Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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New Eogiaad Paralyzed by Southern Factories. AN APPS Alt FOR AID, Boston, Dec 9.-Although Boston ?the centre of the cotton mill bosi ness of New England, the, men prom? ick?ot?y connected with the trade would have little to say ooncerning tile action of the Fall Ki ver manu? facturera in voting to reduce wages, beginning Jan l.( The treasurer of one of the Fall Ewer mills who was Willing to discuee the matter said he regarded this cot ss the beginning of a serious time, net only for the Fall Hirer print milk, but for all the cot? ton mills m New England The key ^|to the whole sitnafdon, he said, is the ; relative cheapness of southern labor, which could not be better shown than by the fact that il cost the same mill in Georgia or North Carolina 3J to produce a pound of material and in New England 6c. With this fact in mind it is evident that the cut of 10 . per cent, is not going to help matters much and the only thiog that will do any good at present will be a radical '.. cat of say 20 or 25 per cent. Tbis woa?d inevitably bring on a strike, V . bot, with a cot of IO or ll per cent., be says there would be little likelihood of a strike, as the operatives are well acquainted with the conditions and : ; know that a reduction of some kind -^ 1aneces?ary ?ven this would still leave a difference of about 25 per cent on the cost of the labor in favor of-Boothera mills, too ere at a dif? ference to struggle against euccesa la the first place, says the treas -, the southern n il ls have every aral advantage ; they have cheaper ^cotton and less burdensome taxation . Some Of the big mrfis in Fall River, fe Instance, have s yearly payment of $10,000, $15,000 and even $20, ?90 m taxes to mike, whereas in : v Georgia and North Carolina the mille >- are In many iastancea exempted from taxation for 10 or 12 years. It is io lahor, however, the great difference lies, according to the official quoted, fer the labor in the sooth is as good ? as it is here and taken; as a whole is ^itont 33 per cent cheaper. The southern labores have had about 10 .years training in mills started by ex "perienced cotton manufacturers and attend aa m any machines and tarn -oat as good work as operatives io the best New England milla Another ^great advantage the southern mills have is not being hampered by legis iation In Massachusetts the hours of laborera are limited to 58 a week, ?Mle in the sooth they are unlimited. 3foe only. hope, for the New Eogland mills, according to the speaker is eiiker in the improvement in the print cloth market, or in a general evening oj? of conditions between the north and the south. JOHNSON'S CHILL AND mVBR TONIC Cares Fever In One Day* A Bloody Postal Card. BenoettsviHe, S C., Dec. 6 -Fri? day night, about 10 30 o'clock, Julian McLaurin discovered an unknown man prowling around his father's yard and fired his pistol at him The maa fell, but quickly got up and . made bis escape Yesterday morning Mr McLaurin received through the mail a bloody postal card, which read as fbclcws : "By G-, you sh ?t me to night, but didn't burt me muc!> ; but I be dam if yon ever cross my path you will catsh h- I warn you so you can ?$sf? some showing. One or the other will die, and, by G-, you know who I am. Be prepared to meet your God" L%st night, as McLaurin was re turning from the pestoffice, some one standing by the street fired at him twice, one ball passing through the top of bin hat He returned the fire and the party ran He -says be has ?to idea who it was -Columbia Reg? ister Cannot Tax Newspapers. Norfolk, Va., .Dec. 8.-Jodge Prentiss bas rendered a decision in the case of the Norfolk Virginian and other daily newspapers against the city cf Norfolk, in which the plain? tiffs soe for permanent injonction re? straining the city from collecting a special tax upon newspapers. Judge Prentiss makes the temporary injunc? tion perp?tuai that this city cannot levy a tax which the State does not impose. The case will be taken to the court of appeals. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TON IC. ^ ?rnA** A Boston contemporary says that "no gentleman will swear before a lady." The safest course undoubt? edly is to give the lady the first chance. Estimates of The Cotton Crop 1897-1898. Basing oar concia*ion opon an ex? haustive correspondence with ali the cotton-growing counties in the South? ern States, reliable informarion se? cured from individu?is and from travelers through the Sooth, and upon the percentages of the crop marketed at numerous points, the fol? lowing is our estimate of the total yieloVby States. This estimate we submit, with the confident belief that it will prove as L^ariy correeras any that could be made at this date, after a careful con 8ideration of the cotton movement thoa far this year. Total crop of Bales: Alabama. 1,109,000 Arkansas, 852,000 Florida, 66,000 Georgia, - 1,430,000 Louisiana, 703,000 Mississippi. 1,379.000 North Carolina, 594,000 South Carolina, 875,000 Tennessee, etc, 395,000 Texas & Ind. Territory, 2,785,000 10,188,000 Paring th? month of July the crop generally promised well, and large estimates of the yield were made. In August and September, an ex? cessive drought and other adverse conditions prevailed, and a marked deterioration occurred During October and the greater part of November favorable weather was the role, and the crop has beeu materially increased thereby. Although the crop was planted late, the drought forced'cotton to early maturity, and our correspond? ents say up to this date the crop has been marketed rapidly. lu our opinion, the movement henceforth wul not prove to be in excess of the movement of a normal cotton year. For a time quarantine restrictions in a portion of the Sooth retarded shipments, but to a much smaller ex? tent than was generally supposed. Yours truly, LATHAM, ALEXANDER & Co. Camden ^Crossing Pen Pic? tured. Speaking of nothing but. wide places in the road, now bere is one fer excellence, and this is its only excellence, so io ?peak. Camden Junction, alias Camden : Crossing, alias Desolation District, is the abom? ination-of desolation to travelers who have ?Co undergo a stop over here. It seems to be troubled with an habitual "dry drought'* summer and it is inflicted with a "wet dought" in winter As a rule, the foliage only turns yellow in autumn, though some stray yoong plants blush a vivid scarlet because o? their surroundings. There is more silence here to the square inch thau pan anywhere else in South Carolina be compressed within a cubic foot, but there is room enough in this silence to bold a simi? lar amount of Camden Crossing gnats and mosquitos. The peculiarity of this special breed is that they can swim, walk and fly ; they have nickel plated stings, are made of solid India robber, carry little eque donks and they live for years. There is only one good thing to be said of this unfortunate place and its more than Sabboth like quiet. One has time for reflection, only one cannot here think Thia is impossible, bat the good point is that, as a drowning man remembers all the evil deeds of hie past life, even so do such thoughts arise in the minds of these exiled pris? oners of conscience and of Camden Crossing in this neglected, lonely and forsaken spot, where malaria breezes sigh through grey moss, on their way to dispel malagua dew drops, which hang like buckshot all day, one is almost forced to the con? clusion that no one ia to blame Of course the railroads cannot have a magnificent union station here, like the one in Columbia, with flowers, fountains, conservatories, porters, carriages, telephones and cushioned seats-ail free from noise, dust and smoke. There is ou?y one thing'tbat Camden Crossing is flt for Let it be utilized as a State campaign ground Its natural advantages are such that no improvement would be necessary for this purpose The speakers could speak forever, the hearers could lis? ten eternally and no one else need be troubled In the severe solitude of this isolation even political speakers might occasionally discuss facts, and with dread of future punishment so vividly suggested by their surround? ings, the hearers might (perhaps) vote with a stronger sense of moral responsibility And over all the In? dia rubber, spiral-twisted, nickel plated, indestructible Camden Cross? ing gnats and mosquitos would blow their 6qaednnks and commit suicide by blood poisoning -J. E Norroent in News and Courier. Johnson's Chili and Fe ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever ia 24 Hours. Don't send for a doctor if you pre? fer to die a natural death. Good Roads for Low Cost. Interest io the in portant subject of road improve ment is CT id ?Dt! j spreading and deepening in this State Ter j fait, and the timo if prob? ably not far distant now wheo our tow08 and villages will oot be so many islands surrounded, so to speak, by a sea of mad a large part of tbe year, or a sea of sand ali tbe time, and having free and easy communication with each other' and the rest of tbe world only over causeways of orossties. It is pleasant aod encouraging, therefore, to note every effort that is made by any couuty or community in tbe movement for better conditions, as it is safe to say that every mile of good road that is made any where int urea another and another in short order, both because of the virtue there always is io good example, and of the discontent that is bred io the most thoughtless and care? less minds by travelling on a bad road, or a section of bad road, after experi? ence of traveling over a good one. "Improved" roads io spots means im? proved roads everywhere io the near future, and it is expedient, therefore, to give the widest advertisement to tbe "spots'" wherever they are developed. Summerville affords the latest noted; instance of snob development. At the meeting of the towD council, a few nights ago. the intendant reported that "Messrs F. W Wagener & Co , have presented our town with, about forty carloads of day gravel subscribed for by them and some of our public spirited citizens for the purpose of improving the public roads of Summerville/' and added that the expense to the town of hauling and laying the material io place would cost only "about four dol? lars per carload." It would be used, be further said, to continue the length of good roads already begun, and the parp?se was to extend tbe clay gravel system until it covered Summerville. We cote tbe faot s for the sake of the excellent example they afford to "pub Ho. 'spirited citizens'' everywhere-io town aod country alike. Clay-grave), we suppose, is "dirt cheap'* wherever it is to be found, and the cost to the coo tributors should be little more than that of hauling it*to its destination The cost to the town for die tr i beting it io place i s ooly $4 a carload, as noted, and a oar load would make a good many rods of good road ont of as many of bad road. We should like to have from cur correspondent at Summerville a B tate meet of the total cost per yard, or rod of road or street improvement by this means io Sommerville for the public spirited citizens and authorities in tbe many other "sandy" towns aod villages in the State. We do not mind saying that we do ooi know just what are the sn pe nor merits of ?lay gravel to Mraigbt clay for the improvement of sandy roads and streets, bot it has been proved that the common elsy is good enough for all practicable purposes, making a turn? pike of a aand bed! and elsy is to be bad nearly everywhere. Some of the towns whose streets appear to have been 'worked" with a plough only, and some of the townships whose roads present the same appearance sboold try it on the Sommerville co-operative plan. The material costs little, re quires no other road machine than a cart with a orack ander the tailboard, ?od its geoeral application would save the cost of the improvement to the community every few months, and make "the middle and low-country a vehicular paradise -News and Courier. Take JOHNSON'S CHILLA FEVER TONIC Domas' Advice to Yoong Men. Damas*s advice tn young men reads is foowsll "Walk two hours every Jay ; sleep seven hours every night, go to bed alone when you wish to sieep, work as soon as you rise, never cat un? less you are hungry, never drink un? less you are thirsty, and always slowly. Never speak unless it is necessary, ned [hen say only half you thick. Write Duly what you can sigo Do only what you can tell of. Never forget Lbat others oount on you. but yon must never count on them. Esteem rooney For neither more nor less than it is wortb; it n a good servant but a bad master Keep away from women until you are 20 years old Give ?hem up when you ITO 40 D.m't create without recog? nizing the responsibility, and destroy is little a? possible Forgive everybody 10 advance ; it is more sure. Neither bate nor despise men, and do not laugh 11 them ; pity them Think of death every morning when yoa seo the light, ind every evening when you go into the shadow. When you suffer very much look your grief io the face ; it alone ean console you and it will teach you much. Learn simplicity, and how to be useful, and bow to remain free, sod wait to deny God until He bas proven to the world He does not exist. Glory for glory is a shameful specula? tion. Men proud of their celebrity are ignorant. Men vain of their genius are fools " Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC, ALL RECORDS PASSED. New York. Deo. 9 -The early hoar? of the fourth day of the great six day bike race found 18 ateo still pedaling away for honor and profit The men wer? all seemingly determined with the possible ezoeptioo of Stephane who bad developed a case of stubbornness which bis. trainer bad a hard time in combat? ing The motion of the wheel is be? ginning to affect.the eyelids and brain and even the snatches of sleep which they allow themselves, they imagine they are still riding. The men must be forced to sleep in most instances by the trainers They want to be up and away at the pace which has shown no lagging since the start. The wonder? ful endurance of the men is best shown by tbe aotoal time spent io sleep by the leaders. Miller had slept jost- one hoar and six min?tes in the Sr.-t 72 boars of the race. Ri?Ierre rode 1.124 miles without a wink of sleep and he then took two boors Waller bad slept three hours, Rice fire hoars. Moore fix, Pierce 6?. Golden 9f and Stephane seven hours in .the same time. Eikes made 1,000 miles in the first 72 hours, despite the fact that he bad slept 20 boora ; Hale's record for 1897 will look ridi? culous when this year's figures io foll wilt be placed ap against it. Io this contest Haie outstripped his own figures and was 24 miles ahead of them at 92 hours Last year he had 1 306 miles to bis credit and to-night he had cover? ed 1,330 Stephane, the French rider from whom so moen was expected, was officially deolared out of the raoe to? night. He had not been on the track since this morning; He was thorough ly exhausted. Miller seems to be ab? solutely tireless wheo oo the wheel. He is fast approaching the automatic stage. His eyes stare straight ahead aud were it not for his occasional great sports be would seem to be lost to all consciousness. The Georgia Convict System. Attenta, Ga , Deo 9.-Tbe convict lc.se bili has passed the house After wrangling over the oooviot lease bili for nearly two months, the boase to day passed the measure by a vote of 93 to 70. The bill will go immediately to the senate, where it is expected it will pass witboot amend? meat. The measure provides that tbe state shall have entire supervision >ver misdemeanor convicts ; that a cen? tral farm be erected for all women, in? arm and juvenile convicts, and that, all ible-bodied convicts be leased oat Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. Scooped by Seaboard. Baltimore, Deo. 9.-It if announced (hat the control of the Gape Fear and ?adkin Valley railway has passed to he Seaboard and Roanoke Railway jompaoy, and that the property will lereafter be operated under a perpetual ease by the Seaboard Air Line system. The basis of the deal is said to be a guares tee to tbe bondholders aod an igreement to operate the lice for 75 ferr cent, of tbe gross receipts, the )alaoce to go to (be stockholders. The innoanoement has oaased a rise of 20 joints io the price of the securities <f he Cape Fear and Yadkio Valley road. Declaration of Peace. Washington, Dec. 9 -The Baltimore Steam Packet company and the Balti? more, Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat company have adjusted their iifferenoes as to Chesapeake Bay trafile in a basis mutually satisfactory, and hts adjustment carries with it an agreed )olicy of harmony and co-operation in he management of the rail line- of ,he Soutbero railway aod of ibe Sea? board Air Line sooth of Washington, n the District of Colombia, and Nor o!k, in Virginia, in respect to both reigbt and passenger traffic The new igreement bas been signed by President 5-imoel Speocer of the Southern, and President R. C. Hoffman of the Sea? ward Air Line. A LITTLE SUFFERER Face, Hands and Arms Covered With Scrofulous Humors-How a Cure Was Effected. "When five years old my little boy had 3crofula on his face, hands and arms. It was worst on his chin, although the sores on his cheeks and hands were very bad. Et appeared in the form of red pimples which would fester, break open and run ajid then scab over. After disappearing they would break out again. They caused intense itching and the little sufferer had to be watched continually to keep him from scratching the sores. Wo becanio greatly alarmed at his condition. My wife's mother had had scrofula and the only medicine which had helpd her was Hood's Sarsaparilla. We decided to give it to our boy and we noted an improve? ment in his case very soon. After giving him four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla i the humor had all been driven out of his j blood and it has never since returned." j WILLIAM BARTZ, 416 South Williams St., j South Bend. Indiana. 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Two coats of good paint will look better and last longer thai? three coats of poor paint VVe are not giv? ing paint away, nor selling it at cost, bot we are selling paint that is good paint, that will be a profit to us and the man who boya it. We are head? quarters for Rubber Belting, Iron and Lead Piping, Blacksmith's and Carpenter's Tools Machine Oils, Tinware, Guns, Pistols, Ammunition, &c. R. W. Durant & Soo. Sept 29-x Tie Largest aili 1st Complete U?Mmi M Geo. S. Backer & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ^ST" Purchase our make, which we gu?rante ( superior to any sold South, and thereby pave money. Window and Paney Glass a Specialty October 16-o BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street stcord door sonto of the Nixon ; House, I am piepared to ?cons modate a iew j repulir boarders, and also lodgiDg and meals j to transient cus?firers. Terms reasonable MRS. W. B. SMITH. Sept. 8. \ NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will be ia my office in the Court House at ^uniter from October 15th to December 31st, next, for the collection of t?xes for tbe pres? ent fiscal jear, and for collection of commu? tation ro*d tax for 1898. It ?3 very important, for two reasons, tbat jcu should pHj up earlier than usual. Io tbe first place, my salary having been re? duced twenty per cent, by the last Legisla? ture renders it impossible for me to employ my usual clerks, hence with the usual rush toward 'be last, many will fail to get in. In the serood pl"Ce, tbe Auditor bas never re? quired heretofore that the t x books be turn? ed over to bim promptly for making op the penalty book. He bas alreadj notified me that on account of a change io tbe Law regu? lating the work of his office tb*t he would be compelled to bave tbe books as required by Law, so that I am compelled to close op on Dec. 31st. JU. B. In view of the above reasons don't put off till the last acd then expect me to protect you. It will be impossible H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter Coontv. Sept 22 -THE Sumter Institute, Sumter, S. C. The thirtieth collegiate year begins September ninth, 1897. For catalogue-address MRS. L. A. BROWNE, or Miss E. E. COOPER, Principals. July 21--3m.