The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 29, 1880, Image 2

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^nfawvi ?nU?Upnm.\ E. B. M?R?AV, ?Altor. A* MO?NING, APRIL 29,1880. TBBMB: *>*NE YEAH.....?._ei.B0. RIX MONTHS-.~.- 7*. iw?TC9 or ADYKBTIBTKO.-Ono Dollar per inch i . th? ant insertion, ?nd Fifty Ceuts per loth fbrMibfeouenl Insertions ICM than three wootha No ?dverflscment counted letstbnn ap lucb. Lib ?ral contracts will be made with thoa? withing lo advertise for throe, six or twelve mooth?. Adver tiling by contract must b? ooo fi net to the Inmedi ate butina? of th? finn or Individual contracting. Obituary Notice? exceeding lr? llb??, Tributes of respect, ?nd ?ll personal communitallons or Butt?? or individual interest, viii bo cbarged for at advertising rate?. To CoBKESPoKbKHTs.-In order to receive at tention, cobimuntcattons muat be accompanied by tho true-natue ?ud address of tb? writer. Re jected manuscript* ?111 not bo returned unless the necessary stamps ?re famished to repay tb? post ARO thereon.' 49* VTa ?re not responsible for tb? wow? ?nd opinions of our correspondent?. AU communications should bo addressed to "Ed itor IntclHgenecr." and ?ll checks, drafts, moue* orders, Ac, should be mad* payable to the order of E. B. MUMBA Y 6. Co. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Ti".. Democratic County Convention, Appointed to bo held at Anderson on tho 22d day of May next, at ll o'clock a. m., will be tbe most important one held since the war. Questions of vital interest to tho party and to the common weal will be considered, a _ i the course of the party in the coming St-to and Federal elections determined. If ever there was a time when the party and all loren of good government 'should be united this is the time. And this can bo effected only by a. full jepresentation from all the clubs, and a free interchange of sentiments, that such wise and conset ?ativo measures may be adopted aa to harmonise all interests and views, thereby insuring to the De mocracy of Anderson a political victory moro decided and overwhelming than were the victories of '70 and '78. The j people of this County cannot be too in tensely interested in the proceedings of this Convention, and all the clubs aro urged to send a full delegation. A dsy or two spent now in perpetuating good government, and preparing for the most vital political straggle that has ever taken place in the history of tho State and Fed eral governments, will not be lost. Nover j -ero a people called upon to meet more important issues than those to bo decided in the coming contests. Iri tho State election is to bo decided the character of j State officials-whether wo. aro to bo governed by honest and intelligent rulers, representing tho interests of all classes j and protecting the rights cf all, or by dis honest partisans, representing none of the I interests of the State, and only Becking by fraud and corruption lo wrench from the toiling masses the last dimo to fill their individual coffers; in the Federal election - whether our Constitution ia to bo preserved and perpetuated, or subver ted, and a monarchial despotism estab lished. The peoplo, with tuen issues as j these before thom, cannot aflore* to be in- i different, and as long os they continue alive to tho value bf constitu tional liberty no door will be opened for ?f despotic as pirant ander the name of "Third Term President" If ever our government be subverted, it will not result i'.om the choice of the people, but from t'ueir in difference- to political issues, which will afford au opportu 'iy to monarchists to attain their ambition. The County Democratic Executive Committee, at its meeting in March last, requested tho Democratic clubs of the County to meet on Saturday, the 8th day of May coxt, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing officers for the ensu ing term and delegates to tho County Convention on the bom of ont delegate for ccery tvoenty-?vs members. In ascertaining the number of delegates to which each club is entitled, the old club lista will be used. We would impress each member of tho clubs with ?ho importance of being pres ent on that occasion. It is tho beginning of tho great contest, and wo do hope eve ry Democrat will feel tho responsibility resting on him, and that we shall begin with that enthusiasm and indoir'Uble will and resolution, which know no defeat Below VJ republish the resolutions adopted by tho County Democratic Ex ecutive Committee in .darch last : Besotted, That a Democratic Conven tion for Anderson County bo <*&?ed to meet nt Anderson C. H. on Saturday, tho 22d day of May, 1830, at ll o'clock a. m., for tho purpose of electing five delegates to the'Stato'Convention, a County Chair man, two Vico-Cbairmen, and one mem ber from each club to constitute an Ex ecutive Com^dtteo for tho County, and for the transaction of such other business aa may be necessary. Besotted, That tho Executive Commit? tco request tho Democratic dubs In thia County to discuas tho thallon of nomi ting by the primary system, so aa to send delegates to the.County Convention pre? pared to consider and settle the question whether tho candidates for county offices shall be nominated by a plurality voto or a majority of all the votes cast in the pri mary election.. . Tho investigation tuto tho caso.of Whittaker, a colored cadet from Charlas a West Peiss, Th~ a zheri ??TZC ago was found ia bis room tied to tho bed stead, with both ears mutilated, ia'still in progress. The Court thus far has been unable to elicit any evidonco fixing tho outrago upon any one,or to exculpate the cacksi trna. USA BtianLn?An thofe l>a l^ftUi^J ' tho injuries upon, himself as an excuse for bia probable failure in the approach? lng examination of his ci..?, as well as for politisai effect in the coming elections. We gather from correspondents and uews pap^ra tiiat pabilo opinion is very much diC'?. wbn"tho question. If this outrage waa ; perpetrated by others than himself, they'should be dealt with and receive ex emplary punishment,bat if by Whittaker, we of the South aro not surpsisod, as wo hare illustrations of riot aud bloodshed ?jwriQcgti by Had'v?iS lo? 73~"*^CJ- ?s~'iaU Tho evidence in the case, however, dae? ohow that Whittaker has ao easy times at W^rt Point Ho has been unabl* to keep up,with his classes,,and has boen socially ostracised by the sons of the leading Stol warta bf the North on ac count of race, color and proviens condi tio*.. OR?! o? tho Republican cadets fcOQatsa. Thu should peoplo of the South they have known ali beat friendo. antU ?!-.-; ig to expect or to hope ya, who cate nothing /cr TK?B cttAK?trsirt&r feXfcVksioN. The excursion to Charleston last week was a great success, and the railroads and hotels reaped a rich Larveat. Having invited their ''country cousins" to pay them a ?bit, the citftohs 6? thai grand old place left nothing undone that would in a^y way contribute lo their amuse* ment, - Anderson, both town and c???tyi wa? well represented, the train bfchVecn this place and Belton being crowded. Ar* riving at Belton, the rain coming down In tbrrcnts, wo were informed that one hour and a half was at our disposal to get breakfast and see th? sight? of Hel ton, and but for tho rain we would have been glad to bee availed ourselves ol the Opportun!!? . Belton? from appear* anees, ie a live town, and bids fair when the Atlantic and French Broad Railroad hi completed to be como the centre of con* siderabto traoV Surrounded, aa it is, with good farming lands, an industrious and progressive population, with compe tition lu freights and energetic business men, before a great while Belton will bt reaching out after trade now contro"ed by older place?. AU the towns along the Q. & O. R. R. seem to be growing-new houses going up, fences in good repair, and very few idle people to be ?cen. Small grain crops are looking ned, and farming operations are generally in a forward condition. At every depot additions were made to our party, and when we left Newberry not a seat was vacant, and standing room was scarce. At Alston, tho junction ol tho Spartanburg & Union Railroad, we were joined by excursionists along that lino, and from that placo to Columbia the cara were crowded uncomfortably. On arriving at Columbia tba South Carolina Railroad promptly put two trains at our disposal, and from that place to Charleston tho ride was delight ful. Wo wcunble to see but little ol the country between these two placer but from what we did seo we were im pressed with the idea that this section ol our Stato has not made the progress in farming that the up-country has. While the lands seem to be productive and well cultivated, still thee is no evidence ol prosperity. Very few neat farm-house* are to be seen, and tho country hos a de serted appearance. At 10 p. m. wo reached the city, and soon the whole party were on the look out for accommodations. Some were mel by friends and quietly ninr?h?d away tc hospitable bernes, but tho great majoritj made a rush for the different hotels which were already crowded by excur sionist/! from different parla of tho State as the same cheap rates were given ove every railroad within our bordon, com mencing on the same doy. All won I finally taken in and cared for, some of th boys declaring noxt morning that the; I had slept among the stan-in the fiftl or sixth story, three in abed. We hean considerable- grumbling tbe day after ou arrival at hofel accommodations, bu when made aware of tuc. immense crowi j In the city, tho grumblers came to tb conclusion that some allowance chonl be made. i Early Wednesday morning the picas, ure-seekere sallied out to visit the vari I oas piar.es of interest in the city. Al the public buildings, cemeteries, garden museums, Ac, were kindly thrown ope to visit?n freo of charge, while thc cit eena of Charleston, white and colore* vied with each other in politeness, ofte going a considerable distance in order t better eoable their country friends I find tl-io objects of their search. The groat attraction, however, to tl up-country people was the water, an very few cxcurelon boats left the cit without being crowded. The sbippir at the wharves from all parts of tl world was especially interesting to tho; uot accustomed to lt. Tho leading at unloading is all done by machinery, at with greater dispatch than one wou imagine. Cotton bales aro compresse into about half the usual ?i/o, thus e obiing tbe vessels to carry envera! thoi sand bales. We saw a large steam from Florida come in loaded with fm and .vegetables for New York-orange potatoes, squashes, beans, water-melon and enough encumben, it seemed to t to supply the Uaitod States. We nev before saw so maoy vegetables at'01 time, and had no idea of the magoitui of tho business. The New York steam immediately took chargo of the can. and left forthwith for ita.destination. Sullivan's Island, with its magnifi?e beach, covcrc* with shells of every d seriptlon, wLL.t must be seen. to be a predated, was tho popular place of i sort with visitors. Fort Sumter was al .visited by great numbera. There is ? garrison stationed in the fort, and ti place ?oems to bo fast crumbling in ruins. Drayton Hall, or Magnolia Gi deu es it ia called here, twenty miles i the Ashley River, with its hage magno' tress, wr??iu wita .the long moss pet Har .to the low country; its miniate lakes,;. wiuding walks, rusti? bridge flower-beds, &c, make thia a delight! place to spend & few hourn. The ride the river gives a very good viaw of t testers portion of tho city, but ls vim wise monotonous. The most import! phosphate works are located cn tl stream, bat as the boat made no landis we did not have tho pleasure of visit! them. The boats are supplied with e ry thing good to eat and drink, (the il denen delegation -confined thenisel strictly to lemonade,) at reasonable prie After spending the forenoon on 1 waler, and eating a hearty dinner, om prepared to visit the places of interest the'cily. The Custom HMUO, Charl T.vfS Medusa, Magnolia Cemetery, c ober places are vUlted in sueco?*;! each with ita peculiar iuterest. We vise all oar friends visiting the city all means to visit the Museum, as c tains more cariosities than any on*? pl ia the city. Bird*;, snake*, gira?*?( bu turtle shells, alligator?, aharka, flan, tig leopards, wolvto, n??erWIiS o'vall ?it and thousands o? other things, can eeen. Business in Charleston seemed to rath&r dall. East Bay, where the pl cipal wholesale grocery bouses are a ?ted, appeared to be doing a lively h nest*. Wo dropped in at F. W, W oner A Co.'fl and found them sabas: bess. This firm wMl soon move J th?ir.ior^e new building, whore t J wiil have moro room to show their J mens? stock. By mir dealing, indom ble clergy ?nd pluck, rbey bave reached an enviable position in the commercial world. . 'fha secret of their sntXtoes is very simple =-lhey aire beVafcitd <rf work. Charleston il hot much of a place to buy things at retail. We wero amused at one of oar lady fri'etVdu who had made j out a considerable list of nrticiessho in tended to purchase-, na fane thought tbfy coold bo bought very cheap. Meeting her on King Street we inquired if she had made her purchases, when she ia* dignantly replied that ?ho did not {"temi to buy a single article-that she bsd priced the articles Wanted, and they could be bought in Anderson for less money-. On Friday kijghl We left the city, ac companied by a goodly number of ex cursionists. There is a tropical appear ance about Charlton Not to be found in most cities, which renders it very attrac tive io strangers. The excursionists, as a general thing, were pleaded with their trip. We arrived at horne on Saturday night, satisfied that Anderson, with its pure mountain air, guod water and quiet hemes, was a Better place to live in than Charleston. C. During the last two weeks terrible and destructive tornadoes ht.ve passed over several portions of the i3oiith, West and Northwest, killing a large number of persons and doing immense damage to property. On tho 13th inst, a terrible tomado struck Marshfield, county seat of Webster county, Missouri, a beautiful little city, containing about two hundred dwelling-houses, besides tho business houses around the public square, with a population of 800. The death list is ter rible, more than uno hundred recovered besides lea missing, and more than one hundred persons wounded, being more than one-fourth of tho entire -./opulation. Not more than twenty of the dwelling houses wero left standing, and only three of the business houses. Tho damage to property is estimated at ?3600,000. On the same sight the storm destroyed Ai Paso, Arkansas, and continued as far as Chicago, doing great damago to property and destroying lives at various places in its track. On the night of tho 25th inst, a heavy storm passed over Macon, Mis sissippi, blowing away twenty-two hou ses, including tho Mobile and Ohio Rail road machine shops, round house, depot, telegraphic offico nod master mechanic's office. Seventeen persons were killed twenty-two wounded. The ?osa of property is estimated at not leas than #100,000. On the same night a heavy storm passed over Dalton, Oeorgia. Sev eral houses wera unroofed and a church steeple blown down. The frequency of violent storms in tho South, Weat and Northwest for tho last several years should induce the people to consider tho subject in the erection of buildings. It is now certain that buildings, as now constructed, cannot withstand their vio lence, and the only safety in such storms is the security afforded by the buildings. If wo would Beek security from such storms, we mu?t do so by erecting houses sufficiently -.erong to resist their vio lence. * Notice of appeal has been served in the cases of Barton, Adams, Dodson and Bates, four of the negroes sentenced to be hung at Oreen ville in June. Tho j grounds are varionB exceptions to the ruling of Judge Thomson and to tho manner in which the confession of tho parties was obtained. This action will I eusure a postponement of the execution, ; as the appeal cannot be beard without tho consent of tho defendants until No vember. Mattox, who turned State's ovideuce, will bo recommended to execu ; tive clemency. AN EXPERT'S STORY OP THE STORM IN THE WEST.-St. Louis, April 21. Professor John H. Tice, tho well-known meteorologist, who went to Marshfield to investigate the phenomena counected with the storm, telegraphs tho Jiepublican as follows : "Everywhere along the track of 'he tornado.there is evidence of ave of water flowing ia tho rear of the cloud spouts. At some places there aro only faint traces of such a wave. At others the debris is carried up and over obstructions two or three feet high. Theso waves or currents flowed in the greatest volumo. up hills. There aro places where the entire ton Boil is washed away by the current*. Fibrous roots and tufts of grass show their direction to bavo been up hill, and, what is more sig nificant, from all points of the . compass towards tho top of tho hill when the tor* nado was raging at the time aud expend ing its force. No trace at any point can bo found where they flowed down hill. Many level places are swept olean of I soi). Leaves, grass, debris of wrecked I buildings and fragments of planks carried along by tho current and left in ita track j arranged themselves longitudinally to the current. "Tho following ia vouched for by j George Gilbert of this place : He and his wife and. four children were on a visit, eight miles in tho country, and tho centre of the tornado passed within five or sis yards from where they were. A wavoof water, apparently fifteen feet high rolled id the renr ofthn point of contact of the cloud spout with the earth. It rolled over them in a second, and was icy-cold, drenching them thor oughly. About two miles xiortheast of tho town stones weighing from five to coven hundred pounds were lifted out of the earth and carried along some distance :_ it.- /.__-?- - ?-* - "J. H. Williams, presiding Justice or tito County Conrt and residing in Panther Creek Valley, tells me a steno fell in the centre of a field belonging to H. Rose, the weight of which was estimated at two tons. It is not known from whonco it came." The tornado, so far as known, com menced in Arkansas, in Stone County. In Crow Creek settlement t*jn persons were killed and on Fiat Creek six persons were hilled. Politics la Edgeftehh EDOKFIE?.D 0_._H., April 24. Ats meeting of the Hampton Demo cratic Club of Edgefiold O. H., to-day, far tho purpose of reorganising and elec ting officers and dolegates to the County Convention in May next, A. 8. Tompkins, Esq.. waa elected president over Hon. J. C. Sheppard, the old president ; v The Hon. J. O. Sheppard and Gen. M. W. Gary were both defeated in the race for delegates to ?he County Convention. Quito a turning round of things, .j Tba Bolters ticket ron for intendant 1 and wardens two weeks, sgb. which eau*. i ed so much bad blood and resulted in the shooting affair, had a great deal to do with th? result of tho election to-day. The sympathies with the Blands are largely In the majority in this county. To. fee astonishment of everybody, Dr. Blabd ls now. supposed to be getting well. Dr. Taylor, of Columbia, was tele graphed fot only three days ago in con sequence of the Intense agony suffered hy Dr. Bland at that time, but before Dr. Taylor's arrival bo had ?inproved.---G>r* resporubnt of /As Nevi and Owrkf. SB THE GALLOWS IB LEXIHOTO?f. Alettnttetr Yfl?l?nl? r?ye with Ula Ufe f?t- that hf SJallh F?olds, Whom he Killed ia frobruiVjr, 16?6. _ Lt?iMTOtoi?, April 88} ?8??>. Alexander Wullara*, who" waa hanged j Kerb to-day for the murder of .Smith Fields on the 25th of February, 1876, i waa of tho pure African typo of negro, i and was of an aggressive and dangerous , disposition. Hi* low receding forehead, flat uose and protruding lips indicated bis animal propensities. Ile was twenty* i three years old, and would weigh about i one bu nd/ed and eixty pounds. Upon interrogating him ru to tue crime Which he bad committed, he stated that it was ! done in self-defence, Fields having sent < him word that ho would Like hts life. : lie did not carry a bayonet in expects* lion of meeting Fields, bi?t had worn it while bitn?rig. liad no idea of killing Fields, but was endeavoring to save him self. Ho stated that ho hoped alt his friends would take warning from bis fate. For ? week past he has been under.thc constant ministration of Hey, J,H; Bal ley. Lutheran) aHd Ker. J. H. Wallace, tt?pllst minister, but persistently refused to receive any spiritual com tort or evince any degree of repentance, declaring that ho had not received ? fair trial, and that all the witnesses in the case except Ger hard Muller, jr., had testified wrongfully. Ho seemed perfectly unconcerned, arid said be was ready to go to glory. Du ring the forenoon be smoked a cigar and ate freely of peanuts given bint. The gallows was erected immediately in rear of the jail, and consisted of two upright posts with a cross beam, the fatal platform belita supposed by a key and pin, and the whole enclosed by dara blue cloth. After a final prayer by the Rev. Mr. Bailey the doomed man waa led forth, bound and then blindfolded. The rope waa adjusted, and at a quarter to 2 o'clock Sheriff Drafts with a hammer struck the trigger. In the fall bf fuhr feet the ktidt slipped from Under the ear to tho back Of the hbad. After twelve minutes pulsation had ceased, and at five minutes past 2 o'clock tho body was cut down and the neck pronounced broken by 1?. j. Leaphart ana Seay. There was no excitement over the execution, less than a hundred persons of both colors being present. THE HISTORY OF THU CRIME. The crime for which Alexander Wil liams was bung wk* committed on tho 25th of February, 187(1, and consisted in the killing of Smith Fields. Both the murderer and his victim wefe colored men, and both worked in the same neigh borhood. On the day named, according to tho evidence submitted at the coroner's inquest, Fields and Sye Williams, Maxcy Graham and H. Muller were lying down in the field of Dr. Gerhard Muller, near Lexington Court House, taking their "noon rest." Alexander Williams came up to them ia compaoy with two other colored men, and evidently came with tho intention of doing violence to Fields, for as he came Up he at once commenc?e to curse him. It was proveo on the trial that he accused Fields of baviog "talked about" him and his wife, and that, after cursing and abusing bim roundly, ho in vited him to come out for a fight. None of tho other witnesses of the affray no ticed any.deadly weapon on tho person of tho minderer at thia time. Fields obeyed tho invitation to fight, end tho two men, accompanied by several wit nesses, started off como distance to have it out. On the way another wot of words ensued, during which Fields denied hav ing said anything about Williams and bis wife. Williams, however, continued his abuse of Fields, which induced the latter to say that he didn't come to the ground for all "this fuss :" he had come to let Williams whip him if ho could, or do whatever he intended doing to him. 1 At this point Williams struck his victim with bis left hand, and at tho sa. te time drew an old bayonet which he had -on coaled about, bis person and. slabbed Fields in the left breast. It was not iu evidence that Fields struck his assailant either at that or auy other time. Upon being stabbed, Fields, who bp.j received his death wound, fell back. Maxcy Gra ham, one of witnesses, attempted to in terfere, but Williams attacked him with the bayonet, and he was forced to ron off. Atter receiving the wound Fields stepped back and pointed to the ghastly wound in his breast ; be was speechless and was spitting blood freely. He walked a few Btcpj and then fell, dying in the roadway. Dr. W. G. Muller was sent for, and found the dying man suffering from a hemorrhage. The wound in the chest had penetrated the lungs, entering lust below the second rib. The man died while the surgeon was probing the wound. On the following day the cor oner held an inquest, and a verdict of wilful murder was rendered against Wil liams, who had fled as soon as be had stabbed Fields. He was arrested, how ever, and committed tn thn Le*l?!gto2 jail on the 27th of February, and re mained there until November 25, 1876, when he succeeded in making his escape) The Governor offered a reward ' for his arrest, and although it was known that he frequented various points between Sanday Ban ia Lexington County and St, Matthews in Orangeburg, the Sheriff could not definitely locate him until tho lal of January, 1880, when a bench-war rant was issaed and he was art es ted on tbs 20th of the same month nine wiles east of St, Matthews.: He was tried for murder at the February term of court, and convicted and sentenced by Judge Kershaw to be hanged on the 23d of April, between the boars of 10 a. tn. and 2 p. m. Thia ia the first execution that has taken place in Lexington nineo the war.-?M?rf JD?p<ticA?o thi Miz szd Courier. HOMICIDE IB THE LUKATIC ASYLUM. I -.The Coroner waa summoned to the ! Asylum yesterday morning to hold an inquest over the remains of George Calla* backer, who waa found iead on the floor ?f HID rcura yesterday vcorning with the back part of his ska!, crushed Io. There wore four inmates in the room, one of whom was named Hiram Kelley, and the aap position is that Kelley killed Calla backer Some time after 10 o'clock. We learn tba following particulars of the matter : Callabackcr was a Greek who had been in tho Asylum about three weeks. Hts room waa changed Sunday night,and he was put io the room where he was killed. It U ?aid that Kelley had been sleeping with other patients in bis room for years without doing them any harm. Calla bicker was found dead about half-past five o'clock yesterday morning lying on tho floor on his right side, face down, and grasping a chair. There were marks of blows on his head and shoulders, ant?, there were also marks of violence on Kel ly's hoad and shoulders. Kelley said yes terday morning that the Greek hadatrnck him in the face with a chair first. The supposition is that Kelly killed bim with a metal basin which waa in the room. No reliable or consecutive account could be obtained from either of tho three living lunatics in the room. The Greek was heard sihgios at 10 o'clock and a patient in a room near by says that he hoard A noise ia their room a short time afterwards, bat paid no attention to it. The verdict of tho jury of inquest was that the deceased came to bis death from wounds at tho banda of Kelly.-Cbhonbia lieg?ter, 27M inti. ? . BALTIMORE, April 25.-The steamer Gfroabury, which arrived here to day from Bremen, brought 1,014 emigrant pa?i7?nge*B from Germany, enid to be tho largest number of emigrants ero? brought aerees tho Atlantic by one ahfp in * nin gle voyage. During the passage nevon infanta died and two births occurred. - Cut-worms are injuring tho youog corn crop in parts of Georgia. SOtJTil CAROLINA NEWS, fllennlnf;? from ourJttAte Elclianfei'. B?rnWeil l?fi?Metlr .f?aFiiiVbU ls cl eareri pf loafer* And idlers than has been known lot U n years. Nearly every one baa something to do. Barnwell People: Tho Republican Club at Barnwell holds two or three noc turnal meetings every week. Fed Nix. Jr., is generally present to counsel and Instruct the faithful. Chester Beportor < It will take several thousand bales of cotton to pay the In debtedness of the farmers of Chester County for guano rind supplies this year, ?iMtiTbe het receipts of the Cberaw and Chester Railroad for the two mdnths ending April 10th were at the rate bf 117,000 per ?nulli?. This will Of co?reo be increased with the track laid to Lan caster. Iron-for this work was bought by tho president of the road during his recent trip to New York, -Darlington Newe: The new council have raised the license to sell spirituous liquors ttithUl tbe.t?orudrate limite of the toiVri froh. WO to fldtf. Edgtlcld Advertiser: The cold sn<-p and frost have done considerable damage all over our county. The gardens gener ally have been badly injured, ana it is ia'd that the fruit crop has been some what burt..The tornado near Saluda Old Town twisted from the roeta old oaks which a man could not span efound. These trees, which were on Gin. Ma bod's pince, were from silty to one hun red years did. Fairfield Nett? and Herald: We have been informed by a gentleman who lives near Woodward's that there aro iicafly a thousand bale? of cotted at ?nd iii the country around Woodward and Black stock still unsold. Some of thc larger planters have sixty, some ninety and some more than one-hundred bales on baud. Camden Journal : A so-celled Green back Convention is tb b? b??d in Camden on thb 1st of May..Tho Radicals send one white and two black delegates to Columbia. Presidential preferences not stated.Our farmers aro now putting in their cotton as rapidly as possible..../. The thermometer in Camden registered 92 degrees in the shade last Sunoay. The doves are playing sad havoc in the rice fields of West Wateroe. The rice has just been planted, and they are scratching it up and eating it. They congregate in tho fields by thousands. Camden Gazette: Adolphus Fraley, colored) whilo being conveyed to prison, on last Saturday morning, by Constable Feeblea. Under & wama* for larceny, at tempted to escape from custody, and was shot by the constable, the ball entering in the back near the shoulder, and lodg ing in the breast. He will recover. Lancaster Ledger: We learn through a gentleman living in t be Waxhaw sec tion, in thia county, that Mr. Jonathan McEiwee, of Rock Hill, a professed "Greenbacker," has recently been can vassing that portion of the county in the interest of the Greenback party. It is stated that he makes his homo among the colored population, and from appear ances is endeavoring to stir up strife be tween them and their white employers. Bickens Sentinel: The stock law grows in popular favor daily..The wheat is looking promising. Ditto with the oat crop. Spartanburg Spartan : Cowpens, on the Air Liue Road, has been incorporat ed, and now boasts of a city government. .J. W. Tillotson's house, furniture and clothing were ail burned last Friday. He was absent from home at the time, and his wife was at the wash place when the fire occurred. It was supposed to catch from a cooking stove. Everything they hnd in tho housa was lost..The Radicals have elected two white and two black delegates to the State Convention. Presidential preferences unknown. Marlboro' Planter: Marlboro' bas not a single company of citizen soldiers in the county. Newberry News: Tho largest business since the war was done this season in stock. The drovers have disposed of be tween $60,000 and 970,000 worth of stock in thia county. Orangeburg Democrat: The cattle in several sections of the Fork and below the 'town aro dying rapidly with a new disease which attacks the spinal cord and kills the animal in five or six days. No remedy seems to avail. Abbeville Press and Banner : Abbe ville now seems on the high road to pros perity. Our planters are actively at work. Much new land bas been opened, large areas have been sown in small grain, great quantities of wetland have been ditched for corn and an iranienne cotton crop is pitched. If our people do all the work which they have mapped out they will prosper immensely.1> ? commission created byan actor the Leg islature for the investigation of alleged cruelties practiced upon convicta by the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad is now in Rn Bain TI at Greenwood: Numbers of witnesses have been summoned, and it is quito probable that it will continue its work until the appropriation of $1,500 made for . the purpose is exhausted. Nothing su far has bern doveiopcu to criminally ir.cclpate the railroad author ities. The commission hold a secret ses sion each day. Abbeville Medium: The gratifying intelligence came to town yesterday that the fiend who' fired the Rocky River Baptist Church, a few weeks since, had been spotted. The arrest wilt be made this week, and the case will be pushed through at the approaching term of court. .McGaslan's storehouse, at Bradley's Mills was burned down on laBt Thursday night. The fire occurred about 8 o'clock, ana was the work of an incendiary.. Before going down to the Supreme Court, last Saturday, Judge McGowan put down five thousand dollars for- a nation al bank at this place. Other parties have subscribed something to the same good cause, bat tba subscriptions are not coming In os fast aa they should. Chester Bulletin: Last Saturday Messrs. James ll. Buuvelt, Charles Emerson, Thomas G. Walker, Fred Kel ler and Frank W. Eldridge, New York capitalists, boarded tho train on the Cheraw end Chester Railroad for Lancaster. Accompanying this party were Mr. Wm. Shepherd, a mining ex nert, and fianfn-A *r Siec'c, - prasuBi?; New York lawyer. Tho object of tho visit of these gentlemen wai to examin ethe Halie gold mine, with a view to ita pur chase and development. Thht valuable property is located eighteen miles east of Lancaster Village, and is said to bo or * of the richest mines in this section of country. Of recent years, however, no work of any consequence bas boen dono. ......The directors of the "Chester and Lenoir Railroad met at Dallas on Thurs day to consider a proposition for the ad? justment of tho indebtedness of the road and to consolidate the same. A propo sition ?rae submitted and adopted to fund the claims of tho crediton in tho first mortgage bonds of the company-tba judgment creditors taking the bonds at ninety eonts on the dollar, and the other creditors at eighty cents in liquidation of their respective claims. Nearly all the creditors had boen conferred with and the proposition agreed to. It is, howev er, yet to receive th? approval of tho stockholdere......Tho Radicals in Chester Count? have elected two Grant negroes and ..ne uncommitted white man to the State Convention. Sumter True Soutire* : On last Sunday afternoon portions of our country were visited by another severe balli' storm. The cloud cama from the west, and mus! bave divided.several mites from town, as wo have bad reporta, from above ano below, of tho hoi/, although lucre wan none in town, that we k'.?ow of. In the Stateburg region the hail was vtry se? vere. We also learn that In tho section about ten miles north of town the hail waa six or eight inches deep, and there . was considerable of it still lying in thc fence conten yesterday morning. - At Newtm, N. J., Fredrick Cecil! was banged un Saturday for the mlirder bf hi& daughter In Vernou Township on the Otb of June last. Application for Charter. NOTICE ia hereby given that an Appli cation for a Charter for Neal's Creek Church will be made, according to law, be fore the Clerk of the Court at Anderson, 9. C., on Saturday, June 5th, 1800. WM. SHIRLEY. and others. April 29, 1?8? il_ STATE OF d?U/H CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COt/ttT OV COMMON PLEA*. j:JU jllchie. Plaintiff, ?gain?* 8. A. Richie, M. L. mellie Brid VV. V, plriHUi, Defeudints.-*!*?***** JOT IklttJ-?rMjJaini n?? Sent?. To tb? Defendants, 8. A. Rit-?l?, 3&. L. Richie and W. P. Richie : JOU are hereby tumsonod and required to an ?wer the complaint In thia action, a cou/ which li flied In the offlco of the Clerk of the Court Of Codimon Pleas, at Anderson C. H., 8. C., Sad, ts serte a.ccpjt af fonr au? ?er ty the said c?ttipi?lilt on tile ?ubadribora St their oEce, Ander* .CH C. il., 8. C., tJlthln-ttrentr dey; -.fur th? ser vice hereof, exclusive of the day of euch service ; and li you fail t* answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for tn? relief demanded In the .out plaint. Dated April 22, A. D. 1820. ORR A TBIBBLF, Plalctin . Attorneys. [i.. b.J- R. L. MOORHEAD, Dep. C. C. P. To tho Defendants above named : TOU wi'! take notice that the summons and complaint In Ibis action was flied in the oak? of John w Daniels. C C. P. Anderson County, on tito 22d April, 1880. . on:-. & Tin HULK, Plaintiffs Attorneys. April?, lSSO 42 I R?POST QF THE OOI?DITIO? o* tua National Bank of Anderson, AT Anderson, in the 8tate of South Carolina, at tho close of business April 23rd, 16S0: RESOURCES. Loons and Discounts.I 77,833 07 U. ?. Doha* to secure Circulation. 60,000 00 Other stocks, bonds and raortHkgesi,. 21,620 00 Due from approved Reserve Agentive.... 61,102 03 Due from other National Banks............. 27,293 SO Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures. 1,000 00 Current Expenses and Taxes paid-... 1,677 41 Bills of other Banks.._. 19,720 00 Fractional Currency, (including nickels,} S3 14 Specie, (including Gold Tresaury Bote?) 0,431 70 Legal Tender Notes.".- 13,020 00 Redemption Fund with U. 8. Treasurer, (5 per cant, of Circulation,). 2,250 00 { Total._....-?272,207 ll LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In._..$ 50,000 00 Surplus Fund._ 10,000 00 UndlTidrd i*ro?Uu.,,.,.,,, 19,980 SI National Bunk Notes outstanding. 40,500 00 Dividends unpaid..t.. 95 00 i??iviaual Deposits subject to check. 112,767 14 DunlsnO CcrtlnCfties cf Depcalt. 33,804 39 TotaL.".......,..,....."..,..,......*J72,207 lt STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I . COUKTT or AROKXSOIC. j I, J. A. BBOCX, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that tho above statement ls true, to tho beat of my knowledge and belief. J. A. BROCK, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to beforo mo this 27th day of AprU, 18S0. TUOS. C. UGON, Notary Public. Correct-Attest : 8. BLKCKUST, 1 ORO. W. FAUT, V Directors. Jessys N. Bzo-r. } AprU 29,1880 42 1 TAX NOTICE. TBKABUREB'S Omca, AI?DERSOH, 8. C., April 10th, 1880. IN accordance with the Supply Bill, ap proved February 20, 1880, notice is hereby given that this Office will be open for thc collection cf Taxe-. Saturday: May 1st, 1880. and will romain open until May Hint. Tw rate per centum of Taxes is os follows : State Trix. 42 Mills. County Tax...,.. 3 " School Tax. 2 '*. Poll Tax.Ono Doilar Total. 02 '. Tax Payera of tho Townships of Belton and WllliamsUm will be required to pay a Tax of seven mills, in addition to State and County Taxes, for tho conetructlon of the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad. Also, for the construction of the Savannah Valley Railroad an additional tax, over and above the State and County laxes, will be required to bo paid by the taxpayers in the foll oping townships to tho amount named, to wit: Centreville, 72 milla ; Varennes, 7} mills; Savannah, 71 mills; Hall, 72 mills; Dark Corner, ~l mills. For the convenience of tho Tax Payers I will be at the following places at the times stated for .he collection of Taxes : William*.ton Township, at Willlamaton, Tuesday, May 4th. Brushy Creek Township, at Glenn's Store, Wednesday, May 5th. Garvin Township, at Bethany, Thursday, May 6th. Pendleton Township, at Pendleton, Fri ?3 iv; May 7th. Fork Township, at Farmer's Store, Mon day, May 10th. Kock Mills Township, at Providence Church, Tuesday, May 11th. Savannah Township, nt Holland's Store, Wednesday, May 12th. Dark Corner Township, at Sherard's Store, Thursday, May 33th. Hull Township, at Cardwell Institut?, Mjpnday, May 17th. Tklartln Township, at ClinkscaleV Milla, T'-iesdH" Ma** 18tb. Varennes Township, nt Flat Rock Church, Wednesday. Muy 19th. .jcntrevillo Township, ot Hunter's Spring, Friday, May 21st. B**??dawaj* T^-?ri?h?p, ai N??? a Creek Church, Monday May 24th. HopeweM Toi >aip,at Hopewell Church, Tuesday, May 2?ih. Honea Path Township,'ot Hones Path, Thursday, May 27th. Belton Township, at Belton, Friday, May 28th, *? And for the balance of tho time during tho month of May at my Office in the Court ! House at Anderson: ? Taxes ara payable in tho following v,.nds of funds, ona co other : Gold and Silver Coln, United States Currency, National Bank Notes, and for ounty Taxes Jury and Witnesses TicV . WM. McGUXlN, Treasurer Anderson- County. April 15,1880 40_5 Notice ta Stove Buyers. jfYNE HUNDRED STOVE8 to be sold \J> cheap-of tho celebrated mako of Thomas Robert Stephenson A Co.-to good Dirties on tba Cotton Option or for Garb. "WEA'KI^OOKERS at tow prices. Nos. , $4.00; 8, $3.50; 7, $3.00: 6, &.?>. h. H. SEEL, West Sod Waverly House. Mardi 18,1880 _86_ LUMBER! LUMBER! A LARGE lot of good Lumber ia kept JLM. constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot In Anderson, and orders for largo or small lots of any kind desired will bo promptly filled at low prices. Mr. Robert Mayfield ia my agent for the sate of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish aoy Information desired to persons wishing to make au order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 80,1670 29 ly ? MARBLE YARD. ALL persons wanting TOMBSTONES will do well to call cn me, ns I have on hand all grades of Marble, and work all the new designs. I T. arrant my work to gmsaUbfoction, Trices to suit the times. I am prepared to take care of the County travel and regular hoarding at reasonable rates at the Benson Hons?. Meals 29 cents. Lodging 26 cents, THOS. M. WHITE. 7eb 26,1880 S3 nen \y UXIAJCBITJH ^ X AM If WnyiMWet, ??a* aSi^rsur?-STS?-ai FOB 5?&E, ^SECOND-HAND Port ab lo ? tenta Kttglne, on Wheels, suitable for Ginning or Threshing. Apply to R. F. DIVVER. . April 22,1330 41 .8 READY PGR SPRING AND SUMMER. -.o WE havo laid in an immense atocle .of all kinds of Goods, which we will dispose of at the LOWEST PRICES for the Cash, or on Time to prompt paying customers. Wo keep on band a large supply of ONt .AL MERCHANDISE, Such as- DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, CLOTHING, NOTIONS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, WOODEN WARE, LEATHER, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, And a thousand other articles too numerous to classify. Give us a call, as we aro not to He undersold by any house in the up-country. BARR & CO., MO. IO GRANITE ROW, ANDERSON, 0. V. April 29, 1880 ll ? i ? 1 -- ' ? ? "i AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY FOR 1880. A. CAB LOAD OF* "New Improved Gardw eil Threshing Machines," Just received. Come and see for yourself ?hat you aro buying. A "LITTLE GIANT" COTTON PRESS The only Hydraulic Cotton Press for plantation uso in tho market. With a half barrel of water one mau or boy cati pack many bales. After careful enquiry, we have secured the agency for tho best Machinery in the market, and can sell as low, if not lower, than they can be bought elsewhere. We sell The "Tozer," the "Eclipse," and the "Wood, Tabor and Morse'1 Engines, the Geiser Threshers, Cotton Gina, Fresses> Saw Millo, Saw G?mmers, Corn and Grist MUls, &c. Rubber Belting on hand. SULLIVAN & MATTISON. April 29, 1880 marni THE! ?Li mirna 1? m? MEHI MR. W. A. CHAPMAN bas inst returned from New York, where he has made a careful selection of not only the BEST GOODS, but the PRETTIJUST and CHEAPEST that could be bought in ali tho wholesale houses in tho Northern marketa. Ho is still selling FOURTEEN YARDS OOOD PRINT? FOR ONE DOLIAR. Those who come carly get the bargains. Also, remember that wc have a full stock of Cashmeres, Crepe Cloths, Alpacas, Empress Cloths, etc., in all shades and prices. Figured and Plain Piques, Lawns, Linen Lawns, Muslins, Nainsooks, Corded Jaconets, And in fact, all othor kinds of Summer Dress Goods, from 5c. up to tho most costly goods that cae be bought, or that any lady could want or wear. And don't forget that our stock of SHOES is completo ir* J/erv line, from tho coarsest Brogans up to the very finest and most elegant 81ipncr that could be wanted or worn by any lady. We still make a specialty of ZEIGLER'S WNE SHOES, and warrant every pair. Havi bought mo I Give me a call and bo satisfied that you will get'thc most good's for the least money. W. A. CHAPMAN, Waverly Honso Building. March ll, 1880 35 CUNNINGHAM & CO., AGENCY FOR AVERY'S FLOWS AND WAGONS, EAGLE GUANO AND ACID, CHAMPION MOWERS and REAPERS, BUILDERS', ICH? and FARMERS' HARDWARE, Dixie Plows, Points, Shovels, Sweeps, Nails and Files, all kinds and sizes, Horse and Mule Shoes, Woo don ware, STAPLE DRY GOODS. BOOTS and SHOES, HATS ki CAPS, GROCERIES. - Oct 19,1880 ll ly CASH, CASH, CASH. -. ! O TTTE will sell Gooda for Cash at the VERY LOWEST RATE, aud aa we sell VV only for CASH we can afford to give more for the same amount of money than if we bad to run the risk of time sales. Our stock of DEY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, &c., Is complete. We have just received a large lot of New Orleans Syrup, Bacon and Flout, Which we aro selling very low. We toke COUNTRY PRODUCE in barter, and pay the highest prices for it. We have One Hundred Boxes of TOBACCO which we are colling very Cheap. FANT & BRO. Jan >ft, 1880 ia A FREE INVITATION TO ALL! --o-. XjTOTJ are respectfully Invited to call and examine our stock or GROCERIES-such nS~SUGAR, COFFEt, FLOUR, BACON, and MOLASSES, Which -we propose to sell at "Rock Bottom" prices. We also invite your attention to our stock of Staple Drv Gooda. Boots, Shoos, Hats, ac, Wo als.) keep ? full lina of FARMING IMPLEMENTS. Givo usa cal),and ir you don't like our prices don't boy. We are agents for ZELLS OTJ^lsrO, Which ls recognised to be one or the best FertlU-ers on tho market. We are nlso agents for OBER'S AMMONIATED BONE anti ACID PHOSPHATE, Which we recommend as being equal to any Guano sold in this market, t or t (ail to gi ve ns a call before buying. REED, MOORHEAD & CO. No. 7 Granite Row, Anderson, 8. C. Feb 12, 1880_,_ 27 1880 FmsfiJ???S. 1880 SIMPSON. REED & CO. STILL HEADQUARTERS ; FOR GARDEN SEEDS TjtROM tho most reliable Seed Growers J? North. OUT stock is larger and more select than over before. Wo invite whole s-leas well aa retail. buyers to call end ex? amine our ?took at tho Dru/* Store, Corner Benson House. .?.?Iv* SIMPSON. REID & CO. Feb 10.1R?r> 1.' JUST ??O?iV??, A Large Lot of GARDEN ;. EDS AND ONION SETTS, ?fi?m "liable- Seed Houses or Robert Buist. Jr., Johnson, Robbins* Co., David Landffctb & Son?, for sala wholesale and re tail at growers' prices. t_AA,?A?vaS*aHty.of Genuine Seed IRISH POTATOES, which will be sold at lowest - price*. - WILHITE ? WILHITR, T ."~v Druggists, Anderson, 0.0. Jan 20,1880 SS ^OTICE I??NAL SETTLEM?N?: -A.1* Notice ls hereby given that the un *+* deigned. Administrator of the Estate o f RED GHI?F Jame, oilnier, deceased, will apply, to WU Lb?nt a *? ?a ^.i tht) r""??. ?f l*?>hato Tor Anderson County, April 22,1880 'AC1 2 I April 1,1880 G?LRIER, Adm*.