Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COTTON MILLS IN THE SOtJTIL WHY NEW ENGLAND MILL MEN ARE BUILDING MILLS IN THIS SECTION. An Interesting Talk by Expert Authority. From the Daily Item, April ll. Mr. Lee Langley, who was mention ed yesterday as being in the city in the interest of the Baltimore Manufac? turers1 Record, completed his work yesterday and left in the afternoon for Florence and Darlington, which places he will visit to-day. Mr. Langley is a member of the staff of the Atlanta Constitution, but bas been engaged for the last five months in collecting statistics on the cotton miils of the Sooth as compared with the mills of the same class in the j New Eogland States. Mr. Langley j will edit the special Cotton Mill Num ber of the Record, which will be issued within tbe next two mouths, and iu it be will embody all the facts and statistics be has collected during the past five months. This issue of the Record will be highest and most reliable authority on the cotton mill business ever published, for the fact!? have been obtaioed by personal observation in every State of the South. Mr. Lang ley bas visited every mill of importance j in the South, and. in addition to the statistics i? relation to (he cost of manufacturing different grades of goods and the profit realized, will discuss the climatic advantages, the superior ' class of labor obtainable, the- absence of re? strictive legislation, the low price of j fuel, the absence of freight charges on | cotton, as it can be bought from the j wagons, and besides ali these questions directly and closely related to the mill business, he will show the unsurpassed ! opportunities the South offers for in? vestment and development. This is briefly the scope of the work the He cord now has io hand, it is a work that will do more for the South -than any single enterprise that bas yet been con? ceived. Mr. Langley in making up the list of tow og io South Carolina was advised by a number of prominent business men of other States to visit Sumter by all means, which, they said, while not a Gorton mill center, had such advan? tages of situation, climate aod water for bleachiog purposes that it would be one of the most attractive locations io the State for a large cotton mill. Mr Langley was particulary impressed with what be waa totd about Sumter by members of the Business League, of Augusta, and came here expecting much; he went away more than con? vinced that Sumter is one of the best towns in the South. , Yesterday morning he visited all the points of interest in the city, and ob taioed all the statistics as to- freight, cost of fuel, labor, cost of living, ete. Io the afternoon a special meeting of City Council was held,at which a large i number of the business men were pres ent, and Mr. Langley by invitation gave a talk on the industrial situation io the South as related to the cotton mill business. He spoke for more than au hour, and it was evident that he I i knew what he was talking about. The situation of the New England, miils was explained and the causes that were j forcing them to seek new locations in j the South. He gave figures that prov- j ed that whiie the Southern mills were making money at prevailing prices of cotton goods the New England milis were being Jriven out of the market. The climate and geog' bi? cal advantages of the South ooulu not be overcome by the combined oapital j of the Northern mill meo, aod that the question had resolved itself ioto a ! simple proposition : The mills most either move to the cotton fields to save freight aod obtain cheaper fuel or abandon the business. The euccees of the mills in various i narts of the South was mentioned to : * . show what had been accomplished by home enterprise The greater part of bis talk was de? voted to explainiug the character of location sought by the New England mills that aie coming South, and the methods that should be used to bring before the mill men the advantages offered by any particular place. The mass of information that was given by Mr. Langley will furnish food for thought in this community for many days, and if his visit does not result in good to the community, then the ex? pressions of opinion of the businessmen j who heard him go for naught. He truck tbe key cote, for the mind of the j commuoity was io a condition to take hold of the facts and ideas advanced. Tfie State Press Associa? tion. Program Announced. The following is the circular letter in regard to the meeting of the State Press Association io Sumter and pro 1 gram for same, which has beeo seat to members of the Associatioo The I meeting is expected to embrace tbe two days followiog the 29th oo which the Association will couveoe at 8.30 p. m. The citizens of Sumter will be welcome to attend the meetings : ANDERSON, S. C., April 5, 1895. DEAR SIR ARD BROTHER : Herewith we hand you a copy of the program of the annual meetiog of the South Caro? lina State Press Association, which con? venes io Sumter OD Wednesday, May 29th, at 8.30 o'clock p. m. Asa mem? ber of the Associatioo we trust that you will feel it to be your duty to meet with us. If you are oot a member we wo d be glad to have you join as at this meeting, aod we feel sure you will cever regret such a step. These annual gatherings are oot only pleasant but profitable, aod the greater number of the brethren we get to attend, io that proportion is our pleas are aod profit enhaoced. A newspaper mao's life is ooe of continual strain, and it is well to have a little recreation Coming together of different minds engaged in the same great work is bene ! ficial, aod a personal ?acquaintance with i ooe another aod our annual re-union ! strengthens the tie that binds, and not only so, but broadens our views and j makes u< more charitable in our criti? cism* We need occasionally to get ; out from ourselves, as it were, and there j is oo better nor more healthful way of j doing this tbao by meetiog together in oar annual sessions. The people of Sumter are making | j special arraogemeots to give us a j I pleasant time io that delightful aod i I enterprising city. They expect us to j taro out eo masse, aod we should oot disappoint them. It gives us pleasure to state that all the brethren who have been appoioted to prepare and read papers at the annual meetiog have signified their willingness to perform the duty as? signed, aod will be present with us. We feel that the program is ooe that will oot only instruct bat will entertain you. THE PROGRAM. Sooth Caroiioa Journalism-J. C. Hemphill, News aod Courier. Ia it Proper for the Press to Discuss Questions Before the Courts for Adjudi? cation ?-J. ?. Boggs, Pic ken s Seo tioel. Tho Relatioo of the Daily to the Coaotry Press-N. G. Gonzales, Co? lombia State. Improvements io Modero Newspaper aod Job Priotiog-Wm. P. Hoascal. Lutheran Visitor. Relation of the Press to the Pulpit Rev. A. J. S. Thomas, Baptist Courier. Should the Press Reflect or Direct Public OpicioD?-H T. Thompson, Darliogtoo News. Advisability of a Outrai Bureau for Handling Foreigo Advertisements W. W. Ball, Laurens Advertiser Should an Editor be a Candidate for Political Office ?-Jas. T. Bacon, Edge field Chronicle. Five laiDOtes* talks oo the followiog subjects, to be led by the brethren ; 1st. Printers' Rollers-N. G. Os teeo. 2od. Use o' lok-C. W. Birchmore. 3rd. Quality of Paper-M. B. Mc Sweeoey. 4th. Advertisiog-G. J. Luho. 5th. Short vs. LoDg Editorials-R R. Hemphill. 6th. Time aod Piece Work io Couo try Offices-Hugh Wilsoo. 7th. Size of Body Type for a Couoty Newspaper-Alvio McLeana. 8th. Use of Plate Matter-J. J. Hall. 9th. Serial Stories-Jobo W. Holmes lOrh Editorial aod Local Depart? ments-B G. Price. Thia is the twentieth anniversary of the organisation of the Associatioo, the Sooth Carolina State Press Associa? tioo haviog beeo organized io the city of Charleston io May, 1875. At that meetiog twenty-eight newspaper meo were present. Some of these have passed over the river, while others have gone ioto other fields of labor, aod still others are DOW engaged io the same great work aod are members of! oar Associatioo. We hope that all who arc still members will meet with us oo this occasion, aod we take the liberty of inviting those who were charter members, but who are not DOW engaged in newspaper work, to meet with us on this anniversary. Editors who have not passes to carry \ them to Sumter wi'l make application j to the General Passenger Ageut over ] whose lines they desire transportation 1 for trip passes for themselves and their wives or daughters, aa wc would like to have some lathes io our party. They , always add a charm to auy gathering If any brother desires any information on this line the Secretary or President will gladly furnish it. Please make your application in time. As to a trip, it was the under? standing at ?he last meeting that we would take a trip to Norfolk, and mak? ing that headquarters visit the water? ing places in that section-Old Point j Comfort, Virginia Beach and Ocean I View. After spending a few days in this . way we would take the boat up the : Potomac to Washington, visiting Mt. ! Vernon and other piaces ?'f inteie-r in and around the Capital of the nation lt i.s our opinion that this trip ot a wet k or ten days can be taken at a minimum cost of ?25 '?0 l?eforo wn can complete arrangements fo- 'rans portation it is necessary that we have some idea of how many will take the trip. This is the first thing the rail? road men to desire to know. Please be kind enough to write the Secretary at ooce whether or not you will take the trip, and whether you wish to take your wife or daughter. *Ve are sure this will be a most delightful trip We would like to see every news ? paper man io the State amemhprof; the Association, and we hope to have \ many new members added to our roll this year. The way to make the As- ; sociation a success and of benefit to 1 its members is for every member to j contribute his share of work and in terest to that end. We feel confident ? that we can depend on you. You j presence, you words of counsel and en- ; couragemeut are what we want. Hoping t> meet you at Sumter io j May, we subscribe ourselves. Your obedient servant, E. H. AULL, President. J C C. LANGSTON. Secretary. P. S.-If you desire to take the trip North, please notify the Secretary by : the 16th instant. e Tremble. i A Reign of Terror Coming in j Cuba. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 9.-A j special to the Times-Uni on from i Tampa, Fla , says : A gentleman who left Havana Saturday says of the ; situation in Cuba: "Things are looking 'rocky' even in Havana Business is depressed, and in spite of the government and ; Americans who have large holdings there, the situation is serious and j growing worse every every day The insurgents have a force of more than ten thousand well armed and | equipped men in the field, and can place as many more in service on short notice. But their plan is to : make a guerrilla warfare of it for the : present. When the government shows its hand fully then they will act The coming of Campos means the beginning of the struggle in earnest. He brings authority from Madrid to garrote and shoot every rebel cap? tured in the field, and the atrocities of the last rebellion will be repeated. During that struggle men were shot, j thrown into prison, and the women j of the rebels were outraged and their homes burned. But the" rebels are prepared to meet the enemy at every point They are fully organized and equipped this time. When the outraging of the wives and daughters of tho rebels begin, and their hornea are burned to the ground, ! the Spaniards will be repaid in kind. ! These things staring the island in the face are what make the people trem- j ble, and well they may *' HAVANA, April 6 -The Governor j of Puerto Principe reports that a j band of insurgents numbering forty- j eight men moving westward have i been attached by the government ! troops in the vicinity of San Miguel and Baya. The leader of the band j was killed and a number of his ? followers were wounded One of j the band was taken prisoner, and the remainder fled toward the River Cauto Gen. La Chambe reports : that a government reconnoitering party to day met a band of insur- j gents who had landed at Duaba. ? The troops attacked the insurgents, ! taking three prisoners. Footed it to Florida. JACKSONVILLE, FLA.. Apr. 10.-Fred Miller, the long distance pedestrian wbo is now walking to this city and return, oo a wager of ?5,000, arrived at the i Union station this morning at 10:15 o'clock, thus completing just one-half I of bis task. He is accompanied by hts ; dog, Guess, a large, powerful pointer. ; Miller started from New York on his journey at 8 o'clook on the morning of; the fifth of February, ?nd has been just sixty seven days accomplishing half his walk. The condition of the wager was that Miller was to walk from New York to Jacksonville and return in seven months from the time of starting. He was to start with nothing and was to receive nothing but food and cloth ing while en route. So far Miller has travelled 1,300 miles. His route was from New York to Philadelphia, Phil? adelphia to Baltimore, Baltimore to Washington, Washington to Atlanta and from Atlanta via Jessup to this city Miller has lost seven pounds in weight since he started on bis long jaunt The dog is in fine condition, being slick and fat. Miller expects to be in the city two days, aud then start on his return trip. ---mmUWB* - There are springs of frc>h water in the Persian Gulf that furinsh supplies to vessels. For a long time the coral was sup? pose to be a plant. Even Reaumur treats it as such. Naturalists are still in doubt as to whether thc sponge is a plant or an ani? mal. Connecticut has passed a law pro? hibiting street cars to cross steam roads at grade. Telegraphic Briefs. April IO. The Southern Railway has been granted permission by the Inter state Commerce Commission to cut passenger rates to meet the cut of: the Seaboard Air Line Twenty-one miners were smother-j ed in a coal mine near New What com, Washington, by au explosion ; of fire damp. Only two men escap? ed from the mine. The Edgar Thompson fouudry of Mobih*, Ala., has been awaided the contract for furnishing castings for a marine road in Nova Scotia. The low price of Alabama iron gave this foundry a great advantage over all competitors. A five-story building in Wheeling, W. Ya., collapsed yesterday, killing j six men. The building was con- j demned a year ago. The price of kerosene oil has ad? vanced 17 cents on the barrel in two days with a tendency to further ad? vance An extra freight on the Southern Railway ran into a slide West of Marion, N. C., last night, and engi-j neer Lee and fireman Early were! killed A negro who said his name was Mitchell went to Atlanta six weeks! ago, soliciting funds from his race Ile stated that a case against the "Jim Crow" car law was pending in the United States Supreme Court Mitchell told it that Robert Ingersoll, ex-Governor Iloadly and other heavy weight lawyers had been retained to represent the colored race in the fight It would take $10,000 to pay the lawyers, he said. His people in Georgia subscribed liberally. Bish? op Turner gave $100 A few days ago it was learned that Mitchell was a fraud When he found that his re? cord was being looked up, he skip? ped. Ile got $1,500 from the ne? groes of Georgia and married a school teacher, who finds that Mitch? ell has a wife in Minneapolis, Minn. The Florida Senate has adopted a resolution extending sympathy and encouragement to the Cuban revolu? tionists. The price of dressed beef has been advanced and the report has been circulated that the great Western packers had formed a pool Nelson Morris, George F. Swift and Armour & Co , say that there ie no pool, but that the advance is due to the scarci? ty of cattle. The receipts of cattle this are 300,000 behind last year. Henry L. Steliman,- of Rohores town, Pa , set fire to his cigar factory and then surrendered, asking to be locked up. He is insane. The overseers of Harvard College has granted permission to the Athle? tic Association to cont nue the game of foot ball, if the e* ils now com? plained of are remedied.. There are now 829 patients in the Asylum, Columbia. Fred Miller has reached Jackson? ville, Fla., having walked from New York in sixty-seven days The dis? tance is 1,300 miles. Arkansas has appropriated ?10,000 for a State exhibit at the Atlanta Ex? position. The steamship Harold entered the Latchford lock of the Manchester, England, Ship Canal at fuil speed, smashed the gates, passed through and dropped sixteen feet into the water below. The gates weigh three hundred tons. One sank and the other hangs across the lock. The attendants closed and bound with hawsers the upper gates, thus pre? venting the disaster which other? wise would have resulted from the sixteen-feet difference of the water levels. The Harold was much dam? aged. The Standard Oil Co., is advancing prices of oil every day. The Whiskey Trust has gone to pieces ?nd all save three directors have resigned. Senator Palmer has announced his determination to fight the proposition to commil; the Illinois Democracy to free silver. Two children were killed by light? ning in West Philadelphia. The water of the Dead Sea yields about, two pounds to the gallon of saline substances. April 12. Gov. Morton, of New York, has sent a special message to the Legisla? ture recommending an appropriation for an exhibit at the Atlanta Exposi? tion. The Welis-Fargo treasure wagon was held up near Cripple Creek, Colo? rado and ?15,000 taken. The guard wa? shot and beat aud wil die. lu a drunken row af Murphy. N. C.. two brothers named Cross were killed aod Neal Newman wis dangerously wounded. The Sivanuah stearn rice mill, ooe of the oldest in the country was burn? ed, last night. Loss ?72,000, insurance ?60,000. Loss on rice, $35,000, fully iusured. Kinney Gore, of White City, Ma., suspected of being the bead of a gang of cattle thieves, was taken out and whipped by White Caps. Ho was ordered to leave thecouDtry ai ouce, which ho did. Ground was broken yesterday for the Woman's buildiog at the Atlanta Ex? position Mrs Joseph Thompson president of the woman's board lifted the fir.-t spadeful! of earth The >aie of potage stamps W the last quarter amounted to 310,405,571, the greatest for a like period io the his? tory of the government. Noah H. Way, of Stone Mountaiu. Ga . cut his tl;roat yesterday. He had become insane from grief over the death of his wife. The Florida Senate bas appointed a ? committee to investigate the charges ! made by ex-Governor Harrison Reed j that there are fraudulent State bonds j outstanding. Perry the noted traio robber, and j four others prisoners, escaped from Mattewao, N. F., asylum last night The Atlantic Coast Line and the I Southern Railway have agreed to run no more races between Jacksonville and New York. Camp Ward, of Confederate Vete? rans, of Pensacola, Fla., has adopted a j resolution protesting again>t the pur- ! chase of the field of Appomattox for a National Park. --- Another Blow at the Tax. j A New Case to Test Other PoiDts Began Agaist the loc?me Tax. - NEW YORK, April 10-Charles j Allen has begun a suit in the Circuit Court of the United States fur the j Southern district of New York j against President Stuyvesant Fish and the directors of the Illinois Cen I tral Railroad Company to prevent them from paying tu the government j the income tax of 2 per cent on the j earnings of the company for the year ended December Si, 1894. Allen says in his complaint that he ! ! is a resident of Greenfield, Mass.. j i and that he is the holder of five ! ? shares of the capital stuck of the ' ; company. He contends that the in i come tax is unconstitutional because I it is a direct tax, but if it should be j I held that it is not a direct, lax, then ; I Allen maintains, that the tax is un collectable for the reason that it is not uniform, ?nany of the stockhold? ers of the Illinois Centrai having in? comes of less than $4,000, including the dividends from their holdings of the 6tock. Allen says that the tax is not uni ! form, furthermore, from the fact that i it is imposed upon only about 1 per j cent, ci* the population of the United j States, namely, those who have in j comes in excess of $4,000 a year de ? rived from personal property, while ? the remaining 99 per cent, of the j population are exempted from the I payment of the tax, although they j hold the greater part of ail personal property in the United States. Like? wise, mutual insurance companies, having assets of $1,200,000,000, are exempted, while companies organized on the stuck pian, with assets of $278,000,000, are made to pay the tax. Building and loan associations j are also relieved from the tax Jo i 8eph il. Choate and Clarence A. Seward, who have appeared in pre? vious cases against the income tax law, are counsel for Allen. Only Captured a Womau. The Counterfeit Stamp Makers too Sharp for the Officers. HAMILTON, ONT. April 10.-The fol I lowing particulars have been ascer I tain regarding the Canadian Novelty i Supply Co., charged with counterfeiting ! United States stamps: On April 1, a man giviog his name ! as George Morrison, and who said he j was engaged in buying and selling .bankrupt stocks, rented desk room in ! the store of Arthur Fish, a painter, of I ; No. 22 King William" street. Morri? son installed io this office as his secre? tary, a woman named Mrs. A. T. Mack, recently of East Twenty-third \ street. New York The woman was : given instructions and then Morrison I departed, ostensibly for the purpose of ! opening an office in Toronto. Following out Morrison's instructions ? Mrs. Mack wrote out an advertisement which was inserted in Printer's Ink, 10 Spruce street, New York City, offering to sell them. The advertisement was identical with one which appeared in the Chicago Tribune, and both adver? tisements brought numerous replies from would-be purchasers There is nothing about the premises to suggest a probability that stamps were manufactured there, although several two-ceot United States stamps were found lying in a pigeon hole of the desk. Mrs. Mack said she did not know if they were genuine. The woman was not very communi? cative and the officers are convinced that she knew more about the Morrison swindling schemes and his whereabouts than she is willing to acknowledge. At midnight Mrs. Mack was arrested and locked up Blank oouks vt ail kinds at H. G. Os teen ? Co's. Postage stamps alway* on hand at H. G. Osteen k Co's. Stationery Store. Our heuer halves say they could not ?eep bou?e without Chamberlain's Cough keru- : edy. It is used in more than hall' the homes in Leeds. Sims Bros , Leed?. Iowa. This I shows the esteem in which that remedy is ; ?jeld where it has been sold for years and is well known. Mothers have learned that there is nothing so good for colds, croup and whooping cough, that it cures these ailments qaickly and permanently, and that it is pleas? ant and safe for children to take. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by Dr. A. J. China. A Call to Ex-Confederates. Major Gen. Crittenden Urges the Veterans to Attend the Great Re? union at Houston, Texas, as the Railroad Companies Offer Very Low Rates. HEADQUARTERS S. C., Div., U. C. V., GREENVILLE, S. C., April 9, 1895. General Order No. ll 1. The attention of camps of United Confederate Veterans of this division is called ro tiie"great reunion which is to be held at. Houston, Texas, ou the 22d, 23d and 24fh of May proximo, and to the importance of their being fully rep? resented upon that occasion. Business of great importance will come before tlie Convention, and probably the elec tioo of dividion commanders, (by State delgations,) as their respective ttrros of office, with non-eligibility to re-election under the constitution, have expired. 2. Railroads throughout the South have agreed to issue tickets to veterans at one cent per mile, limited to ten days, which will probably be extended to twenty-five days, while our comrades iu IVxas are anxious to receive us with warmest welcome and unstinted hospi? tality. 3. The constitution prescribes that each camp shall annually, during or before the month of April, transmit to Adjt. Gen. George Moorman; New Orleans, La., a complete roll of its membership with ttie annual dues of ten cents for each member 4. This dividion LOW ranks six io the number of its camps, haviug thirty four camps in full fellowship, and old soldiers throughout the State, in every neighborhood where fifteen or twenty veterans can be found, are cordially invited to form camps immediately, and provide for representation at the approaching reuoion. By order of S S Crittenden, Major General South Carolina Division, U. C. V. JAS. G. HAWTHORNE, Adjutant Gener. Newspapers throughout the State are respectfully requested to copy. - HT- ???*? -ra Ths Boom in Oil. PITTSBURG, April ll.-The rapid upturn in oil of the past week con? tinues. The Standard Oil Company til is morning announced that they would pay $1 50 per barrel at their agencies. This is an advance of 15 cents since yesterday. On tbe Oil City exchange, sales were made at ; ?1.63 1-2 this morning Oil has sold I as high as $1.80 on the Oil City ex ! change to-day. The market has J since reacted and is now offered at $i 70. Many oil men think oil will sell at ? 2 per barrel or over. --^mm*--+- a- - Charles II. of England delighted io Chaucer, and thought him the greatest I poet that ever lived. Gladstone computes that the habitual speakers of the English language have increased from 15,000,000 fo 105,000, 000 during the last 100 years, and that they will number 120,000,000 by th end of the year 1900. At tba? rate of increase, which is seven-fold each century, such speakers will include oot less than 840,000,000 by the end of the year 2000. Mr. Harry de Wiodt, who bas trav? eled extensively in Siberia, io lectur? ing recently on "The Prisons of Si? beria'7 io London, said that there are about 230 prisons in that country, two thirds of w-hich are resting-places aloog the great post road to the Pacific. To these about 17,000 persons a year have been sent from Russia during the last fifteen years. The silver mines of NertchiDsk, near the Chinese frootier, are the only ones where convicts are employed. The prisons there are clean and substantially built; the food and clothing good and sufficient. The con ditiou of the miners is substantially the same as that of English mioers, ex? cept that they do less work. That Tired Feeling Means danger, lt is a serious condition and will lead to disas? trous results if it is not over? come at once, lt is a sure sign that the blood is impoverished and impure. The best reined}' ia HOOD'S Sarsaparilla Which makes rich, healthy blood, and thus gives strength and elas? ticity to the muscles, vigor to the brain und health and vitality to every part of the body. Hood's Sarsaparilla positively Makes the Weak Strong *. 1 was troubled for a long time with a tired feeling and loss of appetite. Alter taking thr -o boil I-'- of Ho.-d's Sarsapa? rilla wfth-Uood's Vegetable Pills, my strength is coining bark and my appetite is restored tor which I am grateful.*' >,!)..>;. liv KULK, 46 Hassell Sr., Charlston, $. C. Hood's and Only Hood's Hood's Pills VRXjSdOS'?