Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PI F,EDTO Fthe -ers. cry rs hbor ed, better aself. The is a plain tof factsby a farmer in the of his- fellow laborers. We the farmers of Newberry y have learned the lesson and d eadeavoring every year to be. more independent, ard are try. 16 'live at home. Cotton, it is i the money crop and is the staple of our Southern Country, 1 Shat is the sense of continuing s ehis money crop, and buy our d bacon, when it costs more 11i y these than we get for our As long as that plan is prac. 'r farmers will continue to poorer. Take the money men te farmers of Newberry and they are those who raise itis true, but they live at homie and when their cotton is sold, ney does not go to pay for already consumed but to the of their bank accounts. THE NEW RALROAD. publish elsewhere an article Ahe Columbia Register showing Nadvant3ges and the feasibility of projected Columbia, Newberry ~.1aurens railrota. The country 46 which this road is proposed to ~8Qzis a goo&one and well adapted building. It will place hia and Charleston much near th , up country, and if the line ibe carried through the moun -much nearer to the WVest. Co and Charleston,as well, should themselves in this enterprise, it shogld fail, and the Augusta -Newberry la built, Augusta will a large part of our cotton and ~trade which we would prefer to the cities of our own State. people all along the proposed aevery much stirred up and to mean business. We hope .leaders in this enterprise will ~ he enthusiasm up and continue shthe good work until the road an asured success. The business of Nebberry and Prosperity will the enterprise a liberal hand. of our space was taken up eek with the annual reports of Aeasurer and School Commis ,and the week before the Commissioners' report was .Every tax payer should these reports and thus see ihis money goes. We have one to find with these reports, how and it is this. It is not stated what purpose th~e money is paid; istance, the pay to the Sheriff not state whether it was for prisoners, railroad expenses, and then if a claim is trans itappears paid in the name of and not the one who the services. We thin k the of the County Commissioners emore satisfactory if it had litte more specific, and we do -ti ik such a plan would take e are time or occupy any more We do not make this sugges we think there is any 'ong with the report, but we just like to know the amount -ypaid for certain purposes; , we would like to know constables of Trial Justices, -county. conrse these statements for e the money is paid, would ~ieto be maEle in the report of' the sty Commissioners, for the Treas-; makes his report upon the war uts issued by the Commissioners. School Commrissioners report the names of the teachers to' onywas paid. PIIl th we~ suggestj totor E. M~ B~f~iradley removet have Col. "Mr. Bradley answers hij offee. submits affidavits and evidenyeand show that the charges or BraytE are ufounded., The Greenville News has secured ''new type and comes to us much im proved in appearance. We are glad to note this sign of prosperity in our ~up.eoontry daily. Its editor is bold and outspoken and a most excellent natter bas been pretty ated by the press of the With one or two exceptions unanimous sentiment seems to be that the Legislature should have provided for the enumeration. There can be no doubt that the plain man date of the constitution, which the members of the Legislature swore to obey, has been violated. A great deal of abuse has been piled on Charles ton. We think this is wrong. Char leston could not have defeated this bill alone. There is no use now to con tinue to quarrel over what should have been done, however. This is election year. - Look up the record, call your representatives to aU accounting, and if they have not looked with proper care after your interests, ask them to take a back seat, and see to it that you cast your vote for men who will watch with jealous care your inter ests. Elect men to office. ' Who their duties know, And knowing, dare maintain." We dislike to see so much talk of "up country" and "low country" and the spirit of sectionalism arising in South Carolina, but it is the legiti mate offspring of the work accom plished, or not accomplished, we should say, by our Legislature. We want to see a Legislature elect. ed against which there can be no such charge preferred, and when wat ters pertaining to the State at large come up for legislation, we hope to see them receive such consideration that is best for the whole, regardless of sectional interests. We believe that under the law the Governor should have had the census taken last year and called an exLa session of the Legislature. But he did not. and we suppose he will not this year, as we see no additional reason for his so doing. But probably the new deal that we are to -have this year will bring mat ters all straight. We see it stated by a number of our exchanges, that the Priority Lien Law passed by the recent Legisla ture is working great injury in many parts of the State. We did not fa vor the passage of the bill, and still believe it would hare been better not to have passed it, but we do not be lieve it is, or will be, the cause of any very great distress. The bill was meant as a blow at the merchant and for the protection of the landowner. We do not believe it will cause any one to "starve or emigrate," as the News and Courier seems to fear. Without the aid of the landowner it takes away from many renters their only means or getting supplies with which to run their crops, for the' mer chant, without the consent of the landowner, will not advance supplies, and risk his chances after the land owner is paid, when he has nio means of knowing the extent of the land owner's claim. But the landowners want their lands worked, and in many cases they will have to consent for the merchant's lien to come iu ahead of their lien for rent, in order to get their lands worked. In this way the merchant will be more secure than under the old system. We have heard no ecmplaints from our mer chants in regard to this matter and we presume they will adopt the plan of requiring the landowner to stand aside until their liens for supplies are satisfied. We hope the time will soon come when our farmers will be independent of any system of credit, and will be able to run their farms without giving liens for supplies. This state of affairs can be attained by our farmers, and when it is, it will be far better for all concerned. There was a nice little tilt in the House of Representatives at Wash ington on last Friday between Mr. Bontelle, of Maine, and Mr. Wise of Virginia, on a resolution "calling on the secretary ol the navy for informa tion relative to alleged erasures of certain inscriptions and the dismissal of Union soldiers at the Norfolk navy yard, with an amendment extending the inquiry to dismissals made at the navy yard and lighthouse district at Norfolk during the terms of the im mediate predecessors of the present secretary of tihe navy." An attempt was made by the republicans to make p)olitical capital out of it and revive the war blood for campa'gn purposes. But in our opinion Mr. Wise got de cidedly the best of Mir. Boutelle and threw a quietus over the whole thing. Read it for yourselt. It will be found in our supp!eme~nt. The Columbia Register says the economists of the last Legislature did not accomplish anything, and gives an instance of their economy which that paper considers "penny wise and pound foolish." It is this: it order to save expense, only three hundred copies of the report of the de Dartment of agriculture were pub lished, and the supply has already been exhausted1 and applications for Copies are being received every day. You are right, there shouldl have been re published or none. The-trouble I wver, thlat the economists were end theThey began at the wrong end. Columb $60,000 being wasted on th Clmia canal had been Saved, for instance, this would have been an item worth saving. But there SOUTH CAROLINA HAS ITS EQUAL "The Atlanta Weekly COunstitution is, by large odds, the best newspaper that comes to this office; indeed, we like it better than any we have ever read, and its price is remarkably low, $1.25 a year; or $l to clubs of five or more."-Ncberry Obseree;, Jan. 21st. The Atlanta Weekly Constitution, for miscellaneous and Georgia news, is a most excellent paper; but if you want South Carolina news, and an equal aimount of general news, we submit that the Charleston Weekly News and Courier is the best news. paper published, and the HERALD AND NEWS sends it free to all of its subscribers. Charles Bradlaugh, the atheist, has been seated as a member of the Brit ish Parliament. For several succes eive sessions he has b.-en elected by the people of Northampton. but as often refused admission, in as much as the members of Parliament felt that it would be the highest mockery to attempt to administer an oath to such a man. IIe is something of an Ingersoll. The British Parliament adds nothing to its dignity ncr strength by the addition or admission of such men. A man who tramples the laws of his Maker under foot, and scofrs at the Christian religion, is not fit to be a member of such a body. Judge Hayes. of Iowa, has recently ruled that when a witness is asked if he has made purchases of liquor, he cannot be made answer it, as it would have the effect to criminate himself. By the laws of Iowa it is a crime to sell liquor, and the party who pur chases necessarily becomes a party to the crime, for without a purchaser the liquor seller could never commit the crime, or violate the law. This ruling will no doubt create some stir among the prohibitionists, if the cir duit judge is sustained by the Su preme Court. We suppose the pro hibition people will carry the case to the Supreme Court. Newberr HERALD ANi) NIwS. Grape Culture. I enclose a brief letter cut from the New York Journal of Commerce relative to wine and grape eniture in California, which I hope you may find space to re publish, as applicable to our situation at, the pre.zent time. It may serve to con vince some of their error, who think that there is no field among us for an extensive grape culture. From experi ments already made and being made in our State, notably near Col urnbia, Green ville and WaIhalla, I doubt if California has any better soil or climate for grape culture than a large portion of our State from Columbia to the mountains, while we have the advantage over her of near ness to the eastern markets for the sale of grapes as fruit. Why then should we not compete successfully with her in this important and rapidly growing in dustry? I. am very decidedly of the opinion that the money to be spent by the State Agricultural Bureau to en courage the production of tobacco, would be more wisely spent in encouraging the production of wine. Besides, I regard the grape and wine industry as perhaps the most important temperance move ment we can adopt. Give us good and pure wine at 20 to 40 ce nts a gallon and we will see far less "beastly intoxica tion." I send also a clipping from the News and Courier on the same subject. B. O.1). THE CALIFORNIA VINTAGE. To the Editor of the Journal of Commerce : SAN FRANCIscO, Jan. 12, I880.-The season is thus far auspicious. Present prospects favor abundant crops on the Pacitic slope. A well founded appre hension prevails that unless our surplus fruit can be marketed east of the Rocky Mountains, this industry will have a set back. An organization is being perfect ed to give a better method to fruit ship ments, with a promise of reduced freight by rail. Its results may be important. The present year will probably inaugu rate a new era in the wine trade. If un toward conditions do not supervene, the product of wine in 1386 will not be less than 25,000,000 gallons and may reach 30,000,000. In t885 it reached only 7000,000, when it should have been 20,000,000. The failure wa -due to a grape trouble known by the French as coluet-a falling off of the fruit in its nascent stage. The deficit has had the effect to advance the price of wine, and will pretty well deplete -cellars before the next vintage. In crude state at vine yards Mission now commands 20 to 30 cents, and red Zcafedel from 30 to 40 cents per gallon, nearly double last year's prices. It is from the large num ber of newly planted vines coming into bearing that so great an mecrcased product is expected the next vontage. Should this reach the anticipated amount it will necessarily reduce the price of wine, and increase its consumption, and as this increase will continue from year to year, as other young vines come into b)earing, wine will soon be as abundant and cheap in the United States as in France and Italy. Wine can be made in California at a living profit for 10, cer tainly at :2 cents a gallon. Can eastern vineyards compete with these prices? Again, what effect will prohibition have upon the wvine indastry of California and what effect will that industry have upon prohibition ? California wine is destined to improve in quality and increase in quantity, unless proibil,ion is a factor of more importance than I think it is.. A sound, dry wine in dietetic consumption, while it promotes health and sobriety,1is the most potent antagonist to the use o'i distilled spirits, and may yet solve thi temperance problem. FBOM THE NEWS AND COURIEE. The fruit business of California is a large item in the productions of that State. From statistics compiled in Sac rameto it appears that during nine months of last year 2,145 carloads of lemos, limes, oranges and other green fruits were sent from California to east er points. The wine yield, a very poor one, is estimated at 7,500,000 gallons. But for the rotting of the grapes it would have reached double that quantity. Tie area in California devoted to vines is 150,000 acres, and it is steadily in creasing. Raisin culture has of late years attracted much attention, and thme product of raisins is constantly aug muening. It is estimated that the crop of last year was 400,000 boxes. T) pack of, canned fruits, chieyap 'ts,' TEACHERS' DEPARTM INT. C. W. WELCH, A. X., EDITOR. Programme of Next Meeting of Teachers' Association. The following programme will be the special order for the next meeting of the Teachers' Association, which will be held in the Newberry Female Academy building on the sixth of February proximo: The Model School loiwe, by J. E. Caldwell. The Necessity of Uniformity in Text Books, by Mrs. M. E. Hall. Penmanship, by C. W. Welch. A "query box" will be prepared and teachers are requested to deposit in it whatever questions of interest they may desire to have discussed. A full attendance of teachers is con fidently expected, and everything, except the weather, promises an in teresting meeting. The Secretary will notify you by mail to be preseut; but should the notification, by mis carriage, fail to reach you, come any how. Every teacher owes it to his pupils and his patrons to attend these meetings. "The Thoughts We are Think ing Our Fathers Would Think." This question has often seriously pressed us for an answer, What must I do to become a successful teacher ? A complete answer would be a very full one. This we shall not attempt to give, but shall content ourself with emphasizing one phase alone of the answer. To be a successful teacher, thm, other essentials being understood, one must maintain the ground al ready won, and make daily advances in the direction of progress and per fection of method. The theory and the practice of teaching in all well regulated schools are as different from the schoolroom methods of a score of years ago as are Lhe social institutions of the South of '86 differ ent from the social institutions of the South of '60. - Rip Van Winkle was not more sorely puzzled or ludicrously discom fited when he returned io his native town after his long sleep of twenty years, than would Ichabod Crane be to visit the schools of tne Empire. State and witness the methods of Is successors in contrast with the stern manners and crude methods of a former age, when the dullness of a drowsy summer's day was "interrupt ed now and then by the authoritative voice of the master, in a tone of menace or command; or, perad ven ture, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of' knowledge." The world has been advancing most rapidly during the late years, and the science of pedagogics has kept pace with our modern civiliza tion. The pupil who fails to master his task, when under anm etiicient in structor, must now be a hopeless dul lard, and the master who fails to meet the troubles of his average pupil must nowv be disrobed and retired. So completely may one prepare him self, and so ample are all facilities "to rear the tender thought" that the wonder grows when we find men and women of the pre.sent age who are contented to teach as their fathers taught; and who are willing to have it said of them. 'The thoughts we are thinking, our fathers have thought.' But the day has come when our teachers must realize the necessity of using the best text books, of securing the most complete appliances, and of regarding the pupil's highest mental, moral and physical development. The day has come when the rod of the school-master aid the rage of his impatience should be used alone to furnish us with material for writing romances of school life in the olden time; and when the traditional slate frame, that used so often to ornament the school boy's neck, while the frag ments of slate lay around his feet ile 80 many distracted ideas, should be used to make a bonfire with which to enligten this ge'neration as to the new school boy and his new life. Let The Good Work Continue. The Piedmont Insp)ector has ar ranged to have a teachers' column, under the editorship of Mr. J. M. Tauikersley. TIhe editor, in his first ssue, tells us tn ehs"eu this work simply as an incentive to the teachers, pupils, &c., of our Jocal schools" A good motive. May the editor live long and his work prosper. There are now in thme State three newspapers that devote a parn af their space to school work. These papes, in the order in which the teachers' olumn was established, are the Ai derson Intelligencer, the HERALD Axn NEWS and the Piedmont In spector. If this new feature prove to be a good one, the other county a~ers will adopt it. The editors of the teachers' colunns in these three apers should exert themselves to teir utmost to convince everyone that the teachers' column is a public nceity and should have a place in evr onty paper in the State. 3lve Your Opirion of Public C Examinations. The above is one of the questions mbmitted to those applying for cer ificates to teach in the public schools y a:ing the present year. We have t aot learned the opinions of the ap plicants, but we have an opinion of i 3ur own, formed upon an experience o >f more than ten years, and the result N if sonic very close observation. That e( Dplmion we give herein, believing that C it is the correct one, at least, feeling quite sure that there is more truth w than error in it. t( In the first place, what is the pur 0! pose of the examination? It musta certainly be to test the applicant's efficiency as a teacher. But what 5s coustitutesau eltcienu teacher.1 Tle P cl answer to this is aot quite so easily given. It is very unsafe to rate a j teacher s efficiency by what he ae- s couplishes in any one community, h a for one may prove a signal failure in y 0 b this neighborhood, while in that he finds success with the same care as q in the former. One community ex- n periences great difficulty in securing f the services of a teacher that will give satisfaction. Another com munity will allow almost any one c bearing the form of man to be the t guide of its youth. So it will be as unsafe to judge a man by his popu 0 s larity as by his work. Nor may we i value, without error, the teacher's c efficiency upon the evidence furnished c by tue progress of his pupils, unless we know the capacity-and the rpti- e tude of each member of his sceol. t But all (f these indications should v have due weight, wilen, knowing the peculiar influences attending his wLrk, C we come to place un estimate upon c the teacher's efliciency. Nor may we i even judge a teacher's effikiency by the extent, the variety, and the thoroughness of his attainments. -13 may be the embodiment of all human j knowledge, an encyclopedia of his- I tory, philosophy, language, science, and the miscellanies; and yet, lack ing two essentials-the ability to im part instruction and the power to f enlist the pupil's interest, sympathy. and enthusiasm in his work-he finds hinself totally unfit for his office. But enough of the negative side of this question. WVe ask again, what constitutes an effleient teacher? If he may not be such a one, what then must he be? We answer positively. le must he a man of spotless morals, of unimpeachable integrity, of decidedly religious convictions, oft strong friendship, of patient sympa thy, of' kind disposition, of firm reso- I lution, of moral courage, and of mod est dignity. He should be a profound judge of human nature, a correct ap praiscr of mental characteristics, and 1 a diligent student. His enthusiasm for his work, his conscientious dis charge of duty, and his abiding inter est in thc successes and the failures of every pupil should find no limit,i save in mAhe circumspection with which he hedges every step of every pupil. He should have a welf' digested fund of general information, and should i obtain. clear conceptions of the few su~jects he is to teach. Reader. is our ideal too high? 1 Did you ever read of a traveler's at-1 taining the summit of Mt. Blanc by keepinug his eyes fixed on the plain below? But what of public examinations? Read the last series of questions which the State Board of Education has given, and tell us how many of the above points are determinedr thereby. We may not find a very heartyt e,nurrence in our views, but we shall advocate them because we be. t lieve they are correct. Public exam t inations of thme nature of those sub mitted to the public school teacbers of South Carolina within the last v decade are public humbugs. The e State Board appoints the County Boards of Examiners. Why then not apploint two competent practical e teachers to assist the School Comn- a missioner and require them to make v oral examinations of a scarching c kind, and personal inspection in the school room. and from these two t< sorcs decide up)on the efficiency of 1 our teachers? And pay these men 0 for their services. As it is, if we are correctly in formed, thme answersg to fifty questions, ten .mn each of I five subjects, alone constitute the crucial test of fitness or unfitness for so greaet and reponsible a work as d the teacher undertakes ! Surely, a remedy is needed. Let the teachers tl unite to demand reform and a justg standrd of values, and we shall I reap good results therefrom. Embroidery Patterns, Stamped, at g Chman's. t The SmanlGrainland the Freeze. t The recent cold spell was the most t severe weather we have had in this coun- y try in mn'y years, and we fear con- t siderable damage has been done the wheat and oats crop. Where the snow remained on the ground for some time during the cold, probably the damage; will not be great. We have made inquiry : of several farmers and most of them think' I considerable damage has been done. Especially has the late sowing of onts been almno4 completely killed. Mr. J. M. Johstonle told us he had made care- P ful examination of his crop and it wa r1 certainly killed. We hope it will not be c as bad as anticipated, and etea if it Ii kiledhat seed. oats can: be procured fore replanting a spring crop. DNGRESS AND THE S1L VER QUESTION. II. There lived about two hundred ars ago a famous Scotchian by e name of Law, who had very pe iliar ideas on finance. le had the ea that a decree of government was iite sufficient to create money, with it any regard to its intrinsic value. ot being able to get his ideas adopt I by his honest and matter of fact )untrymen, he went over to France, here he found a more imaginative ,ople, and a government in great ant of money. There he soon rose great eminence as a financier. nder his direction everything went i swimmingly for a time; but %fter vhil3 the "bubble," knoxn as the South Sea bubble" burst, and France iffered the greatest firancial crash -rhaps t.at any country was ever >mpelled to undergo. Since that me Law's name has been synoni ious with the greatest of financial Nindles. We, at the present time, ave another Scotchman occupying n important position, and who has een taking a prominent part in re aut silver discussions in the United tates Senate. Senator Beck is a an of very distinguished ability and >r whom i have been accustomed to ntertain very great respect. But I ar that he has been studying the nancial theories of his distinguished ompatriot of two centuries ago, and .at he has imbibed some of his here ies. He, like Law, seems to think iat a decree of government is quite ufficient to create money. He thinks is sufficient for the government, to oin eighty cents worth of silver and all it a dollar, to make it a dollar. ut if this theory be true and honest hy need the government stop at ighty cents worth? W by not take fty cents worth, or twenty-five cents rorth, or even coin money out of iron ud copper MiXed, like the Chinese? f it is right for the government to heat the people out of twenty cents n the dollar, why is it not right fcr L to cheat them out of fifty cents, or eventy-five cents? Where would fr. Beck and the silverites fix the imit beyond which it was not right .nd honest for the government to go? Land if the goverametut may, with propriety. do this sort of thing, why aay not individuals? If the govern aent curtails its dollars to the extent C twenty per cent., why may not the aeruhant cut off his yardstick one fth or cut down his bushel, or light :n the weights of his scales? Or if t be proper for the government to ake eighty-cent dollars, why may tot individuals do the same? Why tot change the law as Senator Teller, of Colorado, advocates, and make the oinage free? If it is honest for the ;overnment to make eighty cent dol ars and profit to the extent oL twenty er cent., surely it cannot be dlishon st for individuals to do the same. lovernmnent cannot reasonably ex ect its citizens to be more honest ,han the example it sets them. If it ietsi the example of making fraudu ct dollars it cannot expect them to hink it criininal or improper for them o do the same. But we frequently hear it said, the land silver dollar is the same as hat we have always had; that it con ains '412} grains, just the same as he dollar handed down to us by our 'daddies," and it is made to appear Ssort of reverential duty to them to -etain it the same. This statement s in one sense true, but in an >her it is entirely untrue. it is uite true that their silver dollar ontained only 412}. grains; but t is also true that they made heir dollar of full value, worth i of one hundred cents, while the land dollar is actually worth less han eighty cents. There was no aint of fraud about their dollar, vhile the Bland dollar is a most bare aced fraud. Their dollar was all it epresente3d itself to be, and was ac eptable for its face value the world ver. The Bland dollar is an object f suspicion at home and is absolutely 'ejected abroad. If we wish to show everence for our "daddies" let us nake an honest dollar as they did. But an idea seems to prevail with any, who ought to know better, that he continued coinage of silver will ake money more plentifuland easier o get hold of; and that its suspen ion would make money closer and lies still harder for us here at the outh. But they fail to explain to s what good the $1l65,00,000 in ilver lying idle in the treasury aults is doing them, er what good-it rill do thema if this eccumulation ontiues to increase up to $200,000, 00 or even $300,000,000. The ountry is being taxed, that is good ioney is being withdrawn from cir ulation to the extent of $24,000,000 nnlly to invest in eighty cent sil er dollars which cannot be got in irculation, so that. in fact the con nued silver coinage is curtailing the tual circulating medium to the ex mt of the~ annual increase of siver the vaults of the treasury, instead increasing it. Can anyone sup ose that all this money would have > lie idle in tihe treasury if it were old, or paper currency equal in value 'ith gold? It seems then manifest that instead C the continued coinage of silver in reasing the actual circulating me ium of the country, and thus making oney easier it is in reality having me very opposite effect. it is a very reat error that many of us have allen Ito that the country either needs or an absorb so much silver currency. Referring again to the example of ur "daddies," and it is generally a ood example to refer to, we find rt they, with entirely free coinage >r everybody's silver into full legal mder silver dollars, required for ieir use only $8,045,838 in eighty ears, from 1792 up to 1873. Is it ien common sense to suppose that e, since the passage of the Bland ill in 1878, need 215,000,000 such ollars? And is it not the fact that ver 80 per cent. of these dollars are iing idle in the treasury vaults, the overment being utterly unable to et them in circulation, the best roof that the coinage has been car ed far beyond the necessities of the untry? Could any stronger or Lore positive poof be furnished,jha,l e are moving in the wre-mfdife tion,aa~ rnas.uit -ttmt -al it is very tirierna--doa long as the government can in maintaining We gold standaw an by fictitious means keep silver no"0 naily equal to gold, it may stave off a financial crasb. It could do the same if the so-called silver dollar contained only half what it does, or were even c6ined from copper or iron. But it has already had to resort t'o what may be termed extra-legal measures in its arrangement with the New York banks, to obtain a suffi cient supply df gold for its purposa, and to avoid having to resort to forced silver payments. Silver and silver certificat3 being now admitted in payment of duties at the cdstom houses the government has not a saf ficient gold income to continue pay ments in gold indefinitely, and if the silver coinage be continued much longer, it will be compelled to resort 1 to silver payments Whenever it does the crisis wust inevitably comw. We will have the -tumble" -from the sound and fixed gold standard, which is the standard of the commercial world, to the depreciated and unsta ble standard of silver. At that mo ment gold and silver will part com pany. Gold will be hoarded by capitalists, chief among them these very "silver kings'' who are now urging on the crisis, and sold at a premium or shipped abroad where it will be more appreciated. We will thus at one stroke lose about $600, 000,000 of our present circujating medium, that being about the amount of gold in the country. Car. any man of common sense suppose the country can bear such a contraction of its currency and that of its best and 3-rdest, without undergoing a tre mendoua crash? At the same timo all our paper currency--our green backs and national bank notes, about $700,000,000 in all, will be reduced over 20 per cent. in value, to the sil ver standard, which will be a contrac tion of at least $150,000,000 more. Let those who are madly pushing us on to the silver standard stop and reflect what a dangerous crisis they. are bringing on the country, and re verse their steps in time. At the same time all our govern ment bonds will be depreciated to or below the silver standard, those that are held abroad will be sent back home at once, and our government credit, which has of late stco I second to none, not even to that of-Great Britain, will be completely disgraced at home and abroad. And all this will occur in time of profound peace, with a large surplus income of the government, and u6 possible reason for such a crisis except the ignorance and stu pidity of our legislators. Let our Scotchman reflect on what was the fate of the other Scotchman of whom I have spoken, and what most inevi tably be bis as. well as that of his party, shiould I.e, as its financial leader, bring such a dire calam ity on the country as must in evitably result from a descent to the silver standard. Let us hope, regardless or any party feeling in the matter, that the Democratic party in Congress will repudiate such unsafe guides, and will follow the advice of its safer and better leaders, such as President 'Cleveland, Secretary Man ning, Secretary Bayard, Senator- Mc Pherson and others who fores'ee the danger and are endeavoring to ward it off. But who among our people would be the chief sufferers by,such a crisis? The silver advocates would have us believe that the national bankers, the eastern capitalists and the "bond holders" are chiefly interested in maintaining the gold standard, while silver is the "peoples'" money, es pecially the money of the laboring classes. Let us examine this ques tion a little and see if it will "hold water." Daniel Webster, America's greatest statesman, perhaps, once said: '-The very man of all others who has the deepest interest in a sound currency, and who suffTers most by mischievous legislation in money matters is the man who earns his daily bread by- his daily toil." Pres ident Cleveland said in his famous letter to certain Congressmen last spring, before his inauguration, that -Saddest of all, in every workshop, mill, factory, store, and on every rail road and farm, the wages of labor, already depressed, would suffer still further depression by a scaling down of the purchasing power of every so called dollar paid into the hands of toil." This argument the President repeats in even stronger and more convincing language in his able mes sage to Congress.- Whose authority is best on this subject, that of Massa chsetts' greatest statesmnan and that of President Cleveland, or that of Senator Beck and the interested sil ver millionaLires of Colorado and Na vada? But let us examine this question a little further. The interest on our national debt is now about $51,000, 000 per annum. Twenty per cent. reuction from t,his amount, fromn gold to silver, would be about $10, 000,000, which may be said to be the amount of loss to the "bond holder' from the change. But who are these much maligned "bond holders?" It is well known that a very large por tion of our government bonds are held by savings banks as a guarantee of the deposits of the poor', and by persons of limited means. In New York State alone there are over 1,165,000 depositors in savings banks. aul the deposits guaranteed by gov ernment bonds amount to over $437,000,000. The decline then, to a silver basis would entail a loss of $100,000000 on the poor and those of limited means in the State of New York alone. The number of deposit ors in the savings banks for the en tire country are over three millions, and the amount deposited is over $1,000,000,000. Deduct from this the twenty per cent. loss on silver, and we see that these three millions of depositors would lose over $200, 000,006. Again, the census of 1880 shows that what we may term the working classes, that is, those who -receive wages for services, number over 17,000,000, and that their we.ges per week amount to over$100,000,000. Reduce this to silver and we have their loss per week over. $20,000,000, rover $I.000,0O000 per annum. [Whi then I repeat would be the Am6lig.the Wogress of the peet here'6oneftbthat he credit t a vogue all over icasses ofit ash in their'. imply becausw they len thlersO R )uy needs the hey perhaps ;hen; they IN )r luxuryt n,W~i with the credrb hem. The consequefee s, ulgeut merchant, when h bfRa als northern creditors fal, due, unless ,ias been exceedingly fortunate in lecting, cannot meet his payments is forced to an assignment, whereaS be adhered firmly to a cash b ,ommou with his brother me would have had the wherewith - his bills; or, had he not the was still forced to assign, would have been on his with which to save his credit. his honorable debts. As long as South Carolina.7 persist in giving credit at long will South Carolina m their failures ind assignments to undermine the credit, de advantages and destroy the old "Palmetto State," thereby many progressive speculators 0fe era States and Europe fro, within her borders, and thousands of dollars away would otherwise, perhap, be in their midst to the' Ibul communities and the in inent of their own wealth. The statistics of business the year 188, as compared show a large increase both br and liabilities, In the Southeta while a great redution both of failures and' exteiit of 1 shown for th same period Inw er, Middle and Western along the Pacific slope. And: that while the credit.systefwta on the increase in the SovithebL-m last year, It was little latter sectlons,of the contry, the one is noted for an tOere"W. ures the other is noted for duction thereof and an fmva4 perity, hence Itis very evYdent credit system is largely atths the South's slowprogress and ments. As a further eyIdeb truth of this facf, take ie St South that have made marked In the paist year,-like Georg' Carolina, Florida and Teine,~ will find that while they sbIow4 erable reduction in the nuIbrt ures and the volume of DabMHte likewise show .that they haveceikne down to cash basis, that every the South must eventually cm~ fore it will experience substsetiaL ness safety and material pa grei~2 Oxford, N. C.. January, 24d For the Hxzum Au "The Poor We -Htve Ml With Us." Coming down through the or of nineteen centuries aigo u. 'Christ speaking to us'-always us.' Age, though no ega, thy door with outstrthdhand~ alms. uncomplainin stdferers e ireless hearths and plead witin hearts and clasped hands,'Godha on the poor.' .The icy blast Is not rel or pitiless as-the selfish soul' can sit amid warmth and plenf.y content, without one togt of,este destitute helpless age or shvering hood. Such cbjects for Chridtian pathy are in plenty In every and can easily be found ifs a-itte~iI sideration and thougt be given iMS porant duty. Thr are I who have the poor always with theih the highest possible Christian sense, 1' ? ways ready to relieve the needy, la1 ready, out of their abundance, togI~ unto the poor. On this roil of hoor~~ place the name of Mrs. C. Mower, commend to the charitable of this tw this lady who will place thelfir we they are most needed. SYMPATET -' Did January 25th 1886, Mr. F. F. Ca - mes aged about 30 years. N1TrIed, Jaunary26,18S46 by Rev. H. W.Fowler,; Mr. W. F. E wart to Miss Cora Cannon, all of Newberry County. EHwBERRY C. H..&6.C. List of letters anclimed and adveutised tor week ending Jan. 26th, 1888 Books, J. E. Jones, Josh Brooks E. A. !.enar,d. W. J. Brown, Mary Livingston, Nancy (s) Blair, Thomas Marshall, Ede Chalmers, J. C. (2) McFadden. Manus Darby, Bart Spence. Sarah A.(S) Dougan, Coleman (2)Simmons, Winnie orman. Thomas Singleton. Texanna Gallman. Andrew Sadrs, 3. F.. Girimes, Uros. Tonmor. Canrie Eair, Frank Taylor, XissXaggie Ienderson, Aa~ Thomas.M4ior Wil m. Mrs. E.P. Persons calling forletters will pleasesay s Lhey were ndvertised. E. 8. HERRERT P. -. crain er c'4d r.+el that we.. --a' an& early prostr,atUe yen. hetueshare. are Geun ha rknnrad w u':-'wNn WE"c!'Cf lo.bA...a i auf HrD nh .us