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IO. Ii. MU Kit A Y, IM lt or. TH??IWDAY, MAjicil 1, ISS3 i INK Y KA It.ei.SO. SIX MONTHS. Two Dollars If mit patti In atlviuicti. The night mail train to Walhalla <>n la?t Salunlay was considerably delayed hy being overloaded with freight cars. The engine was unable to pull the train up tho B ronda way grade, ao the passen ger, baggage, express and mail cars were left four miles from Ami rson while thc freight was brouirbt here, and the engine went hack for them.,. This trouble bas happened several times since the new schedule has been in force on this line. The business of thc road is too heavy to be done by one train. The Railroad Commission stun ?o be disposed to tic themselves in with so i many vants of red tape tba* in our opinion lhere is little likelihood that their services will prove as valuable io the State as was hoped for by the people. When there is a public abuse complained ol, they wait for individual complaints. Il, however, the Commission are us slow to draw their salaries as they are to interfere for the protection of the public, their services will not cost much for sume time lo come. They should have looked into the Blue Kidge schedule long ago, and either have exercised their power to cause achango, or have decided that thc railroads were right in lite course pur sued by them. The law does not remiiro the Commission to act, perhaps, except upon formal complaints, but Ihey have full power to act without them. We be lieve that a correction of these evils will come from the railroad company itself before thc formal crust which surrounds the Commission can be penetrated by the people's ?ide of this question. j wrnivnu pirAif ?'Til?n ? vu .i MOREVILI.K, UTOPIA, February 26, 181?. Silt THOMAS MOUE : My Uenr (ucla-This letter will bo supplementary to my last, in which 1 gnve you an outline of our new method of choosing the President. I should have said tba?, in the proceedings nf the Electoral College, every Elector is enti tled to only one vote, and all the voting is i?irn rv?e. I will now explain our plan ol" con ducting all other elections. You know that our government owes its very exist ence to the spirit of righteous opposition to taxation without representation, lt was this spirit that filled Boston harbor with tea, that inspired tho whole Utopia people willi irresistible enthusiasm, und gave to tho world its finest specimen of a true republic. The idea of universal equal suffrage was supposed to bo essen tial to thc existence of a Democratic gov ernment; mid, though, in some respect?, its practical operation was not altogether satisfactory, yet it was regarded as too sacred a thing to bc disturbed by tho merciless hand of innovation. As time wore on, the thoughtful classes could nut fuil to feel thal there was danger of increasing evil fruin this source. Men who had the least pos-iblc intelligence and interest in thc govern ment, who were not tied down by owner ship of the soil, and who contributed nothing in character or means to thc support of our institutions, could, by the mere fact of their superior number, actu ally control the policy of the State on <|uosliou? involving the highest interests of all. Occasional outcroppings ol agrarian Hpirit gave riso to serious feat of communistic anarchy and ruin. J LI; t in the nick of time, it was dis covered nod declared that universal equal suffrage was inconsistent with the fundamental spirit of our whole fabric. If the greut wrong of our colonial condi tion consisted in taxation without repre sentation,-if taxation and representa tion ought to go together, it would seem that they ought to bo proportional. Il A pays ono dollar tax, and B pays two dollnrs, it seems fair that B's double tax should entitle him to double representa tion:-if not, his extra dollar is mani festly an im-ta ii co of taxation without representation. lt was observed also that this princi ple had ul way n been recognized and car ried out in tho proceedings of joint-stock companies in our own country. Men who contributed their money to build railronde or factories were allowed tc exert influence in their management in preciso proportion tn tho amount of theil ?took; and noone ever thought of doubt ing the equity of the plan. Fortunately for us, it waa agreed tc apply the same principio to our govern mental affairs ; and now we havo a sys tem which challenges the admiration of the civilized universe. It is this:- . A citizen proposing to vote presents to tho Inspector of the polls his tax receipt for the year, which shows exactly how much he has contributed to the support of the government. He is entitled to ono vote for every dollar of that amount. Ho is required to d?chu J in audible voice in whose favor his vote or votes shall be recorded ; and the clerks make the record accordingly. His tax receipt is then indelibly stamped with the name of the precinct and the date of the election, BO that he can not vote again that day. Besides its manifest justice, the plan is a constant premium' on industry, ecmomy, and thrift, and thus exerts in calculable influence in the development of the dormant resources of our Heaven* blessed land. I should add that, when this pinn was introduced, it waa confined to the elec tion of State Senators, and our members of the Lower House were chosen on the universal equal suffrage basis ; but, slier a trial of some years, the manifest supe riority of the new plan induced ila uni versal adoption. I should add further that a person wLo holds property in different cou utica ia entitled to vote, either in person or by * written proxy, wherever bis takes are paid. - Hoping to hear from yon aooa, I re miin, aa ever, , Your nephew, T. MORE, Jr. "u ..... --- m ri-~ - A negro bey in Ko rah aw County was crashed to death by- a fulling t rc o lest week. A DAV WITH THE RAILROADS. Ni M Linc to knoxville. - I 'OM 'iM ttl.v, February 'St.-Col. R. V.I McAllen, president of "thc Asheville and SJ m rt a II Lu rtr Railroad, was in the eily today. IL- had a consultation with prominent repre*entatives of the Rich? mond and Danville Railroad in regard to the completion of the Asheville ami Spartnnbiirg Railroad to Asheville N. C., ami the matter was fully and satisfac torily discussed. For -onie lime punt efforts Lave been making lo complete the road, bul the probability thal thc Legislature of North Carolina now in -i sidon would oa-- a railroad commission Act dampened thc prospects. Capital ists were not willing lo invent in rail road-" with the probability hanging over (hem that thc State would take the man agement ?d' the road" into its own hands. The other day. however, thc North Caro lina Senate tabled thc railroad commis sion bill, and the negotiations were re sumed. Arrangements have now been made lor obtaining every dollar of the money needed, provided thc North Caro lina Legislature adhere- to its policy nf opposition to railroad control by the State. A- -'.on a- the Legislature ad journs and this fact is settled, work will be begun on tho completion of the line, lots will not be later than thc' month of April. There are only ten miles of grading tb be done between Henderson ville, tho present terminus, and Ashe ville, .. 1 only twenty miles of track lo he laid with ties and rail. Ronds aro to bc issued to thc amount nf $400,000, which will complete the road to Ashe ville, iquip il thoroughly and improve the custom portion of it by filling in trestles, Ac. l in' line will bc completed to Asheville within six mouths after work i-. begun. There will then bc com munication with the West by the exist ing French Broad route by Wolf Creek to the line of thc Hast Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia Railroad and thence lo Knoxville. The Richmond .-.ml Dan ville Railroad, however, is now building a road from Asheville lo connect at Maryville, Tennessee, with the short line known as the Knoxville and Augusta Railroad which runs from Knoxville eastward. Of this new line lhere are now forty mil? s graded arid twenty miles of track laid, ll will bc completed within two years, and will give South Carolina a short und direct line to Knoxville. The Knoxville and Augusta Road was designed to run tc Augusta, but thc completion of ibis Asheville-Mary ville link hy tin: Richmond am1. Dan ville will divert ils business to Charles ton. Co!. Me Aden said to mc: "You can tell Charleston to get ready for thc cabbage, huckleberry and apple trade of the mountains as well as for Chicago bief." IIA ll.KOA II KM?ITION8. The meetings of the directors of ibo Columbia ?Sr. Greenville and the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroads were held to-day. Kach board had a quorum present. The meeting of the directors of thc Greenville Road was hold ?rst in the office of the president nf the Charlollo Road. Vice-President and acting presi dent A. C. Haskell uni elected presi dent, and is now in full command of both ronils. Col. R. L. McCuughrin, the lain president, was elected a direcl??r in the place of Col. A. C. Haskell pro moted. Col. .1. H. Rion, a director of the Charlotte Road, was elected a ?lirec tor in place of Col. W. H. l'aimer, of Richmond, resigned. Major K. B. Mur ray, editor ol' tim Anderson INTKIXI (JKNCEU, was elected a director as repre senting the Blue Ridge branch in place of Mr. Fred R. Scott," of Richmond, re signed. The road formerly had six of ?ts twelve directors elected from South Car olina. It now hus eight or one more than a majority of tho board. Mr. John (haig, the present auditor of tho Char lotto Road, was elected nuditor ol the Greenville Road, vice Mr. T. M. Barker, whose resignation was noticed some time ago. Capt. .1. C. 15. Smith, the Ircusurer of thu Charlotte Road, was elected treas urer of the Greenville Road, vice Major C. H. Manson, who has resigned. These offices of the two roads are now practically consolidated ns heretofore I predicted. Without other action of i in j portanco tho meeting adjourned. I Immediately afterward a meeting of i the ilircctors of the Charlotte, Columbia am] Augusta Railroad was held in the ?ame ollice. Mr. M. Bayard Brown, of New York, a director of the Columbia and (irecnvillo Railroad, was elected a director of the Charlotte ru .d in the pince of n director living out of the State. Of thc eighteen directors of the road five live in South Carolina, four in Charlotte and four in Augusta, making thirteen residing on tho line of road. Five directors live out of (he State.- Cor resjiomlciice Aries ami Courier. A Brutal Mother The little town of Davidsou College for some hours on Monday fairly throb bed with excitement over u message brought from the country iii great haste announcing that a woman named Brown, living near the place, had been killed by her little son. Not until Dr. Holt, a physician in the place, whose services were called for in great haste, had returned to the village from the womuu's bedside, did the feeling at ull subside It appears that Mrs. Brown, the wife of James Brown, living on the farm of Mr. J. G. Hood, near Davidson College, allowed herself to be Bcized with a fit of Carton, growing out of domestic matters, y the instigation of the devil or some olher evil spirit, resolved to give veut to her rage on the person of her little daughter, aged about 14 years. She tied a strip of cloth around the little girl's neck and swore she was going to strangle to death her own offspring. The inhu man mother had by persistent work well nigh accomplished her most wicked under taking when her lillie son who was sick and in bed on the second floor of the house, hearing bis sister gasping for life, went down and pleaded with his mother to desist from the foul and unnatural deed she had sworn to perpetrate. The hell of rage within thc woman could not hear the voice of her son, and the boy saw it. Between (he inhumanity of his mother and the innocence of his sister, tho boy could nol hesitate; aud seeing his sister almost in a death struggle, he took up a chair and, with one heavy blow, sent her would-be murderer to the floor, deprived of consciousness. She remained breathless for a while, and unconscious for some time, but when Dr. Holt left the house abo was conscious, yet suffering from a serious but not dan gerous wound just above the eye. It is painful to chronicle such a do mestic broil, but we are glad to hear the death of the mother is not feared and the affair is robbed of some of its tragic hor ror.-Charlotte Journal. - Sixteen negroes left Greenville on Tuesday for Arkansas. They were from Laurens County and obtained tickets and advice from Wilson Cook in Green ville. - It has just leaked out that Presi dent Arthur, Secretary Chandler, Don Cameron, General Grant, Senator Logan and several other Stalwarts had a con ference at Cameron's house the other night to deviso some means of repairing the rents in the Republican mantle or purity. It was admitted by all present Chat something most be done to stem the tidal wave of Democracy, but jost what that something waa, no one seemed able lo divulge. The matter was freely dla* chased. It waa acknowledged that there was nothing lo the action of any Demo cratic Governor upon which the Repub licans could hinge a single issue. It was finally agreed best to wsit for something io torn op, with the sincere Lope that it weald not ba a Democratic majority in 1884. Furmnn's Genuine Formula. A subscriber writes us from Decatur, Als., ami a?ks us lo print in the f.Wftryi Vi? thc "cstuitsc i-tir?!!.0'! '* Formula, a<* he lias seen two that were not alike, and bc want? to know which is the correct nne. Wc comply with pleasure, and also suggest that be will fiad it cheaper lo purchase the materials and mako the compont him.ell, than tn buy it already prepared for use. Here is what Mr. For man Kays of hi? formula : I give you the formula upon iv li ?ch my compost is made : l ake thirty bushels well rotted .-table manure or well rotted organic matter, as leaves, muck, etc., and -?alter il about three inches thick upon a piece of ground so situated that water will not ?tand on il, but shed oil m every direction. The thirty bushels will weigh about nine hundred pounds; lake two hundred pounds of good acid phosphate, which cost me f Ti 50 per ton, j delivered, making thc two hundred pounds cost $'2.'?>t, and one hundred 1 pounds kainit, which co?t mc by the ton i ?14.00, delivpied, or seventy cents lor ( one hundred pounds, ami mix the acid phosphate and kainit thoroughly, then scatter evenly on the manure. Take next thirty bushels green cotton ?ced and distribute evenly over the pile, and wet them thoroughly ; ibey will weigh nine hundred pounds; take again two hundred pounds acid phosphate and one hundred pounds kainit, mix, and ?pread over the seed ; begin again on the ma nure and keep on in ibis way, building up your heap layer by layer until you get it as high as convenient; then cover with six inches pf rich earth from fence corners, and leave at least six weeks ; when ready lo haul lo the field cul will) a spade or pickaxe simare down and mix as thoroughly us possible. Nov, wr haT< thirty bushels ol manure weighing nine hundred pounds, and three hundred pounds chemicals in thc first layer, and thirty bushels cotton seed, weighing niuo humircd pounds and three hundred pound* chemicals in the second layer, and these two lavern combined form the perfect compost. You perceive that tho weight is 2100 pounds. Value at cost is : 30 bu. cotton seed 12J cts.f.\ 75 1 .b?II pounds acid phosphate. 4 50 '-'un pounds kainit. 1 40 Stable manure nominal. - Total.$0 05 < >r, for 2400 pounds, a total value of fU.65. This mixture makes piactically a per fecl manure for cotton ?nd a splendid application for corn. To have a perfect manure for cotton, we n??etl : Phospho ric acid, ammonia, humus, potash, lime, magnesia, soda, and silicn. Now my compost contains every element needed : Acid phosphate given phosphoiic acid and lime. .Stable manure or organic matter gives ammonia and humus. Cotton seed gives ammonia potash aud humus. Kainit gives potash, lime, magnesia and soda. Silica is always present in the soil ; is practically in inexhaustible quantities ; no we have in my compost everything es sential supplied. You will readily per ceive iu tuc formula Ihc vast importance of kainit ; containing, as it dues, nearly one-third of its bulk of salt, it is a great conservator of moisture. 1 have found it, combined with humus, a specific against rust in cotton, and owing lo its contenta of sulphate of magnesia it is invaluable in the power that it possesses in thc compost heap of fixing the am monia as a sulphate and thereby pro voking itscscape. I regard ita discovery in the bosom of the earth at Leopold Mall in Germany along with that of tho phosphate bedn ni Charleston, which occurred almost simultaneously, as the greatest boon that a kind Providence has bestowed upon the agricultural commu nity in the last century. Two Conspicuous Men. WASHINGTON, February 10.-I saw (len. (Irani to day for the firr.t lime. A nhort, stout, small nosed, red-faced, stumpy bandy-legged man, with a wide, Hat fool, encased in a good honest boot, red and white "hort .trimmed beard, whiskers and moustache ; a good steady blue eye, not very wide open, but glanc ing around frequently, nut nervously, but scoopingly, as if il took in what it wanted to take in. He wears a short beaver and an old-fashioned overcoat; the lower cud of li ia trousers were thready and ho looked altogether a little seedy. His face has a tired look, as if it had looked out all the expressions of any possible or impossible feelings, and was waiting lo vee if lhere was anything refreshing going to turn up. There is literally not a particle of expression io bis face. He has firm, compressed, thin lips, but they look aa if they had gone to sleep embedded in tho stubby mous tache and beard. He smoked tho ever present cigar, black and stroug, and was complete in every way, as we have always seen bim in Frank. Jetties. U. S. Grant is here on Mexican Treaty business. He and Mr. W. II. Trescot, of South Carolina, aro attending to thia little matter for the Government. The pay ia not very much, about 4*7,000 per annum apiece, payable wheu they waut it, I suppose. It is said W. ll. Trescot and U. S. Grant first discovered each other's merits when Mr. Trescot was patching up a Chinese treaty with Amer can inucillngenoiis statesmanship, and that he is expected to do the head and hand work of this committee. Ho is well able to do it, as every one knows. South Carolina should be pleased with the wonderful progress of >Mr. Trescot. He looks now liko the typical diplomat ist. Everybody knows him. from Blaine, tho ten-millionaire, to tho humblest usher in the State Department. He lives iu a handsome house of his own, in tho most fashionable part of the city, keeps a coupe, and is one of the most contented looking individuals at the Capi tol. I remember meeting bim here about five years ago, the most crushed and castdown-lookmg Individual I ever saw. Nothing but his brains and self confidence have brought him out in the full electric rays in which ho now appears with Uncle Sam, a steady custo mer for Iiis work. He is known here as "Judge."-Correspondence of the?Newt and Coilrier. - Tho Kentucky journals are men tioning, among other pathetic incidents of the present floods, the fact that three hundred barrels of whisky were swept away from the city of Frankfort the other day. There is little worth living for in Frankfort now. - Louise Michel, the French potro leus, says that Englishmen treat working women far better than the Frenchmen do. Women laborers at Lillie work fourteen hours a day for a franc and a half (about thirty cents). In the South of Italy matters are far worse. There may be seen gangs cf women Laif naked dragging tho plow in place of oxen and urged on by the far m o r's goad, whilst for payment they receive a few bronze coins and a handful of lentile. Yet they have no slavea in Europe I - A writer in an exchange saya : "1 discovered many years ago that wood could be made to last longer than iron in the ground, but thought the procesa BO simple that it waa not worth while to make a stir about it I would aa soon have poplar, base wood, or ash as any other kind of timber, for fence posts. I have taken out bass wood posta after having been set years that were as sound when taken out aa when first put in the ground. Time and weather seemed to have no effect on them. Tho posta can bo prepared for lest than two cen ta apiece.'Thia ia tho receipt: Tato boiled linseed oil and pulverized coal to the consistency of paint Pdt a coat of thia over the timber, and theta ia not a man that will live to see it rot." An Unfortunate Error. Sometime ago .Mr. YV. 1). MeAdoo, j proprietor of the popular MeAdoo jJo'JSP, in i?rp/pnihnro S C, wanted ii plato of glass in li/.e 22x02 inches, ami wrote to a New York house t<> n i ?1 ii io him, and draw on him at Might for the t>ay. Now, it might have been ali righ' mt Mr. Mc A doo wrote "feet" instead of "inches." The New York firm on re ceiving this extraordinary order, thc glass wanted being described as lina french plate, conclu led that there must ? be some mistake, and telegraphed to .Mr. j MeAdoo in substance about HH follows : ' "Haven't you made a mistake'.' In all I of our 30 year? experience, we have j never received an order of this sort." Mr. MeAdoo, confident that he was correct, telegraphed that he"wanted what ! he ordered," and for them to ?end it j along. The firm, not yet satisfied, wrote ? him a letter, slating that they would not : be abb; to fill the :>rder, unle.-s they were to import the ela**, ami to this Mr. i MeAdoo replied, "go ahead ami import.'" In the course of lime Mr. MeAdoo was astonished at receiving a bill of lading for a piece of French plate glass one inch . thick, thirty-two feet long and twenty- ? two fret wilie, shipped on steamer (rom j France lo Norfolk. The immense piece of glass, carefully boxed, was carried ' across the ocean on the steamer's deck ? and was laid on thc wharf at Norfolk, ! where it now remains. There is no pos- j sib!? way of transporting it overland by j rail, ns it would not pass through the cuts alone the railroad, nor could il ge j through thc covered bridges. No doubt if Mr. MeAdoo could get it to tireens boro he would lind some usa for it, bul how lo gel it lhere is ibo question, in ihc meantime the [dale of glass is lying on the wharf at Norfolk waiting his or ders. It cost him $3,100. A Penitentiary on Fire. ST. I/iriH, February 23.-A telegram to the l'O?t-jJispatch from Jefferson City nays: The convicts in tho penitentiary had just returned to their shop? from dinner to-day when a preconcerted mu tiny broke out tn tho harness shop of Jacob Strauss A Co. Four convicts Hcized Van Horn, tho foreman of the collar shop, nnd told him to remain quiet. Four other convicts seized Snider, tho foreman of the harness shop, and stripped him of his clothes. John lt. Johnson, thc ringleader, a. highway robber Berving a sentence for twelve years, ran into the department where horse coliars are stuffed and set a lot of loos* straw on fire. In a moment the building, with its three shops for harness, collars stud whips, was on fire. (?real confusion ensued. The guards ran in with hose and wcro met by convicts who cut thc hose. The ringleader, Johnson, then made an effort to escape over the walls, but despite the fact that ho had a knife and club he was captured and put ?ti a dungeon. His seven companions were also confined in dark celia. The lire was got under control, but not until the following shops were completely de stroyed : Strauss & Co.'s harness shop, collar shop and whip factory, loss $100, 000; Ctienck's boot and shoe shop, $00, 000; Myscnburg's shoe Bhop, $30,000; State weaving nnd slate machinery shops, $40,000 ; Excelsior loom factory, $20,000. The total loss, with damage to minor State buildings, will reach $?100,000. Tho Desc. ding Floods. VICKSBURG, February 25.-The leveo broke at Panther Forest, fifteen miles below Arkansas City on tho Arkansas side, yesterday. The crevasse is one hundred nnd fifty yards wide and the water is going through three to four leet deep. The water from this crevasse will overflow a large section of country and flansing into Boeuf Uiver find an outlet n the Ouachita. In consequence of water being over tho track at Baker's Creek on the Vicksburg and Mississippi Railway no train will leave here to night for the East. Tho overflow was caused by heavy rnins last night. Backwater slightly overflowed the track of the Vicksburg, Shrevctirt and Pacific Hail rond between Detr . and Moendin in several places, but trains are still run ning. It ia, however, a question of only u few days when they witt be compelled to stop. The Fuie of Marsh T. Polk. CHATTANOOGA, February 21.-A gen tleman who visited Colon -I Marsh T. Polk yesterday in the Nashville jail says that be can scarcely speak iibove a whis fier, that he hus not eaten anything since ast Tuesday, und that if confined in jail he would not live more than a mouth. It is thought that he can not live more than six mouths even if taken out of jail and afforded all tho necessary com for',s, so completely had his system beeu depleted. It was also stated that tho stench arish, g from the river into his cell was i mmfh. -chlo, and that this alone was enough to keep one sick. Congress* man Caldwell of this city says be will die in twenty days. It is understood that Colonel Polk's bondsmen have agreed to settle Colonel Polk's liabilities by the payment of $200,000 in "new issue." Tho Lovers' Leap. NEW YORK, February 23.-A special from Matamoras, Mexico, says Louis Fernandez and Carmen Lira, aged IG years, after binding their bodies together with a rope, this morning, sprang into the Yara river and were drowned. They had been keeping company for some time. Last evening Fernandez called on the parente of the girl to ask her band in marriage and was rejected. Overcome with grief the pair determined to end their lives as above described. The bodies were recovered an hour later. The mother of the girl, after seeing tho corpse of her daughter as it was taken from the river, bound to that of Fernan dez, also sprang into the river and was drowned. Cared By Prayer. ELKHART, IND., February 24.-Anna Harts, a handsome and accomplished young lady, was badly crippled a year ago by a fall, and has since been com pelled to use crutches. Physicians pro nounced ber incurable. Ol late beth herself and her friends have been earnest in prayer that she might be relieved of her affliction. This morning while she was engaged in her devotions she felt a peculiar sensa tion in her limbs, and upon rising fonnd that their use had been fully restored. She can now walk as well as before the accident. The miraculous cure was the theme of conversation here to-day, the family being well known. Not GoUty. LAURENS, February 24.-The trial of J. L. Irby, charged with the killing of William C. Gllgore in a difficulty occur ring at thia place December 2, 1878, commenced on Wednesday last at 10 a. m., and waa concluded about 5 o'clock this evening, resulting in a verdict of acquittai, the jury being absent less than half an hour. A deep Interest waa manifested. The Court was densely crowded every day during the trial.-Spe cial Dispatch to the Svnday j\'ein. - Near Grier's in Grccnvilio County, on last Saturday night, four disguised men, who pretended to be revenu o offi cers, entered th? boase of Henry Cun ningham, colored, carried bim off some three ralfe?, tied bini bard and (ast, and each one pavo Mm twenty-five licks ap?ceo with atioVi, making in all on? Joh? C. Mieklcr, < f Walhalla. ha? made nu alignment for tho benefit of hi* creditor*. His liabilities are ?'v''1"1 : and iii- assets ar? estimated a*. (S/?'Wi. . The lour year old r>on ot Newton Garrett of Greenville County wa* killed Tuesday l?y the falling of a pin? tree upon hun which his father was engaged in cutting down. - The Obtener cays that subscriptions tu thu Newberry Colton Mills como in encouragingly. Tho bock? have been opened only only one a iefc and $?}8/.?00 have already been subscribed. - A clerk in lb? banking house of Preston, Kearn A Co. '.('Chicago, named V. M. Kerr, absconded in January with $20,5.00 of their iiioncy and ?35,00'1 in bonds belonging to their customers. A <'anadian, said to own property valued ut $150,000, took his mother-in law to the poor house the other day, sud there are taxpayer- in hi* town half in clined to laugh in ?\ ?te of themselves. - The cane of John li. Baker, for the killing of iii.- brother in au altercation about two years ago, was tried on Tues day at Chesterfield Court House ami resulted in an acquittal, na a case of sell defense was clearly proven. - The Carolina tStnirhin i-.tys : "it now -.fems to be a settled fact that work will begin on thc railroad between Hender ; gonville and Asheville early in the spring. The company expect to have it completed for thc fall I rail e." - Louis Richardson, a colored] train band on the Northeastern Railroad, fell under thc wheels while attempting to cross from the top of om: car to another on Tuesday, and was sn badly crushed that tie died during tb" night. - H. K. Headlam, a builder and con tractor at Abbeville, has made an as signment for the benefit of his creditors, His liabilities are about $1,500. Hb assets arc nominal, lt is supposed thill his creditors mny get twenty-live ccntf on the dollar. Mr. I!. 8. Daru wei I is th? assignee. - There was very little prospect tba thu unprecedented immigration ot las year would keep up during 188.1, but tin reports for January show a greater fall? ri] oil' than was anticipated. In January 1882, the number of immigrants arm ing at all the ports in the United State was 18,480, while in January, 1883, th I arrivals were only 12,04.0. ! - Professor l^ewis Swill, of the Wm I uer Observatory, Rochester, ami Pro Brooks, Red House <'bservatory, Phelpi New York, report the discovery of bright telescopic comet in the Constellf lion I'epassus, near Reta l'egosi. Il tight ascension is about 22 hours and C minute, and its declination noni; abot 39 degrees. Rs tail is one haifa degn long and its motion slow eastward. - It is reported that tho Republicar in caucus, have agreed to elect Mr. Kt rounds President ?rei fem, of the Senat just before final adjournment. This wi be thine with the coiireiil and con?u renee of Hon. David Davis. An a rangement of this sort is supposed to ii away with the necessity of a special se sion of the Senate. If so, thc -Uh i March will witness; :i nine tlie collapse i both Houses of Congress. SKINNY MEN.-"Wells' Health R newer" restores health and vigor, cur Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debilit 91. - Nature is bountiful in com pens lions. Whisky flasks for Western tra clers are now labeled in large letter "Samples of the Ohio Flood." Anyboc may carry one of them without emba rassment, but must not imbibe public from it, because Cincinnntittns say their river what Albert Richardson sa of the Missouri, that it ts too muddy drink anti not quite muddy enough walk upon. *#*"Slow and sternly wins the rac Stead'dv, but not slowly, Kidney-Wort distancing all competition for univers popularity and usefulness. This eel brated remedy can now be obtained the usual dry vegetable form, or in li uid form. It is put up in the latter w for the especial convenience of those wi cannot readily prepare it. It will found very concentrated and will s with equal efficiency in either fori Read advertisement. "Ronan ow RATS.-Clears out rats, mil roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, skunks, chi munks, gophers. 15c. Druggists. John K. Peonies ?t: Cotter's Mules will hera by next Friday. Will sell on time ! good notes. 2 Thoso desiring a good pipe or cigar cigarette hobler can find genuine me sch?um goods at Wilhite's Drug Store. Potato or Multiplying Onion at Wilhiti BUGGIES !-Any person wanting a go vehicle should not tail to call on HEED STEPHENS, whose long experience ei bles them to select the most reliable We ern Buggies at lower prices than any one Garden Seeds from the moat relia seedsmen in tho United States ut Willi & Wilhite's. All fresh. To cet fresh and reliable Garden Seeds to Wilhite's Drug Store. Rc sure to read the announcement Reed A Webb in another column. Til attractive Family Grocery Store will more complete this yearby the addition many nice things to their stock. THE BEST Cm.? R.-Wilhite's Leader gar is pronounced by all who have mool it to be the best S cent cigar in the Ci Call at W?hlt? ?lc Wilhite's, get one t satisfy yourself as to its merits. The time has nome that you should rid of that Corn on your toe. You II have tried hnrd enough to get rid of it fore, but you have'nt tried the right titi Therelor?, for once bo sensible and gt package of Indian Corn Remover at V hites' Drug Store. It isagood thing- ct without pain-and only costa twenty-! cents. If you haven't the twenty-i cents, borrow it. But get tho remedy i be hnppv. Sold only ny Wilbitc A V hite. The American Sewing Machine is still with the times. Come.in and see tho r So. 7, with largo ann and late imprc menta-light running and noiseless, large lot arriving at C. A. Reed's, Agent jjHT* Every color of the Diamond Dy? perfect. See tho samples of the co'lc cloth at the dniggiits. Unequalled brilliancy. 'Persons whose blood has been eorrnp and the circulation deranged by four se lions-the result of the disordered chen try of the body-need for their pu ri li cat something like an iowan! baptism at hands of Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkbam, wi lsbratory is at No. 233 Western Aver Lynn, Mass. Her Vegetable Compoun fairly inundating the country us wit river of lifo. HABITUAI. CosTlVKRXsa.-So many ? sons suffer with costiveness. A dosi Norman's Neutralizing Cordial after <. tr.es!, will break up the most stubborn c It gives tone to the stomach thereby stii luting the liver to a healthy action. F no M TUR 8EA ll OA nu.-MIT. C. V born, Charleston, 8. C., says : "I have t Norman's Neutralizing Cordial in family two or three years and can certa: recommend H as one of the best medir-J for all stomachic troubles. It so harm that I do not hesitate to give it to youngest child." There is a constant w snare being wi between the various species of the an i kingdom. Think of th* horribleness o army of worms storming the citadel of A dose of Sin bier's Indian Vermifuge destroy them. Special Notice. Parties indebted to C. A. Reed, Ag either by note or account, are earnestly quested to come promptly and pay np have been extremely lenient with sore you. but must now have my monav. need lt. My notes and accounts wi I placed in the hands or an officer of tho after December 1. Respectfully, C. A. REED, Agent, Reed's New Buliciing, near R. R. Bri .. IJ?VIII I-AII?V." i' k. complete dire, all m?ii?vliu! K Im y I! !.!- ?M I I rinary I ?IM*!-.-.?. ?I. ?.:!.-...??.?. A fc-o.oo l'.ililli.il Iti'Wlinl. The pubiiihera of llutled-ji ? V-mtlJy utYvt twi!v valuable rewards in their ?ttmthty for Mureil, muong which ls the following: We will jriv. 120.00 in go il to the person telling u* which is the longed vt-r>e in tho Hit.:.- hy Mar. li loth, 1V3. Shou! . 'wo or moroiorreel answers.be i t.v i, the re ward will Li'divided. The money will be turwai ?. I i > thu wiunci Mureil l'?!h, IS*3. I', r- .ti-i tr> ?tu f??r tb- re? ir.i iinW semi iv.-ii- i-i " ver (lio postage tamp- taken) with lb? i answer, for which ii-y will receive the. April .),?>,.>'.???. in which the natue and address nf thc winner of the reward and ibo cornel m.?wer will be j.ni.'i-li-l, und in which several nore val nable rewatds H ?ll h.- published. A l l:. --. Ill ti.Elx.K IVlil.lsillNo CUM IAN v Ka>t"H Penna. Woman -Hope for Suffering Woman Something Xew I nder tlie Sun. liv reason of ber peculiar relations, and her*|)eeiiliar ailments, woman has been compelled to stifler, not only her own ills, but those arising from tho want ol' knowledge, or >>t' consideration on the part of those with wli>>m she stands nm iieet.cl in thu Mieial organization. The frequent and distressing irregularities | peculiar io bur Bbs have thus been aggra vated tu a legree which no language can ox press. I n the mansions ut Illerich and the hovel of lb" poor alike, woman has boen the patient victim of ills unknown to muli, and which non?, bul she could endure-and without ? remedy. Hut now tho hour of ber redemption has cymo She need ?.ut huffer longer, whoo she can lind relief in I?r. .J. Hradficld's Female ttegu lalor, .. Woman's liest Friend." Prepared by Ur. J; Bradfield, Atlanta, Ga. Price, trial ci/e, T V ; largo bi/.e, $1.60. For sal- hy all druggist*._^^^^^ WARNING. A1.1. j- rsoiis are hereby no?ilie.l not lo hiic or harbor Reuben Cliiikscales, ! colored, a- I- is under contract to work for [ me dining the present year. Persons dis regarding lins notice will be dealt with at j law. A. L. GAKKETT. March 1. ISSa 33 2* WARNING. A1.1, persons are hereby warned not lo hire or harbor Len. Lindsay, as be is under contract with nie f..r the year 1883. Any person ?>r persons disregarding this notice will bi* proceeded against at law JUKI. KAY. Murvh I. 1883 .".3 ? ?fVTOTlCK FINAL SETTLEMENT. I ^ Notice is li?rebv given that thc un dersigned, Administrator of thc Estate of Marv Burton, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 3rd dav ot' April, 1883, for a Final Sell lenient and Discharge from hit ollie? aa Administrator of said l?tate. J. II. CLARK, A?1m'r. March IS, 1*M5 27 3 KING OF THE SINGERS. IHK above i.- the exact representa!ion of thc S KW I Nt i M ACHI N E we sell FOR #20.00. lt is in every respect the very bust of the Singer Stylo of Machines, finished in the best manner, with the latest improvements for winding the bobbin, the most conven ient style of table, with extension leaf, large drawers and beautiful Cl o til lc cover. IT STANDS, WITHOUT A HI VAL, King of Singer Machines. Ile do not mk y nu to pity for it until you ter ichat vin <tre buying. We only wish to know that you really want to buy a Machine and are willing to pay $'?0 for THE BEST IN TI IE MARKET. Write to us, sending the name of yoar nearest railroad station. We will S?nd the Machine and give instructions to tHow ymi tu c J i n/unc it before you pay for it. WILLMARTH ct CO.. 720 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. March 1, 1S?3 33 ly Remember This. If you are sick Hop Hitters will surely aid Nature in making you well whim all else fails. If you are costive or dysjieptic, or are suffering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if you remain ill, for Hop Bitters are a sovereign remedy in all such complaints. If you are waiting away with any form of Kidney disease, stop" tempting Death thi? moment, and turn for a cure to Hon Hitters. If you are sick with that terrible sickness Nurvo janes?, you will lind a "Balm in Gilead" in the use of Hop Hitters. If you are a frequenter, or a resident of a miasmatic district, barricado your system against the scourge of all countries-mala rial, epidet dc, bilious, and intermittent fevers-by the use of Hop Hitters. If you have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserably generally, Hop Hitters will givo you fair akin, rich blood, and sweetest breath, health, and comfort. In abort they cure all Diseases or the stomach. Dowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, Bright's Disease. $500 will be paid fora case they will not cure or help. That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, lister mother, or daughter, can bc made the ?icture of health, by a few bottles of Hop ittcrs, costing but a trifle. Will you let them sn Har ? March 1, 1883 33 4 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that thc un dersigned, Executor of the Estate of Jas 5cr Williams, deceased, will apply to the udge of Probate for Anderson Countv, on the 2Glh day of March, 1883, for a Final Settlement and discharge from said ofJice as Executor of said Estate. J. B. WILLIAMS, Ex'r. Feb 22, 4.SS3 32 5 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 general stock of FARMERS' SUPPLIES. Come ard sec me, and be convinced of the truth of this assertion. JL^ut^9 VP^alty of Men's and Boys HATS, and can save you 25 percent, in this line. GUANO, GUANO. I am stocked to the rafters, on tho bush cat grades of Ammoniated Fertilizers and Acid Phosphates and will treat with you liberally in this line. J ?rn ll*? ki2ck .of 00111 Posting Chemicals will be closed out very cheap. Reepe et fully, i o* ,?JF'? J- SAKER. Jan 25.1883 Vi \y IT?S&ASII^K 'I HORSES AND MULES. TjlK undersigned will oller lo tho public un HIMI .?:-.T Tuesday, i!7th of r ebrti ?rv. from Fifty t . Hev. my-the head of ,... "l HOUSES and MULES, low for Cash, or ..o time lo reliable partis. Swaps mane t.. suit the convenience of the 'J.T^'/, J.J, Keb. ' ' - S Saddles. 1 be sohl nt cost for cash ior the nen 25 days. r Feb I. 1^1 _a>_! SEED RICE. III WK a lot of Seed Hice, suitable for either water >? dry culture L?rge ??rollt eau I?- made on hind not reliable for corn livery fainer can raise enough for home use, even on upland. I have made arrangements for machinery for a Hies Mill that will bo ready tor next crop. . Apply early lorseed^ ^ "^"^ Feb 22, ItW-'l :v-' . _5_ Extracts from Letters Received. 1 am well phased with Ibe Organ I botmbt from von. Mils. SA Lld K K. S Kit? LEK. I nni verv mm h pleased with the Organ I bought from you. It gives perfect satis faction. ?. A? hil. I am glad to say the Organ has g. ven en tire satisfaction, ami i think no ono neel hesitate to buy the ".Standard" Organ, made by Peloubet & 00. J MllS. Alli HARRISON. The "Standard" Organ, made by Peloubet & Co., I bought from you gives me perfect satisfaction. Thc excellence of workman ship ami sweetness of tone cannot be ex celled. J. M. y EE ll. I am perfectly satisfied with my Organ. I lind it to be justas good ic?! you represent ed it. MISS MATTIE SIMPSON. The Peloubet Organ 1 bought from you . thc sweetest tened Organ wo ever heard. It. I'M MOORHEAD. I would n it part with it for twice tho amount I gave for il and risk getting fin other so good. H. O A IN KS. The Oatc City l'iti is a very sweet toned instrument, lt has given me entire satis faction. MUS. 1). F. CHAYTON. I have .several Organs, one new Cate City Piano, one second hand Piano in stock. Also, one second-hand Piano, with an Or gan attachment, arranged no us lo play both ut once, or either separately. All in good order. I will sell them on easy and reason able terms-part cash, and the balance next Fall. J. A. DANIELS. Feb -ll, lnb2 8|i NOTICE Tu ALL PERSONS INTERESTED ANDERSON, S. C., Jan. 23, 1883. WK would again politely call the atten tion of the trading public to the following facts : That we have now, and constantly keep on hand, o lurge stock of Goods in the va rious lines, consisting of Meat, Flour, Codee, Sugar, Molasses, Dry Goode, Hardware, Shoes, Hats, Saddlery, Yankee Notions, Crockery, Ploughs and Plow Stocks, Hoes. Hames and Trace Chains, Axes, Nuiis, Iron, Tobacco, Clothing, And all other Goods generally needed in this market, including the celebrated Studebaker WugoiiN and Wagon Harness. We are agents for'the "Dow Law" Cotton Planter, said tn be tue best in use. Also, for the Hazard Fonder Co.? of which we keep stored in our Magazine hero a full supply, which we sell ns cheaply us it can be hough! in any market. Wo are also still the agents of the world i fiioinicd Wando Fertilizer und Acid PhoHpbate, and of the Nuluda Fer tilizer, manufactured by tho same Com pany, prices for all of which are reasona ble, either for cash or at Cotton option. We would like very much to furnish nil 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 are always in the market. And to thoso who now owe us money, on any account whatever, past due, ice as sure you that tri need the money, and it tins got to come right away. Very truly yours, Ac, Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell. Feb 1. 1883_29 80 C?8I 'SS "Bf Noon S 'AV 'A|tnjl09a??fj 'Ros j int/.ii fijjovxi Uttitu / 'Sat, UJVM Xpnun cpmii[ p,u IU.M? ?ABU j SB 'pans Djs .imn jj om jo pjeq 3|upH rimo Xatp pus 's.Ccp Xi x is i VOU oqi uu( JIM dn BJ.nnmi pio nsoqi lao'noo o? paumuai'ap ran T en 'du Umpiris A"q iKoa OABH ?pjii. Xati} lerp XBH pinoM i 'adJBqg 3? noHrr "jo mjy oi\q aqi 8n|?io OJO <>IJ/L\ OHO'III ojr *uoi|BiujO]U} oqi joj ?uiqiAun noX a?nup iou i i i AA i 'KOtronQ XoimoqB ojinbua pua upooiJ Xm OOIJJ 'IUBM XBUI sjamjBi otp -jBqi siKioS ao'tno .CUB JO sauaa -OJO 'boueno uo rooud ut uoijiiadiuoo loam o i pomuuaiop uni j .pup; pu J tu ui joafj .sXiip XIJH|} ?jxou aqj up|l|A wu IB smq jo jmo}a Xiu ino osojo O? siio{xuB mn i -op?^s jf?}B| oin Ul )n0 lloX IU U?3 1 'USBO JOJ 1K03 ^JOJ. Aiajj, Va pooS v Xnq oj niBM n?x n .o.V *aa?A?pacii *spoo*> /JIQ Njonji *N?oi|H jo ouq pooaeaAttu OSIB I .fiODud MOT, IIB jojyouaq oqi noX OAiil nt? \ .pnpHOS Rjopjo P^aSiiTun PUB sjaXiiq qsoQ ..?liujo.cof]> siaiiddnfi ajaman * pu? ?II?K *?*H?0|s MOU ^aou .aoJtriH 'oajioj .aoawfi 'jnoij ?tfaHttU|oi?k-o *iV l^qs uni ? 9AVt\ 1 w:i .pWf P 'pnuomvtn fan jut g pjupuu,s jaqm XUB iiBq) Ui.nnj fou ft 'mo; su BMIJJ mon -Bindoj PUB Xouoiu jjaqi OJIBJS Xoqj qoiijM uodn 's-immliuoo oqj jo Gprnuq imnrfuo oqj griq spuBjq pnoods ou OAcq 1 .opuujoj Plo Jt.nn japun upoo? U.MO jiaqj ojnpBj .nueiu pus 'RHJOM. UA\O jjaqi OAOq K.Hned -moo oqj, pioy oq? tn ptay oijoqdsoq.i tmajtoao jo '%noo jad r.T 01 ol mojj pua oiiBoootp u}B?uoturuv jo Muaa aad g jaAO a^XiBuw spuBjq asaqx ojaqdsoqj ppy pus Kuucn.) onoifj pus ouiatjrf oiqn -IOS '/fl".'/" P?o oqt puBq uo OAiiq j -gjazi -llP^d JOj Kniatua?nrjjjo Jiaqj itui^um fr ajojaq aoj OOH OJ Bianuvj aip un ppaoM X ANDREW i Are Still on the Square, at th< ing Goods CB Low as i WE h,2!2Ja complete lino of SPRING G ,?tn li^'W CASSIMERE8, COT we ? ill be pleased to show all. OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Se CUy^?at?U ^ "nd ??'?facIlOB srr4TFlRMER8 ~Wo ??ll agenU 1 w-^iT*. Te*Vmonial9 from al1 OTe>- "Jo C We will take pleasure in showing and exph HIGH GRADE FER! And eptd low on Cottm Option. A few to? buy Cotton Ihis Fall, v e would mp*<| Al Marc'? 1,13PS ALWAYS ON HAND R. Y. H. Nance's Shoe Shrm r\N G KAN ITI-: KOW, nw V* .? i T V_/ Stop-, a li ii u lot ni - " '1 . 'torr's READY MADE GAITERS BOOTS AND 8H?ER also keciw the very i)ea M*f i ifuri wrtiicniiUK, when 'jaujn?) oati?jj iiOBiia? 'KVO'IS V nuo Vlrf->xa-Xpoqius ttiojj JVoX ati) jo uo?vos BII|J 1u mau, ?I1(J l.uoa '?UOMOJH ^BO.I atp j,u uiojj aa:? iwa<auvr> NOTICE], NOTICE ia hereby given that an Elec tion will bo held in IJelton Town Bhip, at tho timo und place, and for flin purposes apecified tn the following rewlu. tiona: COUNTY COKMIMIORBBS Ornes ANDKK-SOI? C. H., B. C., Feb. 6,1883 Whereas, n petition, signed hy ten yolera ill Belton Township, Anderson County has been filed in this office, praying thia Hoard of County Commissioners to submit II P . W Gitpatid Chicago Railroad Company, and asking that the amount of Bind subscription be fixed at thu sum of Bil Thousand Dollars and whereas, it is provided hy law that tb? County Commissioners shall, upon the liliiiK of such petition,submit the question of "Subscription" or .'No Subscription" to the qualified electors of such Township ufter having first given Ilfteen dava notice in some newspaper published in the Coun ty of the tillie, place and purpose of such election. Therefore, 1. He it Resolved, That the question of .'Subscription" or '"No Subscription" to the Capital Stock of thc Carolina, Cumber land Cap and Chicago Railroad Company I he, and the same is hereby, submitted to I the qualified electors of Belton Township, 1 and that the amount of such subscription be, and the same is hereby, Hied a: ?Six Thousuml Hollars. 2. Resolved, That an election for the pur pose of said subscription be, and the baine is hereby, ordered to be held at the town of Helton, the only voling precinct in said Township, on the Necond Day ot -llurcli, and the following named voters of suid Township he, and they are hereby, appointed Managers to conduct thc said election, to wit : J. S. Acker, E. 15. Itice and L. 1). Harris. Resolved, That thc polls for auch elec tion be opened at eight o'clock a. m., and closed nt four o'clock p. m., and that the ballots used have written or printed there on the words "Subscription" or "No Sub scription." 4. Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be published in the next issue of theARDEasorr lNrKLLtuE!<cER,and in every issue thereafter until th? election, herein ordered shall haye been held. K. 8. BAILEY, JOHN H. JONES. JOHN A. REEVES. W. H. FRIEIISON, Clerk. Feb 8, 1883 30 4 Change in Partnership. THE copartnership heretofore existing between J. P. REED, P.. L. MOORHEAD and H. O. HERRICK, doing business un der the firm name of REED, MOORHEAD ?fe CO., hos been, this day, dissolved by mutual consent. All parties indebted to them by Note or Account will taka notice that if thc same is not paid on or by tba 1st April next, they will be placed in th? bands of an officer of the law for collec tion. Jan. 8, 1883. New Partnership. THE undersigned bare this day entered into a copartnership, nnder tho firm nuns of REED & MOORHEAD, and wUl con tinue buainess at the old stand occupied by Reed, Moorhead ?fe Co. All Notes and Accounts dus the old firm aro in their banda for collection. The patronage of our former customers and friends respectfally solicited. J. PINK REED, R. L. MOORHEAD. _JanJ._1883_20 _ _ TO ALL WANTING GOOD GOODS CHEAP! J have n good stock of HATS, CAPS? DRY GOODS. HARDWARE, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. PRO VISIONS? HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES. WALL PAPERING, and many other things too tedious? to men tion, which.I will aell low for cash, orto prompt paying customers on time. Give me a call. A. it. TOWERS. Feb 1,1883_29 f k PREVOST s same old Stand?, and are Sell any House in tho City. OODS on the way . consisting of OAUpH? TONADE8, SHOES, HATS, *C *?,rl1 we Is full. The best Sogars, Coffees, fe" ?g guaranteed. , Everything dellverrd fres ? br the Celebrated CHA?W0H T*^J??. ounty that lt is the Mscbine for farm??, doini* our Machine, Terms libsrst. .LIZERS ON HAND, is Of KA HUT left. Call early., Expertin* ?? ask one all to gire ns a showing. HDBSW * VWKfWEkcr 27