Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Betweea^Reed and Allison. How the Campaign for the Presidency Next Year la Shaping Itself. Politically speaking, Thomas Brack ets Reed is still io the woods, but not so far away as to be beyond telegraphic and mail communication with the poli tical centres. Just at present Mr. Reed's streugth is growing to proportions alarming to his opponents and, although be is iu the woods, he knows it The managers of his campaign are Joseph H Maaley, one of the Repub lican National Committee's big tour; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, W. Mur ray Crane, National Coroiuirteeman from Massachusetts, and James Phil Hps. Jr , of Fitchburg. The maxim of these gentlemen io affairs political is "Work, but don't talk." The restrit-of their labor is most ap parent in Pennsylvania, which has swung from the McKinley into tbe Reed column, as was exclusively re ported in the Herald on Tuesday. Thomas C. Platt and Mr Manley bave long had an ao'<er>T?ii?dir?g that New. York'* second ch ?ine should b? Mr Reed, but because of Mr Reeds anti-McKinley tariff speech in Ann Arbor, Mich ?which was mire a driv* at McKinley than at a protective tariff ?Pennsylvania maufacurers were in clined to look askance at the ex-Speak er's Presidential aspira:ions. Mr. Reed's mauagers, with his help, have pacified tbe Pennsylvani?n*. ??? suring them that the Maine candidate's belief in a protective tariff is as strong as any republican candidate's and have also assured them that ex-Speaker Reed will look after their interests. While the Reed men contend they are making inroads into McKinle/s following in they south, they will not make any estimates of strength, because ! they knew that Mr. Reed has got to pia cate and harmonize tbe republican fac tions in the Fift7-foarth Congress before he can safe! lay claim to any actual strength outside of New England. But as conditions are at present for mer Speaker Reed will probably go into the National Convention assured of the support of Pennsylvania, and of New York after Morton's chances are gone. significaotact for a the under standing between Mr. Quay, Mr. Platt and Mr. Manley is 'be relation which Mr. Allison's candidacy bears to Mr. Reed's James S. Clarkson aod Sen ator Quay are very near friends, and the Pennsylvania leader, it is under stood, will support Mr Allison as sec ond choice. Mr. Clarkson will make the Fifth Avenue Hotel his headquarters this winter, aod will direct the Allison canvass from this city instead of from Iowa, because New York is the political centre of the country He believes that a Western man will be nominated, and that, with so many prominent candidates in tbe field, to be tbe second choice of a majority of the delegates would make Mr Allison in reality the strongest candidate. Another of Mr. Allison's managers who is making New York his head quarters is Colonel Henry L. bwoHs, Sergeant-at Arms of the Nati on a! Com mittee. Tbe Iowa Senator will have the solid delegation from his own State, and on tbe first ballot, so his friends say, will get votes from Delaware, Ne braska, Kansas, Colorado, California, Oregon. Nevada and Utah.?N. Y. Herald. Capital is Timid. How the Fear of Unfriendly Legis lation Frightened Intending Investors. Special to The State. Sabtanbcrg, Oct. 2.? Mr. Grange S Coffin, president of the Enoree cot ton mill, has beeu deeply interested in building a mill at Hill shoal*. After 6?x months cf hard work he secured the necessary subscriptions, took an option on the property and applied for the charter for the company. On the same day the notice of the charter was printed in tbe papers there appeared also a resolution introduced in tbe conven tion by Senator Tillman to the effect that all factory towns shall be incor porated Within twelve hours after the sug gestion of this proposed legislation Mr. Coffin began getting telegrams from cap italists asking to withdraw their sub sriptions, and in two days practically the whole amount was withdrawn and the scheme had to be abandoned. The option has been surrendered. While tbe failure of the enterprise is a very great disappointment to Mr. Coffin, who was to be president of the company. Cuban Flag in Key West Key West, Fla., Oct 4At a meet ing of tbe city commissioners last night a petition signed by most of the promi nent business men requesting that the Cuban flag be displayed over the city hall on the 10th inst., in honor of tbe first attempt for Cuban liberty was presented and the request granted. It j was ordered by the board that the ! stare and stripes with tbe Cuban flag Be displayed as requested. There is I much rejoicing among the Cubans over j the fact. Well-Doneu Convention! We desire to record oar hearty ap provai of the decision of the Coustitu tional Convention holding to our long spftled refusal ?o allow any divorces in South Carolina, and declining iti any manner to recede from the saf? positi ?n of our State in that vital question. Well-done, gentlemen of the Conven tion. You bave done well for me civi lization and Christianity of <>ur com monwealth. ?Ohr ist io Ad cocote No Divorces in South Caro lina. After a prolonged debate the South Carolina constitutional convention ha* decided to stand by the time-honored policy of the state in the matter of di vorce laws. It was the sentiment of the conventon that no divorce should be granted for any cause whatever The debate was full of interest. On the one side it was contended that the high standard of morals in South ('aro lina was due to the i*acredness of the carriage relation, and to the practical onrrying out of the rule that husband acd wife should take each other for bet ter or worse until death parted them. The other side argued for divorce on the scriptural ground of adultery, but it was without avaii. U came our in the discussion that nearly every news paper io the state, nearly every preacher and tht; majority of the people opposed a divorce law. South Carolina is the orly state in the union in which it is impossible to obtain a divorce. Ir has been so from the first, with the -xception of a brief period of carpetbag rule. In those evil days alien legislators forced a divorce law upon the common wealth, butit was very uupopular, and its provisions were taken advantage of only by persons j from other states and the negro popu lation. Tue moment the whites re gained control they repealed the odious law If the South Caroiiniaus go to ex tremes in this matter they err on the side of virtue, it is better to have no divorces than to allow them upon the numerous and loose grounds permitted iu other states. In some i?arts of the country the marriage tie is hardly re- j spected because it is so easy for men and women to get rid of it and contract j new alliances. Under such a system j people are careless in selecting their parfoer9 for life, whereas in South Car- j olina it is regarded as a very serious business. Th? young tuen and women ! and their parents iu that state know that marriage is a solemn thing and that its j bonds cannot; be broken. Naturally, j this makes society more guarded in its j conduct towatrd strangers. Handsome j and magnetici 3dveuturers knock in vain for admission] into the society circles of Charleston a fid other cities iti South Caroliua. A?, man's credentials must be something'more than his outward appearance aiyd a well filled pocketbook. Before people,admit him to their fire sides and introduce him to their dangh j fers tbey want to know just who and j what he is, aind all about his antere dents Still it mast be admitted that it works j hardship in some cases for awomao to be compellod *o remain the wife of a man who turns oat a felon, a brutal rascal or a notoriously unfaithful hus band Bat this makes a woman all the more careful t<o select the right man for a husband. Whatever may be thought of the wisdom)of South Carolina's pol ? icy in this respect, it must be said that j for pure morality her husbands and j wives cannot be surpassed by those of I any civilized country in the world. One thing, hojwever, ought tobsdoLe, South Carolinajehould be liberal enough to recognize tb\e divorees granted in j other states. ev?n in case* where a per- j son goes from tfyat state to another and j getts the courts release him from his j matrimonial obligations. In such cases] there should be ?o legal ban upon the j parties or their ahildren by later mar liages if they should return to South j Carolina ?Adonia Constitution. South Carolin? Mas enjoyed the j distinction of beijng the one State without a divorce^ case on its re- I cords, and it seerrts determined to maintain that enviable distinction, as 1 shown by the large Vote in the con-! vention against recognizing divorce for any cause. With a significant; emphasis it sat down* on the propo-: eition to indirectly encourage divorce ! by refusing to recognise the divorce ; laws of other States, which applies, j we suppose, to divorces secured in other States by citiztens of South Carolina. This is intended to pre vent people who may be) dissatisfied \ with their marital relations from going to and temporarily) sojourning in those States and territories where divorcee are granted with "secrecy | and dispatch/' and theiA returning free to form other alliance^. South Carolina has recently done things j that do not add much to her prestige or fame, but in this she h^s done honor to herself and set an example ; that might be at least partially fol- j lewed by those States where the ef- ! fort seems to have been to make divorces easy instead of difficult.N? Wilmington Star. \j If your children are subject to eroup watch for the first symptom of the disease?hoarse ness. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given ?s soon as the child becomes hoarse it will prevent the attack. P>en after the croupy cough has appeared the attack can always be prevented by giving this remedy. It is also invaluable for colds and whooping cough. For sale by Dr.?A. J. China. Hold Your Cotton. Lane's Advice to the Farm ers?He Says they Should Get 10 1-2 Cents a Pound for it. sFtoui the Xew Orient;.-* -Democriti) Mr. Hector D Lane, president of the American Cotton Growers' Pro tective Association, yesterday issu d a circular to the Association, dated this city, advising them that they are masters of the situation, and begging them to hold their cotton until they get ten and one-half cents a pound. The circular is as follows : New Orleans, September 28, 1895. "To the American Cotton Growers' Protective Association : Twenty days ago, in advance of the bureau report, I issued circular staling the crop Conditions and warning you 3gainst I a hasty disposition or marketing of 1 your cotton. The cotton buyers and 'bear'speculators ridiculed that cir cular, but when it was more than confirmed by the Government bureau they began to have some respect for rny investigations "Since that time the crop has de teriorated to such an extent as to amount to a disaster No such weather has ever befoie been seen in the cotton districts. The worms: have continued to do great damage, and, even from districts like the Tal iahatchie River in Mississippi, where the crop was said to be good, comes reliable information of a 40 per cent. ? deficiency. "The best authorities put the j Texas output at 1,750,000 bales or lees The cotton plant is now prac tically dead throughout the South, and a frost to night would do but little if any damage. In my opinion this crop cannot exceed 6,500,000 bales maximum "Even Mr. Neill has been com pelled to reduce4 his estimate to a ! maximum of 7.000.00C or 7,250.000 j bales, with possibilities of much less. ; What he termed a 'possibility' when j his circular was issued is now an es tablished fact : audit ie difficult to see how Mr Neill, as a statistician, can fail to recognize this fact when | he issues his next circular "The situation as to the price of' cotton is plain The European man I uiacturers, relying upon mistaken in , formation given them about the size of this crop, ami not realizing in j time that the world is on a trade ;! boom, have sold manufactured goods ahead until Ju'y of next year. To ; make these goods they must have i your cotton or ruio themselves by violating their contracts They, as j well as the American spinners, are caught in a trap. This crop is too small for all of them to get their full shares. America, Mexico, Canada i and Japan will consume a minimum ? of 3,000,000 bales This will leave 3,500,000 bales to be distributed be- ? tween Great Britain and the Conti net, against 6,800,000 bales last ! year. This will wipe out the visible j supply and create a panic among i cottoti buyers. The price of cotton has come to stay, and to go very much higher. "Last year the manufacturers reap ed a golden harvest by buying five cent cotton. It is now your turn. They know that the crop is all open j and can be matketcd before D?*eem- ; beri. They expected yon to bite j at the bait held out by the present so-called 'great rise' and rush your cotton forward and press it for sale. They will then stay out of the mar ket hoping that the weight of the cotton offered would deprees the I price. 1 implore you not to do this. ' Sell, as they try to buy, from hand lo mouth. And before January you will have the American, English and Continental cotton buyers outbidding each other for every bale of cotton you have to sell "Do not be deceived by the advice of New York 'bear' circulars dis guised under a 'bull's' hide. Under present crop and trade conditions your cotton ie worth ten and one- ! half cents. Do not sacrifice it be cause last year it sold at five cents, and now is selling for eight and one- j half cents. Your obedient servant, "Hector D. Lane, "President of American Cotton j Growers' Protective Association " The Supreme court of Georgia held, ! in the recent case of Patterson vs ! Clark, that ordioarily where money is ! borrowed aod a promissory note given for the same, signed by the borrower as i principal aod another as surety, the ! money borrowed becomes the property of ' the principa!, and if used in paying off a j judgment against him tbe judgment is thereby extinguished; but if, before ! signing the note, the surety stipulated with the principal that the judgment should not become extinguished, but ! should remain open against the prioci- ! pal for the benefit of the surety io order to indemnify him against loss by reason of the suretyship, the payment of the original holder of the judgment with money thus raised did not extinguish and akisfy the judgment ? Bradstreets. ' j Bessonctte method of compress ing cotton was invented by a Texas mxin. As the cotton is ginned it is roBled out in bats aud wound around sielel cylinders with heavy pressure so tbiAt the bale when compiete is as hard a.<f wood, it needs no hoops or bagging tri bold it. It is covered with heavy d$ck to keep it clean. It is lire proof. The Deal Didn't Go Through. A man with a red nose which looked chronic and had the air of being legiti mately acquired, says the Louisville Times, called at the office of a big lite insurance company, and address ing flu? st r.ffici?! he happened to HitfM, said: ''Sir, I am i neu ted for ?5,000 in your company.7' "Well ?" "The policy, str?ng?* to say, is made out in the nain?' of my wife She has possession ol it " "Not strange-' at all, but eminently proper/' said tlu; official. "And if I could ?et hold ot the pol icy I would hock it," continued the man with the red nose, "but she keeps it hid I am here, however, for the purpose of making a proposition to you, and the whereabouts of the policy is neither here nor there. Are you op to a deal?" " We are," answered the official, coldly. "Weil, here is my plan Since I cannot raise anything on that policy, i spring upon you the following situation: Before nightfall ? shall be a dead man, and you'll have to pony np that $5,000 " "How do yon make that out?" de manded the official, in tones of sur prise "Simply because I cannot get a drink," replied the policy holder. "If wliiske}' is not forthcoming I perish 1 simply lie down and stifen out and you lose your money. A quarter of a dollar, however, will save my life and save you 5,000 bones Twenty five cents fixes me and I live. Without it I breathe my last and prove a dead loss to you If I survive however,my wife will go on paying premiums and who knows but I may become a centenarian ?" He looked anxiously at the official but the latter seemed to be frozen solid. "Do I get the quarter?" he de manded after a pause. "You do not" was the reply, in icy tones. "Veiy well," and he sighed heavi ly, ' that settles it Make out your death claims and things Fill up the check payable to the order of my weeping widow Charge me to profit and loss r He walked heavily out. - > - <>-- -ese? Look Tnrough Your Old Papers Confederate Postee Stumps wanted. Will pay (rood prios n>r ltieni Leave >iil stamps on original envelopes and '>rir:t_' or se-?d mentono-. ' C. D. SCHWARTZ, 3m. Su inter, S. C. Should TJso FEMALE REGULATOR. IT IS ft SUPERB TONIG and exerts a wonderful influence in strengthening her system by driving through the proper chan nel aii impurities. Health and strength are guaranteed to result ?rom its use. My wife was bedridden for eighteen months, after using BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGU LATOR for two months, is petting well.? J. M. JOHNSON, Malvera, Ark. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA. Sold by all Druggists at SI. 00 per bettle. Chamberlain's Eye and 3km Ointment Is unequalled for Eczema, Tetter, wSalt Rheurn, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites, Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids For :t.::c- by druggists at 25 cents per box. TC HOESE OW??SRS. For putting a horse in a fine healthy con dition try L'r. Cady's Condition Powders, They tone np the system, aid digestion, cure Joss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving, new life to an old or over-worked horse. 25 cents per package. For sale by druggists. For sale in Sumter bv Dr. A J China. OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER, S UM TER COUNTY. SuMTKit, S. C, Oer. 1, 1895. The Treasurer of Sumter County hereby gives notice that, bis books will be open at his office in the Court House from the 15th day of October. 1895. to the 31st day of December, 1895, inclu sive, for the collection of taxes for the fi-cal year 1894-1895. for Sumter County. The following are the rates per cen tum of the levy : For State purposes 4\ mills oo every dollar of the valuti of all taxable prop erty. For ordinary County purposes, 3 mills. For Constitutional School Tax, 2 mills. Making a total of 9.1, mills. Also the following additional levies j in the special School Districts eoumer a ted below : District No. 20?4 mills. District No. 18?2 mills. District No. 5?2 mills. District No 12?2 mills. District No. lb'?2 mills. Di-trict No. 1?2 mills. Also one dollar on ouch poll between ? the ages of 21 and 50 years. EL b SCARBOROUGH, County Treasurer. Oct. 2? \ I el?ool Books and cliool Supplies. School Trustees and School Teach- f I ers and others who buy School Books ? I in'small lots; can save money and time | eis et I by sending orders direct to f V j E (I OSTEEN & CO, ? Sumter, S. C. o-? Price Lists -and ??> Quotations I Furnished on application. ?OOOOOOOOO?OOOOOO?O?OOO ? o o O THE LARGEST ASSORT- O ? 31E XT OF ? & O O O STATIONERY AND O O BLANK BOOKS O t o o O -IN- O i O SUMTER. O O O i ?O?OOO?OOO??OOOOOO?OOO? 1 SOUTH CAROLINA Co-Educational Institute, (Formerly known as the Williston High School.) WILLISTON, BARNIELL COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. Next Session Begins Thurs?ay, Septeier 26,1895. For the past four years this School has been known as the Williston High School. Year by year ils patronage has steadily increased, during the past session students attending from almost every section of South Carolina and also fro?:*. Georgia. The patronage being so large the Board of Trustfes at their last annua! meeting decided to put up larger build ings, increase the number of teachers, raise the standard of the School and change the name to 'he South Carolina Co-Edcational Institute. The Institution has been granted a charter by the State and is the largest boarding school between Augusta, Ga., and Charleston, S. C. List December our Dormitories were destroyed by fire VTe take pleasure in announc ing to the public that larger and commodious buildings of modern architecture are now be ing ereced no a bea jtiful Campus of eight sores These hmidjngs will be completed and comfort"r ' equipped in time to accommodate 150 boarding student? by the opening of the session >>.? ooarding arrangements for the next session will r-e far better than e?er Oefore ?..nd wi excelled by any school in the State Semrate buildings for r>ovs and girls. Teach*.: a same building with students. Our teachers are fill specialists in their branch*-- .culty consists of five Professors and tour Lady Teachers Ali students are re qiji:?-.1 iu ?. -.-od the church and Sunday school of their choice. To? Institute is divided into five classes, Freshman, Sophomore, Intermediate, Junior and Senior. Besides the usual English Course, instruction is given in the following oranches: Ancient and .Modern Languages, Music, Art. Elocution, Typewriting, Calisthenics and Mili tary Tactics. We guarantee that any young man can enter the Li.erary Department of o>ir School and ateend the entire session of r.ioe scholastic months for from $105.00 to $125 00 according to class entered. This amount covers Board, Tuitio*?, Washing, Lights. Fuel and in fact, every expense except books and clothing. $115 00 *o $125.00 covc-rs similar expenses !or a young lady. Reduced rates given to two or more students from same family and also to the children of ministers One scholarship of free tuition is given in each county. One scholarship worth $'00 is given in the State at large. Cornee: iti ve examinations will beheld in each county between the 1st and 20th of September. If yen desire to try the elimination apply to the President of the South Carolina Co-Eduea:ional Institute. By paying cash at beginning of session for tbe whole nine months students can get a discount of 15 per cent, off of the abo*e price, which will ?educe the expenses to ?n amount less than $100. Music, Vocal cr Instrumental, per session.$35 00 Art. . 35 00 PALMETTO BUSINESS COLLEGE. Connected with the South Carolina Co-Educational Institute is the Palmetto Business College. The course of study is the same as in any first class Business College. Tuition, full Business Coursp, unlimited scholarship.$30 00 Tuition, complete Course Stenography. 30 00 Send for circulars and write for full particulars to R. B. CAIN, Sec, Williston, S. C. F. X. K. BAILEY, H. F. RICE, President. Supt. Military Department. Sept. 4. FIRST ARRIVAL Of the Season! 1 Car Load Well Broke Horses To arrive Sept. ?7th at H. Harby's Stable. Sep 11.