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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-08-11
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Worthy Ah>si2r, A. P.rs;Icat, La>1;c,
oo1 Ec,nr~ca: Occu! yi,rs he position
do in the Department Of Agriculture / feel
that ii is duty owe to myself and tic
a:iicu.iuria;s Of South Carolina to .iyc
publicity to whatever may regard detri
mental to the material prosperity OF our
people, and having giving some attention
recently TO tho collection Of such statistical
information as deem OF much Importance
l. will briefly refer to some facts in reference
to he Lien law. have only been able to
get the necessary returns from eighteen
counties, but they probably fairly represent
the whole State and my estimates are based
upon these rcturns. In 1879 3T,47O licns
were recorded in eighteen counties averag-
@SG.53 each, and amounting to 81, ,2G7 1G7.
Ii The other fifteen counties had the same
number each and averaging the same the
whole amount of iieus for 1879 was 81 i.
3l2. Io3 and tho 3umbcr OF liens 50,35S
The number Of bales Of cotton produced
the same year was 5l6, 400 and if sold at
so per bale yielded 5,S3l 800 This
woulG show that it required about SIT 70
Of the gross amount Of tho crop sold for to
p.y the liens. Now the profit to the mcr-
chant cannot Lc less than SO per cent? it
has tccn estimated at 81 per cent or 81.
1878
The number of liens given in 1880 was
G7 7,olS, averaging 500, and aggrc@uting
$7,350 462. If the crop was the same as
in 1879, and sold for ihc same, it required
about 2S per cent. to cancel the liens and
the profit TO the factors was probably over
S2,0UO,0 900. 1T must be remembered that
the liens arc given 70 cover advances and
represent from quarter to half of the
Indebtedness on the crop. Tho planter
then has 70 pay commissions on sales, storgc
insurance, interest on advances and Incl
dental expenses, so that tho surplus, after
cancc'ing all these claims, is very small
and he is forced to resort to the lien system
to run his crop another year.
Now, is the lien law responsible for his
misfortune? L. the law n blessing or o
curse? What do these figures prove
First, that the larger tho numbor Of liens
arc given by small tenants, tho average
amounts being, as have been stated, $50 and
800 Does this not enable tho laborer,
who has nothing but his muscle, to mako
the same terms MS the farmer who owns the
land !? After ho has made such arrange
mcnts with merchant docs he not become
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-08-11

tho country through which the lines run,
ana VIII spare no pains to bring in imni.
grants and to encourage the opening Of
mines and the establishment Of factories.
Bcsidcs tho investments in Railroads
there are the investments in cotton manu-
lacturcs. There is hardly city in the
oouth IN which there is not uew factory
building or organizing, and in nearly every
case q considerable part of tho capital is
raised Mt the North. This is notably so
with the Charleston and Langley Factories
in South Carolina, and with the new facto-
RIGS at Augusta. Recently $3,000,000 have
been put into a coal company which has its
+ cadquarters at Nashville. a capital of
100000 has been subscribed for drain
ing the Everglades Of Florida. A Penn
sylvania company is arranging to invest
SooO,oOO at birmingham, Alabama, and
the Ty!crs of New York have invested over
a million dollars at Anuiston, Alabama
This is only tho beginning As the rail
roads arc completed an,i extended and mines
urc opened, furnaces built and fac,o,ic,
erected, there wiil come an era Of rroercss
ana prosperity such az tho South has never
seen.
For th1 farmers too there il a better
prospect, They need capita! TO work with.
hr. such credit as ;hcy have been able to
obtain has cost frequently more than it is
worth. In Georgia Tic price Of supplies
and fertilizers is Oil an average 81 Der cent
more han the cash price, and it has been
difficult to induce any bank or capitalist to
lend money Oh farm lands. This new field
for Investment is about to be opened. A
Tn, having u capital of s. ,OOO,OOO has
begun operations in Georgia, aud proposes
to lend money on farm properly 1T I per
cent. year There is no reason Why this
company or other companies should not 20
into operation in Sonin Carolina aad other
Southern States la other words allow
lug for the time necessary Tor realizing
upon the security 10 ease Of failure to pay
the moNcy borrowcd-.hc farmer who has
nnincumbcrcd land shoul5 be able TO Dor.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-08-11
Too Much of a Lady,

When Eve in tho garden was pueking the
And enjoying The Eden walks shady,
/ wonder if she ever turned up her nose,
And sighed: "Im too much of lady!
Too much of lady dear Adam, to work;
a helpmato was made to be pcltcd;
You keep things in order; l really must
shirk,
Though the fact, dear, is deeply regret
tcd.'
Today she has daughters whose delicate
hrc mholly untitled for labor;
1t almost fatigues them to futtcr their fans
Whcn they languiay call on ncighbor.
Their mission OH earth is to gossipnnd dress,
And live upon life's sweetest honey;
And they bavnt bother or trouble, unless
Their masculine bank fails in money.
But duty is duty, and dirt always dirt,
Aud only the lazy dcny it;
Crocheting is nicer than making shirt,
But man never yet was clothed by il.
10 sit in parlor in indolcnt ease,
Till one grows fragile aud fady,
Or iiouncc through the streets silly gazeis to
please
Is being too much Of lady.
Zoo much of a lady to darn up Tho hose,
Or govern her house with aclmcn;
loo much Of lady, wherever she goes,
10 ever be much Of Il woman!
The muscles that God mudc are useless 10
her,
Except to be wrapped up in satin;
And as for an intclIcct-shc would prefer
a bonnet to mastering Latin.
Too much of lady to own grand heart,
10 be u true daughter oy mother!
Jco much Of a lady to bear the p,rt
That nc'cr can be borne by another.
l}y fashion or birth quite too fine for this
coith,
When it comes to thc Judgments grcat
payday,
Though our Lord may delight in the lilies
in white
Will lie swilc on "Foo much Of ludv!'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-08-11

The Now York Tribune says
the hearty sympathy oftho whole
South tor the President is one Of
the most encouraging signs Of the
times. From all quarters Of tho
country como reioicings that the
President lives and Stalwariism
is dead. Tho North and South
are in full hamoDy on one point
at least.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-08-11
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Offer of
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with
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July 1881.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-08-11

tho,H Sl5o,Dhn w"r /, OF gods have been
sid at iiidgcway On liens this year.
Our best intentions, even when they have
been most prudenny formed, fail in their
issue.
Mammoth bones have been found near
Yakami City, Washington Territory, aud
tlcy arc believed to DO The relics of an ex~
tinct species Of elephant.
Secretary Blaine said to an interviewer
few days siucu that there were more than
100000 applications for Office on flo IN
the various departments at Washington. As
tho Republican vote of tho country at The
last election was 4,442,050, it seems that
one in every four Of the Republican
voters of tho United States is au active
oflicc-scckcr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24
Will be Grant

One of the latest rumors from Alba
ny is to the effect that the senatorial
question is to be compromised by the
election of Gen. Grant us COnklings
sure, but it is a suggestive one. Sc
many very strange things occur i'll the
political arena, that, while we do not
take any great amount of stock i'll this
alleged Grant movement, we should
not he at all surprised if it were to
come to head for it is among the
possibilities. just what would be
gained by any such move-just what
the anti COnkling men would gain-we
fail to see. Gen. Grant has really iden-
titled himself with Conkling and his
cause he is the latter's warm friend
criticize the President for what he calls
outrageous treatment of the New York
Senator, forgetting that he himself has
been guilty of similar ''Outrage ;" he
has spared no pains in expressing his
friendship and sympathy for Conkling,
All this is very natural, since to Conk-
ling he is much indebted for hearty
support and Jealous advocacy but the
fact of his attachment to the Senator is
serious obstacle in the way of his
election to succeed him. The thing
for which the New York Republicans
mony at Washington and Grant will
not fill the bill. As a paciticator he
would not prove success, since he has
publicly found fault with the Admins
tration and could not he expected to
harmonic with it. If he should be
chosen, it would simply he a change OF
men, not of animus, and the zone thing
needfuln would not he secured.
Grants election to the Senate would
be an event of interest. While he is
lacking the peculiar energy ascribed to
Conkling, he would doubtless stand
well in the upper house and make him
self felt. In this connection the Boston
Herald remarks:
at is safe to say that he would exer-
else Il strong influence. Aside from his
prestige, and personality that is very
forceful ut short range, Gen. Grant is
n man possessing Il vast amount of in
formation. 1t is doubtful if any other
public man eXcels the eX-President in
the variety, extent and precision of his
knowledge of practical affairs in his
own country and throughout the world.
The time is at hand when men of in
formation will have the weight in OuI
legislative bodies that they do else
where in the world. Gen. Grants
word would be sure to carry great
weight in the committee rooms of the
Senate and upon the floor on all qucs-
tions outside of factional politics"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24
Vermont News.

The Vermont editors meeting al
Bellows Falls mas been postponed till
further notice, so as not to interfere
with college commandments occurring
this month.
Mrs. Henry Barney of Highgate
Springs died suddenly of apOpleXy the
10th, aged % years. She was found
lying dead on the floor, with her child
six months old locked in her arms.
James Wheeler of Readsboro', who
for some days past has been confined
to bed with pneumonia, being at
times derangcd, while his watcher was
temporarily absent on Friday morning
partially dressed himself, left his bed
wandered from home, and, through
weakness, fell by the roadside and died
from the effect of striking his forehead
on "A stone.
South Royalton is threatened with a
new paper. 1t has had one or two
struggles with something of that sort.
Benz. F. Brown of Rutland commit
ted suicide ut Troy, Sunday morning
by cutting his throat with IL razor.
Most of the farmers in WeybridgC
have sold their wool at prices from .:
to "a cents, unwashed.
Edward Beach, an employee in Fish
er's mills at Bennington, died Friday
morning. Death was caused by drink
ing water too freely.
The insurance commissioners of the
state of Vermont have concluded not
to license the Hartford life and annui-
ty insurance company of Hartford
Conn.,, to do business i'll Vermont I'M
der its safety fund department. The
plan of this department lis cooperative,
and the insurance laws of Vermont re-
quire cooperative companies to have at
least SIO0,OOO in assets, and this com
pany has not assets to that amount i'll
its safety fund department.
McIndoes was visited by another
heavy frost Friday morning. In some
places ice formed as thick as window
glass. A very heavy fog came on
early, and the damage to vegetation i'll
the valley is slight. In the localities
where there was no fog the corn, pOta-
toes and grass are seriously injured.
Vergennes has been sued by the
1OllS company IOr infringement VI pa
tent in the running of its water works.
Damages claimed, $1,000.
The Barre academy commencement
exercises ended the 10th, a class of 10
graduating. Mr.. WheelOck will be
principal another year.
Bradley b. Foster, aged ii years,
and grandson of Hon. Bradley Barlow,
was hurt at st. Adams by falling
down stairs, on Friday last, and died
on Sunday morning.
The eighth and last volume of Gov
ernor and Council" edited by Hon. f..
p. Walton, and published by authority
of the state, has just been issued. 1t
is uniform in style with its predeces-
sors and contains fine steel plate pOr-
traits of Gov. VIM. A. Palmer and act
ing Gov. Silas ii. JennisOn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24
Garfield Oh Labor.

During his recent visit to Fortress
Munroe, President Garfield spoke to
the Indian and colored students there
about labor, giving utterance to the
following sentiment:
Two phases of the problem of the
human race strike me as | look over
this congregation, for | see another
race herc-One from the far West.
You two races approach the great
problem of the human race, which is
labor, from different sides. | would
put that problem into four words 4:
Labor must he free. And for those of
you from the far West | would take off
the last word in order to enforce the
tirst-labOr must be. For you, for
all, labor must be. Without it there
can be nothing great in civilization.
You come from people who have been
first taught to destroy, to fell the
forest, to sweep away any and all OBJ
stacles in your path. To kill is the
basis of that kind of life. Therefore,
to you would say that without labor
you can do nothing. The first text in
your civilization is, Labor must he.
You of the cOlOred race have learned
this teXt-have learned it under the
lash. Slavery taught you that labor
must be, but the voice of mighty war
spoke out and said to you, as to us all,
that labor must be forever free. The
basis of everything great in civiliza-
ton, is that labor must he free. | am
glad To see that Gen. Armstrong is
working out this problem on both
sides, reaching one hand to the South
and one to the West, with all the
strength of the entire AnglO-SaxOn
civilization behind him. This will
give Ills a country without sections, a
people without a stain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24
Another SWindIe.

For some time past the "Globe COM
pany," of Boston, has been extensive
~ advertising the sale of its bonds tn
further the manufacture of locomo-
tives with spark CONSUMERS. The
manufacture of these locomotives was
tn work revolution in that line of
business, and inaugurate a startling
economy. The bonds were said to lie
a big thing, and offered extra induce
ments to investors and with such
brilliant prospects before it, the com
pany soon had long list of stOckhold-
ers, who were anxious to get rich. But
the bubble has burst, the "Globe com
pany is revealed as a fraud, Col. Ber-
ney, its general manager, is i'll the
hands of the law, and proceedings
have been instituted against him for
obtaining money ON false pretences.
In the prospectus of the company il
was claimed that it had control over a
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

number of patents which covered the
manufacture of the spark consumers
that there was some $2OO,OO0 surplus
cash capital in the hands of the COM
pany. and that everything was in
fiourishing state. The developments
thus far in the case show that the com
pany controlled no patents whatever,
that it had no surplus cash capital, that
Berney himself owned no stock in it,
and that the so-called ''bOard of di-
rectors" was a myth-Or at least that
the names of gentlemen had been used
in this connection without their knowl-
edge and consent. In short, the whole
thing is a swindle, and its anxious vic
tins, from all parts of New England,
are being heard from since its collapse.
1t is matter of deep regret, of
course, that anybody has been bit by
the Globe company" and speedy ret
ribution at the hands of the law is a
contamination devoutly to be wished
for. But such swindles will thrive and
investors be fleeced, so long as victims
offer themselves. 1t is almost incredi-
BILE that men and women will risk what
money they have to spare in concern
which has no reputation, and of which
they know nothing save what is found
in flaming announcements. There are
numberless methods of investments
which offer a sure and safe return for
capital and so long as men discard
these and are tempted by things which
promise rapidly accommodating wealth,
they will continue to get bit, and have
tlnnnn s1.lNns To hlnrnn
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

Every sincere friend of General
Grant," said a veteran Republican
yesterday, twill deeply regret that he
entertains the sentiments which are
attributed to him in the Chicago dis
patch. They are not the sentiments
he held when first elected President,
and they are in no sense Republican
sentiments, but opinions he has come
to entertain of late This, we be
lieve, is the feeling of large majority
of the Republican party and of many
thousands of men who will never cease
to remember the great service of Gen
eral Grant. But our people are not
hero worshippers. If General Grants
views are not sound, or if he takes the
wrong side of important issues, he
will not he followed by thoughtful
men, Boston Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

A good many people were not wholly
pleased with the choice Gov. Farnham
made of his staff; and now that Ely
Goddard is mixed up III Grim. con
case at Boston, where IA husband seeks
divorce from his wife on Bible grounds,
the respect for this aide to the Govern
or will not be increased.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

The telegraph brings word of still
another fatal railroad accident at the
West, caused 10y the carclcssncss of an
operator There is evidently good
deal of incompctency in that direction,
which needs prompt attention. Tray
elers do not want to feel that then
lives are at the mercy of telegraph OPP
orators whose thoughts are anywhere
but on their business.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

Now that President Garfield has sig
nified his intention of coming to Yer
mont next month stopping at Will
JAMESTOWN, Mass, on the way-BostOn
wants him to call and see her on the
same trip. Boston is continually
reaching ont after something worlds
fair, President, or some other graft
fcatiOn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

The battle of Bunker Hill was duly
celebrated i'll Boston and Charlestown
on the 18th. Aside from the usual ac-
compartments of "big time" there
was the unveiling of a statue of Gen.
Prescott
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

College graduates are scarce in the
New Hampshire Legislature, and in the
matter of occupation the farmers take
the lead, with merchants second, man
ufacturers third, and lawyers last.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24
Public Opinion.
EXPENSIVE TO KEEP A BOSS.

The republican party is learning
how much it costs to keep ''bOss. .
With the senate of the United States
suddenly given over to the opposition,
with the party badly divided in this
state, with a possibility of losing the
state Legislature in the fall elections,
and avery serious check to the suprema-
cy of the party throughout the Union,
Republicans are finding that the role
which they have permitted Mr.. Conk-
ling to play is a fearfully expensive
one for the party New York Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24
Our Grand List.

The listers have at length completed
the grand list of st. Johnsbury, and
below we give the names of Taxpayers
with list of ten dollars or over, with
the amount of each list for 1881 and the
corresponding list for ISS0-thus show
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24
vINDICATION.

Mr.. Conkling's friends say that he
has resigned in order to give the legis-
lature chance to vindicate him, which
means to approve his course. A
prompt and practically unanimous
reelection was therefore essential to
vindicatiOn. There could be no vindi-
cation without it. What, then, are the
facts The overwhelming majority of
the Republican party, speaking by its
unanimous press, with three or four
exceptions, instantly and uncondition-
ally condemned his course, and of l05
Republican members of the legislature,
a majority of whom are "Stalwarts, y
thirty five only voted to return him to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

The revised Testament has been APP
proved, as IA whole, by conference OF
Baptist preachers of New York. One
member of the conference, however,
suggested that there was still room for
much improvement, which may, i'll a
measure, he attained by the publica-
tion of an American edition with the
recommendation of the American re-
visers and marginal notes incorporated.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24
ours respectfully,
Late Secretary of State of the lat
American Republic, out of Il job.

The deadlock at Albany is still I'M
broken, and the end is uncertain. En-
Vice President Whccler's name is gain
ing considerable prominence, and at
one time it looked as though there
might be break for him as the best
way to settle the veXed question. We
think the New York legislature might
go farther and fare worse than to elect
Mr.. Wheeler. He is not first-class
wire-pullcr, and is not likely to turn
things topsy-turvy to secure his own
election. But he is an able man, on
whom the people of the Empire state
can rely, and his election would be n
sensible performance. The Conkling
men are beginning to realize that "vin-
dication" is likely to bc postponed, and
are not as confident as they have been
They cannot gain their point without
coalition with the Democracy that
they cannot afford to do, even if the
Democratic Barkis was willin'. Re
ports from several sources say that
both sides begin to feel conciliatory,
and that the contest will end this week
But that is very doubtful.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

ITATE or VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT ~
= In Probate Court holden at the Probate Office
in St Johnsbury IN said District, the 18th day
of June. A. D. 1871.
Jane y. Knapp, administrative upon the estate Of
Nathan +. Knapp, late Of st. Johnsbury, in said
District, deceased, presents her administration ne
count for examination and allowance and makes
ton Of the estate Of said deceased. Wherenpon
it il ordered by said Court, that said account and
said application be referred To a session thereof To
be- held at the Probate Office in said St Johnsbury
the 9th day Of uly. AID 1881 for hearing and,de
cision thereon: And, it IL further ordered that
notice hereof be given To all Persons Interested by
In the Caledonian, newspaper published at ST
JOhnsbury previous To said time appointed far
hearing. that they may appear at said time and
place. and show cause If any they may have why
sad account should not be allowed aud such de-
cree made
BY the Court, Attest
9l-93 HENRY FRENCH. Register