The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, November 13, 1873, Image 2
ANDERSON W., S, C.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 18, 1873.
JSridf Mention of Local Incidents.
We are requested to state that there will be
preaching in the Presbyterian Church on Sat?
urday next at 11 o'clock a. m. Communion
on Sabbath following.
Thirteen cents a pound for cotton is a good
price for these times, but tbe^oltfman" Bleck
lejT is prepared to give that amount to those
who parchaseel fertaiieew from him the past
season: Read1 his announcement in another
column.
Mr. J. A. Daniels is prepared* to work on
watches, clocks and jewelry, and has a c?nsid
enftir steek for sale, including spectacles of
the best reputation. Mr. D. is an enterprising
.and accommodating gentleman, and deserves a
liberal share of public patronage.
The Great Eastern Circus and Menagerie
will give three exhibitions in this town on
Thursday, Nov. 27th. The performances of
this troupe in different portions of Georgia and
Alabama are said to give general satisfaction.
The advertisement elsewhere will furnish par?
ticulars.
The circus agent erected a high board fence,
between the Court House and the public well,
on which to- display the mammoth pictures.
The comments and conjectures at the grand
display are somewhat amusing, and it is tfften
wondered whether or not there will be such
extraordinary feats under the canvass.
Doubtless our readers observed that Messrs.
Cook and Cheek, of Atlanta, who are the pro?
prietors of the Kennesaw Mills, received a
premium at our County Fair for their excellent
Flour. The Board of Directors assigned' a. sil?
ver medal to these gentlemen, as the premium,
and the barrel o? Hour was sold at auction forr
$1450,'.tfae-proceeds being: donated'to-the Fair
J&sociation.
The correspondent of the Charleston News
and Courier,, in- referring to the sickness in and
around* Anderson this summer, says "that it is
estimated that no less than eight hundred cases
'of malarial fever have occurred." We do not
suppose the entire number of cases in Ander?
son County will reach this aggregate, and feel
confident that not one-fourth that number oc?
curred in the vicinity of Anderson, the large
majority of which were outside the corporate
limits.
Admitted to the Bar.
Messrs. James L. Orr, jr., T. D. Kennedy
and E. B. Murray, of this town, were examined
fh open Court on Monday afternoon, and the
two first named admitted to the practice of law.
In the case of Mr. Murray, an order was passed
for his admission upon attaining his majority,
and subscribing to the constitutional oath.
Mr. Orr delivered his maiden speech on Tues?
day morning, in a case to which he had been
assigned by Judge Cooke, and we learn that
lit acquitted himself with great credit.
frattt of Mr. W. C. Davis.
It becomes ottr mournful duty to announce
the demise of Mr. William C. Davis, of Char?
leston, which sad event occurred at the resi?
dence of his father-in-law, Hon.. X P. Reed,, at
a quarter to eleven o'clock, yesterday morning,
after an illness of seven months' duration. Mr.
Davis was the- junior partner in the house of
Do wie, Moise & Davis, and was widely known
to the citizens, of this- and adjoining States,
and we may truthfully declare that he was
highly esteemed wherever known for his
upright, gentlemanly/ demeanor, and excellent
business qualifications. He- made friends with
astonishing rapidity, and maintained his friend?
ships and business connections with, rare
fidelity. As s.n honorable, high toned gentle?
man, and steadfast, devoted friend, we have
never known his superior, and rarely bis equal.
He was a native of Abbeville county, and was
thirty-two years of age.
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Extra Term of Court
Tho-extra term of the Circuit Court ordered
by Judge Coste began on Monday, 3rd of
NwflsnfceB,, and lasted three days. Nearly the
entire time was consumed in the trial of crim?
inal cases, and his Honor worked industriously
to clear the Sessions docket. The grand jury
was occupied with a large amount of business,
including indictments for almost every offence ?
on the calendar of crime. Their presentment
was s. model of brevity, and related to the in
gf*ect5ott of the public offices and buildings,
which were- found ixt good condition, and to
the working of the public- roads. The busi?
ness of the term was finished at &? late hour on
Wednesday evening, and Judge Cooke depart?
ed for Columbia the next morning.
The following summary gives the result of
the eases tried in the Sessions Court, viz:
The State vs. Isaac Owens, Wo. Owens,
JtarreU Qweu?, Adam Owens, Eliza Owens,
Hannah. Owens and Jaue Reeves, indicted for
grand larceny. Not guilty. The defendants
were all colored.
The State v?. James Robinson, indicted for
burglary and grand larceny, breaking intoMaj.
Borstel's jewelry store on the night of the 2nd
of June, The defendant plead guilty to the
Qharge,.ftui was sentenced to imprisonment in
the Penifcentigry At hard labor for the period
e? ten. years.
The State vs. Allen S. Barksdale, indicted
for assault and battery, with intent to kill.
The defendant plead guilty to assault and
battery, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50
and costs by the 1st of December nestr or be
imprisoned in the Penitentiary for one year.
The State vs. Anderson Bates, indteted for
?isault and battery. The jury rendered a ver?
dict of guilty, and the defendant was sentenced
to the County jail for sixty days.
The State vs. Robert Robinson, indicted for
the mnrder of Nelson Wright on the 6th of
September last. He was found guilty of man?
slaughter, and sentenced to the Penitentiary at
hard labor for thirty years.
The State vs. Frank Babb and James Babb,
indicted for arson, in Burning Raskin's mill
last Spring. The defendants were found guilty,
and were sentenced to the Penitentiary at hard
labor for ten years.
The State vs. James Lawson Berry, indicted
fbt stealing a mule. Not guilty.
The State vs. Clark Burriss, indicted for as?
sault and battery, with intent to commit a rape.!
Jxe was found guilty, and sentenced to the I
Penitentiary for two years, " J
The Northern Elections,
Important elections were held irr twelve
States on the 4th inst., and the result has been
surprising and gratifying. The choice of the
Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio,
at the election in October, and other impor?
tant gains in- several States, induced a grand
raMy along the whole line last week, and the
result shows unmistakably that the people of
the North are becoming tired of the corrup?
tion and profligacy of the dominant party
which has held such absolute sway for many
years. This evident disgust at salary grabs and
other gigantic frauds has been manifested
clearly, and there are thousands of Repubr
licans determined to throw off the yoke of
party, and bring about a new order of thing9,
unless the work of reform in national legisla?
tion and the general management of the public
business speedily takes place; By their absence
from the polls, or open affiliation with the
opposition, these Republicans have undoubt?
edly set the seal of their condemnation upon
the leaders of their party. Republican journals
of high standing' recognize this patent truth,
and are warning the leaders against the dan?
gers ahead of them, declaring that so long as
they are in power in the nation, the people
will hold them to a just responsibility for the
abuse of that power. Others assert that these
elections are without meaning, since the
present is an "off7 year in politics, and there
are no national issues at stake. But the steady
progress of the gains already made by the
Democrats will wrest the country from th?
control of the Republican party before the
next Presidential election, and a continuance
of dishonest or doubtful practices in the man?
agement of the government will surely bring,
disastrous defeat in that contest.
The vigor and determination of the Demo?
cratic party throughout the Northern States
indicate the hopes and aspirations of its leaders,
and plainly show- that the struggle- for the
mastery wilL assuredly lie between the two
great parties, who have so long confronted each
other, and that a third party will not likely
arise in the next few years. The success of
the Democrats means a return to honest gov?
ernment, and non-intervention in local affairs,
which strikes terror into the ranks of the
plunderers of the Southern States, who have
been allowed and tacitly encouraged to oppress
these people beyond measure.
The following extract from an editorial of
tu?. Columbia Phaznix summonizes the result of
the recent elections :
In Virginia, Kemper's majority is put down
at,not less than 20,000, a gain of 4,000 over the
vote for Walker. Marylaud remains firmly in
possession of the Conservatives by an equally
decisive vote. The republican majority- in
New Jersey has been considerably redueec'l, it
only being twelve on joint ballot. New York
was carried last year for the Republicans by
more than 50,000. Now the tables are turned
completely, and the Democratic majority, se?
cured in the face of an active opposition, is
placed at more than 14,000. Massachusetts has
re-elected Washburne, but by so small a
majority that it is thought if the Democrats
had put forward a strong, popular candidate, he
would have been chosen. When we look to
the great North-western States, the results are
even mere startling. In Kansas, the farmers
voted against the Republicans, and the vote
stands in the House?Opposition 61, Repub?
lican 26. This assures the Opposition majority
on joint ballot, and secures a Conservative
Senator for Caldwell's unexpired term. From
Minnessota the returns steadily show a serious
decrease in the Republican vote, and a great
falling off in>tbe Republican majority in the
Legislature,, especially in the Senate. The
same thing is true of Wisconsin, where for the j
first time in many years a Democratic Gov?
ernor has been elected, and where Democratic
success is a novelty, nothing of the sort having
occurred in that State before eince 1855. The
small Radical majorities in these two last men?
tioned States are are no longer formidable. In
Illinois, important changes have taken place,
and the farmers seem ahead of both Democrats
and Republicans.
Famine and Crime at the North.
The New York Heraid says that "with the
approach of cold weather Comes the old. old
story of desperate robberies from dwellings
and from the person. Iia most of these cases
it is found that want drives to the commission
of crime. The poor wretch, who sees his wife
and children shivering with the first cold and
feeling the change all the more severely from
the lack of sufficient food, rushes forth to find
some relief, even at the risk of liberty."
The terrible significance of this paragraph
can scarcely be realized in the South, where
such a state of things has never existed, ex?
cept in isolated cases, here and there. But the
hundreds and thousands in the great cities and
all over the manufacturing districts of the
North, who have been thrown out of employ?
ment-just as the cold weather approaches, and
with naught save starvation staring them in
the face, with gaunt want gleaming and glaring
upon them on every hand, are driven to des?
perate measures, and scarcely withhold their
hands from the goods of their rich neighbors,
who have grown purse-proud and glutted with
gold at the expense of the poor. The slavery
of the South was truly beneficent and benig?
nant compared with the intolerable burdens of
the poorer classes in the great cities and manu?
facturing centres of the North. As the first
fruits of the financial troubles, we have the
statement of robberies to prevent augmented
miseries. Time will make only additional
revelations of this character, and the coming
winter will enhance the desperate struggle be?
tween the laborer and the capitalist.
A Valuable Invention.
The Sumter Watchman informs us that our
esteemed friend, Rev. John M. Carlise, has per?
fected and improved the Corn Husker, which
he invented and patented last year, and that it
is now a complete success. The machine is
simple, and costs only a moderate price. It
cuts off the stem of the ear, and splits the
husk lengthwise, into numerous pieces. This
is an, invention long needed by the farmers, and
with) Uhe prospect of a large corn crop next
year, we think a fine opportunity is offered to
push the invention,, as there is money in it.
State and County rights are now for sale, at
reasonable prices, and correspondence is invited
by the inventor, who may be addressed at
Sumter, S. C. Mr. Carlisle is so well known to
our people that it is needless to say whatever
representations be may make in regard to the
Corn Husker may be relied upon implicitly.
? Intelligence has been received that S. T.
Agnew, atone time a prominent merchant and
farmer of Newbcrry, was shot and almost
instantly killed at Montgomery, Alabama, on
the 24th of last September, by a man named
Jones, i
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
The Spirit of the People.
Mr. Editor : A few months ago I gathered
my household jewels around me, and with sor?
rowful heart turned my back upon my old
horn s, and my old Andersoa friend3, to seek a
morn healthfnl clime among the people of
Pickens. I knew I had left warm and sym?
pathizing friends behind. I found among the
people of Pickens, abundant tokens of sym?
pathy and hospitality. Sooner or teiter, I then
thoBght that the people of Andeison would
shake off their lethargy and arouse themselves
to i;he indispensable necessity of providing
some effectual safeguard for the preservation of
the health and lives of her citizens from the
ravages of malarial fevers, so prevalent on all
our inland creeks and branches. That auspi?
cious time, I confidently believe, has already
come. The spirit of the public meeting held
at your town on last Tuesday on the subject of
Drainage, and my intercourse with my old
personal friends and acquaintances from various
portions of the County, has convinced me that
Anderson, at least, is fully prepared to take the
lead., if necessary, in instituting measures for
the thorough Drainage of all the swamp lands
now lying in a sobbed and hurtful condition,
but (japable, if thorough ly drained, of becom?
ing our most valuable and most productive
lands. The most agreeable feature-, connected
with this change in the public sentiment, on
the subject of drainage, is the generous re
8poniie coming up from the millers and manu?
facturers of the County, who are now the pro?
prietors of valuable water power, in behalf of
Drainage. The Hon. Wm. Perry, of the Pen
dleton Factory, has a head to appreciate the
difficulties of the situation, and a heart to feel
for the sufferings and losses of his fellow citi?
zens, and expresses a wrTtrngness to co-operate
heartily in any suitable measures of relief. Mr.
E. J. Earlerof the Evergreen Mills, I am credi?
bly informed, has offered to remove his dam at
his valuable merchant mills, for a very reason?
able compensation, and allow his own bottom
lauds to bear its proportionate share of the
burthen. Mr. Charles Williford, unwilling to
wait the tardy action of any public movement,
has already ordered a steam engine, and as
soon as received, will proceed at once to lake
dowQ both of his dams, and propel his
machinery by steam. He had 12 cases of fever
in his own family and on his premises this
year, and his crops are now wasting in his fields
for the want of gathering, and he unhesitating?
ly declares his belief that the sickness was
I camied by the dams. Mr. A. M. Neal, I un?
derstand, like Mr. Earle, is willing to remove
his dam at his mills for a very reasonable com?
pensation, and allow his own bottom lands to
bear a proportion of the burthen. Mr. Zion
, Richardson says he will take down his dam if
j it produces sickness. Dr. Carroll Brown en?
dorses most heartily the general drainage of
bottom lands for health. These are encouraging
signs; and I am almost ready to conclude that
the greatest difficulties with which we will
have to contend, will not be so much with the
millers as with the landholders. The supine
nes8 of some, the cupidity of others, and the
poverty of all, present the most formidable ob?
stacles ; hence, the great necessity for legisla?
tive action, and for a united and combined
effort on the part of all our people. Let the
people living on the ridges flatter not them?
selves that they have no interest in this great
questiou because tbey own no bottom lands.
The lives of their wives and children, and
tenants are as valuable and precious as the
lives of those living on the water courses, and
i the history of this malarial development for
the last two or three years proves conclusively,
that it will travel along the ravines and hoi
lows of mills, and hever at last, with its wings
of sickness and death, over the dwellings of
the inhabitants of ridges, and those more re?
mote from the ponds, alike with those living
upon the creeks and ponds. No, no. It is a
pubiie calamity?hence, the public arm should
be stretched out to arrest its further progress
through our Countys Fortunately for us, in
this great emergency, the use of the steam
engine as a propelling power for all kinds of
machinery, presents itself before our minds as
the very thing to lead us out of our difficulties.
Every observant mind has already discovered
that the use of the steam engines as a motive
power for machinery, is becoming more and
more common every day, and is folly meeting
the expectations of the people. The excellent
letter of Mr. Perry on the utility and cheap?
ness of steam power, together with the practi?
cal demonstration in your own town, at Pendle
ton, Belton, and all over the country, settles
that question. The steam engine can and
ought to Bunercede water power on all smaller
and more sluggish streams.
On this question of malaria, 1 find that now
as always in the past history of the medical
profession, "doctors will diner." There is the
cotton theory, the guano theory, and the\piney
woods theory. But while all these different
theories may possess more or less scientific
truth about them, all are agreed that the large
bodies of undrained lauds lying on our creeks
and branches, are unquestionably one great
cause of the prevailing sickness which has
devastated our County lor the la?t two or three
years?hence, all are agreed that these lands
should be immediately drained at any cost. It
is along our creeks'and branches that the fell
destroyer marches, steadily and boldly, dealing
disease and death on every hand ; and the peo?
ple cannot afford to wait until scientific men
nave fully settled all the nice questions of
medical science involved. Let the elucidation
of these nice distinctions in medical science,
at least, be deferred until the further progress
of this demon of malaria is arrested. Then
these discussions may be resumed, aud leisurely
examined.
A very large aud able committee was ap?
pointed by the public meeting on Tuesday to
take this whole question into serious considera?
tion, and devise sohvc practicable plan for the
relief of the people. There can be ?0 thorough
drainage of our bottom lands, but by the re?
moval of all natural or artificial obstructions
in said streams, or the opening of suitable
vents through mill dams for the flowing off of
sand and mud down the channels of said
creeks. In some cases, flood gates might an?
swer every purpose?in others they might fail
to give the relief needed. Of course, in any
case where it becomes necessary to remove
dams, which are being used for milling or
manufacturing purposes, reasonable compensa?
tion should bo allowed the owner. I would
respectfully suggest to the consideration of the
committee the propriety of paying off the
amount of compensation allowed in such cases,
out of the County funds, and assessing upon
the landholders interested, an adequate an?
nual tax to pay the interest on said amount,
and ultimately the principal, giving the land?
holders sufficient time to brpg those lands in?
to cultivation aud make the money by the rents
and profits arising from their cultivation, say
five, eight, or ten years. In other words, that
the County will loan her citizens the public
credit for a term of years, with a certainty of
being re-imbursed the whole expense, by the
f>rofits arising from the cultivation of the
ands reclaimed. I merely throw out the sug?
gestion for the consideration of the committee.
Respectfully,
THOS. H. RUSSELL.
? Last week an important grange meeting
was hold in Atlanta, Ga. It was resolved that
the Atlanta grange would send 3,000 bales to
cotton by the Port Royal Dominion line
(whatever that is) direct tq Liverpool during
the season,
Death of Distingushed Personages.
Rev. John Early, D.D., Bishop of the Meth?
odist Church South, died at his home in Lynch
burg, Va., on the 5th inst., in the 83th year of
his age. He was a very eminent divine, and
greatly esteemed by his denomination. He
entered the itinerant ministry in 1807, and was
elected and ordained Bishop at Columbus, 6a..
in 1854.
Laura Keene, the celebrated and popular
actress, died at Montclair, New Jersey, on the
6th inst., aged 43 years. She was a native of
England, and came to this country about
twenty years ago. One of the most notable
events in her life was that she was performing
at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, on the night
when President Lincoln was assassinated.
Louis Gaylord Clark, who achieved a very
high and honorable position as an editor, maga?
zine writer and literary critic many years ago,
died at Piedmont, on the banks of the Hudson
River, on the 3rd inst., in the 63rd year of his
age, from an attack of paralysis. He was
editor of the famous Knickerbocker Magazine
for a long time, and was endowed with rare
literary gifts. He had been withdrawn from
the active world for some years, and his declin?
ing years were spent at his -pleasant home on
the Hudson, which was the gift of his friends
and colaborsrs.
Gen. William J. Hardee, late of the Con?
federate army, departed this life at Wytheville,
Va., on the 6th inst., in the 54th year of his
age. He was a graduate of West Point, and
served in the Mexican war with distinguished
gallantry, receiving several brevets for merito
nous conduct. He was the author of the work
familiarly known ae "Hardee's Tactics." His
career and services in the recent war are well
known,, and do not need recapitulation. Gen,
Hardee was a native of Georgia, where he was
greatly beloved, and had numerous friends and
acquaintances. Since the war he has resided
at Selma, Ala., where his remains were carried
for interment, and where all classes anited in
honoring his memory.
Mrs. Mary Custis Lee, wife of the late (Jen.
Robert E. Lee, died at Lexington, Va., on the
5th inst., in the 67th year of her age. Mrs. Lee
has been an invalid for some years, and the re?
cent death of her daughter, Miss Agnes Lee?
bore heavily upon her declining strength. She
was the only daughter of G. W. P. Curtis, Esq.,
the owner of the famous Arlington estate, and
grandson of Mrs. Gen. Washington. Mrs. Lee
was a lady of unassuming and gentle character
?a fit companion for her illustrious and noble
husband. She was buried by the side of Gen.
Lee, at the Memorial Chapel in Lexington, iu
the presence of a large concourse of friends,
and with imposing obsequies.
The Columbia papers contain the announce?
ment of the death in that city of Dr. Laborde,
late of the South Carolina University. Fifty
four years ago he entered South Carolina Col?
lege, and graduated in 1821. Sixteen years
later, in 1837, he became a trustee of the col?
lege, and five years latjr, in 1841, he was
elected a professor of logic and belles letters.
For thirty-one years he remained professor in
the institution. For more than one-half of its
corporate life he was associated with its exis?
tence, and one of the most earnest eflbrts of
his entire life was the perpetuation of its
history. He was inseparably connected with
that history. It was his life for many years,
and separation from it proved his death. It
will be remembered that about a month ago he
was elected chairman of the faculty. But in
consequence of the changes that were contem?
plated in the institution, and the admission of
negro students, he felt called upon to resign his
chair. Among those who knew him he was
universally esteemed and beloved, and in his
death Columbia has lost one of her best and
noblest sous. He died at his residence on the
College campus on Thursday evening.
; JPbr the Anderson Intelligencer.
New Yore:, Nov. 7, 1873.
During the past thirty days our cotton mar?
ket has witnessed constantly declining prices,
until the quotation has reached 13J cents for
low middling, the lowest value seen since 1861,
a period of twelve years.
Among the causes that have brought us to
I this figure, are the extraordinary financial
pressure experienced throughout the country,
the decline in the premium on gold, the low
rates ruling for foreign exchange, and the high?
est rates ot freight to Europe that have been
j known here for years?each, or all, of which
are unusually depressing in their influences,
and forming a combination of circumstances
. which have tended to bring us to uncommonly
low prices.
The financial condition at present existing in
this country has been produced more from fear
than from any fact that exists. Some of our
! heaviest commercial and manufacturing con?
cerns hare been obliged to suspend, and they
have been found to have large wealth, and as
yet none have been proved insolvent. The
crisis has come upon a sound mercantile com?
munity ; hence, when the skies brighten, the
power of recuperation will be great, and affairs
will mend steadily and perhaps rapidly.
The Bank of England has raised its rate to
9 per cent. This is not the result of any un?
sound condition in England, but is somewhat
in fear of a large drain of gold by this coun?
try, and possibly because, seeing the financial
necessities of this country, they bring the pres?
sure to bear while their people are laying in
their stocks of cotton and breadstuffs. When
this has been accomplished, money will get
cheap in England, and by 1st March we con?
fidently expect to see the Bunk rate down to
4 per cent., and the inauguration of a great
speculation, both in cotton and goods; and those
who are now selling cotton will look back with
wonder at the change which a few months have
produced.
At the present values, the planter is forced
to part with his best cotton at prices below
cost of production; and as his best grade is
bringing but 11 cents per pound in the interior,
what will he get for the poorer? It will not
be many months before the question will also
be asked as to the effect on the planting next
year. Will the planter part with his crop at
present prices, or will he only sell such portion
as will pay his pressing indebtedness, and hold
firmly to the remainder? Whenever the plan?
ters begin to hold their cotton, prices will ad?
vance, and that rapidly. Let those that are
forced to part with their cotton replace it by
future contracts here.
We quote Low Middling on spot, 13J. Fu?
ture deliveries?Nov., 181 ; Dec, 13$; Jan.,
13J ; Feb., 13* ; March, 14} ; April, 14*.
Truly spurs, ?
Woodward & Stillman.
Protection against Fire.?The corres?
pondent of the Charleston News and Courier.
mentioning tho alarm of fire which occurred
during his stay in our town, remarks "upon tho
folly which leads the people of our up-country
towns to wait until their property has boon
swept away at least once by lire before they
provide themselves with the means of prevent?
ing it. A single hand engine would, under
proper management, be sufficient to avert such
a catastrophe as that which prostrated Abbe?
ville a short time ago. Anderson is now as
helpless as Abbeville was at that time. At the
alarm on Saturday night all were constrained
to acknowledge this helplessness, and in the
absence of a better inntrumcnt every man
except one forgot to bring out a bucket. The
examplo of that one man is worth being re?
membered,"
The Prospects of Cotton.
The Atlanta Constitution devotes much at?
tention to the cotton crop, and in a late num?
ber expresses its conclusions in the following
paragraph :
"The future looks gloomy to us. There can
be no permanent rise in cotton until there is a
better demand for it. The cotton mills of the
United States have been consuming 22,000 bales
per week ; now it is reduced to 10,000 per week.
Those who sell their cotton now at 12J cents,
will not regret it when their neighbor is soiling
at 10 cents."
? A Washington dispatch to the Baltimore
Sttn says: "Statements have been freely cir?
culated for several days past that Gen. Butler
will lead the movement to secure the assump?
tion of the Southern State debts by the general
government. When this idea was first broach?
ed by Gov. Walker, of Virginia, it was not
looked upon in a serious light at all. But it is
now said that there is to be a concerted move?
ment on the part of a majority of the Southern
members, assisted by certain members from the
West, to put the thing through. In tho pres?
ent state of the finances it can hardiy be sup?
posed, however, that any such attempt as this
will be made even by Gen Butler."
THE MARKETS.
Anderson, Nov. 12,1873.
Notwithstanding the very low prices of cot?
ton, the market has been active during the
past week. Sales for the week amount to 312.
The market closed this evening at 111 to 12
cents for middlings.
Charleston, Nov. 10.
CbttoH opened strong and higher, but became
quiet?middling 132.'
New York, Nov. 10.
Cotton nominal?uplands 14?.
HYMENEAL.
MARRIED, on the 16th of October, 1873, at
the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev.
W. H. King, Capt. G. W. BELCHER and Miss
MARY J. MORGAN, all of Anderson County.
On the evening of the 6th inst., at the resi?
dence of the bride's father, by Rev. L. M. Ayer,
Mr. JOHN H. CLARKE and Miss RAMAH,
eldest daughter of David Crosby, all of Ander?
son County.
*** Printers' fee received.
On the 23rd of October, at the residence of
the bride's father, by Larkin Newton, Esq.,
Mr. J. T. BOGGS and Miss MARY ANN,
third daughter of Capt. James Welborn, all of
Anderson County.
OBITUARY.
DIED, of typhoid fever, in Anderson County,
S. C, on the Wth of October, 1873, MILES E.,
son of Thos. K. and Mary C. Gerard, in the
sixth year of his age. The- deceased lived but
a few days, consequently bis sufferings -were
sovere; but in all of his agony he retained the
full powers of consciousness, and told, his
friends that he was going to die. Thus, he has
passed to the arms of Him who has said, "Suf?
fer little children to come unto me, and forbid
them not"?another addition to that happy
myriad of little ones who bank in the sunlight
of a glorious immortality, k> be and reign with
Jesus forevor. Z. A. Foster.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Have a Home of Your Own.?Yes, a home
of your own; buy a piece of land wftb the de?
termination to keep it during your Kfe time,
and then transmit it to your heirs; if you have
no means, only the proceeds of your own labor,
then scrupulously save and build a fine house,
buying from the great Southern Builders' Em?
porium your Sashes, Doors, Blinds, Marble
and Slate Mantels, Hardware Mouldings, White
Pine, Walnnt, <fec, cover your roof with Asbes?
tos Roofing Felt and Lining, for which they are
Agents; they are now used on thousands of
buildings, and they offer them as reliable and
economical, which are needed everywhere.?
Send for price list to I. H. Hall. <fc Co", Charles?
ton, S. C.
Come and Get It.
AGENTLEMAN'S SHAWL was left at
my Shop about eight months ago. The
owner can get it by proving property, and pay?
ing for this notice.
J. A. DANIELS.
Nov 13, 1873 19 1
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber, on the <5th of
November, one SORREL FILLY, with
right hind foot white to pastern joint, and a
blaze in the forehead. Also, two young Mules
followed, each about one year old, a black and
a sorrel, the black a little*the largest.
I will give the abovo reward for the recovery
of the animals ami the arrest of the thief, and
any information will be thankfullv received.
SAM'L. WHARTON,
Moffattsville, S. C.
Nov 13, 1873 19
[HAVE this day associated with mo in bus?
iness Maj. A. R. BROYLES, and the
business will be continued under the firm
name of TOWERS ?fe BROYLES, All debts
duo me for Merchandize since the 16th June,
11873, are to be paid to Towers & Broyles ; and
all debts, due by me in connection with my
ousinesa since tho loth of June, 1873> are as?
sumed? and will be paid by Towers & Broyles.
I ask a continuance of the liberal patronage
heretofore bestowed on me to the new firm.
A. B. TOWERS.
Nov 13, 1873 19
NEW FIRM.
THE undersigned havo this day formed a
partnership for tho purpose of doing a
Cronoral Merchandize Business, under the firm
name of TOWERS A BROYLES. We hope
to do business in such a manner that we will
continue to receivo the liberal patronage here?
tofore bestowed on Sharpo it lowers, ai.d re?
cently on Mr. Towers. Aud wo say to all who
want GOOD GOODS at LOW PRICES Sogivo
us a call before bnring.
TOWERS A, BROYLES,
No. 4 Granite Row.
Nov 11, 1873 19
THIRTEEN CENTS
FOR
COTTON!
THE WANDO MANUFACTURING Com?
pany will pay from this dato Thirteen
Cents a pound for tho best Cotton baled and de?
livered at an early day, for all debts due for
Wando, where parties owe enough to come to
one bale or upwards. This is an exceedingly
liberal oflbr.
I will also allow liberal prices to parties who
owe mo for Merchandize, and MUST HAVE
MONEY. Bring on your Cotton at once.
S. BLECKLEY.
Nov 13, 1873 19
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSON COUNTY.
By W. W. Humphreys, Esq., Probate Judge,
WHEREAS, P. K. Norris has made suit to
to me to grant him Letters of Administration
on the EsUito and ollbotsof Ezekiel S. Norris, jr.,
deceased.
Those are thoreforo to cite and admonish all
and singular tho kindred and creditors of the
said Ezekiel S. Norris jr., deceased, that the}' be
am? appear, before me, in tho Court of Probate,
to be held at Anderson C. H., on Saturday,
29th day of November next, alter publication
hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why tho said Adminis?
tration should not bo grantod.
Jiven under my hand, this 12th day of No?
vember, A. D. 1S73.
W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Judge of Probate.
Nov 13, 1673 19 2.
REPAIRING
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
A. SPECIALITY,
PERSONALLY ATTENDED TO BY
J. A. DANIELS.
TO all who are in search of Plain Rings,
Setts, Pins, Drop?, Sleeve Buttons, Hoop
Ear Rings, Watch Charms, Gold and Silver
Keys, Bosom Buttoms, Ladies' Gold Watches,
English Band Rings, the latest style, Ac, it
might pay you to
CALL, ON DANIELS,
In the MASONIC BUILDING, and have your
Old Spectacle Frames filled with the best lenses
in the world?
ORSRORNE'S ENGLISH PERISCOPIG.
Nov 13, 1873 19_
The Singer Still Triumphant!
AT the Vienna Exhibition, the SINGER re?
ceived the Medal of Merit, the Medal of
Progress, and three otlior Medals for superiori?
ty of productions. These arc Che highest Sewing
Machine awards at Vienna. The Singer re?
ceived all the Medals awarded to efther of the
competing machines, and two Medals more-than
any other obtained. Then, in the name of truth,
what is it that prompts- people to claim recom?
mendations for the Diploma of Honor t The
fact is, no Diploma of Honor has been given to
any Sewing Machine Company. But immeas?
urably more valuable i?"Tne vVorld's Award,'f
as shown by sales?proved by sworn returns to
the owners of the principal Sewing Machine
Patents?which last year amounted to 219,768
Machines, nine out of ten of them being for
family use. This is over 45,000 more Sewing
Machines than were sold by any other company
during the same period, and over one-quarter
of all the Machines sold in 1872. These enor?
mous sales are owing to the long-tested merits
of the SINGER Machines, which meet the
wants of the public in superiority and simplici?
ty of construction, and capability for great va?
riety and excellence of work. It is remarkable
not only for the range and variety of its sewing,
? but also for tbe variety and different kinds of
texture which ft will sew with equal facility
and perfection, using silk, twist, linen or cotton
' thread, fine or coarse, making, the inter-locked
elastic stitch, alike on both sides- of the fabric
, sewn.
1 J. B. CLARK & SON, Agents.
Nov 13,1873 19
THE
Ladies' Store
IS GREATLY IN NEED OF
OUR Creditors are clamorous, and WILL,
NOT WAIT. We have no other re?
sources than our customers, whom we hope
will
PROMPTLY RESPOND.
Those rndebted to us for GOODS bought in
1873 will please come up and pay at least part
of their Accounts. Those who owe for Goods
bought previous to 1873, MUST COME FOR?
WARD AND SETTLE AT ONCE, as we
cannot wait ANY LONGER.
"Necessity Knows No Law."
WE HAVE A
Splendid Stock of Goods
ON HAND,
WHICH WE WILL SELL AT
Greatly Reduced Prices
FOR C A. S H X
Nov 13, 3873 19
TALK PLAIN.
IT is as much of an impossibility
for a Merchant to carry on his
Business without MONEY, as it is
for a Farmer or Mechanic to work
without Tools. This is a plain
fact, and we respectfully beg leave
to urge our friends who are indebt?
ed to us for Supplies and Goods of
any description to bear this in
mind, and to come forward prompt?
ly and settle their Bills and Notes.
Cotton is at a low price just now,
and there is a probability of its
going lower ; therefore, you run a
great risk in holding, while you
may make money by selling now.
It would be much more to our ad?
vantage to pay the Planter 20 cts.
for his Cotton, (provided we could
be safe in so doing,) thsrti to give
him the present prices. But you
know we cannot have things our
way.
The Notes you gave us for
SIMS' WAGONS are now falling
due, and our instructions from the
Factory is to urge prompt payment
according to your promise.
Our Stock of Goods is new and
complete, and for Cash or Cotton
we will sell cheaper than Goods
have been sold in Anderson since
the War, Prove us by our works,
and come see for yourselves.
Shoal Creek Factory Yarn and
Sims* Wagons on hand and for
sale, Come to see us,
LEWIS & CO.,
9 GRANITE ROW, Anderson, S, C*
Nov 13, 187? 19