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The South Still Grows. Many New Enterprises are Being Started. By Southern Associated Press. BALTIMORE, MD., July 18 -Special report? to the Manufacturers' Record show that, notwithstanding the mid? summer heat, the business interests throughout the South contine to ex? pand. A dispatch from a special cor? respondent, who has be^ n investigat? ing the coal aud iron interests of Virginia, says : "Throughout the length and breadth of the Shenandoah Valley, the growing revival in busi- j ness is clearly shown." Particulars ! are given regarding the great salt and soda ash plant just completed in Southwest Virginia at an expendi? ture of over $2,000.000 by New York and English capitalists. It is:expected that this plant will largely meet the demand heretofore filled by English manufacturers for nitrate of soda, soda ash and similar products Some five or six railroad enterprises, involving the con? struction of from 10 to 60 miles of road each, having been reported daring the week, including one com- j pany organized in Baltimore to build a line across the peninsular of Mary j land and Delaware, to the seas?iore ! A construction company with a capi- j tal of ?250,000 has taken the con tract lor this road. A large water-power in North Car- ? olina has been purchased and will be developed on a large scale. A $30J 000 company has been organized in the State to purchase another water power and build a 15,000 spindle cotton mill with the expectation of largely increasing the size of this mill. In South Carolina a ?150,000 cot? ton mill company has been organized at Lancaster, and at Weldon. X. C , a contract bas beeu let for a 12,000 spindle mill. Two cotton seed oil mill companies, each with a capital ? of $25,000, have been organized, one | in Texas and one in South Carolina. Among other enterprises reported for the week were a basket factory to employ 100 hands in Alabama; a cot? ton ginning and compress company to erect gins and presses in Arkan? sas, a ?200,000 gold mining company in Atlanta, $9,000 electric plant in Missouri, a ?i0.000 machinery com? pany in Maryland and a large number of miscellaneous enterprises through? out the South. Division in Darlington. The Reform Executive Committee I Offers Squat Division. DARLINGTON, July 19.-At a meet? ing of the executive committee of the Reform faction held at Flinn's Cross Roads to-day they rescinded their resolution adopted at the meet? ing held at Oats Cross Roads some time ago, a:id resolved to equally divide the delegates to the Constitu tiona! convention between the two ! factions, the Conservative delegates j to be absolutely untrammelled. The resolutions read thus : "We, the executive committee of! the Reform faction, at a regular meeting at Flinn's Cross Roads, passed the following resolution, viz : ? "That we agree and pledge our j influence that in the approaching pr i marv each ticket shall co?tai n the names of two Conservatives and two Reform candidates to be voted for in the general election as delegates to the Constitutional convention, to be selected from candidates of each factiou who shall go before the peo? ple, and that the two from each fac? tion receiving the highest number of votes sha'l be the ticket to be voted i in the general election, and that j there shall not be less than three ? candidates from each faction.'" The Conservatives say there are one or two practical difficulties ; one is to get three or more candidates to ' be voted for in the primary, for some will certainly be defeated. The Conservatives have not yet accepted, but it is very probable that they will, if they can get the requisite number of candidates to run 6o that two can be selected The Reform candidates are Mr A J. A. Penitt and Mr. Il C Burn, two very good men.- Tk? State. To Unite Forces. No official statement has been made, but it was learned yesterday on very good authority that when Lawyer McMaster for William Shep? pard, and Mr B. L Abney, who has been associated with hit:?, go before Chief Justice Fuller to ask for the release of Sheppard on a writ of habeas corpus, that Mr J. P. K Bryan, of the Charleston bar, will accompany them, and will ask Justice Fuller to hear him in refer- j ence to one of his Charleston cases, BO that the whole dispensary law will come under review, and all doubts as to its legality may be ' settled at the earliest possible mo? ment. It is also stated that the amount of ?300 proposed to be raised at first to carry the Sheppard Case to the Supreme Court has been increas? ed nearly ten fold and that the at? torneys will have about $2,000 to divide among them when the matter is ended.-The State. FAIRFIELD WILL MAKE ! THE FIGHT. ---- i Anti-Tillmanltes Won't Touch the j Irby Primary-Straightouts Nominated. Special to The State. WIK.VSBORO, July 20 -The Demo? cratic county convention met here to-day. It was unanimously decided j not to go into a primary with the Tillmauites, but to nominate a lull ticket to be run at the general elec- j tion as delegates to the Constitution- I al convention. The following gentlemen were j nominated : Gen John Bratton. Maj | T. W. Woodward, James IV. Hana- j han and T. L. Bulow. These are all staunch straightouts and will canvass the county in behalf of an honest Constitution. The convention also passed r?solu- ; tiou8 asking the other counties in the State to organize on Democratic principles at once and send delegates to a convention to be held in Colum- ? bia for the purpose of raaKi?g the fight throughout the entire State ! Our people are thoroughly aroused to the importance of the issue before I them and are determined to make a j stubborn fight to maintain their liber- j ties. i RICHLAND'S CANDI? DATES. I _ The Men Who Will Stand for? - Election to the Convention m Bichland County. Messrs. John T. Sloane, jr , H. j Cowper Patton, John J. McMahan | and Leroy F. Youmans have filed \ their pledges as Conservative candi- I dates for the Constitutional conven- j tion and will go before the primary on the 20th. Messrs. Wilie Jones j aud J. B. Dent are the Reform can- j didates. It is said that Gen. Youmans was i induced to permit the use of his | came only after great pressure, aud under impression that there would be \ co other ticket in the field. The I other gentlemen are volunteer candi? dates, who have been working for a compromise ticket in Richland, and have given evidence of their faith by announcing themselves as candi? dates. There promises to be a sharp con? test in Richland at the general elec? tion, as the present ticket is not at all acceptable to the straightout ele? ment. DISASTER ON THE DEEP. Terrible Loss of Life m a Collision : at Sea. _ ! ! LA SPEZZIA. Italy, July 2.1.-A ter- j rible accident, resulting in the loss of 143 lives, occurred near the mouth o( the Gulf of Spezzia to-day At half past 1 o'clock this morning the steam- j ers Ortigia and Maria P. ran into each : other and the latter vessel was so badly damaged that she sank io a very short j time. The Maria P had OD board, in addition to her crew, ITS passengers, ; bouod from Naples from the River ] Plate, by far the larger part o( whom ; were emigrants. The night was pitch dark when thc collision occurred aud the scene on j board the sinking steamer almost de lies description. Most of the passen-j gers were asleep in their bunks at the j time, and were awakened by the j crashing of the steamer's plates, deck beams and dock planks. They were ? panic stricken and rushed pell mell on deck, where they ran hither and j thither calling upon the saints to save them. From the reports of the disaster re? ceived here, it is imponible to deter mine whether aoy attempt was made by the Maria P. to clear away and launch her small boats, to attempt to rescue the passengers, but. judging from the accounts given by the sur? vivors, ic is surmised the steamer went dowo too quickly to allow of .this being done, though one boat got away. The blackness of the night added to the terror of those one board, and it is tiu dersfond that some of the passengers, crazed with fear, jumped overboard The force of fhe collision was rerrific. The Ortigia struck the Maria P. squarely on tho starboard side ;jnd her stem penetrated the ill-fated steamer for a distance of eighteen feet. When she backed out a great volume of water poured through the orifio and the ves? sel beean almost immediately to sor? tie . No mention is made of the Or? tigia lowering her boats to attempt, to rescue the imperilled people on the Maria P Whether the former ves-el was damaged or not is nor known The survivors are in such a mental 1 condition, that it is impossible as yet to get any connected story, but from the statements of some of the crew, it ap? pears that the disaster was the fault of the Ortigia. A BATTLE IMMINENT. MADRID, July 21.-A dispatch from Havana skates that Gen. Navarro, with 2,000 men, ha? arrived at Bayamo ar.d relieved Gen. Campos who was in a critical position in that city. Col. Aldane. with a battalion, is expected to arrive at Bayamo very shortly. A decisive battle is immi? nent. The Silver Committee. \ i - It Concludes Its Work at Chicago-The Recommen- j dations. CHICAGO, July 19 -The national silver committee of oue from each State and Territory, appointed at the Mem? phis silver convention, finished its work to-day. Judge Henry G. Miller, of Chicago, who is now acting as oue of the judges of the Horr-Harvey debate, was selected as permanent chairmau, aud J. H Acklen permanent secretary. The following executive committee was j uatned : A J. Warner, of Ohio, A Walcott, of Indiaua, N. C. Blanchard, of Louisiana, George E. Bowen, of Chicago aud Judge A. J. Bucker, of Colorado. Three bureaus for the dis- j semination cf silver literature aud the ! promulgation of the 16 to 1 platform ; will be established by the committee- I ooe in Chicago, oue in Nashville aud the third in Sao Francisco. The fol- ? lowing resolutions were adopted : Whether the single gold standard, ! with increasing debt aud consequent servitude for the masses of the people, : shall be made perpetual in this country, j or whether the constitutional standard of gold and silver, with better prices for the product of labor aud safe con- ' ditioDS for busiues3, shall be restored ! must be decided by the people at the election in 1896. "The issue is between the gold staud- : ard, gold bonds aod a cootraciog cur reocy ou the one side, and a bimetallic standard, no bonds and a sufficient cur? rency ou the other. .'Believing that the time has come j when those who hold this issue to be ! paramojut io importance to all other questions should make a common cause and should unite their efforts to secure the establishment of these principles, the ez?cutive committee appointed at ; the Memphis silver convention June 12 \ and I'S, 1895, earnestly recommends : ..1. The organization of bimetallic : leagues throughout the entire country which all those who believe in the re- ; storatiou of the free ^ud uolimited coinage of silver at thy existing ratio of 16 to 1 independently of the action of any other nation shall be invited to joiu "2. That a committee of five be ap pointed to take charge of this move? ment, to provide and distribute litera- j ture, to place organisers and speakers j in the field and otberwUe to advance j the cause of bimetallism as in their ! judgment they shall think best. **3. Each member of the National j Committee ?8 authorized to select a chairmau for each county of his State, and the chairman so selected may ap? point in each district of bis county and in each ward of au incorporated town aod city, three members to cunen ute a cbuuty committee, which committee shall orgaoize bimetallic leagues, i Where counties or States have already ; acted and organizations have been formed, said organizations shall be re- ! organized The chairmen of the re- ; spective couuty committees shall con? stitute a State committee." The Boycott of Bank Bills, j In the Nature of Things it Can Have IVo Serious Effect. WASHINGTON, July 19 -The publi-1 cation of Grand Master Workman | Sovereign's boycott against national bank notes naturally attracted a great deal of attention and was very ? generally discussed as to its effect, if any, upon the condition of the treas- j ury, the circulation of money and I the payment of obligations. Secre- '. tary Carlisle said that the boycott would not affect the treasury or its j condition. National bank notes, it was stated, as between individuals were not a legal tender and could 1 be refused if offered by one indivi? dual to another and declined without in the least impairing the validity of; the debt. The same is true of gold and silver certificates ; neither are they legal tender, but simply the representative of a gold or silver dollar, wnich is a legal tender be? tween individuals and between the Government and individuals. But either national bank notes or the certificates would be redeemed on presentation at the treasury with legal tender. In the case ol' a national bank note the bank of issue could put it again in circulation or allow it to be retired as it chose. Treasury officials express the opin? ion that while a general and iron clad boycott of national bank notes by labor unions would, pei hups, cause temporary embarrassment, it could have no permanent effect, as stripped o? all technical surroundings it was a boycott against the Government itseif on til?? patt of a portion of its citizens, which was in itself, they said, an absurdity Whatever objec? tions, it was pointed out, that, may exist against the national bank svs tem under the present law could only be remedied by a repeal or modifica? tion ol' those laws and not by a boy? cott, as an attack on the system such as that instituted by (?rand Master Sovereign resolves itself into an at? tack on the Government itself. Secretary Hoke Smith left Wash? ington at ll o'clock to night for his home at Athens, Ga While away he will make three speeches in that State on the financial question, be? ginning at Gainesville on Tuesday next. A GREAT DEBATE. THE DISPENSARY AND PRO? HIBITION TO BE COM? PARED. For a number of years past "reform? ers" of all creeds have met at Asbury Park to discuss the ways aod meaos of makiog better the cooditioo of the hu? man race. Of course cranks were al ways to be found there, but the project seems to have been founded in an earn est desire to accomplish something and to solve, if possible, the many vexing questions of life. This year the most important subject j for discussion is the solutiou of the j liquor problem, and as might have been J expected, Senator Tillman, as the best I informed mau in South Carolina on the "great moral institution," which he bad something todo with fouudiog, has ; been asked to tell the "reformers" bow ; South Carolina is dealing with the liquor problem. He is to be met in de- ? bate by Ex-Governor St. John, of Kan- ! sas, who will advocate prohibition, pure '. and simple as the best means of settling the matter. The debate between these ? two interesting and phenomioal ''re- i formers" has been fixed tor the 8th of: August. It is said that the junior Senator ! from South Carolina will attempt to ; make the speech of his life on that oc? casion, and the presidential bee will bzz 1 very loud.- Thu State. What's the Matter Witn Wyman ? JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 19.-The dispatch from Washington quoting Sur? geon General Wyman as saying that he had taken steps "to prevent the annual outbreak of yeilow fever in the South,"! has caused great indignation in Florida, I and some severe things are being said i about the surgeon general. Dr. George Troup Maxwell, one of the most prominent physicians of i Florida, and a yellow fever expert, says: ; "When surgeon General Wyman pub? lished and circulated the statement ; that there are 'annual outbreaks of yel? low fever ia the South' he disseminated ' a calumny, knowing that hi? declara- j tion is false and injurious to this section. That the statement is absolutely untrue is as weil known to Surgeon General Wyman as to any intelligent citizen of the State. This is the mao who wishes to assume a protectorate over the health ioterests of a section of the Union for which his hostility is eo intense that he does not scruple to employ falsehood to gratify his bite." WYMAN DENIES THE CHARGE. WASHINGTON, July 19.-Surgeon General Wyman denied the insinuations of the telegram from Jacksonville, j Fla , and asked that equal prominence be given his statement with the Florida ! message. "I never used such lao guage/.' be said. "I have not made a ! report of the health of Florida, nor ! touched upon the subject of yellow fever in any report this year. The writer of the telegram has gone out of his way to attack me without basis of fact. I positively deny the use of lan? guage attributed to me in that mes sage ? Ruth, Esther, Marion. Buzzards Bay, Mass . July 19. The President and Mrs. Cleveland have named the little girl, now twelve days old, Marion Cleveland. As in the case of both Ruth and Esther, no mid? dle name is given. It is not at present knowo, of course, what induced the parents to select this name, but it will be readily recalled that it was at the charming town of Marion, on Buzzards Bay, that Mrs. Cleveland spent ber first summer in New England, and where she made many warm personal friends, besides becoming very much attached to the place. Four Little Darkies. A uer STA, Ga , July 21 -What ap? pears to be a mysterious killing, oc? curred to-day near Hamburg, S. C., which is on the other side of thc Savannah river from Augusta Four negro boys were out walking on the railroad track. They liad a pistol and as a result, one of them, Tommie Simpkins, is now dead, shot with a bullet near his heart. The boys at first claimed that the killing was done ? by white mon but later acknowledged that theyr were playing with the pis? tol, and "some liuw" it went ufl" and Simpkins was killed, lie was only 15 years old. The three boys are in ?ail The affair will bo investigated to-morrow by the coroner of Aiken county. AFRAID OF BJBING DUPED. JACKSONILLE, FLA., July 21 -One hundred negro laborers engaged by B II Hopkins for a Birmingham ;igen? to go to Central America to work on the | construction of a uew railway, were to have departed this morning, but at the la.-t minute flunked, they having beeo told that they were to be carried to Cuba to fight for or against the Span? iards The negroes were much wrought up over the subject and could not be persuaded that their employers did not inteod to dupe them. Mr. Hopkins has received orders for one thousand ne? groes to be sent in installments of one hundred each wrek, but he now fears 1 their credulity will prevent bin filling j more tbao a email part of the order. Washington Letter. WASHINGTON, D. C., July, 22,95.' Verily, the summer madness is on those who are jumping all over Secre? taries Olney, Carlisle and Herbert and Attorney General Harmon, who attended a special cabinet meeting last Friday afternoon, because they declined to tell what was considered at that meeting, Since when, pray, has it been, the custom for members of the Cabinet to take newspapers into their confidence to that extent? There are reasons-good ones-for keeping secret for the present the business of that meeting and abuse will not change them. A bit of the same sort of business is the abuse heaped upon Comptroller Bowler, because he has notified a beet sugar company of Nebraska that he has doubts of the constitutionality of the Act making an appropriation to pay sugar bounties, and request? ing them, through their iawyers, to present arguments on the subject. Mr. Bowler is only performing his duty In a decision in a suit brought to compel payment of sugar bounty the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia has declared the bounty law to have been, in its opinion, unconstitutional. What then is wrong about Comptroller Bowier demanding to have his doubts remov? ed before approving the payment of public money ? That is exactly what the office of Comptroller exists for. Treasury officials are not disposed to regard seriously the proposed boy? cott of national bank currency by the Knights of Labor. They say that even if the boycott be carried out ac? cording to programme it would not affect the Treasury in the slight est manner, although it would probably result in lessening the amount of money in circulation, as the National Banks would doubt? less soon withdraw a greater portion of their notes The notes of Nation? al Banks represent less than one fifth of the circulating money of the United States, the total being less then $212.000,000 It is difficult to see what would be gained by boy? cotting national bank currency. True, the National Bank notes are not legal tender, as betwen individu? als; neither are the gold and silver certificates, but they can be turned into legal tender so easily that their refusal would amount to nothing. Should National Bank Notes be refused all their holders would have to do would be to present them to the Treasury for redemption and re? ceive legal tenders for them. The Knights of Labor are on the wrong track. The National Banking Sys? tem, under present laws, is far from being perfect or even half way satis? factory, but there is only one way to fight it without fighting the United States Government, and that is through repeal or amendment of the laws by Congi ess. Neither the Knights of Labor nor any other or? ganization, civil, religious or military is strong enough to successfully boy? cott the United States Government, and that is just exactly what a literal carrying out of that order of Sover? eign's would mean Ex-Speaker Crisp is in Washing? ton, but will sail this week for Europe, where he will remain until the fall, for the benefit of his health, which, while much better than it was during the last session of Congress, is still far from robust Judge Crisp simply laughs at the story that he is running away from Georgia to eseape the Silver discussion now going on in the State. He says the people of Georgia know better than that ; also, that they know his position in favor of silver is the same now that it has been for years. A business man from New York thus sizes up the political outlook : "The prospects of the democrats are brightening all the time. Anybody who doubts that statement knows but little of what is going on. Wages are being advanced, mills are running night arid day,and American manufac turers, thanks to free raw materials,are beating their European competitors in the most distant markets of the earth. This is proof positive that with equal chances as to material the manufacturer ot" the United States could not only hold his own against the foreigner, but could drive him off the field. Ex-Secretary Whitney is, I think, the strongest man the demo? crats could nominate for president " Secretary Olney wus asked when he cann; to Washington the other day if the President had given any consideration to another issue of bonds in the near future. His reply was short and decisive. He said : "Such <t thing has not been consider? ed by any member of the administra? tion. In tact, there is no necessity for such consideration, as the finan? ces are in good shape, there is plenty of money in the treasury and the gold reserve is ail right.'' Surely that ought to be plain enough to stop the silly bond story, started for the purpose of doing hann, but of course, it won't Some people would rather lie any day than tell the truth An Argument For Gold WASHINGTON, July 22.-The Depart? ment of Agriculture will next week is? sue a bulletin devoted to the cotton crop. An interesting feature will be a tabulation of figure* showing the value and prices of cotton for the past 100 years. It is understood that Secretary j i I Morton will argue that these figures do ! oot support the contention that the market price of cotton has fallen a< a I result of the demonetization of silver, and that the low ralue of that staple is due to the present relation niver bears to the money metal of this coun? try. The figures, it is said, will prove that during the periods wheo the pro? duct of gold was the greatest and sil? ver was still admitted to our minis for free coinage, the value o? cotton was lower than at other periods since silver was demonetized. The Treasury Lost $1,000, OOO of Reserve. WASHINGTON, July 19.-Secretary ; Carlisle, in accordance with his al : most invariable rule, declined this j afternoon to express an opinion as tc ! the effect on the gold reserve, the ; shipment abroad of $1.000,000 of that j coin would have. Late this after j noon a telegram came from Assistant ; Treasurer Jordan, at New York, 1 stating that W. II. Crossman & Bro . ! had taken out $1,000,000 for expert. I Tin's shipment will reduce the treas ' arv gold reserve to about $103,800, 000. Since July 1st, by withdraw? als of gold for redemption purposes, the treasury has lost about $1,50?, 000 In that time, however, gold gains from mintage have partly offset I this loss so that the net loss to the gold reserve is only about $670,000. The fact that 6tich a large gold : shipment is now made, following as it does, those of smaller amounts for < a week past, is causing treasury ? officials to inquire if this is the begin ' ning of an extended gold export ; movement. With sterling exchange at the high rate it is now command? ing-$-4.90 and over-it is calculated i at the department that it would cost ! $7,500 to go into the Xew York ? market and buy exchange for $1, ' 000,000 of gold deliverable in Lon ; don. The cost of export, if the gold : is taken from the New York sub i treasury and actually sent by steamer, ? it is figured, would cost the exporter I only about ?2,500 or even less for I every $1,000,000. With the market j in this condition, treasury officials j can only hope for the best, which is that the commercial demand for ex? port will cease. This they expect will take place with the movement of the crops this fal!, if not before. KILLED IN A TABER? NACLE. Zaoesville, O., July 21.-A fatal windstorm, accompanied bj a heavy rainfall, burst upoo the camp grouods near Roseville, Ohio, this afternoon, uprooPog trees and overturoing buggies. The storm was cyclooic in fury aod be? fore it had spent itself, two persons were ? killed and several others severely iojur I ed. The storm, accompanied by a roar ! ing sound, burst over the camp ground j about 4 o'clock, while services were be ! iog held in the tabernacle, and ali ; was over io a few seconds A large \ tree was blown over, demolishing one ; coroer of tL? tabernacle, iostantlv ktli ; ing Mrs Clement Wilson, of Zanes i ville, her skull being crushed in. Pat ! rick Deselm, of Zaoesville, was eaught ' by the falliog tree aod bis breast crush ! He died ao hour afterward. Miss Clea Ansel, of Saltillo, had her left teg j crushed; Lydia Jenkins, age 16, of i Zaoesville, was struck OD the head by j flyiug timber and seriously injured, i Several other persons received light ic I juries. The dead and injured were j brought to this city this evening. The Asheville Conference. ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 22.-Visit? ing ministers preached yesterday tc large congregations at the various churches in this city. Amoog the speakers were Dr. J M. Potts. Greensboro, Ala. : Dr. V. W Tevis Indiana, and Dr. J. \\r. Daoiel. of Sumter, S. C. At oight Bible-in-hacc meetings were held at the leading churches, conducted by Dr H A. White, of Lexington, Ya; Dr. J. E Gilbert, Washington. D. C.. and I-r. James Atkins. Abbeville. Immense congr?gations were present at the school of English Bible, held daily. Four hundred were preseot this morn? ing, and th.-: crowds are steadily in? creasing at the general conference. Effectual.-Charles J. Booth, Olivewcoc. Cal., says : * ? have used Ayer*s :':;:> i:. tay tam?v for s-ver:il \e-*rs, ?nd have always t"oi;i;d them mast -ffectusil in the relie! * : ii - men ts nri-inj; from a disordered stoics.... torpid liver, siod constipated bowels. World's Fair /g/O^? medal WVwcRLDsyfe/ And Diploma >C Pt-^^ Awarded MER'S CHERRY PECTORAL THROAT /fMSh and ' tel MEDAL 1<I| LUNG foW?W^ COMPLAINTS NOTICE. I WANT every man and woman in thc United States interested in the Opium and Whisky aabits to have one of my book* on these dis? eases. Address B. M. Woolley. Atlanta, ^a. 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