Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"HOLD COTTON THE WATCHWORD Not 10 Daps dupply for Eog lisb Mills With Short Amencao Crop. New York, 8ept 7.?Today marked the turning point in the greet ball movement ia oolton in New York, New Orleeoe end Liverpool cotton exchangee With a oratb and amid tremendous excitement prices fell 25 to 82 potate oo the opening while the closing wee weak at e net loee of 19a25 points Between the opening and fiuael pbaaee, the market scored some violent pendolatioos, at one time advanciag within a point or so of yesterday's cloeiog The loee oo the first call here wiped oot folly one third of the rise accumoisted during: the fore part of the week end resulted from a bolt paoio io Liverpool. The public was oot a loeer oo the collapse of the English eod American markets, hating sold out pretty thoroughly doring the great riee of Wednesday. Manchester spinners voted at a meet iog today to oloee down their mills, being unable to profitably manufac? ture goods at the present aboormal prices demanded for American cottoo Moreover, there was not aoflioient staple in all England to ke* p them going for 10 days coose cotively Some trsders are talking 10 cente for January delivery, but conservative parties believe the turn? ing point has been reached. Today's business oo th> local oottoo exobsnge was estimsted at 1,000,000. HOPE TO BEAR MARKET. Manchester, England, Sept T ?At a meeting of the cottoo spioners here today it wee decided, practically uu animooaly, oot to pu: chase American spot oottoo doring the month of Sep? tember Poor filths of the employers io the trsde were repreeeoted. It is aaticipsted thst the decision will lesd to the olosure of ecorec of mills for several weeks Only three msnnfsc ture.a eppoeed the resolution snd their objection wer. that it was not strong enough aod that it should bind the trsde to stop the oonsomptioo of cotton aod not merely to stop pur chasing it. The meeting was private but it wss ascertained that during the dis cuseioos there wss shsrp criticism of the Liverpool speculators who, it was declared, made a crisis worse by gambling Eventually the meeting ad joorued until Sept 21, when the situs tiou will be again considered SERIOUSNESS OP THE CRISIS. j London, Sept 8.?The morning pa i pera comment upon the seriousness < of the orisie which has arisen st i Manchester, where suffering is likely j to be oaoaed by the enforced idleness < of operativee. especially if, ae is uot < impossible, the stoppsge continues i into October. The prospecte of a satisfactory ( American crop are regarded as sleo i der i The meeting summooed for Sept j 21 is to reconsider ths situation "and < if necessary to take more drastic i measures " Yesterday's meeting t waa open to all spinners, whether i connected* with tbe federation or not t Members of tbe north and northest t Lancashire spinners' and manufac i turf rs' aesociations were also present | Th^H- had met eaiiier in the day, aod i it was understood that they were t willing to corporate with the federa t tion i In the course of the meeting tbe ] accusition was made, althouugh not < formally discussed that some of the I pr ?moiers of tbe meet i eg had been i fortifying their own p nmion by large I purer.a*** of cotton since the cou i ferem e was sommoded. ( Disclaimers, however, met with cordial acceptance < Rep'ying to complaints that the reso i lutiou wee inadequate to meet the : crisis, the promoters admitted that i this had bee >mn more acute since the I meeting was called, but they said it i had been deemed expedient to ascure i united action throughout the whole I trade before attempting to strengthen I tb* terms of the resolution. Th* chief ;ntereet in yesterday's proceedings is as to whether they I will haaten the end of the corner i which had been established Mr Mawdaley, a leading official of the I operativea* union, ia hopeful lie says thst a fortnight's loee of work should not seriously affect the ope? rative Th>* Boltou spinners use Egyptian Cotton chi? fly and are therefore i it tie affect?'d The Barnes c< mpany of Farnworth, one of the largest firms dependr nt upon American cotton, have already placed their four milla on aht rt time for four days a week, and it io feared that many mills will be obliged to close Brave Men Pall Victims to stomach, liver and kidney trou? ble* as wall a* women, and all fact the results in Ihm of appeiue, Jpoisone io the blood, SOtO> ahee, nervousness, headache and tired, Ititlots run I >wn feeoog. but there's oo need tu foci like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner, Idaville, Io 1. He says: "Eleotrio Bitters are ju.*t the thing (or a man ?rfcca he is alt run duwn, and doa't cars whether L? lives or diss. It did noro to girt me new strength and good appe. tits theo anything I eeuld take. I can now eat anything aod have a new lease on life.' only 59 rents at J. I W. DeLorme'a Drug Store. Ivtrv settle guaranteed. '4 Raking Up Old Scandals. A Search for tbe Records of Dispensary Shortages Colombia, Sept 7.?Ooe of tbo sore poiots of tbe State dispeosary is likely to be opened up as a reeult of inquiries 00? in progress. Io no department of tbo Stato government, psrbaps, have there been at many shortages aod acts of misoooduot as io tbe State dispen? sary, but for this the men who have been honest aod straight are to be held responsible. This morning Mr Hunter A. Oibbes, a youog lawyer of the eity, applied to the Stato dispensary for aeeess to the reoords of the institution. Mr Gibbes was referred to Chairman Williams, who stated that be wished to koow for whom the information was sought aod what use was to be made of it aod exactly what was waoted, aod that the board would oo operate in eeouriog the ioformatioo. Mr Gibbes state 1 that he would eay that he represented Mr Wm H. Lyles, a leading attorney, but fur? ther than this be was not prepared to go. Mr Williams said that he wished in justice to tbe board to know what uee was to be made of the ioformatioo, who wae represented, aod to plaee tbe condition that if the ioformatioo sc? oured be published at all that it be pub* lished in full aod not io part. Mr. Gibbes said be would oonsolt Mr. Lyles aod inform him of Mr. Wilhams's position. Mr. Lyles made immediate reply, whioh will be fouod io quotations in the first part of Mr. Williama's reply. The position of Mr Lyles and Mr. Williams are both fully set forth in the following letter: Columbia, September 6, 1900. Mr W. H. Lyles, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir : Your favor of this date to baod, statiog : "At my requost this morning Mr. Hunter A Gibbes nf this Bar, oalled at the dispensary for tbe purpose of examining the speoial re? port made by Inspectors Moody and Yeldell about two years ago, while Mr. D. M Miles was chairman of the board, io wh*>h numbers of shortages sf dispeosers were reported, among them tbe shortage of the dispenser at Union, aod of dispenser No 2 at Spar tanburg, and of ooe at Summerville tod Lancaster, as I am informed rheso, as my ioformatioo goes, oot being all. I understood that you de? clined to show this report to Mr. Gribbes unless I would state tbe object which I bad io examining it, aod -ako eertoin pledges with roferenoe to the publioatioo of it and state for whom I was aoting 1 would say that a ibis matter I represent a oitiseo of South Carolina, who has tbe right of tooess to this paper aj a publio reoord, lod I desire tbe ioformation to make mob Use of it ao the ioterest of my ilieot may dictate to my own mind, .od. therefore, would be very glad if foo *ould allow Mr. Gibbes to have a topy of that report made. I make this leroaod as a right and trust that it viil be eomplied with * lo reply I would state that Mr Jibbee did oome and ask to bo allowed o examine the records io tbe dispeo ary. [ very naturally asked him what lartieular reoards he desired to ixamine, whom he was representiog tod for what purpose, to oooe of sbiob questioos I was able to get a atisfactury reply After he started hat you bad sent bim I tbeo told him o get a statement from you io writing is to whom you represented, aod your >urpose in asking, and if for publioa ioo The ooly "pledge" exaoted was hat all the tacts revealed by the oords be published We stand eady to allow the inspection and >ublioatioo of every reoord in our ffije, provided tho whole truth is pub isbed, and oot garbled statements, md we think that the oourtcy was at east due us by Mr Gibbes and your? self that we be informed as to your >orpuse in desiring to examioo tbero. The General Assembly has appoint >d a oommitieo to examine tbe trans? actions of tbe dispensary, aod Mr 4barpe, of that committee, is present, .od he, together with tbo other mem )crs of tbe board of direotors, approve I* above If the result of your nvesngatioo he published we respeot uliy request tbe publication of this otter sloog with it. Very rcipeotfully, L. D. Williams, Chairman. Mr Gibbes presentod Mr. Ly'.es's etter and Mr. Williams then made an appointment by whioh Mr. Gibbes sould bfgio work at 3 o'clock this kficroooo It appears from the letter that tbe >uly information that is desired is tbe ipeoial report of shortages made about iwj years ago There have been other ibortttgea besides these asked for. Members of tbe board of control think that the information is boing sought for campaign purposes, but wnethcr (bin be correct ur not is oot kouwo, but time will soon develop. A Professional Thief. H / ki ili Johnsou, colored, has been sent up to tbo higher court again. Ho was tried before Magistrate Sruilh yes terday aftornoou for burglary and laroeny. This negro has just served a Gfty*two day term on tho ohain gang for lika ofleoces. Afior boing sot at liberty, while on In- way home be burglarised housos in Sumter County and at Beulah. Ho also outcreu hi? father's homo and stolo therefrom any amount of clothing, besides stripping tbe fowl bouse. He will bave a bunch of troubles to tell his honor oeit week. ? Floreooo Times, Sopt 6th. THE COMING VETS REUNION. Low Rate of One Cent Per Mile od Roads. From tbe Augusta Tribune of Aug. 31st. Tbe annual reunion of tbe Georgia Confederate Veterans will be held at Augusta, Ga, November 14 15 16th, 1900. The low rate of one oont per mile for the Veteraoe and their friends over ill railroads in Georgia, will give the Veteraos from every seotioo of tbe stats ao opportunity to assemble together, briogiog their friaode with them, which keeps alivs the memories of tbs past. The youoger generation are fast filling the plaoes of oar old bsroes of tbs 60s, and they are anxious as Sons and Daughters of Veterans to keep alive the memories of the glorious aohievmeote of our heroes of the past. It will be well for those who eottoi pate being io Aogosta on this glorious occasion to be well io for med as to the extent and magnitude of the prepare tions wbioh are being made by tbe oitiseos of oor oity, a city that has a national reputation, for its hospitality, beautiful streets, aod handsome women. It is the first oity io the land through the efforts of its patriotic women, where a monument of its size was plaoed oo its most prominent thoroughfare, io memory of the "Lost Cause" aod its dead heroes. While tbe writer isy>oe of the youoger gener? ations he no less feels a thrill of pride mooing through his veins, wheo ho reads of the many brave aod daring deeds of our oid heroes. All who attend this reunion are assured of a most oordial weloome from our oitizans aod ample aod sufficient accommodations for all. A Campaign Slander. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier io Thursday's issuo of that paper says : There appeared today io a oard from Mr. A. C. Jones, former eaodidato for State seoator, the following paragraph relative to Gov MoSweeoey : "I saw Go? MoSwaoney at tbe cam paign meeting in Charleston drinking in what was pointed out to me aa a blind tiger (to Hiberoiao Hall) while the meeting was goiog oo, aod when he saw me passing be dodged to keep me from reeiug him I slid thoo aod there that I oould oot veto for bim io future for any offioo, and I was much surprised to see tbe governor of the State guilty of tuoh oonduot " Governor MoSweeney today said that tbero have beeo a great many things said about bim io this campaign that almost made him lose his temper ; but that he thought this latest slur might he given passing atteotioo. The Hibernian Sooiety, be said, was a gentleman's olub, where gentleman went oo iovitatioo or by membership There is not now, nor has there ever been, any liquor sold at tbe Hiberoiao Hall, aod it is just such a social olub as is to be fouod io any large oity aod where only members or their friends aro iovited He did go lo the Hiber? nian Ciub on invitatioo, as be bad a perfect right to do. aod that be went there is do more of a oiime, as be sees it, than to have gooe to a private home aod thoro partaken of hospitality. Governor MeSwcenev thinks that tbe campaign is getting down to a pretty low ebb when bis evory move io private olnbs or homes has to be published. Liverpool Cotton Statistics. Liverpool, Sept 7 ?Followiog arc the weekly oottoo statistics: Total Hales of ali kinds. 61.000 ; total sales American, 44.000 ; English spinners' takiogf, 39,000 ; total export, 6.000 j import of all kinds, 15,000 ; import Amerioao, 11,000 ; stocks of all kiods, 209,000 ; stock Amerioao, 133,000 ; quantity afloat, all kinds, 36,000, quantity afloat Amerioao 22,000 ; total sales oo speculation, 200; total sales io exporters, 700. The Vermoot eleotion returns are evidently disappointing to Mark Haona, else be would have Oeeo able to see significance in them. Tbe truth ia that this little northern barometer of politi? cal weather oooditioos, while it docs not foretell ao anti republican oyelone, yet promises unsettled and dangerous weather to ibe party in power. Tbe republican majority is muoh smaller tbao four years ago, owiog io part to an increase in the democratic vote and io part to a deoroaso io tbe republican vote Both of these ohaoges, ocour riog as they do io tho rook ribbed republican stronghold of the cast, have the significance wbioh Haona denies thotn.?Tbe Stato. Marshall, Mo, Sept 7.?11. 11 Mowry, night operator of the Chica? go and Alton railroad, was heid up by three masked robbers While tho men were ritling tho station money drawer night watchman Aulgur ap pcared and, pointing his pistol through the partly open door, com mauded the men to surrender He was immediately shot in the eye by one of tho robbets and died soon alter The robbers escaped Ladira' Hume journal, Metropolitan and Fraok Leslie, for September, at H. G. Udteen ?Co Arthur Sewali Dead. Bath, Mr, Snpt 5?Arthur Sewall. vice presidential candidate no the Dem coratio ticket with Mr Bryan four years ago. died at his summer home, Small Poin*. about 12 miles from this city, at 9 15 this morning of apoplexy, the stroke having been sustained last Sunday. He was 64 years of ajge Mr Sewall had not been io good health for somo lime, although he was not oonsidered to f e seriously ill. He bad been advised by his physioian to rest, as early as last June, and be at tended the Democratio national con? vention in July against the advice of his dootor. He appeared to have suf? fered no ill effects from the journey, however, and wss passiog tbe summer quietly at Small Point when the fatal stroke seised him Tbe unconscious? ness wbioh followed tbe attack con tinned until death oame. ?mm aw Bryan's Tribute to Sewall. Grtfton. W Va,8ept6 ?Mr Bryan was visibly shocked on being inform? ed of tbe death of the Hon Arthur Sewall, hie fellow candidate on the national Democratic ticket in 1896 He received the newe through a meeeage from Mr Sewall s eon and immediately eeot a message of con dolence Mr Bryan expressed him eelf as pained at tbe oewe and said that Mr Sewall was a warm personal friend as well ae a political associate "I met him first at the Chicago convention," he said, "and during the campaign bad opportunity to become well acquainted with him and have seen him at intervals since, tbe last time in Georgia in February He was a man of strong character, deep onvictiona and upright life, and be ad h tbe c outage to stand for his ocpinioiis no m t'.er how great the opposition might be When tbe silver fight divided tbe party he was one of the very few national commit teemen, if not tbe only one in New England who voted with tbe silver element of the party "lie was a banker, but believed in bimetallism He had a considerable income, but was willing to pay in? come tax and was an earnest sup porter of Democratic principles in general His death brings loss to tbe party as well as sorrow to those who knew him intimately " ???SS**??W?'??? ? The Storm Went to tbe West New Orleans, Sept 7.?Tbe storm which has been expected for several days materialized today aod all tbe southern coast of Louisiana bas been swept Tbe sea water bas been back? ed up to tbo Mississippi river levees on tbe caot bank. Dr O. H Burford aod Superintendent Qu*no, government of? ficers at Fort St Philipp, went down the river in a oat boat on Thursday eveoinv: and this evening the boat was found t? "torn up Tbe were ucques* tionab'y drowned. The d image to orops from sea water is iarge Pass Christian, Miss, Sept 7.?The predicted windstorm reached its height at 6 o'clock this evening, and for an boor it blew at about 50 miles an hour, aooompanied by a heavy rsinfall All vessels in the harbor rode through safely and vory little damage was done. WRECKS ON FLORIDA COAST. Miami, Sept 7.?The barkentine Culboon bas been abandoned by her orew about 35 miles south of Miami. She is waterlogged ; she was driven by the foroe of tbe waves over ooe of the innumerable reefs forming (be inner passage and is lying in 12 feet of water. The Culboon encountered tbe recent hurricane wbioh blew with a velocity of 90 to 100 miles an hour off tbo Flor? ida east ooast, at 10 20 oo the morn? ing of tbo 5'.h, and after losirg her rudder and oearly all her canvas, sbc was hurled upon the rooks. Tbe vessel and oargo may be saved Tbe Culboon sailed from Pasooguia, Miss, Aug 23d aod was bound for Rosario, Argentine Republic Three miles south of the barkentine Culboon is a disabled lum? ber laden barque whioh stranded dur? ing the night of the 5th. Tbe crew, it is thought, was swept overboard during tbe storm. Tbe vessel bas a wiodmill and is consequently thought to be Nor? wegian. -?mwrnm^- *mm - Heretofore some farmers have been in the habit of rushing in their guano cotton long before it is due. Every bale of guano cottoL brought in early has its weight iu depressing the spot markot Farmeis, don't U6e your guano cotton as a maul to beat down tbe price Wait until it is due ?Cheraw Chronicle Sheets of paper four or five miles long are now oommonly made for th. uso of the newspaper press?Seattle Post Iotelligeooo. DDKS IT PAY TO BUY CHEAT? A cheap retnedy for coughs and colds H all right, but you wnnt lomvthing that wid ro> liovo and cure the m?>r? savers and dangeroni result! ot throat and lung troubles. What ?hnll yon do ? (Jo to a wnrniar and more regu lar climate ? Yc?, f possible ; if not possible (<>r you, then in either ease take the only rem? edy ibat has ' ecu introduced in all civilized countries with saeeess in !?evero throat ami lung troubles, "Dtisehee's German Byrup." It I not <>nly heals and stimulate! the tissues to destroy the germ diseases, but allays iaflaiii nation, eausee easy expectorat ion, gives a good night*! rt*t, au>l care! the patient Try one bottle. 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