The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, September 18, 1873, Image 2
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THURSDAY JSOBNIKG, SEPT: 18- 1873.
TO OHE SUBSCRIBERS,
On and after the 1st of October next, we
propose to pay the postage upon all newspapers
sent from this office to actual subscribers, who
have paid the subscription in adzancQi. All1
subscribers now in- arrears are urged to take
advantage-of this p roposition, by forwarding
tile amount of their respective dues prior to
the day mentioned. TJz&l the law is modified
or repealed, we will, take pleasure in pre-pay
ment of postage for all subscribers not in
arrears, thereby hoping to establish the cash
system in the matter of subscription. The
proposed arrangement w31 prove beneficial to.
our-suoijcribers, and we- are satisfied that its
general adoption wiiE not be- injurious to our
finances. Remember, that for two dollars in
advance we will send the Intelligencer one year,
postage paid.
JtSF We are compelled to defer the publica?
tfon of Td&j. Thoa. B. Lee's speech, which was
delivered at High Shoals on the 6th inst., until
?ext week.
16?* Mrs. .H&rg]iret J. Means died at her
home in Spartanburg County on the 10th of
August} in the 40th year of her age. She was
a sister of the late Dr. Thomas A. Evins, of
this town, and had many friends and acquain?
tances in this community, by whom she was
greatly respected aad beloved.
8@*Ottr merchiints and others interested;
are invited to read the advertisement of Messrs.
B. W..Marshall &Co?, of Charleston, who-are
prepared to furnish goods- their line at the low?
est prices. Mr. B. O. Maul din retains his con?
nection with the house, and will be pleased to
wait upon his friends and customers, or fill
their orders.
Cotton Shipments.
The total amount of cotton shipped from
Anderson for the year ending: September 1st,
1878, was l^O?t bales. We- will give a de?
tailed a tatement of the shipments each month
in. our next issue.
Sandy Springs and Providence.
The camp-meeting at Sandy Springs will
Begin on to-morrow ('Friday) and continue
until Monday next.
The Providence camp-meeting begins on
Friday. October 3rd, and continues four days.
Circuit Court
Trie September Term of the Circuit Court
fbx Anderson County begins on Monday next.
We notice that Judge Cooke is holding Court
this week at Camdun, having been ordered by
Chief Justice Moses to take the place of Judge
Carpenter, who is on a visit to the North.
The Anderson County Bible Society.
The annual meeting of the Anderson County
Bible Society will take place oa Sunday, 28th
of September; at the Baptist Church. Rev. E.
A* Boll es, District Superintendent of the Ameri?
can- Bible Society for this State, will be present
at the* meeting. Further announcement of the
services-will be made- next week.
Deaths.
CapiL James Orr, of Slabtown, died on last
Friday night, of bilious remittent fever, after a
brief illness. He was buried on Sunday with
Masonic honors.
Mrs. John A. Reese- died in this town on
Tuesday night fast, of typhoid pneumonia.
Dr. W. C*. Brownvof Belton, has lost three
children, during the past week, from diptheria.
Several colored persons have died in this
town,- since our last issue, from bilious remit?
tent fever..
Railroad Movements.
From' ^correspondence in the Knosville Pres*
and Herald, we learn that ar convention' in the
interest of a narrow guage railway running
from Lake Erie, southward to the Atlantic
coast, crossing the Ohio river at Portsmouth, or
at some other available point, thence through
Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, upper
East Tennessee, Western North and South
Carolina, to one of the most prominent and ac?
cessible shipping points on the Atlantic coast,
has been called to meet at Warm Springs,
North Carolina,. September 30thr 18731
The Anderson Conservator.
Messrs. Brown & Haynie have sold the An?
derson Conservator to Messrs. E. R Murray,
John H. McGill and A. 0. L?ngsten, who will
continue its publication as heretofore. Oar re?
lations with the outgoing proprietors were ever
cordial and pleasant, and we part from them
with sincere regret, assuring them of our earn?
est wishes for their future success and prosperi?
ty. To the young gentlemen, composing the
new firm, we extend the right hand of welcome
into the fraternity, and trust that their career
in journalism will be pleasant and profitable.
Coroner's Inquest.
The body of James Coleman, a colored man
about forty-five years of age, was found on
Tuesday morning last, near the road leading to
Mr.. Wm. M. Archer's, one and a half miles
southeast of this place. Deceased is supposed
to have reached the spot where he was found a
little after dark on Monday night, as he was
seen going in that direction by one of the
neighbofti. A jury of inquest was empanelled
by George W. Hammond, Esq., Trial Justice
and acting Coroner,, and a verdict was rendered
that the deceased eame to his death by the act
of God. It is known that the deceased was
subject to epilepsy, which undoubtedly pro?
duced his death.
Patrons of Husbandry.
Dr. John A. Barksdale, of Laurens, who is
the State Lecturer of the Patrons of Husband?
ry, will attend at WHliford's Store on Wednes?
day, 24th inst., at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of
organizing a Grange. Also, on Thursday, 25th
inst, he will organize a Grange , in the Dark
Corner?the meeting to take place at D. J.
Sherard a, at 11 o'clock. Persons desiring to
unite with the order are invited to bp present.
Anderson Grange, No. 71, will meet again
on Saturday next, in Temperance Hall, &r the
purpose of receiving and acting upon petitions.
Another meeting will be held on Friday, 26tb
inst., when it is hoped that Dr. Barksdale will
be present, and all persons connected with the
order are invited to attend, #
Drainage of Swamp and Marshy Lands.
The appearance of malarial fevers in differ?
ent localities of the up-country,, and in sections
Htherto exempt from these visitations, indi?
cates a wide-spread cause; and public opinion,
no less than scientific research, has settled
upon the undrained condition of bottom lands
as the prime agent m producing such deleteri?
ous effects upoa the general health of the up
country. Naturally, the public mind is anx?
ious to. find a remedy, iu the absence of volun?
tary efforts upon the part of owners of undrained
lands. The law, as it now stand, does not give
sufficient remedy to communities thus a&icted,
and we think it incumbent upon the Legisla?
ture to enact measures for the protection of
the public health. Unless land-owners, of
their own accord, will remove the agency by
?thoroughly draining swamps and marshy places,
we think the law should give authority to the
County Commissioners, (when the locality has
been subjected to an inspection By the Board
of Health, and upoa its recommendation,) to
provide for the drainage of snob lands, at the
expense of the owners, nnder such restrictions
as would prevent injury or oppression to the
said ownera> A judicious enactment of this
character would stimulate the proprietors of
wet and undrained lands to remove the prime
cause of malarial fevers, thereby benefiting
the public health, and bringing into cultivation
the best portion of our bottom lands. Besides
greatly augmenting the value of these lands,
the amount of corn likely to be produced
would go far towards sustaining our present
population, and proportionately diminish the
amount of money annually contributed to
other sections for this purpose. We suggest
the County Commissioners, as the final arbiters
to settle all difficulties of this character, for the
reason that they are the proper guardians of
all that pertains to the welfare and prosperity
of the County. Sustained by the opinions and
guided by the suggestions of the Board of
Health, which should embrace skillful and
learned men in every County, there would be
fewer mistakes in their action, and less chance
for the land-owner to be improperly dealt
with.
We know that, the financial condition of
many farmers has not permitted the expendi?
ture of large sums of money in ditching and
draining lands. The anxiety to accumulate
means by the exclusive cultivation of cotton is
another barrier to proper drainage. Still an?
other difficulty presents itself in the obstruc"
tion of the larger streams by dams for mills
and other machinery, whereby the obstacles to
proper drainage are increased. But the health
oi the people is far more important than all
other considerations, especially of a financial
character, while the spread of malarious dis?
eases brings the question directly home to the
minds of all, and every year the extent and
prevalence of malarial fevers deepens and
widens through the up-country, so long recog?
nized as the healthiest portion of South Caro?
lina. Hence, the necessity for remedial meas?
ures, so guarded and framed as to work injus?
tice to no class of our population, and at the
same time guarantee the prospect of an entire
exemption from the dreaded malaria. The
wisdom of our law-makers ought tobe directed
to a prompt and earnest inquiry as to the best
method of securing these ends, and we trust
there will be no delay in a thorough investi?
gation of the subject,
P. S.~Since the above was put in type, we
have received the annexed communication
from Wm. Henry Trescot, "Esq., urging prompt
action on this important subject. We concur
in the suggestion for a public meeting, in
which every "Township should be fully and
ably represented, and plans devised for secu?
ring such legislation as may be necessary to
meet the exigencies of our situation. An ear?
nest consideration of their wants by the people
themselves, and we have no doubt that plans
will be developed for their attainment which
will injure no one, but tend largely to greater
security in the public health, Our friends are
invited to consider the propriety of a public
meeting, and agree upon a time for holding
such meeting. The letter of Mr. Trescot is as
follows:
Pendleton, Sept. 16,1873.
Me. Editor: If there is any one subject
upon whieh there should exist in this County
a,pesfect unanimity of interest and sentiment,
it is the health of the country. The steady
improvement of Anderson County in its agri?
cultural prosperity has been a matter of gen?
eral recognition, and that improvement will
continue, if the health of the County can be
preserved. Its soil and climate are unsur?
passed by any section of the State, and the
distribution of its property among small far?
mers?who make one of the most industrious,
the thriftiest and the most law-abiding com?
munities in the world?has secured intelligent
and energetic labor for its cultivation. This is
due to the fact that it is a climate in which the
white man can work the year through, steadily
and efficiently. Should this capacity for
healthy and steady work be taken from its
population, its great advantages will be lost,
its fields will be abandoned and its population
be hopelessly diminished.
This danger confronts us now. The experi?
ence of the last two or three years shows that
whole sections of this County are becoming so
unhealthy as to render its cultivation exceed?
ingly dangerous, if not impossible. The type
of sickness that has carried so much sorrow
into the private homes of our people, and is
threatening to close our fields, is clearly mala?
rious. It is, in fact, what is known upon the
coast a3 country fever.
There is as little doubt as to the cause of this
mischief. It is the want of drainage in the
lands bordering upon our water courses, and
this is due not entirely to a rice-field here and
a mill-dam there, although these may have
served to aggravate the trouble, but to the fact
that drainage of these lands has been neglected
sinee the war, and that the evil has now grown
so gteat that it cannot be remedied by the in?
dividual effort of farmers who own small tracts,
and who cannot command either the means or
the authority to drain on such, a scale as will
relieve the County.
I have not gone into particulars, for the con?
dition of things is known %o every body. Nor
do I mean to suggest a remedy in detail, for
any remedy will require the consent and joint
action of our whole people.
What we need in: 1. The authority to en?
force the complete drainage of whole streams,
and to compel the participation of all land- '
holders holding"npon such water courses; and
2. The means to accomplish this work thor?
oughly and promptly.
The Act of 1856, which authorized the own?
ers of two-thirds of swamp lands to form them?
selves into a corporate company to drain auch
lands, can, I think, be so amended as to meet i
our difficulty, and if the Legislature will grant
us the power to levy a tax to carry out this
purpose, it could be accomplished.
What I would suggest would be a Board of
Health, to consist of the County Commission?
ers, who should have associated with them a
committee of citizens, selected in each Town?
ship ; the County Commissioners and the
Township Committee to form a Board for each
Township, so that the division of expense
should be proportionate to the wants of the
Township. To these I would add two compe?
tent Civil Engineers, who should report the
condition of each Township, and under whose
supervision the drainage should be done.
Upon their preliminary report, a Convention
of the people should be called?not merely a
public meeting?and the rate of taxation
fixed.
This is but a rough sketch of a plan. What
I would suggest now is a public meeting at
Anderson, at which each Township should be
represented, who should appoint a committee
to submit a plan, and (if approved by the
Convention) be authorized to urge its passage
into a law by the Legislature.
This matter is of more urgent importance
than all the railroad projects in the world, and
I for one would more willingly bear my share
of the most onerous taxation for such a pur?
pose than for any railroad scheme. Our whole
future depends upon prompt aud thorough ac?
tion now.
The section of the County in which I live
has been exempt from this' calamity, but that
exemption cannot continue unless some such
action is taken; and even if it could, I have
very much mistaken the character of my
neighbors if they would not cheerfully do
their part for the common good.
Respectfully,
WM. HENRY TRESCOT.
Our Manufacturing Interests.
The project of establishing a Cotton Factory
at High Shoals has met with encouraging pros?
pects, and the movers in this .enterprise feel
assured that the necessary capital will be se?
cured at no distant day. More than one-half
has been subscribed already, and several of the
largest stockholders are pledged to double their
subscriptions, rather than abandon the project.
It is this sort of pluck and energy that succeeds.
But the establishment of a single manufactory
is not enough. The large amount of unem?
ployed capital in Anderson County encourages
us to hope that further efforts will be made,,to
develop our manufacturing interests.
The use of steam as a motive power in pro?
pelling the machinery of cotton mills has been
extensively discussed in these columns, and the
experience of practical men demonstrates the
feasibility of the scheme proposed for the es?
tablishment of a steam cotton mill at this place,
with a reasonable prospect of handsome divi?
dends from the investment. We are satisfied
that the profits of manufacturing by steam, at a
point where the facilities of transportation are
abundant and fuel can be obtained at reasona?
ble cost, cannot be much less than the profits
arising from other manufactories. Much de?
pends, in any event, upon the management,
and we think a steam cotton mill at Anderson,
with a sufficient capital, might be made ex?
ceedingly profitable to the stockholders.
We have no water power at or near this
place, and other towns more favorably located
are already gaining advantages, in the way of
attracting population, and extending their rep?
utations abroad for sagacity and enterprise.
Unless we propose to be surpassed, we must be
active and vigilant, closely scrutinizing every
movement that looks to our advancement as a
people, and entering heartily into such meas?
ures as will redound to our advantage. We
cannot expect the people of Anderson County
to build up the town, unless we prove true and
faithful to the interests of the town, and de?
monstrate a willingness to go forward in the
march of improvement. As a commercial cen?
tre, reflecting its benefits to the remotest cor?
ners, the town of Anderson is duly appreciated,
which is manifested by the large business of our
merchants, extending from year to year.
The business men of Anderson should ex?
amine carefully the scheme proposed, and if it
promises beneficial results, let them induce the
farmers to unite their surplus capital in this
enterprise. By aggregating the means within
easy access, we can establish a cotton mill at
this point beyond doubt; and besides the real?
ization of large profits upon the investment,
the incidental advantages to our town are
worthy of serious consideration. Success in
every movement for our prosperity depends
upon united action, and vigorous, unremitting
work. We cannot obtain the prize withont an
effort. Are the citizens of Anderson ready to
give their attention and means to the estah?
men t of a steam cotton factory ?
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Mr. Editor : Since the election of the new
Town Council, I have heard a good deal said
about who should be the next cotton weigher
at your point. Candidates, I am told, are run?
ning to the merchants and cotton buyers to get
their recommendations to the Council, to se?
cure their appointments. Why -are not the
farmers?the cotton makers?they who pay the
expenses?consulted. I would most respect?
fully propose for the consideration of the new
Council, as soon as they are organized, that
they send out, as the officials would call it, a
writ of election, requesting the votera of all the
Townships in the County to meet at their re?
spective places of rendezvous on a day ap?
pointed, 9 o'clock, a. m., and from among
themselves appoint three managers, open polls
and hold an election for a person to fill said
post, close polls at 4 o'clock, p. m., count the
votes, and immediately appoint one of^heir
members, or some suitable person, as messenger
to bring the result to Anderson on the next
day, compare results and declare the election.
Then let the happy man be sworn in and go to
work, and as soon as he shall have earned the
money?pay the messengers each one dollar for
this extra service, in bringing up the results
from the Townships.
Respectfully submitted.
WM. S. SHAW.
t8B~ The fifth annual meeting of the Ander?
son County Singing Convention will take place
at Shady Grove Church, beginning on Friday
before the fourth Sabbath in this month. 1
The County Fair.
We trust that the farmers and housewives of
Anderson County are not overlooking the im?
portance of being represented at the approach?
ing Fair. It is not enough that the farmer,
with his family, shall attend the Fair, simply
as an evidence that he recognizes the value and
importance of these annual exhibitions. He
ought to be prepared to compete for the premi?
ums offered. Some product of the field, or
representation of his live stock, should be se?
lected to show against his neighbors, and thus
enhance the interest of the occasion.
These annual fairs are taken as an index to
our agricultural condition, whether or not a
true representation is obtained, and should not
only display the enterprise of our farmers, but
their skill and management as cultivators of
the soil, together with the character of their
live stock, and all that enters into a fair expo-1
sition of the progress we are making in the no-I
ble pursuit of agriculture. Hence, the pro?
ducts of the field, orchard, garden, dairy and
household ought to be fully represented.
The greater abundance of articles and ani?
mals on exhibition, the greater stimulus to our
local pride, which is a good thing, and should
be sedulously cultivated, and by no class of men
more than the farmers. The reputation of a
locality depends largely upon the local pride
and ambition to excel each other, and such de?
monstrations are always good investments, for,
as the reputation of a people is advanced and
enlarged, the greater attraction for strangers to
move into that community, and help build up
its prosperity and develop its material wealth.
County Fairs are excellent places to make such
demonstrations, and visitors from a distance
look upon the Fair, in its extent and magnifi?
cence, as a means of determining the progress,
energy and enterprise of the community,
j Every article and animal, which the owner
believes to be superior of its kind, should be
brought to the Fair, and swell the list o:f en?
tries, albeit the premium offered is not com?
mensurate gith the trouble and expense. How
often do we hear persons declare that, in some
particular department, they could excel every?
thing on exhibition, and yet they attend from j
year to year, without once demonstrating their
ability to surpass their neighbors, and thus
contribute to the general advancement of the
cause of agriculture, in which they* are most
deeply interested. Let us hope that a broader
and more general impulse will actuate the
farmers this year, and that the coming Fair
will far excel any of its predecessors, not only
in an increased number of entries, but in the
superior merit and attraction of the articles on
exhibition.
an a m ? ??
Registration and Representation.
As the Legislature will soon be convened
in extra session, and there is likely to be no
intermission between the extra and regular ses?
sions, it may not be inappropriate to direct at
; tention to some matters of importance, which
I have been too long neglected by the General
Assembly. The points involved are found in
the Constitution of the State, and we do not
, think this instrument of organic law is too old
fashioned for an occasional reference thereto.
Sec. 3, Art. 8, declares that "it shall be the
duty of the General Assembly to provide from
time to time for the registration of all electors." j
This plain and palpable duty of the Legislature
has been totally ignored, since the Constitution
went into operation five years ago, and we
think it is a safe and salutary clause that
should no longer be disregarded. Indeed, the
elections held during the past five years have
been in direct conflict with the provision of
the Constitution, and to that extent have been
irregular and perhaps illegal.
Sec. 4, Art. 2, provides for the apportion?
ment of Representatives among the several
Counties, according to the number of inhabi?
tants. An enumeration of the inhabitants is
ordered to be made in 1869, and again in 1875,
and every tenth year thereafter. Under this
enumeration, Representatives are to be as?
signed, in the proportion mentioned, by an Act
of the General Assembly, at the session imme?
diately succeeding every enumeration. The
census was taken in 1869, agreeably to the or?
der of the Constitution, but there has been no
apportionment of Representatives under that
census. Is it too late for the Legislature to
\ remedy this default of their predecessors, and
must the people await the result of the next
census, before their rights are secured ? The
present apportionment is unequal and unjust,
and it behooves the General Assembly, at the
approaching session, to make a new apportion
1 ment, in time to apply its provisions to the
next general election.
The election laws, also, should be so amend?
ed that the managers will be required to make
a return to the Commissioners of Election
within twenty-four hours after the polls are
closed. At present, the managers are allowed
three days to make their returns, which is an
unnecessary delay. Further, the Commission?
ers of Election should be required to meet
immediately after the returns are made, and
aggregate the vote of the County, instead of
allowing six days to elapse before this meeting
takes place.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Mr. Editor : On the sixth of this month, an
interesting Pic Nie came off at High Shoals, in
the interest of a Cotton Factory at that place.
On the day of meeting there was $27,755 of
stock subscribed, which has been increased
since to $31,000. The desired Capital being
Sixty Thousand, near one-half of that is yet to
raise. When that amount is raised, the Com?
pany will organize, and the services of Maj.
Thomas B. Lee, whose skill, fidelity and abili?
ty needs no comment in this community, is at
the services of the Company. With the ad?
vantages of the very best water power in the
State, under the control and management of
such a man as Maj. Lee, no one can doubt the
success of the enterprise, and there is no doubt
but what the shareholders will receive 20 per
cent, on the stock snbscribed. Many of the
best men in the County have subscribed liber?
ally to this enterprise, and rather than allow it
to go down, stand pledged to double their sub?
scriptions ; but it is desirable to obtain many
shareholders, and to interest as many of our
people as possible. I will not, in this short
article, attempt to show the folly of shipping
our cotton to the New England States and to
the old world to be manufactured, and sent
back to us again for our use, we paying all the
freights, and the middlemen. We say that no
auch opportunity for a paying investment has
been offered our planters and merchants since
the war, and I here make the prediction that
when this Factory is completed and its profits
ascertained, that capital will flow to it beyond
the capacity of the water power, and that in
leas than fifteen years from to-day every water
power of respectable capacity in our County
will be fully developed. Will our people be
idle in this matter ? It is hoped they will not.
We cannot employ more than 10 or 12 per cent,
on the stock subscribed this fall, but the"work
will be rapidly pushed on to completion next
spring.
Permit us to say, Mr. Editor, that this enter?
prise has no connection with any other of the
kind; money subscribed to this enterprise is to
build a Factory at High Shoals and no where
else, and while we offer no objection to other
enterprises of the kind, we know this possesses
advantages that no other enterprise of the kind
can offer at this time. Persons at a distance
who desire to confer with us on thu matter
shall be possessed of all the advantages of the
water power at High Shoals. We are desirous
to confer with any of our people who wish an
interest in this Factory, and we would be glad
to confer with any who may have douots.
Many persons have declared their intention to
take stock, but aie postponing it for the pre?
sent. This is dangerous, and we hope they
will at once indicate the*amount they want,
and let this worthy undertaking go on to com?
pletion.
JOHN B. MOORE.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
The South Carolina University.
Me. Editoe: Your readers will doubtless
be interested in the recent'modifications of the
South Carolina University. The object is to
bring it into sympathy with the p*eoble, by
better adapting it to their wants. Formerly
many could afford to send their sons to College
with no other object in view than to prepare
them to grace a drawing room. But now prac?
tical ends are in view. The young man must
be prepared for active business or for a pro?
fession. The College of the people must pro?
vide just such an education as will fit the youth
for the particular pursuits in which they are to
engage. To meet this demand, it is proposed
to open in the University, on the 6th of Octo?
ber, a Preparatory School, in which students
will be taught all'the common English branch?
es, and so much of Latin and Greek as will
enable those who desire it to enter the Univer?
sity.
To provide for a large class of young men
who have not time or taste for classical learn?
ing, a College of Science and Philosophy will
be opened. Here the student may acquire a
full collegiate course, except the foreign lan?
guages. This course may be completed in two
years, and the candidate will receive the degree
of Bachelor of Philosophy.
To provide for another class of students, a
College of Literature and Arts has been pro?
vided. In this College the students will be
divded into Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior and
Senior classes, and taken through the usual
course for candidates for the degree of Bache?
lor of Arts.
In the Law School of the University, stu?
dents will have opportunity, in addition to
their law studies, to pursue a course of study
in English language, rhetoric, logic, history,
political economy, political philosophy, com?
position and elocution. This is a two years
course.
The Medical College provides a full course
of instruction in everything required by the
successful physician.
No charge will be made for tuition in any of
these departments. The various professors have
agreed to relinquish their claims for fees.. The
student has only to provide for the expense of
board and text books. Many students board
themselves at from $8 to $10 per month. It
will be seen that while the advantages here are
unsurpassed, the expenses are less than at
most of the village schools. May we not hope
to have a good delegation from your County?
PHILANDER.
Cotton Statistics.
The New York Financial Clironich, an ac?
knowledged authority in such matters, makes
the following statement of the cotton crop of
the United States for the commercial year end?
ing Aug. 31,1873:
Total receipts at shipping ports..baTes..3,651,3?ti
Shipments on land, direct to manufac?
turers. 141,500
Manufactured in the South. 137,662
Grand total of the crop.3,930,508
Of the above aggregate 26,289 bales were sea
island cotton. The total consumption by mills
North was 1,063,465 bales, and that by mills
South 137,662 bales; making a total American
consumption of 1,201,127 bales. The total ex?
ports for the year were 2,679,986 bales, and the
aggregate stock on hand, September 1, 1873,
90,880 bales. 1,905,566 bales were shipped to
Great Britain from ail the ports. Among the
ports credited with exports during the year is
San Francisco, which shipped 324 bales.
The following is the statement of the num?
ber of bales credited to each State:
Louisiana.1,240,384
Alabama. 332,451
Texas. 343,450
Florida. 14,068
Georgia. 614,039
South Carolina. 374,476
North Carolina. 61,476
Virginia. 433,683
Tennessee. 378,813
As a matter of interest, in this connection,
we give below the total of each year's crop
since 1823, including fifty years, as compiled
by the Financial Chronicle:
Year. Bales. I Year. Bales.
1823? 4 . 509,158 1848?9 . 2,728,596
1824? 5 . 569,249 1849-50 . 2,096,706
1825? 6 . 720,027 1850-51.2,355,257
1826? 7 . 957,281; 1851?2 . 3,015,029
1827? 8 . 727,093 1852?3 . 3,252,882
1828? 9. 870,415"
1829? 30 . 976,845
1830? 31.1,038,848
1831? 2. 987,487
1853? 4.2,930,027
1854? 5 . 2,847,339
1855? 6 . 3,527,845
1856? 7.2,939,520
1832? 3.1,070,438!1S57?8.3,143,962
1833? 4.1,205,394,1858?9.3,851,481
1834? 5.1,254,328 1859-60.4,669,770
1835? 6.1,360,152,1860-61.3,656,086
1836? 7.1,422,930
1837? 8.1,801,497
1838? 9.1,360,532
1839? 40.2,177,835
1840? 41.1,634,945
1841? 2.1,6S3,574
1842? 3.2,378,875
1843? 4 . 2,030,409
1844? 5.2,394,503
1845? 6 . 2,100,537
1846? 7.1,778,651
1847? 8.2,347,634
1861? 2 Est... 1,000,000
1862? 3 " 1,250,000
1863? 4 " 850,000
1864? 5 " 568,000
1865? 6.2,193,987
1866? 7.2,019,774
1867? 8.2,593,993
1868? 9.2,439,039
1869?70.3,154,946
1870? 71.4,352,317
1871? 2 . 2,974,351
1872? 3.3,930,508
For the Anderson Intelligencer. '
At the meeting of the citizens of the Town
of Anderson, held on the 1st inst., to consider
the propriety of a subscription to the railroad
proposed to be built south of us, as an outlet
to the Chicago, Augusta and South Atlantic
Railway, under the resolution adopted to ap?
point a committee of three to correspond with
the cities and towns along the line of the pro?
posed railroad, and to urge similar action on
the part of such cities and towns, the following
gentlemen have been appointed, viz: J. S.
Murray, John B. Moore and Wm. S. Brown.
B. F. WHITNER, Chm'n.
T. D. Kesxedy, Sec.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
WiLLiAMSTON, Sept. 16, 1873.
Mr. Editor : In behalf of the cause of ed?
ucation and of the colored school at this place,
I deem ?it proper to give a short account of
the examination that came off last Saturday
in the school under the charge of Mr. G. D.
Williams.
Early Saturday morning the colored people
.of Williamston and surrounding country were
seen hastening in the direction of the spring
and stand, which, with surroundings, afford a
pleasant retreat from the heat of a September
sun; and by 10 o'clock a. m., quite a large
crowd of colored people was assembled in the
shady grove in front of the stand, where
speeches are wont to be made. This spot, as
all know who have seen it, is a most delightful
place, and it would seem that nature designed
it a place of social gatherings, and even the
Muse might draw inspiration from its pleasant
surroundings. But to proceed with our nara
tive. When we arrived upon the ground the
colored band from Greenville was enlivening
the scene by some of its sweetest strains, which
it continued at intervals to do throughout the
day. The exercises of the school commenced
by repeating the Lord's Prayer, that highest
model of petition to the Throne of Heaven.
The examination of the classes, beginning with
the multiplication table and ending with exer?
cises upon the black-board, was then gone into,
and when we say that proficiency in the several
branches was shown by the pupils, we fail to
convey fully the satisfaction it gave ns, for
they displayed aptness and training beyond
anything we were prepared to expect. The
exercises would have been creditable at any
time or place, and the pupils behaved through?
out with the utmost decorum.
A want of time did not permit so full an
examination as was intended, but there was
enough to satisfy the minds of all present that
both teacher and scholars have been industri?
ous and deeply in earnest in the impartation
and acquisition of knowledge.
A little after 12, notice: was given that in?
termission would be taken, and all present were
invited to repair to the tat lea outside the spring
enclosure, where a feast of good things awaited
them. The invitation was cheerfully accepted,
and we were soon satisfying our appetites with
flesh, fowl and sweet meats that were spread in
rich abundance. Dinner over, the school again
marched to the stand to hear more music and
some speeches. Some of the little boys and
girls declaimed their pieces?which they had
committed safely to memory?which is more
important than anything else in such exercises.
Mr. Featherston, of Anderson, was then in?
troduced to the audience, who proceeded to
impress upon their minds the importance of
education, maintaining that it is the most effec?
tive means of refining the minds of the people^
and fitting them for some.useful station in life.
He advocated the view that he who understands
and appreciates his own lights, will most likely
respect the rights of others. The sentiment
entertained by a favored few "that a little
learning is a dangerous thing," was denounced
in appropriate terms, holding, however, that it
might be true in one sense, tc wit: That when
learning puffs men np and makes them con?
ceited, then "a little learning is a dangerous
thing." The address was accepted as well
suited to the occasion.
We noticed one thing on this occasion that
was to ns cause for regret, viz: there were but
few white persons present to cheer the col-f^d
people, and encourage them in the cause of
education, notwithstanding the time has come
when every man must see and recognize its im?
portance. The examination and occasion was,
at all events, a very enjoyable one,.and we can
but hope that we may more frequently have
opportunity to enjoy like occasions.
SPECTATOR.
Tribute of Respect
PENDLETOPr, S. ft, Sept. 6, 1873.
At a regular communication of Pendleton
Lodge, No. 34, A. F. M., held this day, the fol?
lowing preamble and resolutions were unani?
mously adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased Aimiabty God, in
His inscrutable providence, to take o ar well
beloved and esteemed brother, Eemund M^.
McCreary, from amongst us. Be it, therefore
Resolved, That we de<roly sympathize with
his family in their sad bereavement, and ten?
der to them our heartfelt condolence.
Resolved, That the brethren have by his
death lost a true and honored brother, and the
community a useful and valuable citizen.
Resolved, That this preamble and these reso?
lutions be recorded in. the Minutes of the
Lodge, and a page be dedicated to his memory.
Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to
furnish the family with a copy of this pream?
ble and these resolutions.
Resolved, That a copy be sent to the Aider
son Intelligencer for publication.
W. H. I>. GAILLARD, Sec
Tribute of Respect
At a regular meethig of Hiram Lodge, No.
68, A. F. M., held on Monday night, September
8th, 1873, the following Preamble and Resolu?
tions were unanimously adopted, to wit:
Whereas, it hath pleased Almighty God, in
His ever-wise but mysterious Providence, to
remove from our midst, and his earthly labor
and sphere of usefulness, to the Celestial Lodge
above, our esteemed and worthy brother, A. O.
Norris, Sr.; and whereas, in this sad be-,
reavement we are taught the vanity.of all hu?
man pursuits, the uncertainty of life, and the
necessity of making that preparation of heart
which alone can enable us to join him in that
Lodge on High. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the death of our broth jr,
A. O. Norris. Sr., this Lodge has lost an es?
teemed and faithful member, the community a
worthy and upright citizen, and his brethren a
brother whose conduct is worthy of imitation.
Resolved, That we d<?eply sympathize with
his family in their sad bereavement.
Resolved, That a blank page in our Minute
Book be inscribed to his memory, and that a
copy of these resolutions be sent to his family,
and furnisiicd the Anderson Intelligencer and
Conservator for publication.
?** A true extract from the minutes.
THOS. P. BENSON, Sec. pro tenu
HTMESEAL.
From the Dallas {Texas) Daily Herald.
MARRIED, in St. Matthew's Church, Dallas,
Texas, August 31, 1873, by Rev. S. D. Daven?
port, Rector, Dr. S. H. WATSON and Miss
A. W. BEARD, both of Grape Vine, Tarrant
County.
Dr. Watson is a native of Anderson, S. ft,
Miss Beard of WUcox County, Alabama, and
sister of Rev. T. J. Bea rd, of Mobile. May the
choicest blessings ever attend them, and they
be spared a long life of mutual affection; and
may they so live together in this lifo that in the
world to come they may ha$e life everlasting.
J. C. T.
On September 12th, at 2 o'clock a. m., by
J. L. Brvan, Esq.. at his residence, Mr. EAR
LEY RAMPY, o!" Abbeville county, and Mias
FRANKY JONES, of Anderson county.
THIS MARKETS.
Anderson, Sept. 17, 1873.
The Cotton market has been lively for the
past week. Sales 89 bales. Middling 16}.
Charleston, Sept. 15.?Cotton quiet. Mid?
dlings 18}. Sales 100 biles.
New York, Sept. 15.?Cotton dull; sales
1,775 bales at 20} to20|.