The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, June 29, 1899, Image 4
The People's Journal
PICKENS S- C
WHAT DOI A4L TI MISAN?
BILL ARP SAYS IVS SAl.
A Picture of tlo New England People
by One of Their roachiors-Soimo
Recent Books oSoutliern Authors.
-111 fares the land, to hasteninog ills a
p)rey,
Where wealth nccuuiliilates and nen do
caiy."
flow dotli history repeat itself. If
Goldsmitb had havo lived to our day
he might havO written thos lines
about Now England. Was there ever
such a sad and pitiful picture drawn of
any peoplO as that New England
preacher has drawn of the country peo
P11 of Massachusetts and has published
in The Arena. We wonder that the
editor of that high-toned magazino
would daro to expose the descendants
of the Puritans in all their hideous
deformity and to broadcast it among
the citizens of cultured Boston. The
story of their degradation physically
is worse than what we read about of
the goitre districts of Switzerland.
Six flngers on each hand, six toes on
each foot, cross-eyes, hare-lips, club
foot, IuIllIe chop , mutes, dwarfs and
idiotS seem to be common in every
rural community. But the degeneracy
morally is still worse, for this preacher
says when there is a gathering from
neighboring towns at a cattle show or
other attractionl you will see as wicked
a throng of human creatures as ever
gathered at Vhite Chapel or the l''ive
Points, and that the pens or prisons
built for drunken rowdies are Iillee
before 9 o'clock in the niorninig and
these hoodlums insult every woman
they meet, and when niglt comes both
men and women revel In the wil(
orgies of a promiscuouAs dance. And
yet some of those Honton editors are
still crying " Stoo thief '" to distract
pubic attention from their ownii shame.
Once before I have alluded to Mr.
Stute on's statement that the marriage
relation in Miassaehusetts is al most a
uululty, and timt separations are iIo're
comn mon t an leg-al divorces. Not long
since another New England wri tee
astoutried the public by declaring that
in many town s and viilages the sound
of the fabbMth hell was never heard,
nor the i enurc h ol or ever opened and
religion was goiog rapidly into dikusc
and inniocuous(I desuetude.
What does all this mean ? Ias the
Almighty Cod turned His back upon
that historic ground and given the
devil fre2 -eign over its pcople ? Has
It Cole to this that a man who preaches
holiness or sancti~ication is lynched
with tar and feathers and made to
leave the country. lf a negro commits
an outiage in that once holy lard does
it take guards and police and the
militia to keep the mob off of him ?
And yet hL Boston Transcript says
that (meor-gia is several generations
bebimi New England in relinement and
morals. " How are the mighty fallen :"
when we find that in The Arena a
preacher is allowed to take his text,
'The Dlegeneracy and )ecay of Rural
New England." Their conditiov is
amaming, pathetic, helpless. Tile land
of Webster, Choate, Pierce and Haw
thorne is now 'to hastening ills a
pirey,'" for as wealth accumulates in
lBoston men decay around it. Thi,
preah"er says " the mills are built, but
the farms arc alli mortgaged."' Tuen,
what wvill become of the factory girls
whlen the iills are all moved Sonuth to
the cotton, where they are 01)1iged to
comie, or close?- Not long ago I traveled
with my good friend, Galloway, of T1he
Maconi Telegraph, and he talke~d in
raiptures about a new book-an English
man's history of the United States.
Percy Greg has written two v ohunes
about us, and it is a masterly produe.
tion-nothing so thorough, so phi loso
p~hie, so just to all tihe factors, old Engii
land, New England and the South, has
over been written. T1he author is an
lEnglish man, a noted traveie, a scholar,
high-toned, urnprejudicedl and as enter
taining as Maculay. I sent to ltieh
mond for it, to the Everett Waddey
Company, who published the A mei
can edition, and eagerly have l perused
and enjo) ed it. This edition has an
admnirable preface b~y General 'Wade
Hampton. This book is 1to) comprIe
hensive for- the schools, but every man
of leisure should have a copy in his
house to feed upon-to feed mbhid andl
memory, and lbe established in the faith
of our fathers. P com my inmost heart,
I thank Mr. Greg for writing this his
tory while I still live, for I feel that at
last the South has been vindiented by
a master mind. Every page gives
comfort, and that p)ortion about our civil
war and its causes and conseqiuences
makes the Southern spirit b~urn with in
you and a feeling of thankful pride is
revived in the Southern breast. Yes,
it makes me feel calm and ser-ene.
Here is another book that the author
has just sent mne through the mail.
Its title is ''The Case of the S->uth
Against the North," by [ton. 11. .
Grady, a culture 'cion of North Caro
1ina and h ate a membi er of Congre-s
from that State-and a Confederate
veteran of four years' soldier- service.
I have only had time to glance over its
contents, but have readi enough to
know that it will be anotiler val uable
ed ucator in our schools, and( will estab
11sh the truth in the minds of our
young people. Th'le long belated South
is making her own literature now,
thank the Lord for lIIis mecies. Here
Is a beau ti ful Ii ttle hook of poemls b~y
lI .cy. E. A. Wi ngard, of Coum ibia, S.
C. NIy friend, E. A. AullI, of The New
beriry Newis, publ)1ishedl it and sent a
copy to me. Th'1e.'e poets sccem to come
up) in a night. This Lutheran prcacher
Is no mor'e rhmy mer :lhe is a true poet,
and many of his' poemis arc as perfect
gems as ever HI yno or Tinmrod wrote ;
some of them rermiind one of Cowiper
and Golsmith. They are as tender
and true as classic. The verses " No
cross, no crown," are exqu isite, and
so are the lines in memoriam of Winnie
Davis.
Andl here I have some numbers of
The Midland Monthly, of St. LouIs,
that is an ad mirable magazIne, anml
one enti rely fair and just to the South.
My friend, Benjamin 10. Gireen, of Dal
ton, was sent on a secret mision to
Cuba and St. Domingo,,in 1&l8jby P'rcsl
dent Tiaylor, and recently he wrote a
truthful and very instructive article
containing hIs observations of th'e peo
ple, and especially ',be con Ilict, betwecen
the white and negro races in those
Islands. Th is sketch was decli ned by
every Northern magazine of Itepubll
can instincts--declincd becauiso Its
conclusions d11( not tally wIth Repuib
lican policy ; but it was promptly ac
cepted by The Midland Monthly, and
Mr. Green ad vises our people to con
tribute to it and patronIze it. Mr.
Green, a well-knowni scion of that very
notable and ableo gentleman Duf
Groen, 18 hImself one of the most
learned and relIable wrIters of tho~
South. T'hen there is our own Thomas
Neleon P age, whose " Red Riock " has
awakened the conservative people of
the North, and they declare with some
signs of repentance that they did not
know, they did not dream that the
South was 89 shamefully and cruelly
harrassed in reconstruction days. May
be they will apologize before long.
Yes, we are rising up again to the
front, and will yet fulfill A blon Tour
go's prediction, for he says in his
"Fool's Errand," " the South con
trolled and dominated the national gov
ernment for fifty years, and if our poo
ple continue to worship money as their
God, the South will before anotber
half century control and dominate it
again." The North, like Haman sees
Mordecai sitting at the gate, and Is un
happy, and now her only hope is that
there is a nigger in the woodpile who
will some day break out and dronch
our land with blood. Let the North
beware and let us alone, for Haman
was hanged on the gallowe he built for
MordecaI. We do not fear the negro,
for though he is a political fool, he is
yet our friend.
But I must be amiable today, for It is
the seventy-third anniversary of my
birthday. I have already had forty
kisses and a hundred good wishes, and
there are more te come. My wife
kissed me early-kissed me first and
said with a conjugal smile: "You must
live on and on as long as you can, for
I don't know how we would get along
without you." I don't either, aud so,
like a pensioned soldier, I keep living
on.
Time cuts down all
Both great and small.
Except a pensioned soldier.
We had a big dining today with
eighteen of the family at the feast, and
the menu was an old-fashioned dinner,
with ico -cream and talk and hilarity
for dessert. They drank a cold water
toast to my longevity.
BILL Am,.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
COLUMuIA, S. U., June 20th, 1899.
'Ce week ending Monday, June 19th,
was intensely Lot during the first four
days and abnormaly cool the remain
der of the week. The extreme maxi
minum was 103, and the minimum 53
degrees.
The rainfall was ge noral on the 16.17,
and in places heavy. The week's rain
fali exceeded four inches at Blackvillo,
and over three inches at a number of
points, with few places only that had
less than an inch of rain. Over the
geeater portion of the State, it came
in the form of a gentle soaking rain.
rho extreme heat and dryness of the
early part of the week were detrimen
tal to the development of all Crops ex
cept cotton, and caused much sufforing
among workmen and animals in proso
cuting the cultivatiou of field crops,
but the cooler weather and generally
copious rainfall of the close of the week
have changed the conditions materially
for the better.
'Jotton made rapid growth during
the week following the rains of last
week and the high temperature--favor
able weather conditions for it. The
early planted has excellent stands and
is fruiting well, and some is blooming.
Lato planted has neither good stands
nor seasonable size. Sea Wind cotton
is very promising. Grasshoppers are
eating cotton just coining up in the
extreme western counties.
The condition of corn was improved
by receiving the much needed mois
tore, and by the drop in temperature.
Old 'corn is in silk and tassol, and is
being laid biy. in the southeaste-n
counties some corn was ruined bmy tihe
Idrought. Wir-o or bud worms continue
to destroy corn in a few counties. A
fwwlocalities report the crop very
Tobacco was gi-eatly imnproved by the
rains, but it has poor stands, and has
benen aeriously injured by worms in
Mar-ion :transplanting just finished
in Ne wberry : conte mplated acreage
r-educed in Darlington. Topping hais
begun.
June rice about all planted. The
crop is genralPly doing wvell, but cater
il ar-s continue to in fest it in local
ities.
Wheat and Oats threshing well
under way. Yield of wheat below the
av.:rago, while oats are very poor gen
erally.
i~tures have started new growth.
Melons bearing and growing well.
Wild berr-y crop) veryv Poor. Peas
being sown on stubble lands and with
corn. Cane and sorghum vary in con
dition according to previous rainfall.
Gr'ass fattened cattle 'uow being mar
Keted.
Ou.;iN 01' Tu'li iANJ.-Over' half
a century ago, in the town of Banjoc
mans, on the Island of Java, a negro
native of tihe place, desiring an instru
mnent to a(ccompalny his voice, con
ceived tile following plian : 'Taking a
cheese box and crossing it with goat
or shoepskin, he ran a handle through
it :then, using violin strings, which
were tuned to the first, third-(, lifth and
eighth notes of an octavc, he gave it
the name "banjo," froem Lhe first two
syllables in the name of his native
town.
No banjo of this time is known to be
in existence, but ft-om descriptionsi
handed down they must haive been I
ver-y rude1 insti-uments. As the years
passed improvementa were made.
T1h roughout the Southern States ofr
A mier'ica banjos became as plentiful as I
mickaninnies andl negroes mnight, be
found on any plantation who could
"make the ibanjo talk."
A bout ten years afterwards tile hanjor
miade its debut, in London, where it I
wasi enthusiastically recelived. Ment
forgot carecs of business or state while
list.ning to the tum-tum of the banjo.
As the instrument is now madi~e, it, is
pretty enough to have a satin ribbon
on it, and be suspended fromt the neck
like ai guitar.
In a clever performer's hands the
banjo seems capable of doing every
thing-bells chime, wvaters ripple,t
winds low, birds sing and many other
pleasant ideas are evoked ;but, it will l
nevet- do for romance. Its ver-y name a
is against it ; whether from associa- dj
tion or- not, we cannot, connect romance e
andl thbe banjo.
-Two regimtents of color-ed tiroops -
have beenm order-ed to start for tile
l'hil ippincs and two tmore colored a
regiments are to be recru.tced fotr the r
same servire. No better troopms could
be sielect~ed for the climate and ic- I
dlentali exigencies of the conflict in tile t
l'hlilippines. it has never beenl me
ported that cioloird sold linrs were afraid "
of anythitng, while their recordl on the e
frontier shows that they take to ~
guerrilla fight~Ing and skirmishes with ,
smiago adver-saries like a (luck to wa
--Mdwarid Y. l'erry, an eccentric ii
millionaire of Hanover, Mass., is (lead, t
leaving a will in which all his piropert, n
ex"Op)L a homestead and $20,000 for the h~
widlow, shall1 be0 used( to help i)oor pee- t
le. No proeforonco is to be shown, is
and tihe trustees simply have l)ower to o
decide as to the worthiness of a ))li- ii
cants. I
A PARDONED ON VICT. I
His Joy in Going Home to Aged
Parvents--He Can't Explain His
Feelings.
Ton years ago young Whitfield 4
Murrell was sent to the penitentiary I
for being an accomplice in the murder i
of a young man by the name of Yonce.
The story of this famous murder case
in Edgetield county is now recalled by i
the pardon issued a few days ago by
Gov. McSweeney, who released Murrel 4
from confinement and restored him to ,
the aged parents who have longed for 4
his freedom. Murrell and Wm Car- t
penter were convicted of the murder
of Yonco with a recommendation to
mercy. At the time of the crime and
for some time afterwards the whole
State was astir. The capture of Mur- i
rolt was only affected after the most I
oxtensive search had been made. He
was bpought to Columbia finally, so- <
curely tied with ropes, then seemingly
a mere boy. He has been serving a I
life sentence. Governor McSweeney I
grantod the petition for pardon on a
statement of the physicians that the
young man had developed consump
Lion ; on the confession of Carpenter, i
-onvicted along with him, that Mur
rell though with him at the time had i
laken no part no part in the kilticrg of I
Yonce; and on petitions of the strongest I
1haractor.
During Gov. Tillman's administra
Lion strong petitions were presented, I
but the Governor refussed the parion. I
Senator Tillman's name, however, ap
pears on the petition which aided in
getting the pardon.
The Edge1iold correspondent of The
State thus describes the home-coming
f young Murrell :
Ills health is shattered and he is al.
most a physical wreck. The pardon
meets witn the hearty approval of the
people of the county, and the young
man was congratulated on all sides
upon his arrival. His aged parents
were oompletely overcome when he
reached home, where in addition to
his father and mother, his sisteis and
brothers and friends had gathered to
await his coming. For 10 long years
he has languished Ln prison, stead
fastly proclaiming his innocence. His
co-defendant, William Carpenter, now
in the ponitentiary for life, has always
claimed and sworn that Murrell had
nothing whatever to do with the kill.
ing of young Yonce, and the jury who
convicted him, realizing the terrible
mistake they had made, signed the pe
tition for Murrell's pardon.
Whitfield Murrell left Isdgefiold.i une
15, 1888, for the penitentiary, a board
less boy of 16, curly black hair, hand
some clear cut features adorned with c
a bright and expressive eye. On June t
15th, 1899, he returns, and few oven of a
his closest friends recognize him, so e
great has been the change. When
rsked how he felt upon being set free,
ho replied with a tone of sadness : r
" God only knows. I can't describe it. 1
No living mortal can describe it. r
Think of confinement in a tomb for 10 r
years; think of hell with ita most re- I
volting horrors, and then to be set t
free, to breathe fresh air, to hear to C
birds sing, see the flowers bloom, to be t
again by the side of my dear aged fath- a
ir and mother-their kindly voices to
.heer me up instead of the clang of the
iron door and tread of the guards to
lepress me. Think of these things
mid you may in a way imagine how I
reel.'
Murroll speaks in the highest terms
f the present ofilals of the peniten
Liary ; says they are the best that have t
been there since his continomnen. Dr.
D). S. Pope, the former physician of the r
penitentiary, he commends in languageo
that is indeed flattering.
C
'Lice Secret is to Have the Faculty of' 1:
Being Always Amused. 5
Edgar Baltus in Collier's Weekly.
Trhe Lancet has been discussing old
ago. Here is a subject which interests
riverybody. To the young it is very y
Lmportant. To their elders still mocre
so. The Lancet thinks t hat we live
Longer than our forefathers. The a
thought is profound but, in view of a
N1l0thuselah, confusing. The Lancet
thinks too that old age can be pre- g
vented. We are of the same opinion.
B3y way of remedy an early demise has e
always seemed to us sovereign. The e
Lancet appears to prefer galvanism. t
lI it has tried it the result 1o nor, yet ii
Ilpparent in its pages. Meanwhile the jy
3lixir of youth which Alexander the ~
3reat sought in India and Ponce de
Leon in Florida is not forthcoming, L
iherapeutically at least, for axiomnati- ii
3aliy we have it always with us. d
An 1English specialist who died the e
year before last, at an age which was
generally regarded as very young for
aimn, maintained that it. consisto.l in E
ymitting everything which we like to
lo and in doing everything which we ii
lon't. We are convinced that he was
'ight. .fhe things we like to do are a
:ither wicked or injurious, unless they t
mappen to be both. Another specialist c
-a German this time--maintained h
hat the secret of longevity consisted
n matrimony. In support of his thesis
me gave the names of fifty centonarians ~
11l of whom were widowers, a cireum
tance which showed, or seemed to,n
tot that matrimony is conducive to
ongevity, but ratnhcr that, the man
vno( survives matrimony can survive
,nything.
Then there was another specialist, E
either IEnglish nor Cerman, but
"rench, who gave a different receipt a
o every body. To one he ascribed his ~
raeen old age to the fact that, he was
ontinually in his cups ; to a second
me said it was due to the exercise he ~
Tot out of repeated assaults and bat
cry. A thir-d was confidentially in- 3
ormee that there was nothing like
ireakfasting at midnight. And so
orth and so on. The manufacture of
his nonsense dclighted him, Ho had cc
secret, though, and without suspect- w
rig it. it was Ihe faculty of being Ie
Iways amused, and that., with entire ti
eforenco to tho Laneot, we belicve is Ig
he real one after all. si
at
--Out; in Chicago the other day a el
udtge interrupted the unintel ligible al
:estimony of a witness in court, by t(
tying: "Ta'iko that stulf out of your 11
iouth. blow dot you expect me to hear et
rhat you are saying when your mouth d<
filled with a wad of gum? This prac- it
ice of gum chewing on the witness be
band must stop. If you talk as plainly si
s you can the jury will have trouble m
noughi hearing you, without your n<
iaking it worse by rolling that great ti
'ad under your tongue."
--Both Mexico and Japan propose Is
> establish life-saving signal systems Ic
long their coasts, and will employ hi
Lio Coston night, signals, which are cc
ow generally used by the army light al
ouso service. They was invented by d<
rio widow of Capt. Coston, of the Amer- cc
:an corps. It Is said that she is the re
nly woman who ever invented an ti
rticle that could be adopted by the $1
riiltanry or naval sevIce. 01
ki. O. BUTLER OUT VOR1 GOIHAM
&ie Thinks the Maryland Ex-Senator -Pr
tho Strongest Candidate and that
Silver Is a Secondary Issue. At]
The New York World s 8 that 'I
yeneral and ex-United States enator in
datthew C. Butler, of South Carolina, att
vas in the city a few days ago. He ere
fave to a reporter some interesting '
ipinions on Democratic national poll- me
'ics. bef
In his eighteen years in the Senate 1,1
xeneral Butler was always classed as the
6 free-silver man. He advised the sh<
ixecutive committee of the Democratic str
liver conference of 1895 to demand is
'the admission of silvor to coinage noi
vith gold at 16 to 1." At the Chicago pr<
ionvention he said: 61 am a free for
oinage man, but I have become wil
larmed at the extreme radicalism of O00
he silver people." abt
General Butler was asked for his ml
ipinion of the statement made by 000
enator Gorman, of Maryland, which 000
tas attracted such wide comment, and th<
1e replied : me
"1 agree with Mr. Gorman in the '
'pinion that the 16 to 1 question should the
iot be made its chief Issue by the Do- mi
nocratic party next year. gr
" The people of this country have a 000
vay of submitting and determining Au
Iational questions-that is, by fairly tht
>resenting them in a Presidential can- cir
rass and then taking a vote on them. the
Phat process has boon complied with the
a the matter of silver, and the 16 to I the
hdvocates were defeated. To my mc
nind that is a determination of the in
[uestion. a l
" As to the assertion of the Iepubli- eig
an press that Mr. Gorman is a stalk
ng horse in this effort to induce the tio
)emocratic national committee to son
nodify the silver plank in 1900, you to I
nay quote me as saying that In my of '
udgment Mr. Gorman would make the the
trongest candidate the party could div
iominate for the Presidency. has
"I say this from my knowledge of am
Lm gained from sixteen years' service Gri
vith him in the Senate. I have not fer
ilways agreed with him; we had op- the
oslte views on the question of the tha
atification of the treaty of Paris ; but are
recognize in him a strong, conserva- ads
lvo man with brilliant qualities as a the
iolitlcal leader. I speak with absolutc hee
bsonce of personal partiality, for I am sic
ut of politics." twc
"Then you do not believe that the '1
arty is practically unanimous in its Cul
Lemand for the reassertion of the 16 to has
plank of the Chicago platform ?" the
"I see in the papers that such is the sidi
emand. but where do they find the is r
roof of It ? I believe it is not so. I cia]
elleve that is a large element in the con
arty today which accepts the result mil
f the vote in 1896 as conclusive on sho
hat question-that other issues have the
,risen which should be put forward hai
s the chief articles of faith of the fre
iarty, CO
" I was a free coinage man not so mc
auch for the sake of: silver as for the pro
ake of a larger currency. It seems to Thi
2e unreasonable, certainly unwar- ea
anted, to claim that the whole porty qui
i so wedded to silver as silver that moi
here can be no modilleation of the rail
'hicago platform, even though condi- tur
Ions calling far that platform have Sou
itered." as
Noi
CURIOUS DivolIct SUIT. be
our
L Remarkable Faimly of Deal Mutes ou
hn New York State. ula
A family of deaf mutes in New York, pUre
early all of whose friends and rela- lati
ives are also without the senses of stai
peech or nearing, participated in a hor
('markable sui t broug ht by Mrs. Mary by,
laight for a limited divorce. div
The complainant is a deaf mute and can
o is her husband, Henry Jansen stai
laight, a wealthy New Yorker. The are
ase, brought before Judge Hirsch
erg at Newburg, where the wife re- _
ides, has been postponed until July 1, mai
rhen a hearing will be had, with the safe
sistance of an interpreter, in the too
ign language. pr
The defendant has a residence at tor
fo. 185 Fifth avenue, a splendid house thu
nd park at his native place, Goshen, dis<
[. Y., and a house at Newport. Hi is ano
dliionair-e. is wife says that he de- ha~
arted her some time ago, leaving her p
rithout means of sup~port. She sues A e
yr a separate maintenance.
A feature of the case is that it bears ire
ut with some emphasis the assertion his
f Professor Alexander Graham Bell, alr<
ao inventor of the telephone, that the pro
itermarriage of deaf mutes is creat- ore
ig a race that cannot speak or hear. tha
.11 the [Haights are born deaf mutes. s
The father of the defendant, David
[. Hiaight, of Goshen, from whom he -
rherited his millions, was deaf and gal
umub, as were all his sisters and broth- l1g%
rs. They naturally associated with clo
ersons with the same deficiences, and con
(deaf mute became the wife of Henry sir
aight. wVo
At the time of the abduction of Char- clue
ey Ross the elder Haight adopted an -
ephan boy who could 8peak and hear, bee
nd his neighbors at Goshen believed cin<
at the child was really the kidnapped -
harley. The notion, which, of course,
ad nc basis, was not eradicated for
ears.
The plaintirf in the divorce case is
ving in New York w'ith her dough
emra, M rs. Charles Hunt and Miss Eloa
r Haight, while the defendant, It is
did, is at a New Jersey resort and
mnnot be found. There are intimas
ons that the suit may develop Into
2c for absolute divorce with a deaf N
ute co-resp~ondent. rigt
rThe0 defendant in the present suit is 'wo1
man of wid~e attainments, an inven- her
rand an elctrician. He has some of
centricities, one of which led him to hea
mend $80,000 on a mausoleum of Italian ma,
arblp and granite in the (Gosbien goo
nmetery, under which his body wil go0
me day repose. suc<
A NEw D10SIGN.-The now silver life
rtillcates of the denowiminion of $2 and
ill soon be issaod, says a Washington~ "
tier. The portrait o. Lincol will be he
me central feature on the face. The* oaui
neral scopeO of the design will be aboe
milar to the new certificates for $1,. or b
leaving as much white paper blank *ot
p iossible, in ordler to show the silk Y**(
road1s and in muak Ing figueros plain Dal
rd d istinct. Th a black wilb lhsimilar pro
the present $1 cortilicatos, with a u
beral display of white paper, but will rest
entaini even more artistic lathe woe k live
me by machinery in the Buroau of tate
ngraving and Pr intIng. The effort is the
ing made, in substituting new do- r
gns for the present gracefully (drawni sea
odols, to secure simplicity and clearr- ort
es. A large figure in each corner of( spelp
0 note, or at least one at each Ord(. ' 0
is been carefully provided, in order to inE
cilitato tihe counting of notes by cash- t'
rs, and much space has boon left (*
ank in order to aid in the detection of nog
unterfoits. The large, clear figures mned
so contribute to pre vent raising the eej
nomination of notes. A $1 silver time
rificato of the now designs recently REy
ached the secret, service division of
e Treasury which had been raised to if
0, in spite of the large, clear fIgure*
the gnnen note.
SOUTHERN OOTTON MILLS,
agress of the Great Revival In the
Erection of cotton Mimll.
anta Constitution.
!he New York Journal of Commerce,
a carefully prepared article, draws
ention to the great revival in the
otion of cotton mills in the South.
'he fact that within the past live
nthe $17,C00,000 of now capital has
m invested in cotton mills, and that
00,000 new spindles will be adaed to
> plants of Southern cotton spinning,
)ws better than anything else how
Dng the movement Is, and as to what
in the future. Comprised in this
v work are fifty now mills now in
Pcess of construction, or the capital
which has boon raised, and which
1 involve an investment of $11,500,
. These now mills will contain
mut 700,000 spindles, and thirty nine
li, which are now .dding $5,000,
to their capital, will call for 400,
now spindies. It is based upon
se facts that The Journal of Com
roe says :
From 1890 to 1898 the increase in
number of spindles in Southern
le was less than two million. The
atest increase in ono year was 578,
spindles in twelve months, ending
gust, 1899. It is ovidout, therefore,
it oven if changes of plans or other
aumstances should materially curtail
> present apparent increase since
first of January, the increase in
number of spindles In the past live
nths will still be far greater than
any preceding year and will equal
krgo pereentage of the increase of
ht years.
' These mills represent the produc
2 of fine as well as coarse goods, and
2e of them are particularly designed
)roduce for export. If the profits
Southern cotton mills t re not what
y were at first, when perhaps the
idends included money-s that shou.d
re been set apart for depreciation
I renewal, and if the mills around
)envillo, S. C., whose profits we re
red to recently, are more prosperoub
,n many others, it remains evident
t the profits of Southern cotton ntils
tempting to capital, and that the
antages of spinning the cotton near
field where it was picked have not
n exhausted. Most of these ext.en
is of the cotton industry arc in the
> Carolinas."
'he opening up of new markets in
ia, Porto Rico and the Philippines
had an effect in bringing about
so new results, but even if such out
3 invitation had not existed, there
o donbt that the force of commer
circumstances would still have
ipelled the removal of the cotton
I to the cotton field. As has been
wn by Mr. Hugh T. Iiman, when
low price of cotton, which seems to
'e become established, makes the
ght item so Important a part of the
, there is nothingjleft to do but ce
ro that item and transfer it into
fit by putting the mill in the field.
3 Journal of Commerce is candid
ugh to say that " the South iN u
ring capital. It boasts that it owns
itof its cotton mills. It Is acquiring
roads and furnaces and manufac
es," and It goes on to show mat t e
th is engaging its own ports as well
a large share of the busineu of
'thern ports. This, we take it, to
he greatest compliment of all, that
enterprises should be handled by
own people. The building up of
aufactures, with the dividends reg
ely going out of the country, would
sent, but small ground for congratu
on, but when we see the factory
iding by the riverside, with the
2o of its oni nor upon a hilltop near
and the bank which guards its
idends in a neighboring town, we
feel then that we are making sub
itial progress, and thbat our people
reaping the whole benefit, of it.
-It is the common belief that hu
SIngenuity has devised no adequate
iguard against the cyclones which
frequently sweep ever the Wester-n
irie country. The paople of the
n of Hennessy, In Oklahoma, says
Is a mistake, and that they have
:overed a means of defence which
lyclone can got the better of. They
e purchasced four large cannon and
sted one on each side of the town.
ompetent gunner looks out for the
:es, and has instructions to load and
into any cyclone which may come
way. It is claimed that he has
iady saved the town twice by firing
mptly into the prospective destroy
the last time being on the day
t New Richmond and Herman were
adly damaged.
-The University of Michigan Is fast
sing pre-eminence as a woman's col
,. During the college year now
ilng there have been 6i83 women
nected with the universIty as in
ictors or students. The number of
non in the university facultics, in
ling one full professor, is ton.
-Twenty-eight pest oflices have
n named Dewey and all the pro
ts have net been heard fro.-n yet.
t to marry a
tian and ml'
his fiurse die
Ith. A sl6k~
cannot be a
I hushand,a
i providera
~essful bitsl
man or a useful citison; e mnap had
er be dead gard dtene with it thtan to be a
long invalid, & nuisance to dve rybody'
csp~eOlafly to the woftsav whom he has
ed to love, hapor and proteet.
2e trouble with the average men is tihat
has not the least conec pton of the
es of ill-health or the hglt way to go
at remedyitag them. A littl indithstlon
Iliousneds in themselves are not serious
lhaints, but if nogleted they may dp
plute almost any disease ift the diedi
booksa. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
rovery cares nmany serious diseases by
uptfry renmovinug the onuses. It hvaees -
the weak and Impaired atomnaeh and
ores the appetite. It invigorates the
r and all the secretory glands. !t facilf
a the flowv of digestive Juices. It makes
assimilation of the 41f-giving elewnents
the food absolutely perfect, and thus.
ches the blood. Disease germs are
eangers, and will not enter healthy blood
isue. T'hey tuat have the iniert tis
of diseqse upon which to feed. The
>lden Mcedlcal DI scove ry," byouriolken
the blood, tears down old and inert
tee and builds up new and healthy
'. It wards of' oonas mption and cures,
iehial and t hreat a eations which, if S
Lected, lead uip to oontynption. All,
L. ine dedlers cell the " Discovery."
uihlrtears Mo asy hiaPai he ft 11 to
olds Co., Mo. "lust as soon as lie ha fn
a e e bob talfp. dozen bt le
v.erek.ode Medical Discovery and
Pleassat Pellet.,' and says hie feels better A
onger reuAse w deighs more.
E gelgbePreparationfo As
sim5lating tilhToo and Regula
tdg the~iomanchs andi3owels of
Promotesigestion,Cheerul
1essatides.Lgontains neliO
yOpum, orphine nor Itier
NOT NARC OTIC,
RAuin eii.
AperfectRemedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea,
WormsConvulsionsFeverish
tess mdLoss OF SLEER
bSiile Signature of
MW YOIRK.
EXACT COPYDFWRA2P.B,
THE HONEST
WIlTE OA)
HOME-MAL
=WA6
GREENVILLE G
Are the Cheaj
Special Prices fo
Call anc
G. W. SIR RIN E, Su pt. - -
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Sendned bedtiun in Efoont
BATraION. .ln. ay
Hummeinrvlio.......... 1ar
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8TAT1IONS. Ex. Sun. Daily
No. 18. No. [2.
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:: on ...... 6 00 p mi 10 -10 a nii
\iiantn.... 6 22 p) 11 10 55 at ii
AEdidrnun .....,. 40 p in 10 4iti il
.4.reenwootle........t 00 p in 12 20- p nj
:: t -S x ....- ..... .. 125 66 P in
wer ry----..- ........ 200 p nk
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855a "ii . ...Branchvillo.... " 02p 6 2
9 23 2ia "....Orangeba~urg. " 529p 2ue
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u J~t 1in . . ... Collixnia. 82Op I iiy
07 p4...Asn...Lv 230 btn
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"P"p. mt. "A,"' it. ini.
Pullmnnun patlace dloopinag e~ars an Trinn 35 anad
80. 13 nnda lM, ati A. nal (. alivisioni. 1 )ining carai
on these 1t' i .~I~ truti rv allru als I enroultt.
Tr~iaa~aicneao $;partianhttrgj, A. & UI. dlivision.
'austilmui bLimiteda; southbounda 12:20 i. mi.,
Triiaislhnave Gree~nville. A. an id (U. di vision,
nor1thbtndS 5:50 a. ma., : :38 I . ma. and 41:22 p. mi.,
(Vest ibualed inuted).southbilound 1:-lo a. mi.,
il0l.m, 23 p. mn. t i t ltdLmie) -
Trin m 1 and 10 aenrry eleganat Puillmnan
slee ping ears . but wteen (Columabia aara AalhovaIilo
01nroauto daily bot wotn Jaceksonvle and1 (Jinoain
nati.
Traints I fad 141 earry suaperb 1Pullman patriot
cita bent wveen (ChbarIlt. Gandaa Asheavillet.
TIhirda V-P. & Geni. Mgr.,* Tlraille Mgr..
WaVishingt ona D. C. Washaingta an.,.O
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nt by p)reliaid x rsso recep t of il5a
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mgusta, Ga. Aataal Bsa-a. Nio Ta 3eha
me ta. Gae hae SendueCatahsma
WATORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
'The
a Kind
You Have
Always Bought.
CASTOR IA
lE
?ONS
p.' THlE
DACII FACTORT
est and HestL
r "c. Cotton."
sec us
- H. C. MARK LEY, Prop.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Vondensed Sohedule of P*auengor Trais.
In Eifct, June 11th, 18991.
IVeh- Ni,.18 Fa,.MI
Northbjound. No.12 No,. 385 Ex. No. 38
Daily' 1D-aly. Miii 1)eiy
Lv. Atlainta, 0. T. A 120 i4 1)4 0p
" Atlanta,1IV.T'. 'W a 1 p : 20 a
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U King'.it ... 6p. ........~
"Gatoia. ........8 2
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Ar o'C9. 3 ap11 . p18
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~7~..~o 10 j_5 n 600p p2
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1 46.M p e.... 5 02l
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anOras,v iang Atlanta an Monteyad
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anhin 01 ,Atlanta and BeirmN0.ain so
~lin ~tS won AhTana and Newda,
rlseplng i untroughfrcohs betwn
trg onr dA aoravDo ng as ev all niealeOroto
NosII'034and a Plln o lee ng ears
uiotio~n at No.I(fol or 'l fLD OrlNT O .
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