The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-10-15
Liverpool COttOn COrner.
liverpool POrcupine,l

l0tnlng Oi tht ha"t'"H
lags. must have noticed one otthe
Of the city, who is Just |
low in q great many mems
thoughts for good or evil. IL rs
Morris Ranger, the man who
whether rightly or wrongly, is cred
ted with being the author OF the
Corner and the evil genius
whom the Manchester spinner
remembers in his prayers every
night with a pious fervour worthy
of better cause.
He is not, however, such u very
remarkable character after alL
There have been corners and cor
nerlnen in Liverpool before to-day
and there probably will be to the
end Of all time. | will not com
pare the present operations 10
those of the past, because such a
comparison might be both derosa'
tory and unfair. Strong men sue
ceed and pass on, where WeaAeI
men have but filed the ditch win
their bodies. Speculation has de-
scended like a blight upon many Il
healthy and happy family. Liver
pool is the capital Of cotton specn-
Iation, and il has its history-a ms
tory that should some day DC win
ton. How men rise, and how they
,umble! Who does not remem'
Der poor Maurice Williams anu Ms
sn,endors in the "glorious" epoel
Of the American war. lie mao'
il was said at least elOO,OOo out o
a few bold turns of the wheel o
fortune. We all remember TN
: splendors Of Allerton Priory, IN
: gorgeous decorations, the iaN'sl
, luxury of the appointments tcho
4 inc IA might be expected, to IN
A nacnincencc of semi.oriental stat
= Where are all those vanlslie
Il splendors, and whore is thelr lof'
y nowa Where are the two blac
l. papes that struck the sunsophls'
G Gated guest from the city with sue
Z awe. and mocbcd the reyeiry WI.
Is their sable grinsG Where are u
5. famous diamonds that glltter'
IN oill the reporters mouth watere /,
r. on the white hand of the lady WI
D. laid the foundation stone OF tn
it wesleyan chapel' All, me poor i
Or low, he was asked one SUNDAY 9,
60 ming why, when he had made
u. hundred thousand pounds ne u
10 not stick to them. "i1i ans"
Won frankly was his reply u
= ,e as II ia Sunday evening in u scrip
i" 20, manner. The fact is that wil
~ I had made it the devil took me
ns ~ into high places and showed
~ another hundred thousand po''l'
ns if would only bow down "
M worship him.H
,ro Now | don't mean TO comp
,or Morris Ranger, or the author o'
-, corner, whoever he may be- 10 :
~ ~ such men as these. ain ra'
" ~, inclined to think that it IL III .
'"o sequence of their existence
"e such things as "corners" bee'
"'' ,ossible....one might say neeess
'n' II is for that reason J nave or'
-. your attention to the rech'os'
,s d., ture ola good deal of the excha
business. SO long as men OF II
''A ted rank and respcctabflity gan
AXE at the expense of one of the st,
n industries of the country, so
,ala. will a syndicate or "corher
;ts occasionally formed to bring !
40 il them swift and sudden retrlbu
no a Two or three years ago it was
Iayv that Morris Ranger and his fri
ner. carried off the prize in just
abil. same way before, and that the
Wall cleared then amounted to upW
we of 100000. The syndicate
,isla. cording to report, began IN NJ
nj of buying .'fttures.' TO make t
, one selves safe, they chartered,
alarv their agents, all vessels boun
rage cotton ports in the United 81
,ed a so that any American exp
both wishing to send goods foi
occu. could only do so in the "col
ward ships and on their terms IL
II IN he remembered that on this
Ia of sion the corner had a very
i'll be squeak" with some OIL thclr
,urse. The cotton sold in the sprlnl
ollow bound by conditions OF sale
Same warehoused in Liverpool
,a;led noon on the 3Oth September.
lows, fortunately, during the wee
work ceding that date heavy logs
| will about the English and lrlsh
IN ov. The last of the fleet were
ia will taken by these fogs. Anx
If the was the sky scanned, and the
i, was consulted day by day
mingled feelings of hope an
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