The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 28, 1885, Image 2
E. B. MUKRAY, Editor.
: , v: : THURSDAY; MAY" 28, jSS&^l
TERMS: ,
8IX MONTHS-Sffij...SIW^Trgc.-'.
Two Dollars If not paid in advance.
Mr. C. H. Wells, of Greenville, in a
"TecMtraT?c^toTtbe" afci Cbuner,
criticises the action of the, directors of
. the Green ville & Laurena Rail road, who
^are TinYrifiing"to serr their road to the
Georgia Central system, and threatens
that if -they further delay action the
: Georgia Central will extend the Savanr
ynMb: Valley from Andereon to Greenville;
; ] 3Se ahp..says that the Savannah Valley
Vill be completed to Anderson by this
: >>Fall.'' Mr. ? Wells iB 'iearning rapidly/
"A feW:weefa-ag6' he did not; appear to
fknoTO.^hat ?iere'was even, a railroad^pro? j
, jected . to Anderson, much less one so |
near completed. In fact, Mr. Wells is
-learning too f*st,: for there is no proba-;
bility that the Savannah Valley Road!
will be built to Anderson before the Fall
of J886, and when it reaches Anderson
. there is.not the remotest prospect that it
wffi he'carriedfirom Anderson to Green-i
? ville. ?; . ;
The great dfflculty in accomplishing;
any substantial Civil Service Reform'lies;
in the fact that all appointments to office:
aW'cahtrblled ^practically by the Senators;
and, Representatives.. This custom, in
our.op?ionVsfiD?ldi utterly wiped out,
for it does not rest on principles con?
ducive to. the public welfare. Simply
' because a man is a member of Congress
ahould give him very little, if any, more
v influence in -making the appointments to
office than any others equally well in
formed and honorable manr in; his Dis?
trict. Bhoald poeaesa. The fact that a
- man is^.Representative should not make
him practically the; owner of the offices
in his Disirict. His temptation is, of
course, to reward Lis friends and to pun?
ish his enemies, and it is more than can
be "expected of human nature entirely to
ignore' this principle of human action.
The President in- National, and the
Governor in State appointments, should
riot rely implicitly upon the recommen?
dations of Representatives in Congress
or the Legislature, bat shonld in every
case look carefully into all of the papers,
and judge independently of the appro?
priateness of. ibe' appointments to be
: made. This would elevate the public
service* and give to the people officers
who are not personal partisans. We
should like to see the methods of appoint?
ment' to office changed entirely, and every
man's recommendation of another for
office weighed according to his position,
standing and character in his communi?
ty. This would break up the political
bosses, and give the > people a genuine
Civil Service1 Reform.
?J The facts about the Morgan appoint?
ment, as given by Capt. Dawson, seem to
US' to divest the matter of the feature
which, to our mind, was the most objec?
tionable part of the appointment. As
we have said heretofore, while we do not
think it good policy to appoint Republi?
cans to represent^ Democratic adminis?
tration abroad, yet if Mr. Morgan was a
Republican and the President, knowing
that fact, saw fit to. make the appoint?
ment, we cannot perceive any reason for
a great public clamor about it. Capt.
Dawson, however, asserts distinctly that
Maj. Morgan is, and always has been, a
Democrat, although he wrote a pamphlet
endorsing a portion of the record of the
Republican nominee for President.., He
admits that he asked Morgan's appoint?
ment as a personal favor, because he
was his brother-in-law, and we cannot
see that there is any reason for public
indignation on that score. It is some?
thing <that is done often in politics,
without even censure, and we can see no
reason to make Capt. Dawson an excep?
tion from the rule. At this very time
Col. Inglesby, of Charleston; ie in Wash?
ington with Col. Walker, his brother-in
law, urging his appointment as Collector
of the Porfc of Charleston, which four or
five other citizens of thi3 State want, and
yet1 no one blames him for his advocacy
of Col. Walker's claims. We think it
creditable to him to perform, to the best
of his ability, such friendly office as he
may be able forone connected so closely
to him', in. whom he has confidence.
Judge Bacon, Senator Butler's brother
in-law, has. been given a mission, and i so
far "from producing dissatisfaction the
appointment haar been commended
throughout the State. We make these
personal mentions of affairs now trans?
piring in order to show that there-is no
reason, or excuse for the attack upon
Capt. Dawson for doing a similar service
for. Maj. Morgan in; the matter of the
consulship at Melbourne where there was
no other applicant from this State. The
other point upon which so much criticism
has been based was the allegation that
Maj. Morgan was a citizen of New York,
though accredited to South Carolina.
From the start this struck us as the
vital question in the appointment, and
we had no hesitation in condemning the
appointment, for. we had seen it stated
that Maj. Morgan was a voter in New
York. Capt. Dawson's statement shows
that he churned citizenship here, though
he had been absent for some time, during
which he had never claimed citizenship
any where else. This seems to us the end
of this question. There was no other
applicant from this State for the position,
and though we would have preferred a
different appointment, there was no
reason, it seems to us, why there should
be public indignation about Maj. Mor?
gan's success. The government will
doubtless be efficiently represented, and
the people will never see any difference
between the government with Morgan
at Melbourne and the government with
any other competent official there.
? We smile at the Chinese doctor and
call him superstitious because he imports
dried and smoked lizards for his patients.
Yet it seems, according to The Medical
World, that the reptiles are administered
in cases of consumption and anaemia
with considerable success, due to the
large amount of azote and phosphorus
contained in them.
? Statistics show that murder in this
country has reached an astonishing degree
of frequency, and that the sacredness of
human life is held more lightly every year.
In .1838 there were 9,380 murders; the
number Increased to 13,397 in 1884.
the anderson post office.
The Washington correspondent of the
News and Courier, writing under date of
May 22nd, says: . f%
"The commission of Mrs.; Grace G.
Cochran, postmaster at Anderson Court
House, S. C* expired yesterday.' Post
. master-General Tilas has not yet deter?
mined' what action he will take in the
matter owing to a slight complication
which is said to have arisen. Mrs.
Cochran, the incumbent, has on .file .the.
indorsements of a number of business
. people .of Anderson, and her record at
the department is said to be first-class.
. ,Oc the other hand Representative Aiken,
in whose district the office is located, has
named Mr. Todd for | appointment. Al*
though the Postmaster-General is non?
committal on the subject, postoffice offi?
cials predict the selection of Mr. Todd
probably before this reaches the readers
of the News and Courier?
.Commenting on this article, the
Greenville Neu? says:,
<?The: story comes from.Whashington
that Congressman D. Wyatt Aiken is
pushing va scheme to remove Mrs. Coch?
ran from the Anderson postoffice and
have Mr. Todd, of the Anderson Journal,
put in her place. If there is a. man in
this State who deserve favor from-the
Democratic party, it is Mrs.' Cochran 's;
husband. He defied his own party when
there was danger in it, came to our aid;
when we needed aid and did service, that;
no other man could do. The appoint?
ment of Editor Todd will not do either .
Congressman Aiken or Editor Todd any:
good. It is too. much like Georgia poli-.
tics to suit this State. We believe if our
friend of the Journal accepts the place.
he will live to agree with us. We do
not wish to be understood as questioning
his integrity, but no editor can maintain
the independence necessary for the.prop*
er conduct of his business while he owes
public men for favojs.or has any cause to
rear them.. And no place or salary can
repay a journalist for the loss of his
freedom of mind, tongue and pen. We
would rather be hungry with the privi?
lege of "cussing" or. commending as we
like than to- be fat and hampered.
Our contemporary, the News, fell into
a mistake in these remarks, which it hast?
ened to correct in the following manner
on the next day :
H Wa have wronged, abused, slandered,
villi fied and otherwise injured and gener
ally maltreated our neighbor and good
friend: Todd of the Anderson Journal.
We are informed that he is not the man
who is to get the Anderson postoffice if
Congressman Aiken's wishes are consult?
ed. It is another and more appropriate,
though we dare say a less handsome and
gifted Todd who is the fortunate man.
If Editor Todd had been the prospective
appointee what we said on Sunday morn?
ing would have been eminently wise,
proper and fit and would go. As it is,
however, the premise was wrong, and the
proposition therefore tumbles into atom
ical fragments and departs into tbe thin?
nest of thin air. We congratulate
brother-Todd that he will not be a post?
master. ?
Prohibition or no Prohlblton,
Me. Editor : The matter seems to be
put in question by a friend and relative
of mine in your paper of May 7th,
whether or not we might not return to
the old way of doing?that is, suffer any
man to make and sell whiskey who chose
to do so. Our cousin'is a candid man,
and one who, having convictions, dares
to express them. We would not have it
otherwise. Woe to our people and to
our land the day that free speech is de?
nied us., There is nothing at all wrong
in honest, fair discussion. "In the mul?
titude of counsellors there is safety."
We do well to reason and to act with de?
liberation. Because we are going to pass
a law, or we aro not going to make it a
law, that will influence the weal or the
woe of millions, and perhaps of a billion,
of human beings yet unbojn. Under all
Democratic governments law is efficient
just as it has the fall assent of the whole
people who make it and maintain it, or
it is inefficient and a quasi nullity as it
has not foundation in the consent of the
people. The only fair way to find out
what is the will of. the whole people
about the matter is, to openly and freely
discuss the proposition till the attention
of the voters is attracted, and. they made
fully aware of the important issue to be
made, and then fearlessly submit the
question to a vote.
We are the people ourselves concerned.
Suppose the law i? made, .and upon trial
is found to. be inefficient. The same
popular will that, expressed through tbe
polls, made that law can unmake, it.
Now this government is not an oligarchy,
but a democracy.
Our cousin asks if God did not pro?
nounce His work of finished creation
very good ?! As be adduces Bible proof
of course we admit it. But we are un?
willing that he should quote Genesis
and leave off David and Solomon. See
Eccle?iastes 7th and 29th : "God made
.man upright, but they have sought out
to themselves many inventions." Psalm,
106th and 29th: "They jprovoked Him
to anger with their inventions." He ad?
duces the use of wine mentioned fre?
quently in the Scripture.-and the fact
that the Saviour by miracle on one occa?
sion; - created wine. ..Very true. But by
the fall of Noah and the fall of Lot, and
by the precept of Solomon, He warns
men against the dangers attendant even
upon the ose of wine. See Genesis 19th
chapter and 30th and 38th verses; Gen.
9th and 21st, and see Pfov. 20th and 1st:
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is
raging." Prov. 23rd and 29th?32nd:
"Who hath woe? who hath Borrow?
who hath contentions? who hath bab
ling? who hath wounds without cause?
who hath redness of eyes? They that
tarry long at the wine, they that go to
seek mixed wine.'i
Now, this is only wine, for whiskey
had not been invented. We find frequent
allusions through. the Scripture to the
wine-press and tbe wine-vat; but we do
not find allusion once to a still, kettle or
still-worm. Now there is every reason
to believe that the ancients knew a great
deal about fermentation, and that they
fermented other r materials beside the
grape, and made strong drink and liquors
of certain kinds by process of fermenta?
tion, but no reason to believe that they
knew aught of distillation. It is written
(and although we are far from crediting
every line of profane history that we
read, still we have no reason to dispute
this,) that the process of distillation was
discovered by an Arab about four hun?
dred years ago. The term Alcohol is
said to be compounded of two Arabic
words, al (tbe) and cahol, (misty substance]
It is the result of both fermentation and
distillation. Lexicographers define it
pure spirit.
It is not only misty, but our cousin
knows well by observation?(he knows
nothing by experience for I doubt if in
the nearly fourscore years that he ? has
lived he has ever once been even partially
under its influence)?but well does he j
know by observation that it will mystify
very completely the roan that drinks
much of it; and that it will do it more
quickly than wine. Both result from
fermentation, but in the wine the fermen?
tation is arrested at a certain point. In
the whiskey, or brandy, or rum, the
essence is highly concentrated. In tbe
wine it has never been completely sepa?
rated from the original whence it was
derived. And there is more than this.
It ha8 oeen discovered that by the intro?
duction of a small quantity of a substance
that is highly poisonous, the whiskey to
be obtained from any given amount of
beer is very much increased. Thus he
who drinks drinks not merely the result
of fermented and distilled grain or fruit,
but he may drink it impregnated with a
very' deadly agent beside. That indi?
vidual is mystified much tojhis own hurt,
and to the hurt of all who come near
him, or to whom he comes near, endan?
gering his own life arid the lives of others.;
May we legislate about such a thing?'
What is the object of law ? Is it not the
preservation of life, property and hap?
piness? And looking to this, is it not
j the maintaining and promoting of justice
and equity among mankind? Here is
something that constantly disturbs the:
peace, and endangers the lives of men,
women and children. Does the chival?
rous manhood of this land admire or do
they scoff at the maternal devotion of
the mother who climbs to -the mountain
height, going beyond where the strongest
man's head grows dizzy, and snatches
her stolen child from the eagle's nest ?
! Can the manhood of this land find terms
sufficiently strong to express their admi?
ration for that mothers devotion who,
at therisk.of her own life, snatches her
ignorant: three-year old child from the
dangerous deligbi of playing with the'
Speckled folds Of the deadly serpent?
And yet that same mother, when the;
same child has attained the age of fifteea
years, is disregarded as she appeals to
our manhood to aid her and her coevals
in putting it out of the way of that boy
to play with the poison emitted by a
worm that is just as dangerous as a rattle?
snake.-. Her trial here is worse, for the
serpent would quickly do the work of j
temporal death, and the.faded little form
would be laid away without a question |
as to his spiritual safety ; but growing
life and expanding reason has borne the
boy across the line that lies between
irrational irresponsibility and moral ob?
ligation, and Bhe is troubled not, as in the
first hypothesis, for the temporal safety:
of the child, but imploringly stretches,
put her hands to our manhood for help,
while sho beholds the object of her solic?
itude exposed to temporal and eternal']
death.
. Demo? means people, and democratic |
government means government by the ]
people. Shall the whole people in thisj
so-called democratic land have the priv?
ilege to say at the polls whether this
monster invention shall hold high car?
nival here forever, and deal out death by
the legion, or shall it be sent into exile ?
? It may be plead that if the last kettle,
and cap, and worm in the land were
treated as Moses treated the golden calf,
and the knowledge of it obliterated from
the mind of man, still fermentation is a
possibility, and drunkenness would not
Be banished from the land. We admit
this, but wine is not so highly concen?
trated, and a man must drink more of it
before he becomes dangerously drunk.
There is not the constant danger from
quick and, we might say, almost sudden
drunkenness that there must be where
there is such high concentration of spirit.
It is a fact well known that many of j
those who are as yet only occasional
inebriates say that if there was no open
saloon and social crowd to tempt them,
they could abstain from its use. Shall
these poor souls, who thus live under
temptation, implore the stronger and
untempted part of the race to put the
cup of death out of their reach ? Will
ah intelligent manhood refuse it?
It has been plead in other places, it
will be plead here, that the town must
have the license paid by bar-keepers for
the expenses of improving the place,
lighting the streets, &c. Shame on the
manhood of any town that would walk
in the light of lamps whose wicks are
made of the fabric that should cover the
squalor of the tippler's child I Shame
on the manhood of any land that would
walk on pavements made of flagstones
received in commutation for loaves of j
bread. taken out of the mouths of the
drunkard's wife and child 1
Hugh McLees.
The Prospect for Cotton.
Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co.,
Bankers and Cotton Commission Mer?
chants of New York, who are acknowl?
edged to be the highest authority upon
the cotton trade, have issued the follow?
ing circular, which will be of interest to
the people of the cotton-producing
States :
New York, May 16,1885.
The cotton year is so far advanced that
the size of the crop now coming to mar?
ket can be closely arrived at; it will not
vary materially from 5,700,000 bales.
This much being established, it is appa?
rent that the supply of cotton between
now and the incoming of the new crop
will at no time be large, and that with
any revival in trade it will be inadequate
for the requirements of the world, unless
spinners' takings should be checked by
the usual result of light supplies, advance
in price.
The position of cotton, both in price
and supply, is exceptionally favorable
now as compared with former years:
1385 1884 1883
Receipts at U. S. PoMa
since 1st Sept. 4,040,924 4,753,137 5,737,192
Total exports since 1st
September.3,601,402 3,499,980 4.262,718
Stock in U. 8. Ports... 493,129 (25.631 559.888
Stock in Liverpool-... 978,000 997,000 9GO,000
Afloat for England...- 134,000 167,000 239,000
Total visible supply lu
U. 8., Europe ana at
set..2,281,901 2,592,295 2,981,360
Price of middling up?
lands in New York.. 10% ll\4 11
Price In Liverpool. 5 15-16 BjJ 5%
Prices of Cotton, basis
middling, for future
delivery in N.York: " "
Juno delivery. 10.81 11.61 11.04
July delivery. 10.86 11.75 10.95
August dcUvery. 10.91 "* 11.87 11
September deUv'ry 10.70 11.56 10.57
October delivery... 10.38 1L05 10.25
November delivery 10.24 10.87 10.16
December deliv'ry 10.24 10.86 10.18
January delivery:. 10.84 10.96 10.24
The stock In Liverpool is 19,000 bales
less than last year, and only 18,000 bales
more than in 1883.
Stock in the United States ports is
32,502 bales less than last year, and 66,
759 bales less than in 1883.
The total visible supply of cotton in
the world is 310,394 bales less than last
year, and 649,959 bales less than in 1883.
Were general business in a normal or
usual condition cotton, with its position
so strong, as shown above, would natu?
rally be higher. But various causes have
prevented it from feeling the influence of
its own exceptional situation. Chief
among these causes, and the one dating
farthest back, has been the long-felt and
much harped upon dullness in trade ;
hardly secondary to this in its effect upon
prices has for some months past been the
fear that England was about to become
involved in war with Russia. Happily,
this gteat war-cloud that threatened
Europe has blown over, and signs of im?
proving trade are daily becoming more
apparent. Only yesterday 20,000 pack?
ages of cotton goods?the greatest num?
ber ever offered at a single sale?were
sold at public auction iu New York at
highest factory prices.
With returning activity in manufac?
tured goods, with peace seemingly assur?
ed and with cotton standing again on its
own merits, the outlook for planters and
merchants is more cheerful than it has
been for many months.
Latest accounts from the East India
crop are to the effect that it is backward.
In some districts the yield is turning
out disappointing small, in others it is
only three-fourths of last year's, and in
others again it is reported as being very
short, the shortage likely to increase as
the season advances.
At the opening of the plauting season
in our own country the ground was in
unusually fine condition, owing to the
hard froBts of the past Winter. Plant?
ing was satisfactorily completed, without
decided increase in the acreage devoted
to cotton, and the growing crop, though
late, has up to this time progressed favor?
ably. But no prediction as to the ulti?
mate out-turn of a cotton crop can be
made at this early date.
Yours truly,
Latham, Alexander & Co.
THE MELBOURNE CONSULATE.
Capt. Davrgou Defends Maj. Morgan's Ap
polntmenVand shows that he Is a Citizon
of tliJs Stato.
'? ?V -
A meeting of the Blackville Demo?
cratic Club was called last week to con?
sider the appointment of Maj. Morgan
as Consul to Melbourne. Capt. Dawson
went to Blackville, and was invited to
address the meeting. He accepted the
invitation, and'gave the reasons for Maj.'
Morgan's appointment as follows :
Capt; Dawson said that he had no
doubt, when he determined to attend tbo
meeting of the club, that he would find
himself among friends, for he bad a right
to consider himself among friends when?
ever he was among Democrats in South
Carolina. He was present to-day because
of the notice calling the club together,
which was.pu Wished in the County news?
papers. .It involved an appointment for
which he considered himself responsible.
It showed him, what, indeed, he knew
.before, that there * as a question as to
the -propriety of that appointment. It
could not be considered, therefore, with?
out considering himself. To condemn
that appointment, no matter on what
grounds, or how tenderly it might be
done, was to condemn tbe man who re?
commended it "Standing here to-day,"
he said, "with the assurance that I have
nothing to retract, nothing to be asham?
ed of, and nothing to apologise for, I felt
that my proper course was to come and
give my reasons for making that recom?
mendation ; and then, when all the facts
shall be before you, I will submit myself
to your good judgment.
"As I understand it, the objections to
Mr. Morgan are twofold in character.
One applies to his Democratic record ;
the other to his citizenship. As to his
Democratic record, it has been stated in
the newspapers, I believe, that he is, or
was, or has been a Republican. That I
deny absolutely. As evidence of the
allegation that he is a Republican we are
pointed to a pamphlet written by him,
and published last year, entitled 'Amer?
ica's Egypt.'
? "Unfortunately I have not a copy of
that pamphlet with me, my own copy
being bound in a volume with others.
I have, however, a letter of .Congressman
Aiken which has been published recent?
ly, and in which he gives the paragraphs
in that pamphlet which, in bis view, are
most offensive, and which, he says, prove
Mr. Morgan to be a Republican. All of
Jou who know the kind regard which
Lr. Aiken has for me will appreciate
this.
"Now I undertake to say," Capt.
Dawson continued, "that if you search
that pamphlet with a small-toothed comb
you will not find anything more objec?
tionable than is quoted in Mr. Aiken's
letter. It has never been asserted by
Mr. Morgan that that pamphlet was not
published before Blame's nomination.
The plain truth of the matter is that the
pamphlet was written early in the year,
and was made ready for publication im?
mediately after Blaine's nomination.
The allusions to his nomination were
then introduced.
Having thus stated what was in the
pamphlet, Capt. Dawson proceeded to
show what was not in it. "There is not
a word about the Democratic party, about
Civil Service reform, about the Tariff,
about corruption in office, about central?
ization, about the need of administrative
reform. It is simply a plea for a vigo?
rous foreign policy. When it was first
brought to my attention by Mr. Morgan,
I told him that he was right in the doc?
trine which he advocated, but wrong in
the man; that we did want a policy that
would make an American citizen respec?
ted everywhere, and that the Stars and
Stripes should be to him what the
English flag is to an Englishman
in every part of the world; that we
would see the need of this vigorous
foreign policy as we have seen it at Pan?
ama and in the Santos case; and that
the mistake he made was in thinking
that Blaine was the proper man to carry
it out. There is nothing unusual in a
Democrat being in favor of a particular
feature of the Republican policy. It has
been seen again and again that a Demo?
crat has believed that some particular
plank of the Republican platform was
better . than a corresponding plank in a
Democratic platform, and has spoken
and written in favor of his opinion. So,
too, Republicans have preferred Demo?
cratic declarations on a particular subject
to the doctrine or practice of their own
party. But these dissentients as to one
special matter stand by their own party,
as a rule, on election day. The test of
Mr. Morgan's political views is not
whether he wrote a pamphlet that could
be construed in advocacy of Blaine's
election/but whether he voted the Re?
publican ticket. Mr. Morgan was livine
in New York at that moment, and had
been living there long enough to allow
him to vote there if he desired to do so.
He did not vote the Republican ticket.
Could he have voted there, without
abandoninghis citizenship here, he would
have voted for Cleveland and Hendricks.
The publication of the pamphlet by
Mr. Morgan was, in Capt. Dawson's
opinion, strictly a literary venture. Tbe
subject which it treated was one of great
public interest, and the vigorous foreign
policy which Mr. Morgan so earnestly
and intelligently advocated was in accor?
dance with public sentiment. It was
expected that the pamphlet would natur?
ally, have a large sale, which did not
prove to be tbe case. It fell flat. Very
few copies were circulated, and only one
newspaper, published in the Northwest,
so far as he knew, ever condescended to
notice it. No substantial aid, therefore,
was rendered Mr. Blaine by Its publica?
tion.
Even if it be granted that Mr. Morgan
liked Mr. Blaine, that was no discredit
to Mr. Morgan's Democracy. There
were reasons why he should like him,
perhaps, since their ancestors came f.om
the same State, and their families bad
always been friends, but no objection
could be urged against Mr. Morgan on
this account. A great many other Dem?
ocrats have entertained and expressed a
liking for Mr. Blaine. When the news
of his nomination was put up on the
bulletin board in Charleston, there were
numbers of good Democrats who said
that they intended to vote for him be?
cause of his foreign policy, and in the
State of New York, which elected Mr.
Cleveland as President, 60,000 Demo?
crats actually voted for Mr. Blaine. Mr.
I Morgan was not of this number.
I As against anything that can be taken
or construed from this pamphlet to Mr.
Morgan's injury politically, Capt. Dawson
said that he had known Mr. Morgan
intimately for twenty-three years, since
the day wheu he first met Mr. Morgan,
then a mere boy, coming back from the
bloody naval engagement below New
Orleans. He had known him in South
Carolina during the years he spent here,
and had met him frequently in New
York when his duties had called him
from this State, and never, on any occa?
sion, or at any time bad he known him to
do anything or say a word that is incom?
patible with pure Democracy. Mr.
Morgan was with us in Charleston in one
of the toughest political fights we ever
had, in 1868, when Lesesne was elected,
and counted out by tbe Republicans. In
the bloody campaign of 1876 he wai on
duty in Columbia throughout the trying
scenes that marked the organization and
sessions of the Wallace House, "and it is
within my personal knowledge," said
Capt. Dawson, "that he was assigned to
the discbarge of a responsible and peril?
ous duty if anything untoward bad come
to pass. His conduct then and there
has been recently and fully described in
the Abbeville Medium by Gen. Robert
R. Hemphill, who was present at the
same time, and is therefore qualified to
speak concerning him. Mr. Morgan was
always a Demtcrat here in South Caroli
na, and was here to do his duty in limes
of danger. Whether here or absent, I
have never known him to do or say any?
thing that was inconsistent with the
soundest Democracy."
As a final answer to the charge that
Mr. Morgan had proved himself a Re
gublican by writing the Blaine pamphlet,
apt. Dawson said that, as soon as he
heard that this charge had been made, he
telegraphed to Mr, Morgan to ?n to
Washington and meet it. .Mr. Morgan
accordingly went there and saw both the
President and the Secretary of State. It
would not be proper to repeat what took
jplace in that interview. Mr. Cleveland
knew what charges had been made.
And Mr. Morgan proved his fidelity to
the Democratic party. The President
was satisfied, and Mr. Morgan received
his final instructions and sailed for his
destination. "You will ask," said Capt
Dawson, "what is the proof that the
President was satisfied V "The proof is
this: that, if Mr. Morgan, bad not shown
to the President that he wan a good and
loyal Democrat, his appointment would
baye been recalled. But with a full
knowledge of the Blaine pamphlet, with
the contents of that pamphlet before him,
I and with a full knowledge of all that the
newspapers could say against him, the
President?who believes in a sturdy
' partisanship?continued him in office
and wished him a God speed on his
voyage. There is an answer to all the
stories as to the President being deceived
in this matter."
In answer to the question was Mr. Mor?
gan a citizen of South Carolina, Capt.
Dawson gave a short sketch of Mr. Mor?
gan's life. He was bora in Louisiana in
1845, and was appointed a cadet at An?
napolis iu 1860. Resigning hia position
at Annapolis when Louisiana aeceded,
be entered the Confederate service, in
which be remained until he left Rich?
mond in 1865 as one of the body guard
of President Davis. He married in
South Carolina in 1865, and remained
here until 1870, when he was appointed
a staff officer in the service of the
Khedive of Egypt, which post he held
until the following year, when he re?
turned to South Carolina. Selling the
factory stock he held and investing the
proceeds in a plantation near Columbia,
he planted there until 1876 when his
plantation was forfeited to the State, for
taxes, and he was constrained to sell it.
In 3877 hs went to Washington, and was
appointed to a position under the Demo?
cratic Senate, which he held for some
years, and until turned out by the Re?
publicans. Since 1880 Mr. Morgan has
been engaged in mining pursuits in
Mexico, and more recently in the prelim?
inary work upon the pedestal of the
Bartholdi statue in New York until that
work was suspended. It was his inten?
tion, until he received this appointment,
to return to Charleston and continue to
live here. "I have thus shown," con?
tinued Capt. Dawson, "that from 1865
to 1885 Mr. Morgan was for eleven or
twelve years an actual resident of South
Carolina; that he was never away from
South Carolina except when compelled,
and, beyond that, I give you my own
assurance, for he has told me so, and has
the right to be believed, in the absence
of contradiction, that he has never voted
outside of South Carolina. The little
Sroperty which he owns to-day is in
outh Carolina. If by your votes here
you say that Mr. Morgan is not to be
considered now a citizen of South Caro?
lina, you leave him absolutely as a man
without a country. If this be not his
home, he has no home.
"Two of his brothers lost their lives in
defence of the South, and his own record
is before you. Can it be said now, that
here in South Carolina?in one of the
States for which he offered his blood?be
is to be denied the right to call that
State his home ? He has two children
here. This is their home. Their moth?
ers were South Carolinians. They have
no hope or help outside of South Caro?
lina. They have only known their
father as a South Carolinian. Are you
prepared to say to them to-day that they
are nothing here; have no rights here;
that they are not to be called South
Carolinians ? For if the father is not a
South Carolinian, they have no right to
be called so."
Passing to the question of Mr. Mor?
gan's eligibility to office, under the
Fourteenth amendment, Capt. Dawson
discussed the several points involved at
some length. The question is covered
by the opinion of ihe Attorney General
in Gen. Lawton's case, and further by
the fact that Mr. Morgan was not an
"officer" when he was required at Anna?
polis to take an oath to support the Con?
stitution of the United States.
In regard to his own part in bringing
about the appointment, Capt. Dawson
said that so far as possible for him to do
so be desired to assume all the responsi?
bility for the appointment. "I asked Mr.
Cleveland to make it as a favor to me,"
he said, "and I hope he made it as a
favor to me, understanding that I would
not recommend a man whom I did not
believe to be faithful and deserving of
the honor. I have been accused of un?
faithfulness and treachery to the Demo?
cratic party on account of this appoint?
ment. They have even said of me that I
am not a citizen of the United States;
that t have been committing perjury,
therefore, every time that I have voted
in this State in nearly twenty years.
There is hardly anything that has not
been said to my discredit. If I had
stolen all the money in the United States
Treasury, turned the State over to the
Radicals, and been proved to be a deser?
ter from the Confederate army, I could
not have been blackguarded worse than
.1 have been because I asked for the ap?
pointment of a kinsman to the consul?
ship at Melbourne. I think I may say
that I have rendered some service to the
Democratic party in South Carolina.
My friend (Mr. Holmes) has kindly re?
ferred to the poor service I rendered in
the Confederate war; but it was not only
in the Confederate service that I shed
my bloo'd for South Carolina. In the
riots in Charleston, immediately after
the election in 1876,1 was wounded by a
Radical negro and bear the bullet in my
bodf to day. In my paper, year after
year?committing errors, no doubt, at
times?I have fought for the interests of
the people of this* State. It was my
good-fortune to be one of the first to ad?
vocate Mr. Cleveland's nomination. I
worked for his nomination here and at
Chicago. He was nominated and elected.
Would it have surprised any one, after
that, if I had asked Mr. Cleveland to
appoint me as consul at Melbourne.
There would have been regret, perhaps,
that I should be willing to give up my
profession, and set at naught my con?
tinuing opportunities to serve my people.
It w?s because I preferred to remain
here; because I felt that I could serve
South Carolina belter by remaining in
journalism that I refused to apply for an
office. I have never held one, never
sought, one, and would not accept one.
But I did ask that, if any consideration
was to be shown me at all, if there was
any obligation to me, it should be met
and cancelled by making one who has
been as near to me as my own flesh and
blood for twenty years and more, one
whom I have loved as Jonathan loved
David, the recipient of this small houor.
And now, my friends, if you determine
to day that what I did was wrong; that
this appointment was an improper one,
you must in some sort weaken and injure
me and lessen the power of the paper
which I control for good in this State.
Is it necessary to do so? Is it wise?
There are dark times yet ahead of us.
There are struggles yet to come in South
Carolina. We shall need all the power
that we can command to retain the State
Government in the proper hands. Is it
wise in you then, because, in a way that
seemed to me proper, 1 gave way to the
instincts of a natural affection, to weaken
the agencies I have at command to pro?
tect and advance your interests hereafter ?
I have spoken without reserve. If
there is anything you wish to know
about the matter, I shall be only too glad
to tell you, and I await with confidence
any question you may ask. What I most
desire is to have the good will and con?
fidence of my fellow-citizenH. In tins
State I married. Here is my home.
Here my children were born,"and the
[ child whom I lost lies in that beautiful
cemetery in Charleston, where I shall lie
before many more years have passed,
want from you, as from all my fellow
citizens, good will and respect and con?
fidence. This is my one aim and hope
in life. If you shall decide against me
to day I shall receive your decision with
unutterable regret, but it will not pro?
voke any sense of shame or reproach. It
will only require me to wait for the vin?
dication which time shall bring to me in
years to come, as it has brought vindica?
tion to me before;"
The meeting adopted a resolution that
Capt. Dawson's statement was satisfac?
tory and adjourned.
The Charleston Collectors])!]).
Washington, May 23.?Messrs. F.
W. Wagener, J. W. Hinson and Edward
Willis, of Charleston, called on the
President this morning by special ap?
pointment, the President making an ex?
ception in this instance to his regular
rule of declining to receive callers on
Saturday. Congressman Dibble was also
present, and made the presentations to
the President. After a full and free dis?
cussion of the collectorship question
Capt. Wagener stated that the committee
brought with them a re-endorsement of j
Mr. Mowry by prominent business men
of Charleston as a testimonial of their
confidence in his integrity, fitness and
ability to fill acceptably tho office of col?
lector, because certain unfounded charges
had been preferred against him. Capt.
Wagener expressed a hope that the Pres
ident would give full consideration to the
papers on file in Mr. Mowry's behalf, as
it had been stated that Mowry had no
commercial backing. The petition which
the committee brought with thorn, he
said, was a purely mercantile one, which
had been prepared and signed in conse?
quence of a communication which re?
cently appeared in the Nexoa and Courier
antagonistic to Mr. Mowry, claiming
that he was supported by politicians
alone, and at the request of the Bigners
of the petition a committee was detailed
to present the document to the President
and ask him to consider it. Col. Hin?
son and Major Willis endorsed the views
expressed by Capt. Wagener, and they
also urged the appointment of Mr.
Mowry from a business standpoint.
The President is said to have evinced
much interest in the remarks made by
the committee and promised to give the
subject careful attention. His genial
and cordial manner during the interview
was highly appreciated by the commit?
tee, and on parting he remarked good
naturedly : "Well, gentlemen, I am
very glad to have met you this morning
and I see that this is another case where
I will have to be the referee."
? There is a colored bsy in Madison,
Fla., noted for "hardness of head."
Good authority says that he won a wager
of $5 upon a "butting match" with a goat
recently, in which the latter was killed
outright, and that he-has been known to
smash a hole in a freight car with his
head. He boasts of being able to drive
a ten-penny nail into the hardest wood
by placing a board over it to prevent it
cutting the skin.
? Two girls in Sacramento, Cal., who
thought it would be fun to black their
faces, unfortunately got a coloring prep?
aration that won't wash off. It acts like
dye on the skin, and chemists say it will
probably not wear off for months.
Beware of Mercury and Potash.
Mercury is more destructive to human
health and life than war, pestilence and
famine combined. So said a distinguished
writer many years ago, and it is as true
to-day as then. The poor victim of
Blood Disease is drugged with Mercury
to euro the malady, and then dosed with
Iodides to cure him of the Mercurial
Poisoning; but instead of any relief, tho
first breaks down his general health and
makes him a cripple, and the other mins
his digestive organs. Mercury and Pot?
ash are dangerous even when adminis?
tered to directions and under the eye of
a good physician, and when put up in
nostrums, often by incompetent persons,
aroapt to produce evil consequences. Be
careful of these poisonous mixtures or
you may regret it. Swift's Specific is en?
tirely a vegetable preparation, and should
not be confounded with tue various imi?
tations, non secret humbugs, "Succus Al
terans," etc., all of which either contain
Mercury and Potash, or are composed of
old remedies which have long since been
discarded as of no value in the treatment
of Blood Diseases, and none of thorn con?
tain a single article which enters into the
composition of Swift's Specific. There is
only one Swift's Specific (8. S. S.) and
thero is nothing in the world like it. Bo
sure to get the genuine.
Inflammatory Rheumatism.
I havo been afflicted for noarly fourteen
years with tho severest form of "inflamma?
tory rheumatism. For a largo portion of
the time was confined to bod, and suf?
fered the most excruciating pain, my
legs badly swollen. Vy caso was thought
incurable by tho physicians, and I havo
often hoped that death would ensue aud
relieve me of pain. Last month I secured,
at tho suggestion of a friend, ono dozen
bottles ol Swift's Specific, and aftor using
about six bottles I am entirely free from
pain, tho first time in nearly fourteen
years. My joints are becoming more
supple and the swelling gone. I am ready
to answor any inquiries as to tho fucts in
the caso. . 0. \V. St. Clair.
Cabot, Ark., April 19, '84.
"Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga.
WARNING.
ALL persons arc hereby notified not to
harbor or hire Woods Anderson,
as riiave him under writttn contrast for
the year 1885. Persons disregarding this
notico may expect the full penalty of the
law.
D. J. TUCKER.
May 2*, 188?_46_1*
Application for Charter.
NOTICE is horoby given that applica?
tion will be made to the Clerk of
Court of Anderson County, S. C, on the
2Gth day of June, 1885, for a Charter for
the Anderson Telephone Exchange.
J. L. MAULDIN,
Secretary of Incorporators.
May 28, 18S.r>_40_5_
LOCATION_OF_DEPOTS.
NOTICE is hereby given that tho Board
of Directors of the Savannah Val?
ley Railroad Company will meet at Ander?
son, S. C, on June 2Sth, at 10 o'clock
a. m., for the purpose of locating the De?
pots of said Road. All persons or com?
munities interested are requested to com?
municate with the lioard cither in person
or in writing what aid they are willing to
give to secure the location of Depots.
The Company will expect from the dif?
ferent communities not less than $300 with
which to build the Depots located in each,
bo id es one acre of land.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, President.
May 28, 1S55 40 4
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson* County.
By Thomas 0. Ligon, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, A. Evina Browne has ap?
plied to mo to grant him letters of Ad?
ministration on the Personal Estate of
Samuel Browne, doceasod.
These arc therefore to cite and admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
Samuel Browne, deceased, to be and ap?
pear boforo me in Court of Probato to bo
held at Andorson Court Houso, on tho
13th day of June, 18S5, after publica?
tion hereof to show cause, if any they
have, why the said administration should
not be granted. Given under my hand,
this 25th day of May, 1885.
T. C. LIGON, J. P.
May 28,1885 40 2
THE
KNABE PIANO
EL AS built up a reputation unequalled
in the last fifty years. Manufactured in
Baltimore, it stands nur climate best. For
combination of volume and richness ? of
tone, together with refined sweetness and
purity, IT STANDS THE LEADING
PIANO PORT 15 OP AMERICA. Sub?
stantial and durable. Fully warranted for
five years.
THE VERDICT
OP THE PEOPLE, seems, they will not
buy any but the?
STANDARD ORGAN,
Made by Peloubot & Co. In fifteen months
I sold thirty-one of them, and published
the testimony of the satisfaction of the
purchasers to the world. I have tried to
sell four other makes of Organs for the last
two years and only .sold (our. Now, the
people's judgment may be wrong?but that
is their VERDICT. They prefer the Stan?
dard Organ, made by Pelouhet & Co.
Hence, I will not sell any other Instru?
ment but the above. Sold ON EASY
TJERMS. Come and see me, or write to
me.
J. A.. DANIELS,
Exclusive Agent.
May 28, 1SS4 46_
Atlantic Coast Line.
Wilmington, N. O, May 17, 18S5.
SOLID Trains between Charleston and
Columbia, S. C 8pecial Buffet Cars
attached to this train. No extra charge
for scat in these cars to passengers holding
First Class tickets. Condensed schedule as
follows:
COttfO EAST.
Leave Walhalla. 9:05 a. m.
Anderson.10:48 a. m.
Greenwood ..:. 1:08 p. m.
Columbia. 5:27 p. m.
going west.
Leave Charleston.7:25 a. m.
Arrive Columbia.10 55 a. m.
Greenwood. 3:03 p. m.
Anderson.5:10 p. m.
Walhalla. 6:50 p. m.
T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pas. Agt.
J. F. Divine, Gen'l Supt.
May 28. 1885_48_
OUR INVITATION TO ALL,
COME!
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.
E are again in the lead, and ready for
action with a mammoth stock of?
New Spring Goods.
Such as aro 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 be 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.
Wo advertise 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 io satisfy our custo?
mers as to sell Goods, and we don't want
anybody's money unless we can give them
a fair equivalent. Now, wc mean just that.
Everybody knows very well that one of
the best ways to save money is to buy
Goods of W. A. CHAPMAN.
The A, B, C of our business:
ATTRACTIVE GOODS.
DMIBABLE ASSORTMENT,
TTENTIVE CLERKS.
BIG VARIETY,
EAUTIFUL DESIGNS,
0TT0H PRICES.
COMPARE OUR STOCK,
ONSIDER THE SAVING,
OME RIGHT AWAY,
And lyou will be convinced of what I say.
Yours, very respectfully,
W. A. CHAPMAN.
XSr If you have never bought a pair of
ZEIGLER'S FINE SHOES come and get
a pair, and if you have como and get an?
other pair.
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Stockholders' Meeting.
THE Annual Meeting of the Stockliold?
ers of THE ANDERSON BUILD?
ING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION will be
held in the Court Honse in Anderson on
THURSDAY, the 18th day of JUNE next,
at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of re?
ceiving and acting upon the reports of the
present officers and electing officers for the
ensuiug year, and for the transaction of
such other business as may come before
the meeting. .
J. D. MAXWELL,
Sec. and Treas. Anderson B. <fc L. A.
May 21, 1885_45__5
SHERIFFS SALE.
BY virtue of an execution to me directed,
I will expose to sale on SALESDAY
IN JUNE, A. D. 1S85, at Anderson Court
House, South Carolina, the following prop?
erty, to wit :
One Tract of Land, containing two hun?
dred acres, more or less, situate in Wil
liamston Township, and bounded by lands
of Piedmont Manufacturing Company,
Mrs. Hannah King and others. Levied on
as the property of R. H. Wei born in favor
of Frances E. Glines.
Terms of sale?Cash. Purchasers to pay
extra for all necessary papers.
WM. L. BOLT,
Sheriff of Anderson County.
May 7, 1885_43 4
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All nersons having demands against
the Estate of James M. Gambrcll, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, properly
proven, to the undersigned within the time
prescribed by law, and those indebted to
make payment. _ ?
JOHN N. GAMBRELL, Adm'r.
May 21,1885 4 5 3
SPRING
- HAS -
AEBIVED !
AND with it that peculiar condition of the
system, known as impure blood. II is a fact,
known to everybody, that if we hews any Hu~
inor in the\Blood, it is almost surt to break out
in the Spring months in Eczema, Erythema,
Tetter, Ring Worm, Splotches on face, de., dr.
Now, the reason for this is generally supposed
to be the change of the seasons, and a want of
abstinence from food. During the Winter,
when the weather is bitter cold, we eat a great
deal of grease?especially hog meat. Our
whoU system becomes, as it were, permeated
and clogged up with our heavy diet, and when
Spring comes, and hot weather begins, very few
of us are careful in our eating, continuing the
same heavy articles of diet, that art otdy fit for
bitter cold weather, when, in fact, we should eat
very little until our system becomes acclimatized
to the hot wealhe}'. Most people understand
that they have to take a dose of Pills or Calomel,
or something of the kind, to prepare the system
jor the Spring and Summer; and most of
them new know that to prevent the "Spring
Rashes,'' Boils, dc, they must take so>ne kind
of Blood Purifier?such as SARSAPA
RILLA, with IODIDE POTASSIUM or
QUEEN'S DELIGHT and IODIDE PO?
TASH, or SARSAPARILLA and YELLOW
DOCK?which latter is made and highly re?
commended by Lamar, Rankin d Lamar, of
Atlanta. Or SUCCUS ALTERANS, which
is a very fine and efficacious remedy, or some of
the Patent Medicines, which are very highly
recommended by the parties who nwde them.
Now, we always keep on hand a goo\i stock of
the alms remedies, and many others, for the
diseases r>f Spring and Summer.
Yours truly,
ORR JTSLOAN,
DEALERS IN
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Prescriptions a Specialty,
BENSON HOUSE CORNER.
May 7, 1835 43