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THE REPUBLIGANS MOVING. MEETLNG OF THEIR LEADING LIGHTS IN COLUMBIA. AState Convention Called-Plans for Gather ing the Faithful into the Fold-Brayton's Britant Scheme. (From the Columbia Daily Record, March G.) A meeting was held this afternoon that a few years ago would have fraught with great interest to the people of South Caro lina. It was no less or no more a thing than the meeting of the State Executive Com mittee of the Republican Party of South Carolina. The morning trains brought in a number of somewhat mysterious, but familiar looking personage whose coming was unexpected to the common, everyday, ordinary,. casual man about town. A RECORD reporter soon scented music in the air, and casting about. for the organ and its performers discovered them in the office of Mr. E .M. Brayton, in the Central Bank building, januis claus-s and not even a key hole to crawl through or a loquacious ser geant-at-arms to "pump." By dint of asiduous inquiring and the assumption of an innocent air, which he carries with him fcr such occasions, the reporter obtained a few pointers and is en abled to state what was done up to the time of going to press. THE PERSONNEL OF THE PARTY. The "make up" of the committee was :ery striking, there being present some of the most noted Republicans in the State men whose names have been bruited about in more or less pleasant or unpleasant man ner. The meeting was presented over by Mr. E. . Brayton, and Mr. John A. Barre was in the secretary's chair. In the fol lowing list there will be recognized the leading Republicans of South Carolina: E. M. Brayton, W. J. Whipper, W. D. Crum, T. B. Johnston, W. F. Myers, E. A. Webster, S. W. Legare, Robert Smalls, Paris Simpkins, W. N. Taft, T. J. Tuo mey, F. L. Hicks, A. W. Curtis, John F. Lopez; E. H. Hess, S. A. Swails, Z. E. Walker' F. S. Edwards, J. P. Boyden. THE cONVENTION TO BE IN MAY. The meeting was called to order at 1 o'clock and some time was consumed in the organization of the committee and the proper accrediting of the delegates. After some discussion it was decided to hold the State Convention on the first Tuesday in May. . While -we go to press the committee is still In session and no further acts are ob tamable at present. The members will leate the dty this afternoon. SGNI'FIcANCE OF- THE MEETING. It is impossible just now to draw any conclusion touching the purpose of the Republicans, as indicated by their starting theirerganization at this time. Manifestly they have no hope of carrying the State, eitherthepational or the local fight. But this weakness of their party does not im pair their standing in the National Conven tionT~South Carolina will have fourteen votes Inibt Convention, notwithstanding her fourteen electoral votes will assuredly be castfor Cleveland. Then, again, if by some:inhance the Republicans should ele- their President the leaders in South . Carolina will come in for a share of the loaves andfishes. _ The eorpse is not a lively one. - (Fom, the Columbia Daily Record, March .) Before the appearance of THE RECORD on the streets yesterday afternoon few per -> ons were aware that the former lights of the-old"Republican party had held a wake in-this city over the political cadaver and had chanted the resurrection appeal. The thinn naof the corpse had not enabled it to 1castitesbadow before, and the party leaders 7camne unheralded. in addition to the account given yester Kday somne other facts gained after the meet ing will be of interest as indicating the why and w~iefore of the rally, the present ~~olitical purposes of the party and their~ in tentions as brought out yesterday. RRAYTON ON BALLOTS. Thecommittee~devoted considerable fime to the discussion of a bill prepared by1r B- atononthe suggestion of Senato il lis;]!-Chndlrto regulate Federal elec tiom n South Carolina. The proposed b~isan ieffort to repeal the election laws ottbe tate so far as they relate to Federal -okcaand place' the machinery in-the con trdi of Congress. This bill is accompanied byaletter-from Mr. Brayton charging the - Dmocacyof the State with having vir tually difacie the negro. Among its prcvasions are the following: Thamthe aiew registration shall be inade in mthouths of July and August, of 188$, and thereafter in the same months in the year of each successive general election for a--.Rpeetatives in Congress. ktvoters shall not be required to have or d ce any'eertifieate of registration as apreeuste or qualification to the right That the regitration records shall be public and the l'st of voters published in a county newspaper at the county's expense. That a change of residence within the county shall not defeat the right of an elector to vote for Representatives in Con gress. That four commissioners of election shall be appointed by the Governor, two from each of the two principal, political parties, these "commissioners to appoint four man agrs at-each election precinct,.also equally divided between the two parties. That the ballots be marked or stamped by the managers, and only such shall be legal votes. It is further provided that imprisonment for non payment of poll tax shall not in chide Congressional election day, and that "all Acts or parts of Acts of the United States and of the State of South Carolina inconsistent with this Act be -thereby re pealed, annulled and declared of no effect." The committee arranged to bring - this matter prominently before -the party all over the State and to agitate it elsewhere as much as possible. "BANDs ALL ROT-ND" The menu included a thorough party reconciliation. The differences of 1884 be tween Messrs. Brayton and Taft, touchingt the State chairmanship, were healed by nanimous consent and it was resolved that henceforth they should joir: forces and that the organization, or whatisieft of it, should be solid against the Democrats. WILL MAKE NO sTATE TICKET. While the committee took no action as to running a State ticket it is evident that they are not in favor of such a course. The party will confine itself to the fight fot the electoral ticket, to one or two Con gressional tickets, and to a few counties where the heavy negro majority holds out some~ promise of success. THE sTATE CONTENTION, As before reported, will be held on the first of May, and the delegates thereto will be chosen by the county conventions some time during this month. A denunciation of the present State election laws will be a prominent feature of these conventions. SHERMAN THEIR FRIEND AND CROICE. The committee expressed themselves as unequivocally in favor of John Sherman for Prsdent. His views on the Southern question are regarded by thema as especially just to Is party in this section, and they think him one their ablest men. Several members of the committee have held offices under Sherman and'- they believe in sup porting him. "w ILL sTRENGTHEN THE PARTY." The committee believe in the sincerity of Blaine's withdrawal from the Presidential race and look upon it as agood thing, cal culated to relieve the National Convention of embarrassment and to strengthen the par generall. SLAVE MXARTS DEMfOLISHED. Evidences of the Old Order of Things Being Abolished. Workmen have begun the demolition of probably the most historic building in Nashville, that known as the old slave mart, on the southwest corner of Cherry and Cedar streets, in order to begin the erection of a large block, which will comprise a hotel, stores and offices.. The buildings extend from the old Freedmen's bank building, on Cedar street, to the corner of Cherry street, and thence up Cherry to the alley. This block is an old landmark, having been erected-away bask in the thirties. Since the war the corner has not borne the best reputation, as several very serious affrays have occurred' there, and at times a portion of the block wr-s used as a dive by rough characters. Many a raid has been made by the officers on the dens located in the block. The block is his toric,*beeause used as a slave mart be fore the war. In the rear of the build ing there is a high brick wall enclosing a court where the slaves used to exercise and where they were exhibited to pur chasers. The iron bars are still on some of the doors, and the windows bear evi dence of the character of the building. The main auction room opened out on Cedar street. This, however, has been divided into small stores. There was, in olden times, two other slave marts one on Cedar, between Cherry street and the public square. This has been torn away and all evidence of it destroyed. The other one was on the corner of Cherry and Deadwick streets, and tl:h high wall that surrounded the court now stands. Excellent Advice. "We welcome every success in the construction of a cotton factory in the South. The world is not yet half clothed, and there is work enough for us all in providing the cloth. The won derful supplies of your oak bark will draw to you the hides for tanning, whether you will or no, until through the diversity even of agricultural labor, which is born of liberty, your home sup ply of hides will make you exporters of finished leather, besides supplying your own wants. Ofwhat should we build our factories except we had the abund ant supply of Southern pine? Your wealth of hard-wood timber compels you to develop all the arts of the wood worker, sending the partly-finished ma terial for the present to the North to be completed. And you will have to send till the men in the work, shops of the South have learned the fine art which accompanies the comprehension of the difference between a cent and a nickel. The factory, the mine and the -metal works have their true place, but their importance must not be exaggerated. The collective work which can be carried on by the factory principle of great sab division of labor and by the bringing together of large numbers of people un der one roof or under one control now gives occupation to less than one in ten of all those who are occupied for gain in this country, the workers numbering about one in every three of the popula tion. The other nine work with brain or hand where the work is to be done, and each one depends on his own per sonal capacity for his success. The product of the dairy exceeds that of any single branch of the textile industry, and it is nearly equal to that of the whole. The value of the hens' eggs consumed every year in the United States is great er than that of pig iron. We must main tain the true balance of power in indus try, as in polities and in the science of government. To these lesser arts chief attention should.be given in a country which has been so long devoted almost exclusively to some of the cruder pro ducts of agricuture."-Edward Atkin son in -The South. _ Conspirators Arrested.. CHABLSrox, S. C., Masrch 7.-J. H. Bond, Mrs. Julia Bond, J. 0. Bond, Dr. L. M. Shafer and his son, R. E. L. Shafer, with others, were arrested here to-day upon the charge of defrauding the supreme council of the Royal Templars of Temperance out of $20,000, by feigning the death of John 0. Bond, who is really alive. Mrs. Bond and John 0. Bond were discharged from custody upon swearing that their names on all of the papers are forgeries. Dr. Shafer and son, J. A. Robinson,. and J. A. Robinson, Jr., were also arrested on the charge of defrauding the same or gaiztion out of $20,000 by certifying -to the death of the flctitious John B. Lya. Dr. Shafer and son and John H. Bond were committed to jail in de fault of bail. The Robinsons are out on bail in both cases. Dr. James P. Bond and Thomas Bond, who figured in the Dudley case, are also indicted. The conspiracy is one of the most remarkable ever known in this State. 'Eva Aorris, the woman who played "Mrs. Lyman" in the fraud practiced by the Bonds of Charleston, to get insuranCe money on the life of one Lyman. has made a full confession. The two Bond brothers and Dr. Shafifer have been arrested in Charleston, and Morris is in jail in Green ville. Other developments are expected. A PREAVHER, (URED OF DYSPEPSIR. MIccosrEE, FLA., Leon Co., July 20, 1886.-I have been a sufferer from indi gestion and dyspepsia for a long time, and have tried many remedies, but until I was induced by my friends to try your B. B. B. received no relief, but since using it have found more relief and com fort than from any other treatment I have used. Hoping you will forward t-o my address your little 32-page book for prescription also evidence of cures. Send at earliest date. Rev RoB'T C. IT GIVES SATKsFACTION. Onrazna, Fna., June 1st, 18'. We have been selling Botanic Blood Balm ever since it first came before the public. We sell more of it than any other blood purifier in the market, and it gives perfect satisfaction. J. H. MEGGS5 & Co., Retail and Wholesale Dealers in Bo tanic Blood Bann. Dreadful Death of a Little Boy. A very .sad and distressing accident oc curred on the South Carolina railway about 10 o'clock yesterdany morning, while the morninir train from Columbia was ou its way to'Charleston. The train was runuing' very fast to make up lost time and had reached-a point about seven miles est of Orangeburg, when the engineer noticed a lot of sheep on the track. Not knowing that there was anybody on the track, the engineer did not stop, thinking, that the sheep would get out of the way. When they cleared off the track a little child was 'discovered between the rails playing in the sand. The distance was too short to stop the train, and the child was run over andl killed, being literally torn to pieces by the train. The train was brought to a stop as soon as possible and was backed to the scene of the accident, where the dead child, a tender boy, three years old, was found in the tender arms of its mother, whose grief was terrible to wit ness, and moved even the roughest of the passengers to pity. The child was the son of Mr. J. T. Rlob inon a well-tn-rdn pnnter on the roadside. BRIC-A-BRAC. THrEY COULDN'T TRADE. I met a maid on yon hillside, And she was fair to see: "Give me a kiss, fair maid." I cried; "Give me a gift," said she. "A gift within a purse I have, The purse is in a pack: The pack In keeping lieth safe On my good charger's back. "And my good charger cometh not While on the hill I roam; He lieth in his stall, I wot My charger is at home." "And yet thuu'dst have a kiss, good sir: My lips would give it thee, But they are locked full fast, good sir My mother has the key. "And my good mother is not here, While on the hill I roam: Just as your trusty steed, good sir, My mother is at home." A clean shirt is not a bad bosom friend "Put up and shut up"-The stoves and doors. A sweeping statement-That ancient one about the new broom. The critics who expect warmth and color in instrumental music should study the steam whistle. A philosopher is a man who may think a great deal, but who never seems to do much. "This is a cold, backward spring," said the man whose feet had just shot from under him on a slippery sidewalk. Some thoughtlessly overload the horse, and then wonder when the education thus given developes an obstinate, balky animal. The number of women who care to vote is about equal to the number of men who like to put the baby to sleep. "Do you love me?" "With all my soul. I swear it." "Nay, do not swear. Speak it into the phonograph, and that will be enough." There is a question about the validity of a marriage by telephone, but we should think any level-headed judge would decide that it is a "sound" proposal. How to make a fortune as a journalist Go into some other business and exercise your journalistic talent by telling people privately how a newspaper out to be run. There are in the Sunday-shools of the Christian world 16,447,990 scholars, 1,952, 167 teachers, making a grand total of 1S, 400,157. You see. the trouble with "success" that is too dearly bought is that you have got to go on associating with yourself after you have attained it. "There is another fashionable institution that should be sat on," said the lecturer on hygiene, "and that is the bustle." And every lady in the audience gave vent to an audible titter. Married men are preferred as officers on the police force. The authorities want men who have their couraged tried and proved. If the sudden changes in the weather af feet you disagreeably, it is no less un pleasant for your animals to endure. Make them as comfortable as possible. Oysters do not claim to be the lords of creation, and yet they are probably served in more ways and by more people than any other living creature. Young writers in preparing their manu script should leave plenty of space between the lines. The world would net suffer much if many of them should make it all space. Tobacco stems are now being used in making paper; on the principle, we suppose that turn about is fair play, all the straw and old rags having been utilized long ago in the manufacture of cigarettes. A man who wanted to be facetious with the milkman as he was measuring out his morning portion said. "Do you charge extra for the water?" "No," replied the milkman; "the water is thrown in." Wife-Now this is the third time I've caught you in the kitchen talking to the cok. Husband-Yes. I-I believe it is. Wife-Well, the very next time I catch you talking to the cook I'll discharge her -and do the cooking myself! "Did you enjoy the opera last night, inquired his wife. "Not much," he an swered: "I was lonesome, and was sorry I was detained at the office so late that I hadn't time to come for you. This going alone to the theatre isn't what it's cracked up to be, my dear." "No, I suppose not," returnedl the lady, thoughtfully. "Still you must have been very comfortable," she added, as the two ticket stubs I found in your vest pocket gave you the advantage of morc than one seat." wHAT LACK WE YET? When Washington was president, As cold as any icicle, He never on a railroad went, And never rodek a bicycle. He read by no electric-lamp, Nor heard about the Yellowstone; He never licked a postage-stamp, And never saw a telephone. His trousers ended at his knees; By wire he could not words dispatch; lie filled his lamp with whale-oil grease, And never had a match to scratch. But in these days it's come to pass, All work is with such dashing done, We'e all these things-but then, alas! We seem to have no Washington. PIANOS AND ORtGANS. We are prepared to sell Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory prices for Cash or easy Instalments. Pianos from $210O up; Organs from $24 up. The verdict of the people is that they can save the freight and twenty-five per cent. by buying of us. Instruments, delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. We pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your own homes. Respectfully, N. W. TRUM1P, Columbia, S. C. George Fare, the Virginma pilot who was carriedI off from Norfolk by a British yessel bvading arrest, has returned home. He says he was well treated. The owners of the vessel have written a letter to the Amer ican consul at Liverpool saying that their cptain did not intentionally evade arrest and they regret the incident. The Atlanta board of aldermen have killed a measure for free books to public shools. The measure was passed through council by a vote of the anti-prohibition ists, but opposed by the prohibitionists be caue books were to be purchased with money rece'ive'd from whisky licenses. The prhiitionists carried their point. Scretary Fairchild, in his report sub mxitted to Congress early in December, esti 'ted that the treasury surplus would rtmeh $140,000,000 by the end of the pres ent fiscal year. It is now stated at the y1reauiy tDepartment that owing to heavy receilis during the past few months the stiate then submitted will prove too small, and that the surplus at the end of June, 1888, will probably reach $155,000, The Lutheran Church in the T'nited States is growing at a rapid rate. It num ler~s 4.234 ministers and 1,000,000 commu nicant members. The census of 1880 gave the United States a Lutheran population of ',,5)0,0j0 souls and in an article published y Rev. Dr. Jacobs, of Philadelphia, last week, he sets forth the statistics of 5,000, 000 souls. The Church has doubled her tnembership every fourteen years, and is now third in strength among the Protest RIVERS AND HARBORS. Captain BIxby's Vlewa an to the Benefits Con ferred by the ier and Harbor Works. WrrarrNCo0N, N. C., March 3, 1888. Editor COLUMim.A RECORD: SmR:-I enclose you an article on the subject of the governmental improvement of the North and South Carolina rivers and harbors in my charge. A perusal of these few lines will, I am sure, convince you of the value of such work to your State, your neighborhood, and even to every indivual living in the vicinity of such streams. If my views on the subject should ap pear to you as sound, will it not be for the mutual interests of yourself, your followers, your fellow citizens and your State, that these views should be strongly upheld and even urged by you and them? Is not the creation of a strong public opinion in your locality the best means of bringing your influential and leading men to see the mat ter in its true light? Hoping that the improvement of your rivers and harbors, and that through it the development of your neighborhood and State, will receive from you the hearty support merited by the results as shown in my letter, I iemain, very respectfully, your obedient servant W. II. Btxu~r Captain of Engineers, U. S. A. (From the Wilmington Review.) UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, IVILMINGToN, N. C., April 2:3, 1887. EDITOR DAILY REv:Ew-At your re quest I send you a few lines concerning he benefits to North and South Carolina caused by the governmental improvement of their :ivers and harbors. Few people realize the advantageous commercial, agricultural, and colonizing effects produced by the governmental iun provement of rivers and harbors of the United States, and especially of the South Atlantic and Gulf States. The rivers and creeks of the South At lantic and Gulf States are, as a rule, streams of gentle slope, considerable length and moderate depth, obstructed mainly by sunken logs, snags, and fallen or overhang ing trees. Were these latter obstructions thoroughly removed (usually readily done at a comparatively small cost) these rivers and creeks would at once appear in their true role of natural and economical navi gable waterways, similar to and rivaling the artificial and more expensive canals of the Northern and Middle States. As soon as one of these streams is opened to com merce, the reduction in freight charges is so considerable as to encourage the rapid development of such towns as are already in existence along its length; and the cer tainty and cheapness of its freighting and traveling facilities authorize the establish ment of continuous and extended settle ments all along its banks over large areas of good land, until then so deprived of transportation facilities that the sale of tarm products would not even pay the ex penses of their transport to the nearest market. More than this, the removal of obstructions from the bed and banks of the stream facilitates the free movement of water in the stream and aids so greatly :he natural drainage of the river bottoms and other adjacent lands, that land until then malarious and sickly becomes fit for habita tion and culture. In this way, we readily see that the gov ernmental improvement of such rivers and habors not only increases the existing com merce of such water ways, but improves the drainage, culture, value and health of the adjacent lands, builds up the existing towns and encourages the settlement of previously unoccupied lands. In no other way can so small an expenditure of pub:ic money produce such valuable resul's in the developement of the country at large. As an example of this good work, let us look at the results obtained in the States of North and South Carolina durirg the last few years: On the Trent River, N. C., since 1879, about $42,000 has been spent in opening up about 40 miles of river, reducing freights by from 25 to 75 per cent, rendering ma rine insurance unnecessary, and increasing the commerce by $250,000 per year thus showing a development of $6 of annual commerce for each dollar once spent by the Government. On the Contentnia Creek, N. C., since 1881, about $25,000 has been spent in open ing up about 30 miles of river, reducing freights by from 12 to 50 per cent. and building up a commerce of $400,000 per year, thus showing a development of $25 of annual commeice for each dollar onc~e spent by the Government. Besides this two towns on the creek bank have nearly doubled in population and property, and the whole river basin shows marked gains in settlement and prosperity. On the Pamlico and Tar Rivers, N. C., since 1S8, about $56,000 has been spent in opening up about 60 miles of river, reduc ing freights by from 12 to 23 per cent. and increasing the commerce by $1,8000,000 per year, thus showing a development of $30 of annual commerce for cach dollar once spent by the Government. Besides this, thie town of Washington, N. C., has increased 25 per cent. in population and property, and the town of .Greenville has increased from 912 population and $260, 000 real estate in 1880 up to 2,500 popula tion and $600,000 real estate in 1886; the development of both these places since 1876 being almost entirely due to the river im provements. On the Neuse River, N. C., since 1878, about $209,000 has been spent in opening Beneft of Rirer and Harbor Improremnen Ca rot WoiRK a PRO. NAME OF RIVER OR HARnOR.~ Trent River, N. C..- - 1S79 S8 Contentnia Creek, N. C. . I.181 ii Pamlico and Tur Rivers, N. C. 1870 11 Neuse River, N. C. .- - - 87 Cape Fear River, above Wilm'n. 1881 0 Waccamaw River, S. C. . .180 Great Pee Dee River, S. C. .1880 7: Totals . . . . Average .. ..-.-.-.... 1. The two towns on the river bank have nearly doubled in population and property.. . 2. The town of Greenville, on this riyer. has inreased from 912 population andI $206,000 real estate in 1880 up to 2.50)5 population and 600,000) real estate in 1886: almost entirely due to the river improve 3. The neighborhood of the river is stead il gaining in settlenment and property ulder the influence of better transportation. On the recently commenced, but un finished improvements of Wakeway, be tween New Berne and Beaufort, N. (.,: Beaufort Harbor, N. C.; Wakerway, be tween Beaufort Harbor and New River, N. C., (through Bogzue Sound), New River. N. C.; Black River, N. C.; Geor etown Harbor, S. C.; Winyahi Bay, S. C. ; antee River to Winyahi Bay, S. C.: Santee River, S. C.; Cape Fear River, N. C., below Wil mington, the work is of too recent date or not sufficiently advanced to have produced the expected results. On the improvements of Wateree River, . Cr, an Cor ee Rier, S. C(L an ex-j up about 70 miles of river, reducing freights by from 25 to 75 per cent. (the freight on cotton being 75 cents per bale, where it was formerly $2.75 per bale by wagon and rail), rendering marine insur ance unnecessary, and increasing the com merce by $1,700,000 per year, thus show ing a development of $5 of annual com merce for each dollar once spent by the Government. Besides this, the whole river basin is rapidly gaining in population and prosperity. On the inland waterway from Newbern to Beaufort, N. C., at Beaufort Harbor, N. C., on the inland waterway from Beau fort Harbor, N. C., to New River, N. C., at New River, N. C., and on Black River, N. C., the present indications are that the completion of the present unfinished im provements will give returns at least equal to (if not exceeding) those of the preced ing waterways. On the Cape Fear River, N. C., at and below Wilmington, since 1829, about $1.700.000 has been spent upon the im provement of 20 miles of river, increasing the available draft from 75 feet in 1729 up to 16 feet in 1886, reducing greatly marine freights and insurance, and increasing the foreign commerce by $4,500,000 per year since 1801, thus showing a development of $6 of annual foreign exports for each dol lar once spent by the Government during the same period. The present develop ment of the lower Cape Fear River means the future development of all the State of North Carolina and of many Western States which will before long be forced to send their commerce by ne.v and shorter routes via North Carolina railroads and the Cape Fear River to the ocean and foreign markets. On the Cape Fear River, N. C., above Wilmington, since 1551, about $+65,000 has been spent in opening up 112 milies of river, abolishing former tells, rede'!:fg freights by about t: per cent., rendering Marine insurance unnecessary. and iucreas irg the commerce by $1,200,000 per year, thus showing a development of $2s of an nual commerce for each dollar once spent by the Government. On the Waccatnaw River, S. C.. since 1850, about $37.000 has been spent in open ing up about 70 miles of river. reducing freight, rendering marine insurance unne cessary and increasing the commerce by $1,200,000 per year, thus showing a devel opment of $;30 of annual commerce for each dollar once spent by the government. On the Great Pt e Dee River, S. C., since 1880, about $28.o00 has been spent in open ing up about 20 mile.s of river, reducing freights by from 25 to GO per cent. (the freight en cotton being now by liver 75 cents where it was formerly $1 75 by wagon and rail), and increasing the commerce by $1,000.000 per year, thus showing a devel opment of :57 of annual commerce for each dollar once spent by the Government. Besides this, the neighborhood of the river is steadily developing under the influence of better transportation facilities. At Lockwood's Folly Inlet, N. C., on Lumber River, N. C.. Little Pee Dee River, S. C , Clark's Creek, S. C., Black Mingo River, S. C., Alligator Creek, S. C., streams already recommended for improve ment by the Government; and at George town Harbor, Winyah Bay, Santee River outlet to Winyah Bay through Mosquito Creek, waterways already under improve ment by the Government, the present indi cations are that the completion of the pres ent recommended improvements will give returns at least equal (if not superior) to those of the preceding named waterways. The speedy improvement of Winyah Bay means a rapid increase in the development of the Santee and Pee Dec river basins com prising two-thirds of the entire State of South Carolina: and a single immediate outlay of $800,000 properly spent here would undoubtedly quickly develop an additional South Carolina commerce of $8,000,000 per year. On the Wateree River, S. C., since 1882, about $29,000 has been spent in opening up 61 miles of river. Nothing but the obstructions offered by the S. C. R. R. and the W., C. & A. R. R. bridges. (mainly the S. C. R. R. bridget now deprive the adja cent fertile lands of Kershawv and Richland counties from the free transportation facili ties to which they are justly entitled: and nothing but the obstruction offered by these bridges now prevents a developtment of rver commerce (similar to that of the simi larly situated Great Pee Dee River) which will probably amount at once to at least $>00,000 per y-ear. On the'Congaree River. S. C., since 1880, about $1.000 lias been spent in fairly open ing up 47 miles of river. Nothing but the obstructions offered by the S. C. R. R. bridge now deprives the city of Columbia. S. C., and adjacent river vaiTey of a free water communication with the ocean ports of Georgetown and Charleston; and nothing but the obstructions offered by this bridge now prevents a development of river com merce (similar to that of the similarly sit uated Great Pee Dee River) which will probably amount at once to over $1,000.000 per year. Although the above improvements have already produced stuch good results in the development of the country, these Improye ments are today not more than half com pleted; and there is every indication that further improvement will be accompanied by equtlly good results until the cost of such improvement shall amount to fmlly double what has been already spent by the eneral government. W. IIL Boxn, Captain of Engineers. U. S. Army. (In chargee of the improvement of the above described rivers.) in 2Prth Carolina and .Karthern ,&>uth na. . DEn PRESENT I Hsuirs. GT. I ~ Development of~ A.nnual Coin 5 2 merce. -4) $4200'25 to 75 $250,00 uO6 20 :I4i 0012to 50 6000 00 17 1 .0 3000.0 1-2 to 25 i0 0)3 70 220,000 23 to 75 1~0 00~ : 112. 00,000 Abo utU 33 OO' 70 45,000 1-0 0 ~: 200 :37.000 2 to 00 1,600,000 4., 3 582 $5(. 00") 12~,50,000 83 7,42~ 33 1,830,)000 s'. pe~cted developient of from $1,50,00 to~ :.0000 of river commerre is prevented :ainly- by the bridge obstru-:!ions of the S. C. R. It.: and on the improvements of Lockwood's Follyv River. N. C.; Lumber River, N. C.; Little Pee D~ee River, S. C.: Clarks Creek, S. C.; Black Mingo, S. U.; Alligator River, S. C..- the work though recommended has not yet received any alp priation from from Congress, but in all cases the present indications are that the completion of the improvements will give returns at least equal, if not superior, to those of the first descritied wa~terways. The speedy improvement of Winyah B'ay means a rapid increase in the development of the Santee and Pee D~ee river basins comprising two thirds of the entire State of South Carolina, and a single immediate otutlay of $800,000 properly spent here wu!l undoubtedly qutickly develop an ad additional South Carolina commerce of $8,000,000 per year. Captain of Engineers, U. S. A. WI mn-rOn, N. C. February, 28. 1888., A REVOLUTIONART RELIC. Discovery of Hidden Treasure That Has Been Sought for Years. Several thousand dollars in old gold :oin in earthen pots were exhumed by Lorenzo :nears, on his farm in Accomac ,ounty, Va., last week. A tradition in the neighborhood says a large amount of money was concealed on the farm during the American revplution by its Tory proprietor, who, having gone to England luring the war, died there without fixing the spot where he had buried themoney. Not many years ago some of the de scendants of the old Tory proprietor came over here and spent several hun dlred dollars in making excavations in a fruitless search for the money. All the ground around the old house was thrown up and deep trenches were dug around the yard, signs of which still remain. It is said that these Englishmen brought over with them an old negro who had been a servant of the Revolutionary pro prietor, and who professed to know where his master had buried the money. The Englishmen finally gave up the search and went back to England. Nothing mere was heard of the treas ure until Mea s accidentally struck upon it while plant.ng some fence post around the yard. Mkars tried to keep the mat ter a secret, 1 at a little boy who lives with him welt to the neighboring vil lage of Prngoteague and let the secret out. He informed some persons there that his "Uncle Renzie" now had piles of money, having recently dug up an iron pot full of gold and eilver which two stout men could hardly. carry. Mears will not talk about his find, but to-day showed several gold coins to his neigh bors. These coins are old English money, some of them being stamped with the image of Charles II., others with that of George III. The place where the treasure was found was one of the oldest on the east ern shore of Virginia. Two hundred and fifty years ago it was seat of the Queen of Nandua, an Indian beauty, who ruled over the savage tribes that inhabited that region. Near by is the burial ground of the Nandua Indians. The creek has cut away-the earth till many of the skeletons are exposed to view, and as the bank caves in from time to tima the bones fall down into the water and drift with the ebbing tide out into the bay. Some of the skeletons are of giant size, and many of them are buried in coffins that were hewn out of solid logs. These whitening skeletons, as they protrude from the side of the cliff, present a ghastlypectscle. Annual Statement. Abstract of the tenth annual statement of the condition of the Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia for the year ending December 31, 1887, as filed with the Comptroller General: ASSETS. Bonds and Mortgages........81,764 18 Property (real and personal) 14,123 13 Furniture, &e . Cash in National Valley Bank. 10,415 86 Cash in Offipe............... 577 76 Cash in hands of agents and i 14 213 41 in process of collection.. Total Assets ........... .$121,094 34 LIABILITIES. Individual Credits 1,261 56 due members... Amt. due Female 324 85 assessment act..) Bills payable....... 4,000 00 $5,586 41 Net assets 31 Dec. 1887, $115,507 03 REcEIP'TS AND DISBURISEMENTS DURlING YEAn 1887. Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1886. .$ 4,013 47 Premiums and Annuals re ceived....... ....... 36,873 30 Interest on Redemption Fund invested................. 40845 Advance payments by policy holders.................. 6,933 76 Assessments. .. ... ... 238,720 67 Investments paid in by br rowers.................. 13,012 69 Bills discounted from time to time.................... 30,000 00 Aggregate Receipts in 1887, $334,362 34 DISBURSEMENTS. Death lossespaid. .$229,288 08 Paid Agents.... .. 8,469 04 Advance payments 6,875 83 Salaries, taxes and other expenses 35,737 11 Investments.. .. .. 1,000 00 Discounts. .. .... ..998 66 Bills payable from time to time. .. . 41,000 00 Cash on hand De cember 31, 1887, 10,993 62 $334,362 34 In closing this Report, I cannot for bear from tendering to the Board my congratulations on the prosperous con dition of the Association. The recent improvements which have been made, in our system of management have elimi nated several elements of hazard, and removed many causes of complaint on the part of our policy-holders. I am persuaded that when they have been subjected to a practical test, the result will be to establish on a still firmer basis our claims to public confidence and patronage. ALux. H. H. STUART, President. Active and reliable agents wanted in every town and county in South Caroli na to canvass for the Valley Mutual. To the right parties liberal contracts will be offered. 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