The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, September 21, 1892, Image 1

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y, (.L . .KJ. -N S nNEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,19.PIE$.0AYA 'Lu. were seen, twisting and curling and moving with a velocity greater than a fast train, high upin the air. There is a tree in front of Mr. G. M. Shealy's store that came from no one knows where. I noticed a large apple tree atripped of its foliage standing with its mots upwasrds that had evidence of iaving been driven for miles. Mr. W. C. Shealy and Mr. Jacob 5healy had outbuildings and stables )Iown away and considerable damage lone to crops. Dr. J. M. Sease says the storm had ither spent its force or was lifted from he ground in the rear of his house, tud I can bear of no damage beyond what is here given. The one remarkable feature of this torm is, that with the blowing away >f residences and stables there was no oss of life either to man or beast, and )ot even any serious injuiy. Some chickens were found. in the tard here entirely stripped of their eathers-literally picked. In the track of the storm near boug's there is a - family burying ,round. A number of the monuments bd tombstones. were broken. and wisted off. Trulrit might have been much rorse. As I have said, on former occasions, liere is great unrest everywhere and in verything. I trust it will all work out o our good. E. B. AULL.. OTHER STOBM IN THE 'UPPER POE-. TION OF THE COUNTY. SEVERAL PERSONS SERIOUSLYINJURED. Id- addition to the cyclone which >assed through the lower section of his county, an account of ..which is riven above, there was anotherabout be same time yesterday afternoon, be ;ween 3 and 4 o'clock, in the upper ection of the county, near the Lau -ens line. We are unable to- get full Ietails, but give what. information is it hand.' The first information is when the itorm struck the place of Mr. L: W. P. Riser in No. 4 Township near the Laurens line. It literally destroyed be corn and cotton of Henry Boyd, xolored-tenant of Mr. Riser. From there the storm passed through he plan.tation -of Hon. Jno.. W. Scott d stripp the cotton fields of Mad son Gri n, one of his colored tenants. [t blew down two negro houses on Mr scott's place, breaking the arm and eg of one child and the arm of another: !ll the furniture in both houses and he clothing was broken to pieces and )lown away. From there the storm track was to wards the Thos. Ray place, upon which lr. Thos: L. Harmon lives, and every ouse upon the place except the gin iouse and part of the dwelling boase was blown down. Three negroes were njured, whether s3ously or not we ire unable to learn. The storm track was then towards ade Anderson's place blowing down ieveral houses there and thence in the iireetion of Avery's Ford on Enoree River. - --The facts here given are hurriedly tathered, but we hope are approxi atelycorrect. The storm track was from Southwest :o Northeast, the same direction as the torm in the lower section and about he same time. .Whether-it was prongs of the same torm or not we do not know. We have heard- nothing from' the torm before it struck Newberry. The storm in the lower section passed within .one hundred yards or less of ft. Tabor Lutherani chu'rch. In.the be upper section it.was within three niles of Mt; Tabor Methodist church. Lhe track of this cyclone is said. to iave been~ about three hundred yards ide. They were both at the same iour. The roaring sound was- heard for everal miles. About the same time there was a ery dark-cloud here in Newberry and very hard rain. TILLMAN VS. TOM WATsON. aid That the Geot gla Third Part.yte WIl Meot the Governor. [The State.]J Editor Larry Gantt, who has just re urned from a visit to Georgia, is au hority for the statement that as soon ts Tom Watson, the Georgia Third .artyiti Congressman, gets through with his political work in Georgia he will come over to this State and is to neet Governor Tillman on Third party asues in a big joint debate. He did iot say where the debate would take He made the statement: "But Wat son will #1nd that he can't stand before l'iman." n a few days Mr. Bow<4en, the head )f the Third party movement in this state, will return from the Northern ieadquarters and it is expected that he wrill.at once make the announcements as to the stump work Weaver and his ieutenant will do in this State. Weaver is now heading this way and his comn ig will po doubt be timed with Tom Watson's appearange. A Pretty surpris. A beautifully illustrated and charm ingly bound edition of Longfellow's "Evangeline," the most popular long poem over published by an Amei ican author, and one of the most - famous poems in the language, just published, is a pretty surprise for book-lovers. It is in large type, numerous and excel lent illustrations, very fine and heavy paper, gilt edge; remgrkably handsome eloth binding, with gilt title and ornar ments. No illustrated edition has ever been published at less cost than $1.50, and that Is about what you might "guess' the price of this to be, but it isn't-it sells for only 19 cents! plus 6 cents for postage, if by mail. This covers only about the actual cost of manufacture by the 100,000, the pub lisher's object being, not profit, but to show the book-loving millions what he can do. His publications are not sold by dealers, but only direct; catalogue, over 100 pages, a literary curiosity in its way, is sent for a 2-cent stamp. Every home in the land ought to have a copy of this Evangeline, so charm ingly beautiful, as a poem, as a collec tion of artistic illustration, and as. a product of the book-making art. Ad dress, John B. Alden, Publisher, 57 "' umBrWIc TwZLN TonIZhDO ofNW COerry County VisTted D. TC Storms-BOse and Crops SwePtAWay. Ou Extra of Wednesday afnernoon, 14th.] . TABoA, September 14 x .S.-=ix years ago on the night- of arY election there was a fear uake. This year on the af of the second primary there asadestructive cyclone. It was yes about 3 p. m. the Herald and News extra of a;night it was stated that a terrific had passed through the lower seation of Newberry County. No fur ther information could be obtaied at that boor. This morning I went to. the scene. t would take a more fluent pen than sntoo-describe the scene that is pre sented so that the reader- could form anything like a correct idea. Treesnuprooted, cotton and corn fields aid bare, houses blown:down, and it would seem that, nothing but death destruction could be left in its 1 a Yet no life was lost, and, so far egn learn, after dlIge -iry, was seriou Truly re iere .this ;morning. This e ave been one of the most pls in.the.track of the storm I . la. A. Shealy's residence. Is a " .ruins. His- stables and barns 1 ~ O tmooesare razed to the ground. . ow,'is beavy. It was bad, but - they iealze the fact:that all es w ithout bodily injury, every one al that it was no worse. On grounds removing the rubbish and to get things straightened aresome 50 or 75of his friends and agbors,giving him the labor of their handsaud the- sympathy of Ionesthearts.' Such was the scene a1 the places in the track of the where buildings were blown strmi 2this section of the coun asfar as i can learn, began in the of Smokey Town some _ ;j- miles Southwest of this place. e4 cton of the cyclone was from e$t to Northeast, and in no - mre than 300 yards wide. 'The *eag idth being about 150'yards. persons here to-day were to e expression their thank ~ p ltha it was no worse. They that it might ha'e been, (tme s as wide and would donminore damage In the a, but iwas not. ers.oi:i-ngh have bio one was. Though At-might have been worse. . As I Ajtheqtraceofitinthisseo ' ofthe ;ounyso far s heard from, in the nifhborhood of Smokey adMr. Zeke-Taylor'scrop was r..A. H. Miller and Mr. A. ho biad followed the track of S:stora from Caulk's road above Mr. JimOonnely',Ilearned the follow WHash Dominick, a well-to-docolored n ad.bi'ktehen-turued over and mnuredsn and horses-were njued ndsome will possibly -iZTetrees were literally torn u m>ht i otsand twisted off and carried "iisome cases,.for miles by the wd - Dmniek- had their corn and cotton eop a ho etielydestroyed. n . the-cotton was'trnly stripped of all its. *uit and leaves, andears of corn were M-boken in pieces and carried away and is.zaeeto the four winds.- Mr. Dom tlek had several outbuildings blown AtMr. John Riddle's (the Bower! ~2pae,the dwelling house was torn to >.pee,but the famil was fortunately at aneighbor's. Hehad a ten acre g feldof cotton and one of corn that is a total loss. In the widst of this field, about the centre of the storm track, arge -ileof rock have been brought1 * tgteasf hauled there by human hands. In some places great holes are dug ot in ther earth as if there were also some oubterranean disturbance. "-Following the storm track we reach Mr. 9. L. Long's place. His house was "thrown off the foundations some ten or twelve feet distant and nothing left standing but the bare walls in a greatly. deoihdcondition. His stables and tbu 4lis5 were also blown away. ~~citGrove school-hogs$e is torn to S!heonly damage to Mr. Mlett's and r. Adlam Hartman was the destrue opwi-ght to their corp and cotton ~ eds, - enext come to Mrn. !4ike Shealy's. ^1 ous was garoqfed and his stables ad otbildin3gs wreeged. After leav ~ pghis house the stormn seenms to have --~idvied, leavin in the centre a small ~ft in wh there was no damage gtust befi reaphing his place it a'u toge$her again and with all of its a ~ned forpe and fury, and tall oaks sp tately pines and substantial ilu n their ruips tell the awful stoynore powerful than words can posbly deseirbe It. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Shealy, Sr., hwere absent from home, but when they 'eard the awfni roaring and saw the ~Kblackened heavedthey,hastened hom.e ward. The children were playing in tAe lot unmindful of theo fearful storm ~~twas approaching. Mr. Shealy home in time to get in the Iouse with the children. Mrs. Shealy ~ as caught a short dytance from her ab home. "'The ,e h al~wie came down 84 wie js and he was caught and ptange and held fast in its clutches. husband, only a short distance was in her home with her seven hI ~lldren. The house was lifted fu ts pillars, the roof was torn to ~m ts and carried before the winds Iin an instant-in less space than ~.ttakes to tell it-and no one was hurt. Sjrs Shiealy is sugering to-day from rtration and the nervous shock. The~1 stables were razed to the grou nd and part of the dwelling was tornto peices. The only evidence of damage Sthe room In which Mr. Shealy was, except the unroofing, is a big bole near the topof the ceiling through whiech some huge timber was driven. His stock was not hurtut one mule was ilven some hu rdyards. Two -'bales of seed cotton are gone-flour and a' rvsos scattered-his loss will not I fashort of $1.000. '-Two bales of seed cotton belonging ~r. D. L. Long were also blown 4''ayand several barrels of flour and ~atherclothes. .aoe esns ay that large trees EPOCHS OF PESTILENE. plagnes Devastating the Earth-A Conpi lation of the Great Epidemics From Early Ages to the present Day. [From the Globe Democrat.1 Death of first born, Egypt, B. C 1491, deelared by a rabbi to be of chol era. Ii B. C. 827, an epidemic of leprosa in Western China destroyed thous ands. B. C. 534, a terrible plague at Car thage. Children sacrificed to appeas the gods. Dreadful plag'ie in Rome B. C. 453 200,000 died in Italy. Athenian plague graphically describ ed by Thucydides B. C. 430. B. C. 429, Athenian plague spread t< all parts of the world. Hippocrates, B. C. 400, describei Asiatic cholera, course and symptoms Great plague in Greece, Egypt ani Syria, 2,000 died daily, B. C. 187. B. C. 172, strange pestilence in Chi nose Tartary, 600,000 deaths. In Chinese pestilence, B. C. 172, thi members dropped off before death. B. C. 72, Black Tongue in India. Tb tongue black and so swollen as to pro trude. Areteus, of Cappadocia, A. D. 50 gave correct diagtrosis of cholera symp toms. A. D. 61, a mysterious pestilence it Damascus; men became blind befor death. A. D. 71, pestilence in Judea fron stench of dead bodies in Jerusalem. A. D. 78, .plagde in Rome ; 10,00 deaths in one day. Awful plague at Rome, A. D. S0 10,000 persons perished every day. (.alen, in A. D. 131, described a visi of cholera to Italy in that year. Falling sickness throughout the Ro man Empire in A. D. 167. In A. D. 169, a pestilence resemblinF cholera devastated the Roman em pire. In A. D. 189, fever in France ani Spain destroyed one half the popula tion. In A. D. 190, plague prevailed ovei the Roman empire; many towns de populated. Orabasius of Pergamus describes i cholera pestilence in A. D. 230. In A. D. 250, 5,000 persons died dail3 at Rome. Total deaths, 1,000,000.. A. D. 252, great pestilence through. out the Roman empire; 3,000,000 died In A. D. 427, mysterious pestilence it Arabia; men's eyes dropped out. In A.. D. 430, dreadful pleague it Britian; the living could not bury thi dead. Alexander of Tralles, A. D. 52:5, men tioned a visit of cholera to Greece it 521. A long-continued plague in Europe A'ia, and Africa in A. D. 5.58. In A. D. 569, small-pox prevailed it Arabia and the East. Great mortal ity. Terrible pestilence at Constantinople in 746; 200,000'perished. First general plague in the world tool place A. D. 767. In Chichester, England, 772, "sore throat" carried off 34,000 people. About 890 small-pox spread all ove: Europe and North America. In 954 "swollen throat" plague de stroyed 40,000 lives. Plague broke out in London in 962 50,000 persons died. "Blacc mouth" in London in 1094 one-third the population died. Famine and plague in Ireland in 1095 one-half the population destroyed. Plague in London, 1h1;.men, cattle fowls, and dogs died with same symp toms. In 1172, Henry II. forced to evacuati Ireland on account of plague. .In 1187, small-pox was general iF Europe, brought from East by crusad In the small-pox pestilence of 1182 'over 1,000,000 died. In 1204, Ireland was almost depopu lated by famine and pestilence. The "Black Death" appeared in It aly in 1840. Spread all over-Europe. In 1348, Europe again scourged. Thb Florentine plague, described by Boe caccio. In 1349, Britain and Ireland visite< by black deathy; 2,000 deaths daily i: London. In 1361, a fever In London and Pari caused fearful mortality. "Sweating disease" scourged En gland and Ireland in 1367; thousands c deaths. A "fever and shaking disease" i1 London in 1369. spread all over Bri The "fever and sore throat" in Ire land in 1370, caused many thousands e deaths. A great pestilence in Ireland, ]382 destroyed a fourth of the people. London ravaged by plague, 1401 30,000 persons died during the sun Great famine and pestilence in Irn land, 1486; 200,000 died. Black death in Dublin, 1470; half th pleople of the city died. Pestilenceat Oxford, 1471, spread OVE England; one-third population de stoyed. In 148.5, the "sweating sickness" cai red off many thousands in London. Yellow fever believed to exist amon Indians at discovery of America, 1495 In 1499, the plague in London s deadly that the court removed to Ci Sweating sigkness in London, 150( 27,000 died in one month. Sweating sickness in London, 151' Strong men died in three hours afte falling ill. In 1517, half the town population< England died. Oxford was depopt lated. Limerick attacked by plague in 1522. Fearful mortality. Sweating sickness in Londo}r in 1528, general exodus from capital. Sweating and falling-sickness in Ger many, 1529. Especially fatal to sol diers. . In 1551, fifth visit of sweating sick ness to London; fearful mortality. Asiatic cholera was first described by . Garcia del Huerto in 1560. Plague appeared in England in 1603; 30,578 died in London alone. In 1604, plague destroyed one-fourth the people of Ireland. In 1611, 200,000 persons died of plague in Constantinople; millions in Asia Minor. Plague brought from Sardinia to Naples; 400,000 died in six months; 1612. Mysterious disease in London, 1625; 35,417 deaths in a few weeks. Disease like cholera in. France, 1632; 60,000 deaths in Lyons alone. In 1656 there were 380,000 deaths at Naples in twenty-eight weeks. "Great plague" of London, 1664, de stroyed 68,596 lives. Described by Defoe. In 1665 there were 68,800 deaths in London in thirty-three weeks. . "Great plague" lasted two years, fin ally subdued by "great fire," 1666. Terrible ravages of yellow fever In Philadelphia, 1699; 1,700 deaths. Plague came from East to Marseilles, 1,720; 60,000 deaths in seven weeks. Awful plague in Syria, 1720; whole cities peopled only by the dead. ) Pestilence of yellow fever in Cuba in 1732; great mortality. Yellow fever in Jamacia in|1739; white population almost annihilated. t General yellow fever in West Indies 1745; thousands of deaths. . Between 1756 and 1892 there have been twelve general cholera epidemics. The twelve-year epidemics of 1756, . 1768, 1781, noted by many medical writers. I In 1756 twelve-year epidemics begin, - contemporaneous with Hindoo festi vals. . Awful destruction by yellow fever at . Philadelphia in 1762., Fearful pestilence, like cholera, in , Persia in 1773; 80,000 died at Bassora. Terrible outbreak of cholera in India r 1774. Millions died. In 1778, there were 170,000 deaths in Constantinople in eighteen weeks. In 1781, healthy men dropped dead by dozens; millions died in India. In 1781, 5,000 English troops attacked on March in India; 3,000 died. New York desolated by yellow fever in 1792. Services in all the churches for abatement. Great plague of Egypt 1792; 800,000 persons died in six months. Yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1793; 11,000 deaths. In 1796, small-pox carried off large -numbers of Indians in the Northwest. In 1796, an itch epidemic in Italy and Sicily; many suicides from suffer ing. Plague throughout Ea..st and Afr-ica in 1799; 247,000 deaths at Fez. In 1800, plague visited Morocco; 1, 968 died in one day. Philadelphia visited by yellow fever in 1802; city deserted by people. -Yellow fever carried to 'Spain from Wesf, Indies in 1803; very fatal. In 1804, small-pox became general in central Africa; carried by traders. ;In -1804, a contagious fever desolated Spain and almost depopulated Gibral tar. Gibraltar visited by yellow fever in 1804; garrison decimated. In 1812, there were 144,030 deaths in Constantinople in thirteen weeks; cholera. In 1815, Mauritius lost one-fourth of its population from yellow fever. In India, 1817, 30,000 English soldiers peri1hed during the summer. Indian cholera of 1817 highways filled with bodies of those who fled. The Asiatic cholera epidemic in Ben gal in 1817 afterward spread over In dia. In 1817, terrible visit of cholera to Bassora; 18,000 died in two weeks. Cholera in Anglo-Indian army of 90,000 men; 9,000 died in two weeks; 1817. In 1817, cholera at Cal.utta. 70,000 Juggernaut pilgrims dle'd. Cadiz, Spain, in 1619, was desolated by yellow fever. Procession organ ized. In 1826, cholera at Hurdwar; source of Ganges. . To Hurdwar, 3,000,000 pilgrims go every twelfth year; 3,000,000 every six tieth year. tThe black vomit raged at Gibraltar for ayear in 1828. ,In 1828, Gibraltar was visited by ship fever, which proved very destructive. ; Cholera, 1829, brought to England by -vessels from Black and Mediterranean seas. -Cholera over Russia in 1829; 300,000 died during the summer. e Cholera in Russia in 1830; whole provinces almost depopulated. r Cholera during Polish revolution of -1830; both armies almost destroyed. Cholera in Germany in 1831; 900,000 -deaths from the pestilence. Tfhe first European cholera epidemic, g 1831, lasted seven years. ~.The Asiatic cholera first appeared in England, at Sunderland, in 1831. -First death by cholera in A merica, at Quebec in 1832. ; First visit of cholera to New York in June, 1832. Brought from Quebec. .In 1832, cholera spread along the Ohio r and Mississippi, from Pittsburg to New Orleans. In 1832, Scotland and Ireland were -terribly ravaged by the cholera. Terrible pestilence of cholera at Edin burgh in 1832; many districts deserted by people. Terrible mortality from cholera in Europe, 1832; 18.000 deaths in Paris. Cholar4 at New Orleans in 1832; 6,000 in population of 55,000 died. In 1832, cholera a:nong troops for Black Hawk war; one regiment lost 200. The second visit of cholera to the United States was in 1834. In 1838, cholera again visited the British Isles; very destructive. The second European cholera epi demic, 1847, lasted seventeen years. Yellow fever at New,Orleans in 1847; 2,350 deaths; 30,000 eases. Cholera in England in 1848; 53,293 deaths in six months. In 1848, cholera followed the emigrant route to Sau Francisco. A'mild form of cholera prevalent in United States in 1849 and 1850. In 1849, 13,161 persons died in Lon don of cholera; 120,000 in England. In 1849, cholera appeared In London; 3,183 deaths in one week. In 1849, cholera appeared among troops in Hungarian 'rebellion; great fatality. St. Louis visited by cholera in 1850; Methodist General Conference dis banded. In 1853, New Orleans attacked by yellow fever; 7,848 deaths. Outbreak of cholera- in England in 1854; 20,097 deaths during the sum mer. In 1854, allied English, French, and Turkish army at Varna attacked by cholera. In 1854 cholera very severe -in Italy and Sicily; 10,000 deaths in Naples. A severe visit of cholera to the Uni ted States in 1855. The Virginia coast visited by yellow fever in 1855; great suffering. In 1855 yellow fever at New Orleans; 2,670 deaths. In 1856 epidemic diphtheria carried off great numbers in the United States. In 1858 yellow fever at New Orleans; from Vera Cruz, 4,845 deaths. In 1862 Wilmington, N. C., was at tacked by yellow fever, which spread into the country. In 1865 and 1966 the cholera raged throughout France, Spain, and. Italy. Scourge of cholera at Alexandria, 1865; 11,000 deaths in six weeks. In 1865 cholera was general along the whole Mediterranean coast. Cholera in Constantinople, 1865; over 50.000 deaths in three months. The third European chdlera epidemic (1865) listed ten years. In 1865 cholera fearfully fatal at Con stantinople and thrcbghout Asia Mi nor In 1866 an incurable disease called black death appeared in Dublin. The black death of 1866 was characterized by purple spots on the skin. -General but not very destructive visit of cholera to the United States irn 1866. Outbreak' of cholera, 1866, in East London; 346 deaths in one week. Cholera in south England ports in 1860. Quarantine adopted. An international Congress at Con stantinople, 1866, to consider prevent ive steps. In 1866 terribly fatal.cholera pesti lence at Naples; 53, dea-hs. House to house collect~ 1 s firsat made in London for cholers.sufferers in 1866. In the cholera of 1866, 738 in 10,000 population died in Constantinople. In 1866 cholera fellowed railroad and steamboat routes all over this country. In 1867 cholera very severe in Rome, Naples, Sicily, and Spain. The outbreak of 1897 caused by ex cavating a plague cemetery of Nero's time. In 1867 plague and cholera appeared together in Rome; great mortality. In 1867 black jack at New -Orleans; from Havana; 3,107 deaths. In 1871 there were 26,300 deaths in Buenos Ayres in eleven weeks; yellow fever. Cholera general in every quarter of Vienna; thousands of deaths in 187.3. In 1873 cholera in the United States spread over nineteen States in eight months. Savannah, Ga., suffered severely from a visitation of yellow fever in 1876. In 1877 measles broke out in Russian army on the Danube; 10,000 died. Black vomit at New Orleans in 1878, from Havana; 3,977 deaths. Memphis almost depopulated by yel low fever in 1878; 5,160 deaths. In 1878 yellow fever general in South. Total cases, 65,976; total deaths, 14,809. Mmiphis scourged by yellow fever in 1879; 48~> deaths. In 1885 cholera destroyed 100,000 per sons in Italy alone. In 1892 cholera reached New York by steamer Moravia; twenty--two deaths on voyage. The cholera has never crossed the Pacific Ocean. The Indian cholera 'follows the cara van routes through Persia and A rabia. In Bombay there are ninety-four shrines and ninety-four cholera cen True Asiatic cholera always originates in Hindostan and travels west. Most violent cholera epidemics have been connected ,vith contamination of water supply. In all European cholera epidemies the disease rea~ched this country in less than two years. The famous cholera years in India were 1756, 1768, 1780, 1792, 1804, 1816, 182, 1840, 1852, 1864, 1876, 1888. No person should travel without a box of Ayer's Pills. As a safe and speedy remedy for constipation and all irregularities of the stomach and bow els, they have no equal, and, being skifuly sugar-coated, are pleasant to tae a lnge tain their virtues. BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. The Seventh Annual Meeting-Report of the President-A Question of Fair Taxa tion. [The Observer.1 The Newberry Building and Loan Association completed the seventh year of its existence with the September installments, and the annual meeting of stockholders was held the 7th in stant. The report of Secretary and Treasu rer Simmons showed the association to be in a good condition financially. The par value of the stock is $94; its book value $118.08. The old officers were re-elected for the ensuing year. President Mcintosh's report shows the following - ASSETS. Cash rec'd from 84 assessmerta.........$ 77.246 00 Premiums..... 8,7 00 Interest.. . ... 21,191 85 Advanced dues paid........................ 79 00 Fines.............................................- .... 701 07 $107,554 92 Deduct. 338 shares bought..............*25,149 01 Expenses for 7 years......... 6,739 17- 3L888 17 675,666 75 RESOURCES. Bonds and mortgages.....................$30,000 00 Loans............................. 42,41 42 Real estate............... . .................... ,8581 Cash on hand............. ........ 1,398 43 $75666 75. A QUESTION OF TAXATION. The report calls attention to the fact that for the year just past the expense account was $1,564, of which $964 was for taxes-Town tax, $135; State and County, $829. That the taxes are too heavy and amount, in some cases to double taxing, Is illustrated by the case of a stockholder who borrows from the association, as a large number have done. We quote from the report: "A stockholder of, say, ten shares on which he is a borrower of $1,500, pays taxes on the real estate which he bought with his money, and if he borrowed this money the first year of the exist ence of the association, he borrowed the other stockholders' money that they had paid in; and the association pay ing taxes on that amount ofcapital($1, 500) lent to this borrower, paid taxes on very little money of the borrower himself. "But now, when seven years have passed, that borrower has paid in, in installments, $840, and the association, representing that borrower, pays taxes on that $840 as an asset of the associa tion, when in reality it is no asset at all. And we have the~ same pa1y paying taxes on the $1,500 real estate and his.agent, the association, paying taxes on the $840. This $840 is no as set at all, and should merely stand as a credit on the $1,500 bond. That this $840 is no asset at all, the final settle ment of the association will show. For when this same party continues to pay, by the laws of the association, his regular assessments until his 10 shares at $200 per share are worth $2,000 that year the association pays taxes on this $2,000 as an asset and the party pays his taxes on his $1,500 of real estate. The association ends. The 10 shares representing.$2,000 as assets of the asso ciation are turned over to the borrower -his $2,000 assets and $1,Z00 of real estate became 'one and the same thing one only represents the other. The $2,080 assets is only a nominal thing. The $1,600 of real estate is all the man has, and the State, which the year be fore collected taxes on $3,500 will only have the $1,500 to collect taxes on the next year. "The assets of a building and loan as sociation, lending money to its own stockholders, are of a very different nature and value from those accumu lated in ordinary banking business." The First.Suspenders Girl. [Philadelphia Record.1 It was late in the winter of 1890-'91 that suspenders were first displayed as a part of a feminine costume in Phila delphia," said a member of tbe local Four Hundred at Cape May a few days ago, "and I had quite forgotten the in cid* until this morning, when I read ao hing in a newspaper letter from LHarbor about the girl who first displayed the novelty.. "And where do you suppose she took occasion to make the display? Why, of all the places-the Assembly, and you may well believe me that they created not only a mild sensation, but a good deal of adverse comment. The suspnders were of rich yellow satin and supported a black V-sha}ed belt, also of satin, and the rest of the costume was of black tulle and gold braid. The girl was handsgme, with a splendid figure, and was not a Philadelphian, although she often visits here, where she has relatives high in society. One thing alone prevented we women from considering the costume a freak, and that was that the girl had been stop ping for two months with one of the Vander1ilts in New York, and it was, therefore, likely that the idea had just come from Paris. No one copied the idea that season, however, nor have I seen it applied to a ball dress since." 1TS NOW "VNCLE'WJASPER TALBERT. He Defeats "Uncle" George THimian by Over 1,100 Votes. [Special to G1reenville News.] COLUMBIA, S. C., September 15. "Uncle" Jasper Talbert arrived in the city to-night looking spry and well pleased over his having defeated "Uncle" George Tillman in the Second District for Congress. In Barnwell County he got a majority of 951. In Hampton his vote was 424 against 823 for Tilman. He beat Tillman 300 votes ac in defield and Aiken. , A PLEA. FOR ONE IN ADVERSITY. A Good Story That Bill Nye Wrote Befo He Got Rich Himself. I learn with much sadness that M William H. Vanderbilt's once prince] fortune has shriveled down to $150,00( 000. This piece of- information comi to me like a clap of thunder out of clear sky. Once petted, fondled at caressed, William H. Vanderbilt, shoi of his wealth and resting on no found tion but his sterling integrity, mu struggle along with the rest of us. It would be but truth to say that M Vanderbilt will receive very little syn pathy from the world -now in the da; of his adversity and penury when tl wolf is at'his door. There are man of his former friends who will say thl William could economize ahd strugg along on $150,000,000, but let them tI it once and see how they would like themselves;SS150,000,000, with no salal outside of that amount, will not la forever. A poor man might pinch along i such a case till he could get somethir to -dc, but we must remember that M Vanderbilt has always lived in con paratively comfortable circumstance His hands, therefore, are tender ae his stomach juts out into the autum air. He will, therefore. find it hard s first to husk corn and dig potatoe When he stoops over a sawbuck aroun New York this winter his stomac will be-in the way and his vest will r doubt split open on the back. A these things will annoy the spoile child of luxury and his broad featur will be covered with sadness enoug in the country to do it. The fall of William H. Vanderbi and his headlong plunge from t proud eminence to which his meat ht%d elevated him downward to ti cringing poverty of $150,000,000 shoul be a sad warning to us all. This fal may fall to any of us. Oh, let us I prepared when the summons come For one I believe I am ready. Shoul the dread news come to me to-morro that such a fate had befallen me, would nerve myself up to it and me it like a man. With the ruin of m former fortune I would buy me a crp: of bread and some pie, and then would take the balance and go ovi into Canada and there I would estal lish a home for friendless bank cashie: who are now there, several hundred them, all alone and with no one love them. All kinds of charitable institution costing many thousands of dollars, ai built in America from year to year fa the comfort of homeless and fiiendle women and children, but man is le out in the cold. Why. is this thu L9ts of people in. Canada, of cours are doing their best to make it chee ful and sunny for our lovely cashie there, but still it is not home. As gentleman once said in my hearin "There is no place iike home." Ai he was right. In conclusion I do not know wiial say, unless it be to appeal to the new paper men of the country in Mr. Vai derbilt's behalf. While he was wealti he was proud-and arrogant. He sai "Let the newspapers be blankel blanked to blank," or words to th effect, but we do not care for the Let us forget all that and remezib that his sad fate may some day be o1 own. In our a2fiuence. let &'3 not 10 sight of the fact.that Van is. sufferin Let us procure a place for him on son good newspaper. His grammar ai spelling are a little bit rickety, but could begin as janitor and gradual work his way up. Parties havir clothing or funds wvhich they feel lil giving may forward the same to me Hudson, Wis., postpaid, and if tl clothes do not fit Van they may pose bly fit me. . BILL NYE. . New York Oct. 7, 1883. P. S.-Oct. 30.-Sinee' ihsuing tl above I have received several consig ments of clothes for the suffering, al one sack of corn meal and a ham. L the good work go on, for it is far mo blessed to give than to -receive, I a told; and as Jay Gould said when, as boy, lie gave the wormy half of apple to his dear teacher, "Half is bi ter than the hole." To Keep Weevils Out of Corn. The News and Courier of recent da has the following: "A farmer in- Texas, writing to b county paper, gives a plan for preser ing corn from the attack of weevi which is so simple and inexpensive at yet, according to his report, is so extr ordinarily effective that we think ito0 duty to report it for the,benefit of o1 farmers on the sea islands and in tl low-country generally who are trouble with the same insect nest. - "After stating that for many years I own corn had been more or less~ruin' by weevils and that the annual loss Texas from their ravages is probab not less than a million dollars, the w. ter says:. "'Last fall, in putting up my corn, placed two open bottles containil bisulphide of carbon about four fe apart on the floor of the bin. Tl mouths of the bottles were covered wil a single layer of cheese cloth and eat bottle covered with an old broken bo and the bin filled to its utmost capacit The result of the experiment was hig ly successful. What live weevils we admitted from the field were destroy and no others appeared. Thus, at cost of fifty cents, with very -litt trouble, I effectually protected fi hundred bushels of corn from the we vil../ Another feature about this exp riment is that I have noticed neith~ mouse nor rat in the bin, nor any trac of them, whbich was not the case befoi for in previous years they too had doi great damage to the corn.'." This may be of use to some of o1 farmers. We have good corn crops th y.ear an we shoud take care of ther THE FAMILY WASHING. ce A Hint to. Thrift- HousewIves In the Su burbs-Why not Have Laundries in the Country ? r. - y [From the New York Evening Post.] i Except in thoseestablishments where - the income is sufficient to keep a.per . a manent laundress, the question'of the d family washing and ironing is by no n means satisfactorily settled. If it .s - sent out of'the house to some-one of it the many city laundries, the clothes are too apt to return blue and button r; less, torn and worn.. Bleached by 1. chemicals, they. are rotted long before Is their time for wearing out, and the e bill for damages is too great for the y modest income. tt Clothes confided to -the'care'of the le woman who takes in washing fare but y little better, with, the added risk of it having the clothing kept in some uls y ease-infected atmosphere long enough' , it to become a source of danger to the wearer. n The washerwoman who comes in by g the day, who arrives l:te and goes r. early, often bringing discontent with 1. her advice to servants, failing to arrive s. when we need her most,- Is only a= ,d necessary evil in another shape. Not::-" n long ago it was suggestedby a.paper.: Lt devoted to reforms- that- the laundries s. might be started in the country near d great cities, where clothes could b h bleached on the grass in the-good old o fashion, and be hung to- dry in the 11 sunshine and open air. d The mere idea of clothing washed un= s der such favorable conditions with the h perfume clinging to them that onlyi sunned and, aired linen has, brougi - it many inquiries concerning the enter e prise. Since that time it has been ; s learned that one woman has already g ie succeeded so well with a country laun d dry that she wishes to enlarge her business. Of her work she says: . not only wish io help the hoseeem, s but to train girls to do laundrywork - d properly, that they may ,earn good w wages. I "I wish to prove to women who It like myself, -are left without money y and with a family,that executiye abil st ity, common sense and honest pride - I will enable a woman to make a-o e fortable living at a business which tias , . heretore been regarded with somewhat rs of disdain, but which ;I beliee ae f worthy the highest respect.' o The proprietress of this laundry-owns . :her country home.and onit has-built _ a well-equipped la indry, where:'fi re employs trained women to do >r work. ft EINCOLNi ON: MARRTAGE. The Great War .resddent inFavorof Form " il - of Sirplcnltuwe. r-_ [Chicago Tribune.] a In-his wanderings about 'the city a few days ago the writer had occasion I to call on a man-who was an intimate Sacquaintance of Lincoln-and such' men are growing fewer. The conver- ' 1sation turned on the great man natir rally, for if a man knew, Lincoln inti dmately he issure to run toLIancolii be fore the conversation is over- if it lasts< asufficientlyIlong. "In some respecis," coln's memory suffers by reason of his ehaving been a king of wit. -Thiere are those who think that he never, said - sanything seirious. .I can mot under- - stand how such an impression exists, ie but I know it does. Why, he was orie- ~ iof the greatest philosophers I ever iheard and his philosoply was always lmodestly put, but at the same time he was always so sin'cere in it that he das at times almost solemn. I remember on one occasion he was talking abon4 Smarriage, a subject in which he always took the most profound interest. He said that every man who contemplated miarriage should stand over a -doctor -' ie with a club and make .him tell the truth in reference to the chosen part ner for life if there were no other way et of getting it out of him. And he went re further. He declared that the parents iwho would allow a girl to marrya jman a without knowing as nearly as could be known his physical as well as his moral condition deserved to be scalped. In his opinion -the whole marrying - business was wrong. He declared that -- fashionable girls too often were cursed -- te with foolish mothers, who cared for inothing but to see their flesh and blood isold to the highest bidder. There was Snothing funny in that sort of talk, was Is there? It ought- to be -framed and d hung top in every home in the land. a' How few men know the deeps of i.af 2r master of men. What a loss to the & 2r world that he should have been taken ie Iaway from it at the time when he- was x just being understood. is The Old Man Was Reticent. to . [Boston Courier.1 ly Ethel-Oh, Ernest, have you seen ..ftEr?estYes- P've just come from his office. I -Ethel-And did he give his consent? - igErnest-I couldn't quite -make out.- - et He was so non-committal. ie Ethel-Well, what did he say? th Ernest-He didn't say anything at: : all. -- x, Ethel-Didn't you ask him? -- y. Ernest-I said: "Sir, I wish to marry - b- our daughter. Have Lyour consent?"'.j ' re and he turned and looked at mea mm g' ute, then he began to turn red in the a face, and then he grabbed -me and - le threw me over the balusters, and be ye fore I could'ask him again be had e slammed his door and locked it, es If you have sick or nervous headache, e take Ayer's Cathartic Pills. They will 2 eleanse the stomach, restore healtby . -action to the digestive organs, remove ur effete matter (the ~presence of which - is depresses the nerves and brain), ~u~- ~ n. thus give speedy rehief. -.