The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 14, 1885, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
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Tiia State Board of Education, by a
vote of three for Charleston to two for
; ; AnderabnV debided to hold the State
Normal Institute for white teachers in
the city-of Charleston in August. We
are sorry' that Anderson again missed
getting the Institute, but we. have the
consolation that a most pleasant location
has been selected for this year, and live
"- in hope of better luck for Anderson
7 'another time.
The Ikeeutive Committee, of the State
Agricnl taral Society and. of., the State
\? Grange, has decided to hold the Summer
i meetin'gof the Society in August at Ben
nettsville, in the famous/agricultural
^.-County of Mar]noro;.:,ETOrr. delegate,
who.can.attend should do so, and these
!^^tho gQ will see one'Of the'fmest agricul?
ture, sWtiona ?f ffoutoCa^nfc and'all1;
things considered, perhaps one of the
? nntftis the^rjd.: -.-iji.'.-f ?
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We were surprised some weeks ago to" j
see a criticism ?f Hsj. L. A. Ransom, in
. the. Carolina Sparten, charging him with
inattention and inefficiency while in
:'? charge of the South Carolina exhibit at
; ISTew, Orleans. He is one of the most
^; acc^m^jishedi energetic, and. thoroughly
efficient and courteous gentlemen that we
have ever met, and therefore the snr
1 'prise we have expressed.- Enquiry
I" among visitors from this County satisfies
iua that pur. contemporary moat have
visited the grounds while Maj. Ransom
waa 'absent attending to the business' of
the State's exhibit. :The South Carolina
. l exiabit, as fiat, aa .'we can learn, was a great
: sacoeaa, and was exceptionally well man
-:-?*--"
The Columbia Register says that the
State Board of Agriculture have adopted:
several.new rules regarding phosphate
mining and amended others. Hereafter
f) igl persons or companies holding phos?
phate Mcenses are: prohibited from sab-'
letting them.. General rights and exclu
sive rights shall not he held at the same
time by one person or company. Marine
Hc?rj8e shaB not be granted to any person
or company now engaged or intending to
engage in mining - land rock. Applies- -
trbns for license shall aesignate the stream
or portion;thereof in which the applicant
desires to mine, and shall he confined to
that locality." Parties holding licenses
shall not trade in phosphate rock not
mined by themselves. Where licenses
: have been suspended for non payment of
royalty, resumption will only be permit?
ted on certificate by Commissioner of
?, Agriculture of payment of royalty. These
changes in the phosphate mining regula?
tions appear to us to be practical and
calculated to protect the State's interest
!q this valuable rock.
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: The State Penitentiary is getting into
bad financial condition, owiDg to an in?
ability of the Directors to hire out con?
victs under the stringent restrictions im?
posed upon them by the Act of the last
session of our Legislature. As: a result,
reductions are being made in the expen?
ses upon the Canal, and there is a proba?
bility that it will have to be suspended
. entirely before long. The Columbia
Register Bays : "The Board of Directors
of the Penitentiary met yesterday morn
.,. ing, and in accordance with the notice
given at the meeting held last month,
found it necessary to dispense with the
services of Major Lee, the engineer, for
the present; to reduce, the salary of Mr.
Anderson, the manager, to $75 for the
next month, and also to reduce the num?
ber of foremen from four to two, with a
salary of $40 each, instead of $55. These
reductions have. been, made for the ensu?
ing month. The Directors had a confer
? ence with a committee from the. City
Council, , and after stating to. them the
whole situation, agreed to carry on the
work another month, the Directors pay?
ing the salaries as scaled above, if the
City Council would furnish the necessary
material for continuing the excavation.
The committee from the Council had no
doubt that the amount of material, to the
value of $291.55, would be furnished by
Council. Manager Anderson was in?
structed to erect a dam across the work at
* Elmwood avenue for the preservation of
the completed portion. Whether the
work will be carried on in the month of
Jane depends entirely upon the income
of the Penitentiary from leases/'
-The accounts which have been given
to the world of death and suffering in.
the little town of Plymouth, Pennsylva
from typhoid malaria, caused by the
filthy condition of the town, should serve
9a a warning to all towns and cities in
our country. No town can disregard its
Sanitary condition, and fail to pay dearly
for its lack of cleanliness. It especially
behooves a growing, thriving business
place to pay the highest attention to the
Condition not only of its streets, but also
Of the premises of its inhabitants. Some
years ago Anduson suffered considerably
from malarial and typhoid fevers, but
of late years we have been entirely free
from malaria, and the scourge of typhoid.
fever has been reduced until Anderson is
no worse, at least, than any Of the towns
of equal population in the up-country or
perhaps the State. This improvement
has been affected by careful attention to
the sanitary condition of the city, and
the result should encourage our City
Council not only to continue but to in?
crease its vigilance over the condition of
the city. The Summer is the fruitful
season of disease, and our efforts to pro?
tect the health of our citizens should be
systematic and vigorous. The City Coun?
cil ought to provide for a regular weekly
inspection of the premises of the city,
and mak6 it thorough and effective,
requiring all citizens to keep their yards
in a neat and cleanly condition. It would
more than repay in the increased health
that it would give to our people, thereby
adding-to'the energy and prosperity of
Anderson. We know the Council has
plenty to occupy the time of its em?
ployees, but it would be better to neglect
the streets, or even the order of the city,
than to be careless about its health, |
A WRATHY NEWSPAPER.
The Columbia Register replies to our
critioiam of its tirade against Secretary
Bayard as follows:
We haveonly to say thai there is not
a Northern journal that comes to our
office?Democratic, Independent or Re?
publican?that does not mention the
withering criticism under which ~ Mr.
Bayard has fallen on .account of the ap-.
pointments made from his department,
and this in view of the personal relation
which many of these appointees bear to
Mr. Bayard,
The Anderson Intelligencer may
have' other intelligence. The extract
quoted from the Register by the Intel?
ligences never mentioned Mr. Cleve?
land. As to the fact relied on by the
Intelligencek tojshow the preposter?
ous-character of the charge that Mr.
Bayard is using his position to favor his
: personal friends, viz: that all of the im?
portant positions in the State Depart?
ment are made by the President, we nave
only to say: We presume that there is
no one short of idiocy in or ont of An?
derson who does not know that the Pres?
ident makes the appointments, as stated
by-the Intelligencer. .- At the same
time, it is equally known that these ap?
pointments in the State Department are
almost exclusively made at the instance
of Mr. Bayard, as .a matter of course.
Hence they are rightfully and: properly
called Mr. Bayard's appointments.' As.
to the clap-trap about disgruntled poli?
ticians, if it is meant to have any appli?
cation to us, we have only-.to say that we
belong to that happy class that ask noth?
ing and - expect nothing.! We have.
neither sought a seat in Congress, nor
have we been a railroad director or any?
thing bat a plain citizen, saying oar say
with malice to a one. Plain talk some?
times doe3 good, and we heartrty sympa?
thize with Edmund Barke, when he says:
'1 love clamor when there is an abase.
The alarm bell distarbs the inhabitants,
bat saves them from being burnt in their
beds."
' At all.events, wo don't propose to get
our instructions of what is damaging; to
the Democratic party or injurious to the
State from; the Intelligencer. Per?
haps we may be ignorant as to these
particulars, bat oar Anderson contempo?
rary must positively excuse oar taking
our cue from him. He; is equally wel?
come to his own views.
We did not deny that Mr. Bayard was
criticised, but we said that we did not
think the"' criticism was merited. It is
always to be expected that public men
' shall be criticised by a certain class of
knowing people, let them do what they
may, and the less the critic knows, as a
general thing, the more virulent the
'criticism is made. The Register is very
dictatorial in its discussion of public
affairs, and of course a journal directed
by an! all-pervsiding luminary like the |
Editor of our contemporary, could not be,
expected to take instructions from any
source, much less from an unpretending
weekly paper that is not so fortunate as
to possess, omniscience, even in its own I
opinion, as the Register does.. We may.
be excused .by the Register for saying,
however,; that we were not so presump?
tuous as to expect to induce any improve?
ment in its tone or conduct, for such
Bublime self-conceit and satisfaction as
the editorial department of that journal
enjoys is past disturbance even by the
giants, much less by the small fry of the .
journalistic world. We merely scribbled
off in oar humble work oar real senti?
ments, so that the world, (that is the little
part of it that sees the Intelligencer,)
might know that while Mr. Bayard, and
of course on his account the President,
were vigorously condemned by such a
great and powerful paper as the Columbia
Register knows itself tobe, as long as it
is dominated by its present sage, yet that
some of the lesser papers of the State
had no more knowledge than to believe
we were getting: a very good government,
and that both the President and Mr.
Bayard are high-toned, honest gentlemen,
who are administering their trust with
ability for the public welfare.- The ac?
cusation, even coming from such a source
as the Columbia Register, that Mr. Bay?
ard is running, and that President Cleve?
land is permitting him to run, one of the
leading departments of this government
in personal grooves, is only discreditable
to the little minds who can believe and
circulate such suspicions.
The President'and Mr. Bayaid, or any
other public officer, may sometimes err
in judgment, and thus become the just
object of fair criticism. To this they as
public men could. not object, but the
personal aspect which the Register and
some dissatisfied newspapers give to crit?
icism is worthy of contempt, and receives
it from the masses of the people. The
Register cannot discuss any matter with?
out descending to personalities. That
is the height of its argumentative capa?
city.
- In replying to us the Register seeks to
answer our dissent from its course by
personal reference to the Editor of the
Intelligencer. The Editor assumes
that our remark about disgruntled poli?
ticians was applied to him, and retorts
that we have been a candidate for Con?
gress and a Railroad Director. He might
have added some other positions which
we . have held, and would like to have
held, if he had pleased, to show that we
have taken some interest in politics; but
he could 'not point to any indication of
the disgruntled politician in onr course.
The Intelligencer never sulks, and
it never carps at prominent men simply
because they do not promote the men the
Intelligencer would like.to Bee pro?
moted. The Register has been in a rage,
not only with Secretary Bayard, but also
with Senators Hampton and Butler,
about the manner in which they discharge
their official duties, merely because those
gentlemen do not select the men for office
that the Register wants, and that paper
claims that it represents the people in its
assaults upon these gentlemen.- It is
strange that tbe people have nothing to
say for themselves. It strikes us that the
Register has a boom of the big-head.
Its Editor may claim that he wants noth?
ing, but the people have not forgotten
that he permitted his name tobe can
vrised for the Legislature from Richland
County until it was apparent that he bad
not tbe ghost of a chance for even a re?
spectable vote in the convention, when
he declined to run. If r mistake not
he has been patriotically w ig to serve
his country in other positions, but we
confess that we were not enough impress?
ed with the occasions to recall them.
These things, however, have nothing
to do with the matter in band. We
should never have thought of them but
for the Register's personalities. While
it is assailing Secretary Bayard and Sen?
ators Hampton and Butler we can afford
for it to personalize us also. From the
Register's standpoint everything connect*
ed|with tbe administration isj most cen?
surable. ' The President ought, by all
means, to have summoned its Editor and
obtained from him information as to how
the government should be rum Then
everything would have been lovely in its
eyes.
We have no ill-will for the Register.
On the contrary, we wish it well, and
hope that'it may some day have an Edi?
tor who is not a chronic dyspeptic.
TO WHOM DOES IT BELONG?
A Washington dispatch says that on
Tuesday, the 5th inst., a heavy square
box, wrapped in red tape and securely
bound, was found in an out of the way
nook of one of the vaults of the Treasury
department; The key had been mislaid
and was nowhere to be found. The box
had been in the vault for many years and
had been almost forgotten. The services
of a locksmith were secured and on open?
ing the box it was found to Contain a
bottle of diamonds, a bottle of pearls, a
bottle of attar of roses and a lump of
gold. One of the older employees iden?
tified these as articles which had been
presented to President Monroe about the
year 1828,by the Japanese Government
and which had been stored in the treas?
ury pending the passage of an Act of
Congress authorizing their acceptance.
Congress failed to legislate on the sub?
ject and the articles were deposited in
the treasury, where they have remained
eversince.
Congress should now pass a bill to
turn these articles over to the heirs of
President Monroe.
There are some interesting elections to
come off this year which will, .to some
extent, indicate the impression which
the new Democratic Administration has
made upon the country. The States to
vote are Ohio in October, and Connecti?
cut, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts,.
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
and Virginia in November. Of these
the Republicans carried in the Presiden?
tial election only Ohio, Iowa, Massachu?
setts and Pennsylvania; but the Demo?
cratic margin was so narrow in Connec?
ticut, (1,276,) New Jersey, (4,412,) and
"New York, (1,047,) that these States are
fairly considered contestable. In New
York and Ohio, Governors are to be
elected, and the struggle in these States
will be particularly interesting.
The Other Side. j
Me. Editor : In your issue of May
7th, I see an article on License or no
License, Prohibition or no Prohibition,
in which the writer has fears for the
welfare of the. country if prohibition
measnres are pressed to final success.
He begins by telling how it was when he
was young, and comparing that time
with the present: ?
Now, I know the writer and would not
provoke a discussion, but wish to present
the other side. In the days of my child?
hood my grandfather made his own
spirits, and the house was never without
a supply, though he never drank it to
excess, for he was a staunch Se.ceder, and
regarded the law of God aud man. But
if you will compare the society of that
day and this, you will see a vast differ?
ence. In the first place, the population
was not half so dense, and boys were
only boys until they were' of proper age.
They regarded their father's commands
and example more than at present, and
the habit of public drinking had not
become so common and dangerous to
society. Besides, the colored people
-were in a condition not to have free
access to it as they have now, which is
one of the strongest arguments in favor
of prohibition.
The writer speaks of the members of
so-called temperance societies, and I am
sorry he wrote of them as he did, for*
although be it said to their shame, that
some of them drink, yet some of our best
men and women belong to those societies,
and because some of them violate their
pledge it cannot disgrace tbe whole, for
they are accomplishing and are destined to
accomplish great and valuable results,
(and I may be excused for saying here
that I am not a member of any such
society). I would invite him to visit
Hart County, Ga., and ask any responsi?
ble citizen what has been tho result of
prohibition in that County, and about
two-thirds of the Counties of the same
great State. Has it been to increase
drinking? No. They will tell you their
towns are free from drunken men, and in
the neighborhoods where the stills
abounded most the men are never seen
under the influence of whiskey, as they
weie so often?so often before. There
are some things I know, and that is one
' of them. The ambition of a great num?
ber of men, even young med, before the
prohibition law over there, was to devise
some plan to get whiskey for some occa?
sion?often the occasion of some dis?
graceful row, or dangerous conflict. Now
the state of society has been improved
beyond computation in these localities,
and prohibition has contributed no small
part to these results.
He advises the city to prohibit the
sale of whiskey. Thus far we agree, but
when he says make it indiscriminately
free, as it was forty or fifty years ago, I
am surprised at the idea coming from a
sober man, as he claims and I know him
to be. Why, sir, if such was the case
our corn-cribs would be almost emptied
of their contents and carried off between
lights to the nearest boiler. Our society
would become uncontrollable, our labor
worse than worthless, Courts and prisons
would be full to overflowing. This i3 no
high drawn picture, but the facts sustain
the argument, and I challenge any man
to search the records of wet and dry
sections and report the facts as they exist.
Well, he says whiskey is scarce now. So
it is in the country, and would to God
(with all reverence) it was much more so.
He says that men who go to town on
business, Ac, often get two much whiskey,
thinking they may not ':.axe the chance
Boon again; but my observation is that
some men who go the most are the often
est caught, and those who go seldom
scarcely ever imbibe to exceas. He con-1
tinues by producing a good deal of
Scripture to prove that all things are not
only good, but very good, which all men
allow that believe the truth.
He says that Christ miraculously made
wine on a certain occasion ; but remem?
ber it was to be used as an article of
food at a supper, and not to get drunk
and carouse on. Think yon Chris t| would
have made it for this purpose ? I think
not. As for the Bible advising its mod?
erate use, you will find many places con?
demning its emproper use. I think it
says in one place "cursed is every one
that putteth the cup to his brother's lips."
And what does this teach ? if we are not
to withhold the temptation from our
brother. When I hear my neighbors, it
may be my best friend or my near kin,
say I do wish the temptation to drink
was removed, 1 cannot but raise my arm,
though puny, and strike the evil to the
utmost of my ability?not to extinguish it
from the country, but to put it along with
other medicines, where it may be had by
physicians when the case really needs it.
It is a medicine, and should be so classed
and used as the Bible truly recommends.
Now, I dislike a newspaper quarrel, and
hope this may be the last of this discuss?
ion that I shall be engaged in, but the
Bible' says "Curse ye Meroz because he
cometb not up to the help of the Lord."
John G. McCurry.
Why is Our Land Filed With Drunk?
ards!.
. Mb. Editor : Fifty years ago distille?
ries were thicker over the country than
pig-pens are now, and every man had his
peaches and corn made, into strong drink
and his closet filled ; his table was never
set without it, his side-board had the
decanter and glass always inviting you
to take a drink. Day by day the little
boys learned to love it, taking a drink
with pa and ma for their stom ache's sake.
Pa found out his mistake when it was
too latej and threw away the still-house,
(but not nntil the law compelled him,) and
no more was the closet filled with the
drink of death. But he could not tear
out and throw away the love for it which
he had implanted in those boys. Father
and mother had encouraged them to love
it, and their love for it will never die, for
to those drunken sons were born sons,
and the old love for strong drink was
born with them, and to-day they are
reeling over the land looking and acting
like idiots, forgetting that they are meu,
made in the image of God. Yes, that
love is there yet, and it must be crushed
down as much as possible, by putting
strong drink out of their reach?clear
out of the land. That love is stronger
than the vile poison with which they
try to quench it with, and it will take a
mighty effort to put it out of their reach,
but it must be done or the nation will
sink to perdition. Take it from them ,*
it is a serpent that charms men and
.twines around them its deadly fangs* and
presses them to death.. When they see
or smell it they forget everything, every
love, and every promise, and plunge into
its sparkling beauty.
When our fathers were giving them a
little every day, they did not know they
were cultivating a love that would never
die. They did not know they were
digging graves for drunken sons and
broken-1" .rted daughters. They did not
know they were building poor-houses,
penitentiaries, jails, guard-houses, and
lunatic-asylums; and as they did not
know it they must be forgiven, for it is
too late to gather the thistle seeds they
?owed (through mistake) for flowers. No
one need to ask why is it so many of
our people, old and young, in the church
aud out of the church, are given up and
addicted to this useless and wicked habit
of drunkenness" ? The reason is obvious.
A mighty host of mothers, wives, and
sisters cry out from their aching hearts?
Away with whiskey! Away with strong
drink I We prefer to lose a few who
might die for the want of it, than to lose
a whole nation, who drink and die
because they can get it.
Naivete.
Temperauce in the Orange. "L
Mr. Editor.: Under the above cap?
tion a Granger has suggested the impor?
tance of discussing.the question of tem?
perance in the Grange, and calls for the
I opinion of brother Grangers in regard to
it. We think the suggestion a good one,
and will, no doubt, receive the hearty ap?
proval of all who feel interested in the
cause of temperance. The question
would, no doubt, elicit a spirited discus*
sion. It would, also, infuse life into the
Grange for the time being, at least.
Besides, it would give rest and relaxation
to the farmer by turning his mind to
channels of thought not connected with
his daily business. By all means, let the
question be discussed by the farmers. All
would, no doubt, like to have their opin?
ion as to where spirituous liquors should
be confined. Whether in towns or in the
country ? Evidently it should be placed
where its use is least liable to be abused
by the young and thoughtless, as well as
the old and inebriate, let that be where
it may. A Farmer.
The South Carolina University.
The Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier, on the 7th inst., gives
the following account of the proceedings
of the Trustees of the South Carolina
University:
The report of President McBryde, con?
sidered by the trustees last night aud ap?
proved, showed that the courses of in?
struction at the college would be still
further extended next session by the ad?
dition of three new studies. Professor
Davis will give a course in pedagogics or
the methods and principles of teaching,
and one in physical geography, both
courses being for teachers. Prof. Bur
ney will give a course in chemical tech?
nology. The college will next year
offer to students fifty distinct courses in
the collegiate depattment, six sub-fresh?
men courses and two courses in law,
making fifty-eight courses (or distinct
classes) in all. This is in addition to
the sections into which many of the lar?
ger classes are divided and the courses
given to poBt-graduate students. These
improvements will still further advance
the popularity of the college, which
grows year by year and is already im?
pregnable.
The following is a list of the members
of the board of visitors for the South
Carolina College selected last night at
the meeting of the trustees : Col. R. W.
Boyd, Darlington, chairman ; Col. J. H.
Bion, Fair?eld; the Hon. C. J. C. Hut
son, Hampton; the Hon. Wade Hamp?
ton, Richland ; Judge J.S. Cothran, Ab?
beville; Judge W. H. Wallace, Union;
the Rev. Ellison Capers, Greenville; the
Hon. Joseph E. Earle, Sumter; the
Hon. A. S. J. Perry, Charleston, and
the Hon. J. S. Murray, Anderson.
The visitors will have their first meet?
ing on the 27th instant and attend the
examinations.
? A white buzzard has appeared in
the neighborhood of Jordan. The ne?
groes consider it a bird of exceeding ill
omen.
The Augusta Chronicle says Hon. Geo.
D. Tillman says a generous use of lemon
juice and a diet of buttermilk will cure
or prevent malaria. Mr. Tillman prac?
tices what he preaches and is a model of
physical and mental health.
? A well-to-do citizen of Windham
County, Connecticut, shortly before his
decease sent for a lawyer to make his
will. His wife and daughter watched
proceedings. After generously providing
for them, the sick man directed the law?
yer to designate S500 to his aged sister,
who was needy. The wife and daughter
remonstrated angrily. Quietly the sick
man said: "Make it $1,000 for my
sister." Another protest from the grasp?
ing pair. "Make it $1,500, squire,"
coolly said the legator. "You shall
not!" shouted the womeu. "Make it
$2,000," said the will-maker serenely, and
here the ladies concluded to hold their
tongues. The lawyer kept the secret for
years, but gradually it leaked out as a
warning to the selfish of all classes and
sexes.
? A party of gentlemen consisting of
Col. T. B." Brooks, formerly of Gen.
Gill mo re's staff, Major Gilchrist and Capt.
Chichester, visited Morris Island yester?
day to .look over the site of Battery
Wagner, the scene of military operations
on the island during the war. These
gentlemen report that nothing whatever
is left of the old fort or of the approaches
to it?nothing, that is to say, of the Con?
federate works or of the parallels, by
which the Federals made their way to
them. It was with difficulty that the
prominent points could be located at all.
Old Battery Wagner has gone into the
sea, and the island seems to be following
it.?News and Courier.
? (Secretary Manning has directed
that the issue of one and two dollar notes
be discontinued for the present. It is
said by some that this action has been
taken for the purpose of forcing the sub?
sidiary coins into circulation, but this is
denied at the treasury department. It
is stated that the discontinuance became
necessary by reason of the excessive
issue of these notes of late, and because
they are coming back to the treasury for
redemption in about as good condition as
when first issued, which adds a very con?
siderable item to the expense account of
the department. The order, of the sec?
retary is simply in the line of economy.
? Charley Power, a Laurens County
negro, has invented a new plan for plant?
ing cotton seed. Ha hitches one mule
to a common plow, then he fastens a line
to the foot of the plow and ties the other
end of the line to a planter behind.
Charley then places a woman to guide
the plow and one to guide the planter.
The foremost woman, of course, has to
straddle the line. Charley himself rides
the mule and overlooks the whole busi?
ness.
? August Muller, a young German,
who has been residing in Baltimore for
several years, went across the water
recently to marry the girl of his choice
whom he supposed had remained faith?
ful during his absence. Finding, how-,
ever, that she had married another, he
started back to this country on board of
the steamship America, and during a
stormy night, in mid-ocean, jumped over?
board. Before taking the fatal leap he
deposited all his money with the Purser.
? It is estimated that the State of
Florida received during the past Winter
at least one thousand new families as
Sermanerjt residents within her borders,
'he major portion of these new-comers
are of a class possessed of means suffi?
cient to improve the property purchased
by them and to live comfortably. They
are generally intelligent and progressive.
? The wife of an habitual drunkard
in Buffalo, N. Y., has obtained a verdict
of $1,000 damages against a liquor seller
who persisted in selling her husband
whiskey after he had been notified to
desist. The verdict is a righteous one,
though two of the jurors rendering it
were saloon-keepers.
? A poultice of garden leek leaves
will, it is said, cure the worse case of
corns. The leaves must be bruised and
wrapped in a soft, thin cloth. Judging
from some talks we once had with a trav?
eling chiropodist, this is important infor?
mation to not a few persons of both
sexes.
? Dr. Meitkerke, an English physi?
cian, believes that a single patent sooth?
ing medicine he can name "is the un?
doubted cause of the death of 150,000
children annually in Great Britain alone."
? Wheat experts in the Northwest
estimate that the yield this year will be
about 413,000,000 bushels. This with
121,000,000 bushels left over will make a
total of 534,000,000 bushelB. Of this
amount 315,000,000 bushels will be re?
quired for home consumption, leaving
219,000,000 bushels for export. In case
of war they estimate that about 140,000,
000 bushels will be exported, leaving
about 8,000,000 bushels on band as a
surplus.
? Jim Gaillard, colored, working with J
a pistol at Abbeville on Thursday, shot
his sister Lizzie Gaillard. The patient
is in a critical condition. Gaillard was
immediately carried before Trial Justice
DeBruhl, who upon examination released
the prisoner, as the facts showed that the
shooting was accidental.
? An old Connecticut deacon, says
the Hon. A. Payne, when asked by a
Rhode Islander if the people in Connec?
ticut kept Sunday, replied: "Yes, sir,
and everything else they can lay their
hands on."
? A young lawyer of Sylvania, Ga.,
went through that town the other day
driving a portion of his first law fee?a
yearling steer. The fee consisted of $8
in money, a stack of fodder, a silver j
watch, an old sow and the yearling.
? A farm for raising 'possums, and
fattening them for the market, is said to
be among the new enterprises of Spar
tanburg.
? Patsy Boyd, of Lancaster, acciden?
tally smothered her baby to death last
week.
? Tree planting is systematically fos?
tered in China, and 330,000 trees were
set out last year in Hong Kong alone.
? The oat crop in Edgefield County io
put down at less than half of an average
crop. Wheat is more promising.
Insurance License.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Office of Comptroller General,
Columuia, S. C, April 20, 1885.
ICERTIFY that Mr. B. P. Mauldin, of
Anderson, S. C, Agent of The Equi?
table Life Association, incorporated by
the State of New York, has complied with
the requisitions of the Act of the Genera]
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 Mr. B. P.
Mauldin, 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, 188G.
W. E. STONEY, Comp. Gen.
May 14, 1885_44_1_
STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By Thomas C. Ligon, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, C. T. Chapman has ap?
plied to mo to grant him letters of Ad?
ministration on the Personal Estate of
Nancy M. Chapman, doceased.
Thcso are therefore to cite and admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
Nancy M. Chapman, deceased, to be and ap
Eear before me in Court of Probate to bo
eld nt Anderson Court House, on the
30th day of May, 1885, after publica?
tion hereof to shew cause, if any they
have, why tho said administration should
not be granted. Given under my hand,
this 7th day of May, 1885.
T. C. LIGON, J. P.
May 14,1885 44 2
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
National Bank of Anderson,
At Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, at
tho close of business May 6tb, 1889:
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts....$103,030 57
U. S. Bonds to secure Circulation. 50,000 00
Other stocks, bonds and mortgages. 9,913 71
Beal Estate, Furniture and Fixtures. 9,000 00
Current Expenses and Taxes paid. 2,021 00
Premiums paid..".. 5,000 00
Bills of other Banks. 14,085 00
Fractional paper currency, nickels, pen?
nies-. 168 92
Specie.... 8,295 50
Legal Tender Notes. 9,162 00
Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer,
(6 per cent of circulation,). 2,250 00
Total.$809,556 29
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in.$ 50,000 00
Surplus Fund. 50,000 00
Undivided Profits. 48,974 IP
National Bank Notes outstanding. 45,000 0u
Dividends unpaid. 96 00
Individual Deposits subicct to check. 101,255 83
Domand Certificates of Deposit. 11,553 09
Duo to other National Bauks.-. 2,677 21
Total.-...3309,556 29
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) qq.
cousty of ANDERSON. j
I, J. A. Bbock, Cashier of tho above named
Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
Is truo, to tho best of my knowledgo and belief.
J. A. BROCK, CaBhier.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 11th
day of May, 1885.
WM. S. BROWN, Notary Pulli?.
Correct?Attest:
0. H. P. Fart, ")
Joseph N. Bbown, >Dlrecton.
8YLVESTIB BLECKLByJ
May 14,1885_44_1_
i Insurance License.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Office of Comptroller General,
Columbia, S. C, April 1,1885.
ICERTIFY that J. A. Brock, of Ander?
son, S. C, Agent of
The Home Insurance Co. oi New York,
The Insurance Co. of North America of
Pennsylvania.
The North British and Mercantile Insu?
rance Co. of London and Edinbnrg, and
The Imperial Insurance of London,
has complied with the requisitions of the
Act of the General Assembly entitled "An
Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance
Companies not incorporated in the State of
South Carolina," and I do hereby license
the said J. A. Brock, Agent aforesaid, to
take risks and transact all business of In?
surance in this State, in the County of
Anderson, for and in behalf of said Compa?
nies. Expires March 31st, 1886.
W. E. STCNEY,
Comptroller Genoral.
May 14.1885_44_1
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By That. C. Ligon, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, Baylis C. Brown has
applied to me to grant him letters of Ad?
ministration on the Estate and effects of
Spencer Brown, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
Spencer Brown, deceased, to be and ap?
pear before me in Court of Probate, to
be held at Anderson Court House, on
the 30th day of May, 1885, after pub?
lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they
have, why the said administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand this ilth day of
May, 1885.
T. C. LIGON, J. P.
May 14, 1885_44_2_
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
'? COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
E. C. Long, Plain tiff, against Francis Moore, Sarah
Eliod, Caroline Murphy, Joftorson'B. Ring, Fan
nie Williams, Sarah Cason, Dora King, John
King and Noah B. Moore, Defendants.?Sum?
mons for Relief?Complaint not Served.
To the Defendants Francis Moore, Sarah Elrod,
Caroline Murphy, Jefferson B. King, Fannie C.
Williams, Sarah Cason, Dora King, John King
and Noah B. Mooro:
YOU are hereby summoned And required to an?
swer the complaint in this action, which
is filed in the office of the Clerk of tho Court
of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H., S. C,
and to serve a copy of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscriber at his office, Ander?
son C.H.,S.C, within twenty days after tho service
hereof, exclusive of tbe day of such service: and if
you fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, tho plaintiff in this action will apply to
tho Court for the relief demanded in the complaint,
Dated Anderson, S. C, May 1st, A.D. 1885.
E. W. LONG,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
[SEAL] M. P. TRIBBLE, o.c.p. ?
To tho above named Defendants:
Take notice that the object of this action, in
which a Summons is herewith served upon you, is
to obtain partition of the tract of land, of which
Thomas B. Moore died seized and possessed, con?
taining threo hundred acres, more or less, situate
in the County of Anderson, State of South Caro?
lina, to be mado between the owners thereof, ac?
cording to their respective rights, or to obtain a
sale thereof to bo made and a division of tho pro?
ceeds, if a partition cannot bo made without pre?
judice to tho interest of the owners. No personal
claim is made against you. .
E. TV*. LONG-,
Plaintiff's Attornoy.
May 14, 1885 44_8
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Such as are usually kept in a first-clas3
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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 be squandered in the
attempt to do business in the ordinary
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to crowd as much as possible in the short
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We advertise nothing but what we arc
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We want to remind you that it is as much
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Everybody knows very well that one of
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a puir, and if you have come and get an?
other pair.
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A. LESSER,
THE DRY GOODS KING
?of ?
Announces Extraordinary
BARGAINS
For the Next Thirty Days.
YOU ARE INVITED
To Come and See for Yourself whether we can sa ye
you^Money on all the Goods that you may
purchase from us or not!
We are now offering
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS.
LACE BUNTINGS,
Wool filling?that sold for 20c. per yard, we now offer for 12Jc. per yard.
NUNS VEILINGS,
All wool, in beautiful shades, and very desirable Goods, that very readily told for
28c. per yard, we now offer for 15c. per yard.
PLAIN AND PLAID BUNTINGS.
Very desirable goods. Only a few pieces to close out during this month, and
we would say right here to those anticipating to purchase, that never before were
these Goods known to be sold at such low figures. The same quality of Goods that
retailed last season for 50c. per yard we now offer for 20c. per yard only.
IMPORTED DRESS SUITINGS,
In very delicate Pink, Blue, Fawn, Silver Grey, Drab and Cream. Lovely Goods,
that cannot be bought to-day for less than 30c. per yard, and that always retailed
very readily for 45c. and 50c. per yard, we are now offering for 20c. per yard.
SUMMER SILKS,
Only a few Patterns left, and we would say to the Ladies that this is a rare
opportunity, never to be had in Anderson again. These Goods are retailing all
over America for $1.00 per yard, and we offer them now for GOc. per yard.
BLACK AND COLORED CASHMERES.
We have the prettiest line iu these Goods in Upper Carolina, and we have
marked them down so as to DEFY COMPETITION, and are prepared to suit all
in need of a Black or Colored Cashmere Dress. Our regular 90c. Cashmere we
have reduced to G5c. per yard.
WHITE GOODS.
In these Goods we are?beyond a shadow of doubt?Headquarters, and there
is no use in wasting your time in looking around, for you can save your time and
money too. We are offering a very fine India Linen for 12Jc. that never sold for
less than 20c. per yard.
WHITE AND COLORED LINEN LAWN,
Fully worth 25c. per yard, and would be considered cheap at 20c, we now offer for
15c. per yard only.
LACE CURTAINS.
You will be astonished to see what a class of Goods that you can buy now at
12Jc. per yard.
LACE BED SETS and PILLOW SHAMS,
That are worth fully $3.00 per net we now offer for $2.00 per set only.
PARASOLS, PARASOLS,
In endless variety, from the very cheapest up to the finest Goods made, at astonish?
ingly low figures.
SHOES, SHOES.
The largest and best selected stock in the upper part of the State. A class of
goods that were never before kept in this market, at such low prices as to compel
you to buy in self-defence.
HATS, HATS,
For Men, Boys, Children, Misses and Ladies of all kinds and descriptions.
A splendid Men's Straw Hat for.50c
A splendid Boys' Straw Hat for.30c
A splendid Child's Straw Hat for.25c
Ladies' Cape May, in all shades, only.40c
Millinery Groods,
TO CLOSE OUT, AT HALF PEICE.
Clothing ! Clothing !
Positively to be closed out REGABDLESS OF COST, and we
want you to remember this.
IN CONCLUSION
We beg leave to state to our many customers that this is
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will cost you yery little, or nothing, to come and inspect our Stock?
BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE,
And bo convinced that you will SAYE MONEY in buying your Goods from
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