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fa SVMTKB WATCH WAH, KitsbU*M April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TRUE SO?THKON, Established June, lzt& Consolidated Avg. 2, 1881.] SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19, 1891. Keir Series-fol. XI. So. 3. BT N< ?h OSTEEN, SUMT&R, 8. C. Tw? 9HMI per annum-in advance. ior'uTiaiii?T?. Square, fini^NVu'oB?.??.^.?.^ 00 Every subsequent insertion-. 50 Coa tracts for three months, or longer will b* made at reduced rats?; ? 1 . Ali comaankattons which subserve private is tcrests will be charged for as ad vertisemenia Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charted for. Breaking in isn't needed, with the Ball corset, k's easy' from the start? Coils of" tiny wire springs in the sides make it so* There are bones that bend, but can't break* and soft eyelets that won't cut the laces. *You31|ike it. If Jyqn- tfop?,7 after a few weeks' wear, just return it and get jrour money. i -, i.^TOTlWBKRG & SOWS. fU?STOIEG?TTER FOR Poultry Food ? Bat! Aag; 20, '89. This machine to cot Dry or Green Bones Meat,Gristle and all bj hand power, without clog or diffi? culty, or MONEY REFUNDED. We make 2 sizes Spf power machines and 5 styles of hand machines. Send -stamp for Catalogue to F. W. Mann, Manufacturers MILFORD, MASS. One of these machines is ia ase by Nr. W. B. Marray, who can testify as to its merits. Feb IS x GENERAL THE ???DERgIGNED HAVING formed JL co-partnership and increased their facilities for basin ess bj the erec? tion of a NEW SHOP st the old stand of J. M. Wingate, on Republican Street, near Graham's Stables, are sow better prepared than ever to do all classes of work in their line, such aa the making of and all kinds of Wood and Iron-Work. Tber fa *T ?ON PUMPS ?od insure water? They make a specialty of horseshoe? ing and guarantee the best of work. They are both practical mechantes and understand what they are about. Thanking the publie for past favors and asking a continence of same they remain. Very Respectfully, Wiiigate ?fe Jones. April 29. . " .TOP r ^gi DESKS BANK. SjffMSsTORE FIXTURES. TB8T My> GO., MSHVBI?,T m Kat ESTATE ASEHCr. rWtnfvyWRSKHTBD has established a Real Baute aod Collection Agency in 8amter and desires property bolders having property for sale or rent to list same with bim. Tenants secured and vasts collected promptly. Seat references given. TBjKfaKrT^' W Hr COS* A NW?. RI8 HSW A HD ELEGANT BOUSE with all aodern improrewaau, ia no? ?pan for the reception of guests. 8. L WEIGHT A SON, Ppoorfctora? HOLMAN & LEMASTER. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. SUMTER, S. C. ?X7ILL MAKE BJD9 05 AUT WORK ff tn City or County, and wi)) do all work with despale? and rn best of work? manship. Calls by mail or otherwise responded to Som pt) j. Can be found at present st build n oar Wen ead nf Calhoun Serest. E. fi. HOLMAN, HOT. 20-V 6. 7. LaMAST?R. 0 iL W. BRABHAM, Wheelwrigbtand?lacksBuitli SUMTES, S. C. ?l AI PRRPARB? TO REPAIR ANS) Rebuild, as well as to bauld outright, all ads of Vehicles. BORSB-SHOEING A SPECIALTY. AW repair all parts oi Broken Machinery. Sespaw hand a stack of Chech and Globe Taite? and Pinings, Also keep Pumps ea hand as? pat them dawn, i handle tbs Mirra* ?Olf* IMPROVED GIN, which ?as good es any on tba martet, and gives eglise satisfasse?. Angil i B CHI LD BI RT? ? . . v* ? MADE ?ASY! " MOTHERSPFRIESD " isa scientific? ally prepared liniment, every ingre? dient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro? fession. These ingredients are com? bined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' I FRIEND" ?. WILL DO all that is claimed for it AND MORE It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " MOTHERS? mailed FREE, con-* taming valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Seat by ex press on rece i pt of price $ 1.50 per bottle' BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, u*. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Vor Infant? and Children. * Castoria. promote? Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrbosa, and Feverishness. Thoa tba child is Tendered healthy and fte sleep astaraX Costor?a contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. "Castoria is so vreH adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription known to TO." E. A. ABCHIR, M. D" 311 South Oxford St, BrobMyn, ?|T. 441 use Castoria io my practice, and find it specially adapted to affections of children." AlSX. ROBERTSON, H. Du ; 1067 2d Ave., Newark. "From personal fcnowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for enfloren, actin? a? a laxative and relieving the peat np bowels and general system very moen. Many mothers have told me of its ex? c?dait effex^ n^MB their children. . Da. 6. a Osooon, ( Lowell, Mass. PHI CKBTAUB COXPAHY, 77 Murray Street, N. T. Are Yon Interested ? Are j ou goffering with any of the following symptoms: LoS3 of, or irregular appetite, loss of- flesh, a feeling of fulness or weift h t io the stomach, acidity, flatulence, a dull pain with a sensation of heaviness in the head, giddiness, constipation, 'derangement of kid? neys, heart trouble, nervousness, sleepless? ness, etc. Dr. Bolt's Dyspeptic Elixir will ?re you. \ W. A, Wright, the Comptroller General of | Georgia, says, three bottles cured him after baring tried almost everything else. Judge R. F, Mar, ll aeon, Ga., says, Holt's Elixir accomplis bed what all other remedies ailed to do, a perfect core. J. E. Paollin, Ft. Gaines; Ga., writes : "1 aave no hesitancy in recommending it, as ii ?red rae of dyspepsia. For any further information inquire of roar druggist. For sale by all druggists. H. A. HOYT, C. I. HOYT k BRO. ?told and Silver Watches, FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, [BRIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE. Ac REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1 ?BE SIMONOS NATIONAL B?NK, DP SUMTER. TATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI TORY", SUMTER, S. C. 'aid up Capital.$75,000 00 urplus Fund. 9,250 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Io 3rest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per nnum. Payable quarterly, on first days of anuary, April, July and October. R. il. WALLACE, Vice President. L. S. CARSON, .ug. 7 Cashier. me m OP some, SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacta a general Banking business. Also, ha s L Savings Bani Departme nt. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. 3terest calculated at thc rate of 4 per cent, er annum, payable quarterly. W. P. B, HAYNSWORTH, A. WBITB, JB., President. Cashier. Aug 21. Di E. ILYA DENTIST. Office VER BROWNS k PERDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, etweeu Browns k Purdy and Durant k Son. OFFICE HOURS: 'J to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 2?. _ G. W. DICK, D. D.S. Office orer Bogie's New Store, KWTBAJ*CE ON MALT STRKET SUMTER, S. C. Office Boors.-9 to 1 ;3* ; 2:30 to ?. Sept 8 )r. T, W. BOOKHART, DENTAL SURGEON. Oftce over Bult man ? Bro.'sSboe Store. B3TXANCX ON ?JIN 87BKK*. SUMTER, S. C. Office Boors-9 io !i30 ? 2:3Vto?. pril 17-e_ radycrotme Onfy a Keac^acfie Cure AiffiilOFSPM i - . : By ALFRED BALCE I Copyrighted, ISSI, by American Press Associa? tion.] CHAPTER L The party dtscmbarJied. Nearly due south from the city of New "York there is a long, narrow island on tbenorthern coast of South America. X)n?he*beaeh atone side, which is dotted ier? andrere by the remains of huge conch shells, the waters of the Caribbean sea hip softly: while far away on its gen? tly heavin$psurface ^ou may be able to ;gee one of^ithe-^ong, narrow dugouts ? which the peons o?i; Indian blood now cfcop out of%r^trtrimks of trees even as ?did their anceste*s-^%he fierce Cari ba we knew in Robinson Crusoe so many years ago-centuries back. These boats are usually from fifteen to twenty feet in length, of an average width of seventeen to twenty-four inches, rather thick in the wood, with round bottoms, and of 'such fine linea that iwo 01* three : men with?he^curious heart shaped blades to their paddies can drive them through the water at great speed. There is a story connected with one of these canoes. It^isone^those stories of romance which may be dug up by any one who will pour over the relaciones or records kept by the priests who lived wnen the yellow banner of Spain floated in proud^sapremacy over the greater rjarjCof South and Central America; when the Inquisition was in the zenith of it3 power; when the buccaneers made Port Royal, in Jamaica, their headquar? ters; when the island of Santa Catalina was therendezvous of the worst pirates the world ever saw, and when the In? dian slaves died by thousands building those wonderful walls of Carthagena, which are today a marvel among mili? tary engineers. For in February, 1709, ?3 Conde Don Alphonso Raphael -Toan Medina, a cousin of the great duke of MedinarSidonia, was made president and captain general of New Spain and came to live in' Cart&agenia, there toVrule I ~&tty much as those who had gone lie? fere and those who came. ai ter governed the colony. There were blowing of trumpets and firing of .great guns when the new cap? tara general came down the companion ladder from the deck of the enormous galleon, Santa Maria de la Concepci?n, mtd-tsG^V;g pince injbho barge waiting. _ for him, followed by Hs son, Don Fran? cesco. With him were the-members of his suite, bis secretary, Don Christoval Herrera; his treasurer, Don Carlos Santa Maria, and his chaplain, Fwy Raphal Quevedo. The galleon had entered the bay of Carthagena through the Boca Chica (little mouth), and sailing past the forts of Saint Paul and Saint Theresa worked her way slowly up the nine miles until she anchored just, below the long, frowning rows 'embrasures which marked the Pastelillo, the water bat? tery, bying near her were three long, black, snaky looking galleys, their high poop decks and single masts forming a strong part of the picture. On the main shore, about two miles away, La Popa, the onlj- high land near, lay with its pre? cipitous side to.the.south, crowned with the white walls of the monastery. Be? fore them was the city, glistening in the sunlight. The barge moved away from the gal? leon and the brilliant part}- on board laughed and chatted while the boat? swain, walking up and down the gang? way between the chained slaves who tugged at the oars, flourished his heavy whip of manatee hide. There was no need to strike; the excitement of the ar? rival had communicated itself even to the poor wretches who were rowing, and as they rose and fell back to the seats in the stroke they gazed at the gentlemen under the awning with all their eyes. The captain general himself was a small and rather slight man, with dark face and black hair and eyes. His beard was cut to a point and his mustache was ? elaborately curled. He wore a suit of < black velvet trimmed with lace, his Z??&t Vat had a black ostrich feather < fastened on one side by a clasp of dia- < monds, his sword hilt was jeweled and 1 in his hands he carried a pair of gloves < of perfumed Spanish leather, a triumph J of the work of the glove makers of i Cordova. By his side was his son, the < young Don Franceso, dressed in the 1 colors of a fashion which permitted men 1 to make themselves pictures in costume. : His doublet and trunk hose were of ; pearl gray silk trimmed with silver, his t shoes were long and pointed, his ba$, of i the same pearl gray color, was of the j finest beaver, and in it he wore a white s feather. Around his neck over the fall l of lace a collar of great pearls rested, ] and to the lobe of the right car was ? fastened a single gem, following the J French fashion. He was strikingly i handsome, and the animation of hw 1 manner was in marked contrast to the 1 extreme gravity of Iiis father just as the 1 brilliant red showing in his cheeks con? trasted with the older man's sallowness. 1 Reaching the water gate of the city < the party disembarked and were met by ? the Prey Carlos Gonzales, the inquisitor 1 general, a tall, thin man in the robe of ! the Dominicans; thc alcalde of the city, ] Don Roberto Patricio; the engineer of 1 bhe walls, Don Francesco Cardoza; the ? colonel commanding the Spanish forces. 1 LK>U Erique Honradez of Soto, and many j others. There was much bowing and j many murmured compliments as they i moved up throngh the plaza of the cns- : tom house to the captain general's- pal- < ace on the plaza "of the king," where it s stood opposite to the cathedral and j across the square from the Holy Uonsc, i ?n the broad yellow front of whid? were 1 the arms ol' the Inquisition. ? It was that evening that the captain ? general and bis suite took dinner with \ the alcalde and met afterward the beau? ty and rank of the wealthy eityr and the < following night the inquisitor general < claimed them. Then the archbishop en- i tertained the new arrivals at La Popar | j and then a ball given by the municipals j ] ity brought them all together. Then the i J officers of the army and navy were the ; 1 hostsr and then the palace of the captain 1 < general was thrown open and a grand- 1 dinner and ball completed the good opin? ion his new subjects had formed of El Senor Conde Don Alphonso Raphael Joan Medica and his handsome son. And while all this feasting and joyous? ness went on, while the city was given up to fetes and every one seemed happy, there were gangs of slaves, naked and chained together, who chipped and pol? ished the great blocks of stone, diagged them wearily to the walls and hoisted them into place, always under the lash of tue drivers. Half starved, working under the rays of a sun even more piti? less than their taskmasters, the usual number died from day to day and were thrown into the bay for the sharks, who were the scavengers of tho city, to fight over. The walls of Carthagena circle the whole city. They are wide enough in places for four carriages to drive abreast; they contain huge tanks in which to hold the rain water; they are built of stone so closely put together that today it is sometimes difficult to see the joints. They were built to protect the richest city on the Spanish main from the at? tacks pf the English ad venturers and the buccaneers, for although the place was taken by Drake and Morgan, when the walls were finished it was safe. They. ..would not stand modern big guns, but without heavy artillery they are absolutely impregnable. They cost eighty million dollars at a time when every dollar spent represented in purchasing value five dollars today. They were built by Indian slaves, who cost nothing but the capture, and who were fed on plantains and fish, driven to their utmost strength, and ^expended," as the Spaniards called it, so soon as might be. This word needs explanation.. The supply of raw material being practically inexhaustible, it was cheaper to drive in.new men, work them to their limit and let-them* die under the lash than to take care of them with the idea of having them work longer. If a slave last?tl six months on the walls he paid^for his capture; -and the result" was better than to keep him alive for three years. The question of loss of life was not entered into, simply because to the minds of the Spaniards of those days In d* *n life was worthless. CHAPTER II. She teas such a one ns Don Francesco Medina had never seen before. The constant fighting with the Indian tribes, necessary' through the demand for slaves and for the conquest of the country, made the Spanish main a won? derful place for the young soldier, and Don Francesco looked forward with de? light to his first expedition. In those days a Spaniard of Don Francesco Me? dina's rank was naturally a soldier. The captain general liad fonght in the armies of his country, even as his ancestors had fought before him and he ho more ' dreamed that his son should not serve tlian he had visions of that sou being afraid to go. A nobleman of Spain might go into tho church, but otherwise his college was the army, whatever his after career might be. So the captain general was as pleased as Don Francesco when he found that Colonel Honradez har1 mere?y waited for his arrival before lea ring on an expedition against the * Gnajeros, those warlike Indians who have never been wholly subdued. The boy would be in capital hands, the cap- i tain general thought, as ho talked the t matter over with his old companion in , arms, and could learn the trade in war . in a good school if Enrique Honradez were the teacher. It was not more than two weeks after the arrival of the I galleon that thc little band of two hun- 1 dred men marched out of tho city at 1 sunrise and took the road toward La i Popa. All were mounted and all wore i the shining half armor of the period. ] With them rode the captain general and his staff and tho father talked earnestly to his boy of thc many things a soldier s should know. As he bade goodby to the gallant young fellow, who bent his J bead to receive his father's blessing, the voice of thc captain general shook \ strangely and for a moment his eyes were 1 ?lim, 2 It was a different scene and a strange 1 me that Francesco Medina's eyes looked t mt on one evening a month later. The ti battle had been sharp during the carly c iay, but the cotton clad Indians could t ac? stand against the gnus of the Span? ish troops. Gallantly enough had they charged, only to be ridden down by the , liorses or thrown into confusion by the ' rolleys from the line of men on foot who ' id vanced so- steadily. At last they broke * i7id sought safety, leaving tho field i strewn with dead and wounded. Colo- i ael Honradez had gathered his men to- \ pether within the temple inclosure, a i square lurronnded by a stone wall about j four fc??t high, and sentries were already t costed, tramping up and down with the t >teady machine-like regularity whicb narked the discipline of the best com- ' Handers of old Spain-a discipline to- 1 which, no less than to their anus and G aorses, they owed their victories over the* F ?iordes of savages they conquered* 5 T'ne village or town they had tnkeu f was a collection of huts made of upright u sanes, thatched with paja. Ii> the cen- v ter was the plaza of tile temple, and in v [his storxl thc temple itself, a large 0 iiouse, '.AY* story high, built like the* Q "mts. Theopen front showed the shape- ^ less lor; of wood which had been wor .hiped as a god, already thrown down, while before it lay the- bodies of three or 0 Four priests slain in their attempt to de- 11 'end the altar. Some blood red flowers, n remains of the morning offering, were V scattered about, and the coals of the sa- u ;red fire Vet showed spots of red. At one s ade was thc heap of ?old ornaments toro a ?rom the altar:and the god carelessly ly- |( ng there, waiting until the rest of the ^ jooty should be collected. Down the street in which felic battle had raged j Spaniards were examining the bodies' o? ?he dead and stripping off the gold. As- the young soldier sat there a group ^ >f captives guarded by five or?six-sol liers attracted his attention. There were ?nany women and children, some old c nen who- mourned over the fate of their b *>eopie,-and some* in tho prime of life, li Many a gaping wound showed itself on JJ :he bodies of these' warriors, and their 0 .nilen looks were evidence enough of the f reelings which raged within tlieij f breasts. But it was not on these that Don Francesco's thoughts dwelt. Near to him and seated on the ground, her white cotton robe half torn from her shoulders, was an Indian girl of about fifteen. This was Nechtia, the sister of Bocho-Ammo, war chief of the Guaje ros. The relaci?n of the Frey Juan Gon? zales, in which I found this story, de scribes the girl as looking like one from the old Gothic families of Spain, and the old Franciscan adds, quaintly enough, "She was beautiful enough, without the aid of the devil she served, to do all that came. " I fancy, then, that Nechtia must have been a pure brunette, with large and soft black eyes, a perfect figure, ex? quisitely beautiful hands rfnd feet and long black hair. Probably she possess? ed that appealing expression which may even now be seen in half breed Indian girls, an expression which cannot be de? scribed, but which is inexpressibly touch? ing. Whatever she looked like, she waa such a one as Don Francesco Medina had never seen before. He had influence enough with Colonel Honradez to cause her to be carried on a litter during the long and toilsome march back, and it is certain that he talked to her a great deal. Colonel Honradez did not care; it was a rough age, and if Don Francesco Medina, the sou of the captain general, chose to take a fancy to an Indian captive, what did it matter? She was of no use as a slave; in fact, the stern old Spanish soldier would not have burdened himself on the march with her so long as the thrust of a knife would have been less trouble. That the young man should prefer having her to receiving the share of gold he had offered to give up in return amused Colonel Honradez not a little, but for all that the colonel resolved good naturedly Francesco should not suffer when the yellow metal in those bundles, bound in raw hide and carried by the men who were guarded so care? fully, came to be weighed and divided. In due time the party reached Cartha? gena; there were fresh slaves to take their places on the walis, and the cap? tain general was delighted when he heard the story of his son's behavior in his first fight from the lips of Colonel Honradez. The two men laughed ' together as the colonel described the Indian girl and the reason why she had been brought to the coast, but the captain general cared as little about his son's act as did that son's commander. [TO BE cowTiSPap ] Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer on the Louisiana Lottery. Following are extracts from the speech of Rev. Dr. B M. Palmer, delivered at a public meeting of the Anti Lottery League of Louisiana, held in the Grand Opera House, in New Orleans, on Thursday June 25, 1891 : "I lay the indictment against the Lottery Company of Louisiana that It is essentially an immoral institution, whose business and avowed aim is to propagate gambling thronghont the ionntry. This being not simply a nuisance, bat even a crime, no Legis? lature, as the creature of the people, Qor even tbe people themselves in con? vention assembled, have the power to legitimate it, either by Legislative en? actment upon the one hand or by fan lamentai charter apon the other. In 3ther words, I lay the indictment against the Louisiana Lottery Company r hat its continued existence is incompati? ble, not only with the safety, but with the being of the State.'* * * * * . "Indeed, Sir, if the worst should jome to the worst in this present cam? paign, I for one could wish that all the technicalities being swept away, them night be some method by which the question could be carried op to Su? pr?me Court of the United States, whether it is competent to any State in he Union to commit suicide. And if hat venerable Court should return an inswer, which I think they would not "or a moment consider ac possible, I ?vould then, for my part, make the ap? peal to the virtue and common sense if the masses of our people, that the rery instinct of self-preservation may itatnp out of existence an institution 1 ffbicb is fatal to the liberties and to the f < ife of the commonwealth. * * * * "Suppose there should be an organi? sation effected in this city for Thuggery -and, by the way, we have had some ittle experience of that of late; wheo [ 1 ill the machinery of human justice prov- '< ng inadequate to defend the safety 1 ind life of tho commonwealth, extra < egal measures were necessitated, under i he instinct of self-preservation, to 1 itamp out the existence of the Mafia tn jj ?ur midst. Now, Sir, I put the Lot- t cry upon thc same moral plane." t * * * * j Let me illustrate this so that it shall >e understood by all present to-night, t That CompaDy issues, if you please, a ? housand tickets of $500 apiece, crea- s ng thus within its vaults a fund of I 5500,000. lt bas first got to take I ?250.000 of that and' deposit rt safely t u its own locker as its portion of the c ?luuder. It then takes the other half, ( he $2dO.0(K), and divides it into ? weoty-five shares of ?10,OOO each and c >uts those into the wheel, and the DUO c nen may take their chances as to which r f them shall get these twenty-five a irizes. ***** * Now. ? Sir, let the Lottery exist five and twen- s y years. If ou?y twenty-five men out f the five hundred succeed in gaining r vhat the Lottery promises, how long a fill it take to transfer tbe entire wealth I; f the State of Louisiana into the hands c f one out of tweuty of its citizens ? u Vhat will be the condition of things L phen one-twentieth of tbe population c wn everything upon the soi!, and let o ne ask. air, bow long is any comma- v liry going to stand that sort of a thing ? I< Vhen the eountry bas been led straight ?! ip to the verge of the precipice, do you n uppose that, like a herd of boffaloes, p ll the people of this State are going to : ?ap that precipice into the boiling and v issing depths below ? No, Sir, they tl nus' and thoy w;ll recoil, asd if th? f< joftery cannot be destroyed by forms p f law, rt must, unquestionably, be i\ estroved by actual revolution." vi The South Carolioa Railway has dc- s; ided that after Asgwst Stst, there will c e no more colored excursions over rta o oes. The management of thc old re arbie appeeiates- the necessity for cotton ickers to be at hoove in the cotton icking season s we saj amen. Canning on the Farm. To the Editor of The Newe ar Courier: An essay on canning South Carolina has recently bee read by Mr. C. S. Nettles, of Da Itngton, before the State Agriculti ral aud Mechanical Society at i summer meeting m Orangebur? this essay, which was published i your issue of the 7th instant, wi doubtless be read by many and a tract considerable interest Being member of the South Carolina Stal Agricultural Society and connect* with a cannery in one of the Carolipi which has bad an experience extern ing over many years, 1 have thougl that I might venture to draw til attention of your readers to som poiniB in the practical working ( this new iudustry which I think Mi Nettles has missed in lu's otherwis excellent article I have no dour, that Mr. Nettles intended in his pape to encourage the development of th canning industry in the Carolina* but 1 am afraid that it will tend t produce an opposite effect if hi remarks are taken without som important modifications. In his warnings to beginners againe accepting misleading informatioi without personal examination of it value, Mr.jNettles, himself a beginner, falls into the very error he wouli guard others from, and contradict his own advice. I refer to hi remarks on the amount of money re quired to start and work a canning factory profitably, and on the valu of the canning plant which he call "furnace kettles." It is undoubtedly true that it take money to ruu any business, the can niug business being no expception and that sufficient capital shouh always be invested in an enterprisi to work on a cash basis in buy inf supplies as well as in selling thc product of a factory. These an business axioms requiring no argu ment or proof. But Air. Nettlei overshoots the mark when he sayi that it is useless to start canning operations with less than a $2,50( plant or 10,000 capital, and that it ii foolish for anyone going into lb? canuing business to buy the furnace outfit, which he discards as worth less. In the first place, not having tested the comparative value of the furnace and steam outfits, Mr. Nettles ii evidently incompetent to judge ol their merits. In the second place by his own admission, that one should learn by experience before buying, aud that it is necessary to have ai: expetttodu lue work of canning, Mr. Nettles contradicts himself when he advises the beginner to go rashly into a business of which he has nc knowledge. In regard to the furnace outfit, which according to Mr. Nettles is worthless, I may state as a fact, ol which anyone may assure himself by inquiry, that for such goods as tomatoes and peaches-the two things which Mr. Nettles recommends as being most iii demand and most profitable tc can-the open kettle or furnace outfit is the best. Cold-packed and hand filled fruits and vegetables are always considered to be of the finest quality and command the highest prices. These goods are packed with the open kettle. Moreover, the furnace outfit, besides being the cheapest, (costing only about one-fourth as much as the Dthe*) is the most eaeiiy learnt and managed. Now, this being the case, does it ?ot seem that, instead of being foolish ind rjseless, the wiser and more profitable course for the beginner to pursue would be to start with the furnace out?t, and later, if be wishes, after a few years' experience, having tearnt the details of the business, and having made a reputation for first class goods, to invest the money Ire las earned or form a company with ten, twenty or fifty thousand dollars sapital, in putting upa large steam piant ? It would be impracticable to run a large cannery with tbe furnace plant ; steam is more expeditions, [not necessarily the beet for the jootts,)and, therefore, on a large scale die most ecoiimical. Besides there ?tre some vegetables, like con?, peas, jeans, okra/eic, which require great? er heat to preserve them than can be .eadity obtained in the open kettie. 3ut for tlie beginner on tomatoes, peaches, berries and such tirings as he open kette is suitable for, I have io hes-itatnm m saying tlrat the far larce out?t is the cheapest and best. Our Southern farm rs, the class *?hom Mr Nettles paetends to advise cr go fnto this industry, have not, as i rule, any surplus money to specul? ate with But to invest largely in a ?osmess which ts entire!/ new to hem, and which, like canning (in rludiog both chemistry and cooking) ran not be learnt except by practical ?xper?ence and manipulation, blindly ? Jepen-dnig on hired experts for any : rffauce of success, ra evidently a ather rash sp?culation Fortune*? ; rre not made rn a day in-any business, : rertainly not in canning, awi it is ; afer to go shm and sure. By all means let canneries be es-tab ished rn ev?ry county in tho Slate, md all over tlx* South the field is arge and promising. The Iarg<? j api tal ist who Cnn afford it may put [ ip large factories in the trade centres, ?ut clo trot ?et the sura!! farmer be dis ouraged by big figures fror? building . rp by individual effort an industry ; rhrch with a little patience be can ??aru for himself and better than from . lye expenditure of any amount of ?foney and with the very best of ex ? erts. Thc Carolina Canning Company, rfu'ch- was begun by Mr. Hart more ban thirteen years ago, started on i .ss than the ftve hundred dollar ? laut so slightingly mentioned by I lr. Hetties, and by means of the i roi thiess furnace outfit worked up a - ii8itie88*which is now worth cou- \ rderably more than thc amount 6 laimed to be essential Ur the running j t f a pvorrtaWe carun fug factory. $ot '' ? nly aro their canned goods so high- li f thought of that they cannot supply f ie increasing demand, but they aie g OW iwanuifactui Mig cans and- oui fits, steam aa Well its furnace, and are setting tip small canneries in tiie Carolinas around them. Their ow? B iccess and that of several of those already started by them are sufficient proof of the good results obtained from small beginnings in canning fruits and vegetables Knowing neither Mr. Nettles nor Mr. Calhoun, I have no object in writing except in the interest of truth and the caTming industry. Th esc small industries and diversified crops are what we all wish to see developed who have our country's weal at heart ; but this will not be done either by raising false hopes of illegitimate profits or by inducing rash speculation in new enterprises without due experience and knowl edge of the business. Arthur R Gue raid, President Carolina Canning Co. Flat Rock, N. C., August 8, 1891. Contemporary Opinion,. Joins the Third Party. T.uies and Democrat. A correspondent of the Aiken Jour? nal and Review, writing from Gleun Springs, says Col. Ellison S. Keitt. of Newberry", is spending a few days there. He is a prominent ali ian ce man, and last year was a candidate before the legislature for the Uoited States senate. He was defeated, and after? wards accused President Stokes of selling out thc alliance in the senatorial fight for the shadow of being governor in 1872 Colonel Keitt says he ia nc longer a member of the democratic party ; that he had worked for it in the past, but would work for it no more He thinks the people's party, at thc conference to be held next February, should put out a presidential ticket to be voted for at the next general elec? tion. He thinks that the ticket should have a good man from the South and one from the West on it. The colonel has a pct scheme for the solving of the financial problem. It is entirely ori? ginal with him, and should ho be ; selected as the "goood man from the South," on the people's party ticket, and get elected, he wiil have the opportunity of patting bis scheme into practical operation. Can't Stand an Open Debate. Press and Barnier. It seems that Senator Butler's speech at Prosperity has had such effect in exposing the pawn shop h ans bug, that the advocates of the measure are great? ly non-plussed. At Spartanburg the debate was secret, and before delegates who dared not do anything else than that for which they were sent to do. Before an assembly of men composed of office-seekers at the hands of the Alliance there was no room for argu? ment, and no chance to change a single vote among a people who would deoy the minority even the right to think for themselves. The difference between thc auditors at Prosperity and Spartanburg was simply this : At Spartanbnrg they were office? holders or office-seekers. f At Prosperity they were free and independent citizens, who exercised their heaven-born right to do their own ! thinking. The President Plays a Weak Hand Press and Banner. It seems to us that the Alliance > has been badly handled in South . Carolina. It bas been sought to keep down j public discussion of a national political . question. Then when Senator Butler Was : invited to speak in public on the subject at Prosperity, the President of the j Alliance undertook to meet the Senator, j a task for which he was totally unprepared. j The defeat on that occasion' has set 1 Ailiancecncn everywhere to thinking j for themselves, whereas heretofore the j leaders haap boen allowed to tell the brethren what todo as well as whai to think. The pTobabirity is, thai those who ' are trying to make a division among the while people, and laboring te create ' distrust on the part of the mashes, of : those whom we have ever respected, will reveal themselves to their fol? lowers before the show is over. Fiat Money. VTilrmugton Messenger. So the Third party has nominated a : ticket in Ohio and put a fiat Green- : backer in ?he saddle. If the printing presses could really turn off money hy the mi?lfons and ft could buy cotton then the proprietors of the Messenger with their seven presses could soon print enoogb to own the next crop of cotton. Fiat money did you say ? The Southern Confederacy tried that. We . paid $200 of it foT one barrer of ordi? nary Hour. We paid ?10 of it for a pound of dirty ''tallow dips *' Oh, yes, ; Sat mo trey can be made abundant as I, the leaves of the forest, but like said leaves in thc autumn storm rt dfsap- j pears and becomes but dead leaves to j t>e treddsm under foot of men. Ilow ? people do like ter be harmbugged. !' [pinter's ink and type and thc press J ;an uot manufacture rooney thit will \ ast. !t will become decayed and .otten somehow. It was soie the ?rst War cf Independence aol in the * iccond and greater War of lade pen ;\ lenee We knew one old stingy follow r o Warren to give but $10 of this fi.it noney to the soldiers and soon after , ost g:50.(HK> of tnt* s'ufT that never )i*otight him a cent Fiat money-so ?alleil-is not jhrt justicia. - StoKes ss Editor and Stokes as Debater, ?rewberry Sews St Herald. We were at the Prosperity meeting md heard both President Stokes and senator Butler. We were pleased wit ii ^resident Stokes' fairness and courtesy o conducting thc discus-?ovi Nothing t ras said by either of thc-c two speakers j Pb ich could be considered harsh or iscourteous. But in thc rarst issue of L be Cotton Plant, E-litor Stokes is L cither fair nor courteous in his hand- ? c mg of Senator Jyu?ler'd speech. The j v allowing extract i's psrrticO'larly otfCra eons. At Prosperity Se?jvtor ?tatlctf divh?ed ! 5 all meo into three classes. Two cf these classes are honest including him? self. Tbe "fhml one" he said, ..who* borrows at any price and never intends to pay it back.- This last cia. s is the one who ir ants to l/orronc at '1 per cent, (ital? ics ours)- [From the News and Cou? rier's report J This is a remarkable Statement from tho Senator. The mau "who borrows at any price and never* intends to pay it back," is a thief aud a? scouudrel. A econ r g to the Senator, therefore 40.000 Alliance mau iu Scarfe Carolina, aud a good ntar.y oon-Aili auce uien, who wo dd like to- borrow money at % per cent . are thiers and scoundrels, flow do you like that, farmers of South Carolina? It is at? infamous charge rf but since it comee1 from a United States Senator, of course* it will keep car mouths shut-till the next election. In the above extract Editor Stokes1 attempts, by a course of deduction, tc convert a statemeut which was under? stood by all pres- jr,, to contain no fiiug" at the Alliance into an infamous charger that 40,000" Alliance men in South Car? olina are thieves and scoundrels. I do4 not believe that there was a siugle Ai bance man, or non-Allinncetsaa on the* ground who' pm or cou Fd put this cou struction upon what the Senator said. lt appears by the report of the Press1 and Reporter, which Editor Stokes re? produces iv his own paper, that the ex? pression was cheered. Certainly it ??? strange that this should have been the* cass, in a crowd composed for the most part of Alliance men, if the crowd thought that it coutained an infamous1 charge against Alliance men. No, Editor Stokes very wei! knows that Senator Butler iutended nothing of the kind, and only the ingenuity of Editor Stokes has been able to discover it. Jiiken Recorder. The Augusta Keening News sayf* that Congressman Thos R Watson of Georgia will meet Senator M C. Hut" 1er of South Carolina in j-dat ?elate over the Ocaia platform in Bitesburg, S. C , on the 2?th inst. We are de? lighted to see th -t this O a'a platform is being discussed io public by men who are abie to expose its gross falle cics. All that is needed is able public discussion to smash its fallacious, dany? g?rons planks to smhhereeas. Sir. Watson is a young man, and in tack* ling Gen. Butler he puts himself in tbs way of having his comb badly cut. A War Story. Col. Alfred Aldrich, of Barnwell, tells a good war anecdote about Gen, P. M. B Young and some of his staff. In one of the battles in Virginia Gen. Young w?s thought by Maj Church, bis adjutant genera!, and by Capt* Robert Aldrich,- who was assistant ad jtttant general, to be mortally wounded. Maj. Church, believing that Gen. Young was going to die, asked Capt. Aldrich to pray for him, but the captain replied that he did not know how, and he ra return requested the major to pray, but the latter acknowledged thai he too did not know how to pray. Mr. Sandy ?>unkeo, of Barnwell, was tr? orderly of staff. M ?j. Church asked him? 6Vst and t?ren cntemanded him to pray. Sandy gave th e sa cse e?cuse as h ? superior ofifcets, but he had to obey orders, like Jim Biudroe r'He was a' careless man in his talk, And an awkward hand in a row ; But he never lied and he never rlmkt-dy ? reckon he never knowed ho tv." Sandy took off his cap and knelt by* the stretcher on which the wounded man Fay. He began to pray and io talk to the Lord in (juite a favorable manner, about as follows: You know, Lord* the general- is' badly wounded, and not liable to recover i? have mercy on him, for you know he has been a wicked man. Just then th? general interrupted, and ?aid ? Sandy, what is the use to remind the Lord of that ? Why don't you say sometLiug good in my favor? Sandy being interrupted, wa<? diseco-' eerted aud ceased praying, remarking that he couldn't pray much nohow, and if he couldn't do it ia his own way, he wouldut do it at all. The general said that such prayer*, reminding the Lord of his short-cou. ings. were not calculated to do a mau in his fix much good, and did not urge Sandy to proceed any further.-Angus* tn Chronicle. Si>ecii?cii Case*/ S\ I?- Clifford, New Cashel. Wis., was troubled! with Neuralgia and Rhctfiaaiiyn, his Stomach was disordered,- ins l^vcr was ?ff.cted to atv nimming ?t?'?t. :ippe;fre fell away, and he mts Terribly reduced in tic?h and strength. Three1 tb-tfles of EleCtri-: Bittern ear?! brat. Edward Shepherd. Harrisburg, ill., had at running sore o:i his leg ??f tight yens' stand? ing. Used three b?ftle? of'.'(?".trie l?-tters and seven boxes of B???dt'e?i*> Arnie* Sa Iv?.-aid nfc* leg is stuiiid and woil. John S pc ker. Catawba, 0 .had fi:vo large Fever S"re* ?n iris leg, d<?ci?r* said he wis hictrrahie. 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