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