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E. B. MTJRKAT, Editor. THUBSDAY, FEB. 18, 18S6. ON*? \ EAP. ._-...-81.?0. .SIX MONTHS._?_-75c. There are many politicians in this State who are positivein proclaiming that if completed the Columbia Canal would "lie idlo for the want of capital to develop it. The Augusta Canal has recently induced Mr. E. H. Coats, repre: senting Northern capitalists, of which the spool thread manufactures of Messrs. *J.*and P. Coats are understood to be a part, to locate a cotton mill at Augusta, m which he will invest over one million ::dollars. Aud yet there are many men in our State who object to the employment of the surplus convict labor of this State to develop the Columbia Canal, which is to. furnish water power to our penitenti ,?ry; and will add thousands of dollars to the taxable property of our State. Our legislators do not seem to want any new factories in this State, anyway, for they hava repealed the ten years exemption from taxation-for new factories, although they leave it for existing factories. Georgia, knows a good thing, and will (lake, up what South Carolina throws away; Twenty years from now, if the' present policy is pursued, we will see what a penny wise and pound fbolfeh policy can do for South"Carolina. While Georgia and North Carolina will prosper on each side of us, South Carolina will simply dry up. The Augusta Chronicle, in writing npon ;the Blair. Educational bill, says that "when Mr.. Garland was a Senator he ".voiced to the writer what may be 'briefly the substance of the conservative position of Southern men who favor the bill. *Tbe North/ says Mr. Garland, 'has de? termined to approach the negro* problem from the educational direction. The I people there, controling the Government, aro apparently resolved to make a tre? mendous effort to prove their ideas about tine/negro and his capacity, for civiliza? tion correct Hence the Blair Educational hill. The bid for illiterate white votes is - an incidental stroke of policy. It could ? not ba omitted, and it is expected to demoralize tbe solidarity of the South on Trace issues. But whatcan we do? We ,of the South are offsred this Government aid; and tempted with its distribution i/sa?[ management, - If we refuse to take f ifcin that form, it will be forced upon us ? in;a most odious and unpalatable shape. *,The poker is presented to us. We have f to lay hold of it. Shall we take it by :the cold .or hot end? I prefer the for? mer. . - What our people will choose time .inust tell.'" It strikes us that the mate raal benefits from-the expenditure of the money in our midstpromises to give us more advantages than the mental culture ; which Hhe negroes will obtain from the fund. We believe the money will be ? spent, and by taking it for educational purposes "the efficiency of our white ^schools wilt be increased, and the materi .al .prosperity of the State advanced "Therefore, we hope the bill will become law.. ..' . _-. - " /We publish this week the sketch of ,the . lives of two prominent citizens of 'this republic who have passed forever ?from the mid?t of their countrymen. ?ith of them were conspicuous members j)f the Democratic party, and each had '^received the enthusiastic suffrages of that party for the highest office in the gift of ?the American people, and each, though . defeated, leave behind them the record :'6f grand lives, to which the accession to ? the presidency could scarcely have added lustre. General Hancock was one of the' greatest of the national generals in ?ifce late war, and by his personal courage and judgment turned the tide of battle at Gettysburg, and perhaps saved the " American Union. Such a tribnte as this would secure his memory a place In his? tory, but tbe grandeur of the man was' demonstrated in times of peace, when men like Sherman and Grant, for their peisonal aggrandizement, were foment ;ing; discord and seeking the perpetual estrangement of the sections of bur Union which had been at war. By his patriotic love of conntry the victorioua Hancock demonstrated that "he had fought for the. American Union, and not alone for the Northern States, when as a .'military commander of the State of "Louisiana, he restored the civil authority as the proper government for a State in the time of peace. To the victorious ? general-he added the character of the .defender of the rights of- the States, by which he challenged and received the -admiration of the people of all sections |b? our country, and when the news of his death was proclaimed it met a re? sponse of regret as sincere in the Sooth as in the North. A brave, patriotic antL useful life has ended. The death of ex __Gov. Seymonr, of New York, removed . perhaps the moat generally admired and most popular figure in tbe ranks of the national Democratic party. His life was a record of peace, and his services were those of the statesman. His fairness to tbe South gave him the admiration of our people, and hia services to the State of New York commanded for him the respect of tbe nation. It is seldom that a nation loses two such exalted patriots and distinguished public servants as Hancock and Seymour within one week. Of late wo have seen a great deal of comment in the different papers of the State about the up-country and low country, growing out of the census dis? cussion, and a considerable amount of bad temper,has been elicited on both sides. We fail to perceive any probable .good to grow out of this discussiQO. We believe that Charleston does wield a very potent influence in the legislation of this State, but she does it legitimately and horiorahfy, and it grows simply out of the fact that she watches her intenst, and always ha- men to represent her in the Legist a im* who are able and expe? rienced in legislation. When she goes to.iKiinintiu* a legislative ticket she does not se.'rti 'iui*a to Columbia because they are g?-<d clever fellows, nor .does she change them every elec tiou to try to make the offices ' go ar.-und, but when she nominates a candidate she does so to represent tho interests of the County, and when she elects a man ?\ ho display* the judgment and ability to fake care of these interests ahe ket-j? hin? there. In most of the upper ct?ii!it:*s men are nomiuated, not bjeause of any npecial quali6cation for ;.kgi"l:?;ive duties, but because they are [clew Mfeti*, ami after they have served: a time or t-.vo they are turned out to make room for *ome other clever fellow who has not had a turn. We are in the habit; of sending new men frequently, and when they fail to impress their views on legislation we complain of Charleston. The real difficulty is that we send too many inexperienced men to the Legisla? ture from the upper counties, and ex? pect them to exert as much influence as the trained Representatives from Charleston. It is of course impossible for them in do so. If the upper counties would "select their strongest men, and when they get them keep them in the Legislature like Charleston does, we believe-there would be less occasion for complaint. We do not mean by this that a man ought to be kept* in if he misrepresents the people, or if ho is inefficient, but we do think that training and experience are necessary for the exercise of influence in legislation, aud the county or section which fails to look after.this is very apt to fall behind aud imagine that those sections which have the foresight to retain experienced representatives are exerting an undue in? fluence in the Stale. There is no reason for sectional lines in this State. The interests of all sections can be preserved without injury to aDy section. To do so it is only necessary for each section to have efficient Representatives. Instead of berating Charleston let us send men to represent us who can cope with them, and when we get them keep them as long as they properly represent us, whether they are personally popular or not. The parlies interested in the Bell Tele? phone Company are waging a most re? lentless and savage war upon Attorney General Garland and Secretary of the Interior Lamar in particular, and Presi? dent Cleveland aud his entire Cabinet in general, because they have determined to have the validity of the Bell patent tested in the Courts. It will be remem? bered that during the absence of the Attorney General last Summer the As? sistant Attorney General gave the Pan Electric Telephone Co. the right to bring action iu the name of the government against the Bell Telephone Company, to test the validity of its patent under the laws of the United Stales, on the ground of fraud and deception in the obtaining of letters patent by the Bell Company. As soon as Mr. Garland returned to Washington . he revoked the permission to use the name of the government in the suit, because he was interested in the Pan Electric Company as a stockholder and general counsel, and did not think his department of the government should therefore grant the permission. There? upon the matter was referred to the Sec? retary of the Interior, whose department has charge of patents, and upon a full investigation, Secretary Lamar has recommended that permission he granted to bring the suit, and it has beeu so or? dered. The Bell Telephone has had a profitable monopoly for many years, and they are reluctant to give it up. Hence they are now making the fight through certain newspapers on the Cabinet per? sonally for allowing the suit. It is charg? ed that Attorney General Garland was given one million dollars of stock in the Pan Electric Co., without r-v consid? eration except to control his ..nonce. Mr. Garland admits getting si^ck, but doea not state the amount as compensa? tion for his services as general counsel for the company. It is also asserled by the Bell Co. men that Secretary Lamar owns stock in the Pan Co., which was given him to control his influence. Mr, Lamar denies that he owns any stock in the Company, and in the absence of proof we take it the charge against Mr, Lamar falls to the ground; The charge against Mr. Garland is not, we think, so fully disposed of. It was scarcely the prop? er thing for a United States Senator to accept a gratuity of so large an amount of stock for such inadequate services, but we must say that whatever of wrong Mr. Garland may have done in this regard was done several years, before he became Attorney General, and that his action as Attorney General has been dignified, circumspect and honorable. We heartily approve the action of the Cabinet in ordering a test' of the right ol the Bell Company to its patent. It is the most unreasonable and arrogant monopoly in this government, and in the interest of the people it ought to be throttled, if it can be legally done. The administra? tion, may be abused by the monopolists for allowing their rights to be put to the test of a full and fair trial in the Courts of justice, but the people will undoubtedly approve of the test. The Cabinet has, we think, acted with entire propriety and consideration of the public interests throughout the consideration of this case. We rather like an administration which is abused by monopolies. It looks well. The presumptions are in its favor. It is something entirely new in the his? tory of the past twenty years. We have never beard of any monopoly abusing a Republican administration. It is, there -fore, entirely appropriate for them to abuse the first Democratic administra? tion. We hope President Cleveland will, before his term expires, puncture many other of the outrageous and high? handed monopolies which the fostering care of republicanism has developed in this country, to the injury of the masses of our people. FARMERS' INSTITUTE. The Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, writing under date of 12th inst., says: ' The Farmers' Institute at Edgefield in April promises to be a prominent gather? ing of progressive agriculturalists. Mr. Berckmans, of Augusta, will read an essay on some subjects of interest to the farmers. President McBryde and the assistant Professor of Agriculture in the. South Carolina College, have accepted invitations to attend the institute. Prof. C. A. Shepard, Jr., of Charleston, will doubtless be present. No discussion of any political topic will be allowed. This is pure and simple, and the man wlio brings up any political question will be immediately squelched. I hope Capt. Tillman who is President of the Edgefield Agricultural Society, will meet with more success in his efforts to keep the politi? cians away, than Colonel Duncan did at the meeting of the State Agricultural Society last Summer. Colonel Duncan induced the railroads to give him com? plimentary passes for twp farmers in each County, and he then published an open letter in the State papers saying that these tickets were for farmers only, and that be especially requested that all poli? ticians stay away from this purely agri? cultural gathering. In spite of this request, Captain Tillman, who was a delegate from his County, thought ho found nothing but politicians at that .meeting. The movement made by the farmers at his time will, if properly directed, prove i of abiding benefit. It would be ad van tag?ous to have a Farmers' Club in every I Township, with a County Club and a Stale Convention or Society for the pwr 'pose"??f dUcu^sihg matter? pertaining to I agriculture, and making public such I errors or such needs as the avocation may require to be corrected < r aided, and also to present and urge the uted changes. This would be of great benefit tu tbc agricultural interests of the State, and we would be glad to see such an organi zation formed. VALUE OF THRIFTFULNESS. Dr. Smyth, of New Haven, in conclud? ing his series of .sermons on Socialism, made this remark: ''America wastes enough yearly to feed the thousands who are now said to be out of employment. The time may yet come when it shall be considered practical somewhere in the course of tue education which a State gives to the people to leach girls how to extract the greatest amount of nutriment from the common materials of food, and a careful statistician justly remarks that 'whoever 1 cau leach the masses of the people how to get five coats' worth a day more comfort or force out of tbe food which one consumes will add to their productive power what would be equal to one thousand million dollars a year in value.'" These remarks have a particular prac? tical force in their applicability to the South. Waste abounds here perhaps beyond that which can be found any? where iu the world. Our people affect an absolute indifference as to little, and are not much better in many instances as to larger matters. The waste upon our iarai and about our towns aud cities can scarcely be approximated. The theme presented in Dr. Smyth's remarks quoted above is worthy of the careful attention of our people. DEATH OF HORATIO SEYMOUR. A Sketch of Ex-Govcrnor Seymour's Life. Utica, N. Y., February 12.?Ex-Gov? ernor Seymour died at exactly 10 o'clock to-night at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Roscoe Conkling. He began to fail perceptibly at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Shortly afterward, owing to stimulants being administered to bim, he rallied a little, but soon relapsed into total un? consciousness. During his illness he ex? perienced little it auy physical suffering, and to day was wholly without pain. Mrs. Seymour, who is very ill, sat with her husband during the afternoon most of the time. The Ex-Governor rested peacefully. At half-past 8 he was sink? ing rapidly. His pulse could scarc-"'y be counted, and respiration was more and more difficult. He expired without a struggle and as peacefully as if falling asleep. The immediate cause of death was cerebral effusion, tbe usual process of death in old age. Those present when he passed away were Mrs. Seymour and her sister, Mrs. Nelt?on, of New "Bruns? wick, N. J. The Ex-Governor's brother, John F. Seymour, of Utica, his sister, Mrs. Lynclaen, and Mrs. Conkling, Dr. W. E. Ford, Judge Bulger, Horatio Sey? mour, Jr., and Henry S. Miller, neph? ews of the Governor, and the Rev. Charles H. Gardner, rector of Trinity Church, of which Ex-Governor Seymour was a communicant. Horatio Seymour was born in Porapey, Onondaga County, May 31,1810. Civil? ization had only just begun to redeem that portion of tbe State from the wil? derness. Syracuse had no existence and Utica was but a bamlet. Henry Sey? mour, the lather of Horatio, had emi? grated from Litchfield, Conn., and be? longed to that famous Seymour family which gave his brother, Horatio Sey? mour, to the United States Senate from *Vermont, and in Connecticut gave one nephew, Judge Origen S. Seymour, to the Bench, and another, Thomas H. Seymour, to the Gubernatorial chair. Horatio Seymour was sent successively to Oxford Academy, Geneva (now no bart) College and Capt. Partridge's mili? tary school, at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1818 the family retuoved to Utica, where Henry Seymour at once took a prominent position, socially and politi? cally, becoming afterwards one of the members of the famous Albany regency. In 1832 Mr. Seymour was admitted to the Bar. His entrance in his profession was soon followed by his marriage to Miss Mary Bleecher, of Albany. Mrs. Seymour brought a large estate to her husband, and he found his time bo occu? pied with its care and with tbe manage? ment of his own modest fortune that he never accumulated any legal practice. In 1842 he was elected a member of the State Assembly, and there be made his mark. In the same year he was elected Mayor of Utica, and tbe next year he was again chosen to tbe Legisla? ture and was made Speaker of the House. In the fall of 1850 Mr. Seymour was called to ? take the Democratic nomina? tion for Governor. The Democrats then were in a hopeless minority in the State and there was no expectation of success; but Mr. Seymour unhesitatingly respon? ded to the call of bis party, made a vigorous campaign and was defeated, but only by tbe small plurality of 262 votes. Under the circumstances his vote was marvellous, and in 1852 be was unani? mously renominaled and again threw himself ardently into the canvass. This time he was successful, being elected by a plurality of 22,596. Governor Sey? mour's administration was distinguished for its honesty and economy. Its record has no blot. In the winter of 1854 he was called upon to manifest tbe courage of his opinions by vetoing the eo-called Maine liquor law that bad been approved by the Legislature. The bill was vetoed on the ground that it deprived people of their property in a manner prohibited by the Constitution, and that it sanctioned an iniquitous right of search. For this action the Governor was unsparingly de? nounced. The clergy and the churches set themselves in array against bim, and, as a natural consequence, when he ran again for Governor in 1854, he was defeated. Myron H. Clark, the Whig and Temperance nominee, was elected by a plurality of 309 vote3. In its incipient stages he was opposed to the war and did all that he could to maintain peace. He did not believe in the enforced abolition of slavery. He doubted if it would result to the advan? tage of the negro. In his opinion the slavery agitated had rcoulted disadvan? tageous^ even to those black people who lived at the North. Holding such views it was not to be expected that Governor Seymour would hasten to aray himself against tbe South. But when tbe war bad broken out and it was manifest that the Union of the States was in deadly peril, be came patriotically to tbe front and did good service in tbe committees charged with the enrolment of troops and their care in the field. In tbe darkest hour of the war Horatio Seymour was again called upon to lead his party as its candidate for Governor. Mr. Seymour made sixty speeches, visiting all parts of the State, and had the satisfaction of finding himself returned by a majoritv of 10,752 votes. On March 23, 1863, President Lincoln addressed a letter to Governor Seymour, marked, "Private and confidential," in which lie said: "You and I arc sub? stantially strangers and I write ibis chiefly that we may become better acquainted. I, for the time beiug, am at the head of a nation which-is in great peril, and you are at the head ol the greatest State of that nation," and asked the views of Mr. Seymour. The re? sponse came: "I assure you that uo political resentments, no personal pur? poses, will turn me aside from the path? way I have marked out for myself. * * For the preservation of the Union I am ready to make any sacrifice of interest, passiou or prejudice." He had already said as much in his inaugural address on January 1, 1S63: "Under uo circum? stances can tho division of the Union be conceded. We will put forth every exer? tion of power; we will use every policy of conciliation; we will guarantee them every right, every consideration demand? ed by the Constitution and by that fra? ternal regard which must prevail in a common country, but we can never Voluntarily consent tu the breaking up of the Union < f these States <>r the di? stinction of the Constitution." lu July, 1863, Governor Seymour was informed by Gen. Wool, the department Commander, th!,> the defences of lite metropolis wert .1 so insecure a condi? tion ns to render the city liable to cap? ture by an expedition from the sea. The Governor visited the defences of the port and found it to be so. On Sunday, July 12, while at Long Branch fur the purpose of investigating the question of coast defences, he received a telegraph stating that a conscription of recruits had begun iu New York-. It had been ordered by the provost marshal, without consultation with Governor Seymour, Gen. Wool aud Mayor Opdyke, in the absence of the militia, who had been hurried off to Gen. Meade in Pennsylva? nia ;;iiu ;n the most disturbed quarter of the city. A riot followed a* ought to have been expected. The Governor hast? ened to the city on Monday and found a reign of terror prevailing. A mob was sweeping through the streets, threatening destruction to all who held the symbols of authority. The citizens were para? lyzed. While Gen. Wool and the Gov? ernor were in consultation at the St. Nicholas Hotel the proprietor came and besought them to leave, for fear that his house would he burned over his head. Yet the Governor never flinched for a momeut. He went to the City Hall, and there so organized tho civil power of the city that it eventually queuched the riot and restored peace. While engaged in the performance of 'his duty a throng of rioters, several thousand in number, sur? rounded the City Hall and demanded to see the Governor. He promptly took his life iu his hand and appeared before them. What should he have said? Should he have defied them, threatened them with the sword or the law, and thus incited them to greater excesses, or should he plead for peace? As a civil officer he had no choice but to disarm them peacefully. He said: "I beg you to listen to me as a friend, for I am your friend and the friend of your families." For this he has been denounced, though it bad the effect of preventing further bloodshed at that point. For this he will be praised when the true history of those terrible days begins to be written. Alone he faced the storm; alone he overcame it. In the autumn of 1S64 Governor Seymour presided over the National Democratic Convention which nominated Gen. McClellan for the Presidency. Though he had opposed the idea of a military candidate, Mr. Seymour entered vigorously in the canvass, and conseutcd to run for the Governoship in order to aid the national nomiuee. The result was disastrous to the party and its can? didates. In 1863 he again presided over the National Convention, and, after nearly a week's balloting, was nomina? ted for President. It was done against his wishes, because he believed at the time that there were stronger men in the party, who could draw the entire "war" vote away from the Republicans. Re? luctantly he accepted and made a gallant figbt. Defeat, under the circumstances, was a foregone conclusion. Governor Seymour accepted the result philosoph? ically, and when President Grant visit? ed Utica he was the first to welcome bim and congratulate him on the excellent run he bad made. Since that time he has steadily de? clined official honors. In 1875 he was offered the Senatorship, but refused it in favor of his friend and neighbor, Francis Kernan. In 1877 he was unanimously chosen by his party as their candidate for Governor, but he peremtorily de? clined, believing that another candidate could easily be elected, and Lucius Robinson was nominated in bis place and elected by the people! He never valued office for its owu sake. President Pierce offered him a high Federal ap? pointment in tbe Stales and President Buchanan made him the proffer of a foreign mission. But he always refused office except where the people evidently desired it and the welfare of his party demanded it. On a spur of the Deerfield Hills, three miles from Utica and overlooking that city, is the unpretending home of Gov? ernor Seymour. Its roof is shadowed by hemlocks'that have stood there for cen? turies, and which, as their owner said, "would talk Indian if they could speak any language."* In front stretch the broad acres that Mrs. Seymour inherited from her ancestors in the day3 of the Colonial Governor Cosly. For twenty miles the valley of the Mohawk, green and lovely and fringed by the purple Dunderbergs, lies before the visitor as he stands on the lawn, and he finds him? self carried away by the enthusiasm with which the Governor speaks of it as "the grandest highway of the nation which the world has ever seen, the pathway of millions towards the setting sun." Within the house breathes an atmosphere of old historic times. There is the clock which tricked away the hours in General Schuyler's house when Burgoyne was there as a prisoner of war; the chair that Bishop White used in the Continen? tal Congress; Governor Clinton's dress sword; the commissiou of Governor Seymour's maternal grandfather, Jona? than Forman, as major in the Continen? tal army, bearing the bold signature of John Hancock; parchments that bear the sign manual and seal of Peter Stuyvesant and other old Dutch worth? ies, and scores of historical articles of Revolutionary and later days. And quietly courteous the Governor did the honors of his pleasant home, perfectly unconscious that 'he was himself the most remarkable sight araoug all these reminders of tbe great and good of other days. Thought he saw the Devil and Went Mad. A strange and mysterious occurrence has caused much excitement in Millers burg, Dauphiu County, Pa. On Thurs? day morning there was a jovial crowd in a hotel at that place, and while they were imbibing Samuel Motter entered. Motter was well known throughout the County as a patent medicine pedler, and was about 55 years of age. His wife died in the almshouse some time ago, and since then he has been living near Millersburg. Shortly after Motter en? tered a discussion on religious subjects arose. The sacrament of the Lord's supper was talked about. Motter be? came very earnest in his talk, and finally dared the men to indulge in an imitation of the Lord's supper. They agreed to have it with beer and bread, and accord ingly a glass was filled with that bever? age. They then knelt in mock humility, and with the beer in one hand the bread in the other, Motter went along distrib? uting a bite and a sup to each of them. Suddenly, when he wa9 about half through, a strange noise was heard, and, looking up, the men saw a sight that "made their blood run cold aud froze tbe marrow in their bones." As near as the scared men could describe it, they declare it was an immense, ill-formed and foul beast with great cloven feet, painted horns and eyes that flashed fire.. With wild yells the men rushed out into the open air and scattered in every direction. Finally all of them reached their homes except Motter, who was away for a long time, and at last he arrived, a maniac. He was put to bed and physicians sum? moned, but they could do nothing for him. He raved, howled and prayed, declaring.he. had seen the Evil One, aud that he was lost. His torture was terrible, but nothing could bo done to relieve him, and he died in the wildest agony. The death-bed scene is said to have been full of horrors that can hard? ly be described. Seiileiicing the Sainls. Salt Lakh City, February 10.?In the Third District Court here to day Robert Morris pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful cohabitation, and Thomas Birmingham and W. W. Willey, on trial for the same offence, were con? victed on their own testimony. Willey was sentenced to live months .imprison? ment in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $200. John Penman, also con? victed of polygamy, was this afternoon sentence .' to two years' imprisonment. ? George Shillito and T. L. Douglass, of Abbeville, have killed 1.270 birds the 15th of September. Since Christmas Douglass has made three shots, at which he killed 10, 11 and 8 birds respectively. Stealing' a Buried Treasure. AnuEViLLE, February 10.?Yesterday an old negro woman was bunting for a trial justice. Sbe was very much wrought up, and said that Ann Wardlaw and her boys had stolen ?-300 from her. The money was the result of her family's labor for the past twenty years. Her husband had buried the money in a graveyard, after putting it iu an oyster can, and no one knew where it was buried until the old man disclised it to his youngest daughter on his deathbed. By some means this Ann Wardlaw found out the place of concealment and sent her sons to get it, as the old woman says. The poor old creature cried as if her heart would break. It was a most pathetic case and aroused the sympathy of all who heard of it. I am informed that the two boys who it is alleged committed the theft have fled the Slate.?Dispatch to the News and Courier. ? The Kentucky Senate has passed a bill prohibiting the sale of pistols an^. bowie knives. ? Only 320,411 immigrants entered the Uuited States last year, a decrease of 19 per cent, since the previous year. ? A member of the Massachusetts Legislature has introduced a bill which has for its purpose the enforcement of the voting privilege. By virtue of its provision men who neglect to register and vote will be fined from five to twenty dollars. ? A most singular mode of industry has enabled a mau in Richmond, Va., to provide a dwelling for himself. For many years he has been in the habit of picking up bricks from the streets, and he has at last accumulated a sufficient number with which to build a small house. ? Twelve hundred miles of railroads will change Ihc guage of their roads on the 31st day of May and June 1st next. The cost of this is estimated at ?750,000. Four men to tha mile will be necessary to do the work in one day. The guage will be 4 feet 9 inches, which is half an inch wider than the standard guage. ? One of the girls is in distress, und has asked our better half whether it would be wiser to marry a homely man with a big fortune, or a handsome fellow without a eent. She couldn't go back on her own selection, and promptly answered that the latter would be preferable.? Roch Hill Herald. ? One-third of the cases of habitual drunkenness, Dr. Crothers, of Hartford, Conn., a recognized authority on the treatment of inebriety, asserts, may be traced .to inebriate ancestors. Among the direct heredities, he says, the line, of the inheritance will be from father to daughter and from mother to son. He believes that many diseases prevalent in certain families, such as minor forms of insanity, consumption and various nerve defects, are the result of the excesses of some intemperate ancestors, and that where such is the case, a return to inebri? ety may be expected in the third genera? tion. A Walking Skeleton. Mr. E. Springer, of Median icsburg, Pa., writes : "I was afflicted with lung and fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced to a walking Skeleton. Got a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con? sumption, which did mo so much good that I bought a dollar bottle. After using three bottles, found myself once more a man, completely restored to health, with a hearty appetite, and a gain in flesh of 48 lbs." Call at Hill Bros. Drug Store and get a free trial bottle of this certain cure for all Lung Diseases. Largo bottles 81.00. Thousands Say So. Mr. T. W. Atkins,Girard, Kan., writes : "1 never hesitate to recommend your Electric Bitters to my customers, thoy give entire satisfaction and arc rapid sellers." Electric Bitters are the purest and best medicine known and will posi? tively cure Kidney and Liver complaints. Purify the blood and regulate the bowels. No family can afford to be without them. They will save hundreds of dollars in doctors' bills every year. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Hill Bros. FARMERS, READ CAREFULLY. -0 Sec what some ol'the Best Farm? ers ol' Anderson County say about the Whitlock & Etk ridge Plow. o CERTIFICATES. Anderson, S. C, Feb. 15,188G. We, the undersigne d, haye used Messrs. Whitlock & Ethridge's Plow, and it has given entire satisfaction. It is just what they represent it to be?simple, durable and cheap. We have used it with other plows, and can truthfully say we would not five it up for any other Plow on the mar et. The Whitlock & Ethridge has no equal. It is the Farmers' Friend. J G DUCKWORTH, W G ROBBINS, W G WATSON, J A GRAY, THOS F DRAKE, J II MASTERS, J W HALL, W J STEVENSON, A A DEAN, W T DEAN. ANDERSON, S. C, Feb. 10, 1S8G. I spent five days in my territory canvass ing lor the Whitlock tfc IStliridge Plows, and must say I beat my expectation, and am well pleased with the business. I am sure, from what I have done, I will have no trouble to make money. I will go back at once. Had no trouble to please every one who tried the plows. FRANK MOORHEAD. Prosperity, S. C, Feb. 14,188(1. Messrs. Whitlock & Ethridge?Gentle? men : I drop you a few lines to let you know how the Whitlock & Ethridge Com? bination Plow takes here. We arrived in Newberry last night a week ago. Did not see McGee, as he had gone out in the coun? try. We left on Monday, and intended to get back by last night, but could not. We have had one or two days in which wc could plow. We have not failed to sell a man yet. Took in over $25.00 yesterday. The day before we did a good business, and it was raining almost all day. We did not travel over ten miles yesterday. Sold eve? ry man wc met. It beats anytbing I ever saw. If your Side Harrows have arrived be sure to send one to McGee at once, as it takes with the farmers here. Will write you again soon. Hope you will not sell all your territory before I come up, as we want to buy more. Write us at Prosperi? ty. Respectfully, tfcc, ? W. C. BAILEY. This is to certify that I have tried the Whitlock & Ethridge Plow, and find that it is all they claim for it. Also, that I found a half dozen men or more in one group, the other day. near a very heavy stubblcfield, where the Haiman was a failure. Without burning the stubble the Whitlock & Ethridge Plow was at once put into the stubble, and better work could not have been asked for. The entire party highly pleased, and promised to buy farm rights. R. A. RE ID. Feb 10, 1880. Wc desire to Inform the Farmers uf An? derson County, S. ('., that they can find the Whitlosk -fe Ethridge Combination Plow Stock, and Attachments for same, at Smith's Clothing Store, below Hook Store, at same prices. No cut on them. Farm Rights same price. All goods at wholesale prices. We will sell a Steel Beam and Steel Land Side Combination Plow Stock for SI.00. Also, a Double Foot Iron Beam, using any Blado that is put on with heel holts. Manufactured by Elias Haiman, at Atlanta, Ga. Any person who thinks wc have no Patent on our Plow will please call on us, and we will be pleased to show our Letters Patent; or if they wish, they may write the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C, for duplicate copy, No. 299444. In this enlightened country we do not think that any one will think that a man would attempt to sell territorial rights if he had no patent. Wo arc satisfied they would not think so if they knew the pen? alty for doing so. We are still in the interest of the farmer, and have Counties to sell. Call and see us if you want a good, lively business. WHITLOCK & ETHRIDGE. Feb IS, 1880 :J2 Money in Tobacco. Ashlville, N. C, February S.?It is really remarkable bow much money may be realized from the culture of tobacco under the best management. Your cor? respondent has just had called to his attention an illustration of this fact. Mr. W. 0. Sprinkle, a citizen of Madison County, which adjoins Buncombe on the North, who lives within a few miles of Marshall, the County seat, bought in 1879 three hundred acres of land, on time for $2,000. This land it is said would not at that time produce more than ten bushels of grain to the acre. The purchaser began the cultivation of tobacco on a small scale for the first two years, having only $1,000 capital and raising also the supplies needed for his family. As rapidly as be could get his money out of tobacco he sowed his old fields in grass, and they are now suffi? ciently fertile to produce excellent quali? ties of the weed. For five years his crop of tobacco has averaged him 82,000 per annum clear of expenses,- and he has recently been offered $10,000 for his farm. This not only shows that there is money for the planter of tobacco, but also proves that the weed, properly culti? vated, does not exhaust the soil, as many enemies of the product are in the habit of saying. The planter above spoken of has made one acre produce $500 worth of tobacco, and on the old fields formerly abandoned, and then by his efforts and methods reclaimed, he has produced the leaf that brought?38 per hundred pounds. ?Correspondence News and Courier. ? While the stock of ex-Representa? tive Ira T. Shoemaker, of Orangeburg, were recently feeding in his lot, a savage boar attacked a valuable mule and cut its throat whith his tusk. LIME, LIME. THE undersigned has just received one Car load of CATOOSA LIME, which will be soid very cheap. Persons needing Lime should call on me. JOHN C. DBENNAN. Feb 18, 18SG_32_3 DENISTRY. Ithe undersigned, respectfully announce to my friends and patrons that I can be found in my Office on and after the 1st of March, 188G. A. C. STRICKLAND. Feb 18,1886 32 3 CARP FISH FOR SALE. T WILL draw my Pond ami sell Fish the JL 1st day of March. All sizes to eat and stock ponds. Prices cheaper than ever before. I also have Grape Vines for sale. ANDY BROWN. Anderson, S. C. Feb 18, 1886 32 1 Notice to Trespassers. ALL persons are notified not to hunt, drive, walk through or otherwise trespass on the enclosed or unenclosed lands of the undersigned in Centreville Township in this County. Persons disre? garding this notice will be prosecuted at iaw. MRS. L. J. GARRISON. Feb 18,1886_32_1? Fresh Garden Seeds. LANDRETH <fc SONS' Garden Seeds, Ouion Sets and Golden Dent Corn, crop of 1885, for sale. Also, D. M. Ferry & Co.'s fresh Garden Seeds. For sale by A. B. TOWERS. Feb 18, 1886 32 Deliaquent Land Sales. ANDERSON TOWNSHIP. McCurry, Seaborn, i lot and 1 building. Snxon, Aaron, 1 lot and 1 building. BELTON TOWNSHIP. Brown, Ennua, 1 lot and 2 buildings. BRUSHY CREEK TOWNSHIP. Rogers, Humphrey B., 50 acres and I building. GARVIN TOWNSHIP. Carte:-, Clary, 1 acre and 1 building. HONEA PATH TOWNSHIP. Roberts, George M., 4 acres. PENDLETON TOWNSHIP. Mitchell, John J., 40 acres. Reed. Bachus, 5 acres and 1 building. WiLLIAMSTON TOWNSHIP. Early, .f. Krank, 1 lot. Johnson, W. T., 7 acres for 1883-84. Johnson, W. T., 7 acres for 1881-85. Smith, Leonard, 18 acres. ADDITIONAL RETURNS OF 1SS2 FOR 1884. PENDLETON TOWNSHIP. Bryson, Charles N., 83 acres and 1 build? ing. Lynch, Lawson, 3 acres. Also, the following described property, be? longing to the Blue Ridge Railroad Com? pany, will be sold, to wit: Two Lots and Two Buildings in the city of Anderson, and the Road-bed, Track and Right of Way of the said Blue Ridge Railroad Company, commencing with its starting point in the city of Anderson, and extending to the Oc?nec County line, for past due taxes as follows: For the year 1S70. For the year 1871. For the year 1872. For the year 1873. For the year 1874. For the year 1875. For the year 1870. For the year JS77. For the year 1S78. For the vcar 1870. For the year 1880. ' For the year 1881. Also. I he following described property will be sold 1o pay taxes voted in aid of the Sa? vannah Valley Railroad Company in Savan? nah Township, to wit: Enoch II. Watkins, For the year 1870,1018 acres and 1 building. For the year 1880, 737 acres and 1 building. For the year 1881,840 acres and 1 building. Notice is hereby given that the whole of the several parcels, lots and parts of lots of real estate described in the preceding list, or so much thereof as will necessary to pay the taxes, penalties and assessments charged thereon, will be sold by the Treasurer of Anderson County, South Carolina, at his office in said County, on the first Monday (1st) of March, A. D. 1S8G, unless said taxes, assessments and penalties be paid before that time, and such sale will be continued from day to day until all of said parcels, lots and parts of lots of real estate shall have been sold or offered for sale. THOMAS J. WEBB, Auditor of Anderson Countv. February 10; A. D. IrtSO._* REMOVAL. DAV::D DOOLEY has moved from De? pot Street to Shops it. front of Coun? ty Jail, where he and Quince Leverett are conducting a first-class Blacksmith Shop. David Dooley makes a specialty of Horse Shoeing He has worked eight years un? der Mr. David White, who recommends him as the best Shoer in the County. Quincy Leverett makes a specialty of Re? pairing, and will give satisfaction. DAVID DOOLEY, . QUINCY LEVERETT. Jan 8,1885 26 3m NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All person? having demands against the Estate of A. E. Thompson, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. R. E. THOMPSON, Adm'r. Feb 4,1886 30 3 AT COST! DET GOODS, OLOTHING, NOTIONS, HATS. In order to reduce our business to Strictly Grrooeries, To show you how cheap Groceries can be sold come around and get our STAETLING PKICES. BROWN BROS. Feb 18, 188G ,-_32_ Iledge hammer prices. TO THE FREEMEN - OF - A.nderson City and County. Those who know a good thing when they see it, and can ex? ercise the privilege of buying where they please. To the LIVE PEOPLE who trade at Anderson. BELOW I give a few of my prices, which you will find worth reading. Compare them with others, and you will see what can be gained by trading with me. I came to sell Goods, and sell them I will, if I do so at leas than cost, and this is no idle as? sertion. My Stock is too large for a Cash Store at this season, and I must unload. I need money and am here. These prices will bring it: Rim Knob Locks 20c, worth 35c. Ames' Long Handled Shovels, both Nos. 1 and 2, at 75c. A splendid all Steel Shovel, made by Oliver Arues & Sons, at G5c. Remington's Goose Necked Hoes at 35c. Four-tined Pitch Forks at 40c. Spading Forks at 40c. Trace Chains 35c to 40c a pair?Twisted ones 55c. Well Buckets 35c?regular price 50c Two-hooped Water Buckets 15c. Three-hooped Water Buckets 20c. White Cedar Buckets 40c. Red Cedar Buckets 50c?former price 75c. Steel Plows 4c per pound. Georgia Checks Gc per yard. Jeans, all wool tilling, 23c per yard. Cotton Jeans 8c per yard. Drilling, Sheeting and Osnaburgs AT COST. SEE MY PRICES OIV CANNED GOODS I Mackerel 10c a can, usual price 15?. Salmon 15c, or two cans for 25c?regular price 20c. Two pounds cans Tomatoes 10c?lowest price heretofore 15c. Three pound cans Tomatoes for 15c?would be a bargain at 20c. Full weight Oysters, one pound cans, 10c. Two pounds cans 17c, or six for $1.00. Pine Apples 15c per can?regular price 20c. Three-pound cans Brook Trout 25*:?cheap at 35c. Sardines 7*c a box. Cucumber Pickles, in glass jars, at 10c. Full Cream Cheese at 121c per lb, : n lots of ?1.00 and upwards. Parched Codec 15c?same as I have been selling at 20c per lb. Green Co (lee at prices to suit everybody, New Orleans Syrup AT COST HY THE BARREL. The lowest prices yet on FLOUR : Amber, $4.45 per barrel?usually sold at $5.00. Snow Flake, $5.20 per barrel?regular price $0.00 Marietta, $5.00?heretofore advert sed as a bargain at $3.50. Kenncsaw, $5 5U?c->st more money. ??Cheek <t Whftlock's Chuicc" ?<1.0 >?been selling (besameat $0.50 Perfection and KeiiJiesaw Patent Granulated at $6.75?at least 75c less than regular price. MORE GOODS AT COST! BRIDLES, SADDLES and HARNESS, And the prices will suit you ! My Entire Stock of Miles' Shoes at Philadelphia Cost! And Under. This is your chance of a life-time. My Cents' $0.00 Shoes for $4.75?made by Curtis it Co. In cheap Shoes I will beat the world ami his wife, as for instance Men's P. Calf Shoes for 75c. Children's Copper Tipped Shoes 35c?worth 50c. Home-made Shoes at the lowest prices ever heard of. My stock of HATS at First Cost. CAS3IMER PAKTS at Less than Cost. These arc bona tide offers, and I am desperately in earnest, as you will see by com? ing to my Store. Anything I have can be bought WA Y DO WN if you come at once. E. B. BENSON. ?Si- REMEMBER, (Iiis chance is not an al 1-the-year one. To secure these Bar? gains you must come at once. "The first martins get choice of gourds." So those who come first will have the pick of these truly wonderful offers. Goods all iresll. No old shop-worn stuff in my store. E, B. BENSON. DON'T READ THIS. WE are offering special inducements to cash buyers just now. If you need any Groceries, Confectionarie*, Canned Goods, Tobacco, Cigars, &c It will pay you to give us a call. Wo sell honest goods, and guarantee satisfaction to every customer. Try us one time. GREEN ?fc W?LLING. DR. W. H. ROSS, DEUTIST, HAS located permanently in Anderson, and will execute all Dental opera? tions skillfully and at reasonable rates. Extraction of Teeth a specialty. Office?Over Smith <fc Co.'s Clothing House, opposite rooms of Anderson In? telligencer. Terms Cash. Oct 22,1885_15_ly_ DON'T READ THIS. -o HAVING purchased the Stock of Goods of Mr. SI. Kennedy, on Brick Range, I desire to inform my old friends and cus? tomers that I am located at his old Stand, and am prepared to serve them with a choice stock of? Family and Fancy Groceries, Canned Goods, Tobacco, Cigars, Fruits, &c, At prices that defy competition. Give me a trial. Nothing but the best and purest Goods kept in stock. Satisfaction guaran? teed in every instance. Respectfully, E. B. CATER. Dec 10, 1885_22_ m. l. S HARPE, m. d. e. C FRIERSOX, m d. MEDICAL CARD. SHARPE & FRIERSON. THE undersigned having formed a part? nership for the Practice of Medicine, respectfully offer their professional services to the people of Anderson and vicinity. Prompt attention given to all professional business entrusted to us. Oliice in Mc Cully Building, on Main Street. M. L. SHARPE, E. C. FRIERSON. Anderson, S. C, Jan. Ii, 1SSG. i!7-3m PURSE POUND. rpHE undersigned found on the Public .L Square in Anderson, on Tuesday, the 10th of January, an Alligator Purse, with some money in it, which the owner cau have by calling upon him and proving property, and paving expenses. S. W. WILLIFORD. Feb 4, 1880 30 3? For Sale or Rent! ONE NEW DWELLING?six rooms good outbuildings, two Wells good water. Lot contains 9J acres, more or less, loca? ted three-quarters of a mi.e northwest of Public Square. Terms easy. Applp to J. BOYCE BURRISS. Feb 4, 1886 30 2* TO RENT! THE HOUSE AND LOT formerly oc? cupied by Capt John E. Allen. ALSO, The HOUSE and LOT West of and adjoin? ing the above. Both on University Hill. For terms, apply to the undersigned. AMANDA J. ALLEN. Jan 21, 18S6_28_ j. c c featherston. c. c. featherston. FEATHERSTON & SON, Attorneys at Law, ANDERSON, - - - S. C. WILL Practice in all Courts of State and United States. Office?In Broyles Building, below P. O. Dec 24, 1885_24_ LAW CARD. HAVING again settled in Anderson, S. C, for the Practice of Law, I offer my professional services to the people of this and surrounding Comities, All business entrusted to my care shall receive prompt attention. Office?Over Book Store, with School Commissioner. COLUMBUS WARDLAW, Attorney at Law. Jan 7, 1SS6_26_ NOTICE. IAM agent for Farisli Furnian's Formula for Composting, and for the Buffalo Bone Guanos. Call on me before purchasing your Acid or Gu? anos. A book giving a full description of Furnian's method of farming?free. Call and get one. GEORGE T. BROWN, Belum, S. C. Feb 4, 18S6,_30_4*_ A. P. JOHNSTONE, SURGEON DENTIST, ANDERSON, S. C. OFFICE-Up Stairs, over HILL BROS. Drug Store. Sept 10, 1885 9 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEENT. The undersigned, Administrators of the Estate of Wylio Mitchell, dee'd, here? by give notice that they will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 25th of February. 188G, for a Final Set? tlement of said Estate and ?lischarge from their oliice as Administrators. J. MATT. COOLKY. > . MARTHA J. MITCHELL, ] Aum re' Jan 21. 18SG _2S_5_ NOTICE FINAL SETTLEENT. The undersigned, Executors of the Estate of B. F. Low, deceased, hereby give notice that they will, on the 2nd day of March, 1SSG,'apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson <\>unty for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discliargeTrom said Executorship. R. B. A. ROBINSON,) Vv. B. F. LOW, J re Jan 28, ISSo_29_5 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of M. D. Kennedy, Sr., deceased, hereby gives notice that lie will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on 10th day of March, 18S6, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and discbarge from his office as Executor. M. KENNEDY, Ex'r. Fob 4, 1886 30 5 COTTON SEED MEAL FERTILIZER. "THE GENEROSTEE," Manufactured by the Anderson Oil and Fertilizer Co. Patronize Home Production, es? pecially when for less money you can get better Goods. THIS superior highgride Ammoniated Fertilizer comes to ti ? front this season, and modestly, yet confidently, claims to be the best of all. It was used last season by a large num? ber of our farmers, and gave tbc very highest satisfaction, f.s evidenced by the certificates given below, which we ask you to read. This season, by procuring superior in? gredients, we have raised its standard above what it was last season, and now offer our farmers a Fertilizer that excels any they can buy. TESTIMONIALS. Akdeusox, S. C. dept., 18S5. The Gcnerostee Fertilizer used by us last season gave entire satisfaction, and wedon't intend to use any other as long as we can get it. JAMES W. ASHLEY. T. T. WAKEFIELD. J. W. FERGUSON. Asdeiison, S. C, Sept., 1S85. The Gcnerostee Guano used by us give entire satisfaction, and we think has paid us better than any Guano wc ever used, and we intend using it hereafter. R. S. ?horard, T. W. Seigler. Jepthr larper. H. H. Gray. J. T. Seigler. T. E. Guy ton. Wm. Ransom. P. K. Norris J. W. Hall. J. H. Little. W. T. McGregor. E. D. Wakefield. J. T. Hanna. C. C. Simpson. Anderson-, S. C., Jan., 20, 1886. We used gome Cotton Seed Meal Guano last season, and were well pleased with it. JOSHUA. JAMISON. J. A. GRAY. AkdeRSON, S. C, Jan. 20, 1886. . I used the Gcnerostee Guano, with other Commercial Fertilizers last year, and con? sider it best of them all D. S. WATSON. W. G. WATSON. For Sale by Anderson Dealers. Jan 28, 1880_29_ ORR & SLOAN, Keep always on band a LARGE STOCK Of the Purest and Best Drugs,' Medicines, AND Fancy Articles. Tue Larre lt and Frcahtst Stock of FIELD, GARDEN, AND FLOWER SEED, FOR SALE CHEAP. Jan 14, 1886 27 JOHN E. PEOPLES' STABLES IKEEP constantly on hand a fine lot of MULES AND HQRSES, which I will nell cheap for cash, or ?n time with part cash and easy terms for the balance. I have just received a fine lot of MULES from North Carolina. My Stables are situated just in rear of my Store. When you are in the City put up your Stock at my Stahle. Stall 10 cents, or Stall and Feed 25 cents. Messrs. W. H. Green and John Beard are always on hand to show yon Stock. JOHN E. PEOPLES Anderson, S, C. ' Nov 20, 1885_20_ FOWLER'S STABLES HEADQUARTERS FOR HORSES AND MULES! -o IHAVE just completed an addition to my Stable, making it one of the lar? gest and most convenient Stables in the up country, and am now prepared to take bet? ter care than ever of my customers' Stock and Vehicles. Also, have on hand at all times a supply of Stock, which lam olfering at low prices on easy terms. To those indebted to me, I will say that 1 I am compelled to make collections by 1st -j November. Please como up at once, and^ save me the trouble of sending a collector j to see you. J. S. FOWLE1 Oct 15, 1885_14_ FOTJTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS! Sfoutz] MM" No Horse will die of Colic; Bots or Lr.va ! Ter, If Fontz's I'owdcre are used In time. Foutt's Powders will enre and prevent Hoo Cnoi.i Foott'8 Powders will prevent Gates ijt Fov Fontt's Powders will Increase Uic quantity of ml) end cream twenty per cent., and make the butterf and sweet. Fontt's Powders will enre or prevent almost et Disease to which Horses and Cattle are subject Foctz's Powr>Kna will give Satisfaction. Sold everywhere. DAVID E. FOUTZ. Propriotor, EALTirCOBE, itD. For sale by WILHITE & WILHI1 wholesale and retail, Anderson, S. C. Notice Final Settlement. Ex Parte J. N. Harkness, Executor, In the Estate of J. J. Harkness, deceasedJ To F. P. Harkness, J. C. Harkness, W.j Harkness, Mrs. L. C. Cochran, Ida Boi J. P. Harkness and Pauline Harknea TAKE notice that the undersigned; apply to tho Judge of Probate at derson C. H., S. C, on Friday, the L day of March, A. D. 18S0, at 11 o'cM a. m., for a Fiual Settlement of the Esf of J. J. Harkness, deceased, and Di.-cha from the office of Executor of said Esti J. N. HARKNESS,J Execut Feb 4,1S8? 30