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Wire Will be Used. Col. Duncan Makes Arrange . ments While North. Col D P. Duncan, tuaoager of the Farmers' Alliauce Exchange, returned from New York yesterday, where he had gone to arrange for the wire cotton ties. He waa asked by a representa? tive of The State what success he had met with. "I found the manufacturers willing and even anxious to help the farmers out ia their fight aganist the tie trust," he replied. "1 have arranged with a manufaturer to make us wire ties They will be made of No. 6 anuealed steel wire, 30 ties to the bundle, which is the samo aa is now pat in the bundle cf flat hoop ties. The tie will weigh 1 1-4 pounds, and will cost 90 cents per bundle de ' livered in Colombia. The freight rate is 27 cents per hundred to this city, and it will be a little more to some other points, which will add a cent or such a matter to the cost per bundle Now, as to the comparative cost of "ihe wire and hoop tie. A boodle of 30 wire ties weigh 37 1-2 pounds and costs 90 cents, or $2.40 per hundred poutds, while the same number of hoop ties weigh 45 pounds, aod cost ?1 45, or $3 21 cents per hundred pounds. This, you see, makes a hundred pounds of wire ties coat 81 cents less than a hundred pounds of hoop ties. "The reason I fixed open the large wire/ tie was to get the uodoobted strength Tbe manufacturer said in pulling the cotton out of the hold of a ship the smaller wire might give way, but this No. 6 they would guarantee to stay fast Besides, the weight was another consideration. " "After this season hardly I think the hoop ties will cost over ?1 00 per buo dle, for the wire bas come to stay. "The ties will have'a complete loop on one etd, aod the other end io bal? ing will be ruo through the loop, bent back, and the ecd put under the wire j around tbe bale. In compressing it will only be necessary to pull the wire through the loop, run the end under ! the wire, aod the work is dooe. The manufacturers said it will hold any kind of pressure ot handling. "The factory is now at work on a carload, and will he ready to ship in a few day*. I hope to have a carload 1 here next week." Colonel Duncan ha? worked hard to j down the hoop tie trust io this fight, I and from his statement it look? as if be had succeeded. He receives dozens of letters daily from farmers all over the State asking about the wire tie, aid all are holding back to hear the result of the negotiations with the maoufac iUft:s.-The State Red Hot Revelations! MILL CREEK CO'S SECRE? TARY REPLIES TO MIXSON. To the Editor of the State : In your issue of the 7th inst , you publish a letter from Commissioner Mix8on. Every word he says in that letter about my offering him a ' rebate direoiiy or indirectly of any I amount or in any shape, or at any j time is ?bsolutely false from begin ! ning to end. Be further states that "when Mr. j Traxler was commissioner he discov- i ered that the Mill Creek company ? was being piid interest after 30 days, j and each 30 days calling for more or bigger interest " This statement is j also false. AH the goods we sob.] {Immission ! er Traxler were sold <o f; = days or j four months lime, and iut?-:*st was1 charged after the maturity nf <-uch in . voice at 6 per cent, per annum and j so 6tated on each invoice I cannot! understand how a sane mau can make j sieh a statement over his own signa i turi?, when he knows the evidence to j prove him a falsifier is on file in the ! office of ?he State dispensary. The reason this man Mixson is HO j bitter against me is because I would ! not employ his agent and pay bim a j commission ShortJy after he WHS ? appointed commissioner, but before j the business of the dispensary was transferred to him, he gave his agent i a letter of introduction to me. This ! ?gent said he could get me the busi- j ness of the State dispensary and j wanted a commission of $1 a barrel ; on X, ?2 a barrel on XX, and $3 a ! barrel ou XXX whiskey, and wanted ! this on al! we sold the State. I told j him the Mill Creek Distilling com- j pany furnished the capital to make the dispensary a success and that j institution owed us more than j ?92,000 at one time, and the books j in the office of the dispensary would i prove it, and I thought thc manage- ? ment of the dispensaiy would be' cold blooded and ungrateful if they I did not give us a portion of their business without our Waving to "put ! up" tor it. We did not get the business. Now, I leave the readers of your | paper to judge for themselves. (ino. HUB?ELL, Sec. MiilCreek Distilling Co. j Cincinnati, Aug. 18, 1896. Dallas Bruce, a white man of Carolina i county, Va., ha3 been missing since July 1st. On Wednesday his body was ; found cut up ic four pieces and put in j pickle barrels. j The Last Campaign Meeting About Seven Hundred Peo? ple Were Present at Abbeville. ABBEVILLE, August 13.-Let all join in thanks that the great "campaign of eduoation'7 is at an end. Let there be rejoicing that there will not be another campaign fer two years at. least. Let all begin work and prayers this early that there will never be another S'ate campaign, especially not such another as this has been ; one on such an ad? mittedly low plaDe can do DO good to ?he candidates, politics or the State The campaign closed to-day, and DO one will shed tears about it. After hav? ing attended io person twenty-four campaign mcetiogs out of the thirty-six. and two political social gatherings, it can be said that the campaign will have but little result on the primary. This is said with doe regard to an experience with the audiences OD tbis the fourth campaign. Whether it be accident or a reality there is. and bas been supposed to be, a "slate," and the same names are OD the "slate" as on the day the campaign opened, and the chances are slim for any changes. This "slate" may possibly have been brought about by common consent, a kiod of bands all around affair, but it seeme to exist, and there is a great deal in the popular mind wanting to vote for the winning man If the campaign has done nothing more if has at least had the effect of causing the voters to think about the dispensary and its management, and how it can be conducted so as to show healthier financial results and be less of a political machine for those in position to operate it While it is said to have been taken out,of politics, it is oot out of politics and will be heard from. . The meeting to-day was entirely or? derly, there bei?g about seveo hundred people present, and bat for the good natured interruptions of Mr. Duncan and Mr. Whitman there was no special incident. Mr Duncan was mope severe than ever, and suggested that Governor Evans was travelling amend on private business out of the contin? gent fund, and be even went so far as to refer to Governor Evaos as a "dirty poppy." This was Dot heard by thc reporters, bot was heard by many others.-News & Courier. Back From the Frozen Pole. The Pram Arrives Safely on the Norway Coast. CHRISTIANA, Norway, Aug. 20.-Dr Nansen's arctic exploring steamer Fram has arrived safely at Skjervoe, a fishing post OD the bay uear the N rib Cape. A dispatch from Skjervoe to the Af teDpoeten says that on Aug. 14. the Fram called at D*ne's i.-dand, where a visit was made to Andree, the Swedish explorer, whose intention td to fiad the north pole by means of a balloon. An? dree bad mt \et made his ascension Tbe Fram sailed from Skjervoe for Tromsoe to day. All on hoard were well The Fram. with Dr. Nauseo on board, sailed from Chrisnaoa, on June 24. 189o. She is ringed as a a 3 masted schooner and ie provided with a (.team engine of 160 hor.se power She was expected :o depend principally ou her! sails whiie in the ice. Her displace- : ment is 800 tons and her sides are so constructed as to forc<' all the ice meet icu the vessel :o pas* underneath, thus I preventing all "pinching" and Screw- j ing." The vessel <vas s atm ch ed on j Oc?.*26, 1892, at Laut wick, near Chris- j riana. Dr. Nansen's pian was to make for j. the New Siberian islands and thence ss;i directly north until the Pram should I be imbedded io the ice, then drift along J with it, following the we*? coast of any j land that might be met Dr Nansen left the Fram in Maven, 1895, in latitude 84, longitude 10:27, j to explore north of the Franz Josef j route, and ber an iva! at Skjervoe is j s'rictly ia accordance with his predict ! iou that she would eventually arrive at j Spi;zbergeu or some other poiut in the open sea How a Panic was Stopped j NEW YORK, August 39.-A stat?- j meut that Lizard Freres intended to i import $2,000,000 gold from London j was the main topic of discussion in ! Stock Exchange circles this after- j noo. The announcement caused a | marked change for the belter at the ! Stock Exchange At the oftice of Lazard Freie? it ! was 6aid that the gold just ordered ! abroad for shipment lo New Voik? was a purely business transaction; and that, the deal shows then, a profit. It is also stated that tin; ?nai ordered is slightly in excess of ?2.- ? 000,00(1 It is stated that bank pre? j idents are discussing the advisability j of replenishing the treasury gold re 1 servo in the manner adopted in 1S;K>. Conferences have boon he'd continu ously through the day. There is a probability that plans will be laid for the importation of! between $15,000,000 and $20,000, 000 of gchd. In 1S93 the bankers j decided io'secure gold imports on a Friday morning. The first shipment was made on the steamer sailing for ; this country on the following dav. and on Monday, a week later, the I gold was in the vaults iii this city, j ? Notable Accession. One of Chicago's Greatest Merchants Declares for Silver. Frack H. Cooper of the bi_ ^-n f Siegel, Cooper & Co. of Chica^ *od New York ha9 just returned troru Eu? rope. He is alive to the issues of the day and has evidently kept weil posted while away from Chicago. Mr. Cooper weot across the ocean to make bis anuuai visit to his aged father, who is one of tbe registered burghers of Akkrum, Frieslaod, in Holland, where he has resided all bis lite. Mr. Cooper was called upon by a reporter for the Chicago Dispatch. "There is not much that I can say of my trip abroad," said Mr. Cooper. "It was a tour of pleasure and duty and io that measure it served me well." Mr. Cooper is much improved in health by his ooeau voyage and says that the political situation in this coun? try interests the people abroad. "They do cot approve cf McKinley over there, because of his protective theories, but they regard him as the lesser of two evils, as Bryan represents free coinage of silver. I am nut strong for McKinley," said he, "though I favor protectioD. We can make everything over here that is made j abroard.but with McKinley as Prefcidenc our ourrency may become even more contracted that it is to-day, as a single gold standard, if adopted would work ruiu to this county aod make times harder than they are. You see, they favor McKinley over there because they believe he will compel payiog our debts due there io gold. The debts call for coin, aod if silver is our coin these debts eau he paid io that metal if it is so cboseu. "I am yet somewhat ou (he fence, but I can't see anything but good to re? sult from the free coinage of silver. True, it will benefit the mine-owners, it will also benefit the miners-give them woik-and benefit the west, lt wili give the farmer money ; it will make better prices for farm products ; it will make ihc farmer a buyer io our markets. "Times can be no worse than they are at present. Our currency is not expansive enough for the demands of j our people France has ?40 percapira ? of money in circulation, and its peo- j pie are prosp?rons and happy. We i have but ?20 per capita. We need more money, and free silver coinage will put an end to business stagnation. "Our factories are closed and our j artisans and mechanics are out of work, j More money will make higher prices, better demand for goods and a revival of prosperity. "Goods aod produce are too cheap bec-?use people have no money to buy them. The depreciation in prices on some lines of goods has been more than 50 per cent in the past six months Cac merchants and manu facturer?- xtaod that?. ..The Wilson bill that reduced - the i tariff on goods, ?bout 10 per cent, ex- ? cept on wool, which is made free, is ! not the cause of all the hard 4ime9." j "Do you think that putting back the j old tariff would cause a return of pros i Derity ?'' There are many ways to view this j matter. The poor and the middle | classes pay all the taxe*. I believe j the oiulti millionaires should pay their j proportion. I believe io a graded in-j come tax as a partial panacea for the j ills we have fallen inio. With free silver thc price of wheat i and cora would enhance in value at 1 once. Dollar wheat for the farmer i makes him look at his clothes. When j they are frayed he buys new. He re- J furnishes his house, if it is needed, and so helps to s*art the furniture factories ? going again. It is so i'i all lines. ! More money, the greater the demand i for goods. "A single gold standard would hiing j prices still lower and more failures and j more disaster for the people It is hard j to say what is exactly right. Wc are j partially upon a bimetallic basis now, j and that ix ie a oieaeurc our salvation. Take that away, and where arc wc ? "Contract our eurreocy to ?12 or ; $15 per capita and the result would be i such as oo one could figure Talking ! of free silver, our mints could not turn ; out over ?00,000,000 per year-less ; than ?1 to ev?y inhabitant Would I that flood the country '( It would re- ! store prices, confidence and resuscitate | busioess. That's about, I think, what j free silver would do for u?. Tins quei?- ? lion is t:ear to the people and t4iey are j carefully discussing it. We want to ; take care of ourselves ?ret-European j countries are able tu take car J of them ! seives. i A Scene at Democratic Head- j quarters in Washington. WASHINGTON, August 20.-Secre- j tary Hoke .Smith surprised the: Dem- : ocratic managers al Congressional headquarters by calling upon Senator Faulkner to-day and aifticuncing that : he proposes to rnako several speeches for tin.* Bryan ticket in Georgia dur ing the campaign The presence of j Hoke Smith ;.-t headquarters under j ordinary circumstances would have I passed unnoticed ?ti previous cam-! paigns, but in this instance the port- j ly {bim of th? 'hvy member of thc Cabinet" sent a thrill o? joyful ex-j citement l" thc hearts of all the ? volunteer helper* around headqu.-tr ! the coloied messenger who guards ; the little pine gateway leading to the sanctum of the chairman of the com mittee on the second floor. For several weeks past Secretary Hoke Smith has ridden up and down loth street, sometimes in his official car I Hage, sometimes on his bicycle, at? tired in bloomers and sweater, with a deep color resting upon his broad shoulders, without stopping at the headquarters ot the Congressional committee. Ile frequently takes bia ! luncheon at cafe immediately op? posite, but before to day he has never ? deigned to cast more than a side glance in passing at the bee hive of the Democratic Congressional com? mittee. Secretary Carlisle, Secre? tary Morion and Postmaster General Wilson have also passed and repass ed the headquarters apparently un? conscious of the work that was be? ing performed there Hence it was a subject of much rejoicing when Secretary Smith stepped lightly up the stairway and asked to be shown to Senator Faulkner's private office. Although the official and personal relations between Senator Faulkner and Secretary Smith have not been of the most cordial nature during the present Administration, the West Virginia Senator greeted his distin? guished caller with his characters i t:c eifusiveness, and hastily com- j manded the guardians of the outer gate to allow no. eavesdropper or in truducer to come within the sa? cred precincts during Secretary Smith's unexpected, but none the less welcome, visit Secretary Smith stated that he simply called to talk over the political situation in i Georgia and some of the Southern States, and expressed his willingness j to take a modest patt in the Georgia canvass. Senator Faulkners eyes j danced with delight and a broad ; West Virginia smile swept over his well known features upon the receipt j of such gratifying intelligence. Sec-j retary Smith took occasion to state j that his relations with the President j and his fellow Cabinet officers are not j in any way strained, and he does not feel that he id giving his conscience a severe wrench by declaring his in tention to support the ticket nomi nated by the Democratic party at Chicago. He went on to give the | result of some of his political obser- j vations taken recently in North Caro \ lina, where he was visiting with his! family. After further discussing the j general situation Secretary Smith j took his departure, and Senator | Faulkner was in an excellent humor i during the remainder of the day. . - - - - - - Andrews on Silver. Brown University's President Declares For Independent j Free Coinage.. Rev. Henry W. Pinkbam, pastor of the First Bapti?t Church, Denver Colo? rado, and a friend of President Andrew*, of Brown University, receo; ly wrote to Mr Andrews, asking these question. 1. Do you favor the free coinage oil silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 by the i United States without waifing for aid j from other nationi* '? 2. Could ?he United States havtDg ; adopted such free eoioage, maintain tbe j prac'ical parity of tbe gold and the sil- ' ver dollar ? 8. Would not tree coinage by the | United States atone lead so a complete ' displacement of our gold ? Why not ? ? 4. Would not the effect uf the recent j iacreased production of goid as com? pared to silver be counter-balanced in the ; event of free coinage by tho stimulus ? thus giren to silver mining and bv the influx of foreign silver? 5. Would not the advantages of free j coinage he more than negatived by the j injury to our credit., ?hu* causing a j withdrawal of foreign capital : In reply President Andrews has writ- ? ten : My Dear Pinkbam : I was delighted ! to receive your letter of the 6^h, and j will endeavor to answer your questions j in their order a? well as I can. "1 I do ! ' 2 ? believe ea. "3. I do nor think so. People j would not hoard or export gold in face | of a movement certain to cheapen \ gold. It seems to me rather likely that the rehabilitation of silver by us would ! be the occasion of setting free va>c ; amounts of gold uow hoarded for mili- ; tary and other purposes. "This is partly answered under the last. Further there would S<? ? oo influx of foreign silver Uodoubt- j edly free coinage hy us would increase I the total amount of silver produced, but i thc new eil vcr could not bc mined at so ; low a marginal cost as at prrsenr pre- | vails. The marginal cost would be on : the contrary in creas.-d wirb the output. ' so that ail tendency from this source ro : lower the gold price of silver would be negatived. Tho very prolific silver ; mines now are very few. "Quite thc reverse. After a possible first shock our credit would improve after freo coinage It is cur present : ooaree which ?:;usf. speedily lower our credit How long could a man or firm continue to have credit who borrowed each year io paj \ large portiou i-f his running expenses ! Vet on a gold ba il::s course :* inevitable-, and ?har is at this moment the reason why foreign lei.der.-; an- t.}:y of our securities There must be a change it wc would avoid bankruptcy With free coioage every industry w;.uid lock up, and even if we lost our gold eur^aisperiU would invite ? English capital, just a- J H par-. % pros perify now causes if to ius>h| time. Never since slavery days has the pros in parts of the country familiar t.; me displayed such disregard fur truth a?d such stubborn obtur)ene-s M the most obvious considerations as it do?-* ar present on the silver question This means that the money powrr seated it) London, but with representatives in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago is determined to continua the apprecia? tion of gold, and determined therefore that the facts shall not be known The bankers and the press an- almost cn ?'nely under its influence. I think the mon- ; ey question a* the present time 'he j greatest question of civilization "Yours, with kindest regards. Ebeo J. Andrew?? " Speaks to the ;Farmers. M ot'NT GRETNA, Fa , August 21 - : Senator Ben Tillman of South Caro 1 lina made an address to day for free j silver to the farmers gathered to at? tend the Mount Gretna agricultural fair. About 700 people, most of them farmers, made up Senator Till- ! man's adience. The speaker was given respectful attention and was frequently applauded His concluding paragraph was ! this : "Will you submit to English doini- j nation '! We whipped England in j 1776, we whipped her in 1812 and ; we can whip her to day with one I hand tied. Think whether you will again have Pierpont Morgan and his I gang of ghouls iu Wali street to ! govern and have dominion over our ; President and congress, or whether | you will free us and restore our majesty as American freemen Tell your party to go to the devil unless it is going to do what is right " With this blunt ending the senator ! sat down Immediately a man rose ; in tlie audience and proposed a vote : of thanks to Mr. Tillman, but there) were a score of shouts of "no." j The senator sat entirely unmindful of I thc turmoil that was created for the instant, until the chaiiman could cali j the meeting to order and introduce ex Congressman C. II. Turner of Now York, who also made a silver speech. 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Cure aH liv?-r ills. !?i??ot:s ness, headache, sour stom? ach, indigestion, constipa? tion. They not easily, with? out pain <?r aripf-. S<?:<i by ?ill druggists. 25 cents. The only l*i 11^ to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Pills STANTON HOUSE. D. J. JONES, Proprietor. Rates $2.00 Per Day. SrECIAL TEEMS TO FAMILIES. TTTC Minutes "Walk From Central Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. Thc Sumter Music House, NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE. Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines of the best grade sold cheap for cash or on easy terms Old ones taken ir. exchange for new ones. CLEANING AND REPAIRING* DONE PROMPTLY. We H!?O keep NEEDLES, OILS.} And parts of tvery Sewing. Macui:;<*. "We have some rare bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. M. B. BANDLE, Jan S. Manager. WoFFORD CoLLESE, Spartanburg, S. C, Jas. il. Carlisle, JJ. L. D , President. Sever; department?, Two courses leading to A. B. A new and weil ?quipped Gymna? sium and competent director. WOFFORD FITTING SCHOOL, A. ii Rembert, A. M , Head Master. The Fit tine School has teen moved to the Alumni H*ll The Second*Master, A. Ma^ea DuPre, A. M., and the Matron live in the building. Several of the College professors teach in the School and the students receive instruction in the Gjnasium. Session be? gins October i. Fer catalogue, address J. A GAM EWELL, Julv 1-* Secretary of Facuitv. HARB Y $ CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. UP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, For Cas it with order will sell 3,000 bushels Prime White Corn sacked at- -4-")c per bushel, in lots of one sack or upwards, at Har by & Gos Wa rehouse. Respectfully, HARBY & CO. July '22 le Langst asi Mest Chiste M?Mmil Ml Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -M .a. NV F A CT (" il rv ;\S - DOORS, S?SHj BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material, ?hVr ?::(\ Warerooms, King opposite Cao non Street, CHA RLESTOX. S. C. &S*Purchase i>;:r make, which ?> guarantee superior to Any soid South, and thereby ?are nioner. Window and Paney Glass a Special!