The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 23, 1885, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1885.
OHE Y. KAR?,.!?. |? MWMM.MMM...81.50.
six months.._..._ 7?o.
Tw* Dollars if not paid in advance.
The meeting of the State Pres.? Associ?
ation closed a most pleasant and harmo?
nious session at Greenville last week.
Col. T. B. Crews, of the Laurensville
Herald, who has held the position of
president by successive elections for six
years, positively declined.,to do further i
service, and Maj. M. B. McSweeny, of.j
the Hampton Guardian, was unanimous?
ly elected to succeed him. The follow- j
iug are the other officers elected t Vice
president, T. H. Clarke, of the Camden .
Jcunialii andC.'W. Petty, of tho Carolina j
Spartan; Chaplain, The Eev. Sidi H.
Brown, of the Cliristian Neighbor; Re?
cording Secretary, J. B. Bonner, of the.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian; Cor?
responding Secretary, J. S. Perrin, of j
r the. Abbeville ?ftsmiger; Treasurer, Maj;
Fr. Melchershof the Charleston Zeitung \
Orator for the next meeting, Col. Jno.
W. Bt Pope, of the Columbia. Register',
Alternate, Capt. M. L. Bonham, of the
Abbeville Messenger. The visiting Jour?
nalists were most handsomely entertained
by the hospitable citizens of Greenville, j
and speak in tho most extravagant man?
ner oT the pleasures of their visit. We
regret that ? the Intelligence* could
.not be represented on the enjoyable oc?
casion..
We are glad to notice that a corres?
pondent of the New* and Courier Is:
writing a series of articles on oar Circuit j
Courts, in which he calls attention to tho [
obstruction to business in the Courts of
Common Pleas, the principal cause of
which he .thinks is the time generally
occupied by the Courts of General
/Sessions and the uncertainty as to the]
time when the Courts of Common Pleas j
will open. He mentions several ways;
by which he thinks the business of the
Courts could be expedited. Such as a
law fixing a day-certain when the busi?
ness . of the Courts of General Sessions'
must close, curtailing the time allowed !
counsel for argument, or to leave the j
matter of time entirely in the discretion
of the Judge, and dispensing with unan?
imous verdicts of juries. The writer ]
is evidently one of our. Circuit Judges,
as he is conversant with the nature and
amount of the business of the Courts in
all the Circuits in the State. That some
action is needed on the part of our law-1
makers to remedy -the evils that now
exists is certain, but what action will
best effect the' desired object is not so j
certain.' We hope that the matter will
receive that attention from onr Judges
and our Legislators which it deserves.
We have heard suggested as a remedy
for the evil an. increase of Circuit
Judges, but fail to see how this would at
all make more certain the day when the
Court of General Sessions will open. A <
system of County Courts has also been
suggested, and to this *ome constitutional
objections have been raised. We hope
that something will be done to give the
v desired reMef.
THAT C?AKGE OF WHITEWASHES U.
The Andebson Intelliqencee de-:
clares that there was no whitewashing
when the terrible revelations of the treat?
ment of convicts on Augusta and Knox
vflie Bailroad were made in 1879. To
sustain its declaration the report of the
legislative committee appointed to in?
vestigate that affair is printed. It is too
long to reproduce here, but we have ex-1
amined it with-some care, and if it is not:
a clear and perfect whitewashing we
have never seen one. Its general con?
clusions are that if anybody is to blame
for a death rate: of over twenty-five per |
cent, itwas. T.-W. Parmele,- the Super?
intendent of the penitentiary who held I
over from the radical reign, and that it!
was not clear that even he was in fault.
. The editor of this newspaper knows
something of the matter as he had
occasion to write a.-longjeport'of it with-.
dates, details and names of witnesses^)
ready to the hand of anybody who chose
to use them. There was murder in a
variety of ways: In the stifling stock?
ades, in the heavy work and' insufficient
and improper food and with bullet,
bludgeon,, whip and gun stock. Yet the
committee^ after a report exempting
everybody but Parmele from' blame.
coolly says.::
"The committee recommend that it be
referred to the Attorney General for such
action as he may deem proper on .behalf |
of the State. Any , citizen of the State
will'also have, the right to institute a
prosecution in any case in which he may
feel that the law has been violated."
Weldo npt know if the matter w&8 re?
ferred/ to: the ^'Attorney General. We|
never heard that he did anything or that
any one of the committee, chosen to rep?
resent the law and the State in this
special matter, ever thought it worth
while to take action in his capacity as
"any citizen" to have the subject venti?
lated and investigated. The whole thing
was covered with whitewash an inch
deep and- dropped like a hot potato.
That is why we have heard of similar
brutality to convicts at intervals since.
The issue between the Greenville News
and the Committee which investigated
the treatment of convicts on the Green?
wood & Augusta Bailroad is one that is
easily.settled/ The Ncics asserts that its
editor investigated the matter and
knows something about it. Now, if the
News will state what fact it knows which
contradict, the report of the Committee,
and.the names of the witnesses who
could prove those facts, we may convince
him., that the Committee did all.they
could do.:. We'have a copy of the testi?
mony taken by the Committee, and are
ready to maintain the asseitior that
under the testimony the Comm.:*tee
could not have reached a different con?
clusion. Wo took all the testimony
which was reported by any person to us,
and even examined the witnesses whose
names were sent us in anonymous com?
munications. We have the testimony
now, and are ready to show that the ex?
amination'was'as thorough as we could
make it. The :irecomnrcndaliou as to
specific charges, was mado as to. acts of j
.Cruelty alleged to have been committed ,
by the captain and guards. Upon these
there was diversity of testimony?the
convicts making one statement and the
officers an entirely different statement.
In such a condition there, was no sen?
sible course left to the: Committee but to
ask it to be referred to the law officer of |
the State. We could not recommend that
any pe'rsorj.'ij'e? hanged ^jr-'put in the peni?
tentiary, andio^xpressjau opinion upon.
the facts of a case to be tried in the
Courts would hot have been right or
proper* Now, if tho News will" come
down to particular facts and the names
of its witnesses, we will show the testi?
mony taken upon those facts by the
Committee.
LOCAL OPTION IN georgia.
The House of Representatives of our
Bister State, Georgia, last Friday passed
a general local option whiskey law, by
a vote of 111 to 22.
The Bill, as passed the House, provides
that in any County, not already having
Prohibition in some form or other, there
may be an election every two years until
Lwhiskey is run out, and that when it is
once out it is out to stay.
There was. considerable discussion on
the Bill, and the same arguments used
against it that we often hear in our State,
yet the: people of Georgia through v-r
Representatives in the House nMve
spoken, and in no uncertain words, that
the whiskey traffic must be suppressed.
Tho Bill was ordered sent to the Senate
where it will doubtless pass.
We are glad to see our sister State
take such a bold stand for the cause of
Temperance, and hope that the day is
not distant when South Carolina will
follow the example. Her citizens now
and then speak oat in no unmistakable
terms in favor of Prohibition. The
friends of Temperance in Anderson
County only await the opportunity to
make a bold fight against whiskey, and
by their votes to say* that they are
unwilling for the whiskey traffic to be
carried on in this County. When the
issue comes, as come it must, they can?
not fail, for the fight is in the interest of
morality and prosperity, of manhood
and the youth of our land, and of the
wives and mothers of all our citizens.
Thus) let the issue come as soon as prac?
ticable. -
Chewing Tobacco in Choren*
Mr. Editob : I never knew that man
was the nastiest thing on earth which
God created until a few days since. Man
undoubtedly is the nastiest of all nasties
known to woman, at least; and yet some
men, in some places, are very nice at
times. Wheh he is visiting your house
he will, of course, lake off his hat at the
door, and take his cood of tobacco out of
his mouth, throw it away and walk into
the parlor with such: a smila upon his
countenance that you at once pronounce
him a nice gentleman. And so he is and
would be so long as he remained in your
house. He would not think of taking a
chew of tobacco or smoking while he re?
mains. He has too much respect for
you ; he would not think of such a thing
for a moment. Why? Because he has
no desire to insult you, and for many rea?
sons not necessary to mention.
Now, if man can be and is such a nice
being at your house, why is it that he
will so unceremoniously abnse a house
that belongs to all who choose to visit it
?that is, the Chnrch. When I see a
Church stained with puddles of tobacco
juice I feel ashamed of my fellow-men.
If a man would think only once where
ho was?not only in the house of God,
but in the presence of the very ladies
whose duty it is to see after the cleanli?
ness of the Church ! Did I say it was
the duty of the ladies to see after the
Church ? Whether it is their duty or
not they have to do it in self-defence.
If the ladies were to stay away from
Church one year, I don't believe the men
could get out of the building with decent
clothes. If they had to wear a lady's
dress I am sure-they could not.
Now, I have saw lately pools of to?
bacco juice" almost deep enough to drown
a yearling duck?in the Church, in God's
house. I have seen a lady's white dress
so badly smeared that she had to pin a
handkerchief on her drees to hide the
dirty stain from the view of these tobacco
factories who are waiting outside, ready
to make a remark about the unfortunate
one.
If I were to make the assertion that no
gentleman would chew and spit on my
floor, everybody would say that I was
correct. If I were to throw him out for
spitting upon my furniture you would
say I served him right. Suppose I wore
to say that any man who would chew
tobacco and spit upon the noor of a
Church was no gentleman, what would
you say ? Now, if you have no respect
for God and His house, do have enough
for the ladies not to spit npon the floor.'
Remember this next Sabbath when you
enter God's house,, that when yon spit
upon the Church you spit upon God.
,;" - Wmz.
. Artificial Limbs.
The Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier says:
At the Comptroller General's office to?
day I made inquiry as to the disposition
of the appropriation of $9,000 made by
the Legislature at its last session for giv?
ing the "value" of the appropriate arti?
ficial limbs to soldiers of the State who
had lost legs or arms in the war. It will
be remembered that this was the last of
a series of appropriations toward the
same end. At first artificial limbs were
bought and supplied by the State, but
they proved worthless. Subsequently
the terms of the annual appropriations
were so changed that the value of the
limbs was given to those who proved
their claims to them, and those who had
received worthless appliances were allow?
ed to draw their proportion of the money
as if they had not been originally sup?
plied. The scale on which the fragments
are made is this: For the loss of an arm
below the elbow, $40; above the elbow,
$60. For the loss of a leg below the
knee, $75; above the knee, $100. The
amount paid varies with the extent of
the injury as certified by a surgeon. No
instance is recollected where the amount
paid has exceeded $100 for the loss of
one limb. The appropriation of $9,000
was exhausted several months ago, and
there are now about oue hundred unpaid
claims on file.
A Joke With a Serious Ending.
Erie, Pa., July 15.?Alfonse Drecht,
a sentimental youth from Bockland,
Texas, took arsenic to-day in front of the
dwelling occupied by a young lady he
had come on here to meet and marry.
From a list of society ladies furnished by
the agent of a Texas correspondence
bureau, young Drecht selected a lady
who next Wednesday is to be married to
a doctor of divinity. He wrote ber a
letter^ which was thrown aside by the re?
cipient in disgust. A younger Bister
clandestinely answered tho letter in sport
and invited the poetic Texan to come on
and wed her. She signed her elder sis?
ter's name. The love sick gentleman
took it seriously and arrived here to day,
creating an exciting scene when expelled.
He came back aud took arsenic on the
doorstep. The poison was pumped out
and,; his friends telegraphed for.
The Atlanta Pay-Car Robbery.
Atlanta, Ga., July 17?The daring
theft of the pay car of the Richmond
and Danville Railroad from the passen
Kr depot in this citjj for ? moment
filed the skill of the police officers, but
the shrewdest ones among them had no
hesitancy in singling out Charlie Rose,
an ex-yardmaster of the road, as the
leader of the desperadoes. They at once
began acting upon this suspicion, evi?
dently under Information received from
Paymaster Groser, and before night the
circumstances brought together left no
doubt as to Rose's guilt. At midnight,
before the train was stolen, Charlie Rose,
with five companions, was seen near the
stolen engine. When Paymaster Groser
awoke and round his car in motion, he
put his bead out of the window and
called out:
"Where are you going?"
"You are the man we want, d?n you,"
was the response, as four shots were fired
in the direction of the affrighted pay?
master.
"I know you, Charlie Rose," replied
| Groser, as he realized that he was in the
hands of thieves. For three years
Groser had carried the name of Rose on
his payroll, taking his receipt every
month, so there could be no mistake in
his identification. The police at once
fell upon the trail of the desperado and
his companions who were fleeing through
the country behind Stone Mountain
toward Gwranett, where Rose formerly
lived, aud the news of his arrest is mo?
mentarily expected. Nolan, whose
arrest has been previously noted, was a
companion of Charlie Ross. A notable
arrest was that of David Fossett, a dis?
charged colored employee of the Rich?
mond and Danville Road, which was
made during the day. In his pocket was
found the missing switch key, with which
the switch was thrown open to allow the
engine to run back to the pay car.
The story of Charlie Rose is one of
strange tragic interest. One year ago he
lived in Atlanta with his wife Jennie,
and his cousin, Nancy Fraeer. The
shocking story of the murder of his wife,
of the implication in that crime of Nancy
Frazer and Clara Suggs, of the death of
Nancy after giving birth to a child With
a scar occupying the place of one eye,
and the rapid downfall and final miser?
able death of Clara, is familiar to the
readers of the News and (Kurier. Char?
lie Rose, grown insolent since the death
of .he two witnesses against him,
returned to the city and has lived the
life of a vagabond. He was discarded
by the Richmond and Danville Compa?
ny, and this led him into a formation of
the conspiracy to steal the pay car on
its next arrival in the city. His com?
panions, all of whom are now located by
the police, are discharged employees of
the same road. Rose is a graceless, hap?
py-go-lucky scamp, confident in the be?
lief that he can, for the second time,
defy the law.
The officers came close upon Charlie
Rose this morning in Gwinnett County,
but he again eluded them.
?? ';
That Stroke of lightning.
Mr. ?. C. Scheaffar, who was struck
by lightning on the 26th u.U., is now
able to be at work and has moved his
shoe shop to the room over the brick
stable in rear of Dr. Brown's drug store,
known as "Earle's" stables. We called
at his shop on Monday last and he gave
us the following account of the stroke i
He stated that on the evening of the
storm he went to the door ana looked
out and saw very angry looking clouds
overhead, with lightning flashing in every
direction; he closed the door and was
standing in the floor leaning on a chair,
when be received i a shock that turned
I him col pletely around and he fell to
the floor. It was all done so quickly he
could not perceive that the lightning had
struck the rear end of bis shop, torn a
hole through the wall, entered and given
him a shaking up. He again got on his
feet and examined the wreck of his shop,
and looked out and saw where the light?
ning had torn up a tree in front He
went to "Earle's" stables and told -his
story, when Mr. Dick Richardson and
others accompanied him back to see
where the lightning had struck the
building. The room seemed to have a
sulphurous smell.
All of this time he did not know be
was injured, but only felt a little dazed.
Soon after, however, his feet began to
swell and Mr. Rose carried him home in
a buggy, as he could not wear his shoes
on account of the swelling. After his
arrival home, he examined his feet,
which were paining him very much and
found a hole in each heel. He sent for
Doctor R. H. Rutledge, who arrived the
next morning and dressed the wounds.
Ho pulled off his shoes and showed us'
the wounds in the bottom of his heels,
which are not fast curing up. He stated
that they were ragged at the edge as if
made by the exit of a bullet, the size of
one's little finger. They were not probed,
therefore be did not know bow deep they
extended. Water and blood oozed from
the wound for about ten days.
He also showed us the shoes he wore
on the occasion. In the heel of each
shoe was an indenture as if made by a
bullet. One of the sides of one of the
shoe soles was torn off and the other was
torn on the upper where it connects with
the sole. ..
Mr. Scheaffar also stated there was no
mark or scar on his person except those
mentioned and a small hurt on one of
his toes at the bottom. He is now about
well, having only a slight dizziness in his
head. He resides three miles from the
city on the Laurens road, and has been
working in this city for several years.
Dr. Rutledge's statement of the affair
corroborates that of Mr. Scheaffar, aud
the Doctor says he cannot account for
the lightning entering the man's body
without breaking the skin, as it evidently
did from the looks of the ragged wounds
made at the bottom of the heels, which
resembled those made by the exit of a
bullet.?Greenville Enterprise and Moun?
taineer.
Notice to Leave.
Asbury Park, N. J., July 17.?The
Journal of to-day contains an editorial
that has created a sensation. In it the
editor says tba1- "colored people are
becoming a nuisance in Asbury Park.
We allow them to vote, to have f?ll
standing and protection in law, but when
it comes to social intermingling then we
object most seriously and emphatically.
This,is a white people's resort, and
derives its ontiro support from white
people. They bring their families here
for rest aud enjoyment by the sea. The
colored people follow because they find
employment as servants, and here they
hang, intruding themselves in places de?
signed only for guests, monopolizing
promenades, pavilions and seats;, and
not content with thai, thoy come on
excursions by the train load, and some
days the whole beach seemn given up to
them."
The editor concludes with the vague
but serious announcement that unless
the negroes. keep within their sphere
"something will have to bo done." He
mildly recommouds that the owners of
the beach assert their rights and exclude
them.
? Cyclone pits have promoted a
schism in a Milton County (Ga.) church.
Some of the members had dug and fitted
up such places of refuge, which were
considered by the majority of the breth?
ren as a flagrant violation of their
doclVjue j?nd n temptation to God to wipe
Ihem orT the face of the earth. As tho
pit diggers tfero'moro fearful of cyclones
than of the wr^lb of God, they organized
tbemsolvcfl into a church under the
iiame of the Cyclone Primitives, whereas
the old church bas a>ttuu?er- the name f?f
Anti-Cyclone Primitiv,
OUR MEMBERS IN 1860,
A .Sketch of South Carolina's Six Congress?
men.' .
South Carolina had six members of
Congress. They were men of varied
ability. John McQueen was a man of
fine physique and courteous manner.
He was brother-in-law to Governor
Picken a. The writer recalls him from
one incident which happened at the
Metropolitan Hotel when he first came
to Congress. He had an opportunity of
exercising a little surgical skill in setting
the jaw of a young son of Mr. McQueen,
who had dropped two stoiieB into the
area of tbe hostelry. Mr. McQueen used
to say to the writer, whom he always
called "Doctor" after that incident, that
if his boy lived, he would be the Presi?
dent of a Southern Confederacy ; and if
auy difficulty happened in tbe culmina?
tion of that event, and the writer should
become a prisoner, tbe courtesy of the
McQueens?who had saved Prince
Charlie in Scotland?should be extended
to him. John McQueen became a mem?
ber of the Confederate Congress. He
was not in the military service. He
died in 1867.
William Porcber Milesj of South Car?
olina) was a man of great urbanity and
ready aptitude in speaking. He became
a member of the Confederate Congress.
He is specially adapted, by method and
manner, to win people to his thought.
Lawrence M. Keitt was the Chevalier
Bayard of the Congress. He was with?
out reproach, full of dash in debate, of
dainty elegance of expression j and fiery
ardor for his section. He died of wounds
received at Cold Harbor, twenty miles
north of Bichmond. He fell while
skirmishing and riding wildly ahead of
his regiment.
MilTedge L. Bonham became a briga?
dier-general in the war. He fought
bravely. Afterwards he became Gover?
nor of South Carolina. He still lives, a
contented planter.
John D. Ash more, of South Carolina,
withdrew when bis State seceded. His
hair was as straight as that of an Indian,
and as dark and glossy as that of an
Oriental. He served in the Confederate
army, and died at Sardis, Mississippi, in
1871.
William W. Boyce, dialectician, stu?
dent and economist became a member of
the Confederate Congress. He lives
pear Washington in an honorable old
age. He.is worthy of the beet descrip?
tion of Cicero in his De Senectute.?From
Sunset Cox's Three Decades of Federal
Legislation,
Tictims of the Heat in New York.
Naw York, July 16.?Coroner Mes
semer held forty-two inquests to-day on
the bodies of persons who directly or
indirectly died from the heat of the last
two days.
^Mr. C. L. Beid, of Walhalla,
hai ested last week 18 bushels of Irish
potatoes off of a piece of land 30 by 40
feet?about 1-35 of an acre. An acre
of ground at this rate would yield about
600 bushels. Some of these potatoes
weighed three-quarters of a pound, and
all of them were large and fine in ap?
pearance. Mr. Beid had three varieties
planted?Goodrich, peerless and early
rose. The Irish potato crop in this
section is the largest made in many
years."?Keowee Courier.
? Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell, who
lives near Tiller's Ferry, Chesterfield
County, was 100 years old on the 4th
instant. The neighborhood celebrated
her hundredth "oniversary by a picnic.
She was born in Kershaw, but married
early in life and went with her husband
to Chesterfield, where she has ever since
resided.
? A Wes^m man from the prairies
of Egyptian llliuois was looking at tbe
Catskill Mountains from the deck of a
Hudson Biver steamboat. "What do
{'ou think of the scenery ?" asked a fel
ow-passenger. "Well," ho said, criti?
cally, "it's fair, stranger, it's fair; but it
strikes me that it is a little too hilly."
? A bill has br i passed by the Geor?
gia House of Representatives which
provides that on petition every two years
elections may be held in the counties
where intoxicating drinks are sold until
the county goes for prohibition, when no
more elections can be held.
? "Is that crowd going to the races, or
is it a ratification meeting ?" "Neither,
stranger; that man walking so fast in
front is a country merchant; the 700
other fellows you see arc drummers.
They'll get him, stranger."?Courier
Journal.
? At Manley, N. C, on Saturday
night, Julius Lux, while intoxicated,
drew a pistol in the midst of a crowd
and began firing, killing Samuel Sparr, a
white man, and severely wounding three
negroes before he could be captured.
? It is estimated that 250 wine and
beer .saloons bave been closed in St.
Louis since July 1 under the high license
law, and that some 400, or about one
quarter of all the saloons in the city,
will be shut up during the month.
? The New York Tribune reports Sen;
ator John Sherman as having made the
following remark: "The worst that can
be said of President Cleveland is that he
has not done as badly as was expected of
a Democrat."
? The leader of the recent attempt to
steal the pay train at Atlanta was
Charles Rose, the yard master who was
accused of murdering his wife and is
believed to have done it.
? "I remember," said a Detroit boy
to his Sunday school teacher, "you told
me always to stop and count fifty when
angry." "Yes? Well, I'm glad to hear
it. It cooled your anger, didn't it?"
"You see, a bo/he came into our alley
and made faces at me and dared me to
fight. I was going with him. He was
bigger'n me, and I'd bave got pulverized.
I remembered what you said, and began
to count." "And you didn't fight?"
"No, ma'am. Just as I got to forty-two
my big brother came alone, and the way
he licked that boy would have made
your mouth water. I was going to
count fifty and then run."?Detroit Free
Press. y_
A lady writes: "I have used Ayer'a
Sarsaparille in my family for many years,
and could not keep house withoutit. For
tho relief of the pains consequent upon
female weaknesses and irregularities, I
consider it without an equal."
Thcro is no economy in paying $2.00 per
doz. for glass fruit jars when you can save
your whole crop with $1.00 worth Ameri?
can Fruit Proserving P. and L., iii com?
mon jars, kogs or barrels.
49?2m Hill Bkoh.
Not a particle of calomel or any other
deleterious BUbstance onters into the com?
position of Ayer's Cathartic Pills. Oh*
tbe contrary, they prove of special ser?
vice to those who have used calomel and
other mineral poisons as medicines, and
foel their injurious ettccts. In such cases
! Aj'cr's Pills are invaluable
Messrs. Bleckley, Brown & Frotwell
desire to say to their friends and custom?
ers that they arc now receiving large ship?
ments of those splendid Stuaebakor and
Tennessee Wagons, aud that everybody
who expects lo buy a wagon is cordially
invited to inspect thorn 'beforo buying
elsewhere. New Patent Steel Skeins;
extra deep Bodies, .suitable for hauling
seed cotton, &c. 1 tf
Nothing helps out tho farmer and a
short crop more than a plentiful supply of
Turnips, They aro good for both man
and boast. We beg to remind you that
(bo season for planting is now at hand,
and that we are receiving the largest stock
from roliablo growers ever boforo brought
to this market. All varieties, which wo
guarantee to bo fresh and genuine. Prices
are as low as good seed can be sold- Our
stock consists in part of Red or Purple
Top, White Flat Dutch, Whito Globe,
Norfolk, Cow Horn, Seven Top, Yollow
Abberdeon. Amber Globe, Purple Top,
Ruta Baga, etc. Yours,
WlLHITE {fe WlLHITf;.
For the best and cheapest Tobacco, go
to C. F. Jones & Co.]
It is foolishness to raise a lot of Beans
and then allow them to get hard and
waste on ihe 7ines. The American Fruit
Preserving Powder and Liquid will save"
them perfectly sound and fresh.
Hixr< Bros.
Ice I Ice I Ice I A full supply of
Pure Lake Ice on hand. Customers will
please send for their supplies before G
o'clock p. m., at which hour the store
will be closed. C. A. Reed.
Reed <k Stephens have just received a
large quantity of celebrated Columbus
made Buggies, and always keep in stock
all styles and grades of Home-made and
?Western Phsetons? Buggies and Wagons,
which they sell On time until Fall on ap?
proved paper. Call on Mr. A. S. Stephens
at their Factorv, Main Street, South of
Square, before you purchase and get his
Erices, and you will be paid for your trou
lo. They have also added to their work?
ing force three expert Northern work?
men?a Blacksmith, Painter and Trim?
mer. Send them your repairing if you
want it done with dispatch and in a neat
manner. Mr. Stephens, who is an expert
workman of twenty-five years experi?
ence, overlooks all the work beforo it
eaves the shop. 44?
Plain Questions.
Mythical Ideas are fanning tho public
brow with the breath of prejudice, ignor?
ance and hum buggery. Have you the
remotest idea that your scrofula was cre?
ated by the use of potash and mercury ?
No matter what the cause. B. B. B. is
the peer of all other remedies. Do you'
presume that your troublesome catarrh is
the result of mineral poisoning ? B. B.
B. is tho quickest remedy. Are your
chronic ulcers and boils and sores the re?
sult of potash and mercury ? Medical
gentlemen will not tell you so, but B. B.
B. is the only sovereign remedy. Were
your terrible kidney troubles created by
mineral poisonings ? Not a bit of it, but
B. S. B. has proven to be a reliable rem?
edy. Are your skin diseases, your ecze?
ma, dry tetter, etc., the effect of too much
potash and mercury ? The medical pro?
fession are the best judges, and they say
nay, but B. B. B. makes more pronounced
cures than all other preparations com?
bined. _
Willacoocheo
is the name of a flourishing village in
Coffee County, Georgia, on the lino of tho
Brunswick and Albany Railroad.
Mr. D. E. Gaskin, a well known citizen
of that village, writes under date of
December' 22a:
Soon after my - marriage, about four
years ago, my wife was stricken with
some trouble peculiar to her sex, which
broke down her general health. lu this
condition she was soon after attacked
with Inflammatory Rheumatism of such a
severe type that It made her a cripple.
She was reduced in flesh to sixty-five
f>ounds,and came very near losing her
ife. She was attended by three good
physicians who treated her with some
benefit, but the swelling in her joints
never left her. Last summer the Rheu?
matism returned in a still more severe
and painful form which seemed to defy
the skill of all the doctors. She would
almost gn frantic with pain, and would
lie and scream all day. A friend of mine,
who is an engineer on the Brunswick <fc
Albany Railroad, suggested that I should
use Swift's Specific (S. S. S.), which I
did. After she had taken one small bot?
tle she was up and able to walk over the
ftouBo, and after taking the six small bot?
tles she is now able to do any kind of
house work .- the swelling has gone, all
the pain has left her, and she is in better
health than she ever was. The treatment
before using the Swift's Specific cost me
between $350 to $400, and the six bottles
of S. S. S. cost me six dollars.
It is certainly the most wonderful
inediciue and the best blood purifier in
the world. Tho proprietors should lot
the world know about it. ?
Note.?The S. S. S. Company wish to
caution purchasers in regard to the
numerous imitations of their goods.
Some carry the lie on tho face, purporting
to be vegetable remedies; which, in fact
they are really strong solutions of pois?
onous minerals?as Mercu.y, Potash, otc.
Be careful to get the genuine.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
Tiie Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga.
NORMAL MUSIC SCHOOL
THE South Carolina Normal Music
School will begin at Salem Church,
four miles North of Anderson, on Monday,
August 3rd, and continue four weeks.
Terms : Gentlemen, $5.00 ; Ladies, $1.00,
and pupils under 14 years of age, $3.C0.
For further information, apply to
C. O. BURRI8S, Anderson, S. C.
July 23,1885_2_1
DUE WEST
FEMALE^GOLLEGE.
Ifl-XERCISES begin first Monday in Oc
J tober.
Cartful moral training. Thorough teach?
ing. Best facilities in Music, instrumental
and vocal; French and Painting.
Terms unusually low. Whole cost of
Board and regular Tuition for year $1(55.00.
For Catalogue apply to the President,
J. P. KENNEDY.
July 23, 1885_2_
NOTICE.
WE will let to the lowest responsible
bidder, at the Poor House PJacc,
on August 25th, between the hours of 11
and 12 a. m., the contract for the building
of a large and commodious Frame House
for the use of paupers. Plans and specifi?
cations exhibited on day of letting.
J. JAMESON,
A. O. NORRIS,
W. J. ROBINS,
Board Co. Coin. Anderson Co., S. C.
July 23,1885 2 5
'""LELL"
CONTAINS 0764 acres, and is offered
for sale at $12.00 per acre, on easy
terms. Between 75 and 100 acres are creek
bottom. The upland lies well. There are
upon the place three water powors within
three hundred yards of each other, the
public road running betwoen them. This
is a fine stand for Flour, Grist and 8aw
Mills, Gin and Thresher. It is about 3!i
miles from Walhalla to the waier powers,
which are near the center of the land. The
tract may be conveniently divided into sev?
eral small fams, accessible to the public
road and containing some bottoms. Rare
facilities for irrigating the bottoms. Read
and act. This is the only insertion of this
advertisement.
J. J. NORTON, Walhalla, S. C.
July 23,1885_2 ? 1?
ANDERSON
Military School.
W. J. LIGON, Principal.
COL. J. G. CLINKSC A LES,
Assistant.
-o
rpHE Fall Session of this School begins
? SEPTEMBER 1st, 1885.
The scholastic year is divided into two
sessions of twenty weeks each, and extends
from September 1, 18S5, to- June 4, 1880,
with a week's intermission nt Christinas.
The charges will be $10.00, $14 00, $10.00
and $20.00 per session, according to the
grade of studies pursued. All charges be?
gin with the pupil's entrance into the
School, and continue to the close of that
session, unless the pupil is prevented from
attending by serious illness. A contingent
fee of fifty cents per session will be re?
quired, to cover incidentals.
Payments must be made each half
session in advance. This requirement will
be absolutely necessary in order that the
demands for Teacher's hire, advertising und
rent of school property may be promptly
met. Dun't c?mplaiu at this, since you
well know that nu business can he success?
fully conducted on the uncertainty of u
credit basis, especially that of educating
the young, which is of the first importance.
Let the Teacher be assured of his paj', ami
it will act as a stimulus to good work.
Regard it as a sacred duty to. educate, anil
thus elevate your children, and for that
purpose lay by from your earnings enoijgh
to do it.
Hoard can be had with Col. Clinkscales
in the Institution at$12.f>0 per month, pay?
able monthly in advance. This includes,
all necessaries, except towels, washing and
lights. RateB for board from Monday to
Friday afternoon. $9.00 per month.
Apply for Catalogue.
W. J. LIGON, Principal. ;
July 9,1885 52 eow l
SRflPORTANT
TO
GIN OWNERS.
THE Undersigned desires to inform Gin
owners that he is prepared to do any
kind of repairing on a Gin. Shar?
pening a specialty. Now is the time to
get your work done. Don't wait until you
are ready to use your Gin. I have had
years of experience, and guarantee satisfac?
tion in prices and work. During the sea?
son I can always be found at my residence
in the Southern portion of tbe city. If j
your Gin needs repairing, bring it along
without delay.
B. P. WILSON.
July 16,1885 1 2m
TRY US
E
For the Next Sixty Days
WE WILL SELL
DRY GOODS SO CHEAP
That You can't help but Buy.
We want to make room for our
Fall stock.
CORN,
BACON,
FLOUR,
SUGAR*
MOLASSES, COFFEE,
As CHEAP as can be bought in the upper
part of South Carolina.
Give us a call.
We are willing to live and let live.
: W, S. LIGON & CO.
July 16,1885_1_
READ, READ, READ!
In what everybody says there must be
some truth. Whore a preparation is
guaranteed to please everybody, in every
particular, and none complain, there must
be virtue in the preparation, as it is Iranian
to grumble when you get a chance. Some
of our friends say:
Moffattsville, S. C, April 7th, 1885.
Messes HillBbos.?Gwitfcmeii.- I used the
American Fruit Preserving Powder and
Liquid last year, and it is with much satis?
faction I add my testimony to its virtues.
The fruit and vegetables I used it with are
now in a perfect state of preservation with
natural taste and smell. The advantage of J
this over canning fruit is that it keeps
larger packages. Is more reliable, and can
be opened and used from time to time
without damage. Respectfully,
Mrs. Thomas A. Sheeaiid.
Messrs. Hill Bbos.?Gentlemen: The j
American Fruit Preserving Powder and
Liquid I bought from you last year, is all
that yo'i recommended it to be. We used
it on peaches, apples and vegetables, and
tbey are preserved perfectly without un?
pleasant taste or smell, and wo have used
them from the day they were put up with?
out any damage. I heartily recommend it
as a perfect preservative of all kinds of
fruit and vegetables. Respectfully,
D. A. Elbod.
Messes Hill Buoy.?Dear Sirs; Tbe
American Fruit Preserving Powder and
Liquid has certainly been u success with
me. I have given it a fair trial on fruit, and
do unhesitatingly and heartily recommend
it. The fruit wc put up with it is now in
a perfect state of preservation with no un?
natural taste or smell, 'and we used it out
of the vessels constantly without damage.
I.rapvctfully,
\V. A. Gkeb.
Hill Bros, sole agent.*, Ainlcr.-ni S. C.
For sale also by Jas. Hunter & Son's,
Feuilleton, S. C? and Fill ley & Shirley,
Honea Pulh.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
I
N order to reduce my Stock of Goods by
the 101b of July I will oiler?
INDUCEMENTS to CASH BUYERS
- IN ?
DRY GOODS,
Consisting of a full line of
CALICO,;
MUSLINS, PIQUES,
WHITE'GOODS, a full line,
MARSEILLES QUILTS,
CASS1MERES,
COTTON A DES.
HATS.
A good stuck of Hats.
SHOES.
My stock of Shoes is just splendid. If J
you want a lirst-class Shoe at a low price I
can accommodate you. Special attention
called to my LADIES' SHOES, Men's
Low Cut Shoes, Kips, Brogans and Gaiters.
My stock of
GROCERIES
And other Goods complete. I have a large
sale in Roasted Arica and Golden Rio
Coffee and fine Tea.
Give rne a call before buying.
A. B. TOWERS.
June 11.1885 48
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All person? having demands against
the Estate of W. J. Milford, deceased,
arc hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law, and those indebted
to make payment.
PENELOPE L. MILFORD, Ex'x.
July 9, 1885. ' '52 ' 3 ?
PROFESSOR KEMPER S HIGH SCHOOL
Ii Students are prepared for the Senior er other Classes of the best Institutions, or
? fur a practical business life. Terms low. For prospectus of course of study, text
boDks, references and full information, address PROT. C. J. KEMPER, Cuckeo,
Louisa County, Va._2?1_
W. A. CHAPMAN'S
Is tli<; Place to Buy Your i
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HATS, SHOES,
As ho will move by First September to tbc Store Room
now occupied by M. B. Arnstein, (the NTew York
Cash Store,) and so as to avoid moving- he
now offcringr certain lines of
Diress Goods, Calicoes, Ginghams, Bleaching,
Cassimeres, Cottonades, Bed Ticking,
Sea Island Cottons, Towels, Table Damask,
Gloves, Handkerchiefs and Hose,
.A.T -AIsTID BELOW COST. '
Be sure and give hitu a call before buying elsewhere,
W. A. CHAPMAN.
July 23, 1885_2
BXTIST'S
TURNIP SEED,
ALL KINDS. A.1VJD
FRUIT JARS,
AT
Simpson, ?eid. <fe Co.'s
DRUG STORE,
Waverly House Corner, Anderson, .8. C.
July 23,1885 2
AT CO
Clothing,
Velvets,
Undershirts,
Collars,
Cravats,
Cloths,
Shirts,
Nightshirts,
Cuffs.
Ties, &c.,
FOR CASH!
Stock of Goods and Fixtures at a liberal discount on
New York cost, with refusal of Stand offered.
Gall at No. 3 Brick Range, Anderson, S. C.
JOHN W. DANIELS.
Remember, we are selling at COST for CASH.
1 1-2 Horse Wagon for sale. Also, Shafts, Pole, &c.
July 9, I8S5 . 52
JUST RECEIVED
FOR THE
HOT WEATHER.
A LOT OF
1
WHITE LAWNSl Muslims
Ginghams, Slippers,
Gloves, Mosquito Nets,
Straw Hats, Gauze Uuderwear,
Umbrellas. Parasols,
Laces, Ail-Over Embroidery,
Hamburg Edging, Handkerchiefs,
Collars, Fans,
Bleaching, Sea Island, Half Hose,
Ladies' and Men's Hose, all colors,
Nun's Veiliug at 15c, Fine Pearl Buttons f>c per dozen,
Good Calico 4c, Ladies' Hats,
Gent's Furnishing Goods,
ALL LOW FOR CASH.
July 2, 1S85
51
A. LESSER
Tor More than Half a Century -
The Daniel Pratt Gin
HAS been in successful operation, during which time over 20,000 Wins have
been made by them and distributed all over tho face of tbo globe where Cotton
is grown.
Vfe are prepared to furnish Die Improved Gins, Feeders and Condensers to parties
wanting .them, and from the large number sold by us in this and adjoining Counties
in tho past nine years, we feel confident of entire satisfaction on the part of the
purchaser? The main features in the Pratt Gin are the Bevolviug Heads in the ends of
the. Cotton Box, thereby destroying the friction, mid preventing the Roll from hreiking.
It gins the seed cleaner than any other ??n. and makes i splendid sample. The Feeder
is the most perfect machine made for tho purpose.
The Condenser is so constructed that no dirt or dust can got ">to the Cotton, which
Improves the sample greatly.
The whole outfit is more simple, less complicated, stronger and more durable than
any Gin on the market.
Pirlies desiring to purchase will bejurnished with any further information as re?
gards terms, prices, <tc, !>v writing <>r calling on us.
We are Agents for the sale of tlm White Hickory one-horse \\ agons -workmanship
and material guaranteed. The Thomas .Smoothing Harrow and Perfected Pulverizer,
The Corbin Disk Harrow ami Settler, S. VV. Venabln ,fc Co.'s. Chewing Tobacco?, the
following brands in stock, and lor sale to the trade or at retail : "Blue Jeans," "Rapi
dan " "True Blue" in caddies, "Klorimcl," and other makes and grades.
Our Stock of General Merchandise i < complete. A trial asked.
McCUJULY, CATHCART & CQ,
Aiaderso^S. C, July 0, 1886