Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COTTON GROWERS IN CONVENTION. March up the Row, and Then They March Rack Again?No Effective Action Taken. Atlanta, Dec. 14.?When the convention ot' the Southern Cotton Growers met in the hall room of the Kimball hou?e at noon today, nearly three hundred dele gates answered to the roll call. They represented the foremost planters of the lleeoy staple of South Carolina/Jeoriria,Alabama, Tennessee,Texas and other South ern States. The meeting was called to order by Mr. J. C. Wilborn, the president of the South Carolina association. The lirst business taken up bv the convention was the election of temporary oflioers. The following were unaii imously chosen : J. C. Wilbornof South Carolina, president; S. K. Watson of Texas, vice-president; Robert Cheatham, editor of the Memphis Cotton Journal, secretary. The delegates will form what is to be known as the Inter-Cotton State Cotton Growers' Association. The object of the association will be to have repealed tho present mortgage, lien, etc., laws under which they contend that the southern farmers have been subjected to abject poverty. They will also devise some means to greatly mitigate the speculation in cotton, which is now indulged in so freelv by the southern as well as the northern people. They say that the speculators practically gobble up the entire crop before its production and that low prices is the result. The southern farmer will be advised to reduce their cotton acreage and raise more food crops. l>y unanimous action at the night session the cotton growers decided in favor of reduced acreage, against trusts and speculation in cotton, endorsed the meeting of the American Cotton Growers' association in Memphis next week, decided in favor of complete organization in every county and State in the south,self sustaining farms and information bureaus. The following organization was perfected: Hon. J. C. Wilborn, South Carolina, president; vicepresident, S. E. Watson, Texas; and Kichard Cheat ham, Memphis, secretajy. A committee of six was appointed to attend the Memphis convention MondayAlter three busy sessions the convention adjourned to-night at 11 :.'>0 o'clock. .MASONIC OIJ \\ O LOIMiK. OHIcers Fleeted and Installed for the Coining Year. Charleston, S. l)ec. 10?1 'lie inf?st wor?hipful (>rand Fudge of aiicihiu rreemasuns 01 mhiiii Carolina was dosed, in ample lor in, at o'clock tins afternoon, until tlio next annual coinmuni cation. During to-day's session the following grand ol'icers were elected and installed: .Jacob T. liarron, Columbia,grand master; Hartlett ,i. >v unerspoon.iiancaster,deputy grand master ; <trlando Sheppard, Kdgpfield, senior grand warden ; Walter M.Whitehead,Charleston, junior grand warden ;/immerman Davis, Charleston, grand treasurer; Chas, Ingleshy, Charleston, grand secretary ; Byron Holly, Greenville, grand chaplain. Tho following appointments were announced in grand lodge. A. H* Doty, of Charleston and John C. Watkins, of Anderson, "Rust," i 7 f the dread of the cotton grower, 3 | can be prevented. Trials at j 1 Experiment Stations and the 1 ' experience of leading growers prove positively that Kainit is the only remedy. ( 1 We will be glad to sciul, free of charge, interesting and useful pamphlets which treat ^ : uf the matter in detail. j ' GERMAN KALI WORKS, t 93 Nassau St., New York. i ; senior grand deacons; K. L ! Secrest, Lancaster, and W.A.Ilol- ^ man, of Barnwell, junior grand 1 j jdeacons; C. 1'. t^uattlebaum, of, I Conway, grand marshal); L. W. j Nettles, of Korreston, grand pur- t suivant; .1. L Michel, of Darling- j I ton, and S. K. Moore, of Harts- ( ville, grand stewards; W. A. ] Winkler, of Charleston, grand tiler. * 1 A Scene of (Jaiety Culminates in j a Terrible Tragedy at a Social ( (lathering. f Macon, (Ja., Dee. 15.?A special | to the Telegraph from Jefferson- ( villesays: The citizens of this < place were startled late last night by a fueilade of pistol shots at the residence of It. L. CalifT, the screaming of women aroused the town, and the whole population gathered about the scene of the shooting, when it was discovered that three men were lying dead r?r tlii) norlnr ll o r> rl o arnni on ? ami girl fatally phot. ' Mr. Califf ami his wife had invited a number of friends to their home to spend the evening in a social entertainment. The parlor was a scene of gaiety,voung folks dancing and singing alternately, and amusement was at its height, j when Shaw (.Jrillin, a young man : under the inlluence of liquor, be- I came too offensive in his manner < toward tlie young ladies. Mr. 1 Calitf remonstrated with him and , advised him to go home. This en- ^ raged (Jrillin, and he drew his pistol and began to rave and make threats against his host. | i Califf, knowing (Jrillin to bo a| dangerous man, prepared himself! and ordered the offender to leave i it. - 'PL .* 1 me nouse. inis maue matters worse. (irifitii began to light, lie drew his pistol, and just as ho raised it. Calilf was ready for a battle, and The Firing Hetraii. Seven shots were exchanged, both principals dropping dead, and Clarence .Jones, a young man, was also killed,the three men falling within a radius of seven feet. As soon as the lirst shot rang out, the young ladies began to llee for their lives, ami before the room was cleared two of them were fatally wounded. Calitl" li r- d three shots, all ot which took effect?one striking Crillin in the right temple and t wo in tho breast. Criflin tired four times. < >ne shot entered CalifPs breast,killing him 1 instantly,another struck Clarence IT ... . i i. i I i .1 muii's in i in1 ueaii, ami cieam on- ' sued an hour later. Mrs. CalifT was shot in the abdomen and her seven-year-old daughter in the neck. W hen the firing had commenced the young people began to Jlee from danger, many of them getting into buggies and driving away. During the present year there was almost a similar occurence i lere, when Newby and Defore ell in a street duel. .Inst before hat, two negroes were taken rom jail and lynched, and a few rears ago Mrs. Nobles and Gus Gambles committed a most horri)le murder, for which they are low under sentence of death. A HIU SALE. V fl housand Hale* of Cotton at the Penitentiary. As instructed by the board of lireetors of the penitentiary, the uithoiities will otrer for sale one housand bales of cotton. The rotton is now being sampled, and he samples will be placed for eximination in the office at the pententiary. All who are interested ran examine the samples at the penitentiary oflice Monday mornng. The sale will take place Wednesday morning. The authorities do not care to sell any more at, this time, hut ran oiler the thousand bales in a ot. It is likely that there will he some lively bidding for the cotion. It was hopeo that the cotton would bring a better price than is now prevalent, but the board thought it best to let the cotton jo at this time. A large portion of the money received from the cotton In ho mid Wednesday will go into the date treasury to the credit of the Df tho general fund.?Register. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, old iinlil the last few years was suppos'-d nruraliie. For a great years doctors prolouneeo it a local disease, and prescribed local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science las proven catarrh to ho a constitutional bis ase. and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure, manufactured uy K J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the only ^Institutional cure on the market It is taken eternally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon'ul. It acts directly on the blood and mucous turfaces of the system. They offer one hundred lobars for any ease it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. F. J OIIKNKY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 7,>c. Hall's Family i'ills are the best Hut Ion Sheep Now Most Profitable. jenn'o Pnyne, W'scouson, in the American Agriculturist. There is 110 fear of the sheep business being overdone. Latest statistics show that there are about 800,000 sheep in Wisconsin while some of our neighboring ^t>?tes not nearly as well adapted to sheep raising are carrying many more. Nearly every farm in the State has its dry, sunn> hillside, sheltered with a strong belt of natural timber, while below it lies the beautiful fertile valley with pure water, where r,|,rt/,rk Iv.. 4*~. 1 1 1 r - milt p in**,) ur i fu itim niuMi ioi market. Happily for the future of tin industry, as the price of the wooi has gone down, the consiimptioi: of mutton has increased. Consumers are finding out that mutton is freest from disease and tin most nutritious and healthful ol all animal foods. Careful experiments have established the fad that a pound of mutton can bf produced at less cost than llesh ol any other kind. While wool is lower than ever before, it is ar established fact, and one thai .-.ionId stimulate the sheep owner tliat prime mutton is now selling for more money than either beel or pork, and its consumption i> increasing much faster than tin growth of population. Sheej owners then should not ho (lis cou raged but must reali/e that ii the future mutton must be tin chief end and aim of their busi liess and while I Ii v almnlil n/> wholly ignore the growth of wool must remember that light, brigh fleeces are in demand. Look upoi wool as a product certainly wort! something, but make muttoi growing the main object. What did the farmers of Kng land do when the duty was re moved? They said, "We will do vote our attention to the growinj of mutton sheep. Our Australia! children can produce wool s< much cheaper than we that w< will lot them do it, but they can not complete with us in growini mutton nor can any peope,unless #_ they employ our methods, that is, produce mutton breeds and theu teed them on rich succulent food. { Americans do not relish the labor \ of growing roots, and corn will w not produce the kind of mutton | we are afraid of, so we need look for no competition there." The most popular English sheep ]. in VViscousin are the iShropshires. The quality of the sheep of the P State has been greatly improved / as well as the number increased. In 1840 the State contained ?'J, 402 sheep, and the average wool F clip was 1.05 lbs. per head. Fifty s years later, or in 1800, there were i 800,000 sheep while the yield of j* , wool averaged 5.8G lbs. per head. ; *] With the increase of mutton! breeds has come a change, a decided improvement in the care'" ; and feed. The Merinos would eat j weeds and live as no other animal; i will, but to bo successful within ; mutton sheep more attention and E , better feed became necessary. 5 This is now being given. The J llocks are not so large, and more I grain is fed. There is a tendency j to the English system both of care I and feed, and latterly rape has I been used to a limited extent with i much success. The raiser of mutton sheep as a rule makes less complaint of depression m prices p I than any other person engaged in ti general tarming or RtocK raising, Prices have been low and discouraging. But there has not f been a time when a wall cared for tloek would not yield wool enough v to pay for its keeping, thus leav- r ing the lambs as clear profit, with ^ the additional profit, of fattening n the ewes and selling them at a 5 fair advance on their cost. Mutton and not wool is the prime ob- ii ject of sheep raisers. s THFIR WELCOMI! TO IIUYA\'. <'or?llal Rorrpllon In Ihf Clly of Mrilro. Mexico, Dec. 15.?President Diaz to-day accorded an audience . to Mr. Bryan and party. The " ladies were charmed with Mrs? ^ Diaz, who speaks English perfect- v ly, and showed them the presidential apartments in the castle of Chepultepec. Mr. Bryan has been a busy 1 man to-day, having visited the * Cathedral and the Academy of L > Fine Arts, lie was especially ? i pleased with the great paintings n of the valley of Mexico. Then ^ , Mr. Bryan had his hair cut, b ; giving him a youthful appear- ? 1 auce. (j [ To-morrow ['resident Kaoul of ?< i the Mexican National railway, ? ' gives him a dinner and the party u ; will visit the famous and magnif- ? icent church at Villa de (ianda > lonp enshrining the miracnlons n ? image of the Virgin. ,1 (in Friday night ho will have J1 ; a popular reception in the historic |' school of mines, an immense edi- * 1 tice where (Jen. (Jrant was lodged i on his first journey to this country. The government granted the use of the building as being the most _ '! appropriate as thousands of Mexican people of all classes desire to! , greet the champion of silv? r. I In the course of Mr. Aryan's* ' ' speech in the chamber of deputies r to day he made a remark which has excited much favorable com- i! tiicnt. I "I might suggest another rea. son for the interest which I feel J ; in the Mexican republic. Mexico, j; I as well as the I'nited States,is in- \ interested in the defense of the1' i j Monroe doctrine which was pro-1 > mulgated for the purpose of pre-1 i - venting the extension of tnon-|! ) archiai institutions upon tin* |, j western hemisphere. The I'nited > - States and Mexico will hold up \ t the torch of freedom before the ; , nations of the world and prove j t that the governments derive their i just powers from the consent of i the government and not from the i rights of hereditary power." The newspapers all publish ar tides eulogistic of Mr. Bryan and " bid him welcome to Mexico. He is being interviewed by reporters 'I i of all the leading journals and is i cordially greeted and applauded 1 a wherever ho goes. 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