Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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iLLIANCE DBNimiENT. J. b\ KISMET 7.7 ' . Messrs. W. C A. Porter, l\ M Kirk and ?J. ii. Knight attended the Farmers Convention in Col ntnbia, and they express them selves as having enjoyed t very much. We hope to have a t" :H re port of the meeting from them. The Cotton (.?rowers Associa tion which met in Columbia la<! Wednesday night was a gram: success. All the counties in the State were represented exeepl four. A plan was inauguratei to organize each county ami town ship itt the State. We want the p an full}* understood, and then \v" want overv farmer to become a member of the Association. .1 C(l't l'( of 'I'O (' ><' i * of I >' (.'wnitf. To tin* Cotton (irowers of Paneas.vr county, >s. b. iiy virtue ol authority granted me by tin* >>tat Cotton Grower ' '' nvi'ii'ion In*'-] at Columbia, S. G., I rail a eon ventiou of all the cotton grower* of Lancaster county to nieot :?1 tin* court limine on the 2l2ud insi at 1! o'clock a. 111. The object el the ee! *' be n.ade know:; on day of nioi J. K. Kmoiit. Primus, S. 0., Nov. 15, IS'jT. THE SHADOW OF DEFEAT. A (lolil Standard Advocate See; Victory For Silver Forces. Matthew Marshall, a recognizor authority on tinancic.! affairs, unr a strong advocate of the gob standard, in h's weekly tinancia article in the New York Sun.sayH What sill clear si eli to d t>h*ierv ors suspected aiui feared has be come a certainty. The victory ol the gold standard in 1890 hai shown itself to have been indeci sive not only in form but also ii number of votes bv which it wai achieved. Not till the last mo ment, indeed, did the Kepubli can leaders consent in 1S96 to ad mit the mention of gold in parti platform, and they explicitly avowed their willingness to aocep silver as a monetary standarc jointly with gold, provided tlx other commercial uationR of th< world would do the same. Fortu nately the Democrats came out 9 inarelv for the free* coinage o silver at the ratio of Id to 1, with out the aid or consent of ant other nation"and thus forced the voters to choose between tha im mediate adoption of the free sil verptandard and a future adop tion of it under hypothetical con ditions. IJy what Btrenuoua elTorts tht immediate free coinape of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1, was defeat od in will be rememberer bv all, an 1 the close v oto of 7,10(1, 000 against it to (?..r>00,000 for is ; matter of record. That the silver ltes were fully justified hv tin result in continuinp their fipht Tuesday** election also prove Now York citv has, bj' an cnor nions majority, declared leapt indiirerent in the controver pe, whereas a year aero it voter! hv almopt as larv a niajoritv airatnsl silver. Now York state ha*. thou?rl less decisively also exhibited a change m its tenrner. ! in whirl a v '*:i r a jo wont overwhelminglv against thy silver candidate i- ;!iip year loubtfu!. ami a m) hi ? sen ! .. i 1 v ?r Sonatoi r , V'a-'t;:' *ton n^xt ^ Larch. Ken tuckv has declared for the silver cause after repudiating i in lMMt, and what was the lead ing anti-silver newspaper ir the "tat >, tho Louisville <'wirier Journal, has been compelled, b> the loss of readers, to abandon 11 hostility to silver, and announces that it will snpport the Democrat ic platform without reserve. Nebraska, Hryan's state, maintains the position it took in his heliall I ant year, and ho do all (ho West em states which then gave hm majorities. In fact, the aggregate popular vote cast on Tuesday i< nearly as large for silver as thai in the same territory was against it in I Mm;. No wonder, then, thai .Mr. liryan exults and confidently predicts success for silver in 1000 I low many votes were gainec for the Republican candidate ir !>! ?; by the express promise n| the party to maintain the gold standard, only until an in terna tional bimetallic agreement could be obtained, and by the obligaturn it apparently assumed to ac eept silver as soon as the effort to reach an agreement definitely i tailed, it is impossible to say, but their number must have been considerable. Now that the event ' in view lias happened, and Europe, under the lead of (Jreat Britain. has refused to make the agreement to the promotion of which the St. Louis convention J pledged itself, the Republicans ' must come out equivocally,either [ for silver or for gold, and if, as is ! most probable, they come out for! gold, the question wheth r the majority of voters will sustain them in doing so is one which will be answered, if not bv the; elections of then by those of 1900. Something Worth Thinking About. A. 11. Wherry.of Lewis. (Ohes-I ? tor county )canie to town " ;4|> his ! [ wagon- -to get supplies tho| lien? No.no. Hp came loaded! ; with?what do you auppo-e? The! r il I I H'lrj* <11111 I IM'I I |M P|MM | ' *? W |? If I significant, one lone half <u cotton j and about ton bales of peavine 1 i ha<*. lie got his cotton cut and _.iart-| ,?(!." Ho carried Ins sample around 1 and askod the buyers what they , would give for it. Thev bid bv I fractions of a cent, till he finally j closed at 5i s [ He went back to his wagon to find that several persons had stopped to enquire what ho would take for his hay. They didn't "cut" it or "bid" on it; they only askod, i i.? i k i .1 i. > f? ott it | wini 111* won 111 ictKf i or 11: 11 c? ' nmnil his price and cot it. : 1 Ton to one is pood ; some insist - on "sixteen to one." nnd we are : not sure that they are wrong We ' do feol sure, however, that either ; ratio, if applied in the right order - - to hay, grain and the like on the 1 one hand and cotton on tho other. ' \ will hrinc hettei results than any -' financial scheme that can he do vised by tho government, pood * and important as the scheme may r be.?Chester Lantern. r THE ALLIAMTl' EXCHANGE. 1 3 Its Relation to the Cotton ) Plant. t We do not think it can bo a f question of any doubt the Cotton Cant or some similar paper or 7 means of communications is the } most important single medium of - usefulness that the Alliance and -|the State Fxchango can have. : For the Krchange to meet with - J any measure of success it is absO ! lutely necessary that we have ; j some direct communication with , the individual far nor. On the - other hand, in this dav of conibi1 nations and organizations, a trust - being formed first on one com? modify ami then on another, with - the current markets of the coun? try chanpi'lg.varving almost dailv , i tlio coi'sumer, who has no source i . of information as to the values - is simply lost when he goes upon t the market. What we will have to say this week ahout the detail ' work of the lv.change will he in \ connection with the use we have i made and expect to continue to i make of the ('otton I'lant. 1 To begin with, we hope the pa per is through witti its i! nera?-\ , ar.d that it is permatnently loca iiMi. y (ii.ui we nave had our r choice we would have pr !err<d - if printed at ('olnmbia. the capi tol and centre of the State: an wp t could not have dono, we have the - next best thintr. !n 1 d>0 when i the Alliance was on its boom, when there Jwas .'J \000 members | ' of the subordinate Alliances, the > Cotton I'lant had 7.500 sub< Hcribers and was p> inted at < irecn- j - ville. S. (by Hovt ?V Keys. It has heen around the State, ? from (ireenville }to (traii'rebnrtr, I' then to Columbia, thence to Spar tanburtr, to Cnion and to l.anrens, .1 1-1? A / _ ! ' i aim now nacK TO iiroenvilie. I think wo might paraphrase on i th" parahlo and way the loan calf ' has com'' homo, hut it don't scorn ; t like anything ran kill the prodi- | t gal. Well, the Cotton Plant is ' hack at (ireenvilie in the hands .'of Col. Iloyt. lie tolls us ho is, I 1 going to give us a first, class, Al- j 1 liancn and agricultural paper, up-, f to-date in all things, and that iio , 1 will do all in his power to roor-i -jganize the Alliance from the mountains to the seaboard. Will you do your part ? In the Cotton Plant each week we will send you a current price list of the best wholesale prices we can get of all the leading .articles that are used on our farm0 We may not have all things in each issue, but from time to time some articles may be left out for want of space winch you will find' in another issue. As each season appears we will give the preference to such articles as arc used . at that time. Because at times vour local dealer nnv not onlv i meet our prices or oven give you , a hotter figure, you must net con-' elude that your Exchange is in error or a failure. Vour friend may beyour friend, or he may have a very sinster motive in cutting prices. The Cotton Plant must e to the Alliance whit the church papers are to the churches. What would they be or what would they accomplish without their papers.! So it is with our organization. We must have a paper devoted entirely to agriculture ami the farmers' exclusive interests. Now, for us to succeed you must subscribe C i i. , i ii r : i I'm iur piip?T, aim rims iin nisn uh with the means to print you a orthv public. fion We are aware that you hav*., pood grounds for complaint, about how you havo been treated in the; past about your subscription to the paper. You have paid your] money for it. and havo received only a few copies. We shall try to make this pood to you as far as possible, but we (the publishing j committee) have been treated just as badly as you havesull'ered. I hit now we do want to say, let ( by-pones be by-pones; we have; pot the old Cotton Plant back! home again. You must take it, J send in your subscriptions,it ispo-1 inp to po this time; therefore' help us make it a paper worthy; of the farmers of the State. We are poinp to do our part as to the Kvchange side of the work. Subscribe for the Cotton Plant' ' and if there is anc apricnltural or finance news in your neignnor-1 hood, semi it to the Cotton riant. I). I*. Di n'can. Manager. Getting Heady tor Next Year's Crops. In a recent number of Farming! i World, Mr. Kdwin K. Towle, an esteemed contributor to The Progressive Farmer, gives the people the benefit of his observations and experience in the following timely article : It is of much importance that ! ; the farmer should, as far as possi I bL, bo in readintss to put thej ?eed in the ground at the most I favorable opportunity. This may! ! mean very much in the results at I harvest time. To do this the host ! possible preparation "hould be made the proceeding autumn and (luring th?^ winter. The basis of all good and successful farming is in the plowing. If this is done in the best manner the rest of the work will he comparatively ea?y. but if it is per formed in a hanha/.ard wav, the work of pulverizing the soil and cultivating ihe < rops may he increased two or three fold. It will pay Hi -reforo to have this work done in the mo t thorough manner, oven at the expense of more .ime and labor,fc?r too much haste will most a- uredly mean a cor-1 respon 'ing v. ?? ? in tlio end. If the land to be plowed is stoney or contains other obstructions, thev should as far as possible be tirst removed, as satisfactory work cannot ho performed without this. These obstructions once removed are out of the way for good, and it will pay to he at some expense to secure this. Next as to I he plowing, hirst hav# ;i plow tint in adapted to tin* work that is to be done, as no one implement, however perfect it may he, will alike answer for all kinds of soils and conditions. Knowing what is wanted, there; should he little difficulty in finding the best implement for the purpose. This is the first thing'1 Then to know how to properlv adjust the plow.harness and whippletrees, so as to run easily, even- ( ly and smoothly,is another. There is very much in all of this as the. experienced plowman knows. And tho intelligent farmer should seek to master the requirements and be able to adapt his requirements to all conditions of work. And then it requires some intelligence and practice to become a skillful plowman,end no farmer should he content with anything less Especially should farmers' sous a 11 to become adepts in this manly art. it will be fnllv as dig n'Hed and quite as profitable in tne end assume of the sports now so freely engaged in. With modern equipments this should not be a dillicuIt matte-. Where * e conditions favor it should be the a; 11 to do all of the plowing possible during the fall, as thts will accelerate be so much the work another spring, and permit of the seed'ng being done at the ear'ies* practienh'o oppor tunitv wliich is often of the greatest ad\aiit'ige. With the deeplv pulveri/itig harrow now at command,a second spi1 ig plowing w ,11 not r.ow often be found necessary. With clav soils it mav bo tlie betf'-r way to plow as I:*t ? in the fall as it ran wp'1 be done, in order that the ameliorating aet'on of the frosts niwv e;ert a more beneficial *>ffeet on this k:?>< 1 of laml. The oract: of ? ?<v;rg *>nd spreaw.ug I In- inanuie d.mng (iniate tall and winter is becoming quite common in man;* parts of the country, ami whore this is to be harrowed in of course it is necessary that the land should be first plowed. Arid this is another P'*eat help in forwarding the work of another spritig. \Y here,as is some I imea t he case, it is desirable to plow the tnatiupe under, this work will have to he delayed until spring. In th>* and perhaps other ways, can the work of preparing for another year's crops bo forwarded during the autumn months. fiin Hon si- /tiii'iicil. The gin house belonging to Messrs. Martin Cauthen and .1. T. L. Stover was burned last Friday night. Besides the building and machinery, Mr. Cauthen lost ten bales of seed cotton, two hales of ginned cotton, and about six hundred bushels of sood, and Mr. Stover six bales of seed cotton and over two hundred bushels of seed. I'liAn M r Honru Wrurkf 1/ant n vi? ? 1* vii J V* I I v 1V/.TI t? hale of cotton and about one hundred bushels of need, and iMr. Henry Carter, Green Cauthen and Hamp Mitchell half a halo each. The total loss wan at least $1500. No insurance. The tire was discovered at about a quarter past eight by a colored woman living near, who raised the alarm. Mr. Cauthen was the first one there and saved several hales of cotton lying near the burning building?all belonging to patrons of the gin, while his own cotton lying thero was burned. Next day something over a bale of tho cotton that was in the gin house was watered out and naved. How tho firo originated i? not known for certain, l>nt it must have been of incendiary origin. That is tho only way one can account for it. There had been no lire in tho engine in thirty live hours, ho it could not have caught from that. Tho tiro broke out in the lint room. VY. i >akhurst, S. C. November 1V!'T. f/nlrf it/' t hr Citlihti Chain O/ I/a iii '. nl. (in Tuesday night. Nov. !?th the Red Rose Lodge, Order of the ( lolden Chain, was organized at thin place with a membership of Is. The following oflicpra were elected : Com.?T. S. Carter. V. Com.- -Dr. .Ian. K. l'oore. A. Com.?W. M. Moore. 1'. Com. Thos. H. Fairchild* I'rel.? D. I*. liardin. Sec. and Collector.? A. .1. Clark. Treas.--J. B. Mackorell. <iuide?K. A. Billings, (luardian.? W. S. Langley. Sent.?J no. F. Fairchild, Jr. ! ffc a from U.S.Journal of 3f?U<%na ^ ^ ^ B _ Prof. W. H. Pe?ke, who 3 -W makes n specialty ot g a H H g ^ Epilepsy, has without B doubt treated and curH * ed more cases than any R K ^ living Physician; his B J3 k B auccess is astonishing. I Wo have heard of ensos 0g jo years' standing Llti wuli 1 tlo of liis absolute cure, free to any Buflferers i who tuny bend their P. O. and Express address. Wo advise any one wishing a euro to address Prol.w. H. PF.P.KT. P, D., 4 Cedar St., New York . f-* ' Shot IH nisei/. I I'he sad news reached here late 'Tuesdav rtitrht. Nov. l)th, that Mr. John Cauthen oF Heath Spring, ! ha ! di ! himself The shooting occwred iihout 1<> o,clock. Mr. ('anthen hail been talking to some friends on the street about fifteen minutes before the pistol (hot 'was he ml, which ended hi^ life, an 1 attracted a crowd to the vij'iiii'y of the depot. His body was found lying near the Hailroad track.a pistol clinched in his right hand and a hole in his head where lh. : 1 all had ploughed through his drain. Coroner Young was notified and went down Wednesday and held an inquest over his body, and the verdict of the jury was in accordance with the above stated facts. ? The deceased was a son of Mr. John ,M. ' authen, of Heath Springs. H,. Was about 34 years ot age. His remains were intoired at the Bruce grave yard at \ o'clock Wednesday after- ^ noon, after funt il services con ducted by Lev. .j. S. Croxton. No reason can be given for his rash net. An l'nfortunate A/foir. Mr. J. P. IMyler, of the Dwight neighborhood, had a difficulty at his home last Tuesday afternoon ' with his sons. Messrs. Hush and Pinckney IMyler, aged respectively about 18 and 20years, in which ! the father wan seriously shot near ; the temple by his son Hush, after he had shot the latter in the thigh. Several shots were exchanged but no others took effect. Dr. Elliott cut the ball from the young man's thigh but was unable to lind the ball which took effect in Mr. Plyler's head. It is a very unfortu- . nate affair and is to be regretted. Mr. Plyler's wound may turn out to be quite serious.?Saturday's Ledger. The gold standard received a ' blow from the voters of Lancashire. in England, and a hard one in a number of states in this country during the past week. j This result loaves the impression that the evil wind created by the inter-national bimetallic commisj sion has blown some good to the silver cause. !/V*Y NEW ? CATALOGUES -*M NOW RlilllV, ami 1 have the prettiest and best Oceans .Made in America at prices within the reach of any man who takes quality into consideration. The Itost is t ho < 11 K A I'KST, and while 1 have the It KST I have put prices on a very reasonable basis ami ho Hiire hk yon nee my organs and hear my prices 'V ho Hiiro will you buy one if your purpose is to buy. REMEMBER, every orjran is (il'AUANTKKI) for 5 years. All freights paid with Stool and Instrction book FKKK. R. J. HERNDON, Yorkville, S. C.