The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, August 20, 1890, Image 1
HERALD
DARLINGTON
VOL. I
DARLINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1890
NO. 6.
CM
Type-writer* and telegraphers have in
creased more rapidly during the last tea
years than any other class of persons in
proportion to their numbers in 1990.
' The Chicago Pott, is firmly of the
opinion that "there is a good deal of the
natural savage still remaining in the civ
ilized man because word comes from
Liberia of a white missionary who con
cluded that he would rather imitate the
savages he had been sent to convert than
to Christianize them. He has accord
ingly abandoned the ways of civilized
life, and is living with tho natives in
their wild state. His fellow missionaries
are profoundly astonished, but civiliza-
ticn bas nWBj'irksome restraints, and a
savage life may have many substantial
advantages.”
One result of exploration in East and
Central Africa is tho rile in tho price of
ivory. Elephants have disappcaro l from
many sections whero they were once
abundant, and the supply of ivory has
not kept pace with tho demand, but ap
plied science has met the increased de
mand and has supplied tho place of ivory
with celluloid and other compositions.
"It may not be generally known,” ob
serves the San Francisco Chronicle, "but
in all except the finest billiard rooms,
C“lluloid balls have taken the place of
ivory spheres, ,and in the arts genuine
ivory is used now only for the expen
sive articles.’!
Farmer Mtrgan, of Kansas, when he
heard e3 thi Ashley mine disaster in
Pennsylvania, where twenty-eight min
ers lost their lives, wrote to the relief
committee ofering to marry any one of
♦he widows, providing she did not have
more than three children, the committee
to make the selection for him. He said
he was a baehelor of good habits, with a
pretty faj^Sl that was paid tor. The com
mittee laiduhe proposition before the
wjjjows, ana it was found that nine of
them vrre willing to become Mrs. Mor
gan, whereupon their photographs were
forwarded to the Kansas philanthropist
and he chose for himself.
. The art of flying is not making any
encouraging advancement, is the verdict
of tho Chicago Hcrnli. Somebody in
vents a flying machine now and then,
but it always proves towfcfc a failure.
Perhaps the nearestvjupproach to success
has been attained by a Oewnaa in CKUa.
delphia, tho home of Kccly, tho motor
man. He weighs 1C3 pounds and can
raise himself into the air with the aid of
a counter weight of eighty poun Is. Yet
this is to say that only fifty par cent, of
him is ablo to fly, and that is only half
enough for successful flying. If this is
the best that can be done the birds of
the air ate never likely to have any
human imitators.
' A magazine article on "Horseflesh as
Food” says that horsemeat has a peculiar
sweetness of taste, "its flavor being con
sidered by epicures to be half way be
tween tho flavors of beef and game.”
One would naturally suppose, remarks
the Chicago Herald, that the flavor would
depend largely on the kind of horse.
IVbile beef cattle and sheep slaughtered
for the meat market run pretty evenly,
there is a wide difference in horses. A
nice young horse that had frolicked
around the farm and lived on grass and
new mown hay would bo better eating,
one would thin*.. '.an an old horse of
twenty. A favorite carriage horse well
fed and tenderly cared for should taste
lucier and sweeter than a miserable old
cart horse. One might not like to cat a
rsce horse at all. Highly trained for
contests on the turf, its flesh might be
dry, wiry and tastclers. And less than
all would anybody care to eat street car
horse—West Side street car horse, for
example. Until horses, like cattle, are
bred especially for the meat market and
not drawn, as most of them now aie,
from the hard work and busy pursuits
of the horse kind, there must be a wide
variation in the quality and flavor ol
horseflesh.
The New York Timet believes that
“The industrial revolution in the South
would amaze Northern fanners who hare
long supposed that the Southern farmers
were but little above the aborigines in
their methods of farming. But when
they learn that farms of 300 acres only
are plowed by steam; that tobacco plants
are set out by machines on fields of thirty
acres; that single farms have forty thou
sand dollar breeding horses, and nine
thousand dollar jacks, and that a dairy
farmer plants—also by machine—forty
acres of cabbage for his cows every year;
that a farmer has over $9000 to the
credit of his tobacco crop in three years
after paying for costly curing houses and
improved implements, that stacks of
reapers, self-binders, mowing machines,
hay rakes, and hay loaders are to be seen
along the railroads, while a bale of
cotton—thanks to the reorganized rail
roads—can be taken from the farm to
the shipping port for thirty-three cent* a
bale, against $2.35, the former charges,
and that the credit system is in course of
abolition by the banks, which loan a
ten per cent., so that the farmers can
boy for cash, pay wages in eaih monthly,
and sell for cash, and pay their loans
promptly, the Northern farmer will begin
to think that the slow turtle h beating
the hare jp ttte race.
NEWS SJJMMARY.
FROM ALL OVER TOR SOUTHLAND,
A undents. Oalamities, Pleasant News and
Hotel of Indsitiy.
VIRGINIA.
It is proposed to hold a national con
vention of butinesi men in Richmond,
The annual temperance bush mretiigs
in Loudoun arc nowin session, and sev
eral extra coaches sre attached to the
traice to nccommodale the crowds going
there.
The Odd Frllowe’ Association, of
Pctcnburg, h< Id a n eding and decided
to build a ball to cost $2!!,C00. It is to
be three stori-s high. Thrrc is to lie
five stores on the first floor renning bsck
one hundred feet. The two outside
stores, mrt'i and south, will have a sec
ond-tioty fifty-six fut long, On the
fccond floor thua will be Ifcn offices
handsomely furnished', on ihc third
floor th in arc to be two lodge rooms.
Wcrk on tho building will be commrnc
cd about tbc first of September next.
A gentLman from Soul hump'on conn
ty, says that the crops lh<Te arc the finest
that ha\e been made in t»auty years, and
will be very abundant.
The school census of Chesterfield
county iggrcgatea slightly over six
thousand. There is an incriaac of forty
oyer the last census In the PowhiU
district the school population has increas
ed over two ht.n Irsd.
A dispatch from Richmond, Va., says
that a deed has been filed in thechano ry
court by the Richmond & Petersburg
Railroad Co. mortgaging to the Central
Trust Co. of New York thv toad, rolling
stock and depots, to recuie payment of
bonds to the ainouut of $1,000,000 and
interest. Theft bonds were issued by
the company fo. double-tracking the
road from Richmond to Pctcisburg.
Tbe State of Virgiuia to-day prcients
hall a dozen illus rations of conditions
which that msny years age would have
been considered impossible. It is true
there wire a few who bel oved that de
vclopment of Virginia’s resources and
the cor struct ion of re.v railroads would
eventuate in the creation of new indus
trial ccn'crs; but the man who might
then have been so bold as to proplasy
(h«t half a dozen towns, which had prac
tiea'ly been at a standstill for a genera
tion, would liefore the close of the ceh
tury spring into nov life and grow like
certain Western municipal prodigies
weie tl en gtowing, his prophecy would
have been branded as chimerical and
visionary.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The much talked of encampment tf
Confederate Veterans at Blowing Rock,
Watauga county, to k place on 1 burs
day, Friday and Saturday and attracted
an immense crowd of old soldiei* and
visitors.
I he following postmoatera have been
appointed in the stale: llenj F. Doy-
all, Powell’s Point; H. B. WiiPs, Kdgo.
wood, Robeion county.
A little ripple was created in Morgan -
ton ommerdal circhs last Monday
morning by the announcement that Mr
J. L. Anderson, dealer in boots and
shoe*, had made assignment. Mr. L>. J,
Hicks is made assignee.
The Confederate Veterans of Mevklen
burg Camp held thdr annual pic-ic in
Charlotte Thursday an I it Was largely
attended.
The preliminary examination Into the
homicide Saturday, wherein tlfllc r Wil
liam Hogue shot and killed a colored
man named .Tones at Raleigh cl ’sed and
Hogue was held without bail to answer
a chuge of m iider at the Bep'ember term
of the superior court.
Rev. Sam Jones has written a letter
announcing that he will commence a sc
ries of meetings in Wilmington on Sep
tember 25th, and wi.l continue ten days
or longer. Many doubted whether or
not Mr. Jones would accept the inviti-
tion to go lo Wilmington, as violent cp
position to his coming has been ex press'd
l)j some of the local ministers there
At Morthead City, on Wednesday, the
North Carolina Tobacco Aasocntiou
closed its four.h annual session by the
election of Capt. J S Lockhart, of Dur
ham, president; W. C. Reid, of Oxford,
first vi<e-t resident; and Garland E.
Webb, of Wirston, weretary.
Cirorge Law, mate of tho schooner
James Ponder fell < veiboard and was
drown:d Friday night at Wilmington
while climbing over tbc ship’s to go
ashore.
Investigation of the recent mu'der r f
Sam Po ter, in Greene county, has
brought light the cxietitlrc of White
Cap- in that neighborhood. One man
testified to having received a {letter on
the day Potter was killed signed, "Cap
tain of W hue Caps.” Potter was an im
inrrsl and odious character, cm had re
ceived two or three notices to leave.
SOUTH CAROLINA,
A cl artcr has been granted to the An
derson Ginning and ManufacturingCom-
piny. Capital stock $25,000.
J B Lisle attorney, of Co’iimbii, has
bought a bill at Landnim, whereon he
proposes to erect a hotel.
Congressman Elliott has smc cr'el in
kecp’ng in the sundry civil appropria
tion bill an appropriation of $75,000 for
the construction of a fi'st class fog sig
nal and Debt ship at Martin’s Industry,
i IT Port R yal hatbor.
The ci nsus returns from Centre town
ship, Richland eounty, have for some
reason not sta'ed been n j cted by Super
visor Delavan Yates and Msnson J. Wil
liams, colored, las been appointed to re
take the ccnsm therein. His commission
is for this wotk In a portion of thcrorth-
i rn division of the township, but he says
that the whole has been rejected. He
will be osuisleel by Green Jaek on.
The Governor has pardoned C. P.
Hand, who was convicted at tho June,
1890, term of Court, for Lancaater coun
ty of forgety, and seoteoccd by Judge
Wallace to imprisonment in the Peniten
tiary for one year Ho also pardoned
Daniel Black, who was convicted at the
June, 18J0 term of Court for Sumter
ceiunty of assault and battery w ith intent
tn kill, and received from Judge Hud
son a sealed senteore until November 14,
1890. He has respited Alexander Berry,
who was convicted at the June, 1890,
teim of Comt, for York eounty. of mur
der, and sentenced by Judge Wallace to
be hanged August 15, 1890.
Apparently the vegetable fibre question
is to be practically solved this season,
and in tins State. A Charleston compa
ny has built and equipped a factory, nod
has a field of ramie which promis s well.
The fibre is to be cured by tbe Panknin
process. This factory it now coanufac
turing moss fibre, which finds a ready
market in the North. Another Sauth
Carolinian is experimenting with an
acre of okra for fibre purposes. The fi
bre of this plant is equal to the best of
jute.
TENNL83EF.
Tony Houston, an imploye of the
Chattanooga plow works, was tragically
and fatally injured. A steel dH'l five
feet long and one and a half inch in di
ameter, fell sixty feet, and struck his
right shoul ler, passing through the lung
and impaling him on the tod Physi
clans say he mfly live several days, but
cab not n cover.
The East Tennes ee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad Company has ordered
compute vestibuled trains to be built
f ir operatl'D on the through line from
Jacksonville to Cincinnati. The East
Tennessee is also preparing to build a cut
off to ronmet with the Ciltbioati South
ctn, five miles last of ( h ttauo >ga.
H. 8. Jerome, general southern agent
nf the Armour Packing Company stale !
at Chattanooga th it he is authotized to
expend $200,000 to build a hundred Ion
ice factory at Atlanta, to supply the stor
age houses of the company at Atlanta.
Chattanooga, Knoxvll'c, Augusta,
Chuleston, Savannah) Wilnalngt ii and
Charlotte.
The Na hvillc, Chattanooga nn 1 St.
Louia railway Friday decided on another
cut in freight rates fra m all points on its
lines to New Orleans and Tex a- poinas.
Several days ago a reduction of 15 per
cent, was announced, and now the ia‘e
is cut below the medial line, what was
charged a week ago. The dcmoraliAa
tion is due to the fate cuttibg inaugu
rated by tho Cromwell line ot steamers
from eastern points to NvW Orleans.
Will Jones, a negro convict from Shel
by county, who has served about one
half of a ten jtar term for rape, is at the
point ot death in tho ho pitai at the
penitentiary at Naihaille. His condition
is the result of a wound Inflicted by Will
Alien, a white man ft-.itn Itnywoocfbouti-
ty, who is In fut- passing count.rfeit
lib n y. Jones had reported sonic mis
conduct of Allen's to the foreman, tael
besting e f it Allen approached him, and
after a few words stabbed him in the
left side, near the heart, with a long
keen chisel, which entered Jonci's left
lung.
The Standard Oil Company has leased
for a term of 25 years the copper pibper-
ty at DnnktoWn, and will commence
o| r atirj} the mines about the first of
September. Accotding to all statements,
these mires are very tich in coppir.
Owing to legal diffieul ies for the past
31 years, seriously affecting the t tie to
tbe property, no one his felt disposed to
operate it; but n w that these have bet n
settled it is said that the mxt legislature
will nu'.hoiize their base to the oil com
pany for 25 yesrs’ tim». Tips means the
revival of a very important indt S fy in
Soulktastcin Tcnhtwcc.
HflOMlA
The Fartncia’ Allshhrc of Lincoln
eounty will Open a co operative store at
Lineuln'on on October 1st with a capi
tal of $2,000. A board of six directing
has been elected to manage the coeecro,
L H. Faltiilowrs arrested at Augusta,
under a warrant i tied outlay Chief of
Follce Twiggs liefore Magistrate DaV:si
eharging him With the mttrd r bf ML
Charles P. Hudson, whom he killed in a
s'reel fight Saturday night-.
LeConlc pear shipments froth (he
southern pvt of the stalt ate hrttf near
ing a (dost. Ine rec jpts show a hand
sorhe incre se. The growers have re
ceivcd good and uniform pr e s the
season through.
The annual me ting of the gtoekh dd
era of the Atlanta & We it Point
Railroad Company was held at their
olhcc in Atlanta. Trc fol
lowing officers were elect* 1 fnt thti
cn uing y sr; C, II. Pbini/.y, president.
II. M Abbit’, lecretary and t casurer.
The full w ing diracti is were chosen : D.
N. Spier, IV Calhoun, J. W. Green,
W II. Pe.ry, A. E. Thornton, Jacob
Phi izy Mr. A. K Thornton suCcead
id General K P. Al<kanthr u£Adirccloi
of the C impatiV.
The Atlanta elephant lias armed and
formally introduced to tho peo|le of
A lanta by n gteat parade and show.
She waa b. light at Hamburg wi h funds
raised by the Conititntivn. Her perma
nent home will be in tbe z lological
garden Hint is now being fonmd nt
Atlanta. A nunibir of an mala have
already been secured end the
citizens are already talking of tltr
“Zoo.” The CentU* etien* cVctt-
ing competitor, (lie Jbtttn.it, has fecund
n tign as Its contnbu Ion to the collec
tion of anim als.
The eleventh Georgia regiment held
th, ir annual reunion at Gainesville and
a basket dinner wi.s spread at Findley’s
Spring It was a large and cnthiiMaitic
mcetfrg, and wig enjoyed by the old
veterans to the fullest ixtent. The
meeting was presided over by that grand
old man, General Longstrect, and cx-
Governor McDaniel made an address,
which was cheered to tho echo.
FLORIDA
Unknown parties broke open the j atl
nt Quincy on Tuesday night and re'eased
two murdcreis-Ollie Rice and Sam
Edwards.
The town of Madison will sink nn
artesian well, J, A. Dura*, ot Crescent
City, having the contract.
The Citrus County Hard Rm k Phos
phatc Co. has been formed and incur
porated with a capital of $100,000.
The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and
Halifax railroad company will budd
their machine shops at St. Augus'i e
Ground will broken in a few weeks.
I. J. Halsdell, of Goals, a >',d 934 acres
of phosphate land in Mnri< n, Citrt and
Hernando coun'ies t) J. A. Hir.is, of
t itra, for $40,000. Su>nmerfield pirlies
purchased 1,000 acres of the rich ‘•JirC’
near'.hit plscc.
The St. John's & Santa Fe Railway la
projected to Jacksanville, c distance of
75 mihs.
The new county courthouse at Meyers
-will have iron fr, nts. Gieen & Thomp
son are the contrac'ors.
UTHtiU 8TATE3.
Ilepoiti say that the rice crop in Louis
iana is magnificent. At Po nt a U llache
rice is leadingtind-tx ing rut.
The first Tcxr.a rotlon bale sent nortli
was sold at auction in Hiltimoie, and
real zed $220, for the I eueflt of IheTexas
Oiphan asylum at Houston .
Tho Louisiana Sta'e Albanre is sitting
at Baton R rugc with clo a d do'<ra.
An i ffic'al rough count by Cic census
1U *au ihowa the popnla i »n of Phila
delphia to ba 1,044,894—an increase dur-
pg the list ten years of 197,724.
THE ALLIANCE.
AFOOT FOUR MILLION MEN 00 INTO
POLITICS,
Origin, Organizalien and Growth of the
Order,—The Orange and Other Fann
er Organisations aid What They
Are Doing,
In all the sudffen seeking afttf tbe
ponbrof brganiZitiop, which within a
few years has marked a new industiial
and commercial era, Ihe farmer has been
the last to adopt tbe idea of union with
bis near and distant col'eague*. In busi
ness and in politics it has been persist
ently said that no combination of farm
ers could be effect'vo because the great
army of yeomanry is so scattered that it
would searefi hnH’ more than the strength
of individuals, no matter how unit <1 in
sentiment amppurposc its mrmbers might
lie. All manner of combinations of
skilled and unskilled laborers, trades
men and manufacturers have with ease
accomplished purposes quite beyond
their reach but for well organized co
op, r,(ton. while tbc farmers looked on
for years immovable. There has r8me
lo ttac farmers of the land within a few
months a sudden eor.ee,ition that they
might possets a power greater than that
of any existing organization in trade or
industry. They are trying the experi
ment of organization on ra large scale,
and the movement is fast attaining the
elitnensions of a political revolution.
It Will be In the nature of a revelation
to ttto>-t ptople, <¥ih to the farmers
them'elvas, that almost tincc yesterday
about four millions of the yeomanry of
Ametien have banded themselves togeth
er with u determination to become a
united and potent factor in tbc politics
and rommcrcial affairs of the countiy.
To-day their influence is ju t beginning
to be felt lu Washington and In the
State capitals of the North atid South,
East abti WeSt. It is ah often secret that
Ih 'sc oiganizations, which are gaining
in membership thousands daily, propose
to dominate, if they can, tic next na
tional conventions of both parties, ami
to take an active part in national and
State polities from now on.
The fttrtlters' organizations w’hicli arc
now of na'ional proportl ms arc these:
Tbc National Farmers’ Alliance and
Indus'Hal tjciHn, fotmeil at St. Louis
IHst year by the Union of the National
Farmers’ Al' anco and Co-operative Un
ion of America and the National Agri
cultural Wheel. Oth r Farmera’organi
zitions have also been absorbed by the
Ailixucc, and its growth within a year
has been marvelous. Its offiecis at
Washington say It has a membership of
more than 2,000,000.
The National Orange of tho Patrons
of Husbandry; the oldest and best or
ganized of farmers’ association has more
than 20,000 subordinate organisations
distributed through fill tbe States and
tfcrrbor.es.
The National Farmers' League, a new
and rapidly growing orgsniz lion, is cn
ti:ely political in its objects. It pro
poses to act in harmony with |t>e AMi-
ance sndthc grange, nn-l lo interactive
ly Into every department of potties. Its
membership in «cw York S ate Is40,010,
and all have Joined Within six fQonths.
Tbc National Colored Farmer-’ Alii-
ance and Co Operative Union is a Souih
cm organize! bn, with headquarters at
Houston, TeXfls, r.HJ a membership; its
omeers say, of fully a million.
The Farm rs’ Mutual Benefit Associa
thin has about 500,000 memb.rs, with
Moun Vernon, Illinois, ns hcadqtmrtc s.
The Northwestern Alliance, with
headquartcis in South Dakct i, ii strung
in Kansas and neighboring States, and
is a similar organization to the National
Farmers’ Alliance first mentioned, wilh
which it may consolidate.
The Patrons of Industry, with bead -
quartets at Huron, Michigan has 90,000
memb.rs in that elate and as many more
lu Illinois, Wiecocsin, Indiana, Ohio sad
New A ork.
Only one,of these otganUatious is
avowedly political in its purposes, yet
almost all propose to take an active part
in poli.ics henceforth. Most of them
confine their political influence strictly
to tbe protection of the farmers’ interests
in legislation, and all aim to be s'rx ly
non-partisan in their HUrts. Hut it is
clear that what is really a m w factor in
polities anil in Irntie is being created,
and that n'rcndy it ins developed gigan
tic proportions.
tnfe natIUnAi. aLliarUB:
liefore the sext Convention of the
National Farmers' Alliance meets at
Ocala, Fla., in December next, it is ex
pected that fully 3,000,000 f rmers will
be enrolled in its mcmh tship, all pledg
ed to support the industrial, commercial
and pulitical aims of the Old r. It is
only a few months since the name of the
organization became known, but alr. ady
it has bee me active at Washington and
in half the States of tbe Union. The
AIIUnco.il rrally a C mbinntion of o’dtr
nrgnn : *atie-ns. A Farmers’ Alliance was
started In Texas la 187*1, and alsi in
New Turk about the same year. Tbe
Alliance started in New Y’ork spread
westward as a non-secret organization,
and became a strong organization north
of tl c Ohio liver and west of Pennsyl
vania. The Alliance started in Texas
was ( bartered as a her evident tssociation
by the S:ate in 1880, nnd as a secret or
ganization it took on its period of rapid
growth amt development about the year
188*. tnl887ithada membership in
that Stale numbering over 100,000, and
united with the Farmers’ Union, at that
time organized in Louisiana, 10,000
strong. These two orgamzations asso
ciatcd Uemsdvis tog*(her under the
general laws of Congress regid-iling the
incorporation in the District (f Columbia
as a nati >nal trade union under tbe
name of “The National Farmers’ Alli
ance and Co-operative Union," ami Ihis
Older completed i's consolidation with
the National Agricultural Wheel on the
fir. t day of October, 1880.
The Alliance is a secret orgsnizatlon,
havingits secret wotk in the manner of
otlur temi social order.*. Its member
ship is nut strictly confined to fanners,
but it takes in the rural population.
Both toxes are admitted to membership,
with 10 as the minimum age. Only
white persons are admitted in most
States, and coioted delegates ate hatred
from the national council. The rules
permit tbc admi-sion of country doctor*',
preachers, nv-chanics and school teach
er*. Persons engag 'd in any of tbe
following occupations are excluded:
Merchants, bankers, brock rs, commission
merchants, cotton, grain or produce
buyers, lawycra, city doctors, preachers
and reboot te citrs, land agents, book
agents, peddlers, capvAs<in, livery
stable keepers and saw mil! men; all
, dealers, spectators and gamble}*, atd
any others whose greater intfercsts do
not harmonize with farming. When a
person is engaged in farming and in ad
dition thereto follows one of the occu
pations that are not admitted the rule
that he cannot be admitted, but the
association is allowed to make some
exceptions under conditions prescribed
in the law s of tbe Order.
The purposes of the Alliance as offi
dally declared are these:
"To labor for the education of the
agricultural classes in the science of eco
nomic govirnment in a strictly non-par
tisan spirit. To endorse the motto: “In
things essential, unity; and in all things,
charity.” To develop a 1 elter state
mentally, morally, socially and finan
cially. To create a better understanding
for sustaining civil officers in maintain
ing law and older. To eons'antly
Strive to secure entire harmony and good
will among all msnkihd and brotherly
love among ourselves. To suppress
persi't'iil, local, sectional and national
prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry, and
selfish amtrtion. To assuage the suffer
ings of a brother or fi.sler, bury the
dead, care for the widows and educate
the orphans; to cxe cise charity toward
ofTentlr-fs; to crnirtfuc words nnd deeds
in their most favorable light gtantlng
honesty of purpose and good intentions
to othirq and to protect the principles
of the Alliance unto death.”
The governing laxly is the Supreme
Council, which is composed of delegates
from the State organizations. The ex
ecutive officers arc a pic ident, vice
president, secretary nnd treasurer. The
subordibale Alliallecs ib k to provide
the mem' ers with such so ini. education
al, and commercial advantages :is can
be gnir.e 1 by co-operation. Tiny cn
dc ivor to sccu'c the highes 1 ; price for
the produce raised for sale, and the
lowest price on (he commodities that
must be purchased. Of the political
methods of the Alliance one of its offi
cial declarations Is:
"Our political mcttidds are strictly
non-partisan and must ever remain so,
because cvi ry candidate, before taking
the pledge, is assured that it will in no
way conflict with his political or religi
ous views. AH political parties arc
repreteated in our ranks and all arc
expected to work in their respective
parties to ctcure a just recognition of
tile rights of the farmer. All questions
in political cCondmy tViD be th roughly
discussed, and when ihc Urdct tin ugh c
on a reform as necessary they will de
naand it of the Govcrmw nt and of every
political party, ai d if tbe demand goes
unhraded they will devise sonic way to
enforce it. Tile m st essential reforms
must come fr< m legislation, but that
does not neri s arily rompcl the reap* n
sibill y of Ch osing candidates nnd till
ing the offices. Such a course may be
come necessary, but w II n a be resorted
to under any oil* tr circumstance.”
i'll event okowUh bf TlH: AI.I.IANlE.
The headquarters of the Alliance arc
on 9tla slr. ct, Washington, where are
tbeuflio'sof the president, secretary
and < x*native committee. The officers
«ra> I., I.. Polk, of North Carolina,
pre-11* n*; B. II, Olovct, ot La -mi*, vice
presid nli J. It. Turner,of G :orgia,S:c
rotary; II. W. Iliekma", of Missouri,
treasurer; th H Teitell, ut Tens, lee
tunr; C: W* Mncune.cneitmau 8f cxecii
tiVe cortlmittec.
Followihg the examples of the tlepub
lifciH ahd Dfenoftcratic Congife siunat
commit'e s the Farmers’ A'lilncc has
establish!<1 a Lt< rary bureau in Wash
ington, v. Im h will have a tendency to
increase th e umnsincss and discomfiture
already felt by the Congrcssm* n who
arc inimical to the tlicorhs advanced by
this young but powerful organization.
Tbc bare tt 1* located in an old and
dismantled church on fith strict, and,
although it Is large rtrd roomy. It has
beeb fulled i tees-ary tost cure additional
quarters in an adjoiting building. In
ill-.' old church the < ffleial organ
of the Alliance !■* printed.
tu the building adjoining the ChttrCh
arc the headquartersiii the Alliat tv, and
it is s id th>t from thi* building is
mapped out the linn of action, the re
sults of which are designed to nil* v afe
the condition of the suff. ring farnurs
all over this broad lai <1. It is a busy
place, although tin re is an niref mystery
that pciVatUsthe sanctum of the high
priastof this tent ord(r. While (lie
do-rs arc open to evtry enlier, and all
vifci'ors are trcntul with uniform courte
sy, Vet there is a feeling that thtfo is a
Concealed goat of a butting rrtm, wh eh
ti topers tfic action of the Uninitiated.
All i f the important work is sent out
from Washington. Ijeeturers and agents
of the Order are comitantly coming and
going. They come in from a long tour,
remain closeted wilh the secretaty for a
fe v moments, and then start out on an
other missionary trip.
The growth of the Alliance has been
lo mnrvc'ous and its effect so startling
that the calm expression of p'acid con
tentment Is no longer written on the
faces of the Southern Congressmen. For
years the lmpa*slvene*s which has been
so characteristic of them as e'ection time
c-’mes aronnd his caused the griatest
envy on the part Of their colleagues from
the North. It was in vain that the latter
endeavored to imitate the rahn and dig
nified com, osure of the Sott'liern nxm
byrs. But it was of no use. The uoo r
tnlbty of political succ<ss was too appa
rent. Now, however, theae isro diffe r
ence. They sre all alike ex* retsed over
the result of the coming elections, ami
msny from the South f*el that Ihe po
litical security that they have so long
enjoyed is a thing of the past.
Si»'-c!ary Turner is confident lhat lie-
f*,re the next annual convention is held
the membership of the Order will rearh
8.00),000. He estimates that about 10
p r. rent of Ihe numbers are between 1(5
and 21 years old, and that about 15 per
cent, ate women.—A r . F. tun.
Fscampmsot N 0 State Guard
In tho tncimpment of the Second and
Fourth Higimenls, North Carolina State
Guard, at Wiightsvillelast week, there
w ere six hundred men in camp. The com
panies represented ate:
S cond Regiment.—Co. B. Lumber
Bridge Light Infantry, Capt. J. I*. Mal
loy; t o. E, Maxtm Guards, Capt. Wil
bam Black; Co. A, Sampson Light In
fantry, Capt. W. A. Johnton; Scotland
Neck Rifles, no letter, Capt. G. 8.
White, temporarily attached to the Sec
ond Regiment.
Fourth Regiment. —Co. A, Stilesvillt,
Capt. J. F. F. Arnifield;Co. U, Limo'n
ton, Capt. W. W. Molz; Co. C, Wayucs-
ville, Capt. U A. L. Hyatt; Co.!D, Mon
roe, Capt. W. C. Heath; Co. F. Ashe
ville, Capt. Dufi Merrick; Co. G. Con
cord, Cap'. J. F. Reid ; (ip. {C D«l!tt?,
Capt. W. F. Holland.
MURRAY HALL BURNED.
One of Florida's Wooden Oaatlei Makes
A Fpectacle That Might Hite Been
A Tragedy.
Murray Hall, an elegant summer hotel
at Pablo Beach, Fla., waa burned to the
ground eat ly Thursday morning.. The
fire caught about midnight in the engin"
room in the fiat of the hotel, and could
not be controlled owing to the low pres
sure of the water nt the time. It spread
rapidly to the billiard hall, also in the
rear, and at 12:30 A. M the northwest
tur et of the Murray Hall proper'y was
in flames.
Tho hotel was of wood, four Dorics
high, with numerous towers, turrets nnd I
gabhs, and Ihc flames made quick work
of it. There were fifty guests in the
hotel at the time, but ,thc warning was
sufficient to enable them to asespe in
good order with their effects. Much of
tit) valuable furniture on the lower floor
was saved, but nothing from the upper
stories. At 2 A.M. there wss not a
timber stan ling. Fire was also commu
nicated to tbe Beach pavilion, prome
nade) dance hall .and tbe depot ef the
Jacksonville and Atlantic Bailroad,
which were entirely consumed, also one
small groctry store north of the railroad
proprsty. Murray Hall was built in
1885 6. nnd was the property of John G.
Christopher and wife of Jacksonville,nnd
the original cost was $140,000, but sub
sequent additions and improvements
brought the value up to $200,000.
Chiistophct's loss, including furniture,
is about $225,000. He had only $4,000
insurance. The hotel had been leased
for the senton to J. It. Campbell, pro
prictor of the St. James Hotel in Jackson
ville, whose loss is slight. The rail
road company’s loss is $0,000; insurance
$5,500.
A Eevolt It the Boston Jai 1 Which Took
Bom i Trouble to Suppress.
Boston, Mass., A riot among pris
oners in the j»il occurred, and, after
some trouble, w as suppressed.
After dinner the prisoners mcr(h"d
back to the shops very quietly, but
hardly had they entcrel, when a terrific
and general ^eil broke out. Windows
nnd furniture were broken, nnd the men
rushed on the ynrdj and the entire crowd
dashed for tho va.iotls Walls. The
yurdi to the fere s fired, at first 10
terrify the men, but »s several nearly
gt ined the top of the wall, the bullets
were aimed to kill. It is, howrever,
thought that nobody was siriously
w.-untied.
The officers with clubs and pointed
revolvers held the prisoners at bny until
reinforcements arrived. Every availa
ble man on the Boston poliro force is
rtiw at tbs prison, nnd fully three hun
dred officers are mastfid in the yard and
orridors. The guard * n the wall has
be* n more than doubled, and all arc
aimed with Winchester rifles, and have
ins'ructious to kill any man who
s'temp'cd to scale the walls.
No account has yet been taken of the
S ribonefs* but it is known that many
aLe h -l been retuiiied to tbe rells.
Some of these stc known to be hiding
*h the wsttis led wotk shops, and it is
thought that On*) of ttXo !t*ny have suc-
* ceded in teaching the outer wotirt.
Cordons of police guarded the streets
leading to the priton, and the general
public, i*nCludint( reior'ers, were ex
eluded.
The Atlantic and Danville.
Immediately upon the heels of Ihe
news fiom England that Commodore
Bateman has secured sufficient funds for
tbe completion of of tho Atlantic A
Danville to some point West, presume
b y Bristid, comes another rumor that
the E itt Tennessee Virginia & Georgia
his acquired the road. If true, this is a
V. ry important deal as it will give the
Eisx Tennessee its own line to Up) At
lantic coast. The statement is now ad
vanced tba*. Bristol will not be tile west
ern terminus, but that Johnson C.ty,
Tenn., is the favored place. Tbc Comet,
o'.! l.nson Gity, says that the road will
be const!uctcd from Wilkisboro, N. C.,
foil 'wing the Yadkin liver to tbe top < f
the B’uc Ridge and crossing through
Cook's Gap. strike the hcadwaurs of the
Wautuuga. to Johusun City.
When Montgomery, Ab.bama, granted
ihe ftanclil-c to the Capital City Water
Comp ny it referred the right to pur
clause tbe system at the expiration of any
term of flvq years from that date. Tne
lirst term wilt expire next October, and
ill*) city council is now romidering the
question of buying. The city council
ii is authorized a commit e) to ask for
bids to pave Commerce street with bcl
gian blocks. Tl e franchise has bren
granted to P. B Bibb and associates to
construct and operate an electric lighting
plant.
Flicds in Ar tans
Tcrsan, August 11.--Heavy rains
have been falling in this locality duting
Ihe last ten days. Sixty mdes of the
Santa Fe Road, between Benson and
No&alcs, have been washed out. Rail
road communication with Sonora is < nt
off. The Santa Ciuz Hiver is again
flooding th* valley, nnd is now higher
than at any time duting the flo* d.
The Eontb’s > s'atio Bivai
St. I'ETF.nsBt'Ro, August -C i.
Von Noski, minister of war, is ere *ig
the means oftransp rtationon chcT.ans-
Caspim Railway. Tho rapid develop
meet of the cotton trade of Turkest an
has le-ult* d in the complete blockade of
the depots along the line, tbe railway
not having sufficient facilities for trans
porting cotton.
Ihe Mississippi A Ilia: os.
A S'arkville, Miss., special S''ys: The
State Farmers’ Alliance met at the
Agrieultiirnl and Mechanical College.
O.ie bund ed nnd forty delegates were
p’Cfcnt, representing 1,510 Sub Alii
nn :es Tbe repoit of the executive c* m
miltce shows a rapid growth in Ihe
ALiarcc during the past year.
For Stealing a Bible.
Citattanoooa, Tern., Special.—Rev.
John Adams, a colored mini ter, was on
tiial before ’Squire Adams on thec’nargc
of franduient breach of trust, in that he
tad borrowed a Bible from the protecu-
lor in 1887, and failed to return the good
book. As the evidence was conclusive
the minister was held in bopd Jo the cir
cuit court.
POLITICAL SQUIBB.
THE HEALTH OF FLORIDA.
Indian Tenitory has gone Republican.
Oklahoma, which is now regarded as a
separate Territory went Democratic by
a small majority. A dispatch from
Oklahoma City says:—The first election
ever held in this territory went off
quietly, and no trouble is reported from
any part of the territory. In this
county (Oklahoma), 3,500 votes were
east. Both parties fought hard for the
supremacy.
The congressional Domination in the
Eighth N. C. District is said to have
been won over Congressman Cowles by
Ma jor Graham. A le'ter gives this as
the result of the conventions: For
Graham—Alexander, Burke, Lincoln,
Cleveland and Gaston. For \V. If.
Brower—Ashe, Caldwell nnd Watauga.
For Cowles—Wilkes. Alleghany is
divided between Graham nnd Brower.
The North Dnkotn Democratic State
Convention at Grand Forks nominated
the following ticket: For Congress,
John D. Benton; Governor, W. N.
Roach; Lieutenant Governor, George
H. Garrett; Secretary of State, F. A.
Wilson; Aiidito;, Charles E. Bcerh;
Treasurer, Isaai P. Biker; Attorney
General, J. N. Brooke.
In the Washington county, N. C.
convention the following resolution was
adopted: The Democratic convention
of Washington county endorse the past
career of Senator Z. B. Vance, having
perfect confidence in his great aV.lity
and integrity; and an far as we have any
influence ask the State of North Carolina
to entrust hir interests to him in the
Senate of the United States.
A revision of the Democratic registra
tion books in Charleston, S. C., resulted
in the addition of nearly 1,000 names of
Demccrats who had either changed their
re llene*s or failed to register before.
About three fourths of them ate suppos
ed to be s’raigbt outs. The Tillmanitcs
showed only strength in one or two
upper wards.
The Republicans of Decatur, Ala.,
Congressional district nomiuatid Richard
W. Austin for Congress.
It is announced that the Republicans
ofthoEigth N. C. Congressional district
nil! put R. Z. L'nncy in the field as a
Congtc sional candidate, and that he
will cany on an aggressive canvrs*.
Linncy was a Democrat who went over
to the Republicans a few years ago.
The farmers have captured the Demo
cratic party in Missouri, They have
complete control of the Legislature.
Consequently great interest is aroused ns
to their action in regard to the election
of United State* Scnat >r. Many who
arc well informed in politics see in this
nothing inimical to the chances of Sena
tor Vtst for re * lection. There ate
many, however, who sec in the farmers'
movtment the fine work and splendid
generalship of Governor David R.
Francis. Committeeman Tolton, speak
mg on this subject, said it was true that
the fanners were getting a great number
of nominations, but that Vast's chances
would not suffer. “Tlic strongest sup
porters of Vest,” he said, “ure in the
ngileu'tural (ibtricti. The f.irm«ts will
make gold legislators, as they will dem
onstrate in the next Assembly.”—
Charleston A>*r* and Courier.
it is generally reported, by excGlent
authority, that Governor elect Jones, of
Alabama, will appoint James Kirk Jack-
son as private secretary when he is
inaugurated, Mr. Jacks* n is one of Ihc
most brilliant men in the State. He
was secretary to tbe railroad commission
until Governor Seay's first election,when
he bcatoe private secretary to the latter,
and he hits filled tbc position to tbe
greatest satisfaction , it is also rumored
tint Governor Jones will appoint Dr. it.
K. Michael surgeon gen* nil on his stall.
Dr. Micha 1 is originally from South
Carolina. He stands in the front rank of
his profession.
C. T. O’Fcrral was renominated by
ac* 1 imntion at Winchester for Congress
by the Democrats of the 7th Virginia
« istnrt.
F* r county officers Chattanooga, Tenn.,
went Democratic by 5"0 ma j >rity. This
is the first time since the war that the
entire Democratic ticket has been elect
cd.
Oircralar From the President of tie Board
Of Health of Florida.
Office State Boaiid of Healtit.
Jacksonville, Fla ,—It having been
brought to the notice of this board that
a cartain qusrantinejproelamatioD, issued
by tbe board of health of the state of
Louisiana, under date of July 29, 1890,
nnd promulgated with lut previous
notie**, or prote;t, to the health author-
ties of'Florida, has been given large
publicity through leading i ewspapera
over the country, and lias been pervert
ed into a reflection upon the health of
our state, and that it is being utilized
for detriment to our interests; it there
fore appears tube my duty, a* president
of the board of health of Florida, to
declare that the health of our state is
good nt this time, and that we have
every right to feel that under God’s
providence we shall not have any other
than a like favorable report to make for
the remainder of the year.
As the city of Tampa has been specially
maligned in this matter, I give its mor
tuary report for the month of July, 1890.
It. P. Daniel,
I’rcs. Stnte Board of Health of Florida.
Tampa, Florida Estimated popula
tion, 10,000. Death rate per 1,000 per
annum, 10 8.
Number of deaths, it
I'Al'PFS OF OF-ATHS.
Chronir diarrhu'j,
Gaatriti*,
Heart disease,
Convulsions,
Disease of bladder,
Dysentery,
Gunshot wcun-ts,
Dropsy of brain,
Krain fever,
Meningitis,
I'naumonia,
Puerperal hemorrhage,
Malarial fever,
Total,
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
l
1
14
KOKTHEN THE NOMINEE.
The Georgia State Democratic conven
tion met at 12 o'clock Thursday.
Hon. It. L. Berner, in a ringing Demo
cratic speech, railed the convention to
order. Hon. W. H. Atkinson, of Ccw-
cta ceunty, was elected permanect
chairman.
Hon. W. J. Nor'hcn, of Hancock
county, was nominate i for Governor by
a unanimous and rising vote. General
I’hil Cook was r*.nominated for Secre-
lary of State; Capt. W. A. Wright for
Comptroller General, an 1 Col. H. H.
Hardeman for Treasurtr.
Judge Geo. N. Lester, of Cobb county,
was nominated for Attorney General
over lion. Clifford Anderson, the present
incumbent. R. E. Nesbitt, of Ccbb
county, was nominated for Commissioner
of Agriculture on the fourth ballot,
over Judge.!. T. Benders n, the pres*'!*!,
Commissioner.
The platform adopted by the convcn
tion renewed the patty ' pledges to the
political principle’ aet foith in the
National Demoeratic platform of 1888.
A strict reliance en the integrity and
ability of the party was telied on to
correct the existing abuses of govern- *
ment.
Governor Jno B. Gordin and the
other State House offieers were endorsed
with ptide for their rapueity nnd fidelity
in managing the affairs of tho Btate.
The convention, after hearing an ad
dress from Col. Northen, the nominee
for Governor, adjourned.
Kdled by Lightning.
Ge inoF.’a Station, S. C., 8p°cial.-
Peter Hoyt, a farmer, and his sixteen-
year old daughter, were instantly killed
by lightning. Hoyt’s son was also
instantly killed. Five other persons in
the house escaped with slight injuries.
The younger Hoyt, it is exp cted. will
dl'.
The Egyptian Gotten Crop.
Cairo, Egypt, August 10.—Tbe report
issued by the Cotton Association states
that the prospects of the Egyptian eotlon
crop arj more favorable. The number
of cotton worms has decreased.
The Peace River Paosphate 0)mp\ny
The Peace River Phosphate Company,
of Florida and New York 'he pioneer
in Ihc discovery and development of
phosphate rock in tbe Florida territory,
has made considerable progress through
the enterprise and ci ergy of its New
York owners. In addition to increasing
the plant and production, the craopany
has opened up Puntn Gorda on Charlotte
harbor and established an export outlet.
This improvement alone will pros-e of
v st impoitance to tbe state. The first
shipment of rock from that point was
made on April 30 by the steamer Caro
line Miller to Baltimore, and the ssmo
vessel has been miking regular trips
since then for the transportation of
Peace River rock to thn Baltimore mar
ket, where the cargoes have been dis
tributed among six fertilizer manufac
turers nnd given antirc satisfaction.
The test of acid phosphate made from
this product closely approached 15 per
cent, of soluble phosphoric acid, which
is ( lain e I to be a decided increase over
the average Char e ton rock, as 13 is
said to I e a high percentage for the lat
ter. Tnis company's product contains
a very small quantity of iron alumina.
In appearance it is pebble foim, of
bluish cast, totally diffeie it from any
other variety known and very rich in
bone phosphate. The foreign business
is meeting with favorable piogress. A
eatgo of 2,480 tons has been shipped on
the Kio Finto, to Hamburg and other
lots have been sold for the United King
dom, charters having been engaged for
this month and Septemb-r. Contracla
have also Icon made with New Y'ork
consumers for liberal supplies, which
indicates that this phosphate rock imow
established among tlic best and most ex
acting buyers. All this has been accom
plished since January 1, in addition to
erecting the plant, constructing the
dredges and fitting them with hydraulic
pumps, building lighters, tugs, &c.
The present production of 200 tons per
day is handled with gr*a' cmvenicnce,
being loaded on ears which are ttition-
ed nn the company’s own railroad spur
at Arcadia, from where they arc taken
25 miles cn the Florida Southern Bail-
road to the docks at I’unta Gorda whero
tbe ships are loaded, tbc completion of
the large cargoes being made in the
lower harbor where the vessels real
S'curely at anchor in deep water. The
c impauy owns nnd controls its licit of
tugs nnd barges in Charlotte Harborand
also has a private dock built for its
express purpose.
The credit for the rapid progrets made
b dongs largely to Mr. M. F. Knudson,
the president, of the firm of Knudsos.
Paterson A Co., who has manifested
great intc:cst in tl e project from the
start and personally attended to the
arrangements in Florida which have
resulted so sueccssfuliy. The company
docs a mining and shipping business
exclusively and lias never sought to
place any of its land or capital stock on
the market.
Virginia Republicans.
The Republicans of thn First Virginia
district who have been given govern
ment positions by Representative Browne
and tbo*e who are working for similar
favors at his bauds, have resolved to re
nominate liim. They met in Washing
ton. The Virginia K* publicans, follow
ing the poliey of Mahooe. now make
Washington headquarters for all their
conventions nnd movements.
Tlic governor of Illinois lisa signed
the world’s fair bill. The bill having
an emergency clause attached will go
into effect at once.
Tin: farmets of South Dakota say they
will not have over five bushels of wheat
to the acre; ttie oat crop will be ro bet-
t**j; while corn, favorable weather, s'ill
has a chance.
A Hail S.orm ia Pennsylvania.
Lancastkii, Pa., August 15. A very
destructive hail tqorm passed over South*
ern Lancaster County yesterday (veiling.
Several hundred nerra of tobacco wern
rut to pieces and completely ruined.
The los*will 1 c large, though initially
covered bv insurance.
In Favor uf Woman Suffrage.
The government of Servia notifies Aua-i Washington. Aug. 15.—The berate
tria that unless the prohibition of the j Committee on Woman’s Suffrage report-
importation of pigs ts withdrawn, the ed to the Senate a re-olution for a _Con-
Servian frontier will bo rinsed altogeth
er against Austrian import*.
fRational amendment to exteud the
right of suffrage to women.