The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 02, 1883, Image 2
E. ??. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1883.
TERMS :
ONE YKAB.?I.BO.
SIX MONTHS. 75c.
Turo Dollarn If uot paid In advance.
Tho Kale of thc Richmond and Dun
ville Railroad to the Seney syndicate,
which controls tiie Ka?! Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia system, was a great
surprise in railroad circles. This sale
gives the new company very great ad
vantages, and makes them the strongest
railroad combination iu the South, con
trolling as they do over 4,000 miles of
railroad in a connected system in the
?States of Virginia, North Carolina,
.South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee,
and connecting the great Mississippi by
one system of roads willi thc ports pf
Baltimore, Norfolk and West l'oint. It
is not piobablc that the sale will work
any chantre in the management of the
roads through this section, unless it be to
give ns increased facilities for transpor
tation.
During the recent agricultural meet
ing in Marion Senator Huller, in .speak
ing upon the labor question, advocated
the introduction of 200,000 German im
migrants into South Carolina, lo lake
the place of 200,000 negroes that lie was
nilling lo see lear- the State. The tele
graph operators somewhere between
Marion and New York distorted our
Senator's speech to the extent of report
ing that be desired to bring into .South
Carolina 200,000 Mormon immigrants,at
which sonic of the New York papers
began lo express great wonder and sur
prise. The mistake was probably ono of
thc incidents to having inexperienced
operators in charge of tho telegraph
wires instead of the regular operators
who arc on a strike.
Thc strike of the members of the
Brotherhood of Telegraph Operators
still continues unchanged, except that
the Western Guion bas lilied its offices
with inexperienced operators, and is now
attempting lo do its full business as
bcretofore. It is claimed by many that
if lite Brotherhood can maintain them
selves until the Tall business sets in, the
company will be obliged to employ them
again at advanced prices in order to trot
through their business which presses so
heavily and is HO profitable nt that sea
son. It seems, however, to us that the
position of tho strikers is becoming
weaker by tho delay, for if tho company
is able lo run its business now, ibo oper
ators who aro at present inexperienced
will considerably improve, and in many
instances bc able to do the work. The
company may bo compelled to take some
operators back in tho largest offices, but
it seems to us that the strike, taken alto
gether, is a partial iailuro, if indeed it
does not prove so entirely.
There seems ta bo an evident desire
on tho part of newspapers of the country
to run the next Democratic Presidential
campaign, and to formulate the issues of
tho canvass, which finds expression in
long and carefully written editorials, nnd
frequent pungent paragraphs, written for
the purpose of convincing tho party
managers that nothing short of a com
plete adoption of the policy advocated by
the papers can possibly result in a Demo
cratic victory. This discussion is doubt
lens beneficial, if it is not always con
vincing, for when conducted in the
proper spirit it elicits the various views
entertained by thoughtful and, in n large
measure, disinterested members of the
Democratic party upon tho vital question
of party policy. The fact that there is
so much difference of opinion upon party
policy is of Itself the best evidence of tho
necessity for delibetato discussion. The
main point of variance is, of cou rao, tho
tariff; and upon it the members of the
party occupy various positions, from that
of tho high protection, advocated by Mr
Randall aud bia party, to the extreme of
free trade, represented by Mr. Frank
Hurd, of Ohio. It will not do to read
all'men out of the party who do not
subscribe to any one theory upon the
tariff, for when a State like Virginia in
ils D?mocratie Convention declares for
the abolition of internal duties, it practi
cally places the party of that Stato io
favor of a correspondingly high tariff.
There is far from uniformity in the party
on thia subject, and nothing but the
most calm and elaborate discussion can
aecure concert of action between the ad
herents of the different views entertained
upon it. It ought to be entered iuto
with tho determination to present each
aide fully and fairly, and then abide tho
result in the National Convention. The
election of Speaker of tho next House
will and ought to he made a preliminary
skirmish on this matter, and the revenue
tariff advocates should, by all means,
elect their candidate if possible, for such
an election will give to the country an
earnest of revenue reform which will
greatly sUengthen the party before tho
people. After this election, however, wo
think tho next session of Congress should
avoid any attempted legislation upon
the subject for several reasons. In the
. first place, it will be impossible to do
any good by passing a bill in the House
ca tho subject. It wcsld surely be
defeated io tho Republican Senate, and
would be a waste of time and money for
which the Democratic party would be
arraigned in the canvass. And in the
next place the coming House will not be
prepared to legislate intelligently upon
the subject. It should, in our opinion,
confine itself to a close investigation Im
proper committees of the present cost of
every department of the government as
administered by the Republican party,
and also of the aboses lo . each depart?
ment, and what are the necessary expen
. ess of soco department where economi
cally administered. This is a practical
work for which the country will be
grateful, and will lay the foundation for
more real reform than by years of igno
rant gas upoo the tariff question can do.
We profess to favor a tariff for reveooe
only, ami therefore we must fix the rev
?noe necessary for the government be
fore we fix the tariff. It will apt do to
toko the present estimates for the reve
nde, for |f so tb ere will be no change in
the tariff. We ?pend ali that we collect
now, and therefore in orr^r to show how
much we eau reduce tho tarif!' taxation,
wo hhould show lo the country how
much tho expenses of thc government
can be reduced. It seems to us, then,
thal the next Congress ought not to
upend any time in discussing the tari O',
but should throw the light ol'investiga*
tiou upon Republican extravagancies j
and fraud; after which tho National
D?mocratie Convention should declare
for such revenue reform as tin investiga
tions warrant, and u turill'reduced sn in
only to raise this revenue. < 'ur po-ilioii,
then, would he easily maintuiiied Ix ! ire
liie people. Uv this com sc we would |
gain also the advantage id being able to
attack the present IiiiijtiitoiH tariff fd the
Republicans. Il wo puss a bill which i
can liol go into operation lh< Itcpubli*
cans will at once attack our bill and put
us on the defensive. Wi have lliein
lhere now, and should not release our
advantage. Let u- then elect a it-venue ;
reforiuci Sneaker, investigate all ibo ex
penses of the government, timi he pic
pared fully foi beneficial turill' legisla
tion as soon us we obtain control ol i ou
gu ss, or can command Republican votes
111 tho Senate Irolll the loree of public I
opinion brought lo bear m consequence :
ol the developments of our in vestigati m. j
I 'ul i* of Polk of TcmicsM e.
NA^HVH.I.K, July L'7. J he jury io th.- ;
rase ol'Marshall T. Polk, former treas
urer of Tennessee, yesterday lonni ihc
d?tendant guilty; ami fixed hi- term ;::
the Penitentiary nt twei ly years A \
line oi ?.'ioO,f?IU.ll), the ann.uni al which !
thc jury lixul lite deficit, wa* nl.-o entered
against thc defendant. 1 lie officer who i
was in charge ol the jury caine into couti I
a lew minutes before '.. o'clock and .-tated !
to .Judge Allen that the jury had agreed
on a verdict. Mr. Polk was not pri sent,
as lie was not aware thc Court mel so
emly, but he arrived shortly after the
jury did. The appearance ol tin: jury on
thc streets ol' course suggested tho idea
that they bad agreed ou a verdict, and
hythe time the defendant entered ibo
room the courtroom was about hall lilied.
When Polk came thc jury wai ranged up
beiore Judge Ail-.!! and theil naines wen;
called by tho clerk in order tu ascertain
if tiie lull jury was present, lu answer
to the question of Judge Allen, if ibo
jury had r.grecd, S. H. Stone, thc lore
man of the jury, replied that they had
found the defendant guilty, and had
given him twenty years in the penitenti
ary and fixed his fin? nt ?tfi?ti/i-tO.lt).
The announcement ol the verdict was
made in a low tone by ibo foreman, and
was not generally beard by those present.
Consequently there was not so much ol u
sensation caused as might have been ex
pected. Mr. Polk did not hear it. and
asked Judge East what il was. (In
being told what it was, lhere was no
change in the extrcasurers's face, and
whatever passing emotion there may
have been in his mind was not indexed
on his face.
After the jury had been discharged
Judge Hast callie forward and asked to
have u motion for a new trial entered,
which was done. Judgo Allen said to
the attorneys for the defence: "Gentle
men, 1 um nearly worn out, and need
rest, and furthermore, I am compelled to
go to Murfrcesbi.ro' in a few days to bold
court, and for these reasons I would bo
exceedingly obliged lo have you dispose
of this motion to day, as I am as ready
to net upon it uow as I ever will be,
unless yon have some new facts of which
I know nothing." Judge East replied
that it would be impossible lo argue the
motion then ns the attorneys for the de
fence were preparing the bill of excep
tions. He thought, however, that tho
motion could be argued thu next day (to
day.)
Several of the jurors, afler their dis
charge, stated that but one ballot was
taken. That w is taken the night before,
and on that bal ot it was seen that tho
jury were unanimous for guilty." They
regurded the evidence as convincing.
There waa no difficulty in arriving at the
limit nf the imprisonment.
To-day tho counsel for the defence
j read un affidavit in court from two wit
nesses accusing one of the jurymen in
this case willi saying lhat he was coming
to Nashville to sit on the jury, and he
wouid see that Polk was hanged. The
COHO was continued until to-morrow to
enable thu o Dicers to sub|)iena all thc
witnesses in the matter. 'Ibo object of
thc affidavit is to prove the incompetency
of tho jury und thus obtain a new trial.
Motion for ? Mew Trial Untied.
NASHVILLE, July 20.-In the Polk
case yesterday Judge Allon overruled the
motion for n now trial, and passed sen
tence upon tho prisoner. The case was
appealed to tho Supreme Court, and the
bond raised to$46,000, which was given
Gould in a Tight Place.
Some little excitement and a groat
deal of talk were created in financial cir
cles in New York, Wednesday night, by
the following dispatch, received during
the afternoon :
WABHINOTON, D. C., July li.1}.-A re
port, emanating Irom a local stock bro
ker's office to-day, is to tho effect that
Jay Gould, being seriously embarrassed,
forced the principal banks to lunn him
money enough to tide over his present
difficulties by threatening them with a
panic which would shake every bank in
the United States if he should bo defeat
ed in his present attempt to hold the
market up.
Wall street men who wore informed of
the message that had come over the wire,
shook their bends and closed their
mouths as tightly as oysters. Others
smiled significantly und said it was evi
dent that the dispatch brought news
Lwhich would Bet speculators to thinking.
Not a few, who were informed of the
supposed new move on the part of tho
wily financier, were apparently per
turbed. An operator on the street, who
is very near to Gould and Sage, was ap
proached last night by a reporter and
asked for his views regarding the news
wired from Washington.
"This is the first I have heard of it,"
said he. "You have probably read that
passage in Prot Harte which says that
'for ways that are dark and tricks that
are vaiu, the heathen Chinee is peculiar.'
lt is exactly in this light that we look
upon Jay Gould in Wall street. It is
impossible to tell when he may havo
four aces up his sleeve. I may havo
reliable information that he holds two of
a kind, but just so euro as I pluck up
courage to call his hand, by some astute
proceeding he throws down three of a
kind. Now, in my judgment, this dis
patch is a canard, on a par with tho ter
rible assault upon Lady Florence Dixie,
and the death of Gen. Grant, which
spread through the city only a week ago
in connection with the telegraphic
Btrike. But so uncertain am 1 of
?Gould's movements that I should bo lit
tle surprised to find it verified."
"lt has been understood in Wall street
that Mr. Gould has been carrying a
heavy load financially for a long time
past." observed a well known broker,
''ana I would not be surprised to know
that he has been compelled to resort to
desperate means to raise money. I have
heard it whispered that he has lost large
sums of money in several of his business
ventures. We ?ll know that a vast
amount of his reputed wealth is so locked
ap in railroad and other enterprises that
he could cot make it available for use
in case of a sudden emergency.. Mr.
Gould has had much to dUcourngo him
of late. The trouble between the Wes
tern Union Company and the telegraph
Operators ls a great financial drawback
for him. I really fear that poor Gould
has much to make him unhappy nowa
days."
Webb's Last Swim,
UI'ITALO, N. V., July 21.--('upi.
.Matthew Webb, thc noted Kuy I Uh
swimmer, was last MICH in thc Niagara j
whirlpool rapid* tim afternoon. Il hail |
been advertised for several weeks that |
in- would uttcmpt to go over the course ,
which thc Maid oj' (/.'? Mut ran in her ?
nip io c-cape au attachment many years
ago. No crail hut this one ever survived
iii?- peril.' id I hat I'-rrdilc channel and no ?
liuiiian lu ?og s ive her crew ever parsed !
alive through the rapids.
I III ll I V.I I S'TO I III Itt VI ll.
It ivas precisely t?? minutes pa-t ?
when Webb sprang from his ho.a about ;
a third ol a unie nhove tho railroad j
bridge, ?iud close to the old Maid of ibe i
Misi landing. Ile was entirely nude .
-ave a nai.it wolli around lili budy for thu
protection ot hi? ?to.nach. Thu daring :
and accomplished nwiiumci gave h i msc ll ;
no ailllieial us-?-iance whatever. His
leap lroin tm boat was greeted with
prolonged cheering. He .stunk boldly
imo thc middle ol the ihcr and buoyed
himself gracefully upon thu surface of
iii?; walei ns ibe mighty current carried |
loin toward tho deadly whirlpool nearly i
.i mile mid II hah below, lt was a
tin ?liing spectacle and a brilliant per
formance. I tie struggle in lim rapids j
histed thirteen in i li II les, by which time
Capt. Webb had reached the whirlpool.
Iii- object was lo hug the American side
ol tin- liver, although many contend
thal in-ci,.mci - would have lu cn better
on the (.'anadian side. Hy thu peculiar
formation ol tho channel ut titi.- point, |
?Uli ils curves und lidges ol rock, the j
water i dashed upward .i distance of
lotty oi lilly feet, resembling thu billows |
<i au aiigty sou. linn it whirls andi
seethes as il lapin-.1 by a thousand de- |
mons, lu lin: frightful vortex thus
formed a vessel, a slick of timber, un
anima! or a human heilig is tarried un
der, and, in some cases, will remain lor
days before escaping into the lake below.
As thc intrepid navigator came lo the
whirlpool he wa? seen lo throw up one
of his arms. W hether this was inten
ded as a signal of distress, fears of dan
go or merely to exhibit his strength to
lhost! on land can only bc conjectured.
Nothint! was -cen of bim afterwards.
The search was kept up till dark, when
bis manager announced that lhere was
no hope lor his recovery.
lill; FAMO t'S SWIMMER'* CA lt EEK.
Capt. Webb was forty years of agc and
was born in Shropshire, England. He
leaves a widow and two children in his
native place, ile had been a seafaring
inati all his life He was of medium
size, finely proportioned and very intel
ligent-looking. It was in 1873 that he
lir.st became lamons in a natatorial way.
While serving before the mast on the
Cunard steamship ttuff?'.i, a shipmate
fell overboard from the rigging. A gale
was blowing at the time and the Iiuua
was booming along at the rate of fifteen
knots per hour. Webb sprang into the
water and made n desperate and gallant
elfort to save the life of his companion,
ile could not reach him, however, and
Webb was taken into a boat after strug
gling in the waves upwards of bali an
hour. He was given a purse of ??500 on
the spot, and u medal.
SWIMMING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
Alter this Webb ruined local fame as
a swimmer in thc hames. He swain
from Blackwell to Gravesend, a distance
of twenty miles down thc stream in four
bonis, and be accomplished the distance
of eighteen miles, in nine hours. He
attempted, but failed, lo swim across the
English Channel on August l?, 1875, but
on August 25, of the same year, he made
the perilous voyage, reaching Calais,
France, twenty-three hours after the
start.
So brilliant a feat was hailed willi en
thusiasm all over England. The poet
lt. H. Horne, a swimmer of considerable
experience wrote ?i letter requesting that
the honor of knighthood be conferred on
Capt. Webb. The press dissuaded the
tineen from such H thing, and tho ques
tion of honoring the Captain dropped out
of the public mind.
Capt. Webb attempted, in August,
lti7s, the feat of swimming for thirty-six
hours io tho River ''"names, ile drop
ped into thc river nt tho Rr ide at Wool
wich at .> o'clock on the evening of Au
gust 2 lost year in the presence nf 100,000
people. Long into the night this crowd
awaited his return from Gravesend, but
he gave up before reaching Woolwich on
the rellim trip, having sw um twonty-two
miles in nine hours.
He has had many contests in swim
ming with Capt Tani Boyton, the hitler
attired in his buoyant rubber suit and
Webb in n simple bathing dress.
In New Hands.
SARATOGA, N. Y., July 27.-The
most important railroad transaction that
has ever taken pince in the South is re
ported to have been consummated to day.
lt is the purchase of the Richmond nnd
Danville system, or rathci a controlling
interest in the same, from (len. T. AL
Logan ?Gill his associates, by whom it has
heretofore been held. Tho purchasing
syndicate consists of George I. Seney,
George F. Baker, E. D. Fahncstock,
Calvin S. Brice, William P. Clyde and
Gen. E. T. Thomas.
This is tho same syndicate that is
behind tho East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad, and is the most pow
erful organization that has ever yet taken
hold of Southern roads. Seney, Brice
and Thomas represent the old Seney
Combination and the Metropolitan
National Bank. Scott is of the firm of
Georgo S. Scott & Co. Baker and
Fahnestock represent the First National
Bank of New York, while Clyde is ot
tho Great shipping houso of William P.
Clyde & Co.
IOC H THOUSAND MILES OK ROAD.
This party will control nboot 2,500
miles of the Richmond and Danville and
l,f>00 miles of the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia, making in all about
4,000 miles of road, whose gross earnings
are from ten to twelve million dollars
per annum.
Tho property ncquired perfects a sys
tem that pjives direct on.let for all Mis
sissippi River and Southwestern points to
the Atlantic seaboard at Washington,
Baltimore and other points. It extends
from Washington, via thc Virginia
Midland, to Danville, Va., and from
West Point, on the Chesapeake, to Rich
mond. It then continues via the Pied
mont Road, Carolina Central and Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta to Atlanta,
Ga., and also via thc Western and North
Carolina Road through tim most pictu
resque country in tho South. The con
nection nt the various Southern cities aro
represented to all to be of tho most ad
vantageous character.
STEAMSHIP CONNECTION.
Besides its railroad connections, steam
ship connections of a very satisfactory
character are to be made and tho new
organization will embroco a large steam
ship line. The property is reported to
Le in exceptionally good condition for
business and tho now ownors, who have
recently made careful trips over the sys
tem, report that they propose putting the
whole four thousand miles under one
head and have it kept up in the very
best shane.
It is also stated that the purchase has
been made for thc purpose of making
profits from tho operation, and that no
stock-jobbing scbemo is to be entered
into. Tho assignment of the stock has
been made in such, a manner as to assure
its remaining in tho hands of the syndi
cate for some limo to come. The road
is to operate Pullman cars of the finest
pattern on all divisions, and through
cars will be mn from Mississippi River
points to Washington, Baltimore Phila
delphia and other Eastern cities.
Uni nek j Greenville,
(JKKKNVIU.K, July 27.-The inacliiiic
?hop and luui?er houses of Shumate
Grady & Nichols, builders and contrae
tors, situated near the Richmond and
Danville Railroad depot, were burned
about !Il o'clock this afternoon. The lire
.wis purely accidental, originating from
sparks from the engine dropping on a
pile of shavings. The mill contained
much improved machinery of the latest
patents used in the dressing and prepa
ration ol' lumber. The buildings were
frame, two-story, shingle roof structures.
Nothing ol' any considerable value was
saved. The total loss is estimated at
tlf.ono. No insurance.
Dentil of Montgomery Blair.
\VA>IIINC;T?>X, July '27.- The Hon.
Montgomery Blair died nt his residence
a' Silver spring*, m ar thi' city, this
morning.
Montgomery Dla ir wa- ihr father of
Francis Creston Hlair, who was the can
didate for Vice-President on the Demo- j
eratic ticket ?leaded by Horatio Seymour
in 1808. lie was born in 1A1!I, in Frank
lin Couiity, ivy., graduated at West
Coi ut in ls.'i?, but resigned the next year
und began the practice of law in St.
Louis. Like Iii, son he was by turns
I ?euiocratic and Republican and held
o Hi ce under both parties. He was the
unsuccessful counsel for the plaintiff in
the Dredd Scott case in 1807, and was
pas'master general from 1801 to 1801,
having been appointed by Cre-idcnt
Lincoln.
Internal Keveline.
WASHINGTON, duly -J7.- The commis
sioner of internal revenue has made a
report to Secretary Folger that the entire
collections of internal revenue for the
fiscal year ended June SO, 188!t, amount
ed to ?144,553,3(16. The cost ol' the in
ternal revenue service for the same
period was $5,120,000, being 3J per cent,
of the total collections. The receipts
for the year just ended were $969,907
less than thc previous year. The com
missioner estimates the probable reduc
tion of the revenue for the current fiscal
year ut $43,000,000. lu the amount of
collections for thc past year the State of
Illinois heads the list with $25,977,525,
New York returned $17,967,187, ohio
$15,704,047, Kentucky $15,387 <T7, Penn
sylvania $8,703,679, Missouri $7,680,411,
Indiana $5,592,719, New Jersey $5,424,
457, Virginia $5,07*. 196 and Iowa $4,
0?2.720.
A Terrible Earthquake.
LONDON, July 29.-The Town of Casa
miccola, near Naples, was almost entire
ly destroyed by nu earthquake last night.
Thc neighboring towns of Fario and
Lacceatneno were greatly damaged. One
hundred persons, more or less severely
injured, have arrived at Naples by
steamers.
The shocks beg.ui at half-past 9 o'clock
last night. At that hour a majority of
the people of the upper classes were at
tho theatre. Nearly all the houses in
town collapsed. It is estimated that one
thousand persons were killed and eight
hundred injured. A number of steamers
have been brought into vervice to carry
the injured to Naples. The impression
produced by the disaster is indescribable.
Ninny of thc victims belong to good fam
ilies. Casatniccola, pronounced Ca-sa
mit-cho'la, was a town of about 4,0Gu
inhabitants, at the foot of .Mount Epo
meo. It had warm spiings and baths.
NA 1*1.1?, July U9.-Stcumers loaded
with injured people are constantly arriv
ing here from the scene of the earth
quake. The hospitals are being lilied
with still'crers.
A Bickens View of it.
Sentinel: Capt. Kirk, with his corps of
engineers roached Kosley last Saturday,
completing, we suppose, the survey of
the "flank movement" by Greenville.
We learn that he did not go nearer
(Ireenvillo than two miles, and crossed
tho Air Line Komi near where tho pub
lic road from this place by Cox's bridge
crosses it. Ho then crossed the Saluda
river ra Ligon's yid bridge and ran by
Col. Bowen's mills to 1'asley. The rea
son, we understand, for not going nearer
(?reenville than be did, was to save dis
tance. The route surveyed, it is said,
increases the distance over the old route
nine or ten miles. The corps will move
towards thc mountains this week, but
how fur they intend going we do not
know. There is but Htllo work to do by
the engineer on the old route, (the one
'.'.non which the road will be built, if
subsisting obligations aud common sense
is to govern the actions of the company)
iu this Stale, but there is much lu do in
North Carolina and we suppose Capt.
Kirk will go on with that work nt this
time.
Struck by Lightning.
HOCK HILL, July 25.-Yesterday
evening, about 6 o'clock, Mrs. John L.
Storr and daughter were returning home
from a picnic in a buggy when they were
overtaken by a thunder storm. A flash
of lightning instantly killed the animal
which Mrs. Storr was driving and
Mrs. Sto?T was struck above the left
ear, cutting an ugly wound fully
three inches long, and a larger wound on
her left thigh, from which shock she is
still lying in a statu of unconsciousness,
with but few chances for ber recovery.
Miss Ibrim, the daughter, was severely
burned and badly shocked, but bas be
come conscious and it is hoped will es
cape further trouble A young man,
Mr. Bob Hannah, was riding about fifteen
or twenty feet in tho rear of Mrs. Storr's
buggy and he was knocked off his mare.
Mr. Hannah, after he recovered from tho
fall and shock, went up to Mrs. Storr's
buggy and there found Mrs. Storr lying
over the back of tho seat apparently
dead and bleeding profusely and M its
Ibrim lyiug down in tho bottom of the
buggy in the same condition and her
clothes on fire, which he soon succeeded
in putting out. Mr. Hannah then
thought the best thing to do would be to
get on his mare, which was still standing
?bout seventy-five yards distant from
where she had been struck, and ride to
Mr. Lou Moore's and tell the news and
get assistance, but to bis amazement
when be approached bis mare and caught
the bridle she fell dead and in falling
caught Mr. Hannah's foot, which is badly
sprained. Mr. Hannah then called
loudiy for help and his voice was beard
by a negro boy who had beeu ploughing
near by and be came up and soon
other negroes, and they unhitched the
dead animal from the buggy and pulled
the buggy up to Mr. Lou Moore's them
selves with tue two ladies still lying un
conscious in the buggy. The ladies
were soon carried into Mr. Moore's house
and doctors were seut for at once. Dre.
Campbell, Crawford and Bratton arrived
and are doing all within their power to
restore Mrs. Storr.- Cbrr??/>onii<rnet: JVVtr*
and Courier.
- The British Medical Journal gives a
valuable hint to householders thus:
"Observations made by M. Rafford, a
member of the Society d'Horticulture at
Limoges show that a castor oil plant
having been placed in a room infected
with flies, they disappeared as by en
chantment. Wishing to find the cause,
be soon found nuder the caster oil plant
a number of dead flies, and a large num
ber of bodies bad remained clinging to
the under surface of the leaves. It
would therefore appear that the leaves of
tho castor oil plant give ont an essential
oil, or some toxic principle which poss
sesses very strong insectide qualities,"
Respectfully referred to N. E. Georgia
hotels.
- Mrs. h. A. McCall, of Marlboro'
County, lias succeeded in raising some
very palatable toa from plants obtained
.'rom Washington.
- Mr. A. J. Cox. of Georgetown
County, died on last Friday night from
the effects of a dose of strychnine taken
by mistake.
- Mark Twain, in a serious moment,
puts upon record that last year by chop*
ping wood he cured himself ol thirteen
different und distinct diseases. Tbis
beats artesian water mid drug--.
- A correspondent ol' the New York
.Intimal i 'ourirr says : "Why don't
some benevolent mau establish a free
school for teaching the colored woman ot'
Hie South how to lie Mich ?'? cook a- her
mother und grandmother were .'*' Woy
i I.. Ked?
- A colored mau living near Verdery,
Abbeville l 'nunty, accidentally shot him
self <'ii Sunday, the I-~?111 instant. He
denied shooting himself, and declared
that a white mau bad shot bim. L'poh
investigation, however, ii pistol, with
one barrel empty, was lound about bis
person : besides, a lude was shot through
bis hip pocket and his drawers were
stained with powder.
- Thc Camden Journal says : "The
damage to vegetation in this section
caused by the drought is so great that it
can not well bc estimated. The gardens
arc damaged beyond recovery, and thc
early corn is in about the fame condition.
The rain would not help it any if il were
to fall now. Cotton has stood the dry
weather well up to within the past week,
and now it is firing ami shedding both
fruit and leaves.
- The Keoweo Courier says: '"Mr.
John .1. .Smith sold this week thirty
acres of lauri, adjoining the west end of
Walhalla, ?it twenty lour dollars and
fifty cents per acre! All the tract is
Upland, but lies well, about twenty ai res
being open and in cultivation. Mr.
James T. Wilson, of Charleston, is the
purchaser, and, we understand, he in
tends to convert the tract into a vineyard
for wine making."
* ?*"! lurability is bettor than show."
Durability of health is worth more than
the wealth of a Vanderbilt. Kidney
Wort is mao's co-laborer in maintaining
health. With healthy liver, bowels and
kidneys, nun and women will always be
in good heul th. If the bowels are tor
pid, if piles torment, il the back is full
of pain, get a | ackage of Kidney-Wort
and bc cured without more suffering.
jr-ff-The most brilliant shades possible,
on all fabrics are mad" by Ilia Diamond
l>yes. Unequalled tur brilliancy and du
rability, lo eta.
IF THU EXISTENCE OF WORMS
IN TUE Intestine* darkens tho complex*
ion, is it not reasonable to suppose that
their presence will ruin health ? Shriiicr's
Indian Vermifuge will destroy and expel
them from the body.
:AU ladies who univ he troubled with
nervous prostration, who sutler from organ
ic displacement : who have a sense ot
weariness and u feeling of lassitude; wdio
are languid iii the morning: in whom the
appetite for food is capricious and sleep at
proper hours uncertain, should have ie.
course to il rs. Plnkham's Vegetable Coin
pound.
ITS PR A ist? AUK 11 KA un nv Tim WAY
8i ni: AMI is Tin-; ttisv Muns OF TUA OE.
-it ess. Benson iV Co., of Hartwell, Ga.
Merchants, in convers?t iou with the pop
ular traveling salesman of the well known
house of Cox, Hill iv. Thompson, Atlanta,
On. said that Norman's Neutralizing Cor
dial was- un excellent medicine and is giving
satisfaction wherever used. They sell
great ?leal of it.
jVTOTICE To CREDITORS.
-131 AU persons having demands against
the Estate of Grant A. Moore, deceased, are
hereby notified to present them, properly
proven, to the undersigned, within the
time prescribed by law, and those indebted
to make pavment.
WILLIAM MOORE, Bx'r.
Au? ls.s:; :i 3*
FIRE INSURANCE.
rpilIS is to certify that William G. Willi
.L. ilen is hereby authorized to transact
an Insurance Business for the following
Companies, 1 having issued a License to
him for each of them :
Continental Insurance Co. of New York.
Liverpo 1 mid London and tl lobe Ins. Co.
North British and Mercantile Ins. C?i.
Clio nix Ins. Co. of London.
Standard Fire Ollice of London.
Rochester German Ins. Co. of N. Y.
Crescent Ins. Co. of New Orleans.
(Signed) W. E. STONEY,
Comptroller General.
INSURE vour property in either of the
above first-class Companies.
Risks on Steam Cotton (Jins, Grist and
Wheat Mills, and machinery generally
taken at ns low rates as in ai?y first-class
Company.
Merchandise, Stores and Farm property
at fair rates.
Address
WILLIAM G. WIIILDEN,
Insurance Agent,
Pelzer, Anderson County, S. C.
Aug 2, 1883 3 1
SIMPSON. REID & CO.,
Intending soon to move to
WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER,
Will offer
Bargains in Certain Kinds of Goods.
TURNIP SEED.
FRUIT JARS.
July 2G, 1883 2
FISH FOR SALE.
PURE. BIOI)<SCAL13 CARP.
One and two inches long. 10c. each.
Three and four inches. 20c. each.
II. P, BROWNE,
Anderson, S C.
July IO, 1883 1 3
County Equalization Board.
11HE County Board of Equalization for
. Anderson County will ineot at the
Auditor's Office on Tuesday, the "th day of
August, 1S83, to hear complaints of Tax
payers, and to equalize tho property re
turned for taxation in said Countv for tho
year 1883.
THOMAS J. WEBB, A. A. C.
Julv 2fi, 1883 3 o
Notice to Creditors.
Kentucky Flour Co., et al.. PlaintitTs, vs.
Hart ?ft Mahon, et al., Defendants.
ALL persons having claims against Hart
& Malton are hereby notified to pre
sent and establish them before me on or by
the 1st day of September next, or bc barret!
of all right to participate in thc benefits of
this suit.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master.
July 26, 1883 2 ?
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Tho undersigned, Administrator ot
the Estate of Dr. F. G. Carpenter, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will apply to
the Judgo of Frobate for Anderson County,
on the 2lst day of August, 1883, for a Final
Settlement of said Estate and discharge from
his office ns Administrator.
T. 8. CARPENTER, Adm'r.
July 19, 1883 1 5
The Boat Shoes in the Market.
IAM now receding my Spring Stock of
Men, Women and Children's SHOES,
jute celebrated "Bay State" Shoes-the
best in the market. Every pair warranted.
Come and see them. No ?barge for show
ing. A. B. TOWERS,
No, 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C.
March 15, 1883 35
TOHN S. MATTISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ALL Business promptly attended to.
Ornea-With H. G. Scndday.
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THE ANDERSON
MILITARY SCHOOL
ANDERSON, S. C.,
Tlf UJ, begin il? exercises on MONDAY,
W SEPTEMBER 17. 1883. in the build
iiigsnf the Carolina Collegiate Institute.
The scholastic year will he divided into
two sessions. The first session will end
Kel?. I. 1 Hs ?. and Hie st.nd will end .lone
18, lWrtf.
'I l e following rai.s will bc charged per
session :
r'irsl Class.$ 0 **.
Second Class. 12 OO
Thlnl t'lass. K> <???
Fourth Class. 18 OD
Contingent Fee. '>.'
Prof. II. <?. RI:I:I? will have charge of the
Hoarding House and will be able to board
abott* sixty strident* nt $10.00 per inoiHli.
A Circular will he Issued soon giving
fuller information. For thc present ad
dress,
\V. J. LICION';] prhM.jl,ahj
II. (i. RKKI), I 1 r,,,t,l''?ls'
.f ulV li. 188"! .r>2 Sin
EEPAI UNG
AND
WHETTING GINS !
THE EUREKA GIN WHET
TS the greatest invention of the age of its
A kind. It is an easy, certain and quick
way of whetting Hin saws, which renders
the old-fashioned way of whetting a thing
of the past. The reason why it is prefera
ble to all others is, it hinges in the throat
of the tooth. I am now prepared to do the
very hest of work in Sharpening (Jin-saws,
as well as general repairing of all kinds at
thc lowest prices. Persons can purchase a
Machine for ten dollars, and do their own
sharpening. Any one can learn in fifteen
minutes. Satisfaction is guaranteed. Thc
immense sale of this .Machine is the best
guaranty of its merit. All who have tried
It arc delighted with its work. 1 will sell
either State, County or individual rights.
Information concerning it cheerfully ni ven.
All orders for whetting or repairing should
he handed in at once or write to nie.
OFFICE--Up-stairs, over NV. P. lian's
Store, on (iranite Kow. Anderson. S. C.
K. W. SOUTH.
July 2ii. tSS'? 2 :tm
TI IK
STANDARD ORGAN
IF there isa single one of the two hun
dred "Standard" Organs, made by I'e
lotthct ?fc Cu., which has been in constant
use for the last seven years that is not giv
ing satisfaction, please let us hear from it.
There are live of these Organs in Ander
son County to one of any other make. If
that is not sufficient evidence of ?heir supe
riority, then the judgment of thc people is
wrong.
Extracts I'roni Letters Received.
NEVA I?. O.
J. A. Daniels : The "Standard"' Organ I
bought from you is the sweetest toned, hest
finished, and most substantial organ 1 ever
saw.
(Signed) R. W. ANDERSON.
MoFFATTSV I LUE P. O.
J. A. Daniels : The "Standard" Organ I
bought from you takes the, day in my
neighborhood. It is superior to iinv other.
(Signed) L. E. CSA FT.
After carefully comparing the tone, finish
and workmanship of the "Standard" Or
gan, side by sido with other celebrated
make of Organs, I have no hesitancy ..
j saying the "Standard" pleases me the best.
It is giving satisfaction.
(Signed) W. O. SMITH,
Conductor C. A. G. R. R.
Call and see seventeen other written tes
timonials.
I buy these Organs in lots of five at a
time, directly from the Factory, (not from
other agents,) for cash, giving tho profits
the middle mon make on sub-agents to my
customers. Hence, I sell tho best Organ
made for the least money, (according to
the judgment of the people who have bought
and used them.)
Test one by paying $15 cash, and the
hahmce in November.
J. A. DANIELS.
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OSBORN & McGTJKIN
ANDERSON, S. C.,
]y?ANUFACTlTRERS and Dealers in all
DRESSED LUMBER,
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,
MANTLES, MOLDINGS
BRACKETS,
BANISTERS, sawed and turtled.
Factory Near Railroad Depot.
QRI8T MILL will rnn every day.
July 26, 1883 o
cTHE CREAT CURF!
1 -RHE^(rrA TxS li- !
2 -mart fons? of thb ?2337STMaa.
g_PERFECTLY CuatDT^ ft
I ruo, Itu uqrrooa SUT. SOLO ?^KTCCUTS. I
I Kl DISTEY>WORT
ANDERSON MACHINE Wfj
HAYING miiovcd from Rccd'a liuilding into my new ?nt?^..
Ktre??! l<>H<liiig lo lilli?' ICicl??> yard, and brfn",,,8iE?Bl
plete outlil nf FIRST CLASS TOOLS und MATERIALS; [ j^W-11*!ti!
Repair Steam Engines and Machiner
Of all kinds ut riiort notice. I will always* keen on hand a full tu, '
?Iiiiur.v. connstine, of Traction, Porlublo and NtuiiA'1'yof Geh
?iiM'M, Thretdier*, Suiv Mill?, Av. I nm also i.r^,,^ , Rp? *t*i
kind of Miichineyou may .id. 1 1 rwl lo order ??
1 al.-" keep on hand II full supply of Ginn ami Hemp Packb
Valves, Globe Valves, Glass Water Gauges, Steam Gauges Steam P> ^l
spirators. Triumph Injectors, Ki rt lng Injectors, porn ami 'wiieat MniupS' B?"
Circular Saws, Klbows, Nippers, Union's Reducers, in fart cvervthi '
chinerv busbies!*. Come and Dee mu bet?re buying, anti von ?ni Dt*Wia
. hiss Mai hine. ' J 111 be Sl"e log
R. F- DIVVET
August -j, ow-_ m Ander?ontf}J
HEADQUARTERS I
THE BEST IS THE CHEAPS
BY contract in writing with the Manufacturers, weare tho only authorized.,
the Counties of Anderwon, Abbeville and Oeonee fortbeulei
DANIEL PRATT'S REVOLVING HEAD GIN!
FEEDERS AND COxVDElYSERS.
We uUiiRinteeto sell at Manufacturers- prices, and will give perfect satisfy
ask for nu pay. ... . , .
Mon- Pratt Ota* knee (??en ?old tn oar territory m (IK tait fee yean thant
kind* combined. .
aar TEHMS EASY. Send for Circulars.
Mo CU LL Y & TAYLOR, Anderson, S.
4!)
June 21. I**'!
Tremendous Low Prie
I MEAN WHAT I SAY.
MY STOCK IS Now TOO LARGE, and in order to REDUCE I offer to ll
lie a LAltGK and WELL-ASSORTED stock of
Dry Goods, Shoes,
Clothing) Hats.
COME TO SEE US AND YOU WILL SAVE mu?
1 WANT MONEY, AND HAVE THRO WK UPON MY COUNTERS J
Twenty Thousand Dollars Worth of Seasonable
WHICH I OFFER AT A SACRIFICE.
Keep this on the brain when you leave home.
Balance of Ready Made Clothing at Actual First
Jp*)- Your presence is respectfully solicited.
A. LESSER.!
June l-l, 1S83
48
"Wait for the wagon, the good old wagon,
And we will ali take a ride."
A CAR LOAD Of TENNESSEE WAGONS, made in Nashville, Tenn,jj
nTix s/sV ?T111,0 B,I?ST WAGON, probably, in the world, unless it ia the "STl
. i ', both of which we have exclusive salo for in this section of country,
right along, buy your Wagons from us, and also all of your other Goods neeiW
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, SHOES, HATS,
.nd IIr , YANKEE NOTIONS, ^
Amt all Goods generally wanted in this market, and we will do you RIGHT.
ron,oPIE-VKEI?,!,I.ut wc carry heavy Stocks, want to buy all the Cotton made
County, and pay highest Cash prices for it.
tt? ,ie .? ?,e ln stock nn<1 ?? tn? way a large lot of RUBBER BELTING, UH
ny- U, -, -'J, 3, i, 5, ?,.7 and 8 inch, 3 and 4 ply.
Respectfully,
_Iun, ?. m BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWEl
TAKE NOTICE,
HA^'tSSi?2?S^i K,NLAROED MY STORE. I nm now belter PWJ
Goods taSS???ffo?ft^ of Sheet Copper, Tin. Ac. Thefoll
Vu! ?iulCH.t>"?i Charter Oak Cook Stoves,
i ? ?? . Improved Cottee Pot.
I ? ??" y !,,l!an? ?'rult Dryer In the market, ...
? ??nly 8"ccessful Peach Parcr-wlll parc any *Hw "I
?JJ Traps, Atcatc Iron Ware,
Tinware in Abundance.
HIDES, BEESWAX AND RAGS
BOUGHT FOR THE CASH.
Roofing and Guttering Done at the Shortest Not
June 14, 1883
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_ A NEW AND STYLISH LOT J
SPRING and SUMMER CLOTHII
-AT- I
J- I3- Sullivan & Co.'f
at,TS COMPLETE AT THEHLOWEST PBI^l
IAntP? S 331 O 233 S.
UADI*s'and VISSES SLIPPERS
TUC Mi s-.'ILLADIIiS' ,X)W CUT, low heel?!, broad bottomSko*
E BSST SUCAR AND COfF?
-**ways on hand at the VERY LOWEST Caub prices.
Respectfully,
May 17,1883 J. P. SUM-IVAN* C?