The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 21, 1899, Image 4
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well People.
Unest Circulation in the County
n* *4CT» AS TO MCAMr FOX
OMMVATIOM
Am lh« quMtlon of aaoUpox U ofoio
donaadlof Iho oiwbiIob of Iho boaUb
MlborUiot Md Ibo public ffOMrallj
pbla muBlolpol bocpilal (post bouw),
R F bllabod la th# PblUdolpbla Modloat
nraal of Not. 18, 18W.
Two or ibroo poara ago, aaja Dr
Woloh, a »Ud «7po of imaUpo* ap
poarod la Ibo Soolbora SUloo. WblU
Ibo dlooaoo wao rooocalood ao lafoo
liooa, llo dlacaoola wao roadorod dtfB-
call io pari by roaooo of tbo uduiuo<
mUdoooa of llo oymploao and aloo bo
ot Ibo laoxporloooo of lb*
jouofor ffOBoralloa of phyalolaai to
doailag wlib mallpoz. Tbo nlld V
of Ibo affooiloa baa booa aaorl
ho oappoood iBlroduclloo from iba
iroploa, bm thla la quoailooabio. lo
aa osporloBoo of 10 yo*ra of boapllai
work, wbloh laolod*# oror 6,600 oaao*
of amallpox Dr. Wolob baa B*ror aeon
proooal uBiformly ao miiu alypi
irfaf Ibo prifalllBjr opldomlo, our
bo doob ablo to flod la Iho vaai
amouat of Utoroluro publlabod oo Ibt
aabjod aa aoooaBl of a almllarly mild
opldomlc* la Ibia or aay oibor ooualry.
Tbo dlooaao baa prevailed amoag no-
t rooa, bolb la Iho South aad la ibt
lorlbora ollioo. la Philadelphia 122
out of 128 oaaoa wore oogrooa. Tbla u
duo to tbo tool that la Ibo Soulbora
Bialoo vaoolaailoa baa boon (really
aofioolotl, parilouiariy amoog ibo bo-
(rooa. Tbo dlaoaao baa boos oallod by
varloua aamoo, auou ao “ Uuban hob,
" olopbaal'B Hob," oio., but ibo moa.
popular ammo among Ibo colored poo*
nlo woo '* ibo bumbo.
While Ibo dlaoaoo aa a rulo proaonto
ovoa la Ibo uavaociaaiod Ibo oymp
i of mild varioloid, yet aol all oaa«.a
i equally mild. Some pattente ebo*
a oooeiuorablo defroo of oooBuoboo In
Ibo expoaod parte of Ike body, porn
ouiany of Ibo loco, la Ibo mlideei
oaaoa ll wao Impooelbie lo count a*
many aa a dooeo pualuloa evoo la per
•one who bad aevor boon vaccinated
"Tbo vaol majority of ibo uoueab
would not remain In bed after ibt
eruption appeared. They would dree*
up lo their olotblaf, woik about aou
iBdulge la varloua praeke, irlcka aao
gamoo. ll woo a bovoi elgbi loeot
amallpox polltate,^agrooeJuaveoQlBat
od, at about ibo oigbtb or aiatb day oi
tbo oruplloo, engaging to a game ol
baoobaU." —
la prevloee epldemlce Ibo morlalily
from amallpoi la Pailadoipbta bn*
varied from 18 per cent. It 04.41
aoet, tbo OTOraxo doalb rale being
68.SO per cool. Even before vaccine
Uoa woe dlaooverod email outbroaba ol
Ibo dlaenee wore occaeioaaiiy met wlin,
la wblcb the mortaliiy wee not above
18 per oeni , oblie Ibo overage drain
rale from natural emalipoa during me
etgtiteeoth century wne, according lo
avallabln etatUUoe, not leee man 40
P »r cent. In Ibo proooal epidemic in
btiadeiphta Ibo mortality of 128 oncer
Of tbeee UV b
and 18 • booed tbo noare of
Imperfect veociaetloa. 4 large pro-
pcriion—118 onnne were over 16 y
of 0(0.
Tae propbyloot c power of vneoina
la clearly evident from me tact
00 few of*the uneon of amallpox
irred la pereoaa wno were veocie
Bentdee, ll la believed tOei but
tor vaooleetloe the dlcoaco would have
boooOM wldeeprend aed
epidemic form of Immeeae proportion,
elaoe eo many of me pereoee nflncUi
aero not III enough to be ooeleed to
the boeee, but, on the contrary, mla
fled quite freely with tb« public
The aymptome of me dleeene differ
only la degree from me eeverer for
The patient la eeunlly taken eoddnaly
HL 4 oblU more or l«eo marked la
oammoaly ae aarly eymptom Tbte le
Ibhawid by fever, me temperetere
varying from 10) dngreee Pnbrenbnlt to
188 dngreni Fnbraabait. At mo
appHoatlda to Ibo amrgeoa
Iba marine bcapital aervloi, Wndhlog
a, D. 0.
Oae of Ibeae dooumeoU ooncludaa lla
lYlflg fp ibeto wptdo ?
" la deallBg with amallpox, ll la ad*
vlaed tbnt,, wbatofor maaakraa aro
adopted, Ibny abould bo madolhoroogb.
" Mooaurea, good or bad, ball *4bao
are won# Ibaa uealeoe, aa ihoy givbh
faaolod aoourlly. ' ■ v.
"Smallpox oaonol bo aupproaood
#llboul Iho expeodlture of moooj. *
"The more promptly you act, Ibo
lot# 11 will cool. I
" Whoa la doubt, act on Iho aafo
aido* M
Finolly, Ibo following motto la
offered for youa baBoer 1b amallpox
work: “laolato, vacclaato, dlalnfool."
•UBPHISCD Ilf THB M1QHT.
tbo
Aaawal
la LomleirUle, Ky..
t tha Vote
Will Bogfa
time IrrlinMUly of,the etomaoh occure.
“ Hot
Palo lo me email of ibe back la
moa aarly aymptom aad ll may be
alight or eavare. In aduile bnadaobe
la oftee aovnm Tbo oruplloo appear*
la (worn 48 to 18 hoero alter mo cbiii,
aod with Ibo appoaraooo of Ibo orup-
Ibo tompnramro drupe to norn
Bret manitneto Unfit g*
' .ru
Two or throe day a ueually olapne be
fore the outbreak lo ofmpioOb. in mie
tlmn me alight elnvnuoan of Ibo akin
change to water blietere aod eboul me
ASA day Ibo ooataate ohaago to put.
la Iba majority of oaeae iba erupti a
ioaaaliTed. la Iba nuppurative atage
Ibaonouadarv fever U not a prominent
aymptom. The dioaaaao with which
me preoaat epidemic u moat likely to
ba ooafoueded are ob token pox and im-
uagloea.
mn Inal year or two one of
i helpful ooatrtbutioae to medl
k^lba lairudutitioo
of glyoarlalmed vaoolan lymph. Wuu
lb la farm of vaooma aa nvnmge of 08
par nant. gl" takaa " la aaoumu, wuile
Tory law core nr me roeuit. ll now
enema aa aaiabliabed fact that when
aevere eorea feauil from vaoolaaliua
wtlb Iba aaw farm of lymph may are
due t» eoratohlag or acme omer eourot
of oeooodary infection, aad aol to the
tooiae. Olyoariaad lymph le bow
pall«wooat
Wilbtai i
prepared by eeveral repumble bouee*
la Ibia oouutry, aad lo Ibo only form oi
i etrua mat abould be employee,
elaoe it offere greater protection from
aoaallpox aed addlUoaol aaourlty from
aore arm*. By Ibo employ meat of thin
vlraa amallpox boo withla leea tbaa a
P beea rendered extinct la me u
ol Puerto Hloo and aome- of tba
provtnooe of Cot*—Holguin, enera.
Spaaieh rule,
tong been
Another peculiarity of Iba proeani
mild epidemic la me Southern bia oa
bat beau lla pravalaaoe la iba eomme.
moa Iba; wbaraaa it la aouaUy regard
od ao a wlahar dlooaoo. Upoa tbi*
point Dr. Welch romarka Ibai ba area
ao roaooo why Ibo dlooaoo abould noi
aaaamo lie old aad familiar form when
tba tafooiloa la ooovayod to Ibo Blddl*
aad Ncrlbani Statoo, aad Ibal want 1.
will da whoa ooid woalbor oali la re
value Wo
tllla
two ,
io(Ibo aargoonaof Ibalanrvloi
lalwodooo
llbodlog
i ol omollpox • aaw
U oammaaltooa
oi aoodia. Taooedocumeetcnppnarec
la Iba pabtto baailb r oporto ol lb*
toartaa btopltal aorrlao tor Jaanary 8
aad Oobabar WA 1888, aod map ba bad
The Brtilah Hat rented Under ibo # Ire
of the Boere at Htormberg—Six
Hnndred Killed, Woanded and
mleelBg.
Oea. Oatacrc, .la command of a
Brltlah fordo, mol with a aerloua re
veroe on Sunday m irelng, Deo. 10th,
in making an attack oo Btormbarg,
and olaima that he woa misled aa lo
tbo eiomy'e pooltlon by Ibe guldoa.
Hla total looa la reported at alx hun
dred, Including the killed, wounded
and mining. A large proportion of
oBoere are r< p >rted In tbe casualties
Oea. Oataore’a movement may be
termed a reooncolsanoe In foroe. lie
objeot wao lo aaoertaln tbe strength of
the position of iba Boere, wbo were
itrongly entrenched along tba Storm-
oerg radge. Be left Putter's kraal
aborlly altar noon Saturday with a
lighting foroe slightly over 4,000 men.
Leafing Molteno nt W o’clock be made
c memorable nlgbl mnrob over Ibe
rooke aad veldt. There wao oo sound
sxoopt a sturdy.tramp, aod there wore
oo aistiagutehlug llgbu, mo brlgbt
moon having gone down about ball
peal 11. Tbe column arrived safely
within a oouplc uf ifliles of Its deotloa-
tloa, Ibe only Incidents of tbe march
being ao occasional sudden call of
"ball'' under tbe belief that Iba Boere
were near.
Suddenly a terrific fire opened elmul
taaeouely oo tbe Brltlah front aod right
fimk. TbeKtyal Irish Riflje, which
forced tbo advance, cough! abetter be
hind a neighboring kopje aad were
«peedtly joined by tbe remainder of the
column, it wan sojb found, however,
ibal tbla position also wan covered by
Uoerguoe, which were more powerful
tbaa bad been supposed. Tbe troops,
therefore, aought a safer petition about
half a mile away, two belUrkee le tbe
mean lime eagagleg tbe Boars, aad
covering Ibe troops la their withdraw
el. The action now became general at
loeg ruga ud a detachment of mouet
ed mfaatry moved norm ward with a
view of outtlag off Ibe eaemy'e right
fimk. Suddealy a etroag c ommando
eaeeeea moving from tbe north and the
Iloyal IrUh it tie* and tba Norlhum
oerlnnd regiment were sent out to
meet It.
l! was eooa discovered, however, Iba!
tbe Boere bad maobtee gun* wall
placed ud tbe BrltLb were compelled
to face a terrible fire. Piedleg It I
poedble to bold tbe poellloa ta face of
u enemy apparently la superior pool
tioe, Qumbar* ud artillery, Ibe British
retired oa Moleeo, me Boors following
up me retirement oiueeiy end brlaglng
two big guae to beej^ oa me retiring
column.
ll le hardly too much to regard Oea
Uateore's repulee near S ormberg ae
tbe most serious defeat British arms
have yet >u*tel end In me wbole cam
peiga.
Already Ibe oflBclal advices show that
two men ware killed, 18 officers ud 1?
mea were wounded ud 688 mm are
mlaelav. Bui H le evlde^j that me
worst lo not known. Tbe proportion of
wounded and killed le eo email, wbea
compared with tbe missing—wbo are
undoubtedly prleoogts la tba baade of
me Boer*—that tbo ouppiemutary Hot
of casualties le awaited, with eerlou*
leglvlags. It U al*o feared mat there
were serious loetee of guas ud equip-
set.
Tbe most aerloue aspect of Ibe affair
la tbe affect ll le likely te have came
Dutch la Cape Oniony, who bate been
wavering os to whether to throw la
their lot with me Boers. U tel* of .the
northern farmer* ore now likely to jola
me rebellloa. Tbe defeat le also aert
oue because It will delay the junction
of Ben. U a lac re with Uaa. French at
Naauwpoort. Tbe^pten wet for tbalr
combined force* to relieve the pressure
oa Lord Methuen'* column.
Tii# t>w U Pt$ of ftticfl £
of Irene be rout gulden. Bet the result
polete also lo the abeeaoe of proper
cavalry *c >uta.
Tbe British troops who recently oc
cupied Arundel ere advucinf. They
have had several skirmishes but do oea-
ualtier. Three miles aorth of Aruadel
they louad the Boers 2,000 •troag.
The Pretoria report* of renewed
fiftiliag at Modder river originate!
from the foot mat the Brltlah, with a
team of 32 oxen, hauled a uval gun to
the too of a high ridge north of Mod
der Htver town, whence they fired
Lyddite shells on the Boer position at
a range of 8,100 yards, where the enemy
won apparently constructing u em-
I leoemeat for a 40 pouoder. The Lyd-
It* shells appeared to do Immense
damage. The Boere retired, but the
aoldeat Is Interesting as showing that
the Boer* are etlll lo MMltloa quite
close to Modder river. Tae engineers
report that It will take two months to
rebuild the Iron bridge.
Lord Methuen la still compelled to
ride about lo a dog oart, aa hla wound
prevent* him going oq.. horseback.
Should the rain* destroy tbe tempo
rarv bridge, there la enough rolltag
•lock oa Ibe north side of tbe river to
serve Lord Methuen's purpose.
It le reported that the Boars an
busy making eatrenohmenu a! Spy
(ontela. Several tier* of works are
beginning lo appear at the foot of the
heights. Tbe force fired oo by the
British naval gua la believed to form
the right wing of the enemy's body,
thrown forward for patrolling ud
•ooatlaig purposes. II fa reported that
the bad water at r *
u epidemic
of Ibe
Tba box! abanal reunion
United Confederate Velnraar
Uoa will be bald from May 80th to June
31, loolqplve, 1000. These dales have
bun aubmlttod to the rnnalon commit
ten of Iba oily of Lonlavlllo. wboro iho
voloraoe will aex! moot, ud have bun
hcquluoed la. Tbla Information la ooa-
talned In a general order, leaned from
the headquarters of Iho veteraoo at
New Orleans ud nnmbnrod 223.
ll U also announced the! June 3d has
bun ul apart for religious ud
memorial services to bo bold In mam-
ory of MK Davis, " Tbe Daughter Of
Ibe Confederacy " ud the thousands
of deoeaaed private soldiers and com
manders of the Confjderate army.
Thla service will be pertloulbrly appro
priate, la view of Ibe foot Ibal June 3d
will be the ninety second anniversary
of the birth of Mr. Davit, who was
given to Ibe Confederacy from Iba com
monwealth of Keatuoky, at a spot lo
cated aur Louisville.
Xxtenelve preparations have already
be.n made la Louisville for the reoep-
tloo and entertainment of the veterans,
and they expul to have one of the
moat auooesaful reunions yat held by
the orgulaatloa. The general order
la aa follow*:
The general oommudlng aonounoea
that under the custom established by
tbe aeadoletlon, leaving the date of Ibe
next annual muting and reunion,
which la to be held la tbe city of Louis-
tilli, Ky., lo Ibe general oommudlng
aod tba department commanders, by
unanlmoua agreement tba next reunion
will be held upoa the following dates
May 30th, Slat ud June 1st, 2d and 3d,
1900, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday ud Sunday, respectively,
which datee have been submitted to
" Our Beet" ud acquiesced in.
On aooount of tbe rapid growth of
tbe eeeoclatloa ud the immoaee aoou
mulattos of Important bustaese wblcb
will be presented to tbe delegates for
tbelr oooalderetlon, and wbloh will de
mud urgent attention at tbe coming
session, four days will be given for tbe
buelaeae meeting, unless such matters
are sooner disposed of; ud os tbe
grud old oommoawrallh of Kentucky
K ve Mr. Jeffereoc Davis to tbs Coo-
lernoy, be bnvleg sew tbe light ol
dey oo tbn 3d day of Jnon, 1806, nt tbe
where the. Baptist church of Falr-
isw Is now touted, In want was for-
erly Christian, now In Todd Count;
•pot
vltw
iXy, ud ns Sunday, Janet,
the nleety neoond unlveraery
aunty,
. 1900,
Kentuok
will be ,
of his birth, tbnt day will bo specially
ut apart lor religious ud memorial
•ervtoe to be held In memory of Mr
Davis, * the Daughter of tbe Coafndar-
acy,” aad of tbe thoeeend* of our peer
Isss private soid'ers ud Mljslrious
commander* aad leaders of the Con
faderocy ebo have gone "to join lh<
■peotal ermine naumped among the
•urn.*
With pridn the general commanding
also an aou nou that 1,240 camps have
now jo teed the B**ooletioa, and nj
cation* (or organ! xetloa papers
been reulved nt those beadq oarler* for
about 300 mou.
Me urge* vetornn* everywhere to
send to theee headquarter* for organ 1
tatlon papers, form oampe m oooe ud
Jjla this aeeoolntloa eo ae to assist la
oarrylag oat Its benevolent, praise
worthy ud patriotic objects. By or
der of
J. B. Gordon, General OommauJ-
‘■f-
Gbomb Moo an an, Adjutant
oral ud Chief of Huff.
spplt-
have
Will mm tn tmm n.ixroBi
a'
Gen-
A Tkmnkukr Soldi kb Frchh rnoM
TUk FRHXirPlNU-LteuL Stocker
ud eeveral members of the Ut Tenaae-
oee volunteer* arrived la New York u
Ibe •laemehlp St. Lost* from Southamp
ton. They are u tbelr way to tbelr
bomu tn Clarksville, Teua., after
having eua some mohlhs of active*er
vlu la the I’blllpplaee.
"The Fhlllpwiee aoldler fights like
heli,** said Lleal. Stocker. " They seen
ud they do
‘O. '•
ghl agei
Is mupb Ilka
to have ao fear of
ao! fear danger, but their
not ibe kind wa expected They will
flxhludthea soelter to fight ^aia.
Tbelr mode af warfare
that of the Bure.
" The troou, la my opinion, will ba
o has lag Agulaaldo for the next thru
hundred and sixly-lve years aad Ihea
aever oeloh him. But ha laelmply the
rebead. There are others behind
Some of the Filipinos la Mulle
ore frleedly ud some there will work
for the government ud even five the
Hilary authorities information, but
the i
Fi
ilplaoe are wprth ell
trouble they ere
■ol think the
the Joes of life
oonlTnc ue. **
" The oil nee to out there Is unhaelthy
end there le n great deal of sickness
song the soldiers. Two par out. of
our raglmeat were sick with dysentery
ud fever. There were three or four
death* la the regiment from smallpox.
Muy a soldier dins out there aad the
people over here never hear uythiag
of tbe matter. They doa't like to make
tbe death-llat public.
" Gee. Oils le a good mu, but he le
not liked by the mu, who privately
speak of him as the ‘Old Woman,’ or
use other equally disrespectful names.
He has doae all the! ba oaa, but the
grul troibie Is ha triad to do It ail.''
Kro» at Aottoa ol Leading ProblbL
tionleie Demands That legislator*
Yield io Mb onr M COtopretniee.
To the Editor of the State.
4The Prohlbltloalets of the State at a
farenoe held la Columbia Novenc-
0.h, dootdad that In view of the
tacant developments la connection
with the State dispensary aad la utl-
oipaiuta of some legislation on the e ab
ject at the coming session ef tbe gen
eral assembly, that It would be well to
find out the sentiment of tbe Probtbl-
tloaistut the present time, and In order
to carry out this purpose they* au-
Iborla-d the appointment of k com
mittee of five who should meet and
adopt resolutions expressing fully the
position of tbs Prohibitionist* of the.
state, aa the committee understood
that position to be, and then to for
ward a copy of the resolutions adopted
K tbem to tbe members of the StaW
uhlbUlon Executive committee of
each county with the request that they
confer with tbe Prohibition county
chairman ud repreaentotiva Prohibi
tionists of their oounty, ud after get
ting a full ud free expression of opla
Ion, to either approve or disapprove
the resolutions and return to tbe chair
man of tba State executive committee,
It being understood that their notion
represented the position ol the Prohi
bitionists of tbelr oounty on the liquor
question. • The following special com
mlttee was appointed to prepare ud
adopt tba resolutions above referred
to: A. C. Jones, Newberry; Jos. A
Hoyt, Greenville; Rev. J. O. Willson,
D. D., Richland ; T. N. Berry, Darling
ton ; J. W. Hamel, Lancaster.
Tbe committee met in Oolumb'a the
27ihult., ud Adopted the following re
solutions :
"The committee appointed to ooc
sider and suggest tbe present position
of the Prohibitionists of Soutb Caro
lina met aad oire/ully considered the
matter. Tty committee reached the
conclusion, that, the Prohibitionist
must continue to stood on the olatform
of 1808, to-wfl-; General prohibition of
tbe manufacture end sale of liquor
throughout tbe State, with only tbe
exception (or medicinal, mechanical,
scientific and sacramental u*e. Tbe
committee recommends that Problbl
ttoolsts in the Legislature should act
la nc-oordanoe with this principle aad
certainly should not entangle thel
constituency by emb.rrassing coap-o-
mlaea.’*
Tbe members of tbe Prohibition
State Executive com mil tee bavesp
proved theee resolutions aad 1 am au
tborlssd to give them to tbe press.
A. O JONHS.
Cbalrmaa State Prohibition Executive
Committee.
Newberry, 8. C., Dec. 7, 1800.
THB TUNKBOKK UWTfTUrC.
The Wonderful Work of a Colored
Man la the Leaf Fifteen Year*.
There Is something wonderful In the
growth of Taskegee lostitute, which 1*
p.eslded over by Booker Washington
It began la 1081 la a rented building
with oae teacher ud 30 students. It
ba* now become a world famous In
stltute with aoorpe of 88 officer* aad
teacher* and aa average attendance of
0.883 atudesU, coming from .'4 State*
la the Union, from Africa, Cuba, Porto
Ulco aad Jamaica, aad reoetviof I
•tructioe aol only !□ book*, butcbUfiy
la ladtutrial educational training. 2n
Industrie* being In oooataat operation
la connection with literary and
llgtou* training. Tba property ol the
Institute U now valued at $300 0UO, and
1 Delude* 2.387 acre* of land end 42
buslding*. counting large sod •mall,
which Eav* been built almost wholly
by the atadcaU p( the Institute. The
current rxpease* of the school each
year aggregate about $70,000, wbil*
the Income from stated source* rquals
oaly 030,000, leaving $60000 wbloh
must be secured each year by the pe.-
•oae! solicitation of Booker Washing
ton, tba famous president of the In
stltute. Rslslag 060,000 a year from
volaatory sabecriptioas Is a tremea
dous undertaking ia Itself, apart from
tba reepoosiblltty of Ibe maaogemeoi
of so large on Institution. In Older
that the prlaclpel mey devote his lioa
to tbe work aod deveiopmeut of the le
•tltutioe end be relieved of the uxiely
ud stress of this large annual coil ac
tion, e movement Is now oo foot to en
dow tbe Institute. A committee of
promioeat mea bos been formed, In
oladlag- such well knows nam«
as Grover Cleveland, William E.
Dodge, Morris K. Jessup, C. P. Hunt
ington. Dr. Guoseulus, Dr Gordon ud
secure u endowment of
WaUla*|oa ueu
i to the public that
It Is very probeole that the movement
will bo suooeesful. eepeotslly since It Is
endorsed aad co-operated ;m by such
distinguished aad influential mu
those named.'
sr at Bpytoateia threatens
of typhoid.
-The sheriff of Navajo County, Ari-
sona, has seal out the fallowing unique
tavitoUoa : "You are hereby cordlailv
Invited to attaad the hanging of oae
SmUey, murderer. Hie soul
•*“ ** lelo eternity on Deoem
her 8, 1808, at t o'clock p. m. sharp.
Laltst improved methods ta the art
jf soieeUflo •treafelatloa wtU beam-
•▼•rTthUg possible will
b* dou to moke the surrouadiags
cheerful aad the sxecu doe * ——
—The Paris papers d«
Amertou prUs fighters sboaw prae
ttoa tbelr brutal trade at home. tW
era ladlgaul ever the report that
tkayare to meal alParla dariagthe
Rural Mail DRlivrrv.- Ths Wash-
ngtoo oorraspoadaht of The State says
that Kspreaeatotiva Stokes ban mad# a
special visit to |ha post office depart
ment to look after the bidding oa star
route contracts la South Carolina. It
111 ba remembered that for the first
time ia the hleiory of the oouetry the
experlmkat Is making for the free de
livery of mell along star routes, ud
Soutb Carolina le the State selected for
the experiment. It was selected le
recognition of the efforts of Represen
tative Stokes, the originator of the
system.
Gee. Shalleaberger expressed great
satisfaction at the results of the hid
ding so far es asoertalacd. Jbey fully
verify the claim made a year ago la
the Houee aad la the department that
the system could be put lelo operation
at little if uy Increased cost; aad It ia
oaly a question of short time whea
free delivery will be extended to all
the 22,000 routes in the United Stotoe.
There Is also reason to bolUve that
the proportion of local hidden who
have captured contracts direct frees
the govern meat la meeh larger thu
heretofore, aad thin result ia attributed
to a systematic effort last aammar to
arone# leternet la bidding among the
local contractor* and sab-ooa
all near South Qarollaa.
$ token wee ta eorrespoadeaoe with
ovary contractor Ip Ue Stole giving
ta*tructioe aad
way to prevent jour
i to relay gray la to oat It off,
nniUlTP TWIN
The fact that fifty-seven new cotton
ioiUs have been built lathe South dur-
bg the pest twelve mouths, sod the
probabllitr $liat aa muy more will be
erected duriug the coming twelve
months, provided there ia no set-back
in tbe financial world, marks an 'ex
traordinary epoch in the industrial ud
commercial history of the South.
Such an epoch can only be deaerilmd
by employing the anperlativea of
siteech. The effect of the movement
that is producing such a result will be
felt all over the world. Ju the Sooth
it will chuge the whole aspect of af
lairs. It will give rise to new idea*,
cew ambitions and now ideals. It will
change the whole face of oor relations
with the rent of the world, and will
biing this part of the country into
closer touch with al) the great move
ments that look to the betterment of
mankind.
It seems indeed that we are at the
beginning of a new day, when the
South will not only produce cotton
enough to clothe the inhabituta of the
world, hut manufacture it into fabrics
for which there is the largest ud most
insistent demand. Ttie economic
change* that will be—nay, that have
already been—produced in .the South
by this movement of the cotbm mills
Ut tbe cotton fields are simply incalcu
lable
The hard times of the past half doa-
en years resulted in much misery ud
suffering, bat again, as of old, out of
the slayer hath come forth meat. New
England was active in endorsing the
policy that baa, given wings to this
movement. She ran forward to em
brace it, she marched in front of it as
its herald, and behold the result! As
the result of a period of depression it
has been demonstrated that the price
of cotton goods cu never fall ao low
as to prevent the Southern mills from
pajing fair wages and earning goo<
dividends. . And so capitnl has said to
itself : "If theee Southern mills rarn
good dividends in hard time*, what
will they earn in tines of prosperity ?”
The answer is to be found in the
phenomenal increase in the number cl
looms and spindles in the Sooth daring
the pest twelve months, and still
more emphatic answer will be fount
in the increase which is promised for
next year. As ytl, only a few of the
more thoughtful men of New Englaot
realise that their own economic viewa
have undone them, but presently the
fact will be written ao large across the
face of things that he who runs may
read.
New Engbind haa also discoverrd the
true inkanlneM of a high tariff. When
tbe economic views jf that section re
sulted in the temporary deatrucUon of
the home market, her manufacturer*
wen. compelled to look for other mar
kets, ud the result ia that they have
discovered their ability lo compete
with foreign manufacturers in tbe for
eign markets. It is a great discovery
ud it ia bound, sooner or later, to re
sult in changing |»otitical opinion
(hat quarter. This change will
brought about bv (he fact that the
Amencan manufacturer* have realised
their ability not only to supply ths
liome market, bat to take possession
of foreign markets slm«at as profitable.
Already lbs Southern cotton mills are
lindiug e profitable market In China
for tbelr prodoc Is. many of them found
ibis market some years agq, and it
seem* to be unlimitsd. It was an
nounced recently that nearly all the
cotton mil It in South Carolina mere
engaged in supplying the demud in
China, ud what is inn: of these mills
ia also trtfe of a great many, if not a
majority, of other mills in (he South.
This fact abould be borne in mind
when the suggestion ia heard (hat the
South ia about to overdo the business.
As long as there is even one cotton
mill running in I^oowhire, or Ger
many, or Fruce, or in New England,
the manufacture of cotton cannot be
overdone in the South. The Chineae
market ho* hardly been touched. There
are four hundred millions of people in
(hat country to be clothed, nod the
channels of trade there have hardly
begun to be opened up. ' There is
the home market, which
auU* mutt occupy. It- ia already bd-
deratood in New England that the m<Us
there cannot compete with thoee in the
South. Aa a result, some of the New
Englud mill owners are prudently
duplicating their pluts in tho South.
This daplwetion lies gone to much
greeter lengths thu the public is
aware of, and it is likely to continue
until all the beat managed New Eng
land mills ere represented here.
Meantime, thoee who are inclined to
have gloomy views should get out into
the sunshine. The businees, com
meice ud industrial progress of the
kh never had brighter prospects be-
them, end the energies of South
ern men are taking advantage of every
opportunity that offers.—Atlanta Con-
stifnliee.
Endiko Not Mxndikq.—Of the
more thu $100,0QU appropriated lest
year by Coo gross for the coo tin nance
of the free seed distribution, $90,000
were voted to be expended in efforts for
the discovery and introduction of new
v< getables, fruits the cereals and pluts
of uy kind. Thus, approval of Con
gress we* undeniably pieced on the ex
penditure of the larger amonot for the
diatiibnuon of the common staff that
wgia,
Mis-
TTO ACREAUE AND HEODUIT
TION Of COTTON.
th* crop or J8W-80T. —
,40
The final report of the statisticlu of
the department of sericulture on tbe
screece end production of cotton in
the United Stoles for the yesr ended
August 81,1899, Is ready for the press.
It sbowf the acreage in the principal
States to have been ns follows: North
Caroline, 1,311,708 ; South Carolina,
2,353,213 ; Georgia, 3,535,106 ;1 Ala
bama, 8,003,178; Mississippi, 2,900,
298 ; Iioolsisna, 1,281,691 ;* Texts,
6,991,904 ; Arkansas, 1,876,467 ; Tm-
»ee, 896,722 4 Oklahoma, 215,8934
Indian Territory, 314,906; sundry,
236,112 ; making a total of 24,967,295.
Tire production it) gross bales was as
follows : North Carolina, 629,620 ;
Sooth Carolina, 1,035,414 ; Geo:
1,378,731 ; Alabama, 1,176,042 ;
sissippi, 1,247,128; Louisiana, 717,
747 ; Texas,3,363,109 ;A rkansas, 919,
469 ; Tennessee, 322,820 ; Oklabama,
109,026 ; Indian Territory, 207,838
sundry, 82,261, makings total df 11,-
189,206 bales, an increase of 291,348
bales over the preceding year. Of the
total crop, 11,121,414 bales were up-
land, averaging 615 pounds per bale,
gross weight, ud 67,791 were sea
island, averaging 390 pounds per bale
gross weight. The average production
per .acre was .448 of e bale. Tbe esti
mate of production is based mainly
on official statements as to the move
ment of cotton from the plantation to
points of shipment, or consumption
on returns made by officials of cotton
mills, and on reports of special agents
The estimate of acreage is baaed main'
ly on reports of special agents. The
total valne of tbe crop, esumated on
the heals of the average prices during
the first aix months of the cotton yvar
at the various lar^e markets nearest to
the different centres of production
was $305,467,041, the average price
per pound Iwing 5.27c for uplands an<
14c for sea island.
THI ESTIKATK FOR 1899-1900.
Ilia statistician of the department
of agriculture reports 8,900,000 bale*
as the probable cotton production o:
the United States for 1899-1900. This
estimate ia baaed on a larger number
of both general and special re|K>ru
than has ever before beau received by
the department in connection with
cotton crop.
While weather conditions during the
pest 30 days have been mainly favor
able to whatever picking remained to
be done, so that the general cooditioi
of the crops ia slightly belter then on
month ago, continued investigations
leave absolutely no doubt that the crop
is sven smaller than was indicated in
cither of the siattstkian’s previous re
ports.
The estimated productive area is ae
follows :
Virginia, 47,000 ; North Carolina,
1,220,000 : South Carolina, 2,212,000
Georgia, 3,288,000 ; Florida, 149,000
Alabama, 2,883,000 ; Mississippi, 2,
784,000 ; Louisiana, 1,179,000 ; Texas
6,642,000 ; Arkansas, 1,726,000 ; Ten
nessee, 816,000 ; Oklahoma, 199,000
Indian Territory, 290,000; Missouri
77,000. Total, 23,522,000. Thia
5.8 per cent, leas than last year.
Tbe estimated yield in pounds o’
lint cotton per acre is aa follow* : Vir
ginia, 120 : North Carolina, 103
South Carolina, 165 ; Georgia, 160
Florida, 94 ; Alabama, 176 ; Missis
sippi, 209 ; Louisiana, 238; Texas
185 ; Arkansas, 193 ; Tsnoeaeee, 166
Oklahoma, 185 ; Indian Territory, 225
Missouri, 196.
Soul
fore
of jeer
Washington Cxntxnnial —There
day, December 14, will be geeerally ob
served throughout th* country as the
centennial anniversary of tbe death ol
the Father of His Country at Mount
Vernon. Nowhere will the day be
more solemnly celebrated aad with as
many appropriate ceremonies as at tbe
nations) capital, which bears his name.
Men ia every class of official and civilian
service are juteing heads, regardless
of sect *ad party, 1a a united effort to
do proper reverence to the day. Exer
cises of th* most solemn ohareotrr will
he held during the afternoon at Mount
Vernoa, where rest'the remains of the
lilaatrlous patriot end warrior; le the
Eplpheay church at 4 o'clock ia the
afternoon, aad la Convention Hell and
tie LaFayetto Sq uare Opera Houae at
night, each under the auspice* of eome
patriotic orgaa'tatloa.
The Oread Lodge of Mesons of the
District of Colombia aad Virginia will
celebrate el Monet Verooo. A preli
minary meeting will occur under their
auspices la the Alexeadrleopera bouse
oe th* eve of theoeateaalal. The pro-! the department has heretofore sent
lTO-k«toTerUH,U»d. U'..pit, UM
local aad vlsltleg Meson'c bodies from
the Ebblt House/by way of' Pennsyl
vania avenue aad Seventh street to the
Mouet Veraoa boat. They will ttoam
to Mount Veraoa mad disembark there,
to march over the exact route followed
by the feeerel cortege of We*htagtoa
e century ago. President McKinley
end cabinet will travel to the tomb by
electric cere, end the Praeidest will
deliver ea oration. Tbe Masons will
give a reception at Will lord’s hotel,
bagiealag el 0 o'clock at eight.
—Oar next ceases will show a popu
lation of about aevaaty five mil Hoc,
says The Ladies’ Home Journal. To
oompleto thla ooual withla
qulred thirty days about fifty
It will he eeeaaaary lor them to ooeat
at the rate ap too not a half mil Hoe
dhJ. «r eve. laator. The
of ell cities end towns ef
Within a period of toe
nor lawmakers will not listen to
nod commoo-aenae, end fe» the energetic
protests of Ibe greet mem of the lam-
era tbemedvea, for whose benefit this
free distribution is allegedly made. A
few of the agricultural papers express
•atisfaction at the faint signs of a wiD-
ingiwas to aaeod the matter. It seems,
however, that the whole institution l*
~ ^ a gross absurdity, and eo entirely
mming feel
it la to
without redeeming fee tares,
only proper way to deni with
throw the whole overboard,
is better then mending. Cnt the dog’s
bend off rather than begin at the tall
end and eat by
It is to be regretted that the manu
facture of beet auger by the moat
economical methods involves the ex
penditure of such e vest sum of moner
about $350,000 at the very least, far
the establishment of a plant aad the
imperative necessity of securing pledge*
of so large au acreage of beau, not
leas than 4,000 acres, lo be grown coo
tignous to th* factory, to furnish
material with which to work. If it ware
only passible to start this industry some
thing on the plan of the credinery, so
that the work could be dooe-on a small
TJCele, there would be ao »"
getting thia iodnatsy started attmcrxli
over the Sooth.
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p
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Thu largeet locomotive works ia the
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The ieigeet car mennfactanag pleat
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1'be largest drug house ia the world
ia ia Si. Louts.
Tbe largeet wholesale dry
io tbe world is in New York.
The largeet gua wicks in th
are in Essen.
The largeet brewery ia io Si.
Tbe largeet lobaoon factory to ia 84.
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Tbe largeet steel works ere In Pitts
burg.
Tbe largest wooden ware asanufac
tory is in &L Louis.
The largest drop hammer in the world
is the property of the Bethlehem Iren
company.
The largeet bottle
Pittsburg.
The largeet spring works ere in Pitts
burg.
Tbe largest bank to ia Loodoa.
The largeet church to to
Tbe largest beef end pork
boose is ia Chtcago.
The largest starch buaiases to ia Oe-
mannfaetory lain
mice to ia Mkh-
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The largest copper
igan.
Tbe largest pumping togin* ia th*
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O. Its
ia th*
it
world i
The largest match
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ia 100,900,000 a day.
The greet set railroad ta the wot id to
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The greatest hotel to la New York.
The greatest aaatble qoairy to ia Ver
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Tho greatest floor mill to la Mia
polls.
The greatest copper aad
ju WAterhacy,^.
flTBr
Tbe war department has request*
that 12 more army secretaries of tbe
Young Men's Christian association be
sent with the troop* to Manila
“What a difference
in the suffering at
childbirth
MdkiB** *
time of
Dr. R.
V.
Ml*. Xdooa t,
TsanMwbM Two* maioad. ao had to aoflht
eomr fltalB. Mforw bmbjr wm bora I could mot
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TS« toby wa* a
toy wal f hiox
tta* aad thraa-
qaartar poaada,
nod fcr *•■*«
ES'.tua
kmsws
•dvtaa af a acigh-
tor, mj haabaad
Vraa«r I p tiaa
which I took dar-
th* wiatar,
•to ia March.
iS* I aav* birth
**, » J»t>r toy
weighing tea aad
thrcc-qaartar
poaada i waa
oaly ia labor two
toara aad waa oa
K wat without
p aatQ thirtr
Pr. Pierce • Favorite Prcau iptioa, also bia
ioilPlliSS
.* ♦vtok* «f confirmatory evidence
t* m those six words. The neighbor
had tried the “ Favorite PrencrLtioa " tnd
ftoommeaded it. Mrs. Jacobs has also
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mouy as thi* it* maker'* word* sr* ua
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The wnura enteric mea of msoo other
There i* >o theory about
be no qoeadoa about it
w 1 L
, kave been cared by
jfVesertptisa •• It hot cored
of mmole comaloint thaw g|]
ta *k*o*)y ■Niftee sf fcTldadte^irtto by
a akilied •eerialiat ia medieh**—a mgaUrly
*f mm ton thirty
troiL ,
Ths g res test whisky industry to te ,
the United States, the output being-
mere than 80,000,000 gaUoos a year..
The largeet sewiag tnechta* works in
the world are si EHmsbcihport.
Tbe largest boot and shoe iodostry
is st Lvnn. .
Tbe largest grocery boose in th* world
is in New York.
Fhe largest hardware hoase in th*
world is in St. Louis.
The largest Sjgte to Texas.
The largest financier in the world to
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The largest broker to te New Yet*.
The largest stock exchange to in New
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The largest diy (in area) to Now
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The largeet life insurance coa
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f iThe largest buildings are te New
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'1'be largest corporation te th* world
is in Pennsylvania—the Carnegie
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000. N ext come* the Federal Steel enaa-
pany, of New Jersey, capital aatbonsod
$900,000,000.
Tbe largeet monument ta the world
is in Washington hugest te th* sense
of tallest end cost.
The loftiest structure In the world to
in Paris—the Eiffel tower. -
The largest steamboat nuu te Lane
Island sound between New York aad
Fall River.
The largest stosmahtp pttos ketwoea
New York, Bonthamptoa mad Bremsa.
The largest locomotive to oa s short
line in Pittshorg. ^ ’
The largest college or uaivemitj to
Harvard, oooelderinc the greatest aaas-
ber of students. Its undergraduate* ex
ceed m number those of OxfoflL
The greatest ahlphatiduf pleat te
the world ib at Gteagow.
The largeet snapenstea
world to in New York.
Th* largest asetal spaas i
•re in New York (the Wr
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