The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 07, 1884, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Bditor.
THURSDAY, August 7, 1884.
TERMS :
ONE YEAR._.^.?..,-81.50.
SIX MONTHS._ 7?o.
Two Dollars If not paid In advance.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THOS. A. HENDRICKS,
OP INDIANA.
. THE STATE TICKET FOR 1884.
jFor Governor,
HUGH S. THOMPSON.
Lieutenant'Governor,
JOHN C. SHEPPARD.
Secretary of State,
JAMES N. LIPSCOMB.
Attorney General,
CHARLES RICHARDSON MILES.
Slate Treasurer,
JOHN PETER RICHARDSON.
Comptroller General,
WILLIAM E. STONEY. . . .
Superintendent of Education,
ASBURY COWARD.
Adjutant and Inspector General,
A. M. MANIGAULT.
Solicitor Sth Circuit,
JAMES L. ORR. ?
? The Greely: party got within 458
miles of the pole.
? No less than 15,690 persons are
locked up in the jails and prisons of
New York.
? The . population of' the United
States increases at the rate of 82 percent,
every ten years.
? Sam Nimmona, colored, of Barn
well County, has killed thirty-two hawks
since January last. '?
? There are seventy candidates now in
the field in Barnwell County and only
fifteen offices to be filled.
? The Mormons, it is said, bad more
missionaries in the field last year than
the American Missionary Society.
? Jay Eye See beat the record at
Providence on Friday by trotting a mile
in 2.10. The best previous mile war his
own?2.10f.
? In fifty-six years Mexico has had
fifty-four Presidents, one Emperor and a
regency. And yet some people think it
a slow country.
? A bet was proffered and taken last
week in Boston that Cleveland would go
out of that city next November with :wo
votes to Blaice's one.
? The prohibitionists are mating an
active and telling canvass in New York,
and are directing their attacks chiefly
against the Republicans.
? Chattanooga physicians say they
? have for years traced every case of
typhoid fever directly to the drinking of
well water by the patient.
? Thomas Calhoun, a young farmer
of Beech Island, Aiken County, shot
himself through the head on Monday in
consequence of financial troubles.
? Although Frenchmen are spoken of
as "frog eaters," it is asserted an a fact
that more frogs are now eaten in New
York alone than in all of France.
? Alcohol is said to be an antidote
for snake bite poison only when tbe
patient is not abdicted to drink and his
system already saturated with alcohol.
? One of the veterans of the Stone?
wall Brigade who had lost both feet in
battle, shot and killed a man in Virginia
the other day in a quarrel over a dollar.
? Colored Democrats in Aiken have
organized a club with twenty-three mem?
bers. John Jollifer is President, T. H.
Haynes Secretary, and John R. Boyce
Treasurer.
? Capt. F. W.# Dawson, of tbe Newa
and Courier, publishes a card iu which
he denies the truth of tbe story that he
is ambitious to succeed Senator Hamp?
ton. He says he would accept no public
office.
? Information from Florida is such
that Democrats may rest assured that the
State will wheel in line in November.
Considering the fact that returning boards
are things of the past, the State is doubly
positive.
? Archie Orme, the Atlanta ticket
agent .who shot himself through tbe head
some months ago in consequence of
deficiencies in his accounts, died on
Saturday after having apparently pro?
gressed far towards recovery with a Bul?
let imbeded ia his brain.
? The.Democratic Congressional Con?
vention, of the Fourteenth district of
Missouri, which has been in session at
. Poplar Bluff for five days, adjourned sine
' die late Saturday night, after taking 4-17
ballots without nominating a candidate,
an event unparalleled in that State.
? Jacob Wiseman, a miner in West
Virginia, while sitting astride of a
whiskey barrel, lighted his pipe and fool?
ishly threw - the lighted match into the
open bnnghole. An explosion followed,
shattering the barrel, and the rider was
thrown some distance and seriously
hurt.
*? Tbe annual reunion of the Survi?
vors of the 12th Regiment, S. C. V.,
will be held in Walhalla, on the 21st of
August, which day will be the twenty
third anniversary of the formation of the
regiment. The Survivors of the 6th Reg?
iment, S. C. V., will have their reunion
in Winnsboro' on the 21st of August.
? The shipment of buffalo bones from
the plains of the West to Eastern phos?
phate factories has largely increased re?
cently, because of the reduction in tbe
trunk line freight rate. Thousands of
buffalo skeletons are gathered up by the
bone men oa tbe prairies, especially in
the valley of the Arkansas, every season.
One Philadelphia manufacturer alone
received in the course of tbe last; two
months over 200 carloads. Delivered at
tbe factory the bones are worth $25 a
' ton.
? The town of Selma, Ala., claims to
have the most wonderful artesian well in
the world, and it would seem with good
reason. The remarkable feature iu the
case is that two separate streams of water
of entirely different properties flow from
this well. The singular effect in question
is produced, it seems, by the simple in?
sertion of a two-inch pipe within a four
inch tube. Tbe larger pipe descends to
a depth of some four hundred feet, the
water having no mineral qualities or
character, and being very cold; the inner
pipe descends seven hundred feet; the
water is strongly impregnated with sul?
phur and iron; and, compared with the
temperature of the twin stream, is quite
warm.
? The Fredericksburg Standard says:
John -Russell, colored, was engaged in
plowing near Alum Spring, on Saturday,
and bad to set fire to the stubble so it
would burn off. While tbe fire was
burning near the bank of Hazel run, he
says It occurred to him that he ought to
unhitch his horse and shelter himself
behind a tree near by from some danger
he knew not of at the time. This
thought so impressed itself upon him
that be did unhitch and took a stand near
the tree. He bad been there but a few
minutes when a load explosion took
place, followed by another and another
in rapid succession until the eleventh
one bad taken place.' John says he was
terribly frightened, and for some time
pieces of shells and balls, etc., fell all
around him. It is supposed that a pile
Of uhells was left there during tbe war
and had never been.found and when this
fire reached them they were all exploded.
Arrested Once More,
Boston, July 28.?The charge upon
which ex-Governor Moses, of South
Carolina, was arrested yesterday in Chi?
cago, on a requisition from Governor
Robinson, of this State, is obtaining
money under false pretences. Among
Others from whom it is alleged he obtain?
ed petty sums was Col. Thomas Weot
worth Higginson, of Cambridge, and A.
Williams, formerly of the "old corner"
book store. It is charged that on April
of last year he called upon Col. Higgin?
son and stated that he was Capt. G. D.
Bryan, who is corporation couussl of
Charleston, S. C. Col. Higginson had met
Capt. Bryan at the celebration of the
battle of the Cowpens, where he was sent
to represent the New England States, but
having met him only that once bad for?
gotten his personal appearance. The
story he told Col. Higginson was that he
had visited Montreal on business, and,
coming from that city, his wallet, con?
taining all his money and private papers,
was stolen from him on the train, and
he wished to borrow enough money to
get home. Col. Higginson loaned him
$34. What induced him to lend the
money was the perfect familiarity of the
applicant with mattere in Charleston and
the extreme improbability that any im?
postor should know that Col. Higginson
and Capt. Bryan had any acquaintance.
The suggestion of the identity of the
borrower with ex-Governor Moses pro?
ceeded originally from Mayor Courtenay,
of Charleston, to whom Col. Higginson
wrote, and who stated that he had receiv?
ed several similar letters from persons in
Boston. Col. Higginson gave the clew
to Inspector Garraughty, and he obtain?
ed, from the Rogues' Gallery in New
York a.picture of ex-Governor Moses,
which Col. Higginson recognized at once
as that of the man who had called upon
him. i It is alleged that Moseaalso called
on es-Mayor Green at the same time,
said his name was Middleton, and that
be was <a lawyer of South Carolina.
Under the same name and by the same
story it is alleged that he obtained $40
from Mr. Wilhams. An officer left for
.Chicago to-day.
Chicago, July 30.?Chief of Police
Doyle, Inspector Welter and other offi?
cers of the police department to-day wait?
ed on Governor Hamilton and submitted,
a request that the Governor issue a war?
rant for the re-arrest of F. J. Moses, who
was Governor of South Carolina when
the Republicans ruled in that State. He
was arrested for swindling several physi?
cians in Chicago, but was released by the
grand jury. Similar charges exist
against him in Boston, and on a requisi?
tion from Governor Robinson, of Massa?
chusetts, he was re-arrested here to be
sent back to Boston. In their zeal, how?
ever, the officers neglected an important
formality, a warrant from the Governor
of Illinois. As a warrant was not issued
and Moses was arrested on the simple
requisition, the proceedings were irregu?
lar. Judge Sbepard so held, and discharg?
ed the prisoner on a writ of habeas
corpus on Monday. Now Chief Doyle
and Inspector Welter wish to re arrest
Moses, bnt they wish to proceed legally.
Governor Hamilton said he would have
to look up the statute before he could
issue the warrant, as he did not know
whether be now had the power since
Moses bad been discharged, unless a new
requisition was made by the Governor of
Massachusetts.
Why Hendricks Hopes.
f '"
Saratoga,* July 31.?Ex-Governor
Thomas A. Hendricks spent some time
alter breakfast in the hotel corridors,
chatting with friends and acquaintances.
Later on a correspondent bad a brief
talk with him in his room..
The correspondent called the attention
of Mr. Hendricks to a recess to elaborate
publication alleging that be bad advoca?
ted armed resistance to the drafts in 1863
at Shelby ville, Ind., and remarked that
they had already begun to "sling mud."
"Yes," he replied, "but it is nothing
new. I have been t'-rough too many
campaigns to meet with any new lies
now. This is one of the old ones which
has been answered time and again."
Speaking of the recent scandalous
{mblications concerning Governor Cleve
and, he observed that it was inconceiv?
able that any man could have gone
through three campaigns, as he has done,
without bringing to the surface any
event in bis career which could by any
meaus whatever be tortured into a scan?
dal.
The attitude of Tammany came under
consideration, aud Mr. Hendricks said
he had seen Mr. Kell1' since his arrival
here, and had talked with him for a few
minutes. He did not know what Mr.
Kelly would do, had not referred to that,
but he heard that he would support the
regular ticket. Mr. Hendricks said that
be would go back to Indiana in time to
take a hand in the campaign there, and
expressed the utmost confidence that the
Democratic party would carry the State
without difficulty. Referring to the an?
nouncement of Chairman Jones, of the
national Republican committee, that he
proposed to throw a great deal of his
work into- Florida and West Virgina,
|with the determination of carrying them,
an announcement which has been coupled
with the statement that he leads the
campaign subscription with $100,000,
Mr. Hendricks remarked: "Well, that
is bcld, isn't it ? He means everybody
to know that he it: going to buy them, if
he can, doesn't he ?"
"Will the prohibition movement affect
the result in Indiana?"
"I think it will," replied Mr. Hen?
dricks, "and for two reasons. The nomi?
nation of St. John and a national ticket
has inspired the prohibitionists out our
way, and they have gone to work and put
a complete State ticket in the field. This
means a very vigorous campaign on their
part, and their voters will be drawn in
the main from the ranks of the Republi?
cans. Tho situation is made still more
interesting by the fact that the Indiana
State platform of the Republican party
favors the calling of a constitutional
convention to amend the State constitu?
tion, and the Gcrnihns are suspicious
that they want to introduce a clause pro?
hibiting the manufacture of liquor. The
Republicans have done nothing in the
way of announcement or otherwise to
allay that suspicion, and the liquor in
terest has been thus strongly antagonized.
The nomination of St. John and of the
State ticket has weakened the Republi?
cans, aud thus fear of Republican inter?
ference in the liquor question has
strengthened the Democrats."
Mr. Hendricks will stay a week or ten
days at the Grand Union, going thence
to the seashore and returning to Indiana
late next month.
The Georgia Wonder.
There is some prospect that Miss Lula
Hurst, who has been giving performan?
ces in Boston during the past ten days
with large financial results, will return to
New York for the purpose of testing her
power against the physical strength of
certain noted athleteB. While she was
appearing in Boston she seut an invita?
tion to John L. Sullivan, the prize fight?
er, to meet her for any reasonable sum of
money, but Mr. Sullivan declined the
proposition. A strong man of New
York, reading Mies Hurst's challenge in
a Boston paper, telegraphed that he
would go to the city in question to take
j Mr. Sullivan's place and accept the mo?
netary challenge offered by Miss Hurst.
Her response wa-. that she would not
trouble him to come to Boston, but would
come herself to New York. She added
that she would cover any deposit that
might be made. These arrangements
were understood to have been in progress
yesterday. Should the matier come to a
satisfactory conclusion it is probable that
the exhibition will be given either in the
Madison Square Garden or the Academy
of Music?New York Timet.
fcr. Hurd Talks.
WAeumrjTONi July 24.?Mr. Frank
Hurd, the distinguished free trade advo?
cate, was found this evening sitting in
front of his hotel fanning himself and
trying to keep cool.
"What do you thiakof the situation ?"
a Courier-Journal correspondent inquir?
ed.
"It is v?ry hot."
"What, the situation?"
"Is there a situation ?'' gusped Mr.
Hurd, grimly. "It is almoMt too hot, I
think. Let us wait until it gets cooler
before we commence the fight."
"Are you pleased with the Democratic
platform ?"
"The Randall protectionists claim it is
their own. The platform is all right in
the main. There are some things that
could be changed in it with profit, but it
is a pretty good platform. From a news?
paper standpoint the platform is much
too large. I suppose the average editor
would have made sad work with it if he
had been asked to pass upon its literary
merits.
"For ray own part, I think tbe platform
could have been cut down without seri?
ous injury. It contains far too much
verbiage, and does not state its principles
clearly or candidly enough to suit tbe
average reader. But the campaign, I
take it, is not to be made on platforms*
So far as our platform relates to the tariff
I am satisfied with it, although I could
have wished for a clearer statement of
the case. A tariff exclusively for public
purpose is the same as a tariff for revenue
only. The wording is different, but tbe
meaqing is the same. The tariff will not
be tbe issue this year. The people will
simply be asked whether they will vote
for Blaine or Cleveland?for corrupt or
honest government."
"Is Mr. Blaine an honest man ?"
"The proof seems to be against him."
"Is Mr. Cleveland an honest man ?"
"There is nothing in his record to con?
tradict it, and this year we will make a
fight for legislative reform. If we are
successful then we can turn our attention
to the abuses in tbe tariff, to the issue of
legislative reform."
"Do you think the attacks on Cleve?
land's private character will injure him
as a candidate 7"
"Such attacks seldom injure any one;
even if they are founded on facts, no one
believes them. In Mr. Cleveland's case,
I believe that he has been grossly slan?
dered. I see a Cincinnati paper is the
first to publish the stories about Mr.
Cleveland's moral character. The editor
may yet regret it. I think this publica?
tion will mark tbe decadence of tbe boss
influence in Ohio politics. If it brings
about a change in this disreputable style
of journalism, then the publication will
not be altogether in vain. Decent peo?
ple in both parties must condemn such
things, and should Mr. Cleveland be
elected the Cincinnati editor can not
hope for recognition. Mr. Cleveland can
never forgive him. He would be less
than a man if he did. On the other
hand, I don't suppose Mr. Blaine, if he
is elected, could exert himself very much
for McLean. I think this editor has at
last severed the knot that held him with?
in tbe circle of respectable people.
Hereafter he must be an outcast from all
parties that have any regard for their
j self-respect. He has passed the limit of
; decency and must take tbe consequences.
From this time on his political power
must be very limited."
Changing the subject, Mr. Hurd said :
"The only thing that can save Blaine, in
my opinion, will be bis power to control
the Irish vote."
"Can he do it?"
"I think not. In the first place, the
Irish are a very peculiar people. They
are influenced largely by traditions.
Take tbe Irishmen that have been born
in Ireland and have recently become
citizens, and they may be influenced to
vote for Mr. Blaine on account of the
prospect, possibly, of a speedy war with
Great Britain and the avenging of tbe
wrongs of Ireland. But the second gen?
eration of Irish voters iu this country,
those that were born here, are not affect?
ed by the same influence. Their fore?
fathers were Democrats, and at school
they have fought the Republican boys.
Democracy has been instilled into their
blood and they are likely to think more
of this, their native country, than of any
imaginary wrangles of Ireland. Conse
uently I believe that tbe great body of
rish voters will remain true to the Dem?
ocratic standard. Now among the Ger?
mans there is a strong revolt against
Blaine. This is particularly noticeable
in Ohio. I do not think they will go
back to the Republican party right away.
The revolt seems to have a strong foun?
dation, but it may not be sufficient to
defeat Blaine in Ohio, and what it will
do for him elsewhere is of course simply
a matter of conjecture."
Repudiating Blaine.
Utica, August 1.?The Republicans of
the fourth ward met in tbe city ball here
last evening to form a Blaine and Logau
club. The meeting was a large ODe, and
contained many of the best known Re?
publicans in the city. M. W. Van
Auken was made temporary chairman,
and while the committee on permanent
organization was deliberating, several
speeches were made. Judge William
J. Bacon being called on said be felt
I hesitation in responding and bad felt
! hesitation in coming to the meeting, but
as he was a Republican and had lived
fifty-two years in tbe ward be bad come.
"I feel," he continued, "that I may
say something to-night which may not
be in harmony with the feeling of the
majority of tbe Republicans present, but
whatever I say or feel, I wish it under?
stood that I do not propose to retire from
the Republican party. I fear my remarks
may give offense to some, but I propose
to maintain my self-resiect if not the
respect of others; I need hardly say
that I do not_ make such an avowal as
this with cheerfulness. It comes with
pain, but I never yet voted for a man
whom I did not believe to be honest. I
cannot vote for a man whom I do not
believe to be honest, upright and sincere.
I cannot vote for James G. Blaine. I
expect to vote the Republican ticket,
except tbe electoral."
Judge Bacon is upward of 80 years old.
He has served on the supreme bench and
in Congress, and there is no mnn in Cen?
tral New York to whom a purer charac?
ter is accorded. His repudiation of
Blaine is felt to be a severe blow, and
the followers of the plumed knight are
busy inventing excuses for his course.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Miss
Susan B. Anthony, president and vice
president of the National Woman's
Suffrage Association, have issued an ad?
dress to tbe members of that organization
discussing what political action should
be taken by advocates of woman suffrage
in tbe coming campaign. The address
says it is to Republicans they must look
for discussion and decision of the ques?
tion by the passage of a sixteenth amend?
ment. They have nothing to expect
from any of the parties now struggling
into existence. It says Butler would be
powerless to help the cause on account of
his supporters, though long a valiant
champion. As to the prohibitionists, for
them to make woman suffrage a tail tc
their kite is to defy the laws of gravita?
tion. Prohibition could not secure
woman suffrage, but woman suffrage is
the only power by which prohibition
would be made possible. They say that
"if Cleveland is elected by tbe aid of
George W. Curtis aud other friends of
woman he would be powerless for good,"
but they say "in Mr. Blaine we have a
nominee in harmony with the Republi?
can majority in Congress." For these
reasons they advise women to give their
support to Mr. Blaino.
? The cholera is still raging furiously
at Marseilles and Toulon, France.
Onr Circulating Hcdium.
The following statement in regard to
the contraction of the aggregate circulat?
ing medium during the last session of
Corjgress is based on information obtain?
ed at the treasury department. On
December 1st, 1883, silver dollars in cir?
culation outside of the United States
treasury amounted to $41,301,983; silver
certificates to $87,976,261; gold certifi?
cates to $58,897,620 ; national bank notes
to $343,998,787, and legal tender notes to
$306,806,372. On July 1st, 1884, the
same items were, silver dollars, $39,794,
913; silver certificates, $90,427,011; gold
certificates, $71,146,640; national hank
nates, $325,337,860, and legal tender
notes, $306,497,215. These figures show
a decrease of $1,507,070 in silver dollars ;
an increase of $8,450,810 in silver certifi?
cates ; an increase of $12,249,020 in gold
certificates; a decrease of $18,660,927 in
national bank notes, and a decrease of
$309,457 in legal tender notes.
The result is an apparent increase of
$222,676 in the aggregate circulating
medium of the country outside of the
amounts held in the treasury. This
apparent increase, however, is due to an
increase of $12,249,020 in gold certificates,
which are merely circulated in the form
of certificates of gold, which was already
in the hands of the people and the banks.
In other words the scarcity of paper cur?
rency caused by the decrease in the na?
tional bank circulation induced the
people to use their gold, and they depos?
ited it to obtain more convenient gold
certificates. Deducting, therefore, this
$12,249,020, shows a real contraction for
the seven months ending June 30th, 1884,
of about $12,000,000. In addition the
exportation of gold from the country
exceeded the importation during the
same period by $32,494,326, while the
gold production of the mines of the
country ia estimated to have been about
$12,000,000. The net lo3s of gold was
$20,000,000. This, added to the contrac?
tion of other forms of currency before
shown, to amount to about $12,000,000,
makes the total contraction of circulating
medium of the country outside of the
treasury of about $32,000,000. It is
asserted in the office of the comptroller
of the currency that the McPherson bill,
which failed to become a law, would
have at once added about $36,000,000 to
the national bank circulation of the
country, and would have compensated for
the severe contraction which has occur?
red.
THE CANDIDATES' MEETING,
Hendricks Seeks Cleveland for the First
Time.
Saratoga, N. Y., July 31.?This has
been another eventful day for the Dem?
ocracy. Cleveland and Hendricks have
met and conferred for the first time.
There was no display, no noise, music or
fireworks. All was as quiet as though
two ordinary citizens were exchanging
social calls. Governor Hendricks had so
intended. To be sure be had passed
through Albany in coming to Saratoga,
but this was the evening before the com?
mittee was to notify both candidates of
their nomination and he thought it best
to postpone his first call on the head of
the ticket until after the formal notifica?
tion had taken place. As soon as this
waB over Governor Hendricks notified
Governor Cleveland that he would visit
him to day to pay his respects. It was
so arranged. The candidate for Vice
President on the Democratic ticket left
here on the regular train for Albany.
He was accompanied by Col/ Fordyee, of
Arkansas., and Col. E. D. Bannister, of.
Indiana. There was nothing notable in
the trip.
Governor Hendricks remarked that for
the first time in the history of National
politics the candidates of a great party
were to meet for a formal acquaintance
for the first time after the nomination,
notification and real beginning of the
campaign. He spoke freely of Mr.
Cleveland's rapid advance in public favor
and regarded it as unprecedented in the
history of public men. He discussed
also at length the prospects of success,
and said he felt sure the Democratic
ticket would be elected. He felt certain
that New York and Indiana were both
sure to give good Democratic majorities.
John Kelly and the forty thousand voters
behind him, he said, would vote the
ticket because they were good Democrats.
The charges against Mr. Cleveland he
thought ought to be treated with silent
contempt, and a campaign of principle
instead of slander conducted. His con?
versation upon politics with the friends
and newspaper men who went down with
him was as free as though he was not a
candidate for the second place in the
gift of the nation.
It has been a dreary day and the rain
and wind did not help to give zest to the
'rip. It was about half-past 2 o'clock
this afternoon when the train upon which
Governor Hendricks went down drew
into the depot at Albany. By request,
none of the local people had been in?
formed of the visit and hence there was
no demonstration. Col. Lamont, Gov?
ernor Cleveland's private secretary, met
Mr. Hendricks at the depot with a car?
riage and be and Col. Baunister were
driven quickly to the Executive Mansion.
As the candidate for Vice-President en?
tered the door he was met by Governor
Cleveland and warmly welcomed. Dan
Manning was there and after the formal
courtesies of the day between the candi?
dates he turned the talk into a political
channel, and for something more than
three hours there was a general discus?
sion of political topics. The candidates
dined together and parted about half
past 6 o'clock.
At half-past 8 to-night Mr. Hendricks
returned to Saratoga on the regular train,
his only attendants being the few jour?
nalists who were attracted to Albany by
the first meeting of the Democratic can?
didates. To-night Mr. Hendricks spoke
free;.y of his first meeting with Governor
Cleveland, and said his impressions of
him were that he was a man of great
force of character, candid in his express?
ions and fair and firm in his judgments.
There was, be said, no general discussion
of the plan of campaign, for neither of
them desired to interfere or mix in them.
Governor Hendricks will remain here
somij days yet and may then go to Block
Island.
Mr. TVatterson Protests.
Mr. Henry Watterson telegraphed the
following from Virginia Beach to the
Louisville Courier-Journal: "I have
seen in the Courier-Journal of the 23d a
statement that the managers of the ex?
position have invited Mr. Blaine to open
the ceremonies of our great commercial
and industrial enterprise officially. Asa
citizen and as a Democrat I wish to enter
my earnest protest against this extraor?
dinary proceeding. It is an affront to
every Democrat in Louisville, in Ken?
tucky und in the United States. It will
prove a fatal blow at the exposition.
That the representative of a party organ?
ization in the thick of a hot fight should
be selected for such a purpose will be
and ought to be resented by right-think?
ing people of every shade of political
opinion, and, for my own part, I cannot
repress this prompt expression of a sense
of indignation and outrage."
A Louisville dispatch says: "In re?
sponse to inquiries Col. Bennett H.
Young, president of the Southern Expo?
sition, stated this afternoon that both
Blaine and Cleveland had been invited
to be present at the exposition, but that
neither had been iuvited to 'open' it.
This part of the ceremony will be left to
Gov. Knott. Mr. Watterson's card has
caused a great deal of comment to-day,
hut from what President Youug says, it
would seem thai he has put his foot iu a
mare's nest."
? Governor Cleveland weighs 280
pounds, but for all that he is a splendid
runner. I
The Cotton in the Fields.
New Orleans, August 4.?The report
of the cotton crop of the United States
for the month of July, by the National
Cotton Exchange, is as follows : The
mouth of July has on the whole been
more favorable to the cotton crop, and
has resulted in nu improvement of about
two points, bringing it up to S7 as
against 85 for June and 84 for May. On
the Atlantic seaboard the rainfall was
somewhat excessive, particularly in
South Carolina, and the betterment is
mainly in Georgia. The low tempera?
ture and continued rains during the first
half of the month proved disadvantage?
ous to the crop in North Carolina. In
Alabama the plant has suffered from rain
and deficient cultivation. The crop in
Mississippi has suffered materially. West
of the Mississippi the condition has con?
tinued to advance with timely showers,
but Texas, owing to the protracted
drought, has uot made any progress. In
that great State the situation is now very
critical, for while the plant has stood the
dry weather extraordinarily well, it is
now losiDg ground and suffering for want
of moisture. Fruiting has progressed
very well, considering the backwardness
of the plant, and the fields are in a good
state of cultivation, except in portions of
Alabama and South Carolina and locali?
ties in Mississippi. Over a very large
area the plant is in a critical condition
and liable to unusual damage from ex?
treme weather. In the Atlantic States
and Alabama and parts of Mississippi it
has grown rapidly, is very sappy and
exposed to loss of fruit from hot and dry
spells. In Texas the continuance of the
drought will prove very disastrous.
General showers with considerable inter?
mission of warm sunshine during August
would bring out the crop over nearly tbe
whole belt and go far toward compensat?
ing for the present backwardness. Worms
are reported in a good many counties of
Alabama, but they arc later than last
year and have done uo damage as yet. A
few are also noted in Florida, Louisiana,
! Texas and Georgia, but no special
importance seems to be attached to tbem.
! It is to be said that while the July growth
of the weed has been good over most of
the belt and the lateness has to some ex?
tent been overcome, it is still much
behind, and therefore subject to damage
from an early frost, or even one at an
average date.
In connection with the National Cotton
Exchange crop report for July made up |
from mail advices it may be stated that
during tbe past few days telegrams have
been received in this city from various
points in Texas reporting seasonable
rains in all directions in tbe cotton pro?
ducing sections of that State.
Rain Sends Cotton Down.
For several days past the brokers on
the Cotton Exchange have been earnest?
ly studying the map of Texas. The
speculation in cotton futures has turned
wholly on the weather reports from
Texas. Has it rained in that State, or
has it not? On Tuesday the continued
drought in Texas and the heavy rains in
other sections of tbe South, gave a boom
to cotton values. But on Wednesday
came a report that it "rained seven
hours" at Brenham. Down went cotton.
Then it was said that the report was
false, or at best came from a town in the
piny regions of the Sabiue valley, where
little or no cotton is grown. Up went
cotton again. But it was not disputed
that the rains had fallen in towns of
Louisiana and Arkansas, on the border
of Texas, and yesterday a private tele?
gram said rain bad fallen at Jackson in
that State. Down went cotton, and the
net result of the week's content is a
decline.?New York Sun of Saturday.
A Victim of Drink.
Washington, July 30.?William W.
Culbertson, Republican Representative in
Congress from the Ninth Kentucky Dis?
trict, attempted suicide to day by shoot?
ing himself five times in a room in the
National Hotel. Two of tbe shots were
in the back of tbe bead and depressed
the skull, but did not penetrate the brain.
His chances for recovery are slight He
had been drinking hard recently and to
that is due his present condition, He
went about the deed with great determi?
nation and deliberation. He shipped bis
trunks home to Kentucky, then entered
another room some distance from the one
he had been occupying, fired five sbots
and when he heard search being made
for the locality of the shooting he un?
locked tbe door and streaming with
blood admitted the officers, saying he
waH afraid be bad not been successful,
but he would be another time. He then
collapsed and is now at Providence Hos?
pital, his life hanging by a slender thread.
The Saluda Mills Burned.
Columbia, S. O, August 2.?The
Saluda cotton factory, in Lexington
county, three miles from Columbia, was
burned this afternoon. The fire broke
out in the cupola of the third story.
Eight thousand four hundred spindles
were operated. The mill was running
exclusively on yarns. Loss $150,000 ;
insurance $121,000. The fire is supposed
to have been incendiary.
New Bale at Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., August 4.?The first
bale of the new cotton crop was received
and Fold here to day. It was much cut
and discolored, having been picked green.
It was classed about good ordinary, and
was sold for 10 cents per pound.
? The promises and pledges which
were made in the matter of tariff* reduc?
tion bv the last session of Ihe Forty
seventh Congress, when the tariff com?
mission's bill was crowded through the
conference committee, have fallen far
short of ^he actual result reached by that
measnre. It was stated that the act
would certainly reduce die revenue from
customs from $40,000.000 to $60,000,000
annually, and the Morrison bill was
defeated last session because it was
argued that the Tariff Act of 1883 had
not been in operation long enough forks
effects to bo known. The officers of the
Treasury department are now balancing
the books for the fiscal year just closed,
and the receipts from customs duties at
the principal seaports have been added
up. The result shows a reduction of
only about $19,000,000 from the figures
of 1883, instead of the $60,000,000
promised.
? One of President Arthur's first ap?
pointments was that of steward (a place
with a salary of $1,800 a year and board,)
which he gave to Howard Williams, a
colored man, who had been for many
years the major domo of that epicurean
merchant prince, the Hon. Samuel
Hooper, of Boeton. What be docs not
know about good eating and drinking is
not worth knowing, and he has under
bis orders a French cook named Fortin,
who is a master of the culinary art. The
result has been that instead of ordering
his State dinners from a restaurant by
contract, at $4 a plate, without wine, the
repasts have been prepared in the White
House kitchens and pantries, at a cost,
including wines, of nearly $10 per head,
fifty guests partaking of each repast.
Mr. Charles Eden, of Trinidad, Colorado,
says : Seeing certificates of the wonderful
cures made by Brewer's Lung Restorer, I
was induced to try it on my little son, who
was troubled with lung or throat affection,
pronounced by one physician consumption.
It acted wonderfully on him. and by the
time lie had taken one bottle of it the
cough disappeared. I am now on a visit to
my parents in Georgia, hut will return in a
few days to my home and will take some
of the Lung Restorer with mc. 36
KENTUCKY
CAXE MILL, Excelsior Cider Mill and
Feed Cutters, for salo bv
A. B. TOWERS.
NOTICE TO
ROAD OVERSEERS.
Office of County Commissioners,
Anderson S. C, Aug. 4th, 1884.
YOU are hereby notified to warn out
the hands on your respective sec?
tions and put the Public Roads in Ander?
son County in good traveling condition by
or before September the first.
Special attention is called to the removal
of all loose rock Irora the road.
An}' failure to observe this notice will be
dealt with according to law.
R. S. BAILEY.
JOHN H. JONES,
JOHN A. REEVES,
Countv Commissioners for Anderson.
August'7, 1884_4_l__
POCKET BOOK LOST.
LOST, between Anderson C. H. and Pel
zer Factory, on Monday evening,
August 4, a Pocket Book containing about
five or six dollars, and between three and
four hundred dollars worth of Notes and
other papers. Any one returning the Book
and contents to the Intelligencer Office
can have all the money contained in it, or
any one leaving the Kotes and papers will
be rewarded.
G. W. FARMER.
August 7, 1884_4_1
FRESH TURNIP SEED.
LANDRETH'S Fresh Turnip Seed for
sale by A. B. TOWERS.
August 7,1884_4_
READ THIS.
MY assortment of Goods is as complete
as any other house for this season of
the year, and I will be pleased tj show my
Goods to all persons wishing to buy.
A. B. TOWERS,
No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C.
August 7, 1884_4_
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
IHAVE a large stock of SHOES and
BOOTS?pegged Shoes, T. Miles &
Sons and Bay State?which I am selling at
low down prices. Ladies' Shoes from 75c.
to $3.50 per pair; Mens' Shoes from $1.25
to $5 00; pegged Shoes and T. Miles &
Sons Mens' Shoes at cost. Bay State Shoes
warranted. Give me a call if you want
Shoes. Hats arc still going. Come and
get a Hat before they are all gone.
A. 13. TOWERS.
Angus). 7, 1S84_4_
SUNDRIES
IHAVE Wheat Bran, best Flour, choice
N. 0. Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, and
the Best Tea in the market.
A good assortment of Hardware and
Nails. A few pieces Muslin at cost for
cash. Calico, Homespun, Casbmaret for
Summer coats and pants; Cottonade, the
best made; and many other things too
tedious to mention. Call and see me, as I
am selling Goods at reduced prices to suit
themonev market. A. B. TOWERS.
August 7, 1884 _4_
"VTOTICE TO CREDITORS.
-1_N All persons having claims against
the Estate of Mrs. Sarah Tucker, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly proven, to the undersigned, within the
time prescribed by law.
JOHN W. DANIELS, Adm'r.
July 31. 1884_3_3_
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the Estate of DeJarnett Tucker, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them,
properly proven, to the undersigned within
the time prescribed by law.
JOHN W. DANIELS, Adm'r.
July 31, 1884_3_' 3
FARM FOR SALE.
MRS. E. J. TRIBBLE, of Martin town?
ship, offers her valuable Farm, con?
taining 319 acres, for sale. It lies around
First Creek Church, and is in a fine state
of cultivation, with productive bottom
lands. There is also a valuable undevel?
oped water-power on the place. Good
dwelling-house and outhouses. Will be
offered for sale up to September 1. For
further particulars apply on premises.
July 24, 1884_2_3_
$8r Best Combs at Orr & Sloan's.
LAND FOR SALE.
BY virtue of the Will of Samuel Bowen,
deceased, I will sell at Anderson C.H.,
S. C, on SALEDAY IN SEPTEMBER,
1884, the following described Real Estate,
to wit:
All that TRACT OF LAND, containing
about one hundred and eleven acre*, more
or lesB, situate in Ccntreville township, in
Anderson County, in Sonth Carolina, about
five miles from Anderson 0. H , adjoining
lands of M. B. Hcnibrec, Martha Wa? m
and John Marlin, und being the >id
whereon Sarah M. Bowen, deceased, lately
resided. Flat of same will brcxhihited on
day of sale.
Terms of Sale?The whole of the pur?
chase money to be paid on 1st December,
1884.
Possession will be given on 1st January,
1885.
Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers.
JAMES WEBB,
Administrator with the Will annexed.
July 31, 18S4 3 5
~-S3i-' Cheapest Lamps at Orr it Sloan's.
ANDERSON
MILITARY SCHOOL
ANDERSON, S. C.
rHE Exercises of this School will begin
on Monday. Sept. 1, 1854.
The year is divided into two Sessions of
Twenty Weeks each. Tuition, per Session,
88.00 to $1S.00. Board, including fuel,
$12.00 per month.
We will employ for next Session a Teach?
er of German, French and Military Tactics.
Special attention will be given to small
boys.
Deductions made for all public funds re?
ceived.
For Catalogue, giving terms, iSsc, apply
to
W. J. LIGON, I prin?;n(l,a
H. G. REED, 'Principals.
July 31,1884_3_2m
iS3Jl- Purest Medicines at Oir & Sloan's
BUGGIES, BUGGIES!
IF YOU WANT A
First Class JBxifggy,
Buy the Columbus Buggy from
J. S. FOWLER,
Anderson, S. C.
June 12, 1884 48 3m
A.. W. TODD,
ARCHITECT,
ANDERSON, - - S. G,
BL\.S decided to drop the Building busi?
ness, and devote his whole attention to
furnishing PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS
and Superintending the construction of all
kinds of Private and Public Buildings.
lie will also order, on short commissions,
all kinds of Building Mat8ri.il.
Correspondence solicited.
June 1U, 1884_40_3m
~NEW LINE TO CHARLESTON.
THE Atlantic Coast Line is now run?
ning, in connection with the C. & G.
R. R., a fast line between Charleston and
the up-conntry, upon which the time is
quicker and the accommodations better
than on any other line. Its schedule is as
follows:
ooinu east.
Leave Walhalla. 9:00 a. m.
Anderson.10:45 a. m.
Greenwood.12:59 p. m.
Columbia. 5:30 p. m.
Arrive Charleston. 9:55p.m.
UOINfl WEST.
Leave Charleston. S:10 a. in.
Arrive Columbia.12:55 p. m.
Greenwood. 4:53 p. m.
Anderson.(3:58 p. m.
Walhalla. 8:53 p. in.
Try the new route. See that your lic'tets
read via Lanes and Snmter.
T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l t'aa. Agt.
J. F. Divine, Gen'l Snpt.
July 31, 1884 3
STONE MOUNTAIN, OA.
THE LITTLE GEORGIA BAR
Having secured the SOLE RIGHT to sell the
Celebrated Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey,
nal
purposes, or any other purpose, for there is not a single Drug Store or Bar in the To
that keepi .Stone Mountain Whiskey. Consequently, there is none so good as the
Geun'iuJ Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Remember, that the only
place you can get Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey is at the LITTLE GEOEGIA BAR. 2Ji
F. M. BUTLER, Proprietor.
July r.l, 1884_3_Cm
L^.J .. _ ?_J_ -._B . . _.I-?
The Twenty-Fourth Annual Statement of the
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
HENRY B. HYPE, President.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1883.
Amovnt or Ledger Assets, January 1, 1883.$45,529,581 54
INCOME.
Premium;.,.$10,727,547 90
Interest, He:its and realized Net Profit on Investments and
on Seles of Real Estate. . 2,743,023 72 13,470,571 68
The net rentals of the Society's buildings, giving no credit 58.000,153 22
for the pa i occupied by the Society in its business (which in the
case of ti e New York building is about one-third the entire
space in the building) yields, after deducting taxes and all
expenses of maintenance, an income larger than can be re?
alized on a Government Bond.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Claims bj Death and Matured Endowments. $3.410,614 97
Dividend.!, Surrender Values, and Annuities. 2,006,099 94
Discounted Endowments. 143,455 75
TOTAL :'AID POLICY-HOLDERS . $6,461,070 66
Dividend on Capital. 7,000 CO
Commissi oi:3, Advertising, Postage and Exchange. 1,019,156 66
General Expenses. 973,616 0G
State, Cpi.niy and City Taxes.? 107,060 11 8,567,903 49
Net Cash Assets, December 31,1883.$50,432,249 73
ASSETS* "
Bonds an 1 Mortgages.*..$13,072,941 20
New York Real Estate, including the Equitable Building
and purchases under foreclosure. 5,819,817 08
United S'ate Stocks, State Stocks, City Stocks, and Stocks
authcri.:ed by the Laws of the State of New York. 15,341,915 12
Loans secured by Bonds and Stocks (Market Value $10,698,
652 00). 8,199,000 00
Real Estate outside the State of New Pork, including pur
chasej under foreclosure and Society's Buildings in oth?
er cities. 3,627,515 66
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies, at interest. (A large
portion of this amount was in transit and has since been
invested,). 3,979.998 38
Commuted Commissions. 112,545 15
Due from Agents on account of premiums. 278,517 14 50,432,249 73
Market value of Stocks and Bonds over cost. 765,653 53
Interest ant; Rents due and accrued. 451,350 44
Premium.'- due and in process of collection (less premiums paid in ad?
vance $13,349 00). 446,125 00
Deferred Premiums. 935,203 00
Total Assi.ta December 31,1883.-.$03,030,581 70
Total Li iihuties, including legal Reserve for reassurance of all exist?
ing pf'UViea (Four per cent. Standard). 43,914,612.44
Total Undivided Surplus.$ 9,116,969 26
Upon tl e New York State Standard ot 4J per cent, in
tt:e. t, the Surplus is.$12,109,756 79
Of wliifti the proportion contributed (as computed) by
B.lhies in general class, is. 6,420,523 79
Of wl.ic l the proportion contributed (as computed) by
P >lijies in Tontine class, is.'.. 5,689,233 00
New Assu.ancc written in 1883. $ 81,129,756 00
Total Out Ending Assurance. 275,160,588 Ot
Increase of Premium Income.$1,805,178 88
Increase of Surplus.$1,451,082 32
Increase of Assets.$5,004,830 84
GEO. T. G. WHITE, Southern Manager.
B. FRANK MAULDIN, Agent, Anderson, S. C.
July 24, If 84 2 6
THE
DRUG STORE
MOVED!
HILL BROS.
Have moved their Drug Store
To McCully's Corner,
(The Stand formerly occupied
by Smith & Co,,)
Where thty will be glad to see their friends
and i he public generally when in
want of anything in
their line.
July 31, 1?S4
SPECIAL NOTICE!
OWING t?. the scarcity of money we
take this opportunity of informing the
trading pul li : that we have put down the
prices of all ?f our Goods to the bottom,
and can oft r >onie Special Bargains in our
line for the Cash.
We will St 11 you our Hats and Shoes
about a . cost, and can give you a
good variet' to select from.
All othe ? articles in proportion. Price
them and s e Tor yourself.
W. S. LIGOX & CO.
j?rfir Dai id Crockett said "Be sure you
are right ai d Mien go ahead," and it "every?
body now vo'ild do the same thing, they
would buy all their Medicines from Orr
& Sloan.
Bes Brtibhes at Orr & Sloan's.
Best Horse & Cattle Powders at
Orr & Sloan's.
German Carp?Mirror and
Tull Scale.
ALL persons desiring Carp Fish that will
spawn next year can he supplied by
the undersigned with 1-year olds, 10 to 12
inches long at 50c?less than 10inches, 40c
Also, have plenty of this season's hatching
for 10c. each. Parties coming for large fish
will bring large transportation cans. Ap?
ply to J. B. HALL,
Near Storeville, S. G, and
Fir ? Creek Church.
June 26, 1884 50 3m
BARGAIN COUNTER.
IHAVE a lot of Women's Shoes, not
Bay State, that I will sell at 50c, 75c
and $1.00 per pair for cash, which is less
than cost. Also, a line of Hats at cost and
less, to close out stock of Hats. I have
some Hats on which I must have a email
profit. Give me a call and see my bargains
for cash. A. B. TOWERS.
June 5, 1884_47_
^SB_ Orr & Sloan, Prescription Druggist*.
C. H. ORR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANDERSON, S. C.
WILL practice in the Courts of the
Eighth Circuit. Prompt attention
given to all business.
Office?TJp-stairs, over National Bank.
July 3,1884 51 Gm
NEW CROP
TURNIP SEED
? AND ?
FRUIT JARS
? AT ?
SIMPSON, REID & CO.'S,
WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER.
July 10, 1884 49
J. A. DANIELS.
OU cannot afford to use common Spec?
tacles, made with iron frames, and se: with
cheap pressed lenses, with irregular, un?
polished surfaces, and cone out of centre,
when for a little more you can get a nice
steel, elastic, blue frame, with patent silver
nose-piece, (to adjust the cone in front of
the sight,) and will not: rust. King's
frames are set with pure white ground,
regular, polished surface lenses, with cone
in centre. These Spectacles will preserve
the eye from decay, by supplying it with
the exact, perfect "magnifying power that
nature has lost, thus preventing the invol?
untary strain that adds damage to weak?
ness of the most sensitive and valuable
member of the human body.
Fitting the Spectacles is QUITE IMPOR?
TANT. After trying on a number of Spec?
tacles, the customer's vision is so confused
he cannot judge right. I have a Patent
Optomiter, (or eye measurer,) that will get
the exact focus at once. Dr. Holland writes
me:
"My wife suffered a long time with head?
ache, by the involuntary strain on the optic
nerve, and King's Spectacles promptly re?
lieved it. (Signed) S. N. Holland."
Spectacles hhotild b? used as soon as their
aid will prevent straining the eye, ji.st as a
crutch is used to prevent strain on a sprain?
ed ankle. Economy says get the ''Best of
Everything," especially of Spectacles. If
light'hurta the eye, or you are inclined to
squint the eye, or if the eye is sore, get
smoked glasses.
N. B.?Any one using King's Spectacles,
and are not satisfied with them, will please
return them to
J. A. DANIELS.
July 24, 18S4 2