The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 29, 1892, Image 1
i : vol. vii.
THE BANKING PROJECT
A Clear and Strong Presentation-Safeguards,
Constitutional
Rights, EtcAY?r
York Journal of Commeice:
The American Bankers' Association
has jnst held a convention at San
Francisco. Michael 1). Harter, of Ohio,
' "++ delivered h most able address before
'that body, in which he repeated in a
" more complete form the projoet for a
banknote currency he devised and
published last year. His plan ini
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climes more nuerai provisions ior
ihe perpetration of the national i
bank currency anil a like provision
for the revival of the issues by State
institutions. There is certainly no
objection to both these measures if
they can bo carried into ' successful
operation. Any form of a bank-note
currency has a character essentially
different from the flat notes anil certificates
issued by the governmont.
These latter issues from their very
nature can have no flexibility. Their
volume cannot be increased to meet
a sudden demand for the movement
of the crops, nor diminished whon
the emergency is over. The United
States Treasury cannot lend these
issues as a bank can its paper currency
for promissory notes and mercantile
acceptances and withdraw
them when the obligations are due
and paid and the circulation is no
longer required.
The plan uinlet consideration authorizes
the national hanks to issue
any amount of registered hank notes
secured by a deposit with the Comptroller
of the Currency, in addition
to the United States bonds now required
by law, of the registered
bonds of any railroad corporation or
city in the United States of the char
actor described. The principal and
interest of these securities must be
payable in gold coin, they must have
been listed for five years on some re
gular stock exchange in a city con
taining not less than 500,000 inhabitants;
they must not have been sold
on any such exchange at any time
within throe years for less than a
premium of 5 per cent.; no city
bonds to he accepted where the annual
tax levy exceeds 2 per cent.,
and not more than 20 per cent, of
the whole sum to bo in one description
of bonds. Various other speci
fications are added, but thofeare sufficient
to show their general charac
tor. As the currency is to be issued
for only 90 per cent, of the deposit,
it would seem that bonds quoted at
par as some first class bonds are
which hear only a low rate of interest
would he found amply sufficient.
The plan provides for a tax of onefifth
of 1 per cent, per annum on the
average circulation up to 90 per cent,
of the paid in capital; 1 per cent, on
the issues between 00 and 180 per
cent, of the capital; and 10 per cent,
on all above the latter amount. Out
of this tax $1,000,000 shall be set
apart as safety fund to supply any
deficiency in the securities deposited.
And the issues shall cease to he a
legal tender in payment of any obligation
due to the United States.
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in ins uuuiuas iiiu jnujuuiui iciuurked
that he saw no reason why the
banks should not be permitted to
issue for the United States bonds on
d Y>osit an amount up to their par
\. ue. There is no reason whatever
for the restriction to 90 percent, now
existing, and this would add $18,000,000
to tho currency, lie would
also repeal the provision making
these issues a legal tender to the
banks for the payment of obligations
due them. If any such pain is ever
brought before Congress it could be
modified in some respects without
impairing its security, The limit of
the tax levy is too low, lis there is no
city in the Union that is in much
better credit than llrooklyn and its
levy exceeds 2 per cent, named as
tho outside limit of acceptance. The
safety fund provision might be useful
in case any bank through a run
"k?on it failed to redeem its issues
p/omptly, if the Comptroller was an
thorized to use it for such redemption,
restoring tho money to it when
the securotiea were sold, or the bank
was enabled to resume its payments.
Having made such provision for
the national banks the plan proposes
to redeal the Federal tax on tho
issues of State banks and leave them
to the legislation of the several conn
ties in which they aro located. Mr.
llarter does not state it any too
strongly when he says that tho law
, which taxed the State bank out of
^ its existence "cannot bo enforced
and would not in 1892 be upheld by
Ahc Supreme Court of the United
States as now constituted." We
pointed out the unconstitutionality
of the act when it was passed nearly
thirty years ago. We cannot say
Br4 what the decision of the Federal
court would be if the case was sub*
mitted to it, but we are very clear
that Congress has so power to make
a levy on the issue of a State institutes
for any such purpose. It will be
admitted, without a question, that
Congress cannot prohibit a State
bank' from issuing its notes as currency.
An act containing such a
provision would bo laughed at as a
dead letter. Tf a direct prohibition
of such issues is not within the power
of the Federal government, then an
indirect prohibition in the shape of a .
tax levied for this sole purpose is j
clearly beyond the limit of Federal
authority.
The argument in which the author
shows that no State bank notes of in j
ferior qualify of deficient value will i
ever again either to secure or retain ,
circulation is masterly and wholly
unanswerable. The plea that the
circulation of State banks would in- ;
cline to bo local rather than general 1
is one of the strongest arguments in <
their favor. As Sir. llarter very,
justly remarks, -'This is precisely
the feature which the West and 1
South needs, and there is no ques- 1
tion but that out of this would come <
advantages to the new and growing
sections of our country, and to those (
in which capital is least abundant,
which cannot be given them by any j1
volume of minted coin oranyquanti j
ty of legal tender notes because of j
the tendency of both to flow away
from such regions and to the great
money centres."
One of the strom* arguments in !
0 " o ? |
iti favor of the State bunk issues is
their perfect flexibility and the un?!
deniable fact that they meet the;
pressing needs of all classes of the
people precisely at the time when
the demand for such currency is
most urgent. We notice that 1
the partisan politicians are arguing
against the repeal of the 10 per cent,
tax, which drove the notes of State 1
banks into a forced retirement be i
cause a plea for it has been put into I<
one of the party platforms, and the
other side are afraid that theiroppo- <
tients will make some gain among I <
the people "if the favor is granted." i
We desire once for all to say to the j
demagogues of all parties that this is i
not asked Congress as a boon to be I
granted or refused at the pleasure of
tho politicians, but as a ratification of
a most egregious blunder which can
not he made too soon. Congress had
no right to tako such action. It would
he a graceful thing for that body to 1
do if it would repeal the act and
leave the matter once more in the
hands of the State. Hut the Federal
(lovernnieiit cannot help itself if the
State oanks choose to claim their i
rights in the courts. A retreat from j
an untenable position would look
better than a defeat, which must i
come if Congress persists in this us- i
urpation. i
Hints for BoysA
gentleman advertised for a boy
to assist him in his ollice, nearly fifty
applicants presented themselves before
him. ()ut of the whole number
he selected one and dismissed tho ;
rest. (
"I should like to know," said a i
friend, "on what ground you selected |
that l>oy, without a single recommendation?''
"You are mistaken,'' said the gentleman;
"he has a groat many: lie j
wiped his feet when he oame in and j
closed the door after him, showing i
that he was careful; gave up his seat
to that lame old man showing that |
ho was kind and thoughtful; he took
off his cap when he came in, answered
my questions promptly and respect- ?
fully, showing that he was polite and i
gentlemanly; ho pickodjup a book,
which I had purposely laid upon the ,
lloor, and replaced it on the table, i
while all the rest stepped over it or I
shoved it aside, and he waited quiet, i
ly for his turn, instead of pushing
or crowding, showing that he was i
honest and orderly. When 1 talked
with him, I noticed that his clothes
were carefully brushed, his hair in
nice order and his teeth as white as
milk; and when he wrote his name, 1
noticed that his finger nails were 1
clean, instead of being tipped with
jet, like that handsome little fellow's j
in the bine jacket. Don't you call '
these things letters of recommendation?
I do; and I would give more
for what 1 can tell about a boy by
using my eyes ten minutes than all
the letters of recommendation he can
frire mo.''
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Learn Addition. 1
A short time ago, si boy was
thrown out into the world to enter i
the fight for bread and butter. Ho
secured a position in a wholesale
store. The first work his employer i
gave him was a column of figures to '
add.
Rapid, accurate addition is abso- 1
lutely essential to the clerk or the f
book keeper?in fact, to almost eve- '
ryonc. The bank cashier needs addition
in 4,making up his cash," the
lawyer, in the settlement of estates, 1
making* out accounts for guardians *
and wards; the farmer, in weighing 1
his cotton, or in finding the weight 1
of the hogs he has killed. Now, this 1
important subject of addition can
only be learned by constant practice. *
It should.be learned in childhood. If I
this important subject has been no <
glected, however, it will pay any one (
to give %fcw minutes daily to the
study, Much can be acquired in a
short time. I
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"4Jc True to You
(WAY, S.C., T
TO QUARANTINE THE STATE- [
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The Board of Health Takes Decisive
ActionThe
State.
As intimated in this paper some
three or four days ago tho State of
fTsimlinji will lift iilumxl iiiwlnr nii;tr- i
? I? '1
an tin? by the action of the State
Board of Health and the procl'ima
tion of the (Jovernor at the first, sign
jf danger.
Henceforth, therefore, all passcn- ;
ger trains will be examined by modi
eal quarantine inspectors at all points
on the border and in tho State, they
must show ar clean bill of health or
else go into quarantine. Such ex- j
animation will be made by men, too,
who are clothed with unlimited authority,
and it will be well nigh an
impossibility for the dread Asiatic
cholera to obtain wntrance into this:
State.
The State Board of Health, or
rather the quarantine committee
thereof, met in this city yesterday I
morning in accordance with the announcement
made yesterday morning.
There were present at the meeting
Dr. T. Grange Simons, Charleston;
Charles It. Taber, Fort Motto; Conip- i
(roller General ICIlorbe and Attorney
General McLnurin.
At considerable length the board!
discussed the need of establishing a
quarantine for the State und all the!
details incident thereto.
SIM I'l.Y I'll EC A FTION'A UY.
They took very decisive action but;
desire it stated that they do not fear
the appearance of cholera in South
Carolina, but they have acted simply
und purely in a precautionary way so
us to prevent an epidemic no mutter
what circumstances may arise.
7IIK COAST 18 SAFE.
They feel that the coast means of j
ingress is already well protected, and
that they have nothing to fear 01,
that score, and now their desire is to
guard the interior by the railroad
routes. Thero will be no unnecessary
detention of trains, and no interence
with the running of tho regular
schedules. They hope to do
all the law requires in a quiet and
speedy way.
'I'lin linn nl il I'll f trwl 11 i irnr>l it unit ii hi
which Governor Tillman was asked
to sign calling upon all railroad ail- i
thoritios to assist the health ollicers
in the discharge of their duty, and
proclaiming the State under quarantine
from center to circumference.
They decided to establish fourteen
stations in various portions of the
State along the railway lines, at
which quarantine inspectors would
be stationed.
This morning Drs. Taber and
Simons will start out to tnake a tour
among these stations so as to select
the very host men obtainable and
have them placed in charge at once
il.-i it - 1 _ mi
t?u mui uiey can get worn, iney
will choose only active voung men,
who are graduates of medical colleges
of recognized standing in the country.
These inspectors will board trains
and issuo health certificates to the
prssengers which, by the way, will
be of great use to them elsewhere. If
they think it necessary they can detain
trains and disinfect them before
allowing them to proceed.
(fUAHANTINK STATIONS.
The stations agreed upon are. as
follows: * #
Spartanburg and Asheville railroad
at Karle's Station.
Port ltoyal and Western Carolina
road, Savannah Valley road, and
South Carolina road at Hamburg.
Chrleston and Savannah road ai
Hardeeville
South IJound road at Carrol ton.
Charlotte Air Line at Seneca City.
Wilmington, Chadboum and Conway
at Conway.
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
at Nichola.'
Florence railroad at Dillons.
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
railroad at Bennettsville.
Palmetto railroad and Cheraw and
Darlington road at Cheraw.
Chester and Lenoir, Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta railroad, and
Thiee C's road at Rock Hill.
The board can if it sees (it chpngc
kL? ~ ? - r A 1 ~1 - .
uim luuutiun ui any 01 inu stations
e;iven above.
\ IISOI.UTK AUTHORITY FOR IN8PBC
TORS.
The inspectors will be appointed
under the State, which gives them
ilmost unlimited power. They can
stop trains, if necessary, and even
refuse to allow them to enter the
State.
The board does not propose to make
Iroublo for tho railroads or passen
jjers but it is determined that the
;holera shall bo kept out of Sottth
Carolina.
(JOV. TILLMAN'S C0UR8K.
The proclamation drafted by tho
aoard of health was presented Gover
r Word, Your Work and Y
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nor Tillinun yesterday afternoon by
the Attorney General. lie has taken
it under advisement and says ho will
wait for a few days for further signs,
of danger to apppcar and then sign,
the document. Governor Tillman
snys that while he is more than an
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AIUU5 HJ [lIl'VWIll llll! JIUSS1 Ol 11IV UI
the introduction of cholera into this
Slat.?, he does not wish to inconvenience
any one till it would seem necessary.
Just for FunAt
Sea.?And why is a ship called
she?'' lie?Aye, ma'am! because
the rising costs so much.?Judy.
Soulful Youth (languidly)?Do
you sing " Forever and Forever?"
She?(practically) ?No, [ stop for
meals. ? Brooklyn Life.
Johnny at his reading lesson comes
to the word ''Corrode, to eat
away.'' I say, mamma, didn't 1 cor
rode at that jam pudding to day?"
Quack:?So you prefer mo to Dr. I
Mill? Mrs. Mulligan- Och, indeed. |
docther, dear, ye ro a dale better
than the other ould humbug.?Harper's
Bazar.
The Hearing of it.- Then, perhaps!
you're afraid that I couldn't support
a wife? Not in the least; but 1 think 1
thht a wife might find you insupportable-?.1
udy.
"O Dear!" sighed Henry, whose
clothes are all made of papa's old
ones, "'Papa's had his moustache |
shaved olT, an' 1 suppose I've got to
wear it now."?London Tid-Bils
Mrs. Con Finding- These are my
diamonds, Bridget; They are blue
and of the lirst water. Bridget Launderry?Shore,
mum, who ever heard
of blue in the lirst water. -Jewelers
Weekly.
Cioslin ? I?till?have called sir, to
?ahem!?awsk for your daughter's
hand. Old Kidder? My dear boy,
have you any idea of the quantity of
gloves she needs in the course of a
year. ? Black ahd White.
He was an old merchant who de
votes much time to his advertising.
"John," said his wife, "what do you
want put on your tombstone?" He
answered "O it isn't important what
the text is so long as it gets good
space and is well displayed."?
Washington Star.
"Why were you discharged from
your last place?" "It was just this
way. The boss said it was time to!
tako stock, and I took all I could, j
He went hack on what he said and
threatened to have mo arrested; so I
loft."-?Puck.
"Darling," sa d the young man, j
"your oyes afro like diamonds, your
lips like rubies, your teeth like pearls
your hair like jet " "George,"
she interrupted, "remember that you
work in a jewelry store Don't talk
shop."?Washington Star.
Fair Visitor (to convict)?1 suppose,
sir, that the singing of the
birds relieves the monotony of your
dreary life? Convict (profoundly
nonplussed?The singing of the
birds, miss? Fair Visitor?Yes sir;
tlio little jail birds, you know. They
must bo such a boon.
Grocer?You say that your wife,
Uncle Kastus, supports the family
by taking in washing? IJnclo Kastus?
Yes sail. Grocer?Well, don't
you feel a littlo bit ashamed at
times? Uncle Kastus?Shamed? No
sah; dere's nothin' degradin' 'bout
takin' in washin'. Ise proud ob do
ole 'ooman.
Mrs. Morris Parko?to her bosom
friend?rDear me, Sarah, I only wish
I was able to go out as you do; but
it seems, as iff was always to bo
tied up in the house! Mrs. Klintliayr?Why
dont you discharge
your girl, Amanda? Maybe you
could get an after neon oil yourself,
then once in a while!
Little Girl?Mrs. Grown, ma
wants to know if she could borrow a
dozen eggs. She wants to put 'em
under a hen. Neighbor?So you'vo
got a lien sitting, have you? 1
didn't know you kept hens. Little
Girl?No ma'am, we don't, but Mrs.
Smith's goin' tor lend us a hen tlut
want's ter set, an' ma thought ff you'd
lend ns some eggs we'll linn a nestj
ourselfs.
Awfully Mortified. -MEdward,"
said his fond wife as she appeared at
the bedside, "aren't you ashamed to
lie there at this hour on Sunday
morning?" "Well, my dear," he re
plied, as he opened one eye and let
it softly close again, "I do feel mortified,
but I hope to sleep it off bofore
you got back from church."
Not so Propound as it Appeared.?
In the time of the anti-slavery ex
citement a sympathizing pro slavery
minister told Wendell Philips that if
tho business in life was to save negroes
he ought to go South where
they were and do it. "That's worth
thinking of," replied Phillips. "And
what is your business if life?" "To
save men from hell," replied the
minister. "Then go to hell and
mind your own business/' said Mr.
Phillips.
our Country"
PTEMBEK 29,
A RACE FOR A VOTE
A 275-Pound Re|iul)lican Who
Will Have to Vote for Cleveland.
Two fat men opened the campaign
at the 8tocU yards the other day.
One was u republican and the other
a democrat. They jawed about the
tariff and the silvor ruination fur n
liulf hour and then begun to banter
each other on running a foot-race.
Nelson Hush, the republican,
weighs 27f? pounds, but
manages to get around through the
yards at a lively clip and has always
claimed to he light on his feet for
such a diofty man." Several times
he has defouted other big men in
running matches.
Moses Weinberg is a Herman,
lie weighs 2J10 pounds and is democratic
to the last ounce. After dis
cussing politics with Bush, he agreed
to run a foot-race, the loser to vote
the other man's ticket this fall. Severs
witnessed the agreement, which
was made in Kxehange hail. While
the two contestants were pulling off
their coats a crowd of 10() people
from the stock yards and ollices look
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toed a murk atone oml of the liall
and the spectators, in top boots and
shirt, sleeves, lined up along the
course. It was agreed that the first
who touched the big blackboard
should be declared winner. The
two moved off in a ponderous lope
that caused the windows to rattle.!
Hush set the pace at lirst, but the
man from Augusta, carrying nearly
fifty pounds less weight, drew away
from him and jammed into the
blackboard three lengths ahead.
While the race was on all the traders
howled with cxcitemont.
"That means the whole democratic
ticket, from top to bottom,"'said
Weinberg, as lie putted to get bis
breath back.
"Not much," said the defeated
man. "Ill vote for Cleveland, but I
can't stand the county ticket."
Ways ot King's Daughters,
The fiat went forth from the president
tf a King's Daughter circle
last Juno that each member of the
circle should earn *.r> during the .summer
months.
They were not allowed to beg this
money or have it donated?work
nuist he done for navment? and in a
just fair manner.
Divers anil various were the ways
of this little hand. Their methods
proved ingenious. One busy matron
tnado loaves of her excellent home
made broad and cake which she sold
at reasonable prices to hor delighted
friends.
"Aunt l^ggy" ironed her liusband's
white vests charging 25 cents
a piece. The literary member saved
*2.50 from her earning, and argued
that a penny saved was equal to two
oarned so that hor $5 was complete.
Two practical princesses who were
away at the same summer resort
darned stockings for less ambitious
women, besides doing all sorts of
mending?all for a consideration.
Home china was painted and sold
by tho artistic worker. A merry
girl, while visiting friends, picked
berries and sold thorn to her hostess
at market price. Tho society butterfly
of the circlo was in despair?she
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won hi no noming practical, but
she could dance, so that talent was
utilitod. She taught tho awkward
sununcr young man all the latest
fancy steps in dancing, and after
experiencing the weariness of the
dancing master magnified tenfold,
the required sum was realized.
Some Southern friends gave another
member orders for handsome
finger-bowl doilies. Hat, trimming
was resorted to by the deft-lingered
girl who retrimmed and refurnished
dilapidated much-worn summer
hats.
One King's Daughter visited her
friends and polished up their cut
glass table ware preparatory to the
opening of their town house.
"Little I'riscilla,'' who always was j
a sweet picture, posed for her ambitious
artistic chum, and who shall
say but that her lot was the hardest?
The hank of this hand is replenished
and the circle is ready for a
winter's earnest work.
Why Rails Will CreepTho
creeping of rails has attracted
gome attention of late, and while we
do not attempt to explain it we offer
a point on tho fact that on lines run
mug norm ii11(i sou in me western
rail "creeps" faster than the eastern
rail; that is. this strange movement
of the rail toward the south is more
marked in 0110 rail than the other on
on tho same track, says the Scientific
American.
Furthermore, it has been noticed
that on such a line the eastern rails
wear out the fastest. Both of these
points we think, can be explained by
the motion of tho earth as it turns
from the west toward the cast. Motion
tends to overcome gravitation,
A rapid skater Hies over tho thin
ice wouthout breaking through, and
a train at high speed has boeu known
to loap a broken bridge unharmed.
1892.
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Momentum overcomes grnvitn'ion,
ami the greater the speed thu loss
i weight <?u the rails. K very thing
that has free motion is dragged after
| the whiiling globo, every wind that
i blows and overy tide that moves
feels the influence, and oar train
going north or south is pulled over
toward the east, and naturally press
es the eastern rail most heavily.
The western rail, being relieved of
i its share of weight, "creeps'' more
freely and quickly. It is also notic
ed that the wheels that run on tne
eastern rails wear out first, and we
J can but think that this earth motion
is tho true cause. The practical side
I oi itiis is t hat i lie eastern rails ami
j wheels should be strongest.
Wise Words.
Don't look for llaws in people.
I.idle sins belong to big families.
A man with a short head needs
long legs.
hi very man who will tell a lie will
live one.
Love never goes baek because it
j hears a lion roar.
It is when the grass is green that
j the scythe is sharpened.
I Truth never touches a man and
leaves him as it found him.
The man who is true to himself is
a friond to everybody.
HutLorllios make a great show, but
they don't mak? any honey.
No man can injure himself mortally
without hurling other people.
If nobody ever got mad there
would never be an intentional murder.
The way to do a great deal <>f
work is to he continually doing a little.
Putting mittens <>n a tiger will
| never make him lose his taste for
| hloud.
When evil is overcome with good,
1 the surrender is always unconditional.
The reason some men remain honi
est is because they are watched too
| close.
No man can build a house without
i telling others a good deal about, himself.
Know tho laws that have to be
passed to restrain a man, and you
know the man.
If wo had no suffering in this life
nobody could understand what love
means.
The big head is one of the hardest
things in thic world to cure men of
completely.
The man who lives to help other
' people will soon have other people
I living to help him.
The woman who marries a man
to reform him undertakes a job that
will ruin her compleixon
There are so many folks who are
always wanting to pick out crosses
for other people to carry.
When ever you cannot see anything
good in other people you can
make up your mind that yon need a
revival in your heart.
"Home Sweet Home."
This may be almost regarded as a
national song, so widely is it known.
Indeed there are undoubtedly many
who can sing ' Home, Sweet Homo''
who do not know a stanza of "The
Star Spangled Hanncr1'
It whs written by .John Howard
Payne, a native of New York City,
born June I), 1792, lie became .in
actor, making his debut there in
1809. In 1819 ho went to London
I and became highly popular. After
j a while ho forsook tho stago for tlie
pleasures of authorship, and wrote
and adapted many plays. le was
appointed American consul at Tunis
1 in 18-11, ? being probably the only
| actor who ever held tnat position,?
I and remained thore until his death
in 18o2. His body w is removed to
Washington, and there interred in
1883. Those is a popular story to
tho effect that Payne wrote tho poem
while in deep poverty, even the fie1
tails of a stormy night, a bright
light in windows of beautiful home,
a staggaring homeward to write by
tho light of a tallow candle, bring
given. Hut it is safe to say, from
consultation of the best authorities,
that this is wholly untrue, as I'avno
It " y
had mi exceptionally prosperous
though liittor 1 v quiet c??roer, and
was "homeless'' simply because lie
never married, owing to a disappointment
in early manhood. The words
of the song are found in one of his
plays called "(Jiari," arranged to a
Sicillian air. It has long had a peculiar
interest as the favorite encore
song of the celebrated singer Adehna
Patti, who sings it so affectingly and
with suoh exquisite pathos as often
to bring tears to the oyes of her auditors.
People in liondon write on an
average 67,511 letters a day, rcqnir
ing 50 gallons of ink.
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NO. 11
THE JEFF- DAVIS MEMORIAL.
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It will he Erected in the City of
Richmond
Richmond, Vh., Sept. 20.?The
committee from the United Confederate
Veterans and the ofiicers of tho
Ie(T. Davis .Monument Association
met in the parlors of the Exchange
Motel this morning, at 10:130 oclock.
(Jen. W. U. ('ahott of Texas presided
over the meeting, and the otlior
gentlemen present were Mayer Kllyson,
N. V. Randolph, ex .Judge
Ceorgc L. Christian, John S. 1*21 let,
(Jen. Roy ton Wise and Col. S. A.
Cunningham of Tonnessee. A telograui
received from (Jen. \V. L. Calhoun
of Atlanta, stated that ho was
unavoidably kept away.
(Jon. Wise was added to the committee
appointed to prepare an address
to the people of the South. It
was resolved that Monroo Parte bo
|chosen as the site for tho proposed
I monument to President Davis, and
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emit mm, itr.tviu I'JliyXUU, JH'OSlllCUt
of tho .Joff Davis Monument Associciution,
bo requested to a->k thccoun!
ci 1 for the tide of so much of tho
park us may bo needed for tho oroctioo
of tho monumciiut
The following appeal was adopted;
To tiik SotniiEUN Phopi.k:
At tho rounion in April last of
Confederato Veterans in New Orleans,
Gen. John H Gordon, their
comnuvndcr, by their direction appointed
a committee consisting of
one person from each of tho Confederate
States and Indian Territory to
devise means to promptly erect, at
some suitable place their memorial
to .Jefferson Davis.
That committee met on the 17th
inst., in this city, it has ratified the
preference expressed by Mrs. Davis
for Uichiuoiul VnM as the proper
sight for such a memorial, It has
determined that not less than $350,
000 shall he raised for that purpose,
and that there shall ho an organization
in every State of the South,
through which the offerings of the
people shall (low to the accomplishment
of this patriotic and pious
work.
Phis money will be raised speedily.
This monument will rise, and soon,
to be an everlasting memorial, not
otdy of the patriot and statesman
who honorably and bravely led your
fortunes in times that wrung your
souls, but of the ineffable valor and
devotion of t ho most heroic soldiery
which the soldiery that the world
ever saw, whom lie typified while he
commanded.
No other hands than ours can he
relied upon to put stones upon this
site. Our own hard earned mite
must mainly accomplish its rearing.
Our own sweat must chiefly stream
upon its uplifting.
^lf our poverty has been and continues
to bo great, it has at least
made us rich in love for each other.
If our lives have boon one long tale
of sacrifice, and threaten more, the
most willing of those to come must
be that one which will keep green
forever tnc memories of our hist land
and our dead brothers.
Love and self sacrifice build more
monuments than money ever did, or
ever will, and wo will, and we now
gladly and confidently bid you to
illustrate it. The men and women
who fought for the Confederacy,
and their descendants, must quarry
this monument out of their heart's
blood, if need be. It were best in
every case that thev shoul 1.
The Southern Press Association,
the United Confederate Veterans
and the Jefferson Davis Monument
Association of Virginia, chartered by
that State, have all been united for
this great purpose, into one body,
under the general direction of tho
United Confederate Veterans. There
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j is iiui uutgcoruam eiemnnt nnywuero.
I Our organization will soon bo completed.
Whcr. it is, lot us all be at
I work.
All remittances for this purpose
I should be niad? to John ?S. El let,
j president of the State Hank at Rich
| rnond \'a., who is the bonded treasurer
of the general organization.
(Signed) -W. L. Cabell, Texas;
John M. llarrel, Arkansas; Charles
! G. Johnson, Louisiana; John L. Gait
Indian Territory; 1. L. Poner, Mississippi;
W# Ii. Calhoun, Georgia; J.
Taylor Kllysoo, Virginia; L'eyton
Wise, Virginia; W. D. Chesternian,
i Virgina; S. A. Cunningham, Tenj
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