Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ill YfM PROGRESS. Gov. Evans Reviews the Situation for a Trade Journal. OUR NATURAL ADVANTAGES. I Write* nil Account of What Huh Hcon niul Is Now Being Done for South Carolina. Tbe-fftUowiugisfrom tho Manufneturw?.' JJotaml of Jail 1 : " Kxkcutivk Chaw"" uoiii'miu a, S. C., Dec. 21. l*MitorvMunufaeturers' llecord: Jt would bo impossible for mo to ( js ffivo your renders in ij,(MX) words an } ideu of the material resources or the in- ' biatrial and business progress and ' * prospects of South Carolina. v So rapid lias been her industrial a progress for the past six years that a J book could be easily tilled with the l1 k enumeration of the numerous and va- B r-iod industries. The results of the war y and the severer results of the tinaneial ,l policy of the national government have P not been without their cfleets upon our ui ; people, and the material development of our industries. They have taught us i to pruetieo eeononi)*, live at home and t? by.'hi up our own industries. 111 r South Carolina is more favored in jn her topography and eliuiate than any hi 1 other State in the Union, and it is due to to these influences more than 11113' other co ^ that her industries have prospered l?r while those of her sister States have # < I languished. The State has been divid- >s ed by nature into three distinct see- bu lions, with natural boundaries: tin I. The hill, or up country, as it is of faniiliarlv known, begins at the lllue Kliidge mountains and continues to the Ij" ? sand ridge extending across the State tin l' from Aiken to Chesterlield counties. du? 'this section ahounds in mineral de- till posits, iron, gold and silver and lime- fv'e stone liebi.r r > - ? ...mill ui mo most protita- hai bio extent. Its water powers are suf- t'd g- lieient to turn the wheels ??f the factor- ti"> ies of the worhl. 'l'he streams conic 11101 bounding from the mountains, and the l"'a fall is so jireat that dams are unneces- Icy K saiy in most instances. The cost for n'c inaintemiiice per horse power is less f?r Stlmn > '<>. This section lias jjono for- cd i ward naturally with more wonderful hav? K strides than the lest of the State, and Nor y it may lie truly designated as the man- ham B. ufaetui im; section of the State. Cotton he h manufacturing is our principal indus- the; try. and there is not a factory in the crop section that has not paid dividends 'tea jfc ran^in;; ' from H to :lt) per cent, to its hers K- stockholders, while the mills of the alum ? oast and other States have heen com- urroxi ?' pelle l to shut down on account of the ?unu K trreut depression in such products. The advantages of this section areapparent. j'< B The stre.ifns never freeze, the laborers nrijri can work in their shirt sleeves 11 hours were w a day with perfect comfort all the year his ? ffik round, and the cotton is brought from I've ? w&.j the tiehls directly to the mills. The provi ! I cost of living is cheaper, and I may envy R' say hotter than that gained by opera- fare, tivs living in thoca^t. Our operatives apart native patriotic citizens, and a the last six years South (hi me, puna has increased tho number of Arising spindles I'roiu jjnn.ooo to 1,yoo,ooo ami fiuioe a jB&jblijoys the honor of ranking first in tho i ami tyl fire South in eotton manufacturing. Our with .1. fv 'mills are enguged principally in manu- the ho Kjaoturing the eourser grades of eottou dri\es ji WfjStjfSotv-, v tin; mills now being eon- three hi Btrilcted are putting in machinery for keys, the inanuf:i''tiire of the liner grudes, was uin audit is onl y u ?|iiestioii of time when turning this entire industry will bo monopo- counted lized by our section of the country, l?e- snipe a cause we can do it cheaper, and tho had beci average Yankee has very little senti- turned I ment when the <iuestie:i of dollars and three ba and cents intervenes. mullet. There is a great field in this section urrungei for bleaeht lies; not a yard of the im- party rcl tneuse product of our mills is bleached two opos in the Stat*-. This seems anomalous, rice,corn and is only explained from the fact that ing them cotton manufacturing has heen so pro- ly this is Qtnbh* that our people have been eon- The past tent to employ their capital in this and cat! channel alone. tame. T1 [j That such an enterprise wou'd ho ^1 to | f profitable goes w ithout saying, if only as health * to supply the home market. We man- country ufacture our cloth, ship to New York, eilities fo ; where it is bleached, and then buy it live stock back again, thus paying freight two butter am ways, w hereas a home blcachery would 'This is save this expense and necessarily drive hack tern &?4hc eastern one out of the market. This cure. 1 h is our easy and good-natured way, will soon however, and we continue to pay the the world tax in order to let our eastern brother with phos live. Our cotton mills arc largely linn, w i11 ow ned by our ow n people, and it ?? f * ... ... < iiiaiKiliK'I l iim-mhkc in think tlint tliis rapidity of other Stat doveloiiiiii'iit is due to outside capital. It will t Most of the mills ure 1 milt oji what is the train know n as the installment plan, thus 011- Charleston aiding wage-earnersand luhorers to lie- ('oliiiubiu come stockholders ami interested in the having h success of the enterprise. Many of the lunehed ii small aeeounts in our savings banks highest ]?ei have been thus converted, and in every The tnxe case to the great advantage of the ill- than any vestor. The conversion of our electric more for e< * power bids fair to further increase our wealth Ilia manufactories within the next year or Our State 1 two. There is nearin^ completion in funded at I Columbia tin-largest electric power plant creased evel south of Niagara I'alls, and I believe Our fanne 1, the only cotton factory plant run en- pressed bv tirelv b\* electric power is in this conn- debts mid try, and is owned largely by the same In lb!H) the stockholders. In :t(t davs this III,0(1(1 was jill.oo; 1 horsepower station will be running reduction ii : mills in this city. There is another percent. 1 company developing tlio imiiienso In IS1I0 < power on the Catawba river, and eon- State was, ii tracts have already been entered into (MKl; in ts:i| whcrliby the mills of the enterprising an increase city of I took 11 ill are to be run by elec- during whir trieity. South Carolina will soon be tioiis of the < an electric State in more sense than The inereas ^ one. 18JKt w as &J, Tlie iron mines in this section, al of (ieorgiul . though rich, are worked 011 a small a do<-roftse ot | K-alc, but profitably. It will surprise I he annua I most of your readers to know that 1W0 w'ero val | South Carolina produces n?<?? ?1 1 ,,,, 'OKI * 'i ? II I1 i in 11 nti v tstate in the I'liion rust of tin; piodiu ts I, Mississippi river. We are willing J"?.V? however. to abandon tliis enterprise for tree "silver. Two Kold mines are ?i?ed in Silt) Mieeessl n I! \ operated ill this State. ess in mi iio. I lie Piedmont see ion is well tiin- eoiiipaie w it i hered with oak, hiekory, walnut and short leaf pine, which is sawed at the ie assc ssiim mills and shipped to the northern fur- J."" u 1 , niture factories. A rich field is ottered he|?iei?< i? here for ?ueh 1'uetorie.s. there bciutf but llut'lloU 111 ,l< ?ne iu this section, and it is operate! l>on u small scale. Cotton is raised in this section, at well as tho middle section, and is of * very line grade. This industry puvi About as well as anywhere iu the South, in view of the low price of tlio product, which is scarcely sufficient to pay for for its production. Tho yield per aero in tho State is larger than that of uuy State within the cotton belt. ?J. Tho middle country. This section is more or loss rolling, aud is hotter knoivu as the sand hills section of tho State. It is the head of navigation of most of the rivers, and contains the most fertile lands and most beautiful farms and orchards. For the past live years n great deal of attention has been paid to tho culture of fruit. Tho peaches and berries raised iu t his section command a higher price in tho northern markets than men California fruits. The industry is growing, and tho old cotton fields ire yielding a more profitable crop. Several nurseries have been planted, md the home market is almost supplied jy homo people. This section is now ailed the home of the peach. The vutcrmelou is also grown to perfection, nil is a i>rofif?l>>" ^ ?iwi?. i no average iol?l per acre <?f ?,t)tton nn<l other tiehl roduets is greater than in the other notions of the State, the host farms ieldinjj more than two hales to the ore. Tobaeeo has become the best uyiiifj crop in this section, and there re now H,UOO,(K)() pounds raised in the tate. The timber is principally long leaf or ' eoifjia pine on the rivers,, and cypress ' id juniper in the swamps. The cliate in this section is wavnier than the 11 section, and may be called the >' niperate zone of therftate. Oil mills, tton factories and saw mills are the ittoipal industries. 1 il. The low country, or coast section , the richest naturally in the State, . t like all highly favored countries, . a people arc less energetic than those the middle or up-countrv. Col. A. McClurc, in writing of this section, J Jy said: "There is no other part of .j i South where so little labor will pro- n e so much. In a j^ood portion of ^ s section tin; f oil will average seven I in depth, and is practically inex- - ' istiblu. Vegetation is usually check- ^ for not more than six weeks; seed e and harvest occur in every nth." I have seen a second crop of rs hanjfin^ from the trees in Iferko- '>L county during the present mouth rrj r half matured, and had it not been the severe storm that has just visit- j( is, I am sure ere this they would b been ready for shipment to the . thern markets. Olives, oranges, ? inns, ttgs and all tropienl fruits maw ' iki nerc, with vegetables nrurly ail ,l.> year round. 'I'!u? most important u.c s of this section are the rue and J1." island cotton* crops. (Jrcat nnni- J" of the old rice plantations were r ? done.l during the war and arc now 11 up and ahoiind in all kinds of j*!"'1 and arc bein-j converted into preserves for our millionaires. ^ re will be found the ne^ro in his . nal state, as happy as though ho (\ in the (iarden of l-Mcn, speaking S(l' j ?wn lan^jiaye, and contented to J;lu, n what dame nature so generously j5 des, and many a millionaire w ould . him did he not know his bill of On a recent hunt to this section ys}. ty of gentlemen determined to do- ?. ^ me day to their ability to provide al" ^ith t:nn ere-. ?t!^ ;cloy nW0HBKH^ap^o>nmiii. i ; at *? o'clock a in. they took the J,x ' 11 lid went otV into the marshes, 'Oinn nrned at s o'clock for breakfast a ><>'1 mallard ducks. After breakfast Hente< iinds were turned in the deer md they returned to lunch with uulsoiiie deer and four wild tur- P After lunch, at 2 o'clock, a trip ide to the snipe boos, and re- Jfr. l*e to dinner at i*> o'clock they twelve woodcock, twcutv-siv mi two liinrsli hens. \ nejfro ^ n j^'iven luvJf a dollar and lie re- anoe oo roin Hie Oweiidiili rivrr with ontirm rrels of oysters and a basket ot After dinner a eoon hunt was 1, and before Ml o'eloek our the pro turned with four racoons and of Hies sums, livery ne^m raises his yjr. |?al and potatoes by simply plant- ,,,, that i, as nature does the rest. \ en- improve the laud of milk and honey. u|| (,<me u res are evergreen and lion's "Win le are fed only to keep them after it, 1 liese lauds can be bought from water ai ier acre, and the pine ridjje is ia a|M?,t y as the I'ieduiont section. No pulveri/, possesses greater natural fa- the ham r producing grasses, hay and molt pe , and their products of meat, distribu >1 milk. I surface also the home of the diamond- shouldei ipin, so toothsome totheepi- lait a vt ie developineiit ot I'ort lloyal j have make this the garden spot of au,i ,11V I. This section is also rich |ol??rei\ phate deposits. South ( aro- 0|. xv i these phosphutie deposits. l)orax 0|( irersmore fertilizers than any -p),,, e. . "A Soilt hits he seen that one taking the Soutl in the early lnnriiiiiff at j,v usj,,^ i or I'ort lloyal, arrives in roots thai at II and at Kpartanhurjr at weeks, tl reakfasted in the Ironies. j,ip for 1 i the plains and dined on ill * a stroll# uks east of the Itookios. Ijlt, moat, s in Soul 11 ('arol i na are low ei am| smok in the I'nioti. \N e spend abouts us lueation in proportion to our troubled m any people <>l tin* I num. solution s lebt is about Sit.."?tM?,(H>0, re- ]IOw Vstro percent , and is beirif? do- The itnpo ry year by a sinking fund, this wit lie is, although severely op- (mr fair > low prices, aro making no AIr. I'oste decreasing their old ones. jvi? ?mi m per capita debt of the State from the to-day it is less than SI, a marauders t less than six years of t>4 point any \at-i '* ii<! tuMiMio property of the _ i rouinl numbers, ?<l*?0,0(Mt,it was nearly ."?! South of .^."iJMMt.tiott in 11 period -ec ^ li the wealth of most, seecountry showed a deereuse. Noxember e in property in 18111 over a decrease :!(?(>,(VlO. Our sister State taxes, .SUM For the same period showed net earning ' over Sott.iMMt. *?!?I. from I |>roduets of the State for jjioss. S*, I lued at. SI.'.tMMt.tMMt, two- expenses ill rli was in manufactured .S'JiiU.iM: m n I8!M? the value of ajjrieul- crease SIM s alone ainoiiuts to J4H, e than all products com- , ,, , and cotton is one-third '' ' No Southern State ean su" ' , i South Carolina in the ad- 11 e sheen made since IH'.M). ' nt of property for the past w a slight decrease over Were you ; year hy reason of there agreeable iii j assosssmeiit Of railroad V(*u ;1S |o|,? I property. ' Not a railroad in this Stat< is now in the hands of a receiver, and , all .show pood earnings. In the dek sceiuling scalo our State stands forty, second in the amount of mortgaged indebtedness. In lier educational facilities the State is now tlio equal of anj in the Union. Tlio public schools art j well attended and the colleges are full. I There are 5,000 moro children in tli< j school this year than last. We hav? homes and farms for many times th< number of our iuhnbitnnts, and we welcome good substantial citizens. There is 110 room, however, in South Carolina for unpatriotic pauper immigrants. We are American, preserving our individuality and institution, and believing in the rule of the majority . and nquul rights to all. f.n-.i"? ?11 ~ .. uumiiun win snrvivo and prosI per on her natural resources, and by the indefatigable energy of bur people, J I while those to whom she now pays j tribute will languish and decay. i | Wo wish the Union a Imppy and pros- , 1 porous Now Year. i John Oaky Evans, Governor. > SOMK NKKDKD UKMKDIKS. ' Changes to Ho Suggested l>y Coinp- j i troller General Norton. | || The Columbia Register says: "Comp- ! v troller General Norton, in lus report tc h the General Assembly will suggesl "j some very important changes in iegis- i w latioir, or will rather call attention ic c< certain matters and leave it to the Gen- in era I Assembly to adopt any remedies rn Iho members may I'hoose. {" "in the first place he thinks the pen- ' lion law is badly in need of repairs. .V L'he last law was a very liberal one and mabled a very largo number to come to n, and consequently greatly reduced lui iie amount each pensioner received. k*i Jnless the law is amended so as to give At he State Hoard more time to revise the ists and weed out those not really on- j " itled to pensions, the list is going tc ,|j, e so vastly increased that jieiisioners an ill practically get nothing. East year poi ie tState Hoard cut olVa great many by ?>u; ason of their papers being defective, 1 at they can be fixed all right by this ,t" car. ".Mr. Norton's principal idea seems |,,lt be to give tlic board more time to in- wit stigatc the various applications so thai fru dy those actually lawfully entitled tc ran nsious can receive them. "Mr. Norton will also ask that lie he "!" ven ail extra mail for his otlice au !!'.' ! pert accountant who' can ... ry.l, (lj(| <?ut the Stnte to investigateirregular- , <>!< l'h ami straighten out books of audi- his s. It is so ofte.ii the ease that the Hef, pillar fancy changes the offices tu the ?VI*1 . department that iuexi>erieuced men 'J'" ! obtained, and they often have irreg- j^'1 iritios which arc not caused iuteu- j., ually, hut from inexperience. Mr. j.mi rtoii with tut expert of the kind spo- stral t of believes he can save the State a went at deal of money and auditors and ,K<?v? own ollieo much trouble and for**{ ry. J ; 'Another thing lie will call attention k,0(,',(| is the matter of the payment of U?<1, ool claims in which there is consid- 'Sncrp jle variance in different parts of the kiflei te. He will recommend that there 'y'r,'s more uniformity. Another defect vill refer to is the matter of jury and ft"; }j ioss certificates. The statements p aUl urors and witnesses as to mileage work oftentimes taken by Clerks of sal-l, rts ami the indebtedness nfc the "'"It .'art ;<e friti up to ft considerable in()n' "1 t without the County Jtoard of '"l lissioners knowing anything it until these certificates aro pre- t|?. UIVI I for cashing. parties ?? money i growing UOTKCTION OK MKAT. inter,'s" , (lemiiati stoii Submits an Approved Kc? Mr. Hi clpo for All Concerned. is a greu ,'harles I\*>ton, of .Savage, Flor- f?re win , ' . miieh of nnty, in tpe News and ( onrxer, him as a is what has been said by a lady ingsuee, - . ... , " sillee tint ler as to tho virtuos 01 borax for qlllt W(, | toot ion of moat from tlto attacks wo arc a , oto. Having noticed, lio says, hV/vA'T.ft' rrett's statement of liis troubles ilo?l that score ho submits tho following wrong, tl <1 recipe. for tho information of After tl or nod: ivtToh? >11 tho moat is ready to hang up, ,' } i,'.' Y, has boon salted, wash olV in hot There is ul set oil oilgo to dry. \\ hell it grasp of t dry apply a small quantity of Our Hal od borax by rubbing it 011 with a most litt 1 or sprinkling it from a com- not imagii pper box or through a sieve, VV'-h Y,r ting it. evenly oyer the fleshy SftiiSl and tlto stem ot tho ham and ,,ratorv fr< Sinoko as long as desired, from litm. rv little smoking will suflioe. the best sii tried tiiis plan lor two years, had not a ! father has employed it much as solemn No hairy bug, skipper, worm Neaeen. I. ill touch meat, that has the y,r,l"> and ,, land. We . , ., we do not MVS and ? onrior further says; children. It Carolina correspondent of l hern Cultivator varies the plan ?* ? tl IIIM'I' < the borax in solution. Hedi- the people | t the meat bo kept in salt six ' hear ten taken out and allowed to astronomer ive minutes, and adds; 'Make jYienee thai solution of borax water, dip Tin Chris in for one minute, hangup o if desired. Farmers here- M.-xiro and e this method and are nev??? i? ? I>V I III* I IIOIIJ. wiiii snippers.' Whether tlit for tlifir ili.-i hould bo lu?t or cold, und jusl them any 111 nir" it should bo, is not stutod. l?'it the bop riant point, however, is that . poor ol<l son >ss continiis the testimony 01 ,.,.r or nieaih hunter correspondent hud ol (,r.?vo In m that borax alVordsan etVeot nimu1 is (i. ifailing protection to the meat Ynrkhorongli attacks of winded or leglesi joined tin- I*i 1. We need not, therefore, rvother recipes on the subnavy yard an ? -^? ?- to l'oint boo .tune, 18f>5. I ern Kallwny learnings. that Colonel ithern I'ailwav reports for !',at rVJri""''1 1 _ knew Mr. sti eross earnings of if!|,l!8l, I is, him or to me. of :<>,?;?, bid; expenses and and v?ry iicer stitutfon. dee,vase of S||M ,i?4; R(,prefien,, ;s. s, dec, case >. j. . fhp s .In y I to November t in th( ..s dee, ra-e tin. . f( id taxes. v'"', decrease >t earnings, $?, 710,071, do- ( _ Xogro labo part of the S Chang's foreign visitors, upon tho turf return to China, noticed niiige in his manner of ad- Over 100 lower part of Laurens to w ever introduced to a difl- Roports fro. 1:111 who did not remember show fh as lie lived? hold, / / . wy v * * tv/i 1) KJ? V/ BILL ARP'S LETIER. I f PHILOSOPHER HEARS MR. BRYAN | LECTURE. IN ATLANTA. vT WIIIImiii Tolls How a Clever Drummer From Cincinnati Fooled the People .-tAlpux tke State, ltoad. It was ^-chjirininfj spectacle. I lin<l lwv?n In the flrnnuopora house li<^<tvo: Imt was in the auditorium with the r*,-st''of tlio good people and had no bird's-oj{jj, view of my surrounding; |)ut(oA this ^rane oeetision a friend secured mo tj seat en, flm platform with the dignitaries where .I \yas pear Mr. liryaii and could view the mngiiitlceut fh'one before mo." If a speaker feVM equal te the I occasion, there is^nothiirn niyro inspiring than the kind, expectant face*'of it refined- I Int.. ? ujiiiiim'iw'o. Of nurse, Mr. IJryun know that everybody tlion* wns his frlotnl. So oynios, no caustic critics, ho unfriendly lowspapoj* . repiicV-rs, no* heartless artists vith . scarifying .pencils, - The inspiring trains of <ioliolous music ha?l already oothed us into a dreamy, lo-nvcnly peace of nliid- wh'vri tin's great Neoriiskan came upon lie crowded platform and Tcceived wltli 'race and modesty the plaudits of an adtnirug people. Ho would b?f vain if it were osslhlo tl> make Jsim s<j, with praise. A rieirri asked- him at Pittsburg how he felt 'heir standing'fyoforn thousands who were limiting paeans to'his burning eloquence, ' ml lie smiled as he replied: "I feel like the ] lissionnry on the Cannihal islands who j lid that whenever lie had them most iiiTccf- j I under his preaching lie could not drive ivay the apprehonsion that they would itlier eat hiin than hear him." Mr. lJryan } ul no such feeling here. The ladies, per- t i|>s. would -like to kiss him,. but they t puld not bite. Oh, no! they never bite, q a Tuesday night when the Western and j tautic train cArne gliding down to our . wn about a hundred men and some women id gathered at the depot to see the distill- ^ lished man and cheer him on his way to J I ant a. He was not aboard, but some mis- 1< iovous passengers put their heads from c\ n windows ami cried out: "Mr. Jtryan is ]< the rear ear; call him out." This they t,j 1 in an excited and vociferous manner. ()| d a smooth-faced Cincinnati drummer apured upon the platform and with a grind- es and grateful manner thanked them for 01 ir distinguished consiileration. When tl y called for a speech he explained and td logi/.cd by saying that his contract for- fo le him from making speeches en route, j() that he would with pleasure shake hands rx. It any who dcsiri -i o ? j :k-h came llio ntie rush for preference as the train hell !l1 g, and the distinguished ilruiuinrr began ' * llidenwny. A venerable maiden exclaimed: or it, I thought he was goingto kiss us!" A sits- \V ions young silver democrat whispered: f,,v I lie dogged if that was ltryan. Ilis lmn<! n't shake 1 ik<* il. It was clammy ami ^ I and never magnetized me a hit -dog on ... hide. I believe lie was an impostor." >re long they learned that ltryan vftis !"l1 r on the Southern line and that this same muter had played oil' on the people at y station. It is now dillleult to lind a i or a woman who was at the depot. '1 it Mr. llryan's subject. "The Aneient roa dmarks," was not one to provoke any Wl>, Ins of eloquenee or to illustrate his enti- S^J4| . gifts as an orator. What he said about ' rnnient as it was established by our fathers was intended tp impress ami li and linger with us and make us more Dill Iful of our duty as good citizens of a iLpti I government; our duty to our children stilt nur ehildren's eliildreti to preserve it and otuatc it in its pristine purity. The in- aim renee of the best people to take an in t in polities was the greatest danger our ln" .litions liail to apprehend. We .all felt wot' y of this indiiTerenee, for we abandon t?12, id and let eorrupt politicians oeeiipy 724. I are never aroused until the corrupt rout Is done. "The late campaign," lie stio", "has been a campaign of edneatioii. "(jlie people have thought more, studied . .. irnTTr.rir?it"pr.Tiir.an -pmstmrr? i/mir n "y* ve done for litilf :i century. I \Va> t'oau, il, luit 1 feel that a wonderful work iinpro ti done by liotli sides in discussing '1 lit? it issues that are still unsettled, liotli total i tire guilty of the eorrupt use of >,>tiil t. n carrying elections, ami this is a ' I , ; evil aiul will not stop until tin? bet- ' eat of our citizenship takesn deeper ' in polities and puts the seal ot eon- J? l'1** on upon it." 114. I 7, rvan's earnestness and manifest sin- $80,1117 'o Itis strongest characteristics, lie peases ,t and good man. If the people be- |j an lie is to stand will not ex too him ns an orator, but will listen to 1 teacher, liis mission will lie a last- -litton < ss. I heard many say next day and ^ urolm t he told us nothing new nothing tad not heard or thought before, but tore deeply impressed witli these ("unfed an ever before. One man said: "1 f.,? a neglected to vote, but I am satis- . |? ' it is better to vote, even il yoll \oto tllO an not to vote at all." was tie ie lecture many oi us went forward week, aditeed and to take t In- great man or"Hltiz ml. It w:ts a privilege to <|o so and Jy'thert Ails warm and moist and welcome. >r a good deal of eharai'ter in the \ " l'"\ he hand. !" l'bsli I Lewis introdueed the speaker in nig wiling and eloquent manner, lean- ofhc'O, i ie how It eollhl luive been better 1'eprosel . Itrvan was all'eete.i ? . ... < .-inn C'aini's <Ii<'.'1 ]>| <>< 1 liiin. fur In- fi ll that IIim J-'dovlio! mil ilrank <>n mori'i-impii'in-M ami ()'^sVill >111 Mr. Lewis than th?*v would tfet 1>r* Tin- fa.-t is that Mr. Lewis hint },le,JsU" hjeet. for hi' hail J'.ryan anil llryaii ' ' 1 htii, lint a th"nrv a |>hilosi>|>liy teinporn ami si'riiius jis that of I'lato or ilviuitu n >>'! IiIiii it<> mi ami scatter seeds of pointed \ patri itism all over this hroail tiftioii, v can afToril to pav him for it. for live for ours.-Ivms. hilt f.vr our , Indeed. a st.ati' or a nation couM minus tit >f r^r aii ami jjood nuai to teach onel, nl ( >v popular leet tires. Soiim years (ienoral i d Professor I'roctor. the trreat jHiiut the , deliver three lectures on astrnn- tlu'in \\ i 1 lave hiul far ntoro respect h>r tlu? ]lo]dit i I over hail before. Imiis holidays arc Iuti" ami wo nl our hoys from Now York to Insn our happiness is only inarrial ;ht ttint tliny am soon to leave us '1*1 io lie; taut homes ami wo may not sec Iusiviii' mi ore in tin* laml of tlm living. t],,? put?|>o I's will In* done. , -| i, >I must do what fean to help a ^,||()(l00 , iht who wants to tint so?n?? ofll- :* . it of his i'ommaml hy whom ho s service in tin-late war. Ilis $n,OHO lo M. Stewart. His post office is property l I. Cordon MOIIIltV Cooroi.. .. ...... ii" targe i>< i>n r*t (Imrgia regulars in Fehrua- the past Vt ipanv Captain Camion mm- ses incurrt I scrvcil three years met two 0|]jt.rrs of was tli.-ii lransforrcil i<> the ... . rriv il was taken prisoner, enrHe.l 1,1 kout ami kept in prison until see by Colonel Avery s r.ls fJoV0rlUll . I>. I>. J Wiggs eolllinailile.l , t. Will some survivor win. of *10<I for I'wart in that serviee write to the shortll The ohl man i- an inviiliil . llope \\ ill ly. 1>ii,i, Aiti' in Atlanta Con- Kil. H. Sini Motto. itivo Patten's Rchcme to roitnte is causing much coin- Adiotant. o weekly papers and the port Vlom < ? receive a favorable roeop- A., of Clem liad sent t li? ~~ aon Cadets t rers are leaving the lower as having sj tnte for (loorgiu towoik Horviee: 15. icntine farms. F. ltobertsoi Maine. Tin white laborers from the distinguishes tho State have moved to . orif iu the cotton mills. Tho Citnde --- last week am n nerrly every part of the tion of sv'it.iMi ut la grippe hus a lirui iotis for repni m " SOOIH CBROLIHfl 1MB The Week's Happenings as Gather ed From Various Sources. THE NOISES AT?NINETY-SIX % , , State Hailrbad Commission liopOTt-Confy.lerntc YctcVuiH^Forin a 1)1 vision lusano Hospital Kxpcnsrs. HeilVV J. Kilinril ..iiiik irinil .^1110' I ty-Six to tho Columbia ltogi^or, has I tho following tosuy about "the;nois<^" at, tho above plaqe:-^'Sincei wrot? about ttio explosive nmses heard belo\r here 110 material changes are reported yet. One explosioit "Was so l'oild anil; tremendous-that it was. heard by flow?: eil'/.ens in tips towif^Jud heard much; further round tlmucunrmon and a very; marked vibration of the earth followed. There is ono tliiujf'd'liat ninkee tho noises heard now VlitVerent from, what j they, were before* tE<,* great August earthquake; they, arii nearly always followed by a rtuiiBJiug or roaring uoise w hict enables one to course thtf rei?ort better. Of eourse, the vibrating s almost simultaneous with the roaring ion ml. Persons hard of hearing enh listinctlv hear the roaring noise after (aoh explpsion^ Thfisy.exnlosions come < it, midnight, and during ttioMfiFK hours " list before day seem n little out of lace. They seem to conform to 110 ystem of procedure'. Since I wrote no previous Article ; letters from the nver part of- the. State report slight arthquuke shocks. 'J hero aye doubtiss disturbances in the earth that inse these huge pieces of'earth to drop ] IV and fall with such results. . To what ' itent these ilisturbanees will go no ie knows, hut 1 can't but believe, as ? le great Angus); earthquake was .s'iv- f oscly connected with ????? *" v? re, tlint similar losylts.viJJ likelv fol- 11 \v this time. TV. slight shocks ill- ' ndy reported seem fo prove that they 11 e closely connected. It seems strange . t at no scientist* attempts to examine givo a cause for those disturbances, h e have college presidents and pro- 11 (sors in OHr State, have, they no theo- ti is? There is,.no ..d,ojj.hh as to the " ithfulness of these occurrences.- So,, AJ unyoiiii can explain, let him speak " k'f -MS- ? ' * t1 ?to Iiaiilroad' X.'oinpi listen Iteport. . 'lie annual report of the State rail- ta d commission was made public last. u< . k. The table gives the general <(i lenient- of the operations of all the ds of the Shite for tho past year, ? i I it att'onls "an* interesting study., ly two roads in the 'State show a ca icit? the Florida Pontruk-aml Penin-' ha ir anil the C'heja'w Tind Darlington, to * Florida -Pent rat aYhP Peninsular (.0i le a total ineome of :J300,88<). 78 dur- pr< the year, while tho total expenses , e ?310,Oil.37, and the taxes were ' Otio.i * This leaves a delicit of ?~7,V ' 04.- ' Included in the expense ae- ' it, however, was the amount of' '' ,773.til expended on maintenance '1 ay and structures. In other words, ]{,, ?imw.li.U'fr11'JJiU'Uxcr j. : has been appfiejlj permanent . , veinentK. >h e. Cheraw and Darlington had a Mrs.11come of ?20,0S:>. , {.<{, .while flip .one < xpenses were ?21,430.22, making reeej it <(f ?!,8Uv,Kit. , . was Southern railwity lines eame oi\t- land' year with a net ineome of ?413,- olfl A which was left after deducting fumoj '.05 in taxes as well as all ex- | vi<*-' tliirtt thus seen that there hus been a { ViPwe in Ued improvement in tb.> .-..m 1 >i tno railroad business in South ^rentl ui during tlio pa^t year. -?* ? crate Veterans Korm a Division . ii'^ani/ution of a Stale division ,,a,'llK Suns of ('onfederuto Veterans en\?.?y coinplishod in Coliunbia hint ?'of this There have been but lew camps ence ii cd in the State, and consequent- be hole were but few present, but the. of Jive gentlemen seemed determined. The j;< the orjinnixatiod.. The meet-" those v i held in Dr. ('. ('. Stanley's, resentii n the Kendall building, and out of I itatives were present from ediiferc Moultrie, Charleston; Wallace, Id; Maxoy <ire:^r, Columbia; (ireenvilje; tlauipton, Mt. t; Humphrey, Anderson. Mr. < n it ii. of Charleston, mas made cleared fy chairi'naii, and Professor eaijfo o 111d A11*. J. W< Morris were ap- ered oil a coiumittc^ to draft a eonsti- men we illicit they did and which was So far as The," Stale w ill be divided ,>d. (>n i>e brigades later on as other, ty nud e organized. Mr. Daniel Kav- twelve n 'lut: lesion. was el?*eted Miyor t\vp otfi >f the division, and he w ill ap- been hoi Mrijradior (ieuerals. tie with portedt< II decide on the time and place f(, sea.' i? the next annual meeting. - li lie Hospital l\xpenses. Satiifd 'jents of the Hospital for the vv' /. i't in ColtlHilii" ? 1 .. ... ?wk tor i"ioiisn?Ml s?? of preparing tin- aniinul re- .illst "or i'.v will iisK flic Legislature for twenty <1 ippropriation ii^riiin, besides ?"I.V seve pay for improvements and *<"JS wen pay interest on the Wallaeu 'he eye.lt mrehase. < hvinf* to the very o^ly aboil 11 at ion of the hospital during that the mr and the neeessnry ex pen- ><\j'>iniiifr ?d in aeeommodntini; thijin^ the asyjum state that they Ore eoine pnt even. ' Nearly ? in tlie t in r I'.vans has offend a reward n, ftl) j,?r^ the eapturn and delivery to . Vu . of Ouu.jrrbin* eunntv of ^'7^!' iai^s. the nefjro who killed ( i '< ith, a whito mail,'near Fort i-Via" , i held I be It i ' ? ? (!em/r:jl \Vnttj> reeeivrxl Vk *' ?*?*? 1'ni-t. F/.rn M. -Fuller, Y\ S.' " A*spreiftl son. informing*' liim that lie rfeasrd vin < follow iu<; names of Clem-' ;llonr th o the Ad jutant* of the army , leoial aptitude for military ln ' K. I.re, W. W. Klii-li. 15. forl ii, T. S. Moorman, J. M. neutiali \. t> lirst threo aro the most il. Ne" TheComi 1 trustees met in Columbia authorized I asked for an appropria- , , (, no amila few small provis- ,,usi ra rs, lixtures, ete. II SHIM FWIfflP V * - Banks That Have Failed Have Been Due to Loc-al Condons. . WARS AND RUMORS-&F WARS. r ...-jl-A* I Tilo ljnitkfiix lnstttuf loiAt of tlio MouOi Mh<Ii>' a Itoi^artiublc (.oo?l Bhowlng During <lie jl'aufc-of lttSJ.'l. . - . j, The AtIputn.Journal, under date of .Tail, t?, faints the f??l 1 signed statement frpnt Comptroller of the Cur i.' .i -* ~ ? v?ivty * Wasiiikoton, Jan. 2. To Miej Alluntu JournyJ^The hunk failures wliiyli have oiayiriaMl have been entirely due to loeal conditions ami in almost ov^bry instance t>? defects peculiar lo the institutions huffier. This is strikingly so in the cmmyifjlioNational | Hank at Roanoke, Ya ,?auo us much so in the failed Hflnk in Texasjuoine weeks since. The. same nnu'wl*t said of all national hanky failing mitci* November 1, and I imagine the saifft^ tiling will h?v!d jtimmI hi the State ?and private banking honstts which/lin^p ceased to do business. _ t The banking institntmns of the South made, with here audit here an cxeeTitibit, a-remarkable <??oil showing ?J tiring the panic of IH'.Kf and the financial distress then was general and ai'ute. ''No such condition* now exists nor wilb occur, upon ther one hand, while 011 the" other during.the year since then liquidation .has f*oNe on, bad pgper has been wye.iy'd out, and the bunks (<arc stronyi;*,- in yash means, there is no basis for any exception that itinr'now or in the future "the South or my other section of the co.untry will uiAyr from more than the ordinary lumber oHuiuk failures.inyident to the iccumiilatipn of slow assets and bad uethods of Jiankiujr. I yertainly do lot' apprehend Vanv Milliculty beyond lilit due to the causes I have stated. "'If4lie utteiitihn oftflie country could ie directed towards attending to busies* atl'airs in a business way, itiidisirbed by 't.\vars'"aiii<l.i,iiiiioi;s of wars" ml promises of renewed'aiht continued citations, - the' eouhfry \txfcuhl enter )H>ii aiii era of prosperity which in the irarest measure wdiilA latino the lot of ie people of tht South. The South today oll'ci's ir imirvelously cli field ha* in vestment iiiul the capiI is at hand to be invested, but it will t jjo there or nlsew hcrt^' .-w hen dislietin^. r.umors-,are evi'rywhere to bo ct with am) uncertainty at to <;ainin*; return.for.it s'pnfryut.-i fhy investor. The oiirnvUii.i'i.. .... * ,, , i jvm'inen to Amerilis to beqoyuj, rjeli, prosperous ami I'Py '?.V I'onliiiiiiK thelp selves strictly the immediate needs 'of their own I <? * ' lit ' i J A I * iintry was ilever so ijieat us at this sent pionienf. Si^ftu^) t . -Tas. H.'K? kkks. ..CVnu'tjpller i^thy Currency. .. ! ' r~-;? levelamL's New Year's Ivccepthui. friihiy 7*000. pcople+.visit?d the White use for periods .vnryiimi^froin one to very ease, for, tjie /'resident and .Qleyelaydf shook hands with every if tlieyi. ' The closing New Year's tion of the present administration thy most Jirilliuht. of Mr. Cleve!j whole ei^ht years in ofliee, and Irthur Simmons, the President's is colored. igesseiTjref, whose serin. the. Wliite'House dates hack ' years, shook his^Miead as he d the fnr-reA'ehiYfo erowd from ail wihdow'j ami'declared it. "de >st Inception sfnee deMVah.'' Electing ol' Itlmetaflists. ' itor Woleott sailed'"on tin* Camfn>in New York'Satnjday as the of himetallisin. Ilefore the end month an international eonferi the inter?s*t of bimetallism will 1 in London 'I he representative governments \\'ll he present, mfej/eiwee will lip informal, hut vho will meet .art; aeoyedited repitives yf t yi'^'eryments and this nieetirt^r will ?r<j\v a formal T T -rT (Niiiiiiiiiilnro" lines Down. steame,r Commodore, which froi.a'.laekspntiHe. Fin - ..nil a r arms itu?l amfiitvntl ion found('aV?' Nnivnuf' Tweniy-eight r?? on bnarikW 1 li?* steamer and * learned oiily-f w^lVF w ere savu* lmnt w as washed ashore einp t?iiothei"onb J'amJcVI with Hie lien. The Commodore carried ?'U hnufo, liofe have not ird from. The iteftnier is rc> littve siwJv UvciUV miles out ^ >^'i estroyeil byj* (')f.loint. ay a <;yj:h\ne,4v?>nU the southleU and ahbnsh literally detlit* lotvn of "Mooing Sport, th ?nf StiaerPf* >r1:,' I.a Over 1 welling* were Mown down, n Wing loft intact. Four per- j killed ayd twenty wounded, me.ciune,,suddenly and lasted it one uijnute. ti is reported cyclone did grtwi damage in States. at Millers' Assi/eQitIoii. I very oatmeal audcoroal mill I t?M StaTbs has just entered A rihbnt'thutf^unn1ii)ts to a trust ^ ftllO output and price of oat- I ill oats atnj ??>tMI breakfast. I I Jue&ttytf will' probtibly bo I 'th Mh! his fn< uith, I ?nl-A gain ?uf'Kit I hosiers. I from Sftys in- I rladee'iii "ihe 'filibuster pftt- I e Floy da . ./?> / is to bo OX- I the government, an ' no ef H to prevent the vinl??h... ' - I Hank Ant Iinri/Cil. >trol1er of the Cnrronoy has H the Charlotte National hnrlotte, N. to l?e^iu H pita! SIt??K?.