The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, April 06, 1887, Image 1
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LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
big job of Clothing
_Baltimore Fir?.
"NIK SINS Ol' ??ii-; SK NA TK
< Ul VIN Tl |,| il A N , IMMOINDIMt TO
filia \ roil s. <n <\.\ \H,
A I HM lia .??ni ul SVMCIUI Hullers l hui Hu vu
ll? t ll < infill, I.,' ?.i (lio ItillVrei.l I inin
ti li' l'ont < lil inns.
(I l'UIII Ul" New H |l|l|l ' 'Hil il i .
Your weekly thu tilth brings mc
liol. Vimnmiis s rejoinder tu my lust I
article lt is fxm?y I ? KOO how lu?
"abouts face" and iloundcro from ono :
irrolovent Btntomcnt lo nuntin r, bow bu i
dodged Ibu ifesue, bow much "inky '.
lluid" ho wastes on "oultlo?llsh" logie.
1 congratulate him, howevor, upon
having ri?oti to ?; bighei plane than more !
personal abuso, and in trying to th f< !? !
his position by BOUIOUUII . besides
"smart' retorts nud Behool boy nh. Ile i
?.?ll continuos tu m;.!.,, mi Litohieoh',
but I nttribuby this purely iu Hi? e. v.l...
loadod Ililli. Ile : hool ?\ : . lin y nul
ill Ilia gun without kuowiug whether il
i? leail or dough trulli or fal uitood.
Fl i sl, ho t i,yii: "Cupi. XUhtuui nus* tl
tho cry of catch thii f u< nim I ;',.? proton! I
board of UKI ?culture, ?,i? . thou nomi- !
uated himself ?or oi ; tlioic BUCOCS*
H< irs."
Thu1 committee hieb . .. eb il Uni teil
minies to constitute thu HIM board of
agriculture know how uti i ly ful ?<. i,
tliis assertion. I have tie\ . nominated
myself for any position ex* pi Mini <.
trust?e ol' un agricultural coll ge, and i'
eau liol be shown thal ? um "a -.hap-,
poiuted ollleo-scoki r, whu eiin't i in," 1
roi' I have never asked for nay olileu in j
my life.
Ile tiexl quote? from my eo?i i?udo
at Hie Ai-ril Convention, to ? tovu timi I
aili '... cil' couf. s-,r.l!,\ ? fi?biri in tile
mulingi im nt ..i - iy own fm n, a lol
lows: "I huvo been lu lim! basti lc thy
self. Have foll thc Wub III iii ing hi ?in i
ami higher ns fuihiro nf ter fui I u ro j ti ii.?
cotton crop left uol h ing with which t . ;
i ven pay interest, Hud lo ii onie
html," .\.c. We i, suppose l did g< I in
debt, sud ''.sold Homo IlintV I i gi t hut,
does,; timi make tun \\ frihiicV Ho a k
"Who or what lie li : ?lui I til: |
1 answer: Simply, min. i lu rc ..? gol j
a shoe so ns to ouablu nioto mu kt luoiu.o
whotlior it rains or not, I h ive m -Jr
beeil able to pick ll large Ol'' ul . itloil .
whether I grow it or nob ! ' .ive ia! . tl
Homo that inen with st?ren ' , bul ! .i
not nduiiro thiit wurt of "Mice ifni farm-1
ii.g.*' I had rather u Hiomlu I tfincs
down willi lil) brullli r inti t! ...
fatten at li.?lil ? xpCI
Again, if ii? tin lin ii i ..- ? ri j'j
na who hilve goth ii in debi I did .
who have rando i ii ii y " iili wine)
lb pay inter. . ?- ii ?iii sup] oft ;
tho UieiiBUn ad vocal il 1 j i .-. there will
bo Bo lillie opposition Hutt i will : . : !..
worth counting. A . o min ? of tin !
House from Harnwcli >.'??'. II C that conn? j
ly was hot represi utcd in : l''urmcrt>' !
Con vi nt M m because !'?... . - i were
to poor the;, contd tie anti i to pi \ j
their v.. y t< ?. olin ibiu.
Hut in eui. r i.i . liOw w lin ?ol ; ol :. !
failure J Sm, I a iii reluctantly cotiipelh d I
to Obtrude some of UM .? .?. | ...: .
Upon ti:, pidilic. I tlc? tili ii ; I ['UH
tho lesson mii*i be ni value u nlhers,
and because Cul. Ytuinitt'is sn tn-l
iimphanlly hell r I m i n i ? ?< won t.. !
"lend (ho fiirmei's of (he Sinti or lo bi
placed On the board of agriculture,
I couiniencetl filming in l?S(',>, with
I'M) acres of lund and foui' i I nighs, i ,
lulu i ?ted 1 ?1 n?ri im re iii ' HlH. Inj
iMt-si ! own.-I _,J<") a... , hui owed
Bovora) thousand ttoll irs m... ly .iii ol it 1
lost in IS?li I had oleartd inoney ovory
year up to lhat date, uild boughI land
and mules right along. In isHl I ran'
thirty ploughs, bought guano and :
rations, AC., as usual, find thc devil
tempt? <i lue to buy a btcani ? uginu nud
oilier mnohinery, ..i.luting to over two ?
thousantl dollars, all on credit, MN ,
motto wa? that "ii taken money lo innki
money, and nothing ri?-k. nothing havi ."
TO have hoon entirely frei Iroin dob!
would have mndo mo i< ? 1 "like ?i kite
without a (ail." So l slrucl; out hohll)
iutu dcop water, lieu Joins II mys,
"We nil ari mortals
And il? have ? nit' \ Uioiu.
1 had mine, and thoy wore . ry rosi
hin d. IJililliorrilpted MU : i ss had m.ule I
nit: a fool. I w ia "like tin- i:it! . wallton
hoys who swim on bladders, 'ont ! did ]
not thi n know how ntuoh of a "bladder' !
cotton waa on laud impoverished ol |
veg? tallie matter in a dry yo u-. The
latter patt of ?Inly began to givi mo au
inkling ol wiatt ? trail Blippoil il was.
Tho drought came. H ?lid not min from
.Inly lu hil lah in S' pt ?mix i. .md whin
I Bottled up 1 had "tai: enough to iny
kite. ( was iii tho "lied Hen," ??ut ?lid
UOt kllOW it, ami I still had plenty ?.: ;
Coufldcnco in my-elf uud m ni) "farm
ing." I didn't oxaoll) (hink, like Honn
tor ?OtlDianB, that I "knew :l ill," bul i
thought I "km w how to iutu, md I
UMS cotton "plantel -lill.
Nothing daunted, in l?S8'J i Int .?; ont
boldly for tlie shore, Dui I ?h- iglii m,>
kite's tail was lacking a little m weight,
so I bought 250 acres more land, not
doubting Unit it would rabi and I would
bo all right again in a year or two.
Eighteen hundred and eight) iwo ivasu
good year and l made good crops, bul
there was small margin of profil u ox
penses WOrG so heavy corn 81.?U per
bushel ?le? mont n t?> b! conti por
pound so I only rando tin payraont on
tin? laud I bough?, and had "nothing for
interest'' on tho debt Ol ll. Uut high?
priced provisions had sick, m d mo, I
OOnunonCOtl h> raise llOgS an.I plant cori
enough to do me, 1 Mibscribed for th
Country Ciontlomau. tho b??l agricul?
tu ral paper lu tho united Mates, and
began to study.
To oiH this confession ?h?rt, - ,
>C> and'Sf, were all peerytars for ?ol
ton witli us. Tin land wa? sick and it
wouldn't rain whOU it ought t?>, and ?li?i
rain- the very heavens opt IlOtl ?wilt ll il I
ought not to bas?' doiW BO. I i"a?h
plenty of corn ami oat? bogan !<> got S
bord of cows and killed 0V( ry J . ar from
(1,000 to 8,000 pounds of mool, whioh I
havolearuotl can l>e rei'? 1 ? Iteapor that
it can bo bought; Ind 011 ; iKOtu ?ok
for some years has btHUl Hae WU Arp .
- "Uko an elephant hud t?' < it." l?j
stead of getting nearer'shom 1 aw it
gnuluaily recode, wliile tin- tad lo my
kite began to grow intolerably h< avy. '
?teciibnl to unload ; no "I sold nomi!
huid" und cut oil thu longer patt of th?
kite's tail, L ?till own 1,000 acres, ami
! want to sdi soma more, for 1 Imvu fourni
out tli.ii I um "huiil-poor."
I Uuvo found out many other Illing?,
husillos, ?luring my voyage across tho
"ItedSoa." I have discovered that net
. itiiy .lu "[ nut know how to farm," hut1
thal very few of us in the hilly p ut <.{
.South Carolina ito. Wu ure land
butchers, not farmers. Wc arc over
seers far worse than Irish landlords,
and the negroes are eating us out of
houses and bornes, while we follow th.
ol.i ant. .helium system, hut strive after
money to buy a living, instead of making
tho living nt nome. Our lands, toe, ai o I
going down tho rivers and rapidly dc
toiiomtiug in intrinsic value by false j
farming.
Now, whether Ibis ,lover true hilo"
. how- me to he a "failure" or no? youri
readers must decide, I w as "blind and
'?Il in the ditch."' Tho question is
whether 1 mn likely to lead others into
thc fumo ditch or not. They say "ro
fe med drunkartis make the' best toiu
|i ra e'. ....tillers," ?uni 1 um fully quttli
:i -.' io inveigh against Hu errors of our
fluming for i have exporionced thom all.
Some men never learn even from expo
rionco, hal 1 feel I am well .paddled to
preach this crusade, i do not caren tig
ibout getting on tho hoard of agricul
ture, nor do i need or desire to travel to
m;.Kc up my mind iu regina agricul
tural colleges. I know those of Michi
gan und Mississippi uro grand iticcosses,
and I have (Jen. ?Stephen I?, fieos re
port of lus examination into the worl;-|
lugs of Hmso ol Kansas, Iowa and Mich
gan, w hieii I will ./,;( (h.. \'O\VH and j
Courier tu publish Indore the Legisla-1
turo meets again for its information.
As foi ' leading tho farmers of tho
St ile," 1 ??ave in ver mude any such
claim, I stritok out at Hcuucttsvillo
bold I?) ?iud alone to expose SOUlO I Ul 111
btlgs, ped nt out Peeled lofol'IOS and lo
denian.1 justice fot larmer-. I haye
some rights as a taxpayer, winch uro
iuvu li tl, ami 1 givo utterance only to my
lusentiiuel.ts. ll lam il "leader
ibo people have made nie so, for I cer
tainly had ut) followers when I Marled,
and i:. was problematical whether i would
over liavo any. Hut I believed I was
right, abd 1 think So still, and >> h.
Ilcviug, ?viii continue thc light as long
as Ibo people .sili buck me. ! only wish
I was so situated that 1 could go more
iimoug thom ?md bilk lae. to lave.
Nov., let us see about tho last Conven
tion which met in November. Thc basil
if i > i iv.- idalina w as the same tis thai Of
tho (Jouerai Assembly, 1-7.'. Charleston,
which was entitled to 1!, having no
fm mei \cept on .linns I slant I, only
sent 2. Iletiufori and Georgetown was
? spars >. populated with white people
!o organize farmers' club?), and Hurry
as hard y beard ? f tho Kann, ra' lii?vc
iiiuiit yet, i reckon, except Ihrotign
natur Smitlt and its mouthers of tho
II DU se. id. t.* wore over one hundred
oilier delegate!', all thu other counties
being repiosouted, except Aiken, liurn
iveil, Hampton und Vork; und If Sena
loi lalbert und I were tho only repre
sentatives from thc fifth Congressional
District, more's tho pity. Tho Conven
tion waa ie-p. niable, both in sizo and
illly, even tbough ('ol. Vonmaus
ine- ll ;.t he and bin friends have :i
nc. ni ?inly of "re-peet ibility." '1 I IO
iNew * and (.'omi' r saul i' "waa a stic
Bcehs." The "th.ni amis of farmers who
were n> ( uland.i i" w. re nlleildillg the
fuir, ; nd wi rc loo dent on Unit to at
tend i... M usions ni the Convention,
Imitating bin friomb and trainer, thc
i 'omm?tis?oucr of Agiieulture, Col. Von
man. next catalogues thu members of
tho board, and on tho theory that thc
"King can tlo no w rong." clears thom
ol' blaine because they ure "all lionel
aide men." Thia "pde of honorablos,
lopped oil'with lt Governor," hus been
thrown at mo once before, but it cannot
e.-.i-e the i . .>rd. Hut Governor Ihtgood
has hail im connection willi tho board
inning thc time when the "inou?
potence and extravagance" liavo been sn
rampant. All of this hus been sinoi
\HH2, Governor Thompson I have al
ways rospoolctl asa moro ilguio-hcailon
thc board, who took no interest or con
trt'l in its n liai rs, ami in truth I an
afrP'M that has been the trouble with all
of t -m. Hut while the commissioiioi
may be the teal culprit in tho mutter
thc law makes tho board tho controlling
?. iwor and they must bear oi - hare Hu
blaine.
Di. Hope's "three for a qudrtor" cnn
milb e, seif appointed ami tin-refute bm
ind, is next brought in by Senator Nun
muns to exonerate tho board by u
"whitewashing" report. I eau onlyguesi
bow that report caine to bo made. Till
able statistician' who proved tba
South Carolina was $08,000, OOO botter ol
in '..'?> thaniu '80, and who clerks for Hu
commissioner, doubtless furnished tin
"ligures" ami dahl. There was ovidoutl;
no investigation. Hut from wbatovo
cans', N'ewborry'a nblo ropresenlativ
was fooled mid that bad y. I he nev
dav alt. i lt Was made to tile "OCOnomi
CUUCUS," so called, my i SpoSC of HlO ex
pcnditurcs in tho Agricultural Depart
m. nt came out in tho Nev,.-,and Colirio)
und Hie House, ignoring Dr. Cope s ri
port, ld once passed il bill to hike th
control of the privilege tax from lb
board ?md limit ils expenditures to
certain sum appropriated on cali mah
submitted. Th's bill thc Senate, a nui
jol'ity Ol which HCemS to belong to th
Commissioner and to tho Coosaw Kiln
Senntor Smythe, refused to pass, m.uni
through the manipulations of Messn
Smythe aud Voumann. Tlio Monah
from Charleston hud received from th
Department sovoral thom and dollars i
fees foi the "Ullisoiui Island lawsuit,
and it was "tickle me and I'll tick
you." So for two yoarfl In sucoossio
those two worthy Senators have blocke
tho i ti nts ol th'* House to enforce ecol
m, in Hie Agricultural Department.
?slob, presumed that Col. Vounianso:
pects to no "tioklcd"horoafter. not wit
uiuucv, but with political influence an
vot< i, Ile stund? by Ids friends, rigl
>r w rung, regnrdless of his coiistitutcnt
and it will bc a pity H only frlendshl
shall bc his reward.
Tho "Shell investigating committee
whioli al tho April Convention on
OUgjlt t" bud out "why tho board lu
employi d special counsel instead of tl
Utomoy Goner*! or Solicitors," exon
I nb il til.. Commissioner from blame h
.,, it found the law authorized
When tho t i- uorol Assenibly passed tl
hov n quiring all such suit? to bo co
ducted ?<y the State's law officers, t'
i phosphate I nil * wow excepted- -why
do not know-but we can guess that t
lawyer who ??ail Iii- Unger i?i IMO ugrioul- '
titrai pia ?li<l not Iii.-.' to take il ottr, und
used his hilhtnueo with his brethren iu I
tiint body. Over $7,000 o? "farmers'
money" was thus spent. mid an "ollieiont
and compoteut" Board o? Agriculturo1
woidd hilYO BCOU io it that tllOSO lawsuits
woro conducted by til?: Attorney Ci euora),
vvliicli tlioy could easily liavo dono
bud tho [iOgisltituro lieon asked lo
make bim do si?, ortho Oovoruor could
haye ordered bini to do it.
Mr. Dargan was avowedly in tin* April j
Convention to break ? u?>. Ho throw I
tho only lire-brands in it, and it is ?mal I
wnuder that be, tho sp. kesman ol tho
.diing." olVorcd tho resolution compli
ment tug Col. Kans-ne. of v lioso ?.'lien ney
as u clerk every one was cognizant, lb.
adoption followed asa matter of course,
and proves nothing,
! have never, at any time, accused the
State olllcors ol' "maladministration anil
extravagance," and al that time I hail
uot said anything- about tho State Gov
ornmont. s.i Mr. Prince's resolution to
"invest ?gate tito state depart monts" was
reported unfavorably in tho \prit Con
vention, at my rou ?es'., and immediately
after Governor Thompson's add tess I
resound donounccd tho charge that ! ,
had made snell accusations ai .1 lie.
So far, theil, iron; having bis "brass"
endorsed by that Convention. Col. You
biana only shows how "brassy" lu is in
bringing forward suoli proof. \ negro
grad?alo in a trial justice's court would
?ot produce such evidence. . liavo since
used tho words ".Democratic imbecility*'
us applicable lo our political manage
mont, und I have said tao Stato Govern
nu ut ns u whole is extravagant and that
our taxes aro too high. Col. t'oumnns
hims, if has a very poor opinion of the
state Government, us bc say.- very haul
things iu I.is Hrs! letter about il bavin ;
"undermined th? rclf-rclinuco and
dwarfed thc manhood und indepoiiibmco
ol' the people," and talks of their hoing
"debauched in tl." ir linaueial integrity,"
etc., by this samo dear Government, lb
seems to think nobody eise bim ? right to
uhusr j; bu! himself ; and yet in his last
letter he -ays "tlio farmers have bul two
grounds of complaint ngaiusl thu l<egi
Itdure!"
Verily, thu nu mei a of Barnwell should
be proud of their Senator! Ile j such ti
pink of consistency, and so logical in lui
statements. Tho people have not for
gotten thal I showed that our Stato taxi i
were $0*20,000 more in '...". than in 'SO, <...'
that tin Legislatur? reduced ibo taxi
oho mill at tho last session without re -
ituoing oxpciiditurcs, thus uckuowlodg
big they had laen worrying more mom v
from an impoverished pcopju that wail
.lided even lo pay tl io extravagant ;;.
ries-, ,Vo., which now obtain. I linvi
claimed that weean economize in Stato
oxpondituros enough to build au ugrb
cultural college without impairing elli
piouoy, and I can prove il; and enough
uiouoy is spent by thu Agricultural 1 >< -
piirtmeut without bciu-llting farmers to
run Mich u college.
Col. *? unmans baa H?o "cheek t
iptote my resolution about doubling the
pri'. ib- '., tn -. "which tanner:- will will
ingly pay to he guamntci I against
fraud, "as POA big thal thu ''prescott board
is giving that very guarantee for'?? cent.s
per lou.'' Se. "advanced a logician," us
Km n wv ll'.- Senator can prove imythinj .
though, win re bra/.eu nsscttiou pat i -
for Tact. Another of that very series of
resolutions states, and thc November
Convention nit ruted tho impiaiht,
I bat tho "inspection of fortili/.i ? is d -
fective, ?iud im tvlcipiutc punishment
provided for fraud." Dolli Conventions
[Missedt those resolutions unanimously,
ind tlu re is ItlOl'O Inuit lound wita the
bureau on this very point than any
other.
Notwithstanding its own analysis
showed delieioiieies in mau}' brands ol
fertilizers, uotwitlisbinding iiumerom
Uni repeated Complaints llUldc to the ie
p.irtinent of guano shipped without bigs,
?ur tender-hearted Commissioner bm
never "conliscated" a singlo ton thal . vci
I beard of, or prosecuted n singh
?ffender. The poor fanner who iouglil
rcdross bus been consoled in being m
formed tliul 'die himself was liable to in
iliotmont for rccoiving tlio guano," au<
tho plain h iter of the law timi his owl
"regulations" liavo boon iguored byllu
oJHcial sworn to execute thom. The do
part mont is run seemingly to please tin
railroads and fertilizer companies am
phosphate miners, lt is "ugiinultuvur
indy in name, lt and lite "agricultural'
nuucx to thc Sont li Carolina College nv
the tWO humbugs of the age.
Col. Voumanss main defence of th
board is ill connection with the manage
nmnt of our phosphate interests. (Iran
that those interests are well managed, i
you ph ase, and I ask 'non is agriciiltur
UOlietitod thereby / What have they t
do with farming? What busbies bas
board of agriculture with .'navigable au
lidc-watcr deposits' ' The claim that til
increase in thc royalty over the receipt
iii foruicr years is due to able managt
incut is ?di bosh. The increase is tho rt
stilt of better nu thuds ol nu's,ng reel
mid to tin- fae! thal there has lu eu enoi
mons profit Ul the business. Co.isa
stock has sold for $1,001) per share .
8100.
And what is tin- Condition ol' those ?i
tercsta to-day? Incenses liavo bec
granted to all who applied mid Ibo gu ed
minors turned ioo.se m (be phosphat
territory with no restrictions na to cleat
mg the land (or waler rutilen as tin
went, no working ot exhausted ?ind ni
exhausted territory, no discrimination :
to letting Illili strata at a less royall
than thick, but all charged nt one prit
-ono dollar per lon consequently il
Held hus only boen "slopped over
Thick and easily accessible depo.-its oui
ure worked, without cleaning tin
through, and otb ors loft, luke bogs
n corn field, the minors have nui all ev
the whole phosphate territory belongil
to the State and gobbled lill the "botlll
/.us." The lock that is lett where tin
have been and there are thousands at
thousands of tons of it will md, pay
raise until thc price largely odvanci
and may be Considered wasted. A fovi
ish busto to increase thc amount pu
into tho Shite treasury by increasing t
number of tons raised, rather than 1
increasing thc royalty and putting t
business under proper restrictions, li
well-nigh destroyed hus certainly do
irreparable damage to tho only va I md
property tho Stato owned.
Yet tho board is praised for its "nw
a em. ni If snell management im
ed?-.-, "compctenoy" then I am a lanai
If this bo statesmanship, (bul save
from suob statesmen. Tho bourd is i
all to blame. Our Legislatures) ba vol
bot n Muily ignorant ami carolos? in doab
in;; willi tin- most importun! iutorost.
'.(Juttle-llsh," lilo; Senator Vounians,
bavo i>"t booti wanting . <> oloiul tin;
watermill use interested arguments, tn
frighten timid lawmakers. Ibat gigan
tic octopus, tho CoosiiwCompany, with
ii.-, stockholders and paid attorneys in
lu?'n houses, which, it is (aid, obtained
r rtnnohiscs from ri Madicul Legislature
l> . u holosalo bribery Coosaw snaps its
lingers in tho lace ol' a Legislature ot <
C.. - linn i.omcis ?md asl -, "SVhal do ^
lb .. lt now about phosphates?" lt claims ,.
to have perpetual und exclusive prtvi
lc. ito 'cine tiie best phospbulie dc- :
posiis in tho world, worth millions, anti t
if ile- taxpayers don't wake ap und watch j
their interests ii will .OOH be lob late to ?
Blink? loose its itold.
?Ml, ny brother "fuilurcfV yon who, *
plod behind ynv ploughs, pay taxes
anti vole, you do hoi know what is going (
<>n iii Hu walls of your Capitol when tho j
Legislature is io session. because Dem-. .
ooritls aro in ellice you foti secure and
thin! honesty, patriotism, tin- interests!.
of iii - people, arc tin; only ?lilhlOUCCS ut j {
worl I nero. Hut it ia a sad mistake.
Lt i.racy ?ia- no salve for sch' interest,
md thia, coupled with political ambi
tion, place and polf, controls many a
vote. With short legislativo sessions
vi .-.hoi I thal a m w mali ifs ol' rm use to
liiin.-ell or his constituonb din ing most
d' li ?iist ine willi the propensity
inion j our country people to have a new j Vj
i. el ,.: I. gtslalioil every two years; with | jj
iii it politic ii leprosy" which makes I j,
avery lea I h vein, however unlit, mijo
tspi aol for o ll ice, ram paul among us I "
with i; ?Opposition party in the State to ?,
mitch .'ii i expose rascality, we have r
in en getting in a bad way. "Thc inter- I
..-.ts ot tin- classes 'and corporations! as 1 j,
iguiust tin masses" hiive won in every ' jj
'oidiict, and while ("o!. Voumans ?daims ;
hal ive aro liol "respectable," ho willi,,
?eu iiold m.m who will say that thc In
"iMiriiiers' movement'1 hus ma been al?
{od-send to save iii'- Democratic party v
nom its own incipient rottenness. Whilel',,
hen, wc will present a yolid trout toidi
sonn rs oe th< i ..ine ot white supremacy,
ii ai resolve to "cleanse the Augean
liable;'" and lighting for au holiest, a
mire, au economical government, let us
mete old exact justice lo al! men, in
cluding lu rino rs, and retire "imbeciles'1
md ..cuttle llslt" to tli i shades ot private
ile. !;. H. Tn.i.MW.
Hoper's, s. ( '.. M.neh 21, 1887.
The Now Volk financial Chronicle, in
I c .iion review, says that for thc wed:
iiidhig March 25 tho total receipts have
ouched lli,2P8 billed against ".'.,7bi last
,vei !.. ?J.'.'?o the previous wee!., ami ".'...
.'. three weeks since, inukitig the totalis!
cceipts sinci Septeutbor, 1, I Nod, 5,01)5, jd
*7~, against 1,701,502 for the same pt
dod rd' 188.1 80, showing tm increase I \\
lince September I, (88(5, of J i I,?170. n
During tin Hiuiie period thu exports
reach U total of 100,880 bale. , of which
ri.osu w. re n. liiei,t Ih'itaiti, T, I ? ;* i to
Trance, ilud ?8,1)12 tb ilic rc.st of tho
01.o;e nt. The total suh.s lol' forward
Iclivcry for Ibo week arc 1178,701) bales, i p
l ? r mu i, dial-- delivery the total sales | tl
out up 2?801 bale.-., iacladiiig Wit) fdr
spoil i. '.i for consumption. Tho
mi nts into contiin uta) port-, ha ye been
#8,000 bales.
There has been a decrease in tho cot
on in .sight of .v,,-j! i bales ns compared
sith the Kamo date ot 188(1. au increase
d' I 1 ',7_''i as compared with I ho corros
loading date ol ls^"? and a decrease of
l2i,')5l as compared with 1881, Tho
lld interior stocks liavo decreased during
hu week J?'?, git) bales and uro 18-1,15i S
csi thai] at tho same period last year.
I he rec, ipt.int tin same towns have beon
I,Obi bail . more than the same week last
rear, mid .-ince September I Ha receipts
it all ilic towns are 71,027 moro limn for
!n lilllie limo in 1 ss? 8(1. 1
Thc increase in amount in sight I'ritlaj
light as compared with last % ur, is ls,'-1 ^
ib! bltlcS, the I licit ase us COlnpUl'Cll With
I8M-I S5 is ?i !(?.'?7and the increase over | p
188.1 SI is ii7U,17l. The total receipts
rom the plantations since Soptenilior I,
1881), woro 5,1.11,1158 bales; m 1885-?B?!,
?. i:;i,mi : in issi 8r?i i,(t',)2,i:ii;.
Mliiougli tho recoipts nt (lie outports
he pas) VVCCk were lli,2i)8 bales, the
letiuil movement from plantations was
udy I'.',:! '.o, the balance l?( mg taken
rom Hie stock at the interior towns,
I.asi year Ilic receipts from tho planta
ions for the same wuk were 20,01)8
?ales, mei for |ss.', they were id, san.
I 111 I. . . I! I',l M S I IIIH|l|llllOII-<
SS lien a ynuilg follow has made up his
nhill to Walli on tile edge of precipices
'or tho sake of ?coing prospects, ho al?
ivayi hud-, plenty of compnny.
There are abundance of p. .?pie willi
droug heads, who having walked tin e
iiaths tilt they aie quite certain of lliei
oot-hold, me ready to go out with gio
bj 11 ?\ lieginucrs, If tiny aecidohtally
?.-e tm ir bends an.I fall over, whose
flttllt I thal.' Nf?! thens, ol COU TSC,
bu y uevor lah. They look whore they
dep, and their heads do not tntu, lt is
ol drilllkatilH and thieves win? me dan
4. IO1I . companions to tile gie? II boys
iel from Hi? city oh, dear, n<>! ll is
your respectable young men that have
earned to sip discreetly m all sorts of
forbidden fouutains, and nibble hore
md th>re eur of lill J ol the forbidden
fruit, .1 bey arc held up us patterns,
l in y drink, but are never drunk. They
liavo exactly thc knack of seeing ami
Knowing all that lhere is to seen and
known in tin ways of wickedness, and
Vet keeping CV011 step With thc right" otis.
domo of thom aro church momljors ami
vuidaysehoil teachers; SOUIC arc
dui vol, regular business men. They
ni' 1; w t going to hurt tliomfiolves, tliey
ll you, but th? y believe in a certain
lice,loin. They never could see thc
sonso ol tem po rance pledges. Por their
patt, liny don't med them; und if then
\6 anything they do abominate, d's vom
radical, st ruight-laced people, who koop
dwi.vs m the dusty turnpike for fear of
the pt'OOipiCO.
The Public 1 nterimteil.
When manu foote rora of au article aro
asking thu public to consume their
wan , d i. indeed refreshing tb know
that they aro reliably endorsed, as illus
trated by the united cndorsoui"iit of Dr.
Hart?i s Iron Tonic and Liver Pills h\
the druggists of St, Paul, *
A guile singoi - The lon kettle.
?"^?Wf ""i - '--f" *?l ?"" finminii i'irr ? -i * ? i
WHAT M Kl HT HAVE BK KN.
W ALMOST l-'OUOOTTKM IM?il? ?>! ,
SIM Til CA HOM NA'S HlsYOKY. ,
-.,?>>? I .?.). Ali..ni Hiv Cal ti ultu Kulls-lli??? ?
Noll l-l > Wit MUscd lltlvillK Hit Wt'Hi f..ml |
. il Itu- I lilted Sillies ul Itlivlo ?limul. 1
(Kimii tho Sunday New?.) N
lu I8U2 .(..Itu Drayton, th in(?ovornoii
tf Smith Carolina, published a Kiuall 1
vnil;. now ratlior -carce, "A vi. ?. of ,
sont li Carolina UH respects Uer uuturul a
uni civil i niu'fi'iis," li; thc first chap?
cr, triller one ol' thc hctnls, "CitSOttdes," '
i
tc thu?. di ?cribes thc Catawba Fulls, ul v
he southeastern corner ol Chester l
loilllty : 1
"For quantity of wat' r and grandeur
M iippcuruiico, pi rhups di . Catawba ,|
''niki .ne lb most int .resting ol any in tj
his State. they arc situated a little 1
hove the Kooky Mould, ?uni tin np? li
ironch lo them is OM I- tin ?:?i!;-. which u
ino tho sides of Ibo river. Cu cither ii
ide the lochs i re piled up tn a wall o? t
nany foot high, and hills rising above v
hem in sharp, conical summits, nod il
vcr thc rupture below. Nov. :l "
'uhiv.hu is uri'sli d ni its course, and ?
rom a width of one hundred and cight\ (
auls this river is torced by the bilis \
nd rocks on cither side to shoot down '
die gulph' in a channel ol oui*, sixty c
V0 yards wide. Collecting its water, )
llipOlUOUS and noisy, it thunders down e
lui falls, tumbling over massy rocks y
ml foaming from shore h> shore, wheel- !.
ig i's largo whirlpools and glancing <
rom . jek to lock willi maddening fury, s
ol censing its troubled waves until it g
as leaped over twenty fa I hi iu ?i"- dis
mee ot'two ami it half mijes, and bas i
rocipitated from its height it depth ol A
i nc ty foot. Here, below llocky Mount, u
begins to subside and sp read H ove a li
hauiiel three buudrcd ano eighteen a
ards wide; but is not col ti posed, For b
ides below, rocks are Hcattercd ! 1 its j I
ay, at tintes irritating ?tn waters und n
revoking ibu rapidity of its stream." a
>r. David Karn ey I 180S) un i Hob n !
lilis i 182(1 j give a mi jiiv dc eriptions m ;>
?ieso lulls, which uro connected willi an
Imost forgotten pago of oui' bi ?tory, j
A committee ot tholloii.se of Hopro-lp
antill ives of the Third Congrios, "to I;
'hom so II i nc ii ot tia ru-: ii nt's ipi ? iii. o
s relaies to arms und milituty i.*oi , a
iitga/.incs and arsenals" wiis rel'erreil, h
lude their repoli .Malen ?, I, 'I. Til
Hoted the following resolution: "He
?lved, thai ile- President of lite I'idled ; a
tutes be ludhori/cd to direct two l'
rsc nuls and muga/.iui , to be erected iii . .?
roper situations, to accommod?t ? ;
outhern mid Middle Stilles, and thal a
mn uot exceeding li tty-ni ne in usaiid i.
oil,ns bo provided fdr '.hat purpose."
December ll!, \ ,l im?te. Picker- w
lg, secretary of war, report..I na Hu i!
icitsures which liavo been pursued '..?
blain proper sites for iirseiuds. Ile \?
ivys: "lt having Ix en dei. ini.iied lo s
reel one arsenal on Hie Potomac and d
iiother in South Carolina, the hitit r in
situation to and fruin which wilier t.
raiispoiiation would be ullbrded, and a
lie former in tho vicinity of a number r
f iron works, the ncci stair j order wore n
iven in the year I TS. I for exploring both i
;>untries." " bin- ohgilit . r ..
uiployed Un th, pu pose in South Cur 1 .
lina made a report, which was received ti
irly in the last sum mer. Ile bad . st
lined that pun ot tho couutry to whit li ...
is attention had beeb directed by thc ti
ix'joutivo, Ile also examined another, p
iie 111111". independent of its being in ul ri
nae li cult hf ill sititatioi), was deemed hy
im lo possess .--onie other advantage!- il
vcr thc former." i<
The engineer alluded i>> was most it
robably "Colonel John Christian Senf, n
tigiueer lo thc State," who at thut niue II
as digging IhoSailtOC i 'anal I I 70lM800. p
In second place rofOrrcd lo was [?roba- tl
ly Hoc ky Mount; the llrsl place is not ? <
now n. a
February J, iHUli, Thomas Jefferson, t)
'resident, seilt m a sinnt message, in O
hieb, ho says, "iicsides tho permanent il
luga/.incs established ut Springfield,
?.'cst l'oint, Harper's leny, it is ju
lotlght one .should lu- esbtldislicd in si
Hilo point convenient tor tho States m li
iortb Cur? lina, South Carolina und I
borgia; such u point will probably be o
mm! near thc border ot tin Carolinas, o
lid some small provision by lin' l.egis- o
dure preparatory to the establishment
ill bo necessary for tho present year, a
fn January, 180.5, Kb Whitney, "m- H
ontor of tho cotton-gin," ??.:- sclcoted '
> assist Colonel Sont m choosing Ibo cl
ito for tho arsenal near Hooky Mount, u
Vb it ney was at thai lime pressing bis, a
laine- bofore the North Carolina Lcgii n
itu re. Fm-expenses from Haleigh to o
tocky Mount, amt ior professional ser- tl
ices while there, he ru i ned thc very |
lodcrato fcc ol li itv dollars. Colonel I o
eut, wuh lbo rank of "supt-rihtondoiit b
f tho arsenal ul Hock,) Mount," rc I tl
i-ived sixty dollar., "for making a pl m b
i the arsenal at llocky Moimi, and ri i ft
ort thereon, including Ins dan ling ex
citses.'' During Hint year (?8051) tour
lioiisaud dollars were paid "on account
f ox pendil uros in erecting thc arsenal,
iiigu/.uu s, Ac, ut liockv Mount, s. c.
luring tin I8(KI I Ute total amount ex
ended at llocky Mount wa- fourteen
lousand four hundred and forty-eight
olllll'S, being tour time, the amount
[n ut on the "arsenal ami magazine ni
?/est Point" during those years. < >i
lis stun, three thousand one hundred
ml thirty-eight dollars wore for the pur
luise (tbrough "Thomas Sumptor" ol
"I tact ot land m South Carolina fol
n arsenal."
(louoral Henry Dearborn, secretarj '",
ar iindei' JolYorsou, visited Uoukj
bund and hud the corm i st 'in ni lui
iain bunding. Kub. rt Mills (Statistics
f S. C.,) states this fact, but does not
ive the exact dale which in US I hun
OOH in 1808, Thc spot was known fts
loutit Dearborn for mail} vi ne.
lu 1808 a committee ol Congl'C* rc
ortod on n "system of great canals
long the Atlantic coast." lu our State,
hey nay, " I'he Saidee, or Catawba, i.
nid to bo occasionally navigable fol
tor.- than three hundred miles, as high
s Morgantown, in Norln Carolina. Two
ompaniofl have been Incorpora tod lo,
hat State, and the Shite of South Caro
ina, for tho purpose of improving its
itivigation. The Dower Kails are abovi
'anulen, and not far from thc ai'SOHnl ol
be United states at Mount Hock." di
later Congress, at any time, bas math
ppropriations, confusing geography
-r i III ? i ira i imi i ?II ?? - nm
uni) mimes, ii is only histor) repeating
itself, perhaps, i
lu IKON '.Tho Catawba ami Wutorco
Companies" asked Congress for help. A
iommittcu t)f Congress report" d that Hi?'1
.uuals would bc of Mist importance and
itility lo tin- inhabitants ol North ?inti
South < arolinui and Tonnessee, and that
tic armory ami arsenal of the United
?tub , established al Hooky Mount,
voultl also b?- considerably beuoflttod;
?., 'm view ol tl"' prest ul condition of
humees, and critical situation of our
ountry in relation to roreign (lovorn
?I nts, il v.i nlil bo (inadvisable t.? apply
ny public money."
In tho journal ol Hishop franois
bibun (I80i>) In- speaks of preaching
icar William lieut li's, on fishing Creek, '
rh-n. "to my surprise u number oil
lui lal Slules olllcorscame ti)?. I invited!
hem in. These gentlemen ure attached
u an estublishuu ut at Hooky Mouut."
In tho Annals of Congress, nuder tho,
late ol December 2(1, l-d?, Hie "com
lillico on military allans" reported til
?il! "( stublishing three additional nilli*
IIry academies -oho wi Iii i u Hie District
11 olumbla, one ?it Mouut Doarborn, j
n South Carolina, und .?ne in Hie vieilli
j Newport, Kentucky," "Tho bill I
.n . read twice and comnutteil." A few
lays later, in "committee of the whole," j
li. Campbell (probably a misprint, I
Henning Col. .f. ,1. Chappell, of South
: lina.. "proposed to (mungo tho loca
ion of the Southern Academy from I
donut Dearborn to Columbia, on ac
uiint ni Ibo superior advnnbiges of timi
dace o vol Mount Dearborn and tho
ligibility of it situation for t in .! an in
littilion." The House refum I by ii
ugo majority. Vir. I'iekoiis, t North
lurolina, "was in favor of u mo upland
ito than either nf those inentii ned, ami
uvo a decided preference ol' I ie two to
lonni Dearborn over Columbia. He
inposed a i oint iii lem...mihi county."
shovilh) wus ..in pill iii nomination
.tia-' Mouut Dearborn, bul vas tiega
?vt tl by a \\ivy c vole. I h.munit Icc,
i'b r a long debate, in wliicli Mr. Cal
oun, a ul Mr. Clay. Speaker of the
biu.se, ?niued, (holli advocating three
.n li tnii itgti . d (o st ri I?.d three
n i> ... A year lalhr, r'obrilttry,
Sli", tin wind* miit I er was indefinitely
i Iii i- rob r< n ces . how thal i ?r several
. ai un ",irs( ?.o and niaguzhie < in pun
lace tia word "armory" is uSed| wert;
pl hp a. ar Rocky Mount. In the
iii iuui iui]>t*r, ordering lite seicolioU o?
B ptnce, estim.it -s yvi-?? giv< ii for the fol
ovinji buildings:
"A oriel, i.iiihtiiij . Him tories iugli,
ne hund?i d ami ,seventy-live fool long
nd fori,* I wo fi et wide, woidd contain
iveuty thousand .a rt; h.'ry, ami
oriiages iu proportion, together with
lighl lippi iulagcS !''n li Of. An
Bebed br,ek ina. a/.iiie, capable bf con
II n i ti;; two thoiciiuul, live hundred bar
?.ls 'of powder. H rick barracks, anti
o.h.de n foi i i . hundred iiiinoror?, for
lie 11 ci essa ry guard.'
lt d u aol appi ar bow far lins phill
carried out. Mills, writing in 18'2<5,
unie (ilne ali. r thc < utcl'pliscj WOS alian
oin' I. say- :
"Tiie 1'iiilod Ktiilcs establishment,
ear ll icky M nat. comuiuuds attention
lu. though lion abandoned and in
Huns. This ein ie,-lanee . nix louds to
ii'..' u more interesting to tie traveler,
he huitdiugs erected la le \\. iv liaild
Biiiu and extensiyci i He ninga/.ino (a
n.:ci! luiiii building) has I'Utirely
nai led dow n. 1 ho ur.?'iud i- a sub
initial building, elected ?losu lt> UK
?lilith liousitiucti d hy the State, and if
Hm only building of tho whole thai
romiseii lo I. re.iily useful. Tho liar
oks surround u si pm re, fronted liy tin
Ulcers' (pun leis, u large brick ci I i lice
icw Iud? erected oh u promontory pro
?cling into the liver. Naturi
mushes lew spots moro variously r<>
unifie than this, a noble riser rendcrei
lore interesting by thc rocks winch im
ede ?ts course, thc islands scattered ii
ie st ream, the surrounding hills cover
.1 with wood?, and lowering above it
ll induce a wish that the project ?d' ;
liiilary establish men I hero had sue
I'ct i.l and thal lins fairy spot lind heel
io diode of relined society/'
Tiie references and quotation in tin
rtiele have all been verified, si. Unit tin
Lort sketch of thu "Hocky .Mm.nt 1.
tbhslnnent is believed to be correct
l is incomplete, as it is prepared with
ut access to sources windi would giv
tiler items as WI !i a-, th.! time lind CUUH
f abandonment.
Tim local tradition is that Hock,
loant cunio within oiie vole pf bein,
ie West l'oint ni tho I ailed State.'
his may not bo BO, still those so in
aned int") speculate cs lo tho i th ct o
ur history if u great ..national militar
???di m; . v, dh all the attendant patrol
?C mid influence, hail been establishc
n the banks ol the ( Catawba, like lind o
ie 11 lld uni.
In Um (1 ru n kel vi I le, which tin printei
i M dis's Statistics gi vo as one name t
lock} Mount', sume readers maj not st
ic desigu to honor tho minmol (Sriuiki
y cul bi ig the place (Jrimkeville. I t
?I I n nal. ly, > i vt mi at :i tn pt s ma i . to pe
clunie mimes truly worthy have boc
lilil?es as Urimkovillc, Dray lort villi
'mckintyvillo, Chatham (original nan
I Chornw, i < tranby, Ac
ll, ,1, hossiug in IHItt visited Hock
lo,nd willi pen and pened m hand. I
i\is several sketches and rather fit
ccotinls ol tho Revolutionary inciden
inncolcd willi Ibu place. Ile say
Hero yet rema i ns thc foundation ol
rejected United States milda;y esto
slum nt, to bo called Mount Doa rho r
inch was abandoned." Since Dossing
isit auother army ims crossed ti
al aw ha at tliat historio point.
I lo fore Hu late war a cotton i ictoi
loud on thc banks of (?ie oana i, owui
j 'dr. Daniel McCullough; tin- sp
till bearing the ni.I name, Moimi Den
om. Mr. .McCullough i? yet livin
m- oi un unusual group of half a dosc<
n n, all oser eighty years of age, 110
?ocky Mouut. They might give sm
i te rt sting ?toms from thoir oui ly roei
.?tions about tho l idled States esln
slimoiit.
Robert M dis has a paragraph tl
hoiild not bo overlooked. "H<
Hooky .Mount i repose the ashes of o
dioso inomor\ should bo chorlshod
'aroliniaus, lor Iiis devotion to th
oust! iii Ute lh volution, und hit] Min
ueni eiTorts to serve them in ins p
?ssional capacity. Colonel Senf, I
ngineer, both i i tho Catawba Comps
nd of tho Saidee Canal. Ile sleeps,
dint was his garden, ut Hocky \i,.ni
.ut no obituary stoiio records Iiis nar
i few trees fwliich he planted in a s]
that lio hud out in tho fashion ol' a full?
ing gardou) shade his grave. Colonel
Seal was a military engineer of consid
erable talent.'' (Statistics. p. 03.)
The t\v<> ('n ut works of tho Connan
engineer, in our State, are now littlo
known. Tho bed of the Santoo Canal is
dry, and tho very ruins of Iiis arsenal
ami magazine on Mount Dearborn havo
perished, li the proposed railroad from
Camden to Hooky Mount is built, the
si lonee ol' tho hills around his lonely
grave will lie disturbed by tho scream of
the engine a power lie little dreamed
of in Iiis dav. la l a station, or at least
a locomotive, beal his uuino. Leta htoue
lie placed under those trees to mark the
spot wher< rests, away ? rom kindred and
home, the foreigner who helped us in
our day of weakness ami trial.
.May tin: old Mount never again echo
the sound ol'a hostile gun, or the tread
of an army! JAS. ll. CARLISLE.
Spartauburgi S. ('.
(ittvernor Lue ?tn Virginia 1'olllics.
I then frankly tobi the Governor that
as the Ucpublicau leaders were encour
ngod to hopo that they could take Vir
ginia from tho Democratic column, his
views as to the State would lie. of interest
?ind value.
"J dOll't cale to lie (ploted, " bc Sahl,
.hui what do you desire specially to
know?"
"Weil, I said, ' tell moubout Muhoue.
Will Ile lie as pOWOl'flll il! tile polities O?
your State as he once was?"
Thc Governor, after som.- hesitation,
mid: "Maheno is n very good politician.
In tiie campaign we will havo this fall u
Legislature is tn lie chosen which will
li.ta United Shit os Senator to succeed
Hiddlchcrgi r. I have no doubt in my
ow n mimi but that Maheno is a candi
date for tho Senatorship, If, however,
ite lets t hat he know n bo will Hu', have
the iulbieuci iii the campaign lie other
wist might, Von see, there are th reo
[actinns in thc iteptihlicau party. Due
is the straight-outs, led by Wickham;
another led hy ox .( lovel liol' Cameron,
who is opp.ised lo M abone, and then
t lu ?se w in i call themselves the Iteadjus
terS. Now, in M canvass imply as
iigaiiibl the Democratic parly, these
forces, if united, would put tho Domo
snits to superhuman ellbrl lo hold thu
State, li it bc known, though, that
Mahmie seeks tu curry Ibo Legislature
lo ride into tiie United States Senate,
hoy will split up, ami, of course, such a
?vision is to D?mocratie advantage."
nterviow with ( ?overnor Lee in Ciuoin
lati Km purer.
lin iliii. i ul 1 rummers' tai . n?r?.
t'i u versing willi some drummers to-duy,
?in of them viid I don't lieliuvc they
un make lis ?>?ij nh? lit cuse tax. Law
M l\s ?ii S'il pillia 11113 South (ari .lina tell us.
1 notice that tin- otllccrs ol this elly
liave ii laM-d their \ Igllance in looking after
1: winn wi an- in towns. I was nt WU'
alington 11 day or two ugo and Feist Meyer,
know n to ibu drummers as < lld Sleuth the
Detective,' never troubled us, Hut thc
Stale Treasurer is linn ?ii his position on
die mat nt. iii publishes ti circular-letter
daiiug thal HM Treasury Depart mont rc
i ives ninny hu|uhiiv us lo Hie eir?et ol thc
I ici.s im i oi thc I libed Mates Supreme
nun, ' t'hal decisi?n,' Treasurer Hain
.iv--, w.i- upon ihcconstruction of a local
itiitulc ol lin-Mate of Tennessee, contain?
ny many pi ivisions materially different
rom those in Hie North Carolina statute.''
[Ic goes 011 lo say: "Thc sections In our
revenue aol have, in thc case of thc Slate
i's. Long, been before nut own Supreme
oin:, which aller full iirguuioill and
borough consitli ration, decided that tiny
t\t n- not in con ll iel w ?iii the I'nitcd Slates
L'otistltution. I mil lin- judgment is ro?
versed by sonni com j iel cn I I ruin uni il will
in- recognized ii* law liy this department,
ind the prompt collection ol die tax rc
iein d to will lu required ol all persons
liarged therewith, '-/lolet'f/A Cor, Hick
"..I,.! />>*,?!'.?/,.
\ \r\\'\<mrr Munni I rinililt'.
A- a I'cSUll ol the (UlbliciitiOU ill tile
I'llillldolplllll lum*, a lew weeks ago, of
ni article ex po dug tlc ways and means by
ivhiclt gambling liad been curried on in
I'liiladclphiii lor lie- pasi several months,
md in whieii ii iv us charged thai Albert
?I. Ilocekly, elly editor "i the Pres?, had
leen tile leeipienl ni lin Mini of $00 per
Auk tm the purpose of securing the.
?Hence'd tiiai naper ht ibu Interest nf thc
{amblers, .Mr ll.:kly Drought criminal
nit for libel and civil undi for $'J0,U0U
lainages against tia editor ?md publisher
.I the Time*. The iill'air was. ai Unit time,
uni lia- continued to he. the chief topic of
1 i - . -. i> - ii ni among ?oiiriialists and those
Ahn felt interested in the matti r, A grenier
sensation, however, was created when Mr.
I locckly s counsel unlined die dist rici nttor
ley ai d Un editor "I tiie Times that his
lieut laid dei ided tn withdraw lin- erinii
itll suit and illlow tin- case to rest entirely
n ion tiie civil suit tm- damages, Mr.
Ilocekly luit been until now (although his
i jj nation has I in-11 placed in the hand of his
,u|H'riors) merely Su ?tended from duly until
m investigation should establish lits guilt
.i ? i.-(nee. inn tin- /'.M says editorially
Inti if Mi llocokloy i Innocent of the
iliurgcs linnie tigaiusi ihm lie luis ? nmnlttcd
i grave, if not fatal, error in withdrawing
ns criminal snit ami iii.ii his connection
ivllli tin- Press lins ceased nbsohilely,
.In-1 lim l I let I \ I 1 l. r
A reliilitllil ni lace lay upon what is
known a- the mat ked dow n t ounlcr of a
largo shopping oshihlishnienl in ibis city,
md during a wail ol HflQOll minutes the
following remarks concerning il were made
i>s lady customers,each one drawingatten*
lion lo il liv the use of the word "sweet."
lau i ii too siced for anything'/"
' What a sweet, lovely piece ot ?ace'
Willi! did von call ItV lt.isa urcet pat
lern."
Wouldn'l it look ino sweet ?md lovely
ni my law n?"
"i Ht! mother, do buy (his foi nu. il
hVOllld he so mri 11 nu my lillie dress. "
"Ses, and I guess lt's a SlCi6t pl icc, too."
"Orinyu hte. Ilnniuiroii*.1
lt yoll arc pale, emaciated, hnvo a back
ing cough, w illi nihill swcals, spitting of
blood and shortness ni hrcalh, you have no
limo io lose, lin noi hesitate too long
till yu ate past cure; lor, laken in carly
tingos, consumption cm bo cured hy tho
uso ot Dr I'loree's "Ooldon Medical Dis
cOVerV, ' ns tl.sands can testify. Hy
Au lin tl gossip chili lins been organized
l?y -??mc yOlimg lathes. Ulan lim (hil)
moots i hoy will probably pass their time in
raking up all the gossip of tho neighbor'
hood, morely to show w hat it is they pro
pone lo frown upou.