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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05
The Danger in Our Money System.
From Charleston News and Courier Dem

There is an abundance of currency al
ready for the needs of the country
some safe means should be found for its
more equitable distribution. The chief
point of danger is in effecting any change
in our present financial system which
would cause the government to default
in its pecuniary obligations and reduce
the country to a silver basis. The true
theory is announced by Mr.. Cleveland
when he says that there must be the abb
the circulation of the currency of the
country" But there must be no violent
means adopted to accomplish this result.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

The term of Senator Turpie of Indiana,
runs for FIVE years yet, hence it cannot be
charged that the animus of his PROPOSE
ton TO change to a direct vote the manner
of selecting senators was personal in
terest.
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Significant Straws From Missouri.
From Springfield (MassO Republican Gnd

Leading spirits in the bimetallic league
and the populist party have been holding
a secret conference at st. Louis over the
question of organizing a. free silver coin
age party. 1t is understood that such a
movement was put on foot This is of
less significance than the St. Louis Re
public's warning to Mr.. Bland that his
coquetting with the populist vote on free
silver matters was the thing which prob
ably cost him his election. The Republic
has been about as persistent a free coin
age advocate as Bland himself.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05
As to Currency Legislation.
From the Atlanta Journal Dem. J,

Whether or not there will be any cur
rency legislation at this session is doubt
full, but it would be a blessing to the coun-
try if congress should promptly repeal the
mepded by the President, and amend the
national bank law so as also to con-
duce to a currency which would readily
respond to the demands of business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Georgia Chapter No. s. r. A.
NJ; Palestine Commandery No. :. K. T. {;
Golden Rule Lodge No. y, I. o. o. +. I;
Savannah Benevolent Association; Sub
scription Committee Volunteer Guards
Pair
Special Notices-Notice in Regard to
Assessments Of Real Property. c. s. Har-
dee, City Treasurer; Lot of Young Tur-
keys and Spring Chickens, Estate S. w
Branch: DR.. J. A. Robson, Dentist; For
Beaufort. Button and Port Royal
Steamer Flora; As to Crew Of Swedish
bark Mamma; Our Store VIII Be Opened
Till O'Clock Every Night. B. H. Levy &
Bro. Fruit, Fish. Cranberries. Mutual Co
operative Association; As to Bills Against
Steamship Gardenia.
Amusements-A Grand Ball by Live
Oak Lodge No. 3. l. 0. o. F.. Dec Z; Bar
ney Ferguson in Duny's Blunders at
Theater Dec. s; Edison's Microscopes.
RAILROAD Schedules-Central Railroad OF
Georgia: Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad.
Ordinary Ready Mades-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
You Have often Paid-Appel & Schaul.
This Ad. is Meant to Subtract-Bond,
Harrison & Co.
Legal Notices-Notices TO Debtors and
Creditors Estate John G. Stegmaier; APP
piled Francis NJ. Jones; Application for
Letters of Guardianship.
Auction Sale-Fine Furniture, by ]. Nc
Laughlin & Son.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent;
For Sale Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

Inasmuch as the postoffice department
has apparently adopted the policy of dis
honoring the history of the civil war by
fastening ridiculous. although suggestive,
names upon historical localities in the
south, we respectfully submit these sug-
gestions, which are in line with the chang
ing of the name of Appomatox to "Surren-
der" Change Richmond to Hard Tines
change Columbia, S. c.. to Sherman
town. change Irwinville. Ga. to out
rage" change Andersonville to ''sheol;''
change Gettysburg to Glory"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05
CURRENT ComMFNT.
Plain and to the Point.
From the Augusta (Ga.) Herald Dem.

Mr.. Cleveland's message this time is
strictly a democratic document. 1t is plain
and business like. There is no gush in
it. There is no high-hown language. His
illusions to the foreign relations of the
government are quite interesting. His
championship and Endorsement of his cab
met officers is marked characteristic of
his paper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

State legislation may be expected to take
on pretty brisk gait very soon. As the
holiday season app caches the members
usually Get in a hurry
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

An example of the peculiar powers OF
the English language is offered in an in
cident that occurred at Kingston, N. Y.
on Sunday. The Rev. Mr.. Watterson, rec
tor of st. Johns Episcopal church,
burned incense during his service, which
so incensed some members of his congre-
cation that they threaten to leave his
fold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

p The Astor tramp-that is, the tramp who
stole into the Astor residence in New
York and went to sleep in one Of the mill
lionaire's magnificent beds-set a bad ex-
ample to the tramp fraternity. 1t is said
that for two weeks tramps have been
breaking into the swell society folks cot
tages at Newport and revellng in the
downy couches.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

The New York Herald is polling Gotham
on the question: Shall the saloons be
opened on Sunday during certain legal
hours? In Savannah that query does not
amount to a public question. Opinion is
pretty much all one way, in the negative.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

The so-called pop gun" tariff bills now
in the Senate, and upon which the chief
fight of the session may occur, are four in
number. One provides for free coal. an
other for free iron ore, a third for free
sugar, and fourth for free barbed wire.
AS they stand now, the Senate finance
committee has amended the free coal bill
by imposing a duty on bituminous coal
when imported from any country that
levles duty on American coal This is
understood to be directed chiefly against
Canada. The free iron ore bill stands
without amendment. The committee has
amended the free sugar bill by imposing
a duSy of 40 per cent. on all sugars. The
barbed wire DILL has been amended to in
clude all materials used in the manufac-
ture of such wire.
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Drainaee Given preeoro,oo

We are confident that the public ap-
proves the decision of the county commits
sioners to keep the whole chain-gang force
on the drainage work, instead of divert
ing part of it to road improvement. until
the main features of that work are com
pleted. The most important thing to the
people of the county is the drainage
Good health is the very first considera-
ton, and that depends to a very great
extent upon good drainage.
1t is expected that the Casey canal will
be practically completed in the very near
future. When it is finished great benefits
will flow from it. With dry land in the
vicinity of the city, where there are now
swamps, there will be at once a very
marked improvement in the health con-
ditions
And what permanent benefit would any
work be, which the chain-gang might do
on the roads? One of the road commits
sioners, in a communication published in
the Morning News a day or two ago, said
that all the work that has heretofore been
done on the roads was of little or no bene-
fit 1t is time and money wasted to repair
the roads the way they are repaired. About
all the roads are sandy and they are cut
to pieces by travel and the rains very
shortly after they are repaired.
! What must be done is this: A plan for
making solid road beds must be adopted.
That will necessitate the bringing of ma
terials from a distance. To build roads
of that sort will cost good deal of
money, but they will last a long time when
| built, and will be cheaper than the con-
tinual repairs we are compelled to make
to roads now, and which really make the
roads little, if any better
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-05

EASTERN OFFICE. % Park Rev. New
York City. c. S. Faulkner. Manager.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23
THE FIRST SILVER DOLLAR.
Some Facts in the History OF our
CURRENCY.

AS the silver dollar is so much in
evidence just at this time with tho
politicians, it is a matter Of interest to
recall the fact that Monday, Oct. 18th,
was the centennial anniversary of the
first appearance of the United States
dollar. Just one hundred years have
passed since the dollar of the daddies
made its bow to the public, and it is as
much IL bone of contention to-day as
ever in it's eventful history.
The Philadelphia Record recalls the
fact that the new coin, with the now
familiar figure of Liberty and the
American eagle, was made after q
design by Robert Scott, the mipt's first
engraver. On July Is, 1874, the Bank
of Maryland had made the first de-
posit of silver. 1t consisted of "coins
of France" of the value Of $780, 1873
IL, and these coins appeared in their
transformed guise Of American dollars
on the 18th day of the following Octo-
Der. or course there had been money
coined in America long before. Vir-
ginia began with brass pieces as early
as 1872, and everybody is familiar with
Massachusetts, experience with the
pine tree shillings," made famous by
Hawthornes inimitable story. There
were, in fact, no fewer than four dis
tinct currencies in vogue in the thir-
teen new States at the close of the
revolution, but in 1856 Congress swept
away the entire English system of
pounds, shillings and pence, and bod
lily substituted the decimal system.
Then came the establishment of a
mint. A lot Of ground was purchased
on Seventh street, near Arch, in
Philadelphia, and the cornerstone of
the first United States mint laid on
July 81, 1892. This was also tho first
bnilding for public use ever erected
under authority of tho Federal govern
ment. An old still-house which had
occupied the lot was removed and out
of the proceeds Director Rittenhouse
set aside the sum of seven shillings
and sixpence "to be laid out for punch
| In LAYING the foundation stone"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23
and sale of intoxicating liquors was
upheld.


and sale of Intoxicating liquors was
upheld.
Applying what appears to be the es-
tablishcd law to the present case, it
would seem that while the State of
South Carolina has the right, in the
exercise of its police power, to pro-
hibit the manufacture of and traffic in
distilled spirits within the State, it
Is doubtful IL it has right, without
prohibiting the manufacture or traffic,
to practically take possession of the
business in all it's details and carry it
on, and through it's own agencies, for
it's own profits, thus perhaps forcing
the United States to surrender the in
come derived by the source heretofore
relied upon. 1t follows, of course, that
If one State may do this, all may, and
the police power OF the States win have
been $50 exercised as to work practi-
cal assumption OF the powers of Con-
gress," and, to "impede, burden and
control the operation of its La a."
You will note that the Cover Jr pro-
poses to recognize the lien of the I'm
tied States upon the spirits in the
warehouses for the taxes due thereon,
and to pay the same. The law (sec-
tions 4S and so of the act of Congress,
August 28, 1891 limits the right of
house to the distiller himself. The
State now proposes to personate the
distiller. Such authority has been de-
MED by United States courts to State
officers. See Mccullough, Jr., VS. Henry
Large, U. S. Circuit Court, Western
district of Pennsylvania, at the May
term, 1SS4-Justice Bradley of the SUI
preme Court concurring.
1t is to be observed also that 1t fire.
quently happens that distiller is in
debted to the government in sum
greater than the tax upon the spirits
themselves then in warehouse. Such
Indebtedness is, by section 3,251 of the
Revised Statutes, declared to be lien
upon the property and rights to prop
erty of the distiller. Taking spirits by
the State in the manner proposed
might easily impair, if not destroy,
the ability Of the government TO collect
it's debt.
For my own guidance I wish to be
particularly advised whether or not |
may lawfully consent to permit the
withdrawal of spirits in bonded ware
houses in the State of South Carolina
upon seizure therein by the State and
tender of tax to the collector, or upon
Judgment Of forfeiture by the State
court.
Governor Tillman pei sonally request
ed yesterday an early reply to, his in
quiry. He was told, however, that
the matter is under consideration and
will be disposed of as soon as possible.
Respectfully yours,
JOS. S. MILLER, Com.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

soldiers when the train drew in. The
crowd was curious one, however, and
no violence to the prisoner would have
been attempted il he had been brought
to the station in the train
The trip from Washington G. H.
was without incident. The mob was
easily controlled when the reinforce
ments of the military arrived at $3.50 a..
M. They gathered in little knots, but
offered no resistance. The prisoner
was at once taken from the jail and
placed upon the train and the Journey
was begun. Col. Colt did not order
the cartridges, taken from the rides
until coal schultz two miles north of
Washington G. FL. was passed, as
Sheriff Cook feared an attack on the
train might be made, but the train was
not molested.
Governor Mckinley arrived from
Cincinnati at O'clock this morning,
and after q consultation with Sheriff
Cook, of Fayette County, and receiving
q number of telegram from prominent
citizens of Fayette County, ordered all
the troops remaining on duty at Wash
ington @. H. to their homes. He says
he is assured that there will be no
further lawlessness.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
"A Brothers Bullet Caused the Tragic
Death of u Good Man.

A Brothers. Bullet Caused the Tragic
Death of n Good Man.
The death in Charleston last week
of Capt. B. f. McCabe marks the end
of strange double tragedy the first act
of which occurred about four weeks
ago at McClellanville, a small settle
ment in Berkeley County.
Capt. McCabe was bright, pushing,
energetic and public spirited capitalist
Very few people outside of his inimtates
knew that he had brother, George
McCabe, who had been living in Texas
for years, and still fewer knew of his
return to this State. AS matter of
fact, he did return some months ago,
and was placed in charge of the planta-
tions OF the Berkeley Land Com pany,
of which his brother Frank was the
president, and which owns vast tracts
of land in Berkeley County, much of it
purchased from the State at delinqu-
ent tax sales.
The first act of the tragedy occurr-
ed during the latter part of Sop
tember. 1t seems that Captain Nc
Cabe went out to the stock farm, and
upon approaching the house occupied
was greeted by the report of a gun,
and load of shot tore his coat on the
right side. A second shot was fired,
and Captain MCCabe received several
buckshot in his left arm. He then-ee-
treated and hid behind cabin. His
brother was about to follow him, but
was turned back by colored man who
lived in the cabin. Mr.. George McCabe
then went into his house again, and
when next seen was dead having taken
dose OF strychine, probably right after
the shooting. Nothing more is known
of the incident Of the death Of George
McCabe.
Frank McCabe, after very painful
journey, was taken to the CITY, and for
some time 1T was thought that his
wounds were not ola serious character.
Within day or two of his death how
ever, blood poison developed and NOR
tiication of the arm set in, when it
was too late to perform an amputation.
There are rumors that George Nc
Cabe was at one time confined in an
insane asylum, but he had been living
In Texas for number of years, and
came to superintend the stock farm in
Berkeley only q few months ago. 1t
had been feared before this last sad oc-
currence that his mind was affected.
and his conduct would seem to be con-
vincing that he was totally unaccounta-
bic for his actions.
Frank McCabe was very popular.
He was graduate of the Citadel Ac-
ademy and served in the war with the
cadet corps. After the war he was
captain OF the Irish volunteers and at
one time president of the Hibernian
society. He was large invcster in
oil the industrial enterprises started
IN the city and was very generous in
his contributions to charitable pur-
poses. His age was forty-seven years.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

A SHOOTING IN NEwDERRY.-A
shooting match took place in New
berry on the 10Th inst. between Henry
Is. Wells and George Bishop. Both
used 2o calibre Smith 81 Wesson pistols
and each discharged five shots at the
others. Bishop was shot three times
In the neck, and Wells was hit in the
left hand, right shoulder and abdomen.
After their pistols were emptied thew
clinched and tried the old-fashioned
way. until they were separated.
physicians were quickly summoned
and the wounds dressed. The balls in
Wells were removed. One ball is still
in Bishops neck. The wounds, while
pretty serious, are not considered
dangerous or fatal.
Wells has been working for Mr..
White, in whose store the shooting oc-
Cured. Bishop walked in the store
about IL o'clock and was talking to Ed
kingsmorc, another clerk of Whites,
when, without word of warning, the
shooting began. Mr.. White was in
the store and he says Wells fired the
first shot. There has been bad feeling
between them for some time and while
the affair is to be regretted it was not
wholly unexpected. Bishop is son of
the chief of police, and was at one
time q conductor on the Columbia,
Newbcrry and Laurens railroad,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

One of the tables that will be used in
the report will show how many child
rem arc instructed in the various
branches. 1t is particularly noticeable
how few children in some Of the coun-
ties are studying the history of South
Carolina. The table shows that branch
to be studied by the following number
OF children in each of the counties:
Abbevillc, $50; Anderson, 27S Barn
well, ll2; Beaufort, 299 Charleston,
S6: Chester, lob Chesterfield, 8; Clar-
endOn, COL COlleton, 300; Darlington,
9l7 Edgetield, l,032; Fairfield, $50 !;
Florence, G43; Georgetown, 2i5 Green
vile, $50; Hampton, so; Kershaw, 225 :
Lancaster, 2l3 Laurcns, 3I2; Lexing-
ton, 593; Marion, 2SS; Newberry, 457 :;
Oconee, l47 Orangeburg, OF; Pickcns,
IA; Hichland, Cos: Sumter, l,109: I'm
ion, 3S2; York, 534.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23
AN EXPRESS TRAIN ROBBED.
The Thieves said to Have Scooped
EiltY Thousand Dollars

Fifty Thousand Dollars.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Oct. 19.-At 3
o'clock this afternoon q dispatch WAS
received from Secretary Mills of tho
Texas Pacific Coal Company, at Thur
Der junction, on the Texas Pacific,
west of this city 95 miles, stating that
a train had been robbed near Gordon,
but that the coal cOmpanys money
was safe, as the robbers could not open
the safe. The money, was for the
monthly pay roll of the employees of
the coal company at Thurber, and been
placed In the express car in burglar
proof safe, the combination of which
the messenger did not know, hence
the robbers were unable to gain access
to it. Inquiry by telephone at the OK
press company's office failed to elicit
any information concerning the rob-
berry, Agent Gill being out and the
employees ia the Office claiming TO Ie
entirely ignorant of the robbery.
From the railway employees it is
learned that about 5000 in local pack
ages was secured from the Pacific Ex-
press Company, and it is report that
larger sum, estimed as high. as
800, 600, was taken from the through
safe, though this report is not CON
tirlhed. The robbers were five in num-
Der and held up the passeng ers ia the
coaches and secured a large miscol-
laneous collection of watches, money
and other booty.
No one was injured, so far as was
learned, although it is reported the
robbers took couple of shots at the
porter.
Later reports state that the robbers
blew open the coal company's safe, but
were unable to get the $4,000 con-
tanned therein, as they failed to open
the inside combination.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

In an address before the General
Conference of the Methodist Church in
Canada last month the Rcv. DR.. Il. IL.
Hoss, fraternal delegate of Nj. f..
Church South, delivered an eloquent
address. He said: 1--WE began with
about 100000 members. When the
civil war came in 1861 we had increased
to over 100000, of whom POI 900 were
persons of African dcsent--a larger
body of converted heather than could
thon be found in all the mission stations
OF the world. In many communities
there was great prcpondcrance Of
cOlOrcd over white members. For cx-
ample, Trinity Church, Charleston, S.
c., reported in 1868 only 385 white
membors and probationers, against 700
colored: and Bethel Church in the
same city reported 3S3 white, against
1,402 colored. In the States of South
Carolina and Georgia alone we had at
the latter date sixty picked and capa-
BILE men-nOne other were deemed fit
whose sole occupation it was to min
lister TO the religious wants of the col
ored people,"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23
THE sOHooLs OF THE STATE.
ANNUAL RIsPoRT OF THE SUPER
I&TENDENT.

How Muchs"Ioney is Spent for the
Free Sch& Valuable information
for the r. ie.
Special to thS ,ews and Courier.
CoLUMBi October 17.--The report
of the Sus,srintendent of Education
this .years~hl be particularly interest
ipgfn view of the possible Constitu-
tlonai convention. Ii a convention is
held it is avowed that there will be
some Important changes in the school
laws OF the State. Mr.. Mayfield has
written to the census bureau to get
such statistics as will facilitate him in
showing the relative amount that goes
TO the colored school children. Until
these tables are made up it will be in
teresting to note that the returns show
how much has been paid by the various
counties Tor the salaries of teachers.
The public school account for salaries
has been:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

She had met him for the first time
that evening at function, and hall
an hour or so later, when some one of the
party rather doubted story he he'd
told, he appealed to her. You don't
think I'd tell a lie do you P" he asked
In somewhat tender strain. "Well,'
she replied, cautiously, don't know!
What business are you In pn
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

Here is farmers way to get rid
OF rats. He says he has tried it when
they were bad and got rid of them all.
Take one half pint of sifted meal and
put into it thimbleful of calomel,
such as Is used in families. Mix well
and place in small tins or some shallow
vessels in or near the place where the
rats infest all to be used dry, and in q
very short time rats will be very scarce
on the premises.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

1T will be seen that in only three
counties do the female teachers get
more salary than the male teachers,
while in eleven counties they both get
the same, in eleven men get more and
six counties are not reported.
The following table shows the total
number of teachers employed in the
Static
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

=" Well, Edith, how do you like go
ing to school Is your teacher nice ?"
No, don't like her one bit She
put me in chair, and told me to sit
there for the present; and sat and
sat and sat, and she never gave me q
present"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-23

Another table shows the wretchedly
poor salaries that are paid the teach
ers in this State. How some of the
teachers manage to get along is re-
markable. In many cases they get ad-
ditional support from the parents of
the children. The reports show the
average salaries per month to be: