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:?''; svnmtTRn every Thursday. CTjINKSCALES, fEDrroBS And ^ LANGSTON, ) Pbopbtjctoes, ? 1. THTjESDAY, MARCH 22, 1jw8. Some editors think the National Dem ^octatic ticket will be?Cleveland, of New ;Yorfc, and Gray, of Indiana. Xn election on the prohibition qne8 ^; tion was held in Greenville County on ?;^he 13th inst., and resulted in a victory ' for the antiea by a majority of 164 votes. ;ic There was a: heavy vote polled in the ;*j cl^vbot the, vote in the County was com-; v.i.paratively light. The city was almost ^solid- against prohibition, but with one l or two exceptions the County precincts Wgpt?k majority for prohibition., There %is talk of contesting the election. |&S|| ^^IKe'ilColnmbia Register, says: The ^people of South Carolina should not ^^rgct'the pa*jriotic call of the committee ^?^r^ada to build a monument to Gen ?eral Richard H. Anderson. No large iis^demanded, but a slight teatimo ;from each one who reverences the bory of ligh ting Dick Anderson will le the-committee to erect a suitable ^ to ?ie hero's memory. Contribu* ~? be sent to Gapt. Dawson, leston, daring the present month. ;It:turps."'out' t'uat the purchase of ska from Russia,- by the United was not a bad investment after It'put this country in control of an it part of the fur trade, and it explorations show that gold, silver 'pper. are abundant there. It lies about one-sixth of the territory ' United States, and is more than S^e^zeof Texas. The latter cov aro than 240,000 square miles, and raer 520,000 square miles. , i-?-? ?'^-.Cornelius -Vanderbilt, of New yhas given $20,000 more to the ^anderbilt University in Tennesse for hV farther development of the.univer ? 'a ' engineering and mining depart* ,-; Mr. Vanderbilt has become much id in the mineral development in ltb, and this gift is in the line of tog along intelligent efforts for giv itessee, Alabama and Georgia the lirtanity to have young, men of their n trained professionallyjbr work that psWeriog there such phenomenal rewards. |F#e Yaaderbilt family has already given *this institution over twelve hundred ??q?s?nd dollars. ^H^e; Legislature at its last session made \?s appropriation for the purpose of plac f upon the brass tablets of the. Pal ietto.monument at Columbia the miss fring names of certain South Carolina ^aoldiers who were killed in the war with viMex?qp.^ The, original tablets were de ^atroyed' or.' carried off by Sherman's '^vandals, and those with which they were |?pla^ed have proven inaccurate. No I>ody knows exactly how many names are ? lacking on these tablets, but it is estima? ted there are about eight. Adjutant and ^Inspector General Bonham i3 charged i-witir the duty of supplying the missing ^i^esj-and he will be glad to receive in ^l^nnatioa from any source which wil j him to perform it accurately. decent interview of several United Senators was sought by a st jpondent of Prank Leslie's Hlnstra fewspaper as to the Sonth'a rapid i4 and the "cause. There were two Ie contradictions. A rabid Repub fttoV thought it was the influx r?ntee energy and* capital runuing ?shod over the sleepy, indolent ^therner, and forcing development by Mbitable will. To the contrary, Sen >r^Mbrgan, of Alabama, says that it JOthing new, but the natural order of inge;i)eginoing in slavery and coming 6 a;vcfimax as rapidly as the order of j-things permits. He claims that the most Ie successes of the South have been igh the efforts and investments of lern men. Probably neither of i views are correct, but Senator Mor i, at least, states facts. ie: rGreenville News, of last Saturday, iderson is going to work in earnest ct her share of the expected rush migration from the Northwest. In lore ie strength. Can not Ander Greenville and Spartanburg, Lau , Pickens and Oconee go in together * j chipping in $400 or $500 apiece .'advertising scheme which will tell, bring us a number of good people to ' the lands, develop the water pow id improve the magnificent vineyard we all have? Can not we do more ler with a scheme for dividing the jits fairly, than we can do each coaoty Let our neighbors answer. ie7 suggestion is a good one, and we & we can safely assure the News that iderson will join her neighbors in the ieme. Our Board of Trade has already >inted a committee to devise, some of advertising our section, and we have no doubt but that this committee ; would co-operate With similar committees 9m the various counties named at any ,. Wo say, without fear of contradic? ts that there is no better country than a Piedmont section of South Carolina, ?if: our advantages are properly ?d ed we will get a large share of the ligratioD that will in a short time Worn the Northwest. ran'i e clip the following from the Clar rprise: .t the close of the Court of Sessions at >n, on Wednesday of last week, Judge Norton passed sentence upon these convicted of crime, among whom was John M. Robinson, convicted of two chfliges, one of which was carrying con cealea weapons. For this violation of I rlaw his Honor sentenced the prisoner to . <cme month in the Penitentiary or a fine of ?ldollars. - Heaven help us! Have to this ? A man carry con Tfeaponp, in defiance of the laws State, and after twelve of his neu have done their duty in w him guilty the Judge upon the 'fines him five dollars I is an inference dra^n from a! ig understanding of the real facts. inson was convicted of an assault battery with intent to kill, and car ig concealed weapons. . Both cbarges grew out of the same transaction. The s?iBsanlt and battery of which he was con? victed was committed on this same occasion; which might properly have fa^ treated as one violation of the law. 'And being compelled to impose a pretty lievereisentence in the first case, Judge Iwxtoa made the sentence in the other tiy nominal, and yet the Clarendon ^'L^*%&jl(b up its hands in holy ^?pSr??.- - We . think the exclamation, '^^?Aven help us," very appropriate. ^es/%e would also say. help them under stand tbe facts before tbey condemn. Once here in the Conrt of Sessions in the last seven years a man. was fined $1.00 for carrying concealed weapons. When convicted alone of that charge, Judge Norton is one man who will do what he thinks is bis doty, regardless of what others think of his conduct. Would that we had more such men in high and hon? orable positions. A Farmer Not Wanted. Editor Anderson Intelligencer: In reply to the well-put article of J. B. Doutb.it, in reference to the appoint? ment of Grange speakers for Anderson County, we would respectfully inform him that a representative farmer is not wanted. Tbe State Grange was once a power for good, but we fear its glory has departed. Once itconld command, and its voice was heard and respected?now ['it obsequiously bows to the behests.of I others. Ab an evidence, it is a well ('known fact that the State Grange showed no favor to the progressive "farmers' I movement," although it would take a I Philadelphia lawyer to point out the difference between the purposes of the two organizations.- Both aimed to nnify j and organize the farmers for their own I good, and yet the State Grange, through its appointed head, warred upon the far? mers' movement from the first. Of coarse the people could very naturally infer the controlling reasons which influenced the Master of the State Grange in this suicidal course. A rep? resentative farmer is not wanted any? where, except as a pack-horse, to raise cotton at less than the cost of production, that others may feast and fatten on the products of his labor. Nothing must be done to disturb the equanimity of the "powers that be," hence, the farmers as such cannot be trusted. Look- to the action of the last Legislature in re-organ? izing the Board of Agriculture. Not a sin? gle man, so far as we can spot them, was appointed on that Board, who was prom? inent in the farmers' movement. Some professed friendliness for tbe objects of the movement, but could not support it, because they did not like Mr. Till man. Ho baa bid adieu, as a leader to the movement, and now what will these professed friends do now? Tbey will have tbe opportunity to show their hands during the summer', because if the farmers are true to themselves, they will show tlnir strength in the next Legisla? ture in the election of men who will be true to the interests of farmers, aa far? mers themselves interpret those interest?. They will send men there who will give the farmers of the State an Agricultural College, pure and simple, with the same money that equips the annex, with an Experimental Station, attached. They will send men who will repeal the present interest law, and reduce fees and salaries generally, and reduce the expen? ses of government to the lowest mini? mum. Really, farmers, as'such, have but little interest as to who shall fill the the offices, so that good and'competent men are appointed. What they are striving for is to elevate and educate their class, and reduce -the expenses of government to the lowest minimum con? sistent with good government. Less they will not take?more they do not ask for. An Old Ghanger. -? ? -~L WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C. March 19,1888. ' It is not at all likely that the Senate bill providing for erection of post office build? ings in size and cost proportionate to tbe size of the place will ever become a law. The bill is the outcome of a large nnmber of bills which have passed the House this session for public buildings, but even the Senators see so many objections to the proposed plan that the expression is all against its passage. So large a number of bills for public buildings could not have passed the House but for tbe fact of the large surplus in the Treasury and the reduction of revenues that will follow upon the passages of the tariff bill. The members see that now or never is the time to get their public buildings, and so the golden opportunity is taken and - the buildings go up. Senator Vest is very much worried over the widely circulated rumor that he intends not to accept another election as Senator and will retire from politics. The Senator has no such intentions, and will accept a re-election unless he be ap? pointed to a Cabinet position under Cleveland's second administration. The latter is not at all impossible, as tbe Senator stands very high in the estima? tion of the President, and he as well as the State of Missouri may be honored by the bestowment of a Cabinet position on the able Senator. The Senate is up in arms against the claim agents, and an investigation has been ordered into the ways and means devised by some of them to work up the business. Some of the Senators complain that they are in frequent receipt of let? ters from constituents transmittingJetters from Pension Agents urging the soldiers to appeal to Congress for relief, aDd Bay? ing that now is tbe lime, as on the eve of J the Presidential election both parties in Congress will by favorable legislation seek to get the soldiers, vote. The Sena ators are indignant that it should be even- j insinuated that they are influenced by such motives and the investigation into the Methods of one of tbe Claim Agents whose circulars have been largely circulated, will result in such a report and action that others will be deterred from pursu I ing the same methods. Senator Colquitt has introduced a bill to submit to the popular vote of the peo? ple in the District whether we shall have prohibition or not. While it is probable that prohibitionists would carry the elec? tion, still there is not the slightest proba? bility of the bill passing Congress, at least, at this session. It has been introduced too late in the session to receive consid? eration in tbe House, even through it should pass tbe Senate. The division among tbe Republicans in the House on the Internal Revenue question has caused grave doubts as to concert of action between the Republi? cans when the subject comes np for con? sideration before the full house. The vote in Committee on the abolition of the tobacco tax was looked upon as a test vote, and the vote of Kelly and Reed for the abolition and the other two Republi? cans?Burrows and Browne?against it. is at the House regarded as very signifi? cant. H. ? Last Saturday was the President's birthday. He' was 51 years old, being one of only six Presidents who have passed that date of their lives when hold? ing the highest '-?lace in our country. The others wen Polk, Grant, Fillmore, Pierce and ArtL. r. Except Gen. Grant, President Cleveland was, when inaugura? ted, the youngest who ever took the oath of office of President, being but two weeks over forty-eight years of age. FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD DISASTER. Over Twenty Passengers Killed, and Many Seriously Wounded. Savannah, Ga., March 17.?A terri ble accident took place near Blackshear. Nineteen are killed and thirty-five injured. The train went through a tres? tle. It was the south-bound passenger. C. A. Fulton, master of transportation, was killed, and Conductor W. L. Griffin was mortally injured. Paymaster John Papy was killed. Baggagemaster S. B. Mallard waB badly" injured. George Gould and wife are among the injured. hueeying to the scene. Physicians and citizens hurried from Blackshear to the scene of the wreck as Boon as the engineer, who ran to the vil? lage, reported the disaster. Messages were sent to Superintendent B. G. Flem? ing here. He immediately wired to Waycross and Jesup for physicians. A wrecking train was made up in the yard right away; and Superintendent Fleming, with Dr. William Duncan, the road phy? sician, and a large force of men, started for the Bcene. An hour later another was made up. It carried physicians, and an additional force of men and coffins. A dispatch from Blackshear Btates that the ladies of that town are at the wreck and are doing noble work attending to the Injured. About 400 feet of the tres? tle work was carried away. George Gould and wife are the eon and daughter-in-law of the great telegraph magnate. Mrs. Gould was the actress, Edith Kingdom The seriousness of their injuries has not been learned. ? C. A. Fulton left Savannah this morn? ing. He is well known here, having been until quite recently the assistant master of trains of the Savannah and Florida and Western. When this road bought the Brunswick and Western rail? road Mr. Fulton was made master of transportation of the road. He is a mar? ried man. This is the first severe accident the Savannah, Florida and Western, have had. Just how it occurred has.not been learned. The railroad wires are crowded with official messages. Tbe officials here are constantly in receipt of inquiries for the latest news, and they have readily given all the information they could get. Great interest was taken in tbe accident here, and the citizens were deeply shocked. ' The vestibule train which arrived from the north was held over. At 9.40 o'clock this morning the first section of the south bound West India fast mail crashed through the treatling just after crossing Hurricane river, seventy-five miles south of Savannah, on the Savannah, Florida and Western railway. So far as learned twenty-one were killed and thirty-six were injured. Of tbe killed ten were white and nine were colored. Of tbe wounded ten are ladies, twenty white, and six are chil? dren. The spot is one mile east of Blackshear, Pierce County. The road there crosses Hurricane river, and beyond it is a long stretch of trestle work. The train left Savannah at 7.01, standard time, this morning. It was composed of an engine, a combination, baggage and smoking car, one passenger coach, two Pullman sleeping cars, and the private car of the Lehigh Valley railroad, which carried President Wilbur, George Gould and others. The engine passed over safely, but the rest of the train broke through and fell fifteen feet to the ground below. Before reaching the bridge the trains always slow up, and it is supposed, that the speed at which the train was running was not high. The combination coach is reported to be the first one which struck the ground. On it fell the passenger coach, the sleep? ers and the special car, in which a pri? vate party was travelling. The scene at the moment after the wreck was heart rendering beyond description. The lower coaches were smashed well nigh to pieces. Fortunate were those passengers to whom death came instantly. Every coach was filled and scarcely a passenger escaped without some injury. When the wreck was partly cleared away the disaster, serious as it was, was less horrible than Was feared. The injured have been taken to Jack? sonville. Undertaker Dixon was given an order for SO coffins. Another Story of the Wreck. Waycboss, Ga-., March 17.?Train No. 27, from Savannah to Jacksonville, left Savannah half an hour late. It was. running two sections. Section No. 1 contained the private car of E. P. Wil? bur, president of the Lehigh Valley rail? way, one Pullman sleeper, one first-class car, a second-class car and baggage car, with a fair crowd of passengers. Near the eighty-six mile post the road crossed Hurricane trestle, a small stream. The trestle is fifty feet high and about a hun? dred yards long. The train was running at the Bpeed of forty miles per hour, when it struck the trestle, and the engine had nearly crossed' the end of it, when the baggage car left the- track, caused by a broken axle, quickly followed by all the other cars. They plunged headlong into the stream below, jfifty feet. All the cars were broken into kindling wood, and the dead and wounded passengers were buried in the debris. The engine broke loose and made the bank beyond safely. The crushed cars, the shrieks and groans and the wails of tbe wounded and dying, the mutilated bodies of the dead, made a scene of horror that will always linger in the memory of those that saw it. Nineteen were killed outright, and thirty-five wounded, of which number six have since died, and more must die. Waycross has been turned into a hospital ground and morgue established. The presence of mind of Engineer Welch saved a fire horror. The Pull? man car caught on fire from the stove, and another cremation would have resulted if this heroic engineer bad not rushed back and flagged the second sec? tion and extinguished tbe flames. A Third Account, . Blacksheae, Ga., March 17.?The I first section of fast mail train No. 27, for Jacksonville, leaving Savannah at 7 o'clock this morning, fell through the Hurricane trestle, about a mile and a half east of Blackshear, at .9.30 this morning. The entire train, consisting of baggage car, smoking coach, Pullman sleeper, smoker, Saxon coach and the private car, "Minerva," of President E. P. Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley railroad, went down, and all except the last named were totally wrecked. The engine jerked loose from its tender and escaped, but tbe tender went down with the cars. The engine came on to Blackshear and gave the alarm. All the stores closed and everybody went to the wreck to administer to tbe wants of tbe wounded and dying. The trestle is about 800 feet long and is at the bot of a grade. Where the train fell it is about twenty-five feet high. Two-thirds of the trestle fell with the cars and of that standing there is nothing bnt the columns, and stringers. The crossties are - cut into splinters. The train caught fire from a stove, but tho heroic presence of mind of Engineer Welch who leaped from the engine and put out the fire prevented an awful cre? mation. The accident is supposed to have been caused by a defective truck under the baggage car, the mark of some machinery dragging along the ties extends for several hundred yards beyond the trestle. As rapidly as the wounded could be moved they, together with the dead, were carried to Waycross. President Wilbur was fearfully cut in the head and otherwise injured. He never lost consciousness, however, and as soon as the doctors got through sewing his wounds he dictated a telegram about the accident. His son, R. H. Wilbur, is badly hurt. Among those who escaped were Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould, of New York. Mrs. Gould was bruised some, but not badly. They are now at the Brown house in Blackshear. They were going to Fernandina, to meet their father, Jay Gould, who is Boon expected there in bis yacht. There are others hurt whose names have not been obtain? ed. Among the wounded it is now reported that Mrs. Aves is dead. Superintendent Fleming, Assistant Superintendent Aveilhe, Train Dispatch? er Davis and other officials have a large. force of hands at work, bnt it will bo ] several days before trains can pass. Arrangements have been made for trains to come around by Brunswick over tbe East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor? gia and Brunswick and Western rail? ways. - A remarkable coincidence. . It is a singular coincidence that one year 8go the same car of President Wil? bur, with almost the same party, was derailed near Blackshear. It is also remarkable that during the long number of years that tbe Savannah, Florida, and Western railway has been in existence it has never, until to day, killed a passen? ger. A commendable feature of tbe casualty was that no discrimination was shown between the races in the efforts to rescue each from the debris and alleviate suffering, but as fast as found kind bands took care of them. Many touching scenes were witnessed and many instances of devotion strong in death transpired, as where a husband refused to leave bis wife and the wife to leave the husband. Undertaker Dixon, of Savannah, with aboot thirty coffins has arrived, and gone on to Waycross. He will take charge of tbe embalming. ? 1.80 O'clock, a. m.?Twenty-'.^ree dead, and thirty six injured. The dead will go to Savannah by special train Sun? day. _ CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Westminster, S. C. March 18.?Fred Schenider, a stepson of Mr. James Wood, who recently moved here from Walhalla, died early this morning from injuries sustained yesterday afternoon by being terribly mangled under tbe cars of tbe local freight train while shifting on the depot track. One leg was cut off and fearful internal injuries resulted in his death in twelve hours. Boston, March 17.?At Waterville, Me., on Tuesday, a coroner's jury found a verdict of murder against Darius M War? ren' who had killed bis wife, He was given permission to see his two children, Cora, aged 8, and Annie, aged 3 years. While talking to them be suddenly drew a revolver from bis sleeve and shot the younger child thiough the bead. Before tbe officer in charge of him recovered from his surprise, Warren shot Cora, and then turning the revolver upon himself sent a bullet through his heart. Cora is dead and Annie cannot recover. New Yoek, March 16.?Further re? ports of loss of life from the late blizzard come in. Just how many people.have met their fate in the icy blast of last Monday will not be known for some time. Nearly thirty deaths are, however, known to have occurred. The victims included alike the warmly clad merchant and tbe thinly clad tramp, who gave up his life while wandering an outcast in the storm. It is cloudy, bnt warm, this morning and snow is- faat disappearing. The main thoroughfares have been cleared and all bnt a few side streets are now passable. Springeield, Mb., March 14.?Dr. George W. Cox, a prominent physician of Springfield, and United States pension examiner, has a young son who became infatuated with a woman of bad repute, named Effie Ellis, of St Louis. Dr. Cox tried in vain to break up the alliance, and after bis son bad become notorious and had squandered several thoueand dollars upon tbe woman, the Doctor en? ticed the latter to Springfield by means of telegrams signed with bis son's name. The woman arrived here early this morn; ing and entered a carriage at the depot. Dr. Cox was in the carriage and as soon as the woman entered it, he broke over her head a bottle of vitriol. The wo? man's screams brought the police, who released her from the frenzied physician, arrested him and cared for the woman. The latter is. horribly disfigured. Both eyes are destroyed, but she will not lose her life. Tbe doctor was arrested on tbe charge of mayhem and released on $5,000 bond. There was some talk of lynching the doctor, but the excitement has sub? sided. Raleigh, March 14.?At Durham Mrs. James Tiegen attempted suicide. Her maiden name was Hattie Jordan, i and some weeks ago she eloped with James Tinger, a young man at South j Boston, where they went. Tinger desert-1 ed her. She returned to the house of her father at Durham, and refused to speak a word about the affair save. that she was married. Last Thursday it became plain that her mind was affected, and she was watched. She took laudanum a night or so ago, eluding her watcher. She was delirious after the effects' of the laudanum had passed away, and made most terrible threats against Tingen. Yesterday she became rational, and told the true story of her elopement with Tingen. They left the Salvation Army together one night, her parent opposing tbe match. She wanted to turn back, but Tingen, with a revolver at her head, told her if she tried to. escape be would kill her. At Boxboro' they were mar? ried. On their arrival at South Boston, Tingen locked her np in a room at the hotel and threatened to kill her. Final? ly Tingen left and never returned.. The woman is only nineteen and is pretty. Tingen is only twenty years old. Last September while in custody of the police j at Durham he shot himself in an attempt to commit suicide to evade punishment. The ball.entered his neck, and.it was thought death was certain. The bullet was never extracted. To tidings of Tin? gen can be discovered. John P. Odam was shot in his bed in his bouse in Highland Township about half past eight o'clock Tuesday night. The load from one barrel of a double barrelled Bhot gun was lodged in his right arm, making a painful but not a serious wound. Odam bad been reading and bad just laid down on tbe bed with his face to the wall. Opposite the bed was a window in which was a hole where a knot bad been. Soon after Odom had turned bis back the muzzle of a double barrelled shot gun appeared in the knot and a shot was fired. It struck the un? suspecting officer in the right arm, and a shot from the other barrel struck the bed under him. Tbe wounded man heard flee ing footsteps, - and seizing his gun and a pistol ran outside and fired seven times in the direction of his disappearing assassin, without any known result. The shooting is supposed to have been the work of some moonshiner who owed Odam a grudge. Odam has been an active officer and had made it warm on several occasions for the crooked whisky people in his section. The place where he was shot is only three miles from where Ben Boss was cowardly assassinat? ed in his own house, not many weeks ago. It is believed by some of Odam's neighbors that some of the same men who are thought to have known more than they should of the Boss killing, are concerned in the attack on officer Odam. ?Greenville News, March 15. A Circular to South Carolina Farmers. Columbia Register. Copies of the circular given below have been sent out by Mr. D. K. Norris, Presi? dent of the South Carolina Alliance, bet? ter known as tbe Tillman organization: The farmers of the State through their association asked the Legislature to es tablish a separate agricultural college in behalf of the languishing agriculture of the State and for the control of their money in tbe custody of the State, viz., The inspection fee on guanos and the two donations from Congress, amounting to upwards of $50,000 annually. Both of these demands were denied us. Is public opinion, as voiced by tbe farmers of your neighborhood, satisfied with the action of the Legislature on these questions? Is it tbe sentiment of your community of farmers to acquiesce in the action of the Legislature, whereby the South Caro? lina University was enlarged and the separate agricultural college denied us ? In your judgment, a9 made up from Buch an expression of general opinion as you have been able to gather, can your county be carried for a separate college if the question is submitted to the farmers in the approaching canvass ? Please give the names and post offices, of one or two farmers who are actively interested in the aims and objects of the Farmers' Association in your vicinity. Please answer and return as soon as convenient, Slavery of a White Man, Atlanta, Ga., March 17.?A slave is now a strange sight in the South. A white slave is yet more strange; still one was^seen on the streets of Atlanta yester? day. John S. Hughes, a white man of good character, owed Gus Kaglemacher a sum of money which he was unable to pay. He met Kaglemacher yesterday, and jok? ingly asked him if he would accept a bill of Bale to himself as pay for the debt. Kaglemacher agreed; a lawyer was called in, the bill of sale drawn up and properly signed. In the document Hughes "sold himself, and his body after death, to Gus Kaglemacher, the said Kaglemacher to have control of said Hughea as long as he might live, and to barter, sell or convey him to others if he chose'to do so.' A copy of the contract was given each par? ty- ? After the contract was handed him Hughes began to think more seriously of the matter, and consulted a lawyer as to its validity. Upon being informed that it would hold good in the courts, be got drunk and was arrested. This morning he was fined in the police court, and his owner (?) who was on hand, paid the fine and this evening took him out to his farm, where he says be shpll work him for the balance of his life. Look at this Picture. Preaching His own Funeral. Athens, Ga., March 12.?A gentle? man from High Shoals to-day teUs of the peculiar preparations of an intelligent old minister of that section. He says Mr. Pridgins, an old and respectable preacher, nas suddenly decided to preach his own funeral sermon, and has set for the day the second Sunday in April, and the place a little church a few miles this side of High Shoals. Mr. Pridgins has ordered bis son to make him a coffin, which he directs must be perfectly plain and locked with a pad? lock. He says the coffin will be placed by bis side in the church, and there, in the presence of his friends and family, who are requested to wear mourning, be will tell of bis life and pay suitable tribute to his own memory. The news has spread rapidly all over the surround? ing counties, and it is thought that the little church will not be able to hold the vast congregation. Mr. Pridgins is thought by some to be very eccentric, but is considered by his neighbors one of the smartest men in the county. He has been a minister of the Gospel for many years and is extremely popular in his neighborhood. His mind is perfectly clear on all subjects, and be is unusually well informed for a county preacher. He desires that the press be present at the funeral to occupy seats in the amen corner. As yet he has made no disposition of his body after the ser? mon is over, and it is thought that he will then retire to his borne and lead a quiet life until the time comes for bim to occupy his coffin for good. As yet no pall bearers have been selected, but all arrangements will be made for the funeral before the eventful. day arrives. A large delegation from here will prob? ably attend. ? San Francisco policemen b*7 that they have never seen a drunken China? man. ??S* Go to Hill Bros, and buy a bottle of B. B. B.?Botanic Blocd Bnlm, the great blood puriier. From the Artist who took 6. G. Hoffman's Photograph. HI3K0RY, N. C. I send vou to-day half dozen photographs of G. G. Hoffman, of Conover, N. C, and I must say that your medicine has done wonders for Mr. Hoffman. It Bcems like raising the dead to life ; he looks fat and hearty now. and they tell me when he com? menced the use of your medicine he was nothing but skin and bones. The sore on his breast is healed, over, and you can see the one on his fore? head is healing up from the top. I wish it had been so that I could have taken it when ho was at his worst, but I could not leavo my office, and he lives some distance from here. Yours respectively, A. McIstosh. This man, G. G. Hoffman, has risen from the use of Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) to his present wonderfully Improved condition. In a short time his boneless forehead will be fully healed, and he will stand a moment of humanity raised from tho vcrgo of dcatu. Few persons ever recover froM such a low state being on a dying bed from that fell-destroyed, blood poison, with the bones of his forehead rotted and taken out 2,3 4x3 inches by the doctors, and given out to die. From skin and bones, wrecked by blood poison, to health and sound flesh is the work of B. B. B. Not many such desperate cases may bo found, but when they arc they should not despair of re? covery, as B. B. B. will core them. When this medicine can cure such extreme cases Is it not reasonable that it will cure all cases of blood poison of less violence, as it has done In thousands of instances ? _ 0 Tho mayor and doctors of Conover will verify the awful condition from which Mr. Hoffman was raised. B. B. B. Co. Send for our Book of Wonders, mailed free to all. It treats of all Blood Poisons, Rheumatism, Scrof? ula, Sores, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc. Address, BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Marek 1,1888 8*_? GREAT AUCTION SALE HORSES! Wild West Exhtbition by Expert Mexican Cowboys. McCAFFERTY BROS., the fameus Texas horsemen, will hold another great auction sale at Fowler's Stables, An? derson, B.C., next SALEDAY?MONDAY, April 2. One carload of Fine Horses and Mares?a number gentle and thoroughly broken to saddle and harness, and all in good Mesh and excellent condition gen? erally?will be sold to the highest bidders, for cash, without limit or reserve, rain or shine. A FREE EXHIBITION of lassoing, riding. <fcc, will be given on the grounds by Manuel Maldanado, the celebrated Mexican cowboy. 37 2 Examination of Teachers, THE examination of teachers will be held in the Courthouse Friday and Saturday, April Glh and 7th. White teachers will meet the Examining Board Friday, and the colored applicants for cer? tificates will be examined Saturday. Work will begin at 9 o'clock a. m. sharp. J. G. CLINK8CALES, Chairman Board Examiners. March 22,1888 37 2 BACK FROM NEW YORK With much pleasure we can point with pride towards our Tremendous Stock of Goods, Having spent three weeks in the Northern markets enabled us to find some great Bar? gains for our customers. French Satine by the Pound, While out hunting we found several ca? ses French Satiric, yard wide, suitable for every household to have. They contain 8 yards to the pound, and all they cost is 25c for 8 yards. Just to Think I 1,000 yards beautiful Check Nainsook, that most merchants ask 10c for. We se? cured a big lot, all size patterns, Satin fin? ish. We mark in plain figures only 8c._ Grand beyond Description. Those beautiful Mull White Dress Goods which are so very popular up North this season. We were compelled to buy fifty bolts in order to get them at our price. Most merchants pay lie for them, but we will sell ours at 12 Je. Competition, Stand from Under. 5,000 yards best Dress Ginghams. Price all over Anderson is 10c to 12c. Our pat tarns are grand, We want to sell 10,000 yards this summer, and in order to do so, we will sell from now on at 9c._ Cheap as Dirt. 6,000 yards fine yard wide Sea Island. Our competitors ask 10c for it We be? have in turning our money over. See it ? Only 7c._;_^ Bleaching Department. We make this one of our pets. Our stock is full and complete this season. Our hobby is a brand called "Nameless." Full yard wide, no starch, good, heavy weight. Is equal to New York Mills, but price is much lower?only'8jc._ Here is a Stunner. 2,000 yards fine Imported yard wide Satine. They come in solid colors, striped, oriental patterns. Beat Summer or Spring dress a lady can wear. A reward of Ten Dollars will be paid if you can purchase elsewhere for less than 20c. Our price is in tbe reach of all. Only twelve and a half cents!_ We Speak Again. Our famous Tricotine Dress Goods?the latest out?in all the Spring shades, both in solids, checks and stripes, 40 inches wide. Just think of the price?25c a yard. Decline in cotton Enables us to offer Athens Checks at G]c. Best goods made?styles the handsomest. Kyber Cloth. This is a bran new Dress Goods, just im? ported from abroad. Wholesale Merchants say they cannot get enough to supply the demand. To be appreciated they must be seen. To make a lovely dress, this is what you want. How much did you say 7?15c. Bed Tic for All. Our low-priced Bed Tic at 8?c is a mon? ster. Our next grade at 10c is a hummer, and to cap the climax our 15c brand will hold not only feathers, but will hold water. Keep Cool this Summer. Just to think! A beautiful India Linen Lawn, soft and sheer, and 40 inches wide. This is worth its weight in gold. We re? peat, please don't forget the width?40 inches wide?one yard and four inches. And the price tells tho tale?only 10c. Cottonades. For Men's and Boys' Summer wear our Celebrated Virginia Cottdbades cannot be excelled. For instance, our t oz. you can buy at 12i, our 8 oz. at 15, and our 10 oz. at 20c. Old time merchants will ask you 18, 25 and 83fo_,_ Cassimeres and Tweeds. In this department we have spared no pains. We can suit you all, old and young. We begin at 80c and stop at $1.00. Look Kow Cheap. Pepperell two and a half yard wide Sheet? ing, bleached and unbleached. Best goods made, wear unequalled by any. We have a large lot in stick, land propose to sell ei? ther bleached or unbleached at 25c. Hickory Shirting For the millious. Our best brands, either in blue or brown, now on sale at ten cents per yard, Other Stores get 12jc,_ Scrim and Curtain Net. We succeeded in closing out a lot of Scrim used for curtains. You know they are worth ]2Jc, but we are selling ours at Sic. Also, a lot of handsome Lace Curtain Net which is of very fine make. It is good enough for a palace, and the price only reads 12Jc. Beats Them All. 100 Ladies' Black Boncle Jerseys. For house or street wear they are certainly nice. We bought them cheap, and propose to give the trading public the benefit of same. Remember, they are black, and sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42. Now is the time to strike for a Jersey. Price only 60c. Shirts. Our Celebrated Pearl Shirt, unlaundried, made of New York Mills Bleaching, fine linen bosom, reinforced?sold all over An? derson for $1.00?our price is only 75c. Gents' Linen'Collars, turn down or stand? ing, at ten cents each. Gents' 4-ply Linen Cuffs at 15c. Gents' Undershirts at 25, 35, and 50c._ _ Shoes. Shoes. This Spring we are making Shoes one of our special leaders. Ziegler's Fine Shoes for Ladies, either in Kid or Goat, at $2.50. Best Shoe on earth. We guarantee every pair of our Shoes to contain no shoddy soles, and present from now on to all pur? chasers, free of cost, a bottle of Shoe Polish with every pair of Ziegler Shoes. Clothing. We keep Men's and Boys' Clothing, Hats, Caps. We will save you money, and propose to misrepresent no goods. Remember the place?Brick Range, next door to John E. Peoples & Co. Look for our large Sign. Polite treatment to all, if purchaser or not. LESSER &d CO., LEADER OF LOW PRICES. March 25, 1888 _37_8m NEW COOPS ? JUST received a fine assortment of CHARLOTTES VIIXE CASSIMERES, light weights, for Summer wear. These Goods will last longer, and give better satisfaction than any Goods on the market. SHOES?I am now receiving my Spring Stock of Bay State Shoes, guaranteed to give satisfaction. Also, a full,line of Dry Goods suitable for the season, viz.: Cottonade, Ging? hams, Tweeds, Calico, Homespuns, &c. . Wooden Ware, WALL PAPER. Crockery ami Glass Ware, HARDWARE, A splendid assortment of Hats, Bacon, Corn, Flour, Molasses, Fancy Groceries, And the FINEST TEA in the market. Rims, Hubs, Spokes, Shafts and Enameled Cloth. BLANKETS. If you expect to buy any Blankets during the next twelve mcnths now is the time. Common Blankets, and a few of those Fine Blankets for sale at New York cost for cash, ?is- Please call and see me. %? B- TOWERS. TENNESSEE WAGONS are the BEST Tennessee Wagons Just Received. THE largest part of our SPRING STOCK is in now, with lots more on the road arriving daily, and a prettier line of Goods of all descriptions was never brought to this City. We have been in business a long time, and experience has taught us when, where, and how to buy goods right. We have bought lots of them, and in order to place a fx] i them quickly, we have determined to hold A <t) Ol 1 GKAND CLEARING OUT SALE for the next ! sixty days, and use the largest number of our force, M : ?4 : about 15 Salesmen, to wait on the customers in the C/D Eh Pg : Dry Goods Department, so as to enable us to move ?; at least $20,000 worth of Dry Goods during that fiH i time. O <d : . ? Ladies trimmed HATS, the very latest style, eh ? at half their former prices. A brand new stock ? g| j of CLOTHING just received. H 00 I On CH AELOTTES VILLE CASSIMERES P j i . '~s ?' for Summer Suits, we expect an immense run this Spring. They nre just t>e <rnnd3 to buy for ele- ? rg| : gant Spring Suits, and you can have them made j I here cheaper than in New York, with fit guaran* ' <t) O : JZ*3 i teed. Our counters and shelves are groaning j under the immense weight of goods, and want t 2 I relieved. 33 Our GROCERY and GENERAL MER ^ CO j CHANDISE DEPARTMENT is complete in all j 03 f fVf ? its various lines. ? * ; fl^ Sugar and Pepper, Molasses and Ginger, Ba- | p3 ? con and Spice, Sugar and Nutmegs, Flour and j S Eh ? ct* JZ : Soda, Nails and Starch, Rice and Candles, Lard ? a. R ? and Tobacco, Hams and Rope, all kinds Agricul- ? ^ EH : tural Implements, Hoes, Plows and everything j ? Q ^ else you need to make a crop with, at prices that j ? ? can't be beat anywhere. Don't pass us by, but be sure and call in and ? ? see for yourself how things are. 'pe^urej urn 9113 suo#b& ??ssquuoj V "S fl P9Sfl suoSb/w eesseuuej; BLECKLEY, BROWN S FRETWELL THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER WE have decided to reduce our business from the "GENERAL" to the ?"SPECIAL," and to that end are DETERMINED TO CLOSE OUT OUR EN? TIRE STOCK of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, CROCKERY and HARDWARE At Cost for Cash, Or on time to the 1st November CHEAPER than any one else to PROMPT and RELIABLE purchasers. These lines are complete with STAPLE GOODS ONLY, and bargains await YOU if you avail yourself of this offer. Our GROCERY Department Complete with Big Stock of Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses? Salt, And all the SMALLER articles usually found In this line, AND WILL BE SOLD VERY CLOSE. Flour and Tobacco still our Specialties, And the term "SLUGGED" is applicable here, if cantending with STRONG Competition, and knocking them OUT OF THE RING is any test of our hard blows in these lines. BEST WHITE CORN TO ARRIVE SOON. J. J. BAKER * CO., Nos. 2 and 3 Benson House. Jan 26,1888 _29_;_8m MEDICAL CARD. rpHE undersigned has just graduated JL from the University Medical College of New York, and has located at Belton for the practice of his profession. He offers hi? services to the people of Belton and surrounding country, and will be ready to attend any call at any time. W. E. CAMPBELL, M. D. March 15, 1888 3D 2? NOTICE FINAL SETTLEENT. The undersigned, Administrators of | the Estate of J. Roddy Martin, deceased, hereby give notice that they will, on the 20th day of April, 1888, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from their office as Administra? tors. LOU. T. MARTIN, GEO. M. McDAVID, Administrators. March 15,1888 38 5 CLIMAX REACHED! R. S. HILL Since taking Stock lias made still another Sweeping Re? duction on all Winter DRY GOODS Ladies' Goods, Heavy Shoes, &c. These Goods must and shall go, as we are bound to have room for that SPRING STOCK which will awake snakes and astonish the natives. While we have recently more than donbled our Dry Goods business, and will this Spring add still more to this Department;, we hope our Fanner friends will not lose sight of tbe fact that we are still Headquarters on FARMERS' SUPPLIES Including a fall line of FARMERS' HARDWARE. The celebrated BOB WHITE PLOW does tbe same work as the Boy Dixie exactly, and only coats $1.50, and can be attached to any ordi? nary Iron Foot Stock which has a .bolt above and one underneath the beam.. Many of our customers like it much better than the regular Dixie, on account of its being so -much lighter to lift around; and then it it to much cheaper. We guarantee it to give perfect satisfac? tion, or money cheerfully refunded, after a fair trial, but they stick every time, not? withstanding this unusual guarantee. By taking off the long wing and putting on a short one, it makes the. best Subsoil known to agriculturists for Spring plow? ing. We have 24,000 pounds of Steel Plows, and will guarantee prices as low as any houne in the State. ;>?^ Our Grocery Department Is as full and cheap as usual. In pro? visions we bad thought Bacon too high, and did not stock up as heavily as is usual with as at this season, and contra? ry to our expectations the market seems still tending upwards. Of coarse no one outside of the big meat speculators know tbe future, and they will cany the market whichever way salts their pock? ets best Oa Floor we thought we saw a safe investment, and we crowded our large Warehouse at prices from 25c to 75c less than the same grades can be bought today. We were also fortunate in securing three Oars of the prettiest White Oorn ever brought to this Town, befoie tbe last rise. One of them has arrived, and opened in new sacks, nice and bright. Will have in a day or so another Oar of those beautiful SPRING OATS ! That gave sueh general satisfaction last Spring. We keep the old fashioned big Sacks of Liverpool Salt, which is said to I save meat so mach better than the other Salt?and t!ien we keep the small Sacks of fine Salt, too. In fact, we try to keep everything the people need, and some few tricks they don't need, but will buy. A large stock of good old mellow SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO at very low prices. FERTILIZERS. Remember, we have a fresh stock of Guano, Acid and Kainit?our old relia? ble brands that are going to sell at less prices than last year, except on Kainit. We will ship to our customers as low down the 0. & G. B. B. as Honea Path, and as far down tbe S. Y. B. B. as far as Lowndesville. B?? See us before you do your trading if you want to make money the year 1888. Wishing all?both old and young, rich and poor?a happy and prosperous New Year, we are, Very respectfully,