The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 29, 1880, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
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OCR RAILROAD SYSTEM.
We have frequently contended that the
railroads of South Carolina are without
a system, and instead of building up a
commercial centre in our midst are ac?
tually dissipating our commerce, and
making us tributary to points without
the State. Every railroad line in this
State, except the South Carolina and the
Greenville and Columbia, have been
operated in the interest of cities in other
States, and have tended to destroy the
trade of Charleston. It has been short?
sighted in our people to allow this state
of affairs to be fixed upon us, and al?
though we have been suffering from it
for years, it has been impossible to induce
our people to believe it. The cause of
the languishing business of Charleston
has been sought for in every reason ex?
cept the correct one, which is its unfor?
tunate railroad surroundings. A recent
combination of Georgia railroad men,
which came near resulting in the location
of a through line to Savannah with de?
cided discriminations against Charleston,
has, however, fully waked up the citizens
of tbe latter place, and in fact of tbe
whole State, and now the danger is that
in the haste to form a combination to
protect Charleston tbe road will be inju?
diciously located, and thus result in
serious loss to the people of the whole
State and detriment to the growth of
Charleston. A dispatch from New York
to the News and Courier, under date of
January 22, conveys the following infor?
mation :
The unusual demand, during the last
few days, for South Carolina Railroad
stock and unsecured bonds is explained at
last. A Syndicate of New York capital?
ists, prominent among whom are Samuel
Sloan, President of the Delaware and
Lackawanna Railroad, Moses Taylor and
Richard Lathers, has been formed for
the purpose of taking control of the
South Carolina Railroad and releasing it
from the litigation which now keeps it in
the custody of the United States Court,
with a view to making it without delay
the terminal link in the chain of roads
which shall connect the great railroad
systems of the West with the Atlantic
seaboard at Charleston.
If the plans of the Syndicate are car?
ried out, the Road is to be managed with
such energy as will speedily render
Charleston the leading shipping port
south of New York. Sixty miles of road
are to be built immediately to connect
the South Carolina Railroad via Spartan
burg, Henderson and Wolf Creek with
the Cincinnati Southern Road. A fleet
of new and splendid steamers is to be
placed on the New York and Charleston
line. These, it is said, will eclipse those
now plying on the Savannah line, and
are intended, amongst other things, to
accommodate the Florida trade.
The Syndicate already own about 40,
000 shares of the stock of the South Car?
olina Railroad Company, one of its mem?
bers alone holding 20,000 shares. They
do not look to any unfair combination
with other roads, but expect to win suc?
cess by dint of the completion of the
shortest and most direct route from the
Ohio River to the Atlantic seaboard.
They say that the March report will show
the South Carolina Railroad to be in ex?
cellent financial condition.
The News and Courier and the Register
have commented largely upon the ques?
tions involved in the selection of the
route for crossing the Blue Ridge, and
bavo agreed in advocating the Spartan
burg and Asheville route. In advocacy
of this route the following table of dis?
tances is given:
Charleston to Columbia.130 miles
Columbia to Spartanburg. 93 "
Sparenburg to Asheville.:. 69 "
Asheville to Morristown.80 "
Morristown to Knoxville. 51 "
Total.423
The distances over the Blue Ridge
route are as follows:
Charleston to Columbia.130 miles
Columbia to Anderson.126 "
Anderson to Knoxville.195 "
Total.451
But by adopting a different line from
Anderson by the Savannah Valley Road
to Edgefield, Aiken and Charleston, the
distance would be reduced by more than
fifty miles, so that this would be tbe
shortest possible line from Charleston to
the West.
There are also other considerations
which appear to us to have been over?
looked in these calculations. The Spar?
tanburg and Asheville Railroad has, for
five miles, we have been informed, a
grade of 250 feet to the mile, which ren?
ders it totally incapacitated to do the
business of a great through line. It is
an obstacle which cannot be overcome,
while on the old Blue Ridge route the
grade does not exceed seventy feet to the
mile. The connection over this line is
not direct, nor is it under the control in
all of its part.3 of friendly corporations.
For instance, the East Tennessee and
Virginia Railroad, running from Knox?
ville to Norfolk, is operated in the inter?
est of the latter point, and will discrimi?
nate against all freight which stops at
at Morristown for another direction.
Then from Morristown the Western
North Carolina road runs by Asheville
to Raleigh, and it will also discriminate
against all freights which seek a new di?
rection at Asheville. Thus the adoption
of that route incurs two discriminations
before it reaches this State, while the
Blue Ridge route does not incur one.
This advantage is an immense one, and
every community acquainted with the
necessities of trade knows it cannot suc?
ceed in railroad communications where
there are competing lines, under different
management, and a heavy tariff placed
upon its trade by the means of discrim?
inative freights. The Blue Ridge route,
connected with the Greenville and
Charleston roads, would make Charleston
the direct and objective South Atlantic
terminus, with no prospect of any other
terminal point on the Atlantic coast
being able by any railroad connection
to divert the great bulk of the trade from
that city. The interests of the three
roads connecting Charleston with the
great marts of the West would be the
same, and their interests and tho interests
of Charleston mutual.
extra session.
The Supreme Court rendered its decis?
ion on last Monday in the case of "The
State of South Carolina ex rel the Attor?
ney General vs. Johnson Hagood, Comp?
troller General, mandamus to compel him
to levy a tax under the Supply Bill of
the last session of the Legislature. A
majority of the Court held that the error
of i of a mill in the first Section of the
Act invalidated the whole Section, and
the Court unanimously concluded that so
much of the second Section as makes
provision for the Charleston military or?
ganization is without the sanction of law.
The Court refused the mandamus. This
makes an extra session of the Legislature
necessary, which, it is understood, will
be called for the 10th day of February.
Below we publish the judgment of the
Court with the points of dissent by Judge
McGowan:
The State of South Carolina ex rel. the
Attorney General vs. Johnson Hagood,
Comptroller General.
This was an application for a manda?
mus to compel the Comptroller General
to notify each'County Auditor in the
State of the rate percentum of the tax
authorized by law to be levied for various
State purposes and to prepare and trans?
mit to each County Auditor the neces?
sary forms and instructions to carry into
effect the provisions of the Act to raise
supplies, &c., approved 24th December,
1879. The return of the Comptroller
General, which is not traversed, and
which most, therefore, be taken to be
true, raises two legal questions: 1st, as
to the validity of the first Section of the
Act fixing the amount to be levied for
general State purposes, and, 2d, as to the
validity of the provision in the second
Section for the military organizations in
the County of Charleston.
A majority of the court having reached
the conclusion that the error in the first
Section is fatal to the validity of that
Section, and the Court having unani?
mously reached the conclusion that so
much of the second Section as makes
provision for the Charleston military or?
ganizations is without the force of law, it
is ordered that the motion for mandamus
be refused.
A. J. Wilxard, C. J.
The points of Judge McGowan's dis?
sent were as follows:
If the provisions for the 4} mills State
levy and the provisions for the levy of
$3,000 for the Charleston military are
declared null, will the remainder of the
act be law ? or will the whole of the sec?
tion containing ihose provisions be de?
stroyed? The intention of the Legisla?
ture was to levy a tax of 4J mills and to
make no levy for the Charleston milita?
ry. The act as it passed the House will
express the intention of the Legislature.
An limb may be amputated without
destroying the whole body. One-quarter
of a mill in the 4} mills is bad. If that
quarter of a mill had been added by a
separate enactment it could be stricken
out and leave the remainder valid. But
the addition was not made by a separate
sentence, but by simply changing the
arithmetical expression "four and-a
half" to "four and-three-quarters." I
do not understand that four and-three
quarters is an indivisible unity, but is
only a different manner of expressing
the aggregate of four and-a-half and one
quarter, which were once distinct and
separate, and by being added together
make a different form of sentence. 1 can
see no insuperable difficulty in declar?
ing four and-a-half mills law and the re?
maining one-fourth of a mill invalid. I
am of opinion that the mandamus should
be issued.
A LITTLE MISTY.
The following correspondence appears
from a citizen of Anderson County in the
Keoxcee Courier:
Messrs. Editors: I wish to say a
word in regard to this fence law. I see
the editor of the Anderson Intelli?
gencer proposing to play a very loose
game on us by proposing to pay ?400 to
help build the fence and the people of
Pickens and Oconee keep up the fence in
the future; for he says it is better to pav
that than to pay $1,000 or $1,500 nex't
year to repair the fence. I would like to
know who would dispute that ? Now it
is just like adding of another field to a
field and leaving the Anderson fence to
act as a cross fence. Now I don't see
any use of a cross fence if a man don't
intend to pasture his land. A turn-row
will do just as well, and for us to build
the fence and keep it up for their benefit
is unjust. Every man that cultivates a
field should help keep up the fence If
we have to keep up the fence I say hands
off and fair play. We will let the stock
law go to the four winds.
B. W. Burns.
Now, our friend need not have sent his
communication to Oconee in order to
give it publicity, for our columns could
have been secured. We republish the
article to give the writer the information
he wants, and which will satisfy him of
the correctness of the action of our del?
egation in the Senate and House upon
this subject. We had no interest what?
ever in the question, and acted on it as a
matter of business, trying to do what was
best and most economical for the County.
The contract, of which the writer is prob?
ably not aware, as to our upper line of
fencing, is, that the parties building it
were to keep it up for three years, at the
end of which time the rails and gates
belong to the persons building it, except,
perhaps, two miles of it. The three
years are out next Spring and the Com?
missioners would then have been com?
pelled to build a new fence, which would
cost from one to two hundred dollars per
mile for about eight or ten miles. By
going into the arrangement thus criti?
cised, we have saved the County a con?
siderable portion of the expense of re?
building this fence, and released it from
any future liability as to it. We, there?
fore, think that the expense of three or
four hundred dollars to save an outlay of
perhaps a thousand and its future repair
was good policy, and strictly in accord
with the best interests of the people of
this County. We have made these ex?
planations because we think they will
satisfy the writer and every other reason?
able man.
We regret to learn that Gov. Simpson
has failed so far to approve the Act of
the Legislature requiring railroads to
carry cotton by weight instead of meas?
urement. The Act is a good one, and if
approved will effect a considerable re?
duction in the freight or. cotton in some
sections of the State. It has the sanc?
tion of tho Senate and Houso of Repre?
sentatives, and was introduced for the
purpose of affording relief to the people
against unfair and unreasonable freight
charges on cotton. We hope the Gov?
ernor will approve the Act speedily, and
that it will become a law.
Hon. Emory Speer, Congressman from
Georgia, by special invitation, dined with
the President last Saturday. Emory was
elected as an independent, which fact
may explain the special fondness of
Haye3 for the young Solon.
The Register is after us again in an ar?
ticle of three and a half columns, and now
accuses us of bad manners and imperti?
nence. This is precisely the accusation
we made agaiust the Register, and as it
has been driven to the extremity of the
school boy's answer, "You are another,"
we incline to the opinion that the subject
has been about exhausted, and that it is
a waste of time for either paper to follow
it further.
Iu pursuance to the call of R.'B. Elliott,
chairman, the Republican State Execu?
tive Committee, consisting of R. B. El?
liott, W. N. Taft, C. C. Bowen, E. W. M.
Mackey, Sam. Lee, June Mobley, W. J.
Myers, E. A. Webster, L. E. Miller and
J. E. Ensor, met in the postoffice build?
ing in Columbia on the 22nd, and selected
April 28 next as the day for holding the
Republican State Convention to elect
delegates from this State to the Republi?
can National Convention to be held in
June. Harry Noah, of Columbia, was
elected secretary of the committee. The
Executive Committee appointed chair?
men for the several Counties, but with?
hold their names for the present.
State News and Notes.
The town of Chester has a debt of
$5,482.70.
There', are 385 patients in tbe State
asylum?182 males and 208 females.
Two colored children were burned to
death in Abbeville County last week.
Tbe colored watchman at the post
office at Columbia gets $75 per month.
A colored man of Hampton County
made ?300 clear of all expenses this year
farming.
Twenty-five law students were admit?
ted to practice by the Supreme Court on
Friday, 14th instant.
Mr. Wm. Gaskin, of Kershaw County,
was run over by a loaded wagon on
the 20th instant and instantly killed.
At the examination for school certifi?
cates for Abbeville County 74 whites and
46 colored candidates were successful.
T. B. Crews, Esq., editor of the Lau
rensville Herald, has been elected Inten?
dant of Laurensville on the "wet ticket."
A fire occurred in Charleston on last
Jhursday which destroyed the car shed
and a large number of cars of the South
Carolina Railroad.
Ben. Hunt, colored, was caught be?
tween two cars, at Central, on the night
of the 12th, while attempting to couple
them, and instantly killed.
The Hampton Democrat, published at
Varnville, Hampton County, has been
purchased by Rev. E. W. Peeples, who
will convert it into a Baptist weekly.
There are sixteen prisoners in the Ab?
beville jail, fourteen of whom are await?
ing trial at the next Court, the other two
being State witnesses in important case.
The Winnsboro News and Herald says
that the "Democrats of South Carolina
are foolish if they expect to carry the
State this fall without a severe struggle."
So large is the number of primary pu?
pils attending the Due West Female
College this year that the authorities
have found it neccessary to employ an
assistant.
There is but one Grange in working
order in the whole of Barnwell County.
They need a little of the enterprise down
there that characterize their brethren in
Anderson County.
The Spartanburg Spartan advises the
farmers to buy their fertilizers at once,
and not wait until April, when they may
have to take an inferior grade. It is ad?
vice worth considering.
Tbe Camden Journal says that it has
been a prosperous year with the turpen?
tine meu in the lower part of the State,
and from "all indications the saintly
goddess of plenty is with them."
The Abbeville Press and Banner nom?
inates Col. J. S. Cothran, Solicitor of tbe
Eighth Judicial Circuit, for Attorney
General. He would fill most any office
in the gift of the people ably and accep?
tably.
The revenue force, which has been
stationed at Walhalla for some time,
were heavily re-inforced recently. Un?
der command of Col. Johnson they are
now scouring Rabun County, Ga., on a
hunt for illicit distillers.
The Greenville Chronicle, a weekly
paper of 28 columns, made its first ap?
pearance on Thursday last. Mr. A. M.
Howell, a gentleman of considerable ex?
perience in the newspaper business, is
editor and business manager.
The Rev. Donald McQueen, forty-three
years a minister of the Presbyterian
Church at Sumter, died on Saturday last
after a lingering illness of many months,
aged 70. He was educated at the Theo?
logical Seminary of Columbia.
Five prisoners broke jail in Spartan?
burg on Saturday. They cut through
two feet of solid rock wall. They were
preached to on Friday by Miss Painter
and Rev. R. C. Oliver. They were
waiting trial for grave ofTences.
A Columbia correspondent of the
Beaufort Crescent says that Senator Lips
comb, of Newberry, will no doubt be the
next nominee for Secretary of State.
Some people have, a wonderful tact at
finding out things that are to be.
Tbe Lexington Dispatch says that a
disease similar to the black tongue is
prevalent among the cattle in the lower
portion of that county on the Orangeburg
line. It is proving very fatal, one gen?
tleman having lost ten head in one week.
Death ensues in two days after the at?
tack.
Hon. A mislead Hurt, of Abbeville, has
been suggested by a correspondent of the
Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer as
a suitable person for Governor. Mr.
Burt is an able lawyer, and has many
friends in the State who would be glad to
see hitn occupying the gubernatorial
chair of South Carolina.
The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad iB undergoing thorough repairs
since the new management assumed
charge. There is nothing so wholesome
sometimes for both public and private'
enterprises as a change of management.
It has proved as beneficial to the Green
vill? and Columbia Railroad as it has to
the C. C. & A.
The election of professors for the Agri?
cultural College, and other details for
the opening of that institution, will be
perfected at the regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the South Carolina
University on the 11th of February.
The College will probably be opened for
students about the 1st of October next.
W. C. Benct, Esq., for some time past
one of the editors of the Abbeville Press
and Banner, has retired from the field of
journalism for the reason that his duties
as an editor conflicted with his duties as
a lawyer, and vice versa. He is succeeded
by Mr. H. T. Wardlaw, to whom we ex?
tend a cordial welcome into the frater?
nity.
Mr. L. C. Clinkscales, of Abbeville
County, had his gin house burnt down
on Tuesday, 20th instant, together with
two valuable new gins, all the gin gear?
ing and other machinery, twenty-seven
bales of cotton and a large quantity of
cotton seed. The fire was accidental, and
was caused either by a loose match in the
cotton or a spark from the saws. There
was no insurance on the property, and
the total loss will not be less than fifteen
hundred dollars.
The special Columbia correspondent of
the Charleston News and Courier, sends
the following to that paper under date of
January 25: "An agent of parties in
Kansas has been here for a day or two
endeavoring to induce the State authori?
ties to procure the arrest of C. P. Leslie,
the notorious land commissioner, who is
now residing near Topeka, Kansas. Ap?
plication for a requisition was made to
the Governor, but was refused, on the
ground that no indictment was at pres?
ent existing against Leslie in the State
Courts."
The Columbia Register says that the
State Superintendent of Education is en?
deavoring to put in operation a plan by
which the public schools can be kept
open for a longer period each year than
they have been heretofore. His idea is
that after the public school fund is ex?
hausted the patrons of each school make
voluntarily contributions to continue it
in operation. This will enable all classes
to have the benefit of the free school
fund, and those who are able and wish
to pay for their children's education can
do so in this way. By uniting the funds
thus obtained, it is thought that more
good can be accomplished than by using
them separately.
A telegram to the Columbia Register
from Sumter, S. C, under date of Janu?
ary 22, tells the following sad tale of the
consequences of a disappointment in love
affairs: "Preston D. Mood, editor of the
Clarendon Press and teacher of a success?
ful private school, blew bis brains out
last night at Manning, where he resided.
It is rumored that the refusal of a fair
daughter of Israel to reciprocate his at?
tachment caused the rash act. He was
about 21 years old, and was the son of
Rev. Henry M. Mood, a distinguished
Methodist minister, and a most exem?
plary gentleman. The young man was
talented but erratic?some say not al?
ways sane. He was reckless as an editor,
and was recently challenged by young
Charles Pool on account of newspaper
remarks. Both parties were willing to
fight, but the seconds could not agree
upon the terms. Young Mood was well
yesterday, attended a party last evening,
and killed himself after returning home.
He has a large family connection here.
The sad event has excited much sym?
pathy."
The Columbia correspondent of the
Newt and Courier says: "The negotiations
which have been pending for some time
between the State and Messrs. Dolby &
Bangs, the contractors for building the
Charleston jetties, were brought to a con?
summation on last Thursday by the accep?
tance of the builders of the terms pro?
posed by the sub-committee of the board
of directors of the South Carolina Peni?
tentiary. By this contract Messrs. Dolby
& Bangs agree to buy all the rock needed
for the construction of the jetties from
the State quarry near the Penitentiary,
paying therefor the sum of 42 cents a
ton, delivered on board the cars. They
are to build a track connecting the South
Carolina Railroad with the Penitentiary.
The work of constructing this track will
be commenced at once and finished in a
few days." This contract will give the
State a net profit of something like one
hundred thousand dollars within the
next three years. It is the contract
upon condition of which the Legisla?
ture passed the Charleston Ship Canal
Act giving fifteen thousand dollars to
open a canal from the Cooper to tho
Ashley River on Charleston Neck, by
means of which the railroads will be
carried to the water's edge. This appro?
priation, therefore, which was considered
extravagance by some, turns out to be a
very fine investment for the State, sinco
under it we get one hundred thousand
dollars in three years by spending fifteen
thousand dollars this year.
A Strange Case of Poisoning.?
A correspondent of the News and Courier,
writing under date of January 22, from
Lau re ns County, says: "On Wednesday
morning Mr. M. L. Davis and family
rose in their usual health, ate breakfast
and separated to their avocations. Four
of the little boys went to Raburn's Creek
school-house. During morning prayers
one of the little boys commenced vomit?
ing and went out of the house, another
?followed him to Ree what was the matter
and he fell sick, finally all four of them
were prostrated in the yard, vomiting
and purging. The teacher had them re?
moved to a neighbor's house until they
revived enough to be hauled homo in a
wagon. Mr. Davis went to the field and
ploughed a few rounds and got so sick
that he lay down ou his stomach and re?
mained there until dinner time before he
was able to return to the house. Mrs.
Davis and one little girl escaped the
sickness. A messenger was sent for a
physician, and he had to go to three
places before he could get one. Dr. Ed?
wards came and remaiued with the fami?
ly last night; also four or five of the
nearest neighbors came in. All that ate
supper with the family could not get
away. They were prostrated in the same
way' Dr. Edwards has not yet discovered
what is wrong. Mr. Davis salted up all
his bones and heads and hog livers in a
barrel where he had soaked his wheat in
blue stone. Mrs. Davis had prepared
some liver puddings and had some for
breakfast and supper, and every one that
ate only a lew mouthfuls at supper were
made sick. Dr. Edwards did not cat
any meat at supper and he was not sick
last night. This plainly shows there is
something wrong with the meat, or
something hurtful has been put in the
liver pudding. All of the family are
better to-day, and some of them going
about their work again.
THE DRAINAGE LAW.
An* Act to Provide for Drainage in the
Counties of Anderson and Beaufort.
Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same :
Section* 1. That from and alter the
passage of this Act all land owners of
the Counties of Anderson and Beaufort
shall remove from the running streams
of water upon their land all trash, trees,
rafts and timber during the months of
March and September in each year.
Sec. 2. Any person convicted of a
violation of this Act shall be punished
by a fine of not les* than five nor more
than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the
Court before which the case may be
tried.
Sec. 3. Any person convicted of cut?
ting down trees across or into running
streams upon the lands of another, in the
Counties aforesaid, shall be liable to the
same punishment above prescribed.
Approved December 23, 1878.
Mk. Editor : For the information of
our citizens generally, you have kindly
consented to re-publish the above Act of
the Legislature on tho subject of drain?
age. There can be no subject of more
vital importance to our citizens generally
than the proper drainage of our bottom
lands, and the Legislature showed a
proper appreciation of the subject when
they wisely passed the above Act. It is
believed by some of our best physicians
that a very large proportion of all the
fever cases in our County can be traced,
directly or indirectly, to the lack of
proper drainage on swamp lands. When
once the malaria is generated, a favor?
able wind may waft the poison for miles,
and infect whole neighborhoods living at
a remote distance. Thus it will be seen
that our citizens are all interested in the
proper enforcement of the provisions of
the above excellent law. See to it that
the creeks and streams in every neighbor?
hood are thoroughly cleared of all ob?
structions of rafts or debris of every de?
scription, and don't hesitate to lend a
helping hand in cases where the owner
or owners of adjacent lands are unable to
perform the service required, or not like?
ly to reap any special benefit therefrom.
On the Eighteen-Mile Creek some very
encouraging experiments have been
made in the removal of obstructions to
the flowing of sand or mud along the
beds of the stream and old ditches. At a
comparatively slight expense, the ditches
have washed to a sufficient depth in a
single season to produce good crops.
Engineer Lee, of our County, thinks that
a fall of six feet to the mile is amply suf?
ficient to wash off the sand, if the ditches
are kept clear of all obstructions. The
law requires that the duty shall be per?
formed in the months of September and
March. Where not attended to last Fall,
see to it that March doe3 not pass by un?
improved. T. .H R.
Maine Still in a Muddle.
Augusta, Me., Jan. 24.
Three companies of troops and a Gat
ling gun now garrison the State House.
When the Republicans meet this fore?
noon there will be as little show of arms
as possible, and the soldiery will be kept
in the back ground. The Republicans
apparently feel strengthened this morn?
ing and are generally urging the disper?
sion of the Fusionist Legislature.
"No fooling any longer," is the Repub?
lican talk to-day. The State House is
converted into a sort of barracks. Stoves
have been set up in the cellar to cook
rations of beef, &c, for soldiers.
The Republican Governor is strongly
urged at once to disperse the Fusionist
Legislature and government, but wheth" -
he acts before the first of next week i_
doubtful.
By Sunday night the State troops will
all be under arms. The Republican au?
thorities assert that if there is a civil
war, the responsibility rests upon the
Fusionists.
Boston, Jan. 26.?The Hcraid's Au?
gusta special says that the Fusion Senate
met to-day, with only seven members,
and took a reces3 to 4 p. m. It is now
thought that after hearing what the
Supreme Court has to say to the Fusion
statement and questions, Governor Davis
will issue a proclamation calling on the
Fusion Government to disperse, and will
enforce it by arrests. It is thought that
Wednesday will be the last day of the
dual government.
Later?Both Houses of the Fusion
Legislature reassembled at 4 o'clock, but
adjourned without transacting any busi?
ness. The Fusionists are in better spirit
to-day. Most of their men have re?
turned and will remain uutil an answer
is received from the Supreme Court.
Both branches of the Republican Leg?
islature passed resolutions providing for
a constitutional amendment for electing
the Governor by a plurality instead of a
majority vote. The Senate appointed a
committee to investigate the enlistment
and enrolments of men and on the loss
of the State seal.
A Duel Between* Two Colored
Men*.?Late on Tuesday evening, the lo?
cality of a store on the Louisville Road,
about six and a half miles from the city,
was the scene of an impromptu duel,
which resulted seriously. It seems, from
what we can learn, that Tom Clark and
Charles Houston, two colored men, be?
tween whom ill-feeling had long existed,
met at the store, where a number of
other negroes had gathered, and got to
drinking. The old quarrel was renewed
between Clark and Houston, and the for?
mer who had his gun with him, pro?
posed that Houston go and get his gun
and they settle their difficulty by an
exchange of shots. Houston, who lived
in tho neighborhood, hastened homo
and procuring his gun returned to the
scene. Ground was marked off and the
combatants faced, when without any
further preliminaries, both fired simulta?
neously and both fell at the same time.
The guns were heavily charged with
buck shot. Clark was shot in the left
side and breast, some of the shot, it is
presumed, entering the lung. He was
brought to the city and carried to the of?
fice of Dr. Chisholm, who examined his
wound and found it to be very serious,
and on Wednesday morninjr he was sent
to the Colored Infirmary. Houston, who
received three or four shots in the body,
two in the abdomen, was carried ofTby
his friends, and was believed to be in a
dying condition. In consequence of the
affair occurring in the country, and those
who were present probably fearing they
might get iuto trouble if they said much
on the subject, it was not generally
known.?Savannah News.
? Louisiana leads off in practically
discontinuing the grand jury system.
The new consitution recently adopted,
provides that grand juries may be called
in each parish once a year, and that their
power of indictment shall continue, hut
this, in reality, is little nioro than the
privilege of scrutinizing the acts of pub?
lic officers. Criminal causes are taken
from the jurisdiction of the grand jury,
and all offenses heretofore required to be
prosecuted by indictment are to be he
gun before a magistrate and tried by a
petit jury. It is'also provided that three
fourths of a jury may return a verdict in
civil cases, and in criminal cases below J
felonies a jury may be waived.
The Exodus Investigation.
Washington-, Jan. 26,13S0.
Before the exodus committee, Warren
Waring, clerk in one of the executive
departments and Secretary of tho Emi?
grant Aid Society, testified to receiving
letters from relatives in North Carolina
purporting that the colored men there
arc poorly paid for labor, and are discon?
tented. He had read letters in Indiana
papers from negroes saying they were
delighted with their new homes there.
Charles N. Otny, (slightly colored,)
editor of the Washington Argus, a paper
devoted to the interests of the colored
race, and principal of the Howard Uni?
versity School, testified that he is a na?
tive of North Carolina and a graduate of
Oberlin College and of Harvard Uni?
versity. Visits North Carolina every
year. Has. carefully studied the condi?
tion of her people. He was one of the
founders of the Emigrant Aid Society,
and drew up its constitution; its object
was to aid colored people fleeing from
oppression, such as those then accumu?
lated at St. Louis, bound for Kansas. At
one of its first meetings, however, a Mr.
Mendenhall spoke suggesting the advisa?
bility of diverting the emigrants from
Kansas and sending about 5,000 into In?
diana, as that was a doubtful State in the
coming election. No one but Otny ob?
jected at that time. "I felt," he says,
"that we had been used long enough as
tools." The fidelity of the colored peo?
ple to the Republican party had been re?
warded by the withdrawal of protection
from outrage. Therefore he opposed tho
longer use of his people by any political
party, and when he saw the exodus was
to be used politically he withdrew from
the society. Others, though holding the
same views, remained in it. lie wanted
emigrants to go to Kansas, where they
were invited and could get homesteads.
By answers from prominent North Caro?
lina colored men to whom he bad written
he learned that three men?Perry, Wil?
liams and Taylor?had gone among the
most ignorant negroes and told them the
Sovernment wanted them to go to In?
iana, and would give them a dollar and
a half daily during the winter, and two
dollars to two dollars and a half during
the rest of the year; some were promised
suits of clothes. These men registered
the names of those consenting to go,
charging them from twenty-five cents to
three dollars each. The first emigrants,
being few in number, were well received
and immediately employed. These wrote
back to their friends advising them to
come, "and hence," said the witness, "it
is easy to understand the great exodus
from North Carolina." The witness gave
a favorable accmint of the actual condi?
tion of the colored people in North Car?
olina, and said the exodus therefrom was
uncalled for and disastrous to the emi?
grants.
Tho committee then adjourned until
Friday._
Homicide in* Oconee.?We regret
that we are called upon to chronicle an?
other homicide in our county. On last
Thursday, John Barnes, an old man,
and for a long time a citizen of White
Water Township, was killed near
his house by being stabbed with a knife
in a sudden fracas, which, we are told, he
began by striking and choking Milton
W. W. Nicholson. It seems that Barnes,
who had been living as a renter, on the
land of W. J. Duffie, was about remov?
ing to another State and had wagon3
ready to load his property. By previous
arrangement, General W. F. Ervin, as
surveyor, had gone to the place on that
day with young Nicholson and his father
as chain carriers, to run cTa strip of the
land to W. F. Corbin, who had contract?
ed for it from Duffie. By reason of some
misunderstanding as to some of the
property, the parties had concluded not
to run the land that day, and had start?
ed home, when Barnes approached
young Milton Nicholson and began to
abuse his father, he (Nicholson) saying
and doing nothing. Barnes then struck
him once or twice and caught him by
the throat. Nicholson tried to defend
himself, and in the melee the crowd gath?
ered around the parties and it was soon
discovered that Barnes was bleeding.
He died in a short time, the femeral ar?
tery having been cut in two places. The
evidence on the inquest, wo hear, is con?
flicting and unsatisfactory, and there is
much difference of opinion as to what
person did the cutting. Milton W. W.
Nicholson a youth about eighteen years
old, with whom Barnes was engaged, has
been arrested, or, rather, came forward
and gave himself up, and is now lodged
iujail at Walhalla. Young Nicholson
and tho parties who went with him to
run land were perfectly sober, but we
are informed that Barnes was drinking.
We forbear further comment, as the mat?
ter will undergo judicial investigation.?
Keowee Courier.
A Kentucky Black Hole.?A dis?
patch from Frankfort, Ky., gives the re?
port of the prison Sanitary Committee
made on the 10th instant to the Ken?
tucky Legislature on the condition of the
penitentiary. It describes a deplorable
state of affairs. The committee finds
that there are eight convicts there con?
fined that cannot live more that a few
months. There are at least fifty others,
some of whom are confined to their beds,
who in all probability cannot live longer
than the latter part of the coming spring.
About 200 others are in a state of debili?
ty and weakness practically unfitting
them for duty or work. The balance of
the convicts are unhealthy-looking and
some affected by the injurious influences
which have prostrated the others. This
state of affairs is due, in the opinion of
the committee, to over crowding in the
work shops, bad ventilation, imperfect
sewerage and lack of wholesome food.
? Washington letter: "It was given
out some weeks since that Mr. F. A.
Walker, the superintendent of the cen?
sus, had determined to recommend to the
President the names of persons deemed
suitable for census supervisors without
regard to politics. It was said that with
this understanding it might bo assumed
that about one-half ?of the supervisors
tvould be appoiuted from among Demo?
crats, and so far as the South was con?
cerned that all, or very nearly all, of
them would come from the Democratic
party. The Republican senators and
members have gene-rally expressed dissat?
isfaction at this, as in addition to other
objection they allege that Democratic
supervisors in the South will be apt to
exaggerate the amount of population in
order to retain if not iucreasc the pres?
ent representation of the South in the
lower house of Congress. Asa consequence
of this feeling several Republican sena?
tors lately called on Mr. Walker to ask
that Republican supervisors be appointed
in the South, but they came away quite
dissatisfied, and some of them charge Mr.
Walker with being a Democrat or a
Bristow Republican, which they say is no
better. These senators either do not
consider or willfully ignore the fact that
if capable men are to be appointed in
the South they must necessarily, to a
great extant, be taken from the Demo?
cratic party in that section. It is under?
stood that a list of supervisors as made
out by Mr. Walker has been completed,
and is now in the hands of the secretary
of the interior, win will revise it, and
then hand it to the President, who may
also make some changes before sending
it to the Senate.
? Tho extent of the suffering in Ire?
land is assuming terrible proportions.
The Lord Mavor of London appeals for
men y to prevent actual starvation; and
we very much mistake the feeling of this
country, if pursca arc not freely and
promptly opened to stay the inroadsnf
privation among the unfortunate Irish
people.
? A bill has been offered in the Mis?
sissippi Legislature making it a penalty
for any one to encourage or decoy emi?
grants from the State.
FOR SALE.?Combined mower and
reaper. Apply to
2?_e. A. BELL, at Farm.
f. K 0881 'f* mT
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aaas Auma a saaesna
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?airs hoi sxvo aaas
ESTATE NOTICE.
All persons Laving demands against
John W. Duncan, deceased, will please pre?
sent them to the undersigned within twen?
ty days from this date or they will be barred,
and it will be so pleaded, as [ am prepared
to make all sett laments.
B. F. DUNCAN.
Jan 29, 1kr0 21) 1?
NOTICE.
IHEREBY warn all persons from har?
boring or employing WILTON JEN?
KINS, a mulatto boy about 111 years of age,
with a sear on his forehead, and also one on
one of his arms. He is bound to me by?
law, and for Ilia delivery at my residence,
31 miles west of Anderson C. II., I will pay
the sum of live dollars.
LEWIS ARERCROMBIE.
Jan 29, 1S80 20 1
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By IF. IF. Humphreys, Judge of rrobatc.
WHEREAS. Augustus A. Dean has
applied to me to grant him Letters
of Administration on the Personal Estate
of Robert B. McCarlcy, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors
of the said Robert B. McCarley, deceased,
that they be and appear before me in the
Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson
C. H. on Monday, 10th day of February,
18S0, after publication hereofj to show cause,
if any they have, why the said Adminis?
tration should not be granted. Given un?
der my hand this27th dav of January, 1880.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P.
Jan 29. 1880 29 2
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By W. IF. Humphreys, Judge *f Prolate.
WHEREAS, Elias McGee has applied
to me to grant him Letters of Administra?
tion on the Personal Estate of James A.
Tunsley, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors
of the said James A. Tcasley, deceased, that
they be and appear before me in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H. on
Friday, the 13th day February, 1880, after
publication hereof, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted. Given under my
hand, this 26th dav of January, 18S0.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P.
Jan 29, 18S0 29_2
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Andebson County.
By IF. IF. Humphreys, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, Isaac M. Bryan has made
suit to me to grant him letters of Adminis?
tration, on the Personal Estate and effects
of Archibald C. Campbell, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all kindred and creditors of the said
Archibald C. Campbell, dee'd., to be and ap?
pear before me in Court of Probate, to
be held at Anderson Court House, on Mon?
day, February llith, 1880, after publication
hereof, to shew cause, if any they have,
why the said administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand, this 23rd day of
January, A. D. 1880.
W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Judge of Probate.
Jan 29, 1880 29 _2?
JUST RECEIVED,
A Large Lot of
GARDEN SEEDS
AND
ONION SETTS,
From the reliable Seed Houses of Robert
Buist, Jr., Johnson, Bobbins & Co., David
Landreth it Sons, for sale wholesale and re?
tail at growers' prices.
Also, a quantity of Genuine Seed IRISH
POTATOES, which will be sold at lowest
prices.
WILIIITE & WILH1TE,
Druggists, Anderson, S. C.
Jan 29,1880_20_
SIXTY BARRELS
-OF
EARLY ROSE
?AND?
PEERLESS
NORTHERN
SEED POTATOES,
FINE !!
JUST RECEIVED.
WE offer FIVE DOLLARS for best
reck from our Seed. (Samples returned.)
SLOAN BR0S.;
Druggists and Seedsmen,
Gi'convillc, S. C.
?Sr- Full Stock of PURE DRUGS al?
ways on hand, wholesale and reta':!.
Jan 29, 1SS0 29
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
J. P. Coole? and wire, A. C. Coolcy, Plaintiffs,
?gainst Abba Wilson, John L. Wilson, el a!.. De?
fendants.?-ifaaiawiM for Relief?Oowptalnt not
Served.
To the Defendant!) Mattle Orr, Sallic Orr. Eliza
Taylor, Lee Wlllard, Essie Willard. William B.
Wilson, Matilda McCoy and John M. Orr :
YOU are hereby summoned and required to an?
swer tho complaint In this action, a copy of
which is filed In the oilice of the Clerk of Hie Court
of Common Fleas, at Anderson C IL, & C, and to
serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint
on tin: subscriber at their office, Anderson C. IL,
S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive of the day of such service; and if yon
fall to answer the complaint within the time afore?
said, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the
Court lor the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated Anderson C. IL, S. O, Jan. 28, A. D. ism
Mi n IHK .V ALLEN,
PlmintlAV Attorneys.
To Hie Defendants Mattio Orr, Sallie Orr, Elisa
Tavior, Lee Wlllard, Essie wlllard, William B.
Wilson. Matilda McCoy and .lohn M. Orr:
TAKE NOTICE, That the complaint in this case
la filed 10 confirm the partition and sale of the
lteal Estate of William 91. Wilson, sold liy order
of W. '.V. Humphreys, Probate Judge, on s-aleday
In October, A. D. 1883, and purchased by the De?
fendant, J?l.n M. Orr, in which you bare an inter?
est. The lands sold are described as follows:
Tract No. 1, containing one hundred and seventy
eight Bereu, bounded by lands of Moses Hodges,
T. II. McCann and other's. Tract No. ?-*, contain?
ing about eighty-Are acres, bounded by lauds of
Thomm F. Hankin ami bit No. 1 Tract No. 3,con.
talnlnc about acronly-one aero, bounded by lands
of Win. Ford, Jesse Prater ami Tracts No. 1 and 1.
MOORti A ALLEN, Plaintiff*' Attorneys.
Jan St, 1SS0 tl'.i jj
wauivsTO'. nans roi.uxE, wnsasuiu, scift c?t?hju.
/^Xrr. tamwei Ln*er. A.-.V., V.l>.. jyetiJemt.
f S*??i.m? .'!?:> the Fi:'! M-niJny i? KrVuwy undAiiKwt
f K? h P r -Iri of -O ?nIh i. dirHtd into Um t>?k. Scrtiorw;
[u.l f..li.>.v,tl l.v i r-wk. ranttna. Euch wcti.m I? den.t?l hy
r?. hiiu:.ii Iocm .p~-ml ?tu.lv, in i IM dptiwttfll lioiMi J?.
Tliimee, W fim lie fY f*> HARITJSmiMU Ooiv?.
l*r Even mm stbwc M?m]t?l A\ HUMS !? eu or more um
a Diicawat of 1? <? U ptr ceaL on nut 6e?i?a't Tuition!!
t<T (inJUicTioss Tiiivati, Mid mny o.vur it ."'_'.'iZ
mm .itJu.'i in i?? Srtt h"i". ?1 ?i?ui".? a
ELATION NOTICE.
In the ?jitcr of the ATLANTIC AND
FRENC BROAD VALLEY RAIL
KOAD.-VftUion tor an Election on Sub?
scription ,,i,e Capital Stock of said Rail?
road C''>M^,1Vi
PTRSUA-r to n resolution adopted by
the Bo,i 0f County Commissioners
lOlh Janaarjrjgtant, (petitions having been
filed by citizc ()f Helton, Williamston and
Brush}* CrcekTownships.) the amount of
subscription tqle snj,i road was fixed ;n
the above nanr Townships at the sum of
Six Thousand i>llara each, to be paid in
four annual moments, without interest.
Notice is licrcby V0Il that an election will
be held at the fo,wjng times and places,
between the hoi, 0f 0 o'clock a. m. and
?i p. m.: Willian'on Township, at WU
liatnston, Februarys, 1880; Bellon Town?
ship, at Belton. llrch 1, 1880; Brushy
Creek Township, acr.auidiii's Cross Roads,
March G, 1881?, at wjcb all qualified elec?
tors in said Townshij wjn vote "Subscrip?
tion" or "No Subscri'.jon."
The following naiia persons are ap?
pointed managers to Ctduct said olection :
Belton Township?J s. Acker, E. B.
Rice and E. T. Tollison.
Williamston Townsh._E. J. Pinson,
R. Y. II. W. Hodge and imes Gaines.
Brushy Creek Townshj?J. Jf. Glenn,
Wm, Callahan and I. W. ickens.
At the close of the poll the managers
will count the votes and detjre the result,
which result shall be certilie |n writing by
the chairman of each board o,nanagers to
the Chairman of the Board onOUnty Com?
missioners, also certifying wither a ma?
jority of the votes cast in keir respec
tivc townships have voted in fiiorofsuch
subscription.
R. S. BAf.EY,
Chairman County ConmiLr-oners.
Jan 22, 1830_28 G
HORSE SHOEING
FARM WORK A SPECIALT'.
THE undersigned have formed a coprt
norship under tho.nrm name of Bti
son & Dooly, for the purpose of carryiig
on a regular Blacksmith business, such a
Shoeing Horses, making, mending and
sharpening Plows, Ironing Wagons, repair?
ing Guns and Pistols, and all kinds of work
usually done in the Blacksmith Shop. We
are located near the Prcsbvterian Church,
at the old shop stand. Persons desiring
work done in our line will do well to call
on us before having their work done.
ABE BENSON,
DAVE DOOLEY.
P. 8.?We have heretofore been employ?
ed witli Mr. David White, which should be
a guarantee of workmanship.
Jan 22,1880 28
J. M. MATTHEWS,
BELTON, S. C
MANUFACTURER OF
PALMETTO COTTON GIN, CONDENSERS
AND
PORTABLE PRESSES.
Agent for the
New Economizer Strain Engine, Far
qultar Thresher and Separator,
Saw and Grist Mills, Gin
Feeders, &c
Old Engines and Threshers taken in port
pay fornew ones. Repairingcarefullydone.
Second-hand machines at low figures. Pri?
ces and terms on application. Orders so?
licited. Letters by mail receive prompt
attention.
Jan 15. 18S0 27 3m
UNDER WEAR.
ALARGE STOCK of Ladies' and Gen?
tlemen's Underwear. Merino and all
Wool?sure to please. Also, Flannels of
the difiurent grades.
Gents' Fine Shirts a Specialty.
In these goods we defy competition, re?
gardless of what other people say. COME
AND PROVE US.
Iu Onr Notion Department
We have a great many attractions. Come
and see them, for we can't begin to tell you
about them. Still Headquarters for
Carpets, Rugs, <tc.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
Jersey Bull to Stand.
THE round sum of One Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars was paid for the sire
of "YORK." "York:I is a grand and mag?
nificent animal, and will stand one month
at the following places:
January, Anderson, at D. S. Maxwell's.
Fobruary, Williamston, at
March, Belton, at
Price, ?3.00 in advance. For further ser?
vice of Jersey Bulls and particulars, apply
to J. C. STRIBLING,
Ashtabula Farms, Pcndleton, S. C.
Dec 25,1879 24 10
WE HAVE RECEIVED
THIS SEASON a large stock of DRESS
GOODS, such as Mohairs, Alpacas,
Melanges, Lustres, ifcc, dec. Our Prints are
of the very best make.
IVc are Selling
A great many Cloaks, and have a large
number left that are pronounced "beautiful
and very cheap." Also, some nice shawls
very low down.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
Oct 23,1S79 _15
LUMBER! LUMBER!
ALARGE lot of good Lumber is kept
constantly on hand at my Lumber
Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson,
and orders for large or small lots of any
kind desired will be promptly filled at low
prices. Mr. Robert Mayneld is my agent
for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and
will furnish any information desired to
persons wishing to make an order.
JOHN KAUFMAN.
Jan 30,1S79_29_ly
KING'S MOUNTAIN
MILITARY SCHOOL,
YORKYILLE, S. ?.
TUR Exercises of the TWENTY-SIXTH
YEAR will begin February 5, 1880.
Terms per Session of Five Months, in Advance.
For Tuition, Boarding, Light, Fuel
and Washing.-iilOO 00
Use ot Books, Stationery and Sur?
geon's fee. 5 00
For Circular, containing full information,
applv to Cob A. COWARD, Principal.
Dec 25. 1879 24
Always Something New!
AND ATTRACTIVE at No. 4 Granite
Row. This time we have just re?
ceived an elegant lot of FINE BLAN?
KETS, Ladies' and Gents' Underwear,
something GOOD. Another invoice of
beautiful CLOAKS, very cheap.
Also, finest New Crop New Orleans Mo?
lasses, choice Magnolia Hams, and a great
many other good things. Come and see
them. A. ?. TOWERS & CO.
Due 4, 1S7D _21_
Notice to Fiduciaries.
ALL Administrators, Executors, and
other Fiduciaries who by law are re?
quired to make their returns to the Judge
ot Probate, are hereby notified to do so du?
ring the month of January or the penalties
of the law will be enforced.
W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Judge of Probate.
Jan 8, 1880 20 4
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the un?
dersigned, Administrator of the Estate of
II. H. Dalryniple, deceased, will apply
to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun
tv, on 17th day of February, 1880, for a Final
Settlement and discharge from his office as
Administrator of the Personal Estate of the
said W. H. Dalryniple, deceased.
JOHN \V. DALRYMPLE, Adra'r.
Jan. 15, 1880 27 5
\foTICH FINAL SETTLEMENT.
_j_N The undersigned, Administrator of
the Estate of Mrs. Margaret Cox, hereby
gives notice that he will apply to the Judge
of Probate at Anderson C. H., on tho 11th
day of February, 1880, for a Final Settle?
ment of said Estate, and a discharge from
said Administration.
FLICETW'UOD CLINKSCALES,
Administrator.
Jan \ isso 20 5
C. II. SLOAN
WITH
EDWIN BATES & CO.,
JOBBERS OF
DRY GOODS. CLOTHING,
Nos. 122 and 124 Sleeting Street,
CHARLESTON, - - S. C.
Jan 22, I860 28 2