The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, September 10, 1891, Image 2

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ELBIERT H. AULL, EDITon. ELBERT H. AULL, ( Proprietors. W3. P. HOUSEAL, r NEWBERRY. S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1S91. It is probable that between this and the first of January that England will send to this country $50,000,0) of her gold for our breadstuffs, and the bank of France is trying to keep P100,00) of her gold with which to purchase American wheat. It looks now that the American farmer will soon be nhas ter of the situation. Since the first of January last about $7.5000,000 of American gold has been taken to Europe to help out the strin gency over there. We are told now that it is beginning to return, and already about $1.500,CK of it is back. A good deal more than this will come in exchange for our wheat and bread stuffs, and it is needed here, and we hope it all will come back soon. The Greenville Enterprise and Moun taineer says that the administration needs and must have an organ-a daily paper that will boom and champion its cause on all occasions. 'Well, we have no objections, and as t je editor of the Enterprise anJA Mountaineer has been talking about a new morning daily in Greenville, we would suggest that this might be the time to offer his services. You know "there is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood," and so on. Great interest was taken in the Tea;:hers' Institute held here last week, and altogether it was one of the best ever held. It is believed much good will result. A imw stimulus has been given the teachers in their work. It is no exaggeration to say that New berry has on an average a model set of teachers in public schools, and more interest is taken in the work than ever before. Col. Elliot F. Shepard, of the New York 0Mail and Express, has engaged quarters for hmsclf and a party of friends at the Columbian Exposition at a cost of $25,000. He will live in princely style. We publish this week the letter of Senator Butler to Dr. J. W. Stokes, and the reply of Dr. Stokes. The head lines are the same as appeared in the News and- Courier. The Herald and News thinks that the Cotton Plant has -_oue Senator Butler an injustice in the construction it placed upon his debate, and the reply of Dr. Stokes does not give satisfactory explanation of the construction 1:laced upon the language of Senator Butler. But the letters of the two gentlemen are published and the people can form their own opinions. It is now a personal matter betwveen Dr. Stokes and Senator Butler, and has ~-othing to do with the merits of the discussion. The grain erops in the United States are said to be the best and largest this year ever -produced. The Manufac turers' Record in a recent issue esti mates them and the figures may be of interest. The Record says: The yields will probably be about 5S0,000),I)0 bushels of wheat, 2.(#0,000, 000 bushels'of corn, bet ween 600,000,000 and 700,000,000 bushels of oats and over 100,000,000 bushels of other grains, making an aggregate of about 3,300, 000,000 bushels, or about 1,000,000.000 bushels more than in 1890. This in crease of 1,000 0000,000 bushels is equal to 1,000,000 car-loads of 60,000) pounds ,each. Nearly all other crops promise the same abundant yield, rice, sugar, tobacco, fruits, grasses, etc., all adding immensely to the profits of farmers. Cotton alone of all the big crops will fall short of 1890, but this will be an advantage, as the yield of last year wvas too large for the demand. And the big grai'n crop this year will not put the prices down, for the crops in Europe are very short and our grain will be in great demand. The ap parent deficit in Europe to be met by importation is estimated to be 13.5, 000,000 buskils. The estimated requirements of rye and wvheat for the world's consumption are 3,000,000,000) bushels and the total estimated crop of these two grains for 1891 will aggregate but about :t,000,000, 000 bushels which shows a deficit of about %00,000,0010 bushels. It must be remembered that rye constitutes a large per cent of the bread-making grains. The American farmer ought and no doubt will receive a good prc for his wheat this season, and as there is a large crop and he should be happy. Of the yield of cotton is not so large the price ought to be better, as is al ready indicated and it figures to look as if there was a better time ahead. WVe hope so. CHIARLESTON'S COMMERCE. Passing a muitltiplicity of matters the interesting detailed statement and summary of fac ts andh( figures all along the line oif Charleston's trade and comn merce. so admirably presented in the News and Courier's an.nual survey (f the field- -we reach the grand climai which Is, that our met ropolis didl, in the year of grace >:II-l, a business Cf one hunndred million dlol:ars. When we consider the crises, the crucial tes:s and the convuisions out of which the devotedl city has evolved so nmagnificent a business, every Caro linian should feel Proud of her phenom enal SUeess. Thirty milions of doEr me :irease mn hert trade and commnerce in the brief inevlof tive years since the earth quake, and seventeen nmillion the past year shows conclusively that Charles ton is to be the great Southern coma mercial emporium. What San Diegzo is to be on the Pacific, Charlestoni will be on the South A tlantic-t he great centre of at traction and mart of commercial su prenmacy. With the prospeet of a rise in the price of cotton it is not likely that the effort to reduce the acreage will amount to much. If the Herald and News were permitted to offer a suggestion, it would be to raise corn and oats and consequently more hogs, and buy less ofths oa rticles. P'EMCE. The Herald and News would like to suggest a council of peace. What is -he use of white men and brethren abusing each other- We all seem to admit that there is something wrong. That the people are depressed. That there is some relief to be secured by legislation and that something is needed. We are in South Carolina all white people and all interested in a common destiny, and all want to see the relief that is desired. Then, what Is the use or the sense of abusing each other and fighting one another. Why not put the politicians aside and all agree on some cause that will bring the relief desired. That seems to us to be the best plan to be pursued. If a ma jority of the white people of South Carolina want the sub-treasury,Iet them so instruct their representatives. If they decide upon something else, why let us have that, but in any event there is no sense in abusing one another. Let us get together like men and settle this thiig. The 6 per cent. bonds of the town of Newberry are now ready for sale. Per sons having money to invest could not do bettei than take some of these bonds. It is important also that these bonds be taven by our own people, and thus give them the benefit of the in vestment and the interest. For full particulars inquiry may be made at the National Bank of Newberry. No bet ter investment could be made. Secretary Boyd, of the Survivors' Associatiou calls upon the township committees, who .had in charge the collection of subscriptions for the Davis mon'iment, to ma e reports. It is an important matter. The monu ment is to be erected in Richmond, Va. Let every one give something, however small. It only takcs a small sum from each to make up the amount wanted. We cannot see what Mr. Keitt hopes to gain by abusing The Herald and News. We try to be fair, and have always published about as much for Mr. Keitt's side as the other, and have never abused Mr. Keitt or any one else. It is no part of our stock in trade, but we do not propose that 'Mr. Keitt, or the Cotton Plant, or Economist shall form our opinions. We have been wanting information, and have been ready and willing to give our aid to any scheme that was fair and just that would be of benefit to the farmers. But we do not see what can be accom plished by abuse or misrepresentation. Will Mr. Keitt point out when and where we misrepresented him or the Alliance? The Farmers' Colored Alliance of Texas is demanding one dollar a hun dred for picking cotton. Labor Day in Columbia on MIonday was a big success. The Herald and News regrets very much its inability to be present. We are glad the day was a success. The Amount of MIoney in Circulation. To the Editor of The Herald and News: I have before me the monthly official statement ot the Treasury De partment as to the condition of the currency to September 1, 1891. As this will be of interest to many of your readers, and may have some effect in correcting the errors and falsehoods so persistently circulated on this subject, I take the~liberty of furnishing a few of the material points of t his statement. It shows, in the iirst place, that the entire currency of the country-gold, silver and paper-amnounts to $2,144, 131,342, as follows: Gold Coin.....---......... $52,227,5E; Standard Silver Dollars. 4(17,815,268 Subsidiary Silver Dollars 76,995,390 Gold Certificates.......... 145,994,359 Silver Certificates......... 324,213,209 Treas'y Notes,Act July,'90) 59,686,035 U. S. Notes, (Green backs) 346,681,016 Cur'Certif's,Act Juae,'i2 27,185,6000 National Bank Notes... 171,333,499 Total............-...$2,144,131,345 Of this sum there is held in the Treas ury for reasons I need n'e stop to ex plain, $638,000,209. T1 e remainder is in actual circulation at;.3ng the people, as foliowvs: Cold Coin.......-.......... $406,745,235 Standard Silver Dollars.58,538,697 Subsidiary Silver Dollars 58,5->4,668 Gold Certificates.......... 108,273,079 Silver Certificates......... 37,.58,321 Treas. Notes, Act July, '90 45,748,350 U. S. Notes, (Greenbacks) 317,696,436 Cur'yCertif's,Acet June,'72 29,455,4K00 National Bank Notes, 164,511,247 Total.......... ..... 1,506,11,133 Counting our population at 63,975,000, as does the Treasury Department in a circular just received, we have a per capita circulation of $23.54, as any one can easily verify for himself by doing a little fig~uring. But notwithstanding these plain and palpable facts, some of our Alliance friends will persist. as we understand they have been doing im our county (luring the past week, in teaching our over-credulous farmers the same old falsehoods told them by the National Economist and Cotten Plant. This statement of the Treasury De partent also shows that the net in rease in circulation during the mouth of August-A ugust 1st to September 1st-was $6,1ti8,321, that is from $1,500, S2 eon Ausust 1st, to $l,506,131,]8:3 on September 1st. Note, too, that of this inrase $1,S93,935 was in the National )k Notes. Yet we will continue to b told thatt these Banks. these "ene me of the people," are wickedly and maiciouly contracting the currency. It sow, too, that the increase in cir ultion during the year-Septenmber 1st l1.i', to September 1st, 1891 amounted to $70,a08,19l, or over $1.1') nr cpita increase in a single year. .I i'nav~ here note that .Senator Butler's mis~take at Prosperity, in estimating he irculation at only $1'; per cap)ita, seems to have arisen fronm his con fusing the amount in actual circulation with the entire amount (stocki coined or issued. Deducting the amount held in the Treasury from this instead of from the entire sum, would about ac ount for his figures of $16. and I do not see how he could have arrived at the otherwise; for, of course he did not invent them a la Mlacune. Taking, in connection with this last oflicial statemenit, another recent state nen of the Treasury Department giv ing the circulation for different years sinee 1860, it is seen that the circulation per capita is now larger, at least was the 1st of last January, than at any previous period in our history. In 186tI, at the out break of the war, it wvas only $13.55 per capita. In 1s865, at t he close of the war, wvhen we had so much in fation of paper money, and goldl and slver were both driven out of circula tion, we had a per capita circulation of only $20.57. Twenty years later, in 15, aftcr we had resumed specie pay ments, and our finances had got back to a normal and healthy condition, and our credit was second only to that was $2.12. n le 1IA of January, 891. our actual cilculation was about $1 ,52'J,0 ,00, and the am-out per capita $24.10, that is, as officially state, the highest per capitacirculation in the history of the count ry. Sine thei t he circulation has been somewhat reduced by the shipment to Europe of over I Iit)00(,0 gold during the spring and early summer. But there :re already ;ndications of the return of this gold in exchange for our grain, and as we have seen above, the circulation is again in creasing. Seeing, then, that our per capita circulation is larger than ever before in our history, and greater than that of any other leading nation, with perhaps a single exception, as I propose to show at an early day, we are forced, it seems to me, to one of three conclu sions: Either our circulation has always been too small, and we have had our marvelous prosperity as a nation and as a people for over a hundred years with too little currency. Or we need more currency per capita now than heretofore, and if this be the case, we would like for some of our Alliance wiseacres to explain the reason why. Or it is a mistake to suppose that a scarcity of currency is at all the cause of our woes. Which of these three conclusions is the most plausible? Cx'vrs. P. S.-Since writing the foregoing I have received from the Tre:asury De partment the promised circular, en titled, "The Volume of Money in Circu lation," in which is closely set forth, 1st. The entire amount of money in the United States. 2nd. The amount held in the Treasury. 3d. The amount in actual circulation, as well as the per capita circulation on July 1st of every year from 1860 up to the present time. I would suggest that you publish the abbreviated table containing this in formation, and that every person inter eeted in knowing the truth on the sub ject cut it out and preserve it. For this purpose I enclose you a copy. [The table referred to is published this week, and the reader may refer to it.-Ei). H. & N.] MONEY IN CIRCULATION. Showing How the per Capita Has Steadily Increased Since 1S60, WA SIINGTON, September 4.-T be Secretary of the Treasury has prepared a pamphlet in regard to the volume of money in circulation, as telegraphed to The News and Courier to day. It shows that the amount in circulation July 1, 1%5, was $714,702,993. Of this amount $689,702,995 was paper money. During the calendar year 1865 the average market price of gold was 157. So it required S157 in currency to purchase as much of any commodity as could be purchased xith $100 in gold. The $714,702.995 then in circulation was, therefor,e, equivalent as an average for the year to only $646,301,270 of the money which has constituted the cur rency of this country since January 1, 1879. This was an amount per capita of $13.36. The following is a recapitulation of th~e tables referred to: Money per Circulation Year. capita. per capita. 186....... ..$14 06 $13 8.5 1861............... 14 09 13 98 18(62............... 10 96 10 23 I 1) ...........2)) 2:3 17 84 1864............... 20 72 19 67 1865............... 22 16; 20 .57 1S66............... 21 27 1S 99 1867............... 20 11 1S 28 18.819 38 18 :V9 1869 .......18 93 17 6)) 1871)........18 73 17 50 1871.... .... S1 75 18 1)) 1872..........iS 70 Is 19 197:3..........S 1858 18 0)4 1874......... 18 83 18 13 1875........... 16 f 17 16i 1876.......... 17 5.5 16 12 1877.......... 1 46 15 .5S 1878.......... 1(; 2 1.5 32 1879.....21 .52 16 75 1881........... 24 04 19 41 1881.......... 27 41 21 71 1S83.......... :30 60 22 91 1884.......... 31 06 . 22 65 1885........... :32 37 23 1)2 1884......... .31 50( 21 82 1887 .......... 32 .39 22 45 1891.......... :32 83 2'; 45 HORRIBLE RtAILRT AD ACCIDENT. A Newberry Young Man Insttantly killed in Augusta. [Special to News and Courier.] AuUSTA, Ga. September 5.-Mr. Joe Henry Lafayette, a young man only 21 years old, of Newvberry, S. C2., met a horrible death here to-day. He was visiting his father, Mr. Joe Lafa yette, who works in the 'Tnterprise Factory. Shortly after 7 o'clock this morning Mr. Lafayette was sitting in front of Mr. Patrick O'Callahan's store, on upper Greene street, talking to Sam West, when the Port Royal and \X est er Carolina Railroad outgoing morn ing passenger train shot around the curve and entered G;reeinestreet, bound for Spartanburg. When Lafayet te spied the train coming he told WVest he was going to get aboard and get a morningr paper from the butcher boy. Within a foot of the track wvas an embankten tof gravel four feet high. Joe got on top of the embankmenit and when the train came along lie threw out both hands and leaped, with the intention ofjuimpin)g on the train be tween the first and second-class coaches. The poor fellow made a misstep and fell between the cars unniioticed. His coat got caught in the brake rod and he was dragged sixty feet before he fell upon the track. The wheels of the first class car' and the sleeper passed over his body. Lafayette wa horribly mu tilated. H e was ly ing on h is stomach with his breast turned up and portions of his body were scattered along the track. His head, which was lying on the rails, was mashed into a jelly. Both his arms were niangled. end his hands were cut off at the wrsts. The trunk of his body vwas cut wide open. It was a lreadful~sight, one to excite horror, but hundreds of men and women gath ered around the lacerated form and vieed the remains. The poor fellow must have suffered a thousand deaths while he was suspended over the unpitying wheels. Coroner Clark commlyenced cpon an inqisit ion this morning, but will not conclude the investigation until MIon ay, when the butche" boy on the tra~in will give his evidence. Lafayette aime here fronm Newberry, where his mother lives andl where he wvorked in he Newberry Cotton M1ills on .last Tuesday. Since his arrival he decided to remain here and was going to work in the Sibley Mlills on Mlonday. Blreaking the Record. IcRE(;ox, Texas. September S. \Irs. G3rillin. who gave birth to triplets ten onths ago, broke the record last night wvuhl a quartette. All seven aire doing wvell. Farms to Rent. E WILL. R7ENT FOR THlE Vyear 189:2 the following lands belonging to the estate of F. H. Domi nick, deceased: The Jim Hill Place, Rook Place,Capt. Griff Williams Place, Ienson Place, Butler Piace, Eddy Place and Williams Place. A pplications will be received at any time for the whole or a part of any of the tracts. Tenants are desired who can run theniselves. J1. L. DOMINICK, THOS. M. NEEL, GEO. B. CROME.R, THEt H- ATE'SBURG. DEIATE. Toim Watson on the Subtrea%tary-Dr Stokee not Preent -natiter Makei a Strong Speech. LSpt cial to The Herald and News.] Damn-na,S. ('., Septemnber 9. :;.; P. M.-The much advertised de bate between United States Senator M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, and Congressman Ton Watson is hi pro gress here to-day. The crowd, which so far seemis good-natured, is not as large as expectedl, numbering about 1,500 all told. The meeting was held in a deIightful grove about one ltndreicd and fifty yards west. of the depot. The meeting was opened at 1).:V) a. mn. in the old fashioned camp meeting way of wind ing a large tin horn calling the clans to order. ProIf Nash, of the Bates'urg Graded School, acted as master of ceremonies and called upon the Rev. McKain to invoke the divine b1cssing upon the meeting. The chairman after reading a letter from Dr. J. William Stokes, explaining his absence by reason of previous engagrent in the Eastern part of the State, furnished the infor formation that only Messrs. Butler and Watson would be permitted to speak upon the matter. Senator Bitler this morning called on Mr. Watson and tendered him the choice as to how the debate should pro ceed. Under this arrangement, Mr. Watson chose to open and close. Being introduced by Senator Butler, Congressmen Watson said that If neither were candidates for otlice he (tie speaker) would not be here, as that would be a matter of home route for the people of South Carolina to settle among themselves, but this being an occasion for the discussion ofan easure touching the interest of all the people, he felt no delicacy in approaching the task that was before himr. Proceeding to the subject of the debate, ie stated that the sub-treasury, like all reforms, must. expect to meet opposition. There was no reoson why both ie and utler could not discuss the principle or plan w'thout the bill. Senator Butler objects to the bill he was bound to substitute or if he object to the principle, then he would be in the position which could he occupied by no statesman. If any means of re lief were orTered, he could take either horn of the dilemma. Mr. Watson -then assailed the national banking sys tem, and quoting from the News and Courier the report of Senator Butler's speech at Prosperity, taunted the Sena tor with holding that seven per cent. was the only decent rate of interest on money, and that if reports were correct the he had said that the man that bor rows money at 2 per cent. never meant to pay it back. He proceeded to give his argunent on the sub-treasury as alegal and pra, ticable remedy. His argument wa 1st, that it was needed ; that it had been in operation in the Amsterdam and Hamburg bank ; the land loan feature was ini operation in Sweden and Norway, governing particularly the Enskellen Bank of Sweden, none of which sub-treasury banks had sus pended payment, although other banks of England and Germany had failed. He also mentioned Frederick the Great and the Silesian banks as on~the principle of a sub-treasury bank. HeI denied that thie national banking sys tem was a war measure; said tha, was the use of greenbacks that backed suc cess, but plutocrats wanted to g'-t rid of greenbacks and then established national banks so that the prosperity of the peopile would be int other hands. His miain ar-gumnent was dir-ected to establish the claim of the land loan shenme, and he assigned that tI e s rnme principle would operate in case of nionl perisha ble homtelproducts. Be depict ed in the worst termns possible the poverty stricken condition of the farmers, and said in the denmands of the Ocala pla t form was to be found the patnacea fo all ills. Tonm Watson is aforcible speaker, and held the attention of his hearers. He was fr.-quently applauded. His speech was quite elequent. sENATOR BUTLER soke for half an hour before dinner, and at this writing he is still speaking. He said int opening that he had been] severely censured for discussing the bill at Prosperity. He had been berated and derided for exercising the right of any citizen of expressing freely his opinion anid that in discussing thre hill he was committing some crime. This bill had been decided upon as embody ing the wisdom and thought of econo mists and lobbyists at Washington, an d yet he should not discuss it wit hout thre consent of the bosses. He had never expected thre day to come in South Carolina when he would not be allowed to express his opinion otn any measure without first consulting the bosses. He sail ihe had no intention of acting in bad faith. Senator Butler said that lie branded as a liar any man who said that he said iti his speech at Prosperity that forty thousand farmiers in Somuth Caro linia were thieves atid scoundrels. Any man who saidl that he said that those who wanted to borrow at :2 per cent did not intend to pay hack, is guilty of base falsehood and misrepresentationi. Senator Butler saidl he had lived too long to pander to whims~ of demagogues charlatans, and would niot surrender the expression of his opinion for any ofice within the gift of the people. lie believed the peop)le would do him jus tice to say that when his services were deatnded in peatce or war he had al ways given them freely without stop ping to count the cost. They lhad honored him, perhaps, nmore thar hre deserved, but he never initendled to sacrifice his judgmenrt for ('tice. His friends had rebuiked hinm for not introducing a bill that was impossible. H le was not here to discuss thesu hr reas ury plan. He had listened to his friend nd still lie was not ab)le to see what that plani was. In every case, but mry friend's, mionecy wsas disbursedI for the people through banks, arid trot di rect by the governmient. Senator Wutler advocated thet. estab lishnant of State banks of issne. arnd aid the nlationral bannk act was a copy of the bank of State o,f New York. He had taken~ the posit ion that cotton was just as good secuirity as silver bullion, imdt if the Gov,terrnmnt will buty up otton and issure mtoney on it, Ire will o as far us any one in helping it on. ut that is a dlifferent tiring fronm that proposed in tire subtreasury bill as Ire bnderstood it. He (defemled his course in abiding o the mandates of thre constitution dn( thought it was miore of a liv ig isue to-day thant ever before. He boughtt that the policy pursued by his ~riend would lead to the estabtlismienit f a third party and made thre issuie hat if Mr. Watson did not approve of he third partyismn that Mr. WVat o could reply. He said that the in rease itt the tariff on cotton tics would nake an increase in thre tax on the p)eO le of about twenty-five cents on every 'ale of cotton, which w~as a big thing -or Southern farmers at this juncture. A recess was then taken. Senator Butler was frequently ap iladed. At this meeting no justjudgment can emade as towho has the advantage. The A1liance Campaign. The camnpaign I:t week under i rection of the Alliance was w ithou special incident except perhaps at th ir-t neeting. State L(cturer Jeftrie Di4trict Leoturer Keitt and Count; Lecturer Pope iade speeches and ha things their own way. The peopl turned ou. well at most of the rweet ings and gave careful and respectfu attention. No one took issue with anyv thing they said except perhaps at it Tabor. The Herald and News wa not represented at any of the meetings but from what we have heard ther was nothing said or -different in th speeches from what has been writtei and spoken oil the -ide of the questioi time and again. The meetings were all held a churches and at one place-St. Paul's owing to the rain, the speaking wa held in the church. The campaign opened at it. Tabo in No. 4. At this meeting Hon. Jni W. Scott, as president of the sub-alli ance. presided and introduced th speakers. This Alliance furni.hed : free barbecue and picnic, and we pre sume the same was the ease at th other appointtmients. District Lecture Keitt made the first speech. He attri buted the depressed condition of th farmers to legislation and nationa banks. These caused the low price of cotton. The question of supply an( demand had nothing to do with th, price. He advocated the sub-treas ury plan and with that would coin the panacea of all our ills. After dinner County Lecturer Pop and State Lecturer Jeffries spoke or the same line, attributing the scarcit of money, the low price of cotton an( the "hard tinies" generally to nationa banks and legislation and advocatin, as the remedy the demands of the A li ance. At the clos- of these speeches Presi dent Scott imade a few remarks. H congratulated the people of the coi munity for the success that had at tended the meeting, and said that h indorsed a good d,al that the speaker had said, but he thought the speeche would have been much more appro priate for a political meeting than fo an Alliance meeting.. He did not be lieve the ills of the farmers could b cured by legislation altogether. H thought they were trying to start a the wrong end. The start ought to b n111ule at home by the farmer himsel in improved methods of farming. Tin leeturers had failed to tell us any thin; that would benefit us as farmers. Hi thought the Alliance had overleape( itself and the purpose for which it wa! organized. Allincemen are quarrelin; an( falling out all over the country and simply because of the injection o polit ies into the Alliance. Mr. Keitt wanted to know wher Mr. Scott got his information. Mr. Scott replied that he got it fron the papers. Mr. Keitt thereupon inquired if h took the Cotton Plant and Economist Whereupon Mr. Scott replied tha he did not. Then Mr. Keitt wanted to knov what papers Mr. Scott read. Mr. S,ott then proceeded to enume rate the list of papers he receive( amongst which were the Newberr, papers. Mr. Keitt thcn proceeded to an nounce that it would not do to listen t< an;ything the Newberry papers said. Mr. Scott said he did not proposi that any newspaper shonld do hi thinking or form his opinions, and tol Mr. Keitt that he had frequently seer articles from him in one of the New hlerry papers andl wanted to know o what was said in them could be re lied on. He also told Mr. Keitt tha he uuderstood him to intimate that h< must form his opinion from the Cot ton Plant and that he was satisfied tha the Cotton Plant had grossly misrep resented Senator Butler in the Pros perity debate and asserted that in hi opionion the Alliance had departe< from the objects for which it had beei organized and had gone head over heels into politics, and that so man. politicians were jumlpinlg on the alli anee wagon that he feared it would be unable to hold up under the strain. Mfr. Scott was the oak. of the fou: spea kers w ho recei vedl any applause. The report of this meeting has beet furnished us by gent lemn who wer< present, and we presume is about cor reer. The other meetings so far ,s we haye heard were w'ithiout icident. Thle lc turers made their speechieund, no one took issne. M\r. Keitt told The Hera:d an< News on MIonday that the meeting were ver., uccessful and they wer< pleasedl with the results. Since writing the above we have seet a gentleman who was present at tin Bush River meeting and we are tol< that the crowd was small, and no dini ner was prov'ided and no one intro duced the speakers and that severa gentlemen plied them with question: a:.d for a time the meeting bec3mi very interesting. Especially were ir Keitt and 31r. Jeffries given a numbe: of <luestioIns. A nd that Mir. IKeitt als< repeated his charge against the New berry papers. WVell, it is all very amusing, and a: M1r. Sligh says we will laugh. IF rR BACK AcH ES, Or you are all worn out, realny good for noth mag, it is general debility. Try BCO WY'S IRON BIlTTERS. It will cure you, cicause your liver, and zive a good appetite. CARD OF THANKS. UTEBEG~ TO RETURN OUI V than ks to the ciltizenls of New. berry for their kind sympathy anm ready assistance so promp~tly extend(e( to us af ter our severe loss by the recen1 tire. MlRS. LAURA P. EWA RT. MIR.&IRS.C.A. BOW3MAN An Ordinance To Raise Supplies for the Fiscal Year End ing 31 March, 1892. B EIT ORDA TNED BY THE MIAY or and Aldermen in Council as senbled and by authority of the same: See. 1. That a tax of twenty cents 01 every hund red dollars in vaiue of all real and personal property of every dlescrip tion owned and possessed in; the town Newberry, S. C., (except tihe property of churches and ehartered instit utions of learning) shall he levied and paid into the treastury of said1 town for cur rent expenses. Sec. 2. That a fax of one dollar shall e levied oun eamch dog within said towr and paid into the treasury of said town. Sec. 3. T:mt for the purpose of fixin-g the value of personal property for taxa tion. the clerk and treasurer shall be reuired to keep his oftice open every day (Sundays excepted ) from, 9 a. m. to 3 o'clock p. mn., froom first day of Octo ier to the fifteenth dlayofOctoberi.18S!*1, to receive on oath the returns of the owners or the agents of tile owners of all persona! property within the towvn of Newberry, and in ease of failure to nmke returns of said personal property for assessmnit by tihe owners or tile agents of the owners thereof, tihe clerk and treasurer of said town shall assess the same. That the taxes herein levied sha:ll he pad in lawful money of time United States to the clerk and treasurer of said town within the space of tinme begin inig on the 2nth day of October anId ending on the 2iith day of November, 1891. DONE and ratified under the corporate seal of the towvn of New berry, [L. s.] S.C., this the 3d day of Sep-: temnber, A. D., 1801. THOS. E. EPTING, Mfayor pro. term. of New berry, S. C. ATTrEST:. For Sale. No hol $WJ U scoiolI Distfict' BONDS In $10s zn:d $00S -6 PER CENT INTEREST, I PAUBLE NOYEMBER 15th A.1iALLY. AT PAR AND INTEREST. Apply at N.tIONAL BANK OF NEWBERRty, S. C. t eg-ENINGr - s C)F TIE r Graded Schools. - r-HE SECOND UANLL E DiT'Asion of the Newberry Graded S-c!hools will begin -Monday, September - I.st instant. I., e trie All pupils who have enrollment cards r Iwill report at their respective class rooms. Those who have not already secured cards are requested to renort at the Superlntendent's office at 9.30a. mi., Friday, September 18th. It is important that pupils report promptly, secure enrollment cards and - seats. Teachers are requested to meet at the Female Academy building at 10 a. u., Friday, 18th inst. Colored teachers and pupils will meEt at Hoge School House at 9.10 a. i., Saturday, 19th inst. FRANK EVANS, Superintendent. Sept. 9th, 1891. SPECIAL TO THE LRIES AND SURROUNDING COUNTY. CALL AND SEE4 f THE NICEST LINE --OF DRESS GOODS YOU EVER SAW. -ALSO A SR[NDI0 SERCTION -OF t Ladies' Shoes, Silks, Hosiery, Ladies' Underwear, Flannels, SDomestics t AND OTHER THINGS - "TOO NUMIEROUS TO MIENTION." - WE INVITE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR 25c. and 50c. Henriettas. J. D. Davenport & Co. SContracts to Let. OFFICE oF CoU.wTY C4IMIStoNF.RS, Septem ber 8, 1891. CTOER 1ST, AT 11 O'CLOCK, a m'Biembehr of tihe Board of County Commiissioners will let the contract for building a bridge across Enoree River near Whit mire's. October 3d, at :3 o'clor-k, a member of the Boardi will let the contrac~t for building a bridge at the Trinity Creek ford. SPlans and sl ec:ficationis will he made know.i at the times and places named. The right is reserved to reject all bidie. SBy order of the Board of County Comminissioners. GEO. B. CROMIER, Clerk. SExecutors' Sales - DYAUTHORITY GIVEN US IN I .)the w ill of IF. H. Dominick, de a ceased, we will sell at public auction, at Nee;'berry Court House, on saleday in October, the following p)roperty: 1. 'rhe engine, gins and press, with shafting, pulleys, belting and other appuirtenantices now on the mill and gin lot in the town of Newberry. .1 The Mlill and Giui Lot, with Grist ' 3ll1, on corner of Pratt and Vincent Streets, in the town of New berry: Also the following lots situated at Sthe Anderson Place, the late residence - of F. H. Dominick: I 1. Wooden store andl Lot of One-half I of One Acre. t2. Brick store and Eighty-three hun dredtns (83-l00) of an Acre. :. Thm elcntire House aind lot of One and Thirty-two hundredths of an A cre. 4. The,Wood shop and lot of Twenty four hundredths of an Acre. 5. The old1 Blacksmith shop and lot of Fifteen hundredths of an Acre. Plats will be exhibited at time of sales. Terms: The n'orsonal pr-'perty will be sold for cash. The iets will be sold for one-third - cash, bhace payablel in t w~o ('(lual an nual instalments, wvith interest from (ay of sale, secured by bond of pur c'h'ser and mortgaaze of s'mss P'urcha~ser nmust pay fo r :papers. .J. L. DOMIINICK, T HOS. 31L NE E L, GEO. B. CRtO1ER, - Qualiied Executors. STATE OF SOUTH C:A ROLINA COUNTY OF NEWVBERRY. George G. DeWalt. Plainitiff,vs. Jas. N. Lipsc4)mi! and J1. t rieKer (Cles, Defendants. 31- Y VIRTUE OF'AN ENE(UTION 15in thle above stated ease', to me directed, I will sell before the Court hou'e door, in the town of New berry, S. C. :.t pulic ouit'ry, oni the first \[onday (5,thi day1 in October, 1.89l, all the rit, title or interest belonging to lie estate of Jas. N. Lipscomib, dec'd, ini the followinig described real estate, situate d in the county and State afore- - aid, viz., all the interest belonging to sai(. estate in t wenty (21)) a.cres of land', nmore or less, bountded by lands of G. T'. Reid, J1. RI. Scurry and Mirs. M1ary Lips Icomlb. dIec'eased. Also, all the interest belonging to said estate in Three Hundred and Thirty- nine (339, Acres of Land, more or less, bounded by lands U of Mirs. R. 31L Sinipkins, road to Dyv son's M1ills and Saluda river, aiid the tract first above described. Levied on as the property of the estate of .Jas. N. Lipscomb, deceased, and will be sold to pay the debt, costs and charges in the above case.I Termis of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. W. R ISER,I Sheriff New berry County. <<l 10 CENT STORE > THE "FAMOUS" 10 CENT MEN HAVE AT LAST COME TO THE AID OF THE PEOPLE. WHY ? BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO SVEEP' AWAY HIGH PRICES! 31T I LL .VEsa TIA3KE3 'YOU 3LUGr"E1n To) (00 A ND SEE HOX: W C=3EA1= "YOCU CANI BIUTY <191assWaI, Tinwaio, Noa0[8 AND EVERYTHING THE WORLD COULD WISH From 2 Cents Up to .10 T Ini their C iass you can get Pepper Boxes, Satlt Cellars, Molasses Pitehers, 3u*ter Dishes, Pickle Dishes, Tublers, Goblets, Lamp Chimneys, Lamps, X*lasis Pitchers, a ,d Huudreds -if things to please the trade. In Tinware vou can get anything'.rom a Tin cup to Dish Pans, Pie Pans, .off ee Puts, Straiuers, Water Buckets aud evvrything e!se you want for 1) cents. Notions we sell to suit the purchaser. L-ice from .3e to 1e per yard. Ribbon c per yard, and everything else JUST A LITTLE' LOWER THAN THE LOWEST. Air COME TO SEE US. We are yours just for FUN and the CASH, W. M. SHERARD & CO., The "Famous" 10 Centers. Zoot's Old Stand, Lower Part of Publi: Squar. ml<OufI Sumnor AnRouaoenentx WE STILL HAVE ON HAND A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT %I OF : : : ; : : SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHINC, SHOES, HAT&; AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS WIIh WE WILL SELL CHEAP FOR CASH UR STOCK OF THIN GOODS, CONSISTING OF 1P1C1, SICILIAq DRAP D'ETE AN SEERSIERR COATS AND VESTS IS IMMENSE! ILL THE DIFFERENT OUTS---LONG, SHORT, MEDIUM. NECLICE SHIRTS IN PROFUSION IN ALL QUALITIES FROM THE PLAINEST AND CHEAPEST TO THE FINEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS. NE STILL HAVE A NICE VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. T O THE LADI S WE WANT TO STATE THAT OUR LINE ZIEG4ER BROS.' ON OPER D COMMO SNE OES Gig We will close ont our entire stock of Boy's and Children's llothing at prime cost from now on. Call early and get your choice >efore they are all gone. Yours sincerely, SMITH & WEARN. BLQK-KEEPIN I?Ga1o=e e.Wit .BANT & STRATTON BUSINESS COLLEGE,LOUISVILLE, KY, MEKOVA SALEL UNILl TH iT DAYOF ETIBER WE OFFER OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF OLOTHI]STGr, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES, HATS, CAPS, Glass and Crockery Ware, AT AIND BELOW JST]EW Y~ORE COST.. Respectfully, 0. KLETTNER. NOW FOR BARGAINS. BLAL6CK'S Clothing Ho use, NEB WBERRY, S, C. PHIS SALE WILL LAST FOR 30 DAYS. Now is Your Oppornunity.