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E. B. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY, J ULY 29, ISS;). TBRMQ : UNE Y KAU.?1.50. SIX MONTHS. 75c. Tvro Dollar? if not i>ulil In advance. The next House ol' Representatives should order a rigid investigation ol' the business of the United States Marshal's office in South Cand?na during the past tee years. There has been a general belief that great and unwarranted ex travagance bas pervaded its management, and recently thc disclosures have been by no means re-assuring. Indeed, thc charge that accounts have been raised in tho Marshals ollice i- a charge that corruption and forgery have been cum milted by sonic party in this office. It is due to the public, to the government and to the parties who have occupied these offices, that they should bc fully investigated, and if found true the re sponsibilily should bc fixed upon the guilty parties, ami proper punishment meted out to them. Thc Republican administration docs not intend to expose tho facts or punish tho parties perpetrat ing the frauds, if frauds have been com mitted. Tho Democratic Homo of Representatives should look into ibo matter fully and expose tho frauds that have been committed upon tho govern ment in this State, if any ; and if none exist, give the parties implicated thc justice ol a vindication. Hon. (leorge I). Tillman, ibo repre sentativo from the Second South '.Caro lina Congressional District, is announc ed ns another ol tho South Carolina representatives who will vote for .Mr. Randall for Speaker of tho next House. Col. Tillman is ono of ?lie ablest repre sentatives from the South, und is a pro gressive, watchful, ami efficient rcprc scntnlive of bis District. Wo regret that ho has reached thc conclusion to support Mr. Randall, for if successful in securing bis election wo believe be will mest seriously damage thc prospect of D?mocratie HUCCCSS in tho coming Presi dential election. If any member from thc State bas tho right to suppoit Mr. Randall, wc think Cul. Tillman is the man. He bas not only been personally nerved by Mr. Randall in his contests for bia Beat in Congress, and m therefore under ns much personal obligation to him as Mr. Dibblo is, but ho represents the district in South Carolina in which thc protectionists have the greatest num ber of Democratic voters. Tho manu facturing interests of Aiken County are thc largest in the Stale, und while wo do not believe Col. Tilltnnn will represent the sentiment of a mnjority of bis con stituent)? in voting for Mr. Randall, still it must be admitted that bo will have a largo and influential party of Democrats in his dhtrict who will endorse bia volo. Wo hope, however, tbnt both Col. Till man and Mr. Dibble will, upon reflection, decide not to cast n vote in tho contest for the speakership, which is likely to produce serious dissntisfaction in their respective districts. There is no princi ple involved in the race, in our opinion, which culls for such a vote from them. The Kews and Courier, speaking of tho volo of the representatives from South Carolina in the contest for Speaker says that Mr. Dargan, the representative 1'rom the Sixth Congressional District, has already put himself on record in the following language : "I will not vote for Randall if every Democratic mem ber in tho House should do so." We aro sorry to aeo any Congressman from this State take BO untenable posi tion ne is ascribed tn Mr. Dargan. He was nominated and elected by tho peo ple of his District to act with tho Dem ocrats in Congress, and uot independent of them. It strikes us as a little egotistic for one man, out of perhaps two hundred and seventy-five representative men of ability, lo assert that he is so sure be is right, on a mere question of policy, that he will attach no weight to the unani mous voice of all the others.' It seems to us that Mr. Dargan presents to the country nn aggravated case of the twelfth juror who accused the other eleven of being hard-headed because they would not agree willi him. It is also a little unusual to see a man with absolutely no Congressional experience expresa himself in such dictatorial aud self-reliant mauner. Probably after he has served in Congress a whilo Mr. Dar gan will be taught to respect the opin ions of others a little more highly. We think Mr. Dargau ls right in opposing Mr. Randall, but if all the other Demo . crats should determine to volo for him, ' or oven a mnjority should nominate him in caucus, then, as a representative of his District, he would bo bound to vote for him. Any other course would set nu example of the worst kind of disor ganization. Mr. Randall must be beaten in the Democratic caucus, or ho ought to receive every Democratic vote when the election for Speaker is gone into. JJNDULY SEMS T1VK. The Abbeville Pr?ts and /tanner is unnecessarily exercised about tho .posi tion of the balance of the State press towards its article opposing the establish . . meat of colton factories in our midst, nnd takes up the INTEI.UOKNCEK in the following manner : Tho Abbovillo Press and Banner having ruade a charge against the morals, reli gion and vlrtuo of factory hands, Ac. Anderson Intelligencer. Tho above Uko much td so that has boen said about our nrliclo on factories, ls aimpiy nntrno. If thoso who cannot do otherwlso than misrepresent their neigh bors, would -stiel: closer to a recital of facta, we would havo less reason to com plain. Wo stand by our nrticloon facto ries, but do not propose to follow those who. would misreproser *. and malign us, because wo do not soe as they do. ff wo ?ried, why not state facts and answer our article ? It seems to ns that some of onr brethren aro very willing to misrep resent. and offer poor wit, In place of a reply to an opinion which none of them have put themselves to the trouble to answer.. If our neighbor bad boen disposed to do ns Justice ho might have quoted tho following aenftnee t . "We wish ibjdJatJncUy understood that ?wo know noflitogporsonally against tho reputation of any employee, jrrany facto ry, that we make no IrapuUtlon-l'sundnst anybody, and thnt we do not dttey iha% thcro aro crowded localities in Which fae torlea mlffht K? a blezzlax t^tS^ jcor. but oura U n thinly sottlod eouabry'-'ttnd oro speak of tho supposed ill pf?eflsf of a cotton factory w ith reference only lo our own peoplo. mid to tho fuel that we be llevo tho taking of our people from tho farina that they may ho massed as lah? r ers would hr demoralizing to thriu and tO UM." The article of which tho Pix?* und Hanni r complains was not an original article, hut wat? copied into tho I.vn.i.l.i OKNCKIt lrom another paper, not with the purpose even of entering the discussion with the Pr?t? and iianner, hut tu give to our readers the interesting statistics furnished in it by Col. Hammett, '1 'he article wat taken from au exchange, and wc do not think we made any alteration in il tit ali. Thc Pren? and /launer km w from its position mid typography that it w.i- not an original article, aud there fore its arraignment of the IN III I.H.I.N < Kl: is unwarranted. Kven il wc hud written the whole article, the reply "i the Pre*? and /fanner U not to the point, and therefore is a weak avoidance of thc issue. The article we published did not contain a line nf wit or humor, hut was bri in-full of solid facts in reply lo I he article of thc Pren amt /lamar. The writer evidently di tiered iii hi- construe lion of the charges made in the /V< < an-/ Itnnntr from theedilor of thal paper, and may have construed tile charges a little more -trungly than the language ol the article required, hut our neighbor did certainly charge that in our section of thc country the establishment of fac tories would be demoralizing to thc laborers in such fae tot k's, and lo thc people of the surrounding country. Now, if thc /';<-. and /tanner will send us a copy of its article wc will publish il in full, together with such comments as wo may plea-" to make, in order that full justice may be dom; our colempo ra ry. TIIK TKI.KUUAriJKli'.S STUIKIS. Thc members of thc Brotherhood of Telegraphers sent the Western Union company, some days ago, a demand for the following changes as to tin ir regula tions for work ami pay : 1. Tho total abolition of Sunday work as compulsory duty, unless compensated ?ts ox tra service. 2. ICight hours Khali constitute a day's work, and seven hours a night's work". ?I. Both sexes shall receive equal pay for equal work. .J. A universal inore-oso of 15 por cont, on all salaries now paid to lu- granted. These demanda were refused hy the officers of thc company, and on last Thursday a general strike of the opera tors throughout the United Stales, who are members of thc Brotherhood of Tel egraphers, was begun. This strike seri ously impedes Ibo business of transmit ting messages, and upon its commence ment the following general order was issued to avoid, as far as possible, legal responsibility on tht? part of the company for delays and failures iu the transmission of messages : ll C. downy, <;. W. Trouluio, <\ A. Tinker, general superintendents : Please Instruct all olllccs hy tologrupli as fol lows: t ' nt tl otherwise instructed all ollleem will be careful, in receiving mes sages for transmission, lo notify the senders that the same can be taken only subject to delny and to mulline; en route If necessary to complete the transmission lo the poi u I ni address. All such mes sages taken tor transmission shall have written or stamped nu tho race nf the saino over the signature ol' thusumler the worths: "Accepted subject to mailing or other delay." Superintendents will (alise to bo painted timi posted ?n the principal ullluOM of their respective dis tricts u placard bearing the following in scriptum : "Notice -Messages taken to day subject to delay tutti to mailing en route if necessary." Tilos. T. KeKKirr, Acting President. The Associated Press soul the following oiroular message lo the newspapers: "The Press ls likely to lie well provided for during the strike. The Western Un ion officials express their Intention ot serving the pupers wtdl and satisfactori ly, anil claim to have sufliclent facilities lor titting the Press business. Tho oper ators, who have always received the best of treatment wli9ii Oin ploy od by lite Press, uro also disposed to aitl in thc transmission of Press news. For days there may bo some necessary delay, and it uni v for awhile curtail Hit- volume ol news In some degree, hut thorn will bc no perceptible chango In our business. Tho nows coming in from Washington, Baltimore ami Philadelphia and sections tributary to those cilios will he tis full as over, nuil lhere will bo no ditnuuition in the amount of cable news, hut rather the revente." The strike has been increasing, and now it. is almost impossible to get u mes sage over the iiuc-s of tho Western Un ion Company. The public sympathy i.? with the operators, and there is no fore seeing where of how the conllict is tc terminale. COL.OKED STATU CONVENTION. Tho colored people of South Carolina hold a Convention in Columbin last week, which was well attended, for thc purpose of sending delegates to the Na tional Convention of the colored people which ia to bo bold soou. The Conven tion was largely controlled hy tho old political hacks of the Republican party in this State. Its temper was hettei than we expected, though it was by nc means conservative or even fair in thc tenor of its speeches and resolutions. It was, however, as severe in its denun ciation nf tho Republican party in the United States as of tho Democratic party in Soutli Carolina. Among other things the convention adopted tho following address to the country : Wo, tho committee appointed hy thc Convention on address and tesol ut Ions, beg leavo to report the following: Fully recognizing tho importance ol tho pur pose for which wo havo como together and knowing tho allegiance wo owo in common to our country, can Hud no bet ter opportunity of presenting our griev ances than in convention assent bled, ho lievlng that tho principles of equal civil and political rights aro vital to tho Inter est of good government, and that they can only he in forced by tho carrying ont of tho principles engrailed hy our fathers In tho organic law of our land aa set forth in tho Bill of ltlghts of our Constitution. Recognising only the common brother hood of mon; we, as it race, aro indebted to tho Republican party for free citizen ship find thc partial enjoyment of tho rights thereto. We believe that tho full enjoy m eut of each and every right can only bo obtained by the continuance in power of a party winne aims aro to pro tect, all and proscribo none. While ac knowledging tho bendita received, wc are compelled to indict the Republican party for its oniissiuns In tho past six years, as far as it rotates to Its adminis tration in connection with our race. Wo condemn tho action of thc National Re publican party lu conferring every office. of honor, emolument or trust upon white men to tho exclusion mid detriment of our raoe. We wish the Atnorlcan people to un derstand and bo Informed that wo ara cursed {with tho most damnable form ot State Government to which n freo peoplo bavp ever been subjected. By legislation tho right to enjoyment of an honest voie and a fair count has been taken from us. The right of a '.air trial fry on impartial Jury is denied us. Tho rights pf our peoplo ID tho civil and criminal ?id? ox tho Courts aro not protected. Tho ,vor. dicta of tho Juries and tho seuteuoes of thu Courte are determined by tho condi tion, und color of the parties accused <rff crime. The ly itching of our peoplo ft f Hiupccted <>i). m-.-s lins Loc?me prevalent in :ln>i Statu, und ils tendency bei ni; lo disori{ani/.o ittiil disrupt i- 'mmtimti -, promote .'l illie nuil placo law ami order al dcliaiii'i', wo Icol called upon io de liounoo io iitiuicasticcd terms such Ila Kraut ao l so tar unpunished violations ol' law. Our public school system i> hy iii IIIOHIIS ellh'iont. The Kclnmls aro in op oration but a few months during undi year, Inollicieiit teachers aro largely employed for thc niko ol' rlieapno.-w, and they jay ?ni aecount ol' poverty, liol I "in,; illili- to await payment, arc In om i l . limier tho necessity ot' Kelling Ho ;i I el.nm - at H discount, Tin- lu-t ipinlilied j I? a? lo i . on an omit of'their mea^i'cm-ss ol salario- anil the -hortm -s of tIn - -cs-ion jot tit.' schools, ur?- lon-, il to tor-aho the liidd ul iiisitriieiioii iin?i follow ??thor av??. rations tin- |-:?-< ii ? system ol hiriiiK ?nit anil working ?:<-.iivieisj upon any other than j pol.li.- wm ks uo condemn! Wini' ?< <? ea II not deny tie- power ol Ibo L<'gi?luloi?- i to enact laws t" tho detriment ol' even I .viet?*, y <.( wo won hi .-? : upon thom the , seal ol i'.??'ii tunal ion ?ind ask He- l.eyis ? latino to wi po om Hie mn pi it ons system , at its earliest M ?sion .\-n-pn?-. ntaiivcs .>f that I'.ire mo-it \ I .inn/.'I liv (in- uva- I rl?!?i and pried ol heartless corporations i I and individuals, wi thank tin- press ol Ibo,stat?i lor thu unanimity with which linty Intv.mbini,cd ?md .ti'fjiiuli/cil titi-, inhiiiiiaii and barbarous system. All ol'w hich is respectfully Mihmillcd. Tlmmns ! .. Milbrr, ' ll. W. I'm v is A. i ? Townsend IC. (.'Itrowne, K. .I. Sawyer, Wm .1. Ho wini, lt. I. .-'milli. Tom Hamilton moved that tlx-words ld pul.le',m party st rick ?*ti om lt WHS u long tune before his motion wan seconded. THO platform was nguiu read, wlion it wa- attempted to roll. Hamilton anil sub stituto Whipper; hut tin- Chair ruled Hamilton was a legally eonstitiitod delo gai?i to tho Compution Hamilton then prue.Iud with a |on<_; -|.'li to delina hi- position ami Hinte why lie had made the motion. A delegate bern Interrupted Hamilton and said he ought not to lu- listened to, as In- had deserted tin' ni'gro ami should not lu- ni lowed lo speak her?-. Tho Ituv. .lune Mohhiy wiinto?) to ask a (ideation, hot Hamllloii refused. Mohloy said "Voil better not. I'd show you up. Von solil II- out." Hamilton said: "lt timi preacher wau Ls to preaeli In- eau preach when 1 get thrungli. Hamilton oiilogi/.otl the negro race, and thought they deserved Houio thing butter lliiin being ooachuion for whilo men. He said thal the negro wwi the e.|ii,il of any race of mon on the globo, und nundi moro that was irrele var.'. to the question, and tho chairman called him to contine himself to the sub ject under discussion. Tim Chair here announced thal Hamil ton had his say and that he miisl stop. Tho motion lo strike out tho words "Republican party" was then put, and tho motion was rejected. Tho address wa- then adopted as above. 'l'lic following isa list of the delegates selected togo to Louisville. First District-A. I?. Dun-dor, W. IL lllrney, W. Ii. Cru in ; alt?rnale, S. W. Mo Kinlay. Seo ?nd District -L. Cain, S. C. Smith, Fruil Nix ; alternate, H. .1. Dickerson. Third District -N- II. Wllitliliro, P. L Hicks, Barnard llovd. Fourth District -H. A. Stewart, .1. W Jones, .1. 1*. Hoyden. Fifth District-C. f. Low. Sixth District--M. Iv. Holloway, H. .1 Sa wy or, /.. W. Mines; alternate, H. H Deas. Seventh Di-tiii-t II. H. Ithdutrdsoii H. II. William-, D. T. Middleton. A- Hu-re was hut one dolcgntO from tb? Fifth District six del?galo* at larne, in stead of lour, wore elected ns follows: D A. St raker. Thomas K. Miller. A. L Shrew-sherry, II. M. I'inckney, Itiiv. J C. Waters,' Hoi.crt Smalls; alternates Thomas Hamilton, '!'. K. Desports. Lot .lustice bo Dunc thc Colored Man .Mi:. KIM roi: : - I lieg space in you columns to publish the following. li your issue of July "?th, yon gave publi cation lu the following paragraph : "N< negro has ever applied for a patent a Washington. This would seem to sub slatitiate that invention i- not a iacult appertaining to the Klhiopiun intellect. Now, sir, after reading the above procured permission to have access to th liles uml records of tho l'atout ollicu her in Washington, 1>. C., to get tho fact and data which will go to show that yo have been misinformed, and that. "inven . lion is a faculty appertaining lo tb Kthiopian intellect." I herewith give the names of th several colored mon who have tnken ot 1 [intents, as shown by the records of in i o Iii cc : No. 1?2,2.S1--1>. A. Fisher, Joiner Clamp. April 20, 1875, D. C. No. 174,794-D. A. Fisher, Fnrnittu Caster, March 14, 187?. L>. C. ! No. 208,184- W. A. Lavalette. Prill i ing Fres?, September 17,1878, L>. C. No. 218,154-Wm. Baillis, Ladde scaffold support, August ">, 1S71>, Ne Jersey. 1 No. 278,477-K. L. Williams, Sere Propeller, May 20, 1883, Florida. ,!. IX Baltimore und J. K. Hahn have taken out patents, bul 1 catlin ' furnish any data tor the Inst two mei tioned. i Ci. 1). WILLIAMS. Arthur's Ambition. WASHINGTON, July IS.-It will I remembered that it was to General Han White, president of the Pennsylvan: Republican State Convention in 187 i that President Grant Addressed his ceb braled letter on a "third term" whic was drawn out by the resolution of tl convention to tho effect that under tl sanction of the most venerable exampl i the presidential scrvico was limited l two terms. Genera. White was chai man of thc committee on resolutions i tho recent Republican State Conveutic 1 held nt Harrisburg and reported the re 1 olutiou indorsing the administration i President Arthur. In conversation I day ho said that it was surprising what extent President Arthur was gro?. ing in popular estimation in Pennsylv nia, und that bo particularly noticed tl i cordial approval the commendatory rcs Union received from all thc delegate** the convention. Since the ndjotiinmei of tho convention he had met mar prominent Republicans in his trave through the State, mid thc scntime was thc Baute everywhere ho went, th Mr. Arthur was growing in popularit and that bis administration commend* itself to thc warmest approval of h fellow citizens. Mr. White says th with a continuance of this popularity would bo easy to predict who would 1 tho nominee of tho next National R publican Convention. Il is already sa of M.. A i th ii r what was never said his predecessors, who were vice-prei dents, that the wisdom of hu administr tiou promises to disarm political oppos timi, increase thc confidence of h friends and multiply advocates for h continuance in tho presidential chair fact which General White cites as certa evidence of the success of the Rcpubl cnn party in Pennsylvania at the fit election and the election next year of majority of tho Republican electors. Cruelty to Con viols. COI.UMIIIA, July 17.-Henry Hanno tho white manager of 8eegcrs's plant lion, who figured conspicuously at tl coroner's inquest held over tho body Gordon, the negro convict who it w adjudged by the jury had died of bea disease, which diseaso was believed I many to have boen brought about, or i least aggravated, by cruelty visited upc Gordon by Hannog, would have bet arresteJ to-day, but the Hon. John < Seegers, Ilannog'a employer, engagi counsel In hjs behalf, and the couns Riving hts pledge (cr his forthcoming < Thursday, when a writ of habeas corp* will have been sued out, the sheriff d not execute tho warrant to-day. BV-? "* f.OMILIM. A II A11.KOAH. l ilt- I .it?- ul tim AllgUatM ami lilioxiillv ' I.In?'. I', um ihe Anijiuiu ConrtltHlioMitiit. ['or nome time past the Augusta ami Knoxville Railroad has been variab! . and an interesting quantity in railroad circles. Til? failure t? meet the interest upon in bonds in .1 notary and duly lust has brought the enterprise into publie, notice, and speculation bas been indulg? I in as lo its probable fate. At one time it was hinted that a private company was ? , r 11 ?, . : *r tu control th?.* road, and another that two railroad syndicates went endeavoring lo secure it as a feeder. Meanwhile, ? very ellon hus been made tu save tiiis valuable property from furechisure, absorption ami sacrifice. I Thc city bad subscrib? d .-. '?0,000 to secure i:-. completion, which (lu- municipal nulli iriiics were in no hurry t > give up, and many hundred* <>f dui!.tri had been given by piivatc parties who were iiuxioo- i?i reali/c something from lin* iuvc-lmeut. Tin* importance <?( '.in line wm admitted. I timi ness steadily in creased, the management operated tin road willi care, akill ami economy, and every possible dollar from us earnings was -avi d. Still it HCCiliH that to meet tin- ( itirenl expenses of the road und to pay up th?' double deficit on its $030,000 ?if bonds were more than the line, as at present built ami bonded, could acvoni: pl ?.?li, thu dilliciilty being Hint the road was loo voting lo sustain itself under the KO extraordinary expenses. Last January, after the first deficit, the friends ?d thu road, the largest stockholders in the enterprise, bopelui of it-* ultimate success ami confident of its value as a freight ami passenger line, advanced the amount of thc first deficit to save the road's property from seizure and sale, and the enterprise tided over till July. At that tune, however, although the rotid continued to d<> well, the company found themselves in thc saine predicament,and thai period passed with a double set ol coupons outstanding as debts against the property, 'ibis lime the slockhohlers were nuable to come to thc rescue, and speculation was rifo as to thc next move in this matter. .Meanwhile, the bondhohlers seemed to feel no alarm. Confident that the toad was over and over again good for the ! amount of ils deficit and bonded debt, no evidence ?if foreclosure waa delected and every one seemed inclined to give the road a chance to save tho stock and secure the control of the line for the city of Augusta. On the tirs? of Jul.,, however, a new feature was presented. Almost imperceptibly a movement in the bond market began". Largo lots wero bought up at fair prices, and as thc de mand continuod constant and steady, much more since then has been put upon tho market and from time to time heavy purchases made. .So general have these transactions growi^, that they have at tracted much attention in thc bond and money market and brokers have been quite animated over the matter. In tjuiry developed tho met that Mr. John Jay Cohen hi!?' N?en quietly and effect ively manag " the affair. ile had purchased quite a quantity of thc bonds at 85, hut it WIU. not as yet understood for what purpose thc purchases were m ado. Mr. M. J. Verdery wi s asked what thc stir in A and IC. bonds was about? " The explanation of this movement," said Mr. Verdery, '"must for thc present rest more upon reasonable suspicion than upon absolute information." "Who arc paying for the bondsV" ' Circumstances point to the formation of a combination of capital g?lten up outside of the city. Who compose il ?ind where thc headquarters aro must Lc tor thtr prewitt matters of absolute specu lation, lin- combination seemed lo have lixt-d upon thc price they arc willing to pay, and at present their position to wards the road seems to bc strong and impregnable. It is well known that thc last payment of thc January coupons was not made from thc road'? surplus, t?ul was advanced by ibo friends of the enterprise. Since that lithe the curuinga of the road hive been devoted to tho cancellation of that debt. On the 1st of July the road again found itself without funds to pay this interest, ?od Iii? friends of the company lins time did not come up to supply the deficit. Now, then, these two sets of coupons siaud out as claims against the property of the road and are of equal dignity with the bonds. This accumulation of debt has probably discouraged thc holders of the bonds, and when this combination sentits agent upon thc market, who invited, although he did not press them to sell, Homo of the largest owners readily unloaded." "As a boudbolder, Mr. Verdery, would you sell ?" "I have sold and have advised others to du the sumo thing. As I have just remarked, douie of our iurgesi holders have closed out. The combination have already a large number of these bonds in their possession. Now ? reasou this way : Suppose the outsiders-those who declino to dispose of their bonds-man age to provide for tho interest on the bonds before October I, the expiration cf their grace, thc combination or syndi cate, with this large amount of bonds in their possession, will have on their hands a 7 per ceut. security, which they ?urcbased considerably below par. here they have the advantage. If, how ever, those who hold, cannot meet this interest, the combination can foreclose the mortgage and force tho sale. Then, having these bonds, bought below par, this syndicate can alford to put up more at the salo than all competitors up to that Ipoiut where more is bid for the road than tho bonded debt amounts to, when they still have au advantage, reaping the benefit accruing to their bouds. Now, say they purchased the road at $100,000, having already secured $-100,000 of bonds, they would simply havo to pay to tho bondholders who bad not disposed of their interest a pro rata price, ns $-100,000 is to the total issue of thc bonds. ($1530,000.) or G3J per cent. They would thus pay for $230,000 of outstanding bonds at 63], $H6,000. Now these $100,000 worth of bonds at iso, would cost them $340,000. The total cost of tho road would thus bo only $-lSd,000. Tho smaller bondholders are tben scarcely able to protect themselves against this combination. Tho moment the outside bidders bid more than S3 per cent, of thc bu luicd debt for tho property, they pay the combination a profit on what bouds it hos purchased. If they cannot do this, then they should accept the present offer of 85 for these securities. Holders of these bonds should, in my opinion, soil now, while tho opportunity is offered, for the order for these bonds may give out when the limit is reached. After that there may be no sales of these securities at all." "Do you think any railroad corpora tion is behind thia movement.1' Mr. Verdery answered that he did not. "What is the object of this agitation ?" "Probably a purely sp?culative enter prise." On tho streets considerable interest is shown in this movement. In many ?lacea it is confidently believed that the entrai Railroad i> the power behind the movement, and it ia beginning to be re cognized that the Augusta and Knox ville will possibly nt an early day fall into this system of road?. At all ?venta > the effort seems to be to buy up the road and make the after appreciation of the propeHy pay off the debt of the compa ny. _^_ *#*"One man's meat ia another man's poison." Kidney-Wort expela the pois onous humors. Tho Brat thing to do in the Spring is to clean house. L'or inter nal cleansing and renovating, no other medicine is equal to Kidney-Wort. In either dry Qr liquid form it eurea head ache, billions attacks constipation and deranged kidneys. A nut lier Uni 1 rund Scheme. A through Uuilroad U /ute from Bal timor? to Atilinta, thc central |?oint ;?f the East (south, will touch pointa in North Carolina thal have never had Kail? road facilities. Strange, too, ihataroute through this same section wan talked fi I lorlv yearn ago. There were wise hoads iti titr?t dav. I>ut they really did not know With what'wi-doin llicy talked. Business now begins lo see it. To the credit ot i he Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com pany, il i> the li ?thal Mellis lo have realized and tak< n liold ol this important enterprise. With the idea of a direct through linc South, they have construct ed ? road now alnm-t completed to Sn len , Va , ?ii ihe direction of Atlanta, da. The line it extended ?ill ?trike Wilkesboro, Lenoir, Moruantoii, R?ther I'ordton, Columbus, North Carolina, (ireeiiviile, South Carolina, and so on lo Atlanta, through thc richest ai.fi best poi lions ol our.- ate and at what might : he called the head ..! navigation, giving j an immediate outlet lo the riches! min . erai and agricultural section in the 1 u ?on. The importance of this project cannot be realized hy the ordinary mimi, and wluii.its consummation is effected ] the honor and tue profit will he awarded to that Company which, having a real eye j to business --hall penetrate tho virgin section adjacent lo au air line between Baltimore and Atlanta. A look at the map, and you will see what a golden harvest ia promised atong thc whole line. While other companies are anx ious to ?trike this rich vein at certain points, the B AO. I 'ompany having an eye io thc main chance, propose following the whole vein throughout its entire length. Vive la 1'.. vt <>.-Hu lerfortlton, A. < '., Mountain Hantier. Adgcr College. WALHALLA, July 17.-Thc board of trusteed of Adgcr College to day elected Prof. E. Fiugerliu to the chair of ancient and modern languages in the College, l'rof. Fiugerliu ia a native of I Switzerland und a graduate o? the Col I lego of Home. Ho comes to us with the highest testimonials ol' character, schol arship aud etliciency iu teaching from Senator Hampton, Governor Thompson, Prof. Sloan, Urs. Woodrow and Girardenu, and many others. Miss Morgau, who has successfully taught the primary boys, was re elected lo that position. The Board, with cou GJcuce, recommended the Faculty to the patronage of the public, feeling assured that ibo instruction und discipline of the College in every department will be satisfactory. Thu Board voted thanks lo Dr. W. C. Norwood, of Hodges, Abbeville County, for tho handsome send-off his contribu tion ol' $1,000 towards the endowment of the chair of arts and sciences gives to the proposed additional endowment of *4O,0i>U to the College. - A hoy has just died nt Hamilton, N. Y., from a bite from an enraged oat received si-v week- ago. - Bishop Wil<-nn wi!) preside at the I annual Conference td the M. Iv Church to he held in Sumter in December next. - Last fall Cap?. W. W. Kiser of Newberry County, .-owed eight bushels of wheat which yielded Ibis year 285 bushels, au average of more than 85 bushels to one. HAVANA, July 2.L-Gen. F.. G. C. Ord, U. S. A., rolired, one ol' the passengers from Vera Cruz to New York on thc steamer City ?j Washington. didi here in the hospital last evening. - Mrs. Folly Hawthorn, who died in Due West, Abbeville County, on the 10th, was the mother of fifteen children. Added to these she has eighty grand children and forty great grandchildren. - The first hale of cotton, grown by C. H. Amecke, near Gonzalez, Texas, was sold at auction in San Antonio, on Wednesday last, at the Merchants' Ex change, and was hid in at 22 cents per pound. - A small chihl ol' Mr. C. H. Carpen ter's who lives in the George's (.'reek seclion ot Pieken's County, fell into a tub of hot water lest week and was so badly scalded that it died on the follow ing day. - Deputy United States Collector E. F. Blodgett, and party, captured destroy - stroyed this week, not far from tho Burnt Tanyard, in Oconee County, an illicit distillery, containing two stills, in which there were several hundred gallons of beer and low wine, hut no whiskey. ?- Second Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Elmer has reported to the Postmas ter General nn amount in excess of $1,000,000 which it is proposed to recov er by suits against various combinations of star route contractors. Part of the evidence upon which this action is based has been obtained during the last six months. - The Methodists in France are growing very rapidly. They have i34 chapels and other preaching stations, 29 ministers, ll evangelists and teachers, 100 local preachers, 117 class-leaders aud about 2,000 members. The Sunday schools are correspondingly flourishing. This will serve as a wholesome check to the tide of infidelity and skepticism which has been sweeping over that country for so many years past. - D. H. Bradley und family who went to Texas in 1876, to try their fur tunes, have returned to Greenville. Ho says (hat Texas is a good place, but that it is not equal to little South Carolina, and ho therefore decided to return to bis first love. He Bays that he tried farming for a timo, but found that selling corn at twenty cents per bushel and cotton at eight cents per pound did not pay. - SPARTANUURU,S. C., July 21.-Thia afternoon two men, J. B. King and Dentson, claiming to be. North Caroli nians, presented to the National Bank a check for $75 on which was signed the name of one of our leading merchants Mr W. C. Cannon. The bank officials' readily recognized the forgery, aud the men were promptly arrested, and are in jail.- Correspondence Greenville News. - The returns of tho County assess ments iu Georgia, now going iu to the Comptroller, ?bow universal and gratify ing gains in values. The assessment last year aggregated $268,51.1,976, an increase of $14,000,000 over previous years, and returns so far received indicate" that the increase this year over last will perhaps run up to $20,000,000. The Stato is paying herself out of debt and gradually reducing her rate of taxation, - More than twelve months ago a "perpetual" clock was started at Brus sels. An up draught is obtained in a tube or abaft by exposing it to the sun ; this draught turns a fan, which winds up the weight of tho clock until it reaches the top, when it actuates a brake that stops the fan, but leaves it free to start again when the weight has one down a little. Thia clock was eeping jjood timo In Jone, after run? ning continuously for nine months. - Mr. Jobu W. Shlpp, of Nashville, Teun., son of the Rev. Dr. Shlpp, of Vanderbilt University, on Monday evening last, at St. Augustine, put up at tho Edwards Hoe.se and was duly as signed a room. Happening tr, raise one of the pillows of the bed be found a pocketbnuk containing $$1,000 in bills of one thousand dollars oach. He turned the wallet and contents over to the hotel proprietor, and it ultimately transpired that the Utica banker and stockholder in the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax Railroad, Mr. W. Jerome Oreen had occupied that room the night previ ous, and the money was his propetty. - Some esteemed cotempornrica clam or for the larill" issue in lliu next Presi dential election. Others proclaim the strength of thu New York Sun's issue: ' Turn lin- rascals out.'' Esteemed co temporariea seem to forget the tact that the two issues are capable of being com bined, and will lend each other Strength. "A public thief is a public enemy," and "Protective tarilla are relics of barba rian." are two good, strong, solid planks. The enemy luis furnished us abundant material for au attack on Ids official record, and the material for an attack on Iiis official record, mid the material for attack on the ridiculous, tinju-t, nickel and oppressive tarli! is equally abundant.-- <?reencitle News. - A singular and shocking accident occurred at .Martin'- Ferry early Satur day morning, by which a baby only four days old, ti child of Mrs. Hanson Sprin ger, came to its death. Mrs. Springer called tor a drink of water, and ht r hus band got it tor her, and theil place 1 the bucket by the bcd, that she might help herself if-he wanted another drink. He then retired bcd in an adjoining room and fell asleep. Ile was shortly wu frett ed by loud shrieks from his wile, and rising, ile went to her room to /earn what was the matter. He lound that ! the baby, Which had been placed Oil the I front ?ide Of the bed, had lallen out ot thc bed into the bucket ol water head first. The nu.(her did not know how long it had laen there, hut it was dead when she discovered it.- Wheeling Intel liijencer. Cul.l'MBtJK, GA., duly 23.-Hon. Mar tin .1. Crawford, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, died yes terday. His remains will be buried TuC'dav morning. County Equalisation Board. rpi IF. County Board of Equalization for X Anderson County will meet at the Auditor's <?llice eu Monday, the Otb day of August, 1SS3, to hear complaints of Tax payers, and to equalize tho properly re turned for taxation in said County for the THOMAS J. WKHIJ, s. A. ?-. _ Jilly jjij, 1883 li -1 Notice to Creditors. Kentucky Flour Co.. et ul.. Plaintiffs, vs. Hart it Mahon, et al., Defendants. k ?.?i persons huviog claims against Hart J.\. ? Mahon are hereby notified to pro sent and establish them before me on or by the 1st day of September next, or be barred of all right to participate in the benefits of this suit. W. NV. HUMPHREYS, Muster. July 20, iss:t ._> ll OSBORN & McGUKIN, ANDERSON, S. C., MANUFACTURERS and Dealers in all kin.ls of DRESSED LUMBER, DOORS. SASH, BLINDS, MANTLES, MOLDINGS, BRACKETS, BANISTERS, sawed and turned. Factory Near Railroad Depot. CRI.-T MILL will run every day. July -v., jss:: .> The South Cu roi i un NORMAL MUSIC SCHOOL. A. J. SHOWALTER. Principal. rill Iii session for ts-:: will |.t. held nt -I MELTON", Andcrso:) Co., S. Carolina, beginning Munday August <jth. and eon tinu'uig tour weeks. TUITION : For full session.>o nu For t\yo week.-. .-{ ot) Fur one wee'-. -J no Hoard with eil ...ens, iii and mar the town, about 810.00. Hoard nt thc hotel, $10 00. Character notes will bc a prominent fea ture in the helton Normal, though the ordinary round notes will lie thoroughly taught. All branches usually taught in a tirst class Normal school will receive duo attention. All hooks for use in the sebead will be furnished to (bc members ut dozen rates, except Prof. Showalter's Harmony book, which will be furnished at 73 cents per copy. For further information regs ?ding board, etc., address either Wm. F. Cox or A. C, Latimcr, helton, s. c. For further information regarding the working of the school, etc., address A. J. Showalicr, Dakers Mill, Virginia. July ^(i, lS.s.'{ 2 o REPAIRING AND WHETTING GINS ! THE EUREKA GI?T WHET IS thc greatest invention of t.ie age of its kind. It is un easiy, eertal > and quick way of whetting Gin-saws, which renders the old fashioned way of whetting a thine pf the past. The reason why it is prefera ble to all ot hors is, if. hin-;c? in thc throat of the tooth. I am DOA prepared to do the very best of work in Sharpening Gin-saws a-s well as general repairing of all kinds at the lowest prices. Persons can r urd?ase a Machine for ten dollars, and do their own sharpening. Any one can learn in fifteen minutes. Satisfaction is guaranteed. The ininienso sale of this Machine is the best guaranty of its merit. All who have tried it ure delighted with its work. 1 will sell either State, County or individual rieht? An rt"atlon concerning it cheerfully given' All orders for whetting or repairing should tie handed in at once or write io me Omer.-Up stairs, over W. F. Barr's blore, on Granite How, Anderson S C SIMPSON, REID & CO., Intending soon to move to WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER, Will ofter Bargains in Certain Kinds of Goods. TURNIP SEED. .Tilly 20, 1883 ^^T/IT JARS. FISH FOR SALE. PUKE MI?ED?SU,VLE CA It I?. One and two Inches lone.. m.. .." ,i Three and four inches.?T:;r. 20c*. Sch' B. F, BROWNE July 10,1883 Anderson, S C. ^OTI?E FINAL SETTLEMENT " tho EstaTof"ir1CF,Ka,ec? Adn.?T'"?or of hereby1 give,i notice *SSfi?B ?"T* the Judge of probate for Andersonffiy"K? on the -Jlst dav of Augustlass <?,r?tyl Settlement of said ^aSanS&2 *r,nal his office as Administrator d,8cha?8? f?"n Juiy io, ^ CARPENTER, Adrn'r. THTANDERSfJN MILITARY SCHOOL, ingsof i?&K(&&%S3^ ^following rates will be charged per First Class. * j'M Second Class.... $,??J> Third CTas^. . * oo Fourth ciass.::.::.....,- g? Contingent Fee..... ;;""..''.* 18 9g ?boutsilty atudentettrJ?We ,0 *?*? A Cimilar will be it?n?? pCr mopU> fidler Information. Fm th?Tn 8,vln? dress. *or "U! present ad Wu, Jr* ^l,'} Pri??U: 3m RICH, RARE, RACY? TURNIP SEED ! TURNIP SEED! niiYV Faster! (?row lti:r;'fr! Kui lifter! Look Better! IUHI Toi., White Flat Dutch, Aberdeen billie ?lube. Ruta Baga, Y?How'm , White Norfulk. Yellow Du?**; White, Egg Yeiow iSuB Thc Freshest ?md Purest Turnip Seed ure for sale by ORK ?.V SI,OA.\ h\ P < ,;, ; a MU I P .1 \M lull. __ , QRR & SLOAN, JlllV M?. I? COTTON-GINS THE COTTON BLOOM COTTON GIN 17H)l? Lightness of Draft, .pialily nf hint turned out, mid Durability wnn,? v 1 passed, if equalled. . ' cann?l ? Tho Stationary Realer, II new invention tor straightening tbe lin?.o lng ?nu the sand and .rash, i> now attachsd to these (?ins without extra dmr? The Saws ut this Gin are securely fixed on thc steel shaft with a MTV**** that a damaged saw can be replaced al the gin-housp. l* ?nan Wo an-also sole Agents tor MULLETT STEEL BRUSH and Tim. C'OTTOX CJINS. All our (?ins are manufactured hy the Standard M?*ku5 Of Mvstic Uiver. Conn. ?an??* Write us for prices, terms, ?c., or call and examine stock on hand and bo T ol' what we say, that our ??ins, a* now improved, stand FIRST IN THE LIST Agents for the Best Cotton Presses in the Market. SORGHWM?CH?NERY. Cane Mills and Evaporators for Jaie ENGINES, SAW MILLS, &C. Rubber and Leather Belting, Packing, Lace Leather, June 28, 1883 SULLIVAN * BRO. HEADQUARTERS! THE BEST IS THE CHEAPESi 13 Y contract in writing with the Manufacturer-, weare the only authorized Agtnt| 3 the Ci unities ol' .Indersoii. Abbeville und Oeoiiee for tbe sale of DANIEL PRATT'S REVOLVING HEAD GINS. FEE DE US A N I) CON DENSERS. Wc guarantee to sell at Manufacturers' prices, and will give perfect satisfaction ask for no pay. Afore Pratt Oin? hare been nold in our territory in the fast fire, year* limn all i Und* combined. .jar- TEEMS EASY. Send for Circulars. Med'LL Y ? TAYLOR, Anderson, H. C. | June 21, 1 Hs:; IP Tremendous Low Price! I MEAN WHAT I SAY. POSITIVE SALE MY STOCK IS NOW TOO LARGE, and in order to REDUCE I offer to the! Ile a LARGE and WELL-ASSORT F.I) stock of Dry Goods, Shoes. Clothing, Hats. COME TO SEE US AND YOU WILL SAVE MOUE] I WANT MONEY, AND HAVE THROWN UPON MY COUNTERS ?Twenty Thousand Dollars Worth of Seasonable GooJ WHICH 1 OFFER AT A SACRIFICE. jp?t- Keep this on the brain when you leave home. Balance of Ready Made Clothing at Actual First Cos jar- Your presence is respectfully solicited. A. LESSER. June 14, 1883 48 "Wait for the wagon, the good old wagon, And we will all take a ride." ACAIi LOAD of TENNESSEE WAGONS, made in Nashville. TejnJj^j . .T-.,rJLvouTt,,e BE8T WAGON, probably, in the world, unless it tttM & ^ BAKER," both of which wo hnvo exclusive sale for in tins scc?on or connu, right along, buy your Wagons from us, and also all of your other (.otxurnc*. as DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, SHOES, HATS, YANKEE NOTIONS, And all Goods generally wanted in this market, and wc will do you Riuni. REMEMBER, that wo carry heavy Stocks, want to buy ull thc Cotton Ol . Countv, and pay highest Cash prices for it. . " *lNf>. We have in stock and on tho way a largo lot of KUIIBKll ' ?y-14, 2, 2J, 3, 4, 6, G, 7 and 8 inch, 3 and 4 ply. Respectfully, sm. ,..m, BUECKLEY, BROWN & FRETW6U; TAKE NOTICE. TTAV1NG RECENTLY ENLARGED MY STORE. I l?? Jg?*:??%?pSp^1 -?-E- manufacture all kinds oT work made ol Sheet Copper, Tin, Ooods in stock and for sale CHEAP r The Times and Charter Oak Cook Stoves, The Rest Improved Codee Pot, . . A The ?uly Steam Fruit Dryer iu the Market, .{ni ttt%?. The Only Successful Peach Parer-will pare a?> Plv Traps, Aerate Iron Ware, Tinware In Abundance. HIDES, BEESWAX AND RAC? BOUGHT FOR THE CASH. Roofing and Guttering Done at the Shortest 8|**s Juno 14, 1883 .:8