The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 20, 1885, Image 1
I "Tl Y E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON. S. C , THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1885. VOLUME XXL-NO. 6.
WAGONS, WAGONSVWAQONS.
BUGGIES, BUGGIES, BUGGIES,
mm
BAGGING, BAGGING, BAGGING,
TIES, TIES, TIES,
BELTING, BELTING, BELTING.
ROPE, ROPE, ROPE.
?ru receiving a large lot of tho celebrated STUDEBAKER and TENN ES- i
gEB WAGONS, acknowledged by all who have ever used them to be superior to
?ill alien?, being manufactured of tho best material, and put up in good style, light
running, well painted, durable, and we warrant them for ono year. We have been
Belling tbcm for five years, and with good satisfaction to our customers, as the fol
lowing Testimonials will show :
MESSRS. BLECKLEY, ?B OWN & FBETWELL, Anderson, S. C.-?BNTS : I havo
utcd a U inch iron axle Studebaker Wagon for tho last five years, and having med ,
neveral other makes, unhesitatingly say that the Studebaker is the best of all of!
them. I hive ruo mino almost constantly, often loading it with ns much as 1 OOO
pounds nt one lime, and it has co:it mc nothing for repairs for fivo years.
Yours truly, WADDY T. DEAN.
MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BROW? & FBETWELL: Tho Studebaker Wagon bought
from you three years ago baa given mo good satisfaction, having never cost me any
thing for repairs. The Wagon is a very light running vehicle, and I believe is the
best Wngon made. E. F. REED.
MESSRS. BI.KCKI.EY, BROWN & FBETWELL-GENTLEMEN : I have run a 2J
Thimble Skein Studebaker Wagon, bought from you, about three or four years, and
wish to say that I am well pleased with it, never having cost me anything for
repairs, and that it has given me perfect satisfaction. The paint has lasted well on
it. and the Wagon now prosents a good appearance, and can recommend it to my
friend* and neighbors as a first class Wagon in every respect.
J. It. FINDLEY.
MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BROWN &. FBETWELL : I have run my Tenneseoe 2-borse
1} inch iron nxlo Wagon for two years, and nm wei! pleased with it. It has never
cost a cent for repairs, and has never even had a loose tap, tire or bolt on it. I can
recommend tho Tennessee to my friend* and neighbors as a first class, reliable
Wagon in every respect. I). A. SKELTON.
ANDERSON, S. C.. Dec. 21,1883.-MESSRS, BLECKLEY, BROWN & FBETWELL |
-GENTS : I have run a 2-horse iron axle "Tennessee" Wagon nearly constantly
for the last fivo yean? without costing anything for repairs of any kind, even stand
ing last Summer's continued dry weather without requiring the tie? lo bc cut, and
do unhesitatingly say that tho Tennessee is tho bast Wagon ever used by me, and
tbat I can fully recommend it to my friends and the public as a Wagon that will
give good satisfaction in every respect. Yours truly,
J. G. RILEY, Olio, S. C.
ANDERSON, S. C., Feb. 9, c88i.-MESSRS. BLECKLEY, BROWN A FBETWELL
GENTS: I havo used al? iron axle "Teunessee" Wagon for the last five years, and
am well pleased with it, being a strong and durable Wagon, and I can heartily re
commend it. The Wagon has cost mo during that time scarcely anything for
repairs, requiring the tires cut only once, and that was caused by the long continued
drought last Summer, and being continually rxposed to tho hot sun. It is the best
Wagon 1 ever used. IVY C. LOW.
ANDERSON, S. C., April 4, 1S84.-MESSRS. BLEUKLEY, BROWN & FBETWELL
-GENTS : I have boon using a Tennessee Wngon, 1J inch iron axle, for threo years
pant, hauling brick nnd sand almost constantly with two large mules, and am fully
satisfied that there in no better Wngon made. It has cost me nothing in way of |
cutting tile, &c. libs been standing in the weather all the time. I can recommend
tho "Tennessee" to any one in want of a light running, durable Wagon.
Yours, &c, J. C. DRENNAN.
We are also able to sell you a first-class BUGGY as reasonable as anybody, on
easv terms, aud would respectfully ask you to examino them before making your
purchase elsewhere.
We will olao make it interesting for you to buy your BAGGING and TIES
from us, as we have alroady bought a large lot of these, at much less than others
pay for them, and we proposo to sell them to you accordingly, and will keep large
stocks constantly on band.
To the Ginners of Anderson County we wi-di to say that we keep constantly on
band RUBBER BELTING all sizes, and PRESS ROPE, and will meet any com
petition in prices on these Goods.
Call and Bee UH, inspect our Goods and prices, and let UB ceil you what you need.
Our Bayer is going North in n few days, and we will have something to say to
you ahortly in regard to other lines of Gooda.
Look out for our next advertisement.
We say this now, however : That wo will always sell Goods as low as they can
bc bought elsewhere, and that we are prepared at all times to meet legitimate !
competition. Respectfully,
Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell.
Aug 6,1885 _4_Om
BARGAINS FOR CASH !
I HAVE A PULL LINE OF
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Clothing
That I will sell AT COST, and LESS THAN COOT for the CA8H.
I also have ? A PULL IL I WE OF OTHER GOODS that I will sell VERY LOW
fur Cash. Good Bargains can be found hero. If you don't believe it call and see, and
you will not be disappointed.
TAKE WARNING !
After tho 10th day of April next the Notes and Accounts of the old Firm of REED
MOORHEAD will be found In the hands of an Attorney for collection. Time and
money cnn be saved by calling before then and settling with mo.
J. PITS"It REED.
Mardi 20, 1885 _37_ '
M1$S LIZZIE WILLIAMS
Has Returned from tho.North, wlrcrosh? purchased an,ELEGANT STOCK of
TH? HANDS?EST GOODS
That has ever bear brought to thia market, consisting of
STYLISH SILKS, BEAUTIFUL LACES of all descriptions,
EMBROIDERIES, JETS and PARSEMENTRIES,
LOVELY EMBROIDERY ROBES in the newest shades.
Our FRENCH AND WHITE DRESS GOODS cannot be surpassed. We have
OLOVE8, HOSE, SUPPERS and SHOES or every quality.
Don't forget to notloe our varied stook of- SSSBOM, and come and try our stylish
HATS on before purchasing elsewhere. We feel awired you ca- e pleased.
, Our ?paco is too limited to exhibit our Ooods. ; Anything y..u do not te call for It,
?nd mir acconimodntini; Clerks will take pleasure In waiting on you, even if you do not
huy. We have everything that Ladles and Children NEED L, make them happy and
attractive.. . . , , Very respectfully, .. .
I ? \- y >f**?mp#t >
March 20 188o ? 87 ! f
COLUMBUS BUGGIES.
Just In and to arrive Car Load of the Famous
COLUMBUS BUGGIES,
PHOTONS,
SUBRBTS* &c.
'I'IIB H EST VEHICLE ON TUB MABKBTrKon?^rthe-W ^jf?*9 of
1 work put UP bilioso Shops. PRICKS LOW.jmd ONJMPKJCE Z2JS.in
. Oom* to see^svand we will fit you up with ihf BEST, VrtjWejpn~*ter tfi?e In.
? CUNNII!^
H. C. F. KOOK & SOW,
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Fall and Winier Fashion Catalogue.
Iff**' ??nU' CaiMrca'a acd Inf.?U' wrfar.
Lf.?Sfcff*,n* dec**, c,c- HcauUfullr IlluttraUd
tottM) V?M.*M? ?bou? g coo EnjrrMlnp.
SfigMm. thsa thoM of any oihor bouwi Sn?A?
Norfolk Colleaflt % Y^uno^ Ladles
OFFERS dnpiralleVid ai van Ujws: > Nsw
venlcnr*. Fol? ?^"^^1*^?^7,
Bach brr nd? In charge dr a sptdaiUt
^periW provision for MtisVand Pa.nt
IngrFanverastion In French and German
dallt. . For CataloBno. addre.s
Auguit 13, 16S5 . f *
WILHITE'S
EYE WATER
IB A
SURE CURE
FOR
SORE EYES,
OR ANY
COMMON FORM
OF
INFLAMED ETES.
WE SELL BT
With the understanding that
if it does not prove bene
ficial or effect a Cure,
after directions have
been carefully fol
lowed, xhe Dum ,
paid for it
ILL BE REFUNDED.
It boB been sold on
these conditio?.T for tbo
past FIVE YEARS,
and aa yet ive have
NEVER HAD A
COMPLAINT OP IT,
OR HEARD OF A CASE
IT DID NOT CURE!
f%\ IT IS NOT
ill S: ? 'J \
A NEW PREPARATION,
HT
AND HAS BEEN USED . v
FOR THIRTY YEARS,
But has been only four
or five years on
the market
as a
PROPRIETARY
MEDICINE.
If you have never
used it, or know
nothing of its
effects on
Jt?4~3?~Jt?jS7
?H
Ask your neighbor, or some
one who has seen
it tried.
IT HAS CURED
SEVERE CASES
vmu timm
IN FROM
SIX TO TWENTHOUR
HOTJRS I
iPriee, 25 Gents par BotOs.1
WILHITE & WILKiTE,
PROPRIETORS.
Aug. 20, 1685 0
A TMP TO ROAN MOUNTAIN, N. C.
BY HAL STRICKLAND.
MR. EDITOR : We started from Knox
ville at about 10 o'clock a. m., and after
a very pleasant ride on the E. T., V. de
9. R. U. train, we arrived at Johnson
City, a very delightful little growing
town. Johnson City is in full view of
the mountains, and in a very rich coun
try. We spent one or two hours very
well in that place. At 4 o'clock in the
afternoon we boarded the Cranberry, or
rather East Tenncsseo & Western Worth
Cami i nu Railroad, and started out for
Roan Moimiain. It is about thirty-five
miles from one end of this narrow gauge
road to the other.
The first fifteen miles of the ride ls uot
very interacting, but after you pass
through the Gap iuto the "Happy Val
ley" and rido up the Wataoga River,
rou are charmed with the beauties of the
mountain district. Tho fino wheat and
3ats have been cut aud aro standing in
ibocks very close togothor, and tho corn
ia of a dark greeu color, nearly black,
showing how healthy it is. The moun
tain Bccuery is vory fino, indeed. You
aro entirely surrounded by mounlaius.
Tho water in the streams is as cloar as it
can be, and teem with fish,
In a little while you leave this beauti
ful Hltlo valley behind you and enter the
"gorgo" or canon of the Doe Rivor.
This is said to be the wildest and grand
oat scenery in the States east of the
Rocky Mountains. Away down below
you is the beautiful stream of water ;
above you is tho wall o ' solid rock
1,000 feet high. Io this wild gully the
train curves and twists around, going up
a terrible grade, through tunnels and
over bridges, across' 'A :*i river, until at
last you como out at the "other end of
the horn." In a few minutes you are at
Roan Mountain Station.
There is a very nice hotel there, and
you pay your dollar a day and fool splen
didly. After a little while you bogin to
feel vory sloepy, and the clever proprie
tors show you where you camp, beneath
one or more heavy blankets, and you
sleep freo from the buzz of any kind of
Insect.
After eatiug a good breakfast in the
morning, you start in a back, on horse
back or on foot, whichever you prefer, to
the top of the mountain. The road is a
very gooo. ne when you come to think
what kind of a place it is built in. As
you get near the top you begin to havo
some very fine views of the surrounding
mountains. You get thirsty on the road
and stop at a cold spring, aud quench
your thirst with water that makea your
teeth chatter. Occasionally on the road
you hear the deep bass voice of a thin
haired mountain "razor back," indulging
in a grunt. After a while you see a
great smooth place up to your right.
This ia the "bald headed" part of Roan
Mountain. Nothing at all on it but
beautiful grass. Upon thia beautiful
place is being buiit what promises to be
a first class hotel. When you reach the
top you are tired but not sore.
The view from the hotel veranda is
perfectly grand. Off to your right is the
tall and majestic Mt. Mitchell, named
after the great Dr. Mitchell, who lost his
life somewhere kon the mountain. To
the left is the "Grandfather's Mountain,"
and in front and behind are a great many
very high mountains. There are a great
many fine views around the place, among
which the fineat are the "Profile Rock,"
"Sunaet Rock," "High Point," "Eagle
Cliff."
A person can o pend a-month up here
very pleasantly, and will gain good
health all the time. When the hotel ia
finished and all things made ready, it
will be tbe moat popular resort io the
Sooth, if not in the North. Tboro is a
spring within a few hundred yards of the
hotel in which a thermometer will regis
ter 43. Thia is tho coldest water the
writer bas ever bad the pleasure of
drinking. Tho climate ia as fine as any
one could wish for. A fire is a comfort
to sleep by at night, and blankets are the
joy of one's soul.
The writer will rememoer as long as
he lives bis visit to Roan Mountain with
a great deal of pleasure.
Making a Mule Understand.
Stonewall Jackson was never known to
let profanity pass without a rebuke but
once. The incident was reported by the
chief actor in it, Major John A, Harmon,
who was Jackson's chief quartermaster,
anda man of extraordinary qualifications.
It happened at Edrardar Ferry, on the
Potomac, when onr army was crossing
Into Maryland, in tba Antietam campaign.
Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill's division waa
crossing, when Jackson rode up and found
tho ford completely blocked with Hill's
wagon-train. He spoke to Hill (who
waa his brother-in-law, they having mar
ried slaters) for allowing auch confusion.
Gen. Hill replied that be was not a quar
termaster, or something that implied it
waa not part of bis business to get* tan
gled wagons ont of the river.
, Jackson instantly p?t Hill under arrest,
and turning to Maj. Harmon,' ordered
him to clear the ford. Harmon dashed
in among the wagoners, kielring mule-",
and the apparently inextricable mass of
wagons, and, in the voice of a Stentor.
Soured out a ro?ame of oaths that would
ave excited the admiration of the most
scientific mute-driver. The drivers were
frightened and swore as best they could,
bat far below tho Major's standard. The
males caught the inspiration from a
chorus of familiar words, sod all at once
made a break for the Maryland shore,
and In five minuten the ford was cleared.
Jackson witnessed and heard it all.
Harmon rode back to join bim expect! og
a lecture, and, touch i ng bb hat, said :
'The ford is clear,- General. There's
only ono language that will make mules
understand on ? bot day that they mast
get ont of tba water." Tba General,
smiling. MB? f elbank ' y*,^Major,'*
and dashed Into the water at the bead of
hts staff.
Dr) Thomas L. Lewis, who resides
near Seneca, Ocooee County, sold this
Spring fifty bushels of peaches fa New
York for $14 per busbei-f700. The
peaches netted him 16001 The oommia
siuqj and expense? amounted ic $200.
t? EN ERAL FITZ. LEE'S Titi RUTE.
Ile Says the Worth and South areKeunlted
Forever.
The New York Herald Mys General
Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of General
Robert E. Lee, and tho Democratic nom
inee for Governor of Virginia, was the
centre of attraction in the crowd of dis
tinguished military men and civilians
Who thronged tho corridors of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel Sunday evening last. Ac
cording to a report in tho Herald, Gene
ral Lee said words would not answer him
to express his satisfaction at the warm
reception given him and bis follow
Southerners at the hands of the North.
Ho said that wbeu be was riding ii: the
funeral procession with General Gordon
as an aide to General Hancock, ho was
filled with emotion upon poeing a picture
of General Grant, with tho inscription
below : "Let them havo their horses ;
they will need them for their crops."
'That liue brought Appomattox back
lo me like some sad dream," said Gener
al Lee. "It was a touching coincidence.
General Gordon and I were thc two re
maining corps commanders of the three
who wore with General Leo when Grant
gave utterance to that magnanimous
sent:.neut. Geucral Gordon baw tho
inscription the same moment that I did,
and our eyes instinctively met as we rode
by. I didn't know what Genoral Gordon
felt I. was ready to use my handkerchief.
You can't imagine what those words im
plied. In the Confederate army every
mau bad to supply his own horse, while
in the Union army everything was sup
plied by the government.
"The demonstration of Goneral Grant's
funeral means that the Union is now
more firmly and inseparably united than
it was twenty years before Buchanan's
administration. Tho war was the inevi
table culmination o? differences that had
to be Bottled by blood. Roforo the war
there was always talk of breaking up tho
Union and secession whouevor any issue
was brought up for national arbitration,
aud the South would iuvariably threat
en secession if her whimB were not
gratified. Of course immediately after
the war wounds were fresh and there was
little show of any disposition for recon
ciliation. But, notwithstanding this fact,
a reconciliation would have boon effected
had it not been for the policy of the-^drain
istration succeeding Mr. Lincoln's. The
government then sent men down South
to rule us who were unprincipled and
unfair, and the colored man was placed
in our Legislatures to make lawB for us.
This waa too severe a transformation, and
the South felt that nbc was being belittled.
It waa putting the bottom rail of the
fence on top. The people got BO they
didn't take any interest in the govern
ment nor the country. Any insignifi
cant little carpet-bagger would be sent
down there and boosted into Congress,
and our own men would bo thrust [tithe
shade. I am a Btrong Democrat and talk
strong Democrat principles, and I'm
going to ndd that this was done for no
"thor purpose than to perpetuate the
Republican party.
Rut now, God bo praised, all that is
gone by. That was the work of politi
cians, and the South has found out that
tho people of the North-tho body of
the people, I mean-had no hand in it.
Old issues aro eradicated in the South
now. Tbe colored man is no longer re
garded as an usurper, and he feels that
he will not be returned to nlavcry. We
don't want men to represent us wno will
constantly wave the bloody shirt. The
people have come to love the North for
the grand, magnanimous, fraternal treat
ment they have received since tho war,
and they have been longing Tor this
grand opportunity, which has at last boen
afforded, to express their hearty good
will for the Union. No man bas done
more, and neither has auy circumatauces
nor series of circumstances, to propitiate
the feelings of tbeSouthand bring about
tho grand m i lieu ion than General Grant.
The sufferings of General Grant awaken
ed the sympathy of the whole South,
and the whole South is now glorying in
the treatment ita old commanders are
receiving. Just think of it I Here are
General Buckner and General Johnston
and General Gord in and General Wade
Hampton and myself--all rebel leaders
being made the the lions of your city,
and wo are ail overflowing with gratitude
in return. We came here to make up,
There in no divided North and South
now. It is the Union forever. The
South feels that it is a part of the coun
try once more, and takes an interest in
the prosperity of the whole undividod
land. The South is already reviving."
Wbeu asked what he thought of Now
York as tbs bu>bi nlace of General
Grant, a sigh escaped tho lips of General
Lee, and he answered that he was in fa
vor of Washington aa i.be proper place,
whero tho old comrades of General Grant
could be buried around bim. He added
that be understood General Sheridan and
General Sherman to be also in favor of
the National Cemetery as the resting
place of the dead hero, and when asked
what be thought of the idea of placing
General Leo and General Grant together,
the dead Confederate Chieftain's nephew
smiled sadly, and said he had never
heard the suggestion before, and that he
would like to see so grand a project car
ried into effect.
"That Would be reunion sure enough,
wouldn't it?" said the General enthusi
astically. "But I am afraid it would bo
a matter too complicated tc perfect, ow
ing to the fact that the families of both
men want to bo buried with them.''
Burled With the Honors ol' War.
MANNING, Agust 12.-The survivors
of tho "Palmetto Sharp-Shooters" who
seo this notice will read with interest ol
the death of'-Blake," the horse of the
Rev. James McDowell, their chaplain
daring nearly three years of the war.
The chaplain rode him from Richmond
to the battlefield of Second Managuas,
then in the first Maryland campaign and
back into Virginia and hundreds of miles
with the regiment in those trying scenos
in whieh lt acted to noble a part When
tho command went to Lookout Mountain
by railroad "Blake" went through tbe
country on foot with the other horses,
?nd was ridden by bis master ia the cam
paign of East Tennessee and back tc
Virginia in timo for the battle of the
Wilderness, where Gen. Micah Junkin?,
the gallant commander of the brigade,
wa? kilted. Many a pick and tired sol
dier rode bim on weary marches, and
often his scanty forage was helped ont
by biscuits and rations given him bj
the soldiers or emptied by them on thc
roadside io their forced marches. ARei
the aorrender st Appomattox be was rid
den home to Sooth Carolina and wai
greatly prised by hi? owner.
Yesterday be died and bis remaim
were tarried in m wagon to the outskirt!
of Manning and there buried. Little
girls decorated his grave with flowers
and ton shots were fired over bim In bonni
of his faithful services in tbe "Lost
Cause."-News and Courier.
- Hog and chicken cholera prevail lt
the Eastern part of Lexington County tc
auch an extent that some farmers hart
lott all their hogs, and chickens are dy i oj
by tho dozen,'
A BOTTOMLESS ITT.
The MfHterloua Hole ir. Wost Virginia.
PARKERSBURG, W. VA., August 8.
One of the most pleasant of midsummer
recreations is trout-fishing among theso
E;raud West Virginia mountains, and
tere, along the south brauch of the
Potomac and tho inuumerable runa and
creeka which empty into it, the aport
mar be enjoyed to perfection. So "lld
ana picturoequo is the accnery, and vo
primitivo the surroundings, that although
the traveller is but twenty-four boura
from Cumberland Aud thirty from
Washington City he seem?, when once
io these moonta;:* fastnesses, to bo quito
on the extreme limit;, of civilization and
far removed from the letting population
which in reality swarms so closely around
him.
Tho country hereabouts is very thinly
settled, the inhabitants being mostly
gathered along the line of tho now rail
road being pushed into the heart of tho
mountains by Senator Henry O. Davia,
Janies G. Blaine, Secretary Bayard and
other capitalists and politiciana, or are
scattered in the few small villagea which
are to bo found at long intervala in the
river valleys. The area of cultivated
land is extremely sma)lt tho vasi, major
ity of tho territory being clothed in a
dense growth of black walnut and other
valuable hard woods. Game of all
kinds, including deer and bear, is plen
tiful, and no inconsiderable portion of
tho acanty revenue of the nooplo ia de
rived from the bidea of wild animals.
Straugo aa it may accra, the population
of thi? region ia ?uletiBtdy Republican,
Grant County having for a generation
Siven a two-thirds majority for the can
idatea of that party, although tho coun
ties aurrounding it on three sides are in
tensely Democratic. The people, rude
and uncultured, though they aro gener
ous to a fault, and milk and honey,
figuratively spenkiog, aro showored upon
tho stranger who may bAppcn to be
within their ??ates in a way not to be
despised.
Thero are matty natural wonders in
thin out of-the world region, and yester
day tho monotony of camp lifo waa
varied by a viait to one of them, the
locality known far and wido throughout
the South Branch country aa the Hell
Hole. Thia ia an uncouth name, but to
viBtt tho ?pot justifies the title in the
mind of the beholder. This terrible
abyaa is on the North Fork, of Ritenour,
at the aide of a little atream which
gurgles musically down the mountain,
and is to the lower or left hand aldo of
the road which ieadB through the Harmar
Hills. The chasm, circular in Bhape, is
about fifteen feet in diameter, almost
perpendicular, and is believed by tho
inhabitanta near by to bo bottomless.
Its situation is nt the bottom of a deep
rocky gorge, and the scenery is unusually
wild. Many attempts to aound thu
mysterious well by lines, some of them
a thousand feet in length, have boen
made in days past, but aa yet without
avail, and lighted ianteruB and torches
lowered to a depth of many hundred feel
have revealed naught but rough, irreamlai
walla of solid rock. Provided with r
stop-watch, I dropped a heavy fragmenl
of rock over the edge of the yawolnt
gulf, and the last faint sound wbict
came back to my ear waa at the expira
tlon of fourteen aeconds. From this
making due allowanco for the resistant
of the air, the transmission of sound
and tho impediments to the stone causa
by the u no veo sides, I calculated a deptl
of 3,152 foot 4 inches, presuming, o
course, that the last aadible sound wa
caused by the rock striking the bottom
The people, who have for many year
regarded this gigantic well with some
thing akin to awe, tell many stories of 1
and of tho objects animate and inani
mate, including at least one huma
being, which have been swallowed up 1
its insatiable maw. A fine white-pin
tree, with a slender stem, straight aa a
arrow and over one hundred feet high1
stood on a ateep slope a few dozen yard
from the mysterious hole. Two of laaa
f^armar's sona concluded to venture u
and cut the tree for troughs, , It fell wit
the top up hill, and starting to ulid
disappeared bodily into the Hell Hoi
and waa loat to view, the terror atricke
young men, who peered cautiously ov<
the edge, being unable to see the Bligh
est trace of the tree except a few bits <
bark and branches clinging here ac
there lo the jagged rocka.
But other and moro aerinua acoideu
have occurred at 'ho Hell Hole. Aboi
ten years ago a partially blind noddle
who waa making nia way south atong tl
North Fork from Martinaburg to Whi
Sulphur Springs, disappeared Budden
in thia vicinity. A search was made f
him and hia trail finally atruck and fe
lowed up to the very brink of thia fearf
pit. The aupposition ia that, in the dui
of the evening. ? the old man walked
the mouth of tue hole, all unconscious
danger, and etepped off, to fall to aa y
unknown depths.
There is also a legend current amoi
the good people of this portion of Gra
County that, away back in tho eat
days of the century, when tho red m?
had not long been gone from the Nor
Fork Valley, a young girl, disappoint
and heart-broken at the cause of a Io v
had made her way to the mouth of H
Hole, and, depositing in a little pile ot
flat rock the few simple love toke
received in happier timea from her 1
trothed, had leaped into the fearl
depths before her.
On another occasion a valuable hoi
fell into the pit, and last winter a di
whilo pursuing a rabbit, took the dir
tlon of the hole, and. catching his pi
on the edge, loai his footing and bc
an?mala were engulfed. Tourist? bi
dropped tons of nicks into the bolo, I
its dark secrets are stilt unrevealed, a
probably wilt ever remain unknown,
object of mystery and wonder to t
pawing stranger and of terror to the I
habitants of the region in which it
situated.
Hnteaslty Demands lt*
We are in favor of a thousand doll
tax on each pistol as it is manufactnr
and an additional tax of five hand
dollars per annum upon each man w
carries one. And In case, a concea
pistol ia fonnd upon a men the pent
should bo at least ten years in the pc
tentiary. There is no use In minc
matters in questions of this kind. Do
with the practice at once, and the o
thing that will put it dowd Ia a lei
law against U, and that law rigidly
forced. Humanity demanda it, ana
man life will not bo aafe nntil auch a
Is passed andi enforced.
Cowards and thieves are the only o
who will be pnt U> any Inconvenience
such a law, and for them w?. should h
no concern. The innocent and dec
people of onr Country deservea more c
.{deration than the lawless rowdies i
murderers, and we think lt Is about t
that our law-makers and representa tl
Ia tho legislature were maxing a li
mora effort towards protecting th
The murderer snd rowdy has bad his
shrra of protection. Gira the othi
showing now.-Chinden Journal. -
A Talk With Robert Toomhs.
ATLANTA, August 9.-lu aa interview
General Robert Toomba expresses himself
on many points in his past career. "The
culmination of my political career," said
General Toomba, ''was the secession agi
tation. The statement that there existed
amone tho Southern Senators in 1869
and I860 a conspiracy to force secessions
is untrue. There was no conspiracy, no
understanding. The encroachments of
Northern Congressmen upon the reserved
rights of tho States, the incendiary agita*
tion of disturbing questions in that sec
HOD, had alarmed the Southern States.
They elected men to Congress to represent
their views. These men were represen
tatives, and were only guilty of the same
conspiracy as always exists between con
stituent and representative. The ques
tion of secession came up from the peo
ple just in tho samo shape as other ques
tions como up, and consequently South
ern Senators merely presented the views
of thoso whom they represented. They
weut homo and addressed their constitu
ents upon that, as they did noon all other
questions. All of my speeches were so
mado to my constituents in Georgia, or
in my place upon the floor of the Senate.
I always gave my utterances to the press
freely. 1 n o vor suppressed a speech nor
?poko in riddles. My life has been an
open page, which all men might read."
"Was there ever a hope of encase for
the Confederacy, and ir BO why did it
fail ?"
"There was no doubt of success," an
swered the General. "The South could
have succeeded had it not been throttled by
West Point. The Presidency of I ho Con
federacy was odored to me and declined.
When South Carolina, with singular stu*
pjdity, wrapped itself around Jc fib roon
Davis, Mississippi was not so insane, but
could not out of courtesy, vote against
her own citizen. Hence, Davin became
President, and Weat Point waa the school
whonce he drew bin ideas. He had grad
uated from that institution and could
never be brought to realize the faot that
men in civil life knew anything. He
flited commandr. with Wost Pointers, and
he stuck to them through every reverse.
Tho martinet discipline of that institu
tion was the only reliance of Mr. Davis."
"Under whom could the Confederacy
have succeeded?"
"Albert Sidney Johnston was the one
man who could have certainly succeeded,
but death cut his oareer short. Joseph
E. Johnston came next When Jefferson
Davis, inspired by domestic intrigues,
removed Johnston from tho command of
the Western army, he killed the Confed
eracy. Davis was thoroughly incompe
tent. His forte was review writing. He
would havo been a successful magazine
man. but in the bustle of practical, every
day life he was utterly lost. My personal
feeling for Mr. Davis IB of the kindest
character, but that does not remove the
facts of history."
General Butler's Statement of tho Hil? |
ltary Policy of Grant In 18G4--05.
It has been said that Grant had no
genius ; that is, no intuition by which to
discover a great fact or to lay out for
himself a now and great course of action.
I have said that bia mind was not inven
tive, but I do know of ono course of
conduct adopted by him, an emanation
from his own mind, for, so far as I have
read in history, it was never before in
that form adopted by any great com
mander, and it certainly waa not done by
any other general in our war. It did
not emanate from the Secretary of War
or the President, so far aa I have any
knowledge or suspicion, and was ex
plained to myself by Grant, who had
just then been made General-in-Chief of
the armies, and came to Fort Monroe to
explain the plan of the future campaigns
against the enemy, so far aa I was to
havo part with them, in Virginia in
April, 1004.
His proposition was that the enemy
should be conquered by continual attri
tion and inflicting loss in every woy and
wearing out their resources as fast as.
possible and at however great cost, rely
ing upon oor own more abundant money
and men to bring out a successful result.
He said that he would attack tho enemy
at all times and under all conditions,
even at the risk of losing moro men than
they did, as we could could afford to lose
more; and as the rate of death by
dlsase and hardships incident to camp
life was far greater than the loss of men
by bullet and shell, he thought, upon
the whole, that ' if the war could be
ftressed on and ended shortly tho loss of
ife would be leas, and the oxpenses
would certainly be less than those of a
longer continued war. He said, further,
that the enemy, occupying the interior
lines of defenses, could hold on with loss
men than we must ase and that we must
lose more than they would in driving
them from their defenses, but they could
I not retrieve their losses as we contd
ours.
i He spoke to me as Commissioner of
Exchange of Prisoners. Ho said that
I every Confederate held by us was one
j man less to them, while, even if we ex
change, we should not get one man to
I meet the one we gave, because their men
I were in good conoition and able at once
to go back into the field, while our men
were in such a condition that it would
take months for them to recuperate so as
j to come back, if they ?ver did come
back, into our armies. Hence he eugr
gested to me not to refuse the exchange
of prisoners, bnt to so embarrass the
operation as only to exchango the sick
and wounded of both sides ; end to that
policy he adhered through the campaign
of 1801. This course taken by him put
; an end to the rebellion, and ho hold to it
until, in the Spring of 1865, Lee had
neither mon. nor rationa to feed - them
upon, nor could the Confederates supply
him with either, and then came Appo
mattox and the conclusion of the war.
This seemed to me then a stroke of
genius, but it required adamantine nerve
and iron will to carry it out.-Butler3a
I Lowell Eulogy.
' Sensible Advice.
A physician writes to yonng men as
follows.: "Hy profession has thrown me
among women of alt eins? cs, and ray ex
perience teaches me that Heaven never
Sve man a greater proof of His tova
an to place woman ber? - with htm.
My advice ls : Go and propose to the
most sensible girl yon know. If she
accepts you, tell her how moxs your in
come is, and from what source derived ;
and toll her yon will divide the last shill
ing with her, and that yon will love ber
with alt your heart Into tba bargain.'
And then keep your promise. My word
for it, she will live within your tnoomo,
and to your last hour you will regret thal
you did not marry sooner. Stop worrying
about feminin? extravagance nod foml-<
nine untruth. Just youbo true to her
love bar sincerely, ind a mort fond,
faithful, foolish slave you will never meei
anywhere.. Yon will not deserve her, I
know ; but sho will never kucw it."
.?--r?l
- "Time works woadenv' says a
yoong maa o? twenty-seven when he re*
! turned horn? and found his eldest titter,
kooly eighteen.
The Tax on OldgBachcIors.
-im*?* . tv
Tho Atlanta Constitution thinks that
"thespecial lax*onJunmarricd mea over
thirty years of ag?," now being pressed
before the Legislature, "is a measure not
only based on common sense, but baa
about it an element of timeliness."
Tba argument of our contemporary,
however, looks like poking fun at tho
Georgia reformers who favor the old
bachelor tax. Our contemporary thus
shapes its advocacy of the measure :
"The number of old bachelors is in?
creasing in every community. They try
to lie very gay and frivolous, and are
anxious to leave en impression that they
are happy, but they cannot conceal the
fact that they are bald-headed and thin?
legged. Married men, in certain casca
mado and provided., have a perfect right
to bo bald-headed and thin-legged ; Lat
a bald-headod and thin-legged old bach
elor ls a standing insult to tho communi
ty in which he lives.
"What right has he to bo bald-headed
and thin-legged ? What right has he to
protend to be comfortaMe and to assume
all the privileges of citizenship, when he
baa evaded the first a*-I mos. important
duty of a citizen ! Let the bill to tax
them be hurried forward in ita passage.
Tho timea are ripe for lt".
It most be confessed that tho privilege
of being bald-headed and thin-legged ls
a very grave one: and if old bachelors in
the great State of Georgia have presum
ed to invade the rights of married men
in these particulars, it calls loudly for
redress. Wo, in common with our con
temporary, aro utterly at a lose to see
what right these insignificant members -
of society have to take upon themselves,
without tho accompanying honors of pa
ternity, the privilege, the inestimable
privilege, of a bain head and scanty
calves.
Tint what shall we say about tho old
maids ? Rh al 1 they go scotfree whilst tho
old bachelors are taxed ? Suppose they
should, in common with their masculine
counterparts, begin to assume the privi
leges of a bald head, not to Bpoak of lean
and attenuated members. Taking the
whole question in all its solemn portents,
tho Georgia Legislature may well expend
its powerful intellect on this grave ques
tion, which involves Bach serions conse
quences.
Tho old Massachusetts stock is rapidly
running out. The indisposition to marry
ls becoming a growing habit in several of
the Now England States.
Out of a total population of 1,763,085,
Massachusetts has 212,061 boys and 214,
665 girls between the ages of 6 and 17,
or 427,526 of both sexes of the mention
ed ago.
Michigan, ont of a total population of
1.636.037, has 235,891 boys and 228,991
girls between the ages of 5 and 17? with,
a total (of both soxes amounting to 464,
382. . '
Connecticut, out of a population of
622,700, hos 78,179 boys and 77,888 girls
of above ages, with a total of 155,512.
Georgia, out of a population of 1,542,
180, has 260,468 boya and 252,087 girls,
with a total of 511,555.
South Carolina, out of a total popula
tion of 995,577, hos 166,983 boys and
163,690 girls, with a total of 830.628.
Tennessee, out of a total population of
1.542,859, has 261,404 boy. and 254,297 .
girls, or a total of 515,701.
With these boys and girls as the eeed
corn itt our future we see that Massachu
setts has less than 24 per cent, of her
population in boya and girls between the
ages of 6 and 17 ; Connecticut hu less
than 25 per cent, and Michigan over 28
per cent, whilst Georgia, South Carolina
and Tonnessee have each over 88 por
cent., Georgia having 88.4.
Bat Georgia is ambitious, and she is
not satisfied to rank Massachusetts by
over 9 per cent, and Michigan 5 per cont.
Tho Empire State of tho South means
business, boneo lie says to her old bach
elors: Keep not back, and to her Old
maida, here's your chance. There is a
ood time coming for the old folks sure,
and when tho thing once begins thcro ia
no telling what it will do for Georgi?, if
not for toe whole South.-- Columbia Reg*
itter.
The Locomotive Engineer.
As Mr. W. 8. Kcncdy, the historian
of the locomotive, says, popular prejudice
has caused the death of many of tho best
engineers in the country. Tho reference
ia to tho mistaken notions of an iogno
rant public, who would havo an engineer,
in case of accident, commit suicide after
bis obvioua duly bas been fully performed.
Accidents ore certain to occur in eylle
of the most careful of regulations. ' En
gineers themselves confess tA a .touch of
fatalism in this respect. A mistaken
telegram, a sleepy switchman, oven ?
worn tic, may, at any time, plunge the.
engineer into eternity. A simple remark;
of an engineer, tho other day expresses
the sensation best: "I can sit back on
my seat asd enjoy the ride with the old
engine running fifty miles an hour and
not feel a touch of nervousness, but I
I know just the same that death is running
?longaide all the time."
Whenever these periodical cc Usions
occur, and the aickenfngdetails are spread
out for public delectation, there is usually
a mournful posan of approbation raised
over the dead engineer, even if ho bo
the cause of the accident, who was found
lying under the engine with ono hand
on the lever. On tho other hand, the
engineer, who seeing the inevitable,
opened throttle and Bandbox,Jammed on
the brakes and then jumped for the ?ak?
of the deer little ones at home,- is
popularly condemned as a chicken
hearted coward, who has proved unfaith
ful to his trust. A more unfair and
unjust condemnation could not be made.
With tho throttle wide open, the brakes
harnessed down to their hardest work,
and the sandbox wido open to check to
the utmoat the whJrl of tho great driving
wheels, the master of tho engibo ha3
done bia most against disaster, and thia
done, his next duty is Belf-preaervRtion.
Exceptional conditions will. of eourao
auggest themselves where such an act
would not be praiseworthy but heroic;
but. generally speaking, Ut? cnginee? who
sticks to a doomed engine either because
he thinks it safe, or from lack, of pres*
euee of mind, or because he willingly
throws away his life, is only in degree:
less foolish thaa tho Inspir? lunatic who
leaps from.tho Brooklyn fridge,
', There has been: ma?y . a heiroio deed
done by a simple pincer in overalls
and Jua pei, and faere have been plenty
of Instances wbere voluntary risk of lifo
cn the part o? a courageous railroad man ??
has saved hundreds from ft dreadful
death. Th? escape of the Giouceeisr
Express lav: summer through tho quick
ness of a discharged employee of tfce '
Sutern Railroad is not yet forgottco,
But because these men are worth/ cf ali
pralso, it is not just that condemnation
ahottlu be meted out to the engineer who
jumps at th? moment bf'collision any
more than to the keepof of a powder
magazine who won?d leave :|??fflHi^tt?
waa hopelessly on ?to.^ Commercial Huh
-? If you have Mt opportunity io do .&
generous action, do it. It te ft ftMt
p?e^soq? reflection to go. to steep willa*