The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, May 18, 1892, Image 1

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s W '.lw41 7 ESTABLISHED 1865.INEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY18192_______ EATING THE RAILROADS. The State Board of Equalization Announce Assessments which, in Many Cases. _ Appear to have been Made with a Special View to Forcing Appeals. LSpecial to News and Courier.] COLUMBIA, May 11.-The all-impor tant State railroad board of equaliza tion met to-day and practically main tained the final basis of the last assess ments of railroad property. In a few instances there were reductions, and in several cases the returns as made by the railroad authorities were accepted. The larger roads had their figures ma terially increased, and the Richmond and Danville Road seemed to be par ticularly unfortunate. The present figures are by no means the ones on which the State will collect the taxes, as reductions are very likely to be made when the board meets on the 14th of June to hear any appeals. There were present at to-day's ses sion of the board Secretary of State Tindal, Attorney General McLaurin and Comptroller General Ellerbe. In the absence of Treasurer Bates Mr. Tindal was made chairman. The board had returns from all of the rail roads, with two exceptions. Judge Cothran, general counsel, and Vice President A. B. Andrews appeared be fore the board to show that the Rich mond and Danville roads ought not to be assessed as high as last year, and why the returns of the roads as made were correct and equitable. The board heard the argument, but did not, from their prea::inary action, 'E much heed of it. The arguments were on the same line as those hereto fore advanced. In the tabulated statement below I give the mileage of the roads, as given by the companies, the rate of assess ment as fixed by the board of equali zation to-day, and the value of the road per mile as reported by the officers of the roads. The figures, which will be an Interesting study for many, are: Value New reported Assess. by com Miles ment. pany Asheville * Sparb'g... 23.5 8,000 3 4,0000 Atlanta A Charlotte... 12% 18,00 8,5000u Bishopvil le........-.- 23 1'w) l 1,O0300 Cumborland Gap........, 241 8.003 4,00000 Carolina Midland...... 5.L75 5,(00 5,00000 Car. K'ville & West'n 15 1,000 3,00000 Central of S.C............ 40 12,000 5,00000 Three C's..................... 107.2 10000 4,40000 Chas'n't Savannah..... 85.25 13,000 6,00000 Chas. Sum. & North'n 1.18.7 8.0 Noret'rn Chari'te, Col & Aug..... 17&9 14,000 8,00000 Cheraw & Chester...... 28.6 4,9 2,500 Cheraw A Salisbury... 11 5ti000 5,00000 Chestera Lenotr......... 37 4,003 2,50000 Col's a Greenville...... 165 10,500 3,0000 Florence... .... 24.47 10,000 5,00000 Georget'n& Western. 37 3,000 3.00000 Georgia, Carolina A Northern, frst......... 30 10,000 10,00000 -Georgia, Carolina & . Ngrtbern, remain'g 106-09 I.s ens'............. 2i9 9 .000 2,500 004 31anch'r A Augusta..... 19 5,000 3.500 00 Northeastern............... 12 17,000 9,78451 Palmetto..................... 22 40)0 1,00000 Pt.Royal& Augusta . 108.75 10,000 7,50000 Pt. Royal & W estern Carolina, arst.......... 51 10,000 7.00000 Pt. Royal A Western C s.................... 159.9 10,000 6,00000 South-Bound.............. 104.38 8,0 0 8,00000 South Carolina... 42 1.,01. 3000 00 Spar. Union & Col...68 500 350 WiI. Chad & Conway 25.25 ,0 2200 Wil. Col & Augusta..... 114 4CO ,00) Wilson & Swnmerton 19 1,9 1,80 Blue Ridge........... S ,00 4000 Ashley River..........4 14001,00 Sea Island Branch (C. & S.). ........42..........00.25 Hart viDle............... 10 2,0 2000 Col. New A Laurens... 63.5 5005.00 So. Ca. Paciic. ............'r Brachvllea BW'D 10 2,000 1 ,000 00 wHAT AS DO,0LAS Y,5A0R. The bard oequaizato last00ea ad a relminry ssese,00 w,000c0 was sbsequntly onsidrabl reduced. In thefolloingtale0ar given the Asheille& Sartbg 4,000$ 8,000 Atlata Chalote 2,000 1,0030 Bishpvlle Rilrad ,C 2,00 Car C.Gap& Cicao 80,00 8.00 Car, 'vileWes'n 10,000 1,00 Cenra o S Croin 1,000 1200 Cha. C: &Chiago 10,000 10,000 Ct~al'n Savnna 18,000 1,00000 Char Sum.k orthn 58000 ,000 Obar Co. & uguta 5,000 1400 0 Cherw an Cheter ,000 ,s005 Cher an Salsbur 800 1,000 Che,te an Leolr.. ,000 4,00 0 Col.and reevill...10,0 .000 1,00 Col.Nb'y& Luren 1. ,000 ,000 Florene Rairoad. 008,000 1,00 Georget'n& Western 3,000 ,00 Geo.Caro & orthn 1,000 1,00 0 Haravile airoa .. 25,00 2,0.00 Laurns....... 14,00 ,000 Manc'r Augsta.. ,000 ,000 Norteastrn Iailrd12,000 1,000 Palmtto ailrad.... ,000 1,000 Pt.B'yl&~. Caro'a 2,000 1,000 S. nio an Coum. 5,000 5,000 Wil.Chab'n& Cu'y 6,00 No,rt'r Brnil.Cle & Augus.. 15,000 1,000 BTahe oar of eAlization0 7astyea The subsequentey conieralya eded thatte wllown mable aaemgien theal side-trakage figcue, soin the acs tinn of rhoad aftreer thearingtargn Iw OrigialRied Ashevillerna theryg 8,00 gov8,000n Albety to tharlotteua,00 and 8,00ull Bishossible Riroec io 50 60hi 0ad i Croe, 'ise&Wtn 10,00 10,000oan tCendty of g. Carolna 1200 2,0 Csevin;& w hic ag o 1000 10bsrv, ohrP c psatina 18,00 theus 000o Char. ouf properth'ne 8,00 notd 000t equalr.aon, reAguate 15,00 prie,000l Ceraw eand thesterpe5,000o to ,000ai foChe use ofallsbury 800 ,0 Ceer tandeami..5,0 400 Cot.as Greeviltle...er in-0 0,0 dol Nre by & othrn. me,000 5,000a tergetunal T&e Wsere a,0 prte000 us tieo. BrwrCedar.&thnd 1B,000 against Ntheatrn oRal'd 20,00me in,000 Chicago warehouse cases and now re affirmed in the New York grain ele vator cases that a State has the power to regulate the conduct and fix the prices of any business "affected with a public interest." When this thoory of constitutional law was first announced by Chief Jus tice Waite, its far reaching consequen ces, its dangerous tendencies and possi ble abuses were widely recognized and commented upon. I the expression "business affected with a public interest" had been de fined so as to limit its meaning to mat ters that were in reality of a public nature, the stand taken by the Court would have been tenable and harmless. It would have even been salutary. Thus railway traffic is clearly public in character. No railway can be built or operated without the express con sent of the people. Every road must first get a franchise from the State. This secures to it valuable privileges. By virtue of it any private property may be taken without the consent of the owner by payment of its appraised value. The road is a creature of the State. Obligations and duties to the public are imposed upon it. Its busi ness and its changes are subject to leg islative regulation. The same is true )f telegraph, telephone and express ompanies. It is true of ferries. Bu: elevating grain is not a putc business of that kind. The owner re eeivee no franchise or special privilege from the State. He cannot take pri vate property without the consent of the owner. Like the merchant and the manufacturer, he buys his land as best be csn and carries on his business without governmental aid. The majority of the Supreme Court ays of it, "the public has an interest in the business," and therefore it is sub ject to legislative control. But, as Jus tice Brewer pertinently asks, What business is there in which the public bas not an interest? The public is interested in the village store and in the city mercantile establishment. Every branch of trade and industry ippeals to the community for patron ige. Every branch is for the accom modation of the community. It the Legislature may dictate how the business of elevating grain may be earried on and fix the charges that may be made it may exercise the same arbitrary power in the case of any'busi ness. It may limit profits and control markets generally. It may determine the compensation any man may receive ror the use of his property or for his personal services. A power so sweeping cannot be con 3eded to a Legislature without denying ;o the individual an inherent and es ;ential right of freedom. Its exercise would be liable to the gravest abuses td wrongs. Letus hope-with Justices Brewer, Field and Brown, that the time is not distant when the evils of his doctrine "will become so apparent that the courts will hasten to declare bhat goverr-uent can prescribe comn pensation only when it grants a special privilege, as in the creation of a corpo ration or when the service which is rendered is a public service or the prop rty is in fact devoted to a public use." 'I Pray You Kick Me, 'Tis a Sure Way to Honor." [The News and Courier.] Is it to be an established rule that when anyone says anything unkind or sarcastic about one of Tillman's special ollowers straightway that follower is to receive special honors? The question is suggested by the cir iumstance that the Hon. Robert Al rich who is still sore from Col. Orr's aliusion to his alleged coat tail hang ing propensities, has been appointed by G~ov. Tillman to sit on the supreme bench, the resignation of that appoint ment by Speaker Ira B. Jones having been accepted. The cases in which he is to sit are E. . Reeder, respondent, vs. Thomas R. Workman, assignee, and E. P. Chal mers, administrator, vs. C. WV. Kinard, et al. Candidaey for congressional honors will hardly vitiate the new appoint ment. Judge Aldrich might without any impropriety have been selected. Eampaign Poetry. There is a man of Adam's race, And Edgefield is his dwelling place; And we are told by "Enoree plantation" That he wants to rule all creation. He had his cows all well fed And assessed them at ten per head, But when he sold he showed his folly By selling them for nearly forty. He went around blowing his horn, That there was room for much reform; But when he got into the good stall, Bedarned it he didn't forget it all. His all absorbing campaign song Was he'd right every wrong, But why he failed no one can tell, Unless be meant to lie like hell. There is one thing we like first rate, And that is this old gallant State; But all his talk about free pass Sounds like the jackass. Hurrah, three cheers for John C. Shep pa rd, He holds his colors like the leopard, And will not lie or change a spot Like the would-be tyrant despot. The Sheppard will take care of the sheep, And make no promise he will not keep; And as to being the farmers' friend, On him they all cau well depend. And now we bring this to a close, It's neither poetry or prose; But it's simply an old man's honest v-iews, So let it pass as other news. Children Cry for Piter's Cataria National and State Banking System vs. The Sub-Treasury. To The Editor of The Herald and News : The financial problem is the most difficult of solution in the science of government. A full and accurate knowledge of figures and facts are absolutely neces sary to arrive at correct conclusions. Tbe report of the Comptroller of the Currency shows that on the 25th of Sep tember, 1891, there were 3,677 National banks. The aggregate capital stock of these banks was $677,426,876.25. Their circulation a as $131,323,301.50. To secure their circulation they deposited with the Treasurer $150,035,600 in re gistered bonds of the United States government. The deposits by individuals 'ere $1, 588,318,681.37. Their loans and discounts were $2,,468,~0.93. The above figures and facts show that the bills alone of these banks are se cured by bonds of the government. Creditors are not secured. These banks like all others established since the founding of the Bank of En gland in 1694 are based on credit, con fidence and chance-more on chance than anything else. Since the establishment of the pre sent National banking system 29 years ago, 164 National banks have failed with a clear loss to creditors of $15,459, 980. Twenty-five National banks failed last year having a capital stock of $3, 662,000. On the 31st of August, 1865, the in terest bearing obligations of the govern ment were $2,383,033,315. On the 31st of October, 1891, it was reduced to $649,650,232. With the cancellation of the reg istered bonds of the government the present National banking system will expire. The last of them are due in 1907. Under the system of the State banks in 1841 the total bank capital was $317, 642,692. During the year 1841 fifty-five banks failed with an aggregated capital of $67,036,265 and circulation of $23,577, 752. In nearly every instance the entire capital of the banks that failed was lost, yet men advocate going back to that system. Under the National banking system the bills of the banks are secured and we have a National currency. In these respects the system of National banks is superior to the system of State banks. Both, however, are seriously deftc tive and should be displaced by a better system. A system of State treasuries can be worked ap to perfection. They can be made perfectly safe and a blessing to the whole people. From 2 to 3 per cent. is all that can in the aggregate be annually made, and no higher interest should be charged. This the wealth of nations clearly demonstrates. The duty rests on Congress under our constitu tion of government to provide a uni form NatIonal currency for the whole people. It should be issued and ad vanced on property properly restricted and secured at a low rate of interest or without interest. If South Carolina should through her legislature ask Congress to order 40,000,000 dollars in legal tenders printed for her and take them out by a deposit of her bond with the United States Treasurer and pay off her State debt and advance the balance to her citizens on their property properly re stricted and secured these notes would be based on $168,000,000 of property and endorsed by the United States, whose wealth is incr easing at the rate of $150,000,000 a month. The security would be perfect. We would then have our distinctive money, which every na tion should have. In that event we' would not suffer from any diaster that might befall any other nation. It is estimated that the shrinkage in values in the United States caused by the suspension of Baring Brothers was $2,600,000,000. This is one of the results of the pre sent financial system. We are too closely allied in our fin ances with England. To illustrate, sup pose there were two mill ponds run ning parallei without communication. If a log was thrown into one of them it would displace the water where it falls in and every atom of water in that pound would be displaced one atom by another. The water in the other pond would not be disturbed. It would remain placid. The State treasuries in addition to furnishing all the money needed for business at a low rate of interest would be safe depositories for the General Government. The deposits would not be loaned out as is now done by the banks. They would be held until called for; hence there would be no hazard. All gold and silver would be put into bars and used as commodities, the holders paying all costs. The products of the fields and mills should be on the same footing with the products of the mines. There should be no difference. In 1842 James H. Hammond, a plan ter of vast erudition was elected Gov ernor of the State. Cotton was selling at 4 cents per pound. In a speech to the people he said, "We are making more cotton than the world wants." Hammond was mistaken. We were not making more cotton than the world needed.~We were making more than the mills then in existence could convert in to goods. That is our condition at the present time. Twenty millions of bales would not supply the wants of thbe peo ple if there were mills enough to convert them into goods. The great need is money in ample volume to build the mills and oil the spindles. A system of State treasuries, as out lined by the writer will furnish it at such rates of interest as will give us booming times. When our raw material Is converted into goods and what we don't need is exported we will be the wealthiest and most powerful, as we are the freest na tion in the world. For a system of State treasuries to be established and the country filled with joy and plenty the people must be all aglow and take hold by States. The request must go up to Congress from each State. Congress cannot refuse if the matter is properly presented com ing from a State. If adopted it will prove the safest and most equitable system of finance ever devised. - Respeetfag, - ELLISON S. KEITT. Enoree Plantation, S. C., April 27th. 1892. That Free Coinage Does. [Hon. Michael D. Harter, of Ohio, in the May Forum.] By causing the withdrawal of gold from general citculation "free coinage" would contract the currency about 33J per cent., and be followed, of course, ry the cessation of many kinds of busi ness employing labor, and curtailing all industrial enterprises, through which very many men and women would lose their customary employ ment. The result of the increased compe tition for work would reduce the wages paid to those who were fortunate enough to retain employment. The reduced wages would be paid in money worth (market value) but sev enty cents, instead of, as now, 100 ents. The accumulated savings of the work ing people, usually invested in savings banks, building associations, life in murance policies and in small loans, would be cut down nearly one-third. 'hese evils open up a long vista of in iustice and of suffering for the worthy ind comparatively helpless masses which may well stagger the honest and enthusiastic but mistaken advocate of 'res coinage. Now, who would be the real suffer ers? 1. The 4,258,893 who own the $1,524, 344,506 of deposits in savings ;banks Free coinage would cost them $457, 153,351. 2. The principal creditors next and )f the government, too, are the 800,000 pensioners, whose $157,000,000 of pen sions would be cut down $47,000,000 in >ne year, or $470,000,000 in ten years. 3. Then comethegreatarmy of 5,000, )00 policy holders in life insurance com panies, whose $7,500,000,000 in policies would be cut down to $2,250,000,000. 4. After these the 500,000 men and women who have invested in building md loan associations. 6. Then come the millions of clergy nien, clerks, men in the army and navy and civil service, and others who work for salaries or fixed incomes, all of whom, while nominally getting 100 eents, would actually get but 70 cents. Free coinage would cost these classes $ 76,000,000 a'year. 6. Last, but certainly not least, the vast army of 10,085,966 working men, women and. children (in 1880), all of whom would, to start with, suffer a large reduction in wages, and then, after getting lower nominal wages, would find their dollar purchase but 70 ents' worth of goods, causing them a loss amounting to the stupendous an nual sum of $1,210,614,720. EX-SECRETARY VILAS SAYS IT THREAT ENS TH E L AND WITH FINANCIA L DISASTER. [The May Forum.1 The production and trade of our peo ple extend to very many different arti les and objects, to nearly every form, indeed, whicn man's labor yields; the volume of all is vast, exceeding accu rate statistical account, and the cur rents of business are intertwined and commingled beyond possibility of clear ,nd satisfactory tracing of their mutual relations, so that analysis and just,ap portionment of effects to each several cause of all the causes that enter for good or ill into the common resultant are unattainable. The shadow of apprehension is with us now, though that event never be fall. For while its exact influence and injury may not be computed, it is cer tain that the calamity of a currency revolution has been during some months brought so imminently to im pend over the country that the menace has started fear, alarmed business men and more or less changed their conduct in many transactions; setting them to guard their property by unusual de vices and lessening their readiness freely to invest money in any form, either in loans or enterprises of busi ness. The haze in our atmosphere is not, however, due altogether to the prospect of free coinage. The coinage law as it stands already is alone suffi cient to gather portentous clouds in the financial sky. How long will it re quire under present methods to secure the volume and force of silver adequate o displace gold? That portentous event has already~ made its debut, arid in repetition of history. The following are the famous lines of John Wesley, giving his idea of how to make a truly successful life: Do all the good you ,an, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As loIng as eer you cn.n The Sonthern Baptist Convention. [Correspondence Herald and News.] ATLANTA, GA., May 5.-The conven tion was called to order at 10 a. m. (11 o'clock by our time) by the former President, Judge Harralson, of Ala. bama, and was opened with devotional exercises led by Rev. W. R. Gwalt ney, of North Carolina. He read the 65th Psalm, and asked the audience to rise and sing the Coro nation hymn. This they did right heartily, led by Professor D. B. Townes. Dr. Gwaltney then prayed. The States were then called and the delegates enrolled. Whereupon were found to be present 948 delegates, rep resenting the 1,300,000 white Baptists of the South. Judge Harralson was again elected President, by acclamation, and Joshua Levering, of Baltimore, Governor W. J. Northen of Georgia, Governor J. P. Eagle of Arkansas and Hon. L. L. Fos ter, of Texas, were elected Vice-Presi dents. Drs. Lansing Burrows, of Geor gia, and O. F. Gregor". of Baltimore, were re-elected Secretaries. Governor Northen delivered the ad. dress of welcome, which was replete with eloquent thought. He said that while there is no union of Church and State with us, yet it is ours to give the State good citizenship and good rulers. Dr. W. E. Hatcher, of Richmond, responded. Contrary to expectation for we were anticipating something in his usual vein of humor-his remarks were pathetic and affecting in the ex treme. We saw nany wet eyes, and heard this speech pronounced the best he ever made. The courtesies of the floor were ex tended to the press and the people of Atlanta and Georgia. Ip the afternoon a letter was read by the secretary from Dr. Brown, of the city, stating that a delegate, Rev. Geo. Bushyhead, an Indian preacher, had died that mnrniig, and asking for in structions as to what to do with the body. A committee was appointed to attend to the matter. The reports of the three boards of the convention,Home,Foreign andSunday school, were read and referred to proper committee. In the evening Le convention ser mon was preached by Dr. Gambrell, of Mississippi. His text was the text Cary preached his immortal sermon from, one hundred years ago. Isaiah 54: 2. His was a very practical and soul-stirr ing sermon in which he gave some happy and timely hits. He wanted a religion with God in it. He deplored the advancement of materialism and the decline of spirituality in the churches. He prayed that God would spare the old time country preacher a little while longer. On Saturday morning,after prayer by Rev. J. L. Rollins and the reading of the minutes, several committees were appointed. Dr. J. L. Carrol, of North Carolina, offered a resolution looking to the re duction of the delegation, as it, he said, had become unwieldy. Dr. Burrows thought otherwise, and we were threat ened with an interrminable discussion. Whereupon, Dr. T. T. Eaton, of Ken tucky, called for the special order, which was at once taken up. It being a meeting in the interest of the centen nial movement. Dr. J. W. Carter spoke on the subject "Moral Basis of Missions." He showed to us that the moral basis of missions is God's eternal law, that we are to love our God with all our hearts and our neighbors as ourselves. This law is the basis of all mission work. His thoughts were fresh, clearcut and well put. Just here occurred a very touching episode, there were six men who were present at the first session of this con vention. which met in Augusta, 184.5, viz.: Dr. S. G. Hillyer, Rev. A. W. Mahoney, of S. C.. Dr. C. M. Irwin, T. P. Smith, of S. C., and Dr. 3. T. S. Park. These brethren took their places on the stand, and were presented to the convention; weak,- tremulous, white headed, with staffs in hand, they stood beside the president. The audience stood and sang, "How firm a foundatoin," as one man, and when we came to the verse, "even down to old age, etc.," the tear drops trembled on many an eye. Dr. 3. P. Green, of St. Louis, next addressed us on the subject, "The hea then lost without the Gospel." He showed us from God's word this is true. He was attentively heard. Dr. 3. A. Broadus, of the Seminary, next spoke to us in his simple way on the subj'ect of, "How best to utilize the centennial of missions." He thought we could help the cause by holding special meetings like the politicians, circulating missionary biographies,leaf lets and other literature, by writing ar ticles in newspapers, putting illustra tions in every sermon drawn from mis sionary work, by use of maps, corre spondence with missionaries and con versation, talk missions to everyone you come int contact with. He deplored, in the cours~e of his remarks, the lack of good preaching. He said he heard better when he was fifteen years of age in the country churches. Turning to ward Dr. Eaton, his pastor, and said, PIl say thiE in the presence of my pas tor. Whereupon Dr. Eaton observed that Dr. Broadus attended services away from home often. After the con clusion of ])r. Broadus' speech, Prof. and Mrs. Townes sang, "Redeemed." Dr. Brittian, from the committee on preaching, made the announcements for Sunday-about one hundred and fifty of' them I understood. May the Lord be with each man of them_and may the word be with power. In the afternoon Dr. Mabie, the Cor Union of New York, was introduced and gave us a genuine vi- of the mis sion field of Japan, China and India. His speech was a revelation to us. We have never been brought so close to the field before, nor have we ever ..een it so clearly as we beheld it through the eyes of Dr. Mabie. When Dr. Mabie was through Joshua Levering, of Batimore, made some re marks, and then pledged $5,000 for the centennial fund of $250,000, and then again $5,000 for his twin brother Eu gene. Drs. Tupper, Eaton, Jones, Gib son, Eubank, missionary to Africa, Miller pledged one-tenth of their gross incomes, many others made pledges amounting in the aggregate, $16,518. It .being late the collection was not fin ished, and douttless will be resumed again. On Saturday evening the centennial committees of th? various States made brief reports of the work already done, after which Dr. B. H. Carroll, of Tex as,made an addre.s on "Home Missions in America." He enumerated six fac tors in the missicn work: Persecution was one, divisions within the ranks of the apostles, and seeing seizing provi dential openings, unsent and unpaid laborers, organization, distribution of work into different departments, as Peter was the Apostle of the Circum cision, while Paul was sent to the Gentiles. His was a masterly effort, and was appreciated apparently by the audience. On Sunday morning the writer went to the First Baptist church to hear Dr. Broadus. I went three quarters of an hour before time. I never saw a house more closely packei with people. I edged my way to tie pulpit and found a lowly seat on the pulpit step between the knees of Dr. W. D. Powell, our mis sionary to Mexico. Before preaching the congregation sang and prayed, and listened to an address by Dr. W. D. Powell, of Mexico. Among many other things he told us how God was calling the rich into his kingdom in Mexico, one of whom had consecrated himself to the work of the ministry. But the hour for preaching has come. Dr. Broadus comes upon the pulpit and now we have a display of musical tal ent on organ, horn, fiddle and what not. We were compelled to listen to an "hanthem" before and after the ser mon,.notwithstanding we were packed like sardines in a warm room. Oh! that we may be deliversd from the tyranny of church choirs. I think we will be in heaven. I think the pre centor of heaven's choir will let us all sing according to the wish of the Psalm ist, "Let the people praise thee, 0 Lord; let all the people praise thee." But in -spite of adverse circumstances on hand, a soul stirring sermon from Judges 1: 20. "The sword of the Lord and Gideon." The convention is not half through with its work and will not adjourn be fore Tuesday evening. L. Short and Sweet. IFrom Texas Siftings.] The man who keepsi his mouth shut never has to eat any crow. A dollar in your pocket is worth five invested in a lottery ticket.. The size of a man has'nothing to do with the size of a lie he can tell. What is done cannot be undone, especially if it is a hard-boiled egg. A friend in need is a friend who generally strikes you for a quarter. When a sick man refuses to send for a doctor that is a sign he still clings to life. Miodern society overlooks a soiled re putation much more readily than it does soiled gloves. The telephone is an arrangement by which two re can lie to each other without becoming con fused. Childhood is the nursery rhyme, youth the love ballad, middle age the prose, and old age the blank verse in man's book of life.. Those whom we have compelled to concede our natural advantages are the ones who are best acquainted with our failings. The girl who runs away with the hired man is held up in ridicule, but she frequently does better than the one who marries a poet. The only sensible tir:2e to bo happy is the present moment. Most people put it off until week after week and then forget all about it. Negroes Endorse Senator Butler's Bill. BIraiNGHx, May 8.-About 10,000 negroes attended a mast meeting here yesterday. They organized an emigra tion society to plant colonies in Africa, passed resolutions endorsing Senator Butler's bill, that whites and blacks cannot live together, and asking the press of the country to urge Congress to pass the law. Why They Are Poor. [From the Jefferson County (Mon.) Sentinel.] Country editors always remain poor, but that is because they are not mean enough to get rich. In crder to get rich it is necessary to trust nobody, to be friend none, to get every thmng and save all you get; to stint ourse:ves and every body belonging to us; to be friend to no man and have no man ferour friend; to heap interest upon interest, ceat upon cent; to be mean and miserly and de-. spised for some thirty years, and riches will come as sure as disease and disap pointment. And when pretty near enough wealth is collecte d by a disre gard of the human heart at the el pense of every enjoymen:: save that of swallowing in filthy meanness, death comes to finish the work. Country edi tors prefer to remain poor, live happy nd die happy. WHERE IS YOUR WARE HOUSE? The Government never Built One, and Never Should. WASHINGToN, May 9.-Some of the Farmers' Alliance men in the Soutl and West who are advocating the war( house system for adoption by the Gov ernment have been met with the argu ment that it is not the province of the Government to build ware houses foi any class of producers, to which the advocates of the ware house system have replied that if the Government can build ware houses in which to storE whiskey, there ought to be no reason able objection to the construction of ware houses for grain and other pro ducts of farmers. Senator Cockrell,whe believed that this notion was an errone ous one, sent an inquiry to the internal revenue commissioner, Mr. Mason, and has received the following reply: OFFICE CoM'R INTERNAL REVENUE.1 WASHINGTON, May 7, 1892, J The Hon. F. M. Cockrell, United States Senate-Sir: I am in receipt of your letter asking whether the United States Government, out of the Govern ment funds, has built any ware houses for the storage of liquors or distilled spirits, and if so, the number of such ware houses, when built, the cost there of, and under what authority of law they were constructed. If not, to ex plain who builds the bonded ware houses for distillers, how they are bonded, and upon what terms spirits are stored therein and the revenue col lected thereon. In reply I would say that the United States does not now, and has never, built any ware houses for distillers for the storage of theirliquora and distilled spirits. There is no law authorizing the expenditure of public money for this purpose. All distilled spirits, with the exception of brandy distilled from apples, peaches and grapes, are depo sited in ware houses provided by the distiller himself. Section 3,271 of Revi sed Statutes provides that: "every dis tiller shall provide, at his own expense, a ware house to be situated on and to constitute part of his distillery premises, and to be used only for the storage of distilled spirits of his own manufacture until the tax thereon shall have been paid." Distillers of brandy from apples, peaches and grapes, exclusively, are exempt from the provisions of this ~tatute. These distillers either pay the tax upon the spirits as soon as produ ced or the spirits are deposited in a bonded ware house erected by a private individual and stored there until the tax becomes due, but in no case is the Government liable for any expenses incurred in storing -distilled spirits of any kind. Before a distiller commerces to operate his distillery he executes a bond, the condition of which, among other things, is for the payment of tax upon spirits produced by him. When spirits are placed in a ware house, which he is required to provide, an ad ditional bond, known as a "ware hous ing bond,'' is executed for the payment of the tax upon said spirits. In addition to this distillers' premises and apparatus are liable for the tax, and the Government has first lien upon the spirits themselves for the tax due thereon. Until this tax is paid the Government has custody of the spirits by its officers in these bonded ware houses. At the expiration of three years, or sooner, if the owner desires possessionland use of the spirits, the internal revenue tax of niaety cents a gallon must be paid. Very respectfully, JOHN WV. MASON, Commissioner. A Good Ticket. This is a year when all sorts of presi dential tickets will be suggested on all kinds of platforms. The Southern Cul tivator proposes the following: For President: INDtUSTRY. For Vice President: Economy. Electoral Ticket: 1. Hog, hominy and hay. 2. GJrain and grasses. 3. Cotton and the cereals. 4. Home raised products. 5. Improved labor-saving machin ery. 6. Intensive culture. 7. Fields terraced and tilled. 8. Improved stock raised at home. 9. Improved public highways. 10. Smaller farms and more thorough tillage. 11. Homes made more attractive. Interesting to Ladles. Dear Madam: Does your husband seem tired of you, are you always peevish ? Do you and your husband have little spats now and then ? This is the case with most married people ; and the only way you will ever live in perfect harmnony is. to restore the sparliung eyIes, ros cheeks, strength, vigor and playfulness of girlhood ; then your husband will stick to you, like he did in your court ship days, and not be seeking the so ciety of other ladies. 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Bushyhead, as be delighted in styling himself, was an ex-chief of the Cherokee Indians of the North Caro lina reservation. He was a cousin of the famous Busbyhead, chief of the Cherokees of the reservation in the In dian Territory. Col. Busbyhead, after resigning the position of chief of his tribe, began preaching and shortly afterwards was ordained a Baptisr, minister. He came to Atlanta three weeks ago intending to remain here and attend the Baptist convention. He was stop ping at a boarding house near the cen tre of the city. Several days ago he contracted a severe cold which deve loped into pneumonia. Monday afternoon he was removed to the Providence Infirmary. There every attention possible was paid him, but he sank gradually until Tuesday morning, when he died. This morning the body of the ex chief, although with white blood in his veins, was laid to rest in Southview cemetery, a colored burial ground south of the city. No word has been sent to Bushyhead's relatives of his death. As he was one of the most prominent ministers in southwestern North Caro lina, it is very probable that relatives will have the body exhumed and buried decently. Col. Bushyhead gained his title in the Confederate army, it is said. When the-late war began he raised a troop of infantry, which fought gallantly under his leadership until the end of that eventful struggle. Those who know Col. Bushyhead are very indignant over the manner in which his body was used by the city warden and his burial in a colored cemetery. The Eise and Fall of Parties. [Spartanburg Herald.] 1. The Clinton Democracy, born 1812 and died the same year. 2. The anti-masonic party, born 1826 and though such men as Seward, Fil more, Woed, Clay and Wilt were iden tified with it, its existence ceased in 1832. 3. The Liberty party, born in 1840, died in 1844. 4. The Free Soil or Abolition party, born in 1848, died in 1852. 5. The Southern State's Rights party, born in 1852, died the same year. 6. The American or Know Nothing party, born in 1856, died in 1860. 7. The Liberal Republican party, born in 1872, died the same year. 8. The Temperance party's birth and death occurred in 1872. 9. The Labor Reform party came into and went out of existence in 1872. 10. The American National party was born in 1875 and died in 1876. 11. The Greenback party was born in 1875 and died in 1980. 12. The Prohibition party as a na tional party, was born in 1876 and has been dying a slow death ever since. 13. The national party was born in 1878 and died the same year. 14. The National Liberty party breathed its first and last breath in 1876. 15. The Greenback Labor party was born in 1382 and died so quietly that the exact time of its demise is not known. Since the Greenbackers, we have had an epidemic of new parties. They have come with promises and promises, rep. resenting every sentiment and passion the mind can conceive, but no one has left its impression upon the body poli tic, and the T)emocratic party as it came from the. .ands of its illustrious founder, Thomas Jefferson, has alone withstood onslaught of foes, and the evil designs and treachery of supposed friends. That party which is founded on prin ciples that are undying and dear to the liberty loving patriots of all climes and ages, has survived and will survive. It will dance at the funeral of the so-called People's party. CENTRAL's NEW MANAGER. Capt. "Bunch" McBee Succeeded by George D. Wadley. SAVANNA It, May 11.-Capt. V. E. McBee has been relieved of the posi tion of general manager of t be Central Railroad system and succeeded by George D. Wadley. Capt. McB3ee, it is understood, will go to the Vanberbilt roads in New York. Wadley is a son ot the former president of the Central road, and has been genra.l manager of the South Bound road. He is thirty five years old, and will have charge of 2,000 miles of road. sate All Around. [From Puck.) Teacher-Tommy, you know what I told you yesterday-that if you didn't run right home and tell your mother you had played truant last week I would give you a good whipping. Tom my-Yes'm an' I told her. Teacher-What did she say? Tommy-She said if I hadn't told hei-she would have licked me, too. Large lpumbers of Russian He brews are settling in New England towns.