The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-26

BY
fan advancc-hc presses moro at a.
low or lower prices to keep tho price
! down. Now, until the producer cal
control his own cotton these fol.
lows wilFcontinuc to make fortunes 4,
his expense ALct us try to get out o
, thcir clutches. If we could sell onl,
about as much cotton each month as is
needed for consllmption, these fellows
might play their gambling game on
somo other string.
Ono thing l will predict. There
will be no six million-crop of cotton
made this year. And if tho shipments
OF cotton could be bescontrollcd so that
there would be no pressure on tho
markets, some more of the sellers OF
futures would have to cayc.', j..
Il LETTER from THE SPRINGS.
Notos and Comments by u Disinterostcd
Nlsitor--The Railroads, tho Hotel, the
Water and tho Visitors.
CoRREsroNDENcE OF THE NEWS AND HERALD.
CATAwBA SPRINGS, N. c., Aug. o.
Twill try and fulfill my promise to
write, giving an account of this place.
We reached here about midday last
Saturday, after a trip tho like whereof
your correspondent has never expc-
ricnccd. 1t is objected against tho
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad thut it has no spirit of ACCOM-
modation. BE thankful, yc that mako
through trips, for these "accommodat-
ing" roads try tho patience in a way
that job never dreamed of. They run at
night cxclusivcly-no day trains at nil
speed Is about ten milcs all hour
stops every ten minutes stoDj
about half al hour lorg-one run off
every trip, by ayeragc--cars dirty be-
yond conccption--and passengers very
miscellaneous, tho "grcat unwashcP'
prcdominating.
HICKORY TAVERN
Ca clear case Of "lucus a non luccn-
TO-" for no hickory trees arc to be
seen in the placc) is tho railroad sta
ton for this place. It. is. n pleasant
little village of about fifteen hundred
inhabitants, with four or five churches
and large increasing trade. 1t puts
Oh somc style too. Your correspond
cut, desiring to buy somc shoe strings,
mcandcrcd into dry goods store, aid
casually inquired for tho needed arti-
Gle. Hc was considerably taken abaclS
by the information afforded by the
gcntlcmanly clerk, that the establish
mcnt in question was u avholcsolc
storcl But your correspondent learns
that Catawba county is considered one
of the wcalthicst and most hourishing
counties of western North Carolina.
Hence SO much hilalutin.
TIE SPRINGS ,
arc about seven or eight miles from
Hickory, and are reached by wagon
driven, which, considering its length,
is one of the most pleasant your
correspondent has ever seen; perfectly
smooth and almost Level. The situa-
tion is naturally worry beautitul-but
art has done little for it. The springs
arc situated on little fiat; ,and arc
surrounded with hills OH tho. crest of
which tho buildings arc placed. Trees
grow in abundance, ard tho white cot
'aSeS and buildings scattered about
among the green trees, and tho green
lawn, taken altogether, form pleas
ant rural picture. AS your corre-
spondcnt is not enjoying the benefit of
the usual courtesy extended to gentle
men ofthc press Inc feels at liberty to
abuse any thing ho does not like, and
he finds the hotel establishment car
ricd on with most liberal and cn-
lightcncd parsimony. The buildings
arc all dilapidatcd, he servants arc fcw
and far between, indeed not more than
half as many as there ought to be, and
little convonienccs arc generally want
ing. Nhcrc is perhaps tho finest col
lection of broken pitchers here that tho
world has cvcr soon. But with these
exceptions the place splcasant enough.
TIE WATER ~. .
has tho reputation Of being ono of tho
best sulphur springs in this country.
1t is very healthy. 1t ought to be. It
is vile enough to be anything. The
pleasant odor Of docnycd hcn-fruit lin
gers around, and the visitor gently alb
serbs enough to be almost q sulphur
spring himself. There are four springs
on the place-a white sulphur, a bile
sulphur, al iron and treestonc. No
one drinks anything here but the white
sulphur, however. It gives one a fa-
nous appetite. Your CORRESPONDENT
has some gifts in that limo ANYWAY.
and now Oiko Mark Twajn's Paris
ian guide he can scarcely hold enough
to satisfy his supcrhuman appetite. ;
Don't you print this.
THE VISITORS
here arc not very numerous, but arc
pleasant, easy and sociablo set. There
are between thirty-flve and forty South
Carolinians hcrc, mostly from Chester:
though Columbia, Rock Hill, Winns-
boro md Benncttsvillo have represon-
tatativcs. ....I
THE ADJUSTMENTS
consist ofwhist played by gentlemen
who know nothing about it, ton pins
played by ladies who fudge half way
down tho alley, and croquot played by
numerous very noisy children, who
arc here in full force. Then there is
dancing, every night, which is largely