The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 28, 1894, Image 1
SQUEEZING THE MARKET.
THE JUTE TRUST AT ITS OIjD
GAME.
Congress H i Made ti Limit oud the
Trust is Using the Time lor Iis Own
litmvHt?Tito l*rleo of Bagging is
sun Advancing.
Augusts Chronicle.
Tho National Cordage Company,
otherwise the jute bagging trust, is
playing a great game to keep tho
market cornered for tho prosont year
and pull the farmer for all it oau u?.
the bagging neodod this Boauou.
The trust lias boon keeping only a
small Stock of bagging on hand in an
ticipation of the tariff hill, which has
taken nil tin duty. It ';..<?? been Boiling
it, too, in small lots. Tho supply now
<m h-tnd is hardly suflloiont to take
??are. of this y oar's cotton crop, audit
it is too lato '.Middr tho present eon
(iitiens for tho Irr... ?? ?> ?: i uOttOH men
to talk about in porting ?? 'gmg from
En,, laud.
The facts in the ease from a Southern
standpoint are. that many of tho cot
ton factors and fanner.-- have laid in a
supply of bagging with which to
b?ndle a large part of their crop, hav
ing bought it at a time when the low
freight rates from New York and other
Nor thorn points woro in force, because
they got it laid down cheaper than
they Could have done had the regular
freight rates remained in force. They
will not, therefore, need a full supply
with which to handle their crops, and
tho trust knows this. The farmorsand
factors would not, therefore, bo so
ready to bogin Importing.
It 18 ti fact, too, that owing to tho
falling oil in the demand the foroigu
iniils have been inactive, and If orders
woro given now they could not be Oiled
in time for the present crop. Tho
bagging trust appreciates this situa
tion, and is going to push the market
for all it is worth.
The Senate bill takes off the duty of
2.22 cents, which was kept up by tho
McKinley act. and consequently makes
tho bugging just tluit much cheaper.
As an example of tho fact that the
trust is going to squeeze tho farmer
for ull it is worth, it may he stated
that not a week ago bagging was ad
vanced three-quarters of a cent a yard
within four or live days' time. Many
of the Augusta "factors havo bought a
groator part of their supply, as have
others, on account of tho cheap rates,
and under the circumstances there is
hardly enough Inducement to pur
chase largo importations from abroad
this year.
Tho trust realizes that this is its
last chance. Tho consequence is bag
ging is tidvancing in price o/ery day
or two. Unless something can bo
done the chances are that bagging
will go much higher than it has ever
boon since the alliance tackled the
juto trust. Ono of tho managers of
tho cordage company is quoted as fol
lows :
"Bagging will be bagging before
tho season is over and we expeet to
recoup our losses on this season and
look to the Uopublicaus to put us back
under their protecting wing in the
future."
This not. only hears out the indica
tions, but shows they boast of the fact i
that they will attempt to squeeze out
every dollar they can.
On account of this stato of affairs
some attempt has been inaile to use
bagging mado of sugar sacks sewed
together and it la said this makes u
very substantial and dosirable article
for the purpose and a good substitute j
for jute. The material is more closely
W?V011 than tho jute bagging, and I
while it has its disadvantages it is i
considered by many a very good sub
stituto. Samples have been received
in Augusta, and it may he. that a good
deal of this kind of bagging will be
used this season. The cotton bagging
is not considered a good substitute, as
it is hardly strong enough to stand I
rough handling and readily tears j
when handled with the hook. Tbo
situation as it stands at present is '
rather an interesting ono and it re- '
mains to be seen whether any means ;
can he devised to defeat the trust in
Its expressed offoi'ts to sqUOOZO tho !
market.
.KITE DAGGINQ AND TIES.
A Question of Interest at this Season
of the Year?Tito I'rico ofDagglng
and ' lot lon Ties.
Atlanta Journal.
The jute bagging question just at
this time whon the farmers are look
ing forward to the cotton crop, is an
interesting one to the merchants of
Atlanta, who deal in it, and to the j
consumers who wrap their cotton in it.
The general opinion gathered from
talks with tho dealers is that there j
will be moro juto bagging sold this ?
season than last, as tho cotton crop i
will be much larger. Tho price ol
juto bagging has advanced over tho|
price of hist year, ami that faet in
itself has caused quite a llutter of in
terest among all classes. Some of
them claim that tho jute trust has
caused the increase in price, and some
deny this, giving as a reason that
many factories have shut down causing
a shortage in the amount produced
and consequently a rise in tho price.
Last year cotton ties sold for &1 a
bundle, enough to bind between tivo
and six hales. Hagging sohl for ono to
two cents a yard less than it does this
year. This year ties sell for 7."> cents
and so cents a bundle, much less than
last year's prices. Hugging that
weighs ono and three quui tor pounds
to the yard is selling at ;<>S 'to 7 oont*v
two pound bagging is selling at from
71 to 71 cents and 2\ pound bagging is
selling at 7^ und 8 cents a yard. Thoso
prices are about a half a cent h.g mr
than they wore earlier in tho so..son.
"Hugging to-day,"said Mr.Olgosby,
of the linn of Ogleshy 6t Meador, " is
cheap, although it is higher than it
was last year as then it was selling at
an extremely low price. There has
been a great deal of talk about high
prices of bagging this year, but they
are not sustained as bagging this year
is selling for tho same as it sold for in
18?! and 18f>2."
'? Thoro Is no cause," said Mr.
Stuart Woodson, "for this outcry
against juto bagging. Thoro is not a
mill in this country manufacturing it
that has paid any dividends to its
stockholders within the last three
years. At the present price only a
legitimate profit 18 made over the cost
of the raw material. Whon the expense
of manufacturing is taken into con
sideration. 1 base recently returned
from the east and find that there is no
inclination to put bagging at unreason
able* prices. Tho demand has boon
honvy owing to tho closing of so many
mills during tho past few years. A
majority of tho mills have closed, and
with a nine million hales crop in sight
und not enough bagging to cover it, it
is perfectly natural that tho prices
should bo higher. That in my judg
ment has caused tho advauco in prjco,
as I do not believe thoro is any corner
pn jute hugging and it Is useless to talk
about it."
Mr. J. K. Maddox differs with Mr.
Woodson for he says the Ajmi
?
thinks this trust has ruu the prices up.
tie is of the opinion that they will be
higher as from present indications tbo
cotton crop will bo large enough to
inaku a tremendous demand tor bag
ging. Mr. Maddox referred to the
sugar sacks whioh are now on tho
market to take the place of juto bag
ging and said somo merchants woro
inclined to handle them in preference
to bagging.
Mi-. .1. .1. Uuesell is the Atlanta
broker who is handling these sugar
sacks, lie showed a reporter a l tter
from t he hou8o for whioh he eells it,
in which it was stated that the recent
publications that sugar sacks would
not bo accepted was gotten up by tho
jute trust to keep the trade from
hand!inj,' the saeks. Tho trust, ho
says, wants tu Is done so that it can
advance tho price. This seems very
plausible us the sugar sacks are sold
lor Hi cents for the 13 pounds, and lj
. cuts for tho tWO pounds.
.Mr. John Mailman says that prices
are some highor, but more bagging
will bo Bold this year on account of the
crop boing larger. " One reason of
high prices/' bald he, "is that there
was a prospect for free bagging which
caused some of the factories to shut
down. This made tho supply short,
and as the demand was very heavy
naturally the prices wont up. Even
at tho present price, of bagging there
is a handsome proilt to the farmer.
One hundred yards of bugging costs
him $7.f>0. That hundred yards will
weigh two hundred pounds. It is put
on cotton and at the low price of <>j
cents tho farmer gets $13.00 for the
bagging that cost film $7:50. So you
see he has no cause to complain at the
price of bagging."
A HOW IN THE FAMILY.
Kai I road Commissioners are Hot
Against Knch Oilier?A Question
or A in liorlty.
Thb Stale, 23rd inst.
Railroad Commissioner Sligh was in
the city yesterday morning,but left on
the 11:30 train for Glenn Springs and
other summer resorts, lie was here
long enough, however, to make a pass
at Commissioner Thomas for hearing
the testimony of the conductor on the
Soth Carolina and Georgia railroad,
who was accused of putting Mrs. Ho
gan oil' in the rain. Commissioner
Thomas it will he remembered, after
hearing the testimony gave it as Iiis
opinion that tho conductor had done all
that he could'do under the circumstan
ces, and that he was not in fault.
It is not known what part of the
proceedings Commissioner Sligh ob
jected to, or whether to any particular
part, but ho certainly was not in a
good humor after reading the account
in the papers, and ho pounced upon
Commission Thomas with both feet.
Commissioner Sligli said: "Tho
meeting yesterday was unauthorized,
aud was held by Mr. Thomas alone.
Col. Duncan and myself had no notifica
tion of it. Mr. Thomas had no right
as a member of the commission, nor
has any one else, except the chairman,
Col. Duncan, to call a meeting for tho
transaction of business. We have a
regular mooting every Wednesday,
and f am here today to attend that
mooting. I find that there is no busi
ness on hand."
Commissioner Thomas came in on the
11:20 train, and tho two gentlemen saw
each other at tho depot. What was
said there is not known, but when
Commissioner Thomas got to his oillco
he gave out the following !
"Sovoral days ago Mr. Sligh and
myself had a inutal agreement to cease
all newspaper controversy. I regret
that he has forgotten his ageement
and has renewed his attacks on me. I
have, little time to igivo attention to
noWspapor controversies with Mr.
Sligh. 1 am attending to my duties as
railroad commissioner, as I have al
ways done, and as I always intend to do
until the end.
" Mr. Hogan complained to mo per
sonally. I wrote to Mr. Kmorson of
tho railroad which I felt it my duty
to do, particularly as Mr. Hogan is a
resident of my county. 1 received
from the secretary just as I was board
ing the train at Wodgoflold, a letter
informing me that Mr. McQueen and
Capt. Kennedy, of tho South Caro
lina and Georgia Kail road would meet
me in the railroad commissioners
ollice. i had no time to eommunicato
with the other commissioners or even
with Mr. Hogan. I found the gentle
men namod above in the. ollice when I
arrived inthcolllco. Now whatshould
1 have done ? Adjourn the investiga
tion until 1 could lind Col. Duncan aud
Mr. Sligh ? 1 thought it was my duty
to investigate and 1 did so.
"Mr. Sligh was in the city yesterday
and if he had come into the ollice, as
I did, he could have taken part in the
investigation, and hoard the testimony
that I heard.
" 1 met Mr, Sfigh this morning and
informed him that I had reeeieved
several letters from gentlemen in Or
angeburg requesting mo to go to Or
angoburg and investigate some dis
criminations, which they claimed were
being made against them. I told him
I was going to look into tho matter,
and requested him to accompany mo.
He said lie was going away and that I
must not go until the board met. ,1
told him the people at Orangoburg
desired me to meet them tomorrow,
Thursday, and that I intended to go
and attend to the business."
That thoro will be another chapter
every one can expect, but for the pres
ent nothing more can be given. Mr.
Thomas remained In the city all (lay,
and was in the railroad commission
ers' offlco attending to various matters.
He left on the afternoon train and
will be in Orangoburg tomorrow to in
vestigate certain discriminations al
leged against that point by tho mer
chants there.
The Dispensary in spartan
burg.?The Piedmont Headlight says
that Governor Tillman wired Sheriff
Dean last week to execute all warrants
plaeed in his hands. In the meantime
Constable .lackson received his badge,
and joined Constable Eldoholbergor.
It was easy enough to secure ovidonce,
upon which tho officers swore out
search warrants. Sheriff Dean re
quested that ho be allowed to servo
them unaided by tl*o Stato Constabios,
which they consented to lot him do.
Seven or eight places were raided,
and about fifty gallons of whiskey se
curer*. At Kdwards' and the Spartan
Inn the counters, etc., wero confiscated.
It is said that tho ollieers are acting
under the 32(1 section of tho Dispen
sary law, holding these places to bo
common nuisances. Restraining ordors
will bo issued by Judge Watts, and up
on the second olYenso they will bo jail
ed for contempt of court, no hall being
allowed. Lawyors from all over the
Stato aro horo, and it is said that theso
will ho made tost casos.
?Tho troublo with you, John is,"
said a lady to her husband, who was
suffering cannot say 'No.' Loarn to
say * No' John, from the offeot of the
(light before, and you will havo fewer
I headaches. Can you lot mo havo a
Mittle monoy this morning?" "No"
HORRIBLE MURDER IN ATLANTA
a SOUTH OAROLINIANBHOT DOWN
IN TIIIO STREET.
Tho Killing <>f ii. o. Kttifr,a Former
Ott Isen oFGreenvllle? a Trivial i>in
pnlo Loads lou Sensational Homi
oldo.
dipt. llozokiah O. King, a nativo
of Anderson County, and for somo
years a resident of Greenville, was
bruta'iy murdered in tiio city of At
lanta on the 24th inst. by Alox. A.
Carr, whom with he had a d ispute about
money atfairs. The Atlanta Journal
gives tho following account of the
murder :
A fatal anil sensational shooting- af
fray took placo at So'eloek this after
noon on Broad street. Captain II. O.
King, a relative of Mr. Purk WoodJ
Ward, was Shot down by Mr. Alexander
Carr, and almost Instantly killed.
King was a thick, heavy-set, man.
with a big, drooping moustuoue, while
Carr is a very tall, muscular looking
man, witli a smooth, shavon and deter
mined looking face. Tho shooting was
witnessed by a largo number of people,
end intense excitement was created.
The two nion woro soon walking
across Broad street. They wcro talk
ing very quietly, and there was noth
ing to indicate the tragedy that was so
soon to follow. Suddenly, Carr jorked
a pistol from his pocket, and putting it
almost against King's body, pulled the
trigger. There was a muflled explo
sion, and a hundred eyes woro drawn
towai'd the spot. They saw King stag
ger ami fall heavily upon tho belgian
blocks almost in the center of the
street.
Carr very coolly pointed his pistol at
the prostrate form and fired the re
maining bullets into it. lie then toss
ed bis pistol toward the blooding body
and folded his arms to await tho ar
rival of an ollicer. 1'eoplo came run
ning from every direction, ami somo
one advised (Jarr to lloe. His reply
was, that he did not care to escape, as
he had good cause for what he had
done. Officers arrived in tho next few
minutes and took charge of Mr. Carr.
Groat indignation was expressed
against Carr, and several men in tho
crowd wanted to go In and lynch him.
A great crowd pushed about tho olli
cers and their prisoner while a perfect
mob gaped over the bleeding body of
the dying man. it was several mo
ments before the striken man was re
moved from the street. A number of
gentlemen bore him iu their arms to a
vacant store just opposite where ho
had fallen. Blood was Sowing freely
from an ugly wound over the left eye,
and tho unfortunate niau was gasping1
painfully. His clothes woro cut from
Iiis body, and three wounds woro seen.
Two of them were in tho right breast
near the nipple. They were not moro
than an inch apart. .lust below the
breast bone, on tho loft side, was
another round hole, showing where tho
third bullet had entered.
"King, old man, havo you anything
to say ?'' asked a bystander. Ho made
a desperate effort to speak, but only
gasped and gave several convulsive
shivers. The Grady hospital ambu- |
lance was telephoned for and a doctor
wad summoned. Dr. KU Grillin re- 1
sponded, as he happened to be near at ,
hand. He and the surgeon who ar
rived with the ambulance did all they
could for the dying man. King did
not speak an intelligible sentence after
being taken into tho vacant store.
While the surgeons were dressing his
wounds, he groaned incessantly, and
implored them to let him alone. He
was sinking rapidly when put into the
ambulance. On arriving at tho hospi
tal, ho gasped several times and was
dead.
When seen by a Journal reporter In
his cell at police headquarters shortly
after his arrest Carr made this state
ment in a very cool manner :
"About a year ago King was con
ducting a mining business at Villa
Hicu. I was among the hands whom
be employed and he never paid any of
us tho money which was due. us. Since
he has come to Atlanta I havo de
manded the money from him several
times, and he kept, putting me off with
one excuse or another. This after
noon 1 mot him on Broad street, near
the ?xohange Hank, and wo had a
quarrel about the matter.
" Finally wo separated and went into
different offices. Hy chance we oame
out upon the street at the same time.
King had a pistol in his hund. 1 pulled
mine, and as I did so he began dring
at me. I roturncd tho lire and when I
saw that I had finished him 1 walked
away from the spot."
Mr. K. H. Bailey, who was with Mr.
Carr when the shooting began, and
who will bo the main witness in the
trial that will follow, made the follow
ing statement to a Journal reporter:
"Mr. Carr and Mr. King had somo
trouble as to Mr. Carr's pay for work ?
in tho sulphur mine near Villa Rica,
and serious trouble was averted by
Carr's brother. I was walking up
Broad Street with Mr. Carr. I hud
loaned him $50, and he promised to pay
me as soon as he could settle with King.
Wo mot Mr. King and (Jarr said: "Mr.
King, are you going to settle with me?"
King turned to him and said : "Well, I
can settle with you this way," and turn,
ing round with a revolver in his hand,
began shooting, and Carr, without any
backing, returned the lire."
This statement is denied by others,
who say that Carr fired all 11 vo shots,
and four of them took effect.
Mr. Bailey was afterwards arrested
at the instance of Mr. J. B. Jacques,
foreman in the printing houso of S. W.
POBtell, who saw tho shooting. Mr.
Jacques alleges that Bailey was urging
Carr to go on. Jacques says that ho
protested with Uailey not to push the
affair further. When ho saw that a
killing had occurred, ho had Bailey ar
rested as being an accessory to tho
crime.
Carr was on Docatur Street this
morning, accompanied by his brother
and a railroad man named Bailey. It
is said that all of them woro drinking.
Before leaving tho streot, Carr bought
a pistol for $1.00, which ho placed in
Iiis top coat pocket, and carriod it
there all tho morning. Carr. whon
asked about tho pistol which was stick
ing out of his poekot, said : "I am go
ing hunting for a big rattlesnake, and
will bring him here and exhibit him,
so Atlanta peoplo can see him."
Mr. King eamo originally from South
Carolina. He spent quite a while In
Texas before moving to Georgia. Ho
is a brother-in-law of Hon. Park Wood
ward, city clork.
i paw
SILENT as a SPHINX.
President Cleveland Does Not Tell
Wh;.i Hois Going to Do With the
Tariff? a Good Joke on Tom I teed.
Special to Atlanta Constitution
Washington, August L2.?Presi
dent Clovoland has rotnrnod, but his
intentions in regard to tho tariiT bill
aro as much surroundod in rnystory as
if ho woro still on board tho Hutu In
Buzzard bay. Tho opinion has boon
that ho would sign tho bill and ac
company its return with a charac
teristic mossago urging tho passugo of
the " pop-gun, bills. Opinion, how
ovor, has now shifted and It is thought
he will permit the blU to become aTaw
without his sigr.aturo. Tho constitu
tional term of ton days will expire on
Tuesday next. Those who think he
will lot it become a law without bis
signature believe ho will send in a
message urging the passage of the
" pop-gun " bills on Monday, prefacing
it with a statement to the olfoet that,
while ho eannot approve of the bill by
fixing Iiis siguaturu to It, nevertheless
ho can feel justified in disapproving
it, and, therefore, porinlt it to become
a law in this negative manner. lie
these things as they may, It is believed
at the treasury department thai the
new tariff bill will prove to be one. of
Uio best revenue measures ever enact
ed.
A Republican who formerly hold a
high position in the revenue service,
said this afternoon that this act would
soon till tho treasury to overflowing
and wipe out the dollolt. This 0x
olllcial said that the great defect of
the McKinley nil. was that it was pro
hibitive, am'* admitted thai, in this re
spect tbo present bill is superior to the
one it displaces.
Thomas Hraekett Rood, the great
ex-Speaker, whoso absolute sway over
tho House in tho fifty first Congress
brought to him tho titlo Czar, has at
last found a master. He has ohowed
of the root of all evil, its Influence
has conquered him. He lias surren
dered to Plutus. It was this way :
Some tinio ago, oarly in the life of
the present session, the House, in
order to secure the attendance of its
members, declared that members
absent without leave for sickness
should loso their pay. To make all !
right and regular the House ordered
that before drawing their pay the
members should certify to the num
ber of days in the month they bad
been present. Tho action of the
House caused a great row. Mr. Heed
was particularly prominent in de
nouncing it and swore by all the gods
at once that he'd never sign a thing.
Ho would go without Iiis salary first.
But that was four months ago. He
had just drawn his salary for the pre
ceding month and his utterance was
born of that courage which conies to a
man with a full pocket. Not being a
man of any means besides his salary,
ho soon depleted his store. He not
only denied himself many little
luxuries and restricted Iiis midday
meat to one piece of pie, but he gave
up his cab, then his car and contented
himself with walking, and rather than
" knuckle down," as he called it, he
would wear his tow suit in winter, so
he would.
He pondorod on the argument as ho
walked to the capitol to-day. Being a
man of keen judicial mind, he saw
that he was in the wrong. So lie eon
eluded to swallow the dose. It would
he particularly unpleasant, in view of
tho taunt ho had recently Aung to the
Democrats. "1 have often seen men
oat wow," ho said, "hut I have never
before seen a man steal a crow to eat
it." But there was no help for it.
To-day ho walked into the Speaker's j
room, tho chamber where he had once !
been king, and, taking four black cor- ,
tlQoates, lie ?lled them out, placed his
signature at the bottom and a few
moments later entered the house. His ;
usually confident demeanor was a bit
changed, but his pocket was full of j
money and he will doubtless be him
self again tomorrow and able to ac
cept tho triumphant smiles of tho
Democracy with his old Indifference.
washington, Aug. 2:h?Tho rela
tions between President Cleveland
and the Democratic Senators and Re
presentatives are becoming seriously
strained. Tho President is silent and,
sullen as to the tariff bill. He is mi
willing to sign it, and In foot refuses
to discuss tin; subject. The Demo- I
orats in force are urging him to ap- ]
provo tho bill. They say that they !
eannot successfully defend a bill on
the stump 'which a Democratic Presl- j
dent refuses to approve. Democrats
of the campaign committee assert that I
tho refusal of the President to ap
prove the tariff bill will lose the party
thirty or forty members of the next I
House and perhaps several Senators.
Ugly taik is indulged in. Democrats
allege that the President is being in- ;
llucnccd by personal spleen instead of !
patriotic considerations. The Presi
dent, however, declines to discuss the
question. Ho is Doing urged tosend in
a message, even if ho will not sign it,
approving the measure as far as it
goes, hut even that he will not do. He
intengs to ignore the bill, and for this
course he is being criticised.
Speuker Crisp is very anxious that
he should sign the bill, and was at the
White House this morning. He will
call there again tomorrow. Mr.
Wilson is also urging him to allix his
signature, but up to this hour tho
chairman of tho Ways and Means Com
mittee is in absolute ignorance as to
tho real intention of the President,
save his inference that the bill will bo
permitted to become a law in this half
hearted way.
Washington, d. c, August* 24.?
Tho adjournment of the House and
Senate until Monday, and the adop
tion of the resolution by the House
and Senate to adjourn finally on Tues
day, is taken as absolute proof that
President Clovoland will, as has been
so frequently stated, allow the tariff
bill to beconio a lawwithout his signa
ture. His only opportunity for affixing
his signature is (luring tho Congres
sional session of Monday.
There are still many who base their I
belief that tho President will sign tho I
bill, on the hope that he will do so. i
It is known that Secretary Carlisle |
and other members of the cabinet aro
urging the President to sign the bill. '
Kx-Govornor Russell, of Massachu
setts, is in town again for the avowed
purposo of requesting the President
to give his name to the bill, but in spite
of tli is, tho President is reported as
still determined not to give Mr. Gor
man's bill his unqualified endorsement.
Immediately after reading tho
journal in the House, Mr. Catching,
from tho committee on rules, offered
a joint resolution for a sine die ad
journment next Tuesday, the 28th
instant, at 2 o'clock. It was adopted
without a division. Mr. Catchings
then moved that when the House "ad- l
iourned it bo to meet Monday next.
Mr. Land rosisted tho motion, making
the point that thoro was no quorum.
Ho subsequently withdrow tho point,
howover, and tho motion was agreed
to. At 12*65 tho Houso adjourned
until next Monday.
Tho Sonate adopted tho House reso
lution providing for an adjournment
sine die on Tuesday at 2 o'clock,
OUIt TKXTIIiK INDUHTHIKH.
lutcrcRtinjc i '.o i-. Connected with
the Cotton Mnmifuoturliift IntorcstH
OftllO Smith.
Mr. Richard IT. Edmonds, editor of
tho Manufucturor's Rocord, subralttod
a valuable report recently to tho ox
ocutlvo commlttoo of tho Southorn
Exchange Association in Now oYork,
from which is taken tho following ox
traots. It is especially appropriate
just now because, dusplto tho business
depression. Southern cotton mills have,
almost, without exception, run on full
tinio and made good profits during tho
I last two yours. Probably no other in
dustry in tho country hasglvonso little
Ievidence of fooling tho hard times as
Southern toxtile interests. VVriLh tho
promise of a full cotton Ofop, and a
favorable outlook for improvement in
all business matters, it is especially
timoly for tho South to give urgent at
1 tentiouto tho development of this ban
I nor industry.
i Thoro are about 15,000,000 cotton
' spindles in the United States. They
represent an investment, including all
classes of cotton manufactures, of over
$400,000.000. Of this number tho
South has, in round numbers, one
sixth, or 2,700,000 spindles, and the
capital invested is about $97,000,000.
j Tho world has about 85,000,000spindles.
If tho capital Invested were in the
Paino proportion as in this country the
1 aggregato would hoover $2,300,000,000,
j but the capital of European mills is
le s in proportion to the number of
spindles than in this country. Tho
South produces nearly 00 per cent. of.
the entire cotton crop of the world,
and if it manufactured this it would
need over1 twenty times as many
spindles as It has, or t K>Ut 50,000,000.
anil the capital needed would exceed
$1,300,000,000. The total annual value or
tho product of these mills would bo
equal to the present value of three full
cotton crops. In the last eighteen years
tho cotton crops of tho South "havo
sold for an aggregate of nearly $0,000,
000,000. Before they reached tho con
sumer their value had increased to
$18,000,000,000 or $20,000,000,000. This
enormous business, creating wealth
wherever established, is the prize for
which tho South has now commenced
to contend. It is a prize worthy of tho
most vigorous efforts and energy of
any country. The South holds' the
vantage ground : it produces tho
staple: it has an abundant supply of
labor that readily takes to cotton
manufacturing: it has water-powers
SUtliclont to drive all the mills that
would be needed to consume its full
crop ; it also has the cheapest and bust '
steam coal for mills that do not use
water-power; it has a favorable
climate; the cost of living being less
than in other sections, it necessarily
has a lower cost of wages ; all these
points combine to give tho South ex
ceptional advantages over both New
Kngland and Europe Many years ago
it was vigorously claimed by the cotton
manufacturers of Kngland that New
Kngland could never become a serious
competitor with their country in cotton
manufacturing. "Our climate.*' they
said, "is better suited for cotton manu
facturing, especially for line goods: our
labor has had more experience and is
more skilled; our capital is more
abundant and is cheaper." To their
minds these arguments were convinc
ing, but while they argued New Kng
land went on building mills and mak
ing cotton goods.
Whon tho South first undertook to
develop its cotton manufactures with
any vigor the people of New Kngland I
ridiculed its efforts and declared that I
tho South could never develop a largo
cotton manufacturing business. "Its
climate,"' they said, " is too enervating
and hasn't the degree -of moisture
needed, as ours has ; it has no skilled
labor ; capital is scarcer than with us
and interest rates higher, and besides
all these, our New Kngland people are
so energetic and so mueh better able to
retain their business than Southern
people are to win it away that the
South will never become a serious
competitor in cotton manufacturing."
The people who said these things, and
they include the leading inaniacturers
and business men generally, honestly
believed their own arguments. After
a few years they saw that something
was wrong with their arguments.
Matters wore not working out in the
way they had predicted. Tho South
was rapidly capturing the coarse cotton
trade and absolutely controlling it.
Under these conditions it became
necessary to find some now arguments, I
and then it was unanimously decided '
by all New Kngland?following in tho j
exact footsteps of Great Britain in its :
arguments of years ago as related to
Now England?that the South could :
possibly make coarse cottons success
fully, but it was tmt of tho question for !
it to spin line yarns. " New Kngland," I
they said, "will always retain its
supremacy in line cottons." Kven to
day such claims are often hoard, but
they now sound like the graveyard
whistle?intended to bolster up courage
that is fast slipping away.
Starting without capital and with
out experience, the South has already
practically monopolized the coarse cot
ton trade, and is pushing into finer
good-, with the determination to cap
ture that, too. It Is needless for
Great Britain or Now Kngland to
argue against it. Tho logic of facts,
of things alroady accomplished, dis
proves all their arguments. No ono
pretends to say that the South will spin
and weavo every bale of cotton that it
raises. New Kngland, Groat Britain
ami the Continent will continue as
cotton manufacturing centers, but the
future great growth of this industry |
will he in tho South. Cotton produc- I
tion and consumption are not station
ary. The world's noctis are growing, i
Increasing wealth of tho masses in- I
creases the requirements per capita of |
uotton goods. The extension of civili
zation into the dark places of tho world
opens new Holds for cotton goods.
Civilization's advancement is measur
ed by the increase in cotton consump
tion. In tho crop year, 1S7S '71), tho
world consumed 7,18.">,2''0 bales of cot
ton of 400 pounds each ; in 1801 '02 it
consumed 13,104,000 400-pound bales.
This increase is progressive It must
go on constantly, and tho 0,000,000-balo
crop, which looks as big as a 0,500,000
halo crop did ten years ago, must bo
exceeded before many years by 10,000,
.001), and then 11,000,000 and 12,000,000,
and gradually on, as tho world's ever
increasing requirements shall demand.
******
In view of tho belief of many
Northern people who, having been
converted to the side of the Smith's
ability to control tho making of coarse
goods, are still determined to believe
that that Hection can never compete
in lino goods, prints, etc., it is interest
ing to note what ono expert who, hav
ing investigated for himsolf, says on
the subject. Somo months ago Mr.
William 0. Lovoring, ono of the lead
ing cotton manufacturers of Now Kng
land, wont South and studied the
situation for himself. After doing so
i ho addrossed u lottor to tho Labor
I Committee of tho Massachusetts Legis
lature, which must have caused the
members to open their eyes. Mr.
Levering sot forth very plainly the
Smith's pre-eminent advantages, both
natural and acquired, for cotton mill*
as compared with New Kngland, and he
added that'if a new print-cloth mill
woro built In Georgia ho "would
guaranteo to lay down In Massachusetts
print cloth at 20 ner cent, less cost
than that at which It could by any
possibility bo produced by the host
mill in Massaohu8otts." And yot
New Kngland peoplo havo been saying
that tho South could novor compete in
making prints. Tho statements of
Mr. Lovorlngaro fully confirinod by the
rosults alroady accomplished. The
South ik moving forward with remark
able energy in tho development of its
textile industries, and its progross In
tho pasJrMs only an Indication of what
T1T.E GREAT TEXTILE STRIKE.
LABOR TROUBLES IN THE NEW
ENGLAND MILLS.
The Prospect oft? Lous;Fljt;hi Between
i in- MiiiOtt iii is and the Operatives
?An KflTorl to ItCCOIICllO lilC Differ
ences.
NEW bedford, Ma^s. August 22.?
The great strike of textile operatives
has developed Into a porlod of dogged
uml determined activity on i?oth sides
aud tho re uro no now dovolopiuonts of
Interest. Today Mie fooling i? that
othor yaru mills of tho city art- not
likely to follow tlio load of tho H.OW
laud corporations so soon as wtis pro
dieted yostorday. Whatever their do
otslon may lie there is likely to bo a
continuation of the striko against tho j
present manufacturers far bovond tho
time sot by many at tho beginning of
the trouble. All arrangements made
by operatives and tholr employors are
in anticipation of a long battle.
Mayor Riowncll h.is issued the fol
lowing cull :
"The fact that 10,000 operatives in
our city are unemployed is a public
calamity of so much Importance to all
classes of citizens that l feel justified
in making uu attempt to relieve the ;
city of this unhappy and embarrassing '
situation so fatal to New I led ford's In
terests. I fool that if citizens repre
senting our mill management and in
terests and also those representing
the operatives will come together and
confer and consider the situation in
the spirit of the greatest good to the
greatest number, a course may be de
termined on which will be of benefit to '
all concerned. A tire is much more !
easily extinguished at its commonce
mont than after the structure is in
Dames, while the saving of property is
vastly greater. I therefore invite re
presentatives of the mill corporations
and operatives to meet in Room I, Lib
erty building, tomorrow, Thursday,
evening at >s o'clock. Let us moot US
citizens imbued with a spirit of reoon- ;
dilation and a ('.csirc to accomplish
what is for the bent interests of our
city.'"
Mayor B 1'OWnoil states that he hopes '
that the board of trade arbitration
committee, of which In- is chairman. '
will deoido to act with him in the mat
tor. He thought it well, however, to
issue tho call today in his capacity of i
mayor of the city in order to s.we time.
There was a mass mooting of the
weavers on the common this morning.
An Immense throng was In attendance
and the enthusiasm was unbounded.
Speochos were made by Secretary Hart
and t hree other members of the Weav
ers' Union. Tho most of the remarks
mode by tho speakers were in rofuta
tlon of the statements yesterday by (
Andrew G. Fierce that the charge that
cuts have been lengthened or other un- !
fair advantage has been taken of the
help is untrue.
An attache of the Heimelt Mills, w ho 1
is in close touch with t he management,
Stated today that tho mills have a large
number of orders on hand, which arc
for delivery in the near future. If a
determined stand is taken against the
demands of the operatives they will of
necessity be cancelled.
FALL RIVER, Mass, August 22.?The
spinners at the Sauford Spinning Com
pany wont out on a strike today, re
fusing to work under a furt her reduc
tion. They have, been working at lower
wages than arc; usually paid in mills
where tailored hosiery yarns are made.
Tho back boys in the Globe yarn mills
have left their work and the spinners
tllCt'C tiro idle. Secretary O'Donnoll,
of the union, went to the mill today to
try and elt'ect a settlement, but no
agreement had been arrived at up to 1
o'clock.
The following corporations have
shut down for au indefinite period :
Anawan, Barnard, Cornell, Dur fees.
Nos I ami ~: Klint. llurgravos. No I .
Granite, No3; Laurel Lake, Roboson,
Sagamore, Border City, one mill:
Stafford, two mills: Teoumsoh, one
mill: Wumpsnoag, two mills, and
Wcotamoe. The Shove Mills will close
tomorrow night and tho American
Linen Mills will close .Saturday night.
The number of looms running in the
Othor mills varies from 50 to 1,000.
About 230 spinners and 4,500 woavors
are out of work, and as the yarn con
tinues to accumulate the carding room
and other employees will be thrown
out of work. Print cloths are very
Arm and offers to buy tit 2\ cents have
been rofusod.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 22.?To-day
Secretary Supploo. of t he board of ar
bitration ami conciliation, notiliod the
manufacturers and strikors of fall
Lit vor and New Bedford of the exis
tence of the board and its objects.
The notification calls tho at tention of
manufacturers, corporations and other
employers of labor organizations
throughout the t'oinmonweath to tho
provision of the law for tho settlement
of differences between employee, and
employers.
This is the first step ever taken by
the board in matters ol this Kind.
Commissioner B?rry statos thai the
com mittue is closely watching the state
Of affairs in Kali Blvor and New Bod
ford. "We have sent word to the par
tics of our existence," ho said. " but
tho law requires US to do more. II the
troubles still retain their present seri
ous aspect we will visit the cities in
question either to-morrow or next
day.
Kall River, Mass.. Aug. 22.?It has
been learned beyond question that I he
executive committee of the manufac
turers' association met this uflOI'UOOIl
and voted to order till mills under
their control to close to-morrow f ir an
Indefinite period. The order will cause
tin; thrownlng of -..">(?<> people out of
work and the stoppage of plants vari
ously estimated at *40,000,000 to *?"'<?,
000,000 In value. No one seems able
to predict how long the lockout will
continue, but it is generally expected
that it will go on until the market
shows some improvement.
K.w.u River, Aug. 2:1.?The publica
tion of the agreement to shut down
the mills was a surprise to many
manufacturers. " hi u they picked up
their papers this morning. Notices of
the shut down were mailed last night,
but it was the intention to keep the
whole thing a secret to-day. it was J
agreed that when thrOO-foili'ths of the
spinners represented by tho signers to
the agreement should conclude to
order the pursuit of a certain course
tho others would stand by the order
that was issued. To-night, therefore,
it is confidently expected that every
; mill in town will close except the
Conanieut, the ilarnahly Gingham,
which has been dint down, aud the
Kall River Iron Works Mills and the
Soaconnot, which are not in tho Manu
facturers Association. Tho Soaconnot
mill is running on the reduced schedule
and may be compelled to shut down by
j tho help who may stay out.
There will be 22,000 operatives out Of
I work, exclusive of 2,500 who are known
i as sick help. Secretary O Donnetl. of
tho Spinners Union, is well pleased tit
tho i ice in ion arrived at by ttie manu
facturers. It relieves him and the un
ion from a very trying position in
which the funds woro serlotnly threat\
onod. Tho length of the shut down
h\>s not boon ogrood upon, but it will
I dopend on tho attitude of the opera
: ttvcH ma) the conditions of the market.
Four weeks in the longest time men
tioned, hut there is no guarantee that
1 it will not last a longer ported.
The committee of t he Manufacturers'
Association has demonstrated that
there is a greater unanimity of feeling
I than the hl< 'nhers supposed existed,
! for today it was confidently helieved
; that <j -cry signer would stick to the
last. Kvon Agent San ford, of whom
the manufacturers are talking very
harshly, has concluded to closo the
Globe Yarn Mills, nnd the San ford
spinning company will also remain
olosod. Among business men and oth
I 01*8, the big lockout is regarded with
much regret. Nearly $10,000 weekly
will he taken out ol circulation anil
there is always a great risk in trailing
among operatives, when a shut down
takes place. Some will pay their old
bills, hut others will not if they can
avert it by removing to other places.
WITHDRAWS FROM Tili: KACK.
Dr. Sampson Pope Itetires from a
Hopeless Contest ? His Advice to
I>issatisllcd Kct'onitcrs.
Tin; following addrcas was issued
lust week by Dr. Sampson I'ope, anil it
is given us a part of the history of tho
times:
To the Democratic Voters of South
I 'a rol i na.
I am in receipt of numerous letters
from citizens of different counties in
this State notifying me that hundreds
of Ho formers desire to vole for mo but
that no ticket has been gotten out. The
truth is the machinery of the Uuform
movement is in the hands "of the ring"
and voters are so much afraid of t he
party lash that whilst the are willing
and anxious to vote lor me they are
afraid to allow their names to appear
on a ticket. This is a deplorable state
of a If ail's UHU only goes to show how
despotically they are ruled. Under
this state of things it will be Impossi
ble for me to get out a t icket in the
majority of the. counties and therefore
it will be foolish for me to longer con
tinue in the race for Governor. I have
this day withdrawn my pledge from
the Stati; executive committee and
tako lb is opportunity to say that I will
not be a candidate at the primary.
Forty thousand Reformers and thir
ty-two thousand Conservatives are vir
tually disfranchised and fourteen
thousand riligstors dictate who shall
hold tin-, offices.
I saw tho danger of this, and when
tho Conservatives iu a desire lo per
petuate ivhltosupn inacy in ibis State
and to conciliate the majority with a
view to peace, proposed that if they
were allowed to cast their vote for one
of the four Reformers running that
they would bo satisfied. I t hought it
a fair and honorable proposition and
one which did them great credit and
advocated its acceptance. Their offer
was refused at the dictation of a fow
blind leaders, who were puffed Up With
their importance Wit llOUt regard lo t he
peace and general wolfaroof tho whole
people. The Conservatives. I must
say, have shown in this, and in grace
fully submitting since 1800 lo the rule
of tile, majority, a spirit worthy of em
ulation. Their treatment has been
simply outrageous and was enough to
drive them to desperation.
In retiring from this canvass I desire
to thank those friends who have stood
by me all over the Slate, especially
those iu Darlington who had the man
hood to come out ami endorse me. I
cannot, forget the members of the press
whose treatment of me. with tin- ex
ception of three or four weeklies, has
been magnanimous In the extreme.
In conclusion let me say to the forty
thousand Reform? rs who did not. vote
in tin- late so-called primary, if you
vote refrain from voting for Governor
at the primary on the -JS| b inst. and
thus put your seal of condemnation
upon the ring methods which have
been o in ployed, cut off that portion
of the ticket embracing the names of
the delegates, or run your pen through
their names. You have a right to do
this, and only vote for members of tue
General Assembly ami county olllcers.
Very respectfully,
Sampson Popk.
?rt ? ? ? - -
ST ATM N KWH IN IHUKF.
Interesting Notes from Various Sour
ces.
?Constable Eichelberger, of I.aur
eus, has been assigned to duty In Spar
tan burg.
John Gary Evans, if elected, will
bo tho youngest Govornor South Caro
lina has ever had.
-Gen. M. L. lion ham and Mr. IT. li.
Walk ins have formed a copartnership
for tho practice of iaw in Anderson.
?The case iigainst citizens of Dar
lington for shooting into a ear during
the riots was dismissed for want of evi
dence.
General Wade Hampton, Commis
sioner of Railroads, bits gone to the
Pacific COOSt to inspect the land grant
railroads in lhat section.
The llrst bale of cotton raised In
South Carolina this year was grown
near 13ambeI' and was received at
Charleston on the. I Ith of August.
?There are Ml patients at the Stale
Asylum, and for the last few days thoro
have been additions of one a day. The
Hoard of Regents considered the situa
tion and decided to return thlrty-llvc
to their homes.
A charter has boon issued lo the
?? Pod on and Andersen Banking Com
pany" in Westminister, Oeonoo Coun
ty. The corporators an Harris M,
iV'don, Win. F. Anderson und Walter
C. Mason. The capital stock is$20,000,
Dr. James Woodrow, of Columbia.
[Ion. W. A. Courtonny, of Charleston,
and Frof. Frank Evans, of Ncwberry,
have been appointed a commlttco for
the purpose of securing a gOOOgllcaJ
survey of the Stale.
?The Atlantic Coast Line will com
mence running into Augusta from Don
mark on September 1st. ami will run
its 0WI1 passenger ears. Besides tho
passen go r trains they will also run
through fast freight trains.
A commission has been granted by
the Secretary of Slate to " The Colum
bian Liquor and Opium Cure Com
pany," which is to have its houdqiiar I"i*s
in I.aureus, and which will treat pati
ents forthe cure of the liquor, opium
and tobacco habits.
?Rev. A. H. Fowler, a young Pres
byterian minister, met with the serious
misfortune of getting one of his hands
badly shattorcd by tho accidental dis
charge of a shotgun the other day.
: The wound was so serious as to neces
sitate amputation just above the wrist.
?Judge Charles If. Simonton filed in
the United States Circuit Court a do
CrOO refusing the prayer of Attorney
General Buchanan in the case of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany \s. .1. 13, Blnko iitnl to require
the receivers of tin: railroad company
to pay taxes on th< I' II...sal and
Western Carolina Railroad and others,
The decision preceding tho decree
shows that tho Richmond and Danville
frliallrood Company Is not llublo for tho
?taxes on the other roads montioncd.
HE MET HIS WATERLOO,
A STAND roil GOOD MORALS in
POLITICS,
_
\ Groat Demonstration in Favor of
Dreokettri?go'ii opponent and at
in* own Home? His War Record is
N?> Bettor ?hau the, Urst of the l*ltl
fnl Story.
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 22.?* As early
at 8 o'clock this morning pooplo com
menced swarming tho Btroots here
perpartory to uttouding tho big Owons
bnrbcouo at Woodland i 'ark. Country
people uro horo by tho score, all wear
ing either a budge or a button showing
their choice in tho now highly sensa
tional Congressional face. Scarcely a
Sottlo or Bt.klnrldge badge could
bo soon, and it scorns as If overyhotly
favoring the i lection of either of theso
candidates had left townorworo Keep
ing indoors. The day was beautiful
and the bright sun, easting it rays
through ho beautiful oak trees lu
WoodTand Park adds to tho oheorful
iicss of the scone. There evorythlug
is in perfect roudlucss. Scores of
beovos and sheep have been rooked
and burgolsO feed is to bo dished out
by the gallon. The streets in front of*"*
the Florence Hotel building has boon
so full of people that il is almost im
possible to pass on Main street. Those
who were to participate In the oratory
were, also on the sti.ts early. Owens
was up and ready for tho greatest day,
in the history of Congressional polities
in Kentucky. By the time trains from
different points bognn to arrive tho
streets were alivo with a surging mass
of humanity.
The Brookinridgc forces wore dis
tributing litt le slips of paper on which
was printed 14 Brcckllll'idgC aud
Brains." There WCI'O thousands of
women on the streets, and "the ears
would not carry the people to Wood
laud Park fast enough. The Fay otto
' wens Club, 2,500 strong, formed on
.uain street to join in behind the
Woodford, Scott aud other delegates
who came in on tho Southern road.
The street <_.ir>- --brmicjit Ihe bulk
of the ladies who came with the
Georgetown delegation, but a groat)
many of them had to walk. Mr. < )wons,
accompanied by President Barney
Tracy, Judged. \V. Kinkead ami D.
B. Pru'/.oo, headed tho procession, and
when passing under the large Breck
inridge Hug on Main street Mr. Owens
raised his hut.
Tho uurriugc was followed by tho
Bullock Sttlte guards and t uen came
tho Wood ford delegation. 1,000 strong.
The Scott county dolgatiou followed
with 2,315 men in the line. A large
handsome bunnnor, bearing the pie
trues of Mr. Owens was eerrie 1 just
behind tho hand of music. Numerous
banners on w hich " Faithful to his
trusts in Hon. W. C Owens," "Aftor
the fun, the shouting," " lie has never
betrayed a trust," "Scott county en
dorses him," etc.
From Georgetown thero were 115
ladies. This delegation was followed
by the Georgetown colored band and
a large banner on which was printed,
"The Ashland district will be proud
of him." There wore probably S,0(ki
people in town.
Judge ?). B. Morton, of this city,
made a thrilling address, Introducing
Bon. Gee. I>. Kinkead. Judge Morton
said that it was unfortunate that there
was it division ol strength opposed t>>
tho renomination of Hreckinrfdge, lie
thought that tho people would linally
triumph in the defeat of llrcckinridgo
and that Mr. Settle, tho third man in
the race, would not receive much sup
port as soon as it. is found that < 'wens
is the contending man against Brcck
inridgo. He said that tin- 20,000 peo
ple leaving their homes today and
turning out on one mighty protest
against the re-election of Brcckinridgo
would seal his doom. Judge Kinkead's
arraignment of Cel. Hreokinridgo was
oiu-of the mo.st brilliant ever .,i<:^.','-i.
lie told of the inconsistences of Brook
inridgc, reviewing bis entire life ami
putting in u dramatic way the pro
ceedings of Judge Bradloy's court in
Washington. " See him, as ho enters
his mistress In tho school at which
your daughters are taught .ami of
which ho was a trustee." lie said in a
burst of eloquence, " and then assum
in* the rolu of martyr." Ilo toltl of
i decoption practiced by llrt.'ekin
ridgo on Mrs. Blackburn, tho widow
of a man whom Kentucky was promt to
honor.
Ho was followed by Prof. C. M. Al
bert, a local poiiticm. w ho went after
Col. Brcckinridgo for intimating that
lie was the only man in the district
lit to represent, it in Congress. " What
a calamity would befall us if he should
d ie." >aid the speaker and the applause
which followed lasted for several min
utes.
Mr. Owens' arraignment of Col.
Brcckinridgo was the most scathing
that has yet been delivered in Ilm
campaign, lie told how tho Colone
would quake when m battle completely
disfiguring his war record. In refer
ring to Brecklnridge's repentance for
his dual life, he said that should be
commit a crime for which a negro
would be lynched In Kentucky tomor
row. be would toll Iii.-, friends lie was
penitent and declare to those who dis
approved of tho (Iced, that he was a
lit subject to be >ent to Congress and
defy thorn to say aught against him.
Tho address of Mr. Owens was
heartily received and s.nui) women
present expressed in lie 11 enl b Usiasin.
Maj. II. C. McDowell, .-peaking of.
tin- light said that ho believed Brook*
ridge had mot nis Waterloo, Should
Brcckinridgo get the nomination tho
Republicans will run McDowell against
him.
- - mm - ? . a*-? -
? Dr. M. s. Waiker. president of the
Merchants' and Planters' Bank ol
Groonvillo, Miss., was fatally stabbed
by Win. Mugrudor, at Wii/Jncsky,
Miss., last week. The tragedy grew
out of Dr. Walkor's alleged intimacy
with Magnifier's wifo. VVa kcr is one
of tho wealthiest and most pioiuinent
planters in tho lower Mississippi val
ley.
?A'gUOSt was shown to a room on
tho upper Hour in it hotel in Memphis,
lie noticed that the roof evidently
leaked, sind spoke Of tile matter to the
attendant. "Yos, it leaks." said tin
latter, " bntoniy when itrains. You'll
find an umbr. lia alongside the wash
stand."
j ?Andrew Kranklin, of Burlington,
Kites., ono of tho oldest pensioners on
the rolls of tin.1 War Department, was
born on Christmas day in 1701. Hi
fought in 1,1)0 Will'of 1812, In tWp Indian
, wars, and nerved as a leainsti r in un
civil war.
? A dispatch to the. London News
states that the king of Corofl has de
olarod himself Indcpondt nt of the Ohl*
noso government, and has appealed to
Japan for assistance to e\pel the Clll*
m se from (loroa.
-The ICmpross Frederick, daughtor
of (jueett Victoria and tho widow oi
tho lato Mmporor Frederick, lives in
retirement in (1< i nan/, but orijoys the
honors and dist Inct ion usually accorde i
to tho willow of an Kmperor.
Seven hundred liquor dealers have
been arrested in Memphis for failure
to pav ?'privilege taxes." it is said
|1,600,000 hOS been lost by tho State
ui?? I county through failure to collce'