The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, November 01, 1877, Image 3
THE INTELLIGENCER.
LeOCAIi MATTERS.
1800 TO ADVERTISERS. 180G
The Anderson Intelligences, has the
largest circulation of any country paper
published in the State, and has more than
three times the circulation of any other pa*
per in Anderson County. We print and cir?
culate regularly 1809 papers. Our list in
the County has increased instead of dimin?
ished, and we hope to receive a still greater
increase during the coming fall. We are
willing at any time to verify the above by
an inspection of our subscription book, or
our paper bilbs; or when desired, we will
furnish advertisers-with an affidavit of the
correctness of our statement as to the circu?
lation of the Intelligences
BRIEF MEHTIOI!.
Cotton?Middlings, 9i to 10 cents.
Rev. Wm. Henry 8trickland will preach
at Mountain Creek Church on the second
Sunday in November, at 3 o'clock p. m.
Hugh Wilson, Esq., of the Abbeville
Press and Banner, was in town last week.
We did not have the pleasure of meeting
him.
Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken is upon the Con?
gressional Committee upon Agriculture.
Col. Aiken will make a valuable member
upon this committee.
The State Fair begins on next Tuesday
week, in Columbia, and will no doubt be
very largely attended. All the Railroads
will pass visitors to it at reduced rates.
The Grand Division of Sons of Temper?
ance of South Carolina will meet in Colum?
bia on Tuesday, 13th inst., during the week
of the State Fair. A large meeting is ex?
pected.
Mr. R. L. Moorhead from the house of
Sloan, Lee & Taylor, of Greenville, S. C,
was in Anderson last Friday. He was look?
ing very much like an Anderson man al?
though ne lives in Greenville.
Mr. Joe B. McGee, of the house of Thos.
W. Davis, of Greenville, S. C, was at the
Fair last Friday. His stay in Greenville
has not been long enough to rob him of a
familiar appearance to our people.
Our townsman, Mr. B. F. Crayton, has
been suggested for the presidency of the
State Fair Association, and will no doubt
be elected if he will consent to serve, which
we hope he will do, as a better president
could not possibly be procured.
L. P. Smith, Grand Scribe of the Sons of
Temperance of this State, will organize a
Division of that Order at Cross Roads
Church on next Saturday evening at 7$
o'clock. We understand the prospects for
a -strong Division there are very good.
Managers of Election in this Connty for
1876 would do well to read the card of Col.
James A. Hoyt, chairman of the board of
?commissioners of election for this County.
"It is important to have the account made
?out by the beginning of the session of the
^Legislature.
Mr. Curran H. Sloan, of the enterprising
nnn of Sloan, Lee <fc Taylor* of Greenville,
S. C, was in attendance Upon our County
Fair on Friday. His many friends in this
community were pleased to see him in our
midst, even for so short a time.
A little child t>f Maj. John B. Moore came
near being drowned on last Saturday after?
noon, by wandering from the other chil?
dren and falling into a tub of water. For?
tunately, however, the little one was dis?
covered In time to resuscitate it, though the
escape from death was a very narrow one.
The business of the town of Anderson
has been larger during the month of Octo?
ber than that of any month for the past
three or four years. Reason?because it is
one of the best cotton markets in South
Carolina, and goods are sold here as cheap
as they can be bought at any neighboring
town for the cash.
Rev. Thomas F. Gadsden, who has been
preaching some time in this place, assumes
the Rectorship of Grace Protestant Episco
SI Church to-day. His sermon next Sab
th will treat of subjects appropriate to the
?occasion, after which the Lord's Supper will
?be administered.
Hon. Thos. C. Gower, formerly Mayor of
'Greenville, and at present the president of
'her city railroad, was in Anderson last Fri
?day. He is one of the most enterprising
?end successful men in South Carolina, and
is the senior member of the well known
firms of Sower, Cox&Marklev, and ofT.
C. Gower & Co., of Greenville, S. C.
Mr. Warren Eeown shot Mr. J. N. Van
diver at the circus on last Tuesday. Mr.
Vandiver was acting as a policeman for the
town, and had endeavored to keep Mr.
Eeown quiet, but at the time he was shot
had left him. The ball struck Mr. Vandi?
ver in the back, but did not seriously hurt
him. This case will undergo judicial inves?
tigation, and therefore we withold com?
ment.
We return thanks to Mr. T. P. Quarles,
Secretary of the Abbeville Fair Association
ifor a complimentary ticket to the Abbeville
?County Fair, which is now in progress.
This Fair will no doubt be a great success,
as Abbeville County has come out to a very
great extent since its political regeneration,
and shows it on every occasion. It will not
be behind on this.
The exhibition in Calisthenics at the Ma?
sonic Hall on last Friday evening was a
very great success. The address of Maior
B. F. Whitner upon the advantages of this
system of education was terse, elegant and
interesting, and. the performance evinced
much training and rystem in the pupils,
reflecting high credit pon their teacher?
Miss Wade, of the Southern Home School.
The attendance was large, and the enter
? tainment in every way a decided success.
Sol Smith Russell, the great musical actor
whose facial grimaces some of our people
remember in connection with the Swiss
Bell Ringers, will afford the people of An?
derson a rare treat in the Masonic Hall on
Friday evening. He brings with him an
array of musical talent which is seldom met
with in traveling companies, and will more
than repay the attendance of all who love
a chaste and elegant performance. See the
advertisement elsewhere.
The merchants of Anderson should dis?
cuss the propriety of chartering a ferry
across the Savannah river to induce the
trade of neighboring counties in Georgia to
come here in greater quantities. It might
be made free for persons who trade at this
point and not elsewhere- by issuing certifi?
cates to every Georgian who sells a bale of
cotton and buys a bill of goods in Anderson.
By charging all others the ferry would pay
expenses and be the source of gain to our
town, as well as a benefit to portions of
Georgia.
The entertainments given in the Masonic
Hall on last Wednesday and Thursday
evenings for the benefit of the Episcopal
Church, were quite a success. During the I
two evenings the two highly amusing com?
edies of "Colleen Bawn," "Should This Meet
Your Eye" and "Kritz Single," were well
rendered by an amateur club of ladies and
gentlemen to a highly delighted audience.
These entertainments were very amusing,
and were well attended. We learn that
about eighty dollars was realized from
them.
Judge Reed was prevented from holding
the Fali term of Court in Beaufort, on ac?
count of the yellow fever, which has been
raging at Port Royal and other points along
the coast. The Chief Justice directed him
to hold the October term of Court at Green?
ville during the recess which he now has,
but the members of the bar were not ex?
isting a term of Court, and hence are un?
prepared . with the business of the term. A
petition from the members of the Anderson
Bar has been forwarded to the Chief Jus?
tice, requesting an extra term of Court for
November, and, asking for Judge Reed to
hold the Court. This application has not
been heard from, but it is probable an extra
term will be ordered during the coining
month.
Now and Then.
It is only now and then that such men as
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, Ex-Gov. Smith
and Ex-Goy. Brown, of Ga., endorse a med?
icine for the throat and lungs, and when
they do it in pretty good evidence that the
remedy must be good for the cure of coughs,
colds and lung affections. They recommend
the Globe Flower Covoh Sykitp, and their
testimonials are to be sren round the ten
cent sample bottles of the Globe Flower
Syrup, for sale by SIMPSON, REID & CO. )
A sample bottle relieves the worst cough, j
and will cure sore throat. Regular size
bottles, fifty doses, $1. I
THE ANDERSON FAIR.
N.
Splendid Display in the Various Depart*
ments.
Rainy Weather and a Smaller Attend
. anee than Usual.
The Tenth Annual Fair of the Farmers'
and Mechanics' Fair Association of Ander?
son County was held last week, beginning
on Wednesday and concluding on Friday.
The exhibition was very fine in all the de?
partments, and better than last year in every
respect, except, perhaps, the Art department
ana one of the Manufacturers' departments,
in which a very small number of articles
were entered.
THE HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT
contained the largest number of entries, and
displaye<Lgreater progress on the part of its
exhibitors than can well be described. Al?
most everything that is prepared for table
use was exhibited in great variety, and in
the most tempting manner imaginable,
showing the highest skill and perfection in.
the exhibitors. The jellies, pickets, pre?
serves, cakes, wines, salads, breads and
cooking of meats, fowls, &c., presented by
far a finer appearance than they have ever
done before at any of our County Fairs, and
there were numbers of dishes of each of
these articles which deserved premiums or
any other complimentary recognition that
could be extended to them.
THE FIELD CEOP DEPARTMENT,
though perhaps not containing as many
entries as in some former years, was well
filled with much finer specimens of agricul?
ture than those presented lest year. The
wheat, corn, cotton stalks, oats, beets, cab?
bages, sugar and broom cane, millet, pota?
toes, vegetages, &c, showed that they had
been raised Dy the most thorough and pro?
gressive system of agriculture. Among the
many worthy exhibits in this department
we can mention specially but one, and that
is a second crop of Irish potatoes. There
were three or four entries of these, and all
of them were very fine, indeed, showing
that the Irish potato is susceptible of be?
coming a very valuable crop in this country.
Two crops of it can be raised upon the same
ground during a year, and the yield from
them is immense each crop, if properly cul?
tivated. We learn that Mr. D. S. Maxwell's
exhibit took the premium. They were very
large and beautiful, as the others were also.
MANUFACTURERS' DEPARTMENT.
There were a number of manufactured
articles on exhibition, which attracted a
great deal of attention from all persons
taking an interest in such things. Captain
John L. Thornley, of Pickens, had on ex?
hibition, in this department, a
NEW COTTON TIE,
which operates upon the principle of the
wedge, and for simplicity and efficiency it
is beyond doubt far ahead of any tie that
has ever been offered to the cotton trade by
any manufacturer. By using it the danger
of breaking is lessened, and the same tie
can be used and re-used for a number of
times. Mr. A. H. Osborne, of our town,
bad
A PATENT GATE,
suitable for use across roads, on exhibition,
which is an invention of his own, and is a
very ingenious device. By a system of
levers and pulleys a person on horseback or
in a vehicle can open the gate without dis?
mounting, and after passing through can
also shut it without getting down. This
gate is a fine invention, for it is a great con?
venience and safety in case of wild horses.
We hope it may come into general use.
Mr. Osborne also had on exhibition a
PORTABLE FENCE
of his own invention, which will very likely
come into general use among the fanners in
fencing up their stock in those portions of
the County where the old system of fencing
has been abolished. The fence is built of
Slank, and is* very substantial. Messrs. T.
I. Gower & Co. of Greenville, S. C, had a
WOOD PUMP
in operation, which is fast becoming a fa?
vorite on account of its excellence, com?
bined with cheapness. It has a patent at?
tachment of the bandle, and a curved spout,
so that it cannot get out of order by Being
stopped up' by sticks, rocks, &c., as most
pumps do. It works easily and brings a large
and rapid stream. It seems to be as good a
pump as can possibly be made, and is much
cheaper than any other kind of wood.
Messrs. Gower & Co. are agents for this
State, and are also the most extensive deal?
ers in doors, sash and blinds in upper Caro?
lina.
Mr. Wm. Todd bad on exhibition an in?
vention of castors for sewing machines so
arranged as to enable any person to put the
machine on rollers or off of them at will.
It is simple and excellent in its operations.
Its convenience insures for it a general use.
Col. John Alexander had several pieces of
casting from theCongaree Iron Works, such
as sugar-cane mills, evaporators, ballusters
for piazzas and fencing, <fcc. His exhibit
was a fine one, and will no doubt direct the
attention of our people to this manufactory,
which is within the limits of our own State.
Mr. Richard Tozer had one of his porta?
ble steam engines in operation on the
grounds, as were also two engines from the
manufactory of Tolbert & Sons, Richmond,
Virginia.
Messrs. Winship & Bro., of Atlanta, Ga.
had in operation one of their cotton gins,
with a condenser attached. At first it did
not work well, in consequence of difficulty
about regulating it upon the ground, but on
the second day it was properly adjusted, and
did most excellent work. It is in many re?
spects a great improvement upon the ordi?
nary gins.
Messrs. McCulley & Taylor also showed
one of their Pratt Gins, which is very popu?
lar with the ginners of this County, and
obtained the premium at this Fair.
Mr. John Catlett had his patent churn
there for inspection. It is a model churn,
and is destined to become a great favorite
with all makers of butter, as it not only
does its work sooner, but also more thor?
oughly than common churns.
Mr. R. Y. H. Nance had on exhibition
some work from his boot and shoe shop,
and was awarded the premium for the best
pair of hand made gaiters.
The horse and cattle departments were
far better than usual, and had exhibitors
from this and adjoining counties.
The display of fancy work was very fine,
as also was the exhibit of flowers, which,
though not as elaborate as in former years,
displayed the finest taste in selection and
arrangement.
The cooking matches did not come off, as
there were no entries for either contest.
The baby show likewise did not come off
on account of the bad weather on Friday,
which induced the management to dispense
with this show. We leara ?hat there were
only two entries for this exhibition, and
suppose the reason more did not enter for
competion was that most parents are satis?
fied that they have the finest baby in the
world, and do not care to put a committee
to the trouble of telling them of it. Seri?
ously, however, we believe this part of the
Fair would be improved in interest by hav?
ing the exhibition in the building instead
of in the cattle ring.
We would like very much to make more
extended comment upon the Fair exhibi?
tion, but space forbids. We can only add
that we regret that such a fine agricultural,
mechanical, animal and miscellaneous ex
hibition should not have received a more
extensive attendance from our people. It
was far superior in all that deserves patron?
age to any circus that ever came here, and
yet the attendance upon it was far less than
that at Cole's circus. By attending these
Fairs our people can improve themselves in
many ways, and we hope hereafter that
every one will endeavor to attend it for at
least one day. It deserves public patron
age.
TO MAN AGEBS OF ELECTION.
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 31,1877.
To the Managers of Election in Anderson
County:
In response to several inquiries, I desire
to state that the Legislature has made no
provision as yet for the expenses of conduct?
ing the last general election, and conse?
quently there cannot be any money in the
State Treasury for that purpose, until after
an appropriation has been made at the next
session, which will come out of next year's
taxes, if levied at all. In the meantime,
however, as Chairman of the Board of
Election Commissioners for Anderson
County last fall, I would respectfully re?
quest managers and clerks of the different
Srecincts to file their accounts with E. B.
lurray, Esq., during the month of November,
so that a statement can be prepared to show
the amount necessary for the payment of
such expenses. My absence from the coun?
ty of Anderson so constantly after the elec?
tion, and subsequent removal to this city,
Sirevented prompt attention to this matter,
nit the failure to make any appropriation
to meet such expenses has rendered it un?
necessary heretofore to make up the state?
ment.
Respectfully,
JAMES A. HOYT.
Scarlet fever kills children, and so do
worms. Shriner's Indian Vermifuge will
destroy and expel worms wherever they
exist in the human body.
TSE COLLECTION OF TAXES.
We are indebted to Mr. S. E. Moore,
County Treasurer, for furnishing us the fol?
lowing for publication, which explains it?
self :
Executive Department,
Office of Comptroller General,
Columbia, S. C, October 29th, 1877.
To Mr. Sam'l. E. Moore, Treasurer An?
derson County:
With approval of the Governor the time
for collection of taxes, without penalty, is
extended to 15th of November prox.
JOHNSON HAGOOD,
Comptroller General.
This action on the part of the administra?
tion is very considerate, and will be appre?
ciated by our whole people. By this exten?
sion every possible leniency has been ex?
tended to the taxpayer, and every one who
has not already paid should do so before
the 15th day of this month, and thereby
save the penalty. This is the last indul?
gence, and those who do not avail them?
selves of it will either pay the tax and pen?
alty or have their property sold. Taxes
have to be paid.
THE TOURNAMENT.
On last Friday the attendants upon the
Anderson County Fair enjoyed the privi
lege of witnessing one of the most interest?
ing tournaments that has ever been given in
Anderson. Messrs. J. E. Allen, G. E.
Brown, F. E. Harrison, jr., G. Harrison, C.
H. Orr, J. E. Peoples, Louis Sharpe, J. J.
Fretwell, J. L. McGee, J. 0. Wilhite, E. W.
Taylor competed for the prize, which was a
handsome saddle and bridle, worth $25.
The contest was a very exciting one, and re?
sulted in a victory for Mr. Louis Sharpe, who
carried off seven rings in three runs. The
second prize?a bridle and martingales,
worth $5?was won by Mr. J. J. Fretwell,
who took five rings. Mr. John E. Allen
took four rings and secured the third prize,
which was a silver plated pair of spurs. It
was ascertained that six of the knights had
carried off two rings, and hence had tied for
the tin cup, which was by far the most
popular and hotly contested prize of the
day. Messrs. Peoples, Wilhite, Orr, Taylor,
Brown and McGee competed for it, and vic?
tory at length perched upon the lance
of the last named gentleman, who se?
cured the proverbial tin cup of the tourna?
ment.
Messrs. John B. Moore, D. S. Maxwell
and James L. Orr acted as judges, and at
the conclusion of the contest Mr. Orr an?
nounced the result and presented the prizes
to the winning knights and stated that the
coronation of the queen and two maids of |
honor would be performed by the three gen?
tlemen winning the highest prizes at the
tournament ball
which came off at the Waverly House on
Friday night. At that time Mr. Louis
Sharpe, in a graceful manner, and with an
appropriate speech, crowned as Queen of |
Love and Beauty, Miss Rebecca Keys, who
responded in an elegant and dignified accep?
tance. Mr. Fretwell then, in like manner,
crowned as first Maid of Honor, Miss Lula
Neville, of Walhalla, and Mr. Allen crowned
as second Maid of Honor, Miss Lucy Reed,
of this place, each of whom responded with
appropriate beauty of expression. The cor?
onation presented a beautiful tableau, and
was followed by one of the merriest and
most pleasant, yet dignified and elegant,
evening's amusement that has been enjoyed
in Anderson for many years.
THE CIRCUS.
Cole's New York and New Orletms Circus
and Menagerie visited Anderson as billed
on last Tuesday, and with it came a warm,
sultry rain and an immense concourse of |
people, white and colored, from all sections
of Anderson and adjoining counties. The
street procession was a very good one, and
at the appointed hour an immense con?
course of people assembled at the tent in the
Blue Ridge Railroad yard, and soon filled it
to its uttermost capacity, occupying the
seats and also the standing room. The tent
leaked badly in places, and the continued
tramping of the ground soon made the
whole affair a perfect mud-puddle. The
arrangement for seats was greatly inade?
quate to the demand for them, and quanti?
ties of lumber was improvised to meet the
demand, but with all that could be done in
this direction failed to afford accommoda?
tion to the crowd, and the consequence was
that the audience was more boisterous than
usual at such places. The circus perform?
ance went on under difficulties. The
ground was wet, the horses damp and the
crowd talkative. The services of the clown
were completely wasted, as he could not be
heard at all, and hence all who like this
part of a circus thought the affair a very
poor one, but the riding and acrobatic feats
were marvellous, and equalled any ever pre?
sented in this place.
The Menagerie, though not as extensive
as some that have been here, contained a
number of very fine and rare wild beasts.
The lion-tamer entered the cage and put his
head in the lion's mouth, and performed
other wonderful feats.
The deportment of the managers of this
Circus was unexceptional, and under favor?
able circumstances no doubt it would be all
that circuses generally are in the way of]
performances. The crowd present was esti?
mated at from three to four thousand per?
sons.
County Correspondence.
SANDY SPRINGS.
We have deen blessed with a delightful
Fall, so far. Our farmers cannot ascribe dis?
agreeable weather and muddy cotton to its
low price, because their cotton is unusually
pretty. The crops of corn, with a few ex?
ceptions, have been garnered. Its yield is
remarkably good, when we take into con?
sideration the fact that we were victims of I
the hail-storm.The only real sports and
enjoyments the neighborhood now affords
are 'corn-shuckings. Mr. W. G. Smith
opened the ball with a big shucking and a
sumptuous supper, and his brethren follow?
ed suit...Enough Sorghum has been made
in the neighborhood to supply it two years
or more. With the present improved evap?
orators, the sorghum made is of a superior
quality, equal to the finest New Orleans
syrup.We are pleased to know our friend
and citizen, Doctor Morris, received the
premium for the finest quality of sorghum
presented at the County Fair.As candy
pullings are one of the innocent and enjoy?
able amusements of the present day, the
youths of the neighborhood, both male and
female, assembled on the evening of the
27th inst. at Dock Elrod's residence for the
purpose of having a candy-pulling. The
evening was most delightfully spent?pull?
ing candy, love-chatting, and other enter?
tainments, that necessarily and customarily
attend such gatherings. Mr. Elrod's happy
smiles, as well as the hospital hand extend?
ed by his fair lady, added greatly to the en?
joyment of the occasion.
THE ANDERSON AND SAVANNAH VAL?
LEY RAILROAD.
Mr. Editor : The question of the great
importance and inestimable utility of rail?
roads has long since ceased to be problemat?
ical. No sane man in this progressive age,
unless he be an incorrigible old fogy of the
worst type, will attempt to controvert the
proposition that railroads are of the first
importance to our country, both in an agri?
cultural and commercial point of view.
But, sir, railroads are not only of the first
importance as developers' and utilizers of |
the agricultural and commercial resources
of our country, but the great facilities which
they afford in the way of swift transit and
cheap transportation have absolutely become
to us as citizens of Anderson County a prime
necessity, without which we cannot possibly
live and keep even pace with our more for?
tunate competitors in the great progressive
race of agricultural advancement, commer?
cial enterprise, material wealth and general
prosperity.
We have not attended any of the public
meetings held in the interest of this great,
inestimable enterprise, but we understand
from your journal that there are meetings
to be held at three different points during
the next eight or ten days to ascertain if the
people living along the line of this prospec?
tive road are willing to tax themselves to
construct said road. Now, that a few indi?
viduals living along the immediate line of |
the mad will be specially benefitted is quite
plausible; but that the masses in this sec?
tion of the County will be more immediate?
ly or directly benefitted by the road than
tliose living in other sections of the County,
we cannot so very clearly perceive. And
hence, we write not in the interest of any
particular route, save that of the nearest
and cheapest which will connect Anderson
and Augusta by rail. This is the great de?
sideratum; the great object which should be
continually kept in view, so as not to sacri?
fice the road in the vain attempt to locate it
so as to run by Mr. A's blacksmith shop or
Mr. B's gin house, Mr. Ca Mill or Mr. D's
school house, for it is patent if the road is
ever to be built all these load minor inter?
ests of particular individuals must be ig?
nored.
And now, sir, as Anderson is our judicial
capital, and also our commercial emporium,
our nearest market town, we think every
citizen of the County should be actuated by
the principles of patriotism, were there no
other motives to impel, to be willing to tax
himself to the utmost of his pecuniary
ability to construct the road. Let us, there?
fore, as citizens of Anderson County, work?
ing together for the general benefit and pros?
perity of ourselves, our children, and chil?
dren's children, shake off and put to flight
the groveling selfishness which causes some
to say, "If they will locate the road by my
place I will give them $1,000, but if they
locate it five miles away I will not contri?
bute a single cent." Now, evidently, if the
road is ever to be built, we must not depend
upon this very venerable, but none the less
ideal, irresponsible personage, They, to con?
struct it. But let us employ the real bona
fide, responsible personage Wc, and our word
for it, we can build the road.
W. H.
JIatt Township.
Now is the time to subscribe for the In?
telligencer. The meeting of Congress and
the session of our Legislature will afford in?
teresting reading for the winter.
The Russian Court invited Dr. Ayer and
his family to the Archduke's wedding in the
Royal Palace. This distinction was awarded
him not only because he was an American,
but also because his name as a physician
had become favorably known in Russia on
its passage round the world.?Pueblo People.
OUR GRANGE COLUMN.
Under the Supervision of the Executive
Committee of Pomona Grange.
Sowing Wheat in Cotton Land.
We are always pleased to receive just
such letters as the following, and can
commend its perusal to our readers, be?
cause it comes from a man of experience
and great practical agricultural knowl?
edge. Mai. R. A. Griffin, of Ninety-six,
writes as follows:
"Your correspondent 'E.' asks, how
and when to sow wheat in cotton land ?
You seem to think your experience too
limited to assure a truthful reply. I
venture to give my modus operandi, which
has heretofore been successful. Early in
October^ 1868, I made my first experi?
ment with this kind of work. All hands
were put to work picking cotton, and
close behind them I followed with turn?
ing ploughs, the bar sido to the cotton
stalks; the wheat was then Bowed broad?
cast, and at the same time a good manu?
ring of cotton seed was thrown broadcast
from a wagon driven lengthwise with the
rows; a one-horse cultivator was then
run one time in each row. From nine
bushels of wheat thus sown on ten acres
I reaped one hundred and ninety bush?
els. Since that time I have sown several
fields in the same manner with satisfac?
tory results. If the cotton rows are four
feet wide I run a third furrow through
the middle. The wheat and fertilizers
will be massed in the open furrows, but
you need fear no injurious effects upon
the wheat, which should not be sown
very thickly.
"Last year I planted four acres in tur?
nips in thirty inch drills, and failed en?
tirely to get a stand. About the 20th
October I ran a double-footed plough
along the beds as in covering cotton ; this
with a furrow in the alley left three open
furrows. I sowed the patch with live
bushels of a large variety of amber wheat,
and covered by ruuning a two-horse har?
row lengthwise with the rows. The
wheat came up in three well defined drills
and yielded one hundred bushels.
"I agree with you in saying we sow
wheat too late. I have always succeeded
best even with the red spring variety,
when sown between the middle and last
of October. When we postpone sowing
until November or December the land is
apt to be wet, and will consequently be left
in bad order after plowing, and the wheat
is covered too deeply, which results in
bad stands. I believe that fair land
planted in cotton, with an application of
150 pounds of fertilizers, if sown in wheat
as above without additional manure,
will make more than if postponed until
the last of November or first of Decem?
ber, and then receive an additional ap?
plication of 100 pounds of fertilizer.
"I intend to commence sowing wheat
about the 10th of October. In February
after, I will zun a two-horse harrow over
the land to level the cotton beds so the
crop can be cut with a reaper. The har?
row will tear off the limbs from the cot?
ton stalks, leaving the stems to be
knocked down by hand.?News and Cou?
rier.
Fattening Crops.
The most complete thing in figures we
have ever seen, is the report of the Com?
missioner of Agriculture of Georgia, (Dr.
Janes) upon the subject of the relative
value of crops for fattening hogs. The
Doctor takes the clue from a writer in a
Florida paper, and selects five different
articles of food, and runs a comparison
betweon them as to their nutritivejvalue.
It is asserted that all food must contain
oil, sugar and starch to fatten well. Tak?
ing corn as the basis, as being the most
universal food for hogs, the comparison
is run between corn, peas, sweet potatoes,
chufas and peanuts, and are ranked as
follows in the percentage of oil, the most
valuable ingredient in the food: ohufas,
peanuts, corn, peas, potatoes. The per?
centage of sugar contained is as follows:
chufas, sweet potatoes, corn, peas, pea?
nuts. Of starch they rank thus: peanuts,
corn, peas, chufas, potatoes.
Wnen the proportions of the various
analyses are consolidated, we find the
following relative value of flesh and fat
producing material: peanuts, corn, chu?
fas, peas, potatoes.
The comparison goes on to say, that if
land produces per acre, corn ten bushels,
Seas ten bushels, peanuts twenty-five
ushels, potatoes one hundred bushels
and chufas one hundred bushels, the
pork producing value of each acre, ac?
cording to the above analysis, is as fol?
lows : Chufas, potatoes, peanuts, corn,
peas. He assumes that it costs to culti?
vate an acre of corn ?5, peanuts $6, pota?
toes $5.25, peas $4.50, chufas $3.75. To the
producer, therefore, corn is worth 50c.
per bushel, peas 45., peanuts 24c., pota?
toes 51c, chufas 3}c.
Taking corn, then, as the unit of value,
an acre of chufas is worth 7.8 acres of
corn, peanuts 3.01, peas 75; potatoes 3.9;
while ten bushels of corn costs the pro?
ducer as much as 133 bushels of chufas,
or 20.8 of peanuts, or 8 bushels of peas, or
05 bushels of potatoes.
This calculation comes near reducing
the theory of feeding to a science, but as
the calculation is made all on one side,
we suggest to the Doctor and his Florida
friend that they give us something on the
part of the hog, showing his capacity to
assimilate food at different ages, and
whether as a fattening hog at ten months
he needs more of the oily, sugary, or
starchy matter to complete his growth ;
and too whether the same proportions of
these ingredients are necessary at all
ages. Will not an old hog fatten more
on potatoes than a young one ? Will not
poas fatteu a growing hog more rapidly
than corn ? There are too sides to every
question, and we see very clearly two to
this, and unless some one will bring the
other side prominently before us we are
bound to say all this finely drawn com?
parison "don't amount to a row of pins."
Last fall we turned an old sow and three
sboate into a potato patch. Before they
had eaten it out the sow was so fat we
feared she would dio of suffocation; the
shoats fattened but little. The shoats
needed tho oil; the old sow felt at home
on the sugar and starch.?News and Cou?
rier.
Astonishing Success.
It is the duty of every person who has
used Boschee's German Syrup to let
its wonderful qualities be known to their
friends in curing Consumption, severe
Coughs, Croup, Asthma, Pneumonia,
and in fact all throat and lung diseases.
No person can use it without immediate
relief. Three doses * ill relieve any case,
and wo consider it the duty of all Drug?
gists to recommend it to the poor dying
consumptive at least to try one bottle, as
40,000 dozen bottles wero sold last year,
and no one case where it failed was re?
ported. Such a medicine as the German
Svrup ennnot be too widely known.
Ask your Druggist about it. Sample
Bottles to try sold at 10 cents. Regular
size 75 cents. For salo by all druggists
in U. S.
HYMENEAL.
MARRIED, in the Village Church, Hun
tersvillc, N. C, on 25th inst., at 6i p. m., by
Rev. A. Ranson, D. D., assisted by Rev. R.
G. Miller, of South Carolina, Mr. lt. M.
RANSON, formerly of Anderson, S. C, and
Miss AGNES SAMPLE, of Huntersville.
Married, In the Baptist Church in Ander?
son, by the Rev. W. H. Strickland, on
Wednesday, October 31st, at 4 o'clock p. m.,
Mr. WILLIAM H. LYLES, of Columbia,
S. C, and Miss M. MAYS SLOAN, of Au
| derson, S. C.
FALL 1877
FALL 1877.
MANIFESTO!
|N issuing this, our fifth semi-annual Manifesto, we take pleasure in announ?
cing to our numerous Friends and Patrons of Anderson and neighboring
Counties, as well as to all "others" contemplating purchases, that we have now
OPEN FOE INSPECTION
What we pronounce, without fear of successful contradiction,
TIE LUCHT MD THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK
IN THE UPPER PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Inviting "ONE AND ALL" to come o,ud examine our Stock, compare
Prices, and convince themselves of the fact that our House is "HEAD?
QUARTERS," we are
Very Respectfully,
ARNSTEIN & ROSE,
NEW YORK CASH STORE.
LOOK AT THE PRICES.
Domestic Department.
Choice Dress Prints, 6i cents.
Best Dress Prints, 7 cents.
Canton Flannel from 10c up.
i, I, and 4-4 Homespun at Factory
Prices.
Good Quilt Lining, 5c.
Good Mattress Ticking, 10c.
Linseys from 12Jc. up.
i, I, and 4-4 Sea Islands lower than
ever.
We Defy Competition in Quality and
Prices.
DRESS GOODS.
Our Stock in this Department con?
tinues unrivalled, and comprises all
I the Novelties in the latest shades of
Plain Luutres, Serges,
Plain and Corded Alpacas,
Debages, Knickerbockers,
Maria Antoinettes,
Cashmere Brilliantines, &c.
We make a SPECIALITY of
Black Alpacas, Mohairs, Silks, Cash?
meres, Bombazines, and Mourning
Goods generally.
Please ask to see our 25c. Black
I Alpaca, a very good quality for the
price.
Ton can Save 25 per cent by Trading
with ns.
PIECE COODS.
The attention of all is most respect?
fully directed to the following:
Good Jeans at from 12 J?25c.
Extra quality Jeans from 30?50c.
Fancy Union Cassiraeres from 35c.
up.
Best Cassiraeres from 75c.?$1.50.
LOOK AT THE PRICES.
Boot and Shoe Department.
Childrens' Shoes from 40c. up.
Ladies' Cloth Gaiters from $1.00 up.
Good, heavy Womens' Shoes for
$1.00.
Mens' Brogans, all sizes, for $1.00.
Mens' Best Brogans at $1.25.
Mens' Heavy Boots as low as $2.50.
We continue to sell our celebrated
$2.00 Gaiter, which has never been
equalled.
Our Stock is the Largest as well as
the Cheapest.
Carpets and House Fur?
nishing Goods.
"We have a good assortment of Car?
pets, Rugs, Paper and Holland Shades,
Lace Curtains, Table Damasks?in
bleached, unbleached and Turkey Red;
Sheetings, Towels, Napkins, Doylies,
Quilts, and everything else that may
be required by house-keepers, as well
as hotel-keepers.
Good Carpets from 25c. up.
Handsome Window Shades at 10c.
Honey Comb Quilts from 75c. up.
Good Doylies at 60c. a dozen.
Towels at all prices.
Satisfaction Guaranteed, or no Sale.
LOOK AT THE PRICES.
Cloaks and Shawls.
Breakfast Shawls, full size, from
40c. up.
Shawls, all new designs, from 75c. up.
Stylish Cloaks at 4.00.
Best quality Cloaks from $8 to $15.
Samples Sent on Application.
Hosiery and Gloves.
Our Stock in this line is much more
varied and extensive than heretofore,
and comprises a full assortment of
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Hose?
common, medium and fine, in cotton,
merino and wool?as well as a hand?
some selection of Berlin, Lisle and
Kid Gloves and Gauntlets.
Hats, Trunks, Satchels, &c.
In this Department we are now of?
fering all the most attractive styles of j
Ladies', Gents' and Childrens' HATS,
as well as common, medium and fine
Trunks, Valises, &c, at the most
tempting prices.
LOOK AT THE PRICES.
Flannels and Blankets.
Parties wishing anything in this
line will do well to examine our prices.
Red and white Flannel from 20c.
to 75c.
White Blankets, 10-4 wide, from
$2.50 to $10.00 a pair.
Samples Sent On Application.
Notions and Trimmings.
To this Department we have also
made great additions, and it is now as
complete as any in our Establishment
It is impossible to enumerate all the
articles to be found here, but we can?
not neglect to mention our Stock of |
2 and 4-fold Zephyrs, in all the most
desirable shades.
w
E MUST CALL ESPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR IMMENSE
STOCK OF
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Which no Gentleman should fail to inspect, as it embraces all leading styles at
Bottom Prices. Full Suits, $5.00. Cassimcre Suits, from $6.00 to $10.00.
Best, all wool, Suits, from $10.00 to $15.00. Fine Dress Suits, from $16.00 to
$25.00. Overcoats from $4.00 to $25.00. White Shirts, from 75c. to $2.00.
A first-class Shirt at $1.50. All other Goods in this Department at equally
low figures.
FULLY appreciating, and very thankful for, the very liberal patronage ex?
tended to us in the past, it shall be our most earnest endeavor to deserve a
continuance of the same for the future. The fact that we buy and sell
EXCLUSIVELY FOR CASH,
Is sufficient guarantee of our ability to compete successfully with any first
class House anywhere.
ARNSTEIN * ROSE,
\E\V YORK CASH STORE.
Auderson, S. C.;Ocl. 4, 1877.
I AI V II UlJlUWj
101 MS.
N
OW IS YOUR TIME TO BUY, as I have a full Stock, and will sell everything
extremely low:
Best Calicoes, 7c. per yard. Good Calicoes, Gc. per yard.
Dress Goods, from 25c. to $1.00. Ladies' Shoes, from $1.00 to $3.00.
Childrens' Fancy Shoes very Good and Cheap.
I also have a large assortment of Ladies' Cloaks, long and stylish, of the verv best ma?
terial, from $6.00 to $16.00. My stock of Millinery is complete. Hats, Satins, Plush
Plumes and Flowers in great variety. Ties, Handkerchiefs, Gloves. Scarfs, Collars, Cuffs
and CELLULOID CORRAL. In fact, I have everything that is New, Pretty aad Stylish,
and am determined that no one in this market shail undersell me.
The Mantua Making and Millinery Departments are in charge of competent and expe?
rienced Ladies, who guarantee satisfaction.
Z. D. CHAMBLEE, Proprietor Emporium of Fashion.
Oct 11,1877_13*_
G-ZRE-A-T E/EDTJCTIOiliT !!
HERE ARE OUR PRICES !
o
UR Freights have been brought down, and down we go to the VERY
BOTTOM with our prices:
Five pounds of good Coffee for one dollar.
Ten pounds of good Sugar for one dollar.
Excellent Men and Women's Shoes at one dollar.
Best 7-8 Shirting at 6h to 7 cents per yard.
Ladies' Shawls (all wool) from one dollar up.
Suits of Clothes from five dollars up.
Arrow Ties at $2.25 per bundle.
Extra Heavy Bagging at 14J cents.
Six-inch, 3-ply Rubber Belting at 30 cents per foot,
And everything else in proportion. We deal in everything a man or womau
need want, except fine dress goods. All sizes Rubber Belting an J Steam
Packing on hand at low figures. Don't say "Greenville," or purchase
elsewhere, until you try us. WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD.
SULLIVAN & CO.
Sept 27,1877_ 11 ly
$100,000!
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF
MERCHANDISE !
SELECTED with the view of supplying the wants of all the people visiting Columbia during the Fair,
consisting of
DBY GOODS. CASPSTS, OIL CLOTHS, WALL PAPES, WINDOW SHADE:';, LADES',
GENTS', and CEHDEENS' FINS SHOES.
We offer in all our various departments an extraordinary collection of the latest Novelties in DRY
GOODS, FANCY GOODS AND SHOES. We call special attention to our IMMENSE STOCK OF
DRESS GOODS, comprising everything that is new and pretty. In our Hosiery .Department yon will
find everything you want at moderate prices. We keep always on hand a complete assortment of Har?
ris' Seamless Kid Gloves. Also, a superb article of Two-Button Kid Gloves, aU colors, for One Dollar a
pair.
Our Upholstery Department is stocked with a full assortment of Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Can?
ton Mattings, Cocoa Mattings, Window Shades and Lace Curtains.
Strangers visiting Columbia will find this establishment decidedly the most attractive place in the city,
and we extend a cordial invitation to every one to pay us a visit
Orders from tne countrr for Goods or Samples promptly attended to. We prepay freight on all cash
orders of Ten Dollars and upwards.
JONES, DAVIS & BOUKNIGIKTS,
(Successors to R. C. Shiver & Co.,)
COLUMBIA, S.C.
Oct 11, 1877 _13_3m
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FURNITURE^ FURNITURE.
CHEAPER THAN EVER.
TOLLY the Leader of LOW PRICES.
JQ^OOK at some of the figures at which you can buy Furniture at in Anderson :?
Good Hard Wood Cottage Bedsteads at $3.00; without Slats and Castors, $2.50.
Towel End and Drawer Washstands, $1.35. Large Wardrobes, $11.00,
Large Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.00.
Good, strong Rocking Chairs, $1.40. Cane Bottom Chairs, per set$5.00.
Painted Chamber Sets, consisting of Dress Bureau, Bedstead, Withstand and
Table, $15.00; with four Chairs and Rocking Chair, complete, $21.00.
Walnut Chamber Suits, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Bureau,
with Arch Standard and Glass, Washstand and Table, $23.75; with four fine
Walnut Chairs and Oval Back Rocking Chair, $32.75.
And everything else in proportion.
I have on hand a very large Stock, from a fifteen dollar Suit up to a two hundred
dollar Suit. I claim to sell cheaper than Greenville, and will duplicate any b 11 that can
G. F. TOLLY, Depo: Street.
be bought there.
Oct 4,1877 _12
COME ONE ! COME ALL !
AND
SEE OUR PRETTY THINGS.
We are Prepared to Please Every One. NOVELTIES of Every Variety
and Texture are Continually arriving, and can be found at
THE LADIES' STOBB!
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS has just returned from our Northern markets,
where she selected her Goods in person. ? _ .
Our Millinery has never been equalled in this market for Beauty and Variety, with
Cheapness combined. If you want anything call for it, as our capacity for exhibition is
^antns^Making in the latest and most artistic style by our accomplished Dress
MWeguarantee satisfaction in every Department, and are deterratoednpttobe undersold
for the Cash. Thanking our patrons for past fevors, we solicit a call before they pur?
chase elsewhere.
Sept 27,1877 1 -
Quick Salesl Small Profits
WE are now receiving our new Stock of FaU and Winter Goods, selected with great
care, expressly for this market, which, as indicated by our motto, will be sola for
small profits to Cash and prompt paying customers. Give our Goods an inspection before
you buy, and be convinced. We cannot enumerate half of our Goods in an ad vertisement.
IIV DRY GOODS,
All styles of Fancy Prints, a small lot of Dress Goods,
Black and Colored Alpacas, Black Mohair, Table Damask,
Towels, Flannels, Medicated Flannel for Rheumatism,
A splendid lot of Hosiery,
Merino and all-wool Undershirts and Vests for men and women,
Blankets, Shawls, Skirts,
Brown and Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings, $ to 10-4 wide. '
CASSDIERES and JEAJVS.
The best assortment of Kentucky Jeans and VIRGINIA CASSIMERES in Town. If
you want the best suit of clothes you ever had, give these Cassimeres a trial.
BOOTS and SHOES.
A large lot, and of the best makers. We are Headquarters for T. Miles & Sons' boots
and shoes, at lowest prices.
HATS, HATS, HATS.'
Cheaper than you ever saw them before.
Hardware and Carriage Materials.
A large assortment at low prices. Blacksmith Tools, Rubber Belting, 6.5, and 3 inches;
a large lot of Lamps and Glassware, cheap, very cheap. Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Lining
Skins and Shoe Findings.
CROCKERY and CHINA WARE,
PAPER HANGINGS.
Groceries and Provisions.
Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Salt, Lard, Bacon, Hams, Mackerel,
TRY OUR FINE COFFEE.
Cream Cheese, Canned Goods, and other Fancy Groceries.
Tennessee Flour, &c.?.
Trunks and Valises.
A few set of HARNESS for sale cheap. A few COATS for sale at cost. Fine Tea
a speciality.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.,
Ho. 4 Granite Bow, Anderson, 8. C
Oct 4,1877 _12
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GOOD NEWS TO ALL!
0
THE RAILROADS have reduced freights to this point, and we can sell Goods as
Low, and pay as high prices for cotton, as any place in the np-country.
We are determined not to be undersold! You will find it to your interest to sell your
Cotton and buy your Goods from us. We will keep a large and complete stock of Goods
and Groceries on hand.
3000 pairs Mens', Women and Childrens' SHOES, of aU descriptions, to arrive, bought
from the manufacturers, which we will be able to sell lower than ever before.
Call on us before you sell your Cotton or buy your Goods.
We beg those indebted to us to bring along their Cotton. We will pay them a good
price for it. Bring it promptly.
q n q ? ? BLiECKLEY, BROWX & CO.
Anderson, S. 0., Sept. 6,1877. 8
Greenville to South Carolina what Augusta, 6a.,
was before we had Eailroads!
WE would respectfully inform nur numerous friends and customers in Anderson Coun?
ty that we are now receiving a full and complete line of Dry Goods* Hats,
Boots and Shoes, Harrt'vare, Crockery, Groceries, Bagging and
Ties, which will be sold low f< r < \ish. We also offer Pomps, Doors, TS ask and
Blinds at manufacturers' pruv fringht added. Give us a call when in our City, and
be convinced that you can do ii> wvll, if not better, with us than anywhere in upper S. C.
Mr. CHARLES M. McPHAI!., of Anderson County is with us, and will uc pleased at
all times to serve his trends.
CELY & BJEtO., Greenville, S. C.
Sept 20, 1S77 10 '6m