The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 07, 1887, Image 2

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E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, W7 TBEOCSi OWRVWATt. ,_?1.50. six months._._ 75c. The impression is being created, that tinder the proposed prohibition law for Anderson County, a person cannot keep any spiritaousjor malt liquors abont his house, or give a drink to a friend. There is no such provision in the bill, and no foundation exists to sustain such a report. We will publish the law In full next week, so that our readers can see for themselves. The readers of the Intelligences will regret to learn that our sister town of Abbeville was touched by the scourge of fire on Tuesday afternoon last, which destroyed the palatial residence of Asso? ciate Justice McGowan, the Presbyterian Church, and a small wooden structure . near them. > Judge McGowan's house* was the most magnificent residence in the up-country, and the Presbyterian Church was also a handsome building. prohibition in michigan. ;/ The people of Michigan voted on Tuesday upon the proposed prohibitory amendment to the State constitution: '?Section 49. The manufacture, gift, or sale of spirituous, malt, or vinous liquors in this State,except for medicinal mechanical, chemical,.or scientific pur? poses, is prohibited; and no property right in such spirituous, malt, or vinous liquors shall be deemed to exist, except tbe right to manufacture or sell for med? icinal, mechanical, chemical, or scientific purposes under such restrictions and reg? ulations as maybe provided by law. The- Legislature \ shall enact laws with suitable penalties for the suppression of the manufacture, sale and keeping for aale or gift of intoxicating liquors, except as herein specified." ^ Reports from" the election indicate that tho' constitutional amendment has been carried by about ten thousand ma? jority. The farmW vote did it. Their amendment is stronger than the Mu rray bill, for it even prohibits giving away whiskey. Tho cause of prohibition is growing. ? ? ??" death OF. hon. d. wyatt aiksn. The friends of Col. D. Wyatt Aiken. will regret to learn that the hopes of his recovery, which were entertained a few days ago; were suddenly dissipated by ah alarming relapse, which terminated in his death at seven o'clock on Wednesday ' morning, the 6th inst, at his residence in Cokesbury. ; Col. Aiken was a son of the late Governor Aiken, of this State, and was at '.the time of his death some? thing ove? sixty yeara of age. He was a man pf liberal education, having grad? uated at the South Carolina College before the war. Col. Aiken devoted his attention to agriculture, and spent the greater portion of hi? life on the farm. He edited several agricultural papers from time to time, notably the Rural Carolinian, and was a noted and forceful contributor and lecturer upon agricultu? ral topics. He was one of the leading organizers of the Grange, was a promi? nent and influential member of the State Agricultural Society, and for many years its president. Col. Aiken was the com? mander of a regiment in the Confederate seryice, and lost heavily in finances by the result of the war. He was a most vigorous and outspoken Democrat, and had trouble on more than one occasion . with the Federal garrisons on account of his1 independent' speech. In'1876 he was a candidate for Con? gress ficom 'this District, and secured the nomination, in a race in which Col. James* A.'Hoyt and Col. James N. Lips comb were his competitors, by a few votes' majority over Col. Hoyt. In the ensuing Congress he proved a most potent "factor for the Democracy. His combat upon the stump with ex-Governor Chamberlain in Abbeville, and Judge H?ge in Anderson, will long be remem? bered by those who were present for the bitter and effective denunciation with which he exposed the evils of the Repub? lican regime. Col. Aiken was renomi nated without opposition- until 1884, ' when be was .opposed by Messrs;. E. B. Murray, George JohBatone and R. E. Bowen, and was renomi nated after two day's of balloting. Col. Aiken was never able to take bis seat in the Congress to which this nomination elected him, as he received an injury in his hip from a fail on < be ice upon the Capital steps,, from whish .be suffered intensely, and which ultimately caused his death. Ccrf. Aiken was an elder in the Presby? terian church, and was an upright, respected and conscientious man. Fear? less in the assertion of his principles, he sometimes appeared extreme, but he'was always* candid and outspoken. His death is a loss to the State, as well as to the community in which he lived. BEAUTIFUL BARACOA. Editor Intelligencer : Having been solicited by several of my friends to give in account of my trip to the West Indies, with your permission I offer it through the medium of your paper for publication. Taking everything in con? sideration, it has been far the most im? pressive and; interesting trip I have ever made in my life. On account of the strict quarantine laws at the Port of Charleston the Fruit Dealers Association of that city applied to the State Board of Health for a com? mittee to be sent to the city of Baracoa, on the eastern end of the Isle of Cuba, which is one of their principal shipping ports, to thoroughly investigate the sani? tary condition of that port and its sur? rounding: country, so that the report of said,committee would decide the question, as to whether fruit vessels coming from . that port shonid be subject to the fifteen days quarantine after the first day of May. After due consideration the State Bosrd of Health in January decided to send the committee asked for. Dr. C. R. Tabor, of Fort. Molt, and myself were appointed as that committee, with in? structions to investigate carefully and thoroughly the port?its present as well as i,ts past sanitary condition. We left the wharf of Charleston at 6 o'clock Friday morning, February 25tb, on,the Rebecca Wickerson, a sailing ves? sel, of about 140 tons. Having a fair wind.we crossed the bar about 9 o'clock, and sailed directly southeast. About 4 p. m. a brisk gale from the northeast commenced, and increased in severity until about 9 o'clock at night, when it became furions, and continued through all day Saturday andat night, it became so terrific that it really seemed impossible fori tbe vessel to hold together long, as she would sometimes be almost entirely nder water. My companion and myself ?.?-?-? I were compelled to remain in the cabin for fear of being washed off the deck, and even in our cabin it was very un? comfortable, although the only place of refuge, it being now and then drenched with water which came dashing through the port boles and gangway, wetting all our bedding and ourselves. We had no place in which to lie dowu, unless in a wet bed, and to add to this on Saturday we were ao sea-sick that we could not have remained on deck if there had been nothing else to have prevented. On Sunday morning the gale began to abate, and by noon it had almost passed off. Sunday evening, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we had beautiful sailing weather. Our course from Charleston was southeast, and we continued in that course until we reached tbe 75th degree of longitude, and then our course was directly south, running east of the Ba? hama Islands. The first land we Baw after leaving Charleston was tbe Island of San Salvador, which we reached on Tuesday at 11 o'clock in the morning. It was, indeed, a beautiful sight. We had a ~'ew of the eastern portion of the Island, with its ragged coral reefs, etc. We ran in two or three miles of its beach for about fifteen miles. Tbe Island, I learned, is inhabited by indolent and lazy negroes, and they make but little to export, living principally on fish, the flesh of the conk and potatoes, which they can raise in abundance. The light? house is a magnificent structure, situated on a high bluff, rising abruptly from the water some fifty or sixty feet, tbe light of which on an ordinary night can be seen twenty miles. Forty miles further south brought us to Fortune Island, inhabited also by,negroe8, there being only one white man on the entire Island. The lighthouse on or near Fortune Island is another magnificent structure, situated on Bird's Bock, which rock rises about twenty-five feet out of the water, about one and a half miles from land. Next we came in sight of Crooked Island. We ran in three or four miles of the Island for about forty miles, in full view of it all the way. We the then reached the lighthouse on Castle Island, aud passed it about 6 o'clock in the morning. It was a beautiful day, (2nd March,) and we had one hundred miles to sail before we reached Baracoa. The sea was smooth and beautiful, and as I stood on deck I thought it the prettiest sea I ever saw. We reached Baracoa at 6 o'clock in the evening. To enter the harbor from the sea you have to pass between two high points of rocks, extending from tbe land. Those points of rock are not more than three hundred yards apart The harbor is round and basin-shaped, cover? ing about forty acres, and being almost entirely surrounded by mountains, giving fine protection for all vessels anchored within it. We saw but little of Baracoa that evening, but on Thursday morning, looking from the deck, we saw the most beautiful and picturesque scenery that the eye ever beheld. The eastern end of Cabals a wild, beautiful, mouutainous country, and in this portion of tbe Island the city of Baracoa is situated. It appeared to us that we were in a basin, with those beautiful mountains rising up all around us, covered from the bottom to the top with the cocoanut, palm, and sapadillo trees, growing without cultiva? tion. All the inhabitants have to do is to gather the fruit after it ripens and falls. Thursday morning, after making our toilet, we left tbe vessel and went over to the city, where we first sought for tbe American Consul, and presented to him our credentials and letters of introduction which we had received from gentlemen of Charleston, and which we presented to merchants and others in Baracoa. We found the city of Baracoa to be an old Spanish town of 600 inhabitants, situa? ted upon a high bluff, some sixty feet above the water level, and extending about one and a half miles in length along the coast. The way to reach the main street of the city from the wharf, or narrow street which runs along the edge of the water, is by a number of long rock steps ascending up tbe bluff, which steps are supposed to have been built by Columbus. The streets are like all old Spanish towns, narrow and without side? walks, every person walking in the mid? dle of tbe streets. The houses are all, with few exceptions, one story, buildings, the doors opening directly ou the street, and without glass windows?the windows having bars of iron across them like our jails. The houses, except a few buildings lately put up, are all covered with the palm leaf, and look like tbey might have air been built one hundred and fifty years ago or longer. The inhabitants are about one-third white and two-thirds negroes and half breeds, and all speak the Spanish language. There is but one American in tbe city. Tbey have no roads leading into tbe city?no carts, wagons, carriages or other vehicles, except two or tbree drays which carry tbe goods from the wharf into the city. All the produce brought from the interi? or is brought on mules and oxen. It was a novel sight to me when I first reached tbe city to see the streets full of cows! and mules, etc., with their pack saddles on, some loaded and some unloaded. I had to enquire what it meant. Tbey told me that was* the way all of tbe fruit from the interior was brought to the city. Notwithstanding this kind of transportation there is an immense business done in shipping fruits from this city to foreign countries. I learned that they shipped lost season eighteen millions of cccoanuts, and hun? dreds of thousands bunches of bananas, I also learned that there was annually more fruit shipped from tbe city of Bar? acoa than from all the other ports in tbe world. The harbor 1b generally filled with vessels from foreign ports to be loaded.with fruit, and every day some loaded and going out, others coming in, and also the small vessels coming in loaded from along the coast, almost every hour in the day, and tbe harbor all ti e. time has a lively aspect, these vessek being loaded and unloaded by a large force of negroes from morning until night, singing their Spanish songs, and smoking their cigars as they work. There is in the city a number of stores that carry large stocks of goods, and some very pretty stores that carry a smaller stock, and in them there seems to be a great deal of business, exchanging goods for fruit. One merchant told me that he usually took liens on the fruit crops yearly for a half million of dollars, about in the same way the merchants take liens here. All merchants keep and sell spirits, more especially wines. Very few Americans ever visit that portion of the Island. There are no hotels or res? taurants in the city. No place for stran? gers to stop at, should they visit that place. There is but one church, (Catho* i He,) and but few men ever attend churcb. Almost all go to tbe cock-fight, which takes place every Sunday, commencing early in the morning, and for which the government secures an income of $19 for every Sunday's exercise. The Spanish government keeps a large garrison there all the time, and there is a very bad and bitter feeling existing between the citi? zens and soldiers, as freedom of speech is not allowed. Should a cithien say any? thing against the government be is im? mediately arrested and imprisoned. The taxes imposed by the government are very high, eighteen per cent, on real estate, and twenty five per cent, on all income, besides town and county taxes. The people are generally restless and dissatisfied, wanting to get under some other form of government. Some thought they would belong "to the United States some day, and seemed anxious for that day to come. I forgot to mention, when speaking of the cock? fights, that I went to see it one Sunday, and I must say that I never saw as mnch excitement in any crowd before. All the crowd were hollering, betting, etc. . It was but a few hours after we pre? sented our papers before it was generally known among the business men of tbe city, both civil and official, that two doc? tors had been sent from the State Board of Health from South Carolina to that city, to investigate its sanitary condition. They all Beemed to become deeply inter? ested in our mission, expressing them? selves as being very glad that such a step had been taken by South Carolina, and they showed us every attention, and treated us with marked respect, doing everything to make us comfortable, and assist us in our investigations. A few days after our arrival, the board of health, the board of trade, and the city council, held a meeting for our benefit, and notified us that they were ready to hear anything, and answer such ques? tions as we might see proper to propound to them. We met that body with such questions as we wished answered written out, and remained in consultation for several hours, and had it not been for our interpreters, we might as well have been a thousand miles off, so far as under? standing anything they said was con? cerned. We remained in the city of Baracoa ten days, and during that time we visited tbe principal portion of the city and its surroundings. A very wealthy gentleman carried us to one of his farms twenty miles in the country, containing sixty square miles. Almost tbe entire sixty square miles was covered with fruit. Our trip in the country was a perilous, but a very interesting, one. There was six or seven of us in the party when we started, all on ponies and mules, but before we had gone many miles three more joined us, and it was a gay parly. Aa I have already stated there were no roads. We all had to fall into this same narrow trail, which has been used for one hundred years or longer?one riding behind the other, not enough space in the twenty miles for two to ride abreast. It was the roughest and most perilous riding that it has ever been my lotto perform. It was going up and around mountains, along frightful precipices all day. We crossed two large rivers about two hundred yards wide, and they don't seem to have any conception of a flat boat, such as are used for crossing rivers, but pull off their saddles, put them into a small row boat, and swim their horses across by. the side of it. Such is their custom. We reached the city late in the evening with no accident, notwithstand? ing the exceedingly perilous rides over the mountains, having visited many farms besides the cue mentioned. Sev? eral appointments were made for us to visit other points of interest around and in tbe country, as far as thirty miles. Though anxious to visit some of these, such as coffee farms etc., we concluded that the sun was too hot, and as there was no way to go except on horseback, we declined the trip for fear that too much exposure to tbe hot sun might make us sick. We bad very pleasant weather during our stay on the Island, and were jnvited to several dinings. As a rule, upon every man's table from the richest to tbe poorest, tbey have a bottle of w ine at each plate. The youngest child drinks his wine as though it were water. Their breakfast hour is 12 o'clock, and their dinner hour at five in the even? ing. With few exceptions, every man during work, and at' other times, has a large dagger strapped around his waist. There are many-other peculiarities about t! people and their city I could men tio but will now give you a little account of our voyage borne. I must say during all my travels north, west and south, that this city and its surroundings is tbe most interesting I have eve: seen. We would liked to have remained longer, and better understand the manners, cus? toms etc., of the people, but our boat being ready to sail next morning, we got aboard and bid farewell to the beautiful Isle of Cuba. We left the harbor at 8 a. m. Sunday morning, March 13th, having barely wind sufficient to carry us out into the ocean. It continued pleasant until Thursday evening. Tuesday we reached tbe Bohama Banks, the sea being comparatively smother, and we were sailing from five to six miles an hour. We had a clear and pretty view of the bottom, which appeared to be as white as sand could be made. The water near tbe bank averages from fifteen to thirty feet. deep for about 150 miles, and we could see thousands of pieces of I spooge on tbe clear bottom, of all kinds and sizes, making it very pretty. The sponge gathering along the coast is an i immense industry, as thousands of pounds of it are gathered annually. We were on these banks Tuesday, Wednes? day and Thursday. About 10 o'clock we passed off tbe bank, and got out in deep water. On Thursday evening at 4 p. m., between the Bahama reefs, and 1 the shoals on the cost of Cuba, which are about twenty miles across from one shoal to the other, a terrific Btorm struck us, and raged with great fury until 8 a. m. the next morning. About 8 o'clock at night, and one of the darkest I ever saw, the vessel became unmanageable. The wind was so furious that it had broken the ropes of some of the sails. The sails were down dragging in the water, and the vessel drifting rapidly towards tbe shoals, which was not more than six miles off. It is winderful with ivhat accuracy a competent mariner can tell by his chart and compass almost the exact position tho vessel occupies. Tbe Captain well knew should the vessel strike these coraf reefs she would go to pieces instantly, and the crew all saw and understood the situation. Dr. Taber and myself were shut up in our cabin, but we heard the Captain call his mate, and ask him what was to be done. He answered he did not know as they were doing everything they could. The Cap tain replied that the vessel would strike the rocks in less) than fifteen minutes, and that it would be dashed to pieces, and tbat it would be impossible for any one on board to be saved. I can assure all that reard this, tbat that conversation was not very consoling to myself and friend. We became satisfied before this, that our vessel conld not stand the storm, and we become resigned to our fate, and sat quietly in the cabin waiting and expecting every second for the crash to come, and we would be no more. With such a fate staring us in the face, no words or pen can picture our fellings, or that of our crew. About 9 o'clock, from some cause, I went to sleep and slept a sound sleep for two or three hours. The fury of the storm did not Blacken any until after midnight, when the wind began to mod? erate, and continued to do so until about 8 a. m., when we considered the storm over. We sailed along smoothly until 4 p. m., at which time we were in the Gulf stream. Another storm and cyclone struck us, and at once, without giving much notice, equally as severe as the Btorm the evening before. We were in the tunnel, as they call it, between Cuba on one side, and the Biminy reefs on the other. The distance across was about twenty or thirty miles. The winds come through, or rises in the Gulf of Mexico, and sweeps through this tunnel with great force and fury. The' storm of Friday night was a repetition of the storm of tbe night before. We had all the feelings of fear and danger of that night, tbe Sal Keys on on one side and the Biminy reefs on the otv f We were close enough to see the ligut house. I ventured to put my bead above deck and see what was going on, and everything was so awful that I went back to my cabin. This storm continued until Saturday afternoon, and by night the storm bad pretty nearly subsided. There had now been two days and two nights. The officers and crew bad been working for life, and tbey appeared to be completely exhausted. There is no praise too great to bestow upan Captain Tatner and his crew. Saturday night we had comparatively a pleasant night, and all that had the opportunity slept sound? ly. Sunday morning still found us in the Gulf stream with almost a complete calm. There being no wind, could do nothing but float with the current, which runs about four miles an hour. We spent the day resting and talking about the terrible ordeal we had passed through, and watching tbe sharks tbat were swim? ming around our vessel all day. Occa? sionally a school of flying fish would rise up and fly off. We were now on the coast of Florida, and cow and then would be in sight of land. About 2 o'clock we were sailing east of Fernandina, and 1 insisted very much on the Captain to let me off there, as I had made the same re? quest once before of a Captain on a trip from Charleston to New York, before the war, when we were blown off the coast of North Carolina down on the coast of Florida. Three of us were on our way to New York when we reached tbe Florida coast, and we offered tbe Cap? tain one thousand dollars to let us oQ anywhere on the coast of Florida, just so it was land, as we were lying in a perfect calm for four or five days, and could do nothing but fish. Neither this time nor the other would they grant my reqnest. The calm of the present trip lasted until about 10 o'clock Sunday night, when a brisk wind blew up from tbe Southeast, and we ran from twelve to sixteen miles an hour until Monday evening. On Monday evening, when in sight of the lighthouse at Charleston, and congratu? lating each other on the pleasant time we would have when we reached the city, as we expected to be in the city in three hours. At 6 o'clock another storm blew op and carried us off so tbat we were gone three'days and three nights before we got back where wo started from, that is, in sight of the light house again, and it was very uncertain when we would have reached the city had it not been for a Jow boat, which met us and pulled us into the city. We might have been there for days afterwards. This storm was Erobably as severe as either of the others, ut we had the advantage of plenty of sea room. The vessel was turned out to sea, and she seemed to fly like a feather before the wind. Tbe storm continued until 12 o'clock Tuesday, beforo they could control the vessel. At 10 o'clock a. m., Thursday, we set foot upon laud at the wharf in Charleston, having been eleven days on our trip home. Words fail me in my attempt to de? scribe a storm at sea, and no one can realize its awfnlneBs, or the feelings of a person experiencing one of them. If you cau imagine yourself facing death for one week, you can then have an idea how we felt. Our Captain, who has been sailing on the ocean for twenty-two years, having been all over the Atlantic, waters of Greece, around Cape Horn, in the Pacific and the Mediterranean, said that in all of his life he had never Been such terrific or violent storms, and attended with such wind. We would have given all we were worth to have been on land, but now, since we landed safely, I would not'take any amount of money for my experience as to how one feels in a storm at8ea. P. A. Wilhite, M. D., Member of Ex. Com., State B. H. One of The Duelists Bead. Newberry, S. S., April 2.?Mr. John B. Jones died this morning at a quarter past three o'clock, having lived nearly a week since he was shot last Saturday, and having suffered agonies of pain since. Peritonitis and pysemia set in two days ago, accompanied by several rigors. There has been little hope of his recovery from the beginning, though at times he seemed to be doing well. Whenever the morphine was allowed to die out he became very nervous and restless. He displayed a great deal of nerve through? out the whole affair, was cool and collect? ed at times and conscious almost to the last moment. The Rev. E. P. McClintock has been very faithful in his ministrations to the wounded man, and Mr. Jones found great comfort in talking with him with regard to the future. About 12 o'clock last night his mind cleared up, it seemed, almost entirely, and he called all the family around him, and, after kissing them bood-bye, one by one, all knelt in prayer. Tbe parting was one of the most Eathetic, most touching scenes ever eheld. He seemed to realize the situa? tion, and, after telling all good-bye, pass? ed away. Mr. Jones was the youngest son of Major Lambert J. Jones, and a grandson of John Belton O'Neal, whose name he bore. He was one of the most promi? nent lawyers at this bar, full of promise, with a bright future before him. It is i Bad, very sad for him to be cut down in the spring-time of his young manhood. Tbe blow to his family is a heavy oae and hard to bear, They have the heart? felt sympathy of this entire community. Union, April 4 ?Col. George John? ston, of Newberry, with his counsel, Messrs. Pope and Schumpert, appeared before Judge Wallace at Chambers this morning with an application for bail on account of the killing of Col. J. B. Jones. A clear case of self-defence having been established, bail was granted on the fil? ing of a bond for tbe sum of $1,500. ? The will of a married woman just probated in Kingston, N. Y., is peculiar in that it gives all her property to her husband for life, or as long as he "re? mained unmarried." OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington-, D. C, April 3d, ^lSSZ. The Postmaster at Washington, who has held office ever since the administra? tion of President Arthur, and drawn the lucrative salary of $3,000 a year, is get? ting very uneasy lest in the early days of the spring he will lose his much sought after position. The rumor is that the President has instructed the Postmaster General to inform him of all the Presi? dential postmasters holding over from the last administration, with the view of call? ing for the resignations of some 350 Republicans that their places may be filled by good and patient Democrats. There are over 2,400 of these offices with? in the gift of the President, and the fact that all except 350 are filled by sturdy Democrats make3 it look a3 if President j Cleveland is a pretty good Democrat, no I matter what has been charged to the con? trary. The interstate Commerce Commision ers are all here and have organized by electing Judge Cooley chairman. The first thing they did after assembling in our snow enveloped city, after paying their respects to the Chief Executive, was to call upon the Secretary of the Interior and be sworn into office. The Comptrol? ler of the Treasury has ruled that no officer of the Government can draw pay for the office to which he is appointed until he takes the prescribed oath to sup? port the Constitution of the United States, and so the Commissioners draw pay from last Thursday, and not from the time of their appointment. Many people are asking whether the Commis? sioners will have to pay their railroad fare out of their salaries, or will have it paid out of the appropriation for the running expenses of the Commission. The question is an important one as the Commissioners will have much traveling to do, and the railway fare would be a pretty big item to take from the $7,500 a year salary. The best opinion seems to be that it will be paid oat of the appro? priation for the expenses of the office. Commissioner of Agriculture, Colman, has just returned from Louisiana, and is delighted with his reception there and with the prospects of an increase in the yield of sugar. He Bays that he never knew what Southern hospitality was until his trip south. He was dined and wined from the time he entered the boundaries of the Sunny South until he left them on his return home. He says that if he is as successful as he expects to be in the experiments conducted under his directiom, the sugar trade of the coun? try will be revolutionized, and there will be a Baving of 40 per cent, by the new diffusion process. When that day comes we may expect to have not more than ten per cent, of adulteration in our sugar, and there will be no necessity of fighting for the annexation of Cuba. There has been a very heavy discharge in the Government Printing Office this week, necessitated partly by the reduction in work since the adjournment of Con? gress and partly to make room for appointments. The discharge would have been made early but for the fact that the employees have been paid monthly, owing to peculiar wording of the law, which forbids the Government Printer drawing money from the Treasu? ry oftener than once a month for the pay of the printers, and as Congress did not adjourn until the 4lh of March, the force had to be kept until the end of the month, when the money could be drawn to pay them. The discharged men made about three weeks on Uncle Sam in that way. Hereafter, under an arrangement between the Government Printer and the Comp? troller of the Treasury the printers will ? be paid every two weeks. One day this week five ducks were found lying dead at the base of the Washington Monument. One of them was found cut nearly in two as if cleaved by a razor. It is supposed that the early morning being cloudy the ducks lost their course and blindly dashed against the monument with such force as to be killed, and the one found cut in two struck the platinum point of the monument which cut it in twain. The ornithological branch of the Agricultural Department has on record numerous instances of birds killed by dashing against lighthouses, and has in its museum many rare species of birds killed in that way and forwarded by the lighthouse keepers to the Depart? ment, but the above is the first known instance of birds or fowls being killed by dashing against the monument. H. 10,000 No-License Majority, Boston, March 26.?Returns of the no-Jicense vote are now in from 199 towns, of which number 173 voted against license and 26 voted for license. The aggregate vote to date is: no-license, 34,127; license, 20,397?no-license ma? jority, 13,730. Every town in Barnsta-. ble, Dukes and Nantucket Counties voted no; Norfolk County has only one license town; Plymouth, Middlesex, Hampden and Berskshire Counties each have two license towns; and in Suffolk County all of the four towns and cities are for license. The remaining towns will vote during the next two weeks. Counting the votes of the cities last December, 223 cities and towns have voted thus far, giving an aggregate no license vote of 90,314 and an aggregate license vote of 80,304?no-license ma? jority so far, 10,000. There are 349 cities and towns in the State, and the 126 yet to hear from will probably in? crease the no-license majority in the whole State to between 15,000 and 20,000, as against a no license majority of 9,295 last year. ? The anthropological editor of the Paris Figaro discovered that "an autopsy revealed the fact that twenty Chinese pirates who were killed in Tonquin had concealed their money and precious stones under the skin of their thighs, which they had afterward neatly sewed up." There are really no secrets for enterprising journalism. ? A silk colony has been established in Florida under the auspices of the Women's Silk Culture Association, which is said to promise good reBults. It is thought that many invalids who go to Florida for their health might like to en? gage in silk culture as a light and peas? ant occupation. A Great Discovery. Mr. Wm. Thomas, of Newton, la., says: "My wife has been seriously affected with a cough for twenty-five years, and this spring more severely than ever before. She had used many remedies without relief, and being urged to try Dr. King's New Discovery, did so, with most gratify? ing results. The first bottle relieved her very much, and the second bottle has absolutely cured her. She has not had so good health for thirty years." Trial Bottles Free at Hill Bros. Drug Store. Large size $1.00. Never Give Up. If you are suffering with low and de Sressed spirits, loss of appetite, general ebility, disordered blood, weak constitu? tion, headache, or any disease of a bilious nature, by all means procure a bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be surprised to see the rapid improvement that will follow; you will be inspired with new life; strength and activity will return; pain and misery will cease, and henco^ rth you will rejoico in the praise of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Hill Bros. Notice of Dissolution. THE partnership heretofore existing be? tween D. S. Taylor and O. B. Van Wyck, under the style of Taylor & Van Wyck, was dissolved by mutual consent on 22nd day of February, 1887. D. S. Taylor is authorized to receive and receipt for all outstanding claims. D. S. TAYLOR, O. B. VANWYCK. April 7, 1887_89_1 Administrator's Sale. BY virtue of an order of the Probate Court. I will sell on the 23rd day of April, 1S87, at 2 o*clocl?p. m., at Shirley & Burford's old Store, the following Personal Property, viz: Two large Mules; also, Household and Kitchen Furniture belong? ing to the Estate of the Widow Sallie Shirley, deceased. Terms of sale?Cash. M. P. TRIBBLE, O. C. P., Adm'r. April 7,1887 39 3 AN ORDINANCE To Prevent Dogs from running at large upon the Public Streets of the City of Anderson with? out a Muzzle. be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Anderson, now met and sitting in Council, aud by the au? thority of the same : Section 1. That on and after the 15th day of April, 1887, it shall be unlawful for the owner of any Dog or Dogs to permit the same to go at large upon any of the public streets in the City of Anderson, un? less the said Dog or Dogs shull be muzzled in the manner hereinafter provided. Sec, 2. That said muzzle shall be of the style known as the "Patent Automatic Muzzle," and any Dog found running at large as aforesaid with any other device or contrivance intended as a muzzle shall be deemed and taken to be unmuzzled. Sec 3. That any Dog found going at large upon the streets of the City and not muzzled as above provided, shall be killed by the Policemen of said City upon view of the said Dog so running at large, with? out delay. Sec 4. That any person permitting his or her Dog to go at large upon said streets without being muzzled as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than one dollar, nor more than two dollars, or imprisoned in the City Guard House for not less than one day nor more than thirty days. Sec. 5. AW Ordinances and paila of Or? dinances inconsistent with this Ordinance be and they are hereby repealed. Done and ratified in Council, and the .?1?v Seal of the Corporation of the I L.S. I City of Anderson affixed thereto, this first day of April, A. ?. 1887. G. F. TOLLY, Mayor. FRANK C. WH1TNER, City Clerk. April 7, 1&S7 39 1 "VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. JLA All persons having demands against the Estate of Thomas E. Jordan, deceas? ed, are hereby * notified to present them to the undersigned, properly approved, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. SARAH E. JORDAN, 1 A(1 WM, A. JORDAN, } AUm a' April 7,1887 39 3 NOTICE! NOTICE! Ihereby notify all persons having busi? ness in the office of County Commis? sioners, that Tuesdays and Fridays and Salesdays are the only days that the office will be open for the transaction of busi? ness. E. W. LONG, Clerk of the Board of County Com. April 7,1887 39 2 First Class Piano Work! IEXPECT to be here during this week, and would request those persons who desire my services in the line of good, thor? ough Piano Tuning or Repairing, to send me word at the Keese House or through the Post Office. E. W. LINEBACK, o Of Salem, N. C. April 7,1887? ,39 ? 1 Cotton IB 1-2 per Pound. IF ordered in the next ten days, I will sell mvPURE ALLEN'S LONG STA? PLE COTTON SEED at ?1.50 per bushel, cash to accompany order. H. B. STEWART, Fair View, S. C, Reference?Rev. C L. Stewart, Pelzer, S. C 'April 7,1S87_39 _1* TO THE LADIES. IN order to enlarge my business I have moved to No. 11 Brick Range, formerly occupied by the Ladies' Store, and have just received a select Slock of? HATS, NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS, All new. No old goods to work off. Examine my stock and compare goods and prices before buying elsewhere. I will not chide you for visiting other stores, nor attempt to avoid competition by restricting drummers in their sales, because I believe that fair and honest competition is the life of trade. I am thankful for past favors and request a continuance of your favors. MIS8 SALLIE BOWIE. ? April 7,1887_39_3m _ Insurance License. Executive Department, Office of Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C, April 1,1887. ICERTIFY that Mr. W. F. Cox, of Belton, Agent of the Continental Insurance Company, incorporated by the 8tate of New York, has complied with the requisitions of the Act of the General As? sembly entitled "An Act to regulate, the Agencies of Insurance Companies not in? corporated in the State of South Carolina," and I hereby license the said Mr. W. F. Cox, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of Insurance in this State, in the County of Anderson, for and in behalf of said Company. Expires March 31st, 1888. W. E. STONEY, Comptroller Gen. April 7,1887 39 _1 S T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Dr. R. E. Thompson has applied to me to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of Mrs. J. Frances Arnold deceased, These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said -Mrs. J. Frances Arnold, dee'd, to be and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the 22nd day of April, 1887, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 4th day of I April, 1887. W. F. COX, J. P. ^priU,_188J_39_2_ STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION ? of ? The State Savings and Insurance Bank OF ANDERSON, S. C, at the close of business march 31, 1837. RESOURCES. Slock. Loa us and Bonds.?.825,400 00 Due from other Banks. 11,239 59 Total..$36,639 59 lurilities. Capital Stock.$25,000 00 Profit and Lou.?.. 1,315 24 Dlvidenda unpaid. 234 00 Deposits.?. 19 72 Bills payable.. 10,000 00 Guardianships. 70 C3 Total.$3G,G39 59 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I County of Andeiison. j I, J. A. Bbock, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. A. BRUCK, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of March, 1887. J. L. TBIBBLE, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: Reo. W. Fant, Irjirectors B. Frank ?Iauldin, |?ir?ctor8 Apr! 7, 1887_39_1_ Chicora Savings Bank, PELZER, S. C. QUARTERLY STATEMENT, ending March 31sfc, 1887. Published in conformity with Act of the General As? sembly : ASSETS. Loans and Discount.?30,141.65 Erpense Account. 29.18 Cash on hand and in Banks. 3,594.14 $33,704.97 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock, paid in..$25,000,00 Deposits. 5,385.66 Undivided Profits. 2,379.31 Surplus.:. 1.000.00 $33,764.97 Personally appeared before me A. L. Blake, Cashier of the Chicora Savings Bank, who swears that the above statement is true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. A. L. BLAKE, Cashier. Sworn to before me this dav, the 31st March, 1887. JOHN L. SAVAGE, >- Notary Public Attest: Francis J. Pelzer, ] Wm. A. Courtenay, [ Directors. Ellison A. Smyth, j OUR FIRST AND LAST GUN FOR 1887. 1 WE have decided to retire from the Dry Goods Business in Anderson, hence OFFER OUR LARGE AND VARIED STOCK To the Trading Public at PRICES THAT WILL ENSURE A SPEEDY SALE. Come one, come all. WE MEAN BUSINESS. NO HUMBUG! Cause?seeking a larger field. LESSER, & C0.3 Next Door to John E. Peoples & Co. GRAND SPRING OPENING! COMMENCING MONDAY, APRIL II, 1887, Continuing uninterruptedly for Thirty Days! THERE will he no special individual cards issued, hut everybody is cordially invited to attend. Our Dry Goods Department has been so crowded every day since our New Spring Stock of Goods has been arriving, that we have had to engage additional Salesmen to wait on our customers, who are perfectly delighted with the beautiful dis? play of Goods. PRICES TO BE CUT BELOW THE LOW WATER MARK. To boom our own people and our own County is our watchword. Everybody come and see us. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. Anderson, S, C, April 7, 1887. 39 ' Important Notice. ALL persons are hereby notified to re? move any and alt obstructions from the running streams through their lands during the month of May proximo, in ac? cordance with an Act of the General As? sembly requiring the same. Persons fail? ing so to do will be prosecuted upon infor? mation being made to this office. J. JAMESON, Chm'n. J. P. McGEE, A. 0. NORRIS, Board Countv Com. A. C, S. C. Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. April?, 1887_39_3 Insurance License. Executive Deoartruent. Office of Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C, April 1, 1SS7. ICERTIFY that Mr. A. B. Towers, of Anderson, Agent of the Continental Fire Insurance Company, incorporated by the State of New York; Citizens and Han? over Fire Insurauce Company, incorpora? ted by the State of New York, and Ger? mania Fire Insurance Company, incorpo? rated by the State of New York, has com? plied with the requisitions of the Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies not incorporated in the State of South Carolina," and I hereby license the said A. B. Towers, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business of Insu? rauce in thta State, in the County of An? derson, for .and in behalf of said compa? nies. Expires March 31st, 1888. W. E. ST0NEY, Comptroller General. April 7,1887_39_1 Established 1843, W. & J. SLOANE, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Carpetings, Ploor Sloths, Rugs, Mattings, Mats and Upholstery Goods. Great Novelties at Very Low Prices. SAMPLES SENT IF DESIRED. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Broadway, 18th and 19th Streets, NEW YORK, and 641 to G47 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. April 7,1887_39_2m TO THE LADEES - OF - Anderson and Vicinity! WE, the undersigned; have opened a Millinery und Dress Ma- i king Business at the Storerooms late? ly occupied by Miss Delia Keys. We guarantee satisfaction in Millinery and Dress Making, and Cutting and Fit? ting done promptly, and in first-class style. We earnestly solicit the Ladies to ?ive us a trial. MISS FLORENCE C. SLOUGH, Late of Oxford', Miss., Milliner, MRS. M. A. SLOUGH, Of Concord, N. C, and MISS MARY A. CRUISE, Late of Charleston. S. C, Dress Makers. March 31, 1837 38 4 m. d. clinkscale8. s. m. pick ens. CLINKSCALES & FICKENS, < Attorneys at Law, ANDERSON C. Hi - - S. C. \ ALL business intrusted to the above firm will receive prompt attention. Office?Up-Stairs, over Bieckley, Brown & Fretwell's Store. Jan 13,1887 27 Sp THE BROOKS COTTON PLANTER. IT BEATS THE WORLD I ESPECIALLY adapted to rough, rocky, stumpy and hilly lands. Easily handled as a common Plow Stock. Drops the seed with perfect regularity, and insures a great advantage in the cultivation of the crop. BUY THE "BROOKS," And get a Planter which will please you. For Side Harrows, Cultivators, Hoes, Plows, AND ALL Agricultural Hardware, AS WELL AS Building Materiel, &c. CALL ON SULLIVAN & BK'Jt. lORE TRUTH n THAN THAN_POETRY. PRAY give us your attention while we sing you a song, With more troth than poetry it will not keep you long; A song to help your pocket, if you follow out its teaching It is not hard to follow, as is as true as preaching. Our mission, in this instance, is to say a word to show How you may save your pennies and cause your wealth to grow ; It will not make your comforts less nor any less your pleasure, But will enhance your happiness while adding to your treasure. If you want Drugs and Fancy Goods at ? prices just as low As LJaey can possibly be sold I'll tell you where to go? To WILHITE & WILHITE'S City Drug Store, No. 6 Granite Row Street, The goods we will show you?prices, too, wi1' be to you * treat. AU the iuiest Medicines for all known hu? man ills; Standard Drugs of every kind, Elixirs, Lo? tions, Pills; The richest Extracts, best Colognes, and finest Toilet Soaps, Dressing Cases of every grade, and cheap beyond your hope. Sarden Seed, Onion Sets, Potatoes too, we cannot undertake ro tell you of the thousand things that is necessary our stock to make. ind now, having other matters of busi? ness as important to write, fVe reman your most obedient servant*, WILHITE &, WILHITE. Andjrjon, S. C? Feb. 24,1887. PW RJMIT?BE. STOKE W. L. KELTuETT HAS opened a new F-urniture Store iuV Anderson, cornor Benson and Mc- ? Duffie Streets, where he will keep "a select: stock of Furniture, which will be sold: cheap for cash. COFFINS, I also keep a full stock of Coffins, all' sizes, which I am prepared to deliver promptly at any time. Specialties?I make a specialty of Mattress-making, Upholstering and Re? pairing, and in these lines my work is my best reference. Also, repairing Children's Carriages and renovating old Mattresses. Call on nie when you need anything in. my line and I will save you money. w. l. kellett;. March 31, 1887 38 In TnrronfB Seltzer jroa behold A certain euro for young and ?ld; For Constipation wlU , i derart. And Indigestion Quickly ntnrt; Sick Headacho, too, wfll boon subside. "When Tnrranfs Seltzer has been tried. $25,000.00 IN GOLD! WILL BE PAID FOB AKBUCKES' COFFEE MAPPERS,. 1 Premium, ? - S1,000.00 2 Premiums, - S500.00 each 6 Premiums, ? S250.OO " 25 Premiums, ? SI00.00 " 100 Premiums, ? 830.00 200 Premiums, ? 820.00 1,000 Premiums, S10.00 For full particulars and directions see Circu? lar in every pound of Abbvckles' Coffee. March 31,1887 38 ly;