The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 18, 1883, Image 2
K. li. MURKAY, Editor.
THURSDAY, J AN l'A HY, 1H, 1???,.
THUMB :
ONE TKAIt.?1.50.
HIX MONTHS.
Two Dollarn If not pnt?l iu advance.
THK i Ol.I M Ul A CANA I. AWAIN.
Iii our article last week upon this
subject wc bail no idea of waking up a
controversy, ns we bad heretofore given
to our readers the position occupied by
our Representatives upon this important
measure. Last week we endeavored
simply to state sonic of the reasons why
the ?NTKI.I.KiKNi'KIt favors this develop
ment. As, however, Maj. Moore desires
10 discuss the action of the last Legisla
ture on this point, wc cheerfully accord
lum thc opportunity of doing so. It
seems lo us, however, that he bas fallen
into several mistakes in his article, and
bas assumed positions which an? not ten
able. To begin with, we do not think
Maj. Moore bas answered his throe
arithmetical questions correctly, for he
makes the aggregate only $52,332.43.1fl
while.wt; would make it from the same
premises ?75,74G?. Wo reach this con
clusion as follows: 200 convicts, at -12?
ccntR per day, will be $85.331, and thin
sum for 300 days will bo $31,1403 ; then
200 convicts at 20 cents per day, for
salaries and incidentals, will bo $?10.00,
nnd this, for 30.0 days, will be (14,000;
then the hire of one convict for two!vu
months, at $12,50 per month, amounts to
$150.00 per year, and this for 2<)0 con
victs amounts to $30,000, HO that thc
three items together make $75,7403. I
discussing a question it is always fair to
have the discussion upon its true basis,
and thorcforo we have corrected Maj.
Moore's figures to start nut upon a proper
understanding of ibo question. The
items charged in it, however, aro by no
means accurate, for nearly tho whole
cost of salaries, etc., must come off the
estimate, as the officers must be paid
whether the convicts arc niven to the
Canal or not, mid the incidental expen
ses will be nearly as great without as
with these convicts. Likewise, the ad
ditional cont of maintaining these two
hundred convicts will not be 423 cents
per day, as tho larger the number the
cheaper is the rate of maintenance. It
ia probable, however, that Ibo construe-*
tiye cost will amount to from forty to
fifty thousand dollars a year, or sixty
thousntid dollars with the sum appropri
ated, which would make about $.100,000
for tho five years required to complete
the work. This, however, is not from a
tux on tho people. Thc whole thing has
got to bu paid out of the earnings ot the
Penitentiary, and if there aro no earn
ings, then there will be no work on the
Canal. In other words, tho Legislature
propose to mako tho Penitentiary self
sustaining, and to build tho ('anal with
it in addition. This is tho people's mon
ey, however, and should be judiciously
expended.
Mt>j. Mooresaya that II?H experience
in blasting makes him estimulo thu cost
of this work at from one to perhaps
moro than two millious of dollars. This
is very great exactness iu tho calculation
of cost. It only has a margin of over
one million of dollars. Wo presume,
this estimato is based on the assumption
that thu work goes through solid rock
ull tho way. Maj. Moore has probably
not been over more than j mile out of
tho 21 miles, while the Engineers have
been over all of it. That is the difference
between their estimates. The old Canal
that waa dug before tho war has already
made about one-third of the uecessury
excavation, mid, therefore, tho work to
bo dono is that of enlarging, nearly all of
the way, tho present Canal. It is, there
fore, nn easy matter for au Engineer lo
tull where he will hud rock mid how
much Ibero will bo of it. Under these
circumstances, wo tnko it that tho esti
mates of tho two Engineers, who have
beeu all over thu work, is safer thau Maj.
Moore's guessing.
Next M nj. Moore wanta to know who
will utilizo tho Canal after it is built.
No ono knows who will havo money to
put into factories Kvo years from this
time. Capital docs not Ho idlo for fivo
years waiting for investment. LIud Au
gusta wuitcd for any such pledges as
those Maj. Mooro wants, her Canal would
nut havo been built, aud sho would havo
hud no factories. There is no room to
doubt that tho Canal will be built up
with factories soon after its completion.
There is no such desirably situated water
power iu tho world which is undevelop
ed, aud this wiil not remain BO after its
completion. When homo aud foreign
capitol will como hero aud build their
own dams uud erect immeuso buildings,
filled with fino machinery, Uko thoso at
Piedmont and Pelzer, there can bo no
fear that a power will remain unutilized
where no dam ia required, and where
there are four liuea of railroad running
iuto tho very factories themselves if do
sired.
A planter might as well say that be
cause a drouth may como or his seed
may not produce a harvest ho will not
plant, as for a State to act upon the
theory that sho must not do anything
what does not pay her back immediately.
That legislation which baa no care for
the future will never give life or progress
tin State. It will not do for us to stand
Still and cry over tho misfortunes of the
war, and prate of poverty and calamity.
It bas been eighteen years since the war
closed, and the other Southern States
have entered the race for material devel
opment and progress. South Carolina
must not only bo in the procession, but
we must place her in the von of the
movement. We will nover do so by her
alding to tho world that we are too poor
to do those things which other live States
are doing. Money and immigration do
not gb to poverty-stricken countiies.
They seek for the prosperous sections
and go there. They bunt for the States
which are growing, and which havo a
future fer the rising generations. It
will never do for South Carolina to
adopt the stand-still policy.
11 Wo have limited means, but we must
mploy the means at our command in a
manser to give assurance cf our ability
to prosper. In this way, and in this way
alone, can we hopo to grow in wealth
and power. It is not always the cheap
od government that is the Deaf.. We
favor the most economical govern mont
consistent with efficiency and progr?s?.
Wc do not think one dollar should he
wasted, but where iiiouey can he spent lo
improve the .State it ought, a* far as wo
can afford it, to bc done. Money spent
on unnecessary salaries, or higher sala
ries than suflicicnt lor efficient service,
is wasted, hut every dollar that is judi
ciously expended in internal improve
ments will amply repay the outlay.
Next week wc shall present additional
reason- for this work.
SOI TH CAllOMNA I'ltUi'llK-HS.
The article copied from ibu Augustu
Chrvhirlti und t vit'titntionidiit, which
appears on another page, shows that tho
progress and improvement which has
been made in .South Carolina nu; tecog
nixed and admired without the limits of
our Slate, and are attracting the atten
tion of tho live, thoughtful people of the
country. Thia progress has been achiev
ed-almost entirely ?ince lr>7d, and is
therefore attributable to the rule of the
Democracy. It is moro limn that. It is
attributable to thc life and progress of
the party. It bus established confidence
in the integrity of our promises to pay
all that wi- honestly owe, and ha s shown
that we appreciate lliu spirit of thc ?lay
in which we live, lu material progress
anti educational facilities we believe that
this State htts gnno forward more rapidly
in tim last six . ear? than any one of Ibo
older Stales of the I nion. It is sound
policy for us to continue to build up tilg
resources of our Stale. Thc introduc
tion of capital for investments, tho im
migration of thrifty, enterprising citi
zens, tin; building of factories, the firm
maintenance of tho State's credit ami tho
continued elevation of thc common
schools and of our Stale institutions of
higher ?ducation, are thc touch-stones
which will command success. Thu poli*
cy which hus done sn much for us tu tho
past should bc persevered in for the fu
ture. The party which has established
that policy must bc continued in power,
to guarantee itu continuance.
KKCLT.ATI NO TUT. It \ 11.Ut)ADS.
Tho attention nf thc whole country is
being tlireeted to thc ipiestion of ibo best
manner in which to control railroad cor
porations, tm aa to prevent their unjust
oppression of thc people by exorbitant
ami unfair rates of freight. Not only
have several Slates recently adopted the
system of commissions, but in the United
States Senate, on last Saturday, Mr. In
galls introduced a bill tu provide for thc
appointment of a commission to consider
the subject of railroad transportation. It
provides that tho {'resident, with tho ad
vice and consent of tho Senate, shall
appoint seven commissioners from civil
lile, whose duty it shall be to considoi
and investigate tho subject of railroad
transportation in ?Ls relations to the ag
ricultural, commercial and industrial
interest of thu United States. The Com
mission is to enquire generally into thc
conditions affecting commerce among thc
Slalcs, tho grounds of complaint existinij
against tho railroad corporations result
ing from unjust discrimination, exorbi
tant or unequal rates, insufficient facili
ties for Iralbo or unlawful combinations
and in what mutter thc existing evils CHI
be remedied by legislation, and to repor
their recommendation*, und the result o
their inquiry to Congress, not later that
tho first Monday in December, 1 SS.'i
Tho section provides for the compense
tion of tho commission at $10 per da*
and reasonable expenses, mid authorize:
them to visit such portions of tho coun
try as they may deem advisable in tin
performance of their duties.
We doubt the polilicul wisdom of i
national railtoud commission, from tin
fact that it will lund rnthor more to cen
t ral ?zing power than we would care ti
go just now; but, asido from this objec
lion, it seems to tu tho results of a na
tional commission mini be favorable ti
tho country at large. Now, only th
larger cities can influence tho railroad*
while a judicious national railroad int,
would give every portion of the cuuntr;
a fair showing. Therefore, putting th
material advantages against tho pol?tica
disadvantages, we aro rather disposctl t
favor the passage of a proper natinnn
railroad law. The proposition of Mi
Ingalls looks to a thorough study of th
subject, and judicious action upon it.
Senator Saulsbury has been re electe
to the United States Senate, for th
third term, from tho Stato of Delaware
Ho is a valuable Senntor, and his Stat
has dono well to continue him in oflict
Gov. Collum, of Illinois, has bee
nominated by the Republican caucus A
the Senate, to succeed Hon. David Da
vis. Tliia disposes of Judge Davis, wh
bas for years been a fence-riding polit
cian for year?. It will be a relief to tl
country to bo rid of hi? official service
They have been first with ono politic)
party and then another, as each seeme
to give promise of ascendancy. Ilia ii
fluence has not been wholesome. II
course has been that of a trimmer, wL
was seeking to advance his own promt
tion, rather than to grapple with tl
questions of tho day in a manner advat
lagoona to his country. Gov. Collum
a Republican, but his politics arc know
To this extent his advent into tho Sena
will be an improvement on his predece
sor. *
Col. R. L. McCaughran has resigue
tho Presidency of the Columbia cfc Oreel
ville Railroad, to take effect as soon i
his successor is elected. It is undorstoc
that Col. A. C. Haskell will be mac
President of both tho Charlotte, Cullin
bia & Augusta, and tho Columbia
Greenville Roads. In losing the servid
of Col. McCaughran, the Richmond
Danville Combination lost one of thc
best officers. He is universally este en
ed and respected in the State, and h
shown not only marked executive abi
i ty, but likewise a fair and judicioi
spirit in the management of railroi
matters, which han made bia admin ?slr
tion acceptable and popular with 01
people.
Worse than Milwaukee.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jauuary 14.-Du
inga performance yesterday at a eire
in Bedischcff, in Roseland. Polan a fi
broke out in the building and before ll
apectators could escapo the whole atruc
ure was in ablate. Three hundred pcrco
perished in the flames.
rol l MUIA CANAL.
MK. KDITOK: Inasmuch ns I have
d i (Tv red from you on tho < !Olumbia Canal
j in legislation, and now from your cd i to
rial of January 11th, lHS?, and having
j roted against thc Canal in the .Senate,
' ami hiing responsible to the people of
the Stain as a public servant, and more
especially to thc citizens of Anderson
County, I feel il a duly lo myself and
them t<? a?k space for a few thoughts on
this subject. I have no object itt view
beyond placing this Canal in its true
light, as viewed by myself, before the
citizens of this State, and if through
kindness in your space I can only suc
ceed in giving tho reasons for lite faith
that is in me. I shall be contrat.
That every citi/.eii may ascertain for
himself iii** amount appropriated for
the (.'anal, i oiler lo them the following
sums, which 1 hopo will be carefully
inH.'i'ltr- I, hut, before doing so, it is
proper lo state, that the average cost of
convicts per capita per day, is reported
121 ?ents, and that each able-bodied
convict eau be hired lor ?1200 uer
mouth, boarded uud clothed. Tho ad
ditional average cost of convicts per day
in salaries last year il2,118.07, inciden
tal expenses ? 10,067.1)3 ; board of direc
tor and oilier expenses amounting in all
lo about f-30,0o0.00, will be ?bout 20
cents per day.
With this explanation 1 oller the
sums above referred lo.
What will 200 convicts cost tho State
for t wei vu months, al a cost per capita
per day of 42j couts ?
If the average cost of one convict per
day for salaries, incidental exp? uses, eic,
is lio cent*, what will 200 cost in twelve
mouths '!
What sum of money would thc Statu
receive for the hire of 200 convicts for
twelve months ut $12.50 each per month '.'
I make ibo aggregate of thu foregoing
filins $$2,332.4oX lo this add $15,000
cash appropriated ; wo lind tho appro
priation lo bo $07,332.43.1. Under lite late
Act you say it is es ti muled that the Ca
nal will be completed in five years, if so,
live limes :>b7,;$:J2 is $?130,UG0.
If ibis sum be correct ? jay it is great
ly in excess of what our people uro
actually able lo pay, even if the invest
ment should prove to bo a good one, for
our people need ii rest from heavy taxa
tion.
Notwithstanding thu estimated cont nf
$300,000 by Mr. Holley, and tho accom
plished T. Ii. Lee, referred to by you, 1
have my opinion as to ibo cost of this
(.'anal, and yet I am free lo admit that I
am not a Civil Engineer, notwithstand
ing 1 have considerable experience in
blasting granite rock.
i predict this l anai will not be com
pleted with thc present force and manage
ment in 10 years, and thal it will cost
tho Slate moro than one million of dol
lars, and perhaps moro tbuti two millions
before completed. If I were able to
communicate to the people just why I say
this, I should be content ; tho best I can
do is to speak of the Canal direct. This
Canal is 2? miles long, lf>'> feet wide and
10 feel deep, and the greater part ol it
through loiiso anil solid granite rock. A
cemented dam of rock and cemented
rock sides to the Canal to hold its water
for about ISO yards al one place, besides
shorter spaces al olhor places. .My esti
mate of cost is predicated upon the
above, and its present management as
well, which I call common sense, and
which I believe is becoming among thc
law makers on certain things thu most
uncomuiou of all rieuse. You ?ny consid
erable money was spent on this Canal
before and since tho war. I know of no
money spent since the war, except tho
surveys you speak of, tho appropriation
of $10,000.00 and a hundred dud twenty
baud.*., last year, which in labor, board,
and money appropriated, etc., cost the
.Statu about $00,000.00.
The Canal built before the war. wns
done with a view tu commerce, and was
needed at tho lime ; Ibis was before the
days of railroads, and the thousands of
littlo pole boats on the river passed
through tho Canal, safe from tito rapids
of tho river, for which lliey paid tho
Statu a reasonable toll as fixed by law.
This anti-Wftr Canal is many miles long,
und cost tho Slate less money than the
amount already expended on the new
Canal, and in my judgment paid more
money by far than the present undertak
ing can or will ever pay. Hut yon say,
no business man doubts that factories
will bo built on this Canal when finished,
and yet it is certain thal the State has
not yet been able to learn from who, or
from what quarter the capital is to come.
To Kay il will como is to exe*eise the
greatest faith, and yet no business man
will pronouueo it saving fuith.
Who is il that will Utilize 'his power
when completed? From what quarter
has capitalists sought to invent money in
ibis Cana] ? Who aro they, "nd where
ure they, ami what amount do thoy offer ?
Under the laws of ibis State, factories
are exempted from tuxatiou for ten years,
and if this Canal was completed to-day
capitalists would not ouly require exemp
tion from taxation for ten years on the
factory, but the free use of the water as
woll. Then tho time required to com
plete the Cannl, the timo required to
build factories, and the time of exemp
tion from taxation, will span over the
life of any man in the Slate. Revenues
to thc State from this Canal in thin gen
eration is out of the question. Our
people have just emerged from the late
disastrous war, with bleeding wounds,
crushed fortuues and hopes, her properly
confiscated, and her people reduced to
penury and want ; whose energies to re
cuperate, and retrieve lost fortunes, has
been more than paralized by the dishon
est und wicked governments of State,
under Scott, Moses and Chamberlain
these endorsed by tho United States
government, who in addition augmentci1
our troubles iu every conceivable wa] .
Thus treated, and thus impoverishe t,
puta it out of the question for us lo be
queath fortunes to tho coming generation,
and yet we ought injustice to tbom tobe
careful not to make debts for them to
pay.
From such appropriations, tho impov
erished condition of our people, demand
that they shall be respited, and ns a
Democrat and servant of the people, I
stand pledged in common with all her
public servants to admioiatcr the govern
ment upon tho most economical basis
possible, and with this pledge upon me
I can never support the measure referred
to in this communication.
JOHN B. MOORE.
Home Again?
NA HU vt 1.1.F., January 13-Ex-Treas
urer Polk arrived this morning in charge
of the officers, and is now tn custody un
til ho shall be admitted to bail. He
refuses to be interviewed. The grand
jury of Davidson County at noon presen
ted an indictment against Polk in two
counta for the embezzlement and larceny
of ? 1S0.000. The Judge of tho Criminal
Court is charged with .'he doty of fixing
the charge of conspiracy upon certain
parties in obtaining funds from Polk,
knowing them to be the funds of tho
State.
Thu counsel of ex-Treasurer Polk will,
on Monday, make application before
Jndge Queries of tho Criminal Court,
for the release of the prisoner on bail.
Meantime the prisoner ia hedd at the
county jail, but occupies comfortable
quarter* in the jailor's office.
NEW () II LEA NH, January 14.-Near
relatives of ex-president James K. Polk,
residing in. this city are authority for the
statement that M. T. Polk, the defaulting
Sta to treasurer of Tennessee, waa an adopt
ed son nf ex - Presiden t Polk, and that his
real name was Childless. Ex-President
Polk had no children.
IIOKKOKS OF A HOill. Flit Kt
A Terrible Catastrophe In Milwaukee.
CHICAGO, January io.-A dispatch
from Milwaukee reports that the Ne?hall
House in that city was burned al au
carly hour this morning. Seventy-live
person*, principally guests, lost their
i lives.
Mll.W'ACKKK, Win., January 1 * '
The Ncwhull House, a six stvry brick
building, nu the corner of Michigan
-.'.reit and I {road way, was burned to the
ground this morning. The lire was dis
covered at 1 a. m., ami in less than half
an hour thc whole building, long desig
nated as a death-trap, wai enveloped in
Haines.
A scene of lin: utmost terror prevailed.
I'lii: inmates of the doomed building
?umped by do/ens from the upper stories,
covering the stone sidewalks with life
less bodies. Thc shrieks of the unfortu
nates lilied the air in a heartrending
manner. The people below were unable
to render any aid. (?nile a number of
thc terrified guests and employees of tho
hotel appeared at the windows, and see
ing the distance tu the ground fell back
to perish in the Hames. The employees
of tho hotel, which accommodated. 8o0
guests, numbered 86, mostly lodged in
the r-ixtb story. Kxit by way of the roof
was cut oil' by the lire, arni two stand
pipes willi lire ladders were not available
for the saint: reason. A very few were
saved hy jumping on canvas.
Comparatively few of the guests ?ni
the hotel register were burned, and the
exact loss of lifo is not determinable.
It will nach I rom fifty to sixty dead, ami
from twenty to thirty wounded. So far
twenty-three bodies are in the morgue,
and nine more in places near thu ruins.
Identification comes in slowly. It may
safely be said thal sixty persons are dead
and thirty -criouoly injured.
The mayor ha? called a meeting to or
ganize a salvage corps to search tho
ruins. Abuut a week ago the secretary
ol' the local board of underwriters was
applied lo to make an estimate on the
building that the local agencies might
lake risks thereon, as the building was
considered a death trap and risks hail
been refused.
Tom Thumb and party and the Madi
son Square Company aro all safe as fur
as learned, ii ?th troupes were in thc
hotel. Mrs. John Hilbert, of the Min
nie i'ul mer troupe, who waa married only
two days ago, was burnell lo death in ,
sight of the multitude. Three steamers
-.vent from Chicago at ten minutes before.
0 o'clock in response lo n cull from the
mayor. Tue train bearing them went
over the Chicago ami Northwestern
Unit road, ami consisted of live car* Il
went to Milwaukee, a distance of ninety
miles, in only a lillie over an hour.
DATUK.-The scenes at thc morgue,
where now thirty-two bodies are lying in
a ghastly heap on the Door of a small
room, arc bfartronding beyond the power
of descripti tu. A strong police force is
necessary lo keep the anxious inquirers
in line. Nineteou bodies have been
identified and eight bodies are beyond
recognition. Mrs. .John Gilbert's body
has been positively identified. It is said
she WAS Miss Sutton, of Chicago, before
she married Hilbert, who is inconsolable.
Tho fire department called for assistance
from tho Soldiers' Home, but den.Sharp
refused to semi the engine, at which there
is general indignation. The Chicago iMid
Hacine relief steamers aro now on the
way heie, but the lire is now under con
trot. The firemen made superhuman
ellorts, anti eleven waiter girls were,
brought safely across ladders stretched
over an alley (rom tho sixth story of the
Lotel lo the roof of un adjoining bank
building. The jumping cloth did little
service. About a dozen unfortunates at
tempted to jump, but rebounded from
thc telegraph wires, u perfect network cf
which surrounded the two fronts of the
building. The appeals for aid were
piteous, hut little could be done.
Shortly before the Newhull House
alarm n purl of thc tire department was
called to a small lire about three miles
distant, and before the engines were in
working order the hotel was a blazing
pile.
Tom Thumb got out through thc front
entrance, and his wife was brought down
the escape by u fireman. W. H. Comp
ton, Misses * Herbert and Dunlap and
W. T. Lowell, of tho Madison Stpiure
Company, arrived by the midnight ex
press, and the whole party, only partially
dressed, were saved by tho fire escape.
The hotel was built by Daniel Ncw
hall and associates in 1807. Thc origi
nal cost of the building was $100,000.
Tho total cost, including furnishing, was
*:277,000. Win. E. Cramer, of tho
Evening Wisconsin, was saved through
tho heroic efforts of Charlie Dressing, a
Sentinel priuttr. Chief Cierk Tice, who
hada narrow escape, says that of 110
boarders and 00 employee's in the hotel
so far 50 are un account ed for.
Tho Milwaukee companies had refused
to take risks on the building. Tho in
surance amounted to $125,000, all held
in Cincinnati. The loss will probably
aggregate half a million, including the
losses ot tho traders of various kinds on
the ground floor of the hotel and in ad
joining buildings.
LATER.-A detailed statement of ihe
insurances on Ihe Newball House shows
that it is not coufiued to Cincinnati
office;, bul is well distributed in policies
of from $!,500 to $5,000 among compa
nies in New York, Pittsburg. Cincinnati,
Wheeling, Madison, Ind., 1'hiladelphiu,
New Haven, Conn., Cleveland, Ohio,
and some foreign companies.
A Neat Poiut.
Compared with tho multitude of gigan
tic frauds of all kinds which have devel
oped ar.d are daily developing East and
West, the default of Col. Polk, flagrant
and disgraceful aa it was, dwindles into
comparatively microscopic insignificance.
Yesterday, I picked up a Philadelphia
naper that, in one column, denounced
Polk as an exceptionally colossal rogue
and in another column, mildly announced
an over issue of street-car railway stock in
the Quaker City to the amount of two
million dellaro ! The robberies, under
the sham of law, perpetrated by the
North upon the government nnd the
South do not excuse Polk in thu least;
but they make his robbery a small one
in contrast. The Tennessee defaulter
and thief is captured and will probably
be punished. The gigantic brigands of
the North are, in many cases, not only
ut large but encouraged in their "moral
agriculture" and "development." I dare
say that these bloated land piratea will
be' loudest iu condemning Polk and
fiercest in demanding Vhat he he thrown
to tho lions. The Republican howl
against tho South, because of Polk's in
famy, will be much moderated, I suspect,
when it is found out that he voted the
truly loyal ticket during the past Iso
years ; and the Democrats may retort
that he had not become utterly depraved
until he left their ranks and went over
lo the meu who, according to Mr.
Beecher, "have their hands in every
body's pocket."-J. E. R. in Chronicle ami
Constitutionalist.
A Citizen of Abbeville Found Dead In
the Road.
II o DO Efl, 8. C., Jan. 12.-On Tuesday
morning Mr. Shey, who lived in what is
called the Buckland neighborhood, was
found dead in the road. Trial Justice
Tarrant at Greenwood, was sent for and
an inquest waa held over tho dead body.
The verdict of the jury was "frozen to
death." There were no marks found on
the body, but somo signs of imprudence,
Mr. Shey was a native of Ireland, but
had made Abbeville county his home for
several years. He was a good citizen
and a good neighbor, and his sad death
was n shock to his neighborhood. He
waa on his way homo from Abbeville
court houso at thc time of his death.
THE Kt i.KHS OF THE ROADS. |
Ihr N??n lUllroiol COIHIIIUSIOII Orgaiilard
Vf ,ter<luy.
Coi.t'MUlA, Jaouarv 10.-The Rail
road Commission, under thc recent Act
ut thc General Assembly, met to day
and organized, after taking the prescrib
ed oath ul ollicc, by the election of ex
Governor Rodham as chairman. All
three nf the commissioners were present,
ex-Goveruor .leter having arrived last
evening, and < 'apt. Walker, the Charles
ton member, reaching Columbia this
morning. Alter taking thc oath, the
commission met and discussed thc de
tail- of thc important work before them,
but did not reach any conclusion ao t<*
what plans Hoy would adopt. The
commissioners are deeply impressed with
the immense ?lower with which they
have been entrusted and the tar reaching
cons?quences of their actions. It is
probable that before deciding upon any
definite policy they will go to Atlanta
and consult thu Georgia Commission as
lo the operation! of the railroad law in
thai Stale and profit hy the experience
of the Georgians. Two of thc commis
sioners talked io me today about the
matter and said : "We want to move
very cautiously and intend to pursue a
conservative course, doing nothing, it
we know it, that will be unfair to tho
railroads or unjust to the people. Wo
have not yet examined ibo law with sui'
licicut care to say what wc ?ball do. ll
will take timo to work out thc great
problem by which we are confronted.
We certainly shall try to do what wo
conceive to be for the highest public
good. Jus1, yet wc can't tell how we
shall proceed. It will take lime and
stutly before otu plans can bc matured."
Such is the simple, straightforward,
honest way in which these men have
gone to work. They do not make any
threats, they have no axc? to grind, they
mean to do the beat thing in tho wisest
and most conservative way, as well tor
the corporations as for the Stale. There
is no telling when their plans will all ho
perfected, certainly not for several
weeks, and until they have discussed tho
law and ihe situation in every aspect.
I licked one of the commissioners if
they expected to give thu railroads ?
hearing. Ho replied, "We shall have
no objection tn receiving suggestions from
them. Perhaps they would only serve to
make our path plainer, but wo shall not
be governed hy any advice or counsel
which we do not conceive to bo conso
nant with the public good."
Thc railroad commissioners arc hold
ing night sessions. They have been
hard at work since half past 4 o'clock
this afternoon, ?iud up to this hour, 1)
o'clock, show mi sign of adjournment.
Tiny have not yet selected a clerk, for
which position lhere aro many appli
cants.
It is rumored to-night that Col. li. L.
McCaughrin, of Newberry, has resigned
the presidency of the Columbia abd
Greenville Railroad. The report baa
not been confirmed, but many knowing
ones believe it is true. This much is
j certain, that Col. McCaughrin has had
I the subject of bis resignation under con
sideration for a long timo, and thal if ho
should resign it would not be owing in
any way to the establishment of the rail
road commission, but solely to thc inter
ference of bia railroad duties with bis
private business at Newberry, which is
very extensive and engrossing and really
demands all bis time.
Titnes Ch inge.
Senator Jonis, of Nevada, once an al
most chronic absentee, is now oftener
seen in the Senate and heard at thc roll
call. There is no doubt at till that he
had at least $7,000,01)0 when he first
caine tu Washington, and that he has
about lost every dollar of it. It was
made in speculation and lost in tho same
way. It caine with marvelous ea?e and
departed with an equal facility, Jones
still lives in Gov. Hen. Huller's granite
castle, but I am told that it is hard for
bim lo pay the enormous rent, and that
thc mun who once had millions in assets
is now deeply drowned in debt. You
would not think so from his outward ap
pearance. Ile is still sleek, smiling and
rosy, although a heavy frost has smitten
bis hair and beard. With something
like thc audacity uf genius, too, bc gave
a grand reception party the other night
which must have cost much money and
made the weight upon bi-? fortunes all
the harder to endure. He is a big
b rai ned tuan, full of suggestive thought;
bu: what a struggle, he must have to
"keep up utterances." The poor man or
woman who passes his lordly abode may
envy him and his surrounding; but he
is rather to be pitied. Without money,
ho will hardly return to the Senate.
Without power, Iiis parasites will disap
pear. I would be glad to hear that some
lucky stroke bad repaired bis wrecked
estate, but Fortuno seldom come* full
handed lo the same man twice.-./. A'.
A*, in Chronic!? and Constitutionalist,
Nearly Buried,
A recent caso of suspended animation
in this eily has attracted attention, be
cause the afllictcd person came near be
ing buried, as if dead. It was a lady
and she says everylhiug that occurred
during her trance was painfully distinct.
She beard her death announced and was
apprehensive of being literally killed by
the mortuary icebox. lu the nick of
time, she turned from her back to her
side and rapidly recovered sense and
sensibility. Severe cases of nightmare
often aiise from sleeping on the back.
Many persons have awakened at night
with a dread feeling of powerlessiiesa of
speech and action, as if n terrible pre
clude to death, from which release came
by un almost despaired of ability to shift
tho recumbent attitude. Perhaps some
pcoplo found dent! in their beds have not
been ablo to mnketho saving movement.
From what perilous adventures are we
not rescued by slender threads in dream
lund ! I onco heard it sa id that when
deliverance failed to come in sleep actual
death was tho result.- Washington Cor
respondence Chronicle and Constitutional*
ist.
Another Hotel Fire.
Sr- LOUIS, January M.-Thc Planter?'
Hotel, one of thc largest in the city,
took fire this morning, shortly before
5 o'clock, and burned so rapidly that
four persons lost their lives. The great
est confusion prevailed when the alarm
was given ana nearly all the guests es
caped in their night clothes. The
weather was intensely cold, and the fire
men were thereby greatly hindered in
their work. It ia thought there were not
more than four victims. Three bodies
have been taken out. The fire at 10.25
o'clock waa under control. The loss on
thc hotel will not exceed $30,0U0.
Tho fire broke out shortly after 4 a. m.
in thc kitchen of the hotel and extended
lo tho pantry, storo-room and several
servants' quarters. These were in /the
building in the rear and detached from
thc hotel, which was not injured. Ono
servant was suffocated, one burned and
two others have broken limbs, (treat
excitement prevniled among the occu
pants of the hotel, most of whom left the
house, but returned during the day.
flultcau, the Second.
BOSTON, January 16.-The mayor'a
clerk sent to the postofhee thia morning
for a letter retained there for postage.
The letter was pnst-marked January 13,
and read as follows :
"Mayor Palmer: I am going to kill
old Governor Butler in five months and
twenty-eight days from to day. Thon I
will choose you for Governor of old
Massachusetts. I sent him warning. I
have sworn it.
"CiiAiu.Ka Gu mairan."
- The tot?! number of Immigrants
landed at Castle Garden In 1882 wa?
more than 170,000. It was expected
thal the immigration would be lu l'y
OU" OOO, bul while thc number Ol urn
vaia in the first ?ix months uf tho year
showed a large increase over the figures
tur tiie corresponding months of 1881,
there was a veiv marked decrease in tho
number arriving in the last six months.
The total number landed up to noon De
cember 30lh, was 173,012, an increase of
is,nuil over the figures of the previous
year, when 105,081 were landed, tier
many furnishes the largest number.
The books of thc department ?how that
fur the lir-t ten months of the past year
the arrivals from that country ?ere 180,
085; from Ireland, 48,73-1 ; from Sweden,
::<..YSI ; from England, 30.080; from
Italy, 23,810 : from Russia, 15,137.
- There H a little history in connec
tion with the beautiful Toccoa Falls,
which is worthy of record. The proper
ty belongs io a family in South Carolina
by the name of Mathews. Some limo
si'nee a Northern company uiude over
tures to purchase, with a view of estab
lishing a manufactory. The owners were
willing to sell, as tho property brought
them no revenue whatever, but when
they examined their origiuai ticed, it was
discovered that tho original owner had
in his will stipulated that Toccoa Falls
and a certain number of acres should
never be used for any purpose other than
a pleasure ?".sort ami kept open free to
the public In the event that any one at?
tempted to mar the romantic beauty of |
the spot by using the falls for manufac
turing "r other purposes, the heirs should
forfeit their claims to the State, together
with other property they had inherited.
*V"Many silly people despise the pre
cious, noi understanding it." Hut no
one despises Kidney-Wort after having
given it atrial. Those that have used it
agree thal it is by far thc best medicino
known. Its action is prompt, thorough
and lasting. Don't take pills, and other
mercurials that poison tho system, but
by ii-ing Kidney-Wort restore the natur
al action of all the organs.
NOTICE.
rpilE Notes and Accounts due the l?state ?
JL of 1 rr. K. fi. Carpenter are placed III
the hands of J. C. Whitfield for collection.
Persons indebted will make payment at j
once.
T. S. CAR PUNTER, Ad mr.
Jan. 1Mb. 188:1. 27
WARNING.
A LI. persons are warne?] not ta biro or
J\_ harbor .lohn Rice, who is a minor,
. inly bound t<> nie. Ile has left my servies
without cause, und without my consent.
Any person who disregards this notice will
be proceeded against at law.
HLBKRT RICK.
Jan bi. IsM 27 _ 1_
VTOTK'i: TO CREDITORS.
All persons having demands against
the Estate of A. II. Holland, deceased, aro
hereby notified to present them, properly
proven, to the undersigned, within the
lime prescribe?! by law, and those indebted
to muk" psvment.
GREEN LEB ELLISON, Adiu'r.
MALINDA CI J AUDY, Ex'x.
Jan is, 1883 27 3*
T^TOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
J.^ Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned. Administrator of the Estate of
Wm. N. Harper, deceased, will apply to the
Judge of 1'robalo for Anderson County,
on the ll'th day of February, 1883, fora Phial
Settlement and Discharge from his office as
Administrator of said Estaio.
JESSE H. BA M.ENTINE, Adni'r.
Jan LS, l.ss:, ?j; 5?
Patent Nonpareil Crushing and
Grinding Mills and Cotton Seed
Huiler Combined.
1) ARTI ES wanting a Combined Self
Sharpening Mill for grinding Com,
shelled or in the car, 1'eas, Oats, Harley,
and Hull Cotton Seed, should send at once
for circulars and terms. Kverv Mill war
rante.!. J. H. DOUTH?T, Apt,
Antun, Anderson Co., 8, C.
Jan IS, I?83 27 1
LOST NOTE.
ALL perions uro notified not to trade for
a Note given by Edrew Cromer to |
his father. Lewis Cromer, for five hundred
dollars, with interest ut the tutu of ten per
cent. The Note was given between lS?ii I
und 1871?. I am not certain .\ luther il \v;is j
sealed or promissory. Thc Note lias been
paid but is lost.
EDREW ( HOM ER.
Jan IS, 18S3 j7 3
B F. WHITNER & SON,
ATTORNEYS
A NH
COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
^ivr>i<:ii,soiv, - H. C.
PRACTICE in the Courts of this State I
und in thc United .States Courts.
OFFICE-On Brick Hange, two doors from
the National Hank.
Jan 18, lS.sg 27 3
HAPPY JtfEW YEAR !
HEALTH, success anti happiness to all
my customers, rind the $ame to any
who might hate yiven their jtatronnge to others.
I have on band a first-class stock and
good assortment of all kinds of Watches
from $5.00 to $150.00. Improved 8-dsiv
Alarm Clocks for $5.50, warranted twelve
months. Diamonds, and u large stock of
good Jewelry of nil kinds, usually kept in
a first-class Jewelry store.
Silverware and King's Patent Spectacles
which are being so extensively used with
perfect satisfaction.
By special contract, anything I sell that
does not turn out us it is represented will
be returned to the factories and duplicated.
Heartily thanking all my friends for past
ravore, and imploring ami trying to merit a
continuance of the same,
I am, respectfully, <fcc.,
J. A. DANIELS.
Jan 18, 1883 27 \y
SHERIFFS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSON COUNTY.
BY virtue of two Executions to me direct
ed, I will expose to sale on thc First
Monday in February, A. D. 1883, in the
City of Anderson, at the Blacksmith Shoo
now occupied by Thomas Vamell, the foi
lowing property, to wit :
Two Bellows, 1 Drill and 14 Bits, 2 Vises
3 Screw Pintes, Taps and Wrenches, 1 bar
rel of Tools containing 110 Pinces, I Tin
Rox and Contenta. 2 Anvils, 18 puir of
IjW'^ff Bander and Pluto, 1 Steel Chis
el l Rep Saw and Frame, 1 piece of Iron
1 Axel ?auge, i Hench and Screw, 3 SledT
Hammers, 2 Mandrels. 2 Vises and 1 Grind
Btono.
levied on as the property of Patrick
Spellman m favor of McGrath ?fe Byrom
and John McGrath. '
Tr.KMM OF SALK-Cash.
JAMES u. MCCONNELL
Janl7. iyffAndf,l?nCounty; S3C
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
TPHE Firm of LIGON A SHARPE is
JL this day dissolved by mutual consent,
w o T '? bli?"?? will be conducted by
W. S. lagon. 3
j !AU A???]?nta and No,c* d,,e ?'o firm of
Lig?n ?fe Sharpe must be paid to W 8
Ligon, by mutual consent.
W. S. LIGON,
Jan. 2, 1883. LOUIS SHARPE.
New Firm.
HAVING purchased the Stock of Goods I
fromi LlKon A Sharpe I propose t" contine
thc business, and my customers will find it
to their interest to give nie a share of the ?
patronage. "-ir
To those who are owcing Ligon ?fe Shnma
or. Account for last year. I mnst urgeu?
hem o pay up at once to me. as I "do" not
intend to carry over one ningle Account
By settling up you will avoid Su
Jan 4, 1883 W. S. LIGON. *
ANDERSON
CITY BAKERY.
WHITE sod light H',,a'1 "lw?>'s ???
hand, made of the heat ?our.
Delightful Tia lakes. Takes received,
and baked or made loonier.
Fresh Tarts every Sat imlay.
Ikeep also t!ROL'KKIES.of every kind
Try my "Lady of ihe Lake, au excellent
..nil kt rielly 5c< Cigar. . , ,
H?ndaonie Vase? at.d Cups reduced in
PrLailie?' and Children's Shoes cheap.
L. L. OREEN.
Jan I?. 18X:? ?7 ,iin_
WE have just received 5,000 more
of the S. O. C. S. Cigar.
We ha' e just received 2T>,000 pu
pers of Carden Seed, which are for
sale at wholesale and retail. Wo
propose to do thc largest S?ed bus
iness in the County. Wo defy com
petition, and it ? di "O to the ad
vantage of every Merchant in the
County to see us before making
arrangements for their Garden Seed.
We keei> a fir*t-cl**i stock of
Druu's and Medicines. Wo order
goods frequently, so as to be cer
tain that they aro always fresh.
Respectfullyi
ORK A SLOAN,
Henson House Comer,
Anderson, S. C.
Jan I?, IS83
Law Partnership.
Ill IE undersigned having formed a part
nership for the I'raetieeof Law. under
th.'. linn name of MURRAY, BREAZEALE
it MURRAY, will givo prompt attention
lo ail business entrusted to their eire. Es
pecial attention will he given to tho collec
tion of claims. OFFICE-Over J. I*. Sulli
van A- Co.'s Store, on Northern corner of
Granite Row. J. S. MURRAY,
J. E. BREAZEALE,
E. B. ML BRAY.
Jan L_1883 _ 2fl 3 m
ROBSON'S COTTON AND COHN
FERTILIZER.
KOIISOS'S COMPOUND ACIH PHOSPHATE.
These grades are rich in all the essentials
constituting first-class article?, carefully
prepared from best materials. Ourlongex
perience in the trade, together with Prof.
Shepard's analysis, arc guarantees that they
are adapted to ihe wants of consumers.
For side nt market rates for rash, lime or
cotton. J. N. ROBSON A SON,
CH East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
Jan ll, 1883 ?? 3ni _
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having demands against j
the Estate of Mrs. M. M. Humphreys, dee'd,
are hereby notified to pr?sent them, properly
attested, tn the undersigned within the time
prescribed by law, and all persons indebted
to the Estate are notified to make payment
of tho sums due nt once.
ANDREW HUNTER, Adm'r.
Jan I. 1883 !? 3
VERY IMI
TO FARMERS,
And the Publ
The Place to buy Hardware is
o
UR Business is confined strictly to H/
vince von that MONEY CAN BE ?
We can show a Full Stock,
Prk
A special Drive on AXES
25 dozen just ret
Plow Stocks-200 just b(
Builders' Hardware
Carpenters' an
A handsome line of Pocket and
Shears, Scissors, Razors, '.
And an endless varit
Too nux
Guns, Pistols, Cartridges, Amn
And Sp
Standard Agricultural Implem
Celebrated "Acme" Har
Manufacturers
N. B.-We have on hand a small lot of
SHOES, HATS &c., from slock ol Sulliv
great sacrifice-for COST, and less than C
SUI
Jan 18, 1883
X 8?
WHEN YOU COME TO
J- P. SULLI
THE best Stock of GROCERIES ever ;
money, as we have tho very lowest Casi
Choice Rio, Peaberry, Santos and J
Golden Yellow, White E
Our Stock of FLOUR is now complete, a
several years, and know them to bo perfectly
Patent PLOW STOCKS and STEEL Pl
We have been bidding for Cash Trade for
that we have gotten our full share up to thit
customers, and our efforts for the future will 1
we deal.
Jan ll. 1883 ***
ANDERSON CLO
BROCK &
(Waverly Ht
SELLING OFF AT ?
IN order to clear out our Stock of W
Clothing AT COST. Remember, there is
Winter is over, and a rare opportunity is
supply iholr wants in thia line.
Jan ll, 1883 26
WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'S Mi
WILCOX, GIBBS &
Are acknowledged by everybody to be the B
i/*sti, and on reasonable terma ot
j WIL
I And their Agents throughout the Country.
ONLY FOR ff
CLEARING om
OF
WINTER Qf|
MAXWELL & S
Will Sell Out their Sta
HE1YY
AND
SHOES
AT COS1
Come early, nnd
BARGAINS EVER OFS,
MARKET! ?!
dun ll, 1883
MASTERS SO]
STATE OF SOUTII CAROLBjl
ANDERSOS Ot
lu thc Court of Cbmnwn IVa.
Mrs. S. E. Dean and husband,\Y.l
1). K. West, et al, Plaintiffs, ri fl
(J. Derry and Mrs. N. C. West,?
unts.-C'enijtlaiiit/or Partition,
BY virtue of an order to me
his Honor Judge J. 8.CothnL,
ing date 5th January, 18W, I w?l? 4
Anderson V. H., t?. C., on 8ALED?
FEBRUARY next, tba foUowing '
Tract of Lnn<l, as Real EsUlt .
West, deceased :
All that Tract of I<and, contamkpj,
ty-li ve acres, inore or less, situutuj
County and State aforesaid,adjoin^I'
Bowie, Jack Hall, et al.
TKUMS OF SALE-Cash. Purdiuaii
extra for all ne essary papers.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, Mi
Jan ll, 1883 2d
FOR SALE CHEAP.
f\HV. PONY BASKET Pl
V_P VON? in t;ood order, with
and Universal Joint Umbrella.
Apply to
J. M. ncSTEJ
Pendleton,"
Jan lt. 1SS3
?OPTANT
MECHANICS,
ic Oenerally.
at the HARDWARE Sil
LRDWARE, and a fair trial nilli
SAVED by trading with tn.
fine Selection ana Bott?
;es.
?eived, and more to arrive.
mght.
>,
d Blacksmith Outfits, &c.
Table Cutlery,
Household Goods,
3ty of articles
nerous to mention,
xunition,
ortmens' Outfits,
tents, including the
row,
Agents for Fairbanks I
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS,
an & Mattiaon, which we trill ?ll *\
-oat.
LLIVAN & BRO.
27
3
ANDERSON CALL'
VAN * CO.
vet had in stock. Cash buyer?
i prices that can he offered in aa; :
ava COFFEES,
x. C. and Granulated SUGARS wyt
nd are brands that we have b?n*M
reliable.
W>\V8. j
the past four years, and ore bapi'l"*
i time, with satisfaction to caritta*
he to merit the confidence of all wita??
P. SULLIVAN & CO.
TH?NG'H?
MAULDIN.
mae Block,)
1883,
ind BELOW COStj
inter Goods we are offering oor
a good deal of cold weatbtf J* |
now offered to those who biri
ftft-1
BROCK &
1NIPULATED QJit?&i?
CO.'S SUPEBPHOSr*^
_.. .ndar.rfl.fi
EST FKaTIMtXBS ill MS?, ?'."''kl
i Credit, willi Cotton W"T'?0" ,
Charleston, S. C., and SaraaaA :
21-fl