The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, September 24, 1885, Image 2

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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THTJESDAT, SEPT. 24, 1885. TERMS: OHE YEAB.^?,_._81.50. SIX MONTHS.._._i. 75c. Two Dollars If not paid In advance. We do not mean, of coarse, to have anything to say in the controversy now pending between the Nnva and Courier and the Colombia Register, but in the matter of criticising Capt. Daweon's ap? pointment and services as a member of the National Democratic Executive Com? mittee, we think It bat Justice to say that so far as we have been informed on pub? lic opinion in this part of the State it approved the appointment of Capt Dawson as a mau available for valuable service to the party. He has made, in our judgment, a most zealous and effi? cient member of the Committee, and has, we believe, contributed mach to the success of the National and State De? mocracy. We do not know anything of the reasons or methods which led to his appointment, bnt we think the result has vindicated the gentlemen who made him the representative of this State on the National Democratic Committee. The prohibitionists in Maryland and other States are carrying their cause into politics by nominating State Prohi? bition tickets. The Democracy of Vir? ginia adopted the true policy when they determined to submit it to the various Counties in the State, as has been done in Georgia. We think this is a question which the people ought to decide for themselves in the several Counties of each Stale. It should be made a local question, and removed entirely from pol? itics. When there is a strong feeling in any County, manifested by petitions to tha Legislature, the question should be submitted to the voters of that County to pass upon. By this, means there would be no danger to our political in? stitutions, while if the people are not, permitted to settle it locally for them? selves, as in Georgia and Virginia, it is likely to be the occasion of political agitation here as it is in quite a number of States. In many instances this State agitation accomplishes no good, bnt renders uncertain the political status of ^he State. It is, however, impossible to prevent such a condition of things by any other policy than that of local option by Counties, where there is any consid? erable feeling on the subject. In' Ohio, for instance, there is a considerable pro? hibition party. It always has a ticket in th? field, but is never able to elect it. ^Xiways, however, it polls a larger vote than the plurality of the winning party. It, therefore, is an element of very great uncertainty in their election. We think it would be mach better for sach States to givo a vent to this feeling by permit? ting separate votes to be had in the seTeral Counties to determine the policy . in such Counties. We are satisfied that it will be . better for South Carolina to follow the example of Georgia and Vir? ginia than to risk the consequences of such divisions as are regularly exhibited abject in Ohio and other States. O IN FUTURES. The News and^Qourier says: ^ South Carolina has, it appears/a law declaring gambling contracts unlawful. The Act of December 24,1883, provides "lat every contract or agreement for the le or transfer of any bonds or stock or fence or minerals shall be void, unless tho^B??L^agreeing to make the sale or transfer isat-the time the owner of the article to be sold or transferred, or un? less it is the bona fide intention of both the parties to the agreement that the ar? ticle in question shall be actually deliv rcayln Kind, by the person selling, and ptually received, in kind, by the person freeing to receive it. Besides this, any rson who has paid over any money on fount of a loss sustained by reason of contract or agreement in violation le Act is at liberty, within three ths after the payment, to sue and Irer the amount so lost and paid, bbe_costa of the suit. |e law, it will be noticed, is very lent, but there has not been, so far \ know, a single action.under it. lock aud produce gambling goes on lath Carolina every day. Is the Wective, or is there so much honor Stbe gamblers that they are anwill Js they very well might be, to take in tage of the law ? If so, we need ^ other remedy. PfThe difficulty about this Act is that it inly applies to contracts made in this ?t?te, while most of the contracts on ttures are made in other States. If l tu res was prohibited by :tional legislation, which could take Sgaizance of contracts made between iine of different States, the evil gig be more neatly reached. As a of fact, the bulk of the dealings [cotton futures come either directly or jlirectly from New York, aud are, we ieve, most disastrous in their effect ?the bonafif.le cotton market. They it to be stopped by law. The deal [in futures as to provisions are also nous, but probably not to so great ctent as those in cotton. The South iina statute covers all these evils, lould be extended to all of the Then if it doea not ^effective, additional legislation ?? should be resorted to to accomplish the desired end. Went to Jail to Spoil a Job. One of the strangest of the many strange cases that come before the United tales court here was disposed of at the at term. Well known gentlemen ouch for the facts as here given. Sever hs ago a white youth in the upper section of this County was sent by his aunt, who lives near him and was sick, to buy a small quantity of whisky for her. He got the liquor, and on his way buck home he stopped at the house of his uncle and told his errand. The uncle asked for a drink of the whiskey and was refused, but at last offer? ed to pay 10 cents for the dram, ar? guing that the boys's aunt would have enough liquour left for her needs and would be glad to have the money. The olftr was accepted and some time later the ancle lodged information against his nephew, charging him with being a retail liquor dealer without having paid the special tax. The nephew was arrest? ed and bound over and the uncle and his two sons were summoned as witnesses. Tho prisoner understood that the case was a "put up job" to give his relatives the opportunity to spend several weeks here as witnesses at a dollar and a half a Tlay and swore he would rot in jail before he would let tbem profit by the transac? tion. He therefore advanced to the bar on the second day of the term and plead? ed guilty, although he knew he had a perfect defense and was so assured. The witnesses were therefore dismissed with very, small tickets. The Judge was informed of the circumstances and made l^he sentence very light. The prosecutors probably netted only about $3 a piece, whereas their gains would have been from $30 to $40 each if the case bad tgone to tiinl?Greenville Nwh S? . ?* ' ? ??HSSHSssM'- / Blown up and Down. Atlanta Consliha'ion* Cartersyille, Ga., September 20.? Last night the dynamiters paid Rev. Sam Jones a visit, and blew the floor out of his buggy house, as a foretaste> perhaps, of things yet to be. The story may be related as follows: Friday night, in the course of his ser? mon, Mr. Jones made a Very severe attack on the men who are flanking the prohi? bition law in Cartersville. After using some very stinging words, Mr. Jones said: "Now I have had my say to you. I will talk to you and reason with you concerning what I have said and the strictures I have made on you. But you and I can't fight. I would as soon get into a pit with a mangy bull dog, and gnaw with him, as to fight such low down scoundrels as you are. A man who will illicitly, sneakingly perpetuate a traffic on a community that has voted it out, is too mean for me to belittle myself by a personal rencounter with him." the explosion. . About ten o'clock last night the quiet of Cartersville was startled by a terrible explosion that sounded like the thunder? ous roar of a cannon. The inmates of I the house of Rev. Sam Jones felt the building tremble, and heard the glass [ rattle, and those asleep and awake, sprang to their feet with astonishment I written in every line of their faces. At the same time a man at the gospel tent, several hundred yards distant, saw a flash of light in the direction of Jones's residence, accompanying the explosion. The flash seemed like a suppressed bolt of lightning, that appearance of it hav? ing been caused by the fact that the explosion was within tho walls of the house. There have been recently several torpedo explosions by malicious parties and Mr. Jones and his family decided that the noise was the explosion of a torpedo somewhere in the neighborhood. The man at the tent decided that the flash was more than a mile away and such was the impression of others who saw and heard it. There? fore nothing was done in the way of an investigation. This morning a servant went to the carriage house, about fifty yards from the family house, and soon reported to Mr. Jones that the carriage house had been broken into. Mr. Jones went down and found the floor of the house torn out as if by some crushing force. The flooring had been splintered, and the heavy 2x10 sleepers, right new, had been shattered as by & bolt of lightning. Sacks of bran were knocked here and there, and general havoc was played in the house. A new carriage and buggy and a new one-horse wagon were in the house, I but, fortunately, were not injured. In looking around for the cause of the destruction, Mr. Jones found a fuse about two feet long that bad belonged to a dynamite cartridge. It was charred by the fire that had touched off the car? tridge. It is not known how the explo? sive was put in the house nor by whom, bat it is evidently done to intimidate the preacher. Mr. Jones took the matter coolly, and did not allude to it in any of. the services to-day. In private conver? sation he said he'd as soon go to heaven by the dynamite route as any other if it should be necessary . the tent blown down. At 6.S0 p. m. a bus load of people on their way to the gospel tent heard cries of "tent blown down; no meeting to? night" This was easy to believe, as a fearful storm had been and was still raging. Continuous rain bad caused many to remain at the tent for the night service. Some had come early and oth? ers were entering the tent, while those already assembled were Binging, when a fearful gust of wind, with torrents of rain, eeemed to burst right over the great tent. The poles and I ropes to the leeward gave way, and in an i instant the people saw the rain drenched canvas beginning to settle gradually down upon them. It seemed to pause and hover a momeut, and the tall poles swayed downward. the great hopes snapped like thread, and the tent with all its rig? ging and paraphernalia settled down like a great bird on its nest, covering lamps, pulpit and congregation under its vast folds. Three hundred people, most of them women and children, who but a moment before felt as secure from the raging elements as if they were under their own roofs, rose to their feet shrieking and running hither and you among the sea of plank seats. The scene was indescribable. The wildest confusion reigned with terri? fied children, clinging to their flying parents. Hats, shawls and other light articles were blowing about like, chaff, and all were swept out into the storm and darkness. Two score of lamps, most of them electric burners, were swept from their fastenings and burst into one wild glare that illumined the darkness for an instant and then fell into the mass of dry straw that covered every foot of ground under the tent. This caught and would have consumed all if the rain bad not drenched every stitch of canvass that covered it- Many were unable to get out till the tent had set? tled and then ripped openings in the tent through which they escaped into the blinding darkness, drenching rain and driving wind without. The egress of the people was greatly impeded by the seats and the tangled ropes. Fortunately no one, so far as known, .was seriously injured, though many are scratched and bruised. All were terribly frightened. Eye witnesses say it looked as if one of sam jones's threatened judgments had fallen on them, and if the end of the world had really come greater fright, confusion and consternation could not have prevailed. The tent was insured against fire, but tbe extent of the dam? age from that cause seems slight though four large street lamps exploded when they were dashed from their post. The damage otherwise cannot now be estima? ted. the closing services would have been hold to-night and a large congregation would have assembled ? to engage in them. The Lord closed the great gospel tent meetings by a demon? stration of power contrary to the expecta? tion of his people, who were praying and I assembling to receive gracious outpour? ing of spiritual blessings. Was He Raised from the Dead! Toledo, September 19.?A remark? able story comes from Monclova, this County. It is, in substance, that about 13 years ago, Thoraas Hubbell, then a prosperous farmer, died and was buried in the village graveyard. He left a wife who has since married aud an estate which was divided among eight children. Hubbell was nearly forgotten, when a few years ago the wife received a letter from a Michigau asylum signed in the dead man's name, but no notice was taken, friends supposing it was a freak of a lunatic. This week another letter was received, and to quiet suspicions of doubt the grave was opened, when, to the sur? prise of all, tbe casket was there, bnt empty. It has caused great excitement. Since then brothers of Hubbell have been following up the clew in Michigan, and now believe the solution of the mystery is that when Hubbell was buried the body was stolen by robbers for tbe Ann Arbor Medical College. It is sup? posed tbat life returned on the dissecting table. Hubbell bad been afflicted with a disease of the head. Tbe terrible shock awoke him, and proving to be a lunatic, he was placed in an asylum. The return of the brothers from their in? vestigation is eagerly watched for. The affair has created a profound sen? sation hereabouts. ? While some bands were packing cotton on the plantation of Mr. Calvin Brice, of Fairfield, one of his sons, Homer, lay down on a bale of cotton near the trees. The bauds did not notice tbat he was near and rolling out a bale from tbe press, it fell on him, crushing him and injuring hjm quite severely. Murder in L'dgefield. j Cue of the most prominent and honor? ed ladies in our County is Mrs. Fauuio Prescott Culbreath, living near Republi? can Church, on the South side. She is the only daughter of the late Capt. Wm. F. Prescott. For two or three years past she has been separated from her husband, O. T. Culbreath, Esq.j whOj however, lives in the same immediate neighborhood. The social standing and popularity of Mrs. Culbreath would forbid us thus pubilcly mentioning such a fact, were it not, under present circumstances, almost impossible to avoid it. Mrs. Culbreath's children all live with her. The eidest of these are a grown son and daughter? Srowu, but still quite young. On Satur ay night last young Memphis Gilbreatb, the son, wishing to go spend the night at the house of his uncle, Mr. Lou Prescott, a few miles off, asked Mr. William Ham? mond, a young gentleman, a friend, and a next-door neighbor, to repair to his mother's house, attend to the feeding of the stock, &c, and guard the family du? ring the night. Mr. Hammond, who is 25 or 26 years old and unmarried, is the son of Mrs. James Hammond, a widow, living about a mile from Mrs. Culbreath. In the Culbreath family he was almost as much at home as in his own home, hav? ing previously for two or three years, been in their employ as a superintendent. At about 8} o'clock be took one of the younger children, a little boy who was sick and quite nauseated, out to the edge of the back piazza to vomit, Mrs. Cul? breath following with a lighted lamp. The child becoming relieved, Mrs. Cul? breath returned into the house, while Mr. Hammond and the child stepped down a few paces into the yard. While there a shot was suddenly heard from the bottom of the yard, home 20 or 25 yards off, perhaps, and Mr. Hammond fell, mortally wounded?the left side of his head, face, neck and shoulder being rid? dled with bullets. He lingered, uncon? scious, at Mrs. Culbreath's until noon on Monday, when he died. The community in which this terrible affair occurred are in a state of wild excitement. Peoples' mouths are full of reports, rumors, infer? ences and declarations. We do not deem it the part of wisdom or justice to make public any of these. No arrest has been m&de.?Edgefield Advertiser, Sept. 15. Trenton, September 19.?There are no further developments in reference to the Hammond assassination on last Wednesday. The jury of inquest after two days diligent inquiry returned a ver? dict that the deceased, W. H. Hammond, came to his death by reason of a gunshot wound in the hands of some unknown person. There is still much excitement in the vicinity of the residence of Mrs. Culbreath, where the murder was com? mitted, but all attempts so far to obtain sufficient evidence to fix the murder on any one have resulted in failure. The inhuman assassin seems to have covered his tracks adroitly and well.?Disnatch to the Sunday News. Regulators in Fnirfield. For sometime past the papers have made occasional reference to the doings of baads of white regulators in Fairfield County, this State; but their motives were not fully understood until last week, when a thorough investigation was made by a representative of the Columbia Record. From his report, it would seem that miscegenation prevails to some extent in that County, and it is the de? termination of the "regulators" to abol? ish the practice in their midst. The operations of the regulators date as far back as last July, when some young men visited a farm near Ridgeway, where lived a white family named Boyles, and one of the daughters living openly with a negro man. Two others kept a disputable house for negroes. The reg? ulator whipped Boyles, his wife and two daughters, and warned them to leave the ; County in ten days. Boyles begged to be I allowed to harvest bis crop, and on ac? count of bis poverty he was given leave to do so. But, in the meantime, the original order being disobeyed, the regu ; lators gave the family another whipping. Next the regulators visited parties be? tween Ridgeway aud Winnsboro and whipped them badly. Tom Davis, who had a negro mistress, was next visited. He got away, but his household furniture was badly broken up and his colored family warned to leave. Tom Davis, the richest merchant in Ridgeway, reported to be worth ?45,000, was given ten days, to quit the place because he bad a negro mistress and family. Z. He left hia busi? ness in the hands of his clerks and put out for Mississippi. Ro3s Williams, living on the other side of Ridgeway with a negro woman, was visited and showed fight, but he was severely whipped, as was his mistress, and ordered to leave. About ten families, all mixed, have felt the power of the regulators so far. The reason the regulators give for their action is that the Grand Jury don't take cognizance of those living in open adultery, because it is so hard to prove the existence of such a fact. These peo? ple could not be reached by law, and so it was determined to reach them outside of the law. The chief offenders, whether warned or not, are dissolving their estab? lishments and leaving for fear of ex? posure and punishment. The regulators disguise themselves while visiting by covering their faces with cloths. No weapons but hickory switches have been used. Beck Taken from Jail. Gainesville, Ga., September 19? Eugene W. Beck, the Rabun County murderer, was taken from jail here to-day and carried to Clayton where he will be tried next Tuesday. Judge Logan E. Bleckley, Pope Barrow and W. F. Find ley will represent the prisoner, while Solicitor General Erwin, Claud Estes and C. D. Phillips appear for the State. There will be a stroug effort to prove the insanity of Beck. Numerous wit? nesses have been summoned, with a view of proving the state of his mind before the murder. Among the bettor citizeus, the senti? ment is almost unanimous against Beck. He was a man of great personal popular? ity, and his friends all sympathize with him, but, at the same time, they condemn his crime. There are very few who believe him to have been insane when he murdered his wife and her sister, except such temporary insanity as whisky makes. Dr. H. M. Miller, of Atlanta, and Dr. Phillips, of Habersham, have been sum? moned by the defense to testify to his insanity. Base Ball as a Business. Buffalo, September 18.?All the de? tails of the transfer of the Buffalo base ball nine to a Detroit management were completed last night, and Richardson, White, Moore and Brouthers left here at midnight for Detroit to play in to-mor? row's game against the New Yorks. Their phices here will be filled by some of the Detroit team for the balance of the season. It is learned on good authority that the Detroit nine for the next year will be composed as follows, at the salaries named : Bennett, catcher. $2,500; Bald? win, pitcher, ?2,000; Brouthers, first base, $3,000: Dunlap, second base, $4, 000; Richardson, short Btop, $4,000; White, third base, $3,500; Wood, left field, $1,750; Hanlon, centre field, $2, 000; Thompson, right field, $1,750; Rowe, catcher, $3,500; Wiedman, pitcher, $1,750. The salaries of the management aggregate $5,350 more, making a total of $36,100. Fooling With a Suniter Girl. Sitmteu, September 20.?Thomas A. Jones, a drummer for a Philadelphia molasses house, wrote an insulting note to a young lady of this place thif? morn? ing. He was waited upon by a commit? tee of geptlemen, headed by the irate father, at the Jervey House this after? noon, was treated to a sound thrashing, and given two hours to leave town. He left. Jones claimed to be from North Carolina. This is the second instance of this kind that has happened here within the last year, ard in both cases the of? fender has been subjected to severe chas? tisement,? Dispatch to the New* and Qw A Woman's Way. The wind may howl, the thunder may roar, death may come, but when a woman well and truly loves a man she will marry him or die in the attempt. The public may brand him a murderer, the court may sentence him to death or to hard labor in the State prison, the statutes may take away his rights as a citizen forever, everybody else may forsake him, but the woman who has give him her un? divided affection in the time of his peace and prosperity will never forsake him, though the whole world may condemn her for it. It is only in cases'of extreme adversity and misfortune that woman's best and brightest traits are brought to light. They may have laid dormant for years, but the time will certainly come when the world will find them out. James Hunter was convicted at this term of court of manslaughter. Miss Dora Evans was an eye-witness to the killing and a niece of tbe deceased. Monday morning Hunter was sentenced to four years in the State prison. Friends and kinsmen who had staid by him in the long and tedious trial bade him good? bye and went home. Tuesday night, while Sheriff Xing and his household were Bleeping the sleep of the just, sud? denly there came a gentle tap, tap, on the outer door. Was it a ghost? No; it was a nymph. Miss Dora Evans had fled from bei home and bad come 25 miles through the darkness and rain to marry her lover, James Hunter. Sheriff King, not knowing exactly what to do, put her off till morning. Wednesday morning promptly at 8 o'clock James Hunter and Dora Evans were made man and wife. Rev. J. W. McRoy performed the ceremony in the jail hail, in tbe presence of about 100 spectators?officers, members of the bar, jurymen, white, colored and indifferent. Such is life. The homicide occurred about a year ago. James Hunter and George W. Evans had a difficulty several years j before, but they were apparently on good terms with each other just previous to the fatal encounter. On that day, how? ever, in consequence of an insulting re-: mark made by Hunter in allusion to Evans's wife, Evans knocked him down .and punished him. After being taken off of him, and while Evans waB leaving the field, with his mother's arm around him, as tbe witnesses for the State testi? fied, Hunter ran up to Evans and dis? charged the contents of his pistol into his body, causing almost instant death.? Chesterfield Advertiser. A Snbstantinl Transaction, Negotiations were concluded recently by which seven hundred shares of the stock of the First National Bank of this City, par value $100 per share, were transferred to Dr. Andrew Simonds, the President of tbe bank, for the sum of $175,000 or $250 per share. The Block was purchased from Mr. George W. Williams, and the transaction closed at the figures named. The First National Bank was one of the first banks organized in the South under the national bauking system. It was organized by Dr. Si? monds, its President, in 1865, and its charter, therefore, expires in December next. His present purchase gives Dr. Simonds the controlling interest in the bank, his shares amounting now to upwards of 1,500, out of a total of 2,500 shares. To a Reporter, who called upon him, Dr. Simonds said that while he was not yet prepared to go into the details of the future operations of the bank, he had no hesitation in saying that the bank would be continued right along without any changes. Steps had been taken to secure a renewal of tbe charter and there would be no interruption in tbe business of the bank, which would be continued right on under its present management. Mr. Geo. W. Williams was next called upon. He said he had nothing to say, except that tbe sale and transfer of the stock had been made as reported. He said he had no doubt the bank would continue right along. The negotiations for the sale of the stock had been pending some time, and he had offered either to buy or to sell. Dr. Simonds concluded to buy his shares and that was all there was of it. "Does that let you out of the bank entirely ?" inquired the Reporter. "Oh, no," answered Mr. Williams, "I have a few shares left. I regard it as good enough stock. I don't suppose there will be any changes to speak of in tho t>taff of the bank, although I, of course, know nothing definitely on the subject."?News and Courier. The Trial Justices. Much has been said of late by various newspapers of the State in reference to our Trial Justices, and their inefficiency. We think one radical and vital error lies in the fact that a Trial Justice's fees may be affected by his decisions. We believe that it takes a high order of man to hold tbe scales in exact equipois when his own interests are affected. No one would think of making a Circuit or Supreme Judge's fees contingent upon the decis? ions he might render. A trial justice is a judicial officer, and should be governed by the same intelligent sense of justice that controls the higher officer, and-the temptation to do a doubtful act should be removed. He should be a salaried officer, and thus placed in a position where he would have no interest in usiug his office as an engine of oppression in sending trivial cases up to the higher court, and binding over an army of witnesses who may fail to make out a case even before the Grand Jury. A small salary to tbe Trial Justice would, iu our opinion, save the County thousands of dollars in the way of Court expenses. Many trifling cases might never get into Court if the work of issuing writs and the binding over of witnesses to Court was not a source of profit to somebody. Pay the Trial Justice a small salary. The present system ofofferiog a premium for the number of cases sent tip is all wrong, and detracts from the dignity of the office.?Abbeville Press and Banner. The New England Veterans, Winchester, Va., September 21.? Cedar Creek battlefields were visited by the New England veterans to-day, where they dedicated a monument to commem? orate the valor of the 8th Vermont Vol? unteers. The speech of presentation was made by tbe donor of the monument, Col. Herbert E. Hill, of Boston. An address accenting it was made by Capt. S. E. Howard, of Boston, who was twice wounded at Cedar Creek. The oration was by Gen. Stephen Thomas, of Ver? mont. Other addresses were made by Lieut. Dutton, now of Gainesville, Fla., Capt. M. M. MacFnrland and G. W. Grout, of Vermont. The veterans returned to camp this evening. Thousands were gathered there listening to farewell speeches. Massachusetts is celebrating, and the display of fireworks is the grandest ever witnessed here. Good-bye calls are being made from tent to tent, and fra ernal expressions are heard on all sides rom those who have become acquainted n the past week. To morrow morning he veterans will start for the North, topping in Washington tweuty-four hours to pay their respects to the Presi? dent and to visit various points of inter? est in the Capital city. Georgia's Railroad Law. Atlanta, September 18.?The Geor? gia Senate passed a bill by a vote of twenty-four to fourteen to amend the Railroad Commission Act aud immedi? ately transmitted it to the House. The bill repeals tho arbitrary powers of the commission and gives railroads the right to make their own rules. The commis? sioners are to hear complaints only. The bill gives the right of appeal to the Courts. Great interest is manifested in this bill. It has been debated in the Senato for several weeks and the contest in the House will bp prolonged and spirited. ? "Woman's rights!" exclaimed a Philadelphia man, when the subject was broacliod. "What more rights do they want? My wife is eternally bossing me, cur daughters boss us both, and the ser-. vant ^irl bo-sj? the wboV family. It's time tho men were allowed some rights," The Citadel Academy. The board of visitors of the State Mil? itary Academy remained in session in the Adjutant-General's office until 1 o'clock this morning, passing upon ap? plications for appointment to beneficiary cadetship3. As to this the only informa? tion given out is that there were eighty applicants to fill the sixteen vacancies, an evidence that the Citadel ntill attracts students strongly. The applications for admission received up to date are more numerous than they were at the same time last year, although pay cadets usual? ly wait until the last week or two before applying. This morning the board looked into the qualifications of the gentlemen ap? plying for or recommended for the super intendency of the Citadel, and as a result Gen. George D. Johnston, of Alabama, was elected superintendent. Gen. Johnston was a gallant soldier and a Brigadier-General in the corps of Gen. Stephen D. Lee anu for a long time commandant of the cadets of the Ala? bama University, who, it will be remem? bered, recently took the first prize at the competitive drill in New Orleans. None of the members of the board know Gen. Johnston personally, nor can I obtain here any particulars of his life. Adjt.-Gen. Manigault knew him during the war as an excellent officer, and thinks that he is a little over fifty years old. Members of the board say that they were guided solely by the strength of Gen. Johnston's endorsements. Stronger tes? timonials they never saw. The qualifi? cations of half a dozen gentlemen were discussed. The war records of some were more prominent and they themselves were better known, but they were gov? erned by the weight of testimony as to capacity and general fitness. The letters from which extracts have been taken were very full and enumerat? ed in detail his qualifications, among which are a fine address and presence, an excellent manner, a broad knowledge of affairs, and great tact and judgment. He was first recommended by Gen. Stephen D. Lee, and when approached expressed his readiness to serve if elected. His response this evening to a telegram in? forming him of his election is ousiness like: "Telegram received. Many thanks. Expect to reach Charleston on Saturday night." After electing the superinten? dent the board adjourned. Chairman Hagood was instructed to make temporary arrangements ior filling the professorial vacancy, caused by Gen. temper's resignation, until the Novem? ber meeting of the board, when his successor will be elected.?Columbia Cor? respondence New3 and Courier. Heavy Phosphate Royalties. The total of the phosphate royalty due the State, for the quarter ending August 31, has just been aggregated at the Comp? troller-General's office. The amount is $62,424.02, which is very much more than the receipts of any previous quarter. In fact, the next highest receipts were only $46,127.53 credited to the quarter immediately preceding. The total for the commercial year 1884-85 is now as? certained as follows : Quarter ending Nov. 30.$ 33,648 98 Feb. 28. 34,819 38 June 30. 46,127 53 Aug. 31. 62,424 02 Total for the year.$177,019 91 The figures for 18S2-83 were $136,140. 87, and for 1883-84 $155,422.32, so that the royalties for the year just closed were greater by about $42,000 than those of 1882-83, and by $22,000 than those of 1883-84. Dakota "Secessionist*." Sioux Falls, Dak., September 19.? In the constitutional convention yester? day afternoon, while considering the bill of rights in committee of the whole, Hugh J. Campbell, of Yankton, intro? duced a resolution to the effect that "the people have the right at all times to alter, reform or abolish their form of government in such manner as they may think proper." Judge Edgerton, president of the con? vention, protested against the resolution, and fiery speeches were made, both for and against this "secession" rendition, as it was termed. The resolution was carried by a vote of 45 to 17. Pending the motion to report the resolution to the convention, Judge Edgerton asked that the matter be deferred til! to-day, but the motion to adjourn prevailed. The greatest excitement prevails over the matter. ? Gold worth $30,800,000 was dug from Uncle Sara's rich soil in 1884. ? A little seven-year old son of Ed. Nichols, of Hodges, fell from the sweep of a cane mill and broke his arm last Thursday. ? Mr. W. J. Hill, a young man who lived about ten miles from Darlington, was drowned while bathing on Monday afternoon. ? Sam Jones, the great revivalists, is expected in Atlanta this week, and will preach there for ten days, beginning with October 3. ? Trial Justice Leckie held an inquest Saturday on the body of a colored child on Mr. Alex. Wise's place, in Chester County. The verdict was death from smothering. ? On Thursday night last week the cotton house of Mack Crawford, colored, on Capt, W. L. Roddey Blake's place, southwest of Rock Hill, was totally con? sumed by fire. ? There i3 a natural bridge near the boundary line between Arizona and New Mexico, twenty miles North of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, which surpasses in every way the famous one in Virginia. ? Several hundred wife beaters ^ in Baltimore were annually let off easily. Now that the whipping post yawns for these wretches the crime has ceased. The lash is the great reformer. ? Some of the camels taken to Texas in antewar days with a view to breeding them for army transportation contracts, have perpetuated themselves in a herd in Bastrop County, whence showmen make frequent purchases. ? Mr. Thomas Murphy has met with a very painful accident while feeding the gin of Mr. Amo3 Davis, of Winns boro'. It is the old story of putting the hand too near the gin saws and it result? ed in the loss of two fingers. ? Ex Senator Chaffeo, of Colorado, says that when Congress meets an effort will be made to obtain Mrs. Grant's con? sent to have Gen. Grant's remains remov? ed to Washington. He says that there will be no difficulty in obtaining her consent. ? A paper presented before the French Academy of Sciences estimates that a man ut fifty years of age has slept an aggregate of 6,000 days, worked the same length of time, eaten 2,000 days, walkeJ 800 days, and been ill 500 days. ? The skeleton of a man nine feet one Inch in height is nnid by the St. Louis (Kobe-Democrat to be on exhibi? tion at the office of a firm in Thayer, Oregon County, Mo. The skeleton is further said to be discovered by a party of men who were exploring a cave some three miles in length situated about nine miles from Thayer. -? The land frauds in Texas have blown into a public scandal. The re? port forwarded by a Special Land Com ? missioncr to Governor Ireland, of Texas, supports the grave charges recently made j by the Galveston Neros concerning the 1 maladministra'ion of land a flairs in the ; State. That paper declared that foreign cattle companies were occupying 22,000, 000 acres?a block about tb? size of In? diana?of school lands, for the use of which the Governor and his associates in the Land Board ought to have collect? ed rent amounting to $2,000,000. In failing to do so they deliberately ignored I the law, which is mandatory. It was also charged that the school fund had been robbed since 1875 of 12,500,000 acres of land, worth $25,000,000. The State's endowmeut of its public school system was magnificent?one half of the public domain. "Fraud, forgery, coj> ruptiou, and, official imbecility/' -rays the News, An Important Discovery. The most important Discovery is that which brings the most good to the great? est number. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds, will preservo the health and save life, and is a priceless boon to the afflicted. Not only does it positively cure Consumption, but Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Hoarseness, and all affections of the Throat, Chest, and Lungs, yield at once to ita wonderful curativo powers. If 3'ou doubt this, get a Trial Bottle Freo, at llilJ Bros. Drug Store. An End to Bone Scraping. Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, 111., says: "Having received so much benefit from Electric Bitters, i feel it my duty to let suffering humanity know it. Have had a running sore on my leg for eight years ; my doctors told me I would have to have the bone scraped or leg amputated. I used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salvo, and my leg is now sound and well." Electric Bittors are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by Hill Bros. Bishop Sharp Backs Down. Salt Lake City, Utah, September 18.?Bishop John Sharp, of Utah, a di? rector of the Union Pacific Railroad, and one of the wealthiest and most influential Mormons, appeared in Court to-day and pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation. He claimed that the plural marriage in question was entered into before there was any statute against it, in religion, but he recognized the supremacy of his adopted country's laws and would live within them henceforth. He said he would not advi-e any one else to break the laws. He was fined $200 and was discharged on payment of this amount. TO EENT! THE THREE-ROOM COTTAGE on University Hill, adjoining Cnpt. J. E. Allen. Apply to the undersigned at once. MRS. A. J. ALLEN. Sept 24, 1885_H_I Valuable Land Near Town FOR SALE. BY virtue of the Will of Wm. M. Ar? cher, deceased, I will sell at Ander? son C. H., S. C, on SALEDAY IN NO? VEMBER next, at public outcry, if not sold before that time at private sale, the following described Tract of Land, to wit: "ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, con? taining 140 acres, more or less, situate about two miles Southeast of Anderson C. H., and adjoining lands of J. L. Tribble, Dennis Chancellor, et al." Terms of Sale?One-third cash, and bal? ance on a credit of one and two years, with interest trom day of sale, to be secured by a bond and a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. MARGARET A. ARCHER, Executrix. Sept 24, 18S5_11_6 IMPORTANT NOTICE. PERSONS indebted to the undersigned will confer a great favor on him by calling and settling their accounts on or by the 20'th inst., as he intends leaving the city at that time, to bo absent five months. A. C. STRICKLAND. Sept. 17, 1885_10_2 Lumber and Shingles. IF yon expect to build a new house or repair your old one, we respectfully ask that yon give us a call before you pur? chase your Lumber and Shingles, as wc are satisfied we can save vou money. We keep on hand Flooring, Ceiling and Wea? ther-boarding ready dressed, also any and j every kind of Moulding, which we make a specialty. Don't forget that we have got the best Shingles in the market. Call and see us at the Blue Ridge Yard. MAYFIELD & STUART. July 30, 1885_3_3m CARP FISH FOR SALE. THE undersigned will drain his Fish Ponds on Thursday, October 1st next, and parties wanting to buy Fish can have choice from three varieties?Mirror, Scaly and Leather. Prices according to size of Fish. My Ponds are near Mountain Creek Post Office. Z. L. BURRISS. Sept 10,1885 9_3$ J. B. CLARK, MERCHANT TAILOR, WOULD respectfully inform his friends and customers that ho is now loca? ted on Main Street, second door below the Post Office, where he would be happy to serve them witb Custom-Made Clothes in the latest and most approved styles. Sept 3, 2885 _ 8_3m SEASON 1885-86. WE are now receiving at our Store one of the LARGEST and xMOST CAREFULLY selected Stocks of GENERAL MER? CHANDIZE that we have ever brought to this market. These Goods were bought at HEADQUARTERS, from FIRST HANDS, and at much lower prices than we have ever bought before. Therefore, our friends can rest assured that we will give them all the advanta? ges in quality and prices that our couopleftfracilities will allow. We bought largely of BAG? GING and TIES early in the Eeason, and can compete with any house in the city on these articles. Our slock of BOOTS and SHOES is complete in every particular, and we offer splendid assortments of various styles for Gents, Ladies, Misses and Chil? dren. We have a large stock of Gents' HAND-MADE SHOES in all styles, at much lower fig? ures than usual. We have enlarged our Store Room, which will enable us to carry a much larger Stock than wo have formerly done, and can compete in quality and price with any house in the trade. Our DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHING DE? PARTMENTS have received our special attention while buy? ing, and we call the attention of our friends and customers to the fact that we can sell you stylish and desirable Goods at reasonable prices. We have a splendid line of Gents', Youths' and Childrens' HATS and CAPS, TRUNKS, VALISES, UMBRELLAS, SADDLES, HARNESS, BRI? DLES, COLLARS, WHIPS, BLANKETS, Sole, Upper aud Harness LEATHER. HARDWARE, CROCKE RY.GLASSWARE, WOODEN WARE. Tbe BEST CHURN IN THE WOBLD for the price. PLANTATION M ACHINE RY, FARMING IMPLE? MENTS, WAGONS, TURN? ING PLOWS, HARROWS, &c, &c. And remember we are AL ? WAYS IN THE COTTON MARKET. See us before you sell Cot Ion or buy your Goods. Yours truly, Anderson, S. 0.r Sept. 17,1885. TERRIBLE CALAMITY AT SEA ! Seven Thousand People Lost on the Old Ship Credit! A Ifew Vessel Erected now (.-ailed Cash heavily laden WITH THE FINEST OF FAMILY GROCERIES, WHICH will hrive to be sold immediately at Trices that will ASTONISH THE NATIVES. Will take Barter or >a*tional Currenoy. Get your Tickets, and don't be loft. Tbc Vessel is now anchored ? On Depot Street, Auderson, S. C, And bottei known as MOSS & BROW1T. All heavy Goods delivered FKEE of charge within the City. Sept 24, 18S5_ 11 ly Take Noti and Govern Yourselves Accordingly. N. O. FARMER & BRO. Have Just Received a Large and well assorted Stock of DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS? TRUNKS AND VALISES. SADDLES AND BRIDLES, SUGAR AND COFFEE, BACON, LARL?, FLOUR, MOLASSES, And in fact EVERYTHING generally kept. !n a lirst-class General Store, all of which we propose to sell at the very lowest cash prices It will pay any one to call and examine our Goods and prices before they buy. ^33, Those indebted to us will greatly oblige us by au early settlement of their Ac? counts and Notes, either for Merchandise or Fertilizers, as we must have our money. IV. O. FABMEB &, BRO. Sept 24. 1885_ 11 .?.1_ STOP, STOP, STOP THAT CHILD! LOOK AND SEE WHAT Miss Lizzie Williams HAS BOUGHT! Our Stock is Complete?The Very Latest in Styles and Texture! WE have taken much pains in selecting our Goods. Guarantee the worth of your money every time. Give us a call, and we will convince you. OUR MECLIIVERY Selected from the best houses with an eye ;o please the little folks, the big folks, the middle folks, and all classes of folks. OUR DRESS DEPARTMENT Complete, with .?e finishing touches for the Neck, Hands and Feet. <2SJ" Many thanks for past patronage. We ask for a liberal shore in the future. LADIES' STORE. Sept 24.1885 11_ NOW WE AREREADY FOR YOU. Come and Examine our Stoclc of READY-MADE CLOTHING AND FUENISHING GOODS. We are determined to Sell as Cheap as the Cheapest! A Large Stock Just *iu from New York. SMITH & CO., WHITNER STREET, Opposite Auditor'? Office. Sept 24, 1885_;_11_ E. B. BENSON, HARDWARE, HATS, SHOES, CLOTHING, Groceries, Rubber Goods and Woodenware. ?tJBBER BELTING constantly in stock. I will save you money on LEATHER BELTING, which I cm have here in a few days. I carry several grades of NXOUR, from Extra Family to finest Patent. It you want a FINE HAT come atid s se my stock. If you need GOOD SHOES I can suit you in quality and prices. If you naed anything I have, come and we can trade. While I ;annot boast of the largest stock in the city, I certainly have the NEW? EST. While 1 have not one of the larger and more handsome store-rooms, my rent costs less ; and as I do not employ so great a number of Clerks, I do not have that expense to b ?ar. As I do not buy Cotton to induce trade, I have no losses to make up on my Goods. I could well afford to buy Cotton, as some t o, offering a higher price than could be bad j ALL CASH for the sake of the trade in the bale or load. My idea is that it is better to sell the Cottcn for the moat it will bring ALL CASH, and then buy your Goods where jou can do best. To do this, try mc before buying, and I'll bo sure to sell you. If I find that people require iuc to buv Cotton before they will trade with mc, guess 1 I can do it as the others do-. The LONG AND SHORT or the whole matter is, I AM HERE. I'VE COME TO STAY. I'm bound to SELL. It's a ground-hog case with mc. Will be t;lad to see you, whether you w int to buy or not. Yours in Earnest, E. B. BENSON. Sept 17, 1885_ 10_ j D. S. TAYLOR 0. B. VANWYCK, ZSTOTICIE ANDERSON, S. C, Sept 13, 1885. I TpHE undersigned have entered into a copartnership, under the Firm name of TAY L LOR it VANWYCK, for the purpes ? of carrying on a General Merchandise ! Business at Anderson, S. C. D. S. TAYLOR, 0. B. VANWYCK. Everybody is invited to call and Examine our Goods. WE cam at all times a full Stock of PLANTATION SUPPLIES and PRO? VISIONS, which we will soli at the lowest figures for Cash or prompt pay? ing time customers. Cotton may be cheap, but its purchasing value is higher than it has been in twelve years. All Goods are low, and we guarantee to sell as cheap as anybody. We have a beautiful line of DRESS GOODS, CALICOES, JEANS, KERSEYS, CASSIMERES, and evervtbing else in the Dry Goods line. A good assortment 6f Gents', Ladies', Misses and Chiidrcns' SHOES, from the finest Ladies' Kid Button Boots to the eoanest Brogan. Our $1.00 Brogan guaranteed solid. BOOTS in endless variety. OTJR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Is full of the Choicest Goods the market affords. Just try our 10 lbs. of Coffeo for $1.00. A full line of HARDWARE as low as any house iu the placo. Plenty or BAGGING and TIES, We are Agents for the following MACH INERY, and keep on hand a stock of same, and all extras necessary for their repair : The Winshlp Cotton Gin and Presses, Tho Canton Monitor Engine. The Sweepstakes Thresl er, The Buckeye Reaper, Miwer, Harvester and Binder, The Celebrated Owl Giu.no and Acid. TAYLOFJ & VANWYCK, DEPOT STREET. Sept 17, :.885 In ly fl Go Tell all the People for Miles Around I" -TTiAT JOHN M. HUBBARD * BRO. ARE PREPARED TO SELL MORE JEWELRY. MORE WATCJES, MORE SILVERWARE, MORE CLOCKS, &C, AT PRICES MORE TO YOUR NOTION. THAN EVER BEFORE. pir EVERYTHING in the shape of a Vatch, Clock or Jewelry thoroughly repaired Feb 5. 18H5 30 Valuable Land for Sale. FANCY CADDIES! CHOICE GROCERIES! FRESH CANNED GOODS! nci ip'niic enns watcdi rTUlE undersigned offers for sale a Valu DELICIOUb SODA WATER 1 X able Tract of Land, containing 312 A GENERAL ASSORTMENT of the g A best Confectioneries, Nuts and all V1C,W ol ?a?,nah ^le>; Ra,lroad.12 iTtZ?* ?rw??,,,r?,i vnr^iu, n^nS^ milos from Anderson Citv?half wav be k DWflIZa?d Fami,y Grocer,cs ca:i tween Anderson and Lowndcsville: It always be found at kfls 1()0 acres of frcsh laml in cultiv.ltioni EUGENE G. EVANS', Jr., including about 30 acres of first-class bot - .. . ~ torn land, well drained, h ing on Wilson's Confectionery and Grocery, Crck, with about 150 acres of forest and Pigntlleton, S. C. pincy old field. On the farm is a good dwtlling 40 by 50, with 7 rooms, good gin lie buys for cash and sells strictly for home, barn and stables, and 4 good tenant cash, therefore his prices are the cheapest to homes, with brick chimneys. 'Call on or be had. Store-room on East side Public address mc at Stony Point, S. C. g.piare, Pendlcton, S. C. ' J, ST. BURRISS. sSept 10, J8f.5 1? , Sin ; Sept 17, 18S5 10 3 FRUIT JARS -at ORR & SLOAN'S. FRUIT JARS - at - ORR & SLOAN'S.