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THE DARLINGTON HERALD.
VOL. IV.
DA!HLINGTON, SOUTH CAHOLINA, F1HDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1S93.
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NO. 1.
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE M URK AML
WIAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU
DON’T KNOW.
PerMials ai4 Shari Hens ef lu-
terest U the Ltcal ai4 Venera!
Bea4er.
The bicycle races have been post
poned Until Friday, September 8th.
Mr. James B. Law has gone to the
World’s Fair.
Mr. J. D. Baird, has returned from
a trip to the mountains.
Miss Emmie James has gone on a
visit to Pawley’s Island.
Mr. Jno. Me Lucas, of Marion, is on
a visit to Mr. E. C. (Joker.
Miss Ueah Dallas, of Charleston,
is visiting Mrs. M. J. Byrd.
Miss Mary Price, of Marion, is
'vMUng Mrs. W. ti. Dickson.
iKr.J. H. Mason, has returned
tnm+iwt to Winston, N. C.
Miss Fanny Lucas of Society Hill,
is visiting Mrs. J. K. Mclver.
Miss Nonic Williamson has return'
td from a visit to Saluda, N. C.
Mr. J. 8. Burch has gone North to
jmrehasy for the firm of McCall &
Misses Clara and Alynne Ward
returned from a visit to Greenville
on Tuesday last
MissBettie Cain, of Kentucky,
left yesterday for Sumter to visit the
family of Mr. L. I. Parrott
Mr. J. E. Normont will leave for
the North in a few days to purchase
the fall stock for Messrs Norment &
Co.
Tornado policies written at very-
low rates in the strongest and larg
est English and Ameiican Co.’ a >,v
U ft Williamson.
A sociable was given at the resi
dence Of Dr. 8. F. Parrott on Friday
evening last in compliment to Miss
Betty Cain, of Kentucky.
Misses May Ervin, and Meta and
Annie Williamson and Messrs. 1). F.
Williamson and R. E. James have
Around What
Damage Done in and
Darlington.
Sunday night a hurricane of ter
rific violence swept over Darlington
county and also the entire State. It
commenced here about 10 o’clock
Sunday night and raged ail night
with steadily increasing violence,
continuing with almost unabated
fury until a late hour Monday.
Those who knew say that its like
was never seen here before. The
wind blew a perfect gale for twelve
hours and rain fell in torrents during
the entire time. Large trees were
uprooted in every direction, fences
were blown away, store fronts were
damaged, sign boards were scattered
about, and limbs and the foliage of
trees are littering every street and
sidewalk in town. The acid cham
ber of the Darlington Phosphate
Company is a total wreck, which
fortunately was covered with a cy-
clono policy to the full amount of
the damage suslained. The house
occupied by Mr. J. II. Bulcken bad
a tree blown across it about 2 o’clock
at night, ono of the limbs entering
the sleeping apai-iments. Mr. Bulcken
and family were forced to leave
thier home at thio hour, going
out into the storm to seek shelter
elsewhere. The electric light poles
were badly damaged, but Mr. Forman
hustled and bsd the lights turned on
Monday night. The damage all over
town is very extensive, but nearly
FROM (TIH AGO. TTTF SOT TT) SOI I'I'H country has such a combination of! would have been a sufficient proof A PT>P A T "DPT PTT?
K}\JU±SJ hJ\J J. 11. advantages for the production of iron.'of its wonderful endurance, but that vTAhijAl lb I'll till C.
I he Herald Man is Seeing
at the World’s Fair.
Before attempting anything like a
description of the many wonders of
the great Fair.'It may not he amiss
to say something in regard to the
great city of Chicago, and its su
perior advantages for holding an
exposition of this kind. A few of
onr other large cities may, which is,
howe\er, a matter of doubt, possess
efjiiul hotel and transportation fa
cilities, but it is very certain that
Chicago is the only one with a park
of the proper topographical features,
and of sufficient capacity to contain,
without undue crowding, the im
mense buildings that were required
to contain the well nigh numberless
exhibits from our own and every
other country on the face of the
earth. Leaving the fair out of con
sideration, the city itself is well
worthyja visit and for a place of its age
has a surprising number of objects of
interest, for despite the hurry and
rush of business its citizens and
public oflickls have accomplished a
great deal in tho way of beautifying
and adorning. Its libraries, if they
have not already done so, will soon
outstrip New l?ork, audits wealthy
citizens have been most generous in
their endowment of these great re-
ceptables of human thought and
knowledge. There are several thou
sand acres in parks, and while the
land is all level they have been con-
all is of small proportions, compara-1 vet ted into gardens of surpassing
tively, and can oc remedied soon, j lovulitie’s. It would be impossible to
We nave not been alia to heat defin-: concievo of anything move luxurious
ite reports concerning
the 'li'nu'gv
dune'to the crop over tfcc canity,
What we ho v e heard leads us to brpi
that the domtigk «ili not hi v: great
as we at first feared, It it cevlainly
damaged wire, how much it is ut
present impossible to say, _ Cimks-
tou’s loss is heavy, over a million dol
lars,; The gale wag at its Woi>t there,
and the city was Coodid with wat
and badly damaged by the wind, almori. m
No trains are yet tunning on the the waves
Charleston, Sumter and Northern
road and there ie as yet hi telegraphic
communication with Charleston.
t’n n *'nt- evus-' and flowers, both of
! have been brought to the
highest stnie of perfection.
HOW IT STOOD THE FINANCIAL
PRESSURE,
ad vantages for the production of iron. - of its wonderful endurance, but that
Its uueuualled resources of iron aud'it has had fewer failures of banks
coal and Ibe cheapness of bringing I and business houses, and fewer fuc-
them together at the furnaces are! lories closed down aud less general
alone sufficient to enrich an empire, j business trou le than either tin
THE SHERMAN ACT REPEALED
BY THE HOUSE.
Its Wonderful Natural Results
aud Its DevelepHeut Described—
Its Agricultural Possibilities.
Mr. Richard II. Edmonds, editor
of the Manufacturers’ Record, of
Baltimo r e, wriles as follows on the
wonderful natural resources of the
South, and the rapid development
now in progress in that section :
The manner in which the South
is standing the present financial pres
sure will prove a greater advertise
ment than that section has ever yet
had. It is an advertirtment that
commands the attention of the entire
business world, and its result will be
worth more millions to the South,
than even the greatest enthusiast
would dare to put ihto cold ngures.
Many people, even leading financiers
and general busineuf men, in the
North and West and in Europe, nev
er having fully undentood the South
or its resources, nor appreciated the
solidity of its pregrotopf late years,
have been skeptical aa to its desira
bility as a place for investment.
They have not believed, because they
never investigated the subject, that
the South poseses a combination of
advantages for the support of a dense
population, and for the creation of
of wealth uneaqualled elsewhere on
earth.
As broad as is this statement, its
truthfulness can easily be seen. It
js the only country ip the world
which comVueson jucq*large scale,
raid so admirably situated as to be
That iron has been depressed for sev
eral years, with small profits to the
maker, does not alter the fact that
the iron industry is one of tho great
est wealth creators that human skill
has ever devised. Coal aud iron,
whose production and consumption
are said to measure the civilatiou of
a nation, will add to the progress
and the wealth of the South as much
more than they have added to Great
Britin’s and Venusylvaniu’s, as the
supply in these is exceeded by the
supply in the South. About oue-
half of all the sthuding timber in the
United States is in the fourteen
Southern States. Its utilization can,
therefore, create a wood-working in
dustry covering everything from a
clothespin to the finest and costliest
hirniture—greater than the entire
wood-working industries of the
whole country. These four great in
dustries—coal, iron, cotton, lumber-
vast as they are, do not by any means
represent the full extent of Southern
manufacturing superiority. They
are merely four corner stones in the
? reat building of Southern industry
or which nature has supplied a va
riety and abundance of materials,
the like of which cannot be found
elsewhere. Measureless as the manu
facturing possibilities of the
•North or the West is a further and
more emphatic evidence of its
strength. The fact is attracting
world-wide attention. It has con
vinced people who never before be
lieved in the soundness and perma
nency of Southern progress that this
section is the beat place in America
for investment. When business
ugains revives the South will be the
first to feel the full benefit of it.
Money from the Foist aud from
FJurope will go into cotton mills, into
iron works, into woodworking enter
prises, and into all the varied
branches of manufacturing for winch
the South has unlimited raw mate
rials, more freely than ever in the
past. In the South, instead of in
the West, the surplus capital of the
North will henceforth find its most
profitable field.
SCHOOL COMM ISSIONERS.
They are Invited to Confer M ith
the State Board of Examiners.
Stete Superenteudaut of Educa
tion Mayfield has just issued the fol
lowing letter addressed to the county
school commissioners of the State;
“Coi.cmbia, s. (J., August 2!>, ’03.
“DeabSik: The State board of
South j examiners reconvened or August 5th
text books to be used hi the free pub
lie schools
wine
\ery a,*,
The position of the city on
MAidp-ni givrtsr.n 'unnitiihle supply; n! bniof cost, cotton,■‘Cnuber, coal
of water, and d is used without i !in< ! irott—a fourfok) foundation
; e schools of’he State. .
;ihe •pies.ton vUv.iuun.g on- or ». ov ^ s hell
. * . . • : . 1 w " U fumin*. in favor of
to
Lake j susceptible of utilizatfou at a mini-
dliimtable supply j
houti
stint on the grass and flowers auc! in
fountains
k* like the
r j lieatiug^'cn ik'
\ , 7 r ■, ouuiimuiioauuu wuu vuui icci'jn.
returned from a visit to ^ awle y * Georgotovra awl Beaufort have not
Inland.
Mr, L C. Glenn, who filled the
ponition of principal of St Johns
pohoW'atits last seesioh, spent sever-
kl dtps in the city last • week. His
Bwny iriendg were glad to sec him. ,
The iron front for the Darlington
Guards’ new armory has arrived, and
will be erected this week. It is quite
handsome, and will add greatly to
tpe appearance of our growing
city.
‘ ‘ Miss Zadfl Hughson, of Sumter,
who has been the guest of Miss Rosa
McCown for two weeks, was called
homo suddenly last Friday by the
illbesi of her mother. We regret
the cause that ended her plelfriut
etey with us and trust she will soon
be able to return.
Mr. W. L. Pierson, formerly of
BeiniettiviHe, but who has been in
hnsinesa. hire with Mr. James M.
Mason for some time, will engage in
business here on'Ms own account
this season. Mr. Pierson will deal
in jewelry, aud he knows there is no
better town in the State than Dar-
lipgtop.
Captain W. C. Coker, who re
cently moved into his new residence
with his family, was paid a graceful
compliment by the Coker band,
which was named in compliment to
Capt. Coker. This band, which is
•ne of the finest, if not the best,
ever organized in Darlington, sere
nadpd Cant- Cqfcer aud his family
one night last week. The members
tried themselves on this occasion
and made music worth having.
Another deer drive was organized
last Friday and this time two fine
deer were brought home. Mr. J. M.
James killed one, and his brother,
Mr, & R,'James, killed the other.
Korn# firing was doue by other*,
but 41 they fired at fleeing shadows,
of courM nothing wu killed, though
careful search was made. The party
returned Saturday and several of our
citisens had fine venison for their
Sunday dinner.
Professor Patterson Wardlaw, su
perintendent of our graded sbhools,
and the board of trustees are now
completing all work necessary for
the opening of our school. An im
portant meeting was held last F ri-
day and new teachers were elected to
fill vacancies. Among those se
lected fpr this important work were;
Misses Katherine Ashley, of Trou-
ton, Clara Johnston, of Elko, Mary
Coit, of Cheraw and Amelia John-
‘lon, of Union. These ladies all
CQme. highly recommended, and with
Mr. L. G. Glenn, as principal, and
Misses Bessie McLeod, Sallie With
ers and Lizzie Falls, who did such
acceptable service last year, we will
have our school in good hands.
A oonveuient office, which has been
much needed for some time, is now
being built for Prof. Wardlaw.
These schools are of great impor
tance to the best interests of Dar
lington and we arc glad to see that
this fact is appreciated.
If you want to please an ordinary
man call him good-looking; if you
want to please a very howdy wus,
nil im M*v<w
been heard from and it is reported
that at these places there has been
heavy loss of life. This, unfortunate
ly, may be true, owing to the moat
unfortunate situation of these two
towns, but we sincerely hope that it is
an exaggerated report. The hurricane
swept over the entire State auu was
one of the worst that is known in
The 'ake itself
ocean with the surf
beach, and one can
ifjinc himself watching
of the Atiantic Ocean.
The wnterke a-£?wnlbh tinge., atld
except v. E^b^csntaminated by sew
erage is exWe^t for drinking pur
poses. At pmsedtHtke city probably
exceeds New York in the number
and CRpacity of its hotels, and it is
no exaggeration to say that if all the
white j«joplo in Soutn Carolina were
to land here at 4 o’clock in the after-
noon, they*could all secure comfort
able accommodation by dark, aud
there would be still room to spare.
Gf course they are of all sizes and
which cannot be duplicated. Hut
to these it adds a practical monopoly
of the world’s supply -ot phosphate
rock, the value of which in far-
reauluug benefits to the South and to
Southern agriculture olmnot he over
estimated.
1X8 AOBICULTUftAl possibilities. .
It posesses agricultural possibili
ties so far beyond what It receives
credit for that they Cah’only be ap
preciated by a study of the -statistics
showing the relative value or proper
are, flat section, unlike many ethers, | lov the purpose «f adopting J list of
is not confined to manufacturing • • ■ . ..
alone,
U(CKSAS£ 7K WflTS.
As already stated, the SouthV fu
ture ar an agricultural country can
be ad'.^uateJy judgsd only by a’study!'!
of its agricultural productions prior' :il
to the war. Slavery hnj
ishfd, but this only Wills
sibilitiei of agncultur,', for me ta
bor is cheaper than slave labor h as.
So great, though—passing all com
prehension when we try to put it
into dollars—was the destruction
•wrought by the war and so deep in
debt did it leave the South and its
people that Sonthern agricultural
interests have nev^r fully rallied
from the. blow, bincc ibtiO their
progress has been amazing, During
that time cotton has increased from
5,TOO,000 bales to over 0,000,000
me
ted ;,-.i pc mad'.! witiau the ru.i'r
„ j bk'dy b, bvou^riu befor'i uih\ 'a 1
■jidi rt'd by thu Luirf 1 ..
been oM-! “ '•:« public sci-o-l. liA “ y<».
to the pus-!“’tor«tod ;<• Hmwtdfaru v f the pub*
! l-O ff yt;’’! Th<; 'i; J
charge r 'f y«ur dvti'.s brings you. d>
rue ly u. contact with your people,
and, therefore, you know their wants
and conditioo, aud you can advise as
to depositories.
Seven Seperate Propositions of (be
Silver Men Defeated ky Over*
whelming Majorities.
Washington*, August 28.—The
knowledge that the day would be de
voted to the dreary roll calls, which
though relating to the most impor
tant <|uestions which has attracted
the attention of the country for the
past quarter of a century, are not of
an exciting interest to the ordinal^ •
spectator in the galleries, had no ef
fect ui>on the audience this morning.
Long before the noon hour of meet
ing the public galleries were jammed
with earnest listeners. When, at a
quarter before noon, the reserved gal
leries were opened, there was a rush
made to secure good seats, and in a
moment every branch was filled with
ladie^in summer costumes, who ma
nipulated fluttering fans in order to
temper the muggy heat, which per
meated the chamber.
The House was called promptly to
order at 12 o'clock, and the chaplain
invoked the special devine guidance
on the members at this critical mo
ment.
The Wilson bill having been read,
Bland offered his first amendment—
that of free coinage at the present
ratio of 1C to 1—and it was defeated,
by a vote of yeas 124, nays 326, amid
[applause from the anti-silver men,
more majority than
ell (Dem.) of South
uhliivi, iu favor cf free silver, wm
”t IT'.red with Graham (Ucm.) of New
>rk, oppowi to it.
Nm utai iy as much interest ■ wm
k* i! on tin: second vote, which wan,
he Mtw of 17 to 1, The decis-
vote, on the to to 1 ratio seemed
!:tV.
on t
iv.
to dishearten the silver men, and taa
place of the attention which wat
1 paid to the first, substituted llstlesa*
ness which spread throughout the
defeat
yeaa
tiou of agricultural prolugta of the corn from about 2dU,0V0,0W
South and the balanoe of the conn-' bushels to over 60U,V00,i'U0 bushels,
try in 1160. It haa H 1 rengw of-afL Pfdc trom 34)00,000 bushels to near
mate rttiining from the almost tit>pi- ’
cal of some of its seacoast points to - ... a , ,
that of some of its high mountain 0( W bushels, and the only fruit aud
the history of South Caroiina. Latest i range iii price from $1 to $5 per
advices from Washington report that day : but the rates are about the same
the storm had gone iu that direc- j us' usual, amf one can easily stay
tiou and had done great damage j here for ‘J'j per day, that is for a
there. The wires are all down north; room and 'rating. Some of the
of Washington and the humeanc is | buildings in the heart of the citv
reported by the weather bureaus to tower loan immense height, thetall-
- , . • , ^ ,l1 ' 0 l 0UI i iiull. The veto resulted in the
ecte ^fleeting the mtera* of entire j tliH , (tUtu a m , ut by voto of
peopL, and 1 ';nye deenLd to call to- . 00 The Ponulist
get her the school commisdomri ol I’ ’ W* V ro P uugt
the State foi commlUtion coueerning
them. I therefore request you to
uwt the State board of examiners in
the Senate '•huuibor Colujiibiri, at
b o’clock p. m., Monday, fjtpkmbet
have gofte in that direction. It is a
calamity to onr State, especially to
Charleston, but let us be thankful
that it is no worse.
ON THE HILL.
HappcMigs In and Around the Fac
tory.
Mr. I. H. Hanford is on the sick
list again.
Mrs. Jennie High is visiting at
Ansonville. N- C.
Mr. It. H. Ham killed a snake in
the picker room last week.
Miss Loula Douglas spent Sunday
with relatives near DovesvilL.
Joe Tinimotns, of Charleston, was
here a couple of days last week.
Mr. Lee Smith has gone to Mul
lins to spend a few days with his
family.
Miss Eugenia David is visiting
in Richmond and Roberson counties,
Nosth Carolina.
Mr. M. P. Parnell aud Tom San
ford have gone to Spartanhuig to
work in Spartan cotton mill.
The wind storm blew down a
great many large trees and fences in
this vicinity last Monday morning.
Mr. Tumor Moody brought his lit
tle child to Mr. W. T. Cook for
treatment lust Friday, and Saturday
night the little one died. The re
mains were carried to Riverdale for
interment on Sunday.
Mr. J. Monroe Best entertained
his many friends with another very
enjoyable German lust Saturday
night. Thi fqllowing were a few of
the distinguished guests present;
J. E. Hix, Let Smith, George Pearce,
Jim Meachara, Johu Lambert, (.has.
Rovell, J. B. Foster, Tom Colvin, L.
L. Treadway, Geerge Garrison, Alick
Goodman, Will Kirby, Will Blalock,
Charles Butler aud Geo. Poplin; Mr.
Alice Parnell, Mrs. Hattie
Lambert, and Misses Madge Revtll,
Martha Calvin, Hattie Bryaut and
Lula Hutchinson. The German was
led by Mr. Jim IBs, and the music I
was furnished by Mr. Best and sou.!
The danoe was kept up until the
wee little hours of the nigh’, when
all enjoyed a pleasant stroll back to
factory hill.
est one being the Masonic Temple,
which is twentytwo stories high,
aud some of them are quite lofty.
From this they come down to six
teen, fourteen, and gradually descend
to about five or six.
Fifty years ago Chicago was a
small town with only a few thorn
sand inhabitants, and as late as 1871,
the time of the great fire, tin popu-
tion was about 330,000,' while at
present It numbers oyer a million
people within its limits. In length
it is thirty tpilos and width abont
twenty; Riding within the city is
very cheap, and one may ride several
hours for 15 cents. To give an il
lustration of the great area the city
covers, the fact may be mentioned
that a few nights ago there was a b'g
fire in South Chicago, which burned
over one hundred houses, and the
people in this part of the city knew
nothing of it until they read an ac
count of it in the morning papers.
The car facilities are so good that,
despite the immense crowds attend
ing the fair, there has been no diffi
culty in transporting them. In our
next letter we will speak of one or
two departments of the fair and try
and give the readers ot the Herald
some idea of the many wonders that
are to be seen. W. D. W.
New Jewelry Firm.
A new jewelry firm will start
business In Darlington to-morrow.
Mr. W. L. Pearson, who has been
assr 'ated with Mr. J. H. Mason for
the ist year will cammenee busi
ness for himSelf at tho stand occu
pied Mr. Mason. Mr. Pearson has
another party associated with him
and the firm name will be W. L.
Pcaraon & Co.
Cue senoua
the country Is
question that faces
that if the govern
Mrs. Disher Dead.
Mr. II. J. Lamotte was culled to
Atlanta on Saturday by tho illnes of
his sister, Mrs. Disher. On Monday
a telegram was received bearing the
sad tidings that she was dead. Mrs.
Disher had many friends in Darling
ton, where she frequently came as a
visitor to her hi other’s family, and
the unexpected news of her death
will cause great sadness here.
We are glad to tee tliut the speak
ers iu Congress are held down to
five minutes. Really a man can say
a great deal in live minutes, anil
when a four hour speech will do no
ment should coin silver Into q ratio! good, ills absurd for Congress to
of 20 to l, what will become of the
16 to 1 coins now in existence?
Mr. aud Mrs. Patterson Wardlaw
Jwv«; DU» v ie‘t to Hartoville.
waste the time.
Miss Sadie Dargan, has returned
from a vjeit w Saluda, North Caro-
lir»i
section, almost' identical with the
climate of Canada. By reason of ite
long osean and gulf coast it hue ac
cess to the markets of the world,
which forever secures for all ite pro
ducts the lowest freight rater. Con
trast these resources and advantages
with those of any other section of
this country. The foundation of the
enormous wealth of Great Britan is
largely artificial. Nature has given
it but little pn which to build." Ite
imports all of its cotton, much of ite
iron ore and an average of about $7-
50,000,000 a year for foodstuffs, and
it mines its coal at a depth af 1,S00
to 2,000 feet, with the cost constant
ly increasing. But with all these
disadvantages its cotton flianufactu-
rjng and ite ooaFahd iron interests
have created enormous wealth. Up
on these, in fact, the prosperity and
progress of Great Britan nave been
built up. In New England we see a
duplication of Great Britan. With
out natural rcscources, with a barren
soil, dependent upou other sections
for its coal, iron, lumber and food
stuffs, it has imported ite ra\y mater
ials and yet made itself the mauufac-
turiug centre of the United States.
Pennsylvania, with coal and iron as
the basis of ite industrial life has
developed ite Manufacturing interest
to such an extent that their annual
product exceeds in value the total
product of manufactures inthefour-
tceu Southern States- In the North
west timber has made several
States.
CONCENTRATION OF RAW MATERIALS.
In the South we find all these raw
materials cSfccentrated in one section.
Rasing three-fourth of the world’s cot
ton crop, the South is no longer con
tent to ship ite raw cotton elsewhere,
but is rapidly increasing the number
of its cotttou mills, having quadru
pled this industry in the last ten
years. No one any longer questions
the fact that the South ean nianu
facture cotton goods at a lower cost |
than either New England or Great
Britan. The infant industry of a
few years ago is daily growing strong
er. How is it possible for New Eng
land, which imports its cotton, im
ports its foodstuff with which it feeds
its people, to compete in cotton
manufacturing with the South, which
raises the cotton, which has an un
limited supply of cheap coal for mills
that do not use water power, though
ite unutilized water powers are great
enough to run all the cotton spindles
in the world and which produces
every variety of foodstuff at a low
cost? In one case we see that every
thing must bo assembled at the fac
tory nt large expense for right and
miscellaneous charges, while in the
other everything is practically pro
duced at the factory door.
IRON, COAL AND TIMBER.
As ip opttoto to Vo Ytljvr
vegetable
business
about
from almost
nothing to about §40,000,000 or
$50,000,000 a year. The business
world is amazed at this advancement.
It is pointed oBt as a marvelous
growth and is generally supposed
that this shows the superioriority
of the new South to the South of
“It will give the State board much
pleasure to have the other members of
the county boards present also, and
they arc hereby earnestly and respcct-
f .lly invited to attend aud give us,
the benefit
judgment,
attend, their written suggestions will
be appreciated. Verry respectfully,
“W. D. Mayfield,
"State Superintendent Education.”
bevs did not vote,
The 18 to l standard was defeated-
by a vote of yeas 102, nays 235.
’J'h<- House then voted oa the 10*
to l amendment, and it was defeated
by a vote oC yeas 104, ways 238'
Then came the 20 to 1 amendments
and this in tarn was defeated, though?
it -liowed more strength, the- vote
standing yeas 121, nays 238.
The proposition to re-enact the
M the
« V*i • • s * T 4 fBlaud-AUison act as proviso
mtof their experience And j bin roccived * the 8 erong*»»
at. _ If, however, they cannot su * . hl]t etKU ,w was ’ *
the New FeteDon
for September is in many respects
the very best number yet ui that ex
cellent Magazine. Among the illus
ante helium days. But great us
this progress has been, it has not yet
brough^ Spu^sern agriculture up to
where it was in 1860. Emitting. t ted articles of special mention,
Texas and Arkansas, two States I Qtwl a ^ r ;‘
whose development is mainly of
late years, the South, with all its
increase in grain production siuc i
1880, only raises about the sane
amount q| qoju and wheat that it
raised thirty years ago. Then the
population of the whole South was
in round figures 10,000,000; now it
is about 20,000,000. This is no re
flection on Southern agricultural
progress, it is only au illustration to
show how great are the agricultural
possibilities of that section, as dem
onstrated by the results accomplished
before the war.
Comparing‘the South’s farm pro
ducts of 1880 with those of the bal
ance of the country, we have a very
interesting table:
! Yield iu the Balanc of
Crops, 1880. South. country.
!
CornT bush- 358,153,000 472,207,000
Wheat bush 44,800,000125,200,000
Cotton bales; 5,190,000 ! None.
Tobacco, lbti-351,000,000 77,800,000
Rico poundb|l87,000,000 None.
Sweet po bu 1 38,000,000 3,600,000
Sugar, lbs... 604,000,000 None.
Thus over thirty years ago the
South produced all the cotton, rioe
aud sugar of the country, the great
staples usually regarded ns the ihaiu
crops of that section, nearly one
half of the eutire corn crop of the
country, 351,000,000 pounds of to
bacco out of a total of 429,000,000
pounds, and 38,000,000 bushels of
sweet potatoes out of a total of
41,600,000 bushels in the whole
country. The disastrous struggle of
1801-0-3 so completely bankrupted
the Sou‘h that its farm interests are
only getting back to the position
held prior to 1860.
INHERENT STRENOTH OK THE sOt'Tll.
The inherent strength of the
South and its itnequealed combtua-
tiou of resources uud advantages
have been tested by the present finan
cial trouble as never before. With
out the’accumulated capital ami
surplus such us the North and the
West have through years of pros
perity and without any great finan
cial centres it has had to fight its
own battle dgring the lust few
months,
strain as well
both from a literary and artistic
point of view, are New England
Nooks,” by^ Mary G. Urnsted,
“Memories of Augsburg,” by Miss
Stroup, and an exceedingly interest
ing account of “Old English Iron-
Work.” A very novel story in plot
aud treatment, “What Did Not
Happen,” by Rebecca Harding Da
vis, written in that favorite author’s
most charmiug manner. “As The
Tide Drifted,” by James K. Reeve,
is a capital tale by a young western
writer who is rapidly rising in popu
lar favor. “A Typhoon of Utility,”
by Sewall Read, is a far better story
than her first effort, which attracted
so much attention in a leading mag
azine last year. “A Seaside Circe,’'
by Howard Seely, is a novelet com
piete in one number, as breezy and
fresh as the season aud surroundings
it depicts. “Liza’s Mate,” by Lil
liau North, is a very domestic epi
sode of Southwestern life. “A
Dream iu the Night,” by Uoulson
Kernahan, introduces the gifted
English author to ;he readers of The
New Peterson, aud is a sketch of
great power and pathos. -“Under
the Trees,” contains papers by J u-
liau Hawthorne, Minot J. Savage,
and other prominent writers. As
usual, the poems are exceptionally
good, and among them “Finis,” by
Ella Fliggiuson, carries off the palm.
Address The Peterson Magazine
Company, 112-114 South Third
street, Phladelphia
support, but ewcu that was defeated,
by a majority of 77, the vote^teadiiig
yeas 136, nays 213.
Then came the final vote, which*
Bally (l)em.) of Texas, to stave off-
for a short time by offering an-
amendment to repeal tine parity clause
of the Sherman act, in the hope that'
by so doing he could rally some ofr
tne gold men to his support and thus-
weaken the friends of the uncondi-'
tioual repeal of tho purchasing;
clause.
But the Speaker ruled that thta
was not in order pending the demand
for the engrossment and the third
reading of the bill; and the bill was
accordingly ordered to a third read
ing.
Then Baily raised tho point that
there should be a division of tho
question. One part of it repealed
the purchasing clause and the. other,
retained the parity clause. Therja
(should be a seperate vote on each.
But again the speaker pointed to.
the decisive order of. the resolution
under which the House was acting,
aud held that such seperation, could,
not bo had.
The vote was then taken Upon the
final passage of the Wilson bill, and.
it w;is passed—yeas 240, nays TUX.
A coinparrisou of the seven seper
ate votes taken shows that at no tuna-
did the anti-silver men. have less than,
77 clear majority. Their greatest
strength was shown on the 1.7 to A
amendment, a majority cf 140. On,
the final passage of the bill the antis,
mustered the same strenhth as thin,
but owing to desperate ralley of the
silver men, their majority wm cut
down to 129.
The vote that gave the ellver mste
the greatest comfort was that on the-
re-enactment of tho Bland-Allison,
ael, and on this amendment they
I Dyr to Live.
I have jremoYcd my shop to the
Alexander building, on Grove street,
upstairs over tho beef market of Ed
Sunders, where I am prepared to
clean aud dye clothes at the lowest
prices. Give me a call. I guaran
tee satisfaction both us to work uud
price. J. J. Sawyer,
8-25-tf-
Issuing Due-bills.
The Bank of Florence is making
payment by means of thirty-day duu-
bille. It seems to be understood
this is but a temporary expedient, re
sorted to on account'of the phenom-
iiial stringency of the times, and
the business men of the
muUi' thv'te
comTmiu.y,
ie- uj4,ui{5 uut mot lol , knowing 'the,institution to be per^.majority 130
If it had duly stood the J fcctly solient, accept these dtie-billi, • A —
veil ns tho North or West,!as awmuich y^h yahout the slight- toJ/JJyJoiii:. Ksq., of Fweace, w*f
cuceve.b.-d in r-’ducing the majority
against them to the lowest figure «£
the day, 77—tho vote standing yeas
116, nays 213- \
The story of the day’s voting 1*-’
told iu tho shortest and most in-'
structive nmuuef iu the follow
ing summary.
16 to 1—veas 124, nays 227; mn'
jority 102. '. v
17 to 1 yeas loo, nays 240, majqir
ty 110. . V
Is to I -yeas 1U3, nays 239 ■,/taMr
jorily 136.
19 to 1—yeas L04, nays 238; ma
jority 134.
20*to 1 —yeas 121, nays 222; ma
jor! 101«. ..
Bland A*!i^on act, final vote—yf*t
136, nays 2lit‘«najority 77.
Final passag&qjeas 240, nays 110 J
circumstances.
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