The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 27, 1894, Image 4
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U.NT MARGARH'i;
IIY 1IKLF.KA MAYNARI) IN Till*. " STANDARD."
" Well. Clara, perhaps you are right.
l>o as you think iiost," sai?l Mr. Grunt,
as lie took down his overcoat and prepared
to go out. That was the way in
which discussions between Mr. and
Mrs. Grant usually ended, disproving
the old assertion that a woman will always
havo the last word.
This evening Mr. Grant had hern
longer in reaching that decision than
usual, and it did not seem quite satisfactory
to him. for ho stood a moment
with his hand on the knob, and then
came hack to his wife's chair.
" Well !"' she said, somewhat impatiently.
"Of course," he said " you wouldn't
think it was host unless she was entirely
willing. Hoinombcr, 1 owe a great 1
deal to Aunt Margaret."
" Well, I am sure any l>ody would
say vou hud repaid her well."
'Sly dear." Mr. Grant began, but
she was apparently unwilling to
reopen the question, and hastened to
->4?> . i in ?ure silo will lie Willing,
Uobert. Don't worry about that.
Louvi? it to mo to manage. Of course,
tboro is no hurry."
"Oh, no." ho, stihl, "110 hurry at
iill," ami then ho had gone.
" Well," sho said, with si look of relief,
as the door closed behind him,
" so fur, so good. 1 won't way anything
to Aunt Margrrot until next week
when Uobert is gone. 1 hope she will
not be unreasonable."
In her pleasant room across the hall j
Aunt Margaret sat in l.er low rocker !
before the gruto. Her hands wcro I
busy with her knitting, but her
thoughts were wandering in the past.
How distinctly she remembered wailing
bark boats in the meadow brook,
playing Robinson Crusoe 011 its tiny
island, and hunting the Spring llowers.
Then the happy school days brought a
smile to her lips, and aw she recalled the |
apple-boos and ijuiltingw, the picnics
and winging-wehools, her room soemed
tilled with the presence of the friends i
of her youth who had shared in those
merry-makings. Again they were
gathered in that very room at her
ulster Funny's wedding, and the walls |
re-echoed with music and laughter.
Now thoy have vanished, all hut I
one, the one in all the world to her
then, and ho sitting hy her side. Ah,
that was sixty years ago: or was it
only yesterday V
llor wedding dress was almost done,
and the preparations for the wedding
feast wore begun when Fanny and
Fanny's hushand sickened and died,
leaving two little hoys, .lames and
Robert and Margaret hud said : " Wo
must wait a little, .John."
One year, two years passed, and now
lohn was going West.
' You will go with me," lie pleaded.
Could sho go and leave her aged
father, her mother stricken with
paralysis, and the little orphan chil- j
dron ?
No, John, 1 cannot go, but 1 cannot
ask youuto wait for mo any longer.
You are free. Good-bye, good-bye." ;
Is that a tear glistening in the lirelight
?
Then came a long, montonous stretch
of years, broken only hy sad events,
the d rowing of .I antes, the death of
her father and mother, the news of t
John's marriage, lint the daily labor
was lightened by love, and though the
joy and hope of youth were gone, peueo
t<H>k their place.
Then Robert married, and brought
his wifo to brighten the old home.
Very Hweet and gentlo she was, and .
Aunt Murgurot wept us if for her own i
daughter when bIio died a few years
after. Ilut she had little time for
tears. There was a baby boy to bo
eared for. How winsome and misehiovous
ho was, and how the years
which had whitened her hair and
wrinkled her brow and bent her form
had given him strength and manliness
! How empty the bouse seemed
when lie went away to col lego ? ,
And then his father hud brought
homo another wife, and sineo then? i
Ah ! the lire has burned low, and the !
stocking Is done.
"Good morning, Aunt Margaret; I I
thought 1 would bring my work and j
sit with you for awhile. How pleasant
this room is. It is just such a room as !
Mrs. Rogers' library, where 1 visted
last Fall. Hers is all linished and furnished
in hard woods ; all that side of
the room is lined with book cases.
Her writing desk stands hero, and the
* library tablo there. It is just such a
room as I have alway planned to have,
some time,'' and Mrs. Grant chatted 011
of other things.
At last she spoke of the Home for
the Aged at Clayton, and said: " I
was telling Robert the othor day that
1 thought you would enjoy it better to
live iu an old ladies' home. The 0110
at Clayton is very nice. The matron
and all the attendants aro so kind I
am sure you would like it. You could
take down all of this furnituro you
% wanted, and your pictures to hang on
the walls to make it seem homelike.
Of course it would lie some expense,
but Robert said ho would bo glad to
meet that."i
She had talked on, keeping her head
Inmt over her work. She had not noon
the look of blank amazement pass over
Aunt Margaret's face, leaving it perfectly
white, but who heard a stilled
moan.
"Oh, Aunt Margaret, ure you having
those rheumatic twings again?
Whore iA the pain this time? sho
asked lightly.
" in my heart." said Aunt Margaret,
making a pitiful attempt to smile.
'Oh, I hope not. Rheumatism of
the heart is very bad. That is one
thing I told Robfcrt: at the homo you
would always haVo the best medical
euro and nursing."
"And then you could have your library."
said Aunt Margaret, slowly.
" Why, yes, perhaps I could, but I
don't want you to think?"
"No," said Aunt Margaret, "I know
you don't, and 1 don't want to, but how
can I help it?"
Mrs. Grunt made a number of buttonholes
in silence, then she said:
"Well, what shall i toll Robert?"
" You may tell him I will go whenever
he wishes mo to," the feeble voice
faltered.
"Very well," said Claru, in a relieved
tone. "I thought you would
think it was best. Suppose I tell him
the first of April."
" The first of April, why that is next
week ; Jot me stay a little longer ; just
a few weeks."
4ft Verysaid Mrs. Grant, folding
up her work : " probably the twentieth
would l?o better. Robert has to
go to GlAytOr then on business. But I
am afraid I trtuo tired you with m.t
long visit ; 1 must go now,"
As the door closed behind her Aunt
Margaret leaned her gray head on th?
Jtttdo baforc her upd |%n-Ht into toars.i
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"To think it should come to this."
she sobbed, "that 1 should bo grudged
a room to die in. Oh, Kol>ert, Kobert."
At last tho toars ceased, and lifting '
hor head sho looked for a long time ]
out at tho greening hills, hehimi which
for nearly eighty years she had soon
the Him set. : then, turning sho looked
from the other at the white monuments
gleaming through tho trees and mark
ing tho post where so many she had
loved and eared for rested.
" There is room for tho old woman
there," she said, bitterly, and tho tears
started bittelyr, hutsho kept them buck,
and lying down on t he lounge fell Into a
troubled sleep.
And tho days camo and went, each
bringing nearer tho twentieth. Such
short, sud days, and yet she sought
to hide their sadness in her heavy
heart, and busied herself packing and
makinc iii'niiiu'iiiiiinu f?? *
And Robert was deceived and thought
she wished to nuiko the change ; and
when Clara's heart reproached her.
sliu thought of her library and said :
"She will soon get usod to it and then
she won't mind.
lhit though she said it over and over
the morning she went away, it was
long before she could forget the pathetic
hopelessness of her last backward
look.
When Robert returned his wife
asked him hut few ouostions; and
when she would have talked over with
him her plans for furnishing the library,
ho only said : " lh> as you
think best." And once when she
laughingly asked: "Are you not
afraid I will make it cost too much?"
he sighed and answered : " i am
afraid it has cost too much already."
Young James was away at college,
and when he hoard that Aunt Margaret
had gone to the Old Ladies' Home
he could not understand it. lie wrote
to her and to his father, and neither of
their answers satisfied him; but other
matters claimed his attention. fn
June he was graduated with honors,
and a few weeks after, his marriage
with Klsie Kiu>w I ton occurred. The
happy couple took a bridal tour among
the mountains before settling down
to housekeeping in James' native city.
They planned their return joui'ney
through Clayton and stopped over a
day to visit Aunt Margaret. Lisle had
heard Jumes speak of her so often that
she was quite prepared to love the
little lady who welcomed her so warmly.
Aunt Margaret wanted to hear all
their experiences and plans, but James
could got her to say but little of herself.
Sho enjoyed the day so much
that it was hard for her to say goodbye
when the time came for them to
leave.
" it soemw as if you ought to be go
iiij? homo with us, lumtio," saidJames.
There was a wistful look in her
eyes, but. who did not trust herself to
speak.
They were obliged to wait awhile in
the reception room where they met
the matron. " Yes," she said, in
answer to a remark of Klsio's, " this
homo is a great bene lit to many an
aged woman. Some who are left in
circumstances of extreme destitution
are supported here by their friends.
A number of our rooms are endowed
for the use of the very poor who have
no friend willing or able to pay their
expenses. Others are left with some
property hut without any family
friends, and are glad to pass the closing
years of life here, where they receive
the care and attention often
lacking in a hoarding house.
' llut there is another class here
for whom 1 feel sorry. There are old
ladies here who were deeply attached
to their homes, but whose children or
grandchildren do not want the trouble
of curing for them. There is no stigma
attached to providing for them
as there would he in sending thorn
to the poor house. Hut it is hard to
transplant old people. Of course we
do all we can to make them happy,
but nothing can make up for the old,
familiar scenes and faces, nor take
away the bitterness of the thought
that they were not wanted."
Jamesand IClsio looked grave, but at
that moment their car passed, and the
conversation was interrupted.
The following evening they stood
in the library at Father Grant's, looking
out as Aunt Nlargarot had so often
done at the sunset.
" What a beautiful scone," exclaimed
lClise, ."and what a beautiful room,"
she added : hut James answered: "1
had rather see it as it w;.8 when I went
away. It was Aunt Margaret's room ;
poor auntie !" and ho sighed.
After a few days they went to housekeeping
in their own homo, a little
farther down tho street. Very busy
and happy they were arranging their
iwrniiuro, hanging pieturos, unci deciding
whoro many of the pretty wedding
gifta should he placed. At lust
it wuh till done but one room. I'Yom
the lirst Klsie hud said that her plan
for that room was a secret, and .lames
had laughingly declared that she
could not keep a secret two days : but
it was not until the morning of the
third day that she came behind his
chair at the breakfast table and
whispered something in his ear that
made him catch her in his arms and
kiss her as he exclaimed : 44 Do you
really mean it, IClsioV"
All the breakfast timo they discussed
her plan, and .lames pointed out all
the objections to it, but Klsio had an
answer for each one, and ait last ho
saiid us his father had done, but in a
very different tone.: 44Do as you think
best, dear."
A few days after James wont to Clayton.
When he caimo back lato in tho
evening Aunt Margaret was with
him. She was very tired, unci after a
wuriii supper, im?io tooK nor oil to bod.
Then she eamo back to hour James' account
of his day.
"It was all I could do to persuade
her to come," ho said, in conclusion.
"I don't know as f should havo succeeded
if you hadn't sent that little
note, but that settled it. After she
had road it, sho leaned back in her
chair and said, with the tears running
down her cheeks: " Sho wants mo,
she wants me. Thank God, I shall die
in Camden, aftor all." "
" l)io !" said Elsio, wipping hor own
eyes, "she musn'ttalk aboutdyingyet." '
' When it beeamo known that Aunt
Margaret had returned to spend the
remaining yoarsof her life with .lames I
and Elsio, there were many comments.
Robert Grant kissed the youug woman
fondly, and said : " God bless you, my
daughter," while his wife declared
that it was the most foolish idea sho
over heard of, and prophesied that
Elsie would soon regret it.
But her prediction was never vorilied,
though for live years Aunt Margaret
gradually grew moro feoblo, and
needed moro care, and Elsie was
obliged to givo up many of tho ploasuros
of society on hor account.
Thon tho day came y/hen sho bent
to catch tho last whispered words of
blessing. Standing at tho open grave,
she seemed to hear tho words : " As
ye have dono it unto the least of these,
ny brethren, yo havo dono it unto
j ino," and returning f,o hor home, hallowed
by precious memories, she folt
[richly repaid forovery sacrifice.
Hum,
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TllliSTATE CONVENTION
(CONTINUED I'KOM l-'IKHT PACK)
of Domocrucy at their raothcr'8'knoe :
mon who hud thoir tenets handed
down to thorn from thoir fathers;
mon who imbibed Democratic principles
from thoir mother*' milk. Tell
mo that those gray-haired biros could
bo falso to South Carolina. It comes
with i>ad grace from any South C&ro
vw n'uu vii in mm um nuiuj
is not safe in our hands. Thoro uro
some citizens in South Carolina who
look upon uh an attaching a tail to our
Democracy. We are not qualified Democrats.
Wo hauo tiio principlcsof our
fathers, which must l?o preserved at
all hazards. They had ruuched that
stage when Calhoun Doiuocracy was
oxoinpliticd in its highest form. The
home of the Democracy was in the
South and West. It was naturalTlioy
found the opponents of .lolTorson.
Ian Democracy, which means "equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none." in the North and Eust. Thoro,
too, wo find the effort to centralize
government. Now what is our Democracy
? 1 make the prediction that in
J81Mi tiio South and W est will bo called
upon to redeem the Democratic party
from the yoke of the money sharks
and the money power. A great deal
lias been said by people outside about
attaching tails to our Democracy. lie
saiil in the end they would die believing
that this appendix was the cause
of death.
Mr. Evans went on to say that several
years ago thoro met down in
Ocala in the State of Elorida a body of
honest yeomanry of tiio country, not
as politicians, but as men representing
the agricultural interests of this
country. They adopted those principles
known as the Cicala platform.
Wo who are an agricultural people
sympathize with them. It is our right
to do so. We endorsed their principles
before: you have endorsed him
to-day, and I endorse thorn now. (Applause.)
Then lie wont on to show his hearers
that certain people who criticized
thorn did not know what tlioy were
1 talking of. Hut, said ho, let me show
to you that the Democratic party when
it met in Chicago endorsed these
very principles. They were true, proper
and represented the true Demo
i!racy. I now propose to show you that
the Democratic party has Incorporated
every one of these principles except
one in its platform of principles or enacted
them into the law in Wnshing{
ton.
We demanded that the amount of
circulating medium he rapidly ineoroasod
tout least $">() per capita. The
Democrats in their national platform
j demanded that some relief should ho
I given the people.
How could relief come hut by in!
reusing tho circulating medium V "lie
! referred to one or two other similes
! on nat ional issues and then went on to
J say that they demanded the free coinI
ago of silver. This had been done in
suction 7 of the national Democratic
; constitution, hut a dilToront construe;
tiou had beofi placed upon it and the
j agricultural classes cheated out.
Then there was the principle of naI
tlve ownership of land. This was section
0 of the national platform.
| They demanded that one industry
j should' not he huilt up at the expense
j of another. That was section f> of the
same document. They demanded a
tariff for revenue only, yet they had
been given, through tho money inlluenco,
a hill hut litslo better than the
McKinley hill. They leavo the high
tariff there because the farmers' needs
i are not catered to.
We demand a graduated tax on income.
The Democrats had already
enacted such a law, and it, was going
to make a Republican out of every
Democratic man in the Northwest;
( and yet these men, who say that you
are not Democrats, support a man who
j voted against this provision.
They had demanded thatall national
, revenue he limited to the actual expenses
of the government; that was in
the Democratic platform.
They had demanded the government
ownership or railroads. The Democrats
had ncvei* demanded this, hut
they had adopted tho government control
of railroads. This they did when
they established tho interstate commerce
commission. ^
They hail demanded that Congyffss
amend tho election laws so as tomavc
United States Senators elected by a
direct vote of the people. This had
been enacted into law by tho Democrats.
Was this not. n,?m.w>i..iti.iV
All the demands, hjivo tho sub-Troas!
ury demand wore one and the same
tiling. They had demanded the subTreasury
or something better. Indeed,
all else wore tho same as the nrinci!
ploy in the Chicago platform, it was
the duty of the Democrats to endorse
these principles, 1 stand on tho Democratic
platform?Ocala platform?let
it cost mo what it may. (Cheers.) I
have said this, because it has beep
thrown in your faces that you are not
Democrats.
rle wantod to see all the people
united and invited all honest people to
come in with them. There is but one
party in South Carolina and that is the
white man's party (cheers) and the
man who opposes it cannot stand hefore
the people as a Democrat. We
area united pooplo. "If I thought,"
said he, 41 that my nomination and
election meant tho destruction of our
civilization and the irreparable damaging
of my native State, 1 would ask
you to take back your nomination and
ask God to put out the spark of life in
my hroast." Mr. Evans said considerable
hero about true patrotism, "If
elected Governor I will he tho Governor
of the whole pooplo and seo that
the will of the majority is carried
out." (Cheers.) I congratulate you on
tho way you have stood together.
lie believed that tho dispensary law
was tho best solution of the liquor
nnnMnm ...w? 1
|>I VD1UUI, nuu WHO Ull) Ulliy IlM'ilUS 1)1
throwing off tho yoke of tho whiskey
ring. " I will onmrco it to tho letter,
if elected Governor."
Ho thanked tlioin as tho Democracy
of South Carolina for his nomination,
and pledged his word, his hand, his
heart and his head, that, if they stood
by him, tho proud banner, which they
1> laced in his hand, should qeyor trail
n the dust so long as ho was Governor
of South Carolina.
As Mr. Evans closed there was prolonged
applause.
A letter was road from Dr. Timmor1
man stating that sickness proventod
him from being present, and expressing
his appreciation.
English Spavin Liniment removos
all hard, softer collouscd lumps and
blemishes from horses, blood spavins,
euros, splints, swoonoy, ring-bono,
stifles, sparins, all swollen tn roots,
coughs, otc. Save $.10 by the uso of
one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful
blemish euro oyer known. Sold
by Sloan Jiros., Druggists, Uroenville,
S. C.
It.will astonish you how quick .John
son's Magnetic Gil will kill all pains.
Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville,
S. C.
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HISTORY OF THE COTTON PLANT. ?
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INTKKIvSJ 1N<J DOCCMKNT PItOM 1
ClilOMHON COIilAXIK. I "
('ot t oil Oi'iKillUtOd ill I III* l .asl i(H I P
<*io\vlli and Manufacture for Many
Yearn Confined lo India?llerodotum *
and lMiny Wrote About It. ' ti
The authorities of Clemson Col logo 'l
i havo Issued a deeply interesting bulletin
on " Fertilizer Kxporimenta with '
> Cotton," including a historical sketch,
a comparison of varieties, the elassifi- '
1 cation and grade of crossed varieties. ?J
' Tho historical sketch is prepared hy *
John N. Hook, and every farmer and u
' every man, no matter what bisoccupa
tion. can read it with profit: ^
> Cotton (Cossypinmi The order t<>
i which this bo Ion if s is Malvacou1. Okra vv
i and the hollyhock are embraced in the
i same family. The word cotton is dorived
from the Arabic word koton. tl
Skinner, the etymologist, says cotton vv
is so called from its similtude to the fy
> down which adheres to the quince, V
Mulls cydomis. < b
' An examination into the history of
the great materials designed hy Provi- K
donee for human clothing dovolops the tl
remarkable fact that not one was assigned
to Kurope. Asia was liberally f-r
supplied, receiving all -cotton, flux, w
the silk worm?and its mountains are "
known to have been the home of the ' ',!
sheep, which frequently attain the ti
size of the fallow deer. Silk was !iist '
made in China, and the produce of the | '
silk worm was first brought China to . u
tot 'onstuntinoplo by two I'ersian monks : tl
in the reign of Justinian, A. I). jit
Flax is indigenous in Kgypt and also in !
America (Clavigero's Mexico, pp. 2"?, j
2d.) Of tho four staple libers used in ; f'1
ciotn making, cotton and flax aro of ;
vogotablo origin, whilo hilk and wool ;
aro animal products. In this provl-'1'
dential assignment, to Africa and
America wore given flax and cotton. 1"
Cotton was known to the ancient w
Asiasticrt and ICgyptians, and it is said h;
to be the spontaneous production of all "
intor-tropical regions. Columbus, Ma- |{
gcllan, Drake, Cavendish, Dumpier,
and indeed, nearly all the early voy- N
agors and explorers, concur In representing
that they saw cotton growing C<
wild and in great abundance in the
West India Islands and on the continent.
Columbus found in St. Salvador, ;{1
where ho llrst landed, the women
dressed in "short cotton coats,'' and vj
bis crew exchanged caps, boads and u,
other toys for "cotton yarn."
The growth and manufacture of cotton
for many centuries were confined
exclusively to India. Herodotus, the aj
father of history, who lived -115 years jrt
before Christ, writes : " The inbabi- H(
tants of that country make their clothes
of the product of a certain plant, y
which, instead of fruit, produces wool ul
of a liner and better quality than > (j,
sheep." l'liny, who lived A. D. 75. inr
..Mil 1,1
forms us, there grows in upper f1(
Kgypt, near Arabia, a shrub called gos- jH
syphon, by others xylon, from which ^
stufl's aro made that we call xyllna. It j,]
is small and boars a fruit resembling sj
the filbert, within a downy wool, which
is spun into thread." The same author. ...
spcnkingof the production of th'o island j,,
of Tylos, in the Persian Gulf, mentions
" Wool-bearing trees thut hear a fruit
like u gourd and of thosiyoof uquincc, .?
which, bursting when it is ripe, dis-l[]
plays a ball of downy wool, from which
are made costly garments, of a fabric ,n
resembling linen." A late writer has
also observed, that us flax could not bo w
successfully grown on the soil of Aim- w
bin, and the climate too hot for the lin'e (j.
Hooee of sheep, that cotton must huvo
been utilized for the purposes of clothing
in (he infancy of the human race.
The Hebrew writers make po q.llu- ?
sion to the wool-bearing shrub. in A
Greek and I toman literature only the
slightest notices of it are to be found. v
This omission seems to be due to tho
fact that the nations, bordering upon
the Mediterranean, were utterly unacquainted
with the populous countries
beyond the Indus. Virgil, in the second
(Jeorgle. must beyond nil doubt
have referred to the cotton plant when
he says : "Shall I sing of the groves <
'of jrthiopiu hoary with soft wool, and j
how the Seres comb out tbo dolicato <
! II 'ere from among the leayos." Prince i
of tbo Latin poets, it was ho who was i
commirfsionod by the authorities of bis j
country to employ bis pen in the inter- ,
est of agriculture, that ho might in-1
j spire new life and enterprise into the j
! work of the. husbandman, as woll as en- '
liven it with tbo charms of poetic nuni
hers. The silence of the writers of the
middle ages, in regard to cotton fabrics,
wnilo describing tbo vestments I
then in common use, loaves us to infer
that tbo cotton manufacturing industry
was passing through an interval of
temporary suspension, and that woolen,
Jilicn and silk constituted the material
from which the customary cloth- i
ing of the people was made during tlmt 1
period. llut Governor Soabrook ways, m
Ncarchus, Alexander's Admiral, do- th
scondcd tho Indus .'127 years 11. C. and af
observed that "The Indians wore gar- i
incuts, the substaneo whereof they
were injido grqwing upon trees: j bn
and this Is indeed llax or rather some-' I)I
thing much whitor and liner than Max." j sw
And, " it is certain, however, that at ?
the timo of the Iieglra A. 1). 022 cotton
cloth was a common material of dress."
Cotton in its wild state, and especially
in tropical climates, is said to be
a perennial shrub. Marco l'olo, the |
confidential agent of the Tartar conqueror
of China, who yiuitcd many
countries, " saw cotton growing aburi- j
dually in Mosul, opposite the ancient l
Ninovah, in Persia, and at Guzzcrat.
In which latter place it was produced
from a tree six yards high which bore 4
twenty years." As cultivated in the
Houth, however, it is only an annual A
plant. /jK
For four centuries the herbaceous IM
cotton of India was grown in the gardens
of China for the beauty of its jg
Mowers, before receiving any attention
for domestic uses. That great emu ire, re
with all its knowledge of the arts, was .)C
remarkably slow in developing any *
progress ip the cultivation ?>f cotton, as
a staplo crop ; while its people were tho *?
original manufacturers of silk, paper nc
and sugar: the first to become ac- w<
quainted with the properties of tho }H,
magnet, and tho composition of gun- ,
uowileiv --? "
... 'j ? \**)u v.i i jr Jt^u VIM* .
lands of China that had boon dovotod
to tho production of cotton wore an- fti
propriatcd to tho raising of corn, in v<
consequence of the alarming scarcity "
of provisions, by tho aupronip authority.
Of tho two kinds of cotton cultivate
J in tho United States tho groen seed
or short staple cotton is derived from
tho Herbaceuna or Herbaceous cotton,
and Hirsutuin or hairy /^.moridUn cotton
; tho long staple or black seed cotton
is derived from tho Arboroum or
troo cotton (Barbadenso.)
In 1792 tho growth of cotton was little
known in this country. A? a commercial
article it was doomed to l>o of
little importance. There was a taw
against tho importation of cotton from til
America. Tn 1792 the entire crop was
1X8,828 pounds. In 1842. u half century J
later, a wonderful revolution was mi- C
coinplished in the cotton husbandry of
tho United States, tho crop then
amounting to 785,221,800 pounds -and Cfl
I most within tiio porlod of anothor
tilf century the yield of cotton in the
United States aggregated the enormous 1
mount in round numbers of 7,<KX>.<XH)
f bales with an average weight of l">0
minds per ball . <
Cotton is most successfully cultivated
otweon .">0 find !l"i ilnifffirtu !- ?
- ? ,, . 1UM VII 'UH"
ido. Hut Covornor Seabrook says in
is "Memoir of the (Jetton l'laut":
It is a well authenticated fact tliat in '
7.'W us far North us the Ubth decree ^
Dttonon the 'garden scale ' was raised
1 the vicinity el Katoti in tlio County c
f Talhert, on the Kustern shore of tho
hosapouko Hay. About forty years ^
fterwards it was cultivated in St. t
lary's County, Maryland, and in tho
[orthern county of Capo May in New *
cr.-ey, also in Sussex County, Delu- j
ore* . ,, f
'1 lie wonderful .< 1 iseoverlos and i uvea- (
ons in this country and Kqgland in ^
io operations of card spinning and
crying cotton the "Water Frame" (
y Arawriglit, tho " Spinning Jenny "
y I(argreuves and tlio "Mulo Jenny" {
y Samuel Croinpton, togothor with ;
io American saw gin by I'Mi Whitney,
avo iiirtli to tho ootton husbandry of
io United Stutes.
"Of tlio great divisions of tho r
lobe," remarked Mr. Haines, " Kuropo .i
as tho last to receive the cotton man- ji
fuel are, and Kugland was among tho j
tst to engage iit that branch of Indus- |
y. So immense is the extent of the (
ritish cotton manufacture at this time j
8!t.'?), t hat the yarn spun in a year ^
ould in n single thread puss around
io globe's circumference -Oli.TTt times; v
would reuch 1 times from the earth ^
tho sun *. and it would encircle the M
irtli's orbit X$ times. Tito wrought v
ihrics of cotton exported in one year
ould form a girdle for tho globe, puss- u
ig cloven times round tho equator." |
ho distalT and spinning wheel iiavo j
itVfi imnftnnt m." Ui.? ;i
., . , r ?/ .4 V x/??w VI l? I'll V III 1/1 11" I I" | > J 111*13
ivo come this pondorous machines 8
lilch perform their tusk us if guided
/ thought, und ^
With wiry tooth rovolvlng curds t;
olenso the tangled knots and smooth
the raveled lleeoo ; w
ext moves the iron band with fingers
line, 1
ombs the wide eard and forms the p
eternal lino." 1,
Some one has said that he who would 1*
now all about cotton must, like Lord L
aeon, take all knowledge for Ills pro- o
nee. The inlluenoo of the industry I
[ion the welfare of mankind is beyond V
imputation. It alTeots our habits and I'
linions?our laws and legislation. It t<
outes a vast eommoreo with wonders '1
, every stage of its manufacture. It I
marvelous to contempluto the arts b
deuces and financial power involved I
i one single branch of this industry S
10 art of cotton printing. "There N
e t he madder and other vegetable L
yes, the brilliant coal dyes, and the 1
otalllc mixtures to make the dyes lJ
ist; all tbo elements which the chem- C
t controls must be studied in turn? S
loir produce, collection, preparation, h
lending use and efTects. The de- V
gner searches through all nature for
itterns." The skill of the engraver, b
itll bis tools iiikI rwnnnii il? >
? ~ ....v. w\/|'|'vi vj iiiiuvm n, ifl ii
rought under tribute. Tho groat
,aplo of tho South, will we ever utilize u
> their highest development tho vast l>
nyers and opportunities involved In s<
lis great Southern industry? F
For many of tho historical faets horo b
entioned, the writer is indebted to c<
io 4*Memoir of tho Cotton Plant," d
ritten by W. B. Seahrook years ago, t<
ho was afterwards (Governor of South s<
irolina. ii
Hiovkhsinci tiik Oudeu ok Things, j,
A special dispatch from jlomer,
la., says: A case that has puzzled Hj
10 physicians of this community was (j(
as ended today in a singular manner. tj
bout a week ago an old man named H1
reatherow wns attacked with a vio- 8l
nt spell of hiccoughs, which kept up t)
itil the old fellow was convulsed with
fsterla. Everything tliat medicine
us capable of was done to stop the af- y
jn, but it continued until the doctors
:spairod of saving his life. Mother- ^
it's mother-in-law had hoard of nn
d-fashioned way of curing hiccoughs ,
id she determined to make use of it.
no in hand alio managed to creep, C(
ithout being defected, under the bed .)(
wbloh Wotherow lay, and when she y{
id tho*old man were loft alone for a U]
omcnt she pulled the trigger. In her m
fi tat ion she forgot to aim for tbo y
>oor, in which the load might bury '
self in safety, and instead jet tbo dis- *,|
targe tear a hole through the mat- Vi
ess on which Wotherow lay. Tbo
>wder burned tbo sick man's toes. yi
ul in a rage ho sprang from the bed, '
id drugging the woman from benoath ||
oeocdcd to give lior a sound beating, jj.
i his anger Wethcrow forgot all
lout bis hiccoughs, and when the y
tutors called, expending to sec adying
ans ho was dining, and thoy had only (j,
o mother-in-luw'sr bruises to look c{
* * w
"Do you lovo rnor said tiie paper p,
Lr to the sugar. " I'm just wrapped ,1(
> in you," replied the sugar. " You ^(]
reet tiling 1" murmured tbo paper bag. p,
woman-noon
^a8 't8 own sl)CC'a^ medi- tl
cino in Dr. ricrcc's Fa? h<
\ cry woman who tl
or overworked, Pj
every woman 1
\ ) who suffers m
' from any "fe- c?
male oomplaint" or sp
weakness, needs just
^iat rcrno<ty? With it, *
every disturbance, ir- J,*
gularity, and derangement can be w
rmanently cured. in
It's an invigorating, restorative tfc
nic, a soothing ftnd strengthening U)
rvino, and the Qrxly medicine for
omen so wife ?nd ?ure that it can (j<
i guaranteed. In periodical pains, la
splaocinents, weak hack, hearing- 1?
>wn sensations, and every kindred
Imcnt, if it fails to benefit or cure,
>u have your money back.
Is anything that isn't sold in this
ay likely to bo "just as good"?
It isn't the usual way?it's |
/} just the re(V~\
verse ? to
pay a patient n!
< when you'wi
can't cure
; Never- l>(
iclcss, that's what's done by ?
io proprietors of Dr. Sage's
atarjb Remedy. They prom2
to pay you S500 if they *
in't cure vour catarrh. q
...
NOMINATIONS WERE NOT MADE.
ri:miH that wuiti: hot com
I?JjIKI> WITH.
L'he Conference of Independent !>??? ?ik'I'iiIm
Asked l'??r Hie Itcniinciutloii
orthodentin Demands?Tho Keenest
Wuh Doiilod, mid tlio Call i>< Issued
for Another Conference.
Tho convention of Democrats which
issembled under tho call of Thomas
>V. Carwilc, chairman, met in the city
if Columbia on tho 17th inst. Thirtyine
counties wore represented and a
?ii._t? -?
uiiiiiiiu?r.> ruiiiorcnco wi. I. ! !, at
vlilch tho fullest unit freest i- .1 - sioti
<w)k place. Naturally tho most itn>oi*tant
question beforo tho conference
vas us to tho udvisubilltv of nominalng
11 State tickot. The majority
uvored u ticket at tho start, and the
lebuto only changed that purpose for
ho time being.
After a lout:, earnest and exhaustive
liscussion, a resolution solving tho
troblem to some extent was adopted
>y a vote of 120 to 104, which postpones,
without abandoning, nominations, 'l'lic
ote by counties to table the 1-solution
vas as follows :
Veas ?Anderson, K; Barnwell, 0;
lenufort. H; Chester, 8 ; Chesterfield, mi
!; Darlington, (J: rldgelield, J: Fair- ,u
ield, H; Florence, 11: Creenville, "?:
lainpton 1: llorry, -: Lancaster, b; ni>
/aureus, 2 ; Lexington, >; Marlboro, 1 : f"
Jeonee, <>; Orangeburg, 2 ; I'iokons, 2; JV1
Uchland, 0; Sumter, I: I'nion, 2: b
Villiamsburg, 1 ; York, 0?104. f"1
Nays?Aiken, 8; Anderson, 1 : Barn- ,,l!
/oil. a- rt.?..ut-? ' *
, . ..v. . vaanusiou, i ; Lk>
?lurendo:i, 0; Burlington, 2; Edgolicld, J'.0
: Floronco, 5: Georgetown, 1: Groanillo,
4 ; Hampton. 1; Horry, d: Luui*- sir
ills, 5; Marlon, 1; Newberry, S); Or- ?:i
.ngoburg, 10: Pickens, 3: Richland, 0'UH
; Spartanburg, It: Union, 0: York, ha
m. ?oi
At 2:15 o'clock the convention ascmblcd
with General Johnson Ha- tlv
ood, of Buruwoll, in the chair, and Ml
V. P. Crawford, of Chester, as score- pf,
arv. ?*i>?
The following executive committee
rus elected : !
Aiken, A. P. Butlor ; Anderson. M. __
\ Tj'iblo; Barnwell, Mike ltrown;
teaufort, 11. W. Richardson: Berko- Co
jy, S. P. Smith: Charleston, F. C. int
'ishburne ; Chester. T. Butler Woods : <
dicsterlield, W. F. Stephenson : Clur- ine
ndon, 10. B. Hodges ; Colleton, blank: en
aldington, W. C. Crokor Fdgellold, He
V. F. Allen : Fairlield, John LI rut ton : voi
'lorence, J. B. C. Wright; George- lid
>wn, J. B. Steele: Greenville. S. A* adi
"ownos: Hampton, W. F. Martin: tin
lorry, C. P. < juutlobuum : Kershaw, adi
lank; Lancaster, John C. MeDow: tin
.aureus, W. L.Gary: Lexington, C. yoi
.Bradford; Marion, , I. W. Johnson: tin
Iarlboro, (). C. Roper; Newberry, no
leorge W. Mower; Oconee, G. W.
'ratt; Orangeburg, M. O. Dantzler: wl
'iekens, R. G. Gaines; Richland, J. G. tie
apors: Spartanburg, J. L. Carson ; v'0i
umter, .1. C. Singleton ; Union. L. J. cai
Irowning: Williamsburg, M.J. Hurst:
'ork, G. W. S. Hurt.
The following resolutions, offered J
y Thomas W. Carwllo, of Kdgeeld,
were unanimously adontcd :
44 Whereas, Men prominent in the j
(Tail's of the State claiming to be , ^
omocrats, some of whom arc now 'j
joking nominations for high (dllces as
omocrats, have declared themselves u
ound by tlio principles announced at a ,.
onvontion hold at Ocala, on the 3d '
[IV of Dflnnmlini' I WOO ....
, ..-.WW, iio (uuamouni ? *'
) all their political principles, what- ,lujcvor,
which principles arc centraliz- ^
ig in their tendency and opposed to H01
ioso of the Democratic party.
" And, whereas others so now claim- ^r, (
ig to be Democrats have allied them- K
3lves with members of a now party "
iylod the Populist party and have ? ?
celared themselves ready to abandon V'
10 Democratic party whenever at (
11 opportunity favorablo to the mo
iccess of the so-called party should ing
resent itself, her
' And, whereas, under such circum- ?)u
amies it oecomes tlio duty of the ()lj'
emocratie party of this State, through t
s ollicial representatives iu conven- 'n
011 assombled, explicitly to declare its ^
osition in rogard to these disturbing
illuenees, q
u Resolved, That this convention, Q'
miposed of loyal Democrats from all
iirts of the State, demands of the conjntion
to assemble on the 10th instant lt
tidor the call of the executive com- Jj
litteo of the Democratic party of the ^
tate as heretofore organized, ex- '
iieitly to declare the true and loyal v
leglance of the whole Democratic i
Etrty of the Stato of South Curo-l M
na to the principles and organl- 4
ition of the National Democratic uo
arty and to repudiate aud reseiend L<
10 action of the State Convention of y<
192, adopting the Ocala platform as 1
nit of tiio Democratic party of this ?.
tato.
" Unsolved, That the convention also
muuuls of tho said State Democratic (|
mvontion to be held on the 19th of ?
aptembor to nominate no one to olllco y
ho is not in full accord with the uq
rinciples of the National Democracy, n
)r one who acanowledges allegiance k
> tlie said Ocala platform or to the 1:
rinciples of the Populist party. ?
" Resolved, That the nomination by i
ic convention on tho nineteenth in- J\
aiit of any candidate for any olllco at n,
10 hands of tho Democratic party 2, 1
aiding alloglanco to any other than
io Democratic principles and policy, Lv
mil absolve all members of tho Demo- Lv <
atlc ]>arty in the State from obliga- Lv
on to support such nominees at the Ar
moral olcction whether or not they . , ,
irtioipatcd in the recent primary
cctlon. . ijV j
" Kesolved, That an executive com- Xr
itteo consisting of or . member from
tch county be appointed by the re- Lv
icctlve delegations, which coinmittco Ar 1
iall be charged with tho duty of tho . ,
sttor organization of the Democratic \
irty and tho presentation of tho fore- ,
>ing resolution to the convention ,
hlch meets in Columbia on tho 19th Ari
stant and with recalling this convon- Lv!
on at such time as thoy seo lit prior Ar
tho 1st of Qotoher, 1894.''
Tho demands of this conforopco wore '* \
lly presented to the pemoOfatlO State '
juvouuuiion 1110 luth inst., and wore jjV |
id on tho table. Thereupon, the fob a,win)?
call wan issued for tho reassoming
of tho conference on tho 2oth LV
st., when it is expected that nomina- bv i
una will be mado : 'iV
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Sept. 20, 1804. A^.
To tho Members of the Domocratic eg,,
?|\
JAPANKSB N
mi) ip sjhd^ ijv
*$3sy c ure r
K Now nnd Complete Treatment, oonMatlntf oi lottt
JPl'OSITORIKH. Capsules of Ointment and tw< p m
?xes of Ointment. A novor-fntllnp Ourn for Pile* ]
every nature and degreo. It iuakos an operation s.,
th tho knife or Injectlonaof CArbollo acid, which V,IM
o painful and seldom a pernianeut cure, and often UK
suiting In death, unneoeseary. Why endure pin
de terrible dleenee? We guarantee. 0 n
>xes to oure any oaee. von only pay for P ,
ncflta received. II a box, fl for $5. Sent by mall. '
joranteoe Issued by our agonta. J
ftN^TIPATinW teurod-invented, j
UriO 1 IT A I IUW by Japanese Liver Pellets _Jl
o groat LIVKR and STOW AOfl IIKOUI.ATOH and
,OOD l'lIltlFIKH. SmAU, mllu and pleasant to IT A
ke, especially adapted for chlldi-at)'* \t?o. CO Dose*
cente,
aUARANTKEfl lamed only by
\RPENTF.R BRC8 , GREENVILLE, 80 ^
#
? V* 4 4* ,
?--JL1
" BMfrlHIft
l|pFi3j fV^jgjk
A NARROW^SCAPE!
How it Happened.
rim following remarkable event In a lldy*f
o will Interest the reader: "For a long time I
<1 a torrlblo pain at my heart, which flutrctl
almost incessantly. Iliad no appetite
d could not alee p. I would bo compelled
sit up In bed'and belch gas from my atom*
h until I thought every tnluuto would tx?
y last. There was a feeling of oppression
out my heart, and 1 was afraid to draw it
II brentli. 1 couldn't sweep a room wltht
sitting down and resting: but. tlmnb
m, ny tin* help of New Heart Curo nil that
past and I feel like ^iotlior womau, Hee
using tho New ller W (jure 1 had taken
Terent so-called rcmeulc.f and been treated
doctors without any benefit until I was
th discouraged and disgusted. My husband
light me a bottle of Dr. Miles' New lleart
re, and am happy to say I nover regretted
as 1 now have a splendid appetite and
op well. I weighed 12S pounds when 1 bon
taking the remedy, and now I weigh 130V4.
i elYoct in my case has been truly niarvels.
11 far surpasses any other medicine I
vo ever taken or any benefit I ever revod
from physicians."?Mrs. Harry Starr,
ttsville, i'a.. October 12, 18'J2.
)r. Miles' New Heart Cure Is sold on a poslo
guaranteo by all druggists, or by the I>r.
les Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of
ce, $1 per bottlo, six bottles15, express proId.
'I Ids great discovery by an eminent
icialist in heart disease, contains neither
iutcs uor dangerous drugs.
Sold by Carpenter Bros.. Druijfjlst
nvention (assembled on tho 17 th
it.):
lontleuion : Having- parried out your
itruolions and presenp-d tho Demonic
resolutions and Enunciation of
moeratie principles toiPbo State conHf
iitn mmonn!.. - * /? -* * f
wiixHud^ ui vyinuuioiu on tno
,h inst., and having demanded the
option of tho same by that body, and
3 said convention having refused to
opt the Democratic declarations
jroln contained, 1 hero by call upon
n to again assemble in convention in
j city of Columbia, on Tuesday night
xt, at H o'clock (2">th inst.)
I'his call is made in strict compliance
tb the instructions and tho rosoluns
adoptod at tho Democratic conation
assembled on the 17th iust. I
mostly urge your presonoc.
.1. L. CAliSON,
Chm'n Ileal. Kx: Committee.
IOIIM t:. caimous,
Soc'y Dem. Hx. Committee.
? Ill) % ^ -*
lev. Samuel !<\ Smith, tho author of
Iv Country, 'Tis of Thee," recently
enrated tho sixtieth anniversary of
> marriage, lie and his wife rosldo
n-u.y ju ^owioiH/'entro, Ma^.
I'vvo woman recently accepted inviions
to speak at the Kentucky Sunyr
School Convention. Hearing of
s, two olergymcn, who had also conited
to speak at the convention,
iceled their engagement on tho
>und that women uro forbidden by
i Holy Goost to speak in public.
J ACCAM AW Li N l>\ 3TEAM KRS.
r The Steamer will leave her wharf
.'oiivva\ evry Vonduy and Wednesday
ruing for Georgetown at lo'cl ok.touohall
intermediate points. Aral will leave
wharf at Georgetown every Tuesday
I Friday morning lor < onway at 4
lock, touching all intermediate points.
> 1'. M'N El L, Gen't Ag't and Tress* Cony,
8.
i. A. MUNNEltLYN, Agent,Georgetown,
oheduie of Local Mail Routes.
I' no NO. 20273.?From Gulivants Ferry
> Conway, mail arrives 1.4&pn>,on Mona*,
Wednesday and Friday; leaves at
30 p ill on same days. Mail closes at
,95.
UTE NO. 202H0.?From (J on way to ltiroray,
N.C., mail arrives at 4:30 p m on
u> sday, Thursday and Saturday; leaves
t 5 p lii on same days. Mail closes at
;">5 p m.
ITTE NO. '10281.?From Conway via
'orr.ey, .lordanville, Gideon, Lubuna and
jturn, mail arrives at 7 put on Tuesday,
Inns lav an t biilurdny; leaves at 0 a m
n Monday, Wednesday and Friday. .Mail
Inunu n? <l > ?
Dl'K NO. 20282.?From Conway to Lito
River, mall arrives at f> p 111 on Monay,
Wednes av ant Fridays leaves at 7
m Tuesday, Thursday ana Saturday,
lail rinses at I) p in.
UTK 20283?Front Conway to Port
arroMui, mall arrives daily at 12 nt;
ntvcs daily at 1:46 p nt. Mail closes at
10 pm.
TLANTIO COAST LINE. WILmington,
Columbia A Augusta IT. *
Condensed schedule, in olTect Dec.
85)3.
TKAINB OOINO SOUTH.?NO. 55. i
Wllnvngton it 20pm
.hadbourn 6 5<>pm , 1
Marion . 6 50pm
Florence 6 50pm / I
* MO. 6(1. I I
Floreuce 7 iopm / I
'urate? 8 28pm J|
Jumper 8 28pm |!
Columbia? lo<H)p*i ! 9
iii>. 58. j p
Florence 7 45am I j
(u otter 0 20am 'It,
Mo. 02. > a
iumter 9 53am J fj
joluinhiar 1105atn >10
rUAlN;PhOlNO NORTH.?NO. 51.
I'oluitthia .. 130am {**
luniter 5 57am '/*
Sumter *?< -?
II warn Pr*'J?
Flbrenco 7 lftam Hv.io
MO. 63. J
foluinMa 4'2Upm j
SuiPtir 8'86pm I ?
NO. 69. Jilt.
tiumtcr .6 46pm F
Florence 6f?f?pm '|
no. 66. || j
Florence 7 40nm I
Marion 8 33am I
I liarlbourn &>'2<>am t
Wilmngton 10 lOnm1'; f(?.
6*2 runs through fron ' har'cston vlo
itral 11 ail road', leaving Lanes 8.44 u m,
ailing 0 '20 a in. \
n mi"" ?i.>
.i.hmih" 'octiarTcs'.on,8. C.f t/
Central R. It., arriving Munnisg 8 p n>, 1
oh 8.U |i m, Clx-vleaton 10.40 p in. '
rain oH Manchester & Augusta K. K. I
res gunner, daily ?xeopt Sunday 10A0 ? \
arrives Ttimlni 11.00 a.m. Returning
re Rimini 12.80 p m, arrive Sumter 1.40 [
rains on llnr'evllle It. H 1-avo Harts* ^
daily except Sumter, at ft a m. ariirFlovds
ft 25 a m. Returning, leave
ys 9.45 p m, n rlvlog at Hnrtsv.l o' 10.1ft \
. F. Divine, Gcn'l Supt.
. R. Kinly. Supt. Tra?v-.
'. M. F.mf.u.son, QopM Agent.
tYKSWORTH & PARKER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, *
Malij SV - - 8. O S H
rtJ