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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-27
leee to read paper before the North

lege to read q paper before the North
Louisiana Agricultural association. at
its annual campmeeting fair, en- 1.-The
Possibilities of Louisiana as Stock
Raiser" and although fairly familiar
with her resources, I was astonished at
the overwhelming evidence of the ca
pabilities of our beloved State to pro-
duce food for its stock. If we can
only convince ourselves of the fact
that there is not square foot of soil
in this State that is not able to contri-
butte largely to the feeding of stock,
the day will not be far distant when
the immense stock-raising of the west
will be things of the past and Louisi-
ana, instead of Texas-New Orleans
instead of Chicago-will be the great
est raider and packers of meat in the
world. But my mission here today is
not to convince you that our land is
adapted to the raising OF stock, but to
show how the fattening of cattle can
be made to contribute to the farmers S
income.
Looking around at our brethren in
other sections we find that the custom
of fattening a few head of cattle each
fall is no new thing, either to our
cousins of the west and New England,
or the agriculturists of Europe. The
English farmer strives to raise all the
rough feed he can, In the fall ne
buys q lot of American cattle, buys
our oil cake and, takingall home, set
ties down to put flesh on American
cattle with American cake and En-
glish roughness. When his sale is
made, after footing accounts, he fire.
quently finds that the additional flesh
has only paid him the cost of his cat
tie and their feed, yet he is well salts
fed, for he considers that he has made
ample profit in the increased size and
value of his manure heap.
know no better way of illustrating
the profits to be derived from fatten'
ing cattle than to call your attention
to the results obtained in the State ex
pertinent station at Baton Rouge dur
ing the last two years. In order tc
test this very question the station has
for the last two years fed small herds
| of cattle on ration of cotton seed
meal, cotton seed hulls and centrifu.
gal molasses. The animals selected
for the test were chosen for their un
fitness for fattening. They were scrub!
whose day of usefulness as work oxer
had long since departed, it being ar
gued that if anything could be done
with this class of animals, then there
was no doubt of a profit to the mar
who would select his animals. With
out going into details, here is the fl
nancial statement.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-27


Fellow Citizens: The political cam
paign of 1896 is over. You have hon.
ored me as few men in South Carolina
have ever been honored, and far more
richly than I deserve. You gave me
II say it in no spirit of vain glory or
of boasting, but in profound apprecia-
ton of the honor bestowed-you gave
me in the Democratic primary the
largest majority ever given candi.
date for governor. Both factions of
the Democratic party, as the vote cast
indicates, gave me warm and enthu-
siastic support, such as necessarily
could not have been given to any
factional candidate.
My constant anxiety shall be not to
prove unworthy of your confidence.
l am your Governor-the Governor
of the whole people. Our interests are
mutual. 1t will be base and treacher-
Gus and ungrateful on my part, aad
unwise and unpatriotic on your part,
longer to fan the fires of partisan ha-
tired. On questions of public policy
we cannot all agree, but when issues
are settled at the ballot box we can
and ought to submit to the will of the
majority honestly expressed.
l beseech you to resolve, on this oc-
casion, to bury all factional feelings
and to join hands and hearts in your
efforts to develop the resources of our
beloved State, to build up her institu-
tions, to promote her every interest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-27

fronted by the most serious education
al problem ever thrust upon free
people-the problem, it has been we'll
l1eid of educating three times the num-
Der of children with one-third the
money. The war not only robbed us
of more than so per cent OF our taxa.
BILE property, but it added, at a single
stroke, to our school population hun
dreds of thousands of illiterate ex-
slaves. In spite of desperate odds we
have peen moving forward, but the
battle is not yet won. South Carolina
has not yet regained her once proud
position in this great Republic. She
can never regain it until her people
rising above all partisan hatred, unite
in one heroic effort to make our sys-
tenn of public instruction inferior to
none.
It is thus, and thus only, that we
lshall triumph in the end. We should
develop our mines, build factories and
Improve the fertility of our soil, but
our highest, our most sacred duty,
now and evermore, must be to i'm
prove the quality of our citizenship,
to develop the minds and hearts of the
rising generation, for upon their in
Btelligence, virtue and patriotism the
destiny of our State depends.
In a monarchy in an aristocracy, a
few great and good men may govern
the State wisely and well, but, in a
government of the people, for the
people and by the people, illiteracy is
shame and disgrace, and con-
etant menace to the safety of the State.
All good citizens should unite in the ef-
fort to improve our public schools, to
kengthen the school term especially in
he country, to encourage the founda
Jon OF public libraries, to inaugural
system of university extension that
hau carry science and culture to ca
ger minds grasping after better things,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-27

HOIO IoVOI0UIOs
To purchase of five ami
mails 1890 pounds) at
II cents. $58 10
Cost of feeding same for
six weeks. 2S u
Total cost of animals at
sale. ss6 80
By sale of 4,402 pounds
of beef at 8. IL cents... $13s
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
A TALE OF CRUELTY
Spaniards at Their Old Tricks
in Pinar del Rio.
WILL GIVE UP CRETE
The Porte is Willing to Let it Fall
Into the Hands of the
Greeks.
Railroads Placing Large Orders for Rails
Since the Trust ColIapsed---An Amer
lean Girl Captures an English
Lord.
WILL GIVE UP CRET

CINCINNATI, Feb. IA special to
the Commercial-Tribune from Havana
says:
A band OF Spanish guerrillas, COM
manded by Major Tasc, of General
Perez army, in Pinar del Rio pro.
vince, is reported to have Captured the
heights of Montevari, north Of r'aso
Real de Stiago, putting over 100 pris.
oners to the sword. The heights we're
partially fortified, and number of
Cuban families were there,l the insur.
gents numbering about 200. Taso had
the aid of deserter from the camp,
and, making night attack, surprised
the place, and, after three hours hard
fighting, captured it. About 100 insur-
gents escaped, but the others and
many women and children were cap
tured. Drawing the prisoners up in a
line, the Spanish troops shot them
down in cold blood, and then put to
death the children, reserving the wo-
men and men for the soldiers. The
bodies were thrown down the heights,
completely choking up small gorge.
An imperative order for reinforce
ments was received here today from
General Weyler. 1t is reported that
Gomez has outwitted the Spanish COM
mander, and that his plans have mis-
carried, much to his chagrin.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20

President Crespo's Forthcoming Message
tn Congress.

President Crespo's Forthcoming Message
to Congress.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-A Herald dis.
patch from Caracas says:
1t is said that the message of Presi-
deht Crespo will treat the Guiana ques-
tion il an exhaustive manner. The
president will warmly recommend to
the attention of congress the Anglo
Venezuelan treaty, which he will say
Is the best, and In fact the only solu-
tion of the long-pending boundary dis.
pute with Great Britain. President
Crespo will declare that he leaves the
treaty in the bands OF congress, firm in
the belief that his legislative body
will receive it with due consideration
and will judge it in a way to reflect
honor upon the republic.
The message will also state that the
attitude of the government in relation
to the elections will be strictly neutral i.
The only action which the administra-
tion will take will be the direction of
the preservation of fpeace of Venezuela.
1t is probable that the message will be
read on the 23d or 24th of this month.
Senators and deputies are already
gathering here and discussion OF the
important issues which will come be-
fore congress when it conyenes is ex-
ceedingly lively. The Anglo-Venezue-
Ian treaty naturally overshadows every
other question, and upon this argu-
ments turn,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20

But it's just like Idaho. Why, over
there, not thirty miles from Spokane.
you can find people who really believe
George Washington used to be a
farmer; and that Patrick Henry meyer
had bank account; that Andrew
jackson didn't pose as spell-binder:
that Horace Greely's clothes looked as
if they'd been bought at souvenir
auction; that William Lloyd Garrison
was not on speaking terms with the
leaders of society; and that Abraham
Lincoln never wrote Yale college de-
gree after his name in all his life.
And in spite of all this. just because
these men were sincere and honest
and knew what the people wanted,
those poor, misguided wretches over
in Idaho actually have more respect
for Washington and Garrison and
Lincoln and q lot of those old back
number fellows than they have for w.
Bourke Cochran or the Duke of Marl-
borough.
And as further evidence of the crude
ness of ideas out here in the rude un-
cultured west-just so the gentlemen
of Wall street can have real good
laugh on Idaho while they are about it
we will add that the poor neglected
people of that painfully new state
would actually choose to be re-
presented in the senate by q hard
handed farmer rather than by Hon.
Edward Murphy, Jr.; by plain 'front.'
iersman who loves his country rather
than by the Hon. T. c. Platt; or by an
honest man in preference to the Hon.
David Bennett Hill.-Spokane Chron-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
Chandler Sarcastic.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 - Senator
Chandler's speech in the senate today
in advocacy of bimetalism was one of
the notable efforts of the present ses-
sion, not only for the care with which
the senator presented the question
from his standpoint, but for the bitter
sarcasm addressed to Senator Palmer
and the Indianapolis convention, the
arraignment Of silver republicans who
bolted the st. Louis convention, and
for the dramatic personal exchange
between Chandler and fettigrew, the
latter being one of the boilers from
the St. Louis convention. Chandler's
speech lasted three hours, and was re-
plete with incident. 1t was an argu-
ment against single standard of
either metal, gold or silver, and a
warning against policy of monomet-
alism
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
WE MAY ALL LEARN.

The recent developments III Pendle-
ton that unearthed large shortage in
the accounts of the. city recorder and
resulted in the sending of that official
to the penitentiary, together with the
carlessness of the city council that
made such Irregularities possible, fur
nishes lesson by which all communi-
ties may profit. Honesty in Office is
made certain by careful watching of
the officer; and had the city council OF
Pendleton been reasonably watchful,
the populations of the recorder prob
ably would never have occurred. The
following account of Lash's downfall.
as given in the East Oregonian, will
serve as warming to all whose duty it
is to watch over the conduct of officers
under them:
The city council and the people of
Pendleton have ascertained that 81.
O72.80 is tie amount of their losses
from the speculations of trusted Off
cial who was allowed to conduct the
city's affairs and handle its money as
he saw fit for number of years. 1t
appears that this amount may not be
the full sum OF the losses, as the rec
ords are not in such condition, of
course, as to show how much was taken.
1t transpires that even the 'grave-
yard" was robbed right under the
councils nose without arousing sim
gle suspicion. And in spite of COun-
Gilman Flickinger's keen scent, search
ing look and active interest in the
city's affairs, these robberies and more
besides were perpetrated and would
have continued had not suspicion been
aroused by an accidental investigation.
The council has been taught yalua-
BILE lesson. Loose methods will cer-
tainly afford opportunity to loose men.
The theft of the tax records and the
record of water rents two or three
years ago when an examination and
report was about to be made, should
have been sufficient hint to the coun-
Gil that something was wrong, and if
this hint had been taken at that time,
others would have been
.shOrtin their accounts, "and likely the
city would have saved that stolen by |
,he recorder. But strange as it |
nay seem, when it became known
that these records had been destroyed
Or stolen by some interested party the
council made no attempt to ascertain
;he true condition of affairs, and the
oilferers continued to ply their trade
With increasing security from detec-
ion. From that day Recorder Lash
began to make his public office
private snap. Loose methods alone
ire responsible for the losses the city
has sustained and the councilmen and
he mayors who have occupied Office
ire responsible for the loose methods.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
RETENUES DECREASLNG.

The revenues of the government
have continually decreased ever since
Mckinley was elected. This is quite
at variance with the claim that the
revenues would be ample and con-
fidence restored as soon as it was
known that Mckinley was elected.
Evidently, there was mistake about
these things. At the present rate of
running behind there will be a deficit
of s46, 100000 this year, but that could
be easily wiped out by a little economy
in expenditures. 1t could all have
been saved out of that extravagant
$50, 900, 900 appropriated last year for
river and harbor Improvements. Look,
for instance, at the specimen six mill
lions appropriated for building har-
Dor somewhere on the California coast.
1t is not needed and it isvery doubtful
if harbor can can be built successfully
at any COST But the Pacific railroads
wanted it for their benefit and the ap-
preparation was made without regard to
deficits in the treasury or hard times
among the people who have to furnish
the taxes. No wonder there is deficit
in the treasury.
The republican plan of increasing
the revenues is to raise the duties so as
to shut out foreign goous. just how
we are to raise revenue from goods
that don't come into the country is
not clear to the ordinary intellect.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20

shall be the medium through which
the voting public be encouraged to in
Yestigate questions of vital impor-
tance to themselves and to the natior.
The nation has been upon an abso-
Lutte gold standard since 1893. and that
there will be no change within the
next four years is beyond question.
At the expiration of that time it will
have been fully demonstrated whether
or not the system of gold monometal-
ism is beneficial. 1t has been tried
under low tariff now for three years
and at the expiration of President
McKinley's administration it will
have had a trial under the high pro-
tective tariff, hence by that time all
will have had an opportunity to judge,
if it is the tariff or the financial system
that is responsible for the depressing
times Of the present.
The bimetalists honestly believe
that the contraction OF the circulating
medium. which began in 1873, is the
prime cause of the fall in prices OF the
results of labor, while on the other
hand, the gold monometalists attribute
the depression to the threat of a
debasement of the currency through
the free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer. Who is right in this, the expert
ence of the next four years will tell,
but in the meantime it is well that the
question of finance be thoroughly dis
cussed ythat campaign OF education
be kept up until every voter is per-
fectly conversant with its every phase,
and until every elector is capable of
voting intelligently thereon. For this
purpose these leagues are organized,
and will keep up discussion of the
money question until it is settled right.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20

army already there, and should the
powers restrain Greece from landing
troops to overturn Turkish rule, to
give the Christian population the op-
portunity to fight it out with their
Moslem oppressors without being
crushed by Moslem reinforcements.
1t will be a disgraceful commentary
upon European Christian nations if
they shall, through jealousy of each
other or opposition to the strengthen
ing of the Grecian kingdom, tie the
hands of this new David among
nations, while Turkey overuns Crete
with it's cruel and ferocions legions.
England's Christian escutcheon will
be redeemed yet deeper with the blood
of murdered people whom treaty and
moral duty alike called upon England
to protect.
What cruel, miserable farce is this
diplomacy which withholds inter-
ference by the great Christian nations
of Europe while the Turks, with the
ferocity of wild beasts, kill and torture
Christian citizens by scores of
thousands without hand being raised
to protect them or to punish their de-
stroyers.
All hail plucky. chivalrous little
Greece. May prove an instrumentin
the hand of Providence to overturn and
crush out forever that parody upon
government and the enemy of every
thing that is the outgrowth of intelli-
gence and Christian civilization
Telephone-Reister.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20

A brilliant complexion Is beauty In Il.
self 1t pleases the eyes of thoughtless
people and the minds of thinking people.
They know that really good complexicu
Is sign of health, and created by Nature.
There are different ways Of initiating hue
complexion cosmetics, which deceive no
body, but ruin the skin and make the user
look silly and prematurely old ; stimulalts
which only give temporary flush; danger
Gus drugs which drive pimply disorders
from the face back into the blood. All
these counterfeit" compilations are ur-
safe and easily detected. But the geruine.
unmistakeable, much admired color and
clearness of health can only be obtained
by clearing all bilious matters and humors
out of the blood.
The first step towards creating a good
complexion by Natures own method IS to
get the blood clear, and the circulation free
and active. There is no complexion so sal
low, muddy or pimply but it will be cleared
and frightened by DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It is the best natural
complexion maker on earth. 1t sends the
fresh glow of real health to the cheeks by
thoroughly clearing all bilious and eruptive
humors out of the blood. 1t strengthens
the digestion and regulates the bowels in
mild, natural way. 1t gives brighter color
TO the blood. and not only beauties the
complexion but makes the eyes brighter
and the breath sweeter.
If the bowels be very much constipated,
It will be advisable to take small doses of
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, conjointly
with the use of the Golden Medical Dis
eovery7' One or two each day-just suf-
fcient to get their laxative and Alternative,
o. blood cleansing, effect viii be sufficient
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
a JOKE ON IDAHO.

Stocks are dull. There hasn't been
a bargain sale of United States bonds
for ever so long. Chauncey isn't going
into the cabinet. Mark has given up
irving to be senator. And yet all
along Wall street one hears filters of
suppressed mirth, bubbling gurgles of
side-splitting hilarity that will not be
still. It's almost two weeks. since it
happened, but they can't get over it,:
and every staid gold journal that
drifts out from Gotham to the be-
pighted west brings fresh bunch of
Crisp gleeful jokes about Henry Heit-
field, the new senator from Idaho.
And no matter; for with the evidence
only half in, this man Heitfield has
been convicted of being free silver
man; living on farm; wearing ready
made clothes; doesn't have college
education; never mixed up with New
York's four hundred; hasn't even had
an introduction to ). Pierpont Morgan:
ia moor: is honest; doesn't drink cham.
peoue: and never made speech more
than two minutes long in his life.
OF course it's funny-it's ridiculous.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
STEEL TRADE Is IMPROVING.

The Collapse of the Trust Has Proved
Beneficial.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1.-THE collapse OF
the steel trust and the consequent de.
cline in the prices of steel rails to 81
per ton has already begun to exert a
stimulating influence on the iron and
steel industry. The st. Louis agents
o. the Carnegie Company and the IL
] nois Steel Company are keeping the
wires hot closing deals. The Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
heads the list with an order for 10000
tons of steel rails, placed with the Car
negie company. This means 100 miles
OF new track somewhere between here
and Galveston, and steady employment
for hundreds of men for months to
come.
The Frisco also availed itself of the
tempting opportunity afforded by the
low price of steel rails. and
placed an order with the Illinois Steel
Company for 5000 tons. The Missouri
Pacific fell into line with an order for
5000 tons and news comes from Texas
that E. n. r. Green, of the Texas Mid.
land, has just closed a deal for 10000
tons.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
CRAIG UNDER ARREST.
Condition of the Eugene .Postmaster's
Accounts. .

COuultiOn OF the eugene .POstmaeter'l
Accounts.
EUGENE, Or, Feb. 1S.-United
States Postal Inspector j. c. F. Cor.
don, of San Francisco, arrived in Eu.
gene yesterday to examine into the az.
fairs Of the postoffiee here. After work
ing yesterday and last night, it was as
certained that there is shortage in
the accounts Of Postmaster Craig, and
this morning he was removed from Of
fee and W. V. Henderson installed as
postmaster.
Craig is now in custody of the United
States court, with bonds fixed at $4,000,
which he has not yet been able to
raise. The arrest was made today by
Inspector ]. C. f. Gordon, who was
deputized by the court for this purpose
after preliminary examination before
Commissioner ~J, j. Walton, with
United States Attorney D. r. Murphy
as prosecutor. Complaint was made
by Inspector Gordon, on three counts,
each for embezzlement. The case will
come before the United States grand
jury in Portland in May.
The embezzelments with which Craig
Is charged have been going on since
last October, and amount In all to
S2035. The first the authorities knew
Of anything being wrong was when his
quarterly report was sent in January.
Craig stated, on demand of the In
spector, that he had been encumbered
with debts dating back to the days
when he was in business with f. r.
Luckey, who disappeared, defaulter,
several years ago, and these creditors
we're pressing him so hard he resorted
% this means of liquidating. The in
Ipector does not believe this.