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E. ?. M UKI. A Y, Editor. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Ki, ISKt. TITO I).illili? If nut paid lu udvuiicn. ANOEItSO?'S Ori'tHtTlTNITV. The manufacturing boom, which has taken such strong hold upon uuuiy sec linns of thc State, and is conferring such great material prosperity upon them as can he derived from no other single source, has not touched Anderdon Coun ty in nny practical way. Wc have two factories in the County, bul one ol them, "Thc Pendleton," was built before thc war, and the other, "The Pfizer," hu* bien completed entirely hy Charleston capital; HO that with ?ill of Anderson's progress in thc race for material devel opment since the war, thc greatest source of continued und future prosperity has been neglected, dur farms have been built up in value and productiveness, our business men have established firmly remunerative trade, and our institutions of learning have been increased and their standards elevated, but tho indus try which will give money lo our citizens, which will bring property here for in vestment, which will attract thrifty, prosperous immigrants to our territory, which will give labor employment al fair prices, und which will give ft demand mid good market for every product of the farm, hus been passed over by thc people of Anderson. With a belter ter ritory than that possessed by Greenville, and a climate equally us attractive, we have permitted our mountain sister to more (han double us in popula' II, and considerably to exceed us in business. Greenville's prosperity has been achieved mainly through thc agency of her man ufacturing growth, which began years ugo in the wagon and buggy manufactory of (lower, Cox & Marklcy, and has ex tended to the Camperdown, the Hugue not and the Cotton Seed Oil Mills, add ing more lunn two million dollars to tho capital of the city, and very largely increasing her population und trade. For years it was thought that water-pow er was necessary' io profitable manufac turing, and in her water-power Green ville waa thought to excel us in facili ties for development in this direction. hater years, however, buvo shown that steam can be profitably used us tho mo tive power ?ti factories, and all. over the country we find thriving manufacturing establishments run entirely by steam. For several years the ?team propelled factories in Charleston have been mak ing good returns upon the investment, and ut this time factories, tu be propelled by steam, are in process of erection in Chester, Sumter, Florence mid Newber ry, lt will bo a most fortunate Illing for Andeison if our people can be induced to follow the example* net by these towns. The statement of deposits in our bank shows Hint there is surplus money in the County. The experience of other places nhowH that factories pay a good interest upon the investment, in addition to the other benefits they bestow upon the com munity in which they arc located. They tend to raise the price of everything thc farmer has to sell, from it dozen of eggs up to a halo of cotton. They raise the price of all kinds of labor, from that of thc hand who cnn do a day's work In thc garden, up to thc master mechanic who builds the house or adjusts i?;o machin* cry of the factory itself. By this advan tageous market for salo it will bring numbers of customers to trade, and thin will i mince a more vigorous competition which will iend to cheapen everything in the line of goods brought for Halo in tho Blores. Manufacturing growth is tho only thing that can or will build up Ander don. Wc may build the Savannah Vul ley Railroad, complete the lil no Ridgo, aud connect with the Carolina and Cum berland Gap line, oad all these, while contributing to our facilities for business, cannot do more than make us a thriving little city. They look to drawing from without. Their completion looks to se curing a growth from influences beyond our control. Some of these influences, wo believe, aro destined at sn early day to contribute to our prosperity, but noth ing is so sure and substantial as tho development of independent resources. If we can becomo a manufacturing city our future is assured, for then, instead of a few circumscribed miles of tributary country, we will hove the marketa of the world contributing to our prosperity. We ought to have a factory. Wo can build one, to begin with, and then others will surely follow. If our people will tako hold of tho enterprise now we eau raise considerable subscriptions in other cities towards the capital stock. We can get a successful and experienced manufacturer to take the presidency of thc company, and begin under the most favorable circumstances. Who will begin tho work of raising tho capital stock ? Cannot the Boord of Trade give the mat ter a substantial looting by taking it io hand, and appointing a committee to solicit subscriptions ? Nothing that can now be done would so strongly assure our future prosperity as the establish of a largo factory in Anderson. If our people will examine tho rail road law, they will see that it is not the duty of the Railroad Commission to act In any case as to freight or passenger rates, except where complaint is formal ly made to them, and hence there is no obligation resting oh them to interfere in the present railroad iniquity that is be ing perpetrated upon us. If our people do not object to it, or are unwilling to say that they object, and ask that the evil be corrected, we must not blame the Railroad Commission for not taking action in the premises. The Anderson Board of Trade by resolution, or the citizens by petition, ought to ask the in terference of the Commission for the protection of the people. Let us present the nutter fairly to the Commission, in order to test both its power and it? will? bigness to aid the people against a most vexatious and unnecessary tyranny on tho part of tho railroad. - Although last year was a good crop year, some farmers are beginning to live out of the atores. As long aa we bay what we ought to raise on tho farm, we may expect to go to the had. THRMB : .1.00. 73c. OHE TEAR. SIX MONTHS. TUE SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILItOAIL | Thc letter t?? thc Newt und Courter, i which no publish in this paper relative j to tlie Savannah Valley Railroad, is well worthy of tho coiiMderntion of tho peo ple of Charleston. It will only riquiro thc subscription of about twenty-five thousand dollars to ensure thc building of this important line of railroad, and to control its location, so ns to carry it lo Troy, and thence lo Aiken, thu* giving lo Charleston an independent outlet lo the up country al a trivial outlay of money. Thc little eily nf Anderson has subscribed thc sum of thirty-seven thou sand dollars towards tho building of this road, and surely the metropolis of the State could a fib rd lo giro an equal amount lo secure the immense advan tages offered by ibis outlet. It i* true, that Charleston has lost in tho past, a great deal of money in subscriptions to railroads, and her people aro paying a heavy tax upon the debts contracted for these subscriptions, but t li it will not jus tify her in refuging to make contributions now to new roads, which promise lo help in tho work of restoring a portion of her losl trude. A man who has purchased a horse thal dies, or refuses to work, had as well determine that because be bad been cheated in his first trade and lost bis money, that therefore ho would buy no more horses, but would walk for the remainder of his life, as for u city to take the position that having loHt on previous railroad ventures, Hhe will not attempt to secure any further railroad outlets for her trade. Previous failures might and should make them more care ful in new ventures, but the people of Charleston oughl to do something to build up her railroad connections. If the Savannah Valley road oilers advan tages worth the money, then we think Charleston, if she docs not wish those advantages given to Augusta, ought to help us build ibe rond. She is not too poor to help us in this work. As a city, she cannot subscribe probably, but there is a great dcul of wealth in Charleston, with considerable amount of unemployed capital, which might give us private subscriptions to tho amount needed to complete ibis road. Wc have always wanted tho Havannah Valley to go to Charleston, nut! hope thal things will turn out yet in such way ns to carry it there. If Charleston would give us twenty-five thousand dollars, we believe the road cauld bo built and equipped in tims to move tho next cotton crop. The Presiden liai election comes on next year, und it is necessary to get up campaign thunder fur tho Republicans in order to enable them to retain the govern tient. They propose to begin thc work i i Soulh Carolina by convicting eonie < I our people of frauds in election. To get these verdicts, thc party of great moral ideas intend lo prostitute tho Courts of tiio government, by making them tho machine for convicting our citizens by packed juries, on the testimony of perjured witnesses. This is the con spiracy which confronts our people at each term of tho United States Circuit Court. Hy understanding it, thc danger can he averted. The reason the govern ment wants to convict South Carolinians is, that they are white men andar? Dem ocrats. To do this, they stand aside every respectable white mun, and try to force verdicts regardless of justice, lt is a crying shaino and disgrace, which should lose ibo Republican party the sympathy and support of every man in America who possesses one spark of honor and self-respect. If they can succeed, they propose to cry election frauds by Democrats in South Carolina, thinking thereby to avert attention from the frauds and misrule of the Republi can party. To get this campaign thun der is their purpose in these prosecutions, which are formulated in Washington and executed by willing tools in South Carolina. Forturiataly, however, our people have so fur been abie to avert the calamity which Brewster and bis subor diuates have sought tn fasten upon many of our people for political ends. AB long as there is one honest man on the United States Juries they will fail of convictious, because the success of the design requires, in addition to the other officers of the government, twelve jurors to consent to nu iniquitous verdict. This being our otily safety, it is tho duty of every truo Carolinian drawn upon these juries to report to the Court at the ap pointed timo. It is the most important service that tho citizen can render his couutry, and nt the sacrifice of busiuess or pleasure those drawn ou these juries ought to attend the Court. Only in thia way can the iniquity of false convictions bo averted. Regulating the Railroads. Tho Atlanta fhn 'Mut ion says: It is a very healthy sign that in such a State as Pennsylvania, where the peo ple aro almost hopelessly in the clutches of the monopolists, and where the leaders of both parties aro practically owned by the corporations-it ia a healthy sign that in this State there should be a movement in favor of legislative control of the railroads. Young and feeble ai this movement is, the Philadelphie fresa has pounced upon it with tooth and claw. The gist of tb> Press's re marks is, that while railroad discrimina tions are crying evils, they cannot be regulated by law, because lt is such a delicate matter that any attempt io that direction might result in injustice to the corporations. '1 he result of stringent and restrictive railroad legislation in Georgia shows how foolish and absurd this sort of talk is ; but admit that it is true-admit for the sake of argument that railroad legislation will result in injustice to the corpora tions-is it not better to do injustice to a few rich corporations than to permit these corporations to rob and oppress the peo plc* Turn about io fair pitty. The truth is, the operations of the Georgia law, under the direction of the board of commission, bas demonstrated the fact that State regulation of rail roads is one of the simplest of all legis lative problems. It is a -roblem that Eradically solves itself. It is to be _ oped that there are enough honest men in Pennsylvania to bring the corpora tions to terms. The Georgia law ought to be good enough for Pennsylvania, and we commend it to the attention of the statesmen of that commonwealth. - For the first time in the memory ol the oldest inhabitant navigation on Lake Michigan is completely closed. In many places the lake is covered with ice several feet thick as far out as twenty* five miles from the shore The perils of winter navigation have never been so great aa during the present season, and many thrilling experiences bave occur red. LETTERS FROM UTOPIA*-HO. I. j MOKIiVILI.K, UTOPIA, February 19, 18'J3. j Sin THOMAS MOW: : My Dear Uncle--Your recent message ba* just como lo hand ; and I take pleas ure in complying with your very natural request tor authentic information from the land for which, ?luring your stay among us, you felt and did so much. Since your regretted removal, many changes have been wrought hy the grad ual suggestions of long experience fol lowed by the quiet insight of patriotic wisdom. To recite all these in a single letter would be impossible; and, there fore, since 1 am anxious to inform you as fully as I can, I beg you to bc patient, us I oiler you a series of epistle1*, sent in UM rapid succession as my urgent engage ments will allow. You remember that on several occa sions our country was thrown iutogreater or leis confusion by the sudden removal of our chief executive. These occurren ces. in connection with manifest imper fections in our former plan of choosing our president, led to a considerable change in our system on this subject. I Mir new plan, which has thus far worked very well, is substantially as follows : As soon as practicable afl< r each de cennial census, the members of the lower House of Congress ure distributed to the several Slates, precisely as formerly. If any State is entitled to either more or fewer members than it had before, tho Legislature thereof is required, without delay, to divide thc State into the requi sito number of Congressional districts; and the Governor immediately proclaims au election for Presidential Electors. Thc number of Electors lo which each Stale is entitled i.4, as before, equul to thc whole number of it.' members in both Houses of Congress: but, in cboos lng the Electora, ?ach citizen voies for only three mon ; one to represent his special district, and two to represent the State at large. Tho District Electors must resido in their respective districts; and thc Stnto Electors must not both resido in thc same district. If any Stato is entitled to the Hame number of members thut it had before, no change in made in the districts, and tho Electors previously chosen remain io office. If at any lime an Elector's placo be comes vacant by death or otherwise, a special election for choosing his successor is ordered, in thc District or tho State, as the case may require. Hy these Electors our President is chosen, to serve during life or during good olficial behavior. On the death or removal of thc President, the oldest member of tho Cabinet calls tho Elec tors to assemble within fifteen days io the capitol at Moreville, to select a President. At the assembling of the Electors, they choose by plurality vote one of their number to preside over their proceedings, such member'to have no vole except in case of a tie. In bal loting for President, after threo ineffect unl ballots have been made, no new can didates, name is admitted ; and, after each subsequent ineffectual ballot, the name of the candidate receiving the smallest number of votes, is dropped. Tho candidate who receives a majority of all the votes cast is summoned to Moreville, and inducted into office as soon na practicable. I have written enough to show tho workings of the plan. A few words an to its actual advantages. It avoids the vast expenso of time, money, temper, character, reputation, sobriety, pcaco and life, unavoidable and increasingly prevalent io connection with our former gencrul elections and tho exciting campaigns which inevitably preceded them.-As we look back toward them from our present stand point, wo can scarcely believe that we could ever have endured these enormous evils. It destroys tho pretext for national partisan conventions, and diminishes the rancor of party spirit. It tends to turn the minds of tho peo ple from the tricks of politics to the study of statesmanship. It gives to the government the idea of stability, and, relieving the people from all fear on that score, induces them to devote themselves without distraction to the earnest pursuit of legitimate buaiuess, and the development of the vast resour ces of our great country. Hut, excuse mo. I must cease for the present. Your nephew, T. MOBE, Jr. ? Star Rooter Owns Up. In the Star Route trial on Thursday the monotomy of the testimony in repe tition of that given on the first trial was enlivened somewhat. Reidell arose and in a clear voice said : "If the Court pleases, I desire to make a statement in my own behalf." Profound silence prevailed and for a moment the Court looked surprised, but counsel for tho defence seemed to be prepared for the blow about to follow. The Court finally said, "You can make it." Reidell then proceeded to read rap idly the following statement: "After maturo reflection and full con sideration of the whole subject, I have determined to abandon any further defence in this case and put myself at the mercy of the Court and government, and if desired to do so by the counsel for tho government, to testify to all my knowledge of any facts with reference to any of tho defen dants either for or against them, myself included; therefore, I now in person, ask leave to withdraw my plea of not guilty heretofore interposed and enter my plea of guilty, and in so doing put myself on the mercy of the Court." "Well, on my part, there is no objec tion," said Ingersoll, abruptly. "This is somewhat unexpected." The Court-"The defendant who has just spoken desiree to withdraw bis plea of not guilty and enter ono of guilty. The clerk will make the entry." - Mrs. H. M. Valle, wifeof one of the Star route defendants, has committed suicide. - The Palmetto Yeoman says: The Railroad Commission holds daily aeaeions of great length. Meeting at 9 a. m., ita members work until dinner time, and after dinner return and continue their labors until late at night. They give no information of the character of their work, bat it eeems to be the compilation, in condensed form, of the rates charged on the different ?aiJroada of the State for a number of years past, with a view io ascertaining the inequalities in charges between the different lines and making a baals for the fottbcomtng schedules of rates. I A '"liant?- "ti? (bm lesion. TROY. S. C., Feb. 13.-Charleston is the natural market of III?B nen- railroad. I have talked to the people along the line and find that they would like to do their business in Charleston. Take us an example tho new and prosperous town of Troy. It has only been established one year and can now boast ot eight stores, a number of nice dwellings, two saw mitts, ten cotton gin-4, one nice church and a large merchant's mill, l here have been shipped from this place since the 1st of September 2,G00 bales of cotton and the number will certainly reach 3,500 ?luring the cotton season. Now, I say that Charleston is the natu ral market of this place. The people are all Carolinians and have some State pride. Tliey would much rather MC their tradr help bu i lil up a city of their own State ; but, at the same lime, they have soniH gratitude, and they know that Augusta ?lid help th? in when they could not help themselves-she subscribed largely to the construction of the Au gusta and Knoxville Railroad, and she is now reaping her reward, ofthe -V DOO bales of cotton shipped from this place 1,000 bales went to Augusta. Over li)O.0i>0 bushels of re<l oats were shipped over the road, and other produce in pro portion, and il went to Augusta. Our people now have on fool the con struction of tile Havannah Valley Kail road. They are not able to build it themselves. They are looking around for help. They have applied to Charles ton, with no encouragement. They ap plied to Augusta ami she at ?ince respon ded with a subscription of $25,000 ou condition that thc road should tap the Augusta and Knoxville Road at McCor mick's and not al Troy, ami that it should not cross the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. It is generally conceded that tho Carolina, Cumberland (?ap and Chicago Railroad, or the old Atlantic and French Hroad Road, will bo built. It crosses the Augusta and Knoxville Road at Troy. If the Havannah Valley Road should come to Troy then the freights of that road would at least be divined between Charleston and Augusta. Il is a known fact lhat thc distance from Anderson to Troy is shorter than it is to McCormick, miles below Troy. It is also a fact that it i : a much better route- ; it has Leen :-.o reposed by thc chief engineer. Il is also a fact that all of the directors, the City of Anderson and the people along tho line arc anxious to go to Troy and thereby get a Charleston connection. It requires only $15,010 or $20,000 to turn the road to Troy. Wo have a number of firms in Charleston who alone could subscribo the above amount und never feel it, and consequently pour ?he freight of the Havannah Valley Railroad into the lap of Charleston. Augusta is wide awake. Charleston should be, if she re gards her interest. These are facts that havo come umler my own jiersonnl ob servation.- Garresjwntlence i\<nr* anti Om* rtVr. A Uniform Ballot Box. In view of tho attempts being made to pass a measure through Congress look ing to the adoption of a uniform ballot box for use at all Presidential and Con gressional elections, a Yankee inventor has placed upon exhibition in the room of the House Committee on Elections a voling machine which bc claims will lill the bill. It is thus described: The mechanism is contained in a walnut box. In front is a table of the proper dimen sions to receive a ballot. At each end of tho table is a roller, over which passes an endless apron, upon which tho ballot is deposited by the voter. Tho operation is as follows: At the opening of the polls the officer in charge places upon the apron a piece of paper of the same size as a ballot, on which is stamped tho United States, State, city or town seal. By turning a crauk the apron moves, aud the paper is taken into the machine a given distance, nt which time the mechanism is stopped automatically. The first voter then deposits his ballot, face down, upon the apron. The top end of tho ballot, owing to the construction of tho machine tables, laps on the bot tom end of the Bealed strip of paper. The crank is again turned, and the ballot and the preceding strip of paper are car ried forward into the machine and auto matically fastened, permanently, each to the other. The ballot next deposited by voter No. 2 is automatically fastened to the ballot deposited by voter No. 1, and so on, until all the ballots are deposited, at which time another Bealed strip of paper is deposited by the officer in charge, and fastened by the mechanism to tho last ballot. There is a common registering device attached to the ma chine, which registers the number of votes cast. Inside the box is a spool, upon which the ballota aro wound aa fast as they are deposited and fastened to the other. When the voting is closed the spool containing the ballota is re moved to one end of a small frame. An empty spool is placed in the other end of the frame, to which spool the free end of the strip of ballota is fastened. The ballota are then counted by winding them back and forth from spool to Bpool until ali the ballots are counted. If more than one ballot is deposited upou the apron at the same time, purposely or accidently, no harm is done, as all of them run into the machiue as one ballot, and are all fastened to the preceding ballot, so that when they are counted only one ballot is seen. Unless you look at the edges, therefore, no advantage has been gained. MR. BRECHER DENOUNCED.-At In dianapolis, Ind., Sunday last, the Rev. Arthur Pierson, pastor ot the Second Presbyterian Church, of which church Kev. Henry Ward Beecher waa the pas tor many yean? ago, created something of a seusation by referring to a recent lecture of Beecher in that city. He la mented the fact that Christ's people were carried away by the slosh of the learned gentleman's dissertations, and added: "I felt ashamed to have such grand doc trines as the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures and such awful truths as the final punishment of the ungodly travestied and held up to ridicule, and I felt specially humiliated that I should be the eucceisor of that man as pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church." Here the audience broke out in unrcstrainable applause, showing that Mr. Beecher's tenets have not the unqualified approval of his old Indianapolis friends. Dr. Pierson afterward privately reasserted his strong opinion and waa warmly con gratulated by many of the prominent ministers ?yt his bold stand. - The Barnwell People says: "If every cotton planter in the South should make as many balee thia season aa he will plant for our country will be ruined. The day of high pricee is gone, and cot ton wm be profitable hereafter only when grown aa a surplus crop. A year ago a pound of lint cotton would buy a pound and a quarter of bacon, now a pound and a quarter of cotton will only ouy a pound of bacon. A year hence the difference will be still greater. The wiso farmer will not put all his eggs in one basket" - John Burns, a Moore County man, registered at the Mc A doo House last week. Some time ago he discovered gold on his farm, and sept the secret to himself until he mined out one hundred pounds of the precious metal. Thinking the vein was exhausted, he offered to sell and did sell finally for $48,000. He had along with him a bag of gold and wes spending it freely for "fire water" when last ? icu. A few months ago his worldly possessions consisted of a half dozen doga; DOW ho is a bon an ta king, count ing hi? gold by the thousand. Such is lite.- Greensboro (iv*. C.) Patriot. ?iie Mau** ?raulte Ruarles. Thc United States Census of 1S3Q dots ' nut give any statistics of the grauitequa j ries of .South Carolina, and Major Harry Hammond, the compiler of thc Hand book of thc State, is anxious to secure data in regard to them. He will be glad to receive at Beech Island, H. C., any in formation ia regard to the location, quality of rock, amount nf capitol invest ed ami annual product of any ol' our qua rtes. .South Carolina lias some of tho finest granite in the world, and thc world ought to know it. The Hand-book will go to every p:irt of the United States and to Mu rope, and if quary owners arc alert they can, by furnishing this information, give their rock the best advertisement it ha- ever had and stimulate investment and demand. Interesting Observations, A stall' correspondent nf the Phila delphia Vre**, who has bren vi-iting the principal cotton manufacturing point- in thc South, has written out some obser vations which possess both interest and encouragement. This correspondent think- its natural advantages for manu facturing are so great that the Southern cotton mills may before a great while become dangerous competitors with those of the North. He says that thc question of skilled labor is being rapidly over come. Despite tlie fact that the number ?d' spindles is rapidly increasing every year, thc manufacturers have more ap plications from Northern operatives than they have places to give, whilst the native laborers are fast becoming trained and skillful. Many of the large mill owners ar? sending their sons North to be educated and trained in the mills there. These young men, who arc intel ligent and quick, study the workings in the Northern mills and keep up with all the improvements made there, which arc quickly retorted and readily adopted iii the Sonlbern mills. The /VraVs corres pondent Ands that labor and living arc both much cheaper in thc South than in the North, while another immense ad vantage claimed for the manufacture ol cotton which has not been compressed es it must before it can be shipped in tin lint, cati bc spun into finer, smoothci and more flexible and stronger threat than any produced in the Northen mills. Sorrit CA i:ui.i NA AT HUSTON.-Al though the Hoard of Agriculture at it recent meeting did not take action ru the invitation to lite Stale to make ai exhibit at the fair ol the New Etiglani Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute in Boston next fall, it must not bo sup posed that an appropriation will not b made for this purpose. The members o thc board appreciate the benefits whicl would result from a creditable exhibit b; the State, hut they nre somewhn hampered for the means with which t make it. It will cost a good deal to co! lett such a number and variety of prc ductions as alone can re pr ?ac nt truly th resources of Sou** Dandina. If tho ap propriation is mt.JO it will nut be a hall way one. The State will make a fin exhibit or none at all. Several member think that the Legislature should bav made a specific appropriation for th purpose and not lei! the burden of at cepling and fulfilling the Slate's invita tion to the Department of Agriculturi They point to the uction ol other Soutl, ern Legislatures in thc matter as i marked contrast with that of ours. The board will probably meet agai before long, and if there is uionc enough the exhibit will almost certain! be made. But there is no time to lost The collection of specimens will tak much time and labor, and if anything i to be done it should bc begun ut once. - Pittsburg, Pa., is MI lb ring with th greatest flood known in that region ft 60 years. - Senator Butler is working to ge $500,000 for Charleston harbor, the $10( 000 allowed in thc river and harbor bil being inadequate. - There has not been a single ban failure in Japan since the law was et acted cutting off the heads of the cashiei and directors of the banks that fai Japan would deal tenderly with Sti Routers and State Treasurers. - Samuel Wrngg, the junior merubi of the firm of C. T. Lowndes & Cc Charleston, died suddenly, Thu rada afternoon, whilst at dinner. Heart di ease is supposed to have beeu the eau? of his death. He was in his 34th year. - There are about 20,000 workir women in Boston whose average pay four dollars a week, and whose boa: coats them an average of three dolla and a half a week. This leaves the twenty-six dollars a year for clothing ai incidentals. - A Texas paper describes aa 8,0* acre ranch in that State entirely devot, to the breeding of ponies for childre The breeding stock consists of Bevi Shetland stallions and forty-five man all thorough-bred, and 200 small spott pony mares. These little ponies ran over the prairies like sheep, and are rJ scribed as very gentle. - It is reported that the coinage the new five-cent nickel coin is to suspended at once, the Secret Servi men objecting to the piece because guilding it could be made to resemble live-dollar gold piece. One side of t coin is a fae simile of the gold pic mentioned, while the word "cent" dc not appear upon it at all. - Wiggins, the Canadian weat! prophet, has just discovered that he t erred in his calculations concerning t March storm. He still maintains tl the storm will occur, but not to such alarming extent as previously predicti It will only cover a narrow area. 1 storm predicted for Feb. 9. did not coi to time owing to miscalculation. - An extremely affectionate husba and wife at Larrabee, Ga., do not me to be stparated in death. They hs had a coll n roado wide enough for t and a grave dug to hold it. Their pl is that when one dies the other shall i mediately commit suicide, so that th bodies may be buried at the same tir while their souls simultaneously en eternity. - One firm at Rock Hill received 1 week the largest shipment of riding a walking cultivators ever brought to tl market-fifty-five in number. With l cultivator two horses and one man c easily plough seven acres per day, brei ingup the soil more thoroughly and u formly than tho old style of plouj while one man and two horses can do I work of six men and horses. - Two men in Philadelphia-one Irishman and the other a Scotchman undertook a smoking match for $25 l other day, the conditions being that who smoked the greatest number of ph in twelve hours would be winner. 1 Scotchman was triumphant, sinoki thirty large pipes full in the specif time. Only five minute rests were tak The Irishman knocked under on twenty-fi fib ni po, his mouth being drei fully sore. The other suffered no inc< venience. - The people of Spartanburg havi voted a large subscription to the buildi of the Gleenwood, Laurens and Sparti burg Railroad, and finding said road i coming on as fast as they anticip?t* have concluded that they don't want I road now as much aa they did at fit The Spartanburg County commission have been enjoined from collecting t railroad tax. Tho order was obtain Saturday from Judge Witherspoon Newberry by Jno. 8. Wilson, Esq. T injunction is only temporary, ?nd I matter will come np for a hearing both aides at Ibo Spartanburg Court. - According t.? tlrathtieet'*, the iron industries, a? well as the cotton mills, nuM be given up ni unfavorable points ami seek tbe sc* lion of cheap production in thc South. In speaking of thc explosion in the star-route trial on Thursday Mr. Mer rick one of the counsel for thc govern* ment, said that he thouaht the confession j of Rerdell, when completed, would settle ! the case aud undoubtedly result in the conviction of nil the defendant*. "? i says he received intimations on Wedues ! dav tba?. Kerdeil wanted to take the wit ! ness -land und give testimony in the case, and that in answer to thc intima tion- he said the <>nlv way Kerdeil could be made a witness was for him to plead guilty himself. He says this oiler was declined, but that, alter thinking it over. Kerdeil arrived at the conclusion that it was best for him to plead guilty. He said he thought thc developments that would be made by Kerdeil would about finish up thc case, a- they would bc con vincing a? to the t_'ii":11 of Brady and Dor sey, thc principal defendants in the case. * .'"Kvry ttiit h has I wo sides ; look at both before committing yourself to either." Kidney-Wort challenges thc closest scrutiny of it? ingredients and its grund result..* It has nothing to lear Irotn truth. Doctors may disagree as to the best methods and remedies, for the I cure of constipation ami disordered liver and kidneys. But those that have used Kidney-Wort, agree that it is by far the best medicine known. Its action is prompt, thorough and lasting. ?\TOTICK FINAL SETTLEMENT, j^l Notice is herein- pivin that tin? un dcrsigued, Executor of ll Estate of Jas per Williams, deceased, will apply to the Jtidpe of Probate for Anderson County, on j the 2?lh day of March, lb?3, fora Final I Settlement and discharge from said office as Executor of said Estate. J. It. WILLIAMS, Ex'r. Feb '12, 48S3 32 .r>_ HORSES AND MULES. rpiIE undersigned will oiler lo thc public JL on and after Tuesday, 27th of "rebru arv. from Fifty to Seventy-five bead of good HOUSES und MULES, low for Cash, or on time lo reliable parties Swaps made to suit the convenience of the Trade. J. S. FOWLER. Feb. '21, lSS;i 32 1 SEED RICE. IHAVE a lot of Seed Bice, .suitable for cither water or dry culture, barge profit can bo made on land not reliable for corn. Every fainer can raise enough for home usc, even on upland. I have made arrangements for machinery for a Rice Mill, thai will bc ready for next crop. A pol v early lor seed. JOS. II. HOWDEN. Feb 22. 1883 _ 32 _ "3_ WATERMELON SEED. MELONS raised past season weighing lOit I Hill lids. All new varieties for sale. (?nrdeu hee?l.i from any Seedsman desired, wholesale at Grow? rs ruUs at SIMPSON, REIB A CO.'S Drug Store. Feb aa, 1888 Extracts from Letters Received. 1 am well pleased with the Organ I bought from you. MKS. SALLIE E. SEIGLER. I am very much pleased with the Organ bought from you. It gives perfect satis faction, li. R. AYHIt. 1 am glad to say the Organ hus given en tire satisfaction, and I think no one need hesitate to buy the "Standard*' Organ, made by l'eloubet & Go. MRS. ADI HARRISON. The "Standard" Organ, made by Peloubet & Co., I bought from you gives iue perfect satisfaction. The excellence of workman ship and sweetness of tone cannot be ex celled. J. M. GEER. I am perfectly satisfied with my Organ. I lind it to be just aa good as you represent ed it. MISS MATTIE SIMPSON. The Peloubet Organ I bought from you is the sweetest toned Organ wo ever heard. R. L. MOORHEAD. I would not part with it for twice the amount I guve for it und risk getting- an other so good. H. GAINES. The Gate City Piano is a very sweet toned instrument. It has given nie entire satis faction. MRS. B. P. CR AYTON. I have several OrgaiiB, one new Gate City Piano, one second-hand Piano in stock. Also, one second-hand Piano, with an Or gan attachment, arranged so as to play both at once, or either separately. All in good order. I will sell thom on easy and reason able terms-part cash, and the balance next Fall. T*.18o J-MANIELS NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED -o ANDERSON, S. C., Jun. 23, 1883. WE would again politely Vail the atten tion of the trnding public to the following facts : That wc have now, and constantly keep on hand, a large stock of Goods in the va rious lines, consisting of Meat, Flour, Coffee, Sopar. Molasses, Dry Goods, Hardware Shoes, Hats, Saddlery, Yankee Notions, Crockery, Ploughs and Plow Stocks, Hoes, Hames and Trace Chains Axes, Nails, Iron, Tobacco, ' Clothing, And all other Goods generally needed in this market, including the celebrated Studebaker Wagons and Watton Harness. * We are agenta foHthe "Dow Law" Cotton Planter, said to be the best in use Abo, for thc Hazard Powder Co., of which we keep stored in our Magazine here a full supply, which we seil os cneaply as it can be bought in any market. We are also still tho agents of the world renowned Wando Fertiliser and Add Phosphate, and of the Salada Fer tinier, manufactured by the same Com pany, pnces for all of which are reasona ble, cither for cash or at Cotton option. Wo would like very much to furnish all of our friends this year their Goods and Fer tilizers, and will promise to do them justice in every instance. We buy Cotton largely for Cash on our own and for account of foreign buyers, and aro always in the market. And to those who now owe us monev on any account whatever, past due, we OM ?ure you that ve need the money, and ii ha? got to come right away. Very truly yours, 4c, Blockley, Brown & Fretwell. Feb 1,1883 29 Fresh Garden Seeds. T\ LANDRETH A Sons and D M C^n8ei?o7a:io^h0arden *** ?? Feh 15,1883 ^f-TOWERS. A PERFECT CORSET SECURED AT LAST! SA-Xalji'S? HEALTHCOR8ET Increases in popularity every day, as ladles find it tho moat COXCOUTAOLK -AND PKHFKCT FITTING corset ever vorn. Mer chants say Malves the beet satisfaction of any toraO tliey ev irruid. Warranted .-.ni .;;t. t< ' or ?nouey re? too humerons to mention. Wecan^0^11' it Corset from 25c. up to $2 00 ?ea I ! I will, In order to make roun. r 8PRIN? GOODS, sell my ?lff??4?F DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, MILLINERY, &c AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Miss Tjizsde "William?: LADIES'STOKE, BRICK RANGE. Feb 22, lS.sit FERTILIZERS FOR 1883 ! j AM still selling the well-known brands of Fertilisers and Acid Phosphates, to ?it. Eutaw Fertilizer, Excellenza Fertilizer, Yemassee Fertilizer and Eutaw and Ashepoo Acid Phosphates pa- CALL AND SEK ME BEFORE BUYING. My Stock of General Merchandise is Complete ! .Such ns suits the "Wants of the people generally. Always on band- ^ ^ COFFEE, MOLASSES, tte. FULL STOCK OF DU Y GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, CA PS, HARDWARE, CUTLERY. CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, Ac. M&~ Call at Nu 10 Granite Row. ,o W' Jr- BARn, Feb 22. 1833_32 .jaUJO^ 9KUO]{ uoauaa 'NVO'IS V RHO jdoaxa-*"poq.\"urj tuojj J ea A" aqi jo itouv?i still js mam *"nq 1,uo(i 'uaAuud jsaq aqi j ru mojj '?ar-as .Mjaavf) HAND ALWAYS ON AT R. Y. H. Nance's Shoe Shop GRANITE ROW. over W. F. Barr's V/ Store, a fine lot of READY MADE GAITERS, BOOTS AND SHOES. He also keeps the very best stock of LEATHER, ami the Finest of Workmen. Any one failing to get a lit out of his ready made work can leave their measure, with a certainty of a fit, ai don't forget the job will be done according to promise. I DEFY COMPETITION, when work manship and stock are duly considered. Feb 15, l?t83 31 ly TO ALL WANTING GOOD GOODS CHE AP! J have a good stock of HATS, CAPS. DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, PROVISIONS. HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES. WALL PAPERING? and many other things too tedious to men tion, which,! will sell low for cash, or to prompt paying customers on time. Give me a call. Feb 1, 1S83 A. B. TOWERS. 29 Change in Partnership. STOCKED - EQUIPPED FOR THE SPRING TRADE OF 1883, WITH the distinct understanding that I cannot be UNDERSOLD in any department of my business, which com prises a generul stock of FARMERS' SUPPLIES. Come and see tue. and be convinced of the truth of this assertion. I still make a specialty of Men's and Boys' HATS, and can save you 115 per cent, in this line. GUANO, GUANG. I am stocked to the rafters, on the high est grades of Ammoniated Fertiliiere and Acid Phosphates, and will treat w"lh you liberally in this line. A large stock of Composting Chemicals will be closed out very cheap. Respectfully, ?T. ?X. BAKER. Jan 25, 1883 28 ly C88T ?Z n?f BS NODI! *8 'AV '?iparpadfatf '?Oi / 7?y,n X]ijvx3 uviuif '3utujQM .((.nui] spusq jp? uoApl ?Auq I ra 'pans aus A*aqj jj out jo pjBq jpqq} VOTO Aaqj pu? 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Aun mun 'JJ.UO; ;OII f} '.no; ru seouj -uon -Bjnclaj puu Xauom jjaqj OJJBJB Xatn qaiqM uoun 'Bamttdmoo oq? jo spuBjq nmi?uo aqi inq spuBjq lotoads ou aABq i -Bmrujoj Plo jiain Japun BI>OOS UMO Jtaqj ojnpuj -ntiBni pua 'BJjioii U?O jjaqj OABq eajuBd -moo "qi Ploy oq? uj pioy otjoqdBOi;FT ?jqoiiuav jo -,uao jad t~i oj 0I IUOJJ imo ouunoatu H}Biuorarav jo 'woo jad c JdAo ez^iBUB BpuBjq asaqx -ojaqdsotij nioV -?'Vi>? JOJ sjnaniajiutujB Jtaqj 8ut?iuin i ?jojaq am oas oj aiauusj atn JIBB p{noaa. i mum 3Hi ?od THE copartnership heretofore existing between J. P. REED, R. L. MOORHEAD and H. O. HERRICK, doing buiineuun der the firm name of REED, MOORHEAD <fe CO., has been, this day, dissolved by mutual consent. All parties indebted lo them by Note or Account will take notice that if the same is not paid on or by theist April next, they will be placed in the hands of nn officer of the law for collec tion. Jan. 8, 1883. New Partnership. THE undersigned have this day entered into a copartnership, under the firm name or REED & MOORHEAD, and will con tinue business at the old stand occupied by Reed, Moorhead & Co. All Notes and Accounts duo the old firm are in their hands for collection. The patronage of oar former customers and friends respectfully solicited. J. PINK REED, R. L. MOORHEAD. Jun 8.1888_26_ NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that an Elec tion will be held in Belton Town ship, at tho timo and place, and for the purposes specified In the following resolu tions : COUBTY COMMISSIONERS OFNCB, AKDKBSON C. H., 8. C., Feb. 6, 1883. Whereas, a petition, signed by ten voters in Belton Township, Anderson County, bas been filed in this office, praying thu Board of County Commissioners to Bubmit to the qualified electors of the said Town ship of Belton thc question of "Subscrip tion" or "No Subscription" to tho Capital Stock of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Ruilroad Company, and asking that the amount of said subscription be fixed nt tho sum of Six Thousand Dollars; and whereas, it is provided by law that tne County Commissioners Bhall, upon tue filing of such petition, submit the question of "Subscription" or "No Subscription to the qualified electors of such Township, after baring first given fifteen days notice in some newspaper published in the Coun ty of tho time, place and purpose of suco election. Therefore, . 1. He it Resolved, That the question ol "Subscription" ov "No Subscription M the Capital Stock of the Carolina, Cumber land Gap and Chicago Railroad Comply be, and the same is hereby, submitted w the qualified electors of Belton Township, and that the amount of such flU^P1'0;" be, and the same is hereby, itxed at BU Thousand Dollars. , 2. Resolved, That an election for bc pur pose of said subscription be, and the same is hereby, ordered to be held at the town of Belton, the only voting precinct in sftiu Township, on the Second IW Bf arch, 1888, and the followingflameo voters of said Township be, and tnerjS hereby, appointed Managers to c?n?"" the said election, to wit : J. 8. Acker, K. * Rice and L. D. Harris. . 3. Resolved, That the polls for such elec tion be opened at eight o'clock ?.>".."," closed at four o'clock p. m., and, ?ia?;?. ballots used have written or printed taere on the words "Subscription" or No an? 8C4P???/twf, That the foregoingP"?"*S and resolutions be published in "xtue^ issue of tho AwDSJisoN Ii"KU>ioB5c?B, aa? in every issue thereafter until the. eiecn?? herein ordered shall have been held R. 8. BAILEY. JOHN H. JONES, JOHN A. REEVES. W. H. FRIERSON, Clerk. Feb 8, 188S SO_1 BEAL ESTATE FOR SALE to WILL sell 40 acres of land ID the CItv ol Anderson, on Main St.. 8onth S???i?& Will tell all in one'lot, o divide In lota to suit purchasers. For terms and prices see tho undersigned MOORE ?fe WARDLAW, Real Estate Agents, ?.ilTin ???r.h*v? "'S*1 tracu? of land sell tn the County. Fine farming lands. Feb 8, 1883_80 _ & W Saddles. SADDLES will be sold at cost for cash for the next 25 days. Feh 1.1883 A.B. TOWERS. EXECUTOKS' SALE. WE will sell at the late resuienoegj Zachariah Hall, Esq., deceased, t? thia County, to the highest bidder, on Wednesday, 28th d*y Febrturr, ?Wj All the Personal Property of tho "J Zachariah Hall, deceased, coniUtinf, part, of Horses, Stock Cattle, ? n . Corn, Fodder, Wheat, Oats, Household arid Kitchen Furnltarr, Plantation Tools, Buggy, Wagons, Ac Ac Terms of sale Cash. " % H. ROBIN80N, ) Executer*. w. z. MCGEE j Feb 8, 1883 80