The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 13, 1878, Image 2
E. B. MUIlliAY, Editor.
THURSDAY M0RHIH8, JUME 13, 1078.
Tho Philadelphia Ihnes calls Ander
son's testimony about the Presidential
steal in Louisiana "a crushing revelation
of rascality." Eogene Hale, Postmaster
General Key and Alexander H. Stephens
call it a "Mexicanixation" 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 viii henceforth be
known as "Mexicanieatiun," and the
more of it we can have the better it will
be 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
ia resisted the Republicans will be pre
sented to the country as revolutionists to
prevent the discovery of fraud.
Tho New York Tribune thinks if Hen
dricks would declare against the investi
gation of the Presidential fraud, the
Democratic ticket in 1?80 would bo Hen
dricks for President and Stephens for
vice-President Mr. Hendricks, how
ever, ia In favor of the investigation, and
therefore the ticket will probably be
Hendricks and Hancock or McClellan.
At least, Mr. Hendricks has moro sagaci
ty and patriotism than to court the
friendship of the Radicela in order to se
cure a nomination for President
President Hayes recommended Ander
son to Evarts for an appointment aa
Consul on the ground that his waa a
special case, and yet there are persona
who profess to believe that Mr. Hayes
knew nothing of the Presidential bar
gaining. Toread Matthewa' and Sher
man's letters to Anderson, and then read
this endorsement of Anderson's applica
tion by tho President, ia enough to satisfy
every impartial man that Mr. Hayes
knew all about it, and wished to carry
out the bargain by giving the desired
appointment
The hanging of a criminal is a "terrible
tragedy," but its occurrence does not hart
government or society. So, in tho opin
ion of all genuine Radicals, and of
Messrs. Key and Stephens, the murder
of the Radical party may bo a "terrible
tragedy," but, nevertheless, the intelli
gent and patriotic voters of thia nation
are determined to enact that tragedy
through the ballot box in tbs 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 parts in the tragedy.
Tho election in Oregon week before
last was a very important one, and the
reporta from it have been slow about
coming in, with some conflict in their
statements. The latest end most reliable
news, howovcr. is that the Republican
State ticket has been elected, bat that
the Democrauj have certainly elected
their Congressman aud a majority of the
Legislature. This gives os a Democratic
Senator to succeed Mitchell after the
fourth sf next March. We ore willing
for Oregon to have a Republican State
government os long aa ?ho gives os Dem
ocrats in the Senate and Honse of Con
gress.
The recommendation Sf, President
Hayes that Mr. Evarts should give An
derson a government appointment in a
warm climate bas led to the inquiry aa
to whether the present administration
has a representativo 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
cf tho operator* in the Prcatvential fraud
the mlasicsi to Hildas, as he would bo
miro to bee his exp?rience ou the Re
turning Boards io cnabie him to procure
a treaty, which would bo very beneficial
to those connected with this crime when
they emigrate to this warm climate.
Messrs. S. G. Worth and Geo. H.
Boyd, members of tho United States
Fish Commission, recently stocked the
Pee Dee River, in the lower part of this
State, with fifty thousand young ehad,
and last week returned from Havre do
Grace, Md., with fifty thousand more,
which they placed in the Congaree River
near Columbio. These young shad were
brought on in tin cans, and will require
three yesrs in which io grow large
enough to propagate. The Savannah
River has already hoon stocked, and it is
hoped other rivera in our State will be
stocked coon. 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 ?ur
large streams shall have fish slue*) kept
continually open, and by giving the at
tention necessary to so Important a sub
ject, wo can Boon have an abundance of
tho finest varieties of fish in ail the
jrtrearnsof<*urState,"which would be an
?uv:??rnr?m; u?coa?iig.
Arrangements aro being mode to carry
a cargo of negroes: from North Carolina
to Liberia About tho' middle of this
m oath. They are to be carried in a body
to New York and sail .from that port in
tba vessel. "Liberia." The sum of five
thousand dollars has been voted to the
expedition by tho Pennsylvania Coloni
zation Society of Philadelphia, ^d th?
crew were delected .by ? Its agenta. The
nrrgroeabi Norm-Carowra
ones, and they are induced to leave this
country by the ino?t enticing descrip
tions of Liberia. They aro told that the
country is a fine one, and that In it they
will live many years longer than they dc
here ; that cotton grbwf? there without
hjnu*l plaiting, end is like a tree, w
they can have the varM abundant crops
without much labor; that land of the
?a&S quality sella for fifty cents peV-acre,
nnd ihft fenns set out ia coffs* bee?u
bearing Ju a?s years/ and contin?o for
shirty years wi^o?t any other labor'than
S??SLE? JA ATTI! EWS IN TROUBLE.
Senator Stanley Matthews has thrown
himself upon hi? dignity, and refuses to
appear before ?he lloma Committee,
which is now investigating the frauds in
relator to 'he Presidential election, on
the ground that as he is A Senator bia
conduct should be investigated by a com
mittee from the Senate. On a question
of privilege in the Senate, he mad JU
personal explanation about the testimony
of Anderson and tho correspondence,
which appears on another page, in wblc i
he made a general contradiction on his
honor aa a Ser r?or, which be proposed
to substantiate finder oath. He deniea
that he wa? a party or privy to any
promise of protection or any reward to
any one, in consideration of the commis
sion of any fraudo, real or pretended, in
that election. He denies that he en
deavored to secure office for Andereon or
any one, with the knowledge that he or
any One else had been guilty of fraud in
that election, and be did not know, and
in fact did not believe, that frauds had
been committed in that election.
Upon his request a Senatorial Com
mittee of seven was appointed to investi
gate the charges against him, and aa the
majority of the Senate are Republicans,
and also thc majority of the committee
to investigate him are Republicans, ;t is
easy to forcee j that the fraudulent Presi
dent'? brother-in-law will bc completely
vindicated in ids diplomatic transactions
connected with the counting of tho elec
toral vote of Louisiana. But this Radi
cal coat of wlrtewash will hardly be suf
ficient to remove the Btains which tLo 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 the
testimony of Anderson and the docu
menta presented by him than of s con- j
M?uict?un of that testimony. The sim-1
pie quostiou for him to answer is, did he
write those letters to Anderson ? and did
he havo in his possession tho agreement
between Anderson and Nash. If he did
not, and can show these documenta as
presented by Anderson to be a forgery,
then tho verdict of the country will bo
not guilty so far aa Mr. Matthews is
charged in that portion of Anderson's
testimony ; but if he did write thoso let
ters, all the pleas of ignorance and all
tho proteatr lions of innocence which he
can make under oath or otherwise will
not avail him before the bar of an en
lightened public Gentiment. Thoso lot
tere are not auch Settern as au innocent
man would have written. The Senator's
persistent endeavor to obtain ofaco for
Anderson, after he had ahown bis charac
ter in the letters be wrote Mr. Matthews,
is not roch a course as an innocent man
would have punned. And lest, but not
least, an innocent man would not avail
himself of bis petition aa a Senator to
ahiold him from having the opportunity
of vindicating himself before the Com
mittee where tbs original charge was
made. The course of Seuator Matthews
is not such aa to inspire any confidence
in his innocence, and it may * >irly 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
alitt thinka the danger of numerous in
dependent candidates for Congres) in
Georgia is very general, extending, prob
ably, into every district. The most im
portant Congressional elections occur in
the Seventh and Eighth Districts, repre
sented respectively by Mear' . Felton
and Stephens. Dr. Felton hos been
twice elected aa an independent, and will
go directly before the people without
asking, any favors of nominating con
ventiona in this canvass, and, if elected,
will, it ia thought, become an indepen
dent candidate for Governor of Georgia
two yean hence. The Democrats are
thoroughly organised to defeat him, and
will pretty certainly nominate Col. Jos.
E. Brown, a brother of ox-Gov. Brown,
of Georgia, and of Dr. W. O. 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. IQ the Eighth
District it ia thought Mr. Stephens will
ran as an independent, and if BO, the
noe will be an Intensely exciting and
{reportant one. Judge Wm. Gibson, of
tho Angosta Circuit, is the most promi
nent candidate for the nomination, and,
wo hope he or some good mon who can
beat'Mr. Stephens will be nouiimtied.
The day for sending chronlo grumblers
to Congress has past, we hope. Mr.
Stephens' health has been bad, and has
cf itself afibrded a. sufficient reason for
his retirement, bit* when he attempts to
destroy the Democratic part/ by h ia self
ish egotism, there is not only a reason for
his retirement, but it is the duty of all
true Democrats to unite in the effort to
defeat his ?ehernes.
In the lotter 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 ve?y unfair
JZZ?~? V?V.??U? Mr, Potior and ali of the
other Democratic BcpresebUtlvea In
Congress. His predictions about trouble
und revolution have been so completely
dispelled by the course of the Deoi?cratic
party, that it ls not necessary to notice
bia groundless croaklngs upon this uub
> j oct, and tho remainder of the document
i is equally as mythical when it ia fully
analyxed, He professes to object to the
> investigation because it waa ordered
. without allowing amendments, and
i thereby confined the investigados to
> Louisiana and Florida, but, In nwt, the
OommlUeo hts now tho fullest authority
?. to investigate, or as Mr, Siephoo? would
call it, "Mexicanhte," tho doctoral vote
> of any State in tho Union. It ? tra? thc
. Democrat* refused to allow tho Bepub
1 Keans to amend their resolution to in?
: Tcstigate, b *, aa soon as it was pesiad,
they extended the jurisdiction of theil
Committee to every State in tbs Union
i where charges of fraud ead corr?piioD
aro bindo against the last electoral vote.
The whole of Mr. Stephens' wails have
gone -forth to the country not bec?UM
j tho frauda could not bo fully Investir
j gated) as he daims, but simply beena?
j ?ho Democrats preferred doing a thing
j tiiomeelyet? to allowing the Republican?
j to- do iV for th? purpoeo i>f waking capl
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
batter myself that any address from roy*
?elf could exert there such an influence
as you imagine, I slould 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. Hut I shall
have to be absent from the 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
tho Governor's duties here prevented his
acceptance of the invitation, for the
meeting is engineered by tho Republi
cans, and ia intended to benefit their
party politically. The Governor's re
malles about assisting in preserving tho
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 stayiag at home to
going to Ohio to address a Radical mob.
While the Republicans had posfteo-iioii
of the State governments of Ohio and
Sllssouri 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 nov the tables have turned, and
these two State governments are in tho
control of the Democrats, who have re
districted both States so as to remedy the
injustice of the former legislation, and
under the 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 aro making a great deal of
fuss about it. Their memories are too
short to recollect that they were the ones
who first gerrymandered these States,
and that the present redistricting is only
undoing their work. The fuss, however,
comes too late. The changt-o have been
made, and tho Democrats will gain
twenty-two votes, the greater portion of
which do not como from the ?olia South.
A raiding party of revenue officers
went to the house of a man named
Ladd, in Pickens County, on Sunday
the 9th inst., and a difficulty ensued
in which Ames Ladd was killed.
Deputy Marshals Kane, Durham, Moose
and Scruggs were in the party. Differ
ent versions are givsn of tho killing, one
justifying and the other criminating the
revenue party. It is to be hoped that a
rigid investigation of this affair will be
had, and that justice will be fully met.
Wo will give the particulars as soon as
they are authentically published.
a,L_ Potter Investigating Committee
bavo proven bv Judoro ?<fl**i?e?, cae cf thc
Louisiana Presidential Electors, that his
name was forged nine times to the 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, eu 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 ia compelled to submit. The
price of gold has not advanced, and the
price of govornmont 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 9200,000 to Charleston har
bor Instead of 85.000. This is doe 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 Anderwa to Florida Thro oj; tx thfl
Country-Pleasures ead Asssyanec* Inci
dent to th? Trip?
ALAFIA, FLA., May 19, 1878.
MR. EDITOR : Thera 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
aro all readers of yonr valuable paper,
and I desire to show my appreciation of
what I regard aa 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 aa not to occupy too
mach 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
i been here, the unusual seasons producing
j disadvantages which will not furnish .
fair precedent to judge from ; hence, I
, have decided to confine myself to our
trip through the country, hoping it will
aftbrd some points of interest, and al
another time, if your patience ls not too
sorely taxed with this, I will try, whsa ?
i am better able to judge, to give those ol
, your readers who wished to hear from
mc, through a desire to know something
of Florida and ita resources,, as fair as
, account as I am able,
i Wa left Anderson on the ISth of Fehn
roary, a Utile after noon. The weather,
. lt will be remembered, from about
, Christmas op to that time had bean vary
> unsettled, and tho roads In a dreadful
i condition. Thia was very discouraging
i to me, particularly when I remembered
the good wife's holy horror of ho-ses,
? and. that my team was measurably tin*
i tried, having but recently purchased
. them. We got along the first day toler
i ably well, encountering ono very severe
; hill near Mr. Moses Deans', and stopper]
i to camp tho first night at Mr. Newton
.. Barr?as', about 12 mlle* from Andersen,
? Ul mention here that roy rou!* {furn?
iflhed by Mr. John McFall, whoso fre
qoent trips to Florida through the coun
try had familiarized him with the most
direct and practicable routes) lay by
Washington, Warrentou, Bandersrille,
Erwin's Cross Roads, Black Shiara' Fer
ry, (orer tie O co nee,) 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 ino lillie boy, Edgar, nt.
night, the larger boys being able to do
very well in the wagons. Mr. Bu rr isa
received us very kindly, gave us a com
fortable room, and showed us other little
acts of kindness for which he and his
good lady hare 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 end fearfully muddy hill, called
by the neighbors "Beaty Hill," 4 miles
from Mr. Burriss', to go up, which tested
tho 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; aud wo moved along successfully
until 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the
second day, (14th) when we stopped to
camp for tho night near Harper's Ferry,
on the Carolina side, Col. Harper telling
us it would bo dark by the time be 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, had a pleas
ant and agreeable evening with his
family, and a comfortable night's rest,
and drove out of camp nert morning at
7 o'clock. As feared by me, the moles
are unaccustomed to tho nat, and we
have trouble to get them in, but Col. H.
has plenty of help at band, and we are
soon across, but owing to the continued
rains the river has been swollen and out
of ita banks, making a bad and boggy
landing. My mules aro 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 ll o'clock. I feel
under deep obligations to Cel. H. for hit
patient and valuaba assistance in getting
us out, and move I?J 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
?zed, a condition very unfit for accom
plishing large ends, and tho re?uU
another balk, ia not much to he won
dered at. Luckily for me, however, '.
encounter a darkie with his team, am
get him to help me np, after which wi
have a few yards only of level road, am
prospects of rain. I think on account o
'the continuous hills the Lady has con
eluded to make the trip on foot, as sh
is all this time walking and looking on
for hills ahead, secretly wishing, I thin!
that she hadn't started ; but it is too lat
to reconsider, and we move cn. Accott
plishing nearly seven miles that day, w
atop for tho night, in tue rain, at bi:
Wall's, (the Blackwell place) three mile
beyond Ruckersville from Anderson, an
thus endeth the 3rd day's lesson.
We start off Saturday morning in
heavy fog, with prospects of clearing o
during the day, hst t?n> ia much dread <
tho hill beyond Baker's Ferry, on Bros
River, Col. Harper and Mr. Wall bot
warning tia of a heavy pull there, tl
latter even te!!it>g us we wrmld save I
hiring a team at the river to help ua c
our "way to Washington, as tho roai
were fearfully cut up and bad. Havit
undertaken the trip, however, I am d
termined not to be discourage1, and mo<
on. This morning we gc? along bette
mules getting used to it, and I thu
-orne slight improvement in roads. V
stop nt 12 for one hour's rest and i
freahment for man and beast, and lea
from persons passing that roads are coi
paratively good until we cress tho rivi
which we reach about 8 o'clock. IV!
Starke, who lives there, oilers to fbrni
me help if I desire it. but my mtil
have improved and are pulling well, se
determine to go it alone, aa I must (
'..sed to depending on myself. We dri
out of the flat this time without atickii
i nd ..ash on for the dreaded hill, desiri
to reach the top before stopping for t
night. My lady is out, of course, as
have reached the bill, or rather euee
sion of hills, aa' there aro three of tb
quickly succeeding each other, and tc
look fearfully steep and muddy, i
boldly attack the first, my scotch
ready with their rooka, and stoppln;
few times "to blow," we .-re soon saf
up it, with renewed courage for the s
. ond and third, whioh are safely and si
liar y accomplished, and we drive i
. cai.;? n*iar an empty double cabin
Mr. Henry Hill's place, which we
permitted to occupy until Monday mo
lng, to-morrow being Sabbath, and we
not expect to travel on Sundays. 1
sky gives prospects of overcloud
Iagain, and we are sorry, for we are mt
tired of cloudy aud rainy weather.
Mr. Hill I would regard as a success
farmer. He has a pretty place, fine clo
and grass patches, about two hum]
' acres sowed down in small grain, exp?
; to plant, his foreman tells mo, about
hundred and fifty acres In cotton, i
a hundred and fifty or tx, hundred :
' seventy-five acres in corn. He is m
? convict labor almost exclusively ou
; farm, and Mr. Bolton, who ls in chi
' of them, (Mr. H. is not at home hims,
', informs me profitably, as this is not
T first year with them. He baa now soi
i teen stout, able-bodied fellows cmplo;
; and has gone for more. These com
i are County prisoners, convicted of la
nica and committed for different per
of time, i No larowuies, I am told, go
> for a less period than Jz months. 1
> aro worked 2 by 2, chained by tho j
' rigidly disciplined ?od work wall.
1 H, pays three dollars per month for tl
; bouda and clothes them and pays t
t doctors' bills in sickness. Th ceo
, contract tobacco bills, and there \
. fourteen out of tho seventeen when I
i present who draw tobacco rr tiona, of <
? own accord agree to work so m ooh lo:
i and upon the same terms as con?
I; Thus they are made self-sustaining
(j ?idea bringing an income, to the 6
, and the plan, I am told, ts working
tn freeing the State from theft and c
>'..'..
crimes. A good many are using this
kind of labor here, and I am reminded
of the heavy expense (his class of per
sons inflict on my own State, Booth Car
olina, and think the experiment of util
ising their labor in thia nay would he
well.
What I have written, Mr. Editor, is
taken from my road journal, and I will
continue it next week if I hare time, as
I do not wish to tire you too much at
once. Yours truly,
O. H. 8.
- There are in England and Wales
114 local prisons, or one to every twenty
two squaro miles of territory, equal to
one to every 200,000 people. Borne are
nearly if not quite empty nt time -,
- Dr. W. P. Compton, a member of
the Legislature from Spat tan burg County,
died on Thursday morning, SOtbof May,
after three days' illness, lie was a quiet,
?;enial gentleman, and deservedly popu
ar among the members.
Vader the Supervision or th? Executive
Committee of Pomona Orango.
Brethren will bear in miud the meet
ing of Pomona Orange on the first Satur
day in July, and come up with full rep
resentations from every sub-Grange.
Important business will bo transacted
for or against their interest.
A flood Yield.
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, June 10.
I threshed this day for Peter R. Prown
his Grange premium acre, which made 1
forty bushell? and one-half gallon of
wheat.
WM. A. NEAL.
Tho following sub-Granges are "clear
qn my books" to the 31st of Mar?;h last,
viz.: Nos. 71, 141, 155, 175, ?76, 213,
215, 242, 251, 263, 204, 2G6, 300, 339,
340 and 304. There aro several of our
usu. Y.y punctual Granges who have not
como to timo 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 tho delinquent
roll.
J. W. NORRIS,
Secretary P. G., P. H.
Gencrostee Grange Un?an,
Composed of Hampton, Rock Mills and
Mountain Creek, met with the latter at
tho 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
j calling Bro. P. R. Brown to the chair,
which ho 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
j eociaiion was arranged to take place
with Hampton Grange, in August next.
And having finished all the other busi
ness, the mce??g unanimously adjourned
to the baskets Tn the adjacent grove,
whero a generous repast was served.
OBITUARY.
FREDDIE, son of P. K. and Margaret J.
McCully, died on the 0th of May, 1878, aged
two years and five months.
"And thia la the darling's portion,
In Mearon, where bo ba? fled.
Br angela securely guarded.
By angela securely lcd.
Brooding In sorrowful ailene*
* Over the espl7 nest,
Cac you not see through th a shadows.
Why lt la all for the best T"
"Better the heavenly kingdom
Than riches of earthly crown ;
Better the early morning flight.
Than one when the enn ls down ;
Bettor an empty casket.
Than Jewels besmirched with sin ;
Safer than theta without the fold,
Aro AMO that hare entered In." M.
Departed this Hie on May 30, 1878, near Store
vlllo, in Andeiton County, Mr. LEMUEL HALL,
one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the
community. He was torn on Bock/ El*? near
Lee's Shoals, on the 7th d?y of Mar, 1789, and bas
lived within a few miles of the place of bia birth,
until ba Ii as-it to tho splrlt-land. Ht may truly
have been recogoUpd es an honest, upright, goner
ona and noble man. He neither sought nor ?taba,
ed In bia business associations with the world, on
ly that which was truly ?nd legitimately bis own,
and ha waa ever ready to accord to other* that
which he claimed for himself. His noble and gen
erous heart, as exhibited In the charities which ha
dispensed, furnish us bring evidences of tho no
bUiiy and goodness of his character. Tba appeal
of tho hungry and suffering were never pr?acnted
to him in vain, and his deeds of benevolence will
. ts tenderly remembered by many who knew him.
Of bim lt may truly be said, "that his left hand
? knew not what hi? right hand done." Early In
I Ure ho realized the Importance of preparation for
I eternity, and sought moat sincerely Jesus, thc only
" bopa or man's redumption. Ha was foi a number
of years a consistent member of the Baptist
Church, and more than twenty-five years ago ba
united himself to that body of believeT known as
"Christians" or "Disciples?' and continued stead
fast tn the faith unUl tho day of bia death. Tho'
denied the pleasure of aiteudlng tho meetings of
any local organization of "Christians," his faith In
their doctrines never wavered. He was a constant
and faithful reader of the Bible, and ?specially
the New Testament Scriptures, and always deman
ded a "thus saith the Lord" for every demand of
faith and practice. Qod'a Word was his constant
companion and gulda. For many years bo looked
forward to tba summons of tba Mast jr which
should call bim boma. It was a subject upon
which ha often thought, and about whfch ho de
lighted to talk to all who wera about him, always
expressing bia readiness "to depart and ba with
Jeana." fcwversl years ago ha made preparation for
bis burial, having tba necessary clothing made,
and selecting and marking the place for his grave.
On Thursday, May SO, 1878, he occupied his usu
al place at the dinner table: in th* ?fUrnn?o
tertatned bia Minds who bad called to aaa bim,
and even when nbtht began to throw ltr mantle
upsn earth.-ha talked lons and pleasanUy to a
K*t grana-daajhtar ?ho lingered beside bim.
t ers bina tfcMck bad coma, tho manUc ol death
h fd bean thrown arvund him, bis body wea gaib
irra In lu dark folds, and hts spirit had passed to
lu Bajfiiiiiinr. ' Without one complaint, without
one ktfbxgl?, Ufe'a lau moment? were passed, the
contes? over and tho soul gathered with the ran
somed, Uli wife and two children had preceded
hint, and be leave? ena ton, with many relative*,
and n boat of friands to mourn their sad and ir
reparable lom. Bat why waept For him lt la far
better to bo with Got. '-ila ls not dead, but
ileepeth":
"Asleep tn Jamal bleared slc?p,
From vhich none ever waka to wein,"
A FRIEND.
BftJ RN HAM'S
WMBMTt? WST A. CKAPEiT.
Alav^MlUlM lACSBggT.
rjSSBI B1DU0ED ARL 80.78,
jrnsBjftdatata* Orne?, Yo**, Pa.
Atlanta ams Charlotte Air Une R. R
rtsawux? Trains win run ai follows on and af
ter Sunday, June ?tb, 1178:
G Ol KG BAST.
Arriva at Seaera....". 7:ta p ta
Leave Suelea....-.~....7.-<a.p ra
GOING WEBT.
Arriva at Beaeoa-j.-,."'7|0fl a m
Leave Seneca-.,,....,.".7:0S aaa
Ciao? connection st Atlanta tor all paints Weat,
gm} at Charlotte for all palau Kail.
_ O, J. YOB.BACKK. Gan. Rup't.
CASSUtXRES.
TTJ8T RECEIVED, a nice assortment of
.J VIRGINIA 0A8SIXIERE8. Thceo
r\?c the best gooda in tho market. Cal! soon
Sf you want a good Summer ault,
A. B. TOWERS & CO,
April 4,1878 I?
TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
Acourdiug tu a resolution of the Corni
ly Executive Committee, a Convention
of the Democratic party r?f Anderson
County will be held io the Court House
at Anderson on Tuesday tbe Kith day of
July next, at ll 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. 73. MURRAY,
County Chairman.
NOTICE.
APOCKET BOOK was 1 -nt in the town
of Anderson en the 51- or ?th day of
June, lt contained a small amount of
change, and one Note ou Mrs. Marga rot
Brown, payable to nie, for $75, with a credit
of $20. auu one Note on J. D. Kin}! for $5.
payabio to Frank McLees or bearer, and
perhaps other papers. Peraonr. are notified
not to trade for these Notes. Any person
leaving this property at the INTELLIOKKCKB
Omeo will be suitably rewarded hy the un
dersigned. 8. C. HUMPHREYS.
June 13, 1878_48 _1_
THE STATE OF 80UTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
By W. W. Humphreys, Esq., Probate Judge.
To Hester Rogers, Ann E. Dams, Jacob D.
Rogers. William C. Rogers, Sarah C. Kay,
Elisabeth Milan*. Benjamin I^by, Sr.,
Jacob D. Irby, Chesley Irby, Benjamin
Irby, Jr., Margaret Irby, James Irby,
ThomsB Irby, lela Irby and Benjamin C.
Acker-Greeting :
YOU are hereby required to appear at
t lie Court of Probate, to be holden at
Anderson Court Houso, for Anderson Coun
ty, on the first Monday of August, A. D.
1878, to show cause, if any you can, why
tho Real Estate of uenjamfn 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 Crymee, A. M. Neal and
Richard Kay, and containing five hundred
and ru venteen acres, should not be parti
tioned as set forth in the petition, allotting
1088600
to Hester Jane Hamlin tho-hereof,
4860000
and the remainder as follows, to wit :
590233
Hester Rogers, -, Anna E. Dacus,
1620000
251
!-, Jacob D. Rogers and Sarah C. Kay
24300
2051
each, tho -, Benjamin C. Acker, the
24300
2GG?3 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 m.d seal, this fifth
day of June, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sev
[L. a.] enty-eight, and in the ono hundred
and second year of tho American In
dependence.
MURRAY A 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,
Thoma? 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 tha Probate Court at Anderson
Court House, in the County of Anderson,
in said State of South Carolina, on the fifth
day of June, A. D. 1878, and that the ob
ject of said petition ia to partition the real
estais of Benjamin T. Rogers, deceased, aa
set forth in the foregoing summons.
MURRAY & MURRAY,
Att'ys. Fro. Pet., Anderson, 8. C.
June 13,1878_48_6
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AHDKBSON COUNTY. ?>
BY virtue of an Execution to me direct
ed, I wilL expose to gale on the First
Monday in July next, at Anderson Court
House, South Carolina, the following de
scribed Real Estate, to wit :
One Tract of Land, situate and lying in
the County and State aforesaid, containing
forty-one acres, more or l?sa, bounded by
lands of Robert Dugan, Anderson Brock,
Mrs. 8arah Reese and otuers, levied upon
aa tho proDerty of John R. Cothran, at the
suit of James E. Holliday.
Also, one Tract of Land, containing sev
enty-nine acres, more or leos, bounded by
la ida 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 Jon ncc n.
Terras of sale Cash. Purchaser to pay
extra for papers.
JAMES H. MCCONNELL.
Sheriff Anderson County.
June 6,1878 47 4
Alii)
OTHER FIELD SEEDS.
Fresh Arrival of Drugs.
ALL CHEAP FOR CASH I
X3T- Those who are ndebted to us please I
call and settle.
WILHITE A WILLIAMS.
April 4.1878_38_
Millinery Goods.
MISS DELLA KEYS begs to inform
ina Ladies of Andmon and sur
rounding country th*', ?he iq now receiving
a select assortment of SPRING GOODS
such as LadicVs Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons,
Flowers, Collars, Cufft, Ac., which' will be
j sold at the lowest figures for the cash. A
full assortment of Summer Good- will be
added to my stock in a few weeks, and ove
I ry effort made to please my customers in
! styles and prices. Millinery, Mantua-Ma
king and Stamping attended to as usual.
MISS DELLA KEYS,
In the Centennial House.
March 21, 1878 88 Sm
Valuable House and Land for
Sale.
A Valuable Dwelling with all necessary 1
jttL m out-buildings, and SOT A?res of |
Kwu IMU?, B?iuaU) on it," v? iiiiamiitun
Road, two miles Northeast of Anderson,
can DO purchased In one tract or in smaller
tracta to suit purchasera by applying to tho
undersigned. The placa has two settle
menta, with, wolla o? ?ood water, springs,
and valuable bottoms upon two creeks.
For tirms, ?fcc, apply to
W. T. W. HARRISON.
May 9,1878 43_Sm
j Thoroughbred Stock for Sale.
mhorottxrt-bred Merin? ehe??,
X Grado Cotswold and ?oatS
down Sheep, Austere fioats. vs****
n?cn ?ow?. A Thorough-bred JER
SEY BULL to stand.
For particulars, call on or apply to
B. FRANK RUSSELL,
At Bosoobel Farm.
Post Office-Pendleton Factory*
May 16,1878 40 8m
I "VrOTiCK OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
J3I Notice fs hereby given that tho under
I signed, Administrators of the Est?t? of
i D-?\ ld M. Watson, deceased, will apply to
! the Judge of Probate for Anderson Ooauty,
on Tuesday. July Otb, 1878, for a Final
Settlement end discharge from said Estate.
MARTHA E, WATSON, Adm'*. "
WM. G. WATSON, Adm'r.
June 0,187?._\7_r>_
Hardware.
THE best assortment of Knob Locks,
Pad Locks, Pocket and Tablo Cutlery,
Ac, in town. Glvo us a call.
A. B. TOWERS A CO,
Feb 14,1378_. '_
376 Men and Boys Wanted!
TO buy HATS of'ua from 25c io $4.00
each. Gall soon if you want a cheap
Hst on A. B. TOWERS A 00.
April 4, ian SH
QUICK SALES \ SMALL PROPITI
WE H A VB JUST RECEIVED, and have in Store a compute assortaient of Ooo,!
in our line, consisting In part of
A Vice Line of Spring and Slimmer Flints,
Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings at prices lower than ever was known brfor?.
Ticking from 10c. to 25c per yard.
?Cot tenadea Md Plaid Ilomespo??-Our Cottonades and Plaid Ho tucson
made in Columbus, Ga., are the best goods in that line that can be had, Colors warranted*
Hosiery, ?%?.<-A good assortment of English and American Hosiery and Notion??
Boot? and Maocs-Persons in need of a good Shoe or Boot will please call on tu '
It is not economy to buy a ?hoddy Shoe. *
Floor-Best Tennessee F'our. Buckwheat Flour at 5c. per lb.
New Orleans) H?laa?es), common to the bout, fJugar, ColTce, Halt, Iron and
Nails,
wlN FANCY GROCERIES,
We have Mince Meat, Raisins, Citron, Curnmti?, Apple and Quince Butter, Com. Stan h
Flavoring Extracts, Fresh Soda Crackers, Canned Good?, and other things too numen, ?
to mention.
Potware-Another lot of that cheap Votware,
i French Calf *?kins. Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Buggy Materials. Manilla Rope
Crockeiy, China and Glassware, Lamp Goods and Chandeliers, something new abonil?
Wooden ware-Tray?, Churns, Buckets, Brooms, ?fcc.
Fish, Hardware, Bacon, Lard, Garden Seeds, Kerosene Cit.
A nice assortment of Wall Papering.
To arrive this week Cashmarets, Tweeds and Linen Goods.
We solicit thc attention of Cash Buyers, and all of our friends and customers to our
Stock and Prices. We do not say we will sell Goods 'ower than anybody else ?ut rh-it
we will Mil as low as any ono will sell the same class of Goods. We keep good Goods
and will be pleased to have you examine our goods and prices before you buy. '
?. B. TOWERS & CO.
Ko- 4 Granites Ko. ?r, Anderson. S. C.
39
April ll, 1878
CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE.
LOOK AT MY PRICES.
PANTS from 65 centa to .?7.00 per pair.
VESTS from 75 cent? to $5.00 each.
COATS from $1.25 to $15.00 each.
SUITS from $3.60 to $25.00.
HATS from 75 centeto $8.50.
CASSI M JUKES from 50c. to $6.00 per yard.
A LARGE LOT OP
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,
McCulIy'o Comer.
March 28,1878 13 b i II IIII un TI
35,000 pounds of Bacon,
50 barrels New (Moans Syrup,
lUU barrels of Choice Flour,
bags, of Coffee.
WE keep a large lot of fresh Fancy Groceries constantly on hand, and will sell
them at tho lowest prices. Also, we are just receiving aa extensive stock of OBY
?GOODS? for tho Spring trade-Ladies'Dress Goods, Hats, Shoes,?*Trimmings, ?fcc., in
great variety. Gents' Dress Goods, Hats Boots, Shoes, &c., in all the latest otyles. Also,
a large lot of READY MADE CE.OT11ING.
H Wo k?sep a full line of Hardware, Cutlery, Earthenware, Crockerywaro, Glassware, <&c.
We will be pleased to have you call on U3 before purchasing elcewhero, as we will not
be undersold.
BARR & FA??T,
NO. io GRANITE: ROW, ANDERSON, 8. c.
April 4.1878_13 _ ly
ONE HUNDRED TONS OF
ZELLS AIMQNIATED BONE PHOSPHATE.
AND
ACID PHOSPHATE,
ON HAND AND TO ARRIVE TO BE SOLD ON A
" s
Cotton Option at 15 centa per pound for Middling Cotton.
?ST" Call in end get our terms before buying els a whore.
WILSON & REED, No. 7 Granite Kow.
March 14,1878 29 ly
CARDEN SEEDS !
Fresh, Geixuiiie and. Gbu.aranteed9
At Wholesale and Retail Prices, from three of the largest and most reliable houses :
D. M. FERRY,
COMSTOCK, FEEBF. A CO.,
ROBERT BUIST.
Ten cent papers reduced to rive cents.
Give us a call is all we ask. Prices to suit everybody and the times
Jan 81,1878 _
SIMPSON, EEXD & CO.
15 11 11 - .,.ft
-WILLI AMSTOK
FEMALE COLLEGE,
WIUIAMST?N, S. C.,
IS approaching the close of a most pleas
ant and prosperous session. The One
Study Plan, which, ia one of lui 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 ls possible when tho mind is
occupied by several subjects at oacc
Williamston ls a well-known Bummer
resort for invalids in search of health. Tho
Chalybeate Spring, a very short distance
from the College, has greatly benefited
many of our pupilo, who, coming to us
tn delicate health, have returned bnmn
strengthened in body and mind.
Unusual attention la 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 fur Girls, apply for a
Catalogue to
RfiV. B. LANDER, A. M.,
President.
May 9,187?_0 ly
ELECTION NOTICE,
tot?v^Tdsy made bj any work
er of eltn.r sex, riAt fa tholr
own localMa.', .V.T.lcnlars sad
.atopies frc?, Improre your ip?reUMOstthlt!>itv
l?aiv . Address Oto?o? A CO.. rMrUaaA, Maine.
If y ou want to MAKE MON
EY pleasantly and Out, nd
?rex? FiKtRT, HAOVKV ?fc <o., Atlanta, GA.
"TTKTHEREA8, more than fifty resident
TV and qualified voters of tho Town of
Anderson have netirionod the Intendant
and Wardens of ?ajd Town to submit to tho
^r.nlifled electors thereof tito question of
subscribing the sum of Fifty Thousand
Dollars to the Capital Stock of ?The Sa
vannah Valley Railroad ?Company," in ac
cordance with tho provisions of an Act of
tho General Assembly entitled "An Act to
Charter the. Savannah Valley Railroad
Company," approved March 12th, 1878.
Therefore, be ft
Remited, By the Intendant and Wardens
of the said Town of Anderson that anclec
tion be and hereby ia ordered for said Town
tobe held on tho 18th Day of Joly
next, at which said election tho question of
subscribing the aura of.Fifty Thousand
Dollars by the said Town to th? ?capital
stonk of tho said Savannah Valley Railroad
Company shall be submitted, to tho quali
fied electors of said Town.
Stesotted, That , said election shall be by
ballot, and that the ballots shall have writ
ten or printed on them the words, "8ub
Ecrlption" or "N?> Subscription," and shat
if a majoritv o? ?he ballets cast at said cjoc
M?? ?uttii B?T? wtiwen or printed cn mem
the word "Sub?erintIou." tho Town of An
derson ^rill nnbacr?b? tho said wm of Filly
Thousand Dollars to th* capital ?tock of
said Railroad Company ; the wild subscrip
tion to be mada in Boven per centum cou
pon bonds, payable twenty years after tne
date thereof, ?n auch instalmedU ?* the
said Intendant and Wardens ?ball deter
mine, wi Ut Interest payable send-annually:
but if a majority of the ballots casi at said
election shall have written or printed on
them the words, "NO Subscription,"then
said Town wlU make no subscription to th?
capital stock of said Railroad Company.
JUiilxd. Th?? t?ro ns?? c?w?ira nos?1"
held in tim Court House from nine o clock
In the morning until five o'dock in tbo
evening, and that G. F. Tolly, J.L. Tribbla
and James M. Cathcart be, and hereby ?J
appointed Managers to conduct wi
lion who, before they o?*m the polia **
sHd vloctien, sholl take th? oath ftlrty.ana
impartially to oonduct ihosame; ?>d upon
UoSng the polls shall forthwith vroc#ato
count tho vote?, statingthe whofc number
of votes cast, th? whole number osa*??
"SubBcripUon," arid the whole number oatt
"No Subacxrptioh." and sbaH within two
days transmit tha report of ?Oe aamM? *
acaled envelope, to the Intendant of?'?
Town, who snail open the report of ?ala
Managers, and siiell onnounoo and papiwn
the whole number of volts cost, the WW?
es5?b*r coat for ..Subscription." an? Ute
tho whola number cast "No Subscription.
Resetted, That tho ?dd attbacripMon or
Fifty Thousand Dollars shall be ?l?0 ??JJ
condition that the samo shall be o*P??*}
in tho oonatructiou of tho ?aid
with iii tho limits of the County of Ander
*?n' W. W. HUMPHREYS.
Intcndsflt,
J. C. WHITEFIELD,
J ERTHA Zf. WILSON,
E. F. MURRAH,
W. 8. LIGON, Y ordena,
'* June?, 187? . 47 7