The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 07, 1887, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
T _ THUB8DAY, JULY 7, 1M7. 1
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SIX MONTHS........._.? 7?o.
Factories of various kinds are building
all over the State. Anderson is conspic
nous for lagging behind in this kind'of
progress. . Can't some public spirited
. citizen start an association to start a
cotton factory; Such an act would be a
public benefaction.. a*
Anderson needs some man who will
take the lead in organizing a manufac?
turing.boom. There is a greatTdeal of
uninvested money that could be put into
> manufacturing here,, if a practical, suc?
cessful, judicious man was agreed on for
its president. We have the man. Can't
the Board of Trade start the movement?
The' newspapers in several localities
note the formation of anti treating
societies, and commend them. The
. County of Anderson will form an anti?
treating society on the 16th of August,
in our opinion. It will be the best kind
bt an anti;treating society. It will be
formed on the idea that, the best way to
stop treating is by shutting up the treat?
ing places. In other words,, the only
way to stop treating is by shutting up
bar rooms.
While the soldiers who fought on both
sides in the late war are camping,
together on thejpold battle field, the
politicians are -fighting over the every
effort that is being-made towards recon?
ciliation. The strife between the sec?
tions is their stock in trade, and when
that goes' they will go too. Statesman
flourish when their country is at peace
and happy,'but the political vampire
can only exist on the blood of his coun?
trymen.
The killing of Mr. J. I*. Ham)in in
? Orangeburg county a few days ago. by
A. C. and A. K. Norton, appears to have
been one of the most unjustifiable and
cold-blooded murders that has ever
stained the criminal record in South
' Carolina. Hamlin, who bad been caught
in a shower, had gone in'.o his room to
change his clothes. A.C. and A.B.
Norton were present. A. B. Norton
stepped out, and while Hamlin was
changing his pants, A. 0. Norton shot
him. A. E. Norton returned to the
room and fatally stabbed . him. There
seems to be no mitigating circumstances
in the case.
With the commencement occasion of
the South Carolina College came the
welcome announcement, that Dr. Mc
Bryde, the accomplished president of
that institution, would remain in the
* position he so admirably fills, rather
than accept a more profitable and equally
prominent position in the State of Ten?
nessee. This determination of Dr.
McBryde will be received by the whole
State with satisfaction. By the students
of the University it has been greeted
with genuine delight. Dr. MqBryde has
been most successful in his administra?
tion of the du tits committed to. bis
charge, by which be has endeared him
~~ self to the students, and commanded the
confidence and admiration of the whole
State. . ,
Governor Richardson has issued, a re?
quisition on the Governor of Georgia for
Stone and McNally, charged with robbe
ry in connection'with the recent kidnap?
ping of Blackwood in Aiken County.
The Grand Jury of that County has in?
dicted these men for kidnapping and for
robbery, and as Gov. Gordon refuses to
|5 give them up on the requisition as to the
firsticharge, it has been followed by the
recent demand. The Governor has not
yet acted on this requisition, but it is
i - generally thought he will decline to
deliver the parties' up for trial. Gov.
Gordon seems to think that the fact of a
man's haying committee a crime, is a
sufficient excuse for other men to commit
crimes in capturing them. At least he
acts that way. There is, however, one
redeeming feature about the matter. If
they are criminals, they are on the Geor?
gia side. As long as they will stay there,
South Carolina is safe from their depre
A dations.
The Piedmont Exposition to be held
in Atlanta during the month of October,
? promises to bo One of the greatest and
most useful exhibitions that this. section
of the country has ever had. It is
intended to show the successful results of
agriculture, manufacturing, mining, me?
chanics, art and the products of all kinds
of skill, as displayed in exhibits gathered
from the Piedmont belt of the Southern
States' especially, though exhibits will be
received from other States also. The
city . of Atlanta has purchased the
grounds, and is erecting buildings which
are expected to surpass the Cotton Expo?
sition in that city some years ago. The
exposition is expected to be annual in the
future, and it starts off with the finest
prospect of success. Every State should
take an interest in it, and particularly
Virginia, the Carolinas and Tennessee,
whose interests in common with those of
Georgia it is intended primarily to pro?
mote. We hope the people of Anderson
County will endeavor to have many
exhibits of their agriculture and other
industries present at this exposition, and
along with the exhibits all who can do
so should attend in person, to encourage
and assist so important an undertaking.
Great crowds are expected to attend, and
wide publicity has been given to its
attractive features. President Cleveland
and a part of his cabinet will be there
during the exhibit. No more enjoyable
trip can be arranged for the money it
will cost, than a visit to Atlanta during
the Piedmont Exposition this Fall.
The action of the State Board of Agri?
culture in locating the Agricultural Sta?
tions is not a surprise to us, though w e
think their action hasty and ill-timed.
Of all the offers submitted, there can be
no doubt that taken at the actual figures
offered, the Spartanburg offer was the
best, and if an immediate location were
the Board would have done
the selection, but with the oners
which could have been made by Green
vil!e, and tho increase which Anderson,
Oconee and Pickens would have made,
the State would undoubtedly have been
the gainer. Spartanburg might have
increased her offer, and still have secured
the Station,, but she would have had to
pay more for it. The stopping of the
matter by locating now was just about
sueh a policy as an auctioneer would
pursue who knocked down while the
bidding was going on. The location
ought not, we think, to have been made
until after the next session of the Legis
lature, for there may, and probably will
be, considerable changes made [in the
scope of the Act to conform with the Act
of Congress, and perhaps to establish an
Agricultural College. It is generally
supposed that a majority of the Board of
Agriculture are opposed to the Agricul?
tural College, and this doubtless
accounts for the haste of the Board in
locating. The plan for establishing the
College, which has been most advocated,
is the consolidation of the Agricultural
Department, the Experimental Station,
the United States appropriations all into
one management, by which the funds
necessary to operate an Agricultural Col?
lege can be easily raised. The location
of the Stations by the Board of Agricul?
ture interferes with this plan, as far as
the Board of Agriculture can do. This
probably was the strongest reason for the
immediate location of the Stations
We are constantly met by the assertion
of the anti prohibitionists that the labor?
ing men of this County will vote against
prohibition. We have no doubt that
they are greatly mistaken in their hopes
in this direction, for the laboring men of
Anderson County are, as a class, intelli?
gent, honest, moral and judicious. They
are as capable of forming correct conclu?
sions ass any other class, and when
formed, they act up to them. We are
confident that large numbers of them, a
good majority, will concur with Mr. Pow
derly, the head and leader of the labor?
ing men in the United States in oppos?
ing with all bis might the whole whisky
business. In a recent lecture he says:
"I know that, in refusing to even touch
a drop of strong drink, I was and am
right. In re/using to treat another to that
which I do not believe to be good for my?
self to drink, I know lam right. In refus?
ing to associate with men who get drunk,
1Iknow I am right. In not allowing a
?rum seller to gam admittance into the
Order of the Knights of Labor, I know I
am right. In advising our associates not
to rent halls or meeting-rooms over
drinking places, I know that I am right.
I have done this from the day my voice
was first heard in the council halls of onr
Order. My position on the question of
temperance is right. I am determined to
maintain, and will not alter it one jot or
tittle."
The laboring man who uses liquor
spends his money for something which
does not benefit him, when be might,
procure some necessary or comfort that
would be of permanent value to him and
his family. Mr. Powderly's advice is
intended to promote the moral, physical,
intellectual and financial welfare of the
laboring classes, and in our opinion the
result of the election on prohibition in
this County on the sixteenth of August
will show that-a majority of the working
men in Anderson County agree with him.
The News and Courier advocates the
formation of anti-treating societies, and
in support of its theory advances the fol?
lowing argument in the way of statistics:
According to the most trustworthy
.statistics published, the annual consump?
tion of domestic and imported distilled
spirits averages 75,199,990 gallons. The
amount of beer consumed averages about
609,705,367 gallons a year. The import?
ed and domestic wines drunk annually
average 23,163,425 gallons, making a
total annual liquor consumption of 708,
068,782 gallons. A careful estimate
places the cost of this at $711,227,888.
The same authority calculates that the
drinking population numbers 14,925,417,
making an annnal average cost to each
person of $47.75.
The Neuis and Courier then argues in
favor of reducing these figures by anti
treating societies, but we think these fig?
ures prove too much. The figures taken
from the census show that in 1879 the
total value of all farms products raised in
the United States was $2,212,540,927,
which presents the alarming fact that
one-third of all the farm products in the
United States are . consumed in strong
drink every year. By the census of that
year the cotton crop was 5,755,359 bales,
worth in the neighborhood of $240,000,
000. The wheat crop was 459,483,137
bushels, worth about $465,000,000. That
is, the..annual consumption of strong
drink is on. an average equal to the whole
cotton and wheat crops of the United
States each year. These liquor figures,
it must be remembered, come from an
anti-prohibition paper, while the pro?
duction figures come from the United
States census. It will, therefore, be seen
that the waste in liquor consumption is
annually an enormous amount. Merely
stopping the habit of treating will not
reach the evil. The tippling saloons
must be closed up. To stop the man?
ufacture and Bale of spirituous liquors
^ould save this country over $711,000,000,
or more than $10.00 a year for every
man, woman and child in the United
States. The country would be better,
happier and more prosperous if this
drain on its resources could be stopped.
Prohibition, backed by the solid facts of
the figures, is growing rapidly throughout
the Union.
The Truth About Guiteau >s Head.
Washington, June 27.?It has been
published recently that some parties in
New York had purchased the head of
Guiteau, the murderer of President Gar
field, for which offense be was hung in
the United States jail here, and that re?
port denied and the fact asserted that the
head is still in the Army Medical Muse?
um. I have recently come into possession
of the facts in relation to the case, and
give the truth of the matter to your read?
ers. At the time of the hanging of
Guiteau and for several years afterward
there was employed in the museum a
doctor named Earnest Schafhirt, who was
an expert in all things relating to em?
balming and the preservation of the
human body from decay after death.
The head of Guiteau was severed from
the body and taken possession of by
Schafhirt, by whom it was prepared and
put in a glass jar for preservation, and
was preserved. Some years after this the
jar containing the head was taken from
the Museum by Schafhirt, put in a square
box and buried in a cellar, where it
remained until some months ago, when
it was sold to the parties who now have
it. Schafhirt, on account of some domes?
tic infelicity or unfaithfulness on his part,
involving court proceedings, left the city
a year or so ago, and his friends or family
are in ignorance of his whereabouts.
The above are the facts in the case, as
can be verified if necessary. Some ques?
tion has been raised as to whether the
present owners have a good title to their
ghastly property, but that cannot amount
to much, as it would be difficult for the
government to establish property in a
cadaver or a fractional part thereof. Be?
sides, the government never claimed to
own the head. So there is no doubt
whatever that neither the hard nor the
soft part of the head of Garfield's assassin
is in the possession of the United Slates,
while the skeleton of the body is. A
price was paid for it, and it is not proba?
ble the purchasers would have paid their
money for a spurious article, although
they have no abstract of title.
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.
Knoyville, Tenn., June 29.
Mr. Editor : After having spent four
weeks in the mountains, seeing and hear
ing each day something new, we find
ourself in a new and pleasant home on
Broad Street in the city of Knoxville.
This is called the Queen City of the
Mountains, and very justly 'so, since we
can see extensive mountains all around
us. Situated on hills, we are continu?
ally fanned by a pleasant breeze, not?
withstanding June is considered by the
citizens to be their hottest month, blan?
kets being not at all uncomfortable.
We meet with many robust old people,
who boast of the health and prosperity
of their country. They say if we have
people in Sonth Carolina who would like
to live long, they should come over to
East Tenuessee. The pure mountain
air, with limestone water, and various
minerals, white and black sulphur, is
common. Nearly every farmer has two
and three kinds of water on his farm.
Lime is so thick it is ser>n in large, white
streaks all through the rock, which is
often burnt, leaving piles of pure lime,
and the ladies very often have to dig out
cakes of lime stuck to the bottom of
their tea kettles.
The lands in East Tennessej are very
productive, of black rich soil and no
sand. Corn is easily raised, with but
little work. After preparing the ground
well, tbey plant and plough over a few
times and the crop is made without a
hoe ever being carried into it. The best
wheat yields twenty bushels to the acre.
In one instance a guano company fur
nisbed the guano for all made on the
acre over ten bushels, and received five
bushels to the acre for their part.
This country is one vast expanse of
living green. The meadows of herd and
timothy, with the clover fields in bloom,
overshadowed by the mountains full of
small clouds, floating here and there, and
often pouring down rain in spots, inde?
pendent of the surrounding sunshine,
make a perfect picture of loveliness.
This is the season for mowing the mead?
ows by machinery. Clover sown early
in the Spring can't be grazed until after
it blooms, and in three yea.a that is
turned under and sown in wheat, which
is followed by another stand of clover,
without any more work, and so the whole
face of nature is constantly changing.
After the meadow grasses are reaped in
the Fall, it comes up again a beautiful
green, about one foot high, and is pas?
tured until Christmas. Thousands of
horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and stock of
every kind roam these hills, not often
neen by their owners.
We will long remember the last night
we spent with those jolly mountain peo?
ple. As a token of their friendship they,
unexpectedly to us, sent out for their*
neighbors to come in and have a regular
break-down frolic. Lo, and behold,
about dark a perfect cloud of people
came rising over the hills, dressed and
perfumed with their " meeting-house
draps," and continued to pour in until
every nook and corner in the house and
yard was full. Their band of music con?
sisted of violins, banjos, bones, a triangle
and base violin. This music was a per?
fect feast. They continued to play until
the "wee small hours" bade them stop,
and finally wound up on "mocking-bird
march" and "home, sweet home," leav?
ing a lasting impression on the heart of
the stranger guest. These people enjoy
life in their own way, and their, name is
legion. Their kindness to a South Car?
olina Btranger will never be forgotten by
one whose heart is full of gratitude.
Near our home in the city, is an ice
factory, making ice from a very bold
limestone spring. We walked through
and examined all the works, and were
sorry to hear that the factory was worked
on the Sabbath day. The city of Knox?
ville is four miles square, with thirty-five
thousand inhabitants. Bev. Joe Munday
is now here. Bev. Jones and Small are
now fighting liquor in Tennessee, and
we expect them soon in Knoxville.
B. Clement.
A Story About a Drum.
Adjutant General Drum, who has
achieved a national reputation this week
au the originator of the resolution to re?
turn the captured battle flags to the
I States, has been for many years a well
known figure in Washington. He
entered the army more than thirty years
ago as a private soldier, and by merit
and soldierly qualities has risen to be
Adjutant General of the army in the
face of the prejudice which naturally
keeps every man who rises from the
ranks from the highest military positions.
The West Pointers say that General
Drum's rise flatly contradicts the charge
that no man stands a show in the army
unless he has been graduated at Weit
Point.
General Drum is not only extremely
popular with the officers, but a circum?
stance occurred some years ago which
made the inmates of the soldier's homes
and the enlisted men of the army enthu?
siastic about him.. It was matter of
just complaint to the veterans out at the
Soldiers' home near Washington that all
the early fruits and vegetables which
they raised by their own labor were re?
served to supply the table of the superin?
tendent of the home, the higher officers
of the War Department, and even the
White House. During the Hayes admin?
istration not only were all of the delica?
cies of the garden sent to the White
House and to these high officials,
but when Mr. and Mrs. Hayes went out
to the Soldiers' home cottages, which
they occupied hy courtesy during
the Summer, their table was supplied
from the work of the old soldiers. Just
about that time General Drum was
ordered to Washington. One day in
May, 1881, a cart drove up to General
Drum's house loaded with vegetables
from the Soldier's home. The General
went out to see what was up. It was
explained to him, and also the bad prac?
tice in vogue among high officers. The
old gentleman flew into a rage on the
spot. "Take the cart away," he roared.
"I'll have you to understand that when I
wane vegetables I'll send down to the
market and get them. I don't want the
soldiers' vegetables. I am no dead beat,
and I'll not be treated as one."
This, of course, was carried im?
mediately back to the soldiers, who got
it in print. Then the extent of the scan?
dal was developed and the Washington
newspapers rang with it. The names of
the officers who had fattened upon the
earnings of the soldiers were published,
and such a tornado was raised that the
abuse was instantly stopped. Some of
the officers smirched never have been
able to get rid of the stain.?New York
Mail and Express.
? On the street cars in and around
New York 4,000,000 passengers pay
$100,000 every day.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
!' Washington, D. C, July 4,1887.
Notwithstanding the hot weather
which prevails here, there are more Sen?
ators and Representatives in the City
than were ever known before in this
month of the year, except when Con?
gress was sitting. The only reason that
can be as signed for it, is that the fiscal
year of the Government closed on the
last day of June, and the appropriations
were available after July first. It is not
generally known outside of the Capitol,
that there are more changes in the Fed?
eral offices on the last of June, to take
effect the first of July, than at any other
time in the year. It is like settling up
old accounts and Btarliug with a new
force. CoDgress at its last session pro?
vided for a large increase in the force of
several Departments, and also created
many new Federal offices throughout the
whole Country, and it is after these new
offices more especially, than the reten?
tion cf favorites in positions already
secured, that these Statesmen are here.
It is pretty warm weather to have to lis?
ten attentively to appeals for office, but
still the President stands the interview?
ing and importuning with equanimity of
mind, good nature and proverbial stolid?
ity. After the fatigue of the day, he
drives out to Oak View and regales
himself in the cool of the evening with
pleasant social chat with members of bis
family and guests, who studiously avoid
discussing any of the weighty cares of
State.
The old Mexicans veterans are happy
over the dispatch with which their
claims are settled. The Pension office
has recognized the necessity of prompt
action in these cases, owing to the
advanced age of most of the claimants,
and so has put a big force upon them.
If the papers are properly prepared, and
the claim substantiated when filed, the
claimant usually can obtain a final set?
tlement in from two to three months.
As a rule, in other cases, it is a year or
more before they are reached for action,
and then comes delay after delay, caused
by absurd calls for additional evidence.
As a rule, the office requires a claimant
to prove his case many times over by
calling for such evidence that no Court
would give any weight to. The serious
delay to the interests of the claimant is
not wilful on the part of the Govern?
ment; but due to the total ignorance of
the law of evidence, by the large major?
ity of the clerks whose business it is to
pass upon the sufficiency of the proofs
submitted. There is, perhaps, no Bu?
reau under the Government where such
a large proportion of its force should be
thoroughly familiar with the principles
of the law of evidence, as that of the
Pension Office, and yet it is difficult to
conceive of a less informed body of men
on that subject, than the clerks in that
Office. If the soldier element would
demand more efficiency in that branch of
the Government it would get it.
The Civil service compulsory exami?
nation in the Departments for promotion
is now being held, and there is much
anxiety as to the result. The examina?
tion in the War Department was closed
one week ago, and the result just
annbuoced shows that all, except seven
passed. What will become of the lone
seven is now the question. The rules do
not require the summary dismissal of
those who fail to pass, but leave it to the
discretion of the Department whether
to retain or dismiss. The probability is,
that in most cases dismissal will follow,
as there are many applicants eager for
the places, and as soon as it is learned
that there are places that can be consis?
tently made vacant under color of law,
the appointing power will have no rest
until the vacancies are made and filled.
The way the positions are obtained, is to
receive an appointment as a messenger
or laborer, and then being inside enter
one of these examinations, and if you
pass, bring the influence that got you
the first position to bear on the head of
the Department to promote you to one
of the positions made vacant by the dis?
missal of the clerk who performed the
duties satisfactorily for years, but failed
to stand the test of the Civil service
Btandard of competency. There are
many ways of doing a thing or accom?
plishing a purpose, if you have ingenuity
enough to make the way. The clerks
are all staying at home these warm
nights and sweating under the heat of
the midnight oil to prepare themselves
for the coming ordeal. So far, the
women have passed higher in the exami?
nations than the men. H.
Deadly Droughts.
Chicago, July 1.?No Buch drought as
now prevails has existed in Illinois and
Wisconsin for many years. The roads
are ankle deep with dust, pastures are
brown and leaves on forest and shade
trees shrivelled up, and each hot breath
of air from the cloudless horizon drives
them away in showers. Creeks have run
dry and the water in the larger streams
is at a lower stage than was ever known
before. There has not been a soaking
rain in this point of the country since
March. Two showers in April and one
each in May and June had but a tempor?
ary effect on the crops. Stunted yellow
spears, bending disconsolately over im?
mense beds of dust, are the only evidence
that the farmers sowed any corn this
year. The leaves of the forest trees are
falling off, and the fruit, which promised
to be plenty, is wrinkled and dried to tbe
stem. Raspberry bushes look as though
they were producing a crop of shot, so
infinitesimal and hard are the berries.
The drought has become so terrible
that public prayers are being offered for
rain. Fences along the country roads
and dead walls of villages are plastered
with huge bills, calling for special ser?
vices at district schoolhouses and
churches.
Fires are burning in the woods, and
pastures for miles around are scorched.
Farms have lost many cattle in these
fires, which seem to spring up in a dozen
places at once.
Reports from all parts of Henry and
adjoining counties tell of intense suffering
from drought. The drinking water in
many towns has been polluted, and the
white beds of creeks are covered with
decaying fish.
The drought in the Northern and cen?
tral tiera of counties of Illinois is not any
more serious than it is in Wisconsin.
The Badger State is literally burning up,
and fruit crops are nearly destroyed.
Reports from Northwestern Iowa state
that the drought has been broken.
? Reports to the Chattanooga Times
from a large number of counties in East
Tennessee indicate that the wheat crop
this season is the largest raised for
twenty-two years. The grain is of fine
quality.
The Experimental Station?.
The Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier writing under date of
July 4th, says:
The State board of agriculture met in
the department building at 11 o'clock
this morning. All the members were
present. The principal business before
the board was in relation to the experi?
mental stations. A petition from J. D.
& J. Seabrook, for a reconsideration of
the suspension of their general rights li?
cense, wa3 refused. W. H. Bartles3 was
granted a general rights license to mine
in Deer Creek. The following resolution
was passed in regard to the experimental
stations.
That in the opinion of the board the
Act of the Legislature directing the es?
tablishment of the stations is mandatory,
and requires their immediate action. The
location of the stations to be established
in the Piedmont section was first consid?
ered. The sub-committee appointed to
inspect the locations offered in that por?
tion of the State made its report. The
various proposals were then read and
considered and the following resolution
adopted:
"Whereas, in consideration of the offer
made to the board of agriculture by citi?
zens of the city and county of Spartan?
burg for the establishment of the experi?
mental station ordered by the Legisla?
ture to be located in the Piedmont sec?
tion of the State, the board have decided
to locate the said station on the grounds
offered for the purpose by the citizens of
the city and county of Spartanburg."
"The board fully canvassed and recog?
nized the liberal offers made for these
stations in the various localities by the
differeut counties?the joint offer of
$1,500 iu land by the counties of Ander?
son, Oconee and Pickenl?, the offer of the
city and county of Greenville of ?5,000
cash, or instead thereof a strong contin?
gent proposition of $15,000 county bonds,
but the board were moved to their final
decision in this matter by the following
offer made by Spartanburg: In casb,
$2,000; in land, 300 acres, adjoining land
recently sold for $30 per acre. These
lands adjoin the lands and buildings of
the Inter-State Farmers' Encampment,
the free use of which are offered for the
use of the station. The citizens of York
and Union counties have urged the
board to establish the station at Spartan?
burg. Thsrefore, be it
"Resolved, That the experimental sta?
tion to be established in the Piedmont
section be located at Spartanburg."
The report of the sub committeo on
the counties of lower Carolina was read,
together with a letter from the Attorney
General, giving a special opinion that
the counties embraced in the lower tier
of counties, under the Act, are all those
lying South of a line drawn through the
centre of the State. After much discus?
sion, the following resolution was adopt?
ed:
"In considering the proposition made
by the different counties of the lower
tier of counties the board wera much im?
pressed with the claims set for'h by the
citizens of Georgetown and Eutawville
for the establishment of the lower station
in their section. The very liberal offer
of $5,000 in cash by the citizens of Dar?
lington, together with the very earnest
interest manifested by a large number of
her leading planters and business men,
constrained the board to locate the sta?
tion in Darlington County. Therefore,
be it
"Resolved, That the experimental sta?
tion for the lower tier of counties be lo?
cated in Darlington County."
Chancellor Johnson and Commissioner
Butler were appointed a committee to
secure the necessary tracts of land in
Darlington County, and Col. Duncan
was appointed to represent the board in
making the necessary arrangements at
Spartanburg.
A Ghastly Discovery.
Nashville, Tenn., June 30.?The
people of this section are excited over a
ghastly discovery made on Monday near
Cookville, situated on what was known
many years ago as the Kentucky Stock
Road. This was, at the time, the princi?
pal highway for traders between Ken?
tucky and Georgia, or South Carolina.
Stopping-places on the road were few and
far between, and many men returning
after selling their stock never reached
home. Some years ago a skeleton was
found at the entrance to a cave near
Cookville, and a few days ago a party
concluded to explore the cave. Back on
the mountain Bide, about one-half mile
from one of the notorious stopping places
on the old road, the entrance to the cave
was found. A hole something like a
well going straight down some thirty
five feet was first passed through, and
then the cave opened into large caverns
with a downward course under the moun?
tain. At the bottom of the shaft the
party found human bones, and, with a
little digging in the debris that bad
accumulated at this point, unearthed
about sixty skeletons of men who bad
been murdered and thrown down this
hole. Some skulls were found with bul?
let holes through them, others being
mashed with an ax or instrument of that
kind. Old citizens now living in this
vicinity say that the keepers of these
dens would keep track of the travellers
when they passed through with stock,
and on their return they would be
almost certain to disappear. There iu
another cave twenty miles from Cook?
ville near one of the ancient inns, and
an exploration of it will be made also.
Colquitt as La mar's Successor.
Washington, June 28.?Senator M.
C. Butler, of South Carolina, is quoted
as saying he believes Secretary Lamar
will be appointed to the vacancy on the
Supreme Bench, and that Senator Col
quitt, of Georgia, will probably succeed
Mr. Lamar as Secretary of the Interior.
The Georgia Senator denies that he bos
been offered the place, but it seems to I
be understood among his friends that he
can have it if be desires it. Senator Col
quitt has been strongly identified with
the temperance movement in Georgia
and some doubt has been expressed as to
the advisability of the President inviting
him into the Cabinet on that account.
A prominent Southern Democrat said
today: "It will do Mr. Cleveland no
harm in the South to take such a strong
temperance man into his Cabinet as Mr.
Colquitt. The sentiment throughout the
South among the best people is in favor
of temperance. It might have some
effect in New York and other Northern
States, but I don't believe Mr. Cleveland
will pay much attention to that phase of
the subject."
? It is estimated at the Treasury
Department that the reduction of the
I public debt for June is about $15,0.00,
1000,
The War Rumors In Europe.
The war rumors which disturbed the
political atmosphere of Europe in the
Winter and early Spring, but which for
awhile subsided, have begun to rise again
on t ie Eastern breeze. This time Bus
sia, France, England and Turkey are the
parties. England has arranged a treaty
with Turkey in regard to a protectorate
over Egypt, by which England is to gain
control of the Suez Canal, for the passage
of troops and munitions of war, and the
Porto is urged to &ign it. France, urged
by Russia, it would seem, protests against
this arrangement to the extent virtually
of threatening war with the Porte, a war
in which Russia, it is supposed, would be
greatly interested. If Turkey should
ratify the convention with England, the
latter would be expected to give substan?
tial i.id and comfort in case of trouble
with other nations.
If France should be drawn into a war
with Turkey and England, this would be
a great card for Germany as the martial
ardor of the French would be expended
or some object that would leave the
Eb're provinces out of the question.
Ever since the Franco-German war there
has buen talk of France making ready to
retaliate on Germany, but so far Bismarck
has been able to keep out of trouble.
France has been pretty regularly at war
with one nation or another, but in spite
of the reported popular feeling against
Germany the blow has constantly been
averted.
In l.he event of a war over Turkey it
will not be easy for the other powers to
keep dut of it. The possible dismember?
ment of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
deeply interests Austria and Italy, and
Germany too, but in a lesser degree.
The rumors are only rumors as yet.
Two Hogs on a Train.
The other evening, on one of the
suburban trains going out of Boston,
there was a well known vocalist, who
appropriated to his sole use and comfort
two saats. While this luxuriant way?
farer was enjoying so much room there
entered the car a man considerable under
the influence of liquor. The inebriate
could find no available seat save that
which the first mentioned passenger had
appropriated, and going up to the latter
the bibulous traveller said: "Move
o-ver, please (hicl) I want a s-seat."
The other glanced up with a look of
intense scorn, but did not deign further
notice just then of his interlocutor. The
iatoxic ated individual returned again to
the charge with, "Can't you move o-ver
(hie!) and give a fellow a seat?" "No,
I can't and won't; you are drunk," was
the curt response. "Well," stammered
the other. "I know I'm drunk, (hie !)
but I'll get over that. You're a hog,
aud will never get over it."
? Mr. J. J. Fred Bandinel, United
States vice consul at Newchwang, China,
sends to the State department a harrow?
ing account of a trip made by himself
through the flooded districts of China.
He was distributing food and necessaries
of life to the starvi ng people, and during
the trip relieved 39G persons. He says
hefou?d the people generally living on
bran 01 the chaff of a large grass grown
for feeding cattle. Some were reduced to
eating chopped grass, either moistened
with he t water or baked in cakes, while
others feed on the leaves and seeds of
weeds gathered in the fields. In some of
the villages half of the dwelling places
had beein washed away and the inhabi?
tants were huddled together in the
remaining ones. The deaths from star?
vation had been very numerous, and the
sights be saw in some of the villages were
pitiable.
Coming Elections.
We are to have few elections this year.
Both parties may rest for the great strug?
gle of 1888. Maryland, Massachusetts,
Kentucky, Iowa and Ohio will elect gov?
ernors next fall. Legislatures are to be
chosen by these States, and also by Vir?
ginia, New York and New Jersey. New
York aud Pennsylvania will elect minor
State officers. The most exciting con?
tests of the year will probably be the
prohibition elections in Texas and Ten?
nessee. Oregon is also to vote on this
question, but the campaign in that State
is mild compared to that in either Texas
or Tennessee. Only three of the legisla?
tures to be chosen this year will have the
election of United States Senators.
These are the legislatures of Iowa, Ken?
tucky and Virginia. The Democrats are
very.confident of carrying Virginia, thus
securing; for a Democrat the senatorial
seat now occasionally occupied by Mr.
Biddleberger. Mahone is scheming to
make the legislature Republican so that
he can return to the Senate but happily
there is little prospect that Virginia and
the country will have to endure such a
calamity.
[SHERIFF'S SALE.
State of South Carolina,
County of Anderson.
BY virtue of an Execution to me di?
rected I will expose to sale on Tues?
day after Salesday in August next, within
the legal hours of sale, at the residence of
Samuel McGill, in Rock Mills Township,
one Three Roller Cast Iron Sorghum Mill.
Levied on as the property of Samuel
McGill In favor of R. T. Chamblee.
Terras ? Cash.
W. L. BOLT,
Sheriff Anderson County.
July 7,1W_52 4
ANDERSON
FEMALE SEMINARY.
MRS. L. M. AYER, Principal.
THE next Session will begin Tuesday,
Sept. 6th. A full corps of competent
teachers have been engaged. Good work
has beer, done here before, and better shall
be done in the future. Changes of impor?
tance have bean made in the course of
study and the standard raised.
The test books are the same as those used
in the leading male colleges in the country,
and the branches shall be thoroughly
taught.
For the benefit of the patrons the Semi?
nary has been placed on the list of Public
Schools in Anderson, which will lower the
expenses. For information apply to
H. M. AYER, Business Manager.
July 7. 1887_52_6
NOTICE.
WE will sell to the highest bidder, on
the Sixth day of August.
1887, at ten o'clock a. m., the Real Estate
of W. 13. Compton, deceased, known as
the Thoma3 H?tchens Land, on Little
Beaverdam Creek, in Fork Township, con?
taining one hundred and four acres, more
or less, sixty or seventy acres in cultiva?
tion, twenty acres of high branch bottoms
in a high state of cultivation.
The sale is to take place on said land.
terms~One-third of the money to be
paid on the 15th of November, 1887, the
remainder on twelve months credit, at ten
per cent interest, to be secured by mort?
gage and security.
Parties can see said Land by calling on
either of the Executors.
Any other information made known on
day of sale.
P. S. M AH AFFE Y, ] vjecutors.
W. J. COMPTON, ) ^s?501110"
July 7, 1887 52 i
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Ice Cream Soda,
Limeade Soda Water,
la 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 gkisH, 3
for 25c, or 12 for $1.00.
Limeade Soda 5c per glass.
Call and give tbem a trial and be con?
vinced.
If you don't want these, we keep as
good Soda Water as is in town only 5c
a glass, or 25 tickets for one dollar.
WILHITE & WILHITE.
OUR NON-SECRET
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IS USED BY
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It is a powerful, yet gentle,
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Composed of Sarsaparilla, Queen's
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with sufficient Senna
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bowels.
TRY IX.
SIMPSON, REID & CO.,
ANDERSON, S. C.
"DON'T FORGET!
THAT we are still on hand at Northeast
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Customers wishing Ice on Sundays will be
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Will fill orders from neighboring towns in
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Our PRICES are the LOWEST.
We pay the highest market price for
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TO THE LADIES.
IN order to enlarge ray business I have
moved to No. 11 Brick Range, formerly
occupied by the Ladies' Store, and have
just received a select Slock of?
HATS, NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS,
All new. No old goods to work off.
Examine my stock and compare goods
and prices before buying elsewhere. I will
not chide you for visiting other stores, nor
attempt to avoid competition by restricting
drummers in their sales, because I believe
that fair and Lnnest competition is the life
ot trade. I am thankful for past favors
and request a continuance of your favors.
MISS SALLIE BOWIE.
April 7, 1887 30_3m
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T?TE 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. Milley Smith, deceased,
These are therefore to cito and admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of tlio said
Mrs. Milley Smith, deceased, to bo and ap
Eear before mein Court of Probato, to
e hold at Anderson Court House, on
the 11th day of July, 1887, aftor pub?
lication hereof, to show causo, if any they
have, why the said administration
should not be granted.
Given under ray hand this 21st day of
June, 1887.
W. F. COX, J. P.
June 21,1887 50 2
JONES
A Ton
the FREIGHT
Wncon Scale?,
Iron Lerer* Strtl Hcuiuz*. Brui
Tire Beim and Bourn Box for
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T.rtTj ltio5e?le. For frw rtIce Hit
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J0NIS OF BIMQHAMTOM,
BlNtiliAMTON. N. X.
June 9,188J 48 e0^8
WHAT DID YOU SAY ?
FOSTER FANT & CO.
HAVE MARKED THEIR
CLOTHING, HATS AND UNDERWEAR,
DOWN AT
NEW YORK COST
For sixty days, to make room for their Fall Stock?makes no difference whether)
Coun'y goes
i
"WET OR DRY."
July 7,1SS7
JOHN E. PEOPLES,
Agent for the Celebrated
VIM WIRME GIN, FEEDER AND COMEl,
Manufactured at Atlanta, Georgia, and to which Pre?
miums were awarded at the Atlanta Cotton
Exposition, Charleston Industrial Exposi?
tion Feb. 2, 1882, and at the South
Carolina and Georgia State
Fairs, 1881.
THE VAN WINKLE FEEDER AND CONDENSER can be attached to any
other Gin, so parties having other make of Gins and wishing Feeders or
Condensers can be supplied by sending in their order in time, and I will guarantee
satisfaction.
All kinds of PULLEYS and SHAFTING and most IMPROVED CANE
MILLS and EVAPORATORS furnished to order.
i
Tan Winkle King; Cotton Press.
Has long been before the public, and is too
well known to need any further description. ItsA
chief points of merit are: It takes very little ?
room, is easily handled, and takes so little pow- r
er; can be used on all kinds of powers?horse,
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go on at the same time, without interfering with
tbe Gin. A two inch belt will pack a500 poun^
bale of cotton. It saves i':s cost the first seas^B
in labor. Read the following testimonial:
Andkrsox, S. C?Mr. John E. Peoples?Sir:
The Steam Power Van Winkle Cotton Press
bought from you last Fall has given entire satis?
faction. I packed bales of cotton weighing 660
to 725 lbs. in five minutes with all ease, using a
4-inch belt and 25 lbs. steam. There did not
i seem any more strain on the Press than with a
400 lb. bale. For durability, strength, lightness
of power, small quantity of steam required,
economy of space, I deem it the Kiug of ajl Cotton Presses?especially so as tbe
low price at which it can be bought for puts it within reach of every man running
a steam Gin. In fact I would not be without it for twice its cost. I would advise
all my friends to buy one of Van Winkle's Steam Power Cotton Pressess, as you
will save its cost in labor in one year. M. A. COBB.
the! boss press!
I am agent also for tbe "Boss Haud and Power Presses," which are strong,
easily handled and easily erected.
THE STAR AND KINC PRESS.
I am agent also for the Star Hand Press, which give? general satisfaction?
Suitable for traveling Gins.
THE HALL SELF-FEEDING COTTON GIN,
Manufactured at Sing Sing, N. Y., has given satisfaction wherever used. The saws
are made of tbe best imported steel. The saw shaft is the largest made. An ex?
amination of other Gins will convince you it is the most substantially built Gin in
use. It never breaks the roll, and therefore does away with tbe expense of the
revolving head, as the secret of making the Gin to prevent its breaking the' roll is
in the proper shape of the roll box. Every one should examine the improvements
in the Hall Gin made this year, especially the improvement in the Feeder.
SECOND HAND MACHINERY.
I have a lot of second hand GINS and PRESSES, which are almost as good as
new, that I will sell for about one half the price of a new one.
Come in and see me and get prices before buying.
July 7,18S7
JOHN E. PEOPLES, Anderson, S. C.
52 2m
THE LADIES' BEST FRIEND.
Cosby's Hand Attachment for Sewing Machines!
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PRICE, $S.50.
GEO. M. TOLLY,
June 23,1887
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Agent for Anderson County.
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THE EARTHQUAKE
AS SHOOK DOWN PRICES ou 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: HaDd-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 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 7,1??6
13
JAMES M. PAYNE.
y DO YOU. WANT. A D O G'.?~
If so, eend for DOG BUYERS'
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100engravings of different broods,
prices they aro worth,and where tu
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Dogs and Breeding Ferrets. Mailed
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Furnishing Goods of all kinds.
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ASSOCIATED FANCIER'S, '
KVSout a Kiirttth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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,
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PICTURE FRAMES, made from all
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Picture Frame Cord and Hangings,
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W. B. BEACHAM,
Depot Street, Anderson, S. C.
July 22,188G 2 ly
Williamston Female College,
Williamston, S. C.
Rev. S. LANDEmTm., D. D., Pres.
THIS well known Institution, in her
16th year under the present manage-v^
ment, still maintains her high standard of
scholarship, and extended curriculum, and
is constantly improving her facilities and
methods for'the highest development and
best training of the pupils committed to
her care.
The Spring Session, 1887, will open Mon?
day, Feb. 7, and continue 20 weeks.
HATES PER SESSION*.
Board, exclusive of washing.$00 00
Regular Tuition, $12, $1G or. 20 00
Incidental Fee.v. 1 00
Library Fee. 40
Special Music Lessons. 20 00
Instrument for Practice. 3 00
Jan 13, 1SS7 27
, ICE,
Constantly on bund at
ICE, ICE
J. S. Fowler's Market,
MAIN STREET.
PARTIES desiring Ice on Sunday can
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June 9, 1SS7 48 4
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands against
the Estate of John C. Wbjtefield,
deceased, must present them, properly
proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law ; and all person')
indebted to said Estate must make pay?
ment at once.
JAS. T. JONES, Adm'r.
June 30,1887 51 3