The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 08, 1876, Image 2
JAS. A. HOYT, ) ~~
E. B. MURRAY, }Editor8?
THURSDAY HORNING, JUNE 8th, 1876.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
The action of the Brushy Creek Demo?
cratic Club, in regard to the time fixed
for the primary election, requires a brief
statement of facts to be made for the in?
formation of the party generally. Oh
waled ay in February, a resolution was
adopted by the County Convention ask?
ing the Clubs to express their opinion
and preference as to the mode of nomi?
nating candidates for the next election.
Under this resolution, ninety days were
allowed the Clubs to determine the ques?
tion, and that time expired on the 5th of
Hay. At the County Convention held
on the 15th of April, it was ascertained
that a majority of the Clubs had already
decided in favor of a primary election as
the best mode, and when this fact was
made known, the County Chairman
asked for instructions in regard to the
management of the details, particularly
as to the time for holding the said elec?
tion. It was answered by one of the del?
egates that the Central Executive Com?
mittee was the proper authority to
arrange the details, including the time
and manner of conducting the election,
and this expression was acquiesced in by
the other delegates, or at least there was.
no opinion given to the contrary. Under
these circumstances, the Central Execu?
tive Committee was called together on
the 19th of Slay, and the members
entered upon a full and general dis?
cussion as to the time for the primary
election, none doubting that the matter
was virtually and properly left to their
discretion. Of course, there was diversi?
ty of opinion and numerous arguments
brought to bear by the several members
?some were anxious for an early day
and otht.<j were equally desirous for a
later time: Finally, the question was
decided by a large vote in favor of the
19th of October, and on motion the action
of the Executive Committee was made
unanimous. This motion for unanimity
was made by one who was strenuously in
favor of an earlier day, and it was
thought that the question was definitely
settled. But the resolution adopted by
the Brushy Creek Club ppens anew the
entire matter, and would seem to ques?
tion the authority of the Executive Com?
mittee to act in the premises. Hence,
we have deemed it prudent to show the
rest of the Democratic Clubs that there
was no disposition to arrogate power by
the cental authority, and to justify its
conduct by the existing facts.
Now, as to the practicability of the
plan suggested at Brushy Creek, for
every Club to indicate its preference as
to the time of holding the primary elec?
tion. It is manifestly out of the ques?
tion for the Clubs to agree upon any par?
ticular time, as their action would neces?
sarily be separate and distinct, and
without the opportunity of comparing
views and opinions. In the event that
a majority of the Clubs were to decide
against the time already fixed, the neces?
sity would devolve upon some central
power to agree upon another day.?
Hence, it is more than probable that the
Executive Committee would be required
to review their own action. If this be
true, there is no necessity for other Clubs
to follow the example of Brushy Creek,
for the members of the Executive Com?
mittee are taken from every Club, and if
they have not faithfully reflected the
sentiments of their constituents, in due
time this 'will be discovered by them.
But we are under the impression that The
Executive Committee has truly represen?
ted the wishes of the people in this mat?
ter, and we are quite sure if the contrary
is made to appear that the members
thereof will take pleasure in conforming
to the views of the majority. Certainly,
no one has ulterior motives in deciding
the time for a primary election, and the
members were actuated by the dictates
of their own judgment as to the promo?
tion of the welfare and success of the
Democracy. This will be disputed by
none and conceded by all.
We regard it important to clearly de?
fend and sustain the action of the Exec?
utive Committee, for the reason that our
friends in the Brushy Creek Club have
given us a dangerous precedent, which
which would tend to destroy and cripple
future efforts for unity and harmony,
which all will agree is vastly more im?
portant than the opinions and preferen?
ces of any individual or set of individu?
als. We must have organization as a
means, and organization is worth abso?
lutely nothing unless the members are
united and governed by certain fixed
rules. Party discipline and party unity
make effective the means of organization.
Consolidated power must naturally grow
up within these organizations, and when?
ever questions are submitted to the best
judgment of the central authority, the
party organization must depend upon
that judgment for guidance and control.
DT their action upon matters of detail is
to be reviewed in every instance, it would
be for better to dissolve the power at
once. Hence, we regard the action of
the Brushy Creek Club to be dangerous
and unwise as a precedent, and only in
this aspect would we devote so much
space to the defence of the Executive
Committee.
In conclusion, we will state that a
private letter received from the author of
the resolution in the Brushy Creek Club
assures mi that the opposition on their
part will be withdrawn, and that they
will not insist upon further agitation of
the question. Yet, we regard it desira?
ble that the Executive Committee shall
receive the sanction and endorsement of
the Democratic Clubs, and would re?
spectfully insist that each Club give ex?
pression to its opinion whether or not
the Executive Committee has acted in
accordance with their wishes.
Carter, of the Lancaster Ledger, is the
"meekest" man of the State Press Associa?
tion; R. R. Hemphill, of the Abberille
Medium, is the "handsorifest" man; T. F.
Greneker, of the Newberry Herald, is the
"richest" member; Hugh Farley, of the
Spartan burg Spartan, and Calvin Hemphill,
of the Abbeville Medium, are the "lonc
somest" men; Murray, of the Anderson In?
telligencer, is the "happiest" man; Bacon, of
the Edgefield Advertiser, is the "youngest"
officer, while there is some dispute as to
the "oldest" man in the Association.
THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.
A Bird's Eye View of the Buildings
and the Exposition?Oar Correspon?
dent goes among the Curiosities,
Philadelphia, June 1,1876?
A week of glorious sunshine and brac?
ing air has fairly turned the tide of emi?
gration towards the Centennial grounds,
which would be Worth a joUrhey of a
thousand miles to see if every building
within the enclosure were raised from
turret bo foundation stone. As yo? eiitef
the gate-, shake the dust from your shoes,
aud give the great hall on the right thn
go by, don't look at the towering peaks
of tbe machinery department, which
stands upon the left, but give me your
hand and walk right straight ahead over
the railroad through the department of
Eublic comfort, down by this beautiful
ttle Japanese cottage on the left and
that unique little building on the fight,
and here let us pause a moment and take
a loot. See these Japs how they work ;
time is of no consequence to them?slow
but sure is the motto?but you can bet
your bottom dollar when the job is done
it sticks; yes, those tiles so clumsy and
so quaintly plastered with white mortar
will last till the crack of doom. That
house will out wear a dozen of your
gimcrack Yankee houses, that, like the
the Yoricshireman's razors, are only made
to sell. Step over here into the Swedish
school house; what do you think of that?
You had an idea that there were no
schools worth mentioning outside of Bos?
ton or Chicago. I individualise these
two cities because I always like to go
from the hub to the periphery, and we
all know there is nothing beyond Chi-'
cago. "See it and die," like the fellow
once said of. Naples. But if you'll take
my advice you'll die before you go to
Chicago, or they'll skin you alive when
you get there.
But here we are in the Swedish school
house?what order, what convenience,
what positive beauty in everything that
surrounds you. That dry old chap yon
see over in the corner was a school?
master in Sweden ; he looks a little dull
and rusty now, but he is chuck full of
knowledge from the crown of the head
to the sole of his foot. How he used to
tan the leather breeches of the gamins of
Stockholm, and what substantial addi?
tions he has made to their knowledge of
the sciences and arts by the aid of a
wooden shoe, or a cat and nine tails?
implements of husbandry happily not
forgotten in that well-ordered communi?
ty where the fifth commandment is still
not an entirely obsolete document?maps,
books, stuffed alligators, bottles with little
snakes preserved in whiskey, and monster
toads in the same delightful fluid are ar?
ranged upon the shelves. I have seen
the time when it would have been mighty
unsafe to leave those bottles laying around
loose if there was a snake in them. But,
all nonsense aside, it is a beautiful school
house, where every modern appliance is
to be found that can conduce to the com?
fort and happiness of the scholars. It is
not large, but so cozy that I found myself
insensibly humming, "I would I were a
boy again," till I caught sight of the
black strap in the corner, when I sud?
denly felt for the skirts of my coat, and
rejoicing In my manhood, walked out to
take the air and give the subject further
consideration.
Here we are on the path again. That
beautiful little building right in front of
us, across the lake, is the house of the
Brazillian commission. And surely
nothing more delightful can be imagined
than this sweet little cottage, surrounded
with shrubbery and embowered in trees.
That's the place where Dom Pedro some?
times discusses coffee and muffins. Cast
your eye to the right as we cross the dell;
take a look at that gypsy camp-fire in the
distance, and tell "me if you ever saw
anything more romantic or beautiful than
that. What's that place' up there tha?
looks like a Utah boarding house on
stilts ? Well, that's a lager beer saloon?
lager five cents a glass?no, I thank yon,
I never drink, excuse me, I'd rather
not; come right along, I want to show
you this one view here, and then we'll
take a stroll in the Main Hall. There,
this is the spot; stand here; talk of your
Sictures and scenery; look at that?bill,
ale, valley, lake, fountain, flowers,
everything that can glorify landscape is
here?the magnificent foliage of the
trees, the rare Deauty of the flowers, the
rich fragrance loads the air with deli?
cious perfume, and stretching faraway
on every side is a landscape of loveliness
unequalled.
That beautiful building in front of us
is Horticultural Hall, and one of the
handsomest edifices on the ground. The
large building on the left, with the green
roof, that looks like an ancient abby, is
Agricultural Hall, and to my thinking,
one of the most interesting portion! of
the exhibition. Shall we walk back to
the Main Hall ? Oh! you want to look
in here! Very well, walk right in. This,
my dear madam, is the celebrated Log
Cabin, which, if you had gone away
without seeing, you would have missed
one of the great sights of the exhibition.
Step in and look around; no charge. It
is not the log cabin of to-day, but the
log cabin of a hundred years ago; and
how snug and comfortable it looks; that
clock in the corner is a hundred and fifty
years old, and has seen the day it was
just as as good as* it ever was. And that
spinning wheel by the fireplace has spun
yarn for stockings for old gentlemen and
ladies who crossed the styx while our
great-great-grand-fathers and great-great
grand-mothers were still loyal subjects of
good King George. Yes, ma'am; no
humbug about that; bring me an alma?
nac, and I'll swear it. How do I know ?
Well, I'll tell you how I know; I was
told it by Mrs. South wick. Who is she ?
That's her over there in the high cap and
single breasted dress. Look at her as
she stands there; aint she a picture?
Six yards and a quarter in that dress,
and then she had a piece left to make
new sleeves with. No, ma'am, she does
not wear a bustle, and you couldn't get a
hoop under that dress big enough for a
nail keg. She aint old; take a good look
at her sweet and kindly face; ner back
looks like a hundred, but her face would
let her off. at thirty. This is Je rush a
Penrose, and Abigail Short, and Patience
Doolittle, and Comfort Holbrook, dressed
in the style of a hundred years ago. The
chairs, the tables, the delf that sets upon
the worm-eaten dressers, all are old and
worn, but still mighty pleasant to look
at.
Now for a short stroll through the Main
Hall. Reaching the centre of the build?
ing by the shortest cut, we find ourselves
near the music stand, deserted for the
time by Gilmore's Band, and the rival
potentates of that king of instruments,
the piano, face each other like gladiators
in the grand arena of music. It is a
sight to watch the faces of the crowd as
this player or that gains some momen?
tary triumph. The player, however, is
lost sight of in the piano. It is not a
question of musical skill, but of the
musical excellence of the instrument,
and the players themselves seem com?
pletely oblivious to the mighty concourse
that surrounds them. Now you catch
the grand tones of a Chickering; next
the sweet melody of a Weber; Decker
and Steck and Steinway all claim your
attention and admiration, and in the
multitude of exquisite harmony, your
judgment is lost, and you hardly kuow
in whose favor to decide. Wateh the
fingers of the players how they fly; that
ripple of melody comes like the solt
beating of a summer wave upon the
sandy shore; and now it rises and swells
and breaks like the rolling thunder in a
storm, till you almost doubt if the effect
is the work of human bands.
But let us walk on. This is the ex?
hibit of Starr & Marcus, the celebrated
jewelers of New York. We won't stop
long, but I want to show you a diamond
necklace that might be the ransom for a
King. How lovely 1 how beautiful! how
magnificent! how superb! bursts from
the crowd on every side. How much is
it worth? Oh! a mere bag of nails;
probably not over one hundred thousand
dollars! Goodness gracious! let Us get
on, Sarah 5 I thought it was Worth abo?t
two dollars and a halfi Cornelius & Son,
of Philadelphia, have a eplended display
of gas fixtures, rivalled Only by that of
Archer & Pancost, of New York; Here
we come to a beautiful display ?f glass
by the Smith Brothers, of New Bedford
Massachusetts! Yo? had no idea that
they had nothing but blubber in New
Bedford. It was mixed up in your mind
with oil casks and fin-backs, tarpaulins
and try works, whale boats and mouldy
biscuit, and "there she blows." No such
thing, sir; times ain't now as they used
to was. The glory of Israel has departed
from her blubbber hunters, artd now she
wrestles in. the arena of aesthetics with
London^ Vienna and Paris, and after a
short nip and tuck, occasionally gets
them on the hip.
Here is a case before us worthy of ad?
miration for it appeals to all the finer
feelings of your nature; it is dental in
struments, and belongs to James S. White
of Philadelphia. My gentle friend, have
Jou ever had the toothache ? I think I
ear you mentally exclaim?no, I wish I
had. Well, if you should ever get it, that
case was invented for just such as you.?
Oh ! what lovely forceps to pull out the
shattered bone from your broken jaws,
and what an admirable turnquoit to dis?
lodge from its abiding place some growl?
ing and refractory molar. Do you see
those delicate little nut pickers over there,
they are for digging out roots. I think I
should like to go fishing in somebody's
jaw with one of those things just to see
how it feels. Oh! don't I wish I had the
toothache. Ah ! here we have a case that
calls for special notice, entered by the
Surgical Institute, all sorts of trusses and
instruments for the assistance of afflicted
humanity. It looks as though it would be
almost a pleasure to have a crooked leg
just for the sake of having it straightened
by one of those admirable instruments.
Next we come to the display of Brazil,
shining in white and crimson and gold,
and looking like the halls of the Alnam
bra. What a magnificent display of
flowers, gorgeous in color and exquisite in
beauty, how fresh and how lovely they
look, just as if they had been gathered
from some oriental garden only an hour
before. You can almost catch their, per?
fume through their prison house of glass.
These are not flowers my friend but feath?
ers plucked from the birds of the air who
were robbed of their rainbow robes to
furnish these beautiful flowers. No de?
scription can convey a perfect idea of the
indescribable beauty of these gossamer
and feathery bouquets. But not on these
does Brazil depend for her fame; she has
within herself all the elements of a
mighty empire. Diamonds and gold,
silver, wheat, wine, wool, dye woods,
hides and coffee and sugar, and every
material product that can add to the
riches of a nation. She has a ruler wise
and good, a man who has made the name
of Emperor respectable. But I am near
the end of my cable, and I will finish
Brazil next week.
The attendance has been good, and is
constantly increasing, the grounds are
improving every day, and in a week most
of the exhibits will be finished. Some
people have an idea that it is no use to
come on for a day. I say if you only
have one day to spare come on ; you can
see enough in that day to keep you ac?
tively thinking just about sixteen years.
You soon begin to realize what a heap of
knowledge there is on the outside of your
head, and I'll guarantee that no matter
what the cost or how brief the time, you
will find that you have got your money's
worth. Among the committees which
have been selected during the last week
is the committee in the Great Depart?
ment of Agriculture, which has John J.
Coleman, formerly professor of the Roy
t\ Agricultural College of England, as
chairman, and James S. Grinnell, the
former popular head clerk of the Patent
Office in Washington as secretary.
BROADBRIM.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Waehington, D. C, June 3,1876.
THE APPROACHING NOMINATIONS.
Grant is determined that Conkling
shall be the nominee of the Cincinnati
Convention. The inauguration of a
Democratic President on March 4,1877,
would be ruinous to him and ever so
many more magnates of the Republican
party. Their rascalities would' then be
exposed by the new Heads of Depart?
ments. So Grant and his friends have re?
solved to go in, with a will, at Cincinnati,
for the man most likely to be elected,
howeverpersonally distasteful to any of
them. They know that, to win, the Re
?ublican candidate must carry New
ork; and, as the signs of the times
point most unmistakably to the nomina?
tion at St. Louis of the strongest Demo?
crat in New York, Samual J. Tilden, its
Iiresent Governor, they think that Conk?
ing would be a better man to run against
him than any other Republican. They
know that Conkling is not popular in
New York with a large proportion of his
party; but he has used the Federal pat?
ronage in that State for several years for
the purpose of strengthening himself,
which, added to the influence and prom?
ises of the Administration and its friends,
during the campaign, will secure him,
Grant and his friends think, more
strength there than any candidate from
another State could command. They do
not really think that Conkling can carry
the State against Tilden. Not one of
them thinks bo. "But," say they, "if
Conkling cant, who the devil can ?" I
know that Conkling's nomination is the
thing now determined upon, and that it
will t>e acted upon at Cincinnati, unless
some unforeseen circumstances occur du?
ring the next ten days, to produce a
change in the opinion of Grant and his
friends; which is very unlikely. I wish,
from my heart, that they would nominate
Conkling. He would have no more show
in New York against Tilden than he
would have as a candidate for the Throne
of England against the Prince of Wales.
Tilden ran for Governor against General
Dix, one of the most able, honest and
popular men of the Republican party.
Dix was then Governor and had been re
nominnted by his party as its strongest
man, and because his Administration was
universally conceded to be more success?
ful and satisfactory than that of any pre?
vious Republican Governor. Dix nad
been elected by a majority of more than
53,000 votes. Tilden beat him by some?
thing over 50,000 votes; thus changing
100,000 votes in his, Tilden's favor; and
what was unprecedented in the history
of the politics of the State, the official re?
turns showed that Tilden's majority in
the rural districts was large enough to
elect him. independent of his majority in
New.York city. The idea of Conkling's
beating Tilden in New York, or of any
one else beating him, is too absurd to talk
about.
POOR BLAINE!
No such sensation has been created
since the panic-stricken Belknap confess?
ed his crimes to the Clymer committee, as
that which has attended the developments
inBlaine's case the past three or four days.
He, too, the undoubted favorite of a ma?
jority of his party for President, with
more personal popularity than any other
candidate, is seized with a panic, as the
evidences of tortuous dealings have been
brought to light in his own hand-writing.
The guilty conscience needs no accusing ;
but the defiant protestations of Blaine
seemed as if they would subserve the pur?
poses of his political adherents. Al?
though the Tom Scott story had about it
"an ancient and fishlike smell," it was
hoped that it would prove to be "a good
enough Morgan until after the election."
Now, however, there comes a Nemesis in
the shape of Mulligan, armed with the
inky trophies of a weapon that is migh?
tier than the sword, and fills the aspiring
soul of Blaine with terror. Suddenly, in
a moment, he sees the cloud-built castle
of his hopes shattered and blown to the
winds like "the airy fabric of a vision."
He knows (ilo ohe better) tbe story writ?
ten out of his own hand against himself)
which those letters cotitain, and the feat
that cornes upon, him causes the Republi?
can Hope of to=day to go
rjy ins ks'ees to a poor clerk,
who holds these letters in his keeping.
It is a sorry sight to see the would-be
Ca?3ar of yesterday pleading, in the name
of wife and children, of blighted reputa?
tion and all else a man holds dear, to be
allowed to escape from his own record,
in his own autograph. One cannot help
a feeling of pity at a renowned career
thus untimely cut short by a felo-de-se.
Even physical suicide was intimated, as a
last resort, if Mulligan's statement can be
credited. Blaine contradicts him there
so positively, that he may be granted the
beuefit of the doubt; but there is so much
consistency in Mulligan's story, and it is
so well fortified by written and circum?
stantial1 evidence, that the country will
be more than half convinced by it, espe?
cially in view of the remarkable manner
in which Blaine got possession of the let?
ters on his pledged word of honor that he
would return them, and then forfeited his
pledge by forcibly detaining them. It
must be acknowledged that, legally,
Blaine is right in asserting that these let?
ters are the" property of the writer and
receiver only, and not of any third party ;
but, in this case, Fisher, the receiver, gave
the letters to Mulligan, his confidential
clerk, to vindicate himself, if his testimo?
ny should be impugned ; and, as Fisher's
agent, Mulligan lawfully held them.
About the immorality of disclosing the
"secrets of private correspon?
dence"
there should b?? no question, where it is,
not only private, but for honest purposes;
but business correspondence about rail?
road lands, and especially from a Con?
gressman about bonds of subsidized rail?
roads, can hardly be called private. A
man may, if he chooses, gush into ecsta
cies over a newly-born babe, in a letter
to a friend showing that he has put the
F. S. & L. R. bonds "where they would
do the most good" amongst certain prom?
inent parties. The private allusions
could not protect the public and official
ones from scrutiny.
jacob thompson,
formerly Secretary of the Interior under
Buchanan, has come to Washington upon
seeing a statement in the papers that
Zach. Chandler, the present Secretary of
that Department, had said that, if Bel
knap was impeacbable, so was Jacob
Thompson, for stealing $700,000 worth of
land belonging to the Indian Trust Fund,
in 1860-61. Thompson has come all the
way from Mississippi; and L. Q. C. La
mar,, M. C, and Senator-elect from that
State, has carried a letter from Thompson
to Zach. Chandler, stating,-in effect, that
he, Thompson, is tired of being classed
with rogues, especially such as have won
name and fame in the Republican party;
and that he is ready for any investigation
or impeachment that can be bad.?
Thompson says he wants his record, as it
stands, to be made known; and that if
the country is not already aware that a
Republican Investigating Committee has
fully exonerated him, it is probably be?
cause the wild stories of the war have not
yet ceased to engross the attention of the
people.
A. F. B.
THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD.
A correspondent of the Knoxville
Whig and Chronicle, writing from Char?
leston, makes the following comment
upon the recent meeting in that city:
I regret to say that the holding of the
convention was attended by such unmis?
takable Charlestonian apathy as to dis?
courage the friends of that connection,
which shall place Charleston, Knoxville
and Cincinnati in a shortline railway
connection through the Rabun Gap.?
This apathy has been, however, greatly
diminished by the meeting. The Char
lestonians had come to regard the rival
route by Spartanburgh, Asheville and
Morrist?wn to Cincinnati with peculiar
favor, as the more practicable; ignoring
the formidable difficulties to be encoun?
tered in the actual working ot that line,
to say nothing of the construction of the
road to the North of Morristown.
The apathy alluded to, and the express?
ion of it in the leading Charleston news?
paper of yesterday morning, brought
about a ventilation of the whole subject
in the discussions of last evening and to?
day. The result must be that this city
sees now and shall see yet more plainly
that her true interest lies in completing
the Blue Ridge connection. We may ex?
pect in the future the faithful co-opera?
tion of Charleston. In the mountainous
counties, and in fact, all along the line
beyond this neighborhood, the intensest
zeal prevails in favor of completing the
line.
The list of the delegates herewith in?
closed embraces able and representative
men from every section of the proposed ex?
tension. That it will be a final success,
and at no distant day, can not be doubt?
ed. A success, I mean, as regards Knox?
ville. 'Should Charleston blindly ignore
her best interest and yield to her
present apathy, measures are in progress,
which shall give to Augusta and Port
Royal all the advantages of this magnifi?
cent Northwestern connection; and with
this outlet to the sea Knoxville would
be as well satisfied as with Charleston.
Charleston showed her old hospitality
in providing at the Charleston Hotel re?
duced rates of boarding for delegates,
and in a most delightful excursion across
the harbor and beyond the bar on the af?
ternoon of yesterday. Trade here is evi?
dently very dull, just now, but the burnt
district has been mainly rebuilt, and old
"City by the Sea," displays a recupera?
tive power gratifying to behold.
"A Delegate" writes as follows to the
Augusta Constitutionalist, which journal
designates the writer as a prominent
Tennessean:
The late Blue Ridge Railroad Conven?
tion at Charleston, was a meeting of more
importance than is generally known.?
There were about 150 delegates, largely
from Tennessee and South Carolina,
but many from both Georgia and North
Carolina. The fact came out in the
Convention that a little place called Au?
gusta, had not been entirely lost, and it
was possible that the Blue Ridge Rail?
road could find the city by the sea, by
building what is known as the Augusta
and Hartwell Railroad, and then to the
city by the sea or to another city, to-wit :
Port Royal. It was well for the Columbia
route that there was no fire from Augusta
to set the flax burning. It is not gener?
ally known that tbe Cincinnati Southern
Railroad lacks but 26 miles to connect
with roads built in Tennessee, and with
the Knoxville & Ohio Railroad and the
Knoxville & Charleston. The Tennessee
side can all be built at once, the owneis
having proposed to build the 38 miles to
the North Carolina line, and then trans?
fer the road at a nominal cost to any line
that would make the connection. This
would give Augusta the control of the
great Western trade. The Convention
will be called again at some point, say
Charleston or Augusta.
The Knoxville Daily Tribune expressed
its opinion in this style:
Judging from what we read in the
News and Courier of the temper and tone
of the Convention, we are not prepared
to say that any material advantage to the
contemplated route will result from the
meeting at Charleston. On the contrary,
we should not be surprised if it retarded
the progress of the road. Tennessee cer?
tainly expects South Carolina to con?
struct the road to the State line. The
mountain counties of South Carolina do
not feel able or willing to assume all the
burden of that work, when Charleston
states in unmistakable terms that she is
not prepared to go a dollar on the invest
ment. Without the aid of the city of
Charleston, and that to a considerable
extent, the road will never be completed
to that city jartd all speculation, without
keeping in view this plain fact, is useless.
As We Understand it, the present owers
of what is now known as the Knoxville
and Charleston Railroad, propose to
complete it so as to connect with any line
guaranteed to be pushed forward from
harleston. Charleston has the power to
say whether this through line shall be
built, and Charleston has not signified
her willingness to extend the necessary
material aid. Now, what shall we hear
from the Georgia projects ?
Per contra, in reply to the last para?
graph, the Charleston News and Courier
gives expression to the views entertained
by their citizens as to the future connec?
tion of Charleston with the Blue Ridge
Railroad. Our people can read and
study for themselves:
It would have bceu very easy for the
News and Courier to put the Convention
in a good humor by announcing that
Charleston would subscribe liberally to
the Blue Ridge Road. This was expected
to be said, we suppose, if not done; but,
knowing the condition and temper of the
Charleston public, we felt it incumbent
upon us to warn the Convention that
Charleston could not give the road any
money worth counting at this time. This
is the plain truth.
That Tennessee should expect South
Carolina to construct the road to the
State line is reasonable enough; but the
Tribune is mistaken in supposing that
Charleston expects the mountain Coun?
ties "to assume all the burden of that
work." The mountain Counties, so far,
have done nothing, while Charleston
has spent a million dollars. We expect
them to do something, before Charleston
does more. Is that unreasonable?
We grant that Charleston will be more
benefited than any town along the line of
the road; but to be so benefited as to
make it worth her while to spend a large
snm of money, the road must be con?
trolled by Charleston. We cannot afford
to build railroads for the benefit of Sa?
vannah or Norfolk, and no money from
Charleston will go into the Blue Ridge
Railroad unless we have the assurance
that Charleston will get the business
when the road is built. The three quar?
ters of a million dollars that Charleston
invested in the Memphis and Charleston
and Nashville and Chattanooga Railroads
bring her nothing. Such a mistake mnst
not be made twice. There is selfishness
in this view, of course, but our Knoxville
friends are equally selfish. They say
plainly, that they will seek an outlet in
Georgia, if South Carolina will not furnish
one. This is right enough. South Caro?
lina, on the other hand, wants the West
tern trade, and will get it as best she
can.
We believe that the Blue Ridge road
will be built and that Charleston will be
its terminus. It is a project that will al?
ways have our support. Bnt Charleston,
we repeat, is not now in a position to
build the road. The means are not here.
Something, however, we can do, and will,
when the time comes.
RAILROAD FREIGHTS.
The Abbeville Medium recently made
this comment upon the freight question:
"The merchants and business men along
the line of the Greenville and Columbia
railroad, especially in the upper counties,
are justly incensed at the management of
the road in raising the freight tariff, and in
unjust and arbitrary discrimination in the
matter of freights. Anderson has entered
a solemn protest against this style of doing
things, and established a line of wagons
for the transportation of goods. It would
be well for the people to take this matter
to the courts and see if the charter of the
road is not legally forfeited. We would
like to see Charleston rich and prosper?
ous, but it is not exactly fair that the up
country with all of its interests should be
broken down and impoverished that a
few railroad officials and cotton factors
might be built up."
The Columbia Register incidentally
refers to this question, in an article on
the Blue Ridge Railroad as follows:
"It is to us one of the things past find?
ing out why Charleston and the South
Carolina management allow so much
wrangling to go on with their up-country
connections, and why they do not com?
pose these vital interests and make them
work together harmoniously and with
mutual profit. * * * An?
derson and Pendleton are about to estab?
lish wagon lines to a point on the Air
Line Road, and drummers from Atlanta
sell goods all along the lines of our roads
as low down .as Columbia and Camden.
These are not all the evidences that an
antagonism about freights, the ship?
ment of cotton, &c, is springing up be?
tween our extreme points, our city by the
sea and our fine, productive and enter
Arising up-country and Piedmont section,
he intelligence, business tact, capital,
enterprise and regard for the true welfare
of Charleston ought to put an end to these
unseemly disputes and discords, and draw
these outlying interests more closely to
her.
"There are circles, we know, and per?
haps rebates on cotton have something to
do with this straining to make it follow a
fixed, defined line of transportation
against what the shipper considers his
interest and right. Perhaps, again, the
South Carolina Railroad is watching and
waiting its opportunity to purchase the
Blue Ridge Railroad in the State, and
hence these varying whims, this interest
to-day and indifference to-morrow. But
we don't think railroad coquetry will pay
even in making a bargain.
A correspondent of the Charleston
Journal of Commerce, over the signature
of "A Receiver and Shipper of Goods for
Forty-Five Years," makes the annexed
comment upon an extract from the Abbe?
ville Medium which included some re?
marks of the Anderson Intelligencer:
"You will please publish the enclosed,
taken from the Abbeville Medium of the
20th inst., and let the citizens know who
killed the goose that laid the golden egg
in Charleston. The Charleston Steam?
ship Companies will receipt for goods in
New York, to be conveyed over the South
Carolina Railroad and delivered three
hundred and twenty miles from Charles?
ton into the State of Georgia, for thirty
three to forts per cent, cheaper than they
will deliver them to our own merchants
in Charleston and other points in the in?
terior of the State. The South Carolina
Railroad Company will also charge an
agent for our wholesale houses extra
freight upon his samples if they happen
to weigh over what is allowed to passen?
gers, not seeming to know that the agent
is working indirectly for the railroad, at
the same time that he is increasing the
sales of his house. With these facts be?
fore you, who is surprised that the busi?
ness of Charleston has declined, and that
the business men of the interior are forced
to seek other markets to purchase their
supplies. All we ask of these monopolies
is fair play, and a free fight."
The Camden Journal understands that
Judge Mackcy has suggested a novel plan
for preventing drunkenness, which is as fol?
lows : Allow every person to sell as much
liquor as he wishes without license or tax;
but require those who wisli to drink, to
apply for license, and to give notice of such
application by publication for one month in
a respectable newspaper, and then, in case
there be no valid objection, to enter into
good and sufficient bond for good behavior,
&c, before the license is granted.
Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D. D., at the recent
meeting of the General Assembly in Savan?
nah, was inaugurated Professor in the Pres?
byterian Theological Seminary of Columbia.
He gave a historical sketch of the institution
in his inaugural address, and paid a beauti?
ful tribute to Dr. Thomwell.
POET EOYAL AND THE IRONCLADS.
Messrs. Editors: Agreeable to your re?
quest, I shall attempt to give you a short
sketch of our flying visit to Port Royal from
Charleston and what we saw.
Accompanied by my better half and Col.
J. W. Norris and daughter, we left the "City
by the Sea" about 9 o'clock a. m. on Mon
day, the 29th ult., on the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad, having been favored by
Col. Fisher with free passes over said Road
to Yemascc and return. At Yemasec we
took the Port Royal Railroad and arrived at
Port Royal about three o'clock p. ru. Port
Royal is beautifully situated on the Port
Royal harbor, and, although small now,
bids fair at no very distant day to become a
place of some note. It has one of the finest
harbors on the coast of the United States,
and this of itself will give it a prominence
to the commercial world. Should a railroad
ever be built from Anderson to Port Royal,
in accordance with a charter now existing
in this State, it .will tend to build up both
Anderson and Port Ro\ral. As our meeting
in Charleston did not seem to accomplish
much good, would it not do well to give
some of our attention to the Anderson and
Port Royal Road?
On arriving at Port Royal, we stopped at
the only hotel in the place, and for the sum
of $2.50 per day received the worst fare that I
ever received at a hotel. This, though, may
in part be attributed to the water there, it
being very bad. Cisterns arc not used there.
Other accommodations did very well.
On the next day after our arrival, we took
a flying visit on a steam launch up to Beau?
fort, were we remained about an hour and a
half. Beaufort is beautifully situated on a
wing of Port Royal harbor, and has indica?
tions of having at one time been a beautiful
and prosperous town, but is very much
dilapidated now. After returning to Port
Royal, we ran down to the fleet on the same
launch. The fleet is stationed about four
miles out in the harbor. There were nine
vessels there, eight of them being monitors.
"We were honored by being the first visitors
who were permitted to go on board the Dic?
tator, the largest monitor owned by the
United Statesj I was told that it cost three
million dollars, and is built of solid iron.
It seems almost incredible that so much
j iron can float. It draws twenty-two feet of
water, only eighteen inches of its body being
above the surface of the water. In the cen
' tre is constructed the turret, made of solid
I iron also, in which are two guns of the
largest dimensions. These guns, I was told,
are operated by machinery, the manager
having communication with the chief en?
gineer below by means of a wire and bell to
indicate what he desired done. While in
action the men are not exposed to the mis?
siles of an enemy, but nearly all being safe
below. The Dictator was constructed during
our late war, and never was in action. There
are several others there, though, that bear
upon them marks of having been engaged.
One of them, I was told, received several
blows while around Charleston. The engine
room of the Dictator is a sight worth behold?
ing of itself, but having a short time to ex?
amine it could give your readers no just con?
ception of it. The officers were very kind,
and took great pleasure in showing us all
parts of this huge monster of the sea, and
extended to us and our party the most cor?
dial invitations to come again when we de?
sired. But I must desist from attempting
any further description of this man-of-war,
knowing myself to be inadequate to the
task.
We left Port Royal on the 31st, having
been there two nights and a day, with very
pleasant recollections, and arrived in Charles?
ton the afternoon of the same day, where,
after procuring an early supper, we turned
our course homeward, where we all arrived
safely on the 1st instant.
Hoping that this meagre account of our
flying visit to Port Royal will be acceptable
to you,
I am, very respectfully,
JOHN E. BREAZEALE.
What I Saw on the Way.
I In passing to Anderson recently, we were
pleased to see cvidences.of farming thrift
and skilful preparations for another crop.
The small grain crops are generally promis?
ing and will soon be harvested, and the
preparations for corn and cotton arc decided?
ly encouraging. Never has there been a
time in the history of the people of this
State, when we should labor and pray for a
bountiful harvest, that the cry for <bread
may be hushed with a bountiful supply of
food. A serious disaster now to the present
wheat crop would entail untold miseries
upon our people. Surely with the^ terrible
lesson of the past before us and the critical
condition of the County from the scarcity of
breadstufls, our farmers will never again
look to the granaries of the West for a sup?
ply of breadstufls. But among the most en?
couraging tldngs that greeted our eye on the
way was some luxuriant clover lots. Mr. J.
M. Glenn of Slabtown has three acres nearly
ready for the mower, which promises an
t abundant yield of nutritious food for stock
for the summer and fall. It is from two to
I three feet high, nearly in full bloom, and
thickly set on the ground. Mr. Glenn in?
forms us that his horses now will make his
crop and thrive on four or five ears of corn
at a feed and plenty of clover. If every
farmer in Anderson possessed now a small
lot of clover the relief to the County would
be timely and complete. At and near An?
derson Court House we also saw some beau?
tiful lots of clover, all going to show that here
we may almost compete with the Northwest
in the production of this valuable plant. In
addition to the unequalled yield of succulent
hay, the clover is now conceded to be one of
the greatest renovators of the soil known to
the farming community. When once we
?get any of our old and exhausted lands set
with a good crop of clover, we are then on
the high road to successful farming. To
accomplish this requires skillful preparation
and some manuring, but we will be amply
compensated for the outlay by the yield of
hay. Mr. Walker Russell, near Pendleton,
has for several years made the cultivation
of clover rather a speciality, and so much is
he pleased with the results, that he would
neither think for a moment of giving up the
clover for cotton. The cotton yields him a
little money once a year, the clover causes a
rich flow of milk from the well fed'milk
cow, and this makes the butter, and the but?
ter brings the money at any and all times. It
is true it comes in by little, but in the course
of the year aggregates a large amount. The
Adgcr farmers around Pendleton have for
many years gone largely into the production
of clover and small grains, and consequently
their farms arc stocked with large numbers
of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs, &c.
Mr. Ellison Adger has about consented
under the advice of his manager, Mr. Ham?
ilton Russell, late from Indiana, to turn his
farm mainly into a stock farm on the In?
diana plun. We would be pleased to sec
the suggestion fully tested, and believe that
Messrs. Adger and Russell arc the men to
do it. Push the clover crop, and along with
it plenty of cattle to make milk and butter,
beef, Ac. Hogs can also be easily and
cheaply raised on clover; they furnish our
smoke-house with a good supply of bacon.
R. H. T.
The commercial reporter in Greenville has
created much excitement over there by in?
jurious reports concerning sonic prominent
firms in that city relative to their financial
status. These firms are said to be good and
reliable, and such reports arc altogether un?
founded. The reporter is not known to the
public.
For the Anderson Intelligencer.
Messrs. Editobs : Seeing the 19th of Oc?
tober appointed for primary elections, and
observing that there is to be but seven Trial
Justices for our County, I would .suggest
that the townships, that by this new* law
are thrown together, at the time of our pri?
mary election, vote for whom they wish to
have fill that office, and in place of peti?
tions send down the result of the people's
choice for that office; and furthemore, that
we vote in like manner for County Auditor
and County Treasurer. I am satisfied that
any man elected Governor, whether Radical
or Democrat, would liecd the voice of the
people when thus expressed. If this should
meet the favorable consideration of the
Clubs, let us hear at once and go to work.
A thought or two on another matter, and
?I will close. I have been a reading man for
more than fifty years, and never in my p;;st
life have I seen anything to compare with
Senator Cochran's proposition in arrogance
and presumption. After branding the Clubs
that have invited him "down and out" with
"ignorance and lying," he manifests consid?
erable anxiety to be reconciled even with
these ignorant, lying creatures. He steps
over into our lines and says you may take
this man or that man, and let them examine
my course, for it has been too intricate, too
deep, too mysterious and too winding for a
straight-forward, honest farmer to under?
stand and fully comprehend. "True, 0,
King 1" Democrats of Anderson Count}',
can't you come together and won't you
stick?
In conclusion, I would say to the Senator,
in plain country parlance, "Johnny, you
have been misadvised this time." Certainly,
so thinks and writes
BILLY.
BRIEFLETS OF STATE NEWS.
It is proposed to establish a national bank
at Ninety Six.
Beaufort is becoming a popular resort for
excursion parties from Savannah.
Judge Northrop has made a highly favora?
ble impression at Laurens, where he is hold?
ing court.
The total, population of the city of Green?
ville, according to a recent census, is put
down at 5,758.
Under the new schedule, the passenger
trains on the Greenville and Columbia Rail?
road meet at Ninety Six.
Judge Cooke has been holding court in
Lexington, and made himself quite popular
with the bar and the people.
Seven or eight prisoners, recently sen?
tenced by Judge Reed to the Penitentiary,
escaped from the Orangeburg jail last week.
George Washington has been sentenced
from Newberry to one year in the Peniten?
tiary for larceny. He couldn't lie out of it.
The Charleston News and Courier saye :
"The present plan of the Anti-Chamberlain
Republicans is to nominate Congressman
Wallace for Governor, and make Elliott the
successor of Senator Robertson."
A special communication of the Grand
Lodge of Ancient Freemasons will be held
in Charleston to-day, for the purpose of lay?
ing the corner-stone of the Fort Moultrie
monument.
The Spartanburg and Union Railroad will
soon be known as the Spartanburg and
Columbia Railroad, branching off from its
present line near Alston and running direct
to Columbia.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier asserts that
there are between 800 and 1,000 ex-convicts
of the State Penitentiary now living in
Columbia and immediate vicinity. Arc
they legal voters ?
Larkin Holloway, colored, who was
drawn to serve as a juror at the November
term of the UnitedStates Court at Columbia,
was one of the men lynched in Edgefield as
one of the Harmon murderers. He has
been summoned to a higher court.
The Ninety Six Herald intimates that
efforts are making to have a grand inter
county pic nie at Old Cambridge on the
Fourth of July?the guests to represent the
re-union of old Ninety Six County, compris?
ing Abbeville, Anderson, Newberry and
Edgefield.
We are pleased to see that the Young
Men's Democratic Club at Newberry has
taken its place as an active, independent
organization. It holds regular meetings
twice a month, has an increasing member
snip and an intelligent zeal, which ought to
make its impression.
The Abbeville Rifle Club recently cele?
brated its first anniversary by target shoot?
ing, oration and supper. Col. J. S. Cothran
delivered the oration in his usual masterly
style of vigor and eloquence. We congratu?
late Capt. Hemphill upon the success of his
gallant organization.
Dr. Thomas G. White is preparing
sketches of prominent natives of Beaufort
County, which are intended for publication.
His material already gathered shows that
Beaufort can boast a long array of dis?
tinguished individuals who shed lustre upon
the earlier history of the State.
The Directors of the State Penitentiary,
after consultation with the Governor, and in
view of the present condition of the State
finances, have decided to hire about. two
hundred convicts to work on the railroad
between Columbia and Alston?that is, the
convicts are to be employed on the Spartan?
burg and Union Railroad, which proposes
to extend its line from a point near Alston
to Columbia. The contract will be made as
soon as the engineers have surveyed the new
route.
Capt. G. W. Shell and his son Walter L,
Shell, charged with the murder of Joseph
Crews, were tried at Laurens week before
last, and were acquitted by the jury, after
half an hour's deliberaiion. There was no
evidence whatever to sustain the charge
against them, and the whole affair looked
very much like political persecution. It is
now strongly intimated that several of the
prominent radicals about Laurens will be
indicted.for the Crews murder. The evi?
dence against them is said to be conclusive,
and their actions since the killing have been
very suspicious.
Resolutions of Thanks.
Anderson Division, No. 1, Sons of Tem?
perance, at the regular meeting on Thursday
night last, adopted the following resolu?
tions, and requested their publication in the
Intelligencer :
Resolved, That we, the Anderson Division
Sons of Temperance, No. 1, in acknowl?
edgment of our high appreciation of the
eloquent, able and instructive addresses de?
livered at Williamston, S. C, on the 27th
ult., by Professors J. P. Smeltzer and James
H. Carlisle, do hereby tender our sincere
thanks to these gentlemen, with the full as?
surance that their speeches were well re?
ceived by the Division, and that wc have
every reason to believe the cause of Tempe?
rance advanced in our midst.
Resolved, That a Committee of Three be
appointed and instructed to obtain, if possi?
ble, a copy from Prof. Smeltzer of his ad?
dress, ana also endeavor to get Prof. Car?
lisle to reproduce his, with a view to publi?
cation in our County papers, as we believe
they will accomplish much good for the
cause throughout he country.
Resolved, That we feel truly grateful to
Prof. Samuel Lander for many favors ex?
tended toward us; and also to the Town
Council of Williaraston for their kindness
in preparing and fixing up the grounds for
our picnic.
Resolved, That the thanks of the Division
be returned to Col. Thomas Dodamead for
the commodious and comfortable coaches
furnished us for the excursion.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be furnished and forwarded to the several
parties mentioned.
Resolved, That the papers of our Town be
requested to publish the above resolution'"
Respectfully submitted,
L. P. SMITH, Chm'n.
OBITUARY.
DIED, in Anderson, June 3, 1876, ROSE
ELLA, daughter of John J; and R. A,
Smith, aged 1 month and 6 days.
TOWERS & BROYLES
ARE offering special inducements to Cash
Buyers untd the 16th instant.
June 8,1876_47_
XOTICE.
ALL Stock, Beef Cattle, Milch Cows, or
property of any description, entrust?
ed to our care, will receive oar attention.
J. B. McGEE & CO.,
Commission Merchants.
June 8,1876 47
. BARGAINS!
TO be had at TOWERS & BROYLES',
No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, 8. C,
in DRY GOODS, HATS, 8HOES, SAD?
DLES, HARNESS, CLOTHING, &c. Give
them a call before buving.
June 8,1876 * 47 _
Strayed or Stolen!
FROM the subscriber, 11 miles South of
Anderson, on Hencoop Creek, about
the latter part of March last, a mouse-col?
ored FILLY, three years old this fall, long
mane and tail. A reward of Ten Dollars
will be paid for the delivery to me of said
Filly, or Five Dollars will be paid for infor?
mation that will enable me to get her.
REUBEN CLINKSCALES.
?Tune 8, 1876_47 2
WOOL CARDING.
THE undersigned give notice that their
Wool Cards are now in operation at
Richardson's Mills, on Hurricane Creek,
five miles north of Williamston, and they
arc prepared to 'give prompt attention to
customers. The machinery is all new and
of the best manufacture. A share of pat?
ronage is solicited.
J. M. & J. G. RICHARDSON.
June 8,1876_47_3*
To the Citizens of Anderson
County.
ON last Wednesday we shipped from
Charlotte, N. C, to your town, Ander?
son, S. C, a fine six-horse Erie City Engine
and Buffalo Pitts Thresher for exhibition
on Salcday in the Public Square, but in con?
sequence of a misunderstanding between
the Railroads, our machinery was delayed
in Greenville until too late for exhibition
on Saleday in yonr Town. We will have at
an early day an Engine with our agent in
your Town, who will be always ready to
eive you any information in regard to our
Slachinery. W. C. MORGAN,
Manager Erie City Iron Works,
Charlotte, N.C.
R. F. DIWER, Agent. Anderson, 8. C.
June 8,1876_47_1_
OUT OF THE ? ASHES,
CARRIAGE WORKS.
THE undersigned beg to announce to the
public generally that they have again
opened their
CARRIAGE and REPAIR BUSINESS,
In the new and commodious buildings erec?
ted by Capt. Daniels for them opposite the
Jail, in rear of the Benson House, where
they are prepared to attend to all irork in
their line, such as manufacturing and re?
pairing Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Har?
ness, ifcc. Special attention to Repairing
Jobs and Cutting Tires. All work entrust?
ed to us will be attended to with neatness
and dispatch.
PLEASE NOTICE, That the books
of the old firm of J. L. Fant <fc Co. are in
the hands of Mr. N. 8cott for collection, and
parties indebted will please settle at once,
either by cash or note, as we are compelled
to settle* up the old business.
J. L. FANT.
N. 8COTT.
June 8,1876_47_
CIRCULAR.
Office State Supkriktesde? Education,
Columbia, S. C, May 15th, 1876.
TO THOMAS P. BENSON,
Count]/ School Committioner of Anderton Co.:
Dear Sib?Section 49 of an Act entitled "An
Act to establish and maintain a system of Free
Common Schools for the State of South Carolina,"
approved March 6th, 1871, provides that "An
annual meeting of each School District shall be
held on the last Saturday in June of each year, at
12 o'clock m., notice of the time and place being
given by the Cleric of the Board of Trustees, by
posting written or printed notices in three public
places of the District, at least ten days before the
meeting.
Section 51 of the said Act provides thai "The in?
habitants qualified to vote at a school meeting law?
fully assembled, shall have power?
1st. To appoint a Chairman to preside over the
meeting.
2d. To adjourn from time to time.
3d. To choose a Clerk, who shall possess the
qualification of a voter.
4th. To raise by tax, in addition to the amount
apportioned by the State to their use, such further
sums of money as they may deem proper for the
support of Public Schools, said sum not to be more
than three dollars for every child in the District
between the ages of six and sixteen, as ascertained
by the last enumeration; said sum to be collected
by the County Treasurer, and to be held by him
subject to the order of the Trustees, countersigned
by the County School Commissioner?such sums of
money to be used as shall be agreed upon at the
meeting, cither for the pay of teachers* salaries, or
to purchase or lease sites for school houses; to
build, hire or purchase such school houses; to
keep them in repair and furnish the same with
necessary fuel and appendages; or to furnbh
blackboards, outline maps and apparatus for illus?
trating the principles of science, or to dlschargo
any debts or liabilities lawfully incurred.
5tb. To give such direction and make such pre?
visions as may be deemed necessary in relation to
the prosecution or defense of any suit or proceed?
ings in which the District may be a party.
6th. To authorize the Board of Trustees to build
sshool bouses or rent the same; to sell any school
house site or other property belonging to the Dis?
trict when the same shall no longer be needful for
the use of the District.
7th. To alter or repeat their proceedings from
time to time, as occasion may require, and to do
any other business contemplated in this Act."
You are hereby most earnestly advised to in?
struct the Clerk of each of the several Boards of
School Trustees In your County to give due notice
of an annual meeting to be held in the School Dis?
trict under their supervision, on Saturday, the
24th day of June, 1876, at 12 o'clock m. I deem it
of great importance to the success of our Free
Common School system that these meetings be
held in every School District in the State, and that
each School District raise a liberal Local or Dis?
trict School Tax for the support of its Free Com?
mon Schools, for the following reasons:
1st. The State appropriation mitde for Free Com?
mon School purposes for the current fiscal year Is,
of itself, insufficient to supply the educational
wants of the people. In those States having the
most popular, satisfactory and successful systems
of Free Common Schools, the schools arc almost
wholly sustained by means of Local School Taxes.
2d. The amount of Poll Tax collected in each of
the several School Districts is, of itself, insignifi?
cant.
3d. The Local School Tax raised in any School
District will be of great service as auxiliary and
supplement?r}- to the State appropriation and Pull
Tax.
4th. The Local School Tax is paid into the Coun?
ty Treasury, and is directly subject to the order of
the Board of School Trustees, countersigned by the
County School Commissioner.
Very respectfully,
J. K. JILLSON,
State Superintendent Education, 8. C.
OrncE ok Conan School Comjtwsioseb,
Anderson, S. C, June 5,1876.
Trustees will please take notice of the above or?
der, and not fail to advertise the meeting at least
ten days before the last Saturday*in this month, in
three public places of their School Districts.
THOMAS P. BENSON,
School Commissioner Anderson County.
Juno 8,1876 47 3
Atlanta and Richmond Air Line R. R.
Atlanta, Ga., June 4,7876.
GOING EAST.
Passenger Train, No. L Arrive. Leave.
Atlanta.?. 3 00 p m
Seneca.?. 754pm 754pm
Greenville. 9 41pm 9 44pm
Spartanburg.11 05 p m 11 08 p m
Charlotte._ 2 03 ? in
GOING WEST.
Passenger Train,- No. 2. Arrive. Leave.
N. C. R. R. Junction. 2 10 a m
Charlotte..?_ 2 16am
Spartanburg.-..... 5 11am 5*4am
Greenville. 6 37 am 640am
Seneca._8 31am 8 31am
Atlanta.?. 1 30 p m_
JOHN B. PECK, Sup't.