The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 30, 1885, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1885.
TERMS:
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SIX MONTHS._.75c.
Two Dollars if not paid in advance.
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The citizens of Anderson County are
awake upon the subject of the light of
the people to rule this country. They
are determined that the people, and not
the Representatives, shall settle the pro?
hibition question. The hand-writing is
upon the wall. If our present Senator
and Representatives do not accord the
right of x vote to the people of the
County, they will send men next time
who will do so. We trust, however, that
the Senator and Representatives who
opposed the Bill for a vote of the people
last Winter, will recognize this plain
right of the people by passing the pend?
ing B?lt and thereby take the question!
out of politics.
The President has at last settled the!
controversy. over the Collectorship ?tj
Charleston, by the appointment of Mr.
Theodore D. Jervey. This appointment
IB a good one, and will give to the gov?
ernment an efficient and faithful officer.
We had hoped to see Gen. Kennedy
receive the appointment as a recognition
of his valuable services to the Democratic
party;, but felt after Mr. Boykin's ap?
pointment that there was very little
prospect that such a result would be
reached. In the appointment of Mr.
Jeryey the President has steered clear
of factions and made a selection which
meets the. approbation of the citizens of
the State, ?
The record of criminal abuse of con?
victs in Georgia and Louisiana is; shock?
ing beyond description. The facts make
a strong appeal for a radical change in
the present system, and the enlightened
and humane people of the whole contry
will doubtless bring such influence to
bear throughout the United States as
will- insure, if not a proper care, at least
a decent regard for the human beings
who are consigned to prison as a punish?
ment for crime which is not intended to
be capital. We are not ready to conclude
that the new laws in this State will not
prove efficient, but if they do not, then
there can be no doubt that it is the duty
of the State to abolish the whole system,
no matter what the cost may be. It is
degradingly criminal to abuse helpless
prisoners, and it is a disgrace to any
State which permits iL
.GEN. GRANT TS DEAD.
General Grant died at Mt. McGregor,
whither he had been taken for the sum?
mer, at eight' minutes, past eight on
Thursday, the 23rd inst. He was sur?
rounded by his family, his physicians
and Dr. Newman, his spiritual adviser.
He had been sinking for several days>
and at 4 o'clock on Thursday morning a
quick, weak and jumping pulse, a respi?
ration of fifty to sixty per minute, and
the ominous rattle in bis throat told that
the struggle would soon end. It camel
quietly and almost imperceptibly at the
hour indicated. Vast numbers of trib?
utes of respect have been paid the
memory of the deceased from all parts of
the United States and of the world. His
remains have been embalmed and will
lay in state until the eighth of August,
when they, will be interred probably in j
Central Park or some other place selected j
by the family. j
Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point Pleas?
ant, Ohio, April 27,1822, and was therefore
63 years, two months and .twenty-six days
old at the time of bis death. He was of
Scqtch.descent. . His real name was Hiram
Ulysses, but his appointment to West
Point, in 1839, having been made out in
thenamo of "Ulysses 8." Grant, he retained
that name. He graduated from West
Point in 1843,. 21st in a class of 39. He
was. commissioned full lieutenant ot the.
4th regiment* September 30, 1845, and his'
first fight was at .Palo Alto, Mexico, May
8,1848. He was promoted to first lieuten?
ant on the field of Malino del Roy, Sep?
tember 8,1847, for gallantry in action; and
five days later was honorably mentioned
and brevetted as captain for notable ser?
vice at the battle of Chapultepec. In 1848
He married Miss Julia T. Dent, sister of
one of his classmates, at St. Louis. He
was commissioned as full captain in 1853,
resigned from the army July 31, 1854, and
removed to St. Louis where he engaged
unsuccessfully in the real estate business
and subsequently in farming. In 1859 he
was at Galena, 111., employed by his father
in a tannery.
When the civil war began he was made
-captain of- volunteers and-subsequently
aid and mustering officer. He was com?
missioned colonel of the 21st regiment
^JunelTth, 1861." On August 23rd he was
made brigadier general, having seeu no
service except in organizing and drilling
Iiis regiment, his commission dating back
to May 17th. On November 7, he fought
the battle of Belmont, Mo., with two
brigades, commanding in person and hav?
ing a horse, killed under him. He was
given command of the district on Decem?
ber 21st. With a force of 15,000 men and
a fleet of gun boats he captured Fort Hen
xy, February 6th, 1862 and Donelson,
February 16th. At Donelson he had 30,
000 men, and lost 2,300. The action there,
being the first important Federal success,
gained him national reputation. He was
commissioned major general February 16th
and fought the battle at Shiloh, (second
day) April 7th, 1862. He was slightly
wounded there. He then became com?
mander of the department of West Ten?
nessee: On Sept. 19th he fonght the battle
ofluka. July 4th, 1863, he captured
Yicksbuxg, after a siege of almost two
months-and several severe fights, with 27,
000 prisoners. He was then promoted to
major general in the regular army and
S" ven command of the military division of
e Mississippi. Nov. 24th and 25th, 1863,
Grant fought Bragg at Missionary ridge
and Lookout Mountain. March I, 1804,
the grade of lieutenant general was revived
by act of Congress and General Grant was
immediately nominated to fill it. He
assumed command of the armies of the
United States March 17th, 1864, having
nearly 700,000 men in the field under his
command. He immediately began two
compaigns, one against Atlanta under
Sherman, the other against Richmond,
under Meade. On May 4th he marched for
Richmond with 140,000 men. He was de?
feated in four attempts to get between j
Richmond and the Confederate army, re?
ceiving bloody repulses in the Wilderness,
at Spottsylvania and at Cold Harbor.
Between. May 3rd and June 15th he lost
54,500 men. Attempted flanking move?
ments under Sigel, Crook and Butler were
defeated by the Confederates, and the siege
of Petersburg was begun. Shenuan was
meanwhile steadily gaining in Georgia, and
the demonstration of the Confederates
against Washington was defeated, Grant
remaining in front of Petersburg. That
city fell in April 1865, Richmond was
evacuated April 3rd and Lee's army sur?
rendered April S*tfa. On July 25, 18C6,
Grant was made general, a place created
for him. August 12th, 1867, he was made
secretary of war by President Johnson,
vice Stanton, suspended, and held that
place until January, 1868,' when he returned
it to1 Stanton whose removal the Senate re?
fused to sanction.
He was nominated for President by the
Republican Convention at. Chicago May 21,
186?, receiving a unanimous vote on the
first ballot, and, with Colfax, was elected
over Seymour arid Blair, carrying 26 States
apd receiving; 2J4 of the 294 electoral votes,
only Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky,
Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon
and Texas going Democratic. He unsuc?
cessfully endeavored to effect the annexa?
tion of Santo Domingo, pushed the recon?
struction measures and suspended habeas
corpus in the northern counties of South
Carolina (Oct. 17, 1871). He was renonii
nated by acclamation by the Republican
Convention in Philadelphia in 1872 and
beat Horace Greely to death that fall, re?
ceiving 29C of 366 electoral votes and hav?
ing a popular majority of over 700,000. In
1880 he was defeated for renomination in
the Republican Convention,
the seneca homicide.
The Seneca City Journal gives the
following account of the killing of Bouey
Williams by I. K. James, Esq., last week:
At the residence of Mr. I. K. James,
two miles West of Seneca, on Wednesday
morning last about 6 o'clock, while he
was entertaining two of his neighbors,
Mr. Thos. Bibbs and Mr. W. E. Nimm cms
on his front piazza, Williams came up to
the piazza and addressed Mr. Nimmons
saying he desired to speak to him. James
ordered him from his yard, and requested
him not to come on his premises again.
Williams replied that he could leave his
yard but if be (James) would come out
In the public road he (Williams) would
settle with him. James repeated his
order to leave th e yard. Williams started
away using some indistinct language and
when he got out to the public road banter
[ ed James to come out and settle the mat?
ter, whereupon James stepped into his
room, got his gun and started in the di?
rection of WiUiams, but just before reach?
ing the public road, seeing that Williams
was going away, he (James) turned and
started back to his house when Williams
repeated the banter to come on and start
' ed towards James with a rock in his hand.
James turned and advanced a few steps
nearer the public road and said to Wil?
liams/ "halt and drop that rock." Wil?
liams continued to approach and James
ordered him again to stop and put down
the rock, which warning Williams did not
heed, whereupon James fired the shot,
being about ten or fifteen paces from him.
At the fire Wiiliams dropped the rock.
? Boney Williams was twenty-one years
old, was born in Anderson County, resid?
ed awhile in Greenville, until he was con?
victed df house breaking and sentenced
to the penitentiary, where ho served out
his term. He came to Seneca only -a
short time ago. The first known of him
here was when he became involved in a
difficulty with Miles Fluellen, colored,
and received a severe stab in the side.
Upon a warrant issued by the Coroner
Mr. JarneB, with Col. J. J. Norton, his
attorney, applied before Judge Cothran
in GreenviUe.for bail.
Col. Norton said in behalf bf the peti?
tioner that he is of infirm health and
entirely unable to undergo confinement in
jail. He is a poor man having no property
of his own, and the property of- his i mm e
diate family is worth only $1,500 or $1,600.
He asked that if bail should be allowed
it should be as light as possible, and sug?
gested $500 as a reasonable sum.
; Solicitor Orr said the usual bail in such
.cases was $5,000. He had no desire, how?
ever, to ask more than the prisoner could
give, and suggested $3,000.
Coll Norton said he thought they could
give so much a; $2,000, and asked that
bail be fixed at that sum.
Jndge Cothran said he would split the
difference and make the amount-$2,500.
He would grant bail under the practice
that had grown up in the State, without
expressing an opinion of the merits of
that practice. It was his duty to fix suck
bail as would not be so high as to be
excessive or so low as to bean expression
of opinion regarding the crime.
Mr. James gave bond for his appear?
ance at Court, and was discharged. We
hope for the sake of Mr. James, who is
an intelligent and respected citizen, that
when the case comes to trial the testimo?
ny may present a better defense than the
one which is made public above for, to
us, the testimony so far published is far
from a justification of his action.
eet cs have the facts.
The Greenville News, in reply to our
article calling for particulars as to the
defects of the work of the Committee
which investigated the charges of cruelty
to convicts on the Greenwood & Augusta
Railroad, says:
We know that the witnesses and evidence
printed by the News and Courier could have
been obtained by the Committee, and that
they certainly gave abundant basis for
indictments, and showed that the report
\ of the Committee that nobody was to
blame, with the possible exception of
Parmelo was not true. We do not deny
that the report of the Committee was ac?
cording to the testimony it took. We
assert that if all the testimony available
had been taken no such report could have
been made to agroe with it, and that noto?
rious and easily established facts gave
material for criminal prosecutions, which
should have been used.
Our friend here meets us with general
statements. We have not gone into this
controversy to measure assertion against
assertion with the Greenville News. We
want to measure fact against fact. We
have a copy of the testimony taken by
the Committee. We took every particle
of testimony that was reported to us, and
published notices in the News and Courier
and the Register asking people to furnish
us the names of witnesses. There was
no omission of testimony by the Com?
mittee, and if our friend would come to
a direct issue we could soon convince
him. The statements made to him were
not under oath, as they were before the
Committee. He took hearsay evidence
while the Committee could not. If our
friend will name the incidents and the
names of the witnesses upon whom it
relies, we may be able to enlighten him
considerably as to why the Committee
reported as it did. If' the News will
name incidents and meu, we will give
him the facts. We do not care to indulge
mere assertion. The News accuses the
Committee of not taking the testimony
which was available. We call for the
names of witnesses and the circumstances
to which they would testify that are not
in the Committee's report. We have
got the issue down to the point at which
the facts cau be produced to settle the
matter, one way or the other, if the News
will specify wherein the Committee failed
to take testimony that was available.
Killed Seven.
Atlanta, Ga., July 27?At Suwanee,
on the Eichmond and Danville Railroad,
the ditch train ran over a cow, throwing
one car from the track. On the car were
fifteen negro train hands and six bars of
iron. The car turned on tho side and
the iron fell on the negroes, killing seven
and wounding three more. The track
has been cleared.
? A West Virginia man states that he
and his wife have made a thorough trial
of silk culture. They devoted themselves j
to worms and mulberry trees day and
night; and after securing the cocoons
found that there was no market for them, j
The best offer Ihcy received for cocoons
was :1.50 per pound. The time of the
family devoted to the experiment was
two years and six months. The Virgin?
ian recommends the industry to persons
of ample means and much leisure.
m,t j
? The Barhwell Sentinel reports that
Mr. C. R. Clayton planted some water?
melon seed in a very rich spot of ground,
with the expectation ot getting a 50
pounder, but to his sorrow the vines run
so fast that the little melons are woru out
by being dragged along by the racing
vines.
As well expect life without air, as
*: .1th without pure blood. Cleanse, Vn<j
mod with Ayer'? Sarsaparllla.
THE CONVICT QUESTION.
Mr. Editor: This communication is
addressed to you, because of your con?
trol of an influential newspaper, and for
the additional reason that you are now
one of the Board of Directors of the
Penitentiary. The late flurry about the
alleged maltreatment of convicts at
Twiggs' campj on the Savannah Valley
Railroad, aroused the officers of the
Penitentiary, and has also excited the
attention of the people and Press, and
will doubtless result in some permanent
and wise policy in regard to the convict
labor of the State. The humane treat?
ment of these convicts in the Peniten?
tiary, and of those employed outside the
walls, should be carefully provided for
and rigidly enforced ; but the security of
the people, and the punishment .of the
convict with his reformation, if possible,
must also be steadily kept in view as the
primary object of this penal institution.
There is no room for windy sentimental?
ity or popular notoriety, to be manufac?
tured in the proper consideration of this
subject. The people of the State must
see that all necessary laws and regula?
tions are enacted and honestly and zeal?
ously obeyed, for the humane treatment
of the convicts by all officers, contractors
and agents. Still the convict should
realize every moment that he is under?
going due and proportionate punishment
for his crime against the peace of society,
and that society owes him nothing,
except to protect him from improper
treatment, and to allow him such chances
of reformation as punishment is expected
to inculcate. The brutal treatment of
one or two convicts at Twiggs' camp
recently has naturally and properly
aroused indignation. An anxious inquiry
as to the fault, whether in the officers of
the institution, the contractor or overseer,
or the laws and regulations governing it,
is by no means stifled or satisfied. That
the man who inflicted the blows and
stripes should be hunted down and
punished, there is no difference of opin?
ion. Have the officers of the institution,
including the Board of Directors, exer?
cised that constant care in awarding
contracts, and vigilant oversight over the
conduct of contractors, in regard to
treatment, hours of work, food, &c., in
all the details as contemplated and re?
quired by the laws of the State. If this
has been done, honestly and faithfully,
and still these cases of cruelty and bru?
tality will occur, then the officers are
without fault and the cause must be looked
for elsewhere.
That the institution must be sustained
by the labor of the convicts may be re?
garded as settled policy. That the walls
are not large enough to contain all the
convicts under sentence is equally cer?
tain.
That to construct buildings and walls
sufficient, and employ all convicts in the
institution, would hardly be advocated
at this day. Hence the necessity and
sound policy of leasing a portion from
time to time.
In the General Statutes, from Sec.
2729 to Sec. 2736, pages 759-760, will be
found the laws regulating the leasing of
convict labor in this State. In Sec. 2731
may be found an opportunity and a sel?
fish excuse on the part of contractors
who lease this convict labor for illtreat
ment, hard driving and immoderate
work of the convicts. Sec. 2731 is as
follows:
"That it shall be the duty of the Board
of Directors of the State Peuitentiary, in
leasing convicts, to hire them to the
highest responsible bidder; Provided,
That the Board of Directors shall have
power to reject any and all bids; Provi?
ded further, That no bid shall be received
that does not include the board, clothing
and all other expenses connected with
the transportation and safekeeping of
said convicts, to be paid by the bidder ;
Provided furl/ier, That the said bidder do
agree that if any convict or convicts so
hired shall be proved to the satisfaction
of said Directors to have been illtreated,
or the contract in relation to them to
have been in any way violated, to return
said convict or convicts immediately to
the Penitentiary upon the order of said
Directors."
Sec. 2732 provides for a heavy penalty
for the escape of convicts, &c.
If a contractor, therefore, bids $12 per
month, or even $10 per month, for an
able-bodied convict, and also furnishes
barracks, guard, food and clothing, med?
ical services according to the stringent,
the necessary regulations of the Board of
Directors, where is lm profit to come
from, except by immoderate and long
continued hours of labor, by scaut food,
a disregard of cleanliness and health,
and taking advantage of all shifts which
his cupidity may devise. Hence this
fifteen and seventeen hours of labor, this
dragging of shackles and chains miles
to and from place of work, squeezing all
the profit possible from the very life
blood of the convict. While the con?
tractor should be held strictly to the
term of his contract, and heavily pun?
ished and mulcted for any violation
thereof, or cruelty or overwork, still is
the State entirely free from reproach,
when the law requires these convicts to
be hired to the highest bidder, coupled
with all the conditions referred to above.
The contractor, who bids for and re?
ceives convicts at $12 per mouth, as per?
haps Twiggs doe3, really agrees to pay
nearer twenty dollars per month than
twelve for each convict. Can it reason?
ably be expected that fair margins of profit
can be realized for ten hours of labor,
performed as it should be, over and above
such wages? The higher the wages, the
harder and more unrelenting must be
the labor, considers the contractor; if
the State demands the most money, the
contractor certainly will not permit his
benevolence or kindness of heart to
stand in the way of his project. Hence,
between the policy of the State in letting
her convicts out to the highest bidders,
and the general greediness of mankind
for gain, of which contractors for convict
labor do not form any conspicuous excep?
tion, the convicts themselves are apt to
fare badly.
If this be so, then this provision should
be expunged from the law, and certainly
the Board of Directors could ascertain
and fix a system of wages which would
be just to the State and the contractor,
and remove all temptation and induce?
ment to oppress and overwork the convict.
The labor of the convicts within the
walls and employed otherwise should be
made to sustain this institution in all its
departments. Beyond this, public seuti
ment would scarcely approve the idea of
conducting it so that annual dividends
and nett profits would be declared. This
would approach very near deriving a
revenue from crime, which the present
age would hardly tolerate. The employ?
ment of the convicts anil Ilia nnge*
charged should be govercned by this pri?
mary object, and any departure there?
from, in the higher price asked for the
labor of the convicts, for any purpose
whatever, should be carefully considered
and cautiously adopted. A scale of
wages consistent with, and properly nu
merative, fur ten hours of hard labor?
hard labor, without cruelty or oppression.
Whether six, < ight or $10 per month, is
a matter which should be left to the wis?
dom and discretion of the Board of
Directors. If an able bodied convict,
without expense to the institution, can
earn ?100 per annum, it would seem to
be very fair if not very liberal wage?;
and it is probable that honest and honor?
able contractors would regard ten hours
hard labor as a proper equivalent for the
money and 'Uber conditions required. In
any event, . bntiiver the law is, whether
modified ns proposed or not, there should
exist no more such causes of complaint
as havo lately excited the public mind.
If the Superintendent, atuljstich agents
under him, cannot so constantly and
effectually supervise aud inspect the in
Rtitutinn iteeK, ps'd the few convict camp?
dow located in the State so as to prevent
any inhuman treatment and daily and
weekly infractions of the ten hour rule,
then this should be amended by the
Board of Directors. This, it appears,
has been attempted by the temporary
appointment of special inspectors for
each camp, and will doubtless prove
satisfactory for the time being. But is
the fear of the law so small, or its en?
forcements so loose, that each camp shall
require a special officer detailed for all
time to prevent infractions ? Is there no
better mode, more economical and more
consistent with the proper execution and
enforcement of wise and humane laws?
Under the General Statutes governing the
Peniteutiary the Governor of the State
is made ex officio a member of the Board
of Directors of the Penitentiary, and is
charged with certain duties in relation to
infractions of the law in the treatment
of convicts, &c, &c. Now we would
suggest that the Governor be relieved
entirely from any active duties in regard
to the Penitentiary or convicts, and only
retain a general supervision of this, in
common with other nublic institutions.
That the Lieutenant-Governor be invest?
ed with, and become the chairman of,
the Board of Directors, and be charged
with certain powers and duties, among
others a monthly visit and inspection of
the different camps in the State, and to
recommend such change of the law and
regulations as he may deem essential for
improving and perfecting this important
penal institution. This will be no dis?
paragement to the dignity of this, the
second in honor, office of the State, but.
may be the means of great benefit and
improvement. In the olden time, the
office of Lieutenant-Governor was not
very ardently canvassed for. The duties
were small and the profit less, except in
the contingency of death, which seldom
came to men in office in that day.
It is told of a Senator, a long time
ago, who said that ho came from the
large and popular District of Old Pendle
ton, that his constituents from the moun?
tain precincts were very curious, and
often asked questions about the Senate,
what he did there, &c; and that on one
occasion in a crowd one inquisitive voter
asked him to state particularly what the
Governor did, and how he acted, and his
public duties, &c. He said he told him
that the Governor was the biggest man
in the State, dressed fine, give big din?
ners, reviewed the militia, and pardoned
the people generally. Well, now, what
does the Lieutenant-Governor do ? Why,
blest me, if I know I Ob, yes, oh, yes, I
dp. He waits on the Governor, and
pardons the niggers. Now, this was in
the olden time, and times have changed
vastly in officers and offices.
Now, the office of Lieutenant-Governor
is highly appreciated, with a sufficient
salary, and may be made of dignified
usefulness to the State by investing the
office with additional powers and duties.
I propose in another communication
to suggest some enterprises of a public
nature on which the convicts may be
employed, of more advantage to the
people of the State than by cooping
them up in the walla of the Penitentiary,
or bivouacking them on the hills around
Columbia. _H.
"Facts are stubborn things," and suf?
ferers from chills and fever generally find
their complaint a very stubborn fact, un?
til they commence the use of Ayer's
Ague Cure. That medicine eradicates ihe
noxious poison from the system, and in?
variably cures even the worst cases.
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 j'ears ago, and it is as true
to-day as thon. The poor victim of
Blood Disease is drugged with Mercury
to euro tho malady, and then dosed wi th
Iodides to cure him of the Mercurial
Poisoning, but instead of any relief, the
first breaks down bis general health and
makes him a cripple, and the other ruins
his digestlvo organs. Mercury and Pot?
ash are dangerous even when adminis?
tered by directions and under the eyo of
a good physician, and when put up in
nostrums, often by incompetent persons,
are apt to produce evil consequences. Be
carefr.l of those poisonous mixtures or
you majr regret it. Swift's Specific is en?
tirely a vegetable preparation, and should
not be confounded with the various im?
itations, non secret humbugs, "Succus
Alterans," etc., all of which either con?
tain 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 them contain a single article which
enters into the composition of Swift's
Specific. There is only one Swift's Spe?
cific (S. S. S.) and there is nothing in tho
world like it. Be sure to get the genuine.
Inflauimetory Rheumatism.
I have been afflicted for nearly fourteen
years with the severest form of inflam?
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of the time was confined to bed, and
suffered the most excruciating pain, my
logs badly swollen. My case was thought 1
incurable by the physi ciana, and I have
often hoped that death would ensue and
relieve me of pain. Last month I securod.
at the suggestion of a friend, ono dozen
bottles of Swift's Specific, and after using
about six bottles I am entirely free from
pain, the first time in nearly fourteen
years. My joints are becoming moro
supple and the swelling gone. I am ready
to answer any inquiries as to the facts in
the case. 6. W. St. Claih.
Cabot, Ark., April 19, '84.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disoasos
mailed free.
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Atlanta, Ga.
Plain Questions.
Mythical ideas are fanning tho public
brow with the breath of prejudice, ignor?
ance and humbuggery. Have you tho
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 troublesomo 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 tho only sovereign remedy. Were
3'our terrible kidney troubles created by
mineral poisonings ? Not a bit of it, but
B. B. B. has proven to bo a reliable rem?
edy. Are your skin diseases, your ecze?
ma, dry totter, 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.
NEW ART
DRAWING SCHOOL.
WE teach the great Hagariau System.
Fine life-size Portraits arc made in
a few lessons. We give a full course in
Landscape, Figurepiece, Portrait, and all
kinds of Pictures, rivaling the finest en?
graving. Room in Masonic Building.
Please call and see our work.
MR. <fc MRS. L. A. GREEN.
July 30,1885 3__2?_
MOMY TO LOAN!
THE next Loan of the Building and
Loan Association * money will be
made on Tuesday, the 4th day of August,
in front ot the Court House, at 11 o'clock
a. m. There will be from $2,000 to $2,500
to lend.
The Directors are reminded that thty
meet in the office of Gen. W. W. Hum?
phreys a short time preceding the loan.
J. D. MAXWELL,
Sec. and Treas.
_ July 30,1S85 _ 3__1
Special Inducements to Bil?
liard and Fool Flayers.
TO the one playing the greatest number
of games of Billiard* within sixty
days, commencing August 1st, one hand?
some "Violin, value $12.00. To the one
playing the greatest number of games of
Pool one Parlor Rifle, value $7.00. Checks
furnished. L. L. GREEN.
July 30, 1880_3_3_
Lumber and Shingles.
IF you expect to build a new house or
repair your old one, we respectfully
ask that you give us a call before you pur?
chase your Lumber and Shingles, as we
are satisfied we can save yon money. We
keep on hand Flooring, Ceiling and Wea?
ther-boarding ready dressed, also any and
every kind of Moulding, which we make a
specialty. Don't forget that we have got
the best Shingles in the market. Call and
see us at the Blue Ridge Yard.
MAYFIELD & STUART.
July 30, 1885_3_3m_
Anderson Female Seminary.
-0
NOT SECTARIAN.
NEXT Session begins First Mondat
of September, 1885.
Eight regular Teachers and two Assis?
tants.
Session, Forty Weeks, divided into two
Terms of Twenty Weeks each.
Board, including washing, fuel and lights,
$75 a Term. No extra charges.
Tuition, per Term, in Collegiate Depart?
ment. .$20
In Academic. 15
In Primary. 10
Board from Mondays to Fridays, exclu?
sive of washing, $46 a Term.
Musie, Drawing and Painting taught on
the very highest scientific principles, at
very reasonable charges.
Variety is a necessity to profitable per?
sistent mental application. To every indi?
vidual student we therefore assign, daily, a
sufficient variety of studies to sustain live?
ly interest in all their work, and thereby
utilize their time to best advantage.
For Catalogue giving full information,
address the President,
LEWIS M. AYER.
Anderson, S. C.
July 30, 1885_3_4
?VTOTICE TO CREDITORS.
_IM All persons having demands against
the Estate of Nancy M. Chapman, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed bv law, ana those indebted
to make payment.
TEXANNA RAGSDALE, 1 A
EDWARD W. RAGSDALE, J Aam "
.Tulv 30, 18S5 3 3
COTTON GINS !
DO YOU WANT THE BEST!
THE "COTTON BLOOM" COTTON GIN
MAKES better lint, gins faster, and is mote, durable than any other. Tho Cotton
Bloom has an iron frame and "PATENT BEATER" for thoroughly cleaning the
the lint. 100 of these Gins sold by us justify the highest pr *3e. Buy a Gin that will
wear well and do good work. For prices, terms, <tc., apply to or call on us.
We are also agents for Gnllctt Steel Brush Cotton (Jin, made by the
manufacturers of the "Cotton Bloom" Gin.
Oane Mills and Evaporators, Wagon Scales, &c,
FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS.
HARDWARE, HARDWARE.
Save time and money by buying your Hardware at the
"THE HARDWARE STORE" OF
SULLIVAN & BRO.
N, It.?We now occupy Reed's Storo, near Railroad bridge, on Main Strcrt, but
will return to onr former stand and new rooms on the Public Square the 1st August next.
July 30, 1S85_3_
W. A. CHAPMAN'S
It* tlie Place to Buy Your
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HATS, SHOES,
As lie "will move by First September to the Store Koom
now occupied by M. B. Arnstein, (the New York
'Cash Store,) and so as to avoid moving' he
now offering certain lines of
Dims Goods, Calicoes, Ginghams, Bleaching,
Cassiineres, Cottonadcs, Bed Ticking,
Sea Island Cottons, Towels, Table Damask,
Gloves, Handkerchiefs and Hose,
AT -AJSTD BELOW COST.
j?i- Be iure. ai>d give him u call before buying elsewhere,
W. A, CHAPMAN.
July 2J, \m -
FRUIT JARS
- AT -
ORR & SLOAN'S.
FRUIT JARS
- AT -
ORR & SLOAN'S.
NEVER AGAIN
WILL GOODS BE OFFERED
At Such Low Figures!!
NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BUY
WHILE ALL GOODS ARE
LOWER THAN EVER KNOWN!
The Outlook for Higher Prices is steadily increasing, and
you will miss an Opportunity not to be
had soon again!
FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS I WILL SELL
Good fast color Prints at.?.. 5c
Best 4-4 Lawns (choice patterns). 8c
All Wool Dress Goods.15c
Best Ginghams.8c
Best quality 4-4 Bleached.7*c
Best quality 4-4 Sea Island.7c
Bleached and Unbleached 10-4 Sheeting.25c
White Lawns that sold for 15c, now only.10c
Hamburg Edging. 2Jc
Swi? Edgings. 5c
Oriental Lace*, fully worth double the money, only.20c
HANDKERCHIEFS, HANDKERCHIEFS,
Incndkss variety from 75c per dozen up.
Hosiery, Hosiery,
Q-loves, Grloves.
In order to make room for a new Stock I am offering these Goods lower than
they can be bought elsewhere in town.
RIBBONS,
RIBBONS,
RIBBONS.
An all Silk S and G Ribbon, best quality, for.10c per yard.
Satins, in all shades.40c per yard.
SHOES, SHOES!
Don't forget that I will sell you a better Shoe for less inonoy than any other
bouse in town.
hats, hats ! hats !
[n Ladies, Misses, Children, Gents, Youths and Boys at marvellous low prices. To
make room on my counters for other Good*, I am offering a large lot of Men's and
Boys' Hals at 5c. each.
GrZEZtNTT'S
IIP
flf3y You will nave money in buying these goods from me.
IN SHORT,
EXAMINE my Stock before you spend your money elsewhere, as I am determined
to reduce my stock during the next thirty days.
to tm
m
In search of BARGAINS, yen should at least pay my Store a vinit, and you will
become convinced that the only place to secure values is at the
GREAT BARGAIN HOUSE
OF
A. LESSER
ANDERSON, S. C.
July 30,18S5