters In the South. In ad-
mTlls, cotton factories anfiww mill, are Litton to dertrlng «,handsome ineem*
Vu
. his os a eogaes < aed < oleapil ki live
•«*# what Dame Natuti j
•hlle (he mtile ml the V.«et aad , pr, • ssd maey a mTTIIaaalPamaal
001^ Mates have beee cympeHed ts savy btm ktd he taut bewm hte hAU uf
guwa us serosal si the great 4s- lave tia a red at heat la this serttea
prusetes la ssch prudsets The ad»ae a party sf gsstlemea dslermieed
taagas sf tats ssvttsa are apaarsst derote sas day ts tae r ahtlity is
The streams ssvsr frewer. the a^ewe < t vt4s tpod stta gaa sad caams They
e< r k la thetr ehlrt seevaa v'« •• a« sere la llsrkeley («>eaty a^ar tape
iMsra a day eitb prrtert SMalsrt ail Hwaaia Artel ag at I s check mat
the | • sr weeU, eed the tMUm is they
Vusgt t *rvm tie #e>de direstiy ts the the *M«~*ee asS reAersed aft
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•ptadtse from ••m is I b am, asd
esysye the hsase ef raahteg grot ta ths
daaia la mtftftsa maaslaAavtMt t*ar
silts are vagaged prtampady ts mse
slaeftsrtag las tsaroev greSse mi rotaa
gssda haft ths mtlle aea hstaa sm
• irssftsd ere pstfttag *a msshtssry lav
ths maaaisstere «4 ths ft see a rod's.
aad M Is ealy a , ■ sties sf Urns ahea
tbarestirr tadsstry sill ha assasam
Uasa hv ear ssattsa af the ssaatry. ha*
«asse eS rue A* It ehsaasr, *sd ths
average Yaahvs has very bias sea*P
meet shea the «|eeeftisa ef dUtaro asd
•ssta Isteeesass
Thee* le a gvsaft held la thte vsvfttsa
k r htear heets • i asd a yard ^ the tm
mease peedeM s*r m tie I* Meawhsd
la the state This s ems amesatsss,
aad le «aiy esp’ats* I fsse tas lerft
that mftisa maaetarteriag has ftesa ss
peediahss that ewr pros • hate le s
esaisat is smplwy their captisi la Uum
ehaaasl alsro
That lerh aa salerpr.se see*d hs
prudtalrtr guvaaithmit »ajtag I* ua y
w sapp y tse M ass asarhet we eta»
starters esr eWth. ship it tw Nes \ #»•
ehere It le hhashed, ard thro hay it
hack agaia. the* pay lag fr ght lew
ways, slereas a hsme keacMkry ■«*. »u
sets thisc spssew aad ht rceearl y drivs
the Eeetare sae usft of the star tel.
This A OAf AAAJf AAal gOUtk • A At *i
s r vooluiut- tw pay u*c
Sr SI og IsW
I s swsra
fur he«shtset with thirty taw ms
dm Its After aroah'aeft ths hsaada
s«ro l.trued less# la the deer drlvsa
usd they rstsratd ts laash aith threw
hsadsems dvsr aad twsr slid tsrhsyw
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mads Is ths satpe t
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tsefs* sssdaavh. I*
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let. After ataaar a
raag-d. aad heiwro I
pets*—d with tear
atroa
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hla piactlce and "his plantation
ho acquired by inheritance a large for
tune, which would enable him to hold
up the social end of the Administra
tion to a better advantage than many
of the other gentlemen from the South
whose names have been associated
with a cabinet position.
In politics Dr. Latimer has b?cn a
life-long Republican, and is known
throughout the Southern States as one
of the few men who stood up for the
cause of the Union, although his own
father was tm the opposite side of the
civil conflict. Dr. Latimer's friends
will proceed to Canton prepared to
show Mr. McKinley that there is a
prospect of turning tbe Palmetto State
over to tbe Republican party if protec
tion and not the negro question is
''made the paramount issue in that
State. That in tbe up-country the
cotton planters and cotton manufac
turers ahe ready to join bands with tbe
rice planters in the low-country and
establish a protective party in Swath
■» smlinn if the new /^■nfcistratloo
will recogaiio such men ns Dr. Lati
mer la the distribution of the Federal
• patronage. They assert further that
! the nrgro question is being rapidly
el tm I Bated la South Carol ina while
the heneflte of piotectios are besom
lag mors aad mors apparent to those
j who are Industriously inclined It is
1 said la behalf of Dr. Latimer that be
I hs le not an office-seeker, iwr he de-
1 riles* toaccspt the poeitisa sf oofIsc
tor of caslumv at Chariseloa uader the
■ itmm ACmlsieftroatsw Hie sup
porters claim that hs oatroaks Cse-1
slag bam. ftasssti. Wehsasr or ttme' •
shea it csmbss is high grode Itsput>.i-
cast*m. aad they •III prussst ail sf hie
, sai■ ft- siloes is Mr. Mrkteisy la
mast gisstag rotors imag.asb-r ’ ft a
4 aIw a»i p^acMma I# 4aaA4ai Aa a Mi
p»v»*s‘- t he srgad Iwr **ssmsfthiSg
«u sa> • i m gotaft, ss ta« profrusaosa*
” ” l proas h seme pete ia hwasw tag l*ro
• '4»#t «• ««t sroy as sen proymro him
ss-f twr a mag asd ialsrsuSisg chapawr
«e hssth Caro-'tea poiitssa shag the
|^ai«msr .» wgaims roashee t sshm
T*ros> she pr-Asae to hs stsos to Mr
M< h m *) ami ohg hgse roog per-
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people i
ly disgi
of the 8tato arc now thorough
y disgusted with the dispensary sys
tem of managing the trlUc in liquor
aud ar«i anxious to be rid of the white
elephant. It is very likely that the
fight will be made by the prohibition
Uts on the lines laid down some time
ago—the elimination of tbe beverage
and profit features, and the advocates
of this amendment seem to be very
hopeful of accomplishing what they
propose ,‘.•n —- r • _r : 1** 1 ** •*haeoe
for tbesw. ywagtag irom pru«.
lions. Governor Kvnns tins announcec
that bt will make no recommendation*
as to t* e enforcement of the law o[ ns
to chaegsj therein, taking tbe posi
tion that at tbe niom of hie term th,s
would hs going ustalds his provincr.
Aad G vrrowr-siset K-ierhe lakes the
On . flee >gn'xlng 'be
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vrs «kiV , I•* |*arpgTT* Tvw ]
ill. IMKL
To the House of f%. v pr( sentalives, Uni
ted States:
During the laat session information
was given to congrnss by the executive
that measures had been taken to as
certain “tbe political, military and
civil condition of Tcgav” I now sub
mit, for your co(i»idoration, extracts
from the report of th agent who had
been appointed to collect it, relative
to the condition of that country.
,. Nu ktapk hfivo Kicfa taken'Sy the ex
ecutive towards the acknowledgement
of tbe independence of Texas ; and the
whole subje-CT would have been left
without further remark, on the infor
mation now given to congress, were it
not that the two houses, at their last
acMsiuiVacting separately, passed reso
lutions “that tho independence of
Texas ought to bo acknowledged by
the United States whenever satisfac
tory information should be received
that It had In biicceesful operation a
ing the duties and fulfilling theobliga-
tions of an independent power. This
mark of interest in the question of the
independence of Texas, and indioation
of the views of congress, make it pro
per that I should, somewhat in detai 1 ,
present the considerations that have
governed the executive In continuing
to occupy tho ground previously taken
in tae contest between Mexico and
Texas.
the session that Is receiA’inpnie^greaV^
est attention from the pedplo as a
whole. Oa every side the law is being
discussed exhaustively, and all kinds
of suggestions are being-offered lor m
oetterment.
Many think that the General As
sembly will abandon tbe s^steidf alto
gether at this session, taking the
State out of the business and going to
the licensed dispensary system per
mitted by the Slate constitution. But
it Is hardly probable that the body
wilt go so far at this session. At pres
ent it looks as if tbe law is going to be
patched up and continued, a fair trial
of the system being asked for one year
at least. There can be no doubt of the . , , . .
fuel that * groat proportion of the a “ ew ^
r/ T-r-u-. w-i-w ----- ^ i n( i e p en( i r . nt an d entitled to a place
In the family of nations, is at all times
an act of great delicacy and responsi
bility t but more especially so when
such State has forcibly ve pa rated it
self from another of which it had
formed an integral part, and which
■till claims dominion over it. A pre
mature recognition under these cir
cumstances, if not looked upon as justi
fiable cause cf war, Is always liable to
he regarded as a proof of an unfriendly
j spirit to one of the contending parties
j All questions relative to ths govern
ment of foreign nations, whether of
' hs old or new world, have been treat
'd by tbs United Stains as qssstIon* of
' 'act only ; and our prvdecro*ors have
I autiou«iy a b* Ini rod from decirtiBg
ipoo item until XUa clenreBt Bvldsnce
■ a* IB tltelr posse ■stop to cOBBlv ttkem,
I M/t oBiy to decide rurrwctly, but to
I .itlaid their <1 t ittoas from every se
I vortny Itaputniioa. la all the cue-
nste l.tal r ave ar.eea out of the rev-
oa thnaoatast with the
mailed under non fora of _
Wa acknowledged tbe separate lade-
pendaacc of Now Granada, of Vtoovoelh
find Of F oador, only after their tnde
pendant existence was ho tofifer a sub
jest el dispute, or was actually ac
quiesced In by thoeo with whom they
Dad been previously united. It Is true
that, with regard\o Texas, the civil
authority of Mexico has been expelled,
its invading army defeated, and the
chief of the republic himself captured,
and aU* present powbr to control, the
newly organized government of Texas
annihilated within its confines. But,
on the other hand, there is, in appear-
rance at leaft, an immense disparity
of physical ^bree on the side of Mexico
Tho Mexican republic, under another
executive, is rallying its force under
a now leader, and^ menacing a fresh
invasion to recover its-hwt dominion.
Upon the issue of this threatened in
vasion, tbe independence of Texas may
there nothing peculiar in the relative
situation of the United States and Tex
as, our^firtRIVledgeinent of its inde
cent such a crisis could scarcely
be regarded ae consistent with that
heretofore held ourselves bound to
treat all similar questions!” But there
are circumstances in the relations o!
the two countries which require us to
act, on this occasion, with even more
than our wonted caution. Texas was
once claimed as a part ol our.property.
and there are those among our citizens
who, always reluctant to abandon that
claim, cannot but regard with solici
tude the prospect of the reunion of the
territory to this country. A large
proportion of Its civilized Inhabitants
are from the United States : speakAhe
same language with ourselves; cherish
the same principles, political and re
ligious ; and are bound to many of
our citizens by ties of friendship and
kindred blood : and, more than all, it
is known that the people of that coun
try have instituted the same form of
government with our own; and have
since the close of your last sessfWa
openly resolved, oa the acknowledge
ment by us of their Independence, to
: and were good dratl of
H* thinks that th* waMer
of peesloas should be first referred to
the township board of aissseorv. *d
he
oouhty seat, sad that ibis board should
report to Ueiilata board. He thinks that
such a plan would work more satisfac
torily tuan at present, lie also wants
to see pension work turn , 'd over Vo the
office of the j itaut hd;1 Inspector
Gencr*!, and have all tiio papers ex
amined and made up there, wtil.p the ;
warrnts can continue to come through
tho Comptroller General’s office.
Mr. Norton also thinks that ft Is very
oeccssarry that there should be some
expert accountant and tax man con-
pected with this office. Such a many
he thinks,'has been needed for some
time. He cited an instance in Edge-
field where one grand jury wanted the
books examined, and a subsequent
grand jury did not e.iro u+ employ aa
expert accountant tudo tue work. A
partmeot in tho various counties is on
account of the infamiliarity of the
officers with the bocks and methods,
and a good man could easily straighten
out things and get tbe tax machinery
back in tbe right groove, lie gays,
there is nothing wrong with the tax
machinery, but that sometimes ilr is
nut properly carried out, and then the
trouble arises. With such an expert
as he would like to have attached to
the Comptroller’s effieo he thinks a
great dpal of good can be done, and
there would he general satisfaction
with the innovation as soou as it was
tried. Now. whenever any such work
has to be done, experts have to be em
ployed at large salaries, and often the'
oOuatltf* decline to meet The-expense
and ueces-afT work is not done, where
as if the State bad such a man regular-
ly etmueeted with tbe tax department
it would be bis duty to correct all the
bad bookkeeping that may occur in
the tax department in any part of the
State.
Talking about tax matUrv Mr Nor-
VI
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la bte laaaf ur*i
p>«ith,r. a* alrradji
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u» mak*' recoat
to al l - the pee
I Toav t m O-a-ra. Aaarttlb'j
is a- rororoa—tsaroronv w»i
fiaafttaro It la aadsrt'oatf. however
that tt>* Mate r*»rj of euatrnt at tw
rosaiac Uivet ag. sill prepare a aeries
uf ruca eroeadattaro «a/a.ag to ta«
taiprov aeatuf tae las, shah will a
I •#hrotta d tw the Leg latalara w ith the 1
I /*qeeut that tfto) he givea earofai ewa j
laMweaMa*.
ft* tw what •ill ha dsaa aifth th* j
laeeougaarow af the ateaeroary rohate |,
seek admiaeloo into th<
of the federal Stale*,
cumstaacro is a matter t
icacy, aad forces ipoo
tioae of the gravest ct
tit e of Tviae to th*
eiaia, ke.ladeat.fieJ •alt
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that title to the terr
avowed deetga to the tn
ly of Its iroaafer ta the
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eaabhtg wage-t-arnert and lataw, r* ta
)>ev-om,' •tackbolders and iatcrostud in
the suecoev ol the enterprise. Many
of the smali account* in our tavlng*
bank* have been thus coDt'crtkd. slid
in every case to tho gr, at advsutage
of the Investor. The conversion of our
electric power bid# fair to furlhtf in-
emue ouV mianufac .orlc» within the
next year or two. There is nearing
completion in the city of Columbia tho
largest electric*power plant soutti of
Niagara Falls, and I believe the on'y,
cotton factory plant run entirely by
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-•r tban aay ia the Uaioa. We speed
more'Tttr educatlua la proportioa to our
wealth than any people of tbe Uaioa. |
Our Mate debl is abtail fti.^kW.tkki, rv
funded at 44 per cent., and is being de-
creased every year by a sinking fund
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and tj appoial am baaeadors asu
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ta dale no on
in the direct’
•office. i’lWliuaatel Mowry ha<
•uch a durable record in the or
under the Harrison and Cleveland ad-
debts and decreasing their old oaas. I ®mi*tr(turns that he Is regarded in
- - tha nature of a fixture in his present
location.
mp at
oot
The pea
isting laws w
undergo chao
proving tbem
*rreawoou aad i
to be forated. th
o carried ia fav
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k! Ia fth# ocw cou
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AjrcOtiAfAr
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tents are
nty law.
those ra
nch are scheduled to
’cs in the hope of im-
very much. As tins
pressed l>y low prices, are making no
In I' to the per capita debt of the State ■
wa* ftll .VV: today it ia loss than (4, a
reduction in less than six years of 64
per cent. * ’
In IVt tho taxable property of tbe j
State was. in round numbers. ftl.'iO.OOo.-
U0": in Iftl>4 it was nearly #175,000,000,
electric power in this country, and i» an increase of $25,000,000 in a period
owned largely by the same stock hold-i during which the wealth of mo*tt>ec-
cr*. In thirty days this 10,000 horse- ' Hons of the country showed a decrease,
none station will be running mills in The increase in property in 1804 over
IHO.'i wa-t #3.300,000. Our sister State
this city, There is another company
developing the immense power oi the
Catawba river, and contracts Lritvo
already been entered into whereby the
mill's of tfye enterprising city of Rock
Hill are to be run by electricity.
South Carolina will soon bo au electric
State iii more senses than one.
The iron mines in this section, al
though rich, are worked on a “small
scale, but prolilHb ! y. It will surprise
’'loost Df your readers to know that
South Carolina produces more gold
than any State in tb.o Union east of the
Mississippi iriver. Wo are willing,
however, to abandon this enterprise
for free-silver. Two gold mines are
suce-.'*sfully operated in this State,
The Piedmont section is well timbered
With oak, hickory, walnut and short-
leaf pi^e, which is sawed at the mills
and shipped to the Northern furniture
factories. A rich field is offered here
for such factories, there being but one
in this section, and It is operated upon
dfimftU vqftif.
l\)U"D ir rat"ed in litL section,’»S
wall a* the inid„ie_*< ction. and is of a
very fine grade. .This industry pays
about a* well'as anywhere in the
South, in view of the low price of the
of Georgia for the same period showed
u decrease of over $50,000,OtX).
The annual products of the State for
1800 were valued at $42.(XX),IKK), two-
lifths of which was in manufactured
products. In ISlHi the value of agricul
tural, products a ono amounts to $46,-
j)0g,00<>—more than all products'com
bined in 18iH), and cotton is one-third
less in value. No Southern State can
compare with South Carolina in the
advance Unit has been made since 1890.
Tne aVsosMiient of property for the
past year will show a slight decrease
qvfer tho preceding year by reason of
the reduction in the assessmentof rail
road property. Not a railroad in tho
State is now in tho hands of a Vudelvor,
and all show good earnings. In the tie-
s emli ig M ale our State stands forty-
second In the amount of mortgaged
Indebtedness. .In her educational facil
ities the S ale is now the equal of any
in the Union. The public schools are
Spain is Bankul’PT.—James Creol-
man, wbo has been sent to Spain by
the Nhw York Journal, saya in his last
letter: Spain is bankrupt. It is use
less to attempt to disguise facts. Not
only is she unprepared for war with
any tirst-class Power, but it will be
impossible for her to carry on the cam-
,-paign in Cuba and trie Philippir.es
much longer. The cash sheet of the
Hankjif Spain to-day shows not more
than nineteen trillion dollars remain
of the sixty-four millions raised by the
dometic war loan. This balanca will
disappear within a litte more than two
months. The European banks have
refused to furnish money. Capitalists
throughout the' world know that tbe
wealth producing machinery of Cuba
has been largely destroyed, and the
principal source of Spain’s revenue is
dried up. Even were peace restored
to-morrow it would.be impossible'to
secure capital to re establish the great
Cuban p antations while-lbe Spanish
Hag remains iu that Island, a constant
and certain incentive to armed revolu
tion. Thesituationappallsall Spaniards
who are not blinded by pride or passion.
The nation’s funded debt is, roughly,
oiie billion two hundred niiilbn dol
lars, and the annual interest ou ’.his
aggregates about sfily-four mil.ion
dollars, more tl^n one-half of tbe whole
ffUIWHUTHH-fSWfll
years the annual dvfieit has bean
greatly reduced, the floating debt ia
now about nlneiy-ope millions."
well attended and the colleges are full.
ThCWnwr more Thtraren in tbe-| FneijTrie oTSfiai
••choo's this year than last. We have
homes and farms for many times the
numb r of our inhabitants, and we wel
come good substantial citizens.
There D no room, however, in South
Carolina for unpatr.otic pauper immi
grant* We are Amerieaa. preserving
'■our individuality and laaUtutioaa, aad
| Iddla aoaatry. Thusectioa brlievlBC la the rule al the majority d'vtvlct of tboro ooualriaa rooUaia da«
b more or lass roil lag, aad ia bolter aad < qua! rights to alt. a fitch hart grows for ague, aid
thw aaad hiiL Mctioa of ths bouth Carolina will sarv’vo aad orue- **« •ameiimro larger thaw a maaV
taw now etands, many of its principal
objects are defeated. It glands sadly
ia need of some improvement. It is
being stargci-lcd that the law be so
change Mb at the camps of Confederate
veterans will lie permitted to super
vise tbe distribution of the funds ap
propriated by the State for pensions.
Phis suggestion is meeting with much
favor.
The election and registration laws
will be slightly changed in some re
spects, certain provisions considered
dangerous in case of a constitutional,
test of being eliminated. Tho ideals
to make the iawv-such that it will
stand any umtiuzlt or constitutional dis
section. One of the most Important
measures to receive attention will be
the matter of’ the redistricting of the
State into congressional districts. Mr.
Patton's bill will be among the first to
go-in. Several others will be intro
duced also. These bills provide for a
much'better arrangement, of Vbovdis-
tricts than the State has at present,
without anything being endangered.
At this stage it looks as if factional
lines are going to be practically oblit
erated at tho coming session and that
all the m( rabora are going to work in
perfect harmony for what is for
the best interests of the State at
large. As to the duration of the ses
sion nothing can he said with any de
gree of certainty. It is very certain,
do^ever,- that the general -desire of
the people'of the Stele is for as brief
a session as possible, and the shorter
from tarotga aalkuaa
la tfi« prsaoffeia to Ida resolution of
tha bouse of reprroeateUvss, It is din
ti act ly lallmated that tha vxpedlaocy
of reeogaii:o( the ladepeatiaace of
Ttxas should be left to tbe declaloa of
coagree*, la this view, oa tbe ground
of expedieocy, 1 am dispooad to coa-
cur, nod do oot, therefore, ooosider it
a«.ce«*ary Vo express any opioions a*
to the strict constitutional right of the
executive, either apart from or io coo
junction w.th the senate, over the sub-
.—. ■ . . a
law ha* shvwo that cfcaagro is
vi*ioas will have to be maoe
iosure sat. s fact loo Tbe b* w
ktitutrs a great moat radical
from the. o.d law
a groat many d.
the law os it ouw *ianda
thought, be malena.ly imi
miuor ebaugea >rou. the otd
while there are a great many desirable
features about tho la# a* it now stands,
it can. it is thought, bo mal-rtally im
proved by mioor etthegt*. There ha*
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jeCt. It Is to be presumed that oa err I i>een some complaint that lbo*e wbo
product, which is scarcely sufficiaot to
pay for its prouactioa.
be ylaid 1* r
than that
of aay Steve within tbe cotton bait
2. Them!
—Tbe best briar from which pipes
are made comt-s from the bordt re of
Fraaev dbd Italy, la tha mouuta aoue
will Im with the wdrk of their repre
sentatives. A steering corrmittee for
the last tea day« of the ses-ioto would
help things along wooucrfully without
injury to aay interest
lulurc occasion will a dispute arise, as
none has heretofore occurred, between
the executive and the legislature in
the exercise of the power of recogni
tion. R will always be considered
consistent with the spirit of the con
stitution, and mo^t safe, that it should
be exercised when probably leading to
war, with a previous understanding
with that body by whom war can alone
be declared, and by whom all the pro
visions for sustaining its perils must
be furnished. Its submission to con
gress, which represents in one of its
branches the States of this Union, and
in the other the people of tbe United
States, where there may be reasonable
ground to apprehend so grave a con
st queiice, would certainly afford the
fullest satisfaction to our own Country,
and a perfect guarantee to all other
nations, of the justice and prudence of
'the measures which might be adapted.
lu making these suggestions, it is
not my purpose to relieve myself from
the responsibility of expressing my
own opinions of the course the in
terests of our country prescribe, and
its honor permits us to follow.
It is scarcely to bo imagined that a
question of this character could be
resented, in relation to which it would
more difficult for tho United Slates
to avoid exciting the suspicion and
jealousy of other powers, and main-
ifl their c»tab.i»h-d character for
and impartial dealing. But oa
Ijiir, as on every trying occasion, safety
in
rymg 00
a rigid
ad herr nee to
’ark at tbe Fprt Hall
ag' aeg boo* I* of a m« u»teche
n.fcg rorogb ta make a lariat.
it bo* a leogik of aioa Tool, t
I* to be found
priocipla
la tbe coatest *brtwaaa Spain aa I
her revo ted aoionlro #e stawl al of
atwd’, ooiuely.aatil tbw aouity
lodioa I the new Slate* tu protect
•car y eelvae was fall/ oatablUoad, bat aaUi
la fact the deafer of tholr bolag agaia rob
bed aetireJf
k«w away -el of a f bt
V*t m mwttmro ta .'efts
$M«r ta »aww ti# fall
■ *aitaiw kft ta tbft ar.v«ri ol
Vbea. aw-t awl
roew^ased I
rag ard W Meatea bars/if
yiavitw wo* wtears sd te a
gtmmxmg rot of tbe
ought to be-on (be rolls did not get
their monej. This is, *perhap*, so in
some instances, but Tt could nut be
helped. When applications were sent
to the Comptroller Genersl in proper
shape they went through all right. A
good many came with radical omicsions.
Whenever it w:is possible these errors
were corrected by returning the pa-,
pers, but a great many of the county
board/ delayed sending in their reports
until the eleventh hour and there was
no time for further delays, especially
as the law fixed a time for the paying
out of tho money, and there was im-
patiin30 among those entitled to thp
money. ^ ‘
These irregularities will, in time,
adjust them elves, ami the local boards
maV be expected to be more prompt,
but it should be remembered when
there is any complaint that the fault
was not at this end of the line. With
the pension applications that were ap
proved, in wbat is known as class C.,
each oi the pensioccrs received $19 40
This is little eqougb, but Mr. Norton
in speaking about the matter to-day
said that next year, with the applica
tions that were uot prop.-r prepared
^nd the new ones that wou d come in,
/he would not he surpri.- d to see the
amount of each soldi' r’s p nsiori in
this clas* reduced to $10. Now the
question tbe G ncral Assembly will
nave to Jeciae is wht .jer it wants to
give fio to the m. ny or nrure uf IRHlt
wbo are more in need.
Mr. Norton, wnoha* Lad consider
able tx per ie 00a iatLe malit rof pen-
• oo«. cod who D bim»tlf aa old aola.ler,
•a,« taat aa will akakc two or throe
.'v>.omakwadatk>a* to tbe General As-
a«mbiv (bat ha hopes wui be carried
out. 10 tbe first place, be • ay* the
uadaioa nod tax depanaHate *boaid
b) eaurwiy dlvaread. Tbw oaa depart-
aid bars ateo.ataiy ootblag
te da ■ iftft tba at bar, aad ■ itt tbts
Vtew ba al it rtaeaaMawad tbat tba aaaa
If trooaarsw aad ewaaty aadltwr* ba
that the
Cuboo hod loot
confirmed the -t(
is alive. He *miit
said :
. “ You can *av that tbe Culata junta
believes tbat Nfaceo is dead sou that
be died in the manner described in tue
circular recently issued by the junta.
“ We have fully satisfied ou'-selve*
of his death. We place no credence in
these report* that Mnceo is alive.”
WANTED!
On January the iSth,
twenty-Jour salesmen to
travel through the coun
try and sell Pianos, Or*,
gaps and Sewing Ma
chines. Also six boys
who can play Organs.
^ e will pay liberal sala
ries, furnish horses agd •
wagons and pay all ex
penses.
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