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BY E. B. MURE AT & CO. - ANDERSON, S. C THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1886. _VOLUME XXII. -NO. 10? NEW CROP TURiNTP SEED, IMMENSE LOT, JUST ARRIVED, AND THE BEST ? AT PSON, RE ID * CO 'S DRUG ST?BE, "Waverly House Corner. July 22,1886_ 2 ' , . ' CONSULT YOUR INTERESTS ! BEED & STEPHENS will be pleased to quote their prices and show the numer? ous styles of Carriages, PhtBtons, Baggies and Wagons of their manufacture, Western or Columbus, to any one who intends to purchase. We have a large stock to seloct from, and guarantee satisfaction to every purchaser. For neatness and durability our work cannot be excelled in the Southern States. Be sure and see us before you buy, and we will make it to your interest to do so. Wesellontime togoodpartie?. Call at the right place. Our Factory and Show Rooms are on Main Street, Between the Square and University. REED & STEPHENS. Anderson, S. C, July 15,1886 . 1 OUR COMBINATION FENCE, MANUFACTURED BY THE MINI & BROTHER FENCE COMM. Mcfeen Tight, Jftule High, BuU Str?jig! Durable, Handsome, Portable, CH E AR4 pUT'np' for convenient handling in bundles of 50 feet or more. "Nothing but SL - . sound Pickets and best grade Bessemer galvanized Steel Wire used in the manufacture of our Fencing. THIS IS CERTAINLY THE FENCE OF THE DAY! And is FAS SUPERIOR in many respects to any other kind of Fence ever in? vented. The above cut exhibits its appearance, and the Fence need only be seen to be appreciated. Orders for fencing filled promptly, and all correspondence in regard to same will have our immediate attention. THE SULLIVAN & BRO. FENCE CO., STJTJljTVAJS &> .BRO., Proprietors.. Anderson, S. C. E. PEOPLES, Agent for the Celebrated ?If GIN, FEEDER MD CSNDENSEB, Manufactured at Atlanta, Georgia, and to which Pre? miums were awarded at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, Charleston Industrial Expo? sition Feb. 2,1882, and at the South Carolina and Georgia State Fairs 1881. THE VAN WINKLE FEEDER AND CONDENSER can be attached to any other ...Gin, so parties having other make of Gins and wishing Feeders or Condensers can be supplied by sending in their order in time, and I will guarantee satisfaction. All kinds of PULfcEYS and SHAFTING and most IMPROVED CANE MILLS and EVAPORATORS furnished to order. Van Winkle King Cotton Press Has long been before the public, and is too well known to need any further description. Its chief points of merit are : It takes very little room, is easily handled, and takes so little pow? er ; can be used on all kinds of powers?horse, water or steam. Ginning and packing can all go on at the same time, without interfering with the Gin. A two-inch belt will pack a 500 lb, bale of cotton. It saves its cost the first season in labor. Read the following testimonial: Andebson, S. C;?Mr. John'E. Peoples?Sir The Steam Power Van Winkle Cotton Press bought from you last Fall has given entire satis? faction. I packed bales of cotton weighing 660 to 725 lbs. in five minutes with all ease, using a 4-inch belt and 25 lbs. steam. There did not seem any more strain on the Press than with a ^400 lb. bale. For durability, strength, lightness of power, small quantity of steam required, 'economy of space, I deem it the King of all Cotton Presses?especially, so as the low price at which it can be bought for puts it within reach of every man running a steam Gin. In fact I would not be without it for;twice its cost. I would advise all my friends to buy one of Van Winkle's Steam Power Cotton Presses, as you will save its cost in labor in one year. M. A. COBB. BOSS PRESS. I am Agent also for the "Boss Hand, and Power Presses," which are strong, easily handled and easily erected. STAR PRESS. I am Agent also for the Star Hand Press, which gives general satisfaction. Suitable for traveling Gins. THE BALL SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN, Manufactured at Sing Sing, N. Y., has given satisfaction wherever used. The saws are made of *he best imported steel. The saw shaft is the largest made. An ex? amination of other Gins will convince you it is the most substantially built Gin in use. It never breaks the roll, and therefore does away with the expense of the revolving head, &i the secret of making-the Gin to prevent its breaking the roll is in tho proper shape of the roll box. Every one should examine the improvements in the Hall Gin made this year, especially the improvement in the Feeder. Second-hand Machinery. I have a lot of second-hand GINS and PRESSES, which are almost as good as new, that I will sell for about one-half the price of a new one. , S3?" Come in and see me and get prices before buying June 24,1886 JOHN B. P3SOIPIL.ES. 50 3m T$A?K#$'G.OI,?MN, J. G. CLINKSCALES, Editor. > We -still have copies of educational journals in this office for distribution among the teachers. Call and get one. If you do not take one, at least one, edu? cational paper, let me beg you to do it at once. Mr. R. Bagwell's school, in Brushy Creek Township, closed Tuesday, 14th inst. The ambitious young teacher has succeeded beyond the expectations of his warmest friends. Miss Virginia Rosa? mond, his accomplished assistant, ren? dered valuable service in the manage? ment and instruction of the very large school, fully sustaining the reputation she has already made as a successful teacher. . It is our desire to have a meeting oi all the Trustees in the County in this office on -the first Monday in October. Please come if possible. A Trustees' meeting is as desirable as a teachers' meeting?both are absolutely necessary. Let every Trustee be on hand, then, and let us talk together concerning the man? agement that will get the greatest good out of the common schools. The meet? ing will be held at 12 o'clock. ] . After a few more months, we will have had two full years' experience in the perplexities and anxieties of a School Commissioners' life. In the rural dis? tricts of Carolina, the earnest Commis? sioner, as is the case with the earnest teacher, need not expect to find it all plain sailing. In the outset, we caught a glimpse of the difficulties that sur? rounded us and the rocks and quicksands that lay ahead of us. At all times and under all circumstances, we have pad? dled our own canoe, and we take the re* suit of the election on Aug. 26th as an endorsement by the people of Anderson County of our plans and methods of pro? cedure. We take this method of thank? ing the voters for their kindly consider? ation, and herewith pledge ourselves to a faithful prosecution of the plans already laid down, and a close following of the lines marked out. In the beginning of our administra? tion, throughout which the bitter and the sweet have been delicately commin? gled, we fancied we saw as the crying need of the public schools of the County a more efficient class of teachers; Our en? ergies have been given to supplying this unmistakable demand. We think we can assert without the i slightest fear of successful contradiction, that we have in Anderson County to-day a better class of teachers than has been known in the County since the inauguration of the present public school system. But the work is yet barely begun. Our teachers are now, some of them, just beginning to shake themselves, rub their eyes, and look out over a vast expanse of glorious attainments that await but an earnest, manly effort. We have succeeded in prying out some wheels from long-fol? lowed and well-worn ru ts; let the peo? ple hold up our hands, and others shall be shaken, if anything short of an earth? quake can do it. Our plans have not suited the tastes of many good citizens in Anderson County. Of this we are sorry, but, be it understood, we have no apology to make. We have gone straight forward in the line of duty as we saw it; in other words, we have tried to hew to the line, regardless of where the chips might fall. So long as we are allowed to hold the office of School Commissioner, we pro? pose to keep up the fight, and when we lay down our arms we can do it with the consciousness of having made an honest effort to benefit the children entrusted to our care. The State Teachers' Institute, recently held in Greenville, judging from all we can hear of it, was a success. We are sorry it was out of our power to attend it. We are sorry that only one of Ander? son County's teachers did attend. Mr. j. B. Watkins, of the Honea Path High Sohool, was there, but, so far as we can learn, be was the only one out of the large number of teachers in the County. Mr. Watkins was, before he went, one of the foremost teachers of the County, and we take the liberty of expressing the hope that he will, through the columns of the Plaindealer and the Teachers' Column of the Intelligencer, give his fellow-teachers the benefit of, at least, some of the ideas he got there and some of the inspiration he caught from his surroundings. As a matter of business, we do not hesitate to express the opinion that the State could very well afford to dispense with the State Institute. We have seen no official announcement, but we take it that very few, if any, more than two hundred teachers enrolled du? ring the whole time the Institute was in session. There are in the State thirty four counties. During the last few mouths, several of those counties held County Institutes, in which regular State Institute work was done, though on a smaller scale. At our own.County Insti? tute) we enrolled seventy-one teachers. I The average attendance upon the County Institutes held during the Summer will reach fifty or more. Now, with an aver? age attendance of fifty teachers to the county, and with thirty-four counties in the State, Institute work can be carried to seventeen hundred teachers. Let the Legislature divide the three thousand dollars appropriated for the maintenance of the State Institute among the counties I and require every county to hold a Teachers' Institute?how much greater would be the good to the State than is possible to be derived from holding one single Institute in the extreme northern or southern portion of the State, or even in co central a place as Columbia i Again, those teachers who wcro so fortunate as to attend the State Institute do not con? stitute that class of teachers most in need of such help. Leaving out the teachers of the county in which the Institute is held, three-fourths of the others present are from the High Schools and Acade? mies. True, nono can get ho far. or climb so high, up the hill of knowledge that culminates in the ability to leach scien? tifically, as to need no more instruction, no moire light, still as we take it, the' State, when she makes this appropriation, aims directly at the teachers in the free, common schools in her)' rural districts* and to a degree of certainty that reaches beyond the shadow of a doubt, these stand most in need of its helpful eleva? tion. Now, then, if the State would act upon the policy of the greatest good to the largest number, let every county be required to hold an Institute, or show the reason for a failure to hold one. If, however, in her sovereignty, the State feels able, and holds that it is best, to continue the State Institute, though the law requiring County Institutes be en? forced in every instance, we yield com? placently to her superior judgment, doff our hat to her majesty, and bid her God speed. We would not throw ourselves in the way of any movement, or any insti? tution,.that has for its object the further? ance of the educational facilities of our people, but, having given this matter close attention and careful consideration, we do not hesitate to express the bumble opinion that as a matter of business policy, admitting and appreciating the benefits of the State Institute; it can be dispensed with and all its benefits at? tained through the County Institutes. The reasons for this position are clear, and, we think, the conclusion inevitable. Senator Hamptont's Joke Imitated. "Such carryings on as you had in your church Sunday night," said the grocery man as the bad boy sauntered into his store the other morning. "The minister was in here, and says be don't know what to think of your family; he says your pa was taken with hydrophobia in church, and frothed at the mouth and barked like a dog, and the deacons had to take him out and sit down on him. What does it mean ?" "You'd a died if you'd a been in cur pew Sunday night," replied the boy. "You see, I was reading in a paper about how the Senators in Washington amuse themselves, and there was a story about Senator Wade Hampton's joke on Sena? tor Garland. Hampton eats caramels, and Garland always comes along and takes caramels off Hampton's desk; and so Hampton took a piece of brown soap and whittled it just the size of a caramel, and wrapped it in a glazed paper and laid it on his desk, and Garland eat it. It tickled me, and I thought of pa in a minute. When we go to church pa gets nervous, 'cause he can't smoke, and he always wants to be chewing something; and as I always have some candy-or something, pa /eels in my.pocket on the sly, when he is watching*tbe minister, gets a gum drop or something and chews it all through meoting. I don't think it's right for an old man to chew in meeting. So I took a piece of soap and fixed it just as Senator Hampton did, and put it in the pocket next to pa. In the other pocket I had some sure enough caramels, cause I didn't want to get the soap myself I was chewing right along, and pa stood it until the minister gave out the sociable notices and prayed, and when we stood up to Bing pa be nudged me for candy. I kind of winked my left eye and glanced down towards my pocket, and pa he put his hand in there quickern a wink, and he got the brown soap caramel and had it in his mouth in no time, then the choir got to the 'home stretch,' as pa says, and we eat down." "I should a thought he'd noticed it right off and put it in his pocket band kerchief," said the grocery man, "I guest pa bit right through the soap the first round," the boy replied; "and it stuck to h is teetb, for be snorted and said yah!' and I guess that was what sounded as though he barked like a dog. Everybody looked at pa, so he couldn't spit out the soap, and he held on to it. Au old maid that sits in front of ub turn ed right around and looked at pa as though he was a dime museum curiosity, and she never took her eyes off him. I think a woman ought to keep her eyes off a man long enough to let him spit a chunk of soap out. "Perhaps she didn't know what ho was after," suggested the grocery man. "Well, you ought to have seen me look at the minister when he gave out the text. Our folks always complain 'cause I don't remember the text, so I was bound to commit to memory this time if I bust? ed. I daasco t look at pa, for fear I would snort right out; but I peeped out of the corner of my eye, and he turned red and white and blue, and tried to keep from swallowing the soap suds. I thought I should squeel right there on the floor. Pretty, soon the soap suds and foam began to show on pa's lip and mustache, and he did look awful, I tell you. Everybody was looking at him, and the minister stopped and looked over his spectacles; and just then pa couldn't stand it no longer, and he got up and said 'yah' again, and talked over some of my feet and got out in the aisle, and he walked towards the vestibule real fast, like a man in a hurray to get somewhere, and the soap was making lather enough to shave with, and his upper lip was covered, and everybody looked at him." "Won't you catch it, when your pa finds out you put the soap in caramel paper!" put in the grocer. "The deacons followed him out," the boy continued, "and the ushers got there just as he began to trow lather on the carpet, and he coughed and sputtered, and tbey thought he was mad for sure, and they grabbed hold of his arms, and as be struggled to get his hand in bis coat tail pocket for his handkerchief, they said, 'Don't let him bite you?don't let him get hold of his revolver 1' And tbey scuffied till pa could get the taste out of his mouth so he could speak, and then he said it was all right?he had eaten a caramel and didn't know it was loaded. Then all was quiet again, and the minister went on with his sermon, and pa went to the hydrant and turned the hose qn his moutb, and after awhile he came in and .sat on a hack seat, and after church I didn't see him. I haint seen him yet 'cause I asked him before church if I couldn't go and stay all night with my chum, and. he said I could. If you was in my place, how would you explain that soap business to pa? I don't waul to deceive him and tell a lie. 1 guess I'll tell him, 'it is believed to be the work of au incendiary,'and then run. Well, I must go," and the bad boy went out with a hop, skip and jump. OUR EUROPEAN LETTER. Switzerland. Special Correspondence Anderson Intelligencer At 2.30 p. m. we board the railway train at Strasbourg bound for the Alpine hills of Switzerland. Our journey up through the valley of the Rhine;for a few hours yfas interesting and enjoyable, but our longing to wind around the suow capped mountains, made the extended Elain, .though beautiful with a golden arrest, tame and monotonous. But soon after 5 p. m. we notice that the railway curves more frequently and our locomotive breathes a little stronger, which is evidence to a wheelman that she is climbing up a grade. The distant hills creep up nearer and as their long shadows shoot across the valley, we are reminded that they are fast growing into mountains. We wait but a few minutes and the great hills meet and they are so high that we cannot climb them. We look to see which way to turn to avoid them, but like an arrow we plunge right into the bosom of a huge mass of earth and on we fly until the tunnel's mouth seems but a flickering lamp behind us. The light of day breaks in upon the darkness, the curtain rises, and Switzerland in all its beauty is before us like a picture. We reach Berne, the capitol, at 8.30, find a hotel and retire. We rise early for we wish to see all the city possible before leaving at 10.28. The Bear City, as it is sometimes called, to a Yankee is indeed quite a novelty. The peculiar shaped houses, with their extended roofs and odd chimneys, the arcades that run the entire length of the streets, the bears on the monuments, in the shop windows and in almost every conceivable place where a Switzer can display his carving. The costumes peculiar to this people assure us that the countless pictures we have seen and stories we have read are not all myths, if the story of Tell does seem unreasonable. We would be pleased to write at length concerning this city, for there are many things that we havn't even the space to mention that were of. great interest to us. We bid good-bye to Berne and board the train for Lausan? ne, and if there was one place above another that we enjoyed most it was this part of the trip. The mountains in the distance that buried their snowy heads in the black clouds above seemed like gigantic pillars supporting another world, and as we draw nearer they grow higher and higher until we seem of no more importance than grains of sand, and if there is a spot in the world where a man feels his littleness it's in the presence of these mountains. Our train speeds on and we enter the last tunnel before reaching Lausanne, and it is so dark we can almost feel it, only for a moment, for our train is now upon a down grade and we sweep along the mountain Bide like the wind, and as the bright noonday sun breaks in again, a picture, if possible, more beautiful than any we have yet seen is before us. Lake Geneva, with its bright blue waters, is several hundred feet below us, the mountain sides and valleys beyond are covered with deep green meadows and yellow harvest fields. The cities and villages along the shores look like little white spots in. the distance. It seemed tons that there was nothing lacking to make the picture complete. We arrive at Lausanne at half-past one o'clock, and take a steamer for Geneva at three. The weather was mild and delightful, so that the ride could not be otherwise than pleasant. We reach Geneva before sun Bet, just in time to see the department rays tinge with a golden hue the snowy peaks of Mt. Blanc. We tarry here until Monday, and during our stay visit many places of interest that we will not take the time to describe. We are delighted with the city, and would'nt mind, if our purses were not so lean, staying here a month or so, but our time as well as our resources are limited, and we must hasten on to Lucerne. At 12 m. we are aboard the train and on our way and at 8.30 we arrive at the principal summer resort in Switzerland. We retire early, for we have a long trip planned for the marrow. Tuesday morning is dark and rainy, bad for sight seeing in a country like this, but we must make the best of it, so we are soon on the streets to see the city. We ?first inquire the way to the Lion, one of the chief attractions of Lucerne. It is a gigantic affair, 18 by 28 feet, carved out of the solid rock in commemoration of ] 26 officers, 760 soldiers who fell fighting in defense of the Royal Family of France. The Lion is represented as wounded, and defending the shield in death. The rain ceases, and at 2 p. m. we take a steamboat ride over the lakes to Fluelen, stopping at several places up on our way. We walk back from Fluelen to Fell's Chapel over the celebrated road/ the Azenstrasse, and take the boat from there to Lucerne, arriving at eight o'clock. In the morn? ing early, with alpenstock in hand, we are off to climb the Riga. We take the boat to Weggis, and then on foot we ttend our way up the briddlo path and reach the summit in about three hours, nearly six thousand feet above the level ol the sea. We will not attempt a de? scription of the view from the Riga. It more than pays for the trouble of climb? ing. The air is somewhat chilly, and we make our stay short. We descend the mountain via Kussnact, where we take the boat and reach the harbor at 6 in the evening. But we must bid good bye to Switzerland. Our visit has beeu short but pleasant in every sense of the word, and we do not wonder that the Switzer feels proud of his home. Van. A Topographical Change, Augusta, September 6.?One of the curious results of the recent disturbances here is the change in the topography of ] the country. Many houses on the sand hills, the aristocratic portion of the city, which prievously could not be seen from tho cily arc now in full view, while other landmarks have disappeared. The curious changes were noticed yes? terday for the first time, and attracted much attention. In taking a bird's eye view of the city from any point these re markablo changes will at onco ho recog? nized, and go to prove that there has been a considerable settling of the earth. ? A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. SKETCHES IN CAROLINA. Anderson County's Early Settlement and History. From the Savannah News. Anderson County, until 1868 known as the'district of that name, originally form* ed a part of the territory occupied by the Cherokee Indians, which wa3 wrested from them because they went on the warpath for the British, in October, 1776. After a delay of several years the treaty of annexation was formally concluded and signed in 1783, and very soon attract? ed by the fertile soil and delightful cli? mate white settlers began to flock in from all quarters. It was attached to the old district of Ninety Six, which then includ? ed all of the territory embraced by Spar tanburg, Laurens, Union, Newberry, Abbeville and EdgeGeld districts. After? wards, the same geographical limits were further subdivided in 1789 by setting off the districts of Fendleton and Greenville. And, later still, in 1826, Pendleton was divided into two judicial districts, named respectively Anderson and Pickens, but remaining still one election district until 1852. At that time they were both con? stituted Counties, or rather districts, and entitled to elect a Senator each to the Legislature, and such number of Repre? sentatives as the law allowed, according to (he rate of population. It was not until 1868 that the name "district," to the regret of many, was changed to "County" all over the State, the former having for a long period been the peculiar and individual designation of the internal geographical divisions of the common? wealth. The County was named in honor of Gen. Anderson, one of the revolutionary heroes of 76. The present Court House, with its massive Doric columns and thick brick walls," almost as strong as a Federal castle, was erected in 1827, and is still in a fair State of preservation; albeit the people of this progressive generation have about resolved to tear it down, and construct a new palace of justice on a grander and more modern scale. Agriculturally considered Anderson is the peer, if not the superior, in fertility and the value of her varied productions, of any County in the Palmetto State. The writer beard an old and eminent cit? izen remark that it was probably tbe only County in South Carolina in which tbe farmers sold all of their cotton and truck in tbe home market, and then bought their family and plantation supplies from the local merchants. This will account in part for tbe fact that tbe mercantile guild of Anderson stand as well "on 'Change as any community in the South. Failures are almost unknown. Again, it can be truthfully stated that the usual prejudices between town and country do not exist here. On the con? trary, a considerable portion of tbe real estate of tbe city of Anderson is owned by tbe solid farmers of tbe County, and, what is more, tbey are proud of their town investments and refuse to sell out. There are merchants who rent stores from their country friends, and would gladly procure titles in fee simple to tbe premises but cannot, because these sturdy burghers are unwilling to part with their city property. This is exactly as it should be in every community. These senseless antagonisms between town and country people, and the upper and lower sections of South Carolina and Georgia especially, culminating often times in bitter prejudice against tbe cities of Charleston and Savannah, are alike un? fortunate and disastrous to all concerned. It is pleasant to note, however, that' as the channels of communication increase in number, and tbe denizens of the hill country and the sea coast become better acquainted, all such preposterous notions are rapidly giving place to a new era of good feeling, predicated upon the sub? stantial basis of mutual and identical interests. And this affords another argument in favor of Capt. Raoul's road, the Savannah Valley Railroad, which unites the mountains and seaboard with I links of steel. The taxable values of Anderson County aggregate about $5,000,000. Its popula? tion is fully 40,000, with about 5,000 voters, of whom a decided majority are whites. The public schools for both races are numerous, and keep open near seven months in the year at an annual cost of about $12,000, the blacks absorb? ing one third of the amount. In the absence of the School Commissioner we cannot give the exact number of free schools and pupils in attendance, but by the latest accessible published report the J former counted 111, with 2,794 whites and 2,079 colored scholars. This does not include the high schools and colleges, of which there are several. Clover and the grapes yield finely here, and the soil is emphatically the home of the grape. This fruit, when generally utilized for market or converted into wine, will prob? ably prove tbe most valuable industry in the County. Tbe yield per acre is re? ported as almost fabulous. Tbe water powers are numerous also, tbe majority of which remain idle, but are destined to form important factors in the future development of this region. The town of Anderson was settled in 1827, but not regularly incorporated as a city until 1882. The present Mayor is that genial and bigsouled man, Hon. G. F. Tolly. The growth of tbe place for several years in population and commer? cial importance is almost unprecedented. It now contains about fifty business establishments, one bank, one cottonseed oil mill that consumes over 50,000 bushels of seed annually, one door and sash factory, two plaining mills, one grist mill and cotton gin, one large carriage and wagon manufactory, eight churches (five white and three colored), a first-class female college, a military academy, and other private schools, three hotels and 2,800 inhabitants. Tho Military Academy occupies a com? manding site, and is uu imposing brick structure. It was on its grounds that the | recent celebration of the opening of the Savannah Valley Railroad was held.' The writer saw the venerable weather-1 beaten stand from which tho voices of Ifiunpton and scores of Carolina's most distinguished stalesmeu have so often resounded, and where on this occasion the patriotic and eloquent speeches of Mayor Tolly, Hon. Joseph Ganahl, Col. R. W. Simpson, Maj. R. A. Child, and | Eon. W. C. Benet elicited so mach applause. The silent cannon, too, was still in position, which had thundered forth the salutes of the day. GenJKemper, who is so well known to all as a gallant Confederate artillery offi cor, comes with the highest reputation as an educator from Hampden Sidney Col? lege, Virginia, and more recently the Charleston Citadel Academy. He will doubtless draw a large number of stu? dents from all parts of the State. The wxiter was much pleased with bis pleas? ant and unassuming manners. The Female Seminary is under the charge of Gen. Lewis M. Ayer, who is aluo a D. D. in the Baptist Church mili? tant, and the founder of the institution six years ago and its proprietor. The location is central and beautiful, and the number of matriculates the past season 133. It is non-sectarian in character, the corps of instructors numbering ten, being at out evenly divided between the evan? gelical denominations. The curriculum covers a scientific course unusually high. Still another male school is about to go in ;o operation by Prof. Ligon, who has a good reputation as a capable teacher, besides which there are several private schools of less note. a pleasant dbive. Accompanied by Gen. W. W. Hum? phreys and John ?. Peoples, Esq., who is one of the most progressive merchants in the town, the writer rode all over the city, viewing its many elegant private res idences, public institutions and church? es, and the improvements going on at the terminus of the Savannah Valley Rail? road. On every side there were unmis? takable evidences of the thrift and enter? prise of the inhabitants, in the neat homes embowered in vines and flowers, and with large vegetable gardens attach? ed, showing that their owners were sub? stantial property holders. Gen. W; W. Humphreys is one of the I salient characters of Anderson city and County. He distinguished himself greatly in the late war, rising from the rauk of Lieutenant to Major, and receiv? ing a grievous wound in battle. He has filled with honor many positions of trust in his County, among those of Commis? sioner in Equity, Probate Judge, Mayor and editor of the Intelligencer, and is now the popular President of the Savan? na b Valley Railroad. His litie was derived from an appointment as Major General of Militia in 1880. President Humphreys reports the new railroad as rnnning regularly on a daily schedule, and making prompt connections. Its passenger and freight business'too is steadily increasing, and through its agency a new era of prosperity is about to dawn upon this whole region of coun? try. Since penciling the above the wri ter has passed over the entire length of the road (58 miles) from Anderson to McCormick, and can truthfully affirm that a smoother and better constructed new railway cannot be found within the limits of the Union. There are no rough places and seldom even the slight? est jostle is perceptible on the entire route. The people, too, are enthusiastic over their new outlet to the sea, and with a properly arranged tariff of freights and mutual concessions there is nothing to prevent an immense trade between Anderson and her nearest and meet eligible seaport, Savannah. Anderson is justly proud of her busi? ness men and merchants, a majority of whom we mention as follows, announcing thai; all of these are readers and admirers of t he Morning News: General Merchandise (running two stores)?Bleckley, Brown & Fret well, Cunningham, Fowler & Cooley (also proprietors of livery, feed and sale sta biet), J.P. Sullivan & Co., W. F. Barr aud N. 0. Farmer & Bro. E'rugs?Wilhite & Wilhite (practicing physicians), Hill Bro's., Simpson, Reid & Co., and Orr & Sloan. E.'ardware, Stoves and Tin Factory?L.! H. Seel, and John E. Peoples & Co., who also keep a livery, feed and sale stable. Hardware only?Sullivan & Brother. Strictly Dry Goods?M. Lesser. Dry Goods, Clothing and Millinery? M. B. Arnstein, and (less the millinery) Means & McGee. Millinery and Fancy Goods?Miss Del la Heys. Dry Goods, Shoes and Heavy Groceries ?0. F. Jones & Co. Staple and Fancy Groceries?B. F. Cra.fton & Sons, and E. B. Cater, who deals also in ice. Groceries and Cotton Buyers?Brown Bros. Groceries, Confectionery, Notions and Reslaurant?D. B. Bohannon. "The Variety Store"?A. P. Hubbard. Furniture and Undertaker?G. F. Tolly. Dealers in Buggies and Wagons and Feed Store?A. L. Welch. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Sew? ing Machines and Buggies (owning rights j to seven counties)?C. A. Reed. Music Store (a branch of Ludden & Bates, Savannah) and Art School?Mrs. L. iL. McSmitb. Lidies, Fumisbing Store?Miss Lizzie Williams. Dealers in Pure Liquors, Tobacco aud Cigars, on Depot Btreet?Dennis O'Don nell industbies of anderson. Among these we note the carriage, buggy and wagon factory of Messrs. Reed & Slephens, who, from Carolina wood of thei r own seasoning, turn out about fifty vehicles annually which would reflect credit upon any establishment in the cour try. Then there is the sash, door and blind factory of Osborn & McGukio, the only steam work shop of the kind I short of Greenville. These gentlemen do all kinds of wood and scroll work and j are largely patronized. Messrs. Barton & Smith, noted contrac- | tors and builders, also ran a planing mill und deal in lumber and builder*, materi? als. Mr. Samuel Murphy keeps a marble yard, and 'puts up neat monumental stones. a well managed, r-rofitable insti? tution. The National Bauk of Anderson, of which Joseph N. Brown is President, J. A. Brock Cashier and B. F. Mauldin Assistant Cashier, with a capital Of $50,000, pays 12 per cent, dividends to its stockholders, and yet has on hand a surplus of $100,000, all accumulated in fourteen years. The stock cannot be bought at 800. NEWSPAPERS. Anderson boasts two first class weekly journals: The Intelligencer, edited by E. B. Murray, was established in 1860, and shows a bona fide circulation of 2,000. It is ably conducted, and is a potent factor for good to tbe community. Tbe Journal, under tbe editorial control of A. S. Todd, is published at the excep tional low price of $1 per annum, and in a great favorite. Both papers richly deserve a generous support. Their re? spective descriptions of tbe recent great banquet in honor of tbe completion of the Savannah Valley Railroad were graphic and exhaustive. Tbey have been already read and enjoyed, and we do not therefore reproduce them. Your correspondent would gratefully acknowl? edge the pleasant courtesies received from all tbe members of tbe Anderson press gang. THE YOUNG AMERICA CORNET BAND. This youthful musical organization, numbering fourteen members, whose average age is only fifteen years, under the careful instruction of their patient and skillful director, Mr. J. W. Trow bridge, has made wonderful progress and perform admirably. To show their bigb appreciation of the Morning News, tbey called upon its bumble representative and played a number of popular pieces for his benefit. Tbey have already earned much reputation and rendered the music at the late banquet. Success to them. hotels. * There are three hotels in Anderson, but they are not adequate to supply the wants of tbat rising young city. They need a mammoth edifice, with at least two bun* dred rooms to fill the prospective influx of low country people in quest of health and pleasure in the Summer months. And the enterprising citizens realize that fact and are beginning to cast about for tbe ways and means to erect such a struc? ture. It will come in time. Tbe writer was the guest of Mrs. Keese, who keeps a first-class boarding house, almost universally patronized by commercial travelers, and a model of order and neatness. Her (able is good, the head waiter, Frank, a trump, and tbe hostess, herself and daughters, refined and excellent people. Struggling for a support, th?y are worthy of sympathy and the large patronage they receive. Stricken With Terror. The effect of tbe great shock oh Tues? day night ou the animals of the city may be best illustrated by the stampede of tbe horses at engine house No. 4. They escaped from tbe house and ran in tbe wildest affright through tbe upper part of tbe city, snorting and neighing to the terror and alarm of all whom they pass? ed. Tbey were not recovered until the following morning, having run as far as f Wagoner's farm. I All those who have come to tbe city from the country say that the plight of the poor animals there was pitiable in the extreme. Those which were stabled endeavored to break their bonds, and failing to do so, stood up in their pent houses trembling and shivering in.an agony of fear. The horses neighed out their distress in unmistakable language, and tbe cows lowed in a most piteous manner. Those of tbe animals tbat were at large fled through tbe woods, and as usual sought to hide themselves from tbe mysterious danger in the depths of the thickets and swamps. One of tbe most pathetic instances of the expression of terror by the dumb animals occurred on Tuesday night, fully a half hour after the frightful shock. A very savage looking mastiffapproach ad a Reporter on Spring street, which fact added considerably to tbe confusion of the momentary expectation of another shock. The demoralized dog, however, came over to tbe Reporter and licked his shoes as an eloquent and pathetic appeal for moral comfort. Subsequently the animal moved off and stopped from time to time whining at every door and seek? ing, in vain, admission in his terror stricken way. A gentleman, who has just returned from John's Island, says that at an early hour on Tuesday afternoon the cows and the sheep came hurriedly in. from the fields, lay down in a circle and filled the air with their moans. The chickens went to roost long before dark, and cackled constantly for some time preceding the shock. He was sleeping soundly at the time of the earthquake and was thrown out of bed.?News and Courier. He Settled tbe Business Thoroughly. McCoy, when be came to Scott County, went to work for a farmer named Hitt, who had a charming daughter, Emma. A young man whom Farmer Hitt bad repeatedly driven from the place con? tinued to come around, paying his ad? dresses to the daughter, until finally the farmer, despairing of keeping him away by any milder means, hired McCoy to thrash bim every time he came near. Once or twice, or maybe more, the young man came, saw the girl, took his thrash? ing and departed. But one day there came the end of Ibis sort of thing. Mc? Coy, returning from town, where be had gone as driver and escort for the daugh? ter, approached the father, saying: "Well, Mr. Hitt, I've settled this busi? ness of tbat young fellow's coming around here to see Em." "What do you mean ?" asked the far? mer. "I mean that he won't come any more, an' you can bet on it." "Why, Mac, you haven't killed him, have you?" asked the farmer, fearfully. "No. Better than that." "What then ?" "I've married Em." The old farmer flew into a dreadful rage, but McCoy had the girl, and there was no getting her away from him, so Farmer Hitt, like a sensible man, made tho mopt of it and gavo his son-in-law a piece of laud, which he in now tilling, while "Em" minds the babies like a dutiful wife.?Cliicago Newa, ? Pay for your paper. IProf. Proctor on Earthquakes. Columbia, September 8, 1886. Editor Registeb: ManyoFourciti zens remember with pleasure the learned and instructive Beries of lectures delivered in Colombia last Winter by that eminent Astronomer and Scientist, Richard A. Proctor. Knowing the diversity of opin? ion among scientific men as to the cause of earthquake disturbances, and thinking that an expression of Professor Proctor's views upon the subject would, just at this time, be interesting to your readers, I send you the following extract from an able and striking article recently con tri b ^ uted by him to the Contemporary Review,' Prof. Proctor says: A few remarks should be made on tfce^ evidence that earthquake disturbances^ afford of terrestrial vitality. The mate-; rial life of a planet is beginning to be recognized as being no less real than the:'.! life of a piant or of an animal. It is a ? different kind of life, there is neither consciousness such as we see in one of those forms of life, nor such systematic | progress as we recognize in pUnt life);; But it is life, all the same. It has had ; a beginning, like all things which exist, and like them all it must have an end. r' The lifetime of a world, like our earth, may be trnly said to be a lifetime of - cooling. Beginning in the glowing va? porous condition which we see in the sun and stars, an orb in space pastes gradu? ally to the condition of a cool, non-lu? minous mass, and thence, wilh progress depending chiefly on its size, (slower forjg the large masses and quicker for thftl small ones), it passes steadily 0Dward3 towards inertness and death. Regarding the state in which we find the earth to be as the stage of a planet's mid-life, viz., that in which the conditions are such that multitudinous forms of life cwr> exist upon its Burface, we may call-that: stage death in which these cccditior/d have entirely disappeared. Now, among the conditions necessary for the support of life in general are some which are an-f/i favorable to individual life. AmonjgVj these may be specially noted the action oif those subterranean forces by which the earth's surface is continually modeled^ and remodeled. It has been remarked; with great justice by Sir John HeracheUv that Bince the continents of the eartH were formed, forces have been at worB which would long since have sufficed B have destroyed every trace of land anB to have left the face of our globe oneS* vast, limitless ocean. But against these~j\ forces counteracting forces have beeu at;S work, constantly disturbing the earth's ^ crust, and, by keeping it irregular, leav- :j ipg room for oceans in the depressions 4 and leaving the higher parts as conti?;| cents and islands above the oceaq's^sur-J face. If these disturbing forces ceaseTPi to work, the work of disintegtating, \ wearing away and washing off the laudj? would go on unresisted. In P^rkJsjrAjffl time such as to us seem lop?-^pH great effect would be produced"; but sB periods as belong to the past of our can even to that comparatively short partB the past during which she has been MB abode of life, would suffice to prodB effects utterly inconsistent with the eB istence of life on land. Only by tffl action of her Vulcanian energies can tB earth maintain her position as an abodB of life. She is, then, manifesting her fit- ' ness to support life in those very throes < by which, too often, many lives are lost? The upheavals and down-sinkings, the rushing of the ocean in great waves over islands and seaports, by which iens of thousands of human beings, and still greater numbers of animals, lose their ! lives, are part of the evidence whjcjutifi^ earth gives that within her frame the^P still remains enough of vitality for thiP| support of life during hundreds of thou? sands of years yet to come. This vitality is not due, as seems. comB monly imagined, to the earth's inienuB heat. Rather the earth's internal befl is due to the vitality with which B frame is instinct. The earth's vitalitB in reality due to the power of attrac?oB which resides in every partide~tfffteB mass?that wonderful force of gravitB tion, omnipresent, infinite in extent, tflj property whose range throughout fl space Bhould have taught long since wflB science is teaching now, (and iasbjpB foolishly blamed for teaching,) thel equally infinite range oi God's laws in i time also. By virtue of the force o$| I gravity pervading her whole frame, thdj crust of the earth is continualiy--g|^tJ going changes, as the loss of hefl ffl consequent contraction, or cbfl changes beneath the surface, leavB for the movement inwards of tfB substances of the crust, with enfl grinding action, and the generafl intense heat. If the earth's eneB gravity were lost, the internal fires BKffl die out?not, indeed, quickly, buff period of time very short compareB that during which, maintained aB constantly are by the effects of irB movements, they will doubtless cooB H They are, in a sense, the cause of fl quakes, volcanos, and so forth. beB they prepare the earth's interior fB action of her energies of attraction. ? it is to these energies, and the ra&B m which as yet they have on whiB work, that the earth's vitality is n She will not, indeed, retain her "vT? as long as she retains her gravrfsB power. That power must have sometB to work cn. When the whole framjBBl the earth has been compressed to a c?WB dition of the greatest density whic&$H attractive energies can produce, theslj terrestrial gravity will have nothing lefr? to work on within the earth, and the earth's globe will be to all intents anjr^ purposes dead. She will continue tof exercise her attractive force on bodies j outside of her. She will rotate on hflr^j axis, revolve around the sun, and reflect;! his rays of light and heat. But she will | have no more life of her own than hasj the moon, which still discharges all^Bj planetary functions, yet has a suriaoSjj arid and airless, desolate and dead. -Jj But such disturbances as the recent! earthquake, while disastrous in thejfl effects to those living near the ehs^flH j regions, assure us as yet the earthJ?j near death. She is still full jof^&aBjlj Thousands?nay, tciw, hundreds of thBB sands?of years will pass before oveB beginning of the end is seen. inthesB disintegration and removal of 1he,BH| without renovation Or renewal fr/B ' action of subterranean forcec. ,> JB