Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-09-01
FEAR THE CUBAN'|S.
Everybody Eager for tho United States
to Take Charge at Once.

| ba1oh w eIlo l1cIttio AloHl OdilGiSSO
says: ~: IT. -
The merchants mere are anxious
that the Cuban army should be dis
banded ut once. It is menace to
business, they say. They are, all
anxious to do 80 because property is
threatened by the ill-disciplined
levies of Garcia's command.
Cultivators refused to return to
to plantations where they will
be subject to contributions for the
support Of tho Cuban soldiers who
arc still in tho field. No produce,
therefore, will come to the market
here and the ships that bring cargoes
cannot take anything back. If the
province is to return to q self-sup-
porting basis and trade begin again,
the Cuban army, it is generally
admitted, must be disbanded.
Robert Mason, the British consul
here, said that business is at stand
still. "No produce is coming from
the country" he said, "because the
condition of things there is unsettled
and merchants are afraid to engage
in operations until tho political situa-
ton is better defined.
lowing to the lack of labor, light
ers and wharfage facilities, we are
completely blocked and our business
in tho streets is suffering. We can
not order cargoes. There is no
money in the province. If trade is
to be resumed, some definite steps
must be taken Immediately by the
United States"
Spanish merchants view the situa-
ton from a most gloomy standpoint
and arc prepared to cease all connec-
tion with Cuba if the question of
domination is settled in any other
way than that the United States
shall be in possession.
Julian Bcndoza, agent of the
Ward line, makes a statement to tho
effect that utter disregard is shown
in the chief quartermastcr's depart
ment to private Importers.
"We had arranged" he said, "to
establish a regular mail and freight
line between New York and here,
but we have had to discontinue tom
porarily, owing to the difficulty of
discharging cargoes. For instance,
when the Philadelphia came here
with a cargo of only 400 packages,
the vessel had to remain unloaded
for fifteen days, eleven of which, On
demurragc, cost the company S400 a
day. Much of this unreasonable
delay was due to Col. Humphreys,
who paid no attention to my protest.
"rhe war is over and it is to
the interest of the government to
encourage private trade but the
reverse is apparently the case. l OBJ
tanned a lighter az considerable ex-
pense and it was confiscated by Col.
Humphreys, together with gang of
men | had employed"
Gen. Lawton places no credcnce
in the stories of intended Cuban
violence, and says they have shown
no disposition to make trouble for
the United States military authori-
tics.
"There has been nothing" he
said, "to disturb the peaceful state
of affairs, nor do / expect trouble"
If there should be any, however,
Gen. Lawton is prepared to q mon"
stratc TO all concerned that the
United States military authorities
are supreme in the capitulated PROV
ince of Santiago.
There 10 more catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together and until the last few years
was supposed to bo incurablc. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
Il local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
euro with local treatment, pronounce" it
incurable. Science has proven cattrri,
to be constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
l1alPs Catarrh Cure, l. enufactured by i.
]. Cheney Il Co., Tolo,.J, Ohio, is tho
only constitutional cure on tho market.
1t is taken internally in doses from ton
drops to a toaspoonful 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces Of tho
system. They offer ono hundred dollars
for any case 1t fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Is conts.
Halls Family Pills arc tho best.
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| The amount of money in circula-
tion in the United States on July /,
1893, was $1,843,485,740, agains.
$1,6i6,02S,246 on July 1, 1897. Tho
proportion of gold has also increased,
the amount in circulation being $500
050,880 this year, considerable gain
over $510, ,146,G75, the amount cur.