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THE BUILDING AND
LOAN BREAK.
History of the Troubles of the
Assocations in Tennessee.
KNOXVILLE, TENN . Jaouary 27-A
year and a half ago this city boasted of
ten prosperous building and loan asso?
ciations, whose operations were as effec?
tive as those of any other factor io
building ap the suburbs of the city and
securing to workingmen homes, aod to
macy with small monthly surpluses in?
vestments which yielded handsome
profits. The industria! development
which took place all over tbe Sooth had
been especially evident here io the
period between 1888 and 1892. and
daring that time these associations for
lending money io small amounts to be
rapaid on instalments found lodgment
in considerable number. Their assets
and liabilities a year and a Baif ago
amounted to something over six million
dollars. Principal among them was the
Southern which was'operated on an ex?
tensive scale, being a "national'7associa?
tion with agents to be found in every
Southern city of any importance.
It had poshing managers, and sooo
took the lead of all the associations
of tbe South, aod its loans finally reach?
ed the three-million mark.
Three years ago the first suspicion
that everything was cot right with the
Soathero was felt wheo one of the offi?
cers who'bad been ousted from bis place
secured a stockholders' meeting where it
was disclosed that the salary list was
enormous, several pf the officials being
paid ?10,000 a year, and the directors.
themselves, for the use of their names
and occasional attendance upon meet?
ings, were paid ?100 a month. Toere
was evidently something ^"rotten in
Denmark," but those who had charge
of the association managed to allay
suspicion, and the business went OD ap?
parently with pr.ofit. A large office
building was erected, and some forty
persoos bave been employed as clerical
help.
Only two of the other associations in
the city are "national," and they have
not dooe nearly so extensive a busicess
as the Southern. Some of the local
associations, however, had the large
salary evil, and they suffered from it
wheo the paymeots- by borrowers began
to fall off. as bas beeo the case during
tbe last three years. They have also
loaned money on property which bas
since depreciated io value very much,
aod to this, as well as other causes,
mentioned below, the recent disasters
may be attributed.
The first of the local associations to
fail was the Mechanics'. About a year
aod a half ago ao application by one of
the stockholders for a receiver was
granted. In winding op the affairs of
the association litigation with one of
the borrowers went from Court to Court
until it was heard io the Supreme
Court. The point made by the attor?
neys for the debtor was that the money
loaoed bim bad Dot beeo put up at auc?
tion aod bid off, aod tbe Court was of
the opinion that the point was well
taken and the debt was discharged.
This at once created a panic among the
stockholders of the other three asso?
ciations here, wbicb bad no provision
for auctioning the money loaned.
Other similar suits to avoid the pay?
ment of dues was filed, and the share?
holders made runs on the associations
to withdraw the money they had put
io Endless litigation was the result,
and tbe disaster widespread.
All tbe Tennessee building and loan
associations came under the ban, so to
speak, and dues were not paid and de?
mands for withdrawals became more
importunate The culmination of
these troubles has bren reached during
the last month, when the Franklin,
Workingmen's, Savings, Southern and
Knoxville went into receivers' banr's, i
and suits have been filed against thc j
Covenant and People's, which will, uo ?
doubt, place them tc the same position I
?within a few days. Only two associa j
tions are left out of ten, and the loss to j
stockholders aod the hardship upon the i
borrowers consequent upon the winding
op of affairs is very considerable.-N.
Y. Evening Post.
Prince Chimay, whose wife eloped
some moths ago with a Hungarian
Gipsy, bas been granted a divorce
Tba woman was formerly Miss Clara
Ward, of Detroit.
RESISTANCE TO THE END.
Cubans Will not Heed Spain's
Promised Reforms,
Key West. Fia . Feb. 3.-Another
incident contradicts Weylers boasted
assurance that Pinar del Rio province
is virtually pacified. Monday morn?
ing a pilot engine, with an armored
car and steering a passenger train,
lift San Cristobal - Arriving at a
culvert aj Becunagua, near Faco
Tacao, two dynamite bombs explod?
ed, wrecking the engine and car com?
pletely. Four civilians were killed,
and also the captain of the volunteers
and five soldiers. The engineer,
fireman and eight soldiers were
wounded. The culvert was destroy
ed entirely Traffic is still interrupt?
ed with Pinar del Rio. It is reported
that Weyler. with 12,000 men and
25 pieces of artillery, ha* started
from headquarters at Cruces in the
direction ot,the Sigunea hills, west
of Cienfueg08, with the intention of
attacking or dislodging Gomez, who,
it is rumored, is encamped ic said
hills No encounter is expected
unless Gomez, aided by a naturally
strong position and sufficient forces,
thinks it advisable to meet the foe,
in which case a fierce engagement
will certainly occur
The proposed Cuban reforms are
the topic of all conversation. Ali
here agree, Spaniards and Cubans
alike, that the reforms are humbug.
They will surely make no impres?
sion on the rebels It is known on
good authority that a person arriving
from Castillo's rebel camp on a com
mission to Habana, and now re?
turned to the field, described the
feeling amongst the Cubans in arms
as intense The dominant spirit is
to resist to the. end and accept no
compromise with Spain unless in case
of absolute independence.
Castillo bas 600 men well armed
and fairly supplied with araunitions
and 600 more unarmed lt appears
that Marcos Garcia, commissioned by
the government to make overtures to
Gomez, fears that his life would be
endangered if he personally presents
the proposals and has written a letter
to Marquis Ahumada declining the
commission.
Tillman's Bill Reported.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Senator Till?
man's bill to meet the supreme court
decision on the South Carolina dis?
pensary law was amended this morn?
ing in committee and ordered report?
ed to the senate. This bill gives the
State absolute police power in in?
specting all intoxicating liquors
or " liquors, imported into a
State as if they had been produced
in such State, and stipulates that
they shall not be exempt by reason
of being introduced into a State in
original or other package for private
use or otherwise. One* or more of
the important amendments agreed to
gives a State control of such liquors
within its bord?is by whomsoever
produced and for whatever use im?
ported, and without regard to the
manner of sale provided by a State
or territory. The act does not inter?
fere with the revenue laws or liquors
or liquids in transit through a Stale
or territory.
LOST LEXINGTON BOYS.
Two Youngsters Leave Home
and are Still Missing.
Tuesday night two Lexington
boys. Harry Keiser and Sam Price,
bundled up their clothes and secretly
left the parental roof to find their
fortunes elsewhere They are of the
tender age of 12 and 15 years re?
spectively, and their departure has
caused no end of concern to their
parents, J J. Rester and Geo W.
Price. What the plans of the young?
sters are no one knows, neither is the
direction in which they went known.
Parties have been in search of the
runaways, but have been unsuccess?
ful so far. Messages have been sent
out in all directions to head the boys
off but the boys have not been seen
These two fathers ask the aid of
everyone in getting back their lost
sons.
Harry Keiser is described as small
for his age, slender, light hair and
fair complexion. The scar of a boil
is on his forehead. When he left he
was dressed in a dark grey suit and
wore a dark cap.
The older boy, Sam Price, is well
grown, has dark hair and eyes and
dark complexion and has a gash on
one finger on the left hand. He
wore a dark pair of trousers, rubber
overcoat and soft black hat. If two
6uch boys are seen in any neighbor
hood, their fathers would be glad to
have them held and themselves com?
municated with. George W. Price,
Lexington, and Jacob J. Keiser, Lex
ington, are the two fathers.
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I The General Assembly.
i_
COLUMBIA, February 2 -The House
mer ro-dav after it.* three dny&' recess,
and under the new rules remained ?o
session ooly two hours. Moat, of the
morning session was devoted to the con?
sideration of new county matters.
Greenwood's bill was passed, and the
effort of Mr. de Loach to have about
ten square miles Of Cherokee Township
iu York. that, voted to go to Cherokee,
retaioed for York, proved futile. The
disposition seemed to be to let the will
of the people, as expressed in an elec?
tion, prevail. No impediment was
offered to the organization of Green?
wood. and Cherokee was le fe with the
area voted for.
The House consented to Mr. Gra?
ham's resolution to permit the intro?
duction of a bill to grant a charter to
the Cokesbury Conference School,
which could not be obtained from the
Secretary of State on account of de?
nominational supervision. '
The only bill ordered to day to be
eeut to the Senate was that of Mr. San?
ders relative to convict labor.
Mr. Raiosford has a resolution on
the Calendar fixing February 13 as the
final day for adjourning.
Mr- Burns thought it premature to
fix any day for final adjournment, and
wanted the resolution killed. It soon
developed that the House did not in?
tend taking the resolution o?? the Calen,
dar, and before the vote could be an
Douoced attention was called to the
temporary absence of Dr. Rainsford,
and the matter wa9 passed over.
At the night session of the House
tbe joint cimmiftec on dispensary and
pensions asked for a clerk, which re?
quest was denied. The general
committee bas thus far ap
pointed a sub-committee of five
to consider and report, a sub?
stitute pension law. No action bas
been taken in any dispensary matters.
Mr. Caughman introduced a bill to
provide for a change of the arrange?
ments of the school districts io Saluda
An omnibus county government bill
was theo taken up and debated.
The Senate did nothing to night.
When the roll had been called it was
discovered tbat the bill clerk was miss?
ing, and as nothing could be done with?
out him a motion to adjourn prevailed.
Columbia Feb 3.-The house did
considerable work to-day, but there
was at the ?ame time very much time
wasted in diecusssion over immaterial
matters before the body got down to
the regular business of the day.
Severa! of the bills on their final
reading were attacked and discussed
almost as freely as they has been on
their second reading. This was a
little unusual, but it appeared that
the bills had been left incomplete, re?
quiring farther amendments.
When the hour for the recess ar
aived the house was having a lively
debate over Mr Ashley's proposition
to reduce the privilege tax on fer?
tilizers to one cent.
During the day a substitute bill
was presented for Mr Rainsford's
insurance deposit bill, which will
doubtless remove all possible objec
tion to the measure, while at tbe same
time serving the purpose of the
original bill.
Only ? very few new bills were
introduced at yesterday's session.
It is understood that the administra?
tion dispensary measure will be pre?
sented today.?
The bill requiring county officers
to keep their offices open certain
hour3 each week day received the
final reading after twenty-eigLt coun
ties had been expected from its ope?
ration.
Mr Raeinsford's insurance deposit
bill was taken up, being a special
order and Mr John P. J'homas, Jr ,
offered a substitute bill which was
ordered to be printed and laid upon
the desks of the members.
To require any insurance company
or association to be possesed of
$100,000 cash capital, or in lieu
thereof, to have $100,000 on deposit
with some State for the benefit of all
policy holders, or in lieu thereof to
deposit with the treasurer of this
State valid securities aggregating
$10,000, said securities to be subject
to any judgment against said com?
pany, and such judgments shall oper?
ate as a lien on such securities, and
providing a penalty for the violation
of the provisions of this Statute.
The bill providing for the punish
ment of laborers who violate either
a wrtten or vet bal contract after re?
ceiving advances was passed to a
third reading in the following form :
Section 1 That any laborer work- j
ing on shards of crop or for wages j
in money or other valuable considera- ;
tion under a verbal or written con
tract lo labor on farm lands, who
shall receive advances either in money
or supplies and thereafter willfully
and without just cause fail to perform
the reasonable service required of
him by the terms of the said con?
tract, shall be liable to prosecution
for a misdemeanor, and on convie
lion shall be punished for not less
than 20 days nor more than 30 days,
or to be fined in the sam of not less
?han $25 nor more than ?50, in the5
discretion of the court.
Mr Patton's redistrecting bill was
made a special order for to-morrow
evening. His bill provides for redis?
tricting the State as follows:
1., Pee Dee District--Chesterfield,
Marlboro, Darlington, Florence, Ma?
rion, Horry.
2 Santee District - Georgetown,
Williamsburg, Charleston, Berkeley,
Dorchester.
3. Ed?8to District - Orangeburg,
Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton, Beau
fort.
4. Wateree District - Fairfield,
Kershaw, Richland, Sumter, Claren?
don
5. Saluda District - Laurens,
Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda, Lex?
ington, Aiken.
6 Northern District-Spartanburg,
Cherokee, Union, York, Chester, and
Lancaster.
7. Piedmont District - Abbeville,
Anderson, Greenville, Oconee.
In the Senate an attempt to repeal
tiie bill against nepotism in the ap
pointment of clerks^and inferior offi?
cers by the heads of departments was
killed.
An attempt to reconsider the reso?
lution fixing the date of adjournment
on the 13th was defeated.
No bills of general importance
were passed.
COLUMBIA, February 4 -The roost
important action of the House to-day
was to kill Mr. Ashley's bill looking to
the practical repeal of the privilege tax
on fertilizers The effort was to reduce
the tax so as to confioe it to the ex?
penses of analysis. The friends of
Clemson, however, rallied to its de?
fence, as they fear that it would be
crippled by tating away this source of
revenue, and by a vote of 71 to 35 the
bill was killed. There are several
other bills on the Calendar 6eekiog to
reduce the privilege* tax, but to-day's
vote is no doubt indicative of what is to
happen to other such measures.
Mr. Aoderson, the lone colored mem?
ber, was again unsuccessful in his
effort to have tbe law requiring licenses
of emigrant agents repealed.
At the night session Mr Patton, of
Richland, accomplished the unexpected
by having the House, by a decisive
vote, refuse to strike out the enacting
words of his . redistricting bill. He
saved his bill by a most logical and
straightforward argument of over an
bour, brusbiog aside one objection
afrer another. The House adjourned
before final action, but Mr. Patton has
shown what logic can do.
Mr. Raiosford's bill to provide for
the compensation of members of boards
of township commissioners was finally
adopted to-day, fixing the rate of the
township boards at ?1 per day, for not
more than five days, and the chairmen
the same for township work, and while
serving on thc county boards $1 50.
not to exceed eight days' services.
Mileage is provided for at 5 cents per
mile for not more than 100 miles,
Chester and Kershaw allowed for
twelve meetings of the cotmty board,
with pay. The bill excited considera?
ble debate early io the week.
When tbe third reading bills were
reached there was no opposition to any
one of the measures. They were rush?
ed through by the mere reading of the
title.
Mr. Ed Smith : To ameod certain
sections of the general railroad law
relating to certain offences and penal?
ties and inpert a oew section providing
that any one who shoots into a train or
(brows a missile into such train sball be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Mr. Wyebe : To authorize county
treasurers to publish quarterly re?
port of disbursements of public fuods
Mr. Wickler: To ameod statutes
relating to the report of the school com?
missioner to the Court of Sessions
Mr. B. B. McWbite: To amend tbe
County Government Act so as to pro?
vide fer two additional members for the
board of township commissiooers while
acting aB appraisers ic Florence.
Mr. Ilderton : To establish a bureau
of -labor for the purpote of gathering
labor statistics and inspecting weights 1
and measures. The bill merely pro?
vides for a commissioner to gather sta?
tistics.
Quite a number cf new bills were 1
offered to-day, among them being : 1
By the pension commute : To amend i
the law relating to pendons. The bill
proposes the election of township
boards of thrco members by the Con?
federate veterans The chairmen of
each board meet then and elect a coun?
ty board, composed of four of their ]
owe members and one physician. Thc i
other features of the present, law are left ;
about tho ? ame.
Mr. Pollock : To i-corporate the ]
Atlantic Coast Lioc Railroad Company ?
of South Carolina, and to authorize the
con' Nidation of certain railroads under
that name.
Mr. Reynolds: To provide for and
regulate the publ:c printing of South
Carolina. This bill provides for the
letting of the public printing in publio
competition The lowest bidder to get
the work and give bond for it. The
proposed law does not interfere with
the present contract.
Mr. Burns : To abolish the office .
of State constable ereated by the Dis- j
pensary Acf and t') repeal Section 4C of j
said Act relating to rte appointment of
State constables and chief constables.
The bill devolves tbs duties of thc j
constables upon the sheriff'-, deputy i
sheriffs, magistrates7 constables, police
and other peace officers in this State
without additional compensation except
as otherwise provided by law. To Act
takes' effect immediataly upon its
approval by the Governor.
SENATE.
The SeDate sat exacty one hour and
thirty minutes to-day-the shortest ses?
sion of the year. A very light Calen?
dar confronted them, and a number of
bills were passed over.
The only third reading bill that
passed was Mr Archer's bill requiring
county officers to keep an itemized ac?
count of their incomes.
AmoDg the new bills introduced
were :
By Mr. Moses : Bill making it a
misdemeanor for any county officer to
receive rebates on school books cr other
supplies purchased for the county.
By Mr. Henderson : Billyo require
the counties to furnish auditors and
treasurers with stationery, 6tamps and
fuel.
By Mr. Love : Bill to amend the
free school law relating to the excep?
tion of special graded school districts
from the special school tax.
Freight on Tobacco.
Railroad Commission Asks
for N. C. Rates.
The railroad commission yesterday
sent out the following to the traffic
managers of the different railroads in
the State, whicb will be of great im?
portance to the tobacco raisers of tbe
State if the reads accede to the request
of the commission :
Dear Sir : I am directed by the
board to forward to you copy of the
action of the commission tc-day in the
matter of the rates on tobacco :
Whereas, the growing of tobacco
having assumed large and increasing
proportions in ibis State and ficding
that tte rate upon the Droducts of this
important industry is nearly double
what it is in those communities where
tobacco is one of the standard products.
"Resolved, That the traffic man?
agers cf the various railroads in this
State are hereby requested to put tbe
rate on tobacco on line with tbe rate in
North Carolina."
W. D. EVANS,
D. P. DUNCAN, Chairman.
Secretary.
The following resolution was also
sent to President John B. Cleveland of
the Charleston and Western Carolina
railway :
"Resolved, That the Charleston and
Western Carolina railroad being now a
consolidation by the authorities of this
State of the Port Royal aod Augusta
railroad and the Port Royal and West?
ern Carolina railroad into one road
under the above name, shall, tberfore,
30 days from this date make up and
operate its freight tariff to and from all
points in this State on the straight mile?
age basis.
A Man of Affairs.
The senator elect from Idaho, Mr.
Heidfelt is no orator, but a "man of
affairs." Judge Claggett, one of his
competitors in the race, and head and
shoulders above all contestants in
point of ability, said :
"1 have known the senator elect j
for years. He is one of the best men
that lives in the State ; a iarge farm?
er, a man of property and of means,
the owner and conductor of many of
f he warehouses of ihe ^counties of
Latch and Nez Perce ; a great man,
a pure man, -and although inexperi?
enced so far as public affairs are con?
cerned, let no one imagine for a mo
ment that when he assumes the du?
ties of his high office any one is go?
ing to be smart enough to deceive
him. Gentlemen of the joint assem?
bly, your choice has fallen upon a
man who is worthy of it."
A Fighting Captain.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Feb. 3.-The
Sew York Journal's dispatch boat Va
nm.se, which has been reported lost, is
it Mii-roi, where her captain, Mcintosh,
is held under bond for asaulting Capt.
Denny of the launch Azone.
Highest cf all in Leavening Pow?
How to Care Hams.
Two More Remedies for Pre?
venting Devastation of
Hairy Bug.
To the Editor of the News aod Courier:
The various remedies given in your
columos to prevent the hairy bug from
eating our hams have been put to the
test by me in past years and found de?
fective. I will give a remedy that bas
proven infallible for the past four years :
After your barns have been smoked
take down about tbe first of April and
completely immerse each piece io a pot
of boiling water, allowing it to remain
about 30 seconds. After allowing half
an hour to dry off pack in a tight hogs?
head as follows : Place a layer of clean
hay four inches thick io the bottom of
the hogshead, then a layer of hams;
don't allow the pieces to touch ; theo
another layer of bay and so on until all
hams are in, and finish with six inches
of hay Place over the top of the
hogshead a thick piece of homespun,
and tie around the top with a strong
twine.
I use in ouriog a teapot full of white
sugar and one tablespoon full saltpetre
to four barns, and allow only twelve
days in salt. My hams are always
juicy when boiled and make "speckled
gravy" when fried at a year old, and
I fiod ready sale for all surplus, and
at top prices. VIT.
A LAWYER'S OPINION.
To the Editor of the News and Cou?
rier :
Permit a lawyer, who knows some?
thing about farming, to give your read?
ers bis plan of curing hams. Af?
ter the hams have been in salt for
about three weeks take them out,
wash well with warm water ; as soon
as near dry sprinkle corn meal over
them ; then wrap up in brown paper,
after which cover them with thin
homespun, cheese cloth ; have prepared
either a batter made of corn meal and
water or iime and water ; dip the barn
thus cured in the batter two or three
times ; bang up to dry ; they can be
smoked or not, as desired. Hams pre?
pared in this manner can be kept all
the year without danger of bugs or
worms troubling them. I, or rather
Madam, has followed this now for the
last ten years, and we cannot recall
ever losing but two hams in that time.
We often prepare the shoulder meat
in the same manner. We keep barns
and shoulders all lhe year. They keep
soft and sweet and will equal the "old
Virginia" or anv other bam. W.
The Aiken Journal and Review says:
'.We desire to call thc attention of
Maj. T. W. Woodward, of Fairfield,
to the fact that the Massachusetts legis?
lature some time ago appropriated
$400 for the introduction of the Mon?
golian pheasant into that State. Ac?
cording to an authority, 'there are
many kinds of pheasants, but ooly two
of them are desirable as game birds
the English and the Mongolian. In
disposition the Eoglish pheasant is logy
and tamable, and wheo artificially bred
may be taught to take food from the
band. Not so with the Mongolian.
He is a more active and nervous bird,
and is as wild as a partridge. He is
also more prolific. In confinement
the Eoglish pheasant lay's from twenty
to thirty eggs during a season, the
Mongolian from, sixty to eighty, and
there are two or three broods a year.'
The introduction of these game birds
bas beeo of decided benefit to the farm?
er, as they are a great destroyer of in?
jurious ioeects, caterpillars, moths,
worms, etc. Possibly they would be
found a protection to the cotton and to?
bacco plaots in this State if introduced
and allowed to breed. In Massachu?
setts there is a fine of ?20 for killing
one of these birds." Al! of which is
respectfully referred to the legislature
as well as to Major Woodward. By a
righteous change or two io our game
laws we can fill South Carolina with
these superb birds, enrico the table of
the poor man as well as the rich. Will
not the general assembly make the
changes ?-State.
The True Remedy.
W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, 111., "Chief.''
says : "We won't keep bouse without Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. Experimented with mary
others but never got the true remedy until we
used Br. King's New Discovery. No other
remedy can take its place in cur home, as in it
we have a certain and sure cure for Coughs,
Colds, Whooping Cough, ere.'' It is i<Uo to
experiment with other remedies, even it' they
;iro urged on you as just as good as Dr. King's
Xew Discovery. They ar.? pot as good, be?
cause tills remedy '.?as a record <>i' cures and
besides is guaranteed. Ii never faiis to satisfy.
Trial bottles free at Dr. .1. F. W. DcLorme's
Drug Store. 4
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