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Che Caurettf 3ltoerti0tt. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. ?OBCKII'TION SI.BO PKK VKAK The Wealth and Resources of our Stale, TUE ADVANCES THAJP HAS BEEN MADE SINCE 1SOO. Governor Evans Sketches the Pro gress and Prosperity of South Car olins?Homes, Farms and Warm Welcome for all Comers. Columbia, S. C, Deo. 21. Editor Manufacturera' Kecord : It would be impoBsible for mo to give your readers in 2000 words an idea of the material resources or tho indus trial and business progress and pros pnots of South Carolina. 80 rapid has been hor industrial pro gress for the past six yoartt that a book could bo easily Mied with the enume ration of the numerous and varied in dustries. The results of the war and the severer results of the financial policy of the national government have not been without their effects upon our people and the material development of our industries. Thoy havo taught uo to practice economy, live at home and build up our own industries. South Carolina is more favored in her topography and climate than any other state in the Union, and it is duo to theso inlluoncos, moro than any other, that her industries havo pros pered whllo those of her Bister States nave languished. Tho Stato has been divided by nature Into throe distinct sections, with natural boundaries : 1. The hill, or up country, as it is familiarly known, begins at the Blue Ridge mountains and continues to tho sand ridges extending across the Stato from Alken to ChoBterfleld counties. This section abounds in mineral de posits?Iron, gold and silver and limo atone beinfr found to tho most profitable extent. Its water-powers aro sutliciont to turn the wheels of the faotories of the world. The Btreams corno bound ing from the mountains, and tho fall is bo great that dams are unnecessary in some instances. Tho cost of mainte nance per horse-power is less than $50. This section has gone farward natural ly with more wonderful strides than the rest of the State, and it may bo truly designated as the manufacturing seotlon of tho State. Cotton manufac turing is our principal industry, and there is not a factory in tho sootion that has not paid dividends ranging from 8 to 30 per eont. to its stockhold ers, whllo the mills of tho East and other States have been compelled to shut down on account of the great de pression in suoh products. The advan tanges of this section are apparent. The streams never freeze, the laborers can work in tholr shirt sleeves eleven *'h?UrtfirTiayv-?l_th perfect comfort all the year round^THMl tho cotton is brought from tho fiolds"aM,rectly to tho mills. The cost of living"Is Showiar, and I may say better than that gah..-'Hi by operatives in tho East. Our opera tives are all native patriotic citizens, and a strike has never been known in the St,ate. In the last six years South Carolina has increased tho number of spindles from 300,000 to 1,300,000, and enjoys tho honor of ranking first in tho South in cotton manufacturing. Our mills are engagod principally in man ufacturing the coarser grades of cottou goods, but the mills now being1 con structed aro putting in machinery for the manufacture of the finer grades, and it is only a question of time when this entire industry will bo monopo lized by our section of tho country, be cause we can do it cheaper, and the ^^average Yankee has very little senti ment when the question of dollars and cents IntervonoB. There is a groat held in this section for bleacheries ; not a yard of tho im mense product of our m'Hs is bleached in the State. This seoms anomalous, and is only explained from tho fact that cotton manufacturing has boon so profitable that our people have been . eoutont to employ their capital in this channel alone. That suoh an enterprise would bo profitable goes without saying, if only to supply the home market. We man ufacture our oloth, ship it to Now York, where it is bleached, and then buy it back again, thus paying freight two ways, whereas a home bloachery would save this expense and necessarily drive the Eastern one out of the market. This is our easy and good-natured way, however, and we continue to pay tho tax in ordor lo let our Eastern brother live. Our cotton mills aro largely owned by our own people, and it is a mistake to think that this rnpidity of development is duo to outside captal. Most of the mills aro built on what is known as tho installment plan, thiiB enabling wage-earners and-laborers to become stockholders and interested in the 8UCC088 of the enterprise. Many of the small accounts in our savings banks have been thus converted, and in every case to tho great advantage of the investor. Tho conversion of our eleotrie power bids fair to further in crease our manufactories within the next year or two. There is nearing completion in tho city of Columbia tho largest eleotric-power plant south of Niagara Falls, and I bolievo the only cotton factory plant run entlroly by eleotrlo power in this country, and is owned largely by the same stock hold ers. In thirty days this 10,000 horse power station will bo running mills in this city. There is another company developing the immense power on the Catawba river, and contracts have already been entered into whereby tho mills of tho enterprising oity of Rock Hill are to be run by olectriclty. South Carolina will soon be an electric State in moro senses than one. The iron mines in this soction, al though rich, are worked on a small scale, but profitably. It will surprise most of your readers to know that South Carolina produces moro gold than any State in tho Union oast of the Mississippi river. Wo aro willing, however, to abandon this enterprise for free silver. Two gold mines are successfully operated In this State. The Piedmont section is well timbered with oak, hickory, walnut and short leaf pine, which is sawed at tho mills and shipped to the Northern furniture factories. A rich field Is offered hero for suoh factorioB, thoro being but ono In this section, and it is oporatod upon "rtwul! scale Cotton is raised in this soction, as well a* the mid ..lo section, and is of a very fine grado. This Industry pays about as woll as anywhoro in tho * South, In view of tho low price of tho product, whloh is soarcoly sufficient to pay for its production. The yield per aore in this Stato is larger than that of any State within the cotton bolt. 2. The middle-country. This section is more or less rolling, and la bottor known as the sand-hills section of tho State. It is tho head of navigation of most of the rivers, and contains tho most fertile lands and most beautiful farms and orchards. " For the past five years a great deal . of attention has been paid to tho cul ture of fruit. The peaches and berries ' raised in this, section command a high er price in Northern markets than . even California fruits. The industry Is growing, and the old corn-fields arc yielding a more profitable crop. 3ev- > oral nurseries havo been planted, and the borne market is almost supplied by j home peoplo, This section is now called the homo of the peach. The water-' melon is alno grown to perfection, and U a profitable crop. The average yield j ere of cotton and other fiold pro ducts Is greater than in tho other see ' t ons of tho State, the best fare* yield* Ing more than two bales to ibe aero, t Tobacco has become the beat paying i drop in this section, am) tliero arc dow { ti.000,000 pounds raWed in the State. > The timber is principally long-leat . or Georgia pine on tho rivers, and I cypress and juulper in the BWampn. Tho climate lu this section is warmer than tbo bill acctlou, und may bo called tbo temperato zone of the State. Oil mills, cotton factories and saw mills are the principal industries. 3. Tho low country or coast section, is the richest naturally in the State, bu*. like all highly-favored countries, the people are less energetic than those of the middle or up country. Col. A. K. MoClure, In wrltiog of this sec tion, very truly said s "There Is no other part of tho South where so llttlo labor will produce so much. In a good portion of this section the soil will av erage seven feet in dep<h, and is prac tically Inexhaustible. Vegetation is usually checked for not more than six weeks; seed time and harvost occur In every month." I have seen a Becond crop of pears hanging from the trees in Berkeley County during the present month over half matured, and had It not been for tho severe storm that has just visited us, I am sure oro this thoy would havo boon ready for shipment to tbo Northern markots. Olives,oranges, bananas, tigs and all tropical fruil9 may bo bad here, with vegetables nearly all tho year round. Tbo most important crops of this section are the rice and Sea Island cotton crops. Great numbers of tho old rice plantations wore abandoned during tbo war and aro now grown up and abound in all kinds of game, and are boing convert ed into gamo preserves for our mil lionaires. Here will bo found tbo negro In his original state, as happy as though ho was in tho Garden of Eden, speaking his own languago and contented to live on what Damo Nature so generously provides, aud many a millionaire would onvy him did ho but know his bill of faro. On a recent hunt in this section a party of gentlemen determined to devote ono day to thoir ability to pro vide food with gun and cauoo. They wero in Berkeley County, near Capo Remain. Arising at 5 o'clock a. m. thoy took tho canoo and wont off into tho marshes and returned at 8 o'clock for broakfast with thirty-two mallard .nicks. After breakfast tho hounds wore turned looso in tho deer drives, and they returned to lunch with throo bandsomo doer and four wild turkeys. Aftor lunch, at 2 o'clock, u trip was mado in tho snipe bog?, and returning to dinnor at (5 o'clock they counted twolve woodcock, twonty-six snipe and two marsn hons. A negro had boon glvon half a dollar, and he returned from the Owondah River with three barrols of oysters and a basket of mul let. Aftor dinner a coon hunt was ar ranged, and beforo 10 o'clock our party returned with four raccoons and two opossums. Every negro raises his rice, corn and potatoes by simply plantiug thom, as nature doos the rest. Verily, this is tho land of milk and honey. Tho pastures aro ovor green, and hogs and cattle aro fod only to keep them tamo. Those lands can bo bought from $1 to $2 per acre, and" tho pino rldgo is as healthy as tho Piedmont section. No country possesses greater naturul facil ities for producing grasses, hay and livo-stock, and their products of meat, butter and milk. "*v This is also tbo homo of the diamond backs^ il'rrapin, so toothsome to tho epieuro. Tho development of l'ort Royal will soon makothis the garden spot of tho world. This section is also rich with phosphate deposits. South Curolina, with theso phosphatlo depos its, manufactures more fertilizers than any othor State. It will thus bo seen that ono taking tho train in the early morning at Charleston or Port Royal, arrives at Columbia at 11 o'cloek and at Spar* tanburg at 2, having breakfasted in the tropics, lunched In tho plains and dined on the highest peaks east of tho Rookies. The taxes iu South Carolina aro low er than any in the Union. Wo spend more for education in proportion to our wealth than any people of the Union. Our State dobt is about (0,500,000, re funded at 4i per cent., and is boing de creased every year by a sinking fuud. Our farraors, although severely op pressed by low prices, aro making no debts and docroasing their oM ones. In 1890 tho per capita debt of tho Stato was $11.55 ; to-day it is less than $l, n reduction in less than six years 0-1 per cent. ' In 1890 tho taxable property of tho Stato was, in round numbers, $150,000. 000; In 1891 It was nearly $175,000,000, an increase of $25.000.000 in a period during which tho wealth of most sec tions of tho country showed a decrease. Tho increase in property in 1894 ovor 1893 was $3,300,000. Our sister Stato of Georgia for tho samo poriod showed a decrease of over $50,000,000. Tho annual products of tho. State for 1890 wero valued at $42.000,000, two fifths of which was in manufactured products. In 1890 tho value of agricul tural products alone amounts to $40, 000,000?moro than all products com bined In 1890, and cotton Is one-third less in value. No Southern State can compare with South Carolina in tho advance that has been mado since 1890. Tho assessment of property for tho past year will show a slight decreaso over tho preceding year by* reason of tho reduction in t ho assessment of rail road property. Not a railroad in tho Stato is now in tho hands of a rceoivor, and all show good earnings. In the tie scondi.ig scalo our Stato stands forty second in tho amount of mortgagod indebtedness. In her educational facil ities tho Stato is now tho equal of any In tho Union. Tho public schools aro well attended and tho colleges are full. Thcro aro 5000 more children in the nchools this yoar than last. Wo havo homes and farms for many times the number of our inhabitants, and we wel come good substantial citizens. Thcro is no room, howevor, in South Carolina for unpatriotic pauper immi grants. Wo aro Amorican, preserving our individuality and institutions, and believing in tho rule of tho majority and equal rights to all. South Carolina will survivo and pros per on hor natural resources, and by tho indefatigable energy of her pooplo, whllo those to whom sho now pays trl buto will languish and decay. Wo wish tho Union a happy aud pros perous now yoar. John Gary Evans, Governor. SPAIN is Bankrupt.? James Creol man, who has been sent to Spain by the New York Journal, says in his last letter: " Spain is bankrupt. It is use I less to attempt to disguise facts. Not only is sho unprepared for war with any first-class Power, but it will be impossible for hor to carry on tho cam paign in Cuba and tho Philipnir.es much longer. Tho cash sheot or tho Bank of Spain to-day shows not more than nineteen million dollars remain of the sixty-four millions raised by the dometie war loan. This balance will dlsappoar within a litto more than two months. The European banks havo rofused'to furnish money. Capitalists throughout tho world know that tho wealth producing machinery of Cuba has beon largoly destroyed, and the principal source of Spain's revenue is dried up, Even wore peace rostorod to-morrow it would be impossible to seeuro capital to re-establish tho great Cuban plantations while tho Spanish flag remains in that island, a constant and certain inoontive to armed revolu tion. The situation appalls all Spaniards who are not blinded by prldoor passion. The nation's funded debt is. roughly, ono billion two hundred million dol lar*, and tho annual Interest on this aggregates about sixty-four million dollars, more than one-half of the whole income of Spain. Although in recent years tho annual deficit has been greatly reduced, tho floating debt is now about nlnety-ono millions." COMING SESSION OP THE LEGISLATURE. 9 AN QU 1 LINE OF I'M!) WORK BE FOUL: THE MEMBERS. ihe J);~|i > Problem Will (iabn Alten?Ion?Tbe Question of Pen bioub aud tbe New Counties Will Have a Hearing. Columbia State. It is now only a very few days before the convening of the General Assem bly in annual session, January 12 being tbo date of meeting. Inaumuoh as tho 1 .ijiiy is a new one, composed very largely of new timber, the comlug ses sion and its possibilities aro being I moro largely discussed at present than anything else in South Carolina. The possible action of the body in regard to the dispensary law is tho feature of tho session that is receiving the great est attention from tho people as a whole. On every side the law is being discussed exhaustively, and all kinds of suggestions aro being offered for Its Detter in on t. Many think that the General As sembly will abandon tho system alto gether at this session, taking the State out of tho business and going to the licensed dispensary system per mitted by the State constitution. But it is hardly probable that tho body will go so far at this session. At pres ent It looks as if the law is going to bo patched up and continuod, a fair trial of tho system being asked for one year at least. There caa bo no doubt of tho fuct that u groat proportion of tho pcoplo of tho Stato ore now thorough ly disgusted with tho dispensary sys tem of managing the tribe in liquor and uro anxious to bo rid of tho white elephant. It is very likely that the light will bo made by the prohibition ists on tho lines laid down some time ago?tho elimination of the beverage aud profit features, and tho advocates of this amendment soom to bo vory hopeful of accomplishing what they pro pose, but there is vory little chanco for thorn, judging from present Indica tions. Governor Evans has announced that he will make no recommendations as to tho enforcement of the law or as to changes thoreln, taking the posi tion that at the close of his term this would be going outside his province. And Govornor-olect Ellerbe takes tho position, as already fully explained in Tho State, that it is not his provlneo to muke recommendations, but rather to addroe8 tho people in his inaugural. Thus tho General Assembly Is going to bo loft to handle tbe law without sug gestions. It 1b understood, however, that the State board of control, at Its coming mooting, will prepare a series of recommendations looking to the Improvement of the law, which will be submitted to tho Legislature with the request that they bo given careful con sideration. As to what will bo done with the investigation of the dispensary rebate scandals which have been loft for the General Assembly to handle, the State board having gone as far as It could, of course no one can tell just yot. It is possible that the investigation will bo pushed and made a thorough one. Some action may be taken also looking to tho prevention of tho numerous shortagos among county dispensers. Tho first days of tho session will bo busy ones. Tho two houses will have to elTcct their organizations and elect olllccrs. The house will have to elect *? sneaker. Speaker Gary is standing j for'ro-olection. Mr. Jesse T. Hunt:, of I Spurtanhurg Is opposing General Gray for tho clerkship. There are numer ous candidates for all the other posi tions. As soon as tho houses nave been organized arrangements will bo mode for the Inauguration of Governor olect Ellerbe and the other St&to otllclals, and General Ellerbe will de liver his inaugural address, which is now In course of propartion. It is ex pected to be a papor pitched on a pa triotic key and based upon broad prin ciples. Thero aro a good many elections scheduled to take place during the session. Among these will bo tho olection of a United States Senator, which will be a moro matter of form ; then there is tho election of a superin tendent of tho State ponitltontiary. Colonel Neal, It is said, will have oppo sition, but it is generally thought that he will bo re-elected. Tho now county business Is going to consume much of tho time of tho Gon > oral Assembly. Salom's contest will come up before tho body, and every effort will be made In behalf of the proposed new county. Of course, Cherokee, Greenwood and Dorchestor will have to bo formed, the elections having boon carried in favor of those counties. Some improvements nro contemplated in tho new county law. The pension law is among thoso ex isting laws which aro scheduled to undergo changes In the hope of im proving thorn very much. As this law now stands, many of Its principal objects are defoatod. It stands Badly in need of some improvement. It is being suggested that tho law bo so changod that tho curaps of Confedorato veterans will be pormlttod to super vise the distribution of the funds ap propriated by the State for pensions. This suggestion Is meeting with much favor. The olection and registration laws will bo slightly changod In some re spects, certain provisions considered dangerous in case of a constitutional test of being eliminated. The ideals to make tho law such that it will stand any amount of constitutional dis section. One. of tho most Important measures to receive attention will bo tho matter of tho rcdistricting of tho Stato into congressional districts. Mr. Patton's bill will bo among tho first to go in. Several others will bo intro duced ulso. Those bills provide for a much better arrangoment of the dis tricts than tho Stato huu at present, without anything being endangored. At this stage it looks as if factional lines aro going to bo practically oblit erated at tho coining session and that all tho members are going to work in perfect harmony for what is for the bust interests of tho Stato at largo. As to the duration of tho scs slou nothing can bo said with any de groo of certainty. It Is vory certain, howover, that tho gonoral desiro of tho people of tho Stato is for as brlof a .ses sion as possible, and the shorter the session the moro pleased masses will bo with tho work of their repre sentatives. A stooring coromltteo for tho last ton days of tho session would help things along wondorfully without injury to any intorest. PKN8ION9, TAXKS AND gOHOOLS. Comptroller General Norton Gives n Few Valuable Hint* to tbo Leg iHiat uro. Special to tho News and Courier. Experience with tho present pension law has shown that changos In Its pro visions will have to bo mado so as to insure satisfaction. Tho now law in stitutes a groat many radical changes from the old law, and while thero aro a groat many deslrablo features about tho law us It new stands, It can, it is thought, bo materially improved by minor changes /rom the old law, and while there are a groat many desirable foaturos about tbo law as It now stands, it can, it Is thought, be materially |m [???lived by minor changes. There has been some complaint that those who ought to bo on tho rolls did not get their mime;,. This Is, porhaps, so in seifte instances, but it could not ho bxlncd. When applications wore sont to the Comptroller General in propor shape they went through all right. A ?oo.l many came with radical omissions. Whenever it was possible these orrors wore correoted by returning the pa Eers, but a groat many of tho county oards delayod sending in tholr reports until tho olovonth hour and tuere was EnZV . '..-"?.? . VTFT no Urne for f?rt specially as tho law fixed a time for the paying out of th? men' y, and tooo wan im patience among those entitled to the money. Those irregularities wi.l. la time, adjust themselves, and the local boards may bo expected to be more prompt, but it should be remembered wbeu there is any complaint that the fault was not at this end of tho line. With the pension applications that wore ap proved, in what is known as class C, each of the pensioners received $19.40 This is little enough, but Mr. Norton in speaking about the matter to-day said that next year, with tho applica tions that were not properly prepared and the new ones that would come In, ho would not bo surprised to boo the amount of each Boldler's pension in this olass reducod to 810. Now the question the General Assembly will have to deoido Is whother It wants to give $10 to the many or more to those who are moro in need. Mr. Norton, who has had consider able experience in tho matter of pen sions, and who is himself an old soldier, says that he will make two, or three recommendations to the Genoral As sembly that he hopes will be carried out. In tho first place, he says tho pension and tax departments should be entiroly divorced. Tho ono depart ment should have absolutely nothing to do with the othor, and with this viow bo will recommend that the coun ty treasurer and county auditors be taken off the pension boarda, as the proaont plan, in hi) opinion, will in juro either the pension or tho tax de partment. Ho thinks that tho matter of pensions should bo first referred to tho township board of assessors, and that the township assessors should In turn report to a central board at the county seat, and that this board should report to theState board. Ho thinks that such a plan would work moro satlsfac I tori 1 y than at present. Ho also wants to see pension work turned over to tho office of the Adjutant and Inspector General, and have all tho papers ex amined and made up thero, while, tho warrnts can continue to come through tho Comptroller Genoral's oifice. Mr. Norton also thinks that it is vory necoBsarry that thero should bo some export accountant and tax man con nected with this office. Such a man, he thinks, has boon nocded for somo time. He cited an instance in Edge field where ono grand jury wanted tho books examined, and a subsequont grand jury did not care to employ an expert accountant to do tho work. A good deal of trouble with tho tax de partment In tho various counties is on account of the infamiliarity of the officers with tho books and methods, and a good man could oaslly straighten out things and got the tax machinery back in tho right grooTe. Ho says thore Is nothing wrong with the tax machinery, but that sometimes It Is not properly carried out, and then the trouble arises. With such an expert as ho would like to havo attached to tho Comptroller's oflico ho thinks a great doal of good can be done, and thore would he general satisfaction with tho innovation as soon as it was tried. Now, whenever any Buch work has to bo done, exports havo to bo cm ployed at largo salaries, and often tho counties decline to moot tho expense and necessary work is not done, where as if tho State had such a man regular ly connected with tho tax department it would be his duty to correct all tho bad bookkoeping that may occur in tho tax department in any part of tho State. Talking about tax matters Mr. Nor ton said that he proposed recommend ing to tho General Assembly that tho law bo so amended that alt school claims should pass through the hands Of tho county superintendent of schools, or IT this is uut> Uuuo, tbut. the county fcehool officer bo givon a report of all money spent on account of schools. He says that it is very important that the school superintendent bo advised of all school expenditures, so as to know how to make up his roport and settlement sheet. It would, he thinks, boas well if all claims bo approved by the county school officor, so as to unify I tho system throughout tho Stato in all of the departments. T1IK OLD CITY STILL PECULIAR Tho Metropolitan Police Is a Neces sity Until Charleston is Ready Tor tho ChattKO of tho Dispensary Law. Speeial to the Columbia Register. Charleston is looking forward to tho meeting of the Genoral Assembly a fort night hence with much interest and solicitude. Not that a groat doal of legislation is anticipated by tho forth coming session, but most of tho impor tant general moasures undertaken are expected to alTect the material and commercial interests of this city inti mately. First and foremost in the minds of many, is the character and trend of legislation with regard to tho dispensary. The fundermentul princi ples of tho dispensary law, of course, aro practically tixed and unalterable integral portions of our institutions. That is to say, Mr. Till man, Governor, United States Senator and member of the Constitutional Convention, elineh ed his views on tho subject by concen trating and segregating them in a brief clauso of tho now constitution, from which thero is no appeal except by tho two-thirds vote necessory for changing or amending tho eonstitu tlon. Wide latltudo is loft to the Genoral Assembly for legislating on tho subject: it can enact prohibition, or grant licenses to Individuals, or adopt practically any system which commends itself to tho judgmontof tho body for the conduct and control of the traffic, with tho spceiticd oxcoptions, that nothing less thau a half pint can be sold ; that it cannot bo sold between sundown and sunrise, and that it can not bo drunk on tho premises whore sold. This leaves tho Legislature at lib erty to deal with peculiar conditions as it may find them, such as exist in tho scacoast city of Charleston. Thore socms to ho no doubt that tho present system, in spite of tho many dofects that attach to novelty, has generally gained tho approval of tho peoplo of tho State. It has diminished drunken ness and has been of invaluablo benefit, it is claimed, in tho agricultural dis tricts, and these would, in consequonco, be loth to part with it. In Charleston, too, it may ho said, that tho destruc tion of tho social featuro of mooting and drinking in perfect freedom at tho bar, has boon of inostimablo benefit, from a moral standpoint, and many of our best and most disinterested elti zons are frco to confess this. It is truo that "blind tigers" exist, In spite of the metropolitan or any other police systom, but they aro foreod to doal out tticir wares fry stealth, and this is practically death to tho business among so proud-spirited and open handed a pooplo as Charleston Is pro verbially populated with, to whom such a thing as drinking behind doors and in stoalth Is lntolorablo. But neither will they patrooiz> tho dis pensaries, for to do so compels thorn to go. Into a place moro thar apt to bo crowded, to.itand in lino with all sorts, co'ors and conditions of men and, if the law is carrio'. out, to write-Jown their names, nges, and other partleu lars. ThO eon, .?quetioe of all this Is, that tho best and largest clans of tho " Charleston trado, in so far as figures go, 1<4 frooly supplied, undor Judge Simonton's decision, with goods order ed in bullf from noar-by cities and our local merchant* of loputo who used to enjoy ^his trado aro forced to stand by and see tho rfyal cities of other States carry off their most lucrative business, antl frequently other hus'nesa with it.' All Charleston would he glad, there fore, if political animosities could be. sulxirdlnated '<jt>r a Bufiloient length of time, to welcome u modification of the- J dispensary law wltkf regard to hor whloh would license her merchants to '; conduct legitimately the trasub-l jcct to tbe constitutional rest on?, I which Outsiders aro now enjoy! Ith-1 out yielding any reveuuo to tl ,ate. 1 This la the boon wbich ourlsent commercial needs call for in than anything fa'of, and wbicb will Lore to reconcile our oeoo'c to the ?ged condition of affairs than any oping els ?. I It Is true tbat the local pre ssl tbe dominant politicians clamor itbe removal of tho roetropolitao jjo as the one thing needful. Butthbuld prove a boomerang to the city our politics have so long done, If ium mated before any preparatlqvere made for it. It would be in off nut ting the cart beforo the hort-.No body but realizes that our "blinder" state of oxistenco must cometopnd. Nobody wishes it moro than iy of tho dealers who have been forqinto it for self-preservation. Nobodyehcs it' moro than tho class of rouble dealers who formerly paid tlj li censes and carried on the mess legitimately, but who are forcuow to stand by and sco others do bfaess without license and contrary ftw. ' But to romovo the machinery fore tho law is changed would slmplm to plunge the city into a carnival li cense from which there woutdp no escape short of more drastic mur< ? than over. Howover, our politans, in their usual shortsightednessi so far as tho public interest and vfare aro concerned, bave put this p?ical rovengo beforo everything elsejl lt| rests with Governor Ellerbmu the Legislature to make suo*r*yosltlen of the question as In. their ;dgmont they may see fit. ^? Charleston has a strong delation, legally speaking, in the Genel As semby, and while they will ?jrcely inltiato any legislation in rerd to tho liquor trafllc thoy can bodonded on to give intelligent support) any measure which o*ay protniso rod to tho intcrosts in this city. IS MACHO STILL. A M VI Tho Now s Comes that IliC Ord Cu ban Survives?Tho Junta i New York Continus II in Douth Havana, December 30, via K >Vest, Fla.?" Maceo is alivo j" is tin Chan's joyful cry. Information is cot if into tho city dally giving prociso djtls. It is said that when he fell fun his horse his followers thought hi (mead, but found that be was still llvlf and spread the news that he was dad in order to carry him to a placo < f ifcty. Under a strong escort they irricd him to tho Siguunua hospital, hero, under tho skillful treatment t Drs. Kenmin, Waides Domingucz am l'an chon Domlnguez, the chief is nowlow ly recuperating. Tho acuto period has now ?ssod. It sooms that only one wound isdang orous, that being in tho stomach Fortunately tho bullet did no'touoh tho intestines. It was feared tl|t per itonitis might sot in, but he neaped this. The other wounds aro in tho j.w and back, and aro only slight. No bonos wcro fractured. Zertucha's treichery I? being confirmed daily. It is said that Maeeo's first words when bo was able to speak was uorder Zertucha's capture, but ho had dready lied to tho Spanish lines. Zcrtucha wroto tho paper fouid on Gomez's body. Gomez was klllei by a bayonet and did not stabhimscf, as the Spanish eay. ( A dispatch from New York, luted Dec. 31st, says that tho reports in tho morning papers have created wild speculation, but it was suon given eat at the headquarters of tho Cuban junta that tho reports had no foundation in fact. A ropivs^ntative of Dr. Palma was soon at the junta in this city and usttua about the dispatch printed from Key West, which alleges that Antonio Maoeo is alive and is in a Cuban hospi tal recovering from his wounds. His attention was also called to tho state ment that tho wife of a prominent Cuban had landed at Key West and conllrmed the statement that Macco is alive, lie smiled incredulously and said : " You can say that tho Cuban junta ! believes that Maceo Is dead and that , he died in tho manner described in tho i circular recently issued by the junta. I "Wo havo fully satisfied ourselves : of his death. We place no credence in i these reports that Maceo is alive." PllOSPEOTS OF THE SOUTH. KmigrantH nro Setting Along (he IjIiio of the Southern Hallway? The Industrial Conditions are Im proving. Vice Presldout W. W. Finlay, of the ! Southern Railway company, has given the Manufacturers' Record a geneial i summary of tho business outlook for tho country tributary to tho Southern Railway, which practically embraces everything from Washington to tho Mississippi river. Mr. Einlay says : Tho business outlook in tho regions traversed by the Southern railway wero never moro promising than at tho prcsont timo. Tho tide of desirable immigration, coining from all portions of the north and northwest, as well as from Europe, has been and continues to bo steadily on tho increase. This steady growth of population has been systematized alone conservative business lines. Many industrial colonies have been located, and many more will bo com posed of homogeneous people who am I working together in harmony and are reaping the reward of labor, judicious ly dircctod. Now mines have been opened and old ones rejuvenated by better systems and increased capital, and the iron in dustry has entered upon a new and vigorous career of prosperity, develop ing a trade with foreign countries which has assumed large propor tions. Now developments are going on in the gold mining industry, und tho primi tive methods of tho ancient miner with his crude devices for gathering tho precious metal, havo been supersed ed by the latest and most approved scientilic modes known to tho mining world and promise the best results. The wood working establishments of the south aro making good progross, and all departments and brunches of this industry aro growing stronger and aro steadily widening the urea of their work, with the prime facilities they possess for turning out their work at a minimum cost. Cotton and woolen industries aro all In a nourishing condition, and aro daily growing in importance as they uro constantly being strengthened by accessions of capital and skill. New lines of work are being introduced and old ones Improved by hotter machinery and enhanced skill. Lines of travel by roll and water are being extended and those already established, improved so us to fully keep ubreust of tho demands mado upon them by tho increasing volurno of business. The marked b.ereaso In diversified farming through which tho south is now raising many of its sup piles which it formerly purchased from other sections Is exerting a healthful influence upon all classes, as well as largely adding to tho wealth and prosperity of all branches of agrl culturo. Upon the whole, tho outlook for In creased prosperity In tho south was novei hotter than at prcsont. ? A olerknt tho. Port Hall Inuian agency botWts of .a moustache n arly lung enough to iriukej a lariat. In fact TT has a length of nine foot. Ordinarily h6 fohls tho ends away ovit of uight under his vost, but somotlmea ho let* It drag on tho floor to sh$?r*,its full Ntapfch just as u woraanjtffth a? vroal^h of hair exhibits it^n'the privacy of nor boudoir to a bot?rie of admiring friends. 1 Highest of dl in Leneoing Power?Ute* U. S. Gort Report AB&QMMTWOX PURE FKDKKAIi LOAVES AND FISH KS. A Greenvlllo Candidate for Secre tary of Agriculture?Tho Negro Must be Unloaded aud tho Cotton Mills Have Protection. Special to the News and Courier. South Carolina has gono into tbo I cabinet making business, and Dr. Jos. P. Latimer, of Greonvillo, is to bo put forward as tho proper material to aid in tho construction of tho very impor tant pioce of political furniture in the household of tbo McKinley administra tion. A prominent member of the South Carolina colony returned to Washington to-day, bringing with him the information that a delegation of Soutb Carolina Republicans will jour ney to Canton in a few days to present I dthe claims cf Dr. Latimer to President fTWcct McKiulcy. Dr. Latimer aspires c 'tStho position ofSocrotary of Agricul sfnrc, for ultnough ho has for a number ?f years buou an eminent physician, ho has also been one of tho most suc cessful planters in tho South. In ad dition to deriving a handsome income from hispiuctico and his plantation ho acquired by inheritance a largo for tuue, which would enablo him to hold up tho social ecd of tho Administra tion to a hotter advantage than many of tho other gentlemen from tho South whoso names have been associated with a cabinet position. In politics Dr. Latimer has boon a life-long Republican, and is known throughout the Southern States as one of tho few men who stood up for the cuuso of tho Union, although his own | father was on tho opposite side of the civil conflict. Dr. Latlmor's friends will proceed to Canton prepared to show Mr. McKinley that there is n prospect of turning the Palmetto State over to the Republican party If protec tion and not tho negro question is made the paramount issue in that State. That in the up-country the cotton planters and cotton manufac turers are ready to join hands with the rice planters in tho low-country and establish a protective party in South Carolina if tho new Administration will recognize such men as Dr. Lati mer in tho distribution of tho Federal patronage. They assert further that tho negro question is being rapidly eliminated in South Carolina, while tho benefits of protection are becom ing moro aud moro apparent to those who aro industriously intdined. It is said in behalf of Dr. Latimer that lie he is not an office-seeker, for he de clined to accept the position of collec tor of customs at Charleston under the Harrieon Administration. His sup WANTED! On January the l?th, twenty-four salesmen to travel through the coun try and sell Pianos, Or gans and Sewing AAa chines. Also six boys who can play Organs. We will Day liberal sala ries, furnish horses and wagons and pay all ex penses. Greenville, S. C. THE LAURENT BAR. n. Y. simpson. (!. i). barksdalts SIMPSON & BARKSDALK, Attorney*: at Law, LAUKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the Investi gation of titles and collection of clainiH ? . W. BALL. I?. W. HIMKINS. W. W, IIA I.I. BALL, sniKlNS & BALL, Attorneys ut Law, Lauukns, South Carolina. Will practice in nil Stato und Unite i States Court. Speoial attention given collections W. II. MARTIN, Attorney tit Law, Lauukns, - South Carolina. Will practice in all Courts of this Mtm? Attontion K>vmi to collodions. 7. t. Johnson. w. it. uicnr.v JOHNSON & R1CMJEY, ATTORNKY8 AT i,AW. Okfiok- Morning 'O-irtnr, Nfo'tlmU sido or Public Square. posters claim that ho outranks Cun ningham, Russell, Webster orSuiiils when it comes to high grade Republi canism, and they will prcseut all of his qualifications to Mr. McKinley iu the most glowing colors imaginable. If a Cabinet position is denied him he will probably bo urged for usomething equally as good," as tho professional pluce hunter puts It, hence the i'ro sident-clect may as well prepare him self for a long and interesting chapter on South Carolina politics when tho Latlmer delegation reaches Canton. Those who profess to be close to Mr. McKinley and who have been per mitted to tako a peep inio the cabinet making shop at Canton, insist that John P. Hanson, of Georgia, still leads tho Southern contingent and retains his place on all the preliminary slates outlined by tho I'rcsident-ekct?and Mark Ilanna. It is not necessary for the Georgia Republicans to send del egations to Canton to enlighten Mr. I McKinley us to Major Hanson'.- quail fications for u scat at the cabinet table. His long personal and political friend ship wiUi both McKinley and Mark Banna renders him the most dangerous rival that Dr. Latlmer, Clay Evans, Gen. Powell Clayton. James A. Gary, Govornor Bradley and their army of political supporters havo to contend against. Mark Banna is expected in Wash ington soon after the new years opens, 1 and it. is understood that Dr. Latlmer bus made arrangements to be i:i Is city also at the samo time, and talk over the situation in South Carolina with the redoubtable Mark. Many other Republicans, politicians and place hunters, will journey to Wash ington with the hope and expectation of having their names recorded in Mark's book of favors to he granted. Among those who will court Mark Hanna, with the hope of future re ward, i.- Col. Robert Wallace, of Su;n ter, South Carolina, who wants to be United Slates marshal. He was nomi nated by Harrison and defeated through the efforts of Senator M. C. Butler. Lawson D. Melton, of Colum bia, expects to bo district attorney, and it is understood that Tom Johnston would like to return to his former love in the Charleston Custom House. Up to dato no one bus ventured to squint in the direction of tho Charleston i'ost o?loo. Postmaster Mowry has made such a durable record in the ollice under the Harrison and Cleveland ad ministrations that hu is regarded in the nature of a fixture in Iiis present locution. SCHEDULES. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condenicd Schedule In KfYBO? NOV. IS, 1800. t. Cht STATIONS. rToiii on. ?.t. Columbia... " Prosperity.. Ax. Kowijorry .. Ax. Ninety-Six.. " Greenwood. "_Hodrga ..... Ar. Abbeville... At. Bslton. Ar. Anderson Ar. Greenville Ar. Atlant? ... STATIONS. Lt. Greenville .. " Piedmont.... " Willlamaton Lv. Anderson ... f7v. Helton. Ar. Donualda .,. Lv AhlwyliTeTTi I7v. Hod ?08 .. . " Greenwood. M Ninety-Six.. Lt. Newnorry ?. M Prosperity.. Ar. Columbia . Ar. Charleston ballyll3aiiy| No. WN0.UI STATIONS. Ghirleston... t/'i'iilniiiu... ".Astm. ".IV ItlllO.... '*.I nton. . . Joir-sville Preolet 7?T 6 86 p pi 4 M j) m O" :STp ni Dallr No. 12. io ?o a m 10 55 a in 11 18 a in 11 05 n in 11 a? a in 12 08 p ru J1 45 a in 12 20 p m 1 01 p in 1 26 p 111 2 25 p in 2 a7 p in :t 50 p in 8 00 p TU Dnily|Dally' Ni?.U|No.l0 j> utpiii um u&5p ViSp 2 45p 1 25p 1 n.r,|i 1.12 2.1p ?parUnburf.. Lv.ll I5a Bjinrlinbnrg. Ardl .. Ashivtlle.. . Lvl 8 20a s 4.'ii 7 Wp 7 80p 6 6Sp 0 47p orvp 0 08p 8 05p T&ip| 7 i";i Lv T3?n Ii ??n| " 007? 18 15p 10 oih 1 .'.">p iOVMnj 202p 108Pa| 8811p 10 54:ij 8B7p 11 25n ;t lOplAr 11 45n 888p Lv IjOpl 700p Ar "P," p. m. "A," m. m. Tratnil f> and 10 entry elegant Pullman ?looping cara ? otween 1 e milila ami AflliovlllOi ?nroute daily bei wcpb .^n ksonvlllo and Cinuin Mtl. Trains U'iive ?parlai Virc, A. St o. division, northbound. 0:42 n. m.. r,-41 f p. m., 6:18 p. in., (Vestibule Limited): ontlibonnd 12:20a. in., 8:15 p. m.. ii in a. in., (V* N ibr.ii? Limited.) TiMriM leave Ureeitvt] liA. und <' division, uort!ilM)iind, 5:45 n. in., 2 'I p. m. and 5 ::ui p. in., iVeatlbulcd Limited):no inbound, 1:20 n. m., 4>2o p. in., 12:88 p. in. |vt? ibuled Limited) Pult man Sirvlco. Pul Im nn palnoe Bleo| ill|{ C.'irs Oll Trains 85 and f/., ?7 end I?, on A. und ?. division. w. n. gkisen, j. m. culp Gen. Superintendent, Ti nlllo M'g'r, WoRliinelon, i) (i WiishlntTlen, 1>. (J. tTiA.TlMtK, S H.HAluAviOK, Ben. Pass. Apt't. /.i t Uon. Pass. Ag t. Wffehlii^ton^Tj. 0. Atlmitu, da Columbia, Laurens an berry R. K. Nnl'tllhmili New ? liliound 111 4 II 1 IM ;<1 3 -Iii :: 42 .1 ;;t 8 21 :i 21 |8I2 '2 .vi 2 17 3 II ?2 10 um In 30 10 02 11 .t? Ii "27 !> r> 11111 Stations. t olunibhi .-i Loaphurt .t .ri Irin Mal 11I ie .. Whli dock .. Cli ., lain . .. I in! MnuntH u Slighs l'rosiu'i'lty Nett 1 >oi ry ,.., .lalunii tl ray's Lnno Kiiiard Ooldvlllo H?ver <' I in ton 4 es ? 41 . 7 os 7.3? 7|47 1 .?1 8 10 8 23 t* 30 am 11 in 11 28 11 ;>7 II 4A 11 Ml 12 02 12 13 12 ix 12 20 12 4-; 12 ftfl 1 OS 1 in 1 17 1 2? 1 80 13. SCHUMPKRT, Agent at PsosptarK* Who is Will Whitener ? ^^^^^ ^H,lfi^i^^v^ ^^^^^-^ % \ ]pe is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver, \ ?i-IN efcNPftUl-X WQTfcU-> ?Eugiish statisticians who assert that the London and Northwestern, with ?000,000,000 capital, 2,^00 loco motives aud 00,000 employe*, is tho largest corporation in tho world, prob ably have out seen tho statement of the 1' vaolS. The A met icau ra ? roiid ha- u up'.Uil of $*?7,Oi?,t;00, ;i,7.">7 luoOmotiVeS and 100 000 uatn. s en its p>y rol*. Tie fiel that tho United --> i >? .i.e. .w r. i. ay larger than the London und Northwestern is not gen erally koown in this country. ?Our sonses do not fall asleep eim ultaueously. Tho eyelids aro brut alfccted, and shut out sight: uext fel lows the sense of taste, tuen smelling, bearing and touch, the last named being the lightest sleeper, and most casiiy aroused. SOUTHERN RAILWAY* piedmont Air: i isn. Don >1* ii'oil SoU?*?>'o <>f l'.-??^?we?r Ttwta* In Btftol N"v. 1ft. 1S?S. Northbound. Ct. Atinr-.tn. C. T. " Ai:?iita. C. T. " Norerv.il " B'iford. . " <Jr4:>r*rUlft. " Lula. At. ? . Lv. Mt. Airy . .. " Toocoa . " W?<itro'a?tor " CwiltTtVl " C*MT?kt? . " fUn..-liib<irf " KtOK'aMi. .. Ar. Chn-rloft* Tf* |n?i..it?j No. 3..ii ?. so'**-**; *t. Pniiy.. .k.'.It.1 ?Mtt?! fta.i. i t? 111 <f<i: 4 (8 pi 4 ?. ir] ) ?is U?^ 31 .In _ m a l ? Ar. Rtthroond . .j 6 w a f. Ar.rfMJitvff . rv.ir.r? .'-ri?. h ?j s*. n ... l blln ? ?.'iffito. 10 u in I <f> ?[. 8 I \ CM a Ronllibounil. Ly. X. y .P. B ?. " PiUlutlolphl? " FAllimor*... " NfaahiuKto?. No. .17 No. 8.% Pally.i Dnflv * m pi s M a I 30 M <\ ? a W 43 p 11 U n Lr. Rlchmojid . j 2 00 njl* 65 Clwu'loi.to . KJnv'a Ml D.r-Kii'ourir OnCiipyii ft :*> Kpiu-t*nbar?. ii 07 ?rartiTlllp.. jlB ? 1 111! O?turml f:*?UPO?? . w ssfatattw Torvio? . Mt Airy .... Oonnal?. l-.nlo. ?Alxioerl?o . ttaford 4 W Join 11 fit' 11 47 IB a 03 a 5 8 is i W 'W n 9 is ; ?5 p '8a nr:< ft M-. ft Xmi ft ? Nwroro...... . A ;? , S Jl f,f Ar. AtlnaU. K. t. 4 ? o 6 * ?1 ? V\< I ??A" a. m. "F" V- ?? "M" ?<???? "w" ?'I wo?torn Vwltbl?? Un?t?<V Tkr.T ,S PUU fJetviu* e?:o botw??Ti New York * I o?m, VI? V?'??hlprt?n Atln**? wir1 ?P?r ?ry. sud ??*? r**w??fl Ncvr Tort ?t (KMI mu> sUmpIuc c*n Wlwoen r tw Tyr* ?** i Orlo?jj?, in e?nnnoMo? xrlth t*? Tan?* liturgy* TW? ?r*l? Btaa e?rrtt? kW*.?? fcfcirloU? find ?Im JW^IrtiVSSSSS l^i'ioiU ^?w?w Wft3i\??t<>nJbJH^K^P Ar? win* room ?l*?pt*{ o?n horv-tw? t**?" U>rto? W 0^t?^7t?* . tu AdaalHgJw &Wi?ad South?? Ffcoinc k*u*<xy ; r^fci? Kty AtU?t?. L^ytn? \VM*>injl?n CoAh O^roufcb Uvwten WMkL gbon mkI Bu Frt? Jf* HuS 1$-Pt3kn?u BlM?U(?antotw?M chtnond m4 ?WTi??. ? . ? . If^&JtSflSW. ATLANTIC COAST LINE 1' &8SKNQKU DKP A KTM BNT. Wilmington, X. 0., Dec. IVh, 18i? L-INFI -HBTWBKN? Charleston am! Columbian ?1 'Jpj South Carolina, North Car'' linn, and Athens ai.d A Hanta. 0 ) i 0 >, \ ??6 !M t > I IC Going \\ e*t. ? oing Bi No. 52. N<?. 6.1 7 <n'am* I.V....Charleston ....Vr 0 loan 8 2(1 .Lanes. 7 !) 3.'? .Sumter. 0 20 1065 Ar.Columbia. .v .r> >? it .r)? .Prosperity. a V> 12 lopm .Newuorry. 2 57 12 .'>o .Clintoi. 2 lu 1 15 .... I.Aureus ???< 146 283 .... Ursen wood .... .... 804 .UibivillO . 5 lu .. . \C.en Ua. ' jir>_.. Atlanta. ? I5pm . .Winnsboro, 8, ?. ? 11 41-"bT 8 20_.Charlotte, N. O . _ftjifi 35pm Ar ...Anderson, y. tl..l.v II 05 ? 4 20 _Oroecnvllle_ 10 HO 810 ....?nar tan b?rg.... 1145 f; 03 Henuersonville N.U, (? 16 _7jm_..Aphoville. N.U..._Hj^ ? Daily." ^<? ?=. 52 and' 63 Solid train hcU - t t iinrlcston ami Columbia S. t". and Cd 1 through roaeh between Charl aton s Atlanta. if. M, EM KltSON, As- t (icn'l l'assengc Apt. I, U, KKNI.V, T, M. KM I ?80N, ?Jen'l Mnn. KCr. 'rnittio nnac;t plIARhK-IDN .t WliSTBKN l'All'i w Hiiji Railway Co. " Augusta ml Asho villo bhort Mno." Sohedulo in i licet Uoo 1 s 1. 180 , Lv Augusta. !Mo am 7 30 pm Ar Ureonwood.12 17 pm 1*210 a.n Aiidcraoi. 7 pm . l.aurens. I i.'> j?m "uOrio Oreenvillc. 255pm lOSOara Glenn HprniKS.4 05 pm . Spartanburg. 300 pm l02?>am Saluda. 5 21 i m . Hendereonvillc. .. 651 pm . Aohcvillc. 646 pm . bv Abbeville. iTT. .... 8*20 am . Spartatibur^.n 15 am hki i>m (ircen villc.11 56 am 4 00 pm l.auron?- .. 1 15 pm 7 00 pm Anderson.luv.? am . Oreonwood. 228pm itniaiu A r A UgUSta. 6 05 pm 12 26 am Ar A iken. 0 50 um TO ATHENS, ATLANTA ANU POINTJ VVKST. i,v Urnen vi lie.11 r?r> am 4??pm Ar Ilaleigh . I 30 am 1200 u'Ii Norfolk. 7 ;! i am 02t) pm l'otorsburg. 6 00am B43pm l.K.limond . (i in mn i; i > \<n l.v ? ?recnville. 1 uo pm ll ;>.">ain Ar Klberton. 2 3d am iikipi,! A bbcx die. 142 am 165pni Alhdtifl. 8 8t am ? lOplii Atlanta. 0 20 am r, i ipni T.v A i fanta. 010 pm Athens.11 in pm Biber ton. 12 45 am A hbcvillo.12 16 am Ar Greenville. 9 45 am Close eonnectionn at (ircciiwoni! for al points on B. A. L and c. .v c. ?nil ay, and atSpartanburg with Southern Kail iv. Kor Information relative to linke i,ratet aehediilef etc., addrena 'v.,1. < UAi?, don. PaeH, Ag n . Auj'iih i q > .1. H. GorAtOOi ARont.c. H. bpeight?, Gen. Agent. Greenville, S? 0.