The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18

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An EARTnouAKE IN SANSALvApoR.-Neu
Io'&. September lO.-.A srecial to the Herald
- III san Salvador says that millions of dol
lars worth ofproreity and many lives were
destroyed in that Republic .ssterday b. sr
y .rthqiake. Whole towns were wi Led out
All it fearci, rs the aiviccs rec,eved indi
sc. t:'nt hardly y city in the con ry, except
tLoSe along the coast, escaped the awful
cfsc of the c"nyul.i ms.
\, live minutes b. fore = q clock yesterday
nor ing the earth began to shake. The
1a,c had strong vertical and Csc,ilatorJ
mo, cunent. People rushc | into the street il
their light clothing. While the sho X la,te 1
miy twenty seconds, before il passed away
tic panic-s,, icken mob made its way t. the
opcn country ou' side Of fthe o ty. The scene
;as RIB sublime. Men, women and
children wero shrieking aud praying in the
.ree,s. The walls Of houses cracked, totter-
Il and f-l. There was deep, continuous
rtm1ling, rs il of heavy thunder Tho sky y
s"Uce's' aud the aic .Mass ssrf4ts ftts ed the
-AeAqq4f' arse mi fell in long waves and stron q
len were ursblc to keep their feet.
Fnc imhn"itauts arc afraid to return to their
h,u e.. President Eze:a is doing everything
|, can to stop the panic AMI care for the
meic's. Towns throughout the country
ave Suffered more severely than the ca, ir,l
~. quito and Coma-asua were completely
:>troycd. C"jutepeQue, Santa Fccla, San
'drp and Masrbenct are SO badly shak on
lat thoy are probably ruined, whie the
.io:k was plainly felt and damage done by it
at Sa lh Anna and Jnsiue.pequo, sixty miles
AWAY.
Ii is impossible to form m idea of tho
iircs st. Two were killed here, and it is
h,red that many were killed in the smaller
wni.
- ~ DuNr-r rXr, QuIT TITO Editor
'ews and Courier There is another
ha'e Of the over-producton OF cotton that
rs i.o: been touched upon. n. hough it NAV
lave been in the thought of many Of your
'r;ncr readers. The cultivation Of cotton
~ Tic South Atlantic States is doomed
""n capped ut the very outset by the
: cess y OF purchasing commercial manur.s
:" cn:sr the race with the Gulf States at n
>advaa'ag'. There is o saying among
l IN that ''s'x cents cotton aud on.
''ndrcl dollarsa yoar negro. S cannot pr,w
:. 'hc same field
F'X.s. with her four feet Of black sill
naie a5 'ut % Per ce,t Of the cotton crop
MS past year, ami ven ure to siy in five
'"rs time VIII double her presen. Weld.
| t fair to call halt on Texas or auy Other
H ht Sta bec'us We cannot keep up with
tir p@cassion? Labor IN The South Al.
'au'ic states Is ting Scarcer and III cher ,ch
jear; our lands are wasting away untiSr cot.
;"n c'!iti alton, which requires about thirter,u
r'h:hs n the year, and this despot which
MS 20 long held us III lis feecy chaios is now
.rahsic"; ing his seat Of empir, across tho
Mi-sissi pi. lie, him go, und iustend Of
0e;l '"nin; oar fate let u, turn cur thoughts
and efforts To other productions.
Surely the N en- who s'ocd amidst the ruin. of
1863 AMI WORKED out their deliverance win
u H. t. ho'p save Go reed not be uism,yed
q IN present outlook. Is there a man cas-.
of the Miss ssppi who can say truly that CO.: |
on "s us chief crop will pay him At six |
'r even seven cents 1t will be a pipsntic |
mi itor bound combination that con
'educe the production If cotton. We have
10 right to cramp the larger efforts of Tcx., |
'hd Arkansas because our few bales M G male |
u q 1888 we must so to grain and yra.s and |
20" pe.s and stock, and reduce our cotton |
ie'dj ,wn into C tt,n patches, and small |
nc. at hat. Does it seem TOO mild 10 saw
hat lei re the dawn Of the next century the
tc so"th Atlantic Stses will not make
n'ugi cotton to supply the mills within
ne Limits; and that financially they Will
. far ahead of their present status. oyeranI
tove 'he regular Increase ---CnEER-Ca in
'eHs and Courier.