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THE GREtD OF NEW ENGLAND MILL OWNLRS A VIQOitOUH I'KOTKST FHOM THIS SOUTH. Tho I'lopoHcd Constitutional Amend* innnt to K'HtaOliNti Uniform Hour* of Labor lit Cottou Factories. Tho Uou-o judiciary :omuiittoo ac corded a hearing ou Friday last to tho representative-is of tho Southern cotton m?h), who tuado an earnest protest against *ho proposition from Mas sachusetts to amend the constitution bo aa to glvo Congress tho right to login late in regard to the hours of labors in cotton factories. No lahor leadeio poared lu favor of the proposition, and arguments ou that side were made hy Massachusetts Congressmen, who did not agree as to what was wanted. Tho Southern mills were represented hy tho followitg delegations : South Curulina : Ellison A. Smyth, Polzor, chairman; James L. Orr, Pied mont ; O.K. Oliver, Columbia; L). L\ Converse, Clifton.; 1). A. P. Jordan, GrecDWocd ; J. A. lirock. Anderson: O. P. Mills. Greenville; J.I. Wester Tolt, Pelham , II U. Wheat, Gaffney ; John C. Gary, Lockhart. North Carolina: D. A. TompkIns, Charlotte, chairman; Dr. J Li. Mc Adon, Charlotte; K. M. Millor, Jr., Charlotte; W T. Jordan, Charlotte; Caesar Coue, Greensboro. Georgia: Dr. J. D. Turner, Atlanta, chairman ; 11. E. Fisher, Atlanta : Charles Kates, Augusta ; Ellas Eisas, Atlanta. Col. James L. Orr, of tho Piedmont mills, opened the arguuuuton hohall . of the Southern delegations, and made an admirable addrets, utterly demo lishing tho contentious of tho Mas sachusetts representatives. His chief points wero that the proposed change would utterly destroy the principle ol home rule in our government; thai there was no demand for tho ctiangi by labor North; that tl o iidvantag. tnat tho South had was ehh Hy In thi character of Its laborers, who wero all native Americans to tho manner bori. and of tho Baruo blood as their em ployers ; that they were treated will more consideration than at the North ; that tue mills provided free sohoob for the ehiidrei ; that tho cost of living was much cheaper than In tho North ; that Now Eugland bad many ad van tages in the matter of cheap money, long established business and in other reepcots, and what they now wanteu to do whs to retain al! theso advan tages, v.bile depriving the South of tin only advantage it possessed. Col. On was bomhaided with scores of ques tions by the other side, and in every caso turned them against bis ques tioner. Capt. Ellison A. Smyth, of Pelzer, threw some valuable light upon tin ?ubj> ct, which entertained and In* strutted the commiitee. ^ho follow iug is the sub&tance of bis remarks : This committee of cotton mill man agers and treasurers, representing over two million spindles in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, nave come bclore this judiciary com mittee to enter their protest against tho passage of a joint resolution pro posing an amendment to the constitu tion of tho United States, providing that Congress shall have the power to establish uniform hours of labor In manufactories throughout the United States. 'lnero has been a great deal said and piloted vfithtn the last few weeks, coming from New England, to the effect that owing to the Soutpern com petition great disaster has resulted to the cotton mill industry in Now Eng land, and that it was necessary to re duce wages 10 per cent, to meet In BOtne way this Southern competition. At first New England sneered at tin idea of cotton mills being a success in the South, and now It is proposed to use tbo bocubed Southern competl tlon as a "cat's paw to pull their chest nuts out of the lire." The question is, has this Southern competition hurt New England's industry to tho extent claim ed by the New England manufacturers? We believe not. We bave not alono suffered fre;n the lack of home and foreign markets, but from' an over production o' cotton goods, and from an cxtraordin iry num ber of spin?les put in operation In this country during tho last four years. It is admitted that tho Southern States' mills have largely controlled the .coarse goods business, and that is evidenced by the building of branch mills of several old celebrated New England corporations in certain South ern St.it's. This has been tho worst competition both to the Southorn manufacturer and to the No. thern manufacturer ol coareo goods, because tho New Eng land mills that havecomo Soutr., reap ing all tho benefits which nature has Offend to tho Southern manufacturer, and 1 esides bringing an estabusheu brand that is worth thousands of dol lars, a> d an acquaintance with the markt ts f the world, and with the business of manufacturing that long experience has given them, also the ability, by having its treasurers in New England cities,cand by Its stock holders there, to hire money at rates I that arc about half the rate charged in tho Southorn country. This competition, by this new trans lated Northern mill, is a severe tost for tho Southern null, and also severe for tho Northern corporations that havo no branch mills In the South, aud enables them to moot tho prices offered by his Southern competitor ? and undersell his Northern competitor In tho export trade for coarse cottor. goods, that have no branch mills In the South. Wo claim it is a caso of ovor-produc tlon that Is at present threatening our industry, and not the Soutb's competi y tion alono, because somo mills in New V England havo cut wages, and are en joying strikes, claiming that they I con,(I not continue to nay tholr former rato of wages on account of Southorr compel l ion, when, as a fact, they hav? k "vi competition whatever In the South <or their lino cloths. In some of the mills In New Bed ford, Mass , they weavo a fabric tha is not duplicated any whore In thi v United States, and which has hand *. aome protection under tho " Dingloy " ^??iriff. It Is stated in tho newspapers these Now Bedford weaving mills made la- < year 10 per cent net profit, and paid 7 per cent dlvideuds. and yet thoy cut w<.o-ea on account of Southorn corapeti tion. hi (ho city of Fall River, Mush, thore are, 1 believe, two aod a half to three million Bplndies, and throughout the entire South you will not fimi o\oi one hundred thousand sptndleu alto gether that weave tho samo olotha aao ?aake tho gooda that are wovon In Fall i% ii vcr; yet under tho plea of Somborn KYompotftlon wageB have boen reduced F;at Fall Hlver, and now a bill hab boon introduced from New England, and it r i orbpoHod to amend the conetltutio. _r tho United State?, providing thai H/on^reBi) ehall uave power toeupervUi r^nd control tho hours of labor In manu ?faetorh a tbroughoat tho UdIod. Wo are poor In tho South. We do enj'?y our sbaro of the penaioi money distributed by the general gov ernmont. Wo work for lessealarleH ?> ? rofil-treaflurera and mill managers anu mill employees. We do not rrquiro In our climate ' what might be r? quired In Now K ig ||lapd for protection and warmth. Wc B|re. not acouiitomed to tho luxuries Hgid the way of living that might be ^Blp? in New Kugland, but beoauKo We BrMllIng to work longer, has Man* K'qtla the right, becAuso aheoan BfVk our water, ./^ try to poison fir Is *. For many years Now England ran mills fourteen hours u day, and 8omo j people uay sixteen hours a day : ? Sruuually the ruuulng Um > was r ? uocd, and without Federal aid. We simply ask to be lot alone and not to bo forcid to submit to Now England's Join l nation?or rob us of the advan tages nature has given our Southland. While wo have not so muoh money, yet iu building our mills wo have tried to buy tho best, very best machinery that can bo bought: wo consider that In tho lino of economy. Thla in what New England wants in tkelr mills? first, greater economy in their mill mauagi-incut, and, sccoud, new machi nery and plenty of it. Wo have come up here, a largo com mittee, to protest againbt this bill, be cause the history of this country tells us that what New Fnglaud wanted from the general government Bho baa with tho aid of her pre^s, hor capital and her brains and ability, generally secured. If the general government car legis late as to tho number of hours to bo run by u mill in South Carriina, wo will next hear of legislation as to tho number of bales of cotton to be spun a year, or the number of spindles to bo I run by a mill in South Carolina. Once the door is open, wboro will bo tho ? ond v ABRAHAM LINCOLN. rhe II' -.1 Informed Man or Ilia rime?11 jn Public Utteraueea the < lassies of tho i.-uif.HM?',?'. Tho following tribute to Abraham Lincoln bus soldoui boon excollod, Uthough hundreds of writers and speakers have eulogized his services aud praised his achievements. Tho estimate of Mr. i/incoln is partial and yet u ifcriiniiiating, und while ho has nseu greatly in the estimation of Southerners sinco he fell a martyr to the causo he espoused, wo question very much whether the massus of his own tcction truly appreciate him as uoes the writer of tho following r-keloh, which is taken from the Wool Record: Too proposition to make Lincoln's birthday a national holiday should bo promptly t ITcotod by appropriate Con gressional aciou. Tho whole country stands in tho greatest need of tho quickening influence of his inspiring ?vurds and deed, llo has been deau nearly thirty-three years, but tho world gazes upon him witO an interest kecucr tnan ever man aroused. His own countrymen have looked upon nim long and lovingly, but through Strained and blinded eyes. Uo has not yet been clearly seen, nor will ho bo until the eye can bear his light. Abraham Lincoln is still uuknown. Llis measure has not beCn taken. The wonder of his work has not boin com prehended. Iiis history has not been written. To estimato what he ac complished is the/ work of tho future. To i.um' his praises aud exalt his name will always be the inspiration of poets and orators. Tho American puoplo can coueoive no greater ambition, anu can achieve no higher distinction, than to bo deemed worthy of bis servieeano sacriflco. Unlettered aud untraveled, ho was the best informed man of bis time, lie seemed to bo superior to the approved methods of education and independent of the ordinary mental processes, lie had an intuitive grasp upon tho real significance of evory public question, and an apparently prophetic compre hension of tiie obscure aud complicated issues of the future. in his Intal tectual composition there wero ele ments both good and evil, but tho vast re. ources aud varied attributes of his mind wero concentrated aud loeussed on tho great principles of justice, truth and mercy. His words were tho lit vehicles of his thoughts and bonce his public utterances are tho ch.-. ies of tholanguage. He was distinctly human, with all that phrase implies, but between the base of Iiis physi. ?1 oxistonco and the crown of his intellectual life, there was iuoluded all that is grand in human nature, from the brawn of tho slavo to the dream of tho prophet. He was fitted for action in tho forest hovel or the court of kings. Tho qualities of his mind charmed equally tho dolt and the seer. He astonished the philosophic mind with tho keenness of Uis logic and tho scope of his compre hension, no made clear to tho sim plest intellect the most complex pro position. His stylo frequently blendod the beauty and strength, tho simplicity and sublimity, of tho Hebrew prophets and poets. Nothing in our language can exceed the tender tono and delicate touch of these pathetic words found in his first inaugural: "Tho 'mystic chords of memory which stretch from every battlefield, and from every pat riot's grave, shall yield a sweeter music when touched by tho angels of our better nature." This is a veritable poem in throo sentences. The elo quence of his Gettysburg oration is lairly Addisonlan. Impartial criticism can suggest no improving bubstitute for a single expression used in that wonderful though exceedingly short speech. It required only a few minutes for its delivery, but while Edward Everett's three-hour's oration, with its labored rhetoric and studied declama tion, is practically forgotten, those few, simple, beautiful and inspiring w<rds, breathing the warmth and pathos of a noble nature and a sympa thetic heart, will live so long as elo quence wedded to patriotism and hu manity shall survive. In human atTalrs he had no sphoro to till. He filled all spheres. Ho was the heir^of tho human race, and ho came into the world endowed with all its gifts. He was all that is strong and rugged : all that is beautiful and render. Ho was tho granite and the moss fern ; tho soa crag and the thistle down ; tho oak and tho ivy. BILIj AKI? L1OOII8 BACKWARD. Ho Tells About Hie Old Know Nothing Party to Which 11? Belonged. Experience Is a good schoolmaster. I was ruminating about tho schemes and tricks of tho politicians who hanker after oflico and my memory vent back to tho old know-nothing party during tho 50 s, and how the politicians pulled too wool over my ?yos and involgted mo in. I wasyoung then and easily fooled. Hut I was J read fully in earnest, for I reelly fear ;d that foreigners were about to take tho country and that Roman Catholic*, -vould soon get in power through the Irish vote and tho Spanish inquisition would bo roviv u and the uevil be turned loooo lor 1,000 years. And so I joined, and thev made mo ;ui lillii't'i I nid gave mo a long sword and I guard, od tho door and my insignia was a white regalia with tho motto: "Put none but Araorioans on guard to night." I (.ell you I felt proud and 1 full responsi ble for the preservation of political and rolfgious liberty. I would havt foUgbt panthors and wildcats and go rillas. Ia fuot. I wanted to fight some thing, for tho know-nothing pross ant) Know-nothing orators and knov-notb ?ng preachers had got us aroused to desperation and 1' oould hardly keep my hands oft an Irishman when I met :itm in tho street. Evory proaohor in town joiued and Brother Caldwell and Brother Stil 1 weil wero made ohaplains mil they prayed long and earnestly foi our country and its hallowed lnatltu tions. Oh 1 It was solemn and serious. Bui one nlgbt it was proposed to ohoo.-e ()? 1' gates to go to a convention to nomi nate a candidate for oocgretfl and it leaked out thai a man was to be nomi nated who bad no moral standing in the community, but he was rich and bad used bis money freely and we b ?? gan to smell a mioo. About that time Alex Stephen? took the field agalns our order and I never heard suoh a ?P'jeoh in my Ufa. He everlastingly Km basted our leaders for trying to fool tho people und ho mudu us demo crats feel as mesa as a dug lor ever ( having lallen Into tho trap. Uofure that 1 really thought I was doing (tod's Her vice in helping good patriots to save tho country. One dark night I told my wife a lk w.bout having urgent busi ness at my otllco and wouldont bo back until lato, very late, und I wont out six miles in tho country to an old mill house on Silver crock. Half a dozen oQioers went along with mo and wo instituted a branch ludgo up in too garret of the old mill and got covered all ovor with cobwebs and Hour, and next morn ing my wife got up Urst and looked at my clothes. She ruminated for a minute aud then remarked: "Had to go to mill last night I soo. 1 didn't know that tho Hour was out." For some time I had boon a suspect with her about this ollice business at night, for every time a know-nothing meeting was called little three cornered red papers wero Been on tho sidewalks about town, aud it was norated around that tho know-nothings wore to moot that night. Tho next day our wives compared notes and found out that nearly all tho meu had business down town that night Can't fool these women. They don't like secret socle ties no how. A good faithful wlfo doesout like anything that gets in bo twoen hor and bur husband. Sho has no secrets from him and ho ought not to havo any (rem her. Not long after we wore married 1 joined a secret socloty, aud when she got to looking ever my under garments to seo if tho buttons woro ab right, she discovered that tho buokels wero gone, and 1 eouldor.t explain it to hor satisfaction, liut sho found out from somo other woman, and whenever I got a new pair ol drawers sho asked mo if I diden't want tho buokels cut OlT. Woll, tho know-notning party died early in these parts, for too pooplo found out that it was a political scheme to get into otllie. Just so tho political! got into the Farmers' Alliance and look chargo of it, and they got up an Oeala platform and a big suHreasury scheme whereby groat warohousus were to bo built by the government in every.con gressional district where tho farmers could store tho.r cotton and corn and oats and sorghum and potatoes and pumpkins, and draw money ou them and hold them in tho warehouses uu til tho price went up. One of tho leaders declared in a public speech ut Macon that thoy were going w> hold tho cotton until it went to 15 cents, and he made the people believe it, and they rolled him Into Congress by a tidal wavo. Tho Alliance looked upon law yers as suspects and not lit to hold of fice nor (itton to got litton, and so one lawyer sold bis iawbooks and nurned the bridge behind him and joined Gideon's band and swallowed thoOe;iia platform, subtrensury and all, and the confiding people rolled him into Con gress. But ho suffered a relapse in due time and bought more law books, and now tho last condition of that man Is worse than tho llrst. Another law yer swallowt d tha platform bonoB and skin and ran for Congress on it and got awfully beaten and has never been elected since to any otiico by tho peo ple and to my opinion never will ho. It is ju^t as old Abe Llncon said "You may fool all tho people some of the time, and you may fool some of tho peo ple ail the timo, but you can't foul all the people all tho time." Now, tho common people, tho farm ers and mechanics and toilers, arc gen erally unsuspecting and credulous, aud when a smart, shrowd politician talks sweet and n.co to them tbey are In clined to boliovo him, but what lawyer of any pretensions or respectability every believed In the Ocala platform or tho 8ubtreasury scheme or "some thing better'." Of course, any states men who was tit to hold efllce knew that it was utterly imprueticablo and would bankrupt tho government to build warehouses and advance uiuney on crops, but it was a hobby on which to rido into ollice and fooling the peo ple was of no consequence No, 1 wouldont trust any man who would do < b or has done it. Another way to fool the people is to form little secret, rings in every county and divide out tho county olliees and each ring man must got his henchmen bo at the courthouso on convention day aud help elect delegates who belong to tho ring. Tho goo 1, easy, unsuspect ing people don't.know anything about It and before they know it the whole county is committed to a man tho peo ple diden't want. Tho men who con trol aro smart and they are politically unscrupulous and all togother they mt<ko a powerful combine. Tho ofllces bt long to tho people and It is a prostitution of power to till them for personal advantage. Iiut profes sional politicians till do It from the president down and this is political corruption. Ono day in my Indigna tion I remarked in a crowd "We aro a nation of political tricksters," and an oflico seeker close by whisp< red, "Call no names, Bill; call no names." Bn.l, Alii*. ?It Is not only in Prosperity, S'tuth Carolina that sacred concerts excite comment for tho citizens of K rth. Scotland, aro excited over a fcacrid concert which was held In that city on a recent Sunday. Tho town council held a special meeting to consider the matter. Spoakiug on behalf of the Sabbatarians, ono member declared that tho rospectablo inhabitants bad been shocked by tho occurrence. An o.he.r councillor maintained that it was far bottor for young men and wo men to attond a sacred coneort thah "to bo gallvanting up and down the streets on Sunday evening using strong language that grated upon tho ear." Which remark does not seem compli mentary to thoy young people of P? rth. He added tuo statomont that tho magistrates had dono more good In sanctioning tho concert than all the sermons proachod In 1'orth that Sun day. A Fatal S-Hder-Wefc. When a fly acci dentally gets caught in a spider's web, the ?pl der goes calmly about the work of stcwrltje bit prey. He doean'l hurry particularly. Ha takes hia time and *~t .t. t-i , bind? firat the fly's ft.!. ? Men h,B w,,ny "nd h,B <-tb* body. S2h Jt!,d7?????"'l>tion. It haa a web-th. web of trivial disorders neglected When1 rm"n LC(,1r,(lysl,"nblM "*0 thatw?con E8 o? r uiatiack" hl9 ?tomach, Ilten hU ?,ht"hls '?W then everyorgan in his body. Many doctors aaaert that when " Ki8? Tai"'?"' dead,?J"b 'her? haveP t?,K A" .? mi-take. Thousands have testified to their recovery from thia ?amJa LtJ,e,r ''""f' t0**th? will, their , n ,B dd?? and Photographa, appear Sal?* *v*J " Common Sen.e MedWl Ad' r>r PJ^Ji1.. ^e!",edy?L"^ 9aved them waa ?.r? JiCC 1 Golde" Medical Diacovtry. It tiWu t per <*9r o{ a1J ca,e" of eonsump! to Vt' t.TV, ?? cond,t'ona that lead up LniM?.rtJS the *^at hlood-maker, flesh builder and germ-ejector. Drumrlats sell it "Your 'Favorite Prescription' cured my IHM? girl, seven yearn old, of St. Vitus's dance," writes Mr*. A R. Looml?, of Walnut Or<T*e, Rtdwood Co., Minn. " She could not feed herstlf, nor Ulk. Thal wan fifteen year* ago. I have ilwaya had great faith in your medicines ever ?Ine?. I had a terrible cough, and my friends thought I had consumption. I took the 'Golden Mtdlcal Discovery' and it cuted my cough, and now I do ray h on sew y k. I have always praised your med icine and would II'..? to have your ^Common Sense Medical Advhxr.' 1 enclose stamps." Over a thousand pages of good home medical advice free. Send twenty-one one c-nt stamps, to cover mailing only, to World's Dispensary Medical Asaoclstion. Btiffnlo, N. Y., for a paper-covered copy of lit Pierce'a Common Sense Medicsl Ad? vlM-r. Cloth binding ten ceuta eatrs. A ?erttable medical library la one volume, ?lua|rate4 with aft JOO ajafravl?tp, Tili* MC 1 1 1;KS OF CALUOUN. An Admirable Opportunity tu Have | Valuable Correspondence l'ubltwl - ed. Governor Ellerbo baa received the following letter from J. Franklin Jameson of Providence, U. L, cbalr rnan of tbo blatorical manuscripts com mission of the American Historical as sociation : Dear Sir?Understanding tbat thoro will shortly bo a meeting of the trua toes of tbo Clemson Agriculti>~al col lego, I intend to lay before tbem an application for permission to make his torical use of thobO papers of Mr. John C Calhoun, which are in their posses sion. 1 bog leave to explain to you in advance the project which i have In mind, and to ask your kind aid In furthering that project. My old friend Mr. Cbauning M. Ward, formerly gen eral manner of the South Carolina rail way, bids mo use his name as un In troduction to you. This commieslon, of which 1 am chairman, was established by the American Historical association, two years ago. Tbo American Historical association, being atliiiated with the Smithsonian, is in a aense a urovcrn luont institution, und, embracing iiiuiu bora in ull parts of tbo country, is na tiuuui and non-sectional in character. The work of tbis commission is to bring to light important historical manuscripts, of interest to the country as a whole. Some of the most impor tant of such materials wili bo printed oacli year by the association in its an nual report to the S mthsonlau. 1 mean that this shall be oue of the most important branches of the association's work. Our first report is just printed. 1 bavo ordered a copy of it to bo sent to you. But as it may bo delayed, 1 sund herewith a separate copy of the rept rt apart from the accompanying documents. The report willshow you, more fully than 1, can do in a letter, what our plans are ; and the full vol ume, with the documentary material in it, will, when it reaches you, show you how wo deal witli documents that wo coucludo to print. Wo mean to keep up a high standard of excellence in editing, of which, as managiug edi tor of the Au orican Historical Review from its beginning, 1 may fairly claim to bavo had some experience. Our second volumo is now being prepared I for tbo preBB. At a recent meeting tbo commission undoccd a plan I bavo had in mind for somo time, for making our next great object the preparation and printing, through tbo government printing of fice, of a thorough and scientific edi tion of the correspondence of Johu C Oalhoun. I think no ono who appre ciates what Mr. Calhoun was and what ho did for this country, no ono who cares for tho history and glory ol South Carolina, can doubt that such an edition ought to bo made before loug. Tbo chief masses of such mate rial are those in tho possession of the college and those possessed by Mist Calhoun. Miss Calhoun has expresseu tho warmcbt desiro to aid my project, and has generously olT*;red me great facilities. Of course if I were to at tempt a first-class edition I shouli. rake the country for other Calhoun letters: I think I have somewhat un usual facilities for getting bold of them. Hut after all it appears ttiat the main mass is at tho college. A dozen or so years ago, when 1 was a junior professor at tho John Hopkins university at Baltimore, Col. Clemson asked mo to come down to Fort Hill and make such use as l wished of these papers, but * could not come then and soon after ho died, and I was called to Providence. Nor did I seo any way by which tho expenses'?! such a project could bo defrayed, until tho establish ment of this commission. This bccuib to give opportunity to do tho thing under national auspices aud in scientific shape. I shall ask tho permission of the trustees to make use of the material in their hands for this purpose, if tho request bo granted I engage to do tho work of editing, in a manner be fitting tho reputation of the associa tion and wortny of tho historical im portance of the task. The association would defray all expenses out of its own treasury, aud tho printing would be done by tho government. 1 wish it distinctly understood that I am not to receive a cent for anytntng I do. All my work for this comm. sion is gratui tous work, done because I wish to advance tho knowledge of American history. I sincerely hopo that I muy have your lnlluential voieo in favor of tho project. I suppose tho papers aro exposeu to somo chance of destruction, and 1 do cot doubt the trustees wish to havo these records of Carolina's great statesman preserved in parch mont forir. If it wero their djslro to seo me about the matter, I could come down about March 20. Indeed, my only chance to go so far from my duties in Urown university (in which I am nrofessor of history) would bo between March 18 and March 31. 1 hopo I havo not wearied you by so long a letter ; but I am very ardently interested In tho matter, and 1 hope that this will bo my Butllcient apology. Believe mo, very respectfully yours, J. L Jamkson. Tho letter will bo referred to the trustees, who will probably accede to tho requ.st. This seems to bo an ad mirablo opportunity to havo tho Cal houn correspondence published in good form. THE WOMEN OF CAROLINA. A Beautiful Tribute to Our Women Which Was Writteu by an Italian Poet. Capt. W. A. Courtonay, of Nowry. has rt published tbo " Tribute to Caro linian women, from the Italian poet and historian, ICaro Botta, translated by the lato Mary Bates of Charleston, S. 0.. 1850." Capt. Courtonay's edition is printed in Fluzover typo upon old parchment, and is issued in that un selfish and patriotic spirit which char acterizes his many sorvlcos to the preservation of South Carolina history Tho following is tho text : " I n that tierce, struggle, tho wnr of tho American Revolution, tho women of Carolina pr sented an example of fortitude more than manly. I know not tho history, ancient or modorn, which has recotded a story of devotion ??xcoedingor equalling that exhibited by these heroic beings to thoir Ameri can country. Far from considering tho -ipithet, a reproach, they gloriod and - xultcd in tho name of Rebel Women. ''Instead of frequenting publio re sorts of gay ;ty and amusement, they repaired to tho sides of the ships and to other places where tholr husbands, brother*, eons and frlonds wero held prisoners, and sought by every art to sustain and animate them. 1 Be firm,' they said ; 'yiold not; prefer prison to ignomy, and death to servitude ; look on A merles, OUT beloved con id ry ; cherish tho hopo that your suffering will hasten and secure priceless liber ty ; bo martyrs, but martyrs In a cause hcfed to man and grateful to God ' By Buoh words did these heroic*women ?litigate tho sutTerlngs of tho unhappy prisoners. " When '.he British oflicers in tholr I dazzling rfc<?all? assembled at a mili tary festival Ov gay concert their en I tTtainments and tho Invaders them selves win ' regarded with contempt by these spirited women. But whan a prisoner, an officer of the American M-niy came into Charleston, Immedi ately be was received with courtesy, And followed by every mark of distinc tion and deferenoe. "While some of these devoted wo men retlred-to the most secluded ap artment to weep and mourn over the fortune of thoir belovtd country, others so encouraged and. inspired (heir bus bands and relatives, when wavering and irresolute*, that they proforrod tho discomforts of exllo to tho lode gcncks | of home. ?' Not t. few of tho Carolina weinen | wero bo hated by th? British, on ac- j count of their constancy, that they Buf fered the con II-cation ?>f their property and banidbmcnt from tbolr country. When thin band of patriots bado adieu to their husbands and brotbois, they exhibited no sign of weakness, but {ircsouted an examplo of masculine or cmlnlnu firmness,?I know not whloh In their caBO to say. With unwaver ing fortltudo they lott their native shores, departing In prison-ships to a distant land. " Many born and educated in tho midst of wealth, not only renounced its advantages for themselves and fam ilies, but engaged In eoarso labors and | performed tho most menial services. This they did not only with resigna tion, but with joy. Thoir example was Inspiring ; aud it is owing, principally, to the firmnosB of tbeso patriotic Caro linians that tho name as well as tho love of liberty was not extinguished In the Southorn States. From this the Knglish know that thoy wero ongaged In an enterprise much more difficult than they had at firBt imagined. For tho sureBt sign of success in a public enterprise, as well as tho most decided proof of tho united opinion of a nation > Is that woman has engaged in that i enterprise with all tho powers of nor , Imagination, which, although when calm is raoro yielding and variable than that of man, is when excited and enkindled, more tenacious and power ful." NEGRO FREEMEN. av1iat (ink OF Til Kill KACK SAYS ABOUT Til km. L'rof. Booker T. Washington, the head of the colored industrial college at Tuskegcc, Ala., has just contributed a most interesting and significant ar ticle to the Independent, and it is worthy of note that he does not t'uul the negro improved after more than thirty years of freedom. On the con trary, he finds the race, taking it as a whole, less lespectable and less efficient than it was under slavery. Tnere are eases in which colored nicn have ac quired a showy and nunc or less useful education, Out the masses of the color ed people have not advanced in any important repect. "I would be the last to apologize for the cur.-c of slave ry," says Mr. Washington, "but I am simply stilting the I acts. Before the war if a Southern white i tan wanted a house or bridge built he consulted a ItOgro mechanic about the plan. If he wanted a suit of clothes or a pair of shoes, it vas to t lie negro tailor or shoemaker that be talked. Every large slave pla itation in the South was, in a limited sense, an industrial school. On these plantations there were scores of jou.ig Colored men and women who were constantly being trained, not only as common farmeis, but us carpontets, blacksmiths, wheolwr'ghis, plasterers, blickmisons, engineers, bridge build ers, cooks, dressmakers, housekeepers, more in one county thai! now iu the whole city of Atlanta." The object of main importance is, in Prof. Washington's opinion, to make the negro a potent factor in our eco nomic equal ion?not to tea<'h him Latin and Greek, which avail nothing in the struggle for existeuce, but to prepare him for usefulness and self-supporting iu actual life. ''One of the saddest sights I ever saw," he says, "was the placing of a SiJOU rosewood piano in a country school in the Souih that was situated in the midst of the black belt. Am I arguing against the teaching of in strumental music to the negroes in that Community? Isot at all, only I should have deferred those music lessons about (went* live years. * * * In the black belt community where this piano wem loni tilths of the people owned no land, many lived in rented one-room cabins, many were in debt for food supplies, many u orlguged their crops for the food on which to live, and no one had a bank account." Sensible people Hill agree with l'rof. Washington when he assets that what thC80 negro children chiefly needed was practical instruction, which they could turn to good account in the trades and occupations open to then. G.?od cooks, good carpenter*, masons, blacksmiths, seamstresses, fanners, washerwomen, Ac., are iu demand everywhere. Who wants colored youths who can translate Virgil aud play the "Maiden's Prayer" upon the piano ? Prof. Washington is right. The negro is not bettered by a shabby 'smat tering of the classics and by just enough knowledge of the higher branches to make him impudent and discontented. lie can do nothing with his hall-way education after he receives it. T* e same is true of the whites, or of ninety-nine out of a hundred of them, who emerge from the public schools with learning which they can not make useful to themselves or any bo ly else, and wlich represents onh a wasteful and improper expenditure of the public funds. But it is especially true of the negroes, for they are only on the thrcshhold of their social evolu tion, and they heed, above all other things, the ground work of material prosperity. They get this at the Tuskegeu institute and they become useful ar.d respected members of the community, l'rof. Washington is an honor and a ciedit to his race?the worthiest, the wisest, and the most potent leader they have ever had.? Wushinyton Vast. Novkl Cuke for Rheumatism.? The Russian peasants, more espe cially those residing in the neighbor hood of Moscow, have a peculiar and original method of treating themselves for 1 kit bane of mm kind, rlieumatbin. Many euros, even in very had cases, are, it Is claimed, effected by making the patient lake ant baths. The manner of preparing these baths it as follows : An anthill is sought , and, when found, a sack is filled with auis, ants' oggs, and, if it he consid ered necessary, a certain quantity of the earth which composes the hill. The Sack is then clos d hermetically and carried to the home of the sufferer. A warm bath is alieady prepaied here, and the sack is plunged bodily into the hot walor. Soon this latter begins to give off a peculiar pungent odor, char acteristic of formic acid. Tho bath is now ready for the patient's immersion. The action of the bath on the skin is one of inteusc in itation, and the result seems to be a drawing out of the evil, und the consequent disappearance of lie rheumatic pains. It is advisable for anyone who m-iy t)o tempted to try this remedy lo he a: el'il not to rerrain too long in the suit bl?h, as tho consequences might ho a total disorganization of the skin, which would peel off, due to the violent action of the acid. H. W. BALt> I.. W. HIM KINS. W. W. BALI. BALL, HIMK1K8 & HALL, Attornoyti at Laar, Laurbns, South Carolina. Will practice In all Htate and United Htntot) Court? Special attention given Collections Royal makes tb* *?d pure, wholesome and dcllclou?. POWDER Absolutely Pure ROVAl CAKINO rOWOtR CO., HtW YORK. GEORG E WASH I Nv ITON. In the history of the new world one star in the whole galaxy of noble names stands and shines aloro far above all others in magnitude ami splendor. The name of George Washington will always be tho synonym for the highest and purest patriotism, of the most exalted and gifted statesmanship. His name will always be enshrined in the hearts of ids countrymen, and his words of wisdom and deeds of valor will be wreathed with the evergreen of im mortal reverence and giatltudo by the lovers of liberty and the champions ol human rights throughout the civilized world. His mind was one of the greatest of any age. Head his famous "Letter to the Governors," issued .June 18, 1873, iu which he outlined the essentials of the existence and perpetuation of the United States as an independent power, and then say whether he did possess the attributes of the highest states manship and most brilliant leadership ! Thou peruse his UF rew?dl to the Atiny," on November 2, 1783 ; his "Resignation of Commiwdon, on De | cember 23, 1783 ; b's "I . ugural Ad dre?8," on April 30, lt-cl), ..nd bis touching and inspiring "Farewell Ad dre-s" of September 17, 171)0, declin ing a ren?unination and announcing bis permanent retirement to private life, and one cannot but be impressed with the fact that here was a man of the first order ol* grcalness. When the intelligence of Washing ton's death i cached Europe, Napoleon ordered that the young Republic of France should go iuto ten days' mourn ing for the Father of tho Anicric in Republic. That magnificent orator, M. de Fontanes, dchveiedau eloquent eulogy over the American hero and patilot in the Temple of Mars. Talley rand, who was the. Minister of Foreign Affairs, drew up and published an elaborate and eloquent declaration of ?he reverence and lespcct of the French nation for Washington's life, and her profound grief at his sudden death. About the same time the Hags upon the conquering fleet of England were lowered to half mast in token of regret for the same sad event which had caused the armies of France to wear the customary badges of mourning. Here were two great notions fiercely strugglng wiih each other for suprem acy OD land and sea, Slopping short in the desperation of war lo honor the memory of the unostentatious but no less distinguished lirst President of the young American Republic. Since that time the whole wo:Id has paul tribute to both his goodness and ins gr? atness, to his purity and his patliolisui, lo his genius upon the field and his um ribig sagacity in the Cabinet. Around other leaders of men, sharp i controversies have m is. n and tho have their partisans and enemies after death, a? when living. Washington bad a few enemb s when living, but in death he seems to stand above all COUflict, and superior to all malice. He stands as a type of the loftiest manhood and the most disinterested patriotism, and has stamped himself (loop upon the imagination of mankind, lie rises up from the dust of history as aGreck statue conies pure and serene, from the earth in which it may have lain for centuries, and to-day, holding in grateful remem brance his glorious example, may wo swear upon that altar, win mo first fires were kindled by bis clean baud-, to in.ike our country as pure and go ?1 and pi cat as it was within bis purpose and ambition to have it !-? Wool lie vor (I. At a recent farmers' institute, in N'rw York, one of I lie speakers nariatcd n case where the cause of bad milk from a herd remained Ulldhtcovcd for some lime, but was eventually found to be bad water. There was good, clean, running water in the pasture,hul there was also a slough that was tilled with foul, putrid water, and several of ihe cows had contracted the habit of I'rink uig it in preference to the pure water. A fence was put around (he slough to prevent the cows from getting at it, and the milk came right. The hidden! shows that <hc natural in-iinet und supposed preference of cows for clean, pure water is not always to be trusted, and that it is the dairyman's bu*i<)css not only to provide good water for the herd, but also to see that they drink it and no other. The Columbia Register says : "Mr. J. C. Welborn, who has been lo Wash ington attending a meeting of the Na tional Alliance, has returned to the city. lie says the mecli.ig was a very satisfactory one in all respects. The matter of the price of cotton and of cotton acreage was discussed, bul nothing definite was done. The. sub alliances generally will disi U88 the mat ter, as will also ihe Southern alliance conventions, to be held in duly. Mr. Welborn was clocted one o (lie executive committecmeu, and he will have that matter in charge. Ho ex pects to visit several Southern Stales during the summer in the interest of tiie cotton growers." It is an easy matter to become land poor. This condition results from grasping at everything in sight. The farmer soon (Inda himself burdened with more acres than he can properly handle. Hut interest and taxes go merrily on just the same. The (pics Lion is, dor s it pay ? Wo are glad to lay that tiie tendency in this direction has had a setback in recent years. From lb!s tinio forward farmers will be inclined U\ keen smaller holdinos of lands, looking more closely lo the mothods by which each acre may he made to produce an income that will leave something over for n rainy day when the expense hills have all been paid. When the popular disposition is onco well set in this channel it w ill he fir bettor for the fanning interests of of tho country. ?Words, money, all things else are comparatively easy to give away, but; when a man makes a gift of bis dally life and (practice, it is plain that the truth, vfhatovor lt.may be, has taken poesofttUn of him. 1 ?"I hear your father is engaged In tho iron business at Chickamauga. Does ho mako ear wheels or boiler plater"' ''Oh, no, be makes war r<. In s ' W. K. MAKTI>, Attorney at Linv, Lauuenb, - South Carolina. Will practice In nil Courts of this State Attontion given to eolleetlons. h. y. simpson. C. il UARKSDALf SIMPSON ?V UARKSDALIO, Attorneys hi Law, lauiikns, SOUTH carolina Special attention given to the investi j gation of litb-s and collection of claims SOU T.I RAILWAY Dond*,,^.! <?, ,,f rR?.n<.P Trm\y In Kit o> .1 i iiinry 10, ls?S. Northbound Lt Atlnuta ? " Atlaulu K ! * Norrro** " RtjfoM " Gataatvi " Ult... Ar Cornelia Lt Ml. Airy " T???*a... 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A r "P, jo & a ss U U a i I1?M ?-inp-u? inrir3 -irgrp~i3 Nka I? ?? iits in it I-T5I {-2 rimilaiiton. Ar|^yi>|1^ ? iDof?t?bta A tio?. t-nnttia. . .. U?it?n... . Jii'ip.tII)? .. Fannlst, . ftpartanbttra; h(iirn?nl>iira A >h?vt)l4... STATIONS p in I.rlll 4Lai A. 111 ts?: Lvl ij?aj 1961, "A." a. m. earrj ?<i?(r?nt Pniiu*? Miil.m and AnhcvUlSv ivtll* iu.U Cluoia Train? tl and 10 ateoptnf car* bet weeu Cl ?nroulsdailj Ut?t<n Jnoki tat I. Train? leavr Spar innburtf. A. A O. <tlv1i?lo?. northnonnd. fi:B7 a. in.. b:4i p. in.. 6;U ft m., iVestib?l? LlnUtad); sor'l.bonud 18:M a. *. . :16 p. m.. ll :B1 n. m . (Ve-Hiibul* LtmitaA.1 Truliii MreanvlP*. A. and O. ql>drtna>, poi tkboaud. } a i bl p- m anA 6 :W p. at* IVunibul*d Liiiiltru) * amiutbotuid. I KM a, as.. 4j*jv> ra., 11 &> p. in i VaallbolM Uisutaat). rullninn fcervlc*. Pull in nn palaci* ? ? .-pins carl on Trains Mst*v4 ?A, 87 ar.d 88, on A inj C. division, Vf. H. OKER! . J <<cn. Snparl I? n*> n%, Waaliirir/i <u, 1) 'J. W / . L Elk 0. II. HARUWIC3L t. ' r'l. AslUsn ri-i irl D C AU.viUv. At Ti?m? Kyi Wsi.hlr.Ktoa, ? O W. H.Gibbes & Co., Dealers in all kinds of cs ami -SQ4 Okuvais St ICS. ?O >r UM?IA, s. C. STATE A3EN I S FOR Iviclclell & Co. We ate headquarters lor the best ip^g J^^har. CHARL': he best threslting machine on the market, Now is the time to buy. Get our prices. They will interest yoU. Studebaker Wagons, ) Leaders in Deering Harvesting Machines.) Their Lines." ~Who is Will Whitener ? pIe is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver. -IN BENDELLA HOTEL. MALS BY & COMPANY, " 57 S. FORSYTH 3T. ATLANTA, GA. -GkNGRATj Aohnts Kult Er e City Iron WorKs, The Geiser Manufacturing Company The New Birdsa'1 Comnanv, Munter Improved ^vstem for Ginning Cotton, R II ?e & Company, Henry Disston & ? Rons James Ohlen ?Sc S>ns, fiardner Governor Company, iVnberliiv Injeclui Cuuiij.iii>.