The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 08, 1893, Image 1

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If Itif Ptttdtmfltt anti gigttai TH* anim WATCHMAN. ?.t?bii.hed April, is.o. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's "_THE TBCB SOPTHBON. Bwabii.h?<l Jane. IS66 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1893._____NeW Series_Yo1' X1IL No- 15 Publis??d Every Wednesday, -BY PW. cst. O&teen, SUMTER, S. a TKRHS : Two Dollars per annum-io advance ADTKRTISKMKXT: One Square 6rst insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made ai red aced rates . All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advert ?semen ts. Obituaries ?cd tributes of respect will be charged for. THE SUMTER INSTITUTE. The next session of the In? stitute will begin on SEPTEM? BER 12th, 1893. For terms and catalogue apply to T V. President, Jane 21 Sumter, S. C. PATRICK ?tfe . ... -STi5*"*^. S * ?*. - ? Military Inst?to?e ANDERSON, S. C. ASOLITARY BOARDING SCHOOL, opens SEPTEM B ?R 12th. Foll corps of-experienced teacbers. Healthy location. Social moral and religious influences good. Rates reasonable. Terms accommodating. Apply for ea'alogue. 68L JOHN 6. PATRICK. Principal. Jane 23-3m COJLLEGK, Augusta, Ga. One of the most coro } ?cse I.i-?t?i-?tK 11 th - S.?.:th. Actual Business. College Cw.-?cv. Ma? cra?cu.? M pood paying positions. Foll cuuree, 4 m-rths. Shorthand and Typewriting also ku-^hc. Free trial ICMPOOS. Send for cirri il-?? FOR -FULL ASSORTMENT BEST NEW GARDEN SEED, -FULL LINS Frost 9np aili (Meals, CALL ON J. S> I?69S8N & GO., ' Monaghan Block. MAINSTREET, Feb 8._SUMTER. S. C. INSURANCE. INSURE TOUR -WITH TB1 MUTUAL LIFE Insurance Company, OF NEW YORK, THE LARGEST MON I ED INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD. Take your Accident Policy in the EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY OF ENGLAND, lodore against Fire io THE CONTINENTAL OF NSW YORK. THE MERCHANTS, OF NEWARK, N. J. THE INSURANCE CO., OF NORTH AMERICA. THE QUEEN OF AMERICA. THE PHONIX ASSURANCE OF ENGLAND. THE NORWICH UNION OF ENGLAND. THE MECHANICS AND TRADERS of N. 0. AH First Class and represented by ALTAMONT MOSES. NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIB3RTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE RAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERS RIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing MoaiMSQts, Moses, Etc And doing a Central Business in that line. A complete workshop hus neen H Med up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFiCE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis? faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jone 16. -THE WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON -AND Tte Cosmopolitan Magazine. Both for m a Year. THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED MONTH? LIES Have in the past sold for $4 00 a year. It was a wonder to printers how the Cosmopoli? tan, with its yearly 1536 piges of reading matter by ?he greatest writers of the world, and its 1200 illustrations by clever artists, could be furnished for $3 00 a year. In Jan? uary last it put in the most perfect magazine printing plant in the world, and sow comes what is ??ally a wonder: We Will Cut the Price of the Mag? azine io Half for You. Think of it, 128 pages of reading matter, with over 120 illustrations-a volume that would seli in cloth binding at $1.00 for only 12$ cents. We will send yon The Cosmopolitan Maga? zine which bas the strongest staff of regular contributers 0f any existing periodical, and T?^Vatchman and Southron, both for only $HPH par _ JUpans Tabules cure colic j&ipans Tabules cure jaundice. Eipans Tabules core nausea. H. ?. HOYT, MAIN STUEET, SUMTER, S. C. SOLD AND SILVER WATCHES FINE DIAMONDS, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &c REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb. 1 Office and Mills at Junction of W, G. W. DICE, D. D. S. j Office over Levi Bros.' Store, ENTRANCE OM MAIN - STREET. SUMTER, S.C. Office Hours-9 to 1 ; 2.30 to 5 30 THOM MI K, SUMTER, S. C. j CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY, j Transacts a general Banking business Also has A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, pavable quarterly. W.'F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. F. RHAKE, President. Cashier-. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK OP SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, S?JtTBtt, a. C. ;jg? Paid op Capital . . . . . $75,C$0 00 Surplus Fund' . . . \ M,&?0*00 Liabilities of Stockholders to depositors acccording to the law governing National Banks, io excess of their stock . . $75,000 00 Transacts H General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of Si and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of J&nuarv, April, July and October. R M. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON, President. Aug 7. Cashier. TAX NOTICE. OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER,] SUMTER COUNTY. /. SUMTER, S. C., Sept. 20, 1893; J THE TREASURER OF SUMTER County gives notice that his books will be open from the 15th day of OCTOBER, 1893, to the 15th dav of DECEMBER, 1S93, for the collection of Taxes for the fiir.nl year 1S92 and 1893, for-Sumter County. The following are the rates per rentnm of the levy : For State purposes-five and one-half mill3 on every dollar of the value all taxable properly. For ordinary county purposes-two and three-fouths mills on every dollar of the value of all taxable property. Special county tax for past indebtedness one-fourth of one mitti. Special county tax for new jail-one mill. Constitutional scbool tax - two nulls. j .Mavesvi?e, two mills extra levy for scbool purposes in the town of Mayesville. Swimming Pens, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the township. Sumter (outside of city limits), two mills extra levy for scbool purposes in the town? ship. One dollar on euch Poll between the ages of 21 and f>0 years. The total levy in this county is eleven and one-half mills. D. E. 'KEELS, County Treasurer. Sep. 27. NOTICE. r pH K SU PERV ISO R O F REGISTR ATION I will t>e in his office on Salesday of euch month, for the purpose of issuing certificates of Registration to all persons who have be? come twenty-one \ears of age since the Inst General election. Also transfers to those who have changed {-lace of residence. W. S. JAMES, Supervisor of Registration Dec. 7. OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7-o F!HM US JOB M?? AT BOTTOM PRICES* WATCHMAN AM) SIIIITHTO JOK ?PFICE SUMTER, S. C CURED ?* About seven or eight months ago I was attacked by a cough, and at once began to take a medicine much adver? tised as an expectorant, and continued using it until I had taken about six bot? tles. Instead of giving rae relief, it only made ra?- worse. I tried several other remedies, but all in vain, and I don't think I had three whole nights' rest during my illness. I began to think that Consumption had laid hold of me, and my hopes of recovery were all gone. I was a mere, skeleton, but a friend of mine, who had been some time away, called to see me. He recommended me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and kindly sending me a bottle, I took it, but with little hopes of recovery. I am thankful,how? ever, to say that it cured me, and I am to-day enjoying the best of health." J. "Wilmot Payne, Monrovia, Liberia. AYER'S Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. P ro m pt to act, su re to cure Kipans Tatmies are of great value. J. B* Cy ARR; Contractor and Builder, Sumter, S. O. DEALER IN Rough and Planed Lumber, Doors, Blinds, Sash, Laths, Cypress Shingles, ' Lime, Glass and General Building Supplies. Mill Work Of all kinds made to order, such as MANTLES, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, STORE FRONTS, MOULDINGS AND TURNED WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. C. &. A.. and C. S. & N. R. R's. Liberty Street Next to P. 0. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Compounding Prescriptions VALUABLE PREMIUMS -GIVEN AWAY. Ropp's Calculator, A valuable book for a Fanner and Business Man. A BEAUTIFTL COLUMBIAN SOUVENIR SPOON. Tte Mly News aid Courier. THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAMILY -N E W S P A P E R, Of?Vr? to every yearly subscriber EITHER of the above Premiums -ABSOLUTELY FREE! The Weekly News and Courier, 1 year (with Premium.) $1 00 The Weekly News and Courier, 6 months (without Premium.) 50 -SRNO FOB SAMPLE COPIES AMD CIRCULARS, Address : Tte Weekly Neis ai Courier, CHARLESTON, S, C. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. W. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. -Agents for MOTT'S CIDEE, RED SEAL CI&ARS, _and DOVE HAMS. Monterey. 1760. Be Monis' Remedy. 1845. A TONIC, NERVINE, BLOOD PURIFIER. Like Cures Like The Poison of the Swamp bas ?is Antidote in i hf- Swamp, For Malaria, Nervousm ss, Indigestion Dys? entery and Bowel Complaint, your denier ter MONTEREY. If he does ?.ci keep it, we wiil s?*nd yon a lu rye not tie, express prepaid, on receipt of $1 00. MONTEREY Co , Florence, S. O , Prop--, ?nd Mfrs. F W. WA ii EN KR k Co , Charleston, State Agents Oct. 1 !. A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, KSTA BUSHED 18<J<>. R? present, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON Sc GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y., LANOASTKR INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb. 12 Democrat or Populist. A Letter From Gen Wade Hampton - Thc Organization of Demo? cratic Clubs the Consequence of Action of the Stair Farmers Alliance. Since the State Farmers' Alliance of South Carolina voted that as a prere? quisite to receiving Alliance votes all candidates in the Democratic primaries next year must pledge themselves to support the Ocala platform-endorsed by the Populists at Omaha-against the platform of any political party, and also repudiated by resolution certaiu planks of the National Democratic platform, the Cleveland Democrats of the State have believed that the Alliance pioposes to use the Democratic laachinery to elect Populists to con? gressional and all other offices. This belief bas been confirmed by the de? claration iu the silver debate by Sena? tor Irby, who is the State Democratic chairman, that if unconditional repeal should prevail he and his people-the Alliancemen-would refuse to follow Democratic leadership further and that he would vote against any tariff reform measure introduced io behalf of the National administration, sentimeut of the State, and this sentiment should be expressed by what are called the conservative papers My own judgment is clear, that the time! has come when the line should be ! drawn between those who stand on the ! Ocala platform and those who stand on that of the National Democracy. No man who upholds thc former can claim ! properly to be a Democrat, and unless our people choose to support the fallacies of the Ocala adherents or be led into the Populist party, the true Democrats of the State should organize to maintain the principles of the Demo? cratic party as set forth in the Chicago platform. If my Democratic fellow-citizens agree with me that this is the true policy to be adoted, I shall at once pro? ceed to organize National Democratic clubs throughout the State, and I shall exert my utmost efforts to keep the State where it properly belongs-in the great Democratic column. I believe tba', this can bc done, for our people A probable result of this policy is indicated in a letter from Gen. Wade Hamrton, Federal commissioner of railroads, to thc editor of thc Columbia State, and which appeared in that paper on November 3d. Gen. Hamp? ton is vice-president of the South Carolina National League of Demo? cratic clubs, of which Chauncey F. Black, of Pennsylvania, is president. Noting the fact that the State and other conservative or aoti-Ocala papers have been advocating his taking the ead in organizing this league for the support of the Democratic principles asserted in the National convention, Gen. Hampton says : "? have waited to asertain the views of the Democratic press of South Carolina ; for these papers represent, io my opinion, the only true Democratic will scarcely now, in the hour of victory, forsake the flag they followed stead? fastly when that went down in defeat. Unscrupulous demagogues have, by false promises, misled many of our most tonest men, and they have brought shame upon our State. I still have abiding faith in the men who followed the starry cross through trials and carnage ; who bore, with the heroism of martyrs, the suf? ferings of the reconstruction era, and who, with a devotion and pluck never surpassed, rescued the State in '76. hese men cannot forget the past, nor can they forsake thc banner under which the victory of '76 was won. "If I can once more give aid to my State I shall gladly enlist in her service, and I shall rejoice to join those who seek to maintain her welfare, to protect her honor and to save her from shame and disgrace. I am very truly yours, WADK HAMPTON. - ? ? -- The Register, the organ of Governor Tillman, claims that a metropolitan police will be necessary in towns and cities whose mayors refused to enforce the law against selliug whiskey. For instance, iu Charleston or Spartanburg, the He lection of a police force would be taken out of the hands of the city coun? cil and vested in a commission of good Tillmanites who are in favor of the dis? pensary law. That is a good plan to increase th? Governor's power. He has the appointment of all trial justices aud state constables and if he could only appoint the police force of con-. 8ervative cities he would increase his patronage and power. This State police wouid owe no allegiance or re? sponsibility to their city council nor would they be under the control. One reason why the Governor thinks ibis step necessary is because the police do not arrest persons who violate the State law. A mayor has no right to order the arrest of any one unless (ie is violat? ing a city otdinance The power to li? cense the sale of whiskey has been taken out of their hands and (he mau who sells whiskey doos not violate an ordi? nance that has no existence. There are many crimes against the peace and dignity of the State that a city council does not take cognizance of. For instance a swindler might come to Spartanburg and defraud merchants by buying goods rm misrepresentation. No police force would arrest such a man unless they had a warrant pro? perly issued. Slander is a grievous crime, but. who ever bearii of a mayor causing an arrest for slander? If the qualified voters of a city should ask for a State police, they ought to have it, but not otherwise -Carolina Spartan -? . ? ? . Senator Irby will consider the Dem? ocratic party of South Carolina out in the cold henceforth Ile declared his intention of swinging loose from ?hem aud uniting with the great, anti-demo? cratic South-western movement. He will have many sympathizers and fol? lowers in this State Watch Irby and Tillman There is much method in their political madness-Spartan lt is said that a pailful of water con? taining a handful of hay. placed in a room, will absorb tobacco smoke. If this he so, every cigarette-smoker should be required to equip himself with a pail of water and a wad of hay The Seal of the State. Governor Tillman has been trying fer months to secure some accurate historical information in regard to the origin and history of the ooat-of-arms of the State, but all efforts met with failure one after the other. A few days ago he heard that Mr. Theodore D. Jer vey, of Charleston, could likely give him some ioformatien of value in re? gard to this missing history, and he wrote to him. Today he received the following reply, says the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier, with which he is greatly pleased. CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 28, 1893. His Excellency H. K. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, ? S. C.-Dear Sir : Your letter of the 27th was received by me to-day, and I answer at once. In Volume 2, Draytoo's Memoirs, page 372, appears the following account, which I quote : "So soon as the Government, under the Constitution of March, 1776, was organized, the uecessity of having a public seal became evident, and on mo? tion in the General Assembly it was resolved'that his Excellency the Presi? dent and commander in chief, by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council, may and he is hereby authorized to design and cause to be made a great seat of South Carolina, and until such au one can be made to fix upon a temporary public seal.' ''In pursuance of this resolution William Henry Drayton and some of the Privy Council were charged with designing the great seal and causing it to be made ; and in tne meantime a temporary public seal was adopted by the President and Privy Council for the purposes of the State. ''The first use of this temporary seal (which appears to have been the seal at artus of the President) w?a for com? missioning the civil officers of Govern? ment and for a pardoo issued by Presi? dent Rutledge, dated 1st of May, 1776, in favoi of a person who had been con? victed of manslaughter before Chief Justice William Henry Drayton and his Associated Justice It a Court com? menced in Charleston on thc 23d of April, 1776. In these commissions it was called his (the President's) seal, out in pardons and other instruments it was afterwards called the temporary seal of the said Colony or the temporary public seal ; and it was used throughout that time to the year 1776, until about the 23d of May, 1777 ; and on that date President Rutledge issued a pardon un? der the sea! of the said State,' omitting the word 'temporary,' whence there is reason for believing the great seal was then made ; aud from that time the temporary seal does not appear to have been used Governor John Draytou re? members seeing the die brought to his father in Charleston. "The device for the armorial achieve? ment and reverse to the great seal of the State of South Carolina is as fol? lows ; Arms, a palmetto tree growing on the seashore erect ; at its base a torn up oak tree, its branches lopped off, prostrate; both proper. Just below the branches of the palmetto two shields pendant, one of them on the dexter side is inscribed March 20th, the other on the sinister side July 4tb. Spears pro? per are bound crosswise to the stem of the palmetto, their point raised : the band knotting them together bearing the inscription 'Quis Separabit.' Under the prostrate oak is inscribed 'Meliorem Lapsa Looabit ;' below which appears a large figure 1776. At the summit of the exergue are the word? 'South Caro lina' and at the bottom of the same Anitnis Opibusque Parati.' "Reverse : A woman walking on the seashore over swords and daggers ; she holds in her dexter hand a laurel branch and in her sinister hand the folds of her robe ; she looks towards the sun just rising above the sea ; all proper. On the upper part is thc sky azure At the summit of the exergue are the words ; 'Dum Spiro Spero,' and within the field below the figure is inscribed the word 'Spes.' The seal is in the form of a serpent, four inches in diame? ter, and four-tenths of an inch thick. It was not designed until after the fort at Sullivan's Island had defeated the british fleet as all its devices will prove. The fort was constructed of the stems of palmetto tree which grow abundantly on our sea islands, which grew on Sullivan's Island at the time the fort was made, when the battle was fought and which grow there this day. "The arms were designed by Wil? liam Henry Dray ron. and the original, executed by him with a pen, bearing a great similitude to what is represented on the seal, is in the possession of his son. It, however, contains more de? vices, but this is easily reconciled by supposing ali he had designed was not deemed by the President and Privy Council necessary for the great seal. "The explanation of this side of the seal is the following: The palmetto tree on the seashore represents thc fort on Sullivan's Island, the shields hearing March 26 and July 4 allude to the Constitution of South Carolina, which was ratified on the first of these days, and the Declaration of Independence, which was made by the Continental Congress, on the last of them. The thirteen spears represent the thirteen Slates which aoceded to the Union. The dead oak tree alludes to the Hritish fleet as being constructed of oak lim? bers, and it is prostrate under the palmetto tree, because the fort con? structed of that tree defeated the Hritish fleet ; hence the inscription of Meliorem Lapsa Locabit is appropriately placed underneath it, under which 1776 is in large figures alluding to the year the Constitution of South Carolina was pass;d, to the battle fought at Sullivan's Island, to the Declaration of Independ? ence and to the year when the seal wa* ordered to be made The reverse nf the arms is said to have been designed hy Arthur Middleton ; the women walk? ing along the seashore strewn with swords and daggern represent Hope? overcoming dangers which the sun just rising was about to disclose in titer occurrence of the 28th of June, while the laurels she bolds signifies the honors which Col Moultrie, his officers aud men gained on that auspicious day The sun rising in great brilliance above the sea indicates that the 28th of June was a fine day, it also bespeaks good fortuoe " I trust tin's may help you. I think it is the hook to which Capt Courtenay alludes. There are not mauv copies I believo, but having one ? copied it and sent it at once and will be pleased to have been of any services to you. but will now close, as my letter is long Yours truly, Theo D. Jervey. Low Price of Cotton. Senator George, of the Committee to Incest!gate This Matter, Gives His Views on the Situation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -Senator George, the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, which had under in vestigation the causes of the low price of cotton, stated to-day in answer to a questiou as to the probable price of the present crop that he had giveo some attention to the matter, but that, owing to the conflicting elements entering into the problem, he hesitated to express auy positive opinioa. He stated there were several facts in the present situa? tion, which naturally pointed to higher prices for the present crop, which from the best information obtainable promised to be a short one. Mr. A. B. Shopper son, one of the best authorities io the United States, estimated the present crop at about 6,500.000 bales, 'jlr. Neill, of New Orleans, another high author? ity, estimated it at about 7,750,000 bales, Senator George further stated that he regarded this estimate as too high, but if it were correct, still there would be a shortage. Mr. Thomas Ellison, of England, one of the highest authorities on the cotton question, esti? mates, that the world's requirements, to be supplied out of the present crop, would be 8,174.000 bales. These facts, in the natural order of things, pointed to higher prices. On the other hand, there are strong elements against high prices. One of these is the largely decreased purchas? ing power of our agricultural popula? tion, coming from the low prices of agri? cultural products prevailing in the last few years. This tends strongly to lessen the demand for manufactured cotton goods, and, as a consequence, means low price. Another serious factor, tending to lower prices, is the anticipated contrac? tion of the currency since the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law. This repeal puts the United States on a gold basis-so as to make the price of cotton depend on the sup ply or scarccity of gold. The demand for gold will be great. The United States must enter into what Senator Sherman Ciille the scramble for gold now going on in Europe. This demand will pro? bably cause shipments of gold to the United States and, to that extent, lessen the supply in Europe, where the regular price for cotton is fixed for the whole world. This lessen? ing of the supply of gold in Europe will decrease all prices there, including cottoo Besides, this increased demand for gold will still further increase, its purchasing power through the world, which is but ar. other name for lower prices How much - this factor will counteract the strong influences I have mentioned, for higher prices, it is impossible to predict. The crop situation, the demand and supply, favor higher prices which I would confidently expect but for these adverse influences Another adverse influence is the great power of those engaged in gambling in futures. These speculations have already fixed, as far as human agency at this time can fix, the future price of cotton for all thc coming months, up to July, at a rate very little in advance of present marke;: rates - - Says The Chicago Tribune: "Ac? cording to ex-Lieutenant Totten the human race is just now in the midst of troublous times In his latest work, issued last June, he says the world was then on the eleventh stroke of the mid night hour; that the twelfth stroke would occur at the time of the equinox last September. He wrote : 'I dread the twelfth stroke, which lasts to ths end of the year, 1893, and in my opinion you will find very few men who do not look with dread akin to the predicted heart failure upon what . lies between us and the end of the year.' He professed to think that the religious congress at the world's fair would be a part of the mischief, and that there was al. least a fair prospect for an era of cholera or yellow fever. He adds: 'But this is only an American outlook and not a thou? sandth part is told It is bid enough both here and in Great Britain, but it is worse everywhere else The fact is we are dealing with a world-wide crisis. Locality goes for nothing Things are upset everywhere. All of which sug? gests that either it is poor humanity or poor Totten. If the world bo not doomed to destruction within the next few weeks Totten is crazy, though it is fair to him to say that he allows thc de? structive procesa will not have been completed till some time in the closing year of the present century." The creoles of Louisiana have con ' eluded that their race shall bc no lon? ger libeled by questionable theatrical troupes. The other day a fe tr. a le min? strel company, composed of quadroons calling themselves creoles, invaded southwest Lmisiaua But they were not allowed to play. At New Iberia the real creole's tore down their posters and made it so hot for the minstrels that they were forced to leave town. At La? fayette the mayor told the troupe not to leave the cars, and a mob of creoles stood ready with torches to burn the cats if the mayor s orders should be dis? obeyed Th? creoles of Louisiana are white people, of Kreuch, or Spanish de? scent. The word creole is never applied in Louisiana lo a person of mixed blood, and irs application to quadroons and tither colored persons aiweys arouses their anger. During the thirteenth century the Chinese emperor* made money from the inner bark of the mulberry tree, cutting it inti) round pieces atid stamp? ing it. To counterfeit or refus-' lo accept it. HS legal tender was punishable by death. i/uai icatuu a XIOI'UISUI. Hoir a Southern City Withstood the Trials of War. The historian has finished his aocount of the civil war, and the soldier has written his book of peril and adventure in the field, but, so far, no one has told the full story of what Charleston suffer? ed and endured during the long years of strife, nor how Sumter was held aud defended in a manner to excite the j admiration even of those most earnestly i engaged io the attempt to possess her. Wheo the war began the citizens of Charlesto? divided with the Confederate government. Within a year they divided again. Before the war was two years old silverware was being melted ap, church bells sent to the can? non foundry, and every family making sacrifices in some direction. When the Confederate government wanted lead the waterpipes of Charleston were torn out of house and street and contributed to the extent of 70,000 pounds. When iron was wanted* the gaspipes were cheefully parted with. Every house was a temporary hospital, and every household felt it a duty to divide its provisions and bedding with the men who were fighting for the Confederacy. The rich of Charleston did not speculate on the misfortunes of the poor. Instead of buying in cloth iog and provisions to sell again at an ad vance, they clubbed together to fit I out whole companies of soldiers and batteries of artillery. Richmond took j up the rails of her street car lines and 1 sent them fo the Confederate foundry, I but Charleston stripped herself of every- 1 thing and gave it all to the cause she espoused. Ooe blockade-runner took $85,000 worth of ladies* jewelry to Nassau and exchanged the lot for $23, 000 worth of 8Uoes..and clothing for Con? federate soldiers. Valuable watches, diamonds and jewels of all kinds came North by secret agents and were exchanged for drugs for sick soldiers. Beddiog, carpets and crockery were taken from the finest houses and sent to equip Confederate hospitals, and that without a demand having been made for even a blanket he first shell from Gilmore's ..Swamp Angel," located five miles away, struck a building near the post office and exploded with a crash which turned 5.000 people out of bed. Those who heard the horrible screaming of that great shell as it came over the waters of the bay will never forget the sound In five minutes a second oue came, but this one failed. By thc time the third one arrived ali Charleston was awake and full of alarm and horror. That was the beginning of a siege which has no parrallel in American warfare. Day after day, week after week, mouth after month, with only intervals of a few boors at a time for the guns to cool or some new move to be made, the bombardaient continued. Grant did not care to injure Petersburg Gil? more would have wiped Charleston off the face of the earth if he had been able. That first night's experience was enough to arouse the city to action. Not a building in the lower part of the city was safe from the big shells loaded with Greek fire. Under the advice of the chief of the fire depart? ment every house kept a ready supply of water on hand, in barrels and other vessels. In some districts bodies of minate-men were formed, who would rush to the spot where a shell fell and quickly subdue the flames, in case a fire was started. The busin ess streets were all paved with cobblestones These stones were all taken up and dumped into the sea, and it was a wise precaution. Scores of shells fell upon the streets and buried themselves in the saud aud exploded without damage. By and by the people became used to the situation, and seemed to go to bed without any more fear than would have been shown in New York. While the street cars ceased to run, all other business was transacted as usual, and during the hottest fire of the whole siege men were loading vessels at the wharves, various factories were running, and children were playing in the public parks. Federal history pictures Charleston in ruins and filled with woe and desolation within thirty diy-tatter Gilmore opened fire. As a matter of fact business was not suspended tor a single hour. While a lew families left the city, others came in, and after the first fortoight the shells were looked upou as a matter of course. Probably not more than thirty inhabitants were killed by the missiles direct, and both of the big fires had tbeir origin in other causes. As Charleston begau-proud, haughty, imperious and detiaut-so sh?? remained to the last, and when evacuated the Southern Confederacy was drawing its last breath of life. American history will yet recognize the defense of Fort Sumter as the most gallant and determined act in the history of this nation. Wrested from Maj. Auderson io 1861, it did not receive a shot from the Federals unttl April, 1803. and then occurred the first trial of the monitors. That defeat seemed to place th* Federal govern? ment on its mettle, and preparations were at once entered into to attack Charleston from every side. The pro? gramme included thc occupation of Foley and Morris islands, and thc reduction of Sumter by gradual ap proach and steady pounding. Up to September 5 Fort Sumter had been struck 5,634 times by the heaviest missiles k~own in warfare. From the 28th to the 30th of October, 1115 shots were fiicd by the ironclads. From the 28.li of October to tb* 21 of November there was fired a total of Highest of all in Leavening Per ARSOIJU HUOIS. Kju tue ?n lue m out iura fired slowly at long ranga and every one of the HO shots struck the Fort. At this time the Federals had gained a foothold on the lower end of Morris island and erected a strong battery from which shot reached ?he fort. At the close of the V2'?d day of the siege there had been fi ed at Sumter : Shots. From land batteries 1,803 From monitors. 471 From monitor schooners 1,467 Total 3,741 Of this number of 2.952 struck the Fort with more or less damage, and the others passed over. From the 7th of April, 1863, to the last day of November, same year, the Federals threw 18.000 shots a*, Sumter, 7,800 of which missed. After that date no record was kept of the number. Day in and day ou:, oight and day, for 130 days, the Confederate kept au accurate account of every shot which hit or miss? ed, and made a report of the nature of the projectile When the war was closed, Fort Sum? ter was nothing but a huge pile of brick and stone, heaped up as if a grea.t wall had fallen. Under nea'h the debris was a Confederate garrison with only two cannon, but still strong enough to beal off every attack by small boats. The records of war for a thousand years past cannot furnish another such case. During the seige the flagstaff was shot away 122 times, and eighty men lost their lives in replacing it. Nothing was left of the Fort but the lower bomb proofs. The debris was in some places twenty-five feet thick Since the war the government has spent a m il Ho o dol? lars there, and yet the spot o-day is simply a sand pile, inclosed by a wall ten or twelve feet high, with eight or ten guns io position to command the entrance to the harbor. It was under constant fire over 500 days, and was assaulted agaio and again, and yet it fell info Federal bands only after Sher? man's movements made its evacuation a matter of policy-Detroit Free Press, Heavy Receipts of Phosphate Royalty. On November 1st the State authori? ties gave out the complete statement of the receipts from the phosphate royalty for the past year. The receipts, ?hieb are given of course in dollars, represent tons of rock mined and shipped as well. As will be seen, the showing made is the handsomest for years. Here are the figures : 1891-92. November, 1891, $ 7.599 99 December, 1891, 2,941 43 January, 1992, 9.840 98 February, 1892, 8,555 62 March, 1892, 14,389 24 April, 1892, 4,907 15 May, 1892, 17,848 65 Juae, 1892, 20,156 70 July, 1892, 32,266 33 August, 1892, 32,825 83 September, 1892, 13,179 30 October, 1892, 12,466 35 Total $167,928 27 1892-93. November, 1892, $ 5,661 80 December. 1892, 25,258 22 Jan uar v, 1893, 9,207 09 February, 1893, 11,598 98 March, 1893, 47,865 07 April, 1893, 17,076 55 May, 1893, 9,409 52 June. 1893, 29,021 35 July, 1893, 33,715 IS August 1893, 19,751 30 September, 1893, 19,311 17 October, 1893, 5,566 68 Total $233,554 43 The increase has been very heavy, and the State derives more revenue this year from that source than ever before Last year, at the close of the year, the companies had 78.183 tons of rock on hand. This year's corres? ponding figures are not yet o jtainabie. When the storm struck in August the companies had about 40,000 tons on hand. As the figures show, about 25.000 tons of this have already been sold and shipped since the storm and the royalty paid. This would leave about 15,000 tons of rock on hand at the close of the year. When the fifteen thousand tons on hand are sold and shipped it is hard to tell when the royalty will begin to flow in again. None of the companies, save one. are ready to resume opera? tions, and there is really no likelihood of aiy of them attempting io resume till after the sessi-m of the Legislature anyhow, owing to the t-ouble with the phosphate commission about the redac? tion in royalty. The mining com? panies still claim that they will have tu have some guarantee beyond the term of*"Governor Tillman in order to put them in anything like a. condition to resume Nothing new in regard to the matter has developed in the last few days, and Governor Tillman does not expect to hear further from the mining companies.-Cor. News and Courier. \\ hen Baby was sick, we gave her Casto ria. When slie was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When stu? bct-ame Miss, she dun}!: to Castoria. W'heu she had Children, she gave them Castoria. Buckleu*? Arnica Salve? Tho Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Brauet ? Sores. 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