The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-08

sell most lines of goods lower than they
can oe Offered even at those places
where water Communication should
make them cheaper. Grecnvile c, n,
must not ooly become great manufac
turing centre, being endowed with ex-
haustless water powers, but with a
fertile mountain country behind hcr
aud enjoying equal if not superior aa.
vantages, must in the future be a form;d. .
able rival to Charleston for the whole
sale aud jobbing tladc, Nothing but
the rounding Of seaport liable TO none
or the objections that prevail against
charleston can ever restore a CONNER.
cial prosperity to seaport on cur coast,
In the first place we must have one
unexceptionably healthy, or one. canable
OF being made SO by drainage, and by
facilities for procuring good wholesome
water and abundant supply. Secondly,
we must have Harbor capable of be-
Ing entered without delay from short
tides so as to place no impedimcnt in
the way of swift and direct com.
mun'cation with Europe by means of
large ships, as the present needs of COM
merce demand. Thirdly, we must
have straight and short Rail Road com.
munication TO fhe Interior with as few
transfers as possible. All of these
requisites can be fulfilled at Port Row.
al. The fiat marshy site of Charleston
must ever interfere with proper drain.
age essential to healthfulness, and an
Immunity from epidemic diseases, and
her bars will be lnsuperable barriers
to the transit of heavily draught vessels
suitable for Ocean traffic, and the Rail
Road communications emerging from
her site have all been most disatrously
projected at time when their routes
were prejudiced to suit monied corpora
tions and individual interests
n great and prosperous city must ne.
cessarhy be built on the Sea coast to ac-.
commodate exit for the products Of the
Great West and the sooner IT IS common.
ced where it can be made permanent and
arailablc for the immense trade that
would flow throash our State, dispensing
It's benefits everywhere through which
1t passes If suitable shipping point is
Afforded, the better it will be for the
commercial interest of rhe State and of
the smaller towns and villages that will
likewise be benefited by juxtaposition
TO great port on ouf South Atlantic
coast We think that Charleston and
savannah are both culpable for DELAYING
any longer their cooperation in making
Mt least one Sea Port on our great water
front which neither of them can ever
become, particularly as they are both los
Ing those prtstiges which can lie rc.
gained for our coast country by over.
coming obstacles that have been the rpi,,
OF both, and which would be of collatera,
advantage if not to their enlargement, at
least to arrest t cir progressive decay.
Ihere are not few persons in Beauf-
ort County who made application in
accordance with law for permission TO
retail spurious liquors, and after their
application was acted upon favorabIv
by the Grand Jury they obtained re-.
celpt from Mr.. Holmes, commenced sell
ing and have continued the business of
retail dealers withou: having obtained
the license from the county commission.
ers. We would warn all such nersons
that they are liable to prosecution and
10 the pains and penalties prescribed
by law for selling without license. and
we would advise them to lose no time in
presenting their receipts, for the money
or its equivalent paid the Treasurer, and
demanding their liccnsc from the Board
OF Commissioners, If they do not we
forewarn them that erelong they viii be
hauled up for selling without a license.
Col. d. W. Aiken addressed the Gran
ges at Chester last week and we give
few extracts from his address The 10.
norance of tho farming community, he
SAID was lamentable. The fact waa an.
nounccd that there were 200 600 children
In the State of South Carolina under
twelve years Of age who were unable to
read. Between eighteen and twenty. five
there was a vast host who were not able
70 w11te their names. there were 10000
farmers hnr 'e In South Carolina, end vet there
were not thee thousand agricultural IA.
pers circulated throughout tho State.
c"lPAiken exhorted the farmers to
take news papers to read and improve