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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09
The Young in Cities.

1t is a common belief that youth
reared in the cities are at great disad-
vantage, compared with those brought
up in the country, especially in the
matter of morals. The reasoning is that
the city is so full of temptation and of
so seductive a sort, and that children
are so idle, that it is almost impossible
for them to escape degradation. The
good mother living in a quiet village
or in the open country is thankful for
nothing so much as that her boys are
at safe distance from the theatres and
other places Of questionable amuse-
ment, and feeling Of pity possesse s
her as she thinks ofmothers, acquaint-
ances, perhaps, Of hers, whose boys are
exposed TO the metropolitan tempta-
tions. Her thought is not wholly in
correct, though she has an exaggerated
notion Of her sisters misfortune The
temptations, it is true, are many, and
the victims of them form lists that
make sad reading, but among people of
average position it is doubtful if the
evi! is greater than among correspond
ing classes in other situations. A larger
percentage of young men is likely to be
found in the city church than in the
village one. Part Of this is due to the
fact that many from the latter have
gone to the city, but even without
these the statement is a true one AS
many noble youth, also grow up to take
the fathers place in homes ofthe city
as away from it, and they carry into
their mature lives as keen Il sense of
honor and as devout a religious spirit
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09
The North Carolina Exodns.
News and Courier.

GREENV'ILLE.Jan.2 trains Of
eighteen coaches Of North Carolina
emigrants passed through here to-day
bound for States in the Southwest. Be-
sides the coaches there were several
freight boxes attached to each train,
which were filled with the earthly
possessions of the negroes. Fifteen
hundred negroes were on the three
trains. Towns, villages and farms in
North Carolina are becoming depopu-
lated of the negro race.
OVER FOUR THOUSAND PASS THROUGH
CHARLESTON.
Within the past week over four
thousand negroes have passed through
Charleston, on their way to Florida,
Alabama and South Georgia. Many
Of these people are accompanied by
families.
There is annually a pilgrimage of
about 500 negro laborers who are hired
in North Carolina to work on the tur-
pentine farms in Florida. These gene
rally return home in December, spend
the holidays at home, and return
South in January. This year, how
ever, the exodus amounts to whole
sale emigration, many Of the laborers
being accompanied by their families.
The emigrants are chiefly from North
Carolina and the Eastern part of South
Carolina. They are going South at
the rate of one thousand day.
The Barnwell massacre will probably
increase the number of emigrants. 1t
is not improbable that at least one halt
of the negro population of Barnwell
will emigr;.te as soon as they can make
arrangements for getting away.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09

years which could be mentioned, sim
ply because the men at the head OF
these enterprises are taking the sensible
precaution to allow the growth of the
country in population and general bu-
siness 10 overtake its transportation IA
cilities. The sales Of public lands and
the estimates Of officials charged with
the supervision of these matters indi-
cate that the extension of settlement
and trade in the Territories and newer
States has never been greater or wider
than it has been since the beginning
ofJanuary last.
This is the exhibit which the dying
year has to make. There has been no
boom in any department of activity.
Speculation despite an occasional inter-
val of liveIiness, has beelI dull. Heavy
deals in either real estate or on the COM
mercial exchanges have not been made.
But business has been conducted on a
solid and conservative basis, and, on
the whole, at a fair margin Of profit.
No financial kite flying has been at
tempted in any sphere of industry or
trade, yet the aggregate Of the legiti-
mate business transactions was never
so great in this country in any previous
period of equal duration as it has been
III the past twelve months. More mon
ey has come here for permanent in
vestment from the other side of the
Atlantic than ever before in a single
year, and the money owned here has
never been more steadily and actively
employed. The area of labor disturb
ances has been smaller than in the
average year in the past. Not only
have fewer strikes and lockouts oc-
Cured than ordinarily, but they have
oeen waged less vigorously and have
brought less suffering to the workers
Immediately affected. Prosperity and
happiness greater than have come in
scarcely any year within the recollec-
ton of most persons. except possibly
1879 and 1880, have fallen to the lot of
nearly every class Of toilers in the year
1889.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09
4 Tremendous Sensation

would have been created one hundred
years ago by the sight of our modern
express trains whiZZing along at the
rate Of OF sixty miles an hour. Just
think how our grandfathers would
have stared at such spectacle! 1t
takes a good deal to astonish people
nowadays, but some of mavelous
c,,rac rf copSur,rtioD u-rolloht by DR.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09

The following are among the more
important Of the Acts passed At the last
session Of the General Assembly.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09
NEW LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts Passed at the Late Session of the
Legislature.

The fOlloWin" are among the more
important Of the Acts passed At the last
session Of the General Assembly.
TIE COLLEGE OF ELECTORS.
An Act to amend Sections l53, 154, 155
and l57, Chapter VIII. Title II.
Part |, Of the General Statutes, relat-
ing to the formation and proceedings
OF the College of Electors.
Section l. That Sections 1873, 154, 155
and l57, Chapter VIII, Title II, Part I,
of the General Statutes, he, and the
same are hereby, amended so that said
sections, thus amended, shall read rs
follows:
Section 153. The electors of President
and Eice-President shall convene at the
Capital, in some convenient place, on
the second Monday in January next
after their election; and those of them
who shall be assembled at II o'clock
in the forenoon Of that day shall, imme-
diately after that hour, proceed to a
preliminary organization, and make
such preliminary arrangements as may
be necessary for permanent organiza-
ton and the casting Of the electoral
vote of the State
Section l54. The Secretary of State
shall prepare three lists Of names of the
electors, procure to the same the sigma
ture of the Governor, affiX thereto the
seal, of the State, and deliver them,
thus signed and sealed, to the president
ofthe College of Electors on the said
second Monday in January.
Section l55. On the said second Mon
day in January, at II o'clock NJ, the
electors shall meet, at some convenient
place at the Capital, and effect a per-
mancnt organization by the election of
a president and secretary from their
own body, proceed to fill by ballot and
by plurality Of votes all vacancies in
the Electoral College occasioned by the
death, refusal to serve, or neglect to at
tend at that hour, of any elector, or
occasioned ly an equal number of votes
having been given for two or more can
didates for presidential electors, and
then there vote by bal 0. for President
and Vice-President, one Of whom at
least shall not be an inhabtant of the
same State with themselves. They
shall name in their ballots the persons
voted for as President, and in distinct
ballots the persons voted for as Vice
President.
Section l57. The electors shall then,
by writing, under their hands, orunder
the hands of a majority of them, ap-
point a person to take charge of the
lists so sealed up and to deliver the
same to the President of the Senate of
the Congress Of the United States, at
the seat Of Government, before the
second Wednesday in February then
next ensuing. In case there shall be
no President Of the Senate at the seat
Of Government on the arrival of the
person intrusted with the lists of the
votes of the electors, then such person
is required to deliver the lists of the
votes in his custody into the office of
the Secretary Of State Of the United
| States.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09
FARMING OUT CONVICTS.


An Act to amend the law in regard to
the leasing and hiring out of c0nvicts
and to provide for the purchase of
State farm or farms and for the em-
ploymcnt Of the convicts thereon.
Section |. That the board of directors
Of the State Penitertiary be, and they
arc hereby, authorized and empowered,
to purchase ont Of the surplus earnings
Of the Penitentiary a suitable farm or
farms, to be worked and planted by
conyicts under the superintendency of
iii board of directors: Hr0vd.d that
the price paid therefor shall not exceed
forty thousand dollars. And the said
board is authorized to retain in its
hands and apply to such purchase all
surplus moneys received and to be re-
ceived by it from the operations of said
institution during the past fiscal year:
Provided, further, that no farm or
farms shall be purchased in which said
directors, or any of them, shall or may
be directly or indirectly interested.
Section ,. That no contracts for the
hiring or leasing of convicts to be EN-
ployed in phosphate mining shall here
after be made by SAID board of directors.
Section 8. That said farm provided
for in Section ! shall have sufficient
elevation to prevent the same from
floods and overtlows as near as practi,
cable.
Approved December 23, 1889.
THE TARE on COTTON.
An Act to amend Section l,1a5 of the
| General Statutes, relating to tare on
I bales of cotton.
Section |. That Section 1876 Of the
General Statutes, relating to tare or
bales Of cotton, he, and the same here
by is, amended by striking out the
whole of said section and inserting the
following in lieu thereof, so that said
section, as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section ,193. The custom of making
4 deduction from the actual weight o.
bales of unmanufacturcd cotton, as AZ
allowance for breakage or draft thereon
IS abOliShcd: and Ill contracts made il,
relation to such cotton shall bc deemed
and taken rs referring to the true anC
actual weight thereof without deduc
ton; and II" tarc shall be deducted
from the weight Of such bales of cottol
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-07

Tor RENT. warehouse on River street. for
IL merry occupied by ArtesiAn Ice Company.
Apply 70 7. G. BELL. Business Once. Morning
News
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carding.' / replied that was confident of
my ability TO convert the rama into a
form mt for carding, and within five min
utes from the time be placed the rough
material in my hands it wes in this condi-
ton. Here Mr.. Mabbett produced a large
handful of pure white, light in bulk ahd
shiny wool. as it appeared to be, bnt which
was the rama ready for carding). Mr..
lopham was amazed at my success, and
since then we have been producing the
finished material at will. Have l made any
yarn YETI Yes. have spun 1000 pounds of
IL, and could have made great deal more
were the supply Of rama larger. Thus far
there has not been much of an importation
OF the plant, as the experiments made with
1t were so unsatisfactory that no one cared
to give time and money to it.
There are certain manufacturers who
have combined the rama with cotton, and
thus made yarn which they have at
tempted to utilize, but they have not made
any Roadway with ii. The rama which
spun was the first pure, unadultered rama
ever made into yarn. When the govern
ment Official came here from Washington
and saw the yarn which bad made, he was
not only pleased but astonished that right
here in this little state we should have hit
on the secret which has bothered everybody
else who had sought to use 'rama'n
rs the process a secret oneF'
~ Is; but L have not asked for q patent
and don't know that | can do so, as the
machinery which l used is the ordinary
American make of wool mechanism, which
| slightly altered for new work which |
desired it to do. There is q company which
intends TO take ND the business, l am in
| formed. but that is all know about it for
the present"
What can be done with the new fibreg'
well, it has already been made into
yarn, and there has been made up from
that, as sample of what it is good for, a
quantity of furniture fringe, which you
will see looks like silky wool. 1t takes on a
beautiful coloring from the dyes, and Is
very even throughout. It is a superior
article for sails, and l am informed that
| Burgess, the great yacht builder, is to have
set of sails made of the rama as it will
not shrink or swell in any weather, if wet
by rain or the sea. Such being the case,
there will be set of light weight sails
which, once bent on, will not have to be
altered. The rama also makes a yarn
which is tougher than hemp cord and can
| not be broken in the hand. The cost of pro-
duction is a little more than wool now, be-
| cause of the changes which we
have had to make in the
machinery, but with good supply of the
| plant here we could do as we'll, If not better,
than we now do with wool. The yarn which
| you see is coarser than it ought TO be for
| fine fabrics, but that is because of the kind
Of machines used.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-07
CURED OF STEALING KISSES,
A Sort of Kleptomania That is Like ell
to Lead to Serious Results.
From, the louisville Commercial

A Sort of Kleptomania That is Likely
to Lead to Serious Results.
From the Louisville Commercial.
A good joke is being told on well-known
young Main street man. He is a great
society man. He is handsome, polished and
something of dandy. He is quite good
looking, and pair of glasses balanced on
his aristocratic nose give him an intellectual
air that he would not otherwise possess.
For a year or SO he has been devoted to a
well-known young society woman. Not a
week has ever passed that he has not been
at least twice to see her. About month
ago he proposed and was accepted. About
two weeks ago the engagement was broken,
only to be patched up again shortly after
ward.
The cause of the engagement being broken
was that the young man made his accus-
toned visit. He was shown into the par
lor. While sitting there he heard his be-
trothed coming down the stairs He stepped
to the door, and as she passed the door he
leaned out and planted a kiss upon her
lips. A faint scream above startled him.
He looked up and saw his sweetheart at the
head of the stairs. He looked down and
saw that he had the housemaid in his arms.
He tried to explain matters, but his sweet
heart would not have it, and the engage
ment was broken. She afterward accepted
his explanation and reinstated him.
The experience would have cured most
people, but it did not cure him. A few
nights ago he called again and entered the
parlor. There was no light in the hall or in
the parlor. In short time he heard his
girl coming down the steps. He stepped out
into the hall, and as she reached the bottom
of the stairs he enclosed her in his arms and
imprinted long, lingering kiss upon her
ruby lips Releasing her he struck a match
and lit the gas, then, turning to snatch q
kiss. he was Mortified to see before him the
black cook. He gave her dollar not to
saw anything about it, but it was too good
to keep, and she told it. 1t passed from one
person to another until it was known to all
his friends, and his life is anything but a
happy one. He says that the second expert
ence cured him of stealing kisses.
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a SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON.
What Can be Done With "Rama."
manufacture of the Article De-
SCrihad

What Can be Done With Rama
Manufacture of the Article De-
scribed.
Providence Dispatch to the Boston Herald
The rama" is plant which grows in the
Ceiestlsl empire, and which attains the hight
OF about thirty inches. 1t has small stalk,
with an outer covering of bark and heart
OF plth. The substance between the bark
ana The pith is stripped into long shreds,
very much resembling coarse brown grass
mat has been hung up to dry, and from that
uirty brown fiber the manufacturers have
tohg been endeavoring to obtain substitute
LOT wool. The nearest approach to success
which any one attained was that of Charles
1opham of Salem, Mass, who had. by a
eecret boiling process, by which the gummy
substance was extracted from the fiber,
converted the homely brown shreds into a
suostance resembling ropes of floss, such as
tne ladies' use in making fancy work, but
any attempt to spin the ''rama" into yarn
resulted In fiat failure. This is how the
oalemlte found a man who was capable of
meeting the problem and solving it:
~ III the old cement-covered stone mill at
NO o. Bacon street Thomas Mabbett is
running few sets of wooden cards. Mr..
-naopett said: II have had all sorts of
men come to me with all kinds of PROPOSE
Slons and inventions in connection with my
business; consequently. when a stranger
ZANE into my Office few months ago and
SAD that he had a substance which he
wanted to show me, which he thought
WOULD interest nue. as a manufacturer, set
niln down in my mind as another of the
,Triislonary people who were haunting me.
ne caller announced himself as a Mr.. Top
nam, and said that he had come to place
oelore me something which night be of i'm
portance to me. He then undid small
package, from which he produced several
hanks OF silky-looking material, which l
saw at glance had not been spun. He said
mat 1t was the product of the Chinese plant
lama, and wanted to know if l could
manipulate it, | replied without hesitation
Inae could do so. 'Whatr said he. you
ian do thats / have been Using up the
iasI three months In visiting thu manufact-
sLsh IA search OF some one who could spin
'his substance into yarn or prepare it for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-07
A TREASURE HUNT.
English Adventures Fiad A Pirates
Cave, but the Wealth is Gone.
From Galignant's Messenger.

From GdligrdnCs Messenger.
Some eight months ago there started from
Southampton a party of Adventures in
search of a vast treasure, supposed to be
hidden in one Of the desert islands Of the
South Atlantic ocean. The destination of
this band of treasure seekers was the island
OF Trinidad-not our fertile Trinidad in the
West Indies, but the largest of the small
volcanic group of rocks situated about 300
miles north of the tropic of Capricorn and
some 900 miles east OF Rio Janeiro.
When it is stated that the expedition was
directed by the veteran yachtsman, e. f.
Knight, whose "Cruise of the Falcon" made
such an impression few years ago, it may
be imagined that, Dec favente, all would
60 well, and that the wanderers might re-
turn laden with booty and covered with
glory. One million pounds sterling is a
nice little sum to risk something for, and
this was the amount roughly speaking, at
which the wicked pirates treasure" was
valued by those who, under Mr.. Knights
command, set out in the good ship Alerte.
The little island with its satellites, the
Martha Vas rocks, presents a most inhospi-
table appearance, and the difficulty of land
ing Is very great on account of the heavy
surf and the abrupt, Jagged nature of the
cliffs. But to return to the treasure. 1t was
supposed tnab some seventy years ago
band of pirates landed on the island and
concealed their ill-gotten gains in a cave,
the entrance to which has since been covered
up by a landslide. Mr. Knights party
proposed to dig away the landslip and went
from these shores fully equipped for almost
any emergency in this direction. On the
way out the little yacht-she was only fifty
tons-got caught in the doldrums and there
was good deal of squabble on board, but
eventually, after landing at Bahia, the
island was reached and digging COM
menced.
Alas, for the uncertainty OF human af-
farsi -Four months of incessant toll suf-
feed to remove the landsip, but did il
make the toilers millionaires. No: the find
was absolutely nothing but few pieces OF
china, just enough to show that people had
been in that cave; just enough to indicate q
probability that those worthless had re-
moved whatever valuables there were or
| the spot previous to the occurrence of the
landslip. All yachtsmen will wish Mr.
| Knight a safe return to this country ant
sympathize with him in his disappointment
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~ ENTLEMEN, If you want good shave or
VI haircut, 20 to the Little De Soto Barber
Shop, No. 103 Liberty street, or the Habersham
street Tonsorial Saloon, No. 81, corner Charlton
street lane. CHARLES L. LONDON, Proprie-
tor. GEORGE w. LEWIS, Manager Of Haber-
sham street saloon.
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The Morning News at Tybee.

The MORNING NEWS is now regularly
delivered at Tybee by special carrier. leav-
ing the city on first train at 5:l5 a. m.
Papers can be obtained from the carrier
at the usual price, 5 cents copy. and sub
scriptions will be received at the business
Office at the regular rates. Delivery will be
made at all of the hotels and from the train
at any point subscribers may direct.
Guests OF the hotels not regularly sub
scribing should instruct the clerk TO pur-
chase papers from the carrier on arrival
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SMOKE
Herman gs'ta. Cigars
EVERY DAY.

PERSONAL.
.~~~~~O~O~-~~~~~--~~~~~~ ~~~~~-~~~~~N-~O0~N~~~~~
A NY ONE bringing me good cabinet photo
"A graph, or having negative among the
II 900 that l have made since 1885, can have
minette or stamp photographs from same at
the following prices: Minettes. dozen, for u {;
Stamps, 100, for 81 80. j. N. WILSON.
lis BROTHER would like to get informa.
IL ton concerning the whereabouts OF
EDWARD COOPER of Belfast, Ireland, late
cook on board the British steamship Andes,
which was in the port of Savannah last March.
When last heard from he expected to get a
situation as cook in a hotel. Please address
j. II. ESTlLL, Savannah, or JOHN COOPER,
ID Fleet street, Belfast, Ireland.
NAP. at 1O1 Bay street, has a fine Lunch. See
~ his cards.
TWO DOLLARS pays for one dozen Fine
l. Cabinet Photographs; one extra in eight by
ten gilt frame, with cord and nail, 50c. SAVAN-
NAH PHOTO CO., 149 Broughton.
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MEDICAL

At Indicates trace tInches and hundredths.
Below zero.
w. A. WHITNEY, Observer Signal Corps.
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AUCTION SALES FUTURE DAYS
EXECUTRlX SALE
Established. Business Of Clothing and
Gents Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Harmon, Walker & McHanie.
AUCTIONEERS.

Under and by virtue of an order granted by tho
Honorable Court Of Ordinary of Chatham
county. will sell on the premises, 15S Brough-
ton street. during the usual hours OF sale, on
MONDAY. June 10, 1890, the following de-
cribed property, belonging to the estate OF 4.
II. ABRAHAMS, deceased:
All that stock OF goods in store 1853 Brought
ton street, consisting OF CLOTHING, GENTS
FURNISHING GOODS, and other articles
usually kept in a first-class house, as well as
STORE FIXTURES, etc, together with the
good will of the old established business Of
MENKEN & ABRAHAMS, with leasehold Of
the premises until Oct. /, $780, with privilege OF
renewal. CECILIA s. ABRAHAMS,
Executrix estate Z. II. Abrahams.
Terms cash.
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SHINGLES.
COMMISSION.
MISCELLANEOUS.

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A NY KIND of furniture repaired or uphol-
N stering done in best and neatest style at
EMPIRE BARGAIN STORE, Liberty and JEFF
ferson streets.