The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 30, 1881, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY. Editor.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1881.
J THRMS:
ONE YEAS......_~-M.50.
SIX MONTHS-.- Wc.
Two Dollars if not paid in advance.
THE TAXATION OF PBOFEKTY.
Perhaps the most important question
now connected with the finances of our
State government is the revision of the
tax laws in such manner as to secure an
equitable assessment of all of the prop-'
erty in the State, to the end that ail may
contribute their proper proportion to the
burden of government. It is right and
just that every , man should return his
property at its fair valuation, .and it is
dishonest for any one to do otherwise* if
the system were-well; regulated, for it
would then be nothing more nor less,
than stealing from, the .State-by <fonceal-:
ing whatis-properly going to the public
treasury for taxes:- Taxation, being im-,
posed as a rate per cent., all? thafris re-.
-quired or rigfit'isj',(?at'-proi^y:ln? the,
State ahull all be returned upon the
same basis of valuation, for then, wheth?
er the.Vafe .of-taxation be high or low,
every propertybolder would contribute
his proper share to maintain the govern?
ment,, and the amount of money he
would pay into the public treasury
would be the same, whether the basis of
valuation be high or low. For example,
say that you have to raise by taxation
one thousand dollars. Now, if the prop?
erty upon which this sum is to be raised
is valued at one hundred thousand dol?
lars, the rate of taxation would be ten
mills on the dollar; if, however, the
same property was valued upon the basis
of fifty per cent, of tbir sum it would
only be fifty thousand dollars, and would
require a rate of taxation of double the
amount required Upon the first valuation,
or twenty mills on the dollar, while if its
. valuation were double the original sum,
or two hundred thousand dollars, the rate
of taxation would be reduced to five
mills upon the dollar, and every prop
ertyholder would pay the same amount
of money under eir.her one of the assess?
ments. ... To illustrate this further, let us
take an individual case of a man whose
property under th 2 first assessment of
one hundred thousand dollars was valued
at one thousand dollars. His tax to pay
his portion of the thousand dollars to be
raised would be placed at ten mills on
the dollar, .and would be equal to ten
dollars, or the one hundredth port of the
whole sum to be raised, as he owns one
hundredth part of all of the property
upon which the tax is to be assessed.
Now if all of the property is doubled in
valuation his property would be worth
pptwosthousjnd-dollat's, and as he only has
to raise his proportion of the thousand
dollars, which is the one hundredth part
or ten dollars, instead of paying ten mills
on the dollar, which would raise twenty
dollars, he only has to pay five mills,
which would raise the ten dollars re?
quired. If, however, instead of being
doubled in valuation, the property is
lessened by half in its value, onr exam?
ple's property would only be worth five
hundred dollars, while he would still
have to pay his part of the thousand
dollars to be raised, or ten dollars. To
raise this sum would now require a tax
of twenty mills instead of one of ten
mills. Thus is seen a fact well known
to all who have thought upon the sub?
ject?that the rate of taxation does not
necessarily settle the question as to
whether taxes are high or low, for that
depends also npon the fact as to whether
the assessment of property is high or
low. .It will also be seen from this that
. it makes no difference to the taxpayer,
where a given sum is to be raised,
whether the basis of assessment is high
or low, provided all property is returned
at the same relative valuation. Jost
there, however, is one of the troubles.
In some counties of the State property is
. returned higher than in others, and in
every county there are some men who
return their property at a rate nearer a
proper valuation than others. Therefore
some counties pay more than their share
of the taxes, and some citizens pay more
than their proportion, because the re?
turns have not been uniform. This is
the trouble about any other than a mar?
ket valuation of property for taxation.
Whenever it is left to the discretion of
the owners of property to fix its value
for taxes, they are prone to undervalue
it, and console themselves that theirs is
i.i proportion to what other people re?
turn theirs at, and generally it is because
?most persons look at the matter in the
same light. Not only is this true, but as
to personal property we would be safe in
saying that it is not generally returned
at one-half of its true value in this State,
and hundreds of thousands of dollars of
it are not returned for taxes at all. This
makes the burden of government fall
heaviest upon the most conscientious
citizen. That something should be done
to correct this inequality is the general
demand, but just what to do cannot be
arrived at with ease. For convenience
sake some propose to tax only real estate,
and put it all upon the same footing by
imposing a tax say of five cents per acre
each year, or such sum as would raise a
sufficient reveuue to run the government,
and could not be circumvented by false
or inadequate returns. They contend
that this system of taxation would en?
courage industry and induce capital to
flow into the State for investment. To
some extent this argument would hold
good, for if land were taxed per acre, and
no other tax imposed, all buildings, man?
ufactories, stock, merchandise and person?
al property would be free from taxation,
and capitalists w>uld, therefore, fiud this a
convenient locati, :. It would, however,
be so manifestly unfair that we presume
there is no likelihood that it will be
adopted. The result; of such a system
would be to depreciate land and force the
landowners to maintain a government for
the protection and couvenieuce of the
owners of personal property. It wonld
suit wealthy persons and strong corpora?
tions, but would bo extremely burden*
some to the poorer classes of our State.
Its unfairness, even among landowners,
is evident, for one man may have a hun?
dred acres of thin land with a small
cabin, while another has a hundred acres
of very rich soil with handsome resi
deuces and other buildings upon it, and
yet under the proposed system the two
would pay the same amount of tax.
We think the tax laws ought to be so
amended as to require every citizen to
make a full return of all his property,
real and personal, including such as is
exempt by law from taxation and such
as is liable to be taxed, and the market
value of each article if put up for sale
for one-half cash and the remainder
on a credit of twelve months, and require
this return to be sworn to and passed
upon by the Township Board of Equali?
zation and then by the County Board.
The State Board should equalize the rate
of taxation between the several counties
both for real estate and personal prop?
erty, and these Boards should be required
at each assessment to swear that they
will folly and fairly assess all property
submitted for their adjudication. Severe
penalties should be imposed for not list?
ing or for wilfully misrepresenting one's
property in making returns, and the
Board of Township Assessors should be
sworn to prosecute all such delinquents
as come within their knowledge or infor?
mation. It may be objected that this
system, would be inquisitorial, but its
vindication rests in the fact that it would
tend to secure fair returns and distribute
equally the burdens of government be?
tween our people. The honest and con?
scientious would then pay no more than
a fair and equal proportion of the taxes,
.and no man would be required to make
improper and inadequate tax returns in
order to be in the neighborhood of what
other people are doing. The present
plan is demoralizing to the people. It is
unfair, and tends to accustom the people
to making incorrect returns of their
property under oath, on the ground that
common consent has changed the stand?
ard of valuation. It has done so, and it
is difficult for a man to tell when he has
performed hia duty in making his tax
return, because no man ought to pay
more than his proportion of the expense
of the government, and if he returns his
property at its real value he will cer?
tainly over pay his part. Then how
much to knock off is the problem, and it
is generally solved by reducing the val?
uation too low. The only right way to
return property is to give it its true val?
uation. The present system should be
amended and a better one devised, after
which all good citizens should return
their own property fairly, and, as far as
possible, make every body else do the
same.
TOBACCO CULTURE.
For many years our most progressive
and practical agriculturalists have been
urging upon our people the importance
.of diversified industries upon the farm,
and as a part thereof the production of
a variety of crops, in order that their
year's operations might not be depen?
dent upon the success of any one staple,
and also in order that the time of the
laborer might be more uniformly em?
ployed, thereby rendering the profits of
that labor more remunerative, and giving
to the country a greater prosperity by
raising, as far as possible, the necessaries
of life at home, so that as little of the
income from the marketable crops as
possible shall be sent'out of the country
to pay labor which should be encour?
aged in our midst. We are satisfied
that this is wise in theory, and wiser
still in practice. Our people have since
the war been cotton-crazy, and as a con?
sequence have produced immense crops
of the fleecy staple, which have annually
given to the South an enormous income,
but unfortunately this income has in
large part not belonged to us. As soon
as made, and in many instances before
it is made, it has to be spent in the West
for flour, corn, bacou, and even of late
for bay, upon which to subsist our peo?
ple and their stock. In addition to
these expenditures, we have to buy our
clothes, furniture, stock, wagons, bug?
gies and farming implements, &c, &c.,
from the North and West, when these
things could be made as well in our own
midst as elsewhere. In this article, how?
ever, we will confine our observations to
field crops entirely, and hope our plan?
ters will think of the immense gratuity
they are bestowing upon foreigners by
their course. We are paying the West?
ern producers of provisions a profit
upon their labor, we pay the long
lines of railroad over which we haul
these things a profit for their trans?
portation, and we pay two or three sets
of merchants a profit for buying and
selling these supplies, besides warehouse
and dray age charges. All of these items
should be made at home, and the profit
divided between the landlord and the
laborer. The country can never attain a
true and full prosperity while our grana?
ries are kept from six hundred to two
thousand miles away from home: We
may continue to make large cotton crops,
but as long as we have to buy everything
we use, our people will be but little
better than hewers of wood and drawers
of water for the food-producing sections
of the Union. The best proof that this
is true is the rapid development and very
great prosperity of these regions. They
are filling up with population, and build?
ing cities and great railroads upon the
money which they constantly draw from
our cotton crops. It has long been time
for our planters to Bee this, and remedy
the evil by s well-diversified system of
planting, by which at least all of our
breadstuff's aud provender, and the
greater portion of our meats, shall be
raised at home.
In this diversification of agriculture
we are anxious for the culture of tobacco
to become a prominent feature, not only
to the extent of producing a sufficiency
to supply the consumption of our county,
but also for export. Until a recent
visit to portions of the tobacco region of
North Carolina, we had no idea of the
possibilities of this crop, which is more
valuable than cotton to its producers,
and which may, to a considerable extent,
be produced in connection with the cot?
ton crop, the difficulty in its production
being principally curing after maturity.
The cultivation is easier thau cotton, be?
cause the hoeing is not so difficult or
frequent, and hence one hand can culti?
vate more land in tobacco than in cotton.
The crop in this couuty could easily be
made worth from fifty to seventy dollars
per acre, at an expense of not more than
twenty dollars for labor, fertilizing and
marketing, giving a net income of from
thirty to fifty dollars to the acre, which
is more than double the value of our
cotton crops. Heretofo re the difficulty
in the way of tobacco culture in this
country has been that there was no mar?
ket for it when grown, but from the ar?
ticle which we republish on another page
of this paper, taken from the "Walhalla
Courier on this subject, it will be seen,
that this difficulty is not likely longer
to exist, as a manufactory has been
started in Oconee county, and as the
growth of the crop justifies it, others
will be erected. There is no estimating
the money which this industry will
bring into circulation. To give some
idea of the material development which
the cultivation of this crop creates, we
will take the town of Winston, North
Carolina, which was started seven years
ago. It now has a population of from
four to seven thousand persons?the lat?
ter number during the market season of
the year?with eighteen tobacco manu?
factories, and three market warehouses.
The tobacco season was but fairly open?
ed when we were there?about the
middle of last month?and yet six hun?
dred wagon loads of the weed were
brought into th; city during one day,
and we were told they would average
from four to seven hundred wagon loads
per day to the close of the market sea?
son, which is some time in September.
Real estate has advanced all around the
city to an unprecedented extent. The
rapid growth of this town shows the
prosperity of the surrounding country,
which is in character very much like our
county, and there is no reason why we
should not grow their staple product
here with as much success and profit as
Ihey do themselves. The feature about
this crop that makes it particularly de?
sirable for our country, aside from its
general advantages, is the fact that the
money for tobacco comes in from May
to September, the season when our plan?
ters have least of it here. If our people
would raise some cotton to give them
money during the Winter and Spring,
and tobacco for an income during the
I Summer and Fall, they would have
means to support themselves without
liens or credit. They could buy at cash
prices and pay as they go.
i This is no fancy sketch. There are
unbounded possibilities for agricultural
prosperity' throughout this country in
the union of these two great staple crops
?tobacco and cotton. The former is the
source of wealth to Virginia and por?
tions of North Carolina which cannot
grow cotton. If we were to combine its
cultivation with the production of cotton,
and a proper amount of corn, oats and
wheat, our country could soon become
one of the most prosperous in the world.
With our advantages of climate and soil,
we only need properly directed labor to
reap harvests which have hitherto been
unthought of. We trust that older per?
sons, who are familiar with the growth
of tobacco in upper Carloina, will give
us their views on this subject, and help
us to spread the information concerning,
and stir up an interest in, a crop which
we are satisfied will prove more profita?
ble than cotton.
IS A SPLIT PROBABLE ?
We do not agree with our esteemed
contemporary, the Abbeville Press and
Banner, that there is any danger of a
split or bolt in the next Democratic State
Convention, in consequence of any bit?
terness of feeling between what it terms
the Hampton and anti-Hampton wing
of the party. There is no doubt that the
Democratic counties of the upper por?
tion of the State feel that they have
been allowed to do much of the voting
and campaign work in the past, while
other counties have kindly furnished the
office-holders; and there can be no doubt
that there is a general feeling that this
is the result of a combination on the
part of a few men, and that a change
must be effected in the next election.
Still we fail to detect any tendency to
split the party over these questions. We
do not believe there is any anti-Hampton
party in South Carolina, unless it be
anti-Hampton to think and act for one's
self, and if that be anti-Hampton then
we believe there is such a party, and
that it numbers a very large and in?
creasing portion of our people.
There have been many politicians who
have built themselves up on Gov. Hamp?
ton's name and favoritism, and his influ?
ence has been controlling in the State up
to this time. How long it will continue
is a matter of uncertainty, but we have
no idea that this issue is to split the
party. If it could do so, the last cam?
paign would have presented a favorable
opportunity for the break, because the
action of the convention in making such
an early nomination was so clearly the
work of a clique and so contrary to tho
wishes of a large-majority of the people
of the State, that a resistance to it could
have been made plausible at least. The
party is too compact for such an effort.
It is, however, strong enough now to feel
that the people have the right to control
its actions, and in future we apprehend
that more regard will be paid to the
wishes of the Democratic voters of the
State, and less to the arrangements that
may be made by a party of gentlemen
who may wish to perpetuate themselves
in office. For instance, not a single State
officer has been selected from any county
lying along the Saluda River, which is
the strongest Democratic belt of the
State?we might have said no officer was
selected from any county lying above
Columbia, except York?and that these
neglected counties gave three-fourths of
the Democratic majorities in 1876. This
half of the State is not the only part
that has been neglected. Charleston,
which pays so much of the taxes of the
State and possesses so much of its ability,
has also been left out, and other parts of
the State have been ignored. The feel?
ing of dissatisfaction exists all over the
State, and, although the action of the
last convention was submitted to without
a murmur, it is not to be wondered that
an expression of resistance should now
be heard in order to prevent a recurrence
of this arrangement another year. It
may be a distasteful fact, but, neverthe?
less, it looks now like the people intend
to nominate the next State ticket, and
not to split the Democratic party either.
It will not be done as an anti-Hampton
movement, as our contemporary suggests,
but simply in that spirit of Democracy
which teaches the voters to believe they
have the right to nominate the men for
whom they are to vote. In the next
nomination wc apprehend that the in?
terests of all parts of the State will be
represented, and that the ticket named
will be composed of men selected by the
convention as the choice of the party and
not of a clique.
THE ACQUITTAL OF COL. CASH.
Thesecond trial of Col. E. B. C. Cash,
at Darlington, for killing Col. Wm. SI.
Shannon in the duel last year, was con?
cluded last week by a verdict of "not
guilty." The grounds upon which the
jury based their verdict would be a mat?
ter of interest to the public, inasmuch
as the charge of the Judge left no possi?
ble chance for a verdict of acquittal,
unless they were deliberately determined
to set at defiance the rules of law and
the obligation of their oaths. So far as
Col. Cash is affected by the verdict, we
apprehend there will be no fault found
with it, for it would have been hard to
punish a man for what others have done
with impunity. However great was his
crime, others had been guilty of the j
same act and had never been punished,
and for many years not even prosecuted
for it, and therefore fair play and equal
justice forbade that Col. Cash should be
held up to the punishment where others
were passed unharmed and uncensured.
The Executive mercy could never have
permitted him to suffer the penalty of
the law, even if he had been convicted,
but that point was not reached. The
case was submitted to a jury sworn upon
the Holy Evangels to bring in a true ver?
dict according to the law and the evi?
dence, and upon the trial it was proven
by the State and admitted by the defense
that the defendant had killed Col. Shan?
non in a duol, and the Judge charged
most clearly and solemnly that this kill?
ing was murder, and yet the jury say
"not guilty." It is, as a general thing,
wrong for newspapers to criticise the
verdicts of juries, because in doing so it
is setting up the judgment of one man
against that of twelve, but in a case so
palpable and so culpable as the one in
point, it presents the question mildly to
say that the verdict in this case is not
one of which any member of that jury
has any occasion to feel proud. As we
have said, it is not because we have any
objection to the result of the verdict
upon Col. Cash, but it lowers the confi?
dence in and respect for jury trials. So
sacred a duty should be performed in an
absolutely impartial and fearless manner.
Any cringing to power or any verdict
founded upon favor or prejudice iB low?
ering to the system and demoralizing to
the community. There can be no doubt
that had that jury been trying some
petty thief, and the testimony and charge
of the Judge been so clear and simple,
the verdict would have been guilty; and
yet, simply because of sympathy and the
prominence of the defendant in this in*
stance, the verdict is not guilty.
As we have said, the verdict in this
case was based in our opinion upon sym?
pathy, and was not intended to justify
duelling. The only excuse that can be
made for it is, that the trial has undoubt?
edly accomplished its purpose?the sup?
pression of duelling?for the vigor of
this prosecution and the difficulty with
which an acquittal was secured are suffi?
cient warning that the next case tried for
this offense will not fare so well. The
law has been fully asserted and sustained
by the Courts, and from this time for?
ward it may be safely assumed that the
duel will be held to be murder, and kill?
ing in this manner will hereafter be pun?
ished as such.
A PLETHORA OF COMETS.
"It never rains but it pours," has been
said by a reliable authority, and it must
be true. There were no predictions of
comets for this year, but one has been
discovered in the Southern Hemisphere,
one near the North Pole, and now the
New York World of last Sunday makes
out another. It says :
Early last evening, as soon as the sky
became thoroughly dark, a number j*f
persons who were studying the heavens
in the hope of getting an early glimpse
of the comet detected in the west, a few
degrees above the horizon, a faint streak
of light, which was evidently neither an
aurora nor a reflection from a cloud. An
ordinary opera glass resolved this streak
into something which very closely re?
sembled the comet in the northern sky.
with the exception that a nucleus could
not be made out. The form and position
of the streak was much like that of the
newly appeared comet, what seemed to
be the tail pointing upwards and to th>;
left, excepting that the fan shape of the
tail was not very marked. The new
comet, if it is a comet, was visible for a
short time only, as the horizon becamo
hazy. Prof. Swift, of Rochester, who
was telegraphed to with regard to it,
could not make an observation on ac?
count of the cloudy weather, but he will
determine to-night, if possible, whether
a fourth "1881" comet has appeared.
Conkling is becoming irate. Senator
Madden has been opposing his re-elec?
tion to the United States Senate, and
voting persistently against the ex-Boss.
The other night he met Mr. Conkling in
the corridor of the Delavan House in
Albany, and speaking to him extended
his hand, which the ex-Senator refused,
whereupon an animated and decidedly
interesting controversy ensued, much to
the amusement of the lookers-on. This j
was a piece of petulance which indi- !
cates that Mr. Conkling begins to feel!
that he is getting the worst side of the
dead-lock.
Ex-President Grant called on Presi?
dent Garfield at Long Branch last week.
Their interview lasted only about two
minutes, but it is not known whether it
resulted in an angry termination, or was
only preliminary to a more extended
conference. Some people think the
meeting of these two at this point has
some significance as to the Isew YorL
dead-lock, and that they will agree upon
a treaty of amity, which will restore
tranquility if not concord to the Repub?
lican party.
The Albany dead-lock contiuues, with
no material change, except that the
Democrats have withdrawn Jacobs and
are now voting for Clarkson N. Potter in
Conkling's place. This is an improve?
ment, but no progress has been made to?
wards an election. It is an all-summer
job, and the people of New York console
themselves with the hope that it will not
cost them more than two thousand dol?
lars a day.
Sunday, the 19th of June inst., was
the date upon which Mother Shipton
prophesied the world was to come to an
end. The period, however, has passed,
but we presume a revised edition will be
out soon, which will remove the period
to some time in the future, and thereby
still leave some sensation for discussion
in idle moments.
THE GARY MEMORIAL.
Proceedings of tlio Maes Meeting in Edge
field to Inaugurate a Gary Memorial
Fand.
From the Etlgefield Advertiser.
Immediately upon tho close of the Bar
Meeting and tho adjournment of Court
on Monday afternoon last, D. R. Duriaoo,
Esq., County Chairman, called together
the Mass Meeting suggested and appoint?
ed at tho last session of tho County Exe?
cutive Committee, to inaugurate a fund
for erecting a monumont or other memo?
rial to the lato Gen. M. W. Gary. Hon.
G. D. Tillman, present, and deeply inter?
ested in tho matter was called to the Chair,
and Mr. J. G. Penn requested to act as
Secretary. The assembly was large and
filled with mingled sadness and enthu?
siasm. Mr. Tillman made a long, elo?
quent and pathetic .speech, which by
turns aroused his hearers to fervent ac?
clamation and applauso or sunk them
into tears. This noble tribute to the
lamented Martin Witherspoon Gary, we
shall publish in full next week.
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Tilman's
speech, the Hon. James Callison moved
< that the Chair appoint a Committee of
five to prepare and report to the meeting
a practical plan for carrying out tho pur?
pose of the meeting. Tho Chair appoint?
ed tho following live citizens: James
Callison, Clinton "Ward, Jaspor Talbert,
W. Scott Allen, and Rev. J. P. Mealing.
The result of their Conference was tho
following Resolutions, which wore unan?
imously adopted by the meeting :
"Whereas, the gallantry of the lato
Gen. M. W. Gary in defence of his State
during the late war, and his more recent
patriotic services in overthrowing a cor?
rupt and venal government that grossly
oppressed the people, entitle him to tho
lasting gratitudo of every citizen of South
Carolina, and the lovers of liberty every?
where; therefore bo it
Resolved, 1st, That in the opiuion of tho
people of Edgefield County in Mass
Meeting assembled, a public Monumont
should bo erected to Gen. M. W. Gary for
his heroism in war and his statesman?
ship in peace.
Resolved, 2nd, That we cordially invite
our sister Counties and fellow citizens
throughout South Carolina to co-operato
with us in raising a Gary memorial
fund.
Resolved, 3d, That the Chairman of this
Meeting shall appoint a Recording and
Corresponding Secretary of tho Gary
memorial fund, in Edgefield County,
who shall receive all funds contributed
and pay over tho same to a County
Treasurer of said fund, who shall also be
nominated by the Chairmain of this
Meeting, and that the said Secretary and
Treasurer shall publish a monthly state?
ment in the County papers of all funds
received, and the names of tho contribu?
tors, keeping the subscription of each
township separate.
Resolved, 4th, That the Chairman of this
Meeting and the Secretary and Treasurer
above provided for, togother with one
citizen from each township in the Coun?
ty, to be selected by the Chairman of this
Meeting, shall be and constitute a per?
manent executive committee for Edge
field County, to carry out the put pose of
this Meeting, and said committee shall
meet at least once a month, on salcsday,
unless otherwise provided.
Resolved, 5th, That said executive com?
mittee shall appoint two canvassers in
each township to solicit aid in further?
ance of this movement, which said can?
vassers shall keep a record of all sub?
scriptions, and upen paying over the
same to the Secretary, shall specify the
amount and name of each contributor.
Jas. Callison, Chair. Com.
Our Agricultural Products,
Columbia Register.
General F. A. Walker, Superintendent
of the United States Census Bureau, has
sent to Commissioner Butler advance
sheets of the census of tho agricultural
productions of South Carolina, as re?
turned by tho enumerators for this State,
and not included in a former statement,
but still subject to revision by reason of
duplications or omissions. Tho returns
are very full, and make a good showing
for our people. We append the totals
given under their several headings:
Improved land?Tilled, 3,772,005 acres;
permanent meadows, <fcc., 400,749.
Unimproved land?Woodland and for?
est, 7,270,051 acres; old Gelds, 4c, 2,0S5,
832.
Farm values?Land and improve?
ments, ?68,677,482; implements and ma?
chinery, $3,202,710; live stock, $12,279,
412; fences, building and repairing,
8917,000.
Fertilizers purchased, ?2,659,969.
Labor?Wages paid, $5,9S1,616; white,
218,943 weeks ; colored, l,053,4S? weeks.
Value of productions, ?41,909,749.
Grass lands?Mown, 2,851 acres ; not
mown, 13,401.
Products harvested?Hay, 2,706 tons;
I clover seed, 23 bushels ; grass seed, 209
I bushels.
I Horses, all ages, 60,600; mules and
asses, 67,005.
Neat cattle and products on hand June
1, 1880?Working oxen, 2-1,506; milch
cows, 139,828; other cows, 199,243; calves,
87,179; purchased. 19,819; sold, 32,050;
slaughtered, 27,563; died, strayed or
stolen, 26,736; milk sold or sent to fac?
tory, 257,195 gallons; butter made on
farms, 3,196,851 pounds; cheese made on
farms, 16,026 pounds.
Sheep on hand, 147,75S; lambs, 59,433 ;
purchased, S.643; sold living, 15,227 ;
'lughtered, 11,459; killed by dogs, 14,
u?0; died of disease, 8,847; died by stress
of weather, 1,700; clip, spiing of 1880,
fleeces, 119,947; weight, 201,967 pounds.
Swine on hand, 628.057.
Poultrv?Barnyard, 1,107,954 ; others,
309,075.
Eggs, 3,410,846 dozen.
Rice, 78,222 acres; yield, G2,948,537
pounds.
Sugar cane, 2,130 acres; yield of sugar,
234 hogsheads; molasses, 152,307 gallons.
Sorghum, 7,316 acres; sugar, 8,225
pounds; molasses, 261,708gallons.
Pulse?Peas, 720,086 bushels; beans,
12,754 bushels.
Potatoes?Irish, 3,218 acres; 144,942
bushels; sweet, 39,059 acres; 2,1S9,G22
bushels.
Orchard?Apple, 6,653 acres; 292,210
trees; 05,426 bushels ; peach, 8,917 acres;
513,663 trees. 81,009 bushels; total value,
$78,034.
Nurseries, 262 acres; value, ?1S,37S.
Vineyards, 410 acres; grapes sold, 30,
258 pounds. wine made, 17,422 gallons.
Market gardens?Produce sold, 884,363.
Bees?Honey, 354,350 pounds; wax,
26,780 pounds.
Forest productions?Wood, 830,542
cords; value, ?1,519,521.
Mexican Railroad Disaster.
Chicago, Juno 27.?A special dispatch
from tho City of Mexico says the acci?
dent at Mailp"ais loses nono of its horror
through the receipt of fuller and more
accurate advices. For somo time past
tho district where it occurred has been
swept by fierce storms, swelling the
creelcs into torrents anil laying waste
many fertile fields. Tho bridge span?
ning tho river at tho point mentioned,
although known to be unsafe, was still in
use. When tho fated train bcaringa bat?
talion of soldiers attompted its pas-sage
the result was a crash as tho undcrocined
supports gave way and the engine and
cars were hurled headlong down tho
chasm. Scarcely had tho magnitude of
the disaster become apparent when a new
horror was added. In tho freight vans
comprising a portion of tho train was a
consignment of alcohol. This took fire,
and the consequent explosion contributed
much to the loss of lifo. The fow who
escaped uninjured at ouco applied them?
selves to the rescuo of their unfortunate
comrades, but it was some hours before
tho exact extent of tho disaster became
apparent. It is now known that thirteen
olucors and ono hundred and ninety-two
privates woro either killed outright by
the fall or roasted to death, while fifty
others sustained hurts of a nioro or less
serious character. The train was entire?
ly consumed. When information of tho
appalling calamity reached tho City of
Mexico the excitement was unabounded,
and crowds thronged all tho news centres
anxiously awaiting particulars. Never
in tho history of tho Ropublic has so
frightful a casualty been chronicled, and
its occurrence it is feared may still
further prejudice tho popular mind
against railway enterprises. However,
Los Gringos, as tho natives term all out?
side barbarians, can como in for no share
of the blamo in this connection.
?Of ex-Senator Conklingtho free-lance
quill driver. Joo Howard, says: "Per?
sonally, I dislike tho ex-Senator, but I
would bo recreant to tho bump of appre?
ciation with which 1 was endowed on the
day of my birth if I should fail to recog?
nize in Conkllug a fighter, a slayer and
a winner. He'll beat tho Hold just aj
certain as you are born, and he's no fa?
vorite, either."
A Big Storm in Washington.
Washington, June 27.?A thunderstorm
of unprecedented fury swept over this city
to-night, commencing at 8 p. m. and lasting
about an hour. While it continued it was
a roar of wind accompanied by blinding
torrents of rain, with occasional tempests
of hailstones.
Ford's Opera House, the City Hall build?
ing and a large number of residences were
unroofed, shade trees prostrated and con?
siderable damage was done to the fire alarm
and other telegraph lines in the city. Many
cellars in the southern portion of the city
were flooded.
The extent of the damage done to prop?
erty in this city and Georgetown is various?
ly estimated at from $75,000 to $200,000.
Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of
several excursion boats which left well filled
with passengers for different points down
the river during the day and evening, as it
is feared the storm in its passage southward
met them returning to Washington.
The Ohio Govehnoship.?A Cincin?
nati special says : "A careful canvass of
tho Democratic situation in Ohio goes to
show that the probable choico of a candi?
date for Governor will bo the Hon. John
W. Buckwaltcr, oi'Springfield. Through
tho interior of the Stato he is much tho
strongest of any one yet named, and hi
the cities he will pick up a large vote
among the Germans and business men.
The expectation that the nomination
would bo given to a Cincinnati man it is
likely will he defeated on account of the
failure of tho Cincinnati delegation to
agreo upon a name. There are four as?
pirants for the nomination in this city,
each of whom has strength cuough to
ruin tho chances of the othor three. A
candidato will then have to bo found
from another part of tho State and thero
will be no one in the Convention with
tho strength and standing of the gentle?
man named. If nominated, and it seems
now almost certain that he will be, he
will command very general support.
His disadvantage in making tho race
against Governor Foster will bo that the
latter is an old and moro active cam?
paigner."
Blaine and Hayes.?A paragraph re?
cently went the rounds of tue press pur?
porting to give some disparaging and
abusive remarks made by ex-President
Hayes about Secretary Blaino. The sec?
retary wrote a note to the ex-President
inquiring into the authenticity of the re?
port. Mr. Hayes replied at once con?
cluding in these words :
I have to stato that tho whole para?
graph in which your name occurs is a
fabrication, and that not one of the state?
ments contained in it referring to you
was either made or authorized by me.
Sincerely, R. B. Hayes.
The ex-President had previously writ?
ten to President Garfield disclaiming and
denying all reports that attributed to him
any reflections or adverse comments
upon the policy or measures of the Ad?
ministration.
? At tho National Temperance Con?
vention on Wednesday last in Saratoga,
the Committee on organization reported
the list of Vice-Presidents, among whom
were Gov. Jarvis, of North Carolina;
Maj. D. B. Townsend, of South Carolina ;
Miss E. F. Griffin of Alabama; Gov.
John Pipes, of Louisiana. Along series
of resolutions woro adopted, insisting on
tho duty of total abstinence: ecom
monding the instruction of child*, i with
regard to tho effects of alcohol, consid?
ered from a scientific stand-point; urg?
ing the churches to work more actively
in the good cause; condemning the sale
of liquor on the Sabbath day, recom?
mending wino for sacramental purposes ;
calling attention to tho responsible rela?
tions of the national Goverment to liquor
traffic; asking for an amendment to the
Federal Constitution which shall forever
Erohibit the manufacture and salo of all
rewed, fermented or distilled beverages
throughout the land, and insisting that
tho Government mako total abstinence a
condition of appointment in the public
service.
? County Treasurer Bowon, by in?
structions of the Board of County Com?
missioners, has purchased, with the
sinking fund in the Treasury for that
purpose, 83,200 of the County Bonds,
which the Commissioners will or have
cancelled. By tho purchase, $188 in in?
terest is saved to the County this year,
and $224 annually after the 1st day of
next January. Tho Commissioners
think that they will bo able, with the
eight mills now levied, to retire the first
installment of $20,000 of the bonds by tho
timo they fall due in 1SS5, and then, with
a six mills tax, tho County will bo able
to retire tho next installment of $40,000
by the timo it falls duo, aud within four?
teen years, following up this plan, tho
entire debt will be liquidated; but by
keeping up tho eight mills tax, the bonds
will all be retired within ten years, or
less timo. No County in the State is
financially sounder than Pickens.?Pick?
en? Sentinel.
? Talmago nominates Win. E. Dodge,
the great Christian philanthropist of New
York, and George I. Seney, tho great
Christian philanthropist o'f Brooklyn.
He adds: "I do not know whether
they are Conkling or anti-Conkling
men. I only know they are anti-fraud,
anti-rum, anti-ignorance. But no such
nomination will be ratified. The time
has not yet come for the elevation of such
men, but it will como."
Gentlemen whose beards aro not of a
pleasing shade can remedy the defect by the
use of Buckingham's Dye for the whiskers.
Mothers ! Mothers ! ! Mothers !! !?
Are you disturbed at night and broken of
your rest by a sick child suffering and cry?
ing with the excruciating pain of cutting
teeth! If so, go at once und get a bottle of
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer immediately
?depend upon it; there is no mistake about
it. There is not a mother on earth who has
ever used it, who will not tell you at once
that it will regulate the bowels, and give
rest to the mother, and relief and health to
the child, operating like magic. It is per?
fectly safe to use in all cases, and pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription of one
of the oldest and best female physicians
and nurses in the United States. Sold
everywhere. 25 cents a bottle. 15-ly
It is Found at La6t! Something New
Under the Sun.?A new era is dawning
upon woman. Hitherto she has been called
upon to suffer the ills of mankind and her
own besides. The frequent and distressing
irregularities peculiar to her sex have long
been to her the "direful spring of woes un?
numbered." In the mansion of the rich
and hovel of poverty alike woman has been
the constant yet patient victim of a thou?
sand ills unknown to man?and without a
remedy. "Oh Lord, how long!" in the
agony of her soul, hath she cried. But
now the hour of her redemption is come.
She will suffer no more, for Bradfield's
Female Regulator, "Woman's Best Friend,"
is prepared only by Dr. J. Bradfield, At?
lanta, Ga., and sold at $1.50 per bottle by
Wilhite & Wilhite, and Simpson, Reid &
Co., Anderson, S. C.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 24, 1S78.
Dr. C. J. Moffett: Dear Doctor?We
gave your "Teethina" (Teething Powders)
to our little grandchild with the happiest
results. The effects. -vcre almost magical,
and certainly more satisfactory than from any?
thing we ever used. Yours truly,
Joseph S. Key,
Pastor of St. Paul Church.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 0, 1878.
I take pleasure in saying that I have used
Dr. Moffett's Teethina for my infant with
entire satisfaction. It fully and pleasantly
accomplishes the purposes for which it is
recommended. C. E. Staples.
For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. 511-m
REWARD.
LOST, small AMETHYST BREAST?
PIN. A suitable reward will be paid
for delivery of same at this office.
June 30, 1881_51_1
WAGON_SCALES.
OSGOODS SCALES, the BEST and
CHEAPEST on the market. Applv
to A. H. OSB011NE,
Anderson, S. C.
June 30,1881 51
REMOVAL, REMOVAL
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T70R the next thirty days we will sell
X. Goods for TEN PER CENT. ON
CCST for CASK. Conic see, and buy, and
save money.
WATSON it SON.
Jane 30,1881 31 4
DANIEL?'
BURGLAR GUN !
AFTER losing a great many Watermel?
ons, I bought one of Daniels' Burglar
Alarms, and I never missed one after it
had been set. It will kill if loaded with
lead. A. L. WELCH.
My neighbors were missing Watermelons
all around me, but I had one of Daniels'
Burglar Alarms and did not miss one. I
shall use it again this vcar.
J. F. CLINKSCALES.
Conspicuously placed in a Store it will
prevent burglary. If a burglar is shot at
with a blank load, he will not carry away
many goods. Price reduced to ?1.
J. A. DAXIELS.
June 30, 1881_51_
HEADQUARTERS
ANDERSON, S. C.
IF you want to buy a HAT go to
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
BEST COTTONADES and CHECKS for
sale at A. B. TOWERS & CO.
rHE be?' CIDER MILLS,
Th : best FEED CUTTERS,
The best CORN SHELLERS,
All for sale low by
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
UMBRELLAS?A large lot of Umbrel?
las for sale low. Get one and keep
hot sun from your head.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
WE have a large lot of SHOES from
the best makers?T. Miles & Son
and Bay State Shoe and Leather Co. Buy
them once and you will have no other.
In fact our Stock of Goods is complete,
and we are offering them low during this
hot and dry weather.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
June 23,1881 50_3m
WILLIAMSTON MALE ACADEMY,
Williamston, Anderson County, S.C.
WALTER W. BROWN, A. M., Principal.
THE exercises of this institution closed on the
27th of May, after a very prosperous session:
will be resumed on the 1st "or August. Grateful
to our patrons for the confidence reposed in us. we
hope in the future to merit a continuance of their
favor. The course of instruction is thorough; dis?
cipline, mild but firm: terms, moderate. We are
not responsible for the advancement of students
unless they are present during the entire session.
For further information address the Principal.
Juno 0,1881 48 3m* '
PIANOS iJJRGANS
Special Summer Offer.
-0
Cash Prices and Three Months Credit.
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A Little Cash Down, and Bal?
ance when Cotton comes in.
-o
DURING the months of June, July, Au?
gust and September, we will sell Pi?
anos aud Organs, either new or second?
hand, to responsible parties, at LOWEST
CASH PRICES, payable
Si 0 Cash oil an Organ,
$25 Cash on a Piano,
And the balance in THREE MONTHS,
WITHOUT INTEREST.
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INSTALLMENT BUYERS.
To accommodate those who cannot pay
all Cash in the Fall, we will, during the
months of June, July, August and Septem?
ber, sell at our
ONE YEAR PLAN PRICE,
As per Price List, and receive as follows :
$10 Cash on an Organ,
$25 Cash on a Piano, '
With one-third of the balance in Three
months, one-third in Six months, and the
remainder in one year.
These offers are Good only until Octo?
ber 1st, 1881.
L. E. NORRYCE, or
McSMITH MUSIC HOUSE,
Greenville, S. C.
June 30,1831 43 2y
REMOVAL
The undersigned respectfully announce
to their friends and customers that thty
have moved to
2fo. 2 Benson House,
Next door South of their old Stand, where
thev will sell DRUGS at the lowest possible
figures. Seeing is believing. Give us a
SIMPSON, REID & CO.
Jan 13 1881 27
S. P. DENDY, A. M. DUFFIE,
Walhalla, S. C. Anderson, S. C.
DENDY & DUFFIE,
Attorneys at Law,
Anderson, - - S. C.
WILL give prompt attention to all bus?
iness entrusted to their charge.
Office?In the School Commissioner's
Office.
March 17,1831_36_ly
j^TTEISTTIOIsr
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THOSE who desire to buy STOVES, TINWARE and other HOUSE FUR?
NISHING GOODS, should read the following, and then call on the under
| signed.
Kerosene Stoves and Oil a Specialty.
PRICES AND SIZES.
No. 4, with four 4-inch Burners?Double1. $7.50
No. 3J, with three 4-inch Burners,. 4.50
No. 3, with two 4-inch Burners. 4.00
My large stock of Stoves are made by the celebrated 8tove Founders?Thomas, Rob?
erta, Stepbenson <fc Co. "THE TIMES" and "SOUTHERN BAKER" are the best in
the market. Buy no other.
I am sole manufacturer of the best STEAM FRUIT DRYER in the world. Call
and buy one. Size, GJ feet long, 2 feet wide. Made of the best galvanized iron. Will
last ten years. Price, $8.50.
My Tinware has been Seduced in Price. Come
and buy all you Need.
Ii. H. SEEL,
June 2, 1SS1 47?3m West End Waverry House.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
HAVE RECEIVED THEIR SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. In Dry Goods
we have Calico, Buntings, Ginghams, Alpaca, Cashmeres, White Goods, Bleached
and Brown Homespuns, from $ to 10-4 wide, Cassiniers, Cashmarets, Cottonades, &c.
SHOES AND BOOTS?Miles and Bay State Shoes, the best in the market. We
warrant every pair.
HATS?We are headquarters for Mens' and Bovs' Straw, Felt and Wool Hats.
HARDWARE AND BUGGY MATERIAL?We keep a large line. Fine Tools,
Blacksmith Tools, Plows, Hoes, &c.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS?Trv some of our Perfection Flour, Molasses,
Sugar, Coffee, Bacon and Lard. BEST MACKEREL. We make FINE TEA a special?
ty. A large assortment of Canned Goods, Fulton Market Corned Beef. Try some of our
Gilt Edge Butter and Magnolia Hams.
CROCKERY, CHINA and GLASS WARE. A large assortment of Beautiful
WALL PAPERING.
We ask an inspection of our Stock of Goods by eur friends and Customers. We beg
to call particular attention to our Boots and 3hoes, from the best manufacturers. Also,
our splendid stock of Hats and Shirts.
CARPETS?Look at our Carpets, Matting and Rugs.
All persons in want of GOOD GOODS will do well to give us a call before buying.
A. B. TOWERS & CO., No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C.
May 12, 1881_44
GUANO^ AND ACID.
100 Tons Zell's Ammoniated Bone Phosphate,
To TONS OBER'S ACID PHOSPHATE.
U?* FOR SALE. CALL IN AND GET PRICES BEFORE BUYING, -?a
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WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF
SUGAR, COFFEE,
MOLASSES, BACON,
FLOUR and CORN,
Which we will sell at the VERY LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH, or on time to prompt
paying customers.
REED, MOORHEAD & CO.
March 10, 1881 35
S^ZRIZEsTO- G-003DS,
We have on hand and are Daily Receiving
AN IMMENSE STOCK OF FRESH GOODS,
Staple Dry Goods, ?*
Family and Fancy Groceries,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, .Caps,
Hardware, Crockery, &c.
Which we will offer at the LOWEST LIVING PRICES .'or Cash, Cotton or Barter.
TOBACCO, TOBACCO.
Oursupp Tobacco will be kept up to the full standard, and we] defy competition
in prices.
J. R. FAXT & CO.
April 14, 1S31 9
j. P.' SULLIVAN & CO.
Have a Full and Complete Stock of
SPRING and SUMMER SHOES,
Old Ladies can be suited in a good, soft, low-cut Calf Skin Slioe.
A NEW LOT PRINTS,
A new lot Fur, Wool and Straw HATS,
For Gentlemen and Bovs.
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES,
A Large Lot. bought when they were low, which we are selling low.
500 BUSHELS WHITE BREAD CORN*
GOOD FAMILY FJLOTJR
Is one of our Specialties.
jZ?r Don't go home when you come to Anderson without coming iQ U#,
April 21,1881