PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
? E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY, DEC. 1,
TERMS :
ONE VP*!* iMiMnii ._-Sl-BO.
BIX MONTHS_.._ 750.
The Bill to repeal the lien law, which
was passed by the Senate last session, was
overwhelmingly defeated in the House
last week.
Judge McGowan was unanimously
re-elected Associate Justice of the Su?
preme Court on last Friday by a unani?
mous vote of the General Assembly.
- This was a high compliment worthily
bestowed.
? The Governor's Message was an admi?
rable statement of the ordinary affairs of
the State, and presented a great deal of
information upon the subjects with
which the reading public has for some
time been familiar.
The agricultural measures in the Gen
- eral Assembly have been generally held
back to await the result of the Agricultu?
ral Convention, which is to meet to day
in Columbia. After it adjourns, we
presume the matter will take definite
shape.
Senator Talbert has succeeded in
passing through the Senate his Bill to
tax dogs one dollar per head, to be applied
to school purposes. It will, however, be
overwhelmingly defeated in the House of
Representatives.
The Sill to charter the Cumberland
_Valley & Unaka Railroad will be pre?
sented at this session of the Legislature,
and it is expected soon to have the old
. Blue Ridge route revived to a considera?
ble extent by it. We believe the road
will be built.
The Senator and Representatives from
Anderson County were promptly at their
posts on the opening of the General
Assembly. Messrs. Brown and Murray
are stopping at the Grand Central Hotel,
and Messrs. Daniels, Hudgens and
Earle are stopping at Mrs. Williams'.
"'"'"Trio mnnt imprfrtnnfi Bill fhnt hut) fcrn^
acted on so far, is the Bill to reduce the
number of challenges in criminal cases
to ten. It will probably become a law,
and thenceforth criminals will have
-. fairer trials in this State. They will not,
however, be able to pick their juries as
they do now.
The Prohibitionists were defeated in
Atlanta by the negro vote going largely
. against them. The majority of the white
' votes, as usual in such elections, went in
favor of prohibition. The negro favors
whiskey because he loves it, and also
because by so doing he can go against
the wishes of the majority of the white
voters. .
The anti-prohibitionists are a hard
set to please. In Anderson and Lanrens
Counties they defeated prohibition
. because the pending Bill was too strict?
in other words because it would prohibit.
In Atlanta they defeated prohibition
because tbey claimed it did not prohibit.
It is a clear case of any port in time of a
storm with them.
Senator Murray has introduced a Joint
Resolution to amend the Constitution, so
as to require the Supreme Court Judges
to do circuit duty, except the Chief Jus
^ tice, and sending all cases in which two
Judges overrule the Circuit Judge, or
which the Supreme Court think proper,
to a Court o" Errors, which shall meet
once a year, or oftener if necessary. This
resolution is destined to elicit some
interest among the legal fraternity.
The report of the Phosphate Commis?
sion will probably have been submitted
before we go to press. It has been sur?
mised that the Committee favor a long
term to a few companies, with a mini?
mum royalty each year, secured by rigid
terms in the grant, ? and a good bond
from the grantees. In this way it is
thought the income to the State may be
jrelained with certainty and regularity.
The House of Representatives of this
State has been working most diligently
this session. They began the session
with over one hundred and sixty bills on
their calendar, brought over from the
last session, and began their work in
earnest on the- first day of the term.
They held a night session the first night,
and have held one every night since
except Saturday. There has been a j
marked disposition on their part to kill
all measures' that came over from the last
session, and as a consequence very few
bills have been passed by them.
The pending BUI3 to reduce the rate
of interest in this State have not yet been
acted on in either House of the Legisla?
ture, and their fate is uncertain. In the
Senate the report of the judiciary com?
mittee last session upon Mr. Murray's
Bill was unfavorable, and he continued
it to this session, and had it referred back
to the committee, which has reported it
favorably this time. It will, however, be
vigorously contested in both Houses, and
it is more than an even chance that it
will fail to command a majority in each
_ House.
The prohibition party in Atlanta have
notified Ordinary Calhoun of their inten?
tion to contest the result of the election
of the 26th. They have three days in
which to file a bill, and until it is decided
whether or not the contest will be made
the Ordinary cannot announce the vote
officially. The vote as reported from the
different precincts figures up 1,142 major?
ity for the antis. It is general conceded
that the prohibitionists will reconsider
and not contest,as the frauds committed by
the anti party were done in such a man?
ner that it would be very difficult to
establish the facts.
A considerable contest is brewing over
a proposition in the Legislature to re
apportion the membership of the several
Counties of this State in the House of
Representatives on the basis of the
population of the State as shown by the
census: of 1880. It is claimed by the
advocates of reapportionment that it can
and ought to be done under the amend?
ment to the Constitution adopted at the
the last session of the General Assembly.
The opponents claim that it would be
bad faith to do so, as it was understood
the amendment was not to apply to the
past but future census, and that but for
this understanding they could and would
have defeated the amendment. The
Counties which will lose are Charleston,
Hampton, Richland, and we believe,
Barnwell. The Counties that gain will
be Berkeley, Beauibrt, Marion, Greenville
and Spartauburg.
The coming meetiug of CoDgress will
be one of unusual importance to the
country. It is confidently believed and
hoped that the Democratic party will at
last present some scheme to reduce the
surplus in the national treasury, and to
lighten the burdens of federal taxation.
It is incumbent on the party, if it wishes
to lay any claim to being the party of
reform, that it should do these two
things. The trouble will come in agree?
ing on what is the proper line of expen?
diture for the surplus, and where the
reductions are to be made in the tariff.,
It would not be difficult to distribute the
surplus by a proper appropriation to
help education in the States, by fair and
adequate harbor and river appropria?
tions, and by the erection of public
buildings in the larger cities and towns
in the interior. By this means the
money now locked up in the treasury
would go where it is most needed?to the
laborers, mechanics and poor children of
the country. It would put a large sum
of money into circulation, would im?
prove our ports and rivers for navigation,
would give employment to thousands of
workmen, and would educate, elevate
and improve the citizenship of our
country. The best plan of reducing
taxation is a more difficult subject, but in
handling it two objects ought.to be kept
steadily in view. The first of these is,
that the tariff should be lowered as much
as possible on the necessaries of life ;
and the second is, that it should be re?
moved from those articles which do not
need protection. The trouble is to com?
bine these two principles, and it can
only be done by careful consideration of
the revenue necessary to be raised, a
knowledge of the condition of the vari?
ous manufacturing and producing re?
sources of the country, and the needs of
the nation. The people look to Cougress
for this relief, and it is the duty of the
Democratic party to at least try to give
it to them. _
TUE STOBT OF THE FIGHT.
A Hot Campaign?A Divided Negro Vote?'
The Anti's Victorious.
From the New York Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26, 18S7.?The
people of this city voted on the question
"oT^ro^ibition" to-day and . defeated it,
The election follows one of the most
exciting political "campaigns ever wit?
nessed in Georgia. An extreme of bit?
terness, running often iuto personalities,
marked it. Its excitement reached a
climax last night when thousands oi
voters marched and bivouacked in the
streets to be ready for an early advance
upon the polls.
The Piedmont exposition did not close
until the 22d of October, and both sides
agreed that during the progress of the
exposition nothing whatever should be
done by either side, as it would mar the
unity of the citizens in their enthusiastic
support of the exposition.
Both sides plunged into the fight with
wonderful activity as soon as the exposi?
tion was over. Iu two days after the
exposition closed the fight was on in all
its fury, and excited more interest and
activity than had ever been shown in a
campaign before in this city. For over
a month the citizens have been engaged
in the contest.
Meetings have been held almost every
night, and local speakers and visiting
orators have stumped the county from
end to end of the city and every cross
road in the county. Early in the cam?
paign the prohibitionists leased the largest
warehouse in the city and fitted it up
with seating capacity for 8,000 people,
Almost nightly that building has been
filled, and such scenes of wild enthusi?
asm are rarely witnessed.
Among the prominent prohibition
speakers who plunged fearlessly into the
fight early in the campaign was United
States Senator A. H. Colquitt and Mr. H,
W. Grady. These were assisted by
almost every minister in the city, who
preached prohibition from their pulpits
Sunday after Sunday to deeply interested
congregations. Prominent among the
preachers who led the prohibition fight
in Atlanta were Eev. Drs. J. B. Haw?
thorne, H. C. Morrison and J. W. Lee.
These three ministers entered into the
fight with wonderful zeal, -spoke night
after night, and in almost every precinct
in the county. The most prominent
leaders of the antis were Senator Joseph
E. Brown, Captain E. P. Howell and
Captain John B. Goodwin. Both sides
ball full campaign funds and managed
their respective causes for all they were
worth.
The negro vote was the bone of con?
tention, and was the balance of power.
Each side made the most strenuous
S endeavors to secure it in every way pos
| sible. Tbe negroes were considerably
divided on the subject, though a majority
of them voted with the anti-prohibition?
ists.
One of the features of the contest has
been the active part taken by many
women of tbe city. Several of tbe
churches organized committees from
among their female members, who took
an active part in the campaign. Tbey
orgauized the women of the colored
churches into societies, and met with
them and prayed with them day after
day. The result of their work was shown
to-day by the appearance of large num?
bers of women at tbe polls with blue
badges. They served hot coffee and
sandwiches at every polling place, and
conducted prayer meetings and singing
crusades iu the open air.
Fulton county, in which Atlanta is
located, voted two years ago on the same
question, and went for prohibition by a
majority of 228 out of about 8,000 votes.
The registration this time exceeds tbj>t
of last year by 2,000 votes and this excess
gave the doubtful figures for either side
to estimate on during the campaign,
The principal fight made on prohibi?
tion during the campaign was that it did
not prohibit, and that intoxicating drinks
could be openly purchased in a number
of places throughout the city which paid
laxes to the United States government
for the sale of whiskey. Thousands of
gallons have been sent in each month
from cities around Atlanta from which it
was almost as easy to get a jug as it was
at bars in the city. The antis claim that
prohibition injured- the city, which was
yielding $50,000 a year in whiskey
licenses, without decreasing in the slight?
est the amount of whiskey sold in the
city.
The prohibitionists, on the other hand,
claimed that Atlanta has never bad pro?
hibition; that while it was so voted
years ago, the licenses then existing did
not expire, some of them, until almost a
year ago, and that since that time tbe
domestic wine clause in the local option
bill allowed many places in the city by
which the law could be easily evaded.
This was, however, remedied by the last
legislature, which put a license of $10,000
on all wine rooms, which license will go
into effect after January 1.
The prohibitionists claimed that with
wine rooms out of the city there would
be no places for tbe easy evasion of the
law if officers would properly enforce it.
The result to-day indicates public
opinion on the subject. The city has
gone wet by probably 1,000 majority.
Great enthusiasm prevails in the streets.
Men, women and children are mingling
in the mammoth procession that is
marching about the town. Thousands of
negroes, wearing grotesque garbs of red
material, are yelling like coyotes. Bands
are playing, firecrackers are exploding
and red banners are waving.
The ministers and others prominent in
tbe prohibitory movement are chagrined
at the unexpected result.
? Judge Pressley, at Greenville, has
ordered that witnesses for the defence be
paid?an important ruling.
A BILL
To Provide a More EMcleut Common
School System In the County of Audei
son.
The following Bill has been introduced
by Senator Murray in the Senate:
Section 1. That as soon as practica?
ble after the passage of this Act the
County Board of Examiners, of Anderson
County, shall have the said County
divided into School Districts, as near
four miles square as circumstances will
permit, and in so doing, shall place the
City of Anderson, and each of the towns
of Pendleton, Pelzer, VViilliamston, Bel
ton and Honea Path, as near the center
of a District as may be practicable, giv?
ing to each of these towns and city a
. separate School District. The work shall
be done as practically and economically
as possible, and the expenses thereof
shall be paid out of the school funds for
the current fiscal year.
Sec. 2. The said County Board of
Examiners shall number and name each
School District so laid off, and appoint
Trustees therefor, as provided by law,
and every District bo named and num?
bered, shall be vested with and enjoy the
powers granted to School Districts in Sec.
1008, of the General Statues of this State.
Sec. 3. The County Board of Exam?
iners, after consulting the Trustees for
each School District, shall fix a location
for one school for white children and one
school, for colored children in each of
such School Districts, except in the City
of Anderson and the Town of William?
ston, which are hereinafter provided for.
In locating these schools they shall be
Elaced as near the centre of the School
district, and at such distances from each
other as may be deemed best for the in?
terest of the public schools; Provided,
That the schools for the Districts in
which the towns named are located shall
be situated within the corporate limits of
such towns. When once located the
schools shall not be changed without the
joint action of a majorijy of the TrusteeB
for such District, and the County Board
of Examiners, with the approval of the
State Board of Examiners.
Sec. 4. After locating such schools, the
County Board of Examiners may reserve
annually for a term of years, not exceed
f ing four, such a sum of money from the
school fund of their' County, not to ex?
ceed twenty-five per cent, as they may
deem proper, for the purpose of erecting
a suitable and comfortable school house
for each school in each of these Districts.
They shall divide the whole sum thus
appropriated equally among all of the
Districts, and shall give to each school
in each District the same amount of
money, which shall be expended by the
Trustees for each District, under the di?
rection of the County Board of Exam?
iners, in erecting the school houses herein
1 provided for. In addition to the sum so
1 appropriated, the Trustees for each Dis
, trict may receive and expend in the
; building such sums in money, work, land
or material as may be subscribed for
either or both of the houses to be erected
by them, carrying out the direction of
' the donor as to the application of all
P such contributions. The County Board
of Examiners are hereby authorized to
1 make such temporary arrangements for
' the schools in each District as may be
necessary until sufficient building funds
1 accrue to erect a suitable building for
' each school in such District.
' Sec. 5. The citizens of each School
' District may, upon the petition of a ma
I jority of the owners of real estate, stating
! the number of mills tax proposed to be
levied in such District, lodged with the
1 School Commissioner, at a time and place
in such District, to be fixed by the School
1 Commissioner, and duly advertised for at
i least fifteen days, stating the amount
proposed to be subscribed, meet in mass
| meeting and subscribe such sum, not to
exceed two mills, as they may deem
proper, to assist in the erection of the
school buildings herein provided for. In
all such meetings they shall organize by
' electing a Chairman and Secretary, and
the vote upon the amount of tax propo
' sed shall be taken by a standing vote,
' and the number voting on each side re
' corded. The meeting shall attend to no
other business, and the action thereat
shall be certified by the Chairman and
Secretary to the County Auditor; and if
the majority vote in favor of the tax, the
County Auditor shall enter the same
upon a book to be kept for that purpose,
' and the County Treasurer shall, at the
succeeding Fall time of collecting State
and County taxes, collect such tax in the
same manner and under the same penal?
ties as he collects said State and County
taxes. In the payment of such taxes
each taxpayer shall have the right to de?
signate to which school building in his
District the tax he pays shall be appro?
priated, and the said Treasurer shall so
return to the Trustees, and it shall be so
appropriated; but wbere^ no designation
is made, the sum shall he equally divided
between both schools in such District.
Sec. 6. The school buildings in the
several Districts now existing in said
County, which may be rendered useless
for school purposes hereunder, shall be
removed or sold, and the proceeds divided
between the several new Districts entitled
thereto, in such proportion and on such
terms as the County Board of Examiners
may direct. In any School District in
which the whole or any part of the reser?
vation from the school funds provided
for in Section 4 hereof for building pur?
poses is not required in the judgment of
the County Board of Examiners, the
same shall be applied to the ordinary
school purposes of said District, in such
way as the said County Board of Exam?
iners may direct.
Sec. 7. In the School Districts in
which the City of Anderson and the
lown of Williamston are located, the said
County Board of Examiners shall not
proceed to erect any school buildings
hereunder; but shall continue to permit
the Trustees therein to establish and
regulate the schools therein.
Sec. 8. The citizens of each School
District may, upon the petition of a ma?
jority of the owners of real estate in such
District, lodged with the School Com?
missioner, stating the number of mills
tax proposed to be levied, at a time and
place in such District, to be fixed by the
School Commissioner, in the month of
July or August in each year, duly
advertised for at least fifteen days, stat?
ing the amount proposed to be subscribed,
meet in mass meetiug and subscribe
such sum, not to exceed the amount
stated in the petition, and not to exceed
the sum of three mills on the dollar of
taxable property in the said District, as
they may deem proper to aid in the
maintenance of the public schools in
such District for the ensuing year. In
all such meetings, at the appointed time
and place, they shall organize by electing
a Chairman and Secretary, and the vote
upon the amount of the tax proposed,
shall be taken by a standing vote, and
the number voting on each side recorded.
Any smaller sum than that proposed in
the petition may be voted, if the sum
proposed in the petition be rejected, and
the sum so proposed shall be voted on in
the same manner as the first sum named.
The meeting shall attend to no other
business, and the action thereat shall
be certified by the Chairman and Secre?
tary to the County Auditor, and if the
majority vote in favor of the tax, the
County Auditor shall enter the same
upon a book to be kept for that purpose,
and the County Treasurer shall at the
succeeding Fall time of collecting State
and County taxes, collect such tax in
the same manner and under the same
penalties as he collects said State and
County Taxes. In the payment of such
special District tax, each taxpayer shall
have the right to designate to which
school in his District ihe money he pays
shall be contributed, and the Treasurer
shall make a note thereof, and certify
the same to the School Commissioner,
and the sums so designated shall be
applied as directed by the parties paying
the same. In all cases where no desig- I
nation is made, the funds shall be
expended in such District in the propor?
tion in which the other school funds are
expended therein.
Sec. 9. In all elections under Sections
5 and 8 hereof, where there is any protest
or contest as to the regularity, fairness,
or propriety of the conduct of the meet
ings therein authorized, tbe parties
objecting shall file their objections with
the County Board of Examiners within
five days, or the report to the Auditor
shall be conclusive and final. When
any objection is filed, as herein authoriz?
ed, the County Board of Examiners shall
hear and determine tbe same, as speedily
as possible after giving notice to the par
tics interested. In such examination,
they shall be authorized and empowered
to send for persons and papers, and take
testimony under oath, and their determi?
nation shall be final.
Sec. 10. All Acts and parts of Acts,
inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act, are hereby repealed in so far as they
may conflict with the operation of this
Act.
Jones of Edgefleld Free,
Edgefield, November 28.?The inde?
fatigable attorneys of E. T. Jones, the
murderer of the three Pressleys, have at
last succeeded in securing his release on
a satisfactory bond for ?10,000. At the
August, 1886, term of Court Judge Wal?
lace signed an order granting bail to
Jones in the sum of $10,000, requiring,
however, that the bondsmen should
qualify in a sum double that subscribed,
virtually obtaining a bond good for
$20,000.
Four ineffectual efforts were made by
Jones's brother-in-law, T. M. Dearmond,
and others to file a bond in accordance
with that order, but tbey were not able
to give such bond as our conscientious
and efficient clerk of the Court would
accept. Major W. T. Gary came over
from Augusta to-day and appeared before
Clerk Durieso, and after a very thorough
examination into tbe financial standing
of Jones friends, who were anxious to be
considered the agency of Jones' libera?
tion from confinement, a bond, which is
good beyond all peradventure, was made
up, and Jones at 5 o'clock this evening
breathed once more the free air of
heaven.
The bondsmen are J. H. Edwards, in
the sum of $6,000. Mr. Edwards showed
to the satisfaction of the clerk that be
was worth over $50,000. Elbert Hite for
$1,500. The tax returns shows that Mr.
Hite has returned for taxation property
in excess of $4,300. George M. Dear?
mond, the third bondsman, qualified for
$2,500. His property, as assessed on tbe
auditor's books, shows a valuation of
over $7,000. This i9 a good bond and it
is very likely that this sum will have to
go into the coffers of the county treasur?
er, for it is believed here that Jones will
never be seen around this countyj any
more.
Leaving the State.
Westminster, S. C, November 23.?
There is a considerable emigration going
on just at present from Oconee and
Anderson Counties in this State to the
far West. Last week a party of fifty or
sixty from the neighborhood of Town
vilie, took a special through car at this
place for Jefferson, Texas. Last night
another similar car was standing on the
side track here loaded with families from
Anderson County, some of them coming
from tbe extreme southern section of the
county. These parties are being worked
up by Frederick D. Bush, agent of the
Kennesaw Eoute, assisted by E. P.
Bruce, of Townville. They report an?
other large party to leave early in De?
cember. Frequent conversations with
these emigrants develop no special rea?
sons for their forsaking their native land
further than a general desire to make an
effort to better their fortunes in a new
State. Several bad crop years in suc?
cession have tended to depress and de?
moralize the farmers, and now that they
have been blessed with a more favorable
season than usual, many are using their
surplus cash in getting to a new State.
It cannot be denied that there is a
state of feverish unrest among tbe farm?
ers of our State at large, and it behooves
our legislators and statesmen who are
now in session at Columbia' to consider
whether there are any governmental
reasons for this state of affairs; and if
so, to try to supply a remedy, and stop
this exodus of our people to other States.
Such wholesale departures as these give
a substantial reality to tbe allegations of
B. R. Tillman that our farmers are not
prospering.?Charleston Sun.
A .Boy's Crime.
Chicago, November 26.?A Birming?
ham, Ala., special says: Information
recaned here last night of a fearful trag?
edy nearPerida, on the Louisville and
Nashville railway. A half witted boy
named Charley Bailer bad witnessed the
killing of the family meat. Having been
gone from tbe house some time one
morning with his brother and sister,
aged respectively four and six, he came
back alone, his clothes covered with
blood, and told bis mother he had killed
them, showing a sharp butcher knife with
which he had done the work. Following
him to a spot in the woods near the
slaughter pen, tbe mother, sure enough,
found her younger son and daughter
stretched on the ground in a pool of
blood, both with their throats cut. The
girl wa* dead and the boy barely alive.
While tbe family were attending tbem
Charlie disappeared again, and search
being made for him shortly afterward he
was found a few steps from the same spot
dead, with his jugular vein severed, evi?
dently by bia own band. Tbe wounded
boy is mending slowly.
Dr. Kellcj's Recantation.
Nashville, Tenny, November 25.?
The board of missions of the M. E.
Church South met in the office of the
secretary of the board at tbe publishing
house at 10 o'clock this morning in re?
sponse to a call issued on November 9.
Tbe proceedings of the meetings of the
local members of the board relative to
the treasurer, the Eev. Dr. D. C. Kelley,
aud his utterances regarding the Emma
Abbott episode at the McKendree Church
were harmonious, and after some discus?
sion the following paper was presented
by Dr. Kelley and adopted :
To the members of the Board of
Missions: Having been informed by
brethren whom I trust that my supposed
attitude towards theatres is in the way of
my usefulness as missionary treasurer of
the M. E. Church, South, and that my
published card is not sufficiently explicit
on this subject, I npw define my position
further. I am opposed to any attendance
at theatres by members of our church,
and uphold our ministers in correction of
this evil, by public and private admoni?
tion, and by patient and kind buc firm
administration. I regret and withdraw'
my articles in the American, in so far as
they may be construed to defend the in?
terruption of public worship on October
9 at the McKendree Church. I consider
myself to have said heretofore all con
tained in this paper, but as it is thought
that this statement is clearer and more
easily understood than tbe statement of
the card, I gladly write and sign this
paper. D. C. Kelley.
? In New York on Tuesday a clothing
firm gave away 1,000 overcoats to poor
boys. Forty policemen were necessary
to keep back tbe great crowd of lads
which surged in billows against tho big
plate-glass windows. One little chap
handed a floor-walker a dingy note, say
ing that the bearer was the son of a
widow. "Who wrote this?" inquired
ihe floor-walker. "Me fadder," inno?
cently replied the boy; but he got his
coat just the same. The 1,000 overcoats
melted before that army like snowflakes
on an oven.
? During midsummer in Northern
Alaska, according to an Arctic traveller,
the sun shines twenty-two hours out of
tho twenty-four, and on the high moun?
tain peaks for a period of several days in
June is not entirely out of sight during
the twenty-four hours. In July and
August the weather becomes very warm.
After this time the days gradually shorten
until the sun shines but four hours out of
the twenty-four, but at this period the
aurora is exceedingly intense and helps
materially in dispelling tbe darkness.
? It is estimated that the railroads of
the country spend $26,000,000 per year
on wooden crossties. The average length
of service of a wooden crosstie is about
six years. A Philadelphia mechanic has
invented a hollow iron tie, which he
claims is practicable, indestructible and of
but little more co3t than the wooden ties
now used. I
? Messrs. W. Joel Smith & Son have
had two bales of cotton returned to them
for the reason that they had been water
packed. They are now at the depot and
the man who packed tbem will be called
upon to make good, not only the loss of
the weight, but the injury which the cot?
ton sustained by being wet. If our
respected friends who desire to turn an
honest penny, without doing much work
for it, would try some other plan than
that of packing wet cotton, they would
succeed much better. We would suggest,
if they are determined to try to cheat in
packing cotton, that they put in some
other weight than water. Water will
mildew and ruin the cotton every time.
If a rock or some other dry substance is
put into the bale, there will be no loss
except the rock?no damage to the cotton
will ensue. In either case, however, the
false pecking of the cotton is sure to be
detected. There is no possible chance to
escape detection, and only inexperienced
persons will try the experiment, whereby
reproach may be brought on themselves,
besides submitting to all losses in damage
to cotton including resbipment.,?Abbe?
ville Press and Banner.
? Attention is being called to the fact
that most of the prominent men in New
York, in every walk in life, were born
and bred in the country. Indeed, New
York city might almost be defined as a
huge caravansary, in which innumerable
country boys abide while they are making
their fortunes. The same is true of other
cities. It is said, for instance, that nine
tenths of the';clergymen of Louisville, Ky.,
came from rural homes. All the Judges,
all the leading lawyers, all the well
known journalists, nearly all the bank
presidents, physicians and prominent
merchants and manufacturers of that city
were country boys. When the strong,
healthy, vigorous and hopeful young men
from the country invade a city, there isn't
much show for the city-bred young man,
except to work on a ealary for some
quondam country boy.
? A "special" from Columbia to the
New York Herald, says: Some curious
earthquake phenomena have just been
discovered in an isolated section between
Summerville and Charleston which bears
terrible evideyce3 of being one of, the
foci of the great shock of August 1SSG.
The ground for mile3 is overturned.
In consequence there are to be seen many
deep pits on the margin of which has
been thrown up pure white sand as is
seen only on the sea shore. On the
white sand thus upheaved has sprung up
a dense growth of sea plants such as is
found on the tops of the white sandhills
created by wind currents on the islands
of this coast. It is evident that the seeds
from which these plants have sprung
have been ejected from great depths,
where they have doubtless been buried
many centuries without losing their ger?
minating powers.
? The Augusta Chronicle says: "An
unusual suit has been begun in Laurcns,
which grows out of the killing of Bishop
by John D. Sheaban, some time since.
An attachment has been issued against
the effects of Mr. Sheaban, he being now
in Augusta, in pursuance of a suit for
?20,000. The action is brought by Toli
ver Roberts, administrator on the estate
of Rufus L. Bishop, through S. M. Pil?
grim, of Spartanburg, and Col. B. D.
Cunningham, of the Laurens Bar, attor?
neys, the attachment issuing because of
Sheahao'd nonresidence at the time the
complaint was filed. This reopening of
this case and the proceedings of this
action at law will be watched with inter?
est in Augusta where Mr. Sheahan is
well and favorably known.
? Bishop Duncan, of South Carolina,
is in Texas, on his round among the
Methodist annual conferences of the
southwest. He is winning golden opin?
ions on every hand. One of the bishop's
recent sermons caused a layman to ex?
claim : "I shall never forget that sermon.
Heretofore there has been a lurking
feeling in my heart that what I paid my
pastor was a sort of charity. Hereafter
ray pastor's claim is a righteous debt?
and I'll pay it."
? A circular was recently sent to the
prisons of several of the States, asking
-the wardens what course was adopted in
the treatment of refractory criminals.
The New Yord Herald has printed the
answers, and the general opinion seems
to be that solitary confinement on bread
and water will bring a stubborn convict
to terms of submission sooner than any
other means.
? The wife of Hattaway Evans, of
Marion county, has given birth to five
children within twelve months. Last
January she became the mother of four,
all of whom died within forty-eight hours.
On Monday last she gave birth to another
child, which is doing well and will live.
? Saturday morning a party of fifty
negro men, women and children from
Hampton county, S. C, passed through
Augusta on their way to Little Rock,
Ark. They except to be given fertile
farms out in Arkansas on which they can
make a fortune.
? Senator Palmer, of Michigan, urges
the republicans of that State to make
prohibition the rallying cry of the party.
He thinks it is the greatest issue now
before the country, and tbat it can be
turned to great advantage by the repub?
licans. However, tbat party is loath to
catch on. ,
"VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT
-LM The undersigned, Executor of
the Estate of Martin Robinson, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County,
on the 31st day of December, 1887, for a
Final Settlement of said Estate and dis?
charge from his office as Executor.
A. J. STRINGER, Ex'r.
Dec 1, 1887_21_5
Assessment Notice.
THE Auditor's Office will be open from
the 2nd day of January, 1888, to the
twentieth day of February, 1888, to receive
Returns of Real and Personal Property for
taxation in Anderson County for the year
1SS8, and for the convenience of Tax Pay?
ers will have Deputies at each of the pluces
named below to receive Returns for the
said year:
Beltou?At Belton, Wednesday and
Thursday, 1st and 2nd February.
Brushy Creek?At Wigington's Store,
Wednesday, 1st February.
Brushy Creek?At J. W. Rosamond's,
Thursday, 2nd February.
Brushy Creek?At Equality, Friday, 3rd
February.
Dark Corner?At Iva, Thursday, 5th Jan?
uary.
Dark Corner?At Sherard's Store, Fri?
day, (Jth January.
Fork?At G. W. Farmer's, Wednesday
and Thursday, 1st and 2nd February.
Garvin?At Larkin Newton's, Monday
and Tuesday, Gth and 7rh February,
Hall?At W. J. Milford's, Wednesday,
1th January.
Honea Path?At Honea Path, Friday
and Saturday, 3rd and 4th February.
Hopewell?At Piercetown, Thursday,
9th February.
Martin?At Clinkscales' Mill, Monday
and Tuesday, 6th and 7th February.
Pendleton?At Pendleton, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, 9th, 10th and 11th
February.
Pendleton?At Pendleton Factory, Sat?
urday, 4th February. I
Rock Mills and Savannah?At Holland's
Store, Saturday, 7th January.
Varennes and Savannah?At Dean's.
Monday, 2nd January.
Varennes and Savannah?At Starr's,
Tuesday, 3rd January.
Williamston?At Williamston, Thurs?
day and Friday, 9th and 10th February.
Williamston?At Pelzer, Saturday, 11th
February.
Real Estate is not assossed this year, and
remains at the same valuation it was in
1887, except in cases where parties have
bought and sold between the first day of |
January, 1887, and the first day of Janua?
ry, 1888.
AH new structures erected between tho
first day of January, 1887, and the first day
Jannarj', 1888, are to be returned this
year (1888) for taxation, and those destroy?
ed during that time deducted.
Every male citizen between the ages of
twenty-one and fifty years on the first day
of January, 1888, except those incapable of
earning a support from being maimed, or
from other causes, shall be deemed taxable
Polls.
Tax Pavers return what they own on the
first day of January, 1888.
All Returns that are made after the
twentieth day of February next, have to
be pluccd in the Additional List, and fifty
per cent, penalty added thereto, unless
prevented by sickness during the time of
listinu. or out of tbe County at the time.
THOMAS J. WEBB,
Countv Auditor.
Dec 1, 1887 21 3
Notice to Trespassers.
ALL persons arc warned not to hunt,
fish, or trespass in any way, on our
lands. Tho law will bo enforced.
WILTON E. LEE,
J. HELTON WATSON",
WM. T. McGILL,
MARTHA E. WATSON.
_I)ec 1,1887_21_J?__
IT WILL PAY YOU
IF you propose going West cr Northwest,
to write to me. I represent the Short
Line.
FRED D. BUSH, D. P. A.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Peel, 1887_21_Gm
FAIR NOTICE.
THE Notes and Accounts of Capt. John
W. Daniels are in my hands for col?
lection. Please take notice, and call and
settle, and save cost and trouble.
Respectfully,
C. WARDLAW,
Attorney at Law.
Dec 1, 1887_21_4
Important Sale of Lots,
THE public generally of the City and
County will take notice that the City
Council of Anderson, S. C? will sell on
MONDAY, the 12th December, 1887, at 11
o'clock a. m., the choice Lots in the Silver
Brook Cemetery. To introduce this Cem?
etery the price of Lots has been made ex?
ceedingly low, and those who avail them?
selves of this opportunity will get the
choice Lots at a much lower figure than
inferior Lots will cost hereafter.
The Plats of the grounds can be seen at
the Store of Means & McGee, and Mr. J. L
McGee will give all information desired as
to price, <&c.
J. L. McGEE,
Chairman Cemetery Committee.
Dec 1,1887_21_2__
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COURT OF COMMON 1MLEAS.
Mary A. Bell, Plaintiff, against AbsMora J. Hall,
Catharine L. Tucker, 1-Vnton S. Hall, David L.
Hall, Lucinda Hall, Margaret H. Wiles, Jatues
L. Wiles, David II. Wiles, Jesse A. Wiles, Willis
T. Wiles, Jaines McGee, William McGee, Martha
J. McGee, M. C. Wiles, A. M. Wiles, Yancy M. F.
Barksdale, Ludv C. Barksdale, Charles W. Barks
dale, Sarah C. Dooly, Annie Burton anfi Law?
rence Burton, Defendants.?Summons /or Relief?
? Complaint Served.
To tbcDefendants above named:
YOU arc hereby summoned and required to an?
swer tho complaint in this action, of which a
copy Is herewith served upon you, and to serve a
cony of your answer to the said complaint on the
subscribers at their oflice, Anderson C, H., S. C,
within twenty days after the service hereof, ex?
clusive of the day of such service; and If you foil
to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid
the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the compia'nt.
Dated Anderson, S. C, Nov. 28th, A. D. 1887.
MURRAY, BREAZEALE & MURRAY,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
[Seal] M. P. Tkibblk, C. C. P.
To the absent Defendants James McGee, William
McGe- and Sarah C. Dooley :
Take notice that the Complaint In this action,
together with the Summons, of which the forego?
ing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County,
nt Anderson, S. C, on the 28th day of November,
A. D. 1S87, and that the object of such action is to
obtain partition of a Tract of Land in said Coun
ty' MURRAY, BREAZEALE & MURRAY,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
Nov. 23, 1887.
To the absent minor Defendant, William McGee :
Take notice that unless you procure the appoint?
ment of a Gaardian, ad litm. to appcar.and defend
this action on your behalf within twenty days
from the service of the Summons herein upon
you, an application will be made to the Court for
an order appointing some suitable and competent
person Guardian, ad litem for you, and author?
izing him to appear and defend tho above action
on your behalf.
MURRAY, BREAZEALE & MURRAY,
Nov. 28.1887. Plaintiff s Attorneys.
Dec 1,1887 21_6
bd
NOTICE.
THE Notes and Accounts of the Estate
of W. M. Bellotte have been placed
in my hands for collection. Persons
knowing themselves indebted will come
forward and pay up.
W. H. D. GAILLARD.
Nov 17,1887_19_3__
TO THE PUBLIC.
rjJHE undersigned has opened a? ?
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT,
At No. 4 Brick Range,
Where Meals will be furnishod at all hours
at the low price of 25 cents. Everything
prepared in best manner.
I also keep on hand the very best BEEF
brought to this market. Will also keep
PORK regularly as soon as drove hogs ar?
rive. I always have a supply of fresh but?
ter and eggs, and fat chickens.
When you need anything in my line,
give me a call. Satisfaction guaranteed to
every patron.
C. C. CTJMMINGS.
Nov 17, 1887 19
LOOK, HERE STRANGER
YOU must be a stranger no longer, and if
you OWE ME ANYTHING on
Note or Account you must come forward
and make payment in full or in part, and
thereby save TROUBLE and COST, 1
must have my money.
J. S. FOWLER.
MONEY TO LOAN.
FIRST Mortgage Loans negotiated for a
term of years upon improved pro?
ductive farm properties at eight per cent,
interest and a small commission.
SHATTUCK & HOFFMAN,
New Orleans.
For particulars apply to PRINCE ?fe
VANDIVER, Attorneys, Anderson. S. C.
Nov 3, 1887_17_3m
?VTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
The undersigned, Administrator of
the Estate of Samuel Hix, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he "will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County
on the 8th day of December, 1S87, for a
Final Settlement of said Estate and dis?
charge from his otlice as Administrator.
A. W. PICKENS, Adm'r.
Oct 27, 1887 16 5
Julius W. Quattlebaum,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANDERSON, - S. C.
August 25,1887_7_3m
Notice to Creditors.
Charles Smith, as Administrator, vs. Millie
Moore, and others.
IN obedience to an order of the Court in
above case, all creditors of Mrs. Millie
Smith and Andrew Smith, deceased, are
notified to present and prove their claims
bofore me on or by 15th December next.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master.
Nov 10, 18H7 18 5
WANTED?LADIES for our Fall and Christmas
Trade, to take light, pleasant work at their
own homes. 81 to $3 per day can be quietly made.
Work sent by mail any distance. Particulars
free. No canvassing. Address at once CItESCENT
ART CO., 147 Milk St., Boston, Mass. Box 5170.
INTENDING ADVERTISERS should address
UEO. P. ROWELL & CO.,
10 Spruce Street, New York City,
For Select List or 1,000 Newspapers. Will bo sent
FREE, on application.
TO THE
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
- OF -
ANDERSON COUNTY.
We thank you very much for the very liberal patronage you have bestowed
upon us this season, which has made our business such an unprecedented success,
having increased our trade largely over any preceding year, and enabled us to carry
the most complete and handsomest Stock of Goods in the country. Your apprecia?
tion of this is well shown by the fact that our Stores are crowded every day with
delighted customers.
We have some special lines to offer for the approaching holidays, suitable for
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
Both useful and ornamental, and at prices that will astonish the natives.
Newmarkets, Short Wraps and Dolmans,
All fresh Goods, just in from the Factory, and very fashionable garments.
Velvets, Silk Velvets and Silk Plushes,
AT NEW YORK COST !
We are overstocked on them, and prefer to take our losses now, as we can't afford
to carry them over.
Pictures and Picture Frames at Cost!
A Very Handsome Line of Carpets,
On which we will guarantee to save you 10 to 20 per cent.
$20,000.00 Worth of Goods to be Slaughtered
Within the next thirty days, as wo want to reduce our Stock that much
before old Santa Claus makes bis appearance.
We have a large lot of Gents' Pelt Hats,
Being a line of Drummer Samples, and bought way below their value. None of
them are worth less than $1.00, and many of them as high as $2.50. You can have
your pick out of the lot for FIFTY CENTS.
Large line of Boncle Jerseys at 65c. Ladies' and Misses' Hose, Handkerchiefs,
Gloves, Table Damask, and a great many other lines will be put upon our Counters
and sold for what they will bring. Nothing like it ever heard of before I
BOOTS AND SHOES FOB ALL.
A good Woman's Polka for 75c. A good Men's Brogan for $1.00. Ten Cases
Boots at $2.00, worth $2.75.
Come around and try us. It will save you money.
Yours truly,
BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL.
Dec 1,1887 21
GREAT STARS!
The Entire Stock of Elegant Clothing, Hats and
Gents' Furnishing Goods of
Will be closed out between this date and Jan. 1st.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!
If you have been waiting to get Goods at about Cost !
GBEAT REDUCTION IN FBICES FOB CASH 1
$25.00 SUITS at.$22.50
20.00 SUITS at. 18.00
15.00 SUITS at. 13.50
10.00 SUITS at. 9.00
$22.50 SUITS at.$20.00
18.50 SUITS at. 17.00
12.50 SUITS at. 11.00
9.00 SUITS at. 8.00
All other Suits Reduced in same Proportion.
200 OVERCOATS $1.75 to $20.00.
We offer the above Prices for Two Weeks Only.
Nov 18, 1887 19
AND A NICKEL
STEM-WINDER
FOR $2.50!!! |
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES OF ALL GRADES!
SOME of the prettiest LACE PINS and CUFF BUTTONS
you ever saw.
?gr See our Stock before you spend a dollar elsewhere.
JOHN M. HUBBAKD & BRO,
Jewelers, Anderson, S. C.
S
T?TE OP SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County.
By W. F. Cox, Judge of Prolate.
WHEREAS, R. H. Blalock has ap?
plied to me to grant him letters of Ad?
ministration, de bonis non, on the Estate
and effects of Mrs. Eliza J. Moore, deceas?
ed.
' Theso are therefore to cite and admon?
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
Eliza J. Moore, deceased, to be and ap?
pear before me in Court of Probate to be
held at Anderson Court House, on the
10th day of December, 1887, after publica?
tion hereof to show cause, if any they
have, why tho said administration should
not be granted. Given under my hand,
this 23rd day of November, 1SS7.
W. P. COX, Judge Probate.
Nov. 24, 1887_20_2_
Notice to Creditors.
JESSE T. ASHLEY having filed with
me his petition showing that he is
confined in the custody of the Sheriff of
Anderson County on a Bail Writ for debt,
at the suit of C E. Harper, and that he is
unable to give the bail required, and hav?
ing filed with me an account of his Real
and Personal property, as required by the
Act of the General Assembly "For the re?
lief of persons arrested in civil actions,"
with his petition under said Act,
These are, therefore, to summon the said
C. E. Harper and all other the creditors of
the said Jesse T. Ashley to whom the said
Jesse T. Ashley is in anywise indebted, to
appear before me on the 15th day of De?
cember, A. D. 1887, and show cause, if any
they can, why he should not bo discharged
from further custody of the Sheriff, and
the prayer of his petition granted.
M. P. TRIBBLE, c.c.p.
Nov 24, 1887 20 3
Buckwheat Flour.
FRESH Buckwheat Flour, and New
Crop New Orleans Molasses, for sale
cheap, by A.B. TOWERS.
Valuable Land for Sale.
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust executed
to me by J. F. Wilson, I will sell on
SALESDAY IN DECEMBER next, two
hundred and fifteen acres of Land, lying
about one and one-fourth miles from the
Town of Anderson, divided into four
Tracts, as follows:
Tract No. 1, containing 38 acres, bound?
ed by lands of Mrs. McGregor, J. W. Dan?
iels, B. Frank Crayton and Tract No. 2.
Tract No. 2, containing 59 acres, bound?
ed by J. W. Daniels, B. Frank Crayton
and Tracts Nos. 1 and 3. On this Tract
about one-third is woodland, and a good
tenement house with two rooms.
Tract No. 3, containing 111 acres, bound?
ed by Tracts Nos. 2 and 4, B. Frank Cray
ton and J. W. Daniels. All woodland.
Tract No. 4, containing 106J acres, boun?
ded by B. Frank Crayton, B. P. Whitner,
J. L. Byrum and Tract No. 3. On this
Tract is a good tenement, all necessary out?
buildings and about twenty-five acres of
woodland, and balance in a good state of
cultivation.
Any further information can be had by
calling on J. F. Wilson, Anderson. S. C.
Terms of Sale?One-half cash, balance on
a credit of twelve months, with interest at
10 per cent from day of sale, secured by
bond and mortgage of the premises, with
leave to the purchaser to anticipate pay?
ment at any time. Purchasers to pay ex?
tra for papers.
J. L. TRIBBLE, Trustee.
Nov 10, 1887_18_4
NOTICE.
Pendleton, S. C, Nov. 22, 1887.
(1 W. YOUNG has this day made an
j? assignment to me of all of his prop?
erty, Real and Personal, for the benefit of
his creditors. All persons indebted to the
said C. W. Young are hereby notified to
make payment to me. A meeting of the
creditors is hereby called on the 5th day of
December next, at my store in the town of
Pendleton, S. C.
P. H. E. SLOAN, Assrisnee.
Nov 24,1887 20 3
HILL
ADAMS
ARE NOW
FOR
FINE MILLINERY
AND
LADIES' GOODS
GENERALLY.
AND
Tiiiigs to Hai
IN GREAT VARIETY.
WE have been so fortunate as to se?
cure the aervicea of Mrs. HESS P.
SLOAN, an accomplished Milliner, who,
after spending several weeks in the lar?
gest houses in Baltimore and New York
posting up in all the latest styles, select?
ed her own stock with great care, which
comprises the very Latest Novelties out.
Mrs. Sloan, with a full corps of compe?
tent Sales ladies, has charge of our La?
dies' Department, and will take great
pleasure in showing her Goods, and in
making closer prices than similar Goods
have ever been offered at in this country.
We can show you by far the largest
line of Dry Goods, Notions and Shoes,
of every description, we have ever car?
ried. Buying, as we do, for three large
Houses, in bulk, FOR CASH, we can
certainly meet any and all competition,
and it shall ever be our pride not to be
undersold by any living man.
We have an elegant line of HATS,
and keep up oar stock of?
GROCERIES
AND
General Merchandise!
And can offer special inducements to
Country Merchants and others buying
in quantities, having bought our Fall
Stock with a view of doing more whole?
sale business.
We are yours, in good earnest,
HILL & ADAMS,
Anderson, S. U.
HILL & CO.,
Pelzer, S. C.
R. S, HILL & CO.,
Hartwell, Ga.