The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-21

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IHE CONSOLIDATION OF THE PIEDMONT
AND ARLINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CoMpA-
MES. union there is strength. {"
From the advertisement in this DAVIS
issue, it will be seen that the Piedmont
and Arlington Companies have been con-
soIidnted. The language of the adyer-
tlsement details the advantages of this
consolidation. No right of old policy
holders is affected. On the contrary,
they have increased advantages and addi-
tional security. We have no hesitation
In saying that this consolidation should
largely increase the popularity of this
popular company. We repeat our good
word for the Piedmont and Arlington,
and submit its claims to on appreciative,
intelligent and patriotic public.
HE APPROACHING STATE FA1R.-Wc
hope that our friends of the State press
will not fail to keep this matter promi-
nently before their readers. We expect
to have grand gathering here on the
occasion of the Fair We believe that
Columbia enters fully into the spirit of
the occasion. Her municipal authorities
will do their part. The citizens general
ly will do theirs. Let US have an indus
trial exhibition that will give the pro-
mise of brighter and better times. Let
every part of the State do its part. Let
every County sends its contributions.
personal and material. The field to
which we invite the good people of the
State is not the field of political excite
ment. but the field of generous and use-
full rivalry in the line of industrial de-
velopment. The question is, now, who
ls doing most service in the cause of
agriculture. and manufactures, and me-
chanics, and industry in general. Other
States are to have their Fairs, or have
had them. Let South Carolina not be
found i'll the rear. Let her Join the
grand industrial columns of the great
army of the country's workers. She has
made her mark in war, and received her
blows. Let her now make her mark in
peace, and receive its gentle, useful and
refreshing fruits. We learn that q ball
and grand tournament are among the
incidents to be expected in connection
with the Fair in November next. We
| expect soon to have an abundant supply
Of the premium lists, now in demand.
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The COLUMBIA CANA1.-As we are not
In the confidence of the "powers that
be, " we are unable to state the case accu-
rately in regard to Mr. Sprague and the
Columbia Canal. But this we do know,
that Mr.. Sprague or his agents have
failed to begin work on the improvement
of the canal water power, as agreed. BY
the 1st October, 1869, it was said that
his agents would "break dirt" but this
has not been done. The silence on the
canal is unbroken by the Irish voices that
we were to hear and by the shovels, picks
and spades that Irish hands were to
WELD. Why Mr.. Sprague has thus failed
to "come to time" nc explanation, thus
far, has been vouchsafed by the commits
sioners, who now are Gov. Scott and
Charles Wilder, the colored postmaster
r. N. Lewis, the other member of the
Board, having died. An explanation is
due to the people Of Columbia and to the
interests of Columbia. Not only because
this is q matter in which all the citizens
are interested, but for the still stronger
reason that if Mr.. Sprague does not in
tend to do tho work contracted for, there
doubtless are other capitalists in the
North who have the means and the incli-
nation 80 to do. When the contract was
awarded, by Messrs. Scott, Lewis and
Wilder, to Mr.. Sprague's agent, it was
understood that Coils. Gibbes, Childs and
Palmer, on the part of some party or
parties in Philadelphia, made an equally
and perhaps more advantageous offer
than the one that the commissioners ac-
cepted. If, now, this be correct and we
believe it to be correct, it is obligatory