Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-05-22

lay they were bound and the trap sprung.
In twenty minutes they were pronounced
dead The militia conveyed the news to
the outside crowd, which hOWled with ex-
ultation mingled with disappointment be-
canse the hanging was not public.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, May 20, 1851 was in the
hourishing town of Richburg on last We'd
nesday, and while there met Capt o. Bar
ber, prominent citizen of that place.
He has represented this county in the Leg
islature, and is now the President of the
Cedar Shoals Manufacturing Company. At
my request he kindly consented to give me
his views upon the great issue that is now
tariff. He is gentleman of fine, practical
sense, and his views are worthy of consider
alton.
"Captain," said, ''are you in favor of a
protective tariff ?" II am opposed" the
Captain said, "to protective tariff. am
heartily in favor of free trade. The South,
in my opinion, will be greatly benefited
by the removal of the tariff not only on
manufactured goods, but on all machinery
belonging to cotton mills. We then could
buy English machinery at a greatly reduced
price, which would be an immense advan-
tage to the manufacturing interest. The
South can beat the world in manufacturing
cotton goods, because we have the cotton at
our doors, we have the climate, and more
water power than we can ever utilize, and
efficient labor if properly managed. 1t is
clear to me as noon days sun that it is
only question of time when the machinery
must and will come to the cotton. To bring
about this end it only requires capital and
energy. The difference of the saving in
machinery will more than counterbalance
all the benefits the South will ever derive
from any protective tariff. Chester county
has two cotton mills, both in their infancy,
both running at full capacity, and we in
tend to run both mills on full time. We
are making money every day, and intend
to put in more machinery at an early day.
Any party that can't make money spinning
cotton at the South with all the advantages
we have, I shall believe was born tired and
never got rested. Such men will fail at any
thing they undertake."
elias the South superior advantages to
the North?" asked.
"We certainly have" the Captain replied.
"To illustrate-a Boston manufacture must
pay freight, drayage, and commissions on
every bale of cotton he spins, while South
ern mills can buy the greater portion OF
over, a Boston manufacturer has to keep
his mill at certain temperature, which
takes a great deal of fuel, occasioning a
heavy cost in the winter. This expense is
saved at the South, as there are not many
days during the year sufficiently cold to
require fire in a cotton mill"
As the Cedar Shoals Manufacturing Com
pany uses the Clement attachment, l said,
"Captain, what about the Clement attach
ment." "It's perfect success" he said.
''The fiber of the cotton is not cut, and as a
consequence the thread is stronger than that
manufactured by the ordinary process. The
reason that several have failed with the
Clement attachment is due to the fact, first,
because they did not understand it, and,
second, because they used old and worn out
machinery. I have in my factory new and
first class machinery. l can turn out 100
pounds of yarn per day to every card run,
from No. - down. / can sell my yarn at the
highest market price. / cannot supply the
demand for it, having many orders that l
cannot fill. My factory is making money
every day. It has five Clement attach
ments, and 1 intend to buy three more"
In regard to running on short time Cap
tain Barber was opposed to it. 1T would
be-" he said, "a great injustice to the hands
employed in the mills. The South should
out profit rather than put out of employ
ment thousands of operatives unfit for any
work besides manufacturing cotton"
Mr.. J. G.. Hicklin, the Secretary and Treas
urer of the Fishing Creek Manufacturing
Company, also lives at Richburg. He re-
ported this factory in fourishing condi-
tion, running 4,300 spindles on full time,
and having a ready sale for all its yarn.
On next Saturday the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee of this county, will meet
for the purpose of taking such action as the
political situation demands. A day will be
appointed for the meeting of the Democrat
ic clubs of the county to elect delegates to
the County Convention, which will meet
on the day to be named by the Executive
Committee. In recent conversation with
the Chairman of this Committee, J. M.
McNeel, Esq, prominet lawyer OF this
place and an aspirant for the posltlon OF
Solicitor, 1 inquired of him if he favored
the nomination of the State ticket in June.
He replied by saying that in his opinion
such action on the part Of the Democratic
State Convention would be very unWise.
He believed that the Democracy had every
thing to gain and nothing to lose by wait
| ing until September before making their
nominations. With the national Democrat
ic ticket and platform before them they
would have all the political light necessary
to enable them to act intelligently. While
he favored the denomination of the present
State officers, he thought it decidedly best
to wait until September before putting the
ticket in the field. If nominations were
made in June, something might arise that
would cause regret on the part Of the De-
mocracy for the Unnecessary haste: MIR. NC
Neal ridiculed the objection that nomlna-
tions in June would save the expense OF
second Convention. Delegates, he said,
paid their own expenses and never OBJECTED
in the least to doing so. There was no trou-
BILE in finding delegates willing to pay their
own expenses.
Public sentiment in this county favors the
postponement of the nomination of the
State ticket until September. That this is
the feeling of the great majority OF the
Democracy of this county can hardly be
doubted. In addition to the political OBJ
iections, the opinion prevails that nomina-
tions. in June would result in opening the
campaign at once, and thus interfering to
some extent with the agricultural interest.
Still, if the State Convention in June, after
considering the objections, decides to make
the nominations, and acts accordingly, the
Chester Democracy will gracefully. acqul-
esce in the decision. They will give the
nomination an ardent support. There are
those who fear dissensions in the Democrat
ic ranks in consequence of the differences
that prevail on the liquor question. There
is no doubt of the fact that the anti-prohi-
bitionists would like to have in the next
Legislature adelegation that would labor for
the repeal Of the act prohibiting the sale OF