Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Seri?Bs Railroad W?e?k. T&e Ronda Vestibule and Columbia Special in K| From the Daily Item, Jan. 21. Charleston, sVc, Jan. 21.- Tb? mo?: se nous wreck that bat occurred OD the Atlantic Coast Line in many years, happened near : Ashley Jonction this morning Train 62 that leaves this city at 7 a - m. for Columbia ind train 37. the Florida Vestibule limited, came into collision a short distance from the Jonction, where they ebon ld have set and passed Both trains were wrecked, and although only two persons were killed out? right and nineteen injaree , it was tn the nature of a miracle tbat juan? other lives r were not lott. Both cogioca are al mott de? molished, and the coach? serious!y damaged. r^- LATER REPORT. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 21-Train 37 of Allan tic Coast Line from New York for i ' Florida, and train 52, local Cram Charleston to Colombia, collided about eight miles yt est of Charleston at Tl 7 this molding Two, men were killed and a number were . inured. The collision waa caused by a cbo fusion of Iorder?. So 37 bad right of way, ?>ut was late, and Icoml leaving bad orders to take aiding ! if it co-sld be made by 7.19. Point waa reached at 7.?7, but the special waa a few minuta? ahead of time reported, and the two tfarot (?rn? together. Both locomotives I . ao&abed, nut ooh two. cars damaged. Re? lief train sent at once and injured brought to ' city. 0?MFLBTS LIST C* KILLED AND WOUNDED. 4 Train No. 52 wac in charge of conductor Webb and Bogioeer Hail. 'gfrt ftaiowiog is the Hst of killed and w?*e?*d o? trait No. 52: -. :?^;5tab<?K fireman, killed, ?flafl, engineer, arm broken. r Jj?pB^ bruised !..; -:J; B Binghaa^ colored, ma:! agent, badly - ?o^t ?nd mi?? injured. : . : ^ . . Powell, express meoienger, leg J&lt&ii&e, baggage matter, head badly I Jika Williams, colored, porter, slightly .:'i?oordiio, colored,, paateoger, cut in J W. Hood, passenger, cut in bead. f ' ?4^^?a^ of killed ?nd wounded "?? train Nc . 37 ; Bbb James. firiMUan, killed. -r- Sa I ruck, conductor, cut about bead. ; J. L Nealy, engineer, ir jared inte? nally and body badly broken up ; will probably die , Job? Selters, train porter, badly burned by ates?. ' RR. Ly lea, baggage matter, inieroulty in jiredand buro*d. |j -?- If it*b*n, flagman, cat *bcot bead Toot Tbomsoo, first cook, cat on ?ead. .-Seaford, second cook, ir jared ioter nally. B Bacon, walter, burt io chest W W ~ Johnson, waiter, badly bruised Uri. T. A. Sendly, Philadelphia, lassen ger, small bruise o? arm Jin. Stokes, Philadelphia, passenger, ; braised on head F. R. Clark, electrician, injured by con? cussion. CHILL & FEVER TAX COLLECTION S F2n? Showing Made by Treasurer Scarborough / County Treasurer Scarborough reports tba: be coUeeted between 92 and 93 fer cent of all raset doe.the county and State cn real tad perros? 1 property before tbe books cloted. The poll taz collections fall ?hort of tbe col? lection last year lett than one hundred dol? lars, which is a great deal better tbao any? one anticipated, at it wat thought that under the new law tbere wonld be many who.would prefer relir qoisbing, the right to vote rather than pay the tax. .e. H wet estimated by many that tbere would be between three and four hundred less poll tax receipts written in 1897 tuan ia 1896, but thc collections show bow far wrong those estimates were. Sumter County makes a showing tbat will, without doubt, compare tolerably with any other County ia, the BI8HOPVILLE NEWS. ?tisbopville, S C , Jan. 20, 1898 -A tent meetifeg was tegua here on the 13tb instant, by a band of holiness people who were re? ceived with regret and hatred by a few otd "rusty sinners," but who will leave with the good withes of all who know them. Tbere ts no question about the sincerity rf tbe workers, and all their work bas been for the elevation of the cante of Christ. It is won? derful so kaow tb? conversions which er? this moat bave reached among tb? hand red s Old and yoong are thinking of their soul's welfare in i he hereafter, and they think the good work it Just DOW beginning. A well known tod well-to-do negro, Elias Jackton, dropped dead this morning about 9 o'clock while plowing near hit bouse. Wheo found, which was io a very abort time, bs held the linet io bit hands and hit pipe wat still io bit mooth. Magistrate Scarbor? ough, with Dr Mannine ?od a jury, held aa Uqoest over toe body, aod toe verdict wat that ht came to bia death from oatural M. Wien You Have a Bad Cold Too waot the bett medicine that cac be ob? tained, and that kCbambelain's Cough Rem? edy. Too wsnt a remedy that will oot only give quiek relief bot effect a permanent curt. Too waot a remedy that will relieve th? langt aod keep expectoration etty. Too waot a remedy that T.-ill counteract aoy tendency toward* pneumonia. Toa went a remedy that is pleasant and tafe to take. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the only medicise io use that meets all of these re? quirements. This remedy is famous for its cores of bad colds throughout the United States sod io many foreign countries. It bas many rivals, bot, for the speedy and perma? nent cure of bad colds, stands without a peer and itt splendid qualities are evey where ad? mired tod praised. For tale at Dr. A. J. China's Drug Store. LESS COTTON, MORE MONEY. THE F?BMSBS HAVE THE POWER TO PIX THE PRICE OP COTTON. From The Sute. A correspondent in Edgefield county sends ns an annotated copy of a cotton circular of Hubbard, Bros. & Co. of New York, dated January 19. One paragraph reads : In 1892 and 1895 it was thought that tbe sooth bad learned of ita abil? ity to control prices by reducing the production, and that it would this season pursue a similar policy .We believe it will, but . the mass of the trade and outside buyers would like to see acd read more evidence of tbe success of tbe movement started at Atlanta and Memphis to reduce the cotton area. They do not see in the southern press the same unanimous expression of opinion that the redoc Hon will tie advantageous to the planter, or thai it-is the only policy which can pr?vent lower prices next season^ Onr correspondent comments : "Move the press to unanimity if yon lean." Another paragraph is as follows : Will the markets continue to move toward a lower level, is the question which now interests ns all. Toe an? swer will depend entirely upon the, action of the sooth. If it has learn? ed to produce cotton profitably on the basis of 5 cents there will be no reduction ic acreage and merchants and manufacturers will have to admit that their position is wrong It is the fear that it will prove wrong which is DOW weakening prices, for it is an old adage that "fears, not facts, make values " .'Not 5 per cent of the cotton around me is profitable now at 5 cents" is the annotation of our cor? respondent A third and final paragraph is this: Should it become evident during the next 60 days that present prices are not profitable there will be a sub stantial reduction in the acreage and the sale of fertilizers which will lead to an active market We believe the reported increase in the wheat area in ihe south will be followed by an increased area in corn and oats, and that little new land will be cleared for cotton planting, as we cannot yet believe that there is any other logi? cal conclusion to be reached wheo cotton is bringing less than the basis of five cents in the interior In the meantime, the problem for the sooth is to convince the spinning world that it does not intend to raise bom per crops of cotton at present prices. Until this is accomplished there will be small chance of a permanent ad vance in prices Our correspondent ?dds to this the request : "Give your best efforts to prove these facts and you. will again render most valuable aid to your many patrons and friends " The same mail brings us a cotton letter from Latham, Alexander & Co of New York, under the same date, and it supplies the facts and the argu? ment. We present ;t in full : It seems to us that the most vitally important lesson for the sooth to learn is that over-production cf cot? ton is seriously harmful to the mate? rial prosperity of that section We have repeatedly written on this subject and feel that we have ex? hausted the argument ; nevertheless, with the result of the current crop, we are constrained to write again, even at the risk of reiterating what we have said before Whatever share the merchants and planters of the sooth are to have in the revival of business and general prosperity of the country, now ap parently well started, will depend upon the profit that is made in the production of . cotton, a crop worth $300,000,000 The total crop of 1895--96 was 7, 157,346 bales, and it soldat the aver? age price of 8 09 cents per pound, or $40 82 per bale according to the re? cord of exports and the official figures of the bureau of statistics at W ash ington The planters that year made larger food crops, and when the plant ing season the next year began, they were fortified with every re quisite to produce cotton cheaply. Last year the total crop was 8. 757,964 bales, and the average price was 7.42 cents pound, or $37 40 per bale, the crop yielding, perhaps, a larger profit than for many years, be? cause planters had few supplies to boy. The success resulting from the con? servative policy which was pursued these two years did not induce plaut? ers to adhere to that lioe of action ; on the contrary, they increased their purchases of fertilizers this year, and many of them drifted beck almost to the all cotton principle, and planted the largest cotton acreage ever known, hopiDg that the world would pay re? munerative prices for the staple, no matter bow large the supply. The disastrous result of over-plant? ing this year is already clearly shown by comparison with last year, when the acreage devoted to cotton was decidely less. Last year the amount of cotton marketed to January 1st was 6,398, 192 bales, the average price realized was 7 ?3 cents per poned, $37 per bale, or $242.939,350 Thia year 7,260,033 balee w marketed to January let, the aver price realized was 6 05 cents pound, $30 49 per bale, or $221 SI 406 The planters shipped to mar 861,841 bajes of cotton more by J nary 1st this year than last, and ceived for them $21.580,944 1 money In other words, owing the lower price, induced by ov production, the people of the soi have lost on cotton shipped to m ket by January 1st this year, the tal value of 861,841 bales, name $32,724,102. and $21,580,944 I sides, making a grand total loss $54 305,046 To further illustrate the ruinous feet of over planting, we make t following summary of crops a prices : Crop Av'age Jales. Price Froceedi 1893-94 7.549,817 7 69 $292.932.8 1894r-95 9,901,151 5 79 288,918,5 1895-96 7,157,346 8 09 292,234,4 1886-97 8'757,964 7 42 327,547,8 lc will be seen that in 1893-94 crop of 7 549,617 bale? sold for $< 014 395 more tbao the large crop 9 901 251 bales tbe next year; 1895 96 a crop of only 7,157.346 bal brought $3.315,933 more than tha i 901,251 crop, acd that the crop of ? 787,954 bales brought $38,629.31 more than was received for 9,901,2 bales marketed io 1894 95 Snob incoo tes table facts show wh enormous loases the sooth bas sustain by overproduoMoo, and are suffieie to cause a radical change io plaotii operations. It ts oooeeeded on every band tb the price thoa far received for tb year's crop has yielded no profit to tl plaoter, aod even though more tb* two thirds of the crop have beeo sb to this date, pri?es are even yet belo the cost of prod cotton. Oo acoooot of tbe large crop ai low price? resul ti ug therefor m, it ia vital importance, ?ot only to tbe soot! bat tbe whale country, that tbe cone acreage for next year be materially r< doced, to order to advance the price < the greatest product of tbe Unite States to a paying ba?ia If tbe planters of the south sofie loss, tbe people of the whole coootr most ?ber? ia it Tbe ?oath eaaoot staod another cot ton orop of the ?ame dimensions a this year's, without bringing about di* aster and bankruptcy to plaoters an baodlers of cotton, and relative harm t the general mercantile i cte rest of tba section. The price of cotton is more readil; j?oeoced by the inexorable law of top ply and demand than any other artic! of c immmerce, for no oomodity is s sensitive to flacoatiooa, and wben ;. superabundance is handing over tb market, cotton trade io ail its branche ie adversely affected Cotton raising io this country is vir toally a monopoly-two-thirds of thi entire prodoctioo each year ii readily taken by buyers in foreigi countries, ?od the plaoters to thi south are justly entitled to a fair rema osratioo for their labor Ao over supply it tbe only reason why thej have to sell 6,000,000 to 7,000.0G( bales of cot toa to foreign spinners without profit. The cotton crop cao and shcald b< made the most profitable io this coun? try, [tis wholly the plaoter's faul that each is not the ease, as tbe figure* in this letter clearly show. Tbe cotton interest of every kind, everywhere, would prefer ao advanc Hog market to a deoiioiog one, good prices to poor ones, because trade io all of its ramifications is quickened thereby Eveo the coo sum ere of cot? ton goods are so t lightly affected by ao advance of eveo two or three oeotc per poood in the raw material that they are not unwilling that tbe plaoter be well paid for hi* labor. Bat, if the planting interests of the sooth continue to ioorease cotton acreage year after year continua) loss is inevitable The mere fact that a large crop has been planted affects the price adversely at onee, and continues to affect it until the crop bas been marketed, aod if the planters of tbe sooth would determine to largely redare the acreage, a favora? ble i o flue o ce upon prices and the oottoo trade of the world would at once be? come apparent. By ibv systematic sod cooperative i aistioo between tbe merchants aod plaoters the cotton crop most be kept I within reasonable trade demands or [ else destroy the most valuable source ! of profit to the mercantile and agricul? tural interests of tbe sooth Fur the : good of all COD cero ed, it would be in? finitely better aoy year to make a mil j lion bales less cotton tbao half a million j bales more tbao oeeessary. The material welfare of the south is more dependent upon ber oottoo orop than upon all other sources of income oombined, aed it is entirely with the plaoters and oottoo commission mer* obaots to determine whether the value of this crop shall from year to year be a source of annually increasing profit or a source of disappointment and loss. Nothing oecd be ?dded to this ex bibil Notbiog that we can say would ioorease its force. Agreements to re? duce the acreage are after all but ropes of sand-we moat depend at last apon individual conviction, individual action. The way to accomplish the re? duction is to appeal directly to the people Therefore we urge, we beg, the j weekly papers of Sooth Carolina to spiread before their readers these state [meots which we have quoted. Let each of <he?u do it Let every reading firmer iu ?he Srate know what tbe em^rgei.cy demand?. Let tham under? stand that th. ir own aoMon within the D Z 60 day* ?iii determine not only the price of the next crop bat that part of the present crop which is still un? sold. Some two million dollars can be ra rained in Snnth Carolina through the increased price of colton now in the hands of oar people if the sooth shall show now that it means to plant for a moderate crop Is Dot this io itself a prise worth striving for? Sorely! Theo let the planters know of it. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER Washington, Jan 18.-lt is laid that Senator Tillman is io fa?or of Webster's confirmation as internal reve une oollector MoLaorin will probably oppose it. Mr. Webster is expected here daily. 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