The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 06, 1884, Image 2
JB. -B. MURRAY, JGditor.
thursday, march g, 18s4.
TBRMS i
one year..83.50.
six months. 75c.
Two Dollars if not paid in advance.
The Crime of Cash,
It is now nearly two weeks, says the
Charleston Atars arid Courier, since two
unoffending; citizens of Cheraw, one of
them the peace officer of the town, were
shot down in the street, without a word
of warning, by Mr. W. B. Cash. One of j
the victims is dead; the other is likely
to die. The circumstances of thi? mur?
der take it out of the category of ordi?
nary crimes. Cash is known far and wide
a* a man of violence, who believes in
and boasts of his own right to avenge
every wrong, or fancied wrong, with his
pistol, and who has made no concealment
of his aversion and utter contempt for
people who seek redress for grievances
in any other way. This man, in the
'me; t public manner, has killed one citi?
zen of the State because, in the perform?
ance of his official duty, he bad arrested
his slayer several days before, and has
desperately wounded another, who had
given him no provocation whatever, and
who, it appears, was?shot by mistake.
Pursuit of the murderer was delayed,
and when the effort was made to appre?
hend him, he conld not be found. Noth?
ing has been heard of him for several
days, and in all likelihood he has fled
beyond the limits of the State. Is he to
be allowed thus to escape the responsi?
bility for his bloody work ?
The newspapers in all parts of the
Union have chronicled the circumstances
of this atrocious crime and are waiting
to hear what is to be its sequel. \t is
well known that Cash, while making
high pretensions as "a South Carolina,
gentleman," was a desperate character,
and was, in fact, a terror to the neigh?
borhood in which he dwelt. It was no
surprise to those who knew the man that
? the effort of the local authorities of the
county to capture him resulted in failure.
He had slain the only peace- officer?an
old soldier of the Federal army, by the
way?who had had the temerity to arrest
him, and there was no reason to doubt
that he had bullets still in reserve for
other officers of the law who mig!.t be
equally rash.
Cash is at large. Is it right, is it just,
that this should be, while any effort on
the part of the State authorities to bring
him to account for bis crime remains un?
tried? ._?_
The Tornado Relief Bill Withdrawn.
Washington, February 29.?In the
senate, Mr. Ransom, from the committee
on appropriations, reported back adverse?
ly the joint resolution introduced by him
last Monday, and referred to that com?
mittee, providing for an appropriation to
aid the sufferers by the great storms in
the Southern States. In reporting it
back Mr. Ransom stated that the commit?
tee had given the matter very careful
consideration. Telegrams were sent to
the Governors of the different States
affected, and to other persons in those
States supposed to be best acquainted
with all the incidents of the storm and
the subsequent sufferings, and while the
j first accounts of the great sufferings of j
certain communities had been fully con?
firmed, yet those sufferings were not, in
the judgment of the committee, of that
widespread, transcendent and paramount
character which baffled all local, individ?
ual, municipal and State relief, so as to
demand the intervention of the govern?
ment. He could not let the resolution
pass, Mr. Ransom added, withont saying
that while in presenting the resolution
he had been actuated by a becoming im?
pulse, it was proper now that the country
should know at the earliest moment, that
-"-^fcngzm would not take steps for relief
in this instance. He said this in order
that private and local charity may not
be suspended. The example of the
people of those States in their great or?
deal of suffering, should not but command
the admiration of their countrymen
everywhere. He (Ransom) might some?
times be carried away by enthusiasm for
/ his own people, but when he looked at
what had taken place among the people
of North Carolina, South Carolina, Ala?
bama and Georgia, and saw their resolu?
tion to bide their faith and not come to
Congress for relief, even when an effort
had been made to give it to them, it re?
minded him of the heroism of Fabricius
and Regulus, and the great Athenian,
who sacrificed everything that he might
staud by his country. He hoped th3
noble example given by the afSictud
people in this case would be useful to
the richer and more powerful communi?
ties which might not be worse afflicted.
In conclusion Mr. Ransom thanked the
committee on appropriations for the care?
ful and painstaking consideration which
they had given the subject.
Mr. Garland said he supposed the ac?
tion of the committee was based on the
ground that they did not consider, from
the information received, that there was
a necessity for the interposition of Con?
gress*.
Mr. Ransom said that was the ground.
Mr. Garland said be did not understand
such interposition to have been declined
on the ground of the uncocstitutionality
? of such aid of cases where it was shown
to be required.
Mr. Ransom?Not at all.
Mr. Garland said he didu't wish it to
be understood that he, for one, doubted
the authority of Congress to extend aid
in cases calling for i;. If the question
had arisen on that he would have had
something to say.
Mr. Ransom said if this were the time
to discuss that matter he, Ransom, would
be able to show a line of precedents fa?
voring the constitutionality of such ac?
tion from the beginning of our govern?
ment to the present day. When the
matter came to be investigated there
could, he said, be but one opinion as to
the constitutional authority of Congress
in a case of such immineut and impend?
ing ruiu as to exceed the capacity of
local and State aid.
A Colored National Convention.
PlTTSB?RG, Pa., March 3?The Rev.
C. S. Smith, of Bloomington, Ills., chair?
man of the Colored State Central com?
mittee of that State has arrived here to
complete arrangements for a National
Colored Convention to be held here in
April. Smith says that the Convention
will be in session several days, and at a
secret session will adopt an address de?
manding recognition from the people
and the better protection of the colored
race in the South. The address will be
issued purposely before the National
Conventions, and the colored people will
wait to see what is done. About 250
delegates will be present.
? Prince Reed, a colored man of I
Bambuig, is to be presented with a life?
time pass over the South Carolina Rail?
road, for waving down a train where the
cyclone had passed and upturned some
of the crosstie? and otherwise obstructed
the road.
The South Carolina Republicans.
Columbia, March 1.?I had a long
talk this afternoon with one of the best
informed and most trustworthy colored
men in the State. He made some inter?
esting disclosures with regard to the
plans of the South Carolina Republicans.
The meeting of the Executive Committee
which took place in Columbia last Tues?
day night was, he tells me, stormy from
the beginning to the close. He made an
effort to test Arthur's strength by intro?
ducing a resolution commending his ad?
ministration and recommending the
South Carolina Republicans to support
him for re-election. His resolution met
with unexpected and violent opposition
from two influential colored members of
the committee who are strong advocates
of Logan's candidacy for the Presidency.
He withdrew the resolution before a vote
was taken. He was eupprised, he de?
clares, to find that any Republican would
speak out against Arthur and in favor of
I his rival, the ambitious and unprincipled
; Logan, who is no friend of the colored
race. After canvassing the committee he
found that about two thirds of the mem?
bers prefer Arthur to any other man for
President and the others favor Logan.
One colored member of the committee,
however, clings to Grant and swears he
will support neither Logan nor Arthur.
The Republicans, my informant avers,
are determined to make a stubborn fight
in South Carolina this year. Not that
they dream of defeating the State ticket
which the Democrats will place in the
field, but they will strive to secure the
electoral vote of South Carolina for the
Republicans. A State ticket may or
may not be nominated when the State
Convention meets in April. The pre?
vailing opinion among Republicans is
that a ticket should be placed in the field
and a vigorous canvass prosecuted. In
the event of such a course being chosen
a demand for pecuniary aid will be made
upon the Republican party of the North
and- a liberal share of the campaign
funds will be asked for. "Politics are so
uncertain," he said, "that nobody can
foresee what contingency may rise before
the close of the present year. Who can
tell but what the electoral vote of South
Carolina may decide the fate of the two
great parties in November next. At any
rate, our party here will hang together (I
hope they may hang together), and take
the chances. There may be a split in
: tho Democratic ranks, when we can step
in and demand terms." He feels confi?
dent that Arthur will receive the nomi?
nation for President, and will secure a
solid delegation from South Carolina.
The statements of many other Republi?
cans with whom I have conversed are
very much of the same tenor. I am dis?
posed to think that Arthur will get a full
delegation from South Carolina, notwith?
standing the earnest, efforts of 'Logan to
* capture the colored/vote here.?JD??alch
to-Atlanta Constitution.
CIYIL SERVICE REFORM.
First Annual Report of the Commission
President Arthur Endorses the . Law and
its Administration.. ? ,?.
Washington, February 29.?The
President to-day sent to. Congress the
first annual report of the civil service
commission. In bis message of. trans
mittal the President says: "Upon the
good results which the civil service law
has already accomplished I congratulate
I Congress and the people, and I avow my
conviction that it will henceforth prove
to be a still more signal benefit to the
public service. I heartily commend the
zeal and fidelity of the commissioners
and their suggestions for further legisla?
tion, and I advise the making of such an
appropriation as shall be adequate for
their needs."
The report of the commissioners makes
a volume of sixty-seven closely printed
pages. After a general review of the
Civil Service law and the preliminaries
of the organization of the commission,
the report states that several reBults,
which appear to be the more direct ob?
jects of the law and civil service rules, as
understood by the commission, are:
First. That official authority and in
rluence must no longer be used to impair
freedom of elections or to coerce the po?
litical action of citizens.
Second. Extortion from those' in pub?
lic service, whether under the form of
political assessments or otherwise, for
the purpose of paying the expenses of
parties or candidates, must come to an
end.
Third. Selections for executive service
on the basis of official favor and partisan
influences must be suppressed by requir?
ing examination and other adequate
tests of character and capacity ss condi?
tions of entering this service.
Fourth. The true responsibility and
independence of the legislative and ex?
ecutive departments under the Constitu?
tion must be restored and preserved.
Rules 1 and 2 of the Civil Service em?
body the principles set out under the
first and second heads.
The report says that it is too early to
speak with definiteness of the effects of
these rules. The influence of old habits
and theories affects-conduct long after
new standards of duty have beep accep?
ted. Although the violation of either
rule is made good cause for removal, the
utility of such rules must in some de?
gree rest in their power as precepts; for
obviously only gross forms of their vio?
lation can be easily proved.
The first step toward the protection of
all rights is the distinct recognition of
them and the public acknowledgment of
the duty to protect them. That step at
least has been taken. In the face of
pledges at once formal aud public it
will require more audacity to invade and
there will be readier courage to defend
the freedom which it is the object of the
first two rules to guarantee. No case of
violation of either in the particulars re?
ferred to has been laid before the com?
mission. Whether in the period since
the civil service rules went iuto effect
there has not been a diminished tendency
on the part of Federal officers to med?
dle with the political action of citizens
and more vigorous and general condem?
nation of the practice by the public, are
questions to be decided upon a careful
observation of the facts, which are as
open to all others as to the members of
the commission.
Upon the subject of political assess?
ments the report says: An investigation
now being conducted by the commission
tends to show that the twelfth section of
the-Act has been violated by a private
citizen from each of two States in the
form of surreptitiously sending or car?
rying circulars into the departments at
Washington by which contributions
were solicited from those in public ser?
vice in aid of the political fund of those
States, and one or more of the employees
in those departments appear to have
assisted in the distribution of those cir?
culars, but apparently without knowing
their coutents or the purpose of their
distribution. We are satisfied that but
trifling sums have been secured, and this
illegal practice appears to have ceased
upon public attention being called to it.
Inquiries have justified the conclusion,
that the amounts for corresponding peri?
ods collected from the came number of
Federal officers since the Act went into
effect have not been more than from one
half to one-fourth as much a3 formerly,
and that while a feeling of complete
safety in declining to pay is by no means
attained, this diminution in the amount
collected would otherwise measure the
proportion of the whole amounts before
secured, which was paid by reason of
fears of removal or hopes of promotion.
The evils of the spoils Bystem are set
out at length, and the defects of the civil
service system practiced during President
Grant's administration are pointed out
aud its failure explained.
? W. J. Whipper is said to be in the
race for Congressional honors in the
Black District.
Death of Lawrence Cain.
Lawrence Cain, colored, died in this
city yesterday, after a long period of
suffering from consumption. He was onco
Senator from Edgefield county, S. C.
The deceased had filled the positiou of
Deputy Collector in the Internal Revenue
Department for a year or more past. He
was about forty years of age. The re?
mains will be taken to Edgefield to day
for interment.? Columbia Rcgisier.
Death of a Noted Defaulter.
Nashville, Tenn., February 29.?
Intelligence is just received of the death
of Marshall T. Polk, ex-State treasurer,
in East Nashville.
Polk had been ill for some days, but
his death was unexpected. He was lying
on the bed talking as usual to his family,
having been up and down all day and
apparently in the same health us for
several weeks. Even his family hardly
know when he died. His son, Jatne3
Knox Polk, saw his arm fall and weut to
him and saw he was dead. Several phy?
sicians were called and pronounced it
heart disease.
A Railroad Victory.
Nashville, February 29.?The Fed?
eral Court this afternoon grauted the
application of the railroad companies of
the State for an injunction to restrain
the State Railroad Commission from in?
terfering with their business under the
Act of the Legislature which vests the
Commission with the supervision of rail?
road operations in Tennessee. Elaborate
written opinions were delivered by Cir?
cuit Judge Baxter and District Judge
Hamlond, District Judge Key concurring.
It was held that the Act of the Legisla?
ture creating the Railroad Commission
conflicts with the 11th article of the
Slate Constitution and with the 14th
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, and is therefore null and
void.
No Temperance Vote, No Girl.
Poet Jebvis, March 1.?The women
of Ellenville, Ulster County, have organ?
ized for the purpose of aiding the tem?
perance movement in the election of an
Excise Commissioner for that towo.
They have appointed committees to be
present at the polling places next Tues?
day to influence voters and to take note
of all wbo oppose the temperance ticket.
Merchants who vote against it are to be
boycotted. The members of the organiza?
tion who have grown-up daughters have
pledged themselves to permit no young
man to visit or pay attentions to the
young ladies, no matter what his stand?
ing may be, if he votes against the tem?
perance ticket. Committees of women to
receive voters living at a distance and
furnish them with refreshments will also
be in attendance on election day.
The German Press on the Lasker Affair.
Berlin j February 29.?The National
Gazette hopes that the Secessionists will
not. propose in the Reichstag a resolution
thanking the United States House of
Representatives for its resolution of
condolence on the death of Herr Lasker,
unless they previously ascertain whether
it can be adopted. The Germania, the
organ of the Clerical party, doubts
whether such a superfluous and provoca?
tive resolution would find a majority.
The Reichstag is not competent to reply
to a resolution of condolence of which
they have received no official cognizance.
The Poliiische Nachrichter attributes half
the blame to Minister Sargent. It asserts
that he is lacking in political tact, and
so failed to keep the authorities at Wash?
ington informed of the true state of af?
fairs in Germany. The Cologne Gazette
says : "Prince Bismarck might perhaps
have forwarded the resolution to the
Reichstag if Minister Sargent had not
from easily explained reasons rendered
himself obnoxious. We hope this un
fortunate incident will not disturb the
harmony of the two nations, whose in?
terests have been closely bound together
for many years." The Liberal Correspon?
dence doubts the expediency of the pro?
posed introduction of a resolution of
thanks in the Reichstag by the Secession?
ists, and asserts that its adoption would
be doubtful.
The Kreuz Zeitung, in discussing the
latter incident, says: The Liberals, in
supporting United States Minister Sar-*
gent, do not consider tbat Mr. Sargent
has deeply offended Prince Bismarck.
The North German Gazette says: The
remembrance tbat the National Liberals
expressed approval when the American
minister, J. C. Bancroft Davis, refused
the congratulations of the Frankfort
Democratic associations on the occasion
of the American Centenary, does not
oblige the United States to approve of
Prince Bismarck's illiberality. But we
perceive the Nemesis of history.
The Cheraw Ontrngc.
Cheraw, February 29.?Our town
marshal, W. H. H. Richards, who was
so ruthlessly shot down on the streets of
Cheraw, on the 23d instant, by W. B.
Cash, after lingering in great agony for
nearly a week-, died from his wounds
this morning at half-past 3 o'clock.
Richards was a member of Company
G, Thirtieth Massachusetts Veteran Vol?
unteers, and was promoted to a first lieu?
tenancy for gallantry. He was also a
member of Chatham Lodge, American
Legion of Honor, of this place. His
tragic end is a matter for deep regret,
not only by this community, in whose
service he was murdered, but bv the
whole State, on whose fair name this
crime will be a blot in the eyes of her
sister States.
Mr. Coward, the unoffending bystan?
der who was wounded by one of the bul?
lets intended by Cash for the town mar?
shal, lies in a very precarious condition,
his lower limbs being paralyzed, and
in all probability this shocking tragedy
will prove to be a double murder.
The jury of inquest was impanelled
to-day at half-past 1 o'clock and ad?
journed for the hearing of evidence until
half-past 7 this evening. In the interim
Drs. Kollock, James, Wilson and Wad
dill proceeded to perform the autopsy.
The autopsy revealed the fact that the
ball had entered the leftside, penetrating
the fourth dorsal vertebra. Spicuhc of
the bone were also driven into the spinal
marrow. The examination of four wit?
nesses, whose evidence differed in no
material points, was then made. Upon
the conclusion of the evidence the jury
rendered the following verdict: ''That
W. H. H. Richards came to his death
from a pistol shot in the hands of W. B.
Cash on the 23d of February."
Mr. Richards leaves a wife and three
small childreu. He came to Cheraw
with the first garrison sent to this town
in 1S65, where he married and has since
resided.
Jame3 Coward, the other victim of
Cash's reckless disregard of life and of
law, is a respectable young man, a native
of Marlboro' County and a brother of
Mr. Coward of the firm of Coward &
Mclntosh, merchants of this place.
The funeral services, under the auspices
of the Legion of Honor, of which order
Mr. Richards was a member, were held
at the Baptist Church this afternoon, the
pastor, the Rev. Mr. Hickson, officiating.
The attendance was large, all places of
business being closed.
*#*"Do not grasp at the shadow and
lose the substance," Kidney-Wort is able
to convert you from a shadow of your
former self into the substance of estab?
lished health. Said a sufferer from kid?
ney trouble when asked to try Kidney
Wort for a remedy. "I'll try it, hut it
will be my last dose." It cured him and
now he recommends it to all. If you
have disordered kidneys don't fail to try
it.
General Sews Summary.
? Cougress will reject the bill to give
the cyclone sufferers $*100,000.
? There are eighty American students
at the University of Berlin this winter.
? The people of Abbeville are sub?
scribing liberally for the relief of the
cyclone sufferers at Bradley.
? The residence of the Rev. S. Drum
moud.at Woodruffs, Spartan burg County,
was burned on the 25th. Loss, $4,001) ;
no insurance.
? Charleston had a hard freeze on
Friday and the strawberries and green
peas on the truck farms are put back and
seriously damaged.
? The Republicans of Beaufort Coun?
ty express great satisfaction with the
administration of Governor Thompson
and are heartily in favor ol his re-elec?
tion.
? The Associate Reformed Presbyte?
rian Churches of Newborry County have
subscribed $'JfJ2 to the endowment fund
of the Theological Seminary at Duo
West.
? The Lancaster Lcdycr states that
the cyclone unroofed and blew down in
that county one hundred houses, causing
damages to the amount of $25,000. Only
one person was killed.
? It is the verdict of an English jour
nal of mechanics that "the American
locomotive of to day is one of the most
perfect pieces of mechanism wrought
out by the hand and mind of ma a."
? The cotton factory which was estab?
lished in the Cotton Exposition building
in Atlanta is now running 10,000 spindles,
employs a capital of $350,000, and is
making a clean 10 percent, for its first
year of actual work.
? It is reported that Gen. Butler will
be a delegate to the National Democratic
Convention. The last lime he appeared
in a National Convention of the Democ?
racy was at Charleston in 1860, twenty
four years ago.
? A wedding party of 35 men, women
and children was crossing the River
Theiss, in Hungary, about three weeks
ago, when the ice suddenly broke under
them and the entire company, with one
exception, was drowned.
? Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Spring?
field, 111., is going to r'iin. Two of the
supporting arches have collapsed, one
corner of the monument has settled sev?
eral inches, and it is estimated that the
restoration will cost $4,000.
? While Jim Shcrod, colored, and his
wife were absent from their home, in
Abbeville County, on Tuesday of last
week, their house caught fire and was
burned to the ground. Two small chil?
dren in the house were burned to death.
? About ten days ago, Albert Sligh,
of Newberry, took a fit of hiccoughing,
caused by violent exercise. Since then
he has had but brief intervals of rest.
Physicians have been in constant attend?
ance, but up to Thursday morning tbey
had been unable to check the fit.
? A very persuasive rascal induced a
number of ignorant Illinois women to
cut off their hair and entrust it to him to
be made up in fashionable forms. They
expected to thus achieve a permanent
and beautiful style of coiffure, but they
never saw the man or the material again.
? The Union Times says that in the
Fish Dam section of that County the
suffering from the cyclone is truly heart?
rending in many cases.. Not less than a
hundred persons were made houseless,
without food or clothing and no means
of procuring these and other necessaries.
? Brooks Latham, colored, alias
Brooks Ferguson was shot last week by
the officers of the law in Pickens County.
He was charged with hotisebreaking, aud
when the officers attempted to arrest him,
rau and was fired upou, receiving a flesh
wound, which it is thought will not prove
fatal. He made his escape.
? Lewis R. Redmond, the noted
moonshiner, fias written a pathetic letter
to A. B. Williams, editor of the Green
Wile New?, pleading for the intercession
of his friends in securing his removal
from the Albany penitentiary to Colum?
bia, Redmoud says that he has con?
sumption in its worst stages, and is now
lingering between life and death.
? California stands fifth in the list of
States in the manufacture of salt, and is
the only State in the Uniou where the
distillation of salt from sea water is
carried on to any considerable extent.
This industry has increased rapidly dur?
ing the last twenty years. The* produc
tion has risen from -14,000 bushels in I860
to upwards of 880,000 bushels in 1883.
? Near Spartauburg, a few years ago,
a man who needed money badly gave his
note for about $100 with interest at ?
per cent, a month, which, if not paid
monthly, was to be compounded. The
maker and the holder of this note both
died this Winter. The executor now
puts in his claim for about $3,000 for the
note of $100. The courts will settle the
matter.
? A special correspondent of the
Rcqister writes from Darlington: "A
rough estimate of the loss by the storm
in this section will be ten thousand dol?
lars. A good many that have lost their
houses will not be able to rebuild with?
out assistance. A committee here have
raised about ?400 or $500, but that fund
has beeu only applied to those that were
wounded by the storm. Those whoso
only los3 has been their houses and fur?
niture are yet without auy relief. Out?
side aid is needed."
? According to the statistics given by
a Boston lecturer, twenty thousand di?
vorces have been granted in New Eng?
land during the last twenty years.
In Massachusetts there is now one di?
vorce to fourteen marriages. Since 18fi0
the rate of divorces has increased 147
per cent, while the rate of marriages has
increased only four per cent. In Ver?
mont there is one divorce to 14 marriages,
iu Rhode Island one to 12, in Connecti?
cut one to eight. These ugures indicate
that of all civil contracts made in New
England marriage is the one most likely
to be broken.
? - The great building at Salt Lake,
which the Saints have been twenty-eight
years in constructing, is approaching
completion. The main walls are done.
It is built of granite, which is hauled
from the mountains back to Salt Lake on
great wagons or trucks, with wheels
twelve feet high. The walls are ten feet
in thickness and eighty-five in height.
It has cost up to this time $4,500,000,
which has been collected by the tithing
tax. It will require six years more to
finish the work. Probably no other
church building in the United States has
been constructed in a way to secure such
durability as is possible to this. Some
of those who predict the early ruiu of
the Mormon hierarchy are wondering
what use they can make of this temple.
? A young Austrian lieutenant has
been deprived of his commission and
rank because of his absolute refusal to
fight a duel. In declining a challenge
he gave as his reason that duelling was
forbidden by both the civil and military
law, and was against his religion and his
reason. Tho matter was taken before a
Court of Honor, made up of superior
officers, by whom the above sentence was
pronounced and made operative forth
1 with. The case has been taken up by
the Vicuna newspapers and is being
warmly discussed. Those who uphold
the action of the Court urge that a re?
fusal to fight a duel is evidence of a de?
gree of co?Taidice that should not be
suffered among army officers. On the
other hand, it is maintained that the
young ollicer has exhibited much more
sense and manliness in the matter than
the Court that tried him.
? In New York City, according to
some figures recently published, there
arc more than S00 rag dealers, and the
pickers, who are mostly Italians, gather
$75,000 worth yearly in the streets and
roads, while the money realized for cot?
ton rage alone in the United States is
put at $522,300,000 per annum.
? A Nashville dispatch, dated Febru?
ary 27, says: "Passengers on the train
which arrived this afternoon from Louis?
ville report that when the train reached
Notin's Station, fifty masked men, armed
with guns and pistols, hoarded it. The
passengers supposed them to he train
robbers and were greatly alarmed. The
leader of the mob explained that they
were looking for a negro who was charg?
ed with assaulting a young lady at Eliz
abethtown, and who was supposed to he
on the train en route to Henderson, Ky.,
lor trial. The negro was not on the train,
the Sheriff having received notice of the
mob's intention."
? The manufacture of perfumes from
Florida grown flowprs bids fair to he
come an extensive industry iu the State.
One firm at Jacksonville is already at
work. It is reported that a gentleman
from South Florida has patented a pro?
cess for the utilization of the bloom of
the mangrove arid the sapodilla, and to
extract the sweet fragrance from the cas?
sava plant as well. This will come into
competition with the firm in the more
Northern portion of the State, and as
the South Florida parties propose placing
a large capital in the business it is bare?
ly possible that an unlooked for compe?
tition in the manufacture of extracts will
be the rc?ult.
? Five fires occurred iu Philadelphia
during Thursday night, all beiug serious.
They were situated far apart aud followed
each other in quick succession, several
being in progress simultaneously. These
facts put the firemen at great disadvan?
tage, every engine in the city being in
use, several cf them being carried sever?
al miles. The worst of the fires was at
Powers & Wcigbtman's chemical works
where an immense quantity of chemicals
took fire, causing the people in the neigh?
borhood to flee in wild dismay fearing a
tremendous explosion. A quantity of
flaming fusil oil poured into the streets,
and tbe firemen were forced to call on
citizens for help to save their hose carri?
ages and engines. They succeeded,
however, in confining the flames to the
building by keeping the houses in the
neighborhood soaked with water. Pow?
ers & Weightman's loss is $1,500,000;
insurance $750,000. In consequence of
tbe fire the price of foreign quinine was
put up from $1.35 to $1.55 an ounce.
? Senator Wade Hampton of South
Carolina, has evidently been thinking
over the table of strength of the Demo?
cratic party in the South and the strength
of the Republican party in the North as
printed in the Herald, for he ia reported
as saying that it would be a good idea to
leave to the six doubtful States?New
York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Neva?
da and California?the task of selecting
the Democratic candidate and construct?
ing the platform. While Ohio has in?
variably chosen the Republican electors,
the fact that she is now the only October
State makes her vote doubtful and there?
fore to be the more earnestly contended
for. Nevada and California were Demo?
cratic in 1880. Indiana and Connecticut
in 1878. New Jersey in 1864, 1868,1876
and 1880, and New York in 1868 and
1876. The tariff issue is now supposed
to eliminate Connecticut from the list of
doubtful States in favor of the Republi?
cans, leaving ninety-four electoral votes
to be contended for in the six doubtful
States, forty-eight of which, added to
the vote of the solid South or the solid
North, would determine the result. '
$@- Nothing so simple and perfect for
coloring as the Diamond Dyes. For
carpet rags, better and cheaper than any
other dye-stuffs.
If you want good N. O. Syrup go to C. F.
Jones &. Co. All grades at bottom prices.
We are prepared to sell you Lamps from
20 cents to Fifteen Dollars. Before buying
give us a call.
WlLHITK it WltiHITE.
Wc keep everything that is kept in a
first-class Drug Store, and do not propose
to be undersold. Give us a call and see
for yourselves.
WlLHITK & WlLHlTE.
jJ5S* Mr. J. J. Dodd has a new Planing
Mill in operation at the Blue Ridge Yard,
where you can have your Lumbor dressed
at shortest notice. GiVe him a call. Cheap
for cash. 29
Flour! Flour! All grades and every bar?
rel guaranteed sound or money refunded.
C. F. Jones & Co.
Wilhikk's Eye Water is a sure cure for
sore and inflamed eyes, partial blindness,
itc. If you have not used it, ask your
neighbor*about it. It is guaranteed to'give
relief, and if it does not come backhand get
your money or try another bottle free.
For cash you can buy Dry Goods, Boots,
Shoes, Hats and Groceries of every descrip?
tion at tho lowest living prices at C. F.
Jones & Co's.
The best preparation in the market for
cleansing, preserving and beautifying the
teeth, hardening the gums and imparting a
delicious odor to the breath, ia Johnstone'a
Odontine. Warranted not only to be harm?
less but the beat Tooth Powder that can be
used. For aale only by Wilhite ?fe Wilhite.
The beat Cologne at Wilhite it Wilhite's.
Tappan's "Sweet Bye-and-Bye," the best
25c Cologne, for sale only by
Wimiite cfc WiurrrE.
Better than Ever.?Large arrivala
of Buggies of all styles just received, select?
ed by me in person whilo in Cincinnati.
Be sure to call on me when you want to
buy. Those owing for Buggiea and Sewing
Machines will please remember when their
notes fall due. C. A. Reed.
You can find the best tobaccos for the
least money at C. F. Jones & Co.'s.
After long Mercury and Potash treat?
ment, I found myself a cripple from Mer?
curial Rheumatism. Tried Hot Springs
two vcara without relief, and was finally
cored sound and well by the use of Swift's
Specific (S. S. S.) Chas. Berg,
Hot Springs, Ark.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Sheriff.
The rrlcndi of JAMES II. McCONJfELL re?
spectfully announce hfin as a candidate for re?
election iu the office of Sheriff of Anderson Coun?
ty? subject to the action of the Democratic party.
For Clerk of Court.
The many friends of JOHN W. DANIELS nom?
inate him as a candidate for re-election to the
olhVo of Clerk of the Court for Anderson Couuly?
suhject to the action of the Democratic ]>arty.
REMOVAL.
DR. M. I:. SHARPE has removed his
office to the former residence of Mr.
Stephen McCully, deceased, where he can
be found when not professionally engaged.
March G, 1SS4 M 3
"VrOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
The undersigned, Administrator of
the Estate of John C. Cherry, deceased,
hereby gives notice that ho will, on the
Tth day of April, 188-1, apply to the Judge
of Probate of Anderson County for a Final
Settlement of said Estutc, and a discharge
from said Administration.
W. II. D. GAIL-LARD, Adtn'r.
March 0, 1884_31_5
NOTICE TO
OVERSEERS OF PUBLIC ROADS
AND ALL PERSONS
LIABLE TO ROAD DUTY.
Office ok Covxtv Commissioners,
Anderson S. C, March 4th, 1S84.
TAKE notice that every male person be?
tween the ages of Sixteen and Fifty
arc hereby required to work upon the Pub?
lic Roads of Anderson County not less than
Four Days between the present date and
the first day of May.
R. S. BAILEY.
JOHN H. JONES,
JOHN A. REEVES,
County Commissioners for Anderson.
March 0, 1884 34 1
The Norman Percheron Horse Company of South Carolina
FOR THE SPRING SEASON OF 1884 STANDS AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES:
"CMARIiEMAGItiE," the dappled iron gray, at Pendleton, Anderson and James A. Drake's.
"OHNE," the large imported Horse, at Dr. W. S. Clayton's, Fickens Court House, Easley and Slabtown.
"MONARCH OF THE WEST," at Seneca City, David Smithson's, High Falls and Sitton's Mill.
jar For terms and particulars address J. C. STKIBLING, President, Pendleton, S. C.; or J. D. MAXWELL, Secretary and
Treasurer, Anderson. S. C. _
MASTER'S SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Andebson County.
In tlie Court of Common Fleas.
A. H. Ford, Plaintiff, against N. E. Gail
lard, C. L. Gaillard and W. P. Moore?
Complaint to Foreclose Mortgage.
BY virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure
made in the above stated case by his
Honor Judge Hudson, Presiding Judge of
the 8th Circuit, bearing date March 1, 1SS4,
I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C., on
SALESDAY IN APRIL next, at public
sale, the following described Real Estate, to
wit:
ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND,
Situate in Anderson County, in Brushy
Creek Township, adjoining lands of J. M.
Cason, J. T. Cason, W. C. Cason and oth?
ers, containing forty acres, more or less.
Terms or Salf?One-half cash ; the re?
mainder on a credit of twelvemonths, with
interest from day of sale, to be secured by
bond and mortgage of the premises.
Sale made subject to the unexpirod Lease
of Defendant, w. P. Moore.
Purchaser to pay extra for necessary pa
papers.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master.
March 6, 1884 _34_5_
WARNING.
ALL peraons ore warned not to hire or
harbor Nathan Keown, AnnaKeown
or David Keown, colored. They have been
regularly bound to me, and any person
hiring or harboring them will be proceeded
against at law.
S. A. HUTCHINSON.
Feb 28, 1884 32 2
w 9
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANDERSON, - - S. C.
OFFICE?In the Broylks Building, up
stairs, over Dr. Johnsrone's Store.
Feb 21, 18S4_32_
Executor's Sale.
AT l'iercctovn, about 1 o'clock p. m.,
on Saturday, 15th March, 1884; I will
sell the Choscs in Action, consisting of
Notes, Accounts and Judgments, belonging
to the Estate of James Long, deceased, ap?
praised doubtful and worthless.
Terms of sale cash.
JOSHUA JAMESON, Adm'r.
_Feb 21,1884_32_4_
FlfcAJ INSURANCE.
J. H. VON HASSELN,
ANDERSON, S. C,
REPRESENTS First Class Companies,
with ample Capital. Call upon him
for information as to rates, ifcc. Insure
your property before it i3 burned up.
Jan 17, 1884_27_ly_
Pegged Shoes.
AFEW Men's and Women's Pegged
Shoes for sale at cost for cash, to
close out.
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14, 1883_31_
Money Needed.
IRESPECTFULLY ask all who are in?
debted to me by Note or Account, for
Merchandise or Guano, to make payments
as soon as possible, as I need the money.
A. B. TOWERS.
Sept 27, 1883_11_
POTATOES.
EARLY ROSE, Goodrich, Peerless and
White Star Potatoes for sale by
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14, 1884_31_
Wheat Bran, Corn, Flour,
FOR sale by?
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14, 1SS4 31
SHOES AND BOOTS.
IHAVE a full line of Bay State Shoes
and Boots. Warranted not to rip and
to have no wood or paste board. Also a
few Miles' Ladies' Shoes. All in want of
good Shoes and Boots will find it to their
interest to call on
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14, 1884 31
NEW GOODS.
IHAVE * full line of Dry Goods, Hats.
Hardware, N. O. Molasses, Groceries,
Provisions, Crockery, Glassware, Carpets,
Ac, <tc. I will not attempt to name all my
goods in an advertisement, but will ask my
friends and customers to call and see me
before buying. I keep good goods, and at
as low price as the same quality can bo
bought. Give me a trial.
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14, 1883 31
FRESH GARDEN SEED.
LANDRETII'S and Ferry's fresh Gar?
den Seeds for sale bv
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14, 1884_31__
New Advertisements.
Made of Solid steel.in Best Manner,
13
SHOVELS, SCOOPS and SPADES.
Bemcmljer tluit
EBJ3HGT0H ?OQBS
ARE ALWAYS
elia.J>le.
RErYMJiETOri AGRICULTURAL GO., ILIOS, R. V,
W. II. GOLK U SONS. Southern AgHs, Ualtiiuoru, Mil
LADIES or Young Men in city or country to lake
nice, li^'ht and irieasaut work al tlnrir own
homes; to S"> a.uay i-asily and quietly made:
work sent by mail; no canvassing; no stump for
reiily. Please address Reliable M'f'g. Co., I'hila
dolphin, Pa., drawer XT.
i hat? npoMtlvo rcmmlv for Iba nunro Uiaoiu'c; b\ I.*
nso thousand! ofc-iocH of tlie worst kind ami of M>%
?MiiUinu'liBvo broii cured; Indeed. ooalrmiB: 1? my r.n: ii
In iMafflearr.thM I will wnd TWO BOTTI.KS HC.k.
beaUicrwUb a V,?I.UAUI.E TREATISE on this Ulscaso,
to any ralTercr; KWeEsimws and P. O.addrew.
)tll. T. A. SLOUl'M, 1S1 renrl St., New York
mo ADVERTISERS.?Lowest Rates for adver
X Using in 970 good ucwspapers scnl free. Ad?
dress GEO. P. KU WELL & CO., 1(1 Spruce St,,!*. 1
March 6,1884 y? ??
THE TRADING PUBLIC
OF ?
ANDERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES
Who contemplate coming here to Buy their Goods
will not do well but
In Examining my Stock of?
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
HATS, BOOTS and SHOES,
TRUNKS and Valises,
CLOTHING, CLOTHING', CLOTHING,
Before purchasing elsewhere.
While I do not display any extraordinary skill in Printer's iuk, yet I can assure
all who have heretofore given me their patronage, also those who expect to do so in
the future?
THAT I AIM TO DEAL FAIR WITH ALL,
And give you honest bargains. Having a competent and reliable corps of Salesmen
you will always find them pleasant and attentive, ready to wait on all with politeness
and care, never misrepresenting any article kept in stock for sale.
I BOLDLY DEFY COMPETITION
In any of the departments usually kept in this market, und will uot suffer my9elf
to be undersold by any one in my line, maintaining my position as the?
Popular Leader of Low Prices and Regulator of the Dry Goods
Market in Anderson County.
My Stock is complete and attractive, having taken great pains to suit all, who are
aware that to secure good, honest goods they must buy from
Feb 28. 18S4
til 4m
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!
PRICES OF CLOTHING MARKED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR
NEW STOCK OF SPRING GOODS.
Now is tlie Time to Secure Bargains.
AFULL and CAREFULLY SELECTED Stock of SPRING CLOTHING to arrive.
Also, GENTS' UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, CRAVATS.
IN* OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT
Our Mr. J. B. CLARK is fully prepared to give entire satisfaction.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Is hereby given to all parties indebted to i:> io come forward and settle at once.
Let this notice be sufficient warning.
CLARE & CO.
JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor.
Feb 21, 1884_32 _ _
rCULLY, CATHCART & CO.,
Are anxious to Secure your Trade, and will do
all in their power to give satisfaction.
HAVING AMPLE STORAGE ROOM 1ND SUPERIOR FACILITIES FOR
Buying Goods from first hands, * .roller you BARGAINS in?
DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES,
HATS, TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS.
GROCERIES, C ANN KD GOODS.
CROCK ERY, G LASS W A R E,
AND GENERAL PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
In making your purchases give us a call, and see that we moan business, and are pre?
pared to ofler'inducements to Cash Buyers, as well as to furnish Plantation Supplies on
good terms till Fall.
We have a few NEW REMINGTON SEWING MACHINES which we will
sell low down for cash, or on time, ns we are closing out this branch of our business.
WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE
Daniel Pratt Grin Co.'s Gins, Feeders, Condensers.
REAPERS, MOWERS AND BINDERS,
For Anderson, Abbeville and Oconee Counties.
We also sell one ami two-horse WAGOS'M?with a guarantee.
WE STILL LEAD IN PRICES ON OUR WELL KNOWN BRANDS
TAND?RD FERTILZERS AND ACID,
Ami will make it to your interest to sec us before luring.
Respectfully,
McCTJLLY, CATHCART & CO.
FcbJ4.188J 31 2
THE
ENTERPRISE SV1?NUF?CTUBING Cn.
Having erected Machinery, unequalled in the np-country, for the
Manufacture of
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MANTLES,
Brackets, Balusters, Mouldings, Etc.,
WE earnestlv call the attention of contractors and all who contemplate building to
our ability to furnish all such BUILDING MATERIAL, besides LUMBER,
dressed ami undressed, at prices lower than can be obtained elsewhere. Give us a trial
and he convinced.
OSBORNE, McGUKIN & CO., Anderson, S. C.
Jan 17, 1S84 '21 ly