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Jlttteim ftttettigetttr. HOYT & C?., Proprietors. JAMES A. HOYT, Editor. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.-Two Dolla&S peran Bum, and One Dollab for six months. Subscriptions are not taken for a less period than nix months. Liberal deductions made to dabs of ten or more sub? scribers. RATES OF ADVERTISING.?One Dollar per squsreol ?ae inch for the first insertion, and!Fifty Cents per squaro &r subsequent insertions less than three months. No ad v?rtisement counted less than a square. Liberal contracts will be made with those wishing to advertise for three; six or twerre months. Advertising by contract must be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual"contracting: j ?bituaryNotices exceeding ftve Snes, Tributes of Re speet, and all personal communications or matters of in ?avid?aTiintel'?st, will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcetnenta-o? marriages-and deaths, and notices of a religious character are cespectfullT solicited, and will be inserted gratis.. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1875. Basonry in the United States. The Masonic fraternity is tbe most ancient and influential mystic order that has ever en? listed the sympathy and commanded the devo? tion of mankind. The New York Herald recently contained an authentic report of its dimensions in tbe United . States, besides other valuable data respecting the origin, purposes and history of tbe time-honored institution. From this statement we learn that there are 8,754 Masonic Lodges and 543,474 Master Ma? sons in the United States and Territories. New York has the largest number of Lodges and much tbe largest number of Master Masons? the latter being put down at 90,849, or one sixth of the entire membership. Illinois stands next in point of strength, closely fol? lowed by Pennsylvania. In Utah, there are fonr Lodges and 165 Master Masons. In South Carolina, there are 170 chartered Lodges in working order, and 7,040 Master Masons. Palmetto Orphan Home. This institution continues to receive the care and attention of benevolent citizens in Colum? bia and elsewhere, who are working to sustain aa enterprise for the benefit of destitute or? phans in every part of the State. Their labors are gratuitous aud deserve tbe gratitude of the people. We are glad to know that an occa- j sional contribution is forwarded from Ander? son, and the Board of Trustees recently ac? knowledged the receipt cf Ten Dollars from Miss Kittie Burriss, which was the proceeds realized by the pupils under her charge at an entertainment some time ago. As nearly three fourths of the orphans now under the kindly care of the Home are from the upper section of the State, we trust that similar efforts will cause the managers to become greatly encour? aged by such donations, which alone are relied upon to sustain the institution, and enables them to keep the doors open for new appli? cants. . The Farmer's Friend. The Marion Star invites attention to an im.-' proved agricultural implement which is known as the "Farmer's Cultivator," and which has been endorsed by many of the most successful and practical planters of that section as the greatest labor-saving plow yet invented. It can be used as a single, double or triple plow, and it is said meets the great need of the cotton States by enabling the planter to reduce his animal force from one-third to one-half, or in? crease the productive capacity in the same pro? portion. This implement will soon be brought to the attention of the people in every section cf the State, and will doubtless work a great revolution in the planting interest. A number of gentlemen in Marion have purchased the exclusive right to manufacture and sell this implement in South Carolina, and will shortly introduce die same in every county. Persons desiring further information or wishing to purchase plows are invited to address Messrs. J. Stackhouse & Co., Marion, S. C. ?. ? m t ? Real Estate Agency. An advertisement in this issue informs the public that certain gentlemen have entered into copartnership to establish a Beal Estate Agency, with a view to the introduction of im? migrants, under the name and style of ?. W. SimpcoD & Co., and having offices at Anderson and Pendleton. The purposes set forth must command the sympathy of all good citizens, - and it only needs the co-operation of land? owners to insure success. Indeed, this is the prime necessity to make it valuable and pro? ductive of beneficial results, for without the active and earnest support of those willing to sell* their lands, the agency cannot thrive and prosper. We need the brain, muscle and capi? tal of others to develop our unoccupied lands, and it is only through organized effort that these can be readily obtained We invite our fellow-citizens willing to forward this move? ment to visit the offices at Pendleton and An? derson, and confer with either of the partners upon the proposed business. While intending to devote the main efforts of the agency to bringing persons from a distance, the local business will be promptly attended to, and all inquiries after real estate can meet with satis? factory answers. Buyers and sellers are alike interested in consulting the agency. Advertising agencies Snd others occasionally send popositions to the effect that if we will i advertise the piano establishment, soap factory, { washing machine, sewing machine, or some- ] thing of that sort, belonging to Mr. Blank, we j can receive his due bill for the amount, when- j ever we pay the cash for three times the amou nt j ?f the advertising bill. We understand the operation of this scheme thoroughly. A two hundred dollar due: bill for advertising will be received in part pay for a so-called six hundred dollar piano, which in reality can bo boughi for three hundred dollars cash! Tne adver? tisement costs absolutely nothing! These par? ties can save much time, trouble and paper by omitting this newspaper from their list when? ever they desire to make such propositions to the "country press." The "Newberry Herald Catechism" is the la? test thing on the subject of newspapers. The questions apply to other towns and sections than New berry: "Is there a business man in town who does not take the town paper? Echo answers?yes, several of them. Do they read it ? Yes, every week, liow do they manage it? By borrowing. What ought to be done with them ? Nothing in this life?in the next they will reap their reward. How many in tho country do the same thing? Lots of them.?j What do you think of such conduct? Web? ster's Unabridged does not contain words enough to express an opinion." J "Facts." The Charleston News and Courier submits what it knows in regard to the Parker frauds, and seeks to supply us with "facts." It de? clares that "Gov. Chamberlain is using all his influence, personal and official, to forward the prosecution of Parker and others of the same stripe." We are not chagrined to learn this "fact," and in previous articles have emphati? cally declared that such conduct was essential? ly necessary to establish his claims to our con? fidence as a genuine reformer. But we do not look at this matter through the same spectacles as the News and Courier. If we understand the situation, this prosecution of Parker is a civil proceeding, inaugurated by Comptroller General Dunn, and is not inspired by Gov. Chamberlain or any of his particular friends. It may open the way for disclosures, and it may end like the criminal prosecution of Ex Gov. Moses, in which the present Governor was counsel and adviser. We want to see "Parker and others of the same stripe" made to answer an indictment in the Court of Sessions for their theft and roguery during the four I years of unrestrained plundering, when the honest people of South Carolina were made to suffer for the benefit of impecunious carpet? baggers and unscrupulous natives. And the News and Courier recently expressed our sen? timents on this subject when it said that "a cloud must rest over them (including Cham? berlain) until it is dissipated by the conviction of Parker, or by the proof of his inability to shift the load of crime on to the shoulders of his old friends or colleagues." Gov. Chamber? lain's record and deportment since his inaugu? ration are not involved in this opinion, and we are resolved to let the result justify or condemn him. The expectations of the News and Cou? rier may be realized, and the sincerity and faithfulness of Gov. Chamberlain may be am? ply demonstrated before the trial of Parker is concluded. But we prefer to stand aloof just now, and when the proper time comes, we shall be ready to ascribe due honor to every man who will work for the "discovery and con I viction of noted criminals." The difference between the News and Cou? rier and ourselves consists in the "fact" that the Governor's record during the last six months is accepted by that journal as amply sufficient evidence that he was not connected with any of the frauds and villainies of the Scott administration; while we do not and cannot ignore the "fact" that he was an influential member of that administration. He was the legal adviser and confidential friend of its fi? nancial officers, and it was upon his recom? mendation that the notorious Kimpton was made the Financial Agent. He was a mem? ber of the various boards and commissions which perpetrated such unblushing and unmit? igated frauds upon the State, and the News and Courier has always heretofore held him respon? sible for a full share in these transactions. This statement of "facts" is not exactly in ac? cordance with the tenor of articles, "whatever their intention," which have lately appeared in the columns of our contemporary, but there are -numberless issues of that journal from which we might quote to sustain the statement, when these "facts" were regarded as "good and substantial" reasons for suspecting him of more than bad faith in the premises. Our Texas Correspondence. Houston, May 31, 1875. There is no danger of grass-hoppers in Texas ?wheat is being reaped and ground into flour. The yield is large?from 80 to 40 bushels to the acre. The season has been a little dry, but quite favorable upon the whole. Fine rains are now falling all over the State. i Texas never had a better prospect before her. The Missouri & Kansas E. E., via our Central, and the St. Louis and Iowa Western E. E., via j our Great Northern, connect us with the other States by rail, and furnish special rates to im? migrants. The first line enters the northern and the latter the northeastern border of the State. The cheapest lands this side pf the western frontier are to be found in Central Texas, about midway between the Gulf and Eed Eiver. These fine lands have been neglected, the pref? erence having been given specially to the coun? ties along Eed Eiver, where lands are now getting to be held at higher figures. Lands near this city are quite cheap. They are most? ly low-lying prairie lands, but could be easily ditched and would then produce well. Houston has a population of nearly 26,000, i and is at the head of tide water navigation. Capt. J. E. Foster, her leading* land agent, has a land and gold distributiop on the 30th of June. His scheme has given perfect satis? faction in the past, and appears to be entitled to public confidence. The capital prize at this drawing will be $10,000 gold. I will write you again soon. SAN JACINTO. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Anderson, S. C, June 8,1875. Me. Editoe : On the 29th of last May some gentlemen requested the use of the Court Eoora for the purpose of holding a Grange meeting. I stated to them, in substance, that the Court had the day before forbidden its use for any other than public purposes, and for such they could use it, but not for a private meeting. You heard the remarks of the Judge, and if I have reached a wrong conclusion on the law, and so forth, as interpreted by the Court on this subject, please correct me. I have the greatest respect for my friends and their laudable effort to promote the farming interests of our County. And you know that other societies have failed to obtain the use of the Court Eoom for private meetings, aild while vexed and annoyed at the time, have been constrained to admit that the stringent enforcement of the law as to its use is rendered eminently wise and proper by the changed condition of things since reconstruction. Eespectfully yours, &c., JOHN W. DANIELS. The officers and cadets of the King's Moun? tain Military School recently adopted resolu? tions of thanks to the Carolina Military Insti? tute and the managers of the Mecklenburg Centennial for courtesies extended to them du? ring the late celebration in Charlotto, when tho corps attended in a body, und added so much by their handsome appearance to tho proces sion. Tho King's Mountain School is one of the best in the State, and wo take pleasure in ' directing attention to its advertisement else? where, j For the Anderson Intelligencer. Bel ton Academy. Belton, S. C, June 7,1875. Mr. Editor: A pretty village is Belton, with its vine-wreathed cottages, its stately mansions and its brown farm-houses in the distance; it numbers among its inhabitants some of the wealthy and influential citizens of our County?merchants, farmers, physicians, hotel keepers and mechanics. But with these you are acquainted, and I do not propose to say more. The modest school house occupies a commanding position on the village green, in the least picturesque park of the place, and of it we propose to write. For a number of years, owing to some undefinable cause, Belton Acad? emy has fallen into the back ground. True, the Board of Trustees employad able, experi? enced and unexceptionable teachers, yet the number of pupils was small. Ls-'st year, how? ever, the Trustees secured the services of Mr. C. B. Williams, son of the great and good Rev. Wm. Williams, D. D., of Greenville. The se? lection was a fortunate one. Mr. Williams is a young gentleman of thorough education and training, of fine enthusiasm and a strict dis? ciplinarian, and has infused new energy into the Trustees, and has awakened new interest on the subject of education among the youth and parents of this community. His efforts were so successful last year, that his services were secured for the present year; and certain? ly the exercises of Belton Academy on the 27th of May, while they must have been pleasing to the friends and patrons of the school and grati? fying to the pupils, most triumphantly illustra? ted the ability, aptitude and zeal of the rector. At an early hour the examination of the various classes, male and female, commenced in Stringer's Hall before a large and apprecia? tive audience, and was as thorough and satis? factory as the mostraacting could require. At 11 o'clock a. m. the examination closed and, American-like, some speaking was demanded. Mr. M. E. Mitchell and Warren D. Wilkes, Esq., being present, responded in impromptu speeches of moderate length, and I suppose pleased the audience in the matter of their address, from the applause they elicited. By invitation, the crowd in the hall joined the larger one congregated in the grove at the Presbyterian Church, and did ample justice to as profuse and sumptuous a pic nie feast as I ever saw. After the whites had feasted, the viands not being half consumed, the colored people present were thoughtfully invited to help themselves, and doue so with a good will aud appetite. Dancing among the young peo? ple so inclined, varied the afternoon scene. At night Stringer's Hall, which had been tastefully wreathed with evergreens and flow? ers and well lighted, was crowded to its utmost capacity with a large audience, eager to hear more speaking and witness the further exercises of the pupils of the Academy. The exercises of the evening were opened by Dr. W. C. Brown with an address upon Energy. Being a high type of the energetic man, the Doctor's address was well conceived, happily delivered and was loudly applauded. The delivery of select speeches, recitation of poetry and acting of charades by the pupils, which were all cred" itable' indeed, entertained the gratified audi? ence until a late hour, when the exercises were closed with another short speech from Warren D. Wilkes, Esq. I predict a successful career for Mr. Williams as a teacher, and higher fame and prosperity for Belton Academy. W. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Providence, June 1, 1875. Mr. Editor: It appears from a "local" in your issue of the 20th of May, that Williford's Store has become one of the most flourishing places in Anderson County, on account of the "spirit of enterprise which seems to have taken complete possession of them." There is at Williford's Store a Masonic Lodge, also a Grange, but as for the Temperance Division, with Mr. L. 0. Williford W. P., will appear false from a statement in your last issue. One mile and a half north of the Store there is kept up a debating society, but nothing of the sort at the Store. There is a singing society at Providence Church of much interest, but I hear of nothing of the kind at the Store ; and as for the fine brass band, under the leadership of Mr. J. P. Anderson, vre have not even so much as heard of it. Onerthing, however, is evident, notwithstanding i5n*o^"enterprise" of the people, that there are some persons in the community who are inclined to loaf around and make false statements in order to have sport at the expense of others, and the one who informed you as to this would-be news, failed to make this statement, which would have been correct: that we have in this com? munity an administrator of law in the shape of a Trial Justice who, notwithstanding his having been severely "rasped," cannot be sur? passed for the transaction of business. A CITIZEN. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Mr. Editor: There is a branch of temper? ance workers in this County that the public seldom hear from through the papers?I speak of Mountain Creek Lodge of Good Templars. We had a very interesting meeting on last Saturday night, and initiated teu persons into the order. Truly the temperance cause is on winning grouud now in this County, and it behooves all who wish the cause well to put their shoulder to the wheel, and let us give one mighty shove all together, aud we may succeed if we get help enough. Below you have the list of officers installed to serve for the present quarter: J. L. Glenn, W. C. T. . W. H. Glenn, R. H. S. S. C. Chamblee, L. H. S. Miss Maggie Dan nelly, W. V. T. A. W. Todd, W. S. Miss M. L. Burriss, W. A. S. S. 0. Driver, W. F. S. C. B. McCown, W. T. W. M. Wilcox, W. M. Miss Keturah Watson, W. D. M. John McConuell, W. I. G. Joseph Masters, W. 0. G. Wm. Teet, W. Chap. P. A. Masters, P. W. C. T. Hoping this Lodge may bo heard from often in the future, I remain yours, &c, WHIT. Our Houston correspondent gives a glowing account of the condition and prospects in that Stuto. Wo have tho promise of an occasional loiter from an old and valued friend at Dallas, Texas, whose contributions will bo most ac? ceptable to our readers. Wo are waiting to hear from him. \ The Right Position. In another column will be found an article headed "Gov. Chamberlain," which we take from the Anderson Intelligencer. It takes the right position in a very dignified manner. The Conservative people ot South Carolina are will? ing and do give ample credit to Governor Cham? berlain for the stand he has taken against the corrupt and venal practices of his own party, by putting his personal influence and official j veto in opposition to future peculation, fraud I and downright robbery among the officials of the State; but they are not ready to fall down | and worship him, as a man without official taint [ or blemish. They cannot forget his silent ac quiescence in the tremendous frauds committed by those officials with whom he acted upon the Financial Board and Sinking Fund Commis? sion ; they cannot forget that during the four years he was Attorney General of the State all the infamous frauds for which the people are now made to suffer, were committed, and to satisfy which a system of high taxation, unpar? alleled in the history of nations, was inaugu? rated and is still continued. He may give us the "two clean years" he promised, and thereby incline the people to lock with leniency upon his past official misconduct, in the light of the ? repentance ho professes, but they "cannot blindly pledge allegiance to his political for? tunes nor trammel themselves with unbounded promises of support in the future." If he held his skirts so high during the four years he was the prosecuting officer of the State that uone of the official filth of those slimy days attaches to i;hem, the people are wiiling, nay, anxious, to acknowledge that appearances and associa? tions deceived them. Upon him lies the duty to show that he is innocent of the charges made against him, which duty he seems loth to perform. The Columbia Union-Herald, in the most arbitrary manner, says the article of the An? derson Intelligencer is "supercilious and imper? tinent in tone." No doubt it appears so to the editor of that paper, who has been laying the flattering unction to his soul, for tbe past six mouths, that Gov. Chamberlain was stealthily drawing the whole Conservative and Demo? cratic people over into the Republican ranks, to be officered and drilled into service by Re? publican officers and in Republican party tac? tics. The first bold voice raised to affect this scheme must be silenced or the plot will fail. It is, therefore, supercilious and impertinent for a county paper to speak of Gov. Chamber? lain, save in the most laudatory and fulsome language. As Governor, for lees than one year, he has performed his duty as faithfully and satisfacto? rily to the tax-paying people of the State as the circumstances which surround him would permit; but the time of his probation is too short to wipe out altogether the suspicion of participation which attaches to his four years' connexion with the most corrupt, venal and demoralizing government that ever blasted the good name of a proud State. Nor can we evade the suspicion that he is loth to encourage an investigation into the conduct of the officials who held high positions during those four years of his association with them. He appears more anxious to secure "two clean years" as Governor, than to cleanse his skirts of the dirt of four years as Attorney General. It does seem to us that a man so sensitive as he professes to be, does not court, aye, demand, an investigation of his past offi cial conduct; but instead of that he seems to ask r.hat a thick veil might be thrown over it, and that the people should submit to tha en taiimeuts of his past sins, of omission or com? mission, and accept his present acts as a full and sufficient equivalent for all the wrongs he may have done them in the past. It is now over four years siuce a case of ku kluxing, or any other disturbance that could be tor' red into a political outrage was committed in tins State. The Conservative people have all that time studiously and conscientiously put forth every effort to maintain peace and quiet with all classes of our citizens ; they have promptly paid the enormous taxes annual? ly levied upon their property, and in every other way striven to show that they honestly "accept the situation," but in the face of all this, the Republican papers and leaders are continually chflr^in* us, in the most offensive style, with the former disturbances which, we believed then and still believe, grew out of "the corrupt and fraudulent practices of the govern? ment of which Mr. Chamberlain was a promi? nent officer and must have been cognizant. In the face of over four years of unbroken law and order, we are held up to the world as bloody-handed and still unworthy to be trusted with the affairs of government; that we are not sincere in our professions, but if we had the power we would repeat the wrongs imputed to us four years ago. But when a Republican official refrains, for six mont/is, from committing or countenancing fraud and stealing, and does what is nothing more nor less than his plain duty to the people, and what his own party, North and South, im? peratively demanded of him, to keep it from complete destruction, we art expected to play the toady to him, and if we do not, we are called impertiuent and supercilious. The old adage, "what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" is very applicable here. So long as the tax gatherer annually reminds the people that they nave to pay for the ex? travagance and thieving of the State officials during the four years that Mr. Chamberlain was in office as Attorney General; so long as such Republicans as Joe Crews will continue to persecute the people by arrests for trumped up outrages committed many years ago, and so long a3 the Republican press and speakers con? tinue the cry of Ku Klux against the Conserv? ative people, just so long will the Conservative press and people of this State be justified in suspecting the honesty of any man in the Re? publican party who professes to have repented of his former sins. Four years of exemplary conduct on the part of the Conservative people is not sufficient to inspire confidence in the honesty of their professions, but they are asked to accept the fair conduct, for six months, of a Republican whose name was mixed up with fraud and robbery for four years, as sufficient proof that he and his party are worthy their most implicit confidence. If that is not an impertinent aud supercilious demand, we don't know what is.? Union Times. The Union-Herald.?We hope this paper won't fail. Why? Because there would be no United States government. Seventeen columns out of twenty filled with advertisements belong? ing to the departments at Washington and sheriffs sales caused by the department at Washington. Now, we want a government, but not one that keeps a newspaper alive by robbing the people, therefore we want a change, and when that time comes such monstrosities as the Union-Herald will not exist.? Greenville News. For the Anderso?i Intelligencer. Anderson, June 5, 1875. Mr. Editor : Please add to your very cor? rect report of proceedings of the County Grange, which met in the Masonic Hall on the 29th ult., that the thanks of the Grange were respectfully tendered to the fraternity for the use of their hall. Respectfully, J. W. NORRIS, Sec. Wo loam that Dr. T. A. Hudgons and Mr. James L. Brock, of Hone.: T'ath, have pur? chased tlio right of Shearer's Cotton Press for Anderson County, and aro now making ar? rangements to manufacture the Press both at Anderson and Ilonea Path. Dj\ Hudgens ex? hibited a model to many of our citizens on Monday last, and it was highly commended for the simplicity, durability, cheapness, and .strength of its construction. The price ranges from $125 to $150, which is much lower than any other press of similar value. i ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? Seventy-five cents per bushel is the price paid for dead grasshoppers in Missouri. ? The United States District Judge of Texas has decided that the civil rights law is un? constitutional. ? The recent heavy failures in London are, in the opinion of the London Times, indicative of a great financial crisis. ? The essence of Grant's third-term letter is that he is still a candidate for the Republican nomination or any other. ? The storm-winged cyclone has paid its respects to portions of Indiana and Kentucky, doing a great deal of damage. ? The Southern Presbyterians, recently in session at St. Louis, have selected Savannah as the place for the meeting of the next General Assembly. ? The Pennsylvania war among the coal miners, the police and militia continues. It is a disgrace to that State, but as only white men are involved the Government is little concerned about it. ? The Washington Star says: "Right in front of the Executive Mansion there has been recently set out a young palmetto tree, which, by its growth, gives evidence of having fairly taken root." ? Mrs. Sparnick, of Charleston, died at the Stone House, five miles above Greenville, on the 28th of May. She was thi mother of Hen? ry Sparnick, Esq., of the Aiken Tribune, and has been an invalid for some months. ? The Barnwell-Blackville case has again been decided by the Board of State Canvassers, who issued a certificate of election in favor of Blackville. Barnwell will move for an injunc? tion to restrain the county officers from remov? ing to Blackville. ? From nearly all directions our exchanges are bringing us good crop news. The dry weather of May gave the farmers a fine chance to kill grass, and it is said that both corn and cotton were never cleaner than at the present time, and were never in a more flourishing and promising condition. ? It is noted as a singular coincidence that Micheal Levy, the leading publisher of Paris, and John Harper, the leading publisher of New York, died on the same day. Another coinci? dence is that Gen. Breckenridge and Mr. Bright, whom he succeeded as the presiding officer of the Senate, died almost at the same time. ? At a recents election in Beaufort County, the notorious W. J. Whipper was elected to the House of Representatives. He is one of the most infamous of the corruptionists under Scott's administration, and it is said that he is determined on being elected to one of the eight judgeships to be filled at the next session of the Legislature. ? The announcement was premature that the Centennial Commissioners had selected Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar as one of the orators and Gen. Joseph E. Johnson as master of ceremo? nies for the occasion. No selection has yet been made, but there seems no doubt that rep? resentative Southerners will fill places of honor at the celebration. ? The New York papers announce the death of the Rev. Dr. Gilbert Morgan, of South Car? olina. Dr. Morgan formerly resided in New York. Several years ago he removed to Sum ter, S. C, where he conducted a school for young ladies. The school building was burned during the war, whereupon Dr. Morgan re? moved to New York City. ? The venerable Duff Green, who has been in feeble health for some time past, is now con? fined to bed at his home near Dalton, Ga., from a violent attack of sickness. Gen. Green is nearly ninety years old, and belongs to the earlier days of our country in public service and activity. His daughter married the late Andrew P. Calhoun, of Pendleton. ? The Democratic Legislature of New York has reduced the State taxes more than two mil? lions of dollars a year. They have cut down the tax levy from fifteen millions to thirteen millions of dollars. Upon the same ratio this would he equivalent to a saving in the Federal Government of full fifty millions of dollars a year. It seems to pay the people to elect Dem? ocrats to office. ? The New York Herald says that the cot? ton crop of this year in the Southern States is generally favorable, notwithst^Pding the ex? ceptionally inclement season. Louisiana re Sorts an increase in acreage of four per cent., lississippi of three per cent, aud Arkansas the same. Texas shows still more satisfactory re? turns and Alabama is also encouraging. Poor, downtrodden South Carolina is the lowest on the list. The wonderful resources of the South can bring that section back to its normal state of plentitude and prosperity if needless gov? ernment interference be omitted. ? Mr. George N. Reynolds was stricken with paralysis on Saturday evening, and died on Monday morning, at the age of sixty-three years, at his residence in Winnsboro'. He was for years one of the leading business men of Charleston. He represented his native county ably in the Legislature for several years, lead? ing his ticket at a time of great political ex? citement. During the war he settled in Fair field, where he continued to live until his death. Having lost his fortune and his health at the close of the war, he since occupied the position of a private citizen, aud in his daily walk gained the high esteem aud friendship of his neighbors. He leaves a wife and tour children to mourn his loss. TOWU AND COUNTY NEWS. T. D. KENNEDY, Local Editoe. A DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM. On Wednesday night, tho 2nd inst., an ex? ceedingly sevoro storm of hail passod over that section of the County near Howard's Old Field, on Wilson's Creok, destroying in its course corn, cotton, wheat, etc. It was most destruc? tive on tho plantations of Messrs. D. C. How? ard, D. G. Rampey and G. L. McGee, where tho wheat crop was entirely destroyed, the heads being beaten off by the force of the hail, and the stalks loveled to the ground. It is said that more wheat is left on the ground after the harvest than was left in tho fields of the above named gentlemen by the storm. The leaves and blades on tho cotton and corn were also beaten off and tho stalks of both injured. The hail camo with such force as to peel the bark and mutilate tho branches of the locust and other trees in its course. This is a sad calamity to tho'sufforors, who but a few weeks ago were anticipating abundant crops. A WORD OF EXPLANATION. It will bo remembered that a local appeared' in our issue of a few weeks ago, extolling Wil? liford's Storo as a place of considerable pros? perity, since we were informed that a number of societies had originated and wero in pro? gress there. Wo publish in another place a communication in roforenco to tho aforesaid local, stating that tho information which wo had received was incorrect, since tho majority of tho societies mentioned did not oxist at the Store, but at another place. Now, we want it distinctly understood that wo are not in tho habit of drawing on our imagination for infor? mation respecting county affairs, but receive such information from citizens who reside in different sections. In this particular instance, wo were specially requested to write the afore? said local by James J. tiilmcr, Esq? a promi? nent citizen of tho neighborhood in question and we did so. We hope that the disaffected will now l)e satisfied. Our policy is not to praise one section of our County at the expense of another, but to givo "honor to whom honor is duo,"' and we must take information given as true until the contrary is proven. BRIEF MENTION. Good beef can now be had at che Market House, since all cattle are inspected before be? ing slaughtered. We are informed that the steeple of the Bap? tist Church at Walhalla was struck by light? ning one day last week, and slightly injured. Mr. Kaufman, the well-known lumber man and carpenter, is now engaged at this place in building a fine new residence for Wm. S. Brown, Esq. The Ladies' Sewing Society of the Baptist Church will have Ice Cream at the Masonic Hall on this (Thursday) afternoon at five o'clock. A spirited contest for the championship in marble playing took place on Tuesday morn? ing last, in which the law succumbed to mer? cantile ability. Copious and refreshing showers fell during last week, making crop prospects better. Hail fell on Wednesday night, 2nd inst., without doing any damage in this vicinity. The Sunday Schools of Williamston gave s grand pic nie on the mineral spring lot at that place on Friday last. The occasion was a pleasant one, and greatly enjoyed by all pres? ent. The communication relating to the exercises of Belton Academy has been unexpectedly and unavoidably delayed until this week, and is now given as a merited tribute to the teacher, pupils and patrons of the Academy. The harvest season has begun in earnest, and the yield in wheat promises to be almost equal to that of last year. The oat and other crops will fall short. The clover crop, which has already been harvested, was very fine. Monday last (Saleday) was unusually quiet* There was but one sale, (a buggy,) and only few persons in town. These heretofore cele? brated days are destined to become uninteres? ting during the summer, as horse-swapping and other amusements have been discontinued. The ordination services of Rev. James K. Fant, which were announced to take place at Belton on next Sabbath, have been unavoida? bly postponed until the fourth Sabbath in this month. Unforeseen circumstances make the change necessary. We had the pleasure on Monday last of meeting with our young friend, William A. Vand'^er, who has just graduated from Moore's Business College, Atlanta, Ga. He is a young man of fine promise, and possesses excellent business capacities. Attention is directed to the advertisement of School Commissioner Benson in another col umn, instructing the Clerks of the various Boards of School Trustees in the County to call a meeting of the citizens in their respec? tive School Districts on Saturday, 26th inst. The Alabama Gold Life Insurance Company will be represented at this place by Capt. Wm. Waties, who is an energetic and live business? man. Gen. Stephen D. Lee has been actively at work since his arrival in our midst, and has insured a number of our prominent citizens. Mr. A. B. Towers is the pion'T insurance agent in Anderson. He has been engaged in the business for many years, and now repre? sents several reliable companies, whose aggre? gate assets amount to more than ?7,000,000, Ho can give the surest guarantee against loss or damage by fire, and we invite attention to> his advertisement We learn that the Grange and Good Temp? lars, and the citizens generally of Honea Path and vicinity, propose to have a Pic Nip at that thriving place on Saturday, 19th inst. Col. D. Wyatt Aiken and other speakers will be invi? ted to address the people. The Grange and the Temperance cause will be ably advocated, and; a pleasant time is anticipated. Roden's Improved Cultivator has given the greatest satisfaction to every farmer who has tried it. A number of certificates from reliable and widely known citizens appears in the ad? vertisement of Mr. W. J. Hix, who owns the right for Anderson and Ooonee Counties.? Agencies have been established in different localities, where farm rights can be procured. No little excitement was caused on Saturday evening last by the capers of a saddle-horse which had broken loose from one of the racks. He ran around the public square, and down some of the sidewalks, clearing all obstructions in his course. The sidewalk on Depot street was very crowded at the time, but was cleared in a few seconds. He was caught near Dr. W. H. Nardin's, and quietly led back. Round trip tickets will be sold at the differ? ent stations on the line of the Greenville & Co? lumbia Railroad to all persons who are de? sirous of attending the Commencement Exer? cises at the Williamston Female College, which takes place from the 15th to the 17th of June. The tickets will be good to return until the 20th. Also, to the Commencement Exercise** at the New berry College, Walhalla, from the ISth to the 24th of June?tickets good to return until the 26th. We learn that one night last week, some parties unknown, entered the sleeping apart? ment of the Rev. Samuel Lander, in the lower story of the Williamston Female College at Williamston, and rifled his pockets of every? thing they contained; then went .up stairs, en? tered some of the rooms occupied by the young lady boarders, opened their trunks, took a quantity of clothing, and absconded. This was a bold robbery, and we hope that the thieves may be apprehended and brought to punish? ment. Attention is called to the card of Capt. John W. Daniels in our issue of this week, stating bis reasons for refusing the use of the Court House for private meetings. We were present when Judge Cooke instructed Capt. Daniels in reference to this matter, and heard him charge that the Court-room should not be opened for other than publicJjusiness, and that if his in? structions were TOt carried out, the Clerk would be held responsible. The Clerk acted in this matter in accordance with the instructions of the Court, and certainly ought not to be blamed by any society for doing his duty. Pendleton must be a happy place to live in. The Town Council has not levied a tax upon real and personal property since reconstruc? tion, and only one or two years has there been any such thing as commutation for street duty. In former times, the municipal taxes were col? lected by the Tax Collector of Anderson Dis? trict, and when that office was abolished, the Town Council concluded not to levy any more taxes, in order to avoid the trouble and expense of collecting. The town exchequer is never overflowing, but the revenues from other sources are sufficient for all practical purposes. Comparative Rain Fall during the First Five Months of the Past Three Years. From January 1st to April 50,1873..17.42 Inches. During May. 1873.?-.7.68 " Total to May 31, 1873.-25.1 " From January 1st to April 30,187-1.21.64 " During May, 1874.~.2.57 " Total to May 31,1874..23.61 ? From January 1st to April 30, 1875.-22.37 " D?ring May, 1875. 1.56 " Total to May 31,1875.23.93 " S. LANDER. Williamston Rmale College.