The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 25, 1886, Image 2
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B. B. MURRAY, Editor.
?y: , THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1886
/ERMS:
H&^&tt.^ . . _...81.50.
vj SIX MONTH!?_;_;._ "7?o.
/ ->Arnumber of farmers publish this week
I a calhfor a Mass Meeting of the farmers
of Anderson County in the Court House
'i--' On Saleday in April, and we hope that as
many ?f the farmere of the County will
attend as possible, and that they will
,8tl3ctfi?0'ef the wisest and most discreet
^presentatives that they can secure to
;. attend the State Convention-in Colum?
bia in April. If properly directed this
jonventioo may, we think, accomplish
iod for the prosperity of the State.
Section, in our judgment, will
meeting to the consideration
1 subjects, and the direction
hi of Congress and our
pre to the. changes in the
?e farmers of the State by
ives may, after mature delib
lude will be conducive to
y of agriculture over the
recommendations would go
Legislature with every pros
ptjpa, and would at least
ctful hearing in Congress,
f the Convention should be
e prosperity of the farmers,
them of-the State; and in
this, it will be necessary to
e condition of our agriculture,
ce, if possible, its causes. To
n -with, our farmers mast know that
i' legislation. cannot make agriculture a
>? ^profitable business. All that it can do
V^is to provide such rules of government
r. as will give those engaged in agriculture
v thefopportunity to conduct their business
v : with as little interference, and as light
^>vt8xation, as possible.. The Legislature
^ cannot make its people rich, but it may
v vgiV?L the. protection of law, without im
i:}.'-posing onerous burdens upon the people.
'T- Bearing this in mind, let us see what
:> laws are now bearing most heavily upon
^the-producere of our country. In Fed
^ eral. legislation the' maintenance of.a
^-'; tariff upon a war basis is, the greatest
eBt legislative-burden which rests upon the
V people.. It adds at least twenty per cent
tu the cost of living in this country. It
is, however, the least noticed of all our
v burdens, because it is not seen, and our
^/-people hear it. without thinking of the
fict that one dollar out of every six
^ .which they spend is required of them in
Sconseq?enee of an unreasonable tariff.
.>. In bur State government we do not think
^ legislation has been unfriendly to the
farmers of our State, but our government
^^'wmbro.ns'and expensive because of
.our Constitution, which is a relic of rad
icaiisui.' It has given us a most expeu
sive; system/ of .Courts and . of County
^government, which can be reduced with
^eut injury to the public service, in our
^^^3g?lent, if-we could have a Constitu
fe'tional Convention. We have too much
0:legislation, and we think the expenses
f^r'-this department of our government
might be reduced, by having.only bien?
nial meetings of the Legislature. The
osprst feature about our legislation is the
W failure to equalize taxation, and the
g/1.result is-that some Counties, like Ander
^|son^for instance, are paying more than
'their paj* of the State taxes.' Of course
^|hjb bears heavily upon the sections of
'.; i the State which are thus over-taxed.
?4_3Sow, we. would, call attention of our
;. ';?Ymers to the fact that the ev.'Js specified
.; iilthe address which was published relate
only to two things?the'Sooth Carolina
^ . Uais^rsity and the Agricultural Depart
::' . ment. "IVe do not approve the details
fe^f;.th>^ management of either of these
^.|o3titation8, but we unhesitatingly express
? the opinion that they cannot be, and
|- ought not to be, abolished. Their man
agement should be^ changed so as to
? increase their efficiency, and make them
!orth to the State what they ought to
* a worth.; It will be very difficult for
friends to get any considerable sum
which-they can economize the expen
? -ses of bur State government. The cele
vibrated caucus of the economical mem
|hera of the last Legislature bad to give
'it up as a bad job, and adjourn without
iding a single reform that they could
lite upon. The State government re
res a considerable sum of money, it is
true,' bat every other institution does
;v that also. Oar farms themselves require
? money to run them. It is easy enough
; to stand off and claim that there is ex-'
travagance, but when one comes to put
the finger upon-particular items of ex?
travagance, the task is not easily accom?
plished, as was demonstrated by the
i caucus to which we referred. Now,hav
\? - ing noticed some of the troubles growing
. out of existing laws?Federal and State
h ?it may not be amiss to enquire what
" areTthe directions in which there is press
'"" ing need for new legislation. In our
opinion, at the very threshold of this
?J enquiry, we meet the greatest need again
-'- in-the department of Federal legislation.
. Therf< is now a system of dealing in all
?staple agricultural, and farm products
by a class of capitalists who treat them
as so many paper chips with whi:h to
gamble, as completely and as absolutely
;'. as men would bet on a game of cards or
other event of chance, and the products
of the labor of this country are yearly
bought and sold in advance of the very
planting of such crops, with an utter
disregard for the cost of production, or
* of the principles of supply and demand,
-which underlieevery sound and legitimate
' business transaction. In our opinion,
this system of-dealing in futures is doing
more injury to the producing classes of
our country than all other causes coin
-hined. For instance, the speculators
-last yet' bought and sold over 29,000,000
bales of cottou, while the production of
the Cotton States was less than 7,000,000
bales; Thus it will be seen at once that
?the real production is made a plaything
in -ihOauds of these speculators, and
the toiling millions of men who have
'if their small means and labor invested in
T; the cultivation of this staple, are helpless
? Jnfore the caprices of these Wall Street
gamblers. The same condition of things
\ exist to some extent in reference to corn,
: - wheat and (peat. It calls for government
"interit-rence, and cannot be reached by
other than congressional legislation, and
we hope our farmer friends will give it
their attention, and memoralize Congress
to prohibit all speculation in cotton or
provision futures, and Lake measures to
secure the' co-operation of the farmers
.'and producers of the other Southern and
- Western States in securing this legisla?
tion. "We think also that this meeting
should consider and memorialize Congress
to aid our commerce, by substantial im?
provement of Charleston harbor aod-the
rivers of this State, which can be made
cheap rates of transportation for our
productions after thev fri mcdr*.
As tbe education of all clss.-es of oar
people is a matter of the first consequence,
and as the State is annually expending
large sums of money on our common
school system, which is fur from efficient
on account of tbe lack of sufficient funds
to properly conduct them, we think i[
would be well for this Convention to
urge upon f-ur representatives in Cou
gress to vote for the Blair Bill now pend?
ing in the House. In addition to its educa?
tional features the passage this of bill
would give about ?400,000 a year to the
people of South Caroliua for several
year.-*, aud it would add greatly to the
prosperity of our State, and help to
relieve us of a portion of our present
troubles.
Next week we shall try to present to
our readers some of the changes which
can be advautageously made, in our judg?
ment, in our State laws.
President Cleveland has promoted
.Hon. Win. L. Trenholm, of South Caro?
lina, from the position of a member of
the Civil Service Commission to that of
Comptroller of the Currency. This is a
merited compliment to CoK Trenbolm,
who has made financial questions the
study of bis life, and is eminently quali?
fied for the duties assigned him.
The debate in tbe Senate on the right
of tbe Presideot to remove federal officers
before ;tbeir terra of office expires has
developed several strong speeches in that
body, and it is promised that a vote on
the question will be taken early next
week. In the meantime President
Cleveland pursues tbe even tenor of bis
way,* and does not appear to care bow
many resolutions the Senate may pass
ou this or any other question in which
they may seek to raise a partisan issue
with his administration. Cleveland has
as much resolution as all the Republi?
cans in tbe Senate combined, and the
more they say he should bounce incom?
petent Radicals from federal office, tbe
more he will show tbem not only that he
can, bnt also that he will bounce tbem.
Mr. Gladstone's ministry is embar?
rassed upon the Irish question by a
division among themselves. Mr. Glad?
stone proposes to settle tbe questions
growing out of the controversy be
tween landlords and tenants in Ireland
by the purchase of the Irish lands
by the British government. This will
require an increase o* the English debt
by the sum of '?400,000,00, or near
$2,000,000,000, which is a larger sum
than a portion of the ministry are willing
to assume. The opposition to this
scheme is led in the Cabinet by Mr.
Chamberlain, and is participated in by
the young men in the Cabinet, aud in the
. Whig and Tory party. This scheme of
Mr. Gladstone strikes us as one eminent?
ly wise and statesmanlike, and if con?
summated will be the crowning glory of
a grand life. It will give peace to tbe
British governmeut, and will not even?
tually cost the kingdom any considerable
sum of money, for the government will
own the land, and can lease and sell it
out to the present population of Ireland
in small tracts, on such terms as to be
very advantageous to them, and at the
same time pay off the debt contracted by
the government for the purchase. This
would abolish all coercive measures, and
bring Ireland into the kingdom upon tbe
same equal and friendly terms as Scot
land cccupies.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C, March 20,1886/
Washington is noted the world over
for.its magnificent avenues, the number
of its public parks and tbe vast stretch
of improved ground extending from the
Capitol to the White House, a distance
of a mile. This strip of land is about an
eighth of a mile in width and in tbe line
of tbe Botanical Garden, the Armory
Bnilding, the Smithsonian Institute and
National Museum, and of the Monument
towering 555 feet into the air in all tbe
purity of its marble whiteness. The
wonder has been that the general govern?
ment which has absolute control of this
land has never taken steps to improve it.
After a lethargy of seventy-five years it
has occurred that this expanse of ground
can be improved so as to make it one of
the most beautiful driving parks in the
world. A bill has accordingly been in?
troduced in Congress providing for the
improvements on a most comprehensive
scale. The estimated cost is half a mill?
ion of dollars, and when the work is
completed the park will rival as a drive
the famous Champs Elysees, of Paris.
In keeping with this improvement
Senator Morrill has introduced a bill in
tbe Senate appropriating $300,000 for
the erection on the South side of the
Executive Mansion of a building similar
in character and exterior to the present
mansion. The old portion will be used
exclusively for business purposes. The
new part will be used as the residence
and will face the grand park contemplat?
ed in the other measure before Congress,
and will overlook the redeemed portion
of the Potomac River which will also
constitute a park dotted with lakes and
having avenues of shaded drives. When
these improvements are finished the
the people of this country will indeed
have cause to feel proud of their Na?
tional Capital. There will not be a city
in the old or new world to equal it in
the beauty of its public parks and the
magnificence of Jts private and public
buildings.
The President enjoys the society of J
the Representatives of the people in
Congress, and whenever opportunity
offers, has tbem assemble at the Execu?
tive Mansion to partake of hid hospitality.
It is an erroneous idea that many have
that the President and his political op?
ponents iu Congress are at logger heads
and scarcely pass the courtesies of the
day. They may say sharp and bitter
things about each other in political and
official matters, but that is all laid aside
and forgotten in their social intercourse
with each other.
The President gave a Lenten dinner
to some of the Senators the past week,
and with the view of promoting brother?
ly love and kindly feelings between his
guests had them seated around the festive
board alternately Republican and Demo?
crat. Senator Logan sat on the left and
j Senator Saulsbuiy on tbe right of the
I President. There were forty-one covers,
and the State cMning room was ablaze
with sparkling crystals, but the absence
of all music served as a reminder that
the holy season of lent was respected.
Miss Cleveland during Lent receives
callers only by card for one hour, from
12 to 1, on Tuesdays aud Fridays.
.; The General Post Office Building is to
be enlarged. It is a white marble struc
fronting on four streets, and the
Senate has \ asscd a bill providing for
the purc-lmse of the square immediately
West of it for the sum ? of $550,000, on
which to erect tbe extension.
The House Committee on Invalid
Pensions has agreed to report favorably
a bill pensioning all honorably discharg?
ed soldiers of the late war who served
ninety days and are or may become
disabled from performing manual labor,
unless such disability has been occasioned
by their own gross carelessness or vicious
habits.
At the time that the Southern Claims
Commission expired by limitation of
law, there were thousands of cases that
had been disallowed because tbe proof of
loyalty bad not been as lull as the Com?
mission thought it ought to be, and a
large number of other claims not acted
on at all for want of evidence in support
of the claim. The Commission held that
"neutrality" of the claimant was not
sufficient to establish loyalty ; that there
must be evidence of "active sympathy"
with the cause of tbe Union. Of late
years a number of these claimants have
appealed to Congress for relief. The
Senate Committee on claims has just
reported adversely on several of these
claims, and in its report says that "there
are nearly 9,600 of these rejected claims,
involving an amount of more than
$5,000,000. The Committee do not deem
it just or wise to open the door to this
flood of claims, when no substantial or
equitable reason is shown for so doing."
^ H.
The Bureau of Labor.
Washington, March 21.?Tbe first
annual report of tbe bureau of labor has
been submitted by tbe commissioner, the
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, to the Secretary
of the interior. It will cover about five
hundred pages, containing facts, figures
and deductions of a novel and interest?
ing character, concerning the industrial
depression. By way of summary the
commissioner says:
"It has been clearly shown that the
depressions of the past in the manufac?
turing nations of the world have been
nearly or quite contemporaneous in their
occurrence. As to the severity of the
present industrial depression and its du?
ration it can safely be asserted that the
depression commenced early in 18S2 and
continued until the present time. From
the time tbe agents of the bureau entered
the field in prosecuting their investiga?
tions to the time they left it, a period of
five or six months, there has been a
marked change in the condition of busi?
ness. At the present time (March, 1886)
tbe effects of tbe depression are wearing
away, and all tbe indications are that
prosperity is slowly, gradually, but safely
returning. The extent of the depression
has not been so great as tbe popular
mind has conceived it. An industrial
depression is a mental and moral malady
vi hieb seizes the public mind after tbe
first influences of the depression are
materially or physically felt. With a
healthy public opinion behind it the law
i making power can prevent to a great de?
gree unholy speculation in food products.
It can indulge in conservative care in
extending railroad building and in facili?
tating the organization of manufacturing
corporations. It can* restrict grants of
tbe public domain. It can enact uuiform
bankruptcy laws, extending the previs?
ions of such laws so that the poor man
indebted but a few hundred dollars shall
be able to read just bis financial affairs
as readily as a large debtor. It can
abridge the provisions of laws relating to
tbe collection of debts to tbe end that
tbe credit system shall not be abused.
It can regulate transportation on a just
and uniform basis, to the end that stock?
holders shall not be robbed by ruinous
competition, and that the workman may
calculate with some degree of certainty
the cost of his living. It can see to it
that the tariff shall be regulated on a
basis of justice and science, and not on a
haphazard basis which affects only indi?
vidual interests, and oftentimes inflicts
general harm. It can see that a stable
currency be guaranteed, that the work?
man may know the purchasing power of
bis stipulated earnings. It can consider
what reasonable and humane regulations
may be adopted relative to immigration,
and see to it that labor is not Towered
either in standard or through earnings
by pernicious methods of importation by
contn cts, and that every lawful pndeavor
be made to stimulate industrial education
in all parts of the country; that the
necessity shall be recognized of indus?
trial development in all parts of the
laud, that there may result a legitimate
increase in consuming people. It can
stimulate the growth of the principle of
industrial copartnerships through the
method of profit sharing. By wise per?
missive laws public sentiment can en?
courage a perfect organization of the
forces involved, to the end that each
shall treat with tbe other through repre?
sentatives, and that production shall be
regulated by demand and not by the ill
advised eagerness of to push their work
individually to tbe detrimeut of others;
that there may come the universal adop?
tion of shorter hours' of labor, and de?
mand that, after capital and labor shall
have received a fixed and reasonable
compensation?each for his investment?
the net profits of production shall be di?
vided under profit-sharing plans or
methods, or through industrial copart?
nership, to the end that all the forces of
production shall be equally alive to the
mutual welfare. It can ask that con?
tracts for labor be as free as contracts for
commodities, under a fair agreement for
services rendered, to the end that the
workman shall not be obliged to make
contracts on terms not acceptable to him,
and can hold the party which declines to
resort to conciliatory methods of arbitra?
tion morality responsible for all tbe ill
effects growing out of a contest. These
remedial agencies, or remedial methods,
alleviatcry in their design, are all possi?
ble by reasonable acts of men. Tbey
are not chimerical schemes, but measures
adapted to practical adoption. They de?
mand simply a fair recognition of a part
only of the truth bound up in tbe rule
which insists that all sh.ill do unto others
as they would have others do unto them."
A Typical Railroad Wreck.
Columbia, S. C, March 21?The
passenger train coming from Augusta on
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, and due here at 1.20 p. m., met
with a serious accident to-day three
miles beyoud Lexington, and but for the
fact that it was running slowly a number
of lives would probably have been lost.
At the place indicated the engine struck
a broken rail and left the track, the
track spread and was torn up by the en?
gine, which, before it could be stopped,
turned at almost right angles across the
track. The accident occurred where the
track rau on a five foot embankment.
Down this the tender jumped, turning
upside down. The mail, baggage and
smoking cars all went over the embank?
ment on their sides. The first class car
left the track, but did not fall, and tbe
sleeper remained on the rail. The con?
ductor walked to Lexington and tele?
graphed here for a special train, which
was immediately dispatched and return?
ed to Columbia at 5.20 this afternoon,
four hours late. A passenger informed a
representative of the News and Courier
Bureau that no one was severely hurt,
but that all were pretty badly shaken up
and frightened. The mail agent was for
a time in a dangerous position. His car
was on its side aud the door above his
head was bolted on the inside, out of his
reach, when the mail matter took fire.
After much effort the agent succeeded in
getting the door open, when a rope was
lowered and tying it around his waste he
was hauled up. Some young men got
into the mail car and threw the burning
matter out. The accident is described as
a typical wrack, the track being entirely
torn up an? the cars smashed so badly
that they wil1 be of no further service.
? A white crow has been seen recently
in Newberry County.
THE FARMERS' CONVENTION.
The undersigned, citizens and farmers
of Anderson County, being desirous of
consulting together for our interest and
welfare, give notice of a Couveution to
be held at Anderson, C. H. on the first
Monday in April next, at 11 o'clock a.
ra., to consider our interest and appoint
delegates to a Farmers' Convention to be
had in Columbia, S. ft, on the 29th day
of Aprill, SS6.
All farmers are earnestly requested to
attend, the object of the meeting being
to cousulttogether for the farmers' in?
terests.
Harvey Little, L. E. Campbell,
R. S.Sherard, B. F. Gentry,
T. W. Norris, G. P. Brown lee,
W. T. Dean, A. A. Dean,
D. G. Rampy, Joshua Pruitt,
P.B.Allen, D. A. Reed,
J. N. Sanders, S. F. McConnell,
S. N. Pearman, Silas Kay,
J. W. McPhail, J. N. Vaudiver,
J. A. Keown, Harrison Tucker,
G. W. Long, Thomas Nelson,
J. L.O.Shaw, Wm. S. Hall,
J. William Whorton.
The Creed of Cleveland.
"A very large per cent, of the people
throughout the country seem to be bent
on evangelizing President Cleveland,"
observed one of the Chief Executive's
most intimate friends to-day. "Mr.
Cleveland was telling me the other day
that he sometimes thought there wa3 an
impression in the minds of too many
good folks that he presented a rare op?
portunity for the missionaries. I asked
him why he thought so and he laugh?
ingly replied : "Ob, if the advice given
me was concentrated on Africa, it would
civilize and Christianize that whole wild
and wicked and dark country." I had
to laugh, for there was so much serious?
ness and yet dry humor in it all. Cleve?
land realizes, as he is reminded so often
and so forcibly, that in a certain way he
sets an example to the world, but it
worries him a little, I can see, to be told
by hundreds of people, sometimes in
one week, that he ought to let his light
so shine,- &c. He believes that these
people must tbink he is very wicked, or
else that he is the spiritual guardian of
fifty million of people. Speaking of
this point he said to me: "A president
or King or other high and national
officer should recognize the Supreme
Power in every act committed. A man
or woman should never get so exalted as
to fail to do this. Now, few men have
as little opportunity to disseminate per?
sonal views as I have. If I were ever so
anxious to make people believe I was the
embodiment of goodness it would be up?
hill work to create that impression, for a
President cannot cry his wares from the
housetops. If this advice about being a
Christian and all that, coming in every
form and from every direction, is for my
own guidance, very well. If it is to
change the general course of my public
career it is ill given. One thing I am
bound shall never be made?the charge
that I was a hypocrite. I like Chris?
tians; they are the salt of the earth. A
hypocrite, to my mind, is the basest of
sinners."
"The President must be a little annoy?
ed by these importunities, is he not ?" I
asked, "Not in the least. On the con?
trary, be is gratified for the interest
shown in him, if it is respectfully shown.
He doesn't seem to comprehend the fact
that all Presidents bave bad to withstand
this ordeal. The letters fie receives are
not the only evidence given him of a
desire that be shall be a moral man.
You would be surprised how many
Christian people breathe an audible
prater for him, however, when they
grasp his hand, and it all has a very per?
ceptible effect upon Mr. Cleveland, for
he said he didn't tbink any man or
woman with sense and a heart could fail
to be affected by the prayers of an ear?
nest people, when he or she knew they
were so constantly delivered. 'It is
something like love in its physical effect,'
said Mr. Cleveland one day. 'Now, if
one is very earnestly and sincerely loved
that affection is sure, if kept up and
demonstrated, to have its way, unless
the suitor is absolutely offensive. The
mere fact that so much confidence and
affection is persistently bestowed will
touch a heart of stone. So the intent in?
terest shown by so many in a man's
spiritual welfare must eventually touch
him, if be thinks. And the man or
woman who cannot be reached by the
prayers of a nation is a strange being in?
deed.' "
"lu his private life do you think the
President observes any standard of Chris?
tianity?" "Yes, he does. In all my in?
tercourse with him I do not remember to
have heard him say anything improper.
He sometimes becomes very much per?
plexed, but be doesn't swear about it.
Mr. Cleveland believes that honor be?
tween man and man is the foundation of
Christianity; that unless one tells the
truth and pays his dues he can lay no
claim to morality."? Washington Letter
to the Pittsburg Leader.
Hatred of Hancock.
Washington, March 19.?At the
I evening session the House passed thirty
pension bills. The last bill to be con?
sidered was that granting a pension of
$2,000 a year to the widow of Gen. W.
S. Hancock. Mr. Bingham, of Pennsyl?
vania, eloquently supported the bill and
quoted as precedents the cases of the
widows of Admiral Farragut and Gen.
Thomas.
Mr. Price, of Wisconsin, opposed the
bill, and stated that it must be consid?
ered in full House. He knew that the
country bad paid Gen. Hancock, bril?
liant, brave, generous in all his piopor
tions, the sum of $152,000 during the
last twenty years.
"He helped save your country," sug?
gested Mr. Biugham.
Mr. Price: "And there are hundreds
of thousands as good as he who helped
save the country who are starving."
Continuing, he said that the practice of
granting large pensions to widows of
men who bad been receiving big salaries
aud who died poor was destructive of
American mauhooi The influence was
to make men live up to the last dollar of
their salaries in pomp and extravagance
aud cbampague. It shook every princi?
ple of justice and created a privileged
class.
Mr. Bingham regretted the necessity
of taking the bill before the House iu
full session. He thought it would be so
graceful an act, so generous ?n act to
pass the. bill now that he felt that the
gentleman's own constituents would ap?
plaud him for being a party to it. He
(Bingham) could uot argue this question
without losing his patience. For four
years he had served on Hancock's per?
sonal staff, and he ngretttd that the
pension of the widow of that geueral
should be fixed as_ low as $2,000. The
bill introduced by Mr. Pulitzer, granting
a pension equal to that of the widows of
Ex Presidents would have been more in
accord with his feelings. With the ex?
ception o*" Lincoln, he knew of no man
of modern times who had done more for
his country, for civilization, humanity
and liberty, than Hancock had. [Ap
plause.j He trusted that the gentleman'
from Wisconsin (Price) would let the
question come before tiiis gathering to?
night. Let this case go through as cases
of this kind should go through, a tribute
of the representatives of the people to
the widow of one of the bravest and
most chivalric soldiers of our war.
On the question of passing the bill the
vote stood 2") to 4. (Price, Zach.Taylor,
Johnson, of Indiana, and Winans.)
Mr. Price then raised the question of
no quorum.
The previous question was, however,
ordered on the bill, and it goes over until
Monday.
? Mr. S. A. McCrackin of Picken?
ha? a pair of hames which has been in
use since the war of the Revolution.
They have been re-ironed several times.
? A man who died at Burlington,
Iowa, the other day, left ."?100 to tho
reporter who should write the "best obit?
uary" of him.
Darkness in the Daytime.
Chicago, March 19.?The Inter-Oceans
Osbkosb, Wis., special says: The most
remarkable atmospheric phenomenon
ever known here occurred at 3 p. m. It
had been light, though slightly cloudy,
when suddenly at the hour named dark?
ness began settling down and in five
minutes it was as dark as midnight.
General consternation prevailed. Peo?
ple on the streets rushed to and fro,
teams dashed along and women and
children beat a precipitate retreat into
the cellars. All business ceased until
the lights could be lighted. Not a
breath of air was stirring. The dark?
ness lasted from eight to ten minute?,
when it passed off seemingly from west
to east.
? Mr. S. A. Lovejoy,. 11 Cedar street,
Charlestown, Mass., has been making
some interesting and valuable experi?
ments in producing fibre from cotton
stalks. In a letter to a friend in Spar
tanburg he says: "I commenced a few
days ago to experiment and to day send
you euclosed the first specimen I have
obtained. It is a small lot, for I took
only a few stalks to begin with, but
enough perhaps to give you some idea of
the fibre. It (the fibre) can be easily
bleached to a snow white if desired. I
send also a small piece as first taken
from the stalk showing the color and the
gummy or resinous matter which it con?
tains. " This I take out after a few hours'
treatment, and it is this which has been
very difficult to accomplish by any ordi?
nary means, and is the reason why cotton
fibre has not been profitably extracted
from the stalk before. It seems to me
that, if properly prepared, this is a very
valuable fibre for many uses. It is said
to be stronger than flax and is of as fine
or finer fibre.
? Thursday night while a leading
wholesale grocer, W. B. Mitchels, of
Chattanooga, was sitting at his desk in
bis office opening his mail be heard heavy
breathing in the room, and supposing it
was some animal that had crept in,
glanced casually around. He beheld a
negro within ten feet of him, hidden
behind the desk, with a double barrelled
shot gun in bis grasp, levelled at the
gentleman's head. The negro did not
know he was discovered and Mr. Mitch?
ell, with wonderful coolness, proceeded
to open bis mail and then carelessly left
the store. He immediately notiSed the
police, and the negro was captured in
the building. He confessed that he was
sent there by two professional cracksmen
to remain bidden until the store was
locked and then to let them in.
A Wonderful Discovery.
Consumptives and all, who suffer from
any affection of the Throat and Lungs
can find a certain cure in Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption. Thousands
of permanent xures verify the truth of
this statement. No modicine can show
such a record of wonderful cures. Thou?
sands of once hopeless sufferers now
gratefully proclaim they owe their lives
to this New Discover}'.. It will cost you
nothing to give it a trial. Free Trial
Bottles ao Hill Bros. Drug Store. Large
size, 81.00.
Very Remarkable Recovery.
Mr. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich., writes: "My wife has been
almost helpless for five years, so helpless
that she could not turn over in bed alone.
She used two Bottles of Electric Bitters,
and is so much improved, that she is able
now to do her own work." Electric
Bitters will do all that is claimed for
them. Hundreds of testimonials attest
their great curative powers. Only fifty
cents a bottle at Hill Bros.
Peinberton's French Wine Coca.
It gives strength, lone and power, for
complaints of the Stomach, Liver and
Kidneys; it is par-excellence, a balm for
all those troubles produced by care, worry,
and over-work of brain," all mental
troubles, Melancholy, Hysteria, Blues,
&c. If you are wasting away from age or
dissipation, or any disease and weakness
of the nervous system, you will obtain
relief from all such troubles by the use of
Peraberton's French Wine Coca, the
wonder of Tonics and Stimulants, which
will build you up at once, and the first
dose will prove its invigorating powers.
For sale by Hill Bro.
Hero, my FrJeud.
Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic, the
Great Southern Remed}-. Potent, Pleas?
ant, Popular. A Tonic free from all de?
leterious ingredients. Recommended by
the most eminent physicians. Westmore?
land Bros., Sole Manufacturers and Pro?
prietors, Greenville, South Carolina.
This invaluable and successful remedy
was placed upon the market less than
two years ago. It was intended only for
our local patrons but so efficacious and
wonderful were the results of its.use that
its fame spread all over the Southern
States, and the rapidly increasing demand
could be supplied only by enlarging and
re-enlarging our extensive laboratory
until now we are fully prepared to meet
the great and ever increasing demand
from all parts of the country.
??)* Its great popularity is exceeded
only b}- its greater merit!
Sold by Druggists everywhere at $1.00
a bottle.
Wilhite & Wilhite, Wholesale Agents,
Anderson, S- C.
SUGAR CANE.
PERSONS wanting Tropical Sugar Cane
from me should come after it at once,
as the cane should be planted by the first
of April. JOE. H. BOWDEN,
Denver, S. C.
March 25, 18SG_37_ _1_
"VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
.Ll The undersigned, Executor of tho
Estate of Margaret Griffin, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County,
on 30th day of April, 18SG, for a Final
Settlement of said Estate and discbarge from
his office as Executor.
B. B. BREAZEALE, Ex'r.
March 25, 188G 37 5
Insecure Public Bridge.
rpHE public are hereby notified not to
JL travel over Earle's Bridge, on the
Shallow Ford Road, over Seneca River, as
it lias been pronounced dangerous. The
bridge will be promptly repaired, and due
notice of its completion will be given.
JOSHUA JAMESON,
A. O. KORRIS,
W. J. ROBINS,
County Commissioners.
March 25, 18S0 37 2
Improved Cotton Seed For Sale.
Duncan's Mammoth Prolific.
STORM, Rust and Drouth Proof. Yield
G.000 pounds per acre. Seeds careful?
ly selected and raised by B. T. and W. II.
Acker, of Tonoy Creek, S. C, from seeds
secured from Prof. F. M. Duncan, Dallas,
Ga., the originator of this cotton seed.
Price, $1.00 per bushel. For sale bv
J. M. SUTHERLAND,
Bel ton, S. C.
March 25, 1880 .'17 2
Administrator's Sale.
rpiIE undersigned will sell at Anderson
X C. H? S. C. on SATURDAY, the
10th day of APRIL, 1SS0, the Personalty
of Mrs. Anna L. Leak, deceased, consist?
ing of? -
Two Horses, Wagon,
Carriage, Harness, and
Some Household Furniture, tfce.
Hie Stock of Miilinery and Ladies Goods
in the Store will be sold in the meantime
at private sale at Cost.
Terms of Sale?Cash.
JESSE T. DRAKE, Adm'r.
March 25, 1880 37 2
I
MRS. McSMITH
S now prepared to rcci-ive a few more
PAINTING SCHOLARS
In The Itii?)i<! Art, which has given
such perfect satisfaction.
AND
ORGANS
Always on band. Term easy?time or
cash?at
MRS. McSMITII'S.
Oct 8,1835 _13_
NOTICE.
ALL persons are notified not to buy or
trade for a Note given mo by J. II.
Breazcalc for ?1-12.00, which is past due.
This Note, which is lost, belongs to nie,
and payment to any person other than me
is hereby forbidden.
W. M. COOLEY.
March 11, 1880 35 3
AN ORDINANCE,
To Prohibit the Sloreage of Cotton,
Rags, Kerosene Oil or Qun-Poxcder
in certain quantities, the Erection of
Wooden Buildings within certain
prescribed limits, and regulating the
time for Burning out Chimneys in
the City of Anderson, South Caro?
lina.
BE IT ORDAINED, By the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Anderson, South
Carolina, in Council assembled, and by
the authority of the same:
Section I. That from and after the pass?
age of this Ordinance, it shall be a misde?
meanor for any person or persons to store
any Cotton or Rags, amounting to one
hundred pounds or over, within one hun?
dred and fifty feet of acy building or
buildings that arc now, or may hereafter,
be erected within the corporate limits of
the City of Anderson, South Carolina,
where the owner or occupant of such
building or buildings, or of any building
or buildings adjoining such building within
said distance of such place of storeage ob?
jects thereto.
Suction II. It shall likewise be a misde?
meanor for any person or persons to store
more than five barrels of Kerosene, or
other inflammable Oil, or more than three
kegs of Gun or Blasting Powder in any
building situated as described in Section I
hereof, where objection is made by any
person as therein authorized.
Section III. Any party or parties who
may now or hereafter have any cotton, rags,
kerosene or other inflammable oil, or gun
or blasting powder, stored in buildings sit?
uated as provided in Section I hereof, to
which objection may be made by any party
as therein authorized, shall, within twenty
four hours after notification of such objec?
tion, (and of the passage of this Ordinance if
the objection be made before the publication
hereof,) remove such cotton, rags, kerosene
or other inflammable oil, or gun or blasting
powder, to a place not situated within the
distance herein provided.
Section IV. It shall be a misdemeanor for
any person or persons, after the passage of
this Ordinance to erect any wooden or frame
building on or within one hundred yards
of the Public Square in the City of Ander?
son, South Carolina, without first obtaining
permission from the City Council.
Section V. It shall be a misdemeanor for
any person or persons to burn out any
chimney or permit any chimney in a house
occupied by such person or persons in the
City of Anderson, South Carolina, to be
burned out during dry weather.
Section VI. Any person or persons con?
victed of violating any of the provisions of
this Ordinance shall be liable to a fine of not
less than Five nor more than One Hundred
Dollars or imprisonment for not less than
five nor more than thirty days in the dis?
cretion of the Mayor trying the case.
Section VII. All Ordinances or parts of
Ordinances inconsistent with the provisions
of this Ordinance are hereby repealed so far
as they may interfere with the provisions
thereof.
Done and ratified in Council and the Seal
of the Corporation of the City of
-???v Anderson affixed thereto this the
-{seal}- twenty-second day of March, in
1?.?' theycarofourLord OncThousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty-six.
G. F. TOLLY, Mayor.
Frank C. Wihtnkk, City Clerk._
MARCIN,
s
IRED by Cuyler, (sire of Elvira, 4 year
old record 1.18i.)
He is registered in Wallace's Stud Book,
and is the highest bred Stallion in the
South, an assertion which is sustained by
his taking first Prize at Louisville and St.
Louis.;
Will Stand the Season at Mr. J. W.
Prevost's, four miles West of Anderson,
and at my place near Pendleton.
J. EARLE LEWIS.
March 25,18S6_37_4
WARNING.
ALL persons are notified not to hire or
harbor my wife, Jane Emerson,
colored, or my son, Henry Emerson, col?
ored, aged twelve years, as they have left
me without just cause or permission.
Those disregarding this notice will be
prosecuted at law.
THOMAS EMERSON.
March 25, 1880_37_1?
WARNING.
THE undersigned hereby warns all per?
sons not to hire or harbor Bill Sher
ard, colored, as he is under contract to
work for me during the year 188'.!, and has
left me without cause. Persons disregard?
ing this notice will be prosecuted.
JOHN R. BAILEY.
March 25, 188?_37_1
CROW CREEK, S. C.
D. T. BACOT & CO.?Dear Sirs: I am
a thousand times obliged to you for what
your Bacot's Best Liver Pills have done for
me- I have been a sufferer for forty years
with liver complaint Never a year since
that time but what I have had a spell du?
ring the summer which disabled me from
work until this summer. After taking
several boxes of your Pills, I have been
enjoying better health than for forty years
before. REV. T. M. JOHNSON.
Bacot's Best Liver Pills for sale by all
druggists and dealers in drugs. Call for
free samples at HILL BROS. Drug Store.
LOOK FIRST,
THEN LEAP.
We have in Stock, not to Arrive,
ALL* KINDS of Grass, Clover, Millet, Millo
Maize, Lucern and Garden Seeds for
sale. These Seeds were bought cheap
and are paid for. They were bought
to sell, not for or below cost, but for an
honest, fair and square price.
We pay Cash for our Goods, take advan?
tage of all discounts, great or small,
and are ready to meet competition.?
We advertise no grand clearing out
sale, because we are not ready to clear
out yet. We arc hero to stay, and
there is no getting rid of us.
We know we can buy Goods as cheap as
anybody else, because we buy in as
large quantities ; our willingness to do
so goes without naming, and our abili?
ty to do so is evidenced by the fact that
our Mr. Hill has other visible means of
support, and our Mr. Bros, has been
used to hard times so long that it don't
cost much to keep him up.
You wlil, therefore, consult your best in?
terest by seeing us before buying; if
for no other reason to prize down the
man on prices with whom you would
1-refer to trade.
HILL BROS
March 25, 188G
The Norman-Percheron Horse
MILORD,
WILL stand during the Spring Season
at ANDERSON C. H., and will
also make a stand even* three weeks at
I). K. NORRIS' PLANTATION, near
Pendleton, S. C.
Price for Services reduced to $15.00,
Five Dollars of which will he required in
advance, and balance will be duo when
Mares prove in foal. For further informa?
tion please address
J. 1). MAXWELL,
Anderson, S. C
D. K. NORRIS,
Pendleton, S. C.
March 11, 18?n 35 - 4
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having demands against
the Estate of Sirs. Anna L. Leak, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop?
erly proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed bv law, and those indebted
to make payment.
JESSE T. DRAKE, Adm'r.
March 25, L886 37 3_
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having demands against
the Estate of Pa'on T. Burton, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, properly
proven, to the undersigned within the time
prescribed by law, and those indebted to
make payment.
GEO. M. McKEE, Ex'x.
March 25. 188G_37_3
Notice of Final Settlement.
Ex parte B. B. Breazeale and M. A. Brea?
zeale, Administrators, In Re. the Estate
of Matthew Breazeale, deceased.
To Mrs. U. J. McGeo, Mrs. M. C. Stone,
et al:
TAKE notice that the undersigned will
apply to the Judge of Probate at
Anderson C. H.,S. C, on Tuesday, the
11th day of May, A. I)., 1S8G, at 11 o'clock
a. m., for a Final Settlement of the Estate
of Matthew Breazeale, deceased, and dis?
cbarge from the ofliceof Administrators of
said Estate.
B. B. BREAZEALE. ) kAmiUm
M. A. BREAZEALE, J Aam
March 25, 188(5 37 6
OUR NEW ADVERTISEMENT!
"We take great pleasure to inform the Ladies, and the public in general, that
our Mr. FRETWELL is now in New York, looking after the interests of our
business, and buying a handsome Stock of?
Dry Goods,
Dress Goods,
Millinery,
Notions,
Fancy Goods,
Novelties,
Boots and Shoes,
Which will be arriving now daily, and placed upon our Counters at once. We
have the assistance of a Lady expert in purchasing the Dress Goods, Trimmings,
&c, and we hope to present you all the Novelties of the season.
We desire to say to you, further, that if you expect to buy any of the Goods
in these lines, we would advise you to?
Examine our Groods
and
PRICES,
BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE, believing that we can make it interesting
and advantageous to you to do so.
We Lave just received ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS' WORTH
MEN'S, BOYS' AND MISSES'
STRAW AND FELT HATS,
All kinds, sizes aud prices, for sale at New York
Jobbers' prices.
flgy Thanking you for past liberal patronage, and striving to merit a continu?
ance of sj.me, we are
Yours, with respect,
BLEGKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL.
March 25, 1886.
37
IS NOW RECEIVING ITS
it eoim
w
And Can Boast of the Handsomest in the City.
E GUARANTEE OUR PRICES TO BE THE LOWEST.
BSF" We cordially invite the public to inspect our Goods before purchasing
elsewhere, and SAVE THE PENNIES.
Respectfully,
March 25.1886
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS,
37
OXJR MOTTO:
" LIVE AND LET LIVE."
SPRING IS HERE, and we are prepared to furnish all our friends and customers
with Fine Carriages, Pluctons. Buggies, Etc., at prices so low that
people are astonished. Come and see the finest work in the State, every piece warrant?
ed. See also our Western and Colnmbns Buggies, which are offered at very
small profits. Bring us your old Buggies to have them overhauled and repainted. We
make a specialty of remodeling.
Last, but not least, please remember that Reed & Stephens and C. A. Reed are two
separpte lirius. You will find our Factory on Main Street, between the University and
Court House. Your visits will be appreciated.
REED & STEPHENS.
March 1J5, 188G
30
CATCH ON JOIN THE PROCESSION
WE want all of you to take the part of the Economical Buyer. We must have
an immense troupe to take the part of Cautious Buying and Close Selling of the
immense Stock of?
Flour, Bacon, Lard, Molasses, Coffee, Sugar, Tobacco,
In fact, all Staple Family and Fancy Groceries. Confectioneries, &c.
Jan 28,1886
Staple Family and Fancy
MOSS Sc BROWN, Depot Street.
ANDERSON, S. C.
B. IF. CRAYTON * SONS
NOT OUT OF BUSINESS.
We have made arrangements to sell for this season
THE GENEROSTEE FERTILIZER,
Made by the ANDERSON OIL MILL. It is the same goods as made and sold by
us last season, only of a higher grade. Also,
B. F. Crayton & Sons Ammoniatcd Guano,
? AND ?
ACID PHOSPHATE.
They need no recommendation.
We keep in Store a first-class Stock of
G roceries and Provisions,
Which we will sell for Cash at the lowest prices.
Office at No. I Main St., between the Bank and Post Office.
Jan 28, 1885 29
A Clear Skin
is only a part of beauty;
but it is a part. Every lady
may have it; at least, what
looks like it. Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beautifies.
COTTON
SEED
MEAL
FERTUJZER.
"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 bigbgrade Ammoniated
Fertilizer comes to the 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 the very
highest satisfaction, as 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.
Anderson, S. C, Sept., 1885.
The Generostec Fertilizer used by us last
season gave entire satisfaction, and we don't
intend to use any other as long as we can
get it.
JAMES W. ASHLEY.
T. T. WAKEFIELD.
J. W. FERGUSON.
Anderson, S. C, Sept., 1885.
The Generostee Guano used by us give
entire satisfaction, and we think ha* paid
us better than any Guauo wee/ ~"
and we intend using it hereafter.^
R. S. Sherard, T. W. SeigleA .
Jeptha Harper. H. H. Gray. \
J. T. Seigier. T. E. Guyton.^s,/
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. O, Jan., 26, 188C.
We used some Cotton Seed Meal Guano
last season, and were well pleased with it.
JOSHUA JAMISON.
J. A. GRAY.
Anderson, S. O, Jan. 2G, 1886.
I used the Generostee 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 hand a
LARGE STOCK
Of the Purest and Best
Drugs,
Medicines,
AND
Fancy Articles.
The Largeat and Freshest Stoc of
FIELD,
GARDEN,
AND
FLOWER SEED,
FOR SALE CHEAP
Jan 14,1886_27_
JOHN E. PEOPLES'
STABLES
IKEEP constantly on hand a fine i
MULES AND HORSES, which I
sell cheap for cash, or on time with
cash and easy terms for the balance. *
I have just received a fine lot of MUL
from North Carolina. My Stables i
situated just in rear of my Store.
When vou are in the City put up yoo
Stock at* my Stable. Stall 10 cents, or
Stall and Feed 25 cents.
Messrs. W. H. Green and John Bearo
are alwavs on hand to show you Stock.
JOHN E. PEOPLES
Anderson, S, C.
Nov 26,1885_20_
CITY MACHINE SHOPS.
TOZER ?& DIAL, =:
MANUFACTURERS of Floor and
Grist Mills. San' Mills, am
all kinds of Foundry Work in Iron and;
Brass. Agricultural and Station?
ary Steam Engines.
Repairs of all kinds promptly made.
On application estimates and bids wilr.
be made for any wosk in our line. First
class work at fair prices.
A. I. DIAL,
Executrix Tozer ?fe Dial.
THOS. B. LEE, Manager.
Columbia, f^C., March 1,1SS6. 34-Gm_
OCH* SON'S
Celebrated Frtnblnn Cntalngnie
S?MT CRCF tor sPrlDK and sum
EM I rfiL L mcr. IS86, ready March
'."ill. to any address. Illustrates and list*
every think for Ladles'. Gents', Chddrcns'
i n I Infants' wear and Housekeeping
Ooods, at tirlees lower than those of any
house iatlie United States. Complete .
?fl ?iiiixfnctfon guaranteed, or money no.
mrundeil. II. C V. KOCH A; SOS,
fc?litli Ave. ?fc 20tb St.? N. V. City. '
Feb 4, 1S>; 30 2m
Did you Sup
pose Mustang Liniment only good
for horses? It is for inflamma?
tion of all flesh.