The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-19
McCORMICK'S BACKSET.
An Important Industrial Enterprise
Completely Broken Up-Thie Men
who Did 1t Belong TO Entirely Re.
sDeclable Families.

Completely Broken Up-The Men
who Did II Belong TO Entirely Re.
spectacle Families.
Mccormick, in this county, ia one OF the
most enterprising towns In upper South Caro-
lima. An oil mill was recently built, and then
a hank was soon established. These euter-
prises succeeded go we'll that spirit OF push
and glory OF the scene where William Dorn's
discovery OF mine OF gold wentto all parts
OF the earth. New men are daily coming TO
the city and en- tering business, and. there fs
no telling what day may bring forth. Some
OF these people are putting up planta on their
own account, and strangers are 'aockipg 10
the busy centre from whence the electric
power Of Ring Jaw Shoals will sead forth
greater light than now flashes from "Liberty
Enli nligbtening the World" In the bay OF New
York.
clothes and eat, aud nothing Ia more natural
than that stores should be established. The
farmers raise crops and sell the staple, and, of
course, there was necessity for bank. and
II came.
The people had a surplus of cotton seed, and
II appeared.
Capt. Billy Dorm mined great quantities of
gold ore, which bad TO be carted of to distant
mipts, and railroad was built TO carry II
away. Even the railroads we're taxed to haul
the old gentleman's gold. What then would
you expect as the next Industrial develop
Ing OF q mint, and that IL, like other demands
from the com no unity, has been supplied.
people. M and, Ike the s1a Populists % Of The west
he saw the immediate need Of greater cir
culating medium in as prosperoul com.
munity as that Of Mccormick. Knowing
neighborhood. he proceeded to make coin OF
the baser mofal, which the goldbugs affect 10
desplse. That coin be intended, as the Popu-
lists contend. should circulate on parity
4 n aDlA irnfx nf ftfNno
we're begun. and the incest coins we're turned
out. They were 80 natural and lifelike that
the goddess OF liberty and the Am erican eagle
togeher In up The gedas o.
ton Of all. The bank OF Mccormick made
her welcome guest In Its sale. The hearts OF
the clerks In the stores we're gladdened at her
sight. and all men bowed down and worsbip-
PED her, while the great American eagle
made merry with ali. The Populistic de-
lnsnd for white metal was being supplied as
fast as the new mint could cast the blocks
But the best laid plans Of mice and men all
gang aglee. While everything was lovely
and while silver dollars were being put where
and latest Industrial enterprise met with a
chilling frost. The teller Of the mint went
on An exclusion over the Savannah Valley
Railroad, and Of course. being silverite Of
to the representative Of ihe Railroad IN pay
10 ent Of u ride. There being no accounting
for what q conductor may do, he scrutipized
the Populistic money. and was not satisfied.
He reported bis suspicion as TO the establish
ment Of q mint in That section. And as your
Uncle Sam had gone 10 considerable expense
IN whipping Spain and had bought some
more islands for which he must pay, he was
in need OF money. :.
Like others, who need anything, he sent
his financial agents abroad. In due time
they came 10 Mccormick to negotiate with
the mint at that place. The teller
gave away ibe whole scheme. Your Uncle
sam said that he had the franchise for
casting silver dollars, and claimed that the
operation OF the mint was in violation
OF his preempted rights. The manipulator
OF the mint and the teller who distributed
the money, i'm Immediately seized tho agents OF
Omitted Sam and carried them before the Uni.
ted Ststes Court at Greenville. preierrlng seri.
GUS charges against them.
Tho m schinery for operating the mint was
left In the creek, but Its valuable quail.
ties had been so thoroughly absorbed ip
making gold. that now the water is only
strong enough to make silver. In the absence
OF the proprietors somebody carried OFF the
machinery, and the Mccormick mint ia
seemingly broken up, root and branch. And
thus II IL, that the fastest mOney-making en-
terprise In our sister town has been destroy.
ed.