BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, 8. C, THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 24, 1885._VOLUME X.M.?NO. 11
FALL AND WINTER ANNOUNCEMENT.
J. P. SULLIVAN * CO
ENCOURAGED by our success in the past, we come to the front again with the best
offers we have ever before been able to make.
THE LARGEST STOCK,
And Prices as Low as is consistent for honest Goods.
JEANS?We can sell yon Jeans from lOo a yard to 40c a yard.
Come and see our VIRGINIA CASS1MERES.
WOOLEN GOODS are cheap. All-woo! Red Flannel for only 10c a yard.
Ladies' Dress Goods, Shawls and Cloaks.
Jersey Jackets are very fashionable, and cost a gf8fe? ''nal less than ever before.
Wc can sell a nice fitting Jersey for 05c. We have them in Blacks, Navy Blues and
Cardinals.
Ladies' and Misses' Underwear,
Youths' and Mens' Clothing.
We have bought a large Stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING from first hands,
and can oiler bargains in full Suits, or in extra Coats and Fants.
An Immense Stock of Boots and Shoes.
Mens' all-solid leather Boots for $1.150 a pair. Womens' all-solid leather Shoes for
7i>c a pair.
GrROCERIES,
Wc have had our Cellar enlarged, and are prepared to exhibit a larger and more
complete Stock of Groceries than heretofore.
We have a large COFFEE TRADE, and intend to hold it by keeping the BEST
GRADES. We will sell you the best Rio CoJl'ee 8 lbs. for one dollar.
SUGARS have within the last few mouths advanced, but wc will sell a pure Brown
Sugar 14 lbs. for $1.00.
Ver}' respectfully,
J. P. SULLIVAN & CO.
Sept 10, issr>_t)_
ILSriEW^ NEW I
SAWS, for Farmers.
SAWS, for Carpenters.
SAWS, for Builders.
HAND SAWS,
CROSS CUT SAWS,
ONE MAN'S CROSS CUT SAWS.
OUR "BOSS" HAND SAW for general use,
A_t JB51.r>0, and fully warranted.
A special drive on these Goods now at
THE HARDWARE STORE
- OF -
IST. 33.
We now occupy our New and Commodious Store-Rooms,
second door from the National Bank, on the Public Square,
where we shall be pleased to show our immense stock of
GENERAL HARDWARE.
Sullivan & Bro.
Sept 17,18S5 10
BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL.
$30,000.01) WORTH OF GOODS!
Largest sloe! Ever OH for Sale ii Is Mall!
ThESE GOODS are bought direct from Manufacturers, at special prices, thus
placing us on the same footing with Jobbers, always buying in large lots, and taking
advantage of ail discounts for net Cash, thus enabling us to buy cheap and sell at
low prices, as the following will prove:
100 Cases of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes,
At prices that cannot be dunlV ued. We quote Women's Polka Shoes at 75c,
worth $1.00. Children's Sim?-, uo 50c, worth 75c. Men's Brogans at $1.00, worth
$1.25. Men's Boots, all sizes, at 52.00, worth $:L00. Boys' Boots, 4's to G's, at
$1.50, worth $2.00. Our Leader $3.00 Shoe, Bal., Button or Congress, made of best
Calf Skin, Box Toe, Leather Tip, worth $4.00 anywhere, and to which we call the
especial attention of young men. Our Leaders in Ladies'and Misses'Shoes, cus?
tom made, Opera Toe, handworked button holes, ladies size at $2.00, worth $2.75.
Misses' at $1.85, worth $2.50, c.ice! i:i beauty, style and fit. Every pair guaranteed.
Wo have the exclusive control here of EVITT BROS.
L-.idiss', Misses' and Children's FINE SHOES, formerly sold
here by Mr. J. D. Maxwell. These goods are made of very
best material, fit perfectly, and every pair is warranted.
We can Save you Money on Shoes.
Large Lot of Ladies' and Children's Cloaks,
At one-half of their real value, bought :tt a closing out sale. If you need these
Goods, we advise you to buy them before they t:re sohi out, ax they :ire bargains
not picked up every day.
Elegant and complete lines of BLACK CROW CASHMERES, SILK and
BROCADED VELVETS. WORSTEDS at 10C, worth 15c.
10,000 yards Jeans at strictly Jobbers Prices,
Bought 10 per cent less than they can be bought, lor in smaller quantities. We
invite the attention of merchants to this lot of Goods before placing their orders
elsewhere, as we are in a position to -ell them advantageously, and are determined
to close them out at an early day.
Georgia Jeans at 20c, worth 25c.
Large lot of CORSETS at 50c. You will find in thin assortment Corsets worth
75c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. We place them on our counters atone price. Select
for yourselves.
We have a lot of REMNANT CALICO, from one and a half to seven yards,
which you can buy at half their value.
All-wool, rod twilled FLANNELS i.l 20c, worth 80c.
A first class, new patent, reinforced, linen front SHIRT at $-1.50 per half doz.
Gents'UNDERVESTS at 25c, worth 40c. Ladies' Undervesls at 50c, worth
65 cents.
A large assortment of Gents' and Boys' HATS at prices to suit the times.
Elegant line of Ready-Made Clothing Cheap.
Fine double-barrel, breech-loading SHOT GUNS at $12.50. Kxtra quality
$1G.00, worth $10.00 and $20.00 respectively.
Wc art- prepared to mod all competition on BELTJXO, 1'RF.SS ROPE,
BAGGING and TIES, quality always considered. We keep these goods constant?
ly on hand, as well as WAGONS and WAGON HARNESS, BUGGIES and
BUGGY HARNESS.
These are i few the tn my bargains wc have scctired this season, to which
we invite your attention. All we ask of you is. to c:al! in and examine our Goods
and prices, and we can and will make it to your int?'.est to buy from us.
We keep for sale nearly everything from a Needle up to a hogshead of Mo?
lasses or a good Wagon.
We ar<j always in the COTTON MAR?
KET, at highest Cash prices, and our Mr.
^ I. \V. iJ.-o-y?s, with r.n <*xper:enee^of thirty
' ^ " ibranch his exclusive attention.
1^ He mire and rail oh iff. /frown,
lU'jort' scllin ?j your Cut ion in Town!
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
Piedmont and Pelzer Shirtings and Drills,
Hazard Rifle and Blasting Powder,
And Wando Fertilizer.
BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL.
Anderson, S. C, Sept. 17, 1835.
WILHITE'S
EYE WATER
j
IS A
FOR
SORE EYES,
j
OK ANY
COMMON FORM
OF
INFLAMED EYES.
WE SELL IT
With the understanding that
if it does not prove bene?
ficial or effect a Cure,
after directions have
been carefully fol?
lowed, the sum
paid for it
WILL BE REFUNDED.
It has been sold on
tbc3c conditions for the
past FIVE YEARS,
and aB yet we have
1TEVEE HAD A
COMPLAINT OP IT,
OR HEARD OF A CASE
j IT DID NOT CURE!
-0
IT IS NOT
A NEW PREPARATION,
! AND HAS BEEN USED
I
I
FOR THIRTY YEARS,
But has been only four
or five years on
i
the market
as a
PROPRIETARY
MEDICINE.
If you have never
used it, or know
nothing of its
j effects on
I SORE
EYES,
Ask your neighbor, or some
one who has seen
it tried.
IT H AS CURED
SEVERE CASES
IX FROM
SIX TO TWENTY-FOUR
HOURS I
Price, 25 Cents per Bottle.
WILHITE & WILHITE,
PROPRIETORS;
Aug. 20. 1885 C
(HUNT'S MEMOIRS.
KcmiiiltfCcticcs of the Great War.
General Grant's book, to be published
in a few months, will contain the follow?
ing reminiscences of Lee's surrender:
I found General Lee had been brought
into our lines and conducted to a house
belonging to Mr. McKcan, and was them
with one of his staff officers waiting my
arrival. The head of his column was
occupying a hill, a portion of which was
an apple orchard, across a little valley
from the court house. Sheridan's forces
were drawn up in line of battle on the
crest of a hill on the South side of the
same valley.
THE APPLE TItEE STOP.Y.
Before stating what took place between
General Lee and myself I will give all
there is of the narrative of General Loe
and the famous apple tree. Wars pro?
duce many stories of fiction, some of
which are told until they are believed.
The war of the rebellion was fruitful in
the same way. The story of the apple
tree is one of those fictions, with a slight
foundation of facts. As ] have said,
there was an apple orchard on the side of
the hill occupied by the confederate
forces. Running diagonally up the hill
was a wagon road, which at one point
ran very near one of the trees, so that the
wheels on that side had cut off the roots
of the tree, which made a littli? embank?
ment. General Babcock reported to me
that when he first met General Lee he
was sitting upon this embankment, with
his feet in the road and leaning against
the tree. It was then that Lee was con?
ducted into tho house where I first met
him. I had known General Lee in the
old army, aud had served with him in
the Mexican war, but did not suppose,
owing to the difference in our ages and
rank, that he would probably remember
me, while I would remember him more
distinctly, because he was chief engineer
on the staff of General Scott in the Mex?
ican war. When I had left camp that
morning I had not expected the result so
soon, that then was taking place, aud
consequently was in rough garb, and I
believe without a sword, as I usually was
when on horseback on the field, wearing
a soldier blouse for a coat, with the
shoulder straps of my rank to indicate
who I was to the army.
THE MEETING WITH I.EE.
When I weut into the house I found
Geueral Lee. We greeted each other,
and after shaking hands took our seats.
What his feelings were I do not know.
Being a man of much dignity aud with
an impenetrable face, it was impossible
to say whether he felt inwardly glad that
the end had finally come, or whether he
felt sadly over the result and was too
manly to show it. Whatever his feelings
were they were entirely concealed from
observation, but my own feelings, which
had been quite apparent on the reception
of his letter, were sad and depressed. I
felt like anything rather than rejoiciDg
at the downfall of a foe that had fought
so long and gallantly, and had suffered
so much for the cause which I believed
to be one of tho worst for which a people
ever fought, and for which there was not
the least pretext. I do not question,
however, the sincerity of the great mass
of those who were opposed to us. Gen?
eral Lee was dressed in full uniform,
entirely new, and wearing a sword of
considerable value, very likely the sword
that had beeu presented by the State of
Virginia. At all the events it was an
entirely different sword from one that
would ordinarily be worn in the field. In
my rough traveling suit, which was the
uniform of a private with the straps of a
general, I must have contrasted very
strongly with a man so handsomely
dressed, six feet high, and of faultless
form. But this whs not a matter that I
thought of until afterwards.
APPROACHING THE SURRENDER.
General Lee and I soon fell into con?
versation about the old army times. He
remarked that he remembered me very
well, in the old army, and I told him, as
a matter of course, I remembered him
perfectly, but owing to the difference iu
years, there being about sixteen years
difference iu our ages, and our rank, I
thought it very likely 1 had not attracted
his attention sufficiently to be remember?
ed after such a long period. Our con?
versation grew so pleasant that I almost
forgot the object of our meeting. Gen?
eral Lee, at that time, was accompanied
by one of his staff officers, Colouel Mar?
shall. I had all of my staff with mc, a
good portion of whom were iu the room
during the whole of the iuterview.
AN INCIDENT OF GENERAL MCCOOK.
In the article, on the battle of Shiloh,
which I wrote for the Century Magazine,
I stated that General A. Mc. 1). McCook,
who commanded a division of Bull's
army, expressed some unwillingness to
pursue the enemy on Monday, April 7lh,
because of the condition of his troops.
Geueral Badeau, in his history, also
makes the same statement on my authori?
ty. Out of justice to General McCook
and his command, I must say that they
left the point twenty-two miles Last of
Savannah, on tho mom of the lit It.
From the heavy rains of a few days pre?
vious, and the passage of the trains and
artillery, the roads were necessarily deep
in mud, which made marching slow.
The division had hot only marched
through this mud the day before, but it
had been in tlie rain all night without
rest. It was engaged iu the battle of the
second day, and did as good service as
its position allowed. I:i fact, an oppor?
tunity occurred for it to perform a con?
spicuous act of gallantry, which elicited
the highest commendation from the di?
vision commanders in the army of the
Tennessee. General Sherman, in both
his memoirs and report, makes mention
of the fact. Geueral McCook himself
belonged to a family which furnished
many volunteers to the army. I refer to
these circumstances with minuteness,
because 1 did General McCook an injus?
tice in my article in the Century, though
not to the extent one would suppose
from the public press. I am not willing
to do any one an injustice, and if con?
vinced that I have done one, I am always
willing to make the fullest admission.
A ROUND VICK.SHUP.C.
The Nicksburg newspapers, which wo
received regularly through the courtesy
of the rebel pickets, said prior to the 41h,
in speaking of the "Yankee" boast that
they would lake dinner in Vicksburg
that day, that the best receipt for cooking
a rabbit was "ketch your rabbit fust."'
The paper at this lime and for some time
previous was printed on the plain side of
wall paper. The last number was printed
on the fourth, and announced that he
had "caught our rabbit." 1 have no
doubt that Pemberton commenced his
correspondence on the third with a Iwn
Ibid purpose, fir-t, t<? avoid an "i-- n :,
which he knew would be successful, and
second to prevent the capture taking
place on the great national holiday, the
anniversary ot the declaration of Ameri?
can independence. Holding out for
better terms, as he did, he defeated his
aim in the latter particular. < >n the
fourth of July, at the appointed hour,
the garrison of Vicksburg mar.'lied nut
of their works, and formed n line in
trout, stacked arms, and marched back
in good order. Our whole anny presrnt
witnessed this scene without che? r:iui and
without a single offen1 ive remark that !
?*vcr heard of. Logan's division, which
had approached nearest the rebel's works,
was the first to march in. and the flag of
one of the regiments of his division wj s
?r <>n floating nver (lie court house.
i he i-A.MPAi?i.N mi- vk'k.sum:?;.
The campaign of Vicksburg was sog
gested and developed by circling lances.
The elections of 1S02 had g^uc^ogaiij^
the prosecution of the war. Voluntary
enlistments had nearly closed, and lite
draft had been resorted to. This was
resisted, and defeat or a backward move?
ment would have made its execution im?
possible. A forward movement to a de?
cisive victory was necessary. According?
ly I resolved to get below Vicksburg,
unite with Banks against Tort Hudson,
make New Orleans the base, and with
that base and Grand Gulf as the starting
point, move, our combined forces against
Vicksburg. Upon reaching Grand Gulf,
after running its batteries and fighting a
battle, I received a letter from Banks,
informing me that he could not be at
Port Hudson under ten days, and then
with only 10,000 men. Time was worth
more than reinforcements. I therefore
determined to push into the interior of
the enemy's country. With a large river
behind us, he'd above and below by the
enemy, rapid movements were essential
to success. Jackson was captured the
day after the new commander had arrived,
and when the large reinforcements were
daily expected. A rapid movement West
was made, and the garrison of Vicksburg
was met in five battles and badly defeated.
The city was then successfully besieged.
(?RANT AND LINCOLN.
No reminiscence of war history will be
read with greater interest than General
Grant's account of his meeting with Lin?
coln, and Lincoln's charge to him.
Although hailing from Illinois myself,
the State of the President, I had never
met Lincoln until called to the capitol to
receive my commission as Lieutenant
General. 1 knew him, however, very
well, and favorably from accounts given
by the officers under me at the West,
who had known him all their lives. I
had also read the remarkable course of
debates between Lincoln and Douglas a
few years before, when they were rival
candidates for the United States Senate.
I was then a rciideut of Missouri, and by
no means a "Lincoln man" in the contest,
but I recognized his great ability. In
my first interview with Lincoln alone, he
stated to me that he had never professed
to be military, or to know how campaigns
: should be conducted, aud never wanted
to interfere with them, but that proems
I tination on the part of the commanders,
and the pressure of the people at the
North, and of Congress which like the
poor, "he had always with him," had
j forced him into issuing his well known
series of "executive orders." lie did
not know but they were all wrong, and
did know that some of them were. All
he wanted or had ever wanted, he said,
was that some one would take the respon?
sibility and act and call on him for all
the assistance needed.
THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR.
As soon as the enemy saw us they
decamped as fast as their horses would
carry them. I kept my men in rank,
ami forbade their entering any of the
deserted houses or taking anything from
them. We halted at night on the road,
aud proceeded next morning at an early
hour. Harris had been encamped iu a
creek bottom for the sake of being near
the water. The hills on either side of
I the creek extended to a considerable
height, possibly more than one hundred
feet. As we approached the brow of the
bill from which it was expected we could
see Harris's camp, aud possibly find his
men ready formed to meet us, my heart
kept getting higher and higher until it
felt to me as though it was in my throat.
I would have given anything then to
have been back in Illinois, but I had not
the moral courage to halt and consider
what to do. I kept right on. When we
reached the point from which the. valley
below was in full view, I halted. The
place where Harris had been encamped
a few days before was stiii there, and the
marks of a recent encampment were
plainly visible, but the troops were gone.
My heart resumed its place. Tt occurred
to nie at ouce that Harris had been as
much afraid of me as I had been of him.
This was a view of the question i had
never taken before, but it was one I never
forgot afterward. From that event to
the close of the war T never experienced
trepidation upon confronting an enemy.
Progress at the Penitentiary.
There were on Saturday evening OOS
convicts under sentence to imprisonment
in the Penitentiary. Of these fi'.'O were
in that institution and 21* were leased
out. The number domiciled within the
walls is, I think, greater than at any
previous time, and the crowding?which
was the cause of the determination of
the officials not to withdraw the hands
from the Savannah Valley Railroad
still continues. In some cases three men
arc confined in a cell which is only spa?
cious enough for one. Great vigilance
has to be exercised to prevent sickness
under these conditions. The hospital,
however, is not largely peopled.
Prom the completion of the new prison
building relief is expected, and it will
probably be ready lor occupancy in six
months if the winter is not severe.?
Work upou it is being pushed with all
dispatch, and 20.'J of its cells are com?
pleted. Forty-eight cells and the roof
remain to be added. The building will
be of equal size with the existing prison
building, aud will stand directly oppo?
site to it. Hereafter, when time and
money permit, a structure will be erected
betwecm them, joining the wings
together, and embracing business offices
and quarters lor the officers and guards.
The new factory structure, which has
been built into the western wall of the
1'enilciitiary yard, only needs its iloor
iug to be ready for occupancy. This
building will he used as a woollen hos
icry factory by the Columbia Hosiery
Company. The old factory building,
running east and west, has had its three
stores extended westward .so as to join
tiic ivall of the yard. The additional
space thus yielded will be occupied by
the manufactories already using the
building.
The Columbia Canal is being pushed
with creditable energy, and the work
shows a great advance since the spring.
From 22-3 to 275 hands work daily upon
it, there being no other occupation for
many of the men. Although they ar.
poorly supplied with tools on account of
the financial -traits of the Penitentiary
they are doing creditable work. The
City of Columbia h?- all summer paid
the running expense ol salaries and
materials. Cemetery Hid-?the !>?!<. noir
of the enterprise -i^. diced across, and
the foundation for the river wall is laid
all along its extent.
A great deal of excavation ha- been
done and much of the vast ledge of rock
has been blasted out. Ti c couis< of the
canal between this big iii'l und the river
i^ very sharpl) defined and in :\. lew
months the canal will bo complete to a
point above the cih limits. After that
excavating machines will make tpimk
progress in the rivrr builoms to the
upper terminus. ? Cvlnmbin Conrsfivit'
,1.,</' X> mid ( \>nrb-r\ >'<?/./. 11.
"One good mother," says George
Herben, "is worth :i hundred school
masters. In the home ;.he i> u loadstone
lo 'ili hoarti and a i ?adstom tu ail ryes."
imitation of her i- constant imitation
which llacoi! lilrrns !o a "globe pro?
; set-." !? i< iiistriicli'.m; ii i- : aching
without word -, often exemplifying more
than tongue van loach.''
? Jennie - "Where arc you going
Mimic'."' Mamie -"I'm going riding
with Gcoige." Jennie "Oh, never
mind him. Stay here with me. It's not
necessary you should go, is jt /' Mamie
?? ''Yes, ind.lit is. Preying business,
you know." And then die blushed.
? Ncvei ioirt the favor of the rich
by llatta ring either Iheir vanities or
a t\li:;?f lox<j a no.
i _
A Mysterious Stronger in IJiuilts County,
Ga.
TIjc little county of Banks lias its sen?
sations as well as other sections, but the
story we are about to tell happened
years ago, before Hanks county was cut
oil" from Franklin, and is recollected by a
great many who are now living in
Franklin and Hanks enmities, who
remember the man who is the subject of
this sketch. The name is fictitious, a9
he has relatives still living, good citi?
zens, and it would do no good to them to
bring up things of the past.
In the year 1S53 or IS-3I, a man came
from North Carolina, making his way, so
he said, to Florida. 1 fe came into Bush
villc district, in Hanks county (then
Franklin), and coming to where the
roads forked, and the direction of the
roads not suiting him. this man whom we
will call William Harrington, took
through the woods and brought tip at a
house on the Hudson river. He asked
for work, and told his tale about going
to Florida, and that the roads not suiting
the direction he was traveling which
caused him to go through the woods and
to come to the house the back way
instead of coming up the rond. He was
employed for a few days ami put to split?
ting rails. Harrington made himself
agreeable, and being a good conversa?
tionalist, soon made many friends in the
neighborhood, and expressed himself as
being well pleased with the country, say?
ing if he could get employment that he
would stop there instead of going on to
Florida. Other farmers in the neigh?
borhood gave him work, Harrington
giving satisfaction. He soon expressed a
desire to get an education. In the
meantime lie had let it be known that he
was :t grandson of one of Virginia's
greatest statesmen, but that his father
was a man of dissolute habits and that
?he bad been cut off in the will of his
grandfather, who never gave his chil?
dren an education. Harrington made a
number of friends, joined the Baptist
church, and, to all appearances, was a
consistent Christian. He commenced
going to school, started in the spoiling
book, aud before the year was out read?
ing Latin and learning very fast. The
next year he taught school in Jackson
county, within fifty yards of when; the
Northeastern railroad now runs. He
had a splendid school and the patrons
were well pleased with his manner of
teaching, the ugh some of the older heads
seemed to think that Mr. Harrington
had acquired his education entirely too
quick, and some thought that he was a
well educated man before he came to
Hanks county. His kindness and gen?
tlemanly bearing to all soon allayed all
suspicion, and Harrington ranked as one
of the best Christians in the community.
He joined the Masonic lodge about this
time, aud married a young girl whose
father was the possessor of several likely
negro fellows and a tine piece of land.
As soon as married he began receiving
letters stating that he had a large legacy
left him, but that it had got into a law?
yer's hands and would lake a great deal
of money to get it out and secure it to
himself. It was also hinted that Har?
rington was one of a gang of horse
! thieves who stole stock in North Carolina
aud carried thorn on to Florida. Har?
rington made long trips to Virginia, and
generally managed to get money out of
his father-in-law to pay expenses. His
next move was to commence prospecting
for copper on an adjoining plantation
to his father-in-law. A large likely,
mulatto negro was hired from two negro .
traders iu the county and Harrington
tried to get several wealthy men to go in
with him, and he would soon develop
one of the richest copper mines in the
United States. Harrington prevailed ,
upon his father-in-law to raise money
for him to get his legacy. This old man
did by selling one of his negro fellows
for a big price, and Harrington left with i
the money to bring back a legacy that
would amount to thousands. After
being absent several months up in North
Carolina and Virginia Harrington
returned minus the legacy and the
money for which the negro was sold. His ?
next move was to raise more money from
his father-in-law and go to Virginia after '<
some large fortune that he was certain to
get. Another negro was sohl ami
Harrington left again. He did not stay
so long this time, but came back with a ?
magnificent pair of claybank horses and
a negro driver. Tho hoi?es were perfect
matches and would to-day bring $1,000.
Harrington said that the horses and
driver were made a present to him by
some of his relalives, and created some
excitement as himself and wife drove
around to the public places in the quiet
county of Hanks. He commenced
studying law under the tutorship of a
very able lawyer in Hanks, and advanced
rapidly. He informell his friends that
iic was studying law for his own benefit,
so as lo be able to attend to his own
affairs wheu he became the possessor of
several hundred thousand dollars that he
was bound to get from his grandfather's
estate. Harrington was all the time
making new friends, and himself and his
wife were the recipients of many a fine
dinner from the good farmers of Hanks,
.-frill there was in the miudsof one or two
in the neighborhood a suspicion that
tilings were not as they should be, ami
whispered conversations were held that
Harrington had come by his horses and
negro driver in some manner not accord?
ing to law.
In the meantime, tho farmers refusing
to go into the copper mine speculation,
Harrington put the negro in work sink?
ing a shall on a barren hill side where
there were no signs of copper. The
negro went to work and Harrington loft
for Virginia to gel money to open the
mine, at.d the next day the negro failed
to come up. Search was made for him
ami rewards offered, but to no effect.
The negro had vanished and no one
could hear or tell anything about him.
After he had bec i gone for several
months and his owners had given him
up as lost, a letter was received Iron: tin
jailer in Ticken---, South Carolina, stating
that there was a negro in jail there who
said he was owned by the two men whom
tiie jailer had written. The r.egr > was
sent for and proved to be the one that
had opened the copper mine. He had a
pass from a man named Davis to go to
Asheville, North Carolina, and a after?
ward.; turned cut to be that Harrington's
right name was Davis, and this, made it a
clear case that Harrington had stolen the
negro, rhesc di closures brought a
cloud over hi * name, and the people wer?
loud in their denunciations, and ihres !s
were made that if he should ever come
back the jail would be the best [dace for
him. Harrington made his stay in Vir?
ginia very lengthy, and when he returned
h? lirnughjt back a negn woman with
?'?vfral children, lie was arrest aud
put in jail. The woman said thai she
belonged to a widow lady in Noitli Caro?
lina, thai Harrington had promised < >
marry the lady ami that hi was bringing
them down lo his Georgia plantation.
The widow was written lo an I she came
on and found th.:?. Harrington had a wife
in Georgia. She was very happy thai
she had been so fortunate :i? in gel !;a: !:
her negroes. Harrt'iglon proved ' > be i
great rascal, and ander il:>- guiV- of re
ligion iiad done a greal deal <?!' mischief
lie broke Iiis <ld lather-in lav,, \\\: > died
after all hi- property had been rjuan
dcred. Harrington was lurued out of
jail and given hi- orders never again to
show his laee in I hat county a_r:'iu. UN
wife and child are still living in North?
east Georgia. Harrington h:i- been -een
once since the war in renhe-*ee, where
he was. still in his old business of duping
the unsuspecting.? Hnais, Ocor>jv.iyl>a -
V.cr.
r,r, west, ui.M.s.
A Place Whore flic I'laiiiest Maiden Can
not Itomsiiii .'"inele TJ'rre .Vmiilis.
A lie*I Bend (Washington Tc.ritory
correspondent says that when the census
of lied Bend was taken last month it
was found that there was a population n
?7.c, including 203 mr'es, *;t> married
women. 1 widow engaged, 2 maids engag?
ed and !he rest children; .More than 200
of the men are bachelors, ranging in age
; from 25 to 50. Red Bend is some dis
| tancc from a railroad, and it has been a
very difficult matter to "jet young women
1 to locate there. Mosi of the girls who
come into this region stop at Vakima, or
go thence to the larger towns South of
here.
When the school-house was built die
directors advertised in various territorial
papers for n teacher, and the first one
who presented herself was employed.
She had not been at the desk more than
a fortnight before she was married to a
storekeeper named Elverson, who was
about (he best-looking young man in the
town. She resigned her place, but con
.-cnted to serve until her successor arrived.
One of the young women with whom the
committee had been in correspondence
was found disengaged : and in the course
of a month she trr.nnferred herself to
Boil Bend and took charge oi the school.
She was a tolerably homely woman,
somewhat advanced in years, but she,
too was led to the altar in less than a
mouth, and gave up the school as her
predecessor had done.
Once again the place was filled, and
things weiit along smoothly for awhile.
About that time McGinn, the tavern
keeper, imported a servant girl from
Portland, aud put her at work in his
kitchen at a salary of $8 a week. Mrs.
.McGinn was not very lusty, and her hus?
band found that the only way in which
keeping hotel was possible was for him
to have efficient female help. He had
had. serious trouble in getting anybody to
come, but the wages that he offered final?
ly itiduced the girl spoken of to accept
the job. She had uo more than learned
the ways of the kitchen before two or
three young men began to hang arouud
the back door of the tavern. McGinn
was equal to the emergency, lie watch?
ed matters for a day or two, aud, becom?
ing convinced that the school-house
episodes were to have a repetition in his
own kitchen, he got a gun, and just as a
young mau appeared at the back door
the next evening after supper he jumped
out on him.
"What do you want here ?" he asked.
"Nothing," said the fellow, coloring up I
a itile; "nothing much. 1 was just
calling on the girl in there. She's an oid
friend of my family, and I look in or.ee I
in & while to see how she is getting on."
"Well. I'm a friend of y.jur family,
too," said McGinn, "? to the extent that I j
don't want to kili you ; but if you don't j
keep away from here I'll murder you. '
Now you git!"
The youth slunk away. The next day
the girl was missing from the kitchen,
and late in the afternoon it was discov?
ered that she had married the young
mau. The same day the school mistress
announced her resignation, and, as Mc- j
Ginn was on the war-path with his gun,
the leading citizens made up their minds
thai a crisis had arrived which would
require a good deal of statesmanship to j
bridge over.
1'hat evening when the school commit j
tee met to consider things, .Mr. Elder, the
chairman, said he had au idea which he j
thought might be worthy the attention
of his associates. He proposed that in ;
the future all school teachers should be '
made to sign a boud not to marry before
the end of the term. The idea was j
accepted ; but, fearing the conditions j
might make it impossible for them to get
women into the town, they said nothing
about them to the one with whom they
opeued negotiations. She came on, utid
after deciding to take the place was in- i
formed of the contract which she would ;
have to sigu. To this she indignantly
declined to accede. The school commit?
tee was inexorable, and so was she. She
said she would lea e for home in the j
morning. The committeeraen looked at j
one another to see if anybody was weak?
ening, but no one appeared to be willing
to give in ; .-o it was decided that she
would have to go. This particular girl ;
was young aud very vivacious, and when I
she startediofl' with School Director Beebe :
for Vakima, the whole town wished she
would stay, Au hour later Beebe drove
into town with the girl still in his wagon,
and to the people who gathered around
the vehicle with questions, he said : "The
fact is we've decided to get married. She
didn't want to go back, and I didn't want
to l ave her go."
Everybody felt that Beebe had played
roots on everybody else, but there was
nothing to say. At the next meeting of
the committee, which Beebe did not at- .
tend, Mr. Elder again had an idea which
he (ranted to submit. He said that in
view of what had happened it occurred
to him that Bed Bend had greatness
within its grasp. "Now," he continued,
"let us overstock this market with school
ma' uns and servant girls. Advertise for ,
them everywhere, oiler b'g wages, and
hire all that come. We'll get enough
after a while to go around, and when we
do it we may have a few on hand."
The suggestion was discussed at con?
siderable length and finally adopted.
The school board decided to hire ten
teachers, and twenty ol the married men
in town agreed to take twenty five ser?
vant girls. The advertisements brought
many answers, and in the course of time
the town began to fill up with young
women of every description. As they
arrived they were assigned to different
families, and before a week had passed
there were more marriages on foot than
the preacher could keep track of. The
experiment has been found to work
splendidly, and as the only school unVm
in town is now said to be on the point of
marrying, it is thought that the same
device will be v sorted to again. Six
git!- have manied our of McGinn's
kitchen, and during the last twelve
months there have bee;; fourteen teachers
of the little school. The present incum?
bent is a grenadier from Michigan, and
the committee think she will last some
lime.
How Jinny Eggs IV?! a Hen Lay .'
We often read ol liens thai lay 2op '
eggs a year, hut such statements do more
harm than good, by inducing (he inex?
perienced to believe such i>> he a fact.
Any one. who is familial al all with p?"ii
try know:, that dining the Kali ad hens
undergo the proc? <-; "i moltin :. or shed
ding of the leathers. This requires
usually :i!'.iiit three months, or 100 day--.
As here are only :',>'>'< day- ir; ;\ year, wn
have 2 '?" day- i?fi after deducting iho
molting period. II a hen lays regularly
an i?ggevery other day. she will lay \'.Y.\
egg?; but she will probably lose- three
months more in hatching out bei broods,
and even ?I she ;- a non setter she will
lafc?? :? resting spell. As molting is i
heavy drain on lite -y-iein but lew hens
lay 'luring lhal process, though there aro
exceptions, am! where he number of
egg* cx<.d one, every two day* it will
!? ? loiliel lhal a e >p>-I'n'Mliie: reduction
occurs during some period of jhe year.
While we admit that certain individual
pens have been known to lay a-- many as
150 >r even 175 egg.t in a year, such
cases an tare: and if one has a flock <>f
twenty hens, or more, he should he -at
istied if there is an average of 1"" eggs a
year for the whole flock, or rather nine
dnz/jn.
- Paulding County, Ga., has a ItJ-year
old youth who measures ?even fee! in
1 ?: dit u:;d weighs b.tt 00 pounds.
TJiK BKTKtTIYKS' MA!'.
Ilmv !ii?jiccl?ir Mi n in; Stiel;* >*?'??? Tlir ?ujch
Ihr I'nsl IMI?c Tllil'VOS.
chief Inspector Sharp, the head < '?'
tltp detective service in t!ie Post Ollice
Department, resigned his office several
weeks ago to engage in private business.
His resignation was accepted, to take
effect on September >. Iiis record i
ilml of a capable officer. He is an East
Tennessee ma:i, tall and spare in stature,
and in appearance and manner the typi?
cal detective. During the war lie was a
Union man, and did good service. As a
department officer ho lias been a terror
to rascalf, and has hunted many of them
out of the ?crYice, ere- Then they wero
sheltered by stro;:;: political influence.
Some year- ago, for instance, ? Vermont
Inspector was discovered to bo conniving
a post office rascality in that State, anil
was discharged. The man had been a
henchman of Senator Edmunds, and tin;
Senator called at the Post Office Depart?
ment to sop what could be done. The
Postmaster Oener.il asked the Senator
and the Inspector into a private office
and told Col. Sharps to explain, which
the Inspector did very fully.
''And you recommended the man's
discharge?" asked Mr. Edmunds, harsh?
ly.
"Yes, J did," replied Col. Shurne ;
"and had I known the man's character
sooner I would have bounced him months
a no "
'. "Well, you did just right,' said Ed?
munds and left.
One of the most important duties of
(lie Chief Inspector is to detect railway
postal clerks who steal letters containing
money. To accomplish this Col. Sharpo
follows a simple but ingenious system,
which he explained the other day to the
writer.
"To catch, these thieves." he said, "1
had constructed a large railroad map of
the United States, which hangs in my
office. Now, supposing a man mails a
letter in Boston for Kansas City contain?
ing S?O?a very bad practice, but people
will do it. The letter never reaches its
destination, ami pretty soon we get ?.
complaining letter stating the circum
stances.
"Now, if the supposed case were an
isolated one, wc probably could do noth?
ing. The letter going from Boston to
Kansas City, would pass through thirty
or forty hands, and it would be useless t<
try and fix the blame. But the Boston
man'.?, case is not isolated. Every day
we get from one to forty similar ci m
plaints from all over the country, and
this fact, as you see, enables us to locate
the mischief.
"First, we ascertrin exactly when and
where the missing lett >r was mailed cud
its address. Then we are ready for the
map 1 -poke of. I take the Boston man's
letter nnd a bunch of similar complain!?,
and then I begin to slick pins into niy
map, I know just the route which a letter :
would take to go from Boston to Kansas
City and I stick pins along to sketch out
this course. Then I take up the next !
complaint. Perhaps this is from mau 1
who has lost money transmitting it from
Mobile to Chicago. Very well. I truco t
out the line such a letter would lake.
The third, perhaps, was sent from New
York to San Francisco, the fourth from
New Orleans to Bullalo, and the li'th
from Saginaw City lo Philadelphia, and |
so on. Now before very long the map |
begins to look quite interesting. The
pins are strewn all over the country, tut ?
.ve notice one track?say, for instance,
between Chicago and Cleveland?whors
.ill the lines unite. Thai's where the
thief is.
"Knowing now where the stealing i
going on, we advise our most trusted man
? Ii that division?we have to trust some- ?
body, you know?that there is trouble
in his section, and teli him to keep a I
sharp look out. We inquire into the |
habits and associations of the clerk-,
and wc are, perhaps, able to -pot the i
man at ouce. At other times it is more
difficult. But we always fetch him.
Detection is certain.'1
"But don't the clerk* know of this
^??Perfectly well," replied Colone!
Sharpe.
"Then why do they steal'."' was asked.
"Ah, there you ask me too hare a
question," said the Inspector. "I'm sure
I can't tell. I only know they do, and
die history of almost all cases is the
same. A postal cierk will be tempted
and will steal a letter that he feels has
money in it. For the next few days he
is soared to death. He thinks everybody
reads the guilt in his face, and he is
certain he will be caught and put in
prison. Hp resolves never to steal anoth?
er letter, and possibly he does not. But
generally in about a month or two months
ais fear and remorse have worn oil.
Evidently he has been caught and is not
suspected. A good chance comes and he
steals another letter. This time he does
not wait a month before he tries it again.
And before long he is stealing all' the
letters he gets hold of which contain
money. About that time 1 am sticking
pins into my map It is sure death.
Sometimes we get more than one, as
fishers will now and then laud two or
three fish at once when the biting is very
iively. We caught three in two weeks
once in different parts of the country
when we suppose I we were after only
one." l
"But why do men keep on stealing
when they see other- caught, a id under?
stand that the machinery of detection is
so perfect?" again asked the reporter.
"As ) .-aid before," replied tie.. In.-p .
.or, 'that 1 can't at;-wer, excepting thi?
way: Every rogue thinks himself a
iittlc s:ii.iri>>r than anybody else, lie
<ecs that others arc caught, but thinks
.hat he is too cunning ami can cover hi?
tracks."??JNVw York S<m.
A Plea for Starring*.
Atlanta. September7.?At lOo'cb vV
the pastor, Fathci Kirsch celebtaled th:
mass uid preached. His .-ubjecf v.mh
matrimony. He declared matrimony to
be a holy state, raised to tin' dignity of
l saeramenl by ihe Saviour. Marr-ed
people have special grace, so also h:.\\
those who remain dugle for sweet \i:gi
i:y's saki ? bit* Liiere is .. clas? that Cod
doc- not specially help, and that i- those
who, while single, are not chaste, snd
who will not got married, i iiher through
pride, because -if their small incomes, or
through stinginess For men lo remain
?ingle when they arc able to support :<
family a shame before and m: ti:
unless, of course, their celibacy i- pre?
ferred ..u! of a ilestre i' r holiness! and
in that case ought not to-remain in lh<
world, but enii i a religious institute
There are many young men in lids or.
gregaiion who arc alile to marry, : t"i
who by mil miirrvintr. \rn t' -r
eha-it ? By ;:?> mean -'. i-tcy waslo
their money in drunkenness ami v:dup
tuousnes insfead of spending it iii sup?
porting a good wife. For these yot ng
men to live a- they do i- :i shame before
Oed an.I man. I'fiere arc yet a few poor
young men whivrcmaiti single ?mt of::
plea that they will m 1 !.<? able to pro; <;
ly care for a wifeandTamih l ev ire
mistaken in their idea They can" live
cheaper married than single* and <: I
v i'' Kays sustain it em in their eflbrrs
to -n p -r" families. There are scarcely
any married men who are tramps;
Single men are oltencr1 :it of work than
married men. This is all because (Jod
v. ill help those who keep bis laws, and
married people obey God better than
single people. In this congregation
there are 1,000 to 1,000 soul-; and, yet,
within the past two years, there have not
been more than ten. or at the outside
eleven, marriages in the congregation.
It i-1 a shame before <Jod aud mau.
Tlir ?untrer ami (lie SalWi ?>! UshU
iiiiisr I{?.mK-.
The following article by Mr. C. \V.
Welch in the Xeirbar;/ f'? ? ;<.?:?>
j eonisins invaluable snggotions in those
of our citizens who may be tempted by
an ignorant lightning rod agent tosi*;ach
!?> ilieir houses a ?levis ? wiiich may i-e
I destructive to their Homes-ami the live?
J o!' their families. Tin putting up a
lightning rod is a job which should Only
be dune on scientific principles.
It is proposed herein to give --jine
hint> to peisons desiring to protect their
property and live- against this natural
phenomenon ; thereby enabling them to
be able to decide intelligently as to the
merits and the defects of tie protection
the agent in general oilers in his light?
ning rod-.
Without having taken statistics, the
writer feels perfectly sale in affirming
that there are not six lightning rods in
Xcwbcrry County that are scientifically
attached to the buildings they are de
signed to protect. lie challenges an
investigation by those disposed to ques?
tion the correctness of this statement.
Now. it is theoretically and practically
true that a rod not properly attached is
far more dangerous than no rod at all.
'?'his is true theoretically, because elec?
tricity r;ill invariably leave a poor con?
ductor to traverse a good conductor. It
is true practically, as can be shown in
live minutes by apparatus in the labora?
tory of Newberry College. An iron r< d
is a hundred-fold belter conductor than
wood or brick. Class absolutely refuses
to conduct electricity.
Suppose, then, that a current of elec?
tricity. In its course to meet a current of
the opposite kind, finds a rod of metal
in its path. It simply Hows along the
rod regardless of the wooden or brick
building to which the rod is attached.
But suppose the current to strike, the
house first. It can not get on the rod,
because gla?s insulators are used. It
must, of course, traverse the building
with more or less damage.
Again, the ground connection omit is
of the greatest importance. Dry earth
is a non-conductor. Moist earth is a
good conductor. The rod should there?
fore be sunk to permanent moisture.
X;ir is this even sufficient. A current of
electricity that is so intense as to be
practically irresistible can hardly be con?
trolled by the surface presented at the
end of a rod that is in the ground.
Reason will convince any one that some?
thing more than a square inch of sur?
face is needed to attract and dispose of a
force that, in i'.s sportiveness, rends into
splinters the giant oak of the forest.
Reason, however, seems to fail in teach?
ing our people that "lightning-red
agents"' are very superficial scientists ;
and often very careless workmen ; never
resident business men. If the above
principles have been clearly stated, then
the following directions should always
be observed:
1. Never Use glass insulators, but join
the rod securely to the building.
?2. Take great care to have the joints
connected.
3. The upper terminal should extend
at least three feet above the highest point
on the building.
?}. The lower end of the conductor
should be placed in permanent moisture :
and, as iron is commonly u<ed, a galvan?
ized iron plate three feet square and one
sixtceulh of an inch thick -hould be
securely fastened to the lower tetrtiiu>S+^
There are other rcgulatioprf which
should be and generally a/c observed.
For this reason they are omitted in this
paper. Hut the abov* regulations, es
pecially the first and fourth, are invari?
ably disregarded. N\ w, without desiring
or intending to refer to any individual,
the position is here taken that a "light-S^j
ning rod agent," who disregards "the ^,
principles embodied in these regulation;
is perpetrating a fraud upon his patrons,
whether he intends it or not.
Science has long ago demonstrated the
practical and certain utility of the light?
ning rod as a protection against the mos',
awe-inspiring and sUb(.;0 0f nature's
forces; but she does not sanction the ^
popular mode of its application.
It leaiiy appears that men are more
careless in this regard than in any other i
practical matter." They trust to th A
travelling salesman to insure their ho* M
and their lives against the dangers ^ JB
thunderstorm: never caring to i
anything scientifically about the faocA-i?,'
volved or the mode of operation, SucjflH
negligence is blame-worthy, and eucuu??
ages fraud. flHj
The question, in line, ends in fflfl
lightning rods cither protect or they JUS
.not protect the buildiug to which tljB;:
are attached. If the form? r is true, t-'i?HMj
rods should be properly put up; ifJBj>^
latter is true, they should lie <ii-car.:J^?
because, in this case they are an expe* a
sive luxury. Thai they are eminently S
Useful is established by the testimony oi 1
ail leading scientists without exception, j
Slung by Rees.
Capt. W. 11. Bellinger gave us, a ivjtjJf
days ago, a graphic verbal account ol the I
sirange and almost fatal experience that I
befell a portion of his family last week. I
He. had gone to < ieorge*s Creek Church I
to the i.nion meeting. Mrs. Bellinger ?
his son, four year- old, and the infant M
child, four mouths old, were with hinrJB
'in Monday, the Mist nit., they dineit?
with Mrs. Odom, who lives some twol
miles f rom the church and ten miles froniB
Blackville. In the afternoon Mrs. Bcl-fl
linger, carrying her baby, went. witb-tfeeJJ
Little hoy, into the garden, a hundrejjK
yards from the house. While they weiB^i
quietly walking a bee flew upon at^p
stung her little ^n. making a ?ibi':?Ht|:
noise like the hiss of :; serpent. < >uiekB;:'
in answer lo its call, conn;: - - e Mj
living from all directions and attac Jmgi
the mother and both diijji&t. ffiPffl
Bellinger tried to brn-h '-Jpl?p
oil'with her hands but soon found ?J^at
impossible. Telling her son to run to
the house-she started in that direction,
but after going a little way lookc I back
and found that he had become bewilder?
ed and climbed a high plank feme
Running hack she took him up and car?
ried both children to the house as quick?
ly as she could. Captain Bellinger and
Mr. Thomas Odom mei tin in tit the rear ,
piazza and tried to heat o'T the attacking '
bees, but reinforcements came so rapidly t
that they were forced to cat rj th mi into "
a room and shut the window* before they
could relieve fhem from their assaiho.ts.
Such remedies as were nt hand were ad?
ministered and messengers <ent for medi?
cal aid. hut five hours passed before the
arrival of Dr. IVej lcs. In :!ie meantime
Mr-. Bellinger and Yy. Ih children became
violently ill. Great irauseaand protract
A vomiting prostrated the >u'lerer?ud
for some time the life of the litfle hoy
?.vnj despaired of. By Mrs, i'.eliii'.gerV
mu.-tar I w* re given and his Ii
Pr. Peoples remained with thvrn all
night and the morning found iho-t: . v.: ? f
danger. In all his practice he says he
I?.'- never sei r, worse eases of poisonin",
even from the bite of the rattlesriai-e'
The bee; that made the attack had !>e:.-.
feeding on ihe ripe figs in the garden.
They are di III rent from the ordinary
honey I ee, l aving while herd- anil
golden backs. The string nerve ami
motherly devotion of Mrs. Bellinger
certainly saved, the lives of her children.
?Harnvcll I'cople.
? There is such a thing as being over?
whelmed with good luck. A Georgia
editor recently drew a r>"iz'_ in a lottery,
and on the very same day bis mother-in
law was caught in a railroad wrci k
whilst in transit to pay him a visit, and
a man who owed him $9 for subscription,
seat in the money.