The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 21, 1891, Image 1

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'tam STORKS WATCHMAN, JSstabttshed April, 1850. -Be Just and Fear, not-Let all the Ends thou Aims*t at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TRETE SO?THROX, Kstsbltsbod Jone, 1266 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.] SUMTER S. C., "WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1891. Sew Seri?s-Yol. Xl. So. 12. Published mzy Wodaeslay, sr - - ? N. Gk OSTEEN, SUMTER, C. TSAMS: Two Dollars per annum-ia advance. ADV s arI51MB HTS : Jae Square, first insertion.-$1 00 Every subsequent insertion.u- 50 Contracts for three months, or "tonger will be made at reduced rates. AUcommuntcations which subserve private nterests viii be charged for as advertisements. Obi maries sod tributes of respect will jharged for. NEW DRUS STORE Beg to ?aeo?oce to the ??ti?sens of Sumter, Gt j and County, that ney have opened ST SSS SLOGS. A Complete Stock of ? Prags, Jfedicmes, Toilet aol Fancy Articles, and other goods, such aa a re usually found ia .ii ? ' : a Dreg Store, including SEGARS AND TOBACCO, GAR - - DSN SEEPS, ETC. Especia! attention is invited to a fine line of PERFUMERY, embracing some fine imported Extracts^., Careful attention given to the compound? ing of prescriptions, and calls prompt^* at? tended to at ali nouns. ? An Electric Beti will be found at the door ? for night ase. > \V?MR?*rD SEE US. W. H. * CrlLLILAND & CO., MONAGHAN7 KLOCK, ' MAfS'STREET, SUMTER, S. C. F?braairv 18 A WE HAVE BAW 2,500 bales* cotton. Save money by baying from as ia lots of five bales and op. S?MTE? COTTON MILLS, : V D. JAS. WINN, Sept. 2-8 -, President. can beii^?O?m^ ?fihd iaf* tte very best cbs? of work, at the ?hop re? cent! v opened by the undersized, on Liberty Street, nearuteO.S. A N. ?fpot. I 1 v Boilers Patched, and Mill and Gin Work a Specialty. coan try, and first class workmen sent to at? tend to same. Call at the shop or address through Sumter Post office Aug 13 EDGAR SKINNER. NOTICE "is hereby gis^^fSat the snder gigoed will apply to the General Assem? bly of this State, at its next session for a charter of a Railway Company, to mo iron: a point on the Savannah River, opposite or near th? City of Augusta, ia the State of Georgia, taronga the County of Aiken S. C., Tia toe city of Aiken, tb ranga* ArameosrgS and Sumter Counties to the ciry of Sumter, la this State. Said Rai! ray to be known as The Angus ta, Aiken and Sumter Railway - ' Company. G. W. CROFT, F. B. HKKDKRSON, .pr PURSUANCE OF THE LAWS OF I this State notice is hereby given that the ^^Sirtsi,l^tt? **** * the I^egtslatareof this Stat.;- at its next ses? sion fer authority to extend its Railroad ia * gentil North or North-westerly direction aa far as the NortS CbrolraaState Jine, and also " to extend said Railroad froid . Atkins in a South or South-easterly direction as far as some point on theriorth Eastern,'pr the Cec tral Railroad of Strath Carolina. P. L. BRIDGE RS, President B. R R Co. August lg^iS&l._aug.26-v J?? J?? BUILDER, Xjr^t?feD^BSPECTFCJLLY ioform the ff citizens of Sumter and surrounding country, that he is prepared to furnish plans, and estiiaktes on brick and wooden buddings AU work entrusted to bim will be done first class. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. A IW^i B ' " "'' ' ,n"*' ToWdn, Ohio. JHI^ ^|J?^Hi^Ws^ out. f>lli?nm?*"<i->:a(t??w<U. Why W yJfiTE8jfi&I'"': . * ,UIC r:>rri <jytr *fi00-0<> * l flB^^9Bn>n;.?!lt. You run do : lie work ?nd liv? i a I ?vj; Bit linnif, ?prpr,-r V..U irr. F.VM bf J ^ fjH B'rUaiirr? arc '???Iv ?rei n z from Se to fr / , ^2^Hr SM?* ?lay. A \\> .how you how *ef Vf. /'uBj, ?"<1 ?tart TWA. Cnn work in <p.nr?- tim? .'y* r j3m& or?U Hi" tine. Bip money for work " l^m\-^mm?*~? . Vallare ??known antonie tana. / ?^?aUWf7l KEW a?**toa?M>t^crtcnJ?x%fre?. ^aalleiiaatt<V^l^*<HWy?MrrtaiaM<.Mi?Ane. GLENN SPRINGS MIN??1L WATER A Safe* Pleasan and Effective Remedy for al diseases of the IT ACTS ON THE BOWELS, CLEANSES THE SYSTEM, AND RE4|rLATES,?TilE^ClV?R, And is a specific for most PEMALB DLSORDERS. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Proprietors, Glenn Springs, S. C. For sale by all leading Drnggists. THE SUMTER INSTITUTE. FOUNDED jill?1 jM" ll r - CHARTERED 2888.. JSe Tweoty-Pourtb Collegiate j l'?lire.f thisr achoof for Voung ladies begins THURSDAY,* SEP? TEMBER 10th, 1891, and clases JUNE 13tb, 1892 For terms, Ac., apply for circular. Mas. h. A. BROWNS, Miss E. E. COOPER, ? FRIEND** j 1 Makes Chll?Si* Easy, j J Shorteas Labor,. . *% Lessens Pa?v . ^-Endorsed by the LeadingfTiystaans. f, ? &n>k to "Mothers'*mailed FREE, ? . BRADFIELD RECULATOR CO. J 2 ATLANTA? GA. ? ^ r Fbr Iaf ants and Children. Carter?a promote? Digestion, and overcomes ^Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness Thus tie child is rendered healthy and its .deep natural. Castoria contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. " Castoria is so well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.-" H. A. ASCHER, M. D.. ;-f~ l?^South?Cfccfcrd St,Brooktyn?N. Y. . "Ttuse Castoria fn roy^piat?ce.iar?d ibid it '^peciaay adapted to affectionsof children." K,*T*?* A ter" Tgygittt-Twn*-, HPT)., 1057 Sd Ave., New York. ' "From personal knowledge and observation -. I can say mat Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting; as a laxative and lettering the pent np bowels and general system very amen. Many mothers have told me of its ex? cellent effect upon their children.*? Da. CL C. OSGOOD, ...j^ ?? - Lowe?,-Maas. Are You Interested ? .Are yott^srafferiog with any pf the following sympioflsst?; Loss of, or irregular appetite, foss of-iesff, a feeling of fulness or weight in the stomach, acidity, flatulence, a dali pain with a sensation of heaviness in the head, giddiness, constipation, derangement of kid? neys, heart trouble, ne-vonsness, sleepless? ness, etc. Dr. Holt's Dyspeptic Elixir will core you. V: A. "Wright, the Comptroller General of j Georgia, says, three bottles cured him after having trie&almost everything etoftv 5 Judge itrT?', TsUr, Macon, Ga;, says, Holt's j Elixir accompliafted what all other remedies } fsfte?: to-d?^ a perfect corer : J7?. Pallin, Rt. Gaines, Ga., trites: "I :..bive*a^ ic ^eeo nimming it, as it "cored me^bf dyspepsia^ For any further information inquire of j your druggist. -^"or sate by ail druggists. yjSi A. HOYT, aosMflrw!.^-*.-.-- - ^accessor to .. - ----- C. I. HOYT & BRO. ^^^^^^^^^ ??olt?aB& Siter Watches, I , FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &o. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1_, TBE ??Iffl?L BAKE, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI * TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid op Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fond. 10,000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. . Careful attention given to collections. I SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.; -^Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per ramara. Payalte quarterly, on first days of January, April, Joly and October. R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. L. S. CARSON, A og. 7 Cashier. ?Iii i surat, SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also hos A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per as a um, payable quarterly. rV. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHITF, JR., President. Cashier. Aug 21. DR. I ILYA 'J DENTIST. Office OVER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Mainstreet, Between Browns & Purdy and Durant & Soo. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 29. _ G. W. DICK, D. D.S. Office over Bogio's New Store, ENTRANCE OX MAIN STBKXT SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8_ Dr. T. W. BOOKHART, I DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bolt man & Bro.'s Shoe Store ENTRANOS ON MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. Office Honrs-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 6. April 17-o Bradycrotine Only a Headache Cure Fighting Dick Anderson The Unveiling Ceremonies at Be fort - A Sketch of Gen. Anderson's Caieer. BEAUFORT, Oct. 7.-Could "Fig iog Dick" Anderson nave witnessed proptia persona the imposing ceremot which to-day stirred this tow o from c tre to ci rc a tn fe reo ce he could not h doubted that merit such as his wo be appreciated and remembered by gonn try men. As was well shown in Gen. Hug sin's address, the sterling qualities Gen. li H. Anderson were equal only by the rare modesty which was marked characteristic. It will be remembered that at ! funeral of Gen. Aoderson. which to place here OD June 27. 1879, the bo was escorted by the Beaufort Artiliei and that it was lowered to its last re iog place with military honors ami< the roaring of heavy guns and t solemn tolling of the bell. To-da more than twelve years after that eve ing, when the sun shed its rajs on t grave of Gen. Anderson, a uiajor-ge eral's salute of thirteen guss fitting closed the exercises to the memory the dead soldier, who so geacefully ret from life's fitful fever in beautiful S Hele Da's churchyard. Tbe exercises commenced at 5 o'cloi at the churchyard, and, in spite of tl unpropitious weather, there was a gre crowd present A prayer was first d livered by the Rev. E T. Walker, wi [was followed by Dr. H. M. Stua with ai* introductory address, whit was an ornate encomium on Gen. Ai derson. : Then the mon a ment- was ui veiied by Miss Leila G. Sams and Mi Lena P. Hay. As the curtaio was drawn apart th assemblage beheld a beautiful stone mi monal, surrounded with garlands an wreaths in profusion. The mouumei is in the shape of a sarcophagus, and just as the detailed report in the Nen and \ffoitrier yesterday described i About seven ?feet in height altogethei the sarcophagus proper rests on the bai and mases a very handsome piece < work. Oo one side, 44Lieut -Get Richard Heron Anderson, Confedera! States Army/' is the inscription in lei tera of bas relief, while on the opposit side the dates of the birth and death < the Confederate chieftain are inscribed Gen. T. A. Hugueniu then deli vere I the following chaste and appropriai address: My Friends and Countrymen: Afte an absence of thirty years I come t yon charged with an important an very honorable duty. ? come to yoe citizens of Beaufort, and more especial! the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, t place in your hands for safe-keeping an tender care this monument, erected t I the memory of one of South Carolina1 [ most patriotic sons-devoted to ber ii prosperity and adversity, whose life wa a Hong sacrifice to duty," and who trmeimlF^ life fo her and for her cause. It mattered not'whether it was in th rugged approaches to the City of 31 a ico, or the wild western plaina against bar brous enemy, or bittfing among th fair fiejds and flowing streams of Vir gi?ia, his courage was the same-when duty called he was found-where lif was in jeopardy his was at stake. Ii success, as in defeat, bis heart neve swerved; his purpose single and true -his object bis country's welfare. . T< such a maa, my friends, we are assem bled here to-day, the seventieth anni versary of his birth, to do honor; U erect in this enduring granite a mona ment that will hand down to genera tion8 yet unborn the name and fame o: Gen. Richard Heron Anderson. I do not come here altogether of mj own accord. I come also as the repre sentative of the Survivors' Association of Charleston to deliver this mouumeni -to you, because in your midst his sacred and honored dust reposes, and because the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery wac the first to inaugurate the movement which has culminated in this manifesta? tion of the love and res pest of South Carolioa for her gallant son. At the same time it gives me great satisfaction to say that the consummation of this work is due to the efforts of that gal? lant command, the Fourth Brigade ol Charleston, who, duly appreciating his services, and desirous of honoring his memory, lent its aid to secure this last ing memento to the senior officer fur? nished by South Carolina to the Confed? erate cause. I will not attempt to give you a re? sume of his life or servi??*. To do this accurately would be impossible, for with a modesty which was almost mor? bid, he strove to "hide bis light under a bushel," and the facts are not attain? able. Simplicity and modesty were so entwined with bis courage and patriot? ism as to mtke bis life and public ser? vices unknown to ail but eye witnesses of tbe actual events. It is related of him that after the bat? tle of Chancellorsville, and after be had been personally thanked bj Gen. Lee on the field and bad received a letter from Gen. Lee commending him per? sonally, as well as his division, for their gallant conduct, he published only so much of the order as related to the troops and omitted entirely that part that referred to his own valuable ser? vices; so it is that the record is wanting io the data which wonld place bim in the eyes of bis countrymen at large in that high position ia which be was held by those who had the opportunity to know him personally, and at the same time who had the ability to judge him correctly. His nearest relatives and friends heard nothing of his deeds from him. To give an example of bis re? ticence and modesty, it is related byone near and dear to him that on a certain occasion after the war an officer, who had served on bis staff, complained to Gen. Anderson that a certain officer, high io command in Virginia, had withheld much of the honorable credit which was due to himself, aod that it needed buta few words from him, given for publication, to correct these errors Geo. Anderson, with a degree of gravity which was almost stern, re plied: "It would ill become me to join in the general scramble for honor and . notoriety; it fully suffices meto know that in every battle in which I was engaged I did my duty as a soldier, ! and that I enjoyed the coofideu?e of the meo I commanded " This was the one solitary instance that dear relative re Diem berg of his ever having referred to bis personal record io the war. And so it ts-he did hts duty faith folly; he asked oo reward but the satis factioo of conscience; he fought not for praise, bat in abedience to his country's call. His private life was as pure SR his public services were distinguished. The State of Sooth Carolina, in her day of power and prosperity, honored him by presenting him with a valuable sword on his return from Mexico. I sincerely trust tbat the day will come wheo the State will erect a temple of fame at Colombia, in which ?DO prouder name will be inscribed than that of Richard Heroo Anderson. The modest gentleman, The an as sum - ing warrior, sleeps his last sleep ic the bosom of his native State he loved and served so well. Now we can say: 1 Toa rest io the land of the cypress and pine, Where the jessamine blooms and the gay wood? bine; Where the moss droops low from the green oak tree, Oh! that 8anbright land id the land for thee.'' Capt Thomas Talbird, commanding officer of the Beaufort Volonteer Ar til 1erv, prefaced his remarks to the ac? knowledgment of the acceptance of the trust as follows: "Oo behalf of theBeaofort Volonteer Artillery I accept the trost, the guar? dianship of this beautiful monument, erected over the mortal remains of the distinguished Caroliniao who -here lies buried Though oot a native of Beau? fort GW? Anderson could number among his friends the whole community, aod when stricken by the oold hand of death the community mourned his loss." He continued in the same strain and concluded by thanking Geo Hugueoin j and the Survivors' Association for their I coble work in the matter. The salute was then fired, ?nd as the roar died away the crowd dispersed, and so ended the unveiling ceremonies. Besides Gen. Huguenio, Charleston was represented by Major G.,W. Bell. Gen. J. W. Moore was also to have been present, bot a telegram received stated that hewas unable to do as he had anticipated. Dr. W W Anderson, of Statebarg, a broth sr of Gen. Anderson, was among those present. G KN AXDKBSOX'S LI Fri. Richard Heron Anderson was born oo October 7, 1821, and was the soo of Dr. W. W. Anderson, of Satnter dis? trict. He received his elementary edu? cation at the Edge Hill academy, and opon leaving that institution secured the appointment as a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He was quite youthful wheo graduated from West Point in 1840, bot was at once a8sigoed to doty with the Secood Dragoons, with which regiment he fought bravely and well along the fron? tier daring the war with Mexico. His bravery io the Mexican war was recog? nised everywhere, and a sword of houor was presented to him by his native State. When Sooth Carolina seceded he held the rank of captain, but immediately resigned, went to Charleston and was appointed colonel of the First R?giment of infantry, succeeding Geo. Bernard E. Bee. After the fall of Fort Sumter he vras transferred to Gen. Bragg's command at Pensacola and commanded the Confederate forces at the attack co Saota Rosa Island, where the enemy were dispersed. On the 19th of Joly, 1861, he was anointed brigadier-gen* eral. From the time be assumed command of his brigade the military record of Geo" Anderson is part aod pareel of the glori?os history of the Army of North? ern Virginia. Ile was appointed ma? jor-genera! on The 14th of Joly, 1862, and opoo the wounding of Gen. Long? street at the battle of Fredericksburg be was placed in command of the Fir*t Corps. This was done at the special request of the wounded general, although Andersons division belonged to the Third Corps. This was, iodeed, a great mark of confidence. He was appointed lieutenant general oo Jiaoe 1, 1864, and opoo the return of Gen. Longstreet to doty in the fall of the year Anderson was put in charge of the forces which had been commanded by Beauregard io front of Petersburg, which position he left with what re? mained of the Foorth Corps. Just be? fore the surrender his command had been reduced to less than 500 muskets. He was relieved from doty with the Army of Northern. Virginia by Gen. Lee so as to make his way to Johnston's army and assist him with his military genius. Before he arrived at his desti? nation, however, Johnson's army had capitulated and Anderson returned to his home oear Statebarg. Some y ears after the war. while serv? ing as a clerk in the office of the South Carolina Railway Company, under the presidency of Mr. W. J. Magrath, his unassuming deportment io attendance on callers at the Ann street building deceived many who were unaware of the distinguished presence in which they stood-btfore the hero of an hun? dred battles-though his frankness, as he described how bis friend had kiodly taken him in hand, bespoke the true gentleman, which could not be disguised under the circumstances and reverses-of his checkered career His manner while in the connection referred to re? sembled the softness associated with Christian attributes rather thao the martial air of one who bad gazed on the red lightning of so many battlefields with unflinching eye. He was, par ex? cellence, the spirit of true chivalry mani? fest io self-immolation and the dedica? tion of all his energies to the cause with which his name will be hereafter linked in the annals of the Southern Confed? eracy. He was of that small number who look to no man for praise as a sus? taining motive to the discbarge of duty; the quintessence of conscientiousness, be was unobtrusive even to the prejudice of a true and impartial reoord of the times wherein be bore so conspicuous a part. After the war be was without resources to plant, and wheo he left the employ of the South Carolina Railway Company he was appointed by Governor Simpson special phosphate agent, and died in that occupation, A thriving industry in Torkey is the abduction of Christian Armenian maid? ens aod their incarc?ration io Moslem harems. Folk's Record as a Soldier. Col. L L. Polk publishes a lengthy Statement, in which he Rays : "lt has been charged in the news? papers that I skulked the battle of Winchester of September 19, 1864; that I was hidden behind a stone fence on the morning of that day, when my regiment had gone on and was engaged in battle ; that Brig Gen. Bryan Grimes saw me there and had a conversation with me ; that I claimed to have a chill ; that Gen. Grimes called special attention to the matter and said with an oath that he intended tu Court martial me for it. and would summon Devereux as a witness ; that for some reason I was not Court martial?d, bat was allowed to resign. WHAT THE OFFICIAL RECORD SHOWS. "I have in my possession the offi? cial record of a Court-martial which proves, on the sworn testimony of Gen. Grimes himself and fourteen other witnesses, that the above charge contains no truth. The offi? cial record shows that the charges were: 'Misbehavior in the presence of the enemy' and 'absence without lea vu.' Gen. Grimes makes no allu? sion, either in the charges or specifi tioii8, or in his sworn testimony, to any lack of duty on my part during the morning. Upon my petition he was instructed to try the case befoie the Court-martial of Rhodes's divi? sion, and thus was allowed to select officers who should try the case. Brig Gen. W. R. Cox wad appointed president. ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE. "The record shows that tip to Sep? tember 18, I was acting adjutant of the 43d North Carolina regiment, be? ing then Lieutenant in Company I. On that day I received a certif?cate from the sheriff of Anson County showing that I had. been elected a member of the L?gislature. That day I turned over my horse, books, etc., to the proper, authorities, pre* paratory to leaving for Raleigh on the 19th. The commanding officer of the. regiment released me from duty, and on the morning of the 19th 1 had prepared to start home, having previously filed the application for release from duty. Finding that a battle was imminent I went to the commandant of the regiment and ask? ed h is opinion as to whether I ought to go into battle. Ile said 1 was under no obligation whatever to go, but suggested that 1 speak to Gen. Grimes, about it. After "the line of battle was formed I approached Gen. Grimes, and asked his advice as a friend. He advised me to join in, saying there might be talk if I did not REMAINED IN THE FIGHT. "I told him I would go I then took charge of Company II., it hav? ing no officer. We advanced and were halted under a heavy fire of skirmishers. The order, forward, was repeated. For some reason the regiment did not advance until I went in front and called to tim color sergeant to follow me. I led the charge through open ground for two or three hours under heavy and des? tructive fire. I was the only officer seen in front during the charge and remained in front until the line was or?fraed to hank. When ordered to fal "ck by Gen. Grimes I assisted him in rallying the regiment on a tine indicated by him, until the command? ant of the regiment, who was my former captain, was brought to me near Gen. Grimes, and, being, as he thought, fatally wounded, implored me to take him to the rear, insisting that I had no business there and ap? pealing to me as a brother Mason. AN ERRAND OF MERCY. "I look him from the field to the hospital. Soon after reaching the hospital the report came that our line had been broken and the wounded should get out if possible. I seized my pistol attd sword, and going out, ; met, some flying cavalrymen. I drew my pistol on an officer and halted and held him until our troops came up The Court-martial, after hearing all the evidence, ordered the following verdict to be sent me : "In accordance with the Act of Congress, published in General Or? der No. 53, Adjutant and Inspector General's office, present series, I have the honor to inform you that you have been honorably acquitted of the charges against you. R. C. BARGES, "Major and Acting Judge Advo? cate." SERENADED BY THE TROOPS. "That night I was aroused, pulled from my bunk and placed on a stump and made a speech to my friends of the brigade, who had come to .honor me with a serenade It was on the eve ol my departure for Raleigh. I left the next morning. " Amend Laws and Adopt Land Banks. If North Carolina farmers would have the laws concerning landed estates amended so as to give all due protection to the lenders of money they could eaei ly borrow all the money they need at 4 or 6 per cent. But with such laws as now exist it is impossible to obtain from capitalists the needed funds. Home? stead and other laws that wiil help dis? honest meo to cover up their dealioge, and defraud creditors are just the laws to prevent men of money from supply? ing funds to those io need who own landed property. This bas been tested. This is the main reason why the banks offer no more facilities to the farmers This will prevent the adoption of the Scotch system of Land Banks. Amend the laws concerning real estate if you would increase the facilities of money borrowing at low rates. The Land Bank plan would meet all the demands of the farmers, we have no doubt, if it was adopted, but it can nev? er be adopted so long as the laws of the State shield fraud and invite lawsuits. This will bring relief to farmers that they cannot get by Ocala or Norwood plans of a deluge of currency. We would like to see the farmers helped. We are perfectly honest and sincere in this. We would gladly help them. To that cod we are staodtng op for a. fight oo the great question of tarit? taxation, the most devilish, unjust and inquitoo8 system that a wicked ingenu? ity ever concocted. The present abom? inable aod oppressive Republican tariff of 60 per cent, average opoo all the commodities of life such as are osed io every hoosebold is ao iniquity aod ao outrage. It should be repealed so soon as the next Congress cao do it. With that system of robbery upon the people running, the farmers have a bordeo to bear that aids much io keeping them poor and onprosperoos.- Wilmington Messenger. What Edison is About Ile can crush a whole mountain, he says, by hie new electrical mining idea. He will no longer have mines worked by the slow painful process of following veins. He will simply blast the whole mountain down at one blow and then claw the mineral out of its ruins. Furthermore he is going to have that kitietograph ready to astonish foreigners and natives at tlie Worlds Fair by its ability to re? produce before an audience an entire opera, figures, costumes, gestures, singing and all. He has a new electric street rail? way that will take the place of every other now in existence. It will need no storage battery and no trolley arm8 overhead. There will be sim? ply plain electric moters under the cars and they will take the current from the common rails that do duty for street cars already. How this is done is Mr. Edison's secret. More? over, while there comes from the rails sufficient current to propel a street car fast enough for the most exacting passengers, it will be so arranged that it will not shock a fly, and that too is the Wizard's secret. lie will have a street railway in operation soon, exibitiug lus inven? tion. Speaking of the cable cars which will shortly take the place of the present ones drawn by horse power on Broadway, New York, Mr. Edison remarked to a World re? porter : They ought to have waited. I told them they should hold on a bit Af? ter all this digging and ditching they'll have their cable road, and by that time my system will be in opera? tion in some other city at much less expense and with much more satis? factory results. I could simply have gone to work and taken thut Broadway road as it once was, and I could have put in a block a night of my system. I could have changed the road all over, and you would never have known anything about it. Ile has yet a greater scheme on foot for transporting passengers over longdistance railways. Ile is full of this, aud says to the World at? tache : I am also building a large electri? cal locomotive several hundred horse power, and have devised a system of conduction without trolley for a big railroad for Henry Villard. A small section has been laid. An electrical locomotive is much more economical than a steam one. A steam locomo? tive is not economical by reason of the conditions it has to work under. That is the trouble with it, where* as take one of these triple expansion engines on a solid foundation, with all the economical appliances, aud the result is you can get horse power delivered on the train in mo? tion for one third the cost that you can do it direct with a steam locomo? tive. Then you have every advan? tage in an electric locomotive. In? stead of running a train of six coaches every two hours, split it up. Make it two coaches and mn it oftener. They are going to put this locomotive on some road in Chicago -between Chicago aud Milwaukee, I think. I am going to take the currents from stations twenty miles apart. I was the first man in the United States, yon know, to build an electric railroad. I built one three miles long at Menlo Park in 1880. I took Mr. Villard over the road at the rate of forty miles an hour. We ran so fast that he wanted to walk back. My idea then was to put the system on large steam roads, but 1 wat a lit? tle too far ahead of the times. They are evidently going to come to it now, however. I can take the Pennsylvania rail? road for instance, between Jersey City and Philadelphia, and I can begin by putting one electric train on it, and they can go on running steam, too, and gradually replace Bteam by electricity without any trou? ble at all. You can go any speed you want to with electric trains. It is only limited by the limit of the cohesion of the steel. There are no other limitations to electric, as there are to steam locomotives. Remembered Ruth Cleve? land, The Vanderbilt Benevolent Associa? tion, of Charleston, has sent to ex-Pres? ident Cleveland a very handsome sou? venir badge of the association for hi? ittle daughter Both. Wheo the baby vas born the association passed a reso? lution of congratulation and directed that a souvenir badge be especially pre? pared and fowarded in the name of the association to Miss Cleveland, "io com? pliment to herself and as a mark of our regard for ber honored parents." Tba badge is of gold aod of the finest workmanship. On the obverse it con? tains the monogram of the association and on the reverse the words : '"Ruth Cleveland, Oct. 3, 1891 " Mr. Robert Bonner's famous filly Sanol succeeded in lowering her own record on the kite shaped track at Stock? ton. Cal , Oct. 14, from 2:10J to 2:10. but failed to score the time which would have made her queen of the turf. She went the first half in the unpre? cedented time of 1:02}. which is better than a 2:05 gait, but on the second half her speed was checked by a strong wind. Had this not been against her it is be? lieved that she would have succeeded io her effort to beat 2 OS J. It is claimed that she is capable of trotting as low aa 106. Millions of Money. The Scheme of Ex-Senator 1 wood. Thoma* M. Norwood,.. ex-Un States Senator of Georgia, by invita of the legislature to address them the alliance sub-treasury plan, spoin Atlanta, Ga., September 30 oe the g eral question of the finances and c reo cy of the Uoited States. He vaoced a plan of banking that is n< He contends that the accelerated ac mutation of capital in a few E*st States aod in the ;i?nds of a few pers is destructive to the west and south, i will finally destroy the Eastern Stat It produces songestioo io one part our political body and paralysis io other parts. His plan is, in brief, Congress to direct the Secretary of Treasury to prepare a sufficient nam of legal tender notes of coovenieot . nominations, which, added to the exi iog currency, will give thirty, forty fifty dollars per capita. These notes ; to be receivable for all debts and di except duties on imports. They are be redeemed by the Uoited States g< crament on presentation at the treas; or at sub treasuries established at c< renient cities The treasurer shall h< at least 25 per cent, of the issue in co gold and silver, to redeem the not that being enough, and as much banks now bold for redemption p poses. The percentage of coin, ho ever, can be regulated by experiem He proposes to re-adjust and measurat equalise the circulation of the curren io this way: Each state on derna shall receive of legal tenders an arnon which added to its existing circulati will make the amount per capita decid on by congress. The banking capi io each state is to be the standard 1 ascertaining its circulation, unless better can be devised. To illustra Georgia's population tn round numbs is 2,000,000. The amount per cap fixed by coogresi for tue whole popu tioo being $40, Georgia would be ? tided to $80,000.000, but her prese banking capital being $30,000,0( that sum must be deducted, and fr quota of legal tenders would be $51 000,000. The ratable amount of ein lati?n he proposes shall be used by ea state accord ing as the people of the st; shall determine. That is, it may used io banking, or be let by the st: aetiog through a bureau of finance individuals on such securities as a pt dent bank now takes for loans. F plan is for each state to hold a perce: age of this currency to meet squeez and scoops by Wall street, and to fost banking with part and lend the i mainder to individuals and cor poratioi that each state shalt first fix by law reasonable rate of interest, not above per cent ; and by law name the seoui ties oo which the bureau of fioance sb lend, the percentage of value to be Ie and time; that land shall b* one of t securities, and that each stale shall le oo its owo products. For instanc Georgia's great product being cotton, should be a security or collateral und proper aod safe conditions: wheat a corn being the chief products of Kans: iowa, etc., they should lend on thc products Norwood contends that wh< money cao draw to itself J per cent. I going ioto manufactures, mining, eti it will go there, aod thus all the natui resources of the state will be develop and itt wealth increased to the bene of every citizen, whereas banking pr doces oo wealth and benefit? only t few who receive the dividends. Sc wood took Georgia aod Kansas to il Iv trate what cao be done ander bis fina oial system. He proposes that ea state should set aside not less than I per cent, of the legal tenders to prote its own citizens against financial cris and squeezes. Georgia could i ncr ea her banking capital $10,000,000 ar leod $80,000.000 on long rime,in tere payable semi-annually, to individua and corporations who have valuab mines to be developed and who desi to build cotton factories, to mauufaotui era of woollen wsres sod iron; io short to bring ioto activity and use h< natural resources, which are incaloulab and which have lain untouched f< twenty-five years only because ber pee pie have had no money to work wit! With $30,000,000 thus lent by ? State at 5 per cent, she would receii annually one million, five hundred thot sand dollars in interest. With that sb could establish a sinking fund of $500, 000 per annum, and in twenty year pay off her funded debt. With this i band she could begin to reduce Stat taxatioo at once ; could largely increas ber school funds aod establish a bureai of immigration, and in a very few year discontinue taxation except for count; and municipal purposes. Borrowen from the State, who would get vaiu< received io the loan at low interest woold thus take the place of taxpayers Kansas could lend to her citizens at t or 4 or 3 per cent., aod then they coule lift the present mortgage debt of $235, 000.000. doe mainly to the East, ano at the same time put interest monej enough in the State treasury tn relieve them from State taxation. He con tends that as all the money that can be borrowed is io the Etstero Staten, it ie practically useless to the South and West. Under the system he advocates the money and security are in the same State-are neighbors and will exchange -and interest will go to the benefit ot both lender and borrower and all the people in the State ; whereas now the interest paid, as a rule, goes East. The interest now paid per annum by the whole people goes to enrich those already too rich for the safety of the Republic, and that interest would be distributed among the whole people tak? en by States. He contends that the present bank? ing system is a monopoly, because it is based on but one class of securities government bonds ; second, that it is monarchical, being fashioned on thc pian of the Bank of England, during the first century of its existence ; and, third, that our bank nig system is not based on money or coin, but on paper credit. The whole system rests on the government's credit, whereas his pro? posed system would rest on coin in the treasury sufficient to meet all demands of foreign commerce and domestic j trade. Norwood's substitute for the Alliance sub-treasury plan avoids Federal action. Each state lends to farmers on land and on its own especial products at low in? terest. Thus be says be establishes' equality for all and shows favoritism to oooe. f?e contends that bis plan obvi? ates every objection hitherto made to I the Alliance sub-treasury pian, and : gives farmers sure relief, as the allot? ment of currency he proposes not only equalizes rt if lent by States as the States1 volume of currency, but thus distributed will remain permanent in each State, because the State being the lender and the principal being lent to its citizens it must return to the S "ate with interest as the principal falls due. News Items. War between Guatemala and Hondu? ras is likely to begin at any time. Mayor Bryan has been renominated by the Regulars of Charleston; Great Britain suffered severely from furious gales during the last week. George aod James Howard went to George Capps* house, Mt. Sterling, Ky., on the night of Oct. 14, for the purpose of regulating bim. Cupps killed them both and escaped unhurt. Commodose Duncan Nathaniel Ingra bam, of Charleston, died on (ht lb\ aged 89 years. The municipal election io Indianapo? lis,ind , on the 13-h instant was a com? plete victory for the Democrats. The Louisiana Lottery has estab? lished an office in Canada and is flood? ing the country with tickets and circu? lars. Wannamaker is trying to stop it. A Hebrew upholsterer of South Beth? lehem, Pa., while at work the other day swallowed a monthfal of small tasks. He was given as an antidote a loaf of rye bread and a big dose of castor oil. The Irish members of Parliament who remained faithful to Parnell have resolved not to unite with those who opposed him. It may be another case of Ceasar dead, more powerful than Caesar living. The foreign ministers in China have broken off uegitatons with the govern? ment, and announced that (Jnina muse take action io regaid to the recent riots before diplomatic relations will be re? sumed. An Americo8, Ga , negro has been supplying dressed rats to the people of the city as squirrels. Indignation does not express the feeliogs of the negro's enstomers after learning what meat they have eaten. President Hoey, of the Adams Express company bas been discharged, and Vice President Spooner allowed to resign because of a deal by which they purchased $150.000 of other stocks aud charged them up at ?850.000. Congressman George D. Tillman, of the Second South Carolina district, and Congressman Tom Watson, of Georgia, have been invited to discuss the sub treasury bill io joint debate at Hamp? ton, S. C. The time of the speaking is left to the Congressmen to agree upon, if they decide to argue the question be? fore the people. The transmission of electric power is hardly any longer an experiment. Electric power is daily being generated at Necar and transmitted to Frankfort oo-the-Main, Germany, a distance of one and a half miles, over bare copper wires. Experiments are now going on to obtain the percentage of loss in con? nection therewith, and if it developed not over 25 per cent., it will be hard to compote the commercial value of elec? tric transmission. Richard Conner, the chief sachem of the Tammany wigwam, says : "The speeches of Mr. Cleveland and- Gover? nor Hill will have a great effect and will unite all good Democrats in sup? port of the State ticket. The Demo? cratic campaign has beee opened, and the Republicans will soon find oat that they are on the defensive. From now until election day you will hear the Democratic side of all the issues, ir. my opinion, the presence of Cleveland and Hill at the rafting is good for 20, 000 vo-.es for Mr Flower aad the entire Democratic ticket." 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