The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, August 26, 1898, Image 1
T 4AABLISHED 1865- N WIBEilY, S. C.g FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1 TWICEAWI:.50
PROHIBITION DEPARTMENT.
AtTIlUR KinIiEi,Comnty chaitrman.
A. C. JON ES, Member Sinto Prohibiton Ex
00tiIvOConmit cc, Nowbarry Count v.
Extrioct From it Sornion 1're-ached by Hev.
. W. Creiggiaton, of the 1etffnnc1et
Church, Augsst 21st, 1898.
"DI)Tver us Iom ci i'-Ma s vI- 13.
This prayer assumes the brother.
hood of Christins-a common inter
Ct and a common per;l. Many acts,
of kindness do not nocessar1y in
volve any great dogree of intorest n
anothor, but to ho touchod with a
fooling of his infirmiitio-i, realize his
danger, and peav for bis deliverance,
is Christlike. Lot us isk, is this not
a tim) WhIn this prayOC is peculiarly
appropriato ? Is thero not a groat
and growing evil in our midst from
Which individual., society, and on c
land muast be deivorcd? Without
g.)it)g into detaik and pursui.g the
many phases of tho que3tiu, docs
not the liquor (raffil ii our St.ite to
day threaton tho destruction of do
tmestic p1q.o and happiness, ho tihn
dormining of society and the domor
aliv-ition of the Stite? Tben, it Inust
be an ovii! We stated the prop)-'
tion a fow Sabbaths snce* that tbe
great battIe of Christ'aQs ti-I the
Chmoh, is agaist the tomptation to
prostitutie the immn hert i-:d de
baso human naturo. To what does
this troflic appe:l? The human
- heort--an uninatural anid vicious p
Pvlil.1. Lpon whkat does it r-A A'
per,erted taste, a prostitulcd iatilve.
What are tbo commodities i- wb;eh
it (ea.s ? Hmilf happines , humi)s an
chnracter, human souNs, human blood,
human life! Thero is no other tralic,
no other busineo.:s, that den's in hu
ATit.y--no oi her f.bat dopon,is for
saccesis upon the dcstr.ct.'on of the
element. sotlct. ,and body from which
it draws its succe-ts-in th's cao the
body social, human4y. 1.t g-ows by
destroying 'bat upon which it fcnds,
sapping its substance, consuming its
life. For this reason it is written
"woe unto him that givoth his neigh
bor drink, that putt-,th the bot tle to
him and mnakedi him drunk also that
thou irayest lo>k on their nal.ed
ness." Again it is writteo, "woo tun
to him that buildeth a town with
blood money and that establisheth a
city by iniqu'ty." Aro we not bring
ing ulf a genoration and generations
on the bo!.tlo? Are wo not try;ng to
build not only towns but citiz-nship
upon iniquity-blood money! Is not
the cost of intell'genco to bo the
prico of ini(qityf Is not the (.duca
tional system of this Stato fomded
upon the debauch and ru in of socie
ty 1--the tutoring of our children to
b)e paid for whhi the blood of their
fathers. Does not the State offer an
indrucement to d -unkenness ? T1he
more liqu.>r you consume the~ more
money for your schools! Is there an
instance on record wvhero any sane
governoment sought to build up and
-~perpetuate itsRelf upon the ruin of its
subjects? Did any sanoegovernment
ever be2ore introduce andl nsainta'n
n1i.quity among its citizens for it s own
.aggran disement and escape ruin?
On< In any people prosper h,ose laws
1.ofy Almigh ty God ? IH .. ot the
dispensary been offonsive to goodi
oplo? [Ias not almost every man
xK uttouichod it boon more or less do
SToday the liquor traflic sits like an
>f the State. In 1892 the consump.
l ion of intoxica2og liquors i ioldod
ain inoo of $1 ,000,000,000-it the
eof $15.28 for every person in
United States. Add to this the
ic et cost, losses, etc., and it roots
p $100,000,000 more. To feed,
clothe and shoe th1( American people
for the same length of -time cost
P $1 ,(00,00)0,000. So then the cost of
this one item, drinkc, is nearly equal
to the cost of feeding, shoeing and~
clothing the nation. But mark this
facet, t hen the government had laced
he band of discrimination upon the
business and fought it back. What
then shall the result be who'i the
government itself monopolizes the
buitlness, throws off all restraint and
becomes the temipter, seducer, and
despoiler of her own citizens? What
ill be the typo of manhood antd the
haractor of maorals that t,ben exist?
HoW long will Mon be able to stand;
how long will our. institutions sur
v'voY It strikes at the moral bais
of life, of society, of the Statp, and
never before did it striko from such
vantage ground and with such an
impeus behind it. Individuals comu
poso soci(ty and society iikes .the
Stato; take away the moral basis,
the foundation uponl which tho ildi
vidual, the citizon nod th Christi2ion
build, and the bottom drops uot of
the whole business-oor social and
political fabric goes to piecev. Moral
charactor, social purity, business in
togri'y all go. Every relation in
life, every business, every enterprise
is affected il seriously involved.
We recogniz in it nkot only nll evil
buti a monster vice. Wo mst an
tiagonize it. Prohibitioii is our im.
modiato resort.. But we are told,
"prohibition don't prohibit." Does
the dispensary prohibit ? Whon the
di-4peary was established every
town in the State, alnost without ex
coption, was organized against it. and
wats the bilth-place of blind tigers.
If the State in the business with this
organization against the law could
drivo out the tigers andi euforeo the
l1w, why cannot the State out of the
busnuss and with clean bands on.
force prohibition ?I Is the Stato
stronger aind moro courage:ous .when
maintaining iniqu(lity thiln when en.
forcing right.? Does iniquity give
her powor? Does the faet that she
is patticops crimims make her bot
ter able to mifrco law, rightil wrongs
an11d punish crimo? Must the Stao
bveco a party to adult ry, theft an'
m11urder to onablo her to onforeo 6th
liw against these ofle-ises? Fall wit.
the filthy, aflliate with the corrupt
and lio down with the debae d ?
Thin let her proclaim both her moral
and legal impotency! At. such rea
soning sensible inen, whose moral
perceptions have not been pervert ed
by prejudieo nor blunted by par-tici.
pation in tho evil, revolt. The ut.
most that can be required of~any law
is that it restrain the evil door and
reduca crime to the minimum, and
prohibition will not do less. But if
it should, it is r4igh.t, it, involves a
great principle, it is a plank in the
great platform of Christianity, and
Christian mei must ard will sup
port it.
We may est ima'e in dollars and
cents the amount. sold in our own
State, about $3,000,000, but who can
estimato the cost to domestic peace
and happiness---the va!c1 of charac
ter, souls, human lives wrecked and
ruined by it ? Can dollars and cents
expreOss it? D)ollars and cents can
never express t he wrett chedne 'ss, wo"
ruin, loss of character anad injnry to
individuals and societ y, neit her can
dlollars and conts eopair or atone for
it. Put every dollar t' at goes into
the traffic into t he currents of legiti
mate buineflss and mark thle results.
Put every dol lari spient to sat'sfy this
thirst into food, shoes, hats and
clothing for the sufl'oring mothers
and children robb,ed hy it, and who
can estimate Ite value of the cont ri
bution to self respect, to happiness,
and the impet,us to pr-osperity and
material greatness it wd.l impart.
The greater pat of this vast sum
nomes fromi the country. Seund it
back to the coiunmtrmy and invest it in
labor, farimiung imi)plemonits, stock and
9ober men to manage it and( it will
enrich your countriy and( repleal thle
lion law. Send it back to the country
and put it inr school housc s, t eneirs,
and chiurches and it wvill pr~ovo a per
manont in vestment anid yield a per
petual income in character, brins
and purity-intell igent nmn, happy
women antd idealI homes.
On the other hand It us ask what
good can the consumer show for this
large snm of money extriacted from
the pockots of the people-nothil
wvhat.ever. WVhat, gain can the Stane
show? If a large p)art of this sum
goes inito the St lit i t reanry, the St ata
is still a heavy los(er. She has in
jured her own resourc-e s to an incal
culable diegree.
What does it do for man-robs
him firom first to last.: robs him of
respectabily; r-obs him of home, of
h]appiness, of heaven I Whither d1oes
it lead P It leads to dtegredat ion, vice,
gambling, the brothel)0, p)overty,
want, crimte--thle drunkard's grave
and tile dirunkard's hll .
Believing thait it is not only an
evil, but a blighting curse, with love
for humanity, an abiding interest in
the welfare of our State and fidelity
to Goed, woe will earnestly labor and(
devoutly nrafl "diver us ..-n evil
War Department's Defence
i,ETrixit ovi, PicuuvATtii At.ar To
UItAUNURY 11,. DI'M,w
lolig at War I#-pI trtsimoot, frr tso Mistinge
moetund Cairo tit an Army o,( 27,00o
M11't it Ti,vio nf iPeace I, was Soaidi n.
ly Canit-d 4bil tit Create, Manage
atead Providn for i4st. A. niy of
Nomirly 300,000 31at ainttel ti
Cond ise't a War fcat whilch
tilt Vant Armuiy witan
Thaitgit N. e httiary
Tito Asmy Itathede,
Fs. IRIlt aellid Wolk
11141 not Mare
tha,u On. third
N eCt'.
Now York, August 21.-The Hon.
Chauncey M. Depow has received
the following letter from Secretary
of Wiar, and has con-ented to its pub
licat ion. Teio lotter, which was writ
ton in reply to a request for iifor.
mation on the subject referred to, is
as follows:
War Departm,nt, Washington,
August .13, 1898.-My Doer Mr.
Depew: The great pressure of busi
ness his up to now prevented meo
from sending to )ou the statement
you were kind etiough to ask for, as
to what had been lccompliished in
the way of outfitting the army for
the liold, "he conduct of campaign,
etc. Also the chiefs of divisions
have been ro much driven with work
to compile the data required. One
not in the midst of the work can
hardly roalize what, an undertaking
it is to call 125,090 men into tho
fi,,d at one tine, coming from all
the State-, and to have them mster
od and gathered in camps on so short
notice, and this, too, when( wO had
scarc any calp outfit, for their ac
coinmmodation, all having to be pro.
vided for, by the war department.
As you know, when war wai do
Mlared, thero was no eqaipment what
over for the voluoteers in store.
That this was successfully accoml
plished, with very few accidents, is a
matter of record. Subsequent calls,
including the regular army, (which
numbered about 27,000 mn when
war was declarcd,) made a total of
268,800 met. To accomplish all i
sO short a time hr.s been a great
work. Of course gathering this vast.
number of men togethor in a large
measure under untrvioed regi
mental and conipany commanders
I mean in actual field duty-tholack
of knoweldge as to the sanitary con
ditions to be observed, tile caroless
ness in not obsei ;ing instructions
which were funished us to psoper
care of the men, has added greatly
to the work of the medical depirt
mnt. Thus from the homes of 270,
000 volunteers has1 been constant'and
great anxiety as to what might
happen t.o their soldiers, and hun
dreds of inquiries made by letters
and telegrams have been received
every day conicerninIg individual sol.
diers. T1he feeling on tihe p:t of
these inividulals that tihe wvar dec
partmrent is responsible for the care
of their menCi individuailly has1 natur
ally cansed sympathy in case of sick
ness5 and death, and has created
much sor row. T1here is nothing
young mten inl robnat health are so
prodigal of as their healthIi, until it is
gone. Men go into camp feeling
that they can stand any thing and1(
everything, and cannot be0 made to
believe to the contrary until stricken
with disease. Every effort 1has been
made from the beginning to furnish
every caip with all appliances as5k
0(d for, but, of conrse, the command
ing olhieors in the 11ield are the ones
who have all the dhirect charge of
these men. For instance, one0 army
corps commander hats givenl orders,
and1 en forces them, respectinrg 81ani
ta ry alffairs, anid he has1 todaly but a
fraction over 2 per cent on the sick.
list. Others hauvi) been less success
fuil, arnd tihe consequence is typhoid
anid other fevers hrave been b)red1
arid spreadl to a considerable extent.
One regiment mi tihe Chickamnauga
Camp has a colonel who enforces
sanitary rnles in his regiment, oblig
ing the men to boil all the water they
drink, keeping the camp cleainly, and
tihe resuIlt is less than 25 sick, and
his camp, too, inl as unfavorable a
p)lace as any in theocommand. Others
more favorably situated have ten
times that number on tihe sick list.
0114 of the regiments of the last call,
not yet removed frmm its Rtate, nds
bitter complaints of typhoid fever.
Concerning the Sautingocampaign,
whet the ships left Tampa they had
oni board threo nmiths' provisions
'li1d rfi t1111.AC rOe 11411.1it ll Fil0l).
and an abmuuX.mco of hiosp1ital sup-.
plies. They had lighters to unload
with at the v,nittt of debarkation.
Those lighters woro lost in severe
storms ot the way. As soon nH we
woro notit-d of the fact the two tows
of li-hters w%ere sent from Mobilo
and Now Orleans, which were also
uvoitahen by storl and lk-st.. The
navy supplied us with lighters, and
one 6f them were wrecked. The army
disimbarked, getting off a portion of
its supplios aid medical stores, aind
iniiediately marcihed to the front to
light the Spaniards. The great,
3ifficulty of landing supplies subso.
quontly wats that the wind sprang up
avery morning ati 10 and made i
high surf, rendering almost impossi
ole the use of small boats with one
lighter, which was all they had loft
for this purpose. Of the packers
who were employed 00 pur cent soon
frol sick, and heavy rains fa)ling
Bvery day, the roads (if they . could
b)o called such) becIae im1passable
for vehicles, pack animals had to bo
nmp!oyed to carry food to the army,
which being extended to the right
around Santiago, increased the dis
Lance from the coast every day, and
made the task more dillicult. How
aver, the result and the subsequent
sickness that has broken out in the
army showed the great wisdom of
Gen. Shafter in moving forward to
make the attack while his mni were
in vigor. It was a movement bor.
doring on audacity, but it sticceedel,
iand the persistence of the attai%, I
havo no doubt, greatly dishertuned
the Spaniards. It resulted in one
of the greatest victories, for men en.
gaged, ot modern warfare. The
number of prisoners taken exceeded
the attacking force by nearly two to
one. When yellow fever broke out.,
and the fever list increased into the
thousands, it was for a time sup
posed that it was principially yollow
fever. The bringing troops north at
once after the surrender, under such
conditions, would have been certain
death to a vast numriber, but, uponl
inquiry, it wias ascertained that very
few of these cases comparatively
were yellow fever, when it was at
once decided to bring tbe arminy home
as speedily ats possible. Everything
that, human ingennity could devise
has been done to succor that army
not ingenuity of the Secretary of
\War, but tihe result of the combined
c~ounfcil of I hose who hlavei had a life.
ong experience in the .tiold. That
some men have been neglected o:i
ransports comning hoime, there is
doubt-all against positive ordlers,
and( dn, perhlaps, to carelessnes4
and negligence, but largely on ac
count of not. hazving the meodical
force to spare (many of wvhomi were
sick) from thle campij at Saintiago.
Many transpoerts were taken ill oil
the way homo1).
To give you a little idea or tile
work that haus been d me1 I append
the following:
The work of the adjutant general's
department 1)1s been to mullster anld
order to their station, to b)e precise,
216,400 voluuteers, and 2-i,900) for
th,e regular army. This, wvith a re
dutced force, as many staff eflicers
fromn all of the departmeuts had been
promoItedl anid ordeOred to tihe field.
Thie chlief of engineers reports an
expiondit urc of $5,880,000) for hatrbor
defences, building emlplacernorts of
heavy guns, mort,ar batteries and
iiIl(5'.
The surgeon general has had1( the
eniormoJus woerk of fitling up hospit
als, organiing the medical corps,
employing male and1( female nurses;
contract surgeons, b einag snrge'ons
wvho are empjloyed1 fr-om civil life, b)e
sides8 those commissioned as crs
division and brigade surgeons, fur
isinig meidical su1pplie.4 aind an
swVering the14 demlanlds fromi all over
the country, and1( from camps at Sani
tiago, Porto Rico and( Manilla. Tile
work dono ini this line is almolst b)e
yond( comprehension.
The commnissiary general had pur
chased aind d ist rib)uted,uIp to August],
11l0,907,235~ 1)0und(1 of ratior.s, wiich
have booen transported and distrib
uited to all arm ien in the fiel ndat
Santiago, Porto Rico and Manilla,
besides the large nanitity distributmd
am11ong tho destit.11to Cubans.
The quartui master gtionrals to
port is too long to eveni givo an itp
proximato idea of his work. In tho
way of trausportation to Ilonuoluu,
Manilla, Santiago and Polto Ico
and return home thero liavo bevii
sont 82,638 mvn with art ilh,ry eqip
mtitt and supplies. By rail in this
country thoro have been t.rimspot ted
0,'700 officer.4, 2:38,02 mnlisted meri,
also 40,582 animals, besides ihous.
ands of wagons, a4illery and other
quarfttermalst er, comii a:i ry, ord nanieo,
Medical and signal service stores.
The total ntimber of artielosof cloth
ing and camp eq iipigo distributvd
to tho army by the quartermi-tster's
department has Ien 6,27-1,183, of
'which I can only imet.ion a fow ar.
ticls as follows: lanukets 288,73m,
blouses 288,762, tronst'rs .100,4128,
hats 331,106, canvas litld iniforms
83,200, shoes, Imirs, 5 11,378, inder
shirts 736,065, tents 179,112, Ote.,
oto.
The total weight, of food and for.
ago distribluted ditily 1o thliti army is
approximatoly 900 (ons.
Added to this is tho large floot of
transports chartered and purchased,
the tmat "emienlt, of t silim in con
voying troo)ps, supplies and anmnilni
tion.
The paymuaste r ham promptly paidI
the army, and is deserving of very
great credit, for tho work.
The signal corps hits provided most
oflicienlt. service, N '.i4hing calblo,
tolograph, tolophone and siglnli si r
vice to the differont colI iluniands in
the tiold.
If you had a day or two to sparo
I would like to sadwich in a little
work for you. I would like to so.id
you those statements in detail which
I think would bowilder you, if alny
thing canl.
Sincerely yovis,
lt. A. AmoE.
Hou. Charncoy M. Depow, N. Y.
'i(lVATES 01 tl UST RiCo01M ICN P1C
TI I !ON.
'I,h y W114a to ,.O e .e I Joe A- -vy sNvIc! and
On1mo Hu'e-Ofl an Just Lito
01.110- e Waiy.
[SpOc'al to The S,ale.]
Jacl.;oov'llo, Fln., Aug. 23.-Lalo
ycsimrday 1aitooonl tbo oflicors ad
dres-ed the soldiers, atLoupting to
dissade them lrom svodi.iog a peti
tion to be olieved from s.ervice.
The chers of (te boys wer taken
to mean hat they W11,1to- to go on
to Cubai, anod suchI a report was
made to Gen. Unrclay.
Hi oweve -, I i his miora in g mari o ames
were addtetd to thle petit'oa. On t of
1,021 eos'.s:'d mien,3 it is stateOd that
i;80 havoi s!ied thte polition1. The
otlicors aro very mnehcl d isp leased.
The boys are dte.-ineiitd to nil isit
thet. uetorts (of Senator illmantii and.
t):hers in their behatlf.
We were i nspe ~cte bi y Mafj. M.
(Gul1 of Gn Le' htaff loJlay. 1-e
mado(l a r'gid examinmat ion of tort s
antd drainage.
W~ie hlopo to get now tents; ont
pretsenit. Oios Ioeak.
F'riday* is the damy of the great ros.
view. We e'xpect to do ou rselvyes
proud1( on that. dany.
Saturday niighit our hand wvill r..n
dier a concert at thie WVindsor h Atol.
Gien. Lee's honad<qarte.r .
(Jen,er,.i Waas Endiract I,y liI,n Volun itee4rw.
Columiai, S. C., Auguist 20, 1808.
Dear Sir. Theli following is a copy
of a petition addressed to the peoplej~
of the State:
WVheres, Adj lutn and1( Insp1ect.or
G eneral Wau(tts volunnteers'd his ser
viess to the GJovernior anid Cornmman.
der- in-Chitef for active tduty in the
field in thle pre.(sent, watr wVithI Spain,
which offor wats not accepted, onl thie
ground t hat, lhe could lbe oif moreiF
service tto thle Stato in reorganiinss
the Militia and( asssisting in thr
mobiliz/ation of the South (Carolia
Voluntoers, we, thle undersigned
hope that the aforesaid official wil
be re-elected without opposition.
Colonel Josep)h K. Alston, CJolmm
Major Johnt 1. Farls', Greeniville
Major Havnliknavr es,n Bn.im..
MAjor J. A. Mood, Sumter.
Captatin J1. D). Frost, Columbia.
Captain 1). 0. IIerbert, Orange
blurg.
Captain L. M. Ilamphlon, Marion.
captainl .J. E. Jarnigan, Marion.
Capt in .J. E Bo, d, I Darlington.
Captinl W. (I. Sirrine, 0reelville.
Cap'aiii A. D). 11oke, Oreonvillo.
Capt tin 0. K. Mauldiu, Greenlvillt.
Liittm,ant J. W. Oray, Groonvillp.
LieultenanitW.D. Whitnmirec, G reu
vil le.
Captain J. FE .tiuntor, Un!iom,
L entenamnt William McGowan,
Union.
Lieutenan C. II. Norman, Union.
captainl W. S. Langfordl, Now
berrly.
Captaiii Charlo.q Nm%j,ham, Coum
bia.
Captain H. B. McCreory, Colm
bia.
Liouteit, J. 1). Lowranco, Co
lum1bia.
C.-ptain W. C. Davis, Mlanning.
Captain Edward Andtirson, Char
Captaiu C. A. Milford, Abbeville.
Caiptin J. Ml. Lawsmon, Union.
Capttin 11. I. atkins, Anderson,
L,iouteuanut, J. M. Brow n, A uderson.
Lietmiant .1. 14, (rimt. Andorson.
Captain A. L. aston, Chestor.
Liontenant J. II. Marion, Chester.
Captain Fred. Moblvy, Rock Hill.
Captatin Claudo E. Sawyer, Aikon.
Colonel J. (. Wardlaw, ('affney.
MAjor lW. C. Ma1uldinl, 1lampton.
Colonel 1). E. Dules, Oran1geburg.
Captain A. T. Darby, Fort 'Motte.
Captain 1). P". WE'11s, Siver.
Captain W. T. Hatton, Poma -ia.
Major T. G. Dishor, Charle .lon.
Colonel It. It. Pinckey, Charles
tot'.
Colonol Altiton S. Manning, Ai
rion.
Captain .1. E. Robinson, Hamp
Captain W. L. S'on1tairo, Entaw.
ville.
Captainl.l Bnh St. slo
pihenl's.
Captain C. P. Lorick, Kershaw.
Thoso gentlemen are fully identi
lied with the Military Depurtuont of
tho State. Thily are ncndor no ob
ligi,tions to mv, in(] I respectfully
sniibmit their hi.-h edorsoment to
tho. considuratioa of overy voter
who hai confideco in the rnbipsed
jodgment and int,Legri) of thtso g
I havo don till in my power to
further mh Military Departmont of
the State. I have devoted the becK
years of mny life to the study of mil
tary. Unde(r tmy admuiin istratiotn the
enitiro1 ilitary Systemt hats been re
organtized tandl reduced to an a ctivo,
avail1ale, anmd ready organ ization.
tin d sys em at i zed. WV hen I took
charge of t boe otieo t here wore twven.
ty-six negro com)pan)iri s. Kven tmy
m1inlistrti on, and( aidtmit that I have
mado114 a worthly and1( iilicientL oflicer.
On ac-count of existing circum
stanices, cauls~ed by the wvar with
Spain1, the Militia will have to un.i
deorgo) some11 fe rt,br chanIigIs. Most
of the1BI mi.liar property of the
Stant ( hatd to lhe turnied over to the
Nr.t ionail (Governmiletnt forj uso in) thle
Volunrteer' service. Several of thle
miiilittary compame11-Iils have b. en pair
tially distorganLrized, and1( t heir pIrop-.
e-ty loaned to t he Volunteor Troops.
I aat filly pos8te asi to5L all tihe
changes that land to hoe undergone,
antd know what wvill bel required to
restore everything to its former poi.
I iott, and I think t hat I can safely
say, withiout e'got im, that it woutld
ho a tmisttake to mtake' a change in thle
Adjtatnt (General's office at so imt
po)rtalnt ait time).
Upon myl recrd, I respiectfully
,isk ynur support for the oflice of Ad
jntaunt and ispector G eneral, andlI
plromiise, if elect ed, to givo my full
t ime and talents to t,he further upj.
building of thte M ilittary Depart menit
of my native Stato.
Very respectfully,
dJ. G AaY VATTrs,
n 'nrit tll iver inl stineh'I I ronibiNa Can bie
qEkiO y enrt'gIli by 14 sInu: 1tho14n I,ions4)1 lttle.
iili tk tnt wn ax4 J)ewi'1's Iit t leualy HII era.
fIi a..liEC icaistlnt to) take an1(1 lln vfir gripo,
YOUMANS DEALS WITH
THE COTTON YIELD
UONVEINTMN Wit-LL LIKEI.V HE 1HL
ON M P0RVANT MA r It.
4mt-uberit Planteroi l1ave is Palanl. Wvljl(jh in
hitill 14 n1u thu (aty thi.- Tha;t Uan; saeve
Thests Froml, ian1pe,ingh Dl..a'rm.j.
A Warning.
Tho following letter ont the vitally
important subject. of tht ha1iling of
his Yo1r's cot toD cr01) has ben ro.
!eived by the prcident of the South
Darolina Cotton Growers Association:
Fairrax, Aug., 22, 1898.
lion. J. C. Will)(rnI, Yuorkville, S. C.
My Dear Sir: I have just return.
3d from Memphis, Tenn., whero I
fave been as the vice president for
south Carolina to atteldi a meeting
f the exoeitivi comilittee of the
kimericani ('otton 0Growers Protection
X-sociation. At this meeting, after
Gecting Col. Maxwell, of Louisiana,
piresideit, to succe 'd the lato 14Hon.
11ctor D. Litn, deceised, and af'or
limplifying the tit.le of the organliza.
tiun by changing it to that of tihe
Nationali Cotton Growers Union, it
ivas determined by the president aiid
vico-preridetints to inaugurato a vig
)rous policy on the part, of the cot
:on growers of tire South to met the
requiremeits of the present threat
ning oxigency of lower prices and
impending ruin.
From tilie bost. informed and most
reliabi sotirces of information, the
,ommittoo unianimously arrived at
thre conclusion that the present crop
would fulil equil, if not exceed tho
last, and, if r, )idly thrown upon the
markot, would in till probability sell
far below 5 cents. In view of the
fact that the cotton growers have
the prtsient crop of from ten to twelve
million bales now in hand, while
manufacturres and speculators havo
only about, three million bales, if
that, and that if the cotton growers
would withholl tLo present crop
from tle markt for VO days, say till
Decomber Ist, the world would be
bare of cotmn and at the mercy of
tire cotton growers for their sup
ply, detiniiied to effect i thorough
and complete organization of the
cotton growers beginning with the
smallest geographical sub-division
with a view of holding the present
crop and following up this line of ao
tion, through the medium of town
ship clubs, by onrolling all land
holeors in t contract to reduco noxt
yoar's acroago ono half.
It is manifestly clear that suchi a
line of proceeding would 'place the
cotton growers in command of tire
situation and chige tire outlook
from one of anicruptcy and ruin to
one of protit and Competency.
It further seens than ai effort in
this line would meet with tho aid
and approval of almost every buti
neso interest in the south.
Well knowing thit the principal
obstacle to the accoiplislmenit of
this unidertaking would consist mn
the maiiturinig obligattionis of tire cot
t.on gr-owers, incurred ini tire pro
dluction of the crop, a special com
miitte has been arranigedl for, con
siating of onte iieiiber from ('adh
State, to confer withI cap)italists andu
provido the necessary funds to take
uip those l iens andi( carry tire cotton
until such time as it can be disposed
of at fair p)rofit.
Under inst ruct ions from the exe
cutive committee of tire National
Cotton G-rors Union, withr a view of
p)lacinig Sout h Carolina in a position
to carry ourt these propositions, I
nrow call upon0 you as the president
of the ore'annizaationr in thIis State to
call ar con vent ion to meet in Colum
b)in at thle earliest possible (lay.
Please use such diligenice) as will so
cure a full representation from each
coun11ty in the St ate.
Should our St ate act withr prompt.
niess and decision, it wvould in tall
probaIbilit ity have aL moist happy
ooec. On aill the othier c<Aton grow
ing States.
T1his is a matter of vital conse
nince to thle enlt ire (ottonr belt and
too imnportanmt to broo0k ainy [nec00
sary delay.
While I havew thouighit proper to
give you an ontline of the con:mit
tIe's pilan of proccodure, it was
thought host by tire commrittee rnot
to make it pubillic just yet.
Yours very sincerely,
A power to be shaken. inrto thie
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tired ea'rity. If you have smarting
feet or tight shoes try Allen's Foot.
Ease'. It cools the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweati ng feet, b:isters and callous
spots. Relieves corns andl bunions
of all palin and gives rest and corn.
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