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E. 13. MURKAY, Kditor. TUUIISDAY, MAY t, 18K!. TBRMB - ONE VKAB.?1.50. SIX MONTHS. 70c. Two Dollars If not paid Inadvunro. THE NECESSITY FOR M ANl'FACTORI ES. No community can now becomes lead ing business center upon its agricultural dade alone. Years ago, before 'be build* ing of railroads nil over thc country, certain towns and cities occupying favor able natural positions commanded the trade of whole sections, because no one around them could compete ; but now you lind in every twenty miles orso thriving business villages, which have the same advantages of cheap freights as arc now possessed by places which formerly en joyed almost u mouopoly of traue. Un der these circumstances, the tendency is pretty well established for plunters to trade at their nearest markets where there is no other feature than that merely of commercial Blores. Therefore, the race between business men now is not so much to undersell their neighboring compe titors, (because goods arc very nearly of thc same price in ail surrounding mar kets) as to oiTer inducements which other point:: do not possess. Hence, the atten tion of sagacious business men all over the country is being directed to the de velopment of various forms of manufac turing, which build up population and attract trade. In no other way can any point expect to attain any marked prom inence as a business center now. This is not even the ni nt important feature of the tendency of the present uge. Those point:-; winch do not possess the attrac tions offered by manufacturing centers arc being, and will coutinue to be, made in a greater or less degree tributary to the manufacturing towns, it is the ?ame old analogy of business to tinture, which is ever nsserting that thore is no HUCII thing ns ?landing still. Those who do not udvnnce will surely recede. The town or city which is not building up it? trade is certainly retrograding, and giv ing place to its more sagacious or pro gressive neighbors. lu the light of these fact?, Anderson's new enterprises should be greatly stimulated. We now have n Building nnd Loan Association assured ; our Savannah Valley railroad is well progressed, and only requires a little public spirited zeal to push il to comple tion ; and there is n rapidly growing probability that a large cotton factory will soon bo started herc. If our people will push these organizations t. a suc cessful termination, the future o Ander son is assured beyond a doubt. With theBe additions tn our present large busi ness, our population will be lnrgely in creased, our prosperity greatly augment ed, BO that from time to time new facto ries will bc started, and thc work of de velopment carried on to a degree of pros perity not now thought of. There is no reason why Anderson should not be the Becond city in South Carolina. We have advantages which, if properly and promptly utilized, will make us sn. COST OF MANUFACTURING. A friend, who is at present one of the official'! of a leading cotton mill in South Carolina, writes us endorsing the correct ness of the INTEI.MOKNCKII'H position in reference io the importance and profit of manufacturing development in our State. He gives the following aa the approximate figures of building aud operating a factory upon a capital stock of $100,000 : 4000 spindle? and 120 looms, motive power steam, product stnndorJ plain brown ; shirtings, 44x44 gauge, No. 12 yarns, to weigh iii yurds per pound-cast of mill aud appurte nances $25.00 per spindle, or $109,000. This mill will have a capacity of 2,522 pounds of cotton or 8,400 yards of shirting per day, which at 5} cents per yard will ?live as thc daily earnings of the mill $462.00. The cost of operating this mill will be .ur labor in carding, spinning, warping and weaving 2\ cents per pound, or $56.74 per day ; for salaries, supplies, fuel, insurance, other labor, draynge &c., lj cents per pound, or $44.13 per day ; for cotton and waste 2,882 pounds at 9\ cents per pound, or $266.58 per day, so that the total daily cost of operating the mill would be $867.45, which, taken from $462.00 the daily product, gives $94.55 as the daily profit of the mill. Taking the working days of the year to be 800, we have the yearly product to be $28,865.00, which is a little over 28? per cent, on the c ipi tal invested. Tuio calculation aiiuws the ioss of ii nie equal to 13 days, exclusive of Suudays, and gives tho advantage of the average price of raw colton to the mill. Of coure? in operating a mill there will be more or less unlooked for delays, occidents and mistakes in judgmeut as to the pur* chase of cotton and the sata of goods, ao that in practice we could not expect to fully realise these profits, but the figures coming from one informed as to the woiking of a cotton mill show that our people could reasonably expect to make a handsome interest, soy from fifteen to twenty per cent, on any money they may Invest in a cotton factory. Anderson needs a factory, and by raising $100,000 in this County we can more than dupli cate the sum outoide. This would give ns double, or more than double, the ca pacity of the mill above estimated for, with a greater net profit New let ss aea what the advantages of such a mill would be. Under the estimate above given for a $100,000 factory, the yearly Income would bs $188,600. Of thia sum $17,022 would be paid out for hands to be spent in our midst ; $18,239 would be paid out for salaries and incidentals, the greater part of which would be spent in our midst ; ?-79,974 for cotton, which would be paid put to the producers ; and $28,865 in dividends to be divided among the stockholders. Of course as the ca pacity pf tba mill should be enlarged, these amounts would be raised propor tionately. It would give new life and energy to our city. It would increase Oar population. It would draw new trade. And it would mark the beginning ?f a material development that would make' Anderson ono of the leading cities <oTthe State. _* --- It has been one hundred and forty* three years since tbe publication of the Ant nowapapcr in America. I McLanc's much promised Greenback j paper lias not yet made its appearance, but it ia hale to predict tliHt it will be I forthcoming as soon as tlie Republicans need it for the campaign of 18H4, provi ded, always, nevertheless, that the afore said Republicans arc willing to furnish the money to enable th?' patriotic Mel/me to pour out bis effusions "for better government" in printers' ink. Politics ?sal it disci.uni in South Caroli na just now, ami the Republicans ar?: too smart to pul money into a political paper at such a juncture. Hence the : delay in its appearance. Thc New York Ihrnl-l fiays : It alfords cause for congratulation that I the South is availing Itself of the diversi fied opportunities for prosperity with which nature endow-d it. Tho New lOugland mills will he forced, by the necessities of (ho .situation, lu surrender to tho South the manu fact ti re of course cotton goods almost ni loco thor, ut no distant day. and hind their attention to filio fabrics which require more skillful labor. When we get well established in the manufacture of coarse goods, we will turu our attention to the finer fabrics also, and in proper time will compete with or drive New England out of the manufacture of this class of goods niuo. The mills must come to the cotton fields, and yield the profits of making up the raw material to the country which pro duces it. This would have been done years ago but for the institution of slave ry, which practically excluded skilled labor from the South, ami rendered our people indifferent to all other pursuits than agriculture. Thus, the abolition of slavery is destined to bless the Southern people with a higher and more enduring prosperity than they rotilil ever have attained during its existence. Thc Washington i'onl, speaking of what English capital and enterprise luis accomplished in India, says : I odin has 20.000,000 acres on which wheat is grown-a surface one half as large as that now needed in this country -yielding; 240,O00,(UI0 bushels, ami HM ll)neb more which eau be pul under tho plow. It is proposed 10 raise in England $-'.r>o,t*r<).000 to (mild railroads in India. Should this project bo curried out it would bu a great disaster to tho United States. The principal occupation nf the great Northwest will he gone. There is little doubt that in time In dia's valuable territory will be rendered tributary to the commercial world by the building of railroads. The popula tion, however, of ihe world is constantly increasing, and hence the demand for the brent! stuffs is nlso growing. There will probably bo some unsettling of Western agriculture when railroad building is ex tensive in India, but it will by no means be destroyed. If railroads could be opened through every part of India in n single season, the shock would bc im mense, but this cannot be done; and while the roads aro being gradually built tho agricultural interests will ad just themselves. The opening up ol India will also give to Europe additional accesH to n now source of cotton supply, but fortunately for Southern planter: this supply is nol of a quality equal tc ours, and hence it will not likely ulled us so seriously. The diversified agricul ture of which the South is susceptible marks it us the region destined to become the most important and flourishing pur tion of the American Union. The frew* anti Courter'* Greenville cor respondent, "A. M H.," again assert) that the validity of the fifty thousand dollars voted as taxes to the Savanna) Valley Railroad ?B involved in the pend ing injunction suit, and says that if th< suit is successful that any taxpayer car sue and recover back the money ht has paid in. Ho also reiterates hit statement that thc validity of the charte: of the Rond is involved in thc suit, or the ground that tho Act relates to mort than one subject and is therefore void Mr. Howell is not a lawyer, and sayi that his information was derived fron: the '.?oceeding'i io Court sud from a con versation with one of the attorneys There is whore his trouble comes in. If ho had converged with the other attorncj ho would have obtained both sides, and been abie io make a moro correct report. It is impossiblo for any order in the pend ing case lo do moro than affect the un paid taxes, which are a numil sum-the plaintiffs representing less than eight hundred dollars. Neither can any ordei in this case affect the validity of thc charter, for if the tax sections should bi declared invalid, the remainder will bf a good and sufficient railroad charter and is nil that the Company needs heneo' forth. Nor is the writer more correct ir asserting that the taxpayers who have paid in their assessments can recovei them baefc. These assessments were voluntarily paid in, and no protest was entered in any caso, therefore we i mag' ine there is uo danger of suits to rec o vc i back the suma paid. We have no cou nection with the case, and care nothing about the statements which may bi made concerning it, except that we dc uot intend that erroneous statement/ calculated to damage the Road shall gc unchallenged. The colored people of the United States a e arranging lo bold a great National Convention of their race, foi the purpose of promoting its present ant future material, intellectual and pol?tica! welfare. The object sought in the Con ven lion is not only n reasonable, but i worthy and commendable one, if properlj pursued, which if controlled by judgment and good temper may result in establish lng a line of conduct that will be grcatlj conducive to tho welfare of the coloree people and their descendants in tbit country. The committee in charge ol the matter, however, have fixed 01 Washington as the place of holding thi Convention, which means that ii is to bi manipulated by politicians, and result ii giving 'o tbe Republican party a nev lease upon the negro vote of the country A Convention held under such dream stances cannot result in any good to tb colored race, for it will simply be con verted Into an instrumentality for con tinning the political bondage of the nc gro. When this Convention anette, I will be the exponent of tbe negro race They will bo judged by ita deliberation and their results. It is therefore import ant to tbe colored people to send lia thti representatives the most conservati VI Intelligent and prudent men of thti race. If they will exclnde from thai representatives the selfish politicians C their race, and send truly represen Uti? .l. i ' ? -.'J s.*t:? E -.li. mell, the Convention may yet do good. It is, however, doubtful if they will be able to do this. I n South Carolina they will be entitled to twenty five del?gate?. When they fhall have been chosen, it will be very easy to tell whether their in Murder in thc Convention will be wholesome or otherwise. We should like lo ?ce this Convention accomplish good, but we must confess that it? send* oil' ii tint by any means assuring. OCOXF.F.'S FIRST ItANMNf.. Execution of frazier Cojieluiiil, Colored, it Minister uml it Murderer, ut WulliHllit Yeaterdajr. 0,f,rtjr?iiile">. ol th, Xritn mul < ;".,",. WALHALLA, April 27-Frazier Cope land was banged here today in the county jail at 12 o'clock by Sherill" Rob? bins lor the murder of William J. Hun p'lCUt in December last. Al 10 o'clock Copeland spoke from a window of tho jail for one hour to a mixed crowd of white and colored people. It was a rambling talk, chiefly denying that he Lilied llunnieutt. He admitted, howev er, that lie was near enough to hear the licks struck. He was attended in his last moments by tho Rev. C. I). Mann, white, and the Kev. T. J. (/'lark and thc Kev. .Mr. Young, colored. Although ; 'opei;i,?(i was a Baptist minister, he was denied a burial in their cemetery. The Ker. Mr. Clark, pastor of the Methodist ('burch here, came to the rescue and had his congregation to take charge of the body and will give it a decent burial to-morrow. Everything passed off quietly. HISTORY OF THE CHIME. About nark on Saturday evening De .einher 2, 1HH2. W. .J. Huunicutt, a quiet, lew abiding citizen of Oconee County, was brutally murdered in West Union, a suburb of Walhalla. Accompanied by Iiis sou Newell, a young lad, he lind gone to Walhalla on the day of thc murder to sell a load of cotton. Alter transacting his business ho left Walhalla for home about 7 o'clock iu the evening. When he was within a half mite of the public square of West Union he was murdered and his soi. had his head fractured. Mr. Huunicutt feil on the tongue of the wagon between the horses and the wagoti body. The team heing obi and well trained carried thc wagon to his homo over a rough road for n distance of seven or eight miles, when his lifeless body was discovered in tho position indicated. For several weeks before the murder Frazier Copeland had been working at a Government distillery on Hunnicutt's road home, und on the day of the mur der had gone to Walhalla to receive his week'H wages and to buy provisions. Ile left WeBt Union at G, o'clock, and consumed two hours and a half in reach ing Iiis home, a distance of about two miles, and reached his house only a few minutes before tho wugou containing Hunnicutt's lifeless body passed bis door. .Suspicion soon pointed lo Frazier Cope huid and he ana Adolphus Richardson were arrested and lodged in jail at Wal halla on the day after the murder. For a time lhere was talk of lynching Copeland, and he was trausferred to Greenville for safe keeping, where be was safely kept until the lust March term of Court, when he was taken to Walhalla and put on trial for his life. Adolphus Richardson was indicted with him for the murder, but the grand jury failed to find a bill against Richardson, and ho wus discharged. Copeland was put on trial and pleaded not guilty. Ile was ably defended by Messrs. W. J. Slribbling and Henry Pitchford. Tbe prosecution wac conducted by Solicitor Orr and the Pion. J. S. Vertier. A large number of witnesses were examined. The evidence was conclusive, and after a fair and impartial charge by Judgo Wallace, before whom the case was tried, the jury returned a verdict ol guilty, and after deliberating for only about twenty minutes. During his confinement Copeland made n number of confessions, but scarcely twice did he tell the same tale. His tardiness on tho road the night of tho murder, his strange conduct al uotue, the blood on his BIIOCS and pants, his vari ous confessions, his contradictory state ments were the evidence against bim that satisfied the people and the jury be was guilty. The blows on the heads of Huu nicutt and his son were both on the same side, the left of the head ; had the same angle extending from behind, forwards and downwards, and showed plainly that a right-handed roan did the work. Cope land was right-handed. Hunnicutt's boy was stricken senseless and knew but little afterwards. There were no weap ons or any ??gil of ibe imp?eu'6U'ui used in the murder on the spot. Two pools of blood, one near the father, other by the boy, a broken bottle and the lin's of the two victims was all that was found on the spot. Copeland waa a dark coffee colored negro about forty years of age, six feet three inches in height aud weighed one hundred and seventy pounds, ile was a Haptist preacher and a blacksmith. He waa raised near Slabtown, Anderson County, and waa owned by Mr. Thomas Orr before the war. He moved to Oconee County iu 1876 and lived there uutil bis execution. It is supposed that he murdered Mr. Hunnicutt for the pur pose of robbery, aa it bad been whispered around that Mr. Huunicutt bad received $500 while he waa in Walhalla with which to make a payment on a steam mill he had just erected. Copeland maintained his innocence to the last, although his guilt seemed to be fully es tablished. Crushed by a Tree. DARLINGTON, April 25.-As the wife of Dr. 8. J. Leo, member of the Legis* Int ure from this county, and ber daugh ter, Miss Lily, were riding in a buggy yesterday a huge tree, without warning, fell across the buggy, crushing Miss Lee to ike earth. Tbe tree lay on ber several minutes before tbe combined efforts of six or seven men could extricate her. She ia so mangled that abo cannot live, and death will be a reliei from bar suf ferings. Misa Lee ia quite an Accom plished and attractive) young lady. The young lady waa in town the morning nf tbe accident shopping, and waa on her way home when the catastrophe occurred, six or aeven miles from town. They were driving a mule, and ita alowneas or stubbornness prevented their getting out of the way of the falling trve. The mother escaped as by a miracle. Sooth Carolina's Quoin. Tho number of delegates to which South Carolina will be entitled in the Southern Baptist Convention at Waco, it quite creditable ?9 the denomination in this State, as the basis of representa tion is one delegate for every hundred dollars contributed to the Foreign and Home Mission Boardr, and one delegate for every $500 expended in the work of State Missions. The fiscal year ends to day, and contributions have been made during thia month which are not Includ ed in the estimate already furnished by the secretaries of the Home and Foreign Boards, from which we learn that South Carolina is entitled to 121 delegates, dis tributed as follows: On Foreign Mis sions, 57; Home Missions, 45; State Missions, 19. These figures represent |5,?00 contributed during the past year 3Foreign Missions ; $4,500 t> Homo lesions, and $9,500 to State Missions, making a total of $19,700. The sum j total 1s greater than In ?ny previous year since the war. . - The Red Cross central committee at Washington bas given ?SOO for the re* lief of tba Miulssippi sufisran. A Greenback Ghost. WA>HIN<;TON, April 28.-The Nation al I'iru; Col. Crandall'sGreenback pa per, i? the interests of thc Greenback election cases in South Carolins., pub lishes to day a crazy anonymous letter alleged to have been received by J. II. Mc Lune, late (?reenback nominee for Governor of thal State. The letter bears no date, but ia said to have been received on the morning of April 2-r>, and hus been forwarded lo the attorney-general. It is as follows : "Headquarters K. K K. : We warn once. Our second notice will be follow ed by the black bund of vengeance, armed to redress the instills and oppres sion heaped upon our citizens. Their sufferings cry out, Abd naught but blood will satisfy. The cyclops of our lodge has decreed that bul one head shall fall and that head is thine. Your choice is between exile and summary execution. Therefore, know and believe it is true that if you are found in Columbia on the '?Hlh of April, 18*:', you will bc notified, und if you still persist in remaining on the 2Ulb of April the bolt will fall and you will be numbered among the dead. Helled and net. In flight is safely, in resistance is death. By order of the ?rand Aasizer, l>. A. anti T. I'. D. Ox er V. V." According to this, McLane should have been executed t > ?lay. Confed?rale B?lica, Thc Greenville Newt says that Mr. William Lee, thowell known merchant of thal city, exhibited last week a war rant for three hundred thousand dollars. Just hero comes in that aggravating lit tle "but,"-bul the document is drawn on the Confederate Government. It ts an interesting remnant of the late disa greement, being scaled With thc ?eui of j the Secretary of thc Confederate Slate Treasurer, G. A. Tren hoi tn, and signed in official style by Robert Tyler. Regis ter ; Lewis Crugcr, Comptroller. It was issued late in January, 1805, and waa consequently a valueless piece of paper a very few months later. The paper was in favor of "Major Jas. S. Sloan, Greensboro, North Carolina," and was secured from a Yankee soldier, who had used it as a memorandum for noting various articles of attire which he had drawn for hts own use. Mr. Lee has a number of papers con laining the autographs of Confederate officials of prominence, most of them being written on their blue foolscap pa per. These relics are quite valuable and their worth will be much enhanced as time goes on. They should assuredly be preserved will: care. A Mystery, The Chattanooga Timrg aays : "The mysterious house-atoning on Ninth Street continues, and is creating considerable excitement in that vicinity. It began Monday night and has contiu- | ued every night. T. S. Wilcox and U. 1 W. Norman were the principal sufferers, j and many panes were broken in their houses by tho stones which were con stantly thrown against them. The ston ing grew so serious Friday night that they had to remove their families. "The bouses are watched every night, and pistols and guns fired whenever a stone in thrown, but this bas failed to frighten tho culprits. The most thor ough search lins baen made for th' .M. but it bas proven entirely fruitless. The Eolice are aiding in watching the bouses, avit night, while a crowd surrounded them, toe stoning began again, but its source remains a deep mystery. "A reward of $100 is offered for the apprehension of the perpetrators of this foul outrage." Butterworth'* MON. A Washington special to the New York f?mes says : "The Hon. Benjamiu Butterworth, who is engaged by the Gov ernment to prosecute the perpetrators of frauds ia the elections in South Carolina, said last Sunday, on his way home from South Carolina, that the Federal author ity is only respected in that State for the fower behind it. The officers of the Jnited States, bc represents, sneak through the back streets of Columbia on tho way to their business. The repre sentatives of the Governmeut are always hnt in hand, so to apeak, before the peo ple of South Carolina, and when they desire to assert the rights of United States citizens before the courts they do it in a way deferential to thc hostile atti tude of the enemies of a free and fair ballot. He obtained the impression that about all there wa-; of the United States in South Carolina was the pile io Colum bia called the Government building." Where lt Hurt. Greenville letter to Christian Inder Tbe opening of the State University hos affected Furman University less than any other denominational institution in the State. While WoObrd College, at Spartanburg, (M. E.) reporta a falling off of students of 33 per cent, since the opening nt Columbia, Furman reporta an increase of 33 per cent. It is confident ly expected that by 1885, 200 young men will be numbered in ber classic shades. The securing of Dr. Charles Manly as President, gives geueral satisfaction in t' j faculty and throughout the State. He visita our District Associations, pre sents the claims of the schools, obtains contributions, makes friends and secures students. The tendency in this institu tion is decidedly upward.- Greenville Netrs. Tcsgh Tfi?e of & 'Tci'??d?, NEW ORLEANS, April 80.-A special dispatch from Minden, La., says: A terrible cyclone visited this parish seven or eight miles above here on Saturday evening, passing from northeast to south west, the track extending fifteen miles. The wind waa of such terrific force that not a house, tree or other obstruction is left in ita track. ' On one tract of forty acres of heavy timbered land not a tree is left standing. Fences were blown away and not a vestige of corn or fodder is left. Mrs. Youngblood was seriously and several children were slightly hurt. The most miraculous escapes are report ed. Several negroes wno were blown across a field alighted uninjured. No one was killed or mortally wounded. Weat Point and Annapolis. GREENVILLE, April 25.-The board of | examiners for the AVest Point and An napolis cadetsbips of the Fourth Con gressional District mode their report to Congressman Evins this afternoon. Thoa. Q. Donaldson, of this city, b the successful applicant for West Point, and W. B. Bonham, of Columbia, for Annap olis. Mr. Donaldson ia a son of the Hon. T. Q. Donaldson, a prominent member of tho Greenville bar, and Mr. Bonham is a son of ex-Governor Bonham of Columbia. Ff'tal Accident nt Alkea. AIKEN. April 25.-A very sad occur rence took pince bare last eveniug in the drowning of John Wigfal), a nine year old son of Mr. J. N. Wlgfall, nassenger agent of the South Carolina Railway. It appears that the child was playing about the house and accidentally fell into the cistern and waa drowned. No one was near at the time of the accident, or witnessed it, and the missing child waa hunted for three honra when bia dead body was round, to the grief and astonishment of hU parents. - Six hundred dollars for the aid of th? sufferers by the r?cent cyclone in Barnwell County was subscribed Friday among the citizens of Charleston. Blii/C ill Columbia Coi.CMitiA, S. C., April 30.-Tlie icc manufactory, machinery, aiul forty ton* of icc, belonging to John C. Secgers, and valued at about $20,000 was destroyed hy lire tIii-? afternoon. No insurance. The lire was accidental. Why tin- Andient? Applauded. At Warsaw, Win., the oilier evening, an l.'licle Tom troupe, sty ling themselves the Bonton Ideal Company, gav? a per formance of that venerable drama. For realism it has seldom been equalled. Among the star actors i- a huge blood hound. The part of the lawyer, Mark?, is bandied by a young man named K. L. i'owell. A little feeling of rivalry has existed for -onie time between the blood hound and Marks-a professional jeal? ou*y. During the evening's performance i'owell was in high feather, swinging the traditional umbrella, when the blood hound grabbed him. The dogswallowed about a pound of meat from the attor ney's arm, and then proceeded lo take a section out of the flesh directly under neath the seat of Mr. Powell's very tight pantaloons. The audience, com posed mostly of choppers just out of tho woods, applauded vigorously, and the curtain went down upon a thrilling tab leau. Tiie mutilated attorney waa at tended by Dr. (Irillin, of Milwaukee, who happened to be in the audience, and len stitches were necessary to close the gaping wounds. The man who plays the part of Marks now wears a pie ?dale ?ti the basement of his trouser?, and the dog's teeth have been filed. - The election of the State Medical Association at Yorkville for officers for the ensuing year resulted thus: Dr. R. II. Kinloch. President ; Dr. John For rest. Recording Secretary; Dr. Fraser, Corresponding Secretary ; Dr. DeSauS sure, Treasurer. - A burglar in Richmond. Va., re cently entered a room occupied by Miss Hampton, daughter of Senator Hamil ton, but missed her valuable diamonds because they had bec. left out of their proper place and put in an old cigar box on the bureau. - Massachusetts held up the nigger trader as tho most terrible barbarian on the face of the earth. It now appears from evidence brought by the good Gov. lintier that it is no uncommon tliintr for the philanthropists of Massachusetts to tan tue hides of poor men who ?lie from starvation in the almshouse and to bind their prayer books with the human skins. - A cartridge was found in thc White House grounds on Thursday morning. An examination of it showed it to be filled with ditmer powder. It had evi dently fallen from nome sportsman on ?I?H way to the marshes ot the Potomac, and was perfectly harmless? Notwith standing this, exaggerated rumors got in circ.'.uii.'in about it, and by noon it was ? ' ken of as a bomb filled with dyna .lie. - lu 1882, 4,000 liens nf all kinds were filed in the Clerk's nllice, averaging one hundred dollars each, making $100, 000; up to rbis date in 1883, .'5,000 have been filed, averaging ninety ?lollars each, making $324,000. Which leaves a bal ance so far in favor of 1883 of $70,000. More liens will be filed, perhaps enough to make up the deficiency. Not more than half as much corn has been shipped to this place up to thc present date, as was shipped up to the same date last year.-Medium. - The Supreme Court of this State decided a somewhat novel case on Fri day. A man was convicted of man slaughter in Edgefield in 1870, and sen tenced to life imprisonment. Having sorved fire years of his term he appealed to the Supreme Court for release on ha j bea? corpus on tho ground that under tho law the circuit court had no power [ to inflict n life sentence on him. The Supreme Court ruled that under tho de cisi?n in tiie limul case it had no right to interfere after judgment had commenced to be executed, although il intimated the opinion that the seniencc was erro neous. The prisoner will probably ob tain bis release by pardon. *.;,*"Unbidden guests are often wel comest when they are gone." Disease is an unbidden guest which Kidney-Wort almost invariably "shows thu door." Here is a case in point: "Mother lias recovered." wrote an Illinois girl to her Eastern relatives. "She took bitters for a Jong time but without any good. So when she heard of the virtues of Kidney Wort she got a box and it completely cured her, so that she can do as much work now as she could before we moved West. Since she got well every one about here is taking it."_" TAX NOTICE. OFFICE OF COUNTY TRSARCHRR, ANOBBBOR, S. C., March 29, 1883. IN pursuance of the Act to Raise Sup- j plies passed by the State Legislature and approved December 2.1, 1382, notice is hereby given that this office will be open from "the 1st day of May to the 1st day of I June 1883, for the collection of the first f instalment of State, County, School and Poll Taxes for the fiscal year beginning November 1, 1882. Taxpayers are given the option of paying one-half of their taxes during this collec tion, Sr the whole of the same during the fall collection, (i. e. from September 1 to October 20,) by paying additional a penalty of five per eent. on the one hali due in May. Provided, that no taxpayer is forbidden the privilege of paying the whole of his | taxi s during the May collection. The rate of taxation is as follows, to wit : For State purposes.4} mills. For County purposes.2$ mills For School purposes.2 mills Total.9i mills. Poll Tax.One Dollar Taxes are payable in gold and silver coln, United States currency. National Bank notes, and coupons payable in 1883 on the Bonds of the State known as "Brown Bonds" and "Deficiency Bonds," and to the extent o? Comity Taxes in any case, (not including School Taxes) Jury and Witness certificates are receivable. I will also be prepared to receive the first instalment of $3000.00 of the subscription of $6000.00 voted by Williamston Township to the capital Stock of the Carolina. Cum berland Gap and Chicago Railroad Compa ny. The rate of the said subscription tax is nine and one-fifth mills on the taxable property of Wtlliamston Township as assessed and charged on the Tax Duplicate for the fiscal year beginning November 1st, 1882. The whole of this first instalment will be due and payable during the May collection of State and County Taxes, with out option to any of paying one-half in May or the whole in the fall with penalty as in the case of the state and County Taxes. All persons holding receipts for Taxes paid from Williamston Township to the capital stock of the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad Company, will, upon presenting the same, rccei ve credit to that extent on their account of Taxes due the Railroad under its present name. For the convenience of Taxpayers, I will visit the following named places on the davs mentioned, to wit : Fclzer, Thursday, May 3rd. Williamston, Friday, May 4th, and Sat nrday, May 5th until 1 p. m. Plercetown. Tuesday. Way 8th. Wlgington's Store, Wednesday, Mav 9th. Larkin Newton's, Thursday, May 10th. Pendleton, Friday. May 11th. Centreville Mills, Monday, May 14th. Gaddis W. Farmer's, Tuesday. May 15th. Wllliford's Store, Wednesday, May lGtb. Holland's Store, Thursday, May 17th. ' Sherard'* 8tore, Friday, May 18th. Long's Shop, Monday, May 21st. Cars wei I Ins; ?tute. Tuesday,- May 22nd. R. B. A. Robinson's, Wednesday, May 23rd. ' 3 Thomas W. Martin's, Thursday, May 24th. I will be at my office at Anderson C. II. on the following days, to wit: Monday the 7th end Saturday the 12th of May, and from the 25th day of May to the 1st day of Jone inclusive. Office hours, while trav elling, from 9. a. m. to 3..SO p. m. strictly, M. P. TRIBBLE. Treasurer Ande rson County. May 3. 1883 42 1 - The New York cigar manufacturera have yielded to the demand of the cigar ."akers for au advance of two dolla? per thousand. SKINNY MES.-"Wells' Health Re newer'"'restores health and vigor, eurea Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. ASSESSMENT NOTICE. THE Auditor's Office will he open from thclirstday of June. 18*3.until ami including ?he twentieth .lay ..f t., receive Tas Iteturns m Personal 1 r..per tv in Anderson County. .S.e.. for lb? year 1883 An l f?r the convenience or _lax pavers will have Deputies at each of the placen named below to n-ceive Iteturns lor tin- .-aid year : ...... ? ? Iklton-At Helton, 12th, l.'tth and Hil. JU|'lntshv Creek -At J. W. Rosamond's, I3th and llth July. . Itrus-liy Creek-Al KiiualUy. I Mt and Pit li July. ."M, 1 ?ark Corner-AI Sherard s Store, -".nb and :t?. 111 June. i K.I. Fork- At N. O. Farmers 13th and Itt li 'pork- At ii. NV. Marci's, llth und l??th "/arvin-Al Larkin Newtons, [?lb anti Pull July. . , ., i Hull -At Dr. Millford s, 2nd and .Id ' "l??nea Path Ai Hones Path, Ktli. lo and l lib July. ... .... . . Holywell-At Pierce iuwn, loth und ''Martin-AI Clinkscales' Mill, 10th and 17th july. . , , , , Pendleton-At Pendleton, nth, 12th and l.'tth July. IVndl. on-At Pendleton Factory, nth Jul-V- , . , i'elzer-At Pelzer, 13th .Inly. IbRk Mills-At Williiords Store, ith Jilly. . . - , , sLaniiah-At Holland a store, 5th and mb Julv. , ,, , Williumston-At Williamston, luth, nth and 12th Julv. Heal Estate is not assessed this year, anti remains at the same valuation it was in 1882. Tux Payers return what they own on the first of .lime 1883. All mule citizens who are twenty-one vears old, on the ti rsi day of June. 1SH?, ure liable for Pol! Ta:, and those fifty years . lld on that dav, a?o exempt. THOMAS J. WEBB, County Auditor. May 3. 18*5 42 * Johnstone & Johnstone, DENTAL SURGEONS. AXDEKSOX, - - S.C. VITK, the undersigned, have this day VT' formed a partnership to practice our Profession (Dentistry) in the following Towns, viz : SENECA CITY, 1st week of each month. PENDLETON, 2nd week of each month. ?ELTON, 3rd week of each month. HON EA PATH,-1th week of each month. ?air* The Dental Office will he at Ander son City, where one of us can be found ut all times. A. P. JOHNSTONE. I). I). S. THEO. JOHNSTONE, D. D.S. April 5, 1883 38 ALWAYS ON HAND AT R. T. H. Nance's Shoe Shop ON GRANITE ROW. over W. F. Barr's Store, a fine lot of READY MADE GAITERS, BOOTS AND SHOES. He also keeps the very be>t stock of LEATHER; and the Finest of Workmen. Any one failing to get a tit out of his ready made work cun leave their measure, with a certainty of a tit, and don't forget the job will he done according to promise. I 'DEFY COMPETITION, when work manship and stock are duly considered. _Feh 15, 1*83 31 ly SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANPEHSON COUNTY. BY virtue of an Execution to me direct ed, 1 will expos? to sale on the First Monday in May, A. D. 1883, at Anderson Court House, South Carolina, ail of De fendant's intorest in one Tract of Land, containing three hundred and three acres, more or less, bounded by lands of E. W. Long, U. W. Smith. Samuel Shearman and J.U.King. Levied on as the property of John M. Moore in favor of Francis Moore. TERMS OF SALE-fash. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessarv papers. JAMES ii. MCCONNELL, Sheritr Anderson County, S. C. April 5, 1883 38 5 Anderson City Bakery. -o-- v BREAD and CAKES always on band. Cakes made to order. Fresh Soda, Lemon, Cream, Corn Hill and Sweet CRACKERS. GROCERIES and CANNED GOODS. A variety of BASKETS, consisting of Market, Lunch, Work, Hand Bags, Flower and Fruit Baskets. Vases, Cups and Saucers. Ladies' and Children's Shoes at Cost. Try my "Lady of the Lake"-an excel cellent und strictly 5c. Segar. L. L. GREEN. March 22J1883 30 6m FISH HO?KS7 GET BEADY for FISHING. LARGE LOT HOOKS, LINES, And all Kind? Tackle. AT SIMPSON. BEID & GO.'S DRUG STORE. May 3, 1883 42 Strayed or Stolon! FROM my Farm, 6 miles Northeast of Anderson. One Large Black Horse MULE, with white spot on his back. Any information leading to the recovery of the Mule will be duly rewarded. . .. M 1M JOHN BAYLIS NEAL. April 20, 1883. 41 3 JERSEY BULL. ATHOROUGHBRED REGISTERED BULL, three years old, and a half blood one-one year old-for sale at Rivoli Plantation, (late John B. Adger's, Jr ) En quire of S. C. GEORGE, April 19, 1883 40 Mana?|r' The Best Shoes in the Harket IAM now receiving my Spring Stock of Men, Women and Children's SHOES The celebrated "Bay State" Shoes-the best in the market. Every pair warranted Come and see them. No charge for show in?' " " A- B- TOWERS. No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson. S. C March 15, 1883 35 Bay State Shoes and Booti ON hand and arriving a full line of Hay State Shoes and Boo a. The bett good? %n the market. Warranted not to rip or h?. wood or pasteboard in tbem. Call and s them. I charge nothing for showing. Feb 1, 1883 A. B^ TOWERS, JOHN S/MATTISON. ATTORNEY AT LAW ALL Business promptly attended to Orrie*-With H. G. ?cndday. March 22, 1883_80 8m Fresh Garden Seeds. ITV LANDRETH A Sons and D M oVen8et!efo7sairb1hGarden *?* ??* Feb 15,1883 ^f-TOWERS. TEA. JKEEP the best.Young Hyatt, Int?. March 15,1883 A g; ^WERS. "NUMBER ONE!" AT nil tiii.es ?anses considerable talk, and MTV interesting on both sidos of the houso. As to who thia "Number one is, there aro quito a diversity of opinions. Now it is a very common expression, and ono..Hen hourd, that heorshewould ni ways look ?nit for ..Number One," and as HU evidence of tins bu t ninny have benelited themselves Ly watching our Tremendous Hargains, and carefully re alizing that ''Number One," as to pur chaser and seller, lias boen honorably and Isilrlv doak willi. Hut notwithstanding tin? 'fact of so many looking out for "Ntl ni lier One," ?ho mystery is still un solved, ami her or his idontlty is about ?is well established ns that of tho mau "who struck Hilly Patterson." Howev er, thc search will g>> on just thc saino, ns tho effort to establish low prices shall ever continuo to roll bravely on. Now, nome will in? doubt w inder where woaro loading them. Well, tho fact is just this : A. LESSER, tb?' famous Low Price King, proposes to make it interesting to '.Number One," ?uni all who have their ow n interest at heart, and demonstrate, most conclusively, that it will pay to look through his stock when in quest ol "Real Values.*' Jin is determined to add fresh lustre to his undisputed claim of selling everything lo- bundles nt closer ligures than can be obtained elsewhere. Why, the lad is apparent to thc most casual observer that ho carries moro stock than anv strictly Dry tiooda house in the city. Well, w hat docs this indi cate? Why, this: Buying in enormous : quantities ?10iaenabled t>. sell Goods ct . w hat other small Dry Good* houses buy | for. Mr. A. Lesser, tho buyer, visits tho j manufacturers and Jobbers of the East, and with unlimited resources, has ob tained Hoods at lower prices than ever before known in tho "Dry Goods World." The st vies were selected with tho greatest of cai-.*, and the quality guaranteed, As to variety, everything new has been add ed Illili a ripe experience, coupled w ith acknowledged taste, could suggest. A cold perspiration seizer the Dry Goods market when the "Leader" puts his pen- ? eil on the tickets. Again we have to record another week nf extraordinary sales-extraordinary for this season ; and tho old proverb of tho laborer being worthy of his hire is prom inently brought to tho front. Wo are proud of our labor, und delighted with tho results, and more particularly grate ful to ??ur customers und tho public, who have conclusively proved through us that "Love's labor is not lost." That wo love our business and guard it carefully ho one Will dare deny, but wo love more dearly to acknowledge, with heartfelt thanks, the kindness mid good-will which has unceasingly been shown to us through many years' untiring and unceasing of forts* i li your behalf. To provo this be yond yen or nay, we requi?st all to como to our '.Special Popular .Sale." Remem ber, this is no humbug announcement no threadbare, statement, but a simple enunciation of facts, which can bo ven ded by an investigation through our va ried Stock. We have been on the scales of public opinion for lo! these Minny veins, and we have never yet been found wanting, and, after life's fitful fever ls over, ive hope to have pronounced upon us, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Will (.tier, commencing April 12th. Twenty Thousand Dollars worth of Dry Goods, ?Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Trunks, Notions, at prices never before known in this country. "The old, tho young, the short, the tall. Tho rich, the poor-wo please them all! Let not these words unnoticed fall, But heed tho writing on tho wall." Countless "Bnrgains" await your cull, AT A. LESSER'S, Paris Store. April 12,18S3 HU MASTER/S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY 7? the Court of Common Pleas. C. S. Beaty and Joseph L. Masters. Plain tills, vs. Mrs. M. E. Masters, et ul, De fendants.- Complaint for Partition. "PURSUANT to an order or sale I will -IT sell at Anderson, S. C., on SALES DAY, the 7th o? MAY next, the following propertv, to wtt : ONK* TRACT OF LAND, containing about three acres, more or leas, With Mer chant Mill, Gin and Press, in Varennes Township, adjoining Henry Craw ford and Monro Keys, known as Drown and ('raw ford's Mill. ALSO, ONE TRACT OF LANI), containing about five acres, more or less, with Mill and other Machinery, adjoining lands or Mrs. June A. Karie, and known as Master's Mill, with righi of way from main road to Mill. TERMS OK SALE-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for nil necessary paper. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. April 12.188.') ;J9 4 MASTER^SALE. STATE OE SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. lu (he (hurt of Common Pleas. John W. Daniels. Administrator with Will annexeo or S. D. Deal, deceased. Plain tiff, against Dr. Winston H. Davis, Exec utor of Es Lai o of Mrs. L. Ki, Deal de ceased, and oi hers, Defendants.-C'ow plamt for Construction of Will, etc. PURSUANT to an order of sale made vr i,m"',ll?,aboVl) stated case by his Honor i '? Wallace, presiding Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit, bcaringdate March 3,1883, 1 will sell at publie suie, at Andereon. S. C.. M*l'C,5oIoIt?T- MONDAY, the 7th of MAY, 1883, wubin the legal boura of sale, the following property, to wit : The HOUSE and LOT, known as the WilUaiiiHton Hotel? Situate in the Town of Williamston, ad joining Dr. H.IEpting. John Finger, the Presbyterian Church lot, and others, con taining one uore, more or leas. TERMS OF KALE-One-third or the pur chase mone3- to be paid in cash : the re maining two-thirds on a credit ?f ?.e?e" monika, wiia leave to pay all cash, or an ticipate payment at any time, the credit portion to hear interest from day or sale to be secured by a mortgage of the premises. f^uWe lha buildi**B to the extent ef ndebtedness ir. a Company approved by the Master and the policy to be assigned. r>ere 1>0y eXtra f?r aU necessary Pa' W. W. HUMPHREYS, March 8. 1883 84 "ffi^ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. ri1 p?rslomi having demands against S^M Robt. Simpson, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly ^lVe"ilt5uhe,UI,derai'?neu wit''in tiie time mXpafmeyn?aW' ^ ^ *ndebte<i to April ll). I*/' H- ggg. Adm'r. . THE OLD REIIABL TTARTJ!?SSI! I?ARNC"? 1 BARGAIN! Bt?md tl.nt if? nde7,Kn.ed want8 t,,e W1? o' siana that he now baa in stock the lamest nm ?f ? W.? ^',CVCr displayed ? c? ?n i ?SJ80"..?"? P,ow Collars a specialty. ( and Roods w, h those of other shops, and you EST and most substantial Harness nianufact" .Ol?. Repairing neatly and promptly done. Feb 8. 1883 _ 6 J. C. CUNNIIM? HEADQUAR HARDWARE OF Largest Stock, Lowest Prices, CONSISTING, In part, of large assortment Fm. Sr0Veraenta i?? Pla?es MTSSSPSX OID "ICKORY WAGON will OUR STt GROCERIES, STAPLE r.. , Shoes, Boots ts urge and well-assorted. BOUGHT TO D Nov9^nt8forthoCel^ted FOR THE F FACTS ll Iwould ask the farmers to ?,,.? .... , making their arrangements r, r iT',r* Izers. I have on hand the old rfn,?, 'St uhle Pacific and ?ion? ?' *?l Acid Phosphate. These bra?* H over A per eent. of Ammonia in tl>?rT** and from 10 to 12 per cent n> Gu*"?. Phosphoric Aeid in tho Acid f.^Ut patries haw their own works nu'* ("'?ai" facture their own goods nailer S?"' lorin ula. 1 have no special brandal . 01(1 original brands of the KKk* "* which they slake their motley . i ' UP?0 lion. Trices a* lou; if n"t loigZtfmi ot her standard i per cent. ?nraM?S?Jg|[ 1 have a full stock Ri. ?.?MolD Flonr. Huton. C'oMe? ?MOWN. Plow StocUi,, ^ulM' Farmer.* NuppiieM 'o?^?H Cash buyers and Granger's orders Jv I will give you th, benefit olTh?* I also haveugood line of NIIOPM ii,,nc<* ?ry Hood*, Ilardmire? ??0*1?. lt yon want to buy a good |i?t New ^ ork cost for ca>di, I a~" a. Vf " " the latest style. I um auxi/^fe0?'?! my stock of hats at cost wit!, " iu oa,| thirty days. "" """ntl Hear in mind that I "tn determine ?J meet competition in prices onQuanZin ?1 eeries or any other goods that tl)0 i' 't(0_ may want Price nw goods and enT3 about my (.llanos. I will no? c?j.23 LR*S anything tor the information. ^.?F','-S ?'o thoMe who are onluinLi .1 Jinn of Lig?n * Sharpe, I Wo?jJ they will save cost by ?ettliiir m, _\ determined to collect these old malt?? "?B within tho next sixty dava, ami tl,0V " ?? think hard of me If they are sued, asii^ji give?', all hands timely warninir / S exactly what I tay. J "* Hesiiectfully, H Jan lia, 1883 _ \ 8> LI(J?* J TO ALL ? WANTING GOOD QOOD* I OHEAPj JT have a good stock of HATS, CAPS? DU Y GOODS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE! PROVISIONS. HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES] WALL PAPERING, and many other things too tedious to men lion, which I will sell low for cash, or t prompt paying customers on time. Give me a call. Keb 1, 1883 A. B. TOWERS. 29 KING'S PATENT SPECTACLE! Have stood the teat for eleven years. They are ground upon scientific principles tp preserve the eye and assist impaired vision. Don't murder economy by using common, pressed glosses because they are cheap. Money saved at the expense of eyesight is dear economy. The very best lens is cheapest in tho long run. J. A. DANIELS. P. S.-I can spare a few WATC CLOCKS, JEWELRY and an 0R0AH or J. A. D. April 19, 1883 _40?_ Notice of Application foi Charter. 1 NOTICE is hereby given that apr'"; lion will bc made to John W.W ?els, Clerk of Court for Anderson County for a Charter for the ANDERSON BUILD INO AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ?t 1J o'clock a. m. on Saturday, the 2nd ??y T June next. j- D. MAXWELL, P. K. McCULL\, J. L. FARMER, for Corporators. April 20.1883. ? ,-RHED-MJTIiH m PERFECTLY CU?^ nuez. at. uqriDo*DM, SOtDjtCK**" "1 Kidney-Wort for k^lebj^m^ hite. Anderson. 8. C. _ 3 In HARNESS for the "?^^^ODJ?I ' this and surrounding Conntieaj^ f. 1 most elegant assortmwit o' n ^, y. Nothing shoddy. WK? Some and see me, and compare . u? will be convinced that I ?ell tje^Bji, ,red in this State. ?jHMll pros Store. Call on me, over Wdbite s ?V? - JAMES M. PAYgf of Table and Pocket CutleryJ^ kinds of Builders' ?wd.BWgJJj, for, 3hells,;wltb improved Impie? .^.v if Dl*w follow Ironware. Largest^ . n ukes U>? ,e I be found on our yard. ? " IDEY GOODS, HATS? and Saddles, ^cuse Chilled Plo*