The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 07, 1897, Image 4
QE. N[AL DOW _OF PROHIBITION FAME.
111S SlEItVICIE IN PITACU AND WAR
'io Stor'y of' lii eiemarkable Life
ant the incidenis 14ea1liig to the
'assage of Igid 'I'entpotlc
lregislat ionll in jIs State.
Ihe most )cturC-t1iue figiure in the
whole lold of reform, General Neal
I)ow, of 1'orland18, Maine, is 1 tssinig
1a i1Yawill'.
Gonorli .)ow is the originator of the
D'alnO L'a , and i the IiOllt' I'Iob i
tiist in this coltry. t i , lives in a
large, spaciou, old-tim brick house
in the Very heart of the toxn, sur
rounded by a iarL:e, wel-kept lawn.
lie built Lhis house 6' years ago. From
the front wcindows, across the ,treet..
you look over to the boune of his eon;
Colonel -'red N. I)ow. the house in
whicb he was h;,rnl.
}i{re in this ) diasait' h 'ie the old
te )peI'a. e heo t) is passing to the dis
tant home. w v rll is ln; de right
that o ; u/.'-- - h i re''. A leOnine
face. crofwni d Sith ;t )roftisll (1)
,nowv, white bair. a warn grasp of
the hand. and you are weleomle to his
louse, Vcen now in his last silkness.
provided yu leave your Cigar behind
you.
In this dying hour he illu atrates the
philosophy that ha, carridt'tl ll)
through life, and mlade him thbe cetntrl
linure of t reinarkalt' reform.
-,TOR til' il: 1 .11'I.
Gene'rai D)ow ('0tli " (f rond uh 'tre '
heing It dlt'sc ntin t on hi- fat ht'r' 5tde
in the 'eenth en rat 'on, frtll n I Iilry
ut)IV. 'loit tait"a 4 t4 l. _ 'tlCi1 i ''' \ ' I'.l
Norfolk. tl nl i i l " : nh1
moetheri " id from w t'l!'l^ ti i a ilt
w.hol lamell fr l' ,n '. landit1t ii I'n "
ishied h i --t i. i m 'i v h nt ' 11:
Iand of I: '-. It'
i1)01 p on oil ii ' Itnt II 1'; :i1'
(efatiOn i- t':ear a(n'1 li-t nt.
He:'.il I w a 'a in IIe ' .fu 44 huin
d e a i i n i i n t ' a e st''t :.a o u t4 t l : 1
btefore' thl Wi r. ard bt ''
with iany ha "iir" t'44''' 'i'!
the a e (I f ( , ha' il 'ith lii-' !'
that w'Iu;d hav''" ' '(t ,-t i01n1.
it.''. 1) Ii l't''k' ' ' I'a - t"it'l' aa
ireasure'r of the(' State, and th n a '' l 'n
fa ity i e l l 1 1 ' 1; - I t ll iI ' t Ill t I ' fit:n t "1 I 1 t .
rt'al. ) 1'\. 'a'h,, w :" a- l I' l'. ( - n . I t
to marie iup) tt' onti:'nui't. s ( " "
,uld favori ., f i IVtd iI
fu It'. op ith '.: 1 . hict' h t'il a' a'a
jtI(+d1 i1) u 1nde'1' thee 'i a
A Wi ig, whih: that t t al
hl pd(' to (i ' /ani e I I ' nt' a 4.
ly and h-c'ted ut oI i ' f I't''! ti'q' i'
t'ic' rer1eien) "1 1ite1d1 in a T
r'islt t' e. ' ' . i 'a t t '- 'In a ' I
-ted as to th ' I '. a at ' .
Gf raii 'll .imt'lll'- .\"1. Or. ,t f : !'ic
r " ' i t. '. u l ta n.
r tlii i . 't d till'a '' drl
l'at e imad aI n p t r i
whole u it l.. ''' al fo1
t,hat tlt NIai 11t'w Iali
!a1w, thi'11re' a 1o11 a lte u
(In the :;itiut' hookIi{ of :i ' n11 !. tI
tat,'.
()n' ia f'-w thall ' a; th,i en 1 ', !,
froml tintlImity :and i.m:'Ie
it i 't' ):11e''' 111a 11 :i a. 'a'' _ 1' li ,r I'a I
i) I'tlth i It 141-.' :i lI'l '' a 1 :I. 4 ~1
Io4 a lyit 41'itlai ta . ar;U ~ l
( a' '. -it . tIt t'ta. '''_" 11 I ' a I a !t ' '
lit.' iiii.t. the'. Ira n4. a ., ti I -
"lIt was a LOW. IIIa a .t_0.
tI 'I a 0 4Itin! ii 1ti ' 44 4 "'4 Itat " ':1n
latt onet' , vn:" Ia, t l -
,:in i '" at thle do r, I i '
,nI wt I t ' ,''-1 1 ala i th'',
a4 .' Il pe h tien! l a nk.mi. ' n b -a
%4iiy :, era '.eif h a-- a nk n .
he might,a' 4444 lo isl'.)a po .a I a r
one1i oftima dI n own 4a ''4 '. 4 --i
toa the' Ikeep' r in a' . i t w1 :'.4 a w 4. .
Ilhink'tI1.'a 'a\'hv. .\;r lI a. he i 4t
't.hs(:4 4'.4is h -N'..:t ! aI .ny
f(uttoi er . 'alli t all 41 ia ' ' i
pLh i ' 1' ;tlIht ra'| ta, i: (a ' t t .W
wiIl 4%' lt w.' a . IIt 4-'.'abra
beciila 44'nwi w ha.' aN' Ir 4 t
tht'i1'' to hw44 iali f:u t u1 4
tha i' m hah alli. t.4, no Illf 4' i t
la\\Lt': ofe tanu "a"thai-.iwn
life 4 Il) to t'-pre it'4la t itiw 1'.a%'r 'a.t
jiti ity ofn- of lenfor i4m
Thel4tlcion1 '~ i .ho a1 a - a
I'y i ' 44ery 4 memb of4- t f11
5(tew1. h 14i4htur were aa. 4 4 '
hs d ofthe 'taie 4114 Ion -to 1'
ernrl u ar, i'lii 441a 'it 'tk al- . 1 't a
moient T e .la; a r I - .4 IL
poheyL L!.14 i4l of 44icen44eat'ndttiu
fot' ay Cot ab.--omte' proi stt n ii.
Cuordi, excdpt for medIll4~4% ie d14,it
in th a tltilit'o Lirj la' and 1441 in il't
slitu t 111, Liii gI(1141 forn4')L
day,1( un awjai5t4 n''v' ed' an10 ' -n
a"'ey mo.ih hnoag .ebth )l
lna June1, of. that twme madewn
, aum on0 t ok phe. to (iro h
liquor lie pollprovid ef Wr s.m ll
(n nral o Col :) wIhteac
and the mayor ad ourma ofa milioa
mthe mof throhwarg of ntones I ree
thermena to buc-e tae ntom.h . aptrtlen
nor toheftyaen tatay. ot Tium' otu in
tis onrten o the ound th>oar, wase
killd, eealwognededan the mobev
he bmmies wored theconldn'
cemtlaind tried thaveqor so purictaedfo
m erder, unaieduae ytep t
it bwass aofa fr that wmaean a
" a ul)n t a l cet?et o h
house was aesaulted, and two yeari
befori when I was hung in efligy
and live or six years beforo when ]
was t.5siulted in the streeti by a hirec
bn. ly '
At the out.break of tho war General
)ow, at the reque:t of Governor WVash"
burn, began to recruit a regiment. He
was comIn issioned colonel of the "lif"
teenth Alaiuo Volunteers. and sailed In
Butler'; expedition for Now Orleans,
but .vas wrecked on the way. The
.tormtl rose so high that It seemed very
evident, that the ships mllust go to the
bottom. A lot was drawn from head
h s nitches, and the Captains of the
regimlents weret rcuired to draw to
see who should go from the overloaded
ship to the Mt. Vernon. l" ive itlaine
comnpanics wverei drawn to go to the
larger ship. Ihutier sitd : "Colonel
I), w, yOU h1ad hettor go with these me1.n
, n boar'd tht, Mt. \'erno..: they will be
safer there."
"And l''ave you he"rt, i_ent",:d
( )Il, yes, I imu."t tay here.
1'nles; y'ou order'1 it I all do no 1
suc thin1..I ,h"11 Stay with thel mna
juritV of MY re'ime('nt. atndl "tantd by
;ou." andt itlIte atdds ho didl.
lie wts 'iftcriwardi s nt itll 13utlei" when
he raId till foi'tn, a Ind bl r he'leId Iit
iter to i(nfort"t the tringent laws t:tbat.
m adt" Ne-w (1rb.a:us it htalthly andi or
terly city. IlIe wa Ia n [111 l sSioned it
ci't! rl by t\brahami I.;neoln. and at
th' sit ;;e of \'iekshu'ri in I ;l. was
tu Irr..onetr" by ( ;:t ntrtt l J1o-itph I.
lohn-on. (:aptain I.. T. .\l itcht;ll, of
Ilt,tit ,. (;at., wa:t, ordlert'd to taikt; himn to
I t m 1:n 11n . t',p t i 1 Itch( 11 atid ( s:
"I m- I. btt h."tn in com mnd1111(11( of i bri
. ,th of i.t _trt troop:, atndl was attatched
tt tnt ;'. m i i r' division. All the
niru ut ---I- (,f thIeves, guerillas
ln t' "" ' I iIirectly Charged
"u I;It,t r :,, tt I ,iv, w ith ci ldi -
S-c ai l d isnt l p r o m p t e d
n'' \th:r,'we were Ia large
n n b r ' n i . lt fr'"if New (1)retat
t6. r,". ..11',v I t I"!'rnphed to Solmla
I ~ ~ ~ s .t: \il',he; li ii waty there
wti.1 1) a; in ci!y. .\itchetl's cool
-t, ' ni 1-rowyly .ave'd him i
-r-" i' ianl ""t t"l: l.-Of a m ob. A t
! h !i life was again
S I' .:1 I ib1ty prison, and
S_.,, til"u t daily teillpor
1.1,"t 1.,1\ - t Ill perit nce iln at
-t" pttlt lI'I, andh( the
et t r itmIll to 1.e ceho.
TI; tt ult , l .r(undl, and sign his
i . a y. till this cruel
o- '-,I we get out, of
-.II .' ' t where whiskuy is
"h ttttti..l. ll1.O.
( ~ ~ ~ t ? .' t of the orison
s.tt .tt a - t!! hi, ttlt' , hi e saw
L' ,t-tkee prisoner b C
o!: tl :11, o (' miede'rates.
t f. 1 t. 's iroIt the wir.ldow
t I il-, uowt shoes and
tot i;n,
\ . t It. "rt ..n n it* i iv. and he was
ha r ct, f t't n; r:1ai I-ttzhughi bee,
'!: r1" I1 o ome, amid thle
'"li: '.. ,.t' t"1 ' thlou:I andttl of il"iends.
1 t'. n1 hl.i11 ha "'I b \"ntv ry t.etivo in
- tora ir-tlin .~. I i''tul'"ev, and
h t b itt of the Atlantic,
at ; , :1- n mtil intated for pres
,. (i -Itatt-. by the Pro
a.'it- bo rnl on the 20th of
u i,i! his'11th year.
-,it<i\ (>I' .\ ('11 APLAIN.
Tt'' I- irt-i i i, I 'ray'er M ee(tiing at
S"., I'.t .1 ( hi.1tiiin W ho D idl
i - . is.. U clergyman was
n .: .ha C. Cai lboun, then
\\ .weept thet p)htlac of chapi
n fe.'.r o '(f eth ieS at We\Tst
tI 1 a w'uill I wi-1 aLppoint y'ou
T ' \ na wasl Cha5('Ilrle's i. Mc
n- .at -'S earis of ago, and
* 1t y i Lwn1 as the, '" i shop of
aerIopted Lc( the apin1ftment,
1('- \ t LinIt Lthen hadt an1 uu
u1 V'' thia'.mn. There wats not a
n II t1~I an:1ng i 2L: r'S and cadets.
I i f uim were' weep2tics, and the
wLe oi!y) lidib2ferent to r,:li
11eV was rLce ivedt as gtnlLleilcnI
- t Ier.t'iman. but Lno one
I tht :eai'dtt -vympatthy with hiin
*1r' '10.un. L'r months1 his
n' -lemeu as' words spoken in
-11l- Iir'et encouragement was
a- a:t(in Jomle from church
-I l'nday a few feet in ad vance of
Ib -Te ebaptin'
n ge.t i'g hitter and hot
1aCu Ltne. Li Ltnem say'.
w<avs he receiv'.d another
'dragemenft. He wa,s diningi
\ clutenanit, a set !ier, hlurleC
r' I et ea rgymen. Tne
tile table. [The t il:ers
> -end'it the lietenCantL to
if hie did not ap)olog ze.
ndt aisked tile etaplainiI's
'-Ir too*k otferee at onel ( i
- ser1mon-. and wrote ia
. o seeptical opinions.
t t the chronie inditTerence
n wayt ~i to tpp)osition, per'
' el. Bt'. opposition was all the
ttura1It menit he received during the
ar.i N' a~ cadet had visited him or
n IIought lt h is atL qualntLance.
Iu on' S0"aturdaly, the 0only day the
autitt wVere i.i Lowed to visit an oI1eet
Iit*L i'ute'c'i l)perision,LIl one of the
a 't popul'ari of the cadetts knockcd at
hte'chaptail's dIoor. He wished to be
ini the Chriistian life thent and there,
11d aIsked' forl counOsel. In a day or
wo anlother cadet catted on a similar
rrand :L thetn Ithertlt2 atnd anIother
[iut II severa.I'l t liie rs camne. A meeCt
nlg for prayerL'I was appo)inited tw'ice) a
leek. It was11 the lirstt public prayer
leL ting he!tIli t Weist I'oinit. Ollicere
udl( Ladetsi cro(wded tin, l though all whc.
amo11 priofesedl Lthereb)y to begin a re.
igiou-; life. At lirst It r qjuiired at
nutehl courag.c to enter that, r'oom as ii
lid to teadi a forlorn hop..
Oine (of the cadets was L"onidas Polk,
ufter'warid bishlop (If Louisiana. Intel
igenlt, h igh-.tone'd and commandinog irl
)erson, he1 was tile conlspicuouls cadet
seeing that, it was his tyt3 to make a
lic t!~0 aofesslir of his fait,h in Christ.
After haptising h1imU the chpll1air
mladle a brief address, closing with E
2har1ge to bo faithful. ". Amen,'' re
sp)onded Polk, in ai voice tihat lrns
through the chu trch. Tihe " amen
was from the heart. ImmtIeditely thit
baptiz/ed cadet became a milrslonary ti
his comra'tdes.
A Iso!lnity per-vaded th0 acemjfl.
during thle remaining two years that
this clergymnan ser'ved as chaplain
[lif the corps became ChIristian men9
Several of them, leaving the army
woro( piromoted to the milnistry. Mani
of those Who entered the army rose t(
eminence. 'They adorned their profes
slon and the Christian religion.
Tis era I..West Point was ci'eates
through divine aid by a young inar
who simply dbid lisa diuty patiently andc
left the result with God.
IS IT A lIONSTEIL HUMBUG?
The Iimbless Cotton is an Old Variety
Under a New Name.
Greenvillo Mountaineer.
The newspapers have been fillkd for
several weeks with racy accounts of a
wonderful cotton ulant. which has been
recently introduced into G 3orgia, and
the excitement it has produced over
there has extended all the way to New
York. where a syndicate Is to be or
ganized for the purpose of introducing
the seed throughout the entire cotton
belt. This remarkable cottot is rep
resented as growing to the height of
twenty or thirty feet, and the yield Is
anywhere from three to five bales per
acre. The lint is said to be exceedingly
line, and compares favorably with the
product of the sea islands, while it can
he uso: in the manufacture of the finest
grades of cotton goods. A romantic
story Is told as to its origin, which
gives an added interest to the wonder
ful discovery of a now variety of cotton.
\lore than a year ago the"e came a
wandering .Jew, who had been with an
exploring party into the dark interior
of Africa, and in wandering through
the intricacies of our sister State, he
came across Mr. T. A. Jackson, who
lives not far from Atlanta, and the
story goes that the Jew took a great
fancy to Jackson, so that he "gave
him a section of a giant cotton stalk,
with live hells on it, containing a
dou ble-handful of cotton seed, and told
hin to plant them upon his farm, when
he would see what would come of
them." He explained to Jackson the
circumstances under which he had
iound this cotton, and said that the ex
ploring party of which he was a mem
ber had come upon a patch of it in the
wilds of the Soudan, where it grew to
the height of thirty feet and yielded
four bales to the acro.
This improbable story has been ac
cepted by the newspapers, and the
lucky recipient of the Jew's favoritism
planted thu seed and awaited the result
with interest. In a fertile soil the
promises of the Jew were fulfilled, and
on barren hills the cotton stalks
reached ten feet in height and yielded
two bales to the acre. Mr. Jackson
did not hide his light under a bushel
of cotton seed, but made known his
great success in growing this wonder
ful plant, and offered to sell a limited
quantity of seed at a good, stiff price.
Ilis reported success alarmed the farm
ers of Georgia, who foresaw that an
over production of coeton would g!ut
the market and reduce the price so
that their lands would be valueless and
their chief staple brought to the-verge
of ruin. Influential planters held a
conference, it is said, and raissd a
large fund with which to buy all the
seed in Jackson's possession with
the purpose of destroying it. But
Jackson refused to sell, and the New
York syndicat was organized to handle
the seed and grow cotton " world with-.
out end." We can imagine the con
sternation of the Georgia farmers
when they fail,d to get control of the
seed, and doubtless many of them,
fearing that ' O:hello's occupation was
gone," began to consider the opportun
ities afforded by emigration to the
Klondike.
Fortunately, there is an experiment
station in Georgia, although the daily
newspapers in Atlanta do not seent to
be aware of it. Mr. John Ferguson,
Sr., of this city, whose interest in
farming has never waned, had pro
cured some of the wonderful African
cottGii seed from Mr. .Jack5on at a ver~
high price, as already told in our col
uimns, but he was not satislied with the
glowing accounts about the limblest
cotton, and concluded to inquire at
the Georgia experiment station tc
find out what, they knew about it.
The r-esult of his inqiuiry is as fol
lows:
GEORGI A EXPEitIMENTV STATION,
September 25, 189)7.
Mr. John L'erguson, Greenville, S. C.
Dear Sir-In rep)ly to yours of thb
23d, I beg to say that I have repeatedi',
pubtished rep)liesi and interviews in r.e
gard to the so-called A frican Limbiesi
Cotton. I have the same cotton grow
ing on this Station from some of thc
same seed that Jackson used, having
secured It from a par-tner of Jackson',
~ls,ear. I have also examined Jack
sob's six-acre field of the so-cailed
African Cotton. Wnen the patch
plante di on this Station commenced de
veloping fruit I soon suspected that i1
was none other than a comparative ~
old variety, know n as " Welr,orn'n Pet,
introdu.ced and sold (pr!ncipally In the
West) for 7 or. a years pa4t, by Jefl
Welborn, now of Kerr.s, Ark. After it
commenced to open itn crop i becam'
convinced beyond a reasnnab:e do,ubt
trnat the A frican : ottoni is idential
with " W'erx2rn'-- Pet.' I ha gron rt
trie -'Pet ' in 1'Ki and M arnd remem-rI
bered L's pecou ar.t:cs. I e:xcraged:
* pecime-:-ra sectiorn of sa.t wito A Mr
JeIT W%etornr a few wet ago, ts ?are
ing me- a sectiojn of a sta.k of nra I'M
grown last year. Trs:z re:s ?.t was&n
no doubt wnate ver la heit in h or 'rn
ind of the id-mtity of .Jan'.i.or A 'r,
carn" and '-Weli:orrjs Pet . m'.r tria
test of 21 varieties does niot ,.norr rnser
to the credit of the Jia':kson cottonr. f'a
wi:l not yield as much a-s any one 01
half the other varieties.
I saw Jackson's patch. it.ia grow ing
on land that crlginally was thin upland,
but it has been manured and improved
for many years until it is now what we
unider'stand when we say a "dunghill
spot: besides this p)revious manuringi
it bas been loaded down with cowpen
rmanur'e from the adjoining cowpen of
sixty cows. It will p)ossibly make I tc
la bales of cotton per acre, if the frost
holds oif reasonably late. Tiho staple
is ordinary, no better than the average
selected varIeties of upland cotton and
will bring no more in the market.
The whole thing is sim ply a schemeTi
to sell the seeds of a fairly good varie
ty of cotton at an unconscionably ex
orbitant price. Weiborn sells themn
at $2.00 per bushel, or possibly less.
Jackson wants $1.00 per hundred seeds,
or NJl 00 per pound 'rTho tale about
the seed having been introduced by a
"Wandering Jew." who found them ori
a bush growing wild on the banks o1
the Corngo, in Central A frica, is simply
a "var'n." if a single farmer, after
reading this, ls humbugged abouit these
seed hie descry, ti to be i'umnbugge'd.I
have no interest In it except that 1 be
lieve it to be my duty as DIrector 0o
the Georgia Ex perIment, Station to ex
poseC all such attempts to impose on t,he
farmers.
You can make such use of thIs letter
as you may desire, for the hent fit of
your fairmrers.
'Very truly,
A las, for the IngenuIty and stratagerr
of the modern humbug ! What has be
come of the wandering Jew'? Will t,ht
New York syndicate project, its exton
sive operations next season ? Hlav
the wilds of the Hou dan produced( a ful
crop of the lImbless ootton this year I
We venture to suggest that t,be New
York syndicate would do well to em
ploy its immense capital in t,heoex
ploration of "Darkest, Africa," with
the view of seouring an acourate
and truthful confirmation of the mar
vellous story told by the shrewd Israel
Ste, if he ever existed any whc re except
in the imagination of his kind host,
who is selling cotton seed at a cent
apiece upon the strength of the Afri
can yarn. This exploration might not
prove so profitable as an investment,
but it would give an air of sincerity to
their efforts which the revelations of
of the experiment station do not put
upon their plans and purposes.
RAILROADS ARt: NOT COEtCE.
Tie Original ackage Shipments
Have Been Boycotted for Business
Reasons.
An impression has prevailed to some
extent that Governor Ellerbe used
coercion upon the railroads which
caused them to refuse the shipment of
original packages, where the pack
ages were separate glass bottles not
packed in wood or in such a way as to
protect them from breakage. It is
charged that the railroads were
threatened with vexatious and expen
sive litigation, with possibly adverse
legislation in the future, and that the
railroads acceding to this demand were
favored with the regular shipments of
the dispensary, which would be givon
to the lines co-operating in th's boycott.
A railroad oflicial has been interview
ed by the Columbia Rccord. and he
repudiates the idea that the railroads
were coerced by the Governor and his
legal adviser. He thinks that such
rich and powerful corporations as the
Atlantic Coast Line and Southern are
as able to stand the expense of litiga
tion t.s the State of South Carolina,
and they have no fears of adverse
legislation, for they consider that there
are too much brains and independence
in the Legislaturo to permit that body
to be used to punish those who do not
bend to the will of the chief executive.
"Governor E:lerbo has no whip
which he can pop over the backs of
railroad oflicials and make them bow
and cringe before him. The nov s
papers which are Indulging in talk to
that effect are simply making asses of
themselves.
" With one possible exception. there
is nothing behind the action of the
railroads. The attorneys of the
various railroads informed their
managing ollicials that no release of
the railroads from liability for dam
age could be signed which would be
barding and clective. If a lot of
liquor shipped in loose glass bottles
'"o b,roken in transit, the railroad
Shau ing it could legally be made to pay
for it., even though the shipper had
signed papers releasing the railroad
from liability. The worst of it is that
the shipper has four years in which to
make his caso against a railroad. Just
too the rlieet of that ! A shipper of
original packages might not bother
railroads now with claims for payment
of damages for broken bottles of
whiskey, even if every bottle in a car
load were smashc d. But just let the
Legislature change conditions in South
Carolina by passing a prohibition or
high license law, and a flood of suits
would b instituted against the rail
roads to collect damages for all wreck
age of whinkey shipments which had
not happened furt,ner back than the
four years which the law allows as the
limit within which suits may be in
stituted.
" Anybody with a grain of sense can
see that as a plain business proposi
tion tr.e railroads were obliged to
protect their interest, by refusing t'
haul liquor in glass, if it were not
piroperly packed in cases, kegs or bar
rols, so as to' pirotect it from damage.
To admit the right of a shipper to tak'
a lot of bottles of whiskey to a railro,ad
and comnpel it to receive them unpack
ed and transport them would involve
railroads in end less trouble.
"If the w h'skey men have that
right, why could not it poultry man
carry several hundr-ed eggs to a rail
road arid comnpel it to recceivc them
aid( tratnspor)ut them wvithiout being
packed in a hox or in some1 other way
to r-educe tine dai nger' of d amiage to a
mninimum?' Why would not a crocker-y
dealer have the righlt to takrj a lot of
line porcelai n to, a rail road and com pei
It t.o haul it without its being secut lv
packed ? it is pur-e nonsense to in'
agine that the railroad is in any way
ocliged to haul whiiskey unless it is
properly prep)aredi for sh ipmeint. Of
couri,e a commaron carr-ier, suchn as at
railroad is, can be compe-lled to carry
freight offered to it, but judges have
urniformnly hn II I. tat t ac r-ailroad has
a right to refuse to accept any fr-eight
w. hieb l- not in proper- sh iping shape.
"Thu reanon of which I made a pos5
si bie exception in Lt.e beginning of my
r-emgarks, bri' ily utated, is simply thnat
the di.fpen-ar-y htisliness ver-y lpr
fI tabi' to the irailroads, andl this may
hiave hadl i--Omei 6 l-ect ini deteriniing
*heir pditJIion with r ufierence to origi
uS pas:xag':s. Tlhi' diepensary buasi
rJ':n pay'5 the ralilroada, butter than
an.y ,tri'r ivqu*or biosinies coiuld, and I
amt ,,', of the o Iion that any of the
r '41/In aire going to dot a.niythlig to
ro:i;y ir.,are the die ntnary, as
thnat mo id oe verty mn'mbk ike killinig
tr. vn whiv;b' laid thu gol-ien evig.
" toIp a mrrtn-tt anid v:owilder. Tihe
/ i1'Jrf !.f, e di In p f taff h blJ . is in maH'd to
Colomg.r,a by the ralradn. It a tha -n
ri Itribuit.'d biy the railroads . to t'au dii
pieni-aries th.roighou t the S-tats. The
rallradsi also hul glass iad east s
fr-om the mtanuifaitorles to Columbia,
arnd also haul themr back to Columbia
from the counrty dilspensarles. It i.,
not likely that rail roads are going to
cripiple an instltuthm, which gives
them so much to do."'
OIt(iGIN OF fL l)O(IK) O-Now that a
new Ei D)orado is being discovered
every other day in the placer mining
regions of Alaska and the P'acnlic
slope, it is -> somne interest to recatll
the origin of thlat munch used term.n
Legends tells us that El l)h>rados was
the name of a Bouth American king of
the fIftecnth century, wino was periiodi
cally smeared with oil or balamn and
was then p>wdered with gold dlust,
until his whole baidy had a gilded atp
pearance. 191i8 said21hat on these oc
easions he threw gold1, emnaralds5 a-id
other precious metals andl gems into a
sacred lake. In wi ch lie afterward
bathed. Th'le slo-y of this gilded
chieftain penetratedt old Spsin and led
t sexpeditions <f c onqiuest throughn sue
o ueding c( nlturiies and the introdluction
into Southi America. The name P]l
Dorado, probabl.v mythical In its orn
gin, becarre a term signifying extranor
dinary riohne-ss in a given locality, os
peciably when the object of search wias
beyond reachn. Mythical or not, the
I'01 Dorados zf all times, ancient and
modern, have been powerful magnets
for the cupidity of adventurers, p"ov
ing that alter all the spirit of avarice
d roes not wane with the advancemnent
of civilization.
-Swindleis have been victtnizing
householders of Kansas City, I(as., by
causing to be distributed handbills an
nouncing that the legislature has
ordorod all houses to have mail boxes,
and thnen canvassing from house to
house, taking orders for the boxes and
collecting 25 cents on each order.
'T7IC COTTON PLANT.
The publication of the Cotton I'lant
in the future has been awarded to the
undersigned for an indh finite period.
The comtinitt-ce in charge of its publica
tion has been seeking a publisher for
soveral weeks, and at a recent mneeting
the award was made in competition
with a number of excellent gentlemen
from all parts of the State. In resum
ing the supervision and business man
agement of the Cotton Plant, I desire
to secure the co-op3ration of all per
sons interested in the establishir ont of
an agricultural newspaper in So.ith
Carolina upon a permanent basis, and
to make it the medium of communiel
tion b3tweon the farmers of the State,
whose Interosts it will represent at all
times. I expect to arrange for the con
stant help of able and experienced as
sistants in the editorial department,
who will discuss topics of abiding in
terest to the occupants of the farm, and
who will endeavor to lead our people
into better and improved methods of
agriculture. It will take time to per
fect the arrangements contemplated,
and in the meantime, with the best
facilities at hand, the publication of
the Cotton I'lant will be resumed on
the 151h of October, as an eight page
weekly newspaper. The price will
remain as' heretofore at One Dollar a
year.
The Cotton Plant will continue to
represent the State Alliance, and the
State Exchange will use it as a m ans
of giving infki nation to the farm( rs in
the purchase of supplies. Clemson
College will find an active supportrr
in the Cotton Plant, us it did when
struggling for an cxist(n.e eight or
len years i+o. Every p.isse of the
larmer's life will recev: cons'd. ra
tion, and it is my aim to make the Cot
ton Plant worthy of a literal patronage
from the class wl on its seeks to r p
resent. I'artisan and factiona! politics
n ill not engage its t.ttcntion, but the
dh-cuss!on of economic in I int'ustrial
mcasures is within :ts legiti,i ate
sphere, and hcnce tre not e xcluded
by any means. In a word, I sli l strive
to make the Cottton 'lan,t a iterito
rious representative of the farmers in
South Carolina, and its co'u,i: ns will
give a hospitable welcome tocontribu
tions from the men and women who
live upon the farmi, affording an ex
change of experiences that cannot fail
to be beneficial.
The Cotton I'lant, during my for
mer connection with it, reached the
high-water mark as to circulation, and
it had then a I trger list of sibseribers
than was ever obtained by an agricul
tural journal in South Carolina. It
wli be my aim to excel all the past,
but as my former success was reached
through the cordial assistance of the
farmers, so it will be necess:ry to se
cure their co-operation at this time,
atndi i respectfuiiy ask that they will
manifest an interest in this renewed
venture on their b.-hal f by getting
subscribers among their neighbors,
and joining forces in this efformt to
make a liv.', progressive, first-class
newspap)er, devoted exclusively to their
own occup)atio)n. i-or the present I
shall depend on their voluntary as
sistance to give the Cotton P'lant a
fresh start towards a vig'orous growt.h
and abundant fruitaire.
.JAMI- A. Hlorri.
- Tfhe Kiond ike c raze h'a- prove.d to
be th:e saivaLt o'i of S.'attlec, which was
ra'her du'| before the go'.den Loom bi --
gun. 0 :e har ware firm there t.akes
in over $1,tAud oua~ every day, anid a
'0 ding grocer has emnployed 40 extra
clerk<. All of the hi tels and lodging
houses are ero wdeci. Thue business at
th a telegraph olli ac is six times g reatt r
than it was.
-A. Geor-gia mnob recently gave a
noe.ro culprit the privilege of choosing
the manner of his death. T1he victimi
desired to kiil l imsel f eating v-ate
melons. but his capltors wecre unanim
ous in the belief that such a death
would inmvolvye no punishment, andl that
It was rot their pu rpose to reward, but
to atvenig(.
--The rage of colored shoes and
Htockings is virulent in P'rance,' w 1m o
the women are wearing pink shoes and
red hosiory. This sounds too aud acicus
to be tirue, but it is so.
EE
Bright - faced, happy, rollicking, playful
babies, thousands of them all over thme
broad laud, have ini their hodies the seedls
of serious diseases, amid while they laugh
amid phiy are facitig dleathl. The tumothier, in
the mua.ority of cases, is unconsciously ic
sp)onsib)le for this sad( state of affamirs. Where
thme tuothier, during the ianxions p eid, suf
fers froiii weaikiess and dlisease of the dis
tinetly fenininc organism, it is useless to
expect a sound and he atimy baby. Eivery
womiian muay he stronig iii a womnanly way,
and have robust, hiappy children,
A wonderful mied ietne for womien is Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is thme
discovecry of an entinent and skillfuli spe
eialist, D)r. R. V. Pierce, for thirty years
chief consultinig phsiciani to the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Bhtffalo,
N. V. It is a iunediite that acts directly
antd ontly on those delicate and imuportant
orgais that bear the burdents of tunaternity.
It iimakes thecum strong, healthy and elastie.
It allays iuiflatuinuatioiu, heals ulcerationi,
stops dlebilitatiing drais and soothes pain.
It gives rest amnd tonte to the tired nerves. It
fits for wifehood and m,otherhuood. It does
away wvith thme discomforts of the expectat
period anid makes baby's comning ealsy and
comiparatively painless. Honest dIruggists
will not offer an inferior substitute for the
Bake of a little c.xtra profit.
" I sufTered for years fron displaceumnt, debili
tating drainis, inflammu,ation, and weak back."'
writes Mrs. Jiessic McPherson,.of 38 So. Main St.,
Providenice. R. 1. "1 traveled with my lihuad,
and first noticed miy weakiiesses coininig oni when
the lolt of the cars becaiit" nnhearale. I stop.
ped traveling hatt t he tronbl,e steadily grew wvorse.
I suffiered so thait I becaie dtespond'iet and wish
ed for dedathi.SI took only' a few b,ottles of D)r.
Pierce's Fav~orite Prc.seripthin d was pera
nently cnred."
Needs No Explanation
MA DISON, N. C., Aug. 4, '97.
G,oose G rea o Liniment Co., Greens
boro, N. U.
DUulr Srs -Please ship ut, at once
r)no gro:s Goose Grease Liniment. We
are entir ely out. Don't fail to ship at
hnco. 'I"Lse give us jobbers' prices.
It is the i,.st thing we have ever seen.
Yours truly,
W. C. JONES & Co.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condisdca Sehcdulo in Effcot
JUI Y 4, 1897.
STATIONS. No.___
%v._C'Lt rti_.... . .......... 0
,v. Column>ia... ................ 11 00 a io
Proturity................... 12 11 p in
" Newherr ................... 12 2E p n
" Ninety-i ........................ 1 26 p
Ar. Greenwooud..................... 1 45 p i
To. M.d :-.. ............ 22
:- A t'. L e .. . .. . .. ....... . - 5 n
hAr. Andern .........--..
STATIONS. . Dai1
.v. Go ieenv illo ........... ........... 10O6 a.
" Pi( tmono t ........................ 10 55 a i
" Willia1mston 11 18 a m
v. Anlr ..........
1v.... it.an .... . ...... 1 6 n
A r'. nalRIds.. . 12 02 m
v Al..i ..a .............'2. ' a
(41emnwoo.l...................... 1 00 p m
" Nia.lty-Six.............. .... 1 26 p m
" N.w erry ...................... 2 2 p m
"'rsperiy..................2 17 p a
Ar. ('atlunlhia . . 8 50 pm
rIl- i S. '1 ATIONSf o _
7ii i la Lv... C h t I1 a
8 mI 1; 'ia (:...tohnnia ..." 3 T i.R
9 U:n 1- 151 '.'. Alston. . .... " 2 45p 8
l1: t 1'i I p ... ntl: . " 1 25p 746
S:'a 2 :;tp " ... Jont ille .. " 12:2p 6 58p
10 ;,tl, 2:s; .. .... P"..oet..... " 12 14p 6 47p
1 I '"a | ilap Ar...filartarlhtirgK. Lv Il 45a 020
11 4 ::1et Lv . Sl:irumbt irttg.. Ar Il 28a 0 0p
2 ;tal_ Ar .. A heavillc... Lv 820t 806p
Trniis v nail 10 earry eleVant, Pullman
scelintg ."am-; 1i w -nu C.lmobl,ia said Asheville,
enitile d.yt w te uen Jack.isuiavilie nad UtuCin
nat i.
Ti-ins lenve SpitrI tnhu r. A. & C. division,
vi.ribbaou .n1, :.; ia. mn., :3 i . .. 11:18 p. mn.,
(Vestihule l.in1it-41): sotulthtnitnd 12:26 a. in.,
U1:" : p. in., I 1 ::7 n. im., V'-t ilhtle iimited.)
'l'ruin1s h.av., (irc-e.nvil'"., A. and (). division,
n""rt l l." tn.,. : 5 :at. In.. 2 ;)1 n. ml. nn1t(15:30 p. m.,
(\'s.silnh"i- l.in,it. 1 - 8.>110.h6111n11, 1:23 a. in.,
4:d)lp. mt . IJ::0 i. , n1 i Ve,ihile.l Laimited).
I'nalliut Servico.
Pnllnu n. ln:ia."."- " .-."nins :.ars on Trains65and
8i, 87 tant 3s, 1t A uasl (. divi-,i n.
W . I I. ( ; IN"1.; . .1 Ml. ."l:LP
(i."n. Sit; e."It.ln" m-n"It, T1'raltlio Mf'g'r.
W1',hl,ngtuon, U. U. W\'t.hington, D. a.
V. A. 'Ii'iK 0. l. TIARDWICK
(. -n. l t,.. t. As't (ien. PIavs. A g .
Wah Iina3, ,. , D. u, Athlats, G.
LI MITED
DOUBLE DAILY
SERVICE
To Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Ath;
ens, Wilmington, N(.w Orleans and
New York, Boston, Richmond, Wash .
ington, Norfolk. Portsmouth.-Sched
ule in e:'Tct . 7, 181F7.
80.'TIIISo t?ND.
N o. 403. No. 41
Lv New York...........*I 10lmI (00amn
Phli ladelph tiia...........I 12pm 120(5am
llaltimotre ..............i Ij15pm 2 50am
W~ashinigtton........... 4 40pm~ 4 30oam
lItihmond.i..............855pm 905;am
Norfiolk via S. A. L.... 8i 3pm*9 105am
iPortsmiuth i . ... S 4i5pm 920ami
Weldont................*11 F8pm*11 55am
llenderCison .............*12)561am *1 31pm
Ar Dutrhiam via S A I..7 32am t I O0pm
!.y Ihirham.............f20Jpiil 00aiu
Italeighi viaSA L....*2 10amn *3 34pm
Sanfrd ............3 3 Sam 50O3pm
So Piies............... 4 22am 5 55pm
11amleI .................. 510am (653pmn
Wadesboro............. 55lam 8 1tipm1
SIonrite................. 3am 9 12pm
Charlotte v'ia8. A. ...* 8 30am*10 25pm
C'hester via 8 A L.. .. 8 10am l0 47pm
('imbia. C N&LR it 1_ ImiTINp
( litonu ................) 4Sam 12 10pm
Greenwoort.............1) 35am 108Sam
.StMbhievi lie.............110 3am 1 40am
i-:lbeton...............20OTpm 2 '41am
L,r Athens ............... 1l5ptm 3 4'am
Av Winder..............I 50pm 4 30am
Ar Atlanta S A L.........250pm 5 20am
No tTn HIioUN D.
N o.738. N o. 40
hv Allania .............*'7 50pm*120O0nnu
Lv A thens........ .......10 412pm 3 10pm
liberton...............12 33am 4 15pm
A bbeville ..............1 140am 5 15pm
(Grenwood1............2 200am 54'1pm
(lintont...........,..... 3 l3amn 634pm
We _
On Pianos, Organs anc
diIve ourii businiess these hari
of' monley lil(e tihe 0old fossil:
onl when they won't pay the
wvant t.o p)urchase a Piano oi
us5 and1 we wit! sell you. V
and best selected stock of I
some of the b)est makes on ti
to sell them. We guarant
than any other reliable dlealc
time purchasers are easy. O
required and we make
Sp)ot Cash Buyers we will s
Organ cheaper from us thar
business. We keep consta
of' small instruments, cons
Mandolins, Autoh~arps, Violi
pairts, strings andl supplies
Sewing Machines at ridicu
wanit one, just intimate it, an
low you can buy one, Our:
vocal and instrumental-j, is ke
of the popular' and1( up-to-dt<
time. Yours t.
ALEXAN DER
(3IR.I~NMVIT
Ar Columbia N-& L R R .. t7 00p
(JLester ..........4 48am 8 18pm
A..l: arlotte vias A L.. 8 SOam1(Il6pm
Monroe $ A L.......... 05am 9 40pm
Ha *let 8............. 8 15am 11 23pm
Ar -iingt ......*1280pm 80am
So 1-ines.............. 9 20anm 915am
Raleigh ............. *1135am*1135am
Ar Durlam via AL .. t 4 09pmt7 82am
-vDurham .............t1110am t5 20pm
S?otlL' -- A L..... .....* OOpm *4 Doamn
l.......o.d........... .. 0 60spmn 8 16am
agtoiviaP 'nnRR 10pm 12 p
Baltimore.............12 48am 143pm
e Yiladol -ia.......... 8 45am 350pm
--r.......-..*0 63am *0 28pm
Ar Portmnouth.... .. ....6 50pm 7 80am
Norfolk.......... ..... 0 05pm *760am
*Daily. tl)aily Ex. Sunday. $Daily Ex
Mon ay.
Nos. 403 and 4f2, "The Atlanta 8 ocl,"
Solid Vestibulo Train with Butrott leepers
and Day. Coaches betwoon Washington and
Atlanta. Also Pullman Sleepers between
Portsmouth and Cheslor.
Nos. 41 and 38, "The S. A. L. Express," olile
Train of l'ullman Sleepers + nd Day Coache,
bet ween Portsmouth and Atlanta.
lFor Tickets, Sleepers and informa
tion apply to ticket agents, or to
B. A. NEWLAND, General Agent,
Pass. Dept., 6 Kimball House, Atlagta,
Ga.
G1.o. McI). BA'r'r , Trav Pass. Agt.,
Charlotte, N. C.
F, ST. JOHN, Vice-President and
Gen'l Mgr.
V. E. MCBEE. General Superinten
dent.
H. W. B. Gr.ovlit, Traffic Manager.
T. J. AND1CitSOQN, Gen'l Passenger
Agent.
General Oflices: Portsmouth, Va.
SOUTHERN RAILWAYe
WIEDMOE AlI t 1.i (l.
he 4a.4 R.*d'.l" "f Pa.en-ger TVaa
In Effeot 'te -V, 191.
Voe. N. Ia F
N"rthbo,snd. NH.1.l No. 36 EX. No. 3a
,)aily Daily. #un. Dali,.
. Atlrnta.'. T760M200, m l On p
tl.%uta. KC.T. 9860 a i 00 p 30
" ornrosa... . 9 81 a . 98P 1 4 t
" BB ford ....... 1003 a .' T O p .
Q Galneaville... 1086 q 22 p 7 48
L,tla ..... 1100 a 'a p 6 0,9 o 47 s
" Oornella...... 11 22 a . 8 85 .......
r.Mt.Airy ..1128a ' . 840y
Lv. Touoo..... 1164 a 8 5.... .. a b
Westminster 12hm .. ...... 4 }
" l;euenw. ... . 12 48 p 4 is .... 4 Xt t
(e.~tral ... 1; p 4 45 p .... 4 55 a
("r.,enville .. 281 p 5 0 p ....... 6 46 a
Spartaunburg. 9 47 p 6 18 y ....... g7 "
" annyu.....4...... . ... . .11 a
" Blab.ksburg .. 447 p 7 05 p... .. 7 85 a
" lig's Mt. . 618 pl.. .... ... 58 a
' arta.....55 ........... 9 20 4
Lv. Charlotte ... 6 40 p 8 p 030 a
Ar Daa,ville .. . 11 25 p1 00 r . ... 1 00
Ar. Richmond ... t00l 8 00 a ... 440 3
Ar. ishin a . 42 .. .94
"altn'n PtR. . .8 1l ..... 11 85
" Philaiela hal,i. . . .8 . 185 a
" New York . .I1 48 mo " 42
I Vt.Ml fes. No.11
tuthbousd. INo 35N. 57
Dal3. Daily.
Phlath.alphia . 8 60 a 0 5 p .
alti,nor. . 6 21 a 9 20 p .
" 'a.i.ntton.. 11 16 a 10 48 p .
Lr. Richnmond ... 1258 p 20u a e 00 .
- .--- - - - 1i 66 p ---I 0 a ..
Lv. D nville - . 2 p a 50 a 605
Ar. Charltt-n . . 10 p 9 26 hI 1l a.
Lv. Gastonia. .. 10 60 p ........ I16 p
KntgmM ..
" (affuoys ..... 1i 47 . 2 p.
" Spartanburg. 12 2.3 all a 815 p
" .envillle.... 1 20 a 12 p4'p
" OJ..tral..5 2 1Sal15 p 515 p:'
Se~neca.... 220 a1985 P l 40~ -
"Westminnster. ........ ....... f,8
" ToU(ua ...8 a 2 18 p 688 sas
"Mt. Airy ..... ........ .... io "J77'
G ornelia--.... ......... ......788- 685a
a Lula.. ......409 a bs8 808p OUT7s
"Gaesile. 485 8 81 p 88p 720ae
" Huford.... .. ....... ggi y4 g
" Norcross ... .... .. ........9 4 8716
Ar. Atlanta, IC.'i'. b 0a 586 p18 000 a
.__ 31 __.88p_ 00_ 880g
""a. na. "P p. m,. "M" noon. "N"4~ night.
No.87 and 38--Daily. Washington and South
wenutern Veatibul L4ntted. ThrougkPullmaa
Mllping oars het ween New York an New Or.
n.vaahington .A tlau ta and Montgo,n
ery, anel also bewe 'New Yrk.and Maimh
Yia Washington,Atlanta and Birmi1ngham.P,
claas thoroughfare coachea between WVashing
ton and Atlanta. Dining oarn serve all aM
sa rout.
N'oa. 81 ad N.---Uhaited States S
rune solid between Waiahington. an 5W t
len,via o ther iway, A & ..R
ear and ooaohee, trn Withohag
Laving Wa.hlaton eaoh Batrd,ay, a
*Ielg oar wil run throngh ~ een a
btnand 8 ' seec wtout ehang
-.e 11, 87 an4 l3~iman sleein eas
Sween Richmond andQ arlet te yi. DaaIl
*euthbound N.11 and U, ar thbouad4~41
The Air Line i traIn , -* 17 ajt1, he
*de At an est Airy, Ga.,ay se
4en'l Supt,
Washi gtou, h 0, #a1is~ , g.
rices
I Sewing Machines. We
d times by selling at Cut
alnd croak about the scarcity
a who Jet purchasers- pass
m great long profits. If you
an Organ come and see
ie have on hand the.largest
'ianos in thQ State, including
e market, and we are goin<y
ee ou pries. to beC' lower
r will mrake Our terms for
~nly a small cash payment
he sailing smooth .For
ay, you can buy a Piano or
from any concern in the
nltly on hand a full stock~
isting of Guitars, Banjos,
ns, &c. Also the various
f'or same. We are selling
lously low prices. If you
d you will be surprised how
stock of sheet music, both
pt full, and you can get any
songs andl music at any
-uily,
BROS & 90
LJ, R. 0.