The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-23
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The news from the up.country crops con-
tinues very favorable. gentleman who has
recently travelled through Edgefisld and Alb
beville Counties, represents crops US unusual
Iy fine. The only drawback seems to be the
grass, which, however, has' done but little
damage. A friend from Fairfield Informs me
that he has ueyer&nown in that county better
crops OF both cotton and corp; and his memory
must extend back twenty-five or thirty years.
There are farm,rs. however, true to the tra-
dltions Of the past, wlo are prophesying
drougnts, floods, rusts, worms and the plaques
Of Egypt generally; but these are dyspeptic;
and, all things considered, We have in the co.
tire up-country Of this State, il not all over it,
as fue prospect Of g laree yield all round 8
the country has known at the CORES ponding
date IN twenty years.
THE NOMINATION OF MAJOR GARY.
The nomination Of Major VIM. r. Gary, OF
EdgeAeld, for representative Of the Third
Congressional District, made recently in q
Columbia paper, strikes OUT community with
favor. he 1s the kind of man for these times
prompt, fearless, clear-sighted, and young. 1t
is the day for energy, decision and freedom
from the leadership Of dead past. While
some question the e1pedienc5 OF Individual
nominations for such posts, previous to the
combined action OF the party, all agree upon
the kird OF men we want and our country
wants. Major Gary is man for the times.
AN IErERFsr1Na COTTON CASE.
The municipal case. argued Wednesday be-
fore Judge Melton, was one Of interest to both
sellers and buyers Of cotton; and many cotton
growers are said to be keeping back cotton in
consequence Of the muddle about weis hing it
in Columbia. To al these the decision Of
Judge Melton will be Of imme edlate interest.
The facts out of which this case grew are
briefly these In 1859. the City Council OF Co
lumbia passed an ordinance requiring all cot
ton, bought by merchants in Columbia, to be
weighed by p7blc weighers, who are elected
by City Council That ordinance continued in
force, and the present Council have endeayor.
cd to enforce it as their predecessors had done;
but new difficulty arose in their election OF
public weighers who in Soma way were not
agreeable to q large number Of the cotton
buyers. This state Of feeling is said to have
interfered to some extent with the cotton trade
Of the city. Messrs. James Z. Friday and j.
Ii. Blakely. cotton buyers, recently refuse d to
regard the ordinance OF 1869. and weighed cot
ton for themselves. They were reported for
that course and cited before the Mayor. who
fined them for the refusal to comply with the
ordinance. Messrs. Pope and Haskell, at
,orneys for Friday and Blakey, proceeded with
writ OF prohibition, restraining the City
Council from enforcing thu collection Of the
fine. The case was argued before Judge Mel
ton by Messrs. Pope and Haskell for the rela-
tors, and by Jlmes D. Tradewell, city attorney,
for the respondents; the case being OF
the State er relatione James &. Fri
day and J. M. Blakely against the City
Council of Columbia. His Honor Judge Mel
ton ordered the prohibition to issue, holding
that the City Council had no authority to pass
such ordinance. he held that the question at
issue Was one purely Of law; and that while
the city scales were established by law, the
Council had no right to compel buyers or sell
lers to use them, and reference was to be had
to them only when there WIS disagreement
between buyers and sellers about the weight
of cotton offered for sale.
The effect of this decision will be to allow
buyers and sellers ofcotton to do the weighing
of cotton as they please, so long as they agree
aboutit. The cotton which is said to be held
back from this market BY reason OF dissati
ton with weighers, will now come forward.
There is rumor this evening that the City
Council lntenl to appeal to higher court.
The cause OF this boggle lies With the old
Council, and the occasion Of it is in the charac-
ter OF the officers elected by the new.
Professor James q. Carlisle, Of Woh,rd. ia
to deliver an address tonight before the
Young Mems Christian Association, OF Colum-
bia; and the reputation Of the lecturer var
rants the expectation OF q capital lecture.
CoBsAIR.
4NOTHER LAND ROBBERY.