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tfSB mmx watchman, KMablbh?d Apro, ISSO. "Be Just and1 tfear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " thk true sootbron, MaMtHM-Jofte. i?6V Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 ? SUM TER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1892. New Series-Yol. . No. IS, k M ??omu ar? Sotu hm Pafclia??d Wednesday, BT N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTifill, S. C. TKRM8 : Twc Dollars per annum?in advance. dvbbtisbmbht8. One Square, first iuaertion.......^....^...$l 00 Every subsequent insertion.. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subaerve private nterests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and trihutee of respect will be charged lor. SIMONOS N1TI0K1L BANK, OF S?MTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI TORT, S?MTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 gorploa Fand. 11,500 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SATIN CTS DEPARTMENT. Deposita of Si and upwards received. In terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, Jul and October. R. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. Casses, Aag. 7_Cashier._ THE ILM II mm, S?MTER, S C. CITY AND C0?NTT DBPOSITORT. Transacts a general Banking business. Aleo bes Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. F. Bhamb, Presideat. Cashier. A?*2t. Di I ALTA Office BROWNS 4 P?RDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns ? Purdy and Durant A Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.3C ; 2 to 5 o clock. Baaatcr, S. C , April 29._ 0. W. DICK, D. D.S. Office over Bogin's New Store, sbtbabcb on main stbbbt S?MTER, S. C. Office Hours.?9 to l;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8_ M c?l U1MBB im IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the public geoerniiy that my Saw Mill located o? the C. S & . R. R., just bark of tuj residence, is now in full operation, and I jam prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Tiste Lamber from untied timber, at prices according to grades. ie on North side of residence. i. B. ROACH. NEW Marble Works, R & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, S?MTER, S. C. WE H AVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the parp?se of working Marble' and Granite, manoiactnriDg issm% Mies, Ite, A ad doifg a General Business io that line. A complete wo^t-ehop bas been fitted upon ?LIB*RTY STREET, SAR POST OFFICE And we are i.ow ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewbere. \ V* " W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jone 16 6AMEC0GK CITY MARKET W. J. JDAWSEY, Proprietor. Having made arrangements with reliable dealers in this State and Vir ginia for a regolar supply of the beet BEEF CATTLE AND MUTTON by the car load. I will be able to offer the choicest quality of meats to be had, and solicit the trade of City and County. 1 can sell Wholesale ?r Retail as cheap or cheanpr than any other parties in the market Especial attention will be given to ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY and meats will be sold in large or email quantities at small profits. Special arrangements will be made with housekeepers. Give me a call, W. J. DAWSEY. NEXT TO POST OFFICE, S?MTER, S. C Aug. 3. TO RENT. EITHER OR BOTH BUILDINGS, fur nished or not, opposite tbe A. C. L. pas senger depot. Lunch counter, and 2 Soda Water aparatoces and Milk Shake attachment. Call on or address, CURTIS HOUSE. H. B. t C. S. CURTIS, Proprietors, Sumier. S.C. J. W. Scaffe, PSALER IN Bicyles and Sundries.! CASH 0B INSTALLMENT. Highest of ali in Leavening Po *s ABSODU1 GINS! INSURE YOUR GINS -IN THE Assurance Company, OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. For particulars, etc., apply to ALTAMONT MOSES, AGENT. P. S.?We do also a Gene ral Fire Insurance Business, and represent the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE of New York, the" largest in the world. Aug. 17. TAX NQTIC?T THE TREASURER OF SUMTER CO?N ty gires jo tice that hie books will be open from the FimxsTE Day of October, 1892, to the Futocsth Day or December, 1892, for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal rear commencing November 1st, 1891, io Sumter County. The following are the rates per centum of tbe ie^y : 1. For State purposes?four and one-half mills on every dollar of tbe value of all taxa ble property. 2. For County purposes?two and tbree fourtb mills on every dollar of tbe value of all taxable property. 3. For tbe support of public schools?two mills on every dollar of such value. 4. One dollar on each taxable poll, (to wit, between tbe ages of 21 and 50 years.) 5. Mayesville, two mills extra levy for school purposes in tbe town of Mayesville. 6. Swimming Pens, two mills extra levy for school purposes in tbe township. 7. 3isbopville, four mills extra levy for school purposes in School Dist. No. 20. 8. Mechanicsville, two mills extra levy for school purposes in tbe township, 9. Prov!deDeet two mills extra levy for school purposes ra tbe tow ship. 10. Sumter, No. 1, (out of city) two mills extra levy for school purposes io the township. 11. Concord, two mills extra levy for Schoo: purposes!'] the township. 12. For building county jail?one mill extra levy. D. E. KEELS, Sept. 7. Treasurer. J ust Received A BIG STOCK OF Colgate's Fine Extracts FOR THE HANDERCHIEF, ALSO SUPERIOR TOILET SOAP. J. S. MMfflSON & CO., Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET, June 22. SUMTER, S. C. 0? ?999??0 gib amaJlcat PO in the Worldly 9 THE SECRET A of recruiting health is discovered is A TITTTS # Tiny Lifer Pills? In liver affection*, elek headache, dys- A penda, flatulence, heartburn, bilione colie, eruptions of the skia, and all ? troubles of the bowels, their curative effects are-marvelous. They are a cor recti ve as well as a gentle cathartic 4% Very small and easy to take. Price. ?5c Oflce, i>9 & 41 Park Place, . Y. THE Sumter Institute* THE INSTITUTE has opened its sessions under very auspicious circumstances. Tbe boarding department is well appointed and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those desiring rooms should apply at an early day Tbe Art room bas been enlarged and refitted, affording ample light, and all necessary facili ties for good work. Special lessons in Painting and Drawing, each $15 a term; in Book-keeping, Steno graphy, Typewriting ard Penmanship, each $10 a term; Instrumental and Yocal Music eace $20 a term, with $3 for use of instument for practice. Elocution $7.50 a term. Students will be received for any of these special courses at any time during the year, and we solicit patronage of tbe young ladies of tbe city not regularly entered in tbe school. For further information apply to H. FRANK WILSON, President. JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Manning, S. C, Attends to business in any part of tbe State. Practices in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21? ._ WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. O. -o rpHIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE j[ with all modern improvements,is now open for tbe reception of guests. 3. L. WRIGHT k SON, Proprietors. rer;?Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking i Powder fELY PURE Abolish our Foreign Minis try. The following vigorous assault upon our foreign diplomatic service, comes from the New York Herald, and is mighty interesting reading. It does look like a useless expense to this government to pay little less than a half million dollars for a number of figure heads, who have the name but not the powers of Ministers Plenipo tentiary at foreign courts We agree in the conclusions reached by the Herald : "Some day a great political party will take up this question seriously and make itself famous by wiping our useless and cumbersome diplo matic eervice ?rom face of earth It was !he prophetic voice of James Gillesie Blaine which uttered this prediction, some years ago, to then Congressman MeAdoo,of New Jersey As Secretary of State he knew bet ter than any other man how useless and cumbersome that service was, and his far sighted vision discerned a time when the people of this coun try, ineffably weary of the ancient and silly ghost of an un-American custom, would force it to walk the plank and be cast into eternal obli vion. The time has come. The party is the democracy. The Herald calls upon it to do its duty. Abolish our foreign Ministry! Send home the farcical diplomats from the courts where they are so ridiculous and ridiculed a feature. Henceforth let the United States of America do business from its own office in Wash ington and let the Atlantic cable be envoy extraordinary when this gov ernment has extraordinary business to transact with the other countries of the world. For the ordinary commercial busi ness the consular offices are or should be made all sufficient. The American minister has long been a byword, if not a reproach, among the nations which train ambas sadors from the cradle and teach their baby statesmen how to speak the speech which conceals thought ?the lying speech of diplomacy. They cannot understand, these na tions, how a plain republic, which has not and will not have entangling for eign alliances, which is a business republic and not a sentimental one, which is separated ?rom other lands by oceans, and which has surround ed itself by the invisible but impas sible circle of the Monroe doctrines should ape the Old World custom of sending men abroad to intrigue while wearing Ihe semblance of a na tion's authority?an authority never given our representatives in fact; tor .even an ?gau in Chili could take no ultimate step without the acqui escence of his superior in Washington In the age which is now past, thank God?the age before steam and the electric spark had revolutionized the methods of the world?the envoy extraordinary was a necessity even for America. There was no cable then with which to wire in struction across the water. The man who went forth to cope with the keenest intellects of the other side held in his bauds momentous powers. His position was one of dignity and might. No finet picture can be ima gined than plain "Ben" Franklin standing in the court of France and wooing that nation with such cunning tongue that it recognized American independence and gave this country aid which enabled it to throw off the yoke cf England Compare it with the pictures of Whitelaw Beid and William Walter Phelps in Pairs and Berlin seeking to remove the embargo on Chicago hams! And yet thes? gentlemen are heroes of the only specimens of real diplomatic usefulness in the present generation. With the sole exception of the hams?and even these nego tiations were probably directed from Washington?there has beeti no pos sible excuse for the American Minis ter in many years. In those old days the beet trained statesmen in the land were sent abroad to represent America. Men were picked out for their fitness for the places?not for the work they bad done on the stump or in the editorial sanctum, or worse jet, with the pre-election pocketbook, to win a partisan victory at home. Often the American Minister had to take his life in his hand to reach the legation to which he was appointed He could not run back and forth in the cabin of a seven day ship two or three timee a year, or leave his diplomatic berth to come home and take the stump every time there was a political campaign. He had serious and important duties to perform, and though he was somewhat of an anomaly among the rainbow costumed and much bespangled representatives of monarchical countries, he at least cut a respectable figure, if it was a sombre one, and had a reasou for being there, which is something that cannot be said of the American Minister of today. The American Minister is out of date today, and worse than out of date, he is ridiculous. Never did Don Quixote riding at windmills cut a more comical and more useless figure than does the American Pleni potentiary of the present day. lie is a vain and vacuous mockery, and hat? no more reason for existing at the end ; of the nineteenth century than has the mastodon Denied the honors of Am bassador, he cannot even make a respectable appearance when the ebow days come, but must take^his place down near (ire end of the line I of diplomats, behind tire Ambassadors of the fourth rate Powers. It seems that an office which is neither useful nor ornament*!, and which is most u d e m o c ra? fe?l I j ex pensive had best be done away With as soon as possible. The American people have grown tired of sending ravens out to mingle with the pea cocks of other lands, and they call on their representatives, the old new party once again come to power, to abolish the nuisance and not to let the grass grow under their feet in so doing. Abolish our foreign Ministry! Send home the farcial diplomats ! Let plain, blunt Uncle Sam transact his business in a plain, blunt fashion and not indulge in myths and shadows to feed the vanity of the editor from Oshkosh and the protected manu facturer from Kalamazo. . The names and emoluments of our 'diplomatic officers'* when the last blue book was printed are found in the list below. There have been some changes since then. A pluto cratic mill owner of Massachusetts has taken the place of Mr. Whitelatv Reid in Paria. Ex President Andrew D. White, of Cornell, the "scholar in politics," has gone to Russia. A. Louden Snowden has been transferred ftom one berth to another, and most of the representatives have come home, their business here being to try and re-elect Mr Harrison, leaving their ministerial posi tiens in no danger of collapsing by reason of their absence. But for purposes of illustration tin blue book list will do. It fts as follows :? # $ $ $ $ $ Nearly $100,000 spent in the empty trappings of useless office 1 More than a third of a million dollars each year expended by the United States that its black cloth men may dangle at the tail of a diplomatic kite ! I If the democratic party fails to ; stamp cut this extravagant infamy at the very first opportunity it will be derelict in its duty toward the Ameri can people which has placed the reins of government in its hand Abolish our foreign Ministers ! There is but one argument against it. It lessens the number of places with which to reward the party workers The American Minister of today may be divided into two great classes ?the Minister for Ornament Only and the Minister for Reward. It is the former who is sent to all the leading capitals to fill the legations j with sweetness and light, and to impress pon the native mind the fact that this a great country. The la*ter gets a snug berth and a salary, and generally hopes to make use of his posi-ion to further some private ends by means of commercial connections. He is the objectionable gentleman from a minor inland town who comes down to the ship when we are in some South American port wearing a linen duster and who spits tobacco juice all over the deck to impress us with his importance. Just about the time that he begins to make the ac quaintance of the commercial problems t of the country to which he is asisgned he is recalled and a greenhorn goes to take his place The Minister for Reward is not worth more than a passing notice. But how about the Minister for Ornament 1 Does he cut a distin guished figure in the country to which he is sent ! In many case3 he does. A mill ionaire American, like Whitelaw Reid, for instance, can make a big mark in the society of Paris. Hie salary as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary was $17,500 a year. He paid $20.000 for rent alone. He kept up a magnificent establishment. He entertained roy ally?nay, rather like an American. He cut a wide swath in the Parisian meadows. And the cost? Well, perhaps I ?100,000 a year would have paid the [expense! If "Ben" Franklin were J alive we could not send him to the Paris mission. Only the very rich can afford to be "servants of the Republic" in such a place as that. Deftly and delicately Mr. Reid -filled the position and made it seem dignified. With his social talents he might have done so even if he had not had the weapon of great wealth in his hand to aid him. But he could no more have filled the requirements of the position as he was expected to fill them by the salary granted to him than a human being could fly. In Mr. Reid'e wake comes what ! ? miller I A Boston manufacturer. A shrewd and honorable man, doubt less, but scarcely the figure for a diplomatist. But he has millions, this Mr. Coolidge, and that is all that is necessary. To France, the Re public struggling bravely upward out of her morass of debt, he can furnish an admirable object lesson of republican simplicity ?s it grows m America, His salary will not pay the bill, but he has plenty of good Boston dollars behind it, and Coolidge must spend lavishly or he will not do justice to the confidence placed in him by the administration which sent him forth. It is said that Robert Lincoln has made an excellent impression for an American Minister at the proud Court of St. James, but it reqifres pri vate resources to enable him to do so. As lor his powers, what are they '! What part did he take in negotiating the Behring Sea troubles ? What has he done since he went to England to earn the big salary which he is forced so much to overspend ! London is one of the nearest points in the Queen's dominions. It is no nearer to Calcutta or Bombay by the electric flash than is Washington. The list of American Consuls etationed on British soil belts the globe. Their salary list amounts to $18,000 a year. They do not report to R'bert Lincoln, Minister, but to the Secretary of State in Washington. The office of Robert Lincoln is a use less encumbrance and should be abolished, and that honorable gentle man, of whom Americans all are uroud, should ?oiue home atid out hie talents to some useful purpose. He is too valuable a citizen to be a mere lay figure. I Abolish onr f?reign Ministry ! Send home the farcia! diplomats. In commmon usage the American diplomat abroad wears no uniform or regalia, but the simple waiters' suit of black. This is the custom, but it is not the law, and instances are related where the American Minister, shamed by the splendid costumes of those of other nations, has put on the militia uniform of his regiment in Ohio or Michigan and come out with a touch of splendor all his own. But the law?a law never repealed ?prescribes a court costume for the American representative abroad. It was passed in 1849 and was as fol lows : ? "The prescribed uniform for consuls of the United States to be worn in all visits of ceremony to the authorities of the place and on all other proper occasions, consists of the following parts and appendages?namely, a blue cloth dress coat, single breasted with standing cape or collar, having the front, ?rom the cape to the extrem ity of the skirts, and the cape, cuffs and pocket flaps embroidered iu gold not more than two inches wide, representing a vine of olive leaves. There should be upon the coat ten navy buttons in front, one navy button on each side- of the cape, four on each cuflf, four under each pocket flap, one on each hip and on the folds, two on each side of the skirts and iu the centre, one on each side on the lower extremity and corresponding button holes in front, extending the width of the embroidery worked in gold thread "The vest should be white, with ten small navy buttons in front, four under each pocket flap. "The pantaloons should be blue cloth or white drilling, according to the season, or white small clothes, with gold knee and shoe buckles. "In full dress a cocked hat is required furnished with a gold loop, golden tassels and a black cockade having a golden eagle iu the centre ; also a small sword, with gold or gilt mountings, and a white belt w.th navy trimmings." There is a man who is perfectly radiant and resplendent with buttons, with a cocked hat with a gold loop on his head, with a black cockade. He ought to be able to represent a republic certainty ! A few years ago a distinguished gentleman was sent as Minister Flen ipotentiary to the Court of Persia. He tried full dress on the Shah, but -it would not go. He was brushed aside as a nobody. His brother Min isters would hardly speak to him. He was in despair. At la6t a happy thought struck him. He sent home to Chicago for his militia uniform, and when he appeared resplendent in gold lace and epaulettes Teheran bent the knee of adulation to him and Chi cago won the day. The question of abolishing the diplomatic service and substituting a perfected consular service iu its place has long since been favorably considered in democra cy-loving minds. Iloltnan, of In diatia, has many a time brought up the subject. Sunset Cox, who, when he was Minister to Turkey, most merrily poked fun at the ridiculous features of his own position, always favored this abolition. Ex-Represen tative McAdoo, of New Jersey, fought for it so often that at one time the measure was know as"McAdoo's measure," and a yearly speech was expected from that brilliant young Congressman. But it was not alone democratic minds which favored the step. Lu minous minds in the republican ranks echoed the wish to see the great official Don Quixote unhorsed; and the matter was often discussed amoug the statesmen. But there always stood in the way the stumbling block of selfishness. The party in power alway shrank from lessening its patronage. And so the evil has lived and awaiting the patriotic blow which should give it its death 6troke. The time is ripe for that blow to fall. Will the democratic party see its opportunity and win lasting fame? Never will it have a better oppor tunity. Aud the blow must come from the wining party or it will again prove abottive as it has done in the past. Judge Kershaw Retires. To the Editor of the News and Courier : Kindly oblige me by pub lishing tbe following announcement; Tbe condition of iny health for a few years induces the belief that I shall not probably be able efficiently to discharge my duties of Judge of the 5 h circuit for another term. My present term will expire the 7th day of Juue. 1893 I shall endeavor until then to discharge the duties of the office to the beet of my ability. I am most truly graffai to my friends for the uniform kindness and confidence reposed in mo heretofore, and shall retire, when the time cooirs, to the shades of private life only regretting ihat ? can reuder no more service to my native State, which I have so long and so lovingly served in the past. Very respectfully Joseph B. Kkksuaw. Camden, November 21, 1892. Tbe retirement of Judge Kershaw carries into the shades of private life a man ripe in years, and with a rec ord, in war and in peace, as stainless and honorable as that of any man who ever trod tbe soil of South Carolina. His retirement will be sincerely regretted by every Carolinian, and he carries with him the choicest benedict ions of a people whom he bas loved and served so long. Whether on tbe battle field, at the bar, on tbe bench, iu tbe church, or in private life, the name of J B. Kershaw has given an added glory to his native State. In his retire ment may his last years be full of peace. Clear boiling water will remove tea stains. Pour the water through the stains, to nievcui tbefc sheading.. Thirty-Five New Judges. An Outline of The County Court Bill. There is no measure pending before the General Assembly which is des tined to create more of a revolution if passed than the county government scheme. This scheme is now to be worked to apply to the whole State, and Monday next after a meeting of the Representatives of the various counties for the purpose of agreeing on the bills, it will be presented to the General Assemby as applying to every county in the State. Below will be found a general outline of the bill as it will be presented to the meeting referred to for adoption. It is entitled "A bill to establish CouDty Courts in all the counties of the State, and to provide for judges thereof and an attorney to prosecute such criminal offenses as shall be tryable by said courts j also to provid? for Jurors and Clerks and Sheriffs of said Courts." The court will have jurisdiction in all criminal offenses except murder, man slaughter, rape, arson, grand larceny where the amount of the property al leged to have stolen exceeds ?200, breach of trust where the amount in volved exceeds $200, burglary where the amount stolen exceeds $200, house breaking where the property stolen exceeds ?200, "and all other criminal offenses in which the highest punish ment prescribed by law shall be imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than eight years. The jurisdiction shall be determined by the committing officer as to the value of of the property involved. In civil matters this court shall have jurisdic tion in all cases now in the bands of the county trial justices. The mode of court procedure shall be the same as in the court of general sessions. This also applies to the civil business as compared to the Court of Common Pleas. The full regulations in regard to the forms of summons and manner thereof, aud the times for complaints etc , to be answered are given. The rules of practice of the Marger courts shall prevail here, and the same attor neys shall practice in this court. The work of clerk of this coert is placed on the clerk of the lar0e court. The same kind and number of record books shall be provided as for the court of higher authority, and all judgments are to be entered upon the books of the Court of Common Pieas aud General Sessions as now done. Judgments by default can be rendered. The court shall always beopen for the trial of cases of a criminal character as is now the practice in the court of trial justices. The judge alone must hear and decide all cases when a jury is not demanded by the defendant. The juries shall be drawn the same as in a trial justice court save ttiKt the sheriff supervises the drawing instead of the constable. The court ?ba'l be held on the first Monday in each alternate month, be ginning at 10 a. m., and shall be adjourned from day to day uutil all the business has been disposed of. The criminal business shall first be disposed of, ani then the civil business taken up. Panels of thirty jurors shall be drawn for the criminal and civil courts respectively on the la?t day of each term. There will be no fees for this service, but. the sheriff will be al lowed ?20 for the summoning of the jurors. Additional jurors may be drawn. The grand jury summoned to attend the Court of General Sessions shall a No a'tend the county court at the beginning of the session aud act for six sessions. Ail civil cases will be tried by juries of six meD. The juries shall be formed in the same manner as in the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas. Their veadict must be unanimous, and their fees and mileage wiil be the same as in the Court of General Sessions. The judges of said courts will be known as "County Court Judges" must be learned in the law and residents of their respective couuties, and are to be elected by the General Assembly and hold office for four years, and sball receive a salary of $1,000, payable quarterly, by the county treasurer on the order of the county commissioners, and shall bave the same general powers as circuit judges in cases within their jurisdiction. The attorney of the C >unty Court shall be known as county attorney, and must be a regularly admitted member of the bar and a resident of the county for one year preceding his election, and shall be elected in the same manner and at I ha same time as State and county officers. He shall hold office for four years, and shall receive a sal ary of ?-5'J0, payable quarterly by the county treasurer on the order of the county commisoiouere. Judges of County Courts must take testimony of witnesses in writing, but in cases where it may be uecessary to employ a stenographer he will be paid by order on the county treasurer, Appeals will be to the Supreme Court, in the grade of cases now tryable in the Circuit Court, and to the Circuit Court in the grade of cases now tryable in trial justice courts ?The State. Charleston Celebrates Cleve?? land's Election. The demonstration tonigb: was in all respects worthy of Mr. Cleveland aod worthy of Charleston. The parade was under the command of Capt. Wage ner, of the German Artillery, and rep resented every business, profession and occupation in the city. Not less than tivc thousand men, car rying torches and red fire, marched through the several streets to Marion Square, where, after the reading of a resolution by Congressman Brawley. the parade was dismissed. Windows, rde walks and every point of vantage was crowded by enthusiastic spectators The procession covered more than three miles in its course, and from start to finish was a genuine success. Maching io ranks at the h^ad of the j column were J D. Smith, r res't o? tbc ; Cotton Exchange, and Congressman 1) awley. State Senator Buist, J C j Hemphill, editor of the News and Cou rier, Rev. Dr. Brackctt of the Secoud Presbyterian Church, Dr. Thoma?, paetoc of the Scotch ohurch Dr. Vedd ir pastar, of. tlia Huguenot church., t e ' nerable but plucky and < ntiiustastic J A. Enslow, and many of the most prominent and wealthy business men o: the city Mayor F;ckrn aod the Alder man followed by civic and military organizations with transparencies, many of which were of unique design. There were sii br ss bands and two drum corps in line, and inumerable horns ani whistles, which the marchers played on at will. Our Illustrious Hero Among the many causes for rejoic ing that the Democrats of South Car olina have in the late Presidential election, is that Gen Hampton is once more brought to the front, face to face, and heart to heart with his own people. Notwithstanding the disgraceful political conspiracy that placed him in retirement two years ago, of all South Carolinans he is the one who really has the heart of his people. I he ovation that wa? given him in Sumter on Monday evening, was a slight evidence of the feeling for the illustrions old hero In his speech, alluding to h?s own people, whom he has served faithfully all his life, he said Radly: "I want to tell you that this night has waked in my heart the memories of'76, and I thank you that I have the opportunity of ficing a South Carolina audience?one which would at least give me a respecffu hearing. I never f??l to get that in South Car olina, and ? did not belive, until re cently, that any of the men in South Carolina, with whom I had stood shoulder to shoulder in battle, and who wore th? red shirts with m?, would have howled me down and not listened when I appealed for the peace and unity of South Carolina." "My life's work is done?how" it has been done is not for me to say ; I came only to say to you, that tri all the positions to which the State has called me, in every one I have had but one guiding star; to hold the dig nity, promote the prosperity and work with heart, soul and arm for the glory of South Carolina." [Great applause.] Gen. Hampton said that when he died, if his heart cou'd be examined, the word "South Carolina" would be found there in letters of blood.? Aiken Recorder. ' Cotton Famine Threatened New Orleans, November 22 ?H. M. Neil, the well known cotton author ity of this city, bas prepared a revised estimate of the eo'ton crop, which will be seut to the exchanges and published in the morning. On November 2 he estimated the crop at 5 100,000 bales outside of Texas or 7.100,000 bales, including Texas. Referring to that estimate he says : "Since that date we have had throughout the Cotton States, on tbe night of November 10, a genuine kill iog frost, the average minimum tempe rature of the 150 stations of the weath er bureau baing 30f?, 1J? betow the : freezing point. The crop, in many districts being a late one, had a good deal to hope for from the maturing of unripe burls to regions untouched by the frost of Octo ber 26 These are now absolutely killed. The result is that we feel obliged to revise our estimate. Out side of Texas it would cow be a full estimate to put the product an acre at 20 per cent less than last year, that is to say, at 190 pounds, less 20 per cent, equal to 152 pounds per acre, which on 1,460,000 acres outside of Texa-? would give 4.600,000 hules. Reports from Texas satisfy us that there also this last freeze has done great injury, and for that State we cannot naw give an estimate of more than 1.900,000 bales. This gives a total of 6 500,000 bales for this year's growth, or 171 pounds an acre for the whole country, aga?Dst 179 pounds iu 1889, 172 pound* in 1888, 173 pounds | 1887, and 182 pounds in the great crop of 1879. During the last two weeks we have received careful and complete reports from almost- the entire cotton ares, and ! the unanimous opinion is that the j shortage is so great as to amount to a great calamity. These reports do not come from planters only but also from people who are loking for cotton to buy it and whose interest il is to exaggerate the prospect of supply, not to underes timate it. We have now reaehed a period when the receipts are always found to be governed principally by the size of the crop, as toe time has passed when late ness of maturity has any effect. The weather generally b is been favorable for transportation facilities, which are, ! of course, greater every year, and the prices have advanced far beyond what planters would have expected or been sati?rl:d with had they good crops. There is therefore, no possible explana tion of the light movement bat the oue that the crop is very sboit. Perhaps planters are holding baek somewhat. They must be doing so, or the orop could not be even (5,500 U0?, but does anyone suppose that at these prices planters would hold back if their crops were large? And yet the port receipts to November IS. inclusive, are just t qual to those of 18S6 and 1887, a 6,500.000 crop, and 500.000 bales behind those of 18S7-S, a 7,900,000 crop. It rs never, as our friends are aware, either our de>ire or our interest to underestimate the cotton crop. On the contrary, as buyers for Europe, our natural inclination always has been to look with suspiction on exaggerated reports of damage, to rely on the tre mendous t'xpau>ive power of this great country to constantly surprr.-e cs by its yearly increasing production. But as stated in our June circular, which now looks prophetic, new circum stances aro>e leading to extensive curtailment of acreage, and leaving us, in danger of a cotton famine should the season prove unpropitious. Such it has enquestiot ably proved, and we can riot more effectively close than by quo ting the final paragraph of the June , ciroular, which was : 'But as for some years past it has been our duty to fore- j warn consumers of superbundance, so j we now think it right to sound the alarm of impending scarcity, posribly ? savecc scarcity.' " ' "Now that the Excitement of the Election has Subsided-* a Few Words to Mr Ciar* Ho weih Io a- letter to the Herald, pub!tsbe# yesterday, Mr. Clark Ho well, the yoarh-* fol Atlanta editor, after remarking "ooW that the excitement of the election has subsided and everybody has accepted2 the result." writes: "Let the Herald coothitre rte good work and j?in in the demand for an extra session of Congress, ft the1 McKinley law is to be repealed and the' infamous federai M**?r vision" of election measures is to be sticken from the etat* ntes the sooner the work is began the better." We tnfct we may Sfe pefmitted to say that the Herald intends' to "eontioae it g jod work, ' bat it proposes to do so* in its own way. As for joittfo^ io the cry for an extra session of Congress Co repeal the McKinley law, the Ererald will do nothing of the sort, and for the sufficient reatOti that it means to contins ue its good work. Mr. Clark Bowel! is a ve-y young nfen, and some day may be a statesman, bat Ms preposti to* hurry ap Congress to wips offt the* McKinley law and get the country into* trouble is, in the slang of t?? street, 'rather fresh." The people don't want the Mc?jn??y law repealed It ma.it be shorn of its* worst features, bat that wHr ail crate ffr good season To'repeal'the law Or Ut chase Congress ow to tamper hastily With its provisions Would disturb busw Dees, depress stocks, unsettle values, upset industries and throw the country" into such a panic are k has sot experi* e need si o ce 1857. The people have just wtfo a1 great vie** tory and they don't want it torned tato * great disaster by excited politicians/ eager free traders, youthful editors/ aspiring orators of meddlesome pam phlet sers. We have just passed through one spell of intense excitement aod don't w?nt another tort?e? epo? ?s. For lwa ven1 $ s?he give ns a resit Let things take their own coarse. Lei well enough alone. There is time1 enough to reap the harvest of Tuesday*s victory when Congress meets regolari'" and can proceed deliberately. Some people are always wan ing sfl extra session of Cmgress. The ery iff ' beard every time a Pfes?deat is elected". We heard it in as soon as Cleve land was elected. We beard it io 1-888* as soon- as Bar riso? was erected. Now it comes again as soon as Cleveland & re-elected. The business m?o1 of the eotfntry don't want an e s tra session. The working masses dort wast it. The* people don't Want t? TJie a? knou? too HSM fcd-'?unfy, advised, precipitant legislation can onltf lead to trouble and disaster. We trust Mr Cleveland aoif t?f advisers will be wise enongh to see thi* and patriotic enough to act accordingly. If they yield to the fr? trade horde* and hot beaded poiiriciaTSs ravecOtfS fot* spoils who wilt rtfsh to Washington1 clamoring for an extra session and. the* repeal of the McKinley law, there w?! trot be a corporals guard of the demo cratic party left a 1896. The reptffe Means will be returned ? potfer by * tidal wave that will dwarf the democ rats kudslhte ef ?S9% into tfcsiga?BV canoeV Then the republican cfjr #i'U ce Wf told you so!?N. Y.flera??. -??-? ? ?? A Lynching la York County. Columbia, S. ?v November 25.?-At Tiger Creek, iu York Coaoty, Satoarf Wbi*e, a negro, was shot to death by a mob. White ha? set bVe to a barn, and was being carrred to ?ail when taw mob took him. A Whole Town Hat???l. L&Hoi?i?. Mo, Nov.- ??-=Tne* Democrats of this p?ace on Saturday night celebrated the Democratic victory with a great bo ? re, ending tfp wit If casting their hats in tife ?Sotes. Noi content With that they seiied the head gear of all spectators and burned them up. Then parading the street in scfuads they robbed every pedestrian1 of bis bat, and carrying it to the ore* consigned it to ?srfi?mes The' resoti is that neatly t&e whole fale jwpulstio? of the town is hatlesfl. - - a?? -^? ? mm-? The. total amoaet of the phosphate" royalties for past 6?t? year has been1 made up by the Comptroller genera!. From November 1, 1891, to N?venle? 1, 1892, the State received from the various companies, mining rock in the* State, ?167.922,67. The year before Tillaran ca*uYe into* office the receipts from phosphate roy alty w?re $242,0W, about $74,000 mo e per annum than now. -, -rm m? aaai-1 Cotton Operatives' Waged Raised. Lowell. Mass , Nov a.?^At m meeting of the agents of the Lowel! 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