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Another Radical Exposed.
The murder of Dr. E. C. Shell, an excellent
citizen of Laurens County, took place in No?
vember, 1868, while he was returning home
with a party of friends one night. As the
party reached a certain place, three miles from
the town, a murderous volley was fired upon
them from the road-side, and Dr. Shell was
instantly killed. The general belief settled j
down upon Joseph Crews, the notorious Kadi-;
cal, as the instigator of the murder, and recent i
developments point with unerring certainty to
him as the author of this devilish and malig
nant crime. Among the late arrests in Spar-1
tanburg and Greenville, growing out of the
murders and robberies committed in the up
country during the last twelve months, Wright j
Sullivan, Alf. Walker and Albert Parks?all
Laurens negroes?were apprehended and com-1
mitted to the jail in Greenville. Besides other
crimes, these men were charged with complici?
ty in the murder of Dr. Shell, and confessions
have been made by Sullivan and Parks, impli?
cating Joe Crews as the originator of the plot,
and charging that his son Adam Crews was
one of the party, and the leader of the brutal
gang. These negroes swear positively that
they and others were hired to commit the mur?
der, and that Joe Crews paid them for this
awful deed. We are unable to give the full
particulars this week, but wi" endeavor to
furnish a complete statement in oar next issue.
The Greenville News has been active and un?
tiring in searching for the testimony against
Crews, and makes a full exposure of this infa?
mous scoundrel, whose annoyance and perse?
cution of the good people in Laurens has long
since passed beyond endurance. His vindic
tiveness and hatred have been exhibited in
every imaginable-form, and we rejoice that his
career is coming to an end.
Hard Times in Mississippi.
We are permitted to make some extracts
from a private letter lately received by a rela?
tive from Col. J. E. Welborn, of Clarke Coun?
ty, Miss., in which he represents that section
as undergoing a severe ordeal from the scarcity
of money and provisions. Col. Welborn is a
native of Anderson County, and went to Mis?
sissippi more than thirty years ago. He is an
energetic, practical farmer, aud is a prominent
citizen of his section of the country. He says:
"We have for the last eight months had the
severest times I ever experienced. I have seen
times when money was as scarce as now, but
then the country abounded with provisions.
Now, both are scarce and high. Corn on a
credit is worth $1.75; bacon, 20 cents; flour,
(very common/^ $12.00; money worth from 3
to 5 per cent, per month. This is all the peo?
ple's fault. The country people here as a gen?
eral thing have been gradually going down for
the past ten years, and it has all grown out of
speculative farming. That is, trying to make
cotton with free negro labor to buy their sup
dlies of corn, meat, molasses, &c. There were
a few old-fogyish enough all the time to make
their supplies at home and some cotton, which
was their surplus, and this class of farmers
have been easy all the time. Some would even
buy hay made and shipped from Maine to feed
to their work horses and mules, in place of
making oats and fodder at home. The result
was that half of them broke down flat, and
the rest are badly crippled." ^
He reports a revolution in sentiment, how?
ever, and that this year affairs have assumed a
different phase. A great many oats were sown
last fell; twenty-five per cent, less cotton has
been planted; two hundred per cent, more
sugar cane and sorghum than ever before; one
hundred per cent, less trading at the stores
and a determination to economize in every?
thing. The former condition broke many of I
the merchants, who were supplying provisions
upon the promise of 50 to 100 per cent, profit, |
to be paid in the fall out of the cotton crop,
which was often a failure, and a considerable
number of broken merchants have gone to
fanning. The price of land has been extreme?
ly low, as this kind of property was undesira?
ble, in consequence of the exorbitant rate of
taxation under Radical rule. Thirty dollars
per thousand is the present rate of taxation 1
The hard times are bringing the negro to his
senses, and he is now much more dependent
npon the white man than he was twelve months
ago. A change of the farming system will
dispense with ?ne-third of the labor and pro
dace competition among the laborers for pla?
ces. Heretofore, the greedy anxiety to make
cotton demanded all the labor there was in the
country, and as- a natural result the laborers
controlled everything.
In addition to these extracts, which might
be extended, we have received a printed copy
of a valuable and instructive report submitted
by Col. Welborn to the Clarke County Grange,,
on the subject of labor, embracing estimates
on the value of labor as generally employed
and suggestions as to the beneficial effects of a
change in the system of farming usually prac?
ticed. This report will prove interesting, to
many of our readers, and we propose to give it
an insertion next week. Labor is the most
costly element in farming operations, and
much instruction may be derived from the
interesting facts and figures contained in the
report.
? The interrogatories for the commission to
examine Kimpton in the Parker case have been
completed, aud served on Parker's counsel.?
They make thirty or forty pages of foolscap.
The counsel for the defence have until the lSJth
to frame cross interrogatories. Comptroller
Dunn has gone to New York in the interest of
the approaching trial. It is not expected that
anything will be done in other prosecutions
until the Parker case is disposed of.
The Pendleton Farmers' Society.
We are indebted to an esteemed friend, who
is an officer of the Pendleton Farmers' Society,
for the perusal of an old publication, which
contains much of interest belonging to this
venerable organization, including "the consti?
tution and bye-laws, together with letters and
papers which have been read before the Society,
at its various meetings." The book or pamph?
let contains one hundred and twelve pages,
and was printed A. D. 1820 at the office of the
Columbia Telescope. After the constitution
and bye-laws, there follows a list of honorary
and resident members, and the latter are desig?
nated by the year of their joining the Society,
beginning with the organization in 1815.
Among the honorary members, we note the
names of Hon. William Lowndes, C. C. Pinck
ney, jr., and Gen. D. E. Huger, of Charleston;
Hon. J. C. Calhoun, who is registered from
Washington City, and who was just entering
upon his great career, being a member of the
House of Representatives; Gen. John Blassin
game, of Greenville ; D. P. Hillhouse, Wash?
ington, Ga.; Dr. C. M. Reese, Philadelphia,
who afterwards removed to*Athens, Ga.
The list of resident members includes nearly
all the familiar names of this region, and some
which are now extinct. Thomas Pinckney, jr.,
was the first President of the Society, and his
name heads the list. Andrew Pickens, John
Miller, sen., Charles Gaillard, J. T. Lewis, J.
B. Earle, Joseph Grishara, Richard Harrison,
John Maxwell, Warren R. Davis, Elam Sharpe,
Francis Burt, D. Sloan, jr., J. T. Whitefield,
F. W. Symmes, Joseph Whitner, Thomas Sloan
and David K. Hamilton are among the resident
members whose names are recorded?the total
number during the five years being eighty
two. We are informed that only one of the
resident members is now living?Mr. George
Reese, of Alabama, who was recently on a
visit to relatives and friends near Pendleton.
The "pap'ers" open with an address from the
President, Mr. Thomas Pinckey, jr., calling
attention to the objects and importance of the
Society, and urging the pursuit of agriculture
as one of the chief blessings of the world.
Other documents bear his signature, and in?
deed nearly all are signed by Mr. Pinckney
and his successor, John L. North, Esq. The
favorite themes were akin to those urged by
agricultural writers of the present day, such as
pea vine hay, the cultivation of the grasses,
the making and application of manures, and
"farm stock."
The valedictory of Mr. Pinckney, on retiring
from the chair after two years' service, is a
model of brevity and good sense. He declared
that "never, in my humble opinion, shall we
truly prosper, until we admit hay fields as a
regular rotation among our grain crops. Sow
clover seed on your wheat before the frost is
over, strew plaster of paris on your young
clover, and the experience of all farming coun?
tries will tell you, you have the secret of abun?
dance, and improvement with the least labor."
He descanted exclusively upon this topic of
raising clover and grasses, deeming it "an ob?
ject so all important" that he would not risk
dividing attention by mentioning another sub?
ject. Mr. Pinckney's words written more than
fifty years since are still applicable to this sec?
tion.
From the "first report of the committee on
grasses and grass lauds," we make the following
extract:
"Ten or twelve years ago, a gentleman resi?
ding on the waters of Twenty-three Mile Creek,
cleared a meadow of four acres at the head of
a small branch, a great part of which was so
high as to produce only what we call the broom
or sedge grass; and on the low and wet parts,
grew a coarse grass, very much resembling what
we call the fox tail; but after this meadow had
been mowed two or three years, these grasses
became much finer, and yielded better and
more abundant hay. For two or three years,
the product of this meadow was not considera?
ble, as it had been thickly covered with young
maple, the sprouts of which were very trouble?
some for that time; but as soon as they were
entirely subdued, so as to give the grass full
possession of the soil, the quantity of hay was
so much increased as to become an object of
great importance, insomuch that the annual
product for several years past, has been esti?
mated at one hundred dollars, and the last
summer seventeen large wagon loads of good
hay was taken from it.
The report of the committee on farm stock
is largely devoted to a discussion of the rela?
tive merits of the horse and the ox as "the
beast of. the plough," resulting in a decided
preference for the horse. As a great desidera?
tum in agriculture, the committee endeavored
to find "an animal uniting most of the good
qualities of the horse and ox, with few of tho
objections applicable to either," and the opin?
ion is ventured that "the mule is better calcu?
lated to answer the general purposes of the
farm than either the horse or the ox." The
committee further declare that "nothing but
ignorance and prejudice could have kept the
value of this useful animal so long from being
known among us," and moreover that "the most
intelligent writers upon farm stock appear and
acknowledge themselves to be ignorant of the
mule as a beast of the plough." The commit?
tee were better informed, however, and gave a
most convincing argument -in favor of the
mule I
The concluding paper is "an address to the
farmers of Pendleton District," followed by a
number of queries on important subjects con?
nected with farming, which all engaged in ag?
riculture are requested to answer. The ad?
dress and queries were ordered to be printed in
the Pendleton Messenger. The address declares
that "foreign luxuries ought to be abandoned,"
which is a patriotic emanation, justified by the
Second War for Independence so lately con?
cluded. To give effect to this declaration, the
address recommends the following : "Many
good substitutes for coffee may be found. Rye
well cleaned, washed, and dried in the sun,
then parched and ground, makes a beverage
hardly to be distinguished from coffee, and
more wholesome. Carrots cut in very Bmall
squares, dried hard in the sun, and then parch?
ed and ground, is another good and wholesome
substitute." Whether the experience of the
present generation will agree with the prefer?
ence for "rye" as a substitute for coffee, we
think extremely doubtful. The memory of our
recent war is too fresh and vivid on this point
to obtain sanction from any considerable num?
ber of people.
We might extend thefe notes 'definitely with
interesting statements from the transaction of
the Pendleton Farmer's Society in its earlier
i years. The more recent history of the Society
; is familiar to many of our readers. The organ
1 ization is still maintained, and the Society ia
kept together by a few gentlemen, who manage
its property and preserve its records. The
building known as Farmers' Hall, which was
.once the Court House of Pend.leton District,
belongs to the Society, and is occupied as a
drug store aud post office. The following is a
list of the present officers : Thomas S. Cray
ton, President; W. H. D. Gaillard, Vice Pres?
ident ; George Seaborn, Corresponding Secre?
tary ; P. H. E. Sloan, Recording Secretary and
Treasurer.
The Notorious Leslie.
It has been recently alleged that Charles P.
Leslie, of Barn well, was a fugitive from justice
at this time, and was avoiding arrest by re?
maining outside the State. His fraudulent
management of the Land Commission is a part
of the blackened history of reconstructed South
Carolina, and it is time that the misdeeds of
that nefarious machine were being exposed to
judicial scrutiny. Leslie has been bold and
defiant from the beginning, however, and on
more than one occasion has taunted those
around him with unequivocal declarations that
the stealings and pickings of the Land Com?
mission were governpd by the ordinary rule of
"addition, division and silence." He has never
denied that the main portion of the money
raised by the Land Commission was stolen
from the State, nor has he attempted to con?
ceal the existence of a combination between
himself and his partners to enrich themselves
at the expense of the destitute freedraen, for
whose benefit this benevolent (?) scheme was
ostensibly organized.
In reply to the charges that he had abscon?
ded and was avoiding arrest, Leslie has lately
forwarded a letter to the Columbia Phoenix,
replete with characteristic impudence and au?
dacity. His admissions are enough to induce
an early investigation into the Land Commis?
sion and its swindles, which are commended
to the vigilant attention of the proper author?
ities, when time and circumstances will per?
mit. Here is the letter of the irrepressible:
Fair Haven, N. J., June 3,1875.
Editor Phcenix : Just about the time I
fairly got set down herein Jersey, trying to
say my prayers and thanking God that things
were no worse, here came an Associated Press
despatch, saying I had absconded to avoid ar?
rest, &c, &c, and that I defrauded the State
out of Lord only knows how much. Bail just
?440,000 (why didn't he make it e?en?say one
half million?) Only think of it. I never
knew I was so bad. I expected to see further
along in the despatch where a majority of the
Advisory Board were already in custody, for
you ku?w without they ordered the purchase it
was no go; they were boss?and yet, I defraud
the State. Now that's the man I have been
looking for all these five years I have been
out of office. Who is the man that should first
throttle the great land commission swindle, and
Leslie, the great swindler?. I say, who is the
man ? There is a trifling rascal down in Barn
well ; ho don't pay for the whiskey he drinks;
rather of a theatrical gentleman ; rather light j
waisted; perfectly disgusted with me, and out of
patience with all Radicals except himself. Can
it be he? Can it be? I think it can; for it
reads just like he wrote it. I am sorry for the
State because it is bad enough to beat and rob
the dear old State out of about the last cent,
and perhaps never recover it back, without be?
ing made a fool of. Everything fails he touch?
es; if he advises you to go this way, then the
history of the last ten years of his life is, you
should have gone the other way, certain ; if he
tejls you he is sure to do a certain thing, de?
pend on it, he will fail. I think this be he that
intends to throttle me. Well, here you will
find he is wrong, at the very moment when he
thinks he is right.
They have got the bail so high that I am
afraid there is not enough men in the whole
State to qualify. Who fixed that bail ? I ex?
pect, too, he is an earnest and zealous,Repub?
lican. I would like to help elect a few more of
the same sort?that is, I would like to go all
lengths to do so, providing he is respectable.
I suppose he was satisfied from the look of the
papers that about $440,000 was the right thing.
Now, Mr. Editor, I can't think I took that
much, for all we had was $500,000 in bonds, and
then we had to buy a little land to keep for
appearance sake. That took some money,
and you know it would be just a little unfair to
say I got all that was left. Perhaps I might
have come close on it, if it hadu't been for the
advisory gentlemen ; and then I am caught
now, for they swear every one of them they got
not one cent. I expect, after all, I got it. O,
what a bad man I am. Absconded?cleared
out?run away.
My dear Editor, I will face the music liko a
man, and I will clean out that concern?lock,
stock, and barrel. They must not lower the
bail. Keep it up to high water mark. Every?
body that ever was a Republican must bo ar?
rested. That's the watchword now; particu?
larly if they are in the way of some one else.
This learns us another lesson?stick a pin in
there.
When I am there, they are not happy.?
When I am gone, they say I have absconded.
I am, respectfully, yours, at present.
C. P. Leslie.
Death of Gen. Duff Green.
The venerable, and distinguished journalist,
Gen. Duff Green, departed this life on Thurs?
day last, in the 85th year of his age, at his
home near Dalton, Ga. He was a remarkable
man in many respects, aud once achieved a na?
tional reputation as an editor and bold, vigor?
ous writer. He was a native of Kentucky, and
early in life assumed a prominent position in
political circles. During the administration of
President Jackson, he established a newspaper
in Washington City, called tho United States
Telegraph, which attained great celebrity from
the able and independent position upon public
measures, and its warm devotion to the interests
of Andrew Jackson. Subsequently, Gen. Green
attached himself to the nullification party, and
became identified with the views and utterances
of Mr. Calhoun. He was a kind, amiable, and
sociable gentleman, pure in character and
steadfast to principle His later years were
Bpent in quiet, unobtrusive life at Dalton, Ga.,
where he was surrounded by numerous frjends
and relatives. His daughter married the late
Andrew P. Calhoun, of Pendleton, whose fami?
ly were a part of his household since the war.
? The Masonic fraternity at Cokesbury will
observe St. John's Day, 24th inst., with a pic
nie dinner and several addresses.
? Jefferson Davis has been invited to deliv?
er an address before the Bartholomew County
(Indiana) Agricultural Society this fall, aud
will accept.
? Rev. Dr. Plumcr has resigned his position
in the Theological Seminary at Columbia, and
Rev. John L. Girardeau has been elected to
fill the vacancy.
? We regret to learn tho sudden death of
Mnj. John Wells Simpson, an estimable and
upright citizen of Laurens, which occurred on
the Jird inst., of heart disease. He was about
sixty years old.
? Eugene llarvy Williams, son of Rev. Wm.
Williams, D. 1)., of Greenville, died at his fa?
ther's residence on the 9th inst., after a pro?
tracted illness, aged 15 years. He was an un?
usually intelligent and promising youth. I
A Capital Suggestion.
The Winnsboro News makes an excellent
suggestion in regard to the Tax Bill, which it
is understood Gov. Chamberlain proposes to
veto, when the Legislature re-assembles next
winter. The oppressive and unjust features of
the tax levy have been pointed out already,
and we do not suppose that argument is neces?
sary to convince the tax-payers that a reduc?
tion ought to be made. The bill now in the
hands of the Governor levies a State tax of
thirteen mills, which is the highest tax ever
levied in this State, and it is stated that this
extraordinary amount will leave a deficiency
of $120,000, owing to the unequal manner of
distributing the tax. The payment of doubtful
and fraudulent claims provided for by the pro?
posed levy, and the unnecessary appropriations
made, alone demonstrate the wisdom and pro?
priety of putting a quietus upon this fresh
incubation of the robber band. The people
must evince some interest in this matter, which
directly affects their pockots, and the occasion
is now offered to set the seal of their condem?
nation upon this infamous measure. The sug?
gestion of the Winnsboro News looks to action
by the people at the public meetings in the
school districts on Saturday, 26th inst., and we
would respectfully urge that a full attendance
of tax-payers be secured at these meetings*
with a view of adopting the sensible pro?
gramme which is contained in the annexed
extract:
As Gov. Chamberlain proposes to veto the
Tax Bill, he should receive the support of the
people. The Union-Herald, we believe, sug?
gested that public meetings be held all over
the State, calling on him to veto this measure.
This is impracticable at this time of the year.
We now suggest that such resolutions be passed
at each school district meeting throughout the
State. Coming from every section, and from
the people directly, they would have great ef?
fect, not only on the Governor, who intends at
any rate to veto the bill, but upon the Legisla?
ture who must re-enact a new law.
The resolutions should be of somewhat the
following form:
1st. That the people are willing to pay all
taxes necessary for the welfare of the State,
but no more.
2nd. That the tax levy passed last session
was exorbitant and unnecessary.
3rd. That the Governor be requested to veto
the said bill, and any other of like import.
4th. That the members of the Legislature are
instructed to sustain a veto, and frame a new
law, reducing taxation within proper limits.
We believe that such action would be pro?
ductive of most beneficial results. We submit
it to the consideration of the public.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
School Teachers' and Trustees' Meeting.
The Convention of County teachers and
trustees of public schools, held at the School
Commissioner's rooms on the 12th inst., was
well attended. t Called to order by Capt. T. P.
Benson, who stated that the object of the call
was to determine upon the advisability of a
local tax levy for next year, and to devise some
means to increase the efficiency of the schools.
On motion, Col. W. S. Pickens was called to
the chair, and in supplementing the remarks
of the School Commissioner, said that the
meeting was an important one, as its province
was to make suggestions to the citizens in ref?
erence to the policy to be pursued toward tho
public schools.
Mr. Newton offered a resolution as follows:
Resolved, That this Convention respectfully
recommend to the trustees of each school dis?
trict that they call a township meeting on the
last Saturday in June to decide by vote of citi?
zens the limit as to number of schools to be
taught in each district, the location of the
same, and to take measures to prevent the
waste of public funds upon irregular schools,
not so authorized and located.
Several gentlemen spoke to the resolution ;
and the Chair, with an apology for the depar?
ture from parliamentary etiquette made a few
valuable remarks which wo note in brief, as
containing the substance of the whole mat?
ter. He said that trustees permit schools to be
established very frequently when there is little
promise of good results, merely to avoid trou?
ble and please neighbors; that the office of
trustee is onerous and is not lavish of emolu?
ments ; that p?.ople always grumble most at
the officers who are worst paid. Trustees can?
not afford to make a constant struggle against
local whims. Besides, the townships are too
largo for school districts. They, ought to be
sub-divided, sc that one school in each would
be enough, and so that each school could be
properly sustained on the basis of its attending
population. In fact, our school "system" is
suffering most from the absence of "system."
incompetent teachers and schools established
by recognizing every local application therefor
were phenomena intimately related. No
J school paid enough to tempt good teachers,
because there were so many schools to be paid
for. He could wish the resolution covered
more ground.
Mr. Newton remarked, in support of the res?
olution, that the systematizing of our schools
would greatly reduce the labors of trustees
I also. Mr. Parker, after some inquiry as to the
effect of tho resolution upon colored schools,
gave it his support. Unanimously adopted.
Mr. Newton offered the following: "Re?
solved, That this convention recommend to
j tho citizens of each district the levy of a local
tax to be applied to the repair, constructiou,
&c, of school-houses, and to payment of teach?
ers." Carried.
Mr. Murdoch offered the following resolu?
tion, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Board of School Examin?
ers are respectfully requested to raise the grade
of examination for teachers iu such manner as
to secure a better and a competent class of
instructors for public schools.
Much of the discussion concerning school
matters was of great interest. The convention
seemed unanimous upon the means to bo em?
ployed in building up the schools, and there
is little doubt that much of the reform sugges?
ted is practicable and greatly required. It is
to be hoped that the good work will be pushed
forwarcTuntil our schools shall become credita?
ble to the public patronage.
? Alf. Walker, for the murder of Rev. J. C.
Millor, was convicted at Union C. H., on Tues?
day last, and a motion in arrest of judgment
was made by the prisoner's counsel, on the
ground of a fatal defect in the indictment.
Tho argument of counsel upon this motion will
take place to-day.
? A heavy storm of wind, rain and hail
passed over Greenville on Tuesday afternoon,
smashing trees and breaking window glass, and
giving a big scare to the citizens generally.
Tho tornado was more destructive in the coun?
try, where it demolished houses and fencing,
prostrated trees, destroying orchards, and oth?
erwise inflicting damage. No lives were lost.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Williamston Stores, Merchants, etc., etc.
Mr. Editor: I seat myself this delightful
afternoon with pen in hand to give you a short
and graphic description of the stores and mer-1
chants in the little village of Williamston, j
thinking perhaps it might interest some o j
your numerous readers in whiling away a few
of their leisure moments.
We have recently been highly favored with i
delightful seasons of rain, which have consid
erably contributed to revive the stunted growth
of vegetables in our gardens, and also that of
bur field crops generally ; and, besides, in my J
opinion, they have had something to do in re?
viving the drooping spirits of our farmers and
merchants all over the laud, in brightening
their prospects for the realization of a bounti?
ful crop, and their hopeful anticipation that
money, oue of the things needful, will be more
plentiful to reward the honest laborer and
merchant for his teil and perseverance. With?
out toil and perseverance we shall not be likely
to accomplish much iu this world, either for
our own good or that of others. Therefore, it
behooves us to be wide awake "while it is
called to-day," to improve each moment as it
passes away, if we would benefit ourselves or
our fellow-beings.
But I am about to forget what I intended
and proposed when I took my seat. I inten?
ded to say something about the stores, mer?
chants, etc. They are situated immediately
on Main street, which runs through the centre
of town from East to West. In order that "the
first shall be last and the last first," I shall
commence at the eastern extremity, (though it
is uncertain, at present, judging from the last
twelve months' improvement, where tho termi?
nus will finally be,) and the first one that I
shall mention is the house erected by our en?
terprising and popular physician, Dr. H. I.
Epting, known by the appellation of "Red
House," and which is occupied at present by
our energetic townsman, merchant and farmer,
Mr. J. B. Rogers, who is always ready and
willing to wait upon a customer, and will not
let him leave without trading some, if he can
be pleased at all.
The next one which I shall mention is anew
store put up by Maj. T. F. Anderson, who
keeps on hand a small but selected stock of
dry goods, family groceries, shoes, tin-ware,
jug-ware, etc., etc., which he proposes to sell
low for cash, and flatters himself that he can
make it to the interest of all his friends and
customers, who come to Williamston to trade,
to give him a call before purchasing elsewhere,
as he is determined to sell goods as low as any
other, unless they sell them below cost and
carriage ; and no doubt would be happy to wait
on a customer at any time who may favor him
with a call.
The next one which I shall notice, is owned
and kept by Mr. David Stoddard, who is al?
ways on the lookout for customers, and ready
with his wit and humorous jokes to attract the
attention of every one who passes by, until he
can get him in, and then sell him a bill of
goods before he leaves, if possible. He also
keeps dry goods, groceries, shoes, hats, cutlery,
tin-ware, hard-ware, etc., all of which he is
anxious to sell.
Next in order is the store of Mr. C. E. Hor?
ton, a prominent and influential citizen; a
very polite and hospitable gentleman, who is
kind and civil to all; who keeps a general
stock of merchandise, and saves neither pains
nor attention on his part to suit and please his
customers, which he certaiuly has the knack of
doing, if we may judge from the number of his
customers. )
The next in line is the storehouse belonging
to Dr. J. W. Crymes, one of the first settlers of
our town, one room of which is occupied by
himself as a Dental office, where he is prepared
with every facility to take your teeth out or
put others in for yoh, on reasonable terms.
Give him a call and be convinced. The other
portion of the building is occupied by Messrs.
Cooley & Dacus, two respectable and substan?
tial young merchants, who have set out with
some degree of zeal and energy to make a
spoon or spoil a horn. They, too, keepra good
stock of dry goods, groceries, hardware, crock?
ery and glass-ware, and, of course, desire to
sell all they can to enhance their fortunes.
The next in the vocabulary is a large and
commodious building, recently erected and oc?
cupied by Messrs. W. P. Cannon & Co., where
they keep a large stock of ready-made coffins
and furniture, together with a general stock of
dry goods" groceries, confectioneries, &c, all of
which they will sell on accommodating and
liberal terms, fry them and see for your?
selves.
We next cross the railroad and enter the
dwelling of Mr. Thomas Crymes, another one
of the early settlers of Williamston, who has
recently sold out his interest in the store to
Messrs. Thomas B. Crymes and M. V. Barkley
?gentlemen of some experience in the mercan?
tile line, who occupy a portion of the same
house, keep the postoffice and a whole lot of
goods of various kinds and qualities, which
they are selling very fast. Call soon and get
bargains.
Just opposite, on the other side of the street,
is the office of our gentlemauly and accommo?
dating Railroad Agent, Dr. W. A. McCorkle,
which we must not neglect to notice as we are
passing by. The Doctor keeps every thiug
very neatly, with all his balance sheets com?
plete in every line and very fine.
Hard by is the shop of Mr. J.*A. Suratt, and
if you want boots or shoes, both neat a fine,
just show the greenbacks and they are thine.
Just across the street, and opposite the last
mentioned place, is the storehouse now belong?
ing to Dr. B. F. Brown, a high-toned gentle?
man of some renown, who in town is often
found, with squills and pills to cure the chills
and many other ills to which the human fami?
ly is subject. This house has recently been
made to put on a new coat, in the way of
paint, which adds not a little to its general
appearance in attraction. It is now occupied
by a: new firm, under the style of Cox &
Hutchinson. They keep on hand a stock of
staple and dry goods, groceries, confectione?
ries, &c., to which they invite special atten?
tion ; and, of course, would gladly wait upon
all who may give them a call.
We still extend our walk down Main street
towards the creek, and anon, we arrive at the
door of Anderson's store, now styled and
known by the firm of Anderson & Chapman?
men of considerable means and long experience
in the mercantile department. Maj. G. W.
Anderson was formerly solo proprietor of this
well known establishment until recently, when
he and oue of his old clerks (who, by the by,
has been staying with him for quite a number
of years, some eighteen or twenty perhaps, and
who, doubtless, has made money enough by
his valuable services as clerk, to prompt him
to the conclusion to become a partner in run?
ning the. machine) formed a copartnership
under the name and stylo already mentioned.
These gentlemen have constantly on hand a
variety of goods too tedious to euumcrate,
j which they will sell cheap for cash, or on time
' to good and prompt-paying customers; so it
j may be to tho advantage of those wishing to
j buy goods of any kind, to look around and
post themselves in prices, before making their
purchases.
For fear that I have already trespassed too
much upon your time and columns, and said
more than your readers can well digest at one
I time, without taking recess, I shall add noth
; ing more at present, hut perhaps shall have
something more to say, occasionally, about
other matters and things in and about
WILLIAMSTON.
Williamston, S. C, June 10, 1875. '
No Particular Wisdom in so Much
Blind and Gushing Confidence.?Last
week we published an exceedingly sensible
and well-timed article from the Anderson In?
telligencer?&u article full of patriotic watch?
fulness over the interests of the white people
of South Carolina. For this article the Intel'
ligencer has been right soundly berated by cer?
tain of its contemparies, and accused of follow?
ing in the wake of the New York Sun, which
does not seem to be run mad on the subject of
Gov. Chamberlain's God-like virtue and purity.
The Sun says that any strong alliance between
the tax-payers of South Carolina and Governor
Chamberlain will, in the long run, end disas?
trously for the tax-payers. Gov. Chamberlain
has done well since his occupation of the
gubernatorial chair of South Carolina?deci?
dedly well. He would be a churl who would
say otherwise. But nevertheless tha warning
of the Sun has a great deal of good sense in it
?vastly more good sense than is contained in
the blind, gushing, and somewhat ridiculous
confidence which is becoming the fashion with
the press of South Carolina. Purified Repub?
licanism in South Carolina would certainly be
an improvement on the old thing, but, after all,
nothing to die over, in a frenzy of exultation.
And certainly the purification is by no means
complete. There is no earthly use in immedi?
ately grappling Gov. Chamberlain to us with
hooks of steel. Let us grapple him by degrees
?in proportion as he uufolds worthily?wisely
watching, doubting and prying the while. As
we have said abore, even purified Republican?
ism is nothing for the white people of South
Carolina to glory in and die over. Would to God
we could successfully run a man for Governor
in South Carolina next time, who would sup?
port the Democratic nominee for the Presiden?
cy. Such a man would certainly not be Cham?
berlain.?Edgefield Advertiser.
From tlie Charleston News and Courier.
? Does the News and Courier think that af?
ter the New York Sun is informed that its5
Charleston correspondent is of the same type
as its Columbia correspondent, that he is a
wilful liar and slanderer, a disreputable man,
that the Sun will cease to give currency and
credit to his letters ? Does it suppose that the
Anderson Intelligencer will be any less partisan,
any better satisfied, after it has a "distinct un?
derstanding" than it is now? Will there not
always be carpers and snarlers and partisans ?
?Columbia Union-Herald.
? We are inclined to believe that the New
York Sun loves a sensation better than it loves
truth, and that it will continue its South'Caro?
lina diatribes until it has served the purpose of
the Bears in Wall Street; but the Anderson
Intelligencer stands on a wholly different foot?
ing, is honest in forming and expressing opin?
ions, and is sincerely desirous of aiding in
every way in the carrying out the Reform pro?
gramme in this State. We differ occasionally
from the Intelligencer, but we never jquestion
its motives; and we know that it is most anx?
ious to think as highly of Gov. Chamberlain
as the Union-Herald does. As much can't be
said of the New York Sun.
ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE.
? Louisiana will raise 200,000 barrels of rice
this season, or twice as much as last year.
? The Appletons have offered General Sher?
man $60,000 for the copyright of his book.
? Gen. Belknap, the Secretary of War, is
one of the richest men in Grant's Cabinet.
? Gen. Augur, of the United .States army,
who has been making a tour of inspection
through Louisiana, expresses himself as much
gratified with the condition of affairs through?
out the State.
? Judge Carpenter has declared the Act of
the Legislature unconstitutional which directs
that the poll tax of the present year be applied
to the payment of school claims due before 1st
November, 1873.
? The grand jury of Georgetown County has
returned a true bill against C. C. Bowen, sher?
iff of Charleston County, and Eli G. Grimes,
for the murder of Col. Wm. Parker White in
1864. Judge Shaw has fixed Tuesday next,
22ud inst., as the day of trial.
? Mr. Lewis Mahaffey, who lived near Good
gion's Factory, in Laurens County, while en?
gaged in repairing an agricultural implement
on Friday last, fell across a pile of lumber,
and received internal injuries from which he
died during the night.
? The telegraph brings the fearful tidings of
a terrible earthquake in South America, in
which two cities were entirely destroyed, oth?
er towns badly damaged, and at least sixteen
thousand persons lost their lives. The earth?
quake occured on the 18th of May.
? At a meeting of the board of directors of
the Tex*as Agricultural and Mechanical College,
held at Bryan on the 2nd instant, the salary of
the president of the institution was fixed at
$4,000, and a committee was appointed to con?
fer with Jefferson Davis and tender him the
position.
? It is said that Senator Thurman regards
the third term letter as a plain submission to
the people of the question whether or not
Grant shall be elected for a third term;: Ee
says: "Instead of it being a surrender, it is a
defiance. Grant is a brave man, and I think
he meant to write and did write a brave, defiant
letter."
? An exchange says that Alexander H. Ste?
phens thinks a newspaper man will be the next
President. That kind of selection floored us in
the last campaign?Greeley's record was tco
accessible. The newspaper press will relin?
quish the honor this time, ana be content with
electing the man, without arrogating the priv?
ilege of furnishing him from journalistic ranks.
? The steamship Vicksburg, bound from
Quebec to Liverpool, fell in with a field of
floating ice, had a hole knocked in her, and
after every effort made to keep her up, went
down with Captain Bennett and forty of his
crew and passengers. Only one boat contain?
ing five persons has as yet been heard of.
They may in the end prove the only survivors.
? A violent storm passed over the city of
Paris on last Thursday. A great deal of win?
dow glass was broken and thousands of chim?
neys were blown over. Many accidents ensued,
and traffic was wholly suspended in the streets.
The storm extended to the south of France,
and from the Pyrenees comes a report that
a house was prostrated and eleven persons
killed. The damage in Paris alone is estima?
ted at eleven million of francs.
STRAYED!
FROM the premises of tho subscriber, in the
Town of Anderson, on or about the 1st of
June, two COWS and one YEARLING?one a
small red Cow,' and the other a whitish roan
Cow, both marked with two slits in the left
ear. The Yearling is not marked. Supposed
to have gone in the direction of Craft's Ferry,
on tho Savannah River. Any information
will bo thankfully received and liberally re?
warded. Information may be left at tho Intel?
ligence Office.
E. M. RUCKER.
June i/, 1875 48
STRAYED!
FROM the subscriber, a FINE WHITE
PIG, of the Essex and Chester breed,
about three months old, weighing about fifty
pounds. Any information thankfully receiv?
ed, or a reward will be paid for tho delivery of
said Pig at mv premises at Anderson O. H.
P. C. FANT.
Juno 17, 1875 4S 1
Notice of Final Settlement.
THE undersigned hereby gives notice that
he will make application to W. W. Humphreys,
Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on
Tuesday, the 20th day of July next, for a Fi?
nal settlement of the'Personal Estate of James
Robinson, deceased, and a Final Discharge
therefrom.
E. E. ROBINSON, Adm'r.
June is, 1875 *B 5*