The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 04, 1878, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1878.
If we hoe our own row we xnll
do well. We can afford to differ on local
affairs?suck as the fence law?but we can?
not afford to be divided on State matters.
Some say that I passed the fence law, but I
had nothing to do with it. Your County
was the first to adopt the system of primary
elections, be governed by its result, and al?
low no independents to run. Independents
may sometimes be good men, but now they
are our worst enemies. Be united in this
grand movement, and send your best men to
the Lt^fislaiure. I urge you to be united.
Do this, and you will find South Carolina
immutably redeemed. I urge you to doit
as the one thing most important.?Extract
from Got. Hampton's speech at Anderson.
SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILROAD.
CoL Latimer, President of tho Savan?
nah Valley Railroad, has called a meet?
ing of the corporators of this Road to
convene at Lowndesville on the 8th day
of May next at 10 o'clock a. m. It is in?
tended to push matters vigorously for the
organization of the company and the
completion of this railroad. Fourteen
miles of the Greenwood & Augusta Rail?
road has been graded at an average cost
of about five hundred dollars per mile,
and it is expected to have the grading
completed during the present year en the
whole line. This rapid advance of the
Greenwood & Augusta Road has inspired
a fresh courage in the friends of the Sa?
vannah Valley enterprise, which will
take solid direction at the Lowndesville
meeting.
Oar people have-long fait the necessity
for a competing line of road to the Green?
ville & Colombia Road, and we hope the
Savannah Valley project may furnish
the long wished for and greatly needed
competition. It would give stimulus and
\ life to our town, would .develop oar
County, and would enhance the value of
our property many times beyond what it
is now, or may reasonably be expected
to reach by any other means than addi?
tional rai.'road facilities. Oar people
need this railroad as a link in the system
which proper enterprise and diligence
upon their part may yet build op. The
completion of this link would greatly
increase the prospect of compl iting the
Blue Ridge Railroad, and with these two
roads, with the G. & C. R. R., our town
would immediately become a railroad
center of no small importance, and the
completion of other intersecting and di?
verging lines would thee become a sim?
ple matter of time." Anderson is by nat?
ural location and climate a most desirable
County to live in, and has well improved
the advantages given it in many ways.
Its population iB one of the most indus?
trious and intelligent in the State; its in?
fluence is probably greater than that J
of any other County in the State; it is
? favored with as many colleges and high j
schools as any County of the same 'popu?
lation in the State; it is the-Banner]
County of South Carolina in politics., j
temperance and the grange. In manu?
factures it is not as far down on the list
as most other counties, and yet we have
but a single railroad, whose sway is de?
spotic: aud by which our development
has been-checked and our commerce, to
a great extent, dissipated.
These things ought not so to be. Our
people should rise with the public spirit
and enthusiasm which characterizes them
in other matters and end this railroad
monopoly, which, like a rice, clamps our
prosperity, deprives us of commercisl
growth and makes us tributary, as a peo?
ple, to the towns of other counties. We
should remember that in order to retain
our advanced position, we must keep I
pace with the age of improvement in
which we live. If we remain content |
with the things of to-day, we will be be?
hind our neighbors on to-morrow. We
will gradually be absorbed by the pro?
gressing towns, and will pass a* a town
and as a County into commercial insignifi?
cance. This does not only apply to the
towns, but our agriculture will be lese
profitable than that of our neighbors, for
they, living upon or near the lines of
competing railroads, will have ready sale
and good markets for their product:,
while oar fanners will be compelled to
wagon and camp cr pay tribute to the
monopoly of a single railroad. The re?
sult of this will be to enhance the value
of lands in surrounding counties, and to
decrease their value in this County. Our
people then should devote their atten?
tion to securing the Savajmah Valley
Railroad as the cheapest, quickest and
most direct relief that can be obtained
against the monopoly which now afflicts
us, and threatens to continue its oppres
sions for all time to come unless checked
by wholesome competition.
H. H. KIMPTON.
Ex-Financial Agent H. H. Eimpton,
who was Chamberlan's college chum, and ,
afterwards his associate in depleting the
South Carolina treasury, has written a
letter, and thereby reassures his friends j
that he still lives. The Investigating
Committee desired the pleasure of a
meeting with Mr. Kimpton, and Gov.
Hampton, in accordance with what he
has always said he would do, some time
ago sent him an invitation, couched in
the form of a requisition upon the Gov?
ernor of New York, requesting him to
visit us. Mr. Kimpton's business engage?
ments have, however, suddenly called
him off to unknown quarters, and it has
been impossible to deliver this invitation,
Kimpton is no doubt conducting his
present business, which consists of hiding
from the officers of the law, on capital
stolen from South Carolina, and hence
ho thinks proper, as he has no money
that he is willing to give back to us, to
pay off his obligations, as far as good
words and wishes are concerned. For
this purpose he dates his letter in Mon?
treal, Canada, and send?* to the New
Haven Courier, saying that he has settled
his accounts with the State, and that we
yet owe him a large sum of money. He
claims that the evidence before the Iii?
restigatiag Committee was all perjured,
And that every witness against him owes
him for borrowed money, and is uotv
testifying against him to avoid payment
of the debt. He says that he will be
pleased if Gov. Hampton will appoint a
committee of citizens of integrity and
good judgment to investigate bis ac?
counts, and agrees to meet it and make
a fall exhibit. Next he seeks to flatter
Gov. Hampton into leniency towards
him, and adds:
His Excellency, Wade Hampton. Gov.
of South Carolina, deserves the admira?
tion, respect and confidence of the Amer?
ican people. His bravery, integrity and
statesmanship, if allowed to prevail, will
be of great advantage to the country at
large, in solving the problem of human
rights in the South, on an enduring basis.
The government of South Carolina will
be a model, in this respect, and I trust,
financially, for other Southern States.
Kirnpton's letter has the ear-marks of
falsehood stamped all the way through
it. If he has properly settled his ac?
counts, why is he running from the law ?
If he has a large sum due him from the
State, why is he unwilling to face ber
authorities? He is the first public cred?
itor that we have ever heard of who is so
bashful that be has to flee from his home
and from his country because a State
owes him a large sum of money. As the
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist
remarks, there is a committee of twelve
men of integrity and good judgment in
Judge Shaw's Court in Columbia who
are now ready, willing and waiting to
allow Mr. Kimpton to submit his account
to them for adjustment, but this adjust?
ment is exactly what Kimpton does not
want, although it is what the Governor
and the people are determined that he
shall have, if we can possibly get hold of
him. We have no doubt at all that the
State will fall in debt to Mr. Kimpton
upon'a final settlement of his account,
and we are in favor of paying this debt
We believe in paying all of our just
debts, and are perfectly satisfied that the
debt we owe b im is a just one, and should
be paid by all means?we owe him a
support for life as a convict in our State
Penitentiary, and South Carolina will
never pay off this debt until she furnishes
Kimpton with such accommodation.
Sheriff Bowen, of Charleston, has de?
clared in favor of Governor Hampton
and all the other State officers. If the
Democrats of South' Carolina remain
solidly united, the grandest triumph
ever witnessed awaits us in November
next
Statistics show that South Carolina
supplies about half of the rice used in
this country, and that its quality is equal
to the best, if not superior to any other.
Georgia comes next. The rice crop of
the low-country is probably more valua?
ble than its cotton crop.
Judges Aldrich, Hudson and Thomson
have been elected by the Legislature to
try the cases arising under the settlement
of the Bonded Debt of the State. J. C.
Coit, Esq., of Chesterfield, is Commis?
sioner of Claims, to settle the Floating
Debt Henry A. Meetze, of Lexington,
and Y. J. Pope, of Newbeny, have been
elected to assist the Attorney General in
representing the State before the Bond
Court Thomas Taylor, of Columbia,
was elected Inspector of Phosphates.
On last Friday Governor Hampton
and his party visited our neighboring
town, Abbeville, and was greeted with
an enthusiasm worthy of the visitor and
of the noble people who were receiving
him. The notice of his visit was short,
and hence the crowd was not as large as
would otherwise have attended, but about
two thousand people gathered to do him
honor. Interesting speeches were made
by Governor Hampton, Gen. McGowan,
Judge Mackey, Colonel Cothran, Judge
Thomson and others. The day was a
grand success. Gen. McGowan said it
was, however, only a skirmish, and that
later in the canvass they would have the
"gulley washer and trash mo\rer."
Messrs. Hoyt & Emlyn have sold their
interest in the Columbia Register to I
Messrs. Calvo & Pstton, the State Prin?
ters, who propose shortly to enlarge the J
paper. Col. Hoyt still remains as the
editor, and hence the Register loses none
of its ability by the change. Col. Hoyt
has done a great deal to build up this
paper during the term that he has pre?
sided over it and if the paper is further
enlarged he will have ample opportunity
to display his well known ability as an
editor. He has already placed the Regis?
ter in the front rank of journalism, and
made it equal in influence to any paper
in South Carolina. The new proprietors
have acted wisely in securing a continu?
ance of his services as managing editor.
We are satisfied a more competent and
judicious selection could not have been
made.
The questions propounded by "Rusti
cus," relative to the fence law, are very
frequently asked at this time. No offi?
cial notification is ever specially given to
a Trial Justice about the passage of any
act of the Legislature. Every citizen of
the State, whether he be an officer or
not, is by construction of law notified of
every public act the very day it is ap?
proved, and is bound to obey it from
that day forth. Trial Justices are not
on exception to this universal rule, and
they are supposed to know the law offi?
cially just as a private citizen does indi?
vidually. It is not, however, a Trial
Justices duty to go about hunting up
violations of the law. That falls more
properly within the duty of a detective.
It is a Trial Justice's duty to hear every
complaint , which is made to him by a
citizen, aud where any law has been
violated to grant the relief which the
statute provides for such case.
The election for City Council in Co?
lumbia came off on last Monday, and
was a complete triumph for the Democ?
racy, who elected their entire ticket
without opposition. Capt. W. B. Stan?
ley, one of the mcst honorable and pa?
triotic citizens of the place, has been
elected Mayor, and a full set of Wardens
in sympathy with the people has been
associated with him. The Republicans
tried every device to secure an organized
opposition, and until the registration
closed it is said they had determined to
run R. B. Elliott for Mayor. After the
registration was over, however, it was
ascertained that Elliott could not be
elected, and then they tried to get up
"independenf' candidates, but the De?
mocracy of Columbia was too intelligent
and too patriotic to be captured by any
such hypocritical device. They stood
solidly together, and of course victory
was their reward. The example of
union which the Democracy of Colum?
bia h?.s given to the State will no doubt
be followed, and if so, the triumph in
November will be as great for South
Carolina as the one just achieved is for
Columbia.'
Wo publish elsewhere the late Act to
regulate the cost of public officers in this
State. This Act reduces the taxed costs
of suits, &c, considerably; but, in our
opinion, the Act is yet imperfect. For
instance, the allowance to attorneys,
which we do not think is too low, is not
graded as it should be, for it yet costs as
much to collect one hundred dollars as
it does to collect ten thousand dollars.
The amount allowed now is too much on
a case involving one hundred dollars, but
is not enough oh the larger sum. The
fee bill should be graded. The present
Act alters the regulation about Trial
Justices in this County, and hereafter
there will be no salaries paid them by
the County for criminal business, but
they wfll take their fees under the Act.
It would be well for our subscribers to
file this Act, that they may be able to
examine the taxation of any bill of cost
in which they may be interested.
There are some political spirits in this
country who, though crushed, will not
"down." David T. Corbin is one of
them. Although the Senate has already
emphatically declared against his right
to a seat in that body, and although the
Investigating Committee has developed
a mass of bis iniquity which would crush
the efforts of any man who has a single
spark of self-respect left, yet this brazen
and shameless adventurer has the cheek
and effrontery to come forward and en?
deavor further to contest his pretended
claim to Gen. Butler's seat. In this
effort he will appear, it is stated, with
Daniel H. Chamberlain as his attorney,
and thus two of the most consummate
and adroit schemers and political bum?
mers of the age will have control of the
contest. From this pair of notorious in?
dividuals we predict that Gen. Butler
has nothing to fear. There is a political
stanch about both of these men which
even the Republican Senator.? cannot all
endure. There is no room for Corbin in
the United States Senate.
Tilden is to be tried upon a civil suit
for not paying tax upon his income, as
provided by law, a number of years ago.
Judge Blatchford, of New York, over?
ruled his demurrer to the government
complaint, and held that the act of an
officer assessing an income, where no re?
turn was made of it, does not bind the
government, and that the true amount of
income may be shown to be greater than
that assessed. This decision brings Mr.
Tilden face to face upon a question of
fact with a jury of his countrymen. Did
he have a greater income than he paid
taxes on? If so, how much? If he
did, the government will recover the
amount shown to be due. The loss of
the money will not hurt Mr. Tilden, for
he has plenty of it, "but if he should lose
his suit it will leave a scar upon his rep?
utation which it will be impossible for
him to erase.in the few y;ars of life
which remain to him.. From the fact
that he sought to decide the case by a
demurrer, without going into the facts,
we fear the verdict will be against him,
and thus one of the .greatest of modern
reformers will be shown to have himself
defrauded the government. If so, then
beyond a doubt the name of Samuel J.
Tilden will be heard no more among the
leading politicians of the day. We hope
for Mr. Tilden's sake, as well as for pub?
lic confidence, that the government will
lose its suit, and tht.t Mr. Tilden will
thus be vindicated.
Our neighbor Speights advocates bring?
ing the State Democratic Convention up
the country this summer, and designates
Greenville or Spartaaburg as the best
place for the meeting. The New? and
Courier objects to any change, unless the
Convention goes to Charleston. It is a
matter of some importance to the people
in a pecuniary sense to have the Conven?
tion meet about the centre of the State,
and Columbia has the central position
with reference to the geography of the
State, and also with reference to the va?
rious railroad lines. Therefore, we are
in favor of the Convention meeting
there, unless the Committee will decide
to send it to Anderson, and in that event
we would be glad to see a change of the
custom of meeting in Columbia. Ander?
son is not as central as Columbia, but it
is equal to Greenville, Spartanburg or
Charleston. Its capacity for accommo?
dating the Convention is ample, and if
any change of the old custom is to be
made, we respectfully submit that An?
derson ought to be the honored place.
It was most persistent in the fight before
and after the last canvass opened, and is
the most thoroughly organized and the
most enthusiastic county that has yet
spoken in tho coming canvass. The
enthusiasm which a meeting here would
?call forth might make up for the loss of
central postion. We at least submit it
for the consideration of the State Exec?
utive Committee.
The situation in Europe is intensely
critical, and upon the result of the pres?
ent crisis the problem of a tremendous
war will depend. The English lion is
at last thoroughly aroused, and its
rjars have already terrified Europe with
the dread of conflict. The British gov?
ernment objects to the peace concluded
between Russia and Turkey, because i.t
abridges British rights, and enlarges to a
great extent Russian privileges. The
fleet of England is being rapidly and
thoroughly recruited. The militia re?
serves are being orgauized aud ordered
to be in readiness for service, and Eng?
land is fast assuming the appearance of
an armed camp. On the other hand,
Russia has shown no disposition to re?
cede, and with the prestige of conquest
in rather favorable to a conflict between
the historic lion of Great Britaiu and
the bear of Russia. Each of these bos
tile powers is forming its combinations,
and preparing for the fray. In England
Lord Derby has resigned as Foreign
Secretary because his views have been'
too pacific towards Russia, and the Mar?
quis of Salisbury succeeds him. In
man}' parts of Europe it is thought war
is ine vitable, though a strong effort to
secure a congress of the first powers are
being put forth by some of the powers.
In eise of a conflict it is probable that
England, France and Austria will unite
against Russia and Prussia, with the
other States of Europe doubtful, though
most probably neutral. Appearances
indicate a favorable understanding be?
tween Russia and Turkey, and there is
no telling what is to be the end of it all.
A MERITORIOUS CLAIM.
Among the numerous claims at pres?
ent before Congress, there is one from
this State which should meet with no
opposition. It is the claim of the Ursu
line Convent, situated near Columbia,
for the value of the property, including
buildings aud furniture, which was burnt
by the raid in 1865. This property was
used as a College of high grade for young
ladies, and belonged to the Catholic
Church. It was also the home of many
ladies who hrd taken the vcws of nuns
in that Church, and were devoting their
lives to the fulfillment of what they
deemed their Teligious duty. Whatever
differences of opinion may be held as to
the correctness of their faith, there can
be no dispute that the life of the Sisters
of Charity is one of benevolence to the
suffering and needy ones of earth, and,
as such, they are entitled to not only the
protection which is afforded every lady
in a civilized country, but also to the
consideration which is extended to pub?
lic benefactors at the hands of the barba?
rian and savage. At any rate it would
have been supposed that the home of de
fentielessi ladies, that the abode of young
ladies at College, that the residence of
thoae devoting themselves to what they
believe to be their religious duty, and
spending their lives in acts of benevo?
lence, would have been spared the rav?
ages of war, and yet this institution was
burnt and its inmates cast upon the
streets homeless, and many of them
friendless. It would be a burning shame
to our country to allow such a claim to
go unadjusted. It ought to be promptly
aud. fully paid as the least atonement
for the wrong consistent with the honor
of our government, and we hope that
Congress will exercise the magnanimity
which ;he American people would cer?
tainly wish to see, and by reparation
atone for an act which the chivalry of
the North and of the South alike de?
plore. The settlement of this claim
should rise above sectional prejudice,
and tower over party lines. The vote to
make the honorable restoration should
be unanimous, and thereby erase forever
this stain from our Nation's escutcheon.
SATANNAH TALLE! RAILROAD.
A. meeting or the corporators of the
above railroad company, under the char?
ter granted at the late session of the
Legislature of this State, is called to
convene at Lowndesville on Wednesday,
the 8th of May next, at 10 o'clock a. m.
A full meeting of the corporators is very
important, and it is hoped that every one
will endeavor lo be present.
JAMES M. LATIMER, Sb.,
President pro tern.
A pril 2,18711.
The following is the list of corporators
under the said act: W. W. Humphreys,
Stephen McCully, A. T. Broyles, J. S.
Murray, B. F. Whitner, S. Bleckley, E.
M. Rucker, J. C. C. Featherston, Edwards
B. Mumty, Dr. R. F. Di wer, J. W. Norris,
J. A. Sherard, J. H. Reid, J. T. Barnes,
D. L. Hall, W. J. Milford, David Sadler,
B. A. Davis, Elias J. Earle, Levi Burriss,
Kenon Breazeale, J. Y. Fretwell, Joshua
Burriss and William O'Briant, of Ander?
son County, and James M. Latimer, Sr.,
J. B. Moseley, J. P. Young, T. Baker,
George S. Burdette, J. B. Leroy, S. S.
Baker, Dr. J. T. Baskins, Dr. M. C. Tag
gart, A. J. Clinkscales, W. B. Clinkscales,
8. J. Hester, Edward Calhoun, H. H.
Harper, W. D. Mars, M. 0. Tolman, W.
K. Bradley, Dr. T. A. Wideman, G. Cade
and Thomas Thomson, Esq., of Abbe?
ville County.
REDMOND, THE OUTLAW.
Surrender of Ids Old Associates? Negotia?
tions for an A mm nty?The. Conduct of
the Revenue Officers.
The revenue troubles in the up-coun?
try are treated by the Bickens Sentinel as
being at an end. There was great trou?
ble in obtaining information about the
outlaw Redmond, and Judge Mackey
gave, official notice that any penon who
ad been associated with Redmond, in
violating the State laws, should not be
prosecuted if he surrendered himself
within five days and gave his own bond
for $100 r.o keep the peace and obey the
laws. The proclamation of Judge
Mackey further says:
I further guaranty, upon the written
assurance given me this day by John L.
Thoruley, Esq., United States Commis?
sioner, in and for the County of Pickens,
that if any peison who surrenders him?
self as herein stipulated, shall be charge?
able with any offence against the Revenue
laws of the United States, he shall not
be arrested, aad all proceedings against
him shall be suspended by the United
States authorities, pending negotiations
between his Excellency Wade Hampton,
Governor of the State of South Carolina,
and his Excellency R. B. Hayes, Presi?
dent of the United States, to obtain am?
nesty for such person, and all others of
the same class, in like manner charge?
able with offences against the laws of the
United Suites, except the said Lewis R.
Redmond.
In the letter so spoken of, Commis?
sioner Thornlcy says :
Upon the request of the presiding
Judge of this Circuit, and the Solicitor of
the Eighth Judicial Circuit of South
Carolina, who inform me that the follow?
ers of Lewis R. Redmond, who have re?
cently stood with him ia armed defiance
of the laws of t he State and of the United
States, propose to surrender themselves
to the State authorities and to give their
bonds to keep the peace and to obey
hereafter the laws of the State and of the
United States, provided that they are not
subjected to arrest or prosecution for any
offences against the laws of the State or
of the United States, with which they
may now be charged. I hereby give the
assurance that no proceedings shall be
taken against any of the class of persons
above designated, excepting the outlaw
Lewis R. Redmond, pending negotiations
between the President of the United
States and' the Governor of this State,
which I am informed will be immediately
commenced by the Governor, to procure
amnesty to the said persons above indi?
cated.
It is understood that the persons re?
ferred to h;ive surrendered themselves.
As to the conduct of the revenue offi?
cers the grand jury of Pickens say :
Sufficient facts appear to satisfy us,
in addition to those within the knowl?
edge of many of our members, that
these officers have, for several years,
committed the grossest outrages upon
the person: and property of many of our
law-abiding citizens, on the mere pre?
text or suspicion, without any legal
proof whatever, that they were in some
way connected with the illicit distillation
or sale of intoxicating liquors. They
have been sei; cd under their own rcofs
or while ploughing in their fields, and,
v.'ithout any warrant issued for their ar?
rest, have been manacled and thrown
into jail, where, after remaining several
days, they have been released on the
ground that there was no evidence
against them. These officers have
searched private dwellings, both by day
and at night, without any search warrant;
and have, in several instances, beaten,
kicked and otherwise maltreated the
victims of their lawless conduct,
who protest against the wrong thus done
them. These officers are generally Nor?
then men, of the class known as "carpet?
baggers," of infamous character, but
have associated with them a few of the
lowest and most unprincipled persons of
this community, who are of notoriously
bad repute throughout the country. As
our citizens have heretofore appealed in
vain to the courts for justice against
these official wrong-doers, whose con?
duct is repugnant alike to law and civili-*
zation, they must, if the wrong is not
remedied, assert their rights as men,
and as American citizens, by defending
their lives and property with their own
strong arms, against those who defy the
'.aw while pretending to be engaged in
executing it. We respectfully request
that a copy of this portion of our report
shall be transmitted to the Governor of
our State, for his information, and that
it may als? be forwarded to the Presi?
dent of the United States, and published
in justice to the people of our county,
the great majority of whom stand always
ready to render cheerful obedience to
the Constitution and laws of the United
States, and to perform every duty of good
citizenship; but at the same time de?
mand their rights as freemen and Ameri?
can citizens shall be respected by the
constituted authorities.
The Sentinel says:
Mr. Thomas McKinney, a highly res
Sectable citizen, informs us that on Tues
ay or Wednesday of last week a squad of
these officials came to his house, and
without the warrant or authority of law,
searched his house, tore up his beds,
cursed and abused his aged mother, (now
about 80 years old,) drank up what cam?
phor there was in the house, besides
committing other acts of violence. Now
we are acquainted with Mr. McKinney,
and know that he would not make a false
statement. We hear of numbers of
other complaints made by citizens, but
to publish them all would require a doc?
ument almost as voluminons and infamous
as the report of the special fraud com?
mittee.
Capt. Griffin, whose compauy of State
troops assisted the sheriff, reports to
Governor Hampton as follows:
When the bill of indictment by the
grand jury against Redmond, by direction
of Judge Mackey was found, a bench
warrant was issued for his arrest, and the
sheriff ordered to summon a posse. The
services of my company was immediately
tendered the sheriff, and accompanied his
posse in the diligent search whici was
made for Redmond in the mountains of
this county. It affords me pleasure to
say that my men when called on by me
in this matter not only responded prompt?
ly, but almost to a man. It is not true
that some of the guns of my men were
used by the Redmond party, and it is
equally false that some of my men aided
in breaking into the jail recently and
procuring the escape of prisoners there?
in. You may rely, Governor, upon the
support of my men, and I believe of the
citizens of Pickens County generally, to
arrest and put down all insurrection, out?
rage or violence which affects the peace
and good name of our county.
Gfrmuge CMmmm*
Coder the Supervision of the Executive
Commutes of Pomona Grange.
Gen. Toombs says that tea trees have
been growing in Georgia for the last forty
years. They were planted by Dr. L'Acee,
who failed in his tea culture because be
did not understand the treatment of the
leaves.
We are requested to announce that the
Grange Association will meet at Town
Creek Grange Hall on to-morrow, Friday,
the-?fh instant, instead of on Friday, the
26th, as announced last week. A full
attendance of the members at the meet?
ing to-morrow is earnestly desired.
Anderson Grange No. 71 will hold its
monthly meeting in its hall on Friday,
5th instant, at 9 o'clock. Brethren are
requested to be prompt in attendance.
Make your arrangements before hand to
spare one or two hours to be devoted
wholly to the business of your Grange.
On next Saturday, the 6th of April, at
11 o'clock, Pomqna Grange will hold its
quarterly meeting, and we shall hope to
see every sub-Grange fully represented.
Very often business of considerable im?
portance to the individual Granges is
brought before the body, discussed and
determined, and it may be sometimes not
correctly determined for want of the ex?
perience and information which could
be rendered by Borne sub-Grange which
is absent, by her Worthy Master and
delegates both. And these absent par?
ties are to a great extent responsible for
any hasty or premature legislation of the
body, caused by withholding the neces?
sary intelligence and co-operation of the
individual Granges, whose Masters and
delegates constitute the Pomona Grange.
Notice, Grangers!
All who have not already settled by
note, or otherwise, for guano, will greatly
oblige me by doing the same at once.
See the parties from whom you got your
guano, who are fully authorized to make
settlement for me.
W. W. RUSSELL.
More Wonderful Facts.
From the same source alluded to be?
fore we have gleaned the following won?
derful facts:
A good day's work for a blacksmith
and his striker is to make 84 horseshoes,
and the total cost will be, exclusive of
iron, $5. The same shoes are turned out
by machinery at the rate of 7,000 per
day at a cost of $5. It costs $2.25 more
per annum to keep a horse shod with
hand-made than with machine-made
shoes. There are 6,000,000 horses kept
shod in the United State, hence ma?
chines have saved $13,500,000 annually
to their owners.
A blacksmith can make horseshoe
nails by hand at a cost of 75 cents per
pound; by machinery the same nail is
made and sold at 26 cents per pound
wholesale, or 30 cents retail. In 1862
the first effort was made to manufacture
a pointed horseshoe nail by machinery,
and $200,000 were expended in perfect?
ing machinery before the pointed nail
was made by it,.
Fifteen years ago all socks that were
knit by means of macniuery had to be
sewed up so as to have one or more seams
in each sock. The automatic knitting
machine invented by one Nelson, of Illi?
nois, will knit a pair every nine minutes,
or 7,600 pairs every week, and twelve of
these machines can be attended and con?
trolled by a boy or girl fourteen yeurs of
age, and when the yarn is property ar?
ranged the machine knits the leg, turua
the heel, shapes the instep, points the
toe, ties the last thread, cuts it off, be?
gins another suck, in nine minutes drops
off another, and will then go on from
sock to sock all day when once started,
and never for a moment calls for human
aid. The yarn can be so arranged as to
knit striped or figured socks, and the cost
per pair for haHtinq it one-third of a mill.
In 1340 twenty men were employed in
making a wood screw, and these men
turned out as a tusk 80,000 screws daily.
Two girls can now in a day by machinery
turn out 200,000 screws, of a better quali?
ty and all pointed like a gimlet so as to
bore their own holes in the wood when
used.
Twenty-fi"e years rgo in New England
all shoes were made by hand, and a man
seldom sat at the bench all day, but
usually plied some other trade till night
fall, and then went to his lasts. To-day
thousands of men and women are em?
ployed daily in perfecting a piece of the
shoe by machinery, whilst they are un?
able to do anything on the shoe by
band.
Forty-five millions of pairs of sewed
shoes and fifty-five millions of pairs of
pegged shoes were made and sold by the
manufacturers of the United States in
1877, and eighty-fivi; per cent, of the
work done on these shoes was done by
machinery. The uppers are cut out by
hand, simply because of the variableness
of the quality of the leather in the same
skin. The soles are t ut out by machine?
ry, and the binding, pasting, closing,
crimping, stitching, heeling and polish?
ing axe all done oy machinery without
the aid of human hand.
The strongest sewed shoes are stitched
with a wire screw thread, each stitch be?
ing actually screwed in and the screw
cut off by an automatic machine, the ex?
act thickness, of the sole, whether it be
thin as in the shank or thick as under
the ball of the foot, or still thicker as
through the heel.
Nine hundred pegs are driven in a
shoe in a minute. Four hundred and
fifty thousand bushels of pegs were used
last year, and all made by machinery.
The pegs in four pairs of men's shoes
cost one cent.
The cost of shoes is no less now t! an
when made by hand, because labor is
much higher and leather is dearer. In
1855 it cost $2.25 to make a pair of ladies'
gaiters of the finest quality. Now the
same shoe can be made for $1.50. Then,
females did most of the binding and
stitching at 50 cents per day; now they
get $1.30 per day for attending the ma?
chinery. Then, men who lasted and did
the sewing got $1 per dny, now they get
$2.50. The stock in such shoes is now
worth 50 per cent, more than it was in
1855. Then a man by hand made six
pairs women s shoes in a day; now one
man and a boy or woman will by ma?
chinery mak ? twenty times as much.
So pr fectiy is everything made for this
kind of manufacture, that neither time
nor a scrap of material is lost. Lost fall
a shoe manufacturer was burnt out in
Lynn on Wednesday. Thursday be re?
ceived his insurance and rented another
house; Frids.y, ordered his new machin?
ery from Boston, only nine miles off; re?
ceived it on Saturday ? put it up on Mon?
day, and on Tuesday had all his force at
work turning out as many pairs of shoes
as be had done before the fire?2,400
pairs every day. There is a royalty of
two cents on every pair of pegged, and
of three and a quarter cents on every
pair of sewed shoes made by machinery.
There were over $18,000,000 worth of
leather exported in 1877, and yet a heavy
duty is levied upon leather.
There were 2,000,000 lasts made in the
United States in 1877, all turned by ma?
chinery.
In the manufacture of cotton and
woolen goods ninety hands now in sixty
hours do the work that two hundred and
fifty-six hand3 did in seventy-six and a
half hours fifteen years ago, and though
, their wages have increased forty per cent,
the cost of manufactured articles has been
greatly reduced. It costs three and a half
cents per yard to make calico, and Warn
sutta goods are now sold in the London
market, but yet the policy of our govern?
ment thinks it proper to impose a duty
of from thirty to fifty per cent, upon all
classes of cotton and woolen goods.?
News and Courier.
HYMENEAL.
MARRIED, on Tuesday, 2Gth March, by
Rev. T. P. Phillips, JOHN C. OANTT,
Esq., and Mas. MATILDA J. KING, all of
Anderson County.
276 Men and Loys "Wanted!
TO buy HATS of us from 25c. to $4.00
eacii. Call soon if you want a cheap
Hat on A. B. TOWERS & CO.
April 4, 187!; 88
APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEAD.
Notice is hereby given" that Mrs.
I Nancy C. Acker has nude application to me
j for a Homestead in the real and personal
property of h< r late husband, Joseph J.
j Acker, deceased, and that said application
will bo heard by me at eleven o'clock t. in.,
on Monday, 6th day of Mav next.
W. W. HUMPHREYS.
Judge of Probate.
April 4,1878 38 6
FOR SALE.
THE INSTRUMENTS of the Anderson
Palmetto Band, consisting of two Eb
and two Bb Cornets, three Eb Altos, one
Bb Tenor, onti Bb Bariton, and one large
Eb Tuba. All. in good condition, and O. S.
make, except the Bb Cornet. Price, $150.
For further information, address
J. G. C?NNINQAAM,
President A. P. B.
April 4, 187(1 38
GERMAN MILLET,
AND
OTHER FIELD SEEDS.
Fresh Arrival of Drugs.
ALL CHEAP FOR CASH !
7[0~ Those who are indebted to us please
call and settle.
WTLHTTB & WILLIAMS.
April 4. 1878 38
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, John M. Ashley has
applied to me to gran! him Letters of Ad?
ministrativ, de bonis non, on the Personal
Estate and ellects of John Barr Robinson,
deceased.
These are th'jrefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors
of the said Jo';n Barr Robinson dee'd, that
they be and appear before nie in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H.
on Friday, 19th day of April 1878, after
publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the lore
noon, to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not be
granted. Given under my hand, this 3rd
day of April. 1*78.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P.
April 4, 1878 38 3
Notice TJ. S. Internal Revenue
Special Taxes.
UNDER the Revised' Statutes of the
United States, Sections 3232, $237,
3U3S, and 3231), every person engaged in anv
business, avocation, or employment, which
renders him liable to a special tax, is re?
quired to procure and place and keep conspicu?
ously in his establishment or place of business a
Stamp denoting the payment of said special
tax for the special-tax year beginning May
L 1878. Section 3244, Revised Statutes, de?
signates who are liable to special tax. A
return, as prescribed on Form 11, is ulso re?
quired by law of every person liable to spe?
cial tax as above. Secc-e penalties are pre?
scribed for non-compliance with the fore?
going requirements, or for continuing in
business after April 30, 1878, without pay?
ment of tax. Application should be made
to & M. BRAYTON, Collector of Internal
Revenue, at Columbia, S. C.
March 14, U 76 35 4
HOW TO MAKE MONEY.
You have only to call on McCULLY & TAYLOR, and they will sell
Goods at such Prices as to Save Money. They will convince
You that Money Saved is Money Made.
THEY bare on hand a large Stock of all kinds of MERCHANDISE, bought at the
?cry Lowest Price?, and will sell them to customers at bottom figures for Cast, and
on time to all prompt paying purchasers, at reasonable, living profits. Ca 1 and
see them.
GEORGIA GRANGE STILL TRI lT311*11 A XT.?All parties who want
the best Crops in their neighborhood ought to have it. As the season is advancing, and
the demand for this popular Fertilizer is greater than was anticipated. Tlied have only
a small quantity on hand, So come at once und be supplied.
McCULLY & TAYLOR, Anderson, S. C.
April 4, 1878_31_' 3m
?I?
50
pounds of Bacon,
barrels New Orleans Syrup,
inn
luu barrels of Choice Flour.
bags of Coffee.
WE keep a large lot of fresh Fancy Groceries constantly on hand, and will seK
them at the lowest prices. Also, we are just receiving an extensive stock of DRY
GOODS, for the Spring trade?Ladies'Dress Goods, Hats, Shoes, Trimmings, etc., in
great varietv. Oeots' Dress Goods, Hats, Boots, Shoes, &c., in all the latest styles. Also,
a large lot of ? BADY MADE CLOTHING.
We keep a full line of Hardware, Cutlery, Earthenware, Crockery ware, Glassware, <tc.
We will be pleased to have you call on us before purchasing elsewhere, as we will not
be undersold.
BARR & FANT,
NO. lO GRANITE ROW, ANDERSON, 0. C.
April 4, 1878 _12_ly
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
By W. W. Humphrey!, Esq., Probate Judge.
To Nancy M. Cleveland, Mary ?. Glenn,
S. Cascndine Mason, Lela Cleveland and
Maud Cleveland?Greeting : \
YOU are hereby required to appear at
the Court of Probate, to be holden at
Anderson Court House, for Anderson Coun?
ty, on the first Monday of June, A. D.
1878, to ehow cause, if any you can, why
the Real Estate of the late Rev. Samuel
label 1, deceased, situate in slid County, on
the East side of Tugalo Riv;r, bounded by
lands of W. W. Holland, J M. Kidd and
John L. Glenn, containing 440 acres, more
or less, and one Tract situate in Oconee
Connty in said State, on waters of Big Bea
verdam Creek, adjoining lands of Jackson
Hunt and others, and containing one hun?
dred and sixty acres, should not be parti?
tioned among the heirs, alletting to Mary
M. Isbell, the Petitioner, ono-third thereof,
and the remaining two-thirds in equal por?
tions to the said Nancy M. Cleveland, Mary
E. Glenn, S. Casendine Mascn one-fourth of
two-thirds each, and to said Lela Cleveland
and Maud Cleveland one-iourth between
them, or one-eighth of two-l hirds each.
Given under my hand and seal, this 16th
day of March, in the year of our
[l. s.j Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, and in the one hundred
and second year of American inde?
pendence.
JOSEPH N. BROWN,
Attorney for Petitioner.
W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Judge of Probite.
To the Defendants Lela Cleveland and Maud
Cleveland:
Take notice that the petition in this ac?
tion, together with the summons, of which
the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the
office of the Probate Court, at Anderson
C. H., in the County of Anderson, in said
State of South Carolina, on i he 16th day of
March, A. D. 1878.
JOSEPH N, BROWN,
Plaintiffs Attorney, Anderson, S. C.
April 4, 1878_38_6
tfJCC * week In your own towi. $5 outfit free.
$00 No Tint. Beider, if you irant a business at
which persons of either sex can n nke great yay all
the time they work, write for particulars to H.
Hallstt A Co., Portland, Maine._
?can make money faster at work for us than at
anything else. Capital not required; we will
start you. $12 per day at h )tne made by the
industrious. Men, women, be ys and girls wan?
ted ererywhere to work for us. Now is the time.
Costly outfit and terms free. Address Taus &. Co.,
.iugusttt, Maine._
business you a r> engage in. S3
to 820 per day ir ade by any work?
er of either sex, right in their
own localities. Particulars and
samples freo. Improve your spare time at this bus?
iness. Address Stikson & Co., Portland, Maine.
CASSIMEEES.
JUST RECEIVED, a nice assortment of
VIRGINIA CASSIM.2RES. These
are the best goods in the market. Call soon
if you want a good Summer suit.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
April 4, 1878_38_
PERFECTION
ATTAINED AT LAST.
The Aroma Coffee and Tea Pot
LATELY patented is the best and most
economical that can be used. It con?
tains both STRAINER and CONDENSER,
so that the Coffee or Tea is free from dregs,
and is stronger and better than that made
of the same quantity in any other pot.
Having purchased the right for this Coun?
ty, I now manufacture this pot, and am
prepared to furnish it to my customers at
the most reasonable rates. I will also keep
in stock the
Improved Farmer's Boiler,
Which is the best thing known for boiling
stock food, clothes, or scalding hogs. I
will sell these at manufacturer's prices.
I also have a full line of Stoves, Tin?
ware, Ac, which I will sell at wholesale
at New York prices, or at the most reason?
able retail rates. GUTTERING, ROOF?
ING, &c, done promptly and satisfactorily.
L. H. &EEL,
West End of the Waverly House.
March 28,1878_37_6m
Millinery, Mantua-MaMng,
And Ladies' Dress Goods.
THE Ladies will find a full assortment
of Spring and Summer Dress Goods,
Hats. Shoes, Trimmiugs, &c, at the Store
of Miss Sallie Bowie & Co. Our Mantua
Making and Millinery Department is in
charge of ladies ot experience and taste, and
all orders left with us will receive prompt
attention. You are respectfully invited to
call and examine our new goods.
Miss SALLIE BOWIE & CO.,
Waverly Home, Anderson, S. C.
March 28,1878 37 lm
NOTICE.
THE firm of THOMAS CRYMES & CO.
was this day dissolved by mutual con?
sent. The Notes and Books of the concern
are in the hands of Thomas Crymes for col?
lection. All persons interested will con?
sult their interest by calling and settling at
an earlv day.
THOMAS CRYMES.
THOMAS & CRYMES.
Williamston, S. C, March 33, 1878. 3?-3
GRANGE STORE.
Rice and Ham. Ham and Rice.
WE have in Store on Consignment a
large lot of CAROLINA RICE, 16
pounds for $1.00. Choice Sugar Cured
HAMS at 11 ceuta per lb.
JOHN B. WATSON.
Anderson. March 28, 1878. 37?3
Public Notice.
THE undersigned has been duly appoint?
ed by Mrs. Carrie Geisbcrgos her law?
ful Attorney and Agent, in all matters con?
nected with her Mercantile Business in
Anderson ond elsewhere. AI 1 other powers
and agencies having been revoked.
A. LESSiElt, Agent
March 21,1878 3G_3
Hardware.
THE best assortment of Knob Locks,
Pad Locks, Pocket and Table Cutlery,
ifcc., in town. Give us n call.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
Feb 14, 1878 _
Wagon for Siile.
AGOOD, new, one-horse Wagon for sale
by A. B. TOWERS & CO.
Feb 14,1878 31
BEST
THE LIVE CASH STORE
STILL AT THE FRONT "WITH
GEOCERIES
AND
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
AT KOCK BOTTOM FIGURES
We are agents Tor the old reliabla
Anchor Brand Fertilizer,
AND ALSO
Soluble Pacific Guano,
AND
Compound Acid Phosphate,
Both high grades.
WE propose to sell on as reasonable
terms?either for Canh or Cotton Option
as any first-class Fertilizer can be sold in
this market.
ALL WE ASK IS A TRIAL.
LIGON Sc THILL.
Feb 14,1878_31 _
QUICK SALES
AND
SMALL PROFITS
WE are receiving every weok additions
to oar large stock of Goods, and
will sell them for Cosh at small profits.
We have in store a large lot of prime and
choice
New Orleans Molasses, low for cosh,
Buckwheat Flour, 6c. per lb.
Good Sugar, 11 lbs. for one dollar.
Prime Coffee, 4 lbs. for ona dollar.
Best Tennessee Floor.
Oar Carolina and Gilt Edge Flonr cannot
be beat.
In Fancy Groceries,
We have?
Mince Meat, Raisins,
Citron, Apple Butter,
Quince Butter, Currants,
Canned Goods, Ac.
Potware.
Just received a fine assortment of Pot
ware, at lower prices than ever sold hero.
DRY GOODS, A FULL LINE.
A splendid assortment of BOOTS and
SHOES. Also, HATS and CAP8.
French Calf Skins, Oak and Heuilock
Sole Leather.
SALT, IRON and STEEL.
Crockery, China and Glassware.
Lamp Goods and Chandeliers?something
nice, for sale by
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
Feb 14,1878_31_
GET YOUR PICTURE.
CAPT, WREN
Will remain in Anderson
ONLY ONE MONTH LONGER,
And all persons wishing
PHOTOG-EAPHS
Should call at once.
J. D. MAXWELL,
No. 4 Brick Range.
March 7, 1878 34 lm
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March 21, 1878 36
Millinery Goods.
MISS DELLA KEYS begs to inform
the Ladies of Anderson and sur?
rounding country that she is now receiving
a select assortment of SPRING GOODS?
such us Ladies's Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons,
Flowers, Collars, Cuffs, <tc., which will be
sold at the lowest figures for the cash. A
full assortment of Summer Goods will be
added to my stock in a lew weeks, and eve?
ry effort made to please my customers in
styles and prices. Millinery. Mantua-Ma?
king and Stamping attended to as usual.
AilSS DELLA KEYS,
In the Centennial House.
_Mareh 21, 1?78_30 3m_
silTngles.
ASUPPLY of the best heart, long leaf
Pine Shingles will be kept contin?
ually on hand at the Anderson Depot.
Applv to
H. B. FANT.
March 21,1878 36 3