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-_11TON IN EIGHT DU~CADIF-1.
How the Revenue and Financial Systems
effect the Price.
ior the Atlabta Constitution.1
Persons unacquainted with the his
tory of t he prices of.cotton will be ex
cused for saying, present prices are wita
out precedent. Those so unacquainted
might include the expert in Lne price
and quantity of cottoti, for if one does
*not search for the history he will likely
not know it. Therefore, I think it
important that this should be known.
In this, as in nearly everything, we
cannot understand the present and
predict the probabilities of the future,
unless we knQw the past. The marra
tive I shall make will no doubt astonish
the overwhelming majority of the
present generation-even -of intelligent
men.
In March, 1886, short staple cotton
was worth 17 cents per pound. It sud
denly took a decline until in a short
while it got down to 6 cents per pound.
The lower grades touched four cents
and-there were trinsactions at 3 and a
fraction. That cotton should ever have
been as high as 17 cents per pound will
surprise many, and it will be more bur
prising whet% I say I found among
the papers in a law-suit where an ex
eetor bad charged himself with 20
cents a poudd. so'd in 1819.
Sad to say from 1837 to the summer
of 1849 cotton sold at 6. cents. It was
only occasionally it would jump up to
7 and perhaps to 8 cents, and just as
quickly recede. It will be perceived
that for twelve long years cotton ruled
at prices that it cost to make it and
even less. In plantation and slavery
times.it was the estimate of the cotton
planters that it cost 6 cents to make
cotton, and this where the planter
owned his labor and his land. Henee,
unlss cotton brought 8 cents there was
no piofit in growing it. The peiiod I
speak of was one of awful financial dis
tress. It was during the presidential
campaign of 1840, and defeated Martin
Van Buren for his second term, for the
people could. not help thinking it was
the fault of his administraton. The
times would have defeated any party
in power. Georgia, although generally
--Demoerstic Stat,, went against Van
Buren by 8,000 majority, but at the
e -y next election elected the Demo
cra;ie candidate for governor, Charles
I. McDonald, by more than four thous
and.
All things considered, the times now
aremot near as hard as they were dur
ing the years mentioned. It is now
felt aliost entirely by the laboring
classes, or those who have to depend
upon their personal exertions for a liv
ing. Then everybody felt it, and none
as much as the property owner. Dur
ing the "fiush times" large indebted
ness was contracted. Judgments for
large amounts were rendered against a
very large per cent of the population,
the banks failed in every direction and
lurge_properties, both real and personal,
were sacrificed under the sheriff's ham
mer.
Aevertheless, wheat, corn and bacon
commanded good prices. Now the man
wao-getsx only low wages can buy near
ly everything he needs at lower prices
t n ever before. Wheat is even cheap
er than corn and sugar is to be had at
twice as much for a dollar than the
price ii bore at the time I write of.
Wearing apparel ano the fabrics neces
sary to mane them are lower than ever.
Then property shrank in value much
more than -ow. A man slave worth
$1,000 would se!! at sheriff's sale-at
from $200 to $3u0. and lands and plan
tations in proportion. To escape the
Impending calamity some of our rich
planters abandoned their lands and ran
away with their slaves and live stock
to Texas. Texas was then the inde
pendent Lone Star State. Persons to
-escape the penalties of crime, also ran
away to Texas, and the State was large
ly popalated by those who had run
away from the States for debt or crime.
These were so numerous that that ele
ment was a factor in politics. It did
not hurt a man if he went to Texas to
keep from paying his debts. One run
away planter I can recall was made
governor of the State, and a run-away
lawyer was made United States Sena
tor, and a grand man he p oved him
self to be. Before he held office he
remitted back to the States the amount
of his indebtedness.
Now, what was the cause of this
stringency, and as connected with it
the low price of cotton? Liverpool con
trolled the price of cotton then, as now
-that is, if it is true that Liverpool is
the only factor in the price of cotton.
But then, as now, there was trouble in
the United States growing out of the
tariff and our financial system. As to
tariff, we were living under the comn
'--- promise of 1832, whbich was a high tar
1ffcompared with that of 1840, under
which cotton went as high 12 cents per
* pound and hardly ever fell belo* 10
cents. We were all feeling the effects
of our change from the United States
bank to what was called the "national
bank system" by President Jackson,
* and the establishment of what was
called the "independent treasury sys
tem," in 1837, under Van Buren's ad
ministration.
It seems from this that the tariff and
the financial systems are imp'ortant fac
tors in the price of cotton. It also seems
that the price of cotton is an important
. factor in the prosperity of the people.
How it is I do not know. I only state
facts. The present low price of cotton
comes wi en the McKinley tariff has
been in force, and when silver has been
demonetized, and when that demone
tization has been intensified by the re
'peal of the obligation to coin so much
silver every month under what is called
the Sherman law. It is not possible
that the two have run cotton down,
although "Liverpool controls the
price?" If cotton was run down, when
the tariff and currency were as they
were before, may not that begabfm
portant factor in the low.gueeof cotton
~although Lwrpool controls the
_- tur9Eere~l, 'what I have written is
more for:the encouragement of our peo
pie than to discuss the questions. We
Shave seen that although cotton ruled
* from 4 to 7 cents-mostly 6-for twelve
* years, afterwards it ruled from 10 to 12
eents. It surely will advance again
unless the supply should continuously
largely exceed the demand. This is
improbable, because cotton is constant
ly extending itself to other foreign
nations and is being more and more
used as a substitute for wool, silk and
flax.
It will be perceived that chronologi
cally the increase in the price of cotton
in 1849 was after the tariff of 1848 had
had time to have its effect, and after
the independent treasury system had
had time to show its effects. Since then
we had the long war, and since the
war the tinkering on both the tariff
and currency by congress.
I will close by relating an interest
ing episode of the rise of cotton in 1849
within my own knowledge. WVhen
thbe news came in July or Augusit t.hat
* ntenn had gne up to 9 cents, where it
had not been In twelve years, I was at
the Indian Spring. Also was there
Governor Troup. He was a resident of
Laurens County and a large cotton
planter, having several plantations.
There would be quite a company sur
round the ex-governor at intervals in
what we then called the piazza, now
the veranda, to hear him talk. He was
a very interesting talker, and knew the
inside history of many important
events that had taken place at Wash
ington city which he would relate. The
glorious news of the rise in cotton
c-me during one of those conventions.
'Well," says the governor, "it comes
at a C od time for me. I have two
crops on hand, besides the one grow
ing." General Hartwell H. Tarver was
present, who was a larger planter than
the governor, his plantations, being in
Twiggs and Baker, but the general was
always a reacher out for more lands
and slaves, and did not hold his cotton.
He sprang up from his chair as sudden
as could be, and said: "By the eternals,
I always said you were the wisest man
in Georgia." There is no doubt we
have fallen upon "hard times," and
the future looks dark, but in this, as in
other things, I take consolation from
the good :Id wife who had a disconso
late husiand who could see nothing
but disaster in the future. She would
console him by sayiog: "Never miad,
old man; somehow we will get along."
I have conldence that "somehow we
will get along."
RICHABD H. CLARK.
Atlanta, Ga., October 20, 1894.
HARD TIMES FIFTY YEARS AGO.
The reminiscent'article from the pen
of Judge Richard H. Clark, which we
print in another place, has a two-fold
interest. It not only recalls the memo
ries of the past, but has a tendency to
encourage those who are disposed to
take a disconsolate and hopeless view
of the hard times that are now upon
us. The moral of it lies in this-that
no matter how hard the times are peo
ple will get along somehow. In their
entirety-in their large results-events
coutinue to be shaped, as in the days
of the prophets, by a hand that is
mightier than any human force, by a
ruler that is wiser than presidents and
Congresses; and in some way or other,
and in good time, that mighty hand
will lead this people out of the troubles
and difficulties that are so burdensome
now. There is immense consolation
in this for those who are inclined to
take a rational view of human affairs.
When all is said and done we come at
last to the truth that lies at the bottom
of the well of bitter waters: Man pro
poses but God disposes; and all troubles
and hardships shape themselves to his
inevitable purposes in the end.
Historically, Judge Clark's article is
as interesting and as timely as any
thing we have ever printed. He re
calls the financial troubles and tariff
agitation of fifty years ago, and to those
factors ascribes the low .rices and hard
times that prevailed. In 1837, cotton,
which had been selling for 17 cents and
even 20 cents a pound, began suddenly
to decline and for more than ten years
ruled at 6 cents--sometimes falling to
4 and less aud sometimes. going a little
above.
What was the cause? If any imnar
tial student will examine the fi.a. ial
history of those years, he will be struck
by the fact that the same cause that
produced low prices and hard times
from 1837 to 1849 is active in producing
then now-namely, the contraction of
the money supply. This contraction
was due partly to natural causes and
partly to artificial causes. The natu
ral causes were the gradual exhaustion
of the gold and silver mines of the
world, and the relatively small addi
tions that were made~ to the stock of
gold and silver-the money of final
payment. The artificial causes con
sisted in the efforts of the United States
bank and its branches to embarrass
Andrew Jackson, who, with the people
of the country behind him, was en
deavoring to abolish the institution.
The bank finally fell, but it had man
aged to obtain so much influence that
it. was able to contract the circulating
medium of thbe country, and thus injure
the best interests of the people.
We present here a little table show
ing the highest and lowest prices of
cotton in New York city from 1837 to
1850, inclusive. The figures are official:
Highest Lowest.
1837....................7 7
1838..................22 9
1839................. 16 1
1840................-.
1841..................
1842............... 9
1843.......................
1844..............-...
1845...................~
1846............ ............
1847..................
188........ 8 5
1849..................11 6
It will be observed that tbe tendency
of the price of cotton -was steadily
downward until it reached 5 cents in
New York, talling to 4cents and below
in the Southern markets. During the
fourteen years covered by the table the
country, ab we have said, was suffering
from the efforts of the United States
bank to embarrass the Jackson admin
istration, and the results of these ef
forts, owing to the derangement of our
currency system, lapped over into other
administrations. Tjariff agitation was
at a higher pitch than it has since been.
Legislation on both the finances and
the tariff, was in an ex perimental shape,
and there was great confusion and
doubt among business men, to whbich
may be added the clamor of extreme
partisanship fanned by the friends and
enemies of Jackson.
This was another cause of currency
contraction that hel ped the hard times
along. In 1834 the ratio between the
two money. metils was changed from
5 ei to 16 to 1 by reducing the
mount of gold in the coins of that
metal. Silver was thus undervalued,
and even our legal tender silver was
exported to France where the owner
could command a profit of half an
ounce in sixteen. This denuded the
country of its small currency.
But in *1848 the gold discoveries in
California were made, and by 1850 the
immense deposits there found had
largely added to our stock of money and
prices rose in response to the much
needed expansion.
Our readers will thank Judge Clark
for his timely and interesting' letter.
Relief is sure to come somehow and
from somewhere, and we ought to be
thankful that the hard times are no
worse. We ought to be especially thank
ful that the people of Georgia and the
South are in a much better condition to
stand the wear and tear and strain of
financial depression than those of other
sections. Whbile it is true that we have
no vast accumulations of wealth here, it
is equally true that we have no serious
aggregations of poverty. The experi
ences that bard times accustom the
people to will enable them to resist
some of the evils that accompany large
prosprity.
IRBY'S DEFIANC. OF TRUTH.
An Unscrupolous Falsification of the Atti
tude of the Democratic Party in this
State in Regard to the Constitutional
Convention.
[Special to News and Courier.1
COLUMBIA. October 23.-Chairman
Irby owns up to the corn about the
Constitutional Convention tickets to
night, as his correspondence with
Chairman Seignious shows. The cor
respondence is self-explanatory. Chair
man Seignious wrote:
. CHARLESTO1 October22, 1894.
Hon. J. L. M. Irby, Chairman State
Democratic Executive Committee, Co
lumbia, S. C.-Dear Sir: The tickets
sent us for the general election, upon
being examined here I find, show none
printed for Constitutional Convention.
"No."' Kindly inform me if such is an
oversight., or an intentional doing by
your instructions, as I wish to know so
that I can determine my course of ac
tion. Yours respectfully,
JAMES M. SEIGNIOUS.
Chairman County Democratic Exe
cutive Committee.
And Chairman Irby replied:
COLUMBIA, October 23, 1894.
To Hon. Jas. M. Seignious, Cbair
man County Democratic Executive
Committee, Charleston, S. C -Dear
Sir: Replying to your letter of the
22nd instant in reference to the fact that
you have no tickets printed "Constitu
tional Convention, No," I beg to say
that Mr. Calvo, who has charge of
printing the tickets for tile Demociatic
party of this State, acted under my
orders, and I alone am responsible for
the absence of tickets against the Con
stitutional Convention.
The State Convention of the Demo
cratic party unanimously adopted a
platform urging the Democrats of the
State to vote for the calling of a Consti
tutional Convention and thereby com
mitted the party to it. I as the Chair
man of the Executive Committee of
the party am only carrying out the will
of that Covention by providing for its
success in the coming general election.
I have no right to expend the money
of the party for printing tickets other
than with the names of its candidates
and with "Constitutional Convention,
Yes."
This Constitutional Convention is
being opposed by Republicans and
Independents, enemies of the Demo
cratic organization, led by three promi
nent daily papers, '1 be News and
Courier, The State and The Greenville
News, w ho have abundant facilities for
preparing and furnishing tickets. Our
tickets were sent out aeveral days ago,
and no effort at concealment-bas been
made of our position in this matter.
Abundant time has been given these
dailies to print their own tickets.
Very respectfully,
Your obedientservant,
J. L. M. IRjy, State Chairman.
This is what has been known for
some time. A. K.
Drowning of T. C. Gower, a Prominent
Citizen of Greenville.
[Special to News and Courier.]
GREENVILLE, S. C., October 23.-A
telegram received here to-day from
Capt. 0. P. Mills, of this city, dated at
Brevard, N. C., brought the news that
T. C. Gower, of this city, was drowned
this morning while bathing in the
French Broad River.
Mr. Gower was. 73 years old, but a
man of remarkable vigor of body and
mind. He owned a beautiful place in
tbe French Broad Valley. His horne
ran down to the river and be was pas
sionately devoted to swimming, having
often remarked that the water could
never get too cold for him. He went
from here to his summer place last
Monday, accompadied by (Capt. Mills.
Probably he left Capt. Mills at the
house and went to the river for a final
plunge, as he was to have returned
bere to-morrow. It is known he went
alone and the theory was that 'he was
taken.with cramp. The body was re
covered.
A. G. Gower, a son of the deceased,
sarted from her over the mountains
this afternoon carrying a casket and an
undertaker.
The -deceased was one of the most
prominent men of this city. Greenville
is filled with monuments of his public
spirit and energy, and he probably did
more to build and develop the city than
any other one man. He was a native of
Maine bbtt came here fifty odd years
ago. He was a leader in establhshing
the Greenville coach factory, built the
Main street bridge over Reedy River,
established the street car line and city
ware house, and purchased land for
Springwood cemetery, was a leader in
building the beautiful Washingtou
Presbyterian church and creating the
system of graded sohools. In fact there
is hardly an improvement or enterprise
in the city indvbich he did not have a
prmiinent ahd active part.
He was a volunteer in the Confeder
ate army and remained in service
throughout the war. He was aide on
the staft of Gen. S. S. Crittenden, of
the United Confederate Veterans. At
the time of his death he was a member
of three firms actively in business here,
besides being president of the Green
ville Street Railway and Ware House
Company, activevy interested In lime
works at Gafi ney City and having other
enterprises in operation. He owned and
rented out more than one hundred
houses in this city. His estate will
probably realize from $50,000 to S75,000,
and he is thougrht to have carried a
large life insurance. Two policies, al
ready known, amount to $15,000. He
was an elder in the Presbyterian
Church. His widow and seven chil
dren survive him. Superintendent
Crosswell, of the Southern Express
Company, and Capt. 0. P. Mills, presi
dent of the Greenville Fertilizer Works,
married his daughters,and Frank Ham
mond, president of the People's Bank,
of this city, is his nephew.
The body will be brought over the
mountains by private conveyance and
buried here. News of the accidentI
caused a profound sensation and un.iver
sal sorrow here. Mrs. Gower is a cousin
of Governor Tillman.
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A COMBINE IN COTON.
The Matter Proposed to the Southern Farm
ere-John T. Roddey, of New York,
Mover in the Scheme.
COLUMBIA, S. C., October 24.-The
State will print to-morrow the follow
ing from John T. Roddey, member of
the New York Cotton Exchange, and
a son of a wealthy South Carolinian.
He has for some time been advocating
some concerted action by Southern
farmers.
To the Tbinking Farmers of the
South:-For the past two years I have
made cotton commissions my business,
and daily have I witnessed the down
ward tendency of your product. If you
will think for a moment you will realize
that, though you are the producers of
this country, and should be the most
independent, yet you are the most de
pendent people of America. Whv?
Because they are combinations on near
ly every article you use. The manufac
turers of the North combine on every
thing, and say what it shall bring,
while you,sell your products for what
ever they ire willing to pay you. Why
cannot you protect your cotton in the
same way. I should like,. if it meets
your approval, to organize a trust )m
1any called the Southern Farmers'
T'rust Company, for the purpose of
protecting your products from the de
pressing induence of speculators, spin
ners and capitalists, and provide a
means by which you can name the
price for your products, instead of
having the price dictated to you, as is
now the cere. I feel satisfied this can
be done by forming a trust which
would be able to handle most of the
cotton you grow. Let the capital stock
be -50.000,003 to $100,000,000, subscribed
entirely by the farmera of the South,
and divided into as- many shapes as
may be necessary, and small enough
for every cotton planter to subscribe.
Let each farmer take stock to his ut
most capacity, and support the Trust in
every possible way. In case you re
ceive 10 cents for your cotton, instesed
of 5 cents, which you are now receiv
ing, y-u save on a crop of 8,000,000 bales
about $2.000 000, at least twice as much
as the capital stock of the Trust Com
pany. In case speculators should be
come frightened, even at the mention
of a trust, and advance the price of cot
to, so much the better for you, but
very likely they would attempt to bluff
you. I think it is now time to act.
What benefits the farmer or laborer
unquestionably benefits all classes. If
such a plan should meet your approval
I would be more than glad to meet a
representative cotton grower from each
State or Alliance, either in New York
or in some Southern city, to see if
something cannot be done to bring
about some benefit to the South,. Some
thing must be done, or your lands will
not be worth cultivating.
(Signed) JOHN T. RODDEY.
A MEETING CALLED TO DISCUSS THE
CAUSE THAT LED TO THE DEPRES
SION.
[Special to Atlanta Constitution.]
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama October 23.
Hector D.- Lane, commissioner of agri
culture of Alabama, issued a call to-day
for a meeting of Southern cotton grow
ers, to convene at Montgomery. Ala.,
November 13th, to discuss the causes
leading to the present depressed condi
tion of the cotton market. The call be
gins as follows:
"To the Cotton Growers: It is a mat
ter of the utmost importauce to the far
mers of the South that the reports now
being sent out by cotton manipulators
should be refuted. That the present
low pr ices are based upon fictitious re
ports no intelligent man doubts; that
the 'private estimate' sent, out from
New Orleans to the effect that the pre
sent cotton crop would exceed 10,000,000
bales has had a depressing tendency is
generally admitted, although not sup
ported by any previous statistics or
predicate to go upon, but an unpreced
ented delivery up to date, whieb argu
ment can he answered with the undeni
able fact that we have the most propi
tious season ever known for gathering
the staple throughout the entire cotton
belt. I vouchsafe the prediction that if
th4 same weather continues two weeks
longer that every bale of cotton grown
in Alaama can be gathered.
"Mfy calculations are bassed upon
personal observations, having traveled
tbrough North Alabama by private
conveyance for the la-st ten days, and
value is enhanced by the well-known
fact that cotton raised in that section is
about the last to mature."
He then urges the farmers to bold as
much of their cotton as possible with
out detriment to their creditors, and
holds that it will be advantageous to
all concerned ultimately. He concedes
that the resolutions without action are
valueless, but cites the farmers' can
gress held at Memphis, January, 1892,
which decreased the acreage that year,
and consequently gave the farmers
good prices for their cotton. His prin
cipal fight will be upon false estimates
snt out by the cotton exchanges and
cities and thbe 10,000,000-bale estimate
recently sent from New Orleans,
marked "private." The cottoa interests
of the South, be holds, can only be pro
tected by concerted action.
The call closed with the following
pointed remarks:
"Now, in view of the meeting named
and the imperative demand upon the
Southern farmer t.o undertake protec
tive measures along these lines, I in
voke the assistance of the press of the
South in calling a meeting of the cot
ton aisers at Montgomery, Ala., Tues
day, November 13, 1894. By that time
I will have gathered the, official sta
tistics through the agricultiral bureaus
tat they may be presented publicly,
not privately, for the benefit of those
interested. I hope all farmers who are
able to do so without doing an injustice
to creditors, will hold their cotton un
til after the meeting, where we can
deliberate over the situation and de
vise some means to give 'a fight to the
finis.' inviting the hearty co-opera
tion o)f the press and asking that the
farmers will give this important mat
ter a consideration and send intelligent
representatives at the time and place
named."
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[ New York Weekly.]
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GOOD FOR "BUNCH" McBEE.
He is Made General Superintendent of
Transportation of the Seaboard Air Line
System-Abilty and True Worth Flat
teringly Recognized-A Popular
Railroad Man'
rspecial to News and Courier.]
COLUMBIA. October 2-5.-Genial and
popular "Bunch" McBee, wbo has a
reputation as a railroad m%n that. is
universally recognized by the ablest
railroad managers of this country, bas
just been appointed to the best position I
7ne has ever beld, which, in view of the
notable places he has so ably filled, is
saying a great deal. He was appointed 1
to the position of general superinten- I
dent of transportation of the entire Sea
board Air Line system, one of the most
important systems of railroads in this i
section of country, extending from i
Portsmouth, Va., to Atlanta, Ga., and I
what is more the position is a new one
just created.
The Seaboard Air Line people were I
evidently anxious to secure the services I
of so able a railroad manager as Col.
McBee and the position was no doubt
created in order to get him. Col. Mc
Bee has been in Florida for several <
days. He was notified by wire .of his
appointment and was summoned to
Atlanta. Col. McB , will leave to- E
morrow morning for that city. The
circular announcing the creation
of the office and Col. McBee's
appointment has not yet been issued,
and to-night Col. McBee himself does I
not even know when he is to take I
charge of the system. He will doubt- i
less proceed to inspect the roads of the I
system at once and organize his de
partment.
Col. McBee will be next in authority I
to the general manager. One of the I
principal roads of the system over I
which Col. McBee will assume control f
is the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, t
which has a total mileage of 274.3 miles, I
of .which 136.52 is in this State. This t
road being a portion of the main line
touching many points in this State, and c
having every port facility at Ports- I
mouth and Norfolk, is already largely t
used by our people. Col. McBee, being I
so popular personally throughout South
and North Carolina, will doubtless
greatly increase the freight business of
the system f-om competitive points.
When Col. McBee, upon the Rich
mond and Danville linesgoing into the
Southern system, resigned his position
as general superintendent of the roads
of that system in North and South
Carolina the prediction was made that
it would not be long before his ability
as a railroad man would be recognized
in a substantial way by some other
leading road. Consequently while his
scores of friends will congratulate him
on his appointment, none will be sur
prised. Col.' McBee will make his bead- t
quarters in Atlanta. klis many friends
in the State, and particularly in Colum
bia, will regret that he will have to
leave his native State. He has been
identified more completely perhaps
than any other man with the old Rich- 1
mond and Danville lines (now the
Southern) in South Carolir'a, and it is I
a little strange to see him with a com
peting system. He came here first as
supeiintendent. after having been in
charge of the North Carolina roads in
1884. Then he went for a while to take
charge of the Central of Georgia. Then
he earne back to the Western North
Carolina, and some years ago returned
here as general siperintendent of the
North and bouth Carolina roads of the
Ricb moud and Danville systern.
THUOsE JUNE BUGS ONCE MORE.
It is the New County Government that is
Wrong Now.]
[Special to News and Courier.]
COLUMBIA, October 23.-They say
that the county government bill, about
whbich so much has been said, will have
to undergo a series of repairs before it
can be used to advantage. The more,
the bill is studied and the nearer the I
time for the law to .go into effect the
more ragged is the bill found to be. A
county commissioner who has been
identithed with such work for a num-]
b,er of years, says that the new system
is much more cumbersome and costly
than that now in use. He says that
there is good ground work in the pro
posed system, but that it is excessively
crude and will have to be materially
changed before it can be used to ad
vantage. Under the present system
for this county, by way of illustration,
the three commissioners are paid a sal
ary of $900 and nileage. Under the
new law the one supervisor will receive
that salary, and the chairmen of the I
township boards have to be paid in ad
dition. In the first instance he says
that the boards of assessors, who are
paid nothing, do not now do the workt
that is expected of them and that there
is no more reason why the boards pro- <
vided for in the new law should do any
work for the glory of it. In some coun
ties there are few townships and that1
makes the chairman of the board have
a large territory to cover, and he will
not. be likely to do that amount of
work for the small salary he will re- I
ceive, and in the counties where there I
are a great many townships there will
be considerable ext'a 'ost, as each of
thbe chairmen receive per diem. The
first thing to be done, the commis
sioner said, was to provide for a con
tract system of working the roads. He
insists that the present system, as well
as anything like it, is wrong. Gover
nor Tillman will very probably take up
the new county bill-in his next message]
to the Legislatare.
DARLINGTON DEMOCRATS. 4
A Strong Ticket in Opposition to the Re
form Primary N(ominations.
[Special to The State.]i
-DARLINGToN, October 22~ -A meet-]
ing of the Democrats of our county
was called about two weeks ago to
nominate a full county ticket in oppo
sition to the "Reform" primary nom
inations. The meeting was held on<
time to-day, and was well attended.
Delegates from every township in the<
county were present. The personr'el of
of the convention wa's a great su 'prise
to one acquainted with the delegates,J
and a glance around the hall showed
thatl something like a revolution had]
recently taken place. The body was<
most emphatically a strong one and
they most emphatically meant busi-i
ness. There were strong and represen
tative men from every section of our
county.
A full county ticket was nominalted.
Not Hitting.
LFrom the Cincinnati Tribune.]
"I hear that you were missing all
sday Saturday."
"Missing? I was out hunting."
"Yes, thatMs what I heard."
IRBY BACKED DOWN.
Would'nt Bet Anything on His Boast Says
Pope-The Doctor Confident and
Happy and Talking Big Figures.
[The State.]
Dr. Sampson Pope, the independent
D,emocratic candidate for Governor, re
turned to the city yesterday. Doctor
Pope is more hopeful than ever of suc
aess in the coming election. He talked
most hopefully last evening. The doc
,or's manner -indicates that what he
ays is not bragging, but that there is
real foundations for his hopes.
When Doctor Pope was-asked last
3ignt if he had seen in The State what
Senator Irby had said about hise candi
lacy and strength he said:
"Yes, and I was amused. The colo
sel is a politician right; he believes in
inderrating his adversary's strength;
.hat card will not win this time. The
people have caught on to his ticket.
Some days ago, if I have been correct
y informed, a friend of mine offered to
)et him a suit of clothes (the colonel
)ets hats and clothes sometimes) that
[ would get nearly four times what
7otes he gives me, and backed him
town. Telling me about it, I told him
ie ought have offered to bet on 60,000.
[t would be much better if he would
ay how many votes the ring candidate
will get.
"'The people are aroused all over the
5tate. The trick of not furnishing
no' convention tickets, after saying
hat he would do so, has lost him
.0,000 votes in the State. . I have fur
iished them, and they will be voted,
md the convention will be defeated."
"What are your chances of success?"
"They are growing brighter and
righter every day, and I will beat the
ing from ten to twenty thousand
otes in the State. There need be no
ear about a fair count, this is an elec
ion between white man and white
nan, and my friends are posted and
letermined to have a fair election.
kny tampering with the voters will
ertainly get people into trouble. We
,now our rights and dare to 'defend
hem at any cost."
)R. POPE COMPLETES THE DISTRIBU
TION OF HIS TICKETS.
[The State, 25th.]
Dr. Sampson Pope is still here at his
eadquarters. He has been hard at
vork for the past ten days distributing
is own and "no convention" tickets
u every county in the State. He has
iow, he says, about completed this
rork, and has odly a few thousand
nore tickets to send out to thoroughly
'plaster" the State.
There was talk on the streets last
ight of a probable scheme which!
hose who opposed the proposed
onstitutional convention will have
o carefully guard against in the
lection. It is not unlikely that all
hese tickets against a convention and
or Dr. 'Pope many never reach the
tands of those who wish them, even
fter they have once been placed at the
olls. Attention is called to an old
rick of having men ou hand when the
>olls. first open, who will go up one
fter another, take big handfuls of the
ickets desired to be lacking, walk away
vith them and destroy them, mak-ing
way with practically all of them by
be time the voter who wishes them
nmes to vote. No one has said that
his trick will be worked, but it will be
rell to guard against it.
Edg# field ChroDicIes.
LIFrom the Chronicle.[
L.N HONORED VISITOR.
Our fair young friend, Miss Agnes
iridin, of Perry, G. orgia, formerly
>f Edgefield, is visiting her aunt,
drs. Orlando Sheppard. We envy
7eorgia this lovely character-this
are treasure, for abe is indeed a
'bright and particular star."
iOTON IN 1848.
Mr. Eppes Norris has sent us a cen
ios old bill, where Bradley & Good
yn, cotton buyers of Columbia,
>ought of Nathan Norris, November,
846, five halea of cotton, weighing 339
~39, 3.59, 346, 304, .346-1679 lbs.-at 4.90
-total cash, paid in full, $81.94. Mr.
Rathan Norris was Mr.. Eppes Norris'
~reat uncle. Cotton, therefore, reacheed
lower figure in 1848 than it has ever
-eached since.
~AS'NT BOUeHT.
IL has been reported, indeed -pub
ished, that Gov. Tillman has bought a
mome on the Ridge. So far as we know,
his is not yet true. Gov. Tillman, we
iear, wishes very much to buy a home
n that beautiful country, as he will
iever again, probably, live on the old
lace near Roper's Store.
)EATH OF MISS SAVANNAH SALTER.
This very estimable Christian lady,
1 well known and so universally es
memed, departed this life 'mnder the
oo of her relative Mr. Dock Crouch,
>n Saturday last, and was buried on
he day following at Johnston-laid
eside the aged mother whom she
atched and nursed so faithfully
rough so many long and weary years.
rhis fact, even apart from the general
enor of her useful life, stamped Miss
3avannah Salter as a noble woman.
She has now found rest and peace.
MAYBIN-KIRELAND.
Iarriage of Popular Young People in Co
lambia-The Groom a Newberrian.
[Register, 25th.]
The nuptials of Miss Lizzie C. Kirk
and, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. J. M.
Krkland, of this city, and J. A. May
un, of Maybinton, Newberry County,
were solemnized at 2.30 o'clock yester
ay afternoon at the home of the
ride's parents, corner of Sumter and
['aylor streets.
A large number of friends of the con
mting parties were present and wit
essed the pretty ceremony, performed
n the beautifully decorated parlor by
Rev. John A. Porter.
There were no groomsmen, but the
~ollowing young ladies acted as brides
aids: Miss Lillie Maybin, of New
erry; Miss Fannie Chappell, of this
xonty; Miss Lula McGrorey, of Fair
ield, and Miss Sallie Hayne McMeekin,
>f Fairfield.
The bride was attired In a handsome
;raveling costume of blue fabric de
Pae, tailor finish.
A large number of usefal and costly
resents were received by the young
ouple from friends.
A fter the ceremony the guests were
nvited to partake of an eltganely pre
pared din ner in honor of the event.
A t 4 20 o'clock in the afternoon Mr.
nd Mrs. Maybin left on the Atlantic
coast Line train for a.trip to Florence
d other places. They carried with
them the best wishes of a legion of
warm friends and admirers.
The groom is one of the most pros
perous young farmers of Newberry
County, and the bride is a yonng lady
who has been a favorite in a large cir
ele of friends and popular with all who
CATARRHAL DYSPEPSIA.
A Discouraged Invalid Restored to
Health and Happiness.
Catarrh of the stomach causes a con
dition known ss dyspepsia or indiges
tion. It usally results from catarrh in
the throat, but sometimes occurs in
people who have never had catarrh
elsewhere. Thle symptoms of dyspep
sia are: liver complaint, biliousness,
sour stomach, water-brash, bloating
after eating, constipation, piles, and,
in mauy eases, low spirits, dizzy-head,
sympathetic heait palpitation, pain,
indig. stion, and looseness of the bow
els. Pe-ru-na and Maq-a-lin, taken
according to directions on the bottle,
will cure every one. The following is a
specimen of the letters received from
patients:
0. S. M. McQuillan, Spring Hill;
Iowa, writes: "Four years ago last
fall my stomach, without any previous
warning, refused to perform its func
tions, and I soon lost strength. During
this time food was forced through my
stomach by using cathartics. With
flesh wasted away, strength exhausted
so that it took away all my energy to
even get into a bath tub, hopes all
gone, I began to take Pe-ru-na and
Man-a-lin, following free advice wbich
Dr. Hartman gave me. In a short
time I could eat nourishing food, and
the piles, kidney trouble and consti
pation disappeared. Flesh, strength,
and a splendid appetite returned I went
work."
For treatise on catarrh, eoughs, colds,
consumption, and l climatic diseases
Df winter, send for Family Physician
No. 2. Address The Pe-ru-na Drug
Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio.
A BIG RAID.
ne Thousand Dollars' Worth of Liquor
Captured in Columbia.
[Columbia Journal, 24th.]
Thirteen barrels of whiskey and
orty dozen botcles of beer were seized
by ConstableFant this morning and
bauled to the county jil.
Twenty cents a gallon reward offered
by Governor Tillman for information
is to where the liquor was stored proved
too much for somebody, who told the
place of the storage of the whiskey,-is
the opinion of everybody.
The 'liquor was found in a little ware
ouse in the rear of M. L. Kinard*s
Imporium.
Of course it cannot be said to whoi
the liquor belongs as no one has laid
,laim to it. On the end of one barrel
was "E. C. Grieshaber," and on seve
ral of the others was the letter "G."
The total amount was about 499
allons of whiskey. One person
present this morning at the time of
the seizure offered two dollars a
allon for the whiskey and thirteen
ollars a barrel for the beer. This would
make the value of the seizure to be
about $1,050.
A POPULAR ROUTE TO FLORIDA.
rhe Excellent Vestibuled Through Fast
Trains of the F. C. & P.
It will not be long now, it can be
;tated on excellent authority, before
rwe the finest through vest ibuled trains
that ever ran through any section of
this country will be flying via Colum
bia every day all the way from Jersey
City to Jacksonville, Fla.
The winter travel from North to
South will soon begin in dead earnest,
and the Southern Railway, Florida,
Central and Peninsular combination
intend to handle the business as they
have never attempted to do before.
The intention of the combination is
to put on two magnificent yes ibuted
trains running out of Washington, one
coming just ahead of the other and
going via Atlanta to News Orleans.
The other is the one in which this part
of the country is concerned. It will
come straight through to Columbia
where the Florda, Central and Penin
sular will takeit and rush iton through
to Jacksonville.
The trains will be exactly alike. They
will be vestibuled all the way through.
They will be composed of Pullman par
lor scars, sleeping cars, dining cars,
smoking cars and last of all, observa
tion cars.
This flyer will be a limited train and
will run on the fastest schedule ever
attempted on the roads named. It is
expected that they will be put on some
time before December!1. The fiyer will
pass Columbia about 11 a. m.
A change of schedule on these roads,
preliminary to the putting on of these
trains, will probably be made about the
first of November.
Hall's .Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re
newer has restored gray hair to its
original color and prevented baldness in
thousands of cases. It will do so to
you. _________
DEATH OF A NEGRO WONDER.
John Saily, the Black Boy Who Enew
History by Heart.
[Special to News and Courier.1
BAMBERG, S. C., October 19.-A
remarkable negro boy named Joh.1
Sally died here last Thursdag.
He knew history, both ancient and
modern, by heart. It seemed almost
impossible to "stump" him on any
question. He seemed to retain every,~
thing he read. He has had offers from
Northerners to travel for exhibition,
and it ts said that one Northerner
offered to educate him, but he declined
all offers. Sally went to school only a
few months. He possessed a wonder
ful memory and his marvellous ac
quirements were gained by home
study. He was also an excellent math
ematician.
Office of
J. F. GR CER,
CorN~TY JUDGE.
GREEN CovE SPRINGs. (L.&Y Co.,
FLA., May 23d, 1891.
G;entlem.en:
Twentythree years ago I was attacked
with lilamatory rheumatism. I was at
ended by the most eminent physicians in
the land. I visited the great Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., and the noted Bot springs of Arkan
sas. and many other watering nlaces, and
always consulting with 'the local physician
for directions. final'y came to Florida ten
bout two years ago I had a severe attack
of rheumatism, was coniled to my r. om for
twelve weeks and during the time I was in.
duced to try P. P. P., (Prickly Ash, Poke
oot.and Potassium). knowing that each in
gredent was gcod for Impurities of the blood,
after usinrh two small bottles I wa relieved;
at four different times since ? have had
slight attacks and 1 have each ti.ae taken
two small botte-: of P. P. P., and been re
lieved, and I1 consider it the best medicine of
its kind. Respectfull , GREER.
R HEUMATISM.
Is emphatically a blood disorder caused by
inability of the kidneys to throw off certain
poisons which accumulate in the tissues
about the joints and muscles.
P. P. P., very simple, quickly and surely
cures this disease ne trahzing impurities ini
the blood. Experience and science both en
dorse P. P. P., as the only infallible blood
purifer known.
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