The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 13, 1878, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY M0RMIN6, JUNE 13, 1878.
The Philadelphia Times calls Ander?
son's testimony about the Presidential
steal in Louisiana "a crashing revelation
of rascality." Eugene Hale, Postmaster
General Key and Alexander H. Stephens
call jt a "Mexicanization" of the United
States Government.
In circles versed in the nomenclature
of the Republican leaders and their in?
dependent Democratic friends the inves?
tigation of crime will henceforth be
known as "Mexicanization," and the
more of it we can have the better it will
bo for the country.
Hon. Stanley Matthews has been sum?
moned before the Investigating Commit?
tee, and if he refuses to attend the House
of Representatives will no doubt take
action to compel his attendance. If this
is resisted the Republicans will be pre?
sented to the country as revolutionists to
prevent the discovery of fraud.
The New York Tribune thinks if Hen
dricks would declare against the investi?
gation of the Presidential fraud, tbe
Democratic ticket in 1880 would be Hen
dricks for President and Stephens for
Vice-President. Mr. Hendricks, how?
ever, is in favor of the investigation, and
therefore the ticket will probably be
; Hendricks and Hancock or McClellan.
At least, Mr. Hendricks has more sagaci?
ty and patriotism, than to court the
friendship of the Radicals in order to se?
cure a nomination for President.
President Hayes recommended Ander*
son to Evarts for an appointment as
Consul on the ground that his' was a
special case, and yet there are persons
who profess to believe that Mr. Hayes
knew nothing of the Presidential bar?
gaining. To read Matthews' and Sher?
man's letters to Anderson, and then read
this endorsement of Anderson's applica?
tion by the President, is encugh to satisfy
every impartial man that Mr. Hayes
knew all about it, and wished to carry
out the bargain by giving tbe desired
appointment.
The hanging of a criminal is a "terrible
tragedy," bot its occurrence does not hurt
government or society. So, in the opin?
ion of all genuine Radicals, and of
Messrs. Key and Stephens, the murder
of the Radical party may be a "terrible
tragedy," but, nevertheless, the intelli?
gent and patriotic voters of this nation
are determined to enact that tragedy
through the ballot box in the next elec?
tion, and the revelations of the Potter
Committee are only to furnish the infor?
mation necessary to prepare the people
for playing their parti in the tragedy.
The election in Oregon week before
last was a very important one, and the
reports from it have been slow about
coming in, with some conflict in their
statements. The latest and most reliable
news, however, is that the Republican
State ticket has been elected, but that
the Democrats have certainly elected
their Congressman and a majority of the
Legislature. This gives us a Democratic
Senator to succeed Mitchell after the
fourth of next March. We are willing
for-Oregon to have a Republican State
government as long as she gives us Dem?
ocrats in the Senate and House of Con
The recommendation of President
Hayes that Mr. Evarts should give An?
derson a government appointment in a
warm climate has led to the inquiry as
to whether tbe present administration
has a representative in the infernal re?
gions, and if that was not the appoint?
ment to which Mr. Hayes referred? It
would be eminently befitting to give one
of the operators in the Presidential fraud
the mission to Hades, ss he would be
sure to use his experience on the Re?
turning Boards to enable him to procure
a treaty, which would be very beneficial
to those connected with this crime when
they emigrate to this warm climate.
t " '
Messrs. S. G. Worth and Geo. H.
Boyd, members of the United States
Fish Commission, recently stocked the
Pee Dee River, in the lower part of this
State, with fifty thousand young shad,
and last week returned from Havre de
Grace, Md., with fifty thousand more,
which they placed in the Congaree River
near Columbia. These young shad were
brought on in tin cans, and will require
three years in which to grow large
enough to propagate. The Savannah
River has already been stocked, and it is
hoped tther rivers in our State will be
stocked soon. The Broad River has
been stocked in North Carolina, and of
course we will get the benefit of it. ' The
thing which now remains to be done is
to require by law that all dams on our
large streams shall have fifth sluces kept
continually open, and by giving the at?
tention necessary to so important a sub?
ject, we can soon have an abundance of
the finest varieties of fish in all the
streams of onr State, which would be an
inestimable blessing.
Arrangements are being made to carry
a cargo of negroes from North Carolina
to Liberia about the* middle of this
month. They are to be carried in a body
to New York and sail from that port in
the vessel "Liberia." Tbe sum of five
thousand dollars has been voted to the
expedition by the Pennsylvania Coloni?
zation Society of Philadelphia, and the
crew were selected by its agents. The
negroes of North Carolina are the favored
ones, and tbey are induced to leave this
country by tbe most enticing descrip?
tions of Liberia. They are told that the
country is a fine one, and that in it they
will live many years longer than tbey do
here; that cotton grows there without
annual planting, and is like a tree, so
they can have the most abundant crops
without much labor; that land of the
finest quality sells for fifty cents per acre,
and that farms set out In coffee begin
bearing in .six years, and continue for
ihirty years without any other labor than
gathering: that .taxes are only 25 cents
on the $100, and that a white man can?
not vote, hold office or own land there.
On the faith of these wild promises all
Are going who can get the chance. Soon
after they get there tfcejr will wish Jhem
jelres back in NorthUaroJipa,
STAXLET MATTHEWS U TROUBLE.
Senator Stanley Matthews has thrown
himself upon his dignity, and refuses to
', appear before the House Committee,
which is now investigating the frauds in
relation to t he Presidential election, on
the ground that as he is a Senator his
conduct should be investigated by a com?
mittee from the Senate. On a question
of privilege in the Senate, he made a
personal explanation about tbe testimony
of Anderson and the correspondence,
which appears on another page, in which
he made a general contradiction on his
honor as a Senator, which he proposed
to substantiate under oath. He denies
that he was a party or privy to any
promise of protection or any reward to
any one, in consideration of the commis?
sion of any frauds, real or pretended, in
that election. He denies that he en?
deavored to secure office for Anderson or
any one, with the knowledge that he or
any ono else had been guilty of fraud in
that election, and he did not know, and
in fact did cot believe, that frauds bad
been committed in that election.
Upon 'his request a Senatorial Com?
mittee of seven was appointed to investi?
gate the charges against him, and as the
majority Of the Senate are Republicans,
and also the majority of the committee
to investigate him are Republicans, it is
easy to foresee that the fraudulent Presi?
dent's brother-in-law will be completely
vindicated in bis diplomatic transactions
connected with the counting of the elec?
toral vote of Louisiana. But this Radi?
cal coat of whitewash will hardly be suf?
ficient to remove tho stains which the in?
vestigations of the Potter Committee
have already fixed upon Mr. Matthews.
His denial is circuitous, and partakes
more of the nature of an avoidance of tbe
testimony of Anderson and the docu?
ments presented by him than of a con?
tradiction of that testimony. The sim?
ple question for him to answer is, did be
write those letters to Anderson ? and did
he have in his possession the agreement
between Anderson and Nash. If he did
not, and can show these documents as
presented by Anderson to be a forgery,
then the verdict of the country will be
not guilty so far as Mr. Matthews is
charged in that portion of Anderson's
testimony; but if he did write those let?
ters,, all the pleas of ignorance and all
the protestations of innocence which he
can make under oath or otherwise will
not avail him before tbe bar of an en?
lightened public sentiment. Those let?
ters are not such, letters as an innocent
man would have written. The Senator's
persistent endeavor to obtain office for
Anderson, after he had shown his charac?
ter in the letters he wrote Mr. Matthews,
is not such a course as an innocent man
would have pursued. And last, but not
least, an innocent man would not avail
himself of his position as a Senator to
shield him from having the opportunity
of vindicating himself before the Com?
mittee where the original charge was
made. The course of Senator Matthews
is not such as to inspire any confidence
in his innocence, and it may fairly be
predicted that, whatever else the Potter
Committee may do, it has overwhelmed
Mr. Matthew; by the crushing develop?
ments it has unearthed in regard to bis
connection with the counting of the
Louisiana vote.
The Augusta Chronicle & Constitution?
alist thinks the danger of numerous in?
dependent candidates for Congress in
Georgia is very general, extending, prob?
ably, into every district. Tbe most im?
portant Congressional elections occur in
the Seventh and Eighth Districts, repre?
sented respectively by Messrs. Felton
and Stephens. Dr. Felton has been
twice elected as an independent, and will
go directly before the people without
asking any favors of nominating con?
ventions in this canvass, and, if elected,
will, it is thought, become an indepen?
dent candidate for Governor of Georgia
two years hence. The Democrats are
thoroughly organized to defeat him, and
will pretty certainly nominate Col. Jas.
B. Brown, a brother of ex-Gov. Brown,
of Georgia, and of Dr. W. C. Brown, of
this County. Col. Brown is an able and
influential man, who, it is thought, will
compel Dr. Felton to retire from public
life for his country's good. In the Eighth
District it is thought Mr. Stephens will
run as an independent, and if so, the
race will be an intensely exciting and
important one. Judge Wm. Gibson, of
tbe Augusta Circuit, is the most promi?
nent candidate for the nomination, and,
we hope he or some good man who can
beat Mr. Stephens will be nominated.
The day for sending chronic grumblers
to Congress has past, we hope. Mr.
Stephens' health has been bad, and has
of itself afforded a sufficient reason for
his retirement, but when he attempts to
destroy the Democratic party by his self?
ish egotism, there is not only a reason for
his retirement, but it is tbe duty of all
true Democrats to unite in the effort to
defeat his schemes.
In the letter replying to the letter of
Mr. Potter, both of which appear in an?
other portion of this paper, Hon. Alex?
ander H. Stephens pursues a very unfair
course towurds Mr. Potter and all of the
other Democratic Representatives in
Congress. His predictions about trouble
and revolution have been so completely
dispelled by the course of the Democratic
party, that it is not necessary to notice
his groundless croakings upon this sub?
ject, and the remainder of the document
is equally as mythical when it is fully
analyzed. He professes to object to the
investigation because it was ordered
without allowing amendments, and
thereby confined the investigation to
Louisiana and Florida, but, in fact, tbe
Committee has now the fullest authority
to investigate, or as Mr, Stephens would
call it, "Mexicanize,'' the electoral vote
of any State in the Union. It is true tbe
Democrats refused to allow the Repub?
licans to amend their resolution to in?
vestigate, but, as soon as it was passed,
they extended the jurisdiction of their
Committee to every State in tbe Union
where charges of fraud and corruption
are made against tbe last electoral vote.
The whole of Mr. Stephens' wails have
gone forth to the country not because
the frauds could not be fully investi?
gated, as he claims, but simply because
tbe Democrats preferred doing a thing
themselves to allowing the Republicans
to do it for the purpose of making capi?
tal for their party.
Governor Hampton was invited to ad?
dress a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
opposition to any attack on Mr. Hayes'
title to the Presidency, and declined in
the following reply: "Though I cannot
flatter myself that any address from my?
self could exert there such an influence
as you imagine, I should most cheerfully
respond in person to your invitation,
with the hope of aiding to preserve the
tranquillity of the country, if my duties
would allow me to do so. But I shall
have to be absent from tbe State just
now for a week or ten days, and this will
prevent my visiting your city at the time
indicated. Joining you in the hope that
the peace of the country may be pre?
served, and that all its constitutional in?
stitutions may be maintained in their in?
tegrity, I am," &c. We are glad that
the Governor's duties here prevented his
acceptance of the invitation, for the
meeting is engineered by the Republi?
cans, and is intended to benefit their
party politically. The Governor's re?
marks about assisting in preserving tbe
tranquillity of the country were surely a
satire upon the crowd who are yelling
"Mexicanization," because the Presiden?
tial fraud is being investigated. The
tranquillity of the country is not in dan?
ger, and hence Governor Hampton very
properly preferred staying at borne to
going to Ohio to address a Radical mob.
While the Republicans had possession
of the State governments of Ohio and
Missouri they divided off the congres?
sional districts in such a manner as to
yield a certain majority of Republican
Congressmen from each of these States.
This action was fully endorsed by the
party of great moral ideas at that time,
but now tbe tables have turned, and
these two State governments are in tbe
control of the Democrats, who have re
districted both States so as to remedy tbe
injustice of tbe former legislation, and
under tbe new arrangement it is expec?
ted that eleven additional Democrats will
be elected to Congress from these two
States, and of course as many Republi?
cans left off, so that the Democrats will
gain twenty-two votes out of these States
alone. The Republicans have at last
discovered that it is a great political
crime to gerrymander congressional dis?
tricts, and are making a great deal of
fuss about it. Their memories are too
short to recollect that they were tbe ones
who first gerrymandered these States,
and that the present redis trie ting "is only
undoing their work. The fuss, however,
comes too late. The changes have been
made, and the Democrats will gain
twenty-two votes, the greater portion of
which do not come from the solid South.
A raiding party of revenue officers
went to the house of a man named
Ladd, in Pickens County, on Sunday
thtt 9th inst., and a difficulty ensued
in which Amos Ladd was killed.
Deputy Marshals Kane, Durham, Moose
and Scruggs were in the party. Differ?
ent versions are given of the killing, one
justifying and tbe other crimino ting tbe
revenue party. It is to be hoped that a
rigid investigation of this affair will be
had, and that justice will be fully met.
We will give the particulars as soon as
they are authentically published.
The Potter Investigating Committee
have proven by Judge Levisee, one of the
Louisiana Presidential Electors, that his
name was forged nine times to tbe elec?
tion returns. The first set of returns he
signed, but they were not regular, and
Levisee was not at hand when they were
sent back for correction, so some one
signed a new set for him. Is this not
Mexicanization ?
The peace and tranquility of the coun?
try is not undergoing any serious damage
by the Mexicanization which the Radi?
cal party is compelled to submit. The
price of gold has not advanced, and the
price of government bonds has not de?
clined. Capitalists do not seem to think
that there is any danger of a "terrible
tragedy."
The Senate has agreed to the amend?
ment to the river and harbor bill, which
appropriates $200,000 to Charleston har?
bor instead of $5,000. This h due to
Senator Butler's influence, and will no
doubt be concurred in by the House.
This shows the advantage of having
representatives of our people in Con?
gress.
OUR FLORIDA CORRESPONDENCE.
From Anderson to Florida Through the
Country?Pleasures and Annoyances Inci?
dent to the Trip.
Alafia, Fla., May 19,1878.
Mr. Editor : There were a good many
in Anderson when I left who manifested
a kindly interest in asking to hear from
me when I reached Florida, and as they
are all readers of your valuable paper,
and I desire to show my appreciation of
what I regard as an interest in me and
mine, and not as an idle word spoken at
a farewell for the want of something bet?
ter, I have concluded to make it a medi?
um through which to respond, asking
your indulgence meanwhile, and promis?
ing to be brief so as not to occupy too
much of your valuable time and space.
It would be scarcely fair for me to at?
tempt an opinion of this section of the
State in the period of time that I have
been here, the unusual seasons producing
disadvantages which will not furnish a
fair precedent to judge from; hence, I
have decided to confine myself to our
trip through the country, hoping it will
afford some points of interest, and at
another time, if your patience is not too
sorely taxed with this, I will try, when I
am better abla to judge, to give those of
your readers who wished to hear from
me, through a desire to know something
of Florida and its resources, us fair an
account as I am able.
We left Anderson on the 13th of Feb?
ruary, a little after noon. The weather,
it will be remembered, from about
Christmas up to that time had been very
unsettled, and the roads in a dreadful
condition. Thin was very discouraging
to me, particularly when I remembered
the good wife's holy horror of horses,
and that my team was measurably un?
tried, having but recently purchased
them. We got along the first day toler?
ably well, encountering one very severe
hill near Mr. Moses Deans', and Btopped
to camp the first night at Mr. Newton
Burriss', about 12 miles from Anderson.
I will mention here that ray route (furn
ished by Mr. John McFall, whose fre?
quent trips to Florida through the coun?
try bad familiarized bim with the most
direct and practicable routes) lay by
Washington, Warrenton, Sandersville,
Erwin's Cross Roads, Black Shiars' Fer?
ry, (over the Oconee,) Dublin, Jackson?
ville and Stockton, in Georgia, and
Jasper, Lake City, Newnansville, Waca
hootie, Brooksville and Tampa, in Flor?
ida, and my intention was to camp every
night that I could so manage near some
farm house where I could procure a room
for Mrs. S. and the little boy, Edgar, at
night, the larger boys being able to do
very well in the wagons. Mr. Burriss
received us very kindly, gave us a com- I
fortable room, and showed us other little
acts of kindness for which he and his
good lady have our hearty thanks. By
daybreak next morning we are up and
feeding our horses preparatory to an
early start, but in spite of our diligence
do not get off until 8 o'clock. We had |
a long and fearfully muddy hill, called j
by the neighbors "Beaty Hill," 4 miles
from Mr. Burriss', to go up, which tested
the metal of our mules and horses as
pullers pretty severely, though they were
equal to it, which gave me some encour?
agement in view of the journey before
us; and we moved along successfully [
until 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the
second day, (14th) when we stopped to
camp for the night near Harper's Ferry,
oo the Carolina side, Col. Harper telling
us it would be dark by the time he could
get our wagons across, and we preferred
to have more time ahead of us, as I was
not sure that my mules would go quietly
into the flat. We were accommodated
with a room by the Colonel, bad a pleas?
ant and agreeable evening with his
family, and a comfortable night's rest,
and drove out of camp next morning at I
7 o'clock. As feared by me, the mules
are unaccustomed to the flat, and we
have trouble to get them in, but Col. H.
has plenty of help at hand, and we are
soon across, but owing to the continued
rains the river has been swollen and out
of its banks, making a bad and boggy
landing. My mules are shy and timid,
and going right out of the flat into a bog
stick fast and refuse to pull. For several
hours we are prizing and working to get
out, finally have to unload, and are thus
delayed until after 11 o'clock. I feel
under deep obligations to Col. H. for his
patient and valuable assistance in getting
us out, and move on with the confidence
inspired at the "Beaty Hill" a little
dampened, as only a short distance
ahead of me is a worse one, and mules,
drivers, wife, children, all are demoral- I
ized, a condition very unfit for accom
I plishing large ends, and the result,
another balk, is not much to be won- j
dered at. Luckily for me, however, I
I encounter a darkie with his team, and
I get him to help me up, after which we
have a few yards only of level road, and
prospects of rain. I think on account of
'the continuous hills the Lady has con?
cluded to make the trip on foot, as she
is all this time walking and looking out
for hills ahead, secretly wishing, I think,
that she hadn't started; but it is too late
to reconsider, and we move on. Accom?
plishing nearly seven miles that day, we
stop for the night, in the rain, at Mr.
Wall's, (the Blackwell place) three miles
beyond Buckersville from Anderson, and
thus endeth the 3rd day's lesson.
We start off Saturday morning in a
heavy fog, with prospects of clearing off
during the day, but are in much dread of
the hill beyond Baker's Ferry, on Broad
River, Col. Harper and Mr. Wall both
warning us of a heavy pull there, the
latter even telling us we would save by
hiring a team at the river to help us on
our way to Washington, as the roads
were fearfully cut up and bad. Having
undertaken the trip, however, I am de?
termined not to be discouraged, and move
on. This morning we get along better,
mules getting used to it, and I think
some slight improvement in roads. We
stop at 12 for one hour's rest and re?
freshment for man and beast, and learn
from persons passing that roads are com?
paratively good until we cross tho river,
which we reach about 3 o'clock. Mr.
Starke, who lives there, offers to furnish
me help if I desire it, but my mules
have improved and are pulling well, so I
determine to go it alone, as I must get
used to depending on myself. We drive
out of the flat this time without sticking,
and push on for the dreaded hill, desiring
to reach the top before stopping for the
night. My lady is out, of course, as we
have reached the hill, or rather succes?
sion of hills, as there are three of them
quickly succeeding each other, and tbey
look fearfully steep and muddy. We
boldly attack the first, my Ecotchers
ready with their rocks, and stopping a
few times "to blow," we are soon safely
up it, with renewed courage for the sec?
ond and third, which are safely and sim?
ilarly accomplished, and we drive into
camp near an empty double cabin on
Mr. Henry Hill's place, which we are
permitted to occupy until Monday morn?
ing, to-morrow being Sabbath, and we do
! not expect to travel on Sundays. The
sky gives prospects of overclouding
again, and we are sorry, for we are much
tired of cloudy and rainy weather.
Mr. Hill I would regard as a successful
farmer. Be has a pretty place, fine clover
and grass patches, about two hundred
acres sowed down in small grain, expects
to plant, his foreman tells me, about two
hundred a ad fifty acres in cotton, and
a hundred and fifty or a hundred and
seventy-five acres in corn. He is using
convict labor almost exclusively on his
farm, and Mr. Bolton, who is in charge
of them, (Mr. H. is not at home himself,)
informs me profitably, as this is not bis
first year with them. He has now seven?
teen stout, able-bodied fellows employed,
and has gone for more. These convicts
are County prisoners, convicted of larce?
nies and committed for different periods
of time. No larcenies, I am told, get off
for a less period than six months. They
are worked 2 by 2, chained by the fqqt,
rigidly disciplined and work well. Mr.
H. pays three dollars per month for them,
boards and clothes them and pays their
: doctors' bills in sickness. Those who
contract tobacco bills, and there were
fourteen out of the seventeen when I was
present who drew tobacco rations, of their
own accord agree to work so much longer
and upon the same terms as convicts.
Thus they are made self-sustaining, be?
sides bringing an income to the State,
and the plan, I am told, is working well
in freeing the State from theft and other I
crimes. A good many are using this
kind of labor here, and I am reminded
of the heavy expense this class of per?
sons inflict on my own State, South Car?
olina, and think the experiment of util?
izing their labor in this way would be
well.
What I have writteu, Mr. Editor, is
taken from my road journal, and I will
continue it next week if I have time, as
I do not wish to tire you too much at
once. Yours truly,
G. H. S.
? There arc in England and Wales
114 local prisons, or one to every twenty
two square miles of territory, equal to
one to every 200,000 people. Some are
nearly if not quite empty at times.
? Dr. W. P. Compton, a member of
the Legislature from Spartanburg County,
died on Thursday morning, 30th of May,
after three days' illness. He was a quiet,
genial gentleman, and deservedly popu?
lar among: the members.
?mmge Gohmm.
Under the Supervision of the Executive
Committee of Pomona Grange.
Brethren will bear in mind the meet?
ing of Pomona Grange on the first Satur?
day in July, and come up with full rep?
resentations from every sub-Grange.
Important business will be transacted
for or against their interest.
A Good Yield.
Hopewell Township, June 10.
I threshed this day for Peter R. Brown
his Grange premium acre, which made
forty bushels and one-half gallon of
wheat.
Wm. A. NEAL.
The following sub-Granges are "clear
op my books" to the 31st of March last,
viz.: Nos. 71, 141, 155, 175, 176, 2J3,
215, 242, 251, 263, 264, 266, 300, 3?9,
340 and 364. There are several of our
usually punctual Granges who have not
come to time this quarter, which is cer?
tainly more attributable to negligence
than inaction. Grange No. 155, some?
times slow in meeting its obligations, re?
ports nineteen new members, and squares
up all dues. This is an evidence of
prosperity, and we hope that we shall
not soon see it figuring on the delinquent
roll.
J. W. NORRIS,
Secretary P. G., P. H.
Gencrostee Grange Union,
Composed of Hampton, Rock Mills and
Mountain Creek, met with the latter at
the time appointed. At 10 o'clock a
number of the most punctual and relia?
ble members of the Union assembled in
the Church and proceeded to organize by
calling Bro. P. R. Brown to the chair,
which he filled with dignity and honor
to himself and the order. In transact?
ing the regular business of the associa?
tion, a diversity of opinion called forth
several short but spirited and argumenta?
tive speeches from the brethren present,
which contributed very much to the
comfort and interest of the audience.
An instructive essay of some length was
read by Col. J. W. Norris, written for
and appropriate to the occasion, a copy
of which was requested for publication,
and respectfully declined. The time
and place of the next meeting of the as?
sociation was arranged to take place
with Hampton Grange, in August next.
And having finished all the other busi?
ness, the meeting unanimously adjourned
to the baskets in the adjacent grove,
where a generous repast was served.
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OBITUARY.
FREDDIE, son of P. K. and Margaret J.
McCully, died on the 9th of May, 1878, aged
two years and five months.
"And this is the darling's portion,
In Heaven, where be has fled,
By angels securely guarded,
By angels securely led.
Brooding In sorrowful silence
? Otct the empty nest,
Can you not see through the shaduws,
Why it Is all for the best ?"
"Better the heavenly kingdom
Than riches of earthly crown;
Better the early morning flight,
Than one when the sun is down ;
Better an empty casket,
Than jewels besmirched with sin ;
Safer than thue without the fold,
Are those that hare entered In." M.
Departed this life on May SO, 1878, near Store
vllle, In Anderson County, Mr. LEMUEL HALL,
one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the
community. He was born on Bocky Hirer near
Lee's Shoals, on the 7th day of May, 1789, and has
lived within a few miles or the place of his birth,
unUl be passed to the spirit-land. He may truly
have been recognized as an honest, upright, gener?
ous and noble man. He neither sought nor claim?
ed In his business associations with the world, on?
ly that which was truly and legitimately bis own,
and he was ever ready to accord to others that
which he claimed for himself. His noble and gen?
erous heart, as exhibited in tbe charities which he
dispensed, furnish us living evidences of the no?
bility and goodness of his character. The appeal
of tho hungry and suffering were never presented
to him in vain, and his deeds of benevolence will
be tenderly remembered by many who knew him.
Of him It may truly be said, "that his left hand
know not what bis right hand done." Early In
life he realized the Importance of preparation for
eternity, and sought most sincerely Jesus, the only
hope of man's redemption. He was for a number
of years a consistent member of the Baptist
Church, and more than twenty-five years ago he
united himself to that body of believers known as
"Christians" or "Disciples," and continued stead?
fast in the faith until the day of bis death. Tho'
denied the plcasuro of attending the meetings of
any local organization of "Christians," his faith in
their doctrines nover wavered. He was a constant
and faithful reader of the Bible, and especially
the New Testament Scriptures, and alwoys deman?
ded u "thus saith tho Lord" for every demand of
lalth and practice. God's Word was his constant
companion and guide. For many years he looked
forward to the summons of the Master which
should call him homo. It was a subject upon
which he often thought, and about which he de?
lighted to talk to all who were about him, always
expressing his readiness "to depart and be with
Jesus." Several years ago be made preparation for
his burial, having the necessary clothing made,
and selecting and marking the place for his grave.
On Thursday. May 30,1S78, he occupied his usu?
al place at tho dinner table; in the afternoon en?
tertained his friends who bod called to see blm,
and even when night began to throw its mantle
upon earth, he talked long and pleasantly to a
great granddaughter who lingered beside blm.
But ere nine o'clock bad come, the manUe oi death
had been thrown around him, his body was gath?
ered In its dark folds, and his spirit had passed to
itd Redeemer. Without one complaint, without
one struggle, life's last moments were passed, the
contest over and the soul gathered with the ran?
somed, His wife and two children bad preceded
him, and he leaves one ton, with many relatives,
and a host of friends to mourn their sad and ir?
reparable loss. But why weep? For blm It is far
better to be with God. "He is not dead, but
sleepeth":
"Asleep In Jesus! blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weop."
A FRIEND.
BURN HAM'S
WARRANTED BEST* CHEAPEST.
Also, HllLINB MACHINERY.
PBICES E2E?C2D AHL 20,78,
ramphUUfico. Omer, Yowt, P*.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line R. R
Passesokr Trains will run as follows on and af?
ter Sunday, June 9th, 1878:
GOING EAST.
Arrive at Seneca.7:48 p m
Leave Seneca.7:49 j> ru
GOING WEST,
Arrivo at Seneca.7;05 a m
Leave Seneca.....7:06 a in
Close connection at Atlanta tor all points West,
and at Charlotte for nil points East.
O, J. FOREACRE, Gen. Sup't.
CASSIMERES.
JUST RECEIVED, a nice assortment of
Vli "tINIA CASSIMERES. These
are the best goods in the market. Coll soon
if you want a good Summer 9uit.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
April 4, 1878 39
TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
Accordiug tu a resolution of tlie Coun?
ty Executive Committee, a Convention
of the Democratic party of Anderson
County will be held in the Court House
at Anderson on Tuesday the lGth day of
July next, at 11 o'clock a. m. All of
the clubs in the County are therefore no?
tified to elect their delegates to this Con?
vention in accordance with the constitu?
tion of the party, which entitles each
club to one delegate for every twenty
five members.
E. B. MURRAY,
County Chairman.
NOTICE.
APOCKET BOOK was lost iu the town
of Anderson en the 5th or 6th day of
June. It contained a small amount of
change, and one Note on Mrs. Margaret
Brown, payable to me, for $75, with a credit
of $20. and one Note on J. D. King for $5.
payable, to Frank McLees or bearer, and
perhaps other papers. Persons are notified
not to trade for these Notes. Any person
leaving this property at the Intelligencer
Office will be suitably rewarded by the un?
dersigned. S. C. HUMPHREYS.
June 13,1878_48_1_
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
By W. W. Humphreys, Esq., Probatt Judge.
To Hester Rogers, Ann E. Docus, Jacob D.
Rogers, William C. Rogers, Sarah C. Kny,
Elizabeth Milam, Benjamin Irby, Sr.,
Jacob D. Irby, Chcsloy Irby, Benjamin
Irby, Jr., Margaret Irby, James Irby,
Thomas Irby, Ida Irby and Benjamin C.
Acker?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 Mondr.y of August, A. D.
1878, to show cause, if any you can, why
the Real Estate of Benjamin T. Rogers, de?
ceased, situate in said County, on Little
Beaverdam Creek, waters of Rocky River,
bounded by lands of L. D. Stringer, A.
Harris, Thomas Crymes, A. M. Steal and
Richard Kay, and containing five hundred
and seventeen acres, should not be parti?
tioned as set forth in the petition, allotting
1088600
to Hester Jane Hamlin the-hereof,
4860000
and the remainder as follows, to wit:
590233
Hester Rogers, -, Anna E. Dacus,
:i620000
251
-, Jacob D. Rogers and Sarah C. Kay
24300
2051
each, the -, Benjamin C. Acker, the
24300
26663 2051
-Benjamin Irby, Sr.,-, and to Ja
180000 72900
cob D. Irby, Chesley Irby, Benjamin Irby,
Jr., Margaret Irby, James Irby, Thomas
4102
Irby and Ida Irby each the-.
510300
Given under my hand and seal, this fifth
day of June, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sev
[l. s.] enty-eight, and in the one hundred
and second year of the American In?
dependence.
MURRAY it MURRAY,
Attorneys Pro. Pet.
W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Judge of Probate.
To the Defendants Benjamin Irby, Sr., Ja?
cob D. Irby. Chesley Irby, Benjamin Ir?
by, Jr., Margaret Irby, James Irby,
Thomas Irby, Ida Irby and Sarah C. Kay.
TAKE NOTICE, That the petition in
this action, together with the summons, of
which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in
the office of the Probate Court at / nderson
Court House, in the County of Anderson,
in said State of South Carolina, on the fifth
day of June, A. D. 1870, and that the ob?
ject of said petition is to partition the real
estate of Benjamin T. Rogers, deceased, as
set forth in the foregoing summons.
MURRAY & MURRAY,
Att'ys. Pro. Pet., Anderson, 8. C.
June 13, 1878_48_6
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County. ?
BY virtue of an Execution to me direct?
ed, I will expose to sale on the First
Monday in July next, at Anderson Court
House, South Carolina, the following de?
scribed Real Estate, to wit:
r i * Tract of Land, situate and lying in
the ?-ounty and State aforesaid, containing
forty-one acres, more or less, bounded by
lands of Robert Dugan, Anderson Brock,
Mrs. Sarah Reese and others, levied upon
as the property of John R. Cothran, at the
suit of James E. Holliday.
Also, one Tract of Land, containing sev?
enty-nine acres, more or less, bounded by
lands of A. C. Banister, A. C. Price, J. O.
McKee, and lands of Defendant, levied up?
on as the property of H. P. Price, at the
suit of Joel Johnson.
Terms of sole Cash. Purchaser to pay
extra for papers.
JAMES H. McCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County.
June 6,1878_47_4
GERMAN MILLET,
AND
OTHER FIELD SEEDS.
Fresh Arrival of Drugs.
ALL CHEAP FOR CASH !
3SJ~ Those who are ndebted to us please
call and settle.
WILHITE & WILLIAMS.
April 4,1878_38_
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 as Ladies's Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons,
Flowers, Collars, Cuffs, &c, 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.
MISS DELLA KEY8,
In the Centennial House.
March 21,1878 36 3m
Valuable House and Land for
Sale.
AValuable Dwelling with all necessary
out-buildings, and 533 Acres of
good Land, situate on the new Williamston
Road, two miles Northeast of Anderson,
can be purchased in one tract or in smaller
tracts to suit purchasers by applying to the
undersigned. The place has two settle?
ments, with wells of good water, springs,
and valuable bottoms upon two creeks.
For terms, ic, apply to
\V\ T. W. HARRISON.
May 9, 1378_43_3m
Thoroughbred Stock for Sale.
Thorough bred Merino Sheep,
Grade t'otswold and South?
down Sheep, Angora Goats, Fine
Milch Cows. A Thorough-bred JER?
SEY BULL to stand.
For particulars, call on or apply to
B. FRANK RUSSELL,
At Boscobel Farm.
Post Office?Pendleton Factory.
Mav 16, 1878_40_3m
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.?
Notice is hereby given that the under?
signed, Administrators of the Estate of
David M. Watson, deceased, will apply to
the Judge of Probate ior Anderson County,
on Tuesday, July 9th, 1878, for a Final
Settlement and discharge from said Estate.
MARTHA E. WATSON, Adtn'x.
WM. G. WATSON, Adm'r.
June 6, 1878_47_5__
Hardware.
npHE best assortment of Knob Locks,
_L Pad Locks, Pocket and Table Cutlery,
&c., in town. Give us a call.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
Feb 14, 1878_
276 Men and Boys Wanted!
TO buy HATS of us from 25c. to $4.00
each. Call soon ifyou want a cheap
Hat on A. B. TOWERS & CO.
April 4,1878 38
QUICK SALES 5 SMALL PROFITS.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED, and have in Store a roinpht? assortment of Grab
in our line, consisting in part of?
A Nice Line of Spring and Summer Prints,
Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings at prices lower than over was known before.
Ticking from 10c. to 25c. per yard.
Cottonades and Plaid Homespuns?Our Cottonades and Plaid Honiesp ins,
made in Columbus, Ga., are the best goods in that line that can be had. Colors warranted.
Hosiery, Ac?A good assortment of English and American Hosiery and Noti du?.
Boots and Shoes?Persons in need of a good Shoe or Boot will please call or. us.
It is not economy to bu y a shoddy Shoe.
Floor?Best Tennessee Flour. Buckwheat Flour at 5c. per lb.
New Orleans Molasses, common to the beat. Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Iron and
Nails.
?IN FANCY GROCERIES,
We have Mince Meat, Raisins, Citron, Currants, Apple and Quince Butter, Com Storch,
Flavoring Extracts, Fresh Soda Crackers, Canned Goods, and other things too numerous
to mention.
Fotw are?Another lot of that cheap Potware.
French Calf Skins, Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Buggy Materials, Manilla Ropi.
Crockery, China and Glassware, Lamp Goods and Chandeliers, something new and nico.
Woodenw&re?Trays, Churns, Buckets, Brooms, etc.
Fish, Hardware, Bacon, Lard, Garden Seeds, Kerosene Oil.
A nice assortment of Wall Papering.
To arrive this week Cashmarcts, Tweeds and Linen Goods.
""""e solicit the attention of Cash Buyers, and all of our friends and customers, to our
Stock and Prices. We do not say we will sell Goods lower than anybody else, but that
we will sell as low as any one will sell the same class of Goods. We keep good Gcods,
and will be pleased to have you examine our goods and prices before you buy.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
No. 4 Granite-.ltow, Anderson, S. O.
April 11,1878_39_
CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE.
LOOK AT MY PRICES.
PANTS from 65 cents to $7.00 per pair.
VESTS from 75 cents to $5.00 each.
COATS from $1.25 to $15.00 each.
SUITS from $3.50 to $25.00.
HATS from 75 cents to $3.50.
CASSIMERES from 50c. to $6.00 per y ird.
A LARGE LOT OF
READY MADE CLOTHING
Soon to arrive. A beautiful lot of CASSIMERES already received from New
York.
Sewing Machines at $25.00 Cash.
Call and see me.
L. P. SMITH,
McCully'a Corner.
March 28,1878 13 .. lv
35,000 pounds of Bacon,
barrels New Orleans Syrup,
100 barrels of Choice Flour.
? 25 bags, of Coffee.
WE keep a large lot of fresh Fancy Groceries constantly on hand, and wil: sell
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, &>;., in
great variety. Gents' Dress Goods, Hats, Boots, Shoes, <fec., in all the latest styles. Also,
a large lot of HEADY MADE CLOTHING.
We keep a full line of Hardware, Cutlery, Earthenware, Crockery ware, Glassware, Ac
We will be pleased to have you call on us before purchasing elsewhere, as we will not
be undersold.
BARR & PANT.
NO. 10 GRANITE ROW ANDERSON, S. C.
April 4. 1878 12 ly
ONE HUNDRED TONS OF
ZELLS AMMONIATED BONE PHOSPHATE,
ACID PHOSPHATE,
ON HAND AND TO ARRIVE TO BE 80LD ON A
<
Cotton Option at 15 cents per pound for Middling Cotton.
?Sf Call in and get our terms before buying elsewhere.
WILSON & REED, No. 7 Granite Bow.
March 14, 1878_29_ly
GARDEN SEEDS !
Fresh, Genuine and Guaranteed,
At Wholesale and Retail Prices, from three of the largest and most reliable houses:
D. M. FERRY,
COMSTOCK, FERRE & CO..
ROBERT BUI8T.
Ten cent papers reduced to five cents.
Give us a call is all we ask. Prices to suit everybody and the times.
SIMPSON, BEID & CO.
Jan 31,1878_15 _ly
WILLIAMSTON
FEMALE COLLEGE,
WILLIAMSTON, S. C,
IS approaching the close of a most pleas?
ant and prosperous session. The One
Study Plan, which is one of its principal
peculiarities, gives constantly increasing
satisfaction. Each pupil, having only one
leading study at a time, can give this study
such attention as to ensure much better
success than is possible when the mind is
occupied by several subjects at once.
Williamston is a well-known summer
resort for invalids in search of health. The
Chalybeate Spring, a very short distance
from the College, has greatly benefited
many of our pupils, who. coming to us
in delicate health, have returned home
strengthened in body and mind.
Unusual attention is given to physical
exercise. By the habitual practice of light
calisthenic movements and the careful use
of the Health-Lift every day, the evils of
sedentary life are greatly mitigated, if not
entirely overcome.
For other attractive features of this Live
Up-Country School for Girls, apply for a
Catalogue to
REV. S. LANDER, A. M.,
President.
May 9, 1878_0_ly
WATER WHEELS,
THE UNEQUALLED JAS, LEFFEL DOUBLE
TURBINE WATER WHEEL.
PORTABLE AND STATIONART
,.5TE7m:.LNG1NES..,STEAM SOI LERS.
SAW, FLOUR AND GRIST MILLS,
MACHINE MOULDED MILL GEARING.
SHAFTING, PULLEYS AND HANGEBS
Of,Improved Designs. A Specialty
jddnss. PQOLE & HUNT,;
[? Send for CircuUrs.."..: BALTIMORE.-MPT]
T"| fT\ business you can engage in. 85
LJ |j V i to $20 per day made by any work*
i i fill 1 i er of either sex, right in tholr
J-rJ-*KJ J- own localities. Particulars and
samples free. Improve your spare time at this bus?
iness. Addrca? Stixson" A Co.. Portland. Maine.
APCNTC If you want to MAKE MON
MUbil ! 0 EY pleasantly and fast, ad?
dress Fi.nlky, Harvky & Co., Atlanta, Ga.
ELECTION NOTICE.
ERE AS, more tban fifty resident
and qualified voters of the Tow j of
Anderson have petitioned the Intendant
and Wardens of said Town to submit to the
qualified electors thereof the question of
subscribing the sum of Fifty Thousand
Dollars to the Capital Stock of "The Sa?
vannah Valley Railroad Company," in ac?
cordance with the provisions of on Ac; of
the General Assembly entitled "An Ac: to
Charter the Savannah Valley Railroad
Company," approved March 12th, 1J78.
Therefore, be it
Raolvcd, By the Intendant and Wardens
of the said Town of Anderson that an elec?
tion be and hereby is ordered for said Town
to be held on the 18th Day or July
next, at which said election the question, of
subscribing tlie sum of Fifty Thousand
Dollars by the said Town to the capital
stock of the said Savannah Valley Railroad
Company shall be submitted to the quali?
fied electors of said Town.
Resolved, That said election shall be by
ballot, and that the ballots shall have writ?
ten or printed on them the words, "Sub?
scription" or "No Subscription," and that
if a majority of the ballots cast at said ejec?
tion shall have written or printed on them
the word "Subscription," the Town of An?
derson will subscribe the said sum of Fifty
Thousand Dollars to the capital stock of
said Railroad Company; the said subscrip?
tion to be mado in seven per centum cou
Son bonds, payable twenty years after .he
ate thereof, in such instalments as .he
said Intendant and Wardens shall deter?
mine, with Interest payable semi-annual ,y;
but if a majority of the ballots cast at said
election shall have written or printed on
them the words, "No Subscription," then
said Town will make no subscription to the
capital stock of said Railroad Company.
Resolved, That the said election shall be
held in the Court House from nine o'clcck
in the morning until five o'clock in the
evening, and that G. F. Tolly, J. L. Tribble
and James M. Cat heart be, and hereby are,
appointed Managers to conduct said elec?
tion, who, before they open the polls for
said election, shall take the oath fairly and
impartially to conduct the same; and upon
closing the polls shall forthwith proceed to
count the votes, stating the whole number
of votes cast, the whole number cast for
"Subscription," and the whole number cast
"No Subscription," and shall within two
days transmit the report of the same, in a
scaled envelope, to the Intendant of the
Town, who shall open the report of seid
Managen?, and shall announce and publish
the whole number of votes cast, the whole
number cast for "Subscription," and the
the whole number cast "No Subscription."
Resolccd, That the said subscription of
Fifty Thousand Dollars shall be upon the
condition that the same shall be expend 3d
in the construction of the said Railroad
within the limits of the County of Ander?
son.
W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Intendant.
J. C. WHTTEFIELD,
JEFTliA P. WILSON,
E. F. MURRiH,
W. S. LIGON, Wardens.
-Jnne4, 1878 47 7