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reU People. Circulation in the County t O&INA’S MUflrS. CAJU IT GROWS BTKADlLY IN AMD AROUND GRBBNVILIjC'* UF Owner* Sown* 81 Profit* Are L*rg«-Tbe how* Sign of Improve • od Proeperttjr la Evident BpMtftl Cor. New York Tima*. Gksknvills, 8. 0., Jan. 31.—Pro*- pwi»y. ooaid not have marked for •pedal favor a prett er town In South Carolina then Greenville. The face of nature i* fairer here, poealbly, than 1( te at Spartanburg, a few mile* ea*t and north, but also i a little further awaj from the noble Blue Ridge that wall* Greenville to the north. Greenville .Is more edvantegeouely placed than Spartanburg for improvement, (or lt« founder* chose for a site a plateau'that * le without some of the hill dtfflcultie* that will .count when Spartanburg » :ina to raise taxes (or street and er municipal improvements that are bound to oome to both theie thriv ing places Greenvil r r nvUle is not less Interesting as a development of the cotton ma-iufac luring Industry In the South than Columbia and Spartanburg. It bus not as many spindles as are to be found in Spartanburg County, but Greeuvillc County, of which it is the Court House town, has awe than Columbia, great as the arrey d spindles is in that bus> town. The County of Greenville pos sesses at Pelzer. a strictly mill town sixteen miles below Greenville, on the Southern Railway, the largest cotton y. mill now In operation in the South. It % 1* really f ve mills, a 1 .' running night ^JTand day, with 107,000 spindles auu - 3.500 looms converting cotton into iMh. But Greenville Is entitled to claim some Inter st in Pelxer, although ii derives no immediate benefit from it* operation. The rivalries in tbe State seem to be of localities, but ever) body, whether here or there, is ready to claim every thing fur South Carolina when mention is made of North Caro lina or Georgia, to which the South Carolina enthusiast is apt to refer as States somewhat behind tbe times in‘ cotton development. MILLtt ABOUND URKKNVILLK Right in Greenville, so near that tbe pm of tbe machinery of tbe estab- shmenl can bo heard all summer long, the first of tbe mills set up here. Ills Huguenot, one of four mills opera _ here. Although more than three years old, its managers date its itnpor tanoe from about three year* ag > Then It bad 2,700 spindles and IM.'i looms. Now it has .'>,200 spindles and 828 Ipom*. It weaves colored goods, oottde plaids, ginghams, and cheviots, he yarn being dyed on the premises and the oatterns designed for the com pany. Very attractive goods are turn ed out. and tbe demand, a good d -al of It for Southern consumption, keeps the 111 constantly going and the waro- ouses empty. The weaves art! more durable in color than print*! and are teeb worn by women in all tbe uiilis hereabout. Just outside tbe town, but not far from its business centre, Is the 1’oe 11111. Tbls is a brick structure, built in tbe most substantial manner. It bss a settlement about it, and a company store, naavlly stocked. K. W. Pde pointed out the features of the concern in which he took great pride. This is a steam mill, and it is equipped through out with electric lamps, as the force is In two shlfu of operators that keep the machinery employed , night auu day. In order to give a day of rest to the operatives, the two sets are so em ployed on Saturday that they fi'ish oefore midnight. Tbe mil) 1* valu d at ll.OOO.UOO, but it is capital s d at •250,000, and the inference thai the f ilant has been made oulof the earn Bgs of tbe mill is notumy justified but tells a remarkable story ot the profits that have been made in South Caroli na In ootton manufacturing. There are 25,000 spindles and 700 loom* In operation In the 1‘oe Mill. The product is one unvarying quality of brown sheeting. The op ratives dwell In rows of plain but neat build Ings, arranged on a town plan of tbelr own, with the boundary fence just over again»t the Greenville limits. Tnere Were no infant*, employed among she spindles as was the five thousand spindles, and has not yat been able, trying both white and : WhoE- labor, to mala tbe mill go profitably. It was expected that climatic oondi tlons would favor them; that moisture la the atmosphere whloh Mr. Atkinson and some other political economists bad declared to oe indispensable to successful cotton manufacture was to be found there, and It was feared It would not be found In the hill country. That dmcul^y was bvereome, however, by modern Ingenuity. In tie Poe mill; at Gr.envtile, attention was dlreotedj to the humidifiers suspended from tbe celling over all the spindles Tne In dispensable moisture would have beet lacking but for these simple contrtv ancss. Wbllu the owners and stockholdcn- are getting rich, they are conferring permanent blessings upon tbe people. As in other towns where, new mill- have demanded increasing numbers of operatives, shops have started to sup ply the needs of operatives or thost who we:e employed in new industries called forth because of tbe coming of a laboring population. Stores bav' been obliged to cabry larger-and mor. varied stocks. Tncre Is more travel ing by rail. It is a matter of dally oc currencc that anion/ the passenger, who overcrowd the trains of the South ern Hallway there are inquirers arrl* ing at various points .to look over tht land with the view of settling, cither as persons already concerned in cotton manufacturing or hoping to be tradesmen socking a now market. The country is beautiful. It Is charming to‘the eye; It is naturally healthful, and in the towns will b- more healthful with a little criticism and sanitation. The summers arc long imi tbe winters brief and usually mild But it Is not alor.o in the coming ol the trolley, the expan-ion of tbe shop*, the paving i f streets in towns, tht sanitation of all places of large popul avion, the sensation of earning money with a regularity and certaidty never before enjoyed in the section, that pc casion for rejoicing is found in South Carolina. Attention was directed by a thoughtful and observant citizen of Greenville to a sociological phase of the Industrial development that "is most satisfactory, and that it seems a pity could not bo extended in some wav to the Slat j of Kentucky. When Columbia began to build mills, and the operation of the milla diad made a perceptible drain upon the most convenient and wiilingclass of tb> population that was fitted to work in the th'lls, that drain was felt a little at E otnU more or less remote from Colum la. Men and women who had yearn- ed for opportunity To get'money with out digging or hoeing for it, move from the foothills into town, first into placer vacated by tbo people who moved earliest, and afterward, as tbe mill-, began to rise nearer to tbe hills, into tbe manufactories of Spartanburg. Greenville, and elsewhere in ttfe-Pied moot. KFKECT OF PROSPERITY. Most of these people w< re of the real hardy mountaineer sort, with tht same soft, delil crate courteous addrt u that is characteristic of all the moon latneers in the Virginias,the Carolina*, in Tennessee, or Kentucky. Tiny brought with thorn stalwart frames, sim -le app-tltes, and Ignorance of let ters as dei.se a* mud. But they were not altogether at fault for lha’. Tnt y had not been treated as wards of the State. Having been without the nu-a-i* of learning for generations, tpoy had acquired the ability to get along with out it.. There was a moving-down from the mountain districts into a rtgion where there w, re schoo s and >t>rO- aud church, * of a p-oud hut t-arnust and ambitlhim multitude vnat had got ten along without ihteo. things simply because ad tbelr n T, ighb,o-s had done likewise for yr.ir*. Bit the pi Ido that had be(,-n satisti d in the mountains made them ambitious to keep up with the ordi r of things in the region to which they had migrated. Ttiochlld- ren must be clothed like other child- I ren. The wife must,not be compelled to live in a sun-bonnet. ^ r The pqblic schools were at once pat ronized by children who might hav-e dev, loped into ignoramuses tike their parcnU.lf it had notrbeen for the build ing of new cotton mills. New needs demanded money to gratify them Kven some adults who could not read and ~WMte learned those accomplish ments slyly, or from thetr children The suq of civilizition was rising. Tne taste for moonshine whisky, indulged by only a very ^miCl proportion of these mountain people, diminished u A NEW BUREAU IN PROSPECT OBKAT NEED FOR IT U SHOWN. the Govertor Urges Its Eatabllsh- imnt at Ono*—The Untied State* ~Wtil Aid in ihe Work. Thu Governor has sent to the Gen eral Assembly the following message i to in reference to the formation of a geo logical and industrial bureau In this State: Gentlemen of the General Assembly : While South Garolinlans may justly be proud of tbe activity manifested in the State today In cotton manufacture, yet when our eyes are turned to other spheres of inuustnai activity we tiuu the contrast between them and coiton manufacture quite marked. In nt other lines may the State be said to be. uolng what sb* might easily do. The great need of the Slate today along in justrial lines is a proper realization and appreciation of the wealth of un developed resources which she ha* within her borders. Some of these are unknown to tbe vast m-ijorlty of the people of the State whiie others, U Known, are not appreciated by her own jeople, and are. unknown to outsiders, tud, more than this, there is at pre cut no means by ifhlcb either tbe people of tbe Statu or tbe people oi tne rest of tbe world may become ac quainted with the oppor.unities for m- .. o> austnal dev lopment that He .idie Ur cue Scale. Tho.e Is need of some Jlrect means of properly investigating hese resources and caning tbe atten .ion of tbe public to them. An organ rzation- with tb<* special obj:Ct in view s one of tbe greatest oceus of tin state to-day. Prof Holmes tt North Carolina has very recently called uui attention must forcibly to what oui sister Slate-is doing 10 systematically develop her resources, and has aist -huwn us how successfu.ly this work i* being accomplUhid. A similar Stale oureau stjoHd be estabi'sUei^ in South Carolina The objects of such a survey wyplc >e qJiCb vai led, and wouitt Include no. only a determination and fnvestqf*- tion of the mineral resources of lot State, such as her deposits of iron, gold and other minerals, because the t are piobably of comparatively small value, bqt would glvs Us attention much more -largely to ^ number ol other lines of wnrk'lhat' would mean (itr more to the btals thanTbe devet opment uf her mineral resources alone Uue of the most pressing question- before the pcop u of tne ttute today is that of securing better roads. A nureau is ncede* to determine the dis tribution of road building materials in the State and to maKc tests of ibe dur- saiiity of tuese materials before tbe counties in a blind way go a lead and spend probably thousands: oi dollars gutting the suitability of such ma terials for.road building paryitses to l- »t. Purlbgr, a systematic guidance will bo needed in me'hods of rood const'uc tion, and these can best be furnished through a central Slate bureau. With the 'dey Ji pment of our induu 'tries, there is c .ming yearly a greater demand for building sU.o*, and quar rie-s aie being d vetopeu that are tnd. eatite of an :*dj '. y that should soon I -be of la:go proportions, in many por-J tiuos of tue State there are bountie s bed* of txceiknl building materials, while there are doubtless also many others oi poor q i klity. A study of the distribution an J qualities of building -tones ti.cn wu . come properly witu in the tcope uf sorb a survey. The clays of various kinds within the Slate form o oof her most valuable nal-iral re-ourees. Tht re aro mrgt dcpo».l» of fuller’s carlo, some oi which may be found valuable for In-j dustrlai purposes, while bre eiays and Looiin ar‘ anuwu to exist in various parts of t • .biate and are b ing mined I to ay id* few places. , Kecenl ot rclopuienl* in the study of I tbo soli stow that by means of me- ci an.cal analyst* the adaptability-of certain n i.s to certain crops may be v.ry accurately determlued. Tobacco i» ospeula. y sensitive to tue texturejjf the soil, eb-i by means of a soilYurvey in the tow country it could be deter-1 mined whetnuror not the culture of | in Darlington j and K'orei-c •tclionof m Slate.it is-found lob.. a very profitable, and it. might be «.x--J tended over largo portions of the Stat» , ,| uou - esi'Ceia.ly the low country, with equal prodi ; if so luis.would mvan mei va-'-'l 1 a. nation of the numb -r of feet of fall' alfi the State Trcaaurer shall pay tbe i sr « rs . .i I ♦ m n t V r. >• • f t» . , f sa sws-awswa ’ Mrs . a sa sen sa R W as a m«s aa* a k. * ^ — L _ W .. - - - Is a smatt matter,; tbe far more Impor tant feature Is tbe determination of the amount of water pasting over them. .An accurate stvoam gauging Is nco issary for this pilrpose t>at4t may be kuown how muon power may 'ba de pended on during tbe dry seat m, when the streams are at tbelr lowest stage Toe investigations of the subject* abov ; outlined and many others would furnish a broad field of usefulness for a State survey, and thd results of the investigations of such a bureau should be properly embodied in publications, accompanied by the necessary maps ari<l'illustrations and Issued by i iiiciai authority of tbe State. The returns from such work would, as has been shown by ike surveys in other States, be repaid many times oter by the impetus given to Indus trie' activity} of all kinds within tbe State. - Tbe general government at Wash ington annually spends hundreds of thousands of dollars in scientific and economic investigations. Tbls money goes almost exclusively to those por tions of the country where people evipce sufficient interest n tbo devel-. opment of tbeir resources to spend topic money in thplr own behalf. None of it ha* been coming to South Caro lina. When a State thus shows its In terests in developing its own resources tbero is usually but littlp trouble in getting the general government to >pctul an equal or even a larger" sum in work within that Stat . One of these governmental bureaus, tbe United States geological survey, has offered, through itsdirector, Mr. Chas D Walcott, to spend, on the basis of a state appropriation of $5,0y0 annually, at least as much as the State itself ex pends in feo-operation with that sur vey.—: Respectfully submitted, M. R. Me Sweeney, , Governor. DOINGS OF tHE " • , —* general assembly . M*AHUM*ft BKtNG DISCUSSED. (tie Adulteration ol Cotton Seed Meal —Gathering Criminal Statistics,— Treaaury Appropriations. The following measures have been acted upon by the Legislature le the fast week : Senator Ragsdale’s bill to prevent the adulteration of cotton seed meal sod other meals used, for stock feed was taken up, and Senator Haesdale estp aineti tbe purposes of the bill and tne necessity for it. The law was first pasted in Maine, and other State* have similar la«s. This b.il is tbe law in New York, which.is about the same as that of Ma>»acni'.setts. He read from the Practical Former an article relat ing to Ibu operation of the law in Now York. The blil provides for an analysis of all feed meals macufadtured In this Stale, the aualy>'s lo-bi made by the chtmicari department of Ci mson col lege, and there is provided a tax of 25 cents per ton and a tag to oe affixed to each sack, stating tb it tn - law baa been complied with; *•> m >ob of the tax to go to the treasury of Clemsoa, a* Is n» c ssary fo- analyst tx < oses ; tpe peua'.y botnr a fine of too tot2ut>-cr imprisonment from three months to one year. Importers of the meals stat- < d are also to furnish specimens of their product when caked upon. Scuator Rig dale strongly urged tbe necessity forthebtll. b ^atorSullivan suggested some dhangi • and Senator GrayJod opposed the mea'pre. Senator H a* ney thoug-bt tbe ou; might be ‘l.ffi jit to enforce, as it would be im- po«s io to k i p out cotton seed hulls. Senator Rzgidale replied that tire ob jeotion was not so much to hulls a* other ne'eterious ingredients. Sena tor Bowen aUo oppo ed the bill. The motion to k.nkeouttheenacling words was lost and tne bill »as passed to tbe third reaiing, a motion to ind> finitely |.o '.pone bviug .oet by a vote of 7 to 18 S.v.ral amendments w t re offered and adopted changing the bill in minor par ticulars. CRIMINAL STATISTICS. Senator Mower’s bill to r«quire the keeping of criminal statistics was The bl:l same, the amount thereof to be charted to the appropriation aooouct of such institution by tbe Comptroller General and the State Treasurer. j Section 3 That all acts or -parts of abts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same ar*i hereby; repealed. ‘v .•■ la A N. IN KENTUCKY POLITICS® The* Now York Journal Correspon dent Declares tbe Railroad Com pany I* Responsible for the Pr**snt Reign of ferror. Mr. damps Creelman, the famous SOlTCcpOhdent of thw N„W Yo.-a Js>UI - nal, writes as follows : •* The real author of the reign of terror In Kentucky is the Louisville WHY HE CURES. —“—: _ terrur iu ACUVUCKV IS Wie CiOUlSVlllO — roiWKWHim and Nashville Railroad company: ThTs'| ;; ^j[ ( |2^| a |iy Surln If *V^rsflnoo^ Treated. this country. Dr. ceas U due to tula giant oorporatiun has controlled the councils of the Democratic party in that State and'bas dictated the nomi- ■it nation and election of every Governor since the civil war. 'It Is the champion and defender of iawiers corporate power: , “Governor Goebel led the fight in the Kentucky Sinate and in law suits against the criminal and tyrannous power of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and its corporate allies. Mr. Goebei’s enemies may abuse him, but the fact remains that during his Ion service in the Kentuc1ry”S eb ate a' and other places In That I ^ ^rd reading-- is as follow* : PROFITS ARE LARUE. The two other mill* nearest Green Yille are those of the turlag Company, with 28,000 spindles and 700 ibomtt, and the American Spin ning Company, with 25,000 spindle* knd 700 looms. The Monaghan Mill of the Mine capacity as the American, •nd the Bray ndon Mill with 10,000 spln- dles ead 400 looms, both of which arc tO ba increased in capacity, are others that Ml up the cotton of Greuuvll e and neighboring counties. Between Greenville and Pdz r is the I’ied- mont Mill, with 60.000 spindles and 2,000 looms. More than half the capital in these mills Is home capital Originally there YM# b greater proportion of foreign capital Invested, but much of it was the stock that was taken by Eastern firms supplying machinery, and this was bought up as the mills began oper ations and were able to liquidate their indebtedness. The Greenville people have put money Into the business l:fct;r- ally. This was natural, for they knew [of the profits that were bJ.ug realised. Pelxer, a littlY'kingdom Truliy} OT«r by Mr. Smyth, the leading man la the company, made in the last year, I wan informed, $500,000, and it prom ise* to do better. The Piedmont showed to Its stockholders a profit up to tbe 1st of October, Jor six months, of 8250,- 000. Twenty per cent, is considered a very moderate figure to realize. "It has gone all the way,” said walking delegate, a cotistaiH ciuseof trouble in Northern nulis. walked not tn South 'Catottoa. and if bo had he Mills Manufauvj would have encountered aclassof wage carn>-rs not yet so accustomed to earn ing ready money that they could be easily persuaded to strike iq order to increase their com;>«Q*aiioh or annoy their employ err. Hi many respects this is the very best result uf the Industrial awakening in Sjuth Carolina The mill towns, arc ooundTo becciB® centres of intelligence, taste, developing appetite for necessary and luxurious surroundings, and, with the’passing of years an?l the accumula tion of moans, groups of the owned homes of thousands who came to the towns penniless ami ignorant, and have been by industry artd thrift converted into law-ab:ding, temperate, Indepeu dent, and self respecting Ameircam. WlflllhiN •. a U da oi l Joi.ar* an- mill owner, wbo said that he was en deavorlng to buy up all outstanding •took ot his own mill, “from 20 to 60 —It is an '".teres tin if fact, says the N - Yohr-Commercial, that all the - xcessiyely rich men in the United States Senate made their money in mines and mining. Senator Clark, of Montana, by all odds the richest mao I tion in Congress, worth any where from ' n $100,000,000 to twice that, made ail his money in mines. Senator Hanna’s $12,- OoO.OOO were largely derived from iron mines. Senator Jones of Nevada is worth $10,000,000 tn gold and silver mines, and Senator Elkins of West Vir ginia is rated at $7,000,000, moatl made in coal aud iron mining o|Jer9i- tions. McConnell, from the Syranti district, is the richest man in the House. His wealth, estimated at $20,- a tin j. of UllUH nu -lly. The p! r> phates anti, marl* of the S'^sjc wool Uo». vurj properly made a su ject Of study by tne S.ate. survey that mor mignt he known of their real distr.hjtiou aud q .aiitles ig ali the lower portion of the S.ate lEeqies'ion Of gettlug pure wal.r is one of tbe most vital ones the- inhabi louts uf tne region must grapple with Artesian wells, when obiainab'c, are Uio . oiution of t^ls-question. They aro-readily obtainable, as is ulr> a :y ks own, in n.any parts of the State, anu c v-eful itvestigation us to the pussibi ll y of obtaining tb, m el.-ewnere would -oe u mo: .deslraole feature of the Stati urvoy work and would result in »av ing money by preventing their fe.ng dug where there is no chance of suc cess, and in saving lives by loading the people to dig them in places where tbef now do not, but might. -r. Fisheries along the coast are cf con siderable economic importance, and, if properly cared for, the culture of the. oyster, for instance, would add materially to the wealth of this sec- The great pl’ne forests of the North have be-comealmost exhausted, auu for some years past Northern lumbermen have been buying and cuttjng to pieces { 'real tracts of South Carolina timber adds, their lumber being obtained, In many cases, with much useless de struction of young timber, and means should be taken to restrain wasteful lumbering, aud the necessity for pro tecting and pic erving our forest wealth, which will otherwise soon be per cent on tbe capital. How long will ii ImI ? We cannot say. As long aa the demand continues as it is, we can go on making cotton goods and money.” There la no anxiety on the part of the mill owners or operators ta exploit their dividends. Beside* declaring . large dividends on the capital of mills, maav of the companies are putting surplus earnings into their plants. Charleston capital, lacking opportuni ty for advantageous manufacturing In- , *k*t city, has expressed Its confidence tn the Piedmont, cotton by Investing largely, no- --clablj in the Pelxer mill, which,! am toM, represent* a great deal of Charles ton eapitaL Charleston is not far from the ootton fields. It is within easy rail ^Nmoeportation of o'Mtl, and its people ■ost Impatient of It* comparative While the upper part of the State is magalfioeatlv, Charleston mill, with about 000 000 was dug out of the coal mines I gone entirely, should be strongly ira- of Pennsylvania. Congressman Joseph C. Sibley is also a very rich man, the source of whose wealth is petroleum. Old Master Earth is a beautiful parent, and the sons he has endowed the most liberally somehow have a strong pre dilection for statecraft. —South Carolina last year made moru progress in cutrtun miU building than any othiir State. . There were -fewer enterprises than in some States, hut the aggregate capital was greater. During the first 35 day* of tbe present {.properly come within year ail records have been broken. |«uch a survey. Twelve mills have in that time been projected, the aggregate capitaliza tion being $2,160,000, or an average of 861,000 a day. In addition the B,-ab- monl mill at Spartanburg bas doubled its capital. In addition thi r* are three mills which will be established at.an early date—at Anderson Pickens and Ganalfl- ~ - preyed, not only upon out'lumbermuc, hut also upon the citizens in whose hands much of the forest wealth of the Stale yet remains. in this same connection, the drain age of our swamp lands would mean the making available waste timber re sources ia many cases, and of placing in cultivation large areas of most for tile soil wuhin the State. The possi bility, as wi:.l as the means of draining and reclaiming these swamps, would tbe scope of Section 1. That bach clerk of the . .. of general sessions shall keep a record ar.dv- port annually to tbe at to: ney general «no the solicitor of his _ '■> iw iu Di-bed by the attorney general, tbe name, reef, s« x, age. alleged crime and learntngor illiteracy of every person brought to trial in bis court for th$ year enulug December 1st; and in case 0* his failure to make said report with in the time herein limited, he ‘sbull forfeit to the county $10 as a penalty fur each day’s delay in making such report, to be recovered by the solicitor of tue circuit by an action in any court “CrtTompotent jurisdiction. Sec. 2 That the mayor or intendant of every incorporated city or town- vvHl.in the Syate shall keep a record and annually report to the attorney general, on blank forms to bo furnished by him, by the lC|ah of Dec mber, the numbers, natn \ race, sex, age, learn- ■ngor illiteracy, and alleged offeused of persons brougbt before the munici pal authorities fqr trial during the year ending Dec mber 1st; and la case of the failure of any mayor or inten- dant to make sucIl report within the time Urplted be shall be tiaed not’ess than $25 nor more than $100, or impris j oned for 30 days. i A BILL OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE. 1 Oae of the important meesures now before the L.‘gislatufe is Mr. Crum’s bill to regulate toe drawing of money from the State tressury appropriated , to State institutions. Tbe bill is of j general scope and importance and pro- j vides: Section 1. The appropriations made ior a State institution shall be paid to the treasurer of the institution, who shall be a bonded officer, the amount of the bond nut lobe less than the amount fr por&tion was able to buy or bully him. 4}e was Incorruptibility itself in bis official life. He forced the railroad to pay Its sbare of tbe taxes, be Intro duced and passed laws protecting rail road employes, and he brougbt scores qf actionti for damages in the courts. He fought against the corrupt and law-defying rule of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company us Ttldan and O'Conor fought against enthroned crime in the days of Boas Tweed; “ Not. only dlu Senator Goebel attack the dread Lou.sville and Nashville, out he boldly grappled w.tb the un speakable Southern Pacific Railroad company. H- discovered by reading the obasler which Collis P. Hunting too and his lobby succeeded in getting from tbe Kentucky Legislature that tbe State bad dishonored its came. This extraordinary charter permitted the Southern Pacific to engage in practical'y any kind of business except in the State of Kentucky. In other words, Mr. Hcnt'ng'.on and his ac complices could plunder tbo people of alt the other States, provided that they did not plunder the people uf Kentucky. Mr. Goebel sought - to re voke this a: moat Incredible charter, it was a desperate ttruggl*, and Hun ilngton won the fight. In the last Kentucky campaign the Huntington force* joined witn tbe Louisvtlle arui Nashville and the trusts to defeat M Go.-bel. . “ 1 mads tbe tour of Kentucky wlta Mr Goebel and Mr. Bryan In the lost political fight. 1 had a good oppor tuntty of studying tula re.ra aab e man, the most masterful personality, per baps, in the whole bout '. It Is tru that in the convention whlcii cominv ed him for Governor he resoruu to political methods that uqe can hardly condemn too stratig]y, but it must tic rememberel that be engaged in a life and death struggl. w'ta what tat hitherto been an -Irri^ic nlc fore - It the D mocratic party. He was fight ing fire with fire. “It was tbe Louisville anJ Naahvllle Railroad company and it, confederates that inspired the sp’'!*. of murder in Kentucky. Again a. 1 »'aln 1 wo* told curing my trip wiiL Mr. Bryan that Mr Goebel would col survive^ taxe his scat, even if hc;*irc elected. The combined corporattor* could nu7 afford to let him live. “ IT.w soon vpll this condition of things spread to other Slates ? 1 have certainly nun the fa nt stirrings of this spirit of tbe vengeance of over thrown corporate pow,_r much nearer home than Kentucky.” — Walter L S^crhu-ne, a member of tne Twentieth K taMs regiment, who died recently at Topt-ka, was sick in bed at Manila when the fighti-g with the Filipinos began. He grabbed a ride and with a Minnesota regiment went to the tiring line. Hi was soon shot just over tbe heart and wpet back to his bed After feeling a little bet ter, be made bis escape from tbp hos pital again and rejoined the fight Twice.ipore he was taken back to the hospital, and twice more made his es * Tha Greatest Bportallst of the Tine. Gives Every Case HU Peisoual Attention. - ..... Mow doctors heree certain nnmher UOOtOT of Mock remedies which they use I* thasrav’e Hi eeee* which eeem at «I1 tlmlUr. Tills Is not Dr. Hathawsy'e method. Ivory with him l» most carefully ——idiairnotwd and the exact gv l>oelt Ion of tbe di waned con dition determined. Thus every caw* la treated separ ately aud mediclnOaare id- mlnlatered which are mmclally prepared under Dr. Hathaway's personal eupervlaion for each ca»e. No two pe<>| Scare affected hyaparticular disease in tbe -amo manner, consequent ly no two p*iople ehould be treated In the fame way even for mme complaint. Dr. II.tthiir.4y Ian special ist In tl>e heft sense of tlie word he treat* efecial dls- eatww In a special manner.of ottdsown—a wyatem studied out year* aero while In colloffwand hoepltal practice and Im- OTASH gives color, flavor and flrtnness to / —...... all fruits!. No good fruit din be raised . without Potash. IW.... ••• « j Fertilizers containing at least 8 to io% of Potash will give .. r' - best results on all fruits. Write for our pamphlets, which ought his return” last tie bed. to <■> —.— the Luspital for tbe i too weak to leava bis —Gen Miles ban long b$en known as one of the most accomplished horse men in the army. Since he has been stationed in Washington be has kept up bi* riding, and every morning, whatever the weather may be, he spends an hour or two cn horirback «, —When a man has.advice t.> give he is never stingy with it. To love and be loved, is every woman’s right. To be beauti ful is impos^ibje for some women. To be bright-eyed, clear skinned, red lipped, vivacious, attractive is the privilege of all. Ill-health, pimply face, dull eyes, pale Hips, hollow cheeks —these lock the door in Love’s face. No * man ad mires a sallow, b a c k a c h e y, headachey woman. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre scription and ‘Golden Medi cal Discovery ’ are beautifiers because they are health makers. . • The “ Favorite Prescription ’’ is designed torure all distinctly feminine ailments. It is -THE FARMER’S FRIEND. The^Yorkville correspondent of ihe News and Courier expresses his views in regard to the best method of fight ing the fertilizer trust, in wfiich he sa) s that deep plowing and thorough pulverization of the soil will solve the problem, a* follow* : Several weeks ago the writer called attention to an arircle from the South- ern Cultivator, wfiich clearly set forth a sensible and effective plan bv yhidi the Fertilizer-Trust cannot only be brought to terms, but may eventually be routed, but it isaosimple and cheap that it is not likely to Le tested by one farmer in every bundled in the auto. The plan has (Lent and lots of it and the plan is again brought to tbe atten tion of the farmers with the conviction that in Jess than ten years it will he the sole reliance ot a majority of the successful farmers of the ^late. I he subject may best be introduced ii to be in every farmer’s library. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 N*SMf* St., New York. PITT’S twenty yearn of the most exteimlTS * J specialist, la uniform »uc- treatment. In spite of hundreds of request* ■ - are sent free. nslns Dr.H»thaw*y’»niethod of troatinenkhe believes * It wiser to all' >w none beside himself the knowledge of hi* remedies, as he i* too w«U aware of the mis chief which may be done by the unskilful use of any , , system, nevermind how perfect. Blond Bad Bala Ur. Hathaway’s treatment for blood diseases In whatever stage ^cure* all forma of ulcers, sores, blotches, pimples, etc.,and not only restore* the skin and scalp to their natural condition, but so purifies the blood that the disease I* permanently and com pletely driven from the system and all ibla without administering poisonous or dangerous druas. „ . , , His treatment of Varicocele Varioooele and andsitrteturetsa method exetn- strioturo. bl " 0,ra «nd In W per cent ™ of all cases results In a perfect and permanent cure. No operation Is required and no pain or Inconvenience are experienced hy the S ilent. The expense of this treatment Is much lees an that of any operation, or hospital or Institute treatment, and la both safe and sure, restoring the organa to • condlth>n of perfect, m irraal health. SS.J , Dr Hathaway has Just prepareda flew KI«B*Jf teat question blank for those who have reason to suspect Kidney trouble and ■"••"•war. tbUblank he will sladly send free to everyone who-eamds him his name and address. . The demand for Dr. Hathaway's new Hf W BOOK book "Manliness, Vigor, Health" bas FREE. , ‘*5* u * ted ,h « fl"' edition of , . , W0,000 nut for a limited time a copy of this book will be sent free to anyone who sends hi* .. - name and address to Dr. Hathaway. W*M**>t at Hit. Dr. Hathaway makes no charge FREE. for consultation and advice at either bln office or by mall. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY M. O. Dr. Hathaway A Co., BtH Booth Broad Btrwot. Atlanta, Ga MENTION THyj 1-A1'KH WHEN WK1TINO. Cures dyspepsia, indigestion, and all stomach uv-bowel troubles, colic or cholera morbus, teething trouhl g with cliildren kidney troubles, bad bluod and all sort* o’ •ores, risings or felons, cuts and bui ns. It ia as good antisentic, when locally applied as any thing on the market. Try it and you will praise it to others If your druggist doesn’t keep it^write to Pitts’ Antiseptic Invigorator to. THOMSON, GA.- 31 CARI’ENTKR BROS., iJ'senville. H. r. THE MAN ON THE FARM. The problem with the farmer as with every other man who works is to make his own work effective. In this day of improved machinery the farmer must avail himself of all of the benefits that the seiuachines give. Of course this re quires the mvestment of muuey, aud a man must not make the mistake of in vesting ,too much money on too small a farm. But there ;s scarcely any of the modern machines for Ibe saving of la bor on the farm that will not in a short time pay for itself. You. .will take the separator iu the dairy or the-weeder, tl e harrow, the drill, it will be found, not nimply that they are necessities up on the farm, but that the roan who is ikying to fanfn at all cannot afford to be without them. Remember that you have only n certain number of years to do your work. Every year theu that passes without utihziug your strength to the by lecalling a bit of the agricultural ulmost extent without securing from history of England. It is said to have | ^ happened during the term of Lord Ba con. THe farmers couqluded that they 1 had reached a point where it wa* im I possible, owing to the large increase iu j their numbers and the consequtvu cur-1 iMilment of the available tillable laud. 1 to make sufficiently large crops to !-up- j port theraseives and fam.lits and pay { the heavy ruii* that were exacted by j ihe landowners, ami there wa* great I l' u ’ lc discontent among them and justly so. ■. ,,, At this critical juncture I/>rd Bacon e * tu y** r t * ,t> rtal eslal °- caused word to l>« scut tbioughout the rural districts that if the farmers wouh! assemble at a certain place on a certain day be would lay before them a scheme wasted. By ibielligeut appde.uioq of the knowledge gained fiomexprii< m >, by the use of mtsleru aiachincry, you must make voittr farm each year more valuable, tn Ihe cities the investors in real estate secure what la called tbe “unearned increase,” that is, the ad vance in the value of real faLitcdue to the growth of the city, the builditfig of works, aud its increased com- j uierce. These tilings increase tbe value It is an ad ditional value, separate and djstmct from the income. •Now, the farmer does not get un- fnraed increase. Hit by wise appiica- by which each man could double th(/ tio . u ^ ^.^iplea of agrUaUaneKe quantity of Lis land. They had ut^ bounded confidence iu his lordship and on the appointed day they were there from every section. When the/mo*- meutous liour arrived the star speaker took his place ou the platform prepared for the occasion, and after a few words of sympathy for the “mudsill*’’ deliv ered himself about as follows : “Men, I am here today for the purpose of tell ing you how to increase the quantity of to - - - South Carolina now ranks Our industrial development bas bad U« origin primarily in the existuaoe ol water powers along tbe streams u| tbe up-country, sine at these point* facilities were r furoi»bed for obtaining power cheaply, and ma .y of them navt* already been developed. Many, however, are still idle that would be bought for development if they couid to be drawn’ at any one time, and to ba fixed by the governing board. ; the bund tu be approved by the Attor*><F rcs T noeo , ir,r K'i is atx>ut to become women and takes from this dangerous period much tion, and by the Governor as to its su'f-1 u-nm,% u ,s ^ fieienev and to be tiled with the »'> ages who are troubled with UCteucy, and to be tiled Wltn thobtate ; inflammation, irre/nlarity, debilitating Treasurer. The treasurer of the insti- drains and other symptoms of derangement tution shall draw bis receipt warrant ^of the feminine organism. It is ageneral upon Hie Comptroller GeheralTor the tonic for fHe whole system but when such amount needed, whisfc receipt w shall be counLorst^ned by tbe pre ifdent 7 or 6uperiDtcnde,nt of the institution, and havu attached thereto an item zed sworn statement showing the purpose* in detail for which the money to be dra»n U to be used monthly only, and all money fur other purposes to be ^tlrawn only whan actually owing and due'. Section 2 That upon the receipt by the Comptroller General of the receipt warrant, signed and countepigoAd, and with statement attached, as above second la the eot-Wm mili industry nod be called to tnt at teat fun of the pro' her pn H - - — - - present development excels all re cords. specllve manufacturer by reports of authoritative character. The deter j-" l" '! ' 11 il is better to. take .the. GnldetT^ff iTirnl Discovery fr Th ednnec- tion with the 44 Favorite Prescription.” , Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Diacovefy is a medicine for men and children as well as women. It is a most wonderful blood purifier and flesh builder, -ft searches out and kills disease germs in the digestive system, blood and lung* and puts the wjmle body in a strong, healthy state. Before purchasing medicine of ariykind pres you free of charge. It may be that yod need both ' ‘ Favorite Prescription ” and' I prov .led, tru* Comptroller' Central '„lh U h' Discovery,*’or yon may iha" hi* aarnknl oh the Btate , P^siWTyrmrc»emmfre* Treasurer in favor ot thm treasurer of •° ,nft,1, nk entirely different. Whatevei .V ^ .? , .°J ln NOMUrer Of you need Dr. Pierce wiU tell you without the loatitutiua for the amuuct drawn, | a cent of coat to yon. aud I will proceed Jo, do 80 in a very few word*.- ‘BhSjavny-to doubfe your laud iajo plough^it just twice as deep as has Been your custom and the yield will be twice as great.” The statement struck the assembled multitude as being both silly and im practicable and many of t iem wire jiiled with indignation at the supposed heart^essuess of the great aud wise Lord Bacon. But after a sober second thought mnny of them decided to test the matter, not because they felt that the scheme was praclical, but because of their great confidence in the man who said the derired end could be ac complished in that way. As a result the yield per acre was twice as great as it had previously been and before many years deep ami thor ough preparation of the laud was the role iu. England, and it prevails to this, time. . . In South Carolina today the average farmer breaks his land to the depth of about one and a half to two inches, leav ing the ground below that depth as hard a^ brick, and it can only be made golu- bre by the-use of the chemicals con- tained in the commercial fertilizers controlled by the trusts. The remedy is to breakRlte land to a depth of not less than six inches and to pulverize it thoroughly with a disc harrow. By this method the farmer will have uol less than twice as much soluble soil for hi* 7 plants to feed on as by the old' method, and he will find, as stated in j gets, first, 'lureased yield, Iretter crops, more profitable crops, and every crop should leave his fattu i» a better cou- ' ditiou thau it was a year" before. In ■ this way, aside from the income which he get*, the increased value of Ids farm represents an increased investment. » This is what advanced agriculture means. Fanners everywhere must realize that there is no vocation in life that offers Sik h » fieldToy industry and jk Iha- We kuowagreat many men, some of them httnjf in cities, some of them also living on farms, who cannot b» fanners. They are not trained to that physical indu-try necessary to success. .They are not Irained to that self-denial, that persistenev of purpose, in the coming of the early aud later rains, essential to success on the fitwa.—. The farmer—that is, the intelligent farmer—has one thing to learn, and . that is that cheerfulness pays. Let a man do his best to get his soil prepared for the frosts and his ctops prepared' ,- for Ihe rain, to do all iu his power to provide against such unforeseen ac cidents as Hoods, or drouths, then leave the results to the future. Do nut fill your mind with daily apprehension be cause the'setsons are a htUfi irregular or because each day does not show that dayjs work finished" and perfected. Many a. dark, gloomy spring has been followed by a favorable summer and a fruitful autumn. The farmer deals with the law of-* averages. He cannot determine the weather, or the seasons, or the markets, but by faithful per-v fdrmance of each day’s work finds the year’s task completed, and in the long run be will realize that while he has not accumulated great stores of wealth ' of value to no one, he has maintained his self-respeot and his personal inde pendence, aud he has secured health- and strength by bis daily labor; he has supplied the wants of his family; he that faith the previous article, that the yield ou i h f ira P r V ved h'f botoe; he has iucreas _ . _ _ xwi vr.ilia/. r\r l.io 4* m *• wv ’cxva/I I 1 f Vviti the land thus prepared, without ma nure, will be equally as great, acre for acre, as on that prepared by the old method and on which not less thau two hundred pounds of the best fertilizer « used per aero. —— na j i — —l- f- In his inaugural address at Yale, t *_ TTa«l)r*\r q&IzpH ihtu moaf ed the value of his farm, and life has been freer from the wearing anxieties that bring so many men in tbe com mercial centers to an untimely cud.— Home and Farm. < The first willow trees in Philadelphia grew on the sue'of the custom house President Hadley asked this great: question: “What shall it profit us If and resulted flora an accidental dis-’ we g ain th e whole world and lose our ’ covsry bntbe part of Benjamin Frank- own »oui;” if we develop the inteJlec- Ih». The philosopher found a wicker ,ual aDd material side of our edneation, basket that had been thrown.in a dump and ,oae ^ traditional spirit of de heap sprouting, and picking it up, took mocraoy, loyalty nndkChrislianity? off -some of the twigs and gav£ them to ; Coal mining is developing rapt lly in Chirlea Morris, who planted them. ' - ~ - The sta ks took root readily and thriv ed, and hence the willow trees. The prodqct of the po'.ato farms in Detroit fn 189D was 10,430 bushels, produced at a cost of about 8 cents a bushel. Canada. In Nova Scotia both the areas worked and the num'>er of mines i4pw a great increase. The coal areas of Canada are estimated at 79,200 square miles, not including areas known, but as yet undeveloped, in the far north.