The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 28, 1898, Image 1

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V3/ wP ilvt* srliMo . ' . : ' loliwC?I?U?18W - -1.079 ????m?i%mm4 ? *.*mm?? <? ??? i 91 um ???? t 4 . | s ? _ . II.. VOL.XliVill.~-NO. 4. ' UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA. JANUARY 28,1808. $1A YEAR; ... ... __ - . ; . -..u. : ' 1 DIE CiiAIti.KS 11. DTK EX <>x souti:i:i:n ai;;:icui.tt:hi:. He Reviews the Unsatisfactory Cor. dit!on---A Strong nrd Horrible Argument. The resonuhle hope was entertained th.?t after ten years' experience, from the year IfciJo, Southern agri? culture would assume normal conditions. and that a fair measure of prosperity would reward the efforts of the planter and the laWor. The .1 . ; ?o. k?UU(|lt | il 1IIIIM l 11.(11 l * (40 *11^ to ileal fairly and kindly with tiie negro, and the n.gro, as a fivcdman. had the no less str ng incentive to exert himself to inipro\c his material eomlition in life. The belief was. that with this finely relation subsist ing between the land-owner and the landtiller, tlie product of this good feeling would he * rospeiutv to both. It was exnected that there would'' e :i large increase of white labor on Southern farms. It was believed that the superior inti lligrnee of white fanners would not only surest new and better methods of cultivating tin* soil than those that had la-en in vogue, hut that the same intelligence would largely tend to 'in- intr> dttetion oi'labor-saving implements; that intensive farming wool 1 become the rule, rather than the exception, of Southern industry. The development of the resources of the soil under the .stimulus of these methods and these economic appliances, would be in line with the | rogiess ot" other industries. Largely inor? a>ed crops of cotton, sugar, l ice, ubacco. com. oats, and every nrcc ;in y {bud mij ply would reward the husbandman and usher in an era of prosperity without a parallel in the past. As a result of this progress, the Southern planter and the farmer, would atuin to a point * f assured independence, and the laborer to a eomfortahle living. Twenty-live years alter the war should have made such a condition a reality. I ins expectation has not en realized. It was a dream, beautiful and inspiring, hut still a divan:. All parties that cherished the vain hope, have hi en deceived. There is no general prosperity. 1 he large planter, the middle-class fanner. and t!n> small proprietor are a ike embarrasse?l. To make emls meet is the struggle of each ela*?. A dead weight presses the industry. The capital invested in agriculture is hampered and does m t produce reasonable re? suits. The farm laborer is poor?he is poorly led and p orly clothed. The situation is dreary and the fact is disheartening. The people engaged in .Southern agriculture know the trutli of the statement. The facts lie on the surface. tear alter year, di-np| o ntinent have well nigh crushed the hope of a fairly remunerative return from Southern cotton fields and rice fields. Jvach year is intensifying this nun remunerative condition. >n ibis (1 s <n;r month of the vear I d'T. the <Sou:horn op'ictiltUJ'al sltnati- n i> jiro li^iousiy enih irra>sin(' > i >i; celling at lour ;:mi :i half cch'ts :i jtonnd. mid ?K-l?ts and obligations of all sorts contracted on the basis of ye veil and ?i^lu ec??ts jur |,oimd for the s'ajde, plainly j.oiteial disaster to many. The ciiviiiii-an<v> in the South are phenomenal. in < iuiit < filu>e Stater; containing tin* lar^tM ini.\id population, tlo i o are '>, i .? ?.!!<?i; v. lot u?('oj?!o and >, i'. (l.i ii () 11eoroes, i i e v are the States of Alabama (ieor^ai. honi> ana, M i.-. . ip:. North fan lina. Soatii faiolina 'icnnts-ee and \ ii??in;a. lien- is Initial the l::r.:(:-t , ?<* ??? t\ v; 11111 > dt firm ! 11 iia! -. r?n11 ii i\ ?.? ?i'* ??>?!. ....... ....... . lienors and binding*. 'i i.c cli vi in I census report- 11n* value ol t: is < I;:>s of jiroj ci iv fin- the Mate* iu< i.ti ae <1 if( 11.c \c.ir IMJH, lo ! c i 1 *>7 > ami thirty \cars alier this pe n<*?l. or I ' I1*'. wlieh j ovula ii<in i nd iner*. art d revet.t\ |< r in,!., the vai.:at. H <>S lhi> sane j r ) ri I, Ji:i<i In (ii i t i.iii i ii lo i . i>.! ?'. i*I' i ?a t hrinhaye in value <1 iieail" four hundred hi ii<-ii <1 I'as. i'ciliicti* ii i> gi t a < i than the aver.igi value ol I..i in laid i ol two ol tin Mates named. < '<*:i:j. ii iii;.; t i. fa a, values ol |if me s u i lie miiiiv Mate* lietwe'U I >< " am! Iv' :''. the vediu lion ol the ht-t period eotuj need with the fornu r. amount"- to nearly tisiitylivc million dollars. .\o values are reported ! r i In eight north central Mate.-, on u * : the other hand, namely, Ohio, Indi| ana, Illinois. Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri, are i nearly nineteen million white people ! and tlrree hundred and seventy-five ; thousand negroes. The valuation of I farm lands was enhanced, in thirtyJive years, from two thousand, one hundred and thirteen million to five thousand, eight hundred and eleven million dollars, or an exact gain of .3:5;Hll,l*J."?.10?. The gain in the value of farm nroducts was slight. { but the gain in the valuation of farm I lauds was nearly two hundred per 1 etnt. In both particulars, there was a ; loss in the Southern States. Such i are the repotted facts, well worthy : the thoughtful consideration of South, j orn planters and farmers. The whole South and every industry in the South, has a deep interest in the solution of the agricultural problem. The largest number of people in the South are making a living out of the soil. The pnralysis of Southern agj rieulturc affects every other industry, j Commerce, transportation and r.tanulact fries have their interests indissoluble connected with the interest of the soil. Trade cannot be vigorous and healthy when agriculture is depressed. Three million homes in want presents a condition that will touch every men < hai.t and every railroad in the South. W hen the financial ability of the farm^ ing class s crippled, short time of rail road employees, and of those engaged in manufactories, will he the certain sequence, and commerce must languish. | 'I he inference is from the facts | recited that the non-remunerative j condition is rooted in a complex | cause. No progress can he made in j the solution of the problem until it is i iwiucrsrnou. Mirtaec considerations applicable to given localities will not answer the purpose when the underlying causes of a, depressed condition fa whole class are to be investigated. After noticing another marked feature in the common status of the fanner, the examination will be directed to tiie search of causes.?Copyright! d 18i?8 by Chas. II. Otken. HOW TO FINO OUT. I Kill n Kettle or common glass with urine niiil M it stand twenty-four hours; a ediineut or settling* indicates an unhe.ilth\ condition of the kidneys. When urine : tains linen it is evidence of kidney t rouble. Too frequent desire to urinate >r pain in the hack, is also convincing pi oof that t!ie kidneys and bladder are out of order. W1IAT TO IX). There D comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp the great kidney remedy fulfils ever\ v. i>!i in relieving pain in the hack, k dney.. liver, bladder and every part of 11: inai y passages, It corrects inability tod: dd urine and scalding pain in passis:; i!. or had effects following use of 1 l -jiio.. wine or hter, and overcomes that ; u.iplea suit necessity of lieing compelled j l" *r-np many times during the.night . Pi ;:: ii}:s!i*. Tin* mild and the extraordinary effort of Svvailip-lhwit is soon p.ili/.id. It .viands the highest for its wonderl ul cures of tlie most distressing eases. ii von need a medicine you should i. \e (lie I .est. Sold hy druggist, Priee liI i> cents and one doliar. You may have i a ? .topic hoMle and ]iainphlet IkiIIi sent j free Iv mail. Mention Tiik Union i 'l*i .M i' and send \ our address to Dr. Kil: ini'u Co., r.'nghamton, X. Y. An liii.aieeessful speaker often moves ! Ins la aiers ; they get up and go out. ! Ill CKI.K.VS A15MCA SALVK. The best salve in the world for cuts. ! 1.: uise;;, sores, uleers. salt rlieiilu. fever I .-ore", teller, chapped hands, chilblains, i eon-., and all skin eruptions, and |>osili\? !> cures piles, or no pay recpiirtd. It : i- n uaiiteiil to give |ierfeel satisfaction j or money lefimdeil. Price '2."> cents per : I to?:. Dor sale bv U. ('. Duke, i . . i 'i'lie way of the transgressor is the road ^ (a v.i altli? for the criminal lawyer. Don't Mrgltcl Yonr Liver. I.iver trouhles quickly result in serious complications, and the man who neglects his liver has little record for health. A bottle of Ill-owns' Iron hitters taken now and then ' .ill keep the liver in perfect order. If the li-ei'si! has developed, browns'Iron Hitters will cure it permanently. Strength and vitality will nlwuys follow its use. Browns' Iron Uitura id sold by all deulero. .?, I Valuable to Women. Especially valuable to women is Rrowni Iron Hitters. Backache vunislies, heudaebt disappears, strength takes the place of weakness, and the plow of henlth readily eohHM to tlie pallid cheek when this wonder'u I remedy is taken. For sickly eliildren i oi'overvvorki'd men it lute no equal. No home ' should lie without this famous remedy. ; Browns'Iron Hitters is sold by all dealers... ! (>ii.' Minute C'ougli (!ur<? cures quickly. , i 'flint's via! \ou want! l'or sole. l?y 1''. I If. J.Hiko tm<l ljin.'klutrt Mills. | COTTON ACREAGE, I Si), SOME FACTS AND FlOL'lth Latham, Alexander & Co.'s Views to the Over-production of Cotton. An Interesting Letter. It stems to us that the most vital important lesson for the South learn is that over-production of c< ton is seriously harmful to the in terial prosperity of that section. We have repeatedly written < this subject and feel that we have e hausted the argument; nevcrthelo: with the current crop, we are co strained to write again, even at t risk of reiterating what wc have sa before. Whatever share the merchants ai planters of the South arc to have the revival of business and genet prosperity ot tiie country, now a parently well starteil, will dcpei upon the profit that is made in t production of cotton, a crop wor ?1100,000,000. The total crop of 180*1-00 w 7,lo7,34G bales, and it was sold the average priee of 8.00 cents p pound, or $40.82 per hale accordit to the record of exports and the of cial figures of the llurcau oi ^tati ties at Washington. The plantc that year made large food crops, ai when the planting season the nc year began, they were fortified wi cveiy requisite to produce cotn cheaply. Last year the total crop .was 8.7.*)! 004 bales, and the average price w 7.42 cents per pound, or $07.40 p bale, the Mrop yielding, perhaps, larger net profit than f?r many ycat because planters had few supplies buy. The success resulting from tl conservative policy which was pti sued these two years did not indu planters to adhere to that line of a tion; on the contrary, they inercasi their purchases of fertilizers this ycr and many of them drifted back i incst to the all-cotton principle, ai planted the largest cotton acrcaj ever known, hoping that the wov would pay remunerative prices for t! staple, no matter how largethcsuppl The disastrous result of over-plai ing this year is already clearly shov by comparison with last year, wh the acreage devoted to cotton w decidedly less. Last year the amount of cott marketed to January 1st was G.GW 1(J2 bales, the average priee rcaliz was 7.o2 cents per pound, $??7.1 per bale, or $242.iKJu.o,">0. 1 his year i.-t>U,Uo'> hales we marketed to January 1st, the avera price realized was (?.U5 cents p pound, $40. I'd per bale, or $22] o5S,40(>. The planters shipped to mark 601,641 bales of cotton more 1 January 1st this year than last, ai received for them $21,580,044 h money. In other words, lowing the lower price, induced by ow productiou, the people of the Sou have lost on cotton - hipped to m: ket by January 1st tliis year, t total value of 801,811 bales, naiuel 724,102, and $21,580,044 1 sides, making a grand total loss $.>1,005,04(1. To further illustrate the vuino eliect of over-planting, we make t following sunnnaiy of crops al prices : ? koc. k\i.i:s. enn i:. num.i i> I StMI ;?.7l) -JSS.'.M s.t" Isd.V.M 7.1.*>7.:?l<? I. I |s?K>-i?7 s.,M7.y<i:i 7.1'J 5J:'7.."?I7.^ It will ho set ii liiat in iShd- V! erop <it 7,-> l'.i.MT bales .-old I M,moio than the largo or of tM'Ul.l!.~? 1 hales the next yea in lS!h"?-t><? a crop of only 7,1 -~>i?,:! hales brought more tli than the tM>"l.ih>l crop, and ill the crop <.f S,7s7.t'.71 hales la>t ye brought more than w receive 1 for ih'.'U 1 ,'J", 1 hales market in I SO I Sueh ineontestahle facts show wh enormous losses the South has >; I lined by ovi r-produetioii, and a sullieien! to eause a radical eliango planting operations. It is eoneeded on every hand tii the price thu< far received lor t! year's crop !;a< yields I no prolit the planter, and oven mure than t\> thirds :>f the en?p have been sold |s| t'nis date, prices arc even yet belov the cost of production. j On account of the largo crop an? low prices resulting thciofroni, it it of vital importance, not only to th< South, but the whole country, thai ^ , the cotton acreage for next year l< j materially reduced, in order to ad1 vance the price of the greatest staph jv j product of the United States to r t;, i paying basis. ! If the planter^ of the South suflei I loss, the people of the 'whole country | must share in it. J The South cannot stand anothei x , cotton crop of the same dimensions ^ j as this year's, without bringing about " { disaster and bankruptcyfcto planters I i handlers of cotton, 'and relative j(j I harm to the general mercantile interj est of that, section. I , The price of cotton is more readily j | inlluenc <1 by the inexpiable law ol . i i supply and demand tluin any other ' _ I article of commerce, for no cornel , modify is so sensitive to fluctuations, j)( : and when a superabundance is hangtjj i iifg over the market, cotton trade in ! all its branches is adversely affected. I Cotton raising in the country is ,i( j virtually a monopoly?two.thirds oi ) the entire production each year is " readily taken by buycVS in foreign j|"_ countries, and the planters in the South are justly entitled to a fa r remum ration for their labor. An overid i supply tlio only reason why they Nt have to sell 0,000,000 to 7,000,000 tlj hales ol cotton to foreign spinners, without profit. Tiie cotton crop can and should be - made the most profitable in this c uintrv. It is wholly, the planter s 01> fault that such is not the case, as the figures in this letter clearly show. .J The cotton interest of every kind, to entry where, would prefer an advnnc! ing market to a declining one, good I ! prices to poor one, because trade in all of its ramifications is quickened vc thereby. Even the ' Consumers ol c cotton goods arc so slightly affected sj by an advance of even two or three ~r cents per pound in raw material that they arc not unwjUly that the 1(j planfor ho well -poi'tSv* lus labor. , I>ut. if the planting interests ot the fj(j S<uith continue to increase cotton c acreage year after year, continual , loss is inevitable. ^ The mere fact that a large crop V1 lias heen planted affects the juice adn versely at once, and continues to ;|S affect it until the crop has heen marketed, and if the planters of the South would determine to largely re < _ ducc the acreage, a favorable intvj flucnce ujton tlic prices and the cotton i- trade of the world would at once become apparent. 1V I?y the systematic and co-operative , action between the merchants ami ^.r planters the cotton crop must he I . kept within reasonable trade demands j or else destroy the most valuable ,.f source of profit to the mercantile and L,v I agricultural interest of the Smth. lA.r the good of till concerned, it ,ss would he indefinitely better anv year t() to make a million hales less cotton than half a million bales more than tj, | ne< csary. ,j.. I The mat* rial w elfare T the South in. 1 is more dependent upon her cotton y ciop than upon all other sources ol ,'t,. income cotiihiiicd. ami it is entirely uj with the planters ami c tton commission merchants to determine 1(> whether the value of this crop shall p.. from year to year he a source of an iuj niial'v increasing profit or a source o{ disappointment ami loss. \ cry tru'v. I.AIIIAM, A I.I X A M't.i; \ C". Mis., Alile II: J.a . Norfolk, \ w.i, 11 ieht! nl!\ Inn !u <l 0:1 11: lat e nut! neck. I'aiu w:is in-t 11;f 1loiicvctl l>\ l>t Witt's Wite!. Fla/t'i >nl. . which hcalctl the in * ' jury wi;!..?uf 1?\ i.i_r ; sear. It is the r.unoiis pile ivnicilv. For sale In I*. (". >"i llnki-air! I.cckhai; Mills. .*)! . c Win n ;i:t t'(lihi cannot taken joke. n liie humorist has In grin nti'l ket p it. ? \ny .1. A lYrkiiis, ol A ut ii| nil \. <>.. was ' for thirty yearn net tll< s,|\ t'otmc l 1>\ ' | physicians tor the cure of ec.vin.i. Ih hi] wis tpiickiy . o: I hy using I>e Will's :ijj i Witch Hazel F.i'.ve, the lumens healing ... ! saivc lor piles ;i11< 1 f-kiu tl.senses. For i slol'Y ! '. I'. 1>;;!\" and I. >?*k 1).111 Mi!!.--. n> M: . S n!;. I'aasin! Ilidjjo, < > . si\s: "Aitti i w i? <!) rin:-; ^ave my l?ov up to ilie, I saved liiiii ii .11 croup by lining One Minnie i :::ii ('urr." It i> ilit* 11 ' and iim-l eeitain r? inedv lor o- < .>!d-'. :a d aiS throat and lung j-4. i'.ini. i . .v !dt>'? i . < I tnUeand l.oe!\? III.! Mill-., in ? Mrs. M. I'o. I. itiidili'll's. II!.. sural lend for i-iirlit \ ars^oin d\spi p-iajind lis i-ii'' ip p \\:i^ Ii 11!\ ? 11;x*d . 1 \ i. M. I.alio Iv.irly Wi-eis. " l!io laaioir. I it l !?* pill* I >r all sloni ie!i a- I liver iroiilM I-or sale by 1*\ (!. to Pulp? ami Locklr.irt Mills. ' THE SECESSION MEN. ON LY OX i: i>u; X E11 LE FT. s j. He is Frank Butters and Tells of The Commotion Caused..The Effort to Impeach John Quincy Adams. 5 Haverhill, Mass, Jan. 8.?Almost t every pleasant afternoon Ilavcrhill | people have seen coming slowly down . Water street, f&om the direction of , Mill street, an old man nearly 1*0 years old. liis white hair falls over . his coat collar, and his long white J . heard reaches almost to his waist Nearly every old inhabitant of < . Haverhill knows him as old Frank ? , Butters, lie is the sole survivor of J the long list of signers to that famous j I Haverhill petition presented to Con- ? gross by John Quincy Adams, then J p a Representative from Massachusetts, . on January 24, 1842, calling for "a peaceable dissolution of the United States."' J This remarkable instrument, yfbich < upon its presentment caused a wave i of excitement and indignation reach* ^ , ing over the entire country, was ad p dressed to Congress in this fashion: , /To the Congress of the United. States: The undersigned citizous of Haverhill, in the Counmonwcalth of J Massachusetts, pray t?tat you will im J mediately adopt 'measure* peaceably ? to dissolve the dhiten of-these ^States. ? "First. lleCause no dnion can be J agreeable or permanent whfth does not permit prospects of aeoiproeal beneHt. . \ * > ' Second. Because a vast propor- ? tion of the resources of one section of * ! the Union is annually drained tosua- 1 tain the views and courses of unotfyef* . i t; :,1 4 .1 i ?_ A. otxuuii, mmum &uy uutapiuu: rcfuniv.'i ' Third, Because (judgiogfrora Kp| history of the past nations) this union I" I if persisted i ft ya the' present Condi. SSB tion of things," will certainly ovcr? whelm tlie ^jiole-nation in uttor des- ^ I truction." *4*' v ^ This paper'v^s signed bv Benja- ?? min"Emers<>h 2d,/J<>hh P, Montgom. cry, Osgood -Gk Boynton, ' Elihu 11utohinspn^Ei'ardciiS.Currier, EdA Tmrt! K. Dike. EluaJi ^'Td^icr. Wil- [ liatn llule, Joseph Flanders, Alfred S. Parmalec, George O. Harmon, N. P. Drescr, James Harmon, Otis W. I?utt<*r<> John Philbrick, William E. Noyes, Edwin A. Sargent. Herman Kimball Washington Johnson, Thomas Ball, Joseph 1>. Spillei, J. Henry Johnson. Francis Butters, Jr., Sewell E. Je\vctt. William II. Currier, Daniel Briekett, Cornelius Jenness, William N. Davis, Ezekiol llale Jr. Tappan Chase, Samuel Stuart. Samuel Plummet*, Nathaniel Foot, Leonard Baker, Francis Butters, George F. Bailey, Elbridge G. Davis, Alfred Gage, Truman M. Mai tin, Oliver 11. T. Delaware, B. Crcely, Nathan W e!>stor, Charles Fitch and John L. llutd. Massaehusctts, by the presentation of this petition, was the first State of ?^ the Union to place herself on recotd, * through the act of her citizens, as being in favor of secession, although twetitv vears latter, when the war came through the secession movement | S by the Southern leaders, mo Staie oi' af | tin? I niuii furnished so large a pro- M I portion cf her adult m iles for the I suppression of that movement a-> <1 id [ the old Ifiv State. Mr. lJiituis was seen by the Sun correspondent yesterday at his favorite place of resort on Water street, where |I| in company with sevetal of his old li "eronhs, he was deeply engaged in the mysteries of the fascinating game I of dominoes. At the earnest solicitation of the Sun c u respondent, however, tl.e old man consented to tell 11?i the inside history of the act which a t brought upon him and his fellow signcrs the hitter denunciations of the ,im I 'Mjuth ami \\ est. I don't SU|>; <se. ' :-:ii11 Mr. Hut- 1 1J tors. "that one of tin* forty-four sign-| * ois of that petition. of which 1 :itn the j only one now living, really thought j (joi of or even contemplated in possible I 25c results. Yes: i will make one ex- j lls! j eeptiou, lien l'.inerson, w'hoai the i i I)cinocrat-> of that day called "IHack lien. o!> account of his extreme tiiiti- j slavery \iews. nii^lit have foreseen, the results of it> preseiitation to Con- i ??ress. Knierson. who was closelv j nlentilic d with Whit tier. < I.n rison and ! . I .1 ... . . in u'.im-i > ' I tin* ?inii .s.hvitv iuo\ e. iiii'iiL iii .Mawti !ri-i-tts <?l thai day, wa*a far ^iirlit? I, I??11-_r lii*;i<It 1. Mionir . | minded liajiiist. a man inflexible resolution airl absolutely without a j i fear. With -I??1?n IMontgomery and 1 Sewell 10. .lewctt, lie wn* nally the father of the jietition. although it was . [Continued on Pajfu S.J | - ? T ? ~ Wm. A. Nicholson & Son, Bankers, | I , RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR | | BANKING BUSINESS & YOUR FIRE IN8URANCE, S And promise you the best protection and the best service. ? ItlOIOIMMMNtlMtllltltieitlMMtHIUMMlUe . ; i : i The Union ! j _ Shoe Company I Can 5how You the Largest 2 and Best Selected Stock of S SHOES |n the City. ^ And HATS ? S j J Polite Attention Given You. 2 | Union Shoe Company, j j V : UNION, S. C. i tl,c Htm who lias been Budtyll will have to do. * Tl won't- hnTXJ-^^to, ^1', ) There's no necessity of it "doing" 1 ? when we sell the Khiiious HOWARD j| HATS at .fd. Kvcry hat guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. They ttre I the equals to any .fli.oU hat in America. ' j New shapes for spring 1 SOS in both , I Soft and StilT HOWARD 11 ATS now j on sale. Yours for a New Hat, SMITH CLOTHING CO.. GO TO BEATY'S FOR "LOTH TNG OULD YOU BE WELL DRESSED? If so Rose & Company's Garments ve an established reputation for style and taste. Give them rial. Their line of suitings, overcoatings and pan tings are i most complete in every detail. They give you fit, finish I fashion ; besides a guarantee bond goes with every purise. "They wear so well and cost 110 more than Ready des." Don't forget the mans full suit at $2.00, a good appetizer. >d boys' suits from T3c. up. Boys' ready muie knee pants Cheap sugar wi l soon be in season. 13o sure to call 011 for clothing. Yours very truly, VV. T. BEAT Y. - ^ .I -l r~ \ T \ 1 * T T T T- - .\ Ljrt. rt. JrV. 15M1TH, Q DENTIST^__ - ?\