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mm l^SE?BSPAYt JITNE 23, i?*7. ~ tbrmsj ? " 'OJTB YEAB???^.-^..~-.-v--?1.50. 0^^ti:.f; tax moitibel..~.~.~~-~...~~.. Tfic* ; ; T^Laarens^aWftjcr,.which is op ^HPjj^osed to.prohibition, says: ' T i ? > {hav^ n?in ? t berb^s^ the Act, to opeWn active campaign in a i= ; j^ttwweekaw .The^armers wilt.then have i^i -^ti^ thxongh the busiest part of their ^^r^ have better, op ;V/"port?nities -for.-;attending the various : < ; >mee?ngs for discussing the questions ^ : :\^ni^^;.#il^'probibitiou... ?'JSbh does not look much like despair :^"r^v' / o^iadifleirence on .tfiie part of the prohi v. V- bWouxsts of Laureas County. They are r'ctoing a quielrand effective work, and we incclerstand/ thaUthey' iire confident .of |w|S^&V; v.We expect Anderson ahcl Counties, to shake hands over ^victory on the third -'Tuesday in August . next -? ?_- - -H?- mm* ?.-:? ? Thelnter State Commerce Commission ii made a remarkable ruling upon the subject^ cu^ soapending section four.of the ^^?^:'regulating commerce between the > States. The -section was temporarily snspended, and the Commission gave an extended hearing to the parties interest ectin Washington, Atlanta, Mobile and sf-?s?' r Orleans,: after which they have -made a decision that does not decide, j' The.gist of their conclusion is that each farrier; must judge for itself what are &the ."substantially similar circumstances tend conditions" which preclude the spe ^i^? rate,.rebate or drawback).which is ^l^aade^nnlawful :by the second section, yjBinoe no tribunal is empowered to judge ^it':uhtU^after the carrier has acted, * "wn only for the purpose of deter ig whether its. action constitutes a lation of the law. The carrier judges ^iavperil-of the consequences, but'the , special rate, rebate or drawback which it " itevis.\not illegal when it turns out vthat the circumstances and conditions not .such, as1 forbid. it. In other 3s; the" Commission declines to act, pt' upon special cases made. The ; of this will be fcj put the conse jno? of an error of judgment, even, tpbn the common carrier. It is probable, ? therefore, that the railroads will not take tte wsponsibility of d<iciding, and will make all rates conform, to the long and ^ short ? haul clause of' l;he -Act. -Under - :1the-operation of this decision freights J i. /throughout the South yrill, in all proba -: T^ J&OAJD8. _ L^'The';' LAurera^\k(ft*ri^*?r was, we . thought,-marked by eomething of asper ;in its comments on the ihderson Law last Winter. " We; did not ' care to-discuas the matter in the temper that then seemed to actuate our contem ?;^-poraryi bu* time seems to have modified its feeling on the subject, as appears in ibe^'fbllowing editorial of last week : .- Time and again has the Advertiser - condemned the passage of all local laws, i /This we believe to be the fruitful source ,: of dissatisfaction and lawlessness, and a .serious error into which legislation in this State has fallen. During the last r vseaaion of the Legislature Senator Mur? ray proposed a new mode of working the ? ; public highways in Anderson Couity. ?V.'^Wiil's' it is true the Advertiser cannot ^endorse some of Senator Murray's ideas, ; this change in the road law is, we believe, good, and if instead of applying to one - iCfoniy it had been made the. law of the ' State, no intelligent thinking man could irobject' to it. As it is, however, much: . ^dissatisfaction exists in Anderson. Some ?' sections of the County have gone so far as to declare that they will not heed the p. law^ "but will work the roads as hereto? fore. We cannot see by what system :of I reasoning those who wore- sent to make ^lawa for the State, came to the conclusion -that this law was good for Anderson and ?jiotgbod for the State. ?1 ;That our public roads need attention is a fact which no one will controvert. , While the Murray road law is a decided "improvement on the old system, yet it might be improved upon. The great : trouble with- our road working is: that no man is resp-msible for it In this issue ; will be found an article .from the Nation. In speakingof:dirt roads itsays: M,The . reason they suffer fs that, as they have no ? /? standard of goodness in roads, and do not make "specific, requirements as to what shall be done tp keep the roads in good : J order, it is never possible to. bring trus : ; . !-teas, or select men, or roadmasters to a ?ji-w-J-^proper account. They" always escape if . they can show they 'have put on the annular spring plaster; and when it is washed away, as it is sure.to be a little later, they throw the blame on the freshets/ end the simple -citizen, not - knowing what to say in answer to them, says nothing." - JSfow if we had only- one County Com? missioner whose duty it would be to see . ' * that the provisions of such a law as the Anderson Act were enforced and to ' whom the people might; look, for road improvements, m a few yeare we would have comparatively good roada without ? additional cost. '?A^Thet;Advertiser is correct in its state? ment that the Murray Road Law is not perfect. It was not expected to be per? fect.- It was only intended to do the best that could be done under the cir 'y-^r cu.msiutbcfi8t and did arouse vigorous opposition in the County at first; but as its provisions became more generally i-X/1;-' known, and its results came under obser* . vation, the opposition largely disappear? ed, and to-day the sentiment of . the / Ccfunty is practically solid for the law, as far as we know. There is no section : of the County which ia not obeying the law, and that trouble is a thing of the past The Advertiser is - correct, we think, in the general position of opposi? tion to local legislation. Unless there is some reason for it no. local legislation should be enacted, but in experimental legislation it is almost necessary to begin by local trials of the proposed change. For instance, the test made by Anderson and Chester Counties on the Stock Law lead to the adoption of the change for the greater part of the State. The change in the road law could not have been passed for the State. It could be passed and tried in one County. If it ^C-"-T.rWbrks'weH it will improve tbejroad sys? tem, and probably be adopted in other Counties. If it works badly, it will be repealed. - It will, however, probably.be impossible to establish a road system for the whole State, as the amount and mode " of work'in the clay, hilly Counties of the State must necessarily differ from that in ' . the level, sandy Counties. The. Adver User and the Intelligences are togeth . er in the desire for. good roads. The people of Anderson County are showing the State what can be done in improving Uie old road system of the State, without . . much Expense or, inconvenience to any 1 one. ? ??" ? -. The Supreme Couit of Georgia sus-' jtaioed the w?l of Jpavid Bixon, of Han? cock,- which . makes ? his illegitimate ^^^sug?ter, Amanda Dixon, the richest ?lfrftjtf^oman in this country. Of the ^ef>to- her about $25,000 . goes iwyws who defended the case. ?!>%^:-.; ? - .... OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington D^., June 20,1887. The political atmosphere of Washing' ton has been, quite Ota feverish and dis? turbed since the President's return from "Saranac Lake, as it ever Is during the session of Congress. First came the' NorrisVance correspondence, which has createdtoo little uneasiness at the White House. Many politicians of both parties have been disposed to look upon it as a "declaration-of war upon the President. The more conservative public men, how? ever, regard it as nothing more than a candid expression of an honest man's dissent from the President's views of party policy, with no malice back of it. The Ex-Governor's brother Senators all respect his strong convictions and sin* cerity of views and actions, and know, as stated in his letter/ he "does not abuse the President in the cloak room and praise him in public" for the few crumbs that fall from the Republican tables. The inference drawn from the just quoted clause of the letter, h that many of the Senators do deal double with his Excel? lency ; and there is more truth than fiction in it, even tho' the Senator did hot mean to intimate such a thing, and j the President may find it out to his sor? row, when the time comes to select dele? gates to the next National convention. There is no doubting the fact from "visible sigos at the Capital that while most of the leading Democrats interview ed on the subject praise President Cleve? land's administration publicly' for the I good of the party, as is believed, still j'they secretly oppose his policy, and will terminate it, if possible, by the selection of another standard bearer in 1888. The President is thought to be desirous of getting a renomination, and cautiously laying his plans and taking deep water soundings with that end in view/ and hence! the'quickness with which criti? cisms of the Senator's letter appeared in papers that "stand close to tbe White House. The administration has its strong and its weak points, and no doubt both will be thoroughly ventilated before the next President occupies the chair, and it is hot. my purpose to side with either party to the controversy, but give your readers tbe.prevailing views at the center of the political arena. Nothing has created such excitement for years as the announcement that the War Department would return to the Southern States the flags captured by the Federal Troops during the civil war. Not only have the gorgeously fitted up I quarters of the Cabinet officers in their respective Departments been crowded with protestants,: out also the Mansion of the President himself. The Grand Army men at their rendevonses held I indignation camp fires, and matters in general looked very hostile until the President's pacific order rescinding all previous orders became known. The determination to return the flags was the outcome of the National Drill lately held here. The era of good feeling which then prevailed between the military of the different sections, led the President to believe, that now was the time to show j by some public act that there was a thorough reconciliation between the once divided sections of our country, and as the most effective means it was determin? ed to return the captured battle flags. The consequence has been just the con? trary of what was expected, and such a storm of opposition to the project has [ arisen as to. appall the Administration. The proposition may have arisen from patriotic motives, but was ill-advised as the consequences show. The flags in question were- all stored away in the archives of tho War Department, where they could excite no animosity or sec-' tional feeling of any kind, and to r.he outside world were buried as it was hoped the recollections of the past were.. It is believed that the Southern States are not so:foolishly sentimental as to desire their return, as they could be but a visible memorial of having lost both the flag and. the cause, however bravely the Southerners may have fought in defence of their views. There is one thing cer? tain, and. that is, that the Republicans were not slow to take advantage of the political opportunity afforded, and will use the material for all it is worth from now until afu-r the next Presidential campaign. H. A Model Texas County. Sherman, Tex., June 1,1887. Me. Editor : Allow me space in your valuable paper for a few items from this county. Having been born and raised in Anderson County, and feeling a deep interest in her welfare, and assured that I have left many friends , in that State who would like to hear of my where? abouts, I would say that I am living in (he City of Sherman, in the northern portion of Grayson County, Texas, a distance of only tea miles from the Indian Territory. The city of Sherman has a population of 12,500, and the Coun? ty has about 62,000. This County is more thickly settled than any in the State. The soil is the black waxie and vastly rich, the soil being from 3 to 7 feet deep, and producing fine crops of j corn, cotton, wheat, oats, cane, millet and all manner of vegetables and fruits. This County being one of the drouth stricken last year didn't make more than a half or three-fourths of a crop. The \ crops for this year up to date are the finest that have been raised for years. The greater portion of the grain crop has been harvested. The average yield of ] wheat per acre is 25 bushels, oats from 60 to 100 bushels per acre. The corn crop is all laid by, and is estimated with no disaster at from 40 to 80 bushels per acre. This County boasts of the best schools in the State, and many fine churches. The health of the County is claimed to be unsurpassed by any in tbe Southern States. This being my first notice given of my County in your columns I will be brief, with my best wishes for the In? telligencer and its readers.. D. S. White. ? Michigan is now one of the most ad? vanced States in the Union in the matter of regulating the liquor traffic. Its pres? ent tax law levies a uniform tax of $500 upon every wholesale dealer and $300 upon every retail dealer, the proceeds to go into the local treasuries.. An amend? ment to the law has been passed by .one houso of the present Legislature, and is now pending in tbe other, which raises the tax to $800 on wholesale dealers and $500 on retail dealers. By adding the local option principle to the uniform State tax, Michigan follows the example of Ohio and Illinois, though her proposed tax is much higher than that of either of | those States. Taken together, taxation and local option have been found to work most effectively for both the restriction and suppression of tbe traffic. Taxation works well where the majority of public' sentiment is against prohibition, as it is in all the large cities; and local option easily maintains prohibition in the rural portions of the States, new cotton factory. Half a Million New Capital and Fifteen ? Hundred New People for Greonvlllc. V?rcenvUkWews/J?nfSl. j ?Sandfly morning the iflf?c? indicated/ that' there were reason a to hope for a favorable decision by Col. Hammett of \ tbe proposition made by capitalists at the North, especially in Boston, to estab? lish ? large new cotton mill here if he wonld.consent to take the management of it. _That hope was realized late yesterday afternoon when Col. Hammett finally announced to the gentlemen here imme? diately interested that he had decided to undertake the management of the enter? prise. There is now only that c1 lbt that is over all human undertakings. Speaking generally, there is no doubt. The money is all ready in BoBton. Some subscrip? tions will be taken here to secure the moral support of the community, and men here are now ready. and willing to give all that is necessary of local capital. Col. Hammett and several gentlemen I drove out on yesterday and selected the site for the new mill. It is on the line of the Air Line railroad about 600 yards north of the Buncombe road. The prop? erty is owned by Col. Hammett himself and is close to the fair grounds and adjoining land of Dr. J. H. Maxwell. It is half a mile outside the corporate limits. The capital of the mill will be $500, I 000. The mill will-be for tbe manufac? ture .of cotton cloth and. will employ about 600 hands. It will have between 20,000 and 25,000 spindles and the wages paid ont will be between $100,000 and $120,000 a year. ? Col. Hammett was seen and talked with by a reporter for the Greenville News last evening. He said all that was left to arrange were some matters of j detail which could, he thought, be dis? posed of without trouble. The site selected he said, was a good one. There were 300 acres, giving room enough, he said with a kindly light kindling in his eyes, for a village of fifteen hundred happy, industrious and thrifty People, which he hoped to establish and , main? tain there. "Will hot the location lose some of the trade to the city?" "I think not. We will have no stores built on the mill property. We want to give for every house room for a good garden spot so that the people may be entirely comfortable. Of course small stores will be established in the neigh? borhood, but the people will naturally come to town to do most of their trad? ing." 1 We believe, Col. Hammett added, "that the Piedmont people are about the happiest in the State, but I want to try and make the new mill an improvement on Piedmont. One advan? tage we will have to start with will be the location close to a larger city where there are some conveniences not within, reach of smaller places." The mill will, of course, be run by steam and will take about 10,000 bales of cotton a year. Of course it is too early to Bay when the new mill will be begun, but it will probably be well under way by this time next year, Excitement In Laurena. From the Sunday News, June 19. Laueens, June 18.?Hoover, who recently caused so much trouble in Geor? gia ana made himself notorious through? out the country, is said to have visited Laurens County. Whether it was Hoover or some other like character the fact remains that Hoover's influence pervades the colored population. Near Cedar Grove, Young's township, the negroes have organised themselves into secret organizations known as Knights of Labor. Each member is sworn to per? petual secrecy, and to mutually sustain and protect each other. The meetings are' all held with closed doors and armed doorkeepers and armed pickets. Not? withstanding tbe very great precautions of secrecy, some of the purposes of the organization are known. The meetings are held from two to three times each week. Among other things that are known are that tho negroes have been made to believe that this county belongs to them?#-at least, they say so?and that they will maintain these extraordinary claims with their lives. They think that they will obtain their rights quickest by exterminating the older whites and enslaving the young men. The young women they will take for their wives. The whites, in the neighborhood are alarmed, but they 'are determined as brave men to . defend their hearthstones and the women with their blood, if need be. A cavalry company has been organized with Dr. W. J. Westmoreland as captain, and application has been made to tbe Governor for arms. Col. J. H. Tray n ham, of the Governor's staff*, under instructions from Columbia, will proceed at ? once to. the scene of action to investigate and report such steps as may necessary to protect the country from violence arfd bloodshed. Capt. L. ?. Irby. of the Laurens Guards, will accompany Col. Trayham. I have just read a letter from W, P. Cooker, a very reliable and substantial citizen, in which he says: "I am no alarmist;' the emergency is upon us and we must prepare for it. The scene of the trouble is about eighteen miles from here, and I can give no further information to? day. Tbe News at the State Home. Columbia, June 18.?The whites in Laurens County are evidently alarmed about the possibility of an insurrection among tbe negroes, and perhaps their fears are well founded. Governor Rich? ardson and tbe adjutant general have been communicated with. While Gov? ernor Richardson knows that the alarm may possibly be a false one, he has taken immediate action, and if it should be ascertained that there is really danger of I an outbreak, tbe militia of the State will be ordered to a short summer encamp? ment at Laurens. Governor Richardson has placed himself in a position to obtain reliable information from Laurens. The following letter was received by the Gov? ernor today: Cedar Geove, Laurens Co., S. C. Governor Richardson, Columbia Dear Sir: The negroes under the Hoo? ver influence have organized themselves and hold weekly meetings. They meet from midnight to 2 o'clock and make speeches, saying they will kill out the white men and old women, take the young ones for wives and make the white children work for them. They say they will burn the whites out They are exhorted to die like brave men, to go to their graves with bloody feet. They bind their members by an oath never to reveal their secrets. At their meetings they are guarded by pickets. An outbreak may occur at any time, We have met and or? ganized a cavalry Company of fifty mem? bers and would be glad to be furnished with State arms at once with all necessa? ry appurtenances. The negroes are watched by a committee of whites. Tbe negroes are all armed. They are armed by the club. We don't know where or how they get them. The letter is signed by the secretary of j the new company and the names of all the officers are given. Suicide at Niagara. ? Niagara Falls, N. Y., June 19.? About 4.80 o'clock this afternoon a party of visitors who were viewing the scenery from the Three Sister Islands observed a middle-aged man standing on tbe third bridge that connects the islands. Look? ing back a little later the man was seen to have his coat and hat off and was in the act of leaping from the bridge into the water. The party were at too great a distance to do aught but stand and wit? ness the fatal leap. The body sank at once, and passed over the Horse Shoe Falls. From the papers in the pocket of his coat, it was learned that the man was F. Trigg, of Washington, D. 0., a guest at tbe International Hotel for the past few days. The body will probably not be fonnd before it reaches Lewiston. eight miles down the river, which will not be before two or three days have i 'I j Daring Train Bobbery. | HotjbtOn, Tex., Juife 18.?The meat MariDgetr?in;* robbery that has' ever oc? curred in Texas was perpetrated at 1:30 a. m. ibis m orning a short distance this i side, of Schulenburg .on the Southern1 Pacific railway. As the tram drew up at the station two men with drawn revol? vers mounted the engine, covered the engineer with their weapons and com? pelled him to poll the train out to the open prairie a few hundred yards to the east where a fire was burning, around which stood eight or ten men armed with Winchester rifles; The -two robbers on the engine stood guard over the man at the throttle, while the others went through the mail, the express and the passenger cars. Nearly all the passen? gers were asleep and did not know what was going on till they were aroused by the robbers. The first man tackled by the thieves was W. Newberger, of New York, whom tbey struck on the head j with a revolver. They secured from him seventy-five dollars in cash and several diamonds and a gold watch, valued at about $1,000. Lou Mayer, of Cincin? nati, was relieved of $35. B. L. Arm stead, of New York, gave up $20. He had a larger amount of money with him, but it was hidden in the sleeping car. A gentleman from Mexico, whose name could not be learned, lost $400. All of the passengers lost what valuables tbey bad, and it is difficult to form p.n estimate of the amount of money and jewelry secured. It is reckoned at $5,000. Wells, Pargo & Co.'s express car was also gone through, but the amount of money taken from it cannot be ascer? tained. No mail route agent was on the train, but the through mail pouches in the express car were all cut open and their contents appropriated. The total amount secured by the robbers is put down at $8,000 or $10,000, but when a careful revise of the matter is made the figures may be changed. There is no doubt that considerable booty was re? ceived and the gang made off with it successfully. The whole country is aroused and in arms. Several p ties have gone in search of the robbers. A Tornado In Dakota, Chicago, June 17.?A Bpccial from Grand Forks, Dakota says: This city was visited with a destructive tornado yesterday afternoon. The storm came from the west and travelled due east. Twenty-five or more buildings, including the Catholic Church and the University of North Dakota were blown to the ground. The laboratory and museum in the university were almost totally de? stroyed, besides hundreds of smaller dwellings, storehouses and sheds. The following persons were killed outright: Mrs. FoTlet and her mother, Mrs. Davis, Cora Stabird, aged 12 years, and a man named Gummerson, in East Grant Forks. The seriously injured were: Mrs. A. Stabird and child, Mrs. Ed. Tirney and two children, Mrs. J. Andrews and two children, Mrs. Talton and two children, and Mrs. Suyet and daughter, at the University of North Dakota. In East Grand Forks seventeen busi? ness buildings were destroyed and both bridges across the river were swept away. The total loss is estimated at $100,000. The storm was local. A train from the North was blown from the track, four, miles out, and rolled over a couple of times. No one was killed, but many were seriously injured. During the storm last night Halver Leland, of Ware township, was killed. The storm is re? ported quite severe at Manville and Ardoc, where buildings were blown away. Andrews's family had their house torn to pieces and carried one hundred feet. Externie's house was overturned and his wife injured. The children were carried one hundred and fifty feet and were not hurt. One of them, aged six years, was carried across the railroad track, and lay there during the whole storm. C. A. Myerstom is dangerously hurt about the head.__?_ Alexander on the Commission. Gen. E. P. Alexander, of the Georgia Central, writes as follows from New York to the Atlanta Constitution, under date of June 17th : "I have not seen the full text of the circular issued by the interstate commis sion. From the abstract published in papers I understand they have decided that water competition makes dissimilar circumstances, and justifies railroads, therefore, in accepting less rates on longer hauls where in direct competition I with the water. So far as that goes it is a solution to a considerable part of our difficulties, but tbey have failed to de? cide or indicate their views upon the question whether our meeting the water competition shall be confined to the water's edge, or whether we may meet it where it works back into the interior by river and railroad. On the whole, the circular seems to put the railroads be? tween two horns of a dilemma. If we conform our rates to the apparent require? ments of the law, it will be said that we wish to make the law odious. If we do not, it will be charged that we are de? fying the law. Which horn of the dilemma we will have to take I cannot yet say. A meeting of the Southern Bail way association will be held next week to consider the matter. E. P. Alexander, President." The Confederate Battle Flags. Atlanta, Ga., June 16.?In response to a dispatch from New York, asking for his opinion in regard to the proposed re? turn of the captured Confederate flags to the Governors of the different South? ern States, Governor Gordon has sent the following message; "Your telegram asking my views on the proposition to return Southern flags received. When the proposition first reached me I regarded it as additional evidence of restored concord and frater? nal sentiment. As such my heart re? sponded most warmly to the movement, but as a portion of the Northern press and people seek to make it an occasion for renewed estrangement and bitterness, I would prefer to leave the flags where they are. I speak as an individual and an ex-soldier, and not as a Governor and without consultation, but I believe this will be fonnd to be the sense and senti? ment of the Southern people. We are weary of strife and bate. We want peace and good will, and prefer these to the re? turn of even so cherished relics, if their return is to be made at such cost." Murdering the Wrong Man, Ealeigh, June 17.?In Halifax Coun? ty Wm. Beaseley and Barney Colton, young negro men, quarrelled and fonght on Monday night, and Colton declared on Tuesday that before the week ended he would kill Beaseley. The latter was in the habit of walking along a certain road night and morning. Last night Colton secreted himself in a swamp beside this road. Just after darkness he heard a footstep and dimly saw the figure of a man within thirty yards. He took good aim, fired and killed the man in his tracks. To be sure of his victim, Colton walked up to the body when he found that he had killed the wrong man. His victim was Alfred Arrington, a color? ed preacher. Colton was arrested to-day. Summervllle Shocked. Charleston, S. C, June 19.?A special to the News and Courier reports a startling shock of earthquake at Sum merville at 10:37 this morning, accom Eanied by the most prolonged roaring eard since October 22d, of last year. The shock caused a sensible: vibration of houses and furniture, but was not sufficient to do any injury or cause alarm. The roar was faintly heard by some persons in Charleston. At Summerville the roar seemed to come from the south? west, ? Mr.Thos. Warren, of Elbert County, Ga., has a field of oats sown about the last of February which he has cultivated with both plow and hoe. This manner of cultivation has proven successful as Mr. Warren thinks he will make at Ieaat 40 bushels per acre, n ,?- The cultivation of the bamboo for fencing material haa been begun in Cali? fornia. It is 3aid that an acre will' pro? duce pickets enough each year to make six-miles of fence. ?=r Robert E. Lee camp of Confederate veterans of Bichmond, Va., is in Boston on a visit to Grand Army of the Republic Eost No. 15. The ex-Confederates are aving a magnificent reception. ? Jonathan Owens, a prosperous far? mer of Chatham connty, Ga.,- blew out his brains with a shot gun on Wednes? day.' He gave no reason but the very satisfactory one that he was tired of liv? ing. ? Indiana has a woman who weighs 510 pounds, yet she ran a tramp over three fences and across a meadow, and pounded him until he had to be hauled off in a wagon. If Bhe had only sat down on him they would have had to scrape over an acre of ground to find him. ? To the article by Prof. Patton, of Princeton, in the Forum for June, "Is Andover Romanizing ?" the corypbous of the Andover theologians, Prof. Newman Smyth, will make reply in the same Review for July, under the striking, not to say aggressive, title, "Is Princeton Humanizing V ? A bachelor one day set the table in his lonely abode with plates for himself and an imaginary wife and five children. He then sat down to dine, and as often as he helped himself to food he put the same quantity on each of the other plates, and surveyed the prospect, at the same time computing the coat. He is still a bachelor. . ? Miss Rachell Mann, of Gettysburg, 111., has obtained $500 damages against Isaac Vanseyke, whom she sued for $3,000 for being the cause of her keeping company with Robert Shenick, a mar? ried man of family. VanBcyke, it was claimed, introduced him to her as a sin? gle man under the assumed name of Charles Martin. ? Houston, Texas, Age: There is an idea up north that every Texan is a sort of moving arsenal. That he goes about loaded down with six-shooters and bowie-kmves. That impression, how? ever, is liable to be dissipated when the northern people see the perfect ease and safety with which a small squad of high? waymen, not exceed in z a half dozen in number, capture and rob passenger trains near Austin and Fort Worth. ? Richard Williams, of Manchester, in attempting to jump on the southern bound train white it was crossing the railroad bridge over James River, at Richmond, issed his fooling and was thrown from u.d bridge to the falls below, a distance of sixty feet. In falling he made several turns and finally struck the water feet first Those who witnessed the fall ex? pected to see Williams killed, but he was rescued with only his collar bone broken and several severe bruises. ? An old lady in New York city, who, when in England in 1840, became the happy possessor of a piece of Queen Vic? toria's famous wedding cike, and who has treasured it as an "object of bigotry and virtue" forty-seven years, sent it back to-day to the Empress of India, in honor of the semi-centennid jubilee anniversary of the latter's reign. The cake and heavy frosting, though as dry as dust, are still appetizing in both smell and appearance. ? A man who has more time than money has taken the trouble to find out how far a farmer has to walk to cultivate forty acres of corn. To plow the ground witb a sixteen-inch plow, he walks 350 miles; to barrow the ground thoroughly before planting, he walks fifty miles ,* to cultivate it afterwards, he walks 300 miles, making a grand total of 700 miles, besides the gathering, Brooding over information like this is one of the things that makes farmers' sons too tired to stay on the farm. As a set-off, somebody ought to find out how many miles a dry goods clerk walks in a day. ? A grand jury in Gainesville, Ga., it is related, had found, some years ago, a bill of indictment against a person for carrying concealed weapons. One of the jurors arose and said: "We have found a bill against that man; now let us search the grand jury for concealed weapons." It was found that he, the foreman and five other jurors had pistols in their pockets. When they recovered I from the shock of this discovery the indictment was torn up and thrown away. ? Atlanta, Ga., has a ghastly joker in the person of a clerk in an undertaker's establishment, who had for some time been in the habit of playing dead man. It has been bis custom to enfold himself in a shroud, lay himself in a coffin and have it reported on the outside that a dead man was in the building, and they wanted help to move him. One day last week a couple of Kentucky horse drovers went in and offered to aid in removing the corpse. They lifted the coffin and had advanced a few paces when the corpse sprang bolt upright and frightened the men so that their teeth rattled like dry beans in a tin can. For this offense the ghastly humorist was taken before a justice and fined $3.75, since which live dead men are scarce around the undertaker's establishment, THE LADIES' Cosby's Hand Attachnie: Can be Used oi AWAY with working Sewing Mac health and finally death. The Cosby Han caused by sewing on Machines with your The best Physicians say Sewing Mac! thing combined. Every Physician endon health and happiness to every household. Call on GEO. M. TOLLY, at Tolley ment for your Machine, and save your wiv PBICR GEf June 23,1887 OUR NON-SECRET BLOOD PERCOLATOR IS USED BY ALL PHYSICIANS, AND IS NO PATENT MEDICINE. -0 It is a powerful, yet gentle, PURIFIER OF THE BLOOD, Composed of Sarsaparilla, Queen's Delight aud Iodide Potash, with sufficient Senna to regulate the bowels. TRY IT, SIMPSON, REID & CO., ANDERSON, S. C. ? A bold, bad boy in Illinois thrust a couple of plugs of tobacco into a big jug of whiskey he found in the horse shed, during a church supper, and the next day the local physician reported, seven teen -cases of ice cream - poisoning, all men, and the poor women who made the ice cream cried their innocent eyes out about it.?Burdetie, ? The existing social ferment in Eu? rope, and the strained relations between the great powers, threaten the United States with a deluge of immigrants dur? ing the next few years. The flood is already rising, and the question becomes urgent, whether a sound public policy does not demand that the introduction of incongruous elements be limited. In the Forum for July, Prof. H. H. Boyesen will have a paper on the social and political evils resulting from unrestricted immi? gration. ? A letter has been received at the fovernorV office from the neighbors of saac W. Snyder, a resident of Merrit, Hunt county, Texas., making inquiry for Mr. Snyder's relatives in South Carolina, from which State he moved away some fifteen years ago. The reason for the request is that Mr. Snyder is said to be unfit mentally to manage his estate, and as he has a good farm and some other property and no heirs in Texas, being a single man, an effort is being made to learn the whereabouts of his relatives in this State and have them come on and take charge of his affairs, ? Columbia Reg? ister. Liver Fills. Use Dr. G?nn's Liver Pills for Sallow Complexion, Pimples on the Face and Billiousness. Never sickens or gripes. Only one for a dose. Samples free at Orr & Sloans. How to Gain Flesh and Strength. Use after each meal Scott's Emulsion with Hypophosphites. It is as palatable as milk, and easily digested. The rapidity with which delicate people improve with its use is wonderful. Use it and try your weight. As a remedy for Consumption, Throat affections, and Bronchitis, it is unequalled. Please read: "I used Scott's Emulsion in a child eight months old with good results- He gained fonr pounds in a very short time."?Theo. Pbim, M. D., Alabama. "I gave Scott's Emulsion to a gentleman 65 years old troubled with Chronic Bronchitis, with the most excel? lent results."?J. C. Cason, Broken Ar row, A1"!._49?4 ?VT?TICE TO CREDITORS. -L> All persons having demands against the Estate of J. Frances Arnold, 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. R. W. ARNOLD, Adm'r. June 23,3887"_50_3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Charles Smith has applied to me to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of Mrs. MUley Smith, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Milley Smith, deceased, to be and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the 9th day of July, 1887, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Qiven under my hand this 21st day of June, 1887. W. F. COX, J. P. June 21,1887 50 2 ICE, ICE, ICE, Constantly on hand at J. S. Fowler's Market, MAIN STREET. PARTIES desiring Ice on Sunday can get it from ?i to 11 a. m. and 4 to 0 p. m. June 9,1887_48_4_ AU people of Dyspeptic ?ways Should leom to lengthen oat their days. When indigestion make* a coll. Or Constipation, worso than all. Hakes life a burden, bear In mind, In Tarranfs Sei tier health you'U And. JONES PAYS the FREIGHT O Ton Wagon Scalen, Iran Uvm, Su-el. ii??rio??, Bru? Tire Hetm ud Beam Box far IrtTT ill, Bc*l*. For ftee prlct lh* I Beotlos til, piptr sod iddrtM J0MCS Or BliQHAMTOH, BINUHAJ2XTON. N.T. June 9,1887_48_eow8 Williamston Female College, Williamston, S. O. Rev. S. LA^DErTaTm., D.D., Pres. THIS well known Institution, in her 16th year under the present manage? ment, still maintains her high standard of scholarship, tmd extended curriculum, and is constantly improving her facilities and methods for the highest development and best training of the pupils committed to hei care. The Spring Session, 1887, will open Mon? day, Feb. 7, and continue 20 weeks. BATES FEE SESSION. Board, exclusive of washing.$60 00 Regular Tuition, $12, $16 or. 20 00 Incidental Fee. 1 00 Library Fee. 40 j Special Music Lessons,. 20 00 Instrument for Practice. 3 00 Jan 13,1887 27 _ BEST FRIEND. at for Sewing Machines ! i any Machine. bines with your feet, when it brings ill id Attachment relieves all pains and aches feet. lines kill more women than every other ses the Cosby Hand Attachment. It is 's Furniture Store^kttd get an Attach 'es, mothers and' SODA. LHYIEADEUU?A WATER. eshing and delicious ve been introdu? ce your trial. Ice Cream Soda, limeade Soda Water, Is morjfc 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 utted 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 dou^j^at these, we keep as good Soda WaWWPis in town only 5c a glass, or 25 tickets for one dollar. WILHITE & WILHITE. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES ! IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. W E have just received 3 beautiful line of FRENCH SATTEENS, for which we ask only 15c. They cost 22 jc. to import. Also, a large line of BATISTE at 83c, worth fully 12Jc. SILK MITTS, iu every variety of color and price, from 25c. to $1.00 per pair. 50 beautiful White and Colored ROBES at $1.00 to $3.50?worth twice that amount. We have pqt them down so cheap because we are overstockad in them, and do not want to carry them over. We will place on our Special Bargain Counter a lot of WHITE GOODS and WOOLEN GOODS, to which we call your attention. They are well worth looking after, as some of the bargains offered cannot he picked up every day. The remainder of our stock of STRAW HATS is to be sold at fifty cents on the dollar, in order to close them out entirely. They consist of ail kinds, from the finest Mackanow to the lowest Bullrush Hat, from 5c up. Think of it I A Hat that you have to pay ?1.25 to $1.50 for elsewhere, you can buy from us at 5oc. They are doomed, and must go, regard? less of cost. Our Dry Goods trade has so enormously increased this Spring?thanks to the kind and generous patronage of our friends and customers?that we feel very much encouraged in our efforts, and will in future try still harder to please the Ladies, by keeping a Stock of Goods that shall surpass in beauty and elegance anything in the country. Yours truly, Bleckley, Brown Fretwell. Anderson, S. ft, June 9,1887. . 48 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. COU1TTIEE; IsTO. 1. Will contain 2,000 yards Figured Cambricks, 30 inches wide, used for Ladies' and Children's Dresses, guaranteed fast colors, worth in any large city 10c?we offer at only 5c. Here is 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: 1,600 Jards handsome Striped Crinkle Seersucker?light cream and tan ground, interwoven with a small stripe, in colon of pink, lue and black?these sold in Anderson last week at 15c?you can have ours at 83c. This takes the cake: 1,000 yards of that exquisite large satin check Mull White Dress 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 6Jc. OOTJIsTTEIEo IsTO. 2. Keep cool, Ladies! 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 onlv 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 I One piece of each color ?tan, light blue, navy blue, cream, pink, white?Fine French Satins, real imported, and cost to manufacture 85c, which we bought at a sacrifice, hence offer at 20c, one yard wide. COUnSTTIEIR/ UO. 3, This is a dandy: 5,000 yards India Linen White and Colored Lawns?one yard wide, nearly as fine as Mu?, good enough for any queen to wear?our price will be only 10c. In the reach of all: 50 large White Quilts, free from starch and . a perfect gem?housekeepers should not pass this by?price only $1.00. Oh, how pretty: Those Canvas Dress Goods, which youliave 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 12Jc. 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, 7i and 8}. 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., Next Door to John E. Peoples & Co. CANE MILLS *? EVAPORATORS. T HE 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. For prices, terms, &c, call on U3. 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 have 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., HARD WARE DEALERS. H THE EAKTHQUAKE 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 my 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 oonvince you that my 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. Oct 7,188? 13 JAMES M. PAYNE. LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHS MADE AT MAXWELL'S GALLERY. B ABY PICTURES a Specialty. All styles of Photographs, Copying and Enlarging. Views, Ferrotypes, &c. No day too cloudy for good Pictures. Call soon, as my time is limited. J. A. WREN, Photographer. May 26,1887 46 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 22,1886 2 ly Pomona Hill ISTunieries, pomona, nv c. Two and a half miles west of Greensboro, N. C. The main line of the E. & D. b. 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 State 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 foreign 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 o f apple, peach, pear, cherry, plum, grape, Japanese persimmon, Japa? nese plum, apricots, nectarine, Russian apricot, m u I berry, 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, Guilford County, N. C* May 26, 1887 46 6m NEW FUMITME STORE W. L. KELLETT f HAS opened a new Furniture Store in Anderson, corner Benson and Mo? D?the Streets, where he will keep a select stock of Furnitur?, which will he 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. RSBQ Specialities?I make a specialty of Mattress-making, Upholstering and Re Sailing, and in these lines my work is my est reference. Also, repairing Children's Carriages and renovating old Mattresses, Call on me when yor need anythirg in my line and I will save you money. W. L. KELLETT, March 31,1887_38 TO THE LADIES, IN order to enlarge my business I have moved to No. 11 Brick Range, formerly occupied by the Ladies' Store,-and hav 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 bei that fair and honest competition rs the of trade. I am thankful for past fa and request a continuance of your fo? MISS SALLIE BOWIE, April 7,1887 89 8r*