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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1S91.
CHANGE OF PUBLICATION DAY.
For the better convenience of the
public, The Herald and News and The
Observer have agreed to change their
publication day from Thursday to
Wednesday and Saturday. Hereafter
The Herald and Ne% s will be published
on Wednesday and. The Observer on
Saturday.
AECLL & HOUSEAL,
Pub's The Herald and News.
WALLACE & KINARD,
Pub's The Observer.
AUGUSTA _-ATLANTA.
During the past twn weeks I have
had occasion to visit these two Georgia
cities. I will not weary the reader
with any details in regard to either if
I felt so inclined.
They are both having expositions
this fall. Expositions have become
somewhat common and do not attract
the crowd they did when they were
not so frequent. But a big show and
a lot of talk about it and cheap rail
road rates and the people will go.
These expositions have for their
main object the advertisement of the
cities in which they are held and in
that way help to build them up.
The Augusta eXposition opened on
Monday. and according to the Augusta
t day and there
was a great crAugusta
had been doing some good advertising
before the exposition bagan and I hope
it will prove successful. Augusta is so
near South Carolina that it is almost a
South Carolina city. In fact it has al
ready two free bridges across the river
connecting with South Carolina and
Carolina heights are being developed
for residences for the people of Augusta.
Two weekz ago I was in Augusta for
several days. It is a live, pushing,
progressive city, and I believe if you
visit the exposition that you will not
regret the trip. At that time the city
was just beginning what promised to
be a very bitter municipal campaign,
but since, I observe that Mayor May,
for the sake of peace and harmony and
the success of the exposition, has re
tired from the race.
SLast week I was in Atlanta. The
exposition was in full blast, but there
were not as many strangers in the city
as I expected, especially as it was the
tilne appointed for the Southern Road
Congress and also for the Congress of
the Cotton Growers of the Southern
States. But as it turned out the atten
dance of delegates upon both tbese
congresses was small and the enthusi
asim not great. Still I hope some good
will come out of the effort to hold the
meetings. I should not say that ex
actly, for the meetings were held.
I went -out one afternoon to the ex
position. It -impressed ine as being
poor. There were any number and
variety of side shows, and they were
said to be'good and seemed to be doing
a good business. Kiralfy's historical
representation of King Solomon at
tracted the largest crowd. The eve
ning I was there at least 12 GM people
witnessed the performance, and the
crowd was about the same every eve
ning. The representation of the ancient
city nestling among the hills was very
pretty. I did not see the performance
through, but what I saw of it I did not
see anything that I considered seriously
objectionable. Those 12,000 people paid
about $3,000 to see each performance,
and as I thought of that I wondered
if $200 could have been'secured for any
worthy charitable object out of the
same crowd.
There are quite a number of New
berrians living in Atlanta now and
* they all seemed pleased and doing well.
* Mr. Michael Foot and family are there
in business. The firm of A be Foot &
Bro. (Jeff) is doing a large business in
the manufacture and sale of trunks.
They have three establishments in the
city-the factory, the sample room and
the retail store. Mr. M!. Foot took me
through the factory and it is a very ex
tensive concern. Mr. James Maflett, a
New berry boy, is also in Atlanta, and
* J. W. Smith, son of Mr. Jenks Smith;
bo2 young men are wvell pleased. I
also saw Mr. W. II. Dickert and his
family who are now living there.
My objective point was Harolson,
Coweta County, and A tlanta was only
taken in; by the way. The Georgia
Synod was in session at this place.
Here I found a regular colony of South
Carolinians and their descendants, and
a more kind, hospitable set of people I
never had the pleasure of meeting. Here
are the Taylors, Swygerts, Addyc',
Hillers, Caldwells, and other familiar
New berry names, and these people all
went from this county. Mr. Win.
Taylor, the oldest of the colony, went
from this county ?>2 years ago. He is
still living; hale and hearty and glad
to see some one from his native coun
ty. These people are all prospering,
have good farms and comfortable
homes. The pastor of the church there
is also a Newberry man, Rev. H. P.
Counts. And then Rev. H. S. Wing
ard, the president of the Synod, is
known and loved by many people in
this; county. He looks as young as
he did fifteen years ago and is as lively
as ever.
My trip to Harolson was very pleas
ant. I oniy wish it could have been
exten~ded longer. E. H. A.
.t .?ress and Banner directs the ait
tentio,n of the Legislature to the estab
lishmnent of a State poor house in place
of the present county poor houses. It
claims that there is no more sense in
having a county poor house than there
would be in having a county peniten
tiary or a county lunatic asylum.
There is force in the suggestion. The
paupers could be better cared formi a
-~tate'~institution. . I
ople as a "licensed fraud," o s
ne against humanity," as our
>f Enoree would have us believe. .
contrary, it is said of the ban.., , -iaS
ce, which existed so w,iJtaryland and
that the pc.- Democratic. Ohio,
_isylvania, Kansas elect Republi
can candidates.
The States around which most inter
est centered were New York, Ohio,
Iowa,Pen nsylvania and Massachusetts,
and especially were the results in New
York and Ohio watched with great in
terest.
The fight in New York was between
Fassett and Flower. The Republicans
made a very hard struggle, but the
Democratic caudidate for Governor,
Roswell P. Flower, was elected by a
very handsome majoi ity.
The hardest fight and the one we felt
most interest in was in Ohio, between
Wm. McKinley, Jr., and James E.
Campbell, the present Governor.
Campbell has been defeated and Mc
Kinley, Republican, has been elected
by a plurality of possibly 15,000.
Campbell made a strong, straightfor
ward, manly fight and we had hoped
he would win. If the fight had been
made on the tariff issue only, we be
lieve that McKinley, the author of the
tariff bill, would have been defeated.
The silver question came in the canvass
and possibly helped the Republicans.
At any rate, Campbell made a good
fight and even in defeat has been suc
cessful.
Gov. Boies, Democrat, has been re
elected in Iowa and Gov. Russell,
Democrat, has also been re-elected in
Massachusetts.
I~n Ohio all the Republican State
ticket was elected and the Le;islature
is also Republican.
The Cotton Plant last week published
a full stenographic report of the speech
of Col. Tom Watson at Batesburg in
the debate with Gen. Butler, but does
not publish'Gen. Butler's speech. What
would the Cotton Plant have said if
any other newspaper had gone to the
trouble and expense of publishing a
full stenographic report of Gen. Butler's
sp&i-in tib4.dahate and had not pub
lished Col. Watson's? 'Tere-would
have been a big cry of "partisan press,
"subsidized press," "opposition press,"
and all that sort. But it is perfectly
right and fair for the Cotton Plant to
publish only one of the spe-:eles of a
joint public debate and give .he other
speaker no hearing at all. The Herald
and News has no objection and we only
mention this to point out a striking
instance of fairness on the part of the
Cotton Plant.
We are glad to see the question of
erecting a monument to the late F. W.
Dawson is being agitated. It ought to
have been done long ago. The State
has begun the agitation and we hope
it wvill be kept up until the monument
is complete. Charleston should start
the ball. No man worked harder for
Charleston and South Carolina than
F. W. Dawson.
We publish elsewhere from the At
lanta Constitution the proceedings of
the late Cotton Congress. There does
not appear to have been much enthu
siam and not much interest. The at
tendance was not large. Still we hope
some good will result from the conven
tion.
DEATH OF REV. DR. YOUNG.
An Aged Divine of Due West-Result of
an Accident.
[Special to the State.]
DUE WVEST, S. C., October 31.-Rev.
J. N. Young, LL. D., died at his home
this morning at 4 o'clock of paralysis.
He had been in bed about ten days,
suffering from a fractured bone in his
hip caused by a fall while guiding a
wagon tongue. Oneof the front wheels
of the wagon struck a rock causing it
to swing around, striking him on the
knee and throwing him on his hip.
Dr. Young was one of our most prom
inent citizens, and was, up tothe time
or his death, ve ry active in the per
formance of his daily routine of busi
ness. He was one of the founders of
Erkine College, and for a half century
was a member of its faculty, filling the
chair of mathema'ics. He resigned a
few years ago, at the urgent request of
his friends, on account of his age. He
was born in the year 1813, and died at
the ripe age of 78 years. Dr. Young
was an Associate Reformed Presbyte
ran minister and was noted for his
sound judgment and Christian integ
rity.
PICKED A BALE IN A FEW MI.NUTES.
Wonderful Work of a new Machine at
Atlanta-Endorsed by Practical
Fariners.
ATLANTA, Ga., OCt. 80.-Quite a sen
sation was created to-day over the
working of the WVilis Lispenard cotton
picker. In a large cotton field near
Atlant the picker was put to work
uar- the direction of Lispenard, the
inventor, and performed its work to the
satisfaction of hundreds of planters
who had come to A tlanta to wit ness
tha test. Everybody was unanimous
in pronouncing the machine a succe s.
A bale of cotton was picked in a fewv
minut es, the leaves and green pods of
the stalks being uninjured.
CHAILESTON COUNTY'S SHORTAGE.
The 'County Treasurer Over $8,000 Short.
The Figures.
[Columbia Register, 4th.]
Com ptroller General Ellerbe returned
to the city yesterday morning from
Charleston where he had gone to make
the usual annual settlement with the
Conuty Treasurer "nd And itor.
The books of the Treasurer show a
gret shortage in every departmient,
the smallest amount being due the
Stae. Due the state, $482.353; due the
county. $4.912.76; due school fund,
202.18. Total, $8,197.29.
A. movement has been inaugurated
by the South Carolina Press Associa
ion to erect a monument to the women
of the Confederacy, and a committe
wa appointed to consider the matter,
and the following call for a meeting of
.e committee has been issued to which
all newspaper men are invited:
By order of Gen. M1. B. McSweeney,
chr.irman of th.e South Carolina Press
Association cKinnmittee, for co-operating
with each oftner Southern Associations
in :he erection of a monument to the
"Women of the Confederacy," the
members of the said committee are
hereby called to meet in Boom 3, No.
1261 ain street, Columbia, S. C., at 10
o'fok Wednesday morning, Novem
ber 11, 1861.
All newsp.aper men in the State are
eordialy invited to meet with the com
Iittee, and they are requested to pub
ish this call in their respective jour
aals. S. T. BRWNE,
Secretary of Committee.
Connmbisa, ('C. Oct 29, 19
5ALMIANCE.COcVNEW YORK.
'iine Weather and a Consequently Heavy
Vote in the Metropolis and the Em
pire.
NEW YoRK, N-vember 3.-Midnight
-Roswell P. Flower was elected to-day
as Governor of New York to succeed
David B. Hiil. His plurality is esti
mated between 18,000 and 24,000. F -
sett didn't carry Elmira, his own cit,
Flower beating him there by 504 votes.
This city gave Flower 58,000 plurality,
and Brooklyn gave him 14,000. Re
turns received from districts outside of
New York and Kings counties indicate
that Fassett was meeting Folger's fate.
In Jefferson, Clir;ton, Essex, Mout
gomery and Wyuning counties he was
far behind the vote cast for Miller.
Flower's gains on the increased vote
were ahead of Hill's. The full vote of
Hornellsville, which is Fassett's Sena
torial district, shows a Demiocratic gain
of.52. Watertown's four wards show
a gain of 500 for Flower.
The vote in this city to-day was very
light. Flower will take to larlei
River perhaps 7.5,000 plurality. It is
doubtful if Fassett will bring down more
than 50,000 to meet it. The Democrats
are gaining Assemblymen in the State.
Sheehan is not doing as well as Flower,
but his election is assured. At 11)
o'clock Governor Hill sent a feleg,rai
to Police Commissioner Martin claim u.;
the State for Flower by 40,000 plurality.
Flower carries the Republican 8th dis
trict by 2,500. . Flower's own estimate
of his majority in the State is 25,000.
The districts so far outsid- of the city
give Flower 122,324, Fassett 12,775.
These districts in I8ss gave Hill 133,
615, Miller 165,611; 2,29 districts cot yet
heard from, in 188 gave Hill 265,463,
Miller 298,63.
RUSSELL IS ALL RIGHT.
BOSTON, MASS., November 3.-N.it
night.- Returns from fifty country
towns show a net Republican gain of
708, or 14 per town over last year. On
this basis the Republican gain in the
353 towns of the State would be 4,942.
Last year Governor Russell's plurality
in the State was 9,053. Indications so
far from the large cities are that be has
held his pluralities of l>.st year and
that he is elected by at least 4,000 plu
rality. The balance of the Republican
State ticket is undoubtedly elected.
As returns of only fifty towun are now
in, it is utterly impossible tv give any
idea of the complexion of the Legisla
ture.
MCKINLEY ELECTED.
CI.NCINNATI, OHIo, November 3.
Midnight-McKin ley is elected by at
least 10,000. The Lincoln Club, of Cin
cinnati, estimates McKinley's plurality
in kHamilton County at 6,5010, and in
the RAe "1om 18,000 to 20,000. The
Lincoln Clubugkstillate was made at
10 o'clock and is bh- on returns from
132 precincts outside o -icinnati "a
on 30 precincts in Cinciuna fse
show a Republican loss in Hamti11-,
County and a Democratic loss in the
rest of the State. Ex-Governor For
aker, who is in the city watching the
returns with interest, estimates the
plurality for McKinley in Ohio at 15,
000.
The streets are already filled with re
joicing men. Democrats are wild over
the news from New York and Repub
licans jubilant over their progress in
Ohio.
REPUBLICANS WN.
PHILADELPHIA, November 4.
1 a. mi.-The city of Philadelphia with
one ward still to hear from gives Gregg,
(Rep.) for Auditor General, 28,180 plu
rality. F orty-two countres out otsixty
six in the State, exclusive of Philadel
phia, give Gregg 24,693 plurality. Alle
ghany gave the largest plurality, over
14,000, or 9,000 gain. Morrison, (Rep.)
for State Treasurer, runs about even
with Gregg. Gregg now has 62,873 plu
rality, which will be materially in
creased. McCreary, for city treasurer,
21,000 majority.
DEMOCR ATS A LL RIG HT.
DES MoINEs, IOWA, November 3.
Midnght-At a late hour to-night only
comparatively rew precincts have been
reported. These show sligh t Republi
can gains, but not enough to overcome
Bois's majority of 5,600 in 189. The
'result is very close.
VICTOI<Y IN NEW JERSY.
TRENTON. November 3.-The Demo
crats will have a majority in both
branches of the Legislature. At the
political headquarters of the D)emocratt
here the claim is made that the Demo
cratic Senators have been electedi ini
Hudson, Hunterdon, M\iddlesex and
Sussex counties. The Democratt
claim to have elected forty Assembly
men in the State.
VIRGINIA IS ALL RIGHT.
RICHMroND, Va., Nov 3.-About
three-fourths of the State has beeni
heard from, which shows that 16 Sena
torial districts have elected Denmocrats,
with 4 districts to hear fronm. This with
19 Democrats who hold over makes the
Senate stand 35 Democrats to 1 Repu b
lcan, who holds over. In sixty-tive
cities andl counties heard from the De
mocrats elect every candidate save Mc
Candlish, of Middlesex County, whIo is
defeated by Bland, Independent Alli
ance candidate. Thbe Democrats will
have more than two-thirds majority in
the next Legislature.
Prince Edward County votes solid
for the Democratic Senator and electt
the member to the lower house by a
majority of about 2-50, a gain of over
Edwards, Alliance Democrat, was
elected without opposit ion from Swy th
and Bland counties.
THEIR REPUBLICAN FIRsT LovE.
KAssAs CITY, Mo., November ~3.
Dispatches received from all parts of
Kansas where elections were being
held to-day show that an orderly and
closely contested election is in progress.
Perhaps never in the historj of the
State has the situation been more coin
plicated. Republicans are thoroughly
aroused and fighting the People's party
hard. While there are no State ollicers
to be elected, yet in judicial districts
and the counties party lines are closely
defined, and tue light is waged on gen
eral principles of the People's party
and the Republican doctrines. The
Democrats have no hope of success ex
cept where they have fused with the
People's party, and the contest with
thei is more for organization thaii
HARIsON DECLrINEs.
His Work Too Great to Allow Him to Go to
.Augusta.
AUGUSTA, GA., Nov. 3.--Th-e Au
gusta Exposition recently sent Presi
dent Harrismn a copy of resolutions
adopted at a mass meeting on the re
turn of the Exposition dlelegatiomn from
the East arid Washington. an invita
ion to attend the Ex position. H is let
ter acknowledging -the receipt of the
resolutions, shows his interest in the
prosperity of the entire South:
Hon. Patrick Walsh, Augusta, Ga.
'My Dear Mr. Walsh: I beg to as
sure you that I appreciate very highly
the egrossed resolutions of thme meet
ing held in Augusta on September 21,
which have just been received.
I am sure that you wvill not doubt
that it would give me pleasure- to at
tend our Exposition, but I am very
busy and take up the work of another
winter without much rest during the
summer for while I was at the seashore
daily, the work of the departments
ccme to my desk precisely as if I had,
been here. Every such journey as you
propose involves a nervous strain which
can only beappreciated by those who
have had much of that sort of thing to
do. It is not probable, therefore, as I
said to you when here, that I can furth
e witness my interest in the success of
the Augusta Exposition by a visit to
it. I should be glad to have from you
any reprts or information that will
enable me to enlarge my knowledge of
the industrial progress of the South.I
Very sincerely yours.
BENJ. HARRISON."
LESS COTTON MUST BE PLANTED.
A Beductiow in Acreage of One-Third
Recommended-Picktng, Ginning
and Clas:ficatien Discussed
Four Classes Demanded
[Atlanta Constitution, Oct. 30.]
Forty cotton growers, representing
four Southern States, held a conference
at the capitol yesterday, and discussed
practical quest ions connected with their
occupation. The Cotton Acreage Cou
gress was the name adopted. The ses
sions were held in the Senate chamber.
Col. J. 0. Waddell, president of the
Georgia Agricultural Society, called the
congress to order at 9 o'clock. He stated
that the purpose of the convention was
to devise soue plan by wbich the acre
age of cotton can now be reduced, the I
annual crops now beinggreaterthan
the world's consumption. To this over
supply of course is due the low prices,
and, as every one knows, the planter is
carrying on an unprofitable business.
With him the question is how can more
money be made out of cotton. Many
believe that the only way is to plant
less and reduce the crop. South Caro
lina's agricultural society first proposed
that a congresq of this kind be held to
discuss the reduction of the number of
acres planted. Georgia's agricultural
slcietv took up the question and coin
ciI'el anlod suggested that such a con
vention should be called fr-r Atlanta.
Col. P. P. Duncan, of South Caroliua,
was elected chairman of the coLgress
and Col. James Barrett, of Itichmoud,
was chosen secretary.
Col.lLyons,lof Cartersville, opened the
di6cussion in a speech urging reduction
of acreage. It would not do to attempt
to cut down 50 per cent. the first year,
he said, but the reduction should be
made gradually and extended over a
series of years.
Mr Brown, of Alabama, stated that
in the black belt of his State it would
be a hard matter to get co-operation on
any plan to plant less.
Mr. Smith, of Butts County, made a
short spetch advocating the suu-trea
sury plan.
Col. Livingston made the speech of
I theday. It was fullof good points, and,
although not meeting the views of all
in certain statements, was in the main
a most interesting and practical talk on
picking and ginning and preparing for
market. "In my early days cotton was
handled better than it is now. These
days the rule seems to be, pick in a
hurry, gin in a hurry and sell in a
hur; y. Payday used to be on the 1st
of January. Then it moved back to
December 25, after a while to Novemt
ber 1, then to October 1.5, and now it is
September 1. I reckon in five years it
will be Auigust 1." The president of
the Alliance accounted for ihis movable
payday on the ground that shorter
credits are given all around now, and
the merchant has to settle his bills
earlier than in the past.
Taking up ginniug, he said: "I wish
. -s body would pass resolutions con
demdnipZpublic gins. The question
with the pi-,blic ginners is not how well
they can gin Lut how fast. And they
cut so in price thaLI9Who know how
to gin cannot aflord to dc..it'
"Why, a lot of these pubiju gmuners
don't know any more about their busi
ness than a hog does.
"I have been a ginner all my life
and my father was a ginner before
me.
"The South this year has lost three
fourths of a cent oi every pound of vot
ton in the handling." Colonel Living
ston traced the usual imethod of hand
ling cotton from the picking of trash,
ginninlg while wet, poor covering, rol
ing from the bale into the mud, rob
bing in the sampling anid waste at
every turn from start to finish. All of
this comes out of the planter, too. "The
present method of handling cotton is
wicked and outrageous.
"What do you think of 2.5,000 bales
of cotton from samiples in New Orleans
in onc season? Why, the handsomie
cotton exchange building in New Or
leans was built frorn samples."
Colonel Livingstoni demanded a ncw
systeml of classitication. Instead of hav
ig from twelve to seventeen classes,
four would be enoughb, he declared, a nd
let them be known as first ,second,
third anid fourth. Thle average planter
con not tell anything about cotton when
it goes under middling. "More money
was made on last year's crop than has
ever been imde on any other crop sinlce
the war. Why, a merchanit in my
tovn made S17 on one bale. He bought
it for 6i1 anid sent the bale to Augusta
and it irouight 1) cenits." 'The speaker
urged the cotton growers to get niearer
to tihe maniufacturers and to try to sell
direct instead of throtugh middlemieu.
He stated that he could sell 10 ,000O
bales right ofl to an exporter if the cot
ton couldl be stored and delivered on
weekly or monthly cou~tracts. Another
suggestion of Colonel Livingston's wvas
that the counties have sales days and
tlat the classificationi in each conunty be
done by sworn experts. There is i cent
lost in classification, and that means
$2,00000 on the crop. T1o employ
disinterested experts. in every county
would cost culy a smiall part of that
sul.
Colonel Livingstou went onl to say
thaL there is a iitference of 4 cents l'e
tween the price in Savannah and m i
Liverpool, and the cost of carrying cot
ton from one port to another is onily 1.4
cent. Somnebody is making 22 cents
simoly for the handling.
Mr. Gregg. of South Carolina, int ro
dued tihe following resoiutions:
Whereas, The Southern States of
\merica have red uced t he price of short
staple cotton below a remunerative pro
duction; therefore be it recommnended
by the commnittee of cotton growers.
. That, we hereby pledge ourselves
iot to plant more than twelve acres to
the plow.
2. TChat wve will not rent miore land
for planting in cottonl than twelve acres
to te plow, run by tenants.
:. That we will tuse our individual
etlorts to enforce the above resoltutions
il our respective States.
After a shlort discussion oii these reso
lutions. Col- Lyons offered the follow
iug, whbich was adopted.
Whereas, This cotton acreage con
vention, assembled in the city oif At
lanta, October 29, 1891, realizes thbe ne
essity of taking sonme action in regard
to a reduction of thbe cotton crop :nu the
severai cottotn-growVing States; there
fore be it
Resoved, By this convention, that
they rccommtuend that each of the cotton
tates call a conlvenition in the near
futu:2 antd adopt resolutions looking to
a general reduction of the acreage, so
as to keep the number of bales inI sight
of 7,a0,00i0, and that as soon as the
everl States have takenl such action
that their ,eeretaries report it to the
secretary of this convetioni, that it
y have general circuilatioti in the
ottol States as to.the adoption of these
resolutios.
WVbile thbe increase in mills is going
0 every year, the acreage is increasing
t a more rapid rate..
Col. Duncanl believes that the Ameri
can cottan growers can regulate the
price if they will unite and act in con
cert . A meriaa's cot totn growers are the
most intelligedt in the world, and their
cttol is far superior to the Egyptian
and Indian crops, whbiah are shlort in
fibre, poor in quality and badly pre
pared in market.
"The South must have more mills
and spin nmore of her own cotton. In
Spartan brg County, South Carolina, ~
where there are 212,0010 spindles spin- ~
nng 100,000 bales a year, the factoriest
pay a quarter of a cent more per pound ~
tan any other factories offer. The
fatories will not let home grown cot
ton be shipped away until they get all,
they want, and tbis home consumption i]
is a great benefit to the community." 7I
On motion of Mr. Sligh, the chairman t<
appointed Messrs. Livingston, of Geor- Ia
i, Sligb and Gregg, of South Carolina, In
Brown, of Alabama, and Waddell, of jo
Lou isiania, a committee to draft a set
)f resolutions that would meet all the
juestious before the convention.
Upon reassembling at 3 o'clock tWe
ommittee made a report recommend
ng a reduction of 334 per cent. in acre
Lge except in cases of intensive farming,
md there tvelve acres to one mule was
-ecommended as the maximum.
xreater care in picking and handling
was recommended, and a demand was
nade that the classes of cotton be four,
o be known by numbers.
These recommendations were ad
)pted, and the cougressadiourned sub-,
ect to the call of the chairman.
In chatting about the production of
,otton, Colonel Duncan called attention
o a point which none of the speakers
iad alluded to in the congress. The
>oint is this: It is estimated that the
orld's spindles barely exceed fourteen
nillion in number, and a half a boll is
L spindle's capacity. Therefore, the
world cannot spin an eight-million
)ale crop.
The Lexington Primary.
[Special to the State. I
LEXINGTON, S. C., Nov. 3.-In the
>rintary held Saturday to nominate a
uccessor to Col. Assman, clerk of
ourt, Messrs. Haltiwanger, Hendrix
mkd Span n led. The race will be run
wer by the two highest, Haltiwanger
md either Hendrix or Spann.
Boydville Dots.
There will be communion at the A
R. P. church, Prosperity, on Sunday
:he 8th instant. Preparatory service
xill begin Friday night. Rev. Mr. Mof
'ett will assist the pastor, Rev. Mr.
Phillips.
David S. Cook's infant son was bu
ried yesterday afternoon at Colony
-enetery.
The fly is destroying the grain. Bar
ey and turnips are faring badly. Rain
needed for sowing grain.
Crop of cotton 2.5 per cent. off. Cot
'on continues low and guano liens and
Dank notes must be paid all the same.
Don't forget, Alliancemen, to obey
>rders in regard to planting 13 acres.1
.)tton next year.
The trustees and patr-onsof Johnstone
Academy will hold a meeting Friday
vening, at 3 o'clock, to make arrange
rents for starting 'chool on the '6th
instant. Don't fai' to come and be
prepared to hell) pay th, oid lumber
:Ieb,t of $25.
The Alliance is still ahead in South
"arolina and ga* ing largely in numi
brs since the October meeting. Let
the good cause be known. J. T.
TEACHERS' COLUMN.
Taos. W. KEiTT, Editor.
"The prosperity of a country depends. not
rn the abundance of its revenues, nor on
the strength of its fortifications, noron the
eauty of its public buildings; but it consists
in the number of its cultivated citizens, in
its men of education, enlightenment.
haracter ; here are to be fou
terest, its chief st e
Martin
A Move in the Right Direction.
In the last issue of The Herald and
News we notice the text of a bill to
uthorze the Board of Examiners of
Newberry County to re-district the
wouEty.
This bill meets with our hearty ap
proval, as it seesni to us a ste in the
right direction. One of the drawbacks
to the greater efficiency of our public
schools is the size of our districts. 'Were
the~ smaller we would soon see better
school houses, better paid-hence, mrore
opetent-teachers, and an upward
tendency in educational matters.
The trustees, to whom the welfare of
these districts is entrusted, would be
more alive to the good of the schools
under their charge, and a beneficent
ad friendly rivalry would spring up
be'tween the districts which would tend
to bring out the best efforts of the
trustees.
WVe do not mean it to be inferred
that we think the trustees of the dis
tricts, as they are at present, are not
doing their best; but the size of the
districts precludes the possibility of
their giving the sanme attention to the
schools as could and would be given
under the system of smaller districts.
By all means let us have smaller dis
tricts, and, having Qbtained these, let
us turn our attention to raisiug funds
for lengthening the school term.
T. W. K.
Attention, Teachers!
Remrember, our association meets at
the graded school building at 10.3 a. in.,
on Saturday the 14th inst. Show your
desire to improve yourselves by prompt
atten danrce.
Letter WVriting.
[E. D. K., in SchoQl Journal.]
The art of writing letters is becoming
obsolete. In a former generation cor
respondence was an admirable art, but
the telegraph and daily paper have
about destroyed it. Few letters, that
are letters, are written to-day. Yet
there is nothing that will so much
stimulate thougbt, and bring into
activity practical1 every-day needs as
the exe-rcise of this art. A dull, lazy
personl can not write a good letter. There
must be bright anid original ideas, and
the mind must be trained to observe
what is going oIn around it. The sub
ects of these letters are to be picked up
from inmmediate objects, as clouds, sun
sets, rainy days, shadows, voices, faces,
human nature, art, literature; in fact,
rrom anything with which we comXe
into conitact, worth writing about.
It is the personality at>out a letter
that gives t.o itits charm. When a friend
writes we want to know what tliat
friend has seen, heard, or experienced.
This personal charm is not egotism,
und it is simply making a friend see,
hear, and feel what we have seen, felt,
srd heard. In other words, it is pultting
tother inl our place. A great deal of
rt is needed to tell a summer exploit.
A young lady who appreciates fine
sunsets wrote this summer in a letter
to a friend:
"I..t night. we had splendid sunset; it was
iust too sweet for anything. '
This girl needs to learn the art of ex
pression. But boys are asmnuch at fault
is girls in letter writing, as the follo'
ng scrap from a letter from a la,f of
:hirteen to his mother shows. H -wrote
from the Rocky mountaiiw and his
etter said:
"We crossed a big rnountdn .yesterday. I
elt y ou it was.just Dully.'"
The art of writing l'3tters is also the
mrt of using words. .Some young peo
ple, and old ones too, for that matter,
;et certain words in their minds and
an't get rid of themi. "Splendid" is an
examiple. To some people everything
s splendid-sunsets, a base-ball game,
m excursion, a friend, a dinner, a
lower, and a book. What these word
tricken souls would or could do with
>ut this word it is difficult to deter-I
ine. Drill in good letter writing takes
>ut these words from the volcabulary
md harmonizes expression; in fact, a
horough drill in the art of epistolary
'orrespondence will do more, than
lmot anything else to broaden and
teautify expression, as well as to train
he mind to exact habits of thinking.
In school the delightful and useful
rt of letter-writing may be taught ina
ray to render the exercises pleasing
d profitable. Let several pupils write
n account of the day's doings and let
be raciest be read-but this is only one
There are a good number of schools
the county in want of teachers. 4
'hose who desire positions should write
>the commissioner, and he may be
ble to help them secure places for the
ext school session. Write to him at
ace as the schools will open on 16th
ovember. *
Death of a Laurens Lady.
[Special to The State.]
LAURENS, S. C., Oct. 30.-Mrs. Rose
Simkins, widow of the late Col. John
SimEins, whose serious illness was re
ported last week, died last night and
will be buried here to-morrow.
OPERA_hOUSE.
Friday,' Nov. 6.
ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY.
IRose Osborne,
SUPPORTED BY A CAREFULLY
SELECTED NEW YORK
COMPANY,
-I.N
SATAN.
The Masterpiece of the World's Greatest
Author, Sardnu.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF
ADMISSION, - 25c, 50e- & 75&.
Reserved Seats on sale at Wright's
Bookstore.
NOTICE! NOTICE!!
R H. WRIGHT HAVING QUITE
R. a number of notes and accounts
due the late firm of Wright & J. W.
Coppock still unsettled would give
notice that if said claims are settled at
once that a discount on all such equal
to attorneys fee for collection will be
given, otherwise, suit will be pressed
and collection made as early as practi
cable. These claims must be settled in
some way without further delay.
.T.
TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN
PROBATE COURT.
Lenor V. Livingston Admr. of the es
tate of John W. Stone, deceased,
Plaintiff, against, Rebecca Kinard
and others, defendants.
Complaint to sell land to pay debts,
to marshall assets, etc.
BY ORDER OF COURT, HERE
in, all persons holding claims
against the estate of John W. Stone,
deceased, are required to render in and
establish the same before this Court on
or before the 6th day of November,
1891, and are enjoined from prosecuting
their claims elsewhere than in this
case. J. B. FELLERS,
J. P. N. Q.'
Ers' Sale
UTHORI vEN US IN
the will of F. H. Dominick, de
ceased, we will sell at his late residence
on Friday, November 20th, beginning
at TO o'clock the following personal
property of his estate:
Gin and Press, small Stock of General
Merchandise with Store Fixtures,
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Cotton Seed, Oats, Corn and Fodder,
etc.
JACOR L. DOMINICK,
'H0%. M. NEEL.
GEO. B. CROMER,
Qualified Executors.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN
COMMON PLEAS.
John M. Mars and others vs. Missouri
Mars and others.
Partition.
U NDER ORDER OF COURT
herein, I will sell at pnublic out
cry at Newberry C. H., on saleday in
December, all the lands in No. 4 Town
ship, of which James A. Mars, Robert
Mars and Nathan Mars died possessed,
containing eleven hundred and seven
ty-eight acres, more or less, (1178) and
bounded by lands c:' J. C. 7 trgrove,
WV. C. Cromner, Thos. P. A brams, estate
of J. G. Hous.aai and others. They will
be sold in four tracts, by plats-as fol
lows:
No. 1. Known as the Church Tract,
containing 150 acres more or less;
No. 2. Known as the Home Tract,
con taining 376 acres, more or less;
No. 3. Known as the Oxner Tract,
containing 282k acres, more or less;
No. 4. Known as the Robert Mars
Tract, containing 370 acres, more or
less.
Terms: One-third cash; balance in one
and two years, with interest from the
day of sale, secured hy bond of pur
chaser and mcrtgage of premtises.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
SI LAS JOH NTONE, Master.
Masters' Office, 12 Oct., 1891.
R ICHM3OND) AND) D)ANV[ILERAIL
ROAD) CO)IPANY.
COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE DIVTiK..
PAsSENGER DEPARTMENT.
r'ondensed Schedule-In effect Sept 20. 1891
(Trains run b.v75th Meridian time.)
SNo. 17. No.15. No. 13.
WE Si80UND. .Ex sun1 Daily. Ex. Sun.
Lv Charleston........ .60(a ..
Columbia.. ..l.........)00 Oaxm 11 10a m
Union.........I ........ 1230 p m......
Spartaubur I .......:. 1 3-5pm 7 05 pm
Tr-.on....... ........ 2 48 pm 8 12p m
Raluda.................3 23 pm 8 49p m
Flat Rock... ........:345 pm 9 11 pm
Hend's'nville........... 3 54 p m 9 20 p m
A sheville...... .......4a50p m 1010p m
Hot springs...........6 12 p m......
Ar Paint Rock............I6 25 Pm........
Morristown ..-....... 1 I.......
Knoxville ...|........5a30p m;i........
(iCin enti...........7 00 a m .......
Lv Prosperity... S 50 a m No. 61. 12 38 p m
NJew berry..:..90i m7 30 mil2 57p m
Clinton...........,............ 942 a mj9 8p m
Ar Laurens...r..........10 35 am. 9 45 p
Lv Ninety-Six... 10 225 a m .......I 2 35i
(ireenwood...lu0 45 am........ n
ArA bheville ... 1i >5 anm............ao6p n
LvlBelton......... 5m............ . 4 00 pnr
P1elzer...... 125.pm........ .. 4 l0 p n
Piedmiont...... 1 10 p m..... .... 4 42 pn
Ar(Greenville.... 1 45 pm1......... 5 0 yrr:
Anderson......;12 50 p .............; 5 40 pn
Pendleton......... -.......55
Lv Seneca ....-........---.............. 6 40pni
Ar Walhalla.......;. -..................I 7 55pnm
A tlanta........---------.--.......8 25p m
S .1 ....... ....... 12 30 ai m
EAhTBQJND. No. 16. j No. 14. No. 18.
-. Daily. :Ex. Sun. Ex. Sun.
fvW alnala.....45a................
Seneca........ 0 7 a m;......... ..........
Pendleton... 10 55 a m .............. ......
Anderson...11 38 a m; 3 3.5 p m ........
Peizer .....J 5 a m 4 28 pm!.......
Belton...... ...2 pm 10 m .......
A bbe ville.... 12 o m 5 15 p m ......
G,reenwoolt. 1 L:; p m0630 pm1.
Ninety-Si. . 2 pim 6 52 pm;......
Laurens... 11 0 I .......... 620 am
Clinton... 125 p m........... 652 am
.Newberry ..34pm 8 00p m 754a m
Prosperity... 4 00pm 8 16 pm 830 a m
Cincinnati.... 800 p m.
Knoxvlle..... 815 a m
Morristown...I 9 25 amn
Pain t Rock...12i.5 pm m.
Hot Srings.. 12 26 p mn No. 14......
Ashev ille ..... 2 00 pm 1I :R) a mn
Hend'snvlle 2 52 p mn 12 26 p m .
Flat Rock..... 30p m12 38p m.
Saluda.......323 pm 1 03p m.
Tryon ....... 4 00 pm 1 51 p m.
Spa.*,an burg 530 p m 3 14 p m.
Umion......6 35 prm..............
Ar Columbia....85 ....... 9 50a m
Charleston. ...l12 5 a m ...........
Trains 1.5 and 16 are Daily between Chari
on and Cincinnati.
sLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On Trains 15 and 16 Pullman Bud-et Sleepers
etween Charleston, S. C., and Cincinnati,
Ihio, via Atlantic Coast Line, Columbia,
tseville, Paint Rock, Morristown, Knox
'Ille, Jellco and Junction t'lty without
hange.
A. DODSON. W. A. TURK.
Superintendent, Ass't Gien'l Pass. A gt.,
Colunmbla, s. C Chariotte. 3s. C.
V. H. GREEN. JAR. L.TA iLot,
(Gen'l Manager, Gen'1 Pass. Agen ,
Atlanta, Gas. Atlanta. Ga.
SOL H A A, Traffic Manager,
Atlanta, Ga
J0TTON WEIGHING.1
[ CAN BE FOUND AT THE C. N.
and L. Depot, prepared to give
'rompt attention to weighing cotton
wve me a call..
84$ 0W3MAN,
A.
..............
Astllliug
wED WILL, beginning
15 to 25 per cer.t. on
to close out our Entire Sto(
count applies to every' Lin
This is no humbug, an
for yourself.
Remember we offer this
closing out our stock, and
this rare opportunity, the fa
The Best Line of Clot
Fine Shoes in the market.
A rare opportunity,-d
Yours as
SMITH 3
Main Street, Newberry, 6
MINTERT
<1 Ja
THE LEADERS
Are now oftering greater indu
stringency of the times, they h
stock that would be bound to m<
largely than ever, their trade haE
that they have been compelled t<
Remember that all our goods are
makes the mare go. Customers
buy brand new goods from us,
ch-,aper than from any one else.
We have a large stock of Cl
Remember this A-.d when yo
yourselve s and come to us. W4
Neckwear. Our 50 cents Scarfs
The Shoe Hous
Our stock of Shoes is more
receiving new shoes from our diff
a lot of fine Ladies' Shoes from ]
Shoes for gentlemen.
When you need any thing in c
and prices will please you.
Besi
MINTER &
LEADERS OF
Will the P<
sT:
show which way
Watch them W]
.of Clothing patte:
m when you see it
Sance and make
'except price and
find THREE per
ing of him where
S ago; then you ni
H is blowing you
And why not gi
Smoney by trying
way; money ani
patience. Go wit
stop losing, 4nd 1
dreds now real
everything to ga
lose---with BL2
Are
Dress Goods!T
E ARE OFFERING TH:
Largest,
Cheapest,
Newest d
Best Selected
Stock of Dress Goods in New
berry. We have received in the
past ten days over $1,000 worth
>f New Dress Goods.
Notice a Few Specialties !
Silk Warp Henriettas, 38 inches
wide.. .. .. .. .. .-. .. .. ..85
8-Inch All Wool Tricots. .. .. .. 40c
5 Pieces Elegant Styles in 36-Inch
Plaid and Striped Serges . ... 30c
lack Goods in Every Style and
Every Price. ....... ......
0 Pieces Renfrew, Normandie and
Westbrook Ginghams, for .. ..Se
Allen, Gloucester, Windsor and Mer
rinmac Calicos, Fast colors. . .. 5e
The Celebrated "B. Y. A." Corset
for only.. .... .... .....50
We cannot -mention everything,
at will astonish you. Come and
see! It is a real pleasure to sho
ur stock. .s
,NLY,
I. D. Davenport &
~ewharry S. C/I
-0
Lo-day, give a discount of from
all cash purchases. We4mean
k by January 1st, and the dis.
d if you doubt it, call and see
and remember that we intend
f you don't take advantage of
Alt is yours,--iiot ours.
,ing, and Ladies' and Gents
on't let it slip.
ver,
WEARN,
RMIESON,
IN THEIR LINE,
cements than ever. Knowing the
ave put a price on their immense
ve it; although they bought more
been so much better than expected
> replenish in all their departments.
bought for cash; and cash is what
are made happy because they can
as they are advertised, and a little
:thing which we are going to sell.
1 want a Suit or an Overcoat, post
will sell you. An elegant line of
beat the world.
e of Newberry!
complete than ever. We are daily
arent manufacturers. Just received
. P. Reid's. Also LLly-Brackett's
ur line give us a call, For our goods
ectfually,
JAMIESON,
LOW PRICES.
sople Thidtk!
RAWS
-the wind blows.0
ien you see all sorts ,.
rned after Blalock's;
imitated in appear
up--in everything -
I merit; when you
sons buying Cloth
ONE bought a year0
iay know the wind m
towards Blalock's.
3? You are losing $$
{ to head the other Pa
I labor, time and 'md
h the wise, and you .1 -
>egin to gain. Hun- o
Lze that there is 0
In and nothing to I
LLOCK.
fKINARD'S
~IiLFASHINS
L BE THE GREAT A~y
tion during Fair Week. Quitie a -
stir is mlade over the large stock of"
of Tailor Made Garments that isshown
at the emporium this season. The best
dressed men and boys are coming here
as they know the merits, styles and
qaiyof goods I am showing this
Cseas, in Foreign and Domesatie
Clte.Lots of patterns have been
sold out, but have got them in stock
again.
WXhen I hear a man declare he can't
get suited in ready made Clothes, I
can't help thinking he hasn't half
tried- LMust have got into careles
hands. Lots come in here thinking
that w'ay, bu to the best of my knowl~
edge, I never h.9 any to leave still
feeling prejudiced a~ter trying on
Tailor Made Garme,s. Ho
one be anything but ~~~
do as much as any taic~9
and figure a good..
than one road les
isn't all with~
wait."'' Fre
We're iTZm
shagd.. "~~ 23
know, so.... "O
try tve..
cau ~ 4----~
trains -
m