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THURSDAY MOB-TINS, APRIL 22,1875.
BZg* Gov. Chamberlain has determined to
veto the supply bill, and will assign his reasons
therefor upon his return from Massachusetts,
where he has gone to attend the Lexington
centennial celebration.
SST" Gen. John B. Dennis has been removed
from the position of Superintendent of the
State Penitentiary, and Col. Thomas \V. Par
meie appointed to take his place. This is
another indication that Gov. Chamberlain in?
tends to effect a thorough reform iu the admin?
istration of the State government.
The Recent Cold Weather.
The untimely and disastrous freeze which
visited this section on last Saturday seen.3 to
have been quite extensive. The telegraphic
reports from New England,' the Middle and
Western States indicate great damage to fruits
and early vegetables, and in many instances
heavy snows are reported, making it the coldest
weather known at this season, for many years*
In the Southern States the greatest damage
has been inflicted by the frosts and ice, which
has killed fruit, corn and potatoes by the
wholesale. The tobacco crop is much injured, j
and wheat and cotton are seriously affected in
many sections.
Southern Baptist Convention.
It gives us pleasure to state that arrange?
ments have been made by which round trip
tickets will be sold, commencing on the 1st of'
Mayr to* all persons wishing to attend the
Southern Baptist Convention, which meets in
Sharleston on the 6th of May. These tickets
will be good to return at any time thereafter,
an{l will be for sale at all the principal stations
on the Greenville and Columbia and the Blue
Ridge Railroads. The price of the ticket from
Anderson and return is $11.80, which will ena?
ble many persons to attend the meeting, aud
enjoy a pleasant excursion to the city. Col.
Dodamead deserves the thanks of the commu?
nity for this liberal arrangement.
State Medical Association.
The twenty-fifth annual session of this body
was held in Charleston last week, beginning
en Tuesday moruing, and was called to order
by the President, Dr. James Mein tosh, of
Newberry. Among the delegates present, we
note the names of Dr. W. H. Nardin and Dr.
M. C. Parker, who represented the Anderson
Medical Society: The discussions were highly
interesting and profitable to the profession.
Many valuable papers on diseases of various
characters were submitted by some of the
greater lights. Bur these doctors did not con?
fine their thoughts entirely to dry subjects
with outlandish names, and right frequently
were the medical visitors recipients of the
kindliest hospitalities from their city brethren.
The election of officers for the ensuing year
was harmonious and satisfactory, resulting as
follows: Dr. J. F. M. Geddings, of Charleston,
Dr. E. B. Turnipseed, of Richland, and Dr.
L. H. Wright, of Barnwell, were elected Vice
Presidents; Dr. H. D. Fraser, of Charleston,
Recording Secretary ; Dr. J. Somers Buist, of
Charleston, Corresponding Secretary; Dr. T.
Grange Simons, of Charleston, Treasurer. The
President serves two years, which leaves Dr.
Mclntosh as the presiding officer until the next
annual meeting. A full delegation was ap?
pointed to attend the meeting of the American
Medical Association, which convenes at Louis?
ville, Ky., some time next month. Dr. M. C.
Parker, of Anderson, is one of the delegates.
A Word to Parents.
We cannot refrain from directing the atten?
tion of parents to the demoralized conduct of
boys in this community. Pernicious influen?
ces are at work which causes them to set at
naught and defiance the commonest decencies
of life, and on public occasions there is mani?
fested an utter want of respect for society in
general. The growth and tendency of this
monstrous evil in the rising generation has not
attracted our attention just now for the first
titne, but from delicate considerations we have
abstained from holding up to the public gaze
the existence of such demoralization amongst
the youth, which will surely lead to worse re?
sults than merely infringing upon the rights
and feelings of other persons. For a disregard
of sacred and holy thing, is only a step removed
Srom Open vices and shameless practices, and
we warn our fellow-citizens with the utmost
kindness that many of them are unaware of
the danger to- which their sons are subjected,
when they are left to their own propensities
and free from restraint of any kind. These
remarks are based mainly upon the indecorous
and rude conduct of certain boys in attendance
upon the night meetings in one of our churches
Such behavior neither reflects credit upon pa?
rents or gives promise of future manhood in
our community. The law upon the subject is
exceedingly strict, and religious denominations
are fully justified in invoking the intervention
of the law when their services are rudely dis?
turbed by unthinking persons of any age,
whether or not these violators of decency and
propriety have reached maturity. It would be
well for parents to inquire into the conduct of
their boys, and when permission is given for
them to attend divine service iu any church,
to know that they are in proper company and
behaving themselves in a becoming manner
Only a sense of duty prompts us to give this
timely warning, for we have no desire to wit?
ness and record the arraignment of thoughtless
boys for such an offence, when a little prudence
on the part of parent? will prevent disgrace
and mortification. We feel assured, however,
that forbearance will shortly cease to be a vir?
tue, and we invoke the parental authority to
correct existing evils, without forcing others to
resort to harsher methods. '
Another Cotton Factory.
The Abbeville Press and Banner is authority
for the statement that a number of Granges in
Abbeville, Laurens and Anderson are contem?
plating the erection of a cotton factory at;
Erwin's Mills, on the Saluda River. We agree i
with our contemporary that this is a move in
the right direction, and one from which sub- j
stantial results may be realized, both to the
country and to those most directly engaged in I
the enterprise. Mr. Erwin has offered the site
and water-power as a gift to the proposed com
pany, which would be worth something like |
810,000 to the stockholders, and is exceedingly I
liberal on the part of its present owner. This
idea of Granges uniting in the erection of cot- '
ton factories is not entirely new with the pro- j
posed company. Indeed, the principle of co- j
operation which lies at the foundation of the
Grange organization points most certainly to
the aggregation of individual means for the
general good. The lack of capital among the
Southern people has greatly retarded the
growth of such enterprises in our midst since
the war, and it has been frequently urged that
only by the united efforts of small capitalists
might a beginning be made, which would even?
tually bring the South to a full realization of
its capacity to manufacture the cotton raised
exclusively In this section. Water power is
cheap aud abundant; labor is plentiful and
cheaper than elsewhere; our climate is milder,
and the necessary expenses of living are les?
sened in consequence; the raw material is
ready at hand, and can be furnished directly
?by> the producer, without the intervention of
third parties. All things point favorably to.
wards the farmers and planters of the South
using their surplus means in cotton manufac?
turing. While many of the largest factories
in the Northern States have been compelled to
suspend or shorten operations during the recent
fiuancial pressure, the figures demonstrate the
fact that Southern factories as a general rule
are making money and declaring handsome
dividends. The only method of enlarging the
business in the cotton region readily and quick?
ly is by co-operation among the people. The
Grange affords the most suitable avenue lo
reach the farmer in this effort to develop man?
ufacturing interests. Here is the opportunity
to concentrate energy and capital, and by en?
listing its organization in practical develop?
ment of our resources, the strongest incentive
will bind the membership together, and render
the order more popular and permanent as a
beneficent institution, working for the common
good of the entire community. Hence, we re?
joice to note the present movement for the
establishment of a cotton factory at Erwin's
Mills, and trust that the originators will not
suffer an enterprise of such magnitude and
importance to languish and die for lack of
energetic effort and steady perseverance. Our
columns are freely offered to advance the
movement, and we shall be pleased to hear
further in regard to the proposed enterprise.
The Southern Historical Society.
The highest duty of every Southerner who
would see the fair fame of his dead brothers
rescued from oblivion or aspersion, says the
Petersburg Index and Appeal, is to assist in the
collection of suitable material for a history of
the war from a Southern stand-point. It is
impossible that any of those who regarded the
whole struggle in the light of a rebeilion could
do justice to the motives or to the actions of
men who believed they were fighting in a just
war of liberty and independence. If the task
of presenting to posterity, for its judgment, a
fair statement aud vindication of our people is
ever to be discharged, it must be assumed by
the South and the Southern people; and if
they fail, the history of the great civil contest
will be partizan, prejudiced, and for all practi?
cal purposes worthless. Even our enemies
might well desire, if for no higher motive than
curiosity, to hear what we have to say in our
own defence. And our own people, bound by
every sacred tie to the past, to its record and
its actions, must feel the need of some syste?
matic effort to rescue the justice of history
from perversion ; to maintain the truth against
sectional misrepresentation, and to keep dis?
tinct and clean the names of the dead who gave
their priceless lives to the defence of the South?
ern States.
There is nothing political, nothing disloyal,
iu such a purpose; and such is the mission of
the Southern Historical Society. The head?
quarters of the Association are at Richmond.
General Early is the President, and Rev. J.
William Jones, D. D., is the Secretary. We are
gratified to know that the Society has already
accumulated a considerable store of valuable
documents and other material of history, in its
archives in the State capital. It is providing
for the great work which must be at some time
undertaken by a worthy champion and chroni?
cler of the Confederate struggle. The expense
incident to this labor of love and of sacred duty
is not large, but has to be defrayed by the
sale of memberships, both life and annual.
The ,life membeships cost $50; and annual
memberships $3 per year. We hope that the
efforts now being put forward in the Society's
behalf will realize an immediate and liberal
success. The Society will soon commence the
publication of valuable papers and pamphlets,
and these, we learn, are to be sent as soon as
issued to all the members of the Society. Let
it be remembered that time is precious in re?
spect to the rescue and proper preservation of
the material out of which a just and fit record
of the war is to be constructed by the Southern
j historian. The material itself decays, is scat
: tered, and is lost, with every day, and its col
j lection become an undertaking of greater diffi?
culty and cost. Let the Society be strength?
ened so that no embarrassment may impede its
work. Out of the facts it is now carefully col?
lecting, editing and preserving, the figure of the
South in battle will be made to rise heroic and
glorious, for the eyes of mankind to dwell on
in admiration?a memory and a treasure for
all time.
? The town of Charlotte, N. C. has been
the sufferer by one of the most disastrous fires
of the season. The fire broke out at two o'clock
on last Friday afternoon, on the cotton plat?
form of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
and the Richmond and Danville Railroads.
The Hames extended rapidly, and soon de?
stroyed the warehouses of* both roads, consum?
ing about 3,000 bales of cotton. The engines j
and rolling stock were saved, and outside of the
depots and adjacent buildings, the loss will be
light. Hesides these, however, eighteen other
buildings belonging to private parties were de?
stroyed. The total loss is estimated at :.;i">!lj
000, most of which is covered by inaurauce. '
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Erskine College and Surroundings.
Due West, S. C, April 15,1875.
Mr. Editor: Few, perhaps, are fill I y ac?
quainted with the facts relative to the many
superior advantages connected with Erskine
College at this place. Situated in the county
of Abbeville, four miles from Donaldsville, the
the nearest point on the Greenville & Columbia
Railroad, and retired, as it were, from the rest
of the world, with inconvenient railroad con?
nections and communications with sister villa?
ges and towns, Due West possesses, in this re?
spect, a decided advantage over most other
places as a suitable location for educating the
vouth of our countrv. A wise forethought
actuated the founders of Erskine in locating
this institution in a retired community, where
students might be free from the temptations to
vice, consequent upon an increased population
and the general development of the business
interests of a place, as well as its connection
by railroads with the lively public, and where
the College, with its superior literary attrac?
tions and pleasant surroundings, would consti?
tute the chief subject of entertainment and
attraction to the student, unless it should be
the recreation and pleasure afforded the senti?
mental of turning to admire the rustic scenery
of the surrounding country, and of enjoying
the fresh air of the forest or wandering among
its stately groves?circumstances conducive of
health and inducive of meditative thought.
Though conducted under the auspices of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, this
College is, nevertheless, open to the reception
of young men of all denominations and profes?
sions who are willing to adopt its system, sub?
mit to its course of instruction, and reap the
fruits of a thorough education. And since it
is under the control of a competent and well
drilled faculty, comprised of men, too, of the
strictest religious stamp, this is quite immate?
rial, as evidenced by the fact that numbers of
young men of all denominations are in atten?
dance here. The number of students at present
is about eighty-five,, among whom are to be
found representatives of many of the counties
of this State, as well as a number of the South?
ern States.
Having an extensive patronage, and being
endowed, or rather being in process of endow?
ment, to the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars, the Board of Directors are enabled to
fill the professorships with men of the highest
proficiency in the different branches, as well as
to afford tuition at comparatively low rates?
yearly scholarships costing only twenty dollars.
Erskine is now equipped with a full corps of
competent professors, and who are well ac?
quainted with their respective duties; and she
now has a standard and enjoys a reputation in?
ferior to few such institutions in the State.
Connected with the College, are the Euphe
mian and Philoraathean Literary Societies,
which, with extensive libraries, afford to stu?
dents fine opportunities of improvement in the
various exercises of debating, declamation,
essay reading and writing, as well as for exten?
sive and substantial reading.
The Young Men's Christian Association is a
religious organization among the students here,
which is well attended and in a flourishing
condition, and one which 13 calculated to do a
great deal of good in raising the standard of
morality among the students, and of bringing
before them from time to time the subject of
religion in a manner acceptable and interesting
to themselves.
In the Theological Seminary, presided over
by Rev. James Boyce, D. D., a large class of
young theologians is being prepared for the
A. R. Presbyterian Church. Before the meet?
ing of the second Presbytery, held in Due
West last week, opening on Friday morning
and adjourning Saturday evening, trial ser?
mons were preached by Messrs. W. Y. Love,
D. G. Caldwcll, T. P. Prcssly, J. M. McLain
and H. M. Henry. The young candidates ac?
quitted themselves well, giving evidence of
most excellent training, and affording promise
of much usefulness in the cause to which they
are called.
There are many attractions about Due West,
its location being healthy and its society the
most refined. In short, Erskine College is sur?
rounded by every influence necessary to render
it a first class institution, aud as such commends
itself to the patronage of the people all over
the State. H.
ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE.
? Anna Dickinson is on a lecture tour
through the Southern States.
? The widow of the late Bishop Polk died
in New Orleans on Sunday last.
? The floods in the West have washed up
sixteen bridges on the Pacific Railroad.
? President Grant will be fifty-three years
of age on the 27th of the present month.
? The Democratic vote in Rhode Island was
three times greater this year than the year be?
fore.
? ?Terrible gales are reported throughout
the West, causing iucalculable damage to life
and property.
? The total levy of taxes this year in North
Carolina is only 29ii cents on the hundred dol?
lars' worth of property.
? Florida is said to be the best timbered
State in the Union, there being in it over
80,000,000 acres in timber land.
? Augusta is going to have another cotton
factory. Already a sullicieut amount of capital
stock has been subscribed to secure its success.
? The police authorities of Columbia have
succeeded in capturing a well organized band
of mail robbers and forgers who have been op?
erating for some time in that vicinity.
? The Virginia Legislature has appropriated
$3,000 for the purpose of providing artificial
limbs, or commutation therefor, to the citizens
of the State who lost limbs in the Confederate
servi( e.
? The little girls of Columbia took into their
heads last week to do something for the or?
phans of the Palmetto Home, and on Friday
evening held a fair at Irwin's Hall, which net?
ted about 5400.
? The yacht Ella Anna was recently sunk
in Charleston harbor by a sudden gale, and
four young men lost their lives. The bodies
are not yet recovered, although active clfort?
are still being made.
? Mr. .1. R. Christian, editor of the Sparta
Time* and Planter, was shot the 12th hist., by
Mr. F. A. H?tts. It seems that H?tts wont in?
to Mr. Christian's office and insulted him, and
thereupon Christian knocked him down.
Putts arose, drew a pistol and shot Christian
through the arm.
? The Friends of Temperance at Kingstree
have determined to give a series of theatrical
performances to raise funds to erect a monu?
ment over the Confederate dead buried at that
place. Any contribution i 11 aid of the cause,
in money or otherwise, will he thankfully re?
ceived and gratefully acknowledged, if sent to
Jacob S. Heck, Esq., chairman of the commit
? Gov. Chamberlain has issued a proclama?
tion appointing the 12th day of May for hold?
ing an election in Barnwell County to decide
upon the location of the County seat. This is
the second test vote on this vexed question,
and we hope it will be final.
? The residence of Col. A. C. Haskell, in
Columbia, was partially destroyed by fire on
Sunday morning last. The fire originated be?
tween the roof and the ceHing, and is supposed
to have caught from chimney sparks. The
damage is covered by insurance.
? The President has declined to attend the
centennial celebration ofthe Mecklenburg De?
claration of Independence. Gen. Grant has
accepted so much, says the New York Herald,
that this declination may be regarded as an
apology to the country for the errors of the past.
It must be remembered, however, that the
North Carolinians neither offered him a dog
nor a horse?nor another term.
? Hon. Alexander H. Stephens denies dis?
tinctly and emphatically that he "ever upheld,
supported or defended any act of usurpation
by General Grant or anybody else, either in
low or high official position," and says his life
has been devoted to the "maintenance cf right
against wrong?the rights of individuals as
well as the rights of States?against all abuses
of power which tend to oppression and tyran?
ny."
? Hon. B. F. Wade has declined to become
the Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio,
and assigns three reasons for his refusal. First,
that his voice is not strong enough to make a
speech ; second, that he would sooner beg for
old clothes than aak any mortal man for office.;
third that he cannot afford to take the position
of Governor. It seems cruel, says the New
York Herald, yet we cannot avoid stating the
fourth reason, which Mr. Wade does not give,
and which is that the Democratic majority in
Ohio is about forty thousand. This reason
makes all the other reasons seem unnecessary.
? Elijah Adkins and Scipio Bryan, both col?
ored, were hung at Beaufort on Friday last.
Adkins was the murderer of Thomas Behn, who
kept a country store near Bluffton, and was
killed in June last. Bryan killed another ne?
gro in December, shooting him in daylight
from an ambush, in order to obtain ten' or
twelve dollars, the proceeds of some cotton sold
that morning. Both murderers made full con?
fession and professed penitence. The execu?
tion was witnessed by five thousand colored
people.
? A special to the New York Evening Post
from Washington gives the following: "The
statement is made upon excellent authority
that the Supreme Court will not make any de?
cision of a political nature at this term of the
court, postponing all such until after the fall
elections. This has given rise to a story, which
is credited in high quarters, that the court has
been polled, and a majority found opposed to
declaring the enforcement acts constitutional.
The belief is that the court will sustain the
vie?vs taken by Judge Bradley in the Louisiana
case, from which an appeal was taken and the
case brought into the Supreme Court."
? The Greenville Enterprise aud Moun?
taineer warns the public against one E. W. Ma?
son, who recently victimized the denizens of
that wide-awake city. He came as an instruc?
tor in penmanship, and professed being a mem?
ber of the Episcopal Church, a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and a Good Templar. He
proved to be an imposter and a suspended Ma?
son. He has a wife and children in Selraa,
Ala., and another in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., al?
though he claimed to be an unmarried man.
He left suddenly for parts unknown, after be?
having very badly in Greenville. No descrip?
tion is given of his personal appearance.
TOWN AND COUNTY'NEWS.
T. D. KENNEDY, Local Editor.
PERSOXAL.
Rev. W. W. Mood left for Charleston on Sat?
urday morning last. He is a witness in the
celebrated libel suit against the News and Cou?
rier, which began on Monday.
We were gratified to meet with Mr. Langdon
T. Cheves, of Mississippi, who is a son of Judge
Thomas A. Cheves, formerly of Abbeville.
Mr. Cheves is on a visit to relatives and friends
in this State, and expresses himself much
pleased with the land of his forefathers.
Andrew Jackson Stringer, Esq., was in town
on Tuesday morning, and announced his in?
tention of returning to-day for the purpose of
making a longer sojourn in our midst. Ilo
will become the guest of Mr. N. K. Sullivan,
unless that gentleman moves away from home,
which is more than likely, since provisions are
quite scarce, and the garden prospects are
ruined by the late freeze.
PROTRACTED MEETING.
The meetings at the Baptist Church, men?
tioned in our last issue, have continued up to
the present writing, and much interest has
been manifested among all classes. Every
night quite a number of persons sought the
prayers of Christians in their behalf, and large
congregations were constantly in attendance.
Twelvo persons have connected themselves
with the Baptist Church, and the ordinance of
baptism will be administered on Sunday next,
we presume Rev. O. F. Gregory remained
until Monday morning, when ho left for his
homo in Charleston. Rev J. S. Murray has
been conducting the meeting alone since that
time. The services at night will likely contin?
ue throughout the present week.
SUND A Y SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
This body convenes with the Baptist Church
to-morrow (Friday) at eleven o'clock. A con?
siderable number of delegates are expected,
and amplo arrangements are already made for
their entertainment. The discussion of topics
connected with Sunday Schools will form tho
principal business. Essays and speeches from
able writers and competent speakers will be
interspersed through the proceedings. We re?
gret to learn that Rev. L. 11. Fish, of Atlanta,
will not be present during tho meeting. He is
said to bo an earnest, attractive speaker, full of
zealous devotion to the Sunday School cause,
and a charming singer withal. Others will
take his place, however, and we trust that all
interested in the ciiu.se will lend encourage?
ment by their presence on the occasion.
DEDICA TION.
Wo are informed that the now house of wor?
ship at Big Creek, one mile from Williamston,
will bo dedicated on the first Sabbath in May.
Rev. J. U. Graves, I). D., of Memphis, Tonn.,
will bo present and preach the dedication ser?
mon. He will also preach at Big Creek on
Saturday, 1st of May, and at Turkey Creek on
Tuesday, 4th of May, at 11 o'clock. The dedi?
catory services at Big Creek will be especially
interesting, and will attract large numbers
from tho surrounding country. Tho building
to bo dedicated is one of tho best structures of
tho kind in this section of the country, and ro
llects much credit upon tho intelligent commu?
nity in which it is situated. Tho brick work
is especially worthy of commendation for its
beauty and completeness. Tho location of the
church is dose by the old building, which is
to be lorn away.
On Thursday last, tho law to prevent cattle
from running at largo on the public streets
ceased to he of force, and as if instinct taught
them thai their freedom was no longer abridged
troops of cows paid a visit to the public square
and inspected all the wagons they could lind.
BRIEF MENTION.
Wo are glad to learn that young McGaha,
who was accidentally stabbed last week, is im?
proving.
There has boon very little cotton brought to |
market during the past week, and middling j
sells to-day (Wednesday) at 143 to 15 cents.
Fishing parties are beginning to visit the
creeks in the vicinity of town; for what pur
pose wo do not know, as they never catch any
lisb.
For many days last week kites were in de?
mand. Even some of our merchants imagined
themselves boys once more, and indulged in
this amusement.
John Herron, an aged citizen of this County,
died at his residence, about eight miles south
of this place, on Saturday last. He was in the
77th year of his age.
The Governor has appointed Capt. Nathan
Me.Alister to fill the ollice of Census Taker for i
Anderson County. He is authorized to ap?
point four assistants.
Copious showers fell on yesterday which laid
the dust, and tended greatly to further the
growth of vegetation. There may be some
chance for the gardens yet.
During the gale on Saturday last, N. K. Sul?
livan ifc Co's. sign was completely destroyed.
We expect to see a handsome one in the void
place ere long, and also one hung out in the
newspapers.
Sunday last was the most disagreeable day
of the season. Tho wind blew furiously from
the Northwest, driving clouds of dust along
the streets, much to annoyance of persons at?
tending church.
Two Constables passed through town a few
days ago, en route for Abbeville, with a colored
prisoner who had committed a hoinous crime
in that County some time ago. Ho was cap?
tured in Pickens.
The Temperance cause is progressing finely in
Broadaway section. About twenty-five new
j members are to be received into Neal's Creek
Division on Saturday night next. An Inter?
esting time is expected.
Heavy frosts visited this section on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday mornings last, destroy?
ing garden vegetables and injuring the fruit
and wheat crops. Corn was also materially
injured, and vegetation of all kinds retarded.
The third term of the Carolina Collegiate In?
stitute began on Monday last. One hundred
and ten pupils are now onrolled, and the pros?
pects of the institution are cheering. The
present term will end on the third Friday in
July next, when the graduating exercises will
take place.
A touching epitaph, full of genuine feeling
and oxprcssivo meaning, reads as follows: "He
knew the value of an editor's time, and never
trespassed long upon it. Peace to his ashes."
Wo will take pleasure in recording this senti?
ment in memory of every deserving friend,
and feel willing to survive them for that pur?
pose.
We are indobted to the committee of arrange?
ments for an invitation to attend a Pic Nie at
the Saluda Mills on Saturday, 1st of May next,
given by Miss Alice J. Cannon's school. Other
engegements will deny us the pleasure of at?
tending, we fear, and we can only wish the
young people a happy enjoyment of the festiv?
ities.
Wo saw in town on Tuesday morning last
Mr. John H. Clarke's new and beautiful sew?
ing machine wagon, the work of Messrs. J. L.
Fant tfc Co., of this place. This wagon is a
first-class*specimen of workmanship, painted
in the neatest style, and will enable Mr. Clarke
to carry on his business on a more extensive
scale, as it will contain a number of machines.
Look out for tho new wagon.
Wo learn that kerosene cans are put to more
uses than one, yince they are usod now-a-days
to carry whiskey in. During the war coffee?
pots were used for this purpose, but the kero
sine can invention is tho best of the two, since
no remarks will or can be made about a young
man seen with one, while there would be
somo gossip were he to travel around with a
coffee-pot, bottle or jug in hand.
The recent changeable weather ought to ad?
monish every one that sudden changes of dress
are full of danger. The charming weather
which preceded che late cold snap may have
tempted some to doff winter apparel too has?
tily, and there is no season of the year more
productive of disease than spring, especially
to the imprudent and careless. Wear your
winter clothing until there is no longor any
doubt that spring has come to stay.
We are glad to observe that the owners of
property on Granite Row are beginning to
altei the appearance of tho ontiro front, by
having it painted a beautiful granite color, and
then pointed, or striped, so as to resemblo
blocks of the natural stone. When finished,
this will greatly add, not only to the looks of
the property, but also to its value. The work
has been commenced on the store of N. K.
Sullivan *fc Co., and is expected to be continued
until the whole row is finished.
The Newberry Herald, on tho authority of
Aunt Betsy Duckott, living on Enorce River,
prognosticates a frost or two during the month
of May. Aunt Betsy says she observed two
fogs in the old twelve days, which are indubi?
table evidence of frost at the period named. In
her long and varied experionco these signs
novor failed; so farmers, gardeners and plant
ists generally may prepare for tho event. Such
gloomy predictions aro enough to discourage
tho most ardent and sanguine truck producers.
Lebanon Division, No. 87, Sous of Tempe?
rance was instituted on Saturday last by Depu?
ty Grand Worthy Patriarch A. B. Towers, as?
sisted by James M. Sullivan, acting Deputy
Grand Conductor, and the following officers
installed: William Harper, W. P. ; Jcptha
Harper, W. A.; Mrs. Anna Darracott, R. S.;
Levi J. Burriss, T.; J. H. Hutchinson, C.; D.
Kay, A. C.; Miss Lizzie Harper, I. S.; Mrs,
L. H. Welborn, P. W. P. The Division will
meet Saturday, 24th inst., at 2 o'clock p. in., at
Lebanon Church.
A highly influential member of tho legal
fraternity, of this place, recently visited our
neighboring State of Georgia on business, and
put up at a first-class hotel. When he left here
ho wore a very fine beaver hat, which some?
body at tho hotel took quite a fancy to, and,
without acquainting the owner of bis intention,
j appropriated the lino header to bis own use,
and left instead a pretty bad specimen of the
badly used plug order, which our friend was
! compelled to wear home. He don't appreciate
hat swapping.
Wo bog leave to differ with our cotemporary,
I of the Conservator, as to what constitutes local
I matter. He says that tho mere fact of editors
i indulging in buggy-rides is not local; but
i when we consider that this pleasure is very
I seldom indulged in, especially by editors, and
! onlv on very pleasant occasions, which aro
I sometimes of much interest, then, in our hum
' ble opinion, they become strictly local. Still
more, when drivers of tho quill order new
broadcloth suits, and have their minds bent on
going to the centennial, accompanied by one
of the gfMitlersex, look out for squalls. Happy
I im the man who ?an be free from uli care.
OLD PENDLETON.
The wheat and clover patches around Pen
dlcton are worthy the ancient reputation of
that vicinity Tor improved farming and pro?
gressive agriculture. The recent cold snap
greatly injured the forward wheat, however.
The icy breath of the adjacent mountains
swept over the town on Saturday and Sunday,
and shattered the hopes of amateur farmers
and gardeners. The thermometer was below
the freezing point on Sunday morning, and Ico
was visible until towards noon.
There is not much improvement In architec?
ture about the ancient burg. Many of its his?
toric buildings aro standing idle and unoccu?
pied. The population neither increases or de?
creases to any great extent, and the town looks
much the same as twenty years ago.
The most notable improvement is tho excel?
lent arrangement for ginning and packing cot?
ton, owned and operated by our friend, A. J.
Sitton. His machinery is propelled by one of
Tozer's best engines, and with Emory's girt
and condenser, to which is attached Hall's self
feeding apparatus, an immense business is car?
ried on with safety and dispatch. Our ginners
might receive instruction from a visit and in?
spection of these arrangements.
The municipal regulations of Pendleton aro
admirable. The calaboose is a prominent fea?
ture of the public square, and violators of the
municipal law are safely lodged in the second
story, from which egress is next to impossible
until the doors are unlocked, as the only ven?
tilation is a hole in the wall twenty leet above
theg.ound. The Lord Mayor and the Chief
Justice are supplied with offices in the base?
ment story, where offenders can obtain justice
most conveniently.
One of the best arranged stores in the up
country is located in Pendleton. It belongs to
tho Masonic fraternity, and is occupied by
Smith, Sloan & Poe, whose example of neat
new and perfect order merits imitation.
Among tho attractions of Pendleton, next to
the ladies themselves, we would mention tho
flower gardens and green-house plants, show?
ing taste in selection and careful cultivation.
Wo invaded the premises of one lady, who was
absont from the town, and made an inspection
of green-house plants grown under her super?
vision, which evidences much caro bestowed
. and intelligent culture. A boquet can be gath?
ered at any time from this choice and beautiful
selection.
Time's changes have not effaced .'the courtly
hospitality of a generous people, whose memo?
ries and traditions are connected with the ear?
lier and brighter days of the commonwealth.
We always enjoy a visit among them, and will
assuredly accept the cordial invitations to come
again.
FIRE
The large and handsome residence belonging
to the estate of Mrs. Ann W. Hammond, de?
ceased, but occupied by Mr. S. S. Newell, situ?
ated on the Greenville road, about two and a
half miles from this placo, was destroyed by
tire on Thursday morning last. Tho origin of
the fire is unknown and purely accidental,
'When first discovered, the smoke and flames
were issuing from the windows up stairs. Mr*
Newell, who was some distance off, on hearing
the alarm given by the colored persons on the
premises, ran immediately to the house, and
with the assistance of some of his neighbors
and the colored men, endeavored to check its
progress, but without any effect, for tho firo,
which had begun un-stairs, was under too
great a headway to be put out without tho aid
of a fire engine. In a few hours nothing re?
mained of tho once beautiful residenco but
charred and blackened ruius. Mr. Newell suc?
ceeded in saving a considerable part of bis
furniture, and his loss will not probably oxceed
one hundred dollars. Tho loss to the heirs of
the Hammond estate is estimated at about
$1500. A quantity of valuable furniture be?
longing to tho late Mrs. Hammond, which bad
been locked up-stairs for safe-keeping, was also
destroyed in the flames.
MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS.
We publish in our issue of this weok a series
of ordinances which were passed by the Town
Council in session on Monday night last. They
relate to all matters necessary for the peace and
welfare of our town, and it is to be hoped that
they will be put in force at once. The Council
have also received from the Secretary of Stato
a certified copy of the amended Charter of tho
Town, passed during the last sitting of tho
General Assembly. This amended charter
gives to them tho right to commute the sen?
tence of any offender, who may be unable to
pay the fine imposed, to not more than twenty
days hard labor on the public streets. Hereto?
fore the Council had only the right to fine and
imprison, but now they are entitled to the ad?
ditional right of imposing punishment in the
way of labor on the streets, which will have a
tendency to deter persons from violating auy
of the ordinances; for, whilo many do not care
for imprisonment, yet they will uot relish hard
labor. During the past week, the most dis?
graceful conduct was practiced by many, who
did so merely to take advantage of the absence
of ordinances, and vent their spleen upon the
Marshals who had no authority to arrest them ;
but now should thoy attempt anything of a
like kind, thoy will have cause to repent of
their folly.
DEATH.
We regret to learn of the death of Mr. John
Carpenter, an aged and highly respectable citi?
zen of this County, which sad event occurred
at his residence about six miles southeast of
this place on Wednesday night last, after an ill?
ness of only three hours, occasioned by disease
of the heart. Tho deceased had been suffering
for upwards of a year from tho same cause, but
nothing serious was apprehended until tho at?
tack came on which terminated in his death,
lie was seventy-one years old, and during his
long lifo, was ever the consistent Christian,
kind parent, faithful friend and upright citizen.
His remains were interred in the cemetery at
Neal's Creek Church on Friday morning last.
Mr. Carpenter was born near Calhoun, in
Anderson County, on the 20th of February,
1805. When he was two years old, his father
(Burrell Carpenter) moved to the place where
be died, and he had lived on this placo for six?
ty-eight years. He is the last one of a largo
family. His father emigrated from Wako
County, North Carolina, in the fall of 1796.
Mr. Carpenter joined the Methodist Church in
1828, and he was married to Elizabeth Emerson
( laughter of Samuel Emerson) in tho year
1825. We aro indebted for these particulars to
a near relative of the deceased.
On Friday evening last, two horses harnessed
to a wagon in front of ('apt. W. S. Sharpens
Guano Depot, took fright, ran away and came
up Depot Street at a furious rate, clearing all
obstructions to their progress. They ran into
another team near tho store of Messrs. N. K.
Sullivan ?V. Co., broke the coupling tongue of
wagon number two, and succeeded in freeing
themselves by breaking the breast chains.
Thoy were caught near the store of Messrs.
B. F. Cravton A Sons. Persons should bo
moro careful, and not leave horses and teams
on the streets without some one to take care of
them.