The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-24

Henry M. Neil', the celebrated
COTTON crop estimator, is English to
| the backbone, and b5trnys hispatioD-
AMY ooth IN hlS manner and speech.
&c may be seen any business day on
the flor Of the n Nv Orleans Cotton
| Exchange from 1U in the incoming TIL
in the evening. q .nerslly he NAV be
found seated by one of the big pillars
reading the Manchester Guardian or
stmo commercial paper. Whore be
sits has como to bo called "N.ill's
corner." n appearance MIR. NeilI Is
medlum-sized, blue-eyed and wears a
Weil-Iilmmed beard. which is we'll
singed with gray. He Is a hard man
to Interview, differing in that resnect
II )m the other great statistician of the
| 4 1w Orleans Exchange, Secretary
ID ester, who Is on the hest of terms ;
WIZ tue newspaper men. "Neill," rs he
Is called Tor short by tho trade, Is the
american correspondent OF Noill Bcos.,
OF London.
Southern Senator'S express them.
selves hopeful over the prospects of
securing Legislation during the pre-
sent session OF Conp ress looking to re.
funding the moucy paid into the
treasury soon after the civil war IA n
result OF the sale of cotton captured bv
tie Federal forces. There was oripi
nally $40 OOO, 900, but a portion of IT.
was paid to the owners of the cotton
soon after tho close Of the war. The
remainder was left in the treasury and
mas remained there ever since. Senator
Money, who is giving especial atten
tlon looking to the reopen ng of the
subject, says that the sum left amounts
to about 5l1 100000. A bill Introduced
by Senator Davis gives one wear ad !.
additional time for proc! of such claims
before the Court OF Claims. Most Of
the claims are held In the Southern
States. -
The past year has been one OF erea,
proht In the iron mining interests OF
Alabama. The output OF pig iron was
as much as l,048,794 tons and prices
wore more than doubled. In January,
1879, NO. l foundry iron sold at s8 a
ton, gray forge at So so and No. | sofL
at SS In the following Dacembpr
these sorts sold, respectively, at $I8 so
Slo and Sl8.6O-a profitable advance to
makers VINO had their yards full of D,y
accumulated duriug dull times. Iron
ore was mined to the extent of, ,14O, 733
IONS; tne coke product was 1874 $50
tons, coal $50 3Sl tons.
Gov. Stanley, OF Kansas, has bean
releasing some OF the convlcts of that
state on condition that they will not
arluK intoxicating liquor nor gamble,
nor violate any law, nor shirk lah,r
He hnds that the plan has an far
worked well. He Goes not know wbeth.
er these conditional pardons are legal
but says that II Illegal the Supreme
Court OF the State will notify him TO
that effect. w
The University of Chicago has re.
ceivod $3, $40, 900 under the agreement
made by Johh d. Rockefeller to dupIi.
cate It's gifts until Januarr /, 1900
Mr.. Rockefeller has tele1raphed IN
PRESIDENT Harper that ne will extend
tne limit three months, and In that
Time DR.. Harper thinks he Ia rea.on.
ABLY sure OF getting the rest of tina
money to MAXI the total 81 900 600.
Down at Washington the other
day some one In Introducing S,nator
Depew TO Representative Dolliver of
iowa, SAID to the Senator: "This ia
the gentleman who coined the ctcb
line Of the last national Campaign, Mo
ktnley and Prosperity" whereunon
Senator Depew replied "NatursIjv
the sequel will be- Mex inley and Bliss 4
Mrs. Evelyn S. Tome, Of Port d..
poslt, Md, Is ono OF the executors nj
her husbtnk's estate, whicn Is valued
at ABOUT $5,OO0,000. Among other
properties, she acquired LIP shares
OF stock In the First National bank of
Elkton and the Cecil National bank Of
Fort Deposit, and has been elected ore.
sident OF both banks.
Judge David Cameron, OF Pennsvl.
Vania, receutly appointed as the a1c.
ce'sor OF Judge John /. Mitchell ON
The Tloga county bench, began life as
mine boy. His family fifty years ago
settled az Blossburg, where, with bis
orothers, he was employed in wagon.
ng the coal that his father dug.