The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 12, 1880, Image 2

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r~1& n7~M?RRA.Y, Editor. "THURSDAY MORNING, gKB. 12, ir??T ONE TEAK..-?1.80. MX M0NTII3-.w.- W. BATS? O* ADVKKTIBIKO.-Ono Dollar por J nih for thu Ant Insertion, end >*Wty Cenia par Inch for subsequent ituertluns lets than three months. Ko sdvortUement coasted less then sn inch. Lib eral contracts -sill be made vlth those wishing to advertise for three, six t r twelve months. Adver tising by contract must ut confined to the immedi ate business or tho firm or individual contracting. Obituary Koikes exceeding live lines, Tributes of respect, sod all personal communications or matteis of lndlvWaal Interest, will bo charged for nt advertising rates. . . Tn rnsnnsM>Ki>SMTS.-In order to rec?TO at tention, communications roust be accompanied . by tho truo name and address of the writer. Re jected manuscripts will not be returned unless the necessary stamps sr* furnished to repay the post ?go thereon. 49- We aro not responsible for the views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should be addressed to "Ed Itor Intelligencer." and ail checks, drafts, money orders. Ac, should be made paytb, i to the order of E. li. MVB?UV A Co. The idea of some of the leaders of the Republican port/, and of perhaps soue half a. dozen Southern Democrats, of making Gen. Graut the peoples' candidate for President must noir be abandoned. It is clear that if nominated at all, it will be by a part of his own party, with a large minority against him, and that if ho should be elected, be will be tho President, not of the people, or even of his own party, but of tho corrupt wings of the party. . Tho Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania,- which met at Harrisburg last week, instructed its delegates to the Republican National Convention at Chicago to vote for Gen. Grant for the Presidential nomination by a very small majority, the vote being in favor of his nomination 188, and against 1*3. There was also adopted a resolu tion instructing tho delegates to voto ns a unit. This will give to Grant the vote of the whole Pennsylvania delega tion in the National Convention. It is probable a similar courso will bo pursued in New York, and the Stoto thereby secured to Grant. Bat will thia give him tho nomination ? We think not. Grant Is not today as popular as ho was two months ago. The sober second thought of tho people is reacting, and the country at large is opening its eyes to tho dangers from a military chieftain setting aside the precedent of a century, which was adopted by all parties from the founda tion of the government, and regarded oe one of the most effective guarantees against the concentration of arbitrary power in the bauds of the Chief Execu tive of tho nation. Wo regard tho norn iiiMion of Grant as moro than doubtful. While a few of tho States will instruct their delegations to vote solidly for Grant, a majority of tho delegates will bo uninstructed, and a large part of the Instructed delegations will bo in feeling und sentiment opposed to him, and it is moro than probablo that after a few ballots, he will be dropped and another nominated. Y/ith tho single exception of danger to our freo institutions, we do not think Grant more exceptionable than Blaine, Conkllng or Sherman. These hato tho South with an implacable ha tred, and thoir statesmanship ia of the lowest sectional order. If Grant should bo tho nominee can ho bo elected? Aside altogether from tho principles of his party, he will have two heavy and crash? ing burdens io carry-the third term and hts former corrupt and tyrannical ad ministration of the government, which aro calculated to drive from him the floating voto of tho country, which will decido tho election. * COTTON ?111X8 IN OABO&ma. The Charleston New? and (hurter of I last Tuesday publishes a detailed state ment of the soventeou cotton mills now in successful operation in South Carolina. Tho net profit of sixteen of these facto ries far th- past year wa? from ?S ia 25} per corrtum on tho capital invested, whilst that of the other uaisg the Cle ment Attachment, was 80 per centum. Tbs largo amount of capital now seeking investment in sam securities at 7 per centum, if directed to establishing mar? u factories, would prove much more ro tntoierative to tho capitalists, aud at the vamo timo tend to build ap all the mate*, rial interests of ' the State. We regret our spaco will not permit vs to publish tho whole article. Below we glvo a BUmmary of tho article : Tho public aro aware that during tho last ten yearn considerable progress has b?ert made in tho development of the manufacturing btcrwm in South Caro lina, especially in the manufacturing of | cotton goods. - But few persona have aoj just Idea of tho magnitude of the wort which hos been done or. what is moro j important, ^of tho number of persons | CTig?gcd ?n it, tho ?mount of raw material consumed, and tho profit mada by those ?U%\r*u*?*LM% Zas. *^*k vt*9*ssOS8# "Xltempts have been toado at different J times to show the extent of the cotto rnanufactorcs ia South Carolina, bc until today no thorough aud complete I .statement upon that aubject has been' given to thc* public. Tho results briefly stated aro : That there are in South Carolina sev enteen factories, (not including tho. Westminster Clement Attachment Mill,) cngtged In the production of cotton . yarns and*, clothe. These factories', have 05,433 spindles with 1,038 looms in operation. Thoj Woduco 101,838 yards of cloth Mid ]7,ib'i ^^SJ^ for each work* j jnjtTsayj Co usu urta g Tot CRCh auch dey I employ 2,290 operatives, who in turu support 7,9?8 pontons who aro d? pendent ?pon ?hem, the monthly pay rolla beUi? over $3S,O00. The capital employed in . th?* mills 1 amounts ' to $2.283,600? and they orb estimated to be worth $2,844,000. Tho profite tange from 18 to 50 per cent, per annum Upon the capital inveat c-c?. Thia 50 per cent, is ?be ' ce'tnrn from the Westminster Factory, the well known ment Attachment." n nit ii y?nasjs mt. per* annum, the 3 being that of tho i ^Greenville County. Ument of moro pcr n regard to the fc&eltt cg J Wo, of tba ed to kira tho hand ? n*ed prosperity >i?te?t of oar jresour i.-. -t :t;-.:ic-.> Of ?leVftt; io, wo bave yet to THIS STATS GHANDI!. Tbe meeting lost wctkoftl.cfJ.nl?? Grange of South Caroline, in Charleston, was well attended, and every part or the State represented. The delegates were most cordially received, and by special invitation enjoyed one of Charleston's most enjoyable excursions on tho bsy. The Granges of the Slate are composed of the mott energetic and prudent and wisest citizens of tho State. In their meetings all sectional and party measure? are excluded, and only matters connected with tho advancement of industrial and educational interests aro considered. They have already accomplished much towards the object of their organisation, and aro still ready to lund the aid of their ! organisation for the development of the material interests of thc State. Tho in troduction of the following resolutions into the Stato Grange shows that the farmers ot tim State sra awake to tho im portance of a direct connection by rail way with the West by means of the Blue Ridge Railroad: Bro. Roche offered tho following reso lutions, which were referred to the Com mittee on Resolutions : Resolved, That the Stato Oronge of j South Carolina has seen with great in terest tho revival of the project by which the State of South Carolina and the Great Wer', can be connected in the cori* EtructioD of lue Clue Ridge Railroad. That the Orango recognir.es the great advantages which must follow the con struction of this road to nil tho farmers and citisens of tho Stato, Recuring, u? it docs, direct and ensy Communication with so largo a body.of our best customer.'. That any action of tho General Assem bly looking toWard-i aid to this project, with proper caro for the protection of the interests of tho State, will meet the hearty support and co-operation of this Grange. That tho Worthy Master of tho State Grange bo requested to present to tho I General Assembly at its next session a j copy of these resolutions. State News and Notes. There ore only six paupers in the Orangeburg poor house. . Tho Columbia Register, hus advanced in its price of subscription from $7 to $9. Tho ??ed Island News reporto cotton blooms in the month of January on the I Bermuda plantation St. Helena. Ono thousand tons of granito hos re- ] contly been sent from quarries near Col umbia, to Washington City, to bo used insomooftho public buildings. On Thursday night last a little negro girl about four years old, on Mr. J. S. Green's place, BO ven miles from Kilon ton, I was terribly burned, from tho effects of | which B*no died within a fow hours. The Register says that tho Asylum farm I now produces enough potatoes, vegetables | corn and milk for patients and atten dants. Under the lato Radical sdminis-1 trallon the milk and a good deal of other j produce had to be purchased outside. Congressman Evins, of this State, has j i introduced a bill in Congress appropria ting 20,000 for a bronzo statue of General Morgan, to be presented to the State and erected in anticipation of the celebration of the battle of Cowpens, at Spartanburg. A negro child died at the houso of a colored man in Lexington on Saturday night, 81st ult. On Sunday evening tl. e child was burled, and on Monday o'ght the occasion was celebrated by a regular brake-down dance, which ended in drunken row. Tho Beaufort Sea Island News of tho ! 7th has the following; "On tho steamer j Saratoga, which left New York on Jan uary 17th, waa a passenger named By erly. When off Port Royal ho jumped overboard and was eaten by a shark that j was following the vessel." Two negro men visited tho homo of a j rs. Berry, about two miles from Orange burg, on tho 28th January, and demand ed alt tho money in tho house. Failing to get any, they took Mrs, Berry and Mrs. Bird, an aged lady who was confined to h?r &? by sickness, oat into the yar rind beat and abused them shamefully. What tho South, tho Northwest and j In fact thc whole United States needs is j more money; a currency sufficient in volume io meet tho demands of agricul luroand commerce. We havo a great and growing country, and wo must have moro money for its proper and future development-- Gen. Gary in his Ch?rlea ton ?peech. On Saturday morning, 31st ult., about four miles from Johnston's, in Edgefield County, the dead . body of. a nowly-born male white child was discovered lying in a ditch very near tho railroad track. It was wrapped lu a piece of white cloth, which wsa profusely smeared with blood, and a bloody handkerchief lay near it. The child was large, flue end fully de veloped. Capt. Charles B. Hammett lost his I mills on Paco!ott crook In Spartanburg County on Sunday night, tho 1st Instant, tr ?t r?3 . There were corn and wheat mills, a saw mill and four cotton gins in name building. Six bales of cotton, and about fifteen hundred bushells of seed, with seine grain, woro destroyed. The I mills had been lately improved, and they wero in fine condition. Tho loss was) J_: -? - _.-' *. ? mwuv ?TC vi Di* UIVMKtUU aOllUIH. "T. B. Crows, Eeo,., editor of the Lau rensrillo J2f .*Ui<f, has boon elected Inten dant of Lauronsvillo on tho 'wetticket'" -Anderten intelligencer. "Truo enough, but not lu opposition to ft 'dry* ticket, for there was no auch in the field."-Ix?urai* viUe Herold. And if thero had boona) "dry" ticket in the field, the fact that you ? wore elected on tho "wet" ticket would not have injured your character or brought ?Ucrcuii upon your good ??mo, Tho Charleston News and Courier and Columbia --'Register urge tho extra session of the legislature to par? a registration law. The News and Churla- wanto every \ on ri to be ?ble to write his own name be fore ho I* considered competent to vote,! while the Register contends that any such law would be tuioonstlta?oual. Tho matter wili bo considered hy tho extra aesiiou, nod no doubt a law requiring tho Hrgistration of ?ll voters prior to elections will bia passed. . The spcc:*l committee appointed by the Legislature in December, to investi g*to thcslitgcd charges of cruelty to tho iho Graonwoed arid Aumisls i of tho Lei session. They hnve, tima far, delibera* ted rdth cloted doors, find their proceed' j inga have beeb kepi strictly secret. i favored opining the South Carolina University upon the pinn adopted by the la?t sesaion of our Legislature. It will jo opened free of charge fdr tuition to all the white youths of the State. Wo need at the present time a practical and scien tific education, a system applicable to i tho poor boy and his poor fathers.-Cen. j Cary in hil Charleston Speech. Greenville bas lost aa pure a mau ns ever breathed within her borders, in the death of Kev. John Hu ni ?ne, who depart ed this )?fe on Tuesday night, nt in.} o'clock, in the soventy-nlhth yenf ?f his age. The deceased Was a minister of the Protestant Methodist Church, and led a particularly exemplary life. He passed away as peAccfuT.y as a child to sleep, and Uko Joseph of old, he gave com mandment concerning his body, which by his request will be laid away in the family burying ground in Anderson County. A crowd of about forty infuriated negroes visited thc turpentine Htill of I Mmtsr*. ICxum Sc Co. in Orangeburg | County week before hint and fired several rounds into the com unwary store, wound ing Mr. Daniel Iiolin, the keeper. There wcro several colored people in the store at thc time, but all escaped without injury. Several buck shot passed through tho building, which indicates | that thc mob meant to kill mid destroy. No cause can he assigned for thin outrage unless it be tho killing on thc previous Saturday night nf a colored boy by nome of the hands. Cornelius Scott, a penitentiary convict, who escaped from th i Laurens detail, was ?hot and killed near Acton on last Sunday hight while resisting arrest. Scott lind been sentenced to five years, from Richland County. Ho is described on a most desperate character. Whou captured he had in his possession a re volver and a knife. Tho guards, howov cr, kept him covered with their guns and disarmed him. While attempting to tie him, he declared he would die before bc would bo carried to the penitentiary, and broke away from them. Whereupon they fired and killed him. On tho night of tho 31st ult., Mr. Jef ferson Cates, a respectable citizen of Edgelield county, living some eight miles beyond Ridge Spring, near Providence Church, was shot and killed. It seems certain negroes on his place were having a frolic, and, a difficulty arising among them, Mr. Cates went out to thc house to stop it. Tho mclco became promiscuous and furious, and in tho midst of it Mr. Cntes was shot through tho body and killed. He was using neither harsh words nor measures, and was not known to have an enemy in the house. Two I negro men, Tom Watson, jr., as principal, j and John Brooks as accessory, have been arrested and lodged in jail. One or more witnesses swore before the jury of inquest thnt they saw Tom Watson fire the fatal shot. Mr. Cates was a young man of twenty-eight or thirty years, and leaves a wife and soverai young children. Nine negroes, two mon, a woman and stepchildren, were roasted ali vo iu a cabin ! on the plantation of Capt. George Swy I gert, 14 miles from Columbia on tho night of Tuesday, 80 instant. Tho fire ! originated about 10 o'clock, and was first ] discovered by a colored woman who rau to tho burning building and pulled off a board, when sho heard one of the children attempting to awaken its fathor without success. Before assistance arrived tbe cabin and ita occupunts wore burned up. The chimney was a crudo afih-r, mado of] clay and sticks, and ia supposed to have Ignited while the negroes were asleep. Tho cabin had but ono door and no window. C. D. Lowndes, colored, coro ner of tho county, immediately repaired to tho sccno of tba disaster and impanel ed a Jury of inquest, which, after hearing testimony, rendered a verdict that tho deceased came to their death by tho ac- j cidental burning of tho house in which they wore sleeping. A writer in tho Ktowee Courier nomi nates Col. W. C. Keith, of Oconoe, for Governor and Gen. Jobo D. Kennedy for Lieutenant Governor. Ho says this ticket will givo general B&tisfactiou and elim?nate from tho Democracy any ten dency to. party rupture, that theso gen tlemen are in the prime of life and fully nb rennt of tho times, that Col. Keith is the strongest man north of Columbia, full of energy and progress, catholic In his notions and without sectional bias, I that ho waa a warm adv?cate of tho Charleston and Columbia canals, greatly interested in the completion of tho Blue B|dge Road and possessed of unques tioned legal ability. Gen. Kennedy the writer regards as at present the ?ine gua nen for Lieutenant Governor being able to fill that office with more general good will and enihm-lura than any other man, while at the same timo hp is pos sessed of great foresight, prudence and ability. It a very good ticket-, and we j intend to vote it--it placed in the field by the Democratic Stato Convention. TUK SrjFPERIMO IN IRELAND.-A ! K?w ?or?- si froid special troiri Public' gives a tabular statement, showing the soverity ci the distress in Ireland in vil lages, towns and counties. It says every day reveals new horrors in the catalogue of suffering. The outlook for tho com ing month is gloomier than any predic tion has yet painted. No language can describe the appalling privations and ut ter destitution which prevail. It is im possible to overdraw the situation, so rapidly do matters become worse; what might hav? been exaggeration yesterday will to-morrow be an ander-estlmate. Three hundred thousand peoplo are slowly starving and con only be kept alive by superhuman efforts on the part of their fellow-citizons. Some of them are living on ono meal a day of turnips or meal. Thousands more are consum ing their last potatoes. Local effort? are becoming feeble. The people are look ing to the world for succor. The Jlerahl baa opened a subscription Hst, headiog ii with $100,000, and argos other peoplo to give according te their moans. - Mr. E. F, Beddick, one of the op erator* is the main office at Charlotte, suWded on Monday by shooting himsei, through tho heart. Mr. Beddick, o?,er return ti; ? from dlnser ab?t?t 2 s clock, procured'' Manager Dondie'? pif4ol and j went in'the water closet, where the futnl shot waa fired. Deceased waa about 23 years of ago and had boen married only 2 months. l?o canso assigned, but domes tic trouble nfodn??d by the opposition of tho young bride's parents is supposed to be the reason. Mr, Beddick was born wiS^liscd in Richmond and had been riUtiOned at Cbarlolto leas than ? year. ?MOB The Extra 8*?sldii. Mu. EDITOR: If there ever was any thing in tho history of l?gislation that might be denominated unpardonable, it is tho sall of the extra session of the Leg islature. lr.?.rybody connected with lt, and in any way responsible, will be heid to a slriet account next fall, tri the first place, somebody is Undoubtedly respon sible for tho mistake made in engrossing the Act. Who was it ? 80 far os a tax payer can now perceive, it must have been the Clerk of tho House or Ben ate, or both. If it be a clerical mistake, theu we repeat it is unpardonable. As rtl present advised, wo do hot (ice that thu re|., rsentntive/: Were responsible, or could be hold to aviount. Then the course Of the Governo* in making a test (jue-lion beforr the Supreme Court was altogether unnecessary and unwise. The collection rihould have gone on under the defects of the bill. Il anybody in tho Stato had objected to thc payment of the tax under the bill, in that cone let thc collection remain over until tho regular session. Thc defects could easily, abd without any additional expense, havo been recti fied, and the recount parties could have been made to pay at a later date. We do not believe that a dozen tax-p-.yers in the .Suite would have objected. Theb?e and cry raised In Columbia over the defective Supply Dill is well understood hy tho tax-payers throughout tho .;jtate} and ulmuld not have beeu listened to by our excellent Governor. No doubt if certain parties in Columbia wero to be consulted, they would like to eec tho Legislature in session about ?ix months in the yest1; but those who havo to foot tho bills of unnecessary legislation will have a word to say, and their word is, The less legislation the better for tho people. To show tho ?b?y of the wholo thing, to save the collection of a quarter of tl mill in the State tax, by thc call of the extra session tho State will probably incur an expenso doublo or treble tho amount saved. Would any sano man in tho Gtato inanngo his own private busi ness in such a reckless manner ? We have only one word more to say, and that is, let our Legislators perform tho simple duty required of them in the call of the Governor, and then adjourn. The peo ple aro tired and disgusted with such folly. TAX-PAYER. Atlantic nnd French Broad Railroad. IBREVARD, N. C., feb. 4,1880. Editor ?nderten Intelligencer: In re sponse to notice given, a meeting was held to-day at this placo in tho interest of tho Atlantic and French Broad R. R. In spite of tho great dopth of snow, tho people turned out en matte-Buncombe and Hendersonvillo Counties being Well represented. Thero is no limit to the enthusiasm-our people aro going to work with a determination to succeed, and the shovels will bo at work at an early day. Tho meeting was called to order with Rev. J. H. Duckworth in the chair, and secretary appointed. Pisa of incorpora tion was adopted. Col. L. M. Hatch read tho resolutions of a meeting held on Feb. 2 at Asheville ; the people there pledf u - themselves to further the A. & F. B. tv. lt. by doing everything that may bo required of them to insuro success. Tho reading of these resolutions was re ceived with applause Messrs. J. J. Os borne, J. L. Bell, Col. L. M. Hatch, Louis Shorfesce and T. L. Gash, in elo quent speeches, entertained the meeting, and explained the whole Bubjecl. The following officers wore unanimously elec ted : TreriJenf-T. L. Gash. Directors-J. H. Paxton, J. P. Sawyer, J. J. Osborne, J. H. Lanning, L. M. . Hatch, Ephraim Clayton. Subscription books will be opened 5m ; mediately os follows: Asheville, j". P. Sawyer ; Brevard, J. H. Lanning ; Mills ' River, J. A. Carpining ; Cherryfleld, J. M. Aiken ; Little River, 0. E. Wilson. Letters wero read from Capt, W. J. Kirk, Chief Engineer, and received as information. Application for charter will bo made as soon as possiblo. Pro ceedings of mooting ordered to be pub lished in ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER. J. A. FORSYTHE, Sec -:-, ?? , The Lay Water Motor. -. We briefly noticed this Invention, pa tented by a citizen of our county, in a previous isauo of the Courier. Since that time Mr. Lay bas exhibited his motor to a competent civil and hydraulic engineer who not only is highly pleased with it, but proposes to aid in its introduction and application to machinery. We will now try to. gi voa more full account o.' this remarkable invention, which, if it answers in practical application the pur poso and expectations of tho inventor, will revolutionize tho whole system of wa ter motors, and render available and use ful water gowers heretofore ? impractica ble for wani of sufficient fr'.*,. Ti?o ma chin? Is of very ?irnnle r*?ustruction, ?tud appears to.be no more liable to get out of repair than any ordinary wheel. The inventor also claims that ne can secure br- \l a greater available- power for mov ing machinery from the same quantity of water than can be had from any wheel, and that his machines can be successful ly operated under any fall exceeding three feet. By thia maana persons using hi? mntnr* ?ari nhviat.? th* necessity foT high natural falb and the heavy expense in constructing dams, races and names and keeping them in repair. In the same way large bodies of valuable bot tom lands can bo saved for cultivation, which are, under the old system rendered worthless, hy either being sobbed or covered with water, and at tho same time the health of tho country, often rendered bod by ponds and decaying vegetable matter, be preserved. The machines aro said to be capable of run ni og any ki nd of machinery, whether it beTheavy or light, from tho sewing machine and obum to the heaviest rolling mili, they being supplied with an apparatus hy means of which ?>orfcct control can be had over thom as to vbo power, speed abd direction of motion. Mr. Loy has se cured his invention by two United Suttee Steats, obtained through the agency of ciM. Munn ? Co., of the Tkne?t?flc American, ene allowed September 22, 1879 and the other January 8, 1680, covering the entire machine, and be proposes to commence introducing them at once. Wo hope that tho invention will prove all that Mr. Lav expects as well on account of ito cheapness and j simplicity as ita likelihood of opening ! out whoo .introduced much valuable lana now worthless for cultivation by reason j of tho largo ponds often rcqaiv?d tc se I cure the utNxcssary fall and power for j machinery.-- Walhalla Charier. I Governor Williams, of I adiana, hos pardoned two convicts on the condi tion that they abstain from drinking liquor during fiie term for which they aWSSSSSSSSSBSBSSSBSSsSrSsasasSSSSBSSSSSBr^ the Pend? <irjn Manufactur?r g Company. This Cdttoh factory lo ulitialed three aod a half miles from tho lortrj of Pendleton, on " Twenty-three Milo Creek," and is within easy distance of the Uluo Ridge Railroad. The mill is awned by Col, A. J. Bilton and J. W. Norris, ?sq. Col. Mitton ls the president of the company, H. P. 8itton is secretary and treasurer; and 13. F. Wilson is super intendent, The factory is constructed of red brick and is l\Vd stofi-is high, .The main building is 100 by 60 feet, And the machine shop and packer room is 76 by 25 feet. The mill was built in 1838, and was run by a company of which Mr. B. F. Sloan was president up to 1860. It was then bought by Messrs. Grady, Ham ilton And Perry. This copartnership was dissolved, and the mill frill Intrjthobands Of Mr. Perry, who organised tho Pendle ton Manufacturing Company, and ope rated tho mill under that name. The company was unsuccessful and failed. Tho bondholders bought it in and ran it for fifteen months and then it was sold to Col. Sitton and Mr. Nor.-?-, for $10,350. The mill has been put in good .epair by its present owners, rr.d ' ha machinery has been renewed with all the latest im provement*. Tho capital invested is $20,000. Tho capacity of the mill is 1,000 spindles. Tho consumption of raw cotton for tho month fencing 24th Jan uary was 23,767 paunds. Tho production during the same time was 22,118 Eounds of bunch yarns and chain warps .om No. i to No. 12. Tho waste in tho proce.-u .f manufacture was 1,649 pounds, which is only 6.0 per cent. A less waste than any other mill in tho State shows. Tl|b cont of thc cotton for tho same th?rtlh Was 1G?08 cents per pound, ora total cost of $2,638 31. Tue total expenses for the mouth, including opera tives' wages,, salaries and supplies, were $230 18. Thc yarn manufactured ?old form 22 to 23J cents per pound. Tho Sross receipts, therefore, for tho produc on during tho month were $4,866 86. Tho total cost of manufacturo was $2,? 768 49, and THE NET PBG.VfT FOR THE MONTH WA8 $2,098 37. This is ft very magnificent showing, and if the same rate of profits continue throughout tho yenr tho Capital will dou ble itself. Of course the expenses of shipment, i???rattcty ufayago and com missions nut st be deducted from tho profits as given above, but placing those expenses at the very highest figures they will not amount to more tbnn 15 per cent.; and on the other sido there were receipts from bagging and tics and sweep ings and motes which would swell the profits. The mlllis now engaged in working off an order for a lot of 4 abd 5$ yarns, which will keep them working for six months. Tho cards are run from 6 A.M. to 12 o'clock midnight in order to keep the spindles supplied. The factory employs 60 operatives, three-fourths of whom ore females. SPINNERS RECEIVE 40 CENTS PER PAY, and tho highest price paid per day for any operative is $1 75. These operatives are accommodated in 35 tenement houses, which aro owned by the company, and are furnished rent free. Two hundred persons are dependent upon tho factory forsupporti Tho water furco employed is 63 horse power applied to two Lafcll turbine wheels. The profits of tho factory for the last year have been invested in new machi nery and improvements, and the proper ty is now valued at $25,000. Tho per centage of profit for Ibo year was over 20 per cent, on the capital invested. As to the prospect for the establish ment of manufactories is this State, Col. Sitton, with whom I conversed, Btntcd that be had been working bis mill since last April under a contract. Fdr the 15 months previous to that time it wac pretty hard to get along. Now thej were always behindhand in tbeir w?rs "The demand for our goods," said Col Sitton, "is unprecedented, and for th? next five years, at least, there ia a greai deal of money in the business. Tho re vival of trade all over tho country holpi us, and there is not a day that I do no have to decline orders." About the Clement attachment. Col Sitton said : " I havo uever seen one o the machines. I have seen the yarn anc it is good. ? have nothing to say agains the quality of tho goods, but if any prac tical man will read the statements mad< by the agents of the machine, he v. il seo that thoy are not prepared accurately For instance, they claim a great sa vi nf from the fact that the planter need no halo his cotton, while the truth is thu lao planter makes money on all the bag ging and ties ho uses. He pays $1 25 fo them and gets $2 10 on every bale forth additional weight. Another objection '. have to it is that I am told that it doe not gin clean. If this is so the percent age of waste must be veiy g^eat. The; can't work their waste over like we can ' portion of it, by running it through tin cards again, because they can't get it U tho cards without running it through tb gin, and it won't go through the gil without the seed. In my opinion, th only ie it will b > found profitable to pu it to is to work up the cotton on a smal plantation. They say that they consum 500 pound? of seed cotton and tum bu 160 pounds of yarn per day. There mut be some mistake bore, because Ibo ver best gins do not turn out moro than 16 pounds of lint cotton to 500 pounds c seed cotton. This would leave them onl six pounds waste iii manufacturing 16 pounds of yarn. Thero are many ethe reasons why 1 think tne machines wi! not do what ia claimed for them." Tho PeQulvt?? factory s?so gins 17 bales of cotton, and cards 3,000 pound of wool for the surrounding farmers. Tbi pays 10 cents ? pound, for carding th wool, and a toll of 1-15 for ginning. Tho recent success achieved by th factory as compared with ita past difficu ties, shows very conclusively that goo management-is the primo factor of sui cess in o cotton factory.-Charleston Nei ano' Courier, THE COMINO CENSOS.--Tho penalti, for obstructing the census takers, wi begin their labors on tho first Monday j Juno, aro severe. The law says t li All pcrt-oiis above iii? ago o? zi yea I_u - ,.t._>>_e\_._ A_. tr. .. - ..uS SBsU ?^??JV ?*> iui-i.au ino t jiuiui tion required by the surper visor or enuc orator, shall forfeit and pay asura note; ceedlogviOO, to be recovered in acth of debt Presidents; directors or otb officials of crivato corporations who r refuse to furnish information requi ed of them, aro made Hablo to a pe atty hot to exceed $10,000/ V Only two weeks' are allowed for tl completion of the census. Tho com pe nation to the enumerators is' as follow Two cents for each living inhabitan two cants for each death reported ; t< cents for each manufactory, which is be in fuji for all services, and rn?uago traveling expenses. Tho subdivision c signed to eaoh enumerator must not e coed 4,000 inhabitants. ?-? The Supreme Court of Georgia h refused to grant a uaw trial to Cox, wi was sentenced to imprisonment for ll for the murder of Col. Alston. The ca wiil be carried to tho Supremo Court tho United States. - A coJ-*cd woman living n?ar Jeni Bridge; Bi rf n County, Ga., on Mond afternoon, aw inst was assaulted by u known negroes, knocked dead by a blc on the head with a hammer, cut near in two with a knife, and thrown into I fire. Her husband returned in the evo ing and found the charred and mangled s maina of his wife. His child was mis iog, and search being made, tbs chi was found dead in a well, whore it hf been thrown by tho fiends. T?t- neig borhood is aroused, and several parti have been arrested on suspicion and tv be brought to this city and lodged in ji tor safekeeping. ?wVmuWmmttWUUmtuBnti II nt il. Ere of the Extra Session. (Special Dlspdlcfitothe Neietaiul Courier.) COLUMBIA. February 9. Tho til?inbefa of the Legislature are arriving in sufficient ittimbers to insnre a quorum to-morrow, and it is eapected that there will be a general rush of bills nt soon as an opportunity presenta, in order that some of the work of the session may be formed at the outset. Mr. Murray will introduce to-morrow a bill to facilitate the completion of the DIUo Ridge Railroad. The bill author izes subscriptions by counties, releases back taxes, grants exemption from taxa tion for a period of years, aud subscribes haifa million dollars by thc State, to bo paid in instalments of one hundred thou sand dollars ncr annum, tho first instal ment to bc due after the completion of tho foad to Knoxville. All tue above provisions afc to bo dependent upon the rood being completed id three years. Thc bill will bo opposed by tho rticrnbers from tho northeastern counties. The Charlotte abd Atlanta Air-Line road havo made an offer to purchase tho Blue Ridge Road abd run il from Ander Ron to Seneca Citv, and thence io Mount Airy through Rabun Oap. This propo sition wa? mado in consequence of tho recent meeting in Charleston, and meets with no favor in Anderson and other sections interested in tho present route. A joint resolution will also bo intro duced by Mr. ??ice, of Abbeville, looking to thc call of a Constitutional convention in 1881 ; also u bill to provide for tho registration of the voters of tho State. A proposition was made to the City Council Ly thc accredited agent of the creditors of the city of Columbia to fund tho city debt upon tho basis published in tho Aews and Courier several days ago, and Was declined by the Conncil. It was then resolved to have introduced in the Legislature at tho present session il bill ?similar to thc ono stolon at thc last session. In accordance with tho request of Mr. G. Lamb Buist, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, tho members of the* committee met this after noon and remttihed in session several hours, discussing tho new supply bill to bo submitted to-morrow. Tho committee agreed to report a bill recommending a levy of four and three-quarters mills for Stato purposes. An additional legislative appropriation bili will be offered at tho caine time. Tho committee are of opin ion that if tho Legislature does not go into new business they can adjourn in six days, and the committee have esti mated the expenses for a six days' Ses sion. Tho committee will also report a bill to amend tho act for the settlement of the consolidated debt of the State which will assist Mr. Coit in his duties as commissioner. The sentiment of the Up-country mem bers in regard to the registration bill is against any restriction whatever upon the whole vote of the State. A bill with out the requirement of a voter boing able to writo his name will bo pressed, if now business is offered. W. H. McK. Tho Cause of Agriculture in Congress. WASHINGTON, February 6. Coloucl Aiken ought to be chairman of the committee on agriculture, for he is practically the leaderof the committee, and is moro earnestly interested in every thing pertaining to agriculture than any other member of it. Though ho has an ineligible position on tho last row of scats in the Representative Hall, his clear, strong voice rings out over tho heads of otbor gentlemon clamoring for recogni tion by tho Speaker, and commands tho attention of tho House. It was under his leadership that tho first victory over the committee on appropriations waa ob tained by a bold dash while, in commit tee of the whole, the House was consid ering the Revised Rules. That victory may be reversed when the rules come to be considered in the House, but it will not be for want of gallant leadership of the committee on agriculture. Besides, it has already had a salutary effect in having forced the attention of thc House to tho importance of a committee repre senting tho chief industry of thu South andwest. The committee hos agreed, notwith standing the opposition of Mn Covert, of New York, its chairman, to report favorably Mr. Aiken's bill for reorgani zing thc department of agriculture upon a broader and more elevated basis. This bill raises tho chief of the department to ?hs dignity of a Cabinet officer, to bo designated the secretary of agriculture, and given him an assistant-secretary, who L.ust be a practical farmer. It provides that there shall ie a veterinary division, under the control of a veterinary surgeon, to which shall bo referred all matters relating to the causes and treat ment of disease among animals, and toe inspection of live stock imported or for export; also, that thero shall bo a divis ion of entomology, to bo control*'ed by anent omolog'iBt, who shall have jurisdic tion of ali matters relating to tho investi gation of the hnbits of infects destruc tivo to crops, and their effects upon the products of '.he soil. Tho bill requires the secretary ofagricultt .ro to collect and report to Congress annually all valuablo information aad statistics within his reach in relation to thc various branches of agriculture, the labor supply, wages, transportation and freight of farm pro ducts, livestock, &c. Tho salary of tho secretary is to bo the same as that of other members of tho Cabinet ; assistant secretary, $8,000; veterinary surgeon and entomologist. $8,000 each.-'News and Courier.. ** * . TUE GATHERING WAR CLOUDS.-New York, JFebruaru 6.-The rapidly increas ing armament of Germany, Franco and Russia, as if with A view of warlike de signs on the part of these powers, is be ginning to to be seriously discussed by thinking men hero, and by nono more earnestly than tho merchant? -and busi ness classes who have large financial and mercantile interests at stake in Europe. The private correspondence of leading bankers, it may also be remarked, is also largely taken up with rofe:-?nco to . thc subject, while the tone of.?the principal organs of British public opinion, as you will observo, is not less significant. The l^ui^nn 7tU>u KW il.:- -1-'-:l -" -._-, ~J ?...'? "'?J m ?inll, MM? rjcample, dwelles upon, what it calla "?'>e terrible condition of armed truco in which Earopo exists from day tb day," while, at the same time, it declares that "enor mous thunder clouds hang over tho whole horizon, and some apparently accidental flash may suddenly discbarge them." This is pretty siguiheant language from ajournai that is proverbially circumspect in its criticisms upon tho policy of thc continental governments. Among tho Gorman merchants the feeling seems to be that a ruptnr? between Russia and Germany is inevitable, as soon as the winter is over and tho military roads are inwood order, at th? ??mo timo that there is a vague apprehension among thom that Franco may act ss the Czar's ally. A conflict of this character, it is believed, would embroil all Europe, the favorable effect of which "pon American material interests, especially in provi ding a profitable market for our securities, and in furnishing food products and war material, it would bo difficult to calculate. This is the view of the situation at tho Commercial Exchange. It is unncccssa ry to say. that away from these the feel ing is that another European conflict would be regarded ?3 another outrage upon humanity, and in other, respects a calamity, the disastrous effects of which, one *??y or another would be felt through out the whole civilized world. Four attempts were made on last Sun day night to fire Charlotte. Great ex citement was produced, and tho military were called upon to protect tho cit\. Two negro boys wero arrested tho next day on the charge of ?.-omm?itiug incendi ary acts,' wero confined in jail, and will bo tried at thc next term of court. THE SUFFERING IRISH. Where Ibo Money la Wanted-Fletare? of the Distress in ibo Western Cor nile? ot Ireland. "During my journey to the West of Ireland," Kaya the special nrtiat of the London Oraj/hic, "I waa confronted by signs of great destitution caused by the failure of thc crops, a destitution in many cases actual, and in others not remotely prospective. I met everywhere extreme courtesy from all classes, and especially from thc clergy, and was afforded means of seeing and judging for myself of the real condition of the people. "At Clifden concern sin* on every face. For nome miles around the town, the ?easantry are on the verge of starvation, ho pawn offices are filled with every Hort of movable that can be pledged. One pnwn-broker assured mo that he had no lees than two hundred beds and blan kets in his keeping. Poor women are to be seen at daybreak, sitting outside the pawn-office doora, who have walked five or six Irish miles, from the inland and wild outlying districts, leaving helpless little children al home, in order to pledge their beds and clothing for food. "Tbe overworked clergy are besieged almost night and day,- and their ?unds are quito exhausted. Visiting o?t of them tho other evening. I found the plis sage and stairs crowded with women im pieing help. I found families living in what appeared to bo heaps of rubbish, hut which turned out to be mere cover ings from the weather, into which the inhabitants had to crawl. The interior height could not bo moro than two feet six inches, the sea washing up to the small hole which served ns au entrance." "Another cabin I saw apon a hillside, placed upon swampy ground in which one sunk to the boot-tops in water. These poor people had neither food nor .money to buy it. Men. and children nro seen almost naked, und are confined to their cabins on that account. The cry is for employment, but there seems to be a very vague idea aa to what form it Bhall take, and unless some help is rendered soon the scenes of 184G will be repeated. "There is a sort of edible seaweed call ed 'dilli8c' used by tho people on the Conneinnra seacoast. I saw a poor wo man picking up a meal of it, on a cold afternoon in December, along the Bhore of Killery Bay at Leonine. Perhaps Ibero was something in the background of barren mountain, gray sen and stretch of stony beach covered with brown weed that made tho scene impressive, but the lonely figure gleaning a scanty supper from the shore looked inexpressibly sad. She told me the old story of 'no work, no money, no provision. It would be a hard winter for the poor, indndo, God help them.' Her husband, after nine weeks' journey to Scotland seeking work, had returned poorer than he wont. "Ho's up tho mountain now for a basket of turf. I've three childer/ nu' it's only three weeks old tin youngest is i??elf. My onld mother lives with.us too, and it was only last Sunday I buried my eiater.' In nnswer to tho cries of n ragged urchin, and having filled her can with weed she I'mped off, and soon disappeared into a w retched cabin, tho door of which served for both chimney nnd window also. "We are all fumilinr with pictures and stories Betting forth tho manner in which rollicking Irishmen drive their pigs to market, under many difficulties. Paddy now drives his pig to market in thc Hame manner as of yore, but there is a sort of settled melancholy on his face ; ho looks terribly hungry, and the cruel cold sear ches him out through tho manifold rents in his clothing. In many cases, after standing several hours in ino market, ho drives back tho ^ratur1 unsold. The shopkeeper, 'small blame to him,' at tim-jB pounces upon the pig, and confis cates bim for the payment of a long standing debt. "The prico of nil sorts of live stock is very small at present. It is ruinous to sell and it is ruinous to keep, for, tho ] 'bastes are ating their heads off." "It is a good; feature in the present crisis that, contrary to expectation, and thanks to tho spell of fine weather which prevailed during tho latter part of tho year, tho fuel ia plentiful. Throughout tho whole country the hil'? p.nd bogs are busy with women and girls carrying loath of turf on their backs. Little girlc from twelve to fourteen yenrs of age carry largo baskets of fuel weighing about half a hundred weight from tho bogs to the adjacent towns nnd villages four or fivo Irish miles for a pittance of three hulf ?en?e a basket or a pint or two of coarso ndini* meal. A correspondent of the London Tele graph who has recently traveled through tho picturesque Killarney region and the County Kerry, gives a striking picture of the wetrchedncss and misery of tho peo ple~ Among the places visited was tho Village of Cahemiveen, aitua'ed at the foot of a low rango of hil!? running par? rallpl vt ith Valencia Bay, and said to be the property of Trinity C^'lege, Dublin. We nave not space for the entire descrip tion of Ibo place, the wretched condition of the thoroughfares and buildings, and thc equator and misery he found in ono of the BO-called streets lined with the hovels of thc poorer classes. He was taken by the Canon Brosnan, who has exerted himself mightily for tho relief cf his miserable flock, to the house where relief wa? being administered^ and hero is .the correspondent's description of the 3ceno : "Shall I evor forgot tho scone? Tho door? would not be opened before 1 o'clock ; it was then ll, and the rain was falling with merciless persistence. Yet a crowd of pitiable women, and perhaps more to be compassionated men, had gathered round the building, that no chance of a dolo of Indian meal might bo lost. There they stood, their poor gar ments saturated and glistening with wet ; the bare feet of the women sinking deep er and deeper into accumulating mud and water, wliiio upon every face of man 07 woman hunger had set ita unmistaka ble mark. Some of these sorrowful souls had walked miles that morning in order to be first at theof mercy; and moro and more, asrl sJ_i. had retw?n to know, wore tramping over bog nnd mountain, in hopo that, though late, it would not be too late lo enter. There was not ah atom of-hara' about this. Hypro?riny never I nava tim value of "hal ii receives, ~zd tho poor wretches of Uaborslvcen were paying for a few pouuda of meal * prico io patience and Buffering out of all pro portion to their worth os any estimate eave that of starvation. Even tho gath ering numbers in front of tho hali did not indicate the full mensuro of distress. -Many a poor hnngry creature,hung back and, for shame'6 sake, refused to join tho throng of applicants. Ono such, a re spectable artisan, had previously been pointed cut to mo by Canon Brosnan, who knew that ho had neither the prico nor tho value of H innot ic his hc;wo, and still would not beg. Curiously enough, wo met thu man's mother after, and the Eoor Old creature, taking her priest aside, oped that something might bo given her without the jon's knowledge, because he would be 'so ashamed.' I have no doubt, whatever, but that had Canon Brosnan chosen to do so, he might have told me of many others who hide their destitution from the world, rather than those of shame. Bnt hunger is, in most cases, a masterful thing, and during that wretched day it drovo the representatives of full fivo hundred families to a confes sion nf absolute want. I could not re ; main to see tho end, nor had I nov heart for tho night : vet I Lope nnd thfit, aa the truly Christian priest assured his peoplo would bo tho case, not ono an p??cant went b<"uo unrelieved. ~ A strong pressure ls being brough! apoa Congress to re-enact the bankrupt law. - Tho Democratio State Convention of Texas bas been called to meet ot Gol' teston on the 20th of April. Notice to Road Overseers. YOU aro hereby notified and required to worn out the road hands liable for road duty in your respective sections, giv ing twelve hours notice beforehand, and put tho Public Roods of tho County ia thorough repair within tho nozt thirty days. R. 8. BAILEY. N. O. FARMER, W. 8. HALI/, County Commissioners A. Cv. Feb 12, 1880_31_4 Estray Cattle. rpllf? undersigned has in bis possession X two ?mall ral HEIFERS that were taken up for trespassing on his growing crops. The owner or owners of tho samo aro hereby notified to call and get them, and will bc delivered upon payment bel?g ?nudo for their food and thia advertisement. Otherwise they will be sold ut public auc tion in accordance with law. R. F. UAMBY. Anderson C. IL Febll2,1880_31_1_ Hambletonian Stallion. RED CHIEF received first prize-$50 at Macon, Ga., for best Blooded Stal lion ; first r..-ize at Greenville, threo first prizes at Anderson, first prize at Columbia In 1877. lils colts received first prize at Columbia, 1878. Ho is descended fruin the most noted strains of blood-Bostrra, Sir Archy, American Eclipso and imported Messenger. His sire, Hero, cost $2,300 at li years old, and stood in Kentucky at1459. Persons desiring to establish Stands can ad> d'ress ttid iii Pendleton, 8. C. Terms. $1D and insure. . J. EARLE LEWIS. Feb 12, 1880 31_1? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AKDzr?OH Gemrry, By ll', ir. Humphreys, Judge of Probates WHEREAS, John W. Daniels Iras ap* plicd to me to grant bim Letters of Admin istration, de bonis non, on tho Estate- of?" Milford Burris, deceased. These aro therefore to cite and admonish't all and singular tho kindred and creditors' of the said Milford Burriss, deceased, that - t hov ber and appear before mo in tlie Court . of Probato, to bo held ot Anderson C. H. on . Friday, the 27th day February, 1880, aftor publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 11th clay of Fcbruorv, 1880. W. W, HUMPHREYS, J. P. Feb 12, I860' 31_2 OUR IS COMPLETE, From which wo can most conveniently load Wagons with the gso?i ot? WANDO FERTILIZER AND ACID PHOSPHATE, AND THE CAROLINA FERTILIZER: AND Palmetto Aeiu Phosphate. Cull and buy our Fertilizers for Cotton deliverable next Fall . We MfiTC Just Received, 25,000 pounds Tennessee Meat, Threo Car Loads New Orleans andi Mus covado Molasses, 800 bushels Tennessee Corn, Two Car Loads Excellent Flour, Ono Oar Load Liverpool 8aflB,, 25 barrels best Northern Seed? Potatoes.. Wc have also fl largo stock of Ploughs, Sugar, Coffee, Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods, Hardware, Hats, Yankee Notione, And i . "act almost every kind? of Goods needed hy ?.ho public-from a Paper cf Pins up to a Hogsht^Z ">f Uolasses. We offer our Gov-ir Tor cash or on credit until next Fall at reasonably low prices-tc* good and prompt paying autotners. Como and trade with us. BLECKLEY, BROWN & COI Anderson, S. C., Feb. 12,1880._ TRUSTEE'S OF Valuable Town Property., BY virtue of a Deed or Trust executed to? us by A. P. Willingham, dated March? 4, 1876. recorded in Book of Mortgages No.. 7, page 302, wo will sell at Anderson' C. H.,. on BALED AY IN MARCH next, all that Lot or Parcel of Lanr. in tho Town of Bel ton, known as tho WILLINGHAM PROPERTY, With the buildings thereon, consisting of dwelling, store-room and outbuildings, con taining 21 acr<*-3, moro or less, adjoining lands of A. J. Stringer and others. THUMB OP SALE.-One-third carbi;, balance on twelve months credit, with interest, so cured by mortgage and insurance. F. W. WAGENER ifc ?Oi. Foe 5, 1880_30 _4! ? HORSE: SHOEING AMD FARM WORK A SPECIALTY. 11HE .undersigned have forinod a copart . nership under tho firm namo of Bon son ?fc Dooly, lor tho Durpose of carrying; on a regular Blacksmith business, such as. Shoeing Horses, making, mending andi sharpening Plows, Ironing Wagons, repair ing Guns and Pistols, and all kinds of work: i.--nally done in the Blacksmith Shop. We? ore located near the Presbyterian Church,, at the old shop stand. Persons dcslring; work dono in our line will do well to call on us beforo having their work done. ABE BENSON, DAVE DOOLEY. P. 3.-Wc Lavo heretofore been employ ed with Mr. David White, which should ba a guarantee of workmanship, jan 22, 1880 2? STOVES, STOVES. IHAVE a very larj?o lot of excellent. WU.,-?}, ?iH'ercnt sizes, on hand, and: two car loads moro coming, nil of which; will be sold os cheap tu you could wbb. in fact, I am headquarters for Stoves, and if Von wlhh in WWW??? jj^ii i- J juy prices bclbre you buy. Tinware of every description always kept in largo quanti tico, and os for prie*?, I can not lie boat. RAGS, HAGS. Bring oil your Rugs, I waut ali you havo got and more too. 1 will pay thu ? highest market prie* for them. RUBBER BELTING. ; Any shiv, fat .shed to order. JOHN E. PEOPLES? Brick Range, Anderdon, S. C. Oct 2, 1.S7?? 12 . Hny. Hay J ALARGE lot of Splendid Hay in small tules, for salo low by A. B. TOWERS A. CO. Fob 5, 18S0 00