Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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How South Carolina Was Once Represented. Extracts From the Works and Speeches of John C. Cal? houn on the Question of a Sound Currency. "Let our planters have a sound cur? rency and low duties and they eau bid defiance to camoetitioQ." Vol. 4, page 135. "With a sound currency and low du? ties we have nothing to fear in open ; competition with other countries in the markets of the world." Vol. 4, page 197. i _ ! "The artificial expansion of the cur- j reocy and consequent rise of prices and ! increased expenses of production would be of themselves fatal." Vol. 4, page ; 194. "How is the foreign market to be j commanded? By low instead of high \ duties and a sound currency fixed sta? ble, and as nearly as possible on the level with the general currency of the j world, instead of aa inflated and flactu- j ating one." Vol. 4, page 193. "Our market is the world .... We have no monopoly io the supply of our products .... Should we reduce cur production others stand ready, by i increasing theirs, to take our place. .... In fact our only permanent and safe remedy is not from the rise in the price of what we sell, io which we can receive but little aid from our govern- j ment, but a reduction in the price of what we buy." Vol. 6. page 21. "There is great pecuniary distress, etc., (culmination of panic of 1837), what then is the cause ? Indebtedness, j universal, deep indebtedness of states, j corporations, individuals-followed by 8 forced and sudden liquidation. This is the obvious and UDquestiooable cause. ? And what has caused this? What but j a vast and long continued expansion of; the currencyVol. 4. page 122. "The suffering patient is trembling in j every joinr, and almost ready to sink j from his late debaucheries-his pre- j scription is to return again to the bat- j tie, to drink again from the same deceit- j ful bowl instead of honestly prescribing j total abstinence as the only effectually remedy." Vol 4. pages 123-124. I '* I have ever been averse to all sud- j den step3 . . . as to the currency ... . . and deep as my conviction is in favor of a sound ourrency, I am by no means .disposed to reach by a sudden transition the point to which it may be reduced " Vol. 4, page 198. "Any &udden and great change to j even sounder conditions would convulse society to the centre *' Vol 2. 358. \ "Kesolve that everywhere there shall | be a uniform value tc the national cur- j rency." Voi. 7, page 157. J_ The currency (in i $16) is extremely depreciated. AU \?uuid assent that this j state of the currency was a stain on j public and private credit and injurious j to the morals of the community . . . . . i Gold and silver have disappeared en- j tirely." Vol. 2 page 155. "How then ar.T you to obtain the I command of the foreign market ? The first and indispensable step is a th?rough j reformation of the currency. ?. iihoa' a solid, stable and uniform currency you can never succeed." Vol 3 1-2 431. "Great aod sudden changes in the j standard of value are particularly fatal I to us." Vol o, page 432. "i hold it certain that no honest in- i dustry, pursued with the view of moderate and steady profits, can be safe io the midst of such sudden and j violent vicissitudes.-Ibid. "What is to become of that mighty j mass who were governed by the mere force of pecuniary pressure to seek obange io whose ears change-change-change was incessantly sung ? Have prices ! improved ? Have times become bet- | ter ? Far otherwise ! The agitation which they have caused and the power? ful disturbing iofluence they must have on the currency and* the money market, are the most deadly foes to the revival of businesss. They have al? ready done much to depress trade and destroy confidence.''' Vol.4, page 13. Atlanta Journaal. The Tillman Program. The following is Ben Tillman's plan of campaign as laid down in his speech last night. 1. The silverites should do their best to get control of the Democratic na? tional convention. 2. If they fail in this they khould bolt and nominate a candidate of their own. 3. If their candidate is defeated they should proceed to cut throats and break up the government. This is in brief the line of conduct Tillman advocated last night.-Atlanta Journal, 18th. Grand Lodge K. of P. ROCK HILL, May 20.-May 19th was a red leter day for Rock Hill. At 10 ol'cock the grand lodge of South Carolina, Knights of Pythias, went "into session in the Catawba Rifles' armory, with Grand Chancellor H. F. i Wilson o? Sumter io the chair and j with all the other grand officers present We cannot yet speak of the work of the day. but there was some work upon revising the grand constitution which is the important work of the se?sion. The officers of 'he grand lodge lor the ensuing year JO were elected are as follows : P. G. U -H. F. Wilson, Sumter. G. C.-W. H. Thomas, Charleston. G. V. C.-D. C. Heyward, Walter boro. G. P. - Wm. Goldsmith, Jr , Green? ville. G. M. of E -C. H. Bergman, Charleston. G. K of R. and S.-D J. Auld, Sumter. Tbe other officers being appointed , and not elected they will not be an- j nouooed until the end of the session The grand lodge adjourned for the day at 7 o'clock. Io the evening the Pythians and a j large number of citizens assembled in the spacious auditorium of the Presby terian high school and partook >i the banquet given by the local lodge and the citizens of Rock Hill. The hall j was profusely decorated in blue yellow and red bunting and the long tables were in covers of the same emblematic colors and were lighted by numerous j candles Covers wore laid for 325. % The banquest was served by the King's Daughters and too much cannot j be said of the manner in which they I did it. It is to their tasteful arrange? ments and deft hands that we owe the success of the entertainment. The tables were waited upon by three score and ten of the prettiest "iris in the ! country, and wheo, after grao? had ! been said, they marched down thc cen- { tral aisle two by two, bearing the ; waiters of coffee and lea aod separating ; at the end wound themselves deftly j around the tables, many of the good j "brothers" lost their heads entirely | Ij| new one handsome Knight from ; down about "A-" who was supposed I to be tasting pickle when the maids came io, but who afterwards was unable I to tell bis neighbor whether it was \ sweet pickle or sour pickle The toasts of the evening were as ; follows : Our Visitors-Rev. H. B. Browne. ? The Grand Lodge of South Carolina j -Grand Chancellor Wilson. Our Sister Lodges-Claude Sawyer. Oar Women-Rev. J. H. Thorn well, D.D. The Pythian Goat-C. C. Feather tone. Winthrop College-President. D B. Johnson, and replied io by Grand Chancellor elect Thomas. The Bachelors-W. J. Cherry, Esq A very straoge feature of ail the ad? dresses was that each of the genrlemeu anoounced himself a* the only, .'bach? elor'' in the ijraod lodge and they all j very fittingly paid a tribute tn thc wo j men-in fact evrry man who sar down ; to the banquet, termed to have his j thoughts directed to woman, lovelv : woman," and he munched with a Zc<t the cold sliced tongue which was servt-d '?? with the Dcaceful ' live-queen olive. The State. ROCK HILL, May 21.-The Grand Lodge of South Caro <a. Knights of. Pythias, reassembled in the armory of the Catawba Rifles yesrorday at 10 ? o'clock and went down to work with a , zest not to be overcome by ?he ?eather ; or the attentions of tl ? local brethren j aud citizens. The work for the most part, was rou- | tine. Outside of that there waa the j work of the revision of the Constitu- I "ion. This was a big undertaking in ! it?i'if In regard to this change it can be j -aid that the government is no* di- j vided into three departments, namelv ; j The legislative, the judicial and the executive. The lodge went into secret session ; yesterday and ''exemplified rbe work" ? -a very important matter. At 4:45 the lodge adjourned for a j recess, to accept the hospitality of the | Winthrop Normal and Industrial col- I lege At 3:30 the Knights were givena ? receptioo in the spacious parlors and balls of the college. I should be un- ! dertaking a task beyood me to attempt j a descriotion of the decorations and j can only venture the expression that j they were superb The young ladies and faculty exerted j I themselves to give the guests a good . ! time, showing them over the building, i i etc. In time each guest was escorted by some fair maiden to the spacious dining hall and there served with light refresh- I ! meots-strawberries, ice cream and j j cake. i After the reception which continued j ! until 8 .o'clock, the visitors assembled : j in the big auditorium, and being joined j j by the citizens of the town, almost fill-1 i ed it, where they were given a concert I by the faculy and students, i The concert was a "gcoi," one of the ? best Winthrop college bas given, and J this is saying much lt consisted of | . instrumental and vocal music. G M at A, Douglass Jennings, Ben- j nettsville ; G I G, J W Orvin, Moock's j Corner; G O G, W P ^askin, Latta, j At 2 o'clock this morning the Grand ! Lodge, K. of P., of South Carolina, adjourned to meet in Andersou the third week in May, 1897. Pursued by its Enemies." BALTIMORE, May 21 -President ll. Curzon Heitman of the Seaboard Air Line, wheo asked for a statement in reply to ?he charge that his company ; has attempted to defraud the Unired ; States government by .'padding7' the j mail service, said : "I know absolutely ! nothing about toe charges, and until I j am throroughly informed on the sub-I ject I prefer to make no statement, j This is the first intimation that I have ? had that the posreffice department, en- j tertained a grievance against ?he Sea- j board Air Line, und I cannot believe: ; that Postmaster General Wilsen would j publish to the world charges of such a j serious nature without giving our line | an opportunity to explain Some of our enemies seem to delight in circul?t- j ing false reports about the company, ! and I believe that this statement which j is alleged to have been made by the ; postmaster genera!, emanated from j oersons unfriendly to the Seaboard Air ! Line." I Two Girls Killed LANCASTER, May 21.-During a j thunderstorm yesterday afternoon two daughters of Mr R S. Sullivan, a well to do farmer, living in the country, aged 19 and 17, were struck and io- j stantly killed by lightning The girls ! had been hoeing in the field and wers ! taking shelter from the raiu under a i tree nearby, when killed. The Cost of a 5,000 Spindle Mill. The Edgefield Cotton mill, now in process of building in Edgefield, is to : operate five thousand spindler- and one j hundred and eighty looms. The ques- \ tioos have been a>ked, what is the j capacity of the mill, how much money I would be paid out to run such a plant, j for a y. ar. bow much cotton consumed in the same length of time, aud others j of similar import. For answer we have j interviewed the management of the mill I and secured figures from >>ther mills in \ successful operation The cost of the entire niant of the Edgefield mill will be, approximately, seventy-five thousand dollars ; the number of hands employed, one hun-! dred and fifty ; amount of money paid j out to operatives per annum, $25.000; bales of cotton used in same tims twenty-five hundred to three thousand Senator Vest made a stir in the Sen? ate last week After Morgan he ?3 per? haps the highest intellect in tho Senate on the Democratic side. When be re? turned from Europe some months ago, he was paraded in the gold ?papers as having abandoned his extreme stiver views But it was poon contradicted. In the Senate on the 7th inst., he made a clear, distinct, unmistakable threat as well as warning He said to the Senate and the Democratic party that, "there must not. be any Federel interference at Chicago." The office-holders were far too active be said. He scored the Pres- i ident for rebuking one set of officers while he allows Cabinet officers to go over thc country campaigning and waking speeches against Democratic principles and policy Fie gave him a j lick for allowing postmasters to control ; conventions. He then made b;$ own ? position very clear Here it- is: "I have stated under much criticism j in Missouri, that. ? was a Democrat ? under all conditions; that. I intended tn j abide by the action of my party; that I ? was too old to hunt fir a new political i home; that. I should die as I have lived | in the party of Jefiergon, devoted to his teaching and principles. But I serve notice now that if this convention at Chicago is to be made up of Federal j office holders, brought there to overawe I and override the wishes of the honest j majority of the Democratic party throughout the United States, it is no j Democratic Convention with me. I j shall abide the will of the. majority of j my party honestly assembled and bon- J estly e:\nressed. I make no threat, but j ? want no misunderstanding. The Dem- j ocratic party is a party of honest ex- j pression ami not of Federal patronage." - Wilmington Messenger. Snodgrass Acquitted. CHATTANOOGA , May 21.-Chief Justice David L. Snodgrass was this j morning acquitted of the charge of j assault with intent to kill John H j Beasley The as-ault took place in The Times building Dee. 25. 1895 Beasley was wounded in the left arm and has lost the use of that member The jury voted for acquittal on the first poll, and consequently lhere was no j discussion on tho merits of the case, j There was no applause when the fore- ? man, Mr. Hixon, aunounced the vote, ? but Judge Snodgrass and friends j crowded about him to congratulate him j The defendant sat for 15 minutes listen- ! ing to further proceedings of the court, j thou quietly withdrew. The charge of pistol carrving against him was con- j tinued until next term. j CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED have this day form? ed a Co-partnership for the practice of law, under firm name ot Wilson A Hui st. All business entrusted to them will receive ! prompt attention. Will practice iu Sumter and adjoining counties. H. KRANK WILSON, j C. M. HURST, Ja. Jan. 9. 52d Year, ?Vie Great Farm, Industrial ahd .*tock Journal of the South. ?NS YEAS rca SI. ?w??-.-~ -.?pie copies awi ?'remiuaj Lisi wi?i b? fGK?eci FRICK on Aj#i)?jCHtioo to THF. . "V?.T?VA?ORPCBLISSIXG CO. ?>ox -li.? Atlanta GK DR J, ALVA SUL0MUi\S. DENTIST. office OVXR STORK OK SUMTER DUX GOODS COMPANY Entrance on Main Street. Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Son, OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 0. 2 OTTO GARHARDT, FLORIST AND GARDENER, INFORMS HIS CUSTOMERS ai.d th purdie that he is prepared to furnish fine articles m Fruit Trees, Roses and all kinds of Flower Plants, Also Cabbage Plants and other Varie? ties of Vegetable Plants. 100 Cabbage Plains S .25 1,000 " i4 2.00 100 Pansy Plants, 1.00 He offers his services to lay out pardens and ind them in good shape. Reasonable terms. Mcb 1 . Desirable Real Estate for Sate. ATRACT OF 250 ACRES, situate about 3 miles from Effingham, bounded by Lynch's Creek, the public road and ??nd now or forerly of JfSSc Juraes. The last numed tract of land well timbered, ?nd admirably adapted for planting find pasturage. Terms eas v. A pp Iv to ' PURDY & REYNOLDS, Attorneys a! Law, Oct. 30. Sumter^S. C. Gr ARDEN SEED ! ONION SETS ! "Do your part, and do your best, Nature ihen will do the rest." BUIST'S are the best ! Beans, Peas, &c. by the quart. Prescriptions filled day and night. FRESH DRUGS EVERY WEEK. J. S. HUGHSON & CO., Monaghan Block, Main Street. Feb. 19. Sumter, S.C. Webster's PO In Full Leather Binding. For #1.50, In Heavy Cloth Binding. These prices are offered only to Subscribers to the Watchman and Southron Who pay one year in advance. It is an unprecedented offer and was never approached in this section. -FOR ?k^? ^Li? ^ou ?b*am tn? best weekly paper in the ^.?PsCrnF gtate-eight pages of the latest news and miscellaneous reading and a Leather Bound Webster's Una? bridged Dictionary, former price of Dictionary ?10. I have bought a lot of them at a reduced price and offer them at a still greater reduction as a premium. Remember that it is the UNABRIDGED WEBSTER and not a cut edition. Come at once before the stock of Dictionaries is exhausted. Clubbing Rates The Watchman and Southron has been able to make special Club Kates with the following named, well known papers and periodicals. The prices enumerated are in addition to the reg? ular subscription (?1.-50 a year) of The Watchman cfc Southron: Home and Farm, 30c. Washington Post, SOc. Womankind, 15c. Cosmopolitan, 90c. Farm News, 15c. Munsey's Magazine, 85c. Atlanta Constitution, 80c. Standard Delineator, 85c -W Y.'Thrice-a-Week World, 60c. These prices are strictly cash in advance in conjunction with subscription to the Watchman cfc Southron. Send remittances to HF. G. ?STEEN, SUMTER. S. C Superior To Ail Sarsaparillas. Down in Georgia, over fifty years ago, a marvelous medicine was discovered. It was what is now known as P. P. p., (L?ppman's Great Remedy}, and its fame and reputation lias been growing with the years. For Rheumatism, Blood Poisoning, Pain in the side, wrists, shoulders, back and joints, Dyspepsia, T.Ialaria, Scrofula, and all Blood and Skin Diseases, it lias never been equalled. Pain is subjugated, Health Renewed, Appetite restored and sleepless nights banished by its wonderful influence. p.* p. P. is a wonderful tonic and strengthener. Weak women should always take P. p. p. It builds them up. It has the universal commendation of medical men throughout the country, because we publish the formula on every bottle, aud one trial wiJ3 convince the most skeptical that it is a genuine health restorer. Read The Truth And Be Convinced. A Wer. corfu I Cure. I was r. martyr to muscular rheumatism for thirty years: tried all mnlicmes and doctors with 20 per? manent relict'. I was advised to take P. P. ?.. and belore I had finished t?ro bottles my paia sv.b-ided so I was able to work. I feel better "thaa I have for years, aad ara confident of a complete recovery. J. 3. DUPKISS, Ncwaauvillc.-, Fla. Testimony from th? Mayor. I suffered with Rheumatism for fifteea years, tried all t'.'.e so-called specifics, but to no purpose. My grandson ?ot inc a bottle of P. P. P., and 1 feel like a new iaaa. W. H. WILDER. Mayor of Albany. From Two Well-known Physicians. Wc are having a bier sale for your P. P. P., and wc prescribe it ia a greatmauy cases, and find it aa ex The above letters are taken from many received by us. p. p. p {Lippmann Creal Remedy,) is a medicine whose virtues are known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. p. p. p. begins its work by purifying the blood, which is the source of all life, and does not cease until a perfect and entire cure is effected. The mortifying eruptions that disfigure the complexion, the tired feeling that pre? vents thorough accomplishments of thc daily tasks, sleepless nights, loss of appetite, irritability of dispo:'';on, all mean a derangement of the system consequent from impure blood, which c^ and will be cured by P^P. P. p. p. p, (Lippinai?s Great Remedy), is ecmceded by physicians and the people to be the Greatest Blood Purifier of the Age. It positively and permanently cures. For sale by all druggists or direct from us ; price $1 a bottle, six bottles for $5. LIPPMAH BROS., ,50=SA Lippman Block. SAVANNAH. GA. ce'.lent thing. We handle about one dozen bottles A week. Drs. J. M. & M. T. RICHARDSON*. Piedmont. S. C Hot Springs Surpassed. A bottle of P. P. P.. has done me more good than three monti;-;' treatment at ihc Hot Springs. Ark. JAMES M. NEWTON, Aberdeen, Brown Co., O. Pimples, Sore3 and Eruptions Cured. I take great pleasure ia testifying to the efficient qualities cf thc popular medicine for skin diseases known aa P. I*. I*. I suffered for several years with an unsightly a::d disagreeable eruption on my face. Atter lanius: t::re= bottles ia accordance with dir ec* tious, I am entirely cured. Capt. J. D. JOHNSTON. Savannah, Ga. of Johnston ? Cot