Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?- TOS R2yl*3 s . ? . .There 'a^; >a;ru?^ ^nedua^nd ib ^ Irx'thia: Co?aty, bnfe we.would suggest- J .them. th?t'the sooner they muzzle the iac&guards and vulgarians in their E;|!^ m of their, paV^yinthe Courity. >rnVwiseacreshavediscovered; that >.is.^prohibition:partyy VYarily the itohesa. of corac men is -remarkable.. .Wo; wonder -thatf great thick ears" have, not grown; upon their heads long ago. rqe^^re.already; adept-in braying, and d?r'tbia additfpn}tt?ir status would be ^full^^ored. ?. Some of tho;papers. are discoyeriog fclrat.the faimers* movement- has politics |in ;it .Tfci3 is-riot- very surprising nor larmfug,'-'either; to''-anybody except tie feaaonai 'politicians. If the State of ?uth Carolina is never hurt until her irmer^-aVit by their .political, action, kb~is safa^fbrseveral centuries yet to >mer.----'-:v/- v-' ' : ? '- . :- - -? ???? -?- - ??? ? Quite a^umber oftbe. men in :public ffice in 'this State a re industriously, 'iroagK Itheir friends, 'criticizing- Capt. i.;.Ku ;T^llmaa. for adrajtiing? tha^ l p^Htic^in the- farmerer-inpv~ement.; ;ecansee:^ heinoua-in :'this ad-? |?is3ibn^-because Capt. Tillman does; ^ot >ee-propor to talk and act as "his |ppoi^ntai migh ts wish ihim to (lo, d oes ? ^btr^us?fy'an attack; upon the farmers'? io;/ement. r .Wo cannot s perceive .any; igb^whicpih^ of this ijtryhavetot a monopcly of the -mat-; ^r^f^poiitics^ \IXthe>!?armersf want to se a part in^e sct??uientof political i??3tibn%;a8 longas.they doao inside of ip^^ ita.i i?ea^;w?^niore^b n> danger to arise jm jt. .:^tis true it niay beat some men; ao ;ar6*now. in* office, but that would1 voi^mt^^ to. the State; ,iif it'gavebefcterniQa'thanit de-! apii?ted, the S'tate^nid^K^P^ by the; |^dl^g]with ;potftica. 'le' ISTEILIGENCER ' and- its Editor r.c uive. for years urged: upon.the people of lh/;.?arpl^ ofsepa iirif-^^g^qji??xL'baets.tiioiieb'tvrely from: ^a'ndTor ; this, parpose" Mr Mur wup^and secured^'e- pasaage of ^o^i^tibh^lawii by . which, the "tioos on the qneetion of license or no se are:to bet held aira^'difiarent-time; ?e Municipal or.. State elections,! ;:np^ other .^ues^pnj^rball then. be ?pS^Th#^^HGEN?aBB;.. has ^&tent^.a4vbcatcd: the" policy of f^unly!;pption in those ^Counties where lt ^people-desired tp'settle this question. isf the;ipniyway to keep the issue out fijlgojiticsv-.\)It is true thatrit might be oat of politics if-.?ither aide .would ield to ^ejp^er^side,;: bet. neither will 0 thi'sr--TheI"an?-prohipi??nists will ot.'give up the. liquor. traffic, arid the ^?ibifcio^ 'to let it 005.'?. ^.Therefore, ope: of; two plans must rto|l^;Ej*her -the two partial must >ld ; .fssne in electing mbefa:of "the. Legislature^ so that If '%$q?or men can elect. the majority :%ffi^ th e; prohibi ~elect ihe majority, it will be sup S^r^this planjit is certain to K^ato'intoState elections, for the Vri^i^yetoVpower. must be . had on "reprtie other, aud the Lieutenant jOTor^'?i?g-:7pt? must be. looked ;~Thoalso ba3 ten . important power ..in construing a b7;'ahd,enforcing its. provisions. -Thus |^ll.3iS-seen that it/fce^sy; to make it 1 political isauo by fighting directly, for e ?riactmentof the law. This has been (-Jan;-;several^Northern and Western I arid" always results in loss to the (jih^ppw^;;^it is to be deplored ?veriUs r^rted.to,.and.3houW be J^^Mfi^i^er itia possible to.do. so, p^^^b^^dais^g w?th the mat-; pr is;tp. -lettfie. p^pie. aettle the issue f>r - themselves b? a direct vote, when o'eierfs'/ijp, otherissue or election to be ^|ie3;pri?v ;T^ term the G^g^plan^ariiJ it effectually takes the ? iiestioa; out^pf politics;; By-voting on r Counties, ail of the psople in .the S^BS&i^zp^ren^ and je^wRat;: they may deem to be ^^duty;.In: t&e-.preniises, without con eti?g? it: with ;party. politics. ? By this Jdn-therpaVty/in power"ia.not-put at the ?|Wvantage which attaches.to the other ibde vof ;:^eaUngwith,.it. . Experience froses ^t thb is^the only way of deal ?^witfii^'Jtt^wt withou t. prod ucing o^ticat-'-'.?onJfo8jio.D."The. people pf di?e^b^^?l'^o/eos'., Coon ties will ^ limproijibitjon this year, and next r-: ?aey^ill-bp all the more active and t ju maintaining .the interests.of itic party. But Tiiree Under the Sun. ^jEwrpR: Will you allow mi a ^iaybur columns tc: give, my reason .^'e are; not. ar. prosparouB people in: ?tsori:: County;; /I thirik we have as a County,; if-not-one of the b'est^in ^p6?^ It produces nearly everything Ifg, man deaires to grow for man arid ^0?e.wou1d7c<nly;-tu'ni- our atten ?to.Hhe business. - Yet I must say 2v^r-aecpmpliBb much. Are"we plassed^^ I hope not; se(^eih?p8e'4to^'buy; from ? other States ^rytbing; we' use on k- farm?-from a 3^a' down ti>: the point of a plow. ^X;think -everything pertaining to j, Pi nearly so,- could be made at \ae, and not eorid our money off to en bother States, while pure is suffering. ^ South can boast of good timber of ad^desirable for any purpose; so _"'suppV Ourselves with the best of aber, at;l?tfcleip8t, and keep our money home if we only , desired it, but it _ is;we bad rather, purchase an infe -iicr aiticte^ftnfa^ frpto home. Cau you ^0d a place , with the . population of -Anderson;?ay;where in the United States except places of resort) without some aanufacipriw that is what ^Sak? ?"]^^ta&-towD or .city^ and yet Jersonr^ys by her action, that she it^i'aw^peV-for those who bave made attwnpt in that !way have failed for . j'bTi'eingpatronized. v .^e* choose, to buy away-from home r^want je-'^^bn'es-' tiiat should support and ^nib^'theioj. for they say I can buy ^^iH^n -joa. .offer to sell,, and* all at i^neceOTary to make the sale is a ?.ta^yrrwhich we Southern people, d'fbr;;. . ' jf;v/Q psrsist in the same channel, that we have been in for.the last twelve or fifteen years, we can look over to Ireland ta? see ourselves in the future; for those people whom we choose to make rich by purchasing supplies and Implements, will become the real estate owners,: and what will we be ? Justiihink ! ?1 Do you realize; who makes:the money ? There are but three branches under the sun that make money?the farmer, me chanic, and -miner. We have no mines in Andersen County, we have no manu factures.t? support the place. The far? mers are the*: only class to support the -place, and they generally spend it before jit is made. Will we.go on thus, or will t weyet change our way and be a happy and prosperous people, by turning our .attention to home industry and lending a j helping hand to those who have the wel | fare of the country at heart. A S?ffeber. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C, May 80,1887. Recognizing the difficulties that would be encountered in attempting a detailed account of the great National Drill, even were the space allotted me much greater than that afforded, by the columns of a newspaper, I will not attempt to discus.' the' subject in detail. The gentlemen constituting the comtrittee which, a few months since, conceived of, and have since perfected and carried into execu? tion, the details of so stupendous under? taking as that involved in the bringing together in-friendly competition the rep? resentative military organizations of thirty-one States and Territories, may justly; feel proud of the success of their undertaking. . The space surrounding the Washing? ton Monument, covered with its.white tents, rendered brilliant by. the varied uniforms and regimental colors of the various organizations represented, and the scene enlivened by. the strains of martial music, serve to recall the days of i 1861 and '62, when, as no w, the streets of the National Capital echoed to the tread of marching regiments. From Oregon to Maine and from Wisconsin to Texas, nearly every State in the Union, sent her quota, to the Drill, and whatever the decision of the judges may be as to the relative merits of the various organiza? tions, it may be truthfully said that without a single exception, every one of the sixty companies present at the Drill presented a creditable appearance, both in camp and upon the drill ground, and the Nation may be justly proud that in her citizen:soldiery she possesses a stand lug army which will compare favorably, if not in point of numbers, at least in proficiency . in military discipline, with the expensive standing armies of foreign nations. ? An unexpected incident occurred in connection with the parade on Wednes? day evening. It had been expected that f all of the visitiog companies would par 1 ticipate in the parade. Several of the iSoutbern companies, upon learning that two colored organizations had been assigned position in the line, refused *to march in their company. . The exhibition drills of the various zouave companies were, to the general public, the. most interesting of all j tbe exhibitions given by the visiting compa? nies; The manner in which the various fancy movements, wheeling, marching, bayonet and skirmish drills were execut? ed, were wonderful. One of their feats? the8caling of a fifteen foot fence?was, perhaps, the most difficult yet attempted upon a drill ground. At- the word of command they broke for the fence, rapidly formed a pyramid, tossed up and passed over their guns, and with cat-like agility followed themselves. When but two men. remained, and, the spectators were guessing out a way of saving them, one jumped upon the shoulders of the other, thence to the top of the fence, and there turned about and helped up his fellow. ; On Wednesday evening the camp was visited by tbe most severe thunder storm of the -season; but aside from the over? turning^" two or three of the tents which had not been properly secured, and the consequent drenching of the occupants, little damage was done. The President, accompanied by Mr, Cleveland, Mr: and . Mrs. Lamont, and a party of select friends, left Washington i on Thursday last for. the Adirondack [region, where they will spend a few days in recreation upon tbe shores of Saranac Lake. It is expected that the President will return to Washington on the 5th of June, and that he will spend the Summer months at.his country residence. H. ?" The. New Cotton-PI ante?,. South Carolina, which has given to the world Mason's cotton-picker, has now followed up that invention by another equally as great. The new machine is thus spoken of in the Sumter corres? pondence of the Charleston News and Courier; . A public test of tbe cotton chopper invented by Mr. J. B. Ammons, of Kershaw, was had at Wedgefield on last Saturday, on ' the farm of Mr. J. H. Aycock, and was in every particular sat? isfactory. Mr. Ammon's machine is of very simple construction and can be operated with ease by one band. It is built somewhat on the principle of a sulky plow, with adjustable hoes, so that cotton in rows of any width can be chopped out. Mr. Ammons has been working at this invention for about eleven Jears, and in spite of repeated draw acks has at last brought it to its present state of perfection. One hand can now with ease chop out thirty acres of cotton per day. Public tests with very satisfac? tory results have been made in the counties of Marion, Kershaw, RJchland, Marlboro, Chesterfield and Suinter. ; The importance of this invention can scarcely be imagined at the outset. The expenses of raising cotton under a sys? tem of free labor, with all the risk of shortness of hands and the unreliability of the negro race, has made it a question whether it could much longer be kept up. This machine, however, will save the labor of twenty-five men, thus rendering it impossible for any farmer to fall a vic? tim to the grass. Together with Mason's cotton picker, it opens up immense probabilities for the future. Brewers Fighting Prohibition? Baltimore, May 26.?The National Convention of the United States Brew? ers' Association to-day appropriated $5,000 for the assistance of the brewers of Michigan, $5,000 for the brewers of Texas and $8,000 for the brewers of Ten? nessee, the money to be used in defeating the efforts of the Prohibitionist in those States. An extra assessment equal to one year's dues was agreed upon to en? able the board of trustees to fight tem? perance people in various sections of the country. ?^ Col. T. J. Moore, of Spartanburg, a few days ago, with tbe aid of one assis? tant, took 800 pounds of honey, from twenty-five hives of the Simplicity pat? tern. From some of the hives he took sixty to seventy-five pounds. His wife and daughter packed about four hundred pounds Of tbe honey in shipping boxes in one day. The quality is very fine, the season baying been about dry enough for honey. Charlotte's Female Physician. Dr. Aunie L. Alexander ba3^ com? menced the practice of her profession in", this city. Dr. Alexander enjoys the dis-i. tinctiort?of .being the only Southern? female' graduate, ^f '[medicine "jih- the; South/-and is the oiily'female member of the North Carolina Medical Association^ .She ^a hative^of. Mwklenburg.iCountyi and is the daughter of Dr..J; B. Alexan? der of Lemley's Township. Her admit? tance into membership .of the State Medical Association is in itself sufficient evidence of the fact that she'is a well read and a thoroughly competent physi? cian.?Charlotte Chronicle. "?' Sixteen " Hundred HorseV Burned. ' New York, May '27.?Flames broke out at half-past 1 .o'clock this morning in the south end of the Belt Line stables, on 10th avenue, between 53d and 54th streets. The building was entirely de? stroyed, with 1,600 horses and nearly all the cars in the building. The flames were first seen by one of the night hands, who gave the alarm. The flames spread rapidly and soon completely enveloped the building in their folds. The build? ing was a five-story structure and covered a square block, reaching back to 11th avenue. The upper stories were occupied by the repair shops and combustible ma? terial, which blazed as soon as touched by the fire. The offices were situated in the southeast corner. They were in flames so quickly that there was no chance to save the books of the company. In the stables were over sixteen hundred horses and several hundred cars. Only ten horses and two cars were saved, the rest were all burned up. At two o'clock this morning the walls of the building fell in with a terrible crash, Bending mil-', lions of sparks and blazing pieces of wood high in the air. The fire alarm of the three sixes .had been made as soon as the fire chief arrived at the scene, and engines from all parts of tbe city with water tower and-nook and. ladder com? panies were rapidly coming. The heat from the 'flaming building was bo great that several firemen and two policemen were prostrated. Escape, of Prisoners. Six colored prisoners broke out of the county jail here last night and escaped. The names of the fugitives are as follows; Dunk Jone), committed for grand lar? ceny'; Jake Finlay, horse stealing; Joe Harris, one of the Air Line railroad rob? bers; John Adams and Adolphus Adam, the two counterfeiters from Abbe? ville, and Win. Adams, convicted at the last term of the United States Court for retailing liquor without a license, and sentenced to six months in the county I jail. Early this morning William Adams returned to tbe jail and said that he had beeu forced to go out with the fugitives; that they told him if he did not go they would kill him. He says that they broke out between eleven and twelve o'clock last night, and that be went with some of them as far as tbe Air Line railroad depot and then left them and returned to the jail and waited until daylight to be let in. . ? The prisoners were all confined in tbe same room on the second , floor, and escaped by cutting Out the mortar between the rocks of which the wall is built, the only instrument they bad being the handle of an iron kettle, and, after removing the rocks, they quietly stepped ont and descended to tbe ground on a ladder that had been left standing against the wall and just in the right place for them. ...... Sheriff Gilreath started a posse of men this morning in pursuit of the fugitives, and will make every effort to recapture them. The jail is one of the oldest and most insecure in the State. It was built seventy-five years ago, and is in a very dilapidated condition.?Correspondence Augusta Chronicle, May 27. ? The Presbyterian Chasm. St. Louis; May 26.?The attention of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterians was entirely occupied to? day by discourses on the. advisability of organic union with the Northern Church. The Bev. J. M. P. Otts strongly advoca? ted union just as soon as it can be accomplished on. terms and conditions safe and honorable to both sides. The animosities engendered by the war should be over. Episcopalians and Bap? tists bad united with their Northern brethren, and now was the time for [ Presbyterians to do likewise. Northern Presbyterians' were drifting into South? ern' territory, building churches, estab? lishing missions and becoming part of South. Many people had united with the Congregational Church because they believed the Presbyterian Church of the South was a church of sectionalism. It was time that Presbyterians were forget? ting the quarrels of tbe past and issues that were dead. The Bev. C. K. Yaughan, of Lexing? ton, Va., spoke against the majority report. He thought the Church could not change its relations as-quickly as business men and politicians. There were three different religious differences between Northern and Southern churches' doctrine, viz., creed, principle and ecclesiastical policy. The speaker was opposed to allowing such wide lati? tude to women as in the Northern churches. He laid particular stress upon the color line, and, after a time, be said, you will see an elegant black gentleman offer his arm to your white girl and she will accept it. The people from Vir? ginia to the Gulf will not have their relations with the colored race decided by tbe Northern Church. Tbe Church must teach that slavery was a moral relation, not necessarily a civil institu? tion. He would as much expect to revive slavery in the days of Ramasees as now. If it was in bis power to revive slavery now, he would not do so. He advised the Assembly to be careful and go slow. The Rev. B. M. Palmer, of New Or? leans, revived the issues of the war, and bitterly arraigned the Northern Church for what he called "ejectment" in 1861, and followed it with, inflammatory denunciation, bringing in the color line and saying that that was the cause of the split in 1861, and was the cause of J dissension now. . St. Lqujs, May. 27.?The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church, after two days discussion, adopted a resolution offered by Dr. H?ge, of North Carolina, which was really a substitute and compromise for the minority report on organic union that a committee br> appointed to confer with a committee of the Northern church to ascertain the sentiment of the latter in connection with ecclesiastical boards and colored churches, and other subjects of the two churches as might be deemed necessary. The vote stood 81 for, and 59 against the resolution. ? A very interesting discovery that a plant well known in India, which is en? tirely harmless, destroys the power of tasting sugar, has been recently published in Nature by Professor Thistleton Dyer. The plant i3 tbe gymnema gylveatre, growing widely in the Deccan Peninsula, and also met with in Assam and on the Coromandel coast. A late Governor of Madras and other residents of India who have tested the properties of this plant certify that chewing two or three leaves of it absolutely abolishes tbe tongue's power to teste sweetness. Professor Dyer's experiments with leaves sent to bim at Ksw, in England, corroborates their testimony. This plant is likely to prove a most valuable addition to modern materia medica. Its power to destroy the taste of sweetness suggests its use by physicians to correct morbid craving for sweetmeats, which is a source of wide? spread disorders of digestion. General Ellen, of Madras, Li reported as having found that gymnema abolishes f'the power of enjoying a cigar," Y/hile smokers may not relish this, physicians may prize immensely a plant which, ad? ministered to patients who use tobacco to excess, would for a time, at least, check inordinate smoking. The power of the plant to render tasteless many drugs which are extremely nauseous promises to commead it to tbe medical profession. A Itioli Man Gone. Greenville Xeies, May 30. e Hewlett Sullivan, who was aaid to be the third richest man in this county .acd Who was one of the most widely known aud marked men in this part of the State, died on yesterday at the residence of Dr. J. P.Xatimery in this city. Mri.Sulli van had been living in the city only a few weeks, having come here at the urgent solicitation of Dr. Latimer, with whom he formerly lived in the country, to receive ; the care andnttention.be needed in his condition. It has been evident that the end was near, and Mr. Sullivan seemed to understand that fact fully. Much of his time toward the last of his consciousness was spent in prayer and in receiving the visits of the Rev. Dr. Mendenhall, of the Baptist church, and almost the last coherent words he spoke were an expression of his belief that God had forgiven bis sins and would save his bouI. Soon after one o'clock yesterday he died quickly and very easily, afterlying a long time barely breathing, although his pulse remained full and strong almost until the last. There was no struggle or evidence of pain. The dead man was in his eighty-eighth year, having been born in 1800 in the Fork Shoals neighborhood of Greenville county, where he lived until his final removal to this city. He had very few educational advantages and very little property to begin with, but he accumu? lated a fortune of ?250,000 by work, saving and shrewdness in investing and collecting. He was a farmer, but did much "trading," or speculation, espe? cially in land, and lent money: Mr. Sullivan was peculiar in mauy respects. He lived nearly all his life in a house little better than a cabin, with only the plainest and cheapest furniture and'but one servant. He was probably the worst dressed white man in Green? ville county and seemed to hold it as a matter of pride to wear shabby and cheap clothing. These peculiarities were not entirely the result of a disposition to save, for the deceased was the oldest member of a very large family and con? nection, almost all people of wealth and position, .and he might have found a ' home and comfort with almost any of them if he had wished. He held to his manner of life from choice and would doubtless have enjoyed keenly the amazement of strangers who came here and saw him pointed out as one of the rieb est men in the State. In his cabin he sometimes bad $25,000 or more in currency, but no attempt was ever made to rob him .and he seemed to fear none. He was a man of great strength, being six feet and a half high, and in that and bis shot gun and revolver he had abso . lute confidence. His death will probably cause much trouble throughout this part of the State. He bau piles and piles of notes, many secured by mortgages, and in the settle? ment of the estate these will probably be collected. Notwithstanding a general belief otherwise, Mr. Sullivan was an easy creditor. Some of the notes he leaves are nearly out of date; many others have only very small part pay? ments. So long as a debtor showed a disposition to acknowledge bis debt pnd pay what he could, he was not pressed, but Mr. Sullivan bitterly resented any? thing like an attempt to cheat him, and j never forgave it. Notwithstanding his shrewdness, he was many times the vic? tim of-sharp practice or of his own feelings. Few who made a direct appeal to his compassion were repulsed, and that fact was made use of to swindle him. He could not tolerate anybody who had thus over reached him or whom he suspected of having tried it, and he had strong prejudices otherwise, being disposed to form dislikes, sometimes on slight grounds. There are many, how? ever, to whom he has been a friend in time of need who will remember him gratefully.' During the last few years Mr. Sullivan has been involved in much litigation. He has had some heavy losses, and last year gave away much of his property to favored nieces and nephews, so that his estate is probably worth only between $150,000 and $200,000.. Part of it is in valuable farming land in this county, Anderson and Laurehs ,* much of it is in notes and' mortgages, and there is some back and other stock and probably a considerable sum in caBb. The will scatters the property among the relatives of the deceased. Jno. D. Sullivan, of this city, receives $4,000, C. M. Sullivan, of Fork Shoals, receives ?3,000, J. H. Latimer receives $3,000. These are the largest legacies. Mauy other members of the family receive $1,000 or less. The greater part of the estate is not disposed of by legacy, and of this remainder Dr. J. P. Latimer will probably receive a handsome share. Not Beady to Unite. Philadelahia, May 27.?In the general assembly of the United Presby? terian church of North America the fraternal salutation of the Associated Reformed synod of the South, Rev. J. C. Galloway, of the Associate Reformed church, South, was introduced and ad? dressed the assembly. He conveyed the Christian salutations of the synod of the Sooth to the assembly. The course for him to pursue was one of the utmost candor and frankness. The Associate Reformed church has rejected the basis of union, and the reasons, as he con? ceived, for doing so were two. The first was the agitation in the United Presby? terian church over the organ question; aud second, from the opposition of a respectable minority to the fourteenth article in the testimony of the United Presbyterian church. The Associate Reformed church wishes to wait until the organ question is settled in a peace? ful way.- A large portion of the Associ? ate Reformed church considers the introduction of an organ as fatal to congregational singing. The Associate Reformed church does not wish to restore slavery. There is cot a man who does I not heartily rejoice that the incubus of j slavery is destroyed, never to return. [Applause.] The opposition comes from old people, those of ante-bellum times. The old live in the past, but after all, their opposition is more that of a chival? rous sentiment than otherwise. We feel, said Mr. Galloway, that we ought to regard the feelings of those old people, and not outrage their convictions and drive them from our communion. When the year 1900 shall have arrived, slavery will be almost a memory. I was born and raised in South Carolina. The new South has no leaning toward slavery. Why oannot we re3t as a basis of union on the cordial acceptance of the West? minster confession and Catachism as his? torically interpreted. He trusted the day was not far distant when the two churches shall be organically what they are spiritually?one. The moderator responded to the greetings of Mr. Gallo? way, and said it would be well that there should be no indiscriminate haste relative to instrumental music. With regard to article in testimony of united Preebyterian church, it is :record of the church. He trusted that over the two churches there would be soon one banner, with words written over it: "The United Presbyteriao Church of North America." We can go on and do our work until God in his own good time brings about organic union.... Sprinkled With Blood, Camden, S. C, May 27, :i887.?-gome thing uncommon happened yesterday evening. A gentleman with his wife and a friend were driving about one mile South of town when all of a sudden the breeze stopped entirely and the tempera? ture went up several degrees, The wife of this gentleman then remarked to him that there was blood on his ear, and on turning to hear her he found that her dress had been spattered with something like blood. J t was scattered just like it had come in a shower. What was it? Could it have been a shower of blood ? Where did it come from? The gentleman says be can oiler no explanation at all. I saw the spots on hie cravat aud shirt, and it is said that the dresses of the party were spotted in the same way.?Correspondence Ncmi and Courier, Good Bye Blackwood. The hearing in the case of Black wood, who needs no introduction to the readers of South Carolina or Georgia papers, took -place yesterday before Governor Richardson at tbe executive office. John Gary Evans, Esq., of Aiken appeared, representing F. A. Blackwood, for whom the Governor of Georgia has duly issued a requisition. The State of Georgia was not represented. Attorney General Earle was present, but took no active part in the proceedings. Mr. Evans produced the warrant issued by Trial Justice J. D. Weeks of Aiken, founded upon the affidavit of F. M.? Nixon, charging Blackwood with having committed an aggravated assault upon one Henry Morris of Aiken County, in November, 1886. He also showed the return of the constable, setting forth the due arrest of Blackwood, and presented also the paper committing him to jail. Mr. Evans took the position that Blackwood should be held to respond to the charge of crime against the laws of South Carolina, tbe requisition to be meantime lodged with the Sheriff of Aiken County, and after Blackwood shall have answered in our court, to be enforced by his surrender to the Georgia authorities. He maintained that it was the duty of the Governor to have Black wood held to answer for tbe crime done in this State, while it is in his discretion to deliver him in respoose to the requisi? tion. No reply was made to Mr. Evans and Governor Richardson took the matter under advisement. After consultation with Attorney General Earle the Gover? nor reached the decision to honor the requisition of Governor Gordon and a mandate was issued for the delivery of Blackwood to tbe proper officers from Georgia. It was later learned from an unofficial but thoroughly reliable source that it was the intention of Mr. Evans, Blackwood's counsel, to attempt to prevent or delay the return of his client by a securing a writ of habeas corpus.?Columbia Register, A Pennsylvania Horror. Pjttsburg, Pa., May 28.?The latest reports from the scene of the accident at Horseshoe Bend, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, last night states that eight persons were killed and six injured. Four were killed outright and the others have since died. The ill-fated train arrived at the Union depot in this city at 4.30 o'clock this morning with some ninety passengers aboard. For four long hours a group of anxious mortals paced up and down the passage-ways, lingering impatiently and in awful suspense as to the fate of their friends who bad taken passage on the fast line and were expect? ed to arrive in the city at.11.55 o'clock last night. Many were tbe invuiries of the depot officials regarding tbe nature of tbe terrible accident, of which all had heard, but they either could not or would not give the particulars. Every minute seemed an hour to the waiting crowd, and when the shrill whistle at last sig? nalled tbe arrival of the wrecked train all eyes were turned toward it. Almost the first person to. step from the train was Miss McMahon, a school teacher in Florida, who was on her way to her home at Beaver Falls, in this State. Miss McMahon furnished an account of the awful catastrophe that overtook the fast line train. Tbe story is best told in her own words, as follows: "I was sitting about the middle of the second coach from the engine. The train was running at a high rate of speed when the accident happened, and the shock was terrific. I was thrown violent? ly against the seat in front of me. The train stopped suddenly. In a minute all was confusion, and I was at a loss to know what had happened. I soon heard shrieks from the passengers in tbe coach in the rear of the one I was in, and I knew that something awful had hap? pened. I raised a window and looked out. The sight frightened me. Tbe en? tire sides of the two coaches, immediately in tbe rear of tbe one I was in, were crushed in. I could Bee the passengers climbing out over the coal cars lying on tbe adjoining track. The passengers who were not injured assisted in remov? ing the killed and wounded. It waB a sight that I will never forget. Several women in the car swooned away when tbey saw what had happened." J. H. Peach, of Bellevue, Mifflin County, in this State, was a passenger on the third coach from the smoking-car and gave a graphic account of the heart? rending scenes which followed the death dealing crash: "I was sitting," he said, "about four seats to the rear of Dale Graham, when the trains collided. The entire side of our coach was crushed in, and young Graham was literally buried beneath the ruins. Not a moan escaped his lips, and he must have died instantly, for he was about tbe first victim we set about to re? cover. When extricated from the wreck he was lifeless. The side of the car was crushed down on top of him and this, with a large quantity of coal from the freight car, had crushed the young man's life out before any assistance could be rendered. I never want to witness such distressing scenes again. It makes my flesh quiver when I think about it. The piercing shrieks of the women mingled with the agonizing cries of the men com? pletely overpowered me, although when the sad calamity occurred I managed to keep possession of my senses and aided in rescuing the victims to the beat of my ability. We must have been running at the rate of about thirty miles an hour at the time the collision occurred and the freight train I should judge was going about twelve mile an hour. The freight train was heavily loaded and the terrible crash caused a panic among the passen? gers. I am surprised that three times as many were not dashed into eternity. ? From the Gunteraville Democrat, fiubliiihed in- Marshall county, Ala., we earn of the horrible death of a man. Samuel Scott, a son of Mr. Richard Scott, was working in a field near his father's house. Becoming thirsty he went to a spring close at hand and lay down to drink. Just in the act of sipping the cooling draught^ tbe ominous hum of a rattlesnake rang out on the air, and be? fore the poor boy could rise to his feet the deadly fangs of tbe serpent were fastened in his face. Not until he had risen could he tear away the venomous reptile and stamp it to death with his feet; After this was done he ran to his father, a short distance away, before fainting. They took the poor fellow home and sent for physicians who came, I but arrived too late to save the life of the brave boy. His death ensued eight hours after being bitten. ? On last Monday evening it was an? nounced upon our streets that the body of a dead man was lying in the Baptist churchyard. Immediately upon the re? ception of this information the entire police force with lanterns in hand head? ed a procession of terrified citizens and proceeded to the scene where the dead body waB reported to be lying. The closest kind of a search was made for the body but without avail. Our policemen realized that they had been badly hoaxed, upon the suggestion of some one present that perhaps the dead body reported to be lying in this yard was several feet under ground. The originator of this huge joke cannot plume himself upon the possession of a vast amount of good judg? ment.?Sumter Watchman and Southron ? Ths farmers of East Tennessee, who met in convention at Knoxville last week, discused the prohibition question at great length and with much vigor. With scarcely a dissenting voice they adopted a resolution endorsing the con? stitutional amendment and pledging their support to it. The Knoxville Jour? nal says: "An overwhelming majority of the farmers present will vote for the amendment next September. We take it that they reflect public opinion on the subject throughout this section, and if that be true it may he set down as a fact that East Tennessee will give a large majority for the amendment." ? A live rattlesnake 10 or 12 inches long was found in a mail pouch on the Central railroad the other day. It struck at the railway postmaster when he opsn ed the pouch, ? The number of Baptists in the United States is 2,732,570. ? New York is talking about. :ui angry son, who wears mourning because ins mother has remarried. ? A Philadelphia pRper, preaching household economy, asked,' "is there a wife in this city to day that makes Ihpr husband's shirts?" The following an Bwer was received by return mail: "I do, but he won't wear 'em." ? At a recent church sociable in Beading, there was an hour in which all persons were fined five cents each time they laughed, giggled or smiled. Thee had a solemn time and the receipts wcry small. ? Augusta claims to have a colored man who catches fish in lagoons by div? ing for them and taking them in his hands. In the presence of a large party on Thursday he dived and emerged with a large fish in each hand and one in his mouth. ? A letter from Alaska says that white men are constantly migrating to that country, and its condition is rapidly improving as to civilization and trade. Many inducements, in the way of fishing, stock raising, gardening, fur hunting and and mining, are offered to hardy and industrious settlers. ? The people of the Holy Land are becoming civilized. Bethlehem's streets are lighted with gas. Nazareth is the headquarters of big olive oil speculators, and Cesarea is having a building boom. A large soap factory has been established on the site of the ancient Shechem, and the people are beginning to use it on their persons instead of trying to eat it, as they did at first. ? When Tom Heudrix, living near Knoxville, Tenn., was fifteen yenrs old, he was whipped by a local bully named John H. Gallagher. The boy swore in the latter'3 presence that when he attain? ed his majority he would kill Gallagher. Last week he reached his twenty-first anniversary, and on that day recalled his oath, fulfilled the bond to the letter by riddling bis enemy with bullets. He confessed on arrest. ? An Albany newspaper tells of a well-to-do, but very careful gentleman who recently told a friend in good faith that he had discovered how to save on his butter bills. "Just spread your bread with butter," said he; "then scrape it off as closely as you can, and hold the buttered side down when you eat it. Your tongue strikes the butter at once, and you get just as much flavor as if you had three times as much butter and ate it the other way." ? Henry Stewart, a Sing Sing convict, made bis escape from the prison on Thursday, and all trace of him is lost. He was employed in the laundry on Troy shirts. When a box of goods was packed for shipment to that city he secreted himself in the case and was carried out and loaded into the car. He cut his way out with a small saw and chisel, leaving his prison clothes behind on the car floor. He was not seen to leave the car, and a good deal of mystery surround not only Eis escape, but also the way in which he obtained his citizen's outfit. Stewart was sent up for ten years by Judge Cowing November 26th, 1886, for robbery in the first degree._ All people of Dyspeptic ?vrnya Should learn to Lengthen out their days. When IndlgesUon muk?s a call, Or Constipation, worse than all. Hakes lifo a burden, boar in mind, In Tnrrnnt's Seltior health you'll find. ?vJ f?rqd[8ptrnq J ftauig Wf?? ?r?n<>31& ?rid 0T1 "ojpog oamj, o^x *wju;io qj, joj pniivf^ '?i'> 'bp-nq spuijf "|[. ? jo Boay& Vjojjvj ;noq? t[Y Miwiy uu jpo^s pus pnnq 0% iioj{ \uv.o awqj puu BOOWMHfj 'lyoMl pa* uiimnji! >| 'cpj:q sSvq BPtrpi ns jo fiunvwi'i > 'Ua ^auurrc'oij-, [m--*] ?amid II3J0JO3 tnma-j.<fr ?Ktiopuji KayJ 89YD ?L0 310011 oq^wc uo/t? n ?ojuir* 91 Joj ^ueg ?2?nni{?> Md til S)?TTS J" sjoojn 3*.iq imojj RBRfrm 'iiq 01 0J3? 11 pun VJcxj-cqtrjcn inoqs noijanuojin isosaoq irjpaod jo; Batjd loiiuodra 0} Aioq tcponaq oqi jo snorj -diioeop Isjaio: jo spnrc; nu t\xuaa jo Liiin.viu^Lio 'i arc[tl p3jo|oa pijij -ntraq iBoSndOOI '3IOOW Alii ?T.10 ?I psan?1??! J?i P1188 U9llX flo(t jo Binf) oVpv tnnzn gj jo; WB{ailu^jDj raopoaqd ?tnairjXuq o j djoq.*v pn'tjTJOii onioxTi Baojjd 'upacuq fjnajojjjp jo BflnjAHli/na 001 S 'no;v[d p?ioi03 Scjapijaoo 'auiflt> iSUSTAfia 90 a P^m 'oarj i 9.0 a v iN\/M .n?x.':pa .jf ICE CREAM SODA. LIMEADE SODA WATER. THESE most refreshing and delicious drinks of the season have been introdu? ced by us, and we solicit your trial. Ice Cream Soda, Limeade Soda Water, Is more expensive, and requires more care to make and dispense than the or? dinary Soda Water, but you will be better satisfied after drinking them after you have used the ordinary Soda Water. Ice Cream Soda 10 cents per glass, 3 for 25c, or 12 for $1.00. Limeade Soda 5c per glass. Call and give them a trial and be con* vinced. If you don't want these, we keep as good Soda Water as is iu town only 5c a glass, or 25 tickets for one dollar. WILHITE & WILHITE. Pomona Hill Nurseries, POMONA, X? C. Two and a half miles west of Greensboro, N. C. The main line of the R. & D. R. R. passes through the grounds and with? in 100 feet of the office. Salem trains make regular stops twice daily each way. Those interested in Fruit and Fruit grow? ing are cordially invited to inspect this the largest nursery in the Slate and one among the largest in the South. The proprietor has for many years vis? ited the leading Nurseries North and West, and corresponded with those of foreigu countries, gathering every fruit that was calculated to suit the South, both native and foreign. The reputation of Pomona Hill Nurseries is such that many agents going out from Greensboro, representing other nurseries, try to leave the impression that they are representing these nurseries. Why do they do it? Let the public answer. I have in stock growing (and can show visitors the same) the largest and best stock of trees, &c, ever shown or seen in any two nurseries in North Carolina, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry, plum, grape, Japanese persimmon, Japa? nese plum, apricots, nectarine, Russian apricot, mulberry, quinces. Small fruits: Strawberry, raspberry, currants, pecans, English walnuts, rhubarb, asparagus, evergreens, shade trees, roses &c. Give your order to my authorized agent or order direct from the nursery. Correspondence solicited. Descriptive catalogues free to applicants, Address, J. Van. Lindley. Pomona, Gullford County, N. C. May 26,1887 4G Gm OUR GIGANTIC SALE! TO COMMENCE THIS, THURSDAY, MORNING. MARVELOUS AND STRANGE, BUT YET TRUE. IN the rear part of our Store we have arranged three large BARGAIN COUNTERS, and have placed on them such good and desirable Goods that they are worthy of everybody's attention. OOTJIsTTEK; UTO. 1. Will contain 2,000 yards Figured Cambricks, SO inches wide,^ised for Ladies' and Children's Dresses, guaranteed fast colors, worth in any large city 10c?we offer at only 5c. Here i3 a hummer: 5,000 yards Indigo Calico, beautiful designs sold recently at wholesale for 7c, but our recent purchase enables us to offer at only 5c. Now you will become paralyzed : 1,500 yards handsome Striped Crinkle Seersucker?light cream.and tan ground, interwoven with a small stripe, in colors of pink, blue and black?these sold in Anderson last week at 15c?you can have ours at 8Jc. This takes the cake: 1,000 yards of that exquisite large Batin check Mull White Dres3 Goods?all the rage in the Eastern and Northern cities?worth today in any retail store 30c, we offer them at 12}c. Something far more precious than gold : 6,000 yards Check Nainsooks, satin finish, 84 inches wide, we offer as long as they last, at 6ic. COTJ UTTJUTZi IsTO. 2. Keep cool, Ladies I We have in stock 500 yards of Navy Blue and Seal Brown Nuns Veiling, warranted all wool one way?you know the price everywhere else is 20c, you can buy ours for 10c. Tell your neighbors about it I A large lot of Cheese Cloth?in pink, blue, tan, lilac, cream and white?our brother merchants all charge 8c to 10c, we offer our big lot at only 5c. A large size inducement: In order to introduce our French Imported Batiste, which we have in very handsome and new patterns, we have marked them down from 18c to 10c. To be appreciated must be seen ! One piece of each color ?tan, light blue, navy blue, cream, pink, white?Fine French Satins, real imported, and cost to manufacture 35c, which we bought at a sacrifice, hence offer at 20c, one yard wide. COTJitTTIEK, jtTO. 3, This is a dandy: 5,000 yards India Linen White and Colored Lawns?one yard wide, nearly as fine as Mull, good enough for any queen to wear?our price will be only 10c. In the reach of all: 50 large White Quills, free from starch and a perfect gem?housekeepers should not pass this by?price only $1.00. Ob, how pretty: Those Canvas Dress Goods which you have been reading about. Some old time merchants want a quarter per yard, but we bought ours to sell and not to keep on hand. Our shades are cream and tan. Price I2hc. Last, but not least, 75 doz. Misses' Brilliant Lisle Ribbed Hose?black, navy blue, seal, purple are our shades. New York retail merchants sell them at 35c. We have only large sizes, 7? and 8J. Our price will be only 15c. Thanking the public for past patronge we cordially invite you to call again. Honest dealings, polite attention, if purchaser or not, is our motto. Your obedient servants, LESSER &> CO., mmm__mmmm_^^____am_Next Door to John E. Peoples & Co. BETTER NEWS EVERY TIME! Bleckley, Brown Sr FretwelVs RAND BAZAR! Now the Recognized Headquarters for DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, FANCY LADIES' GOODS OF EVERT DESCRIPTION, &e. &c. fit*. WE have just bought a largo line of WHITE GOODS at a forced auction sale in New York for spot cash, bo cheap that we can afford to sell them at HALF THEIR VALUE, and pro? pose to do so. Let everybody buy their WHITE DRESSES from us when these Goods arrive?you will never buy them so cheap again. We have no room to complain of dull times, our Stores being crowded daily with customers, who go away happy over their purchases. We carry the largest and most complete stock in the city, and buying in original packages for spot cash?thus securing better discounts?certainly gives us an advantage over competitors who do not deal so largely and buy on time. Awaiting your call, we are yours, very truly, BLECKLEY. BROWN & FRETWELL. Andereon. S. C. May 12. 1887. 44 _ CANE MILLS ?? EVAPORATORS. THE BEST CANE MILLS and EVAPORATORS on the market. Sizes and weight considered, THE CHEAPEST. THESE MILLS Have stood the test, and we know whereof we speak. NEW PATENT EVAPORATORS! So far ahead of all others as not to admit of comparison. PRACTICALLY SELF SKIMMING! And far surpassing all other Evaporators in every point of excellence. t@F For prices, terms, &c, call on us. Get THE BEST, and save money and trouble. SPECIAL NOTICE. TO OWNERS OF ENGINES AND OTHER MACHINERY. We have just added to our Stock of Hardware a full line of ENGINE FIT? TINGS, COCKS, VALVES, GAUGES, PIPE, &c, and hare a fine set of Tools with which we propose to execute such machine work as is generally needed. Our prices will be always reasonable, and work guaranteed. SULLIVAN & BRO., HARDWARE DEALERS. H THE EARTHQUAKE AS SHOOK DOWN PRICES on everything, and of course has affected my Stock of? Harness, Bridles, Collars, Saddles, Whips, Etc. My stock is larger than it has ever been, and I must dispose of it. I use the VERY BEST material, and guarantee every piece of work that leaves my Shop. My work is scattered all over the County* Ask any person who is using it about it. Here are some of ray prices: Hand-made Buggy Harness from ?10.00 up. Hand? made Double Buggy Harness from $18,00 to $40.00. Give me a call, and I will convince vou that ray work and prices can't be beat in the State. Over WILHITE & WILHITE'S DRUG- STORE on Granite Row. Persons indebted to me must pay up by 15th November. Oct7,188G 13 JAMES M. PAYNE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Josepb W. Bailey has applied to me to grant biin letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and elFecta of Matilda J. Bailey, deceased, These are tborefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Matilda J. Bailey, deceased, to be and ap Eoar before me in Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the 3rd day of June, 1887, after pub? lication beroof, to sbsw cause, if any they have, why tbe said administration sbould not be granted. Given under my hand this ICth day of May. 1887. W. F. COX, J. P. NOTICE. IHAVE now in Stock, at exceedingly low prices Doors, Sash, Blinds and Glass of every description. ALABASTINE, an excellent wall finish. WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL and PUTTY, READY MIXED PAINTS, VARNISHES, colors dry and in Oil. PICTURE FRAMES, made from all styles of Gilt and other Mouldings. Picture Frame Cord and Hangings, ????* Call and give me a trial. W. B. BEACHAM, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. July 22,188G 2 ly PLANT GERMAN MILLET KAFFIR CORN, ? and ? MILLO MAIZE, FOR FORAGE. Blue Orass, Red Clover, Orchard Grass,. White Cloveiv SPANISH PEANUTS, GARDEN SEEDS ALL KINDS, Simpson, Reid & Co., Druggists, Waverly House Oorner. Feb 10,1887_31_ NEW FU1NITUEE STORE W. L KELLETT HAS opened a new Furniture Store in Anderson, corner Benson and Mc Dutlie Streets, wbere be will keep a select stock of Furniture, which will be sold cheap for cash. COFFINS. I also keen a full stock of Coffins, all sizes, wbicb* I am prepared! to deliver promptly at any time. BBSB 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 me when you need anything in my line and I will save you money. W. L. KELLETT. March 31,1887 38 TO THE L1DIES. 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 baying 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 tbankful for past favors-: and request a continuance of your favors.. MISS SALLIE BOWIE. April 7,1887 39 3m