Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Reviving The Silver ?ssue. ie Mad Coifrse of Certain South lern Democratic Congressmen and Senators. rASHlXGTON, January 8.-Special : and unlimited coinage or stiver )thing" is the railyir.g cry of the Mates of the white metal in both fses of Coo _ ess. The recent ^laratiou of Bland and other free rentes in the House, and the action Senators Blackburn and Harris, in pene wing their allegiance to free coin? age in the face of the Administration's argent appeal for conservative financial action, are applauded by other Southern > Democrats of equal prominence. Capt Shell says a great majority of the peo? ple demand free silver, and will not be satisfied until a law to that effect is placed upon the statute books. The Star, in a sensational article on this subject, dots the conservative busi? ness meu of (he South a great injustice by stating that the South is not now io the humor for compromise ou the silver question, and will be likely to with? drawn her commission from any mao, no matter how high his reputation or how loyal bis past services, who wavers at this time on this issue. In support of this startling assertion the same paper cites the recent political revolu? tion in South Carolina as a complete victory for the friends of free silver and a refutation of the coarse of the National Democracy on the financial - question. It is asserted that "the first ramblings of discontent are said to have been occasioned by the failure of Sena? tors Hampton and Butler to take a decided and advanced stand for silver. Tillman, then an obscure young man, saw his opportunity io this complaint against Hampton and Butler, for a basis of action, and founded an opposition party with free coinage as its cry. Mr. Butler tacked at last, and during the silver fight at the special session stood on the free coinage course, bat too late to save L'tznself. He is to give place to Tillman, whose coarse as Senator is ex? pected to be governed entirely by the programme of the silver men." The situation io North Carolina is also cited to illustrate the free silver contention. "The Legislature io that State is OD the eve of assembling, and j one of its acts will be the retirement of j Senators Ransom and Jarvis aod the j election of one Populist and one Re publican to succeed theo Gen. Ran-j son has been in thc Senate for Dearly a quarter of a century, and until recently ; was considered invincible at home. Marion Butler, the Populist leader slated for his seat, it young enough to be Geo. Ransom's son, and has been prominent ID the politics of the State only a very few years. His rise, the silvermen claim, has been due almost exclusively to his bold championship of silver. The fact that Gen. Ransom also was a friend cf silver was lost sight of, the silver men assert, in the later unsatisfactory record of his party and io his owo failure to stand ont at the special session in 1893 against the unconditional repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman Act. Mr. Marion Butler has pledged himself to devote his energies as Senator in every way possible to the rehabilitation of silver as a money metal/7 With such a desperate feeling ram? pant in the breasts of the free silver men the outlook for financial reform is disoaragiog. The statements above quoted do not represent the sentiments of such men as Judge Torner and Black, of Georgia, Catchings, of Mississippi, McCreary, of Kentucky, Washington, of Tennessee, and other gentlemen who voted for Speaker Crisp's resolution io caucus, who are sincere io their efforts to give imme? diate and practical relief to the treasury if they have to sacrifice their owo convictions to bring about such a result.-News and Courier. Dispensary Profits. Plenty of Money to Pay All Bills -Uniforming The Constables. COLUMBIA, January 9.-This morn- : ing Governor Evans bad a host of visitors from all parts of the State. When he got to talking about the dis? pensary he remarked, for "the benefit of The News and Courier," that there was plenty of money to the credit of j the dispensary with which to pay back ; 90 the State the original loan of $50, OOO, as well as to pay cash for the $10,000 worth of liquor which has just been purchased. Going oo a little further he was asked if this meant that all of the stock ou hand had been paid for, and be replied that the stock would be paid for as soon as the vouchers coald be drawn ; io other words there was plenty of money OD band with which to pay for all liquor on hand, reta? the $50,000 to the State and pay for the goods as they were purchased. The dispensary has recently paid into the State Treasury to its account a little over g92.000 in j cash. Governor Evans evidently does not intend to devote as much of his time to the minute enforcement of the law as bas previously been done. He is of j the opinion that he can organize the force so thoroughly that just as effect? ive work can be done, and while he will have control of the entire force and see that everything goes on as he wants it, the carrying out of the minor details will be left to the chiefs or their lieutenants, jost as it is with a military ! or po:lce force. He will have two chiefs and four lieutenants, and the chiefs will be expected aud required to know exactly where every man on the force is arid what, he is doing. When? ever a man is wanted for any particular work the Governor will so advise rhe chief or one of the lieutenants. G over- ! ncr Evans says that he ha? about sixty men oo the fores and ?har. ii will be j further reduced. He is thinking of uniforming the constables so thai they can he known the sau-e cs policemen, j Of course the detectives ?re not to he i uniformed. While talking about the detective work Governor Evans re? marked thal he was still receiving io formation as ?o the whereabouts of liquor for which the usual reward is ofiered. He says that he receives such information from ladies, minsters and others who do the work entirely volun? tarily, in a word Governor Evans seems to be very much pleased with the way the dispensary is getting along. He incidentally remarked that some attention was being given to the local dispensers so that things could be kept straight.-News and Courier. - " ? - Darlington to Have a To? bacco Factory. Messrs. Ira S. and H. A. Burch, two experienced tobacco men of Dur- j ham, N. C.. under the firm name of j Burch & Burch, are to establish a i tobacco factory here at an early day. { The senior member of the firm has been in to wu lor the last week com? pleting arrangements for the establish? ment of the factory, and hi>pes to have everything in working order in about twenty days. They will manufacture only smoking tobacco, two of the brands having already been decided upon, namely, "Pride of Darlington," j and "Pearl of the Pee Dee." With j a factory in our own town, the farmers may expect to get better prices than ever for their tobacco.-Darlington Ne ics. South Dakota Bankrupt. The State Treasurer Makes Way With a Large Sum of Money. PIERRE, S. D., January 9.-State Treasurer Taylor, who should have turned over bis cash to his successor yesterday, failed to appear, and his bank, the Redfield National Bank, has closed its doors The, last heard of Taylor be was in New York. On Saturday he should have had ?350,000 and should have paid ?190,000 to take up funding warrants tu New York. ? His bonds are ?350,000, but will stand j 50 per cent shrinkage. It has been knowu fer some time that j Treasurer Taylor was hard pressed. He was caught in the Chemical I National Bank failure at Chicago for a j large amount, and be lost ?20,000 in the bank at Milbank, and ?10,030 in ? that at Geldisburg, which failed during ; the panic. Altogether he lost ?100,- j 000. The First National Bank at Red? field, Taylor's bank, closed its doors yesterday. The bank is in good condi? tion, and it is thought will pay all its debts. The banks at Pierre will not lose anything. If the defalcation is as j large as the bondsmen believe, it wili j place the State in a very embarrassing position. The limit of indebtedness has been passed largely. No warrants j or bonds can be sold, and there is a considerable deficiency in the revenue. ! Without this ij would have been a diffi cult problem to make botbs ends meet, DOW it is impossible. Taylor has always had a high reputation as a finan? cier and a man of integrity. The school fund may lose ?50,000. Good News for Yorkville. NEW YORK, January 10.-A jury j in the United States Circuit Court, ! before Judge Lacombe to-day, ren-1 dered a verdict for tbe plaintiff for ! the full amount sued for, with j interest from 1891, in the case of the ! Exchange Bank of Yorkville, S. C., j against Hubbard, Price & Co., Cum- j mission brokers, of this city. The ! amount of the judgment with interest | is over $10,000. The action was I brought through the alleged breach of promise of the defendants to ! accept two drafts on the bank for $7,400 and ?750, drawn by Hope & ! Co., ofYrorkville, S. C, dated re-; pectively October 9 and October 10, ! 1891. The Augusta Chronicle, in a sensible editorial on advertising, says that the j merchant who does not advertise because i times are bard and business is dull, j "follows just as wise a course as the. man who declares that he will not eat j because bis stomach is empty. Men do not put fresh coal in an engine when it is at full steam and there is no need for it. The time to coal up and put on i fresh steam is when it is needed. When a locomotive is at foll speed on a level or down grade, it will go without fresh fuel; but when it is straining around a tight curve, or up a steep grade the fireman is kept bus; throwing in fuel. "When the holiday trade is on, and ! buyers are going from door to door, the merchant who is willing to take the I chances can better afford to take them then, for with so many shoppers he is likely to catch some of them. But when the holidays are past, and there is little trading, then is the time to advertise, because he wants to catch what little trade there is. If a man has only a few dollars he will be much more particular bow he spends them than if he had a pocket foll/7 i aanKcpaagaMBKBnearaBBgaBacawa jL-ut-i^su-yTr-'^rgg: The Result of Populism in ? North Carolina. The Legislature Preparing to Undo Everything Democratic. RALEIGH, N. C , Jao. 10 -Two hours of the time Oi the House to-t?ay was spent in listening to thy Governor's message, which contained about 28,000 words. The Populists arid Republicans then ! introduced bills upsetting past Demo- ,: eratic legislation, chiefly in the election law and the county government, system ; now in operation. The Senatorial fight grows warmer, j if anything, and it is now thought that i the field is combined against Jeter Pritchard, who is considered Butler's mao according to his alleged bargain j with Congressman-elect Richmond j Pearson before election. Candidate Mott, who is considered by many probably the most sagacious of j the candidate*, says that the complex? ion of the fight may change when elec? tion time comes, aud he said this wi'.h seeming sureness of effective opposition to develop against Pritchard. Oniy one copy of the Governor's mes- ! sage was prepared, and it will therefore j be read to the Senate to morrow. This was criticised by seme. One Republican member introducing | his bili in the House called it a bill "to j secure a free ballet and a fair count/' j Another Republican called his a bill j "to find out whether the people of this State had a tight, to govern them- j selves." A motiou to adopt the rules of the ; last senate until new rules could be I adopted w:is defeated, and the Seuate j proceeded to busiuess without rules, while the House adopted the old rules. ! This is understood to mean that a reso- I lution will be passed taking thu ap- j pointtn.eut of committees out of the j hands of the president ot the Set;ate. Senator Abell (Dcm ) introduced a bill to make six per cent, thc legal rate of interest. Senator Mewborne (Hop.) introduced a bill to repeal the charter of the State Farmer's Alliance and to restore the old charter, which was amended by the House. Senators Aycoek and Smith, Demo? crats, who held certificates of election in the Ninth District, and whose seats were contested by Grant ?nd Paddisoo, fusion is ts, were not present and the latter were declared to be the duly j elected Senators aud were seated wi'h- ; oat opposition. She Was a Eelative. I sat in the sheriff's office talking 1 with him about a mau in his charge i who was to be hanged three days later, when a woman was announced, and in walked a female who had passed fifty, j Her face was wriukied, her hair thin | aud white and her voice seemed to come out. of a reed as she asked : "Hov yo' got a man in this yere prison named Thomas Jackson?" "Yes'm," replied the official. "Did he kill somebody about three months ago ?" "He did, ma'am/' "And has he bin tried for murder a?d sentenced to be hung?" "He is to be hung ou Friday ma'am/' "He is, eu ?" she queried as she took a pipe from her pocket and pro? ceeded to fill and light. "Ar' yo' the mao who is goin' to hang him ?" "I shall have to carry out the law ?" "Yaas, of co'se. Folks bev got to be hang, and we hev got to bev other folks to hang 'em. How does Tom b'ar up under it ?" "Very well, indeed, ma'am I think he will die like a man." "He will, eh ?" Waal, that's more'n he ever lived. Tom's allus bin mighty onery." "Are yon a relative ?" "Used to be his wife, but duo left i him. Yaas, lived with Tom fur sixteeD j y ara, "And you have come to say farewel I to bim ?" "No, sir I'm on my way to Collins? ville, and thought I'd jest run in fur a minit. No, I don't keer to see him, but vo' kio say I called " "Yes'm-" "And that I'm sorry he's to be buog." "YesW "Bat that as long as he's got to be hung and can't git out of it, thar haint no use use in fasein' rouDd." "Yee'm." "If he axes far anythin' mo' yo' kio say that I'm well ; our boy Sam ar' well ; the dawg ar' dead, and I've just pat in two acres of co'o and am g itt io' ready to go to camp meetin' next week. That's all. Some folks hev got to be bung, aod other folks hev got to bang 'em, and Tom Jackson might jest as well bo pattin' bis time on the gallue as loaaV around and wiebiu' he was rich. Carlton Cornwell, foreman of the Gazttte, I MiddletowD, N. J., believe? that Chamber-i Iain's Cough Remedy should be in every j home. He used it for a cold And it effected | a speedy cure. He says: "It ?3 indeed a; grand remedy, I can recommend to all. I I have also seen it used for' whooping cough, with the best results."' -5 nnd 50 cent bot- ; ties for sale bj Dr. A. J. China. The ?eading book makefj have vied with I aach other in publishing hand some editions of ! the standard authors. H. Gasteen & Co., have the latest and handsomest at the lowest pjices. ^ Typewriter Paper of all kinds 70r 8ale bv H. G. Osteen & Co ?orne tio?e ago the mongoose was in trodueed into thc island of Jamaica to destroy the rats which were doini; much damage to the sugar cane. But the Kingston papers ??y its activity did Dot stop there It destroyed shakes, roaos, insectivorous bird> ami ""?rher enemies nf thc insect race, and a-- a result, there has been 1 great increase in the number nt ticks, grass ?ice, beerie*, flies and orber small pests. Horses suffer severely, and sometimes die, from thc attack.-: of the ticks, "winch get iu-o their ears, nostrils and throats. As the m on goose Sr:*::-: the rats, snakes, toads and crabs di-appearing. it attacks setting fowls and carries o ir their eggs, and kiiis young pigs kids, lambs, calves, pups, kittens, poultry, and game birds, destroys fruit and vegeta? bles and is suspected of sucking sugar cane, eats meat and salt provisions and catches fish. Next to the universal dotted veil habit in working injury tn the sight is the very popular use of colored lamp shades, says an exchange. In ball or drawing room the green, yellow, red or pink ..umbrella" shades are charming; in the room where people read, write or sew they are out of place. White alone should shade the lights in such a room. Two members of one family went to a specialist to consult him about their eyes, which were giving them much trouble, why neither they nor he seemed able to determine. Calling oo them at their home one evening be exclaimed alm ;st immediately on enter? ing the sitting room, "'i knew now what is the matte'' with your eyes- oo much yellow V Bright terra cotra aud yellow ruled in the decorations, and of three lamps used two were of highly polished and higMy reflecting brass and the center table lamp sent a very yellow flame through one cf the golden "fish-scale'' globes. White porcelain shades were ordered for the lamps im mediately. In a recent revival of an order compelling reaoers to show their tickets admitting to tho privileges of the library of the British museum, it was found that io many cases tickets had not been renewed for the last twenty years. There is one authenticated case of one venerable reader surrendering a ticket for renewal which was issued sixty-two years ago. lc is rhe custom of the governors of the museum to grant tickets to any respectable person when duly vouched for by householders, and this s;>9tem has been found to work admirably in the case of genuine students. The place is not keep open for the sightseer or curiosity monger, and the loafer has no place allotted to bim at the desks This larter becomes more prominent from the fact that no novels are issued to readers until one or wo years after they are issued. This order was found to he imperative on account of the small space at the ser? vice of the library officials. The novel teading public has no place in Johu Bull's champion library. f-f.-r-T-im-wu-i. ^"tvA'i..Aua^UMJJLU..-JB.?Jg.V^ BICE MILL. WE HAVE BOUGHT THE LATEST improved Rice Huller ?nd Polisher and are now ready to clean Rice for the public nt our shops near Elliott, S C., Toll one Eighth. . Newman & Jflims. Dec. 12.-Itu. I WHITE & SON. 7 Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies: LIVERPOOL & LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE, HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y., LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented ?75,000,000. _Feh 12 _ THE THE ATLANTA JOURNAL Has the Largest Circulation of any Dai!?j IN THE SOUTH. It contains all the News both Foreign and Domestic as well as splendid Miscellaneous matter, such a? Weekly Letters from Bill Nye and Rev. Sam P. Jones, aud is everlastingly Democratic. The subscription price is ?5 00 per year ; $2 50 six months; $1.25 three mootbs. THE WEEKLY JOURNAL contains the cream of all that appears in the Daily, as well as matter written especially for it, and is of special interest to farmers. We want to put the Weekly into every household and have therefore reduced the price to 75 cents per year for a single subscription ; or in clubs of five 50 cents per year etch. Send jor specimen copy and see list of premiums of? fered. Address THE ATLANTA JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Warninfl to Expectant... ^Mothers. . s ?2> Many Internal remedies are being skill? g - fully and glibly advertised, professing tow Shorten Labor, Lessen Pains of Child- $ birth, etc., and with wonderful inconsist , ency to regulate menstruation. Common ?> i sense should teach any woman that a prep- ? aration adapted for MENSTRUAL DISORDERS % will not prepare the system for Child- : ; birth; on the contrary, INTERNAI. REME? DIES at this time may imperil her life. We earnestly say BEWARE of all such; they ] cannot, at this critical period, do any possi- ^ hie good, and their u?=e may prove fatal, ? It ls only by persistent EXTBRKAL treat--? _ ment while enciente, thus relaxing and 3j? 3? softening all the parts, that the hour of ? "Child-birthis robbed of its terror; and no|jj remedy on earth does this but ? " MOTHER'S FRIEND."^ S For further Information address . -S THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR COMPANY,f ATLANTA. QA. A Cotton Fertilizer. Purchase only such fertilizers for cotton which contain at least 3 to 4y actual potash. For Corn, Fertilizers should contain 6 fe Potash. Poor results are due entirely to deficiency 01" Potash. We will gladly send you our pamphlets on the Use of Potash. ic viii ces: you nothing to read them, and t!;cv will save vou GERMAN {CALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street. New York. BBB-a--aa- ? -- nm --- AT PRIME COST. This is the Weather to remind every M AH? AND BOY Who has a Dollar to invest in Clothing, that now is the time for him to do so, and as we are sss in this particular Line, which must be converted into Cash in order to pay for it, we propose to supply your wants at PRIME COST. This is no Sham Offer, and we very uch regret the necessity of being forced to do so. Call asid be convinced. We are also offering big inducements -Iff OUR Dress Goods Department, Those formerly sold at 50 c., now 33 1-3. 6; "25 c, " 16 2-3. Other Prices in Proportion. If you need a CLOAK or Pair of BLANKETS, it would be to your inter? est to see us before buying. A Mare Opportunity. CO Pairs of the celebrated E. P. Beed & Co's. Ladies' Fine Shoes that form? erly sold at $2.50, S3, $3.50 asd$4 now at $2 pr. pair to close out. The quality and style of these goods is too well known to require any comment. Call early before the tizes are broken. Respectfully, O'Donnell & Co. Nov. 14 ? F. W. D .DEALER IN 5 Agent. Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and all Kinds ot Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept in a IFMirst Class X>3ruLS* Store. Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, Garden Seeds, kz., also Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass Putty, &c, Dye Stuffs. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Right Calls Promptly Attended To. OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 183 East Bay, Charleston, S C Nov. 7 FOE. SALE. THAT TRACT of land in Sumter County, S. C., containing 200 acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: North, by public road from City of Sumter to Cane Savannah ; E-\st, by lands of Jno. T. Baker ! South, by run of Cane Scvannah; West, by i lands of Jno. F. Gamble, and of Miles H. I Plowden ; same beinc arable land and now under cultivation. For terms apply to C. G. MATTHEWS & CO., Cotton Factors, Charleston, S. C. Liberal advances made on consignments of cotton. Sept. 19-3m. J THE SUMTER INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH COLLEGI ate year of the institute will begin September "lltb, 1S94. With its full corps of efficient teachers and high standard of schol? arship, it offers advantages for educating young ladies, equal to any College for wo? men in this State. We intend that it shall grow io efficiency aa it grovrs in years, and thus command the continued favor of its patrons, and commend itself to the favor of all who have daughters to educate. Entire expenses for the year from $150 to $200. For particulars apply to H. FRANK WILSON, President, July 4. Sumter, S. C. RICE, RICE, RICE. We solicit consignments of ROUGH RICE IN ANY QUANTITY. All consignments milled and reshipped cr sold prompt!v. Rates moderate. WEST POINT HILLS CO., Sept. 26. Charleston, S. C.