Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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K. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, NOV'R 21, 1878. After this issue of the INTELLIGENCER the editor will bo absent for several week?, s!:d ihcusrh he ??^eet* tts co?t?rjMO cdit ing thc paper, it is possible that some times an article may be witten by some other person, without always expressing the opinion; of the editor. It is, there fore, due to him and to the public to state that all editorials written by other per sons will have an asterisk (*) at the end. TUE LATE ELECTIONS. Thc apparent Republican success in the Northern States at the November elections bas made very different impres sions upon the leaders of thc Democratic party throughout the country, and the future policy of the. party is entirely un settled. Many hold that thc defeat in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut bas lost us thcFC States, and that we should give up tte hope of carrying them in order to make the contest for victory entirely upon Western soil. Those who advocate this line of action do not regard the financial issues as settled, and pro pose to enter the contest with a platform and nominees agreeable to Western and Southern opinion, without reference to the North and East. Such a conclusion seems to us entirely erroneous for several reasons. In the first place, our country cannot afford to bc politically divided by geographical lines, so that all tho States in thc South and West shall bo Demo cratic, while those in tho North and East shall bo Republican. The party which should thus declare its intention to array one geographical section against another would bo more than apt to meet defeat at the polls, for tho country has already had bitter experience from thc result of the Republican party's policy in 18G0, which arrayed the other sections of the Union against thc South, thereby occasioning the civil war, which has well nigh destroyed the whole fablic of our government. The Republican party has continually sought to keep up this sec tional complexion in our national poli tics, and has, as a direct consequence, been overwhelmingly condemned by tho people of tho United States in every elec tion Bince 1874, and to-day hold tho ad ministration of thc government by un parralled fraud and official villainy. Thc elections for the House of Rcpiesen tatives have for the lost three times re sulted in Democratic majorities, and tho Presidential election of 187G gave tho immense majority of near half a million for the Democrats. In tho faco, there fore, of this decided and repeated con demnation of tho Republican party in tho whole country, it seems to us that any policy on tho part of tho Democrats, which would tend to sectionalizo thc issues of the coming Presidential contest, would be releasing a decided advantage which wo havo ever the Republicans, and would be a great mistake. Of course, wo think it is not only c'csirnblc to get every State to go Democratic that we possibly can, but it is right and ad vantageous for as many States to bo united in political faith as possible, pro vided that the organisation is not entered into for the purposo of opposing one sec tion against another. This appearance of sectional division in politics should not be given in thc policy of any political party. The platform and nominees should not be selected with reference to any section, but should endeavor to meet the views and command the suffrages of every section of thc whole Union. Only by such n wise, conservative .ind general policy can tho Democracy hope tj main tain its vantage ground in the govern ment, and finally to triumph over tho party which was formed in sectional hate, has lived on strifo and discord, and to day holds its Hv uj by fraud and usurpa tion. In addition to this v e think nny great despondency on thc part of the Dem? crata ove:, tho New York, New Jersey and Connecticut elections is uncalled for at this time, for although tho Republi cans hevo carried the Congressional del egations in each, their vote does not in dicate a political revolution. State offi cers wero not selected in any of them except Connecticut, and the result was to a largo extant controlled by side issues nnd local considerations, which will have very little bearing in a national election. These States havo each gone Democratic in the Presidential elections since the war, except in the Grant-Grcely cam paign, which was not a contest betwer ? Democracy and Republicanism, but be tween two factions of Radicalism, with the Democracy playing second fiddle for thc weaker faction. Tho politics of these States has been oftener Democratic than Republican, and when tho Important crisis comes we believe they will all thrc.* bo Democratic again. In Connecticut tho Republicans will get their State offi f.ers, because the Legislature is Republi can, but ou a vote between the two par ties alone the Democrats would have won. It is, in our opinion, unsafe to give up the contest for tho electoral votes of these States with a view of capturing Ohio, Wisconsin and Illinois, which have ali gone Republican in every Pres idential election siuce the war. It is true their majorities have been greatly reduced, and Ohio in the State election preceding the last wont Democratic. They ave, therefore, well worth fighting for, but we should not stake all upon carrying them when there are other im portant States presenting equally favora ble prospects. Tho late elections have, to our mind, settled the Greenback craze, and demon strated that the Democratic party has made a mistake in allowing itself to be drawn into a contest over unnecessary issues. The Republicans have been the gainera both North and West by this agitation. The result should teach the Democratic party that it cannot hope to .succeed by countenancing communism or dallying with repudiutionists. The people of the whole cous try are In favor cf i .'arger circulation of greenbacks than we now have, but while they are in favor, we bslk>vc, of a greater amount of circulating medium, they bav? unquali fiedly condemned the idea of flooding tho whole country with on unlimited amount of.irredeemable pape? currency. This decision is the safest and most r.d? \ j vaiitngeous one that could have been reached for tho people. A sound cur rency which ix of fixed value is the great est blessing ?hieb a country engaged in agriculture, mining or manufactures cati have. The capitalists, ibo brokers, or thc commercial men who are continually studying finance, are able to keep up *.vith financial fluctuations, and by in vpsting. si lling and re-investing they ?ire able lo prosper by dealing even in a worthless currency. It is not so with thc farmer whose products are obliged to go upon the market at the season they are harvested. When he sells bc wishes to oblsin a currency which he can keep for months without fear of depreciation, and if bc should be so unfortunate as to bc compelled to borrow money it is to his interest that it shall not bo of greater value when pay day comes tba?! it was at the time of borrowing. Kven thc or dinary laborer is interested in a stable currency, for when he contracts for a month's wages ho is interested in the money retaining its value, and not in re ceiving one sum for one month ami an other for the next, in consequence of currency fluctuations. The true policy for thc party is to declare in favor of na tional treasury notes to such amount as cnn be maintained at par with specie, for thc abolition of national banks an t for the restoration of banking under the State laws. With such a financial plat form us this we believe the Democratic party can command the BU (Trages of the great mass of thc people of the United States, und so far from losing the North ern States we ought to be able to carry more of them than ever before. The re verses of the November elections should make the party more careful. The best und purest men of the country should be put nt the head, and a thorough canvass bo made of every State in the Union. Itistcnd of abandoning the North, wc hope the ['residential nominee for two years hence will be Senator Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, who is the most exalted type of thc statesmen of this age. Thc name of such a man at the bend ol tho ticket, with Mr. Hendricks, Judge Thurtr.nn, or some other able and pure man from the West, would recall thc pe riod of our country's greatest glory, nm! arouse a patriotic enthusiasm which would sweep over the entire Union will: triumph, culling back the days of ob when the host und greatest men of tin lnnd ruled the counsels of State. I would obliterate the recollections o strife and calamity which havedistractct our people, und assura thc pcrmntienc and success of the free institutions of ou gOVernmnot for lb<> futuro. Wholesale arrests arc being made i' tho low country by United States offijial upon thc nllidnvits of ignorant and pei jured negroes, charging Democrats wit fraud in the election and with illtilliidri tion of voters. These cases will nc ainoui.i lo anything with u fair trial, bu if they are to como on before tho sui: servient Judge Bond, with puck -d jurie and perjured witnesses, they may give great deni of annoyance, though w have no idea that ibis vindictive Radien Judge can secure a conviction befor even a packed jury in the United State Court. I mleeil, it is notorious that man of these prosecutions ure not expecte nor intended for anything more than justification of the charges of fraud wilie thc defeated candidates arc making, un after hanging over for a few terms the will be quietly dismissed nnd nothin more heard of them. There is also ut other point in these prosecutions wliic is worthy of tlie consideration of thc pc?, plc of the whole country, which is, tin hundreds of w..Trants are made out an served by villainous commissioners un deputy marshals who procure them lo L taken out for the purpose of making th fees allowed by the government. Thei is rio reusou for such au extensive arru of cases in this State, and the whole ?tn ced ure is of a paco with Merrili's ii famous swindles nuder tho pretense < extirpating Ku Kluxism. In that ma ter there were ubout ono hundred wa rant s issued for every one case that lui enough in it lo be served. We have t doubt that this species of rascality is b ing practiced now, and that thc tux pa; ere of the United States will have to pt ono hundred thousand dollars or mo ? i these incompetent and vicious Feder officers, who arc using their positions gratify their personal enmity or their p litical interests. The course now bell pursued in South Carolina is an outrae but wo bare been long subjected to sm treatment by Federal oflicere. T! thing has, however, pono about f enough, and it is time to pul a stop to and tench thc rascals who arc cngnged it thnt tho men who forgo prison chai very frequently wear them themselvi Indictments in tho State Courts ognit thoso who make tho affidavits wou very properly lio for perjury, and nfl thc discharge of tho cases in tho Fedci Courts they might be prosecuted for n lici?n; prosecution. Wo should tea thc rascals who institute these cases tl it is a perilous undertaking to seek j litical revengo hy groundless prnsei tions. Tbo rort?t healthsign, among I small things, that we have seen for 1 Democracy is tho fact that Mr. Char A Dana and tho paper ho edits, the N York Sun, havo forsaken Mr. Tild with tho Democratic party, and gi back into tho Republican fold, wi; they left several years ago because l'n dent Grant did not give Mr. Dana so Federal appointment for which bc plied. Since ita profession of Der ratio sentiments the Sun has done much more harm than good, for un tho guise of friendship it has frcquci dealt tho party organization homo v unfortunate blows, and when it did vocatc Democracy it did BO in a virub vindictive and bragadocio stylo, wli was always indicative of BO much spl that it was moro calculated to drivo independent voter off from the pi than to secure bia adhesion. The de tion of tho Sun from tho Democr party only changes a secret enemy i an open foe. It ta a good riddance, the party may congratulate itself u having thia dead weight unloaded. Tho corn crop in this county is b< harvested, and we bear from all quar that the yield is far below an aven Tbc drought in the Bummer injured crops more seriously than was at first ticipatcd.-^iTwwY? (burier. .MK. HAYES* NEW POLICY. Thc nil absorbing theme with the poli ticians now is thc President's announce ment that bc considers his Southern policy u failure, and will henceforth use every means at his command to enforce thc laws and prevent fraud and intimida tion of voters in the Southern Slates. This chango of the President has disap pointed the many Democrats who have thought well of .Mr. Hayes, and gives a corresponding amount of satisfaction to tho Radical leaders who nre receiving him back into thc ranks of the bloody ahirtcrs with thc most profuse indications of confidence and respect. As we have never had any confidence in his fraudu lently, we are not in the least surprised at his present position, which only shows thal what we have from time to time said nf him is tr ie No man who would in trigue for the Presidency, or who would accept the position when it was noto riously procured by intrigue, is worthy of the confidence of the people. Thc first acts of Mr. Hayes were apparently friendly to the South, but they were acts of necessity, which he was compelled to perform, and for which be is neither en tilled to gratitude nor respect from any portion of thc people. When the Demo cratic House of Representatives refused to appropriate any money to sustain the army so long as il was employed tor po litical purposes, he found himself com pelled to remove the troops from Louis iana ami South Carolina, wherefore be made a virtue of necessity, and in remov ing them sought, and from many receiv ed, the gratitude due to a Southern ben efactor, lie has appointed the principal Radical scamps io offices in the South, and has not from the beginning of his term performed a single disinterested act of friendship for the South that we can now recount. His pretended change therefore is not a change of intention but simply one of expression. He now avows his intention of doing what he bas here tofore done, pretending that he was not <loing it. The change is a very fortunate one for the South and for the Democratic party, as il directs the attention of the country directly to the questions at issue, while heretofore his policy has been such as to withdraw public attention from the South and encourage the idea that the Southern question was settled. As long as thc South was the theme for political contention the Democrats were the gain ers, and even uudcr Grant, with Morton in his full glory, thc Republicans were terribly overthrown at the polls in the Presidential election, and Mr. Hayes, aftei coming into thc Presidency to which Mr. Tilden was elected, saw that thc people were tired of the Southern question, and by professing to settle the subject by a complete restoration of the South, he took from the Democrats one of their strongest political levers. The result was that in the absence of thia question financial questions arose, and while thc Republican demagogues mad ? all they could out of the solid South, *' Democrats treated it as a settled matt , so that they lost as much as it would have been possible to lose under any cir cumstances. Now, tho action of the President restores the question to ita original status, and brings thc country once more face to face with the problem as lo the permanence of free institutions in America. Thc people of the North realize that every blow which is struck at the South helps to shackle every State in the Union. The Democratic party of thc whole country should rally with the cry, the Constitution and the Republic must be sustained. The centralization to which the Republican party ia carry ing the government should be proclaim ed by every orator from every stu np, and the result will have very little >f doubt connected with it. The will of the peo ple aa expressed at the ballot box has al ready been set at naught lr? thc- fraud and force of thc Republican party, and tiic- people having submitted to that, '.'..<. administration is emboldened to make further efforts to destroy local govern ment and gather all LF tho power into the bands of the President. This having been accomplished, a simple proclama-' tion would be necessary to mako bim emperor or dictator. Of course, Mr. Hayes could not get this far along in thc destruction of free government, lor be neither baa the ability nor the popularity to accomplish it, but be might go ao far in the direction that bia successor could complete the destruction of liberty itself. These arc the dangers which ovcrhnng thc country, and thc changed attitude of Mr. Hayes is well calculated to secure proper attention to them. The Hon. Zach. Chandler now pro poses to use United States troops to or ganize thc next Congress in thc interest of tlie Republicans, like Grant used them to organize tho Legi'daturo of Louisiana four years ago. Wo hope his programme will be adopted, and that thc country will sea 'he usurpation and ty ranny which the administration of fraud is willing to enact if opportunity is afforded. The proposition would, indeed, be a startling one, if our people bad not. so frequently seen ibu will ot tue people act at defiance and overturned by the streng arm of arbitrary power. It ia propeled for thc Republican members elected to tho House of Representatives to assemble with enough of tho beaten Radical candidates from Southern dis tricts to give them a majority, and then to organize by the election of a Republi can Speaker and other officers. This procedure is to be carried out by the use of United Statea troops, and to prepare public opinion for such a measure, whole sale arrests are to be mado in South Car olina and other Southern States, whilo thousands of affidavit* aro to bc publish ed, setting forth fraud and intimidation. If the Republicana could only be mad dened enough to try thia scheme, it would secure thc completo overthrow of their parly, and in?uro a return of the government to the party of 'aw and or der. Thc Scnnto is Democratic, and of course it would not only refuse to recog nize tho revolutionary body, but would act with the Democrat*;, who would or ganizo tho lawful Houso of Representar lives. The little gamo which Mr. Chan dler proposes cannot do moro than allow the Republicans to mnko fools of them selves, and they aro at perfect liberty to proceed with tho farce of tho exhibition whenever they choose. Mr. Chandler had probably forgotten about the Demo crats having the 8enate. Thc Northern papers arc teeming with charges, of election frauds in South Caro lina, ard many of them cannot find terni;; severe enough for the expression of flu ir condemnation. These same parti san journals have published the election returns from this State for the past twelve years, and, strange to say, they never discovered anything wrong about the e! '.'tiona :::::;! thc Democrats ob tained thu government, although the mont glaring and infamous election frauds were perpetrated at every election. Wc are not able to say that no frauds have been committed in our late elec tions, but if any have been, there is no doubt that thc Republicans have sinned more than they have been sinned against, and whatever frauds have been perpetra ted by Democrats bu ve been individual and without the sanction ol* the party. < ?ur people abhor any tampering with the sanctity of the free bailo*, und are as ready to prevent or punish it us the peo ple of New York or Pennsylvania, The election l ac bus been us free and fuir tts in either of the States named, and there is no doubt that it bas been fairer than any that was ever held while the Radi cals hud ?way in our State. As strunge as it may seem, the R". 'icals have mude un ignominious failure for the lack of shrewd and expetienccd leaders. In many Counties they failed to have print ed ticket*, and the negroes in large num bers refused to vote because they were afraid to trust any one except their Rad ical leaders to fix up tickets for them. In other Counties their candidates, see ing that they would bc "nable to control the colored vote, and realizing that defeat was certain, counselled the colored people not to vote, in order that the smallness of the vote might give them plausible ground to charge intimidation, fraud, and so forth. The pupers which lend themselves to circulating the falsehoods and libels emanating from defeated Rad ical candidates, are simply making them selves the willing tools of men who have neither regard for truth nor honor. If all the votes which are the subject of reasonable suspicion were thrown out, thc Democrats would still control the State, and every County in it, except Beaufort. To charge fraud is one thing to prove it is another. Thc proof is the only justification of the charge; and as the election is in the Courts, public opinion should not bo formed until nftei the judicial determination of thc ques tion. Whenever it undergoes this tesl thu wild statements that have been tele graphed and written to horrify the coun try and inflame the public mind againsl the people of South Carolina, will dwin die into insignificance, assuming tin proportions of a mole-bill, instead of i huge mountain of fraud as now reported The charges of fraud only emanate fron defeated candidates, and the ; ell the; are raising is prompted by thc hope o procuring Federal appointments. It i about time for the honest people of th< Union to call a halt on the game a played at present, as it is likel r to b one in which thc people arc tt rcccivi nothing, except the pleasure ol* pnyinj the bills. Mr. Blaine, in a congratulatory uddres after the election, culled upon tho Repub licnns to protect the four millions of col ored people ill their rights of su ff ruge claiming that us they have only two o three colored men in Congress they ar practically disfranchised. If he wants t have colored men in Congress lin wi! have to run out tho Radical carpet-bag gers, for they monopolize the Radi? nominations. If, however, he means thu bc wishes to perpetuate the right to vol conferred by tho constitutional am?ne menta, he need not trouble himself, fe the people of thc South intend to hold o to these provisions, so if that is the oui subject which induces tho valiant peaci warrior of Maine to fight the South h can compose himself m quiet, for wc as negro suffrage gives us as be is to coi fer these advantages. It is amusing, an way, to see how brave and belligerent M Blaine is towards tho South now, whe he did no fighting when tho civil war o fered auch excellent opportunity fi brave men to satisfy their pugnacioi proponBities. The notorious Radical fomentor, E. \\ M. Mackey, who has recently been viii fying and traducing thc good people < South Carolina in communications 1 different Republican journals at tl North, has gono one step too far i charging Mr. W. L. Daggctt, the for man of tho Charleston JVcica and (buri Job Printing Office, with stuffing twent; five hundred tickets into thc election bc at the Palmetto Engine House precia in the City of Charleston. Mr. Daggc has very properly felt it his duty to mu v.le this defamer of tho good people South Carolina, and lins Indicted him f libel in the State Couria, thus giving tl State Solicitor tho opportunity of pros cuting tho arch conspirator against got government, for one of thc most officio and uncalled for libels that hns be? perpetrated. The heinousness of tl offense is heightened by the fact thnt ?i Mackey is a lawyer, ai.d tho assista prosecuting officer of tho United Stal In South Carolina. If ho U convict? t'..1 ?overeat penalties of tho law BIIOU bo .mposed upon him.. President Hayes bas just pardoned gang of Republicans who were convict of ballot-box atuffing in Cincinnati, ai yet at inc same time he is greatly i censed at tho reported violations of t election laws in some of tho Southe States, ridiculously having thc kind tickets that were voted in South Caroli carried to thc White House and mnn'.p lated in his presence that he might u dcrstand the mode of ballot box *tuffii Of course, the manipulators were F publicans, and of course they ?how Mr. Huyes how to stuff bnllot-box< Sut did it occur to bis fruudulency tl their familiarity with tho process stuffing ballot-boxes does not prove ar thing on tho Democrats. They w< only showing him how the Radicals hu carried elections for tho eight years tb rulod in South Carolina. We woud however, if a set of Southern Dcmocr should bo convicted of thc samo offci as tho Cincinnati Radicals if Mr. lia; would pardon them also? - Tho Pee Dee Wafrhr.ir, publid nt Darlington, 8. C., by Messrs. Oilb has iruspeniled. Mosby, the ex-Confederate, who holds a foreign consulate, but reside* ill thin country and draw- pay, bas settled thc political problem, -> far ?is bis dictum can accomplish the result, by announcing that the baltic oj I SSO is already Jougkt and non, and O'raul is the man. Perhaps bc is the man who is going to bc run over in that battle. The people may in tend to perpetuate Radicalism, but they certainly do not cont?mplate a repetition of Grant ?sm. Mosby bas become noto rious as one of Grant's most servile un derstrappers, and it is difficult to say whether the opposition to Grant or the disgust with bis man Friday (Mosby) is stronger in thc minds of the American people. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. Annual Meeting ?if the Grand Divinion. Tho Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of South Carolina, met in tue nail of Columbia Division, No. 0, November lil, at 7? o'clock, p. m., G. NV. P. ll. B. Murray presiding. Officers Present.-E. H. Murray, of Anderson, G. AV. P.; J. W. McUreery, of Camden. G. NV. A.; L. P. Smith, of Anderson, G. Scribe ; A. D. Cumpsty, of Columbia, G. Sentinel. Vacancies were filled by ti. \V. P. The following repre sentatives were appointed: Rev. C. Semi, P. G. W. P.; \V. A. Edwards, G. >' bu. ; J. A. Elkins, (J. Chap. The G. \V. P. appointed Representa tives La M ol te, Tolly and Elkins Com mittee on Credentials, who reported cre dentials correct from all the Divisions. Candidates in waiting were then initia ted into Grand Division. The report of Grand \V. P. and (?rand Scribe were called for and read and sub mitted to proper committees. Communications were read from G. Con. \V. H. Hailey, of Palmetto, No. 4, and D. G. \V. P. Ernest Moore, of Lan caster, No. 28, expressing their inability to attend this session. After attending to various business matters, the Grand Division went into nomination ol officers for the next year, which resulted as follows: G. NV. P.-G. E. Tollv, of Anderson. G. NV. A.-M. ll. "Mcsweeney, of Ninety-Six. G. Scribe-L. P. Smith, of Anderson. G. Chaplain-Rev. C. Semi, of Lexing ton. G. (.'(inductor-Wm. Wilcox, of Nine ty-Six. G. Treasurer-W. A. Edwards, of O ran ge burg. G. Sentinel-J. Marjenhoff, of Charles ton. On motion, the Grand Division elected delegates to the National Division to be held in the city of Washington, D. C., in June, 1871). The following Committee on Laws was appointed by thc G. W. P. : Representa tives McCurry, Tolly and Elgin. On motion, thc Grand Division de cided to bold its summer session with Watarcc Division, No. !), at Camden. After bearing reports from the com mittees on the G. W. I', and the G. Scribe's reports, and the adoption of the same, the Grand Division adjourned un til Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. THURSDAY MORNtN??. The Grand Division met this morning pursuant to adjournment, G. W. P. Mur ray in thc chair. The minutes of the previous session were read and confirmed. The Committee on Communications made their report, which was adopted. On motion, the Grand Division went into an election for officers for the next year, which resulted in thc choice of the members nominated at last night's ses sion. Thc Committee on Laws made their report, which was adopted. The officers elect were then duly in stalled into office. On motion, the thanks of the Divisinn were tendered to Columbia Division, No. 6, for their kindness and hospitality to the members of this body during its session. Tho following resolution was unani mously adopted : Rewired, That this Grand Division cheerfully and heartily acknowledges the zeal, fidelity and efficiency which has characterized the administration of the retiring Grand Worthy Patriarch, Maj. E. B. Murray. After earnest remarks from G. W. P. G. F. Tolly, thc Grand Division ad journed to meet at Camden, in July, 1879. - On iatit Thursday evening there oc rt!rrr*d ir? thia COUpty one of (lie ?lOSt horrible casualties of which we have ever beard. Wade Barber, colored, living on lands of the estate ol' Captain W. A. Pedon, deceased, left home in tho after noon, to be gone for the night. About dark his wife left the house and went to the spring, a short distance, leaving two small children, one about two and a half years, tho other an infant leas than a year old, alone in the house. In one end of thc bouse was a large pile of seed cotton, Wade's entire crop. The eldest child it is supposed, was at play in thc cottou, and communicated fire to tho heap. In a short time, before thc moth er could return from tho spring, thc house was : > flames, preventing her from entering. ..he bouse was entirely con sumed, aud the children were humed to death. One of them hnd crawled a short distance from the bouse and was found dead next morning ; the skull and a lew bones of the other were found among the ruins of the house.- Chester Reporter. - Every day since the election several colored men may bc seen at almost any hour of the day lounging about tho streets of Kingatrec, with clubs nn inch and more in diameter. Tho council should take notice of thia matter and not allow tho streets of thc town to be used as a public loafing place. Wo understand that they come herc for a purpose which bodes no good to themselves or tho peaco of tho town. Tho wdiito citizens of the town arc tired of being menaced. Thc election is over and if we cannot have pc?c? ?n one wsy ?vc ??1, !,..,<- it in another, even if it requires force. The town of Kingatree belongs to the neople of Kingatree, It is an incorporated town and tho homo of ita inhabit:-nts, who pay special taxes for special privileges, one of which i? to be free from public nuisances and suspicious characters. If tho coun cil docs not soc into thia matter ether parties will. A word to tho wise is suf ficient.-Kingstrce Star. - Now that tho election is over and our members elect to t;.j Legislature are safe for thc next two years, it will not be out of place to begin to talk a little about the length thc sessions ought to be. We aro not clamorus about a reduction of the per diem, if tho sessions aro made shorter, If, however, the nex*. Legisla ture is to continue for time ar four months, ns did the last, wo would be in favor of a reduction In ?bb pay. Six weeks ought to bo ample ti ne in which to do nil tho legislation nec/i-wry. Indeed we aro not ?ure that o month-tho ante bellum maximum-is ary too short a period. I<ct the Ix?g?8!??iiro work more in day time-go to work earlier, say 10 o'clock a. m., instead of 12 m. Burn less gas, and let thc members-somo of them at least-bo lesa gaasy, and work more. Laurensvilfe Ifcratd. .- Have nolhjng to do with those fel lows who come along, jump up on a box in thc middle of tho street, and want to "introduco n new nrticlo;" tho last ono of them arc swindler?.- Cluster Reporter. - We learn that Mr. Thomas Chap lin, of Low i \ i 1 le, while lying in bed on Sunday morning last, nod playing with a pistol accidcnntally shot himself in the neck from which ho instantly dided. Orangeburg Times. - Newberry will vole to chungo the fence law OD tile 17th of December. - There will be three editors in the next Legislature-one in the Senate and two in the House. - Greenville sends six convicts to tho penitentiary thih week. - From every section of the State comes accoun*.' of during burglaries and robberies, which are committed invariably i by worthless negroes. - The work on the national jetties in Charleston harbor begins December 1st. - The gin house on Mr. Baruch Dun can's plantation, which is rented by Lewis Ducket, was destroyed bv lire on Thurs day morning 7th inst., just before day. We learn that there were about ?JU bales of cotton in the building, al! of which were consumed, together with the press, a wagon ami some other articles. It is thought to have been the work of an in ci ndia ry.-Ai wherry Iiera td. - On thc afternoon of the Gth inst, the gin house of the widow S. Graham was set on lire and entirely consumed, together with its contents, by the ignition of a match. It was with great difficulty that the screw, which stood near by, was saved.-Kingttree Star. NOTICE. Dr. M. L. Sharpe Must have Money. I?EKSONS owing him will confer r. favor by calling to pay their accounts be fore Christmas. Nov 21, 1*78 li) 3 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, Administrator of the Evtutc of Nicholas Tripi<e, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Countv, on tho 23rd day of December, 1X7H, f..r a Final Settlement alni discharge! from said l?state. JOHN ll. TKIPl'E, Adm'r. Nov 21, 1873_10_?_ "VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. -LN The undersigned hereby gives notice that he will apply to tho Judge; of Probate nt Anderson U. IL, S. C., on the 23rd ?lay of December i'cxt, fora Final ?settlement and discharge from the Estate of james K. Drennan, deceased. JAMES ii. MCCONNELL, EXV. NOT 21. 1X7H 1!>_ _.r>? "VTOTICE FINA L SETTLEMENT. JL^I The undesigned.- Administrator of thc Personal Estate of S. L. W. El rod, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will apply to \V. w. Humphreys, Judge of Probate, at bis o theo, on the 23rd day of December, 1878, for a final settlement of said Estute, und a discharge from said ad ministration. W. S. BICKENS, Adm'r. Nov 21, 187? _ _10_S_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CO VST Y OF ANDERSON. IN Tllli COURT OF PROBATES. A. A. Dean, Committee of Itobcrt II. Mc Curley, a Lunatic, Plaintiff, against Rob ert II. M ('Carley and wife, Stacy McCar ley, Eliza McCarley, Lizzie Davis, James McCarley, Mary McCarley, Samantha Bryant, heirs of John McCarley. names and number unknown, heirs of David D. McCarley, to wit: Joseph McCarley, James McCarley, Wm. McCarley, Martha McCarley and others, names and number unknown, lt. H. Dean and A. It. Towers, Defendants.-Summons for Relief-Com Ijiluint not Served. To the Defendants above named ""CT'OU are hereby summoned und rcipii JL red to answer the complaint in thin action, which is filed in the ofllce of the ..'min of Probate for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to thu snid complaint on the subscriber nt his office, ut Anderson, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; und if you fail to answer thc complaint within thu time afore said, thc plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated November 19. A. I). 1878. JOSEPH N. DROWN, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the Defendants Janies McCarley, Mary McCarley, Samantha Bryant, heirs of John McCarley, deceased, names and number unknown, Joseph McCarlev, Jas. McCarley, Wm. McCarley. Martha Mc carty, and other heirs of David D. Mc Carley, mimes and number unknown : Take notice that the complaint in this ac tion, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was tiled in the office of the Court of Probate ut Anderson C. H., in the County of Anderson, and State Of South Carolina, un the 10th day of November, A. D. 1878, and that the object of said action is for sale of the Real Estate now in the possession of the Defendant, Robert B. McCarley, for the payment of debts, und for other relief, which suid real estate embraces 200 ncres of land, more or less, situate in Anderson County, in said State, adjoining lands of Robert B. Dean and others. No personal cluiiu is made against you. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiff's Attorney. Nev 21, 1878_10_ _ 6. ^^^^^^^^^ |g3 c| ^BJLAST i"?Ss "? J^^m ' IrSSlI f Hak. JS? 558^ Nov 7, 1878 17 ? 3 * ' "* MONEY WANTED. DR. O. M. JONES wants money All concerned had better cull at bis office at an early d?iy nnd pay up, or make some nrrangeniunt? for paying. Ile must have money. Come along and save trouble He is prepared to execute all work in the Dentistry line. Terms cash, nt modenite rates. Nov 14, 1378_18_2 DISSOLUTION. THE undersigned have this day, by mu tual consent, dissolved the partnership heretofore existing under the firm name of E. H. Murray fe Co. All persons indebted to this firm for advertising or subscription oro reiini>Hl<>!l tn ...?n lr nt onrn willi ..if \\t\\ nf the undersigned or Mr, W. W. Keys, as we wish to <;lon: up thc old books as soon as passjblp. J. FLEETWOOD CLINKSCALES, E. B. MURRAY. November 8, 1878. COPARTNERSHIP. THE undersigned have this day funned a copartnership for the conduct of tho ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER, and a general job printing business at Anderson Court Houso under the firm name of E. B. Murray ?t Cu. Thankful for the patronage heretofore ac corded thc INTELLIGENCER, they respectfully solicit a continuance of thc same. J. FLEETWOOD CIJNKSCALES, E. II. MURRAY, W. W. KEYS. November 8, 1878. SHIRTS ! EIGHT dozon more of thoso Splendid SHIRTS, "cheap as dirt." A, B. TOWERS fe CO. Sept 12, 1878 0 Seeds! RED CLOVER. RED 8APLINO CLO VER and ORCHARD GRASS SEED for sale low by A. B. TOWERS fi CO. Oct 10 13 Paper Banginga ! ABEAUTIFUL lot of PAPER HANG INGS and WINDOW SHADES for sale low by A. II. TOWERS it CO. Oct 10 IS Hats and Caps ! ALARGE and fine assortment of HATS and CAI"**, for sale low hv A. B, TOWERS St CO. Ort 10 13 Ten Times the Greatest and Grandest Show on Earth ! TUC PB?7?T i ?iyn?Ly mt blinni LUiiuuii umtub And Sanger's British Menagerie. Ol? its Triumphal Southern Tour, anti thc South'* Favorite Show ANDERSON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29th. TWO ELABORATE PERFORMANCES! "..uno Cushioned Opera Chairs ami Seau for Koon. Famous in overv land under tho Sim. Behold its Catalogue of Sncriul Features. ROYAL TALLY-HO MAIL COACH. A literal representation of Hoya! Picture Life in the Mother Country. FIVE ELEPHANTS IN PYRAMID. Military Prill, Plaving Eloquent Music, Dancing Waltz and Quadrille, Standing on Hind Legs, Head, etc. Group of Five Royal Bengal Tigers ! Trained and performed hy thc English expert, Alfred Still. 10 World Renowned LADY RIDERS, lcd by tho challenged Empress of the Arena, M lle ELISE DOCK RI LL. 12 Superb Male Equestrians, headed by thc undisputed King of the Circle, Francesco Brown. 30 Agile Leapers, inspired by the Austrian Athlete, Frank Gardner, in his terrific Leap and Double Somersault over a Herd of Elephants-thirty-eight feet. Lair of 10 irrnve-rohhlng Hyenas, manipulated in open ?inn in tho st root* during the Pa geant.** Swimming Queen in a trial of endurance, 0 minutes under water. l(X) Beautiful Little Ponies. 7 Massive Gold-encrusted Chariots. Over loo Star Performers. 2 full Brasa and Heed Bands. Man-sized Biding Monkey. WM) Horses, Men, Women and Children. 10 Great Clowns, and the Largest Menagerie on Earth. All transport ed in 105 specially built twelve wheel Cars. psT" GORGEOUS FREE STREET PROCESSION occurs Daily between 9 and 10 o'clock n. m. 50c. for Adults, and 25c. for Children under 9 Years. Reserved Seuts, ?i?o. Extru. ZSr Will exhibit at NEWBERRY November 28, and at GREENVILLE Novem ber SO. Nov 21. 1*78 li) Chm ??? COT Y ?IRL j\CcCnlly & Taylor Pay highest market price for Cotton, and yon will do well to see them before selling. ||Nov 21. 187? 12 3m mm ST0?E ALMYS AHEAD! By Merit we intend to Maintain and Increase our Trade ! E are continually looking to the interest of our customers. As price3 change almost daily, it is impossible to keep them constantly before you. Among our arrivals we shall continually place before our customers BOH?O lund slides beyond the whisper of competition. We have prices that will teach you the difference be tween dealing with live people and dead people ! Between buying for Cssli and Credit buyers 1 riuck instead of luck ! Cash instead of credit! Brains instead of cheeki Give us a call. . We will level your head on thc subject of Bargains! We deal in goods and not in trash ! Sc!l the best goods for thc least money ! Look in at the Ladies' Store and be convinced. Nov 21, 1878 14 _ J. JD. MAXWELL, 8 ". . 1 y sr a 1* * 2 2 H: s a E. " a *s ? et- Si O " , j g 9 s 2 s? s = "g ? ? S* * s S 9 . . I S - ? ? l s > n c7 " .? S 2. "? mgt - : n g s I ' 3 S C 9 ~ Nov 7, 1878 N0.4.BRICKP?NGI DRINK OLD DURHAM WHISKEY, LAnRATORY or STATK ASAAYBB ANO CIIKMIST, RtenMONn, VA., Sept. 5. loT-7* ^nt carefully tested a sample of "Durham Uve Whiskey." selecto*! by myself 'r0"V.t stork of Messrs. Ellison ,t Harvey, ami find it"free from adulterations, lt is an ??g^??j ar brio of \\ hiskey. and altogether suitable for use as a l>cvcrngc or medLlne. W W. II. TA\ LOK, M. D., State Cht mist. This superior Old ?>? Whiskey, equal to an, made in tho country, can be had at croHiisr o'iDOisrniTS?LXi'B Dealer in Family Groceries, Liquors, Fine Wines, Etc. W. DEPOT STREET, M . sf., Also, nt 1MI.NKTTO SVI.()(>\, Wave rly HUUMC Building, Mulo Andernon, g. f;. Nov 14, 1H7H |g s,u