The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, November 27, 1879, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
gTHURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 27, 1879.
During the sessions of the Legislature,
which convened on Tuesday, the editor
of the Intelligencer will be in attend?
ance upon that body as a Representative
from this County, and will furnish our
readers with the latest news from the
Capital. Editorials written by other per?
sons during his absence v? ill be marked
with an asterisk (?). ?
Quite an excitement was created in the
New York Stock Exchange on last Fri?
day, which came near producing a se?
rious panic and a [number of failures.
Only one failure is reported. Stocks of
all kinds depreciated from 1 to 20 per
. cent, in the morning, bat in the after?
noon recovered from 1 to 14 per cent.,
thus preventing the panic, which in the
morning seemed inevitable. This bear
- movement with which Jay Gould, J. R.
Keene, Kussel Sago and Addison Corn
mack, who command millions, are cred?
ited, and which if successful must have
proved the rain of many, was a failure.
If the effects of the gambling operations
of the bulls and bears of the New York
Stock Exchange were confined to the
members of the Exchange, the country
-would have but little interest in them,
but all holders of stocks and securities
must suffer the loss which all such bear
movements produce. ?
Eighteen of the emigrants which left
Charleston in the Spring of 1878, in the
bark Azor, for Liberia, returned in the
Monrovia some two weeks ago, landing in
New York, and from thence to South
Carolina by rail. Three hundred and
seventy emigrants started on the Azor for
Liberia, twenty-nine of whom died on
the way. Somo thirty or forty of the
number, as many as could command the
means, have returned to this country.
Of the three hundred and over remain?
ing, there are now, after the lapse of
twenty monthB, only about sixty living.
Oar readers will remember the great ex?
citement among the negroes in this
County some two or three years ago con?
cerning their emigration to San Domingo
and Liberia. Men, women and children
deserted their dally occupations and
gathered In vast numbers to hear ad?
dresses from ignorant and bad men as to
the necessity of their emigration and the
great abundance of everything they
could desire in these far off countries.
The sad late of those who went to Libe?
ria should be a sufficient warning to all
against schemes of designing men and
the advice of the ignorant. *
IMPORTANT HOMESTEAD DECISION.
Wo .call attention to an important de?
cision, published in another column, ren?
dered by bis Honor Jndge Mackey on
the Homestead question. From this de?
cision it seems that heads of families who
do not own real estate are entitled to
their homestead exemption in person?
alty. In the case reported the jury
brought in a verdict of $780 damages
against the defendants for levying an ex?
ecution on the personal property of a
poor woman who owned no real estate,
without first laying off her homestead in
personalty. This is one of the strongest
cases for the plaintiff in execution, as the
debt due was for rent. This settles one
of the questions which has produced so
much dissatisfaction among the people
as to the injustice of the homestead law,
which it was supposed protected the
heads of families who owned real estate,
while those who did not were entitled to
no exemption. Under this decision,
which is unquestionably the law of the
case, the landowner and the non-land?
owner are equally protected. This de?
cision will give unanimous satisfaction.
THE PENITENTIARY CONVICTS.
The uniform sentiment of the people is
that the maintenance of the convicts
in the penitentiary should not be
a charge upon the toil of the honest la?
borers of the State, by way of a tax to
support them within the walls of the pen?
itentiary. , Henco the Legislature has by
law directed the Board of Directors to
farm them out, so that instead of being a
charge to the State, they shonld become
a source of revenue. This we have re?
garded as a wise policy, with the restric?
tion that this labor should not be so em?
ployed as to antagonize the honest labor
of the country. It shonld not be em?
ployed in agriculture, nor shonld private
corporations be permitted to avail them?
selves of it. It may be very profitably
employed in developing the material en?
terprises of public corporations, in which
the corporations are not so much inter?
ested as the people generally. In this
?way this labor becomes not only profit?
able to the State in revenue, though
small, but builds those great public im?
provements which will for centuries con?
tribute to the prosperity of every class of
the citizens of the State. During the last
two jears there were sent out from the
penitentiary between seven and eight
hnndred convicts, mostly to work on
railroads in this State. The reports from
all the companies employing them, with
a single exception, are most satisfactory.
That exception is the Greenwood <fc Au?
gusta Railroad, which obtained a large
number of the convicts, and the death
rate among them was so very great that
it has produced considerable feeling and
discussion in the State as to its cause.
The News and Courier, to ascertain the
facts, as far as possible, with commend?
able zeal, sent a special reporter to hear
all sides, and to give a correct statement
of the version of all the parties, that from
it the public may judge for itself. The
report occupies eight closely printed
columns in that paper, and is two long
for our columns. From this report wo
gather that in twenty-five months the
Greenwood & Augusta Railroad obtained
285 convicts, of whom in that time 128
died. The question here arises, Why
this unusual and fearful death rate. If
the story of the convicts is to be believed,
it resulted from the cruel punishment in?
flicted on tbem, over-working them, and
withholding from them necessary pro?
visions, even water sufficient to allay
their consuming thirst. If this story is
true, not OJly the civilization of the age,
but humanity, condemns in no measured
terms the authors of the outrage on help?
less human beings, and they should re?
ceive punishment according to the wrong
they have done. Convicts, under the
sentence of the Court, have rights, among
which is pre-eminently that of life, with
all that is necessary to its continuance,
and this whether the sentence inflicted is
designed to be punitive or reformatory,
or both. But, is the story of tho convicts
truo? and, if not, how is tho fearful
death rate to be accounted for ? The lead?
ing citizens, whose statements we must
beliove, say that it is not true; that the
convicts were not harshly treated further
than was necessary for their proper gov?
ernment, and that the death rate was tho
result of the diseased condition of the
convicts when received, the sickness of
the season, and their being unused to ex
posure and labor. After a caroful peru?
sal of all that Los been published on the
subject, we aro inclined to the opinion
that the causes alleged for the unusual
death rate, taken in connection with the
totally insufficient sanitary precaution in
the construction of the stockades, will
account for the great number of deaths,
and that the prolific source of death
among the convicts was the impure and
poisonous ? atmosphere which they
breathed in the stockades night after
night. ?
On the Eve of the Session.
Colombia, November 24?9 P> M.
Later trains have brought many mem?
bers of the General Assembly, and there is
now a fair prospect of a quorum in both
houses to-morrow. The representatives
from, the upper portion of the State are
nearly all here, but I have seen none of the
Charleston delegation as yet. The general
sentiment appears to bo overwhelming in
favor of adjournment by the 23d of Decem?
ber, although a few seem disposed to de?
preciate what they style a hastening of the
public business.
There is a vague intimation that the
phosphate question will be brought up
] again, but in what form or by whom is as
yet unknown. The probabilities of a fight
over the convict farming are becoming
stronger. The subject will certainly be
brought up.
It is probable that an attempt will be
made, during the present session, to change
the existing laws regarding the collection of
I taxes, and revolutionize the present system
I entirely. What success it will meet it is
impossible as yet to tell. One of the chan
| ges proposed is the abolishment of the
office or County Auditor andt devolving
the duties on the Treasurer, which will ne?
cessitate an amendment of the Constitu?
tion.?Dispatch to News and Courier.
Important Decision on the Homestead.
The case of Fannie E. White against
William ?. Roach and Francis Arnold,
involving the construction of the 32d sec?
tion of article 2 of the State constitution,
in relation to homesteads, was filed yes?
terday morning. Messrs. Sloan and
Muller represented the plaintiff, and Mr.
Monteith represented the defendants.
The household furniture of the plain?
tiff had been levied on for rent, and even
the bed she slept in taken from under
her, upon the theory that snch furniture
was not exempt from levy and sale un?
der the homestead laws, because she was
not owner of real estate.
His Honor Judge Mackey charged as
matter of law that it was a great mistake
to suppose that the head of a family could
not claim a homestead in personal prop?
erty unless he owned real estate. He
said that it was generally supposed that
the case of Duncan vs. Barret was so de?
cided, hut that an examination of that
case would show the contrary. That case,
he said, merely decided that the head of |
a family could not exempt agricultural
products from levy and sale as the annu?
al -products of his homestead unless
he owned the land on which such agri?
cultural products were raised.
. The trial of the case resulted in a ver?
dict for the plaintiff for $750.
Upon the rendition of the verdict and
when the jury fee of one dollar was
handed to the jury, the jury, through
their foreman, Mr. G. T. Berg, refusod to
receive the dollar, and begged leave to
return it to the plaintiff, who had ap?
peared from the evidence to be in
greatly Impoverished condition.
His Honor remarked to the jury that
their conduct In returning the dollar
was as becoming to them as was the ver?
dict they had rendered.?Columbia Regis?
ter:
Two Executions in Sonth Carolina on
Friday last.
Union, S. C, Nov. 21, 1879.
Ed. Holmes, the negro boy, 16 years of |
age, who committed an outrage on Mr.
A. B. Humphries's little two-year old
girl, in August last, was hanged here to?
day. There was a large crowd of coun?
try people in town to witness ths execu?
tion, but no one was allowed in the jail
except ten guards.
Some days before the boy was hanged
the Rev. R. D. Smart, a Methodist
preacher, called on him and sung and
prayed with him. The boy told the
preacher that he was not afraid to die,
and that he was ready and prepared to
die.
At half-past 12 o'clock to-day the
sheriff, with ten men to guard the jail,
placed Holmes on the platform, and
asked him if he had anything to say.
He asked the sheriff if there was a
preacher in the jail, and they told him
there was not. He said then that he had
nothing more to say. The sheriff placed
the rope around his neck, and at thirty
minutes of 1 o'clock the scaffold wus
knocked from under him, and he re?
mained suspended by the neck for twen?
ty-five minutes.
After he was dead the sheriff placed
him in the coffin and placed it in the
burying ground near the jail. None of j
Holmes's family came to see him exe?
cuted, and they did not go to see him
often while in jail. The people all seemed
glad that he was to be hanged, as he com?
mitted such an outrageous crime.
Some of his friends called on tho Gov?
ernor to see if he would hot pardon him,
but the Governor refused to interfere
with the sentence passed on him by
Judge Thomson in October.
Beaufort, S. C, Nov. 21,1S79.
George Gary, a young negro man who
on the 9th of March last killed Cyrus
Brown, another negro man, on Mr. Hey
ward's plantation in this county, was
hanged here to-day. He was accompa?
nied by his three spiritual advisers to the
gallows, constructed inside the jail.
Comparatively composed throughout the
conduct of the services of song and
prayer, he gave way once or twice in
tears, as reference was made to his aged
mother. With a firm step, as the sheriff I
and deputy called for him, he accom?
panied them up tho narrow stairway
leading to the trap in the ceiling of the
second floor of the entry way leading to
his cell. When placed upon it ho broke
forth in prayers until he was bound hand
and foot, and the black cap drawn over
his face shut him out from the light.
The fatal trap was sprung at a given sig?
nal, when he dropped eight feet in mid
air. A few convulsive struggles, and all
was over, amid the breathless silence of |
the few witnesses admitted. In twenty
minutes Dr. Prioleau, the physician of |
the jail, pronounced him dead, and his
neck broken by the fall.
Gary ate heartily of supper last night
and of breakfast this morning, and re?
marked to the sheriff that he was ready
to die. He made a final confession, sub?
stantially according with his previous
statement.?Special Disputches to the News
and Courier.
A Terrible Tragedy.?Weldon, N. C?
November 22.?A fearful tragedy was en?
acted on our streets this morning about
10 o'clock. A young man named John
Merritt, a terrible character, E. M. Hicks
and L. F. Larkin, formerly Sheriff of
Halifax County got into a dispute as
to a fence on E. M. Hicks' lot. Hicks
threatened if any man put his hands
on his fence to pull it down he
would shoot him. Larkin attempted to
pull down the fence, and Hicks with a
Eistol fired on Larkin, tearing both
ands very badly. Merritt then ran out
with a double-barreled shot-gun, loaded
with buckshot, and fired on Hicks. Tho
entire load entered his face, blowing his
head almost from his body. As Hicks
fell, Mrs. Hicks, his wife, with a shot?
gun, fired twice at the parties, but with?
out inflicting any wounds. Hicks was
killed instantly. He leaves a wifo and
seven or eight children. Merritt was
promptly arrested.
? It appears that the electoral vote of
Indiana is to be given next year to tho
candidate whoso party has shown supe?
rior skill in colonization. At present
tho State is safely Democratic but the
Republicans propose to change its politi?
cal status by colonizing negroes from
tho South. It is an open secret that they
are doing everything in their power to
tempt adult negro men there, promising
them liberal wages as "farm laborers."
As an offset to this move a Democratic
editor of New Albany comes out in favor
of the importation of ten thousand Ken?
tucky Democrats. Ho says they will bo
furnished with work until after tho elec?
tion, and it is charged that a large sum
of money is being raised to carry out this
scheme. Kentucky can easily sparo that
number of voters, and as Indiana is an
adjoining State, the Democratic plan
seems to be cheaper and more feasible
than the Radical programme
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Gleanings from our State Exchanges.
Abbeville Press and Banner! Last Thurs?
day J. Y. Jones, oS-sh?ritt' of Abbeville
County, refunded to his bondsmen the
full amount which they had advanced for
him as sureties on his official bond. Sev?
eral days ago he paid a large official
claim which had not previously been ad?
justed, and now this payment, it is pre?
sumed, winds up tho whole matter and
relieves his sureties from any further
responsibility on his official bond, and
fultils to the letter his promise to savo
them whole in tho end...;.t;Yesterday
evening, 18th instant, at half-past 6
o'clock, died at his father's house in Ab?
beville, Thomas B. Parker, oldest survi?
ving son of Dr. Edwin Parker.Th6
county treasurer has collected 845,718 of
the current taxes, $12,398 of which (the
State tax) has been forwarded to tho State
treasurer.There is a great improve?
ment in the Abbeville market, both as
regards thepricoand the number of bales
sold in our market. Up to last Saturday
evening 4,601 bales had been sold being
fully 1,000 more than was sold at this
time last year. Tho cheering prospect
will be increased when it Is remembered
that the price has averaged from $8 to 815
a bale higher than lost season. 4,600
bales at an advance of S10 a balo would
make $46,000 more than our farmers had
received at this time last year, to say
nothing of tho thousand bales In excess
of last year's transactions.Rev. R. P.
Franks has purchased the valuable plan?
tation of Mr. Henry Latimer for ?6,000
cash. Mrs. Franks has recently fallen
heir to $10,000 by tho death of a rich rela?
tive, and Mr. Franks has invested the
money in Abbeville County real es?
tate.The colored agricultural society
have changed tho time for holding their
fair to the 3d, 4th and 5th of December.
Chester State Bulletin: Since tho 1st of
September 11,500 bales of cotton have
been shipped over tho Charlotte, Colum?
bia and Augusta Railroad from this place.
.The track of the Cheraw and Choster
Railroad has been laid to the river. Pas?
sengers aud malls are now transferred at
that poiuti A depot has been built on
this side of the river, and Mr. F. M. Hick
lin has taken charge as the railrord
agent. The place is known as Catawba
Station.
Newberry Herald: The total valuation
of personal property in this county, in?
cluding polls, fs $972,265?the number of
polls is 4,346.Newberry seems to be
hopelessly in the mire in judicial mat?
ters. Over half of the two weeks' Court
that closed Saturday was taken up with
the trial of criminal cases. The Common
Pleas Court was not opened till Tuesday
afternoon. The Judge found himself
confronted with throe hundred causes,
one hundred and thirty-fbur of them on
the July calendar; some of them have
been on the dockets for twenty terms or
more. Each year, instead of reducing, is
adding to the mass of "cases." The
Court can't get the cases off as fast as thoy
are put on, and Newberry people are not
specially litigious either. The trouble is
we have a dozen or two negroes to try at
every terra of Court.
Pickens Sentinel: Jeff. Arnold, who
was cut by Mr. Orr two weeks ago, is on
tho streets again......Easley Is one of
the most go-ahead towns on the Air
Line. Business has been very good for
the past month.The County Commis?
sioners have ordered an election in Lib?
erty on tho 15th proximo for tho "no
fence.".Thero were fourteen loaded
cars on the side track at Easley one day
last week awaiting shipment; also lots
of cotton on the platform.Captain
Kirk has shipped a car load of rice from
Easley to Charleston and expects to ship
another soon. How is that for high ?.
There are about 400 delinquents in the
county, upou whoso tax tho penalty of 15
per cent, has been added, and against
whom executions will be issued at the
proper time if they do not pay up. The
total amount of taxes collected is as fol?
lows.- Scato taxes $8,177.77.7; ordinary
county tax $3,465.35.7; railroad tax $6,
243.46.2: school tax $5,310.84.0; poll tax
$1,568; penalty collected $369.20.4; aggre?
gate $29,145.75.At a corn-shucking in
the Dacusville neighborhood, in this
county, about the first of this month,
several negroes got into a difficulty,
which resulted in the killing of Elias
Hunt by Will Wilson. Hunt was stab?
bed by Wilson in the abdomen with a
pocket knife, severing one of tho intes?
tines half in two in two or three places.
Dr. Anderson dressed the wounds but
Hunt died on the 10th instant, after linger?
ing nineor ten days. Wilson is now in jail
at this place. From what we learn about
the affair, the murder seems to have been
entirely unprovoked. No white men
were concerned in the difficulty.
Laurens Herald: Work on the railroad
bridge at this place is progressing satis?
factorily, considering the unfavorable
weather for the past three or four days.
.A correspondent writes: Our usually
qniet section (Dial township) has had an?
other incendiary fire?this time tho barn
of Mr. Joel Vaiigbt, an honest, industri?
ous and good citizen?destroying, besides
the house, all his provender. This fol?
lowing the burning of Dr. WolfFs resi?
dence, with its entire contents, and Dr.
Fuller's factory, a loss to the proprietor
of about $10,000, and to the county a val?
uable enterprise that can be illy spared,
all in the same neighborhood, has arous?
ed a sentiment of indignation that will be
hard to quail. When these parties are
spotted by the thinking men of the com?
munity it will bo difficult to stay the
arm of Judge Lynch; and if thoso who
pivo them shelter and employment
do not desist and dischargo them?in?
duced by public sentiment?are they,
too, not guilty in a measuro of tho re?
sponsibility? And should they not bo
placed in tho list of evil-doers and suffer
tho penalties of such?
Union Times: We learn chat on Friday
night last tho steam mill and gin house
of Messrs. Sinclairs, five miles above
here, on the Meansville road, was robbed
of a large quantity of seed cotton. The
thieves drove a two horse wagon up to
the building, opened the door of the gin
house, deliberately struck a number of
matches in the cotton room, then filled
their wagon. All this was done while a
colored man was sleeping in the build?
ing, who says he did not hear the thieves
at work.
Keoweo Courier : We have cherry trees
comparatively white with blooms.Mr.
R. S. Rutledge, of our county, informs
us that he has tho second crop of apples
upon his apple trees this year.We re
grot to learn that Mr. John E. Lewis was
seriously injured by a fall from tho cars,
at Anderson, on his return from the State
Fair.Corn thieves havo been nume?
rous this fall. Several persons around
Walhalla have lost from five to twenty
bushels from tho field at night.Dogs
are killing sheep near Walhalla at night.
A large number of sheep have been
killed in this way, and, also, some goats.
The law is that dogs of this kind may bo
killed.Wo tender a hearty welcome to
Capt. Whaling and family, of Virginia, to
our town. Captain Whaling comes for
tho purpose of educating his boys in Ad
ger College. Tho young men will enter
the freshman class.A now Presbyte?
rian Church was organized at Flat Rock,
about four miles from Walhalla, on last
Sunday afternoon, by Revs. S. L. Morris,
J. R. Riley and Hugh Strong and Elders
J. J. Norton and S. P. Dondy.Tho
County Board of Equalization will hold
a meeting or. Wednesday, the 26th inst.
Tho meeting relates to* tho assessment
of the Air Line Road for taxation.Tho
weather for tho past three weeks has been
unusually unfavorable for harvesting tho
crops. After two severe freezes wo have
had almost constant rain, rotting much
of the late cotton and preventing the pick?
ing of tho little that has opened.Bill
Roach, colored, was arrested on Tuesday,
near Westminister, for shooting, it is
said, another colored man. Mr. Henry
Ritter, one of the parties assisting tho
Sheriff in making tho arrest, was shot at
twice and slightly wounded. Roach has
been lodged in jail.
Edgetield Advertizcr: On Mondav after?
noon last, in the neighborhood of John?
ston, the house of a colored man named
Jake Jennings was burned by the acci?
dental breaking out of lire, and with it a
child four years old. A baby scarcely
able to walk crawled out and was saved.
Persons who rushed to tho rescue found
it upon the burning threshold.Ou
Monday, 17th inst., a littlo son of Mr.
Sylvester Helsonbake, who lives on the
plantation of A. P. Broadwatcr, Esq.,
was shot through tho right shoulder by
the accidental dischargo of a shot-gun,
which was leaning against a fence upon
which tho boy was sitting, or ovor which
ho was climbing. The wound was so
terrible that tho right arm had to be
forthwith amputated at tho shouldor.
Camdcn Journal: Many of tho mills in
our county aro still unable to run on ac?
count of the scarcity of water, and some
farmers have even to draw water from
wells in order to supply their stock.
The burning of Captain McClair's turpen?
tine still took place at about 1 o'clock at
night. As there had been no fire about
tho place duriug tho day, tho destruction
was evidently ths work of an incendiary.
Fortunately the largo lot of stuff which
tho Captain has on hand awaiting ship?
ment was sorno distance away, and tho
still and fixtures wero his'only loss.
This will amount to somo tivo or six
hundred dollars.A car load of horses
arrived at Middlcton, on the Camden
Branch, the other day. and in unloading
the car a lieu was discovered til one
corner sitting on a nest containing thir?
teen eggs. All the horses wore loose in
tho car, and they had traveled a long
ways, hut it was found on examination
that not a single egg was broken. It was
close quarters for tho old hen, but she
did not seem to mind It any more than if
she Avas quietly sitting in a chicken
house.
Kershaw Gazelle: Quantities of wild
ducks have been seen on tho river ii
the past threo or four days.The price
of turpentine is having a" cheering effect
upon our turpentine men throughout tho
county.On last Friday night, Mr. O.
W. Glenn, a young man who had made
Camden his homo for the past six years,
died very sudden^' from an overdose of
chloral. Coroner Goodale held art in?
quest over tho body on Saturday morn?
ing and the jury returned the following
verdict: "That the deceased came to his
death from an overdose of hydrate chlo?
ral, administered by his own hand, while
in a state of intoxication."
Marion Star.- Sixteen miles north of
our town, last Saturday night, on the
plantation of Mr. W. McD. Alford,
Wright Lucas, a negro, was shot through
a crack of tho house occupied by the wife
of Alex. Cousar and instantly killed.
The load of tho gun struck near ono eye
and ranged into the brain. Trial Justice
D. N. Bethea, acting as Coroner, held an
inquest on Sunday, and the evidence
warranted tho Coroner in Committing to
jail Sam. Lynch, Alex. Cousar and Laura
Lucas, the wife of the deceased, as the
perpetrators of this intensely cruel and
wilful murder. Mr. Joseph Allen,
special constable of Trial Justice Bethea,
delivered the accused parties to our
Sheriff earl}' Monday morning. In jus?
tice to tho accused we make no comment.
The wife of the deceased was apparently
very much affected.
Barnwell People: It is a sad fact that
there is at this time a greater amount of
drinking in South Carolina than there
has boon for years.A meeting of the
citizens of Bamberg will be hold to-day
(November 20) to take into consideration
the building of a cotton factory, and to
adopt suitable measures for its imme?
diate construction. The prospect seems
to be very favorablo with a majority of
our people. I
Sumter Watchman: It bolng reported
that the body of an infant was buried in
the garden of a colored man in town, a
coroner's jury was summoned, who pro?
ceeded to the place and found the body
of a finely-developed child, supposed to
be about four or five days ola. It was
buried about twenty feet from the back
door of the house in a shoe box, the lid of
which was well secured with a strong
twine cord, the grave being about two
feet deep and covered with straw. From
all of the circumstances and the evidence
shown, not one of the jurors could doubt
but that there had been foul play, but
they failed to reach any decision, two of
them dissenting on the ground that suf?
ficient evidence had not been adduced to
warrant them in returning a verdict
against any particular person. There is,
however, but little doubt that the daugh?
ter of tho colored man referred to above
is the mother of the child, and that she
either caused or connived at its death.
Both she and her moth or have run off
and cannot be found. Her father denies
having any knowledge of the whole
affair, even to the whereabouts of his
wife and daughter. We understand the
Governor has been (or will be) requested
to offer a reward for their apprehension.
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
livery Section of the Stato Represented in
tho Meeting at Alkcn.
From the News and Courier.
Aiken", November 20.
The Baptist State Convention assem?
bled this moming in the Baptist Church.
The delegation is smaller than usual, but
every section of the State is represented.
Col. B. W. Edwards was elected presi?
dent ; Deacon T. P. Smith vice-president:
Rev. Luther Broaddus and A. B. Wood?
ruff, Esq., secretaries, and Prof. C. II.
Judson treasurer. After devotional ex?
orcises tho Convention adjourned till 7
p. m., when tho introductory sermon
will be preached by Rev. R. W. Sanders.
Aiken, November 21.?Last night the
introductory sermon was delivered by
Mr. Sanders, and the convention request?
ed a copy of it for publication. After
the sermon tho report of tho executive
board of the convention was presented.
The report first reviews the work of
tho past eight years, showing that the
amount collected for State missions was
$37,000, the number of .missionaries
employed 95, new churches organized 51,
baptisms over 2,000, and that 20 of tho 20
associations in the State are fully co-op
erativo with tho board. During the
past year 25 missionaries have been em?
ployed. They have occupied 92 stations,
organized three new churches and built
eight houses of worship. The board has
also done a useful colportago work, and
aided a number of superanuated minis?
ters. The secietary. Rev. A. W. Lainar,
to whoso wise and zealous labor the suc?
cess of the work has been chiclly owing,
now resigns his position to accept a pas?
toral location.
This morning the report on Southern
Baptist Homo missions was made by
Rev. Mr. Alexander, of Darlington,
and was followed by a touching address
from tho venerable Dr. Dargan. The
committee nominated an executive board,
located again at Columbia, composed
nearly as before.
The Rov. W. H. Strickland, of Ander?
son, was elected to succeed Mr. Lamar as
general agent. Dr. James P. Boyee, of
the Theological Seminary, made impor?
tant statements concerning the institu?
tion, and further remarks were made by
Rev. J. A. W. Thomas, Rev. John Stout,
E. B. Murray, Esq., and Dr. Chambliss.
Deep interest was manifested and sub?
stantial sympathy shown.
After a half hour of dovotional exer?
cises tho special order was tho report on
foreign missions, which was presented
by Dr. Chambliss. Dr. Tupper, the for?
eign mission secretary, was called out,
and made an eloquent appeal. The re?
port was then adopted, including a reso?
lution to raise not less than $5,000 during
tho current yoar for foreign missions,
tho collection to bo made by an executivo
committee, of which tho Rev. John Stout
will bo chairman.
The ladies' central committee for
"Woman's Mission to Woman" reported
through their pastor, Mr. Stout, $775 col?
lected and about seventy societies in co?
operation. Several short, telling ad?
dresses were made and tho report adopt?
ed. A satislical secretary was felt to bo
needed, and the Rev. Luther Broaddu.s
was elected to that position.
The Convention then adjourned until 7
p. m.
Aiken, S. C, November 22.?The Sun?
day school Institute lust night was attended
by a crowded audience, and admirable ad?
dresses were made by the Rev. Dr. Dickin?
son, of Richmond, Va., Mr. Vass, of Spar
tanburg, and Mr. Sanders, of Chester.
This morning much time was occupied in
the reconsideration of the report on the
nomination of the Executive Board. The
matter, after all, stands very much as be?
fore, except that the salary of the general
agent was fixed by the Convention.
The Rev. Dr. Goodspecd, president of the
Benedict Institute of Columbia, was intro?
duced and made pleasant remarks regarding
his work. This school has at present about
seventy-live students, most of whom arc
young men preparing for the ministry. It
is recognized by tho Convention as an im?
portant agency for the elevation of the col?
ored people, and is highly commended.
Trof. Judson introduced a resolution
commending Dr. Haitwell's mission to the
Chinese in California, and pledging tho
Convention to raise, if possible, $1,000 in
this State for that object. The resolution
was heartily adopted.
The next Convention is appointed to be?
held in Camden.
Aiken, November 24.?On Saturday night
the attention of the Convention was given
chief! v to the interest of Furmnn University.
The uifliculty of collecting the bonds ob?
tained in the past five or six years (amount?
ing to more than two hundred thousand
dollars) has forced the trustees to consider
the expediency of pressing the collection^
extreme cases by legal processes. "Ex?
treme cases" are those in which ability to
pay is undoubted, but willingness cannot be
induced. The question was discussed in
Convention under a resolution introduced
by Mr. Buist, of Barnwell. A number of
members spoke earnestly on this particular,
and on the general subject of the Universi?
ty's claims. There seemed to be no differ?
ence of views, all agreeing that the endow?
ment must be collected so far as the ability
of the obligors will admit. It is understood
however, that no one who has become disa
bled financially, by any cause, will be
pressed.
Tbc University Is doing well this session,
having about seventy-five students in the
college classes. Tuition is free to all who
can pass tiie examinations for admission,
Sunday the pulpits of*the town were oc?
cupied by members of the Convention, and
great crowds were in attendance at the Bap?
tist ChUfch all day. A Sunday-School mass
meeting was held In the afternoon. At
night, alter preaching, the president, Col.
Edwards, made an appropriate address, in
which he alluded touchingly to his prede?
cessor in office, Dr. Richard Furman, whose
health has sadly failed of late, and who has
just removed to" Texan to reside with his
sons, two promising young lawyers, at Fort
Worth. A hymn was then sung, the part?
ing hand was given and the Convention,
after prayer, adjourned sine die.
Too much could not be said in pra>se of
the hospitality of the people of Aikcn, with?
out distinction of denomination'. The Con?
vention has never been more delightfully
entertained.
The Exodus MOVEMENT.?Wash'mffton,
November 20.?Tho "Emigrant Aid Socie?
ty'* has issued from its headquarters in
this city an appeal to the philanthropic
people of the North for aid and sympathy
in helping the exodus of tho colored peo?
ple of the South. The document, which
is somewhat lengthy, is of the most high?
ly inflamed partisan character, retailing
the worn-out slanders against tho white
people of the South, and painting the
present condition of tho negroes as "worse
than slavery." It is stated that tho soci?
ety Is devoting its attention to tho matter
of organizing the westward movement
and giving it proper and intelligent di?
rection. Tho information Is convoyed
that it will require "ready money in con?
siderable quantity" to carry out tho ob?
jects of the society, and this tho peoplo
of the North are notified that they are ex?
pected to provide. It is stated that a na?
tional advisory committee has been
formed, with Senator Windom as chair?
man, and composed of leading citizens of
the various States and Territories. From
what has already transpired of tho objects
and purposes of those who have been
prominent in fomenting the exodus it
Can be well surmised that tho "proper
and intelligent direction" which Is spok?
en of will be a "dictreion" to localities
wore -political aims are to be subserved?
tho State of Indiana, for instance.
Among the officers of tho society through
whom whatever contributions that are
received from tho North will bo dispens?
ed are several persons, both white and
colored, who have long been known as
noted partisans of the Republican par- I
ty. I
? On Wednesday, while working at a
cotton gin, Mr. Calhoun Huff, of Green?
ville County, a you ug man well and fa?
vorably knowu, met with a sudden
death. While operating a gin one of his
hands became entangled and severely
cut, removing tho thumb. From this
wound profuse bleeding set in, with
which the great shock lie had received
produced his death early the next morn?
ing.
Columbia, Nov. 21.?There was a run off
at Chappell's, on the Greenville and Colum?
bia Railroad, sixty-four miles above Colum?
bia, at 12 M. to-day. The cngino, tender
and two cattle cars ran off the track and
crossed a trestle forty feet long. Engineer
Holland was thrown from his position on the
engine and slightly cut iu the head and knee.
The cause of the accident was some defect
in the railroad track iron.
? The registration for the Charleston
city election has ended, and tho books
show that there are nearly 11,00 voters in
that city. The white majority is less
than 100.
"VTOTICF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
I -Lt The nndersignod, Administrators of |
I the Estate of Mrs. Mary Watson, hereby
give notice that they will apply to the Judge
j of Probate at Anderson C. H. on tlio 3tst
day of December, 1879, for a Final Settle?
ment of said Estate, and a discharge from
said Administration.
JOHN B. WATSON, 1 AHm.?
W. G. WATSON, j Adm re
Nor 27, 1H70_20_5_
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Tito undersigned, Administrator of
Mrs. Ann Rogers, hereby gives notice that
he will apply to the Judge of Probate at I
Anderson C. H. on December 30, 1879, for |
a Final Settlement of said Estate and a dis?
charge from said Administration.
I will sell at public auction at Anderson
C. H? on 30'.h December, the notes and ac?
counts uncollcctcd of said Estate.
H. B. ROGERS, Adm'r.
Nov 27, 1879 20 5
s
T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By IF. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, E. J. Earle has applied I
to me to grant him Letters of Administra-1
tian, de bonis non aim teslamento annexed, on
I Estate of Samuel J. Hammond, Sr., de?
ceased.
These arc therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors
l of the said S. J. Hammond, Sr., dee'd., that
they be and appear before me in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. II. on
Tuesday, the 16th of December, 1879. after |
publication hereof, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted. Given under my
hand, this 26th davof November, 1879.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P.
Nov 27, 1879_20_2_
WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK
OF VIRGINIA CASSIMERES, Kentucky
Jeans, Blankets, Homespuns, Tickings,
Ac. Also, Saddles and Saddle Blankets.?
Boots and Shoes in endless variety, and very
cheap. Heavy and Fancy Groceries. Fine
Teas a specialty. Hardware and Buggy Ma?
terial, all of which we will sell very low.
We mean business, and will make it to your
interest to call and buy from us, for wo in?
tend to make "Quick Sales and Small
Profits."
A. B.. TOWERS & CO.
No. 4, Granite Row.
Oct 23, 1879 15
THE ATTENTION
OF THE
LADIES OF ANDERSON
IS respectfully invited to my FALL
STOCK OF MILLINERY GOODS,
which has been selected with care to suit
the varied tastes of my customers. The
stock of these Goods is elegant, and will be
kept replenished as the trade may demand.
The prices are in all instances as reasonable
as can be found for the same class of Goods
anywhere else. Millinery, Mantua-Making,
Stamping and Plaiting will be attended to
promptly and carefully. The Ladies of the |
town and surrounding country are invited
to call and examine my stock before pur?
chasing.
MISS DELLA KEYS,
In Centennial House.
Sept 25, 1879 11 2m
NOTICE.
ALL parties indebted to me for Stoves
and Tinware are requested to make
payment by the first day of December. If
not paid by that time, their Notes and Ac?
counts will be placed in the hands of un
Officer for collection.
L. H. SEEL.
Nov 20,1879 19
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES.
J. P
H
AVE in Stock a very large, new and fresh stock of BOOTS and SHOES, whicli will
be sold so low as to suit any and all cash buyers.
A splendid line of LADIES' SHAWLS, from 75c. to $1.50.
A splendid line of LADIES' DRESS GOODS.
A splendid stock of CLOTHING?Suits from $3.25 to $15.00.
For Groceries we are Headquarters!
COFFEE, eight pounds for one dollar, a very good article.
SUGAR, ten to fourteen pounds for one dollar.
A fresh lot of MACKEREL, in kits, one-quarter and half barrels.
You can also find in our house the best stock of PLOWS and Patent PLOW
STOi'KS, at prices that can't be undersold.
Be sure to call on us?we show Goods with pleasure.
J. P. SULLIVAN & CO.
Oct 10, 1870_14
GIVE THE NEW STORE A TRIAL.
THE undersigned beg to inform their friends and the public that thoir LARGE
STOCK of GENERAL MERCHANDISE has arrived, and that they will be pleased
to exhibit them to all who wish to purchase. w
WE SELL AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST,
And can offer a choice lot of Goods, such as
Dry Goods, Hardware, Crockeryware,
Boots and Shoes, line and common Glassware,
Hats and Caps, Groceries,
And in fact, evcrvthing usually found in a Store in our line. We have nothing but NEW ?
GOODS, which have been very carefully selected with a view of meeting the wants of
Anderson market, and we are determined to sell them at such Cheap Rates that |
it will pay persons from this or surrounding Counties to trade with us. Our supply
of Bacon, Molasses, Flour, Sugar, t'ofFec, Bagging, Ties, and such
things as our agricultural friends need will always be kept full, and sold at the lowest
prices. We also buy Cotton and Country Produce. Give us a call at our
New Store Room, next to Masonic Hall.
FANT & BRO?
CK EL P. FANT
HAS removed his entire stock of TOBACCO to the Store of FANT it BRO., and
has just received One Hundred and Fifty Boxes and Caddies of Tobacco, and will
sell at the following prices by the Box or Caddy :
CHEAPEST GRADE, per pound.25c.
BETTER GRADE, per pound.30c.
CADDIES, 10 to 18 pounds.40 to 50c.
FINEST GRADE, per pound. Cue.
He is also agent for the PIEDMONT GOODS.
Oct 2. 1870 Iii
The Great Carriage Manufacturing House of the World.
EMERSON,
FISHER & CO.,
CBNCBNNAT6, OHIO.
top mmm m phaitoe
Best material, good workmanship, handsome styles, strong and durable
Vehicles in every respect.
70,000 CARRIAGES,
Manufactured by EMERSON, FISHER & CO., are now in
use in every part of the American Continent.
They give unfailing satisfaction. All their work is warranted. They have re?
ceived testimonials from all parts of the country of purport similar to the following,
hundreds of which are on file subject to inspection :
GALVA. ILLINOIS, July 10, 1870.
Messrs. Emerson, Fisher it- Co. : I have used one of your Top Buggies three years in my
libery stable, and they have given nie perfect satisfaction and are in constant use.
OSCAR SMALLEY.
NEWBERRY, S. C, July 17,1870.
Messrs. Ooppoek Je Johnson?Dear Sirs : I have been using the Emerson it Fisher Buggy
I bought from you as roughly I suppose as any one could. I had a fast horse, drove hiiii
at full speed, sometimes with two grown ladies and myself in the buggy, and it is to-day
wortli all the money 1 |?id for it. I say the Emerson &, Fisher Buggies will do.
A. M. TEAGUE, Farmer.
The favorable reputation the Carriages have made in localities where they have
been used for several years by Liverymen, Physicians, Farmers and others requiring
hard and constant use, has led to an increased demand from those localities, to meet
which the manufacturing facilities of their mammoth establishment have been ex?
tended, enabling them now to turn out in good style,
360 CARRIAGES A WEEK.
Emerson, Fisher & Co.'s Carriages are the Best.
Nov 27,1S70 20 10m
UNPARALLELLED!
Never Heard of in this
Country Before!
Hundreds are Acknowledging Every
Day that they are Buying Goods
CHEAPER at the
PARIS STORE
Than Anywhere Else.
BUT WHAT TELLS THE STORY 1
!! LOW FIGURES !!
This fact cannot be denied, for I started out with the de?
termination not only
NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD,
BUT TO REMAIN
THE REGULATOR AND DICTATOR
OF
LOW PRICES. ?
Now since the Trading Public is aware of these facts, and
I am receiving a good share of their patronage, I will only
say that I will
MAKE IT TO TOUR INTERST TO TRADE WITH 1,
In constantly keeping such Goods as can generally be found
in a first-class City Dry Goods House.
I am now receiving every day?
Dry Groocls,
Clothing,
Dress GroocLs,
Domestics,
Furnishing GroocLs,
Boots, Shoes,
Underwear,
Scarfs, Ties,
&c. &c.
And have new orders on the road that will be here shortly.
CALL AND BE CONVINCED
THAT
?
GENUINE BARGAINS
CAN BE HAD AT
LESSER,
PARIS STORE.
Nov 20,1879