The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 05, 1877, Image 3
THE m*mLLIGENCER.
LOr JAt MASTERS.
?BSOK icflntoir.
We ?
iffe 'coirrpelled 'to. omit several com
raU"1' jat?cttrs:m favor of the fence law this
wee i\ 'SPbey "W?1 appear in our next issue.
Anaijy ??is?sssion, however widely you
r iwty '?iffer, irever say anything to your an?
tagonist-w?hich you would object to his say
ang 'to.*"t""OU. It is the reason of the discourse
and 310t the epithets that convince men.
'The only fourth of July oration had in
Anderson, was delivered by Mr. 8. Bleckley,
.-as is his annual custom, in the Anglo-Ger
iman dialect. Of course it was appropriate
'to the occasion and was highly appreciated
1 by his audience.
The convenience of access to the Metho?
dist Church, and the appearance of the lot,
has been very much improved by running
a new fence so as to allow persons to enter
and retire from the Church withont opening
and shutting gates.
All the townships have sent in their peti?
tions for the stock law except Brushy Creek
and Wiiliamston. We learn that these
townships wiU have their petitions in soon,
and that the election will be ordered and
notice thereof published next week.
We are requested to announce that the
citizens of Savannah Township who are in?
terested in the proposed fence law are in?
vited to meet at Holland's Store on next
Saturday evening at one o'clock. It is
hoped that every one who can do so will at?
tend.
All Temperance organizations within the
bounds of the Saluda Baptist Association
are requested to send a statement of their
membership, the value of the property be?
longing to the order, and the number of j
books in their libraries, to the editor of the
Intelligences before the 20th day of July
instant.
We regret to announce the death of little
Rosa May, daughter of Mr. William M.
Osborne, which occurred on last Sunday
morning. A bright child of fifteen months
she was the idol of her father's household,
but earth was not her home, and death trans?
planted the little flower to bloom forever
more in Heaven.
Messrs. Leak & Moss advertise that they
now have a large and well selected stock of
chewing and smoking tobacco, which they
will sell at prices to suit the times. They
have fine arrangements for securing their
stock on the most advantageous terms and
au* thereby enabled to command a liberal
crastom from our people.
The protracted* meeting in the Baptist
?Church closed on last Saturday. On Sun?
day morning the usual communion service
of the church was administered, and on Sab
hath afternoon three additional converts of
the meeting were baptized in Rocky River.
^This number made sixteen in all who joined
the church during this meeting.
Our valued correspondent from Honea
Path, Mr. WUham.Lee, has gone to the
moan tains of North Carolina with the pur?
pose of recreating for a few weeks. Al?
though we in common with our readers will
miss his interesting dots for a few times, we
wish him a very pleasant sojourn, and hope
he may find a cooler climate than he has
left behind him.
Yesterday, the Fourth of July, passed off |
-without any demonstration in Anderson.
The exercises of the Carolina CoRegiate In?
stitute were suspended for the day, and the
students were gratified by having a holiday..
This College is in a flourishing condition,
and both patrons and students were pleased
at its observance of the glorious fourth.
The fence law discussion which came off
sear Mountain Spring Church on last Sat?
urday was a very interesting affair. Quite a
number of white and colored voters were
present, and entertaining and convincing
speeches in favor of the new law were made
by Messrs. William and Jeptha Harper, B.
F. Cray ton and W. W. Russell. It is
thought the result of the meeting will be
favorable for the change.
Some of the opponents of .the fence law
are endeavoring to induce influential men
not to take sides on the fence law question
by threatening never to vote for any man
who favors the change. Go ahead, friends,
and intimidate every one you can, and,
whenever you have bulldozed any man out
of expressing his honest views, you may put
it down as a settled fact that he is not worth
a vote for any office.
The attention of our readers is respectfully
asked to the advertisement of Mr. John B.
Watson. The Kentucky Mill and Chap?
man's Perpetual Evaporator is one of the
very best for the manufacture of Sorghum.
The merit of these niiRs is attested by the
published cards from Rev. Julins R. Earle
and Mr. Peter R. Brown, both of whom are
well known to our readers as intelligent
and reliable gentlemen. See ad vertisement.
Anderson Division, No. 1, Sons of Tem?
perance, is in a flourishing condition.
Twelve petitions for membership were re?
ceived on last Thursday night from promi?
nent gentlemen of this town, and their
initiation will take place at the meeting
to-night. The other divisions of the County
arc also represented as in a prosperous con?
dition. A little more interest on the part
of members will still further increase the
good work of securing recruits for the tem?
perance army.
The idea that Governor Hampton is re?
sponsible for the fence law is entirely with?
out foundation. Neither he nor the Legis?
lature have committed any crime abont this
matter that we can perceive. They simply
allow the people to say whether they want
to change the fence laws or not. It would
have been presumptuous tyranny for them
to have refused to allow the people a right
to say whether they wish to change the
plan of fencing in any county in the State.
We would call attention to the advertise?
ment of the Williamston Female College,
which appears elsewhere. This institution
has been steadily growing in the number of
its scholars, and in its reputation for schol?
arship since its location at Williamston.
Prof. Lander has evinced a remarkable
adaptability for the great work of female
education, and under his guidance we be?
lieve the destinies of this College are very
bright.
Col. J. W. Norris and Mr. John II.
Clarke have purchased the business of the
Singer Sewing Machine Company for this
section of the country, and will hence?
forth conduct the sale of these well
known machines on their own behalf under
the firm name of Norris <fe Clarke. Mr.
Clarke can always be found at his office over
Barr & Fant's, unless absent, for the purpose
of showing his machines. This arrange?
ment offers an additional inducement to our
people to buy the Singer instead of any
other machine.
The many friends of Miss Emma Moore
will be gratified to learn that she has re?
turned home a^cV having graduated with
honor at the Richmond (Va.) Female Col?
lege. During the past session she received
diplomas in the schools of Latin, German,
History and Natural Sciences, which, with
the diplomas she won the previous term, se?
cured for her a diploma of full graduation,
which is the highest evidence of scholarship
?given by this etcellent institution. Miss
Emma is a Jadr of brilliant ftainiuents,
and her friends are justly gratfied at the
distinction she las achieved inier College
course.
The following officers have Ijou elected
to serve Anderson Division, No.i, Sons of
Temperance, tie ensuing quarts: R. N.
White, W. P.; Fohn M. Hubbail, W. A.;
Chas. F. Jones, R. S.; R. R. ToddA. R. S.;
C. W. Webb, F. S.; A. S. Todd, >eas.; H.
F. Chrietzberg, Chap.; J. R. Smjh, Con.;
Jas. S. Anderson, A. C.; W. B. MKinncy,
I. S.; W. C. Kdth, 0. S.; W. M^Wilcox,
P. W. P.; T. C Ligon, Librarian Foster
Fant, Asst. Libarian. The kistalhiion will
take place at tin meeting to-night, when a
full attendanceis requested.
The Andersoi Reading Club nicht Mrs.
Webb's on lat Tuesday night, an re-or?
ganized by elecdng the following dicers :
President, J. I* Tribble; 1st Vice Prjident,
C. W. Webb; 2nd Vice President^. M.
Cathcart; SeoandTreas., J. Feasterirown;
Critic, Rev. E F. Chrietzberg; Ex Com?
mittee, J. G. Canninghani, A. S. Tod and
Miss Mary T?wers. The next medngof
the Club will be held at Mr. S. Blei)ley's
on next Tuexlay night. All the firmer .
members are requested to attend, antany
desiring to job are invited to hand in heir
applications tlrough some member olthe
Club. _
AIL DELIVERY.
On last Sunday morning, about 2 o'clok,
three of the prisoners confined in the An?
derson Jail aicceeded in making their?s
cape througha hole which they had cutn 1
the plank vail within, and in the brjk *
wall which sarrounds it outside. This hie *?
was cut in the western wall of the frqt v
room, up-stairs, and the escapes were map *
by the prisoners letting themselves doT\\ *
by means of sheets and blankets tied tc c
gether. Sheriff McConnell first discover^ 4
the breakingafter he awoke in themorning? c
at which time he found that E. P. Boie- 0
man, charged with passing counterfeit mota- *
ey;-Ellison, charged with robbing the a
mail; and James Lawrence Smith, under *
sentence of one year's imprisonment fbr'F
assault and.kttery with intent to kill, hadju
taken Fren ci leave of him. The only other;E
prisoner was a cripple, and could not go.
A case-knifbrwas found near the hole, with
the evident jurpose of inducing'the belief!
that it was the instrument with which the \
cutting had been done; but from the nature J
of the breafli in the wall, the prisoners
must have possessed better tools. A pur-' 1
suit of the prisoners was immediately be?
gun, and alont two o'clock on Sunday
Bozeman was recaptured on the upper por?
tion of Rofky River. Up to the time of
going to pass neither Ellison nor Smith
have been hrard of, thongh the search still
continues, aid the parties will be captured .
if they are h the County. Mr. McConnell
is not all cupable for this escape, as he has
exercised uaial caution in watching the
prisoners, aid has put forth every effort to
recover then. It would be well to have the
walls of the front looms in the jail made se?
cure by ironbolts or bars which cannot be
cut through in one night.
TEE C3UXTY COMMISSIONERS.
The Comnissioners of Anderson County
have shown rery great regard for our public
interests, anc have shown themselves to be
both vigil'in. and efficient in the discharge
of their very important duties. They have
just adopted a resolution to divide their la?
bor by assigning special work for each
mem' er of tie board, thereby insuring more
prompt and Efficient attention to all matters
claiming thur attention.
MR. O. H. P. PANT,
the Chairman of the Board, has been as?
signed charge of the ooor house and public
buildings cfcthe County ."together with such
other mattjss as may fromume to time re?
quire his ajtention in carrying out the action
of the Boajd of Commissioners.
MR. SAMUEL BB0W3E
has been aligned thesur^ervislon of Garvin,
Hopewell,| Brushy Creek, Williamston,
Belton, Brpadaway, Honea Path and Martin.
townships;
: MB, JOHN C GANTT
has been tKfigned the supervision of Pen
dleton, Fcbk, Centrev?le, Varennes, Hall,
Corner, Savannah and Rock Mills town?
ships. All persons having business with
the Commissioners are hereby notified of
this action and requested to present it to the
Commissioner having the subject in charge,
and therety save trouble and unnecessary
delay.
COTTON BLOOMS.
During the past week we have had quite a
number of cotton blooms sent us from dif?
ferent portions of the county which, show
that the crip is not so far behind this year
as was feared a short time since. On last
Thursday, the 28th ult., Mr. Henry K.
Crawford lent in a very fine stalk with a
fresh bloO.n on it, and a boll the bloom
from whidi was shed, and must have ap?
peared as early as the 25th of June. Mr.
P. R. Brown also sent us a bloom taken
from his fitld on the 25th of June. Johnny
Junkin sei* in a bloom taken from his field
on the phutation of Mr. W. G. Watson on
the 28th of June. Mr. C. A. Reed got a
bloom froai his field of India Rust Proof
Red cottonon the 29th of June. This is a
new variety of cotton introduced by Mr.
Reed last ywr with very satisfactory results.
The field is very promising this season.
A bloom taken from the farm of Mr. L. H.
Welboni on the 1st inst. was brought us on
Monday. The recent rains and hot weather
have caused the crop throughout this sec?
tion of comtry to improve very_ rapidly
within the past three weeks, and it will
now compare favorably with the crop at
this time last year.
BRQADAWAY TOWNSHIP.
Very grca" interest is manifested by the
citizens of Hroadaway township in the pas?
sage off tho proposed change in the fence
system of dir County. A small meeting of
the friends of the measure was held at
Geer's Acadsmy on last Saturday, and an
excellent adiress in favor of the change was
made by Col E. M. Ruckcr, of Anderson.
After the speech it was decided to hold a
meeting for Broadaway township at two
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the 14th of
July, at Noil's Creek, for the purpose of
discussing tie advisability of adopting the
change. Mi Samuel Browne, the chairman
of the meetiag. appointed Messrs. D. F. An?
derson, Joseph B. Moore, S. X. Pcarman
and J. B. Carpenter a committee to select
speakers for the next meeting. This com?
mittee has.invited Messrs. B. F. Cray ton,
M. E. Mitchell, E. B. Murray and others to
deliver addresses at the meeting, which both
the friends and opponents of the proposed
law arc invted to attend. Both sides will
be given at opportunity to participate in
the discussiai, nnd it is hoped that all of
the ladies md gentlemen of Broadaway
township will be present.
YOUNG KEf'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
The devotional meetings of the Young
Men's Christian Association will, until
further not?e, be held in the Court House
on Sunday afternoons at five o'clock instead
of in the Tewperance Hall. The change is
made with a view to the comfort of those
who attend, and it is hoped all the citizens
of Anderson will endeavor as far as possible
to give the* meetings their support and
sanction by being present, at the Sunday
meetings. Hie claim of the Association
upon all Christians is a strong one, for
through it they will be able to render effect?
ual service for the Master's cause among a
class of persons who it would be difficult if
not impossible to reach through denomina?
tional influence. There is no doubt that
the Association has already accomplished
good in Anderson, and if it is properly sup?
ported by our people it will accomplish
much more. Remember the meetings are
held on Sabbath afternoons in the Court
House, at five o'clock, and last only one
hour.
POMONA GRANGE.
We ai e requested to announce that there
will be a meeting of Pomona Grange in
Temperance Hall next Saturday at ten
o'clock a. m. A full attendance is desired,
as several matters of importance will be
presented to the delogates present.
FAIH ASSOCIATION.
We are requested to announce that there
will be a meeting of the stockholders of the
Anderson Farmers' and Mechanics' Fair As?
sociation held in the Court House on Tues
lay next, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose
Df transacting business of great importance
to the Association. Every member is urged
.0 be present if possible.
County Correspondence.
HO HE A PATH.
Geo. M. McDavid, reports a cottom bloom
)n the 1st instand and Geo. M. Greer, for
vards one found on the 2nd. These blooms
ire a day earlier than last year..."...Several
armers give reports of large yields of wheat,
>ut the largest is from D. S. McCullough,
vho made ninety bushels on three acres.
Ul the old folks and thcyoung men with
heir sweethearts, are preparing for the
onimencenient at Due West, and a warm
ime they will have of it if the weather don't
hange.Aaron Robinson, (col.,) had an
.ttack of meningitis last week, and he, or
lis friends, supposing he was going mad?
s he had had something to do with a mad
tog?got for him a mad dog ticket (a small
>iece of paper with a few words written
ipon it) which he took (inwardly) and is
tow doing as well as coidd be expected.
STORE VULE.
We regret to announce that while Mr.
Jarrol Shirley was attempting to place the
and of the thresher on the band-wheel of
lie engine, his arm was caught, fracturing
oth bones?radius and ulna. We wish
jim a speedy recovery.The ques
lon of fence or no fence is the topic
ow-a-days. Let us have the fence law.
'....Those who would like to know how
t grow vegetables on new-ground gardens
^>uld do well to consult with our friend,
ft. C. V. Barnes, who has grown a fine
tTden of vegetables this season.On
Wednesday night, 27th June, a negro man
-Oee Newell?made a break on the corn
ob of Mr. T. L. Clinkscales, carrying away
a-much of the contents as he could wag
wli. He has been picked up.
RUSTICUS.
HOPEWELL,
[he following officers are elected to serve
Hqewell Division, Sons of Temperance, the
eming quarter: W. A. Neal, W. P.; J. A.
Ha, W. A.; J. B. Guyton, R. S.; Miss Iola !
Ncs, A. R. S.; Dr. R. G. Sloan, F. S.; J. W. J
Wfce, Treas.; D. L. Hatcher, Chap.; T. M. (
Ehj, C; Miss Estelle Guy ton. A. C; W. ,
B. iskine.. I. S.; J. M. Hamlin, 0. S.; A.
M. sruyton, P. W. P. The above officers
are b be publicly installed July 7th, at 3
o'efck p. m., by G. F. Tolly, D. G. W. P., ;
assrtd by L. P. Smith, D. G. C, after which
speepes are expected from the installing
offices. The community is respectfully in
vitabto attend.Since our last comniuni
catim Dr. W. C. Duckworth, who was
waiting about his premises after night, was
smely bitten by a poisonous snake. The
prper antidote was administered by the
faiily physician, but not before the Doctor
sufered severely.Our fields are as notori
ou for grass now as they were for dust pre
vibs to the rain, but are promising in ap
ptrance.The harvest season has been
niie enjoyable by a luxuriant yield, not
wibstanding its onerous duties. Neal &
Gnton have plied their energies with their
usill zeal and promptness, and thereby
sutseded in threshing perhaps eighty-five
percent, of the grain of the township.
Weiave ascertained by careful inquiry that
thei has not been a greater reduction in the
areailanted in cotton this year than three
to fie per cent, compared with last year.
Theiis at least a reduction of ten per cent,
of cuomercial fertilizers used upon this
cropbut there is an increase in the corn
crop f about four per cent. This is a move
in thright direction, but would have been
betterwith a greater disproportion in the
two ojps.Chesley Martin is said to be
one obur best farmers. The present con?
dition f his crop is proof of the fact.The
fence qestion is discussed. It is estimated
that thre is upon an average one-half acre
of unetilosed land to each head of cattle,
and thatwelve or more head pass over this
half acrovery day. Would it not be econ?
omy to sl\t off the eleven and enclose this
lot for thene? Some are opposed because
a number (farmers living upon ridges have
no water pising through the premises, but
we have oiy found three in our township
thus incon?nienced. There are probably
more, but strcely one in twenty. We refer
to these twopoints, ai they have been laid
down as jemises in recent discussions
among us, loin which conclusions of op?
pression havbecn, in our judgment, erro?
neously draw..
FOBK.
Mr. Editoh. With your permission in
this instance. Jpropose to turn aside from
my usual wa; ui" itemizing, but if your
readers will fobw me they will find sonic
thing of local nterest, and likewise a re?
hearsal of somof the good times the Fork
localists have ten having.
A few days ag we proceeded on a ramble
along the caster boundary of the township
in search of loci news and pleasure. We
first availed ounlvcs of a standing invita?
tion to the lioimt>f our friend and quondam
school-mate, D. loan White, whose hospi?
tality is us sinore and bountiful as his
knowledge of tuning is thorough and prac?
tical. Of course re took a look at his crop,
and I risk nothin when I say that a body
often acres.of Is cotton is unsurpassed
anyv;nere in the hvnship in the matter of
regularity in sthd and luxuriance of
growth. Sloan isi zealous advocate of the
proposed change ti the fence system. In
the evening our hw treated us to music on
the piano, which, aeompanied by his strong
and well-trained tnor voice, was quite re?
freshing.
On the early moiow wo proceeded to the
residence of Mr. T.a. A. Brownlee, and
en 2>ussant, our fed rigs were of that sort
which spring fromthe consciousness of a
good time coming. Mr. and Mrs. B. are
kind, hospitable dii communicative, and
their charming daugters?the Misses Mary
Anna and Ada?wh< aside from an envia?
ble fund of merrimet, possess that rare ac
i ceniplishment of maing their visitors feel
quite at ease.' Mr. Brown lee, as all the
i Fork people w?U kmv, is one of our best
? citizens, is not waning in the science of
i agriculture, andwitha is well versed in all
. that tends to "liake the farm pay." This
1 year he has given hi:i ittention to the pro
? duction of uiille, an ^expresses himself as
i well pleased witl it as a forage. His resi
dence stands on a lofty eminence, along the
base of which flows the beautiful Seneca.
After a sumptuous dining it was proposed
and heartily concurred in by the young la?
dies that we should have a fishing party.
But unfortunately the finny tribe manifest?
ed a decided repugnance to fish-hooks, and
hence the sport was soon abandoned for the
more agreeable and pleasant pastime of a
bateau excursion on Seneca's pellucid wa?
ters. Altogel lier, we had quite a pleasant
time?so the young ladies said?and we
never question what young ladies say, not
we.
Since writing the above, I have been
forced to abandon my avowed aim at the
outset, and will subjoin a few items :
Mr. S. E. Gilbert had cotton blossoms on
the 30th ult., and I since learn that blooms
appeared on the same day at various other
places in the township.Rev. J. B. Adger,
of Pcndleton, preached in the Baptist
Church at Townville last Sunday, and will
hereafter conduct Presbyterian worship in
the Townville Academy on the third Sun?
day of every month until the new church
edifice is completed.The debating society
at W. A. Dickson's school-house will pub?
licly debate the "fence question" at that
place Saturday, 14th instant, at three o'clock
in the afternoon. Messrs. W. E. Scars and
T. R. Osborne and others are lor the propo?
sed change, and Messrs. R. A. Sullivan,
J. L. 0. Whitfield and others are against it.
The citizens are cordially invited to attend.
Brushy Creek, S. C, June 30th, 1877.
Mr. Editor: The principal object of'this
article is to notice briefly the late proposed
fence law, and I may touch on other matters,
too, for I do not propose to enlighten the
public mind, but merely to provoke a more
general discussion of the fence act. I, for
one, am in favor of the change when carried
out in proper order and at the proper time,
under an act properly framed. But in the
shape that the thing is in this time, I will
ever oppose it, and I speak the sentiments
of many other good citizens. We do not
want to make two bites of one cherry when
the whole pill can be swallowed without
greasing. What is wanting to carry the
thing into effect is an act of the Legislature
repealing the present fence law, and substi
tuting an act with proper safeguards thrown
around, making it positive, to go into effect,
say, next January. The change is a good
one for the country, and is demanded by the
most energetic and practical farmers, and
will eventually work itself into operation,
but never under the act proposing the
change, for the people of the State have cut
their eyeteeth eight years ago under radical
rule. I believe had the Legislature passed
the bill permanently, and made it general
instead of sectional, that in a very few years
it would have proved as great a blessing to
the State as the present system is a curse;
but to have one township "no fence," an?
other "fenced"?one county "hog in," an?
other "hog out"?is calculated to produce
confusion and unnecessary expense, where
a general law would soon work smoothe
and harmoniously, producing lasting bene?
fits upon the poor and laboring class as well
as to the land owners; curtailing a heavy
tax upon the laborer in the way of labor,
making and repairing so much unnecessary
fencing, and the landlord in the way of
rents, timber, and wear and tear of wagon
and team. I venture the assertion that
Pickens county will retain the present fence
system. Well, now suppose Anderson
adopts the change, and not enough counties
to make the thing general, there is miles of
useless, unnecessary and extravagant fenc?
ing to make, and the over-burthened tax?
payer is taxed to make it, imitating as much
as possible the infernal radical rule we had
thought ourselves rid of, that of creating
useless, wasteless and extravagant expense.
Again, the thing is of doubtful issue at best,
and our country is in poor condition to- try
experiments on so large a scale. We have
barely been able to keep on our feet after
the long and heated contest for home rule,
and our Stat? needs time to breathe before
attempting another stride of such magnitude
as the proposed change of fence. Let us get
squarely on our feet with our heads above
water and then try this "hog up" question.
The times are not propitious for the trial
now, and this very act has shaken the con?
fidence of the colored people in the Hamp?
ton government, and, unless remedied, will,
two years hence, rebound and be a source
of untold vexation and trouble, for the
negro will be a negro even if you white?
wash him, and their duplicity is patent to
every sensible man. Their wily leaders
have not abandoned the struggle, and are
now busy sowing the seed of discord silently
with their forked to#gue, and the noble
Hampton's shoulders must bear the whole
blame if any attaches, when everyone ought
to know Hampton had nothing to do with
passing the bill. Again, if this matter was
pressed by memorial or otherwise on our
Legislature enough to pass the bill, why not
pass it outright at once and have done with
it. Thev have the authority. All power of
legislation is vested in the people, and they
have delegated the power to the Legislature,
and made them, the Senate and House of
Representatives, the "agents" and true rep?
resentatives of the people of the State at
large, and why put this question before the
people at such a time to kindle anew the
prejudices of either class or party ? If the
Legislature did not want to assume the re?
sponsibility of passing the bill outright for
fear of offending the people, why did they
not leave other questions of as much im?
portance to the tax-payers as the fence law
to the people also ? For instance, the appro?
priation bill. I think the people would have
made a decided improvement on it by leav?
ing out the $300,000 interest clause, and the
"salary grab" by restricting the "delicate"
members to a decent salary more in keeping
with their income at borne and their services
abroad. We certainly had a right to expect
much from this Legislature, taking the platj
form in consideration, and they certainly
have done much good and I think some
harm, but they have come short, far short,
of what was expected of them in the matter
of reducing salaries and useless offices, re?
pealing some good acts and passing some
bad ones, among which is a scattering no
fence law. too thin to hold water, where a
good, wholesome, substantial, non-expen?
sive, positive law is required. Such an one
will meet with pretty general approval
throughout the Palmetto State, and will be
advocated by
"FOOL."
Bic; Invention.?Lloyd, the famous map
man, who made all the maps for General
Grant and the Union army, certificates of
which he published, has just invented a way
of getting a relief plate from steel so as to
print Lloyd's Map of American Continent
showing from ocean to ocean?on one entire
sheet of bank note paper, 40x50 inches large,
on a lightning press, and colored, sized and
varnished for the wall so as to stand wash?
ing, and mailing anywhere in the world for
30 cents, or unvarnished for 25 cents. This
map shows the whole United States and
Territories in a group, from surveys to 1877,
with a million places on it, such as towns,
cities, villages, mountains, lakes, rivers,
streams, gold mines, railway stations, &c.
This map should be in every house. Also
Lloyd's Great Map of Philadelphia and the
Centennial Grounds, showing every house,
street and number. Same size and price as
America. Send 30 cents to the Lloyd Map
Company, Philadelphia, and you will get a
copy by return mail.?N. Y. Illustrated
Christian Weekly. _43?8
OBITUARY.
DEPARTED this life, June 25, 1877 Mrs.
FRANCIS HANNA, wife of Mr. C. B.
Hanna. aged about 70 years.
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which no mortal wakes to weep.
M.
The colossal bronze statute of Victory
which stands in the Park, at Lowell, before
the tomb of the first soldiers that full in the
revolution, is a lasting and beautiful tribute
of art. It is one of the first objects sought
by strangers visiting our sister city, which
indeed many visit purposely to sec this ele?
gant object of high art. It was obtained
from the King of Bavaria by Dr. J. C. Aycr,
to whom his Majesty was especially gracious
in acknowledgment of what his remedies
are reputed to have done for the suffering
sick. It was donated by the Doctor to the
city of Lowell as a permanent and speaking
emblem of the victories both of science and
arms.?Ilagcrstown (Mil.) Press.
CIRCULAR.
COLUMBIA, S. C June 14, 1877,
To J. N. CARWILE, School Commissioner of An?
derxon County, S. C.:
Sir?The General Assembly at its recent session
appropriated ?100,000, exclusive of the poll tax, for
the support of the Free Common Schools for this
fiscal year. The amount to which your County is
entitled ts $4078.75. A heavy penalty having heen
imposed for the non-payment of the poll tax, it is
believed that the amount derived from this source
will be much larger than in any previous year.
The law provides that the poll tax shall bo retain?
ed by the County Treasurers, and that It shall be
expended for school purposes in the township in
which it is collected. If the schools in your Coun?
ty have been closed this year. I would advise you
to open them as soon as possible,*and to keep them
open until the above mentioned amount and the
amount (as nearly as you can estimate It) to be de?
rived from the poll tax are exhausted. If, howev?
er, the indebtedness for work done during this
fiscal year is equal to the amount to which your
County is entitled, the ?chools should be closed at
once. You will please report promptly to this
office whether the schools aro open or not, as it Is
my desire to visit those Counties in which the
schools are in operation. In advance of the publi?
cation of the Acts passed at the recent session of
the General Assembly, I will call your attention to
the following summary of the amendments to the
School Law:
1. Teachers' certificates and all claims against the
Free School Fund must be sworn to by persons
presenting the claims. AH Trustees are authorized
and required to administer oaths, free of charge,
to persons by whom such claims aro presented.
2. The same person cannot act as Trustee and
Teacher of a public school.
3. The law authorizing the levy of a District
School Tax has been repealed.
4. The compensation allowed County School Com?
missioners is three dollars a day for the time actu?
ally employed provided the number of days in
each and every year for which said compensation
shall be allowed i-hall in no case exceed one hun?
dred days, except in the County of Charleston,
where the number of days shall not exceed one
hundred and fifty.
This is the year in which the Trustees arc requi?
red to make, or to have made, an enumeration of
all children between the ages of six and sixteen
years. The District School Tax having been abol?
ished, there is no fund from which the Trustees
can bo paid for this work. They are, however,
earnestly requested to make the enumeration. The
work is not onerous, and it is of the utmost impor?
tance that it should be done. Without the infor?
mation thus obtained, it will be impossible for the
Legislature at the regular session to make a correct
estimate upon which to base the appropriation for
free schools for the next year. At five cents per
capita, which has heretofore been allowed for this
enumeration, the expense of making it, assuming
that the school population is about what it was in
1875, would be nearly ?12,000. The saving of this
amount will surely fee, to all Trustees who really
desire to promote the interests of the public
schools, sufficient inducement to perform this im?
portant work without pay.
Permit me to call your attention to the impor?
tance of having men of intelligence and high char?
acter on your Boards of Examiners and Boards of
Trustees."
The efficiency of the public school system must
depend greatly upon the manner in which these
Boards are organized. "Partisan instruction in
the schools" is forbidden, and the best guarantee
which you can give that this wise provision of the
law will be enforced will be the selection of com?
petent persons for Examiners and Trustees. I
suggest, wherever it is practicable, that both races
and both political parties be represented on these
Boards. Many of the school officers, and especially
the Trustees, are notoriously incompetent. To re?
tain them will reflect great discredit upon the
School Commissioners, and will bo a wrong to the
people of the State. It is my intention to request
the Circuit Judges to instruct the Grand Juries to
investigate the management of the public schools
in the different Counties, andshall ask the Courts to
use their authority to remove all school Officers,
who, through ignorance or neglect, fail to discharge
their duties.
As soon as possible after the closing of the schools
you will please send to this office all reports which
you are required to make. Delay on the part of
any one Commissioner will retard the preparation
of my report.
There will be no meeting this year of the Board
of Education, no appropriation having been made
to pay the mileage of members.
School officers should bear in mind that the
money appropriated for this year cannot be used to
meet deficiencies for previous years.
Very respectfully,
HUGH S. THOMPSON,
State Superintendent of Education.
Office County School Commissioneb,
Anderson, June 28,1877.
Trustees will please take notice of the above or?
der, and give its suggestions and requests their
prompt and careful attontion.
J. N. CARWILE,
School Commissioner Anderson County.
June 2s, 1877 50 2
SCHOOL. JVOTICE.
THE Trustees will find below the pro .rata share
of State funds for their respective School Dis?
tricts, apportioned on the basis of School attend?
ance :
School District. |No.|Ain't.
Fork.
Pendlelon.
Garvin.,
Brushy Creek.
Rock Mills.
Centreville.,
Hopcwell.
Williamston...
Savannah.
Varenncs.
Broadaway.
Belton.,
Dark Corner
Hall.
Martin.
Honca Path.
Andcrson.
279 56
319 72
299 64
343 82
180 75
284 38
194 40
360 69
201 33
2S5 18
310 08
235 37
160 66
286 79
235 37
259 47
375 15
All Free Schools will be opened on the 9th of
July, 1877. Trustees will not overdraw their re?
spective amounts, and notify other Trustees of the
amounts drawn by them on their School Districts.
The Board of Examiners will meet on the first
Saturday, tho 7th day, of July, for the purpose of
examining applicants as Teachers who have not re?
ceived certificates.
I would further give notice that I am authorized
to pay school claims for the month of March, 1877,
and all persons holding these claims can secure
payment by presenting the same, properly proven,
to rac.
J. N. CARWILE,
School Commissioner Anderson County.
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NOTICE.
THE ?rm of TOWERS it BROYLES
was dissolved in September, 187G.
Having purchased the interest of Wm. L.
Broyles in the said firm of Towers & Broylcs,
I will receive all money due said Towers &
Brovles, and pay all debts due by the firm.
AND I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that
I must have the money due on Notes and
Accounts on or before the 1st November
next. I mean what I sav.
A. B. TOWERS.
June 21, 1877_4_n__
Boots and Shoes.
IF you want to buy a good shoe or boot'at
a low price for cash, call on
A. B. TOWERS.
March 29, 1877
Garden Seeds.
AGOOD ASSORTMENT of D. M. Ferry's
Garden Seeds and Early Rose Potatoes
for sale hy A. B. TOWERS.
March 29, 1877 _
H
Flour, Flour.
EADQUARTERS for Choice Flour is
at A. B. TOWERS.
GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED.
N
|OW is your time to buy. We have a FULL STOCK, and will sell
everything at less than
PANIC PRICES.
We quote a few of the many Bargains offered :?
Best Calicoes, 7 cents per yard.
Elegant White Pique, 10 cents per yard.
Splendid Victoria Lawn, 20 and 25 cents.
Good Corsets, 40 cents?worth 75 cents.
Swiss Muslin from 12? to 40 cents?half price.
Mens' Summer Coats at 60 cents.
Good quality Suits at $8.00.
Fine Dress Suits at 818.00 to $20.00.
SHOES AND HATS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY!
B?* Call aud be convinced.
ARNSTEIN & ROSE,
* , ' , * ? ,?0?? NEW YORK CASH STORE.
Audereon, S. C, June 7,1877._
EVERYBODY INVITED
TO INSPECT
THE BEST COTTON GIN IN THE WORLD.
NEW and wonderful invention of "Revolving Head," which prevents friction of cot?
ton on the ends of cotton box, also prevents choking of the gin and breaking
the roll.
As to the construction and material used, you have only to see it to be convinced that it
is the best.
This is the forty-seventh year of the Daniel Pratt Gin Company's business,
and during that time they have made and sold 30,000 Gins.
The PRATT GIN* is used in every country where cotton is grown. If any Gin proves
defective, will make it good at our expense. Call and see us, and you will be convinced
that we soli the CHAMPION COTTON GIN, and one that will suit you and the times.
We refer you to the following parties who are now using our Gin in this County :
RICHARDS & WILSON, SMITH, JAMISON & CO.,
DR. W. L. BROYLES, L. L. GAILLARD & CO.,
BAYLIS SMITH. CHARLES WILLIFORD.
McCULLY & TAYLOR.
THE LIVE GROCERY STORE
OF
LIGrOIN" <?c HILL.
IS STILL AT THE FRONT.
The increase of patronage we have received enables us to sell at SMALL?
ER PROFITS FOR CA^P than ever, and we are resolved to exert our?
selves to the utmost to make it to the interest of the people to trade with us.
No one in this Market shall UNDERSELL US.
May 24,1877 33
NEW GOODS AND NEW STYLES!
IN
READY - MADE CLOTHING
JUST RECEIVED.
ri REAT CARE has been taken in SELECTING a STOCK OF GOODS that will SUIT
VX EVERY ONE.
OUR STOCK OF HATS
Cannot be excelled in the City. As we buy them by the case direct from the manufactu?
rers, we arc thereby enabled to sell them at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY.
03" Call and see for yourselves. All orders for Goods will receive prompt attention.
McMAHAN, MORGAN & DAVIS,
Grecnvfflc, S. C.
May 10, 1877 ? 43
mTurY!_FURNITURE !!
ANOTHER GENERAL REDUCTION IN PRICES!
Anderson the Cheapest Furniture Market in the State.
PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION !
IN consideration of the scarcity of money, I have put down prices to the following
remarkable, unheard-of low prices:
ROOM SUITS, consisting of Dress Bureau, Bedstead and Washstand, from $16.50 up?
wards. With four Chairs, Roclsing Chair, Table and Towel Racks, (complete suits of ten
pieces,) from $24.00 upwards.
SOLID WALNUT SUITS, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Deck Dress
Bureau, (five drawers,) and Washstand, from $30.00 upwards. With four Walnut Chairs
and Walnut Rocking Chair, from $40.50 upwards.
GOOD COTTAGE BEDSTEADS, hardwood, not piiic, reduced to $4.00. Without slats
and castors, to $3.50.
Good Washstand, with drawer and towel end, reduced to $1.50.
Good Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.00.
The celebrated Kentucky Double-wove Cane Seat Chairs, varnished or painted, warrant*
ed to bo the strongest Chair made, at ninety-five cents apiece. Rocking Chairs, of the
same kind, at $1.40 apiece.
These prices are no ketch-pennies, but all my goods arc at the same low figure. I have
on hand a large Stock of Furniture of all kinds and description, which will be sold
cheaper than can be bought from anvbody else or any other place. Come and see TOLLY
and he will do you right. HE WILL NOT, OR CANNOT BE UNDERSOLD.
G. F. TOLLY.
May 18,1876 Depot Street, Anderson, S. C.
A NEW COUNT TO BE MADE,
Which goes behind the Returning- Board.
AFTER carefully aggregating the returns made by our customers for advancements
made during the years 1875-76, we find that a large number of the precincts have
not been heard from, and a great many others have only made partial returns. Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That if full and sati^ctory returns are not made on or before the first
day of April, a summons will be filea in the Sheriffs Office, requiring defaulters to show
cause why such returns have not been made.
Testimony will be admitted going behind the Returning Board, and if it appears that
the parties have fraudulently carried their Cotton to Greenville and other markets^ to
evade the payment of their Account, then Judgment will be obtained and an Execution
issued against their property, which will insure a fair count.
ZelFs Ammoniatcd and Acid Phosphates on hand, and will be sold on the
following liberal terms: Cash, $50. Time, $60. Or one Ton for 500 lbs. Middling Cotton
delivered on the first of November next.
WILSON & REED, No. 7 Granite Row,
THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD.
"VTOTHING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur
J3( nished by the
DOUBLE ACTING STONE FORCE PUMP,
Manufactured by J. C. Nichols & Bro., Atlanta, Ga., which brings the water pure and fresh
from the bottom of the well. Nb slime or filth collects on the pump or hi the well. No
snails, worms or green moss gets about the water. It is free from rust or other impurities,
and can be operated by a small child with ease, and brings the water fresher than any oth?
er Pump. It is of stone, glazed inside and outside, and never will decay. It improves the
water beyond a doubt by ventilating the well, and keeping it like a moving stream of
water. With a hose attached, it becomes a good fire-engine, ever ready at your door to
extinguish the flames in ease of fire. It la better and cheaper than insurance. Its work
ins gives complete satisfaction, as those acquainted with it will testify.
by
ALONZO L. WELCH, Anderson, S. C.
Send in orders at once for Pumps, and they will be delivered and put in immediately.
He means business.
Aprils. 1877 38
JOHN E. PEOPLES,
wholesale and retail dealer 1st
STOVES, TIN-WARE,
HOLLOW-WARE,
HfliseMsIgH,&c.
G
/ALL and buy the above CHEAPER
than they can be bought ELSEWHERE
for Cash.
RUBBER BELTING of the most
popular size always on hand.
I am agent for the I X L and HALL
COTTON GINS and Eclipse Cotton
Press.
Sheet Copper for Molasses Boiler
bottoms.
Stained Cotton and Raw Hides
wanted.
Call and see me, and I will give you th
best bargains for the money ever obtained
in the Town of Anderson.
Highest prices paid for RAGS.
June 14,1877 48
WHAT ONE DOLLAR WILL DO.
Is a Purely Vegetable Concentration, for
keeping the bowels in natural motion, and
cleansing the system of all impurities, and
a pbsitive cure for costiveness.
Trifles, as they may seem to be, are con?
tinually at work to thwart our happiness,
and destroy that for which we all pray so
fervently?good health. The great majority
of diseases with which we are familiar, are
the result of negligence on the part of indi?
viduals who pay not the slightest attention
to constipated bowels, varying in length of
time from a number of days to weeks; this,
of course is criminality on the part of the
sufferer, so to neglect the laws of bis being.
Thousands of Dollars are wasted in phy?
sician's fees by the dyspeptic, the rheumatic,
the bilious and the nervous, when a dollar
expended on that unapproachable vegetable
tonic and alterative?DR. SIMMONS' HE?
PATIC COMPOUND OR LIVER CURE?
would in every case effect a radical cure.
For sale at wholesale and retail by SIMP?
SON & SADLER, Anderson, S. C. Dowie
& Moise, Proprietors, Charleston, 8. C.
July 5,1877 , 51 _6m_
SIMPSON & SADLER,
BENSON HOUSE CORNER,
Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, &c.,
Are just receiving a large variety of
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS,
From those most reliable Seed Gardens of
Rob't Buist, jr., D. M. Ferry & Co., and *
Johnson, Robbins & Co., at wholesale or
retail..
ALSO,
CHEMICALS
FOR
Home Made Fertilizer,
At jpwest prices for Cash.
Feb 1,1877 _29_(
WILHITE & WILLIAMS.
Anderson, S.'C,
DEALERS IN
DR UGS, MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, dec,
LAMP and LAMP GOODS,
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES,
BRUSHES,
DYE STUFFS, &c.
A Full Line of PERFUMERY
And TOILET ARTICLES,
CIGARS and TOBACCO,
And all other Articles jisuaUy kept in our
^ line.
NEW CROP GARDEN SEEDS, at
Wholesale and Retail.
Jan 25,1877__2_
4000 Pounds Tobacco Sold
In seven weeks for Cash at the
Tobacco Store in Benson House.
AS we sell for cash, our prices are ex?
tremely low. All grades are sold in
large and small quantities, to suit purcha?
sers by
LEAK & MOSS.
May 3,1877_39_3m
QUICK SALES & SMALL PROFITS
FOR
THE CASH.
IAM prepared to sell Goods at Low Pri?
ces for Cash, and ask all my friends
and customers to give me a call before buy?
ing, and I wiU try and make it to their in?
terest to buy of me.
A. B. TOWERS,
? No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C.
March 29, 1877
Groceries and Provisions.
IAM now selling for Cash?
Bacon Sides and Shoulders,
The finest Sugar Cured Hams,
The best Leaf Lard, Mackerel, Salt,
Choice and prime N. 0. Malasscs,
Sugar, Coffee, Soda,
Pepper, Spice, Ginger, <fec
English Pickles, very best made,
BestiBlack and Green Tea in market.
All to be sold low for cash by
A. B. TOWERS.
Dry Goods.
IHAVE on hand
Calicoes, Worsted Dress Goods,
Black Silk,
Pure Black Mohair,
Bleached and Brown Shirtings
And Sheetings, from 3 to 10-4 wide,
Plaid Homespuns,
Lawns, Cassimeres, Fancy Goods,
And many things too tedious to mention
for sale low for cash by
A. B. TOWERS.
Hats and Clothing.
AFEW of those Cheap Hats, and a few
Coats, Pants and Vests at and below
cost for cash. A. B. TOWERS.
March 29, 1877
I
March 29,1877
Harness, &c.
tridle, or
r price, ca
A. B. TOWERS.
F you want a good Bridle, or a good set
of Harness at a low price, call on
Hardware.
AGOOD LOT of Shelf : Hardware, Iron,
Steel, Plows, Plow Irons.-Hoes, Pots,
Ovens and Spiders for sale low hy
A. B. TOWERS.
March 29,1877 - ~