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The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-07
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MARKETS. RY TELEGRAPH.
Money ana securities - Cotton =
PROVISIONS ana Produce.


NEw YoRk. Jan. 6.--Eschange quiet but
hrui--t. SuaI, 80, ...
nt2
sub. Treasury baianccs-Gold, Si81. .els..
600: currency, SS,1 5000,
,.uyrrpmcnt bonds dull but steady per
cents. 81 30. iis per cents, Si.OIi2.
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Influenza at Gibraltar.

GIBRALTAR, January G,-rhc influenza
has made us nppcasancc here. There is
no iuterfuption bf communication hc.
tween the American squadron of cvolu.
ton and the shore.
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MuniRccnt Contribution.

ATLANTA, Ga. January 6.-Thc Boston
merchants association, in n letter from
President Jonathan \. Lane to l.. $,
luman,i sends $1,000 TO tle Grady
monument fund. This is the largest sub.
scrinIiOn vet rrcciXcd.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-07
Railroad Dividend Declared.

New YORK, January 6.-rhe directors
ofthc Louisville & Nashville company
to-day declared semiannual dividend
Of per cent on the stock OF that com.
pany. The statement for six months
ending December 3lst. 1889, shows
Sf SfOsi si tx tortespondi"r Y "S'dHSs
period ot the preceding year. Operating
expenses. $5,6+6,2l9, an increase OF
ssi;sti Il, as5SSss;%ss b. GS
pIs"'s sksas sEssss7 Egsa3 s3,,,,,,n, an y"
of dividend Just declared is S093 ,3S4,
leaving surplus Tor operations OF six
months of SSi7,+l9. ...
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The North Carolina Bond Cases.

WASHINGTON, January 6.-Thc supreme
court to-day assigned what are known
as the North Carolina bond cases. in.
volving the validity Of about SlO,O00,-
600 worth OF bonds for argument on the
29tIs iY1saF,. Issss, sass ;hsye bses
declining to assign them tor hearing
during the last term Tor the reason, il is
understood, that Justice Matthews was
i'll and the court was nearly evenly
divided ON the question at issue.
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s2;Hfttfs3{'a|'sss2 HSss ,sssis:, ssssiss ;sga

the lnlerlntnt OF Other membcrs Of ms
family in the same place,
A letter received here to-day from
United States SepatorJ Johu W. Daniel an
nounce his sickness at Lynchburg with
a severe case. Of Ia grippe, and therefore
h9 il unabk to set 5pdny for the delivery
OF the memorial address on Jefferson Da-
Wis, in conformity with the request Of the
lcgSlatuteItif .i.'. H~t ,.ftIf.
The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-07
Incrcnsing im I.nrin.

PARIS, January G.-Thc influenza in this
city j. ipcrc9spg-, ,ruv v.,r ..s
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HOUSE.-Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky.
ssSis spsSssr rSsSiSis.ss9s sssl SFf 6es @
to Mr., Randall, ot Penpsylyapin, at his
residence in Washington; and further
authorizing Mcssrs Wilbur of New York,
and WhitnQrne, of Tennessee. TO take the
oaths Of office before the proper officers.
A a
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coTroS.

Sgw YokK, Jan. u -cotton-Nct receipts
5D5. gross 1,aJs. Futures closed steady.
S.i.s
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maSiR1ra,u,usenalAsso associations.

RICHMOND. Va, January Ga bill
was introduced in the legislature to-day
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
INcw York Christian Idrocutc.

An article in the September "Fo-
rum" on "Formative Influences" by
Edward Everett Hale, is chiefly auto
biographical, and all the more interest
ing Oh that account. Among the bet
ter formative influences in boy's edu-
cation Mr.. Hale names "a liberal share
of disagrccable duties" He tells of a
task which his father once gave him,
for which he was almost wholly un-
prepared, but in working it out he
both learned an important lesson and
acquired larger ability. Some parents
make Il great mistake in trying to
make life too easy for their children.
They shield, excuse, and help them,
carry them on tlowery beds of ease
through the formative period of life,
and when they reach maturity they
are soft and worthless. Hardships
have their uses. They develop fiber
and strength. Those who allow their
children to grow up without wearing
any yoke or performing any duties
which are disagrccablc spoil them in a
mistaken effort to benefit them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
BENEFITS OF THE GRANGE.
Some of the Advantages That Are Found
in the Farmers Organizations.

Some of the Advantages That Are Found
in the Farmers Organizations.
In enumerating the benefits of the
grange organization, in addition to the
duties that farmers owe to each other in
the matter of combined action to effect
proper legislation and securing better
laws, we should not lose sight of the So
cial and educational features of the or
der. It is wise to introduce young people
into society at all early age and have
them grow up in educational refinement
and ease. Nothing is more emharrass-
ing to parents than to see their children,
when grown to near manhood and
womanhood, so bashful they dare not
attempt conversation in presence of
strangers, and to see them wriggle and
twist to draw their big clumsy feet in
or under and out of sight, their hands
into security, and skulk into a corner or
the dark shade of some favorable place
to hide them from view. These and
many other great annoyances it is the
highest duty of parents to avoid.
We do not advocate rudeness nor I'M
modest boldness, but we do desire to see
every person in the world perfectly at
ease to tell what he or she may know in
any place or before any audience, on the
forum, the witness stand, in the social
circle, in private or public conversation.
Today we have governors, Legislators,
congressman and many high officials
promoted from the farmers private ranks
to high and honorable position simply
from the training they got while passing
through the many official chairs of the
grange Unlike most societies or orders,
this is not a listening exercise simply,
but it is a talking school, where every
member is perfectly free to have his say
upon all questions. The debate is thor
ough and exhaustive on all subjects, and
before its close the truth is generally
made plain. The honest differences of
opinion are narrowed down to the least
possible compass, but they do exist.
The grange embraces all classes Of
other societies, both political and relig-
ious, and their convictions upon these
points are never to be called in question.
The only rule or test or aim of a granger
is to learn the higher cultivation of the
soil, perfection in all farm work and
operations, as we'll as the advancement
of agriculture in this nation to furnish
the safe foundation for a wise and happy
people.
The exchange of experiences in the
grange, coupled with debate, advances
progress and enlarges the mental caliber
of men and women. 'Tis here we can
fully develop our highest gifts, and if
we have the qualification for greatness
or goodness it is brought to the surface
and speedily utilized for the benefit of
the world.-H. Talcott in Grange Advo-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
Time to Wake Up.

So long as the farmer allows the buyer
to control the price of his labor so long
will he be the slave of the world and the
sole author of his own misfortunes, and
this is the mysterious leak which he
does not seem to comprehend. He is
toiling and sweating all day, tossing,
groaning and dreaming all night, be-
cause every hope which for years he had
cherished was blasted, every plan of re-
demption averted and the last vestige of
pleasure departed, while wealth is revel-
ing in splendor at his cost, and yet he
does not seem to know that he is slave;
a slave to the lender, slave to the
buyer and slave to the seller, because
tsl',+y fix their own prices. Is i not time
to wake up before the gloom of igno-
rance binds you forever?-Hutchinson
Brown in Grange Bulletin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
1. Il. PrcSbuieriun.

The fight between the Protestant
and Catholics, of Boston, has not abat'
ed.
The Protestants have their head
quarters at drug store at the very
busiest corner of the city.
1t is called "the Book Concern OF
the anti-Romanists." 1t is the store
of Baptist deacon, but all the publ
cations of the Prolestants are for sale
at this place. The windows are filled
with pictures, cartoons, &C., and, OF
course, excite the wrath of the follow
crs of the Papacy. Three times, says
a correspondent Of the Examiner,
have malignant brickbats come crash
ing through the deacon's large, plate
glass windows, but the courtly face on
ly smiles persistently, and the next
morning the aggressive brick hangs
captive in the window among the 9th.
cr weapons of war, and bearing this
simple inscription "rhis is the last
argument in Rome"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
A Protectiouist's Views.

"Can you figure any benefit to the
cotton planter from the policy of pro-
lection in the past" asked Washing
ton correspondent Of Gen. j. r. Chal
mers, of Mississippi.
Certainly" said the general "All
American farmers have been benefited
by the protection given to manufactures
in the withdrawal of competition Of la
bor from the field to the factory, and in
Ike creation of home market for their
productions, But this is especially true
of the cotton planter. The demand Of
the home manufacturers for cotton has
most wonderfully kept up the price of
the raw article, so that while the pro-
duction Of cotton has almost doubled
since 1860 the price has been maintained.
When Europe furnished our cotton buy
ers under tariff for revenue only our
planters were constantly alarmed at the
fall Of price on the increase of produc-
ton. Now we get as good, if not bet
ter, price for our large crops than we
did for small one. But the profits Of
agriculture are small the world over in
comparison with those Of other employ
meptS,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
Who Will Lift the Burden?

Many of our farms are heavily mort
gagged, and it is gross injustice to collect
O tax on the full valuation Of property
when some rapacious money lender holds
claim against it for half or two-thirds
of its worth. Clearly such claim ought
to be deducted from the valuation of the
realty, and the mortgage itself he made
to bear its share Of the burden of taxa
ton. And, further, there is great in
Justice in the fact that hidden property
may escape all assessment. Our tux laws
discriminate against the farmer, bring
ing him to account for possessing prop
erty which he cannot put into bank
vaults, and allowing the bond holder,
the speculator and stock gambler to Sc
crete their wealth beyond the reach Of
the tax collector. Will either of the
chief political parties Of this nation, hav-
ing as they do heavy capitalists for their
leaders, ever lift these burdens? To look
for such thing would be to expect the
impossible!-Rural New Yorker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
What Depcw Says.

Chauncey n. Depew, president of the
New York Central railroad, made a
speech to the farmers at the Syracuse
On. " fair. of which the following
were the closing sentences:
"The English farmer first pays the
landlord, then the parson, then the gov
eminent before there is any left for
himself, but three-qnarters of the Amer
lean farmers own their own land and
most of the remainder farm upon shares,
which is better than ownership, be-
cause, from my experience, it gives
them all the profits and imposes upon
them none of the burdens.
"With agricultural prosperity before
us, so certain and so full of promise,
the country can be confident Of its
growth in wealth and happiness"
Mr.. Depew went to the grounds in his
private car.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
What Others Say.
Christian Statesman.


The religious newspapers are teem-
ing with the discussion of moral ques-
tons which are at the same time po-
litical questions. Besides the ever
present problem Of the liquor traffic,
we have under discussion the lottery,
the Bible in the schools, the encroach-
ments Of Romanism, our Sabbath
laws, Our marriage and divorce laws,
polygamy and Mormonism, the rela-
ton of the nation to the Indian, the
Chinese question, the rights of the ne
gro, national aid to eLucatiolr, Peace
and Arbitration, or the relation of Tie
nation to the war system, the traffic
with weaker races in liquors and fire
arms, questions of :-rison management
and the responsibility Of gove rnment
for the reformation Of criminals, pau
perism. and its relief and curc-and
the list is not exhausted. On all these
questions the religious newspapers are
speaking out distinctly, and with few
exceptions or the right side. We
have not included any which cannot
fairly be said to be present questions
up for discussion and settlement. And
they are all questions Of morals and
religion. They all touch the relation
of the nation to God and His Law,
and their right or wrong settlement
will determine whether or not we are
to be Christian nation. In this fact
as we'll as in the fact that these issues
involve the life anu welfare of the
Church, lies the right of The Church
and of her public journals to discuss
them. But what becomes of the once
familiar maxim that religion has moth
ing to do with politics? The truth
lies more nearly in the reverse propO-
sticn-religion has everything 10 do
with politics, and politics have every
thing to do with religion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
Tiny Tokens.

BY FRANCES RIDLEY IIAvERGAL.
The murmur Of the waterfall
4 mile away,
The rustic when the robin lights
Upon a spray,
The tapping Of the lowland stream
On dripping boughs,
The sound of grazing from herd
OF gentle cows,
The echo from q wooded hill
OF cuckuo'S call.
The quivcr through the meadow grass
At evening Inll:-
Too subtle are these harlrnnles
For pen and rule;
Such music Is not understood
by any school:
But when he brain Is overweight
II hath Il spell,
Beyond all human skill and power,
TO make il well.
The memory Of n kindly word
For long gone by.
The fragrance OF Il fading flower
Sent lovingly.
The cleaning Of q sudden smile
Or sudden tear.
The warmer pressure Of the hand,
The tone Of cheer,
The hush that means cannot speak,
But have heard!'
Tie note that only bears verse
From Gods own Word:-
Such tiny things We hardly count
AS ministry;
The gIvcrs deeming they have shown
::clnt sympathy;
But, when the heart Is ovCrwrought,
Oh, who can tell
The power of snch tiny things
To make IL well?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

TO mend very large hole in socks
orlwoven underwear, tack piece OF
strong net over the aperture and darn
over it. Thus mcnded the garment
will he stronger than when new and
look far neater than if darned in the
ordinary way.
How absurd for newspapers to pub
lish "Rules for Husbands" Any sort
of wife can prescribe better rules for a
husband than he can find in u news
paper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
The Bears Get the Cream.

Gen. j. R. Chalmers, Of Mississippi, in
an interview with Washington CORE
spondent recently, said:
"The isolation of the farmers has
made them victims to the more easy
combinations of the mercantile and finan-
cial operators, and hence they have been
driven into an alliance for self protec-
ton. They have an unquestionable
grievance, and they are unquestionably
entitled to relief. In describing the con-
dition Of the farmers I will take that Of
the cotton planters, with which l am
familiar, and the condition of one may
be safely taken as the condition of all the
farming interests. The cotton crop is
made almost entirely on annual credits,
and fully one-half Of it is made by labor
ers to whom supplies have been advanced
by their landlords or by country mer-
chants who hold liens upon their crops,
which compel them to sell each bale of
cotton as fast as it can be brought to
market.
THE farmers and their laborers are
indebted to the country merchant, and
he to the city merchant, and he in turn
to the banks; thus the crop is forced to
immediate sale to meet this indebted
ness, and the bears get the cream of it at
their own prices. Cotton is always low
while the farmer has any to sell, and it
always advances in price when the spec
ulator gets control of it. Against the
oppression arising from this condition of
affairs the farmers demand relief, and
they are entitled to it if it can be af-
forded."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
The FARMERS MOVEMENT.
ILLINOIS FARMERS.

Interesting Figures Compiled by the Cor
respondent of Chicago Paper.
A Greenville Qll.) correspondent of
The Chicago Herald recently contrib
uted an interesting letter on the farm
ers' movement in that state. The fol-
lowing bits Of information are taken
therefrom:
The farmers of southern Illinois have
tradition that about five years ago a
few Williamson county farmers hauled
their wheat to market one summer day.
Arriving at the town where they eX-
pected to sell the grain they found that
all the grain buyers had gone fishing.
There was no one in the town to buy
their wheat. They did not wish to haul
it home, nor had they time to wait for
the return of the fishermen grain buy
ers. They concluded to engage a rail-
road car, load it, and ship theirwheat
to Chicago on their own account. This
they did, and it so happened that the
venture netted each farmer several cents
more per bushel for his wheat than he
would have received from the grain buy
ers. The experience demonstrated to
these farmers the benefits to be derived
from cooperation in business, and the
incident gave birth to the Farmers
Mutual Benefit association.
The association was incorporated by
the state in September, 1887. Political
action by the association was not direct
ly contemplated by it's organizers. In
asking for legal organization by the
state they set forth that the object was to
unite farmers in all matters pertaining to
their interests: to devise means of pro-
noting their general welfare; to encour-
agesystems Of cooperation that would di-
minish the cost Of farm production, farm
life and farm operations. The associa-
ton was first located at Marion, Will
hanson county, but with the growth of
the order and the organization of a gen.
eral and state assemblies the headquar-
ters was located at Mount Vernon, JEFF
ferson county.
At Greenville is properly the head
quarters Of the state assembly.
The Illinois state assembly was organ
lied in February, 1890, at meeting OF
delegates from the county assemblies
held at Centralia.
From the lodge Of five members, or
ganized in Williamson county in 1887,
the F. NJ. B. A. has grown to 1919
lodges, with membership Of $4,000 in
Illinois. The order has organizations in
ffty-six of the 102 counties of the state.
Of these only two-Rock Island and
Winnebago-are in the north. The rest
are in solid territory south of Peoria
and east of the Illinois river. These
counties, with the number of lodges and
total membership, as reported to the
state assembly at its meeting in July,
are as follows:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
Tho Mortgage Crop.

There is no overproduction except in
the crop of mortgages.
In Illinois this crop has increased over
lO3 per cent. in seven years. The farm
ers' property has been steadily decreas-
ing for years. Twenty years ago l sold
farm in Iowa and today it would not
bring the same price with all the i'm
provements. 1t is estimated that IS, 900
men own tlree-ffths Of the wealth of
the country. Over 100000 men in the
United States receive less than 5000 per
year and the farmers do not average
$500. All this is the result of vicious
class legislation. The greater the wealth
OF the individual the less the proportion
of taxes levied upon him.
Our farms and public domain are be-
ing absorbed by aliens and corporations.
Hon. Alonzo Marshall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

The Rural New Yorker advocates the
formation Of branches of the Farmers
Alliance in New York state to fill the
political field, which the grange, not
withstanding its excellence in other
ways, cannot do, because Of its constitu-
ton.
When you have said something you
know you ought not to have said, take
it back promptly. a clear conscience
is of more value than feat of verbal
legerdemain.
Intercession is the very safety valve
of love. When we feel that we really
can do nothing at all in return for
some remarkable kindness and affec-
ton, how exceedingly glad we are that
We may and can pray.
Works of which the effect is to cor
rect our errors, to strengthen our rea-
son, to elevate our spirit, to improve
our mind, are as productive in their
way as those that tend to lower the
price of meat and bread.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08
The Farmer at School.

If farmers organizations should ac-
complish nothing more they have proved
to be the greatest schools of political
economy ever known, and are doing
more to set people to thinking for them
selves instead of allowing others to think
for them than any other society in exis-
tence. Go where you may you will find
the masses talking intelligently upon
subjects that a few years ago they were
wholly ignorant of. They no longer look
to party bosses for their opinions, but
study for themselves. es.-Farmers' Friend.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

The fattering crop report of July and
the receipts double that of last year are
misleading. The flattering published
prospects and reports with the present
receipts have materially reduced tho
price of cotton. These facts out to be
known to farmers as soon as POSSIBLE. A
great majority of farmers will have feed
to buy at high price, and next year
will be one of the hardest years this part
of Texas has known for several years.
A. NJ. Somers, Lawrence, Tex.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

BRILLIANT sermons are not so
much needed as effective sermons.
An eminent French surgeon hoaSted
that he had performed Il certain won,
derful feat of surgery one hundred and
sixty times; but wncn questloile" as /"
how many he had saved out OF lhiS
large number of patients he frankly
confessed that he had lost them all,
but still insisted that the operation
WAS very brilliant. Many sermons are
called very Brilliant which are utterly
barren of spiritual fruits. 1t Is SAID
that Joseph Benson once preached Il
sermon in the open air ut Cornwall,
England, under which five hundred
persons were converted and united
with the church. "Covct earnestly
the best gifts. ."-Ncw York At'rocdte.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

Like flakes of snow that fall unper-
ceived upon the earth, the seemingly
unperceived events of life succeed ono
another. As the snow gathers t0getll-
er, so are our habits formed. No sln-
gle flake that is added to the pile pro-
duces Il sensible change; no single ac-
ton creates, however it may exhibit,
mans character.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-08

Daily. I'HIIy CNCtI'l SWHIIys.
Shortest and quickest rnnte to Charleston. reaches
there three hours ahead nf any other line. ConIcc-
tuns made a Augusta for Atlanta and all points west
Tickets on sale Mt p +. & w. G. Ry drpots to all
points at cheap rntcs and baggage checked tn dcsna-
tion For any other information apply or write.
". J. CEAIG, G. p. a.
R. W. Hunt, T. p. A., Augusta, Ga.