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Senator Mill-.' Spccrli Some' of tin*
. Hvils ol' I'roteelioiit-:V Kliroiijj I'itm
entalion of the l>,onj<?rrat Ic Sole.
. W as1 iini .Ti >\\ .April Imtifotiij
i*t iy\i! ' ! the reading nf" yesitci'tluy^
jitarnn!. \ ie Senate hoWlaiMVKof exivmp
Vive albiwion and then at* I p. in. tlfodej
bate oi? the turitlf hill:was nwiim/wi > ?)
Mr. Mills closed the " general debate"'
on tho l)i inocrutio side in fcupiitfrV' of
tho Mil. : . "
- IJv ry ant? f legislation, tie*said, tvds
nooociiai ily an.act of o^ouippomiso ; anil
none more so lliuufuie which! iiiipiMes
a duty on imports, 'llho; peiifMiirf' RWl
liit ii;it ir.oo?t his dntirb -approval; *:Vml
lie doubled i I it met tho entire approiul
?>f any of the goMlMnon oil his'sidb. of
tho chamber. I hit. as it was, it should
liuy.e^ is cordial support.. If ho should
tmhk tout there was a prospect of iim
proving..', lie might olTer and support
s<piie ,a: in* in I incuts. I liit whether .ho
succeeded in having apiendments ongrafti
il on it or not. he should bo,w ?t<?
the faVIIective judgment on hissido of
tfte Miami) a', and should support whatever
cpnei ision it reached. .LJlhlwliov-t
ed*tl)at that was diu* from him.and due
from every party man, because the
tariff bill was a strict party inqasutvu,!
and fi;\ I been one since the foundation
of tho 'government. . *.
If he had been chosen to .eonjdlyujt
the bill, and hud the fo.rty-fonr Dejng-cratlc
Senator ni .perfect accord \yiub
bis views, be vy'ould have con->t ruotcjl
it >n very d | tie rent lines. 11$ wouljJ
not have l?-ft. eollee and tea on the free
list, and taxed woplen and'eotton gtfulp
or the inAnnfai;(urers of iron and SVeb
lie would have' put a tax on eofToe. tea
and sugar.. Wliy.g I localise that would
fJarry out the Democratic principle of
/obtaining the revenues of the government
with' the ledst possihle'buVden to
the taxpayoV. His- republican 'frionds*
had put .duties on eotton floods tind
woolen goods, and on'iron and steel
beeauno in that way, while raising'
revenues'for tTie government,'four or
five times as much wont to the fnvprf.-d
classes.
lie charged the Kepuhlieans with
having deceived the farmers by the.
promise that under their protective
system a home market would bo built
up : that non-agricultural fiascos wfcufd
he brought into the country to consume
the surplus wheat of the Northwest.
And yet the surplus product of this
country, which had either to go to
waste or seek a foreign market, was
enormous. As to competition from
India, he declared thai a bushel of'
wheat could not ho produced in.'Iti/lia
and laid "down in the city of NowYOrk
in competition with a bushel of wheat
raised in, IJakpta-or anywhere in the
raited-States i and that even the cosj
of transportation, to Loudon eoujd he
paid ami still Americans wheat w'puld
compete there with the wheat from
India, lie iiad been told by a farmer'
from California, the other day," tfiat lie"
could gather 1,200 bushels of wheat in
one day at a labor coat not exceeding 'Z
cents a husliel, and yot Republicans
got up "scary talk " to frighten fanners
about the'competition with India,
where ploughing was ?ti 11 done with
the fork of a tree and reaping done
with .a small band hook. Thby'lwUl
been singing 'to the farmers'of'the
United States the little sons.'': ' *? '
Hush 1 Hush ! Hush ! ' '
The bogey man is coming ;
You've got no show, ' '
You'd better lie low.
Jle'll catch you if he can."
They had boon thus trying to frighten
men who produced ten or twenty
times as much wheat as tho farmers in
India, and at a labor cost live or six
times less.
The Republican doctrine was opposed
to trading with foreign people and
wanted i<? build tif> a 'hbme'-tn&rket.
Rut here was live billions worth of
manufactured products to be consumed
at home. Ilow was that'going'to bo
consumed ?
In order to carry out the Republican
doctrine, pcoplo won hi liavo tono imported
to consume these products. Tho
Democratic doctrine was to-export the
product all over the world, where tho
people live and wi.iere tlioy should i\j-(
main. The Republican doctrine,oh'tfto'
contrary, was to i.irifiort pedple to eon
same the surplus agricultural "pro-1
duets*, nhd* it wbirlti bbt neoossarV' to
import JttkMopXH) of people to do thai.
The I vepuFilit-airsAvTiuld import Chinese,
and Japanese ami Soudenoso and Mai-'
teso and Chimpaneso to join ("oxoy's
army among the' aborigines. (Laughtor.
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lit* had boon "taught by his ploifs
mother to road the Hi hie, and ho romo
m ho rod reading of Klijah, whore lie
attuokod tho 100 false prophets of By.aJ[.
and slaughtorodthom," Is w&s thought,
thon that all the false prophets wore
dead : hut it seemed that some of them
got away. And they, had come down
to the present time, and' had told the
people H<n>histries in order to soothe
them. The United States would hare
had in 1801 the agonies, which it was
passing through now, if it had not
been that the crop of JM01 had been
more valuable than- that of fftoo, and
the crop of 1890 nu>i;e valuable than
that of 1880. Tho crop of ispi had increased
% $<>0o,O()O,00y pr .$8004)00,000
in value, and that fact had kept off the
panic. The panic had not come, as
was charged, with tho advent of tho
Democratic administration. Tho storm
signal had been hoisted before. The
people had been admonished/to look
out for squalls. And on the 8th fit November,
1892, tho people had felt tho
squall was coming. The crop of 185)2
had fallen below that of 1891 to the
amount of $200,090,000, and the crop of
- wv.? u.. ?l L.llon fluit. I Hi) '2 tfJ
]tt?M IJ lit I uui^u wivtf v..,?v .
Jtiie amount of $600,000,()<)<? in value.
A ml the country was now whore it had
been In I MM!). And .still they wore told
hy tho Republicans that tho Dome ratio
adminiatration hud brought on
the panic and had lillcd tho streoU
with wr< tube I people. But'it was the
oxhau iivt taxation under tho MoKin
ley bill and the exhaustive obstruc
I,ions in it that' had prostrated the
fanners of t,his county ; and When tin
fanners felt t he strain thoy sircfobec
out their arms aod, .. fHio Samson
pulled tho wliolo fabric over tli>o head*
.of all. " I' ' '
Great Britain imports wheat'from al
countries of tho world? from' Kussia
Germany, Franco, Austria, Jtotonania
Turkey, Kgjjpt, . India and tho (t'nite<
Stat. H. It imported f>2 por eent.iof itr
wheat from* the Uuitod States aiu
would gladly take thm wholq lot it)
supply from the United .btates, wore i
If not that tho American tariff pu|U atoj
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to importations of ^English mauufacturod
tfoods. His Republican friends,
1 he said, wore very solicitous about reciprocity.
They wanted reciprocity. Sc
did Democrats. Hut what was reciprocity
V It meant fhjiV trade if it
. ineaql anything. It mount * reolproi'A'l
advantages in trade. If Kbpublleans
wanted reciprocity, vyihy rwoulyi-.thtity
noj,,j<)in with, the ijunuict'at* and
.jet reciprocity with (jeeat JJritai 11.
\t i*. Mi I is W i> f 11. <m t.(\ t.lint
. Amor loan Inbrtr "Svatf tlfi'b'>'cheapest in
j* the wtftdxl- Un' pooiv'-t paid, in proportiprrto
What it pt,(Ahiecd.C Uiid tluit
t w'i vcn iu jnanufiioturv* wuasffMP
ihi(*<\<l. cheaper .in the UrtiteU' Stasis
. t.li^wr unywjjere else on earth. fhi
ipitted-fromf ii speech- of.Blaine to the
j effect that tho tarilt was . "u i|ucs.tig>i)
of v'ltybdr frOni skin to .core and. from
cow back tiAskin a^un/Vaud lio ask?M
why, -in the lnimo of. ,?pporj ,a!V> tro$shd
pyoplo i>C. tfoo conn-try.only-n
psiiMilkpuvt of the-dt?*y oft rnaffufaeljjfcjjfl
! articles /\vfy*
j-for in^n/ibf?..<:VVii*i hiss- t?uiH?$.l. a 'ton
paid to theditbpr<*r; for'prfrdh^jJlj a',t\i$
! of steel-rails:'|jy (die .t'\\tt-ikV^V V
!l?. Ah t<> the' reduction of>wprfce? ofl
1 all articling t which? pmfc<Jctiom4st? ?s;
oribod to tho tariff. Mills asked why it
" Was. if t ^e .ljw Ut-ijiduebd ^pci?"oliiti i/'t/hi\
t Ujnitod States, free trade reduced
4 tliom in Great Britain, and lie asserted
tliat prices "had been brought down
j everywhere by improved methods of
production, by machiu^tyi'i'by inven'
;tions. , .. JfC- ' jY ^ /,? . = in
Adaiji'said,;' had stuck
pins i?~-#)i}& fameAifruist- tttoory in
j Great Britain afidjb&jo,dbmmoVi school
in this country yvUa'atlcking pins in it
now, and woyftlpditinuo to stick pins
i in it unti.l it. \>uis dead ip this country
as it was ikiMr.in Great. Britain. At
first thuMrtjyparo t>f protection was the
enoouragji rot of infunt nuinufncI
tories, ^nijl that tluV ground was
| shifted and*the tariff Was said to bo
. for tho protection of American workmen
agaifuft .tho pauper s labor of
Kuropo* 'ff$> assorted, however, that
tho Amoiyeicn workmen ephJd only bo
protected! by finding constant employ;
ment: and lid could* only (Jud constant
j employment whqu^his jn'otluekj *wore
' sold at their loweStr^iossiblo And
l.their cost (Jo^ld" oply bo do\v *vhon
I'taxes wore ije moved from all \the maI
torfuls of uiaiuifiteture, so that his produets
could go rtiio all tho markets of
tho world.
" Kmanoipato our pe.oplo," Mr.
Mills exclaimed. ,lCivo ..thorn* a
phanoo to show ,tlieii* skill, their
' go plus. Give theni their natural .and
' hcayeu-boru rights. jGivo'il^iJju hack
; the ocean : and* then the wop kin en will
'pvt. be.coming to Washington* toItn.
ploro the government to do something
.for them. Their remedy is to go
home, go to the ballot box and swoop
out of existence tho party which dares
to pile taxation upon them, and
destroy their chance of getting a
market for tho salv of their goods.
The ballot box is their place, not
Washington'"
Coming to tho question of tho income
tax, Mills asked why should not
wealth be taxed. Of all tho rig i its.
ho said, that depended f#r protection
upon associated power property was
the" most dependent. Tho poor man
required Utile'ff-om the government;
unit why Mtbdl'd-. ho bo persecuted to
death with; taxation on everything
that. was. necessary for his existence?
When pci>plo*''\v.$ro associated together
in government*?if it was a fair
iinu just government?every citizen
should contribute'his proper shuro toward
. its 'support; and .his proper
share) was vto be determined 'by the
aimrunt which ho. had to' be protected
l>y the strong organized poyver ofitho
government, lie quptyd from Adam
Smith as laying down the 'principle
that the "subjects of every State
ought to contribute towards the support
of the government as nearly as
possible in proportion to their respective
abilities a^hat 'a, in proportion
to the revenue, which" they respectively
enjoy under tl\o protection
of thelState." And he added that the
Amcr^an people intended that that
should be done. .
l^e declared that ho \yas,? no eoinipmuhrst,
no anarchist, and t.|iat there
1 ^uts no.difference in his mind between
the nlillionaire and the poor- man as to
' jflioir being entitled to the protection
of the government. If necessary he
, Mmld exhaust ail the respurees of the
govbrmnent to protect thy millionaire
in all. his rights. He would call to
arms every able-bodied man' from-.thy
Pacific to the Atlantic, in order, to
protect the 'millionaire and the'poor
man alike. J lis motto was, Kqual
rights to all, and exclusive priyileges
to nono."
* (in what sprt of yrlnciplo, lie askod,
did tho owners of wealth insist that
they should not ho taxed? Ho recalled
the fact that some years, .ago,
when the i?tato of Pennsylvania was
unable to protect railroad property at
I'ittslmrg, Federal troops had to ho
sent there; and ho added, that that
railroad company had n'ovop pontrihuted
one cent to the Federal'gbvVi
ernmont.
Tho income tax had heon denounced
to tho# Senate by tho Senator from
New - York (Mr. Hill) as socialistic,
anarchistic aud wbcUonal; hut when
the poor laborer had to pay DS4 per
cent, duty on the shirt he woro, that
tax was not so denounced. All taxes,
he .repeated, should he assessed in proportion
to tho ability of tho taxpayer
to pay, and in proportion to the property
which ho had to he protected,
lie had never hoard that tho Senator
from New York, when ho was Governor
of that t^tate, had called on tho
1 Legislature to repeal tho income tax
there : and if such a tax was a fair one
for thoStaUypf Now York, why was;it
not also a*al^ one for tho United
- states. It uiAii useloss, ho exclaimed,
to (leiicnipodf7lH> income tux as odious,
sectional an&P inquisitorial. It was
' useless to m^ke-gophifltWial argument*
against tho jdfrht and duty of every
man to contrj^>iito to tho support of the
' government. ' H'has got to he do no
> The American -people woro in earnesl
I about it. Tf this Congress did not dc
, It, tho next would. It was going to be
* done. It was pf-ohlbitory legislation
that w.as closing American market*
1 and driving" unemployed people int<
, tho highways, bringing them to Wash
ington, in thousands, to plead, 'not foi
i their rights, out for fallacies, mort
- ruinous and impracticable than those
1 under which thov were living now.
^ ln?oouelijsion, Mr. Mills said: Thor<
t is a duty devolving op this body. I
? cannot be xcuaed, Wo must pam
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this bill. \1 K14'iV wo can,
butrwo iiiuwtif?asH it.-' Wo .must' not
only pass it, but \vc must 'atop this
? buslnoss of .iiOotifrUliUy talking about
it. and'pnss it?' The '.ynoiyt-iin people
, 'hatlte-tnade u|HtliWp iriinds ulknit this
iiiictilape.-^'lkidy have.pot sent iis hero
i ?to tfflk fob ;t vhpk> your: wo
;ha\^'*itvn'nearly' a your in di.s
Viisbifn^ tlCt hi nee the people
Isentbms latere# 'to Ixudvifco tholr will.
^ Thby, ]):?ssed'?i?VAOiV Ibe Question ut thfc
i oleetton in'twi' Tl/oy did not send us
horis#: to hour arjfurtibtH^for a now
r! lrialx ? Tliey.ftuut us lumSto oxeeOlte'
" theft* judgment.,. They-sent as hore to
i; drive the JpLvte'etionfst ej\uniu^ls oiit.
i of tho oouartt^Ti" to restore 'prosperity,
' ainLyto-briHi; > the costly."ftnelf t*rthe
': en jijysnent'of .Its hiitnrhi .V ijflits.' . That
is our duty-.- tt~ is otft; ihnt y so to. niter
thef|)ui'liaiueu.tUivy rultifc of thivrbodv as
?'.thatf woeau vlosb thcC^.erbatyi and brjjitf
* Lt he , matter, t<U issue.* .1 do-* hbt cure
'.what aroktho traditions of.this body as
Mi.to fueo debate.,! if .?
lu tho early history of tho body
]' jther.o was up smi^i ?* llttf buster-'
. iny known. Now.it^i* Jiore.jn delianee
of all laws, and tho minority boJijJy-^iAsuino
that trBey lflajPfproVeot tlvo* ihaj
jority from executing their-will. I
?|-say tliat if forty-frnir Senators on tJwa:-i
side are here for the same purpose as I
am. and if the fort.v-tifth bo seated intheji
presiding btjleor's ebair. 1 would pa$s'jj
thisN bill within loss' than forty-oitfht'
hours.
OOI.tiMlllA'S NEW M ILL.
Itnn by I'heeii'iefty?tautest .Fnotdrji
1'iuler <?ne 'I'i-oof'?A lMj{ ^Cbinjc'.tfbr
tlie Stale t'lipitnl.
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i ujh.-ijhii iu luu una i, miner. .
Columbia, April !!*>.-?-lu. Columbia
i to-day for the first time since the dispensary
decision of the Sunt erne 'Court
I that topic has not-boon all absorbing,
I but instead. tho new cotton mill has
boon discussed. Any city on 1 tho
American continent may well he proud
of such an enterprise. To-day the
water was turned on by .MjAtionnirc
Arotus lllood, and all ^'otumWi is rejoicing
over tho lonfc.pxpectoqJuiiiball- i
important event. *;?t is rogardOd"'fie but
the beginning of aHStlghtor'arm "H'usier
day for the Stato Capital. Already,
the news of tlilt now mill's operations
have gode ata'oad, nnd^td-day Mr,
Nichols, of Craciipoo, *ts'in the City
looking out .tor a site for the erection
of a new cotton mill, .lust watch
Columbia and'sue how soon she will he
at tho head of the manufacturing list. '
i ilor Canal is no longer *a mattfcr of oxI
ucriment. l?'or a' longtjino tho motor
force for tho water-works and Electric
Light Comany has been generated by
the ('anal, but to-day one of tho thousand-horse
power dynamos of tho now
cotton mill was-successfully put in
operation and around went the wheel,
and in turn the weaving, machinery of
what is said to he the largest cotton
factory in America under one roof.
From an early* hour in tho day the
crowd began to gather around the site
of tho new mill. There wore tho substantial
business men of Columbia,
sight-seers, prospectors and the stockItnlflnm
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nvn??.in, h m; uavu iiuiuu tin; ju uji'i't II
reality. They saw up on the highest
point along the bunks of the Canal a
massive but handsome brick structure!
At a glance the immensity of the
building could not be taken in. A
front of about 100 feet, dotted with
windows, was shown on the sido facing
Gervais streot, and the width of the
building is about 150 feet. From the
midst of this structure came the puffs
of smoke out of the boiler room, where
the steam for the heating apparatus is
generated. But even as large as it is,
it is said that tho building is only half
finished. Leading up to tho front
doors of the mill are spur railroad
tracks, which have been built in anticipation
of tho butdnoss, and from the
side extends the substantial iron
bridge, which spans tho Canal and
\leads to the wonderfully constructed
power house. Across the river on the
Lexington sido are tlic rows of houses
that are to-be occupied by tho hundreds
of operatives' vih'o ai^, to run the mill.
Altogether it- Wits a 'picture of enterprise
and progress, and 0110 which
? made every Columbian rojoico that
tin; city, had at .last, through, tho introduction'of
Joycign capital, opened
the Canal to its'legitimate purposes.
.It would bo, bi^th impracticable and
impossible t<i give any adequate idea
; of the arrnngertient of %lio mill or the
machinery in this dispatch. It will,
howovdr, sulllce to say that the owners
have not Spared" money to get the veiy
.best possible .plant, . and that everything
about the place is of the very
latest design. All old stylos of machinery
. .have boon discarded and
everything nbout tho place is as bright
as a new -dollar. On the ground floor
is the plant for the heating and
ventilation of the immense building.
The plant is put in by the General Fire
Extinguishing Company, of Providence,
K. T. They have put up their
, driest class of Sturjtevaut heating and
cooling machinery and have introduced
into the jnill a complete systom of
aorophors which will keep the
moisture and temperature at its proper
stage. The picker rooms and tho
machinery repair shops are also on
this lloor. Tho upper doors are used
for weaving, carding, spinning and
finishing rooms, and on the second
lloor are tho gouoral business odlces.
Near tho-main building is the cotton
ware house, and adjoining tho main
building is the plant for the heatipg
apparatus. Everything about the
place is lUrgo and roomy and all of
the departments have an abundance of
light. 4< .
i The chief product of the mill will bo
, cotAoy dijok.' AH grades will bo manu|
factored, but tho dliiof product, it is
saidj will bo ducking suitable for sails
and tents. It is said that tho comnunv
i has the latest Hail making machine in
i tl?e country, iijxl that it will make the
p oloth wind-proof. One of the machines
, will make cloth olevon feet wide. The
exact capacity of the mill 1h not vet
[ made up, hut oqo of the men said that
> it would amount to about tho equiva>
lent of 20,000 spindles, t^nd that tho
, mill would consuiuo at' leaiit 20,000
4 hales of cotton.
> One of tho novoltics of tho mill is
- that tho only motive, power to' bo used
r In the oporaticm of tho machiney will
be electricity, which will be generated
i by tho turbine wheels, which are to he
run by the power from the Cunal.
i Tho power house for tho present will
t havo two ljOOQ-horae power electric
generators, which will communicate
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the power to fifteen dynamo*distributed
throughout the building. From
ouch of those dynamos in the building'
fifteen shafts will bo run, and in that
way it is said that there will bo a very
groat saving in the amount of friction
ami shafting. This is the tirst experiment
of tho kind upon such a large
scale,' but thero is ovory reason why
tho current should work to advantage.
What little use was made of it this
morning showed that there was no
Ulllloulty in coininiuidins the power.
The three wires which transmit the
power from the power house to the
mill are about the size of a man's arm
ami are run under ground and enclosed
in tar eases. The contract has been
tilled by Chapman Co.,[and they have
'had the good fortune of having Mr.
Brings in charge of their forces. It is
really rt markable to note what safe'guurds
have been taken in the construction
of the power house and the
building of the piers. The power
house is'built on a solid rock foundation,
which is about twenty-five feet
Mown. The building is entirely waterproof
and is solid up to the high water
mark. But more will be said about
this masterpiece of mill structure at a
later day.
> The stockholders held a business
meeting this morning and elected the
following directors: Aretas Blood.
I). "K. fcJortwell, E. S. Converse, C. S.
Marsh, (Jeorgo Wallace, Stephen
Creen. John S. Jenks, Kobert K. Waring
and Charles K. Oliver. All of the
old ollicers were reelected, and Mr.
C. K. 'Oliver will have charge of the
.operation of the mill as its general
manager. After the business meeting
the directors went over to the power
house with the expectation of starting
the wheel, but on account of some
tightening up of the machinery it was
not until a quarter of 2 that I'resident
A rotas' Blood turned the wheoi and
started the machinery of the Columbia
Cotton Mills.
The directors then went to the mill
building to test the dynamos and concluded
about.'1 o'clock. All of the maplti
nn4 ve? ?? ? 1 1> 4 * 4
1...IUV.M v? ii.il (HTIUCI I'ilSO. Ill
will bo about a month before all of the
machinery" is nut inio operation, but
in the meanwhile a portion of the
plant will be used for carding anil at
the close of the month the entire plant
will be put to work and sails made in
the Capitol of South Carolina will
soon be flattering to the breezes in all
climes.
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ouit cilies* cojiCixii:.
lis Walls llapblly ItUing?Some Idea
ol* What it Will lie.
IlOCK II ILL. April 21.?The busiest
place in Kock Hill now is the situ of
the Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College. Kor a time after it was settled
that the college was to be located
at Kock llill not much attention was
attracted there, as the work consisted
solely in excavation preparatory to
laying the foundation. Then, too,
when the work of building was begun,
the progress seemed very slow, as it
consisted entirely of work with granite,
but about a month since the walls of
the basement story were completed.
Since then the work seems to have
been done in a rush. Now the walls
ai*o completed to the top of the second
story. All tho wall? c: tha basement,
inner and outor, are of granite. Tho
ceiling in tho rooms is twelve feet
high. This carries tho granite work
aoout eight Toot ubovo the level of the
ground on tho front. In the roar the
basement floor will be above the level
of tho ground ; this, with the lino arrangement
of tho building, will allow
ample light from the sun.
.Just above the granite, in tho righthand
eorner of the tower, will be
placed the corner-stone. This is a
block of gray sandstone, tho larger
base being II by .'17 l-'J inches, the
smaller 21) by 110, and .'1 feet thick. Two
faces of this will he exposed. On one
of theso will bo tho following inscription
:
Winthrop Normal and Industrial College.
181)4.
Uruco & Morgan, Architects.
Thompson ?fc Docker Construction Company,
Builders.
A. I). 181)4.
On the other faco this will appear:
S. P. Dendy, G. M.
-Board of Trustees :
11. R. Tillman, Governor, Chairman.
E. S. .loynes, * W. 1). Mayllehl,
II. B. Buist, T. A. Crawford,
W. J. Koddey, R. R. Hemphill,
W. N. Eldor, I). W. McLaurln,
A. C. Fuller, A. II. Patterson,
P. B. Gary, .J. E. Brea/.eulo.
W. B. Dunlap, soeretary and treasurer.
W. II. Stowart, Superintendent.
The granite work is linishod oil' with
a strip ?f sandstone six inches wide
and extending all around the building.
Four feet above is another strip of the
same stone;, which forms a pleasing
contrast with tho dark rod color of the
brick work, and which serves as a
basis for all'window frames.
I All exposed portions of tho wall aro
finished with smooth pressed brick of a
deep red color. Tho front entrance
will be by a flight of at least ton stone
steps twenty-one feet long. These lead
directly into an enclosed portico having
two large arch openings, each arch
being strengtherted by a very largo
keystone of sandstone three feet in
length and two foot in thickness, l>oth
being handsomely carved. The main
building will bo throe stories above
tho basement, tho tower being 1<>8 foot
from the foundation. This will secure
a commanding view of the city and of
the mountain? M/*?* -
i>i tuu wiuuuws
on tho front sldo will bo placod above
elegant curving* in sandstone of tho
Corinthian Order. Many of these are
six feet in length.
Tho main building will have a front
of 200 foot and an extension in tho
rear of 108 feet, tho whole being in the
shapo of a " T." Tho dormitories
will be on each side of the main building
and conneofT'd with it hy eovered wavs
140 feet long. Knob dormitory will ne
of tho ' I/' shapo, three stories high
and 220 feet ouoh way.
Tho entire building will present a
front of about 800 foot and furnish an
enclosed Courtyard in tho rear 700 feet
long. Tho floors of the basement rooms
will bo cemented ; all rooms will bo
tinished in (fluster.
Tho beating and ventilating upnartus
will be of the most perfect kind.
The contract for the work has just
boon awarded to Messrs. Hunnicut &
llellongrath of Atlunta. Tho building
will bo furnished throughout with
water works;
MAY 3, 1894.
There sire present one hundred eonvlets
sit work on the grounds. The
briok ynrd, under the noinai^einent ol
Messrs. Mills & Holler, is turning ^?nt
sihont thirty thousand briok dsvily. During
the next week they will bepdn with
another inaehine and the output of the
yard will bo doublod.
As to the eost of the building the
usual story is to he told. After speeilie
directions to the urchitoct and assur*
ancos on his part as to the price, it
run nmv be soon that the cost of the
main building will not be far from $S"i,000.
It appears, however, to be worth
every eont of this and will bo an ornament
of whieh South Carolina may well
be proud.
Koek Hill has good reason to be eontent
with the groat etTort put forth to
gain this prize and to be justly proud
! of her sueeess.
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KTIIili AT SKA.
Conflicting Views as to t lie Dispensary
Decision? Is it Dead or Not?
Special to Tuo News and Courier.
COLiUM III A, April 21.?Now, the
question is, what is South Curolina
going to do with freo liquor, as construed
by Governor Tillman ? Will
there he any opposition to tho establishment
of a saloon at every crossroad,
and will such a protest hoof any effect?
Tho Prohibitionists announce that
they will make the fight. Will it be
of any force without Executive cooperation
'* There are not a few who
think that Governor Tillman, having
been defeated in his pet scheme, the
dispensary law, has picked out what
bethinks will bring about tho most
confusion and disgust in tho State, and
that he will in consequence otTor no
objection to the promiscuous and unlicensed
saloon. According to this
idea, the more the merrier. This will
all ho done to try and carry the saloon
to the ml nausoum limit in tho hope
of getting the people at the next
election to acknowledge that the
Administration did tho grand act in
placing tho dispensary law on tho
statute books. At tho satno tiino it
will, no doubt, bo soon that there will
not bo an enthusiastic rush for tho reenactment
of any such law for a now
Supremo Court to pass upon or for it
to bo engrafted in tho proposed Constitution.
Altogether all that has
been done is generally thought to be
for the political elToet it will have.
Up to yesterday the saloon men hereabouts
had not been aggressive, but
bright and early this morning beer or
liquor or anything else in that lino
could bo bought with as much ease
as in days of old. The barkeepers are
for the present acting on the free
liquor idea, but would perhaps be perfectly
willing to pay a license. From
what can he gathered on ull sides no
legal objoctioli to such sales will be
made by the State.
At the same time it is a somewhat
notorious and significant fact that
Governor Tillman has not consulted
his legal department as to the condition
in which the State has been
left by the decision. If he has it has
not been announced, as it is conceded
that both of the lawyers connected
with that department areof the opinion
that the State is left with prohibition
on its hands.
This morning Chief Justico Mclvor
had a pleasant chat with the newspaper
fraternity. Instead of giving
them anything about tho intentions of
the Supremo Court ho complimented
the newspapers upon their extraordinary
enterprise in publishing tho full
text of the decision in tho dispensary
case. When ho was asked whether
tho decision meant prohibition or free
11,....... I .... ...
,.vjwwi mi rupi iou iiuii ue would bo
very glad to answer the question when
it was brought up before the Court.
44 How can it bo brought beforo the
Court?" I asked hira. 44That is for
the lawyers to say," bo replied.
Tho Prohibitionists say that they
are not in tho least surprised at tho
determination and announcement of
Governor Tillman to give them no
assistance in carrying out what thoy
regard as a condition of prohibition.
Thoy say thut Governor Tillman lias
never boon friendly to prohibition,
and that they did not oxpoot any support
from him. They say that if it
comes to tho worst that tho common
law provides punishment for the free
sulo ol liquor vm hold by Governor Tillman.
Special to Tlie Augusta Chronicle.
Columaia, S. C., April 2T>.?State
Liquor Commissioner Traylor to-day
stated that tho dispensary knock out
is only temporary, and that within a
short time something would develop
that would enable him to open tho big
State barroom again, lie said that
the stock of liquors at tho various
county dispensaries would have been
called in but for the reason. It was
thought best to recognize the decision
of tho Supremo Court until the matter
could ho settled further, in just what
manner Mr. Traxlcr would not indicate.
This is a surprising piece of
information, as Governor Tillman had
declared that ho was 4' paralyzed " and
could do nothing.
COMJMIIIA, S. C., April 2d.?Tho
prohibitionists of this State have at
last officially taken a hand in tho fight
that is on between free whiskey and
prohibition. L. D. Childs, chairman
of the State executive committee of
the prohibitionists, today sent a communication
to Mayor Sloan, of this
city, asking him to take cognizance of
tho fact that saloons are running here
without molestation or restriction.
He tolls tho Mayor that lie has boon
.wl .. I .1 V--. *
auvisuu uy eilimenL COUnsOl that tllO
recent decision of tiie Supreme Court
means prohibition. The communication
contains no threats, hut is a distinct
warning that the prohibitionists
are now prepared for war and will
light to the bitter end the free system
of saloons or even the lisconsing of
saloons by cities. Mr. Childs claims
that tho law is expressly against the
, liscensing of saloons. It Is believed
that, tho prohibitionist aro ready for
hot contests on all sides and that they
will not give or ask quarter from the
whiskey element.
Special to Tho News and Courier.
COLUMUIA, April 20. Tho Prohibition
executive committee has shown
its hand. The various municipalities
have been asked to recognize the
State as being under prohibition laws
and toonforce it. According to tho
letter written to tho mayor nod council
of Columbia, thf oommitto has
engaged "eminent counsel." Colum>
bin, us is her usual luck, is railed
f Upon to set the pare ; what that
, will bo remains to be seen, ami it
might bo said that her position is
i about as uneertain as things now seem
i to be with regard to the whole liquor
i question. io-uay about I o'clock Pity
| Attorney Thomas was called upon for
I an opinion as to the position of council,
i and will give the desired information
j just as soon as ho can lind the law.
Another complication seems to have
arisen : the county treasurer is trying
to find out where he is. lie has interrogated
Comptroller (ioneral Kllerbe,
his superior officer, and lias been i
advised that ho cannot, for the prosent
at least, issue any receipts or
accept any money for liquor licenses.
What makes the matter complicated
is that the usual custom is for the city
to issue the lineenso upon presentation
of the receipt of the county treasurer.
If the city council decides that it has
the authority to issue a license and
Iho county treasurer declines to give a
receipt for doing business in the
county, then the liquor men may continue
to ask " where they are at.
The Prohibitionists are very much
delighted with the situation and think
that at least they will got something
out of the general complication of
matters. They seem to think that a
number of municipalities will voluntarily
decide that the State now lias
prohibition and that an enforcement of
prohibition laws by the local authorities
will he moresatifactory than under
the guidance of the State constabulary.
On the other hand, it is expected by
a great many that something will he
hoard from the state Administration
about tho matti r in a short timo.
Thoro arc many who do not like tho
undue submissiveness of the Administration
and think that there will soon
be a coup. They do not understand
why the dispensaries have been
ordered temporarily closed. At Aiken
the notice on the front door of the
establishment was: "Dispensary
closed until further notice. Ily order
of I). IJ. Traxlor." The same was
done at most places, and another
significant fact is that all of tho dispensers
regard that they aire under
pay. This is at pretty nice kind of am
arrangement for them, ataid if at ghost
of the dispcnsatry profits is to bo shown
the dispenser ought, it seems, be dismissed
if, ats the State holds, thoa'o is
ate further use of thean. Some of the
dispensers seem to think tluit the closing
is only a temporary maittor. How
or where they get this ideal is not
known, yet thoro maty bo somothiug
iaa it.
It 14A I.I. V 'I'll 10UK IS NO STATE 1IOAI1D OF
CONTROL,
Although it has been at week since
the decision wats filed the State board
of control hats not yet held at rogular
meeting. The only thiaag done up to
this timo wats ait the informal meeting,
ait which it was decided to oi'dci* all
dispensaries closed. No ideal wats given
at the time as to the disposition of the
stock, the discharge of tho employees
or any of the other business details.
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FIGHTING FOR PUINCIPIjK.
President Cleveland Fiidorses tlie N'utionail
Association of DcmociUlio
Clubs.
Washington, l). C., April, 18, I8f)4,
Hon. Chauncy 1?\ Hluck, Pres., &o.
My dear Sir : 1 have ran-fnli*.* i???wi
the communication you lately placed
in my hands setting forth tho future
purposes and present needs of tho National
Association of Democratic Clubs.
Tho achievements of this organization
should ho familiar to all who are interested
in tin; continuation of Democratic
supremacy and should enlist the encouragement
of those who appreciate
the importance of an otToctivo dissemination
of Democratic doetriuo.
Your association has done much by
way of educating our people touching
the particular subjects which are recognized
as belonging to the Democratic
faith, hut it seems to me that
its best service has been an enforcement
and demonstration of the truth
that our party is best organized and
most powerful when it strives for principles,
instead of spoils, and that it
quickly responds to the stimulus supplied
by an enlistment in tho people's
cause. This acknowledgment of the
important service rendered to the advancement
of true Democracy suggosts
that the National Association of Democratic
Clubs and every other Democratic
agency should labor unceasingly
and earnestly to save our party, in this
time of its power and responsibility,
from the degradation and disgrace of a
failure to redeem tho pledges upon
which our fellow countrymen entrusted
us with the control of their government.
All who are charged, on behalf of tho
Democratic party, with the redemption
of these pledges should now bo impressively
reminded that, jis we won
our way to victory under the banner of
tarilT reform, wo our insistence upon
that principle is tho condition of our
retention of the people's trust; and that
fealty to party organization demands
the subordination of individual advantages
ami iu !mi.<.^ .....1
.. .?..voi IIIKI Vll?J |MIUIII<,'
aside of potty and ignoble jealousies
; and bickerings whon party principles
and party integrity and party exls:
tcnce arc at stake.
I cheerfully enclose a contribution to
i the funds necessary to carry on the
I good work of your organization, with a
hearty wish for its continued success
and usefulness.
Yours very truly,
CJuovku Clkvkland.
?Governors and ox-Governors liave
tho luck of getting .-enatorial seats.
; Mr. .larvis, of North Carolina, alTords
I the latest. Inot.iinnn i.t *KI<i ?- ?
?/i vuia, fjVU V UllUt1
| was another ex-Govornor. And the
Now York Sun furnishes the following
j list of senators who have boon Governors
:
I Senator Horry, elected Governor of
I Arkansas in 1882: Senator llawley,
i elected Governor of Connecticut in
18(5(1; Senator Gordon, elected Governor
of Georgia in 188(1; Senator Collutn,
oloeted Governor of Illinois in 187(1;
Senator 1'aimer, oloeted Governor of
Illinois in 18(18; Senator 11.11, elected
Governor of New York in 1885 and reelected
In 1888; Senator Harris, elected
Governor of Tennessee in 1857, 185!)
and 18(51 ; Senator Hate, oloeted Governor
of Tennossoo In 1882 and 1884 ;
Senator Coke, elected Governor of
Texas, in 187(1 and Senator Squire,
Governor of Washington In 1883.
NO 4^.
'Till-; CO.M-'KltHltATK VHTKIIAX8.
J Tin* (irt'al Merlin^ in Itirminuliam ?
I I'rnecetlitigs ?r w Memorable OccuhIoii.
Tho Confederate re-union at Birmingham
on Thursday, after a
delightful session of two days. Tho
following ollicers wore elected for tho
ensuing year :
Commander-in-chief, Gon. John 13.
Gordon of Georgia, ro-olectod;.
Commander of tho Army of North
orn Virginia, Gon. h'itzhugh Loo of
Virgin in.
Deputy commander of tlio Army t>f
Tennessee, Gen. Stephen D. Loo of
Sturkevlllo, Miss.
Commander of trans-Mississippi dopurtment,
Gen. W. L. Cnboll of Rullas,
Tex., ro-olootod.
Chief elork und stenographer, Miss
1 Amanda Childress of New (Orleans.
J (ieneral, seeond in command, Gen. VV.
II. Jackson of Tennessee,
nChaplain .). William Jonos opposed
the adoption of a resolution to appoint
throe commissioners to visit the Grand'
Army of the Republic at their.next
mooting und extend the greeting of the
United Confederate Veterans' Association,
and that this association do endorse
the invitation of Atlanta to have
the next meeting of tho Grand Army of
the Kepublie at that place. Chaplain
Jones moved to strike out all references
to the Grand Army of the Republic
in tho resolution. Georgia made
a big kick and assorted the reunited
North and South as tho motive for
sending such commissioners to tho
Grand Army of tho Republic, etc.
(Cheer.s)
Chaplain Jones explained his position.
Ho declared that ho had no feelings
against tho Northern soldiers, but .
he thought sending commissioners to '
the (irand Army of the Kopubllo was
Interfering' with their business.
Tennessee raised hor voido and declared
her willingness to send the
greeting and made the first move.
Maj. K. (5. Gordon of Alabama,
brother of Gen. John H. -Gordon,
thought the (irand Army of the Kepublic
was composed of the soldiers we
faced on the held. " I have gone to tho
North: gone into tho Graud Army of
the Republic camps and boon royally
received and kindly treated. I favor
the adoption of the report,'" said ho.
William 11. Hurgyno, Henderson. N.
C., appealed for the adoption of tho
report and was loudly cheered. " When
the (irand Army of the Ropublic goes
home from Atlanta, they will have a
love for the South with thorn,'.' h^ exclaimed
amid loud cheering.
After some further discussion, the
resolution to send a committee of three
to bear greetings to tho Grand Army
of the Republic and to urge it to accept
Atlanta's invitation to hold the grand
encampment there in 1HS)."?, was unanimously
adopted. The kindest sentiments
were expressed on his resolution
and the Confederated promised to
give the (irand Army veterans a hearty
welcome and a good time if they
came down to the old battlefields again.
Invitations for tho next re-union
wore extended by Houston, Atlanta
and Richmond. Houston was chosen.
A resolution was adopted recommending
that the Southern States buy the
spots occupied by the Confederates on
the Shilon battlefield and mark the
positions of the Southern lines.
A fitting ending to tho fourth reunion
of the United Confederate Veterans
and by far the greatest feature
was tho parade and review, followed
by tho laying of tho corner stono of a
monument to the memory of the dead
of tho Confederacy, to be erected in
Capitol I'ark.
At. A ?V.lrw.Lr *??? - > ?
... . . ....... wuu wiuuiii whm lurmeu
on Avonuo I'J. und Twenty-first street
and headed by a bund of music from
Mobile, marched steadily up Twontyllrst
street and across the beautiful
bridge to Park Avenue, where it passed
in review before General John B.
Gordon, Commander-in-chief, United
Confederate Veterans.
There wore camps from all the
Southern States in line and all the surveying
generals witli thoir sJatTs, together
with tiie throe local military
companies visiting from other town,
the A. and Nl. College cadets from
Auburn, University of Alabama (Tusgaloosa)
cadets and Howard College
(Past Lake) cadets, and a fair estimate
of the number of men in the ranks,
places it at 1,000. Thero were innumerable
carriages and the procession
was viewed by fully ,15,000 people. The
column was a mile long, the veterans
and the sons of veterans marching in
fours. Knthusiactic outbursts greeted
the old battle-scarred veateraus and
the many Hags, relics of the " lx>st
Cause," were recipient of loving tributes.
The bunds played martial airs,
the rebel yell was heard, ilags and
handerchiefs wore waived and it was
altogether a sight never to bo forgotten.
At Park Avenue, the column
passed between two longs rows of
beautiful school girls, dressed in white
oaeb with a basket of Hovers, which
were handed to the battle-scarred
veterans and sous of the Confederacy.
Passing in front of the reviewing
stand whereupon was Gen. John B.
Gordon, the Governors of the States,
the representative stars and the sponsor
of Camp Hardee together with
their maids, they greeted them with
ohoor after cheer, which together with
the booming of cannon, playing of the
band and cheers of the multitude
made tho welkin ring, it was a grand
and inspiring spectacle.
After tho review, tho ceroinonies
attendant upon the laying of the
corner stone was gone through with
in an imposing manner. Gen. Stephen
1). Loo of Mississippi delivored the
address which was a mastor-pieco of
oratory. Other distinguished speakers
wero present and the corner stone was
placed in position in an appropriately
solemn manner by the Grand Master of
Masons, Hon. Prunx L. Pettus. Thus
onueu wio greatest reunion of ex-Confcdcrutos
over known.
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? Manufacturing is now out of the
greatest factors of Southern progress.
In the lust ton years our manufactured
product has jumped from $457,000,000
to $017,000,000. This is $144,000,000 in
oxeoss of the value of our agricultural
products for 1HJH).
-The residence of (i. M. Harmon,
editor of the Lexington Dispatch, una
tho office of the Dispatch werO destroyed
by tiro on tho morning of tho 25th
inst. Draft's hotel and store were also
destroyed. Loss about $11,000; insurance
not known.