The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 23, 1885, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THTJB8DAY, APRIL 23. 1885.
TERMS:
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SIX MONTHS._ 75e.
Two Dollar* if not paid In advance.
? Gen. Lawton has declined the Russian
mission. His appointment, was decided
on at a Cabinet meeting on Saturday,
and he was notified of it, but sent a tele?
gram thanking , the President for the
honor and begging leave'to decline.
War between Engl and and Russia is
now regarded as almost inevitable. The
Southern farmer had better prepare for
it by making cotton bis crop for revenue
only. Eaise corn, peas, vegetables and
meat at home, so that if cotton goes
down to seven cents per pound, as it
probably will, we can live at home, and
await the better times that are sure to
: -ibllowthe war.
The Postmaster General has appointed
Tom Hamilton, the colored member of
the Legislature of. this State, who in 1876
stood squarely by the Democrats in the
great Hampton-Chamberlain contest, to
the position of a route agent between
Charleston, S. C, and Jacksonville, Flor-1
ida. This is a recognition of the colored
Democrats by the present administration, I
and shows that the senseless fear which I
the colored man bas been taught to en-1
tertain of mistreatment at the hands of
the Democratic party had no foundation, I
except in the malice of place-hunting
Republicans..
The Greenville News says : "We crave I
the. pardon of the Anderson Intelli
gencee for having inadvertently stated
that the Savannah Valley railroad is un?
completed because its projectors waited
for aid:from Charleston. We believe it j
' was the Atlantic and French Broad Val- j
ley enterprise we intended to speak of.
There are so many artificial upheavals
of the earth with names as long as a
man's leg over in Anderson and Abbe?
ville that we sometimes get mixed.
There are the Savannah Valley; the
Atlantic and French Broad Valley; the
Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago;
the Greenwood, Spartanburg & Laarens; j
. the Aiken, Trenton & Edgefield, and
; Gen. Hagocd only knows how many j
more. Somebody ought to make an in?
dexed catalogue of them and publish it
in volumes like an encyclopedia." In I
- addition to these, our contemporary has
to keep in mind innumerable embryo
schemes which radiate from Greenville,
and are enough to confuse the most ac?
complished editor. It would, however
be a simplification to classify all these
schemes under two heads: first, roads on I
the ground, and second, roads on paper. I
In the first class one's memory would
only be burdened by the Savannah Val
ley Railroad, and the Encyclopedia
could be referred to in case any of the
other measures was "inder comment. j
MOKE PREDICTIONS.
The Greenville Newt quotes from the
Intelligencer of last week, and com?
ments as follows:
If Governor Thompson wants to be
Governor again we predict that he will
easily succeed himself.?Anderson Intelli- j
'r. geneer. j
.'-'.I-' If"Governor Thompson wants to be
Governor again, we predict that he will
not succeed himself, easily or any other
way.- Now. I
' There is nothing easier than prediction,
esteemed contemporary. We never al
low anybody to surpass us in the predict?
ing business. It requires no capital. |
Our contemporary is right in asserting
that it requires no capital to engage in
the predicting business, and this probably
accounts for the fact that two rural pa?
pers, like the News and the Intelligen -
? Geb, are enabled at this financially dry
season of the year to Indulge in such J
amusements. It is a cheap diversion, it j
'is true, but it is nevertheless a much j
sorer test of the accuracy of one's judg-1
ment than to allow events to transpire,
and then assert that one knew it would
be so. The Intelligences is always
careful that its predictions shall represent
the actual belief of its Editor, and,
therefore, it frequently is surpassed in
its predicting capacity by our more j
knowing contemporaries, and cannot!
attempt to keep pace with them, because
we like to be able at the solution of the
problem to be able to tell our frieuds,
"We told you so," as it has been our
privilege to do in several important in
. stances. Inasmuch as we have stated
in the prediction business with oar con?
temporary as to the next governorship of
this State, we will not only stand by the
prediction we have made that Governor
Thompson will succeed himself, if he
wishes to do so, but we will even go
further, and predict that he will carry
both Edgefield and Greenville Counties
in the . nominating Convention, the
Greenville News and the appointment of
a Clerk of Court for Edgefield County to
the contrary notwithstanding. The peo?
ple of South Carolina know a good offi?
cer when they have one, and are always
ready and willing to uphold him in the
conscientious discharge of his duty.
THE CHARLESTON COLLECTORS HIP,
There is a very aggressive and bitter
contest being waged for the Collectorship
of the port of Charleston. There were I
originally three applicants for the posi?
tion?Mr. A. H. Mowry, Capt. Legare J.
Walker, and Gen. John L>. Kennedy.
The Congressional delegation from the
State endorsed Mr. Mowry. At this the
friends of Capt. Walker were greatly
disappointed, and rallied for an opposi?
tion to the Congressional recommenda- [
tion. In pursuance of this purpose a
delegation of businessmen from Charles?
ton, accompanied-by Capt. Walker, went
to Washington in the interest of their
man. The correspondent of the New j
York Herald, giving an account of the
delegation's visit to Washington, says:
"A South Carolina delegation which
called on President Cleveland to-day
raised a novel point in the matter of the
distribution of Federal patronage. The
delegation consisted of business men from
Charleston representing the commercial
organizations of that city. They ?vere
accompanied by Senators Hampton and
Butler, who, however, were only present
to introduce them, taking no part in the
interview farther than that. The spokes?
man of the delegation informed the
President that the Congressional delega?
tion of South Carolina had endorsed Mr.
A. H. Howry, for the position of Collec?
tor of the port of Charlestou. This they
called to protest against. They said that
in their opinion the time had come when
politics should be separated from impor?
tant Federal positions of this character,
and they wanted the good work of reform
inaugurated in South Carolina. They
said the duties of the office required a
man thoroughly informed in commercial
rather than political matters. For the
place they recommended Capt. Legare J.
Walker, a business man. The two Sena?
tors stood by and heard the severe things
that were cast at politicians without say?
ing a word in reply. Previous to going
to the White House the delegation had a
similar talk with Secretary Manning.
Both officials recognized the importance
as well as novelty of points made and
argued, and said that their recommenda?
tions would have the fullest considera?
tion." .
The News and Courier, commenting on
this commnnication, says: ,
We are requested by the gentlemen
who recently visited Washington in the
interest of Mr. Legare J. Waiter to state
that no allusion whatever was made to
the Congressional delegation in their
interviews with President Cleveland and
Secretary Manning, and that the Herald
correspondent was incorrectly informed.
It will, therefore, appear that the
friends of Capt. Walker, while not allud?
ing to the congressional delegation, did
place their advocacy of Capt. Walker
upon the basis of business men against
politicians. To outsiders this fight is an
amusing one, particularly as it is to be
fought upon the line of business men
against the politicians. If there are any
more politicians supporting Mr. Mo wry
than are backing Capt. Walker, we would
like to see the list. Capt. Walker him?
self holds a State office, and now wants
a Federal office. Mr. Mowry holds no
office, but wants one. It appears to us,
therefore, to be a fight between a politi?
cian who has one office, but wants a bet?
ter one, and a politician who has no
office, but wants one. The fact that the
representative in Congress favors a par?
ticular applicant is no evidence against
that applicant, at least. In the present
instance, there is evidently a bitter feel?
ing between the Mowry and Walker
factions, and it would be good policy for
the President to ignore both of them,
and appoint some new man who has no
friends to ?ward and no enemies to pun?
ish for parts taken in this struggle. A
man from outside of the city of Charles?
ton would probably be fairest to both
factious in Charleston, and most impar?
tially represent the General government
there. We would like to see General
John D. Kennedy made Collector of the
port of Charleston. His conspicuous
services to the Democratic party, and his
ability and abundant qualification for
the office, would, we believe, make his
appointment acceptable to the people of
the State. This office is not a local one,
bat possesses interest for the Geueral
government. The sentiment of the
whole State, therefore, ought to be
consulted in making this appointment,
just as the whole State should be in mak?
ing the selection of a District Attorney
or Collector of Internal Revenue, and if
the people of the State were making the
appointment there can be no doubt, we
take it. that Gen. Kennedy would be
preferred to either of the other gentle?
men named for the place. Gen. Kennedy
has sacrificed his time and contributed
hi* abilities and liberally of his means
in every campaign since 1876 to the cause
of Democracy in this State. His services
have been valuable and conspicuons, and
we think tht- best solution that can be
made of the right for the Collectorship
would be to name him for the post. His
nomination would, we believe, please
more of the citizens of South Carolina
than that of any man spoken of for the
position.
HE COMMITTED NO CRIME.
The declination of Geo. Lawton of
the appointment to the Russian mission
is considerate, and was prompted doubt?
less by a desire to relieve the embarrass?
ment of the Administration to which the
appointment has given rise, and is the
manifestation of those feelings of deli?
cacy which always characterize men of
fine feelings and sensibilities like Gen.
Lawton. We think Gen. Lawton is
correct in declining the appointment,
for with great deference for the learned
gentlemen who hold a different opinion,
we believe Gen. Lawton is ineligible.
Under the theory of the Union of States,
which we think the true one as matters
existed before the war, any State which
was a party to the compact of Union had
a right to withdraw from that Union.
The citizens of the seceding States com?
mitted no crime in obeying the behest of
the States to which they owed allegiance,
and committing no crime they were not
the subject of Presidential amnesty.
The Southern States were conquered in
the great struggle which followed seces?
sion, and at the close of the war were
nothing more nor less than conquered
provinces of the United States. The!
conquering power saw fit t"? restore those !
provinces to the position of States of the
Union upon the terms imposed by the
amendments to the Constitution and the
reconstruction Acts. In these they pro?
vide that certain citizens of Beceding
States should be disqualified from hold?
ing office under the new government,
except such as should have their disa?
bilities removed by Act of Congress.
The President's pardon was valueless, in
in our view, for no crime had been com?
mitted to be pardoned. The States who
left the Union had only exercised a
right, but in exercising this right had
caused a resort to arms which resulted in
converting them into conquered provin?
ces.
These provinces were restored to the
position of States in the Union upon
such terms as the conquerors dictated.
Under those terms, Gen. Lawton, among
thousands of Confederates who had com?
mitted no crime, was placed under cer?
tain disabilities, which could only be re?
moved by Act of CoDgress. These dis?
abilities were arbitrary, but they were
potent and haye never been removed;
therefore, it seems clear to us that Gen.
Lawton was ineligible to hold any office
under the general government. We do
not see bow any Southern mm can take
any other view of this question without
casting an imputation of dishonor upon
the South. The result of the war has
changed the whole theory and obligation
of our Union. It is now a stronger gov?
ernment, and has binding claims upon
the individual citizen, and to resist its
orocess or seek by secession or by sedi?
tion to dissolve it, would be treason.
That would be a crime which the Presi?
dent could pardon, but we apprehend
that there will be no self-respecting
Southern man who believes he commit?
ted a crime in obeying his State in 1860-1.
WHO ARE THE CREOLES?
Mit. Editob : Will you be kind enough
to inform us through your valuable paper
who the "Creoles" of New Orleans are,
their ancestors, origin, &c. The subject
has been much discussed by our people
of late, and as there is a difference of
opinion as to their ancestry, you will
please give us what information you may
possess on the subject.
Respectfully,
Enquibeb.
In reply to the question of "Enquirer"
as to who are the Creoles, we can make
no better answer than to quote the article
of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, the high?
est authority on the subject. It says:
Creole (Spanish, Oriollo), is a term
which primarily was used to denote an
inhabitant of the Spanish colonies who
was descended from the European settlers,
as distinquished from the aborigines, the
negroes and mulattoes. It is now more
loosely employed, the name being fre
Juently applied to a native of the West
ndies, whose descent is partly but not
entirely European. A part of the color?
ed population of Cuba are at times des?
ignated Creole negroes, in contradistinc?
tion to those who were brought direct
from Africa. The creole whites, owing
to the enervating influence of the climate,
are not a robust race, but exhibit an ele?
gance of gait and a suppleness of joint
that are rare among Europeans.
Blue Ridge Railroad Taxes.
Mb. Editob : As you know something
abont law as well as other things, please
allow me to ask a question: Is there
any Buch thing as equal rights spoken of
or alluded to in the law-books ? and if I
so, why is the law not enforced or applied
to all men alike ? Is it the fault of the
law, or the fault of the officers of the
law ? If it is the latter, I will be sorry
to hear it. Look at the Constable on to
the remotest corner of the County after
that poor fellow who does not own a
thing in the world, but unfortunately has
a bead, and on that he must and shall
pay a tax. I believe that is what they j
call it?yes, that's it, tax?-and have it
he will, if it takes a whole month. Got
to pay it or leave the country, for our
free negroes have to be educated, and if
you are a poor fellow you have to help
elevate them. For what? Will some?
body answer that question?for what ?
I hope to be excused for getting oil the
subject, for that public school fund is
always in front of me as the grandest
imposition unjustly forced on a white
people the world ever knew.
Now to the point. The next start our
Constable makes I hope he will bring up
the Bine Bidge Bailroad?at least that
part in Anderson County that has not
paid tax in ten years. Oh, no I not in
ten years! No, sir. That is a corpora?
tion?a rich thing. Big men own that
thing. Why don't they pay tax ? Well,
it was not convenient, and they went to
our Representatives (I don't mean those
we have now, who beat us to the jug,)
with a big cock and bull story, and asked
them to stay the taxes for ten years; and
of course when such prominence, such
dignity and eloquence requests anything
it must be, will be, and always is granted.
(But all the overtures and promises the
poor poll taxer can make are not listened
to for one minute,) The time of exemp?
tion or ten years stay expired, I think, in
the year 1884. Now, in the ten years
the taxes on the road due this County
amount to about eleven thousand dollars.
Now, Messrs. officers of the law?I mean
you tax officers?why don't you collect
this money or tell us the reason ? If the
owners of the Blue Ridge Railroad can
get out of paying taxes, then I think the
County has the same right, and ought to
take advantage of it. I want that money
collected, and done at once, to pay for
our Savannah Valley Road. It would
help us. The Blue Ridge Road, or rather
the owners, have used our money (and
directly against our interests) long
enough. I want it now. Let us help
our friends, not our enemies?that is,
after we help ourselves.
_Peep.
The Rebellion in Manitoba.
In a few days the Canadian troops
now advancing against the half-breeds
under Riel and their Indian allies will
reach the principal centre of the insur?
rection on the Saskatchewan, in the
Northwest territory. The troops are
marching in three divisions with the in?
tention of surrounding the half-breeds
and forcing their surrender. Since the
first fight, when the border police were
worsted and a number of lives lost, there
has been no serious conflict, but the In?
dians are hovering near the stockade
forts at Battleford, Fort Pitt and Prince
Albert?all of which are closely besieged
?and are maltreating the outlying set?
tlers, plundering their farms and driving
off their stock. Riel and his half-breeds
appear to be concentrated near Duck
Lake. Tbey have thrown out scouts to
watch the approaching troops, who are
getting so close to Riel's position that
skirmishes, it is reported, may occur at
any moment. If the plans of Gen.
Middleton, as arranged with Cols. Irvine
and Crozier, are successfully carried out,
the rebels will find themselves hemmed
in the course of the next few days, and
must either give battle or break up into
small bodies and disappear. If a fight
should occur it is believed that it will be
a desperate one, for the half-breeds are
well trained in arms, and, like all fron?
tiersmen, are good shots. It is not be?
lieved, however, that they can stand
long against the forces sent against them,
but it is one thing to put down the re?
bellion and another to restoro that wild
Northwestern region to peace. That the
half breeds, from whom the lands on
which they Had squatted bave been taken
in part and thrown open to other settlers,
have grievances that ought to be re?
dressed, seems to be very generally con?
ceded, and, also, that some of the tribes
of Indians have been badly treated.
The probability, therefore, is that the re?
bellion will end in a compromise where?
by possession of the lands bordering the
river, along which the half breeds had
strung their farms, will be restored to
them in a somewhat modified but still
reasonably satisfactory form. The last
Riel rebellion ended in a compromise
and a grant of amnesty to himself and
his followers. Such another compromise
whould probably be the easiest way out
of the difficulty.
? Horse flesh is so common in the
butchers' stalls at Manchester, England,
and is ?o often sold as beef for food to
the poor, that it has been found necessary
to take civil action in the matter to pre?
vent further imposition of the kind.
More than 100 horses a week are slaugh?
tered for the purpose in the one city.
The European Situation.
London, April 18.? Prospects of peace
may be delusive. Many experienced
diplomats entertain a fair conviction that
an apparent truce is taken by England
merely to get proper breath for effective
action. The firmness with wbich Glad?
stone makes his public statements, and
thecold, calculating exactness with which
he phrases his utterances, all tend to
convince those who know the premier
well that he has determined upon a
policy which, no matter how surprising
it may be when announced, will by no
means be one of retrogression.
Gladstone has made some retreats du?
ring his ministry, but he has always, on
these occasions, betrayed himself by
indecision and unevenness in his parlia?
mentary statements. To all interroga?
tories in the house of commons during
the past week he has presented the very
perfection of firmness in his replies.
Where a questioner desired to know
something which the government were
not ready to confide to the public, Glad?
stone has straightforwardly refused to
give information, and has plainly based
his refusal on public policy.
In nearly every other case the liberal
leader has been frank to his constituents,
fair to his opponents and unimpassioned
and truthful toward the Russians. It is
admitted even by the premier's enemies
that his conduct has been like that of a
man strong in fore knowledge about
results, like that of a man managing well
a case with many ugly features. Glad?
stone appears to have bis entire case in
hand, seems to be unembarrassed by
prospects and undoubtedly has the full
sympathy and co-operation of hie entire
cabinet. As a sporting man states it,
"Gladstone is playing a wailing game
and knows all the cards ?" It would ap?
pear from all this that the premier has
another conp de theatre prepared for the
next week's vote of credit day. Hence
although all surface indications warrant
the statement that the prospect is one of
peace, the only description of the actual
situation which can be given as literally
accurate is contained in the statement,
"the situation is practically unchanged."
Of course such a statement is rather
oracular, but so is the situation, for no
one outside of the cabinet seems to know
just what it is. It may be set down as
absolutely true that the rise and fall of
war talk during the ten days past has
been largely due to speculative money
interested in making sales or purchases.
Colored Patriotism.
Washington, D. C, April 17.?A
delegation of colored men from Virginia
called upon the President to-day to pre?
sent a petition asking him to appoint to
position in their State men who would
not use their offices for political purposes.
The President received them cordially,
and in reply to their representations
said:
"I have listened with much interest to
the words in which you have addressed
me, and I am glad to learn that you are
determined to claim only the .rights and
privileges of citizens by the proper per?
formance of your duties as such citizens.
It has been said that eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty. I desire to remind
you of this and to say that the vigilance
to which I refer is based upon that intel?
ligence and thoughtful consideration
which induces you to see and apprehend
things that point to your interests as cit?
izens, and to gain a knowledge of these
things in your own way and without
being blindly led or cunningly deceived,
and when this is fully accomplished the
day will come which I, for one, will be
glad to see, when something better than
race or color will divide the political
action of those who are citizens of the
United States."
Delegates to the African Methodist
Zion Conference which has been in ses?
sion in this "city called upon President
Cleveland to-day. They were cordially
received by the President. Prof. How?
ard Day delivered an address on behalf
of the delegates in which he said that
they were not politicians or seekers of
official place, but men interested in what?
ever concerns men, and especially desi?
rous that in this country there may be
good government for even the poorest
and most depressed of its citizens. He
said that as religion teaches they realized
the importance of their seeking by well
ordered lives to meet the expectations of
their friends, and he said that they are
striving in their church and school work
to carry out this idea. He referred to
the extent of the Methodist Church and
school work among the colored people in
the United States, Canada, West Indies
and Africa, and said :
"This extended working church comes
to-day to congratulate the President upon
his election. Some of our men voted for
him. But, voting for or against him, we
recognize the fact that be is President?
not of a party merely?but of a Nation.
For the first time in many years we
cheerfully pay our respects to a President
who is a Democrat. We believe him to
be a Democrat in the true sense of that
term. We trust the President. We
have asked and will ask our people to
trust him."
Continuing, he said the Democracy of
the present was of that character "which
asks nothing but what it concedes, noth?
ing but what it demands," which is de?
structive only to despotism, and the sole
conservator of liberty, labor and prosper?
ity, law, of equal rights and obligation.
"To such a President," he said, "we
pledge our support and earnest prayers
that his life may be preserved and his
heart strengthened to maintain his earn?
est purposes."
The President responded substantially
as follows:
"Bishop Day and the gentlemen of the
Conference:
"I am very much pleased to see you
here, and am exceedingly gratified with
the address which has just been deliv?
ered. I am glad to know that this goodly
number represents such a large portion
of my fellow-citizens, belonging to a
particular race. As religious teachers
your mission is a most important one,
and one which cannot bo ignored, and
should not be under-estimated by the
Chief Magistrate of the Nation nor by
any other person holding official place.
In church and in Sunday school are
taught religion, good morals, honesty
and proper regard for established author?
ity, all of which are exceedingly neces?
sary to good citizenship. You have seen
fit to refer to the Democratic party to
which I belong. My conception of
Democratic principles embraces equal
rights and privileges to all who are citi?
zens of the United States, and I am glad
to know that in the endeavor to enforce*
such a principle, I shall have your con?
fidence and support. I am pleased to-,
greet you and take you by the hand."
? A Maine teamster says: "I can
start the most obstinate horse by taking'
him out of the shafts and leading him
around in a circle until he is giddy."
Tying a white handkerchief to the horse's
se's Tore-leg, just above the hoof, will
answer the same purpose. The balking
horse should be treated gently. His
mind needs diverting. Whipping him,
cursing him, throwing dust in his eyes?
those are the expedients of ignoramuses
or ruffians. !
? President Cleveland's reform is con?
tagious. General Sherman now declines
to take dead-head circus tickets. Anent
this and in contrast to it, a correspon?
dent say-;: "All the circus companies
that have come here for years have re?
ceived so regular a request from General
Sherman for tickets that tbey have got
into the habit of sending tickets without
waiting for the request. General Sher?
man generally asked for from fifty to
seventy-five tickets. He said the chil?
dren and servants of the numerous mem?
bers of his staff as well as his own ser?
vants could not be provided for with a
smaller number.
Cleveland and tiie South.
Washington, April 14.?A distin?
guished visitor of the President to-day
called to his notice the record of most of
the Federal appointees in the South, and
the urgent necessity for the summary
removal of those who have violated every
principle of civil service reform in using
their offices for the basest partisan pur?
poses. The President was informed that
the people of the South had prayed for
aud struggled for the election of a Dem?
ocratic President more in the hope and
belief that they would be relieved of the
bad officers who had been set over them
than for any other reason. The South,
he said, was disappointed and dissatisfied
that the President had not up to this
time shown auy signs of a purpose to
come to its aid in this respect. The
President replied that he thoroughly
understood and appreciated all that had
been said, and that he was anxious to
turn his attention to such a grave and
important object, as he regarded it, as
soon as possible. "But," he continued,
"my time is so entirely occupied that I
have been absolutely unable to attend to
several matters which I look upon as
imperatively urgent and pressing." The
President said that when the Senate
adjourned he had been under the im?
pression that he would have more leisure,
but such was not the case, as the Senators
were still here, and he was compelled to
devote as much time to them as ever.
He said the consideration of the diplo?
matic appointments had required long
and careful attention, and he was happy
that this work was comparatively dis?
posed of, or at all events the appoint?
ments remaining to be made could be
determined upon much more expeditious
ly. It was his purpose as soon as Sena?
tors and others who had claims on his
time shall go away to take up and act
upon, not only the matter which bis
visitor had at heart, but all others, which
had been necessarily delayed, and it
would be his aim to give to the people of
the South reputable, honest and efficient
officials.
Hanging Over Niagara.
Buffalo, April 13.?John Waugh,
ex-Mayor of Niagara Falls, Ont., who
has been in failing health of late, walked
out on the railway suspension bridge
from that place yesterday afternoon,
climbed over tbo railing and hung from
one of the iron girders underneath the
bridge with both hands, 160 feet above
the rocks near the waters edge. Some
friends ran out on the bridge expecting
to see his body dashed to pieces on the
rocks below, but the unfortunate man
repented and held on for dear life to the
iron girders, calling for assistance. Three
young men, named K>rr, Howe and Gil
lespie, ran to his aid, and by bracing
themselves with their legs and leaning
over the side of the bridge, to the danger
of their own lives, rescued Waugh from
his perilous position. Mr. Waugh has
for some time past shown signs of tem?
porary insanity caused by sickness from
overexertion in political life.
A Remarkable Escape.
On Thursday last William H. Brown?
ing was tried and acquitted in the Gene?
ral Sessions of New York city of the
charge of brutally beating his young
wife. He was afterwards held upon the
charge of bigamy, upon the oath of a
first wife, residing in Chester County, Pa.,
and Sheriff Baker and Deputy Hooper
went over on Saturday to bring him to
West Chester for trial. When a little
distance from Morrisvillc, Pa., Saturday
night, on the New York division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Browning observ?
ing his captors' attention drawn to the con?
ductor in reference to his ticket. He
availed himself of the opportunity and
sprang across the aisle and plunged head?
foremost from one cf the car windows.
The train at the time was running at
twenty-five miles an hour, and the des?
perate man was heavily ironed. The
train was stopped and the two sheriffs set
out to find their lost man, but were only
rewarded with his hat, which was found
where he had fallen. Those who wit?
nessed the act pronounced it one of the
most reckless upon record, and how the
man succeeded iu his manacled situation
in plunging through the window and
escaping with his life is regarded as re?
markable iu the extreme.
? The population of Atlanta, Ga., is
increasing at the rate of nearly 5,000 a
year.
? The gate receipts at the New
Orleans Exposition are between $4,000
and $5,000 a day.
? The New York Mail says a well
known society woman gave a large dinner
party to celebrate the reception of her
divorce papers.
? Fuller Courtney, white, of Vancluse,
is in jail at Edgefield for counterfeiting
quarters aud nickels, some of which are
said to be clever imitations.
? The richest men in the world are
said to be Mackay, $275,000,000; Roths?
child, $200,000,000; Vanderbilt, $175,
000,000, and the Duke of Westminister,
$80,000,000. Poor Jay Gould has only
$50,000,000.
? There is general complaint among
the farmers of the Southern part of Clay
County, W. Va., over the ravages among
their sheep flocks committed by eagles, a
colony of which birds have taken up
their abode in the Elk Mountains.
? The female chimpanzee at the Phil?
adelphia Zoological Gardens has been,
for the last month, an object of particu?
lar interest to scientists. She has begun
to shed her teeth in exactly the same
manner as the human child of the same
age.
? It was Napoleon Bonaparte who
said wheu the conquest of the Chinese
was proposed to him: "No; there are
too many of them. Once teach them the
art of moderu warfare, and they will
overrun Europe and crush out our civili?
zation."
? The smallest human being living,
says a California newspaper, is possibly a
dwarf residing in Shigaken, Oska. He
is thirty-six years old and only seventeen
inches high. He is reported to have re?
ceived a good education, and can write
remarkable well.
? Governor St. John, since his return
from the South, confesses that the tem?
perance work is further advanced in the
South thun in the North. Mississippi
has 030 saloons, Minnesota, with about
the same population, has over 3,000
saloons; Arkansas has 1,344 saloons,
California, with about the same popula?
tion, has 9,369 saloons. Old Bourbon
Kentucky has 4,461 saloons, and Ohio
15,390. Startling as the statement may
be, in proportion to the population, the
North has twice as many saloons as the
South. And yet the South is Democratic
and the North Republican, and striving
to be prohibition also.? St. Louis Rtpub
lican.
scbofula.
Are any members of your family thus
afflicted? Have they scrofulous swellings
of the glands? Have they any scrofu?
lous sores or ulcers? If so, ancf it should
bo neglected, the peculiar taint, or pois?
on, may deposit itself in tho substance of
tbo lungs, producing consumption. Look
woll to the condition of your family, and
if thus afflicted, give the proper remedy
without delay. Buy that which makes
absolute cures in the shortest space of
time. The unerring finger of public
opinion points to B. -C. B. as t?e most
wonderful remedy for scrofula ever
known. You ncoa not take our word?
you need not know our names?merit is
all you seek. Ask your neighbors, ask
youl druggist, ask or write to those who
give their certilicates and bo convinced
that B. B. B. is the quickest and most
perfect Blood Purifier ever beforo known."
-For Sulo by Hill Bro. 2-38
The enervation and lassitude of Spring
timo are but indications of the sluggish
action of the blood, overloaded with car?
bonates accumulated by the uso of heat?
ing food in Winter. This condition may
be remedied by the use of Ayer'a Sarsa
parilla, the best blood purifier known.
As a superb hair dressing and renova?
tor Ayer's Hair Vigor is universally com?
mended. It eradicates scnrf and dandruff,
cures all eruptions and itchings of the
scalp, promotes the renewed growth of
the hair, and surely prevents its fading or
turning gray.
Scrofula.
I have had hereditary scrofula brokeu
out on me for oight years- My mother
and one sister died with it. and I, suppo?
sing that I would go as other members of
the family had, had despaired of life.
The treatment of mercury and potash
seemed to aggravate instead of curing the
disease. In this condition I was pressed
to use Swift's Specific. After taking six
bottles the fearlul ulcers on my neck and
arms disappeared and the Hears only re?
main to remind mo of my 'sufferings;
Had I taken S. S. S. at first I would have
been a well man long ago.
Frank Gilcher, Danville, Ky.
Oct. 18,1884
Eczema.
I was affected for nearly four years
with eczema. The doctors called it at
first erysipelas. I was treated by physi?
cians. I was cured by Swift's Specific.
I used about thirty bottles and havo had
no trouble with it since. I refused to
take it, even after it was recommended to
me by others, for some time?such was
my prejudice to the name of it; but hav?
ing tried it myself, I now believe it in the
best blood purifier in all my knowledge.
It did another thing for me. I had suf?
fered from piles for many years. Since
taking this medicine I havo been relieved,
and believe it cured me.
B. H. Jones.
Cartersville, Ga., August 25,1834.
My daughter, seven years old, has been
afflicted with eczema for two years, and
after trying other remedies in vain, I gave
her Swift's Specific (S- S. S.), and one and
a half bottles cured her sound and well.
It is the best blood remedj' in tho country.
Mns. M. S. JUDKIKS,
Cedartown Mill, July 23, 1884.
Treatise ou Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga._
PASTURE FOR CATTLE.
IHAVE a fine Pasture, 4J miles from
Anderson, containing 200 acres, bot?
tom and upland, and am prepared to pas?
ture stock of any ki'.d at reasonable rates.
As good range as can be found in the
County.
W. Q HAMMOND.
April 23, 1885_41_2
WANTED---! SCHOOL,
AYOUNG Methodist Minister, who can
teach the Classics and the branches
of an English education, and who is expe?
rienced, desires a good School as soon as
Sossible. He is a South Carolinian. Ad
ress, stating terms, number of scholars,
and their advancement,
REV. R. 11. LATIMER,
Walhalla, S. C.
April 23,1885 41 3
Stockholders Meeting.
THE Annual Convention of the Stock?
holders of The Savannah Valley
Railroad Company will be held at Lowndes
ville on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of
MAY next, at 11 o'clock a. m.
The Taxpayers of the Townships and
Cities that nave subscribed to the Capital
Stock of the Company are requested to
meet in Convention at their respective
usual places of meeting on Saturday, the
9th day of May next, at 3 o'clock p. m.,
and elect not less than two nor more" than
fire delegates to represent their interests in
said Convention.
J. E. BREAZEALE,
Sec. S. V. R. R. Co.
April 23, 1835 41 2
Insurance License.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Office of Comptroller General,
Columbia, S. C, April 20,1885.
ICERTIFY that B. E. Seaborn, Esq.,
of Pendleton, S. C, Agent of The
Home Fire Insurauce Co., incorporated
by the State of New York, has complied
with the requisitions of the Act of the Gen?
eral Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate
the Agencies of Insurance Companies not
incorporated in the State of South Carolina,"
and I hereby license the said B. E. Seaborn,
Esq., Agent aforesaid, to take risks and
transact all business of Insurance in this
State, in the County of Anderson, for and
in behalf of said Company. Expires March
31st, 1886.
W. E. STONEY, Comp. Gen.
April 23,188? 41 1
Insurance License.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Ofpice of Comptroller General,
Columbia, S. C., April 1,1885.
ICERTIFY that B. E. Seaborn, Esq.,
of Pendleton, 8. C, Agent of The
Continental Insurance Co., incorporated by
the State of New York, has complied with
the requisitions of the Act of the General
Assembly entitled "An Act to regulate the
Agencies of Insurance Companies not in?
corporated in the State of South Carolina,"
and I -hereby license the said B. E.
Seaborn, Ageut aforesaid, to take risks and
transact all business of Insurance in this
State, in the County of Anderson, for and
in behalf of said Company. Expires
March 31st, 1886.
W. E. STONEY, Comp. Gen.
April 23, 1885_41_1_
OUR INVITATION TO ALL,
COME!
NOW IS TOUR CHANCE.
W
E are again in the lead, and ready for
action with a mammoth stock of?
New Spring Goods,
Such as are usually kept in a first-class
Dry Goods House. Don't fail to see our
large and complete assortment. We con?
sider it a pleasure to show goods.
Now, all we ask is for you to come and
give us a chance to show you the Goods.
If you don't buy it will not be our fault.
Life is too short to l>e squandered in the
attempt to do business in the ordinary
humdrum method, and we are determined
to crowd as much as possible in the short
space allotted to us.
We ad^vtise nothing but what we are
ready to perform ; and having on hand a
large stock of good nature, as well as an
immense stock of good Goods, we are con?
fident we can please you.
We want to remind you that it is as much
a part of our business to satisfy our custo?
mers as to sell Goods, and we don't want
anybpdy's money unless we can give them
a fair equivalent. Now, we mean just that.
Everybody knows very well that one of
the best ways to save mouev is to buy
Goods of W. A. CHAPMAN.
The A, B, C of our business:
ATTRACTIVE GOODS,
DMIRABLE ASSORTMENT,
TTENTIVE CLERKS.
BIG VARIETY,
EAUTIFUL DESIGNS,
QTTOM PRICES.
COMPARE OUR STOCK,
ONSIDER THE SAVING,
OME RIGHT AWAY,
And )you will be convinced of what I say.
Yours, very respectfully,
W. A. CHAPMAN.
If you have never bought a pair of
ZEIGLER'S FINE SHOES come and get
a pair, and if you have conic and get an?
other pair.
April 2, 1885_38_
PIANO TUNING.
WEEK after next I will be in Anderson
for a few days only to TUNE and
REPAIR PIANOS.
All orders left with Mr. J. A. Daniels
will he promptly attended to by
E. W. LINEBACK.
April lfi, 1SS5_40_J2_
BLANKETS AT COST.
AFEW pair of those Fine Blankets,
and a few pair of Common Blan
kels for sale at COST for cash. Call soon,
'f you do not wish to lose a bargain.
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 19,1885 32
Beat Cigara in Town,
Best Cigars in Town,
Best Chewing Tobacco,
Best Chewing Tobacco,
Best Medicines,
Beat Medicines,
Best Drugs,
Best Drugs,
Best Brushes,
Best Brushes,
Best Soap,
Best Soap,
Best Combs,
Best Combs,
Hair Dyes,
Hair Dyes,
Patent Medicines,
Patent Medicines,
Nicest Perfumery,
Nieest Perfumery,
Best Worm Candy,
Best Worm Candy,
Fill more Prescriptions
than all the other
Drug Stores
in Town.
Put them up nicer,
Better,
Out of Purer aud
Fresher Drugs, and
At reasonable figures,
Night or day,
Rain or shiae?
All same price.
Jan 29,188S
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FISHING TACKLE,
HOOKS and LINES
OF ALL KIIVDS A.X
SIMPSON, HEID & CO.'S
DRUG STORE,
Waverly House Corner, Anderson, S. C,
April 22,1885
?11
WHAT IS THE
USE OF WASTING A DOLLAR
WHEN YOU MAY SAVE IT?
'OXJ can save at least 25 per cent, in buying your Goods at these prices :
Good fast color Prints, choice patterns.4c. per yard.
Best 4-4 Bleaching, free of starch. 7c. per yard.
Fast color Ginghams, choice patterns.10c. per yard.
French Seersuckers, the beat goods for.123c. per yard.
Lace Buntings, in all colors, splendid goods.124c. per yard
Brocades in gray, all-wool filling.16'ic, per yard.
White and Colored Lawns, the best goods.12ic. per yard.
Checked Nainsooks, beautiful patterns..10c. per yard.
Persian Lawn, very fine quality.25c. per yard.
Real Linen Torchon Lace.20c. per doz. yards.
Silk Laces, worth 75c. per yard, now.25c. per yard.
Good Pearl Buttons, fully worth 15c. per doz., we offer for 5c. per dozen.
Ladies' Balbrigans Silk Checked Hose only.35c. per pair.
Silk Parasols, that neyer sold for less than $3.00, only.$2.00 now.
CLOTHING STILL AT if YORK COST!
MILLINERY GOODS LOWER THAN THE LOWEST.
Don't buy your HAT or BONNET before you see our Stock. We have an
experienced Milliner, and we are willing to sell these Goods real cheap.
Cape May Hats, beautifully trimmed, only 50c.
Ladies'LACE CAPES?the very latest novelties, in very handsome Goods?
from 50c. up.
REMEMBER THE GREAT BARGAIN HOUSE
-OF
.A.. LESSER,
ANDJERSOIN, S. C.
April 9,1885 _39_
HOUSES TO RENT.
WE have three very desirable residen?
ces in the City of Anderson to
rent. Conveniently located. Terms mod?
erate. Apply to
PRINCE ct VAN DIVER,
Attorneys at Law.
April 1G, 1885 40
MONEY TO LEND,
IN SUMS OP *
Five Hundred-Dollars
AND upwards, on improved Farming
Lands for five years. Interest is 10
per cent, and no commissions charged.
Borrower pays for expenses of making
necessary papers. Loans made for five
years, with the privilege of paying in in?
stalments, or in one payment to suit bor?
rower. For particulars, apply to
FRANK C. WHITNER,
Anderson, g. 0., or
JNQ, D, PALMER & SON,
Columbia, S. C.
April 10,1885 40 4
Notice to Those Interested !
PARTIES owing the Firm of S. T.
Craig & Co. are requested to come for?
ward immediately ami settle their Ac?
counts, or make satisfactory arrangements
for extension by Bankable paper. Other?
wise their Accounts will be placed in the
hands of an Attorney for collection. You
can make payment to S. T. Crai^ at their
place of business in Brick Range, in room
formerly occupied by the Anderson Na?
tional Bank. S. T. CRAIG & CO.
Feb 20, 1885 33 3m
IHAVE Fixtures by which Windows
can be operated for ventilation cheap?
er and better than weights can be applied
to any Window. Come and see it. 1
know you will want yo-ir Windows fixed
before the heated term.
W. B. BEACIIAM,
Depot St., Anderson, S. C.
Feb 20,18S5 33 3ai
Fresh Garden Seed.
ANDRETH'S and Ferry's fresh Gaiden
I Seeds and Onion Sets for sale by
NOTICE.
A. B. TOWEIvS